North Carolina Newspapers

L. W. KNIGHT, Editpr aad Proprietor. fmmr (OVF.R QAPT. EVVKKET JiW STOIS. SUBSCRIPTION RATJSS : ne year,........ yy"'"'' 5ix months, .75 Three metiths V All subscriptions accounts must be paid in advance. Bf- Advertising rates furnished on ap plication. - ' POLISHED !EyERy THURSDAY. WAS IT A CLOP BURST ? A TERRIBLE FLOOD IN HITCH- ' COCK AND FALLING CREEKS, Roberd&l, Pee Dee, Great Palls and " Midway Mills Suffer Great Loss The Dams all Broken and the Fac tories Flooded. EVERY BRIPGE, pAM AND GBIST MILL ON THE TWO STREAMS 18 WRECKED OR WASHED AWAY SEVERAL BAIL ROAD TRESTLES GONE. house were swep swjy, and severaj bales of cotton an,d yarn were nprne off down stream. Some of this will probably be recovered. Of course the machinery on the first floor is badly damaged. The dam of the Hamlet Woolen Mills and of Mr. Geo. J. Freeman's grist mill, on Marks Creek, were broken and the buildings slightly damaged. The roadbed of the Carolina Cen tral Railroad is badly damaged for several miles east and west of town. Several trestles were washed away and there are three or four bad wash outs between Hamlet and Pee Dee river. Large forces of hands have been at work, day and night, since Monday repairing the damage, but it will be some days yet before trains can pass. Meantime Mr. L. Weill will run a hack line to Hamlet to convey the mail and passengers. The brick yards of Messrs. H. C. Dockery and VV. F. Steele were sub merged and both lost heavily in bricks. Mr. Steele lost about 75,000 bricks and Mr. Dockery 75,000 Not a bridge or trestle on Hitch cock, Falling Creek or Marks Creek, so far as we have heard, is left intact. If not washed away, they are so damaged as to render them unsafe The damage to the manufacturing interests of the town will aggregate $100,000. Add to this the loss bus tained by the county in bridges, the damage to the railroad, the grist mills destroyed and the crops that are ruined, and the total loss will closely approximate $200,000, if it does not go beyond that sum. Had the flood come in the day time much of the damage might have been averted, but occurring as it did between 2 and 4 o clock in the morning, it was impossible to get sufficient help in the short space of time that intervened between the first intimation of actual danger and the breaking of the dams. A slow, steady rain set in from the east a little before dark, and it increased in violence as the night advanced About ten o'clock there was heavy thunder in the northeast, and later in the night persons who were up say that the clouds in the east were fearful to look upon. The night was literally "as dark as pitch," and the rain seemed to descend in sheets. The night watehman at Pee Dee says at ist o clock ne aid not think it necessary to raise the flood gates, but two hours later the water was rising so rapidly that he summoned help and hoisted the gates. Still the water rose, and a little after 3 o'clock was running over the dam, which soon gave way and let the flood into the factory below flooding the weave room to a depth later. &mce the ahove was of four or five feet. The looms. 165 written we learn of other casualties in number, were submerged by the above Ledbetter's factory. The dam seething, muddy water and the at Mr- Luke Gibson 8 grist and saw thread and cloth on them rendered mil1 is gne- Mr- Jonn D Levin almost valueless. The machinery als0 lo8t nis dam, and his grist mill is greatly damaged. The blacksmith was undermined and fell in, and the The rain of Jasjt Sunday night was one of the heaviest that ever fell in this section, but it must have been much worse a few miles east of town for no such flood was ever known in the creeks on the north and south of town as came sweeping down just before day Monday morning. It is believed by many that there was a cloud burst eight or ten miles east of town about 1 o'clock, and the rapidity with which the streams rose confirms the opinion. The first damage done on Hitch cock Creek was at Ledbetter's facto ry where the grist mill was moved a few inches from its foundation. The county bridge, just below the mill, was so badly wrecked that it will jiave to be rebuilt. At Roberdel factory, two miles below. Ledbetter's, the dam was broken and the grist mill and cotton gin building, on the east side of the pond, was swept away. Only a por tion of the dam was blown out, but what remains is so badly wrecked that it will have to be torn away. The dam was of hewn stone, laid in cement, and was erected some six years ago at a cost of $6,500. The factory building was not damaged. Pee Dee