fpjr Smitljfidii iieruliL price one dollar pkk tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.'' single copies three cento. VOL. 20. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1902. NO. 52. GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOOD. Destruction by Last Week's Storm. Much Damage at Asheville, Marshall and Other Points Along the Line of the Western Road. The heavy rainstorm of last week did great damage through out a large scope of country and western North Carolina suffered much. The following special of Friday to the Charlotte!Ihserver from Aslievi.lle thus tells of the disaster: The rainstorm of yesterday and last night was the most severp of a series of disasters which have visited this section during the past year. Water in the French Broad was two f<e* higher than in the great tresliet last August. For a mile along the river front 1 here is a scene of wreckage, devastation and incal culable loss. There has been but one train in audoueout of Ashe ville in the last 3(5 hours. About 2 o'clock this morning railroad men noticed that the water was rising at the rate of 12 inches in three minutes and raised an alarm in the factory district, the lowlands occupied by families of cotton mill and tannery operatives. In the dark ness hundreds of cries for help rang out over the roaring waters. The rising water then stretched from hill to hill. With wagons and boats all the cotton mill writ; iwiuni uuc ?^IJC family, a man his wife and two babies. These were tannery operatives and were taken to a tannery building, waere safe, although cut off from shore. From 5 until 8 o'clock desperate efforts were made to rescue the families of mill workers, which was finally successful. Further down the river a boat containing a woman and her son capsized. \ rescuer fought the strong cur rent, bringing both to the shore. The Southern's damage cannot be estimated Ha.ncree's Son's tannery lost $10,000 or f12,000; Asheville Cotton .Mills $2,000 or more. The Biltmore estate farms suffered heavy damages, especially the truck department, the extent of which will not be known until the flood .subsides. Many people living along the river front lost all they had. At 7 o clock this evening the water has subsided two feet. Melting snow in the mountains, where it is four or five feet deep, added much to the volume of the flood. At Marshall, and it is feared beyond that town, the flood of Thursday night was a terrific disaster. Marshall is a scene of ruin and disorder. The river torrent,, leaping the great wall of masonry IB feet high, that forms a dyke between the river and the town, in the pitch dark night, tore through the long main street of Marshall, working fearful destruction. For a time, near midnight, the whole place seemed doomed. Water was in nearly every house. The crash of falling build ings rose above roar of the flood. Houses moved from theirfouuda tions, topuled, swung around and floated with the torrent. Cars were removed from the track and rode, with a countless va riety of debris, 011 the flood. Horses, cows and swine from the village and above it struggled in the torrent, amid household furniture and millions of feet of lumber. The vilage street disappeared under the rapid, rising water, and the houses built against the mountain side ceased to promise a safe refuge either for their inmates or for those who fled from the river side of the street. The damage in Marshall alone is estimated to be from .*10,000 to f50,000. Those figures are wide n part, but both are given by residents of Marshall who witnessed the flood. The only life lost was that of an unknown man?supposed to have been a tramp. lly midnight not a building re mained intact on the south side of the street except the three brick uteres owned by Redmond &. (iudger.. The building of the Carolina Mineral Company was gradually undermined by the water, rose from its foundations and floated away. It Anally came to a stop <tn the site to the approaches of the main county bridge, and then' the ruined building now stands. Mr. Moore, secretary of the company, estimates their loss at ^2,000. The la w office of Senator Prich ard and Thos. S. Rollins was moved from its foundations and completely flooded and its con tents destroyed, including Sen ator Prichard's valuable new library. The loss to the law firm is fully $2,000 in books and pape s and damage to the build ing. three freight cars that were on the switch at the depot were floated from their place and lodged where the Mineral Com pany's buildings had stood. In front of the county jail was a long trestle. The flood threw this against the jail and stove in the walls of the building. When the water was nearly to the second floor Sheriff Ramsey and Jailer Henderson released the nineteen prisoners in thejail?fiveof whom were women?and taking them to the court house placed them under guard. This flood was the worst in the history of Marshall. In 1876 there was a flood that did much damage, but the rise of water Thursday was bix feet higher than on that occasion. Echoes ot the Storm. The approach to Greenlee sid ing, on the Western road near Marion, was washed away. Five lives