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VOL. XXXIX.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, OCTOBER 11, 1916.
NO. 10.
GERMAN
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SHIPS,
SHIPS Al SEA RACE FOR
THE THREE-MILE LIMIT
Four British, One Dutch and
One Norwegian Ships Sent
to Bottom or Left Crippled
Derelicts off Nantucket.
AMERICAN SHIPS GO TO
RESCUE PASSENGERS
So Far as is Known There Was No
Loss of Life. Hold Up American
Steamer Kansan, But Upon Estab
lishing Identity She is Allowed to
Proceed. Shock Given Shipping.
Newport, R. I. The executive offi
cer of the destroyer Ericsson, return
ing from the scene of the German
submarine activities off Nantucket,
reported that nine ships had been
sunk and that three submarines were
operating off the coast. This infor
mation, he said, he had on the auth
ority ot the captain of the Nantucket
Shoals Lightship.
Newport, R. I. Four destroyers of
the American flotilla came into harbor
here bringing 216 persons rescued
from the ships sunk off Nantucket
Sunday by a German submarine. The
Ericsson, one of the destroyers to ar
rive, brought 8, the Drayton 68; the
Benham 36 and the Jenkins 31. Thirty
five women and ten children are
among those on the Ericsson. This
information came by wireless in ad
vance of the actual docking of the de
stroyers. Boston. A submarine of the Im
perial German Navy, ravaged ship
ping off the eastern coast of the
United States Sunday.
Four British, one Dutch and one
Norwegian steamer were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket Shoals. All night under
the light of the hunters moon the
destroyer flotlla of the United States
Atlantic fleet was picking up passen
gers and crews of the destroyed ves
sels and bringing them into Newport,
Rhode Island.
So far sa known there was no loss
of life although at a late hour the
crew of the British steamer Kingston
had not been accounted for. A sub
marine held up the American steam
er Kansan, bound from New York
for Genoa with steel for the Italian
Government, but later on establish
ing her identity allowed the Ameri
can to proceed. The Kansan came
into Boston harbor late at night for
her usual call here.
The submarine is believed to be the
U 53, which paid a call to Newport
and disappeared at sunset. Some
naval men, however, declared that at
least two submarines are operating
close to the American shore though
outside the three-mile limit.
Record of Warfare.
The record of submarine warfare
as brought to land by wireless dis
patches follows.:
The Strathdene, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoals
lightship and later removed to New
port by torpedo boat destroyers. The
Strathdene left New York for Bor
deaux and was attacked at 6 a. m.
The West Point. British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew abandoned the ship in small
boats after a warning shot from the
submarine's guns. Officers and men
ere taken aboard a destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 10:45 a. m.
She was bound from London for New
Port News.
The Stephano, British passenger
'dner, plying regularly between New
York, Halifax and St. John, N. F.,
;oed southeast of Nantucket
while bound for New York. Report
ed still afloat late at night. Passen
ger? and crew, numbering about 140,
were picked up by the destroyer
Balch and transferred to the destroy
er Jenkins. The attack was made
at- 4:30 p. m.
The Kingston, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk southeast of Nan-"-t.
Crew missing and destroyer
r iling for them. This vessel is
not accounted for in maritime regis
and may 'be the Kingstonian.
attack occurred at 6 p. m.
Bloomerskijk, Dutch ferighter, tor
pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The
steamer was bound from New York
for Rotterdam.
The Christian Kundsen, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk were
the Bloomersdijk went down. The
Crvv picked up by destroyers. The
es3el sailed from New York for
London.
NINE
OFF NEW
SINK
TWO
Shock Follows Sensation.
The sensation created when .the
U-53 quietly slipped into Newport har
bor and as quietly slipped away three
hours later, was less than the shock
in shipping circles when wireless re
ports of submarine attacks began to
come into the naval radio stations.
Within a few minutes the air was lit
erally charged with electricity as
wireless messages of warnings were
broadcasted along the coast. The
submarine or submarines had taken
a position directly in the steamer
lanes, where they could hardly miss
anything bound in for New York or
bound east from that port.
