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VOL. XXVI,
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1908.
No. 34
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J. ELWOOD COX
Work of Republican State
Convention at Char
lotte Last Veek.
C. F. TOMS FOR
LIEUT. GOVERNOR
lr. Cyrus Thompson named for Sec
retary ' Stat a Large and Ite
lrcscn(ulivc Convention Ticket
One Thut Will Appeal Strongly to
the Business Interests of the State
;t Change in Plan of Organiza
(,,, .Judge Taft's Name Cheered
ti the F.clio.
Sperial to the Caucasian.
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 27, 1908.
Tlie Republican State Convention,
which has been, in session here for
two days, adjouried to-night. It was
one of the finest and most represen
tative conventions of any party that
. very assembled in the State. The
ju isonel was of an high order and
everyone was struck by the number
of strong young men among the dele
gates; and despite the unprecedent
ed rain which had made travel in J
many places impossible, the conven
tion was a very large one The con
vention hall is a commodious and ad
mirable structure for such a great
leathering and was profusely and
most appropriately decorated.
Charlotte, through here reception
and entertainment committees, ex
tended a most cordial and hearty wel
come and every delegate will long
remember the thoughtful and courte
ous attention and marked hospitali
ty extended to every delegate and
visitor.
The State Cliairman's Speech.
The convention was called to order
at noon on yesterday by State Chair
man Adams, at which time the floor
of the convention and the galleries
were packed. The opening prayer
was delivered by Rev. Harris Mall
lnckrodt, rector of St. Peter's Epis
copal church. The speech of the
State Chairman was given good at
tention, though it was too long and
tedious. At least half of the dele
gates in the hall were former mem
bers of the Peoples' party. This
fact must have been overlooked by
the Chairman, otherwise he would
not have gone out of his way to criti
cise and ridicule some of the chief
measures for which that party stood.
That part of his speech was heard by
the convention in silence.
The committee on Credentials re
ported that there was no contest.
Permanent Chairman Price's Speech.
Mr. A. H. Price of Salisbury, was
made permanent Chairman and his
speech was well received and cre
ated no little enthusiasm. His tri
bute to Secretary Taft brought forth
the greatest demonstration of the
convention. It was indeed a remark
able demonstration, lasting for a con
siderable time.
The Platform.
The platform adopted is a strong
and attractive document. It will,
unquestionably, appeal to thousands
of voters who have never before vot
ed for the Republican ticket. There
was, however, an effort made to
amend it in two particulars. The
Honorable R. Z. Linney of Catawba,
and Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of
Sampson, both made speeches against
the plank favoring an exemption
from taxation of $2,000 worth of
personal property. The amendment ;
in favor of the amendment and some
thing over three hundred votes cast
in fovor of the amendment and some
thing over five hundred against. A
number of delegates who voted
against the amendment, however,
were heard to express themselves
afterwards to the effect that there
was no demand for such a radical
change in the exemption of proper
ty from taxation and that they feared
that the adoption of the plank was
a mistake.
Another effort was made to amend
the local sell-government plank,
so as to declare in favor of that great
fundamental principle of free gov
ernment without any limitation, but
the amendment was lost by a similar
vote to the other.
The plank adopted, however, will
meet the approval of the voters as
against the position of the Demo
cratic party, because the recent Dem
ocratic convention deserted entirely
the doctrine of local self-government
Plan of Organization.
The plan of -organization of the
party was amended so as to provide
that the township committees should
be elected at the primaries, which
are held to elect delegates to the
unty nominating convention and
also that the election of the county
chairman and county executive com
tnittee should be made at the time of
the holding of the county convention
to nominate county candidates and
not before. This much reform was
HEADS THE TICKET
secured after a fight before the Com
mittee on Platform. The effect to
get that Committee to further Change
the platform of organization so as
in like manner to provide that the
State chairman and State committee
should not be elected until the meet
ing of the State convention to nom
inate a State ticket failed, What Is
called the present State "organiza
tion" opposed making this reform in
the State plan of organization. The
sentiment in the convention for mak
ing this change as to the election of a
State chairman was so strong that
the friends of the measure decided
to make a fight on the floor of the
convention to amend the report "of
the committee, but they were at last
persuaded not tp do so at the request,
it is understood, by Mr. Cox, the
candidate for governor, on the
ground that, even admitting that the
change was a desirable one, it might
cause friction at this time and that
the party might poll more votes by
having harmony than it could by
doing a proper thing, which might
result in friction. Future events will
show whether the argument was
sound or not.
