vol. n.
LOST IN A STORM.
*«clftuage late By WM ua
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A FAMILY OF FIFISN MtIWMED
r .
The Great Uulf Storai Mas Swept All
Telegraph Wires Away— Heavy
Lasa of Property.
'"W Orlmaa. Special.—The storm
> r hlch has beea aweepiag the tfeif
coast from IVasacola aad moving
westward duriag the past two dv*.
baa prostrated telegraph aad tele
phone wires to sock aa exteat that
aews from tha outlyiag aecttoaa to
bard to cat at The greateat fears
have beea entertained for the safety
of the people living at Part Ends,
which to at the Math at the itvwr.
aad Cor the ahlpa that started for aea
Just before the storm hngaa The
wtraa there hare beea prostrated
aiace Taeeday night at • o'clock, bat
The Picayune reached a aaa who
left Port Bads at 2 o'clock ma Wedaea
day. He was seea at Baraa. which to
•0 Bailee dowa tha river, aad the
tartheet point with which there to
wire communication at the present
tiaae. This man deecribea the storm
which swept that aection aa a regular
tidal ware, similar to the OH which
reunited la sach aa awfal loaa of life
la 1893. He says all the people Uvlag
on the east baak of the river hare
■aored np to the "Jam p." which ia IS
miles from the mouth of the river.
She house of a maa aaased Oobdfca
half a mile above the qaaraatlae ata-
Uoa. was swept away aad the Sfteea
aaembera of the family, including nine
children, drowsed.
The qaaraatlae buildings were had
]y damaged, but no oae lajared. The
big tow boat Chamber tola was drivea
high aad dry ia the marsh. bat her
craw are safe. The goverasseat boat
Oeaeral Reiae ia believed to have
been lost. Captaia O'Briea'a house
waa swept a amy. hat he was aa the
boat which was believed to be oat
aids. The piledriver at Port Bads was
auak. Tke steamboat barge waa
drivea ashore near the lighthouse aad
later it was reported that she had
auak. Her crew were aald to have
been aaved. The tag Vetearo weat
dow* to Pass I.'Outre, which Is the
eastern mouth of (he Hver. with two
barges. When tost seen ate had her
decha awaah. aad It to feared abe ha?
■oae dowa. If this boat aad her
barges have beea loat. 2* people more
hate beea drowned. There are num
erous reports of Individual casualties
alt akmg dowa the pamaee. The steaas
era which started for the aea Tasaday
remained Inside the passu a until Wed
nesday evening nad then went oat
safely, among the number beiag the
Cromwell liaer Proteus, aad the
Britiah transport Merhaairiaa. which
waa dynamited while ia port a few
days ago. Not a single vessel has
passed up the river siare the storm
began and great feara are entertained
for the oaea which are expected. There
ia aertoua apprehension coaceraiag
the Cheaiere. Camiaada aad Graade
laic sections, oa the sooth Ijouisiaaa
roast, weat of the Mississippi river,
where 1.04)0 lives were lost I* I**3
by the Ural wave. Up to thia writiag
no word has beea received from that
section which is largely iahabited by
fishermen, mostly Chinese aad Mal
aya.
Up to Ikursday midnight every-
Iklai seemed to be safe at the Mia
aisaippl roast towns. Bay St. Louis.
Pass Christian. Bikwl. Mississippi
City aad Ocean Springs. bat since the*
not a word has been heard from them
All wires are down. The only reports
of damage so far received are of de
ntroyed bath booses and uprooted
trees. The Louisville aad Naahvilte
road Is blocked off beyoad Chat Men
tear. SO miles from this city. The bk
steel bridge there Is safe, hot b*jroa 1
there are several was hoots aa the
road. The New Or leans aad North
eastern road la also blocked by wsah
outa aad Its big trestle over Lake
Pontchartrain has been shake* by the
heavy seas breaking againat It There
haa beea much damage doae at Shell
Beach, southwest of the city, aad
which connects with L*ke Poatchar
train. All the buildings there have
bees swept away, aad there are re
ports of losa of life among the >ah
crmen, but the exact extent of this la
mot known. A tidal wave swept ovar
the laad there aa it did alae yeara
ago.
la tke city of New Orleaaa aad su
kirbt there haa beea mamllirshla
damage At MUaeberg. oae of the
Lake resorts, the railroad pier heart
ranalag oat iato the lake for a dia
taace of a thousaad yards has been
destroyed aad all light buildings
aged. The big baikHaga oa shore
withstood tke gale. There waa an leas
at life. The steamer Neptaae. tied ap
to this pier head. pouaded herself
to fiecea aad saak
Arizona FboM. • |
B Ptoo. TO, gparial.—Afl tW
southern portloa of Arisona has been
partially covered with water for auj
daja aad the destrnction to property
especially to rallrosda. haa toe* eaor
■oui. The Southern FMUk aad th«
■mailer mineral roads hare suferec
many waihouta. The "Burro" road
that runs bom Bnuoa to Nopln. hat
been unit for use for eerersl weeks
aad nearly every day fresh Soods com»
that destroy P*rt» * the tracks. In al!
orer ten mtles of the track has toe*
swept sway snd the company tan al
Its surplus at work repairing tto
damage. The B Paso 4 Sontkweater*
road haa asdfersd severe losses between
Benson and BMhss and a tees bridges
km toe* swept away.
