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[j The Abbeville Press and Banned \ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1903. .; . ESTABLISHED 1844Jl hriLLIOI LO! ills Washed Few Mill, B< Mills Washed J Three Thousand "-l-"' 1 T-> t 1 nousana oaies ?Some Account many wires that It Is Impossible t mQffiBBwMMGHQn^PRi&Qrst and tbe resultant flu estimate somewbert loss la tbe eatlre section UBBJKEMHreg^^oag at Facolet Is placed at 81,000,000,6ur ^^^^^^Hrilla Nos. 1 and 2 demolished; 28,000 splndl' WfiffiSB^Floih goods In company's store damaged, grit afisjSgjH^btnlth shop, dental office, livery stable and Pres At Clifton, the Converse Mill, with 51,000 8] K with 27,000 spindles, la half- washed away. Tbe g half?rulned. All these mills belong to the Clifti i More than 500 people are homeless and 4,000 & There was no wind and *io damage by 11( torrents, converting the surface of the earth int EflA flowed their banks to heights never before kno - > ?.,n.nlhlnn I,, t t IB? roaring lorreuut, wipiug uut m<?fiuiu( 8j stone and Iron piers; cottoa mills were crusbe i and lnnumberabie smaller Industries and cotta W At a late hour tonight, scores or people wet I and oould not be reached. Unless help coaies will fall Into tbe water and drown. v, _ THE PACOLET CATASTEOPE. Sadden Blue of the River of n Few ' Feet Depth to n RhkIdc Flood or i Fitly Feet, Sweeping Everything | Ilpf? It?The DeHtrnctlon or the 9 Mlll^?Pitiable Xucldenttt of the C'h| News and Courier. F ; Paoolet Slllls, June 6.? Pacolet Mills Nos. 1! I and 2 bave been swept away completely by a I ; terrific flood of water from the Pacolet Klver. I 9 Tbe river began to rise at 7 o'cloofc this morn-11 ' log and In a few minutes the water rose to a } height of forty feet, washing away these two! I mills. Tbe Presbyterian Cburcb was sweDt' ft away, also several stores. Tbe ploker, boiler j IS and machinery of tbe uew mill, jno. h, a mne | I lrom tbe others, bas been destroyed. 3 President Mon tgomery bas come from Sparf tanbunt^o look after tbe wreck and to save as muob property as possl 'a. Thirty-six hundred ba.es of cotton and four j. thousand bales of cotton goods have been swept down tbe river. Parties have been senti oat down the Broad River to save as much of I I these goods as possible. The loss is at least 91.000,000. There was no storm insurance on i this property here. A negro was drowned here this afternoon | while trying to save some cotton. President Twltcbell, of Clifton, telephoned bere that Clifton Mills, Nos. 3 and 4, have < been washed away, and Nos. l and 2, at Glen- i dale, partly damaged. Louis Kobn. I DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. Pacolet, June 6.?The flood and the wrecked j mills at Pacolet are awful to contemplate. I find tbe river a perfect torrent, while wreck- ' age, timber, cotton bales, goods, boxes and trees are plied along the bank* In an apparently inextricable mass. The river reached tbe highest record ever known by tbe oldest Inhabitants here. It Is estimated tbat thirtyfive to forty feet was reached. Much of tbe < damage was done by tbe timber* coming down from Clifton's wrecked mills, two of wKlrth OVA ennfl 4 I H 8T0KY OF AN EYEWITNESS. \ Mr. Claude Qrabam. who was an eyewitness ft ) -to the terrible work of the river, furnished : me with the following story: f At 7 o'clock Id the morning the river was m^y high, caused by a three days' downpour of rain, but the water was not up to the bridge. 1 one bandred yards below Pacolet Mills, Nos. 2 land2. In thirty mluntes, he 6ayB, there g wai a sudden rise In the river, as If caused by n a waterspout, and the bridge was seen to topi pie over; then the following wooden build K . logs followed lu quick succession : A shoe 9| shop, owned by George W. Brown; then the K postofflce, from which all mall matter was o saved; the handsome Presbyterian Church, & wblcb cost 94.000, was seen to gradually rise Rpj from Its foundations and float downstream H Intact, with Its steeple pointing skyward, un9 111 the river was reached. The livery stsbles jfi occupied by Murray & "Wilson,on the oppoBT site side of the river, were carried ofl'. but not & until all the sincb bad been saved. Dr. Gunft 13r's dentist cfBce was next taken and everyH thing loRt; ebtlmated loss In Instruments, etc., *1,000 In the meantime hundreds of bales of cotton were seen racing down the river at light ntng speed until some 2 000 must bave passed. The cotton continued to pass for two hours. At 10 a. m. the upper end of Mills Nos. 1 and 8 broke ! , and soon tbe two mills collapsed and tbe wreckage floated down the river Id I tbe wftki of the debris that bad gone on e ahead. Tbe ground where the mills stood Is I now a seething, foaming body of water. Tbe 1 cloth room aod * storage room,extending from ja tbe main buildings, were half demolished, 1 -while tbe other half Is left standing, a gaping, j| unslgaily mass of brick and twisted timbers. jl a horrible sight. a Abou'i this time several bodies were seen car3} r!ed along by tbe mad water. One boy, In bis M night clothing, was od tbe floating roof of a SS house and when be came opposite tbe horror|S stricken crowd on tbe banks be cried piteous& ly to be saved, but no human being could live 88 in that terrible current. A piece ot timber jfe came alODg and struck him and he was seen do more. Tbe next victim seen wasa woman, who was dead as were others. w* a call kor volunteers 0 was made by tbe mill authorities and soon a R host of bands were