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V ILUME XXXIV -NUMBER 80.
SLOWLY GETTING BEAR
INGS AF FLOOD
Imprririins n! Stories Gained From
VMt to Parts of tha Flooded
Areas ef West.
After a visit to parts of the Pied
mont sad mountain sections of the
State, where the floods u/ last week
wrought havoc, one is prepared to be
lieve almost any statements of dam-'
ages done that pur be sent out. la
eonc cseee no doubt there has been
exaggeration, but in others then was
and is no room for it. Conditions arc
anything but encouraging. Bat peo
ple are slowly getting themselves ad
justed to the new order of things end
seem to taks.it as a matter of count.
Where they cant cross a creek or
river on bridges, they have put in
ferry boats, and where bridges are
gone they have set themselves about
the work of rebuilding.
Many hundreds of thousands of dol
lars will be required to replace the
highway bridge* that are gone at *
result of th* floods. Most of thsss
ere likely to bo rebuilt in time. But
m many Instances it is entirely prob
able that cheap wooden structures
will' be put In for temporary use
Repair work on many of the high
way* is necessary at once. The rail
roads arc seriously crippled. It Is
said that the Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio read will not be able to operate
trains over its tracks ‘hrough the
mountains before Septemb •
Chimney Rock and Bat Cave seam
to have suffered more than any points
this aid* of Aaherillc. Practically
everything at both placet was wash
ed away. At Chimney Rock tha Broad
river rushes down a narrow gorge.
On tha one side at a height of many
hundreds ef feet stands th* famous
rock chimney. On the opposite side
is the Mountain View Hotel, owned
and operated by Mr. J. M. Flack. This
hotel la about the only thing not car
ried away by the flood. It is stated
that a great boulder slid down frrun
tbs mountain side and dropped into
the roof of this house. No sue eras
hart.
A splendid highway had been re
cently completed through the Hick
ory Nut gam via Chimney Rock and
on to Asheville. This for many milas
is a total loss. Scouting parties went
out from Rutherford ton last week sad
were unable to get nearer than eight
miles to Chimney Rock, except by
walking end climbing.
One man who want into that auction
. brought hack th* following story,
which ia perhaps more Interesting
■saisat, :
few milei beyond Rutherford too on
the Broad river, which waa a dump
ing ground for snake a. which wan
washed net of the mountains by the
angry current of the river. Buried
in the mud and ailt of this bottom, it
ia said, may be found every ktnd of
the snake species common to this sec
tion. from the deadly rattler down to
the common racer, or black snake.
This great family of reptile* present
an uncanny and hideout spectacle,
writhing and hissing in the treach
erous mod of th* rivar bottom. '
Another man who made a trip into
the river valley below Chimney Rock
tells of a place in the bottoms, where
■ great portion of the wreckage and
debris brought down by the river was
deposited ia a great mass. Said be,
“Tnerc you can find anything from a
muff box to a poatofflee.” And this
is perhaps no exaggeration.
Houses end bams were taken up
from their foundation* and carried
down th* river for aallee and left
standing in th* lowlands without be
ing wrecked.
Tack House Away and Brought R
Back.
lade trip* 1
+w after
jr about a
tin Island,
pillars by
ck water"
la sad left
• It oriri
rtten nub.
bin lalau
tho earth,
•ds of dol
ed*. It is
aaik tbe
nakee* be
wba riser
Im report
ly rattlers
riser oa a
ere ftetioa
t.
ng oa tk*
gea. One
rCca
■ abeohrta
that kind,
w '* «'■'**.4i;*’"LfrfM
ay bridg**
baa high
yeaeV
i cower*t*
el
vt®,
(hate was
GREAT WOER FIRST CRURCH.
WILMINGTON.
Presbyterians of Wilmington to Da
Gnat Mlsstoo Work la Ck^.
(Religious Rambler lh Greensboro
Mewa)
A remarkable story Illustrating the
new horison and attitude of Ameri
can churches is that ef the First Pres
byterian church of Wilmington, which
has definitely arranged to take entire
charge of all Christian propaganda,
and medical and other relief work that
is carried on in the district about tha
nM walled city of Rlang-Yla, China.
This church maintains 13 of its mem
bers aa missionaries In China, and it
also has flee home missionaries and
four teachers in this country. Inci
dentally, the church has about doub
led its membership in tha past 10
rears, and far more thus doubled Its
giving for all causes.
Of the many interesting by-pro
ducts of this cosmopolitan work, one
is the fact recently reported from
China, that when the southern prov
inces were recently fighting against
the Peking soldiers, the missionaries
of the First church ware the go-be
tweens in the negotiations, and that
contact would have been impossible
were it not for the motor boat “Wil
mington," which ii used by the mis
sionaries in their work. Thus, aa in a
parahla. American means ware the
connecting link between the old aad
the new China, and a messenger of
puree and gooa will.
