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A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political. Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the Peopl
VOLUME XXXIII.
TWICE-A-WEEK
SCOTLAND KECK, JX. C, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1916
READ IT FIRST IN THIS PAPER
NUMBER 43-
Submarine Merchantman is
formally Docked at Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md., July 9. T h o
world 's first submarine merchantman,
the German underwater liner Deut'.'h
land, anchored below Baltimore tonight
after voyaging safely across the At
lpntie, passing the allied blockading
squadron and eluding enemy cruisers
watching for her off V the American
coast. She carried mail and a cargo of
750 tons of costly chemicals and dye
stuffs, and is to carry home a similar
amount of nickel and crude rubber
sorely needed by the German nrmy.
Fifteen days out from Bremerhaven
to Baltimore, the submarine reached
safely between the Virginia capes at
1:45 o'clock this morning, passing in on
the surface covered by a heavy pall of
darkness which settled over the en
trance of the bay with the setting of a
tell tale half moon. Once inside, the
visitor threw caution aside and began
shrieking his siren signaling a pilot
and at the same time attracting the at
tontion of the tug Thomas F. Timmins
which had been waiting in the lower
bay for nearly two weeks to greet the
Deutschland and convoy her into port
Four hours later, at 4:45 o'clock this
morning, the big submarine started up
the bay with the German merchant flag
flying under her own power, piloted by
Captain Frederick D. Cocke, of the Vir
ginia Pilots' association, and convoyed
by the Timmins. She was making more
than 12 knots an hour and could have
docked in Baltimore tonight, but ar
rangements had been made for receiv
ing her with formal ceremonies tomor
row and her captain was ordered to
wait in the lower harbor. He and his
crew of 29 men remained' aboard their
craft.
Regarding his vessel as a merchant
man subject to no unusual restrictions,
the skipper, whose name is said to be
derstands, is about 315 feet long and 30
feet beam and is propelled by two great
Deisel oil engines. She is as large if
not larger than any of the German na
val submarines and carries 750 tons
dead weight of cargo.
' ' Most of the information that was
sent to me, ' ' Mr. Hiliken said, ' ' is pro
bably carefully tucked away in a pig
eon hole of the British admiralty office,
but I don 't care now. The Deutschland
is here nevertheless. ' '
Mr. Hiliken is an American and his
firm has been in business here operating
ships under the American flag since
1824. Carl A. Leuderitz, the German
consul, is a member of the firm.
When the Deutschland will return, or
whether it is planned to have her make
regular trans-Atlantic trips, Mr. Hiliken
would not say.
"This project was conceived," he
said, "by German commercial interests
who wanted to re-open trade with the
United States. We need some of Ger
many 's commodities and Germany needs
some of ours. It is purely a commercial
proposition and that is all there is to it.
The time has not yet come when Zep
pelins can cross the ocean, so these Bre
men merchants thought they 'd try a
submarine. I have kept the secret, of
course, all this time to insure the suc
cess of the project. We expected her
several days ago. Her crew must have
endured great hardships and to them,
of couse, the credit of the success of
the undertaking is chiefly due."
If present plans are carried out, the
public will not be allowed to inspect the
undersea wonder, nor will anybody ex-
in stating his mission to the United
States, that of instituting an undersea
merchant marine export and import bu
siness bet w wen the United States and
Germany.
Captain Cocke stated that the com
mander of the Deutschland said he left
his German. home port on June '23, and
although he encountered a number of
merchant ships, and one warship, that
ho easily escaped detection bv sub-
merging. He declared that the entire
voyage was uneventful. Reaching the
vicinity of the Virginia coast Saturday
morning, the Deutschland remained far
outside, knowing that the capes were
guarded by enemy warships, and came
in last .night under cover of darkness.
He declared that he found no difficulty
in evading the two enemy cruisers out
side of the capes, by submerging. He
declared that at one time he was within
500 yards of the French cruiser, but
passed in unobserved.
The daring of the German commander
was shown, in the statement that while
submerged he ran past the warships,
coming to the surface when within f o ir
miles of the coast line. After that the
remainder of the journey to absolute
safety was easy.
According to reports brought in, :md
said to have been given out by mem
bers of the Deutschland 's crew the sub-r-ersible
arrived off the capes late
Thursday afternoon, but was detected
by the English and French cruisers on
guard, and was forced to make a run
for it, to escape. It is declared 'that
the chase was a stern one, lasting until
Saturday morning before the warships
cept the federal authorities be allowed I gave up the hopeless task and returned
to board her.
