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VOIi. 27. - SMITHFEELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 28. 1908. NO: 25
GREAT DAMAGE BY RAIN
Excessive Rainfall General In
South Atlantic Region.
Parts of Wake County Submerged
Ruin Along Roanoke River?Cy
clone Near Fremont?Cape Fear
54 Feet at Fayettevllle?
Heavy Rains In New
York?Temperature
Below Normal.
This has been a week of unpre
cedented rainfall throughout
Eastern North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia. The rains
have been general from Maine to
Florida along the Atlantic coast,
but they have not reached very
far inland. The temperature
along the entire coast has been
from four to twelve degrees be
low the seasonal average.
Up to Wednesday night 11 50
inches of rain had fallen since
Friday. At Greenville, 8. C.,
there were 13 inches iu the 48
hours preceding Wednesday
night.
Yesterday's News and Obser
ver reported the conditions in
Wake county as follows:
"In some of the lowlands of
Wake county the rising waters
have driven the habitants from
their cabins and there are many
instances where both white ten
ants and colored, and farm
hands, have been forced to seek
shelter from the flood at neigh
boring homes on the hills, safe
from the reach of the backwater.
It is impossible to estimate any
where near the accurate figures
the extent of damage done to
crops, but immense areas of
cultivated fields are submerged
and on such lands the crops
have been totally lost. There is
a 50-acre field of corn a few miles
from Raleigh, near Crabtree
Creek that is wholly invisible,
forming now a vast lake. It
seems that the people were
warned in time for them to re
move their cattle from the lands
that were likely to be covered by
the flood, and have been remov
ed to safe places in the uplands.
There is little communication
between farm houses in the dis
tricts affected worst by the rains.
Many homes are mere islands,
and in some places the dwellers
have been compelled to abandon
the first floor and move to the
second."
The Rural Route carriers in
Wake have not been able to
make their trips in full for three
or four days.
The Seaboard Air Line has
bad to annul their trains be
tween Raleigh and Hamlet. All
trainson the Norfolk & Southern
were discontinued Wednesday
between Raleigh and Wilson.
Bridge across Crab Tree Creek
was partly washed away, and
the track for two miles was
under water. The trains on the
Raleigh and Soutbport could not
make the trip Wednesday after
noon on account of the high water
in the Cape Fear at Lillington.
Greatest Floods Ever Known.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 2G.?
The weather Bureau at 10 o'clock
tonight issued the following
flood bulletin:
"The heavy rains that have
fallen continuously since Sunday
over the Carolinas and Eastern
Georgia have caused widespread
floods of the most dangerous
and destructive character. The
Savannah river at Augusta will
likely reach a stage of 38 feet or
6 feet above flood stage by mid- 1
night Wednesday, and there is
grave probability that the en
tire city will be flooded. Tele
graphic communication with the '
outside world has been cut off
and no reports have been receiv- I
ed since Wednesday morning.
" The Catawba river of North
Carolina and the Wateree and
Peedee rivers of South Carolina,
have exceeded all previous stages '
by several feet, while Eastern
North Carolina reports indicate 1
the greatest flood ever known in
that section. The rainfall was
particularly heavy in the vicinity
of Raleigh, N 0 , wli-re the total
Ul utiee Sunday -xai;tly 10 <
se. ihe losses aud damage
or- tfuuruiO'j*. Railroads bavs
ti nulled trains, bridges bare
been washed away, roads render
ed impassable, and large areas
of crops destroyed. The Oconee
and Ocmulgee rivers of Georgia
are above flood stage and high
water will be experienced in the
Alabama river during much of
September."
Cyclone Near .Fremont.
Wilson, N. C , August 2(5.?The
severe storm that passed over
this section did considerable
damage at various points. Near
Fremont, in Wayne county, a
cyclone did considerable damage
to growing crops. Trees were
uprooted, houses unroofed, a
buggy was taken up bodily and
whisked away to where no one
knows?all the trace found of it
was one wheel, a considerable
distance from where it was taken
up.
