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Oli;TTO'lTV-Av:-, I. . ' , 0L. . No. 79 NEW, BERN, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, .DECEMBER. 26, 1913 FIVE CENTS PER COPY , BiiODIIESE "General Suspension Of Business And Day Given Over To ., , Recreation. MANY ATTENDED , SERVICES The Poor .And. Needy Were Lib- -w erally Remem- , ". hered. Christmas Day in New Bern .. was observed by a general suspension . of ; v business and the day was given over to-, recreation and pleasure, s Unfor thnately the weather was very indent ' ent and this partially spoiled the pleas ures of the -day for many Early in the morning the downpour began and this continued at intervals all, during f 'the day. - . tor .Regardless of this fact the occasion was -an .enjoyable one. At several " v -of the churches appropriate services . were held and these .were largely at v tended and thoroughly enjoyed, , Fol . ..lowing these the congregations adjourn . ed to their homes and partook -of the (Christmas, dinner. . -The day would of course,-' not be -complete "without v. an unusually palatable repast 3fed it - ' can be said of all New Bernians that they believe in -having sufficient food on hand at all meals to gratify the inner lhan. ' " " it " , ' There were a few of the stores open i - ' during the day, ; uuqh as fruit . stores, those carrying soda fountains and mak : -Ing a specialty, of the sale of cigarettes 1 and cigars,fand these' were well patron . ized. At night two of "the city's theatres ', were in full blast and had record break' s' : , ing audiences. - - ' While everydne was "celebrating the occasion,; the poor and iteedy- those who could not provide for themselves, . were looked after. On. the night before t Christmas' the Elks distributed' two " hundred packages among the poor and on Christmas Day the Salvation. Army gave out i a large; number of baskets , contain! ng .enough ..dinner .fta satisfy A lUrgei faniilyj.,'' . In addition to' this a number of " individual . philanthropists opened jtheir. . hearts) also: their purse . strings, and played Santa Claus. , j Taken -as a whole the day was one : it great- enjoyment. " 1 here were no , serious accidents andeveryone seemed , :' to be just as happy as they could possi- - bly be. - , , " DR. JONES REMEMBERED. GIVEN ' "SURPRISE PARTY", ,BY - . KNIGHTS, TEMPLAR.- ' ' '? ' " f r'''t " . - ' ' i.w .-:" . It is the custom of the Knights Tern , plar to meet , in their lodge room . on ; Christmas , Day, hold a brief 1 Bervice . and -then go out among the poor and needy and distribute' gifts and the ne 'cessities of life. ' , When the . local . Knights Templar met on ChtiBtmas Day, Dr. R. D. V. Jones, Commander and one of the most ' valued - members ot . the order, - was - absent,, having1 been detained at his home on account of sickness. ' At the coiulusion of the exercises the members in a body went to the home of the . absent, member and spent an hour.br : more, at his- bedside. X '- Dr. Join's w;is not expecting the little . "surprise party" given him, but was natu "y much pleased. -The doctor's i.' h was n (. of a severe ; nature aii.i he was a'..!,: to be out again yester- day. t. - 1 LITTLE il comedy com- i nt tonight 1 I t r J t v s T 1 V"l I f n i ty . f ave f - ' '!S sEiiEEi'iB smuex BT- BULLET FRO!.! RiFLE OCCUPANTS OF ( v FAVORED I HOME DIDN'T LIKE GOOD - " " SINGING. 1 vv - (Special to the Journal.) Oriental, Dec. ; 26. -The citizens of Oriental;. Observed Christmas in very appropriate manner..! The weather .was. extremely inclement -but despit this fact the day wag thoroughly enjoyed by all. 11 -1 'The feature event of the day was the Christmas entertainment given by th Sunday school of the Methodist church, This entertainment, which was given in the magnificent new church, was well attended and proved .thoroughly enjoyable. , "i.