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VOL. XXXII
M0UX1 AIRY, WORTH CAROLS A, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 191l
JVO. 12
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$101
FOR
Ladies of Mt. Airy and Vicinity
Penns Pleasing Contest
Something for the La-lies, mar
ried and single, joung and old,
all are eligable find tnlfly in.ij-ks
the beginning of a (Joritcst which
promises to create much interest
ia arwl heavy voting for the Pop
ular. Ladi-s of Mt. Airy and vicin
iry. Christmas time marks t lie
ending of l'tiui's Pleasimg Con-tt-4t
when the Cold Money will
bo awarded to the winners. With
the end in view that all tohaoe
Usrs of Mt. Airy and vicinity
may Wome thoroughly acquaint
ed with t!ie Satisfying Tokicecs
manufactured by Tin- F. K. Peon
Tobacco Co., of hVidsvlil", N. C.
thin Contest is inaugurated. Their !
big sellers and repeaters, Perm s
No. 1, Sun Light Sun Cured, Wed
J, Chewing ana (Juec-u (Quality
Smoking Tobaccos are for sal- by
the Ir-Mct dealers and with each
and 'very 5c purchase of th
satisfyiiLg tobaccos goes a ticket
which when properly filled in
and deposited in Ballot Pox
counts as one vote for the Lady
whose niiijne i written theren.
Tho lady filing the greatest
number of votes during the Con
test will receive if. "0.00 in Celd.
The luly standing xvtu in nam- gentlemen of Mt. Airy have kiml
ber of votes polled will receive1 ly agreil to act as judges of the
$25.00 in (JoM. The lady stai d-1 Contest and will have entire
ing third in number of votes poll-; charge of counting all votes: Mr.
ed will receive $10.00 in (h id. ; F. P. Sparger, Cashier Bank of
Th la.Iies stamlrng 4tlif 5th and Mt. Airy; Mr. T. (j. Fawc.-tt,
Gth in numlMr .f votes polled! Caslii- r Fi:st National Bank ;arxl
,wifl Much receive $3.00 in GoM.pir. J. C. .Livens., Attorney.
rwArdsmoiiiaLf:g'to $I0C.00(
a Gold.. Can amy one appreciate
nytuirig more than ileal Aioncy,
six-cLillv at Christmas time Tli'
ertaiuJy Ls a splendid piortun-j
tv for vou to see that vour I
favorite" shares in tins Cold
llistril.ution. IT COSTS YOU
jXOTlilNG. Perseverance and per
jsistance win always. Now Ls the
ftime to stiirt. Vote often and
vgularly for your favorite. Lcav
otli.irg uikIoim' to lisappoirrt her
t Christmas twne.
Ve urge the immeduite start
r when, others see tltat your fav
He has polled quite a number
votes by the first count it will
icourrge others to vote for her.
lsJutely nothing is gained by
ideavorxng to bold votes b;wk
1 the last minute, for. we offer
p.00 in Gold to the lady polling
oatest numluT of votes byOet
th. Of course the votes polled
gairn this special prize still re
tain to 'the credit I tho oontes-
ant and count . the General
roiitest, ending I c. 20, just tine
lame as if no special offer hasl
W,a made. It is imoortajit that
end every contestant make
od a, start as possible. Much
iff will l dome withiin the
ten weeks and it is necessArj
you see that your favorite
lves votes each and every
p e call your attention to the
Htorious products we offer
Penn's No. 1.
Peara No. 1 A hierh crad
lndard chewing tobacco matle
dy from tlie best leaf from the
icdmout belt . Kvery eiire Ls
akern in its manufacture arul as
ur Leader for over a quarter of
century stands today as the
rfit chew obtainable. Cheap e-
ugh, 5c ier cut, 10c per plug.
tans Fcr Reorganization of To-1
bacco Trust C;u.plete. j
New Vrrk. Sept. 28.-n.insj
r tlu reorganization of the!
ftIi,r: r i r- 1
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ontcim m uh t lie mandate of tliK
w f. . , ;
K o,vhi U f. fV t0"
t&
T" " (""7
hfee st-parate eompflflies to
Iw
In nt r
1PH.J, the Lo;J3ard (orniuiy
.. . I,.. m .1.
the Legg'tt & MevVrs Co.