Vessels of the Entente Allied Na
tions and neutral bottoms carrying
contraband of war scurried to get
within the three-mile limit of the
American shore. Several that were
following the outside course shifted
and made for the Inside lane. The
Stephano, of the Red Cross line, how
ever, was caught outside the neutral
zone. The destruction of this vessel
was perhaps the biggest prize of the
day. The craft had been sold to the
Russian Government and would have
been used as an icebreaker after her
present trip.
Throughout the day and up to late
at night, none of the patrolling fleet
maintained by the British and French
to protect their own shipping and
American ships carrying munitions
of war had been sighted. Frantic
appeals were sent to Halifax.
Stirs Up Halifax.
"All steps possible in the circum
stances are being taken to deal with
the situation."
This message was received by the
Associated Press from the commander-in-chief
of the British North Atlantic
squadron at Halifax, N. S. It was in
reply to a request for a statement by
him. The work of the patrolling
fleets was directed from Halifax and
ever since the war began cruisers and
auxiliary vessels of the British and
French navies have moved up and
down the coast. The passengers and
crews of destroyed vessels who were
being brought into Newport were not
expected to reach there until after
midnight.
Preparations to care for them had
been made by Rear Admiral Knight,
commandant of the Narrangansett Bay
naval station, and Rear Admiral
Gleaves, commander of the destroyer
flotilla now at Newport.
Later reports gave further details
of the attacks. The Stephano met a
submarine six miles southeast of
Nantucket lightship and was attacked
by gunfire and a torpedo. She re
mained afloat until 10:05 o'clock.
The West Point went down 10 miles
south of the Nantucket lightship. The
Strathdene was attacked "off light
ship" the reports stated and the
Bloomersjidk was sunk three miles
south of the lightship. She remained
afloat some time going down at 8:05.
The American steamer Kansan was
held up three meils east of Nantucket
lightship.
West Point Gave Warning.
The first wireless warning of the
presence of a hostile submarine in the
steamship lane was given in the dis
tress signals of the West Point which
reported that she had been torpedoed
"0 miles southeast of Nantucket light.
This message apparently was picked
up by every vessel having a wireless
equipment within range for within a
very short time press dispatches from
3t. Johns, N. F., and Halifax, N. S.,
;ndicated that the patrolling warships
had received the alarm. The British
censorship, however, prevented the
disclosure of the movements of the
patrolling vessels.
Booming of Guns Heard.
The booming of the submarine's
guns, apparently fired in warning,
was distinctly heart at Nantucket. It
was plain that the submarine had
placed herself in the lane of passen
ger and freight traffic and terrorized
shipping along the coast.
In a flash after the first distress
signals of the West Point were sent,
wireless messages of warning were
sent broadcast.
Every vessel was warned to make
for the three-mile zone and the com
manders of merchant vessels of the
Entente Allies lost no time in shift
ing their course.
Those that were following what is
known as the outside course turned
to the inside course that would bring
them closer to American land.
The passenger steamer Stephano,
which plies regularly between New
York and St. Johns. N. F., was bound
west and was due off Nantuekct Mon
day morning. When her British com
mander received his warning, he was
said to have shifted his course to
bring his vessel within the "inside
lane.
British consular officers along the
New England Coast, who had been
advised by the British Embassay to
warn British shipping against the U
53 upon her appearance at Newport,
renewed their caution on learning
that the submarine had gone Into
action.
NEUTRAL
ENGLAND COAST
o-
WAR VIRTUALLY BROUGHT
TO SHORES OF THE
UNITED STATES.
The European war virtually
has been brought to the shores
of the United States. In the
vicinity of Nantucket, off the
Massachusetts coast, a German
submarine or possibly more
than one Sunday sent to the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at
least four British steamers and
two neutral vessels one Dutch
and the other Norwegian.
The sunken boats were the
Stephano, Strathdene, West
Point and Kingston, flying the
British flag and the Bloom
ersjidk, Dutch, and Christian
Knudsen, Norwegian. So far as
known, there were no fatalities.
The Stephano carried 83 pas
sengers, all of whom were
saved.