This old First church has a historic
position in the Southern Prvsbyterian
denomination. It will be 100 years old
next year. Its pastor from 1874 to
1875 was Rev. Dr James R. Wilson,
the father of the President. Dr. Wil
son also supplied the church for four
months in 1808, and livad in Wilming
ton for a considerable time toward
the cloee of his Uf*. The tablet to
his memory on the church wall has
the simple inscription, "A Preacher
of Righteousness. It was in this old
church that President Wilson was
trained for 10 critical years of Ms
Ufa.
In a. conservative danoniaation the
First church is looked upon as a bul
wark of conservatism. Its affairs are
run by a session, many of whom have
been in perries for long periods of
years. There is nothing sensational
or institutional about the First church
Its -present pastor, Rrv. John X.
Wells, D. D.. under whost leadership
the remarkable story hare told has
been macted, is a young man of cen
se rvativs type theologically, bat ag
gressive in service. lie is a leader In
Christian Endeavor work in tho south
Tho entrance of tho First church
into largo world activities really dates
Philadelphia la February, 1908, which
was attendod by Dr. Wotti and throe
of hit elders. They were so profound
ly influenced by this convention, that
they not only began work in their
church, but they organized a laymen’s
campaign in the city with lay lead
ers in mi talons as speakers. And un
der tho stimulus of the vision given
at this time the church laid out its
tremendous missionary program,
which involves an expenditure or
812,000 a year in China glone.
The 18 missionaries et Kiaa-Yin
include four men and nine women.
Dr. George C. Worth, the senior mis
sionary, is an aider in the Pint
church. In addition to tbcae 18 work
ers at Kiaa-Yin, the church main
tains one of its members at Taing
Kiang-Pu. Twenty-five Chinese even
Fdiets are also at work under the
ivet church at Kiang-Yin.
Tho equipment includes a boy's
school, a girls’ school, a hospital, sev
eral ehapda aad auxiliary buildings,
in addition to ttiidaocM.
The city of Kiang-Yin has a popu
lation of M/MO, and the district which
bears the same name has a popola
tlo-s af about MO/MO, er perhaps only
480,000.
UNITED STATES GETS DANISH
WEST INDIES.
For Sms ef OMMjflM WM Get
Three I*IhS* Near Part* Eke
—Par Military Purysaaa.
Washington. July It—Official an
nouncement wai mads at die white
house today that negotiation*' ton
practically been eeespleted for Tha
purchase of the Danish West ladire
by the United State* from Danmark
for 126,000,000.
A treaty dosing the transaction
probably will be signed today and sent
immediately to the senate.
While details of the treaty were net'
I riven out it is ondemtood that- the
united Stale* would come into com
| plate possession of tha islands. Word
has been received from Denmark that
the treaty Is practically certain of be
ing ratified by the Danish parliament
and it la understood that the Wash
ington administration hopes that it
will be ratified at this session of con
gress.
The three islands of tha Danish
Went Indies—St. Croix, St. Themes
and St. John—lie das east of Porto
Rico and thoir value to the United
States is strategic from a military
point of vUiw. The harbors of St.
Thomas and Rt Cruix are of first im
portance to the American navy and
St. Thomas itself lisa in the lane of
shipping from Kurope te the Panama
canal. Important German, Preach
and English mail companies have
; coaling stations there.
The acquisition of tha islands by
the United States has been the sub
ject ■ of unsuccessful diplomatic nego
tiation sines ths Civil war and at aua
time Denmark offered the islanda for
five milUoDS. Ths United States sen
ate ratified the treaty but the Danish
senate defeated it, largely because ot
the opposition of Banish aristocrats,
which still is said to axist- it ia said
that if tbs prepoaod treaty is ratified
by both governments the transfer
will be submitted to the people ot the
i islands. In th* first negotiation ia
1846 they approved a change.
I The three islands of St. Croix, 84.
[Thomas and fit. John, in dm order ot
their six* and population wars dia
I covered by Columbus in 1401. Span
ish, British, French, Datcfa and Dan
ish flags have floated over qns or alL
of thoIslands at various dates.
Navel officers regard dm Danis
| Want Indies as moat valnabta far an
r.oropear, government winning • ■
quarrel with tka United Btataa, at
have urged it waa aaaeetial to t!
hirhait degree to keep them froftj
falling iato unfriendly handa. TVee
'bare pointed oat that they era ve**
i near the oavid^atoUop^at
ration of the Windward Hb^^OHb
paanagee to tka Canibaan MdTfla
route* te Amarkmn Atlantic eoejt
citia.. f
Denmark'! huge expenaaa slnaa Baa
beginning of tba war are laid to be
raaponaibl* for her willingnooi to aall
' the islands.
