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^ ao. 231
far River oa Rampage, With
Water AM to floor of
Boiler Room of-Water aad
1 M . ? ? -*-? - O -
u|ut ram; lagBaines dos
pead Operation; Further
. Damage Feared.
* Rocky Mount, ept. S3.?With the
Tar river several, feet above flood
stage and-still rising, Rocky Meant
I "*"5r
faced a night of darkness and the
possibility of having its water sup
ply cot off before morning as the
swirling waters of the swollen stream
lapped about the ~ha*a oif the boiler
light plant located upon its banks.
Already tbe city, which ha* suffer
ed the heaviest rainfall in its history,
is seriously handicapped by tbe flood
waters. Tbe light plant has limped
along today with two its turbinescov
ered with water and the emergency
unit of 666 K. W. capacity taxed to
out the day.
Official announcement was made by
I Mayor T. T. Thome that the city
would be in darkness tonight except
for street lights. At ?30 this after^
noon-an official reading taken at the
pump station showed titftt rkr river
had readied a bright of 14.7 feet* ?
of a foot below the record set in 1919.
Tbe stream, whivh b tax over its
hnit is esnthsialRjll riee rapidly
^ uttkk ' * '
below the faefier room* of the water
and Ught plant in ease it attains
this level the entire plant wiB be put
eat of comisrion, and tea dty will he
vftfcoot either tight or water. .
? - m laBw.dmte i
stream, the Rocky Mount Cotton Hills I
suspended operation at the noon hour J
fr^Battiebero highway and vehi?{
aiir traffic into the city from several
points beyond ~IEe river is impossible.
In more than orife instance marooned
I' '1 Timnwn.1.4 .
residents nave Men Drongnt irom
t and
4|WU''?m about the eity are subsid
ise although short portions of sev
eral streets are still inundated and*
basements are ywinamijer pools.
Water flooded sevenl'business houses
and industries with the resuit that
they suffer serious loss aad an hadif
CT*I>iea* - s? I
The inundation of the dty and the
rampage of Tar river followed nearly
Mf*hed its peak during the U bam^
period yesterday, the report of the lo
been Bttle rain today and iate this
afternoon the sun peeped out for a
I J*
f111 lillaU Ml
0 ?m S 1
J
- ? ? ? .
, iOW 1-i* i LeglM J
*?? :? ??1
'%me> A^Drain, ^ Waamo^toP,
? ;var .o*l ia the Span1?fc?j^58^
fii.M Wj.'.LALiU' .J V. ?'? ' " '
People Who Get Stack 02
fcaieigh,"Octk??In sofarasthew
vyhypwyn ^ ?. j *&
mita, and the promoter podcatjac the
j^gjjg fMft No^O^
Tn?nr?nfo ^nuiMlirtltfr. ffl S st?t6-:
went to tfc* press dealing with e31
exploitation in Eastern North Caroli
unsafe and.the tactics of^ promot-j
e*s as ^^^abM^eproach. He d?-._
boy the land offered for sale may
haw a "run for their money" and
?r the -gg
ee* sha$ be mfelo]*^** fcroduee
the values held but to the prospect
than to enrich those who would ex
ploit the eredttHy of the people. ?V ;I
"
to oil craze, and when those'who
- *?.Jz- , ' *'v i"> '" ? www^eg ? 'T*?u
Mid profit immensely from an ?
ploitation of aOegad oil lands are
j AVIS utivu wv
| , Wm-lm fnr ttrVplfc ftflr -W0{,
it CT ^yf i i ,#' .li_ 1, ,i | i V j 1
I ' ? J ?
n >? ,. n *' -...? I . r I, ll A
} than speculation, And cannot sail' un
I der false colors. It & only where the
and speculation axe mixed in unde
j termined proportion^ and where there
fr *, .tota^y-?hid> ymlw. my
be measured that-common sense de
(mands protection for the peojda. If
j the blue sky law is inoperative in such
I eases it fails to do what its most libs
rail critics would expect of it :p'|j
"Literally interpreted our blue sk^
j law has fcolimitations, but interest in
I when land is sold as such and ad
|?f values, no such protection to the
I inducement to purchase Ijksome un3
| certain and prospective value fompi
ul^!tte?jf
onfSbt the*son* Sd bli^ta I
principles shduld be iipBed to p^ I
tect the impulsive from the impostor,
the enthusiast from the exploiter, for
such a conveyance of land, lacking
any productive factor, becomes a high
ly speculative investment contract and
falls clearly with the prohibitions of
the bine sky law.
rL&lm promoters eouid hardly claim
that th? have had in mind if any
time the sal* of these lands for their
value as land* Jmt only as and when
the prospect of oil made it possible'to
capitalize a value H does not yet pa|||
? "Admitting Sit oil ewe some
where in Fasteni Carolina, even in
i commercial ctuuiviu65) tn6S6 VBntur^B
atSt lMk the^etement of soundness
the case of a stock selling corpora
I eat tangible assets, that underta'^ to
write into its balance sheet the good
IP^fa all wdiventam where the d* l
mentof risk outweighs the probabil
ity ofgain, where promotion and
nreseni insurance commission may be
1* 1 itfi'Mel 'I I '? iii ? i*i f a i'Y iif 111 ., anrl fkftl' .
