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He Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. No. 49.
MONROE, N. G, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR ASEAR.
RUSHING WATERS OF THE
CATAWBA WORST KNOWN
evkry kridge swkpt away
millions of property i. 't
Morm ll.i Never llaI an Equal and
the vtru(in Caused by (he
Mighty Flood All Over the West
ern Part of the Mute l Incalcula
ble Waters Raged From Saturday
Till Monday Nlsht Huge Rridee
Fell With Great Crash One Mill.
Ion Cotton Mill Spindles Affected.
The tropical storm which burst on
this section Friday straddled the Blue
Ridge and burt in fury upon its
backbone. Down the western slope
the waters tumbled along the line or
the Swannanoah and the French
Broad and engulfed that country. On
the eastern slope they rolled down
the Yadkin and the Catawba and
washed away every bridge, many-
cotton mills, innumerable buildings of
all kinds, and paralyzed the industry
alone both rivers. The waters of the
Catawba were many feet higher than
ever before known. Bridges that had
been built to weather much greater
floods than had been anticipated were
swept away like drift wood. All the
bridges of the Southern and Seaboard
and all the highway bridges, many of
them costly new ones, went away. Sta-
urday night, Sunday night and Mon
day the waters rolled like an ocean in
fury. The flood reached its crest at
Lookout Shoals near Statesville, Sun
day morning, at Mt. Holly Sunday
night, at Catawba Station, near Rock
Hill at noon yesterday and at Great
Falls yesterday afternoon. All south
ern traffic of the Southern Railway
has been coming through Monroe by
way of Columbia. With the loss of
the Seaboard bridge on the Catawba
below Van Wyck. traffic on the Atlan
ta division will be suspended indefi
nitely. The First Reports.
Charlotte Observer Monday Morning.
Serious floods in North Carolina.
South Carolina and Virginia Sunday
caused five known deaths with IS
others known to be missing and ren
dered hundreds homeless, damaged
property and crops to the extent of
1100,000,000, according to first esti
mates, and demoralized railway, tele
graph and telephone communica
tion. Following the hurricane that
struck the' South Atlantic Coast
Thursday, unprecedented rains have
fallen, driving rivers and smaller
streams from their banks and im
perilling muny lives.
What are said to be the worst
floods ever known la the Catawba,
Broad and Yadkin Rivers did untold
damage In the territory within a ra
dius of SO miles of Charlotte with
the possible loss of 18 lives.
Just above the Southern's bridge,
over the Catawba at Belmont, the
Piedmont & Northern Interurban
bridge and the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad bridge at Mount Holly were
washed away Sunday afternoon and
night. Farther up the river, near
Moresville and Statesvllle, two high
way bridges went out, while at Ca
tawba the Southern's bridge on the
Salisbury-Ashevllle line, was washed
away.
At Monbo, below Catawba, the
West Monbo Cotton Mill of 5000
spindles, is under water and be
lieved to have been washed away,
and the East Monbo Mill, across the
river, is practically submerged, while
a cotton warehouse with 400 bags of
cotton has been washed away. Still
farther up the Catawba, the Llle
doun and Alspaugh Mills are under
water.
The damage to these mills is laid
to a waterspout In Alexander county
that caused a section of the earth
embankment of the Lookout Shoals
power plant of the Southern Power
Company to give way this afternoon,
adding 15 feet of water to the al
ready more than 20-foot tide In the
Catawba. That volume of water al
so caused the last two or three of
the bridges to go.
The Dravo Power Company's dam
on Broad River, near Shelby, went
out late Sunday afternoon, menacing
the Southern Power Company's
plant near Blacksburg, S. C, and
cutting off the electric supply for
Spartanburg and the textile towns
surrounding that city. The isouinern
Power company, however, may be
able to meet this demand.
