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Hot Springs Ark., swept by fire
wbichdestioyed property;yalaed at 6
000,000 and 2500 of its people home
less, issued the lollowing statement
Saturday. K :-.
'While we do not wish to be placed
in the attitude for asking lor out;
side assistance, the cry of suffering
humanity suggest the propriety of
accepting any any assistance; that
pny be offered by a generous pub
lic. Thousands of people have
been rendered penniless and home
less. The destitution is acute and
the need of assistance is imperative
and immediate Ordinarily, we
could take care of our local citizens
in a disaster of this kind but there
are hundreds of citizens from other
states thrown on our bounty. This
makes our burden great indeed."
The fire had its organ in a negro
cabin Friday evening and burned an
area of about 200 acres, n 1
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Sherrill
Virginia Catherine Sherrill
September 3, 1913,
Waynesvflle, N. C
If you knew the real value of
Cbamber-lain's liniment for -lame
back soreness ,of the muscles.
mroino artrt rKonmofm rcJno i'iah
rould neverwish toJbeamXttf?j
For sale by ALL DEALER'
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JOHN fl.QPflRRIS
Dealer in
t HHatcbea anjb Sevoeletv
All kinds of repair work done on
6ort notice.
ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY
Sylva, N. C. : ?
C. a LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmer -
jU 116 years exrjerience.. '
Full Line of Caskets and Robes. :
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ftoneNo. 17 Waynesville, ;N. C.
COLEMAN C. COW Alt,;
AttorncT and Counselor 1$xr,
WEBSTER, N. C; "
DFLS McCUlRE.
DENTISTS.
Office : Pharmacy Building,
SYIiVA, N. O.
R. .SH ERRILLt
Attoeney at Law,
Office in Court Housa,
WEBSTER, N.C.
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OF PROPERTY DIS
BAD CONDITIONS
AT PbRTSMOUTTH.
This morning the mail ; boa
which operates between Beatifort
and Ocracoke started on its regular
trip and succeed in reaching Ports-
mouth; This was the boat's first
visit at tht place since Tuesday
morning, and the inhabitants told
a story of the worst storm in the
history of the town.
AUoyer tne place the wrtert
surgea, and many houses were
swept from their under pinning,
Boats located," were either sunken !
or torn from their anchorage and '
have not since been seen, any j
cattle and fowl were killed by the !
storm, and the damage to personal
property will .amount to several
thousand dollars.
The mail boat did hot make the
trip to Ocracoke on account of the
threatening weather, but at Ports)
mouth it was learned that there
had been no fatalities. Ocracoke is
at a very much exposed point, and
grave fears were felt for the safety
seems tolaveept'Sbngsldefhe
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place instead across and this prob1
ably accounts lor the fact thac it
was not destroyed.
The boatman who reached More
head City said that horses and cows
were killed in large numbers, and
hat many buildings Were washed
down and also that nearly- every
boat anchored at that harbor were
sunken or washed away.
hilorts were made here to get in
communication with the life-saying
station at hatteras and get more
complete particulars but these
proved of no avaiL
Yesterday afternoon the New
Bern' division of the North Carolina
naval militia on board of their
training ship the "EUrida," crossed
within a tew miles of Ocracoke.
4 The crew encountered much wreck
age, several capsized boats and
orownea animals. Owing to heavy
mist which overhung the water,
they were unable to pickup the
town with the heavy glasses.
The Vessel's wireless outfit is not
in commission, and they were also
unable to get in communication
with - any nearby, wireless - station
IN TAKbORA AND EDGECOMBE"
COUNTY.
Tarboro, Sept 5.Work of clear-
ti ha npnriQ f mm tfif Wllm
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ana rain storm of VVjednesday in
this city is gomg'aheaa rapidly un
uer me unecuo-u ui me' local puhce
lorce, wiui tue city wagons, ana it
is thought by Saturday night the
me worst of the mess will oe clear
ed away and the city, begin to taxe
on its natural look again.
