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DRIFTED EIGHT J .DAYS OH OCE^M Capt Pfftz Confirmed in MM That He Wat Not Barn to Be DtowmcL , Honolulu, T. EL?Oapt Wmtt t Kit*. Hawatl'a ancient mariner, baa one* nor* lived op to Me native title at "the nan who cant get drowned." i For eight daja, with only Ma two Hawaiian deck hands t? help hla, he ?efled death la a water-lowed and rfnklng schooner drifting through la hud shoels, tallowed fcr mewtar aharks, adding one more adventure to ? aerie* of hair-breadth escapee free*, perils of the sea. The achooner Annie K. aalled from Honolulu en August 11 with a deck laad of lumber. Just outside the har ?harks Awaited th? End. tar the schooner sprung a leak aad began staking rapidly. "Captain Pllt* dikintphed three sailors lif a lifeboat to nek help. They were picked up. ?nd Honolulu made every effort ttf locate the drifting schooner for sev eral days. * The Annie E. continued to sink until tbe deckhouse was awash. The Intrepid skipper hauled up some at the deck toad of lumber and built k house on top of the cabla. 1 For eight days he aad his Hawaiian BHtes were without fwtd and .with but fe few drops of water, wallowing help lessly, trusting to the luck of the sea and the fortunate protective some thing that had given Capt. Piltz his title, "the man who cannot get drowned." Sharks appeared, cutting the water with lazy, ugly flns. biding their time. Faring what he believed the Inevitable ?nd Hit* pointed to the man-eater* and said laconically to his two Ha wsllan ship hands:1' "That big one Is for me. this one for you and that for you." ? On the seventh day, having drifted more than 150 miles,1 the Mudawaska. fin army transport bound for Manila, was sighted. It wirelessed the schoon er's approximate position to Hono- j tain, und the lighthouse service ship Kankul found the casta ways almost 270 miles west of Honolulu. Plltz has been in three shipwrecks and half a dozen times has battled with death through seas in water logged sinking or helpless ships. * ? ? I losing at Sword Fight, Boy Hurls a Penknife Angered because he ?M losing a wooden sword Bght with a chum, Leo Chippl, 10 rtfn old. Altar street, near Thirteenth, draw a penknife and hnrled U H JOtQ the leg of his opponent In- II lllctlai a ilwp (rash. The sword II H duel wan being held In the public II I square at Eleventh and Wbar- II | ton atraata, Philadelphia. Tlia Injured boy. Albert Bran- II I rhlnl. S year* old. 1829 Alter || H street, was treated at Mount II I sinal hoapltal. Ghlppl was ar- II I rested and sent ta the Honse of H DECIDES WOMEN MAY CHEW That's Their Prlvllsffa, Bum They May Vote, Rules Kansas City Judoa. Kanaaa City. Mo.-r-A woman asked XV. R. Scott, a policeman, how to reach ?a krtdrees. Ha told her. "Thanks," said the woman, and readilng Into a pocket of her coat took mat a ping of tobacco and bit oft ? rtie*?. 6coft arrested her on a efcargr i,l illatnrblng the peace. In nunlctpal court Judge John M. KrMiedy dismissed the case. -If woolen may rote, why shouldn't they chew?" Inquired the Judge. Bolt Kllle 1(0 Marrows. |1agi<r*tnwti. Md?A holt of tight nlnt ?Tne> n cherrr trre In front of t!ii> ->? .< of J. VftlMnm Hraall aear Manlnsourg. and killed 100 aparrows that w?r? rmtfg ta the tree. I KEPT YOUNGSTER loranre *?ti Now York Boy of Ton Year* TM Up for Four D?yt by Parents. WEAK WHEN RESCUED ? l -r m ,.,.1. ri ft. r|?n? ?ka Boy I ncorrlgfble, and "Ho???* Neigh. L>* ? S^m latmlarlan Prnnar BOri w l nwrnnny?rropor nvmo Will B? Found for tho Lad. Now York.?It all came about?thla police court fairy talo?becaoae little Mlu Thirteen, who la wide-eyed Anna Gold, ww visiting "down the block" on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 28. Anna waa sitting with her Mend. Mr*. Marie St. Jacques, on the first floor of ithe two-family hemae at 534 Fifty-seventh street, Brooklyn, when a plaintive, frightened voice came to them: ' "Mrs' 8t Jacques, oh. Him. St Jacques; hare you anything to eat" The words melted Into a choking sol*. Little Miss Thirteen leaped to her feet and rushed upstairs. In i dM bedroom opening on the hall she saw a dark abape huddled against the wall. 8be got some matches, lighted one and saw a thin, pale little lad. Us slender arm, bound by a rope and his frail body encircled several times by anoth er rope which was attached to a spike driven into the wall. TM Up fee Day* "What's the matter, little boy J" tremulously asked Miss Thirteen. Tti been tied np since Thuraday morning," weakly answered Little Master Ten, who la Joseph Pflock. I . "My father and atepmother tied me np to punish me. They h?Te given ma onry a little bread and water. They have gone out for ? little while and I am starving." "Don't worry, little boy," reassured Little Miss Thirteen, her eye* guahlng tears of sympathy. "I will gat yot something." 8000 she retained with some breed and mllkl She helped free Little Mu ter Ten's arms, fed him and waa leav ing to -get aorne more food when the sound of approaching steps and a shiv er of terror In the boy warned her the "bad parents" were returning. 