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r 2 V? - If - ' . 4- 4 5. - "5, IWIfC-.V'rtsSL----.'!. "W -.3 . 4j 1. X si.-: . "St" t i , t 1 3 tr - 1 ' DEVOTED;ja THE INTERESTS. OFfLAB OR, COMMERCE AND EDUCATION, v. k SPENCER,fNijC. SATURDAYvAl&GUST29 19D8 VOL. 1. NO. 25 ... ! i It -4i- iiOIIiiW Rainfall Results in Unprecedented Water in South Atlantic Region -A. GREAT PROPERTY LOSS v f . ? T" T"7- . Bridges Are Swept Awy, Eailroad Transportation is Tied Up ly wWashpnta, and Laadslfd-a and bW iness at a Standstill Owing to Un precedented Rainfall in Piedmont Carolinas. ! . -v i Charlotte, N. C, Special. The liedmdpt Eeetion of th Carolinas, has been suffering from the most dis astrous Iffbods ever experienced. The rainfall has been unprecedented since the establishment of the weather bu reau here, thirty years ago. " Tue rainfall, which was heavy all last week, has increased since Sunday, and all streams -have- oeen swollen be-r yond all previous records. Much damage will result to crops as well as roads and bridges. The xaiiroada have "abandoned all schedulei and the Charlotte streef railway has " been compelled to suspend traffic on part of its lines. The city tis practically eut off from communication with the rest of the world. Columbia, S. C, Special The rain fall Monday night was the heaviest in many years, and in a numberof places was heavier than during the famous Pacolet flood, when it was erroneously thtnight that avkad hid . "burst" somewhere ia the valley of the 'Pacolet river. ' The local office of the Weather Bureau received reports from a num ber of places in central and western North Carolina and western South Carolina of heavy rains as follows: Charlotte, 2.80 inches; ' Greensboro, 2.10; Raleigh, 4.4S; Mount Holly, 6.16. From South Carolina points the following were reported: Bates- bnrg, 3.16 inches; Pekerr2.96; Green wood, 1.94; Cha pells," 2.70; Blairs,' 4.47; Catawba, 3.54; Greenville, 4.47; Catawba, 3.54; Greenville, 6.02; Spartanburg, 2.42. The -Broad' river at Blairs stood 22 fcet at 8 a. m., and will probably rise much higher when the upper 'waters!' was 8.3 feet and rising, but at Chap ells it was only 12.9 and rising. . It will probably rise to 20 feet there. Warning For 28 Feet. The Weather Bureau issued a warning for a 23-foot stage during the next 3G hours. If this stage be . attained it will exceed slightly the fa-J mous Pacolet flood, when the highest stage was reached at 1 p. m., June , Sth-i-namely, 27.2 feet.. The highest stage on record occurred as follows: August, 1840, 33.7; September, 1852, r'cbrnaTai.May, 1885, 3L2, feet ; June, 1886, 30.3 ; June, 190327.2. - Bridge Ctone; Many Missing. s A telegram" from Camden gives a.t account of the .: dramatic carryMtj; away oi a hundred-foot - span ofthv9 vehicle toll bridge over the Walree riec (Catawba in North" Carolina) . at Camden. A number of people were on the bridge at the time watch , ing Ihe raging rivrr. ..Of twenty-five ,. persons on the bridge onlyiSixShavi been , accounted jf or. ' Amoajff thoW known to have! been drowned' are "Mfc; M. J. Raborn --antL ' his - son? - A Mr,.. .Savage, a, prominent prtheiS9an -:J recently removed to-..Cfimden( isiinjji perilous position; in a; tree with, two ie.aroes in midstream. '. Two Vthous--"ard people were -on the 8cen4jBhortFjt: after t h e ca t asrophe, bicLps' pei.ed af 4:30. The financial loss is $15,000. Tiaffic on the Seaboard is; blocked by washing" tjtay of the" "bridge 'at Abbeville. Trains Unable to Bun: Wednesday afternoon ' the floods washed out the- Southern . Railway 's track between Columbia and Alston, at the 15-mile post. Thia means that Columbia is cut off from both Spar tanburg 'and Greenville. Serious washouts are reported on the Colum bia and Greenville line even above Alston. Water covers the track in a numbep- of places between Alston, and Newberry and the long bridge over Big creek at Williamston ' went down Tuesday afternoon. . The big bridge over Broad river on the main line of the Southern between Blacksburg