North Carolina Newspapers

S1 V- ", . LXIL Ha. 102' - J. Jl. V-w - v J Were Gutted By The Main Bursts V i- JFiremen Unable To Cope : 1 , With Situation De- strufction Complete ' ' Durham, ' Tuesday . March' " 24 - A fire which broke ;;? out -in th? sec- i ' .- ilft-lft U -'nieht rased untH '6:lQ this ' : . Tnnrninn and did damage that a cqn- ifei'3iS;Jion:;i-:a by far the most .costly that h'tf f yer ? ;;i-?s::i$fcemeAtoth city Injw history: - f , V , all thai is left of , this handsome- b(iil: - !v " V.ine are the watts, and a mass'of gnar- .V'uig tonslof xdebris,i ; The; Veer BipcK A t f feuildings u? to ;Blacknall' 'corner ' ' "I?- ". 1'C'.ffere4,"a: like'.! ate :and itheVT.'fM. ' ' r( ' Stephen Company Parrian : street '.I'-? '"V'Vji aigp a total and complete tos.; East - , ' j, T the jbuke building oh Main.i VPee I . ' v liam-Book and Stationery t;company, anct.'he;Harr company-ar . tely guttec and; just fts ;muchfdtal . loss a are the other , buildings In his v . v ' ':!. ,v. ' ;. Damages jVf 'b'S'v; v , - - ' In addition to these. ijuildingA which 'T , 'are tatal losses,' the stock of the'' Roy f .X'aJ and, orden ,company; Snider, Wil- . ' Hay wood, t ?jry' Grocery company, J. .Williams, the" Big '''Ax fjulofs', - " 'the :.negro. barber hop; theChat 1 am . V Furnitura company and tne fixtures : . t V ' -V.nf th Mutual and Provident: Insurr y anc'e company, the 'Merchants and :;?'ifltS''f,Meclianic'lBa'nfc , , 1 " (. ' cr, and of othch stores in the near yic- . " v";' iity oi Vthc : fire weref damaged to' the - , .' ;' jnoiint'of in:y thousand dollars. v v. , f . ?. . 1 he - ,0Tine8 T nouses -.suuvriiis . V"i'ita"pleti ' loss' to' stsck-'aejl as-builr tftfer ';;ni '. r the Durham Book Snd .St VibnerVii-'' companyumage $30,000; k , , . 000; ' ,' Woolwortfi.V damage $20,000; v i 'i V $ 15,000; :LoyH daqiagc $S0 000 CHer: "' : : '.. . V V" . . .. -.''- - i . .. fn nnfi ul ' . , ?: -. ' -. Jing ina c-iuot, uaiuug iu.,uul ." ; , land" Brothers, damage $20,()0d;Biack - J J ,': ii ;i ' Aa ma&K 1 1 S.OOQK Bcllam v.? dam. ' $10,0t)0r Carlion -Hackcivy, . damage ; :;yS't":"' frTheseestimatesvorcoseare-iaol C . ' ' " - baolutely owefitaora- thY4icii.4e " . , ' the damage -to office furniture and v . fixtures and other things in the buil- 'dings.. Neither dies it linclude ;the fes :-fiilJ mates'pttho st6res, whichare.damar, '..:y, '" j i- .LA anrl fir. "hut not rom- "-y'tf.i'f?''';':V-ple'te : .vo pressure r-. .' ; V . y:; ' ,"Tl..rau!! Stjthe.-fire is not known . Rev.' S. S. Bst was on the corner of ' J ': i, "Manguni and Parrish .streets- about : J0;3O and was one of the first to di " cover the fire. He fyshcd to the fire '-'Btationi nearby and rtotified the fire- i men. Then he rushed to a box and 4 V' yuljed the alarm. . A few minutes after thej connections had been made with the hydrants a "water- main burst on -Soulh ' Mangum street' and . be fore another connection could, be naie tlie fire which started near the elavator shaft in the storage room of the Wool worth store, leaped to the fifth floor. Pressure in sufficient - quanity to ; do g(K)d was not received until the flames were bvlching from every Window on -vTy foor of the Duke building. execs:" to jobs -.'i- frtfn.cn stuck to their posi in ti e wimlows bf the, second f the Duke building while :the i f el;i-s il.iwn on them from lions nJoHs above, but they to do anything to I ft t! ;.5 01 the hre. ?U'r it wa.s the , ,' -1. Tl..-y I lev r.,., -U 7c . ' in a. florthfesterly, direction and when the roof bf the Duke.. building caught. fire,!i sparks 'and burning debis .fell on the ops 'ot otTier"buiIdi''ng's'e'sr"of ,.'