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BROWN BEAR OF EUROPE
AND ASIA
The brown bear of Europe and
Asia i* perhaps the best known
b*sr in the world. Formerly its
range extended from the British
Isles across Europe and Aisa to
Japan, and as far south as the
northern boundaries of India. At
one time, a small form was found
in North Africa.
Over this large expanse of
country, the brown bear differs in
color and size. It is difficult to
know just how many forms there
are as the bears of one locality
are' likely to vary greatly in eize
and also' in color. At full growth,
males are generally larger than
the females.
Brown bears feed on berries,
roots, grass, vegetation, mice,
marmots and other small mam
mals. They do occasionally kill
larger animals and at times are
destructive to livestock. It is sel
dom that they will molest man
unless provoked, and the stories
cf their attacks are undoubtedly
greatly exaggerated.
The European brown bear dis
appeared from the British Isles
centuries ago, but it is still found
in many of the lees settled parts
oi Europe, especially in Scandi
navia and Russia. This form is
gjso found in western Asia. It is
commonly seen in zoos and cir
cuses and is the performing bear
which used to be displayed by
wandering gypsies.
Obituaries
VICTOR T. BOATWRIGHT
Funeral services for Victor
Taliaferio Boatwright, 70, who died
in Portsmouth, Va., Saturday, will
b* held from the St. John’s Epis
copal church at Portsmouth, Tues
day morning at 10 o’clock.
Mr. Boatwright was employed
by the Seaboard Airline railway at
Portsmouth for over 50 years. He
was the son of the late John L.
snd Annia P. Boatwright, of Wil
mington.
Relatives surviving in Wilming
ioji include, Mrs, William M. At
kinson, Mrs. Jean Boatwright and
Mrs. James B. Hughes.
MRS. CARRIE GARDNER
funeral services for Mrs. Car
rie Gardner, 82, who died Satur
day morning following a lengthy
illness, were conducted from
Filth Avenue Methodist church,
yesterday morning at 11 o’clock.
I’-torment followed in Oakdale
etery.
Ubearers were LeRoy Le
ri, Joseph LeGwin, William H.
tier, John M. Walker, Dr. E.
Walker, Nelson O’Quinn, W.
Dosher, Jr., and Harry Dosher.
MRS. ARTHUR I. KELLER
its. Arthur I. Keller, 69, of 102
»dlawn avenue, widow of the
lebrated Mew York painter and
ustiator, died at 4 p. m., yester
ly »t her home.
She was the mother of Mrs. W.
. Page, Jr. Funeral arrangements
re pending the arrival of relatives
rpected today. The body was
ken to the Yopp funeral home.
ARCHIE MCPHATTER
LUMBERTON, Aug. 25.—Archie
cPhatter, 8S, of near Orrum
id Monday morning in a local
spital where he had been a
tient for six weeks.
The funeral will be conducted
'm Stephens Funeral home here
esday at 2 p. m, by the Rev.
P. Hedgpeth, pastor of Big
anch Baptist church, of which
r McPhatter was a member,
termer.t will be in Allenton ceme
ry cn Route five.
Mr McPhatter was born near
rum on Octet 7, 1857, son of
e late Billy and Margie Hardin
cPhatter. He is survived by his
Ie, Mrs. Jane Nance McPhat
7^ two daughters, Mrs. Mike
irrmg. of Lumberton, and Mrs.
ivada Lawson of near Orrum;
ree s«s, W. B. McPhatter, of
iffloerton. and Waycross Ga., D.
a:- L.r.-.vcod McPhatter of Con
rd; eight grandchildren and 13
ea! grandchildren.
MIRPHY j. lewis
■‘U.BERXOM, Aug. 25—Funeral
rv'ces for Murphy James Lewis,
Ko Gea at his home in Lum
';rV Sunday morning, were con
!'!* ":om Clvbourn Baptist
5“ '*'r.:ch he was a member,
I ' ~ernoon at 5 o’clock by
J«.or the Rev. R. A. Stank
,C.“ Interment was in Holly
M seiteterv,
T
•• «wis had been confined to
® eight months. He was
-896, son of the late
arca Mary Jane Barfield
^Sterling* township.
are his wife, Mrs.
frevatte Lewis, one
^,_Mrs. Stafford L. Stank
“’Jr brothers, Pope and
- tx-s of Laurel Hill; Pittman
Hill and Frank
u* Pauls.
