Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SCENES OF HORROR »• UKIUNTS OF TOE GREAT FLOOD IN THE WEST. SCENES OF SUFFERING Pfcr* and Gold Weather Add to Hor ror of the Situation-Leaped From Roof to Hoof-—Without Food mid Water—Fate of Many People in Doubt. Many pathetic and distreulng scenes were witnesses in Dayton and Other cities and towns In Indiana and Ohio when they were overwhelm ed with the angry waters the first of the week. Fire that destroyed many buildings in Dayton’s submerged sec tion cast a red, wierd glow over the flood stricken city that added to the fi>ars of thouranda of refugees and li.areoned persona and led to appre hension that there may have been many of the water's prisoners In the burni d buildings. ~ Rt-Jcue squads worked frantically to throw back the veil that hides the true ntory of the Dayton disaster - the ni mher of dead. It was reported that a number of dead had been found in houses at 5th and Kagle streets, but when rescuers worked their way into the partially submerg ed dwellings they found a number of the flood's prisoners were weak from fright and hunger. Fire that appeared to threaten the business section was confined to the bleck bounded by 2nd and 3rd streets and Jefferson and 6t. Clair streets. In the block are the Fourth National Bank. EvaaavlUe Wholesale Drug Oompany and several commission 'houses. It was Impossible to get within two miles of the fire and from that distance what appeared to be ex plosions, probably of drugs, made the fire seam of larger proportions than It was. It was Impossible to ascertain even approximately the number of persons who might have been marooned la this section and who died after be ing trapped by flood and lire. Never- tbe less, rescue work went steadily on, and about 3,000 persons were housed In places of refuge. At least <6,000 persons are Imprisoned In homes and In business buildings. It la feared their two days’ Imprison ment with accompanying hunger and fright baa caused tremendous suffer ing. Dayton was practically cut off from wire communication until late Wed- „ needs* afternoon. Then two wires Into Cincinnati were obtained and operators plunged into great piles of telegrams from Dayton cttlxens, al most fanatic In their desire to aasurn friends outside of their safety. Op erators at opposite ends of the wires reported that thousands of telegrams were piled up at relay offices. These were from people anxious over the fate of Dayton klnamen. Two oarsmen who braved the cur rent that swirled through the busi ness section of the city Wednesday reported that the water at the Algon quin Hotel, at the southwest corner of Third and Ludlow streets was fif teen feet deep. From windows In the hotels and buaineas blocks, hun dreds of the marooned begged pltlly for rescue and food. The oarsmen said they saw no bodies floating on the flood tide, but declared that many persons most have perished In the water's sudden rush through the streets. Oarsmen who worked into the out skirts of the business section Wed nesday night reported that 250 per sons marooned in the Arcade build ing. and 200 imprisoned In the Y. M C. A. building were begging for wa ter. A shortage of provisions was threatened Wednesday afternoon when It was reported many relief trains, bound to Dayton from neigh boring cities had been stopped by high water. Every grocer In the city had been “sold out’’ before noon. It was believed that the relief trains might creep in during the night. Encouragement was received Wed needay night in a message from the mayor of Springfield, who said he was sending six big trucks loaded with provisions that should rjach Dayton early Thursday. With the arrival of motor boats Wednesday night it was hoped to begin to distri bute provisions among the marooned soon after daylight. Messages from the flood’s prisoners in the business section, said children were crying for milk, while their elders suffered from thirst that grew hourly. A phone message from a marooned man said the Beckel house is burn ing and Jefferson street Is on fire on 1U aide from Third street as far down as the Weetern Union office. The message said refugees, driven from the places where they had sought safety from the floods, were leaping ~ WoM"root to roof to escape the new terror. The fire was rapidly ap proach lug the Home telephone plant, ■lous earns this Information. The man said he had rigged up a tsUpkoM sad got hi on his Van dal la elromlL He said the water was naar the third floor of his hall ding and that he «ad about