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folk v mm. Three Cents the Copy. VOL XIV. flEF (MINGS OF VVS of Interest Gleaned from Arranged For Severe Damage to Soils. 7n a bulletin just issued by Joseph rPvijp 1 van. oi iue ouue vjeoiogicai !n- i . 4. i vvpv UK itrinuic iuss iu me suns Lf the State occasioned by recent I V-L ,, , , mi i . heavy raintaii is given, xne bulletin 'in full follows: The heavy rains auring tne last ot August not only did an enormous Lgflroads ana roaas, but, according !to an estimate made Dy W. W. Ashe, Forrester ot tne .North Carolina Jeclogical Mirvey, the upland tann ing lands ot the middle portion or Hip State have been washed to an extent of more than half a million dollars, the damage being heaviest in those sections where the country vras most hilly and the rainfall most concent rated. This estimate, which is based oa the amount of soil which was shovm to be in the water of the rivers dur insr the floods, indicates that more than l.W.OOO tons of soil were wash ed from the hills of the Piedmont daring that one week of rain. About one-fifth of the solid matter .which causes the muddiness of the water during floods is humus, which is washed chiefly from the hillside farms. At two dollars a ton, which is probably less than the cost of re placing it, the loss to the farmers of the State only in the impovishment of their soils exceeds $500,000. This is a loss which is much underestimat ed or entirely overlooked by the far mer because it is a loss which takes place so constantly. In the aggre gate, however, it is so enormous that it is one of the chief, if not the chief reason for the poverty of so many of the red clay hillside farms, and it is keeping them depleted of the humus or manural portion of the soils. This is a loss to which northern soils are not nearly so subject on account of the lighter rainfalls and their more general character. The rainfall at Raleigh and at many other points in middle North Carolina was 12 inches in fov.r davs; af points in upper South Carolina 15 inches fell in two days: while more than 4 inches fell in one day at many places. Such concentrated pre cipitation, tropical in character, does not occur in the farming regions of the northeast. It follows that if the farmers of the South wish to pre serve their hillside lands they must not onlv use every possible means of preventing erosion which are used at the North, but additional means' as well; not only deep plowing and cover crops but terracing as well: not hillside ditches, but level ter races. There should be no land ly ing idle without a crop of some kind on it to protect the soil. All land which is not in cultivation should be protected from washing by keeping it in timber. In North Carolina there are about 1,000,000 acres of idle farming land which should be planted in timber if no other reason than to prevent it from washing, but timber will make a good investment besides, as it wiil be growing all the time without any cultivation, and will soon be large enough for posts, barn poles, and even small raw logs. For any infor mation about how to plant old gullied fields in voung trees, write the State Geologist Chapel Hill, N. C. Mills Resume Work. , Salisbury, Special. The Patter son Cotton Mills at China Grove, Rowan county, have rresuraed opera tions on full time after several weeks running at half time. It is said the mills will not curtail its force again this year. The mills at Cooleemec Davie county, are also running on full 'irne, having occupied a large new building in place of one burned last soring. New Hanover Votes Road Bonds. Wilmington, Special. By a ma jority of 370 New Hanover county voted an additional $50,000 for Cf)nt inning the system of permanent fond improvement inaugurated here Jn 1U01, sinc which time approxi mately $100,000 has been spent. The Note was light but very decisive, few ''allots being cas against the im provement. Arrested on a Charge of False Pre tense. Winston-Salem, Special. Oliver B. ff'- a young man of good appeav !l! was arrested in Mount Airy on ,t!" charge of obtaining goods from r' ' ' liiiuts of this city on bogus checks.' He will be brought here for trhd. He says he worked with Har Vu ,:i & Moss, contractors. He first hnj in a bogus check for $100 iii the aehovia National Bank, got a bank b(,ok and then had three different "tenants cash checks of various amounts. The same game was work 1 in Mount Airy, the peliee say.. NORTH STATE NEWS AH Sections of the State and Busy Readers New Steamboat Line in Operation. Washington, N. C, Special. The new steamboat line recently organis ed in this city, by Captains J. W. Dixon arid H. ,M. Bonner, who form erly were in the employ of the Nor folk & Southern, Railroad Company on the steamer . Hatteras plying be tween this city and Belhaven, which recently discontinued, has now com menced runnning on schedule time. The steamer Blanche has been chart ered by these gentlemen and is now giving a tri-weekly service between this city and Belhaven and other points on lower Pamlico river. The steamer leaves this city one day and returns the next. It is rumored that these gentlemen will put on another large steamer at an early date for handling freight exclusively. Drug Company Placed in Receiver's Hands. Goldsboro, Special. The Higgins Drug Company