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Damage in Augusta by Flood Underestimated ? Many Lives Lost. A ^ utovuiv uwiupai^y a UUMCllIlg 18 wrecked. The Central Grammar School is badly hurt and the Davidson Grammar School is damiged severely. In addition to the fires already reported, it develops that there ? were ten smaller houses burned 0 in different sections of the city. As the water goes dowu further it is feared that damage similar to the Triangular block damage will develop. As to the loss of life, twenty two bodies have been recovered and corpses are found every hour or so. The captain cf the river steamer Swan, which got iu today, reports that he saw, on the up trip, at least twenty-five corpses, all negroes except one, a white man. There are reports of many drownings among the T1 ck crrrt farm Uanrlo f v &t?t AU auiiua iu uiikj 1U*TCI yalley. The Chronicle estimates the death list at sixty. The citizens in mass meeting, the city council in special session and the board of health in special session, have taken measures to relieve the distress. Citizens are subscribing to a fund to help the poorer people in the submerged district, tor por tions of the town are still under water. There is sure to be the greatest suffering and relief must be quick to prevent starvation swelling the death list. In some districts people, who cannot leave their houses, have not tasted food since Wednes day night. Augusta is trving hard to measure up to the demand upon her. Town Swept Away by Cloudburst?Many Persons! . Drowned. Trinidad, Col., Auir. 20.?A Hood in the Cimniaro i river, following a cloudburst, washed away a number of dwellings at Folaom, N. M., last night. Fitteen persons are reported to have been drowned. Eleven bodies have been recovered. Ten miles of track and twelve bridges on the Colorado A Southern Kailway were washed out. Trains have been laid out 48 hours. Meagre advices received here today say the entire town was swept by the Hood caused by the cloudburst. Several houses were swept away completely and nearly every house in the town wa-< damaged. The advices say searching parties have been formed ami that it ia fiXlieetfid as m:in\r mnva ! J ? bodies will Lo found. A pleasing, Rood, high tirade, truly flavored, amber colored cup of coffee j ouil le bad?and without the real Coffee danger, or damage to he lth-?- } by simply u-itig Dr. Hhoop's new substitute, called ' Health Coffee." 1'nre, wholesome, toasted cereals, malt, nuts, etc., make Dr. Slioop's Health Coffee both healf haul and satisfying. No 20 to 30 minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute", says Dr. Hhoop. If served as coffee, it's taste will even trick Mil exnert Test it unit at??> Bennett Grocery Co. w| Augusta, ua., Aug. 28?The llood water at Augusta ig receding rapidly and as the water leaves the streets it is apparent that the loss lias been underestimated. In addition to the dis asters already reported it is found that the Riverside Mills, 111 damage to plant and loss of cotton, which lloated away, sustains a loss of $100,000; Raid's Cotton Warehouse, the finest in the South, is damaged in a large sum, but it will require a survey to determine the amount; Triangular block, where the wholesale houses are assembled, is badly injured. The Nelson & Co , warehouse has collapsed, and is being razed; the Augusta Grocery Company's building is damaged to the extent of $6,000; Hill <fcTerry escaped serious loss; C. D. Carr & Co., Paul Mustin <fc Murphy are comparatively slightly damaged; the National Riopllif rin?*> 1 11-12 2 THE LA Mrs. Early Doesn't Thinl Husband a Leper. Salisbury:, N. C. special ii Charlotte Observer : An inter estiug; party passed through thi city late last night, ttoiug trot Asheville to Washington City It was none other than Mrs John R. Early, wife of the Nort Carolina leper, now quarantine ou the banks ot the Potomac i the capital city. She was ai companied by her mother am carried her little 1-year-old boy who is giving the leper muc concern, lest the dread diseas be in his body. Mrs. Early cim in on the belated Ashevillo trai and took the next northboun passenger train to Washington She aays she knew uothing < her husband's strange illness ut til she saw an account of it in newspaper Tuesday. She is loat to believe that Early has lepros^ but in the face ot the doctor* diagnosis of the case she teai the worst. Mrs. Early says h< husband at one time worked in place where a strong acid wi used, which when it touched 11 (lesh burned blisters and le spots resembling a white ulc< and that he was burned a nun ber of times by this solution spa tering on him. She was exceet ingly anxious t<0 hurry to he husband, although realizing th fact that she would only be pei mitted to get within a safe di tance of his tent. A Sure-enough Knocker. J. C. Goodwin, of Rei Isville, N. C says: "Bueklen'a Arnica Salve is sure-enough knooker for ulcers, bad one came on my leg last aumme but thot wonderful salve Wnnnkad out in a few rounds. Not even a sci remained." Guaranteed for pile sores, burns, etc. 25c. at J. T. Macki ?fe Co., and Kunderburk Pharmacy. Editor Fooshee on Plantin Turnips. Several