The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 10, 1911, Image 4
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WATER FAMINE
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Pawer.
( CITIES NEED WATER
Charlotte is Without Water, While
Other Cities l>aily Ivessen Their
Supply.?Water lleing Sliip|>ed to
Stricken IHstricts in Tank-Cars.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C.,
eays as a climax to the unprecedented
drought this section Is experiencing,
one hundred and fifty-two cotton
mills in North and South Carolina
shut down Monday because the water
in Catawba River is so low that
the Southern Power Company cannot
supply the plants with power.
It is estimated that 70,000 operat
ives are thrown out of employment.
Jt is expected that work will bo resumed
In a few days. It has been
many weeks since rain of any consequence
has fallen, and local weather
bureau records show now a deficiency
of 5 0 per cent in precipitation for
this section. Creeks which have not
gone dry in forty years are mud
0 holes, and the distress among the
rural population, dependent for water
on wells, is great.
Mountain streams to the west, upon
which many flouring mills, tanneries
and cotton mills are dependent
for power, have dwindled to mere
brooks in some instances, and many
foreign enterprises have been forced
to shut down. Crops in this immediate
section are burning up In the
fields. Many farmers in this and adjoining
counties, despairing of a corn
crop, have chopped down the young
corn and are using it for feed, while
the hot winds are playing havoc with
cotton.
Cities and towns to the north and
west of Charlotte are facing the ordeal
of a water famine that this city
is now experiencing. Concord,
Wadesboro, Monroe and other towns
are facing the water supply problem,
and measures of economy are being
enforced.
The situation In Charlotte is not
improved, although the authorities
are working niight and day on the
nrfthlflm. Feelinc that the distress
is not being relieved as promptly
as was hoped by means of tank care,
the offers of water from Gastonia,
Shelby and Lincolnton were accepted,
and tank cars brought in 50,000
gallons from Gastonia. This was
pumped into the mains of the city by
means of the engines. It is hoped by
Wednesday to resume an economic
service through the mains. It has
<een cut off since early Friday.
Special prayer seryices for rain
have been held in churches throughout
the section. There was a brief
shower Monday and a light rain
feil Monday night, with atmospheric
c< 1 ditions t'*at promise re ie:.
A message from Columbia siys:
Any aid that Columbia can render
was offered to the authorities of
Charlotte Monday by the water-works
depatment of Columbia, and the city
council, at a special meeting, cordially
endorsed this action. Columbia
offered to ship either "raw" or filtered
water to Charlotte in tank cars in
any quantity. Councilman Superintendent
Wm. F. Stieglitz and Engineer
Superintendent F. C. Wyes, of
the Columbia department, left Tuesday
for Charlotte to look into the situation.
The Columbia water supply is
drawn from Saluda River and is believed
to be ample for the local requirements
for some years to come,
although council is now considering
the advisability of acquiring the Congaree
Creek watershed for the demands
of the future. The Saluda
River water is brought to the $4 00,000
pumping and filtering plant,
built a few years ago, ne.ar the Penitentiary,
by means of a double lino of
large intake pipes, which cross Broad
River, just above the confluence of
the Saluda and the Broad, which at
this point unite to form the Congarco.
In midsummer the local water
consumption often reaches 4,000,'
000 gallons. The pumping capacity
| of the plant is about 600,000 gal|
Ions, and it is likely another big
| pump will be lnstaled per* year.
To relieve the water famine, from
which tno c!!i/.o:\8 or onar ckio are
now suffering, 100,000 gallons of
Ashoville will l>e shipped to Charlotte.
A daily supply of a like quantity
will.be sent to Charlotte, in the
event that the situation there require
it.
Booze Clubs Raided.
An Anderson dispatch says Chief
of Police Fortune Saturday afternoon
threw a bomb into the ranks
of the social clubs, when he and his
[ men raided three clubs. Fifteen
[ cases of alleged whiskey selling were
f docketed and about 20 barrels of
I beer, with a quantity of liquor seiz[
First New Bale.
I The first bale of the 1911 cotton
| crop to be marketed was brought to
I McRae, Ga., by T. J. Smith, of that
t county. It weighed an even Ave bunI
dred pounds, and was bought for 25
Ev cents a pound by T. W. Both. It was
I a remarkably fine staple, grown from
I a specially developed early seed.
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MEETS COURT'S ORDER
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OBEYS
DECISION.
The Trust Informs Stockholders How
Reorganization Will Be Effected in
December.
