-L. THE WEATHER . Local thunder shower* to night aiid Friday: ?j'k ^ 1- ' -v. * 1 - TTI ??? 4 in ? ? HP. I .. ?^T ?? ,~*..i?t.. THE BEST ADVEitTISINfi MEDIUM ?' IN EASTERN CAROLINA k. r. JOHNSON, EDITOR AND MANAGER. ' / * THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. * 8UB8CBIPTI0N 11.00 FEB XEAB VOL. XLIV. V * r LOUISBURP, N. P., TRIPLY, JULY 17, 1914. . pj" NUMBER 23 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS met IN SPECIAL SESSION MON DAY. Pass Order to Keq'ulre all Dellquent Tax Listers to Pay Double .Tax? Small Meeting. The Board of County Commissioners met In special session on Monday in accordance with their adjournment, with all members present. After reading and approving the minute? of the previous meeting the following business was transacted. It was ordered that the several llat takers be required to return list of taxable property and polls for taxa tion, and further ordered that all auch delinquent property and polls shall be added to the liBts of the several town ships and that such propery and polls shall be charged with double tax for 1914/ It was ordered that the Board *at1 on Monday, July 20th, 1914, to receiv?! le several tax Hats that have been pleted as to delinquents. [t was orflfired that the tax list of ?id Mine township be received and jThe tax Ust for Hayesrllje towfcrt^ ?Swis received. ' ,1' The tax Ust o( Dunn's township a received. STheCypnuu the board as legal adviser: Mr: El liott had also been mentioned as suc cessor to Charles A. Hamlin as as sistant Secretary of the Treasury.: Interviewing Mri Morgan: A well known life Insurance officer claims to be the only life Insurance solicitor who ever confronted the late J: P: Morgan face to face, and gives tho interesting account of his suc cess: "It was years ago when I was so licting life insurance, and I managed to get into Morgan's private office: I quickly had his attention and hur riedly urged his need of Increased In surance on his valuable life and hurled at hlmthe arguments I had carefully prepared: riufrldly and forcefully pre sented facts and statistics, whloh seemed to influence him: He listened in silence until I stopped, when he said: 'Young man, how did you get in here?' ?,'! walked right In," I *? j,;led:' 'Well,' he sternly said, .walk hght out,' and I walked:" U To Be In Loulsbarg Naturday i We are just in receipt of a change advertisement for Dr: M: C: Hor ton and owing to its lateness of r$ .celpt we have failed to make the change this week: However i will oall attention to the fadt that he is going to give another whole days servisa to Loulsburg, and will be at Dr: H: M: Perry's office on tho third Saturday of each month: Therefore -he will be in Loulsburg tomorrow: Wanted?Boy aboat U yeiirt ali ta ^ learn printing i Only these who are ng to learn need apply: Franklin Wif* '' A CLOUD 111 K.ST BKINGH A VAST DESTRUCTION In One Hour Raleigh Experiences Greatest Hour's Rainfall of Twenty. " HI? Yeuni Drainage is Obstructed and Basement* Are Six Feet ITuder Water Which Races Oyer Sidewalks and Into Stores. A cloudburst that made rivers in every street, caught a luckless blacK boy In its whirling waters and drown ed him, wrought alfSve $200,000 in damage, almost wrecked the Bell tele phone system and made a darkened city for an hour, emptied itself upon Raleigh yesterday afternoon. The memory of the oldest of men and women will be requestloned vain" ly for more than one storm-match, to the torrerilal fall of yesterday. That day was July 30, 1888, neatly 28 years ago, when 3:70 inches of rain foil in a single downpour in this city. It is to be doubted then If such a ??*?:???? witnessed as that between fWuPdiclock and five yesterday after noon: The flrst thirty miilutes found the etty darkened as though the sun had turned cold.. The solid sheets of water, ?ided by *M?rt?k wind, blinded the outside utterly tdthjse who stood nervously and watched the lightning dance upon wires and fall In fire from metal posts: ^ J , _ It had bfeen a wonderful electrical -show but for the furious fall of watfer: The -storm seemed to have come trip ping tip jmtil ft found Itself directly Raleigh's head. The thunder of clouds as they met and struck, send ing dazzling flames throughout the city, sounded like heavy artillery and thq fire flew as from a thousand guns. The spectacle in mid-afternoon loBt the brilliancy that assuredly would have followed it had the rain not made almost opaque the whole out doors: Though the lightning played all