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1 ' If you want people of the tion put your GRIT. 'toxeach'Tthe' Piedmont sec- ads in THE ' V IPTO'- S"rT "PiD fPTrniw PTPirnr" i?-vr.s ! -1 ' . " l - -I-L. HH -LL. VJ J-L -iL- lent Advertising Medium, J ; j . : ' , : ISAAC S. LONDON, Prpprietor; A FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOE THE UPLIFT OF CHATHAM COUNTY $1.00 A YEAR VOL. VI. SILER CITY, N. C., JULY 1, 1914. NO. 8. r ; " ' ' " ' 1 ' " " 1 ' CONGRESSMAN HEATING'S ANCESTORS Representative Keating of Colo rado, when a small boy, was" taken from' Missouri to the Centennial state. The family settled at a small nlace - called Greeley, In honor of the great Horace. The inhabitants were all prim New Englanders, whose ancestors had come over In the Mayflower, and whose talk was only of their lineage. Keating was the only kid at school who was-Irish 'and not long onv Ameri can forefathers who had fought in the Revolution, And this fact was a cause of constant humiliation .to him, for the" other children at school boasted daily in history lesson of an uncle at Bunker Hill or. a grandfather at York town. So one day young Keating made up a story. He Invented a wonderful forefather and his glorious deeds; and when he told Jt to the breathless, ad miring class, he was the hero' of the recess hour. Hia mother nnhralilul him for telling ajalsehood in school. "I couldn't just help it," he replied Those other boys are'always bragging about their ancestors and I had to have some to keep up -jyith the rest." -wiyuier ume jveaung was asked to speak at a banquet of some kind of a coionia! society, wnen he rose, he smilingly said: "Gentlemen and ladies. I appreciate this honor, but confess I cannot understand whv I am asked to address you. When your forefathers were distinguishing, themselves in the ivpvoniuonary war mine were hoeing cabbages in some Irish garden." ei iue iaci is. neatm? is or ancient Irish btiH f , ".in.. " -wo ia.k suov. mot BOAT OF ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION THAT CAPSIZED &&&& ' ' -y "f t . W.V GOOD. K)ADS x j rj.A.r" B v s.A idr BUv2feJ 4 -n-tfi-" W iy sassss.M1" "! " GOOD ROADS PROVE BENEFIT Improved Highways Increase Attend ance at Rural Schools 8tatet Ma king Greatest Progress. While it is true that various factors sontribute to increase or decrease the attendance at schools in given sections of tbe country, it is worthy of com ment that in the states having a high percentage of improved Toads a much larger percentage of the students en rolled regularly attend the schools than in the states having a small per centage of improved roads. In five eastern and western . states, which have a lage mileage of improved roads, the average attendance of en rolled pupils in 1908-3 was 80 per cent, while in four southern states and one northwestern state, which are noted for bad roads, the average attendance for the same year was 64 per cent- 80 per cent in the good roads states as against 64 per cent in the bad roads states. In the states first named 35 per cent of the roads have been This is the boatload of natives, part of the Roosevelt expedition in South America, that capsized in theDu Tida river, one man being drowned. The photograph was taken by L?eo Miller,' one of the naturalists of the party. BLOODY DEEDS DONE blood. KETTNER IS ON THE MOVE "I'm thinking of breaking into poetry and writing a philosophic ode on the mutability of mundane affairs, ulth metaphors and similes and things in it. confided Representative Kett rr. from the San Diego, Cal., district. ' I'll have something to say about be ins like a leaf afloat on the chancing tidps of fate and how, just as you've Entten your little card house nicely built, something Joggles your elbow and spills the milk or whatever's roetry for shilling the milk. "It's experience that inspires me," continued the representative from the clime of climate. "Nine years ago I said to myself, 'Come, I shall pick out a suitable 6pot, build me and my fam ily a home there and" settle down for the rest of my life.' So, after care fully weighing a score of localities, I dPtTmlned on Visalia, Cal. "I bought me a ranch near by, i 1 ' hp a house that will outlast the ni( nunicnt, put up fences, barns and ofhfr Improvements so permanent that they will Thpn we planted ourselves there and cried aloud: home forever and aye!' "Three years from that day I was In the insurance business in San PipRo: , ' "Anitthen I said, "Now, I am fixed for good, I shall tie myself in a hard knot to my business here. and nothing but a universal cataclysm shall re move me!' "And three years later I was In congress!" "Are you going to stay in congress?" queried his visitor. "That depends upon a higher power," replied Mr. Kettner. "A greater 'han I, in whose hands I am but as an atom my constituents!" Pirates, Pestilence and Storm Have Scarred Vera Cruz.