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EIGHT THE NEW BERN SUN-JOURNAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER $,: 1922. COMORO HAS RAISED S3.S JO BELIEF F Mayor Clark Receives Word of Contributions From Our Neighboring City GOLDSBORO, N. C, Dec. 8 Lionel Weil, chairman of the Citizens Ccr. nut tee for the relief of New Bern Are ; sufferers, last night sent the follow ing, telegram to Mayor Edward Clark of New Bern. - .- - - ' "Happy " to ' report collection ,of - $5-500 as a result of today's canvass of Goldsbo'ro by the .Citizen's Com. mittee. Our people here, regard it a privilege to respond to the appeal for the relief of .your fire sufferers." y Despite the fact that Goldboro's quota' for the ..drive held yesterday was $3,500, the t committee thinlcs i that , the result Is very gratifying. The contribution is large enough to - add materially to the total amount of aid senr to the 'stricken city, and, ' to gether with the, individual contribu tion already 'sent-to New Eern .'rum Goldbord citizens will . . bring 'Oils city's .figures; close to .the . five ligiis- Also thei-eyet 'remains a small por tion of the city to be canvassed, an.l the negro contribution Lad not been received when , the 'xtal was , s-!t nounced-' Altogether 4t - s likely that the final report will amount to al most $4,000. . MR TIIEfl jSASELF Goldsboro Man Shot His Wife While She Was Preparing Dinner for Him ' GOLDSBORO, Dec. 8. After pick ing a' Quarrel with his wife Rebecca, 54 eyear Qjd, as she was, preparing dinner in -the kitchen of their home late -yesterday afternoon Phillips McDevitt, 57 years old, of No. 2212,. South Bucknell St., shot her in the :head and killed her, then went up 'stairs and committed suicide by shoot ing himself in the head. . In the.houee at.the time the, fatal . shots were fired -was their twelve year-old duaghter Beatrice who had been kept home from schoof yester- day because of illness. She was In ! bed upstjrs, andN hearing the shot which, "killed , her mother ran down only to be chased back by her infur . iated father. .. .., - Scared at his frenzied actions Be atrice locked the door of her room and hid beneath the bed. After the 'second of the fatal shots she crept out ot hers room and went down-stairg , -where she found her mother dead on the floor. - . - i About, the same time a knock -sounded on he door and she went and admitted the insurance man who and called to collect. She sobbingly told of the tragedy and he called in the police of the Forty-first district, who- removed . ' the bodies to 'the Methodists Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. According, to neighbors, McDevltt drank heavily and nevei known to work steadily.' He was a machinist and had been employed at the Navy Yard up to the timeof the lay off several months ago. He was under the 'influence of liquor nearly every day, and continually quarrelled -frith his wife. " , " After his lay-off he took a job on the railroad -as a traveling machinist ,and up until the past week had been' away from home. Since he ;has been back, the neighbor say, he has been constantly 'under the' influence -of liq uor. Mrs. McDevitt, they-added, was 'A charming and. agreeable: neighbor and mother, three of Whom lived with them. Their ages range from 10 to -.36 years... -v -' , '- .. . y ... .. FIRE NOTES (Continued from page one). We are. shipping you a box of shoes, tc- hoping they will "tu some benefit to . some " lny your stricken city. .j-v i Yours- truly, i , ( , ? - G. L. & B. P. ;Mewborn, v ; By li. V M. , . Maysvil'e, N. C. Mayor Ed wa rd Clart, New B"o. '-V. C. Dear -Sir-- ' -. ' , : . - f We are ending lv . parcel l-ost a siVia'Jl' box. r.f (.!!. tong left out of '-the boxes we gent yeavorday. s . Mayyille Civic Club. v - .Wlmington, N. C. " !" " : De'cmber, eth, 1922. Mr. T. J Uzzell. Pres. The Peoples Bank; New Bern, N. C. ' ' ' Dear Sir: - , . ' i . We greatly regret hearing of the very, disastr'oua 'fire you had last week and 'feeling as wet do toward! New Bern 'we enclose herewith ouo check for $100 which -we hope will help a little toward the comfort of some of your- homeless people. We" are