COilNTRY FIOOOED BY BREfflG lEVEES ^ow Believed T^at Crest Of Water Eas Passed. C0^JV|CT RACE PROBLEM DISCUSSED. CAM? SUBMERGED. Royal With Father of Waters ^till In Progress, But Relief Is Prom ised Soon—i^o Loss of Life Reported Last 24 Hours. Orleans. Maub 31.—More men more money is tbo cry that cornea ti'oiii the crevasse at Hymelia today. The loroes there who have working (?tiy aii;l night lo press forward the work have been exhaust- and fresh hands are rc:iiiired. The and Pacitic has put on daily to carry laborers to the scene, hundied ft'^t <it‘ cribbing at one and 20(1 feet at the other were holiiing firmly at daylight, and the l'i('speot of ch-sing break has been ^»ls;!U'.'ned consii>'ral)ly. The river today i egisti'nd -'*.2 feet, a fail foot in the i):K' t 21 hours. ^'nlouel Ernst, iu'ad of the river cora is quon'ii as expressing the ‘•■‘f that the river here has about rtwciiod its niaxiinuni. if the Hymelia b.'.'iili continues to run. report of the I’onchartrain dis- t today is tliat tlie line of levees is and tliat all o!)serval)le weak have been strengthened. Water fi-un Hymelia is beginning to fill up tl;." uatre cou;s(s on the west l)ank iho river, and people who are living <’'1'. lowlands are beginning to move to ti:^ higher villages with their goods “I- ' chattels. Southern Negro Addresses Chicago Audience on the Question. Chicago, March 30.—“The solution of the negro problem lies with the ne gro himself. It ca^n be brought out by his aiMjuiiing land, saving money and educating his sons. There is nothing in the cry about social equal ity. Tlie negro does not Vfant it, and does not expect it.” This statement was made last night at Bethed church by J. J. Smallw'ood. president ^f the Tempera'iice. in-.ius- trial and Collegiate institute, a negro institution at Claremont. Va. "At the close of the civil war.” Pro fessor Smallwood said, “the negro had nothing. Since then he has accumu lated $300,(!()(»,000 woith of ]iro])erty. Ke has built up 9(5 institutions or learning and the race has tuinished 27,000 school teachers. He had turn ed his attention to buying land, and this will eventually result in the solu tion of the race i)roblem. I have no objection to a law requiring negrof^s to ride in a Rei)arate coach on the rail ways. What I do want is a division of the coach, so that we would not have to mingle with the element in our race that is shunno.i by the edu cated whites in theirs.” £<OGI£ FOR OUR SIGIff THROUGH SHERIFF’S LEGS. Levee at Angola Breaks. A>'\v Orleans, March 31.—A dispatch ji:.'- r.'coived i^ays; ■'Tile main ii'vee piotecting the An- .'rate convict fa.m gave way this ni( ;-i!ing at 4 o'clock. The entire ph\:-(- will be covere! with water in a few hv)urs. ElYoits are l)oing made tc ’.iroiict the canii;s. Ani,t)la is located on the cast bank ft' Mississii)pi in \V(*st Felicitana Pa;ish. It is nearly o’pposite the arh (if Red river. The levet? which hi Mu' is a private or.o, maintained by thi slate. Angola is orie of the fin- e.^r Ci’.tton plantatiori.s in I.ouisiana, If was formerly owned by S. L. James. ti'.(‘ kite penitentiary le.saee. but was Luirchased 'oy the state when the con vict !-- ;\se was aboli.^lit'd and the state took cliai'ge of the convicts. The cre- va.'.'r v.’ill doubtless cover the entire {ilantarion with water, but it is said that becouse of the hx'arion no other valuable i)roi)erty is likely to be af- ftc'(>:l. The back levt'es p:ctecting Ar.LVii’.a will liavc^* to be cut in order to ni; ’\v the esca])e of the flood. No lo?? iif life is rejiorted at the scene, ar.'.i>le warning having l)een given to all ti'.o convicts locat('d there. The h'is to the state will f.Dubtless be heavy. Stationary at Vicksburg. Vicksburg. *Miss., Marc-li 31.—The ri\ ■ r lit this point is si:ui(mary today, ti> t:auge registering 5i.4 feet. The a:it;mal break b»‘!i)w (ireenville has < a ;setl apprel'.ensiun To;- th.at town, h’.r tile decline in the str^:>am above ha:- somewhat lesstMud the anxiety. No new breaks have b.,>en rei)orted IE :h:s immediate section. The weath- ei lo -; col and clou !y. Bogan Considered This Route Surer Than Pardon, Jackson, Miss.. .March 30.— Petitions are l)eing (;irculated in Lawrence county asldng Governor Longino to commute the death sentence of Lloyd Bogan, who is to l)e hanged at ^lonti- cello on April 20. and whoso case wa-’ recently affirmoJ' by the supreme court. News has just reached here from Monticello of a (lesj)erate attempt to I escape made by the condemned man j while the prisonei's in the jail at ' *.ionticello were being fed. liogan I took advantage of a good opportunity i and darted past Sheriff Cox. who start- I ed in close pursuit, and overtook the I negro, but the latter ducked through the sheriff’s legs during the struggh? j anv’i again got away. A posse was : quickly organized and Bogan was cap- j tured at a bend in the river seven I miles awa.v. I Three other negroes are to be hang- I ed in .Missi.ssippi on the 20th of A;)rll, : all having been convicted of murder. I and it is expeeted that ai)i’pals for 1 clemency will be sent to the governor’s I ofilce before the date of execution. T. D. EmCLAiyD MclMCmiff BZ.OGK Wo have boon lliinkin." of clian^in" our ad. lV)i‘ some tinio, biii it, covorod the <rronnd .so (•oiii[)letol.y thiit we wero afi'aid wo could make no ini])i’ovenient on it, and would ask every reader to ])ut (►no away for future refei’ence. Our bu.siness for 1901’ ha.s been very sati.sfactoi’y, and if YOU helped in any way to make it so, we thank you very niueh and hope that you have had no reason to conii)lain of the treatment you received. We hope tobeable.to servo you even better this year, with more up to date stock and iiett(‘r values. Otir aim is to keep our stock up to what the de mand will justify. So come along and we will try to please you. Ues[)ectf ully. T. D. ENGLAND. % 'S Ik M, '0. (B: i '0. cell (ft S. i’ COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING. Roosevelt Hospital Physicians Puzzled , Over Peculiar Case. I New March 31.