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W4TER EXTENSION WILL
1 BE COMPLETED SEPT.
An Interesting Survey of How
the Water Comes to
Town
The announcement that the
neW water extension to" Long
Branch will be completed and
the plant ready to turn over to
the town by September 1st is
heard with much interest by
the people of Ashebero. ;
Although the town has not
suffered from the laclq of water
this summer, it will be remem
bered that last summer the sup
ply was very short and1, a fire
would have been disastrous.
The work, which is being done
under contract by the J. B. Mc-
fnv Company, ci Atlanta, 13
TAXABLE VALUED IN
RANDOLPH INCREASED
The Valuations By Townships
Shows Increase of $78,00$
For County
An approximate net increase
of 578,0000 in the taxable or-
perty in Randolph county is
shown in an'abstract of the val
uation by townships completed
this week, and as follows:- -
Gain
49,787.00
7,645.00
Township
Asheboro . .
Back. Creek . :
Brower . . ...
Cedar Grove . .
Coleridge . . . .
Columbia . .
Concord
Franklinville .
Grant .
1 1 1 1 I T .AT7a1 4-wrca-
most interesting to oniooKers j jbgrty
at least it was to us. . Newope
Over on the branch, which is New Market . .
two and one-quarter miles from: Pleasant Grove
town the work of building the10116? -
dam is being carried on. This .SSSSSrl .7.
dam will be 10 feet nigh and j Tabernacle ...
160 feet long and will make a, Trinity
three-acre pond with a head of Union ... ..
from six to eight million gallons ;Totals .
of water, w nen tne aam is com
pleted a pumping station will be
put in on the site with two
pumps of 250,000 gallons psr
day capacity.
The nipe line from the filter
plant to the sewer is 12,200 i-Umrit:
also an electric 'Cr. ,r?rr"" ""'. wt
:Net Loss
Net Gain
1914
Values
1,138,539.00
259,061.00
142,240.00
22506.00
395,964.00
. 857,458.00
293,906.00
697,137.00
197,563.00
87497.00
537,511.00
273,295.00
267,678.00
65,181.00
- 184,126.00
. 641,684.00
296,045.00
233,492.00
381,170.00
. 187,12L00
Wife of President WlsohP4ss.
cu'iAway veuiuy at ittpi
White House r X
Washington, sAug, -?fc&Mi8.
Woodoow Wilson, wife of 2 the
President of the United' Sjafces,
died at the White . House tat 5
o'clock this afternoon, ipeath
came after a brave strugglefof
mohths against Bright's disease
with complications. I s
rhe President jyas complete
England's Great Fleet Engage the German War Vessels on
the High Seas and After Hard Fight the Germans'
are Driven Towards the Duch Coast
Out of London comes the re .been repulsed all along the line Kaiser in Desperation Hurls De
port that the British fleet ha3 but yesterday the attack was re-
i'R7n !ly unnerved by the shock andihis enerasred the German fleet in ! Hewed- with greater energy and
,i44.w;s"cj. was - nearM-enaering.jtie .battle on the high seas.
6,863.00 ; bore up well under the strain.
4i nqqnn) however, and devoted himselfto!. T T
41,099.00 j his daughters. , imformation- as to whether
it 1 1 .
proDaoiy witn considerable re
inforcements to the German
The end came while MrWil-
son was unconscious. Her ill
The British admiralty refuses ' sjde.
a na-J It is not to be 'forgotten, how-
val engagement is in ijrogress, ever, that all news and reports
but British warships, which put! respecting both land and sea op-
7,645.ooiness took a turn for the worse out several davs airo. have been i10?8 Ze.. m through
x ' ; rrencn-ana jsnnsn sources, or
i ior -tne Germans m;SOurces in control or sympathy
lAossnn shortly before 1 o'clock this aft
jernooQ and from then.. on she
(gradually grew weaker;
Kneeling at the bedside at the '
the Worth sea. - ! with them.
The Britsh crusier Amnhion what has
German's version of
transpired has not
end were the PrAsidpnh anrt Wi. has been Sunk bv contact with a been received and therefore the
,074:00 three daughterly Dr. Gary, T. 'mine, with the loss of more than story has only half been told.
