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VOL. xxxix.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, OCTOBER 18, 1916.
NO. 11.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings ef This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Art
Given.
THE NEWS 0F THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraph.
Washington
The operations of the German sub
marine boat U-53 off the American
coast raises no new issues, as far as
the British government is concerned,
in the opinion of Lord Robert Cecil,
minister of war trade, who discussed
the latest development in the relations
between Great Britain and the Unit
ed States.
From English sources it is learned
that the reply to the American black
list note is now on its way to the state
department. As regards the admin
istration of the black list, English
news is to the effect that very few in
dividuals have complained about it.
Radical changes in the treatment
of mails on neutral ships are promised
in the reply of the British and French
governments to the American pro
tests against interference with such
mails.
Navy officials anticipate that Amerv
can battleships authorized next year
will be armed with twelve 16-inch ri
fles as against the eight sixteen-inch
guns of the ships for which bids will
be opened October 25.
Samuel Gomper, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is one
of the members named by President
Wilson for the national defense com
mission. No decision has been reached anent
the policy of the United States gov
ernment regarding the recent subma
rine raid, and no action will be taken
until all the naval phases of the raid
have been digested by the president.
The war department has announced
itself prepared to receive applications
for reimbursement of civilians who
attended authorized military training
camps at their own expense during
the present year, for which purpose
congress at its last session appropri
ated two million dollars.
Submarines of belligerent powers
visiting American waters will be ac
corded the treatment which is their
due as warships under international
law. This is the announcement di
rect from the state department.
It is announced by the state depart
ment that responsibility for failure of
a warship to distinguish between sub
marines of neutral and belligerent
neutrality must rest entirely upon the
negligent power.
In answer to the implied claim of
the allies that submarines of bellig
erent nations are outlaws and that
there is a possibility of the United
States being sued if she allows them
to make a base in any of her ports,
it is held by the state department
that a warship has a right to enter
a neutral harbor, and it is stated that
the U-5? over which the controvery
arose, in - way attempted to make
Newpor ? base.
Amba-ador Gerard, who has arriv
ed from Berlin on a vacation, declines
to either affirm or deny the published
reports that he is back in the United
States on a peace mission on behalf
of the emperor of Germany. He mere
ly observes that he is "glad to be
home again."
President Wilson issued a statement
anent the submarine warfare near the
three-mile limit in which he stated
that Germany would be held strictly
accountable to her promise, but said
he had no right whatever to ques
tion Germany's intentions. An inves
tigation will be made, and the presi
dent will then speak.
European War
Violent infantry fighting continues
on the Carso front in tLj Austro-Ital-ian
theater, with further successes for
the Italians.
Northwest of Seres the British have
taken the towns of Kalendra and Ho
mondos from the Bulgarians.
In the fighting south of the Somme
river, the French have taken twelve
hundred prisoners.
King William of Wurtemberg, tele
graphed the emperor of Germany that
his subjects wish for "a speedy and
honorable peace."
Nothing but artillery bombardments
is reported in the Austro-Italian the
ater. One of the largest Austrian war
ships blew up at Pola, Refugees from
Dalmatia took the news to Switzer
land, but did not know the cause of
the explosion. m
In Dobrudja heavy fighting contin
ues along the line south of the Con
c tanza-Bucharest railway, with Buch
arest recording progress for the Rus
sians and Roumanians in the center
1 on their left wing. -
The Teutonic forces have evacuated
e towns of Chavdar Man, Ormanli
and Haznatar, in Greek Macedonia,
A Copenhagen dispatch announces
that the Danish submarine Dykkeren
"was sunk after a collision with a Nor
wegian steamer.
Newport, R. I., reports that four de
troyers of the American flotilla
steamed into the harbor there bring
ing 216 persons recued from the .ship
sunk off Nantucket October 8 by a
German submarine. The Ericsson, one
of the destroyers to arrive, brought
81; the Drayton, 68; the Benham, 36,
&ad the Jenkins, 31.
Steadily the pressure of the Austro
German forces is compelling the Rou
manian troops who invaded Transyl
vania less than eight weeks ago to
fall back upon or toward their own
frontier.
