THE
TRY AN AD. IN
THE ELKIN TRIBONB
SURE RESULTS
VOL. 9
EUda« N. C., Tltarciiay, July 27,1816
IU.CMTHAII KBSMNS TO lEPAlB
BANASE TO FUNMMMrEBT rACTOBT
\Vin«lon?Sal«in. July 2S«.—Him.
' 'H. Q. CliStham hita ilocided to
witlidmw fruRi Um nu:c for Um
Stale Seiiatei'Hliip In Fornytli
count}’ anti tod’^rutc Ills Mine to
repairlnK lim tluinnKC done Ids
company at the Rllcin plant by
Uie Voilldii i-kcr IIinhI Sundny
and totliQ i‘i:IiurorLliii1C|)li>rnliU>
condition of lliat town nnd aoc-
lion, many of whom, are In diiv
atraitH.
QuvernnrK. A. DoUKhlnn was
one of Uie iimsl en^ur men for
Mr. Clialliani U> uinhc the s-acc,
but whim he Kiiw Uic condfUims
- atlmitin la.«tt week, lie wmloalut-
tartoHon,^. If. Bllcr of lids
city, antinB*blin and the nlhcr
. Deinoqrnta^rtliia county to rc-
le.'woMr. Cimtliam from llic po
litical race and allow Idm to de-
^ vote Ids entire timo to the {treat-
er work that liaa berome his duty
at Rtkin. Mr. Dontthton writes
tliat the RIkin jicople aie unani
mous In urginK Mr. Chatham to
remain there.
This decision was made known
in a letter rccelrM from Mr.
Chatham by Chairman U. G.
Stockton of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of this county.
The letter follows:
Mr. U. G. Stockton, Chairman,
Democratic Executive Com-
ndtteeof Forsyth county.
Dear Sir;
When I reached Elkin on Mon
day last and saa-the iraRcdy of
Its destruction—a traijedy so
Sudden and appalliiiir as to niakc
me reverential, rather than re-
aeiitful, I instlnctlvdy saw that
it was inj- duty to drop every|
othor otdiKalhm and conshlera
tion and U) devoto iny enti
time and energies to the i-estora-
tion of tho jiropnrty of my com
panv and pf the commnnltyjio
largely deiH’Hdent upon It for
dally hresd. This will rcipdrc
at least six months nnd (lerhaps
a year.
I am lliercfore comtiotled by
the.se considerations to tender to
you my roslgnallon os candidalo
of the Democratic party for tlio
State Senate, feclin(; snro that
you will appreciate my i>osltion.
I am, with assurances of high
esteem,
Yours truly,
If. G. Cliathain
Chairman Stockton nnnounc
that a meeting o^the Democratic
Executive Comndttce will proba
bly lie called to meet in this eily
Saturday to select a successor to
Mr. Chatham.
AEBOPLANE SERVICE AND AERIAL
ARMIES
New York, July 21 An over
seas aariiplane service lietwccn
Eurotie and Aiiierica nnd ve
bio aeixiiiliinc armies in
clouds on lOuroiMan baltleliekis
areexiwtod by a Krench aerial
ex|vert who tniked almut the
probability to.lav to materinlizo
williin tho prenent yen .
iwinted to the tri]> of tho giant
nubmarine from Germany to
nalUmore as juntlflcatton for
wbat might otiiorwise bo termed
wild guess.
“There are going Ui bo flocks
and flocks of aeroplanes used on
both sides and aerial ballle.s,
with aeroplane armies, will bo
emme liniwrtanl and fealui-en ot
the grent war," .said ho.
“How to iransimrl guns and
ammunition by air is a matter
that is receiving cx|M(rt atU’iilion
now. Aeniplunes arc being
used that can carry a live hun
dred jtound bomb nnd they are
so steady and safe that when the
Imnib is drop|>ed the pilot docs
note any tightening of Uio loa
To be able to Iransimrt light
cannon in tills way from one part,
of the line to another would bo
tremendous ativantage and it Is
safe to nropbesy that tills will l«j
done beforo long."
"Clouds of aeroplanes aro go
ing to darken Uic ; ky before the
war is over, and some of them
will be huge air tronsporte in
overseas commerce. Tho aoro-
plsne has only begun to be
used.
niclimond, Va., July 21.-S,T.
Morgan, of Uio Virginia Carolina
Clicmicnl Company loiilglit -
word to Govormir fyK-ke
Nortii Caixillna aullionr.ing h
If there is niiy real suflering ;
need for uuUiile cuitlribulinns
for flood suiroix’rs in North Ciiro-
liim to draw on him for S.'IX) ixm-
sonatly and $500 for llie company.
