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m ; ^ -,r ^ , ;' . ? HE; -% . \* 'V ' . ,? . * * :: ' -; ' iM ' * - rsw? .1^ ^ ? J ^ Ifaj'jULOW 8. 0ARTEH, i ^ Newxmptr : fVr ??<? iVorvoi??B i^ia> flWu' I ?M8k IT1 ^ i pwi *ro M*niq?a 1 ; j rnrTTT -t fflmrmw ?* K ti I? WEEKLY. L A N 0 V 6 1 E U .* < .. J N E I:? ?;> ' - ! a JlLl'sV' 1- !) ik.v' W E T A IC1 JUNE We hav< Goods in partment ' Wt MUSI By J11I3 To Move 1 Have HE PRB It is not wortli PRICES hero! your select ion ai the price. V We have a lot Shoes, NEW ST are sellin?- at (1 Prices. Come to see in aiul we will mak for yon. Iteniei EVERYTHING -1iMivi?r ll( uuiivum* i mi y V E STO C K 30th. 3 a Lot of each Bethat r (jQ-m r First. <*$ rhem We 1DTJCED i while to quote Come and make id we will make \ of Moil's fine OCK, that we rcatly Reduced s before you buy e it interest in ts C ' mber we (Jarr\ %/ I I. miiii ft. - FLOODS DESTROY PACOLET KILLS. '* w | fHE FIERCE WATERS R(K>E 1 OVER FORI'V FEET IN A FEW SHORT HOFRS - s Mill After Mill Rro lght Down t Willi A Crash ? Muuy Lives <> Lost, and the Lota of Fro pcrty Reaches Into the Millions. * 1 Sjucial to Fho State. r I'rtC ?K'I Mills, Juno (!. ? Not <1 siueo tiio Johnstown Hood L is C theie I teen such a cnlutnity of the 1 waters and small wonder that t the inhabitants of this valley are ii awed into awful silence at the a scene of desolation that confronts r them. The information received here is that the cloudburst broke jnsl ? above Clifton curly this morning I about C o'clock. Within an hour v : the mills at that point and a score |, ' or more ot farm houses along the c river hud been carried away and .. 7 il the debris came with a migl ry v rush to this point. ' A 1'IIKNOMKNAI. KIM-I. Inside of 4?? minutes the liver v rose from its normal confines to v the fourth story of the first mill, ii a height of 4 1 feet. The mill op- a eratives were just going to their c early breakfast when the suturd ti of a miorhrv i-ik'". i-~ - 0"--7 I on their ears. Kroin their cut- y ta^es that dot the hill-hies ihey ,, witnessed a scene, lor there was ?i actually not time enough for | i manv of them to get to the hanks, \ that will live on their memory. With 011c great hound the fl <>d s surged down the valley. An or naiuental swinging bridge th it i connected north and south L'acolot \ was swept away us it it had not c the strength of a cobweb. The \ mill operatives, some of whom \ had hastened down to the water's , aide in'hopes of being able to get across*to their work, backed up the hill horror stricken. In live k \ minutes it is said that the water i rose more than 20 feet. ^ 1 CHUKCII SWKIT AWAY. , The Presbyterian church, which ; was picturesquely located on the river side just between the mills, was the lirst building to go. The k tlood surged upon it in a twink- ! ling. For a few minutes its lino j masonry withstood the buttle of ( ) the Niagara-like onslaught then c without a moment's warning the ' I foundation gave away and it went L t down on the ninelstrtun as if it t had been made of straws. t QUICK DESTRUCTION. 1 Hardly had the fascinated spec- J tutors recovered from this scene f when the little llat of buildings | comprising the postofliee, market, ! I , barber shop and blacksmith shop J' > weuA down before the inrushing.i flood. The buildings were near 11 the church and at the foot (Tf the i road or main street of the village. ! ( Thov went down in il?o mUi \ ^ ? % . v* i Hill l/l j waters 0110 after tho other so , quickly that tho spectators ditTer ( as to which went first. By this tinio the river lunl risen ( 10 feet higher until its waters wore surging through tho third . story windows of the mills built to withstand ordinary freshets, but in 110 contemplation of a Hood 1 of such proportions as tho exis-j' ling one. Tho walls of tho build- i i ing knutwn as No. 1 and 2 mill'' ,ere K. , . inMir.;: ar 1 | lie crow.- of villagers w< re ftVjtehlfi; -1 in cK -'-iy w!s' 11 a rone or.' ti red t< i r a i\ -ded heir fttioir >r. an: aitm.i im. m A- ral'ti v ' . h 1 - . 'ni?1 like the Mo of a h .