; FtoaSsat CaalCraak.
Coal Osek. Tean.. Spscial-Coai
Creek is two ftot higher than e*w ha
ter* HUT tM- wmv n laaadatad and
the people art mowing to higher
rrtmdJmn bridges and tresdea m
(%t nsnr Coat Creek,
are away. Six torn
vertWKjJDgrtj near Coal Cieek.
jSlsir«. Mo Uvea srsra
t *i I
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■■■ 1111 .mi —.
THE ENTERPRISE
iua minima
L— riaafc ha wmw Nwth Gara-
Irtwlll, tpxl.l.—Tl» railroad «S
--« HI til* diriig the ralaa for tto
weak. Traiaa oa all mala Uara aiw
""MhWj tM ap, aad the Aiknlll*
ft Spartan bars dlviaioa practically
closed aad ceased operatloaa. No tralaa
oa this road are reported. A Bother
Ms slide oa Batata aoutalß, a large
Bomber of arashoats aad the railroad
eslirety toarnl fcr water for long
dlstaacea U reported to be the a a;i of
aflaira la the rati re road froaa Spar-
Uibnt. No. IS. trow Ooluiab.a. dae
here at 7 p. BL. reported at Asherllle
11 boars late, initial at 11 o'clock
The raa throagh waa only psaaible af
ter aereral transfer*, aa the road U
blocked ia a aamber of places. Passen
ger trala No. M. dae to leave Ashe
Till* at f pi for the Saath. was
an nailed aad No. 14 la the aime dl
rection dae to leave hen at I:ti had
aot bee* aaat oat Satarday even'ng It j
is expected that a thala will te raa
oror the Asheville *- Spartaab.irg
—« time diiiai the afteraooa. No.
" "as aade ap here Satarday mora
ine aad sent oat to Morriatowa.
There to aertoaa trouble oa the maia
11 ae between Black Mountain and
Boaad Knob By the cave ia of the
utanel. one man loat his life, aal Sa
turday morning's uain were delayed
abont tea hours The loageat tannel ca
the moaataia. the Swannanoa. b g a
cavlag la at one end at aa early hoar
friday eight, and a acctioa crew sad
wrechlac trala were seat oat at oaoe
to repair the damage Sertioa Mas
ter Rohiaaoa waa at work ia tke Isa
ac! aad la tke very mldat o? the aiid*
wbea the wreckisg trala party puahed
"a way through aad raa orer his
hudy. kllllag him iaatsatly.
Superiatendeat Loyal 1. aad Road
m *»ter Waltoa left oa a special trala
at S o'clock over the Aa Seville A Spar
taabarg divlaioa. aad retaraiag, made
a trip over the main line. Train Was
ter Newell ia aiao out oa the road oa
an laapectlag tour aad every effort
poaaible to beiag made to g*t the road
bed cleared All the wrerklag crews
aad bridge fprcaa are at worh as wet:
aa all aectlaa mea oa the division
* heavy freight trala area stalled
between Greeavills aad Ea«ley oa the
Chariatte A Atlaata divlii ,n Priday
oa aeon at of a alide Jaat n short d a
taace ahead Another heavy fre:ght
followißg. ploughed lato the first trala
aboat Mteea ears are report-d as
heiag amaahej sad otherwise damag
ed. No oae waa reported aa being
hart.
CoL J- " Ray waa oa hia way home
froaa Graphltevill? aad waa delayed
at the tunnel from mida'ght to 139
Satarday morning.
Sectlaa Master Robiasoa waa from
Itoaviie. Va. Hia body waa brought
Pl"ced la aa andertahing
rooaa.
Tar Heel Notes.
The oarers elected by ths Sute
ÜBBdrymea i Aaaodatloa are as fol
lows: John H. Dick. G.eeasboro
president: B W. Walker. Raleigh,
vice prestdeat; second Tlce president
Jr ***"*• Salisbury; secretary
aad treasurer. F. D. I-ethco. Chariot «
executive committee. J. A. Niehots".
Asbeville. E. L Peace. Goidahoro: K
K. Rides hour. Concord: J. K. Marshall
Raleigh: W. a Shepherd. Winston. A
** uniform commissions to
*f*" u *•» made and maay subjects
of Interest discneaed.
Pcadlag the arrival of BUite laaur
aac* Commissioner Young who will
make further examination Into the
cane. H. Maaaer. a Wilmington Jeweler
taa been arrested at the inatanre of
the Chief of the Fire Departmeat oa
a charge of araoa. Homers jewelry
atore. oa which he carried |1.30>
worth of Insurance, was found on fire
the other day and f«m damage was
doae before the blase was extinguish
•d- Hnuser la out on ball.
The Governor haa issued a re
qoisittou for Charles L) le. now In jail
at Roaaoke. Vs.. who Is wanted la
Charlotte for the murder of Scwton
Laaler. He Is the man fon whom the
Charlotte Observer offered two hua
dred dollars reward.
