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Scraps and iacts. ? Washington dispatch of June 7: Absolutely necessary relief in the way of rations, medicines, p?c., will be given by the war department to the sufferers by the disastrous floods in South Carolina, An appeal to Secretary Root from the local authorities, resulted in orders being given to General Chaffee, commanding the department of the East, to this effect. He will authorize an officer to proceed north from Atlanta with sufficient supplies to relieve immediate necessities as was done in the case of the sufferers by the "Gainesville, Ga., catastrophe. ? Washington dispatch of FTiaay: Consul McWade, of Canton, China,* cabled the state department today that a million natives of Kwang Si province are starving to death. Governor Wong has appealed to McWade for American aid. The state department will forward all the cash contributions, which will be distributed by McWade through the American and British missionaries. McWade says the women and children are being sold into slavery by the thousands from $2 to $10 a head by the heads of the families. The natives have become so emaciated from long continued starvation that they are falling In the streets and dying in large numbers. ? Kansas City dispatch of June 7: Kansas has suffered as a result of the recent floods more than any other state. Wo exact ngures 01 me iuod sustained can be given, but those who have an intimate knowledge of the sections submerged and the extent and force of the floods have been making estimates and their conclusions may be considered fairly reliable. The damage done in the principal cities and towns is estimated as follows: North Topeka, 1:350,000; Lawrence, $50,000; Saline,. $200,000; Manhattan, $150,000; Wamego, $15,000; St. Mary's, $40,000; Blue Rapids, $20,000; Clay Centre, $20,0001 Enterprise, $30,000; Concordia, $35,000; Junction City, $100,Ov*. Solomon, $50,000; Abilene, $250,000; Ellsworth, $25,000; Lindsborg, $100,000; Hutchinson, $100,000; Minneapolis, $100,000; Emporia, $65,000; Florence, $50,000; Lincoln Centre, $50,000; Atchison, $150,000; Burlington, $50,000; Beloit, $30,000; Argentine, $2,000,000; Kansas City, Kan., and suburbs, $8,000,000. Total, $12,390,000. No account has been taken of the smaller towns, although nearly 200 of these were affected by the floods. The very lowest estimate of the loss done to crops is $5,000,000. ? Atlanta Constitution: Victor Montgomery, president of the Pacolet mills, is essentially the man for the emergency thrust upon him. A man of broad sympathies and understanding, and of magnificent executive capacity, he lost no time in administering to the needs of the people around him. There was no question of money to stand in the way. His people needed doctors and medicines and comforts; his assistants were instructed to secure them if money could do so. He was everywhere, sympathizing tenderly with the bereaved, ministering to the injured, thinking entirely of the losses of the others and not at all of the money loss to himself. In the midst of all the problems facing him at New Holland, he stopped long enough to send his check for $500 to the Gainesville committee. It was entirely unsolicited; nobody would have thought of asking him for aid. After getting those people housed, he turned his attention to the needs of the employees of the other mill which must necessarily be closed for weeks, and arranged to give them work at the mill, working out the details of transportation of the men, women and children back and forth by the electric line so transportation would be no burden upon the employees. Nothing was forgotten by him, nothing left undone that human agency could accomplish. No wonder the citizens of Gainesville are singing praises of Mr. Montgomery. ? Washington dispatch of January 5: The long-standing contention of the postofflce department that novels and other writings published in the form of periodicals were not entitled to the use of the mails at second-class rates, UKe newspapers ana magazines, was sustained by the court of appeals of the District of Columbia today. According to Postmastef General Payne and other officers of the department, this decision practically assures a selfsustaining postal service. The decision was in the test cases of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., of Boston, publishers of the "Riverside Literature Series," and the Bates & Guild Co., of Boston, publishers of "Masters in Music." The Riverside Literature Series had been issued for many years, and had been accepted by previous postmaster generals as mail matter of the secondclass. The judgment of the court of appeals sweeps away the . contention that the postmaster general is bound by any decision of his predecessors in accepting matter under a wrong classification, and restores to him the authority which he has all along been allowed to exercise without question, until the reform in the second-class mail matter was undertaken, when the courts were invoked to prevent him. The decision leaves him free to classify the mail matter according to his judgment and discretion as to the true meaning of the law. The court held that a book or set of books cannot be converted into a periodical publication by the ingenuity of the publisher in inventing a serial name or a literary title and numbering the books consecutively. The decision will affect a great number of alleged Deriodieal publications which are in fact books. ? Washington dispatch of Friday: The investigation made by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, of the affairs of the free delivery division, formerly conducted by