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V -.1 The GOMCOIRB Daily IBTJNE- - si VoLXVL J. B. S HERRI LL, Editor and Publisher. CONCORD, N. G, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916. Member The Associated Pro. ,Na 242. UUyuUila THE PROPERTY LOSS WILL PROBABLY REACH FIFTEEN MILUON DOLLARS IB. ' i . . . "- ! I m jvni, ii ii u n it ' ' - i ' ' it nil - ii 1 1 ii ii i r I n h I. i LSI U'UU ii UUUlj lVUJlUi IVJJ - - 1 1 1 1 IL H Ii iijj II II IIIJII Mil II II II - II II I: LIVES LOST IN PROPERTY LOSS $15,000,000 i THE FLOOD WATERS IN FIVE STATES DO GREAT DAMAGE; The Wont Condition Prevail in Western North Carolina, Where the Condition are Described as the . , ,. . . Worst in the History of That Sec-1 Section. Asherale and Environs Heaviest Suuerers.-Train Service ' , There at a Standstill, as Result of Washouts, Slides, and Lost Bridges. I amis sna many nouses swept Away. j 4 By The tm elated Praaat Flood waters which swept parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir ginia, Tennessee and West Virginia, taking toll of at least nine lives, rendering hundreds of persons home less and doing property damage es timated at from $10,000,000 to $15, 000,000, were receding today. j The worst conditions obtained in western North Carolina where the flood is described as the most disast rous in the history of that section. Asheville and ' environments were heaviest sufferers, but with train service at a standstill, as the resnlt of washouts, slides and lost bridges; telegraph service badly crippled and roads almost impassable, it will probably be several days before the full extent of death and destruction can be determined. Lower Asheville was still flooded today by the waters of the French ' Broad, which went over its banks yesterday" morning," swooping away mills and other manufacturing plants and many homes. Two deaths were reported in the city proper, while six others occurred at the town of Biltmore, and two score persons in cluding members of a railway' con struction gang, who went down with a bridge, are reported missing. Between Asheville and Salisbury railroad bridges were washed out on Catawba river, and further south alongitbe same river railroad and highway bridges were carried away and tracks aTe under water. Saw mills and other DroDertv. as well as live stock, suffered, considerably. Similar conditions prevail on the Yadkin river around Lexington. On the Yadkin at Elkin it is reported to- 'day that a hotel has been destroved. Two score of persons are listed as missing, of those eleve were rail road workmen who went down with -the bridee on the Catawba River, and hope of saving them was abandoned Four men who were goinsr to the a'd of the railroad men are reported while 4 employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company also were reported lost on the Catawba, today. Three Nurses Lose Their Lives. Asheville, July 17. The death list from the flood which overwhelmed this section is set at eight today. A report from Madison county said two lives were lost and 53 houses demol ished at Marshall. The water is re ceding today, and fears are enter tained for the breaking of the dam at Lake Toxaway. The body of Miss Charlotte Walker, a nurse, was" found today at Biltmore. Miss Mabel Fois- ter, another nurse, and Miss Louise Walker, also lost their lives at But more. These with the death of white laborer and negro, brings the list to 8. Fifty-five families, mostly cotton mill workers, residing in the lower section of Ashe vile, lost the homes, and are being cared for by the Citi sens' Relief Committee. Attempts to revise the estimates of the damage to mills brought little hopes that they have suffered to any extent less than reported last night. The damage re mained at $6,000,000 to f 10,000,000. Asheville is still "without gas. or 1 electric power and the price of gaso lene has gone to $1 per' gallon. ; .No trains left the city today and none have arrived. , On the, Murphy division of v the Southern Railway trains were run ning froin Waynesville to Murphy. Report That Toxaway Dan ia Gone. (Bv The AaaaetateS Praae) . Atlanta, July IT It was' rumored . today that Lake Toxaway dam had given away. Railroad', officials in Asheville said they did not credit the report." There is no wire eomtnunica tion with Lake Toxaway. ' . .'' ' A fool's :..