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VOL. X.- .NO 51 LINCOLNTON. N. C. THURSDAY 4FTERN00N. AUGUST 3 1916 FIVE CENTS PER COPY CITIZEN STARTS FLOOD FUND To Aid Those Whose Homes Were . Washed Away And Are Now Des-titute-'$10 Left At This Office As a Starter For The Fund From Lin colnton The News Will Receive and Acknowledge' Through Columns Of The Paper Act Quickly. Ore of Lineolnton's prominent man ufacturers romurksd to the News Tuesday, "Don't you think Lincolnton should start a fund far the flood suf ferers of western North Carolina. The need for help in some sections is grep.t, and this community cr.h help, and should do so in my opinion," sdd the gentleman. We agreed with him, and lie immediately placed a $10 bill on the desk, r.nd said "start the fund with that, and give our y people a chance, to help. Manywill respond if their attention is called t the need." With these few words the generous hearted citizen started tho fund, ask ed that his name be withheld, and nv.'.rched away ; . leaving it to the News to give the balance of our peo ple an opportunity to give of their means to perhaps one of the most worthy causes ever presented to us. Our people have read 'of the de? struetion in western North Carolina by the flood, aid of the destitution among the people who lost all, in many cases their homes and every thing they had being gone. Many of these' people are in a sad plight, not even having food. There is great need of funds to tidn them ovor until they can find employment. Ner.rly every section is raising a fund, and the amount raised in the state has rcr.ched over $,"0,000 already and is increas ing daily. The fund raised here will be turned over to the committee ap pointed by Gov. Craig at Raleigh or will be disposed as contributors may direct through local committee. If you wish to contribute of your worldly goods to your stricken broth er in weatarn . North Carolina please act immediately. Flood Fund. Cash, by gentleman , .. ..,.$10.00 Who's next? , ACCOUNT OF SUICIDE CASE. . Cleveland Star. ' ' David Buff, a man about 60 years of age, a citizen of Lincoln county, blew the top of his head off with a shot gun Saturday morning at 11:30 at the home of John Wortman, a mile south of Casar, where he. was on a . Visit He cumo to the- Wortman- house Friday afternoon and Mr. Wortman noticed that he did not have much to . say as usuaL Next morning he asked to borrow a razor with which to fchave but Mr. Wortman told him the razor was not in a very "fit" condi tion and the matter was passed up. Later in the day he wanted to borrow the shot gun to hunting. Mr. Wcrtman got the gun and killed a snake in the yard and left the gun lit the house while he carried the dead snake away. Buff told Mrs. Wortman that he wanted the gun to shoot a partridge, so he picked it up and walked off a short distance be hind a house where he put the muz zle of the gun to his right temple and fired. The top of his head was com pletely blown off. - A note which he had written was found in his pocket addressed to Lee Carpenter and Jonnie . Wortman in ' which he said all his people at home were "cracv and made" at him. He Hsked that his bodv not be sent home, but that Charlie Wortman and David Downs bury him. The note which was poorly written closed by saying "I kill .myself. "Buff, was said to have been mentally unbalanced and had attempted to take his life two or three different times before. His vnsh act was therefore not a surprise to close relatives. MAN TELLS OF HIS HOME BEING DESROYED BY LANDSLIDE. The home of Mr. R. G. Orr, in the King's creek section of Transylvania, was destroyed by a landslide and he makes this report: i "Just after a shower I took the ba by in my arms and walked out in the. yard a few feet from the house. I had not seen any of the slides and didn't know what they were, but I heard a crash and roar and looking up the mountain above my home, saw what appeared to be the whole moun tain side coming down with terriffic speed. I ecreamed to my wife so that I kept her attention on me and she ran towards mo, and she had such a narrow ascape that the mud from the -slid- spattered -upon her.--Inwhat seemed to me only ,a second's time, there was a great crash and my horns was entirely destroyed. , It was shat tered into tiny particles. Nothing re mained to tell the story but a piece of the. upper floor. The entire house and its contents washed on down King's creek, which was a roaring mass of water and forest." Mr. Orr said that it was not rain ing and that he didn't see any signs of a waterspout, but felt a tremor of the earth. Just as they escaped the first landslide another crashed down the mountain side on the other side of them. CLASH WITH BANDITS - TWO AMERICANS KILLED. Two Americans were killed and one wounded in a clash with Mexican bandits who had crossed the Rio Grande 50 miles . below Fort Han cock, Txas, early Monday. There were five bandits