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THE "PUBLIC , ; GO Oil ; OUR xCIEFi gTXTD
VOLUME i.
CHAPEL HILL, OkANGE COUNTY
NOV1 9
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INCIDENTS OF THE FOREST FIRE
. , . A f ' ' kt ii- di to. the man, and the
was a lung iciiu nuiu iicmc ' J pack
wnois now exploring itne DiacKen
water on that woman,
or she'll burn to death" he cried
man shouted
excitedly: "Where'U I get
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EDUCATION DAY;
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Great State Fair A Progress-1 VJRock of ages, cleft
ROCE OF AGES;
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t for me I
ed waste that mdrks the great fire
in the West. The letter is written
from Duliith. Minnesota, and from
it we make a few .extracts to show
how horrible it was in its destruc
tion. She says: ; ,
One strange thing about the fire,
which the people have rightly nam
ed a "cyclone of heir is that peo
ple died in the act of moving, and
in those positions were burned to a
crisp.'" ; - . 1 4 . -
. One man was found standing
upright in a
lifted in the act of stepping out
when death caught him. In' the
siame position-he remained, justlike
a statue.. ! I .
Almost everybody, however, was
found shielding " their eves.- But
ive Programme by Prominent; Edn- Let me hide myself in' ''th6e!"
cators and Friends or rnbliCi jlQu J ;pIJ Jn. uljt-...
cation.
The comipittee a
Sang the lady soft ndIow,
u Of her voice so sweet and
clear.
iclriaH if f x.Jvuuna i eacners Asseramv 10, auaauxc t , i j . 7 r , ; v A
asKeu " so i . . , i ,, . .tu, -J ? I DrtUmAn u Lur it u . 7 .
iwoc upvu iuc evening an i 7.
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the water?
I Another rushed ; into Hinckley
dreadfully excited and.
and so J rnegtioning his
was dead. They told him
so rar tney naa not neara so. "oome risauesaanuctf4 p3, ana it is proposea oy Let e hidfi Jithfee!"-
1 A 1-3 t j: J J f I ' J , I f Fife Antntniuk vnrl-n .4- Wfl- mfaracfmn I : i . r l -t
one toia me i was aeaa . ne cneu; i "r miwwfi"i6 . .7 . , f ;
rt areaf -.relief. -'and I knew it was conaye to gooa reeui m tnq ; m. r i wie ng,; ay qi?aiic,iiaui -. j
i i i te of popular eduction. ;
The body of a woman was
n Hincklev ' crouchins over: her I Chairman: Prof.
hrPP rhiiHrpn c 'unit'M chpi. MirCoiicge:.Dri iJ. w. Grawfom; dfiTrinK Wary with4heiediQus,da
till W m V 111 V . l. 4iV14 W I 1 AW f . w " . - - . . - . , . .4
ter her brood. They were all burn- ?"'.l:rc?i.dc5,,cr5 of m.d Sang to while the.hourS amy:, -
found .A. Aldcman, of the State University eP
Dl H. HiU. of the A. and, .vw. pvm e.u
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lad
ed to a crisp, and men weptias they I Jlkin
guuer, w in nib iuui - . vj:--, ui . -j "IT r1"1! "vuu '1 LetmeWde myse
in irii i i in ii ii in ii u iixrv r.--i jt-i rnAiiKWlK. ts.at . iiffHu,i.i i . .
I A. mart and a woman
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b
mrhed
to a crisp with
clasped tightly around
were
their
6eii'
foi
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arms
each other,.
sentinel Eioji Collegq, , and Prof. E. p.. Where the trembling tarlight fells
e duf ionjof dese feab
fv- jZLxi'.tj--ii-: ill w. He re lue 1 1 eh is an asu au o w s 'nicei-
luuon; ii I -.1 .-7. -7" ', i : J r
be heiiihThere th,erIady wQice iwas. iheard.
Fu.,cu tuc.u aai iau ui miciu 'the adoption of thq following resoli
in separate b6xes,;when they found 1 iXhat an educational conference
the fire twisted bodiesjas it twisted -- v- y. r lXZ 13? 'rif .
iron, and thecorpses Were ghastly
sights' to see. Everybody that was
not burned to afi absolute crisp was
The
Go Ahead!
business men of the
burst open by the heat, j .
Mr. Blanchard, . whose wife and
three children Were burned would
not believe the blackened -corpses
were his family, despite the ring on
his wife's hand and the trinkets on
iii i iiiiinrii i ir i iiuili iiui ai u i . .
. . are out 'ot the way, ana I every man
wopia noi D.eVe u wu i. -.. uy , has a chance to ahead with or
ana still, me ouir uuy, wiien nuiu
babe that they had sought In vain 'first day of the Sate Fair. Por the pur-J With that,music.rloa'ting,ffee;1
k ilJ; r.' -'cli,ii I Pose of suggesting! ineans for intteasing f iipii 'Af ' :A ie 'V .'
the public school fund in Norh Carolina. p j j , ; . :ti . .
preside at the conference
The following programme was fornix prina fnrth mnVnftta fio-htll.1 " '
United J:iat!' ..'
OinefiarJajidi
n. "I tried
thought the
j found Mr. Blanchard's marriage
certificate, near where; the bodies
wexe' he broke down !a'nd cried at
the sight of it. s i ;
I saw the potatopatch today;
where the people of JVJission Creek
lay on jtheir faces and .were saved.
