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Saturday, August 5, 1911.
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THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS
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PASSENGER TRAIN
n0.22JSDERAILED
Lil the Track Six Miles Wett of Sali: C
bur; Late Yeiterdif
Afternoon.
NUMBER PASSENGERS INJURED
INCLUDING GEO. H, SMATHERS
Train Waa Going at Full Speed When
Accident Occurred; Coaches Rolled
Down Qnbankment
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Passenger train No. 22, which left
here yesterday morning: at 1:05 o'clock
for Goldaboro, waa wrecked alx miles
went of Salisbury late yesterday af
ternoon and a number of persons in
jured, two or three seriously. No Uvea,
however, were lost. While the train
waa making full time the engine sud
denly left the rails on an embankment
and quickly the coaches followed the
engine and tender down a 30-foot
bank, the chair car turning over twice.
Immediately following the accident,
according to information received
here, the train crew and the passen
gers who escaped unhurt set to work
to extricate the injured. They were
all taken from the wreckage and soon
sent to Salisbury where they were
given attention at hospitals.
Among the seriously injured was
George H. Smathers of Waynesville.
Mr. Smathera was hurt about the
head. Ue was taken to Salisbury
and remained for several hours un
conscious. William 8mathers of Ashe
vllle, a brother, went to Salisbury last
night. Today a message came that
Mr. Smathers was conscious and that
he was doing nicely. It is believed
that be will recover.
List of Injured.
Following Is the ottlclal list of in
jured: Taylor Daniels, colored, porter of
chair car, badly bruised on left side.
W. A. Harrison, fireman, Aaheville
division, deadheading, slightly bruised
in stomach.
R. C. Beaman, Miss Catherine C.
Beaman, Durham, N. C, shocked.
E. W. Tatum, Salisbury, shocked.
U. 8. Garrett, white, Chattanooga,
Tenn., bruised on left leg and hand.
Marguerite Hunt, Lexington, N. C,
bruised on head.
L. W. Weesell. Wilmington, N. C,
right ear and head cut
L W. Sullivan, Wilmington, N. C.
both arms bruised and right arm
cut.
Mrs. E. W. Habel, Raleigh, N. C,
deep cut on left breast.
Fred Habel, Jr.,. left arm and head
bruised.
E. a Taylor, age 75, No. 4927 Fer
rler street. New Orleans, head cut and
Injured Internally.
Mrs. Richard Clark Wilson, No.
4927 Ferrler street,' New Orleans,
various bruises on limbs and body.
Son of Mrs. Wilson, aged SI years,
left leg badly mutilated.
John P. Blmms, Augusta, Ga., No.
S26 Broad street, right hip and leg
and back injured. Indications very
painful.
Dr. J. M. Belk, Monroe, N. C, back
of head hurt
Nell Piper, Durham, N. C, cuts on
right arm and left leg.
Elizabeth Warren Thompson, Ral
eigh, N. C, head and shoulders cut
and bruised.
Daisy Thompson, Raleigh, slight
bruise on knee.
Judson Buchanan, Chattanooga,
Tenn., head cut and bruised, left
shoulder sprained.
G. C. Scarlett LaFayette, La., slight
bruises on right leg.
Mrs. G. C. Scarlett LaFayette. La..
back arid left foot hurt
Lily Ury. Durham, N. C, left arm
and shoulder sprained.
- Mrs. A. P. Gilbert Durham, N. C,
head and right knee cut right hand
sprained.
H. E. Ortman, Wilmington, N. C,
head severely cut left hand and arm
' bruise 1
Oeorga H. Smathers, Waynesville,
. Injuries not determined.
Grace Wyman, Memphis, left
shoulder bruised.
I. W. Solomon, Wilmington, left
leg bruised.
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Monday.