Announcement was mad9 by the
Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey,
at New York, Monday, in a communication
to Its stockholders, of the
way it intends to reorganize to meet
the provisions of the Supreme Court's
decision of the anti-trust law.
The communication states that the
stock in about 3 5 other companies
shall be dis tributed rationally. The
distribution will take place about
December 1. The statement reads:
Obedience to the final decree, in
the case of the United States against
the Standard Oil Company, of NewJersey,
and others, requires this company
to distribute, or cause to be distributed,
ratably to its stockholders,
the shares of stock of the following
corporations, which it owns directly
or throuigih its ownership of stock of
the National Transit Company, to
Wit.
"Anglo-American Oil Company,
Limited; the Atlantic Refining Com
U/M'no.Qplirvmaor Pnninanv!
I ?aaj | IJVl 11V UVUI ^ muv. r
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company;
Chesebrough iManufacturing Company;
Crescent Pipe Line Company;
Cumberland Pipe Line Company, incorporated;
Eureka Pipe Line Company;
Galena Signal Oil Company;
Indiana Pipe Line Company. National
Transit Company; New York Transit
Company; Northern Pipe Line
Company; Ohio Oil Company; Prairie
Oil and Gas Company; Solar Refining
Company; Southern Pipe Line
Company; South Pennsylvania Oil
Company; Southwest Pennsylvania
Pipe Lines; Standard Oil Company,
(California); Standard Oil Company
(Indiana); Standard Oil Company
(Kansas); Standard Oil Company
(New York); Standard Oil Company,
.Ohio); Swan & Finch Co.; Union
Tank Line Company; Vacuum Oil
Companq; Washington Oil Company;
Waters-Pierce Oil Company.
"'Such distribution will be made to
the stockholders of the Standard Oil
Company, of New Jersey, and for that
purpose the transfer books of the
company will be closed on the 31st
day of August, 1911, at 3 o'clock P.
M., and kept closed uptil the date
when said stocks are ready for distribution,
which, it is expected, will
be about December 1, 1911.
"Notice of the date when said
stocks are to be distributed and of
of the reopening of the books will
be duly given."
"I'M SHOT, CENTRAL; HELP!"
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These Are the Words of a Dying
Man Over the Phone.
"I'm shot Central, help!" These
words coming over the telephone
were heard .by an operator in the
Monroe street exchange of the Chicago
Telephone Company about midnight
Wednesday night
She then heard the sound of a
falling body and several crashes indicating
the banging of the receiver
against the wall as it fell from the
hand of the wounded man.
She at once notified the police station
that some one had been shot at
one of the two addresses where there
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line.
One of these addresses was that of
Matthew Strdn's saloon and that was
the place where the call came from.
The police found John Dalzall, the
bartender, lying unconscious on the
floor near the telephone. The cash
register had been broken open and
the money taken. Dolzall probably
will die. He had been shot by the
robber.
How He Settled It.
A Chinaman, dying left eleven
sheep and three sons; and making a
will, left one-half of his estate to his
eldest son, one-fourth to the next,
and one-sixth to the third son. They
wished to divide without killing a
sheep but could not see how to do it,
so they sent for a wise lawyer. Sending
to his own for a sheep he put it
with the eleven. Now take your
half?six, said he to the eldcvst, and
he did so; the second your fourth?
three; the youngest take your sixth?
two and begone; and they did so,
when the wise lawyer drove his own
sheep back home. Was the division
according to the law?
Accused of his Murder.
As the result of the finding of the
body of Tuck Davidson in the river
a few days ago near Columbus, Ga.,
Monroe Lloyd, Ben Lloyd and Jesse
Phillips, white men, were arrested
on the chlfrige of murder. Davidson
disappeared about three years ago
while camping with the men arrested,
but his body was not found until
last week. Other arrests in connection
with the case.
Give Him a Lift.
If an article falls from the place
where it was put we instinctively put
forth our hand to check Its fall and
to replace it. In like manner and
with even greater desire we should
put forth our hand to support a fellow
being who shows symptoms of
falling morality.
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HAKES C0T10N GUESS
CROP OF OVER FOURTEEN MIL
UON BALES PREDICTED.
Government Figures Say the Condi
tlon is the Best In Several Years !i
All States.