- Buccaneers of the Spanish Main Have Plundered and Burned and Com- . mltted Other Atrocities Re peatedly In Ancient Port. echo to Gabriel's trump. 'Behold us! This is our SENATOR THOMAS TELLS OF BIG TUMBLE "To tumble down a mine shaft to a depth equal to the height of a fifteen story skyscraper is a trick anybody can turn ,if he is careless enough around a mining camp," said Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, who is one of the most eminent mining lawyers in the West and also one of the early settlers in the Centennial state. "But to come through such an ex perience alive is a feat few can achieve," he continued. "Yet that 1st Just what happened to a man I knew in Colorado. A fellow named Jim Dorris of Leadville performed this Fall of Man act in 1881 and went through an experience enough to kill ten men, yet came out as chipper as though he had been lying In a feather bed. "Jim slipped at the top of the shaft of the Cleora mine and fell a sheer 297 feet to the hard rock bot tom, while a 300-pound ore-bucket a me clattering down on top of him. Of course, we all thought he would hive to be brought up again in a box. but Jim came out with only a few "vpre bruises. He lived for many years after, though he was not much of ; miner after such an experience. But the remarkable part of it Is that a man could fall 297 feet onto rocks, and then have a huge Iron bucket clatter vn oil toptpf him and live at alL" I STEFANSSON'S ARCTIC PARTY SAFE Brief cable dispatches from St. Mchael and Nome indicate that when 1 iihjalmur Stefansson's exploring ship ;irluk was crushed in the Arctic '.'ar Herald island, northeast of Si " -ria, January 16 last, the men saved '! their instruments, supplies, dogs ii food and left only the crushed r ilk and its coal cargo when they ! 1 tded east over the ice to camp on 'Vrans;pll island. The experience of the Karluk p-oves that the drift of the ice sheet fr"m Point Barrow is not northerly, had been supposed, but westerly, ''"'h Siefansson and Amundsen had i. vpd that a ship entering the pack Point Harrow could be carried cross 'no pole and to Greenland. Probably l'P shipwrecked men passed the wln '"r In comfort, having dogs to carry H pm on hunting expeditions. It is expected- that the Canadian ' 'vrrnment will authorize Capt. Rob- A art Ptt vhn la nt.Ht Mlphnol v hpre hp arrived after a dog team and sea journey from Wrangell Island, to 'npaRp a ship to go to the island and bring qff the 18 men marooned there. Bering Rea 1b now navigable over Its whole area, and the whaler Herman, fhp relief Bhlp most available, should be able to enter the Arctic, zone;, The Kariuk's men will be landeti at Nome, whence they- can take, a passenger steamer to Seattle.-' It Is not likely that they can. reach Nome in time to hoard a vessel bound for Point Barrow, from which place they .could strive " ;om the second division of the Stefansson expedition at the mouth of tna Aiarkenzie. New Orleans. Bloodshed is not new In Vera Crux. In fact, no city on the continent. has witnessed such devilish cruelty, such plundering, burning and ravishing, as has this place of the "True Cross." Since Cortez landed, In 1518, there has been a succession of strife and pestilence which can be paralleled in few cities in the world. Bepistoled buccaneers, in all their aw ful glory, have raided the port time and again; it has been a point of vantage which has called forth the lustiest fighting in the many civil wars that have sweDt Mexico and it has always been selected as the landing point for foreign foes, writes "Paul Norton in the New Orleans Times-Democrat-Picayune. Whenever any of the numerous pi rates who preyed on the rich shipping of the Spanish main wanted to "singe the beard of the king of Spain" they would attack Vera Cruz. .Lorencillo, a famous pirate of the early days, with 800 of his cutthroats, slipped by the sleeping cannoneers at the fort, surprised the town, killed thousands, outraged Its women and stripped the city of its valuables. Hundreds of persons were driven into the cathe dral, men, women and children, black and white, and held prisoners. When the doors were opened four days later most of the inmates were dead from suffocation. As the gateway through which all the commerce with Spain was con ducted, there always were great stores of valuable property on hand. This was true particularly just before the sailing of the sgalleons, which usually traveled in fleets owing to the men ace of pirates. By learning of the schedule of the galleons the bucca neers generally dropped in when the supply of treasure was great, Nicolas de Agriamonte, another