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pnr.L STORY OF CANNOT BE TOLD IN WORDS "ssssBsnsssss Clarkton Editor, Marooned at Mt. Mitchell Station, in the Heart of the Mountains, Gives Graphic Account of Personal Observations ' and Harrowing Eiperiehces in Rural Sections 3y Samuel Clarkton, N. CL, July 22. Estimates Vill be made acoounts given of the property loss " of the great flood in Western North Carolina, the story of hardship and even death will be told, but the true idea, a tight conception of the grief and suffering can never be given in the dull avenue of words, - I had planoed a trip to the land of the skies as is my custom each sum mer, and on this occasion I had sched uled a stop of two days at Mt. Mitchell, then a day each at Asheville Waynes ville, Lake Junaluska and Murphy, then tack home. I attended the Press As eociation at Durham Wednesday, July 12th, and took the Asheville train Thursday morning for Marion Junc tion. My girl happened to be on the game train, she coming from her home on the Cape Fear in the East and go ing for a few days' visit to her old college friend at Mt. Mitchell. We com plimented ourselves for selecting Just that time as the skies looked so bright from the Pullman car window as we passed the stations from Salisbury up. At Marion Junction the mountains to the west could not obscure the beauty , of a perfect sunset and no one could have entertained the least thought that ere the transit of a half dozen more suns, those dignified mountains would be scarred by thousands of drugged slides, the fertile and innocent valleys below swept with merciless waters in torrents and dashes and leaps, leaving a saddened, weeping and devastated path to lament for many days the property ioss, to grieve for months the lives claimed, to be remembered for many decades as the greatest flood ever sweeping through that section. Even the trains were friendly to the anticipated pleasures, and were on schedule time, the C C & O. train soon having us speeding n our jour ney past the Linville mountain to the Blue Ridge at MU Mitchell. The Rata Begins. I frankly disputed the lady from on the Cape Fear in the East, when she asserted that it was raining, but the proof was easily obtained and the twi light was darkened by the suggestive clouds and soon the rapidly forming clouds made the open view from the car windows as dark as when in the tunnels. It rained frequently Friday, and came with such constancy Friday night and" Saturday morning, that I decided I rould wait till Sunday to journey to the station, two miles 'from where I was sojourning. By Saturday nigb.t, the planter and stockman with whom I was stopping became alarmed at the continuation of the rain. While his home was quite secure from either mountain slides or any streams which might have gotten out of their banks, he realized the great damage to his meadows and even danger to his cattle. Sunday morning the rain: had fallen ' with ajarming regularity and the little streamlets near by hinted by their river, appearance the destruction, in 'theJ valleys. ' ; With the passing of the clouds,, the cessation of the downpour, began the gathering of the distressing news, which came from points on the railroad, from mountain side and from the val leys. Wires down, the railroad" gone, I realize my pent up position but this and the discomfiture for the absence of newspapers and mail were eclipsed from my thoughts, which became a mourning sympathy- for the citixens of the section, who looked ' out upon their once promising fields of corn and other crops in the low lands, now swept clean. In the section around Al ta Pass, Spruce Pine and Mt. Mitchell mountain slides were reported on ev ery hand and I stood on a high khob near Mt. Mitchell and counted over 20 slides on Linville mountain and