A traveling gentleman who
was in Fremont when the storm
was at its highest said that he
beard that a lady who was con
fined to her room with typhoid
fever had a narrow escape from
being killed; that the house was
lifted from its under pinning and
was badly damaged; that the
furniture was tossed about her
room, a heavy dresser falling
across the bed on which she was
lying, but fortunately she was
not hurt.
All Records Broken in Anson.
Wadesboro, N. C., Aug 26.?
We have had more rain iu this
community iu the last few days
than the oldest inhabitant re
members ever having seen be
fore. Fee Dee river and all its
tributaries are higher than they
have ever been known before. All
the crops on the river will be
completely ruined and cotton is
beginning to rot on the high
lauds, and it is still raining. No
trains are running through here
on account of the bad condition
of railroad bridges over Pee Dee
river and other creeks. Most all
the bridges throughout the coun
ty are washed away.
Ruin In Roanoke Valley.
Weldon, N. C., Aug. 26. ?The
rain is playing havoc with the
low land crops in this section.
Roanoke river at eight o'clock
tonight had risen about forty
one feet and the people are warn
ed to look out for a further rise
of five or six feet. Fields of corn
along the bank are in places sub
merged so that not even the tas
sels are visible. The river is high
er than it has been before in
years and if it continues to rise
as predicted the damage to the
crops will be indeed great. ThiB
coming as it does when the crop
prospects were unusually bright
is a mighty heavy blow for the
farmers, and the people in this
whole section are much depress
ed as a result of the weather.
Cape Fear 54 Feet and Rising.
Fayetteville, N. C., Aug. 26 ?
Late this afternoon the Cape
Fear river was above 54 feet
and rising with a predicted rise
of 58 feet. All the Cape Fear
valley to beyond White Oak,
Bladen county, is submerged,
and crops are injured to the
estimated extent of 30 per cent.
The Seaboard Air Line is operat
ing trains through here, using
the A. C. L. lines from Selma to
Columbia.
Terrific Downpour at N. Y.
New York, Aug. 26.?A terrific
downpour of rain, lasting more
than twenty-four hours and at
tended by the coldest August
weather New York has experi
encedfor twenty-three years, was
responsible for two deaths to
day and great property damage.
More than three inches of rain
fell and the thermometer regis
tered as low as 56 degrees. The
gale during the night tore up
trees and leveled field crops in
the vicinity of New York. Those
to meet death were John Lynch,
who was drowned in a sewer, and
an unidentified cripple who per
ished from exposure in an Last
Side hallway.
Children teething often suffer
from Cholera Infantum, Diar
rhoea or some form of bowel
complaint. Dr. Seth Arnold's
Balsam is the best remedy.
Warranted by Hood Bros.
State News.
I)r. Geo. T. Winston baa been
cboaen orator for the centenuial
celebration to be bold In Greeus
boro in October.
September 22nd the electorate
of Mooreaville will pass ou a
proposition to laaue $25,000 of
bonds for atreet improvement
and water for fire protection It
ia purpoaed to apend $10,000 on
atreet Improvement aud $15,000
for water.
The State Supreme Court con
venea for the fall term Monday,
the 31et. The tirat day will be
devoted to the examination of
applicauta for law lleenae and it
ia understood that the number
of applicants for license this
year will be aa large, or larger,
than uaual.
Wake Democrata have nomi
nated W. B. Jonea for the Sen
ate, John W. Hinsdale, Jr., Ell
Scarborough and Albert Cox for
the House. The latter la a son
of Gen. W. R. Cox, Jonea ia a son
of Solicitor Amriatead Jonea and
Hinadale iaa son Dof a prominent
Raleigh lawyer.
The Anglo-Saxon says that
three young ladies were thrown
to the ground by a stroke of
lightning, near Steele's Mills,
Richmond county, Wednesday,
one of them being rendered un
conscious for aome time; and in
the same county that day two
mules were killed and a barn
burned by lightning.
At Fayetteville a few days ago,
says an exchange, a country
horse took fright and ran from
a back lot through a a store to
the street, across the street into
the wiudow of a jewelry store,
smashing every piece of glass
and chinuware in the window,
including some valuable hand
painted china. After this stunt
the horse ran two miles and into
a barbed wire fence, fracturing
his skull.