In the vicinity of Gorizia and to
the south of that region the Italians
have repulsed heavy Austrian coun
ter attacks, taking four hundred pris
oners. The French and British have been
repulsed in a new attempt to break
through the German lines between the
An ere and the Somme rivers in
France.
The Italians have again taken the
offensive in their endeavor to reach
Triest, Austria's chief port on the
Adriatic.
The Italians claim to have taken
6,000 prisoners southeast" of Gorizia,
and claim also that they have made
important progress.
The Austrian line between Tobar
and Vertorba, in the Austro-Italian
theater, has been broken.
The Austrian town of Novavilla and
a strong position around the northern
part of an enveloping hill has fallen
into the hands of the Italians. '
Five hundred and thirty Austrian
prisoners have been taken in the
Trentino region, in adidtion to the
capture of salient trenches.
The Germans are continuing their
victorious onrush In Transylvania,
and the Roumanians are in full re
treat before the avalanche.
Bavarian troops are reported to
have invaded Roumania, and reports
are that they are rushing on almost
unimpeded.
The allies have demanded that the
Grecian monarchy relinquish control
of its navy to them, which, it is re
ported, will be granted.
The last demand on Greece was
made, according to the allies, as a
precautionary measure to protect
themselves from the possibility of an
unexpected attack.
The allies have demanded that
Greece relinquish control of the Pi-raeus-Larisas
railway to them, which
Grecian dispatch say will be granted.
Premier Asquith, speaking in the
English commons, says this is no war
of aggression, but that it will be con
tinued until the central powers pay
for what he terms their cruelty and
inhumanity.
The food supplies of the American
Red Cross Commission operating in
Serbia are practically exhausted, and
it is stated that the commission's re
lief work will cease by the end of
November.
The French newspapers, speaking
of the raid of the German U-53, say
it is a challenge to the Americans to
"find out where they stand." They
say that Germany is convinced, too,
that the challenge will not be accepted
and has absolutely no fear of Ameri
can participation in the war.
In the Somme sector the French
have capture! the village of Bovent,
the north and west outskirts of Ab
laincourt and also the greater part of
the Chaulnes wood.
All attacks by the allies along the
Cerna river have been repulsed by
the Germans.
Kronstadt, in the southeastern part
of Transylvania, the leading indus
trial and commercial center, has fall
en into the hands of the Teutonic al
lies. The submarine arm of the imperial
German navy has ravaged shipping off
the eastern coast of the United States.
Four British, one Dutch and one Nor
wegian steamers were sent to the bot
tom or left crippled derelicts off Nan
tucket shoals. So far as known there
was no loss of life, though the crew of
the British steamer Kingston was not j
accounted for.
A submarine held up the American
steamer Kansas, bound from New York
for Genoa, with steel for the Italian j
government, but, later on establishing
her identity, allowed her to proceed.
The Kansas then made her usual call
at Boston harbor.
Domestic
An El Paso, Texas, dispatch says
that a storm, swooping down from
over the mountains of the west, play
ed havoc in the Georgia artillery camp
blowing down tents and drenching
everything and outside for the hour
or more that the storm raged. It waa
estimated that the wind reached a
velocity of at least fifty miles an hour.
The beheaded body of Alphonso Ma
gadan, three years old, who disap
peared from his home October 4 last,
was found on a city dump-pile in sight
of the boy's home.
Cotton is being picked as fast it
opens in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan
sas, Louisiana and Texas, and satis
factory progress is reported in North
Carolina and Oklahoma.
It is the concensus of opinion of
the experts that the 1916 cotton crop
is .practically picked, and is now on
its way to the ginneries.
The wheat crop for 1916 is estimat
ed at 609,557,000 bushels, a drop of
3,500,000 bushels from the amount
forecasted in September, 1916.
Corn production prospects, as a re
sult of favorable conditions during
September will probably be 2,717,932,
000 bushels.
Cotton picking n the South made
splendid progress during the last fort
night, due to the favorable weather.
