VOL. 11.
THE COURT'S OPINION
fenkrtd la tfce Celebrated "lasilar"
• Cases. "
60VEIN1ENT CLAIMS SUSTAINED.
" Cowt Decide* That Un Cos t.tutlon
Does Not Follow the Flag After An
- Act of Coagrcss. :
Waahlnrton, D. C.. Spetiel.—ln the
United States Supreme Co«It Monday,
opinions were handed down la (ill bat
two of tbe CUM before that court LA
>ohrlng tbe relation of tha UhiteJ
States to its lobular possesions. The
easee li wbch Bo oonclua.'on we*
announced ware those koonrn aa tha
fourteen diamond riifj cue. and ihe
•eoond the Dooley cMa The undcel
dad Dooley case deals with a phase U
the Porto Rloo Question. kid tbe da
mood ring rasa TOVoivia tha right o
tbe froe lAportatian of merchandise
troa the Phllippnee to the Unite 1
awas. The orlg:nal Intention of tha
ftourt had bean to adjourn far the te.m
day'e Sitting, but diacuaslon
«f the case* passed on took about fir*
houm to that oaurt adjourned unt.l
Theaday when It is prMumtd tha re
maining ensea *4ll be ptaeed on. Or
the several cases decided. the twa
which attracted tha peiteit share of
attention from tha cjurt war* whit
Is known as the De Unu nave and that
known aa tha Downtt case, and of
theee two, tbe opinion In the Downee
oaee it considered tha most far-reach
l»g ,as It affects the future, whereat
the De Lima case dealt With a transi
tional phase of o«r insular relation i. 1
Tbe Da Lima case was the first to le- 1
eeive tile attention of tbe court, and ?i
It appeared to be quit* sweeplagly op
posed to the govsrntteat'e Contention >,
many persona pre* ipfcately arrived at
tbe ooncloslsa that the government
had been worsted all along tbe Mne»
Tbii vlfrw suffered a decided ebangi
when tbe coaclustoo was announced In
the Dowaes case. Tbe court was vary
evenly divided on both cases, but po- i
UUcal lines were not at all controlling
The De L'aa caae Involved the pOwef
of tbe govern meat to oollect duty on
gnods Imported Inflo the United States
from Porto Rico after the ret'llcitloa
of the treaty of Paris, and before tbe
t*"«**e at the Porto Rlcutn Thi
court laid tbe government's Ontantl a
la tlris case was substantially a claim
that Porto Rico la foreign territory.
. The enure ease turned upon that con
tention. Tbe court held that the pes'-
tioa waa not well taken, that Porto
Bicb waa act at the time foreign terri- j
tory.aad that therefore (be duty which
M been collected must be returned.
Tbe decision In tbe Downee case fol
, lowed tbe history of the dialings of
tbe United States with Porto Rlno a
step farther. That cauae dealt wth the
legality of tbe exaction of duties on
, goods .Imported from Porto Rico Into
New York after tbe passage cf tbe For
jtker act providing for a duty npoo
' goods shipped fron tbe United Fta're
.. Into Porto Rloo, and also on those ahlp-
Fed from Porto Rloo to tbe Unite 1
Bute*. In thla case tbe court held
that such exaction was legal and con
- atUntloaah
The point of tbe two opinions con
sidered Collective!? Is tha* Porto R'co
was never after the acquisition of that
Island foreign territory; that unt I
Congress acted upon the question, no
duty could be collectod, but that as
soon as Congress outlined a method cf
controlling the Island's revenues that
action became binding; la o her words.
that Congress haa power under tbe con
stitution to preacribe the manner cf
collecting the revenues of the coun
try's Insular posses ijon* and his tbe
tight.to lay a duty on goods import* 1
Into our Insular pogscssion* from the
'Halted States, or Imported from theui
Into tbe United en tea. It holds in
brief that for taxation purposett r y
are not a part of tbe United States to
the extent that goods chipped between
their ports and tbe Ha ted States are
entitled to he same reatment as thou-h
they were shipped between New York
and New Orleans.
