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Thft Nnws Printery 11 equipped to do your next order of Job Printing promptly. Don't tend your work oat of town we will do it to suit yoa. let us convince you- The Lenoir News. the very beet Advertising iledium, beeaaee it i read by the Largest Xnuiber of the people of Caldwell County. : ONLY 91.00 THKYKAH ano eta H. a MARTIN, Editor AND Prop. V fCSUSHEO TUESDAYS AID FRIDAYS. PRICE SI .00 THE YEAR. yoLUMEXi. jleistoir, sr. c, june 4, 1909. :nto. 01 Bi; Exposition at Seattle was Opened To-day. Seattle, Wash.., Jane 1. Press ing a key of virgin gold, studded with Alaskan nuggets, President Taft to day sent a sigual dashing over the continent from Washing ton to Seattle that caused the gates of a magic city of delight to swing oen to a clamorous crowd of eager thousands. In this history-mak ' ing moment there was spread be fore the exultant spectators a pan orama unknown and unexcelled the spectacle of "a fair that was ready." Whistles shrieked and the guns of the warships in the harbor boomed as the barriers that held back the waiting crowd were opened and the grounds were de laged with an ocean of humanity that filled the stately buildings to over flowing. There were formal ceremonies in which all those who have worked so hard for the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Paci lie Exposition participated, congratulating each Other on the glorious culmination of their endeavors. There was a mad blare of tom-toms and trumpets as the hoarse-voiced barkers be gan their long spiel in front of the attractions on the Pay Streak There were gutteral cries from the Esquimaux, the Siwashes, the In- diads of the Yukon and the giant aborigines of the far North, re mnauts of vanishing tribes who are nearing extinction as the re stilt of the Caucasian conquest of an empire typified by this mighty exposition. The Orient was well represented by thousands of Jap anese and Chinese, aud the race hatred ol the Occident was for the moment forgotten. I in the city all street cars were Stopped for a period ol two minutes as the fair opened aud business generally was suspended for the space of time. Many thous ands of tourists from all over the United Stated and foreign countries are here for the opeuina day, and every train brings additions to the throng. Hotel managers declare they are able to care for all comers although there will necesHarily be some crowding and all have agreed to make no increase in rates cither now or at any time during the. fair. Eight vessels of the UnitedStates navy, comprising the firttsquadron of the Pacific fleet, are at anchor in the harbor as Uncle Sam's con tribution to the success of the open ing day of the fair. Japan is offi cially represented by two cruisers, commanded by Admiral Ijichi. The guns of the warships aided in the deafening hullabaloo of noise that greeted the birth of the newest world's fair. There have been larger expositions but none more beautiful and picturesque than greeted visitors to day. Outside of the distinctly amuse ment features Seattle has scores of unique exhibits. Promptly on entering the grounds the visitor sees a golden monument in which 7,000 worth of Alaskan-Yukon dust has been used. In another exhibit is $5,000,000 worth of gold dust, and if the visitor wants to see how this was obtained he can have the privilege of panning gold from native Alaskan gravels. Tornado Carries Death and Ruin To a Texas Town. Brownwood, Tex., May 30. A tornado of great fury struck the ittle village of Zephyr, in the eastern portion of Brown county at 1 o'clock Sunday morning and eft a poth of death and dstruction seldom paralleled. The death list has reached a total of 32 and the number of seriously and fatally wounded will reach 100. A score are more or less injured. The storm formed half a mile southwest of Zephyr and swept down upon the village, cutting a wide swath directly through the residence and business district. Nearly 50 houses were entirely demolished. Lightning struck a umber yard and started a conflag ration which destroyed one entire business block. No effort was made to fight the fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims demanded all attention. A section hand rode a hand car to Brownwood and spread the alarm. In two hours the Santa Fe Railroad was speedfug a special train to the scene of the storm with nine surgeons and a score of Brown wood physicians. Hundreds of persons directly in thestorm's path saved themselves by taking refuge in storm cellars. More than a dozen bodies were horribly mutilated. County Clerk Thad Cabler, his wife and two children, who had gone to Zephyr to spend the night were killed. The big stone school building and two churches were swept from the face of the earth. By day-light 10 surgeons were working on the wounded. Brownwood hurried her second relief train at noon to day loaded with provisions, clothing and nec essary articles and forty nurses. To-night three persons are still unaccounted for. Two children w ere found dead late this afternoon, two miles out from the town, hav ing been blown that distance. The storm was three hundred yards wide and swept the earth for only a short distance, probably less than a mfle. Its fury is consider ed the most terrific of any tornado ever experienced in this section J. L. Ciingman, C. E. Kirkaa trick