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J U. A. LONDON, Editor. wednesday, august 2, 1916. Confederate reunion. The Confederate veterans of North Carolina held their annual reunion last week at Wilmington, and it was one of the pleasantest that we have ever attended. Everything possible was done for the comfort and pleasure of the veterans, and that old historic city fully sustained its ancient renown for hospitality. Every veteran, who did not feel able to pay for his meals and lodging, was comfortably provided for cession was a detachment of "bluejackets" from the revenue cutter Seminole and the Wilming ton Light Infantry. These two companies marched at the head of the column and the fire de partment brought up the rear. Only about 100 of the veterans walked in the parade, all the oth ers rode in automobiles kindly furnished by some of the public spirited citizens of the city. The distance travelled in this parade was much less than in all others, in which the veterans had to march too much. Every veteran who attended this reunion will ever remember it as one of the pleasantest ever held in this stace, but nobody ex pected anything else in a city so renowned for its devotion to the Southern Confederacy and to Reports from the floods in the western part of this state do not diminish their horrors. Many very pathetic accounts are pub lished of the suffering caused by those floods. In addition to the number of persons drowned hun dreds have lost all their property, and are in immediate need of relief. free of any charge, and the free rations furnished were in most Conf ederate soldiers pleasing contrast to tnose tney had during the w&r. The mess halls and sleeping quarters were f Viov an f Via t- uotor- . . . although many acted like school ans did not have to walk far in To the credit of the veterans be it said that not a drunken man was seen among them, and, On boys out of school, yet not one registered wasat a11 disorderlv- Further more we neara many say tnat going from one to the other their arrival thev were . . , . 1 1 they did not hear an oath utter- giving his name, company anal , regiment, and then a badge was f b of f coulfd pinned on him which entitled him j rdly be said of a large meet to free entertainment. This list111 f a other men, except published by the Morning , preacners- was Star, a copy of which every vet eran ought to preserve as a sou venir of the reunion and remind him who were there with him. Soldiers complaining because thev could not travel in Pullman coaches is a striking illustration nf the fact that the manv com- The attendance at this reunion j fortg and conveniences of mod was not so large as at some pre vi- lif. hv. anniaj mna ous ones, only about 400 being sons. It seems so absurd to any Judge Hughes' letter of ac ceptance is just published and its chief complaint against President Wilson is his diplomacy with Mexico. The warlike ex-judge complains that President Wilson has not waged a war with that country. Those are not his di rect words, but if his letter does not mean that what does it mean ? While the country generally i3 applauding the President for averting a war in which we could gain nothing and would lose many valuable lives, the Renublican candidate for the Presidency cen sures him. We are much pleased that Judge Hughes has thus drawn the line of battle between him and Wilson, and we cannot doubt the result, for we are quite sure that a great majority of the sober-thinking people of this country do not want a war with Mexico and will not vote for a man for President who does want such a war. Fatal Forest Fires. Englehart. Ont., Julv30. For est fires raging in Northern On tario are believed to have result ed in the loss of from 150 to 200 lives, over a score of persons have been injured and it is fear ed many of them may die. Several small towns have been wiped out by flames that have h?rn rapine- for 48 hours. Re- ports thus far received show that 57 perished at Mushka, a French Canadian settlement, and 34 at Matheson. Cochrane has 18 dead and 34 injurod, Iroquois Falls 15 dead and many injured, and Ra more 15 dead. The number kill ed at Porcupine Junction is not known, but the entire town was destroyed except the railroad station. Cure for Cholera Morbus. "When our little boy, now seven years old, was a babv he was cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rera jedy," writes Mis. Sidney Simmons, iFair Haven, N. Y. "-ttnee then oth jer members of my family have used this valuable medicine for colic and bowel trouble with good satisfaction and I gladly endorse it as a remedy of exceptional merit." Obtainable ev-. ery where, adv Thrilling Experience in the Flood. Special to the Greensboro News. Reidsville, July 28. -Charles