The pier of the Eastern Forwarding
company was boarded up today to shut
out f'he view of the curious arid tomor-
a cordon or police will surround
Captain Kairig, went up the Chesapeake . the pier Mr Hiliken will have at the
without waiting to notify local customs
and quarantine authorities of his pres-.'-.
He was fiva hours away before
Nurfaa Hamilton collector of Norfolk-
started on his trail aboard the coast
guard cutter Onondaga. At last reports
tonight the cutter had not approached
the submarine and it is understood that
she merely was ordered out to keep the
strange craft under surveillance as a
neutrality precaution. Quarantine and
port regulations will be complied with
when the vessel moves up to her dock
tomorrow.
Little was known here tonight about
what happened during the epoch-making
eruise across the ocean which in a
small measure at least breaks the block
ade on German trade with the rest of
the world. None of the submarines crew
had landed and the. agents of her owners
had received only meagre reports. Such
information, as was available, came in
directly from the pilot and from Cap
toin Hans F. Hinsch, of the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Neckar, laid up here
sinee the beginning of the war. Captain
Hinsch boarded the Deutschland from
the Timmins and made the trip up the
bay with her.
According to the accounts reaching
here the underwater liners superstruc
ture was standing 15 feet above the
water when she came in. Until day
light she showed no flag, but the Ger
man merchant ensign was raised at
sun-up.
Stories that British or French cruis
ers chased her at sea Thursday could
not be confirmed.
pier a high powered automobile to rush
the Deutschland captain through the
city on. his errand to the consulate and
to their stations. This report is to the
effect that the Deutschland went to sea
nearly 300 miles before she got rid of
her pursuers, that she was fired at sev
eral times and that the delay prevent
ed her from reaching her destination
on schedule time, early Friday morn
ing. Naval officers gave little credence
to this report, declaring that it would
have been no hard matter to have sul-
Si:;iT.on '.ht ago hiuc fins repbi. tli. ! merged ad "eruaea- tfie -fcowOiy r-tt2'sf
Germany was preparing to put into the
trans-Atlantic trade a line of subamr
ires that would dwarf in size and a
chievements the U-boats which have
been Germany's chief reliance at sea
daring the war. London cable reports
told of the organization of a company
to inaugurate such a service and with
the announcement of the organization
it became practically certain that this
port would be the objective of the ex
traordinary cruise.
BABIES OB HYDROPHOBIA. IN ANI
MALS. The term ' ' hydrophobia ' ' was em
ployed as a name for the disease of
rabies at a time when it was thought,
that fear of the eight of water was one
of the best symptoms in its determina
tion. The disease, like many others,
occurs in nearly all countries.
It is principally a canine disease,
6eing seen mostly in dogs, and usually
transferred from dog to dog, dog to
man, or dog to other animals. Only a
few animals are not susceptible to it.
Other than the dog, most eases report
ed to the Veterinary Division have
been in cattle. A number have been
made where hogs were affected, and
several in horses and sheep.
iDr. G. A. Roberts was recently call-
-a m'. a. a i a i !
3to one counxy wnere mere was a
suspicious ' outbreak in cattle. Seven
head out of a herd of eighty cows in
one pasture died, and the clinical sym
ptoms were typieal , of rabies. How
ever, the brain from one of the ani
mals was removed' and sent to the lab
oratory, whee the' bodies which are
so characteristic of , the-, disease werq
found in the cellular structure of the
brain. Some --' does which had - been
showing symptoms of rabies had also
been killed in the neighborhood, and
other deaths had occured in cattle and
sl-eep. This all went to prove that the
cattle had died of rabies.
The identity of the specific cause of
the disease has not been accepted by
ail investigators, though, many of them,
believe it to be an animal organism
represented by the "Negri Bodies"
mentioned above.
The natural manner of transmission
of the disease is by no means of intro
ducing saliva into Of under the skin
with the bite of an -infected animal.
With few exceptions, the bite is from
a dog. If he is not infected, the bite
cannot result in the disease, nor will
the bite from all infected animals de
velop rabies. The failure to know this
fact has made many so-called ' ' mad
stones" famous.