DH'ID g. worth
Fla., Aug. 25—m
j.t U Worth, 52, Highlands
(j). yocational agriculture
.Hj’.'.., a. *0CIay of heart attack,
j, W6 °f Wilmington, N. C., he
ve,;;fre :n, 1943, He was a
Ug ? °f Florida graduate,
i. v! a'lv*vors are his widow,
r .ee Worth; a .daughter,
a,'r his mother, Mrs.
- Worth, of Linden, N. C.
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brown ^bear° found in ^sf1 T11? Japanese bear, a very close
and Syria is small nna ^‘'L0/ relative of the Manchurian brown
colored 1 and llght' bear> *■ black or very dark brown.
oi tne brown bear
are the Syrian bear, a small and
light-colored animal found in Asia
Minor and Syria; the Kashmir
brown bear, also light-colored,
found from the Tien Shan to the
western Himalayas; the Siberian
brown bear with dark legs; the
Kamchatkan brown bear found in
Manchuria (Manchukuo) and the
Kamchatka Peninsula; the Man
churian brown bear, a black or
very dark'brown bear found in
Mongolia and Manchuria.
Oh Hokkaido Island, Japan,
there is a brown bear which is
a very close relative of the Man
churian bear. Some authorities
believe it to be the same. West
ern China and Tibet have a bear
of this group which is blackish in
color, with a pale brown and
whitish head. The hairs of the
body are tipped with reddish buff
or grayish white. This bear is
known as the blue bear of Tibet.
There was once a small bear
of the brown bear group in the
Atlas Mountains in North Africa.
It was known as Crowthere bear.
Two living specimens were cap
tured near Tituan, Morocco, a
century ago. They were small
thickset and brown. The speci
mens were not saved and, as iar
as we know, there is no skin of
Crowther’s bear in any museum.
At the present time, the animal
is believed extinct.
(Copyright, 1946, By The Grolier
Society Inc., based upon The Book
Of Knowledge)
(Distributed By United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: — Is the Earth
Quite Round?
Education Board Threatened
With Law Suit In Fritz Case
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 25.—(JP)—A
suit against the State Board of Ed
ucation to nullify an order revok
ing the teaching certificate of R.
L. Fritz will be brought in Cald
well county Superior Court unless
the board reverses the order first,
Sam J. Ervin of Charlotte, an at
torney for Fritz, said tonight.
Ervin said the court would be
asked for declaratory judgment
setting aside the state board’s re
vocation order as being contrary
to law.
The board revoked the Fritz
teaching certificate after its spec
ial audit revealed the Hudson
school’s supervising principal had
caused checks totaling approxi
mately $1,600 to be issued to in
dividuals not employed as teach
ers and then distributed to mem
bers of the teaching staff remun
eration for performing special
duties.
Fritz, president of the North
Carolina Education association, re
funded the money to the state.
There was never any intimation
that Fritz received any of the
$1,600.
Teachers of the state, following
a special meeting in Hickory aft
er the board’s action, petitioned
the agency to rescind its action
and reinstate Fritz as a certifi
cated teacher.
Ervin said the decision to file
suit against the board is depen
dent upon its response to this peti
tion from the teachers.
Ervin, a Morganton attorney,
former judge and former member
of congress, represented the South
Piedmont teachers’ group during
the session of the general assem
bly when they sought increased
salaries. Fritz headed the South
Piedmont organization.
Attorney General Harry McMui
lan recently announced in Raleigh
that he would meet with the Cald
well county solicitor to determine
what criminal action, if any, to
take in regard to Fritz.