Superintendent Maehen, who was summarily dismissed and arrested on a charge of bribery just a week ago, has resulted in the discovery that in order to restore the service to a proper state it will be necessary to abolish one-third of the rural free delivery routes now in operation in southern states and about or.efifth of those established in the northern states. The investigation shows that routes have been established without any possible excuse save as a matter of favor to members of con- | gress, and that money appropriated by congress for this purpose has been expended with almost criminal extravagance. On many of these routes the receipts do not average $5 a month and on others the receipts do not begin to Justify the existence of the routes. The southern states which will suffer the most from the abolishment of routes are South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. : In the north, Maine, Vermont and New ' Hampshire will be deprived of about one-fifth of the routes now in operation. Other northern and eastern eta too win irv?jp routes, but in smaller proportion. But few changes will be i made In New York state. Postmaster General Payne said this afternoon that no action would*be taken to reduce the number of routes until a full test has been made of each Individual case and the results noted. Then, whatever routes are found to be unwarranted will be discontinued. At present, he declined to make an estimate as to the probable number of these routes. HorbvilU (gnquivrr. ! =z===z==i=z===: i YOUKVILLE, S. C.i ] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,1903. t There Is not a great deal to be said about the terrible calamity that occur- , red In the valley of the Pacolet Satur- ' day morning. An immense amount " * a J " of property has Deen aesiroyeu turn thousands of people have been distressed. While many of the owners of the property have been virtually ruined, and while they are entitled to universal sympathy, they can make good. Men who made such prosperity as was annihilated here can make it again, and within a few years more they will have recovered what they lost. It is the distressed operatives who stand in the greater need of practical sympathy, and it is hoped that the response to their cries will be prompt and generous. The death of Mr. Edward Thomas last Sunday morning ends a welllived life. Mr. Thomas was intimately known to comparatively few; but those who knew him best, have never had the fortune to know a nobler man. He was a Mason of Masons. His brethren can all testify that he lived up in both theory and practice to all that is highest and best in that splendid order. His idea of life was devotion to duty and right. He loved all that was good and pure, and hated all that was dishonest and mean. He was a man among men and a Christian among Christians. The world is the better for his having lived in it, and surely his soul has entered into the reward of the just. Case of Mr. Machen. Although we have been trying to get at the true inwardness of the case of Mr. A. W. Machen, superintendent of the free rural delivery service, and to that end keeping up with the published details, we confess that we have not yet been able to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion on the subject. It seems that the charges against Mr. Machen are two-fold. He was arrested on the charge of bribery. It Is claimed that he used his official posi tlon to secure the adoption of a certain pattent letter box, after having first reached an agreement with the manufacturer's of that box that he should have a share of the profits derived from its sale. The amount he is alleged to have realized on the deal is about $18,000, and the evidence against him consists of certain checks drawn by the government in behalf of the patent mall box concern and collected by Mr. Machen, on his own account. The other charge is to the ef* ? ~ * J ? ? .m.ui c rect tnat Mr. macnen useu ins um^mi position and power to establish un- < necessary rural free delivery routes in t order to make himself solid politically with the numerous congressmen who had favors to ask on this account. In reply to the first charge, Mr. Machen explains that he is interested with a partner in certain mining enterprises, and that his partner is interested on his own private account with the manufacturer of the patent mail box in question, and that the checks brought up as evidence against him came through his partner in settlement of profits derived from the mining deal. We are not prepared to say that we believe this story or that we do not believe it. The case against Mr. Machen looks pretty grave on its face and it is easily possible that he is guilty as charged. On the other hand, the story of his friends is quite plausible, and it may be true. We will say however, that if he has been using his official position to get personal profits on government transactions, we sincerely hope that he will be convicted and punished. Referring to the other charge against Mr. Machen, that of establishing unn^QQiirv R P f) Pniitpa for nnr pose of strengthening himself politi- ' cally, we would say that this looks more like mere unfriendly criticism. , The inauguration of rural free delivery ] involved tremendous problems, and J while it is a fact that many non-pay- , ing routes have been established, Mr. ; Machen is not to blame, and neither is < any one else, for it is not understood that the government is trying to run \ the postoffice as a money making ' scheme, and one locality is as much | entitled to free delivery of mails as is j another. ; It is a well-known fact that there ( has been a long drawn feud