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- : - . V. s AN INDEPENDENT DEMOCRA TIC NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE EXPOUNDING OF SOUND DOCTORINE IN BEHALF OF GOOD GOVERMENT .. . 11,1 I II I .1 , .. . .. . . ., ... '.,. - " i i - - .. ' ' ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR M98.TE0PLE mm Torpedoed Without faming Sand Within fifteen Minutes Two Torpedoes Sent Crashing Into Side of Vessel Steamer Was Ten Miles Off Coast of Ireland Was on Last Leg of Her Journey to Liverpool When Struck by the Torpedoes. It Is Believed That All The Survivors Have Been Brought Ashore And There Is Small Hope Of Any More Being r Alive London, May 7. The Canard liner Lusitania, wnich sailed out of New York last Saturday with more than 2,000 persons aboard, lies at the bottom of the ocean off the Irish coast. She was sunk by a German submarine, which sent two torpedoes crashing into her side while the passengers were at lunch eon. How many of the Lusitania's pas sengers and crew were rescued can not be told, but the official state ments from the British Admiralty up to midnight accounted for not more than five hundred or six hund red. . A ship's steward, who landed with others at Queenstown, gave it as his opinion that 900 persons were l.iSt. ; There were dead and wounded among those brought ashore; some since have deirJL But not a name of rescued or lost, or dead or injur ed, has been listed officially. The Lusitanifi was steaming along about 10 miles ijpf Old Head Kinsale on the last leg;of her voyage to Liverpool whenSabout -2 o'clock in the afternoon a submarine suddenly appeared and sib far as all reports go, tired two torpedoes without warning at the steamer. One struck her near the bows and the other in die engine roomS, The powerful Agents of destruc tion tore ihroug? the vessel's side- ausing terrific explosions. Al. most 1 mediately; great volumes of water poured through the openings and the Lusitania listed. Boats which ufrere ah eady swung out on the davits were dropped overboard and were speedily filled with passengers Jwho had been ap palled by the desperate attack, A wireless call tor eli was sent out. and immediately fescue boats of all Form and Elbert Hubbard and kinds were sent both Lorn the;.. ., , . of rharles iieighburing points along the coast and Queenstown. With 1 11 15 minutes, as one surviv es' estimated, and certainly within ; j't an hour, tire Lusitania had 'oappeai ed. Wiurr Great Britain's fastest merchant vessel went 'o vn Old Head Kinsale is a landmark that br. uht to joy. many travelers as lC always has stod as the sign ''um shore that lite per. is of t lie voyage across the . Atlantic were at an end. '1 lie li ne whose loast that it has is never ios t a passenger in the Atlan- at tic servn e has lost the ship that dodged the lurkingenemy. off Nan tucket Light the day after war was n.lared and later startled the u"r'd bv living ! the-Stars-and- upts. ' i 1 lie British Admiralty is discou ring the publication of surmises and guesses regarding the dead and l i uied. Even before details are k; lowii the British gress isasking 'torially what wrjl the United.- -'ates say to this event and how. -he hold Germany tohe 'strict d'-cjuntability' mentiqned in pre. v"jus diplomatic correspondence. he office of th 2unardLin P NH iisitaia wa closed shortly after 11 o'clock to night and officers of the company stated there would be no furthur information coming from the line until the offices opened tomorrow. Late messages received tonight from the Cunard Line offices in Liverpool indicated that no definite information would be forthcoming tonight as the officers were giving all attention to the persons saved from the ship. Among the last messages receiv ed were several stating that indivi dauls were saved. In these messa ges were the names of George Kess ler, a New York wine agent; Miss Jessie Taft Smith, Braceville. Ohio Mrs. H. B. Lasseter, wife of Gen. H. B. Lasseter, and their son, P. Lasseter of London. Mrs. Lasse ter and her son were bookod from Sydney, Australia. New York, May 8. The latest estimate of lives lost as a result ot -the torpedoing of the Cnnarttfife Lusitania by a German submarine off the Irish coast yesterday is 1,198. J 's believed that almost all, if not all, the suvivors, have been brought ashore and there is little hope of recovering any othei passengers alive. Of the dead many are 'women. Xhe stories from Queenstown des cribe the bringing of the bodies ot a great number of women, many of tnem still unidentified.