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VOL. XXXV, No.
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons ®ymaU- peryear <tn advance) $2.50
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Storm Claims
LATENEWS
Shower* Likely.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy preceded by
•flowers this afternoon and early
tonight on tho roast. Saturday fair
followed by thunder showers In
destern portion.
1 YARN MADEINTO
CLOTH HERE HITS
NEW YORK QUICK
Bought In Rutherfordton, Woven
Here And Shipped By Air There
In 24 Hours
Spartanburg.—Yarn bought In
Rutherfordton Tuesday morn
ing was woven into cloth at
Shelby and brought to Spartan
burg in time to make connection
with air mail and be delivered
In New York Wednesday morn
ing, 24 hours later.
This record sample shipment was
made by thc'Eastsidc Manufactur
ing company of Shelby in order to
send a piece of airplane cloth along
with a bid on a large order of the
product to a New York firm.
Being informed bids would be
opened Wednesday and desiring to
•ell the order of airplane cloth, the
mill placed John Toms, superin
tendent, and H J. Spry, designer,
in charge of the undertaking of
making the close mall connections.
They believed by extra rapid
work and making close connections,
the feat could be accomplished.
The yam was bought in Ruther
fordton at 7 a. m„ placed in an
automobile which speeded the 28
miles to Shelby The thread was
put through all necessary processes,
closely watched and timed so they
could be moved without loss of
time from one to another. The
sample was ready for shipment at
4:20 p. m.
Mr. Toms and Mr. Spry hurried
by automobile to Spartanburg,
reaching this city at 5:45 p. m It
was posted in time for the air port
mail carrier to take it to the port.
SUIT THREATENED
CITY FOR ARREST
W. G. Graham Hailed Into Court
Proved To Be Wrong Man,
la Said.
A suit against the city of Shelby
for erroneous arrest is threatened
by W G. Graham, well known citi
zen. according to reports.
Graham, it is understood from an
authentic source has been consult
ing attorneys hers about filing a
damage suit but so far no definte
action has been taken.
Lawyers consulted say that Gra
ham alleges that some time back he
was arrested and hailed into the
local court charged with selling
meat in the city without propel" li
cense. When the evidence was
reached it was found out, it is said,
that W. G. Graham was not the 6ne
who had been selling meat without
license, information being to the
effect that it was his son, Winifred.
Whether or not the suit will ma
terialize remains to be seen.
Frank Lewis Back,
Unable To Labor
Big War Vet Says He Is Not Phy
sically Able To Work On
Rock Pile.
Sheriff Hugh Logan returned to
Shelby last night from Washington
with Frank Lewis, Princess Pat war
vet, who escaped from the chain
gang here while serving a term aft
er being convicted of shooting into
the home of a neighbor in the i
« South Mountains.
Lewis told officers that he left the
gang because he was not physically
able to swing a pick and use a
shovel. He is willing and ready, he
said, to go back to the gang and
serve out his term provided he is
given light work that will not in-,
jure him. Due to his husky appear
ance people think him very healthy,
Lewis told officers, when in fact he
says that he is not in condition to
do heavy labor.
Cleaning Plant
Is Moved Here
Amongst the ever increasing
number of new enterprises for Shel
by, is a dry cleaning plant removed
here from Greenwood. S. C. "Jim”
Beck, and Hugh Pratt, operating
under the firm style of Beck and
Pratt, are the proprietors of the in
coming concern.
Mr. Pratt told The Star Thursday
that he and his partner had visited
and investigated some twenty-five
towns in the two Carolinas. and
they found Shelby to be the busiest
and most enterprising of the lot.
“Your city," he said, "has the
reputation of being one of the best
—if not the best—in the two states.'
The new concern will begin opera
tions on Monday, and will be locat
ed in the Webb building, in the
rear of Pendleton’s, in the building
formerly occupied by the Chero
Cola bottling works.
