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ROCKY MOUNT, N, C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1916.
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MAYOR ISSUES A
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lass Meeting Tonight In
Municipal Building to
' Perfect Organization
EVERY CITIZEN IS
UR(JEl) TO ATTEND
3'he- Occasion IsT)ne of Duty
From Every Citizen and
as Relief Is Needed Now
All Are Urged to Attend
the Meeting. -
TKOCLAM ATION
On account of tho great disas
ter caused by the floods in West
ern North Carolina, rendering
many , Homeless and In groat
neod of immediate aid. It is ur
gent that help should be given
immediately. Our fellow citizen
and neighbors are in distress, let
us respond promptly to their "
needs. To this end we urge the
citizens of our city and county
to assemble ui a mass meeting
tnniffht at H p m in tha r.ity hull
and devise ways and means to
contribute our share to their re
lief. ' .
Ladies are welcome and are
rOnueated to attend.
L. F. TILLERY, Mayor.
E. "t. DAUGHTRIDGE,
Central State Conunlttce.
. . Raleigh, N. C, July 23, 1910
Mayor of Rocky Mount, N. C.
Distressing demands for aid to :
' flood sufferers in Western Narth
Carolina call for contributors in
every town in North Carolina,
riease urge your people to re
spond generously and without de
lay. Thousands re homeless and
holpless. Have mass meeting if
possible. Wire Tuesday night
-what your town gives. . . ...
.EDWARD E. BRlTTON.
Chairman State Relief Com.
Raleigh, N. C, July 23. li10
E. L. Daiiijhtridgc, Rocky Mount,
... .N. C; " .
Meeting of State storm relief
committee by Governor Craig in
Raleigh Wednesday a f tenioon ' at
4:30. Please attend or write sug
gestions. Please urge your com
munities to help with quick sub
scriptions. Ask ministers to co
operate, need is urgent to relieve
destitution.
EDWARD E." BRITTON,
Chairman State Relief Com.
EVERY CITI20BN
URGED TO BE PRESENT "
Tonight, starting at H o'clock, in
munieipal building there will bo
held a mammoth mass meeting of bockT
M'lint citiens-- those who would as
sist in relief for flic greatest devasta
tion of providence that has beset or
bottlers in two score years. Thousands
of-cit.ivcns of Western North Carolina,
in a half dozen or more counties appeal
to ps for aid, to us for help, toMye '
PROCLAMATIQfy
CITIZENS
thc'.r starving children and to care VJg(gses begger description. We mtve to
I lien. Sri this hour of trial, when Hoods
- hajve swejft frem them their crops, their
hrimcs anil their all. - Federal aid has
Imjpii suggeslcd but it is not necessary,
uur people should, rally to this cause
.ami toniglrt is the time. A great muss
meeting fur evecy citizen who, should
manifest not only n' willingness 'but an
.enthusiasm in this matter of helping
V his neighbor iu distress.
. A committee, of public spirited citi
zens met' this morning in the otlicp of
-Mavor Tillerv ifiiTT ileeiitcii upon tins
course, wml tonight 's meeting Called at,
H o'clock is to till the needs of the emer
( g) -ncy nml every citizen that can at
j teiiil, should be present and take part
"in the igani.ation. There are to be a
few brief talks by prominent' citizens,
but-the meeting is in the main part to
be one of nctiun and work rather than
n discussion of-ways anil ngs.
The lack of reports from many iso
lated districts leaves much -in doubt as
fo tiie total sum required for the relief
but-it is know n that the cities of the
- State- should be counted upon for liber
al response while others may "he ex
.eeted in smaller amountsT- Ttlias7 al
. ready totaled n thousand or more dol-'
lars in some rities of t heState, in Rl. j
" ' rt."rtliTTiiueil on l'age Kight.)
WRITES DAMAGE
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Mrs. L. F. Tillery's Rrothcr
Writes of Damage by
- Recent Flood
ALL TI I E RRLDCi ES CONE
Rocks Ueeoming Undermin
ed On Mountainsides and
Rolling Down Have Iilock-
red7All KoadsRailroads"
Washed Away.
,-A remarkable, recital of the distres
IH'I suflenng in the Wilkelmro sectum,
along- with the devastation-. wrought-x
told in a letter )ust receivecl bv Mrs.
I,. F, Tillerv from her brother Mr.l.eon-
nntlv reineniliT'Ted bv a sniall ciijili" of
tTirTrrt."litW7inartrrVllttiis (nriit-'tij
'"North W'ilkesboro, XrV., .Iiilv L'l. 'Hi.