A few weeks ago the atdersaea of
Greeaaboro enacted aa ordlaaace
creating a bonded transfer company
llikl R the exefuaiva right to haal
baggage feoss the depot aad other
places la the city. The ordtaaa ~e
cuts off considerable source of the la
come at the public drays, aad there
la trouble. The draymen Mm that,
having paid their licenses, they are
privileged to haal aaythtng the public
will Intrust to them.
QnTy Oae LMe Last.
New Orleaaa. Special.—Commuaka-
U«» with the resorta along Mississip
pi Soand has baen opened, the trot
Louisville and Nashville train coming
tkroagh. gome sort of wire connec
tion wna also established, aad It waa
teamed that while the dsmsga had
beea aerere it all points, wharrea
and bath hoasia beiag swept away,
there had been no loas of life except
St* LoafcT™** U inm
Itoeaa't Want Foreigners to Land.
Washington, DL C, Special.—The Co
lombian minister. Dr. Carlos Mar
tines Hhn. returned to Waahiagtoa
from Greeabrier White Salphur
Springs. W. Vs.. where he has been
for the tost month. His costing at this
time may hare an Important bearing
on aSair* rtlattog to the lathmna of
Psaama. aa the mlaiater receive i
cable advices from his goverament
showing that it felt eatirely able to
cope with the sltnatioa on the la
thorns. pa the strength of these ad
nates br. 811 ra aanoanred that Co
hnnbin doe* not desire the iaa liag of
foreign farces for the purpose of keep
IBS open the traSlc of-the lathmaa
Trwm F» Omrmetvem, Our Neighbor*, Omr Cmafry mmd Our OML
WLLUAMSTON, N. C„ AUGUST 23.1901.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
SMaatr Skfttsa keterf aid foes
kn.
SDR WITIIH TVERIY MIMJtfS.
Caffcd Wkts at FmU Speed—Sixty
Sum Una Arc Kam to Nave
Baaa Last.
T it Toaaaiat. Wa, Special.—T>t
aISB-uer (>taea has Just attired t.vrj
the aor.h. haiag at aews of the aon
appel.hag am-iae dtoaa er oa the P*
ctffc coast. The ateaaaer Itlicilf,
aaiKar froaa Skagway. Aufu.t Kth.
when aearieg (he sistkeist cal ol
Douglas Isbad. at 2 a. w. Angus!
IStk. aad raaaiag at fall a peel,
■truck a toe ing he. erg and ta leu
•haa 21 miaul ■ mat to the fcot*>«n
d the de-p cheaoei. carry la; m a
women aad ehii r.n to watery graves.
The latoader had I*l pis-eaters, aad
all were ia bed arhea the vemel atruck.
The ahoch was ao severe that maay
were throwa froaa their I er:ha aad the
wildcat e trite meat prevailed. Wo. 1
waa ma leased that the vnsi-l vat
doomed aad a teaeral arramble for
the life toats eaaaed. maay J urn; ia;
overt* ard aad atuaapt.ag to swim to
the ahore. the diataare tetax ah rL
l»« the scramble to get iato the boats,
■assy were hariei Leadhmg iato tho
(hilly water, which. arcarJlag to pas
si lifers airiv ag fiaaa the arcne.
aeemed aire wt:h hamia beings. Be
fore all the fasseaseas ha I Ml the
vessel the gave a laate aad went
doan.. tow tost. It to kaowa that
aixty-sevea lives were tosi. It will bo
ansae time before ILeir aamea raa le
rftAnitely learce 1 as the p raer lust
h i i ass eager list
Vailsd Stabs Coaxal Smiih. of Vic
toria, aho was a |as eater oa the
Qweea frcaa Jcaeaa to Vict* ria. glean
ed the folios lag story cf tte w.-erk
f(i« smnay forty sarvivrrj who were
taaaeaagera oa the latoader:
-The lahuader Ml Kkaguay fcr Vlt
tt ria ca laat Wednesday with I*l pas
seagrra. amnag thewa 12 atowaways.
All went well, the a'eamer making her
usual record of IS kao a aa hour un II
3 o'clo h. Thacaday moraiag. when
J u aaa a waa pea ed sad the >outh en I
of nraglai I- la ad uraa reached. Then
aaddenly the si earner eacutatcr.-d an
oba ractioe aald to ha e beea an ice
berg. aaJ stapfal w.th a Ja- which
aroaaed maay of the akepln. paajw-n
•era.
Ciplali K o> was kiviit break
fast a ad ike (Hot no.ified him of the
trouble Wkta the *«s*el struck,
water nuke) la forwar 1 la peat vol
aaei aad the pilot al».»l that the
\ esse I fee n a oa ike leach. not ove.-
kal a mi'e aa: at oa-e. The ca?
lata objected to ikA say lag that the
beach wta to* abrupt. He thought
there aa* no iasmediate Oai»er. bet
voald ren a few uiks farther down
where he kaew th r J wan a |ooi land-
The captaia aaasued aereril pass i -
gera the.e was ao Immediate danger
aad that lha; could MI back to bed
aad aeat the fait ofßcer down to e.
smtae That oMcrr reputed therr*
waa great deal of danger aad arged
that the TCISCI be beached a" race
The frat o»«r ordered the bo*ta kt
-owa. bat this waa countermanded 'iy
the (aptala who. however, finally re
alised the sertoocaeea at the aluiatlo i
aad sßeared tke first oMcer to gel
dowa the boats Meanwhile the pa*
aeagers aioaa'd to ike'r p?ril. ap
pealed ca tke deck tad a rush wss
made to tke parxer who had keen
glvea mark ti»tt«:e for eafekeerln ;.