He also sent a telegram to (!ov.
ernor Manning, of S.nilli tt-iro-
llna, orfering $-100 on iieliair of
the company in case of need in
that EUkic.
Wiiislon-Salem, July 20.—
With tliu soulbcaslei-n flnntls
virtually over. North Ciirollna
citizmis have turned to (lie work
of relief and supplies of food and
other necessities arc flowing into
devastated district from half
dozen cities in the State. 1
addition, Keprc.scnbitlve..s Page
and Webh have called tlio War
Department's attention to con
ditions in tho Yadkin valley and
Secretary Hakcr has order re-
ix>rt from District Eegineers,
with a view of asking Congress
for auiliurization to extend liclp
to the sulTerors if l'’odcral action
become.s nccssary. I{flier com
mittees have been organized in
scvcr.al cities.
Conditions are dcscrilicd a.s
serious in Wilkes, A.sh, and
taugii counties, wlicro many
laid to be facing slarviilion.
In N’oi-lli WilkcslHiroacominlltiH-
ppointed by the mayor lia.s sent
ont aiiih'ais for licip. .-\1| finsl
upplies arn said to lio exhausl-
d or greatly curtailed, and with
'roiulsnnd railw.ays waslied away
llie trans|K>rlatii>n pml>)e
serious. Tlic crops in Wilkes
and adjoining i-ounlies are s:;i
to have liei'ii coinpleP-!y di -troy
ed by tho big!) waters. Greens
bdro ofgSTfiz.a'noiWToilRVTnSrrWr
relief coileellons.
l''loi>d vieliins in llie .-\slievillo
district are Iming provided
food from that city and food on
Motor trucks are leaving Char
lotte at frequent intervals.
Trains and packliorscs arc being
sent to Chimney Rock section
with supplic.s. Appeals for out
side help liavo been sent out
from Rutherfordton.
Two additional liodies
•ccovercd from iho Catowba
•Ivor tmlay near Relmont.
fiolloved nnw Him the dontli fjwf
from the flood wilt he le.ss than
VVord readied here today from
North Wilkesboro that many
l>eoplc ill Wilkes, Ashe and
Watauga counties were dc.stitutc
and facing starvation, as a result
of the Hood, and appeals were
made for niitsido help. IiiNorth
lUO.
Rejiorts bidoy from the Chini-
ney Rock section told of the
killing of the family of li-ui'o
Gi-nnl iiy a landslide down Ikild
lounudn.
The armies of rc]>aii'nion sent
totlicIlocHl districts arc making
I’Hpld progress and prosiwlsare
that next ivyek iionniil schedules
ill be arranged in railvvay.s,
Ualeigli. July 2L—(Jltizens of
Raleigh, anxious Ui contriiiub* to
the relief of the sufferers fmin
tlic we.stern Carolina flood, have
i-eil to Governor Cr.aig sug
gesting tho ni)[)ointniDiit of a
central relief committoo and ask
ing the Governor to request
newspapera tocall for contribu
tions.
Greensboro', N. C., July 21.—
,T‘V* “hows the Southern Railway depo», entirely suorounded by water. Vlie water at
on the 5rr. TIio oontonls of nil oai-« slen.linB
on the siding, as well as all t.ic-froight Stored lu the de|)o6. was greatly damaged. A force of men
were put to work Monday after the flood, cleaning out tho mud, which was noni ly two feet deep.
Wiikcslmro
Tclicl coinniitle
a|)|>oinlcd by Mayo
Spai;ihourand tills comniltloc i
s(lmliiig out a rorniiil appeal for
food suiiplies are
either c.\h;uistcd or short and
itii roads and railroiuls iin.slied
away the Iransjiori.ition problem
Tiiylorsville is the
ili-oad jHiint to Nortli
Willccsbom where supplies may
It is 21 miles over a
road between the two
places. Moravian l•'alls is with
out flour and corn and otliei-
points In that section in a similar
situation.
Tlie food .supply at Wilkesboro
and North Wilkesboro is sufli-
cient for only a few'days. Gen
eral Superintendont Simpson of
tho Southern railroad, who
walked up the Southern iijjo
sixty-live miles to North Wilkes
boro. is reiiortecl as saying it
would bu fully 20 days before a
ti-alii ebuid lie runlntothatidacc.