The length of the time oecuring be
tween the bite of the animal and the
development. of the dise.ase varies from
a few weeks to several months in rare
instances. Dogs bitten by another sus
picious dog should be kept confined and
under observation for , at least two
months, though most easf will develop
It'. b"lrr"1lJilf tire. kmC k ?- ''- T v- r
INTERESTING LETTER j Z
FROM THF PA PIT AT PITY i 8lellin disorganization and possible
lllUlTl IIIL UfUllAL bill I disaster. Chairman WTarren will take
rothing for granted and will endeavor
to secure a larger majority than ever in
every county in the State. Each nom
i ei on the State ticket will take prids
i . seeing just how large a vote he can
poll.
Judge Francis D. Winston is holding
his first court this week as the succes
sor of the late Judge Peebles, in a nei
ghboring county.
There is some difference of opinion as
to who will succeed Judge Winston as
United States District Attorney. If
Revenue Collector J. William Bailey
wants it he will probably get it. In that
case Joseph F. Tayloe, at present clerk
to Senator Simmons' Committee, may
be made collector, it is said
with the loss of a few hours at 'the
outside. The report needs verification.
U-BOAT QUIETLY SLIPPED
INTO THE BAY ON SUNDAY
Norfolk, Va., July 9. Bearing a seal
ed message from Emperor William, of
Germany, to President Woodrow Wilson
running the gauntlet of innumerable
dangers from mines, sea-sweepers and
enemy warships, and bringing a cargo
of dyestuffs, chemicals and mail estima
ted at 1,000 tons, he German undersea j
merchantman, the Deutschland, quietly
slipped into Chesapeake bay this morn
ing at 1:45. It was the completion of
a 4,000 miles sea voyage for the craft,
the longest and most hazardous ever at
tempted by any submarine. Three hours
later led by the tug Thomas F. Tim
mins, the little vessel with a record of
13 days of mysterious vigil off the Vir
ginia capes, the great submersible be
gan the last leg of her voyage, up the
Chesapeake bay. She is due to arrive
The boat is consigned to A. Schu- , in the Maryland city early in the morn-
macher and company, local agontsoi tne mg,
YOUTHFUL VOYAGEUBS SEARCH
OF THEIR FATHERS HELD AT
HEADQUABTEBS
Norfolk, July 9. Two little waifs
held in the detention quarters at the
police station yesterday afternoon were"
relating their experiences since leaving
home. John Oliver, aged 14, and Lee
Hall, 13 years old, are their names, and atory examination is nessary,
they claim that they came to jNorfolk
seeking their respective fathers. Oliver
is from Roanoke Rapids, and Hall hails
from Emporia, Va. Young Oliver ar
rived in Norfolk last Friday afternoon
on the Atlantic Coast Line train; and
Hall came here the same afternoon from
Newport News. They did not know
each other until they were lodged to
gether in the same quarters at police
headquarters, but they are now staunch
pals.
I Young Hall who is tanned to a dark
brown, asserts that he has keen walk
ing all over Virginia for the past four
months in search of Emporia.
"About four months ago," said the
youngster yesterday afternoon, "I went
with my mother from Emporia to New
port News. I got lost from my mother
in Newport News, and ever since then
I have been walking about the country
trying to get back home. I walked
from Newport News to Richmond, and
staved there about a month trying to
There are two forms of rabies most
commonly observed in dogs. . One is
the "furious" and the other the
"dumb," and the terms used are de
scriptive of the general .symptoms of
esich. Paralysis, -indicated by an in
ability to swallow feed or water, is
present in the latter stages of each
form. A pdsitive diagnosis may be
made in many oases from the symp
toms alone, but in other -cases a labor-
This
consists first of a mic'rosftopial exam
ination of some of the brain substances,
and if the bodies are found a positive
diagnosis is made. Otherwise it will
be necessary to produce the disease in a
small laboratory animal before such a
diagnosis can be rendered.
Anoother and much preferable labor
atory test is now in process of devel
opment. ,This consists of taking a sam
ple of blood from a living or healthy
person or .-aimal which has been bit
ten by a diseased animal and submit
ting the sample to a tets. ' In this case
it will not be necessary to wait until
symptoms develop or the animal dies
tc determine the infection. Such a test
will enable the authorities to use the
Pasteur preventive treatment only on
Siich persons or animals whose blood
shows a positive reaction. Ex.
North German Lloyd line and her cargo
to the eastern forwarding company, a
concern said to have been organized a
ftw weeks ago especially to handle the
business of underwater liners. The lat
tei company has a pier and warehouse,
in which are stored the goods to be
leaded on the Deutschland for her re
turn trip.
