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Meroism.
Noble Act of Two Sealon- In &
Winter Storm on Inland Sets
rj HERE died lU o..av Juy L
v 1 1 Grand Jlaven a uiuu ipourneu
by nil, n-bj luid shown by
oue incident lu'Uls life. If by
no other, tbat be was tbe bravest of
the brave, a man who willingly risked
bis life io the face of the gravest
peril to help his fellow man. His name
was Dan F. Milhr. and for year be
had been captain of craft that plied in
the great lakes.
; Novv 15, 1880, was one of those peace
ful daya not unusual at that season In
HO JAWS, WAS BUFFKTKD BT OIAXT
WAVES.
the lake region. But many times they
prove the " forerunners of , autumnal
gales of unusual violence. Late in the
afternoon , the small schooner Driver
left Chicago Captain Dan V. Miller In
command. The captain's brother, Dave
Miller, was first mate, and In the crew
were one Pat Daily, a square rigged,
middle aged sailorman,' and, a boy
named Wilson. , f ' ' " '
" " There was a gentle southwest breeze
After leaving Chicago, and captain and
crew Were certala of making Grand
' Haven harbor, early the next forenoon.
The course from Chicago led diago- j
. nally across Lake Michigan, due north
east Captain Miller went below early,
leaving his brother at the wheel At
10 o'clock the latter noticed that the
wind was changing and was then about
due west and Increasing in force.. At
midnight it was in the northeast and
blowing a gale. ' V
Early the next morning Captain Mil
ler saw that It was useless to try to
make Grand Haven and put about to
run before, the gale. He estimated
' that within three hours the storm
would have spent its force,' and he
would be able to make the run to
Grand Haven without fear. During
; all this time not another vessel had
been sighted, but at noon Pat Dally,
who was at the wheel, sighted a big
steamer five miles away, and a little
north of the schooner's course. In the
. uncertain light he could tell little of
the vessel, but hastily picking up the
schooner's glasses he saw a flag of dis
tress displayed from the short fore
mast. Dally informed Captain Miller
and the rest of the crew.
Despite the fact that the gale had not
diminished,. Captain Miller had the
Driver again put about at the imminent
risk of being swamped by the moun
tainous seas. After an hour of working
Into the gale and when about a third of
a mile from the disabled steamer,. Cap
tain Miller cried out:
"My God, men, that steamer is the H.
C. Akeley of Grand Haven! Must we
He here and see our townspeople drown
ed Lke rats before our eyes without giv
irs a helping hand?"
Over the racing sens which separated
tie h Unsr Akeley nM the V.'.'.'e schoon
er the crew of ti e ! ' r Isr s could be
seen 1 .: I : I on t' a 1 rJ e' !e cf the
forward est in. It vi h j : i to t j seen
tLat tl,e
tbe st-ai:
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Akeley will be gone. Are we going to
lie here and see this happen without
doing something It's life of death, of
course, but I will take the Driver's yawl
with the man of you who will go with
me and take the chance of saving some
of those poor fellows."
Without a second's hesitation Dave
Miller stepped forward, but Pat Dally
was before him, and, pushing Dave
aside, said ifyy.i; '';.y:y:
"One man In a family M enough in
this buslness.,,.C':::4.l',;;ft iy.::''s:
The Driver's yawl was hastily low
ered. Miller and Dally pulled, away
from the schooner when the first opr
portunlty came between the big seas.
There were no sentimental handshak
ings or farewells said, ; but the two
men Jef t on the Driver never expected
to see' their comrades again.;' Tbey
watched with anxiety the long and
dangerous Journey their shipmates
Were taking. Often the yawl and its
human occupants were lost to sight be
tween the giant waves, only to come in
view again on the top of some great
breaker. ' Miller and , Dally were toot
particularly; good oarsmen, : but they
exhibited rare judgment on this occa
sion, and twenty minutes later, every
minute of which they thought would
be their last, they reached the Akeley's
side and made fast to the lee aide of
that rapidly sinking ship. :,v " '
The crew of the Akeley had watched
the Journey of the two life savers with
the breathlessness of dying men. Cap
tain Stretch of the steamer refused to
leave bis boat, and" five of bis crew de
cided to remain ; with ,him.: .: Between
the chances of drowning from the lit
tle yawl or going down with the Ake
ley they preferred to chance It with the
latter, hoping against hope that some
large steamer would come along and
give them aid. There was no time to
lose. Captain Miller secured long
pole with which to steer the yawl and,
with Daly and eight of the Akeley's
crew, again put out across the angry
waters for the Driver.
v Of this Journey little can be said,
Miller stated afterward that nothing
but Providence kept the small and
overloaded yawl from swamping. How
they did ' It they did not know, but
finally the Driver was reached, and res
cued, and rescuers were pulled aboard.