MANY AMERICAN PASSENGERS
SEE THE STEPHANO SUNK
Newport Society Set Proffers Help to
Shipwrecked Rescued by U. S. Na
val Vessels. Vessel's Cargo Not
Heavy.
Newport, R. I. The British steamer
Stephano, bound from St. Johns, N.
F., to New York, carrying nearly 100
first and second cabin passengers, in
cluding many American tourists, was
sunk off Nantucket lightship at 4:30
p. m. Sunday, presumably by the Ger
man submarine U-53. The United
States torpedo boat destroyer Balch
reported the loss of the liner by radio
to the naval station here, stating that
the ship had been torpedoed. The
message from the destroyer said that
the crew was safe aboard the Balch,
but made no mention of the passen
gers, who, it was thought here, also
were taken care of.
Confirmation Of the rescue of the
passengers by the Balch was con
tained in a later message sent by the
destroyer to the naval station here. It
was said that she had picked up the
passengers and later had transferred
the Americans to the destroyer Jen
kins. Rear Admiral Knight, commandant
of the Narrangansett naval district
said that the passengers who desired
to do so would be allowed to remain on
the warship until morning and that
every effort would he made by officers
and men to make them as comfortable
as possible. At the same time, he
said, if any of those picked up wanted
to be set ashore their wishes would
be complied with as promptly as pos
sible. Society Offers Aid.
Members of the so-called Newport
society set were prompt to extend prof
fers of help to shipwrecked passengers
through Admiral 'Knight. Mrs. Robert
L. Beekman, wife of Governor Beek
man and Mrs. French Vanderbilt, vol
unteered to take care of as many refu
gees as possible. Many of the pas
sengers on the Stephano are residents
of New York. At this time of the year
the vessel carries a fairly heavy pas
senger list made up of summer tour
ists who spend their summer sin New
Founland and in the Canadian mari
time provfnees.
The cargo loss of the Stephano, it
was expected, would not be very heavy
as on her westbound voyage she usual
ly carried little freight. This made
up largely, as a rule of fish oil and
other fish products. The vessel was in
the regular service of the Red Cross
Line.
The sale of the Stephano to the
Russian govrnment which had planned
to use her as an ice breaker, was re
cently announced. Her sister ship, the
Florizel of the same line also had been
sold to Russia for ice work.
Stephano Stoutly Built.
The Stephano was of stout con
struction, built especially for the
heavy ice conditions encountered in
winter sailings on the New Foundland
coast. It was expected in marine
circles that this was intended as one
of the last regular sailings of the Ste
phano prior to her sailing for the
White Sea to work with a large fleet
engaged by Russia to keep her north
ernmost port of Archangel open for
the receipt of war supplies.
The liner was in command of Capt.
Smith, who it is thought had taken
the outside course inrounding Nan
tucket lightship and had fallen into
the grip of the undersea raider.
COMPLICATIONS NOT FEARED
BY UNITED STATE OFFICIALS
Washington. Submarine warfare at
the very doors of the United States
does not necessarily portend further
complications with Germany so long
as it is carried on within the limita
tons of international law.
That is the view of official Wash
ington on the record of one day's oper
ations in which none of the ships de
stroyed appears to have been attack
ed without warning or without proper
measures having been taken for safe
ty of those aboard.
While in international law an Allied
ship destroyed by a German subma
rine just outside the three-mile limit
and in sight of American shores, is no
different than a ship destroyed in the
Arctic Ocean, provided its destruction
is accomplished in accordance with
the laws of nations ' and humanity,,
the presence of a German submarine
flotilla near American territorial wa
ters, officials fear, may raise perplex
ing questions of neutrality and in fact
a most serious issue would be raised
if operations of submersibles were car
ried on so near American ports to con
stitute a blockade.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs.
Washington
The enormous extent of. recent gains
in the export trade of the United
States is disclosed in statistics issued
by the department of commerce. , To
tal exports to the various countries
for the first eight months of the cal
endar year were in many cases mil
lions of dollars greater than those of
the entire fiscal year of 1914.