It was from this point that sympathy went out for the Clinchfleld people, for here could be seen the high, fills, the well built trestles, and miles of track com pletely demolished, tunnels with the appearance of having been constructed for the passage of hugh volumes- of water with which they were then en gaged. The famous road, the pride of railway construction, wrecked and ruined, not the fault of due considera tion of the surveying' engineers, but ben cause of unseemirig weather conditions. At Alta Pass, I saw seven cars almost completely lost to sight in. a wash out under them. The guests at the beautiful Alta Pass hotel-were making the best of the situation they could and while in perfect safety and plenty, they were quite uncomfortable in thethoughts of no mail, no wires, and no trains for many months. Over at Little, Switzer land, the residents and guests were perfectly unharmed although their well . built road to the railway at Mt Mitch ell was completely wrecked ,. by moun tain slides and they, were entirely cut oft with no way out except possibly on horse back. T To Get to Marlon. - "With the thoughts of two, three or even six months before train service would be restored to Marion, 30 miles distant by rail, 20 miles by county jpad, ttiy time near out, mygirl from onthe Cape Fear in the Bast impatient in a desire to get a letter back home to re lieve anxiety of those who were con ' cerned, my desire to get a newspaper and send messaeres turned my atten tion to a way to reach Marion, where I "it that on the old Western Nortn Carolina railroad, seventy-five years old, operated by the Southern, I could et a train home, get papers and send messages. My only task to again get back into the worid was simply to get to Marion, but what of. the problem? "You will not go on a train In six months asserted the lonely agents at .the stations, "The public, highways cannot be used for many moons, de clared the citizens who were more in terested in home affairs than In my getting to Marion. .But cannot I walk and get there, even though hardships and "possibly some danger be encount ered? I queried, but no consolation ?ould be obtained f roni any idea ad vanced. I could do no service to the stricken country people out there. It was urgent that I get home and I be came desperate In my desire to get to Marion. I found the same unrest with many guests of the hotels and friends - up there for a few days and soon found one man who' offered to attempt the journey with me to Marion. I paid a guide who knew many mountain trails and thought he conld get us around impassible streams where bridges were gone, to go .along -with is. As I was informed" by this mcom tr.:r.cer guide that Our trip would re f1!'"1 much climbing, much wading and -"My .some owimminxE. I took " my THT rrr nnn T. Meares. Slm.0 VrTaPPP one light suit. IetTeriL1 rtJkii lady from on i Cap Fear desired me to mail when I reached Marlon where mail would be going, us fvl !Strps frm.my suit case to eutaJ rhe Pkage, and thus mS!? !? nfantry style we left Mt: !tatIon at o'clock Tuesday morning, leaving the railroad, the more prosperous homes of the rjiined public mgnways and nlime-ino- v i m Lf tf0.. and Siting tramp of the V out back" travo Sickening- Spectacle. It was on this perilous journey that my heart sickened and every nerve and faculty within me became blended with a sincere sympathy for. the humble, onest inhabitants of this section of Mitchell and McDowell counties usual ly -so -rich in -inspiring scenery. We could have kept no record of the moun slides 8een on every hand, and which in many instances wrought dam age beyond that of simply mutilating the forest. No few had taken areas 50 to 100 yards wide sweeping through the fields on the mountain side taking crops and soil clean to the bed rocks of