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TWO NOTED MOUNTAINEERS
There are In attendance upon the
United States Circuit court from Gra
ham county, as witnesses In the fam
ous land case of Gilbert vs. Hopkins,
two of the oldest and most celeoraieu
mountaineers, who ever lived In the
extreme western portion of North
Carolina, John C. Denton and David
Orr. Both are famous hunters and
have killed many wild deer, bear, tur
keys and small fur animals, when
game was plentiful and se tiers few.
David Orr is probably past 75 years
of age, but Is still hale and hearty,
looking not over (0. He settled on a
ridge between Little Slick Rock and
Bear creeks, west of the Cheoah river,
shortly after the civil war, where be
has remained ever since.
Just under Hang-over and the Fodder-Stack
mountains he built his cab
In, adding it to a former house, which
had been erected there by an earliei
pioneer. The stone chimney between
the two houses is over ten feet thick.
The cabins stood on what was thee
a noted Indian trail a road that hat
since been dug and trimmed out and
Is known as the Beldlng trail, running
from Johnson postofflce, on Cheoah
river, to the Harden farm at the Tal
lassie ford of the Little Tennessee
Just where It debouches from tti
mountain fastness between the Unaka
and the Great Smoky mountains
There Dave Orr has hunted and trap
ped for years, and followed the sport
immortalized by Izaak Walton, be
tween times. This home is stilt ter
miles from "anywhere," and can tx
reached only by a trail; but Is fre
quently visited by timber cruisers
hunters and fishermen.
Several years ago a great black beat
came down from the Ivy and laurei
thickets of Hang-over and killed
Dave's bell-wether. By bell-wether if
meant the sheep, around whose neck a
bell had been hung, the tinkling ol
which was Intended to notify the
shepherds of the location of the flock,
when they should be hidden from view
along the creek banks, or when brows
ing upon the mountain sides. Bruin
however, did not devour all of the
sheep, but left a part of the carcass in
a laurel thicket. Next morning Dave
put another bell upon a young hound
that "never knowed no better," and
turned him loose upon the trail, tak
ing good care himself to follow afte:
with his trusty rifle In hand. The
hound made for the remaining por
tion of the bell-wether, to which the
bear also had returned. Not wishing
to be disturbed during his repast, Mr.
Bruin started for the hound, which
had "rushed In" where huners
if not angels, feared to tread. The
hound, realizing his danger, came
tearing back toward Dave, the bear
following In hot haste, the bell mean
time warning Dave that his ruse war
working like a charm.
Dave waited. Here they came, the
bell rattling, the hound howling, and
the bear breathing "Ire anl threaten
ing." Soon they came In sight, and
the next moment the whip-like crack
of Dave's unerring rifle startled the
brooding solitudes of the mountains
The hound did not heed it but bruin
did. The hound kept on toward home
and the bell kept up Its Infernal clat
ter; but the bear lost all Interest in
the pursuit In other words, he no
longer "had his mind on the race,"
for the reason that a leaden pellet had
smashed a little hole clean through
It
If you see Dave on the street ask
him to tell you all about It He loves
to do so. Also ask hlra about bee
culture. Dave has (0 "gums" and
knows all about It
If anyone has seen a tall, erect
keen-eyed old man with long yellow
ish gray curls framing a benevolent
face, and hanging down upon his erect
shoulders, limping along by the aid of
a long, straight hickory cane, the
chances are ten to one that he has
seen John C. Denton. Well, If he has,
hs has seen the most picturesque
character- In these mountaina All he
lacks Is a coon-skln cap, with the
ringed tall hanging down his back, a
buck-skin hunting shirt fringed leath
er leggina moccasins, a powder horn,
shot-pouch and long Kentucky rifle, to
be far more the Ideal pioneer than
even Daniel Boone himself, for Boone
was of only average height while Den
ton stands. In his stockings, six feel
and alx Inches. He Is as erect now,
under the weight of his seventy-two
winters and the wound, still virulent,
to his right leg, which he sustained
while logging eight or ten years ago,
as when he first entered the wilder
ness of the great Smoky mountaina
It is related of him that many yeart
ago one of the most prominent of our
western lawyers brought suit against
John, claiming title to John's home.