Parser BJakoo landed all out exeep
two tags o }I«.M cack. which were
aot claimed aad wat dowa with the
-| aaa il The kow of tke steamer sunk
aad S9 miautea Inter tke ;r pH'er an I
rudder we e bigh .a the si* aad use
Iras, bat the captaia remained on the
bridge aat.l the las; and finally ju «P
ed ca a li e tat- When ih; ate :■»:•
weat aade* aa tipioriw orcurr* 1.1 he
cap*ala 'oat hla hold oa the raft aa!
weat cader.
Maargaai Bays Steamer L'se.
laaint Special.—lt la reported In
r.laxsow that 1. R EUcrmaa. of the
Leylaad Use. has purchased the old
established (Sty Uae of 14 atcauaers
engaged la tke East ladlsn trade, the
price being a early I.COa.OW pounds
Mr. Kllermaa. accardlag to ramnr. Is
actiag for J. P. Morgan and his aajo
ctatcx
Ordered to Hampton Road*.
Nantacket. Mass.. Special.—The
North Atlantic aqnadron has retired
orders to sail for Hnaspeoa Roads. All
>i ipsi illm i far thi roatisaeae of
the aanuemn at this place hare
beea connSermaaded aad the vease!s
of the sqnndron sr* nlready getting up
steam, preparatory to the'.r departure.
While the exact reason of the rhsnge
of ptaas la aot known, it U bellered
here that the troahle la Soath America
haa aomethiag to do with It. The Tea
sels were scheduled to to la Newport
an Aagaat 25th and the camp her* war
to have reaaaised antll Friday.
jsalhi i a'i I toss Open Again.
Washington. Bperial —The Southern
Railway haa iantd the following
statement: Tl» «£3ni»sheres>fsfe rr
ported la western North Carolina dad
Aah'Tiile territory anbslded with £s
tnrday. 17th Ins?. Tie Sjwthera 5a 1-
wsy reports a*l liars open aid as noi
lag normal coaditloca Rcp~.l a hi"e
bees irad-: aad irsl-ss movies It !«
fcaad that the dxmazr b/ Siod* n
flrst reported to larraly over-fstlma
tad. No farther tumble Is aaUclpattd.
NOITB CAIOLINA CtOf BULLETIN.
.«
Hwn IhfortH Thraifcal
the State.
, The put week was remarkebie ,fo»
heavy rains from the ttth to tick, and
subsequently light showeis until the
close; creeka aad rivers sera apia
very much swollen. aad la nae seo
ttoaa'tha freshets vara reported to
tan been the hl(heat tor the seaeoa:
much damage waa rained by overflow
ing atraama la the weat aad soath. aaj
many 8«lda were badly washed by the
heavy downpour. particularly la
Ptankllng. Halifax aad Nash cowatira.
where the total rainlhll tor M hoars
on the 14th varied from & to 7 laches.
The temperature waa a boat 4 dsgteta
above the daily Burma];aad the hot
aanshine and high humidity daring the
latter portloa of the week raaaed a
very sultry atmosphere. aad mac
cropa Bred on aaady laad or low pla
Ma No farm work could ha arroap
liahed during the week, aad grass aad
weeds grow rapidly.—_
Cotton In some places improved
somewhat, and la very favorable local
itiea. with a good autumn nearly a
(all crop may be made, bat throughout
the larger portion of the state the crop
has not made much progress; cottoa
plants are very wredy aad loag Joint
ed on stiff lands, small oa sandy laud,
and generally are not forming boll a
well on either; blooms are Mill report
ed; shedding of squares aad bolls la
Increasing. Old corn la practically
made; the late crop la filling out thirty
well. Fodder is ripening fast, bat pall
ing commenced during the week, but
what waa gathered was damaged by
rain. Tobacco In the ceatral-weat erc
tlon haa suffered from excessive rains
and weeds; Airing is progressing with
texture, good but yield light. Crops like
sweet potatoes and peaaats of which
the condition can only bo judged ty
the appearance of the vlaee. are seem
ingly doing veil, aa the top growth If
very rigorous, but fears are eipreasel
that the frequent rains will diminish
the quality and quantity of the yield.
Turnips are timing up alcely. Con
siderable grass Intended to be cat for
h »y was ruined by the freshets. Mil.
oas. and fruits coatiaoe to deterlcate;'
the apple crop will be' almost a failure
Dead Body Foaad la a Traak.
