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w f?|r • ■I The Gaffney ledger. A NEWSPAPCII IN ALL THAT THB WORD IMPLIZt, AND DIVOTZD TO THK BEST INTEAEBT OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 18. 1894. OAFFNEY, B. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1908. •140 A YEAN, ALL PREVIOUS FLOOD RECORDS ARE RROKEN THE RAILROAD SERVICE PARALIZED. tifally every dike is broken. Among the places flooded are those of the Messrs. Tlaum, Springs and Shannon, Mrs. H. R. Jordon and the Witte es tate. The latter is owned in Charles ton. Every bridge of any consequence in that county is gone. The loss to 18 the people of the county from these floods cannot fall below a half mil lion. No trains have reached Cam- den since late yesterday afternoon, when the Southern train from Colum- All Streams in the State Are Swollen ^ via Kj n g SV {iie came in, passing Ever Before Beyond Anything Know—Great Losses Columbia, Aug. 2*i. I his afternoon through water a foot deep one mile south of Camden. This train proceed ed on its way to Rock Hill and Ma rlon, N. C. • ^ Mr. William DePass had 60 fine the floods washed out the Southern | lorgeg j n t jj e SW amps two miles south Railway's trac k between Columbia; 0 f Camden. Yesterday afternoon at and Alston, at the 15-mile post. This the risk of his life he got 27 of them means that Columbia is cut off from! out of danger and corraled the others both . Spartanburg and Greenville. in a pen on a knoll. The river has low, .has gone also. The Seaboard’s , since risen so that only the heads of SeTious washouts are reported on the (llese p enne( j horses are above the * Columbia and Greenville line even wa ter. Mr. DePass with two friends, above Alston. Water covers the | Messrs. Witherspoon and DeLoach, track in a number of places between h &s sone to the rescue. Railroad Trestle Gone. Alston and Newberry and the long, . ja.tj.v.j * — ! The Seaboard Air Line s bridge at bridge over Big creek at Williamston Catawba j unc tion, 45 milas north of went down yesterday afternoon. The Camden, has been washed away, and big bridge over Broad river on the it is reported, though not confirmed, main line of the Southern between that the Southern’s bridge, a mile be- Blacksburg and Gaffney has either been destroyed or had its approaches ™ washed out. Anyway, it is jmpas- sable. The Southern trains from the mountains to Charleston last night and today were sent, via Charlotte and Columbia, instead of by Charlotte, Rock Hill and Kingsville. Main line trains early today were detoured at Charlotte and Augusta, the intention being to send them from Augusta to Atlanta and points south of there by using the Central of Georgia tracks out of Augusta. But at 1 o’clock the advice from Augusta that the trains i could not pass that point was receiv ed. serious washouts being reported on the Central of Georgia. It would seem that the Carolinas are cut off FIVE PERSONS DEAD. SMITH AND EVANS IN THE SECOND RACE RE-ELECTED. Flood is the Worst in the History of South Carolina. Columbia, Aug. 2fc—Reports receiv ed from all sections of the State In- dicate that the present flood Is the most damaging ever recorded in ANSEL, BOYD AND JONES ARE South Carolina. The flooded area covers practically the entire State and at many points the rivers are from two to six feet higher than ever known, not excepting the'great floods $ we arengen and Mellechamp Will of 1848, 1886 and 1903. The railroads are operating very few trains and no effort is made to maintain schedules; on any line in the Slate. The tele graph and telephone service is bad^y Make Second Race for Superinten dent of Education—Other Races. Charleston, Aug. 26.—Returns very much worried by the delay in GROVER GATHERINGS. communication. Tiie second primary is set for Sep- Recent Happenings of Interest to ■ ifl tember 8th, and there is not much time to prepare for it, but it is likely that by extra exertions the full offi cial vote can he ascertained by Fri day night. Many Readers. Grover, N. C., Aug. 25.—As “St»- shine” has ceased to write the hop* penings of our neighborhood, aad there seems to be no one else deHi^ , . . ir _ „ ous of taking the task, I will try my Charleston, Aug. 27.—Returns from ... . . . ' „„„ I hand and see If I can gain admtttBnco. I know it makes a paper more iott^ esting to all readers to have all soo tlons represented. 