--' paradise is better' than THE FLOODS VILLA, CRIPPLED, Ig MET BT AMERICAN. Francis Ammerman, Back 'From Dn rango, Talks With Bandit Chief Af ter Jimenes Battle. Wounded in 'Shoulder and Knee. San Antonio, Texas., July 13. Francis 'Aniuiermann, a Ueruian American who hag lived in Durango, Mexico, for twenty years and is per sonally acquainted with Francisco Villa, arrived here today from Ia 1 !. V:n. Lower i- j I I'liiuiiKir. iiiuiiicrujauu uiei v ma iuu talked with him after the battle at '". and the first lirst- hand statement received from ilia iu n:any weeks. ' ' Villa - eived t wo serious wounds, one in the left shoulder and one in riirlt lp,r near tlie knM, ca .. .a Ammermaun. "but he is still cn Doled from the vvound in the knee and can ride horseback only with much dilli culty and can not remain in the sad dle more than a few hours. The wound in the shoulder has healed and gives him no more trouble and the wound ed leg is growing stronger daily be cause of the exercise it gets when Villa is in the field." Official Mexico is in a ferment over Gen. Carranza's policy of conciliation toward the United States, according to well authenticated reports reaching here tonight. There now are two known eliques the Constitutionalist de facto gov ernment. One, the military clique, headed by Alvaro Obregon, minister of war. is in favor of an ultimatum to Washington calling for the immed iate withdrawal of Gen. Pcrshing'B xpedition. The other clique is head ed by Carranza himself, ably second ed by Secretary of State Aguilar, for merly Governor of Vera Crur, and now the First Chief's principal ally. In Mexico City circles Aguilar is termed "Carranza's pet." TROOPS NOT TO BE SENT TO FRONT TILL EQUIPPED Already 100,000 National Gnardsmen Are at the Border. War Depart ment Says Stories of Draft System Are Nonsensical. Washington, July 10. Department commanders of National Guardsmen now mobilizing for service on the Mexican border, today were instruct ed by the War Department to defer transportation to the frontier untu the militiamen have been thoroughly equipped and organized, his order revokes a ruling issued by the De partment when the Mexican situation as acute, which waived certain re- uuirements. About 2,000 men are ffected. The latest information of the De imrtruent is that about 100,000 Na tional Guardsmen now are at the bor er. With the 50,000 regulars there and 5,000 additional men called from he reserves, officials estimate thot the American strength on morder ser- ice within a few weeks wills be ade quate to cope with any present emer gency and will make unnecessary the disimtcb of anv more Gnardsmen un til they are completely equipped and organized. LEAGUE BALL AT'KANNAPOLIS Monday and Tuesday Between Btatea- and Kanapolia. There will be two games of league ball this week; at Kannapolis between Statesville and Kannapolis. The first came will be' played this afternoon at 4 o'clock and the second game will take place tomorrow afternoon at the same hour. Kannapolis was to have played Morganton on these dates but that team is playing Uastonia, change of teams haying been made. Funeral of Mr. Wm. Beaver. The funeral services over the re mains of Mr.1 William Beaver, who died here Friday at his home on West Depot' street was held yesterday. At 10 o'clock a. m. a short-service was held at the home conducted by Rev. B. 8. Dasher, Mr. Beaver's pastor, as sisted bv Rev. A. S. Baper. The fun eral sermon was preached by Mr. Dasher at St. Enoch. 'g unurcn, at Enocw ille, where the interment took place. Rev, O. B. Bhearhouse assist ed in the service at the enuren, The following were the pallbearers Messrs. Joe A. Walter, J. C. Lents, P. A. Barringer, Edward Wise, '4. Thompson and Edward Bacon. . Mr. Beaver's step son, Mr.