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'Every effort is being made
by 'the local employment com
mittee,' assisted by theeU. S.J
and .State Free Employment
office,. to provide work for the
men of New Bern who are
now idle as the result of last
week' fire. , - .v
. .The committee in, charge of
i;:is pnase , or , renei worK is
snxiors to get in touch with
every idle man inj the ' city.
ThY'f, ir5vfc3"."fet&teldent Was
oiven out for publication to
day : "f ' ; , 1 ' . '
It is urgently requested that all. unemployed-
labor 1ft New Bern or - this
vicity apply , at tlie U..' S. and Sta'.e
Free Employment Oftlce-at the rWest
Street Graded School cn nut Mon
riay mornings. ; . .
Carpenter' and .remmon labor .are
pecjally needed. Every man who
wants to -work can be, furnished pos
itions Immediately. -
:-All white men, unemployed, are re
quested to ; apply ; at the S. and
Slate Employment. Office at once. The
telephone number- is 479. .
t All employers In : need of -common
or skilled labor labor are requested to
communicate.' with the Employment
Office at once. , 'j -
It Is pointed out that there are hun
dreds . of : men "in the city who have
nothing:., to . do- and who have- no
means . of support. Those - ia charge
of the . employment situation- here
feel that if t ie men will only regis
ter ther narfieaT itrWiU fce,onlya maT
ter of a'fw. day3 ljfor joba will be
fcund for tUem. Tbo committee hac.
on hand jobs fqr -quite a few men.-.
-The difficulty V- eneounteral thus
far has been in getting.. :he. idle men
to make their wants. known. This has
befcn due largely to the' fast that they
do not wish to leave their families un
til, -satisfactory housing . arrange-:
rnents have heen made" . However, . If
they will leave their, names at the em
ployment office they, will be carod for.
The. Housing 'luescion will . be set
tled tonight ;.wljen . 1 he committee
meets next week and is is now believ
ed that a large number-, of those who
now . have no. plaes Xt go, will be in
houses ot their i own-r-rtemporarily
within a very short timt. - . ' '
BURKHEAD CASE IS
' -. NOW. NEARING CLOSE
OXFORD,1- Miss.,-- Dec. 9. Defense
in the trial: o the damage uit'flled
by ;Miss Francis ' Burkhead against
Governor ' Lee M. Russell, ; rested Its
case in federal district -court here just
-before noon today,! The attorneys for
the plaintiff; asked . time' -lo consult
with their witnesses . -for-, rebuttal
testimony -and Court 'recessed until 2
O'clock : , .
- Women 'powder their noses In pub
"he so why -"can't men shave, on the
street cars as ; they, ride to work ?
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Re ad
Sunday's New Berhian
For Detailed Accdunt and Complete History of
New Bern's Recent Tremendous Fire
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NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA,
Stacey. W.
HEW REPRIEVE
BEEN GRANTED
TO JOE OlXOi
Local Negro, , Convicted
of
Burglary, Gets Another
Reprieve at Raleigh
Joe'. Dixon, negro, convicted In su
perior court in New Bern of first
degree, burglary, has- been . granted
another respite"," according to an item
appearing in the Raleigh News and
Observer today.' The item read a's
follows: , . - - i . v . . i
- Sizty days were added-by " Gover
nor Morrison yesterday to the re
prieve of Joe Dixon, sentenced to
electrocution in the State prison for
first degree, burglary in "Craven
county,- and his execution postponed
twice, is set for February 12. He was
originally sentenced to die on TVIay
1 (, and has been reprieved three
times. Had net the governor" Inter
vened he would have been put to
death" next - Monday. , '
Paroles were , Issued - by the Gov
ernor in the case -of C.' R.' Matthews,
Of Harnett county, serving a sent
ence of two years in the State prison
for assault with a deadly weapon and
Albert F. Smyre, of Catawba, serving
a. year pn the roads of that county
for' driving an automobile while un
der the influence of liquor.
- .Requests by Judge Frank A. Dan
iels,, who tried the case, prompted
the Goverror to extend the time, of
Joe Dixon, and1 voluminous appeals
on the part pf the other recipients of
Executive . clemency are on file. In
the case of Metthews the trial
judge declared that he believes now
thai the.- prisoner did not .'use a
deadly .weapon and in .view of the
fact that he has already served sev
en months, has a wife and five child
ren, and served in the army during
the war, the Governor - paroles him.