John, the story goes, had no money
to waste on "feeing" lawyers. In
stead, he called the, lawyer, who had
sued hlra, aside and quietly told him
what the physical consequences to
himself would be If hs did not In
stantly "drop" the case. The lawyer
waa almost as tall ns Denton; but hs
The "Vance Place" at Black Mountain, N.: Gmcluding the. elegant Vance home
will be divided into lots and sold at auction
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had a level head. If It was bald. He
dropped" the case.
It Is only fair to John Denton to
say that he repudiates all of the fore
going story, saying truthfully that the
late Samuel Loven was the hero al
luded to. A bystander suggested that
he allow It to stand as true, being
harmless, and he Instantly replied
that that would create the impression
that he waa a fighting character.
wheras, in truth, he had but one fight
during his entire residence in Graham
county. He said that soon after he
came to Graham to live five men In
Robblnsville "piled'' on him at one
time, some fighting him and the oth
ers trying to hold him; but that hav
ing whipped all five everybody had
left him alone about fighting ever
since.' .-
There is nothing like making the
record speak the truth, as the law
years say.
John Denton moved from Polk
county, Tennessee, to Santeetla, twen-
y-flve years ago, when game of all
!lnds was plentiful. He brought some
lounds with htm and a flint-lock "rifle
run." He had abundant use for both,
rhey more than paid their way; for
leer and bear and mink and muskrat
kins were valuable even in that day
it abundance, while cured deer and
ear hams tasted as well then as por-
'.er-house steak does today. Turkeys.
oo, though they did not bring 26
rents per pound in any market near at
land, were worth 50 cents to the
"lungry hunters when they gathered
iround the camp fire at night or re
turned home, weary and triumphant,
'rom the hunt
Twenty-five years ago, not over a
Joxen families lived west of the Stump
ford on Cheoah river. Indeed, even
today, there are probably not double
that number. Denton loved the soli
tude, the freedom, the hunting and
ihe wild, free life of those days.
But, soon, the Beldlngs came in to
cut down the giant trees and float
them down the Buffalo, the Santeetla,
the Cheoah and Snowbird creeks Into
the Little Tennessee river. This put
an end to the good hunting, and John
Denton turned his hand to logging,
which he kept up till he was so griev
iusly crippled, as has been told. Both
le and Dave Orr have reared large
'amllles of useful and respected chil
lren. Denton's photograph should be
.aken and published far and near.
Even Big Tom Wilson was of shortei
stature.
Loss of Time Means Loss of Pay.
Kidney trouble and the Ills il
iireeds means lost time and lost pay
to many a working man. M. Balent.
1214 Little Penna St, Streator, III.,
waa so bad from kidney and bladder
trouble that he could not work, but
he says: "I took Foley Kidney Pill
'or only a short time and got entire
ly well and was soon able to go back
to work, and am feeling well and
healthier than before." Foley Kid
ney Pills are tonic In action, quick In
results a good friend to the working
man or woman who suffers from kid
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Blood Hounds to Be Given Final Trial
The blood hounds brought here by
J. W. Haynes from South Carolina
some weeks ago, are to be given their
final trials soon. They wore sent to
Mr. Haynes for trial and the time ex
pires August 11. Since being brought
here the dogs have been In the care
of Tllden Dtllingnam, who has given
them good attention. The dogs have
much Improved physically since their
arrival. They were not In the best
condition when they came but they
now present a good appearance, at
such dogs go. In the many trials that
they have been given, they have showr
up well; In almost every case run
ning to ground the person they trailed.
During the past week they have been
worked on the street where there was
a great deal of travel and where the
persons trailed adopted many tricks to
throw them oft the track. Even on
the streets they were successful.
While there Is little doubt but that Mr.
Haynes will keep the blood hounds,
they are to be given two or three more
severe trials.
Seemed to Give Him a New Stomach.
"I suffered Intensely after eating
and no medicine or treatment I tried
vemed to do any good," writes H. M.