In South Carolina ginning of cotton
is reported as far advanced, and the
warehouses are becoming congested;
The white potato crop is the small
est since 1911. The production will
probably be around 300,563,000 bush
els, a decrease of 17,929,000 bushels
from the September, 1916, estimate.
Tobacco prospects are that 1,203,
077,000 pounds, somewhat less than
the September, 1916, forecast, but at
any rate it is shown that the crop thia
year will be a record one-
ALLIES INSIST ON
SEARCHING MAILS
LATEST REPLY TO AMERICAN
PROTESTS REITERATES CLAIM
TO RIGHT.
U. S. DOES NOT ADMIT THIS
Promise to Remedy Any Faults,
Abuses of Serious Mistakes in Cen
sorship That May Be Brought to
Attention of Allied Governments.
Washington. In their last reply to
American protests against interfer
ences with neutral mails just made
public, by the State Department, the
Allied governments reiterate their
right to intercept and search all gen
uine mail found on neutral vessels
on the high seas or in allied ports but
they promise to remedy "any faults,
abuses or serious mistakes" in cen
sorship that may be brought to their
attention. They declare unjustified by
facts the American charge that illegal
juridustion has been gained by diver
sion of neutral ships from the high
seas into the territorial waters of the
Allies. The next move of the Ameri
can Government has not been deter
mined. The note, transmitted jointly by
the British and French governments
was delivered to the State Depart
ment by the embassies several days
ago has just been made public by
agreement of the governments con
cerned. It makes reply to Secretary
Lansing's memorandum of May 24 in
which the United States declared the
Allies' had been guilty of "lawless
practices" in their mail censorship
methods and that "only a radical
change, restoring to the United
States its full rights as a neutral pow
er will satisfy this government."
The Allies maintain they are "sin
cerely endeavoring to avoid any en
croachment on the legitimate exer
cise of the rights of inoffensive neu
tral commerce" and suggest that the
Hague convention quoted in the
American memorandum is not bind
ing because it has not been ratified
by several belligerent powers, though
the allied policy has been guided by
the intention it expresses.
The note is nearly. 5,000 words in
length. It argues that the United
States and the Allies agree that the
postal union convention does not ap
ply and that postal packages may be
examined to see if they contain con
traband. AMERICA ALWAYS READY TO
FIGHT FOR THINGS AMERICAN
Pennsylvania Democrats Hear Presi
dent Wilson at Shadow Lawn.
Long Branch, N. J. In a speech
before a large delegation of Penn
sylvania Democrats who came here
with bands playing and banners fly
ing, President Wilson declared that
while he is for peace, "America is al
ways ready to fight for things that
are American." He summed up his
idea of the issues of the present cam
paign in these words:
"America knows that it is faced
with this choice: Peace, the continu
ance of the development of business
along the lines which it has now es
tablished and developed and the
maintenance of well known progres
sive lines of action, on the one hand;
or, on the other ,a disturbance of
policy all along the line, new condi
tions, new adjustments, undefined al
terations of policy and back of it
all invisible government."
VOTE FOR HUGHES DOES NOT
MEAN A VOTE FOR WAR
Lincoln, Neb. Charles Evans
Hughes characterized as "preposter
ous" the declaration that a vote
for him meant a vote for war.
"I am a man of peace," Mr. Hughes
said in a Nebraska speech. "Who
wants war? I don't want war."
Correct policies, Mr. Hughes said,
would keep America out of war.
"That sort of thing we have been
having will not keep us out of war,"
he said. "It will embroil us in diffi
culty." In the six addresses which marked
the opening day of his presidential
campaign in Nebraska the Republi
can nominee discussed nearly all the
issues of the campaign. He charac
terized as "temporary and abnormal"
the present prosperity of the country
and urged support of the Republican
party so that a protective tariff might
be enacted to fortify American enter
prise in post bellum days against un
equal competition.
"The country was living," he said,
"on the stimulant" of the European
war and would not long have the stim
ulant. STEPHANO CAPTAIN SAYS SHIP
FIRED ON WITHOUT WARNING.
Washington. The Britis steamer
Stephano, sunk by the German sub
marine U-52 off the New England
coast, was fired on wiwthout warning,
her commander, Captain Smith, re
ported ir. an affidavit received by the
State Department. Captain Smith
declared three solid shots were used,
the first of which hit the Stephano's
bow. No evidence corroborating his
statement has been received by the
Department.