(Grayson. U. S. NV and a imrs-e' 100 men ! THtle Newf. From 4tria ,
wem n thA rnnm anrl inf n.t- . .. unuer existing conaitions 01
side a door were Secreter?Mc-l WiUiam, of Ger-' communication it will be long.be-
548.00
7,36074.00 x54oo 'Ad00 nd Francis B; Sayre Mr":7' in an order to the arniy fore the progress of the German
1 2 v.r rm w mm I i www jm I l mu i ui imiii ui l
1 vvnson s son-in-iaw ana Mr. TU- ailu "vy cans au uermans capu- " iV-"""
to the
53,034.00 multy, his secretary. jble of bearing arms, to fight for
oth houses of Congress ad- the fatherland.
long.
journed when Mrs. Wilsansi
government virtually stopped
The loss of $97,864.00 in valu
ation occurred in the following
named townships: Coleridge,
There is
and phone line to the pumping'- ?Ye'
station, 30 foot channel of baf-.f?11 and J?- pmce MORE TROUBLE IN MEXICO
flers. thence nito the first coagu- turns
i.finn. haai-T, Tt thPT, flows ,in. i a numDer oi supplementary lists f r.n(krai villa n.ln Tni yxajra "
:ai.iii6 " -X- iUOTT c4. i i-Z 4- I " " ' " V, n r-w,or. V,,-,o -P
downward throniyh ""C "55" .f 8 w r n . VJCi111'1 uluUMUUa Ui
' 3 VQC frk AT J.1 J.
the above-named towii-
outside world.
The same applies
fiance at His Deserting Ally
Berlin, Aug. 6. Germany to
day sent an ultimatum to Italy
demanding that she fulfill her
treaty! and stand by her, or she
will declare war.
Bristish Win Battle in North
Sea.
London, ' Aug. e.-'-England
won the first battle in the North
sea. Seventy British sailors
were wounded and a hundred
Germans killed. The liner Ko-
nig Louise equipped to lay mines
was sunk and two German boats
captured. The British flagship
Ampion's batteries were put out
of commission.
to move-
Battle in Far East.
London, Aug. 6. The Daily:
iments of the Austro-Hungarian Mail's correspondent in the Far
I 11 J-J 1 J . t Tl I' .1 . 1
death was announced and for k n oeiumermans na ei-, army, small detachments of .East reports that the German
brief time the wheels of the gians are Renting around Liege, wnicn are operating against Ser- cruiser, Emden, and the Russian
where upwards of 100.000 men i via and the remainder doubtless crusier, Askolg, were sunk in
are encased According to of -:are being sent to check the Rus- battle off Wei-Hari-Wei, China.
in
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ward and
five additional coagulating basins
. a Wor.,i.;ships will be approximately $53,
ibauKUiawiiK uaoino wit rti.' j- r -- , . , T , . .
flw tv,mJh thAfiltpr. manp im 000.00, making the net gam m
ct n0 ,-oa nf arwil sMrl so ie- county $78,000.00.
inches of sand and thence into
the reservoir, which has a ca
pacity of 176,000 gallons. From
the reservoir it is pumped into
the big tank of 75,000 gallons ca
pactiy. The filter plant is constructed
of reinforced concrete, more
than 10,000 bags of cement be
ins: used in the work, a valve
house has been built
Kilted and mlniured
cial reports from Brusels, t'w
1 i. J .1.1! 1 j.
I me iwu uajrs iignuiig lias ust
men.
i sian advance.
In Collision on Kansas City Sou
thern Near Joplin, Mo.
Thirty-eight persons were kil
led and twenty-five injured in a
and the i collision between a northbound
fvC Tr " .JiT: The Belgians also are believed to
-dShbtiJ-'' 'ost JV there
dence from the Carranza gpy-;have been no reports from Ger-ernment.-according
to reports man sources as the outcome of
of the past few days from thethe German attacks.
Mexican ironner, ana ne l& now-j Austria-Hungary has declar
pianizing his amy f of the
A movement is on foot for the iven his Passports,
immediate distribution of the! The British prime minister in
lands. !the house of commons asked for
It was estimated by Ameri- an additional war appropriation
Sinks Steamer; Rescues Crew.
London, Aug. 6, 4.50 p. m.
The British torpedo iDoat de
stroy er Lance figured in the first
naval engagement m the present
war, sinking) the Hamburg
American line steamer Koenigin
Luise, which had been fitted out
as a mine layer;-' .C, :
nj&lnee finrfburslft)ts
The first destroyed the bridge
of the steamer, a third and
fourth tore away the stern and
the Koenigin Luise sank in six
minutes. ' .
cans coming from Villa's terri
tory that he has secured 5,000
troops in the last two weeks.
of $500,000,000 and an army in
crease of 500,000 inen. Both re
plant is clean and "neat as a pm. passenger tram on tne Kansas w - nll h .fh quests were granted. At the
tne capacity is auu.uuu gallons (uy ooutnern railway ana a Mis-". !fl BnrvMntkA rt v,aV1 v,iBnmo Hn,0
GOOD SHOWING MADE BY
WATER AND LIGHT DEPT.