and Gaffhey has either been destroyed or had its approaches washed out. Any way, it is impassable. The Southern trains from the mountains to" Char leston were sent via Charlotte and Columbia, instead of by 'Charlotte, Rock Hill and Kingsville. Maia Ihfr trams were aexourea m vnanouc uuj sent around ;by Columbia and Augus ta, the intention-being to eend thevn from Augusta to Atlanta and point? soufh of there by using the Central of Georgia tracks out of Attgnsta. But at 1 o'clock . the advice from Au- Flames Entomb Miners. McAlestcr, Oklahoma, Special. -One of the worst mine disasters in the history of this part of the south west occurred at ; HaileyyiUe, 15 miles east of here when beween 25 and 30 minors were entombed in the Hailey-Oklal oma coal mine No. .1, the result rf a fierce fire which, it 13 believed. I ps shut off all means of escaped The men whose escape was shut off were all in the lower part of the mine. , . ' gusta that the trains could not pass that point waa received, serious wash outs being reported on the Central of Georgia. It would seem that the Carolinas, are cut off north and south. The trestle over1 the Catawba on the Southern Twtween Charlotte and Kock' Hill is being ' held down neavy coal trains. Factories' Destroyed. At Reedy River Factory, ten miles from Greenville", water is standing three feet in the second floor and the maehine shop; andi ther .buildings nave beea washed away.' Taylor's Mill, on the Enored - near Chick Springs, was destroyed. Two cottages and a store at the foot of North Main street in Greenville have been swept aWay by Reedy river. The big plant of the Markley Hardware and Manufacturing Company, at Green-, ville, the oldest carnage factory in the South, has been seriously damag ed. It ligs just north of the Main Street bridge and is partly built over Jhe wateri Water is standms five feet "deepln he Camperdown Mill,-! just oeiow the Main street bridge at Greenville. Water is up to the second floor of theEnoree Cotton Mills in Laurens county. Both the Morris quarry, near Olympia and the Ross quarry at C'ayce, both in the suburbs of Colum bia, Will sustain serious damage! The Morris quarry is one vast lake. The dams and dikes have been obliterated and tools and machinery are under water and the power house has caved into the water. It will cost a great deal to pump out the water and more probably to remove the mud with which the workings will be covered. The dikes at the Ross quarry have held so far but they are giving way now and will go under the increased state of ' water-, that is dais. This quarry has tremendous contracts on hand, ampng. them one to furnish -the stone lor-the great jetties being built by the federal government at'Fer- nanama, iia,. - . - Camden Entirely Cut Off.i i Camden is completely isolated hav- ppg jio communication with, the out side-except bje telephone. -Conditions vcij- sniuus auu are growing worse. All the rivers are still rising. All those who were on the Wateree toll bridge when it went down at Camden have been accounted for ex cept Mr. George Rabon and son and two or three negroes.' Mr. Henrv Savage, president of the bridge com pany, waa. rescued near? Lugoff, 11 miles below' the bridge site. It is believed the Messrs. Rabon arc down the river somewhere, -probably cling-H mg to a tree, tries were heard on the river Tuesday night and a rescue party is now wit- with-boats. On the immense-i an.d fertile" river plantations alongthe Wateree prac tically every dike is broken. Among the places flooded are those of the Messrs. BaunvSpringsfand. Shannon, Mrs. H. R. Jprdon and tbe"Witt'e'es tate. .The , latter Is -owned in Charleston. Everv bridges of any consequence in that count is gone. TheJ loss to .the? people of; the county frpmhifipo below a half million. oitKBI reach edJlCanjdeii rsiij'lafe.TUesday after noon;; when "the Sojitheniirtiin from Columbia' xia. KinesViIrelkcame in. passingXtTbrougKlrWater arfoot deep one''mye'..-so'o3f''aeji. This proceeded ;pn its watifcjHock Hill anrJJonS.'