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TIE RALEIGH EVEINW TIME
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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
Iffains Brothers WJw Will Go On Trial
OF STATE C0NVEWTI0N
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Many Bridges Washed Away
and Crops Flooded in
Wake County
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Steel Bridge Over ' Nense May Go and
Crabtree' Bridge in Danger ifeuse
Rlrer Power Plant Shut Down On
Account of; High J WaiterWorst
Floods In This Section in 25 Years.
Norfolk & Sonthern arid Baleigh &
South port Trains Annulled Xo
Relief In Sight. .
The precipitation in Raleigh now
amounts to 11 Inches since last
Friday and the weather bureau of
ficials can give no hope of relief. The
forecast for the next 24 hours is' con
tinued showers. "...
Raleigh is not by itself in this rain
business. Six Inches have fallen at
Moncure in the last 48 hours. The
Cape Pear river at that place is up
to the covered railroad bridge, which
is expected to go any moment.
The present rainy spell is consid
ered by old residents as the worst in
25 years. Branches are now large
creeks, creeks would make any river,
In ordinary times, ashamed of itself,
and Nsuse river; is a raging . volume
of water 'over a half mile wide In
some places.'!
' ; Reports From Outside.
The weather bureau Is being noti
fied , every, moment of an imminent
flood at this place, a river out of its
stage at that place and of general
dangers along river sections.
At . Reldsvllle and Danville three
inches hare fallen in the j?ast 24
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At - Moncure ' six inches of water
has fallen during the past 48 hours.
Tbe JCape Fear is up to the railroad
bridge.' The bridge is expected to be
washed away any moment. At Fay
eeltevllle the Cape Fear has reached
46 feet and will go . over 50 feet.
Never before has the Cape Fear been
so dangerous-looking.
The Tar river at Loulsburg is the
highest known In years. At Green
ville the Tar had risen only five feet
last night, but had just begun. It
will tjqual the others today.
1he Roanoke river at Weldon Is
above flood stage and will most prob
ably' go to 43 feet or more before
tomorrow. Crops in this section are
all tinder water and people living
along the river are moving to higher
ground,-.-
-The storm is centered over south
ern portion of South Carolina, and
has moved very little iu the past 24
hourB. Indications are now for the
rain to continue for the next 24 hours
arid most probably longer.
STREAMS AROUND RALEIGH1.
Xense River.
TheiNeuse river is higher than
ever iefore in a score of years, crops
lir the river bottom are covered with
water, and all bridges are in danger.
A Mllburnle it is up to the plank
bridge and for 200 yards on each side
It is one sheet of water. All of ttia
bottom lands for miles around is sub
merged. The plant" has shut down
and where the dam is supposed to,
, be there Is no fall at all. It doesn't
look as if there was ever a dam there.
The flood-gates are open and there Is
practically no pressure on the dam,
there being no danger of the dam
- , washing away. The river is about 10
feet above high water mark. , ;
At the bridge on the new road the
river . is running like ft race-horse.
The abutments on both Bides ire be
ing undermined, and it would not be
surprising if the bridge would go to
" night. ; s; -
It is impossible to get a message
from the Falls of Neuse. ; ;
Crabtree Creole.
Crabtree is impassable on- all the
roads leading to and from Raleigh.
The fridge on the Wake Forest road
la six or seven feet under water and
Is a whirling mass, of water several
hundred yards wide, The bridge will
surely be lost. ' ' s
On the Mllburnle road; Crabtree is
up .to the covered bridge and It Is
feared that this valuable structure
will also be torn away. .
At Edwards' Mill the mill It in
great danger. The creek is up to
the bridge and out on both sides.