Ready for 'Christmas Trade -..
, J. O.-Baxter, jeweler, has' just re
ceived large shipments which have
practically completed his . stock for
the Christmas trade. Every depart
ment of the store is- now replete with
countless . appropriate gift sugges
tions. -In addition, the store is ready
to fill orders - , from any catalogue,
thereby making it unecessary-to send
out mail orders for anything that the
buying public of New Bern and vicin
ity might need in the way pf Christ
mas jewelry, etc.
ATTENTION JUNIORS.
All 'Juniors who Intend to . attend
the Bible and Flag presentation cer
emony at - Fort .Barnwell ' Sunday af
ternoon are urged to meet., at' the
hall, corner Broad and Hancock
streets at 1:16? The party will leave
promptly at 1:30. All Juniors and
others who have cars are asked to
carry as many as possible.
Will Pay Out SI 5,000
Beginning next Mpnday, Decem
ber 11, the . 1923 Christmas Savings
Club will open at the National Bank
of New Bern. Over $15,000 for last
year's Savings Clu, which has1 just
come to a close, will be paid out next
week. .
It, is expected that a lare number
of local citizens will join the club
during the coming year.
. Ghent Prayer Service.
The Ghent prayer 'service, will be
held at the home of Mrs. Henry
Willis, 504 Spencer avenue, Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Boykin
will' be leader. ....
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, .1922
Statement
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Wade Is Shocked A? Result
Of Publicity Given To The
Report Sent Out By Scott
'- ,..
relegram Sent Mayor Clark -This Morning.
Correction Is Also Given To the Press
"' . From Raleigh; '
Hon." Edward Clark, i
Mayor of New Bent, N. C.
Shocked at regretable publicity given . trifling circum
stance by Scott. Entirely unpfficial and unsanctioned. ; Due
to my absence for a week.
tion.' - ' ' :
v . RALEIGH, Nt- C, Dec'. 9. The report of Deputy In
surance Commissioner tW. A. Scott; criticising the New Bern
Fire Department and asserting explosives were found , in
,iegro houses during the fire there, last week,' today was re
pudiated by Commissioner Stacey W. Wade.
. The Commissioner returned '
from New York,-where he had.
,been for several days and irrtme-, -diately,
held a conference -with "
hia officials of the 'department, j
The statement, giving the con-,
tents of Scott's report was never.
"submitted to .the, acting chief
of the -department" and was is- '
sued : from the office' by another
official Without his knowledge or -consent,','
said Mr. Wade.
V "I consider It extremely" un
fortunate that what, in the exr'
citement of the impending catas
trophe, might have been a mo- .
. mentary lack of precaution, "
should, have been distorted Into -a
charge of criminal negligence
on the part of the firemen," he
continued. - ,
"I. know the firemen of North
Carolina too well and especially
the firemen of the CJly of New
Bern ; to believe they could be
guilty of such a charge.
. "The wonder is that in the
midst . ot North, .Carolina's great.'
conflagration, fed by a mighty
gale, they did not find themselves
FI RE N OTES
A check 'from ,Lu H. Hardy, Atlan
tic; N! C-for $10 has been received
for ".the-"relief fund. Mr. Hardy also
writes that he has called a mass
meeting ' for ' 3 - o'clock this afternoon
to see what can be done by: the citiz
ens of his town to aid in the distress
of the homeless here. '
The faith of a little child is a won
derful thing. Billy Hand, age 3, while
watching; last Friday's . great confla
gration remarked: "I'll bet if my
fathet was here he could put out that
fire." -Dr. Hand haDDened to be in
Raleigh'' at the time. .
Colored victims of the fire are still
being housed and fed at the school
building, although the number isn't
4 large as it was. A good many of
the nergoes have been taken into the
homes of? their friends and are now
Staying - tlierev temporarily.
The Travelers' Aid Bureau, estab
lished by the Red Coss at the Union
Station, is loing effective work and
is giving much valuable assistance to
the traveling public.
. . . Greensboro. N. C,
''- : Dec. 8, 1922.
Dr. W. L. Hand,
New Bern, N. C.