highwayman of the deep,' pillaged the town some years after the visit of Lorencillo. He enriched himself with $7,000,000 in silver awaiting transportation to Spain. By way of appreciation he took prisoners 300 of the citizens of the tojn and marooned them on the Sacrifice islands, patches of sand not far from the coast, where they died of starvation. The anniversary of this calamity Is observed by memorial services to this day. While the blood Of thousands has flowed through the streets of this ill fated port, the toll of war and violence is insignificant in comparison with the deaths that have come from pesti lence. Until 1850 the city was surrounded by a mighty wall. This great bulwark may have saved the city on a few oc casions from attack, but cutting out the healthful sea breeze made It a pest hole compared, to which Guaya quil is a: health resort. Yellow Jack In all its terrors was never absent. Smallpox, bubonic plague and the oth er offspring of the dirt and squalor of the middle ages were always pres ent. It was only in recent years that modern sewer and drainage systems were installed, which, with other sani tary precautions, has changed the place from a death-dealing focus to a health resort.- The harbor at Vera' Cruz has little natural protection. Before the build ing of the present breakwaters the northers which characterize the Mos quito coast dealt the struggling city almost as severe blows as did the pirates and the diseases. Modern en gineering now protects the city and gives a limited area.in which the ships can anchor behind the seawall. ; Due to the hatred of the Spaniards, Vera Cruz once was ground to pow der. At the close of Mexico's war fdr independence, in 1821, the Spaniards still held the fort of San Juan de Ulua in the harbor. Learning that he soon was to be ordered to evacuate, the commander hauled his heavy guns to1 the city side of the fortress and fired into the town until all his am munition was expended. No building in the place vas undamaged. So great was the havoc that it was with difficulty that the lines of the streets were re-established. As there was no warning of such action, the inhabi tants were forced to flee to the sand dunes which surround the city, after the hail of solid shot had begun. Trails of blood led from the choked gates of the ill-starred town. In 1838 the French bombarded the place. In 1847 General Scott favored the Veracrusanos with a terrible bom bardment. In 1859 Benito Juarez was besieged in Vera Cruz by the troops of Max imilian. In 1861 the French fleet again took the place. During the revolutionary period, which was almost continuous previous to the opening of .the regime of Por flrio Diaz, this port and its revenue always were objectives. During the Madero revolution, for the first1 time, a period of civil strife passed, during which Vera Cruz was unmolested. INDIANS AT PENN MONUMENT Many of Blackfeet Tribe Pay Reveren tial Respect to Memory of Great Man at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa. A dozen Black- feet Indians from the Glacier National park reservation, in Montana, visited Philadelphia recently en route home from the Shriner's convention, which they attended in Atlanta. The In dians visited Penn Treaty park and enacted a tribal peace ceremonial be fore the Penn monument in perpetua tion of the memory of the founder of the City of Brotherly Love and his fa- DROVE SHAH FROM BERLIN Rumors of Brusque Imperial Action 'Lent Credence by Watch Kept on Potentate. Odessa. It isrumored here that the recent return of the former Shah of Persia was the result of pressure brought to bear upon him by the Rus sian ambassador at Berlin, where the Shah has been for several months un dergoing treatment for diabetes. It is understood that Sir Edward Grey was told by Russia that she would not tolerate any further at tempt on the part of the Shah to re gain the Persian throne and thus cause another grave disturbance. A Russian adjutant attached to the suite of Mohammed Ali is keeping a vigilant watch on his movements and i I mm - i i OK ' " SI Washington Explorer Finds Strange Cave fife WASHINGTON. Caves hewn in the solid rocks of sugarloaf mountains, sometimes to the depth of 150 feet, large enough to hold from 1,500 t 2,000 people. Men who think nothing of running 40 and 50 miles a day ' without takiner a drink of water. ';: People who never Bet i'4f& fruits or -vegetables.-- I . . (Towns of 5.000 --to iM0i lsh&bl' tants, in which -there i not . bUlldlheV' tie people living in holes in. the earth," A land of no shadows between "9 a. m. and 5 p. m. . 