endeavoring to save as | much cotton and cloth as possible. While % thus employed one of the negro men In a (gang, named Quay Worthy, lost bis footing and slipped Into tbe water and was drowned. His body has not been recovered. A representative at Columbia has been notified to recover as much o( tbe cotton and bales of clotb as possible from tbe river as It comes down. mill no. 3, half a mile further down the river, bad the north end blown out and engine room washed away. The lower floor Is flooded but a great deal of tbe machinery on tbe upper floors Is uninjured. The water came up Into tbe lower floor of the company's store and It was thought It would go, but the waters began to recede at 1 o'clock and have been falling rapidly. The river will be within banks. If no further rains fall, by 8 o'clock. There Is a threatening cloud up the river, which may cause a further rise at Pacolet. The loss will run conslderHbly over a million dollars. There were 4,00(1 bales ol cloth lost., and neai ly as many bales of cotton, besides the flve buildings. Pacolet Mills were the first and ido.st 8UCCPKKIU1 iu we riiuie, lue hiock ubiuk gH quoted at 190. This, la addition to tlio great gF| lo88atGaluesvllle.ua., Ih a terrible Hetbac H to tbe company. Operations will probably be ? resumed In Mo. 3 In two or three months. 3,000 l'EOPLE OUT OF WORK. Wf la the meantime 3,000 people are thrown out IW of employment. Many of tbem, living on |& the opposite side of tbe river, cannot get to H tbelr homes uulll tbe river abaldM so that 66 boats can be used. Crowds of people are comB? lng on every trnln to witness the terrible W work of the flood. J. K. M. s a fuller account. I Pacolet Depot, S. (J., June G?One life, 11,500,K 000 loss, complete destruction of Pacolei Mills Num. 1 and 2, partial lot* of Mill No. 3 ; loss of giS 3.M1 bales of cotton. 4,500 bales of uewly msnufaciured drills and brown sheeting, 3,500 gWr operatives thrown out of work, entire loss of ?III ?.l II uurli ulaliln IW H oewiy Otcviicu m in >11111 emu - V poBtoftice aud row of stores and the Presbytn? rlan Church, Bums up the work of a terrific 1 flood which occurred here this morning at It 0:30 o'clock. K? . K' :t dv ci nan )1 1)1 1LUUU, Away and the Third) idly Damaged. ^way and Two Partially De[ Six Hundred Bales of Cottor ; of Cotton Goods Swept Dowr s Report Heavy Loss of Life, are down and communication ol ali sorts Is sc o lorra any definite calculation of tbe lots o ods. Tbe mortality list may go to 150, but the ? around 40 or 90. laid waste by tbe storm Is likely to aggregate amarlzed as follows: es a wreck; 3 500 bales of cotton, (WOO 000 worth us mill, cotton gin, postoffice, shoe sbop, black byterlan Church all washed away. plndles. has entirely gone. The Clifton Mill, Dexter Mill, with 30,000 spindles, Is probably in Manufacturing Company. outol employment. jhtning; only by water. This fell In veritable a a sheer lake of raging water. Rivers over wn ; creeks became rlver6, and small rivulets >eir course. Railroad bridges were torn from d like straw before the flood, and grist mllle ges were washed away by the angry waters. e clinging to the branches of trees at Clifton to them soon It 1b feared tbat many of them the loss is complete and the lively Pacolet of yesterday is a scene of destruction and gloom. Tbe Inhabitants here are completely demoralized and awestricken. There are 8,500 operatives In this little town, who will bo thrown out of work for at least a year. The operatives, who witnessed the awful catastrophe, could not realize what was happening until tbe mighty flood bad done its work. so quickly did the rivek rise that tbe country surrounding was covered in forty leetof water In an boar. Timber, cotton, debris of all kinds, broken machinery and tops of bouses came down from tbe country above bore, presumably from the wreck of Clifton Mills. Tbe debris, which struck tbe dam above tbe mill property, was unable to break It, and all of this came with a terrific Impetus against Mill No. 1, and tore It 10 pieces. Tbe newest mill. No. 8, was saved from complete destruction by the breaking of tbe huge'dam. pacolet mills were on the west bank of the calm and peaceful Paoolet River. This property was below tbe surrounding country and dlretly next to the river. Normally tbe river never reaches a, height of five or six feet, but today the waters rose about tbe dam to tbe height of over fifty feet. Fortunately the houses of tbe operators are situated on the bills nearby, and tbe water did not reach these buildings. There are 3,500 operatives thrown out of employment, and although there Is no suffering at present among these people, so tuddenly deprived of a livelihood, they will certainly need aid from outside until employment can be obtained. Most of tbe operatives will go to Union and Spartanburg. Some are pre paring to leave at once. Tbe Spartan Mills, which is practically under tbe same management as tbe Pacolet Mills, will take most of tbe people. "tbe most horrible scene" of tbe whole disaster was that of a little while child seen cliugtng to a muss of debris, which came down trooi Clifton. Tbe child, of about 14, was beard crying and pleading for some one to save bis life. Tbe hundreds of people along tbe sides of tbe raging river, though awesirlcken and horrified at tbe scene, were unable to do anything to save the drowning boy. a whttp man Anri woman wpr? olftn finfln floating down among tbe raging waters and timber. Quay Worth, who was bossing a gang of