R. Oliver, who spent his vaca tion here this month with his pa rents, had a horrible experience during- the progress of the flood in western North Carolina. Leav ing here for Ware Shoals, S. C , he was marooned at Henderson ville for several days owing to a bad washout on the Southern. Hardly had he reached his desti nation when while out walking with four friends a bridge col lapsed while they were crossing, killing one member of the party. Miss Neva Dallas, 21 years old, while two others, Miss Lela Cobb and Hoy Jackson, were painfully but not seriously hurt. Youitg Oliver escaped injury. The quar tet went out upon a rock bridge, supposedly weakened by the re cent high waters of Saluda river, to look at the stream. The struct ure collapsed, and the entire par ty fell about 15 feet. present, but this was due not only oM Confederate soldier that a to the growing infirmities of the mm pretending to be a soldier veterans but also to the incessant j even a holiday soldier-should rains which deterred very many complain that the government from attending. The exercises doeg nQt giye him a Pullman were held in the academy of mu- coach jn wllich tQ travel Yet, sic and were more interesting u ig said that guch corapiajnts than usual, there having been i have been made by gome of those several matters of interest dis- j who had t0 ride in day coache8 cussed and acted on. And in I tQ the Mexican border and the this connection we are pleased to Secretary of War actually had to state that all the proceedings and make excuses for this terrible discussions were perfectly har- hardsnip (?). He has been call monious and could serve as a ed on to make a statement ex model for the meetings of some plaining how Punman coaches other organizations. With much CQuld not be furnished for all the enthusiasm and unanimity the national guardg who were hur. veterans adopted resolutions ex- j ried,y gent tQ the Mexican bor. pressing their thanks and grate- . ful appreciation to the United States government for thus far having averted a war with Mex ico and any of the warring na Such travelling as that in day coaches would have been con sidered a luxury by the Confed- tions of Europe, and pledging erate soldiers, who nearly always their earnest support of our gov- lo e c"woea. in . "ox ca ernment if any such war should ,ke ftle when red hu1meAd" occur and regretting that the in- lv to be transported by rail. As firmitieaof their age would pre-, one. instance of the manner in vent their active participation whlch Confederate soldiers were transported dv ran we win men tion the ride of the Junior Re- therein. The old commanders were all re-elected by acclamation, to-wit: Generals James I. Metts, com mander of the division; W. L. London, commander of the sec ond brigade; R. H. Hicks, com mander of the third brigade and James M. Ray, commander of the fourth brigade, and A. H. Boyden was elected commander of the first brigade to succeed P. C. Carlton, who died a few weeks ago. Quite a graceful compliment was paid Gen. J. S. Carr by electing him honorary command er of the division, he having been its beloved commander for fif- serves (the seventeen-year-old I boys) on an intensely cold De cember dav (in 1864) from Wil jmington to Weldon, when they I rode on Open flat cars without ' any protection whatever. More than once the train had to be j stopped, fires made in the woods, and some of the boys lifted from I the train and carried to the fires and thawed out. Many went to sleep in their wet clothes to find them frozen stiff upon awaken ing. And all that suffering en dured without a murmur. I And yet some of our modern teen years. The next meeting soldiers complain because they of the veterans will be held at 1 could not travel m Pullman Durham at such time next year coacnes- as may hereafter be appointed. On the night of the first day's Last Sunday's issue of the session the veterans were given News and'Observer was printed a free ride on the trolley line to on its own new Dress in its new Wrightsville Beach (about ten builg. erected on the site of miles), where a large crowd of the old one tnat was destroyed visitors saw them march around Dy fire several months ago. The the large pavilion, erected for "9Id Reliable" never looked bet dancing, and so inspiring was the ter than now Printed as it is now music and the applause of the on 80 improved a nw press, and spectators that many of the staid we hPe tnat it: mav lon contin old men actually shuffled their , ue to lead in a11 enterprises for feet as if dancing. As the vet- j the upbuilding of our good old erans marched around this spa- state and to battle in the cause cious ball room the band played of civic righteousness. The val Dixie and the spectators clapped ue of