over the city, but one permanent mark will remain. It smote the city market roof and cracked It badly: Nearly All In 30 Minutes: The weight of the waters fell with in the flrst half hour. Two and a half inches eame down in that time. Raleigh was under the very spigot of The cloud. So far as can be learned, neither north nor south, neither east nor west saw any such rains as those which sweep through the city' streets. The trains coming In from the north and the east were moderately sprinkled until they backed into the Union station which waa in the heart of the storm, and stood deep In the gathered waters; Thenralnfall In an hour was 3:04 inches. It was, as much as many a month has bro^pht forth. - Reports of the damage* come in slowly. The Bell telephone system is crippled so badly that its men must turn their, w?ole attention to the seVv ice, which, is teUiporarly wrecked. Last night at 7ISO more than 1,000 Instruments were known to be dead and later In the evening the estimate was Increased to 1,200. It is hoped to staightafcont the bulk of thee today and tomorro^. Few lines were brok en as no Wees fell upon the lines. There was damage also to the Raleigh Telephone Company and much to the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. - How the Boy Was Drowned s Washed two hundred yards through the storm dralp and dashed out lile less at the outlet was the fate of Willie Wllllamston, a'thirteen year old negro boy, yesterday afternoon In the midst of this most terrific rainstorm In this city's history 1 \ While the storm was raging at its worst , water began to back up In the basement of Jones Bottling Works op McDowell street between Davie and CabarritB. A rapid surrey of the prjetor, disclosed the fact that the storm drains in the street Just a few feet to the south from his building Wan ate taking in the water. This Had happened before, and he called to thoae In his shop to go with him into Hi* street to clean a collection of gravel and trash from the grating above the drain, Willie Wllllamston, a thirteen year old negro boy who was employed by Mr. Jones was the first one to respond. Seising a shovel he sprang Into the water, which was a foot or more deep en'the street and rapidly raising, aykS waded toward the drains. They soon (Mtched Uie drain and began scraplng^the l^ter from the -grating when those looking on saw him suddenly d fop Into what appear ed to be a sink hole and dis appeared. He came to. the surface whirling round and round and waving his anha fractlcaliy, but made no ef fort to catch the sides of the grating. Everett Jones, young brother of Mr. Harry Jones, ran to the negro boy'a rescue and ?prang in the hole. The boy had disappeared and young Jones himself was going down when Mr. Harr^ Jones rushed-up,, and seizing him firmly, threw him clear of the hole into the street. He himself bare ly escaped by the use of a plank thrown across the crevice. Mr. Frank Jones, another brother, was also In tlje water in the work of rescue. Others Hnd Close Call. Just as soon as they could extri cate themselves the Jones brothers rushed to tt|f gas plant behind which the drain empties into a branch. In exactly twenty-six minutes after en tering the drain the body of the young negro was washed out enti nude with the exceptions of a The boy was very little bruised.) J. B. Watson was summoned was extinct. The body was carr Brown's undertaking establish and the father of the boy, W* Wllliamston, of Idlewile, was 1 tided. When the Yater cleared from'; streets a yawning crevice, four In diameter, was disclosed by the I of the storm drain: This, accord to Mr: Harry Jones, had been for a number ot days. It had be^n pointed o ut by him as a dangerous spot: The grating of the storm drain was uninjured: It was through the crevice that the boy having stepped and was carried into the drain to sudden death: The crevice could not be distinguished while the water cov ered the street.. Woman's Missionary Society: The study circle of the .Woman's Missionary Society met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs: F: B: McKinne: On accout of a heavy electrical storm only a few members wore present the program being carried out: The subject for the afternoon wac the edu cational . awakening of Mexico; Each one present took part in the dis cussion, and an interesting lesson followed: ? :* Aftor the program ^refreshments, mints wore served, and it was decided to have ?nntharstudy circle on next Monday: This meeting will be held in the church and (he first half of Chap: V: in "Mexico of today" will be the afternoon's topic: <*henpeck snrenr skewi'S" Ye Lads and Lasses, Ye Young Menne and Maidens, Ye Lords and Ladys, Take Notice; Ye Grand Exhibition Concerte of Ye Henpeck Slngin' Skewl at Ye Maplevillo Academy Fri day Evening, July 17th, at early candle lighting. Ye Leader of Ye Slngin' Skewl; Squire Hezekiah Jenklnson, will raise yA frnnpw . ?