The State Ticket.
When nominations for a State
ticket were declared in order, Mr.
Britt, of Asheville, arose and in an
eloquent speech placed Honorable J.
Elwood Cox, of High Point, as can
didate for governor. At the con
clusion there was a great demonstra
tion which had been prearranged by
the friends of Mr. Cox, and an enor
mous banner was stretched across
the hall from gallery to gallery, de
claring that J. Elwood Cox would be
the next governor of North Carolina,
and hundreds of men with banners
marched around the hall yelling and
shouting for many minutes. This
demonstration deterred the friends
of other candidates from presenting
Liheii- names. It was frequently saia
in the convention that it would have
been in better taste to have deferred
this demonstration until after the
nomination so as to have given the
friends of other candidates an oppor
tunity to present their names and
cast their votes for their first choice;
but, fortunately, there seemed to be
no ill feeling carried away from the
convention on account of this inci
dent. Honorable Cyrus Thompson, of
Onslow, for whom a very large num
ber of delegates wanted to vote for
governor, was nominated unanimous
ly for Secretary of State.
The full ticket nominated is
as
follows
Governor J. Elwood Cox, of
Guilford.
Lieut. Governor Charles French
Toms, of Henderson.
Secretary of State Dr. Cyrus W.
Thompson, of Onslow.
Auditor John Quincy Adams
Wood, of Pasquotank.
Treasurer W. E. Griggs, oi Lin
coln.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Jyeriy, oi
Rowan.
Attnrnftv General Jake F. New
ell, of Mecklenburg.
Commissioner of Agnculture-J.
M. Mewborne, of Lenoir.
Corporation Commissioner Harry
G? Elmore, of Rowan.
Insurance Commissioner J. B
Norris, of Wilkes.
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing c. M. Ray, of MecmenDurg.
Electors at Large A. A. Whiten-
er, of Catawba; and Thomas Settle,
of Buncombe.
It is a splendid ticket from top to
bottom and every delegate left the
convention feeling he had a ticket
that would compare favorably with
the opposing ticket andN lhat with
proper effort .that the ticket would
mniTA err fat eains and could be
elected.
The' Public School Question.
There was one striking incident
connected with the proceedings of
the convention that those on the
outside have not been able yet to un
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demand. The committee on Plat
form attempted to pat la & plank de
claring against nominating any can
didate for Slate Superintendent of
Public Instruction on the ground that
they wanted to take the public school
question out of politics. Some dele
gates who knew how superior the
public school law, adopted by the
Fusion Legislature was, and the in
creased length of school term result
ing therefrom, without Increased
taxation, went before the committee
and vigorously opposed such a policy
in the interest o! the public schools.
The committee was at last prevailed
upon to leave out this objectionable
plank, but in the convention, after
Mr. Cox had been nominated for
governor, he offered a resolution to
the same effect. Whereupon Colonel
George E. Butler, of Sampson, who
is the author of the present school
law, which was adopted by the Fu
sion legislature, took the floor and
vigorously opposed the resolution.
He not only showed the superiority
of the school law, of which he is the
author, over the Democratic school
law, but he also showed that the
Democratic party under its present
management, with Mr. Joyner as Su
perintendent, has greatly increased
the expense of administering the
school system and thus deprive the
children of thousands of dollars that
should have gone to lengthen the
school term and for their benefit. He
showed that it was the duty of the
Republican party to demand a
change from the present Democratic
management of he public school sys
tem and that a change should be
made in the interest of the school
children and the tax payers of the
State. His facts were so strong and
his logic so convincing that he swept
the convention with him, and Mr.
Cox, very wisely arose and withdrew
his resolution. f
The result of the convention work
is highly creditable and if the proper
campaign is conduced, the ticket
can be elected, is the general opinion
of the delegates. i
HOX. JONATHAN ELWOOD COX.
