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7 . k - - 4 - -TV V 777-v., V VOLUME FOURTEEN 1 Wilmington; &., sArijt august 29, i908. i .A' PRICE FIVE , CENTS if- 1 XllAr ;riAi ir: fr- - - i. ,t-v r .7'. . ' ;'A:; HE .BIKERS ? IVater Falling and Relief " . , . - ' ' J - , Expected That City Will be- Clear of - Water by -Tomorrow Steps" Taken for Relief and Wilmington Tenders Ai(H-Tne RJver Here -and the Raln fall Great Ruin; in . Augustai'and the Dead Multiplying. " v i- ' - ' ' -.-r-: -"U f v j;" r - - While the news from Fayetteville today is, of course, distressing. yet it looks as if the "worst Is. oven'so f arias ruin by storm goes. Still that worst was of disastrous type. .This . morning the official weather j report: placed"- the -wa ter in the Cape Tear, at Fayetteville at 8 o'clock at 67 feet,5 inchesi with the water falling.' f This ;water, is now flow ing down the Cape Fear, and; will ec essarily make high tides about-- this city for a day or so, but the, distance ffom Fayetteville heret being ' so great and there being so much; intervening . swamp land that the volume will hard ly be of damaging character;; though it has been recalled''-;:wkeii;;,ithe-" water overflowed Water sireet. A good stiff wind blowing up the river, with the j water coming . down and an incoming tide night still make" an overflowing high id her, but fortunately the wa ter vmld have to travel ;up hill to do any damage to amount to' anything, though it might flow;; over Water street. Still this is not expected; Wilmington has already tendered aid to' Fayetteville, Mayor , v William E, Springer this morhing sending -n offi cial telegram to- our r stricken sister city and contributions-.aree being ; re ceived at the Chamberof Commerce for the same purpose. ;v .jiw T-i-.- ; Fajr j weather fa predicted ; f oryWil mingtohfor -ttraigh t ntPlornorrowv Jrith warmer weather. Yesterday afternoon the feather Bureau gathered, interesting Shjington cotton region. ,T:or The! ten days preceding tne big j freshet of May 1901, and also for th.e ten I days preceding the present one. . By comr parison the rainfall during the ten days , preceding fthe present j freshet is shown to have been 72 per cent great- The Worst is Over. J - Special to TJe; Dispatch, j 1 Fayetteville, N. C, August. I 29 After reaching the undreamed of height of 71 feet the flood i. waters I of the Cape Fear Iriver beganjt to recede early this morning, with j a fall 6f . about five inches; an hour, By jtomor roWi the city is--expected - to be free frb'tti wateT. u It5 is-estimated- that fam 1 ilies were driven out of one hundred I houses: while " at ie"asfc two hundred x other houses were, surrounded by wa iter, the ocoupants- remaining in them, f several, houssr ; wereentireiy sud I merged. IInndr"feds ojpeopii? are suf f faring and a citizens I meeting yester day tdoje JtUspij to irelieye tbem; A thousand dollars has already been sub scribed and the' Board' df Xldermfn last night opened the city's jpurse" "to any extent for; 'the benefit of. the suf ferers. The Elks Lodge last' night Voted 'one hundred 'dollars for the cause. Boats are now plying up and down the principal streets of the city? In the very heart oftown houses can only be reached by boat;1 at several . prominent crossings.,. Ferry . boats are plying regularly f or , miles. ? On the east side of the Cape'Fear the land is covered and presents one vast lake as far as the eye can see. Railroad traffic ; is almost jaralyzed, only , the Bennettsville and Sanf ord trains be ing atile to reach here ; The electric light plant is under water and the city j is in darkness at night.' - ; . j ' A i d for Suffere rs. It was announced today ffcy Presir dent J. Allen Taylor, ot the-unamDer, of Commerce that -a subscription list.; had been bbened bv that organization for' "the:benefit-of .,theuffeer.lW' Fayetteville and' in! various ' other scip- tions 6f the eastern part of Jthe sttev;in hundreds of places by their borings which have been devastated; by the floods. This list is. now, at th unam ber of Commerce" roomson" Princess street, and will be kepL open for "the next ' few days7 Contributions, both large - and .small will be received and . it behooves all itizenk of r Wilmington, who - have certainly been - blesKinnot having to undergo the; same suffering that others in this immedate vicinity are " experiencing; to express their Mr, Chas. N. Evans, pf Wilmington, to " Deliver Address Before 1 Marvland Bankers Association Next Month in Baltimore Has i'AccepUdand His : Theme Will be a Live One. if, . , ; ' ;.if. . . i . .... i. . .v.. - " Mr, Chas. -N.