.C''-''' WflliamDePasfbVdD fine bitelnhelsw south ofCarffdenf"4Wedrjesdar afternoon at the risk of his life he got IT of them out of danger and corraled 'the others in a pep. on asknoltr; ,fThe riyer. oas since xisen so tnax oniy me neaas of these penned horses are above-'lhe water, Mr. DePass with two friends, Messrs. WiTherspoon and DeLoach has gone to tlie rescue. Floods at Augusta, 6a. Atlanta, Ga., Special. The. floods in the Carolinas and Georgia culmi nated in the breaking of the big dam six miles from Augusta, which di verts the water frord" the Savannah river into the : eanal at that point. The great flood of water let loose soon found its way into the city and from Fifteenth street to the eastern boundary Augusta is under from six to twelve feet of water.whieh is grad ually rising. . - ' ' " The big bridge across theSavantfah river, wenf. down;, in -the,,, rush ,4of waters and the dam at the locks seven miles above the city collapsed, adding to the flood. Tho Associated Press correspon dent at Augusta ' succeeded in getting a, telephone wire 'to work in the builds insr next to the I Augusta Herald of fice and from-'there tbe' first 'commu:- nication to ihis city was obtained after the wires, went down. GeorgiaiNegro Lynched. I.ouisvijle, ; Ga., Special. Vance 7illiams,- a negro who is allegej-'-d have murdered R v Brown -t 4iiisr LIOUIU a . 1UW TllUb QJiVj was J.UUI1U hanging frdni the limb of ah oak tree one mile- from town near, the Pauper farm with three bullet holes in the breast; x -Williams after his capture, was 'confined in the Bibb eounty jail and just how he .was tak en, from there is; not: known . He reported three deaths, two white persons and one negro but could not give "any names,; as the means , of travelling was only by -boat. At o 'clock "Wednesday night" two telegraph operators employed by i the Western Union Telegraph Company, swam to- the chamber cf commerce building: and cut in on a wire that had not been cut down. This wire, with possibly a railroad wire into the yards in outlying sections of the eitv, ns the only, means of communication to the outside world. The. ctffrent' through ' the city streets- is--swit but not fast enough to more than carry away debris, trees boxes and loose signs . Despite the. fact -that the fcity was warned-, J. uesday riight thatj there was danger of : the ;dam "fbreaking - there will be considerable loss in business housese of all kinds. Estimates at midnight place the financial floss " close ? to vharf " million lilollars. Seyere Fires Break Out. There were several fires reported. but as , the fires are in outlying dis tricts the extent of the damage can not be learned. It is said the Nixon & Danforth cotton warehouse was destroyed by e, together with - the Nixon wholesale grocery warehouse. A' fire, -was also - reported vn the Georgia Railway shop3. "Despite the fact that the water stands six feet in the residenceis trict of the ; city and is deeper in TOther. jjortions, there has been no indication that the people ate suffer- ing beyond -being marooned in the order at noon Wednesday by Judge upper stories of their dwellings. Spencer B. Adams; chairman of the On-Green street where the Sacred gtate executive . feommittee. J The Heart churches situated, there is six . . - .. , , . feet of water. At the union depot opening prayer delivered by Rev; the. Georgia Railway reports' ten feet Harris MaHrncKrodt rector of St. of Water.S'As this: depot is situated Peter's Episcopal church, upon higher ground, ten blocks from" -Judge Adams, as leader of the the jiver and on more substantial Republican 'organization in the State, ground, to have become flooded to delievered the opening address of the this extent would mean that the convention. high power, eanal back of the railroad The delegations from the various yards had burst its banks and fur- counties of the State were seated in nisbed an outlet for all the water the main floor pf the auditorium, that was restrained by the locks Each delegation's place in the build dam until