SI
FEAR SUBMARINES
EXERCISING CAUTION IN ALLOW
ING SHIPS TO LEAVE AT
LANTIC COAST.
BELIEVE U-53 IS RETURNING
Still Presumbaly In Position to Strike
Effective Blows at Enemy Vessels
on High Seas, While od Way to
Base at Helgc nd-
New York. Although thete was no
news to indicate that the German
submarine U-53 still was lurking in
the Atlantic Sea lanes and while
some shipping interests believed she
has headed for Helgoland, there was
evidence that the British Admiralty
will proceed with caution in allowing
British ships to depart from Atlantic
Coast ports.
There was a strong tendency in na
val circles to believe that the U-53 un
less that craft has received fresh fuel
supplies on this side of the Atlantic,
has hauled off shore and is headed
for her base at Helgoland. This be
lief is founded on the knowledge that
the cruising radius of the U-53 class
boats does not exceed 7,000 miles, or
just sufficient to permit making a
voyage out from Helgoland, via the
north of Scotland to Newport and re
turn. It is considered possible, how
ever, that sufficient extra fuel was
carried to permit of a couple of days
stay on the operating ground. By
every precedent in commerce de
stroying work, experts ' said, the U-53
might be expected to have abandoned
the Nantuket shoals locality after
Sunday. Merchant ships, it was
pointed out, would give the Nantucket
lightship a wide berth as soon as ap
praised of the presence of a sub
marine. One report that has not been veri
fied was to the effect that the U-53
took on board crude oil from the
Christian Knudsen before sinking that
craft. In the event that the U-53 has
I not been able to replenish her fuel
tanks, the view was expressed that
the logical course for her to take
would be to follow the line of the
Gulf stream to the "corner" as it is
known to navigators. The "corner"
is the turning point In the North At
lantic where traffic between the
United Kingdom and the United
States either heads up for the Eng
lish Channel or shapes away for var
ious ports on the American seaboard.
From New York to the "corner" is a
distance of about 1.060 miles and from
the "corner" to Helgoland via the
north coast of Scotland is a distance
of about 2,400 miles.
ALLLIES DEMAND GREEKS
TO SURRENDER FLEETS
Anglo-French Commander in Mediter
ranean Also Calls for Control of
Piraeus-Larissa Railway.
London. Vice-Admiral Dartige du
Fournet, commander of the Anglo
French fleet in the Mediterranean,
has presented an ultimatum to Greece
demanding that Greece ,hand over the
entire Greek fleet, except the armored
cruisr Averoff and the battleships
Lemnos and Kilkis, to the Entente Al
lies, according to Reuter's Athens cor
respondent. Demand also is made for
the control of the Piraeus-Larissa rail
way. "The minister of marine," the cor
respondent continues, "says vice ad
mral Fournet's demands will be com
plied with and that the fleet will be
handed over before the prescribed
time.
"The demands were made as a" pre
cautionary measure to ensure the
safety of the Allies' fleet."
It is explained that the dispatch
of artillery and ammuniton to the
interior, the movements of Greek
ships and the continued activity of
the reservist leagues have aroused
fears of a disturbance of ordeV at
points where the Allies' war vessels
are anchored and also endanger the
security of the Allied troops on the
Balkan front..
GERARD DENIES COMING
ON SUMBARINE MISSION
New York. James W. Gerard, Uni
ted States ambassador to Germany,
who returned hfere on his first vaca
tion in nearly three years, issued a
formal statement in which he denied
that his homecoming had been caused
by the need of warning the administra
tion at Washington of Germany's in
discrimiate submarine warfare against
neutral as well as hostile shipping
across the Atlantic.