. (Kiwanis Club)
My Dear 6ir:
At our ' meeting yesterday the hat
was passed for the relief of your suf
ferers, with the enclosed result, $163,
for which I send check. There may
be some more coming, a few dollars,
as I have several I. O. U's. but I am
sending this right on, as no6oubt, you
had rather have this right away than
wait for more later. It will do more
good no doubt.
With best wishes,' I am,
Sincerely,
- C. Or. Harrison, Sec'ty.
Wade Repudiates
it Made Bv S
. v Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 9, 1922.
, .
-Am, issuing .explanatory correc
STACEY W. WADE.
helpless and give up in. despair.
Jievr ' Bern is one A tlie - oldest
towns in the State, many. If not
the ma jority of the house's,, being
of the .most inflamable material,
and with its wood-working plants '
nestling among , them, it ; is y- a
miraculous thing that the firemen
were able to confine the destruc- '
tion 'to such a small area. .'
"The representatives of - the '
Department were dispatched with
positive instructions to be ; of '
whatever aid they could in re- -storing-
order, ; preventing r 'the .,
spread of fire and. rendering
whatever assistance they could
to the unfortunate people, . aoid
not for the purpose of fastening
the responsibility, of the ; great
calamity upon anyone.
"It is improbable fhat these
directions.: wiere misunderstood' -and
I cap hardly helieve that any
statements, - .however indiscreet,
could have heen Intended to re
flect upon a body of firemen
whose loyalty r and bravery may
he matched; but 1 not. srrpaissed
anywhere in the state," he said.
u
. Black Mountain, N. C
December 7K 1922.
Chief James S. Bryan,
New Bern Fire Department,
New Bern, N. C.
Dear Chief, . .
. It gives me great pleasure to en
close herewith Cashier's check for
$100, to be used as you see fit in re
lieving those in distress in your city.
The money is from the members of
this Department and the citizens of
Black Mountain. We have very few
people here at this season of the year,
and for that reason it is hard to raise
money in small towns, nevertheless,
we feel for you and your people and
wish that we were closer and could
be of some assistnee.
With my kind personal regards, I
am,
R. E3. Currier Chief.
Raleigh, N. C. x
Dec. 8, 1922.
(Tobacco Grower's Association)
Dear Mr. Jacobs:
I enclose check for $15 for your
relief fund. I wish I could make the
check many times this amount. I sym
pathize deeply with your stricken city
and her sufferers. I congratualte you
and others upon the prompt, efficient
and unselfflsh manner in which the
difficult and distressing situation has
been handled.
May dear old New Bern rise
Phocnix-like from her ashes and her
calamity prove a blessing in dis
guiiset i
Absence from home prevented a
prompter response from me.
Command me if I can be of further
service in any way.
Very truly yours,
J. T. Joyner
The following has been contribut
ed to the relief of the fire suffereis
v (Continued on page three).
PRICE.- FIVE CENTS
cott
lEIETHf TO
TRUCKERS
ECO.
Wires Chamber of Commerce
TKat, Hs Is Sending Inter
state Commerce -Man
GOLDSBORO, ' N. C.,- Dec. 9.- Con
gressman Charles. Abernethy yester
day telegraphed W. C. Denmark, sec
retary of the chamber of commerce
to wire him at once the names of the
interested truckers of Wayne county
who will give the Interstate Com
merce Commission information; and
that k representative of the commis
sion .would be sent here early this
week. -. '. ' - - - -.
- Mr. Denmark said at a late hour
last night he would wire .the names
tomorrow. Mr. Denmark was " last
night in conference with H.( M. Cox
of Mt. Olive and a meeting of ship
per will be held there some time next
week. . - . - -.- ,,;;: .-.-.o-.-,
Mr." Abernethy's telegraTSTfollowS
in detail: . ' .
"Mr., W. C. Denmark, Sec.,- Chamr
ber Commerce, Goldsboro. .
"Please wire at once names of In
terested truckers in Wayne who wii;
give information to Inter-State Com
merce ; Commission . about movement
of truck by A. C I to points North.
A representative of the Interstate
Commerce Commission will visit that
territory early next week for the pur
pose of investigating transportation
conditions f.or movement of truck to
northern markets." - ' - ,
Mr. Denmark and others consider
this the opportune time to lay hoM
of the trucking business in earnest.
In the past, Mr. Denmark says, all
l.the. trouble has been with transpor
tation and ; with inability : td get
through refrigerator . .'cars . and . ex
press trains'to the northern markets.