the soil, taking up hugh trees as if they were only tiny rooted flowers and dash ing all in a tangled mass at the foot of. their devastating journey. On three occasions - noted on this trip, were dwellings the victim of these slides, and in One case human life was claimed. this being Mr. Sherman McKinney, of McDowell. I counted twelve places wnere tne slides had completely de molished the public roads and it will ihefn neW 15urvey and building J Ap o( Woe Filled. On- every hand could be see,n the damage of wind and water, but it was in the valley of Armstrong creek where we found the cup of. woe had been most lavishly filled. Where houses were left standing, the pinched faces, the melan choly look, the subdued and saddened voices of those about bespoke the com mon grief which had been spread like a pall over the whole section. I saw many fields where corn, of almost ma turing age ajid promising a 60 bush el to the acre yield, completely washed away, the crops and soil gone leaving a clean exposure of the sub-soil, then again we would see fields and crops covered to a depth of three feet with sand and mud. Along the edges of the bottom sections in tree tops and clus tered around projecting cliffs were lodged almost every conceivable article, wrecked - mountain shacks, material from the more handsome residences, chicken coops filled with dead fowls, boxes of store merchandise, whole wag ons and farm vehicles and tools. We saw a grown yearling hanging in the fork of an oak tree fully fifteen feet above the ground and in some places the air had already become offensive by the decaying of cattle and other ani mals. Among the homes saddened by deaths "was one where two of the three- chit dren were found dead and the third so injured that life was despaired or. Whole lumbering hamlets in. the Wood lawn and Sevier sections were washed away, carried down by the mud cur rent and shattered along the wayside for unknown distance. Homes Swept Away. The beautiful country home of Mr. George W. Conley, one of the most in fluential and progressive citizens of up per McDowell and vice president of the Merchants and Farmers Sank at Marion, was swept away and it was with the 'greatest difficulty that he and his estimable family were saved by means of cables. ' His barn with all its contents and six of his horses together with his beautiful plantation were ex tracted from him as his share of the ruined section. Along the north fork of the Catawba was the same sad heart rending spec tacle. It was here our guide lost his footing in -a dangerous climb and fell, receiving a severe wound about his head which compelled his quitting the journey. We secured shelter for him and another man of the locality to get us to a point where we could use the railroad. I was indeed sorry for this accident as I then, had no means of sending a newspaper back to my girl, the lady from on the Cape Fear down East, who I left at-Mt. Mitchell e.xpect lng 'just such arare treat, or at least it had been rare for the past few days to think of getting a paper and read ing:"from the outside world. - Arriving at a place where the rail road;" crosses fte- north fork of .the Catawba, we crawled up the rocky cliff to' .the road embankment and look$ udn the ruins "of this costly railway bridge, a complete wreck. I was told by one 'of the homeless citizens that a cluster df floating houses struck this bridge and carried it down ' ' Sore plAappolntment. We were thn onfy , six miles to Marion and Awhile we -had to cr;oss sev eral undermined fills and walk around some, cuts which? were--covered with mud and mire, we were able to follow the track the . balance of .the way, but the r realization of our greatest danger behind us, the joy of being near Marion, the- big town on the railroad built be fore the Civil War, now