Not one human life in ihe little col
ony was lost The potato patch
1 saved them all. All the people lay
flat on the earth, witfi their faces
buried7.exCept one ma!
to look'he said. "I
world was coming to an end, and I
tried to see it. I saw only night,
blackness, with frightful balls of
fire, and I; looked until - I fainted.
We had domestic animals jn ' the
patch with ;us. They were all
"saved, and while we. lay there deer
came out of the woods and huddled
there with us, as tam as our (cows.
When the fire was over they ran
away. : : , j.-; ,
Funny things, .top,:i. happened
- there in the face of that awful death
One man told me he was in a pond
with a lot of people'. He wasj pour
ing water; over the heads of , the
iwomen to keep them from burning.
He saw one .woman's j hair jcatch
fire. Behind her stood a man up
the water.
:vi.-iVHi.i i-r-
Oll the sandl
Sorrow wrung.
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sne sung:
"Koclc orAges; cjettme,
without intelligent effort, - The ; How The States Have Built up their Let me hide myself in thee!"
farmer has to plant ; arid cultivate Public School Syetemsl" Prof. ;-E.' Pi I
and so! must the merchant and Moses, Raieign. ;,; v . s. ; ; i
' U.,U.,, "i ;o ,oil,oo 7 "The Progress ,of Iocal Taxation in the I
On the marble' steps she knelt
Progress ,of local Taxation in the Andf her SOU 1 that' instafrt fett-1: 1
.Prof- L- f- Hobbs! of Guilford Mercy's.healingf tpuchiasrthenevu -
The 'most! I ifoecJ( ibiaiation lo'Proid for iorLii PPedfeerslips ijptajejjl-
everwherel I schopisJ'i HonJno:C. Scarborough, Supt. i 1 0X , j
have meritorious goods sunless you; n '
let tne puDiic Know it.
successful business men
are those who realize the great fact! of Public ijastctn, and Hon: Walter Smiled upon her lonely, lot-
that the1 Press gives them access to Clark, of the Supreme Court. . 'Heard her as she murmured oft,.
the minds' of
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tne rress mosxor me great rortunes !witha limit of five minutes for each speak
made in business yould. nave been er. I I I V I J v . v---,
7- The following resolution wbs adpoted: . .
: . Resolved, That all f Educational Institu
tions ,that:may find it practicable to do so,
be requested to make Tuesday, Oct., . 23d,
; gives xnem access 10 TV- , -,r :"w,'r "w-."
the DeoDle- without . General discussion wiU, follow the ad- 'With an. accent sweetand'softr '
tn" PeP Wltnoui .g l - 0Q subjects named: iD.. rtf A . -
it of the great fortunes iuUirJii r Rock of Agesv cleft fbr me-
-Let me hide myself; in thee if
impossible; "that why, n said one
of our most successful merchants,
"I am always glad to see, an. ad
vertising agent. I f may not be
open to do' business With him at the at the State Fair in abody.
time, but I always learn' something
that helps me work intelligently
Little knew the lady fair;
As she! sang so. sweetly therei -
a holiday, and attend "Educational Day" ThtVOice, hadirfiachedfaiSOUlj
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WIlcll 1 alii icauyi ,iu auvci use,
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Advertising' is the seed of business.
Every j business man should : pro
vide enough' seed from!, which to
raise his crop, and now,, when, the
business interests of the country
have got a chance to go ahead,, is
the time to plant it.--American Art
Journal. . 1
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Which" had lived in sin's control! .
Does ' fusion fuse? Not much,. Little knew, when.she was done.
bne'main''; prominent-in. third v party;' That a lost and errijig one) :y:
councils of Gaston county remark- 'Heardlier as she breathed that strain
ed that he wanted no Republican 'Andvretumed to-tob'd agairr! 3lV '
tusion in ms;;wnen;.iiis.part-wisiJ
ed to abandon its principles,1 he was -Journal.
gom to, ruse pacK witn nis-uerno-
. uiciiuo 111, wnuiunc iwu Luii- i9,xDpyotw wer eiri,BrCpkxnrfd2e.s
fidence. Andi this man - is a fair district, . the largest ever polled. ' j
of every honest ; Democrat
type
The first snow, of the season hai come. a.t
who has been -misled by the new Omaha,- Nebrasfck, 'l :? '
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to his shoulders in
Man's mind 'to him a kingdom is,
while a woman's heart is that to he. i
A man's yesterdays should be his proud
est moment.
concern. Gastonia Gazette. '
Pat O Leary whose cow
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Powers throwing the blame of the war
upon Japan. ' .
lamp that caused the great. Chicago .fireof
1871 died Saturday. 1 i
kicked over the
States Haveiiad aTonMrdfimef a,' 7? 7?'
m lwhich effort brought little ; re H ?T!Lii - - ; ki wn u.nno.uih 1; 7:
hall of the House of Commons at 7:0 o'KI Had hpn wnprkprl! in,an anrlrlfp-
i.wn uiv r " i , j I cjiock: p. m., ior uie uiscussiou ox uie great i Qne of Iwhom irv
r.!:, QrZl Wrote the Master
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uuw,iruu . t North Carolina." Prof: A. Alderman 'Heard the lady as
cess, however, cannot be attained tt;1 i.riJ l; uij
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