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GUEAT DM1M
10 THE SOUTH
Many Bridges Washed Away
and Trains at a
Standstill
COTTON MILLS DAMAGED
Last Outlet for Trains to the North
Closed, Seaboard and Sonthern
Both Being Shut OffSeaboard
' Loses Many Bridges and Trains at
a Standstill Eastern North Caro
lina. Suffers Greatly, the Cape Fear,
the Roanoke and Other Rivers Be
ing Beyond Bounds. j
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26.- Southern
Railway passenger train No. 44,
Which was this morning diverted via
the Georgia Railroad and Augusta,
was forced to return to Atlanta, af
ter proceeding only a few miles, be
cause of washouts on the : Georgia
Railway. This closes the last out
let by train to the Carolinas and the
north.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. ". 26. The
main line trains between Washing
ton and Atlanta have been detoured
via Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
line and the' reported washouts on
the Georgia Railroad between Au-
sssta and .jUthttk wjH dose .all out-
Excessive Rainfall at . Greenville.
(Special to The Times)
Greenville, N. C, Aug. 26. Rain
fall in this section very excessive for
twenty-four ' hours ending 8 o'clock
this morning. It was 1.10 inches
and for three days 4.78 inches. Tar
river rose three and a half feet last
day and continues rising. Crops have
Buffered greatly and trains and mails
delayed by washouts. Weather is
showing clearing tendency today but
still raining some.
OA PE FEAR OVERFLOWED.
Water in River At Fayetteville Stood
Forty-eight Fcvt at Noon;
V StiUiRlslng. i
(Special to The Times.)
' Fayetteville, N. .C, Aug. 26. It
is still raining here, the third day of
almost continuous rain. Sunday
night and Monday, 4.86 Inches fell.
Monday night,. 1.02 Inches; last night
and up to noon today, , 1 inches
have fallen.. At noon there was forty-eight
feet, seven inches of water j
in uape r ear, witn me water rising
out at rate of five inches an hour.
Alii the river valley Is. overflowed
and thousands of acres of cotton and
corn are : Under water. , Crops gen
erally are Injured, some estimate the
damage Injury at 25 per cent, while
a considerate estimate is 20 per cent,
so far, Traffic dn Coast Line moving
on Raleigh '$ Sbuthport suspended.
FOUR LARGE , BRIDGES GONE.
High Point Water Supply Cut Off.
Small Houses' Washed Away.
(Special d The Times)
. High Point, N.' C.; Aug. 26 Four
of the largest , county bridges have
been washed away by floods, namely:
Shlpman, Armfield, . . Wllliard and
Qakdale bridges, and ,. the large
bridge at Freeman's mills (s report
ed washed away. Deep river is out
of its banks and presents a vast sheet
of water. . y ; ;-i
C High. Point's water, supply is cut
off by water-flooding boilers at reser
voir and putting out fire. Some of
the factories had to close down on I
account of same. Expect to be rem
edied late this evening. Smaller
bridges and houses along waterway
are reported washed away. Flood
works havoc with farmers, destroy
ing corn, cotton and other products,
especially in low lands. It Is the
greatest flood in the history of this
locality.
Seaboard Train Derailed.
, (By Leased Wire to The Times)
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 26 Sea
board Air Line passenger train No.
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police photograph.
Got old Feet and Qui! When
Market Went Against
Him
A BLOW TO GAMBLING
Firm Tried to Throw Stork Market
Into Whirlwind of Confusion and
Ita Waterloo Came No Accurute
Estimates of the Firm Liabilities
Has Yet Been Made Will Give
Out Statement Today in Regard to
Presumption of Business But There
1 No Explanation of Saturday's
Wild Business.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Aug. 26. "When the
market went against his play he got
cold feet and quit and then the whole
house of ! cards collapsed."
That's the way Wall street sized
up the failure for more than a mil
lion, dollars of the once staple brok
erage firm of A. p. Brown & Com
pany today referring to the actions
of a man. who Is the president of a
trust company and, of exceptional
Btaading In the financial world. He
is blamed for the collapse of the firm
Inasmuch as it is now known that he
joined the concern in a huge specula
tive venture and renlgged on his ob
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BROWN
RENluGEn
ONH
SCONTRACTS
John P, Hniius, the elder brother of
pioflle view of Cap(. Haius from a
RALEIGH IAN IS
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Death of Chas. N. Hudson at
Wrightsville Beach Today
While in Bathing
EFFORTS TO SAVE
News ; Received by
Simply Stating
Drowned Later
Mr. Geo. Kelly
That He Was
Special From
of the Affair.