CLEMENCEAU HOPES
U. S. WILL AID EUROPE
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 9.
Georges fclemenceau, speaking today
in the city: where American's Decla
ration of Indepedence-.was signed, ur
ged that America come back- to Eu
rope and help spread independence
to other sections of ' the Yworld., '
VVINSTON-SALEM FUND
CONTINUES TO GROW
WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 9. The
Sentinenl's New Bern relief fund had
passed the $3500 mark at noon today.
In addition to cash donations quite a
lot of clothing had been forwarded.
A number of Sunday Schools and.
church will aid the fund tomorrow.'
WOMAN TAX DODGER f
DRAWS $100 DAIlY
New York, Dec. 9. The first state
income tax violation case of Greater
New York to come before the courts
turned out Tuesday to be a woman
with a daily income of $100.
he was Mrs. Jennie M. Robinson.
29, a dress designer.
Her counsel said her failure to file
her tax return for 1920 was unin
tentional. Preaching at Bridgeton
Rev. Guy Hamilton will preach at
Bridgeton tomorrow morning at 11
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Christian Endeavor Meeting
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Broad Street Christian Churc'n,
will meet Sunday evening at 6:45. All
members are urged to be ..in time.
Visitors cordially invited.
Open Christmas Savings Cub
The Teoples' Bank today is adver
tising the opening of their Christmas
Savings Club. This plan affords an
excellent system of saving. In an ad
vartiseinent. appealing elsewhere in
today's issue, the Peoples' Bank is
calling attention to their plan.
Weather Forecast
. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 9.
Weather forecasts for Eastern North
Carolina for tonight and Sunday are
Rain tonight and Sunday. Colder tonight.
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CONTRACT F0
Will Meet With Contractors Next Week In Ef
fort To Halt All Construction Work on ' ,
the Road Project. ; . 1
MUCH EXPENSE IS INVOLVED, IT IS SAID
Commissioners Are of
Would Be Better To
v
Than To Continue the Work. .
Probably never before have 1 a group of county, com
missioners been confronted with the serious problem with
which the present Board of Craven: county is. wrestling. -
It's a problem, by the way, which is going to . cause Cra
ven County to lose a big sum vol money, no ; matter which
course the commissioners decide to pursue. - . c .
It has to do with the proposed cancellation of contracts .
for constructing the Dover road and it's an interesting story;
the facts of which were revealed to The Sun-Journal v last
night and are now presented for the first time to the people
of the county ' "'.'''.
Contracts are Valid '
The contracts for the Dover road
project were made by the old board
of commissioners amout three months
ago 'at one of the warmest- meetings
ever held by the board. Advocates and
opponents to the proposed road were
present iu large numbers and presen
ted - their view. : The . final action, . as
taken b they board, was to vote in
favor, of having the Dover road con-r
3tructed-
" Chief among - the leaders ' in' the
fight -against the road was Commis
sioner Kafer, who did everything in
his power to prevent the- contracts
from . being let. He was in the min
ority,, however, and his hands were
tied. : ;". ' v ;- ., )ff a
At a later meeting in order tb sew
everything p good and tight and
preyent the new board - from doing
the work that had been done, the
commissioners let the '. contracts for
the ' road work:: These contracts are
perfectly valid in every way.
. .- Work Has Been Started
Since 'that meeting, preparations
have been made for starting the road
work. S. , E. Tilton was employed as
engineer to have charge of the
grading work. His salary was fixed
at 5300 a month and- he is under
contract forit.
Other contracts also were let. The
Principal parties involved7 are E. H.
Meadows, the . Eagle Engineering
Company and W. .. ; - Millett. Mr.
Meadows agreed to - furnish' the rock.
He sub-contracted - the work ; to. jMr.
Millett, The Eagle Company- was to
have charge . of the - actual contruc-
toin work. -. . : -. --- '
Big Loss Is Coming; -
And then the old board of commis
sioners went, out. and the new board,
took the oth of office.. The Dover ;
road' was one of the first projects
taken up by the body. The Sun-Jour
nal was one' of the first projects tak-j
en up by the board. The Sun-Journal
has it on good authority that . Kafer, ;
Ormond and Warren are in favor of
breaking the contracts and stopping'
all work on the road. Griffin. and
Grantham, it Is stated, are not m
Sympathy with this course of action;
not that they are particularly, eager
about having the road built, but be
cause they do not feel that it' would
be treating the contractors right.