- The Queenstown docks are temporary resting piaces also for the bodies of several children. One dead moth er still clasping in her rigid arms the body of her 3 months-old baby. When the Lusitania left New York May 1 s her had cn board 1, 901 souls, 1,251 passengers and 650 crew. The passengers were made up of 291 in the first cabin 599 in the second and 361 in the steerage. The list of survivors shows, so far that about 90 first class and 75 sec ond class passengers were saved. The first cabin passengers . were at lunch when the unheralded German attack sent the liner to the bottom, it is noticeable that comparatively few first class passengers were sav ed. Among the well known Ameri cans whose bodies have not been recovered and who consequeently are believed to have perished are Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Charles lfn thp nlMV wrier lit" Timtin N. Frohman, of New York, theatrical producei already has been recover ed and brought ashore at Queens town. The hospitals of Queens sown are filled with the injured among the survivors and the mor gues with the dead. CIVIL WAR HORSE STILL SUR VIVES. -The oldest horse that served the countrv'in the Warof the Rebellion still alive, at the age of 53 years, Horseheads, N. Y. it is owned , by f. A. Mcintosn wno is -.11 so a; veteran of the same war. 1 o prove his assertion Mr. Mcintosh shows the government brand on the am-i mal's hip, which reads "L C. 1865." Horse and man served in the same , regiment. Although bent with age, his hair turning gray and his teeth becoming worn,- the old warhorsej is 6till able. to eat 12 quarts of oats and take his master to town several times' each week. It is estimated that the anhnaljs afe- least 53 years old. Farmers say the average life of a horse is about 15 years.- 4 I Subscribe ior the.Ti'mes-News. UN A NICKEL FOR THE LORD. i He wore a rose on his coat, but when the plate was passed gave a nickel to the Lord. He had several bills in his pocket and sundry silver Change, but hunted about and found this poor nickel and placed it on the plate to aid the church militant in its fight against the world, the flesh and the devil. His silk hat was on the seat; his gloves and cane wese l beside it, and the nickel was on the plate, a whole nickel. On Saturday he met a friend; the cash register recorded $1.35, and he handed the boy a dime. A nickel to the Lord and a dime to the wait er! He had his shoes polished and haned the Greek a dime with out a murmer He had a shave and paid his check of fifteen cents and "tipped" the barber a dime. He took a Dox ot candy to his wife, state jn a boxv And from Greens paid 40 cents for it, and tied it with boro to the mountains, he said, he a dainty ribbon and gave a nickel to the Lord. J Who is the Lord? This man worships him as the creator of the universe, the one who put the stars in order and by whose immutable decree the heav- ens stand -and he dropped a nickel on the plate to support His church the Church Militant which rep-, rceuii, on earm trie cnuicn in- umphant. The -Lord being gracious and slow to anger and remembering his "frame" did not slay this man for his meanness but gave him his daily bread. But the nickel was-ashamed, if the man was not, for it slunk be- .1.1 . I I leatn me quarter wnicii was given . living. The Toronto Star. The only thing that makes a man more indignant than to have a wo man express her opinion of him when she has caught him doing is merely softening the statement something foolish is to have her j that she considers her an eighteeu smile and keep it to herself. carat fool. IF WE'JlV TRY By Herbert If we'd try a little harder Tn our labors of today, Oh, how the fleeting moments Would quickly pass away, Ah, how the little sunbeams Would dane around us gay, If we'd try a little harder In our labors -of today. If we'd trv a little harder In our labors of today, Oh how sweet the satisfaction As we go along the way; Ah how the present worries Would quickly pass away, If we'd try a little harder In our labors of today. So let's try a little harder " In our labors of today, And see the trials and troubles Quickly pass away; For he who tries the' hardest And does his very best Surely, celestial benedictions On him gently rest. ' r 'JCl V'r--'. Candidate For the Guberna torial Nomination Says He Has Large Percentage of the Vote Solid For Him Kinstori, Mly 9. ''And you're going to be the next governor of North Carolina?" In repley to ghat question Attor-ney.