In German quarters here the news of
the submarines arrival was hailed with
the keenest delight. Those who knew
of her coming had been concealing alarm
for two or three days as she was dr.e
to arrive about the middle of last week.
It is understood that she traveled more
than 4,000 miles, going some 800 miles
out of her course to avoid enemy ships.
The Deutschland is no converted war
craft, but a brand new commerce car
rier, built in Bremen and sent here on
a purely commercial mission, according
to Henry G. Hilken, the senior member
of the Schumacher concern, she belongs
to Ozean Rhederei, limited, (Ocean Nav
igation company, limited) was launch
ed at Kiel in March.
The novel project wa3 conceived
about nine months ago, Mr. Hiliken
said, by F. A. Lohmann, head of a Bre
men exporting and importing concern
who organized the Ocean Navigation
company.
Mr. Lohmann is the son of a former
,i:.rfv .r(vnornl of the North German
Lloyd Steamship eompany, and has the
important German commercial interests
associated with him.
find a job. But I was so little that no-
On the heels of the Deutschland, and , . , , , nao
following in her wake with all the speed riaA v,0,
6 , - , and some clothes, and I needed them,
that can be coaxed from her powerful M5.
boilers, is the coast guard cutter Onon-1 J .i,
mg barefooted over rocks and rough
(iaga
On board the Onandoga is Collector
of Port Norman Hamilton, of Norfolk,
and a number of newspapermen. Wheth
er or not Mr. Hamilton has orders is
not known. Some believe that the
lOnondoga undertook the chase of the
I TN L 1. 1 ,1 . 4-Va vaniiAaf rf "Mr TTqtTI-
ilton and that he and not Captain Chis
well is under orders.
The Deutschland carries mounted in
her conning tower two small guns, of
Ttlac.es."
Young Hall said that he got tired of
Richmond, and again set forth in search
of his home town, begging food irotn
farmers and sleeping in woods and out
houses. He said that he reached New
port News again a few days ago, and
that a man, whose name he does not
know, brought him to Norfolk and di
rected him to the police station. He
says that his father is Wesley Hall of
SUPT. JOYNEB HONORED.
New York, July 9. James J. Joyner,
superintendent of public instruction for
North Carolina, was today elected sec
retary of the board of trustees of the
National Education Association, after
having been chosen as a member of the
executive committee earlier in the day.
Carroll G. Pearse of Milwaukee, Wis.,
was made chairman of the board.
NEW CAFE DOHTQ GOOD BUSINESS
The New York Cafe which opened
for business last week is getting a good
trade and the proprietors are well pleas
ed with the city. Saturday evening
there was quite a rush for the "eats"
and it gave the appearance of a well
patronized cafe in a small city.
obont three inch calibre. There were no Emporia
evidences of torpedo tubes. She is also
equipped with a bridge and powered by
two Deisel engines of the latest type.
The boat is capable of submerging in
less than two minutes. On the surface
of the water the submersible has a
speed of from two to three knots an
hour more than the average merchant
steamer. I
According to pilot Fred Cocke, of the
Virginia Pilots' association, the first
American' to board the Deutschland af
ter she arrived on this side of the At
lantic, the crew wore regulation uni
forms of German merchantmen seamen.
No flag was displayed when the Deut-
somana nrsz jp-Hru n vn
ter when inside the .bay. the German
nierchantsman 's design was raised.
Crptain Cocke said the commander of
the Deutschland made no effort to con-
The undersea liner, Mr. Hiliken un- feal aay thing and was extremely frank
Young Oliver, the other waif, is
freckle-faced and red-haired with a dis
position to match. He told Probation
Officer Dcbnam yesterday" afternoon
that his mother lived in Kinston, N. C,
but that he had been living for a few
weeks with a married sister at Roa
noke Rapids. He said that his brother-
in-law made things unpleasant for him
and that he decided to come to Norfolk
and find his father, whom he had not
seen or heard from in mcc than six
years. He said that his father's name
was Daniel Newton Oliver.
Both youthful voyageurs are being
detained at police headquarters until
Probation Officer Debnam can make
some satisfactory disposition of them.
Officer Debnam expects to send young
Hall home. He ha3 been unable to lo
cate the Oliver boy's fath&, and will
find work for him in Norfolk.