On nearly every stfeet there is a
ile uf wood and leaves and branch
es where the trees that leii have,
been chopped up preparatory to
moving mem. 'mere was not a
gtreet in the entire town nor a grove
that escaped the fury of the wind,
and it is hard to estimate the num-
t)d6tIfees.tllat:aIeilow way
I iti7pii has Joined in with the street
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department and is Ioblsjng after his
own yard and in this Way the work
! is going ahead rapi ly and accord
ing to a general plan. .;4
THE DAM AGE TO CROPS.
Reports received from other sec-
. tions pf the county about confirm
the general prediction that ut least
i 15 per cent of the cotton A$rop .uis
, ruined and mat all ol tne yoiing
Icorri is hopeless. Cotton In this
! county tms year ha Buffered a
' number of setbacks and just when
it appeared mat it:: nad aDout
weatnered the lateness causect by
two droughts the storm flattened it
out ana maae mauers vvorae than
they were beiqre '
u LObb'OJt' CATTLE OR HOGS.
One of the worst sufferers irom
the storm nere was the Vaudeville
now Company,, which was baled
here lor one week unner canvas,
When tne storm broke th$ tent was, memhexy of Webster, Beta and Brv
8tanding and- wnen the v rain Jand son City Lodges, the religious ex-
wind ceased the tent was in ribbonajtBrc. being conducted by Revs.
and me outut had, beer darnaSedfW.O; Davis andvJ. J. Gray.
to the extent ol alwutlq.
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Elizabeth City, N c C, Septv4.
One oi tne severest wino storms of
years swept this, section Tuesday
iiigiu ana ail day , Wednesday,
bieat'aamae has Jbeen done to
crops, e&peaally young corn. A
lare nuiiioer ui trees m the city
were uiowii down: Mo reports have
reacheu here yet ot any iatanties
in t us immediate section.
'the btate naval militia boat El
irkia was storm-homm here all uay
yesterday, bhe was. en route to
ixew bern with the naval militia
which Jias been taxing , part m me
annual cruise on boaru me battle
srup Alaoama.
inerJ rnoa has been in the
dock ,ai ftorioiK. lor several weeks
undergomg repairs in which she has
been remoaeled lor the convenience
ana coiniort oi me naval militia
bhe was making her iirst trip back
to her home port ol New Bern
when she was' caught here in. the
storm, bhe is under me command
ot Lieutenant Commander irred
bhipp, of Mew "Bern. The boat will
leave here toda.
DETAILS FROM KINSTON.
, Kinston, N. C, Sept 5. After-
maths oi Wednesday morning's big
storm which swept Eastern Carolina
include me thnlimg experiences of
hinston people at Mew riern.
"ranlL frevonga and wife, occu
pying a single siory cottage on me
yard of a J)ig lumber plant at James
city, near, Mew uern, awoke at 5, a"
m. to imd water creeping into their
bed-room' r at an alarming rate
When they wre taken out of the j
house in .a boat me water was al
most ou-me-Ueyei oi the oed. .
lempsey- vy oou , a piomment run-
stoman, and ms guest, VYtL mutton,
also or. una city leaped irdm the
decK ol me yaciit Avis to a dock at
Mew uern just- oeiore the craft
went to the oottom. rue Avis a
handsome. t5 loot gatoune 'cruiser,
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" Although he had been in a ' state
of such feeble heItH for' several
months as at times to excite the
gravest fears among his friends of
ultimate result, perhaps few , Were
prepared for the announcement
that Mr. McKee- had passed away
about 2 o'clock on Saturday morn
ing Sept 6tb. '
Mr. McKee was managing partner
in the Sylva Supply Cm-nny
which does a large business in gen-
eral merchandise m Sylvaand had a
large mrcle of acquaintances aadjwil, hft ,niH nnthnt nart nB s .
many sincere friends as was attest-
I ed by the large concourse of peoole
' who attended his funeral Sunday
afternoon which took Dlace -from
the Methodist hurch of which he
was a leading member
Mr. McKee was about 45 years of
ae and . leaves a wife and one
daughter surviving him, besides his
mother, two sister and two brothers
His remains were interred in the
local cemetery with Masonic hou-.
ors by the Sylva Lodge assisted "by 1
eendsjtp tb$Si
in, the sad bereayment which has
befallen them.