that P1 to this state 1 - 1 I'll a. their hands and cheered lustilv. i cannot oe too nigniy appreciated and the veterans enjoyed this parade as much as did the spec- The W8r in Europe began two tators. After this parade some years ago this week and has been of the old-time dances were in- j waged with enormous loss of life dulged in by some of the veter- and property ever since. Al ans, who surprised the spectators though it has been waged for with their agility and ease in two years and has cost each of dancing. But how could it have j the warring nations many billion been otherwise when they had dollars and millions of their best as their partners in the dance men, yet nobodv can now pre- such beautiful ladies? The great event of this reun ion, as at all others, was the grand parade through the streets of Wilmington which were thronged with many thousand diet when it will end. The fight ing is just as bloody as it was the first year, and even more so, and no doubt more men have been killed during the second year of the war than during the cheering spectators. In this pro-' first year. And for what? Terrific Explosion of Shells. New York, July 30. Property losses estimated at $25,000,000 was caused early today by a se ries of terrific explosions of am munition awaiting shipment to the entente allies and stored on Black Tom island, a small strip of land jutting into New York off Jersey City. The loss of life still was problematical tonight. Later: Estimates of the prop erty loss range from $25,000,000 to $45,000,000. Many persons who were on boatd barges moored at the burn ed piers are missing and it is feared that they have perished. In some quarters it was be lieved the total number of dead would reach 12. Those under arrest were Al bert M, Dickman, agent of the Lehigh Valley railroad stationed at Black Tom ier, and Alexan der Davidson, superintendent of the warehouses of the National Storage Co., 13 of which were destroyed by the fire which fol lowed the explosions. Stories told by those who nar rowly escaped death verge on the miraculous. One man says he was blown off a lighter into the bay and swam to Bedloe's islanH, but had to swim back again to the Jersey shore when the flam ing barges bombaraed the island. "The air seemed to be full of flame and I thought the end of the world had come," said an other survivor. A third was blown fifty feet from the top of a freight car and landed near a building which fell upon him. At least $10,000,000 damage was caused by the destruction of thirteen of the eighteen .vare houses of the National Storage Co., in Jersey City. The damaged goods included 30,000 tons of raw sugar valued at between $3,000,000 and $4, 000,000 and 24,000 bales of tobacco. Hot Weather in Chicago. Chicago, July 20. Excessive heat killed one person every 30 minutes here today, according to reports made to the police and the coroner's office. Heat pros trations were reported by scores and many accidents and deeds of violence were attributed to the high temperature. The maxi mum reached was 96 degrees. At 10 o'clock tonight the mer cury stood at 90 degrees in Chi cago. In an effort to make sleep ing easier Fire Marshal Thomas O'Connor ordered that fire en gine companies sprinkle stieets and sidewalks in every part of the city. This is the first time that such an order has been is sued here. At that hour the number of deaths attributed to the heat in today's reports to the police and coroner had reached 46, bringing the total for the present hot wave in Chicago to 130. , Citizens of Durham and Chapel Hill met in Durham yesterday for the purpose of laying plans for immediate action looking to the establishment of a boulevard be tween the two places Swift & Co., meat packers of Chicago, have established a pen sion fund of $2,000,000. About 30,000 employees will be eligible to benefits. Long Lost Ring Found. Special to the Greensboro News. Wilmington, Julv 28. Fifteen years a-jo J. E. Ellis and sister, Miss Mary Eilis, who were at tending a houseboat party at Carolina Beach, were in bathing and Mr. Ellis lost a ring that be longed to his sister and had her name engraved on it. A few days ago a ring was found at Carolina Beach and a want ad was put in a Ideal paper, and within a few days Mr. Ellis, who now lives at High Point, called for the ring and after describing it, it was found to be the identi cal ring that he had lost 15 years ago. A Doctor's Remedy for Coughs. As a cure for coughs and colds Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey combines the?e remedies in jusl the right proportion to do the most good for summer coughs or colds. A trial will prove the value of this splendid cough medic ne. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-lIcney s othes the ir ritation, stoos your cou'ih, kills the ckl germ and dues yo i a world of good. A 25c bottle will more than convince you it will stop your cough. At druggists, adv School Houses Painted. From News and Observer. In painting every school house in the county forty-three, with possibly one or two exceptions, in one day, yesterday Wake coun ty broke a record in this state, and for every other state as far as known. The painting was done by members of the various Junior Order councils of the coun ty, in some cases assisted by the citizens of the community, who did it without charge. It was a labor of patriotism and love and the men wielded the brushes cheerfully and with a vim. Each of the houses was painted white A Hacking Cough Weakens the System Don't suffer with a hacking cough that bun weakened your system get a bottle of l)r King's New Discovery, in use over 40 years, and benfiting all who use it, the soothing pine balsam with tar heal the irritated air passages soothes the raw spots, loosens the mucous and prevents raekiug the body with coughing. Dr. King's New Dis covery induces natural sleep and aids nature to cure you. adq Jacob Blount, a colored preach er, died in the pulpit at a church in Hyde county recently. He was 66 years o'd. Blount was repeating the words of the text, "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven," when he dropped his head upon the open ed Bible and died. Your Bowels Should Move Once a Day A free easy movement of the bowels every day is a sign of good health. Dr. Kiug's New Life Pills will give you u gentle laxative effect without epriping and free your s.ytem of blood poisons, purify Your blood, overcome constipation and have an excellent tonic eect on the entire system. Makes you feel like living. Only 25c at druggists, adv The railroads of the United States used 128.200,000 net tons of coal in 1915, or 24 per ct.nt of the total output. Liver Trouble. "I am bothered with liver trouble about twice a year," writes Joe Ding man, Webster City. Iowa. ."I have pains in my side and back and an aw ful soreness in my stomach. 1 heard of Chamberlain's Tablets and tried them. By the time I had used half a bottle of them I was feeling fine and had no signs of pain." Obtainable everywhere, adv Hudson-Belk Company's GREAT SALE All Summer Goods Tremendously ft Reduced. 9 A Great Money Saving Sale. When You Have a Cold Give it attention, avoid exposure, be regular and careful of your diet, also commence taking Dr.King's New Disi coverv. It contains pine-tar, antisep septic oils and balsams. Is slightly btxative. Dr. King's New Discovery eases your cough, soothes your throat a d broneiai tubes, checks vour coleh starts to clear your head. In a short time you know your cold is better. Its the standard family cough syrup in use over 40 years. Get a bottle at once. Keep it in the house as a cold insu rance. Sold at your druggist adv Killed at a Saw-Mill. Winston-Salem, July 28. -Another fatal accident occurred to day, when Wilbur Jones, 13 years of age, and an employe of the George E. Nissen wagon com pany, was killed at the company's piant in Waughtown this after noon. , The boy died before med ical aid, which was summoned immediately, could reach him. Death occurred when the young fellow came in contact with a belt which drew him around a shafting. His left arm was torn completely off; his skull was fractured and he had other injuries. Just the Thing for Diarrhoea. "About two years ago I hd a se vere attack of diarrhoea which lasted ever a week," writes W. C. Jonesr Bu foid, X. D. "I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A ri rug cist recoinmeuded Chamberlain's "oic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I was as well as ever." Many druggist recommenfl this reme dy because they know i hat it is reli able. Obtainable ever v where, adv The lime sold in the United States in 1915, according to G.F. Loughlin. of the United States Geological Survey, amounted to 8.58.9,679 short tons, valued at $14,335,856. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having qualified as the adminis trator upon the estate of Naunie Dor sett, deceased, this is to notify all per sons molding claims against said es tate to present the same to me on or before the 10th day of .fulv. 1917, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. This July 10, 191(5. R. L. DORSETT. A dministrator. R. II. Hayes, Attorney. NOTICE OF SALE -By virtue of the power granted in a mort gage execnted on the 27th day of July, :.915, bv M. M. Oldham and wife, Pat tie Oldham, to Mat tie Oldham, and assigned by Mattfe Oldhcm to W: L. Stainback, which mortgage is record ed in Book FF, page 1Q7, in the office of the register of deeds of '"hatham county, the undersigned will (default having been made) offer for sale, at the courthouse door in l'ittsboro, N, at 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, August 23, 1916, the following described property: Resinning at a hickorj , I. L. Old hum's corner, on Cedar creek, thence with his line w 150 poles to a dogwood (now a stake) I. L. Oldham's corner thence s 6 poles to a stake with Will Haughton's line, thencefe 84 poles to a stake in hedge row, Will Haughton's corner, thence his line s 58 poles to a hickorv in Ausley's old line, thence e with Will and .Leak Reaves' line 150 poles to a stone pile on w side of Ce dar creek 40 links above the center of a sprang, thence up said creek as it meanders to the beginning, contain ing 48 acres, more or less. Terms of safe cash JSJaTTIE OLDHAM, Mortgagee. VV. L. STAINBaCK, Assignee. Scotland county farmers have lost approximately one-half of this year's cantaloupe crop as a result of the continuous heavy rains. Chicago's hot wave was bro ken Sunday. During the day there were 115 deaths and 400 prostrations. Two voungvmen nearly perish ed in Pamlico sound last week with hunger and exhaustion. Thev were going from Washing ton, N. C. to Ocracoke in a small motor boat, when their en gine went "dead" and they could not propel it. The Best Laxative. i To keep the bowels regular the best laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a full glass of water half an hour before breakfast and eat an abundance of ! fruit and vegetables, also establish a ' regular habit and be sure that vour bowels move once each day. When a medicine is needed take Chamberlain's Tablets. They are pleasant to take and mild and gentle in effect. Obtain able everywhere, adv - Thousands of dollars worth of goods of all kinds aire on sale. Goods at prices extremely low at a time when goods of all kinds are steadily advanc ing, and from the way the people of Raleigh and vicinity are taking advan tage of this great oppor tunity to practice econo my we know they fully realize the value of this great sale. HUDSON BELK COMPANY, 1 In Commercial Bank Building, RALEIGH, X. C. 13 Stores Sell For Less for Cash BANKING YOUR MONEY -WITH THE- Bank of Pittsboro not only keeps you from spending it, but saves it for fu ture use, whether for business, pleasure or time of need! SAFE, SURE, SECURE It is saving and Depositing regularly that makes your account dollar upon dollar increase rapidly. We add 4 per cent interest. COMMENCE BANKING TODAY. Capital .$10,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits 9.000 W. L. LONDON, President. M. T. WILLIAMS, Cwkier. DIRECTORS: W. L. LONDON, R. H. HAYES, JAS- B. ATWATER, H. A. LONDON, JAS. L. GRIFFIN, A. H. LONDON, W. J. WOMBLE, B- NOOE. 'I EAST CAROLINA TEACH ERS' TRAINING SCHOOL A State school to train reachers for the public schools of Torth Carolina. Every energy is directed to this one purpose. Tuition free to all who agree to tench. Fall Term begins Septem ber 26, 1916. For catalogue and other information address ROBT. H. WRIGHT, Pres., Greenville, N. C. SERVICE BY PUBLICATION. North Carolina Chatham county In the Superior Court, July 11th. 1916. Mack Cross vs. Jennie Lanier, Adeline Cross and ber husbano, Peter Cross, Adelaide Mc Lean and her husband, Mc- Lan, Alice Cross and Alex Cross. The above named defendants. Alice Cross and Alex Cross, will take notice ; that an action entitled as above has been instituted before the clerk of the I superior court of Chatham county for i the purpose of securing an order from said court for a sale for division of the lands described in said complaint and situated in Cape Fear township, Chat ham county, N C And the said Alice 1 Cross and Alex Cross will further take notice that tbey are required to appear , before Hon. .las L. Griffin, Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county on Saturday, the 12th day of August, 1916, at his office in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and answer or demur to the complaint in said aetion which is now on file in his office, or the plaintiff will apply to .the court for the relief de manded in said complaint. Witness my hand this the 11th day of July, 1916. JAS. L. GRIFFIN, Clerk Superior Court Chatham Co. Fred. W. Bynum, Attorney. 1 C J. HULIN, DURHAM MARBLE WORKS, DURHAM, N. C. Thirty-four years experience in Monument Building. Get the best. It costs no more. Come in and see me. Write for catalogue. Boivlee High School, OPENS SEPTEMBER S: 1916 New brick buildings, healthful location and strong faculty. Separate Dormitories for Boys and Girls. Board at cost and all expenses below average. For catalogue or further particulars, address F. A. PENLAND, Principal, Bonlee, N.C 'S3t I I n i I I I I
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