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Earthquake Havoc ! Greatest Calami Death Toll Bfay Exceed 300,000 —Million People Made Home lees—Dead and Dying on Every HanM and Starvation Threatens. ) ADD EARTHQUAKE.. . - NEW ISLANDS FORCED UP; WHOLE SECTIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED. Osaka, Sept. 4 (Associated Press). —So vast an area of Japan has been devastated by the greatest earth quake <n the history of this ... — ---_ - country that it will be long before the actual loss of life is known. The most reh able estimates kf the dead up to the present, reach ks high as 200,000 to 320.000. * . Tokio and Yokohama, with ^ sur rounding towns, which formed the center of the disturbances, are almost completely in ruins. For two days, Tokio was swept by flames, and apart from the loss of life caused directly) through the falling of the buildings, thousands must, have perished in their < attempts to make their way through the fire zones, and otner thousands from exhaustion. Yokohama Destroyed Yokohama, Tokio'g busy port, is a city destroyed. Probably more com ) piete destruction 'has been wrought^ there than in the capita! city, for] great docks were torn asunder, its shipping wrecked, its public buildings! and homes leveled to the earth. Ail advices received here indicate a succession of earth disturbances in that area extending for many miles in land and to the north, and every where the fir#t destructive forces were augmented by explosions, the, bursting of water mains, the over-1 flow of rivers and the terrible, over powering rush §of tidal waves. New Islands Forced Up. Details of geographical changes are lacking but it is reported that new islands have been forced up from the bed of the ocean, while whole] sections have disappeared. Rivers are said to have changed their courses, and volcanoes are erupting in various districts. 1 San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 3 (Asso ciated Press.)-—Every report receiv ed from Japan throughout the day either confirmed or increased esti mates of the havoc wrought in death and destruction by the quadruple ca tastrophe which has befailen the cen tral eastern section of the Hondo, lar gest of the islands of the Japanese enipire. Beginning at noon Saturday with a series of earthquakes which razed most of the city of Tokio and large sections of Yokohama and other cities in the vicinity, the disaster was con tinued by fire which broke out in scores of places^ Tidal waves follow ed, engulfing and washing into the seas hundreds of buildings. Then came a typhoon, adding a final and tragic touch to What is prpbably ^he greatest calamity in modern times. Says 160,000 Killed. Topping ali previous estimates of deat^ and ruin, Ujiro Oyama, Japa nese consul general in San. Francisco, iate today received from Schichitaro Yada, Japanese consul-general in Shanghai, a report that 160,000 per sons were killed and one million made homeless in the Tokio-Yokohama section. Former estimates from various sources had placed the casualties as high as 150,000 dead in Tokio alone. One of these came from the Japanese minister of Ynarine, by way of Osaka. Other reports told of severe casual ties both on land and sea. A composite picture of reports de picts Tokio and Yokohama as shat tered wildernesses of mortar, brick and stone where once stood some of the stateliest structures the em pire. Dead and dying are on every hand. Survivors who can grope their way about through the fire and smoke and rubbish are leaving the city for places of safety. ' Those who still live are threatened with starvation and many are trying to catch fish from ponds and lakes tq tide them over until food arrives. It is estimated that at least 1,000 tons of rice alone are needed to meet the food shortage. The imperial palace, which was badly damaged by quake and fire, has been thrown open to needy and ! T*"* * MoRe-thw7 1 (tMyr**) Battery Service Co. Lumberton, N. C. EzthuHY* Agenty in City .. n Japan Probably ty In Modem Times. Injured survivors. Yokohama In Ruins. What happened at Yokohama can be barely more than surmised, but every report, though meagre, con firms the worat fears. While it seems certain most of the foreign residen tial sections escaped, It la estimated 1,400 buildings in the city were des troyed. The number of dead is count less. An* officer of the steamship London Maru reported that bodies were scattered everywhere, on land and in the water, where many sought refuge in ships after the quake. How extensive the quake was can not be accurately stated. It was known it extended as far south as the) Izu peninsular, on the eastern' sea board about 100 miles south of Tokio. In addition to the hundreds of large public and private buildings destroy ed, which include a large number of Japanese government buildings, Japa nese and foreign naval hospitals, ar senals, printing plants and newspaper offices, it was learned tonight through Osaka that the Italian and French embassies in Tokio were de strcyed. City Wiped Out Eight of Tokios fifteen wards are' known to be almost totally wiped out, while the remainder ate largely in ruins or burnt over, the total number of buildings destroyed.being placed at 200,000 