factory, two miles below Roberdel, suffered serious loss. The great volume of water discharged by the broken dam at Roberdel swept away the old portion of the dam at Pee Dee, and the water poured with frightful force against the northern end of the building, smashing in the windows in the lower story and The New Board. The News and Observer of the 23rd says: The Board of Directors of the North Carolina Insane Asy lum met yesterday morning at 10:30 a m. There were preU Messrs. Amis, Biggs, Broad foot, Coke, Foote, McCormac, Kirby, Smith and Wouutck being a full board. On motion Mr. R. H. Smith was elected chairman, vice Dr. Haywood, resigned. The resignation of Dr. Eugene Grissom was received as follows : To the Board of Directors of the N. C. Insane Asylum : Gentlemen: Under the circum stances, I feel it my duty to tender my resignation of the office of Super intendent of the North Carolina In sane Asylum. Owing to the inabili ty and consequent absence from duty of the assistant physician, my immediate departure would leave the institution without any medical care, and being unwilling to preju dice in the least degree the interests of the Asylum, it is agreeable to me, if it is the wish of the board, to re main until my successor is appoint ed and installed, to whom it will afford me great pleasure to give full information respecting every detail of management, and in regard to ev ery case in the asylum, and to aid him in every way to enter upon the successful discharge of his duties. Very respectifully, Eugene Grissom. Sanaa S Wf W Wweked, THOS. B. PACE, . c. Watkrtown, N. Y., August 23. The second train of Barn urn Bai ley's show was wrecked late last night about 2 miles and a half east of Potsdam while en route on the Rome, Wntertown and Ogdensburg railroad from Gouveneur to Mon treal. A broken axle was the cause. Twent3'-four ring horses including one four chariot team and two cam els were killed. Six cars were de railed and two telescoped, so that everything in them were crushed. There were three trains conveying the show. The first train which carried the tents and their belong ings passed into Canada safely, but the second train, conveying all the animals met with an awful disaster. The scene is one of confusion. At either side of the track are distribu ted bodies of the dead horses, with here and there a poor beast which had received injuries that rendered it useless. Tethered to fences at the side of the highway are one camel, sacred cows, steers and various other animals which were rescued from derailed ears. The cars are crushed and twisted into all sorts of shapes and piled upon the track in a seem ingly hopeless entanglement. The elephants which were in the first car that was derailed, were not hurt and have been taken from the car and are swaying their bodies angri HAMLET Thos. Edward and Wm. Mer rett, living near Rockville, 14 and 16 years old respectively, were going home on Wednesday morning with blackberries which they had picked when they walked into a nest of snakes. They dropped their baskets and ran. When they had got over their fright they returned to the snake nest armed with clubs. They found several snakes coiled up in their buckets on top of the berries, and several others wrapped around the pails. The boys attacked the snakes and killed thirty-one, includ ing eleven black snakes, nine garter snakes, eight copperheads and three rattlers. The fight last two hours and a half. Kernersville News. financial pressure aided in bringing about the recent failures of manufacturing concerns. And the failures, in their turn, tend to make additional disturbance in the money 1 v m m mm a market, nates ior call Joans, on stock collateral, advanced yesterday to 6 per cent, and were firm at that The outlook for general business would be extremely favorable were it not for the uncertainty which ex ist as to the condition of the money market. And for this unsatisfactory state of affairs the Harrison Admin istration, because of its stupid and timid conduct of the Tresury, can be justly held responsible. N. Y Star. Bad roads entail upon our peo- shop was swept away, as were also the gangways, the bridge and a lot of fencing Half a mile further down the creek was a large grist mill that tumbled into me luroici stream and was borne away on its murky bosom. The dam is also gone. On Falling Creek, south of town, the first damage we hear of is at the Wiley Dawkins mill, four miles southeast of town. Here the dam ana grist mm were swept away. Between the Dawkins mill and Great dam of Mr. Joseph Gibson's mill and gin was swept