in the party. Private John Twoney, troop F. Eighth United States cavalry, ana Robert Wood, United States cus toms inspector, wera killed. Sergeant Lewis Thompson, troop F, was se riously wounded. - ' . Reports ito General Bell, command ing the El Paso military district indi cated the bandits bad been killed GERMAN SUBMARINE DEUTSCH LAND STARTS - ON PERILOUS RETURN WHILE 8 WARSHIPS WAIT OVER 3-MILE LIMIT. Baltimore, August 1. On the sec ond anniversary of Germany's declar ation of war against Russia, the Ger man submarine merchantman Deutsch land set out from Baltimore on a re turn voyage to Germany with a de claration of confidence from her com mander, Captain Paul Koenig, that he would take her home in spite of the heavy odds she would faco when the three mile-limit in the Atlantic is reached. Captain Koenig and his crew of 27 men put to sea with the knowledge that a man hurried to a telephone with a message to agents for the En tente Allies that the Deutschland had started. They knew how long he had watched at the nearby pier, day and night, but the little captain went out of Baltimore harbor smiling and waving his cap. His last words iu, the harbor were of praise -for Ameri ca and for his treatment here by Baltimore customs authorities. To Guy Steele, surveyor of customs, he said: .' "We came here dubious about our reception. We go back certain that the friendliest of feeling exists in America for Germany. You have been more than courteous and the Father land will not forget it." Captain Koeing knows that eight warships of the Entente Allies are waiting for him at the edge of the three-mile limit, spread out in a ra dius of five miles. ."We shall have to pass unseen within that radius in order to es cape," he said. "We shall have to make that passage under conditions not entirely advantageous to us. With the wuter at that point 150 feet deep it would be easier. We could subhierge deeply enough to pass underneath the warships. But the water there is not 150 feet deep. We shall, therefore, have to pass be tween the warships." The consensus of opinion among sea-faring men here is that the Deut schland will not attempt to escape from American waters in the day time They expect her to put in to Lyiinhav en Bay which is two miles above Cape Henry, or some other secluded point and await the coming of darkness to make her dash. A large number of men who have worked around the capes for years say under cover of darkness she could have a good chance to escape. The manifest of the Deutchlnnd's return cargo has not been made pub lic but in addition to large quantities of crude rubber and nickel, it is be lieved she carries several hundred thousand dollars in gold. : THE CHILD LABOR BILL Yielding to an urgent request from President Wilscn, Democrats of the Senate in caucus" determined to pass the child labor bill at this session of Congress. The decision was reached after a long dcb.V.e, during which several Southern Senators whose opposition forced the measure out of the imper ative legislative programme, vigor ously objected to its reinstatement. The final determination to include it was reached without a record vote It will displace the shipping bill on the Senate calendar, coming ud as soon tas the army and District of Columbia appropriations have been passed. Senators Overman and Simmons of North Carolina and other Southern Democrats will oppose the bill, but it will pass overwhelmingly unless there is a filibuster, which seems improba ble. North Carolina cotton mill men are opposing the measure violently and it is said they are threatening to fight the Democratic party if ... it. is passed. , IMMEDIATE HELP IMPERATIVE NEED. Far greater than the loss of prop erty in the stricken counties would be the loss of tho people. If we can help to make it possible for the peo ple to remain, they will rebuild in large measure, the devastated dis tricts and rebuild houses, but if they are tempted by immigration ' agents and labor-seekers, or forced by hard conditions to remove while discourag ed, it will be almost impossible to get others to come into those coun ties and " flood-stricken districts and they will probably remain a desert waste for a generation or two. Some assurance that schools will be pro vided for their children is absolutely necessary at this time of great dis couragement to help keep them. J. Y. JOYNER. The German government has is sued officially the figures, relating to the conquests at the end of the sec ond year of war in a statement which reads: "The centrr.l powers occupied 431,000 square ... kilometers - against 180.000 a year ago. The enemy occu pied in Europe 22,000 square kilomet ers against 11,000 a year-ago The central powers. Bulgaria and Turkey captured 2,(358,000 enemy soldiers against 1.695.000. Of these taken prisoners by tho Germans 5,947 offi cers and 348,000 men were French; 9.019 officers and 1,202,000 men were Ruscian and 947 officers and 30,000 men were British. - , The war booty brought to Germany in addition to that utilized immediately at the front comprised 11,036 cannon, 4,700,000 shelln, 3,450 machine guns and i, 566,000 rifles. According to the list of statistics of German wounded soldiers 90.2 per cent returned to the front; 1.4 per cent died; the rest were unfit for service or were released. The mili tary measures of th central powers in consequence of vaccinations, were never disturbed by epidemics. LARGECROWD BUSY ON C. & N.