99.343 votes give: Smith 27,6971 Evans 25.180 ; Rhett 21.929 Johnstone 13.031 Martin 6,543 Lumpkin 3.487 Grace 1,474 Our pastor, Rev. B L. Hoke. clOMi a most successful meeting at ML Paran last Sunday. There were llf» teen additions to the church of which crippled and many places in the State f ar as received by the News and This report is based on official re- are than ^ u ^‘ ^ ev - HokB are isolated. More than a dozen toll | Courler up t0 midnight show an ag .i Ports from 27 counties and most of g 8 ™! Wraths" ^ and public bridges crossing the larger the others are complete. No official 8 p 8 very P ,aln - rivers In the State have been swept ^ away and at least two steel railroad suits: bridges have gone down. Many of Evans, 2»t,944 the dams along the rivers, erected for the protection of the fertile bottom lands, have been swept away and the large corn crops along the different streams are a total lose. The total loss of life thus far report ed la five. It Is impossible to estimate the damage to the farming interests throughout the State, but it will run l )rimar . v into the millions. It is estimated regate vote of 80,809 of which re Grace. 1,445. Johnstone. 10.474. Lumpkin, 3,125. Martin. 4,234. Rhett, 18,626. Smith, 22,061. Smith and Evans will make a se«r report from Greenville. Indications ! M,ss Mollie Moore la on an extend- l show that about 2,000 more votes e< ^ to her sister, Mrs. C. W. Pap- are to he reported. The senatorial re ^- Greer. race will be between Smith and; Mr. Ed Byars and sisters, Mlsaea Evans. Victoria and Mattie, returned to their Charleston. Auc. 28.—At 1:30 this home near Gaffney yesterday after morning, with practically complete a pleasant visit of several daya returns the official figures give: among their many friends of this aeo* The returns from Anderson and Ansel 59,276 Gon. While here they attended the Biease 38,842 meeting at ML Paran. These young The last tabulation for Superinten-j people are always welcome in our dent of Education gives a total vote community. of 161,175. Mr. James Bettis, of Greenville, Elmore 30,167; Mellichamp. 31,516; visited his parents here last Sunday. For United States Senator PKKUINCTS north and south. The trestle over the Catawba on the Southern between Charlotte and Rock Hill is being held down by heavy coal trains. Allens Antioch, Blacks durv... Butler Butt f lo .. Cherokee Falls... I*raytonvllle ... Knells Cras-.y I’ond Goucher Gaffney .No. 1 Gaffney No. 2 Gaffney No. H Gaffney No. 4 . Kinirs Creek.. 1.1 roestone Littlejohns Macedonia Maud Pleasant Grove.. Ravenna Snrratts Timber Ridae .. Thtckety WllktnsvlUe. White Plains ... Woods Total ] T. ? > - 7. > 11 = — tc i 49 .) •• 5 54 3 ’ 8 6 41 i 5 ii; 4 41 1 ti i 1 62 * * * .... 21 .... 1 t 4 14 21 ... ■ • ) 5 i i 17 i — i s 3 > ; K Gov. i Lt. Sec Con, ! Gv ' St | Gen. * i r I £ - > r- 1 Si ' Jr ■" 44 51 Factories Destroyed. At Reedy river factory, ten miles from Greenville, water is standing .-three feet deep in the second floor and the machine shop and other out- ^ buildings have been washed away., _ Taylor’s mill, on the Enoree, near Chick Springs, was destroyed yester-; ■■ 1 1 '■ day afternoon. The cottages and a br j d g e over the Watered near Cam- store at the foot of North Main street den j g gt m 8tan( jj n g and no ^ j^eiy to in Greenville have been swep away 8u jj er f ur tlier, though it is somewhat by Reedy river. The big plant of the sba j { y > an( j . seV eral yards of the fill Markley Hardware and Manufactur-1 bave wa8b ed out. The Seaboard au- ing Com pa-'y, ^Greenville, the °ld j t. ho rities do not think it safe to risk est (arriage factory in the South, has an en gj ne on jjjjg bridge in its pre- been seriously damaged. It lies just: sent conditlon north of the Main street bridge and Congaree at Columbia was 28.2 is partly built over the water. Water ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ s stan ng ee t h several inches an hour. The Wateree Camperdown Mill, jus below he ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ & am stree r ge a , ' previous highest record of 32.18 feet. Water is up to the second floor of the Enoree Cotton Mills in Laurens coun-; The central weather bureau has ty. been able to get but few reports from Both the Morris quarry, near Olym- j the up-country today on account of pia, and the Ross quarry at Cayce, | conditions of the wires, but condi- botb in the suburbs of Columbia, will | tions indicate that general rains have sustain serious damage. The Mor-, continued all over that section. For it Ailj If, Supt Gen ' Fdncati'iii 5t I it; in 1 4d vt; Gr>i l\ R. 