The Japanese emperor has requested
Lieutenant General Count Seiki Terau
chi, former minister of war and also
formerly resident general in Korea, to
organize a cabinet in succession to
the ministry of Marquis Okuma.
It is announced in Washington that
the new Japanese premier is an ad
herent of the "no-party" form of gov
ernment. He is a member of the old
school, and fears the two-party idea
would be undesirably progressive.
The remarkable statement is given
out at the agricultural department
that a Canada farmer reaped a yield
of 52 bushels to the acre on a thou
sand acre farm. This remarkable
production was harvested in Alberta,
and takes the record from Whitman
county, Washington, U. S. A.
Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief
of staff of the army, is undergoing
treatment in a hospital for chronic
stomach trouble.
President Wilson is away on a va
cation in the middle West, and re
ports are to the effect that he is re
ceiving an ovation all along his way.
It is announced in Washington that
Premier Count Okuma of Japan has
resigned. His resignation had been
expected.
The department of agriculture will
give a final estimate on the total cot
ton crop December 11.
This year's cotton crop will be ap
proximately 11,637,000 equivalent 500
pound bales, and prices are already
shooting sky-high.
Storms and insect damage have
wrought havoc with the cotton crop
this year and caused a loss of almost
three million bales throughout the
growing season.
Cotton this year was planted on the
fourth largest acreage ever recorded
355,994,000 acres but storms and
floods destroyed so many acres that
the crop will be one of the smallest
in many years.
The indications are that this year's
cotton crop will yield only 156,3 pounds
to the acre. This is due in part to the
boll weevil, but, for the most part,
to unseasonable weather.
If there is an early killing frost,
there will be much more damage to
the cotton crop in the Carolinas and
northern Georgia.
More than six hundred witnesses
have been summoned before the Char
leston, W. Va., grand jury as a result
of what the authorities claim to be
unusual activity on the part of the
bootleggers in Kanawha county. One
hundred violators of the prohibition
law have been held by the Charleston
police court to await the action of the
present grand jury, while nearly as
many more are being held in magis
trates' courts.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago vhas no
tified city council that the five thou
sand policemen now employed are not
sufficient to guard Chicago and asks
for 1,000 additional men.
The effect of the milk famine is felt
in New York City as the result of
a deadlock between dairymen and dis
tributors over the price the former
shall receive for their product.
European War
Great Britain is in urgent need of
men for her armies and also for her
munition factories. There is urgent
need of fresh supplies of men for the
armies and munitions factories in or
der to "maintain British forces in the
field at the number already fixed for
them and at the same to maintain
the supply of munitions essential for
their equipment and proper utiliza
tion." In the move to gete more men for
the British army no exemption will
be granted certain classes heretofore
exempt, and there will be a more gen
eral dilution ,of skilled labor in muni
tions factories with women and other
workers heretofore untrained.
In Britain the authorities have un
der consideration the extended use of
women in order to release men of mili
tary age now employed in the govern
ment offices.
On the eastern front in Dobrudja,
the Roumanian war office reports
that Roumanian attacks continue vio
lently over the whole front.
The Bulgarian war office places the
number of Roumanians who have in
vaded Bulgaria at several battalions,
and says measures have been taken
to beat back this force.
Violent fighting has been in prog
ress in Russia, west of Lutsk, and in
Galicia, in the region of the Zlota
Lipa river, is the news emanating
from French sources.
Another Zeppelin raid against Lon
don and the east coast of England was
made. The airship was brought down
in flames north of London while great
crowds sheered the spectacle, the flare
being visible from a long distance.
The comment in the United States
concerning the possible effect of the
commercial: measures contemplated by
the recent Paris economic conference
of the entente allies, leads Lord Rob
ert Cecil, minister of war trade of the
British empire, to declare that wholly
wrong conclusions have been drawn
from them, especially with regard to
those conclusions attributing any at
tempt to exclude or discriminate
against the United States with the
entente allies after the war.
The British steamer, Hawkhead, at
anchor in Hampton Roads, off Sewall's
Point, was run down and sunk by the
Chesapeake Steamship company's bay
line steamer City of Norfolk, outward
bound from Norfolk, Va., for Balti
nore, with a number of passengers.