1 A nation in which ' women are never seen. ' .These are some of the wonders described by Frank Edward Johnson, the explorer and lecturer and contrib uting editor of the National Geographic Magazine, who arrived in Washington after an absence of almost two years, spent among the troglodyte tribes of southern Tunisia. Mr. Johnson gave out his first interview since his return to the United States, after reporting to the National Geographic society In Washington. While in Tunisia 'Mr. Johnson conducted extensive researches among tha burled Roman cities, and traced the old Roman highways, which have been hidden for centuries by thejshlfting sands of the Sahara. He succeeded in following for 300 miles the1' route of the road that was built from Carthage to Leptis Magna and to Alexandria nearly two thousand years ago. "On the trip just concluded," said Mr. Johnson, "I came Into a more lnti-. mate contact with the innermost lives of the peoples pf the extreme southern Tunisia than ever before, and I had an unequaled opportunity to study them at closer range than any foreigner has ever enjoyed. There are proDably more than one hundred thousand of these people in a section hitherto sup posed to be almost uninhabitable. They are pursuing an exceedingly primi- tive life. "AA the troglodyte strongholds are difficult of approach. Their warriors could see the enemy approaching for many miles, unless they came by night, . and then the zigzag path that led up to the great walls, worn smooth, by centuries of hard use, with a surface like polished marble, was too danger ous, for a stumble meant sudden death on'the rocks hundreds of feet below. It is difficult even for the mountain goats born and bred there." gggAfe Indians Honoring Memory of William Penn. mous peace treaty with the Leni Lenapes which was signed on that spot in 1683. This photogra-ph shows Medicine Owl, "Spirit or Medicine" man of the Glacier park tribe, and Chief White Calf, paying their reverential respects to the memory of Penn. Medicine Owl is shown praying to the "Great Spirit of Peace." THIS STORY IS UP TO DATE Electric Creatures Besiege Ship Gulf Stream, Sailors Assert on Reaching Port. Sir Edward Grey, on the comings and goings of. the Per sian emissaries. The Shah is very quiet and secretive. Loses Suit tor Damages. New York. After three 'minutes' de liberation, a jury decided against Mrs. Lena Israel, who sued her step-father, Isaac Goldman, to recover $5,000 dam ages for spanking her four years ago. Remove Brick Walt to Save Man. Mohegan, N. Y. Adolpb. Hartley, weighing 267 pounds, could not be rescued when he fell and stuek in a narrow areaway until part of a brick wall was removed. SEA COOK GETS BIG EARFUL Five-Year-Old Baby Empties Horse Liniment Into It and Things Happen. New YOrk. Although Julius Karr, a cute little five-year-old, never heard what they did to Hamlet's father, he bad an inspiration of a similar nature when he saw his father asleep on the parlor sofa with his starboard ear con veniently exposed. Starboard, because runiiil Knrr t a son. cook. Watch Saves Man's Life. New York.' A gold hunting case watch saved Rudolph M. Hoffman's life- when a highwayman shot at him. The bullet wedged itself in the watch. The old man, who had just returned from a long voyage, went straight to his home, No. 5207 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, to enjoy a sleep on dry land, young Julius discovered a bottle of horse liniment, very potent, and was impatient to put it to some good use. He removed the cork with no little difficulty, and, approaching his parent Boftly, poured a goodly deal of the" lin iment In the upstanding ear. . y. With a howl of pain Mr. Karr leaped into the air. For several minutes the gale of expletives that burst from the Boston. A remarkable story is told by the crew of the British freighter Rochelle. According to stories by sev eral of the men, the delay was due principally to electric fishes, otherwise known as torpedo fishes, which were attracted 'by the steel plates of the vessel, and fastened themselves by hundreds against her bottom and sides. The steamer was inAhe Gulf Stream, north of Cuba, when she began to slow down. The officers were unable to ex plain the change -in the progress of the craft. Several sailors said they felt a tingling sensation about their feet and finger tips. The steamer was held back strangely. Members of the crew became alarmed. A sailor looked over the side and says it was plastered with strange-looking fishes. They were two or three thick along the port side un der water. The starboard side also was covered. ' As the Rochelle moved north and got out of the warm waters of the stream the fishes dropped off and the vessel resumed her speed. A Good Road In New England. improved, while in the latter group ol states there are only 1 per cent of the roads improved. That improved roads would benefit our country school