Justice Brown delivered tbe court s
opinion on both and there were vigor
ous ilisSf Whair opinions in both. In tbe
Doernlea case four cf tbe nine membere
of tbe court united .'a an opinion char
acterising In strong language the opin
km of the major ty In
this opoelof opinion tbe Chief Justice
aad Justices Harlan, Brewer and
Prrkhsm united, and tbe Chef Justice
aad Justice Harlan pre ented thi:
views In writtra form. Just'cre Gray,
Shins. White and MeKenna, also,
while agreeing with tbe conclusion an
nobnoed by Juatice Brown, anaounce 1
I hat they had mushed the condueio .i
b7 different linn of argument, and
* Justices Gray. White and McKenra.-n
--n-Minced opinions outlining their rs
(-ec lve poeitlofis. Jvb Imi Fh..-v,
White and MrKenna diaented In thi
De 1 ima case, «a!t n* In an op'alan.
JusM.-e Gray presented an lndrpeadent
aid dleeentlng ot'"nlon In that caae.
the email court roem was crowded to
resie'lon thmurb-out the day, piwnl
neat g3**fnnjfnt officials end manv
a tnincyj belag present, and the pro
ceeding* were followed from start to
finish with keen Interest
Iboasaada Poarlax Into MeaipMs. I
A Monday, special from Memphis
■— say a* Thouaaads are pouring into the
city from all over the South to attend
the eleventh annual reunion of tbe
UgKed Confederate Veterans and the
aixth aannal renaloa of tbe Halted
' Sons of Confederate Veterans, which
will open tomorrow. It is eMmated
THE ENTERPRISE.
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AN ADVERSE REPORT
Tbe tosbfte bit Ten Dowa The
CatecMsa
COMMIiTEE REPORT IS KEjECTEI)
Ha Work Will Be R«ferr;4 to The
Various Presbyteries For Flaal Ac
tion.
Little Rock, Ark., fepeclali—'Tha
Bouthera Presbyterlaa AH embiy re
fused to adept the on tbe
nature aad government ot the Church,
W reported by the committee appoint
ed one year ago. it was ordered that
the eatechlam be aent uown to the
Pre«hyterlee for crttlelam, with in
structions to returg it to the ad in
terim committee by February 1, 1902.
The Assembly divided the Synod of
IlisslkStppl and Louisiana on State
lines. The Synod of Memphis was di
vided and the Synod ot * Tennessee
created. 4?ter a lengthy Aeiate jhe As
sembly directed tbe executive commit
tee oa publications to se'.ect n field su
perintendent for Sabbath school work.
The Assembly adopted the recommen
dation of the committee on Hibie cause
that the collection far the Blb'.e Soci
ety, la October, or sonia other more
ConVenleht date, Is embraced in tbe
Assembly's scheme of beneficence arid
should regularly and faithfully be at
tended to. It waa ordered that the
following amendments (e the Hook of
the Church be lent to the Presbyteries
for tbj'.r advice and consent, with the
recommendation that It be adopted—
provided further, "that In tha case ol
a Synod cormpoee\ Of Only three l'rrs*
byteriea, any teVen minis ers repre
senting any two Presbyterias. togeth
er with the ruling elders, shall be a
quorum."
Tbe standing committee s report on
ministerial relief recommended provid
ing a fund for relief Ot pressing needs
Of disabled ministers and their fami
lies; that collections be S3licked from
tbe churches during July and that ad
earnest effort be made to faiae not lest
than 110,000, and that all ministers
whose name* are on the Presbytery s
rolls, whether laboring at tome or" in
the foreign field, shall be eligible to
the benefits of the fund and that the
following executive committee of min
isterial relief be elected! Revs. Rus
sell Cecil, D. D., chairman; R. P.
Kerr, D. D-, Joy Wltherspoon. D. D..
Calvin Stewart, 1). D., Oeo. R. Cannon,
Jobs 8. Munce, C. O. Laws. S. H,
Hswes, J. N. Cutting worth attd W. tt.
Miller, the committee being empow
ered to elect a secretary who shall
also act aa treasurer, in the discussion
on the report the need of a change
from the present system was accen
tuated. tbe dally allowance to disabled
ministers at present being only 27
cents. There was some opposition to
the creation of a new committee for
the relief work on the ground that the
work could be handled by 4feer com*
mlttees. The question hss not yet been
finally disposed of.