Near Winston-Salem, the town of
Rondo was cut off from the outside
world for several hours until a tele
graph operator, flooded out of his of
fice, carried his instruments to a
high Mil and cut in on a telegraph
wire. Trains cannot be gotten to
North Wllkesboro and will not be
operated west of Donnarha tomor
row, because of the tide on the Yad
kin River, which is eight and one
half feet higher than known in 43
years. A Southern Railway train
supposed to have left North Wllkes
boro yesterday afternoon has ot
been heard from, while one that
started from Winston-Salem to that
town had to stop at Elkln. Residents
of Jonesvllle and adjacent towns are
moving to high land.
The French Broad River has brok
en from Us course near Asheville,
flooding factories and homes In the
lower part of the city. At Biltmore
three persons, Capt. J. C. Line, Miss
Nellie Lipe and Mrs. Leo Mulholland
were drowned when the Lipe house
was flooded. Two persons were
drowned at Asheville while trying to
put food Into the upper story of th
Glenn Rock Hotel. Many are maroon
ed In their residences along the river
and rescue parties for hours have
fought their way against the rush
ing current in an effort to reach them.
Bwift streams of water are flowing
down some of the streets of lower
Athevllle. The Southern Railway sta
tion Is flooded to a depth of six feet
as are all other buildings lu that vi
cinity. The city proper, 100 ieet high
er . without lights tonigh. but olh
t wise is not affected.
Late reports said the dam at La'.e
Toxoway still was holding and that
no harm bad come to some 200 col
lege and high school boys attending
a Summer school near Brevard.
From Hendersouville came a report
that placed the property loss in Hen
derson county at approximately $1,
000,000. The plant of the Henderson
ville Light & Power Co., was put out
of commission and the city reservoir
flooded by muddy torrents that made
the city drinking water unlit for con
sumption. Many persons w ere driven
from their homes in that section and
a number of bridges carried away.
Only the big railway bridge south of
Henderson tile remains intact, it was
.a i.l, and no tiains have eutered or
krt Hendersouville in the past 21
hours.
The Southern Railway was the
heaviest sufferer of any cor; oration in
the west section of the State. The tun
nels at Old Fort are blocked with a
mass of wreckage carried down by
the flood and slides from Salmia
Mountain which are still coming
down. Railway officials could give no
definite information Sunday night as
to when traffic in and out of the city
would be resumed. If flood conditions
Improved it is thought that trains
will be In operation by Tuesday or
Wednesday. Bridges and culverts are
reported to have been washed out in
several places.
Industrial plants around here suf
fered severely, property loss In cot
ton mills, wood-working plans and
lumber yards along the French Broad
and Swannanoa Rivers was estimated
at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000.
Reports from Spartanburg, S. C,
tell of heavy crop damage by the
rains that have fallen In South Car
olina during the last 48 hours, with
small streams rising rapidly.
Practically all railway traffic In
Southwest Virginia and eastern West
Virginia was tied up Sunday by wash
outs and slides resulting from heavy
rains of the past week. Many bridges
have been carried away by swollen
creeks and rivers, telephone and tele
graph wire lire down and heavy crop
damage has been reported.
The crest of the flood had not
reached Fishing Creek. Great Falls
or Rocky Creek below Chester and
Lancaster in South Carolina last
night. It will probably get there to
day.
SeulHiard Bridge tines.
The force of mighty waters make
the strength of man puny by com
parison. The swollen Catawba at
Mount Holly yesterday, in anticipa
tion of the breaking of bridges at
this point, attracted thousands dur
ing the day. The P. & N. Railroad
did not attempt to operate Its line be
tween Charlotte and Gastonla during
the' morning hours, but at noon plac
ed one of its electric trains In service
and It was immediately crowded with
patrons, all going to the river to
watch the rising of the waters.
From 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon
until 3:27 when the Seaboard bridge
gave way with a crash like the re
port of artillery in action, thousands
watched on both sides of the river,
for the break they knew would come.