Aaheville. Special.—A murder, which
for burtality haa few If aay eqnals ia
Buncombe a criminal record. or ray red
hen Monday morning a abort time be
fore daybrra*. Willie Hehora. a colored
woman, was the victim, and circum
stances point with almost uarrrln;
force to John Miller, colored, as the
perpetrator. The murdered woman liv
ed in the Cripple Crrek section of the
Tity. Monday morning a neighboring
c olored woman vent to her home ta
borrow a shawl or wrap of some kla 1.1
and fslling to And the occupant of the
house at home, began to look about for
the wrap anyway. In one corner of the
room was a trunk, the lid of which
waa open, and about the trunk was a
pile of clothing. Naturally she wrnt ta
this pile of clothing to look for the
desired garment. Oa raising the tray of
the tronk she waa confroated with a
night which for a few mlaates render
ed her speecheleaa with horror, al
though she Uvea la a section which has
grown hardened to crime In varied
forms. The Sehora woman lay d«ad in
the bottom of the trunk. The head had
been almost severed from the body,
presumably with an axe.
Seven-Inch Shell Explodes.
■ Junction City, Kaa.. flpe-ial—While
at target practice aboo*. 9 o'clock Moa
day morning .on Fort Kiley reserva
tion. half a mile north of this city, a
7-Inch. 107-pound ahell exploded aa it
was being plac«d in the breech of a
section gun of Seige Battery 0.. Sev
enth Artillery, commanded by Cap
tain Van Duren. The caanaltles were:
Henry C. Watson, killel; John J
King, fatally Injured; Mo-ray Sykes.
fatally injured; ('has Duncan, fatally
iajured; Henry l/apiand. seriously
Injured; Dennle Hogan. injured; Re
cruit Lloyd, seriously injured; Rooa
Duck, slightly Injured; Jamea Brady,
slightly injured.
Copprr M lac Sold.
Salisbury. Bptriil.—A Rowan rotpci
mlar belonging to Mr. H. K. Oddie wai
■old Maidi/ for IM.Mt. the properly
Including S9Z irrn of land sltjlcUd i)
miles from Salisbury on lbs Slake*
Kerry road. A parljr of Chlra&o capi
talists are Ah* pnrrhasera. the d- I be
log made to one of the number aa trus
tee for the company. «||| short
ly be organised. Colonel Marlon. Unit
ed Stafea pension agent at Chirsg J. Is
here completing the purrahse. All of
the new ovnris of the mine are men
of wealth and high personal and bual
teu character.
Obstructive Kaiat la Hhtw
Montgomery, Ala.. Special.—State
Commissioner of Agriculture Pool',
who baa just returned froai his hcaat
In Marengo county, reports that secTion
of the State visited by the worst rain
he has ever known at this stttio. The
cotton has blown down l-tel.with th*
ground and is heM down by tht
weight at its bolls ud the mud. H
estimate* the iaiM|» by tS« la.n fie
last week at b»twe«n 10 and 20 per cent
The corn crop waa alao a sufferer.
Postmasters Appointed.
WasSSngton. "SjUHir—Ts» f-l mnat
North Carolina portma? era ar? ao
pointed: Conrad. Tadkia county. M
C. Davis, vice M. J. Hohaon. resigned
Cullasaga, Maroi county. Wm. R Bui
gin. vice H. A. Berdlrk. resigned
Lowe, Robeson county. W. C Towp
send, vice F. Davis, resigned; H) k
Rowan county, W. A. Shuping. Tic*.
J. A. Shire, resigned. %
ARP ON MARRIAGE
Wfcat KM of Girl StoaM a fan;
Lead ta the Altar.
LOVE IS TIE GIFT OF TK LMB
Evtls of Marry lag CcaUm Prefc-s
--aar Capaar. of the laalWllaa Far
the Deaf, (Uvea Rgarcs.
When a young asaa falla la love aad
resolves to get married I recaoa it Is a
V»d thin; that he is reckless of the
consequences. I waa. I know Jar I ana
thought of aaythiag except the pretty
girl aad how happy I would be to get
her. I had ao thought of troable or
poverty or grief or war or death Tfea
time was far. far away whea the sti
ver cord would be loosed aad the go*-
dea bowl bo broken. Aa for the gill,
she ia more reckleaa tbaa her lover,
even though her peril Is far greater,
for hers ia to be the paia aad safferias.
the cars aad anxiety—the aigbt watch
lag aad eometlmes the broken heart. II
I Is a mystery to me how the aaother ea
dures it all and holds up lur head ast
keeps her strength lint love far her
offspring, maternal love, sustains her.
i It ia the gift of God. There was a mar
riage ia our towa the other day. aad
aa tie crowda gathered at the charrh
our neighbor, lira. Feltea. stopped ia
the veranda to rest aad see the battle
from afar. She waa. as usaaL merry
aad say by turns sometimes the tears
were glistening In her eyea aid nana
she laughed merrily aad showed her
pearly teeth. Whea the bridal earrings
arrived she gave a material sigh aad
whispered. " Poor things. they little
know what Is ahead of tlua ** Saddea
ly she braached off into a story abnci
her little pet male colt that la BOW bei
daily comfort. "It watches me at tfc«
window. - she said, "aad whea I ff > oal
It ruas to me aad lays Its heed oa aay
arm aad almost aeaatles ia my bowa
Mary's lamb was not more lov.ag it
bites and kick* nt everybody else, but
runa to me fawas upon me with perfeel
adoration." She laughed again, bat nil
at once the corners of her Boots
drooped to an angle of 45 degrees aad
bar voice trembled aa she slid: "Bat.