At the night's session of tbe South
ern Presbyterian Assembly, majority
and minority reports from the special
committee on the "elect Infant" clause
were submitted. The minority report
was rejected and the majority report
presented by Rev. Dr. Battle, of Lou*
lsvllle, was adopted
Natives DtsssiimleJ.
Manila, By Cable.—The discontent
among the natives at the appointment
of American judgee and alleged dis
criminations In the civil service in
favor Of Americans, is finding expres
sion, by A>me pf the na
tive Judges, who are aware that the
reorganisation of the Judiciary will
result In the loss of their positions.
Judge Ner, of the Court of First In
stance of Tondo, one of the leadera of
what Is beginning to be called tbe rad
ical wing of tbe Federalists, declared
today that If such things continue
there will be a- second revolution.
Some of the prominent Federalists rid
icule the prediction.
After a conference with General
Mac Arthur, General Trias hss under
taken negotiations at Lucban for the
surrender of General Callles, which
is dally expected.
riedals I or Sampson's Men.
Washington, D. C., Bpeclal.—The na
val board of awards la understood tc
have reached a tentative decision upon
the design" of w medal of honor for
those who participated in the battle
of Santiago Bay. The members of the
board decline to give aay information
on the suOjwi. uu n * H'r>*ntly un
derstood among naval officers that the
board has followed the precedent of
the Manila madat in snowing the head
ot the commaader-ln-tfclef, and tha:
this Santiago medal will bear the ho wl
of Admiral Sampson. A number, of
designs have been preefented, but the
board be most favorable 10
those made by Mr. akerrUt, a designer
belonging to the Department force.
Entitled to Mileage. -
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
Comptroller of the Treasury haa deci
ded that United Ctystea Senators Bate
and TlHman, having bean summoned
to this city aa witnesses on behalf of
the United fltates vs. Cullea. are enti
tled to the usual mileage aad witnesi
tees provided by law, aad thsrt tbe law
as to clerks aad offlcers of tbe Unite 1
States, which provides that In such
esses they shall not be allowed mll
esge does not apply to United Stales
Senators. .
Florida C 0.-ton O I -oaipHiy ■
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.—A char
ter was applied for, by the Florida
Cotton Oil Company. The capital stock
of the concern wss given at 1100,000.
The Incorporator* are G. N. Hensoa,
W. F. Hutcheson, W. B. Rlddell, J. L.
Caldwell, W. D. Car*well, T. G. Mon
tague and William Cummlnga The
home office of tbe company will be la
True to Ourselves, Our Neighbor*, Ottr Country and Our God.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 31.1901.
FLOODS DO DAMAGE
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Use in Catawba liver Breaks All Pre
tlms Records.
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TIE NEW CLIFFS lOTEL IS CONE.
Railroads Suffer Heavy Damage By
Washouts—The Catawba Changes
Its Coarse Iff Places—Railway Traf«
Be f uspisdid. :
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Railrway Slocked,
Ashevllle, N. C., Special.—No tralna
have come la or left Aaheviiie since
Tuesday. The main lino of the Boutiv.
era Railway to Knoxville on the west
Md Salisbury en the east Is blocked
by Ift&dklldel, the result ot the recent
heavy rains. It Is believed schedules
will not be resumed eaat across the
Blue Ridge before Friday. News com*
ifi| in from the mountain district In
dicate heavy losses to farmers along
the small streams by the destruction of
growing ctope.
The CgtaWbe Chaggeg Its Course."
Mariotl, H. 6., speclal.—Reports Just
coming lb show the storm of Tuesday
to have been tbe worst one thst has
ever occurred here and tbe damage to
crops much worse than at first report
ed. Jt Is Impossible to give a correct
estimate ot tbe damage done to farm
lands. One farm near Jiere is damaged
about tIO.OOO. The Catawba river has
tihfthged Its cOurMo lit several plsces. it
wfcb tWb mild wide at the nearest
point to this place and wai three feet
above hlghwater mark. Every bridge
In thla county excepting three Iron
ones were washed away. The cloud
burst at Old Fort washed sway one
house. No tralna have paaeed here since
passenger train No. 11 at noon Tues
day. It is still at Mud Cut, on the
mountain, where It Will likely remain
for several days. Trains from the eAst
Will probably reach this place some
time Thursday but will not be to
get through to Ashevllle for four or
five days. Several bad washouts and
slides have occurred West of here.
