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BURl^GTON. AIAMAJJilSE county;CAROLIliA. TUESDAY AUGUST 24. 19M.-
t, 291 SilED ^ DIOWNEB.
TWentf-1^ Abi^M Believed To Have Bieen
American; Vessel Sinks In Eleven Mi*
nutes; Surviors Rescued By Oihef Ships.
9URUNGTON SOCIETY ITEMS, jtul reftdinga. An adyei^sii^ cohtsst
. I was the feature of the evebinis and af-
A delightful time was very much .mMsement. 8e-
woek by a pfcrty of ybang
who went camping at Sutphin’s MiU.^ »"*
W Is^snd, 17 miles from her.
; I.
|j The Front Street Hetliodut Sun-
Tliey were chaperoned by Mr, and
M». J, D. Albright of Graham, School held its annual picnic in
eiiUre wedt was spent in bathing,:**** “• H“ye»’s suburban
fishing, TOwins. motoring and otlie- Thursday afternoon, the party
joutaoor pleasures. Those eoraposte? **‘"« 3 All
WASraiGTON IS SHOCKED UNWARNED ATTACH
David Gurtis and Walter Bason, of f™it. and a splendid supper
Rektionc With Gcrtnany. Already Stnindl, Made More
renice By Sinking of Ship; News Startles President
WiEton.
Londoo, Aug. 20.—^The big White
Star line steamer Anbie from Uver-
{)ool for New York, was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine at 9:16
o’clock Thnr!!da7 morning southeast
of Tastnet.
The statement, says a White Star
Line steamer, was attacked without
warning and went down in ten min>
ntes. Of the 423 persons on board
(181 passengers and 242 members of
the crew) 32 are believed to have
perished. Most of those have not
been accounted for ^belong to the crew.
Only six passengers are reported misa-
in*.
Whether any of those not account-
Burlington; Hisses Jessie PhUlips, to the young people,
Duke McCracken. Julia Cooper aad ***? home at 8 o’ciock,
Conley Albnglit, Sobert T«tc aiirf * * *
Girarge Harden, of Graham, and Sasi
and Jorry Bason of Swepsonvillc.
Hr. Douglas was on the LusHania
\ihen she was sent Uj the bottom. , i « « -
Miss Jennie Bass Browii gave a
His good luck followed him again to-
on Front street
day, for he is among the survivors, j Monday afternoon, 4:30 to 6:30, in
honor of her guests. Misses Mary and
News of New Attack Shocks Washing* Ksti« Bell Caughman of Lexington,
ton.
Washington, Aug. 19.—News of the
The Presbyterian Sunday School
heid its annual picnic at Piedmont
park at the. same time. They went
over at 4 o’clock and remained until
8, playing games, swinging, chatting
and eating supper, fniits and melons.
« 4^ «
Miss £IIa Rae Carroll has returned
torpedoing of the British steamer Ara
bic of the White Slar line with Ameri
cans on board, came as a shock to offi-
S. C. Progressive hearts was the fea* home from Siler City, where she was
' ture of tha afternoon, played at five j * of honor at a party on Mon-
I tables, the prise a crepe de chine hand-1^? night, given by Misses Dorothy
: ^erchief, beili|| won by Miss Joliette and Margaret Goodwin, and
»• uiy ride picnic Tuesday night by
cials of the United States government P^^csented *»« their friends.
who had hoped .ince the dispatch of hand-crocheted centerpieces. Miss ** *
the last American note there would be Gertrude Ellis, who spent la.^t
ho farther aggravation of an already **>“*» Gladys Brown and Vir- week in Lexington, has returned home,
tense sHuation between the United Williamson served an ice course While there she was the recipient of
ed for are Americans has not yst.Stetes and Geniiany. ^ » «»“?•« »"« ®
been determined, but there ware only j OfBcial information w»s meagre, and j Sntrty triday morning by Miss Brinkly
26 dozens of the United States on jit was only through press dispatchcs! Guthrie was hostess at a -and the other a rook party Friday
board, 22 in the second cabin aed .that It was heard here that the vessel i«li*htful recoption at her home on afternoon by .Miss Helen Thomas.
four in the stewEege.
