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ine A Home Newapaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Governmental Affairs. SALISBURY, N C, WEDNESDAY. AUGU T 16TH, 1916. VOL. XII. NO. 35. FOURTH SEHIES Wm. H. STEWART, ED. AND PROP. LAKE TOIAWAY DAM BREAKS. Cast $38,000 Covered 550 Acres and an Imrnensd Volume ef Water. Asheville, Aug-. T h e great dam at Lake Toxaway 50 .feet "high. 400 feet in width and holding- back waters that covered 550 acres of land in the Toxawav re gion, 38 miles from this city, crumpled and went out with a "roar at 7:10 o'clock tonight, and at midnight the waters thus re leased were rushing down the Keowee River valley toward South Carolina cities their path including Walhalla, Anderson, Pickens and Seneca. Warnings of flood danger were sent to all South Carolina-points by the Associated Press from this city and Greenville, S. C., at 7:30 o'clock. At 11 o'clock tonight a tele phone message from Lake Toxa way stated that the lake was be ing rapidly drained. It was thought that the flood waters would reach the Walhalla and Seneca sections shortly after mid night. According to long distance message from Toxaway, the en tire dam, built of earth and stone, seemed to melt before the rush of waters within a few minutes. The initial opening in the dam, caused, it is believed, by the seeping of a natural spring at the base, was not longer than a railway coach. Tne dam built in 1902, at a cost of $38,ooo, was constructed at a point where the hills are not more than 4oo feet apart. Over this dam the waters of Lake Toxaway River flowed down a narrow and densely wooded gorge for a distance of 16 miles of com paratively uninhabited country before emtying into the Chuga River and striking the. first towns in its path in South Carolina, 3,5oo-feet belov the To.rsway section. There have been un annual rains in the lake section for sev eral days, but it is thought that the dam was weakened by the heavy rains which flooded Wes tern North Carolina during the week qjf July 16. This is the third and largest of the lakes in the mountains of Western North Carolina which have gone cut since the July storms. Later reports indicate that no lives were lost, but a few dwell ings were partly submerged, bottom lands were covered with water, crops damaged and some trees uprooted. The electric. light plant at Toxaway was de stroyed. lour Eowels Should Move once a Day. A free easy movement of the bowels every day is a sign of good health Dr. King's New Dew Life Pills will give you a gentle laxative effect without griping and free your system of blood poisons, purify your blood, overcome constipation and have an excellent tonic effect on the entire system. Makes you feel like living. Only 25c at druggists. 4 - ' tWoather Forecast for Aiumft. From 6 to 13. changable, threatening. Some Rtormy around with light rains. "JTrom 13 to 20, wind and Tain stoTme and sme heavy in localities around. From 20 to 28, rain and wind storms, unsettled weather with storms going ami comft g. Short in some sections. From 28th to Spt. 4th, fair and clear with frequent showers along. This mouth shows in scales to be stoimy, and heavy from 15 to 29. dry iu seetious East, coining in wrt about 13. Soii.e tu t and cool along, s me dangerous k tonus from 13 to 28th in localities round. Henry Reid Route No 3, Box 167. Salisbury, N. O. fhe Strong Withstand the Heat of Summer Better Than the Weak Old people who are feeble, and younger people whb are weak , will be strengthened and enabled to go through the depress r ing heat of summer by taking regularly Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It purifies and enriches the blood and builds up mat waoie system, ouc FRED WHITE DROWNED AT SODTHPORT. j Three Members of the Coast Artillery Lose i uieiruyes wnue cawing. . B A At Charlotte Daily Obferver, 14th, While surf bathing off the beach at Southport, N. C. Sun day morning at 10 o'clock, Sergt. W. E. Ardrey add Private Leon ard Swain, both of Charlotte and Private Fred White of Salisbury, all from the Coast Artillery camp of the North Carolina National Guard at Fort Caswell, were drowned when they went beyond their depth. The three men, accompanied by Privates Alexander, Guthrie, Howell, McCoy, Trescott and Johnson, all of the Charlotte company had gone to the beach early Sunday morning to go in bathing. According to a report from Fort Caswell, the militiamen had' been warned against bathing at that particular place, on account of the depth of the water and the treach erous tide, which it was stated flows especially strong along the beach there. According to dispatches from Sduthport Sergeant Ardrey was the first to call for help and directly afterward, White and Swain getting in water over their heads, also called for assistance. Privates Howell and McCoy, who were nearer to the three men than