" W'eli.l liiuillv reachifil lionie vester
lay via Tavlorsville, N. C, arrived here
at 1! o. in.
- ''Tin- roads from Tavlorsville here
are beyond description iii the way they
a re
torn iii. In dn
the rocks Troni
the mountain sid
four to six feet in
diameter, rolled
sides, id crlii ih
dovn. tie1 mountain
! l oads, Bridges all
g"'"'
lloated. down thiMiiall
strennts tliat were swollen so that tliev
carried ilown two storv liousvs as if
they w'otc pieces of small drift wood,
h'arins are completely washed away. :'.
',M)n arrival in WilUesbot'o; I found
tliat, the : (inly : llriilge left ,in Wilkei'
I'oiiiity. across the' Yadkin was the one
bet w een tin- two: 'towns. . 'I'liere being
al'imt si washed :ivlv aerctss the 'ad
knr'n loner We ii.-ol ttr t'timh down the
aloitmeiits t.f tiiis:uol then wade acrns
the'Mittem lands to reaeh No;;th Wilkes
boro. '1'lie railroad to- Winston Salem
is nlonit all gime and will take ov,er iu
d;ts-io 'et a train in here, the ' W. & V.
railroad .lost every bridge on the road
for miles; alj the rail is gone and the
road hid is all washed away. The
town liht. lant, wati-r works am also
all gone. liileklly i have a- gooil well
'on one of iny plae'es. (iooil drinking
water is it a premium. Life so fiir in
-VUJi.c.s.rw:aii..jiiitie.iAiglLL.pcoi-dL'. llr.ou ne'-h
l.liat ue know of. Some Jo houses arc
washed away and gone in the city here.
Tim lurff tmi stifrv building of -the
Shell Chair I'aelory lloated off. This,
stood where father and I use to opcrrtt'e.
This p;ives you some idrea of the amount
of water around here. The plant of the
Wilkeshoro M a n ii f art wring Company,
near the !ed.iei b'iver bridge, washed
away', and took , the Keddies h'iver
loi.lge. The l.otiion lands are piled,
high with thrash ami I he 4I. itH wjisIi
ed liwiiv, The tmnbrr 7eople all lost
hiavily. I'iles usually high above the
lin.'ll wfller malk and these piles ','(1 to
feet high unshed away as if small i
hunt's. The suffering is terrible among
thepoor classes. Kvervtliiug gone,
ina.ni. with no clothes. "The town mayor
onty .'illow'.s "2 1 pcoirnl'' of Hour, to the
family. We-are sitting up a mill to
make llour nt the colbn plant and have
stime '.sim bushels of wheat in the town,
ami with care shoilld lie aide to hold
things straight, lint the terrible tilings
that are ahead for this fall and winter;
all- crops are gone in t h county ; to
late to replant and the lands are washed
so iinj.ossiltle to raise nnvthiiig on them.
''fhe. large tannery lost at least
$."iui,oimi ami it will run over two mil
lion in the county, to say nothing of flip
cost to clean 'things up with no chalice
for a train fji at Ieii
"To the trained
:ist Wi days.
I juind in values
use the old failiion liu'ht and vpfwlit
tie kerosene
n- tow n. Hope to open
e via Tavlorsville for
up. wiigon ser
supitli
"Mv indiviiial losses are iip to the
present over'.Jf njlHO with the points be
tween lloariuff river and iDoiinaha to
hear from. fl'his will - take-, about '!'
da vs. so if I
et off with about $40,0110
feel verV thankful. Hut
with my interests north
Ply good. Wife "ami the
cell, my nerve and energy
in all I sIihIH
as voit know
and heairtt-fa
little girl are
in good trim, Ii feel like the sunshine it
is bright as Aver, the opportunities as
good as ever, Ijnil that life is all in the
making. My Vreatcst nwre is what
to-do and hoi to assist these people
that have lost I heir all through the com
ing winter. trhis is certainlv a time
when the hcarl-i of all good people, and
1 mn certains that when the outside
world )crRf4M small measure of the
loss and distress this section aid will
How in. These V are workers, not
beggars, and I kV 1 from the efforts
already started, t I we wiLL raise np
better and larger tl)vj ever, if we can
arrange to keep heatisl above water for
a short time. Do notworry about ns,
we will make it all (- K. for with
health and strength etf push for-
wrrrd -with Pott's hsicfr fighter and
better tinieij - "" ,
NEAR WiLKESBORQ
ANNAMESE TROOPS FIGHTING WITII ALLIES AT SALONICA
i it uf ,iu k j .