J
This County Transports Pupils
At One-Half Average N. C. Cost
1.605 Pupils In Cleveland Ride To
School Each Day For $7.78
Per Year.
The cost of transporting pu
pils to and from school in Cleve
land county is only one-half
the average cost of the other
counties of the state, according
to statistics assembled by the
University News Letter.
Cleveland county ranks sev
enth In the state, or has a lower
transportation cost per pupil
than 97 other counties in the
state. This despite the fact that
the 35 trucks used by the coun
ty carry 1,605 pupils to and from
school daily during the school
season.
Annual Pupil Cost.
In this county the annual cost of
transportation yearly per pupil is
only $7.78, while the average for the
state is $14.15 per pupil each year,
or $6.37 more per pupil than in this
county.
Lincoln county, with the lowest
cost per pupil in the state—$.84. is
the only county neighboring
Cleveland W’ith a lower transporta
tion cost. In Burke county the
transportation cost per pupil each
year is $19.31, or more than $11 more
per pupil than in this county In
Rutherford school transportation
costs $16,13 per year; in Gaston
$12.64 per pupil; in Catawba $12 04
per pupil, and in Mecklenburg $11
per pupil.
New Hanover county pays $57.25
per pupil each year for transporta
tion.
Twenty-three counties in the
state transport more pupils to and
from school than does this county.
Counties transporting over 1,500
pupils are classed as having large
consolidated schools. Cherokee coun
ty transports the least number of
pupils, 48
Casket Six Feet, 8
For S. C. Tall Man
Local Casket Factory Turns Out j
Extra Length Casket For |
South Carolina Man.
A casket six feet, eight inches
long, was turned out here Wednes
day by the Shelby Casket Co. on a 1
rush order from the Ellis Euneral
Home at Lancaster, S. C. A man
living at Jefferson, S. C„ said to be
one of the tallest in South Caro
lina died on Wednesday and no
casket dealer could be found who
had a casket long enough to ac
commodate his body. A special or
der was given the Shelby Casket
company and by the time it took
the undertaker to reach Shelby,
four hours, the casket was finished
and ready for its ride of 125 miles
back to Jefferson. The man who
came for it left here about 9 o'clock
in the storm with waters rising and i
threatening to flood the roads and j
wash aw'ay bridges so he could not i
get back home.
Mr. Z. J. Thompson says this
"six foot eight" is the longest
casket the Shelby plant has ever
turned out.
Pruett Held Under 1
Big Bond For Court
In county court today Judge John
P. Mull placed Ed Pruett under a
$2,000 bond to superior court on the
charge of burglary in connection
with the entrance and robbery of
the Columbus Beam residence near
Prospect church. Another man
w'anted in connection with the
robbery has not beeh apprehended
as yet. Bond had not been given
Just before noon.
Pruett, who was arrested and
placed in the jail after the robbery,
was one of the two prisoners who
escaped for a short time in a jail
break several days ago.
Cupid’s Business
Picking Up Here
As Many Couples Alreadq Married
This Month As During:
Month July
Dan Cupid doesn’t mind the
rain. In fact, the young fellow
seems to prefer rainy August to
blistering hot July. In 15 days of
August he saw to it that six couples
secured marriage license at the
court house here, which equals the
entire marriage record for July.
Couples securing license during
the month were: Laxton Hamrick.
Ellenboro, and Gwendolyn Rollins.
Grover; John Crawley and Marion
Lois Bridges, both of the county;
Kenneth R. Smith, of Wake county,
and Gladys Sims, of Cleveland;
James Smith and Irene Smith, both
of Cleveland; Roy A. Propst and
Melba N. Metcalf, both of Cleve
land; William Jackson and Pearl
Thrift, both of the county; Allison
H. Harmon, of Gaston county, and !
Vera S. Parker, of this county.
Baked Motors Brought Back From
Charlotte—Water Supply
Thought Ample.
