yn it I
m L iiji l j Li
Wcrlz To Start As Soon
As Insurance Adjust-
. era Are Through. .
EVERYONE HAPPY
Lumber To Be Cut 'At
Mount Olive And
' Finished Here.
The' news of the purchase
of the Roper mill property by
Mr A. R. Turnbull was very
favorably received here last
night and today and ,the news
that the mill will be immedi
ately rebuilt was like a wave
of enthusiasm. - 1 t
Turnbull, in a state
to! a Sun-Journal man
said -that the 'old mill
TT1 Tlt .
today
will be rebuilt
on
the
most
mocu method" on its pres-i
ent location and, that he, will
add a veneer plant and a few
other things. '
; He will cut-lumber for the
present at the Mount Olive
mill and" ship it to New Bern
to be 1 dried and pu through
the planing mill.' ,
The work : of cleaning tip
and rebuilding will start at
once or as soon as the insur
ance '.men get through which
Will probably be tomorrow. .
Mr.' Turnbull says he is
anxious to help in every way
possible to rehabilitate New
Bern, and make it a bigger,
better city. , - , , . .
: ! He will probably return to
the city tonight and immedi
ately take personal supervi
sion of the great program a
head, - ' ,
NEW WITNESS IN THE;
! HALL MURDER CASE
(By Associated Press) -NEW
BRUNSWICK, N. J., Dec. 7.
Fred A. David,'-Middlesex county
detective.V announced today he plan
ned to question . a. New . Brunswick
banker., who, he believes, may have
been, an eye-witness to the murder of
Rev., Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Mills
on September 14. . - ;.
- According to David, the banker,
whose name he declined to divulge
has been imentiohed in the case and
lias been questioned at 'least twice,
but has : refusied to confirm or deny
the story that he was on the Phillips
- farm . the; night of the crime. David
would not indicate Why he wanted to
question '.him. further, .
s i , .;. ; -, ; - , i
HEFLIN OPPOSED TO
FERTILIZER PROJECT
Wshingtort. Dec ' 7. 'Proposals sor
government development of fertilizer
faetdrie& at Muscle Shoals, Ala., were
opposed . in- the. Senate today by Sen.
Helfin, (d). Ala., , who said such a
policy would .Wean postponement of
the general development of the Mus
e'e Shoals project. ' '. .. ,
Weather ; Forecast
Washington, Dec. 7 Weather fore
cast for Eastern CaroUna is rain to
night and Friday. Warmer in the in
ferior tonight and In the north Fri-
- day. w j -
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA,
RELIEF FUND
AT KliTON IS
GMip.FflST
Kinston . People . Responding
'- Noby .To the Distress of
z . the1 People Here
KINSTON, Dec. .. 7. Kinston, peo
ple are J-esponding to the appeals In
the two papers but not in as large
numbers as is desired and necessary
to bo of . immediate and aramount
to be of immediate and paramount
blo, fire in New Bern. Many more,
who cannot give,' large sums, are urg
ed to send in their contributions, -large
or small. Every dollar will be appre
ciated Those who do not wish pub
licity . will be , gladly- accomodated
Every one ought, to take part in this
work of helping the helpless.'
Every hour the fund grows in Kin
ston and other cities.' Dai'y , contri
butions are being sent to New Bern.
The negroes of Kinston are planning
a drive-and mass meeting to aid their
fellow colored in New Bern. Other
organizations in the city1,- thari those
already making appeals, are taking
action. In fact support to the drive
for funds is general and heart-felt.'.
Dal F. ' Wooten, treasurer v of the
p.ed Cross,.: here, -to whom. ..contribu
tions, may be sent announced the folt
lowing contributions yesterday: tV
, 'John-- Harvey, $15; Mr. ' and Mrs.
Alfred Ashf ord. 5 ; and R.- E. Cox
$10. The ' Kinton Free Press added
to its list? yesterday afternoon with
the following: "Caswell Cctton Millar
$50; Lenior Oil and Ice Co., $25; F.
