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I I Only ii LAST EDIIICII .is..- TELET voLuim zx Eft W LOSS Augusta a Sea of Muddy Water Reaching Second Stories of Bouses nnriT iiinu rinrrinirn ' bntM uiani mma ABE SWEPT FUR AVVAY More Than Two-Thirds of City Under Water, But Flood is Now Receding. Property Loss . Beaches -. Millions. Factories Along the Canal Have Been Swept Away Fire Last Night Did Much:. Damage Great Loss of Life1 Reported Thousands Homeless .Last Night., - ' (By DUDLEY GLASS) ; At Waters Edge, at a Postal, Tele graph Pole,. Near Augusta, Ga4 Aug. 27 A sea bf muddy water, reaching the second floor of the business hous es and driving residents Into upper floors and in some cases into trees, is Augusta In its flood. The highest stage 1b passed and. the water is rap idly receding now. More than two-thirds of the city Is covered and the submerged pdfVm includes all the principal business and residence districts. Only that part of the city south and east of the first level of the canal is above water. This canal, which is higher than the streets, sa ved it. The -property loss reaches Into the millions. All the factories along the canal have been swept by the flood, and the machinery ruined, much of it beyond recall, '; . ; Fire last; night . broke out In two warehouses of ..the : Nixon Orocery CotnnajiyeveNA.Uta4rfAliiOU ." burned, the JIM' startling .rOJBfi?Mwt: fwiifa JUivthef Bi8toiTi'Snelr elsewhere. - ianeouseoiBOU8ttom. rne loss or lira is reported to be heavy, hut no reri-f fication Can yet be obtained. ' There r clad and many with babies in their IS a well-defined -story that two wo-1 worth of Property by the present un- arms. men in a ouggy were drowned in a j precedented floods, the burden of the! The unfortunates had to be con street. last night when the vehicle' was j loss falling upon the farmers. The tent with benches or the floor, and turned over. ' It is alBo reported that cotton cr0p nas been damaged at n0 bedding was supplied to them. a vnnthn nni twn 'hllrlrfiri ond a na. . gro cabman were drowhed near the union depot. No bodies have vet I been recovered and will not until the fiood subsides. I haVe "found it impossible to reach the up-towa 'districts so far! Many persons have taken skiffs to reach the business portion. only to be over turned by the fierce cross-currents and swept away.' It is stated now that the lock gates, seven miles above the city, did not go out, but the high river overflowed into the canal. , ' This canal is nine miles long, owned by the city and runs through Augusta nearly parallel with the river. On it is the finest and cheapest water-power in the United States. All of the nine great cotton mills have been put out of business. Their thousands of employes are out of work. The cotton mill district, where there are rows of tenements occupied by the employes, was not flooded. . i Thousands were homeless last night. Most of them refugeed to churches, which were thrown open to them. ' 'Many fled to the hills. Green street, the fashionable resi dence thoroughfare, Is entirely under water. ;.. '., ';.. Neither newspaper printed an edi tion yesterday afternoon or this morning. Their offices are sub merged. There has been no street car or telephone service, ; electric or gas lights or water from the system since noon yesterday. Men with , skiffs charge $5 to $10 to row passengers to Broad street. They reaped a harv est yesterday. Many men were left all night in business houses without food. It is very cold today and bonfires hare been built in unflooded streets. Relief organization will be formed by tonight If possible. Many of the des titute are begging. Up to this time no organized work is possible, as there are no means ot communica tion. ' .; . Only ' on those buildings which were burned can insurance be recov- ered, as policies do not cover floods No trains are running into Augusta except those of the Georgia Railroad to Atlanta, which get within live miles f the. city. All other railroads hare been cut off. ; . The old Charleston : ft Western Carolina Railroad bridge and the ' ' (Continued pn Second Page.) . I l;i.;;.jnlh2 Stdlb .of V lorth Carolina E.A:LE1GH :EVENING TIME ff IM PRESIDENT AMAWR. lill President Amador, of Panama, Is seriously 111. His successor, . Senor Domingo Obaldia, has already been elected. .''': MILLIONS IN AMAGE State ol South Carolina Great Sufferer Cotton Crop Has Been Damaged Fif ty Per Cent and Corn Even. More. Many Large Electric Plants Out of Commission Towns ' and Cities Cut Off From World. i vr .' ' 0f South Carolina the state has suM : - ? v i 1 ;;, fIlo nHB ' t ,!, jni,.'"rat anJ many of them were scantily least flfty Per cent and the corn crop even more, because ot the fact that ''tue bulk Of the corn production in. the state-Is grown along the water ways. Many of the larger water power electric