_ Nota Bena?No live stock will be tuk as barter for benches, as the Squire can't be pested with them. N. B.?Ye Young Menne and Mai dens who doth sett together, will re frain from levitle and sparkin . ~ N. B.?Ye Squire doth grately desire that Ye Young Menne will not bring spy glasses to . Ye Singin' Skewl Concerte. Admission 15 and 26 cents Every body Invited. Clawson On The Job. The Wilmington Star understands tbat Ford, the automobile man, Is casting about In the South "(or a lo cation for the largest automobile fac tory In the world," and that he has been favorably attracted by the pos sibilities at Wilmington. Its It pretty hard to separate. Ford from tb of advertising, and this may another of bis unique schemes 1 himself and his factlry talked ? If he is lil earnest and really to find a good location in the SMrth for a plant he could strtko it no-bet ter than at VMttlngion That cit*W fine shlpping^facllltles by both w?ter and ralk tliere Is plenty of land a varil able and North Carolina can supply hltn with the finest wood that #Ver went into hub, wheel or body. Col onel Clawson is laying up all this and more too, to Ford, and If Wilmington does not get the largest automobile factory In the world it will not be for Tack of eloquence on part of T fin Star.?Charlotte Observer. A Just Promotion: It will be of Interest to many of our town to learn that Mr: Eugene Bar row, who has been connected With tha Bradstreet Commercial Agency of Oroenaboro, has been promoted in the nuperlntendoncy of the ltome offlot: behklstsweep on TO CAPITAL CITY A Ken ( urranza Officials Believe the Wily Dictator Is Preparing to Kali) His I'orce for Desperate Sortie? Powers Working to Stop Further Bloodshed. Washington, D: C: July 14:?Al though Washington ' confidently ex pects the resignation of General Hu erta as provisional president of Mex ico at any moment, the Mexican Con stitutionalists, unaffected by the news, are pressing hard their military cam paign on Mexico City. Official dis patches today revealed that General Villa, with 16,000 men, was ready for a rapid advance on the Mexican capi tal and that General Obregon's forces at Guadalajara were prepared to eep onward within a few days: Offi ils here firmly believe the Constltu allsts would be In Mexico City In o or three week? regardless of what Huerta government may do. Diplomats are working hard to pre vent fighting" lh the capital and still hope the transfer of power may be ef fected without further bloodshed: Hu erta's resignation, it is realized, would not compose' the situation immediate ly but it would make possible parleys which a charge could be accomplished peacefully.' s-;"- ^ ~Kot Sure He>Jl Quit. ?. Numerous officials advices saying Huerta Would resign in a day or two, have raised the' expectations of offi cial Washington that his exit from power also would mean his flight from the country: Some Constitution alists here think he will go by way of Salina Cruz, a Pacific coast town: Others, among them Fermando Igle slas Calderon, are not convinced Hu erta is ready to abdicate. They de clare the -departure of his family means only that he Is preparing for desperate measures, such a big rally ot Federal forces which he h imself would command. Rsfeli Zubaran, Carranza's confi dentat agent here, has received In structions on which to d raft a formal r^ily to the mediators' note proposing teformal conferences between Consti tutionalist and Huerta delegates: The Instructions, it is understood, are to reject the invitation. MoBdell Empties Gall Again: Another attact on the administra tion's Mexican policy waa made In the House today by Representative Mon dell, ot Wyoming. He denounced particularly the Niagara Falls media tion negotiations and the attitude to ward the negotiations: Discussing the provision of the protocol negotiated at Niagara Falls, which waives on the part of the United States, all claims ^for war indemnity, Mr. Mondell said: "What an abject surrender on the part of the administration from its stiff-necked demand for a salute of twenty-one guns, and an abject apology, is this agreement to demand no satisfaction or indemnity whatever for incidents on account of which the administration rushed a mighty fleet over the seas, sacrificed American lives and now maintains a hugb light ing force amid the dangers and tfe discomforts of the tropics. ' Rebels Sweep Pacific Const. J On board D: S: California, Maz-, atlan, July 13?