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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS' fiWENSBORO’S Bifi WEEK
Occurrences of Interesi Gleajned From All SeetiotM ^ tke
Toir Heel St»t«
Severe Damage to Soils.
Li a bulletin just issued by Joseph
Hyde Pratt, of the State Geological
Survey, the terrible loss to the soils
of the State occasioned by recent
heavy rainfall is given. The bulletin
in full follows:
The heavy rains during the last of
August not only did an enormous
amount of damage to crops, bridges,
railroads and . roads, but, accordiug
to an estimate made by W. W. Ashe,
Forrester of the North Carolina
Ooologieal Survey, the upland farm-
ing lands of the middle portion of
the State have been washed to an
oxtent of more than half a million
dollars, the damage being heaviest
in those sections where the country
-was most hilly and the rainfall most
■concentrated.
This estimate, which is based on
■the amount of soil which was shown
to be in the water of the rivers dur
ing the floods, indicates that more
than 1,500,000 tons of soil were wash
ed from the hills of the Piedmont
during that one week of rain. About
one-fifth of the solid matter which
causes the muddiness of th« water
during floods is humus, which is
washed chiefly from the hillside
farms. At two dollare a ton, which
Is probably less than the cost of re
placing it, the loss to the farmers of
the State only in the impoiashment
of their soils exceeds $500,000. This
is a loss which is much underestimat
ed or entirely overlooked by the far-
iner because it is a loss which takes
place so constantly. In the aggre
gate, however, it is so enormous that
it is on« of the chief, if not the chief
reason for the poverty of so many of
the red clay hillside farms, and it is
keeping them depleted of the. humus
•or manural portion of the soils. This
is a loss to which northern soils are
not nearly so subject on account of
the lighter rainfalls and their more
gpiieral character.
The rainfall at R^ileigh and*^ at
many other points in middle North
farolina was 12 inches in four days;
at points in upper South Carolina
15 inches fell in two days;^vhile
more than 4 inches fell in one ^y at
many places. Such concentrated pre-
i’ipitation, tropical in character, does
not occur in the farming regions of
the northeast. It follows^that if the,
farmers of the South wish to pre-
sen’e their hillside lands they must
not onlv use every possible means of
preventing erosion which are used at
the North, but additional means as
well; not only deep plowing and
cover crops but terracings as well;
not hillside ditches, but level ter
races. There sihould be no land ly
ing idle without a crop of some kind
on it to protiBct ’the soil. All land
which is not in cultivation should be
protected from washing by keeping
it in timber.
In North Carolina there are about
1.000,000 acres of idle farming land
which should be planted in timber
if no other reason than to prevent it
irom w^ashing, but timber will make
a good investment besides, as it wiil
he growing all the time without any
Miltlvation, and will soon be lai^e
('nough for posts, barn poles, and
oven small saw logs. For any infor
mation about how to plant old gullied
fields in young trees, write the State
Oeologist, Chapel Hill, N. C.
New Steamboat Line in Operation.
Washington, N. C., Special.—The
new steamboat line recently organis
ed in this city by Captains J. AV.
Dixon and H. M. Bonner, who form
erly were in the employ of the Noi^
folk & Southern - Railroad Company
on the steamer Hatteras plying be
tween this city and Belhaven, which
recently discontinued, has now com
menced runnning on schedule time.
The steamer Blanche has been chart
ered by these gentlemen and is now
giving a tri-weekly service between
this city and Belhaven and other
points on lower Pamlico river. The
steamer leaves this city one day and
returns the next. It is rumored that
these gentlemen will put on another
large steamer at an early date for
handling freight exclusively.
Drug Company Placed in Receiver’s
Hands.
Goldsboro, Special.—The Higgins
Drug Company of this place, went
into the hands of a receiver upon an
action of the National Bank of Golds
boro. Judge 0. H. Allen, of Kinston
at chambers appointed LUr. B. II.