J . W. Randall was convicted of
murder in the second degree in
Madison county Superior Court
last week and given the maxi
mum penalty?30 years in the
State prison. Some time ago
Randall, while drunk, beat his
wife into insensibility and then
killed her. He had to be re
moved from the county to pre
vent lynching and the gallows
and justice were cheated when he
escaped death.
The Asheville Citizen learns
that the home of Sam Freshour,
near Paint Rock, in Madison
county, was burned early Sun
day morning of last week and
a son of Freshour was burned
with the building. The young
man was asleep in the second
story, where the fire originated,
and the building was falling in
before the members of the family
asleep in the lower story were
aroused. They barely escaped
with their lives. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
Mr. D. A. Thompson, a Con
federate veteran, fell from a
Southern passenger train near
Linwood, Davidson county,
Thursday night. He was thought
to be fatally injured and was
taken to a hospital in Salisbury.
It was found that he had suf
fered a scalp wound, which is not
serious, and he went home Fri
day. Mr. Thompson was re
turning from the veterans' re
union at WiDSton. He went on
the platform of the car as the
train approached Linwood,where
he expected to leave it, lost his
balance and fell to the ground.
The Raleigh Correspondent of
The Charlotte Observer writing
August 23rd, says: Last even
ing Rural Mail Carrier Sheron,
having a circuit in this county
out from Lillian, narrowly es
caped drowning in Barton's
Creek and did lose the mail and
his buggy, the horse having
broken away from the vehicle
and gotten to the bank about a
mile from the ford. Sheron was
attempting to cross when he had
to swim for his life and was car
ried a half-mile down stream be
fore he got out. There are at
least two rural routes stopped
In the county just now on ac
count of high wator due to fo>.
3uent rains lately and a stea ly
ownpour for soma time yester-:
day. !
General News.
The damage sustained by the
heavy raiu fall at Athene, Ga ,
ie estimated at $50,000.
Barou Speck Von Sternburg,
German Ambassador to the
United States, died Monday
Mr. Bryan has accepted the in
vitatiou to speak at the Macon
(Ga ) Fair Association, Septem
ber 14th.
In the absence of their pareuts
six children lost their lives in the
buruiug of their home on a farm
iu the State of Washington last
week.
Unprecedented rains throughthe
Piedmont section of South Caro
lina during the past few days,
has caused a loss estimated ao
1150,000.
American Public Health Asso
ciation, met in Winneoeg, Man.,
this week. President R H. Lewis, '
of Kaleigh, N. C., delivered his
annual address Wednesday.
At Chelsea, Mass., seven men
were killed Tuesday and a num
ber of others wounded by the |
falling of a high wall which had
been undermined by workmen.
A catcher of the Washington
American baseball league wins a i
$500 bet by catching a regula- i
tion baseball dropped from the
top of the Washington monu i
ment.
John R. Earl, the leper, whose (
home is at Lynn, N. C., is held by (
the Washington health depart- (
ment authorities in a quarantine (
station on the Potomac river. ^
It is undecided what will be done |
with him. (
The Virginia Rector, ltev. Geo. <
8- Fitzhugh, aged 67, who i n i
tended marrying Lula Virginia i
Frasier, aged 10, in order that
she might inherit his property, (
has been sent to a sanitarium to i
be treated for mental trouble.
Governor Johnson, of Miune- J
sota, who was nominated for a
third term, says he feels that he
must accept the nomination as
tendered him though he does bo
against his personal inclinations
and his better judgment. He
does not believe in third terms.
A bold highwayman held-up t
seven stage coaches in Yellow e
Stone National Park Monday, t
and relieved the tourists of $6,- i
000 in valuables and money, i
Soldiers camping in the park (
were notified and efforts are \
being made to apprehend t h e -
highwayman.
