North Carolina Newspapers

View of the waterfront "at Papeete, the chief port of^HI7~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ nau and Scharnhorst bad shelled the little South Padfle ' " ap"eaJ','d after th? German cruisers Gaelse NEW COMMERCIAL ATT^HES OF EMBASSIES con,? e?b~to'r P0oto*rapko4 with Secretary of ommerc* Roanew, woo taaeoUd. Ben to rtgut, - Albeit y Baldwin, formeihptiiet of the bureau of fbr ?=d toaieeWwicmei^who goeeto l^nd a. Sto?:ax<Frn^rErwtn W.roamr; Chari^ ^ i^edltr .ri'arl.. ' ' ?f the Vulon. to Bueno, RUINED REIMS SEEN FROM CApEDRAr I Tht? photograph, made from one of the toward ofM of Raima, was made while the Germane were (till boiflL the foreground ia the wrecked home of the archbishop*" ug 0,ty ln ! ONLY HER OLpDOLL IS LEFT This Is one of the little Children of Belgium orphaned by the war. Her father dead, her home in Louvain burned and her mother and (latere scattered, all that remains to her Is her hairless, battered doll. It is for the half million children of Europe in much the same plight that plans are being carried forward in America to send Christmas ships loaded with gifts. " ? ? ; ?> ^ GERMANS ARE WELL POSTED Absolute Thoroughness Shown by Thslr Distribution of War Finos sad Requisitions. Puis. ? Ths discrimination with which the Germans distributed war nose and requisition* in the towns tbey occupied in Belgium and north ern franca and the precision with which they chose the most solvent cttlsens as hostages has been a sur prise, but s- aen the details became R, ' *? V kl,.0.Wn ill ,"<^H^hetTexpir nation with tb^^^V w.. ?.lrtoJ hvV-W118 cttjr at UUe rr ?riLu!iho bad left his S "?flh" T.W* *n Important meut7? y?reJotn bts regi '"f'/f'T'- WbJobation, were raised to the e*v? ' ?rttn^o ?r the Mutton.. Commanding ofll be'a^etl-known ?*? town, whoT4m;?r,U re Sources thoroughly. "You see," Mid the officer, pointing to the aide, "there's no use resisting. We are posted by someone who knows." Similar Instances ' were reported from Belgium, showing that every Inch of the ground had been carefully studied; the ready money in every town estimated; every suitable horee and every ton of hay located, and the plana of every bridge drawn up. In' France their statistics went so far as' to show hqw many bottles of wine might be expected in each locality. _ HOW EUROPEAN NATIONS OPT SLICES (KHINA Germany* acquisition of Klauchau followed ctaneiy upon the acquisition of areas of Interest and spheres of Influence la Ghlna to foreign powers. L? . Cn(H 1MB ap foreign power aside from (he Portuguese and English had' been allowed to hold possession on or near the ooagt of China Japan lj?* acquired Fortunes by treaty In that year; Russia secured a concession for 1 the Maachurlaa railway find France % \ obtained a rectification of the frontier of Tong Ring at tMKQK Ura.. ln ?r<?r of German Siv.?w Sot .?*?? ??"ow*4 '? HI iil 'Jl *' ?** Warqh th? port rwn.^i rlt J'S'y wm leMed ^ C"n*Xma#r 59 yean. . w- ????'? Taltenarfn ?tfh ?Port Arthur and tJrrum* X* M ?l?an nfea of Sf^cJVjf <'d * "?*?? In February, 1898. Great Britain had established its influence, without claUping exclusive privileges in the Yangtze valley. These concession! were followed by similar privileges for France which on April 11, 1898. leased the port bf Kwangchauwan on the southern coast for 99 years. On June I, following, Great Brltatn teased for ?9 years a 100 square mUe extension of territory on the main Isad opposite Hong Kong and about the same time lapan ?Am red nonaltenation pledges | concerning the province of Fukian. IUlLDlN(flSMPLETE JAM 1ST Wake County*! New Hospital Bull* "8 NearMg Completion,?Prog. rtsgjlB Court Houao. I ? Raleigh Wak" county's 175.00.) fireproof < oaafy hospital tor the aged and afflicted <i?dlgent ts to be corn pie ted somewhere around January 1 and will he a lBodel In every reape-t and decidedly'i the moat complete equipment Writhe purpose In the State The (Mpty court bonae being erected at a coat of 1225,000 for bnlld log and equppent. baa progressed to the extent thai the steel work la up p?d the grannie walls are up to abort ?one-third the Wight Of he Srat atorf. The walls thgrpalance of the way ; throughout t&jrfour stories will be of j ?tee!, brick imt an outside veneer of | terra ootta thbt is an exact reprodnc- I tlon of the tints and apots that char acterize the granite foundation, giving the effect of a granite building