Seven huhdred feet of track aid road
bed are washed entirely away five
miles west of here. Trains will not get
here on the South Carolina h Georgia
Extension Railroad for two or three
weeka. So far as known no lives have
been loab
31 peet Above Low Water.
Morganton, N. C., Special.—A steady
(all of nearly 48 hours, culminating
Tuesday afternoon In a c'oud buist
near Round Knob, wrought havoc
along ths Oatawna valley, when the
flood broke all records. The Catawba
river at Morganton was 31 feet above
low water, 4 feet higher than ever be
fore recurded. The two handsome
steel bridges at McDowell's ford' and
on the Lenoir road- were swept aw.iy
about 11 o'clock last night. Thee
bridges coat $15,000. ' The sto n .e
piers at the upper bridge were demol
ished and the tubular pi are support n|
the lower bridge toppled over, when
the bridge went down. There was *
heavy washout on tbe Southern Rail
way at Silver creek at Bridgewater
aad much damage la reported on the
mountain division. Two bouses at
Bridgewater, one near Glen Alpine
and one Just below MOrganton, were
swept away.
Cliffs Hotel Waahod Away.
Hickory, N. C„ Special.—The CI ffs
Hotel, which had Just been oompleled
and partly furnlsbea, wata oirrle.l fri.m
Its atte down the river a distance of
one-quarter of a mile, the first and se
cond stories being entirely separated
and the damages to the structure Is se
rious. The Carolina A Northwestern
Railroad la badly damaged between
here and Lenoir, owing to tbe numer
ous washouts. Tbe track and trestles
along the line of the Chtawba river, a
distance ot two or three miles, are
badly damaged. It will take several
days to repair them. It may be at
least two or mree days betore trains
can pasa over the track. Tbe passen
ger train to-day waa turned back from
this point
A Big Washout.
Shelby, N. C., Special.—As a result
of the heavy downpour for the psst
three days two Mg washouts are re
ported on the S. C. A G. Extension
Railroad, one this side of Marlon and
tbe other this side of Blacksburg.
Consequently no trains will be opera
ted before Saturday. A large force of
hands is now repairing the damage
British King In s Wreck.
Southampton, By Cable.—Ths most
drastic incident In tbe historr of the
America's cup occurred when a sudden
squall on the Solent completely wreck
ed the new challenger and endangered
the life of King Edward and several
distinguished persons. Including Sir
Thomas Upton.
Telegraphic brief*.
General Frederick Funston and hla
followers, on their trip to capture
Agulnaldo, were reduced to a diet of
snails and octopus, according to a let
ter dated San Islrdo, P. I.,.April 6, and
received from the Kansas by Capt
Clark ot Lawrence, Kan.
No vote was taken at Wednesday af
ternoon's session of tbe Cuban const!'
tutional convention on the Plat/:
amendment. Senor Juan Gualberto do
mes epoke for nearly three houra
against the amendment.
Tbe United States revenue cutter
Grant ran ashore on an unchartered
rock near Victoria. B. C. The crew
gathered together what, effects they
could and went ashore In the cutter's
boats. The Grant ia In a bad position
bat UentCMSt B»dler think* >b« can
be saved, r ~". .
Vv, t \. r - .
SENATORS RESIGN.
Both Tinman aid McLarii Send iv
Their Resignations.
WILL BOTH GO INTO A PRIMARY
And Let the Voters Determine Be
tween Them-Dramat'c and Unex
pected Ending of the Joint Discus
slon at Uaffaey.
£_
A apeclal from Columbia, a. c.,
Mkjm:
Saturday et Qaffnow there eras a
spirited debate between Dal tad
Siw.es Senators D. R. Tlilmaa and
John L. Aa a denounce
ment both ot them have forwarded
their realgnationa to Governor Mo-
Sweeney.
They have resigned With the under*
standing that- they are to go before
the ptople of the state In a Joint can
van. scd the .sentiment of thj pto
(lf Is to be expressed tn the rote li\
k lHrr«ratlc primary to be htld l.i
Koveiutsr.
The ai rangement ts sentatlonal, for
Tillman van last summer Weotel lor
sU yearn and McLaurln has yet two
yo.us tb sirve. 'the result et the Is
sues means that If Tillman Is sustain
ed MrJ.aiirlu's seat will be vacant; it
McLamln is successful he will succeed
Tillman's long term.