plants in tbe ' state were put out of commission by wa ter. Telegraph and telephone ser vice is badly crippled and some of the cities and towns where the flood is most serious are cut off en tirely from the outside world. The Broad river plant, near Gaffney, and the plant at Neals Shoals, near Union, S. C, were reported under water and abandoned. ; -' Reports from Greenville state that the rainfall there was 13 inches in 24 hours. - The Congaree river at " 6U? Y,c"3 ues'u'""s iu JUu- most mysienousiy iron, ms suiuuj, Columbia has reached the highest! tlf,y theraey kept largely to them- 610 south Tenth street stage since 1840. The great cotton Iff vtef; be U became .apparent, ... The bust' was made with the au nintMn. .inne th riw.- fr flftvi tnat tlle entity of the party was es- thority of Mr. Taft. The sculptor miles south of Columbia have been I destroyed, .the surface soil will be washed away,; leaving the lands in I an almost unvaluable condition. The Columbia power canal which cost a million dollars, is giving away, though hundreds of convicts and la borers are. feverishly throwing up dykes to protect it. ' The canal runs within oiie hun dred feet of the river for four miles. The great toll bridge at the foot of Gervlas street, which stands forty feet above normal stage of the Con garee, has six inches of water run ning over its floor and is almost cer tain to go, as railway trestles and public bridges above it on the Broad river have given away and the wreck age is bearing down on it. , THE LAMPHERE CASE. His Attorney Will Apply For Release of Lumphere on Ground That State Haa No Evidence. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Laport, Ind., Aug. 27 Attorney Worden, who is defending. Ray Lamp here, Indicted on six counts for the murder of Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three children and with com plicity In the murder of Andrew JHolgaleln, ban prepared papers, in application for a writ of habeaB cor pus tor the release of Lamphere. It is alleged that the state has no evidence connecting Lamphere with Betting Are to the Guinness house and none to show he had anything to do with her death or tbe death of her children. RALEIGH, . N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908. IHEClIlilE Many of New York's Poor Seek! Shelter la the tit) Dead Rouse HUNDREDS TURNED AVAV Two Hundred Men And Women (?lad to. Accept Gruesome Hospitality of the Morgue Demands of . the Homeless Too Great For the Ho"; lief Associations - Appeared in j Such' Numbers That Every Bit of I Siace Was Taken And Many AVerc ' Turned Away. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times') New York, Aug. 27 As the res: nf tha rnnl vnaHior 9flfl man ttnt ttrn- men, many of the latter with babies; session of the republican state con in their arms, slept in the city's 'ventlon was consumed with the ills- morgue at the foot of. East Twenty Sixth street last, night. They were glad to accept the gruesome hospi- tality of the municipality and to rest j reported this morning. Ex-United side by side, practically,' with f). States Senator Marion Butler sprang city's unknown pauper dead. j a sensation when ne opened the at- At 6 o'clock this morning the. VV tack on the plank fixing f200 as the fortunates were sent Into the streets j amount of personal property tax ex by offlcial orderjand their shelter for cmption, instend of $25, as plank al- tlie night was oncegftin reserved for its ghastly use. It was the first tin.; in the hlstor" of the city that tne "dead house" was improvised for a lodging h owe. The demands of the homeless mea and women were too great for the capacity of the municipal lodging - house at No. 398 First avenue. . : uuring the height of the storm last night , they appeared for shelter in such numbers that every bed, chalrfAt 12, o'clock the convention was and bench was taken before the usm; as oOreoa of men and ,Vonf-jryriK. AovernmeAt vplanki.v his lne wome" were taiian care or MRS. THAW AT RICHMOND. With Donlel O'Reilly and His Sister Spout, a Week Wachapreage. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Richmond, Va., Aug. 27. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, Daniel O'Reilly,' and his sister, have been gue3ts at Wash apreage for about a week recently. Mrs. Thaw registered ns Mrs. Byrnes, while Miss O'Reilly was for this occasion Miss Gale. Mr. O'lteil ly registered as D. 0. Gait. For several days the party enjoy ed the fishing and sailing abouts. here- When the party observed that the tablished. the members decided to leave and Parted for New York. SLAUGHTERED BY THE STOCK EXCHANGE (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Aug. 27. The first of ficial statement of the causes that Ied-,t0the?llur ?n.T"esday ofth5, brokerage house of A. O. Brown &' S8Ued t0,day by E ,f.