are reported to have been lost in Marshall during the storm, and reports from that section of western North Caro lina say that two others are known to have perished in the Hood. The Southern Railway has eve ry available force at work repair ing its lines. Several depots at stations on the French Broad river were carried away. The storm covered large terri tory but seems to have been most severe in North Carolina. Virgin a and West Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Georgia. At Pittsburg, Pa., and contiguous territory the damage was great. At Pittsburg Saturday night the I Allegheny river had about reach ed highwater mark. A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., under date of Friday says: "Not in many years have the south eastern Gulf States experienced damage so widespread by a storm as that which 011 yester day spread over a section of country embracing Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. As far as known several lives were lost and sever al persons injured. The damage is enormous, the railroads being particularly heavy sufferers." ? Great damage was done at Pu laski and other points in Virgin }?? liiiil fliPitmrlinnf Tonnotaoo ><l| Ull'l l/lllV/Wi,llUIUi 11IIIH ecu , Paterson, N. J., which was swept by fire three weeks ago, was partially inundated Sunday by the overflow of the Passaic river. The railroads are the greatest sufferers, but river towns and manufacturing enterprises lo | cated on streams have suffered much. The loss of life is com paratively small but the proper ty loss is immense. A Sudden Death. Rev J. U. (iillbreath, a Metho dist Protestant minister, died suddenly at the home of Mr. J. K. Hollowed here Wednesday af ternoon. He was about 70 years of age and had l>een in his usual health up to a few hours before his death. He came here a few days ago to spend sometime with his daughter-in-law. Mrs. H. (Jill breath. a sister of Mr. Hollowed. He was taken vetserday to his home in Vance county and bu ried at Union Chapel Methodist Protestant church Mr. J. K. Hollowed and Mrs. H. Giilbreath accompanied the remains. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Brief Summary of the Week's Happenings. Some ol the Most Important News ot the World Condensed tor the Readers of The Herald. The commission appointed to revise the laws of Porto Rico has completed its labors. The installation of a new fare register on the trolley lines at Norfolk, Ya., has caused a strike. Two persons were killed in a collision of freight and passenger trains at Blanchards, X. P., Saturday. Governor Taft, of the Philip pines, savs about one-fourth of the people of the Moro Islands are in siavery. Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, widely 1 nown as a merchant and a philanthropist, died in New York Monday. Two branches of the Lead Trust in Ohio have reduced their capital to a few thousand dollars to escape taxation. The M innesota Senate last week adopted i protest against allow ing England to buy horses and mules in the United States. Life imprisonment and costs of the trial is the sentence imposed upon Vernon Rogers at Cleveland, <)., for killing his sweetheart. Former Secretary of the Treas ury Lyman J. Gage has accepted the presidency of the United States Trust Company, of New York. The will of Charles Broadway Rouss leaves his fortune to relatives. His estateisestimated to be worth more than three milion dollars. Because his wife was enamored of another man Stephen P. Pap wicki, of Chicago 111.,, killed her with a penknife and then killed himself last Saturday. Ed Holland, aged 1(1 years, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart at his home in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday i night. A love affair caused the trouble. The name of Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, is mentioned) as chairman of the Beniocratic Congressional Committee, to succeed Representative James I). Richardson, who will retire. A south bound passenger train on the Columbia branch of the Southern Railway went through a trest le into a creek at midnight Friday night near Zetella, Ga. The engineer, fireman, baggage man and a mail clerk were killed and several passengers injured but none fatally. The trestle had been weakened by heavy rains. For the first time in 44 years John Hoffman, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Mrs. Ellen Arters, of Pottsville, Pa., brother and sister, met Tuesday. The brother entered ins Bister's home as a vender. Chance remarks about incidents in their childhood led to the discovery. The two were residents of Lancaster county, Pensylvania. President Roosevelt, has desig nated Ralph Farle Sampson, a son of Rear Admiral \V.T.Samp son, for examination for a cadet ship at the I'nited States Naval Academy. These cadetshipshave been assigned as follows: First, Woodward Philip, a son of the late Rear Admiral John Philip, who commanded the battleship Texas in theSantiagonavalcam paign; second, (). W. Howard, a son of Major Gay Howard. F. S. Army, and third, Prestry Morgan Taylor, a son of Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, who command ed the battleship