in the j postoffice department, involving Mr. . Machen on the one side and people 1 who want his place on the other. It is 1 just possible that many of the charges | that have been made as well as many i of the unfriendly criticisms are com- ' ing from sources interested in consid- ' erations other than the mere matter of j vindicating the law. < OVUDHi Bf BLOOD. Appalling Disaster In Valley of the Pacolet. KILLS DESTROYED, PEOPLE DROWNED. Cloudburst In the Mountains Swell the River, and the Rushing Waters Claim Scores of Precious Lives?Most Prosperous Mill District In the South Strewn With the Corpses of Industrious Workers and the Wreck of Millions of Dollars Worth of Buildings and Machinery. The populous valley of the Pacolet river, which up to an early hour last Saturday morning, was the scene of more busy factories and general prosperity than could have been found In any similar territory of equal length and breath In the south, Is now only a barren waste of death and destruction. The terrible transformation was the work of only a single brief half lour. Almost without warning, there tame down from the mountains a nighty flood that swept from their foundations homes, churches, cotton nills, and engulfed scores of human jeings who had no previous intimation of their danger. Although the terrible disaster occurred at about 6 o'clock In the morning, the first news of it did not reach Forkville until late in the afternoon. Passengers arriving by way of the Carolina and North-Western railroad 'rom Gastonia brought the first intinations of the disaster; but the information was principally in. the shape >f exaggerated rumors, and the first eally authentic summary of the situa:ion was contained in the following elegram, received by The Enquirer Lt about 8.30 o'clock Saturday night 'rom the Charlotte Observer: 'Two of Pacolet mills entirely dettroyed and three at Clifton practically 'uined. About twenty-five lives lost, damage over a million dollars." Further particulars gathered by the lewspapers in spite of demolished rall oad trestles and broken telegraph and ;elephone lines show that terrible as vas the news contained in this brief lispatch, It was really a conservative itatement of what had occurred, with>ut the semblance of exaggeration in iny of its representations. It has not ret been possible to make an accurate :ensus covering the loss of life, but it s safe to say that the mortality list s not less than 50 or 60, and it may be iwcllpd to snmethinsr like 100 bv the ;lme the count Is completed. Just where the flood came from has lot yet been definitely estimated. Communication has been so demoralzed that it has not been practicable ;o gather details. Common opinion atrlbutes the disaster to a cloudburst lomewhere; but the people In the imnedlate section say that It did not oc:ur there. There had been a heavy aln during the whole night previous, ind the river was high. People genirally, however, had seen larger and leavler rains, and the swollen waters *ere In no wise an occasion of alarm. It Is thought that the cloud burst nust have occurred fifteen or twenty nlles up the river probably at the foot >f the Blue Ridge mountains. During :ne eariy part or tne nignt, tne siow steady rise in the river was noticeible; but not alarming. Nobody Ireamed of danger until the actual oclurrence of the catastrophe. Then, hose who saw it say that the water ;ame rolling down in what seemed to >e a mighty wall. The river valley is ieep and narrow. Fifteen feet is high vater and twenty is close to the rec>rd. But on this occasion the flood nounted to 40 or 50 feet, and it struck he houses and mills like a gigantic bat:ering ram. Nothing could withstand :he stupendous force. Cottages that stood closest to the river bank were :rushed like egg shells, and those hat were further away were slowly lfted from their foundations. The big ;hree and four story mills went down ike play houses of sand, and within a /ery few minutes after the first disistrous shock, the Pacolet, ordinarily in msigmncani stream 01 or iuu feet, was swelled to a mighty torrent )f more than a mile In width, with its mrface dotted with store houses, cotion and cloth bales, giant trees and scores of "drowning men, women and jhildren. So far as has been ascertained up to ;his time, there was no loss of life at Clifton Mill No 3. The fatalities were :onfined principally to Converse and Clifton No. 2. Converse is located in i narrow gorge at the point where the Southern railroad crosses the river, ind one of the principal streets runs jarallel with the stream only about ten feet above the ordinary level. The residents of this street saw the water nomlng. At least some of them did. Instead of running up the hill, however, to save their lives, they remained until the flood was in behind them. Mr. I. E. Avery, correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, who was on the ground during Sunday, tells the story if what occurred as follows: Standing on sharp knolls that dot the banks of the Pacolet river hunIreds of people saw the inhabitants of River street meet death. In one house were Miss Fleta Gosa, Mrs. W. A. Kir oy, Mr. ana Mrs. sam swanguare, Mr. a.nd Mrs. Garland Long, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Owens and three children. When they discovered that they were surrounded by water that rose 3teadily in the house, they climbed to the roof. The house gave way and was hurled out In mid-stream with the Inhabitants still holding to the roof. The house was dashed against a floating pile of timber and went asunder. Mrs. Owens and three children were drowned at once. Owens held in his arms the youngest