Mci-aurln has been Invited to Qaff
hey and friends of Tillman naked him
to com* too. Mcbaurln accused Till
man of attacking him when Tillmad
waa In a bon^proof.
The litter declared that he wou'.d
resign und meet McLaurln on the
Mump. M I.nurln agreed to the prop
osition. Senator Tillman later sub
mitted a written proposition which
Was acroptable to Senator Mc-
Laurln, except , that the latter wan
ted the election to be held In October
and Novimiber, Instead of this sum
mer. MoLaurln stated that this was
suggested on account ot his poor
health. Thero were proposal
submitted between' tihe two. Senator
McLaurln wanted the race to be con
fined to tienator Tillman aod himself.
The latter declared that h* could no:
dictate to the State Democratic Com
mittee when Che primary should ikj
held or how many candidate therv
should be.
Central Union bn.orses Strike.
New York, Special.—The Central
Federated Union, of New York, rep
resenting all ot the labor organisa
tion of the city, at its weekly meet
ing endorseif the ltuptd Transit tunnel
strike. According to labor leaders thl»
will result In a ooinplete tie up ol
work on the subway, unless the con
tractors grant the demands Of the
striking engineers and rock drillers.
The action tuken by the Central Fed
erated Union was In opposition to the
wishes of Its president, John Pallas,
who has been laboring for some tlQi*
to establish a friendly understanding
between the employers and employes.
The I-all River Sliut-Down.
Fall River, Mass , Special.-Reports
today Indicate that from 16 to 18 cor
porations had pledged themselves in
the combination curtailment and shut
down agreement, and tliat tbe origi
nal provisions have been modiiled to
meet ibe .oonillctlng interests. It. was
also slated that among the last half
cozen agents signing', reservations
have been made so that cfertaln mills
will not be compelled to carry out all
ot the provisions celled tor. Home of
tla mil.* manufacturing coarse goods
posted notices today announcing thai
they will not run next week, but mak
ing no statement as to when they wiU
start up again.
Addition to Fort noultrie.
-The Secretary of War has promul
gated a general order announcing that
certain lands on Sullivan's island, in
Charleston harbor, are declared an ad
dition to the military reservation of
Fort Moultrie. The State of South Car
olina passed an act last winter grant
ing title to the United Prates and ced
ing Jurlsdlctlln over this land. A por
tion of the defenses of Charleston
harbor have been erected, on this
Island. . a
Damage of llalf a rUlllon.
Ashovllle, N. C., Special.—The dam
age to tbe Ashevllle division of the
Southern Railway by the recent floods,
la estimated at $500,000. Tbe Ashe
Title k Spartanburg branch of ths
Southern will resume schedules soon,
bat the line to Salisbury over the B'.us
Ridge mountains will not be open lot
several days.
By Wire anu cable
Ma], ftenry C. Corbln, adjutant gen
eral Of the army, will sail for the Phil
ippines on the transport Hahcock,
which leaves San Francisco June 26.
He Intends to mako a general Inspec
tion of the military conditions in the
Islands.
Sir Qllbprt Thomas Carter, K. C.
M, jf, Governor and Cammaoder-In
Chief of "the 1 iluima i.-landa, amvMl
St New Yoric on the et earner Saraito
ga' from Nassau, N. P
Sir Alfred MJlner, Brit'.sh Hlgti Com
missioner to South Africa, arrived In
England from Capetown.
It Is feared the Uves of many
men were lost in a coal mine eiplo> I
•ion At SemJwaydd, -
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-tiAteFiIMFUM-tD, . |
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Great LdsS Occaaioned By the Break
ing of the Levees. I
A special from Raleigh say a: Gov
ernor Aycock ssys all tbe lowland
crops on the State penitentiary 'arm
known as "Caledonia" are utatroyed
by the raging Roanoke river, lnciud- J
ing 200 acres ot wbest. Uv rays the
flood damage In tbe State amounts to
millions of doliara. Saturday night's |
rainfall wss very heavy, from an Inch
and a halt to two Inches and a hali
and more rain falling. All the stream*
In thUs section are rising.