a part of the great Southern Railway, began to re ceive defeating news which came by degrees as we met one after another coming from Marion. Our perilous trip was of no avail, at Marion we would only swell the number of marooned passengers "from the last Southern train to arrive ana Decome nu jjo telegrams could be sent, no tele phone, ho mail, no newspapers, no train out to anyplace. Marion, a little world all to itself and little by little the story was unfolded that a rain storm of un orecedented proportions had lingered in great activity for three days over a broad extent of the mountain section rarolinaa. Tennessee and Vir- v . . It will require many months before the public highways of this section will be fully restored, the railroads were given a staggering blow, the farmer. Mie stockman, the miner , the lumber man wre all tolled. -The I.ord. givetb and the Lord taketh away. This it a prescription prepared upedaHy for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. Fire or six doses will break any case, and tf lfeken then e tocic the Fever wilt not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel sag does sot gripe or tickca 25c Trip MQRNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. G, SUNDAY, . WARRANTS By the City of Wilmington . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, ' 8 9 10 11 -13 14 15 16 . 17 18 19 20 21 22. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 '39 40 41 -42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 Board of Health ... .. J. F. WDorman Fox Typewriter Co C. B.' Dolge Co Wilmington Star Co ... . Evening Dispatch Jackson & Bell Co ... .. Engineering ; Record . . . Burke H. Bridgers Murchison National Bank. Pay Roll . . . . ... .. John Toliver The W. W. Wilson Co . . Geo. W. Huggins 'Cape Fear Hdw. Co ... . New York Times ... ... Francis R. Nightsch ... . Pay Roll ... Pay Roll iW. B. Moore Walker Taylor Remington Typewriter Co J. Bryan Grimes ... ... Southerland & Weaver ... J. S. McEachern Stafford Publishing Co Good Roads Association . . Evening Dispatch Pay Roll New Hanover County . . Murchison National Bank J. C McKoy , G. W. Anderson S. A. Li. Hamme Marine Railway .. J. Xan B. Metts Travelers' Aid Society .. . Board of Health, , Wil. Red Cross Sanitarium Jas. Walker Memo Hospital A.. C 3Lj -. Harrison Bros. & Co K. W. Jewell ... ., J. C Black ,.... . W. B. Moore ... ... Pay Roll W. H. Blair Pay Roll J. M. Hall and N. J. Williams .. .. C. S. Burnett E. M. Hobson ., Carolina Cut Stone Co .Mrs. M E. Duguid Est. Geo. W. Kidder Pay Roll ... C. C. Bellamy Cape Fear Gravel Co . Walter Rutland, et al J. W. Murchison & Co W. D. MacMillan, Jr J. M. Satchwell Review Job "Office ... .- Boney & Harper Milling Co .. Western Union Co ... i.. Chas. Finkelstein H. L. Vollers Thos. Quinlivan & Son Wilmington Cycle Co . .' D. Quinlivan Amer. LaFrance Fire Eng. Co .... T. B. Carroll C. W. Yates & Co . Thos. F. Wood, In c LeGwin Printing Co Capps Griffith Pig. Co 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 . 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91. -92 93 .94 95 96 97 98 '99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 Postal Telegrapn Co Wilmington Star Co Queen City Cycle Co Champion Cycle Co Texas Oil Co ... M.W. Divine & Co Cape Fear Machine Works . . Chapman Valve Mfg. Co Columbian Iron Works National Meter Co Ford Auto. C ... Pittsburgh Filter Co Jv A. Taylor . . ...... Tidewater Power Co . Northam Book Store . . , Southern BeU Tel. Co . . Clark-Lynch Lumber" Co Hodges Bros ... .. Rent of Bicycles .. J. M. Solky Uniforms Police .. .. J. T. arid J. O. Brown . . . . . . . . Repairs .... . . Standard Supply Co .. .. Supplies W. & S. "Wilmington Iron Works Supplies W. & S 'Hyman Supply Co Supplies W. & S.. ... Wil. Stamp and Ptg. Co Printing and Supplies