- Evans;" the . popular and able"' cashier of he Southern' Na tional Bank of this city, has been in vited vto deli ver'an ' address . before the Maryland : Bankers' Association, which meets in Baltimore . September . 16th- 18th. This is one of the strongest and'j soundest State Bankers' Associations in the United States and embraces in ftsv membership 4ome" of the heading financiers of 1 the country. ;sAn invita tion from, this source is a high compliment- to any one. , , Mr.' Evans has accepted and has se lected '.'Barnacles in Banking" as the text; of - his , subject. lIt is gratifying to the. frienas otiMr. Evans in .this city - and elsewhere; to note such sub-, stantial recognition, of his "talents. , - BIG:'DANCEjROSTPONEDr r ' ' ' - ' ' " ' ' - . - " . ' Red, White and Bjue, Event W(li I 'fiot ''Take Place Monday 4 Night Big .X Souvenir Dance, However, Will, be ? Given.' , ( .fJSj -: The,Red,White. and Blue dance haf was scheduled to come off next 'Mon day night has been postponed -until later in . the week, the exact date to be. announced later. This action is necessary on account of the delay in receiving some of the material to be used for decorations and favors. There prill, however,' be a ' souvenir dance given at Lumina Monday night, and some of the most attractive f avorsyet given will be distributed that night. The' Red, White and Blue dance when it is: given later in the week will be one of thebest of all the dances. . The Lumina orchestra will give'two concerts' : tomorrow," 6ne in the after noon and -one in the ef ening. The or chestra' hasbeen furnishing excellent music all Xh season. .Jr-" ' Wilmlnaton Offers Aid. luguk;25thi908. t Mayor Bullard, Fayetteville, ',Af NicriT! .p'4 . - Our cdminunity 4esirds to ex- press its profound sympathy, in' '; the great t affliction which has fallen upon your people. If help is needed, please wire me. Wil mington is ready to meet its obligations to your city for past comfort . and aid. WM. E. SPRINGER, . Mayor. WEEK-END DANCE TO-NIGHT Week-End Dance at Lumina to-night. Monday nf g fit Sb uVniir Dance. , i z North Buying ,FIne Goods. k Mrsi : A". 10 'Brown is now In thi I northern markets making extensit I purchases for the old reliable est Hshment . of IMr. A. D. -Brown:s. T stock beine Selected bv- her is of v ticularly splendfnafiire and espe-rf cially - includes the latest and -best ; in ladies' cloaks, And, coat-suits. , 7 The Grain.' Market. Chicago, August 9J-rrWheat ? opened j easy, lr4 lower, trade : limited, open ing wheat, ' September , 94 7-8; ; corn, September,' 7j 7-8; 7. oats, December, 49; pork, September,i488. -V - 7 : The , Stock Market.' ? 1 7; New i York, Aiiigust 29J The "stock market opened ;a , little, up. : St. Paul opened (up 1-4 Southern Pacific. 1-2' consolidated Gas 3-8 - v ;';.;.G nats That Do B us i ness.. ' t ; Seattle Post-Intelligencer. ; : 7 7Y; ' W HI Kirwin, a' capitalist who went ft Cordovo, .yaska, -about ; six. months ago to install an electric; light .and wa ter .plant there, i arrived back, today, years of age and a Confederate vet dangerously; ill. , "Myriads of gnats, Jeran. ; 7 r " . . Kirwin says; infest the Cordova region and settling on.: thei face k and- neck, bore (iblesandlay ;?tojih?V)?lti?i;- These v hatch out appearing t in .mucn iumberlthat iiesh;7is7peYfofated "The gnat has a backjbody," says Kifr win, "and gray vwinksand abounds :n that region; There is always a-swarm of them hovering- around one's, head at his . time !; of - year. ')A 'strange thing about em7ls7thkttheyrdo not seem to bother, some : e." ; 1 Wanted-All young men and women intWestedvin-shorthandn Southern : Business- College for copy of four international speed contests. It Mill - ' - - , V , i ... : '"'-. "- It Was, Learned This Morning That rthe Coast Line Tracks at a Small Station Near Go I dsboro Had Been Washed Away by the Swollen Wa ters of a Creek- Through Train From New York to Florida is Storm ' Bound In This City. ; Until this morning Wilmington had practjcli; escaped any, interferences with he ? number ot, trains arriving and . "deR,aning,: daily, . but this city is 3tt9; : thi, eff ects;;of the ureaiy iQoas