throughout, rail nothing like the cost thbt the granite would entail. The building Is fireproof throughout, the top floor to (I equipped for county Jail purposed, i Chairman John A Mills of the Board of Commlsslonerrs Is gtrlng mtteb personal attention to... the construction of both the court houao and the county hospital. Clerk of the Court A. L. Blow, re turning from bis home at Greenville aays that Greenville is selling very large quantities of tobacco and at very satisfactory prices. He says cotton Is practically not being offered for sale at the planters nearly having It ginned and taking the hales home and storing them until the mar ket condition^ Improve He believes most of the farmers are In position to hold tlielr cotton Indefinitely 1200 Homeseekert Coming. Whheville.?The Homeeeekers' ex cursion, which will come from N'ortht ern and Western states during the progress of the Bolton corn show, Noremijer 5, C and 7, will bring to Columbus county not less than 1,200 homese-kers And the different com mercial organizations of the country are busy preparing for their arrival, and hope to find a suitable place tor each on, 0f them. At this time, New Hanover and Brunswick counties will join Col mhos In showing to the WestsTrn -a I* hat our soil produces, and by this jneans it hopes to Induce them to rettfjs with us. Three Cultmasters Nominated. 4 Waahii.tud -The following North Carolina' latmasters were nominated: Junius Jlridges, Windsor; Thome* Prlsbee, Hot Springs; Millard Hales, Wendell, COMING EVENTS. East Carol. * Pair. Newborn?Oet. 27-30. Granville t o. pair. < ixford Got. 2S 29. Cumberland Pair, Fayetteville?Oct. 29-30 "Edgecombe 'o. Fair. Tarle.ro?Nov. 3-6, State Elect; n?Nov 3. Johnson Co Fair. Smithfleld?Nov. 4-S. Pitt Co. Far, Greenville?Nov. 12-13. Anson Co. Fair. Wadesboro?Nov. 18-20. State Tea, -re' Assembly, Charlotte? November 25-27. Trjvtty Declaration Contest, Trinity Col rVnnwuMi't)?Wsrv&2e Weak, Furmera' t- p State Meeting, Oreen . vllle, I>r r bar IS 20. Annuel live .Stock Meeting, Stateevdle? January 19-21. 1915. h^r'e.K' 1 'I. 1 tar-heel news friefs. * The Lock Craig bridge was de stroyed end considerable damage doue ?to-the road- in Buncombe county by high waters recently. J. J. Welch, aged 14. leading citi zen of High Point, died a few days ago. K | Large ercvds attended the state fair at Raleigh. * Mr. Frank Stanland, aged 55, for 40 years a printer, died at the home | of his son at Wilmington recently. Eustace Ptesson, age 9, was killed and his brother Vance, aged 15, sever i ely injured when caught In a gin belt at Unionvill. in Union county a few daye ago. John Mitchell, city manager for Hickory, ias tendered his resignation to take effect November 5. The City Council has engaged D. F. McCarthy of New York to succeed Mr. Mitchell. Aaheville *111 lose seven trains as a result of t*hi decision of the South ern to cu tezpenses " - Building^ir. Shelby is going right ahead and more buildings are under construction aow than at any time this year. - The Mark'nim Oarage Company of Greensboro, cajiitsl {25,1)40 authorized apd $1,000 subscribed by R. L. Mark ham and others. The new k'filing mill at Beaufort will begin operations about Novem ber 1. Catawba cojMy will have three dairy institutes in November at which time Instruct l<L$ will be given by ex perts in the vinus branches. With a leg Mich had been broken the day befo.'cJVhen he fell from a scaffold and frlnured a rib, in addi tion to the UnitJ H. J- Hollman, a ma chinist of MarsKHIe, rolled out of his bed and In somrway managed to ree cue his wife fnin a well Into which she had plunge tto save a neighbor's six-year-old son '? i Governor Crai opened the Forsyth County Democrt Ic campaign with an impressive spee ) at Winston-Salem. Interested spi a growers are plan ning an appls iow for Ashevllle < early in next f !r. The ^Cinston lobac-o market ex- , pecta to handle 15.000,000 pounds of tobacco this sea m The Ass eclat* Press has opened ] an office in Rat Igh for the conven- ( ience of North C BOltna publishers. , Ham Williams a was thrown from [ ? tt buggy near it- sder-on a tew days afco and instaitF-killed. His neck , was broken. iflK , The new $60,00^ Masonic Home at AshsvIUe will be kempl-ted by Orst of yenr. Rev. W. W. Wijte, aged 78, a wall known Baptist ?lnlster died si his borne near Ncktt Wllkeshoro a few days ago. - Swollen streams are- causing trou ble to lumber men in