L* X bos? may bare
their money, and that,. I
tion of the proceeds shall be em
ef the people/'
ATTBNTIOK. NBW VOTERS '
M M - .re* 4 j
g i^pyi
I -"S^ir'*> ^VTfir. ?.TT r*_ -- " .*;'"l: 1
0;'^3f^.
* ? + ? ??? '*"*** '4 *a '"V'- ' ' ? < 4
hs6 b<H*n bloiri^ here nj^J
^IOQ * Nfl
In 1320 there W6P6 ^ 5^4^)00 ' Votes I
^ ^ -i i^Bc^ed ^ | ^ I
vn ttttin T-? T" t _
PMAIlffiltf D pi.2 JV_ 1 i w "J w ?
year
^rt^d^^Sden",1L\ ^
praised the former president, told of
members for harmony- and eo-opera
appointed at this time:
. Ways andMeans?Mesdamea I
A. Rouse and G. M. HoWem w*| I
Program?MesdaiS^ Loyd Smith,
Heywood Smith,-f W. Lovdae^ J; V*
Morgan ana JUS8 nacner joraaiu:?
Social Swvice-Me.dami*' *. B." I
wner, A; W. WWUker, G ? Dixon.
MombershifS^iiltedames A. S. Bynutojl
P. E. Jones, D. E. Oglesby. : rSlfSjB
Grounds?Mfcs Tatttha DeVisconti I
find
The room roll call'Was then made
and Miss Annie Perkins dron the re- j
reminded the aasow j
oomes hew under its auspices in Oe-j
her Merest and filthful and
in lift
6* of the feetdty^foBo^ adjourn
of 20 pi
*? - over the.
ing period the Aine^
aav* A h4a?maWIW A eo<whi44iMi mi ? i?> 11 Ml ail i'B
rap Automobiie Association announG?|
ed today upon the basis of the awlk I
annual, count made by the United
first six: months oltheyear 13,645,I
#aiy If ISfifc Nesa yorit iwd l^SSy
362, Califox?|itd^M>0x5, Ohio 1,160,
000, and INnttylvanla 1J81&8J *?gl
T*e tot?i receipts frwn registra
tion:: fees, Beenses; tad permits
amounted to $199,472,682, and from
,'M^ j. .' ''.f ,? A'.i* ? -y~_ *v Aj 2-M.-i-a'I ". ' AAA a Aia,'""
410. These funds ? do not induds'iMd^
sonaL property taxes on automobiles,
which are levied in 80' states.
' ri.^' . ??'. * - , I
?" ?? ? 111
iiy the office of Secretary of State
? Mft,.', other oht i stoogI sscond i
* I U M A T? w4 tlrtV A it
961 A {jiyfln^oi* 31 * Allc^hsny ^X1 *' AH" 1
W Bertie 81; Bladen 28; Brunswick
!?; Buncombe 256; Burke 82; Cabell
^*35; Duplin 70; Dirham 134; EtfgOr
combe 85; Forsyth 229; Franklin <27;
Gaston 110; Gates 28; Graham 0;
Granville^ 77; Qt&ntAQil. GcJMo^i;.
quotank 126; Pender 11; Perquim^W ]
58; Person 80; Pttt 107; Polk 21; Ran
j 4yaen, ept 80.?Thera waa a cload-J
toilet here this evenin gat 8 o'cfocW
affc* rain for several days. Water]
crops, property and highways.
TEACHEBS GUESTS OF I
.. J
m, ' W . / |
15, is today a
he saved from go&ginto a ^washout
just east of this city are conowied.
mITC^L/UvTa Mti*
?Jftf & ft*1***the Norfolk
Southern railroad.
According to reports the lad was
walking along the tracks betweenr his
home and this city when the earth
of an embankment gave wayteneatH
him. Climbing bade to the track, he
made a hasty inspection, f&lins? that
the watfeis from streams swollen by
the excessive rains had cut through
beneath the CO foot embankment and
tw, ,?banlc$^^
though it appeared solid from above
only a. shell of earth was supporting
the tracks for. a distinct* of roan feet
Realizing what the result might be
if thf passenger train then" ajwut due
US
?^^to^m>is^tratn out from tt|,
of a washout ahead The engineer,
cavity large* enough to eo
11' vinf UaAv, la/] p/1
Hunter^when interviewed this mon? 1
to the-detail* of the near
Raleigh, Oct 1.-kludge J. Loyd
Carolina has the right to
imposh ah Inheritance tax upon a re-,
sSS'SSSSr;
state w the merits of the lse, ow?
ruhhf (Mi state's contentiom^Biat
plaintiff had no. right to bring tho '
advancedjfor^vl
a^wdy. hearipg before .the 'fqp^^
termined in various states and hflh
Y i TT T> 1. 11 Y*. ? ? i ,
representing the State aihd City Bari
f f >kk_ Jf / * wir ' A '
The trust had been ma^ long
enough to* oring it without the terms