-1 wade Sloan, of Cleveland, O., his sons, Mr. Edward Beaver, of Kannapolis, ana Mr. Cortes Beaver., of Charlotte his daughters, , Mrs. Estelle Howell,, of Charlotte, and Mrs. Carrie Lyerly, of, Ch'.na Grove, attended the funeral. ;.. n " r - And 'tis my faith that every flowerjn ' He Ia't ; 1 1 to run ri To. 1 QUARANTINE FOR CASES OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS Cases to Be Handled the Same si Cases of Scarlet Fever. The County Board of Health here has been advised by the States Board of Health to handle the case or cases of infantile paralysis just as scarlet fever, measles or any other contagious disease is bandied. This is benig done, and every precaution is being taken by the board and by the city authorities to prevent the spread of the disease. Mayor Isen bour has bd yellow quarantine cards printed to be placed on the only house where so far a ease has devel- ped and on all others if they should occur. An effective quarantine will be maintained, and if necessary an oflicer will be stationed to enforce it. The case is that the two-vear-old aughter of Mr. T. V. Helms, who lves on I eachtree street at forest Hill. The condition of the child. hich has been ill for about a week. not improved. There seems to be no grave cause for alarm on the part of parents. They are advised to keep their chil dren at home and to use a wash for the nose and throat. The situation here seems to be well in hand, and every precaution will be taken bv the health and city authorities. FIREMEN WILL MEET IN STATE CONVENTION The Sessions are to Begin at Raleigh Tomorrow. (By The imdiM Prem) Raleigh, July 17. Representatives of fire departments In all parts of North Carolina were gathering here today for the annual convention of the fire fighters, which will begin to morrow. A brief business meeting of the fire chiefs, delegates, mayors and others will be held tonight as a pre liminary to the convention. The parade Wednesday will be one of the features of the convention and the races Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be centers of interest. Apparatus from several fire de partments on the east coast of this state arrived here yesterday and more are coming in today. The fire men already, are practicing various contests. FEARS FOR COTTON CROP. This Causes Active Buying on New Tork market Today. (By Tk AaaoelatrS Pma) New York, July 17. Fears that the cotton crop has been iniured by the excessive rains and floods in parts of the eastern belt, caused an active buying movement in the cot ton market at the opening today. The tone was steady with first prices to 10 points net higher, but toward the end of the first half hour sellim; orders increased, and with an ab sence of outside speculative interests the market eased off about 5 points from the highest. Cotton futures opened steady July, 12.00; October, 13.08; Decern ber. 13.26; January, 1331; March, 13.51. DR. J. W. SUMMERS IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL Charlotte Physician Charged With Performing Illegal Operation. Br Tk AaaoclateS Pma) Charlotte, Julv 17. Dr. J. W Summers, a physician of some proini nence here was held without bail to day, charged with performing un il legal operation June 26, that caused the death ein a local hospital yester day of Miss Annie Jones, 23 years old, daughter of former Sheriff Jones, of Greensboro, N. C. Attornevs for Summers gave not ice that they would institute a hab eas corpus proceeding and apply for baiL ANOTHER TROPICAL DISTURBANCE APPARENT Is Central Between Turk's Island and Nassoa and Has Northward Move ment. (Bv The arltea Preaa) Washington, July 17. The tropi- eal disturbance of last week passed to the East of Turk's Island, but an other is centreal between Turk's Is land and Nassua, with an apparent movement northwest movement, the weather bureau announced today. Unsettled weather will prevail to night and Tuesday in the Middle At lantie States, with thundershowers in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. There have no trains from Atlanta here since No. 36 yesterday morning. The trains from the Columbia divis ion have all been able to get through, but on the main lines of the Southern where the. bridge was wasbed away H yoiterday.