It was a sight seldom if ever witness
ed even by the oldest inhabitants. At
a height of more than 21 feet above
normal, the waters of the Catawba
sptead out In all directions, having
overflowed Its bunks, lnuniiaiuiK
farms and destroying crops In large
areas, Hundreds it noi uiousuuua m
acres of cornfield were under water
and. in most parts, the corn was
washed away, and, like similar area
of cotton, rendered a total loss.
But the breaking of tlie seaooaru
trestle was the most thrilling event
of the afternoon. Hour alter nour
tho urninnilstlon of the waters m
driftwood, chicken coops, pigpens
outhouse, great logs, telephone poles
mil riant trees came down witn me
surging currents, banging against the
steel trestle or spans of the bridge
until thev hecame lodged there, lorm
ine a net work and dam that brought
ii, o urutera ores ine against the
frame-work with a force that gradual
ly weakened the central portion of
the trestle until It snapped in two
and, with a roar, caved In, the load
enine down with a mighty rush
.int the P. & N. trestle which
six feet higher from the rushing wa
ters, appeared to have some advan
tage, but several nours taier eui
cumbed to the added pressure.
A Dramatic llncldent.
A dramatic Incident in connection
with the breaking Of the seaooaro.
trestle in the afternoon was the pres
ence of at least a nunurea or muic
spectators along the trestle Just a few
.....nt hefore the crash came, but
some wiseacre gave warning of the
close proximity of danger anu ncaru
everybody left the bridge before the
break came. With the exception of
two boys, who were almost in the
middle of the structure when It be
gan to bend and snap. Their quick
ness alone saved them. With a dash
they escaped to an adjoining span
before the broken part of the struc
ture gave away and were greeted
with cheers by many of the bystand
ers. ... ., ,
It was a strange signi 10 see ueu
animals, hundreds of watermeio.
from some Invaded field, crates, small
sheds, driftwood and huge -logs., with
now and then a ueaa muie or is.
mlth the swirling waters.
caught In the force of the current
from which there seemed io oe m-
tle or no possible chance for escape.
The county steel Dnage wu um
last night early.
At Lookout.
The embankment fill around the
The Union Meeting
First service tonight at 8
o'clock at the tent not at
the Methodist church.
Daily Services 4 p. m. and 8 p. m.
big dam at Lookout Shoals broke
away about 6 o'clock last evening and
with a mighty rush the waters of the
river swept the old West Monbo Mill
away and the east side warehouse
containing about 400 bales of cotton.
The West Monbo Mill was quickly
submerged and people in that vicinity
fled for high ground as soon as they
heard the boom of the rushing wa
ters. East Monbo is practically half
submerged.
What was described by eyewit
nesses as a waterspout struck the
flour mill near Taylorsville on the
Little River in Alexander county dur
ing the afternoon and swept the flour
mill from its foundations down
stream, and a number of tenant
houses, the inmates fleeing for high
ground in grea thaste. The rising
waters submerged part of the ma
chinery of the Liledoun Mill and the
buildings of the Alspaugh Mill were
covered with water to a depth of two
or three feet.
East of Charlotte the Seaboard
Railroad reported last night that its
service had not been to any degree
interrupted. The only point of trans
fer in this vicinity as a result of the
Hoods will be at Mount Holly where
a portion of the Seaboard bridge, as
described in another column, was
washed away. An order for heavy
timber was issued last night and the
imber was issued last nigm "u '
umber for the repair of t""8 bridge
.in ho nn he wpne before the waters
1
will be on the scene before the waters
of the Catawba go down. The Sea
board bridge at this point was built
about 20 years ago.
Yadkin Also Rising.
The reports received last night
from various points along the Yad
kin valley indicated that that stream
was running the Catawba a race
for high water records. At places
the river was said to be higher than
ever known before and the damage
occasioned to roads, crops and even
to human habitations was almost In
incredible. Fortunately there are no
great hydroelectric plants on this
stream such as span me uuawoa
and hence the damage In this re
spect was not so great. There are
more than a dozen small power
plants and these were all more or less
seriously injured.