for the city and suburbs. In Yokohama Bay and at Yokosu ka, a city of 70,000 on. the upper reaches of Mie, Bay, the destruction is nearly as great, poputation con sidered, as it is in Tokio. Killed Operators. The quake yesterday, today's re ports said, destroyed the telephone exchange at Shojamachi, killing for ty operators, At 7 o'clock last night new quakes sMpok Kawaguchi, de stroying 500 houses and damaging 1,500 more. Other places where destruction was complete or nearly so as a result of Saturday's quakes are: Nagoya, with a population of 620,000, "virtu ally destroyed;" Sasko, 6oo perished when railway tunnel collapsed; Ito, 500 houses washed away; Hakone, fa mous mountain resort, frequented by foreigners, "easier to count then liv ing than the dead;" Enoshim^ "pic ture island", submerged, "a sea of mud"; Yoshima, volcano * emitting smoke; Odawara, swept by a tidai wave. Other volcanoes in the island nearby are reported active. The ricfp and titled suffered along with the poor and the obscure. When the first shock came a session of Japknese leaders and statesmen was being held in the Naval Club for the purpose of selecting a new cabinet to take the place of that of thg late Premier Kato .which resigned when the Premier died. Although the build ing collapsed, the leaders who sur vived adjourned to another building and completed the cabinet which was announced in Associated Press re ports today., A report from Osaka this after noon said that Viscount Takahashi, former Premier, and twenty other leading members of the Seiyukai, or government party, were killed while holding a conference. It is surmised it was the conference to seleA the cabinet. The courage displayed by the [statemen is taken by many as an ex ample of the stoicism of the Japanese people at large who, because of cen turies of frequent earthquakes and other disasters, have come to regard such things as "fate" and- say 'It can't be helped." The United States and British navies have rushed ships from Chi nese and Philippine waters to Yoko hama to aid in the rescue as far as possible. The American ships, it was reported, have been station&i at van tage points to relay wireless mes sages connected with the rescue work. Red Cross units in the Philippines and China have been ordered to Tokior ORRUM NEWS LETTER. By Rosada Israel Orrum, Sept. 4—Grading tobacco is the order of the day here. Prof. H. W. Bullard spent Wednes day p. m. in Lumberton. Mr. Delwin Parker spent Friday night here. Sorry to report Mrs. Jasper Wal ters on the sick list. Mr. J. H. Israel and son J. H. Jr. spent Saturday in Fairmont. Messrs. George and Earl McLean spent last week-end at Mr. Grady Floyd's. ' * A number from here spent Sunday at the lake. Misg Flora Johnson spent Wednes day p. m. visiting friends here. The "coop" farnfers around here are well pieased with the prices re ceived for their tobacco. Don't know about, the non-members. Some folks around here have cot ton thick enough to pick. Miss Mary Love Fioyd is visiting Miss Lois Fioyd. A number of young foiks enjoyed a "backward" party at the home of Miss Thetas Shepherd here Friday night. Ice cream and cake were serv ed. The party was heid on the iawn. The guests were met at the receiving hne by Misses Alice R. Warwick and Hattie M. Suries. Many interesting games were played. The three best pictures of animals in the chewing gum contest were those of Misses Rosada Irael and Hattie May Suries and Prof. H. W. Bullard. At the ciose of the party the boys sang "Good Night Ladies", being followed by a song by the girls. Those present de clared it to be a most enjoyable oc eassion. School began here yesterday. Elliott Sikes, 17, of Salemburg, Sampson county, died i na Fayette ville hospital Monday with a broken spinal column as a result of diving Against a log or stump Saturday. Biadenboro Letter School Open# With Pine Faculty and Bright Prospeeta—Off for Cottage —Be vita! at Shady Grove Thia ' Week—PeraonaL i Correspondence of The Robesonian. ! Biadenboro, Sept. 4—The Bladert boro school opened yesterday. A iarge i number of patrons manifested their . interest in the schooi by attending the opening exercises. After singing ] America, Rev. S. N. Watson conduct- , ed the devotional exercise. Mr. H. V. Nolan, the new superintendent made a spiendid talk and impressed every- ' one with his earnestness. He asked especially for the interest and co-op- ' oration of the patrons. He then intro duced the faculty, which is as fol lows: Miss Jo. Lillian Staten, I .a tin and French, Johnson City, Tenn.; , Miss Peari Broadway, mathematics and English, Paxville, S. C.; S. M Crowder, science and history, E!!cn boro, N. C.; Miss Edna Evans, home economics, Manteo; E. C. Cra/en, agriculture, Wisconsin. Lower gra tes: first, Mrs. E. C. Craven, Wisconsin; second, Miss Lillian Edgerton, Ken ley; third and fourth, Miss Giadya Norris, South Mills; fifth, Miss Maud Pearce, Hallsboro; sixth and seventh, Miss Ruby Rogers, Mullins, S. C. Music, Miss Sudie Rhodes, New Bem. Miss Clara Buie will have charge of the mill school again this year. The entire faculty comes to us with the highest recommendation and it is the general belief that this year will be the banner year for the