- A tram Was trade tip in MORE THAN JVENTY COMPANY L NOW HAS MORE THAN 100 HEN. nflUD GIpVII UHnir UUM One Hundred and Fourteen Recruits Secured by All the Recruiting Offi cers Some of Our Recruits Will Probably Be Assigned to Other Companies. Mr. Eugene Bamhardt Visits Camp. Appointment of Dr. Buchanan DaUv Exnected. Cantain , n - . . U1UHU D VUiJUllrlUU AlUTVVeU. All Indian Recruit Arrives To Make Assignments of Recruits Today. By John M. Oglesby. Camp Glenn, July 15. One hun dred and fourteen recruits have been secured by the otlicers last week de tailed for recruiting duty at their home stations. These recruits will be assigned to service in the First Regiment, the recruiting parties hav ing been sent out to recruit for that organization and not for particular companies. Each company in order to be at war strength must have a minimum strength of 65 men and, as several of the companies reported to camp short of this figure it has been necessary to borrow men from com panies wl ich had a large enlistment. Concord s recruiting officers. Lieu tenant Thornburg and Sergeant Cald well, made a good record. They secur ed more than 20 recruits, which is an exeeednigly large porcentage- of . the 114, iwhen it is figured 12 recruiting details were sent out. All the the re cruiting officers have been notified to return to camp and t"ri"ey:are expected tonight and tomorrow. Company L now has over 100 men and it may secure the recruits sent, in by Lieutenant Thornburg and Ser jeant Caldwell. However, it is likely a good percentage of these reenrts will be assigned to the companies needinir men to reach war strength Colonel Gardner probably will make the assign incuts Monday. aynes ville and High Point recruiting officers also sept in quite a number of re cruits. A visitor at camp today is Mr. E, C. Bamhardt.. Jr., former first lieu tenant of Company L. Mr. Bernhardt arrived vesterday. He has been com ing to Camp Glenn for the past six vears but this is first visit wlicn not serving in an official capacity. Also this is the first time he has been here when all three of the regiments, the wo covalry troop and the ambulance t company were in camp and he was much impressed with the size of the camn and the number of men here Mr. Bamhardt is a ernest at the At- lantic Hotel at Morehead. The aiioointment of Dr. S. E. Biieh- anan as a member of the staff of the hospital corns of the First Regiment is expected at any time. Doctor Buchanan has the endorsement of General Young and Colonel Gardner it is understood. The appointment will come through Washington, now I that the North Carolina troops have been mustered into the federal ser vice. The condition of Capt. L. A. Brown, who is undergoing treatment at a Morehead hospital, is reported as I very much improved today. Among the recruits sent in bv' the Waynesville company was Nuete Crow an Indian. He is 28 years old. a farmer, six feet tall and weighs 190 pounds. He was a member of the Car lisle football team and is a fine speci men of physical manhood. Two other I Indians from near Waynesville are also members of the first regiment. Thev rae musicians and are members I of the band. John W. Weeks, formerly com mandant of cadets at Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, has been award ed a Peahody Fellowship in the Grad uate School of Education at the Uni versity of South Carolina and will en ter that institution this fall if the North Carolina troops are mustered out by that time. Mr. Weeks is con nected with headquarters of the First Regiment. Rev. S. B. Turrentine. D. D . Pres ident of Greensboro College for Wo men, spent yesterday in Concord. Dr. Turrentine preached at Central Methodist Church, yesterday morning and at Forest Hill at night. He is a I strong preacher and the congrega tions at both churches heard him I gladly, i Dr. Turrentine spoke of the treat work being done at tne uoiiegei he renresents. stating that the in- frpn cf fs'ii'lcRts' has - made- the bu.. ' ' ft now d Tnl! "v to ae- NARROW ESCAPE. Mr. John Freeman and Family Nar rowly Escape Drowning in Rocky River. While attemtping to cross Rockv River Saturday night about 11 o'clock, Mr. John Freeman had a narrow escape from drowning. Mr. t reeman w as in a buggy, and w as accompanied by his wife and small child, and thev. too. were nearly drowned. Tliev were on their way to visit friends in the Bethel neighbor hood. Mr. Freeman had driven across Thunderstruck Bridge from this side of the river, and when he reached the end of the bridge both horse and buggy were