negroes In saving the cotton and cotton goods, in his eagerness to do all that he oould was caught by tbe terrible onslaught of water and was carried under and drowned before anything could be done for him. THE SCENE ON THE IilVER BANK ibis afternoon is appalling, although the river has fallen many feet. The water ts still rag tng over the dam. Of Mills Nos. i and 2 the broken oft water wheel is all that is left. As the mad, splashing yellow water comes down In Its terrible course over a mass of wreckcd mill property that was worth millionsyester day one's heart is sicken. This morning before 6 o'clock, a number of operatives came across the bridge to their work. On the east side of this bridge Is the mill village and all of tbe operatives Jlve there. On the other side is.the mill property. Those who came over before the wreck are unable to get back to their homes, and will families until the river subsides and they can be carried across In boats. Those on tbe other side were unable to aid In the work of saving the property. Toe suspense on the other side of the river must be something awful, for there Is no possible way of ibeir knowing If tbelr relatives on this side are alive. Tbe wreckage is strewn all along the bankx of tbe river. There is not a trace of the machinery to be seen. Below tbe site of Mill No. 2 there Is a slight bend in tbe course ofthe river, and a great deal of cotton and many bale* of goods were beacbed there. Probably 1,000 bales of cotton will be saved here. WRECKING PARTIES have been sent out to save as much of the property as possible. All along the Broad River parties will look out lor aw much of the cotton as posttible. About 0:30 o'clock this morning the Pacolet River was about ten feet below the bridge. This height was rather unusual anil wan caused by the heavy downlall ol rain of the last week. An eye-witness says tv at In the quickest time possible, about five minutes, tbe water rosein terrible strides, as if caused by a water spout, and in this time tbe river had risen to the appalling height of forty feet. Tbe long wooden bridge which counecisthe two sides of Pacolet was tbe Hrst object taken in by the raging waters. Tbi* long bridge whs torn Into shreds in a few secoudx. Alongside of the bank of the river below the mills were a row of wooden buildings. These were completely demolished in quick succession after the destruction of the bridge. Anions this property was h shoe shop, owned by Mr. George W. Brown; next came the post office. Fortunately all of the mail wftR SHved before the waters reached this building aud washed It away. THE I'RESBYTERIAN CHURCII, a haDdsome edlflc, which cost $4,000, was next taken In by the hungry waters. The church was taken off completely, and It was a spectacular sight to see this magnificent building floating Intact luto the rustling streams with Its tall spire standing far out of the water. The church was not torn to pieces until It had floated about a quarter of a mile. Next to the Presbyterian Church was the deutal ofllce of Dr. Gunter. The office was taken oU bodily and the loss complete. THE COTTON WAKE HOUSE was a massive structure, built of wood and brick. The onrush of the water whs terrific and, with Us mighty forces, this building wsf carried off In sections. The cotton wlilcn th? company had bought for summer consump tion was stored here aud In less than flfteei minutes 3,011 bales of cotton were seen lloat ing In all directions and with lightning speec a tortuue was seen to float away. The limber machinery, cotton and other debris whict came down from the Clifton Mill were to< much Tor the strength of THE PACOLKT MILLS, and Id a few minutes these magnificent mills which had been the pride ol their founder Capt. J. H. Montgomery, collapsed and. pleci by piece, were seen to float away. The de strucMou was accompanied by a terrible nols which could be heard at I'acolet. two mile from the mills. The spot where iho mlllf Num. 1 and 2, stood Is now a seething, foatnlui body of yellow, muddy water. These twi \ mills were completely destroyed with the exception ot a very small portion of the cloth. TilK l'ACOLKT 1x/. MILES WIDE. Union, June <!.?Latest advice* to the I'roecresR Indicates thnt the Pacolet Klver. at OilfI ton. Is one and one-halt miles wide. No news ' can be had from there, hut It Is believed that Ullfion Mills No*. 1 and '2. are down. The dam at Whitney Is none and the steel bridge at thai place washed away. It Is reported thai about five miles of rallraact track near Uampobello has been destroyed. Rumor says that one white man and two colored men were drowned at Pacolet while trying to save cot' ton. Pacolet Mills Nob. 1, 2 and <3 are down. A message irom Lockhart Is to the eltect that Broad River Is rising rapidly. No danger, however, unless there Is a further rise of twelve or fifteen feet. People there are very much alarmed. the story as told in onion. Union,, June (i.?A cloudburst at Pacolet caused the washing away of two of the three big mills at Pacolet, S. C. The dam hai gone I and the river was still rising at 12:10 p. m. The post office, grist mill, beef market and church and two hundred bales of cotton are I gone, and the hotel is expected to go soon. The loss of two mills alone is about 32,000,000. Converge, some miles above, on the river, * has suffered seriously, and about one tbousand bales of cotton have been sebn floating "> Hninn fhnrlvAr fr/*m t.hnt nlunA. Tt 1u u lun rf*. I ported tbat Clifton No. 1 has gone and