Me bolder r of"six -r cent
lis of th'V Amcrkwii. lohaeeo
l
pany will rewive $1J200, it
ii J, for CAch bond, to bo
1 G00 in cash, $300 in five
One vote to i-.u-h cut or two
Votes to the plug.
Sun Liht Sun Cured
The tobacco with the 'Th-ase
you" taste, made of tlw; chi.iee
haves from the sun curing dis
trict of Virginia. Kach b-af care
ftilly brushed and absolutely fr-e
from grit. Flavored -exactly righ
vtA guaranteed to plejise you. 5c
per break, 10c per plug. Oiw vote
to each break.
Red J.
The popular 4oz. plug for a
dime. Made of eluoice North Car
r -luui. and Kentucky tobaccos.
Care fully blend-!, a delicious
;Low.
;l 5e cuts for a dime. 3
v - -1 to Uv ping.
Queen Quality Snicking Tobacco.
; Fr pip- or cigarette. The sat
! isf in-g smoke, ri h in annua, de
, lichtful in. flavor anil once tried
1 will ahvav.s h- vour ehice. The!
. Uig .Blue Bag iVr a nickle. Ivich
bag contains one vote.
Penn's Pleasing Content is
worthy the attention and eorwid
erati:i of every one. It will le
conducted throughout along Urn's
tltit cannot be eriticifsl by any
one. 1 Tlv ffrlhuving well known
iiie only JTaTtot Pi far , the
reM'ptto:i fi votes will le hcated
t Peoples Drug. Co. during the
wi'tire ('nte.-t.. Votes will b
counted cjixdi Wedmjsda' and th
saiNLiivg ot tne contestants will
be. publislied at convenient jv r-
ics is.
Tobacco is U-Setl by some one
in over 515 per cut of the homes.
Nearly every lady luas a husband,
broth "r. son or sweet he irt who'
uses ti oaeeo. J'.very iaoy J:.is a
friejul who docs use it. Kach
lady .shuhl see tlmt thu "man"
uses only the products alcove nam
ef, the Clean Tor;u-ees and poll
his vot. Every man should see
that he guts a vote every time
lie buys tobacco amd vote for his
favorite and see that she secures
some of the Gold for her Xmas
present.
No manufacturer of tobacco
has ever attempted an advertis
ing campaign of this character.
Pe-iiii's No. 1, Sum Light Sun
Cured, Red J and Queen Quality
are tine Clean Tobaccos, made ex
actly right and each the best in
its class. They merit the patron
age of tlie lovers of Satisfying
Tolaceo8 and it is an assured fa4
that much interest will 1k taken
in this Content. Kach and every
time a 5c purchase is made of
Penm 'n Pleasing Prod' jets you not
only get 5c worth of the best to
bacco but you also secure a tick
et to vote for your Favorite. See
the advertisement in this issue
of this pajxjr giving a list of tlie
Merchants who sell Perm's No. 1,
Sun Light Sun Cured, lied J ami
Queen Quality. If your dealer's
naane is not in the lLst insist tliat
he supply you with these satis
fying tolmccos.
Take no substitutes.
Get your moneys worth and
vote often.
per cent Lorillard Company
bonds, $3(X) in five per cent
bonds of Leggitt & Meyers Co.
r, . , . , , , ,
'I ls reiMii-ted that holders of
tbe four per tsmt bo.iw.ls will re-
. i.,,.' . . ., ... .
eeivc $'JW, to le paid SilOO in
2 in fivi per cent
-l" A in five
ier
ter .N-ut )un,U f I...mrltt
Me vers Co.
. . What the prefem-d stthsdd-
wm. vp . -,.nrart
known, but it is said sliArelnold-
ers in tlw. - American .Tol)acco
Company will receive"proiortktj
al holdings in each of tlio time
new companies. '
HUNDREDS PERISH IN MAD
RUSH OF WATERS.