The Republican Nominee for Govern
or is One of the State's Best Busi
ness Men.
Hon. Jonathan Elwood Cox, the
Republican nominee for Governor,
was born in Northampton County on
the first day of November, 1856, and
since that time he has been continu
ously a resident of this State, and has
played a prominent part in its com
mercial upbuilding.
Mr. Cox is an untiring worker and
his fine business qualifications has
won for him a high place among the
business men of North Carolina. Mr.
Cox is of English descents . His an
cestors, who came from - England,
settled in Perquimans County.
His father liven in Northampton
until Mr. Cox was about two years
old when he moved his family to
Guilford County, where he was su
perintendent of the Quaker school
at New Garden, which was after
wards converted into Guilford Col
lege. Mr. Cox completed his col
legiate course in 1875 and his com
mercial career was begun in 1876,
as a traveling salesman.
On the 23rd day of October, 1878,
he was married to Miss Bertha E.
Snow, the only daughter of Captain
William H. Snow, who has been
spoken of as "the father and founder
of the real High Point," where in
the year 1880 he moved. Mr. Cox
and Capt. Snow were afterwards as
sociated in the manufacture of hard
wood, at that time an industry prac
tically unknown ' in North Carolina
Today the business has grown until.
through its brahch plants, it covers
nearly every Stae in the South and
its finished product reaches nearly
everv country in Europe. . Mr. Cox
now supplies the demand of nearly
the entire world for shuttle blocks.
He was one of the men who helped
to secure tte railroad from Asheboro
to High Point, and was one of the
first directors of the -company. He
was an active promoter in the estab
lishment of the Commercial National
Bank of High Point in 1891, and at
the first meeting of the directors he
was chosen president, which position
he has occupied with ability ever
since. . x ;
Mr. Cox was one of the promoters
of the Home Furniture Company, of
High Point. He was a charter share
holder Is the organization and crea
tion of the Globe Furniture Company
which makes the higher grade of
furniture. His was the idea of the
consolidation of the two into the
Globe-Home Furniture Company,
making It the largest furniture plant
in the South, with a capital of
1170,000. Since the consolidation of
the company he has been Its presi
dent. Mr. Cox is also a director of
the Greensboro Loan and Trust
Company, one of Greensboro's strong
est financial institutions. He is pres
ident of the Southern Car Works of
High Point, and other manufacturing
companies In different towns.
Aside from his activities in the
business world he has always been
a friend to education.
MR. COX WELCOMED HOME.
A Great Demonstration at High Point
Upon the Arrival Home of the 1U-
publlcan Nominee for Governor.
High Point, Aug. 28. Amid the
roar of scores of factory whistles, the
huwabs of hundreds of High Point
citizens and the din of other noise
making instruments J. Elwood Cox,
one of the first citizens of High
Point, who was unanimously nomi
nated by the Republican at Char
lote for the office of Governor of
North Carolina, was welcomed to his
native heath in grand style to-day at
noon upon the arrival of train No.
36 from Charlotte.
The Are whistle sounded the note
of warning at the approach of the
train and immediately the blast
form the throats pf Innumerable
whistles made the air resonant with
deafening noise. The demonstration
hardly had an equal here except per
haps in the visits of President Roose
velt, William J. Bryan and the Lib
erty Bell. Flags, banners and other
national colors were waved and hats
tossed in the air in jubilation of the
honor conferred upon a High Point
citizen. The affair was strictly non
partisan, every citizen of High Point
who could get to the depot joining In,
ncluding hundreds of ladies.
TAFT'S RECEIVE LOVING CUPS.
Given as Formal Farewell Tokens
by Guests at Hot Springs, Va.
Reception Follows.
Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 27. The
three hundred and fifty guests of the
Homestead Hotel to-night presented
Judge Taft, Mrs. Taft and Master
Charles Taft each with a silver lov-
ng cup, as a formal farewell expres
sion of their regard. The big hotel
family gathered in the ball-rroom.
where for- an hour Burr Mcintosh
ectured and showed incidentally a
lalf hundred views of Mr. Taft in
his various occupations and pas
times, taken during his stay of near-
y two months in this mountain re
sort.