Wilmington Tells
Had Gone Out Bathing and Caught
zy Undertow Effort Made to
Save Him by His Companion.
The sad news of the death of Mr.
! Charles N. Hudson, sqn of Mr; W. W.
ludsori, of this'city, at Wrightsville
was received today. No particulars
were given In the message, to, Mr.
Geo. Kelly, his brother-in-law. A The
message stated that he waB drowned
thjs morning. .
Mr. Kelly will leave this afternoon
for Wilmington. Tne jjraalns -will
be brought here as early as possible.
Charles N. Hudson was Interested
in, the pool 'room and cigar staid on
west Martin street and Gem restau
rant on Hargett street. He had been
a successful young business man and
his sad death casts a gloom over his
many 'friends in thfe city. He was
in good f health jand'ha been to
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DROP
BAY
REPUBLICANS
CHARLOTTE
Convention Called to Order
at Noon Today By
Judge Adams
LEADER VERY ACTIVE
Ex-Scnator Marlon Butler on the
Scene Romolus "Zig-zag" Linney,
a Gubernatorial Aspirant Plat
form Committee Busy Platform
to Contain Planks Favoring
Changes in Election Laws, Square
Deal to Labor, Protection of Bus
iness Interests Old Soldiers to be
Placed on Ticket.
(Special to The Times)
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 26. The
city is full of republicans here for
the convention. Among the more
prominent ones are: State Chair
man Spencer B. Adams and G. S.
Bradshaw, of Greensboro; Editor R.
Don Laws, of The Yellow Jacket,
Moravian Falls; Judge E. W. Tim
berlake, of Wake Forest; District At
torney A. E. Holton, of Winston-Salem,
and District Attorney Harry
Skinner, of Greenville; Charles H.
Cowles, of Wilkesboro; V, S. Luck
and Thomas S. Rollins, of Asheville;
R. Z. Linney, of Taylorsville; Editor
J. Z. .Green, of Marsh vtlle jf L.
f rant, of ailieigh;-ex-Senator Marion
Butler and brother, Major George E.
Butler, of Elliott.:
The convention meets at noon to
day in the auitorium, with Judge
Spencer B. Adams presiding.
The republican leaders have been
very active today and yesterday, pre
paring their platform and getting
ready for the real work of the con
vention. The executive committee
was In session last night and trans
aced routine business. The platform
as it now stands, and will be pre
sented to the convention, is said to
be an artfully constructed affair. It
is the manifest intention of its
framers to fight shy of the liquor
question, exploit the party's Interest
in the business world, fool the labor
vote into the republican fold and pull
the wool over the eyes ' of the old
Confederate soldier. One or more
old soldiers will be plnced on the
ticket. There will be an immigra
tion plank, an election law plank,
and a promise of good roads.
Marion Butler is on hand and is
prophesying republican victory this
fall. Hon, Romulus Z. Linney, the
"Bull of the Bushles," Is mention
ed for governor, and Is one of the
most, conspicuous figures on the
ground, v
Two new gubernatorial possibili
ties have appeared on the scene,
Theer are Judge H. R. Starbuck, of
Forsyth, and Mr. A. A. Whitener, of
Catawba.
NEGRO LYNCHED.
Was Thought to be In Miuon Jail,
But Found Yesterday Hang-
' ing to Two.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
. Louisville, Ga., Aug. 26 Vance
Williams, a negro alleged to be im
plicated In .the murdsr of R.' C.
Brown, a wealthy planter, and who
was supposed to have been sent to
jail at Macon to avoid lynching, was
found yesterday hanging from a tree,
riddled with bullets. The negro was
certainly sent to Macon jail and there
Is great mystery as to how he was
gotten from that city and turned over
to the mob.