-General Taos. V. Bickettwho spent yesterday here, related story. J i "A young lkdy went before a. priest. I hav ? sinned, father she said. Inquirex of as to the nature of her iniquity, she bowed her head 'I have permitted a man to kiss me,' she stated) The reverend per son vouchsafedfvthat that was not so grievous an offejnse; but 'How many times were you kissed? Her an swer was, 'I came to confess, father not to boast.' Mr. Bickett then stated in all sin cerity that he flow has 83 )A. per cent of the Dertiocratic vote in the nas jt "a)i" tiecjaip good and fast I Mr Rii-keit. inswerrd the nine Mr Bickett Answered the much- mooted question about when he WOuld retire from his present off ce direct! v to the tioint : "I don't ex pect to quit until my term expires." j , Mr. Bickett gad heard nothing about the nameiof N. J. Rouse of Kinston being! mentioned as his pOSSible successor. Although he na 1 met Mr. Rduse several tunes ot 1 i late, the latei jiad not intimated: his candidacy. He was informed j that not until Ffiday did the Kins j ton man himselfjhave any idea that j hjs friends werelusing his name in connection witl&the office which 1 wjU be vacant 'sifter Mr. Bicketi's I . : , , I term is up. Herald he had heard groomed, but had not given the matter any considerable attention. When a woman speaks of another as a "nice, sweet little thinir" she B. Utley. NEGRO ATTACKS GIRL IN GUILFORD COUNTY Miss Alma Smith, Aged, 16, Knocked Down by Negro Intruder in Home. Greensboro, May 10. A tele phone message received in the city from Pleasant Garden last night told of an attack on Miss Alma Smith, the 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, who live near there, last night between sundown and dark. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were away from home vis iting at the home of John Wbodburn, a neighbor, and during their absence an unknown negro entered their home. He was search ing a trunk when Miss Smith enter ed the house and found him. She says that when he saw her he threatened her life if she made an outcry. She screamed and he struck her, knocking her to the floor. He then made his escape and at last accounts had not been captured, although a posse of citi zens, under the direction of Deputy Sheriff Ross, was scouring the sur rouning neighborhood for him. It was thought, however, that the man had been located. According to the account receiv ed here, Miss Smith was left at ho 1 e with two small brothers while her parents went out. All three were out of the house evidently, when the negro entered it. Shortly after sundown Miss Smith went into the house alone, the brothers being at the spring at the time. She was the only one who saw the intruder and her description of him was rather meager, owing to the fact that she was greatly excited. She was ablj to say that he was small; that he wore a mall cap and loose coat, without a vest; and that lie was..vexy. dark tu color. , The citizens of the vicinity are greatly excited over the occurrence and every effort will be made to capture the negro. A large num ber of men are operating under Deputy Sheriff in an attempt to find him. CHATHAM COUNTY MAN CUT TO PIECES BY SAW Mr Worthy Johnson, Sawyer, Accidentally Killed By Saw Near Pittsboro. Pittsboro, May 7. At the saw mill of Mike Harris, five miles south of here Wednesday morning about g o'clock, Worthy Johnson, sawyer, was accidentally killed The young man, while fixing the guides to the large saw removed a plank that was used to prevent pieces of bark and trish from ac cumulating around the saw, uncon sciously laid the plank on the lever that operates the log carriage this putting the carriage into motion and before it was noticed by any. one, the carriage was upon the young man and forces him on the saw, cutting off his right arm up close to the shoulder and both legs just below the waist. Six of his fellow-workman looked on helpless ly. He died almost instantly. The coroner was at once notified, but an inquest was deemed unnec essary. It is said that about a week or ten daysago Johnson came near being killed in the sarne man ner and was saved by the log turn er who stopped the carriage. J. Kelly Wright, lecturer for the state board of agriculture, Missouri was at Lancaster in that state last week inspecting the elephant