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OREGON NEWSPAPER-MAN GETS INTERVIEW WITH PERCY FOOTE Wrinfft From Commander The Wright Foote, Together Narrative of Ditinction Two i"red Uhly, la kl deprtmt, ! ' preel eld Obrvatio ef tht JarMl Ma," Oregon Pally Jour a si, FwrtUad, Or. (Introduced with a play t repartee U wklk the Josephui Daniel family 4 Cotmdr Fot make themselves mighty good company; thla article in clude certain episodes in the history . f the Foote family la Civil War day and (loses with a atery of pari! heroically mat tad forfuntly averted ia the U-boat aoae, ia 1911.) ' "Mr. Secretary, do I hae to tell him j ant aamet" : Commander Feete looked whimsically ;. at Secretary af the Navy Jotephut Dau- tall aa I waited, wit my penei! peieed, , M record hi name, Wr. Pamela ' laughed merrily aad aaid, "I am getting aay revenge, Ye laughtd at we whoa '.. Mr, Lockley mad ma tall my pedigree, " nay history and aiy love affairs." - Turaing "to ait, lira. Paaiela aa!d, "Daa't let kirn of. Make him tell bia name, hla hietery and all about hlmaelf, just is you did me." Reenter? Paaiela shrugged hla houl . dart, aad aaid, "Ye might aa well tell him what he want to knew. tie made ma tell everything I kaaw." -Cammaader Foote, witk a look of res. 1 igaati, aaid, "JUmember, it ia -o fault f mi, I am aot raipoaaibla. My - ramuy acme oa. 'y name ia i-rey i Jw.jrit m.,h.jeXrM-, ... W loot. , "Don let him af that eaiy, Mr. Uek ' ley," aaid Frank Paaiela, yeungeet f Mr. aad Mr. Paalele faur anna. "A.k dim wkat the W standi for." Cammaader Taota aaid, "l might a well earn eleaa. 'W atand for .Wright.' Tk boy ueed t eall we Right' foot. My name ia Perry Wright rooU. Now yea know the warst, e e "He kept tUH you-thlftb9t ma.' Mid Mr. Paai, "i I will tall ; you aemething a heat him. Bom thing k blmaelf would never mealioa. Ha mj la aemmaad af the V. H. i. trena part Liaeola wbea It wa torpedoed an ill way front Brail t Queenstown. He waa efdelally mmded far hie hero. la raarig aa that areailoa. Make him tall yea about it" Commander' feet suddenly dIco. ered wa wcr breet Tngue rolnt W (topped t look It Tongue Point 1 aad whea wa returned our sets he twitched the talk ta other matter decided, ta bid my Mm -and get back tt tk Mbject later. t "Tea aaked m wher I wi born,' laid Commaader Teat. "I waa bora aa a farm ia the wetra part af North Carolina, ia Wilbe eeunty. If yea ' have heea dew that way yeu have probably heard of my father, Major Jama H. root. Hi people aame from Wamatea, Va t North Caroline, and Mated tk viae they nettled Warren" tea, ate their aid koma. Before the war my father wa a member af the faealty af Wake rarest Calleg. ar Baleigh, N. 0. H taught Greek, latia aad French. 'North Carolina ka always bee very conservative. Father wa (tropgly op- rtoaed tl North Carolina I aeeeding from iba Vnlon, juat a Sober E. Lit and my ether thoughtful men of th Boat were appoesd to teeeeeioa. Father waa aed ef lack af patriotUm to bii But aa ta th Couth. Ha tried t polat tut tk folly af breaking up the Vaiaa, and k found many thoughtful and influential mra who agreed with him. He wa iavited a barbecue at wblck tk e,ueitia af Heading wa di euaeed. Almot sverv apeaker waa ia favar af ein. Father waa called ape for a pk. n ia r 'You all kaow my aeatimrata. I believ th Ualoi should a preaerved. I dad th vatlmeat of tk vatt majority of our pl I for eseio. . Tk dia baa bats aiat I aat keep my State aut f the inevitable eeaflict. So I will ge witk my State, aad go with it heart and aaul, thougk I kave don all la my power t kp ker from taking thi v. The tttdvnti ef th rolles orgaa ld a aampany at 100 me. I My 'mei,' thougk they wcr boy af from 17 t II year af ago. They elected my father eaptaia af the company. Thi - waa Compaay I af th Firat Begbneat of North Carolina lafaatry. erd cam to my metker that my tuber kal beta killed at th battle af frcderkkebarf. Hi brother, Dr. Wil liam Faota, a turaeaa In th Coafdv Uj army, harried t wker th rgi- WOULDNTTAKE FORTUNE FOR IT TJ4 That Opwratien Wat Her .. Oaly Hope Cabie Twenty f eua Bw TaVUf- . 