MRS. GOULD BRINGS SUIT.
Wants 930,000 Damages From a
Fifth Avenue Tradesman.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Aug. 26 Mrs. Howard,
Gould has brought Bult for $50,000
against Frank A. McLaughlin, a
Fifth avenue tradesman, who, she al
leges, through a process server, in
jured her to that extent.
Mrs. Howard Gould was formerly
Catherine Clemmons, an actress. Her
marital troubles have f gured promi
nently in the newspapers of late.
Small Band of Enthusiastic
Women meet Today, an
testing Meeting .
DR. ' KNAPFS SPEECH
Mrs. W. N. Hutt Re-elected Chair
man Makes a Fine Address Old
Committee Re-elected Mrs. AV. 8.
Primrose Delivers Address of Wel
come Mrs. E. E. Mofflt Talks In
terestingly of "Fresh Air" Mrs.
W. R. Hollow ell Makes a Delight
.ful Speech.
Beginning at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the Farmers' Convention
again took up its work. Mr. T. J. W.
Broome, of Union county, addressed
the audience on "Observations and
Conclusions Concerning Farm Prac
tices." His address was interesting
and evinced a thorough acquaintance
with the problems of farm life. State
Forester W. W. Ashe followed, with
an Instructive discussion of "For
estry."'.
"Commercial Fertilisers, When
and How to Use Them," was the sub
ject discussed by Director C. B. Wil
liams, of the state experiment station.
Mr. C D. Harris, state feed chem
ist, concluded the evening prog- im
with an able paper on "The Results
Of Feed-stuff Inspection."
Probably the greatest address Of
the convention, and certainly one of
the best ever delivered in this city,
was that of Dr. S. A. Knapp, on
"The Building of a Nation." .
He described our nation as perfect
in plan, no detail omitted in its con
ititutlauaL fram&work,- .. fallowlgfj
this up' he declared that the growth
of our nation depends entirely on our
attention detail, the following up and
development of every factor that
would tend toward development, how
ever insignificant that factor may be.
Dr. Knapp said in part:
"In the framework of the govern
ment of the United States we have
one of the most perfect plans that
was ever devised. The general
theory and the outline Is a grand con
ception for the government of men.
We have been faulty In two particu
lars: We neglected a careful consid
eration of the specific details In gov
ernment. As an example It was many
years before a complete system of
education to prepare our people to
govern was fully established, and
yet in many portions of the country
the educational system is exceedingly
faulty;, We failed also to provide
for contingencies. Every great power
that comes into the world produces a
revolution, and ultimately results In
a modification of economic conditions
olid finally of government. The In
vention of gun-powder readjusted the
map of the world. The discovery of
steam", and electricity have resulted
in great economic revolutions, and
we are today struggling with the
problem which Rhall be paramount,
the manufacture or the labor. We
have gone from the smaller factory
to the larger factories and have con
centrated these great factories large
ly in cities or centers of population
and they have organized or co-operated
until it appears that ultimately
we shall have a great central power
In the manufacturing interests of the
United States. Labor has been ap
parently compelled to organize ,to
meet this centralization of manufac
tures. It would almost seem that
there would have been some thought
ful provision in law by which the la
borer In addition to a Just wage
should have bean a participator in
profits as a matter of equity and true
economy. This would fo'vp the un
economic revolutions called strikes.
"What method shall we take to
promote agriculture? admitting my
premises to be correct. Let us take
it up in detail. First, the income of
the farmer must be greatly increased
by a knowledge of the soil and the
conditions necessary to ' produce a
better crop bo that there may be few
er failures. Secondly, by the Intro
duction of mechanical appliances to
the end that the drudgery af farm
ing may be removed, and that each
laborer may be able to do five to
ten times the amount of work In a
day that he now performs. Thirdly,
by making every portion of the farm
contribute to his support. Not by
hard labor, but by the production of
more live stock of a better quality.
(Continued on Page Three.)