submerged benenth the water, which wa srunning out of its channel. In his efforts to save his wife and child and himself, Mr. Free man did not have time to save the horse, and it was drowned. Today the buggy was brought inck to town bv Mr. r reeman, who stated that the water whs still out of bounds at Thunderstruck Bridge, although not nearly as much as it was Satur day, when he attempted to pass. The horse bclonscd to Fisher's Liverv Stable, of Midway. It was stated by parties today that the body of a horse was seen in the river today, and it is supposed the horse is that which Mr. Freeman was driving. TRY TO KILL HORSES OF MR. P. M. KELLER Some One Saturday Night Cut Four of His Horses at Roberta Mill. Some time Saturday night persons entered the barn of Mr. P. M. Kel ler( superintendent of the Roberta Mills, and seriously injured four of his horses by cutting them in several places with knives. The horses were badly cut and probably will not live. For some time past, Mr. Keller reports, people there have cut many thinzs in and around the mill, and tl,e affair S"tmy night seems to be q Anlminntinn nf Hflrl fpelififir tflltt tin' existed there. Mr. Reller says he knows no reason for the. cutting and can offer no explanation. Otlicers late today are working on the case and arrests are expected to be made soon. The French Relief Society. The French Relief Society will meet Thursday morning with Miss Eliza beth Gibson fronT 10:30 to 1. We are the recipients this week of 125 yards of goods, .$1.00 from Mrs. Smoot. and $3.00 from Miss Nan Can non. Through the kindness of Mr. Robert Ridenliour the Concord Steam Ijiundry has several times washed and pressed innumerable yards of goods known as seconds. So we were able to make sanitary pads for the sol diers. The entire society vote him thanks for lie has never failed us. Please remember the meeting Thurs-j day morning and let us have a good number of workers. SECRETARY. All of the rami mail carriers were able to make their routes today. Two of them could not go all the way on their routes Saturday on account of high water, but the rivers and creeks have receded to such an extent today I that thev all could complete their routes, AN rant TO MANY MILLIONS AND HIS MOTHER. - WWW' I J wfc V.) I-'V-iT -'lVViV wr.-1" .aV I I uiiiiiiiumiaaaiwlMiiiSia'a'i mil This is the first photograph of Mrs. Angier B. Duke nd 1 -r 1'"' AnpVr B. Duke, Jr The weddir of Fri. P'-Vo, V f ! "", f - ' ' ' "1, T'"lt')' THE YADKIN IS HIGHER THAN EVER STATE TOURNAMENT. Concord to Be Well Represented at Firemen's Tournament. A number of firemen from Concord lift this morning for Raleigh, where they will attend the State Firemen's Tournament. Concord will not be rep resented in any races of horse and wairon, as they have not prepared for this. The Cannonville Reel Team accompanied the firemen from here, and they will enter in al Hhe races in wh.ch they are eligible. This com pany of men has always made a good showing at the State tournament, and it is safe to predict that this year, as usual, they will bring home their share of the honors. The reel team (ruin Kamiflolis will also attend the tournament this year, and reports from that city predict that they ex pect to make a most creditable show ing. The following, exclusive of the Cannonville and Kanapolis teams, left today for the tournament: Messrs. Robert Sapentield, John L. Miller, Robbie Sappenlield, Paul Peacock, I-cster Murr. Arthur Faggart, Eli Goldston. Hal Love and Mr. Line licrsrer. FROM THE WAR AREA. The Attacking Forces Consolidate in a New Position. (By The Aaaoclated Ptcm) The latest reports from the area of the allied offensive iu the Somme region indicate one of usual period of preparation.! The attacking forces have consoli dated in a new position and are bringing up heavy artillery, prepara tory to another attack, .bmperor William is reported at the front in the bomme section. In Verdun the French, have been on the offensive, Following up successes vesterday west of Fleury they gained additional ground last night in the same region. In Lorraine two German attacks were repulsed. Paris announces the landing of ad ditional forces of Russian troops in France. THE WHEAT MARKET. Heavy