No. 2 , In great dauger. Telephone messages from Sparanburg to the Union Times, Progress and private citizens > give accounts of what seems to be an appalling calamity to a number of cotton mills of tbat county. It seems tbat tbere was a cloudburst on the Pacolet Klver at some point i north of Spartanburg at an early hour this morning. As a consequence Whitney Mill, a few miles north of Spartanburg, Is badly damaged; Clifton No. 1 destroyed, Clifton No. , 2 Us going, Pacolet No. 1 washed away, with , lis ware houses, containing ootton and cloth Pacolet No. 2 about to go, and the dam at Pa: colet No. 8 gone. This last olrcumslance will probably same the mill at that place. No account ot lives lost has been received. It Is rumored that bouses irom some of the mills ' have been seen floating down the river, coni talnlng the dead bodies of those who had occupied them. Several miles or the Columbia, Spartanburg aud Abbeville Kallroad near i Campobello have been washed away. The train up from Columbia this morning will go to Spartanburg and return. A good deal of anxiety is felt here concerning the late of Lock hart Mill, In the eastern section of this county. This mtJl Is situated on the Broad River, a few miles below the point where Pacolet River flows Into it. The bed of the former Is very wide there, however, and It Is thought tbat if It bus not been affected by a similar cloudburst above the month of Pacolet the in flux of the latter stream will not Ulufip i f\ r lea in t ho /Innoni* nnlnt Tbe tenant bouse?, or some of ihem, as well as tbe mill, are situated almost on tbe river banks at Liockhart, and the result of an overflow tbere would be serious in the extreme No communication can be bad between Lock hart and Union. A FULLER ACCOUNT. Calhoun Falls, June (J?Seneca River begaD rising slowly yesterday. Before daylight this morning tbe rise became more rapid and by 2 o'clock today the river was higher than ever before known, bringing down houses and bridges. At 1 o'clock today Little River, a tributary of the Seneca, reached tbe second story of Courtenay's Factory, doing considerable damagev to tbe machinery In tbe lower floor. Tbe water reached the. roof of the cotton warehouses, severely damaging them and washing away forty or titty bales of cotton. .Several bouses were also washed away. , The Benedict Lumber Company, at this place, have sustained heavy loss. Their boom i failed to control the logs and nearly all t got away today. The Southern Railroad Is 1 using tbe utmost precaution In crossing < trains over Seneca River, testing the trestle i with a coal tra n ahead of the vestibules, t News arrived about 4 .o'clockt his afternoon t that tbe dam of tbe Toxh way Company broke 1 today. This dam holds back a lake covering. I It Is said, 1,300 acres, and It Is expected tbat < great damage will result to bridges and other I property whenever the flood comes along, < This Is tbe lake tbat h?s caused so much un- ' easiness for several mor>ths past, for tbe dam < was known to be Imperfectly constructed. It < Is on Toxaway, a tributary of Seneca River. ( D. L. R. I A BLOW TO SPARTANBURG. | i Urent?Ni iMHiuuer me uonniy f,vpr Suffered?Tlie Oily of Spartanburg Cat Olt From all Railroad Commanlcatlon, the Power 11 on hp Flooded and Street Car Traffic Stopped for Hours. Spartanburg, June C.?Clifton and Facolet Cotton Mills were wrecked to day by a cloudburst. Three incbett of rain early this morning on topol two and a half Inches yesterday caused the greatest disaster the county ever bad. CllKon Mill No. 3 Is gone; No*. 1 and 2 badly damaged; a score or more of cottages washed away. It Is estimated that 100 people were drowned. Much cotton and baled goods carried down Ihe stream. ParoletNos. 1 and 2 washed down ; upper dam gone; Mill No. 3 standing. About 8,000 bales of ootton and hundreds of bales oi goods gone. PresbyterIan Church, livery stable and meat market washed away. Loss at these two mills estimated anywhere from $1,000,000 to 82,000.000. Several tenement bouses washed away at Whitney, but no great damage to mills. The mall mill at Lolo, six miles north of town, of which Seth Scruggs is president, is gone. Glendale Mill Is not seriously crippled, ex. cept five dams wasned awav. No word from Tucapau. Fairmont, Enoree and Klogervllle. Nearlv all the bridges in the county are gone. The railway bridges at Lawson's Fork ' aud Pacolet down. Tbe one out of Middle , Tyger yielded tblB morning. Tbe bridge . across North Tyger, near Moore, went down at noon to day. The bridge at. Shelton was washed away this morning after the train from Columbia reached Spartanburg. VVe have no railway communication In any direction. Telephone wires are down and county towns cannot be reached. Telegraph wires also down, except one to Atlanta. Some break m the road about Saluda pre vt.nts any train going towards Ashevllle. We are certainly Isolated. The power bouse was flooded In the morning and the street cars did not run for several hours. Tbe car bridge at Glendale Is gone. All the public bridges on Lawson's Fork and Pacolet are goue. Dead bodies were seen floating down the river by Pacolet Mills this morning. Toe mill dwelling houses and out houses of Mrs. Garner, a mile below Whitney, were washed away. Hundreds of people went to White's Mills this morning to see tbe raging flood. The mill and Ice factory were left, but the cotton wa* carried down. No message received from Cherokee Flats and Lockhart Mill, on Broad River. A beavy rain fell this