out. grist Anent the recent visit of Presi dent Harrison to Boston and the honors paid him by the cultured bean eaters, the New York World says : "He has bestowed high offices as a reward for raising enormous sums of money to promote his election. He hss repudiated the pledges of his party and his own promises to the nation by inaugurating and pie an enormous expense in the loss of time in traveling, the difficulty of transportation, and the wear and 11 T- 1 tear oi vehicles. Kignt here is one of the leaks that help to sink the far mere' boat. And yet the very class most seriously affected are perhaps the indifferent. When will our Deo- pie wake from their lethargy ? The burden of maintaining our roads is not equally distributed but falls heaviest on the poor jm&n. Eliza beth City Falcon. carrying on the wildest carnival of falls factory were three other dams 8poils whh has been seen in this which served as reservoirs for Great Wholesale and Retail DEALER IN General ferchandise. Now in Stock and to Arrive 12,000 yards Calico, Ginghams, and oth er ureas liooas. 2,000 yards Pant Goods. $1,500 worth of Shoes. 500 dozen Keer's Thread. 2,000 Balls of Ball Thread. 10 gross Diamond Dyes. 200 boxes of Tobacco. 35 gross Snuff. 25 Sacks of Coffee. 10 bbls. each Sugar and Molasses. 250bbls. Flour. Lard, Fish, Salt, Canned Goods, Candy, and a full line of () : GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, HATS, j Notions, Clothing, kc. Now is the time for those who buy for cash to lay in their Summer supplies. 1 am offering Special Inducemens to the WHOLESALE TRADE and buy ers of large quantities. Will sell MEAT BY THE BOX, XNJfiW Opening of Spring Goods. All the latest shades and styles in Spring Millinery and Dress Goods We are ctlenng one of the largest stocks of Millinerv and Drea firi in this section and nrires nnntpH m mnMi War than wnn .,,, n J i , ;i-r , r -- -"-"J"- - cioewnere uur nne oi nats, r lowers, reamers, Kibbons and Millinery Trimming jg on and prices are below wholesale. We have some jobs that will stun von n mP'U 6Ter "how y, as if displeased at their unusual- Sugar and Molasses by the barrel, Coffee V long confinement. Barnum's by the Sack, and all Heavy Groceries in y long partner J. W. Bailey is at the scene. He says it is difficult to estimate the oss at present, but it will be in the neighborhood of $40,000. Revenue Captures. The bushwhacking force of the m . . m revenue department oone some damaging work to the moonshine business along the Wake and Chat ham line yesterday. W. N. Scott and J. Dawson Bennett were arrest ed and brought to this city, and 13 barrels of cider and one hundred gallons of low wines seized together with the copper still, tanks aud worms destroyed. T. R. Fur- nell United States Commission sent the offenders on to the next term of the United States Circuit Court. A cigar factory at Greensboro was closed for violation of revenue laws. News and Observer. quantities just as low as they can be de hvered here from Wilmington or Charlotte. With a large stock, and my Sledge-Hammer Motto oj Cash on Delivery, I propose to always LEAD in prices and let others "run after." I am still selling (at the rate of 100 bbls. per monlh) that good common Hour at $2.25 per sack, (4.25 for 5 to 10 barrels). Verv fine Flour at $5.25 to $5.50 per baarel. Full 200-lb. sacks Salt at $1.00 each. Good Coffee 18 to 20 cents. Granulated Sugar 12 lbs for $1.00. Good Coffee Sugar 14 lbs for $1.00, and other goods in proportion. I am still general agent for the CARY WAGONS, the best one-horae wagon sold in the State at the price. Price reduced to $30.00, cash, with bed ; without bed, $27 cash. Special prices to merchants. Thev are first-class farm wagons and warranted to give satisfaction. Come to Hamlet call for PACE'S CHEAP CASH STORE, and judge my goods and prices for your selves, very Respectfully, THOMAS B. FACE. A nasal injector free with each bottle of Sblloh s Catarrh Kemedy. Shiloh's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Neuralgic Person And those troubled with nerronsnen resulting from care or overwork will be relieved by taking Brown's Iron Bitters. Genuine lias trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. mm i CONSUMPTION SURELY CURKD. lo thb HiDiTOP. rlease inform your readers that 1 have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their express and post Come and see the most perfect fitting stock of Clothing ever shown in this State. Look at our office address. Respectfully, T. A. Slocum, M. C, 181 Pi PATENT BREECHES. We fit your pocket book. All of earl at., N. Y. our goods are marked in plain fig- John L. Sullivan has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to impris onment for one year. This will probably interfere with Sully's pro posed "bportmg Irust. ures. C. A. DIXON & CO., 15 East Trade St., CHARLOTTE, N. C. The Greatest Anti-Periodic known to the medical profession is quinine, the base of which is the Calisaya bark of commerce. This bark is gathered by the natives of South American countries and ex ported to all parts of the world for the manufacture oi quinine. 