,WMt9rpodo«iwitt»out w»rJim*:.Whae,Q.>ep«» n>»d Friday •wini»*» 8:30 t.^
The vessel, had no flrrt-class pa*- it was recogmxed that a canvas of the|^^‘^ *" honor of her visitor, Mbs jj_ McLean, of
sengtsrs, having h«en turned into a | survivors might reveiU that no Am«ri-^*hall, Anderson, S. C,, E. C, and J. B. Mc-
two-class liner, ^ can lives ware lost, the torpedoing, *nd porch were profusely de~ Lg^n of New York city, and Miss Kate
Reaewsid by Veasels. without warning of a vessel carrying |•" goidenrod, the cvlor schema jjcLcan of Whitsett were here this
The survivors, who left the steamer Americans has in itself benn pro- green and gold being carried out visiting relatives and friends.
in the ship’s boats and were picked iiounced by the United States govern^
up later by passing vessels, arHved inent as a violation of it* rights which
in Queenstown tonight and are birtng
car«d for in hotels and boa»feg
hoases in tits little town which so re
cently cared for the survivors and
in the kewpia score-caids and refresh
ments. There were eight tables ar
il, rejwated would be'regard^'As “de- r»ng«d on the spacious porch for pro-
liiierritety unfriei^ly.”
‘ Last Note Pinai.
In the last note to Germany which
the de*d inhabitants of the Lcsitanta. 'it was generally necepted was the flcal
Details of the sinkinj^ are lackinsrlword on the principles of the question
but that the . loss' oj'life was not from the United States Secretary Lan- {
greater doubtiese was due to the fact sing used the following language in
gresslve hearts, and this was played
an hour. Refreshments, consisting of
ice cream frozen in heart shape and
cakf served.
FROMINENT ALAMANCE COUNT'/
MAN DIES FROM PARALYSIS.
Burlington, Aug, 20.—Thaddeus L.
There were 35 Moser at Ms ho'.ne at Kock Creek,
in the^uthern part of the county,
'Chusrday evening at 7:30, after but
The amateur performers, who re- hours* illness with paralysis, at
that the weather was fine and that referring to violations of American'®«!>tly gave two short comedies, “Not ’he age of 65 years.
steamers plying the German subtaa-.rights in the war zone:
rine war zone now, keep their hoatsj "Friendship its«lf prompts it (ilM
swung oi>t and ofterwise are prepared , United States government) to say ta
'a Man in the House” and “The Obsti-| About a year ago Mr. Moser was
Rate Fan^y,” for the benefit of the Paralysed, but got better and had
tor HMTgendes.
torpedo that f.ank the Arahif
str^k her on the starbikaid side 100
feet frota her stem. The vessel had
left Liverpool Wednesday afternoon
and taken a southernly course, well off
the Irish coast, doubtless wiUi a view
of avoiding the submarines which fre
quent the waters nearer the shore.
Near Lusitania Grave.
When seme fifty T^ilss .wei^ of where
the Imperial governsMnt that repe-
surface j>nd' launeed £ tarpsds. TKs
markmanship of the Germans, as in
H;he cuse.^jf the Lu^tenia, was deadly
accm-ate and like th& Lusitania the big
liner quickly settled.
Some of the survivors, accsrdinjr
to repcuts received here, say they had
•just witnessed-the torpedoing "of a
British steamer, presumably the
Dunslcy, and that this had caused
great alarm. Jn their fright-the pas
sengers had rushed for life preserr-
ers and had barely adjusted them
when the German submarine turned
its torpedo against the vessel’s side
and shortly disappeared from view.
Then life boats and a number of
life rafts were quickly got over the
side of the steamer and into these a
tise Lasitanta was snak in May, the 'authoritatively whether any warning
Geintan undeiwat^ host rose .to the [was given and whether the vessel at
tempted to escape. ■ If no American
lives were lost, though in most quar
ters tonight, drastic steps were im
probable, but in the event it is found
Msthodist (fhilathea class, were given ****" >n fairly good health, until tha
a picnic iast Saturday afternoon and c«m* rather suddenly,
tition by the commanders of G«nnan|«venin^ «t Fort Sang. The party! He leave.> a wife, three sons, Jsrry
naval vessels of acts in coa&avention jwent out at 5 o’clock in eutoinobiles Moser, cashier of one of Greensboro’s
of those righu must ’oe regarded by j*nd welcomed by Robert L. Holt, hanks. Dr. W. D. Moser and i. C.