Annqmcae troops are now fighting with the allies at Salonica, having been called into tho war by France. '
Their equipment is most, modern, excepting their hatu, which are made of woven bamboo fibre covered with -khakL
Annam is a French protectorate and the soldiers now fighting for the allied cause are well trained.
They are near relatives to the Chinese.
DISAPPOINTED AT
BREMFN'S DELAY
Second Under Sea German
Trader Was Expected
Off Capes Sunday
A RRIVA L FOR EC ASTED
Those Who Predicted the
Coming of the Deutsch-
. land Arc Ready to Agree
That Boat Isn't Near the
Capes. . - -
- Norfolk , duly L' I. Persons w ho niaiii
tained a walch for the Hremen, sister
ship of I he giant suluncri.h-Ilciilsch
land for l.lt4i..ta,sU,.ls hours were keenly
disappoin-ted at the snuiorcildes failure
to put in at Cape Henry. So far as
could be learni -I there was lio. I race of
I huSPofT the coast though she was
due not later than today. - .
Persons who accurately forecasted the
coming of tin- I li'iitsclil.'ind almost to
the hyur of lis arrival and who declared
the lircmcn would probably put in off
Cape Henry prolinhly .'not laler than to
day iimde no .attempts' to esiduin (he
noil-arrival of lite ship. They insisted
that she probirbK' had lieen slight Iv de
lav nossiblv h' lie present of (he allieil !
warships just lOitside tin- capes anil
that she might In- expected. lo dash into
safety at any time and they simultan
ously admitted their disappointment at
the non-arrival. . .
The feeling that Hie Hrenien is tint
dear tlio c.'i'pcs seemed t h;u'e spread
to the allied warships and only one
of litem was in sight ami she was cruis
ing far off the coast.
TO
PROTEST
.New 'ork,,Iuly -4 i'reh:lnts whose
foreign t rade has been, bautlh'appeil .by
rent Britain who names were included
in that nation's recently published
black list today declared they were
collecting" a mass of .material to lay
before the Ktate. IXpartment to em
phasiz.e a .. formal protests and their
comniuuicntiou to the Federal govern
incut would probably be ready by the
end of the week.
"Washington, July 24. The Senate
Judiciary committee by unanimous vote
recommended confirmation of th'i
nation of John U. t'lark, of
Ohio, ai-assoiatiul just'
nreine Court th mi"'
Hnghes. .
BLACKLISTED FIRMS
PREPARING
0
FAIR DIRECTORS
ITEFT
There was recently held- an impor
tant -meeting-of the stuck4if)ldeis of the
lincky Moiiiii Fuir. nssucjutiim. , .jiixd
ylans wore gone over for detnils ook
liig to a great success ol. the Inst an
nual event to lie held iu thi, city Oc
tober 3-7 inclusive. A committer was
named to secure' a prominent speaker
for that date and names of several men
of national prominence were discussed
at least one. and possibly, two may be
invited here for that occasion.
, Fifty stables have already been com
pleted and if was generally agreed that
this was hardly enough and hl'tecu ad
dit innat- staldcs with -a barn earing for
thirty horses has been ordered erected.
This will lifing the tojal stables on the
lot in the enclosure to nine tylive and
about fills the needs of the-local track,
l'pwnrds of a half dozen horses are
expected to he bi oeght here din ing -t in
present week t fi train for tlie'event of
the first -week ill' October. '- ' ' "'.
At the mooting of the stockholders
it was also decided that an attractive
poultry barn should be buill . to care
fop what is expected to be one of -the
largest poultry exhibits to occur in tin
State this ear.
L
MONDAY EVIL
DOERS
Ther was a half hour's session of
the city court this morning for the dis
position of evildoers for the leftovers
from a week end.. Recorder Fountain
presided while Mr. W. S. Wilkinson,
Jr., prosecuted the docket.
Damon Hullin k was convicted of the
charge of an assault and was. lined i
He pabT the money.
Hatty. Terry and l'risiilla Taylor
faced a charge of. disorderly conduct
and Jhe Terry woman was lined !fi,
while flic other defendant- was let off
upon the. payment of half of that
amount.
Xeal Mi Siuims 'and" Henry John' ,u
faced the charge of being Migrants and
heating a ride . on The train. Out of
work, they didn't care if they didn't
get any more hut the court took a dif
ferent view of the nfatter. and they
were sent along to tin- roail, force for
sixty davs each."
Charles Meyers for a charge of dis
orderly conduct, was conVicted iml
required to contribute tfo to the coffers
of the city. ' - -
Henry Wooten for. ' charge of dis
orderly conduct, was tined $7... "id.