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STOCKHOLDKltS’ MEETING. -
Aaaaai Meeting af DickaOa, Waveriy
and Scotland MHle at Court
Roaoa Monday.
The annual meeting of the stock*
holders cf the Waveriy, Scotland and
Dickson cotton mills was held at tba
Court House at Laarinbarg Monday
morning at 10 o’clock. The follow
ing odievr* for all the milts war* ra
nlacted far another year: Nr. Jama
L. McNair, presMeat; Mr. Jamas A.
Jonas, vies president; Mr. Gao. P.
A ringer, aacratoiy-tfuaearar and gsB
eml manager. Mr. A. M. Fairley waa
elected auparintaodant of Ua Saot
land and Waveriy mills. And Mr. J.
ft. Murphy waa aieeted aa aupacin
tendent of tka Diekaaa miBa. The
boards of direct era af the three miHa
war* re-elected.
«L JOHNSON AMD FAMILY AT
tUVKRTON.
"yw >5?
Hr VatMuf sad Cuming.
k* Eachange.
arrival* at BWartu are
»» lain I— and wife with
Mim Mary Lynch, of
They will occupy their
-Vean’otf Raleigh is
at Dr. Johnson's 1
■ Maud
days wtth hill Mary_
which they will visit Lunt
arlotte and Black Mountain.
Kate and Ella Jokneou of
will arrive this week to
Mr. Oenldaa of Lumber Bridge
'•‘mTA aas-sus
absence of the pastor, who Ml
aperies of meeting* at j
_ _ Jit* break is price the little
k on ef Wagram shipped abut 081
e ■ of cantaloup*! to the Northern'
* I*** A prodigal mb wouldntl
fl ?_"** poor pichfigs along with the
a Me these day*. Wagon loads of,
1 are rolled into the paetare*
a *T ony. To show eomcthmg about
I I Mae of the Mtewn. Bob Cooley,
i rmfc>.Cyt “d1Jr°bbcr *»«U, walked
t wbfh hie Add the other day and
i apprised a boat bouse party of four
lejre frog* on one cantaloupe.
|Tne l^nbee Ha* been loo full for
JAod fishing so far this season. Last
Brit there were ter* parties from
Math Oaroltns hers, coming over in
[■fMMw for a picnic at Bivorton
A party from Sneed’* Grove
gP. Hkrwie*. The ha thing and ca
Bdag are a* fine a* the fishing la
■A . mMnT rialtors who for
'3PM bring bathing suits are glad
tlW«d *>*7 rent them this sea.
njljNs Isabel and Mary McKensie
4fOMdboujn are vieitiag Mrs. A. A.
fAffllan. Miss Imbel will teach
M fall at Kinston and Miss Mary
XSwMru to Meredith College.
Jriga A. w. Porter and Mrs. Laura
0tm of'Rockingham are guests at the
,jriae of Mr. D. W. L. Smith.
ODOM BUIUMNG GARAGE
FOR FORDS.
■D. C. Odom Las 1st the con
__ .tig
_ . sr«&-g.,srjas
<riH ntaL tbs work to coaptation
fu : M bob “ "BtLer conditions
m Bit. The building Is to be 60 by
R list and will ba arranged for gar
aa » Two ears of brick
La ’« arrived and will bo aaloaded as
so » a# possible and the work started.
rT» expected that the building trill
b*r completed within three or four
Hr. Odom’s new building will be
oc upisd by tbs Universal Car Com
ps >7, local agents for the Ford aoto
m Was. This concern also does an
« asistvu repair businem and carrfe*
a fall ttac of parts and automobile
m Moaorisa.. The business is now lo
ci *d in the James building on Rail
rt *d street to die rear of the ife
D dgald . furniture Louse. It has
b. B found that the present quarters
m i entirely inadequate fur the grow
it I bussnaes of this concern son it
■ dkwuT^awtenk. ***** **
R ICR INGHAM DISTRICT CON
FHRHNCH AT HAMLET.
CUM! MOMOM FM LTTCM
oomm pluril
Writer M MsmsTm Ujm Thte
Muter F1M. Fytel hy Mr.
Thr following story tow ths Whs.
iShj^rssr'.ajS'jSTB
a ftsj-ffcttfras
ley, e Union county dtteao, shoot ths
rear IBM: .
“Perhaps ■ 'mars comprehensive
leeossl of the Huntlcy-Lyteh cotton
planter, ea It relstee to our eoanty
md to one ef its former cittern, wifi
wove intermdng to some, st least, at
Kie Journal's leaders. So here is s
brmf obtained from Mr. Huntley, tha
original inventor and patentee ef thte
rsmoas machine. In the yaer IBM.
Mr. Hartley of Lanes Croak Township
made a cotton snsd planter with which
to planted his crop for that meson.
