North Carolina Newspapers

inn VOLUME I. WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WKDNESBEY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1909. NO. <4 PEN5EG0LH0 NEW ORLEANS f ' ? T"; ? 1 : ? ' Communication With Many Places Are Cut ~ Off-Railroads Are Tied Up-Great Loss of Life is Feared? Shipping Has Been Damaged Extensively. -?? - ? ?? ? ? ? ? ?A MANVrnVESXOST IN CUBA Louisville, Ky.. Sept. 23.? With ? tire ? city of New Orteaae? entirely stripped of wire communications with the world, *nd reports trickling ? in from polnu along the Gulf be tween Pwcagoula. Miss., ?nd Pensa cola, Fla., of high tides and winds of hurricane reloclty, It Is apparent gfom the meagre Information thus far received that the Gulf storm which struck that section of the 1 CttttBd OiaUm has seererf htwHy iu - property damage if not In loas of life. No casualitles have beeif* reported thus far. w"\ Interest settles on New Orleans be cause of the absence of advices from that city since .3 a'clock. AJ. -that tlm* fhs Asuoclated Press was In - formed by. the Weather Bnreau that the piling up of the Gulf waters at "*tlie mouth of the Mississippi river naa s^etfdy cnuse^lji Use of g-fept~ln. the Waters of. the river at New Or leans,, a rise unprecedented at that pbfnt from such a source. Tbe. pres ent stage of the river and the height of the levee will , admit of a much ?'greater rise without much damage . to the city proper, but the report bodes 111 Xor the large number of vil lages scattered about the .territory between ttf city -and the Gulf and the Oulf coast. The moot threatening of the defi nite a#>leps ib"? Tnr y^me fronp Pensacola. where the wind at dartr^A; attained a velocity of 60 miles an- hour and was apparently in ? Tills r?H, In tlon with reports Irom the. Missis sippi coast that the gale there '???raged about 4 0 miles an hour, would lntlicato that the storm hi heading . northwest 'across- Florida and- Alabama and northward Into Louisiana. Reports of Increasing gales toward Hafteras also seem \\ Indicate that the hurricane 1b head ing that way. At Mobile, Ala" . the reports said that the-sterm at night fall had cdone .no great damage, but later dispatches showed that it was blowing up again and that, the Waters of the bay were beginning to pile up -Ulag the water front at an alaVming rate. Up to 11 oV-lnrk nothing hart been heard froni New Orleans except a brief message which was received about 10 o'clock telling ot the un rooflng of some buildings ^y the wind. Communication with New Or ? ? l?ros~by way of Mobile is entirely cut off. FmiMipiii ? itir? i iii nnr office* of the Yazoo and Mis sissippi Valley Railroad report -that all of their Villi south of Vicksburg. Miss., were lost > shortly before o'clock last night. Before that hour points south of| Vlr.kshnrg reported ? a? severe storm j prevailing, ? At 9 p. m. the telegraph companies lost all communication with Natchez, -J hour stated a high wind was prevail ing and the electric light wir?s were| .broken by fallen trees. ?: ^ ' j ' | if? ? Mttcn' damage to property. Inter ruption of railroad traffic and the shutting off of . telegraph communi cation were the results today, of the tropical storm which strut^the Gulf coasts of ^Louisiana and Mississippi, ~ lata yr?ss dispatches fium New Oi Imm ' ' , No lives were lost, so far as can be ascertained. Louisville and . Nashville railroad tralps wet-e held up at Chef Menteur, "SO miles east of New Orleans, by washouts. Shortly before noon the wind was reported to be abnormally ? high at Chef Menteur and the water _,was rlstn^ rapidly- Grave fears weed ^?ntertalrifed for the safety of the rail road bridge there. The .principal damage Jn New Ot leani was the partial d effraction ofl the WgLHortlcultural Hall at Audu bon Park. Telegraph' wires along the Mississippi gulf coast are out of comnjtesion. v . " Indications. kr<> the storm Is rapid- 1 if moving n^^rth westward. ' ? About four miles of the Louisville and frashvllle railroad tracks ta. the " l't!"!