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
ASKS $25,000 DAMAGES
Norfolk, Va. In the United States
District Court the Chesapeake Steam
ship Company, owners of the Bay liner
City of Norfolk, filed a libel suit
against the British steamship Hawk
head for alleged damages to the Nor
folk. The company alleges that the
Hawkhead illegally blocked the harbor,
had no lookout, or lights displayed and
gave no warning of her presence to
the Norfolk. Damages of $25,000 are
claimed. T
BRITISH
U. S. HAS FOUND NO
GROUND FOR ACTION
PRESIDENT WILSON AND SECRE
TARY LANSING CONSIDER
SUBMARINE ATTACKS.
PRESIDENT MAY SEND NOTE
Pointing Out to Germany the Inadvis
ability of Operating so Close to Ter
ritorial Waters of U. S. Interna
tional Law Was Not Violated.
Long Branch, N. J. President Wil
son and Secretary of State Lansing
discussed in detail at Shadow Lawn
German submarine attacks on mer
chantmen off the New England coast.
The conference lasted until late at
night.
It was indicated by officials that
facts so far collected through govern
mental agencies have disclosed no
grounds for drastic action by the Uni
ted States Government because of the
attacks themselves. No evidence has
been found that international law was
violated by the German submarine or
submarines. It was understood, how
ever, that the president and Secretary
Lansing discussed the wisdom of point
ing out to Germany the inadvieability
of operating her submarines in close
proximity to the territorial waters of
the United States.
Administration officials took the pos
sition tiaat the transferring of sub
marine warfare so close to America's
shores was fraught with grave danger
because of the possibility of mistakes
b eing made by submarine ' command
ers. Re;iorts that strong sentiment ex
ists in Germany for the resumption of
submarine warfare on a broader scale
caused some alarm among officials.
The announcement of Counselor
Polk of xhe state department in Wash
ington that the United States will re
fuse to accept the contention of the
Entente Allies that neutrals should
deny the use of the harbors to all
submarines, was discussed by the Pres
ident and the secretary of state.
In discussions of the submarine at
tacks officials here referred to diplo
matic correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain begin
ring in 1914 in which the American
government protested against the pa
trolling of the American coast outside
the three-mile limit by the warships.
GERARD, ON ARRIVAL FROM
BERLIN, SILENT AS TO PEACE
Ambassador Does Not Expect to See
Wilson for Several Days.
New York. James W. Gerard,
American ambassador to Germany,
upon arrival here declined either to
affirm cr deny published reports that
he was returning to the United States
on a peace mission on behalf of the
emperor of Germany.
Mr. Gerard's attention was called
to a story which appeared in The New
York World to the effect that his er
rand was to inform the administration
that a renewal of submarine activity
is being considered by Germany In a
manner which might threaten German
American relations. Mr. Gerard, after
quickly glancing through this story,
said:
"You don't see me quoted anywhere
in it do you?" he said:
Mr. Gerard said he did not expect
to see President Wilson until after the
president's return from his trip this
week to Indianapolis.
DUTCH INDIGNANT OVER
SINKING OF "BLOOM ERSDJ IK."
Amsterdam, via London. The
Dutch press is highly indignant at the
sinking of the Holland-American Line
steamer Bloomersdjik.
"We ask with astonishment," says
the Nieus van Den Dag, "what rea
son the submarine commander could
have for torpedoing. a neutral vessel
with a neutral cargo for the neutral
population of Holland.. There was no
possibility of a mistake, for the com
mander of the submarine must have
been aware of the character of the
vessel anad for that illegal act Ger
many must be made to pay full com
pensation." MYSTERIOUS SUBMARINE IS
REPORTED OFF TYBEE BAR.
Savannah, Ga. The presence of a
submarine of undetermined national
ity off Tybee bar, below Savannah,
was reported to local custom house
officials and to the British consul
here, it was learned. Officials at
both the customs house and consu
late refused to say where their infor
mation came from, but stated that it
was entirely unofficial.
No American undersea boats are
known to be in these waters.
Several merchant ships of the En
tente Allied Nations are in port here,
and while officers of several of them
acknowledged that they were "slow
in loading" all declared reports of
submarine activities would not pre
vent their departure.
It was reported in marine circles
here that the Navy Yard at Charles
ton, S. C, had been advised by wire
less of the presence of a submarine
off Tybee Bar. Customs house offi
cials and those of the British Consu
late said their information was that
the submarine waa off the bar.