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REV.
fr -OFF '
tOVL VACATION TRIP
Itii Johnson J?ft by the
' today for Scotland
it' fxpeefs-Trspend the
j his three weeks vaea
latires and friends." ,
PLANNING FOR
OFFERING QF
iJ 'I VrJ
' I.
LOOKING FOR THE
Mayor of San Francisco Of
fers' $5,000 Reward for
Arrest of Man
MANY JOIN IN CHASE
Two More May Re Added
to the List of Dead in the
Fatal Tragedy of Satur
day, During Preparedness
Parade.
.San Francisco, July iM -Under the
pressure of public.' sentiment which has
iieeii arorised over the bomb explosions
which marked Saturday's preparedness
parade-here. The authorities are work
With determination to apprehend
the" perpetrator of the deed.- To the
death list of six it.Js expected two and
probably more of the forty four injur
c.. w ill lie addial. Five of tilt!, victims
are reported in a seiioii condition.
l.ed by. Mayor liolph, who has offered
a rewnnl -'-of 11,0011 for the arrest of
theperi-oii who Juglrf have placed the
bomb. There are seines of citizens who
have. volunteered', their, service, in ''ap
prehending the guilty party. ' .-
A nrass mooting to express an opin
ion of 'the "bomb outrage " .wan called
today for next Wednesday by Freder
ick J. Roster, president"- of the Cham
ber of Commerce" Soveral clues arc
being followed with great activity. Twif
men are claimed to have seen the men
with the suitcase believed to have con
tained the infernal.. inaehnie and de
scribed him as about ,'io years old, tall
and shabbily dressed. A reward of $1,
oiiii has been, offered by the brother of
one of the victims.
ARREST NEGRO FOR
HAVING SHOT
The police, at a lator hour Saturday
afternoon, placed Jim Ricks, colored,
under arrest, charging him with having
shot Jithur May Saturday. The shoot
ing occurred at a poiut on Cowlick
cn'ek, The police believe it was through
a misunderstanding which followed a
dice" (fame. May is shot through the
left shoulders a few inchest shove his
he;irt and while it was first thought he
might he fatally injured, physicians de
clare lie wiMrevovf r, Jim Pm-1 "tl
"arraigned this morning and his bond
wm tilxod at ",). the amount bein?
give
PLACER OF BOMB
-ANOTHER
Heavy Fighting Continues
.
- Ov.er Greater Parts of
Sunday in West
MG CONTEST FOR THE
TOWN OF POZIEREES
The Report Tells of Sharp
Clash Between Germans
and French Small Crafts
In the North Sea During
Sunday.
London, Julv !M. London todav re
ports new and important advantages
gtHne4-by -(he- Jlritish in their- Mght-foi
f'ozu-rccs the present focal point of
their attack 411 the Komme region.
Despite a stubborn (eriaan defense
of the town, which has been turned into
a strongly fortified post, a large portion
of it is now in Hntish hands. The
place is considered of great practical
iniporlnnce as locking ,nn advance of
the Flntish lines toward Rataume along
" 4 --' 1 Vnnrpnhr
wood to thi east
. The heavy, lighting of yesterday was
followed by comparative calm nt night,
but besides the successes of J'oiers the
Hntish reports gams of ground near
high wood -and iu the vicinity of Ouille
mont on thji British left flank.
The repulse of ierinnn counter at
tacks between Ilighwood and Uuille
mont is reported.
.- 1'aris Quuuiiiat'S the continuance of
bad weather alonir the French front on
the Homme region and cessation for
the time being of active operations
there..' , --' ,v. .
emiihasizo the imiiOrtnncc of the Rus
sian offensive in the liiga region where
nt one point the (ierinnn forces are re
ported to have been driven back 12
miles. The Russian are said now to he
consolidating the ground gained in the
offensive which extends along a 30-milr
front. - .
Ft4 fo(jHt l o flic iallyBUiuMince t h e
advance-rrf-a Kiissinii guard within 1.'!
miles of the Turkish force, at Ser.igan
upon which the Russian army is steadily
ndvancing. .''..'
, Engagements between "flermnn tor-,
pedo craft and a British foreo of small
vesselSTu the North Kea arc told of in
a UritisliTiiTinirality statement. In a
riiniiing fight with six lerman! destroy
ers reported hits are declared to have
been secured by the British. One of the
British vessels was hit and two men
wounded. The Germans succeeded in
reaching the Belgian' coast."