afternoon between 5 and 0 o'clock, with no signs of clearing. While the ralus were very heavy here, five to six inches in twenty four hours, it Is believed that a few miles north of town there was a heavier downpour. No one can gel from here to Clifton to give relief to tbe suflerers. It Is probable that, the loss to the mills, the county, the rallrood and the electric line will go any where from S'2,000,OUU to $3,000,000. The loss suffered by the farmers has to be added to that. TIIK DAY ItKKOKK THK FLOOD. Spartauburg, June (!.?Floods like that o KausaM struck the Piedmont yesterday mom" lag about 5 o'clock. Showers came In rapid succession during the day and by night streets, fields, gardens and low lands were Hooded. The small streams were reported as gettiug high enough to endanger bridges aud wash crops away. At sunset it looked as il ' the rains would hold up, but it begau to ' thunder In various directions and the clouds grew more threatening. In tlifal showers the ruin began to fall. About midnight the Hushing of lightning was almost conslaul; ! shower alter shower poured down, each : seeming harder than the Ian. .Streets were ? turned into running streams, lakes were ) formed on level places, gardens were soaked and washed, streams were raised beyond the i danger point, aud taking the twenty-four - hours from 5 A. M., yesterday till some hour I to-day. It was the heaviest rainfall ever re. corded here. Last night It measured 2!i ini dies and yesterday's ruin must have been ) more. So In one day we had about six in tUCB HI iniU, J-.W.jr tmr. IUUIUIUK uw t^'wivo. have come In an to danger doue. No trains are running on the roads. The engines at 1 the power housn art? flooded and no street] ' cars are run ti lot' li Is believed that wheat! g Rtandtng In the delds Ik pretty well ruined 1 . and that which has been cut 1b equally as, B bad oil. 8 Meagre reports are coming in this morning. , They nay that near! all the bridges of the a county are washed away or badly damaged, o The railway bridge at Lawson'a Kork, two ===== Nc Spring and HAS EVER BEEN SEEN IN ] JUl Bti ? Wfomm We do not want any one to t of Abbeville will come am OUR STOCK OF WHAT SAY O Silks Whit IS VERY LARGE. +. We have Taffetas, Pean De Seine, We can only and Wash Silks in great variety. We Sonne of the la have the moat beautiful line of Wash exquisite. We Fabrics we have ever carried. They Oxfords, Batii cannot be described. You can only Linens, Organd get a correct idea of them by seeing Waist Linens, ! them. Linen, etc. etc. WE CANNOT BEG-IN TO TI SHOWING- OUR GOOl A GOOD i: Come to see us and be ass L. alles from station, Is damaged by timbers wIthoat means ai ind bridges floating against It. One or the |3 uot sufflcle tyger bridges la ho damaged that no trains devastation and i ;an cross. The Pacolet Mills have suffered 8hin9 Even deatl nuch. In one of them the water Id rushing aid Is extended hrougb the second story. The ends of one of beluz at these Dli ,he mills are washed out Much cotton was wlUl lUe C|rcutAst waH washed away. The Beaumon Twine Mill aMt,lstance Is i las closed down. It was not flooded, but the Poti linnn th? nonni iniilno hnnoo wall lllllnir wlt.h uiutnr nnrl thp _ 7. _ _ ..? .. " . .. . liic re?uuB,.iu uruu ires were put out. The accomodation train ?eri0Ug suffering i arae lnjlrom Laurens on time this morning, that it Is only nece We expect no regular service on the south- tlon jje jt srn between Qattney and Greenville for a hearts of the peo Jayortwo. No direct Information from The touched to a quli ZNittan Mills. It Is reported that some of the have never failed ,enement houses on the west side of ihe river, abmty however ibove Mills No. 1 were washed away and all let It be prompt !ome of the people drowned. No one can get "Mr. T. H.Glbbe .0 the mills from this place and the telephoue has kindly consen is down. It Is the highest water that has tn;it may be co seen In the Piedmont since the famous Aug- mtiy he sent bin jst freshet about a half century ago. The patched to the aid loss to the cotton mills, county bridges, prl- -"IXC vate mill and roads will run up to an enor- The following c< mouH amount. There Is no way of estimat- o.tely pledged by tt Ing the loss to-day. Hey ward, S50; Att TUK HAD NEWS CONK i KM ED. OenemP Jones!"^ Spartanburg. June G.?Special; A dispatch Gen. Frost is not li was forwarded by way of Atlanta this after- lug the Governor v noon. Later reports confirm all sent In that, citizens of Spartac except that the mill at Valley Falls, was not distribution of the washed away. The Tucapau Mill is injured, but not seriously. A colored man was drowned at Pacolet Mill Lbls morning while trying to save sor?ecot- THE FLOOD ton. One woman was floating down the river ou a l< g or part of a house, clad only in a alght dress. A youth went down the stream Two Housed on jllnglnK to a log or piece of limber crying for belp. He went under. River WhnL The report that about one hundred were . . irowned at Clifton has been made by sev- rtUU ieiepno Bral persons. It may be exaggerated, but Greenville June there were no doubt many drowned. are assuming serlo The dam at Llnder's Ford Is said to have age to cr0ps in tl broKen, and that carried down the dam and heavy. Two house mm at converse, causing a great waveioron oil the banks of tl aver the cottages, which were built very close ttre reportsd lost to the river, and not many feet above low C0Untry are comli water mark. An Informal committee met anfj telephone wlr