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Camden is completely isolated to day, having no communication with the outside except by telephone. Conditions are very serious and are growing worse. The the rivers are still rising. AH those who were on the Wateree toll bridge when It went down yesterday afternoon at Camden have been accounted for today ex cept Mr. George Rabon and son and two or three negroes. Mr. Henry Savage, president of the bridge com pany, was rescued last night near Lu golf, 11 miles below the bridge site. It is believed the Messrs. Rabon are down the river somewhere, probably dinging to a tree. Cries were heard on the river last night and a rescue party is out now with boats. On the immense and fertile river plantations along the Wateree prac that the damage to the cotton crop other Piedmont counties are partlcul alone Is ten times greater than the arly slow in arrival, total loss of property resulting from Ansel 47,234. the great flood of 1903 in this State. Blease, 42,370. The rainfall during the past two ■ days is the highest ever recorded in Charleston, Aug. 26.—The total re-,23.957; Jones 76,796. Swearingen, 39,492. Only 1.349 votea He and his brother, Zeb, left on Sun- between Elmore and Mellichamp. El- day night for a pleasure trip to Nla- more received 5,077 votes in Spartan- gara Falls and other polnta of Inter- ^ ur8, est in the east. We wish for them a For Comptroller General, Brooker pleasant trip. this section, 13 inches of rain having ported vote for Superintendent of fallen at Greenville within 48 nours Education is 78,993; Elmore, 23,309; j prior to 8 a. in. today. At Columbia Mellichamp, 25,199; Swearingen 30,-i , ,, 1 the Congaree river registered 31 feet 4*5; nothing from Anderson lnclud i To . the_ Democratic Voters of Chero- relatives In this section. A Card from Mr. George. Mr. J. L. Parker has returned to Atlanta and resumed his position as mail clerk after a ten days visit to at midnight, the highest recorded ed. Including Pickens, Ansel, 47,727; since the flood of 1842. The stations Blease, 32,884. Adjutant General north of Columbia reporting to the Boyd, 43,276; Thompson, 33,359. To- Columbia Weather Bureau reported tal vote reported 76,635. at 8 a. m. from 2 to 7 inches of rain- Charleston, Aug. kee County:— Miss Mamie Burley and little nicca I desire to thank you for the gene- and nephew , Eugene „„ Ed p rons support accorded me In Toes- ker , haje returned to the|r bom , near days primary election. Walhal|a s«.r.l«Uy. 2«.—Ceughman. ' Vor< |" ,a " me 10 “P™ 8 ” “y ar « M ' In this community. fall for the preceding twentyfour 22.684; Flshtmrne. 7.319: Rlctmrdson. P™ ^ *1“ Mr. Manning Mahaffey and family hours. Rain continued today. Siimm«rs«htt 16 586: Cansier.I anoiDer opportunity or casting your j ^ . - 8,107; Summersett, 16,586; Cansler,I owasej. 1 ballot for me and T imaiire vnn if returne(J t0 thel r home at Henriett*. A dispatch from Anderson says that 19,536. Caughman and Cansler will ^ ; N . C., last Sunday, after a weeks visit the storm damage In Anderson coun- run in second primary. Revised j c , ,tj to their parents in this section twenty-four hours ending this morn ing there have been 7 inches of rains at Greenville and 4 1-2 Inches at Spar tanburg. In forty-eight hours Green ville has had 13 1-4 inches. Condi tions at the confluence of the Broad and Saluda forming the Congaree at Columbia show that the shed of the Saluda has experienced much heavier rains the past twenty-four hours than has that of the Broad. Bridge Gone; Many Missirfg. A telegram from Camden gives an account of the dramatic carrying away of a hundred-foot span of the vehicle toll bridge over the Wateree river (Catawba in North Carolina) at Camden. A number of people were [ on the bridge at the time watching ty will amount to hundreds of thous- Senatorial figures on Anderson gave ands of dollars and no train service Evans, 21.008; Grace. 1,449; Johns ton, 10,594; Lumpkin, 3,126; Martin, 4,471; Rhett. 18,598; Smith. 22,079. Total 81,325. appreciation in rendering you a faith ful service. is expected for the next ten days. Captain D. J. Griffith, superinten dent of the State penitentiary, esM- makes the damage on the State farm resulting from the river dykes break Columbia, Aug. 26.