Western North Carolina. - U The county cdmatfWIener* hare dl? I continued the office ot farm demon strstor for Cleveland county on the ground that Fie farmers dire not tak ing sufficientlyIWmwet to justify the expense lncuraflLMKr J * MOLO US v., . , . N. 0. CO NF DERATE VETERANS WILL PETITION LEGISLA TURE FOR INCREASE. MAJ. GRAHAM RE-ELECTED Judge Clarfce Spoke of Monument to North Carolina Won.on of Con Ralelgh.?The North Carolina Con federate Veterans' Association wanta the state to increase Its appropriation for pensions to the ei Conlederato soldiers of the state. At the meeting of the association, which was held in the House gt Rep- ( resenatives, the foUowintt committee was named to petition the next legis lature to increase the pensions for ex Confederate soldiers: Judge Walter Clark, M O. SharrUl, Capt. W, 8, Llneberry, Maj. W. J. Graham and J. C. Blrdsong. Speaking on Iks motion of Mr. J. C. Blrdeong said that the pension list and the pension law ought to be re vised. He said that every soldier who" served four years in the war ought to bo paid something if noth ing more than 15 a year to show rec ognition ot service rendered. He referred to the J30 a year paid tA the wounded, and Risked, what is $30 a year. He said that amount could he spent for cigars. Judge Clark Interjected the remark that the Federal soldier gets $30 a month. Mr. Blrdaong. continuing, said that North Carolina promised the soldiers who went to the front that they and their fCmtlles would be cared tor. He said that the state had not kept Its promise. . The old soldiers do not get enough, he said, and he wanted the committee to petition the legislature to Increase the pensions. He also wanted the legislature to Increase the accommoda tions at the Soldiers' Home. He said that we ought to have 500 there. Judge Clark spoke ot Ashley Home's gift of .the monnment erected to the North Carolina Women of the Con federacy in capital square and he thought that it was fittingly located at the capital-of the stake. In this con men of the Confederacy and to the nection be paid a tribute to the wo men of the Confederacy and to the generous donor of . the monument. Mai. W. A. Graham was reelected president of the association kpd Mf. f Blrdsong, secretary. Lay Cslnoraton# for Church. Ashevllle. ? Impressive ceremonies featured of the cornerstone of the Lady Chapel of 3alnt Mary's Episcopal Parish, work upon which WM started ? few weeks ago. The servicer were la charge of Rev. Cheat Mercer Hall, the rector of the parteh end were attended by members end friends of the congregation. Interest ing books, chnrch papers, a list of the rojl of members, a Bible and copies "/ th? local newspapers were placed /n the cornerstone. The moetc Was an Interesting feature of the service. Stock Lake With Fish. ^Asheville.?The immense lake ad* joining the golf liifks of the Aehevtlle Country Club Is to ne stocked with fish, according to an annpunoiment made recently, Judge' Junius O. Adams ihe president of the organi sation having made arrangements for the government to supply the Club" with enough Meek bass to stock the body of water. TiwMMh will be sent to Ashevllle within the lmmedlste future. Daniel XL Tompkins Dead. Charlotte, N. "C.?Daniel A. Tomp- ! kins, co-founder with J. P. CaldwelL of the Charlotte Observer, and for more than 25 years a central figure 1 in- the Industrial world of the Caro- 1 died at his summer home at ' Montreal, N. C., recently. He was 62 ! years old He had been an Invalid ' for about three yeara. Mr. Tompkins ! was appointed by President McKlnley ' as a member of the industrial com- ' mission and by Former President Gro- ' ver Cleveland a director of the Equi table Life Insurance Company. 1 Father of Many Sees Wilton. Washington.?J. E. Duckworth, 17 ' years old. and the father Of 25 chll- ' dren, 16 of whom voted the Demo- 1 cratic ticket last election, was here ' to see President Wilson Duckworth ' came from North Carolina. "I have ! come to Washington from my moun- 1 tain home to shake hands with the 1 best president the country has had 1 for many Ymrs." said Mr. Duckworth 1 "I have IP Democratic voters In my ' Immediate family?myself and 18 1 sons. 1 think I am entitled to reo- ' ognltlon at the White House." 1 . 