child, a baby, and tried to swim and hold the baby's head above water. The high waves submerged him until, as he lifted the infant's head clear of the torrent he saw that it was dead. Then, bereft of all his family, he struggled with the current till he was rescued two miles below. Mrs. Kirby was drowned just after the house went into the stream. Sam Swanguare and his bride died In a way that seemed glorious to the spectators. Swanguare seized his wife by the hand and when they came clear of the wrecked house he clutched her closer to him and swam to a floating mass of driftwood. There, In plain view, they clung to each other and sang together, so that all on the banks heard. The driftwood rushed against a larger mass and separated, and Swanguare and his bride went under the water locked in a last embrace. Fleta Gosa boarded with a Mrs. Bailey, where also lived Mr. and Mrs. Kirby and J. E. Grier. Miss Gosa and Mrs. Kirby were carried out into the water and drowned speedily. Mrs. Bailey was caught in a whirlpool just below Converse, and swinging to a piece of plank, revolved in the eddy until she was drawn in by a rope that had been thrown to her rescue. Grier caught the branches of an oak tree and remained there till he was rescued by a boat that was bravely manned. Mrs. Katie Long and her son, Garland Long, and his bride, and her son, Richard, were hurled into the current. Mrs. Long and her youngest son were saved by catching the branches of a tree, but Garland Long and his bride were drowned. The bodies of none of these people have been recovered. The greatest lo3s of life is at Mill No. 2, the furtherest mill down the river. It is said that at least 50 operatives here lost their lives. The only names of the dead that are obtainable now are Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Johnson, and four children, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Flnley and five children. Several of the children of T. M. Massey were drowned, but he and his wife escaped. Massey himself had an extraordinary escape. He was carried through the No. 2 mill out through the opening at the far end of the building and swam to the shore. Pacolet Mills Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are in ruins. Mills Nos. T and 2 are together. They went first. No. 3 withstood the flood for a longer time, it also went at length. Some twelve or fifteen lives were lost. This graphic description of the tragic scenes enacted there was written by Mr. Randolph W. Smith, of the Columbia State: The mill operatives were Just going to their early breakfast when the sound of a mightv ' rush of waters broke, on their ears. From their cot tages that dot the hillsides they witnessed a scene, tor there was actually not time enough for many of them to get to the banks, that will live on their memory. With one great bound the flood surged down the valley. An ornamental swinging bridge that connected north and south Pacolet was swept away as if it had not the strength of a cobweb. The mill operatives, some of whom had hastened down to the water's side in hopes of being able to get across to their work, backed up the hill horror stricken. In five minuter it is said that the water rose more than 20 feet. The Presbyterian church, which was plcturesqueiy located on the river side just between the mills, was the first building to go. It stood out on a little promontory of land that made it a great mark for the waters. The flood surged upon it in a twinkling. It had served as a school house and place of worship for every congregation in the village until the town grew to its present proportions, and. is the most historic building in the village. For a few minutes its fine masonry withstood the battle of the Niagara-like onslaught then without a moment's warning the foundation gave away and it went down on the maelstrom as it it nau been made of straws. Hardly had the fascinated spectators recovered from this scene when the little flat of buildings comprising the postofflce, market, barber shop and blacksmith shop went down before the inrushing flood. These .buildings were near the church and at the foot of the road or main street of the village. They went down in the rush of waters one after the other so quickly that the 'spectators differ as to which went first. By this time the river nad risen 10 feet higher until its waters were surging through the third story windoys of the mills built to withstar d ordinary frpshets. but in no contemtlation of a flood of such proportions an the existing one. The walls of the building known as No. 1 and 2 mill were seen to be trembling and the crowds of villagers were watching them closely when a scene on the red torrent arrested their attention. A raft which looked like the side of a house was coming down the great red turbid mass of waters at lightning speed. Seated on the rafters near the edge was a child in his night dress. A rift in the clouds had let the sun through brightly and the face of the baby turned up to the light, pale and appalled. The raft struck the falls just below the dam with an ugly smash and the child stepped on into the waters. The great torrent turned the Jlttle body over and over, dashing It against the rocks until it disappeared around the bend of the river. In a brief space of time the great warehouse in which were stored some 5,000 bales of cotton was swept away. Three thousands bales of goods and 3,649 bales of cotton were lost in this wreck, and it is now difficult to see just where the foundations were. Hardly had the wrecked warehouse been swept out of sight when there was an ominous cracking In the mill buildings, No. 1 and 2. The