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. . . , , 1t-- Every . Afternoon Cx- Member of The Aaev-ciated FroM The Associated Press-; ia exclusive ly, entitled .to .use Mr republica tion of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise cred ited in this paper arid also the local news publisher herein. THE NEW BERN SUN-JOURNAL EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday Afternoon, December 7, 1922. PerloJ One year . . . . , Six ,"Month Thrnee Months , By Carrier .a.f ZJOA Dy,Ma rci as booond class" matter7 a postc-lce at New Bern, N. .ader feet' tt .March- 3, 1879. Goercb.. . ... . ....... .Editor .... i' w-s.w , , . .1.76 One; Mom UD 3 MOni i i .......... ;' i . . L' ' fiS Week -Wi'l ill .1. TURNBULL, ,WE THANK YOU. r five "days' New Bern has been de- her 'time., her labors and " her jhts of those things which may be rred to as having to do with the un- a;py and the depressing side of life. A vdeslnuefiyefire in a 'few hours'; time v -ii a waste a' thousand homes. Since then :v . :y engergy: has been directed to re-:-: the distress. of the fire victims., Air th; a developments, , as may readily be resized, have had a decidedly .'depress-.. 'C influence upon the community' 'esterday afternoon, however, ten little vc ds contained in a telegraph message rz -sved .hereof rom, Norfolk; changed the v 're sentiment of the community. Those 'J words were as follows: , "Have purchased the Roper prop rty and will rebuild at once' he message1 was signed by ; A., R. Turn r,:; president of the Rowland Lumber Cdmp'anjrj:? It- tyas received by ! W. G. . Grif- ' shortly- after 5 o'clock yesterday eve tA r ;y He - tpqk the . glad tidings around . . tc the Chamber of Commerce. A cheer ' 2ted ; the announcement v from- those o were;gatheVed there. 'The 'presses of - 3 Sun-Journal,-, which already- ..were v iding out the evening edition, 'were pped and room was made for the' im-' tant news. By jseven o'clock everyone New Bern had hfiard of it. - T .--,- On fill $ides - one observed; smiles and 1 arxui ; expressiqns. owerywnere the :stion was being ateked: "Have ' you - ..rd the good news?" New Bern had al : :st forgotten that there were such words "gopd, news.' , . , , The message has put a new heart into t' 3 community-It has. revived us from the r sat shock of last' week's disaster. It has i tilled . in . us a faith for a greater and I tter New Bern.. . . ' , : A typographical error in yesterday's -; per made the telegram read as being ' dressed to "W. W.t Griffin, Cashier the ? 1 ational; Bank of New Bern:r Call It a' Pographieal error - if you - want to we - 3k upon- it in ; the nature of a prophecy,, n'i r we. Relieve that out of the ashes will '3e a new New Bern indeed. For all this, Mr. Turnbull, New Bern ho is this man, Turnbull? " " rne man who, about a year or more ago, leased the idle Roper Lumber Coinpany plant -nere and gave employ ment to about five hundred men. His company suffered a huge loss in " the first fire of last Kriday. ' , He is the man who was among the first ' ; to contribute to the relief fund, his check v for one thousand, dollars being received here last Saturday: - .. . He is the man who is going to give em-, ployment to - hundreds of men who are now idle and , who is' going" to V help " us solve one of the greatest problems in con Tnection with the fire'.: , If there ever was !ihan who deserved v the gratitude - and the7 commendation of New Bern, that man :is :A. R. Turnbull. WITH OTHER EDITORS He 13 OUR FUTURE GROWTH. . Take a nian of mature years and a boy of seven or; eight years, and stand them side ' by side.' Watch them carefully and See which of the 'two' grows thev faster. Everybody knows that there will be little change, in the man's condition, ; but that the boy will increase steadily in stature. , ,Take a man who is sick- and onewho is well and observe them- for the purpose of seeing which v makes the greater gain , in health. Everybody , knows It . will, be y. the sfek man, unless it be tbat he'dies. J v We mention these incidents in, ' connec tion with what we believe the' future holds in store - for New Bern. While it is true .that our community has been growing right along, the growth hasn't been .what it should have been. We believe that asa result of last week's disaster, ; New Bern is