DAID WAS WORK OF
LONE SUBMARINE
KNOWN LIST OF VICTIMS IS SIX
THREE OTHERS REPORTED
SENT DOWN.
CREW OF ONE SHIP MISSING
Raider, Supposedly U-53, Disappears
and Leaves No Trace of Its Course
After Wholesale Raid Off Nantucket
Lighthouse.
Newport, R. I. The wholesale raid
on foreign shipping south of Nantuck
et Lightship was the work of one sub
marine, according to reports of Amer
ican naval officers. Rear Admiral
Albert Gleaves, cammanding the torpedo-boat
destroyer flotilla which did
such remarkable speedy rescue work,
said that the reports of all his officers
agreed that to the best of their obser
vation one raider only was concerned.
This boat presumably was the Ger
man U-53, which called at Newport.
Admiral Gleaves said he could easily
understand the positive statements of
the captain of the Nantucket lightship
and of sailors of the torpedoed ves
sels that more than one submarine
was concerned. The U-boat he said
was very fast and appeared to have
been handled cleverly. It was easy,
he pointed out, for her to disappear
on one side of a ship and then show
up unexpectedly at another spot.
Doubtless, he believed, she had sub
merged and reappeared often enough
to mislead any but a keen profes
sional observer and to create the im
pression that more than one sea ter
ror was operating.
This opinion would seem to be
borne out by the statements of many
of the refugees that the submarine
had more business on hand than she
could take care of at once and was
obliged to request one steamer to
wait her turn while another was be
ing put out of commission. Lieuten
ant Commander Miller of the destroy
er EricsBon, who witnessed the de
struction of the Stephano said he was
positive that only one submarine was
in the vicinity at the time.
The raiding has ceased, at least
for the moment.
The known list of the victims of the
U-boat's exploits remains at six, not
withstanding reports from the Nan
tucket Lightship that three other
ships, the identity of which could not
be learned, were sent to the bottom.
There also was a persistent rumor,
without verification that a British
cruiser one of the Allied patrol fleet
sent to the submarine zone, had been
attacked .
STEAMER ANTILLA STILL
BURNING IN HAMPTON ROADS.
Coast Guard Cutter and Tugs Bring
Ward Liner Into Port With Fire
Still Raging in Her Hold.
Norfolkk, Va Towing the still
burning steamer Antilla and the yacht
Paciflque the coast guard cutter On
ondaga and the naval tug Sonoma ar
rived in Hampton Roads and at last
reports were proceeding toward New
port News.
The fire in the freight hold of the
Antilla where there is a large quan
tity of sugar was practically under
control when the expedition passed
Cape Henry. The naval tug Sonoma
pumped water In the burning ship
during the entire yoyage of about 120
miles of the Virginia capes, where
the Antilla was picked up by the
Onondaga.
The fire was raging fiercely when
the Sonoma reached the scene, but
the powerful tug kept a steady stream
of water pouring Into her frieght hold
and practically had the fire under
control.
The Onondaga landed at Newport
News, Captain Blackadder, his 13-year-old
daughter andl his three
mates, the crew was taken to New
York by the Morro Cantle. Several
members of the crew had their feet
and hands burned while fighting the
flames but so far as learned no one
was injured seriously.
DANISH ISLANDERS
FAVOR SALE TO U. S.
St. Thomas, D. W. I. The sale of
the Danish West Indies by Denmark
to the United States wa.B unanimous
ly favored by acclamation at a meet
ing held here attended chiefly by
working men laborers and artisans.
This course was favored rather than
the institution of reforms under the
existing regime, the transfer being
held to be the only means of remedy
ing existing unsatisfactory conditions
on the island
EASTERN BATTLE FRONTS
HOLDING INTEREST ABROAD
London. On the battle fronts In
Europe, Transylvania and Macedonia
continue for the moment the centers
of greatest Interest. According to
Berlin, the Rumanians in Transyl
vania are retreating along the whole
line. The Teutonic Allies have re
captured the town of Toerzburg, 15
miles southwest of Kranstadt and
within seven miles of the Rumanian
border. In the Danube, the Germans
have occupied an island.