river instead of receding as the wiseacres had * - " * *? * - ? -*- -,.1- u saia 11 wouia ao cenainiy wueu u reached 30 feet it went with a rush to 40 feet and the old part of No. 1 and 2 went down. The other sections of the building' gave away rapidly and the entire structure went down with a great crash that the mill people say could be heard for miles. A small section of the building is still standing but the force of the waters has utterly destroyed everything on the small part of the building that was left standing. The mill No. 3 was the last one to go and a part of the structure was left standing that it is thought can be restored. The end of the mill nearest the town is wrecked, the slashing room, engine room and boiler room are also gone and Mr. Victor Montgomery, the president of the mill, has already made arrangements to sell some of the machinery that was recovered as old junk. Several thousand bales of cotton and also several thousand bales of cotton goods were washed down the river. In the first reports all this property was put down as lost; but salvage parties were promptly organized at various points down the river and much of this-cotton as well as the cotton goods, have been recovered. It seems that in most cases the bales of cotton and cotton goods did not float but a short distance. The river went down with almost the same suddenness with which it had risen and bales of cotton and cotton goods settled in many Instances high out on the banks. A number of bodies of drowned operatives have also been found in the thickets down the stream, and some have been found In the bottoms and on sand banks. It Is quite certain, however, that not nearly all of the dead have been recovered. There are missing many people who are expected by their friends and relatives to turn up safe and sound, while In the case of many others there is reason to believe that their bodies have either been buried In the sand or mud, or left hidden in the underbrush where they will remain until they are pointed out to searching parties by the buzzards. Immediately upon the dissemination of' the news of the disaster ta Clifton. Pacolet and Glendale, relief meetings were organized in Spartanburg, Union and surrounding towns. The Charlotte Observer, the News and Courier and the Columbia State opened relief subscriptions, and Governor Heyward Issued the following appeal to the people of South Carolina: An awful calamity has befallen the people of Clifton and Pacolet, whereby not only has a fearful loss of life occurred, fifty having been drowned, but 50(^ men, women and children have been rendered homeless and 4,000 thrown out of employment at Clifton. While no loss of life occurred at Pacolet, nearly as many will be out of employment, or at least there will be great suffering there also. Such a catastrophe, coming with such suddenness and without warning, places these people totally without means and without shelter. Local aid is not sufficient to overcome the great destitution and suffering and greater hardshiDs. even death may result un less prompt aid is extended. Representative people living at these ! places and who are familiar with the circumstances, have informed me that assistance is urgent and requested me to call upon the people of the state to come to the rescue in order that further and more serious suffering may be prevented. I feel that it is only necsessary to let the true condition be known in order that the generous hearts of the people of the state may be touched to a quick response. The people have never failed to respond when calamity afflicted any of our people. Those of us who in the Providence of God have been spared and are still prosperous, will not look with indifference upon the terrible devastation that has been wrought and the untold disaster which some of our people are undergoing, and I am sure that a prompt and liberal response will be made to the appeal. Let us all contribute in accordance with our ability, however small it may be, but above all let it be prompt. Mr. T. Hasell Glbbes of the Columbia bank, has kindly consented to receive all money that maybe contributed, and whatever may be sent will be promptly dispatched to the aid of the sufferers. What is to be done by the owners of the destroyed property has not yet fully developed. The executive officers began arranging for meetings of the directors on Saturday while the'flood was still raging; but it will probably be several days before they can complete their plans. But the probability' is that all of the mills will be rebuilt. It may be decided to discard one or rtl/1 alf ao< Kut f Ka*?a xi r 111 Ku IVYU Ui HIC U1U DllCO| UUl 111V1 v. tt m vw no decrease In the aggregate number of looms and spindles. All oI the mills are still solvent. In fact it is a question as to whether their stock is not all worth par. The executive management includes some of the ablest mill men In the south and their good will can fairly be counted as a considerable asset. There are numerous investors all over the state who would be glad to buy Clifton and Pacolet stock today at 50 or even 75 cents on the dollar. The most distressing feature of the terrible calamity that has Just occurred Is the hardships and suffering that must be borne by the operatives. Many families have not only lost all of their wordly goods, but have been bereaved of some of their dearest members. Their grief is aggravated by the deepest distress, and they stand in need not only of the sincerest sympathy; but of the most generous .v'berality of their fellow citizens, especially here in their immediate vicinity. ECHOES FROM THE FLOOD. Miscellaneous Items of Interest Gleaned From Various Sources. Appalling as was the disaster to Clifton and Pacolet, It was not sufficient to deter the work of thieves. Below Pacolet people gathered cloth and goods In wagons. Some were working to recover the stuff for the owners; others appropriated all they could lay hands on to their own use. It Is reported that Lockhart mill has been damaged and that a small warehouse there has been washed away. It has not been practicable to confirm the report; but It probably has some foundation. !