wnicn naye . preyauea recenjtly' ajad; whiclri iave brought t ruin and: eruojttonjb so many points in this -icinl'jhU mornings it was vp.at-8ntci' Coast . Line tf ack'-on jjhel. Wilpipgton JanTWeldon railroneat . jbudljrr a! smili station Detween' Wilmington: and Goldsbbfo a few miles from the latter point, had been, -amdemined by . a storm near there, necessitating a partial sus"; vi sion of traffic between. Wilminr" ndl Goldsboro, until the break inthfe line can be repaired. The generMCpfflcIs of the Atlantic Coast Line in this icily were notified this morning of the' mis hap, .and steps were at once inaugu rated to remedy the trouble. As it Is impossible to cross the-break iir the track, which resulted from the under mining of a bridge across, a, creek, the only: alternative tor'f , the railroad offi cials to adopt is t6kope;ratev their. trains from this city ; ;to f-Dudley :andthen stop. ",r The train (for :-:-ltie. north: ''which Is usyally, operated over, the line will nave;-to, -ne. maae up at uoiasooro, and will, continue from that; point. It the regular, tr.trpm is; cityjc- the nortnwii continue,, more.. rnan a, iews " 1 1 ...;sjr.uuir-i 01 rrorl '.-iti hours, as .thetrpublg wilji be; remedied i at the arliest. . ppssblje. fmme,nt. rf No.,, .85jx. the; Atla;t(oast Q Line through train frojn Nw ork .'Flor ida, which usually , is. t .pjjeraed. 7va Florence, is now at . Ae union depot in this city, storm-bound, on account of the many washouts on the line traveled by this train. . The train came into the city last night and will be held here until it is decided that it will be. entirely safe . for it to pass over the Pee Dee river bridge, between this city and Florence. This bridge is believed to have been damaged by the raging waters, but the exact damage, if any, cannot be ascertained until the waters recede. It has been decided fftfz thei sake, jof safety, not to allow train, J5,;J;le' ;this t City - until an investigation of the condition of the biygef4e7 and therefore the train may behld1 ihere a day or two ern destip?nd ho,;r:- : WEEK-END DANUt I O-NIUH l Week-End pance atLumlna to-night. Monday, night Souvenir-Dance. ,f - MR. ALEX LONDON 7 - Died Suddenly, at Chataqua, N. Y., Where He Was Visiting. , Friends in this city have been very much grieved to learn of . thei death of Mr. Alex .T. London, a former-, resi dent., of this cityj. who passed away suddenly- at. Chautaua, N. Y., rwhere he had been spending some time with his family and sister, Mrs. A L. Campbell.: Mr. London was a resident of this city until about 25 years ago r whn he : removed ; to - Birmingham, Ala. The body was sent to that, city, and thelf uneral was held there todays Mrs. J. M.Cronly, of this; city, is a half-sister- bt"ther deceased, t 7 -; The deceased - was about sixty-one , Mayor's CkjurtToday .;; In the mayor's court today -Lizzie Bookman; chargedwith vagrancy,? was i' released ; " as- rtfie f warrant; was ; with- drawn. Henry Huggins, drunk and disorderly, was fined $10 ana the costs, Ww7McCorle drunk an ly, was ordered to pay . the costs of thecasevWH; Justice Tdrunk, was brdered to pay the costs. 7 Whltmore Brown,, charged : with - larceny, was re leased as! there-was not sufficient evi dence to convict; k v; 5 77773? 7f C Received today new . lot ; of ; mosquito canopies? perfection sprmgf mmeA foj" $2,75 at Rehder's - In CoWeetion With the Vou'ng Men's Christfan Association Wil be Viven Special Attention ruringthe Fall 4 and Winter Committee of Three Gentlemen. Appointed to Have Super vision' of the Boys' Department ; V Those in charge of the work of the jTpnng Men's Christiatt-Association ex- pect this year to;'pay special attentton" ta,the boys1" department,' and active plans will be adopted which will serve ' to make the Association attractive for the bOVS Of th- 0V . Tlr Tne . A ira. an has- appointed- . a-committee of 1 three gentlemen, consisting of Messrs. : Swift M; fBoatwright,; chairman," and D. L,' Latta and D. Wilbomr Davis - to have entire charge of .the boysv work during the winter.