it was overwhelmed at 2 ing was marked by placards "on o'clock Tuesday afternoon. . which were the names of the counties Train Buns Into Washout. from which these various delegations Asheville, N. C, Special. South- came- The Buncombe 'and Wilkes em Railway freish't-traih N6.63. was delegations" occupied tne front rows 4itdiedbv washout between Saluda ! ahd-Flat':R"bc at$:30 Tuesday night, engineer iee ionoon, or puis city, has not beenoun at U o'ejoci and il ia leiiyeditb Hum body jsearixl beneath the " debris. , Details are rfn"n,JolffgTBphi - nnd 1 (S communications being difficult owing to damage done to lfes by heavy 3torms. The , Yadkin Now Raging. f . Winslbn-Salem Special. Hoary rainsforx three days have caused some J tion the damage done to crops al ready being estimated at several thousand dollars. The Yadkin river was up fifteen, feet and still rising, , . . j- -flooding, ihe .bottom lands along -the IfJT8 6 fK S banks ?f'thc stream.' Corn, especial- re -hundreds kept away from the ly, is suffering from the downpour. Damage in Virginia. Is Heavy. - 1 TDanville, va.', Special. The recent rainstorms have caused thonsands?; of j dollars' damage m this section, Washouts have played havoc with Southern -Railwav schedules, all trains running 'many "liOurs behind 'time,red, white and blue predominate ev- while some are mdehmtely delayed, Dan river is over ten feet above nor- mal height, the ilood causing a sus- stripes not .forgotten, were f used to pension of operations in pratically gether in a handsome color scheme, two- thirds of the. Riverside. Cotton contrastinfircwith the' row's of white mills. Farmers have suffered heavily -tobaceoi in low "grounds "being ak most drowned. Bains Cease in Mountains. Ashevilk --N.- C .: ' ftneeial The trouble at Saluda ihas-beenuTemoved and trains are passing that point. Trains are being op5rated only - to bpartanburg or (ireers, tne .line to f '. i j - - .3 uoiniDiNa hiiu ureenviiie uemx ouu biockedi Asheville to . Knoxville - is used as the main line, No. 38, the New Yorlr and New Orleans Limited cormng-v through Asheville trom ai- After listening to the speech of isbury to Chattanooga. Rains have state -Chairman Adams, the conven efcased here"' and it is believed the tinn tnnk . reeess until 8 o'clock worst trouble,: in." the mountains is ovcr- i ine Jsieei triage uone; uatiie x ioai . sing Away: Duke, N. C, Special. The steel oridge across tne ape rear river ryi?: lt:5,ZZZ-. years atLU at a tust ui (bj,jkj. j.uc i . . , , , . i J ti iu . , vnever bad a better one in its history water is higher than everv known; be-1 . tit e j if ii, than is assembled here today. We , mi J2 ' i notir. J.ne waier is Aur i,eei m - stores here Mnnh dftmae has been Thhf .hL?C ...i' a-e.,- jj, uwajr. Mail, cm,; aic uuuiius uo the river and scores of people have rriA v,n . The Cape Fear Above '54 Feet. , - Fayettevillo.. N. C, Special.Late vt wiue suiiy aiiernoon me apo j? eajr river here was above 54 feet and rising with a predicted, rise tou.(58 feet. All the Cape Fear valley lo beyond WbiteOak, Bladen -county is. submerged anil "crops injured to the estimated extent jrf 30 per .cent. .JThgl laying, in .America,, today, Hon Wil Seabqard "AifLTneis opeHHhg trains 1 Ham H. Taft . through here, 'using ,the A. , Q. L. tracks' from Selma to! tJolumbii. . . The Pee Dee 5 Feet Aboyb Record, than during the Sherman freshet . Rockingham, N. - C, Special.-The has ; no dynamite, about... h.is P ,Deeeia ihhigt m & pers ord ;ay ge of histftrv. Jdalovesfive: f eet fuller i4i.o;..S.7iJUTt1?W5tt.i:A:.''''" Great damage has been done. Blewett we nominate a man for Gover Falls has suffered considerably. Thenox. who believes in an honest ballot; damage cannot- be ascertained -until the water tails. lpo cotton mills nere- are out oi aanger. Aueir iossi is mainly from overflow and damagef io: machinery and goods. : - .V, a TV. A HARMONIOUS MEETING Republicans of Norths Carolina- Meet in Charlotte id$wAffimo? - Chairman Adams who Speaks in Terms of I!Ioqtient Praise of Bec ord of His Party fot Years and Predicts Anotaer Victory in No vember. " ' , . 