C. Dunn, $10; E. L. Tyndall. $10; M.
M. Harper, $10; H. Gait Braxton and
family, $5; Mrs. J B. Dawson-, $ 5 ; ,G.
lM.' Tucker, $2; C, ,G. Cummings, $1;
and c'ash, $2. Previously acknowledg
ed, $200; total to date from both
sources, $350...: ,- " i ,
RALPH DE PALMA ONLY
SPEEDER HELD IN JAIL
(By Associated Press)
MODESTO, Cal., Dec. , 7. Ralph
de Palma. noted race driver, servine
time in the Madra cdunty jail for
speeding, has only one complaint, he
told Earl Cooper,' another race driv
er, . who visited , him there. De Palma
is "peeved", , he declared, "because he
is the only inmate in the county pris
on not convicted 'of; prohibition law
violation. - , -. - , : . ,
FUND BEING RAISED
AT WINSTON-SALEM
- (By Associated Press)
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Dec. 7.
The Fund which The Evening Sen
tinel is raising in . this city for the
sufferers of the New Bern Are is now
well above $3,000." '
In addition, to the cash donations,
several boxes of clothing have been
sent and others will go forward to
day and tomorrow.
EDNA PURVIANCE IS
ILL WITH PLEUROSY
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 7.
Edna Purviance, leading woman for
Charlie Chaplin, is. ill with pleurosy,
according to an announcement from
her home." Her physicians' stated
however, her present condition is not
dangerous. -
New Bern Electric Supply Com
pany Prepared To Give '
Prompt Service
The New Bern Electric Supply
Company, No. 43 Pollock street, are
calling attention to the -fact that
their staff of electricians are ready to
answer the call of local citizens who
are in needj-of elect rical work at any
time and are inviting the public to
call upon them. -
This concern is prepared to assist
in taking care of "any work in their
line that needs to be done and are
assuring prdmpt service.
Jack Dempsey says he will fight any
man in the - world on - short notice.
We often feel that way ourselves.
local wen
READY TO SERVE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1922. , PRICE.- FIVE CENTS
FirrJdteslPYfUILDirJlGS .
' ' 'i - Fffc rpaa &h a& fm pa sari nm Emm
' The Austin .JHeaton '.Company of
Durhaim. N.C, millers of Oconeechee
flour - have instructed the Maxwell
Company-, to turn over to the Relief
Committee ten barrels of their flour
for the use of the feeding of the vic
tim. of. the fire. Mr.- Maxwell will
gladly recognize.' an official order -for
this flour. ' -
The Business Women's Club of
Salisbury has -wired Mrs. - Leah Jones
Stevens,, ; superintendent , of Public
Welfare here, asking in what -form
to rake relief donations. Mrs. Stev
ens replied that children's clothing
and funds for bedding and furniture
are the greatest needs at the present
time.
'" A check for $10 was received from
Thomas' J.. Nixon. , Jr., Hertford, for
the relief fund. Mrs. Nixon, is send
ing by express a box of clothing.
"v -...': ' " J .
A .check for $i0 was received from
J. V Crow, Washington Another
check for $25 also wai received from
Washington this morning, the signer
asking-that his name not be publish
ed. . . , "
The KJwanis Club of Wilson is
sending a truck load of supplies thru
the country lor the relief of ' suffer
ers. " ' . - : ' ' . - ' ' " , '
Scottish . Rite ' Msfsons of Asheville
today sent ' their check' for $100 for
the. relief fund. It came through Dr.
Joseph, -Rnem. . :. . . ... ,
" A .'-cheCK.r'also w.as- received from
Sol. -Isaads, of : Goldsboro. ' bv "Dr.
Rhem. Also clothing from Mrs. Jos.
Isaacs of the same city. '
: : J.v IT. i Milsaps this 1 morning , receiv
ed rthe following telegram from W.
Engleston: "General Manager Owens
wires you' that you aFe authorized to
provide' free tranqportation of do
nated, clolhing and othey supplies for
destitute sufferers at New Bern when
consigned to recognized organized re
lief committees." Mr. Milsaps is ag
ent for the American Railway Ex
press Company here.V -"
J-; ailey Owen, prominent banker
of Henderson, today sent Dr.. Joseph
Rhem his check for $50, to be added
to' the relief fund.
' The Burlington Coffin Company,
of Burlington, N. C, last: night sent
J. . K. Willis of this city a letter of
sympathy over New Bern's great fire
loss and also a check for $100 to be
applied , to the relief fund. It was
sent by J. X; Scott, secretary.
Joe Ablen, although his mother
was burned out In the, fire, has con
trlbuted , considerable 1 merchandise
and $10 in cash: to the relief fund.