forty others ware la the fourth story. The (tat-ftl ttfet he laid, .wee in the TIME TO SWAT FLIES. Vow Is the Time to Get Rid of the Dangerous Feet. The time to begin the fight on the riles Is not after they have taken pos session of everything but at the time when they are breeding. Now is the time to remove the places where they breed. Put up your screen dooYt and windows eo that they will have no op portunity to get in. It will be a whole lot easier to keep them from ever getting In than it will be to get them out once they have gotten In. The following aricle from The Knox ville Sentinel Is timely advice: “Of course one should not weary- of well doing, but after swatting flies and screening doors and windows, buying fly paper and getting it stuck on one’s clothes and hair and car pets, it is a bit tiresome to have a swarm of flies come in every time the screen door is opened. The way to avoid this is for everybody to cut’ off the fly from food and lodging, to divorce him from bed and board. If he and his mate have nowhere to get a bite or raise their families, they will not be much of a problem. “Fly time has come again. The hardy annuals who survived the win ter in a crack or on the cellar ceiling have stretched their limbs and reap peared in the kitchen. There are not many of them yet but quite enough to supply the neighborhood later on. There is no way to limit the numbers of a tty family except to limit the food they get to eat and the places they have set apart for them to breed in. A single pair can fill the world In a year. "The fly loves to breed in places that folk do not particularly like. Madame Fly selects with preference the uncovered garbage pall, the rub bish heap, the stable refuse, the un screened earth closet. Fermentation and solar heat relieve her of the re sponsibility of hatching the eggs and the food people, and filth that ought to be carried away quickly or at least kept screened and steraltzed, supply the nourishment the fly in fants require until they can use their wings They usually fly directly to the kitchen or dining room and carry with them particles of the unsavory bed they have grown up In and de posit It on table and kitchen ware, in the sugar, butter or cream, in the preserves, on the bread. “Swat the fly, of course; but that is the smallest part of the work Do not let the fly breed and feed and peranade your neighbor* to follow your example. You may tarn a life from extinction In typhoid, dlptberia. infantile paralysis, tuberculosis, pel lagra. or other dread scourge’s. In this food work you can even safely rlak a rebuff.” street where several men were ma rooned. The two parties were com municating by shouting across the city was burning and the barracks lying !>etween the hospital and fhe northern forts was also in flames The Hulgarlans in strong force grad ually advanced their lines encircling the city and by several ruches the infantrymen approached near enough to prepare for the final dash On all sides the combined movement of the attackers on the ever-resisting city was continued. The entire line of fortresses de fending the eastern side of the city was captured by the Bulgarians after a most spectacular assault at the point of bayonet by long lines of in fantry, which were strengthened rap idly by the second of reserve lines. The eastern forts soon fell into their hands and Bulgarian batteries were Immediately placed in position to concentrate their fire on the other works. The way was thus cleared for a direct assault on the city itself. Shukrl, the Turkish commander- in-chief of Adrtanople, committed suicide after ^he capture of the city, according to a news agency dispatch from Sofia. He had made a most gallant defence of the post, but he could not face the humiliation of sur rendering the city and his army to the Bulgarians, so he took his life. Adrianople, the former Turkish capital, withstood the siege of a great Bulgarian army for over five months, the first gun having been fired at the fortress October 5. Shukri Pasha, the commander-in-chief, had under him within the encircling forts what was considered the flower of the Turkish regular army. The main portion of the garrison consisted of the fourth army corps, which had added many regiments and batteries who had been drawn in before the ad vancing Bulgarian army. The fortifications which had been subjected to almost continuous bom bardment by hundreds of field and siege guns for about 160 days were very strong. They consisted of 4 0 modern forts composing a semi-cir