* M """r It la o'clock, the wind lncreajsng. untU It ff'rtfj-fi ^ftlnrfty "+ ?ng>?, at 6. p. m. is still increasing. It is estimated that $40,000 to $50r000 property damage -haw been suffered. Seven hundred and fifty feet or the track of the Gnlf Coast Traction Company la washing away, another 100 feet la gone near the Soldiers' Home, and to the eastward of Oulfport 150 feet was -waehod httt)>hnn*A? ?nri nlttin along the beach from Oulfport to the home of United States Senator Money; a distance-oMpur miles, have been swept away. Three hundred feet of the eloctrlc car |^ne at Long Beach, Miss., has been washed out. The. driveway ftnown as "the Peach road," along l^e coast in front of Blloxi; is completely gone, entailing a loss of $10,000 to $20,000. No' traln has reached here from the North, and all telegraph wires are down. One schooner has been JUftO-iftjUrlinp. hoata.Are. oat In the storm. * % j I tlx ECfei^v. ? The hurricane that s*ept over Cuba and the Gulf began to show it self alorig^the co&st at Beaufort to day. Many three/royr and five:ma8ted schooners, fearing the tempest, are coming . up under the lee of Cape l.ookdut In search of a sale harbor. The ^emperaturp has fallen consid erably since yesterday. Nothing more serious than n .stiff northeast wind Is expected tp be relt fiere. I. Ives IjOst In X'jilnw. ? -- New? froh the towns In PInar Del" Rlo tell of disaster caused by the. lat est hurricane. tfany-llveu wore luutr It Is impossible tp ascertain the num ber, for telegraph communication 1b completely Interrupted, the storm every direction. Thousands of houses have been wrecked and zqany fishing boats sunk. The loss of property is estimated at more than $6,000,000. Subscriptions are being started all | over the Island to $uccor the suffer ed? -Famine reTgne throughout the afflicted places, and it is difficult to send provisions, for the roads have T) era- left "in an 'but passable condl Ition. ? The vC\tban treasury Is without i availably. relief- funds, and President! Gomez last night called a special ses sion of ymgress to iqeet September | 2T~and make an appropriation. t ' .''The Iljle of Pices, where most, of | the Inhabitants" ar<r Americans. also I suffered heavily from (he hurricane" i The orange crop issiadotbde I . . oa i The orange . cropila said to have been "destroyed, anil many Jiouses -are in j ruins. | The^Province of Pinar Del Rio, where the world-famous Vuelta Ab ajo tobacco is raised, has been left In a'misearblfe state. ' Went Through Hurricane. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 22.? The.Ade l!a Carle ton. a schooner, the first veaaftV to report meeting. lh& recent TfHTtflglfB, UHllfH fllfU 1 gaillUUff Roads this evening. Her master re^ porta that he sailed from Rodton Is land, British Honduras, on August 19 for New York with a cargo of cbcoanuts. On August 25, when struck hUn, blowibg east-northea ' ?lag mm wb|(h #w^pL hlft dooln?, r? hUj>oater washed hii dwklotd of nuts* overboard and aalted his Water and provisions, but doing no damage whatever to the* vessel. Off Winter Quarter he met a. -northeast gale, and therefore put back M water and provisions, which HeTTs" procuring here. OFF ON VACATION. City. Clerk W. B. Windley left this morning for West Vlnatifla and Ohio to spend bis vacation. During Ms absence- Mjr. N. E? Mitchell, the assis tant tax -collector^ will be at t^e olty hall Co receive all u*es which are no.w due, ~ _ MILLINKK ARRIVES. Mlu M?ry WTBkoop, of Ptillndfl phU, III" arrlred In'the cHjp to uke charge of the milllnerr department ?t, JIM B. Clark Compaaj'l store. *11 the GREAT fiffiMH AND STATESAAAN PASSES AWAY Was Thrice Elected Johnson, Minnesota's Chief Ex ecutive. Was tdolof 15.&00,. OOO Partisans and Prominently Mentioned -for President. Rochester, s Minn., Sept. 22.? Lieu tenaat^ Governor Eberhardt wlllJir sworn In today as the successor* of Governor John A. Johnson, who died in St. Mary's Hospital at 3:25 o'clock yesterday morning. The end came for Governor John son as he lay peacefully sleeping, after four days of fighting for his life following an operation laqt week for -an Intestinal abscess. ? Mrs- Jnhnann whn hM hftftn ftl hftr husband's bedside all through his Ill ness, was with htm when "he passed away. One. of the doctors felt the dying man's pulse. w After a moment he exclaimed: gone." - ^fth a cry of despair Mrs. John- | son fell upon the <iead body and burst into tears. The death scene was most pitiful. The governor was . conscious al most fo the end. He seemed to real ize"*h?t he was dyng. hut he did not ?spea^: of it* Although in great agony he never once complained. He was cheerful- to the .last. ? It was ap parent at 6 o'clock that death might comejjny minute. Mrs. Johnson was told that her husband could n of live much longer. .Jier grief was .uncon trollable^ At* 8 "O'clock the physicians an nounced thit the spark of life was dickering out.rasrr TIR'y tnwiglll ho might lire until iRQrnlng^-but no longer.