—Because he ‘ could not sto]) laughing, William Reil- j ly was transferred from ward to ward in Roosevelt hospital. The doctors there being in despair over his case. ^ he finally was sent to Bellvue. where ; he was placed in the alcoholic* ward. Reilly, who was a laborer, was tak- ! en to Roosevelt hospital last Wednes- : day. He was said to be sufferini: I from hysreria. He began to laugh soon after he was taken into the hos- ! pital. He has been^laughing ever i since. Ke annoyed oWier ])atients so j ■much he was ti'ansferred f:om warn} to ward until he had been through tiio i institution. ' When placeil in a Bellevue ^-nrd he j kept on laughing. Then he wa.s sent ! ' to th*"' alcoholic ward. Still he laugh ed. The physicians have not been : able to. diagnose his case. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! As these retire let others come. AGED 131; STILL ALIVE. Spccial River oullet'n. Vv'ashington. March .‘^1.—The weath- e; buioau today issue;, the following s;- ir.l river bulletin; ■■There is no change in the low’er Mississippi river situation this morn ing:. The stage at Vicksljurg is 51.4 let-:, at New Orleans 3'i.i feet, a fall of .1 foot since -Monday momii^^. GIGANTIC IMPROVEMENTS. Erie Railroad Company Preparing to Spend Mill lens. New York, -March 31.—The Tirie Rail- roa.l company has ])lanned "extensive im; rovemtiits which will be paid for outside of the ^'•''.ihiu.ooO loan that was r^'cently obiaincti. New ferry boats are building a;id Nev/ York ter minals and a massive, cation in Jersey City are among the other things pro jected. A cut is to be made through the heights to West Ii!nd, 1 mile taking in at least a doz(*n streets running north an south, wiiich wi'{l have to be bridged. The whole plaii is probably the most' gigantic in Jerseiy City’s rail- load history. / j Host Too Weak This Birthday to En tertain as Usual. I Nev York. March 31.—Noah Raby ! will be 131 years old on Ai)ri] 1. The . tisual custom of celebrating the birth- I day with “a party” will not be fol- : low'cd, for the aged man i\: very weak j and the excitement of such an affair j probably would be fatal to him. i Raby was born at Eatontown, N. I C.. on April 7. 1772. He lived in Pis- I cataway township, near New Bruns wick, N. J., for 85 years, and for the last 50 years has been an inmate ol the poor house of Middlesex county, N. J. 'T. W. Whitniii-i* has filled his store room on l3)*o:id street, known as the To.y Store, with Cloth in<>:. Trunlv'S and Suit ('ases. The nicest and most conveni<^i\t iy ai-ran;;’od clothing- de[)artment ever in Bi-evard. I mtide this chan^’o in oi-der to inal^e room for m.y sprini:- line of dr.y ^oods and notions, which is about three times as man.y as 1 usually buy. My line of ladies' dress goods, trim miners, etc., are simply beautiful. My line of men's and bo.ys' shii’ts. neckwear, etc., can't be beat in any town. My spring' stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING Buffalo, N. Y., ^larch 30.— K. J- Weichers, / professionally known as Antonious./ the magnet ic* healer, has been spnt to jail after being convicted of c(l)nspiracy to de- Iraud. He will ea^eavor to secure bail until Monday..'-when he will be sentenced by Judgc'^Cruz, in the crim- inal term of the suEreme court. Weichers is also clXarged with grand larceny in the second Idegree, and prac ticing medicine unla\VfulIy. A ProiiiiixMit Recommends Chamberl'-iin’s rolic Cholera and Diarrlioea lleniedy. llev. Francis ,T Davidson, pnstor of the St. M-atthow Baptist cliurch and president of the Third District Hap- tist Association, 27:>1 Second Street. Xew Orleans writes ns follows. “I have used Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy for cramps and pains in the stomach and fo'nid it excellent. It is in fact the best cramn and colic remedy I have ever used. Also several of my par ishioners have used it with equally satisfactory results.” For sale by Z. W. Nichols, Bre vard, and O. L. Erwin, Cherryfield. is up-to date and about twice as large as ever before. My line of high-cut shoes foi- men, women and children are just as nice as you can get in any shoe store. I have ])la(!ed my order foi- low-cut goods of the very latest styles. The slippers this year are the prettiest styles I ever saw. For women and children only I bought ol’O pairs. My low cuts in men’s and boys' ])atent enamel are sure beauties. My line of hats is always complete. As to my iri'oceries. that deimrment has all in it I can get on the shelves—more complete than ever before. Don't take my word for these things. Come and see for yourself. Thanking you for past favors, I am y<)urs very truly. T. W. WHITMIRE.

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