.. major. I have at. la* o(ae down tn
* hard paa aad misery in my old age- N«
rook, no help of aay sort, and though
. yesterday waa my aixty-foarth birth
i day I bad to pull the baggy dowa ta
the branch and wash 11. Oh. my coon
try!" She cried a little, and then
laughed a good deal mare. Pearly Inn
and pearly teeth are attractive fsatarea
In a woman Neverthltse. betweea W*
ting mule colts and washing baWi
she still finds time to plead for the ed
neat ion of the poor country girla ol
North Georgia.
I But what kiad of a girt ahould a
young man marry? Of coarse, she masl
be born of respectable pareats. aha
i should be virtuous, she shoald have a
good, loving disposition aad a lair edu
cation. Sh should be healthy aad have
no taint of her lover's ancestral blood
In her veins. All of these qualifici
tiona have beea discuacd aad treitsl
ever and over agaia. except the last- I
am inspired to say something atort
that because its Importance has loag
beea overlooked-neither porta nor
philosophers nor scientists have writ
ten upon It nor given any warning A
letter recently received Irom a yoaag
man in Miasisaippl asks if there is aay
thing wrong in h man his
cousin Yea: very, very wrong. Theaa.
awer la found In the records of the aay
tums fi»r the deaf and dumb nnd blind.
Their chief patronnge comes from the
intermarriage of cousins These insti
tutions cost our state "boot fT&.OM a
year, aad" „ half _ of t>* **'
peaae could be avoided if the
intermarriage of ..mains 1M
prohibited. I have not the reports of
the blind asylum before me. bat 1 know
of three blind children of one family
who were sent there, and they were
the offspring of parents who were
rousins I know of Bre children of oae
family who were ml to oar deaf aad
iumb institute at Cave Springs. Their
parents were double cousins. They had
but one child who could hear aad
speak. Sh>* waa a good-looking coos
try girl. She married a clever yn-iag
who hauled wood for aae. Soon af
ter his marriage be moved to Temaa
and hired to a cattle aaan. aad was so
faithful in bis service that in a few
years he bought an interest in the
ranch aad prospered. I met him at
Waco sixteen yeras after be 'eft Geor
gia. and he waa aaid to be warth flte.-
000. and his two elder daugatera were
a boarding school at Waro. 12 m:a*a
from bis home. He bad six children,
and. alas! one of them was a ae-rte.
The taiat had cropped oat ia the aec
ond generation. »•
Professor Connor, the faithful nad
long tried principal r* *»r dear aaa
dumb Institution, has tabulated the
parentage of his pupils for asany yet:v.
and reports that In 2C families prodcr
lag 48 mates the parents were ffrst
cousins. In 12 families producing 1*
mutes the pareats were secoad coas
las. In 11 families producing l£ mutes
the parcels wcrit third cousias. Al
together there were 97 mate children
of parents closely related -
Of 400 deaf mutes 193 bad deaf par
ents. and many of these deaf parents
are no doubt the offspring of the inter
marriage of cousins.
Among these 400 pupils 59 asarri
agea have occurred aad tber>? have
been born to them IIS children. IS of
whom can hear aad 21 are mates, la 19
if the marriages there were ao cbil-
Irea born. Now. after one. two or three
nvtes have been born la succession to
jtrents. It would setm.a an. if not a
•rime for them to have more. The law
£oald prohibit lt- But if this cannot be
lone altor marriage, the remedy for:
he fffture Is to prohibit the intermar
riage of cousins- yes aad secomd
-ousins To be born deaf oc blind in a
dh against the child, aad to have it
Hip ported by the state ia n drain npoa
•.he treaanry that might be avoided.
But being deaf or blind ia aot all the
-vil that follows these Incestuous Mr- j
Aacee If the children an aot deaf er
Mlad they are geaerally aader aome
Physical disability. They are coaaamp
tlves or epileptics or idiotic, aad paaß
throagh Hfe aad leave ao aiga. Porta
aateiy moot of sach axarriagea resdt ia
"-Ok'aidL" aome any. "the Levitical
hwdldaot prohibit It." No. It did aot.
aad I reckoa that Cala married kts sis
ter. We hasw that Abraham married
his half sister, sad ao doab: that ta
why ao children were bora to them
except oae by grace la their old age.
Bat It Is aald that the Boaaa tows
aad the laws of lTaglaad permit sach
marriages. Tea. the Roman law did
aatO Pope Alexaader II stopped it aad
prohibited Brat, aecead aad third coaa
laa from tatermarvyiag. Ibe lawa of
Kaglaad permited sack marriages be
ea ase tha hiaga aad the aoklity
waated to keep the crowa aad the ti
tlra aad their estatea ia their families.
Aid ao oaar Americas people, who have
patterned after Eaglish law and p»e
redrat tor more thaa a hundred ytats.
have beem reluctaat to make aay
rkaage la this regard.
Bat the quest*. >a is sow romißg' l>
the froat. aad the time la comiag for a
chaage. It aeewa sow to be aa estab
lished sad esiversal rale that the**
marriages entail upon the offspring
evil coaaequtßctß. bodily or mentally.
or both. The evil effect of what ia call
ed "breedlag in"* nanoag aaimals leads
to the eoarlusioa that It to aa
law. Good stock, blooded stock, is ant
permitted la tkat way. . Heard a con
ceited ma declare that # was de
scended from the Carrolls. of Carroll
loa. la old Marytaad. Suppose he did.
