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E NEW BERN '"-"SUM-JOURNAL EDITORIAL PAGE Tuesday Afternoon, December, 5, 1922. Period One year Six Months . Three Months . Tlie Associated Press Is exclusive I ; vr-r r, 4 feacoE d - cl-.ss matter I -if, 2ir ' yosjoee- at -New Bern, N. ly entiiled to use lor - republica tion of . all news dispatches cred ited , to It or not otherwise, cred ited in this paper and also the local I6W3 publisher herein. . ...3.50 8.00 . 1.7B- - .f KO l ucSr.. aCt;&i arcJa :.3 1879.: One Momu One Week .Editor m 15 . .16 Member f Ifca Associated re 1 .lIi C, Lur-tG THE WORK. .:?.:v.ax.i are .. ;'- iiitarysLed. ii the ; welfare iof; thosey; n.es, Friday's "great fire. ;.It ha's been "... i cv ttgn .rjai service; and: iinsefish-;'; to -ATitcii thf-n-i at., their task of char-: i ii6ia--..a2't3'W regret, to sayy. who .. A ..1:1 ; ; : 'to' befully ;:-StheiTV'dut3r'"-;; I b..cQ;ly.f:c'tioa. -Their principal;. mksi'on : :..f ? 'nrs' to ;be -to standc-iv the side- .; mcI; fcnd fault, "They; fcavet criticised" j and. everytliing that has;; been : TGUbyCfindiixg:fault;;jvRli;the: rt&rlivas being done. Then - :i :,. f g : ; ;vl xa u 1 1 ; .b e c a use-1 h e1 ci ty h ad not ; Lyi calietifor. outside aid?: They) J ..-tk&& that-nobdy; atfirst':" . : :. MTiccriitude' " "-;of-v'destrticti6ri;;v' i--.'U-ir,?i p.aue bo realize-that tho re : i use .,210 v; 'hiih'j made by outside towns ' f Tyrxr t;:a:i 11 v.-ould h'avu bech if ''.. thrown "up v her : hands Vat , -V 1- - : i. bl Rivals g:-:''aiid made 'no; effort to ' r a, letVhave an' ing and cornplaininsr. ' . v. ' .rr..;';:?! and do your share of -.I:, tj;e o:.i .caa do'is to. let' . - (v;tri'ix their Services use : . V31; i - !.::ii'?r?t. I-Iake suggestions,'' if v ; ; , :. ( ;; ih ' , ;a!t tiy to tind fault-;xri;ntinuousiyr ::c1uh e bea;msd.but Jt is doubt- .? Vi.-h.g:': try.eforem; the Hisfeprj-: of ' : v ' :! V '' ) & i v orK . Iras b i een , c ari ied ; Al such a high -decree, of' efficiency . ;;-:e in New Bern. ' ' that will.'objCct-to advancing the date for t carrying' out the 'state's projects in this county. , - ' - '-Everytlxihg pos&ible. ?. must be done to Secure worlc for New Bern's destitute citi-. zens In addition to" the road work, com- mittees Hvill seek, to open up other chan nels of, employment. .This. is one of the , ; : most : importantV;: tasks in. v connection-, with . carrying-Von the: relief work here. WITH DTHERJDITDRSjl "THE TOWS GOSSIP TillO STORY of the fire. ! . II tlOADVpROJSCTh: ;- ' V: ,n-'. v;ioi;, a committee .: of - ' irpin; Craven and adjoining coUn- ; : - .' '.. !.;) io .Raicigh and ; confer with v:: r-ypj i ta;V;iniiiedi4i.'-by vjettin'gV -'y, i. i' c;.,n:p lotion of two road ? ii ; Cra.v ei c.bu'htyV-..' ; ;V . ' r'v upchaWiitginadeVlcr dhe-fpur-r or providins-' employmehtf or ;BomV;: Vns'who. rweret-i'rend.ered ;dih. ih! five 'nnd " whose "employ-; 7'?aaX. ffomthemIteis:;. lievod-that there- is Va -single district WATCH FbR THE MAKERS. ''It'has been reported that there are some j colored -people Hvho.are trying to take ad- , i vantage ,of the I present situ ation to secure v ;s"lre food , adV lodging' -; for themselves. V., Prompt and , energetic steps should be taken to; chCck any such practice. Residents of New Bern can