-e was c unin" down - ' ( he ojcu i t'li'o: ! mas- of wa11*8 at I': . nil, ' -j ; 1 Seal Oil n tlic l'Hfi.M - nor." tin- was ti hild iu : i l.t die w A rift a the .e'.tu in-'. I;n hrough .'i .T\ and t!. ! ce < t < lie baby^u- lurned up t > the ight, pa < . M 1 appalled. The j aft stilus. i fall* put Ik-Iow the '.am. with a \ mii \sb an I the hild -t$y..'1 1 'ii in' i the waters, 'he grca! loient turned the Title body n A i ;.ii 1 over, dnahitw j \\ c against .! < : ?ek- until it d . ppeared : am d t ie liend of Ihe o ,VCl' tl UK!"'.' l'UOl'J.llTV I.Oss I In a br.i< t uaee <?f time the h rent ware; e in wiiieh were ;l tore 1 soiui >. "0 bnh.s i ' rotten { iras. swept a \. . 'Three thousand j ales of goitls. i d l.!,i 1buK-of'a otton were in ti; wrick, j u ml it is no.v 1 1- i- ..re just' here tlio ft tun. dion- we; -. ell vsii : i<?K mm i:s. il Hardly .<1 the warehouse 11 rrecked bee ; > opt-out of sight 0 .hen the:e '"as an otninbiH crnok- h ng in the ni . building-, N >. I ; :1 lid 2. The Aver in<itn?nt ..r 0..-M1 edmg Ih-.^ vtaenurcs litul said t would d > oe it airily when it oaclicd o() feet it went up with a ' ush to 40 feet and the old part! 1 f No. I and t? went down. {'he dm r sections of the building 11 pive away rapidly and the en- n ire structure went down with a r peat era ' lliut the mill people u ay could lie hoard l'or miles. A sum section of the building ? s still standing hut the force of 1 lie water bus utterly dc d roved ;11 ivoiylhiny on the small part ? i i be building that was let! staining. oriitut Mil.i. l ui.i.ows. 'L'lie mill No. was the lad one o go and a part of the structure vas left standing that it i< thought f an bo i'( lorod. The end of the nill neart dtho town is wreeked, be slash ; room, engine room! iiul boiler room are also gone, stariLi2\ra nvi criru cs Fresh 1 'Stimony in great quail- i t\ is constantly coming in, deelar- i ng Dr. King's New Discovery or Comumption Coughs and 'olds to bo unequalcd. A recent xpressmn from T. J. McFarland ieutonille, Va. serve-, as ex- ' unple. lie writes: had Uronihitis f r threo years and doctored | dl the time without being benefit id. T icn 1 began taking Dr. ving's New Discovery, and a few Kittles wholly cured me. 'F jiiai 1 V ell'edi o in curing all Lung and Throat troubles Consumption, Ihniuu onia and Grip. Guarantee I >y Fui d u burk Fharmacv, Crav 'ord Bros., and J. F. M ickey K T>. Druggists. Trial bottle free egular si'/.os ?0c, and &1.0o. The loss in the cities and towns >f Kansas by the recent "llood in hat Stale is estimated at *12,300,000. to whi h must bo added Llie lass by damage to crops of which the lowest estimate is s">. 300,000. Sfopff llic CoiiftTi and Works /Jo tliu C"UI. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tul> tits euro a obWi in one day. No j Jure, No Buy. Prion, 2oe. S ft H nTr M L V ? 1 ths most healing salvo in tho worin. I destruction Wrought At Clifton Mills. ? w SV THE MAD WAT KISS OK TUK PACOIjK P 11IV KIT n Mill Wholly un<l Two l'.irti-illy Wrtu'kod ? Many lloo-t- ' Washed Away and :t Stoto e i i a 01 iavei I pccial to The State. ^ Cluto'n, Spartanburg CountV, i, unc fi - -There is wroek ittul ruin ,, nd (lesoltition in this little mill |, >\v11 this ovoninj*. A {Treat ll'ood f, line out of the mountains at p awn and in a lew minutes n rou^ht havoc, k !'i rich men poor, tl nd pool men destitute and w:th ,, ut even the means of cirning loir bread. And, tno-t calami- ,, uis, there i- nit urninj; in many N; eases for their dead, and there tl re many with 11 > In uses in whit 1; u ) mourn. Last nt^ht all wit? eaee in 11 i t tvii. l iiere was not . -i^n of danger. Four thousand , , , , ai leu w mien ami cniMreu, alter ^ tiin^r t h- Ir ?la\' w rk in the 1, 1 n iree pis at mills hr.ro, went to ^ u ir rest. I he >, hull ? 1-1 tl to ,,.rv tl .. i> l. t lint 1441vi iu> j? i\yj> H I i ivtT 1 its way through tin* deeping nvn without .i lipp'.o or :i muruir. There luul been rains lieie, lit not sotlieiont to e.uise the "'a-t apprehension. And f>t grav (laivn this mornO ng there was not hi ig to excite i':ii llui tills eondi; i of securi- 1 y w. i *' sin : t ili >n. A i' v, i liimt. n ft< i' o o ' < il \v:? ; ' ot: si that the Puis 1 ! liver \va- ' l. ing?nil i rising rapidly. Soio - (' r-here i., in the mountains the * lomls had delivered them.selvi l n vast burden of water, ami r iiis crime rolling down b\ the !