..'M:nX - rL-:i?. anihenlhV ham ; Book . aiftf. . Stationery T company j The ftrtemen tceasad ' 'their- efforts to plied sany streams' of water on these two stores from both. Mait and Parrish seetsvSTy :is:CAJJGHTsFROM iROOFgii fith'thefl window,' the ; five story office build- ing unu iroiu uie room, it wt iiiiik sible from keeping them from spread ing, to the west. Te wind' earned sparks and bufhing ' firei "brands from the higher buildings "to the" tops of-all the other. b,uildins; and pretty soon the fire : began- to fill through i the. skylights ift Hrrfng ancf EHibt's and Holland's clean.. through o the. first floor.,. The skylights had been broken by the heat, 'The Xi urriiture - a fit; these: tw ? stores were almost jas.': inflammable - as' the stock of the dry' goods 'stores, and it burned like, tinder. J'" Store by store the firemen. foughfiVe' fire till at tost it "reached theBlacknaU cOTher Foi a ti.me it was thought that there was a ' possibility of this ' building ' being saved, but the heat from the other buildings was., so intense": that; Whea a spark, fell on , this: pariof tKe block jna.tand';-bvria'pkll aswjiuld kerosene. ,- - ''rh'y t .- -J ON. PARRISH STREET! L. TIa jl7lrAri.fi aH1i:R!llWwin .'tt-fWM run froHi street "t ', Street, ; and i the buildings'; :-nejitit): Stephens occupied the . building j west o Baldinli ' The "store- next Wool worth ' was ' the Parrish" street ; store of Rawhi.yi Next tothis-the building'Va cated by the Chatham Furniture :cm pany I had been rented by' the Book store, and Mr.j Newcom let the con tract for renovating the. store, mak ing t;a straet jo ' street' store, yester day.. Last night it. waj; unoccupied, The Carltoti-Hackney building ;was t to - this ; one.. ..;.: p..t., next Across the streetj -. :. I The- flying sparks soon carried th firg: acrp-ss Parrish street to the build ings -of the North Carolina : Mutual and Pr6videntx association. At first a tiny flame caught in the third 'story of the builidn'g .used "by., the insurance compahy's offices, fii front, of the offices of, the. Durham Refpriher.1 ' ; ." Ths firemen turned their attention Co this building, but it was impossible to get the. water into the windows in suctr a manner f that ' it would . reach tfce'W.'in''Jew..jn&ute';a:.fii:.tliat1 couid ' have. ,been extinguished by:; a buxiketof . water J-had spread all oyer the top floor of the building. It did not take a very long time to get in to'.' the stock rooms ofthe Di-rham Reformer. j Here the papetand print ing materialsx furnished fresh: and high ly .'inflammable, fuel -j. for the '-.flames, and that building' was doomed. ', A stream, of ..water : was .brought; ( across from Mangum street, '.the; hose carried up " a building on.; Orange street and pouted tbrough;.;;wimddw print shop. ' ' ' . , ' , Fireman Br)wn narrowly - escaped death 1 when" he' felK fi-om: the'; Duke building and his coat caught on a lad- : "V " : : -.:':.-'.. ';:..;',.;-'. Fifty young men in' the top of this building iriade their escape' iii ,;their niffht' ' clothes. ' ' i ! Af v''rvi'C1?-,:': . Three entire 'blocks were'.destroyed when the fire was placed under con trol at 8 o'clock.' LEAGUE MEETING Will Be Held Tonight At 8 O' ': . clock. """,''''-,'";. ii:L. -.'.'.' (Contributed.). '.''" ': The Epworth, League "will hold it3 regular Missionary '. meeting . tonight at 8 o'clock Mr.' Gaskina will.'con duct the V,cetning. ' All' the1 young ? of the, church are invited to ',. As the meml-ership can . ' ' ' t ' t' t Le ue fiietiil "r. l f to be i .vs-i;t, i ' 5 w tl.e result of I i NEW BERN, If i .: (A':., ... 0 li ; - Wm,) -r 1 ' A ; I ;SiEi;f- titter, " It W! - '' 'ftlSSv .. .. gg!grjgffi' .f:y;;;:4j V.v;.;-"v .iA.'i..v,v'r!;-.. ..... ' .m.;.,--' --v- .