Speech-making of a lighter vein
interspersed with music and follow
ed by a reception wherein the can
didate and his family shook the
hand of every guest, constituted an
evening of good fellowship and ani
mation. Judge Horace H. Lurton,
of Tennessee, a long-time personal
friend of Judge Taft, presided, and
opened the presentation exercises
with an expression of the personal
nterest which has been aroused In
the candidate and his family by
daily friendly intercourse in the ho
tel. Judge Taft and Col. John McAnery
were escorted to the front while
Dixie" was played and the colonel
in a most happy vein presented the
cup to the candidate and Mr. Taft
responded.
Mrs. Taft was t next brought for
ward and received her cup at the
hands of Mrs. Luke ' P. Blackburn.
An even dozen little girl in white
surrounded Charles Taft, and made
him the blushing recipient of a
miniature loving-cup.
RELIEF TO FLOOD SUFFERERS,
Atlanta Sends Carload of Provisions
to Augusta, Which is Taken Up in
An Hour1 The Situation There is
Distressing.
Augusta, Ga., August 31. The
flood sufferers in Augusta are re
ceiving first attention. All the work
done Sunday was to relieve the
needy. A carload of provisions sent
from Atlanta lasted .'less than an
hour. Supplies were unloaded near
the Union depot, , loaded into big
transfer vans and hurried away to
the stricken areas. Many begged on
the streets all day. Near the North
Augusta bridge half naked white
women with children made piteous
appeals to the sightseers for help and
many kind-hearted passersby gave
all their money. Associated Chari
ties are doing a noble work. The
city has been divided into districts,
a manager appointed for each, relief
bureaus all over town and the desti
tute are flocking to these places for
help. x Ministers of Augusta were
out all day wading in mud and water
up to their knees, distributing pro
visions, cheering the disheartened.
praying with the sick, directing anx
ious sufferers to relief stations. The
Southern Express Company volun
teered the use of several of thel
wagons and garage owners gladly
extended to the relief managers their
cars.
Can't you get up a club of cam
paign subscribers for-the Caucasian?
It is only 20 cents for each subscrip
tion from now until Nov. 15th.
I ADAM IP rVDITPIiiffiB4 "ctt wr pn
JArAN lo laM I tu :yr4- t i rd tr
j tirfi Mr, Uour u itr
i h&e!r mti. aa nhn fa mp
Does Not Like the Presence of,
American Ships in P&riHc
BARON TAKAHIRE
SEES PRESFDLVT
Japan AfrmkJ ef a ChitM"-.! mrrteaJi
Alllaucv Tlx- Mikado .May Hrfiw
to Receive tlx America! Flc Un
!ei UN Fears- Are A Hay til.
New Yory. Sept. 1. A dispatch to
the New York American says:
"The secret of Ambassador Taka
hlra'a mysterious visit to President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay last Satur
day became known to-day. The rep
resentative of Japan went to Oyster
Bay to sound President Roosevelt on
the question of a Chinese-American
alliance.
"Baron Takahira, it is understood,
told the Presldeut bluntly that he
had been ordered by the Mikado to
inform Mr. Roosevelt that the pres
ence of two American fleets in the
Pacific was causing much concern to,
the Tokio government. This com
ing on top of the agitation in certain
quarters for a Chinese-American al
liance, the baron said, had aroused
public opinion in his country to such
an extent that changes might have
to be made in the plans for the re
ception of Admiral Sperry's fleet in
Japanese waters.
"All this has come to light to-day
in connection with the report cabled
from Pekin that the Chinese govern
ment is considering the recall of
Minister Wu Ting Fang, the repre
sentative of China here.
'That developments of world-wide
mportance are impending Is also In
dicated by the fact that Baron Taka
hira spent yesterday with Secretary
Root in Clinton, N. Y.
LETTER FROM 111 I. KI NS.
Some Circus-Dai' Reflection Cir-
cusses Not as Demoralizing as a
Session of the legislature To be
Real Happy the major would own
a Circus More Alout Ciirls and
Their Peculiar Habits.
