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FlooilrSpiiiifl
in the South 5 -
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In Wilmington Rainfall Has Been Com
paratively Small md No ; Damage
Other Parts of State Faring Badly
Devastation in Georgia and - South
CarolinaOver a Million Dollars
Damage in the Lattery . Augusta
Flooded Advices :From J Other
Points Big Damage inTliis State.
The heavy rains continue not only
in North Carolina, but in other State
in the South, and " news -.of. -great, dam
age is coming in. Wilmington so -far
has made a lucky escape. For the pe
riod of 24 hours ending this morning
-at 8 o'clock the rainfall here haoS only,
been .30, but the likelihood is that-to-'
day's fall will be more. The present bad
weather is the outcome of the ',distur-J
bance in Georgia, but the high .winds
were felt greatest in Virginia. Wil
mington and vicinity have only had a
slight touch. With the exception 'of
some of the wires being down connect-
ing Wilmington with outside points
this city has experienced little, trouble,
aside from the disagreeableness of it
all. Railroad traffic to and from Wil
mington has not been interrupted, and
trains so far today are arriving on
time, or only a few minutes late. The
outgoing, Atlantic Coast Line train
reached Sanford but fifteen minutes
late today. ? : v -
1 The greatest rainfall recorded in
Wilmington was thirty.- years ago,
when it reached 8.40, but" the early
part of the present month it went to
about three inches. ' ' .x
:"- More Heavy Rains. ' ,
More heavy rains are " predicted i for U
today
being
sent out this af terriobn? ..O
Heavy rains indicated for today, and
tonightrwWch-Htfi&IS
and branches to Icoritmue ' to rise. - The
Roanoke river. will rise tWSemt
Weldon, and th(Cape FeaOffilSft&iirill
rise to 55 feet af Fayetteville,
THISSEN. '
Rainfall Tabl :.?
For the 24 houf s ending at S oclock
this morning the following was , the
rainfall in the cotton belt:
Charlotte, N. C. . .. . . . .'2.42
Greensboro, N! C.. . ... .4.35
New Bern, N. C .. . jl6
Raleigh, N. C.. .. .. ..2.04
Athens, Ga. . . . .... . .1.74
' Spartanburg, S. C. .. ...4.50
Greenville, S. C . . . . ... .7.10
Macon, -Ga.. . ..2.84
Monticello, Ga. . .. . . . .1.90
Quitman, Ga. . . , . . . .1.58 :
Many Bridges Washed Away.
Elberton, Ga., I Aug. 26 Seaboard
bridges over the Savannah and Broad
rivers have gone. fPassenger train No,
52 was caught bitween two DlreaSs,
near Elberton. and'eant. b movftdtfeffn-
er way. The city electric planfls cona
pletely, destroved abd r.itv has h.p.eti..in i
darkness many nights. All bridges in
7 ,
the county have ben Yasheday..:
Big Damage -al SpartanbUrgifil
.Spartanburg, Aug. 26 The electric
and gas plant is flooded, and "the' city
was in darkness last night. It is re
ported that the Lockhart mills have
been partly washed away: Great dam
age is threatened. - O
Augusta A-Wash Ir'xSU
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 26 At 9 o'clock
this morning the Savannah riverreg
istered at lower bridge 35 1-2 feet, and
was rising ten inches, an hour.,-The
middle portion of the city is under wa
ter. Great destruction is threatened. '
Everything is being flooded: -Itjs
expected that the entire city wiir be
under water by night. The street car's
are tied up and the damage is heavy;
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Columbia, S. C Aug 26-Seaboardiit is. impossible for. bacteria to pene -
train ar 1 C beaooara k , v , - ; I ,- ;:w "
train No. 66 went through ; arT under-ttrate. , -4 ;f.i . .. ;. -. . -
mined trestle on south side of the Con-
garee river, this morning. The engine
and two coaches were derailed "and the
colored fireman hurt iThe nkssenerd
were transferred. :
locked for 12 hours A steel Abridge 1
u,er in wateree, ; on the same road,
near Camden, Is.eirdectocoUapBe
at any minute. Traffic over that' route
has been abandoned. Telephone and
telegraph wires are doWn. ' , The loss
thus far from the flood: in ;Sout; Caro
lina will exceed a millionf dollars mill
owners, the railroads and the farmers,
being the chief yxifsi
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fetate' Convention' Called.' to Order at
- loon With" Five- H undred iieJegates
Prefient-AboutTwo Hundeti-Wsfter--.
bound -Chai rhran ) AdamstVlakes
..Speech Against Oemotrjiey-Creden"
. -tials Committee-t4anied;and Then
RecW$ :TakenUntll 8J30 O'clock To-
night.