Two entire Towns Swept Away
m tTi-.j.-
?z. it!"r::r.
i
Mr.at it tVim Wrmpn and fThil-
Caught wSKt Warn -
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C.udc-rsport, Pa., Sept. UO. -
Vith a nir tlut could fx- he.i.rd
fir rniies the great dam of the
JlaylesH Pulp & Pajr C-o. at
Austin, Pa., fourth-en inileM fnm
here, went out at 2 :'.'() o'clock
this aftcn:n Forty ImmHis luul
been recovered from the ruins
wh.-n tlarkne.Mi came ttiw ew -
mug ium ii .,.in. ueu nun,'
miiy iour nuiKireu are uu.uc
eounted for mrwl are lwlieveil to
e i .. i i
be t.ad.
ac u.im, ii o -j-y
long arm ui nign, was o -
feet thick at the base and held
back more than five Irunnlrcd mil -
lion gallons of water. For the
first t.ine sLn;e its construction
two venrs ago the water was run-
ning over the top today and
many persons we-nt. out from Ails -
ti.fi a mile and ii h.hf away to si
the uniLsnal sit-'ht.
Tln-y were horrified whn a
section about twenty fe-t wide
gave way on the west side. A
trreat ol;:tne of water iured
I through the hole, and the alarm
Wil.5 iptieKly
:ly Noiuded. Peop
ran for their live to the hills
near bv. but some were caught
in the
flood and v,hir!el downU. atcr were coiisumiil in thei
the vallev. A uiom. i.t later an
other break occurred .this tine
on the east side. It was much
greater than the first and per
mitted the bulk of the water be
hind it t rush in a mi'-'hty v .l
uri',' toward the lowlands.
M. . rtB t..,. I 1. A .... t...fl vl
jfinif r o ius ji.n:e, r.vt. a
m. 1
telephone and notified the cur
ator at the exchange. She call
ed as many persons as possible.
Put the time was short. The
raging "JoccI lare'sbtm'Tftj HfrVrPThri5
valley carrying death ooi its de
bris covered en-it. Hundreds of
Women and children the men
Mere nwr.y at work were caught
in their lei.;, s iHid drowned or
oru.!.ed I eion. they knew what
lonl happni.-d. Houses went
down b- I.n- the might v cnish of
water. and gas l iites. bent audi
i.roker. releas.-d their dangerous
flaid Deuiv th
water had pa I
ed c;n its terrible course througli
the lowu a dozen fires were
burning in as many places and
the cries of injured and impris
oned persons joined in the ter
rific thunder of tlie flood.
Much of the debris lodged
against the shops of the Buffalo
& Susquehanna Railroad and
there tlie fire raged fiercest.
Many men were caught here and
it is believed Uuit few, if any,
escaped with their lives.
rri . i
in? course or tne iiood was
through tlie business center of
the little village. A majority of
tlie buikluigs were of wood and
those which were not immediate
ly wrecked by the torrent were
soon m flames.
So sudden was the onslaught
of water that many jiersons luui
no time to flee to the lulls but
others received the warning, and
believing it was fire, hastened
to tlie center of the town, only
to be caught in the flood awl
swept out of way.
The flood passed quickly," leav
ing desolation in its wake.
Houses luui been crushed and
tised aboutf like toys, while
hundreds of bodies had becai car
ried down the crest of the surg
ing torrent.
With the iassing of the wa
ter, those who had fled to the
hills hastened to return to their
ruim-d homes iai search of rel
atives and friends. Here an.f
there bodies had been cost up
along the path of the torrent,
and about forty Inxlies were re
covered in a short time. Some
of them hal been so badly bat
tered and tine tossing debris that
tlney were beyond recognition,
while others had been carried
along with no "Apparent iniurv.
Many were caught in burning
buildings and it. will be 'days be
fore the real extent of th ca
lamity will be known.
A dangerous situation develop
ed iinjueliatelyafter the great
wall of. water had. passed. Aus
tin is ijxd for natural g is, and
the great force of the flood tore
the mains from the streets. One
of thorn, the largest pipe in the
town, burst ia the business sec
tion. A moment afterward the
1 Baa gushel mt tmd in a twink-
n n had v,
: ul '
fire.