-. , vTw.enty thousand as wild rooters, as ever assembled at any ball ground saw, an exhibition of the American na tional gam jn; London. iiThe gjmik Opened yytfH the 'Giants and White Sox drawn up in salute before the royal box. IClng George bowed his acknowledgments, and latex developed Into" an ardent Ppa4;Wm.ftfe '';''(';: ' , v "" THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB , CHAHIililiLIii mesdames h. b. marks and g . , j-i it Dr BRADH AM WERE TH,EV' HOSTESSES, : X:, ''. M ' r. The1" ,Shakes'pearef Club was charm ingly entertained by Mrs. H.B. Marks and Mrs C D. Bradham, at the beaii ''tifuit:hbmaroi'Mr8.':'Marks7lin'',IohnMn 'streetjyesterdaij'" Ifternc; 'the' hourf the meeting of , the club being palled at : 3:30 in order that - the r members observing : the Lenten v Season might attend the afternoon services. ' The subject .'of 'study was "King Lear," and M.rs, Charles .R. Thomas read a moit interesting paper on Gon eU, ' Rega n and Cordeli t, the three sisters. ' Act ' 11 1 . of King Lear was read by the Club, at the conclusion of which reading, dainty . refreshments '(ere; served consisting of sandwiches ahd'tea, with wafers and ginger. ' 'The guests ;6f the : afternoon were Mesdames cnaries k.:v i nomas, inar- les, Duffy, Benjamin Moore, Owen Dunn, W. B.' H. Blanford, - Misses Anna Hann.Kuu Cole, -Laura - Ives, Sara I; Stewert Myrtle - Dissway, Dita Roberts, Nina Basnight, Mollie Heath and BettievWindfey, iThe ont f town guests yere .MrsA Williamson ? of i New York, Miss Rouse of Salisbury, and Mrs. Babbitt of. Providence, R. I. t: NO 'IMPORTED HATS AT THIS , - "SPRING OPENING" There was a . millinery "opening" hetd iii this cityy yesterdiywhich, al though not extensively advertised, was attended by quite a number of persons and proved, quite an 'eveot'iThis. was at the emporium of S.: Blumgardt on leaver Middle street--. Mr.' , Blumgardt has quite an array, of the "latest words?'. in headwear for" the ladies and while no;, imported t creations i were "noticed in the: display,; the' hats or exibit . at tracted, attenticin alright, alright. . Mr. Blumgardt stated that the , exhibit wogjd "continue 1 indefinitely. ' , CDTEE11CL0 to :3."i:::E3E?iiLt i PROGRAM RENDERED WAS IN- i .TERESTING 'AND COMs ' f '-XX'i PLETE XlX ? !V- . The Canterbury, Club met; with Mrs Monroe' Howell ;at ; her? hortte'jon Johnson r Street" whkh , ' was -beautifully decorated in" jonquils," ferns and potted , plants.", ',--V,v;--S;?. .-";:. Miss Maude Hurley read an unus ually interesting ; and complete , bic graphical ' sketcli on '"'Percy B. Sin " , who was the poet faivored on t' : ion, and -whose birth took j m 1792 in FieM Tlace, Horsham, . F " Hiss Hurley's s! - , Mrs. R. ' E." Knowk-s, of Gat;'t '-'-a.f -: - .'.V:i-"-;':''..',;".'''W''.,."V S' - ' I ,?U ' I V) M MARCH 25, 1914 PROVES GREAT BLESSING TWIN REVIVAL MEETING CON TINUES TO GROW IN , INTEREST The Twin Revival continues to grow and gather inte-est each day. . Yester day .was an eye opener fp the church people of the city. The cotatge pray er meetings held, in various- parts of the. city-were better attended than any day during the meeting. Rev. J. B. Phillips spoke last night on "running the hogs out of ?ew Bern ? churches." The congregation frnthirikH 4.ir1v anH waq rpndv and pnp-. , ' . . , ru erly waiting to hear the message. The . j minds and hearts of the people from the start Those who have their names K ... .. . .. ..:r. . o i t ..i. v -'-'th ityle desired. The medical con in the Church Books of this city; certain ... , , j , . . . . , . . . -.. v i ventioncould not change its date and ly were told some plain facts last night t , f u t iU .f jj. the committee la called to meet again. Here are some of the things said; .r,. , , MC , . j u -A- The natu e of the meeting is sutn to J'Suppose you knew , God would save p , , . , ' i . . . make unnecessary the sttendanceupt your husband if you woulftS give' up : , , , . . ..... x lu ' i j ' . ' ,j - r "' the whole committee and there is no the card party so he could see Jesus, you , , . , , n . ,. . , - , - .- ' othe.- business bilorc it. Pioxies will would do so? ; Suppose you knevlhe. "- ... , ,, v . . . i - bt carried ov many members. 