- - . ; At the conclusion -of a very appro priate1: progrm,r: consisting ? df . songs' an recitations, gifts were distributed among the pupils of the school. v. . A marriage of interest to tbf citi zens of this place and surrounding section"' took, place last? Tuesday at New Bern when Lionel Daniels wed Miss Jean Hill, of Newport. The bride has visited here a ' number of times in the past and has a host of friends. The groom is welt known in Pamlico county and has a host of friends, vv, 1 he marriage came . as a surprise to the friends of the contracting parties, and upon learning of the wedding, after the bride and groom had returned home, several of the young men undertook to seranade the happy young couple The; melody- (?) rendered by them was oft such a nature that one of the groom's' relatives. ' poked an - air rifle out of a window- and turned loose into the crowd with' a BB shot., - The shot - caused but little damage (strik ing. one member of the party on h's collar), but hid the effect of: putting a damper ' on the1 serenaders - ardor. H: BERT SMITH PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY MORNING SUCCUMBED TO A ''cOMPLICA CATION OF AIL- v '. MENTS. ' y Falling in his tattle for' life against a complication , of ' ailments, H. Bert Smith,' one of New Bern's well knowq and valued citizens, fell on sleep at his ome No. 121 Hancock street yester day morning at $ o'clock. - . " Mr. Smith was born at Smyrna, N-C, in 1876, 1 and - was A - son of - Captain M.- Burn Smith,- who survives, him. Early--in' life he - came to New - Bern and : has made his '- home here , since that : time. . He ..has- been connected with several - influential -business con cerns during past years among which was Baugh & Sons Fertilizer .Company, he being their local agent ifnd the Norfolk Southern Railway - Company's Trent River warehouse, ; whert hii- was agent. f The deceased has- been in ill health for. some , time, but his condition did not become critical until last Saturday when he was confined to hi room. All that skilled physicians and the tender ministration of a . loving family , could do for the sufferer was done, .but the Grim Reaper passed that way andtook him as his own, , - , - Mr, Smith was a Mason 'of a very igh, deipree. ; v,.Hc was ; also, a . Past Exalted Ruler of the New. Bern, Lodge of Elks and at the time of his demise was "treasurer of that lodge, he .was also a member of the Royal Arcanum The funeral will .be conducted trom the residence this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, the service being .conducted by Rev. B. F. Huske, rectoor of Ch.-ist Episco. pal church, and the :' interment ill be made in Cedar Grove cemeteryi Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, one daughter; Miss Minnie Bell Smith; son, Tynum Smith; a si;.ter, Mrs. . C. CI. irk, Jr., and his father, Captain rn Snuth. . - fill . 1 .1 CrrilATOR AR IN CITY. liantion, ot uastonia, has ii t' - ci'y and has aece; , :-' 183'. rat the local c "h Company. I vn v ! iLdesi ac- EIGHTY KILLED IN ; CALUMET, MICH. Peath Stalked Through . ' Children Had Gathered When False Alarm lv . . ; . of Fire Is Sounded. , Calumet, Mich., Dec. 26. Eighty persons, mostly f children; were killed Thursday o night at ' a " Christmas celebration of copper mine . strikers in an Italian Hall because of a needless panic caused by a- false alarm of fire, v While 'several hundred miner and their wives looked on, the children pres sed eagerly towards, the 'stage to receive Christmas presents. At this ' point a man put hit head in at the door of the hall and yelled "Fire!" ' The cry was taken up by those in the hall. Everyone started for the. doors. The weaker were thrown to the floor and those behind, tried to climb over those- ahead of hem, . . The stairway and other avenues or escapes were blocked so effectually that those inside could not get out and those without could not; get in to lid the panic- stricken crowd in the hal. It wai some time before the?-panic subsided.- The alarm ' was spread outside the hall by a few persons who had been ne&r the door and escaped unhurt: A crowd soon assembled and the work of clearing the Jhal was . begun. V The principal exit was a narrow stair way at the back of the hall. When this had been cleared of'the bodies that filled it to the top and a quick accounting had been made it was found that 74 corpses had been piled up beside the hall build ing. It is thought that a dozen others were carried away by friends. The dead that were piled up beside the hall included 37 girls, 19 boys, J. 3 women and 5 men. Excited men and women stood about the building, some dazed by the sudden change from holiday festiv- tiesto tragedy, others calling hysteri cally for missing- children, and a few even