There WilS
-
M to a heiurht of twenty feet
or more ami blown by a trorg
(wind was coriLinunieated to tlie
ri;vrest hou.se. In tH.n minute a
do.n other g.w pirn-s had burst
an. I were pouring their deadly
nflammable fluid into the air.
Men who had mshil forward in
the hop, of doing some goo I
I were overtime and fell, while
; others were caught in the fl.um-s
iirim lneirierauti. ine strrei oe -
i i. ii t . i
came a gb wing hell aini there;
vas no .alv;uti..n for those who;
cnancea to ts near. II.av many
u-nPiiHi iifc-viua jiuit w u..!.
, Kmwn nut orw? estimate places it
.it a seor
1 Austin h is little fire protection
at best aiul with this swet away
by the fUnid aind no one left to
man the little apparatus the
j town poss-.shul, tiu; progress of j
; the flames was unuiterrupt d. j
y they swept fr.,m horse;
to house, leaping streets alleys'
ar.d f-d bv the continual s;ii''!v
: of p:n from bursting mains there'
j was no st.iyiiig their progress. .
Tliey I'. -kid up what the wa'-r'
; had" left. ,
! Many peroi:s. enished andj
; il -jpli-ss in the wreeks of build-j
: ins onlv p.rtlv d"Stroved bv tie';
1 tt
I 1 run-
Their shrieks could be
: 1,
li'J.nl IrV tUe ne!.-iS 0eS, Wl.
awakened from tlieir sl-i-p ai.ljenish. The flames were appear-
parr.liz.Hl t.y the enes at.oiit;jncr :vrv wjtn th raiiIity onlyied bv th
inem, eiMieavore.i to save a ni -
here a:ixl there where it seemM
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giii or i ne neai oi ine names
. A I W A. F 1 I .1
mid half an h.'mr after the flood
ad puss-d they stood from the
hillside, pitiful in their inability
to lo anything rmt bemoan the
v--- , jiuiinut UilU a parr or tne tac
tile wouixh-d' and dying bat ton- rwit destroved bv the flood
emong the scores of men whojlie seized an axe ami returning
leight at other times have brav-jto tlue swt where the TlnW
.. 1 .1 it. a. . - a t. . it.. . e .
unfortunate there
eu ueaui io save xue jl.-s oi irie,c!Ukt was lmnri.wn..
was none to;at tlie timber. Tinf t
dare.
Down tit the shijs of the P.uf-
fain Kusniiehami.i Rr;iro:ol hU
tor was in the makim?. The
buildintrs were located below the
business section on the banks of
Freeman rim and were more sub
stantial than most of tlie houses
v. Inch had been swept away by
the flood. "When the great mass
of crushed ami broken timbers,
representing the homes of a few
minutes before, came crashing
dow,u they lodged against the
yhops. The impact was so great
that tlie buildings shivered and
the walls were crushed in. Put
the framework stood and formed
a barrier against whieh flotsam
and jetsam of the flood found
lodgment.
Here as elsewhere the natural
gas pipes burst and as the shoj
were in operation fire was quick
ly communicated to the hetrogeni
ous mass. Men were caught be
fore they could leave their ma
chines, i-some of them were
crushed to death without a warn
ing but others less favored of
fortune were pinned down and
met horrible dearths in tlie rapid
ly kindling flames.
Nearby was the plant of tliej
Standard Lumber Company. It j
had on Aand a large stock of
stove wood ready for shipment.
When the pipes burst there the
burning gas broke through the
building it was soon destroyed.
Here tot) debris had 'piled high
and the luckless ones who had
been swept down stream met
death at this point.
For hours the machine shorn
and tlie lumber plant burned.
And the odor of burning flesh
was so strong as to drive many
p.ysons from the scejve. How
many diet! here will never bo
known by counting.
Here is where the first organ
ized effort at relief was made.