-^ An hour later Mrs. Johnson sent-out thi? message from the hos mxv. s "Tell all the people who are' friends of the Governor to pray for tils life." Johnson vu -thrice governor, of Minnesota and the popular Idol of 15^,000, uuu partisans. ? : ? Had he lived it Is likely he would have been the next Democratic nom inee for President .of . the United pum. ? t ? ? ? : ? = ? f ? H For about an hour', beginning Shortly after midnight. Governor Johnson talked steadily to his wife while conscious, which, at that time was most of the time. V J ? I guess I'm going* now," h.e said time after time. He held his wife to, him, stroking her hands and** face. "I want to- see Fred,"' be said at one time. ?*. It was riot known whether he meant his brother Fred Johnson, who warf not at th?_hoapital. and- who .was. unable to reach tKere before his brother's death, or *Fred B. Lynch. Mr. Lynch tf'as sent for and the two naa & flfiari^wjuuMiuuiuii. ? tl lasmu only a few minutes.': ? - 7 Though unconscious Gov. Johnson' moaned almost continually for two hours before his death? "The an-| notincethent of the governor's death "was made by Dr. McXevin. " JVitb M ise-Bulllvan, Dr. McNevln1 half car ried Mrs. Johnson mit of thfe hospital and to Dr. Mayo's automobile (at 3:30 a.' m. Watchers immediately aanw nun mm aim. juftnTOU'u ffb parture- meant. " ~ "He died at 3:25," said Dr. Mc Nevlri. The physician was sobbing bitterly, teats rolling down his i iiLL^ui m, mm um'u H iiuau mmiu governor. 3 . ? < A few moments later ttafc big bell of Central 8chool, In R6cfcestek-, be gin to peal. Forty-eight strokes were tolled, one for each year of the gov-! ernor's ier of (Governor John A. Johnson, wixo came from Sweden a ' short time . before the birth of the fu ture governors was a blacktftnlth, but died In a poor house. His mother, creelring to give her'san an education;, took in washing. I Johnson was born In St. Peters. TMlnn., on July 28, 1861. In the same town, 13 years later, ho took up the task of supporting his family. For a{ time he worked in a grocery SfuTUien got ar job in a ^rug store. He vU studious, but also displayed, even in I hll Mfly youth, a deqg lntereat in af faire about him. He took an active part in the affairs of the town, even tually becoming editor of lta news paper. On June lr the married Elinor. Preston, a young drawing teacher. In the same y?*r lie was; defeated when ?he ran for the State senator sbl'lp. Four yeara ' later he gnn till nlffM hut it Hit unlit Ian of his ten*-, in 1WI, was again de feated. This' waafortunate for hlmv! however, as, had he been elected, h# would have bean Ineligible for the STO euro is wn Conqueror of the Air Arrives in New Yoik Quietly and Takes Part in demonstration in Honor of Dr. Cook, the Ex plorer. Now Vorlt. Sept. it While New "Tart bay r??o?nnl>A J^lth [he noisy .welcome to Dr. F*e?trick A. Cook yesterday Glenn H.Aiurtiss. winner of the International Illation cup at Rhelms, quietly sllplafi Into town on board the steamship' ifcaiser Wrthelm. II.. bripgtng with hlni 116.000 U prizes. i > Mr. Curtlss was met ly a committee from the Aero Club of America, but while hp im hntlnd ? n rnnnnprnr. of the air, the greetlig belug tend ered Dr. Cook overshadowed every thing else. In fact,^? Curtlss join dd, in It himself by ??erlng for the explore!1. Mr. Curtlss sacrificed another $16. 000 in prlxea by retnrnlng to New in the avii York to take part in the avlaifon In connection with the . pulton-Hudson celebration. ? - - i , * ".As a result of the fchelmes meet ing France Is aeroplane mad and Europe and AmerfisA will soon be likewise." said the aVtUpr. "While the general public adttm^s the mono plane on account of Its blrdlike. ap pearance the Rhelms- con test sho wed the' biplane is Its ?vtaf in speed and power. Armies and navies ot thr worW will soon needaeroplanes." Besides the ?lory-!