Neuee. river tell a toot Saturday
>low It le up again. Mr. W. P. Batch- (
eior, who Uvea on thf river, says It 1*
six Inches higher than at any time and
still rising. This means fresh damage.
It le rumored that some more bridges
are gone. Torrents of rain fell Satur
day night. East and west of here th
storm wss worse than at this place.
A letter to Mr. James H, .Pou fiom
his former manager .near Smlthfleld,
puts the situation in a brief but accu
rate way—"We are well supplied with
grasg and water."
The Calendonla farm, which th«
State bought In 1899 (pear Weldon),
Is flooded.
. One of the great dykes, nearly 40
feet high, gave way. It ia the first flood
on tbe farms In several years. Th«
Caledonia farm is on that terrlbi«
stream, the Roanoke, and la one ot thf
finest farms In the State.
Tar Hssl Notes.
At the A. and M. College the offer ol
two prizes by Mr. A. L. Chamber ain,
postmaster In West Halelgh. has dev'.
aped a spirit of thrift and economy
that Is most admirable.
Mr. Chamberlain at the beginning of
the term offered a prlre of s>.oo to the
young man who kept the neatest and
best stated accounts of his receipts and
expenditure* for the year and $5.00 t)
the student who spent the least money
In an unnecessary manner.
The wluner in the first contpft Is Mr,
W. L. Fulp, whose account book I* s
model of neatness. The second $5. (
waa won by Mr. H. P. Foster, who h it
not apent ons cent unnecessarily du
ring the past echool year ..
There were thirteen contestants for
the prlies and the judges who selected
Messrs. Fulp and Foster as the winner!
were Messrs. Chas. H. Belne aud C. U
McDonald,
lit the contest as to who would speni
leisl money unnecessarily severs'
Interesting facte Were developed. Mr.
F>ilp, whose books were the neatM
and best kept, spent unnecessary
only $3.65, while others ot the thlr e «
epent sums ranging from $1.65 to s7.' 0
Among the unnecessary things wh'.Ci
the young men confess to have lndul.
ged in are chewing gum, bananas
lemons, orangea, cigars, tobaeoo, stre it
ear rides, valentines, peanuts, canity
chickens, ticket* to baseball and foot
ball games and opera tickots.whlle ont
young man Includes ttfhe's lo lectur.n
No student oonfesees to having sp rl
money on his best girl or to bavli |
squandered his sbeckdl* in buylni
flowers for her.
Mr. Foster'e record le remarkable
He came to the A. and M. with S4O, h i
own earnings, and by his industry
application earned during- the yen
$113.06. This money ho got by cuttiui
wood, milking the cows, doing carpen
ter work, working In the garden am!
so on. While the other boys weie play,
ing or sleeping he was at work. Hi
epent-$24 for college dues $72 for boa 4
and $29.19 for necessary expenses. Thll
left him a balance of $27.87 at the end
cf the year, and Is a tribute to hli
thrift and economy. He is one of th
brightest students in the codlege anit
has taken a high etand.
The committee command the ent!n
thirteen as making highly merltorlcu'
report! and wishes there were
for each ot the contestants.
Colonel John C. Mlchle, chief engin
eer of the North Carolina stite guard
Colonel Francis A. Macon, quarter
master general, and Colonel T. II
Bain, Inspector general, will arrive It
Wlnlmlngton today on their way t
Wrlghtsvllle to examine sites for thi
encampment of the State gc.nrd It
July. Colonel P. M. Pearsall, the gov
ernor's private secretary, sleo expect
ed to come but a special dispatch H
the Messenger trom Raleigh last nlghi
states that be cannot do so.
Ballsbury'e electric car line is a thin*
of tbe very neaf future The superloi
advantages offered by the conetructlot
of a line from Chestnut Hill to tht
Yadkin river at the Piedmont Toll
Bridge have become more and mort
apparent each day until there are nu
merous parties Interested In the con
struction of this line. According to tin
terms of the charter It Is required thai
the wprk of constuction shall begin ID
a few months now and what In to b
done must be n6 shortly.