the government of the UnKed State*, |the host and prince of entertainers. Moser, a rising young attorney, both
when they affect American citizens, | They went immediately to the boat Burlington, and four daughters,
as 'deliberately unfriendly.” ;hou«M»iid occupied the row boats and Misses Sallie and Anne, who live .at
What the course of the United ‘ spent the next two hours rowing and home, and Mesdames A. V. Fuliss and
States would be no official would pre-[‘•rifting on the lovely river. Th*tn A. Johnson, of Keck Creek,
diet because of the absence of detailed I* sumptuous supper was served in tho' funeral was held Saturday
lovely dining room. This was followed morning at St. Paul’s Lutheran church
by Vietrola music und cosy chats in ^h^i® he has been a member Ml his
the many comfortable nooks arocnd pastor, Rev. V. R. Stickley,
this lovely spot. Iced lemonade was coiiducting the scrvice.
served by the host. At 9:30 they j i^oser was one of the county’.s
returned Bome. The following en- substantia! planters, prominent
joyed the occasion: Misses Ada Guth- citizen and progressive business man
miHG UNWARNEO OF AmCK IN ^
wn AMERIGANS leSE liVES
Tension Increased As Washington
Learns Facts of Latest Germain
Outrage
Wilson Awaits Details—Vessel Was ^Ptist Church was organized
Bound For New York and Curi«;d *® charter member. His
No Ccntrabaod; Censorahip Delays being thus direct^. We feel a
Detslte From London; EspUnation » stren^y
Expe^ From Berlin on Reason “cns«r»ted brother; in the secuiar
For Submari^’s Actwn. kindest mao-
___ hood. . We realize and rejoice to know
TWO AMERICANS, 43 OtHERS “*** unitedly
WENT DOWN ON ARABIC. “ourn the loss of one whose life wss
- i spent in the service of the righteous,
London, Aug. 20.—At least fiva that kind, sweet, compassionate
passengers, two of whom were Aineri- of the Divine Nazarine did
cans, and forty members of the crew within the mind and soul of
lost their lives when the White Star ‘eading him to exhaust
Liner Arabic was torpedoed and sunk strength arid energy in doing his ut~
by a German submarine off Fastnet f«!lowm«n. Such a bril-
yesterday Tnoming. Nine other pa.v ■ light has gone out from amon^
sengers are missing and are brfieved ***• a wise king of the throne
to have perished. I Home has resign^ his earthly
The two Americans who went down '“hors! ,
with the ship were Mrs. Josephine Notwithstanding the extreme sorrow
Bruguiere of New York, and Edmund bereavement which we are called
T. Woods. Mrs, Brug'uiere was thrown endure, there Is for us yet a con-
into the water and was kept afloat for solation inexpressible. We would not
some time by her son, Louis, who was lamentations be unmindful of
fowsed to relinquish his hold when Perfect ease and redeeming placa
he was struck by a piece of wreck- becomes thM rich heritage of
age. Nothing was seen of Woods «f- departed brother. Truly
. the stetittsr .was struck. him to Uv® is Christ, but to die
Moat of the missing members of tha . *® Sf*5“-
crew belonged to the engineers staff. | Even in bis absence wv wiia yet sur~
They remained ct their posts and went ^ vive are constrained to follow more
down with the ship. Captain Pinch, closely the foot prints that make our
and the other officers say the subma- psthway glow. He lived not to him-
rine gave them no warning. The/ self neither did he die to Hlms«lf,
declare tha torpedo was fired as they |That delightful communion, hallowed
were going to the rescue of the steam- inf!uence and holjr memories of one
er Dunsley which had just been tor- so just, must continue to draw as up-
pcdoed, presumably by the same suh- war nm't onward long after his being
marine. |Pinccd beneath the silent confines .if
That the loss o^life was not much '■ the tomb. N«t only was his life
heavier was due to the preparations ^ among us inspiring and his endeavors
made by the ofRsers in view of the fruitful, but the perpetuation of his
possibility of an attack while passing
through the "war zone”, to the fine
Ir.bors in the life of others may pro
duce untold yields of a harvest most
weather which prevailed and to the | bountifui. His discontinued efforts,
splendid discipline maintained by the though silent in their r'orking are
crew. 'far reaching in their re.sults, and may
The Americans were cared for at' never b« fully appreciated until we
Queenstown by the United States Con
sul. With the other passengers they
left Ireland for England tonight.
information. It must be established
in diplomatic relations was
where discussed as likely, .