< nil 1 ion - < ' ton- The tenitie fori e ' Ih ii' li a il ?od * nin-it lie deserib- 11 ti. 1 i livoi sprang up hy 1 ionnds. A foot, two feet, ten :l eel, twenty feet would it evoi " top its wild, fearful 'cour-e; j11 L'hirty ! Hero :it last :t paus'*1. IJat ia the btief hour of its n i aiding what damage ha I been :l ulferol! I The yellow wutors from the ; lay hi U curled over and liroilj;h ' he giant mihs; it hashed against he home- <>t the operatives, and ' i:-hed tlirouirli the viI! ige -.1 reels. ! iii !:i_r I ig; 01* and h olier, it t ground houses from their foun lations, an l it dashe t with lneon- < eivabie ! nv a uins! tu f ?rt re-s- i ike ma-onry of the gHut factories 1 - the prate of eastern Spartani)iu<r. j dii:i> in tii r.iu in a si.-. la the house - that were curried uvny were Hying human beings. Seine clung to the limiting homes: some got oil trees. Men waded and swam to the rescue And there were, brave deeds in thi- hour of terrifying pet i!. How many have been lost il cannot now be slated -not less tnan ten n >r more limn fitly. Fortunately, tlx village houses were mostly out of the reach of the flood's strength, hut i is it was M' or 100 < I' them were ; carried.away. SUCH DISASTER SOI DHEAMEl) OK, When the.-e great mills were built the idea was never conceived that they would ever be unsafe, 'l'hey seemed built to stand til! the brick* were crumbled by the slow (u'oei s of time. But then such Hoods a* this were never dreamed 1 llie huge Con verso mill, illi ." l,oiio spindles, could not i?h-t.'ind the battering of tl\0 iters. Time and time again the i mlit of :i thousand tons was urled against it, and finally it racked and crumbled and became total wreck. Half of the I>cxter mill, with 0,<*00 spindles, is gone. Half of the Clifton mill, in , 11icli there were *27,o')(>spiiidles, - a wreck. t hese people of Clif?n were thrown into a panic. \ hen the many utterly dependent n these factories for the support f their families saw tlicni erutn!e, they were brought face to ice with starvation. Their dis ress was great. The river was ot satislied vith its work on the till-.. It struck the big bridge ver the Sonllu rn railway? a high Us 1 structure, built on granite illars t hat was expected to withand any pressure that the eleient> could bring to hear?but it as wrecked. 111:1.r i- NKKI?I:I>. lelp i- need si in Clifton. There re live hundred people without onu > and lour thousand without n ans of buying bread. It will e in at;, months before tlioy can e gi\cn work here. 1 ?ul, withal look into the future, there is eeea-ily for inunodiate aid. le'v. .1. A. Snyder will receive tid turn over to an aid committee ny money that i* forwarded. TilK >iHVvTI'.>N YRRSKI.Y TUI.U. Spartanburg, .Juno 7.?Thounlata!' iv-il calamity which has l>eti.o Slate in the la^t few . - ineroa.sing rather than lee: iiig in proportions. Vonr on e pond 'lit \ i>itcd l'acolot, ilcndale and Clifton today. The loci's at these points at a onservative estimate arc: l'aeot, Si,do Glondale, S 100,' id, and Clif'ton 5?l,s5d,ddt) to niiling property alone. Nine n idges in Spartanburg and the (Ijoining counties have been wept away at a rough estimate >!' *350, dOd loss. l'ni 1 \ houses ;n the milling iilage* of Clifton ami i'acolct, doiig with markets, livery stall e-, burlier shop and other liouslepivslit a loss of if'200,000 n ore. Minor losses to mills at Whitley, Arkwright and other points n Spartanburg amount probably o *1 5d,00< i. Damage to lailroud tracks, tel graph and telephone wires in this nimcdiatc section will count up lot less than if 75,000. I'our thousaiul mill operatives uid ot her employes will he thrown ut of employment indefinitely. No le*>s than so iivcs lmvo been h>>l, all going to make a grand total unprecedented in the history of the State and fraught with a horror that has staggered her people. l?y ferr\ and conveyance'und a hoat your c >rre>pondent visited the ruins at l'acolet, (ilendale and Clifton today and for tnilcs followed the hanks of the rivers, hatvMin Forks and l'acolot. A .-( one <d' devastation and the direst human pain met the eye on all sides. The pe >ple are disconsolate to tho I-minds of mo-t frightful aim ny and sutler in ..r and the onco In idtifill :ui"l peaceful valley, broken only M the commercially mu-icid melody of tho looms and -pindles is one v^st expanse of (Vudinuod on Uh page.