*? winning the International cup. Mr. .Curtiss won $8,000 in-prizes- and added approxi mately $7;000. more to) his purse a.t| tne BWscia meeting.^ |?nt th? nip 1 be forwarded from weeks. CARNIVAL HERE~ ON OCTOBER 4 The Show Said to Ee One of the Best Now on the ~ Road. Washington is going to have the biggest carnival show here begin ning October 4, in its history. '.There, will be twSlve shows 'n all. and each! attraction is saidSlo be first-class In | every respect. The high dive feature baa. never been surr>nssed in Wash ington. The show ccwes to Wa^hing ^on highly endorsed and the Ocean Fire Company is to be cohgratu'lated j kon aecurUig it.. The proceeds of the! carnival will be for the beneflTof Vh*" tiro company! <hri> 1 iiiiuju f l.m, i? purchase a hose wagon As stated hibit on Markej. street beginning at the corner of Main and Market and extending out toward Second street. A great week is expected when Ihe A Busy Day for the President! Denver, Cola, Sept- 22. ? When! ? ? . m ?i --!??? *1-'- ?'Yiijur' he found before him the busiest day that he has experienced stf^ar on his transcontinental tour. Shorty after 8 o'clock he departed for Wolf burst to spend the forenoon as the guest of Thomas F- Walsh. The program for the afternoon provided for ^visits to Colorado Spjinga aud Pueblo. At the last named, place the fcrealdentLil party will be guests of tiie Bute Fair. Ambassador Hill Coming Homej [Berlin, Sept. 22. ? Ambaassdor and Mrs. Hill were given a hearty fare jl today - on their~<4eparttire for Bremen, whence th^yare fo sail for New York tomorrow on tHe's'team aljlp Qeorge Washington.. They will remain In the y^lteri gtatea foiiabout two igontha. returning to "Berlin In |Ume*Tor the opening of ihe wlhter social season. This i? the ambassa dor's fltst visit home In two years. "|* " '<?* -rr | ? eminent h?r ? nmm? u t rv former. It w*? h? why broojtat rtouf the model liHrwca "Aw whloh wu foeterM by Rootevott ' TUt: TOE EXPLORER RECEIVES ROYAL WELCOME HOME _*? I Cook's Proof a Secret '4 Have Come From the Pole; I ? Have Brought^ My Story and My Data" ? Wilt Abide Verdict of People. ? New York, Sept. 22. ? "ITytfre come from the pole. I Mte-i^ought my story mid my data with me. I have not come home to enter into argu ?raenU with- on? map, or with fifty men, but I am here to present a clear .record of a**pieco of work over which '1 have a right to display a certalh amount, of pride. "I am willing to abide by the ttnaT verdict of competent judges. That alone can satUfv trie and the nubile. "Furthermore, not only will my re port ' be before you In black and White, but I will also bring to Amer ica human witnesses to prove that I have '"been totlre-po^e." Such is the sum and substance of the first message Dr. Frederick A. CoOk brought home in person to America todaJV answering his critics yie world over. At* 5 .o'clock" the' exploTer was on the deck of the Oscar II, which had purposely, bssn^held. buck yesterday, not to dlsarranTpTthe reception plans of the Arctic Club of America, but leaving ^ire Island shortly . after midnight she nozed her way intoi quarantine at an hour too early fori everybody but^Dr. Cook. ? ? There was an aVxious~wait al quar-| antine while- the tubs bobbed herv ousiy about, tlH*"' .newspaper men on board shouting broken queries through. megaphones at ll-.c black Sides of the Oscar 11, high above _ : j ? A speck In the distance began to assume dimensions. Presently it was reff^nizable as the tug bearing Mrs. Mil ll'" I 'Ml liUMMbl mi . Dull il_ -ly the tug came alongside and. while the heavy swell running ground her fenders against the plates of her big Sister, ~Or. Cook clambbred nimbly down Jacobs ladder, and with no concern for .the cameras trained on I him, made a rush for his wife. For' the moment he ^Ven missed^TRe ciiii-j dren, who stood a few feet away, un til his wife silently led him to them. Then, as he lifted his youngest daughter~to his shoulder, the silent. watchl;ig crowd that lined ,the rails of the Os-^-ar II broke into a storm of cheers. As It Cr>ok finally' stepped -ashore It was noticeable that no- representa tive ol the ration,, the. State? or the ; city were there to greet him. Bird j S. Coler, president of fhe borough of JJ^ookiva?had^ welcomed him on tLe "Grand Republic for that borough;] but the city of New York sent no offl-[ ' i.