Griffith, proprietor of the Kennon
Hotel, temporary receiver wh« was
bonded in the sum of $8,000. The
assets are estimated at $7,500 and
the indications are that the firm will
be. able to pay all indebtedness and
in a short while resume business
again.
Supposed Mnrdered Boy Turns Up.
Winston-Salem, Special.—GarfieW
Tilley, the young white man who dis
appeared Tuesday night, alarming his
family so that they feared foul play
and had the sheriff and a score of
deputies scouring the woods here
abouts in a search for him, appeared
at his father’s home in good
health. He would not say where he
had been since Tuesday night.
Mills Resnme Work.
Salishnry, Special.—The Patter
son Cotton Mills at China Grove,
Rowan county, have rresumed opera
tions on full time aftrer several weeks
running at half time. It is said the
will not curtail its force again
this year. The mills at Cooleemee
Havie county, are also running on
^’nll time, having occupied a large
now building in place of one burned
last sprin".
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New Hanover Votes Eoad ’B«ids.
Wilmington, Special.—By a
jority of 370 New Hanover county
voted an additional $50,000 for
continuing the system of permanent
road improvement inaugurated here
in 1901, since which time approxi-
niately $100,000 has been spenL The
vote was light but very decisive, few
haHots being cast against the im
provement.
Arrested on a Charge of F^lse Pre
tense.
Winston-Salera, Special.—Oliver B.
Cox, a young man of good appear
ance, was arrested in Mount Airy on
the charge of obtaining goods from
merchants of this city on bogus
cheeks. He will be brought here for
trial. He says he worked with Har
wood & Moss, contractors. He first
put in a bogus check for $100 in the
Wachovia National Bank, got a baf s.
hook and then had three different
merchants cash checks of various
Jimounts. The same game was work
ed in Mount Airy, the police say.
Immigration Office, at Wilmington.
‘Wilmington, Special.—W. R. Mor
ton, of Norfolk, has been designated
by the government to open an immi
gration office here during the heavy
shipping to and from foreign ports
during the cotton season. Mr. Mor
ton has already arrived.
Items of State Interest.
The Caroleen-Henrietta cotton
mills are now running on full time
which,_ because of the continued de
pression in prices is more an accom
modation to operatives than profit t©
the owners. ^
The bridge committee of tl.*e Fay
etteville board of aldermen last week
rejected all bids for the erection of a
steel bridge over Blount’s creek to re
place the ^^half way^’ bridge, which
was damaged by the recent flood.
The graded schools of Caroleen
and Henrietta opened last week with
more than usual interest intensified
by the recent educational revival
there. Professor Moore, of Shelby, is
in charge of the Henrietta school and
Professor Beene, of the Tennessee
University, conducts the school at
Caroleen.
Bids will be opened September 20
for the erecetion of the proposed
Nathaniel Jaccobi Memorial Building
on the grounds of the I. 0. 0. F. Or
phanage at Goldsboro.
The Shelby Cot^ Mills is reported
as having plans and specification pre
pared for an additional building to
hold 2,550 spinning and C,500 pro
ducing spindles.
Prof. W. C. Riddick, of the A. k
M. College, Raleigh, has completed
surveys for construction of water
works and sewerage systems at Wel
don and submitted the report to
town authorities, together with
profiles of streets, showing depth of
cuts, grades, sizes of pipes and man
holes, and blueprint map showing lo
cation of sewer lines, waterpipes and
hydrants. The cost is estimated ^t
$37,526.50.
R. W. Bishop, patent attorney,
Washington, D. C., reports the issue
of a patent on the 22d instant for a
garment creaser to George L. Edger-
ton, of Goldsboro.
Mr. H. C. Eccles, for many years
one of the proprietors of the Buford
Hotel, in Charlotte, and one of the
most popular and best known hotel
men in the South, died Thursday.