Correspondence of
The Cancasian-
Enterprise.
Bllkinsvllle, N. C, Sept. 1, 1908.
This iz "Circus Day" in States-
vllle, a large town located within
eazy reach ov Salisbury. I guess they
air havin' a time ov hit at the cir
cus. Circusses air about the most de
moralizing thating that afflickts this
country, exsept a session ov the
State Legislater. But they awl go
to them exsept a few of the preach
ers, an' a few blind folks. I am
stppin' near a publick road, an' the
folks hev bin goin' fer two days an'
nites, walkln', ridin', crawlin', an
every other way. They air never too
young an' they never git too old ter
go ter a circus. Them institushuns
draw a bigger crowd than a pro
track ted meetin' anytime. One ov
them meetin's hez jist bin helt in
this naborhood an' sumtimes they
wuz no one present exsept the two
preachers, the weather beln' bad, an'
they finally had ter give hit up an'
turn hit into a chicken eatln' contest
by visltln erround among the breth
ren and sisteren. I understand that
the two preachers won first and sec
ond prizes.
Circus day in town iz a grate
event. In my young daps, when cir
cusses wuz smaller than they air now
an' before the Legislater put the
tax so high, an' before the rallrodes
got so contrary about hauling them
erround circusses uster cum early an'
often. They don't cum so often now,
but they air a sight bigger, an' carry
more elephants an' bigger snakes,
an' the clowns air funnier. I hev
bin goin' er circusses fer years, an'
the older I git, an' the better I git,
the more I think ov circusses. They
air worth awl they cost jist ter make
boys an' girls git up early in the
mornin', fer they air sure ter git up
early if they iz any rumor afloat that
a circus iz comin'; they air afeared
the elephant might pass an' they
wouldn't git a glimpse ov hit. I be
lieve hit iz worth goin' twenty or
thirty miles to se ea circus jist ter
git ter smell the animals, if you
don't git ter see them, fer they ain't
anything under the sun that smells
like a circus exsept. a circus
But they air worth all they- cost
fer a gude many reazons. You could
never git ter see awl them curious
animals anywhar else, onless hit wuz
at a political rally ov sum sort, an'
they air more demoralizin' than a
circus. Hit iz wurth a gude deal ter
the rizin gineration ter visit the
"Greatest Show on Earth," an see
the elefants from India, an' the lions
an' tigers frum Africa an' the polar
bear frum the -North Pole. Then
you see the monkeys frum Brazil,
an' the camels - frum Egypt. Ov
course we hev-monkeys In this coun
try an' we kin see them every day
in the year. But they air not so
comickal az them you see in the cir
cus. Then hit is wurth goin' miles
ter see the educated pig they giner
ally hev ia the side-show. Awl farm
ers air interested in hog-ralzin' an
they git a lot oy newjdeas that they
mite not learn even at a protrackted
meetin or the "Farmer Union an
Co-operative Society" fer the holdin'
ov the next eceltlon," onless my ole
aa m4r inlo the cotioa mill trit
n fh Wsll Strri --1 to , hj
tnsVr the cotton fj Ijont tit
j Cotton" X!cKre a'wt t olht
i fftri&rrs w bo know ham an go er
! round an" ho its the i&i&pH& ot
I. the who bu!ne.
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) Circa? air useful fr o!hr ra-
oa. Thry tniUM' ! eta ov
children from tee see ov six up trr
lu. If 1 ui a millionaire h4
er lot ov children. I'd buy a ctrce
an' he hit run six d) in lb k
JUt ter imuw ruy children. Erry
eenln after the day's bulae wut
orer an' I'd had my supper. I'd no
out ter ther lent. tke the children
an' the old lad? so' the nabors an'
stay 'till bedtime, an' then I'd so
home an hev tbetn ter bring one
ov the Hons an the steam paan&er
ter my house an then while they'd
play the steam planner an' make the
lion roar, I'd go ter aleep yaa dream
that I wuz on a rabbit hunt, set ter
mustck. In the jungles or India or
Africa, an' that the lion wiix erbout
ter catch an' eat awl ov ther rabbit
before I could get ter shoot them an
that I had shot an' killed the lion too
dead ter skin. If I wuz a millionaire
I'd ITT'V a picknlck three hundred dava
in every year. I'd awlso see ter hit
that every ioor family In the land
would hev a turkey fer dinner every
Thanksgivin' day each year. Ami
who think that I'd make a first-class
millionaire ar' requested ter vote fer
me at the next resular electshun.
which will be held In November ov
this year. Don't ferglt ter register.