Reiwrts of complete loss of
’rops in Wilko.s and adjoining
ties continue to come
TT'ohi remote sections and condi
tions are rCvenU’d oven worse
tli.ni at first rcixirted. Ahso
ule destitution c.xi.sU nnd in
many cnse.s' starvation is immi
nent. In Crcciinboro a relief
fund for tlio tlimtl suiiVrers was
sUrlcd late today and Umight
•ni'ly $IIXHiad la-cn contributed.
North Wilkesboro, July 21.—
So far no loss than |4 aro dead
IIS results of the tloi d Saturday.
t'oin up on Mulberry creek
comes llif report that a boy by
tho name of Caudill, about ton
'sold, ami twQ.'womcn wore
drowned.
Manuel Hayes and entire fami
ly of .seven waters of
Roddies river arc re|x>rted lost.
A water siwut struck just above
his home and^ooUrcly covered
llie liouse with all tlio family, not
one escaping death.
A landside on tlie south side
of tho lirtishy Mountain is
liorted, whicli c:»rriod a house in
wliU-li .a man, his wife ami fnu
children lived nnd only the iii.an
nnd wninaii survive - the foUf
children all wore killed.
'J’lio main b.dldiiig of tlio Shell
(Hialr fartory is roisirlod
linving wnslied nslioro i
Uondii, nlmut Ifi miles down
river, still standing uiiriglit willi
the l»[g cliair that sal on tiic
riMif still tlicrc. It is thniiglil
tlini mostnf tlmclinics nnd other
stock is intact. The car load of
i-hnlrs limt wei-o just reiidy to
sliij) has also liccii found.
TJn-co horses aii'l four cows
were lost on Reddies river by
Mr. W. J. Palmer.
The Moravian Falls Power nnd
Milling Company, whicli operates
a ixnvcr plant roller mill and
spoke nnd handle factory at
Moravian Palls is almost a total
loss. Their mill building, was
swept away, and a result the
village of Moravian Falls and the
LETTl R FROM MR. W. K BREWER.
(Spaelal to The Trlbum)
R>s farm, Abslicrs, N
•Inly 2f'.—The rain bcrclaslweek
cubeiiinliHi yntiii'd ly in lliegreat-
c.-.'.rM-.|ii>i that li:is kis'.ted ihi:
>C-'’i 'll in l!ii' l ist linn-ire.l years,
Tiiis >oction of Walnut G;
'• wiisliip in Wil!-,-'-: (■•■n-ilv,
noo- l!,e I,end kvniei-: of (I.c
i idi le jirong ol RniHng iii
•villi ii wiitorslied of ul lea>,i
miles along liie lllue Ridge.
>l icn.sl 5 miles alnng C'.irler
i51 const reel inounlnins. T1
:iud been sliimc-i-s iiliiiig (lu-
llu! Week op 4o t-'rldny ntgtit,
wlicii a reg ■'
I'.iiii set in iind tlie amount of
TiiJii fi-oip ilicji up (o aliout
oViock, p. in., .Saliirdny. wlion
Uie fivshoi wa-s at it's higliest,
nccnrtling to tlio I'cfiort of the
enllior bureau nflice hero,
11.OS inches; tlie total rainfall up
to Sunday evening was fl.Hl
inches. Roaring River, in this
section, was about fl feet higher
■Dinn the previous known high
water mark, according to what
Hilling*. Messrs. J. E. BllUngi,
M. 1j. Bowers, A. J. Billlngst-W.
A. Hulclilson. W. R. HutchiBcn,
U. C. Waddell, O. L- Smoot, A-
J. Moxley,-M. p. J,lines, S. H.
Caudill, John Kennedy, Dan
.Slinmiile, Cicero Caudill, J. E.
W.aliier. Che lands in the famous
•‘faJiigllotUima" of Mcssi-s F.
|{. Al.-xander. .S. T. Al^'ximder,
lb)b.-i t Alexsnd.!'-, Hiliii-.v J.-lnes,
Tyre Joines, s. F. J>ii(es, Jr.
