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7 . 2 1 iJhi 'The Carolina THt ROWERS COLLECtiOH A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Peopie and for Honesty in Xxovernmental Affairs. Vol. IX No. 44 Salisbury, N. C., Wednesday, October 15th, 1913. Wm. h. Stewart, Editor it,-. Br . , j -. .! r j ? THRILLING STORY OF FI6HT FOR LIFE. Arthur SporgeoD Giles Vijid Description of the Rescue Work on Burned Steamer. London, Oct, 12. Foity of the 186 persons lost from the steam ship Volturno in mid-Atlantio were in the two boats which suc ceeded in getting away from the Laming vessel atd which without doubt were swamped. The ma jority of the other persons who lost their lives were in four other boats which were smashed against the steamer's sides in attempts to launch them. All this ocoored before the ar rival of the Carmania and the other liners summoned by wire 1-88 calls for help.. The Oarmania with one lone survivor of the Volturno abroad found it too rough to stop at Q leenstown and ia proceeding direct to Fish guard. From that survivor, however, conns a thrilling story of the burning of the Bteamer, of the terrpr, the struggle for the beats, the death of those who weut ever the sides and his own desperate fight for life. . Arthur Spurgeon, a passenger on the Carmania, it) a wireless vdij3atch, gives a vivid description of the race of the Carmania and supplements his story with that of the survivor, Walter Trinte pohl, a German, who swam to the . Carmauia and was rescued in an exhausted condition. He has been in the Carmania's hospital threatened with pneumonia. Ha told his story to Mjy Spurgeon before be because' seriously ill, but owing to his exhausted state and his broken English, hia ao count of the disaster waBJome what incoherent. Trintepohl had been employed at Barcelona and took third class passage on the Volturno to secure a position offered him in New York. "All went well," said Trinte pohl, "until 6 o'clock Thursday morning, when the fire alarm sounded. We were aroused and told to go on deck as fire had broken out in the hole. On as sembling lifebelts were banded around and much time was oc cupied in fastening them. - We were told that the fire soon might be quenched, but the captain thought it wise for all to have baits as a. precaution. "The fire frightened the chil dren, who cried bitterly. There were many babies in arms. The fire grew worse. We saw things blazine down below. About 10 o'clook there was a cry to lower the boatt. "The captain behaved splendid- lv. So did the officers wbo were English. ' I am sorry to say that the crew, who were Germans and Belgians, behaved very badly. The people rushed about wildly and the crew seemed to think they ought to have first place and instead of quieting the passengers they made the panic worse. "This boat was smashed against the ship's side Just as it reach ed the water it broke in two and all in it were drowned, "Meanwhile, attempts were made to lower the second boat. I cannot say who was in charge of this boat, but I do know that after the chief steward had thrown provisions in he jumped in him self. There were more men' than women and children in this boat, - which did not go down, for it was broken against the ship atd all were drowned. Three other boats were put out aft. The fourth officer was in one of them, but I oannot say which one. All was confusion. The ropes broke and the occupants were thrown into the water and drowned or killed. "When the captair saw .what happened he cut the taokle of the other boats so that they could not be launched. "We were glad when we saw the Carmania come. "The firemen lushed up from below and refused to go back The captain drew his revolver and drove them below but soon after as the fire was spreading, they were obliged to abandon the engines. . i . i l r as agon as tne utrmmm waa sighted the captain made all the wom.9n and children go to one side and the men to the other side.- He had been compelled to leave the bridge and go aft be cause it was too. hot. Women wept, shrieked, laughed and be came hysterical. "We had not thought of food but in the afternoon we consider ed it better to get something and went to the kitchens, whion we f ouud deserted. - made coffee and helped ourselves to bissnit and beef . But most of the passengers refused to eat. "We saw rafts sent from the Carmania but nobody told us to jump in. In faot we knew not what they were there for. About 6 o'clook the deoks aft began to set very warm, then hotter and hotter. We did not seem to feel the heat. When shown his boot with the sole half burned through Trinte pohl said : "I don't remember this but it was awful when the flames burst out. Some of the men and wo men tore their hair but others were quite still . V After the explosion I thought it better to jump, for I am a good swimmer, and an English passen ger and one of the crew said they would acoompany me. I jumped nrst : they followed, but X never saw them again. "I made for the German ship but they did not hear me. Then I came towards the Carmania and shouted 'help, help,' and was sav ed by the