4 y Taalac. -- , 1 walda tak a fertaa for tk feed TaaUe ha doa me," aid Mr. Brae E. Trindor, af 8U W. (3rd St Kaatai City, Mo. , "My troablee begaa about four yearc age,? ia tiud. "aad although I b bee under the beet af treatmeate aad kav ttkea maay different klada of aedwiaea, I greaf war all th time. My food disagreed witk m gad I wr ier terribly from iadigetkr. I waa very aervov sad never get a good ; Right' (leap, and becam a weak aad niadowa I wo,anbl t d aay bouae work aad felt miaerabl all tk tim. Thy aaid my eoly hop wa ia aa apr attoa aad I prepared t ge ta th k- pltl io nave n ooa7" - rH 'Th day bfar I waa t leave bom I aawat Utmat in the paper where a twrtoa wb had (uffrred eiaetly aa I .did had be" bewnted tkrougk taking Taalw, ea I pereuaded my 'amily t let m try it be tore having th apcratiaa. I begaa diking Tl that very day and by the time I bad iniahed my eee fa j bottl I felt mueb better. kept H up aad it flaajly areream my trouble omplU!y. I hav actually gaiaed twenty pound asd am aa veil and itrong that X eaa do all my hou ork without ny trouble t all. J deep f s4 -n Sever trouM'd tt To! bit h nf -:oa, or temcb truble Admiaeion TfaTHi Name It With Exceedingly Interesting Earned By roote family Jn meat waa atationed to get my father body, (O that it could l buried in our family -burying ground. He met Corn puny I ea the mareb, m father nt the head of hi company. Father bad been knocked unconwioua. Homeone, effing him lying by the tide of the road, ap parently dead, had reported hi death. He had boon atanding nenr a tree when it waa atruck and knocked Into kindling wood by a che)l. He wa hurled ome diatanc by the force of the explotion and knocked uneonteioua, but waa not wounded. "After two yeara at the front. Gov ernor Vaaee ordered him to Kaleigh to aerve on Iwa staff aa adjutant general of North Carolina'a force. Governor Vance aad my father etnyed in Balclgh till the Yankee inldiort were aluiott upon them. They left through a window and escaped. This was what wna known aa Stanemaa'a raid. The troops were part of Qeneral Hherman's force on the march to the sen. ''My mother's maiden name was flus.in 0, Hunt. Her futher'a people wera the Philadelphia Hunts. My mother' peo ple, Ilk Mra, Paaiela' people, were of Quaker stock. My mother wa born at New Castle, N. C. Her mother'e peo ple wure related to the. Ben llurrison family of Virginia, They came of Rev olutionary atoek, but you know all about President Benjamin Harrison. After th . war my father helped re- eetabliah Wk Forest college. For many yeara he " ''fell me how the aallors acted when eiplltie of my me is the One big, .out get and .ever eease to proud of," aaid Commaader Foot. "Moat of thote ladt had never emelled alt water six month before. It thews yeu the etuff our American boy ar made af. I had takea thot boy aa raw recruit and drilled them and taueht them the tra dition ef th navy .and the way they responded wa wonderful "W wcr returning from our fifth trip. Wa carried about 5,0(10 men nt each trip-. - We- weee approximately 800- mile out ef Breet en rout to Uuoenatown, Wa bid ever TOO men aboard. The Lin coln, got it death blow at 9 o'clock ia th morning ef May CI, 1918. Th V-bot Jauaahed thr torpedoes at us. Tv of them (truck us 120 feet from th bow oa the port aide. The third hit u about W feet from th sfcr ea