cle around the northern half of the city from east to west with minor works between. On the south of the city there was also a series of forts but much dependence was placed on the character of the ground there which was formed by treacherous marshes. The city contains shout 80,000 in- habitanti, half of whom are Turks an4 the others Armenians, Israelites and Greeks. President Wilson has made an ex cellent beginning. The administra tion machinery la working beautiful ly, and the tret month la the White House gives Indication of a sncceos- fnl reglmo. PCK TO RESCUE w PRESIDENT WILSON GOES TO AID Of FICTIHS URGES NATION TO HELP Food Sufficient to Feed 200,000 Per sons Five Days Ordered Rushed to the Stricken District—Also Tents, Blankets, Field Supplies and Medi cines Are Started on Way. A dispatch from Washington says the principal function of the govern ment of the United States Wednesday was to extend relief to the thousands of homeless survivors of the Ohio and Indiana floods. In quick succession every agency of the Government, from the Presi dent, the Secretary of War to every bureau chief In the department, un der whom relief expeditions could be organized, moved swiftly to assist the State authorities in providing food, shelter and medical attention for the sufterers. All the troops of the department of the Hast were ordered to hold them selves in readiness for duty in the Mood districts. One million rations, sufficient to feed 200,000 people for five days, at least, are being purchas ed by the war department at the nearest supply depots and hurried to the Ohio and Indiana towns. Tents to shelter at leaat 50,000 people, thousands of blankets, cots, hospital and field supplies, are being loaded in the Philadelphia, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Chicago, Fort Thomas, Ky., and nearby army posts, and within twenty-four hours should reach the devastated sections. Messages of sympathy exchanged by the President and the Governor of Ohio were followed quickly by a se ries of requests for help which were promptly answered by the Govern ment departments. The President was in his office all day in close touch with the situation. He was in con stant communication with Secretary Garrison, of the war department. Me apprised Chairmen Martin, of the Senate, and Fitzgerald, of the House appropriations committees, that the Government was going ahead with emergency expenditures on the assumption that Congress would back up the Adminiatration later on. They both wired promlsea of hearty sup port, and orders went out on every side for a gigantic w«rk of relief. The President called upon the peo ple of the nation to contrlbu'e money liberally to the American Red Cross, which In turn appealed to the Gov ernors of the States to help gather re lief funds. Ma'ors James Normm le and James A Logan Jr . experienced in fighting the Mississippi Valley floods, were or dered by Quartermaster General Ale- shire to Columbus, Ohio, to take charge of distributing food supplies for the Federal Government Major P. C Fauntleroy was sent immediately to Columbus to handle the medical supplies. Nine medical officers and fifty-four of the hospital corps went from the department of the East, carrying a big supply of surgical dressings, anti-typhoid pro phylactics and the complete “reserve medical supply", comprising hun dreds of drugs sufficient to treat 20,- 000 patients for one month. Pre cautions against the spread of di sease are to be handled by sanitation experts. Miss Mabel Boardman, of the American Red Cross, was active at the headquarters, telegraphing or ders to nurses at Cleveland and Cin cinnati and calling upon other near by chapters for physicians and nurses. Life-saving -crews were ordered from Louisville to Dayton, and from Lorraine, Ohio, to Delaware, Ohio, and the public health service distri buted its agents over the afflicted dis tricts. Postmaster General Burleson di rected the department's representa tives to make every possible effprt to stall temporary mail service and restore the main routes between the East and West as rapidly as possible. Only the railroad routes close to ^ake Erie have been getting the mails through from the West, and there has been practically no long service in the territory bounding Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus. Indian apolis, Terre Haute, and the Ohio River. All lines south of the Ohio are reported open. CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE POULTRY AND EGGH. For 8al^-*Fancy R. I. Red. Cblckeoa, and