In a recent letter I made the asser
tion that the more onery a young
man lz the more popular he Iz with
the younger portion ov the female
sex, an' I repeated the old sayin'
that a woman's love lz like the morn-
n' dew az apt ter fall on a com
post heap az upon a rose. Ov course,
they vuz nothln new In that. But
az the wimmln' had bin readin the
bargain advertizements In the news
papers an' the account ov the Thaw
trial, most or them had overlooked
the quotation In days gone by. I
certainly struck hit rich when I
stirred the matter up. I hev bin git-
tin' letters frum every direckshun.
Some ov them say hit iz only too
true, but intimate that hit iz the
truth that hurts. Others air highly
indignant an' eive me ter onderstand
that if I ever run fer any offis they'll
make hit hot fer me. Some ov them
air members ov the W. C. T. U., an'
some ov them air members ov the
Young Ladies Sewing Society.
Others air members ov the Gum
Chewer's Union, an' they threaten
ter boycott me. Some ov the letters
air from the Amalgamated Cooks'
Union an' they say that they air
goin ter roast me ter a finish at the
September meetin'.
I am standln' pat. The distin
guished writer who writ the words,
that I quoted wuz a direct descend
ant ov Solomon an be knowed ex
ackly what he wuz doin'. I feglt hlx
name, but he hez plenty ov friends.
even if he hez bin in hiz grave more
than a hundred years. If I kin find
out awl erbout him I may try ter
starta fund ter build a monument ter
hiz memory.
Yes, that sayin' iz az true az
preachln. "A woman's love lz like
the mornin dew az apt ter fall on
a compost pile az upon a rose." Why,
the very first woman that wuz ever
created, Mrs. Eve, proved that. Adam
her husband, wuz a nice man, an'
he wuz gude lookin an' (a gude
perjrlder. He didn't stay out late
at night an' they wuz no bad com
pany fer him ter git Into. If any
woman ever wuz happy hit ought ter
hev bin Mrs. Eve. She wuz queen ov
the world. Az they wuz no lung
troubles or other sich infirmities,
Adam didn't snore in his sleep. But
Mrs. Eve wuz not entirely happy.
She wanted ter make Adam jealous
an' stir up trouble. Az they wuz no
other men in the wurld Mrs. Eve had
ter git up a flirtation with the Old
Boy hisself. The Old Boy had a
slick tongue an' he soon persuaded
Mrs. Eve ter pull ah' apple off a tree
whar they hed bin ferbidden ter eat
from an' she ate the apple an' then
the fuss started. Mrs. Eve had er
nice man fer a companion, fer mar
riage wuz unknown then, an' she
ought to have put in awl her time
with him. He wuz ther only man In
the wurld. If they had bin any sorry
low down, scamps erround I guess
she would hev flirted with them. Az
hit wuz she had ter flirt with the
devil hisself an, trouble started In
the world an' hit hez bin goin' on
ever since. But say, if you know a
real nice lookin' girl anywhar, re
member that her love is like the
mornin' dew az apt ter fall upon a
compost heap az upon er roze. -
, Az ever. ZEKE BILKINS.
General Coxey Will Support Tom
Watson for President.
New York, Sept. 1. "General"
Jacob S. Coxey, who led the army of
unemployed men from his home In
Ohio to Washington several years
ago, has announced that he intends
to work for the Populist party, and
for the election of Thomas Watson
during the Presidential campaign.
"I will speak here at Cooper Union
and also in Ohio and Georgia," he
said. "The Populists are going to
carry the latter State this year be
cause of Hoke Smith's broken prom
ises of reformative legislation during
the last year. These broken prom
ises of Hoke Smith will swing Geor
gia's Democratic majority Into the
Populist column," -. :
SWEPT BY FLOODS
Pirnajje Done la the CrciiQii
and O.crxij b la Isttlcu'ibJe.