of this place, went into the hands of a receiver upon an action of the National Bank of Golds boro. Judge O. H. Allen, of Kinston at chambers appointed Mir. B. II. Griffith, proprietor of the Kennon Hotel, temporary receiver who was bonded in the sum of $8,000. The assets are estimated at $7,500 and the indications are that the firm will be able to pay all indebtedness and in a short while resume business again. Supposed Murdered Boy Turns Up. Winston-Salem, Special. Garfield Tilley, the young white man who dis appeared Tuesday night, alarming his family so that they feared foul play and had the sheriff and a score of deputies scouring the woods here abouts in a search for him, appeared at his father's home in good health. He wouW not say where he bd been since Tuesday night. Immigration Office at Wilmington Wilmington, Special. W. R. Mor ton, of Norfolk, has been designated by the government to open an immi gration office here during the heavy shipping to and from foreign ports during the cotton season. Mr. Mor ton has already arrived. Items of State Interest. The Caroleen-Henrietta eotton mills are now running on full time which, because of the continued de pression in prices is more an accom modation to operatives than profit to the owners. The bridge committee of the Fay etteville board of afdermen last week rejected all bids for the erection of a steel bridge over Blount's creek to re place the "half way" bridge, which was damaged by the recent flood. The graded schools of Caroleen and Henrietta opened last week with more than usual interest intensified by the recent educational revival there. Professor Moore, of Shelby, is in charge of ihe Henrietta school and Professor Beene. of the Tennessee University, conducts the school a Caroleen. Bids will be opened September 20 for the erecetion of the propose Nathaniel Jaccobi Memorial Building on the grounds of the I. 0. O. F. Or phanage atr Goldsboro. The Shelby Coton Mills is reported as having plans and specification pre pared for an additional building to hold 2,550 spinning and 6,500 pro ducing spindles. Prof. W. C. Riddick, 0f the A. & M. College, Raleigh, has completed survevs for construction of water works and sewerage systems at Wel- don and submitted the report to town authorities, together with profiles of streets, showing depth of cuts, grades, sizes of pipes and man holes, and blueprint map showing lo cation of sfewer lines, waterpipes and hydrants. The cost is estimated at $37,526.50. R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, Washington, D. C, reports the issue cf a patent on the ?2d instant for a garment creaser to George L. Edger ton, of Goldsboro. Mr. H. C. Eccles, for many years one of the proprietors of the Buford Hotel, in Charlotte, and one of the most popular and best known hotel men in the. South, died Thursday. The Harnett county board of com missioners let the contract for two steel bridges Monday, to be built right away. One is at Lillington and the other at Duke. The Carolina En gineering Company of Burlington got the contract for $1,000. INDEPENDENCE IN Al l THiur.c COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, GREENSBORO'S GALA WEEK Centennial Will be an Occasion of More Than Ordinary Interest. Greensboro, Special The week of October llth-17th will be observed here as "centennial and home-coming week," in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the found ing of the village that has grown into the prosperous and progressive city of Greensboro. Committees of lead ing citizens have neen at work for months planning to make the eveut the greatest affair of the kind ever witnessed in any Southern State. Nothing has been left undone to add). to the comfort, pleasure, instruction arid edification of the many thous ands of visitors expected in the city during the week. 'The municipal, county, state and national govern ments are contributing to the suc cess of the occasion. The centennial exercises proper will open Monday, October 12th, with a parade of 10,000 Guilford count v school child ren. headed by a United States military band and reviewed by Governor Glenn, Senators Simmons and Over man, and distinguished educators. The parade will end at the auditorium where the centennial oration will be delivered by Dr. George T. Winston, -probably the foremost living North Carolinian. At 2:00 o'clock in the af ternoon will be held the opening ses sion of the United States Peace Con gress, which will be one of the great est features of the centennial. Ses4 sions of the congress will be held daily during the session and among the distinguished non-resident visi tors expected are Hon. James Priced ambassador from Great Britain; Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson, a member of Congress from Alabama, and United States Senator McCreary, of Kentucky, president of the congress. Thursday will mark one of the most important features of the occasion, a good roads conference, participated in by delegates from all sections of the country. The annual fair or -the Central Carolina Fair Association will be held during centennial week. and in view of the large influx cf visitors expected, the management has planned to make it the greatest fair and the most cerditable exhibition the State has ever witnessed along its lines. The railroads will give re duced rates. North State Brevities. J. R. Lane, of the immortal Col. Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regi ment, is desperately ill at his home in western Chatham. He has pneu monia with some other complications. The Warsaw graded school and county high school has closed the first month of the current term with the largest enrollment and the best average attendance of any month in the history of the schools. Miss Anna T. Jones, who for the past four years taught in the 'High Point public schools, has resigned Miss Jones some time ago volunteered as a foregin missionary and will go to East Africa in November. Mr. A. H. Slocomb, of Fayetteville who was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the sixth district and who at first declined the nomi nation, has decided to acccept the honor, and will make a canvass of the district. Saturday, October 3d, will be a big day in the history of Thomasyille, A grand fireman's tournament has been arranged and an interesting programme will be carried out. It is the intention to make the day brim full of excitement from early in the morning to very late at night. The programme has been arranged for the benefit of the Thomasville fire de partment. While attending recently the con vention of druggists at Atlantic City, Mr. Charles' R. Thomas, of Thomas ville, entered the contest in the ex- hibit hall for the iclentineation oi ou specimens of botanical drugs men tioned in the United States Phar macopoeia and Saturday he was noti fied that he had won third prize and would receive it in a few days. This contest was entered into by druggists from all parts of the United1 States. Buys Piney Woods Inn. Southern Pines, Special One of the most important events that has transpired in Southern Pines recently is the sale of the Piney Woods Inn to J. M. Robinson, vrho has for two years been at the head of two of the Pinehurst hotels. Mr. Robinson is a hotel man who has made a success at the business and will take the Piney Woods Inn, which is one of the large hotels of the State, and put it on a business basis. in CF RH IS 1 Large Section Suffering Badly For Rain DISEASE OUTBREAK IS FEARED Each Day Increases the Seriousness of the. Unprecedented. Conditions Which Obtain in Western Pennsyl vania, Eastern Ohio and West Vir ginia. Pittsburg, Pa., Special. With loss es aggregating several million dol lars from forest fires and heavy dam age to crops, and live stock; the re ported loss of a number of lives due to fighting timber conflagrations; the enforced idleness of thousands of workmen owing to the suspension of manufacturing establishments be cause of lack of water; the health au thorities anticipate a serious epi demic of contagious dieases and many small streams, dried up and practically obliterated, the drought of 190S which has held western Penn sylvania, eastern Ohifr and West Vir ginia in its grasp 1"of- more than two months remains unbioken; each day gradually increasing! the seriousness of the unprecedented: situation. Three times during the excessive dry spell there have been very slight rains, accompanied by much light ning and thunder, but the rain fall was so slight that ihany persons were unaware of the fact and were only convinced that it had rained when shown evidences of the same on tin roofs . 1 Aside from the millions of feet of timber destroyed anji the daily loss to manufacturers and farmers, prob ably the most serious phase of the situation is the threatened disease epidemic. A majority of the popu lation of western Pennsylvania, east ern Ohio and West Virginia are even now suffering from Jthroat affections caused by the great 5 accumulation of dust and the heavy blouds of smoke, In this city, used tq smoke, the sun is almost obseured by smoke from forest fires miles aWay. and persons in the vicinity of thfese fires are ex perience g. difficulty n breathing. It is iearco. that when; rain does com it will wash great amounts of "filth into the already Stagnant streams with the .result that disease, especial ly typhoid fever, will become epi demic. The health I authorities have sounded warnings to the public to boil all water used for internal pur poses and say by doing this only can many deaths and much sickness be prevented. Next in importance comes the en forced suspension of ; numerous indus tries and the th roofing out of em ployment of thousands of workmen, many of whom had just returned to work following the recent depression. While in the Pittsburg district the water supply is sufficient to carry on all business the Ifow -stage of the riv ers has caused a congestion of much coal in this vicinity. Every available barge and float has been loaded with coal and at present with almost twenty million bushels in the Pittsburg harbor, the river coal mines have been compelled to shut down for the tvant of shipping facilities. There are about 15.000 miners employed in river nvnes along the Monongahelia valley. This great fleet of coal is for the supply of points in the West and South and the probabilities are there wiil be a coal famine experienced, especially in the Northwest, should conditions prevent the shipment .of the coal be fore cold weather sets in. In West Virginia lumber plants, glass fac tories and iron and steel mills, locat ed along the rivers, are closed on ac count of insufficient water. In Eastern Ohio the ame conditions prevail and it is Reared the great iron and steel mills; at Youngstown. 