-'-l. ?.it'iriv-- "and " enthusiastic to the point of tufftul mousness, his weleonre"p3ay besr t described as a neigliborly affair, do- 1 void of official significance. MAY NOT SELL THE RAILROAD The Norfolk & Soliffitrri May Not Go Into New Hands, Says Norfolk Paper. News cdmes through the~"Ledger- j Dispatch, of- Norfolk, that Fergus minority Bondholder of the Norfolk and Southern ^Railway, now in th?H hands oX receivers, and sale of which | is souglft By "the TrusT Corn pa n y or | America, trusteesjn the Norfolk ^nd ; Southern's first "refund lug , bond j issue of >l*y 1. 1508 will, In the | United States court at Norfolk this week, petition in objection to the proposed sale under the Trust" "Com p?ny ojf America's bill for foreclosure wblen Is set for hearing before Judge! Waddill in Norfolk. October 1. _ The petitioner will set out. that the property could be sold to better ad vantage after all Improvements now under way by the receivers. Including the eight mile trestle bridge across Albemarle e*u?d, shall have, been completed, and will object to an, im mediate sale of the railroad. The Rhl IgAlDBl thH ?l!e, WDKb Is sought "bjrWRfliden J. Perfr. of Provtdence. R. I., and other* In control of the property, promises to be a stiff one, and the litigation Is, expected to be ISP! prawn or,.. Tht. m~m ?n tntonntnttft oobUhuabc* o! IBti JU- J e?iv?rsblp. PURCHASES niSINKhS I C?pt - T. Wr?u ku purcbt??n | lbs- tntmmt of Mr. TUIkm. Do?ctyr GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL OF yh - ? STME SHY WASHINGTON ? ? ? ? Mattamuskeet Railroad Will be Extended to ? Washington Upon Certain Conditions, In~~ eluding Furnishing Rights of Way From Bel haven to This City. PEOPLE MUST GET TO WORK Washington wins. The Mattamus keet Railroad l? to Se-built -ttrtMr city, sqvb the Governor and his Coun ctl of State. The matter was decided this morning in the Capital city, and already the good fnffe-s of Washing ton's victory has been hewided all over Eastern Carolina Th^ following resolutions, as w+fed The News, were adopted by the Coun cll of State this morning: Be it Resolved by the Governor a~nd the "Council of State: That the grading of the MattamuB keet Railway by the State convicts from Belhaven via Bath to Washing ton. will be ordered. ^Provided, the citizens of Washington and th*? dpo ple residing in the territory between Belhaven aud Washington, shall on or before the comflfetton of the grad ing to BelhaVen, guarantee to see-ure the rights of way from Belhaven to Washington . 16 "Klso tunSst^ termi nals at B^th and Washington. To provide. Ull material, implements, camps, vehicles and teams that are necessary to. carry oil the work not, grading. This to be done without any expense to the State, other than : furnishing th^? eonvicls- with the proper guards and maintenance. Tills} is to be done wlthoufenCutnbrance | upon the property. Provided ^rther.l that on or before, the completion of the grading to HHiiaven a proposi tion satisfactory to the Governor and the Council of State, for completing aad equipping and operating said road when graded, to- Washington ?without additional expense to the. State, or by any turtr.ej; oBltg&tHm by ltg shall be submitted. * The above resolution speaks for It self. The News' readers can readily s??e Washington gets the road, pro vided, certain conditions are met as SMASHUP AT~~ A. C. L. YARD Box Car Vaults Fence, Smashes Buroper and Does Other Damage, There was a general srtfaeh-up-'at ; the Atlantic Coasi l^ne ysrds ttrtsj morning, caused by an engine having I roo iii ji h backing tendency afioaxd.. [ ttpTi^evrral L-mt.rv ? w a .s r^inr. i r: g i side * t rfick Bit u-- : ategjioar the 5- Peterson, Co. whole? *? sale store'building. and had too much , headway. TLe first- -car struck ihp j pumper-Rear Main street so hard that I It tore the buxriper all to. pieces, threw the car over Ihfi tftnog nnrl >?>?