IhlR afternoon to provide relief for the needy There Is a well at these mills. To say that; Is It a great ca- Toxaway has brofr lamlt.v feebly expresses the situation. The running down Sei presidents and directors of the mills have people expect the 1 been busy all day doing what they could to reach Seneca by rr relieve the suffering of the people. lbe trestlo of the S No trains to night and none expected be- totally destroyed (ore Monday. The weather still threatening ind more rain promised to night. Petty. TUB DISASTKK AT CLIFTON. THE SAPPE Converse Mill, with 51.000 splnrtlns, has en Llrely gone. Clifton Mill, with 27,500, Is half washed away. Dexter Mill, with 30,50i>, Is rial! gone. These belong to the Clifton Man- So Nay* ? IMspi afacturlng Company. Five hundeed people . ire homeless It is estimated that fifty are uer*oii ine itowned. Four thousand are out of employ- nu,| u,0 ment. There were many thrilling rescues from trees and houses. 1$. S. Johnson lost Country in I bis wife and all his children. Ho did K. A. Finley and J. L). Owens. The following were urmea. drowned: Fleetla Gosla and child, Mwggie Anderson Inner Klrby, Mr. Loog and his wife and Novia this af.ernoc Slmms. Other names are not obtainable. mountains. Detail certain that there i of property and p AN APPEAL FOR AID. Juc'bTtocLuir^ The first intimati ? here about 12 o'cloc . - , ... came stating that iHHnetl from Columbia by tlic Gov- menced rising at i crnor of the Nlii(e In Hclmlf of (lie ralf). ^ J o cloct seven feet, over tu OprrHtlvfH wlio are the Victim* of Water, Light and _ ... . man Shoals, and at the Great Cotton .Mill Disaster. was cut off. Columbia, June C.?Telegrams received here Tlje Plu>?? lSilu 1 tonight shows that the disaster was much just below the clam greater at Clltton than at Pacolct. In view of J*0 such a height th the fact that It in estimated that fifty lives be abandoned by were lost. So far a? the monetary loss is con- Ueved that the dan cerned It mav be somewhat less; still It was year at great, expen immense. One large mill was totally de- but the machinery stroyed and tif others all are more or less greatly damaged, damaged. The appalling fenture at Clifton, At b o eloeK the \ however, was the loss of life, caused by the story to the rsewry destruction of the operatives' dwellings being operatives cottage washed away. Besides the dead there 500 sixty bales of cotto men, women and children homeless and at no lives were losl least 4,oui> people are out of employment. railroad Driageon o ??i,i I., ih? r..n..a>in<> tween .Seneca and < telegram received by tbe Governor to-night: A dispatch has Governor D. C. Heyard, Executive Man- that tb? dam at Ha slot).: Ah eye-witnesses of tlie destruction JUH' over the llu and guttering In the Cllflon Mill districts we hrote at 112 o'clocl appeal to you for Immediate relief. A. relief dowu keowee Ulv< committee will be organized: S. McM A. Klver, and will rea l'ltiinan, Baptist rniutster; It. A. Sublett, "'nf11, , evangelist; .1. 1>. UaUey. minister; U, A. Abe Benedict-Lo 1'Hi kM, N. I'eMt, J. II. Williams, magistrate ; Seneca River, at Dr. tiunter. Walter Bales Brown. thousand dollars Tbe following appeal was also received: news can be had toi Over 500 people homeless; 4,000 thrown out r'K Cotton Mill, n <>f employment. Many need immediate help, thought to have su, Kill male of fifty drowned. May appeal to talnable. Slate for help. Will organize a relief com mlttee anr. see all money properly applied. The Kev. W. J. Snyder. Methodist minister. Wiutlirop Colli The Governor promptly called Into consul- Kii?rmi?.? tatlon other States otticers and it was decided to Issue at once an appeal to tbe people for The examination aid. It was Issued tonight and is as follows: scholarships In Wii "To tbe People of South Carolina: an aw- admission ol news j ii i cm it 11111 y imn ut'icti it u ujr jtwjnc ui v>i m? mi iuiui' v v^uu it iiuuh aud I'acolet, wberebv not only tins a leurful ',1A.M. loss of life occurred, tlfiy people having Dieo Applicants must drowned mid 5011 men, women anil children years ofat?e. been rendered homeless and 4.0110 thrown out When scholnrshli of employment at Clifton. While no loss of loth, they will be ? life occurred at Pacolet, nearly as many will the higlust averag* be out of employment, and at leant there will Tin* next, session be ureHt'snllering there also. Such a calan- ber lli, IIW5. tropbe, coming with such suddenness and For further info without warning, places tlieso people totally address l'res. 1J. 15. ) Such a Stock Summer . mrTT-i /srmTT /\TI A 1 JtlJlj VJJ. J. I KJr AJDJJJL V . BITION AT THE STOR] ake our word for it, but b I see for herself, and then will be corroborated. WE HAVE T SHALL WE DESIRABLE F OUR .... Remn TO BE FOUND 1 w v* v \y M ?_ You can get Remi Muslins, Remnants ii nants in Organdies, Piques and Madras, borrow the language of Ginghams, Remnant .dies ana say they are Jacquards, Remnanti have Piques, Madras, Oxfords, in fact Ren 9tes, Lawns, India all kinds of goods. 