The condition of the growing cot
ton crop of the United States on Jul)
25 was 89.1 per cent of a normal
compared with 88.2 per cent on June
25, 1911, 75 per cent on July 25,
hist year, 71.9 per cent in 1909 and
79.4 per cent the average of the past
10 years on July 25, according to the
reports of the United States department
of agriculture's agents to the
crop reporting board announced at
noon today. Comparison conditions
by States follows:
State 1911. 1910. av'ge
10-yr.
Virginia 102 80 81
N. Carolina .... 87 71 79
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I'Ul 1IIct o u iv iv
Georgia 95 ,70 80
Florida 94 70 82
Alabama 94 71 79
Mississippi .... 86 71 79
Louisiana .... 84 69 78
Texas 86 82 79
Arkansas .... 94 73 79
Tennessee .... 92 76 82
Missouri 96 72 83
Oklahoma .... 88 87 81
California .... 99 98 ?
Reports on the growing cotton crop
of 1911 received by the Department
of Agriculture continue to indicate
that the yield tnis year will bp one
of the greatest, if not the greatest in
lie history of the industry. The conditions
of the crop on July 25, as announced
Wednesday was 8 9.1 of
a normal crop. This was 9-10 of one
per cent higher than a month ago,
and 9.7 per cent above the average on
July 25 for the past ten years.
Based on the average condition of
the crop on July 25 for the past ten
years and the average yield per acre
for the same period, condition reported
Wednesday if it should continue,
would indicate a final total yield of
207.25 pounds per acre, which upon
34,000,000 acres, the estimated final
acreage, allowing for the abandonment
of three per cent of the acreage
means a total cotton crop of 13,093,
000 bales, of 500 pounds each. This
estimate is unofficial.
NO NEGROES ALLOWED.
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Color Line.
Beginning with the next session
of congress, negroes will not be permitted
to eat in the main restaurant
of the house. This is one striking
result in the change in the caterer of
the house restaurant.
Representative Roddenb e r r y ,
chairman of the sub-committee
the sub-committee of the committee
on public buildings and grounds,
which has had charge of the selection
of a new caterer, .announced
that innovations will be started, involving
the installation of a dairy
or quick lunch and also a separate
room for negro patrons As far as is
known no such radical departure is
contemplated in the senate side,
where the management remains unchanged.
Frequently well known negroes
have come to Washington on business
and have dined in the house
restaurant. 'Many times white people
eating there have risen from their
table leaving their meals unfinished.
While there was no unpleasantness
nor even complaints, the members
and- their clerks, especially from
southern states felt the annoyance
keenly.
WATER SUPPLY SHORT.
New York Runs Short on Her Usual
Water Rations.
A New Yor dispatch says that in
spite of the recent rains the amount
of water in storage along the cotton
shed and available for the city is only
2,000,000 gallons. There were
80,000,000 a year ago. The loss last
week was about 2,000,000,000 gallons.
But by means of the water
saving campaign the loss of eari>
summer has been reduced at th
rate of 5,000,000 gallons per day. Ir
June, 1910 the average daily consumption
was 327,000,000 gallons
In the same month this year the average
consumption fell to 286,000,000
gallons.
Sale of Texas Oats.
"This is the usual season of the
year," said Commissioner Watsor
Wednesday, "when this office is lit
erally flooded with letters asking
whether Texas oats brought from the
boll weevil territory, are prohibited
from sale in this State." Sevora
years ago the general assembly pass
a law prohibiting the sale of eeeec
from the weevil territory. There ii
a penalty of not less than $50 oi
more than $1,000.
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Sold vSanel^for Batter.
At Chicago officers are searchin<
for two pleasant faced countrymei
who sold a tub of sand covered witl
a two inch layer of butter to (Mia
R. Larson, representing that the tul
! contained 60 pounds of "sure enougl
country butter."
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FIGHT IN MEXICO
. STRIKERS AND TROOPS CLASH
OVER PRISONERS.
- As a Result Nine Miners Are Dead
i and Thirty-Two Wounded.?One
Thousand Soldiers Expected.
In repelling a mob of striking
r miners, who attempted to free the
, prisoners in the jail, troops fired
) upon them Monday killing nine and
, wounding thirty-two. The strikers
I were from La Esperanza mine, which
: they abandoned that morning,
i Monday afternoon the men in the
. Mexico mine, adjoining property,
i walked out, and at the El Oro mine
a strike was declared there Tuesday,
i F'earing that they might be the victims
of an anti-foreign demonstration
i many of the American women were
sent out of the camp on a special
train.