- W. BRIDGE. Hickory Record. The Elliot Building Company 'to day sent 26 men to the Catawba river and put them to work preparatory to constructing a temporary bridge across the stream for the Carolina and North Western. President J. D. Elliott said. the force would be in creased and the work continued as rapidly as possible until the bridge was built He has purchased sup plies in Hickory and the hands will will b kept on the jab. MR. HUGHES ACCEPTS NOMINATION; FAILS TO . PRAISE DEMOCRACY Denounces Democratic Administra tion For Everything Done or Left Undone If He Were President He Thinks Everything Would Be Lovely. New York, July 31. Charles E. Hughes tonight outlined in his speech of acceptance, the issues up on which he will conduct his cam paign as the Republican nominee for the presidency. Mr. Hughes assailed the Administration for the course it has pursued with refenence to Mexico, maintenance of American rights dur ing the European war; preparedness and other great questions or the day. He declared for a new 1 policy of "firmness and consistency" . toward Mexico, for "the unflinching main tenance of all . American rights on land and sea" and for "adequate National defense; adequate protec tion on both our Western and East ern coasts." "We denounce all plots and con spiracies in the interest of any for eign Nation," Mr. Hughes said "Ut terly intolerable is the use of our soil for alien intrigues. Every Amer ican must unreservedly condemn them and support every effort for their suppression." The nominee assailed the Admin itration for its "direction of diplo matic intercourse" from the begin ning, declaring that where there should have been conspicuous strength and expertness there had been weakness and inexpertness. "I endorse the declaration in the platform in favor of woman suf frage." Mr. Hughes said. One-fourth of the speech was de voted to Mexico. Step after step taken by the Administration with reference to Mexico was assailed from the days of Huerta to the note sent the de facto Government by the State Department, June 20 last, part of which was quoted in the speech. America, Mr. Hughes continued had no policy of aggression toward Mexico, no desire for any part of her territory, , but wished her to have peace,' stability and prosperity. "The conduct of the Administra tion has created difficulties we shall have to surmount." he said. "We demand from Mexico the protection of the lives and property of our cit izens and the security of our border from depredations." . Safeguarding American rights abroad had not been ' accomplished, Mr. Hughes said, by the Administra tion, ., ";. :' .." " . Discussing preparedness Mr. Hughes said it was apparent that the United States was "shockingly unpre pared." "The Administration has failed to discharge its responsibilities" Mr. Hughes continued. ''Apparently it is now seeking to meet political exigen. cies "by its naval program. But it has imposed on the country an in competent naval administration. : We demand adequate protection on both our western and eastern coasts. We demand thoroughness and efficiency in both arms of tho service. It seems to be plain that our regular army is too small. We are too great a country to require of our citizens who are engaged in peaceful voca tions, the sore of military service to which they are now called." Of the present prosperity, said Mr. Hughes, "we are living in a fool's paradise," brought about by the ab normal conditions of war. For the protection of the industries and work ing men of the United States against the competition of "an energized Eu rope." Mr. Hughes said It was plain that "we must have .protective, up building policies." Other measures, too. should be applied, he said nota bly the upbuilding of a merchant ma rine. To make peace lasting and effective when the present war shall end, Mr. Hughes advocated the formation of an international tribunal to dispose of controversies of a justifiable sort, backed by the co-operation of the Na tions to prevent war befcre per.ceful mathods of adjustment hevo been tried, Mr, Huj-hes closed with an endorse ment of tho Republican platform, adopted by t'.e National Convention and a formal acceptance of the. nomi nation. , MANY LIVES AND MILLIONS OF PROPERTY LOSS BY EXPLOSION, Property losses estimated at $25, 000,000 were eaused early Sunday by a series of terrific explosions of am munition awaiting shipment to the entente