Davis-MoorePaint Co Supplies ... ' L. A. Bilbro ...... ... Harness, Repairs, etc. ....... Jacobi Hardware Co Supplies .1. ........... Neptune Meter Co , Supplies W. & S. Election Pay Roll ... Election . ...... Standard Oil Co ... ...Oil, etc. Chadbourn Lumber Co . . Lumber Newman Cafe ... Lunch for Police Strike "duty R. R. Bellamy T. D. Piner Heller & Brightly . Independent Ice Co Hersey Mfg. Co ... Evening Dispatch Crandall Packing Co Springer Coal Co New Hanover County Wm. E. Springer & Co . . .. .. Plate Ice Co ... ..... Huband Ptg. Co B. F. Mitchell Co Total for the Month . . Published by order of the Council. . THOS. D. MEARES, Clerk. INI T HA The power to "get somewhere in a financial way requires first: The power of initiative the ability to Start Something. Millions of people are barring their possibilities because they . can't bring themselves to make a beginning. On the other hand, those who started long ago at the ''Home Savings Bank a well on the way suo cessward, arid yon, if you begin now, will "soon, be under full headway. HOME SAVINGS BANK Wilmington, N. C. - GOAL!' BUILDERS' SUPPLIES! LARGE STOCKS PROMPT DELIVERY "LET US SERVE YOU" W B. THORPE: & GO 'PHONE 789. Choice Cuts Western Meats REUSCT DHJESSED POTTOLTRY. AJtL KINDS OF FRESH VEG. ETAJBLES. BEACH ORDERS GIVEN SPECIAI. ATTEWTIOW. , DAVIS & HINTZE -v-VV: . FRONT STREET MARKET . ; ; D a ISSUED , , , for the Month of June, 1916. Monthly Approp? iation . . . t . .$ Tags and Badges . . .... . . . R.epairs to Typewriters .... Disinfectants .. .. .... .. . Printing and Advertising . . Printing and Advertising . . . Printing and Office Supplies.' Journal .. .. .. .. Interest on Note Note v v ckly y &r Hauling Rock .' . .1 . . . . Books Library ....... Repairs of Clock Supplies ..' Paper Library ........... Books Library . . . . Weekly . . . Semi-Monthly" - .. .. Sidewalk Construction . . . . Insurance ..... Typewriter Library . . . . . Poll Books . . . Uniforms Fire Dept Lighterage .. .. ., .. .. .. Books Library . . . . . . . ... Exp. for Ent. Association . . . Printing, etc . i Weekly .. Costs Interest on Notes Mule ......... Auditing Election Books . . Freight t Overhauling, Fire-Boat . . .. Insurance Monthly Appropriation Monthly Appropriation .. .. ,' . Monthly Appropriation .. .. ' , -Monthly Appropriation .. .. y; Freight . .. .. Supplies W. &$.... Carpenter, Workt-T-Play Grd . . Hire of Dog Cart;. , . . . . . . . Sidewalk" Construction f. . .. Weekly-.. .. . Tax Refunds and; Office, Exp, 1,592.-561 136.50 2.40 38.22 116.25 105.47 56.25 3.00 60.00 1,200.00 1,189.95 71.75 6.00 1.50 2,50 7.20 33.75 1,184.68 3,546.36' 54721 48.75 95.00 2.00 571.55 9.52 29.45 200.00 123.65 1,304.42 15.00 625.00 125.00 101.79 93.38 21.00 10.50 10.00 1,592.50 15CU)1 , 83333 445.41 540.54 . 33.00 .15.00 92.43 1.187.23 76.47 4.885.47 231.00 119.00 3.50 318.78 50.00 25.00 1,250.77 283.17 241.60 282.00 34.65 3.30 14.00 - 8.00 534.89 2.49 2.45 4.00 45.25 10.00 29.50 38.06 14.00 5.10 19.90 6.00 19.80 7.45 , 27.15 26.60 11.30 11.96 2.40 48.30 12.00 38.05 1.68 3.76 16.00 Monthly. .. Traveling Expenses to Auto Supplies Police . Supplies Police .. .. . Curb and Stone ... .. Moving House Rent Disposal Plant . . Weekly ... ... Costs Clay Gravel , Listing Taxes . . .... . Supplies Supplies Police Banner Printing Feed ... - Telegrams ... Supplies Police Supplies Police Shoeing Horses . . . . ,. . . Rent Bicycles--Police Shoeing Horses.. .'. .. Supplies Fire Dept . . "Professional Services . . Office Supplies Supplies for Fire Boat . Printing .. .'