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XT Cime. Associated Press Service Associated Press Service He etgli mm Vol. LXX. No. iO WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.alcigh of any Other Newspaper THREE ENGINES IN 4 m 81 Extra Freight Engine, Beyond Control, Knocks Another Into Turn table Pit HOW THE THING OCCURED Engine No. Hlt'2. Kinming Jtclwccu Greensboro and Solum, I liable lo SKi mi Southern "turds I .ecu use t Grade, Heavy Load and Slippery Track Wrecking Crew Comes I-nun Greensboro to Pull Engine Out or Holt! Help Keiidcrcd bv Seal maid People. '1 wo Southern Railway engines wore .partially w recited and an other engine wag sligt.lv damaged, when an extra Irer-'lit tram run ning between Greensboro .tin Sol iiia crasned into engine No. 1S al ():.ri(l this morning near Ihe Hov lan Heights bridge and Kent, this en gine rattling down the yard .mid vniptiod it into the turn talde. a heavy train and slippery tracks wt:o assmned as the cause ol the inislian. Nobody .was -injured. Engines . Nos. 4 s i aml Mii pre sented a smash-up appearance today. Engine No. -Lsi, in charge ot cngine er J. i'. ( -ournow, of Greensboro, had slopped on the siding just this side of tlie undue. No. S02, running e:; tr. freight with Engineer E. VV. Hur rows at the throttle, came down n o long grade at tlie rate of about ten miles an hour. It was impossible for Mr. Hurrows to stop Ills tram and it st nick- Mr.- Cou mow s engine s der and t -nt it " U'Hl.lilJo (town tinck - toward the turn-table, i Cournow jumped, endeavored ten tee Mr. to throw the switch, but was too late and lie saw his engine rush lor tin t urn-table, Engine No. a 2 1 was on t tic turn-table ut the time Inn. the engineer was warned in tune to get out ol danger. I lie accident appears to have oeen unavoidable. Kngineer Mnrnuvs ap plied the air-hraKcs, but Ihev rul'isj ed lo respond properlv anil Ins tram rolled on. Engineer (-ournow s en gine was. .as slated, jusl I Ins nido the bridge and the shock ot the oncoming train set in motion. 1 he engineer jumped and tried tae switcii. but was too lale and his tram ran into I he turn-table. I lived Into I'll. Mr. ( ournow s engine. No. Y2. continued its journey until it reach ed the table, when it dived oit 'lie rails into the pit. 'I ae tender was smashed, tlie brakes were loosed, the cab was dislocated and tlie lender ; wheels and truck were lclt buried in the coal cinders. 1 he rails were torn asunder, and twisted and the cab was almost put out ot service. '1 lie engine ot MiJ sustained a smashed tender. It was jolted from the rails, but was replaced shortly alter noon. Engine No. a.' I, which was on I lie table, was only slightl y damaged. I he Easiest W ay 'Komid. A Seaboard engine inn to Carv and back and pulled back the siring ol (Continued on Pago Six.) GEORGIA WANTS AID -i Atlanta, Oa July 11. l'residont Tall, Secretary Wilson and Congress are memorialized in a resolution adopted by tlie house of representa tives of the Georgia Legislature, ask ing them to come to tho assistance of the Sou th's colton planters in tho matter of. "tare." Representative Liilinbrough, author of the resolution explaining it .said tho practice of re ducing the price of live hundred pound bales of cotton by thirty pounds to make up for bagging and ties cost the cotton growers of the South a million dollars annually. Tho covering on each bale does not weigh more than Jwenty pounds.. Lann lirotigh stated, meaning "loss 6f ten pounds per bale to the grower." Encounters Between Strikers ami Guard. Sarngossn, Spain, Tuly 14 Thirty persons wore wounded during encount ers between strikers and