That waa six geaeratioas bach, an 1
woald give him aixty-four aacstral
fatherra aad aaotbers. said beace he
had oaly oae slaty-fourth part of olj
Charles Carroll'a btood 1B bia vriaa I
kaow s lady who boasta that her fath
er could trace his liseage hark ta
Croswell That was eighleea gearra
tloaa hack, aad woald give him ilt
aarestors aot much of t*bomweli's
blood ia her. It is sstoaishiag how rap
idly the aaeestral tree wideaa. Two
Reaeratloma back gives a maa oaly f.wr
great grandfathers and grandm t'>-
asothera. bat twenty geaeratioas gives
him over a million Just think ol It.
y mug nun. aad quit bragging about
ynar aacestora. for thrrre are over a
■sillioa differeat strain* of bio d in
your veins, aad no doubt aome of it ia
had—very bad. My wife's graadfathrr
waa a Holt aad hia grandfather waa a
Raadolph aad hia gtaadfather aras a
Peyton aad his. anto liOtd Rolfe. who
married l\»ahonias That was lea
geseratioas bark, aad pi VISE my wife
1.121 aarestors. an 1 therefore, she haa
1-I.Kith part of Poky's Moo 1 ia her
veins Mightly alitn strain, it se»ms ta
aie - aot much lajun about her. One
day I ventured to aak about the other
IJK3 parta that d>d not come from
Poky nad she aev-*r aiid saything. bat
looked at me In a peculiar tone of vales
that reminded n» it wrs none of my
business. Rut I honor a noble ancestry.
■ used to think that maybe I desrcndel
from Captain John Smith, but on ic
v est i gat ion found that he never waa
married aad had ao children to sprak
of.—Bill Are ia Atlaata foes: itution.
Lw and Hobson Speak.
Cati'ierhii! Hd.. Special.—Captain
Richmond I" llolr--n an I C« ncral
Fitihugh Ijee delivered addresses to
an audience of &.«•*> people at the
Mountain Lake Cbatauqua. Capta.n
llohaoos theme was "The N»»J."
while that of Gen. Lee was Th«-
Army." Both addresses were heard
with great interest and Capt. Hobs -n
ties loodly applauded wh n he de
clared that Congress should ap;>r»»
priate at least »2SjMtt.OO» ann.iall.
towards bcildlng up the I'nited State*
■a vi.
Ila-krr (lets Divorce.
Miami. Fla.. Special.- Henry )l
Flaeler. the multi-millionaire oil mag
nate. has j rcurrd a divorce. under the
aew Florida statute, which prorides
that insanity of four yeafs" standing is
ulii ient ground for a dirorce. The
rase was bard in thambers by Judge
Minor S Jones, of the Circuit Court.
Former Governor Fleming. Mrs. Flag
ler's guardian ad litem, represented
the defendant, but there was practi
cally no defrnsa. Mr. Flagler U 72
years aid.
Camp lavestlgatioa.
fM the ladies whom the British G;v
(nnrat has eeat out to lavertiins
the state of the refuges camps >.-sj
Lucy Deane. the lady factory jr.
Is perhaps, the least wMI kn>wn to
the (t*neral public. But she is estrcmc
|y well known to work peaple. espec -
ally to those ia the paUery districts
and to those ia jam factories. Miss
Peane's father was kiliei ia the lsst
Boer war by the Boers.
,QA aiaa caa go downhill tbia
he CM S* UP-
Tha Bajifin •( of the Johnson*.
Although the late Albert Johona and
hit brother Tom both began ihtir lite*
work a- drivers of street cars in Lours
vtllc. they 4hl not con* from the cla-s
that usually snpfliri -nch employees, bat
Mongrel to a distinguished Southern
family, and one of their grandfather-, was
a Vice-President of the United States.
As joung men thejr were vcrjr poor, and
had respiim-.ibilitir'. toward inkers rnd
as thrir father had been in a way con
nected with ;bc Louisville itlcrt iail*Jy
lines they began to work ahcrc it aa*
casfit to obiain employment. It was m
thi« way that, although members of a
family well known and socially esteemed
in their natiire town, they began C;|eers
destined to be,y>- successful in the hara
ble employment %i street car dnscis
It rtr 'Witt ttftis .employed m* loots
eille that Tom JcK&son made his first
invention to improve the existing con
ditions on the local street cars. Thi was
soun adopted everywhere and was the
(ai* of the brothers' first" advance to
ward wealth and importance. The fun
ily had for many years lived in Ken
tucky.—,V9 York Sum.
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NO. 49.
VENEZUELA INVADED
fct ItfrM as* lakrutiMl if.
firlrfetaffc
TOMES CAIWIi-S VEKSIM « IT.
•■t War Vcsidita Pi—nt Amm*
team llmiu.
