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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1915 . -Vt t , SOUTH -FOR SOUTHERNERS GE COM BY Make your patriotism pay you not because it is essentially a Southern Life Insurance Company, and not because it is the largest and strongest regular Life Insurance Company South of Philadelphia, but because it' gives, the policy contracts and furnishes the maximum of protection at a minimum cost thus the JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE WMM OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA makes a bid for your business. : ; A DOLLAR KEPT AT HOME PAYS $5.00 OF DEBTS OFFICERS: I Geo. A. Grimsley. President, P. H . Hanes, Sn.J. Van Lindley, H. C. 'McQueen, Vice-Presidents. C. C. Taylor, Secretary; Chas. W. Gold, Treasurer; Julian Price, Agency Manager; J. P. Turner, Medical Director; A. Brooks," General Counsel; Ralph B. Goit, Actuary. '7' I 1 CflPT.GlBBS TELLS OF SAVINGKMURRAY Fishermen oo Island Saw Flash Of Julia's Explosion and Put Off to Scene, iYACHT BIHNED RAPIDLY fUrd, (Special to Daily NswaJ Xew Bin, Ju. S3. Down it Engel in Hyde county, where th. But Uai winds of th. Atlantis blow nd where tlia shrill cry of the water fowl i. th. winter month, calls to the tportsmaa, vhO. in th. spring and sum mer th. varied specimen of th. finny irib tempt the angler, there are man who a, lire, with nerv a thought pi r.hrir haros. deed. One of the most daring and thrilling rescues to tak. place in that section in man years occurred Friday morning, January 15, when Capt, C. M. Gibba, a sturdy resident of Engelhard, saved Mrt. J. W. Murray, wife of the Burling ton banker, who, with two others, war drowned. Captain Gibbs, who, with a party of I fishermen, was camping for the night en an island two miles away, bad seen the burning yacht Julia and heard the cry tor assistant. . J hat he did not save others is due to the fact that the fire M tha boat drove thaw too quickly into the water and they sank almost imme diately. Captain Gibbs aoeount of the rescue of Mra. Murray m of interest, u part it follows t "There's not Hoeh that I an tell about th. sulking of tha JuHa as I did not se the boat until aha war afire and then she burned up so quick that ( did not hare much time to think. Me and D. S. Gibba and aeveral oth er fellows were getting ready to set out soma Beta and after finishing tip work for the day had gone ever on the island to spend us aignt. "Some time after dark this boat chugged up and dropped anchor abouf two miles off where we were eampetl and hung out her lights. Me nor any of the rest of the crowd paid much at tention to the boat and along later in tha night we turned in. Some time after midnight I saw a flash out toward where that yaeht had been lying and I thinks to myself, that boats aftr. I Jumped up and woke up some of the other fellows and. we went in a hurry to the shore and got in my boat, think ing w. would get there in time to take off anybody on board. "While we were going out the fire burned the yacht's painter in two and she floated off down stream. I saw peo ple jumping in the water and I thought sure that they would be able to hold up for a time. Just how long it was 30 GRAND OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY Matinee & Night JAN. THE SHOW THAT LEFT ALL CHICAGO TALKING LeComte & Flesher offer the Gorgeous Musical Spectacle THE PRINCE OF TONIGHT By Adams, Hough and Howard 260 TIMES AT THE PRINCESS THEATER Chicago's Most Popular Playhouse Overflowing With Song Hits and Stunning Show Girls METROPOLITAN CAST with TOM ARNOLD Supported by Mahcl LarTin, Eva Phelps, Vera LaVere. Frank Harsh, Tom McKnight, Lew Naden, Charles Corwin and the lrincess Prize Beauty Chorus Pony Ballet Of Wonderful Dancers 50 PEOPLE 50 FEATURES : The Blue and Silver Ballet. Delift Forest in the Land of the Moon. Lithe Fairies Dancing in sn Emerald Gloom. Water Fete and Banquet Grand Illumination. PRICES: Matinee Orchestra $1.00 and 75c. Entire Balcony 50c Children any seat ii the house 25c