ADVERTISING PLANT ENLARGES.
The Dixie Poster Advertising Com
pany will in the near future greatly en
large its plant here. Beside the erection
of a number of new boards the company
will rebuild those now in service.
TEXACO COMPAY DOING BUSINESS
The Texas Oil Company has pur
chased a lot on the B. P. W. Go's sid
ine and has erected there an oil and
gasoline yard.
Some time in the near future the
company will build a tank but at pres
ent the oil wagon from. Enfield will
make two and three trips here per week
as occasion demands and serve the cus
tomers of the Texaco Co.
Mr. G. C. Weeks, thee local manager
has been handling Texaco products for
some time through the Josey Hard
ware Co., with whom he is" affiliated.
(Special Correspondence)
RALEIGH, July 11. Unless Bandit
Villa again "starts something" to help
it along, there is today less prospect
of actual war with Mexico than at any
time since the recent "unpleasantness"
began. With Secretary of State Lan
sing deliberately leaving the seat of
government for a month 's summer va
cation, immediately following Mexi
co's latest "conciliatory" note, it does
look like the greaser question has been
fixed to the liking of the dove of
peace, which seems to be perched in a
very compahiable attitude alongside
the war eagle on Old Glory's flagstaff
this morning.
Republican Designs.
This pacific state of affairs is of
course due largely to the infinite pa
tience and wisdom of President Wil
son. That it may lead to a final set
tlement without recourse to actual war
with the demands and exactions of the
United States complied with effective
ly, all right-minded citizens hope. That
such result would be best for this coun
try and the Mexicans we all know. Yet
for partisian purposes, an avalanche of
hostile criticism will be directed at the
Democratic administration by Repub
lican leaders and newspapers, in the ef
fort to make political capital their
ehief aim of course being the capture
of the official flesh-pots so temptingly
spread upon the Federal pie-counter.
Work For Tar Heel Soldiers
The North Carolina boys mobilized
a Camp Glenn may never be called up
on to fire a gun and most of them will
be both dissapointed and regretful.
They may be required to do duty on the
border, pending Carranza 's effort to
demonstrate that his "government"
(which has lately absorbed a large por
tion of the armed bandit element) can
prevent further raids upon American
ttiritory. It will be rough -jourso work
compared to what our boys expe-t'l.
But if it falls "within our line of
duty" they are in for it and they will
make the best of a bad situation, per
forming their duty manfully, as the
North Carolina soldier has always done
in every war .or , near-war in which he
State Piremen's Tournament.
Raleigh is making extensive prepara
tions for the annual tournament of the
State firemen, who will have their meet
ii.g and exercises here next week, be
ginning July 17. One of the public
parks, in the heart of the city, has been
get aside and the necessary structures
erected therein for their physical man
euvers... Prizes amounting to $1,700
w ill -be awarded in these events, sched
uled for Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. -A number of firemen and fire
chiefs from other states are booked to
attend, and the outlook is for the great
est occasion of the kind in the history
c f North Carolina firemen.
Fertilizer Rate Controversy On Again,
The North J:aroHna farmers and
others will be interested in the fertili
zer rate hearing (or re-hearing which
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission secured) before the Interstate
Commission at Norfolk. July 20. Fer
tilizer manufacturers and other interest
ed persons were here last Thursday and
Friday, conferring with the North Caro
lina Corporation Commission relative to
the fertilizer rate situation. The mem
bers of the Commission and Clerk A. J.
Maxwell have arranged to attend the
re-hearing. In the Royster Guano case
the Interstate Commission recently up
held certain contentions of that com
pany concerning the intra-State rates
tc points in North Carolina. The case
has been re-opened on the petition of
the North Carolina Commission, and the
latter wiU forcefully present their con
tentions on this occasion.
Fruits or a H.ara Jtougnt victory i
An important decision by the Inter
state Commission, just going into ef
fect, is that which the North Carolina
Commission won in the "Virginia
cities" general freight rate discrim
ination case. Virginia newspapers this
week allege that "Tarheel jobbers will
have a class freight rate advantage over
Virginia jobbers of from 4 to 11 cents
per hundred pounds." The railroad
rie establishing a rate of 82 cents from
Louisville to North Carolina points a
cut of 11 cents since this decision was
rer.dered.
Current Events and Commer.ts.