civil guards. A state selge probably will be pro claimed, . : . WILL VOTNOLY 22 Date For Yote On Reciprocity Bill Agreed On Will Vole on Wool Kill July -7 Hi l ice List Hill August Is), lie-:ip- Hiimiiient Kill August ;!id, ami Statehood lull August 7th, I lien Adjourn. Washington. July II ARreeineiU . to vole m the Canadian reeipi oi-ily hill Jul- ::nd HiiK reached bv lac leaders i if tlie various, fact inns of the sella te iiiis 'afternoon..;- Tile, agreement fixes a yule en the bouse wool revision hill tor Julv Ti. The free list bill Angusl 1: reapportionment lull August. ..; siateliooil mi legislative day August . It is . ex peel ed congress will adjourn i In in .ft 1 lately : following tile "statelnmd -volt '-; ; ' . . Tlie : agreement-', was .-formally of fered in the senate by '-republican Leader IVnrosc. senator .Mail in. I In-demo.-nilio leader, said the democrats ravened . I lie agreement because el a ilosiie till oughout the. country to .see lh( present session, terminated.' The ..senate: . discussed for an hour how ii could gel back to the ohl evs tnnis of .debate. Isenator Karons proposed rule, which' he. 'said' w is de signe.it lo restore congi-ega tinnal iter bale, which now '. "reads like l'ic:: 'page ol'i a sensational -.novel"- compared to former decorum, provoked.. v ide: com ment. "J" 1 1 - new senators are inclined to -think 'charges, of mixing in freely in debate are aimed at them. Kool said tlie present method of indiscriminate-, debale was. "destructive of deliberate.'-' eoiisideral ion of ..-K-gisJa'l ion.'' I.odse ileclared the senate must ri forai. iis inr! hods or become the. laughing si, iik of deliberative assemblies. No action was taken. MttV-YOKK VOll IXCO.Mi; TAX. Itatilicatloii, However, Is Out of the Vmstiou This Year. Albany, . A'., July'; U-NoW.'. York state, wei t' recerd today. In favor ol a jedcuHi .jneoiiie tax. vvlien Din lis seinliiv bv u vote of 91 to 42. passed the resolution ratifying the proposed aiaendnieiit to the federal .'constitution authorizing sueh a tax.. The. 'measure passed the sella te (in April 111. Xe-..- Yoik, tiv the act ion of the a s seralily today, swings into the list of stales that have ratilied the proposed fe-leral income tax and lirlngs tin- toial up to :i I, .Tabulation sliows that tlie necessary 35,-. or three-fourths' vote of tlie. stales,: is out of the. nnest (on this year.' Fifteen slates have either de feat ed the amendment in one or both houses,' have adjourned without taking action or having Indorsed the mcasuic in one branch, have gone 'into - adjournment.'-with- the other branch un recorded. This . accounts collectively for all ; W states to date. . Kliminating Arkansas, whose kov criior lias raised a nice constitutional question bv vetoing the inilorseinelit of Hie amendment by both ; branches of the. stales legislature, but, S votes In lavor ol tlie proposal remtiin. 1 bus it is obvious that further progress must await the convening ol new legislatures. . the Ki slates which have failed to indorse the amendment either because of advorse action or by adjournnient are: C'onneetieut twliose Tiouse killed the jjioposal todav. following the lead ol Senate); Delaware. Honda, Louisi ana. Massachusetts. Minnesota. New Hampshire New Jersey renusvlvania. I'ltrili, 'Mimic IiHand. Virginia Ver mont West V'l'ginia and Wyoming.' ' 1 hose which has indorsed the amend ment are: Alabama. Arkansas, (.'uh torina, Colorado, (icorgia. Idaho. Il linois. Iowa. Indiana. Kentucky. Kan sas, Maine, Maryland, "Michigan, Mis sissippi, Montana, New 'York, N'avada, North. Carolina, Missouri, Neraska, North Dakota, (lino. Oklahoma. ( ire gon, South ('aroliua. south Dakota, J enncssee. Texas, Wasliuigton and W IHCOllSill. I5i:i;it s.w ks iioitsiis mtk. Ileat-Sliicken Animal Itevives Alter a ling Drink of (lie AiiiIht Fluid. Baltimore July 14 Threo cold bottles of beer revived an apparently dying horse in Monument street to day, and tonight the animal seems as well as ever. The horse, which is owned by Harry Hoffenbcrger, of iii North Front street, was stricken bv the heat while drawing a heavily loaded wagon and sank gasping to the pave ment. The harness was removed and water applied, but to no avail. The animal appeared to fie brenthing Its last, when a bystander procured tho amber fluid and poured it down the horse's throat. No Action on Stephenson's Klertion. Washington, July 14. Unless the present session of congress is more prolonged than now appears, prob ablo, no final action will be taken on tho request for an' Investigation of the election of Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin. y How giddy a man feels when he hears of a baby being named after him! . .. ,'.''.. Lady Arthur Paget. :iP'' 1 l :; -". X -a,; ' mmi S3 l.adv Vrllnir I'lmet, who lias an in ..need lice iiileiilion m l.onilon lo go '. i New 1 ork lor the vernier Mill. tins Mill he her last -1 s 1 1 to !:.! nauve cily (iwing-lo her bus. band s appoinlmeiil as coininaiKler ol all the troops m Ireland ami the nc cessily ol the wile living; in Dunlin, l.adv I'agel will let her litmoiis n an sn.li in ltelrav( Sipcire, vvliicli lias been the scene ot soine ol the most noteworthy ol London s social loiie- lions. TO INSTALL ASSISTANT Rev. J. E. Hemphill to Be With Presbyterians doling (.raduale ol I moil I licologi fill Seminary to ilave Sn"ial ( barge ol I'i'esbvteriaii ( liiirclu ia like ( oiiiitv. A .called meeting ol the Albemarle I'reslnlery will be held in Hie 1'irsl Presbyterian' church it his afternoon lor. lac pin pose of ins, ailing liev. J. 1',. ilemplull. a recent graduate ol the I nion I lieological Scininarv, as assislanl. pastor oi tae I' irsi i'l-'slivt"-rian cliiirch. .Mr. Ilemplull was rear ed ilea r AlliUlta and last spring ;ra'rt iialed I'roni tile ., seiniiKiry at. Iti-di-moud, a. In addition to being the assistant lo Kev. w ..Met:, white. !. I)., as- tor. Mr. - l-lenipliill will haw npccial charg ol' the .. I'resiiyteriau c.itirciies In the county. Aniong bis ehiirclies will lie Apex. ! iniuav honi,,".s and Mount I'leasanl. Mr. Ilemplull-will be-given a cor dial welcome to Kaleigh and Wake con lit v. Hammond o (.onn; to lierlm. New ork July I I. Jonn Havs llamniond. special ambassador lo King (ieiii'ge s coronation, returned on the l.usitania today. Hammond s secrelarv aul hon. Hl the statement that llamniond would not go to Iierlin as American Am bassador, as reported. ' Dog- l,ed 1 amilv to Demi JInster. W atershi'ld, Yertiiom. July 11 A sdiall house dog, by frantic bark, last night led t.ic lannlv of Myron I'Jtiton to lollow.it two in iles, through Holds, until they cain.! upon Laton s mangled body. 1 he aniii was gored by a bull. SENATOR LODGE IS COMING TO RALEIGH (Special to Tae Times.) Washington, Julv I I. Clarcnce li. I'oe, today invited Senator bodge to Kaleigh to address the North Caro lina Historical and Literary Mociety in the fall, I lie date to lie iixed by Mr. Lodge. Mr. Lodge will go. lie virtually pronised Mr. I'oe. Senator Overman iias accepted an Invitation to go to West Virginia over Sunday with henator Watson and party. Senator Uailey ani other well known democrats will lie in tho party, which will travel in Mr. Wat son's private car. One Million Worth of Horses Died. New York, Julv 14--Twrlve hun dred horses ded from heat here dur ing the past eleven days. ; The total loss in horse flesh throughout - the country, as a result of heat, Is esti mated by statisticians at one million dollars. , -HOC I D IN DAMAGE CASE Final Details Arranged Late Yester day By Judge Connor and Other Officers WILL AMOUNT TO $70,000 Counsel ol I'lalntill to Iteccive !.. 