Mayor, Clark received the follow
ing .telegram today from Thomas C.
Darst, Bishop of Eastern ; Carolina:
"Absence from home ' prevented me
from sending, message bf sympathy
sooner. Was truly distressed to hear
of great disaster that had befallen
upon, your beautiful city. Tlease be
assured of my desire to cooperate
with you and your splendid citizens
in your plans for relieving present
distress." ,
A. T. Gerrans, of Perry, Fla.. wires
Mayor Clark: "I greatly regret the
terrible disaster that has come to
New Bern, . particularly to those out
of employment. I am mailing contri
bution of fifty dollars."
i Coplon's store has given donations
of clothing and cash amounting to
hundreds of dollars. Hill's also has
made a number of donations of
clothing. Other merchants also re
sponded liberally to the fire suffer
ers. ' I
' Estelle i Clarke Way, of Asheville,
N.",. C, writes ' Mayor Clark: "I can
not express in words' the deep sorrow
and sympathy tfe feel in this calam
ity for the people of New . Bern. En
closed find checks for $100 from Mr.
Way and myself."
MRS. CLARA PHILLIPS
HAS NOT BEEN FOUND
San Diego, Cal., Dec. 7. Reports
that Mrs. Clara Phillips, Los Angeles
"hammer slayer" had been seen at
Tijuana, Mex., yesterday, proved false
today after investigation by Sheriff
William Tregar, of Los Angeles and a
posae.
B. Y. P. IT. to Meet
The B. Y P. U., of the Tabernacle
Baptist church will meet tonight in
regular session. An excellent 'pro
gram has been arranged and it Is
hoped that - the entirer membership
wiu oe present. ,
Wholesale condemnation of city property in the fire district
has been Ihe order today, by Chief Bryan of the fire department
and a representative of the insurance, commissioners office from
Raleigh. '' ; , , .
All of the' buildings condemhed were considered unsafe and
great hazards,- and the condemnation proceedings are meeting
with unusual" approval with the people of .this city. The follow
ing buildings have been condemned and red tags placed upon thei
property: , - j-
Two buildings on-Craven street owned by Owen G. Dunn, next
to his large printing establishment. 1
One frame building on the south side of Mr. Dunn's office own
ed by George Henderson. - .
One building at the rear of the house that is located next to
tfie New Bern Motor Company. , ! .
One old building back of Coplan's store.' 1 , '
' ' Both Chinese laundries on Middle street' owned by Aldermen
Bangert and Kafer. '
Horse shoe shop on Broad street , ' ;
The houses on Graven street, owned by the Frank Hill estate.
. The small shack on South Front street at the approach of the
Trent Hver bridge, occupied by "Aunt Sarah." ---- 1 ' j"
The Langren Lunch room and the meat market at 115 HajiKock
street which adjoins the cafe. ' , ' '
Three houses on Queen street near the Union station. ' -
Thp nwnprs nf t TlPSf riililrJinrra
'jeen listed with the paper are .to
ALL LOT? OWNERS TO
MEET "AT CITY HALL
An important meeting will be held
at the City Hall tomorrow night at 8i
o'clock when all owners of lot pro
perty in the burned area are requested
to meet with the permanent building ;
committee , to map out some plan to.
rebuild the burned district. '
It Is hoped that all who .wish to sell
AN ESTIMATE
Mr. Charles Coplon in State:
ment Gives List of Relief '
Contributions
Donations given for relief of the
sufferers in Friday's fire by S. Cop
lon and Sons totals $824, according
to Mr. Charles Coplon in a statement
given out yesterday. Thirty dollars
of the amount, he said, was given in
an emergency before the fire relief
committee had organized.
The following list of donations was
given by Mr. Coplon:
$30 in cash.
$300 given out by Mr. Charles Cop
lon during the progress of the fire for
emergency relief.
$150 given by Mr. Abe Coplon dur
ing the progress of the fire and at the
store.
$200 worth of merchandise given
away at the store Saturday.
$24 worth of underwear for chil
dren sent to West street school Sun
day. $300 worth of shoes, hats and other
wearing apparel for men and women
to West street school.
$20 from Mr. W.. J. Montgomery, of
the John B. Stetson Company.