Many members of the Fourth Estate
are passing through Raleigh today, en
route to Durham, where the Tarheel
newspaper men are attending the State
Press Association meeting this week.
The Duplin County "night-riders"
who went after some of their neigh
tors, because of differences growing
out of a county stock-law controversy,
found some of the latter in a state of
preparedness. About the time the "D.
O. I's" caught sight of the guns of
their intended victims Judge Oliver Al
len came along since when the belli
cose "riders" are understood to have
been "hors de, combat. "
Next month the Sta.t.n cnmpnicn, un
PLAN COMMUNITY FAIR
TO BE HELD THIS PLACE
A plan is on foot to hold a gigantic
community fair in Scotland Neck thi
fall which will eclipse anything y
attempted in this seetion. Mr. W. A.
McMurray, county demonstration nrf-ut,
is promulgating the idea among the lo
cal merchants and business men and the
farmers of the surrounding country, and
reports that he is meeting with mueh
encouragement.
It is planned to hold the Scotland
Neck Community Fair immediately af
ter the Crowell Community Fair, which
was a grand success last year and w;dch
will be duplicated again this season.
If Mr. The printer now has the copy for the
Bailey retains his present office J. O.
Carr, of Wilmington, and Assistant
District Attorney Ernest Green, of New
Bern, will be among. the strong proba
bilities - for there are several other as
pirants. Judge Bond !s activities at Kinston
premium list for this fair and it looks
good.
Mr. McMurray asks this paper to'.4
state that thero will be a meeting of !
citizens next Monday afternoon at 4
o 'clock in the Mayor 's offico for tho
purpose of taking the preliminary .
have apparently implicated some ' 4 pro- i steps, and a full representation is ex-
minent and well-to-do men ' ' in the ly
nching of old Joe Blaek for aiding his
son (who raped a small white child)
to escape, and encouraging him to re
sist officers of the law, etc., and sever
al of them may have to face a trial by
jury if the evidence given by a de
tective employed for the purpose holds
good. Much ' ' feeling ' ' has been arous
ed over the turn of affairs, reports state
but Judge Bond doesn 't seem to care
much about that.
State Chairman Warren states that
the formal canvass of the State by Gov
ernor Bickett and the other candidates
who will take the stump, will begin
September 1st. The voters who turn
out to listen to their next Governor will
find that eloquence is not a lost art on
the stump of North Carolina.
LLEWXAM.
pected. Your presence is wanted, no
matter what jour vocation in life may'
be. Bring your friends. ;
When asked for an outline of the
proposed fair, Mr . McMurray said
among other things that it is planned
to make this the greatest showing of
fine live stock over given in the State.
He said that it could easily be made
a grand success if everybody co-operates.
(
Next issue of this paper will contain
r-'ore information regarding the pro
posed fair. In the meantime, see the
county agent and get to talking the
matter over with your friends and'
neighbors.
DEATH OF MR. F. S. HABBISS.
Mr. F. S. Harris, a well-known citi
zen, died at his home near Scotland
Neck Thursday afternoon, June 29th,
1914, at the age of 40 years, 10 months
and 16 days.
He had a stroke of paralysis early
Tuesday morning from which he never
rallied. A physician was called, but
one could do hm goiod. God in His wis
dom saw fit to call him from this world
of troubles.
In 1898 on December 9th he was mar
ried to Miss Eulalia Terry of Bertie
county, and unto this happy union were
born five children, two of which died in
their infancy.
Will Libel Deutschland
Bridgeport, Conn., July 9. In an ef
fort to establish the American patents. ,
on his type of submersible, Simoi; Lake
treasurer of the Lake Torpedoboat vom
pany, of this city, said tonight that t'se
company would libel the German sui
marine Deutschland at Baltimore tomor
row. The allegation, it is understood,
will be the construction of the Deutsch
land involves an infringement of the
Lake patents.
. -i . Judge .Bond's Tears. .
Now that the ' ' lynching investiga
tion ' ' is over and Mr. Bost has finished
his ex parte reports of the affair, we
feel, that as the mouthpiece of this
community it behooves us to mention
a few of the errors in judgment com
mitted by the court as they affect our
! own people.
When quite a young man he gave hisJu(lge i30U,i repeatedly stated in open
court that he was not afraid to perform
heart and service to his Maker and unit
ed with Nahala Presbyterian church,
and from then until his death was an
active and interested member of the
same.
