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VOLUME 'XT. ' JLEISTOIR, 1ST. C, OCTOBER 15, 1009. XO.!)!i
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FEARFUL STORM IN FlORiDA.
Wilbur Wrifht Makes
Record.
New
Key West and Tampa Wrecked.
New Orleans, October 12. A
w reless bulletin from an unidenti
fied vessel off 8outhweet Florida
this morning says that an outskirt
gale swept Key West and 800 per
eons lost their lives by drow ning.
A telephone message from Tam
pa confirms the extent of the loss
oflife and adds that Key West is
in the grip of a reign of terror. Sol
diers have been forced to shoot
looters who began their work of pil
lage before dawn today. Lawless
fishermen aud cigar makers from
adjoining islands who were warned
to take refuge in the city when the
storm began, started the raid of
what was left of the storm demol
ished houses.
The city is already undej mar
tial law and the Key West Guards
are doing what they can to pre
serve order, but regular troops
have been asked for and the Sec
retary of War has directed the com
manding ollicer of the army of Key
West to render such assistance
there as may le requested by the
mayor.
Along the eoast giant wavesswept
over the islands, catching the in
habitants and hurling them into
the sea. These islands are practic
ally Hat and the 20 foot waves that
swept over them swept them clean
oflife.
Key West proper is a mass of
wreckage. Hardly a house is left
undamaged. The most conserva
live estimate ot in open v loss is
three million.
It is doubtful it' mm will cover
the loss uf life in the swept lis
trict.
He t ween 2,000 and :,0(H) labor
ers on the keys are believed to have
perished. The wind reached the
velocity of 100 miles an hour.
Report says that 800 people were
killed at Tampa. Four hundred
men who were building a railroad
on the keys, are also reported dead.
At Key West the storm demol
ished two thirds of the residence
section of the city. Ten of the
largest cigar factories were destroy
ed.
The damage is about R 000,000.
One hundred vessels were in the
harbor and all but the largest were
destroyed.
The negro quarter was wrecked.
The loss oflife is unknown.
The army barrack at Key West
were destroyed but there were no
fatalities.
There has been a request for mil
itary assistance and the soldiers are
patroling the city to prevent loot
ing. Will Use Polar Bears For Travel.
Captain Roald Amusden, the
well known Danish explorer, who
is about to start on a polar expedi
tion has decided to try a remark
able inovation in the use ol draught
animals for polar travel. He will
endeavor to make polar bears draw
his sledges.
Some time ago Captain Amus
den made a contract with Carl lla
genbeck, the famous animall train
er, lor twenty ice bears three years
old. Hagenbeck'N men have been
industriously at work for a month
training the beam. The animals
will be shipped to Christiana this
week where they will be taken on
board Captain Amnsden's ship.
College Park, Md., Oct. 9
Wilbur Wright broke one world
aviation record this morning. Over
a measured course of 535 yards and
bock, starting at a marker post,
Hying to another post and back,
the Dayton aviator made the dis
tance iu 571 seconds, establishing
a world's record.
Wright made t'uee flights this
morning. At 8:55 he started with
out the use of the weight or mono
rail, aud remained in the air for
six minutes, flying at the rate of
46 miles an hour. At 9:33 o'clock
he ascended aud made the record
flight. At 9:53 he made an exper
imental flight to test the ability of
the machine to get off the ground
without the weight or monorail,
and stayed up for half a minute.
Today Wright not only shatter
ed a world's record, but he has
demonstrated the ability of his
aeroplane to rise from the earth
int.) the air without the use of
weights or a running start.
Prohibition Here to Stay.
New York, Oct. 10 "It looks
to me as if theSouth would be solid
ly prohibition within the next five
years,'' declared Governor Ansel
ofS. C, "Prohibition is making
tremendous strides all through the
South. In my State, S. C. the
places where a thirsty man can get
a drink aie few and far Itetween."
And then he proceeded to tell how
prohibition had gained a foothold
in the State ami spread prior to
August last.
f iltcen additional counties
went 1 1 1 ' at the elections in that
month," he continued, "and alter
November I.", next, it will Ik' pos
sible to get a drink in only six
counties ot the State, and then
only through the medium of the
county dispensary."
Governor Ansel discussed other
phases of the liquor question and
concluded by saying that "there is
no doubt that the prohibition
movement has come to stay, and
that it is making steady progress."
Such a potent factor has it become
tbrougliout the South, he stated,
that all political parties are forced
to recognize the issue.
At Canton, N. Cf says an ex
change, is located the largest pulp
mill in this country, if uot in the
world It c t from two to three
million dollars; works about
eight hundred men and runs night
and day the year round. It takes
375 tons of coal a day to keep the
mrchinery going, and requires 400
cords of day to supply tkis machin
ery with material to operate upon.