other members of the part-, started to the assistance of WThite who seemed to be unable to make any progress toward shore. They succeeded in bringing him to where the water was not more than waist deep and left him standing there. Before other members of the party could get to the assistance of Swain he had gone down, but the men were able to reach the spot where he was last seen to go under, pull him to the surface of the water, and tow4iim to shore. In the meantime, White is thought to have fainted or fallen unconscious from the effects of his submersion. He disappeared and the tide was ebbing strong enough to carry him out to deep water again. Privates Bagley, of Wilming ton and Clute, of Raleigh, had succeeded in reaching Ardrey and were endeavoring lo swim ith him toward the shore Other militiamen who had started in a run for the Oakisland Life Saving Station gave the alarm and Captain Brinkman and crew of life savers succeeded in getting to the scene in 10 minutes rom the station which is a mile urther down the beach. The life savers arrived just in time to keep LSagiey ana uiute rom going under with the body of Ardery. At the time the res cue party arrived they still were struggling to make shore against he strong ebb tide. Bagley and Clute with the life ess form of the young sergeant J A were placed in tne Doax ana carried to the beach where re- sucitation work was begun on Ardrey After several minutes' work over him the experts from the life saving station pronounced him dead. A starch was then instituted for White's body but up until a late hour Sunday night it had not been found. James R. Ardrey, brother of the young militiaman stated late Sunday night that he had wired Captain Cox, commanding officer of the Charlotte company, in structing that both the body of his brother and of voung- Swain be sent to Charlotte at once. He received a reply stating that they would arrive in Charlotte Mon day night at 11:30 o'clock. . It is understood that the body of Swain will be brought to Charlotte and then sent to Lex ington for funeral and interment. Sergeant Ardrey, who was 20 years of age. resided with his mother, Mrs. W. M. Ardrey, at 1114 South Boulevard. He was employed by the J. N. Mc Causland Company at 221 South Try on street, as assistant book keeper. J Young Swain, whose home was CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT WILSON. Working Basis Laid fir Settlement sf Bail Strike Issues. Washington, Aug. 14. Presi dent Wilson conferred today with both parties to the. threat ened countrywide railway strike tonight it appeared that suffi cient ground work had been laid to furnish a working basis for a settlement of the differ ences of employes and employers The President will meet both sides again tomorrow. At the conclusion of the day's conferences, the President issued this statement: "I have met both sides and have gone over the case with the utmost frankness. I shall not be able to judge until tomorrow whether we have found a feasible basis for settlement. " The foremost questions are what shall be arbitrated, if arbi tration is to be restored to, and what form of arbitration shall be adopted. Representatives of the em ployes maintain that their de mand for an eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime is the only concrete proposition un der discussion. They insisted to the President in their confer ence today that the railroads make some definite proposals. If the railroads submitted some proposed form of settlement they said they would be ready to discuss negotiations further. . The employes are understood to be ready to consent to the principle of arbitration if the contingent proposals of the managers, which thd men claim involve rights they have won in 3o years' effort, are eliminated from consideration and if arbi tration is conducted by a board on which all four brotherhoods are presented. -Immediately after learning the employes' position the Presi dent summoned the committee of managers and held a long conference with them. They left the White House to confer among themselves throughout the night if necessary and fhe general understanding was that they discussed the advisability of withdrawing their "contin gency" proposals and submit ting a proposition "without strings" as demanded by the men. While representatives of the employes insisted that they had not agreed to arbitrate any fea ture of their differences there was a growing impression that arbitration, or some form of compromise would be agreed upon. At no (fime, it was said, did the representatives of the men indicate that unless trfeir demands were granted unquali fiedly, they would go on strike. When You Have a Cold. Give it attention, avoid1 ex posure, be regular and careful of your diet, also commence tak ing Dr, King's New Discovery. It contains Pine-Tar, Antiseptic Oils and