W RILEY
-Imlinnnpolis, July tl. Flags all ever
Indianapolis and many other cities of
the State ere at half mast over the
death of James Whitcomc Riley win
died suddenly7 Saturday night. The
body will lie in the Htate capital from
It until H o 'clock tonight. Only teni
tiyo funeral arrangements have been
made but burial w ill be made. here.
ASOUITH ASKS FOR
VOTE OF
By tin- A-imUtfct Prci.
t.ond"n, July 24. Premier Asquith
todav askefl the Houso of Commons for
a vote of credit for 4-W,000,000 pounds.
This is a total for the vear of l.OaO.OOO,
lioo and the total since the beginning of
The war of 2,-i,oftOKoo -pounda (p-
proximately 14,lfi0,0O0,000.)
IRISH RESENT THE
ACTION OF HOUSE.
London, Julv 24. Premier Asquith
today told John Redmond, leader of the
Irish Nationalists in the house of com
mons, that the British government ii'J
not propose to introduce an Jnsh h-
NO ANA
MOURNS
DEATH OF JAMES
mi
MONEY
not a f 4 1
ui.staV rr4nlT,""r
regard to which there did not
to be the prospect of a subs
ar,amiiiil liv nil ttnlit I imrtipft
...,... ... .... - , ... '
Mr. Redmond obtained leave to mover, j'
the, adjournment of the house in order .;
to "call atten t ini fo the rapidly . jjro"-- . "
Tiig unresTlri Ireland, owing to th-
that the government did not in
carry out in eatiety the plan
imposed settlement.
A. C. L. Again Has Lost 1
of Main Line Trac!
Near Saute River
DETOURING TRAII
OVER SOUTHERN NC
The Continuation of i
Downpour Makes For :
piousness of Situatic
New Flood Warnings .
Out.
Though greatly annoyed by the I
waterlnd the continued downlim
Mouth." t.'arolmA.-.thc Atlantic (
Itne has yet the only through line i
tweon New York and South Atbir
Seaboard or -through theL'Brolinas. (
ing to the continued rise, the bu
rivor coupled with the fact that tin-
was a high tido on tne coast, tnc A
bintie Co.-tst Line was vestcrdav afti
noon forced to block j.ta main lino i
the Bnntee. rivor oerwoen Janes at
liarleston. This was done in ordery.
- - -ai,i,ur of the erubankim
and with riKi nopev ri., . -,
tracks ami bridge wlilcn are now griv
ly threatened by the rising water.
Thia for a hrief time blocks the COUr:
of travel south, however, aud it wi
expected the line between Sumter ar
Augusta over the Santee, detouring I
Chnrleston to Tianniark on the Bout
em Jtailroad.- Beahoard Air Line trail
arc being dctoured oyer .this, san
tracking . whilo "., it iT understood tl
Southern attempts no through acrvii
further south than Charlotte.
-Th comnued rains in Houtb Carolin
ciala regard as grave and with the coi
tlnuatton of the rain the . rivers . an
streams show little cessation In th
fury of their flow or thef thei
embankment.' The Santee river, accon
ing to reports, has several times read
ed a standstill and later gone highe
Ynsterdny the 4ide of the aoait bad i
effect, though thi condition is abate
today, and oniciala believe , that the
miiv be able to save the bridire an
NEW FLOOD "
WARNING ISSUED
' - s
Charleston, July ii: The local ir
(her bureau sent otft new flood warning
to tlrf-a-ftern- netioih of thi-8t8te an
conditions similar to 1908 were for
casted for tiie Vflccama river. Reeef
hfyyVry.ihiive swollen rivers in th
(ojjxi,' i I of the State, In the low
er i-'rW ylction high water are
peeted aVrlloodi rc announced to b
indefinitely prolonged. New crests ar
4-anmniriaed for this week.
T
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Washington, July 24. Rhowety
tinned general last night in the A
and Fast Gulf Htates with an
heavy fall in North and South Cart
so the weather bureau reported V
I nsettled weather will continue t
and Tuesday in the South Alt
Htates.
STOCK MARKET
New York, July 24 Trading in I
volume and higher prices marke
resumption of operations today.
Saturday's advancing tendency r
general headway. United Stab
led the movement, soon advam
to over 87. Other-milar indus
eluding Lackawl 9 (Jteel, th-
ments, General K,
Zinc stocks were
fraf ions to a pC
extwmely activ
.Maxwell. t"n
yrominunt ra'
and rails gav1
from their j;
Xl,,.
7
rfrcr
New Yor
ojened ste
SHOIRSCONIIIIUI
OVERGADLIfl
DAY