help ma terially in. this connection by advising the iabor Departments the Relief Commit- - tee whenever anj of their , employees fail iVto show up for work.5 Particularly does this ; apply to servants. fj ;,With the aid of Outside towns, food and ' clothing are beingcured for the victims of the fire.vWhiJe large (juahtities1. ;tefl"' : arriving, t there: isf ione to sp arer for shift ( less and lazy individuals who are trying to dodge honest labor fand secure, their sus tenance through ithe charity of others, - v ; " I j ' " i '' ' " A RESOLUTION OF THANKS. . U -Somebodyr-teitherJ the city ' or ; the f V; Chamber of Commerce should pass a , resolution publicly ' thanking, the members of -the. New Bern iFire Department and outside volunteers for their splendid ser vices lday. V-' '' - , 1 1 : No set of men cduld have given more c'iTicient service or ;have made greater ' sacrifices. jMany 'suffered painful burns ' land: scores workeidr from.' early : morning , ( until late atnightv without pausing for rest or foodi, it-) Ney, Bern ; feels proud of its fire de partraent and feels; proud of therecord v ':-for- service ' vKhidh they established, i We -VV bwe thent! gret4bt of gratitude. - ' -The people. of; the State, and elsewhere, are just beginning to -realize the serious n'oss and the? scope;, of New Bern's great, : catastrophe, Inots is ; believeu; that with -V ltheir.aid,thesityaion will be well taken " .care'of. : : ' ' ' . "Save yoiii' jiimii?a, and iwriU' down how yon (ifnui every penny you re-1 ceive," says-John D. KotacefeUer. Jr. 1 . "lt'tiy.'to fjfve -morrey.. and be. miser," -yg Henry Feud. "Gives me the man of -forty who' has had lotp of expteiienco." Here ate fVo c-oiifiiclm' philosoph ies of,richcx fioM the' lw0 riVhtM men in America. What is the young .seeker after -wealth lo think? -'Will he get a head faster by jSaVing. anil, KKimifiiig una ' uuif.miK, or - by 1H1- ting his- money, imo hifiiself r& inn -1 the r I MY L1TJ:i:AK Y career I'M Jt'ERY much afraid. IS UTTfillLY ; ruined.- -v,:- ..-.. AND ITS all the result. '-, OF THE "big hre. ,. . WHICH Wi3 had. last' week. ' AND WHICH I wrote lip. then into the-Uink. InUns. in ex-j r0R iiiL AbBo.iattd Press). ! penenrfr with a view: to caritc.liaing j tht ..tjxpcrmiH-c later on? :t , . " ,j VVolI, 'Vi'r hoiiiioi'athy 'and allo vwhty. tJuv two rival systems of.ined IC'V.", both itltil to' wo, 1; on?, it depends on the ii.r:n. Hyiy Forri succeeded wifh one. though h work ,ed out the philosophy of it. afterward Thc elder Rockefeller, y.-tio 'built the faniily fortuno, succeeded vifh ' the otlier, . and. his son na.tura.11y favors it. Each Is mistaken when he recom mends hia system to everyb6dy, just aa Edison is mistaken when he urges, jieople in general to tut their sleep . to four hours a day: ' 9?"pHunately, God has made p "plo alilre'. in fupdailiehial: ,Jbut infi- .nitely difTereat in their J dctaf s of character and ta!o: Othwwise there would be no variity in life, exper- ience and achievement, and men- might' about as- well !: hrrini.-? ' or loeui.i. . . - .. : - . - It that can hp do.i? in the waytof wisdom is to work out certain bread rules for every .individual fo adapt r; nimsMi according roj ni.i -W!i:narac-er-.-afta and rTuirpVt:ts.