Captain Miller wanted to turn about at
once and return for those still aboard
the Akeley, but in the exhausted con
dition of all jt was Impossible to think
of this for the time, and five minutes
later the Akeley's bow shot upward, a
terrible, cry of despair came across the
waters and sir brave men, Captain
Stretch among them; went down to
graves In the element which bad fur
nished them a livelihood and now was
to be their resting place for all time.
Shortly after the sinking of the Ake
ley the gale subsided, and the next
1 morning the Driver reached Grand Ha-
ven. r ,
Daily is still following the great
lakes, one of those homely, forgotten
heroes whom the people honor and as
soon forget '
Held Up the Prince
With Pitchfork
When Edward VII. of England waa
an undergraduate at Oxford university,
be had an adventure which led a news
paper at ' that time to describe the
"prince as a prisoner." It said that
"not very far from Oxford, at a place
called Steeple Barton, there was a farm
er named Hedges, a man of much in
dependence of character, commonly
known as "Lord Chief Justice Hedges.?
On one occasion the prince and his
friends were out with the South Oxford-
shire bounds;
but meeting
with indifferent
sport, they re
tU VT 1 I
solved on riding
home across
country. This
nJ' lj "
thev diri eaiion.
Ing over the
lands of Farmer
Hedges and
presently riding
into his farm
yard. There they
were confronted
by the farmer
himself, armed
with a fork. lie
elowd the p'.'.-s
and informed
tLe party llaut
ly that they bad
been tre n sa
in g o n his
ground and
t-airj V.r.s on tis
t s:i ; wheat
f 1 that I?
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- . . , Tha Caadia Pear.
' No man has 'ever yet succeeded In
painting an honest portrait of himself
in an autobiography however . sedu
lously he may have set to work about
It In spite of his candid purpose he
omits necessary touches and adds su
perfluous ones. At times be cannot
help draping his thought and the least
shred of. drapery disguises It. It la
only the diarist who accomplishes the
feat of self portraiture, and he, without
any such end in view, doea it uncon
sciously. A man' cannot keep a daily
record of his comings and goings and
the little Items tbat make up the sum
of his Ufa and not Inadvertently, give
himself away at every turn. He lay
bar his heart with a candor not possi
ble to the self consciousness that In
evitably colors premeditated revelation.
Unknowingly he wears his heart upon
hia pen for daws to peck at While
Mr. Samuel Pepys was filling those
small octavo pages with his perplexing
cipher be never once Imagined that he
was adding a photographic portrait of
himself to the world's gallery of Im
mortals. We are more intimately ac
quainted with Mr. Samuel Pepys, the
inner man bis little meannesses and
his generosities than' we are with half
the persons we call our dear friends.-
T. B. Aldrlch in Atlantic. -
- . ' Pnnctaatloa. ,
In the earliest Latin inscriptions and
manuscripts no system of punctuation
is followed. The full point (.) , was
gradually introduced, being placed on
the level, middle or top of the letters.
In the minuscule manuscripts of the
eighth, ninth and following centuries
the period, on the line or high, was
first used; .then the comma and semi
colon and the1, inverted semicolon,
whose power was rather stronger than
that of the comma. Some say thut the
Caroline minuscules of the ninth cen
tury exhibit the note of interrogation,
for which the inverted semicolon,
which was gradually dropped, i may
have furnished the mark. The Greeks
use the semicolon as an interrogation
point In English the colon is said to
have been introduced about 1485, the
comma about 1501 and the semicolon
about 1570. In Sir Philip Sidney's "Ar
cadia" (1587) all the punctuation points
appear, including the note of Interro
gation, asterisk and parentheses.
. , laoorrlctble. . I
i jt u. j r rrf t. a.
it waa ueciueu mat air. wriii muni
administer a stern lecture to his four-
year-old daughter Florence. ' The little
girl had been naughty, but she did not
seem to appreciate the 'fact and Mr.