allies and stored on Black Tom Island, a small strip of land jutting into New York bay off Jersey City. The loss of life is .still problematical. It will not be determined definitely un til there has been opportunity to check up the workmen employed oh the island and on boats moored near by. The number of dead is reported at three, although some of the miss ing are unaccounted for. " " . The detonations, which were felt in five States, began with a continuous rapid-fire of small shells, then the blowing up of great quantities of dy namite and other high explosives, followed by the bursting of thousands of shrapnel shells which literally showered the surrounding country and waters for many miles around- Fire that started soon after the first great crash which spread death and desolation in its wake.destroyed thir teen of the huge warehouses of the National Storage Company on Black Tom Island, in which were stored merchandise valued between $12,000, 000 and $15,000,000. , Warrants charging manslaughter have been issued for official connect ed with the plant MAIDEN ROUTE 1 ITEMS. I will send in a few items from this community as t never cee any news from around here. Rev. Roy Williams is conducting a protracted meeting this weelc at Mt. View church -Mr. Gus Poole's little son is very sick.----Everybody is looking forward to camp meeting and a good time. Miss Emma Howard visited Miss Pearl Hicks Sunday Mr. Ed Bumgarner and family of Lincolnton visited relatives Sunday r.nd attond- ea the ctuidrcn's day at Mt. View. BROWN EYES THEY ASK FEDERAL AID. Messrs. Doughton, Page and Webb Seek to Get $300,000 For Flood Suf ferers. " " . :- Congressman Doughton, who re turned to Washington last week, af ter a few days at his home, introduc ed a resolution appropriating $300, 000 for the flood sufferers in western North Carolina, the money to be ex pended under the direction of the Sec retary of War. The Washington cor respondent of the Greensboro News says: Mr. Doughton decided to introduce the resolution after a conference be tween himself and Representatives Page and Webb. All three are of the opinion that something must be done to aid the people of the western part of the State and decided they would have the resolution introduced and use their influence to hove it passed. They realize, however, that it is going to be a hard job to get such a meas ure through Congress, as Minority Leader .: Mann of Illinois is almost sure to make an objection, which would result in its defeat; Mr. Doughton says it is impossible for any one to estimate the damage done by the floods in his section of the State. He said it ws so great and so far beyond the human imagi nation that the people have not yet been able to realize just what has happened. "I am not a drinking man" said Mn Doughton, "and there fore do not know how a man feels when afflicted with delirium tremens. But what I saw in North Carolina is so appalling that I can easily believe that a man afflicted with this form of alcoholism might imagine anything. Whole farms nave been wiped off the map with a single landslide. Hundreds of men who have been prosperous and happy citizens are now roaming about the country with no place to go and many of them declare they will not again return to their former- homes Hundreds and hundreds of acres of fertile land along the railroad that usually produced the finest crops in the land, are today nothing more than worthless sandheaps. A few acres may be used for cultivation but the larger part of the lowlands will not be worth cultivation for many years, if ever." .. Mr. Dougton himself lost heavily but he is a well-to-do man as values go in that section of the country. He is chiefly concerned for the poor fel lows those who rent land who have nothing to do nor a place to lay their heads. Much of the rich lowlands of Mr., Doughton's -farm "-'at Laurel Springs is totally ruined. Barns and outbuildings have been swept away roads completely destroyed; not a bridge in the county and his 300-acre timothy hay crop covered in sand from three to four feet in depth. His handsome home, located at the foot of the mountains and within a hun dred yards of the stream which -flowsXatfo mrougn iu mi m, was nooaca witn water and much of the furniture com pletely ruined. APPAM AWARDED TO ENGLISH, Possession of the British liner Ap pam, brought into Hampton Roads last February by a Germap prjue crew hag been awarded to her Eng lish owners, the African Stoam Nav igation Company, by a decision of Judge Waddill of the Federal District Court. An appeal will be taken and the final decision in the libel pro ceedings probably will be given by the United States Supremo Court. In the meantime, the Appam will stay at Newport News in the custody of the United States marshal or will be turned over to her owners under bond. Her cargo has been sold for $634,000, and the money is being held by the court - What is to become of - Lieutenant Berg, the prize commander, and his crew of 22 men must be determined by the State Department at Washing ton. They have been living aboard the Appam, claiming her as tho prop erty of the German government. -The Appam was a prizo captured by the Gorman raider Mowe and was sent to the neutral port, in charge of a prize crew, because it was impos sible to reach a German port . SECOND YEAR OF WAR ENPS The second year of the great war has come to a close and for the first time since hostilities broke out all the allied nations are pressing offen sive campaigns against Germany and Austria and with success in practi cally every field. It is estimated that the war to date has cost $56,502,000,000; that proper ty has been destroyed worth $49, 442,000,000 and that the loss of in dustry is $12,500,000,000,which makes a total monetary loss of $118,444, 000,000. The killed and wounded is put at seven million and the cost of killing one man $16,930. The cost per eapita per day is 60 3-4 cents in France; 56 3-4 cents In Britain; 44 1-2 cents in Germany and 12 1-2 cents in Russia.'- . : . 1 The official Russian- reports" claim that during their offensive against the Austro-Germans, they ha,ve cap tured 350,000 prisoners and assert that the total losses of their enemies since the Russian advance began have amounted to 800,000. men, be sides the immense war booty. Tho German losses at Verdun are given as 450,000. , , Postmaster General Burleson on last Friday suspended until further notice his recent order authorising postmasters to colloct checks on - the banks in small communities where there are no members of the Federal reserve system. The suspension was ordered at the suggestion of the Fed eral reserve board. Members of the board said the recommendation was made because more time is necessary to perfect details of the chock collec tion plan. It was said that when the plan was first considered the board did not expect the order to become effective for at least two months and that collection work by postmasters would be undertaken pradunllyi The board does not consider thr.t - state banks would be soriously affected by the arrangement,, and believes it would save millions of dollars annual ly to merchants throughout . the southern territory who now r.re com celled to nav exchange on checks I drawn on rack banks, ., RALEIGH NEWS LETTER. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 1. State Chairman Warren and Secretary Col lie have opened Democratic State headquarters in Raleigh, where the business of the political campaign for the next three months will be conduct ed. The offices selected constitute a suite on the first floor of the Capital Club building, in the heart of the city, opposite the United States Gov ernment building on Martin street just across the street from the Dost- oflice, within a block of tho four lead ing hotels, and on the direct route to and from the Union railway pas senger station. Visitors to Raleigh will find it con venient to call at this location and Chairman Warren and Secretary Col lie will be especially gratified if vis itors will drop in and report condi tions and prospects in their respective counties and communities ,and offer such suggestions as occur to them for the good of the party and the whole people. This campaign is to be conducted in a systematic manner, and the organ ization of the Democratic forces all ovet the State will be carefully at tended to for lack of organization is one of the most serious of politi cal omissions and not infrequently has proved fatal in the years agone. But, after all is said and done, more depends upon the loyalty and faith fulness of the individual voter than upon the activities of managers and party leaders .These latter can do much to convince and enthuse and or ganize the "rank and life" and those never-failing friends and champions of good government decently admin istered tne country newspapers of North Carolina, to whom the Dartv is always properly grateful and appre- ciative-can present the truth to them with the ability and earnestness for which they are noted. But if the in dividual voter lacks patriotism his love of home and family and neigh Dors grows cold, it he becomes obsess ed by the. idea that his lone vote will not make any difference in the big final count, whether he goes to the polls or not if he feels anv of these symptoms, let him take warning and listen to the wee sma voice of con scientious judgment, for there's some thing wrong threatening him and through him, menacing his family and friends, his state and country. As a sick man, he needs treatment, and the point is to get a good physician to all such patients in time to save them and ourselves. This, is the year for every Demo crat to guard his political health, for the enemy .13 active beating the bush es for new recruits. Republican money will soon be circulating in North Ca rolina in the hope of capturing the