The Harnett county board of com
missioners let the contract for two
steel bridges Monday, to be built
right away. One is at Lillington and
the other at Duke. The Carolina En
gineering Company of Burlington got
the contract for $1,000. ^
'^nt.ennial Will be an Occasion ol
More Tlian Ordinary Interest.
Greensboro, Special—The week ot
October llth-17th will be observed
lere as centennial and home-coming
week,’’ in commemoration of the on€
hundredth anniversary of the found
ing of the village that has g^own intc
the prosperous and progressive city
of Greensboro. Committees of lead
ing citizens have been at work foi
months planning to make the event
the greatest affair of the kind ever
witnessed in any Southern State.
Nothing has been left undone to add
to the comfort, pleasure, instruction
and edifioation of the many thous
ands of visitors expected in the city
during the week. The municipalj
county, state and national govern
ments are contributing to the suc
cess of the occasion. The centennial
exercises proper will open Monday,
October 12th, with a parade of 10,000
Guilford county school children,
headed by a United States militai'y
band and reviewed by Governor
Glenn, Senators Simmons and Over
man, and distinguished educators.
The parade will end at the auditorium
where the centennial oration will bo
delivered by Dr. George T. Winston,
probably the foremost living North
Carolinian. At 2:00 o’clock in the af
ternoon will be held the opening ses
sion of the United States Peace Con
gress, which will be one of the great
est featui'es of the centennial. Ses
sions of the congress will be held
daily during the session and among
the distinguished non-resident visi
tors expected are Hon. James Brice,
ambassador from Great Britain; Hon.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, a member
of Congress from Alabama, and
United States Senator McCreary, of
Kentucky, president of the' congress.
Thursday will mark one of the niost
important features of the occasion, a
good roads conference, participatet
in by delegates from all sections ot'
the country. The annual fair of the
Central Carolina Fair Association
will be held during centennial week
and in view of the large influx of
visitors expected, the managemenc has
planned to make it the greatest fail
and the most cerditable exhibition the
State has ever witnessed along its
lines. The railroads will give
duced rates.
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KILLffl IN A WR[CK
EaHy Montana Snowstorm is
Responsible For Collision
A NUMBER SUSTAIN INJURIES
Chicago, Bnrlington & Qnincy Rail
way Passenger Train Crashes Into
Freight Train on' the Northern Pa
cific Railroad at Yonngs Point,
Mont., Resulting in a Number of
Fatalities.
PART OF HEAD BLOWN OfF
Noi.i;h State Brevities.
Col. J. R. Lane, of the immortal
Tw'enty-sixth~ North Carolina Regi
ment, is desperately ill at his home
in western Chatham. He has pneu
monia with some other complications
The Wai*saw graded school and
county high school has closed the
first month of the current term with
the largest enrollment and the best
average attendance of any month in
the history of the schools.
Miss Anna T. Jones, who for the
past four years taught in the High
Point public schools, has resigned
Miss Jones some time ago volunteered
as a foregin missionary and will go
to East Africa in November.
Mr. A. H. Slocomb, of Fayetteville
who was nominated for Congress by
the Republicans of the sixth district
and who at first declined the nomi
nation, has decided to acccept the
honor, and will make a canvass of
the district.
Saturday, October 3d, will be a big
day in the history of Thomasvilie,
A grand fireman’s tournament has
been arranged and an interesting
programme will be carried out.- It is
the intention to make the day briir
full of excitement from early in the
morning to very late at night. The
programme has been arranged for the
benefit of the Thomasvilie fire de
partment.
While attending recently the con
vention of druggists at Atlantic City.
Mr. Charles R. Thomas, of Thomas-
ville, entered the contest in the ex
hibit hall for the identification of 50
specimens of botanical druga men
tioned in the United States Phai-
macopoela and Saturday he was noti
fied that he had won third prize and
would receive it in a few days. This
contest was entered into^ by druggists
from all parts of the United States.
Buys Piney Woods Inn.