Bought Street Sprinkler and
And Then Made Profit
of $131.52
- Canada's Offer Accepted
Ottawa, Aug. 6. England to
night accepted Canada's offer to
.raise an expeditionary force. Or
dailv.
The work here
Superintendent R
ciunnAflA 4-s limm V-i 'coma 4itvia fha ffAmmwaT4" . ! J : 3 J Jl i
ormri on1 Mz-vtV. AVononc llllco ouppwoevi w iivc ueni omt " 6" ' v-ii"wiik UdTS Were ISSUeU UKiaV W CU1I1-
buun anu iorxn ArKansas ran-! j 4-v 4- ui i .1 j j. t i. j .m;x.- 4.,
siiiusk'cu awuco wic uiic.ot ciarea a moratorium in Lonaun manuers ui inmua regiuieiits
is in charge of jroad gasoline motor car, nmning;paafKT.-.
R. I. Dickens, on the Kansas City Southern a
A mobilization at Toreon of
riuug" woik !"Bw V all the troops in General Villa's
Zc T u p r"1.; iw" "t," ,turp.'x, ' l division wasorderedlastTuesday 1
i- i..-j-.-i.: f
)for a month with certain exemp-
for the accident.
according to constitutionalists
officials. It was predicted that
Accord to Sports received )SJJS
both the motor car and the
train were running at a high
the material been on the ground Wednesday night. Mistaken or-
on schedule time, the time for;ders are said to be responsible
it and the work has been very
satisfactory to the town officials.
The electricity for the opera
tion of the pumping station at
the clam will be of course furn
ished by the local plant, and it
has been estimated that the
amount of extra water that can
be sold to the railroad compa
nies, and for other purposes will
pay the interest on the bonded
indebtedness of $20,500, and in
addition to giving plenty of
water for all purposes, including
street sprinkling. Mayor Cran
ford says that the Board hopes
to lower the water rate to local
consumers.
tions. 1
to enter east Prussia, have been
driven back by German, frontier
guards.
A Tien-Tsien dispatch says
HAYES GETS TEN YEARS
Former
rate of speed when they met at'
Tipton Ford, a small siding.
When the collision came the ex
plosion of the gasoline reservoir
of the motor car, setting both
the motor car and .the train
afire. Every person on the mo
tor car was killed.
The motor car was shoved
back three hundred yards by the
train and was- left suspended
over the locomotive.
None of the passengers on the
train were killed, although the
engineer and fireman were in
jured.
imately 25,000 men in Torreon.
ful transfer of the city of Mexico ;both the- Russian cruiser Askold
..... . . , 1 T7I JL
ana tne uerman crusier rmiaen,
in an engagement off Wei-Hai-Wei,
have been, sunk.
Lightning Strikes Chain;
Man and Cow
Near Vineland, N. J., lightning
'struck an iron chain. At one end
of the chain was a cow at the
other end David Levne. The
lightning killed both of ther.
The motor crew is said to have
Supt. Children's Home had orders to pass the train at
Pleads Guilty 1 Tipton Ford. The train crew
H. A. Hayes, charged with the bad similar orders.
instead 01 waiting lor tne
train to pass, however, the motor
car is said to have proceeded
south and upon reaching a curve
a mile south of Upton Falls, the
collison occurred.
embezzlement of $5,500 from the
M. E. Children's Home, at Winston-Salem
plead guilty to the
charge and was Wednesday sen
tenced to 10 years in the state
Penitentiary.
YADKIN REPUBLICANS
Full
to the . constitutionalists have
failed. .The constitutionalists
refuse to entertain conditions
imposed by the Carbajal com
misssioners. These commission
ers did not even see Carranza.
Kills
Hold Convention and a
Ticket is Nominated .
The Republicans of Yadkm
county held their convention on
'ast Monday and a full ticket
as nominated. "
The convention was one of
farmony throughout and it is
relieved that notmore than two
People went away mad. It was
Jne of the most successful con
ations in many years.
Mrs. K. Roosevelt Is 111
Mrs Kermit Rosevelt the
wide of the second son of
YEAR'S IMPORTS SHOW
A GAIN OF $80,917,423
In crease in Foodstuffs Under
the New Tariff Law Sends
Figures up
Imports into the United States
during the fiscal year, ending
in June," which included nine
months operation of the new tar
iff law, totalled $1,893,925,657,
or $80,917,423 more than during
the preceding fiscal year. f
Increased imports of food
stuffs accounted for. $69,081,000
of the. total.