Special to. The Dispatch.
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vCharlotte N, C.ft. August ''26.The
Republican t State convention was call
ed , to cr.der ?today at , noon with five
hundred delegates,.' v present' and at
least .' two . hundred " waterbbund be
tween their homes and .Charlotte. Rail
way; traffics held ;up on half 'the lines
entering"; the city and, most o these
delegates after -traveling several' hun
dred miles -fromthe eastern and west
ern sections: ofjthe state: are wonder
ing " whether tfiey " wiUb able tcT. get
to the convention- or have to turn
back to their homes. ' " .V." ;
Judge Spencer JB;:"AdamB 7 began', his
addressas; State .Chanrman and party
leader a few minutes,, past- noon and
talked Vfor an. libur and a- half: The
address .: dealt - largely , with . an argu
ments against ; Democratic principles
andthe .plahks of the platform; The
speaker Vpald bis' respects (to Bryan,
reviewing the past "record1 and state
ments' of- the 'Democratic; Jnomiiee and
predicting defeat for the 'party whose
leader Mr. Bryan is1; Speaking of - the
panic Judge f Adams 'said :;;"If we must
have a panic let , us have " a RePubli
can panic; not a Democratic one."
At the close, of the address a creden
tials committee wa& appointed, wh-ere-upon
the .convention,; adjourned -till
8: 30 tonight in order that, the several
hundred delegates who are side track
ed ; by ; higher . water, may . have
an opportunity; to v reachthe city ip
time to participate in the delibera
tions of the convention,, if;' possible.
The flooded streams and trestles wash
ed away, have almost put the conven
tion into a pedica
no little - difficulty ;iie7experienced
itt getting, thing's 'under : way. s
The credentials -committee isf eom-
as -follows i-
mM,mMiFani Beau-
Thbma"E, , "Oensr"of"sampson;
Fourth, district, O. D. Barber, of Chat
ham; "Fifth district, B; J.ampi
of -Alamance; "Sixth district, C. Ed
TaylQxoXPJ3ruiw4t- Seven th r dis
trict, A. T. . grant, .jPayte,; ighth
district, H. T. Campbell, of Alexan-
qer; xvmm aistrict, unaries A.jones,
of Lincoln; Tenth. district, Charles F.
Toms, of Henderson.
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THE RIGHT MAN. j
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Advices received y' the Sher-
4 iff. from, Constable W. B Sav-
4 age and Deputy Harvey: Cox ,4
state that the man : Chas Rat-
cliff e, colored, arrested in Phil-
ju ul .Af'n Jfe
T .. ; .f1!:'- "t 'v I
necrodn a oool room here about
' thfiee "years ago, is the right 4
man. Ratcliffe-irecogniaw' tbe..
t pmcers wnen .ingy maae tueir r
Sparancebefoe hlmJjathe ,
.'Philadelphia, prison At the 4
time sof sending 5 the adVi2e the 'v
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. pmcers were, waiting the arrival
;&L xtradition;ap:eIs roto4the &
4 Governor of Pennsylvania and
4 Uhey - are expected to preach
; bere "with .their, prisonerr-from
Philadelphia either tonight or .
4 tomorrow. ; : - '.. .. ."4
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; Preservation of Meats.
New York August 26 How long it
is possibe to keep meats in afrozen
state is-unknown; but in chemicarand
microscopical examinations ; of ; iced
beef;and poultry W. D. Richardson has
detected no alteration after" a year
and a half as muscular tissue dools to
(nst ; above ihirty degrees Fahrenheit, U
the Water separatesas ice,.coniracuug
ipri ; . , secon a "aisirict, t j ames uas- ;jutsu .ui.
l mil, of Bdgecbmbe . thirdaL-dl3trlit lamjeisaiicugenu
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hQ ti fnrnt dp an armor tnatinis power io save; uiBuuiuuuuaic
' Funeral of ! CapairtjSmUhi
The funeral over the remains of the
te
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liamsi of BUrgaw, : The pallbearers
Vere i follows r Honorary, ,Dr. , W, : D.