< lo ronnptoH at .TnnPSVtllp that some women and children who floated away from Pacolet on pieces of wreckage were rescued at Lockhart shoals, alive and well. The stage of the Congaree river at Columbia Monday morning at 1 o'clock was 27J feet?12J feet above what Is considered as the danger line. The dgdly papers were not the least remiss in their efforts to get correspondents to the Pacolet flood. On the first news of the disaster, many of them in various parts of the country, dispatched correspondents to the scene; but because of the wrecked railroad bridges only a few were able to get there. Louis Kohn and Zack McGee, of the News and Courier, Randolph W. Smith, of the State, I. E. Avery, of the Charlotte Observer, and A. B. Williams, of tne Richmond News, were among the few luckv ones to reach their destination without delay and all of them sent some splendid accounts to their respective papers. Several of the correspondents were unable to get further "than Columbia. By this time, however, most of them have gotten on the ground and they can be depended upon to give the outside world a full and accurate description of all that has occurred or that may occur. In Anderson and Oconee. The flood damage in Anderson and Oconee counties is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. It seems that nearly all the streams In that section were swollen by the same cloudburst that struck the headwaters of the Broad and Pacolet. The big electric power dam at Portman Shoals, in Anderson county, withstood the flood staunchly. Damage to the Railroads. The Southern and Seaboard Air Line railroads have suffered terribly as the result of the floods of Saturday and Sunday. The Southern's bridge at Converse went down, as also did its bridges over Lawson's fork, Middle Tyger, and Enoree rivers. Several other bridges on the Atlanta and Charlotte division between Spartanburg and Greenville are damaged so badly as to be unsafe. Several hundred yards of track at Alston, on the Columbia and Greenville division, were washed away, and the trestle over " > ?* -i A aa ? rjruau river wtia uiuiitiKcu. nauiu uctween Columbia and Greenville had to be suspended. The only way the Southern has of reaching Atlanta from Charlotte is by way of Columbia to Augusta and thence over the Georgia railroad. The Seaboard's bridge over Sandy river, between Chester and Carlisle went down and the Seaboard is using the Southern's track from Chester to Columbia, and thence over the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road to Clinton where it strikes its own line again. The immediate damage to the Southern is hardly less than one million dollars, and it' will be weeks if not months before the damage is repaired sufficiently to warrant the complete resumption of traffic over the regular routes. The loss to this railroad on account of the destruction of the Pacolet and Clifton mills Is many times the direct loss sustained, for the freight revenues that must be suspended pending the rebuilding of the mills would probably aggregate millions. LOCAL AFFAXXJ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q. Wray?Invites you to see his line I of straw and cloth hats for summer I I wear if you have not already sup- i plied your wants. Foushee Cash Store?Announces the 1 cutting of the throat of Mr. Price "! from ear to ear, and also make a j remark or two about its 6 and 10 t cents counters. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Tells 1 you to look before you leap in the > matter of buying life insurance and \ puts forth the merits of the Mutual t Benefit Life Insurance Co. of New- c ark, N. J. W. B. Moore, captain?BUDiisnes gen- v eral order to the Jasper Lt. Infantry, c giving notice of drill on Friday night \ next, and annual sermon by the s chaplain on Sunday morning. I J. Frank Ashe, County Trustee-Stock- 1 holder?Gives information to subAlliances claiming to have lost or < misplaced certificates oi stock in the ( Farmers' Alliance exchange. i W. B. Moore & Co.?Have 12-foot 1 binder whips, a big line of trunks, ' ice boxes and refrigerators, mattings, 1 rugs, extension dining tables, go- * carts, sleeping couches, Dixie mos- 1 quito bars, fruit Jar rubbers, screen 1 doors, etc. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you that 1 your choice of a drug store may de- 1 termine the question of health, sick- j ness or death with you, and tell you i of the safeguards they throw around their prescription work. 1 York Drug Store?Invites its teacher I friends who are attending the sum- 1 mer school to make its store their 1 headquarters, and tells them that it i has all kinds of stationery, pencils, < pens, etc., that they may need. It < also calls attention to its soda foun- 1 tain. 1 G. W. Sherrer?Tells his friends that i owing to the unsatisfactory trans- I portatlon accommodations he will I not have any western beef until Sat- < urday. I R. D. Alexander?Wants you to know 1 that he is prepared to take care of 1 all kinds of blacksmith work as well ( as ho:seshoeing. NOTE AND COMMENT. ?' Catawba river was considerably < swollen during Saturday and Sunday; ] but not dangerously high. South