The grand jury at Springfield, ^
111., has found more indictments
against rioters. In the small
towns in the neighborhood there
is considerable uneasiness a n d I
excitement. In one a notice has !
been posted ordering all negroes 1
to leave. There is also unrest in i
the adjacent mining districts. e
The recent excitement in Spring j
field, occasioned by the riot, was t
partially renewed Monday when 6
reports were circulated that t
Thomas Bradley, a white man, {
had been murdered by negroes. t
Quietness was latter restored, t
when it was revealed that he had f
been killed by his room-mate. t
Vance Williams, a Degro, who t
is alleged to have murdered R. t
G. Brown at his home alew (
nights ago, was found Tuesday ?
hanging from the limb of an oak
tree one mile from Louisville, Ga., \
near the Pauper Farm with three e
bullet holes in his breast. Wil- (
liams, after his capture was con- f
fined in the Bibb county-jail and t
just how he was taken from there t
is not known.
Excellent Health Advice.
Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379
Gifford Ave., San Jose, Gal., says: 1
"The worth of Electric Bitters t
as a general family remedy, for c
headache, biliousness and torpor e
of the liver and bowels is so pro- \
nounced that 1 am prompted to a
say a word in its favor, for the t
benefit of those seeking relief 1
from such afflictions. There is a
more health for the digestive c
organs in a bottle of Electric t
R'tters than in any other rem- a
edy I know of." *old under c
guarantee at Hood. Bros, drug 1
store. 90c. 1
Big Floods In Eastern North Garollna.
The damage to railroads and
to the land in Eastern North Car
olina by the tioods of the past
few days Is not easy to calculate.
An enormous amount of water
has fallen since Monday, various
ly estimated at between 10 and
12 Inches, raising all rivers and
creeks past high water mark.
While train service on the Coast
Line has beeu to a certain extent
Interfered with, it Is nothing in
couiparisou with traffic on the
Norfolk and Southern, whose
road bed only recently construct
ed, was easily affected by the
rush of water and washed up in
a number of places. i
The train from Wilson to Ual- fl
eigh yesterday moruing was or
dered to return after reaching
Weudell, since a mile of track was I
under water beyond that place in i
the neighborhood of Crabtree i
creek. The country Is low along i
this line, and accordingly the I
track was Covered for quite a i
distance. I
After returning to Wilson the i
train was ordered to proceed to |
Ureenville,, but to watch fori
washouts beyond mllb post No. I
50, four miles east of VVilson.
The engineer was proceeding i
along at a comparatively slow I
rate of speed when he noticed a (
washout in the track on this t
side of the mile post. Stopping I
his train he discovered that the <
water in a small ravine had wash- I
sd taking 3 feet in diameter uu- I
Jer the roadbed, which under ex- 1
traordiuary conditions seemed
amply sufficient to conduct the
water, and had taken away 20
'eet of roadbed. The rails and
?rossties were just hangiug with- (
3ut any support, except the fast- t
3uii;g of the rails. 1'he train was j
agaiu compelled to return to ,
Wilson and service has been dis- ,
;outiuued until repairs can be ,
uade. (
The Cost Line also suffered to j
lome exteut, though trains are t
?aiming today after a strenuous t
light of it. t
Thetrack at Herring's crossing H
lere in Wilson was washed up (
ind a force of hands were work- t
ng during the night to repair ,
he break. t
Parties on the south bound ^
.rain yesterday afternoon report- \
id water running across the \
iracks in several places between ^
lere and Conteutuea creek, while f
n several places between here and t
ioldsboro the water was even (
rith or running across the tracks. (
-Wilson Times, Wednesday. (
He Wireless Telephone Now Regarded J
a Certainty. (
Paris Dispatch, 16.?The naval
ieutenants. Colin, Jeance and
dercier, the inventors of a wire
ess telephone apparatus, which i
?ecent tests have shown to be i
luperior to anything existing, I
ichieved remarkablesuccess with <
iheir instrument yesterday, com- s
nunicating with the wireless i
itation at Kaz de Ziu, Depart- ?