There was no Interruption of
Southern Power service at any point
in the transmission territory yester-
day save at Hickory where all lines " ' vZruun
were down. A "ew of men was dis- th Satc.
iwitrhpd to the scene of the ttoubiei, ...
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and they hope, at connection would
be reestablished last night, if t"e
ilnnds did not forbid.
A rather unique sight was present
ed yesterday when a big Interurban
car came into the city and went out
to Lakewood and picked up a load
of steel boats which it carried out to
the river. These boats were used in
bringing in marooned people who had
gotten caught In nearby hills.
It was estimated Sunday that sev
eral hundred bales of cotton was'.i
ed down the river during the day.
These came from farm houses located
near the tributary streams.
( IIiiiImmI the Trees All Night.
Charlotte Observer.
The first of the rescued were
brought to Charlotte yesterday after
noon from their perilous roosts in
trees amid the swirling waters of the
Catawba, a short distance from the
town of that name, where they had
beeu swept down stream when the
Southern railroad bridge gave way.
H C. finrlev and Geo. C. Kale, botn
of Charlotte, did not remain long at
thA PreHhvterlan Hosnital. where all!
three were taken, because they de -
sired to return to their homes without
loss of time. After a careful exaniina-
tion they were sent home.
Section Foreman R. E. Thompson,
uh,i lives in Belmont, was nut to bed
at the hospital alter he had partaken house and two livery stables carriee.
of a hearty meal. "I want to go back away.
to my wife and children," he per-1 Monbo Monbo cotton mills demo
slsted, time and again, but the nurses j lished,
i,,irt him that there was no possible East Monbo Cotton mills dam-
chance of getting across the river to
hln hnnip I
"Then tell them that I am safe and
not to worry," said he, in exhaustion.
"Maybe they can get across when
they get the boats running." he sug
gested, all his Interest centered in the
home ties.
"When you've got a wife and tnrce
little ones waiting for you and not
knowine whether you re on the otner
side of Jordan, it's no fun staying
here," he said to an Observer man.
"Tell me about your experiences
during the night." asked the reporter.
Four on the Raft.
Mr. Thompson endeavored to shake
off the Influence of sleep long enough
to give an account of his experiences.
"I don't know how many of our poor
boys went down when the bridge
broke," he said, ' but there were four
of us on the raft that went down with
the bridge the raft we were on when
the crash came. I shot down into
the water like a load of lead and it
seemed like eternity before I came to
the surface again. I grabbed at the
raft and got aboard with help. We
went whirling down stream at a great
rate.
"My Elgin watch here stopped at
exactly 5:37, which was about the
time the bridge went down, or a little
later, I reckon. Engineer Killian was
with me part of the time and we both
looked at our watches. I was pretty
tired from working all the night be
fore and all day Sunday, when the
bridge broke, and did not get much
rest, but I swam as well as any of
the other men and we tried cheering
each .other as much as we could
through the night. Tree after tree
that we climbed upon would give way
and break down from the force of the
water and the extra weight, but then
we would seek out another place of
refuge from the rushing water and
that is the way we kept things up all
, through the night.
Swam From Place to Place.
"Finally I had to take off my
water-soaked shoes they got so heavy
and put them in my hip pockets while
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flnally I threw away my coat. We
ccild hear voices calling all night for
help and glrlng directions below ut
down the river, but we did not sec
any bodies go by or anything notice'
able except some lights here and
there on shore. I gave more thought
to the worry of my wife and little
ones than I did of anything else ex
cept getting back to them alive, and
I'm mighty thankful that I'm on do-
land again. It was a terrible night
Yes, I am very sleepy and I was very
hungry, but as soon as they got uc
ashore this noon some folks on land
had hot coffee and sandwiches ready,
and we ate 'em, too."