The plant consists of thirty-nine
buildings, all sizes, and, when it
is lighted up at night, looks more
like a town than just one plant.
Very little of this wood pulp is
made into paper here, but most
of it is shipped North to be finish
ed into paper. They are consider
ing now' the advisability of putting
in a finishing plant here to supply
the Southern trade.
A Hurry Up Call.
tiuiek! Mr. Druggist yujckl A
box of Buc Men's Arnica Salve Here's
a qurrter For the love of Moses,
hurry! Baby's burned himself, terrf
bly Johnnie out his foot with the
axe, Mamie's scalded, Pa Can't walk
from piles, Blllie has boils and my
corns ache. She got it and soon
cared all the family. It's the great
healer on earth Sold by J. E. Shell.
Lucrative Job Killing Prarie Dogs.
Kansas City Dispatch. ,
More than 750,000 prairie dogs
have been killed in the last six
months by J. W. Holman, the of
ficially racognized United States
Government poisoner of the pests
in the Southwestern States.
"I am going to kill at least 1,
500,000 dogs during the next eight
months, said Mr. Holman, "Strych
nine is mixed with wheat and about
a teaspoonful is placed at the en
trance of a prairie hole. Each tea
spoonful killing three dogs.
The government pays a cent and
and a half a head for killing the
dogs.
The Clark's Creek Dredge Boat.
Lincoln Times.
The dredge boat bought by Lin
coln and Catawba counties to clean
out a channel that will remain open
in Clark's Creek having been got
in working order. Mr. R. M, Rose
man went up last Tuesday to see
it working. The boat is oo the order
of the steam shovel used in rail
road building. The machinery and
the engine which drives it are on
a boat sixty feet long. Projecting
from the front end of the loat is a
crane which works the shovel. A
cubic yard of dirt is scooped up at
each dive of the shovel, and is car
ried over and dumped on each side
of the ditch. On an average two
yards are taken out per minute.
Up to this time the work has been
mainly iu getting the machinery
to working properly and overcom
ing the little hitches that are al
ways incident to the starting of
complicated machinery, but on
Tuesday it had beeu so adjusted
they were able to do a full days
work and it has kept up its steady
speed ever since.
Mr. Koseman and others interest
ed measured the work several linn's
with the rod and saw that it was
coining up to the specifications.
On Tuesday it cut a channel twen
ty feet wide, nine feet deep and
two hundred and foity nine feet
long. This is as good speed as the
mo .t enthusiastic advocate of ditch
ing the creek could wish, and if
this speed is kept up for a couple
of years the people of Lincolnton
may expect to see it open up the
channel clear into the South Fork
river by that time.
Lightning Wrecks a Dwelling in
a Remarkable Manner.
The Salisbury correspondent of
the Charlotte Ol (server says that
Sunday night at 10 o'clock, during
a slight electrical display, a heavy
liolt of lightning played a most re
markable prank at the home of
Mr. Will Lyerly, near Christiana
church, six miles from Salisbury.
Striking the end of the two story-
house at the cone, the Iwlt literally
tore the building to pieces, throw
ing some of it a hundred feet away
and scattered and badly damaged
the contents. The cradle in which
an infant was sleeping was torn to
pieces, but the infant was unhurt,
and its parents had as remarkable
an escape when their IxhI was dd
mohshed. Ceiling fell all over
sleeping children, but none of them
were hurt in any way. No tire
followed the lightning's stroke,
but the building was completely
wrecked.
Two Hundred Thousand Bushels
Corn Ordered.
Mexico City, Oct. 7. Two hun
died thousand bushels of corn have
been ordered by wire from the
United States by the government
of Guanajuato to relieve distress
occasioned by the cold weather,
which killed all the growing crops.
Accordiug to George W. Bryant,
there is less than two week's supply
of food in Guauajuato, and the
most energetic measures are needed
to relieve the situation.
Night On Bald Mountain.
Ou a lonely night, Alex Benton, of
Fort Edward, N. Y., climbed B,ald
Mountain to the home of a neighbor
tortured by ABtlnna, bent on curing
him with Dr. King's New Diseovery,
that had cured himself of asthma.
This wonderful medicine soon re
lieved and quickly cured his neigh
bor. Later it cured his boii's wife of
a severe lung trouble. Millions be
lieve its the greatest Throat and
Lung cure on earth. Coughs, Colds,
Croup, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs
are surely cured by it. Best for Hay
Fever, Grip and Whooping Cough:
50c and 1.00 Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by J. E. Shell.