0., employing over 20,000 men, will have to suspend operations unless the drought is speedily broken. Arranging for King Pejer's Junket. Belgrade, Servia. VBy Cable. The Stampa says that the question of the visit of King Peter to the foreign courts will shortly be settled by the joint action of the powers. The ex pressed desire of the; powers that the Dfficers who were instrumental in the ieath of King Alexander and Queen Draga be removed, from the active list will- be complied with, says The Stampa, after which; King Peter will be received with full honors at the jourts. 1 Interest in Yarn Mill Sold. Yorkville. S, C Special. Mr. J. B. Pegram, of this place, who with Mr. W. B. Moore bought a con trolling interest in the Neely Yarn Mill, located here about two years ago, ana wuu wxm jji . muuic nao actively engaged in 5 the management of the business, sold his interest to Mr. Moore about two weeks ago be cause of impaired health. Subscription Price, $1.00 Par Year in Advance. 1908. One of the leading ginners of Cleveland county, operating near Shelby, was on Saturday notified by "night riders" to close his gin un til cotton goes up to the minimum of 12 cents per pound. Commissions are issued by the Governor, for Hon. B. F. Dixon, State Auditor, and S. L. Rogers, Corporation Commissioner, tb rep resent this State at the Internat ional Conference on State and Local Taxation This body meets an Tor onto, Canada, October 6 to 9. It is understood that both will attend. Double Tobacco Sales to be put on. Winston-Salem, Special. Owing to the enormous quantities of tobacoo coming to the local market, double sales will be started at all the ware houses. Good prices will rule and the farmers are mightily pleased .To bacco shows up well now, experts say. The better qualities are com ing in. Some record "breaks" are expected this . week. Big Sales of the Weed for Two Days. Durham, Special. The great to bacco breaks of Friday and Saturday shattered a record of many years and nearly 300,000 pounds of the weed were sold on the floors of the three houses. The Parrish and Planter's alone contribute 172,000 arid the big floors of the Banner were not reach ed. When that was cleaned up it was found that 75,000 pounds had been spread out. Quarantined on Account of Yellow Fever. New Orleans, La., Special. A quar antine against Ceiba, Honduras, on account of yellow fever there, was announced by Dr. J. H. White, of the Marine Hospital Service. No re port has reached here yet as to the sxtent of the fever in Ceiba. The quarantine regulations include the placing of a medical inspector aboard jvery vessel plying between Ceiba and New Orleans. Elailroad Complaints to be Heard. Atlanta, Ga, Special. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane left Atlanta for St. Louis, where he will hear complaints against the railroads in the southwestern district. The hearing of the complaints of Geor gia and Alabama against the roads in the southeastern district will be resumed. One of the first witnesses to be called will be Lincoln Green, of the Southern Railway. It is very likely that the hearing will continue throughout the week. Over a Hundred go Down With Ship. Seattle, Special. 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NEWSY GLEANINGS. Rabbits and quail are plentiful lower Delaware. The annual report of the Wabaalt Railroad showed a decline in earn lngs. Eucalyptus growing in Lower Cali fornia by the Santa Fe Haihoad ha proved a success. ; The American battleship fleet left Albany, Australia, on its journey off 3600 miles to Manila. Chinese merchants became mora aggressive and outspoken in their boycott of Japanese goods. j Foreign military observers highljl praise the efficiency of the French; troops is the recent maneuvres. The Interparliamentary Union, tat session at Berlin, accepted an invi tation to meet in Quebec next year. The new negro party in Cuba held its first meeting in Havana, attract ing general attention throughout the island. , 4 Great Britain has sent a diplomatic? agent to Jutland to report the mova-t ments of German warships in Danish waters. Havana Is free of yellow fever, and the authorities are convinced that th. disease in the city has been sup pressed. Superintendent Maxwell's .report showed that 67,000 children were on part time at the opening of the New York City schools. German health officials are closely watching the Russian frontier, and say that not a single case of cholera has been reported in Germany. The steamer Aeon, from San Fran cisco for Auckland, was wrecked on Chi-istnias Island; her passengers and the crew, fifty in all, were rescued. Comptroller of the Currency Mur ray, addressing the National Bank Examiners, complained of embezzle ments, and told them to work or re sign. FINE TRAILING. "How did you conceive the idea of going into fiction?" "I knew from boyhood that I would succeed," replied the great author. "When absent from school I used to write my own excuses." 'Philadelphia Ledger. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther you are removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. 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