'T. REPUBLICAN 'STATE jSXCKEC For -Governpr. J. ELWOOl) COX, of nigh' Point . -For Lieutenant Governor CHARLES FRENCH TQMS, of Henderson ville. Charlotte, Special. The Republi can State convention was called to f aeats, -directly to the front f the auditorium platform. Cherokee, Wa- """g? iatJi auu uiuu wuu- j?68 followed "in the order named, Fbir ,irexe -between. 500 and 600 delegates,, seatad ia. the auditorium, white the platform was crowded by prominent Republicans from nearly every nook and corner of the Tar Heel State, all wearing the white and red badges, and the "Taft button,' wjtKwhichreach" "delegation and visi tor to """the eon ventiorr 'nas been sup- The ealleries were open to the pub lic ana at least a thousand visitors" witnessed the opening session of the St., 1. tl. . .. j jji a. - ,, TivJ;o 'mSr likewise kept awav, beins unable to reach the city on account of wash- outs and water-bound trains. . The decorations risible in the great auditorium are -unusually fine. The erywhere, and streamers and flags of t game colors,' with the stars and I placards, wjth black letters, bearing J 'tne names of the various county del- eations. Janahese lanterns . awere l o . I suspended from the to of the build ting arid both these and the electric j lights of the, building were illumi- I nated. j A Teddy bear of large proportions l was set jan the rront or tne piatrorm I i . : li. m a conspiciuus yuice, witn an eij vironment of .-flags and flowers,, hold me 'out. its chubby . fore-paw to the right and to the left Wednesday '"'night. Among other things, Judge Adams said in his opening speech : ' I congratulate you on the person nel of this splendid convention of 1 j 1 T Ui; Tkn ott has - conventions in this State. r However, I am sure it has I feame to Charlotte, and we are glad 1 ml. , ... . . LWecame. iiie weicoiue me citizens have already extended to us lis a guarantee that we -will be wet .v, il horo Wo havo . 7 r met here s to adopt a platform- of prineirjles . and " nominate .a ' ticket 1 which we propose to elect on the 3d day of next November, and nomi - 1 nate eiecioia nuuui c aaucira;j,auu they in turn will carry out the wishes of the people of North Carolina in easting the electoral vote of this State ritt - tbe electorial.. college for; President "for ' the best equipped .man I I'.We will elect our State ticket be -J feause we are right and our Democrat ic-friends are wrong; because we will I nominate a-man-for GovemqC whd will not find it necessary, to., proclaim : vw Will Tect our ticket because and in favor 0f sending that 1 ballot I honestly counted and will not -der ciare in his Opening speech that he h Oovernor . regardless of how the people vote, and that his oppon-.l iiiiiii cntnusiasm ents had as well vote in a mail box ks'in tMe ;bapot box. f tb. 1 We will Select our ticket because we will , Pominate ; a u m&yfy f or Goyer nori who wouldnofsd-rnva'tlte sancitity of nanqt' boxras tb;de-. clare in aj; public p6eehi "that 'the pollholders in! -Halifar . county- -had done.; "more ia carry); elections I than the- leaders and . voters of;. Ms party.: 'We-will elect our ticket eeause, we "will nommat-a tieket that; cap ital as 3 JorQpiw iYSTe 'rill succeed because we; will nominate fnen "who" v fearlessly discharge" their duty, and every man and every legitimate . interest can and will feel that they will be amply protected. ' "We' will elect our ticket because the people -of North Carolina are siek and tired of the leaders! of the Dem ocratic party,, who. array one. interest against another and one class against the other. ' '- "We will elect or ticket because the Democrats, while promising to reduce taxation, have increased the sane. -"We will succeed .because the Deo- pte -df North .Carolina arefripe for . a change. - "Our electors will be elected be cause we have adopted a platform of principles that declares: "1st: For an equitable revisiorTof the tariff, and for protection of Am erican brain and American labor.