next congress. Who's To Elect Wilson This Time. The political mathematicians now "figger it out" that if Wilson receives only one third of the four million votes cast for Roosevelt four years -he- will again be electedTThey calculate" that this will be so. even if all of two-thirds of the Progres sives or Bull Moose of 1912 vote for Hughes this year which is not nrob- able, at this stage of the game any way. mat s counting some, but not too fast or "regardless" in my opin ion. However.' there are other sources of valuable strength which will cut quite a swath in the election of Mr. Wilson this year, ana one of the most dependable of them is the independent voter the man who thinks and votes regardless of party ties or political affiliations. There are not so many of this class in North Carolina, but there are several millions of them in the country at large. They elected Tilden in 1786. They put Grover Cleveland in the White House in .1884, and again in 1892, and they are quite capable of deciding the contest most any old year, as be tween the nominees of the two great parties. After it is all over in Nov ember, you can recall this prediction, with safety and some satisfaction. SOLDIERS RATIONS ALRIGHT.- In all the camps National Guards men on the Mexican border, consist of 30,000 militia:ner.,rcports of ineffi ciency and bad rations are found to be entirely false, according to a dis patch from Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, as sistant chief of staff, made public at the War Department, Tho report is the result of a personal inspection of the camps made by General Bliss. The one fault General Bliss found and that he says already remedied was during tho first few days of the mobilization the food lacked variety. Many of the Guardsmen, General Bliss reported, said their rations were better than the food they were accus tomed to having at home. "The only ground for criticism (and that is being rapidly remedied) the- report says' "is that' in the first few days of the camps they have not had the variety in components of the ration that was desired. This is due party to the fact that depots have been hastily organized and great quantities of suppl ies suddenly , un loaded in them more rapidly." AMERICA'S PROTESTS AGAINST ENGLISH BLACKLIST. Great Britain is warned, in the American note of protest against the blacklist, made public last Sunday night by the state department, of the "many serious consequences to neu tral rights and neutral relations which such an act must necessarily involve." Already in the hands of the British foreign office, the note declares 'in the gravest terms' that It is "manifestly out of the question that the govern ment or the United states should ac quiesce in such methods" and that the Unitod States regards the blacklist as "Inevitably and essentially Inconsist ent with the rights of all citizens of all the nations not Involved in the war." It reminds the British govern ment that "citizens of the United States are entirely within tneir rights in attempting to trade with the people of the governments of any of the na tions nt war, odb.ject only to well de fined international practices and un derstandings which the government of the United States deems the govern ment of Great Britain to have too lightly and freauently . disregarded.' The American note is even more posi tive in its terms than officials have intimated. Ambassador Page was in structed by Acting Secretary Polk to deliver n lormauy ana textually. U. S. SENATE APPROPRIATES $540,000 FOR FLOODED DIS TRICTS. ' By unanimous voto the Senate Wednesday passed a joint resolution appropriating $540,000 for relief in flooded districts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi which was reported by Senator Overman. Sen ators Simmons and Overman advoca ted this relief in speeches which lay 1 aU- 1:,.: vt il. r unre uie uunui.iuns in ionn Caro lina and cited precedent for Federal assistance. "It is the same sort of appeal that we are hearing today from the other side of the water," said Senator Sim mons, who referred to conditions in Belgium and Poland. "The territory affected is nearly a third of Nortn Carolina. The number of persons af fected is groat. Tho damage is tre mendous. Tho people are mostly far mers and small farmers. Local au thorities are doing all they can to give people work and meet the needs, but they cannot do as much as is nec essary." "The precedent already' has been set," said Senator Overman. "Mil lions wore appropriated for sufferers of Mount Pelee, of San Francisco and of Italy in times of earthquakes; for Galveston, after the tidal wave and for Salem, Macs., Boston and Chica go because of fires. Tho people affec ted arc absolutely helpless. My State has generously subscribed very large sums. We should do something to put them to work, to help rebuild tho roads and establish the rural routes. They are nothing but trails now and a man