system there would seem to be no doubt. Improved roads make it possible to consolidate or cen tralize the schools and to establish graded schools in the rural districts. Such schools centrally located will ac commodate all of the children within a radius of from four to five miles. In many communities having the advan tage of improved roads commodious buildings have, been provided, more competent teachers have been em ployed, and modern facilities for teach ing have been supplied -at a minimum cost. For instance, since the improve ment of the main highways in Durham county, North Carolina, the number of school houses has been reduced from 65 to 42, of which 17 are graded knd have two or more rooms and employ two or more teachers. There are at the( present time about two thousand consolidated rural schools in the United States. It ap pears that Massachusetts, Ohio and Indiana have made the greatest prog ress along these lines, and it is rather significant to note that in these states about one-third of the roads have been imnroved. According to statistics of the agricultural department there was expended in 1899, $22,116 in Massachu setts for the conveyance of pupils to consolidated schools, but in 1908 the expenditure for this purpose amounted to $292,213. In, Indiana the expendi ture for this purpose in 1904 amounted to ?86,000! while in 1908. $290,000 was expended. This expenditure lor trans portation reflects, in a general way, the extent and progress of this new educational movement. It must not be understood that this is an additional burden, as the expenditure thus made is saved in other directions. Capital Folk Scramble for Rent-Free Houses THERE'S a scramble on among several hundred Washingtonians for rent free houses during the summer months in the city's most exclusive resi dential districts. Few neople outside the capital realize that there are In this city scores of beautiful and costly homes which are turned over to care takers, sometimes without rent, and with coal, gas and electric light bills paid. On some occasions, even, care takers are paid a nominal sum to live in the houses. Now is the season when these caretakers are the busiest. Those who have had these positions in the past are the most active and they besiege almost, daily the various real estate "offices tn the city. For this business is one of the hardest for real estate men to look after. In the first place : they must be able to judge character "on the Jump" and be able to pick men and women who would be capable and honest. Then after selecting the names of applicants the agents have to investigate their standing and trust- worthiness. In the selection of the tenants widows almost always have first choice. A good widow with children is always regarded as the best care: taker. While the occupation of caretaker grew up originally when Washing tonians left the cfly for the summer it has extended to another branch now that of furnished houses for sale or rent. For instance, if a public official who has lived here Eeveral years suddenly becomes a "lame duck" and moves "back to the farm" his Washington home is for sale. Often it is difficult to sell the place immediately or even' to rent it. As a result a caretaker is selected. This party is given possession of the house, but is required to keep It In tip-top condition and to show if to prospective buyers. "Follow Your Hunch." Chicago. The Natural Science clubj at a meeting devised a program of thought vibrations to save the 12,000 persons in Cook county who ar con templating suicide according to Cor oner Hoffman. Second Appendix Cut Out. Mount Hope, N. Y. The appendix of Frank Davis. removed ten year ago, grew again and had -to be cut out a second time to save his life. tortured sea cook threatened to carry away the fo'c'sle of the house, until the neighbors washed out tbe liniment with, olive oil. A Norwegian hospital doctor did not think the harm would be lasting. $25,000 for Half Interest in Bull. Middletown, N. Y. The Lawson Holding company has just paid $25,000 to John Arfman for a half Interest in King Segis Pontiec Acurtra, a twelve-year-old Tfolstein bull. Arfman bought the bull for $10,000 three years ago. BENEFIT OF IMPROVED ROAD Among Many Other Things It Attracts Investors Looking for Advan tageous Locations. A long stretch of Improved road is me of the best advertisements a state can have. It attracts a class of tdur lsts who are able and willing to pay for entertainment. It brings investors who ar looking for advantageous lo cations. It includes agricultural inves tigation and consequent immigration and investment, not only along the line ,-i Jul of the road, but in otner accession sections. It changes, by the sheer force of publicity, backward