There is enough water in the
city's reservoir to last a week longer,
although it has gone down five feet
since the pumps at the intake were
drowned a few days ago when wa
ter got into the intake tower. The
motors of course would not run and
pumping had to be suspended, but
the motors were carried to Char
lotte, baked and brought back. To
day a force of men is undertaking
to install and put them in operation.
. When an electric fuse blew out,
the motor used -to pump out the
seepage failed to work and the
motors were flooded, three in num
ber. Water leaked through the
bearings of the pumps.
One motor was flooded by high
water at the city abattoir, but this
was installed today and the abat
toir put in running again.
Water is still high and the big 50
horsepower motors had to be taken
to the intake on a wagon. Men are
working in high rubber boots in the
water. A sentinel will be placed in
the intake tower to prevent a re
currence of the trouble until the
water subsides.
Will Celebrate
Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Padgett will
celebrate their golden wedding at
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Geo. M. Gold ou Sunday, August
19. Mrs. Gold will aslo celebrate her
forty-ninth birthday. All friends
and relatives are cordially invited to
come and bring well filled baskets.
Watch The Hump?
32 New This Week
The Star has set a goal of
5,000 subscribers by January 1.
Thir,ty-two new subscribers
were put on this week, which
is no small start for the first
week.
The Star is trying to live up
to its slogan, “Covers Cleveland
Completely” both in news and
circulation. People living in
Shelby and suburbs can h^ive
The Star delivered at their door
each evening by The Star car
rier boys for 25c per month.
Pay the boy. Call him when he
passes or phone the office. The
mail rate is *2.50 per year for
155 copies. Either way you get
it, the price is less than a post
age stamp per copy.
Asheville Man Given Damages
Of50,000 For Ruin Of Home
Asheville, Aug. 17.—By a jury's
verdict, G. Wallace Bryant, cousin
of Mrs. Henry Ford, yesterday held
an award of $50,000 damages against
Henry Westall, Asheville clubman,
whom he charged with wrecking his
home by aleinating the affections
of his wife.
The jury, decided that Bryant was
injured to the extent of $38,000 ac
tually, and $12,000 punitively. The
defense asked that the verdict be
set aside as excessive, and a heat
ing will be set later
The verdict climaxed a trial re
plete with sensational testimony
particularly on the part of Bryant,
who charged that Mrs, Bryant and
Westall had not only conspired to
ruin his home, but broke an agree
ment to abandon their attach
ment.
Bryant testified that at first his
married life with Mrs. Bryant was
‘beautiful” but that after she met
Westall it became unbearable. He
stated that he had beat her a num
ber of times, once when she came
home intoxicated and two other
times when she ret used to explain
her absence or tell w here she :Had
been.
I
SAYS JO. DUS
Think South Will Stay Solid. Was
Backer Of Dry Plank.
Mellon Wet.
Albany, N. Y.—Continuing his
conferences with prominent dry
leaders of the party, Governor
Smith late Wednesday received
Josephus Daniels, North Carolina
publisher, who predicted before
Joining the presidential nominee,
that the south would remain solidly
in the Democratic columns in Nov
ember.
Mr. Daniels, who supported the
Glass dry plank at the Houston con
vention and later announced he
would support Smith, was the second
of the candidate's callers in as many
days to hail from southern dry
ranks.
The former secretary of the navy
under Wilson submitted to question
ing by newspaper men at the execu
tive mansion Just before entering
the conference with Smith, who in
troduced him. |
Entering into a long discussion of
political .trends and needs. Daniels
declared that while there was some
unrest in the south over Smith’s
prohibition views and as much de
pended upon what he would say on
the subject in his acceptance speech
next Wednesday night, he believed j
the people would take him at his ,
word when he said he would faith- !
fully enforce the law.
Stick By Platform.