cannot go with horse and buggy or with a wagon anywhere in that mountain country whero the noods were so destructve. LATER REPORTS FLOOD CONDI- TIONS IN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES. Wilkesboro Patriot: The death toll was not so great in Wilkes County as' was at first believ ed. It was reported that seven bod ies were found at Ronda, one in a drift just above Quarry, and that sev eral members of a family by the name of Haynes were buried alive by a landslide in their home on Reddie's river, but these reports are untrue, and so far as the Patriot has - been able to learn only five persons Mrs. Waie Adams and her daughter, Mrs. Caudill, and a 12-year-old boy by the name of Caudill, who were drowned in Roaring river; Jonathan Perry and the 12-year-old daughter of Bob Cleary, who met their deaths on Red dies' river lost their lives in this county. The damage to growing crops on all the lowlands was very great all over the county and in many in stances, especially high up on the tributaries of the Yadkin, the lands were completely stripped of soil and nothing but rocks and gravel remain, where once were fertile fields. On the whole, so far as can be learned here, the bottom lands along the Yadkin have been improved rich black mud having been deposited cn them. This will, In the most cases, compensate the landowners for the crops this year along the Yadkin river, but the destruction of the crops is a total loss to the tenants. At Other Points. ' Later and more accurate reports from all sections of McDowell coun ty place the flood damage at consid erably less than was first reported. Only four people lost their lives in that county. Sherman McKinney, who lived in the North Cove section, was killed by a falling chimney ;two of Zeb McGhee's children and one child of Bulow Gillespie were drowned at North Fork while being rescued by their parents. Only three residences were totally . destroyed, . outside the 10 houses belonging to the Adams Lumber Company at Sevier, which wore totally swept away. From Chimney Rock comes the re port that the partly decomposed bod ies of an old man and four children, the latter ranging in age from four to ten years, wore found last Tuesday afternoon ten miles beyond Chimney Rock, in the debris of a house that had been washed away from a point unknown. The bodies were apparently those of native mountaineers but they could not oe ;aentinoa. All were bur ied in a single grave. A report trom Lmville Falls to the Morganton News-Herald saya: Enormous landslides off the moun tain sides did almost an much harm as the overflowed streams. These slides, some of them 1,000 to 2,0o0 feet long brought forests and clear ed land alike, and buried the valleys below in a great mass of trees, rocks, gravel and dirt. In the narrow vallev of the North Fork of the Catawba river, between Humpback and Honey cutt mountains on the west and Lin- vulo mounting on the east .landslides and floods have swept clean a rich farming country more than a mile wide and 20 miles lony. clearing out land along with crops, taking out a score or more of houses and ruining others, destroying several mills and taking away millions of feet of lum ber. At least four persons are known to hnve been drownedchildren who wore unable, to escape from the suddenly-appearing flood and debris from the mountain slides above. This val ley, hitherto valuable property. through which the C, C. & O railroad runs, is now almost worthless." The News-Herald is informed bv another party, which confirms pre vious information, that from Spruce fine to Marion the J. C. & u. road is virtually one landslide. The tun nels there are 17 of them in the short distance from Altaoass to Se vier were practically unharmed, as iney were 01 cement construction. A special from Jefferson to the Charlotte Observer saya while the loss in Ashe and Watauga counties is heavy these counties nro not in dis tress and no cases of actual want hava been reported. Fifty men of this ccur.tv lave mi.ir. anteed the cost in order to secure the Chautauqua for this year dates August 14, 15 and 16th and all r.re now given an opportunity to help make the Chautauqua a success by buying season tickets for the three days at only $1.50 each for adults, $1.00 for children. When the ticket committee solicits you be ready to wuew. , . SHORT NEWS ITEMS The Russian war minis'"r de precates the idea that the Tar can end in tho autumn. He estimates the Germanic power of resistance at 100 per cent and believes the war will run well into 1917. From the Tur kish stanpdoint, however, it looks dif ferent. The last great fortress in Armenia has been taken from the Turks and they are on the run. Governor Henderson of Alabama has appealed to the people of Alabama to aid the 26,000, homelesj md des- titute people in the flooaoa districts of the State, rendered so by the re cent high waters. It ig stated that in 12 counties of the State 