'The servant is not greater than his mas ter," and it stands to reason that the extract has not the curative powers of the original. 1 here is no more effective remedy for malarial disor ders known to the world than Dr Westmoreland's I have on hand a large and complete as sortment of goods, consisting, among a great many other things too tedious to mention, of Dry Goods, Men's and Bov's Calisaya Tonic, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Crock- DRESS GOODS. Henriettas, Mohairs, Plaid and Striped Nainsooka. Chambrava mrl j '.. width Woieteds and Challieu. White Gond Twnx Oinhm. aoubl .A O .1 tA A.. J . ' ? B-, , c Uller at 8 and 10 cents), and manv others too numerous to mention all our goods ; on these we defy competition, Trimmings to A full line of Notions at Racket prices. Beautiful line of Hambures from up. .fins and .Needles 1 cent a paper. All we ask is for you to give us a call and see for vouraelt favors we solicit a continuance of the same. ctcti Thanking you for put HRS, SUE P, SAfflDFOBD & CO. RACKET NO. Xsr Is replete with everything in the line of Ladies' Dress Goods, such as Satines Lwt Piques, Nainsooks, Muslins, Summer Worsteds of all kinds and lower than tU u' latest styles and at the lowest prices ever offered. Hate till yon can't rest abundance. Saddlery. Hardware. Crockery. Ac aheaaeet evar shown They are surely as cheap, if not cheaper, than anv cooda on the market r a u guaranteed. - ' ' " 1 1 return thanks to my friends ftir past patronage and bops for a continuance of tki same under this motto I like op osition ; I defy competition ! pc And under no condition, Will I budge from my position As the "Boss Dry Gtoods 8tore." COME Come ONE, all! Closing out sale of Summer Millinery and Parasols at cost, for the next thirty days, to make room for Fall stock of goods. WOW IS THE TIME TO BUY BARGAINS. Leading Milliner. TWO DOORS EA8T OF H. Ladies' Bazar. DOCKERY. The Prettiest Girl in Town WEARS A JERSEY BOUGHT off W. T. COVINGTON & CO., who have nsr STOCK A beautiful line of Jerseys, Wraps, Gloves, PRINTS, DRESS GOODS, Trimmings, Neckwear, Hosiery, And everything eke needed by the people of this community, sll of which will be sold as low as any one else will sell them. W. T. COVINGTON & CO. DOCKERY'S Falls. All of these broke, snd the immense volume of water thus lib era ted rushed with awful force upon the dam at Great Falls and blew put a large section gf it. Here there is a fall of 30 feet or more and the mill is situated in the valley below the dam, a little to one side. Had the full force of the torrent struck the mill when the dajn broke, the building would surely hare gone down. The boiler house, built of brick, was swept away, and the low er floor of the mill was flooded to the depth of three or four feet. On this floor was a large lot of cloth, thousands of yards of which is bad ly damaged. Much of it will prob ably prove a total loss. Just below ireat Falls factory Hitchcock and Failing Creeks come together and form one stream . From me connuence oi ine streams it is about one mile to Midway factory, which probably sustained a heavier loss than any of the mills. Their dam was blown out and the factory flooded to the depth of five or six ieet. T,he tower, in which was tank containing several hundred gallons of waier, collapsed when the water struck' it. The gangways' the lacksmith shop and the boiler country in zo years, ne has ap pointed notorious rascals to office. Ht has made corrupt bargains with political freebooters. And he has aggravated these offenses against honest politics and good govern ment by Pharisaic pretentiousness and the cant of piety. What is there in his character or his record as Presidsnt that should lead the people to pay hero-worship to Benjamin Harrison ? It is well to honor his office. But before the Presidency is honored in its occu pant he should first honor it. And this the present incumbent has not done." True, every word of it. But what better could be expected of a Presi dent who is surrounded by a crowd of bribers and freebooters? A citizen in No. 4 township has a cat whose age is about 15 years. He became too feeble to do much forag ing so a young cat has taken it on itself to attend to his wants by al most daily bringing a bird, mouse, rat, or something of the kind tempt ing to a feline's palate. Concord Times. 