Balsams. Is slightly laxative. Dr. King's New Dis covery eases your cough, soothes your throat and bronchial tubes, checks your cold, starts to clear your head. Tn a short time you know your cold is better Its the standard family cough syrup in use over 40 years. Get a bottfe at once. Keep it in the house as a cold insurance. Sold at your druggists. in Lexington, was an operator in the employ of the WesternJUnion Telegraph Comoany and boarded at the home of Mrs. Margaret L. Garrison 506 South Tryon street. He was 20 years of age and the son of the late Rev. S D. Swain of Lexington and grandson of J. S Swain of Statesville. He is survived by his mother, two brothers and one sister all of Lex ington. White, the third victim of the tragedy, was the son of H. Z. White, prominent merchant of Salisbury and was himself'engag ed in business there. He was 21 ! years of age. A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR N. C. The Legistoturs of Georgia Will Probably Have Romish Prisons inspected. j On July 27 the Veazey bil!,j providing torthe inspection by grand juries of all places in Georgia where people are con - fined, came up in the Georgia! legislature in session at Atlanta. Papist politicians, evidently fearing the result of inspection to Romish H. O. G. S. laundries and other other papal prisons, concentrated all their forces upon the committee to which the bill was referred. They oaptur ed the committee to their entire satisfaction; but it seems that Georgis legislators have minds of their own, and in this case asserted them to the extent of requdiating the committee's reccomendations. The fight was in the house of representatives following the adverse report of the committee on rules. When the committee report was rendered, its vice chairman, Mr. Blackburn, took qp the fight in behalf of the bill with the result that but 46 mem bers voted to support the pro pal committee, while lo6 voted in support of the bill. The arguments . of Rowan Catholics and pro papists was as usual to the effect that Rome's prisons and sweat shops should not be disturbed by prying offi cials and grand juries. They made ther plea that if persons were illegally imprisoned in such places they could be got out by habeas corpus proceed ings. But Mr. Blackburn made it clear that persons might be so confined without knowledge of their eonfinement reaching the outer world. The abject of such visits is to. determine whether persons are or are not in such places under ilisgal restraint. On this showing of Georgia legislators, it is likely that the Veazey bill will become a law. Let the good work go on until it becomes impossible to railroad friendlesss-girls into these places through a romanized court to be held there in slavery for priestly profit. Another desirable law in con nection with such measures for the prevention of human free dom, would be a provision re quiring all such institutions to report the admittance or dis charge of every iumate, with such inmates' correct names and descriptions, to prevent the secret transfer of slaves from one dungeon to another. The legal department of the Free Press Defense League is now preparing a series of legis lative bills to cover all the crook, edness of these private peni tentiaries. In another year every papal prison should be opened up to the wholesome light of day; and such safeguards established by law as will forever prevent the peonage so long practice in the name of religion. -The Menace. The Best Laxative. To keep the bowels regular the best laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a full glass of water half an hour before breakfast and eat an abundance of fruit and vege tables, also establish a regular habit and be sure that your bow els move once each day. When a medicine is needed take Chamber lain's Tablets. Thev are nleas- ant to take and mild and gentle in effect. Obtainable everywhere. Concord Takes Extra Precautions. I bre are peven casns 1 f intantile paralysis in Cabar rus county oue of wlpch prov ed to he fatal. The v'ctim was the ioury earmold son of Postmaster Gilliam at Kan napolis. Under an order issued by the Lonco'd local health authorities as a Dre caution against the possible spread 01 intautile paralysis, children under 16 years of age here are prohibited from attending Sunday schools, motion picture theatres and other public gatherings. ALLIES ADVANCE InIsOIRME REGION. Hand-to-Hand Encounters Mark Sunday En- garments Hear Hem and fisaurepas. London, Aug., 13. Hard fight ing in the Somrae region of France in Galicia and in the ! Italian theatre, with further gains for the Entente Allies in all three regions marked the i operations of Saturday night and today. Northwest of Pozieres, north of the Somme, the British made an advance of Irom 300 to 400 yards over a front of nearly a mile of against the Germans and also captured