,His devotion as a husband, and his
thoughful and effectionate interest as
a father was beautiful to behold. He
will not- only be missed in his home, but
sadly-rnissed in his church and community.-
May the One who docth all things
well comfort the ones he had loved
and left and prepare them to meet him
in the -"Sweet By and By."
his duty. He was brave enough to re
mark that he would not fear to conduct
the hearing "even in Greene county."'
He spoke of the "opposition of the pa
pers," he warned the sheriff against
possible attempts to steal the prison
ers, he missed no opportunity of impres
sing upon the spectators the high "re
gard he felt for his own courage in pre
siding over the court. .
There was absolutely no foundation
in fact for these fears. Tliis commun
ity is law-abiding and fairly intelli
gent. There is no reason whatever for
He leaves a wife, three children andlanv objection on the part of local peo
one sister to mourn their loss. j,,c to an investigation calculated to. re-
His remains were interred in the Na- ' j:cve them of the stigma of a crime in
hala cemetery Friday morning, June
30th; 1916, Rv. L. P. Lapsey of Tar-
boro assisted by Rev. C. L. Curry of
Tarboro conducting the funeral and
burial services.
dear
We miss thee from our home,
father,
We miss thee from thy place;
A shadow o'er our life is cast,
We miss the sunshine of thy face.
We miss the kind and willing hand,
t Thy fond and earnest care;
! C 1, . ia Inflr 1 Ml mi fVipp
V .Ml I IIUI1IVJ o uaiiv . . ...........
We miss thee everywhere.
A FRIEND.
which they had no part. Judge Bond,
during his stay here was in no daAger
whatever of any injury, nor were any
!of the officers of his court.
So far as the "opposition" of the
papers is concerned, if there haVlnxm
any such opposition expressed we have
failed to discover it and we believe,that
we read our exchanges as closely as
docs Judge Bond. Their reports of the
proceedings have been fair and un1ias
cd, and they have made no editorial
comment whatever. They have not
showed the same anxiety to flatter the
officials of the court as has Mr. Bost,
but they have given complete and im
partial reports of its proceedings.
The people of this section are the
same kind of people as those of any
other part of the state. They have the
same respect for their servants on the
bend). Tliey have no desire to do
Judge Bond any injury, and they cher-
NEARLY SEBIOUS ACCIDENT.
The little child of Mr. Bob Coleman
came very near happening to a serious
aciident last Friday. Mrs. Coleman,
who was drivng a hoirse, stopped in
front of Pendleton's Market. At this
nart.iinlar noint there is a rather deep j ih no ill will toward him. Tlfey
drain, filled with mud and water. The j feel that his many expressions of dis
ihild, who was seated in a small chair
in the foot of the buggy, fell out ntoi
the drain and the buggy wheel passed
entirely over its neck. Fortunately,
the baby escaped serious injory, the
soft mud possibly saving its life.
Brought Valuable Chemicals.
New York, July 9. The German
submarine Deutschland which enteren
the Virginia capes today, carries about
100 tons of chemicals and dye stuffs con
signed to five New York houses, it was
announced here tonight.
The supplies are those most urgently
needed in the drug trade and to relieve
the shortage of dyes.
While the New York merchants knew
like toward them and fear of injury
from them were an unwarranted re
flection upon their loyalty to their state
and were, to say the least, unbecoming
in an officer of such character apd dig
nity. ;
Judge Bond's duty in Kinston was
that of a presiding magistrate at a pre
liminary criminal hearing. In f giving
vent to this evident dislike of. Lenoir
and Greene county people he did. neither
himself nor the state any good.
Had Judge Bond been in any" danger
during the investigation we "should ad
mire his bravery in facing it,r though
we should still have scant regard for
his pubic coimpliments to himself on
that score. But in attempting to ex
plain now fearless he was, he has gone
il. . V.,l
thA uiibmarine was on her way, mrj
little rWaved information regarding thefar to bseed ill foelinqr ntrainst himself
hiFtorv-makiiiff vovage. They estimated and his const in the muds oif a people
der the direction of State Chairman ; tonight that the submersible carried 150 iWllo untii now have aiways cherished
Warren, will get well in motion; While tons of ma
ail which the' business men jthe utmost respect both for the profuu-
North Carolina is normally " safely i of Germany had been unaoie iu B uV i ... ..gu ugwiap u i.
Democratic," the party organia 1 past the British censor. jness of his deemons.-Knstoin News.
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