1 lies, Nainsooks, Mulls, themselves. They a: Irish Linens, Butchers that any one can see bargains. * CLL WHAT WE HAVE. DS, BECAUSE THE SIG MPRESSION IF NOTHI ured you will not regret ii 117 \) VV. V Dd wlthont shelter. Local RT1V .T "F Mr mt to overcome the great JkD * 1 d' Xl m suffering and great hard l may result unless prompt Representative citizens Transferred from I<< ices and who are familiar Territory, to Llttl ances have informed rue lrgent and requested me to Rev. J. F. McKlnnon, wl leof the State to come to Upper Long Cane Presbyt r that further and more this city, went to Lebanon may be prevented. I feel leBfi than a year ago, wht ssary to let the true condl- a high school. i order that the generous Be has received a call tc pie of the State m*y be byterlan Church, of Llttl ek respoupe. The people and wljl begin his mlnli In accordance wltn our Sunday, the 14th of this m small It may be but above His friends will hereaft ? Little Rock, Ark. It was i s, of the Columbia Bank, friends that It was not 1 ted to receive all moneys mljjht be asked to come ntrlbuted, and whatever cnar^e at Upper Long Cai i will bo promptly dls- t-bat a?;y such thought v of the sufferers. doned. Mr. McKlnnon 1 !. Hey ward, Governor." natural ability aud of fln )ntrlbutions were tmmeai- iucuih. luouaiiaivuc&iii ie State officers : Governor have lound it bard to get a ,orney General Gunter, 825; ) Gantt, 825; Comptroller ; Treasurer Jennings, 85. i the city. Monday morn Death of Mm. Frai rill appoint, a committee of on last Friday, Jane 5, 1! iburg to take in chare* the p. m., the Immortal spirit relief fund. P. M. B. wood Dnpre, beloved wife winged Its way to the I beautiful home of the soul t\t /\|n'i?i?T|rv|- v free from earthly cares ant IN GREENVILLE, reign forever with Him wt me, and I will give you re fortlng thought for lovet the Bank* of Reedy sorrow to Know tbat our . . . are In that beautiful hoi ed Away?Telegraph no death, but have Just ue Wire* Dowu. ?'arl?where they will oegl: throughout the endless ag< 6.?Flood conditions here The deceased had been i ius proportions. The dam- for a long time and the e lis section has been very auy moment, yet when tb is were washed away here came it was a shock to lovi ie Reedy River. No lives ?so suddenly and so qu as yet. Reports from the earth away. ag In slowly. Telegraph Mrs. DuPre was like a l es are down. her home, where by her 1 defined rumor tbat Lake ture and gentle disposition en and tbHt the water is clouds and brought bapp aeca River. The railroad about her, claiming the i< full force of the flood to everyone. She was ever r ildnlght. It Is feared tbat hands and a free heart to s outhern Railway will be especially was she ever tl ter to the wants of the sic! Mrs. DnPre moved in lar ? and was socially a gene mArrv lauirh anil brlirhts [IRE DAH GONE, missed In thesocial circle ( in tbe home. ? Through all her suffering to tbe last, asfclng after I itch Received in Au- friends, and Just precedli .. ? ... . ~ joined her pastor, Rev. ] Bad aews About Sene- and distinctly in prayer, i Newry MIIIh and the at tbe close tbe praj Her remains were borne Hint Vicinity In Con- Trlolty church, of which and active member, audi were conducted by Rev. Mi !.?Rumors beiran reaching ^,?T" j 1 >o of a cloudburst In thl a'ler *bicb her w?8 Is are meagre, but it seems cemetery, whe las been an Immense loss -ph^e? ^e., i>Des* robabiy many lives lost, i m e,K,Cav,e sight was heavy, but not beau'irul J??werH> tributes leaslness. tion from friends who mou on of the disaster reached a ,"?aui! ik. When 'phone messages , c ? Seneca River had com- ??i 'J?ear in unprecetienledly rapid ? ,daughter c i tonight the waters was togeiher with slaters and b ,e dam of the Anderson Q ?leePest grief, and in tt Power Company, at Port- bave the sincere sytupal . that hour communication co,naiuu"y:he power house, which is , and the water had risen w^hh < in at the power houso had to , " the employees. Jt Is be- ? .. . Abbeville, a, which was rebuilt last ,^'ie ?"8 c. .I? ' se, will stand the strain vllle. S. C., as follows: in the power house will be s 10 a. ni. North. 12,It vater was up to the second j}! }" aMill, near Seneca. Three > in li!' v,?rth j'* 8 were washed away, with ] P* m< f, j ' n from tbe ware house, but P* m> Hodges. bJC l. Over Heneca River the tbeSoothern Railway, be- Nluht malls on ..unday c Greenville Is gone. Antrevilie mal closes at been received here stating 1 he Rural Carriers leave pphlre, in North Carolina, itoDL ?. i e, from Pickens County. w c. This water will come ;r, emptying Into Seneca Southern Kiiilmi; ch Portmau some time to- , , ,, j , Trains for Hodges leave i ve I,umber Company, on 1 Calhoun, has lost many No. 110(dully)l.&jp.m.; No. worth of logs today. No , * J?11"*' ,u "oUB^"a^!,v; tilglit concerning the Nor- t ' ear Central but it is not /P? . U'ered. No other news ob- f?,0*' a (n'Kbt tra \ M C Close connection at Hot * 4 trains for Greenvljle, Colli """ etc., connecting at Green vil ? . . . vision points and the East, i't;e Scholarship and iauta, eto. Examination*. <a| UA?! l'l^,ft1^'nrd vacant \ fresh tot of candy ev ithrop College and for the ford's up to date drug store indents will ho held at the i'ratts food, perhaps the t e Oil i< 1 idilV. .IlllV lotll. at f/,r uiurln (41 v? vriLir stock tbem start "up hill." Mub not be less than tifteen Wnh Pratts Poultry Food, a rm nrp vacated after .lulv L. W. White sells the bi iwartled to those making j?jTvwtM?ro11 e0'tlui{ at clB a .* at this examination. auywmre. will open about Septoiu- Tliegreatest lino ol belts saw. Of course they are rmation and a catalogue, pies that is why nobody .1 oilnsou, ltock Hill, S. C. prices. A. M. Smith & Co. Merchandise ILLE AS IS NOW ON EXHI- f| ES OF - :I ope every lady in the County we are sure our statement HE MOST OUR -Ipl LOT OF ants laces ;aj ' A XT TV ANYWHERE. aats in colored Embroideries. 