In A agist of the sosm roar tetter
mtent was granted to Mr. Hswtlsy
Armagh the wd» known Arm of Mtmn
B Co., patent solicitors. In IBM Mr.
ssr.rt.xri arsj;
rnwnsMp. Thaos bo said at BU sack.
Be also mid savers! eoanty rights for
IU nuts jf seta re end safei these rights
•vers sold on credit. The war came
mi end so demoralized bushtam that
It was impossible to collect anything
osr the notes at the close. About IBW
ft Mr. Lyteh of Laurinbarg secured a
pateot sa on improvement of seme of
Its ports and began ths manufaetaro
*f *hst is popatariv and antesssafly
known ss the Lyteh Cotta* Ploater
m an sstenahrs scale. Mr. Lyteh, as
the writer remembers, sold those
ptanttra at that time at ft each,
thereby realizing a handsome profit
m> bis improvement, while Mr. Hut
Ivy loot money on hie patent. The
fact hi not generally known that Un
ion County enjoys ths distinction of
having hod as Us former ritteaa the
originator and patentee of a machine,
in ths cotton plantar, that . abased
Bff!1 SSatfSSVLS
Hill, 8. C„ belong* tils distinctive
honor of being that particular indi
vidual. The writer saw ths Ant of
those patents in operation end his
father forged on his anvil tha iron
texts of some of tha first of Mr.
Hantlay's malm.''
It hat been impossible to Harare
records to aatabHah the farts ia the
raae. Bat it to hardly to be accept,
ed hers that Mr. James Lytch, who
patented cad successfully msnufae
kS^nf iiih T*™ * 7*"V **“
Known lvich i l
or eepiW any
of Union.
- l*n tpu-crawrce it arrasr-*
that MT. Lytch "* Idea and Mr. DM
ley's were the came. Pint, it to stat
ed In the abo/e article that Mr. Hunt
toy's planter was not a couuneretoj
success. And H to a fart that Mr.
Lytoh’s planter was a success from
the start, not only giving satisfaction
to the farmers who used it, but prov
ing a financial success for iu invent
or.
Again H to net reasonable to be
lieve that the United States Patent
office would Issue totters patent to
Mr. Lytch for a machine which had
previously been patented by Mr.
Mr.^Rwitley to die the honor foe
his Invention bat hie end Mr. Lytch’i
title to honor are not baaed on the
same Idea. Mr. James Lytch manu
factured hia plantar successfully and
after hto death 4m business was con
ducted by hia con, Mr. D. C Lytch
who ia tun has been succeeded by i
SMr. Edwin Lytch. who owns ate
«b the righto to this very cffi<
It may be stated further that 4m
Lytch planter incorporates ideas «l
construction which make it a favoriti
with gaad Man farmers where m H
There are maay fee
at MhTmMm
by the Lytch eettoc
planter and who would art bo with
oat H for many Umra Its coat.
ARCHIK A. TAYLOR
JOHN V GULLED8E
GIVEN JAIL TERM
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UncwTby kte CM^tto 18 maatha la
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Ur Mai, holdrXy iataraSoS
£• aw^H *• coart room,
rambma at whkb «m from Aaoen
couaty
which_
county la tha figi?.
arm.
aw, ft?
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lac 14 manta coasts. all at which
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ffisSri.* jsa ffia.tj
iw CVMU. tealalSl vSl£
aa-3sri-',E£s,i7Ss,s
Ansoa county wcaa Introduced and
likewise tha numerous parties therein
ratoirtd toshawlnp tbettdoea JltSSi
*N«« tor tlir loaaa atada
hy tha bank through Hailed**. t«ad
to ihow wherein b« hud mi tap
*«^aad bctrayrtthTSSi
wouhTrat fc. mm OdUn.
the defame argued to 3>«
■pu auK for foRnre
who out its com, On
no
gumnt* Se^ifiL
TV- dtfaniinnjMtinnd to a.
** -~J h“h: McLendon, of
*5*^_At the don of the argument
of counsel of the State ae «fi»o
non-suit, charged the Jury and loru
ed the um over to them at 11 o'clock
Uua morning.
At 3 this afternoon when it v*_
r?*j??rd that toe Jury had reached a
decision, crowds docket! to the court
£°°?i *° igy ft* v#prtlet pronounced,
guillp. with the Naoaaendktton oi
mercy from tha court," and the gatfc
erad crowd witnessed tha addsatand
most solemn oeeaalon aver recorded
** “W, mWTSwU
•a the silent halls ad death, except for
ft* !*•*"•* >»■■** of the wife
sajgyargsrsBs
*»*^y Ms duty, sentenced tha
dafwtdant, John V. GwUsdge, to the
—lag* Wiehwwid Bounty to
arv# 13 months, tot* turned one to
Iho county riamlisi mists of Ush
aond county.