- dl o insignificance before the . -EE'' ' te ,!T T wlt yarn told today by passengers ar-fi-Hf-t J 'v """I ; Br?W,f "I ' r,vln here from Pickens. Accord ifn v tM ,UDg,la8L n'Sht a"d S t story snow fell for some ZL , ,ZZ ," AMtr- ,Br0W,l 8tlme in that village yesterday after rooms at the Waldorf-Astoria. I ooni slIght flurrle8 0, Bnow are .:"rrr.."'e:,ru! : a xr v i. i. and lends color to the report In fi nancial circles that the firm had been marked for slaughter by the ex change, as well as by banks, as a warning to others similarly Inclined. That members of the firm were ex amined yesterday by the Investigat ing committee of the stock exchange became known for the first time af ter the statement was Issued. Mr. Buchanan Bald of the failure: "It was caused by the sudden re- fusal of our banks to certify our checks as they had always done and by the attitude of the New York, stock exchange. There will be but a small gap between tbe liabilities and tBSetf, ':. With a Leased Wire REPUBLICAN CONVENTION Wrangles Over Flatform-Sev- eral Planks Vigorously Opposed-A Hot Time BUTLER IN THE GAME .'No Ballots For Governor J. EJwood Cox to the Front Cy Thompson Doesn't Want Nomination Romu lus 8?. Llnney in Action Fights Personal ; Property Exemption Plank nnd V.'iins Local Self-Gdv-eminent Plank Fights Shy of the Liquor Question Schools Among Subjects Mentioned. (Special to The Times ) Charlotta", Aug. 27 The morning cussion of two proposed amendments to planks in the platform which was j lows. When, he 'arose he was howled 'vigorously. He told the convention ( he had never been treated that way I by a "red shirt democratic conven-; liion," and asked if the convention j wanted him to leave the party, ManyJ 'uoes" wore his reply.." Amendment j was also fought by ex-Congressman iH. 55. Linney, who declared the plank was an imposition upon the The amendment was rejected. poor. smendmcut to cover all matters, ' including 'temper ;anee. Question.-'. . The plank 'as report- ed only touches the schools and a few specified subjects. This afternoon the convention will begin balloting on nominations for governor. It looks this morning as if J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, will be the nominee. Hon. Cyrus Thomp son, the favorite up to now, declares that he does not wnnt ths nomlna- tion. About 1,00(1 delegates are present, and everything is passing off rather quietly for a republican convention. BI ST OK MK.-TAFT STOLEN. Just Been .Completed After Months of Care and Labor. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia, Pa.,, Aug. 27. A clay bust of Judge Taft, which had just been completed after months of care and labor, by Adolph Gayiani, an Italian sculptor, has been stolen had invited a party of friend to view it .on sunaay morning, ne went to the studio with them and was aston- ished to find the bust gone from its pedestal. SNOWS IN W. VIRGINIA. Snow Fell for Sometime, Also Snow In Maryland, (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 27. Stories ot snakes of wondrous size, tales wrought from the elastic minds reported from various points in! maryiann. COLONEL STEWART WILLING. Anxious to Take the Horseback Test. Sure He Can Ride. (By Leasod Wire to The "' es) Wilcox, Ariz., Aug.: 27 oIoml W. F. Stewart, who is practically an exile at the abandoned Fort Grant, Is pleased at the order from the war department for him to take the horse manship test of a ninety-mile ride. "I want to take the test," said Colonel Stewart. "I can ride 90 miles In 21 hours, or any other distance that horses can carry me." Fort Grant is In ruins and alive with rattlunalee. Service and Full THE LAST DA Y OF T FARMERS' DONALD J. MITCHELL. r . Donald J. Mitchell, the. "Be Mar vel" of literature, Is daiiaerouslv 111 nt his historic home "Edgewood" In Wetville, Conn. FAYETTEVILLE IS Many Houses Including Mayor BisliariFs, Knee Deep .. , in Water ;..f'v ;? WATER 63 FEET AT NOON Greatest' Freshet in History of the Cape Fear Water Sixty-three Feet und Rising Four Inches an Hour Big Clarendon Bridge Flooded and May be Swept Away. Atlantic Coast Line Bridge Also in Danger Many Houses Knee Deep . n Water Country'- Flooded For Miles. (Special to The Times) ; Fayetteville, X. C, Aug. ?7. Tlie freshet in the Cape Fear has surpass ed all previous ones in history. The water is sixty-three foet at noon and rising four inches an hour. The greatest previous one was the freshet in 1901, in which the highest mark was BS.17 i'he river is ..bringing, down many bridges on its bosom and great quantities of corn and cotton. The big Clarendon bridge is now flooded and it looks like it will be swept away. Tii e steel bridge of the Coast Line just below is almost submerged and is in danger also. . . Many houses in Fayetteville .are knee' deep in water, including Mayor Bnllard's, Dr. Marsh's and ex-Judge Suttons'. The east side of the river is flooded for miles inland and