“I think Smith will enforce the i
law,” he said. He added that he did 1
not believe Smith had repudiated
the partys’ platform by his message
to the Houston convention declar
ing for liberalization of the enforce
ment laws, and saw little comfort in
the references to law enforcement in
Hoover’s acceptance speech for those
in the south opposed to Smith on
wet grounds. |
Reaction to the Republican nomi
nee's speech in North Carolina was
unfavorable, he said, because Hoo
ver "has given no assurance or
promised better things except to say
he would not nullify the eighteenth
amendment.”
He thought the Democratic
pledges more specific.
"Great Injustice.”
Denying published reports that
opposition to Smith in North Caro
lina was based on his religious af
filiations, Daniels said these were
“doing a great injustice to the peo
ple there."
"Some may be opposed to the
governor on those grounds," he de
clared, "but the great bulk of those
opposing him are doing so because
they are dry.”
Daniels predicted that if Smith’s
acceptance speech “is not any mois
ter” than his previous declarations
on prohibition he would carry North
Carolina by 100.000 majority.
Speech Is Key.
"Undoubtedly much depends on
his speech." he said, adding that
the “people of my state are waiting
for it with more interest than ever
I knew people to wait for an ac
ceptance address.” i
Daniels denounced “corruption at
Washington ever since Harding
went into office,” and declared the
"same corruption with regards to
the leasing of naval oil reserves has
been going on in the enforcement
of prohibition.” He attacked the
placing of a "distiller” at the head
of enforcement, which he described
as only "spasmodic and honeycomb
ed with corruption, with office hold
ers flaunting the law."
“Do you mean Mr. Mellon, when
you say distiller?" Daniels was ask
ed.
' Yes. I mean Mr. Mellon."
Continuing, Daniels said there had
been no "serious, organized effort
to enforce the law at Washington.”
and because of this, those opposing
Smith in the south would hesitate'
to help to continue the Republican
party in power.
He said a change was needed at
Washington, not only because of
“corruption," but the country must
be freed from the domination -f
“big interests."
Farm Relief.
Prohibition was not the only
problem to be faced in the cam
paign. Daniels said, adding that ag
ritulture was of prime interest to
the people of the south, as well as
middle west.
He declared that Governor Smith
would be welcomed by great crowds
in the south, if he decided to cam
paign there, although this was a
matter for the national committee
to decide.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Houser re
turned to Shelby today from i
week's trip to Boston. The travelers
drove to Norfolk, where they board
ed the Merchant and Miters it a., the
sea trip
Cline Gives Idea
Of Best Method To
Operate A County
Says Deficits Can Be Prevented If
Each County Has A
Manager
Wilmington, Aug. 17.—Increased
activities demanded of county gov
ernments make necessary changed
business methods, A. E. Cline, chair
man of the Cleveland county board j
of commissioners, told the state as
sociation of county commissioners I
at Wrightsville Beach Wednesday, j
advocating the county manager
form of government.
Conceding that the county com
missioner form of government had
worked well in the past, Mr. Cline
said he did not contend that it
should be abolished, but so amended
that some one can “put more time
and real thought into the manage
ment of the business of a county
than can be done at one, two or
three meetings of the board of
commissioners each month.-’
■'Every business that is of any
consequence, as you know, has a
business head or manager,’’ he said.
"None of us, I feel sure, would
willingly invest his money in a
business that had no business man
ager. and we know', too that the
measure of success enjoyed by any
business depends very largely upon
its managing head. Now, if this be
true of all individual and corpor
ation business, why should it not
apply to as big a business as that
of a whole county?"
Mr. Cline asserted that there are j
very few counties in North Caro
lina that would not be greatly bene
fitted toward efficient and economi
cal administration by adoption of
the county manager plan. Lack of
efficient management, he said, is
the explanation for the deficits re
ported as created in great coun
ties.
For the average county, the speak
er suggested that a member of the
board be appointed to give his full
time to the business in the capacity
of manager, accountant, and possibly
tax supervisor and purchasing
agent, and that he be paid a reas
onable salary. If no member is
suitable, then an outsider may be
obtained, he said.