school. Biadenboro will te well represented at the different colleges this year. The following boys and girls are leaving within the next few days for their respective colleges: Livingstone Bridger and Durell Jordan for A. E.; Ivey Singletary, Wake Forest; Misses Vad. Hester, Alberta and Grace But ier, Meredtth; Mias Theima Bowen, N. C. C. W.; MiSs Lapra Mae Wataon, <3. W. C., Greenville, S. C. Quite a number of boys and girls from the county who graduated last spring from the Bladenboro school will also attend college; others will teach! Rev. D. R. Pridgen^ assisted by the Rev. Mr. Biggs of Elm City, closed a most successful revival meeting at Galleed Sunday afternoon. Mr. Pridgen is assisting the pastor, Rev. S. N. Watson, in a meeting at Sandy Grove this week. Misses Lucille and Aline Parker are visiting their sister Mrs. R. C. Brid ger. Miss Lucille will leave Saturday for Rockingham, where she will teach again this year. Miss Aline will at tend N. C, C. W., this being her Sec ond year. Chdrles N. Watson, who has been sending a 3-weeks' furlough with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. S. N. Wat son, will return to Auburn, A a., Sat urday. Misses Evelyn and Hester Freeman formerly of Bladenboro but now of Council, are attending school at Win gate this year. Mr. and Mrs. T. JMax Watson, who have been visiting the former's par ents, returned to their home in Spin dale, Wednesday. ' Miss Margaret Maiddry of Seaboard will spend the week-end with Miss Annabel Bridger. Mrs. S. S. Hutchtnson and little girls have returned, from a visit to Wilmington. Mrs. ,D. H. Bridger returned home Monday night from a visit to Wake Forest. She was accompanied home Jay her mother, Mrs. Dixon. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pridgen spent § Fresh Fish Fresh Eggs Fresh Beef ali the time Our prices are the best CAIN & BULLARD Phone 313 BY !HA B.T0WM5EM0.MCR. INSURANCE IS THE WISE MAN S PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS OUR fire insurant? gives you a chance after the fire happens. Our iife insurance gives you fi nancial advantage during your iife and provides for your family after your death. We believe you should see us about it. inT'SlMSUHAMH WE HAVE !7 fiHiTMATt. 8AM 4 OtDG HJMBEHTOM.NC. th* week-end with their parent), Rev snd Mr). D. R. Pridgen, at the dormi tory. Miss Biddeii of Pembroke has ae :epted a position with the Bridger orporation. Misses Laciie and Aline Parker at ended a house party at White Lake he past week. Mrs. R. C. Bridger vas one of the chaperones. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bridger Jr. are wing congratulated on the arrival of L son, R. L. 3rd. A girl baby arrived at the home of dr. and Mrs. H. J. White, Wednesday tug. 26th. MJT BARKERS-TEN MfLE WAY. "armors Plated With Tobacco Prices -Protracted Meeting Closes— Persona!. Jorrr ondence of The Robesonian. f u itberton, R. 1, Sept. 3—Strip " frdder has been the order of the iay in this section <f or the !ast week )r two. Mrs. J. ]B. Humphrey and baby Anna Laur left Friday for Baltimore Md. Mjss Lenora Patterson accom mnied them. Mrs. Mary McMilian eft a few days ago for Baltimore to 'isit relatives. Farmers are glad to sed some fair leather so they can gather their cot ton, but it won't take them iong be cause the boil weevi! got his part first. Farmers in this section are well pleased with the price they got for their tobacco. Mrs. C. J. Ammons of Lumber Bridge spent a few days iast week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Powers. Messrs. Edward M'White and Cal vin Hatchei expect to leave Monday for Raleigh, where they wiii enter T DR. P. J. CHESTER New York Post Graduate ANNOUNCES Thg Opening of an Office In The Pittman Hospitai, ^ Fayetteviiie, N. C. Practice Limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat GOOD MEAT! That's the Mad we tell. Bee at for Beef, Ml Made Pork, Baa iage, Liver, etc* Highest market prloee paid for ^ood beef cattle. 1.H.MMN MARKET Phoae BB. Lambertoa. N A King's business college. The protracted meeting closed at Ten-Mile Baptist ehurch Sunday. ^ Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Powers and daughter, Miss Bessie, spent Satur day in Lnmberton on business. Pvt. Leslie Rozier of Fort visiting his parents, Mr. *n< A. Rozier. Best wishes to The Robe: SUBSCRIBE TO THE H< IAN. (2.00 A YEAR. TEfirfs New $750,000.00 Charioite Store" "The South's Finest Store" WiH open eariy this Faii. Dr. Howard Smitt THE EYE-SIGHT SPECIALIST OF MONROE, N WILL BE AT Grantham Drug Co., Fairmont, N. C. on nesday September 12th. —AT— Barker Drug Co., Rowland, N. C. Thur September 13th Glasses fitted and guaranteed to suit your eyes, at a able price. Examination free. Lasting Styie Style that is just pressed on cloth wilts with the * wear. But style that is cut and tailored into clothes lasts as long as the finished garment. No matter how long or how hard you wear a Kuppenheimer SUIT its style will stay to the end of its wearing term. See the new season's models. All sizes. Particular styles for men and young men. New colors, new fabrics, i new patterns. \ L. C Townsend --the house of Kuppenheimer good clothes $25 to $45 a
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