Al .O llie lands of C. C. .-'dexaiMrai-
of tlie liasin f'reck s'-tthnnent,
I lli.> lands In il.e Htue Ifidge
old people say, for tho last hun
dred years. Tlie damage to pro-
l»orty runs up into the thousands
ot dollars, to say nothing of the
Inssoflife, The damage is grest
nil the way from Covenant
C-hurcb. indnding tlie Misses
wn of Wilkesboro is in dark
Power was also furnished for
til" opciation of inniiy small In-
ilnslrics. including lli>’ ixiwer for
running tlio presses of the Yel
low .lacketut Mni-nvian Falls mid
Llie I’atriot in Wilkcslioro. One
>r llie most Hciioiis silualinns
r.ieing Willres is I
pi-iicLically all Ihe lloiii- .md corn
iiiills. c.s.-cpt tlio North WilUes-
> Riilldi- Mill Uit'otlior with'
lx of il n wl.Cat wlik-li had
ami wltJi
"•kyet iK't'ii IlireHlictl, i
'I'tic lumber dealern and fne-
irics wliu have lost heavily in
Inmlicr .slock have c.allwi a
meeting and organized a holding
company which has for, it object
the conserving of as much a.s
liossible of the lost stock which
lias lodged in drifts down stream.
They will gatlier it all together
at some centra] ixiint nnd divide
it among tliemselve.s according
to each iiulividuid’s or company’s
loss.
$rHl,000 to$r5,(10(l. Sevci-.d stack
•ds of wheal nnd oilier grelii.s
re swept away. Almut 20
head of live stock- horses and
cattle were drowned. Two mills
—one a merchant mill of Vf. C.
Waddell, and about 7 or H dwell
ing houses were swept away.
The river all the way from the
fork, at Covenant Church, to
Basin Creek and on into the fllue
Ridge mour.laiiis presente to ob
server’s eyb the greatest'destruc-
tion that has ever been known in
this section. Tho bnnits of the ,
river are stripped of nearly alt
vegetation and liuge boulders
have been dislodged from their
long resting places. Once pro
ductive bottoms have been swept
away nnd presents a scene of al
most total destruction. The
river, in many places, has left it’s '
old Imd nnd cut it’s way In great
channels through the bpttoma.
Tlie dc.struclinn to growing crops
is grc.at. All along through the
day mid up to late in Ihf oveiiiug
great crowds of jicnplo could be
secH coming and goinp, viewing
tlio scene of the great destruc-
lion wliii-ii the middle prong'of
Roaring River iimj it’s tribularlea
Ixaig* wroxiglit. '
ha* lieon ’ Ku's|Wjm?«l: husiness
men are held u)J .and can't get
home. The mall Trom BroWer.s
to North Wilkosbore, U Ditliruly
stopped. U will be several day.s
beforo travel can be resumed,
owing to impassable condition ot
tho foards. Tiiero wore groat
land slides in the mountoias of
the Blue Ridge. Great number
of acres of corn, pasture land.
This tine ste3l bridge, erected in lkl3 b.y tho sister counties of
Surry and Yadkin, was sweptaway in the flood of July 15th. It
landed only a few hundred feet below, but is t..-!sted and^warped
so badly as to be of no value. The bridge was built at a d ' *
$4,800, and at the time ot construction was considered safe
destruction by water, compared with the previous high-
marks- Tlio new steel bridge that is to replace the old one
10 feet higher, and 510 feet in length, not indnding approaches,
and will be equhi|>ed with a double drive way and a center walk
way. Tho new bridge will cost about $20,000.00.
Tlio luss ot the Eikln Furnitu n
«n,i 11,1 ,A ,t A about a mile Eaatof town, will probably iiotexceed $5,000. The water at the highest stood 27‘^ches deoo In the office
d did considerable damage to the flxtnres. In one of tlie factory buildings the water stood at the same height, beln^ on a level with the office, and much dmagf by
faolnrea n popular line of fnrnituro. and it is graU/yIng tosnow Uiat Uiey will soon be In roadhiose to again supply tholr rapidly growing trade. ^ ^
Including timber, slid off engulf
ing the hollows and streams.
Tliree persons, two women and
little boy, wore drowned. One
of tho wmneu nnd tho little boy
have been found. The woman
was fonnd Sunday lodged in a
tlrlft opposite' Basin Croek
hurch. The little boy was
foimil late tills ovening. It will
lie a very sod day. inde^, for the
husband who was away from
homewhon ho rotnrnsand finds
Ills wife, moUior-in-law ami little
brother and everytliing dear to
lim swept* away and gone, but
such will bo the case. On the
west prong of Roaring River two
mills nnd a atore house were
swept away-and great damage
done bottom and o^er lands, as
well as to Dcrsonal property.
The damage done in this aeclion
Is so great that an acenrate esti
mate can hardly be given, but we
believe a conservative eetiinate
would place the total damage up
to around one hundred thonaaiKl
dollars.