aid of the searchlight. l was about an hour in tne sea and became half unconscious. I know not how I was got out. "During the day five sailors and one steward fell into the fire and were burned to death. "I know nothing more. I came away because it was too hot to stay any longer and I feared the whole ship might blow up." When Trintepohl was told that according to tne captain's wire less message six boats had been launched and two got away, he said: "It is not so, I was there all the time and saw every boat that got away." Mr. Spurgeon in his own ac count tells of the attempts to get lifeboats alongside the Voltarno. "Nothing, he said, was seen of the two boats launched with about 20 passengers each after they left the Volturno's side. Four others were smashed against the ship's side and the oaoupants either killed or drowned. At 9 o'clock . Thursday night the captain of the Volturno sent a message which read : " 'For God's sake help us or we perish.' "By a miracle the flames did not spread to the afterdeck. Eventually the seas moderated and boats saved 521 persons. The death roll numbers 180." A wireless message from the captain of the Devonion one of the rescuing steamers, says he has 59 snrvivors aboard, compris ing 18 men, 20 women and 21 children, all well. This is the same number previously reported. A wireless message from the steamer SeydHtz, forwarded from Bremen says she has aboard 46 survivors instead of oo as previ ously reported. This would ao count for the 10 supposed to have been aboard the Carmania, the latter steamer having teen credit ed with 11 survivors, whereas she is bringing only one. The latest accounts of the dis aster to the steamship Volturno burned and abandoned in mid' ocean Friday morning, confirm that the loss of life will be limit ed to about 186. A Marvelous Ercape My little boy had a marvelous escape," writes P. F. Bastiams of Prince Albert, (Jape of U-ood Hope. "It occurred in the mid dle of the night. Me got a very severe attack of croup. As luok would have it, I had a large bot tle of Chamberlain's Oough Rem edy in the house After following the directions for an hour and twenty minutes he was through 1 1 n l J 1 1 ( ail aanger. oom j mu uaiwn. HORRIBLE DEATH OF INFANT. Sites Banister Arouad Opening In Floor lid Fills to Oeitb. A horrible accident took plaoe in riato uarpenters store, in Mooresville, last Friday, whiob resulted in the death of the infant of Mr. and Mrs.. James Foutz, of Western Rowan. Mrs, Foutz had gone to Mooresville to do some shopping and, after going up in the seoond story of Mr. Car penter's store carrying her two- year-old-child, she sat it on the banister surrounding a large hole in the flooor used to display car pets, rugs, etc. She turned away for only a moment, but tco late, the child turned backward and plunged to the floor below. We did not get a definite statement as to its injuries, but surmise it suffered oonoussion of the brain and nu merous broken bones. The ohild was given immediate attention by the local physician, and though its condition was pronounoed hopeless the grief-strcken parents brought the ohild to the Salisbury sanatorium wheie it soon died. The funeral was held at Con cordia Lutheran Church Sunday morning, Rev. B. 8. Brown offici ating and the interment was in the oemetery there. Mr. and Mrs. Foutz have the sympathy of a large cirole of friends in their bereavement. Avoid Sedative Cough Medicines. If you want to contribute di rectly to, the occurrence of capil lary bronchitis , and pneumonia use oough midioines that contain oodine, morphine, heroin and oth er sedatives when you have a cough or cold. An expectorant like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is what is needed. That cleans out the culture beds or breeding places fer ine germs of pneumonia and other germ diseases. That is way pneumonia never results from a cold when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is used. It has a world wide reputation for its cures. It contains no morphine or other sedative. For sale by all dealers.. Select Next Yen's Cotton Seed Now Now is the time to select tie cotton seed for planting next spring, or at least for selections ing sufficient for a seed patoh next year on which to grow seed for the following year. It is not much trouble to go through the cotton fields and mark enough stalks to plant a seed patoh next spring, even if it is too mch trouble to seleot sufficient seed for the whole crop. From observation we sie con vinced that many farmers make a serious mistake when they seleot seed by failing to give considera tion to all the important charac ters desirable in a plant . Or stat ing the oase differently, they make the mistake of giving undue prom inence to one particular character. An example of this efrror is found in seoting the large ear of corn without regard to other characters of ear and stalk, or in seleoting ootton having five locks to the boll without regard to the other characters equally or more im portant. One important point whioh should receive mire attention in selectiong cotton seed is to avoid taking seed from stalks that are not free from disease. The Pxo gresBive Farmer. $100 Reward, JlOd The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one . dreaded disease that science has been able to oure in all its stages aud that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh-being a constitutionalldisease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and sivine the patient sirengtn by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address : F. J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo, O Sold by druggists, 75o. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Many Uses of Kerosene In the Kitchen- We do not begiD to appreciate the value of kerosene either be cause of its cleaning or of its an ticeptio qualities. Suppose the ventilation of the kitoben is poor and the fatty odors have not es caped while in the volatile condi tion but have- settled in a greasy film on the wall. Whitewash is the old standby because it is clean ing in its ( ff aots and gives the ap pearance of freshnesa and cleanli ness. If, however, the wall be oil paper or'painted,- spots washed with water and soap and another rubbed with kerosene rag and wiped will show the advantages in kerosene. AIbo it is much easier to use. Suppose your stove is one of these which are adorned with scrolls and gew-gaws and base-reliefs and various other dirt-holding orivioies and you have at last given up in despair and blaokened over the grease; then some day take a small, stiff brush and go over the stove with it , plus kero sene. Let the kerosene remain a while and you will be surprised to see how easily the rust and greasy dirt will oome out leaving a clean surface. If you ever discard stove polish, you will never go back to it. If a stove is rubbed daily with a Boft cloth on whioh are a few drops of kerosene or sweet oil, it may be kept blaok and clean tho' not polished. I would say use any greaBe but that so many of them are apt to contain a little salt. The enameled sink may be kept smooth and free from discolora tion, unless the water is very full of iron, by wiping it with a rag wet with kerosene and then polish ing with a dry aoft cloth. Do it after eaoh dish-washing. You will be surptaed to find 'that there is no odjr of kerosene two minutes after use. The same is true of all bathroom enamel and faucets. If, however, they become stained with the brownish discoloration, take it off with muriatic add, rinse in clean water and then with a solu tion of soda to neutralize any ac tion of the acid on the waste pipe. In washing your porch floor, add a few tablespoons keroBene to the water Mrs. W. N. Hutfc, in The Progressive Farmer. - w C Eczema and Itching Cured. The soothing, healing medica tion in Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment penetrates every tiny pore of the skin, clears it of all impurities, stops itching instant ly. Dr. Hobson's Eczema Oint ment is guaranteed to speedily heal eczema, rashes, ringworm, tetter and other unsightly erup tions. Eczema Ointment is a doctor ;s prescription, not an ex periment. All druggists or by mail, 50o. Pfeiffer Chemioal Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis. When to Sow Alfalfa. Some of our readers who also read Northern agricultural papers ask ub about sowing alfalfi in the spring, and also about sowing it with nurse crops like oats, barley or wneat. aii mines considered, there is All! m . m little doubi that the fall, Septem ber 1st to October 15th, is the best period for sowing alfalfa in the South. Good results mav be sometimes seouied from spring seeding, but it is generally to be discouraged and should only be practiced when fall seeding is im practicable. It should never be sowed with nurse crops.! in the South. The Progressive Farmer The Family Cough nedlclne In every home there should be a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery, ready for immediate use when any member of the family contracts a cold or a cough. Prompt use will stop the spread of sickness. S. A Stid, of Mason, Mioh., writes: "My whole family depends upon Dr. King's New Discovery as the best cough and cold medioine in the world. Two 50c bottles cured me of pneu monia." Thousands of other families have been equally bene fited and depend entirely upon Dr. Kings New Disoovery to cure their coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles. Every dose helps. Price, 50o. and $1.00. All drug gists. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. vj ' - LATE NEWS OF INTEREST. e t Big items Redoeed to Smifl Pinngphs for Onr Readers. W The Rockingham Post says, 'Robert L. Steele, Jr, is building a motor boat, in whioh he is plan ning to make the trip down the Pee Dee river to Georgetown, S. C. He expects to have it complet ed by the first of November and will leave about that time, taking a week to make the trip. He will hunt and fish along the way, oamp out nights in a tent whioh will be oarriedinthe boat." This will make a fine trip. The Pee Dee and the Yadkin are the same, changing its name after entering the South Carolina line to The Great Pedee. It empties in the Atlantic at Georgetown . Federal General Alvarez and his staff and 125 federal soldiers were executed last Wednesdaay in Torreon, Mexioo, under orders of Gen. Francisco Villa, of the Con stitutionalist forces, aooording to information from reliable sources. With the city of Torreon, the rebels captured practically all of the federals' arms and artillery. The battle lasted four days, with heaty losses on both sides. Last Wednesday, Hope E, Bonds, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bonds, of Cabarrus County, pick ed four hundred and two pounds of ootton. Mr, Bonds was picking in the Cook's Prolifio variety and pioked 402 pounds of the white staple between sunrise and sunset. King George and Qaeen Mary, wuu attenuea a oommana per formance at a London musio hall a few nights ago. had a narrow esoape from being mobbed by suf frsgettes. The women, who had gathered in considerable numbers, made a lively dash for the royal carriage on its arrival at the thea tre, shouting, "Women are being tortured iu prison." They had almost reached the carriage when stopped by the police. The suf fragettes managed to esoape ai- rest. Provisional President Huerta's coup Friday night, whereby he rid himself of Congress and consti tuted himself diotator of Mexico, has left the oapital in a state of tense expeotanoy. It was rumored that three deputies who were most aotive in precipitating the olash, had .disappeared. Senator Do- minguez, whose attack on the pro visional president in the senate started the row, has not come to 11 . 1 A TT ugos. naving determined upon his oonduot he made his will and bade his family good bye, declar ing that he expected to pay for his effoit with his life. Thomas E. Watson, editor, an- thor and nominee of the People's party for the presidency of the United States in 1901, will be tried in the United States District Court in Augusta, Ga., during the week beginning October 20 on a obarge of sending obsene matter through the mails. The charges against Watson resulted from the publication of articles in two of his magazines denouncing the Ro man Catholic Church. In one of these artioles he referred to the Church beliefs as "the most pro fligate of pagan religion." The articles were published in .Wat son's Jeffersonian of July. 1911 issue, and in of the issues Watson's Magazine of April and Mav. 1912. Their caption was "The Roman Catholic Hierarchy; the Deadliest Menace to Our Liberties and Our Civilization." Watson was entirely right and we expeot to tee him completely vindicated 1 T 1 ana tne Komisn system given one of the severest drubbings it has ever endured. The proceedings of the trial will become publio prop erty and the facts brought out will bejanything but oomplimenta ry to the Romish 'system. Sinoe the eleotion of police of ficers by the board of aldermen of Concord last week, says The Times, there have been many queries as to the political faith of the new officers. They are all Citizen ticket supporters, that much is what may be termed a self evident fact. But what were they before the advent of the Uitizen movement and Bull Mdbseism is the question? That is easy, A little investigation shows that the four new officers are evenly divided. Chief Mabery and Polioeman Russell are (demo crats and Policemen Eudy and UJimpson are Republicans. The 17th anuual convention of the North Carolina division. United Daughters of-the Con federacy, in session at Tarboro, became part of history Friday with the selection-of Raleigh for the 1914 convention. High Point and Wilson also made strong bids for the next meeting but Raleigh won easily on the first ballot. Before adjourning the Daughters completed the 12.000 endowment for the North Carolina room in the Confederate museum at Rich mond, Va., thus plaoing North Carolina as the first State to com plete its fund. The Daughters ilso subscribed $200 to the Caro lina Southern Cross, the official irgan of this division. Women who get Dizzy Every woman who is troubled with fainting and dizzy spells, backache, headaohe. weakness. debility, oonstipation or kidney troubles should use Electric Bit ters. They give relief when noth ing else will, improve the health, adding strength and vigor from the first dose. Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avooa, La., says: 'Four doctors had given me up and my children and all of mv friends were looking for me to die, when my son insisted that I use Eleo trio Bitten. I did so, and they, have done a world of good." Just try them. 50; and $1,00 at all drug gists or by mail. H. E. ' Bucklen fcJo, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Sow Oils By Open-Fnrrow Method. In those seotions where oats are apt to winter-kill, and especially if the seeding is done after Octo ber first, we believe the open-fur row method is the proper way to sow fall oats. We are often asked, what is the "open-furrow" method of sowing oats? Formerly a drill was made and used that opened one furrow and put out one row of oats, but now drills are made that open the furrows and put out two or more rows of oats, 14 to 16 inohes apart. A