mak ing this check payable to yourself and trust" y6u win placi it in yioper channel wherever you think it will d othe most good, j . Thewriter expects to get over to see yii some time next week. With kind .regards, we remain,-' Yours very truly, - rs r Hammer Lumber Co., . .,s- - . By John L. Hammer. V ' : : Concord, N. C, : . V ; '!" '' December 6, 1922 Mr, H- M. - Jacobs, Chairman of Relief Committee. ' Dear Sir: , . - 1 You . must assuredly have - our sympathy of the lost of the town of New Bern. . ' We have" packed a.n,d expressed a Oil UNO large box of clothing this morumg ajid we trust it will help, income homes. This" is done by the. Ladies "Aid Soc iety of IcKinnon Presbyterian church I Of ConcWd, N. C. We have some more clothing prom ised and will send another box just j as soon as we' can get it ready. I nought we would send in just what we had so you.couiu e using it, - We hope and pray - the condition will soon be better. Respectfully,' Mrs. C. C. Myers, 268 Church . Concord. Express will be paid . here. St N. C. ' ; - Gibsonville, N. C. December 6, 1922. Mr. Harry Jacobs, Chairman, New Bern, N. C. Dear Sir: y Y ; Hearing the cry of distress from your stricken; "city we are sending you gratii by prepaid express case containing flannel cloth, the product of this mill." .; ' We know that this cloth will come In very, handy especially, at this time and season. - . . - . Trusting our little help will be of some-help, we are ' ...m , Yours very truly; i.-.v Minneola Manufacturing Co. , C. N. Cone, V-Pres. Washington, D. C. - - ' - ' Dec. 6, 1922. Mr. Harry , M. Jacobs, Chairman, Citizens '"Committee, r :. .:. Nety Bern, N. C. ' ? Dear Mr.. Jacobs: - Enclosed please find mv check for $25 to be applied for relief work at New Bern. ' Don't hesitate to call on me if i can be of -service in any way. , With kind regards, I am Sincerely Yours, v.-. Charles L.' Abemethy. Mrs. Clyde Efcy, today , received a telegram from Mrs. P. R. Perdue, Pinehurst, ,N. C.,tating; "North Car olina .regrets your absence, and sym pathizes with New Bern in its great distress." - ': ' A cheekfor $25.00 from the Bankers- Fire Insurance Company at .Dur ham was , received .- 'today. Ly J the Chamber of Commerce. From Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce comes a letter; J'Mr. Wil kinson, one of our directors, visited New Bern yesterday and upon his re turn we will immediately make a canvass to aid the homeless ones in your city."' . - Through C. L. . Ives, the Royster Fertilizer Company ' of Norfolk do nates $100 to the relief fund here, the check being accompanied , by a letter reading: "Enclosed L-beg tb.4iand you check for $100 which you wi'.l please kindly" hand to your relief committee. We wish. we were able to make a lar ger donation to the cause, but yon know fertilizer people haven't very much money these days." - James O.-Gill, coffee importers, of Norfolk, have sent through their distributor here, . . the . Armstrong Grocery Company, one hundred pounds of their fanious -coffee to be given the, relief committee. The Gill people further state ' that . they1 are ready to- make further donations in any way. 1 , Rev. W. A. Ayers, who recently was: called , by the Baptist of Forest City td serve as. their pastor today re ceived a check for $100 and the fol lowing letter from W. C. Bostoc,. of that city; "We sympathize with you and your 'stricken city and our church ia sending you a small check, $100" to us for the relief of your people as yo'u see best." - . . Rev. Li. W. Smith, pastor of the Memorial Baptist - church at Green ville, ; N. C, sends Mr,. Ayers hee a check for $5 to be used in relief work. Durham Lodge of Elks sends $2 Oft to Tom- Kehoe, to be used " in' relief work. This brings the total contribu tion from. Elks' lodges to about $1, 200. . .' -'- - - MMR SCHUMAN-IIEtXK IS EXPECTED TO i:KWF.R GARDEN CITY, ; N. Y., Dec. 7. Ultimate recovery of Mme.' J-Hrnestine Schumann-Heink, i. rioted contralto. who is ill with bronchial pneumonia at her home here, was predicted to day by her physician. Her condi tion improved materially last night. 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