threatening violence to the resell ers for keeping thenj back from the lojig row of bodies. "' v "- n- " - , There was- not much work for' the many doctors who hurried to the scene as-soon as the alarm, was spread, for those who were not killed in the first rush were held upright and safe by the very force of the onrush towards the exit;-0n!y three fininjured person? were taken to the hospitals, and a few went home,, assisted by friends. .' For many days the children of the" copper mine strikers had waited expect antly for the' Christmas tree entertain-' ment that had been arranged by the wo LITTLE DIEOriOERLiriESS BUT 'THREE IPPENpERS PLAC ED UNDERARREST CHRIST- T 1 ,"MAS DAY.' ' , A The holiday season 'in- New Bern, hai so far, been marked with but tittl disorderly conduct - During the past Week but very few cases have been disposed of in Municipal Court and in these the majority of the offenses were trivial,- , . -' ; ." u - , ,v Christmas Day '.several ; negroes . got . . . . - ' rambunxiotis' and' proceeded to cele brate the occasion tn 'a jnanner entirely inappropriate.i iThey promptly taken " in tow by policeman and yesterday afte.-noon facedMayor,, pro tern Ellis,, who was presiding over the court in the absence" of Mavor Bangert, Charles ..Simmon . was.- the chief ender . before . the, b tr. Simmons is said, took occasion ,to assault, H; Taylor with a shotgun.' Fortun ately his attempts to fill his-intended victim with ' leaden.- pellets ' dicf not prove successful. 'However, it was not the fault of the man behind the gun that Taylor escaped J with . life "and fter hearing the evidence in, the case Miyor, pro. tern... , Ellis boun 1 ," the fondant over to the .next term, of . ior Court under -a bond of fifty "ars, in (.' raxt of - which, he was n mated to jail; . -, .-..; . r 'ut IM' was disorderly with ii e city L.ii.i'j id upon being found y was foun-1 e dollars and f ixed ' ' r 'ie ca---. ' ' .. ' . : found guilty of an , y Johnso.i' 'f ! a v- ' ! ' ' ''! ' v, ah ti c ' l' Festive 'Hall Where Many man's auxiliary of the Western' Federa tion of Miners. The entertainment was set for the early evening and the hall, which is on the second floor, was soon filled to its limit. The children select ed to recite Christmas recitations and sing carols hid finished their part of the program and the man selected to play the part of Santa Claus had appeared to distribute the presents that were pil ed around the illuminated tree, v The children were instructed to march up the aisles to the trees, so that the presents could be handed to them. The aisles ? were filled with the boys and girls, when a large bearded man thrust his head in at the door of the main hall way and shouted "fire." The cry was repeated throughout the room in several languages as parents rose and rushed forward to get their children. Many lives were crushed . out in almost a twinkling. Then the phy sical impossibility of fruther movement brought the panicky persons to their senses. It was realized too late that there was no fire, but most of those in the hall could not get out of the jam they had caiised . Policeman and firemen hurried to the building. Several officers climbed the fire escapes and entered by the windows. In a short time the uninjured and the faint had been pulled from the tangle of human beings and placed in the front of the hall. Other men began' to pull the bodies of the dead and helpless from the stair way and lay them in a row beside the building. This disposition of the crump led bodies was found inadvisable be cause of the hysteria it caused among the spectators and the dead were car ried back into the hall as soon as it was .empties of frightened spectators AU the chairs were lined with bodies and corpses had to be 'placed in-the kit Chen of the hall and beneath the stage. ;! Within an hour almost every persons in calumet was as near the scene as it was possible to get. The police form ed a cordon about the place and kept back the crowd. After much effort a lane was opened through the crowd and the bodies of the children were carried through the ranks of wailing and moan ing women to Red Jacket village hall, which wag turned into a morgue. It was many hours before all the bodies were identified. 1 lCSI?