times lately we ha\ been asked as to the best tirr for the planting of turnips. \\ answer now, it the ground seasonable. But remember thei is no possibility of making tu nips on ground that is not 1 apple pie order. On account * the seed being very small, it r< quires that there be plenty moi lure when they are planted, is best to plant in the drill. Fc table use the purple top and tl yellow aberdeen hold the firi places and lor a salad turni there is hardly anything so goo for this section as the old soye lop. If your ground is not no in reaumess, net if ready to plat at I lie next rain. Any ol the? varieties can be planted all rigl till the middle ot September. For stock some of the whit varieties might be planted An with corn a dollar a bushel, it I well worth the attention ot th thrifty farmer to devise soni means to fatten his lions o something else than corn. Turi ip? will come in to help out th situation very much and ever farmer should try to plant a iroo spot in turnips. It will pay t do so. ? Fairfield News an Herald. Rock Hill's First Bale. Rock Hill Herald: The firs new hale of cotton sold on I It marker was bought by Mr. Job T. Roddey Thursday morninf The cotton was raised by Mr. I B. Jones, of Fort Lawn an brought 10A cent-*. The bal weighed .">50 pounds. Il'i a pit when sick ones drug tt *4 t ft! 11 *1 *? i > iir jf inni lu? ?? t I,.. II ? v. ovuii inntc lilt- ilfflll 21II Kidneys That i*all wrong! A wea Stomach means weak Stomach nerve always. And this is also true of tl Heart and Kidneys The weak nervt are instead crying out for help. Th explains why Dr Shoop's Kestoratit is promptly helping Stomach, Ileai and Kidney ailments. The Kestora ive reaches out for the actual cause < tlieso ailinents?the failing "insid nerves " Anyway test the Kestoi ative 48 hours. It won't cure so soo as that, but you will surely know tht help is coming. Sold by Kunderhur Pharmacy. NCASTER NEWS, SEPTEM it ; CD B h d I IN I n d ' See 01 'a The a lar> /I < ? v itaun M i' . 8 price jr ? One |? go at 1! Babie i in ch< >r 6 black rand 1; 100 3 i hams A ! ft at on: ir i i A bi| w g Two did s< re j I? bleac re" ly 8 1 n Ladie 1 1 If I Oxfor ? : ? We : le j it gains, P ' 4d to me n w to she it | ! i Lancasli Wife Finds Husband Dead 3t Sitting in Chair. 's Fort Mill Times: B F. Gar11 iicon, commonly known as V "Dock," died suddenly on Thursday last at his home in 1 ( lower Steel Creek township. 0 Though ho had boen complain ing some, he was up and going )( about his business and was a' id church the day before. It was k, quite a shock therefore to his 1 ^| wife on returning to the house J alter a short, absence to find him I 81 sitting in an arm chair on t tie ( I ( rt 1 piazza dead. From all indica- f t _ ! 1 inn u Itri It nil Uac.i\ r\ a <1 /I an It a?i ? i i *if7 i>a?i UDCII uon i (HI iiwui ,f or more wlien found. His re. r. mainr were buried at Flint Hill n on Friday, the funeral being k conducted by his pastor. Rev. w Edw. S. Reaves,'.assisted by Rev i BER 2. I3Q8 ECIA )RY GOO ur new ladies' Coat J rery latest styles ii lg shades, ranging i C 4? or j-ii liwiii X LU 43 uona lot taffeta petticoa only 3.48 cents :s soft sole shoes-nev Dcolate, Ecru, white . Sizes 0 to 4. Br ace. Choice 50 ct /ards good apron j To po while it _ 0 - - - ? - ? ly4 cents yard, g bargain in bleac more cases of that 5 3ft and cambric fini hed domestic to go ; 1-2 cents yard. :s', Misse's and child ds all reduced to have many other , that we havent s :ntion but will be )w you pi* VIman * R G. Kenfirick. Mr. Garrison was born May 22, 1847, and was the seventh 9on ol Kov. J. M. Garrison. He married Miss Minnie Yarhorough, who survives linn. Of this un ion were born seven boys and six girls, ot whom two are dead. A haying Investment Mr. J oh ii White, of Ss Highland Vve., Houlton, Maine, "Have jet n troubled with a cough every winter am! spring Last winter 1 ried many advertised remedies, hut he cough continued until I bought a >0f5 bottle of Dr King's New Disjovery; before that was half gone, the lough was all gone. 1'his winter the lame happy result has followed; a 'ew doses once more banished the innual cough 1 am now convinced ;hat Dr, King's New Discovery is the best of all cough and lung remelies." Hold under guarantee at .1. T. Mackey it Co , and Funderburk Pharmacy. 50o. and $1.00. Trial bottle Tree w 7 LS ?DS Suits 1 the I in rs ts to 9 I vlot : and ltton 3. pr. ging- | lasts I j Uinrr splen ished at on ren's cost bar- | ipace 1 glad I tile Co. J Terrible Mine Disaster in Oklahoma. McAleater, Oklahoma, Aug. 9.f> ( )na /-* ?!%*? ' ui me wurat mine disasters in ihe history of this part of the Southwest occurred at Haileyville, 15 miles east of here today, when between twenty-five and thirtv miners were entombed in th" Hailey-Oklahoma coal mine No. 1, the result of a fierce , lire which, it is believed, has shut off all means of escape. I The men wlio-e escape was shut off were all in the lower part of die mine. At noon a telephone message trom the scene stated the tire \vaJ burning so fiercely that it was impossible for rescuers to enter the shaft and it was *i_ - men oeiieved the entombed men rau9t surely be burned to death.