(By Wireless to Diego, Cal:, July 14:)?The Opifstltu tlonalists are sweeping tUC Pacific Coast of Mexico. , Matty'c vacua tions, occupations, armistices and the ex change of prlsprfera are reported to Rear Admiral Howard, commanding the American Pacific- fleet, and the indications are that within a week the Federals will be in possession of only WftiBtlnn and Salina Criu. iH-At Santa Rosalia, a nrfhlng port on ijOie outer coast of Lower California, ibe Federals and Constitutionalists held a conference yesterday, at Which It was decided to make joint cause with General Carranza. The same proceedure is expected to take place at La Paz, another Lower California port: At Guaymas, an armistice has Lightning Strikes Church: Quite Heavy storms visited Spring Hope on Monday and Tuesday even ings of this week and lighting did much damage: On Monday night the home of Mr. J. P. Fulford was struck by lightning and right much dam age was done to the house: No one hurt however On Tuesday night lightning struck the Baptist church and did consider able damage to the slate roof about the belfry;' -It to stated that the hsavywlttds ac^" companylng the storms did consldera i ble damage to crops. been agreed upon to expire at mid night July 20. . Four large merchant vessels of the! Navlera line are loading rapidly, and it is expected all Federal troops will be out of Guaymas within a fed days. Negotiations for exchange ot prison ers began with the signing o{ the armistice. Both Federal and Constitutionalist generals at Guaymas expressed pro fuse thanks to the American com mander there for his assistance in negotiating the armistice. Admldal Howard's policy of strict neutrality won the confidence of both parties; ?#{$ V HuerUN Family Learn For Vera Crux! He To Follow Mexico City July 14.?At 10 o'clock tonight (he family of President Huer ta and other relatives and close friends left the capital for Vera Cruz aboard a special train. The train was com posed of three sleepers and a baggag% car. Running ahead of it were two military trains carrying 800 men. Following came another military train with 600 troops aboard. The family of General Blanquet, Minister ot War, also left on the special. It is believed that President Htterta, General Blanquet and other high of ficials will leave the capital topnor row morning. The party boarded the train at Villa de Guadalupe, a railroad station five miles from Mexico City. Only a few persons were aware of their depar ture: 2 A Hectares To CoTernor Craig; Columbia, S: C:. July 14.?In re ply to tbe request of Governor Craig of North Carolina, for permission for the troops of that State to pass through South Carolina ert route to the joint encampment Ao be held at Augusta, Ga:, Governor Blease today replied'TIiat the permission requested was unnecessary as the troops did not intend to enter the State for military duty. "However," Governor Blease wrote "If you prefer permission from me for your toops to pass though, as a courtesy to you, it is a pleasure for me to, and I hereby grant such permis sion :" Shingle Roof: An ordiance has been introduced in Atlanta to eliminate shingle roofs in that city, and will no doubt be adopt ed: As indicating the spirit of progres slveness that has animated other Southern cities with respect to shingle recent issue of the Hartford Agent will be of interest: The cities and towns in this terri tory which have passed ordiances for the elimination of shingle roofs are as follows: Virginia?Norfolk, Richmond! South Carolina?Andrews* Charles ton, Columbia: Georgia?Augusta, ColumbuB, Savan nah: Alabama?Birmingham: Ix>u8ian&?New Orleans: Th^e fire marshals of many States Jjave united in the following recom mendation: "We advocate the general adoption of an ordiance prohibiting combusti ble roofs within the fire limits or dis tricts of all cities and towns, and of buildings situated within 100 feet of other structurest" LttoW#'troubles :T. " During the past week.our Linotype decided to" filar a few nranks and hours of overhauling however our operator Anally got It in shape to do its work'with one* exception: It flatly refused to cast