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The News Printerv 111 equipped to do your next order of Job printing promptly. Don't tend your work out o( town we will do It to eult you. lkt us convinces yoxt. The Lenoir News. 1I the very beat Advertising Medium, becaune It is read by the Largest Number of the people of Caldwell County, : ONLY 81.00 THE YEAR ant H. c. MARTIN", Editor and Prop. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. PRICE SI .00 THE YEAR. sr K VOLUME XI. DESTRUCTION THREATENED BY ICE JAM. Niagara Falls, April 21. The terrific jam in Xiagar river today threatens the destruction of the towns of Niagara, Lewiston and Youngston. Unless immediate action is taken by the government to break it up, it is feared that the course of the Niagara river will be chauged and the falls with all the great power plants will be destroyed. Residents of Lewistou and Niag ara Falls are panic stricken. The chief of police of Niagara Falls said that if steps are not taken be fo.e nightfall to break the ice jam he feared serious consequences. Similar expressions come from Lewiston. At Niagara On-the-Lake, the water reached the first floors of three big hotels, imprisoning more than one hundred guests, who were rescued by means of boats. Thousands of lives are imperiled by the mountains of ice that choke the river and property worth millions of dollars is in danger of dessruc tion. Niagara Falls April 21. Tinted States Engineers were appealed to today to dynamite the ice gorge. The Lewiston suspeusiou bridge is in danger. It has a clearance ordinarily of 50 feet but today the water is about 15 feet above the ice The Vaughn Hotel, at Lewis ton, is abandoned and wrecked. The Cornell House is anchored by ropes. The ice pack in the gorge is complete, not an inch of water showing. Niagara Falls, April 22. Two thousa d pounds of dynamite ar rived at Niagara Falls today i" wagons overland and the work of dynamiting the ice gorge which has threatened property along the banks for days was begun. Charges of from 500 to 1,000 pounds each were placed in the crevices of the ice w hich varies from 40 to 0 feet thick. The glacier is twelve miles long, the head of which is ground ed on a sand bar in Lake Ontario, sticking there, the ice piling up behind it. The State Department of Public Works has charge of exploding the dynamite. Tons of ice were sent high into the air by each explosiou and the explosions were heard for miles. Explosions were sent off at Youngston, Niagara Falls and Lewiston. HtiiltlH up your whole body. H'K" nlatcH the bowels, clearn the blood, aids direction, makes von well from head to leet. That's what HolllHter'n Rooky Mountain Tea will do, great est spring regulator. Tea or Tablets, 85 cents. Dr. Kent's and Granite Falls Drug Stores. Items From Greasy Creek. Dkak Editor: As it has been some time since I have w ritten, I will write just a short piece. Most all the folks on the ('reek are done planting corn. If there is no more cold weather 1 think Vewill have a few peaches. Mr. David, Oscar and Miss Bessie Parson visited relatives at Hickory and Conover Easter. Freddie, the little grandson of J. M.Sudderth, has lcen very sick, but is better at this writing. Mr. John Hood is suffering very much with appendicitis. We hope he will soon be better. There will be a box supper at Pisgah church Saturday uight, May 1st, for the purpose of finishing the church. Everybody invited. There will lie preaching and Suunay School at Pisgah church next 8unday. Rev. L. King will preach at eleven o'clock. Wishing The News much sccess. Cabbaue Head. Eight Dead; Loss Will Be $5,. 000,000. Cleveland, O., April 22. Three deaths during the night brought the casualties as a result of yester day's storm up to 50, The in jured are in hospitals and homes. Nearly a hundred buildings were demolished, schools and churches suffering worst. Ten thousand men are out of work to-day as one of the results of a five-minujte hurricane that swept Cleveland and northern Ohio yes terday. The loss in Cleveland is estimated at 5, 000, 0000. Eight lives are known to be lost. UNLUCKY NO. 74 IS WRECKED AGAIN. Special to The Chronicle. Statesville, April 21. The un lucky eastbound freight train No. 74 was wrecked again this morn ing about one mile west of Oyama station. Thirteen cars were de railed and partially demolished, but no one was hurt. The cause of the wreck is unknown. TRAIN TEARS IP 100 YARDS OF TRACK. Special to The Chronicle. Greensboro, April 22. One hundred yards of track was torn up in an accident ou the Greensboro-Raleigh branch of the South ern about eight miles from here this morning at 5:30 o'clock. The west bound mixed passenger and freight train was running at a pretty fair rate when the brake rod of a freight car dropped and was caught in a switch. Before the train could be stopped the track was torn up for the dis tance named and three cars were derailed and damaged. Fortunately no one was hurt. The Southern Arranges Summer Schedules. Ashevilk' Citizen. District Passenger Agent, J. II . Wood, leaves today for Washing ton to attend a meeting of the of ficials of the transportation depart ment and passenger department of the Southern railway. The pur pose of this meeting which has been called by General Passenger Agent Tayloe is the revision of the passenger train schedules and through car ser voice for the sum mer season . While the passenger train and Pullman service which Asheville enjoyed last summer was the best yet given by the Southern Bailway, yet there is almost a certainty that the service as planned for this sum mer will be even bettter; in addi tion to the extra trains always put on for the summer to accommodate the crowds coming from the South, an additional train will be put on between this city and Bluemont. It is possible that this train will run as far as Marion or Hickory. This additional train has long been desired by those interested in the Baptist Assembly grounds at Blue mont. The train, if put on, will leave here about 5 o'clock in the after noon and will return about the next morning. The advantage of this will be that it will give a whole day in the city to those who live at the various points along the line. Another advantage will be the opportunity of people from Asheville to spend the night with friends along the line- Owing to the big T. P. A. Con vention the summer schedule on the Asheville Murphy line will go into effect May 31st instead of the middle of June as has heretofore been the custom. Subscribe for The News. .LENOIR, ST. C, North Carolina to Have Ten Cen. sus Supervisors. Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, April 22. The government is preparing to take the next consus. The work will begin next April. North Car olina will have ten supervisors, one for each congressional district at a yearly salary of $1,500, with $1 per thousand population in ad dition. These will appoint 1,500 enumerators who will get from 2 to 4 cents a head for persons listed. The President appoints the super visors and the Senate confirms them. It is generally understood that North Carolinawill have sev en Domocratic and three Republi can supervisors. LINEMAN KILLED. Willard Hicks, of McDowell county, a Western Union Lineman was killed in Marion, X. C. last Thursday. With other linemen he was eugaged in stringing wires when the wire he was handling came in contact with an electric light wire carrying 2,800 volts. Hicks was killed instantly and two other liuemen were badly shocked and burned. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. Mr. Thomas Stentou, Postmaster of Pootypool, Out., writes: "For the pasteigjit years I suffered from rheu matic pains, and during that time I used many different liniments and remedies for the cure of rheumatism. Last summer I procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and got more relief from it than any thing 1 have ever used, and cheerfully rec ommend this linimont to all suffer ers from rheumatic pains.'1 For sale by J. E. Shell and Dr. Kent, Druggists. Asheville, April 25. Fire which broke out in the laundry and en gine room of the Battery Park Ho tel this morning about four o'clock did damage to those departments to the extent of probably $2,000 and gave the guests of the hotel a bad scare. The Point of View. Harris Dickson in May Everybody's. "Uncle Ransom,"' said the Plant er, "you rode my lest horse twen ty miles to that festival Saturday night; you kept him out all day Sunday and nearly killed him Sun day night. How many times have I told you to let my horses rest on Sunday!" "Yes, sur, Marse Roberts, dat's so, but " "How many times have I told you if you didn't quit that, you and I couldn't get along together on this place!" "Dat sho' is de truf, Marse Bob ert, you p'intedly tole me dat But you knows a nigger he jes' nacherly forgits." "Every nigger on this place le lieves that he can do exactly as he pleases." "Dar now, bless Gawd, you sho' is spoke a parable! dese young nig gers is gittin' mighty trillin'." "It has come to this, Ransom: Reveille is not big enough for you and me. Tomorrow morning we part; you go your way and I go mine." "Yes, snh." The negro looked sorely troubled and bewildered. He glanced over his shoulder at the rippling lake, the open cotton, the perfectly level fields. Ransom had been born on Reveille and had never known any other home. His heart went out in supreme pity for the man who had to leave it. "Well, Marse Robert, cf we jest can't git along together ef we jes bpun' ter sep'rate, would you mind tellin' me whar'bonts you 'spects ter got" APRIL 27, 1909. DC n b AND EARLY same Now on Display, in Great Varie ties, at Extremely Low Prices, for Cash. Good yard wide Sheeting. . . .5c yd Heavy " " . ..6cyd Fruit Bleach, that all know. 10c yd Androscoggin, that all know 10c yd Linen Finish Suiting, nice quality 10c yd White Dress Linen, nice quality 25c yd White Dress Linen, French Finish 50c yd WThite Dress Linep, 10-4, worth $1.25, for $1.00 yd 10-4 Bleach Sheeting, Stand ard quality 30c yd 39 in. French Yoille 50c yd Holland Linnette. . . 12 jc to 15c yd 3G in. Wool Panama 50c yd 42 in. Poplins $1.00 yd Linen Galatea 12Jc to 15c yd 40 in. Persian Lawns 20c yd India Linons 10c to 20c yd Small lot Bleach at 5c yd Ginghams 5c to 10c yd And many other goods that we can't mention, that will le sold at a bargain for cash. KNICKERBOCKER SUITS and PANTS for the Boys, cheap. CLOTHING FOR MEN at rock l)ottom prices. See our line "KING QUAL ITY" SHOES and OXFOBDS for Men; "WHITE HOUSE " SHOES and OXFORDS for Women; "BUSTER BROWN" SHOES and OXFORDS for Boys and Girls; ALL GOING AT LOW PRICES. Greatest line of TRUNKS and SUIT CASES in town. SEE US when yon need any thing in our line. CHICKENS AND EGGS Bought and Sold. . Yours respectfully, W. A. WATSON S. Main St., Lenoir, N. C. 1 HERE'S 11 DOLURS DO DOUBLE DUTY Although we are offering some extraordinary things this week in cool and comfortable furnishings for the bedroom, our real "inducements" are by no means entirely confined to this line. It's a "wide open week" in all the departments. The lid is off. Not only the price, but the terms will appeal to you especially if you have a mahogany taste, with an imitation ak pocket-book. Did you ever stop to realize that the modem Harness-maker is also a tailor! Well, it's true. Not that the average harness-maker is capable of making you a sack suit or a (rock coat, but that he is competent to dress that stylish horse in as well fitting and genteel a suit as your tailor does for you. Try Price, the Horse Tailor. "WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!" PRICE ( LINE HARNESS & TANNING CO. 1 FERTILIZES We are still handling the OLD RELIABLE BRANDS" Farmers' Friend, Complete Planters' Bone and Potash Mixture Old Dominion Dissolved Bone and Potash Standard Grain Grower Standard Corn Grower Royster's Acid Phosphate Old Dominion Acid Phosphate Fresh cars are arriving daily and prices lower than ever. Geo. E. JST Mr. Hoke will wait STO. 50 is. I Yours truly, MOORE on you, convenient to load. k
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