Cleveland county, Mr. Cline re
lated. made the chairman of its
board a full time employee, and as
signed him the duties of account
ant and purchasing agent. No other
changes were made in the person
nel of the bookkeeping forces, but
the manager was given supervision.
A mechanical bookkeeping system
was installed. The net result was
that the county obtain the ser
vices of a full-time business admin
istrator at the added cost of only
an accountant.
Of the bookkeeping system. Mr.
Cline said:
"We have in this a system in
which we have set up our complete
budget by funds, every fund having
proper credit for the amount of
money due it for the year. Then
as the moneys of the different funds
are spent during the year, the
amounts spent are charged directly
against the proper fund. This en
ables the accountant to know by
merely glancing at the proper card
just how much money we appro
priated to a certain purpose and at
the same time how much has been
spent, and again, the balance to be
spent all on the one card.’’
Hickory Children
Go Down In Flood
Swept In Swift Waters W'hilc
Playing Near River; Two
Others Saved.
Hickory, Aug. 16—Two children
were drowned and two others bare
ly escaped death today while playing
in the waters of Henry river which
had risen six feet above level as the
result Of the rainstorm.
The dead: Myrtle Young, 11 and
Guy Young, 12, children of C. O.
Young, farmer of Burke county,
living about four miles from here.
Screams of the children brought
the father and his two companions.
James Whitener and T P. Grafton
to the water's edge in time to rescue
Gladys 5, who had drifted down
stream for 125 yards. Meanwhile
the youngest of the quartet. Arthur,
aged 3, had saved himself by hang
ing onto a tree.
$250,000 Crop
Loss In Burke.
Morganton, Aug 16.—Crop dam
age in Burke county as a result of
flooding streams, which are begin
ning to recede, is conservatively es
timated at a quarter million dol
lars. This estimate was figured to
day by County Agent Sloan who is
familiar with both crops and the
flooded areas.
MOKE ABOUT THE FLOOD ON
PAG BRIGHT,
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Property Damage Is Very Heavy;
Ten Bridges In County Swept Away
Whaddya Know
About That?
Who was the first patient
in the Shelby hospital when
it was opened five years ago?
When was the court square
well drilled?
W'hen was the tablet with
the World War dead erected
in Shelby? What were the
first names put on it? How
many soldier boys left Shelby
in one four-day period for
camp during the World War?
And, just think, ten years
ago there was a gasoline
shortage in Shelby! Hard to
believq after looking at all
the filling stations in town
now.
Answers to the above quer
ies formed the news of the
day in Shelby “Five and Ten
Years Ago.” Read of events
gone by in that column inside
today.
6 Inches Rain
Here, Two Days
Near Three Inches Tuesday
And Near Four Inches On
Wednesday Night.
Shelby has had nearly 14
inches of rainfall in less than
two weeks according to a report
made at the city postoffice to
day where an accurate check is
kept on the rainfall.
In four days last week seven
inches of rain fell here and brought
on the first flooded conditions in
the section, nearly ?ix inches of the
total of seven falling1 last "Friday
night. Wednesday of this week wit
nessed one of the most thorough
rainy days this section has ever
known, rain falling continuously
throughout the day for a total
rainfall from six o’clock Tuesday
afternoon to 6 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon at 2.80 inches.
Regular Downpour.
Wednesday night the rain con
tinued with a near cloud burst for
40 minutes Wednesday night dur
ing which more than two inches of
rain fell. Fron* Wednesday after
noon at 6 o’clock until the same
hour Thursday 3.73 inches of rain
fell, or a total of 6.53 inches in two
days, or rather one night and a
day.
River At Lincolnton
Again At Flood Stage.