Indiana in the Santiago naval campaign. In Davidson Superior Court at fexington last week H. A. \Vel born was tried for shooting three chickens belonging to a neighbor. The charge was cruelty to ani mals. Welborn had to pay 2." cents apiece for the chickens he killed and also pay the costs of i the action. PRINUETOM DOTS. I J. Den Howell went down in Wayne to nee hie father yesterday. On account of so much had weather, our farmers have not done much on their farms to date. Mr. Johnnie llncher, who has been quite sick of rheumatism for the last month, is improving we are giad to note. Master Alkie Mussey accident ally fell and hurt his foot a few days ago. The last heard of him he was a great deal better. Kev. K. 1). Holmes preached for us last Sunday and night, his regular appointment. A good many were out to hear him. The new barber shop recently opened by .]. T Kd wards is quite a "swell" place. Those who want an up-to-gate hair cut or shave should not fail to call and see him. Our clever postmaster, Mr. i. W. Massey, is confined to his room on account of a severe at tack of rheumatism. We hope he will soon be on the road to recovery. Our street commissioners are d ang some much needed work on east end of Front street this week. The weather has been so disagreeable and wet that the work could not have been done sooner. Uev. W. G. Hall, the Gaptist minister who would have preach ed at this place last third Sun-j day, but did not on account of the snow storm, will be here on the third Sunday in this month, also the fifth Sunday. Every body is invited to come out and hear him. Princeton should be one of the most thriving and hustling little towns in eastern North Carolina It has sufficient water power within two miles of its center, so much so that a large factory or' flour mill could easily be oper ated. It also could furnish the needed employees at ordinary salaries, as all hauds would beat | home. Then again, there is a bonanza for a man with capital to erect a tobacco warehouse here. We would not miss it much if we said everybody in this part of the county was going to raise tobacco this year. Only tfiir. week we heard one of our leading merchants say there was enough oil in Goon Hill township to sup ply the State for years. Why? because there is reason to believe that a few miles from here oil could be had for the "digging."; All about the above mentioned place the ground is oily. Some body should investigate. K. PINE LEVEL HEMS. Mr. L. H. Taylor was in town Sunday. Mr. D. U. Oliverand wife, visited Goldsboro last week. Mr. J. L. Davis has been spend ing a few days in town. Kev. Air. htancu has been preaching here for the last week. Kev. J. H. Worley filled his ap pointment at Pleasant Grove Sunday. Mr. J. F. Kornegay, (our police man) is intending spending a few days abroad. We are very sorry to learn that Mrs. Bettie Giles, of Goldsboro, formally of this place, is seriously Miss Lillian Holt'sschoolclosed here Friday. Our little one's were sorry to see Miss Lillian's departure. She was greatly "loved by her students. Rev. W. G. Hall, of Smithtteld, delivered a rich sermon in the Baptist church Sunday after noon, followed by a short talk from Mr. J. M. Beat v. Both were greatly enjoyed by the people. The elements have been having a playful or war-like time of lafe. High winds, rain showers, a little summer-like season, and then a change to almost winter; so we report these "caiiers" of the weather to the public. cki'hkks. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Some Happenings of the Week i Tersely Told. Many Items of Interest Concerning: Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled From the State Press. Sheriff George A. Burns, of Cumberland county, died yester- i day morning. Tuesday the Senate passed the bill appropriating $100,000 for i a public building at Durham. The North Carolina State Sun day School convention is called to meet at Fay etteville, March [ i 18 to 20. I Four white men were put off the train at Marion Friday after noon and after being put off t hey ] tired several shots at the train. , They were subsequently captured j and put in jail. Norfolk capitalists are contem plating the erection of a large modern hotel at Haleigh and say ' the plans will positively be car- j ried out if Raleigh capitalists will take some of the stock. Fayetteville is preparing to hold a big good roads meeting in April and Gov. Aycock has been invited to be present. It is pro- ; posed to issue bonds for $ 100, 000 for road improvement. I I he v\ mston Journal says that Old Mail Billy Lovell, of Yadkin county, aged 80 years, fe 1 from his barn loft, a distance of eight feet, Saturday morning, ' 22d ult., and sustained injuries ' from which he died. James Ellis was shot from am bush while driving along the road near Saratoga in Wilson county ' about sunset Tuesday and re- i ceived injuries from which he < died next morning. There is no i clue to the murderer. ] The growth of the Odd Fellows ' in this State continues to be re markable. The receipts this year 1 will be nearly $11,000. There ' were received Saturday applica- 1 tious for new lodges at Jackson. Northampton