Carolina's share of the recent Federal allotment of $2,000,000 for mil- ' itla purposes is $19,117-64. Capt. H. D. Wheat the leading mill ] man of Gaffney, says that Pacolet stodk is still worth par and Clifton is worth not less than 75 cents on the dollar. Fortunately for the country and for . the distressed cotton mill operatives of the Pacolet valley, the probability is . that there will not be any permanent . lack of employment for them. Many of the cotton mills throughout this sec- ' tion are short handed, and to repair the terrible damage wrought by the flood will require much well paid labor. . WITHIN THE TOWN. j I ?Manufacturer's Record, June 4: Edwards &' Walter, Columbia, S. C., ~ are preparing plans for hotel for Mrs. ~ C. G. Parish. ? The Yorkville cotton mills will be able to provide for several Clifton and ' Pacolet families and will be glad to do . so. ? Rev. J. C. Johnes, chaplain of the Jasper Light Infantry will preach the . annual sermon to the company at the I Episcopal church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. < ? Under- the twentieth annual read- 1 Justment of the salaries of postmasters, the salary of the postmaster at Yorkville has been Increased from $1,500 to $1,600 per annum. ? Mr. D. C. Clark, carrier on Rural Route No. 1, says the worst piece of road on his entire route is the mile from the court house to the porporate limits on the Rutherford road. ? Mr. J. H. Spann has accepted a position as a member of The Enquirer staff, and any courtesies shown him in the collection of news or in the transaction of other business; will be duly appreciated not only by him; but also by The Enquirer. ? Col. W. G. Stephenson has handed us a copy of the K. M. M. A. catalogue for 1903-4. It is quite a handsome publication of 40 pages, illustrated with half tone cuts, and giving all of the information about this excellent school that could be desired. ? The county summer school com- g menced work' in the Graded school " v..limine nn MnnHov with t wpntv-one UU11U1U5 ua teachers In attendance. Prof. J. W. Thomson is principal and Mr. John E. Carroll is assistant. A list of those in attendance will be published later. ? Colonel W. G. Stephenson received the following cable message yesterday, signed by Dr. Lindsay, Commissioner of Education of Porto Rico: "Governor nominates Cadet' Boschetti alternate candidate naval academy examination at Annapolis, June 16th. Communicate with Secretary of Navy, Washington." ? It is stated as a fact, and the story l>f no doubt true, that the private shipments of whisky to Yorkville by express are on the increase. The general complaint of consumers of whisky is that the "goods" sold by the dispensary are higher in prices and inferior in quality when compared with the offerings of dealers outside the state. ? The town of Yorkville can easily subscribe $100 for the relief of the Pacolet river flood sufferers, and if it tries it can subscribe a great deal more. The Enquerer will receive, acknowledge and forward any subscriptions > that may be sent to it. It would prefer, however, to give its co-operation and assistance to any other proper local agency that sees fit to take the matter up. But Yorkville should be among the contributors. A F*/M iv nPAni r* mduu i rcurut. C. W. F. Spencer, Esq., of Rock Hill, v Is in Yorkville. 1 Mrs. W. D. Glenn is attending com- t mencement at Due West. . Miss Janie Robinson spent Saturday with friends in Gastonia. t Miss Nellie Schorb is at home from ? Erskine college, Due West. a Mr. Harry C. Smith, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in Yorkville. v Miss Bessie Howe, of Hickory Grove, r is visiting Miss Marion Logan. c Mr. J. M. Heath came over from . Lancaster Monday on business. 1 Mr. R. J. Herndon returned to his 1 home in Yorkville last Saturday. Miss Ella Neely visited relatives and friends in Rock Hill last week. Miss Hazel Grist spent Saturday and c Sunday with friends in Rock Hill. c Mr. Robert Adams spent Saturday g and Sunday with friends in Gastonia. Miss Mattie Thomas, of Charleston, ? is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B. Wil- 1 liams. r Misses Ethel and Elile Hudson, of ^ Wardlaw, N. C., are the guests of Mrs. . W. G. White. ' Mr. E. O. Wilkins and family arriv- " ed from Gaffney yesterday to take up \ their residence in Yorkville. ^ Mr. R. A. Dobson left Monday for Jefferson, Edgefield county, to super- d tend the summer school .there. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mackorell, of t Lancaster, were up this week on a vis- j it to Mr. J. C. Elliott's family. Miss Talulah Neville is at home for the summer from the Presbyterian e College for Women at Columbia. Mrs. Sarah C. Ashe arrived irr York- h ville on Monday after a visit of several weeks to relatives in Mississippi. * Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Finley left for f Due West Monday; but had to return D yesterday on account of broken tres- , ties. R Mr. R. C. Allein, of Gaffney, came i< >ver to Yorkvllle yesterday to attend he organization of the First National Jank. , Mrs. Fred Nims and son, Master Douglas, of Fort Mill, are visiting Mrs. Douglas Harrison and other relatives n Yorkville. Mrs. J. I. Vance and children, who tave been spending a month at Dr. A. {. Cartwrlght's left for Blowing Rock vesterday to spend the remainder of he summer. Rev. J. S. Grier, of Sharon, spent klonday night with friends in Yorkville, on his way home from Statesville, N. C., near which place he has >een assisting Rev. Mr. Love in a :ommunion service. Pn/lot Arthur Rpnlp of Santlaio. ?uba, will remain at the K. M. M. A. luring the summer ard will board vith Colonel