Voungpeters, Editor of The Bun, Lake
View, Ohio. "The first few doses of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets gave me surprising relief and
the second bottle seemed to give me s
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Coronation
Monday.
King George, Theato,
' Fernanda Ellscu Is to play the title
role of Sadie.
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BOARD
ENDORSES
MftYDrSCOURSE
Cite Fathers Condemn Newspaper Cor
respondent Who Sent out Dis
patches About Water.
MAYOR RANKIN IN A COMPLETE
STATEMENT PRESENTS HIS SIDE
Statement Endorsed and Board Re
solves That Story Sent Out was
'False and Misleading."
A considerable amount of routine
business was transacted at the meet
ing of the board of aldermen last
night. A number of complaints were
heard from various persons, which
were referred to the proper commit
tees and several committee reports
adopted. - ,
A Joint meeting of the board of
health and the board of aldermen was
held before the meeting of the alder
men at which the amendment to the
meat ordinance passed its second and
final reading. Dealers are now pro
hibited from "keeping on hand" un
stamped meats. - In the former ordi
nance the words were "for sale." The
request of R. M. Wells, who appear
ed In behalf of a number of Indepen
dent slaughterers, that they be allow
ed to slaughter their beeves and bring
the meat to Aaheville to be examined.
was not passed upon The reasons
given for the request, that the ordi
nance be thus amended, were that
they live some distance from Aaheville
and they can slaughter their beeves
cheaper than they can have them kill
ed at the abattoir. "
After the aldermen had met In
regular seslon the city attorney made
a report concerning the taxes of cer
tain of the business men or the city.
who live without the city limits and
who list their business properties,
which are In the city at the place
where they reside. ' The attorney ad
vised that these taxes be collected for
a period of five years In the past. The
tax collector was instructed to proceed
In the matter at once.
The W. C. T. U., sent a communica
tion requesting that a signal be given
every evening at o'clock, as a cur
few warning to the young people to
whom this law applies The commu
nication was filed,' though there was
a suggestion that the Are bell be tap
ped three times.
Before the minutes were read, at
tention of the board was called by
Mayor Rankin to certain dispatches
recently sent out from Asheville to
some of the state papers, charging the
mayor and the president of the board
of trade with Indifference In refer
ence to tendering water to the people
of Charlotte when: that city was suf
fering from drought The action of
the mayor In regard to the Charlotte
water situation was endorsed by the
board and the correspondent was
condemned for sending out statements
designated as "false and misleading;"
and a committee was appointed to
draw up resolution of endorsement of
the mayor and of condemnation of the
correspondent FMrl arc to be spread
upon the minutes. This waa done af
ter Mayor Rankin had read his state
ment
Mayor's Statement.
Mayor Rankin's statement follows:
"My attention has been called to
a communication wired by some one
'r. Asheville whose identity I have
made no effort to ascertain, and pub
lished In three daily papers of the
state, viz:' The Charlotte Observer,
The Greensboro News and The Ral
eigh News and Observer, in which Mr.
Plummer, president of the board of
trade and manager of the Asheville
Electric company, and myself, as
mayor and president of the Asheville
Electric company, are atacked in a
vicious and uncalled for manner the
evMent intent of the communication
being a covert attack on us In an
effort to Injure us personally with
the community In which we live, and
in this has taken the risk of be
smirching the fair name of his own
city.
"This view seems to have Impressed
Itself upon the editor of the Charlotte
Observer, judging from the following
clipping taken from the Dally Chron
icle of their city:
" 'A special dispatch was sent out
from Asheville last night to the Char
lotte Observer and the Greensboro
News relative to the action taken by
Asheville and the Champion Fibre
company relative to the relief of
Charlotte In the way of water. We
. . . l . . .1 ,T m nf of
- ia roimmena me j m-p, -
the Wet people In the e'n;na.t.on
of the preliminary to th. dispatch
which unnecessarily renei wu -h- -
rtran c lorcee oi i"'"""" .