Lincolnton, Aug. 16.—Six and one
half inches of rainfall at Lincoln
ton since last Friday caused the
South Fork river and Clarks creek
to reach flood stage twice in six
days. The damage in this section is
mainly to low land crops from high
water and washing of highways.
Waters Near Mark
Of 1916, Start To
Recede Last Night
Hickory Children Drown, One Hen- 1
dersonville Man. Wind Twister I
Gets Two People.
Charlotte, Aug. 17.—Seven lives j
lost and untold damage stood as
toll of flood waters which were j
continuing to wreak havoc through
out the piedmont and western Caro- |
lina valleys and lowlands.
Floods, tornadoes and rains of!
unprecedented force and duration i
continued to menace both states,
dealing death and destruction, de
spite the fact that the rain itself
had ceased in most sections and
clear weather promised.
Two deaths and a score of in
juries were reported from Ashley
Heights near Aberdeen. N. C., as a
result of a tornado that visited that
village early yesterday morning.
Two small children were drowned
in the swollen waters of Henry
river, near Hickory. and another
w'as reported in a serious condition
following its rescue.
Two men were drowned near
Greenville, S. C.. while returning
home from work and a youth lost
his life in the French Broad river
near Hendersonville.
Johnmy Kytle, crack New York
Atlanta air mail pilot, who became
lost between Atlanta and Spartan
burg on his northward trip Wed
nesday night, was reported forced
down, but safe, at Old Fort.
Throughout the entire piedmont
section of South Carolina and the
mountains of North Carolina high
ways are flooded and washed out
and rail traffic has been seriously
hampered even in those places
where operation was possible. Land
slide^ at Ridgecrest and Saluda on
the Asheville-Salisbury lines of the
Southern had completely halted
traffic for many hours, but trains
began moving between Spartanburg
and Asheville at 6 p. m. yesterday.
Many towns in the mountain areas
have been out of touch with the
outside for hours and in some cases
days.
Although power dams throughout
the area were withstanding the
great pressure of flood waters which
have resulted from almost continu
ous rain for the past several days,
in some places the dams and power
houses themselves were in trouble,
although no breaks had been re
ported at a late hour. At Lockhart,
S. C., the water was reported run
ning over the dam nine feet deep
while the power plant at Neal
Shoals was flooded. Water was also
running over the Rhodhiss dam
near Hickory, but was two feet be
low the top of the new Oxford Fora
plant, where gates had been open
ed to relieve the pressure. Reports
that two serious fissures had ap
peared in the walls of the upper
Lake James dam above Morganton,
which is of earthen and concrete
construction, were denied.
Damage To Crops
And Bridges Over
County Very High
Water Fell Considerably Thursday
Night But More Rain
Threatens Now.
Swept by the heaviest rain
storm and highest water since
the flood of 1916 this county
was today counting the damage
as the swollen streams in ail
sections of the county gradually
crept back into their banks.
Meantime threatening rain
clouds rolled overhead and the
effects of another disastrous de
luge were being discussed.
With the ground soaxec: rrom the
deluge Friday night of last week
the steady downpour of Wednes
day and a still heavier deluge Wed
nesday night, streams all over the
county poured from their banks in
to adjoining lowlands, submerging
acres of corn and badly damaging
others.
Bridges Swept Down.
The bridges in Cleveland county,
four of them steel structures, were
swept away, two others badly’dam
aged, and culverts and abutments
of three others were washed down
before the onslaught of the swollen
streams. Estimates here today as to
the damage to the farm crops of
the county ranged from $100,000 up
ward. The second big rain coming
on the heels of the one last week
was near disastrous to the major
part of the county corn crop and
cotton is damaged to an extent that
cannot be estimated as yet.
More Rain Likely.
Streams in this section, includ
ing Broad river and the larger
creeks, were down from 10 to 15
feet this morning hut weather re
ports warn of more rain and show
ers tonight and late tomorrow.