I. R. Duck eggs at |150 for 15. Chas B. Kneece, Baxter, S. C. Tompkins Strain Thoroughbred Rhode island Red Egga. <1.25 per 15. Mrs Ella Tanner, Edison Ga. Make Money raising Cook Strain Buff Orpin gtons. Buy your Cock re Is, eggs and chicks from Laurin Willis, Clio, S. C. Buff and White Orpington Eggs, 15, <1.00 Prize Winners at Taylorsville and Statesville. E. B. Bagwell, Lo- ray, N. C. .Single Comb Bhode Island Beds, ex clusively, e|§8 <2 for 15, $3 for 30, $8 for 10* s Mrs. K. H. Hill, Wash ington, Gi * Eggs—Buckeyes, 15, <1.50. White and Brown Leghorns, 15, <1.00. Cockerels, <1 each. Mrs. J. S. Mar tin, Pendleton, S. C. Eggs from blue ribbon winning White Orpingtons at <l.r>0 and <3 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send your order to-day. Will L. Moore, Cow- pens, S. C. Barred Plymouth Rock Lggr*—<1 per setting. Thompson strain I also buy all kinds of empty barrels. Wal ter a Moore, 8 George St., Charles ton, S. C. Kgg»— Special mating, Send this ad- vertlsment and <2 for sitting of my prize winning, winter laying strain Buff Legherna W. T. Wood Nash ville Tenn. For Sale-Prize winning chrysanthe mum plants; best quality; 50c per dozen; cash with orders. Mrs. L. E. Williams, “High View,” Orange burg. S. C. White Indian Hunner Ducks. Ftshel strain, none better, satisfaction guaranteed. Eggs, $1.50 per dozen. Riverside Poultry Yardfi, Box 60 1, Greenville, S f*. • Fifteen Ego and one year's subscrip tion to leading poultry Journal for |2. Buff Leghorna, Anconas, the great egg machine* W. H. Wil- liams, Durham, N. C. White IjeghornH, Buff Orpingtons. White Plymouth Rocks Vigorous, hardy stock. Eggs for hatching and baby chicks Mating List Free Bacon A Haywood, 205 Springfield Ave . Guyton. Ga Special Reduction on Barred Rock* Hamburgs, and Runner ducks Eggs at half price as this ad will not ap pear again Write for circular Val ley Head Poultry Farm, Big Rock Tenn . Route 2 H. S\\e«*< Potato Plant* Order them now for April planting. Three va rieties now ready. <1 5o per thou sand until \pril 2". $1 25 after that date Bay Mmette Land Company Bay Minette. Alabama “Eggs for Sale from first prize W in ners" White Orpingtons Imported direct from England 2 50 for 15 Black Orpingtons 2 50 for 15 White Wyandots 1 50 15. J. P. Kellett, Fountain Inn, S. C. Eggs tor Hatching—From prize-win ning pens. Ringlet Barred Rocks. Black Langshans, White Orpingtons Buff Columbian, White a»d Par tridge Wyandottes Catalogue free Dutch Fork Truck Farm, Columbia, S. €. I 1 Selected eggs for hatching—Crystal white Orpington yards. <2.50 for 15; prize pens, <5. White Leghorn yards, $1.50 for 16; Prise pen $2 .50. Cockerels for sale. Four prizes State Fair Raleigh. Beverly Poiiltrv yards. Iflttrall. N C» Eggs for Hatching—S. C. White Leg horn, <1 per 16. <5 per 100. Fawn and White Indian Runner Ducks egga $2 per 12. $12 per 100. Wt sell you eggs from prize winners We win wherever we show. Agent for X-ray Incubators. W. F., Dun- nington, Augusta, Ga., Route 2, Boi 13. Prize Winning White Indian Runner duck eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for Bronze turkey eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for <5. 5 Toulouse goose eggs, $2.50. White Orpington eggs, 1.50 for 15 and up. Fawn and White Indian Runner duck eggs, $l.o0. M. B. Grant, Darlington, S. C. «ock? dlfi* fromiWORST FLOOD OF YEARS Fischel and Patton; the all white egg strain, $2 for 12. 9- ^ Hart- zog, Greenville. S. C. Sweet Potato Plant*—Nancy Hall, and other varieties. $1.75 per 1,- 000. Write for prices, large quanti ties. Orders now booked for deliv ery. F. D. Irwin, Fairbanks, Fla. Express Company to Help. Announcement was made from the Charleston office of the Southern Ex press Company Thursday night that the company would carry free contri butions of money and shipments of supplies not exceeding 100 pounds In weight for the flood sufferers In the West. All such ocntttbutlons must be addressed to the municipal author ities or relief committees of the towns to which they are sent. ♦ » ♦ Suffering From Gold Weather. At Hamilton, Ohio-, the-loss Is esti mated at 250. The loss from flood and fire Is two and a half million, freexlng weather and lack of food Is causing great suffering. The waters are receding and relief trains are bringing aid. PLANTS. Nancy Hall Sweet Potatoes for gee.T. Sound and pure. Price $1 per butm- el. Welch wTlbur, Newberry, S. C. White Runner Ducks for sale. (Fis chel Strain) eggs, $2.50 per dozen. Oak Grove Poultry Farm, Yorkvllle, S. C., Route