a period, but Instead to give us Colons: Therefore If any of our readers should notice the ex change of these two characters they may understand what the trouble was: We have looked over all the type in search for them to1" make the change, but feel sure there are some wq over looked : Miss Julia Barrow to Wed: Mrs: J: S! Barow anr son Jor dan leave on Monday for Montreat N: C: where thay-will attend t he wed ding ot Miss Julia Barrow: Miss Barrow is a daughter of Mr: Hubert BarrQW, a well loved son 'if-' Loais burg and the marriage will he of ln terUt hare: The marriage will take place Wed "neadajK July, 22: The groom is Mr: Lewis Wardlow Smith of Spartan burg, S: C: EMOCRATS IN FINE SHAPE ( " THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE i1 k V b i Ten Members Are Announced? 2 nly Party officials Known In State ? Democratic Party But Only Two embers ot Each County Boards To Be Requested: Giving report ot the excellent con dition ot tha Democratic party In all parts ot North Carolina there waa In the city yesterday Hon: Thomas D? Warren, of New Bern, chairman of the Democratic State executive com mittee: Here on business connected with the committee Chairman War renmade announcement of the name* of the ten members "of the advisory . committee of the State committee, these being: Thomas J: Jarvis, Greenville, First District: S: A: Woodward, Wilson Seoond District: \ W: T: Dortch, Goldsboro, Third Dis trict : Edward E: Britton, Raleigh, Fourth District: Julus S: Carr, Durham, Fifth Dis trict: J: O: Carr, Wilmington, Sixth Dis trlct: Lee D: Robinson, Wadesboro, Sev enth District: .J: H: Burke, Taylorvllle, Eighth' District: Clyde R: Hoey, Shelby, Ninth Dis trict: '? f James E: Carraway. Waynosville, Tenth District: Chairman Warren while here took steps In the preliminary work of get ting out the Democratic HandrBook for the coming campaign: He looked over the matter of the location of office for State headquarters in Ra- j leigh, but has not yet selected a loca- ' He has already sent out a num ber of blanks so as to obtkBHnferma tion as to party nominations and party organization in the various counties of the State: "The Democratic party Is In fino shape In all parts ot the State," said Chairman Warren, in dlscuslng af fairs: "I am in communication with party leaders and the reports are that the party Is in a most excellent condition: State headquarters will be opened in Raleigh about the first of September and until that time I ex pect to clme to Raleigh each week: A matter to which attention is soon to be given will be the recommenda tion to the Stste Board ot Election* of members of county board*: I will send up names ot three Democrats for each county with the view that two Democrats be' selected, and with one member ot the opposition the third member: There Is officially only one party in North Carolina, the Democratic party, as neither the Re publican or the Progressive party cast as much as 50,000 votes, this number being necessary to have standing as a political party in North Carolina under the law: Despite this my view is that on each board there be one member of an opposition party:. The appointment of the County Boards of Elections is to be made the first Mon day in August and I suppose that Chairman Walser, ot the Progressives, and Chairman Morehead, of the Re publicans, will send In lists of names for membership: GREENSBORO THE FLYLESSi The Gate City Sets the Pace and Chal lenges the State. Board of Health to Make a Ely "Inspection > ? That Greensboro Is to be an absol utly- flylnan town by thd sad of this week U the determined aim of, that town's progressive and" wide awake citizens: Not ono thing Is leftundone in that town thl3 week to drlye out and destroy those -pesky flith and disease carriers?fllos?and to better the health conditions of all Its peopler The State Board of Health Is Invited to Inspect the work of the anti-fly crusade, and to make such sugges tions as will render this town absol utely flyless, therefore safe and healthful If any fly breeding material can be found by the Board inspect ors: Their standard Is a flyless town: What Greenfboro has done and i? doing, other towns can do: As citi zens make a.town, not files, It Is In the hands of the oltlaenB to hare a flyless town: If yea want a flyless town. Greensboro proves to you, you can have one: It's ap to yon: m + Wante^Bv akajt 1? years 0U1 learn prlatia*. Oaly these who * willing to kara need apply! Fnuddfii TIbmi < ?ji ????? \ W iu