More than four thousand men, representing
the underground forces of
the Mexico and La Esperanza, are
out, and if the men are joined by
those in the El Oro, the number of
strikers will number approximately
seven thousand. The men demand
higher wages, but unofficially it was
stated 'Monday that the properties
would be closed down before increase
wmilrl hn ^ranted.
A detachment of one hundred
troops was sent from Toltica, the
State Capital, to El Oro Monday afternoon,
and President de la Barra
has been asked for additional protection.
He immediately promised all
assistance possible, and it is expected
that one thousand soldiers will
arrive there before morning from the
Capital.
Early In the day the trouble which
resulted in the shoo-ting of. nine
strikers began. The rurales had arrested
a few of the strikers, and the
idle men, learning of this, determined
to set them free. Arming themselves
with nothing better than
chunks of gold-bearing ore, they
started up the one street of the town
toward the jail. The mob moved
upon the jail, throwing stones as
they went. The little prison was ,
reached, but the rurales were in control.
The men were told to disperse.
They shouted their defiance. The
rurales 'began firing, but numerous
shots were required to scatter the
rioters. 'Before the mob had been
dLspersed, however, it 'had succeeded
in freeing the prisoner.
SUMMER RESORTS
Wanted?Boarders at the Chapm?an
House, Glenn Spring. Board and
mineral water, $9 a week,'
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We want you to be one of 2,000 via..itors
to The Land of-Waterfalls;
write for booklet. Board of Trads
Brevard, N; C.
At Glenn Springs, S. C., The Garnei
House offers good serivce. Splendid
fare and the best location
Write for rates.
Poplar Glen, Saluda, N. C. Near
post office and depot. Modern conveniences.
Reasonable rates. Special
rates to families and large
parties. Address Miss Minnie M.
McFaddin, Saluda, N. C.
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Every Horse Owner
dreads that most dangerous disease. Colic.
Be prepared for an emergency by having
a bottle of Noah's Colic Remedy on hand.
i More animals die from Colic than all other
non-contagious diseases combined. Nine
out of every ten cases would have been
cured if Noah's Colic Remedy had been
given in time. It Isn't a drench or dope,
but is a remedy given on the tongue, eo
simple that a woman or child can give it.
If It fails to cure, your money will be
refunded. If your dealer cannot supply
you send 60c In stamps and we will mail
1 a bottle.
^ Noah Remedy Co., Inc., Richmond. Va.
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1 Will Meet Soon.
1 Commander Mobley, of the Red
Shirts, orders the clans from all the
1 counties to assemble in Columbia on
8 August 9th and 10th. They will have
p the field to themselves as the Confederate
veterans will not meet until two
weeks later.
; Killed by Lightning.
i At Carthage, N. C., Wednesday, a
i stroke of lightning instantly killed
s young Earl Tyson, son of a leading
t> business man of that place, and one
1 of the most popular young men of
that town and section.
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ORANGEBURG
ORANGEBUI
This school^ with a great (ai
University trained teachers, will
September 20th. Expenses hav<
of everybody. Board, the best ii
Fine healthful location. Electa
Broad open fireplaces. Thoroug
Bookkeeping. Fine Conservator
number of new students. We al
tion. No safer school for your cl
today for our beautiful new catalc
President W.
147 Broughton St. . .
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irraTnr:Tij^^i^i<^
Haa since 1894 given "Thorough instruc
influences at the lowest possible cost.'
RESULT: It is to-day with its faculty i
Its student body of 400, vnd its plant wort
THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOO!
$150 pays all charges for the year, includi
heat, laundry, medical attention, physical
except music and elocution. For catalog
REV. THOS. ROSSER RE1
JlIiACKHTON
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h9ksz3eb beginning jun
.ivh iB uio uiAio to begin to prepare for
Lessons by mail If desired. Posltio ns (
Souti^erg Con^rQe:
Calhoun A Meeting sts., Charleston, 8. <
Salisbury, Durham, N, C. The highest ei
^onth Atlantic. Enter any time. Writ
Cotton, Corn, Fruit 2
In Habersham Co., Ga., for sale at
easy terms. We can raise a bale of c
or 10 to 20 2ushels of wheat per aci
a better country than you suppose an<
me and look over this land and countr
can see for yourself. Write me for m;
er printed matter describing this count]
J. H, HICKS, - CLASSIFIED
COLUMN 1
Wanted?a few boarders in-a well
kept old fashioned country home.
Mrs. Leon F. Lyday, Brevard, N. 1
C., R. P. D. No. 2. ?
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Registered "Duroc-Jerseys," Pigs,
Gilts, Service Boars and bred sows.