th port side. There were thro ether ahlpi with us, but they could not stand by to give us aid, aa thetr ordors were te diapers ia of attack. "Twenty-three men aad thre officer war gijied hy the fore of tho explo it. I gar order to lower th boats. Tk Lincoln rtida't seem to be aettliug very last. 1 thought ehe raiuht ttuv float, aa I gave orders to eease lower ing th hoate. Th hla of eteam from th wrecked boiler prevented the men from bearing the order. I held up my hand like this to get their attention, thea I spread out my arms level like t hie a a a aianal to ee-eae lowering. Every boat stopped a th signal. X found were settling, o I dropjied my hand to my ildea to ignal the men te go ahead and Jower the boata. Wa launehed our boata and cot our lif raft overboard. Within SO minutes the Lineol went down. "W were sunk by U-boat No. DO. t. command of Captain Bemy. It waa sur rendered by th Germane at the end of th war. We pent a wondrftil day in th beat and en the rafta. You would have thought tt waa a new and novel tunt nulled off for the pleasure of the men. We (touted about from a. m. till 11 !. m. Tho me orttaniaed a chorus end aang, 'Where Po W Go From Hr and ether conga. You can't dam pen th spirits of th American bhe- lacket by dumping him into the aea in mldoecan. To lists to them aboard their shin vnu waiiIH tklnk ItmA the warat oid tub ia th navy and that ioir proper wr the limit, hut let omaa els tell tkem to aad yeu had better put la aa emergency eall for the ambulance. Yeu had better net try to knock th ship, their officers or the avy, an lee you wnnt immediate action i-d platy i fit i Th destroyort Wrrinatoa and Smith, (ummoned by wireleaa whea w wr atruck, cam 850 mile to eur res cue aad picked ill up, Admiral Sims emtiauy ommena4 us, saying the (mall loss of Ufa wa du ta th splen did dUeipliae aad court ef officers ad me. Your Wife Needs And Should Have an . Iron -4.1 Vacuum Cleaner IF baadl tk two beet makes ef Iron, wnica w give A liberal guarantee. Fr a null kouae w Mil aad recom mend th TIOB CLEANER, eaa af th Jdawt, with a good reputation aad a gvraat. v Now, getting right dow te business, if yea ara a good baaine maa, bare a good heme and love your wife, giv her aWKirSB YAC thd beet medium priced Cleantr md. Cema ia aad let a hw ya. HI W. Martla It. Pkeae Utl Bacheya STtid tamp. Electric KLETRic WILSON REFRESHEOzGYGLONEIVIACKIS BY SUNDAY OF REST TO PREACH TONIGHT Today The President Begins Another Week Which Lands Him at Reno Los Angeles, CaU Sept. tl. (By the Associated Press.) Refreshed by a Hunday rst in Lot Angela, President Wilton will begin tomorrow another strenuoua week of speech-making that will almost complete bi country-wide tour ef the peace treaty. Leaving her tonight th President's special train ia du 1st tomorrow after nooa at Beno, Nov, where he will apeak tomorrow night. . Hi program for the week will tak him a far Kaat a Memphis, Tna., with atop at nine cities oa tk way. Most of today th President end Mrs. Wilson ipent quietly, leaving their hotel only t attend services during the morning st fit. Paul' Episcopal pro cathedral. Beport that they would take an afternoon . automobil rid brought a big crowd around th hotel, but it waited in vain. Puring th afternoon Mr. Wilaoa a the regional committee of the Lcag-i to Enforce Peac and later mada pub. 11c a list of question ub)ittd by them regarding th treaty, together with his answers. The replies wcr a repeti tion ef previous publia tatement an swaring similar question placed beore him during th past week. Converted Plerene Porter. With the 'league delegation was Mrs, Florence Collin Porter, of Los Angeles, one of the live women members of the .Tt6. n-atf imrmmgi'tifsritp " - "'f tiii(ii am o iiau uvLiuaHi w v wy bearing Mr. Wilson' addrct at the dinner here last night. ELEVEN OF LOST SHIP'S CREW LAND (Ceatiaaed from Page One.) government mail. vessel with supplies and Two goat of th comparatively large flock on the Island were left hy the storm and theae wer atn. All other food euppliea were waahed away. Sepulchres in which bodies of former residents were buried, wer torn open by the giant wave and th eoffln car ried away by the wave. A Cubaa gun boat searching for. th missing Spanish steamship Valbanara wa signaled oa the 10th, but waa unable to furnish th water requeated. A wireless meaaage from th gunboat to Naeaau, Bahama and relayed to Key Weat and to Miami caused the submarine ebaaer 235, ata tioned here, to ba tent to th rescue with water and food. Qfk to c the now belt aroun. waist seam model to be worn either way. Priced $37.50 Society -26 xanb Soutkern Atelier For Dtiigninf nd Fin Aria Tmrhnlcal llluatratio. Pateau' drawinga, Ma afbtr fieldaotea. , Orntmtati and letteriag for diplomu, etc, ArtlNt lgn and adi., Pslntlag af repredacUon. Deaign for interla dcoratioa, In art, moaumtnti, ata, Modal : far eraameat aad af building. Perspective aad bird-y-fiawf of building, faetorie, mapa, ate. Landacap arehiteetar. f- r. V . ' . . . I - . OFFICES i Merchant Natloaal Bank Bldg. r. O. Bo T, Balojgh, K, a Or. J. G. Robinson : Preaches Four Sermons at SUPaul't Church Sunday Pr. J. G. Bobieeea, the aegro rn. gelist conducting a aerie of meeting at k Bt. Paul' A. M. E. church, preached four sermons Sunday to largt and enthusiastic eongregntions. ' Ther ker quit a number at coavarslons, ad alto a large nuniber ef church member aho nt to th altar and took a stand againat secret tin. To night Eev, B. 1 McLendoa, ''Cyclone Mark," will preach and ariangsmenti will be mado to teat whit rititore. ' In bis morning sermon, which ha delivered on the eubject of "Th Cost of Piaelples.liip," Pr. Bobjnon aaldj "Tpo many start to serv God under th thought that the road . will ba smooth, and the sua will shine brightly end that things will come their way in the world. Christ aaid: 'If any mas will be my dieeipl. let him deny himself,, and let him tab up hla eront and follow me.' Others who paved the way for the church to have a plae in thla old world, have- stood atorme, and gone through great and lery trial. Many of you go to church on Sunday mornings, aad tak automobile idea for. pleasure in the afternoon. Yoa are not doing God'a will, and eaa not be hi disciple. You work to 1 th bureh with thoa ef your associates, and those who eaa wear clothes like, and aa good as yours. The maa with the corn in hi hand, and who lives ia th smoky cabia, and who wears ever alls, end home spun shirt, you ehua I,r. Robinson .ooke to men nd boyi Let the Broadway runs by your door if you have a Vktrola. New York tarns out in throngs to hear the stars of musical comedy and vaudeville and die great luiniriarie of opera, yiplih, orches tra, and piano. But those crowds are small com pared with the hosts who enjoy them on . the Victroia. Get a Victrola and hear the greatest 6ingers, in$tnut)xmtalists, orrfiestras, bands and comedians in tbfN world! Victor nd Victrotfts $12 to f930. Victor Victor Talking Machine Co., -Vkttatla- h) the RaMn4 Twliamti M k Vlevtr Temtac Mxkia yiCTROLA w"r IW X -TJ it I Bat .1 i . .w aww m tk . i ak ' at 4 o'clock, pointing "but the need, of the world for strong men aad need at i iTTutt rations Tormeficl-PYestdeat Wilson, of Masaacbesetts Secretary ef the Navy Jesephus Panlelt. Be apoke te the childrea t 8 e'cloek e the eub ject -A Wicked And a Good Hrt ." CREW OF FORTY-EICHT T k MAY BE 8AFK. -Tampa, F)a Sept. 21. The Gulf B fining tug Bcnator