1 he theatre nd moving picture show kept. , -' , ' t t . iL ij ' date upon which the Democrats will you from having the confidence of your - , ,F , ... , , , r ., . , , ' . . X. "settle has not been indicated but , the family and . loved ones and if ydtt . . , , . . : . iU , . . r. . " opinion is th it the convention- :wiH crairjk IhMn nrnrlHv thincra lin I .on vriilfi J?r . , , : - jibe earlier than the first dale give you power to lead your unsaved friends and relative to Christ wdujd you give them up? Suppose your curs ing unclean business man with'. your name - in one of these church books you knew if you would give up your unclean-life you could lead your gentle-' men friends and your loved ones to Chriirt would vou rtfn "these- dirtv hoes out? - r'tell yotl this is-yhat NeV B'$pji: ;lXXZ'JZ. .-'1i!l--'. li.'-Cas- ; -, lie cvjiiKrcsuiioiL ,,.wj5 viie t fwrvpra f I. . j ! . . i -, . . ... T yi-my wvecua; nig injuring 111c incci, .hig.'i'. At the close of. the searchjqg iep-' mon ilTtl, ''i - nnmf" rain ' S nrw&rd and gave their names for memherthfo in'the? churches;; Mr. " Phillioa1 "wift1 pre.ch i special . sermon ; to mothers s and father ' tonight. Everybody ' iS iTtixrtt-Ati " ? '- !'. X'. 1-"---;-' '.! J-." ; ' ' ?' ' -'":- '., , ,v ' , , ' W , Friday afernoon the New Bern ,'';y ''X ' ' ;"' ;'''',' 'j- High School Baseball team wilt cross ' XXXX. :;'SJf '''"" r:,;':"-.'.'-.-, .v V-..-'i-.".." bats for the first time with the Golds CanadaJ "read Shelly's ode to a 8k,y-. boro High School team. The . game is lark, iri a .manner. Jliat harmed -ill. ' -. to take place at Ghent Park at 3:30 .Waddworth'j ode to a- Skylark' was o'clock. , , , -. - reatl most-interestingly by Mrs. E.' K. i Wolga Bland is captain of the New Bishdp ; -.ahd .after the, passing- of, com- Bern , team and several of the players parisons and criticisms on the odes of who were on last year's team are Qn the two poets by the club, Mrs. R. B Nixon read and interpreted Shelly s poem U;'Intel'act,;'of Beauty" and Mrs. Nix- dna'. i interpretation, was indeed credi- table, and this poem is one among many of Shelly's poents remaining popuiar which. are characterized by. a delicate fanciful beauty. 1 -; Mrs. Howell's goeits were Mesdames Charles Ives.- John- Dunn,' R. B.; Nix on, E. K. Bishop, Mrs.1 R. E. Knowles, Mrs. Baldwin of New Jersey, T. G. Roberts, , T, , A. Uszell, D. Li Ward, J. T. Hollister. C. S. HollUterM. M. .Marks, J, M. Spencer, Mis3 Ruth How land,. ; Margaret Bryan, Mary Uizell, Maude - Hurley,, and . May Hendren.. . r-r" ' . George fan as the excitement of the contest THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY CONVENES AT RALEIGH TO SET DATE FOR THE CON-SSM-ll VENTION 3itlq m Raleigh, March 24. The state Democratic Executive Committee will meet in th 2 Senate Chamber tomorrow Wednesday March 24, at 8 o'clock ti make a now date for the Democratic convention. The cnnllict betwe.M this conven tion and that of the North Carolim Medical Society was foinJ after .vr member of the committee hnd gone home following the March 10 meeting " 6 . B and there was no way St cninge it The di'f was June x anj h fc. THE WEATHER For New Bern and vicinity Fair. ,!f L. F. Swain of Beaufort spent Mon day night in the city leaving on th.1 morning train for Aurora N. C. FIRST BASEBALL GAME Oli FRIDAY AFTERNOON s-y :1 - N. ,pCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TO "' mnss rats with r.ru . ; ' ' j DOSBORO BOYS the present team. Prof. Kennedy is the team's manager and is making preparations to play games, with every team in? Eastern North Carolina . and with thi; Raleigh High 'School. .Scasun' tltkeU are being sold to the public anf - to, the school children at $I.D0 each and 50c. and 25c. each and thf public' spatronage is solicited. . ' i::X tir-" ;.."' .;-'.. 'XX;1 XA-fr. and Mrs. Ralph Lamb return ed W theBr home at Fort Barnwell, after spending the night in the city at tte" James hotel - . W. Dickinson left yesterday morn ingi for -Wilmingron to visit relatives. . 