The collision occurred during a fog.
Turning against the Roumanians,
who had been advancing steadily in
eastern Transylvania, Austro-Hungarl-ans
and German troops have defeated
the invaders decisively along a fifty
mjle front North of Gogaras at the
junction of the Homorod and Alt riv
ers, near Reps, the Roumanians are
in retreat, pursued by the Teutonic
troops.
In Dobrudja heavy fighting contin
ues along the line south of the Con-stanza-Bucharest
railway, with Buch
arest recording progress for the Rus
sians and Roumanians in the center
and on thir left wing.
Berlin reports that all Russian at
tacks west of Lutsk have been repuls
ed with heavy casualties.
The fighting along the southwestern
front, having reached another of its
periodic climaxes, has turned in fa
vor of the Russians, yielding them a
large number of prisoners, and Lem
berg is threatened again, this time
from two directions along the main
railway from Brody to Lemberg and
from Brzeaany.
Mexican News
Reports that Mexican bandits had
again appeared in the valley of the
Rio Grande, caused a general tighten
ing of the armed forces protecting that
section.
A detachment of Oklahoma infan
trymen was sent out from San Bonito
in pursuit of men believed to be Mex
ican outlaws. It is reported that one
United States soldier was killed, but
there is nc confirmation of the report.
Strong protests have been made
to the United States state department
by the British and French embassies
against the action of the Carranza gov
ernment in Mexico in seizing the as
sets pf British and French banking
institutions in the Mexican capital.
Members of the Mexican-American
joint commission have resumed their
consideration of Mexican affairs at At
lantic City, N. J., with a view to find
ing a basis for an agreement on bor
der control.
A delegation representing the more
important mining interests of Mexico
appeared before the commission rep
resenting the United States and Mex
ico, sitting at Atlantic City, N. J., in
support of their contention that con
ditions in Mexico are such as to make
it practically impossible to resume
mining operations at this time.
Domestic
The auxiliary cruiser, Dixie, which
went aground near Thimble Shoals
light, Chesapeake bay, during a very
heay fog, was floated by two navy
tugs.
With four persons under arrest and
the police drag-net closing about four
others in connection with the hold-up
and murder at Hammonton, N. J., the
authorities declare that Millie de Mar
co, 19 years of age, of Philadelphia,
Pa., one of the prisoners, probably en
gineered the plot.
The business section of Gainesville,
Ga., was terrorized when Private J. C.
Grant, troop F, National Guard, es
caped from the armory, where he had
been detained as a deserter from a
mobilization camp of the National
Guard, and ran amuck through the
streets, emptying two army pistols at
pedestrians as he ran.
Dr. Richard C. Flower, known all
over the country for his stock selling
operations, from which he is credited
with having netted more than a mil
lion dollars, dropped dead in a Ho
boken, N. J., theater. He was a son
of a country clergymen, and had tried
most everything to make money with
no success till he began his stock-selling
move.
Two persons were killed and thirty
badly hurt at Cleveland, Ohio, in a
collision between two street cars on
the West Third street bridge. The
force of the impact caused the bridge
to collapse and the cars fell thirty
feet to the railroad tracks and came
near rolling into the Cuyahoga river.
The great American relief cam
paign to be undertaken for the Bel
gian sufferers has been launched by
the American Committee for Armen
ian and Syrian Relief. It is stated
that there are one million starving,
and a $5,000,000 contribution is asked
of the American public.
Thirteen persons were killed and
more than twenty-five injured, several
probably fatally, when a switch engine
pushing two freight cars crashed into
a crowded trolley car on the east
side of Detroit, Mich.
Mitchell Lingo of Trinity, near
Fredericksburg, Md., claims to have
the champion egg layer of the world
in a two-year-old hen. The hen has
laid in the same spot in the barn all
year, and Lingo, backed by officials
of the town, states that she laid 365
eggs last year. The hen is a Rhode
Island Red
Organization of the Chinese-American
Exchange company, a shipping
corporation which proposes to inaug
urate a general mercantile trade be
tween China and American ports on
the gulf, south Atlantic and Pacific,
Is announced in Washington.