- "2d: Fox a currency, - and that every dollar shall be based upon and is as god as gold. "3d: For a savings bank system for the convenience and protection of the people. "4th: For - the continued enforce ment of the Shermanr-rtmti-trust law, and for the enactnient of such ad- ditional laws as will break up and forever destroy unlawful combina tions in this country. : . ' 4 5th.: - For the . contined . enf orce- ment .of the law against rebates and discriminations. ' ' 6th : That declares its- Approval of the employers' liability law, the passage and enf orcement- of the safe ty appliance statute, and additional protection to engineers and firemen, the reduction of the hours of labor of trainmen and railway telegraphers,, and for the enactment oJL, further laws mat win give more adequate protection and safety to the ; laboring man. "7th: For the integrity of the courts and for the protection of life, liberty and property. "8th: For the convenience and up building of the American farmer, by giving him better mail facilities n the establishment of free rural routes, good roads, etc. 1 "9th:Foi the protection of the American citizen, whether on land or sea. " "10th: For the speedy completion of the Panama canal which , means so much to our beloved southland. "ilth: The Republican party de clares for these principles, ;and the American, people Know that these principles will;, be enacted1 into law." . Judge Adams., declared A that the Republican ; .electors would carry North- Carolina. Jandftthat'Taf, and Sherman would sweep the cuontry because the; Republican party stands for and has always Stood for, the best interests of thtf whole people; - The Night Session. At 8 :45Judge Adams called the meeting to order and .announced that he would appoint Mr. Daniel A. Ka hipe, Of Marion, sergeant-at-arms. mi 1 1 -- mj "' ' inis naa a quieting ertect upon the boys. Mr: Kanipe is a formadible cit izen and able to throw- out an ordi nary citizen. ; The report of the ' committee on credentials was made by Mri Charles French jToms, of Hendersonville. The following counties were not j- repre sented: Anson, 'Ashe, Graham, Hyde, Macon, "Northampton and Yadkin. There Were no contests. .Mr, Charles 'A. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, put. in nomination for permanent- chairman of , the .. cbnven . tiqn, Mr. A. H. Price of Salisbury, in a -brief speech. He said that Mr. Price, was eminently .pt for the posi tion. Mr. Virgil S. Lusk, of Ashe ville, seconded the nomination of Mr. Prices in a characteristic speech. t - :f Z Hedeclared-that he. had been voting county for 43 years.; The firs t speeeh he made for the cause was to three white men and 500 negroes. In the coming election-; he said, Buncombe republicans .would, cast 3,000, votes. A prediction of victory was made. -.Mr. Price was escorted to the chair by- George .-.DePriestj' of Gaston and Tdr. . Lusk .and Mr. Adams intro duced" him. ; . " ' . Ori L taking the-chair as permanent chairman , Mr. Price made " a strong speech", declaring for the interests of the; party arid claiming that ; Repub lican, victory this"' year is sure. Mr. Ike . Meekins Secretary. ' Mr. . Isaac M. Meekins .was elected secretary, and Mr. O. F. u Poole, of Alexanderv'assistant. v t - At. one point, along the Australian coaBt -the" lice- is unbroken by aiiy 'Streasa for nearly 1,003 miles. MUST JNVPGAIE Methods of Exchange TradifiS lOORlSHADT . ' ' "3"? ' - t ' - - - V :-.';- ' '" ' . : Following, the Tremendous Business ofjtnrday the Governing Board of the New York Stock Exchange Orders.' an Investigation, . BeUeving Toi There Was an Ulterior '. Mo- New York, Special A special com mittee of five, members of the New York stock exchange will conduct an investigation of thS tTajasactioris which' toot place on the floor of the exchange .atarday. when more than a million s&vaTW-wertf'jlnfi sold in enoroious birc-.s aDU in such a manner as to arouse suspicion that the sales were so matched as to cre ate -a fictitious