4 r .vi- : f . - - FIVE CENTS PER COPY NOTED CHRISTIAN S OIENCE LECTUR HERE LAST MEG Efl HT Made Interesting Address Before Local Audience HIS SLBJECT WELL TAKEN "The Pmvinn of God's Friendship to Man" The Speak r's Theme The l..'-ii;re given ;;l ihc ( hrisiia Science church hist night by Rev. W. McKenzie, C. B. S., of Cambridge, Mass., w:is well ;Hlenik(l and thorough ly enjoyed by ever;, person present. Rev. McKenzie was introduced by Miss Bessie P;-1 tors m ' of Ny irk, N. V., First Reader ol the l-irst Churih f Ch.ist. Seienti.-is. The lecturer who is a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston Mass., spoke on "The Proving of Cod's Friendship To Man." With his subject well in hand, his remarks were indeed interesting. He said: All down the ages men have beea blessed by the kindness of Cod. Some lew have answered back to the benign influence, and have praised the source. These have given to us our enduring literature in the Scriptures. Mrs. Eddy says, "Cod is universal; con fined by no dogma, appropriated by no sect. Not more to one than to all, is God demonstrable as devine Life, Truth, and Love; and His people are they who .cflert Him that reflect Love" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 150.) SKAKCH FOR TRl'TH The icarch yf man through all his yeirs is far . something satisfying and enduring. Because of the d citfulness of false beliefs men go on spending their "money fo- that which is not. breid and their labor for that which satisfieth not." But th testimony t of the Scriptures is that in every age cine men have found the actual ;ruth; not truth relative to the bloom ing : nd fading theories of their time, ajid so as transient as they; but tyuth that from evi-i lasting to everlasting is tSc same. This truth has proofs )f a certain character and the most iliicnt prool is healing, whethci of sickeufis for persons, ( r of plague l niifg he' people, o I a.natian .1 fear tiding to tlefe t and disistcr. The tjJpSiring Of the tiuih ra.;sis imm.-di-ate. jev'ersal jf the r.-j, which has been p&ing as fact md iccepted d,b ieilitv. ENOCH AND ABRAHAM -That w.iter knew the. fu.ule ncntals who said, . "Thou wilt show mc the path of life; in thy presence is fSnes f joy." In earliest times we find it ei o ded of Enoch that he knew thin pathway. His b.ief biography tells that he walked "with God' It is lecUrel also that he did not, die but that God look him to HLnsefl. It is habitual lor Christians to expect to iuve ifte.- death, joy in God's presence; , ut Enock proved God's presence to' e joy and life while here on earth. . There is i deep significance in Abra ham's ' response to God. Following the inward impulse of faith he left k wealth, and the glowing prospects of high estate, in order to be free fiom the worship of strange gods and the claims of idolatious kindred. Hi was a seek- ' er aftsr the one God whom h-; came to know is "the most high God, the poss ess x- ol heaven ina earth. Various reords as well as the testimony of . tradition lead James to say of the . patriarch that "he was called the ' Friend of God." It is easly then to see the sureness of the promise that '.'ill the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him"; ibecau if Ab.-aham, like Enoch, developed I friendship with , God th correlative fict Is implied that thsy knew the etsr- 1 nal truth of God's friendship for man. I , The patriatch, however,: looked pat across the future of 4ges with prophetic vision, for he knew ;that thu saving . truth of God's friendship muss appear with satisfying proofs beyond what he could -demonstrate. ; The Prophet o ' Nacareth recognized what Abraham's faith- had been afar off, for he said to , the Jews, "Your father Abraham re-1 joiced to met my dayt and he saw it. and wa lad." Feoin the mountain top' of his. faith, Abraham foraaw the time when, by rpoofs undeniable God's V:.V -: :1.v !V -f--, "f-cS. ,..v'.'v.-ji:,M. ': ': ', '.IXX ''X$'-pj&v?0:-. f'.'(X V