Also pigs for slaughter. Write for jwhatj
you want. L. L. Miller, ,
Mocksvilie, N. C. J
You can start a mall order or light j
manufacturing business at home j
during spare time with small cap- ^
ital. Valuable circular free. U.
S. Specialty Co., Greenock, Pa. ,
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Wanted?Men to learn cotton business
in our sample rooms; two ,
weeks to complete course; high salaried
position secured. Chsrlotte
Cotton School, Charlotte, N. C. '
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For sale?Southwest Georgia farms.
No finer lands; no better prices.
We speAk from personal knowledge.
Write today for new list.
Epton A Switzer, Spartanburg,
s. c. ?
4,000 acres, 2 1-2 miles Ry., 1,000
acres In cultivation, 50 tenant
houses, good barns, excellent fences;
3,000 acres timber; $20 per
acre. Harris Realty Co., Clarendon,
Ark.
Teachers AVonted?'Men and women
for good schools now open. Salaries
$30 to $100. Strong demand
for music and literary combined.
Southern Tea/choirs' Agency, Columbia,
C. S.
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Perfume Gloss in Starch?makes
clothes white <aa snow, and leaves ?
lasting perfume of Fresh Azure
Violets. Sample 4 cents. Agents
wanted. Shipman Agency, Dept. ne
R., Buffalo, N. Y. W
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Wanted?Men and ladies to take sli
three months practical course. Ex- tri
pert mana&ement. High salaried or
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:ulty of Sixteen College and
begin its Eighteenth session
5 been placed within reach
n the State, at actual coat
ic lights. Artesian water. '
h courses in Shorthand and >
y of Music. Rooms for a
bsolutely guarantee satisfaclild
in all the land. Write
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S. Peterson,
. . Orangeburg, S. C.
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of 32, a hoarding patronage of 328, \
h $140,000
L FOR GlftLS IN VIRGINIA
ing table board, room, lights, steam
culture, and tuition in all subjects
ue and application blank address,
?VES, B. A., Principal.
B, VA.
B FIRST.
the fall and new year > ill! 11%
guaranteed. No vacation.
rclaJ School
O.; Wilmington, Winston-Salem,
idorsed Business College in Um
:e for fnll Information. +
ind Timber Land.
from $5 to $30 per acre on very
otton, 50 to 100 bushels of corn
e on low priced land. This is
i it will pay you to come to see ^
y while the crops are on so you
y booklet, list of farms and oth
ry which is sent free. Address:
Clark sville, Ga.
positions guaranteed. Write for ^
catalogue now. Charlotte Tele- ^
;raph School, Charlotte, N. C.
if
mted?iMen to take thirty day's
practical course in our machine
ihops and learn automobile business.
Positions secured graduates.
125 per week and up. Charlotte
\uto School, Charlotte, N. C.
rm Lands for Sale.?In southwest
3eorgJa, the country that Is comng
to the front in great shape, not
>nly the land of promise, but the
land of fulfillment, write us for
land list. M. T. Levie & Son, P.
3. Drawer 57, Montezuma, Oa.
rm for Sale.?In Houston county,
two miles from Powersvllle, one -<?
mile off the Macon and Fort Valley
road, and five miles from Fort
Valley. I offer for sale 279 acres
of good, level farming land, half
cleared; more can he cleared
If wished. Two good four- "y
room houses and two good wells ' j
r\t wa4ap Pap fnrthar Infnrma
Hon, apply to Box 384, Fort Valley,
Oa.
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I Noah's Liniment to the
beat remedy for Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Lame Back.
811 ft Joints and Muscles,
Sore Throat, Colds, Strains,
Sprains, Cuts, Bruise*
Colic, Cramps, Neuralgia.
Toothache, and all Nerve,
Bone and Muscle Aehee
and Pains. The genuine
has Noah's Ark on every
package and looks like this
cut, but has RED band on
front of paokage and
"Noah's Uaimsst" always
In RED Ink. Beware ot
Imitations. Large bottle.
26 cents, and sold bv aU
dealers In medicine. v v
Guaranteed or money re- J \
funded by Noah Remedy
^ Co., Ib*, Pkibmond, Vhj
"Nigger Kill Nigger.*'
In the Feastervllle neighborhood
ar Chester at a negro dinner Bob
illiams was shot Saturday afteron
and killed by John Camak, the
tyer effecting his escape. The
igedy was the result of a quarrel
er the dinner. ,
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