3 A Housefly Exhibit. Ashevllle.? The small bottles con lalning apeciments of the houseflles In their various stages which have] been distributed at every exposition ' convention and tplr at which the Ashe^ 1 vllle Health Bureau had an exhibit ' will be on display at the Panama- 1 Pacific Exposition at San Prenclsco, ] the local health authorities having re ceived a request from the government ' tor 500 of the small bottles. It la stated that there little vials will pa redness of farmers for harvesting I the crop. ? ? * Diversify In Scotland Neck. Scotland Neck. ? "Diversify crops ? snd let cotton go." is the slogan In these parts. Ii Is said by those In a position to know that the cotton acre agla in this section will be reduced ? at least hO'per eent, and possibly more 1 than that, many farmers declaring ' that they will plant very little. If any, 1 cotton. More particular attention will 1 be given to peahats, tobacco, cam. ' wheat, etc. OoenMag in the way ot : ths cultivation of wheat, lo tha no pre 1 paredness of faraeri tor harveetlag. Mrit' LONG before the clean, green ehorea of Ra&gOoa become via 1b!e to the navigator on the Irra waddy, there appears above the hlgheet point of the horizon a phaft of gold set In a coronet of gems that throws a rainbow shimmer across the splendid blue of the Asiatic sky. As you draw near the fine old city the jeweled diadem slowly rises and takes definite outline, and presently you be hold the great golden dome of the Sway Dragon pagoda, which Is the "Glory of Burma" and the Mecca of the Buddhist world. ? Krom ever^ viewpoint the radiant temple dominates the city, imposing and glorious?one of the finest sights of the world In Its barbaric splendor of color and form. It is the Oldest shrine In Burma, the one most fre quently visited of all places of worship east of India, and It contains actual relics of Gautama Buddha which have for centuries attracted pilgrims from every part of Aaia, even from the re mote corners of almost Inaccessible Tibet. At first yon, being an Occi dental traveler, accustomed to the towering architectural triumphs of the West, wonder Idly at the compel ling attractiveness of the ancient ed ifice that Incites so much speculative reflection; then you gradually become aware of a distinctively personal In terest In the golden monitor that greets you to Invitingly wherever you turn In your wanderings about the beautiful old town. Finally It takes possession of your fancy, more than any other thing that you have traveled so very far to see; more than the old forts, the ancient shrinee, the lovely gardens and the brilliant, light-humored native life?more than anything In all picturesque Burma. -j Stone Dragons Guard Approach. The principal approach to the tem ple city?for It Is literally a city ehrinea clustered about the central pagoda?is guarded by two enormous hhA stone dragons behind which rise atalflkin long Laertes, covered with elaboratly ca-ved teakwood roofs sup ported at regular Intervals by great ?tone pillars. The atone atepa have been worn very uneven by the count lesa (aet that bave gone up and down For more than seven hundred worthlp tul years. Seats are ranged along the spacious landings for the comfort of the old and decrepit worshipers who find the long climb difficult, and above these seata are numerous very old but Bnely preserved carvings and frescoes 3f fanciful design and beautiful work manship. ' As you toll upward you meet and pass men and women of all races, tome of whom are so remote from you n speech and customs and habits of bought that It would be difficult, if tot Impossible, to find the key of a ?ommon understanding between you. Inly one word can unlock the deep tntlpodean silence and place you for in Instant on a plane of comprehen ilon with those strange primitive be ngs whose existence holds nothing hat can bridge the vast gulf that sep> irates civilization and medievalism, ind that word. "Buddha," which brings lght to every Buddhist face. You hee tste to speak experimentally because t has mysteriously become sacred to rou In that vast assembly of worship era to whom it means all they Know of holiness and mercy and haftl. Bo ?<m pass on In awed silence, watering- -be human stream wtth an Interest (hV-rut led by the straDgenegs of thi-, place and by the evidences of the Sgpbmon spiritual need that drew tb*?tero- 1 geneoua throng from the far eBfla of the universe. That carious horde Is wsH *">rth watching. There are old. Sid nw tot. ,4 terlng feebly from step to Step. Mnally# " old women of many-races: band, m young girls with blithe moraiHKmcJF little radiant children In humafelf {pd , autre) stolid, harsh-feetured H^SIO- 1 ltans from Western" China, Tib^ans in \ coarse, ungainly and far from deaf at- J tire; squat and homely men and worn - I en from further Cambodia and-31am; 1 palb, refined looking Hladna in snSsry J garments and enormous spotless tar- -| bans?all bent upon a single purpoM. 