00(1 ior Their Sort ices Ibis (oii Mdrri d air licniiuieialioii tte O'lver (iets fStiO.OOII lor Creditors Ol are-lvraiinr Company De teiulaiits Appeal. With the signing of the verdict of I lie inrv bv Judge Connor in tile case of the Ware-Kramer Toliaceo t'oiii patty lagainst the American Yo! ic.-a Company and others and tlie lixiug ol lees lor aitornevs ol plaiiitilt, the last chanter in t ue lanions damage spit, was closed, lale yesterday ait.er nooiii -..'Damage?. Were allowed :il tile "Uin'cf .riii,"ini and tin- fees ol' at torneys ni' plaintiff v.ere set at . 1 u, 000: ::."'..' t is estimated' that couns"i ior plaiiitil'f spent ''about on in ipic liaring. the case .and the ainount al lowed lb( m is t herel'iire $ 7 ,. IMI, which, lliey may divide ainoiig. them selves, lucre are live lawyers lor pdaiiitilT.i Tliere. has . in time, been much criticism of allowing large fi.-t-s; but it. is not lielieed iinyliKdy will criticise. Judge Connor for allowing platiilirt s attornevs tins amouiit lor ttielr work. 1-iie damages awarded plaint ill wil.VpaUt over to fher receiver :d: tin? ."-.t-.'-K:-t.i:ier Coinpatty, mid will he disi iibmed under orders oi tae court among tne several ci-'diior. this, corporal ion owing approxiniad-lv $7ii.0U0. Messrs. Ware and Kramer and the other 'stockholders.;.. -ivii'l de live tin pro lit: from (he verdict:.. ( ounsid lor tlie American tobacco Company, as slated yesterday, cave iioI'mc ol' appeal. and the ease will probably lie carried up to (lie. eircitit iiuri oi appeals. '-.-'. : ;:;;. v CDI KT I'INKS M.i:V (.'AliDKX. Duke de T.illeyrand AroiulKfl in Au loinobile Accident al I'aris. I'aris, ,1 uly I 1 -Tlie suits of I he hicvelist Itobin, who claimed dam ages I roniMarv (larden, tlie singer, and the Duke de Talleyrand, husb and ot Anna Cionld. tor lupines re-, reived in all accident on June. . 0, came up lor trial today. The hicvelist -claimed that while dodging a milk carl he was run down bv- .Miss Garden s atiloniolule. which was : driven by her '.chauffeur', Jack Curtis. .On tlie .rebound- lie was knocked down bv tlie Duke ol lallev rand s car. 1 he Duke de Tallevraiid watt, ac quitted. Curtis. Miss larden s chaut- feur. was iined $i'(l. and the singer was eonileiiined to pay. .$1 10.. Coiiin wanted $L'.U0. - LIGIITM.N(i SllltKDS WAIST liolt Leaves Collar Intact Alter Iten dei'iiig Aoman I nconscioiis. Mobiles, Ala.. July I t. -A remark able freak ot lightning oeurred last night al McHenry, Miss. A milt struck a small pine tree near I'eler Mc Lend s residence. The holt ran Into the house on the wires, and Mrs. McLeod was knocked down and badly burned. She was unconscious for a while, nut is doing well today,: '1 ho gingham waist she wore was torn into shreds, hut the collar was lclt intact. ii:i: iioititoKs (;i;ovv. Lverv Hour Adds to the List ot Dead and Injured. Cobalt Out., July 11. Kver.v hour adds to the list ot dead and Injured, homeless in the fire devasted Porcu pine district. -.The property loss ex ceeds two million-dollars. The num ber ot dead is unknown, about 110 bodies either have been burte;! or designated lor shipment in cot bus, being rushed nortuward by ihe ear load. Scores are missing trom the densely populated townships. l ive Hundred Died In rorest Fires, Cobalt, ' Ontario, Julyv 14 T he bodies of several