-TIEftBtCV '.:;.A;:DLETE SUCCESS CITY BEAUTIFUL" , CLUB 't CREDIT ' FOR ITS ORIGIN. DUE 'New ! Bern's, Municipal . Christmas trCe was yesterday taken . down, ' it having served the purpose for which it' was intended. The City Beautiful Club. : is ' responsible for the erection of this tree, carrying out the suggestion of the Journal and following the exam ple of several, other leading cities of the State, . and they; deserve - the entire credit : for affording several thousand New. Bernians and many -visitors - a source of much enjoyment. ' 1 The Peoples Concert Band, which furnished the music for the. exercises held around the tree,are also due much credit' for making the affair a success., New Bern s clubs, and societies are a credit to the city and are doing much to aid .in , its . advancement . to the ranks of the largest and best towns in the State, .,. , -t , , . WANTED' TO PLUNGE 100 FEET , , AFTER HIS JUG. ' Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 26. The wife of Tom Austin, .a white man,-- was taking him home late today to prevent him being locked up for being-drunk. As they were crossing the RivermOnt Viaduct 'she tossed a half . gallon jug of liquor she had taken from the man over the bridge. , - . - ' , ' Austin, too drunk to-know, what he was ' doing climbed , on the rail and was about the plunge after his -liquor but she was able to hold him until a passerby rushed to her rescue, " y Later Austii was locked up' for be ' " '.. H id the jnan not been held 1 ' i v ; he would have fallen a STAG GLUB MINSTREL SHOW WAS GOOD ONE STAG VCI.UB TO AGAIN PRE SENT THEIR MINSTREL SHOW. , The minstrel show given at the Masonic theatre last night by the mem bers of the Stag Club for the benefit of the De Graffenried Colony Memorial Fund, was one of the best performances of its kind ever seen on av local stage and those who attended felt fully re paid. Unfortunately the audience was small but this did by no means put a damper on the spirit of the amateur performers, From the rise until the fall of the cur- tain they kept the audience convulsed with mirth and there is not the slight est doubt but that every spectator was greatly pleased. The Stag Club put on this minstrel show for the purpose of helping erect a monument to the founders of New Bern. It is a creditable move -on their part and the public should have given them betters patronage. On January 2 they will repeat the performance and it is hoped that the attendance will be much better. The cast of characters in the show is as follows: Interlocutor.Edgar Wall nau; en,d men, Robert Collins, Sam Small, Jack Miller and Stephen Simp son; circle men Clarence Rigdon, Fred Gillikin, Roy Land, Robert Wa ters, Tom Sparrow and Eugene Simpson; black face, Jack Willis; straight, Edgar Wallnau; hotel pro prietor, Fred Gillikyi; clerk, S. Simpson cigar clerk, Roy Land; bell bov, Ro bert Collins; Willie Green, Jack Miller; Dr. Skinem, Eugene Simpson; Lawyer Grab It, Edgar Wallnau; 'Si Perkis. n Sem Small; Mrs. Johnson, Tom Sparrow, This cast will be seen in the second pres entation of the piece. CUD HOLIDAYS ARE TO A CLOSE POSTOFFICE EMPLOYES THANK FUL THAT THE RUSH IS ABOUT OVER. Christmas has passed bv, the holul.iv season is drawing to a close nd the clerks and carriers in the local postotfice are breathing a breath of relief for the first time in three weeks or possibly more. The amount of mail handled at the local postoffice this season has been larger than ever before. The new parcel post added to their work and, in addi tion,. to this it seemed to the busy force in fhe office that everybody was trying to send a letter, package or post card or perhaps all three, to someone else. "..To add to their other troubles the trains have been running off schedul i and. this, threw the mails all out of plumb and the result was disastrous to the system of the office. However, the clerks and carriers have handled the situation in a commendable and thoroughly . , satisfactory . manner. , AT THE TABEULE CHURCH WERE v WELL ATTENDED AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BY ALL. (Contributed.) , The entertainment at the Baptist Tabernacle was a great'succes and en joyed by a large congregation-,'-'..The pastor and church desire -to! thank every one who' helped in any way to make the service a. blessing to the city. x v - ' ' V Tomorrow is to be a