impression of activity The governing committee of the ex- ahange. took up the matter, after trad-" bag" hadelosed and in a brief session authorized' the president of the ex change, R-.,H. Thomas to "appoint the investigating committee. George H. Ely, secretary of the ex- ehange, 'said it was the intention of the governors to have a thorough in vestigation at once. The names 6f the . members of thein vestigating committee will -probably- be -announced later. y TbS gre&t .volume' of ther trading during the two hours' session of the stock market on Saturday is shows by comparison with that of Monday. The number of shares .sold Saturday was 1,099,000, while in the five hours of trading Monday 337,000 were trad ed in, . The 'belief that Saturday's sales were manipulated had its origin in the fact that shares were bought and sold in tremedous blocks. ..without greatly affecting; the market prices, but the Teal p?ai-o.e underlying" the sales has not been ascertained, if it be ulterior, as suspected by the brokers. Some of ' the more -conservative members refused to accept the orders when they became convinced that, the sales, were "matched," an order to Sell ; a block -of given" stocKr being f 61 through a different broker. Some of the smaller brokers who trade on the floor for the other mem bers of the exchange, accepting a re duced commission of $2 for each 100 shares 'bought or sold, were reported to have given -the names of three or four firms as having done - practically all of Saturday's enormous business. Through them the committee may be able to trace the source of the al leged simultaneous orders to sell and. buy. A singls firm was reported to have handled transactions amounting to 600,000 she res, so great a business that its sheet did not reach the. ex change clearing house until Sunday morning. ' ,; . The" main question" before the in vestigating committee -will be- the identity f the prime mover in Sat urday 's extraordinary market. If, it is found that the orders were match ed severe 'discipline may be applied, as it is a violation of the rules of the exchange. 1 - ... ' Danville,Tva, Capitalist Dead. ; Danville, Ta., Special. James P. Acree, a leading tobaeco warehouse man and capitalist of Danville, , died Monday, at the General. Hospital after an illness of , several months in the fifty-third year of his age.'. He was at the time of his death president of the Danville Co-Operative Warehouse Company, and of the Waddill-Hol-land Real Estate and Insurance Com-. panyV Mr. Aeree,: with his brother, the late E. F. Acree, founded Acree' warehouse, the largest plant of its kind m the South . Bank Cashier Suicides. Amerieus, Ga., Special. With a bullet hole centrally through his fore head and already cold in death, Al onzo Walters, cashier of the Bank of Ellavillef at Ella ville Ga., was found Monday night in . the lavatory- of the Windsor Hotel in Amerieus. Beside him was the automatic revolver which had ended his life. ' Prc3pects- Bright. Columbia, Special. The prqspectf for a successful openings at. the Uni versity of South Carolina -are bright Applications from prospective stud ents are being received daily and there are now only a few. rooms 4eft in the dormitories. , From, present in dications the dormitories will not .be able to accommodate all;-who come The "extensive improvements now un der wav will make the campus more attractive than. ever. ; Every effort is being made "to promote the comfort and - welfare cf the students. -Embezzler, dovernment Funds, iJ ew H dfieans," Speaat.Emmeft E. MeLecd, hief clerfc inUhe United States engineer's" office in New .Or leans, was. arrested Monday after noon charged with embezzling gov ernment founds. The exact amount alleged to have been taken by - Mc-LHxl-isuot'knowi: it is believe6 to bo smalt -; r S ... . - ' NAVAL MANOEUVRE Practice Cruise Started in the Pacific Ocean fORPEDO BOATS CARRIED ALCH3f . ."' .Vi:---- '- ' - . Bteams Out of 8an ' Traixdacou" m a JgVoyage Hawaii and Samoa. . : . v Sanv Francesco," Special. Eight