Mr. Coplon stated that none of the
donations made had gone through
the regular channels, hence had not
been credited. "We don't feel we
have gone the limit in giving," he
added, "and will respond as aid is
neened."
It's an awful thought that a .oal
faminie this winter may drive the
younger set back to Hawaiian danc
ing to keep warm. '
COPLON
HES
1
DONATONS
nnrl nViera tVint haxra nnt Trot I
be torn down in sixty days.' .
their lots or build upon their property
will be on hand to have a part in' the
deliberations of this Important matter
of re-construction. - . , ' ,
, This is not a scheme to force 'any
one to sell or confiscate property but
an honest-to-goodness discussion to
handle the big proposition that is be
fore the people of New Bern.
WDHIT AGAIN
AH Are Urged To Be
At the First Baptist
. Church on Tomorrow
Night.
All of he members of the Lay
men's Federation are urgently re
quested to be at the meeting to be
held Friday night at the First Baptist
Church at 7:30 o'clock.
There has been a lull in the inter-1
est of the activities of the Federation
on account of the great fire that vis
ited us last week, but it ts now time
to be about the Master's business and
it is hoped that a full attendance will
be on hand.
Phone Officials Make Addresses
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 6. Prominent
telephone officials today featured the
business session of the third annual
assembly of the Southern Association
of Bell Telephone employees witji ad
dresses which stressed importance of
service, proposed enlargements and
advantages of membership.
Chief among the speakers were E.
K. Hall, vice-president of the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany; W. D. Moore, plant manager;
F. E. Montague, general traffic man
ager, of Atlanta; H. R. McClatdney,
of Columbus; G. and E. T. Hatcher,
of Thomasville, Ga.
Girls to Play Basket Ball Friday
Te Washington High School Girl's
Basket Ball team will meet the New
Bern High School girls at the T. M.
C. A. hall Friday night. An admis
sion of 25 cents will be charged.
FEDERATION TO
RESUME TREIR
CHIEF BRYAN -DENIES-'
PARTS OF STATED!
. - - . i i -
n A ra r Est if n n , dps . ir
FIRST ACCURATE
LIST OF LOSING
WHITE FAMILIES
Joe K. Willis Spends Much
Time Tabulating Burned
Out Folks
The first complete list of white
sufferers in .''Friday's fire was avail
able today. It was compiled by J. K.
Willis and 'is as follows: .
. Richard Avery, Pasture street.
Mrs. Eva Barnes. George street.
James Bell, George street.
. Bengel, George street. ' ;
Archie Brinkley, , Pasteur street.
- E. E. Brinkley, barber shop.
Matthew Caton, Howard and Prim
rose street.
Phillip Carawan, George street.
. D. M. Carawan, '.George street.
Mrs. Mary Clark, George street.
Horace Clark, George street.
Bryan Caton, George street, (two
married daughters and their fami
lies.) ,-r '
Pulaskie Cahoon, Pine 'street-f vH
Ben Cahoon, George street. .'
" Dave Cahoon, - George sfreet.rt .
' Mrs. ,.Dollie Cannon, George, street.
Mrs. Fannie Dixon, Metcalf, '. , .
A. B. Davis, George street.
John DeForest, George street..
Leon Dawson, Pine street. v
John Duke, Pasteur street. , i
S. L. Dill, Sr., Queen street..
Muroe Daniel, George street. . .,
Archie Edwards, - Pasteur street.'
(Eaton.) 1 v . ' .
M. D- Fulcher, butcher shop)- on
Queen street. ) '
Hugh Gaskins, Pasteur street. .
' R. C. Godwin, Mecalf street.
Thos. Gaskill,, Sr., r George street
Thos. Gaskill, Jr., "George street.' '
' Mrs. Agnes Gerkins, George, street.'
Thos. Gautler. '
Daisy Gray, No. 6' Dryboro alley.
Mrs. Huggins Metcalf street.
Mrs. M. J. Hancock, 'Metcalf.
Geo. Howard," Metcalf street.
Duff Harris, George street.
Mart Harris, Court street. '
Ray Hill Pastuer street.
Wiilie Higgins Pasteur street.
Jarvis, George street. .-
Kilburn, New street. :
Mrs. Lamb, George street,'";
Davis Lee, Pasteur street.
Clay Miller, Pasteur street.
Merritt Store, Howard Primrose.