nent of Finisteere, a distance of f
ibout 310 miles. The transmit- J
led words were somewhat faint, l
iut could be plainly distinguish- t
id, and the officers are confident t
ihey can make great improve- (
nents in the apparatus, which is 1
,he work of only four months,
inabling the exchange of conver- i
lation up to 800 miles. <
Lieutenant Colin, who is a well t
mown wireless expert, is now i
mperintending the installation (
>f an improved and more power- e
ul plant, making possible the s
ransmission of dispatches be
iween Paris and New York. 1
<
Drunken Father Killed by His Child. {
Township No. 13 was the scene 1
ast night of another tragedy in J
he criminal history of Edge- 1
?ombe. Logan Jones in a drunk- 1
in rage, stated that he would c
vipe out his entire family, and a
ipon attempting to make good
he threat was shot down by his
.5-year-old son. He was also
attacked with an axe by another ?
ihild. He died instantly from j
he shot wound. Coroner Bass *
A the inquest today held the
ihild and he w?., placed in jail
lere tonight.?Tarboro Dis- i
>atch 20th. *
Bryan's Demand for Equal Opportunity.
In my notification speech I
called attention to three de
mands made by our party. It
asks that the government shall
be taken out of the hands of
special interests, and restored to
the people as a whole; it asks
second, for honesty in elections
and publicity in regard to cam
paign funds, that the people may
freely choose representatives in
sympathy with them, and pledg
ed to guard their interests; it
asks, third, for such a modifica
tion of ourgovermental methods
as will make the Senate an elec
ffu ./' and p,ace control
of the House of Representatives
In the hands of a majority of its
members.
n,"^'ei^^ay8 aK?> 'u discussing
the tariff question, I dwelt upon
the fourth demand by our party
namely, that taxation be just;
that the revenue laws be made
for the purpose of raising revenue
and not for the enrichment of
ew at the expense of the many,
and that the tariff law be sup
plemented by au income tax
which will more nearly equalize
the government's burdens.
"To-day I present another de
mand made in our party plat
orm?the demand that the grip
'he trusts be broken; that
?ompetition be restored and
that the door of opportunity be
opened to the business men and
-ho toilers of the land."?\V ,|
Uryan in address at Indiauapoi
is Tuesday.
A Big Failure Causes Sensation.
New York, Aug. 25.-The fail
ire of the big brokerage firm of
\. O. Hrown & Co , for a sum
Popularly estimated as running
well above f 1,000,000 sent a
lervous thrill through the stock
market today. Coming as a
'Umax to the bewildering trad
ng in last Saturday's market
he suspension created an extra
?rdinary degreeof public interest
>ut was looked upon by high
itock exchange interests as of
enng an early solution of the
angle grdwing out of the most
'emarkable two hours session
he .New York stock exchange
v * k"owu ^ many years.
>Vbile there was no question in
iV all street this afternoon that
me situation created by todav's
ailure could easily be taken care
)|, there was distinctly a feeling
)f apprehension lest other firms
night unwillingly be drawn into
;he affair as a result of the ex
pensive orders scattered through
sommission houses during Satur
iay s spectacular proceedings.
Cotton Bulls And Bears.
The Wall Street Summary is
luthority for the statement that
many New England mills, not
>eing able to reduce their stocks
)f manufactured cotton, have
?old many thousands of bales of
?aw cotton on future contracts
is a hedge. One mill, not men
I1*0? by name, sold between
15,000 and 40,000 bales for this
jurpose. The spinning inter
ests, instead of taking cotton off
me hands of the Livermore bull
Uique, utilized the market made
iy the bulls ?n which to sell,
thus the mills' forced curtail
nent in raw cotton is not the
inly bearish influence which
ihey have lately exerted upon
trices. With its position weak
med by attack from every quart,
ir the bull clique never had the
?lightest chance of success.
l here are two classes of bulls
towever, upon whom the market
:an place solid reliance. First
md far foremost is the cotton
grower himself, and second are
he speculators and investors
who make it their practice to
>uy cotton at attractively low
evels for an ultimate rise. The
:otton market still has a bottom
rod that bottom shows no sign of
ailing out.?Charlotte Observer.
The Cape Fear at Fayetteville
it noon yesterday was 63 feet
i|gh, the highest in the city's
ustory.
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