GERMAN
SUBMARINE
VISITS I). S. HARBOR
DARING NAVAL EXPLOIT ACCOM
PLISHED U-53 ANCHORS AT
NEWPORT.
BRINGS LETTER TO EMBASSY
Tarries Only Three Hours and Asks
For No Provisions, Water, ' Fuel or
Repairs. Had Mounted Guns Fore
and Aft.
Newport, R. I. Seventeen days
from Wilhelmshaven .the Imperial
German submarine U-53 dropped an
chor in Newport harbor.
Almost before the officers of the
American fleet of warships through
which the stranger had nosed her
way, had recovered from their aston
ishment, the undersea fighter had de
livered a message for the German
Ambassador, and, weighing anchor
turned Brenton's reef lightship and
disappeared beneath the waves just
outside the three-mile limit.
She flew the black and white col
ors of the German Navy, a gun was
mounted on the forward deck and
another aft, while eight torpedoes
were plainly visible under the forward
deck.
Lleut.-Captain Hans Rose, com
manding the U-53, said that he had
called at Newport simply to mail a
letter to Count von Bernstorff. He re
quired neither provisions nor fuel and
would be on his way, he said, long
before the 24 hours during which a
belligerent ship may remain within a
neutral harbor had expired.
The submarine was in American
waters a little more than three hours,
assuming that she continued to sea
after submerging. Within that time
the German commander paid offical
visits to Rear Admiral Knight com
mandant of the second naval district,
and Rear Admiral ' Glaves, comman
der of the destroyer force of the At
lantic fleet, who was on board the
flagship, the scout cruiser Birming
ham. Both American officers re
turned the brief call promptly.
While these formalities were being
exchanged wireless messages were
carrying to the ships of the British
and French patrol fleet off the coast
and warning that a hostile submarine
had slipped through their cordon and
might be expected in the open sea
soon. At the forts and the naval sta
tion the fleet of Captain Hans Rose
was the one subject of conversation,
and there was much speculation as
to her mission.
The first question asked by Cap
tain Rose when a motor boat came
alongside was: "Have you Jieard
from the Breman?"
When he was told that there was
no news of the missing craft his face
became grave but he made no com
ment. To the naval men generally,
the most interesting fact disclosed by
Captain Rose was that he had been
at sea 17 days and still had provisions
for three months, abundant fuel and
needed no repairs. Not so much as a
bottle of water was taken aboard and
the ship was spick and span.
The U-53 had made her way
through the fleet of 37 United States
warships, including destroyers and
submarines, to an anchorage. Cap
tain Rose told the correspondent that
he had come in to mail a letter to
Count von Bernstorff and asked for
the newspaper man's credentials.
The latter exhibited an Associated
Press badge and was intrusted with
the correspondence for the Ambassa
dor. "Please forward this letter to
Count Bernstorff," said the captain,
"and report my arrival. They will be
glad to hear it."
NEW TYPE AEROPLANE IS
WRECKED IN TEST
Combination Land and Sea Flier Goes
Head First Into Water.
Newport News. The Curtiss combi
nation land and water machine being
tested here for the United States Gov
ernmnt was totally wrcked when Pi
lot Victor Vernon went crashing nose
first into the water while attempting
a landing.
U. S. LAND BANK BOARD
GUARDS AGAINST FRAUD
Washington. Because of numerous
complaints .that fraud has been prac
ticed in the organization of joint stock
lan d banks under the new rural cred
its law, the farm loan board announced
that no charter would be granted to
any joint stock land bank in the organ
ization of which there had been any
expense for promotion, and that the
consideration of charters would be de
ferred until the completion of the or
ganization of the system.
CRITICISM OF MILITIA
ADMITTED BY OFFICER
Richmond, Va. Major Henry S.
Barrett of the Fourth Maryland Regi
ment National Guard, on trial before a
court martial here on charges of mak
ing utterances prejudicial to the ser
vice and of conduct unbecoming an of
ficer, went on the stand in his own de
fense. Barrett admitted having made
the remarks attributed to him in an
interview published in a Baltimore
paper, but denied that he was talking
for publication.