. Repairs and Supplies F. N. Y. Dept. Telegrams Printing, etc Rent of Bicycles and Sup . , Rent of Bicycles arid Sup. Oil and Gasoline W. & S. Paints, etc .. .. .. .. .. Meter Boxes'and Sup. W. & S. Supplies W. Supplies W. Supplies W. Supplies W. & S & S & s & s & s Supplies W. Supplies W. 2.85, 1,795.91 4.80 .34.50 41.61 10.00 738.30 23.40 26.40 3.00 2.23 58.00 22.15 23.55 16.10 55.80 149.00 .62.70 82.46 18.00 1.20 62.70 59.70 14.43 68.31 19.15 8.13 687.39 15.00 20.80 14.35 18.00 57.75 Street Lighting and Supplies. Office Supplies Telephone .Service .. . . ... .. Lumber : 1- .V'Vv ' ; Supplies -Police Supplies & Repairs Police. Repairs Instruments Ice Supplies W. & S...... Printing, etc; Supplies W. & S...... ... Coal W. & S. Court Costs . . Supplies ice Printing Feed $30,665.41 H VE JULY 23,, 1916. ' STATEMKNT ' "- ' GLBITS FALLS, J. Y. Condition December .31, .1915, as shown . by Statement filed. " " N' Amount of Capital paid up in cash .. .. .. .. .. 500,000.00 Amount of Ledger Assets December 31st of previ- ' ous year; Total ', . ..5,515,804.52 Income From PoMcyhold ers, 12,432,624.34; Miscel laneous, $315,490.86; Total 2,748,124.20 Disbursements To Policy holders, f 1.252,681.97; Mis cellaneous, $1,179,601.56; . - Total 2,432,283.53 ASSETS. Value of real estate: . . . .. 247,419.79 Mortgage Loans on Real Es- - tate .... .. ,. .. .. .. .. 1,699,300.00 Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, - Stocks, or other collateral. , . 200,000.00 Value of Bonds and Stocks. 2,619,071.60 Cash in Company's Office.. , 1,197.21 Deposited in Trust Compa nies and Banks on interest 655,873.95 Agents' balances, represent ing business written sub- sequent to October 1, 1915 407,006.57 Agents balances, repre-. eenting business written prior to October 1, 1915 2,973.28 Interest and Rents due and accrued ' 31,279.53 Total . '. Less - Assets $5,862,919.72 admitted 2,973.28 not Total admitted Assets.$5,859.946.44 LIABILITIES t Net amount of unpaid losses and claims .. ..... ..$ 233,931.09 Unearned Premiums :. -.' . . 2,625,838.07 Salaries,,. . rents, expenses, bills, t accounts, fees, etc., due or accrued . . . : .. . . . Estimated amount payable for ; Federal, State, cbun tyi .and rn.unicipal taies due or accrued Reinsurance and return premiums due other com panies . . . All other Liabilities, as de tailed in statement .... 1,000.00 40,000.00 4,967.08 200,000.00 Total amount of all Li abilities except Capi tal $3,105,736.24 Capital Actually paid in in Cash. . . .$500,000.00 Surplus over all Liabil ities $2,254,210.20 Surplus as regards Policy holders ... .. . 2,754,210.20 Total Liabilities . . .$5,859,946.44 Buslnem In North Carolina During 1915. Fire Risk3 written, $1,090,512.00; Premiums received, $17,864.18. Losses Incurred Fire, $15,159.31; Paid, $15,592.91. President, R. A. Little; Secretary, H. N. Dickinson; Treasurer, C. J. DeLong. Home Office, Glens Falls, N. Y. Attorney for service, Insurance Com missioner, Raleigh, N. C. -' Manager for Nrth Carolina, Home Office. State of North Carolina Insurance De partment, Raleigh, February 29, 1916. I, James R. Young, Insurance Com missioner, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Glens Falls Insur ance Company, of Glens Falls, N. Y filed with this Department, showing tfce conditon of said Company on the 31st day of December, 1915. Witness my hand , and official . seal the day and date above written. J. R. YOUNG, Insurance Commissioner. . FORECLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will, by virtue of the power of sale contained in a mortgage execut ed by Matilda A Hayden, Mary Kath erine Hayden, Mary T. Hayden and John Henry Hayden to Nome F. King, dated the 14th day of February, A D., 1914, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County in Book 74. page 424 et seq ."ex pose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, at the front Court House door of New Hanover County, on Monday, the 7th day of Au gust, A D., 191$, at 12 o'clock M., all the right, title, interest, property and estate of the said John Henry Hayden in and to all of