Wright reluctantly undertook a "scold-
Intr." , ' . . !: . -
He hated' to make the tender little
heart ache and to see the dear child cry.
but he forced himself to speak Judi
ciously r.nd severely. lie recounted her
misdeeds and explained the why. and
wherefore of his stern rebuke. Mrs.
Wright sat by, looking duly impressed.
' Finally Air. Wright paused for breath
and also to bear the small culprit ae-
anowieage ner error, i ne scolding was
never continued, . Florence - turned
face beamlm: with admiration to her
mother and said Innocently: .
"Isn't i-iua iteit,lns:?,,i
Bh
miit9iv intiT!it
fCO-BDOCATIOKaUl
KINSTOXIBUSIinCSS.COLLlCGS.
Tiaias well for Collen or Buhwt Hfe. Ne
Urn and attraetiv boildinc Site anMrallcIcd i
bwiity. Health condition anallMt. Eight coat
pitent machua. Total current cxpaaae for th
yaar, $60, $90, 5T40. Litarary taitioa per aiea'b
koo to Sam. aliunss. &S.00 to n.m. Mam
3.00 to m.co. .
rait Term Deguu sept, aa, tgea.
Addran W. U. RHODES.
Admiiiistrator's Notice.
The! anderainted bavins Qualified a Admintitra
tor of th estate of Henrr Green, deceased, all Me
sons saving claim! afaintt sua estate are hereby
notinea toexiuoit tne sasM tome aamtni trator on
or before the 14th day of November looor thi
notice will b e plead in bar of recovery ; Parties In
debted to said estate are expected; to make prompt
pspment ' .
Kinstoa, N. C, November t3th, too.
W. A. Kll I tllELL
Administrator of Bewy Green, dee'd
Administrator's : Notice.
Havinff oualified as administrator of Ed Hinson
deceased, late of LaGrange Lenoir county,, N. C
This is to notify all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased, to exhibit them to the
nndemgned, on or before the isih day of December.,
1001. or this notice wilt be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said estate, will
please make immediate payment,
lots istn day ot ueccmDer, 190a
W. U. MB.WBUKH,
- Adm inisttator.
Administrator's Notice
The nndersicmed havinff aualified as Administrator
of the estate of lock Snuth, deceased, ail perftonc
bavinff claims apaimt said estateare bertny notined
to exhibit the same to the administrator on or be
fore the oth day of December, 1003, or this notice
will be plead in bar of recovery.: Parties indebted
to aid estate are expected to make prompt payment.
Kiniton, ft. fc,., JL'ecember. qui 1009.
k nnni bi
Administrator of Dock Smith, dee'd.
Adrnirrl-trr-tcr'a j otice
All oront ha-rinn claims against the ettate cf
Stenhen L'avi.t dpceaacd, will present the mi oa
or b fore the i h day of Itc., ioo. or n notice
will be plead in bar of thir recovery. J persons
ind bted to sid estate wilt pleas make immediate
pn-Ttr nt, as lurther indu gence cannot be given..
Ucc,. iciii, 190a.
AHini5trtor of Stephen iavis, Ceceaed.
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of 111 e?Hrr ira t by te S '--'-r Court,
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aithar aptataa aar aalaaaa. It aarlUo
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Oaas at lajitr tba aifaxUva
Turn
Flobmob, 8. 01, Ant . H, MM.
Santlemeo t I betas to suffar from
rheumatism about ttirae raara afo, b4
had it very bad la my llmba. At timet
I could aardly walk. Was traatad by
aahjaiolan wltacnutbanant. Mora thu
a roar ago, Mr. Oaoraa Wiison, an ant
aaar on the Ooaat Una, M vtnt In Flor
ooa, told ma that MRaauMAonan
ourad blm. I tot a bottle and it bena
tttad ma. I took Ova bottlas and am
aow as wall as I avaa was la my Ufa,
t raaard MBaatmAOiDBM as a graat
madiolaa, I know ot others It has
ourad.
v , Tru,y
8. T. BTBCH.
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If You Want The
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It is a perfect floor warmer, distributing heat
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fuel required by any other stove. ,
A ' Sellmore " Is Perfect Economy
We put them, up with a guarantee that f .
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.V .. '. ' Truly, j . '
DIXON & HOOKER.
NORft-OLIC
OYSTERS
Received daily and
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' AT
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; A LARGE LOT OF
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FIELDS ay DECTOFI,
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If Vou Want a H ' J
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or a new one put down, or Awningr
put up, or a Sign painted call on me
at BELL'S SHOF3, two block
east of A. Si 11, C. depot.