moderateisised furrow is opened and the oats deposited at the bot tom of the furrow, only being cov ered by a small amount of soil that rolls down from the sides of the "furrow. As the rains and freezes oome, the soil continues to fall down around the oats and heaving by frost is overcome. Moreover,- the young oat plants being protected by the sides of the do not freeze so severely are rarely winter killed. It is rare that oats sowed in the ordinary way, either broadoast or with the ordinary grain drill, are not injured more or less, and more se verely than when sowed in the open furrow. Experiments indi cate clearly that the open-furrow method is the best way to put in fall oats. The Progressive Farm ABE NO BAR. Eieniody In Salisbury Is Eligible. Old people stopped with suffer g. Middle age, courageously fight ing. Youth protesting impatiently Uhiidren, unable to explain; AH in misery from their kid neys Perhaps a little backache first. urinary disorders, dropsy may quicly follow. Doan'a Kidney Pills are for sick kidneys. Are endorsed by thousands. Hire's Salisbury testimony. Mrs. J, H. Pence, E. Liberty and Boundary Sts., Salisbury, N Csays: "My little girl suffered from weak kidneys. Hhe had no oontrol over the passages of the kidney secretions. Her health failed and she was in a miserable condition. Finally we gave her Doau's Kidney Pills. They strengthened her kidneys and made her well " For sale by all dealers. . Price 50 eenta Foster-Milbarn Co., Buffalo New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doans and take ao other. PROSPECTS FOR FIFTEEN-CENT COTTON. Some Figures md Remarks That May ha : sr rrom ia Rowan Farmers. The Progressive Farmer is not the sort of paper to rush in and tell the farmers to hold their crops for big prices just for the sake of getting popularity while the holding campaign is going on. It is nearly always a good rule, of oourse, to avoid selling while the "distressed ootton" is going on the market, but we do not believe in stimulating a wholesale hold ing campaign by exoiting hopes of higher prices than market condi tions furnish a reasonable basis tor expecting. For' the purpose of enabling armors to gat speoifio information as to present market conditions, we asked W. T. Williams, editor of the Savannah. Ga.. Ootton Record, one of the best informed ootton men in the South, to write or our last issue a plain, un biased statement as to the present outlook. In part. Mr. Williams said: "Statistics of the world's con sumption demonstrate that the requirements this year will be about 15,000,000 bales. There is practically no surplus oarried over from the last season, the existing tables of supplies including a considerableamount of poor un-' spinable trash, but whioh. figures as cotton just the same.' ;he mathematical deduction from the last Bureau report is a crop of not over 18,500,000 bales, but it would be unsafe to trust to suoh elusive calculations. Tho trade at large, however, is dispos ed to regard with favor an ex pectation of somewhere around 4,000,000, whioh, in view of the- noreased acreage in the West and the large condition gain in the Atlantio States, does not look at all unreasonable. But this in volves a defloit for the year of ,000,000 bales. "The main point is, the world wants 15,000,000 bales, while wo oan see only a prospect of 14,000- 000. The farmer need not be in any hurry to sell his cotton. He should sell a little as he needs the prooeeds, but he need not be worried over the fear that unless he makes all haste to catch the good prices now obtainable, ho will have lost his chance. Tho oonsuming world has not yet had time to become fully appreciative of the shortage in the coming supply. There is no occasion for the apprehension that the best has been passed every time the market eases off a trifle." The Progressive Farmer, Siaod of Associated Reform Church. Statesville, Oct. 7. In prepar ation for the meeting of tho Synod of the Associated Reform ed ohurch, whioh will be held ia Statesville early next month, the interior of the First Associated Reformed churoh is being re fin ished and beautified and other improvements are being made orx the. building. About 250 dele gates! are expected to attend tho Synod whioh will be a religion event of no little importance,' The local churoh is now making preparation for the entertainment of the delegates. The Synod met in Statesville 22 years ago . It is quite singular that sinoo that time every member of tho session of the local church, with, one exoeption, has died . Tho exoeption is Capt. T. M. O. Davidson, who has moved his membership from the First churoh to Presajy Memorial ohuroh, 'thus eliminating every member of the session from tho First churoh. Rev. D. G. Cald well, who was pastor of the looal churoh on the occasion of tho other meeting of Synod here, ia also dead. They Make You Feel Good. The pleasant purgative effeot produced by Chamberlain's Tab lets and the healthy condition of body and mind which they create make one feel joyful. For sale by all dealers. 4 . . . .r
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