that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the county of New Hanover, state of North Carolina, city of Wilmington, . and bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point in the western line of Third street, 66 feet south from the intersection of said,western line of Third street with the southern line of Princess street, and running thence southwardly along said western line of Third street 66 ft.; thence westwardly parallel to Princess street 165 ft.; thence northwardly parallel to Third street 66 ft.; thence eastwardly parallel to Princess street 165 ft. to the point of beginning. The same being the eastern half of Lot 2, Black 166, ac cording to the official plan of the city of Wilmington. At this sale, only the interest of the said John Henry Hayden will be sold, and not the interest of Matilda A. Hay den, who owns a life estate in the same, nor the interest Of Mary Kather ine Hayden, Mary T Hayden, or Ellen Agnes Hayden. . Dated and posted this the 7th day of July, A D., 1916. NONIE F. KING, E. K. BRYAN, Mortgagee. Attorney. Jy 8-30t JOB PRINTING We can do for you, as we are do ing for mauy others save you money on your Printing require ments. - '".'-x Let u figure on your next or der. . '.' HUBAND PRINTING CO 409 CASTLE ST. -Call 'Phone 1354-W. FOR AT A BARGAIN 6-ROOM HOUSE Ai tnodern conveniences ; one 'block from; ear ltae;'l5 minutes "walk from business section of city; in good neighborhood. A good value at $2. 500. -- -' V' ts.ooo.oo Birr rr.. if taken at ONCE. i J. R. HANSON ;r ' HANOVER DRUG CO. " 7th and Castle-St. - , ' 'Phone 208 ' ' STATEMENT LAFAYETTE MUTtTAL' IN S." CO. LCMBERTON, N. C. " Condition December 31; 1915, as shown by Statement filed. Amounts of Ledger Assets December 31st of previous year : .. .. .. ..$24,808.60 Income From Policyhold ers, $18,558.61; Miscellane ous. $1,790.61; Total , . . 20,349.22 Disbursements To Policy holders, $3,894.61; Miscella neous, $11,246.89; Total . . 15,141.50 v - ASSETS i Mortgage Loans on1 Real Es tate 13.171.66 Loans made to Policyholders on this Company's Policies assigned as collateral . . . 2,491.70 Cash in Company's Office .' . . 288.89 Interest and Rents due' and accrued 467.43 Premiums unpaid .. .. .. .. 2,436.69 All other ( Assets, as detailed in statement . ... . . . 14,064.07 Total $32,920.44 Less Assets not admitted .... 441.60 Total admitted Assets $32,478.84 LIABILITIES t Net Reserve, as computed . .$27,400.00 Premiums paid in advance, in cluding Surrender Values so applied 131.30 Unearned Interest and Rent - paid in advance . . 84.08 Commissions due to Agents, tc m 35.00 Estimated Amount payable for Federal,-. State and other Taxes 32.40 Amounts set apart, apportion ed, provisionally ascertained, calculated, awaiting appor tionment, etc . . 175.00 All other Liabilities, as de tailed in statement. . . . 1,700.07 Total amount of all Lia bilities, except Capital.. $29,557.85 Unassigned funds (surplus). 2,920.99 Total Liabilities " .$32,478.84 Bnslnem lA North Carolina Dorics 1915. Policies in force December 31, 1915 Number, 778; Amount 414,845.00 Losses and Claims settled dur ing year in cash: Amount,. . 3,894.61 Losses and Claims unpaid December 31, 1915: Number, none; Amount, none. Premiums collected or secured in Cash and Notes or Credits,' without any deduction for Losses, Dividends, Com missions, or other expenses, $18,55S.61. President, W. J. Beatty; Secretary, E. E. Page; Treasurer, E. E. Page. Home Office, Lumberton, N. C. Attorney for service, E. E. Page, Lum berton, N. C. Manager for North Carolina, "W. J. Beatty, Lumberton, N. C. State of North Carolina Insurance De partment, Raleigh, February 24, 1916. I, James R. Young, Insurance Com missioner, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the La Fayette Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Lumber