trenches on the plateau northwest of Bazentin-Petit, while the French southeast of Matirepas gained a further foot hold on the slopes of Hill 109. Between Thiepval and the Som me Saturday night according to Berlin, assaults by the Entente Allies broke down with heavy losses to the attackers. '1 he fighting near Mem and Maurepas continued throughout the entire night- and into today, the men repeatedjy coming to grips in hand-to-hand encounters, Mariampol, in Galicia, seven miles southeast of Halicz, the town of Prodgiacy and several villages along the upper Sereth river have fallen into the hanrs of the Russians. All along: this front, even in the Carpathians region, Fetrograa reports that the Russians are continuing their advance against the AustroGer- mans. On the Bystritsa sector and near Monasterzyska, however, Berlin says the Russians have been thrown back at several places by the counter-attacks of the Teutonic Allies. The Duke of Aosta is keeping up his strong offensive against the Austriafns in the Isonza region having driven them from fortified positions in the Monf alcone and4 Gorizia sectors and taken prison er more than 2,0C0 additional men. Constantinople reports that the Turks east of the Suez Canal have turned against the British and compelled them to retreat with heavy losses. The London War office however, disputes this statement, asserting that the British calvary is still in pursuit of the Turkish rear guard which Saturday evening had been driven back to a portion east of Birsel- Manea. After a long period of inacti vity, the British along the Eu phrates in Mesopotamia attempt ed an advance against the Turks, but retreated after two hours fighting. Further advances for the Turks against the Russians tan the Persian front and in 'Turk ish Armenia also are claimed by Constantinople. Just the Thins: for Diarrhoea. "About two years ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea which lasted over a week, ' writes W. C. Jones, Buford N. D. 'I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recommend ed Chamberlains Colic, Cholerfc and Diarrhoea Kemedy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I was as well as evar." Many druggists recommended this remedy because they know that it is reliable. Obtainable everywhere. Will Sloan's Liniment Relieve Pain? Try it and see, one application will prove more than a column of claims. James S. Ferguson Philadelphia, Pa. writes; "I have had wonderful relief since I used Sloan's Liniment on mv knees. To think after all these years or pain one application gave me relief. Many thanks for what your remedy has done for me. Don t keep on suffer ing, apply Sloan's Linimen where your pain is and notice how auiek vo set relief. Pene trates without rnbbing. Buy at any Drug Store. 25c '.Vhaoever You Need a Geoerel Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasi. -shfil Tonic is equally valuable at rentnl Tonic because it contains t . 4l&own tonic properties of QUININ w IfeOJN. it acts on cue wver, jlki La 19 the Wbole System. flOcenfc A Mirfa, Enricnes tne juooa TEUTONIC ALLIES TURN ON RUSSIANS. Holding Back Czar's Army With Artillery Fire and M Bown Attacks With Heavy Losps. London, Aug. 14. The Aus trians and Germans in Galicia still are falling back before ad vance of Russians, who accord ing to Petrograd. have made ad ditional gains along the Sereth and Ziota Lipa rivers and have captured ths strongly fortified town of Tustobaby, northwest of the Dniester. On the upper Sereth, however, the Teutonic Allies at some points on their newly chosen line are holding back the Russians with a vigor ous artillery fire. Berlin says that south of Brodv, on the Lub and Graberka sector. Russian attacks were put down with heavy losses and that Rus sians who had penetrated Teu- tonic positions on the Zboroff- Konjucay line, northeast of Tar- n p(' later were. d iven out and AOO of ihem taken prisoners. Ac- irding-10 a. k sou 1 1 .;u-uua a Russian at-A'o-nt t i" Podkamien iN!ed with the field uMro ( eriiian posi ne-ir iirutl eiorv the tions covered wi'h Kussi.-jn dead. No change took place today alon? either the British or French lines in France bad weather hindering the operations which were confined almoU exclusively to artillery duels. According- to Berlin, the British have been ex- pelled from trenches over a front of 700 yards southwest of the Thiepval Pozieres sector, which they occupied Sunday. I On the Isonzo front according-1 to Rome, the Italians have made still further advances against the Austrians along the Carso plateau and east of Hill No. 212, where another line of trenches was pene- trated and more men taken orison- 4 ers. in tne Uorizia sector Kome says the Austrian guns are being busily . employed -against the talians Here, according- to Vienna, seven charges bv the talians wpfa nut down hv hP Austrians I r 'I PAtrArrr rannrfc o ;,io tionofthe Turkish offensive on the Persion frontier, but asserts - l that a retreat of the Turks has been forced on the southwest bank of Lake Van. Turkish Armenia. through the fire of the Russian flotilla on the Lake. ine rurKisn war omce says he Russians in Persia continue to be driven back by the Ottoman brces and that in Armenia, north nii m 1 t muis, ine xurxs nave made a urther advance. The British tarpedo-boat de- stroyer Lassoo has been sunk by a German submarine. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternitv Catarrh beino- a constitutiomal disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the svs- tem. therebv destrovins- the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient's strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers rhat they offer One Hundred Dol- lars for any case that it fails to cura. Send for list of testimoni- als. Address: F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O. Sold by all drug- gists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The 28th annual Masonic picnic at Mockriville is a thing of history and was well at tended. The crowd was es timated to have been about 5,000 and the net proceeds for the Oxford Orphanage reach ed about $1,000. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives oat I two. A true tonic For aduiu nd children. 50c U.1b M.VMli.Klrvv1 .luthnlMannttiam. RECORD REVENUE BILL IS $200,000,000 Senate Democrats Devote Many Honrs to Deliberation in Caucus Over Appropriations. Washington, Aug. 13. Th$ importance of the $200,000,000 revenue bill on which Senate Democrats today devoted many hours of deliberation in caucus, is being impressed upon leaders by the fact that appropriations of the session now nearing com pletion have broke all records. With passage this week of the $50,000,000 ship purchase bill and probable approval by the House of the Senate's gigantic naval bill, the appropriations of the Sixty-fourth Congress will have exceeded the previous high record by at least a hJlf billion dollars. While exact figures can not be computed until the close of the session, the aggregate appropriation by Congress for all purposes probably will ap proximate $l,7oo, 000,000 as a gainst $1.114,ooo,ooo for the Sixty third Congress, Besides regular supply bills which total as they now stand $l.387,2o6 58o Congress will have added when the shipping- bill is approved more than $9o,ooo,ooo for special purposes. There also have been contract authorizations amonnting to about $2o7,ooo,ooo all of which would bring the grand aggregate to $1,685, 000, 000 with the uncertain general defi- 1 . ciency appropriation bill still in the making to be added at the en(l of the session. Special appropriations include $6ooo,ooo tor a Government nitrate plant, $6,000,000 for good rords, $15, 000,000,000 for rural credits, and $5o,loo,ooo for the Government shipping project. General supply bills that enter mto the session's total are as f ol- lows: Postoffice $322,2o6,559; Navy yet to be approved, $315,826,843; Army $267,597,ooo: oension's M,ooo,ooo; sunary civil w,-45: rivers and harbors $42,- oar o r . t i i - . . i 000iJ0:i legislative, executive ana Judical $37 925,69o; Army and "NT J -it j - . vy anu otner ur&en aencien cies $31,ol2,o75; agriculture $27, 000,000; fortifications $25,748,o5o dlstnct of Colnmbia yet to be ap- I 3 1 . . a rT -I . t . i' Pvea aooux 5)1000,000; inaian affairs $lo,967,644; diplomatic and consular $5,455,o96 and Military Academy l,225,o43. Jurort for September Court. The September term of Rowan Superior court meets here on the 11th. The jurymen were drawn by the county commissioners at the last meeting and are as fol- lows: First week J P Cathey, J R Becket, W, W Barber, J W Fink. John F Morgan, Albert Kluttz, H C Agner, J W Miller, B W Loflin, James L Beaver, Stokes E Miller, A A Miller, Frank L Aguer, John Hatley, J C Hols- houser. D M Barger, F W Lingle, J M Rinehardt, J A Hart, J W Stirewalt, H T Foster, J D Hei- n&' J Juuan' eorge w irout t n t. r . ttt m . man H H Goodnight, Robert A Bostian John w Beaver, Sam "otnrocK, Aaam retcnie, P A slooP' William Caldwell, P b .iuttz, a w onaver, w a Uasp- er, A P White, W F Josey. Second week A M Cruse, . H J Brown, J A McCubbins, M H Carter, H C Sloop, M A Basinger, A E Miller,. George H Morgan, T J Sboaf, M A Blackwelder, Duke Morgan, A M Donaldson, t a NnQsmn r.ntViAr a p00w " " " lu"z J lier bangle, J M Barringer, C E Corriher, E F Weddington, J M Freeze, J S Davis. Liver Trouble. 'I am bothered with liver trouble about twice a year, writes Joe Ding-man, Webster City, Iowa. 'I have pains in my side and back and an awful sore ness in my stomach. I heard of Chamberlain's Tablets and tried them. By the time I had used half a bottle of them I was feel ing fane and had no siyfns of j pain." Obtainable everywhere. 1