FARM LOAN BOARD
COMING OCT. 24TH
TO MAKE SOUTHERN TRIP THIS
MONTH INSTEAD OF AFTER
ELECTION.
ITINERARY IS ANNOUNCED
Board WIIZ Leave Washington Octo
ber 22 and Return on Morning of
November 3rd.
Washington. The Farm Loan
Board will go to Raleigh the 24th of
this month Instead of waiting until
after the election. The Southern itin
erary of the board has Just been an
nounced. The board will leave Washington
the evening of October 22 and will
hold the following hearings:
Richmond, October 23; Raleigh, Oc
tober 24; Columbia, October 25; Jack
sonville, October 26; Macon, October
27; Birmingham, October 28; New Or
leans, October 30; Jackson, October
31; Memphis, November L
The board will arrive in Washing
ton the morning of November 2.
U. D. C. Convention Ends.
Gastonia. The twentieth annual
convention of the North Carolina
division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy came to a close after
a pleasant three days' session.
A pretty incident brightened up
the routine election of officers when
nominations were made for president
during the ensuing year. No sooner
had Mrs. Duffy named for the high
honor Mrs. Thomas Lee Craig of
Gastonia, than Mrs. Craig, with fine
sense of the proprieties, asked that
her name be withdrawn- in favor of
Mrs. Jacksie Daniel Thrash of Tar
bora, who having been nominated by
Mrs. Herbert McCullers, of Clayton,
was elected by acclamation. Mrs.
Craig stated that as one of the hist
esses of the convention, she could not
consent to the use of her name.
A vote of thanks was directed to
be sent to R. H. Ricks in recognition
of the monument being erected by
him to the memory of his comrades
in Nash County, also for his gift of
$25,000 for research work concerning
Confederate history in North Caro
lina. A feature of the "Historical Even
ing" was the presentation of a gold
watch to Miss Mildred Lewis Ruther
ford, of Athens, Ga., historian general
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy. The exercises were con
ducted by Miss Georgia Hicks, state
historian. The address of the even
ing was by Miss Rutherford, her sub
ject having been "The South of Yes
terday." Miss Rutherford kept all
' those present deeply impressed
throughout, and stirred them to many
moments of enthusiasm. Referring
at the close .to some of the disting
uished men of the south she singled
out finally Woodrow Wilson, "Who
knew no North, no South, no East, no
West, but was standing unequivocally
for the right giving fairness to all."
This outburst captured her hearers.
Milk Poisons Score of People.
Hickory. A score or more of per
sons were made sick, several serious
ly, in West Hickory, by drink milk,
physicians announced. Six members
of the family of John Little were
made ill, and the members of at least
half a dozen other families were re
ported affected. One young man, who
had drunk some of the milk, went
'possum hunting, grew sick and had
to be hauled home in a wagon. It is
believed that the fluid, which caused
the trorfble, had been allowed to re
main in tin containers too long before
being emptied.
Col. Henderson Dies at Salisbury.
Salisbury. Former Congressman
John S. Henderson, died at home here
at the age of 71 years following two
weeks illness and a general break
down. Besides serving 10 years in
Congress Col. Henderson, who was a
Confederate, had frequently represent
el his county in the legislature.
Buncombe Beels Slighted.
Asheville. Buncombe county feels
slighted. When the federal relief
fund for the restoration of roads in
the stricken district was distributed
to Buncombe, although this county
suffered as heavy road losses in the
flood as any county in the west. Bun
combe wants a share of the federal
aid, but not for the Buncombe county
roads. What Buncombe seeks is to
have her share of the funds appro
priated for the opening of the high
way through Hickory Nut Gap.
Many Attend Barringer Reunion.
Newton. More than 500 relatives
gathered at the noted Noah Barringer
farm east of Newton to celebrate the
eightieth annivrsary of Mrs. Eliza Bar
ringer. The late Mr. Barringer had
aearly a score of children and they
with the grand-children, great-grandchildren
and relatives by marriage,
constitute what is perhaps the largest
family conection in Catawba county.
Nearly everybody present at the big
diner was akin to the Barringer.
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