Southern Pines, Special. One ol
the most important events that has
transpired in Southern Pines lecently
is the sale of the Piney Woods Inn
to J. M. Robinson, who has for two
years been at the head of two of the
Pinehurst hotels. Mr. Robinson is a
hotel man who has made a success
at the business and will take the
Piney Woods Inn, which is one of the
large hotels of the State, and put it
on a business basis.
Livingston, Mont., Special.—Plow
ing through a snowstorm, eastward
bound, a Chicago, Burlington, &
Quincy passenger train running over
the Northern Pacific Railroad, crash
ed head-on into a freight train at
Youngs Point, where the trains were
to pass and in the demolition that
resulted a crowd of lives were crush
ed out and score of persons were in
jured, several probably fatally. The
freight flagman failed to signal the
passenger in time to prevent the col-
Ksion, it is said, because of the
blinding snow. The express car
telescoped with the smoking car and
most of the fatalities and injuries
were of persons in the latter car. The
express car was raised over the plat
form of the smoking car and the su
perstructure swept the seats away.
Not a passenger in the smoking car
escaped death or injury.
Fireman Ora Babcock jumped and^
was killed. Milo Halloway,* a brakc-
inan, was killed. The smoking car’^
debris was hopelessly mixed with
heads, bodies, legs and arms, present
ing a horrible sight. In one place
Bevon bodies were so tightly wedged
together "that they were separated
only with great difficulty.
The known dead:
Colonel Bonson, of Utah.
John Cawlin, Billings, Mont.
Lon Anderson, Hardy, Mont.
Lorenz A. Stewart, Dean, Mont.
H. C. Gomblee, Ministon, Iowa.
E. L. Eimock, Denver.
D. H. Bames, Seattle^
G. M. Konsick, Anaconda, Mont.
Ora Babcock, Billings, JVIont.
S. C. Hingdon, Chico Springs.
Mont.
Charles E. Johnson, Denver, dis
trict passenger agent. Nickel Plate
Railway.
George Battlerock, Anaconda, Mont.
John Ryan, Cushing, Okla.
Milo Halloway, Billings, Mont.
Sichemram, address unknown.
Four unidentified coal miners.
Contractor Joseph Edgerton and Two
Negroes Serionsly, Probably Fatal
ly, Injured by Explosion of Dyna
mite in Blasting on New Railway.
Rutherfordton, N. C., Special.—An
accident occurred on the Carolina,
Clinchfield & Ohio Railway some sev
en or eight miles northeast of this
place Friday night in which a white
man and two negroes were seriously,
if not fatally, injured. Mr. Joseph
Edgerton, of this county, a sub-con
tractor, was the most seriously in
jured and now lies in the Rutherford
ton Hospital in this town hovering be
tween life and death, with the chances
of his recovery against him . The
facts so far as have been obtained
are these:
Mr. Edgerton and the two darkies
whose names could not be learned,
had just finished drilling a hole in
which they had used a small quantity
of powder and dynamite to spring
it. After giving the first blast suf
ficient time to cool, as they thought,
they then inserted a large quantity
of dynamite, powder and fuse and
were engaged in tamping it down,
when it was thought the fuse caught
from the blast in springing the hole
and caused an explosion. The whole
of Mr. Edgerton’s forehead was blown
off, leaving his brain exposed. Both
eyes were put out and he received
bad wounds in the side and stomach.
He was brought to the hospital Fri
day afternoon when the first news of
the accident was made known. It is
impossible to learn the extent of tho
injuries of the negroes, but they are
also badly wounded.
Mr. Edgerton would have complet
ed his contract next week. He is a
Ijood citizen and many are the ex-
)ressions of regret over the sad ac
cident.
Says Gambling Must Stop.
Lwnchburg, Special.—In- (dismiss
ing D. M. Dabney and 0. Patterson
last week in the police court,
after holding that there was no evi
dence to convict them of opery^ting
a gambling resort, Mayoi' Smith de
clared that gambling must cease ^n
Lynchburg. In future, he" said, per
sons found in raids will be held as
principals, and not as witnesses, and
they will be fined under the State
law, instead of having their cases
treated under the common law. H^
also declared that technicalities
would not go in his court; that the
place "to raise them will be in the
Corporation Court on appeal.