and nine surgeons, who form ed the til's t party put of Brown - in wood, found a desolate scene awaiting them. The hillsides at Zephyr were covered with debris of all kinds aud bodies of dead ani mals and human beings. The ruins were dimly lighted by the burning duildings and the cries of the wounded rose above the sound of the elements which threatened a second storm. A hog roaming through the debris-strewn streets was killed while attempting to de vour the body.of an infant. Bodies were found twisted about trees and in every conceivable shape. Peo ple walked the streets almost naked, crying for their loved ones. Residences which escaped the storm, were turned into hospitals where were carried the bodies of the dead and wounded. One storm house collapsed on a family of nine without serious in jury to any. Patents Typesetting Machine. Shelby, May 28. Rev. Baylus Cade, well known throughout the State and now located at Boiling Springs, this county, claims to have solved the typesetting pro blem for the country weekly. He has secured a patent on a typesett ing machine, modeled somewhat after the style of the regular lino type, which he claims will revolu tionize typesetting and greatly re duce the cost thereof. He leaves this week for Philadelphia, having received several offers from parties North to build his machines. Whet complete these machines will be Bold at 1500. The inventor is a practical newspaper man with a decided inventive turn of mind. Dead in Fence Corner. Boone, May 28. Mr. Banson Coffey, an aged citizen of the Blue Bidge township, was found dead yesterday near the roadside on the head of Elk. He had been vis iting some of his relatives at that place and had started on his return home. A Mr.Triplett, noticing a strange mule in his field, went to turn it outside and recognized it as Mr. Coffey's. Thinking strange of the animal having the saddle on he told his wife to go to one of t he neighbors and inquire if they had seen anything of the old gen tleman while he went to ask another neighbor. On her way Mrs. Trip lett came upon the old man sitting in a fence corner dead. The coro ner was called and the verdict of the jury was that he died of heart failure. Trouble Mnker Ousted. When a sufferer from stomach trouble take Dr. Kind's New Life Pills he's mighty glad toee hi Dy I)i& and lndigtHtiou fly. but more he's tickled over his new, tine appe tite, strong nerves healthy vigor, all because stomach, liver ahd kidneys now work right. 3.1c at J. E. Shell. Rattler incjGirl "Rat." Mason "Valley, Nev., May 25. The 7 year-old child of Andrew Ingman of this place is iu critical condition and the family dog is al ready dead as a result of small rattlesnake having taken up its place of abode in "rat" w orn as a head adornment by a youug daugh ter of the Tngmans. The reptile entered the house and secreted itself in the "rat, which lay on the floor af a closet. The child picked up the article and was struck on the wrist by the rattler, the fangs penetrating deeply. The dog. which attacked the snake, was bitten and died The child mav die. The snake was killed. Team of Mules Drowned in Swol len Stream. 8jHcial to The Observer. Lincolntou, May 31. A team of mules, belonging to Mr. W. W. Mot, were drowned this afternoon in Walker branch in the outskirts of this place. The branch was swelled by heavy rains and when the negro driver attempted to cross the branch with a load of brick the whole outfit was washed down the stream. The wagon and one mule have been found, but the other mule was carried on down into the river. The driver saved himself by clinging to a foot-log. To relieve constipation, clean out the bowels, tone and strengthen the digestive organs, put them in a nat ural condition with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, the most, reliable tonic for thirty years. 'M cents, Tea or Tablets at Dr. Kent's Drugs store and Granite Falls Drug Co. Mothers Have you tried Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tear It s a great blessing to the little oues, keeps away summer trouble?. Makes them sleep and grow. 35 cent, Tea or tablets. At Dr. Kent's Drug Store, and Granite Falls Drug Co. Mr. Luther Sentor has hemi claiming to lune a species of vine less Irish potatoes, nnd as some of his good friends scuhiod to doubt il, lie took them into his ' garden and from the rows which did not show sign of vines he dug new Irish potatoes large enough to cook. In fact his family have been using them several days.- His potatoes did not come up and he concluded the seed had rotted and went to plant tho.fipace In corn, when he CELEBRATE THE fflhi A Jelly By Buying Your Supplies From Usl We can supply your wants in CLOTHING of the Latest Style. DRESS GOODS for the good wife and children. C H I FFON , PA N AM A S, VOILES, POPLINS, MOHAIRS, TAFFETA and WASH SILKS, G A LATH AS, GING HAMS, LINENS, LINEN SUITINGS, BLEACH MUS LINS, SHEKTINV.S, GAUZH UNDERWEAR, and NOTIONS in great variety. PANTS, SHIRTS, HATS, CAPS, and UNDERWEAR, for Men and Boys. "KING DUALITY SHOES MEN BE SURE TO SEE S BEFORE YOU BUY ! 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Pound See us for Horses, Harness and Vehicles The Henkel Live Stock Co. t t discovered mac ne iiaapuuuue: largo enough to cook. Lincoln South Main Street, LENOIR, N. C. Times. 7
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