JOHN
C.
DIES IN
SECRETARY OF THE GRAND
LODGE OF MASONS IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
MASONS CONDUCT FUNERAL
Had Been III for Several Months
Prominent in Civic Affairs. Im
pressive Funeral Service.
Raleigh. John C. Drewry, grand
secretary of the North Carolina Grand
Lodge of Masons, died October 1 after
an illness of 18 months, the end com
ing, not unexpected, but as a sad shock
to hosts of personal friends and Ma
sons throughout the country.
Born in Drewryville, Va., in 1860
and graduated from the University of
Virginia in 1881, Mr. Drewry came to
Raleigh in 1888 as state manager for
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co..
which position he has since held.
He became a Mason in 1890. Was
made grand secretary of the Grand
Lodge in 1894 and has served continu
ously and with great enthusiasm and
success since that time.
For many years he took an active
part in political and civic affairs of
the city and state, was repeatedly
president of the chamber of commerce
and of the Capital club.
He was twice married, first to Miss
Emmie L. Mangum, and after her
death to Mrs. Kittle Mebane Holt, who
survives, with one son, John C. Drew
ry, Jr., a daughter by the first mar
riage, Mrs. P. H. Hanes, Jr., who died
a few months ago.
He was formerly publisher of The
Raleigh Times.
Beufort Man Treed by Bear.
Washngton. Suffering acutely
from exposure, H. W. Everett, a farm
er in the lower part of the county,
was rescued after having been forced
to remain in the branches of a small
tree for part of the day and all night.
A huge bear at the foot of the tree
was the cause of Everett's sojourning
aloft.
Everett was at work in the fields
when the bear approached him. He
had no means for defense, and he start
ed off on a run for the woods, with the
bear taking after him. A slight tree
was reached by Everett a few jumps
ahead Of the bear. He sprang into the
lower branches of the tree. The bear
watched him from below. Everett call
ed for help repeatedly, but no one was
near enough to hear him His position
was none too comfortable. The bear
snuggled up directly underneath him
and every time that Everett moved,
the bear would open one eye and watch
to see if any attempt was being made
at escape.
Wilmington Exports Increase.
Wilmington. Imports recorded at
the Wilmington Custom House during
the month of September again took
an upward bound according to figures
just given out, and exceed the fig
ures for August by more than $300,
000. Exports at North Carolina's chief
port for September amounted to $1,
152,283 being principally two cargoes
of cotton.
The chief reason for the large
amounts of imports received here was
because of the large amount of for
eign tobacco received at Winston-Salem
through the Wilmington Custom
House. Heavy shipments of sugar
through this port also boosted the inv
port figures.
Big Fire at Ashevllle.
Asheville. One of the greatest firt
in the history of Asheville occurred a
few nights ago at the Han Rees Sons'
tannery, a million dollar corporation
and one of the most important indus
tries in North Carolina, with all the
finishing machinery and an immense
stock of leather, was totally destroyed
by fire. The loss of the company Is
variously estimated at half million
dollars. The loss of the tannery is
fully covered by insurance, It was stat
ed at an early hour.
Women Quit Playing for Prizes.
Raleigh. The Raleigh Woman's
Club has just cast a majority vote to
discontinue card tournaments in which
prizes are offered. There was an ef
fort, also, to get a motion through dis
continuing the practice of letting the
use of the splendid new club for
dances, but the majority stoutly con
tended for the propriety of the dancing
feature of the social life of the club.
The club took in 34 new members at
the same meeting in which the differ
ences as to card playing and dancing
arose.
To Build Brick School House.
Kannapolis. One of the most im
portant matters to have the attention
of the county board of education at
its two-day session last week was the
proposed school for the Rowap side of
the Town of Kannapolis. J. W. Can
non, who is building several hundred
houses on the Rowan side, has given
the county three acres of land and
a check for $2,000 for the proposed
new school. The county has decided
to add $3,000 to Mr. Cannon's money
and proceed with the erection of a
brick school house.
DREWRY
RALEIGH