4 Sell Flowers to Olid Qroat Pome. J -. At close intervals along the vsVll nigh Interminable steps are fragraalM little booths containing all the o(?>H lent Sowers at the country, lncenss^H sticks and tiny packets of gold leaf jflj presided over by bright looking BuHgl mess girls who offer their wares wltl^H charming modesty. Ton need not bu^H if you feel disinclined, -but the chanoeflH are that you will gladly Invast a feral cents In a thin packet ot gold ledral which will be used, later ou, to ovem|3 lay some tiny weather flaw in th? great goldea dome of the pagoda JJ whicll la never permitted to suffer la*., 'a p&lrment for lack ot aUentlon (faff j your little purchase la Intended for votive offering). It takes a peat dta of gold to keep the dome In perfect tw Jj pair, for It la 1.S50 feet in clrcumter- | ence and 170 feet high, and it Is cow a ered from base to summit with pure *j| Sold leaf. Vhe Jeweled diadem that S crowns this marvelous temple lyvawB ued at ?2W,000, and was a gtftrfcf thwjg common people of Burma, amh^ha/1 gold leaf reserve fund in the temple A treasury was contributed by ptlgrftajgl worshipers, many of whom are to wretchedly poor all their lives thnt&j they hare never known the luxury of jj ?a full meal, ydt their porerty plashed 1 hands ure rarely empty within the teni 8 pie precincts^ At lencth you find youreelf wHk 1 bare of the central pagoda, surrom^K I by'a multiplicity of email shtpneHB ' quiaite la detail, but tantaetio in-dA ceptiou, yet with a aort of ap||9H| grotasquenesa that cauaes your m|K to beat faater, aa If It brought the rerge of an underetandlag strange spiritual terror which resents. In a east court opeM^I brilliant Asiatic sundhlue^^^JH fuslngly numerous shriae^^Sg^l great variety of Buddhas. som#fcfl Ing luxuriously among Jewegg^^H flowers, some bowed In proftgifci ltation, but all of them tagwee?? j peaceful In feature la spite mH ] profusion of paint and glldln^^MlHV I the offerings piled a bore tjj^K^Sflfidp are maqy old and wohul such as paper ombrelUtL^^^^^Eu.1 faded flowers and brass LnHBt^mit 1 there are also some pr?P^^H|a( 8 personal adornment. Atkbe fetit of a 1 smiling seated Buddha IUA<nStwBa|i | black hair corere^ wltl fsdt BSE I long pilgrimage, perhaps, baeto#ed by I a very poor young girl who had MKb-' ing else to glte. 1 \a T ; ; \. .../'. ? . I.:'.' ' JP^ ? />*E; Mf^ M Piaguf Caused by Flao. Ill the year 1802 the Rueeten city >t Odessa ni visited by bubonic Hague. This raged for Ave months ind killed 3,000 people. Its origin vas traced to en Austrian flag which * as hols., d over the grave of an Aeo lian seaman who had died at sea ind had been burled In the cemetery, kfter the funeral the flag was canted n turn by two seamen who afterwird sntered various public places, tay ng iur flag down as they stopped to Irlnk. Shortly afterward both Aheee nen fell HI and died, and people were akdh HI In all the. houses thdy had mtered. Rescinded Order. ^ , The wife of a gentleman being bnd len'.y taken HI, the husband ordered > servant to get a horse ready to go tor the doctor. By the time, however, that the horte was ready and the ] note to the doctor written, the lady had recovered; oe which he added the following postscript and sent the Servant off: "My wife having recess ered. you need not come."?J^ondae lit Bits. *J Conditional Aa^taWMf'-J It la told of tb? late Mr*. Robert Lonla Steveneon that "the ?aaj much more ttftikreatad la literature tha aha >u In abaolute ordar ?h-in It came to her hooaekeeptnf. At ode tllna aha and her hnaband recalr- f an llnvlU 1 tlon to dinner and Mr. 3t?renadn aald I In hta note of accept* . -i "W, will coma U. In the meant11 f Mr*. Star enaon can find her oth.Tfcfcoe." r W* Naval Ofltoere W'BUh An RnclUb writer ctft mT of Amerldan naval ofll. &pjD| that of almllar ofllcera Rbroaf ??Marltu admiral drava. he atAHHa Tur. while about *9.000 to tb# eama rank In Great ?HBk ?4?ne In Oarmanjr; and efl^H^&dee of ofllcera are paid p,,. portion. New Mifl -ThU hotel la tfl Dent." I around." I -Tea, bot k* weak."?