Bailey, Went to the relief of the Lake Winona last Tuesday, dnding it aground about 100 miles southeatt of ' Tortugas. The tug found that it could aot be Boated-aatil light aad, so left It. - Be far aa kaowa her, the erew were o board ia safety after the etorm. forty-eight meg composed th full complement af th Bayronto, ; , The WeatW Lecal Oftca, I'alted State. Baraaa. ! - Weather . BaUigb, N. C, Sept. 81, 1910, , North Caroliu! Bhowers Moaday, sx eept fair aar th coast i Tuesday show eie and eomewhst cooler. TtMPKUATUKE. Sunrise f fiunaet p. m. a. lp. 9 p.m. Pry Bulb Wet Bulb ..... 67 64 U 70 Bel. Humidity Highest temperature .t. ......... US Lowest temperature (H Mcaa temperature , v. 74 F-xeet for th day , . S Average daily exces line Janu ary l.t , 0.1 Preelattatiea (In iaehee). Amount for the M hour endiug Deficiency cine January let.... 4.84 Great White Way come to you! Impottarw Notice. Vletar r?ras 4 Via, tar kUclKaet m scisawArallir eoergteatt wrhrmmi la wa man of staaefceesea. aelatMMM to wtM MfMktr ta sew set ' IW fl star eaus Arm a V L . f SHIPPING BOARD STEAMER RANDOLPH WARNER TOWEO OFF " Miami, FlaV Sept. 81- Tka hipping board (toamer Randolph Warner, 4)00 toaa Philadelphia ta Galveston, which ha beea aground thre inilt outh-of Hillsborough Lighthouse, opposite Deer- field, wa towed off th bank yesterday by g lubmarlne chaaer from thi port. Th Eandolph Warner h bcfl if rpund since the hurricane. High-Grade P L U M B I N G If you are building a horn for yourself ther ia nothing in tli construction and of it that will pay liltrn th best quality ef Plumbing, Thi doe apt mean necessarily fixturea but primarily th roughing which is th vital part of your plumbing.- When you are building or buying ar home, insist ea Via son' Plumbing; it'i th beet. On repair job will pay th in terest en lv time tb differ ence. "It yield th lsrgeet reUrn." G. L. Vinson Co. Everything la 3teS i i. i ni l- i i r inn ci n il af - U I r? IE If f H'J .Jealeri everjwhert. Camden, H J, adl t . . v 'er , ... -i t r rr il rf rrt vt. r.o v Ml MV NOTICE OF SALE. W.M Crr Twahlpr Baeaati Uaaty, Nartll Cmlia, Bead Boad. t Sealed "bid Will be fetiwi by Jt Grove Township Bold Commiaaie, at Costs, Harnett county, Notth Caraliu, at the office of the undersigned attorney . until Saturday, October 11th, 1919, at 11 e'cloek M-, whea and wbr aaid Wi will b publicly opened, for the nurei-itw of not lea than par anlnuruV inter est of Fifty Thousand pollers Grove Township Boad Bonds. Baid boada will bear interest t th rata of pr esnt pr annum, interest payabl nmi annually, aad will run for a period of thirty year. Said bend will be dated I of October lt, J.U1B. Tb principal aad Interest will be payable at bank to b designated by purdiater. Bids may be addretaed to th under igned, aad must ba aeempanied by 1 certified check, vouched for by a local bank of Harnett aoaaty, payable to tb order of tba Grove Township Soad Com mission, for two per eeat of the fsee meant of th bond, a avideue of good faitb, Th bond r leaned and wold under and by virtu ef aa t of th General Assembly ef North Carolina, aesaion of 1917, it being chapter 284 ef th Public Law of aaid session, and by aa election duly tailed, held and carried. The right is re screed t reject ny and all bid. By order of the Grov Townshio Boad Commission. This September 2nd, A. P. 1919. T. V. BTEWABT. Chairman Grov Township Boad Com mission. L U LKVIN80.V, Attorney for Grove Townstlp Boat ' Commission, Coat, N. C. . GUbcrt C White CONSULTING ENQIHEKB Dwrwaa. M. C !1 r - tala 1! J mi - . - mm: mm w i a- l - am r- svv i' r a m f a i fc. T V-l ll BI rxm&Jhtaaaagam. - - . M ,W . A I I I I - .v. X
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