Best Apples in The World.
Raleigh News Observer.
Where North Carolina sits in the
apple world is the head of the
table. The Lenoir News says that
Mr. John S. Green, who lives near
Blowing Rock, has received a check
for one thousand dollars, the same
being the first premium on apples
awarded by the International Apple
Show held at Spokane, Washing
ton, last winter.
The gr owth of apples in Western
North Carolina for profit is only in
its infancy. The soil and the cli
mate in twenty counties is all that
could be desired, for apple culture,
and men with money are planting
fine orchards. The late Mr. Moses
Cone, one of the most capable and
far seeing men North Carolina has
known in recent years, foresaw
that growing apples was to become
profitable in Western North Caro
lina, and his apple orchard in Wat
auga county is one of the most
beautiful sites in America, and it is
going to bring in large revenue.
Capitalists at home and abroad
have planted large orchards in
Haywood and other counties west
of the Blue Ridge, and the indus
try is certain to I the most protl
table in all our mountain counties,
as well as in many other counties
suited to the growth of apples.
Apples are apples these days.
The time was when they were cheap
and not so highly esteemed. Now
they are knowp to lie very healthy,
as well as very w holesome, and
are in the class w ith oranges. If
you want to make money, go to the
mountains and plant an apple or
chard in the isothermal belt, or
come to the pine lands and plant
a peach orchard, or go east and
grow strawberries. North Caro
Una is indeed the garden spot and
the home of opportunity .
Serious Cutting Scrape in Mitchell
County.
Asheville. N. C. Oct. 9. - News
has reached here from Mitchell
county of a cutting affair which oc
curred there Thursday, in which
Jim C. Phillips, a well known busi
ness man, of lA'dgM-, Mitchell oun
ty, was seriously if not fatally in
jured. The particulars of the trag
edy could not I' learned, other
than Mr. J'hillips and another man
got into a scrape, in w hich it was
stated Mr. Phillips was badly
carved up, and was not expected
to live.
Mr. Phillips is a prominent man
of Mitchell county, and is well
known in western North Carolina.
He was a prominent Democratic
politician and was once treasurer
of his county.
Should Mr. Mitchell die, this
will be the third homicide in Mitch
ell county within a month.
Two Charters Today.
Exchange.
The Nilxdung Gold Mining Com
pany filed a certificate of incorpor
ation today with the secretary of
state, among the objects for which
it is incorporated, are to secure
mineral lands and to operate mines
The principal office is in Caldwell
county and the postoffice is Mor
ganton, R. F. D. No. 3. The au
thorized capital stock is $100,000
but may organize and commence
business when $1,250 is paid in.
The incorporators are Sidney II.
Bourne and Henry E. Wood, 43
Exchange Place, Borough of Man
hattan, New York, and R. W. Tay
lor, Morganton, R. F. D. No. 3.
Good rnj
PaintJ
Buy the paint that
looks well longest, gives
most years of good ser
vice and is positively the
most economical. It is
HARRISONS
48 COLORS AND ALL GOOD
There is no question
that it is right. If there
were a better paint made,
it would be sold at this
Store.
Write or tsk for
"A Book for
House-Owners.
It is free.
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Take care of your stomach. Let
Kodol digest all the food you eat, for
that is what Kodol does. Every table
spoonful of Kodol digests 2i pounds
of food. Try it today. It is guaran
teed to relieve you or your money
back. Sold by J. E. Shell, Lenoir
Drug Co. and Granite Falls Drug
Co.
Wi: M Mil IT take up a lot of your time telling
you what styles of work we carry and what
prices we are asking for them, and you
might not U much wiser than before. At any
rate you would n.iturally want to come in and do
some pretty close inspecting that is if you thought
of buying a set of harness. And you would lie quite
right, too.
It's poor business policy to buy anything liefore
ou have had a chance to find out something alout
it especially when the article is a set of harness.
People who buy harness they have never seen, of
houses they don't know generally get stung. We
want you to come to our shop, we want you to ex
amine the goods, and find out all about them. We
are not trying to get you to deal with us on specula
tion. The only way to satisfy a buyer is to let him
thoroughly inspect the harness first. Then he knows
what he is doing.
We have a splendid line of the lest harness in the
country. Call when you like, and
"WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!"
M(Dtln((Eo'
New Blacksmith and General I
Repair Shop -
We are opening a New Shop at T. L. Holder's stable, back
of the Graded School, where all kinds of Repairing, Horse
shoeing and General Smith Work will be promptly attended
to. We invite all our friends and customers to come and see
us when in need of anything in our line.
Respectfully,
A. J. CONLEY
HENRY E. COBB
Oct. 13, '09.
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