New Tort. B»eriaL—The
cable artsagr baa kna rudwt by
tke AwctaM PM (raa Item
Cardraaa. |CMI«I secret mrj af PM
tent Castro, of Vracaria. h nptr *■
• dispatch addressed to the ma'law
aakfag for a Malraseat oa tba Vo»
I sola Columbia sitaatioa: k
~cUMU Vnnirh, Amg, 17.—h
'*» Of Hia KmUtacr. Ceaeral
Castro. I reply to yoar nkkpu ta
Iho foilowiag terms: "TV eorara
tu.at of Vnowk. proM war kr
(Kwnl Caatro. Is liHjr JalUti ja all
IU work* aad acta. It is r iiafilj
liberal ia ita pnrlkr* It ia mi the
cpiaioa that the Coatarrattvea at (V
loabia. probably kd by raiaooa aad
i forked pusku. have raoh«4 to as
tist ia a rerolnlioaary aonaal
aralast VraezaHa aad her pnra
ia.au All of this baa ben actaalty
| prorea by the oSrial pahltr ithi la
iml by the cabiaet ia Batata. They
dale from the Srst of April Tk!l
Tie* baa aot bwa dc aied. either by
the Coaaarratire pwrniat of Cb
■ombia. or by her earoy extnorflMty
aad mlatatrr ia this
capital. , V •
1 ""Wlw the pmraant of Vene
zuela was surprise.! by tka trst aal
cad second larasinaa of ber
ux tboisand aad two h aad red tboa
taad ciea. respectively, the laradtf
were rictorioosly expelled by tW ®ar
eraaeal and the people of Vranwb
Brace said ereats. l#.«d area ban
l*ea naied en (he (matter far tba
defease and lalegrttjr at Vuntll
aad Ita aatioaal hoaor. Tbeae are
• t«He apart fMMB ber active mika
troops oa other parts of the frostier
as veil aa aatioaal troopp scattered
! over the republic aad tbe reserre Bin
lia BOW aader arms.
• "Yen.-zu-la has aot accepted tbl
invasion as aa lateraatliiasl attack by
tbe people o4 Colombia agaiast tba
people of Venezuela. bat kaowlas Its
Ml aoarce. niofcaizes la It tbe work
o." the Conservative Roceraawat of
Cot»m!>ia against the majesty of the
nation of Vrinurla."
Washington. I). C, Special—TLe
Nnvy HrptrtmrM. which is firertil J
all Its enemies to harrying skips U
the srene of CnlOMbilVi at. Htb
trouble. in order to raforrr oar treaty
guarantees, experts to bare three
ships on the way within 24 how*. The
Machias. whkh has brni detained at
Hampton Koails by the threatening
weather south of Cape flattens. was
able to start on her journey Saturday.
a;suraiv es having been given by thn
Weather Bnrenn that nil dangers froaa
the Gulf storm al ine the southern At-
Untie hare now pasned.
Word was received at the Nary De
parting nt that the battleship lowa had
arrived at Kan Fraaeisco. aad she was
iastrncted by telegraph to proread as
souif as possible to Faaaoa ca tht
west roast It is probable she wi I
bare to take some rttal aboard, tart
tb.- I teparttuent Keller# s sae wtJ >«
able to sail On Uer 3.|«* mile Jotney
by Sunday moraine. The Raagrr hat
mailed from San IHego southward.
Sell lev !■ W ashiagtoa.
Wa. aington. D. C-. Special.—Ad
miral Winfivld S. Schley arrived ia tb-:
«ity Friday Bight from his hone la
New York on business ia eoaaerUoa
with the court of inquiry. He waa ac
ompaaied by Mrs. Schley aad daring
his stay here the a'lmlral will luaaali
with Jeremiah Wih* a aad his other
attorney» afs to the case
Scarcity of flea.
Pittsburg. Special.— % dispatch from
Sharon nays: The rattoa planters
of the South' are beginning to fed the
(Crete at the steel strike, amadlas
to advices received there. The clos
ing of the mills of the Steel Hoo}
Company ruts off their mala swpply
of cotti n ties aad they seem willing
to pay any price la order to have a
suClcicnt i "Ply, wLvB the time i OB'I
to move « otton.'
Cadets at Bwflaio
The Vnt Poiat cadets ant to th«
Pan - Aawricai yeaterday to remain two
weeks The strength oT the commaad ■
12 officers. 3« eadets. 51 baad aad
•eld music. * caralrTaseo. t hospital
corps men. IS civiliaa rmployeea. M
horses and 1* males. Om Pnllmaa pal
ace ar. 1C tourist sleepera. • burnt
care and 1 stock cara were required for
transportation. The entire party wul
lire in the escampment within tha
grounds and hare their meals sir ted
at the Slatler Hotel.
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F«ht With Strikers.
Cleveland. Special.—A tght aeear
red Snaday sight between two spa
rial polk earn at the Crescent Mills
and a number of striker*. The poHce
mten were tstortiag n con pic at. ■tri
men from their home to the mul,
■>f Mw ntilhni* rrinil tj
the men not to ietHin to work. TSh
action angered the o®c«ra. who wd
their clubs on those asoreat. F»»k
Zigltr an-1 had his head ffmsthcdaad
teienl other men wet* less ■■ ihnMl)
hurt. The sKair was of short data
Uon. bat ranch ill feeling waa ■■Utat
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