Either way you figure it, the coun
ty is going to stand a big loss; weath
er it be halted where it is now.
Here are figures which are vouch
ed for. Probably the commissioners
will deny them, but that doesn't alter
the fact that they are correct.
Should Craven County agree to
halt the work on the Dover road
and should the commissioners de-
dde to break the contracts, the
county will lose in excess of
$100,000 and not receive penny
in return.
There's a statement which prob
ably will cause the average tax-payer
to sit up and take notice. As we
have said, however, the figures were
obtained on the best of authority and
ucon kifcrmation whirh is absolutely
reliable.
The Other Side of the Case
Having considered that side of the
question, let us now-turn and ascer
tain what would happen if the com
missioners decided to go on with the
work.
The road is supposed to cost $300,
000 when completed'. It's going to cost
far more than that; probably close to
$400,000. What's more, the construc
tion work is a feat which will require
teonsideraitjle engineering pkAll. The
contract made with respect to hauling
the rook for the road provides that
the county, accept at least 1500 tons
of rock a month. If the road ' build
ers do not use that quantity of rock,
they'll have to pay the contractor the
difference between 1500 and' the
amount they use, ( . i
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A
the ; Opinion That It
Take the! Loss Now
i
There is going to be a period -'. -of
. several months during which r ; -.
flll-lnlwork will have to .be done . '
and - during which' the " county
would not be able ; to use. a- '
- pound of 4rock. - a . ,. - ."
But while the filMn work- was ! irr
progress, needless to say, - the coun
ty, would have tobe .payipg; for the
rock that it wasn't getting, apd was
not usinsr.x ".' -'- : .
So there's the Blt'uation fa, ahtit
shell. Whichever way ; they turn, -the
county commissioners ' face a gcav
problem. They have been holding iev
eral meetings of late in .the nature ofv
caucuses to decide what course:;ptr ac
tlbh to-- pursues Last night's nieetdng:
was ' held in' George ' WyUs' Y office at
which time it was- definitely- decided ;
to cancel the contracts at tha meeting
f be held next week At the court
house.. ' -,. . -.
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ALLEGED BOMBERS ..
ULLN KLLLA5L1J
The cases against C. E. Pyle, -Jr.;. Cur
tis Bradshaw and P.' J, Cridlin, who
were arrested weeks "ago on charges
of having been responsible f drboiajh
exDlosions at the home of D. T. Tay
lor, on the night of October 14, wera
peared in municipal - court for ' preU-. .
minary hearing today. . Vs ' -
- At the hearing, the-, prosecution .
stated1 that warrants for the arrest,
of the three men Kad been issued up-
on . evidence , given V by i ' two : white,
youths- later repudiated their state-,
ments, declaring that the evidenc
given by them was false. In the i ace
of this' development -the " state took .
a no! pfosse with leave to drop tha.v
charges against the three men who r.
had been under bond since their ar-c-
.-s.is Eiy I'
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President of Railroad - Sends
, - .
Letter of Sympathy To " A
Local Citizens ' - .
A letter ' of sympathy over . New
Bern's fire loss, was received byMay
or Clark and H. M. Jacobs today from
G. A. Loyall, president of the Nor-
folk-Southern Railroad. Jt reads . as
follows:
I am in receipt of your favor of the
6th inst., and am very glad to know
that our people have been,eo-operat-ing
with you in the distress following
the very disastrous fire. -
I wish to take this occasion to . ex
press my sympainy wjiii you. i oycui.
last Sunday in New Bern and eaw the
result ot the fire. : :',:
As indicated in my telegrani in- re
ply to yours, satisfactory arrange
ments have been made with' Mr.
Turnbull which should insure to New
Bern thn resumption of operation of ,
the mill, which industryl3 such a
valuable asset' to your city.
Please be assured of- our coopera
tion. G. R. Loyall,
BURNS PROVE FATAL
TO MOULTRIE BAB'S
Moulttrie, Ga., Deo. 9. -Florette, 4'
daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. ' Henry
Tucker, of Moultrie, who was burned,
a few days ago when her clothing
ignited from an open grate, died on
Monday, last. uJt-
mm