- Tjfo dd Cue ii't-c'd-? to 'pendji ircnoy iXncx et xtilgnce. . -'J 4m bupinH.s Hfcntiivnr n-ds (o ,st:eady'down..ia save .money and - lteep accounU.-- Unungton jDiapcilch. - . . AND DUG up tfuite a few. i ;ir ; .' -.; ; .. - - ; ; DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES. AND PUT the article. ME'TMIB AFTER AIIOTIIER FIGURE THIS -OUT 'ON WYOUR OWN ACCOUNT . Eriiest:. .Jib,bs, 'colored, came; into tin; Sun-Jouri;;rl oflic.e this afternoon and a.sfted that the public be notified that the Ernest Gibbs who, ia con stonily groUinET into trouble is 0t the Ernest G.'blis who appeared at the SUn-Journal oflic.e.;?Tfie Eriiost. Gpb Svhoi'alwaya kt) Into trouble Was employed Ijy thci UjervUu)ber Com--;any wluhythe Erneft Gibbs who be haves himself, is employed by tho Hoper Uumber Company. The good Enveft Gibhe hopes thnt the public will not' confuse him with "thp had Ernest Gibbs as he Is .dot riff Inn be.vt to uphold the honor of the. Gibbs name. -t; Readers of the "Sun-Jpurnal, it is hofed; will, b ear' thjs point "in- mind. WHO b'vNT it hurriedly. TO Al b parts of the country. .. - AND LATE Friday night. ;.' MR. KING at Italeigh. . .-v' ; '5 : .;A - - ; WHO IS the repreisntative. , OF -THK .'Associated Press). . , IN NORTH Carolina. , : ;. ; f : :..;':; TELEPHONED ME. - . - TO WRITE agraphic story. ; , - OF THE destruction. i f. AND TO paint a. word picture A OP THE devastated area. AND I revisited. - . THE' SCENE of desolation. '.':.'..'' AND STOOD gazing. , TjPON THE havoc. '.' . ..'.: . WHICH HAD been wrought. ! AN DTHE most impressive thing, - . . i ;. ABOUT THE sight.; ' ; WAS THE rows of chimneys. . WHICH STOOD as silent sentinel. ' . : . -. ; OVER THE burning embers, v . m v ' ' AN RIGHT then and there. ; -. . ' . ' IIIAD an inspiration. z - 1- ' -x ".,, i . A'ND I thought how effective.. . IT WOULD look . in type. ; ; v TO REFER to the scene'. vj . . AS "THE Silent City of Chimneys..' : AND I turned to the office. '"'v ( '.iAND STARTED writing. ON THE wires.' WITH THE feeling.;.. : , ' ' --THAT I'D done, a good job. AND YESTERDAY morning. PAPERS BEGAN to come 'in. -. . .- i ; FROM DISTANT . points. m AND ALL of them carried. . . LONG ACCOUNTS of the fire. AND I began, to read them. AND THEN it was." THAT I received the shock. ' , WHICH ALMOST killed Mary. FOR RIGHT there. -'y ' IN THE opening paragraph. - SURROUNDED BY quotaton marks , WAS THE reference. , - . ' , . . . .. IN BOLD-FACED type. k . I ' r - - " ' "The Violent City of Chimneys." AND THAT'S the way. THE THING has gone out. . ' , .." ALL OVER the country! iVND I'LL bejt folks think. -. THAT WE'VE ". started scrapping. OR MAYBE. , X ,- . .. THEY'LL GET the impression. - r THAT THE author. . .- - - . OF THE article." ;f:: "7 ; - '. - ; . . . : : HAD GOT drunk.- , v WHICH-WON'T be so: ba8. .' ' I, THANK you. , v : ' . "' DATING -HISTORY t CORRECTLY -. Within the next -yar . .or- ; two; chronology" of important events in the "world's ' and local history will be', set' forth ' ire a- far different: fashion : from what it has in the' past. I topher Columbus ''-discover A-raerica? ; Johnny Four hundred and thirty years : before ' the Big1 Tire. -j Teacher Correct. Sit - down - When was it' that 'Owen Dunn went -round the golf course at the Country ' ; Club in 42? - ' - - 'f Two weeks 'and three days before .; the Gigantic7' Conflagration.' - (i ' ; ' I - First CiUzen Hubert TOlson Is1 an elderly sort of a man, isn't he? . Second Citiaen-r-NOy') he was- born ." about 30 years before the .Mammoth B'aze. ' . ,"..