W. Melton, George street.
Miss F. Oldfield.
John Pittman, "George street.
S. H Pittman, George street.
John Pollock. . .' . .
Lewis Rice, George street.
Madison . Rowe, Pasteur street.
Harry Rowe, Pasteur street.
. Sadie Rice, George street.
J. Southard, George street.
Herman Smith. '
George Tippett, George street.
Bert Tippett, George street.
Anderson Taylor.
James "Vinson, George street.
James Vinson, (son) George street.
M. D. Wayne,' George. .
R.' M. Wayne, George street.
Clarence Wayne, George street.
Richard Wetherington, George St
James Whitley, Pasteur.
B. R. ' Wiley, Pasteur. i
TD' HE-BUILD
The first New Bern enterprise
to rally to reconstruction from the
rnins of last Friday's disastrous
blaze Is the Nassef Manufactur
ing; company, it developed yester
day when officials of the company
announced that plans for the re
building of the factory were be
ing drawn up.
While the factory is not to be
pat back on the original site, it
will add much to the appvaraiu-e
of the section in which it is to be
located. A two-story brick build
ing at the corner of Queen ami
Pasteur streets will be built by
the company.
The building will extend on
Pasteur street as far north as the
old factory and on Queen street
there will be two stories. The sec
ond story of the larger building
will be occupied by the factory
and the lower floor divided into
fctorea.
inn
Rediculous To Think of
Only $35,000 Insur
, ance on Property.
IT IS AN INJUSTICE
The' Statement of Scott
Laugnea nere pyt
Those Who Know;
Different. r ;
''', . ' :-. .-.- ' . .
The statement' given out in
Raleigh by the Insurance
Commissioner's office 'caused
a wave of protest to sweep
over this city ; because of the
gross inaccuracies contained,
in it. ,
In the first place ihe amount
of insurancesaicL to be car
ried on the property here was
ridiculous vand .absurd on the
face of it. That only, $35,000.
tvas carried was, a misstate
ment of the facts I and will
tend - to doi thi' eity;;a"vworld
of harm. '- -
Chief Bryan is v answering
the balance of the , statement
with a statement of his 'o wn,
which is as follows; ! ;
"It is true that there was
no nozzle on the truck wagon
at the time it arrived at the
fire and that a delay; of 3 min
utes resulted from this.' The
statement concerning t'h &
wrench is untrue, connected
the hose and turned on the
i ! i mi. . - i.
waiei myaen., mere twer
only three houses on fire ; at
that time. -.- - ' '
'While the coupling at: the '
Roper mill is not standard, we
had the proper connections on
our truck and absolutely , no
a-t"-L- ' - -I-li-j"-
' ....! ' : , -1: ,.
count." . ' I
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 7.
Criticising the city fire depart-;,
ment, estimating the loss at $2,- '
500,000 and asserting that a large
amount of "high explosives" wa4
found in negro houses and even
in one i of their churches, the
State Insurance I 1 Department
today issued the report" of W. A. ,
Scott, deputy commissioner,- on -the
New Bern conflagration last..
week.
"A strange incident of the
fire," reads the statement, "not- - .
ed by Captain Scott, - was the
finding of many high explosives .-.
in one of their churches.' ' :
"As to the origin of the fire,"
he. says, "it was unquestionably . ,
due to ignition of a shingle roof;
by a spark from a terra cotto flue ; -in
use for 20 years in the home
of Henrietta Bryan, colored. A , ;
small boy discovered this Are, "
ran and told Henrietta and she" ,
with a half-dozen others, saw the
fire burning around the flue in
the attic.. .
"By delay of the fire depart-. ,"
ment. reaching the scene," the ;'
statement continued, "five houses
were burning fiercely. ' and the
wind blowing a gale before help ,
. arrived. When the department
arrived it found it had, left a ,
nozzle and, on coming .with the
nOzzle, found that it had forgot- ;
ten a wrench and had to "go for ;
that. " " ' , 1
"In addition to this," XJaptaln
. Scott reports, that the Rowland ; .'
Lumber Company fire, which was
outside the incorporate limits, had
the entire fire department there
when the other fire began, and at
this fire precious time was . lost
by the company, not having a,
stndard sized coupling, causing
a great delay here,, where the -loss
was $300,000 ( with a total '
.(Continued ga aga . ,