farm of William P. Hall, (Diamond Bill. ) Although no. generally known, Hall has the only elephant market on this continent, and since the war, the largest in either Europe or America Hecontrols the elephant trade of this hemisphere. Caroline Klink, only 17, of a rc speictable family, of Brooklyn, N. Y., collected $2,575 in 30 day from friends for whom she promised 10 get jobs in the customs serv c Her own father paid $50. She had no means of making gocd and s! e is now doing 30 days at Blacku.ell'5 Island. Some women are borp with" an understanding "of men,' some1 ac Squire Jt and ; some just - shut their eyes and I live happily ; : with their" husbands, v i" - V -. , FOR THE FOURTH TIME Judge Sets June 22 as Date For Execution of Atlanta Man He Reiterates In nocence Faces Court and Delivers Prepar ed Statement. A'lanta, Ga., May 10. Leo M. Frank today was resentenced for the murder o( Mary PhaRan, a fac tor girl. His execution wadset for Tuesday June 22nd, by Judge HiU, in the Lull OI1 I OllrlV Slllirni.r Court. When asked by the court if lie had anything to say why judgement should not be pronounced upon him Frank delivered a prepared state ment, but not once did he refer to the text. He stood ere f, with head thrown bac k, and r.l( h won! uas spoken clearly anl distinctly. His statement follow "Again I stand before ) on. Ajjain I can but reiterate that I am inno cent of the inuider of Mary Phdan I have absolutely no guilty know ledge of that t r a g t o ( urrence ''Iain innocent of the 'hair, and I assert that the iccoid of ti.r evidence coin lusively proves this No apjjclrate tribunal hav evei passed upon this evidence. The only judge who has ever heard it. stated thai he had the most venous doubts as to my guilt "My exec ution will not avenge Mary Phagan's death A life will have been taken lor a life, but the real culprit will not have paid ihe penalty. I will sull. 1 for auothn's crime. "My fust is in God, who knows that my pi 01 est.it ions of nmiMence are the truth. At s..mr fuiute Ute lite whole mortal woild will leabe tt.- V it4ii4S luuipleiigc 1 lut Gd kiionis it now and that the world will know it some day that inspire me as I stand before youi Honor and as I face the future "Anything else I might sy at this tunc would be but an c lahora tion of my words to the- c oiirt Vet I am fully alive to the fa t that my position is most precarious It is a situation which is far iemoed fioin anything that my hie and mr-nt.il altitude could have bespoken It is h (Icons, but, .it the same time so unie.il, so 1 nc ougr uou "It is fundamental in human life to want to live. I ins d vnr to r -iSt 1 ingrained 111 all of us n is the basii molality of all who live I o t hose who have the pi ope r deals ol living, lib- without honor is in sufferable. This is the message of theology and ethic s. "In the light of the whole truth I know - and the- Klmihty knows that the morality of my position in this case is unassailable I hi be ing so, my complete evoiieration of this terrible haige lie s in the fu ture. When that day ariives I shall be vindicated and if I am alive, I will be enabled to enjoy freedom and honor. "Therefore, 1 want to live. " The full truth and all of ihr tacts in the case, when they come to light, a-, some day they will, will prove to the world that my asser tion of innocence is the truth. "The legal arena is closed to me The bar is placed forever against further legal process. Yet th is sue of guilt or innocence ha In en before but one court, that in wh h the jury sat. All subvcpitui ap peals were made upon alleged legal and jundic errors, not upon ihe facts or the evidence. Since the jury heard the case, no court of in quiry or review ha vfted the evi dence. No decision of any appeal court undertook to predicate an opinion on the record of the testi mony and evidence. The doubt of the rial judge as to my guilt still remains " Mrs. Frank sat beside her hus band, and when the verdict was pronounced he bowed her head and wept. After entrnce wa passed, Frank was hurt it d bac k to his cell in the tower. A large crowd attended the court session and many gathered outside. Good order prevailed. Frank's application for commuta tion of sentence is with the privon commission, but no date for a hear ing; 011 it has been fixed. Some people eem to think you should pay rent for the place you occupy in their thoughts. f - u 12
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