localities into progressive ones; enhances val ues, and brings into general notice 're sources which had only been known locally; or, if known, not appreciated. The advantages which such stretches of main roads cause to accrue are ad vantages which affect the entire state, as well as the localities themselves. It should, therefore, be assumed as a principle that such main roads should Ho hum. in whole or in part, by the state; that their management and maintenance should be in the handf of the etate authorities. Uncle Sam Needs Rifle Ranges for Civilians WITH the probability that citizen soldiery may be called to. national serv ice, the national "board for promotion of rifle practise of the war depart ment has issued a statement explaining the need of rifle ranges for practise, which has been made possible by the present congress In providing for th free distribution of rifles and ammu nition to civilian rifle clubs and school cadets. "Again we are faced with the pos sibility of sending untrained youths from their homes to the battlefleld,M the. statement says. "Recruits can be taught to march, drill, and take care of themselves in the field in a com paratively short period, but such is not the case with the care and effec tive use of the service arm. A long step in the right direction was taken by the present congress when it enacted a law, through a paragraph in the army appropriation bill, authority for the war department to issue, rifles and ammu nition free to certain civilians. "It is a fundamental principle of national defensethat citizens should be trained in the use of the service arm. Rifle instruction is the keynote of national defense of Switzerland. If we were to train our citizens in the same proportion as that small republic, we would have about 3,000,000 trained civilian expert riflemen. "A serious handicap to the proper development of this movement is the lack of rifle ranges. With the growth of cities and the Increasing value of land generally rifle ranges have been swept away. Therefore, unless the issue of rifles and ammunition is followed by the construction of ranges where civilians can practise such issue will not accomplish the results de sired by the government." Varied lot of Plants Grown by the Government Raising Lettuce. Many market gardeners sow lettuce in rows 10 to 12 inches apart and thin the plants to stand from 8 to 2 inches apart. This plan is very satisfactory whenever good markets are available. Any of the loose-leaf and heading va rieties may be grown in' this manner. Using Kerosene. Kerosene may be used in connectior with, lard externally or a light film oi 11 may be put on the drinking water, but it should not be used internally or externally otherwise. IN CONNECTION with its investigations, the Smithsonian Institution under took some years ago the collecting of a series of cactuses. Not only herbarium specimens, but many examples of living plants were secured. The problem of the caje of tne3e living plants while under Observation was solved through the co-operation of the department of agriculture, which assigned special greenhouse No. 7, at Fourteenth and B streets northwest, for housing them. Today a veritable desert flourishes in it, filled with all kinds of strange desert plants espe cially cactuses from North and South America, of which there are perhaps In the neighborhood of five thousand specimens. The collection has much to attract the ordinary visitor, No such collec tion in Europe nas so many unique ana rare, species, isach pot contains a label which gives the key number to record books giving the history of each plant. The collection contains about twenty-five species of the night-blooming cereus; several plants of the so-called bishop's cap, and some striking 8pwtfmens of Turk's head cactus. The photographer of the National museum makes photographs of the flowering plants when any special features are to be noted, thousands of these cuttings being distributed by the department to the various botanical institutions throughout the world. Th collection is directly under the charge of E. M. Byrnes, superintend ent of gardens and grounds. Air Plants on the Wires. Telephone '- troubles In the tropics are largely due to the wires becoming covered with air plants. In Porto Rico the humidity of the atmosphere is so great that-the plants continue to grow until they are detached by the, Un Really Not Much Difference. Miriam "Now you are out hem at Lonesomehurst, you must fairly revel In fresh vegetables, dear!" Millksent (rapturously) "We do.. Would you be lieve it? (impressively) We can buy them almost as cheaply here as wa could in the hot city!" rPjipk, f . ii A f - 1 t .. - i : v. A t ft
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