500.000 p.cros of cultivated land wera flooded and all the crops destroyed. The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomin: tio:i of John H. Clark of Cleveland, O., as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to succeed former Justicv Hughes. Justice Clark wi'.l take his place on the bench when the court convenes next fall. The elpvpntVl nmnml nmtvpyi inn nf the National Farmers' Union will be held at Palatka, Fla., November 28. L. C. Horner of Columbia. S. C. and Miss Annie A. Smvre of Conover were married Thursday in the Luth eran parsonage at Conover. They left at once for Columbia which is to be their home. At the reunion of Confederate vet erans in Wilmington last week reso lutions were adopted thanking the United btr.tcs Kovrnment for thus far avoiding war with Mexico and Eu ropean nations, but offering the services- of the North Carolina veterans in event tins country is precipitated into war witn anv country. Uen. J. I. Metts of Wilmington was elected commander and Gen. J. S. Carr of Durnam commander emeritus. Dur ham was selected as the next place of meeting. his position on the Susan B. Anthony amendment for nation - wide woman suffrage when told by a delegation of women suffragists ';';at women voters in the United States are await ing to know how he and Charles E. Hughes stands on the question. Mr. Wilson asked the delegation many questions concerning their purposes aim w:ien xney leu iney stated tney felt encouraged at tho P-psiripnt'o al titude. A cat at the home of Mr. Ahrnm Minton. in Wilkes cnunt.v is nnrEintr three kittens and three rabbits. Mr. Minton tells tho Wilkoshnrn P-i frint: that the cat is the mother cf the bunch, but the latter is probably a joke. . Jacob Blount. GG vears old .HipH in the pulpit at a church in Hyde coun ty a few days ago. According to tho story Blount w.is reneat;ng the word3 of his text. "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven," when he dropped his head upon the opened Bi ble and died. T'n M.cWlla TT,; tub j llivil UUMUIV Homes rpKitna flmf M,. P,.!,.. Traywick of that vicinity has a baby mum, iwu inuiiuns 01a, mat nr.s a white tail and p.ll four legs are white, which is something unusual in color SpVlP.TYlPR in millnrmi Pnnvm,-,, ... ...u.v.u,... . unuciiuuic the mule's mother has never given any nounsnment and he has been reared by hard, so to speak. The place . for that mulo is in a circus. The Chairman nf flip hnnv-lo nnm- missioners of Alexander, Catawba ana iredeii counties met Tuesdr.y at Hickory to consider the proposition across the Catawba river. Nearly S700.000.000 fnp Mt;,nd defence for the fiscal vonr of 1917 is the aggregate of proposed appropria tions reported in the United States Senate with the passage of tile army uiu carrying in Touna numbers 5214. 00Q.000. . V Gen. Carranzn is infovmorl ttunn-.h a note to his ambassador at "Was-ii-ington ,that the United Statea gov ernment is prepared to submit ' to a joint international commission tho talk of seeking a solution of border problems. While WC!' IlttVP snffpl-nrl fmm the Middle Wp?.t line ctophAt. ; unusual heat v.ave. Numerous deaths ana prostrations have occurred in tiie cities, uut 01 100 deaths reported in Chicago Sunday. 10(1 due to heat. It in rpnorp1 frnm Hlavinn 41, ..4- , ' ..v... MVAIVU lllllfc Gen. Carrnnza will rntiro 00 f chief of the Constitutiona'ist forces to oecome a candidate for President of the renuhliiv . ua io n I ...... , - - - iu ,11V1I4ULV LVF the presidency -so long as he retains us military position. Thfl. PYPPlltivft pnmmitfiui nf ernor Craig's general committeo for the relief of flood sufferers, placed $1,000 at the disposal of Dr. C. W. Kilgore, of tho State Department of Acrrimillurp tn ha tiaA ' " ' J V "V. J . 1 ( 1,1 J C Jill I chase of seed for- the farmers in the nooa region. 1 nis action was taken on the agents in 17 counties that sus tained flood Ioshps. The Southern Railway company be fore the recent. made arrangements to replace the wuooen or:ago across the Catawba be low the Junction with a first-class steel structure and the steel had al ready been delivered to the railroad, was near the bridge site and was on ly awaiting tho convenience of the bridge forces for erection. The delay was a most fortunate one for the rail road, as it is Understood that the new steel bridge was to have been placed on the old piers and in that case had the now hridtra hpon in wuuiu nave Deen a steel bridge lost instead of tho nlH -urnnHor, o-i,,,.a It is understood that the new bridge mill -i 1 i . P uo pmcuu just ub soon as tne bridge forces can be spared from the work on the main lines. It is quite likely that the bridge will be raised bridge was above the normal water reytHu ioei oigner man tne old level.
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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Aug. 3, 1916, edition 1
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