The Field of Damage,
(Associated Tress Account)
Thirteen persons dead, at least 10
missing and property damage esti
mated at near $15,000,000 is the
known toll of the floods which have
raged in four Southern States for
in ueariy an uisiricis, rauroau anu
communication still are
demraliZed and reports from towns
railroad anu
e
us
and villages now isolated may in
crease both the number of deaths
and the property loss.
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia and Tennessee all suffered
heavy damage from the overflowing
streams, swollen by torrential rains
which followed last week's hurricane
as it swept inland from the coast, but
the heaviest loss was in North Caro
lina where 11 of the 13 deaths are
reported and where two-thirds ol
the material damage was done.
The list of known dead:
Asheville 2, Biltmore 4, Alexander
county 3, Marshall 3, Ednaville
township 2, Radford, Va., 1.
All but one of the dead were white
The missing:
Ten Southern Railway construc
tion men who went down with the
Southern bridge near Charlotte.
The property damage is summar
ized from the latest reports af fol
lows:
Asheville Twenty-five Industrla!
plants destroyed, including cotton
and lumber mills, machine shops and
!coal and feed yards. Sixty residences
in the lower part of the city washed
away and 400 persons homeless with
1 1.200 out or employment. Power and
i gas plants out of commission.
i Elkln Small hotel, farmers' wart-
'aged and $50,000 worth of cotton tie
stroyed.
Alexander county Alspaugh Cot
ton Mills washed away. Liledoun
Cotton Mills damaged.
Buncombe, Henderson and Madi
son counties Many mills damaged
and hundreds of persons out of em
ployment. Iredell County Brick plant de
stroyed and Long Island Cotton Mill
nearby destroyed.
Catawba county Cotton ware
house with 1,500 bales of cotton car
ried away. In this county as well
as in Iredell and Alexander, great
damage was done to crops and snial:
mills.
Biltmore Many persons driven
homes and mills and
crops in surrounding territory dam
aged. Marshal Fifty-three homes de
stroyed. Jonesville Many homes flooded.
Hendersonville Two dams washed
out. damage to mills and crops in
Henderson county.
Lexington Several lumber mills
in surrounding county carried away,
stock killed and crops destroyed.
Cleveland county Dravo I'ow
Dam near Shelby destroyed; crops in
county damaged.
Five highway bridges, three in
Mecklenburg, one near Statesville
and another near Mooresvill? are
known to have been washed away,
w hile at least six railway bridges
were destroyed.
The Southern Railway lost n
bridge near Mount Holly, another
near Rock Hill, another near States
ville and another near Belmont. The
Seaboard Oir Yine bridge at Mt. Hol
ly Is gone as Is the Piedmont Nor
thern electric line bridge nearby, also
the Seaboard bridge at Catawba
Junction.
TWO COLORED ME ARE HEROES
How They Braved the Cntaubi
Floods in a Small Boat and .saved
White Men.
Charlotte Observer.
Two men of big heart launched a
tiny crart on the surging waters of
the Catawba Monday morning, undis
mayed my distaster that had attended
all others efforts and set forth un
ctraid upon a mission of rescue.
The story of how they fought and
wrestled with the angry stream and
finally came forth conquerors is re
lated elsewhere in this edition of The
Observer. It is a story of unadorned
heroism, of dangers dared and deeds
achieved, of self-sacrificing devotion
that ha& few equals In display of
bravery.
They went forth "to do or to dU."
Those who watched them as they bat
tled with the elements, upset once
and upttt again and finally, by he?r
dint of persistent devotion, achieving
the tasW to which they had comniit
tel their lives, unite In declaring that
it wa3 as brave an exhibition as ever
witnessed in North Carolina.
What mattered it that their fares
were black when their hearts v. ere
as white and as big as the eternal
hills that furnished them a home
nearby?
