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Show Three Thousand Homeless. Fayottevlllo, N. C Tho Capo Fear rlvor at this point has reached a holght of sovonty-nlno feet, brouUnj all records of former floods. Tho r!vr vnlley on the east sldo Is covorcd for miles with a rushing torrent of muddy waters. Houses and bridges aro swopt away for miles around, and tho est!-mated est!-mated damage to the cotton and corn crop will go beyond 35 per cent, Tho "grcator portion of Fayottevlllo Is cov-erod cov-erod with wator backed up to tho city hall from tbo river. Threo thousand pcoplo aro homeless, |