There was a decrease in the r
An Experiment in Broom Corn.
Mr. J. L. Phillips of the PM1-
lips Broom Works, tells the Ex
press that he visited a patch of
fine broom corn near Gulf, in
Chatham county, last Saturday.
There is half acre of this corn
and it was raised by Mr. H. W.
Batton . Mr. Phillips says itjis
equally as good as. the broom
corn raised in the West and ship
ped to broom manufacturers jn
this state. It is slightly taller
than the Western corn. It is now
ready to cut and Mr. Phillips
says it should be cured in the
hade so as to make it a pea-
green color. It takes about a
week to cure it.'. While this corn
is near Deep River it is on up
land. If Mr. Batton makes a
success of his experiment he
proposes to cultivate five or six
acres in broom corn next year.
!At the prices broom corn is now
selling a good profit can be maae
by the farmer whose land is
adaoted to its culture. San-
l ford' Express.
Two Battles Now Raging
London, Aug. 7, 2 a. m. Eu
rope awaits with tense interest
the outcome of two battles now
being waged in the struggles of
the nations.
If report is to be credited, the
British and German fleets are
engaged in a combat on the high
seasj which likely will have an
important bearing on the conflict.
call for volunteers. A division
of 21,000 men will be raised.
Every effort is being made to
provide strong defenses for Syd
ney, Iova Scotia, the center of
great coal mines, the terminus
of Atlantic cables and the site of
a powerful wireless station.
Washington, Aug 6 Navy
officials today ordered ships to
patrol the Atlantic and -Pacific
coasts to enforce neutrality;
The Netherlands legation noti
fied Brvan that they will cut
dvkes should German invasion
continue.
Bryan officially informed van
guard of the constitutionalist
army was entering Mexico
peacefully.
The report of the Water and '
Light Department for the month .
of July -shows that the depart
ment brought a street sprinkler
during the month and then made
a profit of $131.52.
The report follows:
1 One street sprinkler and
freight, $ 226.S5
Home Building and Mater
ial company, shavings 18.25
Banner Elec. Co., 50 street
lights .. .. 41.50
Asheboro WhTbarrow company,
shavings 23.55
McCrary Redding Hardware
company, . supplies,
Cox and Lewis Hardware Co.,
' supplies,
Asheboro Fur. Co., well rent
C. E. Davis, repair on water
pipes
Odell Hardware Co., packjng
M. M. Rodgers, salary
Ed. Sykes, salary and roal-
ing coal - 49.50
Leo Barker, salary, 50.00
Cash paid for day book and
journal, 3.45
Cash paid for work on pump . . 4,75
Cash paid for work on street
lines . T '. 3.00
Fourth July Celebration . . . . 10.00
Wm. C. Robinson & Sons, 2,bbs
oil and freight 43.16
'Paid Ray Cranford, hauling
shavings , 6.7U .
Asheboro Motor Car Co., water
pipes 9.50
Profits for July .' 4 . . . 131.52
Receipts for July $713.94
7.30
3.92
25.00
3.25
3.24
50,00
$713-94 $713.94
Norfolk Southern Extension
The proposed extension of the
x-r resident Theodore Roosevelt total exports for the fiscal year
?T 111 m a New York hosoitalof 9S.822.000. accounted for
11 . "wvi.W .A. V V WAV j
aiarmmS. ments of foodstuffs.
Short 8,000 Men, but Undaunt-
ed Germans Renew Battle
of Liege
Brussels, Aug. 6-The Crown Norfolk Southern road from
Prince has reinforced the Ger-' Dunn eastward into Sampson
Trm Germanv armv of the ' man armv and the battle of .county is to become a realty m
Meuse in its advance through j Liege has been renewed. The j the very near, future as soon as
Rolcniim is mAPino-with determ-Ixtrav nffipa rpnorts that the Ger- crops are harvested from the
ined resistance from the Belgian mans lost 8,000 men, killed,
forces. Wednesday Brussels ore- wounded and captured in defeats
ports declared the Germans had at Liege and Spa.
proposed right of way, they say.
And this is good news to us.-
iDunn Dispatch.
WAR SCENES AT TRIESTE,. AUSTRIAN ONLY SEAPORT
A Dog-Killer
A St. Louis Doliceman boasts
;that he has killed 307 dogs put of
310 shots.
' Austrian naval 'forces being , rushed to the front In the war against Servia.
erlck, commander-in-chief of the Austrian army. '
The insert is Archduke - Fre4
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