No. 3. Sweet Potato Plante—Five million of the leading varieties. Write for price and speolal offer. J. V. Huch- inton, Lakeland, Fla. Butt’s Poor Eared Prolific Seed Corn —peck |1, bushel |3. Indian Run ner Duck Eggs $1 per setting. O. P. Stallings, Enfield, N. C. Sweet Potato Plants—Early Tri umphs, Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Nor ton, and Providence, $1.75 per 1 000. H. H. Thomas, Earletoa, Fla. Lewis Long-Staple Cotton Seed—Buy from originator and get the best. Now offered 19c for 1912 crop. Write for prices. E. P. Lewis, Gas tonia, N. C . Pure White Indian Runner Duck Eggs and White Leghorn chicken eggs. Prize winning and the heavy laying strains. Prices reasonable. 1. D. L. Poultry Farm, Douglas, Ga. Velvet Beans—A limited quantity of good sound velvet bean seed, $3.00 per bushel f. o. b. Carlo, Ga. Good seed are scarce and will be higher. Better order today. Mauldin Bro thers Carlo, Ga. Nancy Hall Potato Plante. Buy dir ect from grower and get fresh plants. Orders filled in any quan- ity. $175 per 1,000 10,000 or more $1.50 per 1,000. A. Q. Lan caster, Pine Castle, Fla. For Sale—Just a few of my improv ed Keenan long stapxe seed, ai * 1.5u por bu., f.o.b. Dunbar, S. C. Also prize winning S. C. Buff Or pington eggs, at $2 for 13. J. T. Lee. Dunbar. S. C. < in proved Triumph, Sweet Potatoes more than double most varilies in yield, best keepers, Blight proof. Slips for sale in season, $160 per thousand, John L. White Homeland, Ga. ' Sweet Potato Plants, Nancy Hall and Triumph, $1.75 per 1,000. I caq fill your, orders In an; quanlty. Give me your orders for prompt de livery and choice plants grown un der irrigation. G. D. Moore, Haw thorn, Fla. Sweet Potato Plante—Naucy Halt and Pbrto Rico, $1.75 per thou sand. I am pushing the Porto Rico because they are better; they yield greater and from four to six weexs earlier than any I have ever tried J. A Wilkes, Pine Castle, Ha. Nancy Hall Triumph and other Varl- t i pH Sweet potatoo plants grown from selected seed stock write for fiiscriptive price list and cultured directions. My plants and Method of packing for shipment will please you. E A. Murray, Columbus, Ga. Potato Slipa for Sale—Enormous Im proved Golden Beauty and Nancy Hall; will begin ahlpplng about April 1 or 15 to July 1; $1.60 per 1.000 for less than 100,000; $1.50 per 1,000 for lota of 100.000 or more; 25 per cent to accompan> order, balance before the plant* are shipped C. M. McKinney. Graham Our Celebrated ’’Model" Strain of W hite H-ghorns won 2 7 prizes and ;! silver cups at the leading shows of the South including the great Au gusta and Atlanta shows. Our non-egg incubator now goint; at full capacity and can supply you 2"M chicks per day. 2.non head of select breeders Write for catalogue and prices. Model Poultry Farm, "The Farm of Quality,” Colbert, Ga. Potato Plante—We are booking or ders now for spring delivery of Nancy Halls and Porto Rico yams Let us have your orders early so we can arrange to fill promptly. Or ders received In January must en close 10 per cent, of full amount those in February 20 per cent.; bal ance 10 days before shipping date March orders cash in full. 500,$1; 1,000, $1.76; 5,000 or more, $1.50 Write us for prices on other truck plants. Taft Garden Co., Taft, Fla REAL ESTATE. Farms In beautiful Healthy Section Free Stone water. 60 to 1,000 acres. No Mosquitos or Malaria. L. W. Smith, Talboltor, Ga. Cheap Farms of all sizes for sale in the coining section of South Car olina. Good stiff clay lands, where we make three money crops. Cot ton, tobacco, berries. Reaves & McKenzie. Lorie, 8. C. MISCELLANEOUS. Hartford's Ronpe Cure—Guaranteed 50c delivered. Poultry Remedy Co., Sneads, Fla. Wanted—You to have your mer chants get our prices on peas. Pal metto Brokerage Co., Greenville. Phone 822. We pay the postage—Send your col lars by mail to the largest laundry In South Carolina. Capital city, Columbia, S. C. Wanted—Men and boys to learn au tomobile businesa, practical course In our shop*. Cheap tuition; good positions for graduate# Carolina Auto School, Charlotte, N. C. Agents—Grab the big profit*. Our household specialties quick and steady sellers. Particulars free. Repeat orders easy. Standard Nov elty Co., Box 84, Tuskegee, Ala. DAMAGE GREATEST SINCE GAL- VE8TON FLOOD. Heavy Loss of Life is Reported and Several Towns Have Been Wiped Off the Map. A dispatch from Columbus says Ohio is in the midst of the worst flood in its history. Many estimate that the damage to property is the greatest since Galveston, Texas, was