Maddened by the sights a!out
him one man, with tears str lin
ing down his creeks cried for jsol
unteers to save the lives of f '-ji
whose cries for help were grac
ally growing faiaiter.- The wreck
of the Austin Hardware Com
pany had Ihji swept from itOo
eation on Main street to tlie lum
ber mill. Here were buckets in
1 abundance and tlvre was the I It-
tie stream till hwoIIcji, although
the force of the flood hsu pass
ed. St-iziriz a bucket this un
k'wwn hro (Lislwl ii.to the
afrf'Jtrii ftl!il if with wt.-r 5rwl
in,,r Mp n
, ,M);nt wh.re it V,..Arr,
towanl a
1 ne man
its ijrh t i;t sav'-d. Others follow
ed his sample. But to no ruir-
pos.'. and lie.i.t combined to
drive t'nrm liwk and th;y vwttu-
ally gave up tln battle.
But the blazing pile forilLruiedi
to burn thnugh the night, thj
most eonspiciioiis anl m;t deaI-.
ly sfKt m this valley of death.
, (;r;,(hiallv the cries for heln onl'
it1(, pr,,ar!S of dv n-r men trrpwl
'
f;l;.nt.r and vbeii the great nuts!
,f (j,rw arwl ram ants of tlie:
; mining bui!,li.r,r hn.l 1...,,...
nnthing more than a huge pile
0f L.0win" coals the atroriiiri?
sounds etfisM anl that chapter
)f this terrible tragedy was clos
ed. Over at the paper mill, the
great Ir.ctory where so manv f
the people of tlie town find em
I'o) nient, the situati-m was lit-
tl, ;c:tt.r AUI
iilioii'.'h v.fft so
rrauv persons wen? killed, some!
of them were erushel fM-yond'
"recognition when a part of the;
factory went down ebfore the;
water. It, too. caught fir- ;::d
the seen, s to whieh the half par-!
iil.ve.i people w.-re r;.,.:.;'y ht-j
coming accustomed were re-enact I
A little girl
have oeen more
old had been
she could not
than 15 years
eauht in the
1 equaled by the speed of th.
,,,1 which had made htfr
I
plight!
! JT1
was lmpossihv for her to free
...
j herself. No one seemed to know
her name but her cries for help
were not unheeded. As in the
'first in tike irjclidno vhorw art nn
t
i i . . t
gave out Meantime a crowd
had gathered. The re w.-re jiot
more than a dozen men but when
loilillutT MIOWC! sigrw Ot
weakening urioth.-r sprar:' for-i
...
ward, snatched the axe from his'
Lor-i . j l i A T- ,
ami nnd attacked the tunU-rt,.J
with
jbv. -iit-iuiimie tne lire
was approaching. The heat drove
him away. Another took his
place and they sav lie was a d
i i, i .. .. i
vku xoaiiii nau itot ooeai i
seen since tine flood of a few
hours before. He saw at a
glance tlie fire would be upon
tlim before tlie timler would be
made to yield. Carefully he
looJccd at tlie girl. Then with
calm precision h clevelcd the axe
at the helpless Wctiin. A stroke
or two aial it was over. Tike leg
was severed. Willing h
caught up the poor scorched and
bUHsiing girl and carried her to
the hospital on tlie hill. She
may die from shock.
Town of Costello, Near Austin,
Also Wiped Out By Flood.
Austin, Pa., Sept. 30. Hie lit
tle town of Costello below th
place, has been annihilated. The
population is betweou 400 and
500 persons. A survivor reached
Austin at 10 o'clock tonight. He
said that there was hardly a
Hign of life m Costello. Wheth
er most of tlie citizens of Cos
tello perishtHl in the fLood or
liave fled to tho hills, tlie man
could mt say. He believes, how
ever, that two thinks of the
Imputation are dead.
Definite information was ob
tained after 10 o'clock that ev
ery mmeber ul the faiiiilv of
Mate S-JKitor Frank E. Ualdwin,
except the Si.ntor himself, was
killed. Tliese include. Mrs. Uald
win, tlK-ir children. Senator Uald
wins mother, fttther ami sister.
The St-nator was injured.
Disaster In a Nutshell.