.... lis . -Lnocir to outsiders.
that the people of Asheville. through
heir officials, and the business men,
city, and others were forced to act for
them. A atuaiea enon w
allow them no credit for helping
Charlotte. .-,. ,
"In so far as tne mawr
.,n.nv. if It was only personal. I
would give it no thought, ai l '
sure that my character and record as
a citizen of this place for more , than
a half century, and an official of the
city and county for one-quarter of a
century will be a full and ample re-
futatlon of any cnarge iuk
made against my private or. official
life- ihi
"The facts in connection
.r a that I was approached
Mnndav last by one or two persons
thn -eueKestlon that l, as
WilU . - M ,l,..lnltD
mayor, wire the mayor oi
" ti..iii of our water.
I replied that I would be glad to do
so. as the city had an ample supply
and would be happy to twrAW
reasonable amount vrovlAeA transpor
: '..n.i.hsA- hut that I could
rr"7 the cu in the attitude of
tendering something that coum
not deliver, and as soon as the South
.i litigated that It would
oeTiverThe' waUr to Charlotte the
city would do oniy w - .
"'Tuesday morning Mr Buckner,
thA hoard of trade, lele-
phoned asking that I send the wire
I replied substantially as I did to
u Ruolcner still thought It
the proper thing to do, but I was not
convinced. I heard nothing more of
the matter till S p. m.. wnen x u
a telephone message from he .Sou h-
era railway . . mrev
of the matter," saying Mr.
thought Charlotte should make tne
request for water before they acted
but as I understood, did not say that
the company would carry the water
but that they would take the matter
up again with Mr. Carey.
"The next I heard of the matter
was from Mr. Wood, whom I met on
TJf . hn,, ft o'clock. Mr. Wood
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asked if he could use the city's tire
apparatus in loading the water for
Charlotte. I Inquired If the tank cars
had arrived and If tne rana
to take the water. His reply was that
the cars would be at the depot In
about half an hour. He then asked
the city convict xorce kuuiu -
used to clean the tanks. I told mm
the city ha1 no chnln gang, but Tor
vi . ,nninv all the help necessary
and the city would pay the bill. At
T auirirested that Charlotte
should be communicated with before
we started the water ana r,
then kindly volunteered to telephone
the mayor of Charlotte and tender
.u. tor In the name oi m ;"
i .w time he notified me that
he had gotten Mayor Biano over w
telephone and that the water would be
thankfully received, wnereunu.i x
Mr. Wood to go ahead and load the
water. ...
Thu la mv entire connection wim
the matter, and If I have done wrong
either by omission or commission' J
stand ready to make the necessary
amends. .-T
"J. E. RANKIN."
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INVESTIGATION
NOW PROBABLE
(Continued from page 1)
over here while en route home from
Wilmington were Maj. H. A. London
of Plttsboro and Gen. 3. E. Ray of
Asheville, Both expressed themselves
as delighted at Wilmington's enter
tainment
The weddfng of Dr. Claude O. Aber
nethy and Miss Mary Carter Ray,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E
Ray, occurred Wednesday evening at
the home of the bride. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. T. W. O'Kclly
in the presence of a number of per
sonal friends of the bride and groom
Miss Ruth Brlckell Ray, the bride's
sister, was the maid of honor; Dr.
Erio A, Abernethy . of Chapel Hill,
brother of the groom, was best man.
The home was beautifully decorated
with palms and potted flowers while
in one room were displayed the num
ber of handsome wedding presents
which were received.
The bride Is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Ray, Mr. Ray being super
intendent of the state school for the
blind. She Is a charming young wo
man. Dr. Abernethy is a graduate of
the University of the North Carolina
Medical school. After a honeymoon
la Waynesville they will reside In Ral
eigh, ed .10:30
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Special Shopping in
ducements in all de
partments for Satur
day Shoppers. Store
open till 9 p.m.
Peerless-Fashion Co.