—There has tng, at $40,000. hardly ever been an election in which Very respectfully, Jas. W. George. Card of Thanks. We take this method of expressing terr ^le weather conditions in the our thanks to our friends and neigh- nor thern and central sections of the borty for their kindness duriag the ^ ,ale > communication has been prac- illness and death of our mother. i ,lcal, y cut off and the newspapers Mrs. G. M. D. Jetton, have been unable to tell exact re- ' suits in an election where a few bun- The Practical Suitor. (Washington Star.) Senator Kean, at a dinner in Chlc- there was so much uncertainty as i ago, said of a political manoeuvre: that of yesterday. On account of the i “I smell a rat in this contracL It reminds me of a contract made by a Mrs. Bertha Moore. Mr. E. Rippy, one of oyr bright young men, has entered Mars Hill College. He left on the 10th for that place. Miss Georgia Sapoch, who Is teaca- ing school down ffn King’s creek, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents here and attended services at Mt. Paran. The young people are alL requested to come to Saturday service at ML * ’ j the greatest interest and despite the Everybody in Zanesville, O., knows flood there have been thousands of in- the raging river. Of twenty-flve per- M rs - Mary Lee, of rural route 8. She' quiries today in Columbia especially sons on the bridge only six hare bCMi! writes: “My husband, James Lee, a s to the outcome of the senatorial wily earl. "Lord Reginald Bareacres courted * >aran ° n Saturday before the third ardently last year the daughter of a S unda y In September. They are con* New Jersey millionaire. At a season- Bering the question of organising able moment. In a dim conservatory, a Baptist Toung Peoples Union at dred votes may decide the Issue. The ] he laid his heart at the young girl’s that time, so let all the young people complete returns ar# awaited with feet. She, however, being of a rare come out and take a part In this good type, spurned him. work. ‘‘Rising to his feet. Lord Reginald If some one else will write up the contests. Friends of Rhett, Smith and Evans saw indications that their favorite would be in the run over and It has been nip and tuck all day In the political center of the State. The countt* executive committees accounted for. Among those known i firmly bellves he owes bis life to the to have been drowned are Mr. M D. I of Dr. King’s New Dlscorvery. Raborn and his son. A Mr. Savage, His lungs were so severely affected a prominent Northern man recently that consumption seemed Inevitable, removed to Camden, Is In a perilous | when a friend recommended New Dis position In a tree, with two negroes i covery. We tried It, and Its use has In midstream: A thousand ptopla : re8,ore( I him to perfect health.” Dr. a re called to meet tomorrow at noon were on the scene shortly after the fang's New Discovery Is the King of j a t the respective county seats to-tabu- catastrope, which happened at 4:30.' <ihroat and lung remedies. For coughs late the votes, but If the roads are The financial loss is $15,000. •‘jnd colds It has no equal. The first i go bad and bridges are down It may dose gives relief. Try It! Sold un not be possible to get all the roun der guarantee at Cherokee Drug Co try board Into the towns by tha* 50c and $1.00. Trial bottla free. time. T have bared to you the 'moat happenings from this place I will not sacred feelings of my inmost heart. make an0ther hut If noL I May I ask that you will nffver reveal ’ may come a k a,n - to a living soul what has passed he- f Ledger Reader, tween us?’ Trafflc on the Seaboard Is blocked by washing away of the bridge at Ab beville. The supply ship Culgoa, the ad vance guard of the fleet of American warships, has arrived at Auckland, N. Z. J —— j An encyclical embodying the re sults of the Lambeth Conference was Issued from l^ambeth Palace iff Lon don. The Biale executive committee I-t to meet In Columbia on Friday night, and tabulate and declare the returns as sent in by the county committees and State Chairman Jones was today “ ‘I am not a gossip. Lord Reginald,’ the girl said haughtily. “‘But promise me,’ he said. ’Give me your solemn promise.’ “T promise,’ she said. ’But why, Ix)rd Reginald, are you so persistent?’ Because,’ he answered, signing For tore Feet. “I have found Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to be the proper thing to use for sore feet, as well as for healing burns, sores, cuts, and all manner of abrasions,’’ writes Mr. W. Stone, at East Poland, Maine. It is the proper with relief. *1 purpose tomorrow tombing too for piles. Try It! Sold un* turn my attention to your older sis* der guarantee at Cherokee Drug Co. ter.’” 26c. Quebec Is nbont to begin the cele- Mrs. Ethelyn Gaylord Is accused bration of her three hundredth anal- of the murder of Bab Vaughn In verssry. Richmond. / $