going to get a fresh start-and will move forward with such impetus that it will be many, many years before the momentum ceases. ; ' : The fireV loss : has bound us ,: closer to gether and it Jhas inspired us to .a finer ; devotion to our: city and a greater faith -in her future. r" ' '"' We are confident th'at Governor Mor rison and State Highway . Commissioner Page are going to, do everything in their -power , to help Craven county to secure liLvthei road;xonstruction ; work which will provide employment ior tnose -or. our nre victims. who are nowwithout-jobs. The Battle or the Streets During the 19 months of participa tion in the, : World War, the United States had approximately 35,000 kill ed in action; L We grieve over those who paid' this; last debt of patriotism and regard them as the costly sacri fice which we were asked to lay up on the altar r of world peace and na tional honor. - -,," In 1921, -over 10,000' persons lost! their lives in traffic, accidents . in 34 states of the Union. Complete statis tics are not available for. the 4$ states but it is safe to conclude that last year the automobile exacted a death toll of. 14,000 lives. We accept this staggering toll of fatalities as a mat ter of course.,. ,. .' J .. " , . That most of these traffic deaths were due to carelessness- goes with out saying. Reckless "speeders - who took risks at corners andn congest ed districts, drivers who tried to prove that liquor and gasoline would mix. inexperlenped and incompetent mo torists who had no business at a steering wheel they piled up this heavy total of i casualities. Some acci dents were doubtless unavoidable but they were conaclcuous by their in frequency. " ' . The most alarm in e asDect of the whole question is to be found in the certain fact that the death rate is In creasing rather than diminishing. The 1921 f atari ty record showed a dis turbing increase over that of 1920 and unless all signs fail, the figures for, 1923 -will. exceed those", of last year.' ' 1 . , a , ? , . And yet for all, the American peo pie are slow to appreciate the. tragic fact that the automobile-is a death dealing -instrument and that in the hands of the untrained or careless driver, it is a thing to be feared. Where the locomotive slays its thou sands, the motor-car slays its tens of thousands. As a lethal agency it has no superior ( among the -destructive forces of 1 inan-made civilization. Asheville Times. . " . . . THE TOraCflEOSSliP TO SAY I'm touched. . t; , ' WOULD BE putting it niildly. SO I want to say. ,; . ( J BIGHT 'AT the start. ' " -THAT I'M deeply touched. i: PROFOUNDLY TOUCHED. it :,1 An Exchange of Benefits Two items from the report of Sat urday's session of the North Carolina conference were of special Interest to Durham, one being the announcement of a gift of $10,000 to Trinity college by S. C. Vann, of Franklinton, 1 and the other was,, the -janaoancement of a, gift : of . a second'? $10,0 DO to XouIs burg college by R. H. Wright, of Durham. A pleasing coincidence about It is that a Durham, man ' gaye to a Prapklin joounty institution,' and "a Franklin man gave to a -Durham in stitution. Each of the donors select ed a worthy cause, and the Methodist conference is to be congratulated up on having' ;twd uch loyal- supporters as Mr. Wright and "Vann. Durham Herald. ' . V 3 - ' - - " ; is a result of the response. - , fyf i WHICH HAS been maaev t i m m m. . TO THE little tale. WHICH I told in tnis column,, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, v. h , , v -.v'-i ABOUT HAVING lost. '.' a : ; ' ' , SOME SHIRTd and things, . y IN THE big fire. ' . : BECAUSE THEY happeined to-be, - AT ELIZA Moore's house. WHO'S OUR washwoman. ; . AND ELIZA'S house. ; i m m - ' ; WAS DESTROYED by the fire o . . AND f AS ' I stated yesterday. . . 2 -. I SORT of felt. i 1 THAT PERHAPS the .folks. : ' ''v DIDN'T KNOW about my .loss.- i" i r r; AND THEY'D be glad. v TO MAKE contributions if f' IF THEY found it out., . AND HAD no idea. x f "THEY'D BE so ready. ! TO COME forward. '-. ... .. ' ; BUT IT just goes to show. - THAT NO one knows. . ,i . HOW MANY friends he has V'v.,.' , ;h: J-. UNTIL HE'S in trouble. -i AND NEEDS them. v - ' AND AS a' matter of fact;"! : ; ' I" SORT 'of felt" - .