McMIllanIessrs. : John T. Rankin,
jansaVisGenr JI He
Mei$feI::KZ 'Nash, Iredell Meares,
M. Oronlv. Geol i W KidderSP. ,Mc-
NairfandG,: J.: Bpney, . ,Te :interment
was :made in- Oakdaie cemeiery ,
ade inOakdale; cemeteryv;. -
At mmt, itRfiRh
::Diiring the TJomlng
Heartrending,; Tragedy Which Will
Bring Sorrow' and" Sadness -to" Rat
'eigh Family,-Occurred at the BeaCh
1 Toriflv. th pWirfiti'Ki i -fJ1
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xcarvcry trror maae iot
suscitaie tne Young wan, But
Were ValnHis Home Was in
eigTi Leaves . Father, Mother, and
One Sister. . ,
This" . mprning vshbrtly after 10'
ojclock Mr. -Charles. N- JIudson, a well
known and. y prominent' young citizen
of Raleigh, .was sdrowned -at Wrightsr 4
ville .each,j just Xo the north Mti the
Atlantic , yaclit IClub, ad.this trrJH
trageys .,the. first of, JJts-mournful na
turebtot occurt within two years, has
cast.;a, palJLof sadness. over the resort;
Mr. CiyJson .j had 1 jbeen iguest , of Mr.
and prJtcnbson.at theirrcptUge
n tnpeacn., tor..tne:-past" weeK. and
as scs.jtbiterrible-Jnformation of
the, heartrending, affair,' was ascertain
ed, many,, residents called at. the' Gib
son cottage with offers, of assistance
Mr. Hudson was in the .water for a
period of twenty-fivo minutes before
his body was recovered, from the surf,
and ..when prbught to .the shore there
was, not the slightest, evidence that the
spark-of life remained.. Within two
minutes after the, body... had been
brought in from the treacherous wa
ters of the, Atlantic, the face of the
young man turned completely purple
and this fact' led the physicians ; who
examined the body to -inclineowardt
the? belief that some secondary cause
hastened,, ihedeath, pf vthe young man,
superinduced, . nosbljb b.ej great
wning;tl4:
Mr.; ad;41
tne, past week .several . young
emenJ4heir-;cottage,
the entire party forming a merry
house party. Each and. every oflhad
greatly enjoyed their stay at thele'kdb?
as the guests 6t . Mr. anfliiMrs. txibsofi
and this terrible; andf unexpectedly"
mournful conclusion to-the ' outing iwlll
awaken great sympathy notf only for
the relatives of, the deceased- young4
man, but also for Mr. and Mrs Gib
son who are greatly shocked and sad
dened by the extremely sad and re
grettable demise of Mr. Hudson.
Shortly after 10 o'clock today Mr.1
Hudson, accompanied by Mr. W. B.
Jones, of Kenansyille, a friend of the
young man, and also a member of the
house party, decided to take a surf
bath in front of Mr. Gibson's cottage.
There was a strong undertow at the
time. and for this reason, both swim-
mora wprfl' onrefiil' . nnt 1 t.n.'l erd too . f ar
frrtirv th f 4 m Hudson
out from the sndreuneut Mt. Hudson,
however, was caught &m theC deathly
of the unqercUrrerit, rand as he
being carried i out, he called for
nee. Mr. E Jones 'immediately
swam out to aid wsj friends ..In the ex
cilelnent of the n(men.t -brought on by
the fear of being drflEsniied.vMr. Hudson
c3c$fetely lost Ms i :Belf-control, and
he seemed posseidt with a perfect
spasm of terror Despite the repeated
urging of Mr. 'Jones that h be calm,
Mr. Hudson struggled frantically, and
Mr. Jones in a few moments was com
pletely exhausted by his endeavors to
render assistance, and was 'himself
in great danger of being drowned by
the struggles "of the deceased.
" Mr. James' S. Hooper, ; who was on
the beach a short distance from the
twoyoung men, noticing ' the precar
ious position of the two swimmers, lost
no ' time" in hastening out to their as-
!. sistahce. 1 Mr.! Jones was so exhausted
that he swam in to shore as soon as
Mr. Hooper reached ;Mr Hudson. '
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- youiig man but his; efforta w
vain. Mr. Hudson made :despfrae
Y - xl-i
efforts to grasp -Mr Hooper, but the
latter 'realizing that . both would- be
drowned should this be accomplished.
swam behind: Mr; Hudson and endeav-
ored to assist the drowning man from
the "rear Continuing; his , struggles
Mr. : Hudson succeeded in grasping
Mr. Hooper, ; and they both sanK pe-
neatn -the surface of the waten -:Mr.
Hopper then realizing that it waf ab
Bolutely impossible to save the "life of
Mr. Hudson, and being completely ex
hausted himself by .e.ieSaitshe;;ha4'
put forth to rescue tie "drowning man;
succeeded :in breaking the . hold .Mr.