Selling Depressed the Prices Today. . (By The Auaeiated Prewi Chicago, July 17 Heavy selling depressed wheat today, altnougn at I first the market showed considerable strength. Opening prices which va- ried from the closing figure to 1 1-8 high with July at 111 and Septem- Per at lid d- to were ionowea d.v a set back all around from Saturday 's closing. The singing class from the Ox ford Orphanage will give a concert at the Strand Theatre in Concord on Monday night, August 7th, under the auspices of Stokes Lodge, Mo. Si, A. F. and A. M. See the new ad. of Pounds-Moser Co., about big specials just in. SEEN BEFORE BIG BRIDGE OF SOUTHERN IS IN GREAT DANGER. 1 no loss of lift is mm All Travel Over the Toll Bridge it Stoppedj Fears of Muck Damage at Badin. River Registers SI Feet and Still Rising. Great Pile of Debris. Southern Runs 30 Car loads of Barbed Wire to Hold ' Down Bridge, Which is Still Being ' Used. Great Damage Wrought to Crops, Live Stock Drowned, Ferry Boats Broken Loose, Etc (Br Tfc Associate Pmw) Salisbury, July 17. The Yadkin River, six miles' north of Salisbury, is higher than ever before known, , registering 21 feet above normal at 12 o'clock, and still rising, being four feet higher than the previous high record. Great piles of .debris, ; lumber from saw mills, logs, trees and some live stock have floateed down continually since eorly Sunday' morn, ing. The big steel toll bridge connect ing the counties of Rowan and David son is in danger of going down, and , has been braced by cables. Passage over it has been stopped since last . night, and all travel by autos or oth er vehicles from the north have been stopped. The Southern Railway's all steel, double-traek railroad dridge, less than half a mile below the; toll bridge, is. in' great danger should -the latter break' loose. In an effort . to hold down the railroad bridge, should the toll bridge float against it the Southern has run 3Q car loads of barbed wire on it to hold it down. The railroad bridge is still being , used. Thousands of people ere flock ing to see it from Salisbnry, Spencer and the surrounding counties. - The 1 water below the railroad bridge re sembles a small ocean. Great damage, was wrought to crops, live stock drowned, ferry boats broken loose and lost, but no loss of life is report- ed in this section. There are fears of much damage at Badin, where the Aluminum Corn- pany is building a great power plant and works. i. . p,e DraVo Power Company's dam L RrnB(1 river. near Shelbv. has brok- eiv cuttin off the electric supply for Suartanburg and nearby . textile . d menacing . the Southern power Company's plant near Blaeks- burg, S. C. The flood is threatening Jonesyille, N. C, and nearby towns, and tne resi dents there are moving to, higk rrounds. ' ' J; The Yadkin river has reached the highest stage recorded in years and continues to rise around Lexington. I j J ;ilo. Lnun Kiian jAtfrmV. P roPs, " D . rrs inn inn iiveHLiH'. uiunum. ters the swollen river as it sweepa past Lexington. V FOUR MEN ARE TAKEN FROM RIVER . Searching Parties Now Looking For Others Who Are Still Missing. Br Tk Aaaaclate PMaa) Charlotte. Julv 17. Engineer Jos-' eph Killian and three other "men of the Southern Railway, wno nave seen hanging in the trees in the. Catawba river a mile below where the. railread ? bridge went down w4h . them, ; and .; eight others, were rescued today. , Seaching .parties are searching the river for other- menremployea of the Southern and four men, employed by I the Western: Union . Telegraph ; Co., who went down. ""'.' - FOUND IN THE TOP OF. A TREK Miss Lip and Mrs. Mnlholland Wert Thought to Have Ban Drowned. . (By Th Aaaadato Fma Asheville. July 17. -H Miss.Jfelle ILipe, and Mrs. Leo Mulholland re ported drowned yesterday re , . tne home of their fathe, J(Vlipe, at Biltmore, were found today, tied tit the top of a tree, t according to re ports reaching here.; No reports of further loss of life have been received. The fiwannanoa and French Broad rivers are falling rapidly today. ; If vou go to war, pray: if yon n Ion a sea journey, prsy twice; three times ir you - marri"fl. r Win '9 t rnr-!iry.- Ucfre o f" ' v ) f- 'i - "'7
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