80 Little Mlaa Thirteen had to be content with repeating her story to Mrs. St Jacques and other neighbors, who warned the Children's society. So It came about that Little Master Ten waa released after he had been fastened to the wall for four days and three nights and the parents ware ar rested. Then the two little flgurtp In Hl? Arms BautM by a Hop*. the breads nd-mllk Idyl told their ?dories to Magistrate Loula Rejnolda. In Fifth nvenue court, and Pflock and hta wife were held In $800 ball each. Little Master Ten wan and pale In contraat to the ruddy strength of hla father and the baxom robustness of his stepmother, Angered hla cap nerv ously as he told of hla agonising ex tierlence. He aald hla' father punished 'him frequently after hla second mar riage. Be waa trussed to the wall becanae he took some prunes from the Ice hoc. The flrat night he remains^ standing against the wall and all the-next day. Weman Aaaalla Neighbor. Pflock and his wife asserted the lad waa Incorrigible. The latter aald she could have "conquered" him If the neighbors hadn't "butted In." At which a bevy of neighbors In the courtroom "booed" audibly. Little Joseph shrank away from hte parents In the courtroom. He clang to Agent Charfea Harstedt of the Chil dren's society, who took him Into an anteroom Here he wns visited by Mrs. Klleti O'Grsdy, deputy police com mlaatoner. who pat her anha around him and said: "Don't worry, little man. We are j.-otnr f 'ind a good home for you." for 4he flrst time Little Mu?te<' Pan'a tense loek relaxed utf he anllaC "We Picked up Sm> L*rg? D?J Rats First Morning uiin| Rat-Snap" So- writes Mr. B. ?. Carpenter, of Woodbride, N. J. llWe lost 18 (mall chicks one night, killed by mts. We bought some RAT-SNAP and picked up 7 large dead rats next morning and in 2 weeks didn't ses a single rat The RAT-SNAP is good and sure." Co mes in cake ready for use. Three si tes, 86c., 70c., and (1.40. Sold and guaranted by E. J. Gerock, E. J. Bell and Co., and Z. V. Bellamy.?adv Notice of L#nd Sale Under Mortgage By virtue of th? power contained in a certain mortgage deed, executed on the 9th. of July, 1910, by Alfred Jenkins and wife, Katie, to J. C. Jen kins and J. R. fretwell and transfer red to I. W. Sesaoms April 11, 1911, which mortgage is duly recorded in Register of Deeds Office in Hertford County in book 87 page?818 l*he condition of said mortgage not being complied with, the undersigned mortgage* will on the 6th day of De cember, 1920, offer tor sale to the highest bidder far cash, at the court house door in Hertford County, the following described tract of land, to wit: It being a lot in the town.of Ahoskie, lying on Maple Street, ad joining tfce lota of W. J. Jenkins, W. F. Alston and others. Hour of Sale: 12:80 P. M. This October 26, 1920. E. W. SESSOMS, Mortgagee. 029?4 times Let us show you where you can save , by using mns DUREr. I/aint Iroducts PUT FIGHTING QUALITIES 1*1 YOUR BLOOD If You Are Palo, and Waak. Without AaUlin, You Need a Tonic TRY TAKING PETTO-MAN CAN Rick, Rod Blood Ftfku Off DI?.h ?nd Khpi Yh Wall and Eaahle. Yoa to WarV With PImwi* Serious sickness often comss when you least expect. Yob may feel a little ovar-tired. Yon have not boon exposed to contagion, yet all of a sod den you are flat on your back and ip for a siege of sickness. Your Mood did not bar* fighting qualities. It was w?ak and thin. Your vitality and powers of rasfeance* wars low. When you overdo you uss up ener gy: Your blood is driven to do more thaaftMh ftliMMNi clogged w: waste. The watte acts like poison. Disease germs get is your blood and dominate. Pepto-Mangan is widely and hear* tily endorsed bytaysfclaps. It is ef fective and easy jb take. Comes in either liquid,,or tablet form. Both have the same effect Sold at any drug store. But b? sure you get the genuine Pepto-Man gan?"Gude's." Ask for it by mum and be sure the full name, "Gude's Pepto-Mangan," is on the package. ?advertisement 0 No tie* of UaA Sale mndmr Mart|a|? By virtu* of th? powor contained in a certain Mortgage deed, executed on the 14th day of November, 1906, by Williiam WUliford and wife, Ma ry, Richard Jones and wife, S. E? to E. W. Sessoms, which; mortgage is duly recorded in Register of Deeds' office in Hertf?rd County, North Ca rolina in book 22 page 298, the condi tion of said mortgage not being com plied with, the undersigned mortgagee will, on the 8th day of December, 1920, otter for sale to the highest bid der tot cash at the courthouse door in Hertford County, North Carolina, the following described tract of land, to-wit : That tract of land situated 1n St. Johns Township, Hertford' Coditty, North Carolisa, known as a pert bf Joe Newsome land, adjoining lands of Newsome, Saunders, Tayloe and oth ers, containing <0 acres or more. Time of Sale: 12:S0 P. M. This 2?ti> of October, 1920. E.W. SESSOMS, Mortgagee. Oct. 29?4times Drafting ' ____________ j * WWBIMAXSAM (Mm with HeQeaaa MkM ' Bfcb I(PH, H. d Q. -55. HERTFORD AUTO 4k MA CHINE CO. ?AHOSKIE, N. C.? 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Right irow Our New Fall Stock Awaits Your Inspection and Choosing. There la not better way to learn "what's what" in Fashions, than to visit this store, becaus ?f B the new things make their appearance hiere as soon as they are evolved. Consider thi* your invitation to call on us when in Norfolk or to write to ns regard ? ing the merchandise you desire I SMITH & WELTON I I Norfolk, Va. 300 to 306. Granby St. |
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