7continueu ; ojtvr
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(Continueii on Third Pagi
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Of the independent jDrder of orestersl:
3L -a V
o4Kond
' ' 'ieTbi evircouri Starts iteEx--Istence
W;th' 55iActive Members.;
, The -exercises t in connection with
tlie -installatidn of ..tho'4jaew. :' court -of
the f jcdependentv Ofderpf Forester
initiatedat SwtbpiDrt last night were
a- greatncce.ss-, ; and the organization
oegins its fraternal 4 existWceundef
thebrightest ansnioes; for sl RtaaA v a.
veloftnenf and, expansion of 4tStwork
tafluen.ee in the future. Much, in-
terfiRt WAS tnVon' In hA Affrn nf rrn ftnti
thne. court by Foresters ot Wil-
mington, and these will-. be delighted
to learn that tha Sout.hnort.
gins. its career under such favorable
conditions. v ;
" The new lodge was instituted, under
thfe direction of Mr. M. Bachrach, of
this city, and the initiatory exercises"
were parried ou by a team of t orty i
Foresters from" this city,undeithei
leadership of Mr. P. Hudson. Thel wil
iaoingt&n team, and a number of -other j
tnembers ' ofi the - order, left 'the! :tcity 1
early ;iast evening on the steamer 1
Southport, and they arrived "at their.
destination shortly- ''afterclock.1
Tneyvere met at the wharTBy"a dele-'
gatiorf of Tthev Sb'utKporrdates;
who escorted them to;'tlie'"JttaII.-:?..;m:
' When the'Foresteffdtf'Vu-.
mington team "were lecTttirough .the
hall, and took, their position in front
of 4hei pedestal . Mr:' Howard c. Cur
tls, editor -of the Southport Herald
then xeIcomed' the visitors in short
address, and the response to the wel
coming speech was made. by Woodus
Kelluni, Esq., A member of the Wil
mington bar. .f , ;
The entire assemblage then "united
in;siiiing the Jhational hymn, "My
tr1Tts.oi'eei' after which
tHe very impressive .rceremony of in
stalling the officers were carried: put
under the direction of Mr. HudsQo.tlie
captain- of the,tlam.' from, this Icity.
)teir?Zth
gathering: waifelrtTnr or
dil-IarMn
oblizatiorrs and oaths; of the order, and
registrQfta .the work
pfxfchie iorgajnlzqnjjajjshort recess- was
aanouncedi'oxi m !, Ufctfgw ..minutes the
iipors. were 'thrown jopen jaudi the pub
lic installation 1 cif , ipfficerq ywas; carried
outi During thej jecessi an- appetizing
luncheon, prepared under the super
vision. of Mr. Charles Gause, of South
port, was served and this was not the
least of the many pleasant features
of the evening. After the supper had
been partaken of, a short address .was
delivered by Major Guthrie, of South
port, in which several complimentary
remarks were made concerning the
energetic and successful: work of Mr.
Bachrach in organizing the new court
The following officers were then in
stalled, the annonncement - having
been made" previously that, the , name
of, the. new organisation is! "Smithville
r -
Court":. Chief Ranger, Howard
-Curtis ; Court Deputy, Julius iWeeks
Jr r Physician, Dr: J. A. Dosher; Past
Chief Ranger,. Robt. W. . Davis; Vice
Chief Ranger; j; C, Mintz ; ( :ReCordihg
Secretary, .Charlie Gause ; VTreasurerj
Eaiie Benderr Financial Secretary
Chas. U Bell? Organist, Asa Dosher;
Superintendent . of Juvenile ' Court;
Rives ' St. George ; Orator, William
Hood ; Senior Woodward, L. A. Gallp-'
way; Junior Woodward, Raymond
Mills;. Senior. Beadle, - H.Robbins
Junior Beadle, Charlie Watts. ;
x iThe meeting adjourned shortly after;
midnight, and the Wilmington teami
returned to the city immediately on
the steamer Southport, , which made
a- special trip,, arriving at 3:30 a.. m.
today. ; . ;-.;v;A-;v:,v ;,
The new fiourt of .Foresters begins
with twenty-five ; members,and the char
ter 'will remain open for hirty.days
longer in order that' . any , additional
applicants may be;, admitted to mem-4
bership' . JJ?'& f-k fP
3f .; BIG EVENT FOR KIDS." '
Had a Jolly Good Time at Lumlna
j ; The youngsters had 7 another merry
and delightful "Ume at ' Lumina :iyes-
terday . af feraoon. ; They gathered: at
' the big pavilion by the score and held
high revelry for several hours. 'It was
. a. suuv,eair ocuaaiyii ouu ui
presented with novel - toys. ';
Tonight rolls- around i-the regular
mid-week, dance aiid, weather ' permit
ting,: the attendance will, no doubt, be 4
large.' In spite ofthe; inclement weath-
er there . was a large number at Lu-
mina -last: night and jail had a fine
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