- The committee lield a meting last night at the Asso- '.laiton naucung, i and aapped out pro visional plans for the winter's1 work, which twinge enlarged at subseguent meetinft jl - ' schools, and ' which they left uncom-f pleted , , when. thejrseartedJta. i work; Many : t)f the boyrhavealreadysigni fled their intention , to I .t enroll' ;r tixem selves in the school, and the indica tions point, to a very large attendance. -.Suitable hours for gymnasium classes for the boys ; will . also be se-J lected,. and at stated intervals social evenings will, be ..held, at whichall the boys will gather to enjoy several hours in each others company. WEEK-END DANCE TO-NIGHT Week-End Dance at Lumina to-night. Monday night Souvenir' Dance. moay night 5sc 1 7 ATiTHE.BIJOU. of:,Thls xPopulartn"heatre-u - 5 i The feature . , fllrat; at - the popular J Bijou theatre today !s'jcalled"lt Sticks fa sTushes to tbe man. of vi ihUodsetp'mmd The stove pipe0 Reading rdiif of ' thfe "brick , chimney oa ftheUifili7has lfblonTdbwn; sov he taHs a $ 6t of Isurstick glue andwith his wif e! and 'this maid, u proceeds up ,to the' housetop to femedy the trouble. When the maid takes hold of the pipe it sticks fast to her hands. The lady sits on the brick chimney and, before she . realizes it, she has stuck fast The unfortunate maid, with the stovepipe still clinging to her hands, goes down to the street to call for aid. By this time' a large crowd has gathered, each getting his share of the. sticky stuff on his hands, and it is not long until all are stuck together. ' Finally the maid rushes off to the fire station to summon .help. ' The (other fiinif;fo? today is! called GAVE F! N E;RECTaC High Compliment aid f afented wllj- Sallie thA followine from the Scotland Commonwealth with interest pleasure: : ' - - 777 "Thursday night, August 20th, Miss Sailie Pickett Oldham, of Wilmmg ton, N.- C, a talented' student inthe Baptist University for Women at Ral-; eigh, gave a most charming entertain? ment in -the Graded School auditorium. "Miss-' Oldham had been in Hown only two days on a visit to friends and little time ' had been given t adyertis ine her entertainment. Her audience was not very large, ; but ' it ; was cul tured, and they thoroughly enjoyed the entire program. 7 ' 7 , 7 7 ' ; "Miss Oldham : is a student ; of tie best classic and humorous writers and her recitations are well selected and admirably .rendered' She has marked talent for ''oTi:'t;-ih!jiTti af dull rmoment from' her "first - appear ance oh"the platform : to :the close of the ; p'rogram: v77;7p:y77? j v 7-7 She was well assisted by Miss Ur- din7trellJwhage7som muicl7selecti6ni nd j'Miss erine Futress and Nina Well, of Rich .mbnd, who sang beautifully in duets, j They were encored soT lustily that they j ; "Miss Oldham is especially gifted in the hnmorofis " and the dramatic- She was encored for each' rendition and herresponses were happy hits indeed. All Twho heard her gave , generous praise --'tocher Splendid recital." . " V- WEEK-END DANCE TO-N IGHT Week-Ejidarwat Lumina to-night. It, was decided .toopen- a - night t : , , . v :a-?0;: i,ff,t iiH(lp 'ju"7 ' ,ir'$V;-J 'i- school for WsVn' W 'about, therrfi'rst Mi J trace, of ,lea5njnghich;the T K ' - ' boys.pursued Vn the grammar and Ugrf r--"r'f i! OtHffM 7 :i'V,,t?Vl.?:.fl The . manv . , friends X of rMiSS Pickett;OIdham of his, city, wllfre UflAMnday ;ti ightSouvenir DanceZl ,ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2nd, in 7 , " OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WILL 7 BEAR 4 PER- CENT. COMPOUND IN- TEREST FROM SEPTEMBER 1st. - " ,; A - (THE;NEW BANK NEXT absolutelV SAFE.- , .ivnnmvvuvvnvuvvvvvvuuvuuuuvumivCv "I 4 its - ns ' ' - . .ttWrMirjjnRia J '' f ' 'it': - '.. . -X t t M ... f j, -i f r 4 : :- 1 i V f C J V .! J All...... Rl ..W: , jt - JL' : uur New mieresi uuaner WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 si DEPOSITS MADE" ON OR-BEFORE S E PT72nd, Wl LL B EjDhEDIT E D Vy 1TH IITE R EST IN THREE MONTHS (THE SHpRTEST .TIME ALLOWED ' UN- DER CLEARING HOUSE RULESJ. 4 PER CENT INTEREST, COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY, ALC; LOWED ON ALL DEPOSITS. 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C". 77 Jm Operated . under conservative managements an Affording such facilities1 as - rr authorIzed7 under Government regulations, and none other;. ; : f : I Depository f or U. S. Government State v of -JN"C. and County cf New'Hanbver. - ... ' . Capital 17. ; ?t2000C0Xr it 'Surplua.v.v W3tC3; I7V . :' ' vf'f 1,000,000.00 5-77 " ! "fe,:icr7fi'.:-t'': 71771 Sic- i i i ' ' : I .'-- (Continued on Third Page.) ,k- 7 '7 -7 -. v:.'ii-f--S,5:!-f'ii 7 . 5-
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