victims of the for est fires near Porcupine nave reach ed hero. Various estimates pre made of the number of dead, many as high as five hundred. The (ires covered on area of ten thousand square miles, . Mrs. Jack Gallatin. J II I if te Mis. Jack (iiillalin ..who is soon to iiiarry William I'oaieroy Savi'c -i n ol the lale- Lewis Hall Savce, in New V erk. ; snvrc's bi-oiber aod sister also ale to man v ilivnirril pirsiin. and tile announcement ol the llirce lie. tbioliiais to divorcees l:is caused a ripple- HI gossip in nv ork social ciicles. Aldermanic Fight Has Inning In Police Court Mr. Ab xandei Wetib Allowed to Make Statement Iteloiv Court rl. : dev Mr. I pcliurcb (!nt of ( ity Will lie Iteciilcd 1 pon I let urn ot .Mi'. I pcburcli. The. first gnu in the; trial of the case ag.-iiiisi Alilermen .Webli and l'p eluiii li Vas rn'ed; l.liis. nuirning. .Mr. .1. S, I icliiirch is. in Asbiiry Park, X. .1., allending tiie .National. Itill Post ers' .-'(invention- and so was. not pres i ii t tl.is niorning. It was .inipossiiile' to- con tin lie the rase mil i I .Moiiday,, as Was suggested.; as .'.Mr,; AV'e.bb will be out o.' i lie city all. next week, judge Harris then allowed. .M r. Webb to make a .siaM-nient as to bis.side of the case, Mr, I'lieliurch. will be liciird Moiiday. Mr. W ebb made Hie following s'aleini iil : ''i'lider tiie law, 1 know I am guilty of ;in all ray,, bill 1 would like Id sliite these lacs: "In tiie. meeting.- of tlie . beard' of alilei-nieli; in language lirl ended; For me, Mr. . I'iiehurclr said, .'lie's a: liar and lie; knows i:.' 1 appealed to ihe inavor. Who staled that he did not hear Mr. rpchureirs laiigiia.ge; ' . Mr. I'pcliiirch. go, np. iaud said, 'M r. MaViir, I iipologize. to. yon, I U -i.tie iiniird of abler n ion , tind t o Mi: Webb, while in liere,'. ' After ad joiirnmeiit . f pursued Mr; rpchun-li . for an '.apoi ogy, out '-of the hoard,-' which result ed in -Hie light." The eiise will be decided Monday, w hen M r. I 'pclnircli wi 11 tell h is side of the tii'fair. Ice I' amine ICelieved. New- York, July I I 'i"ni ice Fam ine precipitated . by the -'recent hot weather was relieved, bv the arrival of twelve ice barges, In 1 1 v laden. PRE SPEECHES ON RECIPROCITY BILL W asfiington, July I t.---W illi the linal vote on Canadian reciprocity ap proaching, three more speeches were heard in tlie sqnntc. '1 nose were sec ond day Installments -ol-attacks' on the, bill, I rum. La Kollelte and JSrj siow. beiialor 'Stone .outlined' I ho reasons why the Democrats ohoiild not tavor amendments to tlie measure.- I he house was not in .session. Several ol' lis. investigating commit tees, in (duditig tlie sugar trust in quiry and the Controller Itay com mittee resumed session. I he senate committee probing Lorlmer s eUwtion continued the session. SALISIil UY MAN KILLLD A. li. Klutz of Salisbury Caught J5v i Falling Girder Dend. Cnnnollsvllle. Taa Julv 14 A. L. Klutss, nt Salisbury, N. C, cnught by a falling glides Monday, died this morning. Fiveo ther nten were In stantly killed when 'the crane col lapsed. ,' , . THE Dit.'""iLEY CASE .-":. ,;':"- -" ':'' -' -.- :'v, ' 'i -'. :.''.'