New Political Party.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.—Politics was
given a new turn in this State when
a can waB issued for the assembling
of what is termed ^‘The Liberal
Party.” Delegates from all States
in the Union are asked to assemble in
Chattanooga, October 8th, to nomi
nate candidates for President and
Vice President. The call is signec
by Sidney C. Tapp, as chairman, anci
R. D. Woodhall, as secretary; both
men bsinsr Atlanta residents.
Attempt to Wreck Freight Train.
Greenville, S. C., Special.—It was
learned recently that an attempt was
made to wreck freight train No. 71
on main line, at Taylors, near this
city. The switch at that place had
been thrown open, but the engineer
happened to see it in time to reverse
his engine and Ihus prevent
wreck.
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DROUGHT IS SERIOUS
>
Large Section Suffering
For Rain
DISEASE OUTBREAK IS FEARED
Each Day Increases the Seriousness
of the. Unprecedented. Condtfeions
Which Obtain in Western Peniui^
vania, Eastern Ohio and West HTIp.
ginia.
Engineer and Fireman Bead.
Spartanburg, S. C.,' Special.—Sou
thern Railway southbound • passenger
train No. 41, from Charlotte to Sens-
ca, ran into an open switch one mile
and a half south of Wellford, a sta
tion twelve miles south of this city,
Friday night about 8.45 and Engi
neer W. J. Fonville, of Greenville,
and his colored fireman were killed.
The baggagemaster had a leg broken.
None of the passengers suffered more
than being badly shaken up. The
engine and tender turned completely
over. Dr. Earl, of Greenville, rushed
to the scene in an automobile and
rendered aid to the injured baggage-
master. A wrecking crew left here
at midnight. Traffic will be blocked
for several hours. It is believed by
officials of the road that the switch
was thrown by some miscreant.
Confesses to Wrecking Train.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special^—Charg
ed with having had a hand in throw
ing open the switch at Wellford, re
sulting in wrecking Southern passen
ger train No. 41 and the death of
Engineer W. J. Fonville and Fireman
Bowers and the serious injury of Bag
gage-Master McConley and several
passengers, Clarence Agnew, colored,
was arrested near Wellford by Con
stable T. W. Moore. Agnew made
confession in jail here. The negro
finished serving a term on the chain-
gang at Greers Wednesday. He says
his home is Toccoa, Ga.
Cholera Condition Bad.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.—St Pet
ersburg is in the grasp of Asiatic
cholera, which already has exceeded
in severity and number the visitation
of 1893 The disease is increasing
daily at an alarming rate, and unless
the authorities show in the future
a much greater degree of ability to
cope with the situation than they
have in the past, there is every rea
son to fear that it will get out of
hand.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special.—^With loss
es aggregating sevei*al million dol
lars from forest fires and heavy dam
age to crops and live stock; the re
ported loss of a number of lives due
to fighting timber conflagrations; the
enforced idleness of thousand^ of
workmen owing to the suspension of
manufacturing establishments be
cause of lack of water; the health ao-
thorities anticipate a serious epi
demic of contagious dieases and
many small streams dried up and.
practically obliterated, the drought
of 1908 which has held western Pentt-
•ylvania, eastern Oljio and West Vir
ginia in its grasp for more than two
months remains unbroken; each day
gradually increasing the seriousness
of the unprecedented situation.
Three times during the ezeessiTe
di-y spell there have been very slight
rains, accompanied by much light
ning and thunder, but the rain fall
was so slight that many perscms
were unaware of the fact and were
onl3’^ convinced that it had rained
when shown evidences of the same on.
tin roofs.