BIGEST EVENT IN
HISTORY OF COUNTY.
The Fair will open at this place
the 23 of this month and will .con
tinue until the 26.
There are being great preprations
1 made and a large crowd is expected
to be in attendance. It is expected
by the management that the exhi
bits, will -be nore in number and
better in quality than ever before
as there are no entrance charges, on
anything;
j- There will be something doing all
the time. The first day- will, open
with an -Educational Parade of 1000
school children. Balloon ascension
each day. Races of all-kinds each
day and Base Ball - the 2425-20,
Andiws vs. Sylval This is expect
ed, to be the bestBall ever played on
the Sylva grounds.
The mid-way will be full of mor
al and clean attractions, something
new, not the old stunts..
See ad for places of sale for tick
ets.
V.E.DIVELBIS INJURED
Engineer W; Ed. Di velbiss was
injured at Asheville Tuesday morn
ing as he was entering his cab and
has been confined to his bed.
While his injuries are quite pain
ful they , are nbt thought to be dan
gerous arid it is "belieVed thdt he
will be able to be at his work
within a short while."
Miss Delia Childers of Waynes
ville was in the city Wednesday re
turning to her home after having
spent several - days , jn Hamburg
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Mrs. Qaude Vilson was. in the
city ; WeMetom : Hamburg ;
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. The Grading of the road from
Sylva to CiilloWhee was started at
Sylva yesterday morning when
Mont Hyatt the overseer and a
force, of hanos -went to work in
front of McNeely'8 shop on the
route surveyed by engineer MurrilL
Beginning at that point the men at
work on the gradiug will work to
ward Cullowhee to the Sylva town
ship line putting the entire road on
! riMH:nd la r:niflh tllA m ' 0 .
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va auu ocLuvi-ia win yiuuauiy.
used near the river. The Cullo
whee Road Trustees will take up.
the work in that township and we
will have a well graded firm road
that will be good the year around
from Cullowhee to Sylva.'
. The machinery to be used on the
grading was bought some time ago,
by the road trustees and arrived
at Sylva last week.
. The work will be under the di
rection. o the road trustees of Sylva
township who engaged th servicea.
ofcivil eneeJiunill of Waynes-
the nstrucoir forced
NORTH CAROLINA
. For many years North Carolina.
v. f
has been the largest producer of
mica in the United States; accord
ing to the United States Geological
Survey, Prior to 1895 the output
came chiefly, from the larger mines
and consisted of big sheets of Une
, quality. At that time latge quanti
ties of mall sheet mica that would
cut plates less than 3 inches square T
were thrown on the d imps as waste.
After the small sheet and scrap
mica became valuable, the dumps
at, the large mines were 'worked
over and the quantity of mica pro
duced thereby greatiy iincrecsed.
Now that most of the dumps have
been worked over and only a few
large mines .are in - operation the
output is barely maintained by a
large number of small mines and
prospects, probably as many as a
hundred. Many of these are worked
by the mountaineer farmer and
miner at times when crops are laid
by, and occasionally one of the
prospects develops into a larg de
posit. .
Prepare to display your best pro
ducts of farm, forest' factory, and
household at the Western N. C
Fah", Asheville, Oct 7-10, and win ' .
some of the 200 cash premiums -No
entry fee except oh live stocks '
Interest your chUdreh in .the.
Boys and Girls 2)epartment of the ;
WN. Gtak. Asheyme, Oct 7-104 :
and have thementer some of: the.
many choice articles available. . It
is an impprt riart of their educa-j
tion. ;Write .for catalog. ..
Write the Secretary of the W N;
C. FairrAsheyilJe and give him
a, list of the arlicles you wish to en- ;
jter attueFair;bctiT.luV Write for
I eutry blank; program; etc
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