Gallery 25c NIGHT PRICES : 25c to $1.50. Seat Thursday a. m, January 28 at Fariss-Klutz Drug Store - from ths time the fire first happened till we reached ths viae. I won't ear be' cause 1 don't know. Must af been some over an hour. ' , "When we finally got Where I thought the boat had bees put up for the night we looked around and round a lady who turned out to he Mrs. Murray, floating around, holding nut lite preserver. We pulled her on board, and after look ing around a bit more for tha ethers and not finding them, we went on Dae shore where we wrapped the lady up in blankets and mads her as comfor table as possible 'til day broke when we carried her over to Engelhard. ,' TOBACCO MARKETS CtOSB. Moat Successful Season la the History of Kiastoa Much Tobacco Exported. (Special to Daily News.) 4 . KHistOn, Jan. 21. Nearly all of the tobacco markets in this section of 'the state are preparing to close the season, which has been the most successful in spite of th depression occasioned in most lines by the war sine tha indus try was started in eastern Carolina, now become the finest bright leat region in the world. Kinston has sold several million pounds in excess of prettasoual estimates. The market here will close aext Friday. At least half of the pro duct harlaied here has found Its Way to foreign countries. Thousands of hogsheads went to Canada, Australia, England, continental Europe and Asia. Snow Hill has experienced a success ful season, as has LaGrange. Pink Hill, situated in ths very finest portion of the bright leaf belt, did not prosper, be cause of the competition with Kinston. Duplin county produced a banner crop. Although the cotton acreage to be re duced will tend to the production of more grain and truck In the section this year, it is not likely that th to bacco acreage will be materially in creased, ihe conservative element among ths planters is favoring a bigger production of stuff to be consumed at home, everything indicates. BUSINESS IS IMPROVING Celonel Leard of Norfolk Southern rinds . Conditions "Picking Pp.. (Special to Daily News) New Bern. Jan. 43. "Everywhere w ao we And that business is picking up," said Ool. S. H. Leard, general passenger agent of the Norfolk Southern Railway company, who arrived in New Bern j yesterday on one of the company's mo j tor car in company with J. F. Dalton, I assistant general freight agent) Oapt. , J. VV Keys, train master aad J. P. : Mitchell, traveling passenger agent. (olonol Leard and his associates are very optimistic over the preeent out iluo. The former-acknowledged that : busiarss a month or two ago had ! dropped down to a pretty low point but all were emphatic in their assertion : that it was rapidly growing better and 1 that both their freight and passenger receipts were much larger during the i past three weeks thsn at any period during the last three or fonr months. j PEN DRAWING, "A STORM IN AM." Eagls and fish hawk lighting in mid , air can be rt-en at the Piedmont theater the week b-winning Monday, January 26. L. 11. Aromen and company, picture framing, WW Couth Elm street. Advt . MOTHER'S JOT Greatest preparation known for croup and pneumonia, rniarrn ana asmma. Odvttu.th, an. ELIZABETH CITY MAY JOIN VIRGINIA LEAGUE North Carolina ' Town Ha Chanc to Tak Richmond's, Place 'and 4h v Fan Ars Enthusiastic. (Special t. Daily News) i ' Elisabeth City, Jan. 23s Elixabeh (Sty is preparing to make '&- bid for, a franchise in the Virginia league. One thousand and twelve hundred dollars has already been subscribed and the pros pacts ars Tory bright that; tha (2,000, necessary to maintain tne local organ lzatton, will be secured by tonight. ' Th weal fan are jubilant over the prospects of Elisabeth City getting Into th gam agtin this season. A few days ago, Mr. Locke, secretary of tha chamber of commerce of Newport News advised Key. V. A. Ashby, a local fan that Elizabeth City had an oppflr tunity to get into the league under easy conditions to Jake tha place of Richmond, Va. which wants to leave the leaeua to loin tha