literally swept off the map. Gather ing darkness Thursday night brought no relief to the scores of cities and towns of the State that are inundated and cut off from the outside world, but instead cast a gloom over the rushing waters, practically thwarted rescue work and increased the hor rors of the situation. Thousands of persons are imprisoned by the swooll- en waters. Although the waters In some places are reported to be slowly receding there was no immediate relief in sight Thursday night, while rain con tinued to descend at times in tor rents. So appalling and seemingly exaggerated were many of the re^ ports from flooded cities and towns Thursday that they were disputed, and in many’ instances wholly disre garded. Later reports from these same sections, however, many times confirmed what seemed to be wild ru mors. In other cases reports proved not to be correct. The various news agencies are working under great difficulties in securing accurate reports because of crippled wire facilities. Many citiea and towns are completely Isolated and lonly rumors can be obtained. These can not be verified until wire and transportation service is restor ed. Although reports of distress and disaster are coming in from every section, the greatest, damage and loss of life apparently is at Dayton. Con ditions there beggar description While the business section is practi cally under water and the estimated loss of life is appalling, fires are add ing to the terror The lurid lights from burning buildings are adding horrors to the stricken city. Ixvss of life is o«ti- mated at from hundreds to thou sands Handicapped efforts at rescue sork Thursday failed to clarify the puzzling situation regarding loss of life in Columbus Many who are con sidered conservative place the loaa there from 100 to 150 From Sid ney cornea the report that from 100 to 500 have been drowned. Gov. Cox said he had information that there was no losa of life In Sidney Reports from the southern part of the state Indicate that the situation there is serious and may result in a heavy death toll Zanesville, on the swollen Muskingum river, according to reports Thursday rrgh’ was large ly under water and several buildings are reported to have collapse i Wire communication was cut off early Thursday night when the Western Union Telegraph office was flooded. Tiie operator's last words were that the town was under water and that a htiildirut near the telegraph office had fallen So runs the news from all parts of Ohio Wa a tad—Man of ability to learn cot ton bnainaaa by oar corraspondent oooraa and typo aamplaa; bleb aat* House Full of Bodies. Twelve bodies wer^ recovered in a single house in the southern part of Peru, Ind., Thursday afternoon. This was taken to indicate that the loss of life in that section of the city was great, as it was there that dwellings were completely submerged before the occupants could vacate. arled contracts made. Charlotte Cotton School, Charlotte, N. C. Free to Ladies—The greatest super fluous hair remover known; posi tively eradicate* superfluous hair quickly; liberal sample will be sent you, all charges prepaid. Write quickly and beautify your face im mediately. Address Bell Company, 215. Second Ave., Dept. 4, College Point, N. Y. Shoote Cattle During Night. "Caw Caw," writing to The Cal houn Advance says: “Some weeks 'v ago Mr Henry Rickenbaker's cattle were shot during the night. Among them was a cow with a very young calf was killed. Will no arrest be made in this matter'’ It would pay the community to hire a detective. There is a law for taking up cattle and a law for damages. A man who will go out into the darkness and kill a neighbor’s cattle will go out into the darkness and kill the owner of the cattle if he takes spite against him. The principal Is the same. It takes a bad heart to kill an innocent cow with a new-born calf. Such con duct should be handled and given to understand that there is some law in this country.’’ Marry if you are^lonely. The Reliable Confidential Successful Club has large number of wealthy eligible members, both sexes wishing early marriage. Descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oakland. Cal. Parcel Poat Your Dyeing and Clean ing—The superior service of the South’s largest exclusive establish ment is now at your door. We han dle everything that can he success fully cleaned or dyed and pay re turn postage on everything hot gloves. Write for catalogue to-day. The Ben-Vonde Co., “Quality'’ Dyers aqd French Cleaners, Char lotte, N. C.