MANY LIVES WERE LOST
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Southern State North and Muth
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0er seventy jroa are k&owti u
have been drowned, and rUhtreo uf
this number lied In Auguu. Ua
The property lomm can not i nil.
mated, but It will rearh info the
million The Ukmi in and aruuM
Auguata will nrid one million dol
lar. While itn-rr haa the Imu
of only one or two lltrw lo North
Carolina, the lo of crop, ut'i k and
property has ben mormuua.
At Fayettevllle the damage to
propt-rt) ha Umii r- great. The
Cape Kear River roe -ettt j-thr-t
feet, which Was highest ever known.
Many of the rablna a lous the river
banks were washed away and hun
dreds of home wt ruxxlrd. Tb
occupants of aome of the houe had
to be removed In Imata to a plane of
safety. The water ratue up to near
the center of the town and the in
haltants In the lowrr part of the city
had to travel in boats altogether.
The electric light plant was flodrd.
and for several nighta the town was
in darkneaa. There haa been much
suffering among thoae who were
driven from their homes by the
flood. The mayor of the city and
other citizens rained over ll.Ooo for
the relief of Ihe destitute or.ew. For
days the town was almost lotat.l
and provisions were getting scarce.
On laid Frldsy eggs sold In Fayette
vllle for one dollar a dozen, which
gives some idea as to how the poor
would havo suffered had It not Imm-ii
for the relief fund which was very
promptly rained. Uoth of the A C.
L. trains across Ihe Cape Fear were
n danger, but held down by heavy
coal cars, which were loaded to their
capacity with cot. In certain sec
tions of Wayce County the wind bd
rain was very severe. ' Fremont was
visited by a cyclone which unroofed
several buildings. The rains did
great damage In Pitt, Edgecombe.
Wilson, Beaufort. Wake, Durham.
Iec, Montgomery and An Hon Coun
ties. The mo I of the corn In the
low-lands has been drowned out, and
n many sections cotton seeds began
sprouting Jn the bolls. The railroad
ttafflc' throughout the State was al
most paralyzed. The Norfolk and
Southern and Kaleigh and Southport
Railroads could not operate through
trains for several days. The Sea
board Railway about Hamlet and
Monroe was put out of commission
for several days. Many of the Sea
board trains had to run over the
Southern's track. Th through
Southern trains were detoured by
Knoxvllle, Tenn., and none of the
trains were run on schedule time.
Augusta Swept by Flood.
The floods did rBore or less dam
age all over the State of Georgia.
but the situation was the worst at
Augusta. A large part of that town
was under water from Wednesday
night until Sunday. The situation
was serious, when on Wednesday
night the large dam six miles above
the town which diverts the water
into the canal broke, and over halt
the town was flooded. The bridge
across the Savannah River was swept
away. The Union Depot was tea
feet under -water and the telephone
and telegraph service was demoral
ized. The several mills were seri
ously damaged and much of the cot
ton was floated away. Fires broke
out, in several sections of the town
which did considerable damage.
Many persons lost their lives, but
the exact number is not known, as
they are finding bodies almost every
day.
In South Carolina all the streams
were swollen beyond anything be
fore known and the property loss I?.
enormous and Incalculable. Railroad
trestles of the Seaboard Air Line' and
Southern were washed away at many
places and others so damaged as to
make the operation of trains Impos
sible for several days. A great
stretch of the Southern's track be
tween Columbia and Alston was
washed away. The flood was the
worst ever known in that State,
Five lives are known to have been
lost.
Thousands of people flocked Into
the city, crowding the streets and
many went away with only railroad
fares. Now that the waters have
subsided Augusta realizes more than
ever the enormity of her disaster.
A loathsome stench arises from
scores of alleys and streets. Mud Is
piled three feet "high in many gut
ters. They are stagnant channels of
filth. , ,
The New York man who received
13.000 Toltg of electricity without
Injury ought to run for political of
fice. Nothing could harm him.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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