>> Main street sidewalk. The platform holding the car wheels together suf fered-no little from the accident. For a time all was excitement. Fortun ately no one was in o.r on the oar at ?he time, for no doubt they would have been painfully, if .not secJously. hurt. The tornup'*box car was the means of drawltrg a latge nuiubei of - SCHOONER IN PORT. The schooner Annie Wahab, Caa *-*Jl William*, captain, arrived In the city last nighrTrcM^ omrecTre: loaded with Ash. both fresh and Bait. FIRST HUDSON CELEBRATION. Lewes, Del., Sept. 22. ? An Inter esting celebration' of the tercenten nlal of the Hudson-DeYrles discov ery and settlement wan* held here to day. Delegations from Dover, Wil mington and other Delaware cities took part in the program. ? PRAYER MEETING. a There will be prayer meeting serv iced In all the different churches of the city this evening at the usual Kour. All strangors In tho- city oor^~ dially Invited. nJ NORTH CAROLINA KHQUUNO S^l'RNEV. >i i ii m ?? nu?l meeting ami tournament of the North Carolina Sportsmen's Amoda ( ion opened at' Oeorga Lyon Park to day, with about thirty crack ahots from North and South Carolina anl mmrnffijpmmi. a larger attand n4r? ~ts~expected tonrorrow, when &e required by the State Council. The queetion-ef right* of ivay, terminats. and other neecssary expenses will be furnished there can be ho doubt. WMMiigNin wbiiu ttoT-oml. so does Bath township, bo does Belhaven want Washington to have It. and ali these places pulling together. It will not Iju lum Ijufma (ut. pimpm ot Hyde Will have an outlet to the out side world through the Mattamuskeet Hallrnnil ^The Council of state held a dve hoars' session behind cldsed doors yesterday fir Raleigh, at which all questions relative To the administra tion of affairs of lKe~Mattamuskeet Railroad were concerned from that 'Trent i-menses tr, p.- .>?.o1nlntl of the grading from Qflhavert to Washington. "TheState has "JSTiOOO'or stock In (ho road, of wh4ch $54,000 has been Issued. This. estate, was acquired .by . the hiring of the convicts. the State receiving $1.50 per day per convict. Those who were- invtted to appear before Use Cpuncil of State were S. S. Mann, of Swan Quarter, preeident-ef- -- the road; Col. H. C. Carter and Capi. Geo. 3. Studdert, the latter from the Washington directors. I The road has already been com pleted to within 4 milfcs of Belhaven. About 57 miles ofsthe road has been graded. The Slate owns the con trolling Interest. Of course Washington citizens will ? he hlgnffy elarfed over fche action of the. Council of State in ordering the road extended on to this city. They*"* .must no'.Ago to work* in earnest and U> It Tfta; thf e<?riii^^M>ti ? - lly compllAi with. The construction of the Matlainuskeer"U^ilroad from Hyde countr to Washington means a ? new -era " ~ counties, tiuman^Sbciety Friday Night A meeting orithe Humane Society I* called. for Frltiay night, in the of Dr. J. C. Koduian, ai t>:30. It will be remembered that several >;ears ago a number of citizens made application to theV Legislature for a charter,* for this society which was .gxaiiLedj^same-tG rnLi-iin in force-for - a leng,term of year*. This meeting is called to perfect Lhe organization l y ?-TecTing a president ar.d other of ficers. it la hope<t tiiat the young nic-n of the cUjl wfll com* forward and Jake up the m fn axemen. t of this society intended^** the good of the community,; > All who are Interested are eordial lv Ir.vited to 4>e IrPKPni. , Miss R. T^liodman. , Mrs. Winnie P. Waters. w w Tri-State Leagifi ? Lancaster, won 75. lost -39; percent .658. Position im. tiHrd. ? / " ffiMfin rJHiiiiuu i.iMi.iii n iiuuni won 4lf>los! 40; percent .551. Posi tion 1908, second.* Virginia league ? Roanoke, won 73. lost 49{ percent .599. Position 1 9GT8, third. Caroling Association, ? Greensboro,' won 65vfost 44; percent ? tCTCi. Posi tion IMS, first. Western North Carolina League-? Waynesville, wan 23, lost 18; per cent .5.61. Flrjft season. CLARK'S THE PLACTf; The sale of muslin underwear, at .fas. "E". Clark Co.'s mammoth store win continue only a few days, and to ?e<mrh vmir choice of the hararHijn \% Is necessary that you call early, as the demand wllfr no doubt exceed the supply. ? New Advertisements ? in Tedgp's News. iJont?Mit. Wright's - Tailoring Parlnw? Royal Tailoring Do.