- --. THAT THERE were folks.... , - -' '" WHO , HAD suffered. SO MUCH more than I IN FRIDAY'S jceat fiie. v. , THAT PERHAPS my plea; WOULD NOT receive-'" - --V- -VERY MUCH attention. :"i : . J BUT SOMEHOW or other. ' . THERE APPEARS to be. . - , j- V ABSOLUTELY r NO limit. -"TO THE generosity.-: ? ' ' OF SOME of our-folksr . AND AS a result. -' ' v ' ,- - " OF THE response. , -..;; WHICH HAS been made. j. . -. , y-? I'M PUBLISHING a list.' OF THE names. . .. . . OF THE contributors. ' "1 1 . : : TO THE fund - , TOGETHER WITH what they gave - AND I now believe.1'.1' A-rA' THAT I'M in a position. ,' : " TO, GET a new start in life. AND WILL manage. ' - . . . TO GET along all right. SO , HERE'S the" lit. ..Jiarry ju. tsariow ........ 2 cents Albert Hibbard ....... Coca-Cola Henry Henderson ... . One blotter .Hubert Toison Advice Parkhlll Jarvia Pencil I THANK you. ' ' AFTER AIIOTIIEU - PHRASEOLOGY y' ' 1 ' "rt t. S Writing abou a ,reis,ifiter'est-;1 ing, providing it is Worked ''accorarnWS to Hoyle.' v - - . y - stating that there Is a fire. i STATE IS ADVISED OF CAMP GLENN , HOUSES RALEIGH, Dec. 6. The state exe cutive department today . received telegram from Secretary of the Navy Denby,- offering to sell to New Bern for the consideration of $L00 all gov. ernment buildings .:. at Camp Glenn The offer was made following the re quest of Congressman : Abernethy. The buildings probably will soon be torn down within the, next few days ana tne lumber shipped to New (Bern tor, the building of homes for those made Homeless by the -fire. " FIrinstance. ToU '"can a'taVt '"fiibvl s That ean be followed Up by1 tfi".S- nouncement that the flames; r'age'd.i Following which lliouid"' com tl$'- information that a .'great fconflagratlou is in effect. , - ' " - i. And if your readers 'arV not Vaii t. f. fled with that, they' into . . rnmrtliiFib JttfAAi.JL- il i- springing upon thent the news that; a holocaust .prevails.; , H It' should afso trremeinDefed'thai- eyerything about 5 a' Bre Is lurid." Ttfef uaiucb are iuna, tne atmosfthef e vjs lurid, the ruins are'lurid and)ie hose? ia lurid. 1 ' ' . f -V We " are rererrinr;t ffre Ahose Jufet ! now, Aod : n smouldering embers o fire storjf is complet.-iiriV Then, something's fgoV''o tm 'glj about the devastated . area; wont 1,r' uu iu reyon a nre Without cal ing attention othevatated aresD The words sort, of rll ,offhaVtang'.v Devastatedkfeat, Th.at'8 ; good, r , And . every reporter who . Jiaa writ. ten up a.flre and ,has .failed in tion the heroic ftoi9 Uie ,0rmiu ,- -. : It : just, smiply,, isn't ..being;; 4ne. ' . buch an, offense is alroostvaA baa: as writing ...up a society, event and falling to say that; ,jth,e. hostess, served- deli clous refreshments,,, ' '1 t ? - That's thegrea.test. sin, ta Reporter can cOnupiUr. K.rvt , And oh, es!, Before we frget,it. If -you eyerntend -writing; Abouta fire, , under no; circumstances-, f or&et to: mentipn,,thet hoarse, note-. 9f rhe fire Jlsrhlstle. -Every flre-ris .hoarse iNd body: knows.yust;Wy bnjt;Jt.-ft ,...:". . . . vSrj GUNS AND" BULLETS Olf WAY ;,TO ERIS SEIZED LIVREPOOIfc ' '',-. 1,1,1 fi ft 'i f'-V- LIVERPOOL. : Engj-vDec . 6T39 local pollc-eMday raeizea?:iarga unr , titles of rlflesr:'amthnllnandte ! plosives ' dlAcoveret oo ahlpa f-aij; ii v I for-Southern 'ilrelanaiv. ;-.fj -vc- .vt-vK . i Tl' i uiJlu VJ- .Lj":;a:: i ' ;" v . . " ....... .Tf"" i;:L: J. li iniia- It ILJ In) iUJIvLX 1 ! t " WE .WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT R. C. PRATT IS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH ;THE WILLIS MOTOR COMPANY IN THE CAPACITY- OF SALES MANAGER AND WE HOPE THAT. HE WILL BE ABLE, WITH THIS NEW COMBINATION, TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC IN THEIR PUR CHASE OE AUTOMOBILES AND ALSO IN DOING THEIR REPAIR WORK. V i '. " ' ) .'. t'; . - . ' .. .. . . ' i ' MR. PRATT IS BRINGING kWITH HIM THE FRANKLIN AUTO ACCOUNT AND THE WffiLIS MOTOR COMPANY WILL FROM - NOW ON HANDLE ;THE SERVICE ON FRANKLIN CARS IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR LINE OF. REO, DURANT AND STAR CARS. ' - ; . . . a- ' -: . ' . ., -:V: WE WISH TO. THANK THE PUBLIC FOR PAST FAVORS AND WE HOPE FOR A' CONTINU ATION' OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. 'J '.-rTi r'te- -? i!; A ' pM! le-Ai v 3' - V K7 T7 MOTOl At-R. WILLIS.- R. C. PRATT
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