Dam of the Uayless Pulp &
Paper Co. burst one mile and a
half 'north of town.
400,500,000 gallons ()f water
rushed upon the town.
Uetween S.rX) juid 1,000 jiersnna
were drowned, crushed or burn
ed to death.
Hunslreds of others believed
to have been swept away by th
great torrent.
Fire follows bursting of natur
al gas mains.
Scores of persons caught be
ncath debris and siowlv cremat
ed. Over 1.kk buildings wreckel.
Ibavy r.i.iiw of jMst two weeks
eaused res4-rvtir to fill r first
tiiae suuc" ere t-1 two ears
a'';
Ftod s
upply hjus been swept
away.
Pliy"i-;ans, nurses and supplies
being nislu-d from surn undLnjj
! towns over tlie mountains to
Au-stin.
'ov. Trior
Teii-r has onlered
State health and charity officials
to tlie scene, together with Ad-
' jutant -rwraI Stewart, and
a
large lorn or ftrTate poliee.
Ai
iiKtin has a population of 3,-
200.
CoHtello, town of 4.V) popula
tion Ix-low Aiustiin , aLso swept
away. Two thinLs of cituens
,' believe! to hav
prrshfsl.
SENATOR OVERMAN'S VIEW
Yhat He Think3 cf the Defeat
of Reciprocity.
From an Interview in the Char
lotte ',. rv. r.
I am not mue'i viirpried at
the result. The defeat of the
Canadian reciprocity was not
caused so much by the fear that
it would m.iVrially affect the
pric f 1 on! 'iiiMl'.ri.-s, but from
the frar ot annexation, as clarm-
e spe.-Lkers who rpposed
tl rreii.-ure.
j favor reciproeitv and free
with Camula. There 13
llHlTIIIIir-IT-, 1I MF A LAI 11 1 1 1 TT
' ' - - " w -
tween the Fnited States and
Canada than tie-re Ls tetween
North Carolina a;.l P-tuylvania.
I believe, in a fr-e t-xt-hmge of
trale . w-tween tr." tvn OW-
uK-r it
countries.
The Camdhm people were
frightened into believing that
tbc nriee of c minorities would
PP''be h.wen-.!. while the o;mTS
of the bill in the United States
ebiimed it would lower the price
C our products. In the great
e .i., tUvv
U Kill Ttt'l'l 4II1R Hi. VtiMk...l 1 1 i.
fa nurse
voted almost solidly
the measure, under- the
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ug.unst
: mir .ressmn tnat it wouiu lower
ri(.t,s ,M wmUd nt have
ne
been true.
IN-ciprocity which was m-givti-at-d
with Camula by Fninklin
i'ienie in i-- n, men i i"a ofc
the Uniteil SUtcs, continued un
til 1SC6, an.1 produced good -results
while in existence.
I fear the failure of reciproc
ity in Canada wlil iiwren the
friction which exints between
the two countries. The only
way out of irt all us a reduction
of "the tariff all along the line,
tear down the tariff wall and
give us a freer exchange of
trade in the markets of the
world, Canada as well as all tlie
other countries.
The Canadian people are our
kind of people, and are our
neighbors. I myself prefer to
see reciprocity or the mutual ex
change of products, which will
bring about the best f relations
between the United States and
Canada. This means now that
reciprocity is dead for a long
time to come.
While the Democrats support
ed it because it wi.1 kn line with
iheir policy enunciated years ago,
and believed it was for the mu
tual welfare of both countries,
Mr. Taft claimed it was his pol
icy, hoping thereby it would
help him in his election. Now
this defeat and liksi veto of all
the tariff bills have knocked tlie
props from under him and it
seems to me his defeat :-s in
evitable. The Senator said he thought
the time spyfit in Congress over
the reciprocity bill was not lost;
tlmt the Democratic party had
performed its duty anil had kept
its promises to- the jvvple to re
vise the tariff, reduce the ex
penses of nuining the govern
ment and lower the taxes.
i
Tresspi Notices printed on
good canl boiird for sale at The
News Office. 10c per dozen, 15a
if by mail ,