Americans were drowned, a rupture 'rie, Terry of Reidsvitle; Thelma Thar.s- has raised a family that would
every- ton, Blanche Storey, Esther and Beryl , credit to any man. He was wi.>il
Taylor, Ella and Florine Robertson, widely known throughout the
and Imogen Scott; and W. I. Wai-d' “'“""ty and section.
of Graham, Roy Johnson of Haw I
River, B. B. Slaughter of Murfrees-j >>’OTHING FURTHER ON CASE 01’j
bcro, Ben May, R. E. Wslsh, F. A. \ THE ARABIC RECEIVED YES- j
Eiley, Claude Fonviile, John Lasley | TERDAY. i
and W. S. Coulter. I |
GERMAN WARSHIP. 7 CRUISERS
SUNK BV RUSSL4NS' GUNS
IN BATTLE OF RIGA
Battleship Moltke, of 23,000 Tons; Sent
4o Bottom in Fierse Engagement—
Misses Esther and Beryl Taylor
were hostesses to the Methodist Phile-
Teuton Vessels Quit Gulf Following ^hea class at their home on Park
f'cht. j Avenue Tuesday evening at 8:30, the
I occasion being the losing, half of the
large number of the passengers andjCzar’s Destroyers in Black Sea Sink entertaining the winning half of
* " ■ “ - ” " More Than 100 Turkish Boats. Ssys f
OfEcial Statement; Moitke Cartied
1.107 Men; Visited United States
in 191Z, and Cmi Ciennany
0«0.
members of the crew scrambled
Many of the passengers, however, fell
into the water, but got hold of raft.;
and later were rescued.
One of the passengers was Kenn.2th
. Douglas, well-known English actor.
large uowd of the young ladie'; and
their friends gathered th4re and were
made welcome. Miss Lula Ti.«date
i2,vvu.- J sang some sweet/ atid Frcf.
John W. Lasley gave several delight-
The-Official Reports Are Being Eager
ly Awaited—All Opinions Withheld
State Department Offlcials Arc Main
taining an Open Mind on Question—
Correct Facts Desired.
President and Secretary Lansing are
.:Det«rittised That llierc Shall be no
Predoitate Action—^The PossiMli-
ties are VadeC
DEATH OF JfR. CATES.
This entire community and neigh
boring vicinity was sadly shocked by
the death of Mr. Peter Webster Cates
which occurred early Monday morning,
August 16th. For several weeks Mr,
Cates lingered a vicinity of no little
agony. At times it was hoped that
he might recover, exercising himself
as he did and receiving the most de
voted attention of numerous friends,
but during the still shades of Sunday
night, the final summons arrived.
The body of the deceased, accom
panied by an enormous train of rela
tives, companions and friends, was
taUen, Monday afternoon, to Moore’^
Chapel for burial. Kev. R, P. Elling
ton conducted the funeral services, as-
.sisted by Rev. G. W. Holmes. People
had assembled" from miles around to
p:>y their last ■ tribute o£ respect to
their esteemed brother. Expressions
of thair regard was shown by attrac
tive floral designs presented at thfl
grave. There has not been a larger
congregation witnessed at this place
for some time. ■ '
Mr. Cates ikas. lived. fteI:^^nany ysars
a prosperous farmer among his host
of friends near Saxapahaw. A reil
support, he had become in his com
munity, Long years ago Moore’s
quit the shores of time snd hasten, to
tliat delightful dime where our dear
brother extends «. welcoming hand,
bidding us come and forever dwell in
that land. Celestial.
A FRIEND.
TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION.
The Burlington Sunday School Con
vention was held in the Methodist
Protestant Church last Sunday eft«r-
noon at 3:S0 o’clock. The convention
w:-s presided over by the Township
Chairman, Mr. C. B, Way,
The principal speaker on the pro-
gtiam was Dr. W. A. Harper, of Elon
Collc-’o. who delivered a most splendid
ai-d magnificent address on “The Pr?-
p:'i\;d Teacher,” Other addresses
v. ere made by Hon. E. S. W. Eamer-
.“ion, Rev. A. B. Kendall and Prof.
B. Robertson
The election of Township officers
resulted in the following: C. B. Wayj
.Chairman; J. R. Foster, Vice Chair
man; James P. Montgomery, Secr?-
tary & Treasurer.
“Oh, doctor. I’m so glad you’vo
cbme! We just had such a sciirs.
We thought at first that, the baby
h.'id swallowed a $5 gold, piece.”
“And you found out that he ha.sn’t?”
“Yes. Thank goodness, it’s only a
quarter."—Boston Transcript.
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