and Mrs. TV/ G. Stephenion. Much of his time, of course, will >e spent with different cadet friends n Yorkvllle and elsewhere. The following relatives and friends >f the late Edward Thomas were presmt at the Interment last Monday norning: Mrs. Edward Thomas, Miss Collie Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Thomas, of Statesvllle, N. C.; Mr. and VI rs. Stanhope Love, Mrs. J. H. B. fenkins, Dr. J. H. Saye, Mrs. Nancy VfcGill, Miss Reola McGill, Miss Laura deemster, Messrs. A. C. Burgess, Jos. VI. Plexleo, W. D. Hope, S. A. Warlick, David Sims, Sapuel Russell, James Russell, W. B. Flanagan, and Miss \.nnie Jenkins and Messrs. R. L. A. Smith and R. W. Whltesldes. Mr. W. P. Harrison, cashier of the Loan and Savings bank, was at Clif:on No 1 for an hour on Monday. He lad business In Gastonla, and learning hat he could make the trip In time to eturn Monday night, took advantage >f the opportunity. During his stay at Dlifton No. 1 (Converse,) Mr. Harrison alked to a number of people, Including .he policeman who was on duty Friday light. This policeman saw the* approaching of the Hood and the disaster :hat followed. He said that the water :ame down the river In rolls, each beng higher than the first. The mill vas rent in twain, one half going with :he water and the other half remaining >n Its foundation against the hillside. The immense roof floated off entire, ind was broken to pieces against the -ailroad bridge a hundred yards or so lown the stream. The bridge remained intact, and is still standing. Mr. Harrison says that there is no damage :o the railroad bridge, except that high ip near the top there are to be seen lumerous scars and scratches made by :he impact of heavy machinery and ?ther driftage. Mr. Harrison did not mve time to go to see the other mills jelow. MR. EDWARD THOMA8 DEAD. Mr. Edward .Thomas died at his lome at Sharon last Sunday morning ^ 1A r.4 in o'#?A? on ' LI XV Illlliuitro f/cuoi xv u ciuviv, aitvi om llness, beginning during the preceedng Friday. He had enjoyed hie usuil good health up to the time last nentioned, and his unexpected death :ame as a severe shock to his immediite family as well as to his many 'rlends. Mr. Thomas was a native of Wales. 3e was born In the tflwn of Caddyitone, In the county Of Glamaganihlre, on January 5, 1826, and spent his ;arly life among the coal mines,'the rreat iron works and. the machine ihops of his native land. He was -alsed as a machinist and served a ong and strict apprenticeship as a iteam engineer. His first regular em)loyment was in the original Tredegar ron works, of Wales. Then, for sev>ral years he was an engineer on a :hannel tug boat and after that he >ecame a locomotive runner. Having made himself thoroughly jroticient in an ine orancnes ui uu rade, Mr. Thomas sailed for the Unied States in the spring: of 1862. He anded at New York in the month of . rune, and from there went to Charleson, S. C., reaching that place the next nonth, and leaving there in the folowlng September for Yorkville to ake a position as locomotive runner or the old King's Mountain railroad, vhich had just been completed beween Yorkville and Chester. He renained with the King's Mountain rail-oad until shortly after the breaking >ut of the war, when he became atached to the service of the Confedera:y, not exactly as an enlisted man; but ather as a most faithful and trusted lervant. On more than one occasion he ook "train orders" direct from Gens. -ee and Jackson and at their request tuccessfully performed Important and lazardous duties. After the war, Mr. Thomas returned 0 Yorkvllle and rehabilitated the ralload which had been torn up for miliary purposes, and got the line In ranting shape again. He remained with he company through various vlclssludes, serving as master mechanic, tngineer and conductor, and at the irganization of the Chester and Lenoir ompany was made superintendent, In vhich capacity he served for a num>er of years until about 1878. When he- left the railroad, Mr. Thomas conducted a small machine ihop in Yorkvllle; but after a year or wo decided to remove to Blacksburg, vhere he remained for several years, working in the machine shops there. Then he removed to Sharon, purchased 1 home and settled down for the pur>ose of enjoying peacefully his renalning years. Mr. Thomas was married twice. His irst wife was Miss Dinah Jones. The carriage took place in Wales, and his vife came with him to America in 852. As the result of this marriage herei were thirteen children, all of vhom, with the exception of the first, ieing born in the United States. Only our?two sons and two daughters? lurvive him. His second marriage vaa with Miss Jane A. Adams, then esiding near Bowling Green in York ounty. The marriage took place on December 18, 1878, and the second Mrs. Thomas survives. For a great many years, Mr. Thomas vas a member of the Methodist Episopal church; but there being no hurch of that denomination near Sharon, where he had selected to pend his remaining years, he decided o connect himself with the Presbytelan church, to which Mrs. Thomas iad originally belonged, and they went ogether Into that denomination. Mr. Thomas soon became a ruling elder in Voodlawn Presbyterian church and he ield that office at the time of his eath. In addition to being a faithful Chrisian, Mr. Thomas was an enthusiastic lason. He stood high in the order, nd was much esteemed by his brothr Masons. The funeral service took place at his lome on Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, he services being conducted by Re^. '. B. Ingraham. The interment took lace in the Yorkviile cemetery on londay morning at 11.30, with Mason: ceremonies.