great day with the Congregation1.. :.p Sunday school 9:45 a. m., J. S. Miller, superintendent. At 11 a. m.. Rev. J; B. Phillips,' the pastor, will continue the Sunday morn ing-studies of the work of Christ on the Cross. ; .The sermon tomorrow Will.be a continuation of? last' Sunday morning's address on "The Great Trib ulation Period.. Tomorrow ' night the ! Tabernacle t choir . will furnish Chrutmasmusic. The song service will begin promptly at 7 o'clock and there will be a number of special selections as well as congregational singing. Pastor Phil'ipi will preach the closing sermons on what he stand for at the close of the song service. The public" is cord .!Iy invited to each service. " '' CUMING 111 A BIG AFFAIR Annual Event To Be Given Chamber Of Commerce Attracts Attention. By MANY PERSONS TO ATTEND. Senator F. M. Simmons The Principal Speaker. To Be Next Tuesday night, December 30, the annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Gastoa Hotel. This dinner will be the mosr elaborate of its kind ever given in New Bern as is evidenced by the extensive preparations which are being made for it. This will be the second dinner to be given by the Chamber 'of Commerce. The first was held last year and the principal speaker of the occasion was Hon. Josephus Daniels, secretary" of the United States Navy At the ap proaching dinner Senator F. M. Sim mons, chairman of the Finance Com mittee of the United States, Senate wlil make the principal address. In addition to the address bv Senator Simmon,, short talks will be made by Fred N. Tate, president of the Just Freight Rate Association of North Carolina; Edward Brittan of the Ra leigh News and Observer and a lare number of newspaper men from alt over the State. Several local citizens will also make short talks. There will be between two and three hundred guests present and in such a distinguished assemblage which will be comprised of some of the brainiest men in this country, one would naturally suppose that the gathering would be attended by helpful suggestions ilong municipal development lines that could but be of much wo.-th to this and other cities in the State. The Chamber of Commerce has a its main object (he development and advancenrptuofvVew Bern and. natur ally, the main object of the speakers will be to bring out new and effective suggestions along this line. In order to defray the expenses of the dinner, tickets are being sold by the Chamber of Commerce. These can be secured from J. Leon Williams, the secretary. TO FOR 'MANY POSTMASTERS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNOUNCES DATES AND PLACES. In a circular just issued by the civil service commission, announcement is made to the effect that examinations will be held on the following dates and at the places named for postmasters of the fourth-class offices, whose sal ary is $180 or more per annum; February 7 Albermarle, Beaufort. Bolivia, Burgaw, Carthage, Clarkton,.:. Columbus, Currituck, Danbury, Gar land, Jacksonville, Jefferson, Kelford, I.ake Toxaway, Lincolnton, Marion, Marshall, Mocksville, Roxboro, Ruth" -erfordton, -' Smithfield, Swanquarter, Warsaw, Williamston. .February 9--Yadkinville. February 10 Wilkesboro. February 12 Sparta. . February 14. Asheville, Burlington, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Concern, Dan ville, Va.; i Dunn, Durham, Elizabeth City, Fayctteville, Gaston.a, Goldsboro, , Greensboro, Greenville, Hamlet. Hen derson, Hendersonville, Hickory, High Point, Kinston,- Launnburg, Lenoir. - Lexington, Lumberton, Monroe,' Mor- ganton, Mount Airy, New Bern, Oxford " Raleigh, Reidsville, ' Rockingham' ; Rocky . Mount, Salisbury, " 'Sanford. - -, Shelby, Statesville,' Tarboro, Thomas- i. ville, Wadesboro, Washington, . Wil- ' mington, . Way nesville , Wilson, Win ' ' ston-Salem. t February , 16 Boone. . ' , & February' 18 Newland.'-T February 19 Bakersvillc, ; 5' February 20. Ashboro, Gatesville, ' Columbia Halifax. , t " i - . February .21 Chadburn)' Jackso'n, , Mackeys, " . Manteo - Troy, ; . Webster,- - Winton. t February.' 23 Franklin. -: February 25 Bryson City. '-' February 26 Robbinsville. - February 27 Murphy. Five hundred and seventy offices are to be filled from among the candidates who will stand the examinations. i .i
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