. -; President Gels iw Tele grams Ahout the Inatter expresses ( oiiluleiice in Pure l-ood l-.peri and Ask the President lo Consider Most ( aielullv the ( liam.;es :M.ide . Against Him ( ab inet Discussed the. ( ase loilav. ", W'asliinglon. ). ('.. Jul- J 1-: Let ters and leiegraius exiu'essing eonfi denee in Dr. Harvey W. W'jley, the liiire Food (xier: of the (leiiarlnletil ol' aerii-iilt lire, ainl urging , Hie presi dent to consider lnosl ' carefully the charges made- against him by the personnel ' board of the department and endorsed . by Attorney. - .General Wicki-i'sha in, poured into the -white house i'roni all pans of 'the. country. .Many, were messages I'roni commer cial organisations, I' rom the presi dent's personal Friends and organi zations esperiiliv interested in Wil ey's work. ..Veitlier-i lie white house ol'Iicl'tils nor Dr.. W Hey had any I hing further lo s-ay about the .case, al though it Was up for discussion by i he' cabinet. ; : Secretary Wilson said la t'oro t lie. cabinet . .meeting be. did not i.iioh how. soon W'il''.v's answer to the charges is; expected. .. Wilson said he personally liad lilile to do Willi the Wiley case. He said Hie personnel --board which l-ecfmiinehded his resignation ' was: a jierhianeiil board, such as e.is;s in niost ". gov ern nii.-iit deiiartnienis; that if had noi aeied hurriedly aud its conclusions weer reached after liearings. . : fongress May Investigate, .. Wasliingtiin, July 11-, -The ehargos against Dr, Harvey W. Wiley, of I lie Bureau 'of Chemistry, will be probed by the. house committee' -.on expendi-un-es m the department ot grieul lure. Ilejirsii.-.a'ive Moss, of In diai'a, took the inatter i p today, it .vns dec lured tho eomniitteH wanted to know. :io wanted ii :v fired and w hy?" '' tteroniiiiendatipn- ' .thai the pure Food expert tie 'dismissed e;.(l t 'he. .reasons therefor- it' is said,., will be I iiiiroiighly: iiivestigated. ' '. MHMi WITH MX Ii liliokliX. Man ii i ii -i I While lining Uallii-, . and. May Survive, Pbysicians Says. New lloeheilc. . X. Y., July- II. : l'here ..'.were signs of sliglit iniirove menf today ill the condition of Wal dorf .Miller, vv ho broke his heel; (liv ing a I Hudson Par:, on the night ol July. ;;-rd. -'-:: i '-: ' . :-'-i,.. . Tiiree nights ago lie was apparent ly d. ing, but rallied, and today toe siil geons- ol'.. t he New . Uochelle . Hos pital have '''.been more . .encouraged than at any . ol Iier time sinee tlie accident. ; Ur i'. P. I.illlewood. who has Mil ler , uiiiler his personal charge, had almost' -given him up yesterday, but la.! nigl.it ii ml loday. -.e :-ay, he is encpiira.ged to llie. piiitit (d- believing Die vouirg man will receiver, lie. lp pears .stronger, and t he 'delirium has passed. '.!-.-.. li;i:i; iti;rti:i': ( (mmitti:i;. Witness lielore Loiiiner Incsligating ( oiiiiinttee I "day. Washington 1) C luh II '1 In evidi'tlee about Ihe "jack .pot" or gen eral ciirrtipl ion funds for the benefit of recalcitrant legislators was sought Iroin Governor Deneen. of Illinois, re suming the "witness., stand before ihe senate l.orimer comiiiittee. - The go.v errtor 'entered into one alialj sis (if I lie Illinois legislature, to .'demonstrate lli( existence ol a lertile field lor cor rupt ion. iherei Inesligatioii of Pipe Lines, Washington, 1). ('.. .Inly 11-111-vesiigation of pipe lines! 'their rates, classihcat ion and regulal ions, was or dered by -the : interstate commerce commission.' Informal complaints were Inade that cerlain pipe lines are being operated in an unlawful iiian ner prenidicial to the iiiteresls ol oil shippers. ltevolution In llayti. Washingtoii, D. C, Julv 14 Ite caiies of a serious revolutionary movement In northern llavti, which is Jeopardizing extensive American mleresis: Ihe I tuted States gunboat Patrol, was ordered from Gtiantan amo, Cuba, to Cape Haytlen. See tllven Hall. Chicago, Ills., July 14 Evelyn Arthur See, founder of the absolute life cult, convicted vesterdnv of the abduction of Mildred Bridges, in a Racine Avenue flat, referred to . as "the lovers jungle," was admitted to five thousand, do'lars. fcall, COLONEL OLDS OH HIE IVIakes An