ton, N. C, filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Com pany on the 31st day of December, 1915. Witness my hand and official seal the day and date above written. J. R. YOUNG, Insurance Commissoner. STATEMENT Caledonia: insurance co. Edinburgh, Scotland. Condition-December 31, 1915, as shown by Statement Filed. Amount of Ledger Assets December 31st of pre vious year $2,303,014.02 Income From Policyhold ers, $1,379,419.89; Miscel- . laneous $123,825.03; To tal 1,503,244.92 Disbursements To Policy holders, $784,242.05; Mis cellaneous $655,136.83; Total 1,439,378.88 ASSETS Value of real estate $ 443.780.5S Value of Bonds and Stocks. 1,473,987.36 Cash in Company's office... 246.94 Deposited in Trust Compa nies and Banks not on interest 5,402.77 Deposited in Trust Compa nies and Banks on inter est 173,912.19 Agents' balances, repre senting business written subsequent' to October 1 1915 262,436.86 Agents' balances, repre senting business written prior to October 1, 1915. . 7,113.36 Interest and Rents due and accrued 11,032.03 j . : Total .. $2,377,912.03 Less Assets not admitted.. 95,723.14 Total admitted Assets .$2,282,188.90 LIABILITIES. Net amount of unpaid loss es and claims $ 148,580.76 ,442,334.04 Unearned premiums 1 Ledger Liabilities Salaries, rents, expenses, bills, accounts, fees, etc., due or accrued 10,000.00 2,000.00 Estimated amount payable for Federal, State, coun ty and municipal taxes due or accrued 25,000.00 Total amount of air Liabil- b itiesx except Capital $1,627,914.80 Surplus as regards Policy- holders 654,274.10 Total Liabilities $2,282,188.90 Business in North Carolina During 1015 Fire Risks written, $534,210; Premiums received $ 8,077.69 Losses incurred Fire, $5,- 237.82; Paid'... 9,369.05 U. S. Manager, C. H. Post. Home Office in U. S., New York City. Attorney for service, Insurance Com missioner, 'Raleigh. Manager for North Carolina, Homj Office.'' STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE DEUARTMENT Raleigh, February 7, 1916, I, James R. Young.l Insurance Com missioner, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Caledonian Insur ance Company, of Edinburgh, Scotland, filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Company on the 31st day of December, 1915. Witness my hand and official seal the day and date abo.ve written. V - J. R. YOUNG, V Insurance Commissioner. , HAROWITZ JUNK SHOP. NOW Is the Time to ' Save Your RAGS We pay the Highest Prices for Mixed Rags In Any Quantity. All 'Kinds ot Metals, Rubber, Auto Tires and Rope. The Oldest and Most Reliable Junk Shop In Wllmlnarton. JOS. HAROWITZ A SON, PROPS. - Phone 8QO-W - Don't Forget the Place 109 S. Water f I 2rf tif- THOMAS ...... ... . . Manage React- Star Business jLocalsjwtV crockett springs va. Eleven. This COLUMBIA Grafonola f and twenty-six selections on thirteen Columbia Double-Disc Records s For $60 This Is a Grafonola that any man, 01 any means, may be proud to own and use for a life-time. Hearing is believing. Green's Drug Store Columbia Agents. 108 Market St. ; We Have a Complete and Up-to-Data Lens Grinding Plant, and can make your-glasses while you want. We can duplicate any broken lens you may have, at short notice. See Us About Your Eyes, and We Will Save You Money. 1 Spectacles or Eye Glasses fitted to your eyes for $1.00 and up. Dr. Vinebergl EYES EXAMINED FREE MASONIC TEMPLE. LADIES Does your hair wave? Do you wish it to wave? "Silmerine" will do the work beautifully.,, YOU SKINNY PEOPLE Do you wish to gain flesh? "Samose" Will fatten you. No experiment. Hundreds of Testimonials from J people right here in Wilmington. CATARRH? Parmint Is a wonderful thing for Catarrh. Try it. J. Hicks Bunting Drug Company , I The "QUALITY" DRUG STORE. SPECIAL Hindoo 2-lb. . 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