Tnese two darkies, of the genuine
old Southern stock that is the nmtliei
of heroes, rescued Killian and Kale.
Gurley and Thompson, Verner ami
English, six of the white men who
had sought refuge In the trees and
whose lives were In Jeopardy-fct any
moment from the rapidly rising wa
ters that had not then reached the
crest of the flood. Verner and Eng
lish had sought to make a rescue on
ly to lose their own boat and escape
by a narrow margin. Their fate had
not one whit troubled those two sim
ple souls their names are Fons Ros
and P. H. Stowe. They put forth in
their selfconstructed batteau, pushed
out into the current and the fight be
gan. The raging and derbis-covered
stream tossed the boat as if It wore :t
cork on the water. It capsized but
the darkles righted it and held to
their paddles. They continued on
their way. first here and next yon
der. Thev reached the first tree and
rescued Kalt. Gurley and Thompson,
brought them to shore and put back
again by dint of extraordinary effort.
A second battle even more violent
than the first followed. Again they
reached the trees and again they car
rled their added load of human
frleght to a haven of safety. A mighty
shout vvmt up from hundreds that
lined the banks and occupied points
of vantage on the hills. Hand claps
followed and a hat collection netted
a small sum.
Did Ross and Stowe stop there?
Not at all. They had heard that
others wete probably marooned far
ther down the river.
"We have more work to do," re
marked Ross and with that they pit
out on tho angry waters again.
The laical Diuitngc.
The depression among our home
people caused bv the terrific wind
and rain storm has been somewhat re
lleved by reason of the disposition of
the crops to recuperate since the rain
ceased falling. On Saturday and Sun
day most people thought no doubt
that the damage to crops over the
county would be at least fifty per
cent. By now, however, most of them
will agree with Mr. T. J. W. Broom
that twenty per cent will cover the
damage to corn, with cotton und-
elded. The old corn is badly broken
and the blades shredded. It cannot
be cultivated again. The young corn
was damaged less, i nlon county
never had a better prospect for coin
than it did this year up till the time
of this storm. Cotton is blown down
and tangled and the roots torn. It
is hard to tell to what degree it will
e uperate.
The average raintiill lor a year In
tnis section Is -5 inches. For the
twenty-four hours of continuous rain
that began Fridav tlie Y. s Mfe at
K .ck Rest showed five and a half
it ches ct rainfall. This is the larg-
t ever reclslere.l since the station
was established. With this down
pour the wind blew furiously for the
most of the time, and simply over
whelmed every growing thing. On
the 28th of August twenty-three
years ago a tropical storm similar to
the late one visited this section and
has since been a landmark in measur
ing crop damage.
We have often had hailstorms
which wiped out crops in small sec
tions of the county, but this storm
coveted all this section and was as
bad in all parts of the county as In
any.
MRS LANEY RE-ELECTED
THIRTY DAYS LONGER
WILLIAMS OI'POSKII MKASUCI-:
ON THE t.Kol l OF KAPKNSE
The Anti-DtiM Crowd Failed to Show
l Sime Ibe Rig Kain Hhvc
4 banned i,i a Mm I IToltlein Mr.
I email Declined to Aiceftl Hospital
lim toiliii Other Mutters.
Mrs. H. K. Lam-y was re-elected
Sanitary Inspector lor a term of thir
ty more days at uietiin of tiie Al
dermen Friday uintit. lur original
thirty day appointment expired July
12, and her w ork bad Moppt d lor a
couple of days awaiting an.ua by the
Aldermen.
Alderman J. B. Simp-en made a
motion early in the meeting that Mrs.
Laney's appointment be made perma
nent. This precipitated a sharp de
bate between .Mr. Simpson and Alder
man Baxter Williams; the latter
claiming that the city was now pay
ing $100 a month Tor suiiit.uy of
ficers with "no sanitation." Auoih
er big item connected with Mrs.