Just how much the county was
damaged by bridges swept away and
wash-outs could not be estimated
today by R. Lee Weathers, member
of the county commission board,
who was checking over the damage
as reports came in. Where the en
tire bridge was gone a damage esti
mate could be made but where
abutments and culvert fills were
gone it was hard to estimate the
damage.
Two Townships Hit.
No. 9 and No. 10 townships seem
ed to have suffered the greatest
damage to bridges, Mr. Weathers
states while on a tour of inspec
tion. Bridge damage so far is list
ed as follows:
A culvert at the right of Beams
mill; a wood bridge at the Royster
school house; a bridge above Capt.
Ed Dicksons; in No 10 township—
a bridge at Charlie Parker's;
another below Carpenters Grove
church; one on the Tom Sweezy
place; a steel bridge at Jim Roy
sters; a bridge at the Toney place
(Continued on page eight.)
“Lake Lure Dam Will Hold,” Say
Officials; Valley Residents Warned
"Lake Lure dam at Chimney Kock
is holding and‘will hold the flood
waters,” said J. H. Thomas, of
Forest City, In a telephone message ;
to The Star this morning.
Rumors were afloat all day yes
terday and today that Lake Lure,
had burst. Other rumors had it that
the big dam could not hold longer
than two hours. Other reports had
it that big leaks had appeared in
the dam. but Mr. Thomas says
Mees and Mees. contractors and
engineers, are on the job and de- ;
clare that while there is some dan
ger in one wing of the dam break
ing, every indication is that it will
hold.
Warn Valley People,
Officials of the company, how
ever. took due precaution for the'
safety of the people down stream
They were notified to get to places
of safety in the event the worst
came and all day and all night
long, runners were kept on duty to
carry any warning message as fast
as they could to those who insisted
on remaining in the flood area.
Earth Sloughs Off.
On the north side of a dam. a por
tion of the earth back-filling has
sloughed off; leaving a gap as large
as a big house. Thomas and B. B.
Doggett. officials of the company,
say this was caused by wet weather
springs and not by any seepage
Bus Here From
Lake Lure Scene
Shortly after 11 o'clock to
day a big motor bus, operated
by the Queen City linesfl came
into the bus terminal here
with a load of passengers
from the section about Chim
ney Rock and Lake Lure. The
rear of the bus when it ar
rived was on fire and caused
some excitement. It was one.
of the first trips out of the
Lake Lure section by motor
on highway 20 since the
streams became flooded.
The bus driver stated that
due to cave-ins and washouts
the journey was somewhat
precarious but that he made
it without accident, crossing
Puzzle creek bridge which has
been submerged by water for
near two days.
through the dam. In front of this
cave-in there still remains 25 ieet
or more of the back-filling of the
wing of the dam. In front of this
wing which has been damaged is a
re-enforced concrete wall, embedded
in the rock on the side of the
mountain which the engineers ant
officials say, make it almost sure
of holding. The water that seeps up
in the earthern part is clear water,
showing that it comes from wreb
weather springs rather than from
the lake, officials say.
Thomas and Doggett stated this
morning that should: this wing give
away, only seven feet of the water
in the dam would be turned lose,
unless the main body of the dam
should break which they declare id
very improbable. t
i Bridge Gone, Road Impassable
[ During the heavy rains of last
I week, the flood gates were opened,
but closed when the waters had
passed. When the heavy downpour
fell again this week, another at
tempt was made to open the flood
gates, but the chain broke and yes
terday and today workmen wera
trying to raise them with “jacks.”
Warnings were issued to people
j living in the valley section to va
f cate and many moved out. Tele
I phone w ires were down and com
' munieation with Chimney Rock was
broken, but workmen hope to havo
these lines restored today. Along
highway 20 between Rutherfordtou
and Lake Lure there were six
landslides and washouts and be
tween Lake Lure and Bat Cave, ths
rushing torrent cut a section of tha
highway out, making it unpossibla
l for a time to pass bv motor,