Inspection of That Stream For Readers of Daily PROSPECTS ARE NOT GOOD Crabtree Creek Not Able U Fill Bill Swill Creek and Sleephill Oeek Given Pnrlinl Insertion Two Concrete Dams Suggested for Mai mil Crock, Source of Present Sup ply A Verv Keadable Narrative. The writer has told the story, with absolute accuracy, of the water sup ple situation here, us regards the present source. Walnut creek, having apneared in The Times of Wednes day Vesterdav afternoon he devot ed several hours to an inspection of Crahlree creek and tributary streams. II has nlwns been known that this creek -was unreliable as a source of supply and twenty years ago this was verv much in evidence. This creek has its source at Knight s mill pond, between Apex and Carv. That ia rather a poor water shed, anyway, lor the territory- around Apex is both high and drv to a large degree. The Southern Itailwav crosses Crabtree creek at Morrlsvllle and for several weeks the stream tliere has been a mere thread: sometimes' barely run ning, and within the past lew days, it niav lie said to have practically stopped. Tliere are several ponds on the stream between Morrtsville and a point iiotih of Kaleigh, aniL-foirr-ot these are very close together Cook s. '..Edwards , Lassiter s and hilaker'p. . ' On frnlitroe Creek. On his walking trip to (Crabtree vesterdav alternoon the writer took a look at every stream, great and small, loiind some small streams en tirely drv. Heaver Dam at 1he Coun try ( lull, running about a fourth of its usual volume, and no water run ning .oyer; Hie dam of. the lake there. Crahlree .creek at Lassiter s mill was about lorlv inches below the top of the dam and til -the mill it was stat ed that Hie (low of water was so small t.hiit: in forty hours the pond would not fill. Tliere could not be stronger prool nt Hie small supply. I he null was running until (i o clock, and. ol course, water was pouring down mil) W Imakers pond, the head of . which is but h little. -distance' be- , low Lassiler's, 1 hill, as soon as tho water was shut oil tliere was no more How and one could walk across the stream. A boat trip was made up the pond and il was lutein that the water -was -muddy to the last degree, w ith yellow, streaks -like oil mottling its surfaie, and making it most -unattractive .. - All .along- there was the normal water-line, tar above the present water level, showing the weakness of the stream : under the ordeal of drought. , A .stream which runs bv the County Home empties into this pond, but Ms How was very lighl. Another source ol supply Is Houses' creek, which empties into Edward's pond, but this, usually run ning boldly and freely, has been (iiite light in flow and the same re (Continned on Tajce Two.) T All FOR NEW STATION Ihe southern. Railway will 'iroot a modern, pressed brick, tiled root passenger station at 1 hotnasville, the coin raets lor the construction of the building having been awarded to Mr. W. II. Harrow, ol Raleigh.- and the sleani healing lo tho American Ma chine and Mniiulacliiring Company, or Charlotte. I I he building will he twenty feet,1 lour incnes wide by one hundred toot, lour inches long, with white waiting room eighteen by thirty ioet, colored waiting room eighteen feet by twenty feet, baggage room eighteen by twenty-one fnet, ticket office ten teet by twelve feet, and telegraph olb.ee twelve feet by twelve feet. . 'ihe new building will be 3team heated and equipped with sanitary toilet rooms. The Improvement In cludes the construction of chert nat-" senger platforms around the building. One man weakuens may be another jnaoj PErtunitj:.
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