Laney's work, claimed Mr. William,
was the hauling off of the trash. This
cost the city $2.50 a day, and the to
tal cost for sanitation was amounting
to $2,000 a year. This, Mr. Williams
slated, was entirely too much for a
town of Monroe's size and resources
to pay for such work. A great deal
of the trash hauled oft premises, said
Mr. Williams, was old corn stalks and
wood that citizens by all rights
should pay for themselves. At this
time Alderman J. C. Sikes stepped
in as a compromiser and secured tae
appointment of Mrs. Laney for thirty
days longer.
Engineering Problem Dicued.
Friday night had been advertised
by the Aldermen as the date set for
the employment of an engineer for
the contemplated street improvments.
Nine engineers were present, and
some submitted good contracts, but as
I he work is now indefinite, nothing
was done.
A couple of weeks ago some citi
zens had appeared bcfoie the Alder
men in regard to street work. They
had petitions from Houston and
Windsor streets, calling fur sheet
asphalt paving. They dnt not intro
duce their petitions that ni;,i.t, as
was their intention, lor they feared
they did not have both a majority of
the property owners and lineal feet
owners. But they were so certain
of securing the necessary signers that
the Mayor and Aldermen i!t safe in
preedig , witb th wletion'ef aa'
engineer. The following Monday
night was set aside for the receiving
of the petitions, but none appeared
when that meeting was called to or
der. The following Thursday was
then set aside for the discussion of
street work, hoping that the petition
ers would then be able to promise
something definite in regard to the
work on their respective streets. But
when Thursday came the Aldermen
did not even see lit to hold the meet
ing, as no petitions had appeared up
on the scene.
Such was the condition when the
Aldermen met with the engineers
Friday night. They explained the
situation to the engineers, but asked
that they each make some sort of
proposition so that In case any street
work should he done they might
make a selection without the neces
sity of calling them to Monroe aj;ain.
This proposition was accepted by the
engineers, and each was allowed ten
minutes to explain under what con
ditions he would accept the job and
the price, etc.
The engineers present were: C. P.
Ballinger. of Greenwod; C. M. Fur
man, of Rockingham; E. W. Myres,
of Greensboro; Harry W. Loving, ol
Atlanta; W. A. Saunders, of Ander
son. S. C; Gilbert White, of Dur
ham; and Anderson & Christie, of
Charlotte.
With the representive of Anderson
Sr Christie of Charlotte, was Mr. B.
O. Austin, civil engineer, a native or
this county and a son of Dr. J. A.
Austin of Charlotte.
Dcrlincn to Accept Hospital Director
Mi ip.
The Aldermen were also requested
by the Board of Directors of the El
len Fitzgerald Hospital to select a
director to succeed Mr. Charles Ice
man, who has declined to serve. They
proceeded in the matter, but reached
a deadlock when they attempted ta
decide between Mr. Oscar Blair and
Mr. J. E. Stewart. So the matter
was compromised by authorizing the
other eight directors of the hos
pital to till the vacancy.
Mayor Fowler stated that Mr.
Curtis Lee was using his own auto
mobile in the service of the city, and
that he was paying nearly thirty dol
lars a month for gasoline. Mr. Fowl
er believes that the city should at
least help Mr. Lee buy the gasoline,
inasmuch as the city was getting tiie
benefit of it. The matter was left
open.
A Ihx-tor ArreMed.
Charlotte Observer.-
Following the death at St. Peter's;
Hospital yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock of Miss Annie Jones, elder
daughter of exSherlff B. E. Jones of
Greensboro, Dr. J. W. Summers,
practicing physician of this city, was
arrested at his office on West Trade
street yesterday afternoon at 2:15
o'clock by Tolice Chief Horace Moore
on a warrant charging him with mur
der. The death of this young woman
was the direct result, according to
Drs. Ki M. Herron and Parks M.
King of this city, of an illegal opera
tion performed by Doctor Summerr
on June 26.
from their