at mofed'veruisers and a ' torpedo rboat flotilla comprising the Pacific fleet, steamed out : of San 'Franciscd on a long cruise ;.to Hawaii and Samoa. According to the schedule arranged by the; Navy Department K the i-fleet rill arrive at Honolulu on September 3; leave Ilonolulu September 10. and irriyetiPagq iiPago September 20 : leave Pago Pago September 27 and arrive at Honolulu October 17 and irrive at, Satf Diego October 30 and jrrive at sMagdelena Bay' November I; leave Magdelena Bay November )0 and arrive at San Frisco Decem ber 4. Whil at Pago Pago two armored sruisers and two destroyers will visit Apia for two days. The four vessels tto make the visit will be designated by the commander-in-chief upon ar rival at Pago Pago, The dates of de parture are fixed-, but". the dates of arrival may vary according to the ease or ittnlculty -with which the de stroyers are towed. During the so journ xof the fleet at Magdelena ay the vessels will engage in target practice and general manoeuvers. . The vessels constituting the fleet re: '. First division West Virginia, Col orado," Maryland and Pennsylvania. '. Second division Tennessee, Cal ifornia, Washington and South Da kota... First torpedoboat flotilla Trux tun, Hull Whipple, Hopkins. Second torpedoboat flotilla Perry, Preblei Stewart. Torpedo supply ship--Soiace. Colliers Justin, to Honolulu onjy. Censures Commission. Atlanta, Ga., Special!' The prison commission of Georgia will 'be severe ly censured in the report of the spec ial investigating committee, of - the legislature which has-; been engaged for the p'st five weeks in probing the prison evst em of the State. There will be no impeachment of the mem bers. Neither will the commission b abolished. AV severe censure for in attention and lack of diligence will close the record. This was decided upon- at the final meeting of the in vestigating committee. The report of tht: findings has7" Been made up and unanimously signed and will be pre sented, with a transcript of all evi dence, to the extra session of the leg islature which meets later. 1 Besieged. by Begging Letters. Hot Springs, Va., Special. Scores of begging litters are arriving daily at the Taft headquarters, addressed td the candidate -as the next Presi dent. A Cedarville (Ohio) man claims to be a namesake of .Presi dent Roosevelt and asks; Taft to an swer his letter, because Roosevelt did not. A Newark, (N. J.) man wants $200.-' A Winchester man says he ii a -Rebel Republican and - wants aid to dye his clothes. An Ashland (Ohio) man sends advice in refer ence to Taft 's answering Bryan's -speech of acceptance. He claims that Br van. is deader than -a door nail. Ali the letters remain unanswered. Kob After Murderer? Little Rock, Special. James Cart wright ,a white man who it is charged hot and killed bis wife at their homo near Conway, Ark., several days ago, was removed from the Conway jail and is being hurried- to this city to prevent summary punisment being meted out by a mob of farmers who, it is said were preparing to storm tht Conway jaiL Death 'of Baron Von Sternberg. , Berlin,, By - Cable. arojj Speck Von Sternberg, ambassador from Germany to the! United States, died Monday in Heidelburg7 following an operation for cancer, -from which ht had' suffered . for ten years. The popular 'official had achieved distinc tion in many posts. He was a close friend, of President Roosevelt and a frequent caller at the White House, where he played tennis with the Pres ident. He married Miss Lily Lang- " ham a Kentucky belle. Called From Home and Stabbed U -. Death. New York, Special. Phillip Ben danaago was called from his honu and killed Monday morning. Hit body when found by his wiferha three stab wounds near the, heart lie. bads won $50 gambling and it it thought that somebody who saw hui ;i with the money, stabbed him for ; "m purpose of robbery, but was f right t ened off before gertiBg the money. -' ...'"'. : .- "t.
The Spencer Crescent (Spencer, N.C.)
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