The Boston Traveler ot May 21
says: Hon. John W. Thompson, of Hal
elgh N. C., assistant commissioner ol
agriculture for the state, has becom«
associated with the banking bouse, ol
Holleman Sc. Ripp*. *nd will shortly
take charge of their Philadelphia of
fices. Mr. Thompson will be assisted by
Mr.' J -P- Graves, who is now manasei
i of the Providence branch of the same
firm. Boston contains no stronger evi
dence of pluck and energy winning
success than this firm. Three years age
the entire business was handled in e
Binail office, While today they have 37
employees, ainong whom are numbered
i some of o*r best financiere. »,
Increase of Ss arle .
Washington, D. C.. Special—Post
masters in North Carolina will have
their salaries increased after July Ist
next at thase cities;. Winston-Salem to
$3,100, Raleigh $3,100; Hlgb VoTBt *z;-~
100, Wsyneaviile- '51,400, L.ncolnion
♦ 1,300, Laurlnburg $1,400, bheiby
,1,500, Newbern $2,300, Reidsvllle, sl,-
-00, Marion SI,BOO, Rocky Mount SI,BOO,
otausvllle $2,000. Wilmington *3,100,
Henaersouvllle SI,BOO, Klna.on H.HXi,
IrfuUufcton sl,d(Hi, Lumberion SI,JW.
' ■ "' ' '-T, '
LATER PARTICULARS
List Week's Freshet Much Worse
Than at First Reported.
SOMfc I ANOS ARE FINALLY GONE.
Immense Destruction of the Growing
Crops-- Damage Will Run Into the
ftll'.lona.
Morganton, Bpectal.—The first pns
•eriger train to reach Morgan ton since
noon last Thursday arrived at noon
Saturday. It brought twenty-five baga
of tnall and a number of Mong&nton
people who were returning home from
various points when the flood stopped
tho trains.'
Reports of heavy damage still con
tinue to come in front all points along
tho OaAawba. of the best fanns
slung the river nre seamed and furrow,
ed by tho flo.xjw or piled high with
tlrhlte rand, boulders and tree trunks.
Even along the hillsides the flxxl has
left Its mark on the soil and Limbed,at
a height above low waters that seorai
Incredible.
A half mile below th'o point where
the Lenoir road crosses the river etosd
the old Loudermllk homestead. The
house anil barn were surrounded by
•hade trees, and between the house and
the river was an old garden In which
there were apples and pear trees 75
years old. House,, outbuildings and
every tree o.ihl shrub swept away, and
nothing remains, except a great heap of
Bhlning white sand.
On the I.t>w»lr road tho river has torn
out a channel twice as wide as former,
ly. The steel bridge was ewopt about
1,500 feet down the river. It weighed
several hundred'tons.
Bakersvllle Needs Help.
Marshall, Special.—The following
telegram is self-explanatory:
"MJarlon, May 25.
"Hon. J. C. Prltchard, Marshall, N.
C.:
"Following is a list of persons
whoso houses wuie dostroyed in
Ilukersvllle: K* Morgan, Olbla
Oloen, Hlclts Patterson, M. Buch
anan, Sam Turner, Jim Green, Dill
Orren, Nora Anderson, Berry Stew
art, Prof. Brltt, Qulton Moore, C.
Silver, {.lrate Howell, P. P. Young,
Henry Poteatt, Jno. Guilger and the
Baptist church. These houses with
all household effects were swept
away by all tho floW. Much dam
age In the surrounding country. J. L.
MORGAN."
Will you please raise a fund for
the sufferers of BakorsvWe and vi
cinity? • -—, »
J\ C. PRITCHARD. T
Water Up to Col. CQX'S House.
Rutherfor.dton, Special.—The dam
age done to land and timber by the
continued rain has been tho worst $n
the history of the country, amounting
to thousand* of dollars. But one or two
bridges are left standing in the county.
All plowed land Is washed deop and
will have to he plnnted again.
At Col. Frank Cox's Green River
plantation, the waters were up to hla
house, all through his stables and the
12 foot telephone poles on the way
there were out of sight. At Island
Ford, below here, families had to move
from their houses fit 12 o'clock at
night. The water got four feet ilo-p In
the houses. Several hundred chickens
hogs, pigs and sheep were washed with
the stream.
In thfe Chimney Rock section, on the
road to Ashevllle, there are eight
bridges known to be gone .Land there
that was Just being planted the second
time was washed away to the hard and
In some places they cannot be planted
Again.