1 Dimities, Rem- . * Remnants in ARE SIMPLE WONDERFUL. , Remnants in \ 9 in Silk-Striped 9 in Silk-Striped 8bow you at least three or anants in almost four hundred different styles, and the These goods sell prices are. the lowest ever known, re so very cheap Come to see these goods even if yon do they are getting not want to boy. The sight is worth seeing. WE TAKE PLEASURE IN HT OF THEM MAKES NO MORE. VHITE. >KINNON. I NOTICE OF BEGISTBATIOS | ebKock Arkdian STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. * . . erlan Vbnrob'^iear OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF BEGI8 i, Indian Territory, TRATION, ABBEVILLE OOUKTY. ire be bad charge of Abbeville, 8. C., March 6,1808. .. _ . , _ Notice is hereby given that In aooor< e Rook^A^anaaa* dance with an Act of the .General (try more on next Assembly, and In conformity with the onth^J u. . requirements of the State Ck)natitasaVbysome of b*e tion, the books for the registration of mprobabie tbat be all legally qualified voters, and for the back to bis old issuing of transfers, ect., will be open ?ni now ebereaban? at the offlce ot Supervisors of Registrab a man of good tion in the Court House, between the e mental acquire hour 9 o'clock a. m., and 3 o'clock p 3begtwram?D. m., on the first Monday of each month, and kept open for three soo* cessive days in each month until ok c. DnPre. tnirty days oeiore tne next genenu 903, at two o'clock election. . ..* & of Mrs. sal lie Nor- The Board of Begistration is the judge of the qualifications of all ?where u win be applicants for registration every male i sorrows, and will citizen of this State and of the United State, twenty-one years of age, who is 1 ones and those In not an idiot is not insane, Is not a dear departed ones pauper supported at the. public ex* teredMnumuiat Pen9e.' and is not confined in any pub- A a to live on and on, no prison, and who has not been oon28 oi eternity! ' victed of burglary arson, obtaining SddwasexfJiedLt Koodsor money under false pretenses /$} e dread messenger perjury, fcrgery, robbery, bribery, ed ones and meudB adultery wife beating, housebreaking. nckiy taken from receiving stolen goods, breaoh of trust ay or sunshine in with fraudulent intent, fornication, und and loving na- sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ineea 'tcfau'round ravi?h- miscegenation larceny, or )Ve aBa esteem or crimes against the election laws, and - 4 eady with wining who shall have been a resident in this State two years (except ministers in ? g " charge of organized churches and ge oiroie or friends teachers of publio schools, .and these u nn yam Hew i L?be after pix montha reeidenc* in the )i friends aa well as State,) a resident in the County for six months, and in polling precincy % h^weifare? of'hw1 four montha' and wbo can read any og her death nhe Section in the Constitution of 1896, or vir. Sams, audibly can understand and explain any aeo*erd "Amen"worc' tion ofeald Constitution when read to iro'm the hotr o him by the registration officer or offishe was a faimfui cers shall be entitled to reglslration.and rhsIm/rRftH8,iKtedCbev become an elector upon application for viethodist Church! such registration. If any person ha* carried to Upper been convicted of any of the crimes re it waa laid to above-mentioned, a pardon of the was covered with Governor removes the disqualification. i of love and affec- In case any minor who will become h^r^ffr^i w twenty-one years of age after the cloe' ' ' ing of the Books of Registration and t-broken husband before the election, and is otherwise rotber,'are"bo^vod qualified to register, mafees appiica- 4 ieir sore affliction tion under oath snowing he ia qualify of tbih entire fled to register, the Boards shall register such applicant before the cloalng of the books. Me Any person whose qualifications as s c M?y % 1903 an elector wiI1 be completed after s|S post office ut'Abbe- closieg of the Registration Books but before the next election shall have the 1 pm south ri?ht t0 aPPly for and ^ure a regis1 p. m. North. tration certificate at any time within 1 p.m.south. sixty days immediately preceding 1 J; so?urtS* ^e closing of the Registration Books, p. m. North! upon an application under oath to the lone ate p.m. facts entitling him to such registral.30 p. m. finn at about 7.15 a. m. ll0J?' . . .. . .ink. Postmaster. The registration of voters must be by polling precincts. There must be a M . . , Book of Registration for each polling v schedule. precinct, that is for each townsnip, or Vbbeviiie, a. c., No Darish, or city, or town of less than "" 'N ~ 1 , lKJ(daHy). nve luousauu iuubuiwuw, ui ffMU U1 e Abbeville.No. 115 cities of more than five thouaanH dally) 12.05 p. m.; inhabitants. Each elector must vote iins) discontinued. polling precinct in which he i?es with through resides. If there is more than nnl ,v,??tlDf P,lace ln th? polling precinct! ??Iho Asheviiie, At- elector may vote at any voting place designated on the rariatraHnn certificate The Board. ejy week at Mil- Jn registration certificate the vot . . iDg PIace m the polling Drecinct at est anlmn. regula- which the elector is to vntJi Tf nLff a packuge aud Hee Trmro .u.. J? Vote. If there .13 your hens lay 18 .ore than one voting place in the mure egg producer, polling preclnots, the Boards shall eft yard-w.de un. designate,onthe certi_fl^??S voUng yaru iu uo iuuuu doicvwju ujr wuc ciuviui. G. H. MOORE, and fans you ever R. O. McADAMS, Druiumern Sftm tktivc n qua ^17 ?Iho can touch our WM, C. 8HAWf Board of Supervisors of Registration "fm fi$jJ