4? We were shown a few days ago by Mr. J. T. Wall, of Lilesville town ship, a sample of very fine wool ta ken from some Cotswold sheep be longing to him. From two sheep. Mr. Wall informs us that he sheared 26 pounds of wool of the very finest quality. This is nearly three times as much as the ordinary sheep yields. Mr. Wall is a progressive young man who is turning his attention to the raising of improved stock, and we predict that he' will not only find it a pleasant but profitable business. Wade8boro Messenger. Shiloh's Catarrh Tlftmed v a cure for Catarrh, Ii5h'theria and Mouth. Sold by Dr. W. M. FowlkesA Co. positive Canker- VigOr and Vitality Are quickly given to every part of the body by Hood's Sarsaparilla. I hat tired feeling is entirely over come. The blood is purified, enrich ed, und vitalized, and carries health instead of disease to every organ. The stomach is toned .and strenth- ened, the appetite restored. The kidneys and liver are roused and in vigorated. The brain is refreshed, the mind is made clear and ready for work. Try it. Corporal Tanner having received the distinction of an endorsement by Boss Quay's Convention in Penn sylvania can afford to snap his fin ger a i me n imposition or secretary INobie to delay tne coat of white wash prepared by the alleged inves tigating committee sitting with closed doors. The Administration should copy the courage of Quay and shoulder Tanner boldly. He is the typical Republican Surplus-dis penser and to attempt to unload him would be equivalent to disa vowing the party s principles. New York World. State Warrants for aale at this office. hich contains a sufficiency of the er7' Hardware, Potware, Tinware, Guns, purest bark, and all disorders of the 18toj9' Aronks, v aiiaes uottee, bugar Shot. system arising from a deceased A rr 5TTS: liver readily succumb to it influ- Apples Dat ' Pru' c'd qoqab &' ence. Ihis great medicine is for all of which sale by Dr. W. M. Fowlkes & Co. r -.,,77 - nm Tni ooau. And I'll do more. I or every dollar vou spend in cash with me I will give you a ucKei wnicn win entitle you to a chance at Double-Barrelled Breech- - Loading Shot Gun, OR AN Elegant Musical Clock, as you prefer, both of which will POSI TIVELY be eiven awav to mv customers who hold the two lucky numbers on the 24th day of December next. A little amusement will be good for your health. Try your luck. You will get your money's worth of whatever you buy ana may gei vne gun or clock to boot. J. W. COLE. H. 8 LEDBZTTKB. R. S. LBDBETTIR, JR. LEDBETTBR BROTHERS Have in store a COMPLETE STOCK OF OF ALL KINDS, AND Farm Supplies, to which they invite the attention of the public. Meat, Meal, Flour, Com, $c RECEIVED IN ROCKY RIVER SPRINGS INSTITUTE. Male and Female. W TTT? tlf S T mTVTWiom t ai a rrrr -r 1 CAR-LOAD LOTS J- cheapest High School in North arouna. ! we propose to sen as cheap as any in the market. Give us a call. LED BETTER BROS. Pat Cottvivit TUT wi uu mv v v xug mm a waaaaa w J I ATTACHMENTS, NEEDLES, 8CPFL1ES, And repairs of the best possible material, apply to D. T. HARGROVE, Laurinburg, N. C. FALL TERM becins Aucuat 20th. 1889, and Sprine term Jan. 15th. 1890. Tuition in English Department from 1 to 12.50 per month. Languages 50 cents per month extra. Music, on Piano or Or gan, $3.00 per month. Board m Hotel, including washing and fuel, excluding lights, $7.50 per month, and in private lamuies ior k per month, including wash ing, iuei ana lights. lhe Institute is located in 100 yards of seven oi tne nnest mineral SDnnes in the fVL. i HI i , . . . . 4 . ocai. ror mrtner mtormation address H. S. PICKETT, A. B., Principal, Miss Chloe Parker, Assistant. Silver, Stanly connty, N. C. 4 I am stUl in business But too busy Selling Goods and BUYING COTTON Coma to see ma and save money. H. C. DOCKERY to write advertisements. WAGON AND BUGGY FACTORY. D. L. SAYL0R, - i' Wadesboro, N. C, . MANUFACTURER AND DEALAR IS Wagons and Buggies. Every Job Warranted. HorBBRhoBlng and Repairing Dane at Short Notic ArAl?H ?u ONE-HORSE WAGONS from $35 to M0. TWO JO? xyavjuho as low as any one in this market I MEAN WHAU' I AM AL80 SELLING THE SSfij-i CSmbu? a?' Us Single Canter Spring Buggy, both tni U celled m quality and at the bottom scale in price. See me before you make vu""-. iUC wor s sow under a full Guarantee. BLANKS AT TfilS OFFICE.