All the 1 "mall that goes out of Marlon,
"or that has gone for the past few days
comes through tho country here to
catch the S. A. Li. The postmaster thcro
writes that they will get no mall oft
on a tsain for several days yet. All
mall from Marlon Is sent this way, Vlfl
Dysartsvllle. The 8. C: & G. L. road
from Blacks to Mfirlon has got the
lower- end In shape so that a passen
ger train can tie rnt to Thermal City.A
on load of mail was taken to ibis
train from Marion si v.-ral mornings
ago. Two of the long treaties belwetn
here and Marion are washed away.
MnMCflft
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Send for Catalogue.
—:
DRED PEACOCK, President.
NO. 38.
. . . nation Drowned Out.
Marion, Special.—A terrific rain and
wind storm from the south stiu-k hee
early Saturday morning ami li raging
at this writing, 4 o'clock p. m. The
rain 1* (ailing in volumes and It asanas
u if the town will bo drowned out.
Bldewalka are overflowed wiJh watar;
cellers are flooded and the watw Is
swept Into the houses. The fall of rain (
U the severest ever known here.
The YaCkln Freshet.
Blkln, Special.—Another heavy
freshet In the Yadk'n river this week
did an Immense amount of damage to
the land and crops In the bottoms.
The water was not as high by two and _
a half tilt as the April freshet, but the
damage to crops was much heavier. A
one-story house near the river bridge
was carried away and the approaches
to the bridge on the north side were
all washed out! '
Polndexter ft Madison's brick yard
was again wrecked and about 7,000
brick destroyed.
Farmers arc now busily engaged In
planting their crops over again along
the river where they had been waahed
away.
Valuable Catawba Real EsUte Chang
ed Owners,— _
The Catawba rtyo£ at the Quaker
Meadow Farm mile wide. The
upper end of thfe farm, owned by
Sheriff McDowell and Thomas Wal
ton. J l "., was damaged several thou-
K«nd dollars. Tho lower end, owned
l)y~T. A. I.ackey and J. W. Camp,
bell, was Improved by deposits jpf
riiiU black loam. The farm of ex-
Kojyosentatlve Julius Hoffman was
damaged ..$1,0(10, according to his es
timate All the valley crops were
destroyed.
Train Trying to Get Through.
Statesville, Special.—'The west bound
passenger train passed here Saturday;
morning on schedule time with the In
ccnvion of going through, but as the
wires have not yet been repaired west
of Marlon, It cannot be learned that It
Huccoodod- Railway officials hare
state that they have every reason to
believe thai the regular schedules will
be maintained, as the repairs to the
road-bed nud bridges have been com
pleted to tho extent of be;n« eofe ?j*
possase of trains.
All S. A L. Hen Ordered Out.
Norfolk, May. 22.—Conferences be
tween the Seaboard Air Line Hallway
officials and the committee represent
ing the international Asosclatlon of
Machinists have been fruitless. The
last of these was held today at the of
fice of Vice President and General Man
ager Ilarr. He declined to recognise
any members of tho committee except
such as were employes of the road. He
refused each and every demand of the
worktnginen. The machinists of the
Seaboard Air l.lqe were, after the con
ference, ordered out by the organizer
of the union.
CI let of P dice Shot
Maeon .Ga.. Special,—A special to
the Telegraph from 1' ,ovllle Ca.. says:
"Saturday afternoon Chief of I olice
Matt WlHard, . while advancing on a
LWate n«?ro. 'ahn Walton was
.hot down and seriously wounded. Po
lice-nan Wlllard was going to place the
nr-io under arrest and was shot wlth
nut warning, before he could draw his
own revolver. Sheriff Crawford, with
posse »nl bloodhounds, a.e on bis
track and if caught the negro will ho
dealt with as usual by the Infuriated
nob."
t. The Ship-Yard Machinists.
Newport News, Va. Special.— Presl
dent-Mulcahy. of JLh*_ttewport Newa
lodge of the Internaijona! Association
of Machinists. and Superintendent
Post, i>f the Newport News Ship Build
ing Company, say that there is no
truth In the storjr that 'he ship yard
officials have be#n given until Satur
day to arrange the machinists' de
mands. Both decline to state whether
any formal demand has been marie by
the local linlor. If any action hae
been taken bv the machinists here the
negotiations have been secret and con.
fldentl'il on both alder.