county, and Wadesboro. The Apex Canning Company is j taking steps to induce the fann ers to plant tomatoes so that they will have a full supply this season. The Apex News shows that at twenty-five cents a bushel j tomatoes pay better than cotton at ten cents. At Goldsboro Friday morning John Holmes, colored, was shot in the yard of Col. T H. Bain while stealing corn. The weapon used was a shot gun loaded with bird shot. The negro was pep pered in i he face and breast and will likely lose both eyes. His wounds are not fatal. The bill appropriating #30,000 for a life saving station at Bluff Shoals on I'amlico Sound has passed both Houses of Congress and only awaits the President's signature to become a law. The bill appropriating $(>,000 for a life saving station at Bogue Inlet has also passed both Houses. A call has been issued tor a State Convention of colored men in ltaleigh on April 15 "for the purpose of reorganization and to nave a calm discussion of what plan is best to pursue, and for the purpose of creating a greater stimulus for improvement in the industrial and educational condi tions of our people." At Marion Thursday night Hub Montgomery, a colored prisoner in jail, called the jailer and when the latter went to him Mont gomery knocked the lamp out of his hand and ran down stairs, jumped through a window and made his escape. He was under sentence of three months <11 the chain gang for fighting. Thestorm at Morganton Thurs day night demolished the iron stack of the Burke tannery and a tew frame residence and many electric light poles were blown down. The Catawba river in Burke was -J() feet above low wa ter mark, and several Burke county stmimr.su passed the high flood record made last May. SELMA NEWS. Mr. D. H. (Jraves was here last Sunday. Mr. Oscar Price is building a home on Webbstreet. Mr. J. A. Wall, of Wilson's Mills, was here Wednesday. Mr. Bertie (iraves, of Kavette ville, is visiting Mr. K. W. \ ick. Miss Annie Tucker, of Wendell, is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. E. Richardson. Misses Castlebury and Barnes, of Wilders, spent Sunday with Miss Mary Hatcher. R. B. Whitley went to Clayton Monday to attend a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Slay ton Cotton Mills. Mr. M. C. Winston came from Norfolk Wednesday where he aid been to buy horses and mules to supply his trade which is increasing greatly. Mr. M. A. Hooks, who has been here the past winter buying cotton for Sprunt & Son of Wil mington, left Monday for Char lotte, his old home. Sorry to see him leave. Mr. .1. B. Bailey, of O'Neals township, is building a nice cot tuge near Mr. C. B. Waddell's and will move his family here next fell to get the benefit of our graded school. Mr. L. B. Debnam, of''layton, was here Wednesday. The weatht r has been so Dad since February 1st that no work has been done on the bank; but,when the weather opens, a large force af hands will be put on and the building pushed to completion. Mrs. J. A. (Iriffin, of Clayton, was here Monday and rented a store in which to open a first rlass millinery store. She will %o to Baltimore in a few days to purchase her spring stock. The store, It. B. Whitley's store on the corner of Haiford and Rail road streets, is being refitted and painted and will make quite a nice appearance when finished. We know she will do well here. We have needed such a store here a long time: The hill at the Watson-Buffalo Mills is being graded and will be finished this week if the weather jimnits. Buffalo il ill has always been a bad hill to pull a load up, bat when it is finished it will be an easy pull. We know the farm ers of O'Neals, will appreciate the work done on the hill and come here to sell their cotton and to bacco. One hundred and seven ty-five bales of cotton has been sold here since Monday which shows that the farmers know where to sell their cotton and when the tobacco market opens they will find out that Selrna is the place to sell their tobacco. A School Close. The Fitzgerald .school, taught by Miss Mary Standi, of near Selnia, and Mr. George Braswell, of near Pine I^evel, closed Febru ary 20th, 1002, Mies Stancil be ing the principal and Mr. bras well the assistant. On the night of the 21st an en tertainment was given. The ex ercises began at 7 o'clock p. in., and lasted until about twelve. The pupils acted their parts well, and all the parents and friends went home well pleased Moth pupils and teachers deser\> i ,u t cred't. In spite of the snow and rain they assembled attheschool house aud toiled on with their practice for the entertainment. i wonder how many public schools continued during that snow? The work that the pupils did that week showed the ambi tion they possessed, and we well know they will stand a storm where others fail. The teachers were kind and tlrm in their deal ings with the pupils and won the love and resjiect of all. Miss Mary has taught several schools, aud has t he reputation of being a good teacher wherever she goes, and seems to win many friends. We ho|>e the pupils and teachers will always have success in all their undertaking. A Yisitoh.

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