-.- George Washington was vour first .; president, Abraham Lincoln's: term '-of i -.. office 'was. featured: by : the. War -Be- tween the States..That of , Wilson Js remember: principally .becauserf tbe. World War.. President Harding :also will step into the Cliche of immortalr ity. He guided the. -destines , of ouiv , country during - the-. Stupendous Dev- v astation. . : By . the way; wonder if we can't .- hitch the ' responsibility' foif "the -fire " on the republican administration DIED AT BRIDGE TOiT. ' Mrs. Amanda A., wife, of William A. Thomas, age 63, ? died inHiidffoton ycFterday morning. 1 -The funeral was held a.tvSt. Delight's CnumlT. -Rev. Rla.nchard officiating, a,t 1 o'clock this afternoon. ? . ..s. '' Neighbor r-Well,- f- see there is a 5 new arrival at your house'; ..r- Proud Father-Yes, "we? hav-4 atsbn.' Neighbor-What have you ! named f him? ' ' - - ,!' . . .v Father Fire Engine.' ..i. .-..1 : There's one' good thing" ' the 'Hre has done, and that is '1t'ha made a good many of our folfc aware" of the'J fact that there ts a -KilaVmonlc street ,. in New -RArn. - r ..'--' , 1 . And by this tlme when" you men-. tibn New' Bern 'In Ybsintb,' Montano, every native" can tell ybu' Immediately where tha. town is Jocated. j A - . . Which aroeaftft v rnrtvft that tfrrftst- in aajafttsj til I disaCdVai-j ' Which have. . theirj ta sres ; rllJ lTkn'.A. rrtin' ?Vf ,Toogmuch5crd5t!atiot bt gw Dr. Fisher and his wife ; aitd" Revs. V' ; v--' 1 1 r--j-; ji ULJiiLi J '"..l.. I . uy' .iJ1 . 'H' Li ) L" W jjia . - - V " r""""1- -aV-Jt .V. ii'i). r nm ,aHMAVtnri.jMtlfttoi1teiil lwtfiilitftf Nliiliirfl HWU7 t . .... r-.... nm m,,,,, , , M ' ' MwjiMm.miii.i.wiiujnuM mjmm mmu aji wj. ..;i :'. - - ' - - ; " - . j - "U - : . .. .......;.. . ' . . . -. . .-.v . . v ' ! , '1' . v;' f f i. TTtJ-TfT) "P fciS Js ;'---' - i-v-- ,',,..:,- ; V ',V.- , Johnson and- Barbrey for their splen did work. ' They.S ha - beeh. toiling, night and -day in their efforts to' re-' lieve distresk-'among 'the!1 memfief a' of' their race, .j i t. ..J t i- . W ' hIK:'! trsk - : li Yi -fxA XT 9 '.45 s!! - " ' - ' r7 4 cor I he .1 ' i' ; 1922, Is Now Drawing To A Close ' 1 'i!ff ... EVERY MEMBER OF OUR SAVINGS CLUB IS REQUESTED TO PAY ALL OF HIS ORIHER: PAYMENTS BEFORE SATURDAY NIGHT OF THIS WEEK. THIS IS VERY ESSENTI ALrCHECKS . TO MEMBERS WILL BE MAILED OUT NEXT WEEK. 1923 V . ...... ' .i; r . ' c . , 'Mi- s IT WILI. C&EN DECEMBER 11. ' THERE WERE SEVERAL VICTIMS OF FRIDAY'S GREAT FlREWHlO BE TO THIS YEAR' CLUB. T HINK WHAT A JOY IT WILL BE TO THEM TO .717. TTTTT'TT? Y,TJT7,r,Tr C TMTT' VT KTT?T?T? 4 .. . . : .YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHAT WILL BEFALL YOU. THE WISEST THING A MAN CAN DO IS TO SAVE SYSTEMATICALLY. THE CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB HELPS YOU TO DO THIS i ;-.-.. . i ''K ' 5 '.' i' .' ' . ' . ...v. r..t y :ivf : i . ; jj.j;.i;.-v-;-i.. - i s -V;. Hi il-iTn irn 11 L il1l r JSl. -V. "OLDEST AND STRONGEST" of New Berne
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