the damage to crops Is enormous. The people here have been advised of the coming big freshet. Roanoke Highest in Ten Years. (Special to The Times) Weldon, Aug. 27. Roanoke river this morning reached its : highest flood stage iu ten years and the wa ter is still rising. The river Is forty-five feet above! regular gauge and indications point j to several feet higher. Damage to crops is great. Nearly all the corn is under water and the loss will fail heavily upon river land farmers. . Tar River High. (Special to The Times) Greenville. N. C, 'Aug. 27. Steady rain continued through la;:t night but ceased early this morning and there has been none up to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Weather now shows good Indications for dear . ing. Water lu Tar river has reach-1 ed thirteen and halt feet and Is still rising. All streams in county have! overrun and flooded adjacent lowj lands, doing much damage to crops. Killed Little Sister. I Benton, Ills., Aug. 27. Charley; Scarlett, 6 year old, killed his 8 years old sister yesterday ',. . FLOODED Press DLpctches ALL THE UATJIET3 PRICE 5 CENTS. C0RIVENTI0W Good Speeches By A. L French, Franklin Sherman, Jr , and J. A. Conover 'S DEPARTMENT FULL OF INTEREST Fine Discussion of Dairy Cattle and Proper Feed For Them Silos, Their Construction and Cost Res olutions of Great Interest Con cerning Agriculture in Schools, Do mestic Science and Cotton Inspec tionDairymen Meet Tonight. Good Speech by Prof. W. jr. Spill num. . - v The morning session began with Prof. J. A. Conover's speech on the "Results Obtained by Doing Demon stration Work in North Carolina." Mr. Conover Is an earnest speaker, a logical thinker, and is much in lore with his work. He advocated the feeding of silage, the use of pure bred sires, and a careful and method ical study of the cost, kind of feed, and the results obtained. At the con clusion of his address a general dis cussion arose as to silage as a feed, the cost of building a silo, and the number of dairy cattle a man could keep profitably. Messrs. C. C. Moore, A. h. French, and others spoke. Mr. A. L. French, of Rickingham county, delivered an address on "Scientific Farming," It was )a great speech and was well received by the fine audience present. The committee on resolutions pre sented the following: Asricultdre In Public Schools. , "Believing,-that the state law which requires agriculture to be taught in our public schools is an em inently wise law, and further believ ing that all our boys and girls should be trained for the great work of improving "the soil, and thereby in creasing the comfort and wealth of the state, the State Farmers' Conven tion hereby pledges itself to urge our cou.ity superintendents of public ed ucation and our county boards of edu cation to see that this law is rigidly enforced in all our schools. 2. Resolved further. That this convention respectfully, but urgently petitions the legislature to make spec ial provision for the effective teach ing of more advanced agriculture in at least one of the high schools now being established in each of the coun ties of our state. 3. Resolved third, That the con tention earnestly urges the legislature to provide such buildings and equip ment at the Agricultural and Mechan ical College as may enable that col lege to accommodate all the young men of the state who may wish to en ter it to prepare themselves for agri cultural and mechanical work." The resolution was adopted after an Interesting discussion, by a unan imous vote. Cotton Inspection. Whereas, Grains, animals, feed stuffs, fertilizers and other products and commodities of various sections of the nation are protected by grad ing, classification and inspection, and '. Whereas,'. Cotton, the south's most Important product, and a product of wider range of grade than any other, Is not before it passes from the own ership of the producer, given the pro tection of inspection, classification and grading it should have, be it Resolved, That it Is the wish of the convention that state or national laws, or both, be enacted for the es tablishment of standards for. the , grading and classification of cotton, and, be it Resolved further, That a commit tee ba appointed whose duty it shall be to place this matter before the state legislature and the state repre sentatives in congress." This was aadopted after a hot dis cussion by a good majority. Home Economics. Whereas, One of Jhe greatest needs of our state is practical instruction . for our girls In domestic science and in homo economics of every sort, - Resolved, therefore, That the State Farmers' Convention urges that some adequate provision tor such teaching should be Incorporated in dor state school system The resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. ' (Continued on Page Three.) IE ) V
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