RUSSIANS DRILL FOR OIL
MOSCOW (U.R) — The Soviet
government will drill 30 deep ex
perimental oil wells in widely
separated parts of the Soviet
Union, an official of the Ministry
for Oil Industry of the East an
nounced. One well will be sunk to
a depth of more than 9,000 feet in
the Emba district to tap the so
called Hobdin layer underlying
that region, according to ( G. E.
Ryabukhin, a member of the
special government geological
commission now in Guryew on the
Caspian shore. Drilling of the wells
begins this month.
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City Briefs
The deadline for bids on con
struction of the Neuse river flood
control cut-off channel, at Golds
boro, has been set at 11 a. m.,
Sept. 9, according to an announce
ment by the Wilmington Corps of
Engineers office.
Three Wilmington area men en
listed today in the U. S. Naval Re
serve in the V-6 program for in
active duty. They are Herbert H.
Morgan, Rocky Point; Johnny B.
McF.ae and Herman N. Smith, Ne
gro, of Wilmington.
Marshall and Martha Jordan
brought a foreclosure suit in New
Hanover County Superior court
yesterday over property at Third
and Dawson streets and a $1,940
judgment. Named defendants were
Henry and Lucille Huggins.
Past-Commander W. K. Stewart,
Jr., of Wilmington Post No. 10,
American Legion and Mrs. Stew
art, leave this morning by auto
mobile for ew York City where
they will attend the annual na
tional convention of the Legion and
Legion Auxiliary. While in New
York, Stewart plans to attend a
meeting of the New York Kiwanis
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MINISTER CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Warrant Served At Grave
side Of Member Of
Own Church
SUMMERVILLE, Ga., Aug. 25
{JP)—The Rev. Gordon Miller was
arrested on a murder warrant to
day at the graveside of a member
of his church, who, Sheriff A. H.
Glenn said, died from a “faith
proving” poison draught swallowed
at an open air religious service.
Sheriff Glenn said Miller, who
described himself as a minister of
the “Free Church'of God,” would
be given a hearing tomorrow be
fore City Judge C. D. Rivers and
Justice of the Peace T. C. Brown.
The charge, the sheriff added,
developed from an inquiry into the
death Saturday night at the Trion.
Ga., hospital of Earnest Davis, 33
year-old Taylorsville farmer and
member of. Miller’s church.
Glenn quoted Dr. W. U. Hyden
as reporting that Davis died of
“strychnine and other poisoning”
and added “he never had a
chance.” The sheriff said Davis,
exclaiming “I feel the power of
my Boss (Lord),” gulped down the
poison at services conducted by
Miller at Brush Arbor, near Lyer
ly, Ga., August 17.
Miller told newsmen that Davis
Sheriff A. L. Martin at burial of
Davis at the Trion cemetery.
Miller told neffstnen that Davis
swallowed the draught on his own
free will "to prove his faith.” He
said that the farmer took three
gulp* from a glass after mixing
the potion and that he himself
swallowed a sip of it. ,
Both he and Davis, he went on,
had swallowed poison before in
"faith tests” but never had been
seriously ill.
The minister announced that he
planned to resume the Brush Arbor
services Wednesday. He added, "I
don’t know whether anyone will
drink strychnine or not but if the
Lord moves us and it’s there we’ll
drink it.”
Told of this statement, Sheriff
Glenn said, “If assistant Solicitor
General Esty recommends it, I’ll
stop the services.”
Davis’ father-in-law, Jim Head
rick, said he took the ill man to
the hospital Friday over the lat
ter’s remonstrance that "God’s
will be done.”
Sam Davis, the dead man’s fath
er, said his son refused medical
attention earlier. “I didn’t know
he was that sick,” the elder Davis
added. ‘‘He just sat around play
ing his guitar and praying.”
club and carry greetings from Wil
mington Kiwanians.
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Hall returned
last night from a week’s visit to
Atlanta, Ga., where they motored
to visit their son-in-law and daugh
ter, and a new granddaughter, Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Gregg. Dr. Hall
is a New Hanover county commis
sioner.
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