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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER ft, 1922.
.THE NEW BERN SUN-JOURNAL
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Explains vTfcat; Attention of New; Bern at the
Present Time Is Being Taken Up With Fire
Relief Situation. Proposed Change Would
Be Against the City's Interests, It Is Felt.
im,-ehnge in- th,aehedule of the
-fclorf'ollt Southern between New Bern
and Oriental -is ."contemplated by rail
roads ofSci.alaaci;ording , to. a letter
recelve'd by, Mayor Clark today from
the Corporation Commission.
. Coming ;as this action does at this
particular .time,- city-officials, and the
: Chamber - Commerce1 . are '.request --tar
that the: matter be deferred until
New Bern has --partially,, solved . its
difficulties- and" problems arising from
rlasf weeVs fire,-' .- '
r :Thft letter received from the Cor
poration Commission reads - as fol
lows: . i , ' i4 ,
: Raleigh, Dec. 5, 1922.
; Mayor of New Bern, - -
New', Bern, N. v
Dear Sirt , ; - :
."-I "enclose herewith; a,eopy of s a
letter application from Mr,- F, P. Pes
ter general ' manager, Norf olk Sour
tlrn Railroad Company, petitioning
ihe 5" Commission .. to , allow- his company-
to discontinue the Operation of
grains 55. and 5ff and substitute in
stead a mixed- train - leaving. Oriental
6:30 a m., conectin with train Nbs.
7 -and 8 at Nw Bern returning leav
ing. New -Bern 3;15 p. m. arriving
Oriental 5:3Q p. m. , : -,. .
'The Commission requests that an
swer be filed" to this petition within
ten days fromVthe date, of this com
munication. ' v . ; :
.1. -;. i Respectfully, v
- 1 (Sigifed). R O. SEtF,
' - S 1 . . ' . Clerk?
The morning (rain, as suggested in
the letter, wouM make connections at
New Bern all right with other trains
but if the- proposed schedule ?. for
having; the tram leave here at.3;15 is
carried 6ut, it will mean that, noj con
nections can be made . with- evening
trains arriving here.- ' v
The Chamber" of Commerce .? this
xnofning se'nl- the following .telegram
to the Corporation Commerce"., this
morning sent the following telegram
to ' the -Corporation Commission v
, : ' New -Bern; Dec. 7, 1922.
William" T. Lee. f - v : ' .-v,
Chairmani' Corporation Commission, .
Raleigh, N. C.
Letter this A.. M. to 'Mayor,? City
New Bern -relative petition filed ..Nor
folk Southern discontinue train fifty
five, fifty-' six1 Oriental branch. Please
postpone time - to, file - exception this
petition In view" of fact of great ca
lamity at New Bern, all 'time being
paid to aid distress. . ... 5
V . ; H. .E.'. BARLOW, Sec, "
'." Charnber of Commerce.
CliPiilEII AT,
MEOUILLE i
Hi PROGRESS
Mayor l D. M. Clark- Urge the
Pebple To Give Liberally
-To' Fire Victims n't;
ENTIRE QIL. FIELD IS
THREATENED BY FIRE
By Associated Press y r - ;
ELDORAD6, Ark., t- Dec. 8.-rFire
which ,, last tiight ; threatened the en
tire Smackover. oil iield when , hght-ning-.
ignited an oil , pit of ih& North
American .Oil Company and! later
spread to five pits containing approx
imately 400,000 barrels . of , Jul,- still
was -burning early, today. Talth6ugh
officials of -the company expressed the
belief that will continued wet weath
er 4 the blaze- would be confined to, a
comparatively... small area.. . .
NEW CHAIRMAN OF
TRADE COMMISSION
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:': GREENVILLE, Dec v8.TT-The cam
p'algn.to solicit'funds for the suffer
ing pcople of.;New ,Bern kot well Am
dor wbv" followine a meetins at the
.chamber of commerce this morning
atr tfcn o'clock and the public is ur'g-
ed to contribute a .liberally as pos
sible. f K f . .
vMayor D." ;M. ; Ch'-rk; has. issued a
caty requesting; all people.40 give .as
liberally-as possible to the relief , of
the several, hundred ' .. people made
homeless by the disastrous conflagra
tion last Week. The disjter is . the
greatest in history --of North Carolina
and it is impossible for New Bern to
cope with the situation without out-,
side aid. : - .';- : .
' This is the first time our people
have been called upon to give -. to
pe6pfe of their own state. That they
should' -rally, as they --never,, rallied., to
any . other cause cannotl bequestioned.
No definite amount has been set as. a
goal for Greenville, but, it -is expect
ed - $he amount . subscribed, will run
'into several hundred dollars. ; .j,- ...
-. ft While- no report as t$ the complete
amount raised today, was . available
this, afternoon it will , be made public
at the - earliest moment possible.
' There . ia.-no 4 question, about the ser-
lousness of the situation at JCew1 Bern.