51 PATT0N AVE.
More Than Doubled
Washington, Aug. 6. In ten years.
1900 to 1910, the 16 states of the south
have more than doubled in the value
of farm lands and buildings This
valuation has Increased from $4,077,-
291,000 to $8,964,782,000 a gain or
$4,887,491,000. The average Increase
Total value of farm lands and buildings
1900 . 1910 Increase Pet.
Alabama $134,619,000 $ z87,67,000 $ 1S8.0S4.000 114
Arkansas 185,182,000 808,189,000 178,947,000 IS
Florida 40,800,000 117,823,000 76.823,000 18
Georgia 183,370.000 477,603,000 294,238,000 160-
Kentucky 382,004.000 633,784,000 251,778,000 Ss
Louisiana 141,130,000 238.682,000 97,652,000 S
Maryland 175,178,000 240,774,000 65,696.000 S?
Mississippi 162,0007,000 330,295,000 178,288,000 117
Missouri 843.979,000 1,710,505,000 866,626,000 10S
North Carolina 194,656,000 455,715,000 261,059,000 13
Oklahoma 170,805,000 736,478,000 665,668,000 ' 131
South Carolina 126,762,000 831,833,000 205,071,000 162
Tennessee 265,161,000 479,606,000 214,455,000 81
Texas 691,774,000 1.822,718,000 1,130,939,000 ' 163
Virginia... 271,578.000 630,918.000 259.340,000 16
West Virginia .. .. 168,296,000 262,458,000 94,162,000 " 66
With the application of the prin
ciples of scientific agriculture, the
marvelous Increase in wealth Indicat
ed above. Is but the beginning of a
period of development that will make
Peking, July 81. There Is little or
no fear among the legations at Peking
or even on the part of the Chinese
government that any of the move
ments that would seem to be of a
revolutionary character will culmin
ate In a serious uprising.
The reasons for' this optimism are
several The temperament of the
Chinese Is still contrary to argument
by force, only an infinitesimal number
of foreign educated students being
persuaded against the peaceful doc
trine of Confucius. The modern
troops of the central government are
sufficient to cope wltn any rising at
present within the bounds of possi
bility. There Is apparently no revo
lutionary organization of a sufficient
serious character to threaten the over
throw of the dynasty, though there Is
much discussion by hot headed stu
dents who often send memorials to
Peking written In their own blood.
But the foregoing are only the min
or reasons for confidence. The chief
reason is the fact -that the serious
men who are dissatisfied with pres
ent state of affairs fear that a revo
lution would glvs a pretext to two or
more foreign nations to Invade and
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daily tasks, suffering from backache,
headache, nervousness, loss of appe
tite and poor sleep, not knowing her
Ills are due to kidney and bladder
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DREAD FOREIGN INVASION
for the entire section is 125 per cent.
The table given below has , been
prepared by Clarence J. Owens, com
missioner of agriculture of the South
ern Commercial congress, and Is bas
ed on the reports of the buereau of
the census.
The summary follows:
the south pre-eminent as an agricul
tural section. The south holds undis
puted leadership In the greatest aver
age annual rainfall, and In the num
ber of growing hours.
annex provinces. Ths fesr of losins;
outlying provinces like Moncc.11. Man
churia, Tunan, and Thibet has Uen
discussed seriously for many months
In the newspapers and among the half
Informed students throughout the
country. Ths partition of China, a
theme whkh excited ths Western
world several years ago, has only
now struck and alarmed ths mass of
the Chinese.
The dread of foreign invasion Is in
spiring patriotism and is causing
many memorials to be sent to the
Throne, pointing out the dangers of
the alleged situation and beseeching
tho prince regent to Institute rapid
reforms Including the development of
the army and navy.- But the Manchu
dynasty Is not likely to Increase the
army lest after becoming capable of
defending the state, It might turn
upon the alien dynasty, ot which there
Is much Jealousy. ' At present ths
Manchus control not only ths govern
ment but the army. '
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