Aside from the millions of feet of
timber destroyed and the daily loss
to manufacturers and farmers, prob
ably the most serious phase of the
situation is the threatened disease
epidemic. A majority of the popu
lation of western Pennsylvania, east
ern Ohio and West Virginia are even
now suffering from throat affections
caused by the great accumulation of
dust and the heavy clouds of smoke.
In this city, used to smoke, the sun
is almost obscured by smoke front
forest fires miles away and x>ers<Hi8
in tlie \^cinity of these fires are ex
periencing difficulty in breathing. It
is feared that when rsfln does come
it will wash great amounts of filth
into the already stagnant streams
with the result that disease, espeeial-
ly typhoid fever, will become epi
demic. The health authorities have
sounded warnings to the public to
boil all water used for internal pop»
poses and say by doing this only caa
many deaths and much sickness be
prevented.
Next in importance comes the en
forced suspension of numerous indus
tries and the throwing out of em
ployment of thousands of workmen,
many of whom had just returned to
work following the recent depression.
While in the Pittsburg district the
water supply is sufficient to carry on
all business the low stage of -the riv
ers has caused a congestion of mueh
coal in this vicinity.
Every available barge and float has
been loaded with coal and at present
with almost twenty million bushels
in the Pittsburg harbor, the river
coal mines have been compelled to
shut down for the want of shippinjf
facilities. There are about 15,000
miners employed in river mines along^
the Monongahelia valley. This great
fleet of coal is for the supply of
points in the West and South and
the probabilities are there will be a
coal famine experienced, espepally
in the Northwest, should conditions
prevent the shipment of the coal be-
Wo cold T\eather sets in. In West
Virginia lumber plants, glass fac
tories and iron and steel mills, locat
ed along the rivers, are dosed on ac
count of insuffiotent water. ^ ^ In
Eastern Ohio the same conditions
prevail t»nd it is feared the great
iron an5 steel mills at Youngstown,
O., employing over 20,000 men, will
have to suspend operations unless
the drought is speedily broken.
Another Ginner Warned by Night
Riders.
Greenville, S. C., Special.—Another
ginner of Greenville county has been I Osborne wa? Jbanded down in New
News of the Day.
Walter Moore of Portsmouth,
jumped overboard from a launch with
a blazing gasoline tank, thereby sav
ing himself and six friends from
serious injury or death.
Mr. Isadore I. Strause, of Rich
mond, whose will was probated, made
a number of bequests to charitable
institutions.
President Roosevelt received his
friends and neighbors from Oyster
Bay.
A decree annulling the marriage
of Helen Maloney to Arthur Herbert
warned by the night riders to close
his plant until further notice. Mr.
T. C. Griffin is the ginner and his
ginnery is situated only a few miles
from that of Mr. Willimon who was
notified a few days ago to close.
Sheriff Gilreath has made an in
vestigation, but has secured no evi
dence which would incriminate any
one.
York.
The Michigan Supreme Court de
cided that the Maximum Rate law
is constitutional
The Congressional committee in
vestigating the subject was informec
that there is enough wood for pulp
to last for generations.
One of those charged with causing
the Springfield riots was convicted
and sentenced to hang.
Interest in Yam Mill Sold.
Yorkville, S. C., Special.—Mr. J.
B. Pegram, of this place, who with
Mr. W. B. Moore bought a con
trolling interest in* the Neely Yam
Mill, located here, about two years
ago, and who with Mr. Moore was
actively engaged in the management
of the business, sold his interest to
Mr. Moore about two weeks ago, be
cause of impaired health.
Arranging for Eling Peter’s Jnnkei,
Belgrade, Servia, By Cable.—^The
Stampa says that the question of the
visit of King Peter to the foreign
courts will shortly be settled by the
joint action of the powers. The ex
pressed desire of the powers that the
officers who were instrumental in the
deat’i of King Alexander and Queen
Draga be removed from *he active
list will be complied witn, says The
Stampa, after which King Peter will
be received with full honors at the
courts.