International. Several business men were interested in th movement and tha fan got busy with ' very successful results. As soon as th $2,000 is subscribed Mr. Brockett and otner interested citi zens will go to Virginia to confer with the officials of the league and dose the deal for th franchise. Miss Harriet Mcpherson of Camden, entered th Elizabeth l.'lty hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a serious attack of appendicitis. She has not yet undergone the operation; but her condition is regarded as satislas-toi-y by th physicians in charge. FOURTH STEAMER IS LOADING WITH COTTON AT WILMINGTON (Special to Daily News.) Wilmington, Jan. 23. Making the fourth steamer to take on full cargo of cotton here this season for foreign ex port, the steamer City of Columbus is now loading at one of the local, com presses having arrived Thursday night. While her destination has not been an nounced, it is believed that she will sail for Rotterdam. Captain Johnson is in command. Th City of Savannah, which, like the Citv of Columbus, be InnnB in the (Veen St (lee? of passenger and freight boat ply i ,g hVrB Ksw York and Savannah, mil w lirh sailed from Wilmington for Rotterdam on January B with 9,500 bales of cotton arrived safely after be ing at se for U days. 1 The Ocean Steamship teompany now has four of its steamers chartered for foreign exnnrt service. Tt is very likely that two Wil mingtonisns will make the trip scross on the City of Colunihim, one gnine the ship's surgeon ard the other as his assistant. ' aver ths long distance 'phone and agreed te. accept the temporary appointment, provided that th Judge would make a permanent appointment before the next term of Superior court convenes hV Cum berland, which will be February -8. He tecWgsjthsiff i" yesterday, with James' Marsli. Wkjor, SlaoKethaiv's drpu ty, as his assistant. Mr. Rose was. for merly chairman of Democratic county committee and js an able lawyer , . There are a. ti timber of candidate for the office, and it is understood that Judge Lyon, who has ths appointment made the temporary appointment in or der to givt all tha candidates tim to present, their claims and give himself tim to canvass th situation. Among the; candidates either active or receptive, Sws Mr. Marsh, the deputy clerk i W. M. Walker, former register of deeds; ax Mayor and former Sheriff W. S. Cook, Fulton R. Hall, county auditor former register of deeds; C. C. Howard, former county auditor, now clerk of th cord era court; R. F. Simmons, form. clerk of the recorder's court and eand data .for th clerkship of the Superior court , before tha lajifc Demncratis nri arary;,l'Lohnia Downing,' candidate " far register of deeds before the primary ; H, G. Averitt, a well known lawyer, and . his law partner;! Henry Williams; ex Mayor; John Underwood, and N. H. Smith, an insurance man. There may be others. , ri- ' TJi.Vl!.':ti jjgatgsgajussyg iffiiu .mm 9 MANY SE2K THE OFFICE. Nearly a Doxcn Men Want to be Clerk f Court la Cumberland County. (Special to Daily News.) Fsyetteville, JanT '23. His appoint ment to the office of rlerk of the Su perior eoifct of Cumberland-county to succeed Maj. A. A. MaoKethan. who died Sunday night, made by Judge C. C. Lyon in Greensboro V ednceday. came as a eonrplet. surprise to harlra G. Rose, of this city. The first intimation that Mr. Roe had of the appointment te gained ' from the morning 'papers hlch carried th news of his selection. Mr. Rose later talked with Judge 'Lyon W'"7 vaudeville will be a,t its best the first three days of the week at mm.. .. -. ... - .'. - lie ecflmoM' when the following attractive bill will be presented. Inncsi and Ryan A Smart Act Smartly Dressed Miss Ryan is the most beautifully gowned woman in vodevil Jnlla Gonzales A Pretty Girl in a Trapeze Gertrude Long Great Surprise Act for Lovers of Good Music. The Great DcLessio Wonderful Mirror Acrobatic Novelty - - - - v mm - YTir Fetro Is Coming S alueio) i) V' ,-'V : . .v ' ; .... : . ' ' " J
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