JULIUS BELL.
rhoneNo. 115.
0764.00
Is the actual rttarantFcd cash T-vlaa per theitii
in twenty Yean ot oar 1 wvniy-raTnatot Ut ciicr
jtg-e 3s;, iai ;6 60,
by virtu ot its raarantei mdditioas, ntit torn
tract shows aa average avotuit of instmuioa m force
ot 00. .
A'lauufth on tha rep-riUr twenty-pay form, it 1
by its owd guarantee fuHy paid up la atxtecn years
it loan vaiue ar as hbaral aa they are acceibl
nd in addition to them v f uarantce spaciai caab
vat tie.
Our Ordinary Life Policy, at regular rates, is by
its own "iarft e paid up in thirty yrarn.
Our 4 -ire-v. ay tecial Annmsy Onuoo as dli-
ferent and better than anytiutig beretoior o9cred.
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in
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fras. raata. fceraa aa4 tails naatalas
Um Maad aatf raatovaa tha casus al
ayaa caa las KnciMlAMUU Wit
argaaa.
r.tiaira
DAauaoToa, 8. 0, Aug. lfta, in,
Oantlamta i-About two years ago X
a varv savera attack o
DT Innamma
tarrrhaumattam. lauffarad
and was eonttucd to my bt
radtrastpata
.bad for flva
waaka. Durlna tha tlraa I hi ti tmA
by two Pbyaioiana wltbout parnanonS
raUaf. . Oapfc. Marker, a oonduotor oa
tba Atlaatio OoaM Una heard of my
eonditKNi and saot mo two bottles of
"RnaoHAOiDa" I baran to taka It
and In a week I got np and walked oa
orutohes. After taking three betUeeof
tha remedy I got entirely well and
went back to my buaineaa,
I personally know of a number of
other bad oaaee tbat were cured by tha
aaa of your medloloe. In thla town and
violnlty. It U all tbat you claim for It,
. Truly, JT. I S18KBON.
exprets paid on receipt of ft.oo. . "
- ; BalUmore, fid., U.S. A.
Best Heater Buy
The "Sellmore"
A Sellmore possesses the
Good Features of a Down
Draft, Hot Blast; Bate Heat-
ing ; . . ' f
AIR TIGHT HEATER.
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Kecognized style has much to
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We make the clothes that will take
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material, perfection of cut aad
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only tailored apparel has, are fea
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Suits from $20.00 up.
Trousers from $6 up
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veiq ccc:i,
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NOTICBI
Notke is aenehy ftvea thai apptKaiion will he
made to the Genetal A,aesbiy, of N.fth Carolina,
at the session ol io, for changes la the Charier ei
the Toan o( KiBston, N. C i r . .
Hy enter of the Hoard ol Alderatca.. .
IC 6th. taoe.
TT ' CIO. B. WF.HB. Mavor,
L. J. MEWBOaVlE.Uerk.
DBS. P. A. AR. A. WniTAKEH
FHTSIOAKS AID SUBQEOX3,
KINSTOW,af.C
0ke oa Qaeaa Hiaet,
Iwa Awes apaik of J. W
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Oae or the athat ataf ka
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before January 1st,
1903, ,and Save the
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The place to buy your Cemetery
Work at Bottom Prices In Foreign
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Lettering and Finish the Best,
Latest Designs.
All work delivered.
ALEX FIELDS,
Agent in Lenor County
With lieu Typs
and Machinery, larg variety
and stock of Papers and com
. petent workmen,
THE FREE PRESS
is prepared to do all of yonr -Job
Printing in neat and
artistic style.
VAH7ED
Yon to write us for prices en Fire
proof Safes, Burglar Proof Cafes
Time Locks, Vault Doors,. Deposit
Boxes, etc. We will save you
money. .
O. B. Barnes Safe Co., .
Box 22. Qreenatroro, N. C
...For...
Christmas Holidayi
Call at Dunn's Drug
Store for strictly first
class . Flavoring Ex
tracts and Essences,
Pure - Powdered
Spices, etc. '
Henry Dunn, KEEK
Pay
Your 1 aVcoG,
Your Taxes are due
and it will be better o
settle up quick.
Respectfully,
DAL F. WOOTEN,
Sheriff
, 'PHONE No. 132,
107 East Gordon St.
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