Conditions have been . Investigated by
Governor (Morrison and . others.7., in.
whom the people Jiavev Implicit con-v
fidence, . therefore, everyone can give
and rest-ssure& of helping alcjng, a
worthy cause. Committees- wilf cover
th, business- Section- today and 'to
morrow -and it js hoped a report will
be' available by that time." , - v
Exchange to Close
NEW- YORK, - Dec. 8.r The, New
Tork Cotton , , Exchange today an-
nouncea -11 wouta De -crus-eu un
Saturday preceidlng' Christmas and
New Tears, .v . .v ... v, ' v
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Studio portrait of Vietor JVIur-.
dock, - of Wichita, Kansas, .and
Washington," D; C; who -' has just
been elected Chairman .of - the Fed
eral - Trade Commission on whiclt
he has served since 1917, - and or
which hiS termv will expire in 1925
to succeed' Nelson 'B.- Gaskilt,' of
New Jersey, whose term as a mem
ber has xpireL The new chairman
is well knowd throughout' the coun
try. Formerly a newspaper editor,
he.. has ser;edV.,his. state for six
terms- a a Representative. - He was
chairman' of Hhei ; Progressive Ka
tional Committee i dufing ;1914 . .and
1916. " cU&U
STEP 00T5-De OF THIS UIzM VTII W 1 1
BIVIHfi HELP
The ,Greemboro KiwanU Cub
Take Up Collection bt
- Relief of Sufferers
" -OREENSBORO, N." C-r Dec. BThe
Greeriboro idjwa'nis' cIUb- yesterday
at-its' lUnoheon-heatfd ?; a' ."report" by
;f ormer District' ; ..Governor - W. B.
Merrlmori Pn -ne ??ew Bern fire and
raised- i.wIniftaryJoltehoT;$f 66.50
for the relief of the sufferers. In put
ting the matter before th.e club Pres
ident Preyer explained mat it woum
b$ simply, a . volAntary natter on the
part of each5-member ahd-the request
met with a most hearty response. "
;j Thet mefat'5e"r3:: iridoraed" the- idea at
havine . a joint- mefttingL. 'with. Tall of
the, other" cliihS of th cUy.c Decem
ber; 13. til P m.,'tO .consider the ques-
on of prison- Reform, in North Caro
lina. Tlie" Vomrhfttee 'of , by-laws ' pre
sehtedr iU rept.-"grwiding2; tor a' pires-
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" Each package- of "Diamond Dy
contains : idlreetions so simple;
woman 4;aa dye vor tint her, lod. wor.
faded' things-' ntew'. Even; iJC ' she . ha
never' lore,'he' ea&ttiut a ricl
fadeless', tolor Intb' - shabby skirts -dressed,
; waists; '.Xo'ktS,' v. 'stockings
sweaters; : coverings' draperies, hang-'
ings, everything. ayj Diamond Dyes
-i-nd' ptlier..'klhtheA ,' peTf eel" Home
dyeing is guaranteed. Just tell your
druggist whether 4He 1 material you
wish to aye is .wdbw .nut,, .w. . u"c'
tt: is, 'iiecbtfQXb -aic 'mixed' .'-goods.
Diamond vDy- ever . streak, fspio-.
adcpr riiQy. .::,::,,. .
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MAKRlES ADOPTED SON.
. BRENTWOOD, Eng., Dec, ;7.j Mrs,
Matilda Hudson, widow, married
Richard Shickell, one , of three chil-
d mi she and her first husband adopt
ed in1 early life. ......
FATIIV
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CIGARETTES
for TWENTY
At this price, where
i the man who can't
he discriminating?
FOUR y IRISH REBELS
ARE EXECUTED. TOD AY
(By' Associated Tress).-. -kJ v "
D1?BI,IN; -Dec' 8. Rory O'Connor
and La'am -. Wellowes, . together -with
two --othfer-Irish1 rebels,- were executed
in ' Mt. Joy ; prison this morning, . it
was officially announced.
', The other .two men executed were
named t-. Coney v and ; Barrett both
pronllnent-r-republicans. '
- Roderick,-..(itory) O'Connor and
: LiiamtMellowes ,were. . leaders , of the
band "of ;Jrisb ; insurgents., that, held
'the Four . Courts, Building in publin
In ifa sta-nd.-against the Free' State
troops ' last-i June,-, . Eath was : taken
prisoner when the- building was cap
tured -after a , 3-day fight. ; . ;
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. -..IOND05N..Dc. 8tf rThe Irish re
publicans, 'says. a - dispatch, to The
Evening'.JStandard fr6m, Dublin, have
i issued a"; manlfest6 , describing Timo
. thy', ealy.-.th Governor-General, as
a lifelong enemy of the n'ation. The
manifestq adda" , I
"The fight will go on as long as
there, is a' man in Ireland.. It is war
to the :-death.V ;:. r ,
CCtlSED MIXISTERS WIDIi
NOT( PJVQW FATE FOR MONTH
SOFA,wBUlgaria'Dec. 7.-It is ex
pected, that another month will elapse
before the-former ministers of the
Radoslavoff cabinet learn' their fate.
The. .trial which has been in progress
fourteen monthsj is drawing - to a
Let Fatima smokers
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J. T. HAVENS, Proprietor.
Of . The
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is temporarily, located at 71 Craven St. adjacent l to The O. G.
Dunn Printing Co. Building. Patrons will please take cogni
zance. Telephone service later. Yours truly,
THE ACME SHOE SHOP.
, , J. T, HAVENS, PropHetor.
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