University of South Carolina Libraries
VOL XLV NO 70 NEWPBERRY9 S..CO.. TUESDAY. SEPT'EMBER 1.1908.TWOAWEKS15AYEP Newberryv Gou Heavily In I FORTUNATE IN THAT ( NO LIYES WERE LOST EAVY DAMAGE THROUGHOUT P SOUTH CAROINA. t t Number of Lives Were Lost in Dif- i ferent Sections of State-Condi- t tions Rapidly Improving. Reaching their crest some time dur- c ing the early hours of last Thursday c morning, the flood waters which cov- C ered the river sections of Newberry S county have been steadily and rapid- t ly receding since that time, leaving e destruetion in their wake. The whole State has suffered along d with Newberry county, and the dam- P age to property in South Carolina h will reach several millions' of dollars. " A number of lives have been lost. In b this latter respect, however, Newberry " has been nzre fortunate than the a other sections of the State. Not a single death in 'the county as a result e of the flood has geen reported. Two b negroes were drowned at the point 1 where stood the upper steel bridge S between Newberry and Saluda coun -ties. They had gone out in a boat to t see whether or not the bridge was t holding, and their boat became en tangled in the telephone wires and was capsized. They came from the sl Saluda side of the river, however. The damage to property in the I county has been very heavy. In the il river sections of the county, where s the waters have been hundreds of .yards out of their banks, cotton and e corn crops have been entirely de- v stroyed. In the bottoms along o ,creeks close to larger streams bottom " corn has been entirely destroyed. Up- fi land corn and cotton has also been a somewhat injured. In some sections s( 'of the county, the planters away from a the streams estimate that their entire u cotton crop has been damaged by the ti excessive fall of rain from five to t] -seven and one-half per cent. .In oth- P er sections of the county planters p -who have upland cotton say that their b damage has been very slight. All have suffered some damage, however. b In the last issue of The Herald and b ~News it was estimated that the total t1 <damage in Newberry county, to crops ti and bridges and roads, would reach $200,000. These figures are not far d wrong. The damage to bridges, how- o ever, will not be as much as was at a first thought, but the damage top -frops will be a little more than wast put in the estimate of The Herald C and News. Bottled Up For a Time. On last Thursday afternoon New ~erry was completely shut off from railway connection with the outside world. The Southern had not been able to get a-train through from Co- i lumbia since Wednesday morning, and , had had no train further up the road I than the Little river trestle, near Old Town, since Tuesday night. Tr'affic tn the C., N. & L. road was 'not ser iously interfered with until Thursday , afternoon, when the back water from Saluda river covered the track at teaphart to a considerable depth. 'assenger No. 53, which came in fromt Laurens on Thursday afternoon, reaching Newberry at 3.20, stopped ata Newberry and spent the night. Thea C., N. & L. 's afternoon train from Columbia nid not leave Columbia. The C., N. & L. passenger on Friday morning went to the point above Co lmbia where the track was inundat-F ed and transferred passengers, taking b up the regular schedule of No. 52 on the return trip to Newberry and Laurens. On Saturday the C., N. & *L. got through to Columbia, and re-5 sumed its regular schedule between I Columbia and Laurens.t Conditions on the Southern. The Southern has been a heavy suf- o ferer. Its track between Columbia v and Alston will have to be almost en tirely rebuilt. The Alston trestle ov- t: er Broad river stands. but the ap- o pra on the other side is gone. and nty Suffers tecent Floods he whole track from the point to olumbia is 'in bad shape. On the other side of Newberry the restle over Saluda between Chappells nd Dyson is standing, but the ap roach on this side is practically en irely wiped out of existence, and the rack from there down to Chappells 3 in bad shape, being completely urned over in many places. The trestle over Little river has een repaired, and the engine has rossed and got to Old Town. The nly- trestle between Old Town and happells which was out of commis ion yesterday morning was the tres le at the old cut off, which had wash d away. It was expected tq get rough rebuilding this trestle yester ay and to get an engine to Chap ells The track to Chappells, which as been gone over with a hand car, ras found to be in fairly good shape, ut beyond Chappells, for a thousand eet, it was turned completely over nd in bad shape generally. The Southern has a bridge force on ach side of the Saluda river trestle etween Dyson and Chappells, and it ; expected to have this trestle in aape within a very short time. The outhern officials expect to get 3rough from Newberry to Greenville uring some time the latter part of 2s week. Between Newberry and Peak there only one trestle which is in bad f ape, and work was being pushed c rward on it yesterday morning, and was thought that it would be in r zape by yesterday afternoon. i The Southern was yesterday op- t eating a train from Pomaria to Sil- I er Street in the morning, running C a the regular schedule of No. 15, :ssing Newberry at 8.56 a. m., and ] 'om Silver Street to Pomaria in the a Eternoon, running on the regular < ,hedule of No. 18, passing Newberry b 1.40 p. m. - This train will continue a atil further advices are received. By iis morning it is thought that the c -ack will have been cleared from e eak to Chappells, and it may be assible that trains can be operated i atween these two points today. The Southern has a train beyond inety Six, which is being operated t etween Ninety Six and Belton, on le schedule of the early morning -ai and .the night train. As stated, it will be only a few avs befo,re Southern trains can be perated from Peak to Greenville, rad within the course of a week or ssibly a little more, it is expected >resume regular schedules fnetween olumbia and Greenville. Wire Troubles. The Bell TeletAhone wires out of i ewberry withstood the freshets and , e C.. N. & L. wire to Columbia has e m.nned intact. The Western Un- i n was nut completely out of corn- i *ission at noon on Friday and up un- a I veterday afternoon had n<,t secur- t i a single wire to any point. Mes- e es were being sent 'over the rail- 1 e wire. sub.ieet to delay. I No m,arkets have be.en -secured in wber'- for spveral days. Bridges Washed Away. In addition to the damage to rail- s -av trestles mentioned above and in i e last issue of The Herald and ( 'ews the 'following county bridges j re gone: The upper steel bridge cver Saluda ver, connecting Newberry with Sa ida Court House.i The long bridge at Chappells. 1 The steel bridge which spanned the } noree at Whitmire, between New erry and Union counties. The bridge at the "Harmon quar- a r'over Bnsh river. on the road go- i ig towards Dr. W. E. Lake' splace. a his bridge was rotten. however, and I imber was already on the ground I i rebuild it.I( In addition to these a number of t tier bridges have been damaged in arious sections of the county. i t was reported in Newberry that( e steel bridge over Duneaii's creek , n the road leading from Newberry to vas'a mistake. The steel spans with ;tood the flood, as did the approacl >n the Newberry side. The approac )n the Whitmire side, however, was -aken. The bridge over Gilder's creek, on he road to Whitmire, was lifted up but settled back. It will probably have to be taken to pieces and rebuilt It was stated in the last issue of the Herald and News that tne repor1 had reached Newberry that the long bridge over Little river, near, the 1fike Werts place, had washed away This proved to be a mistake. The bridge stands, and is damaged little if any. The water was considerably ovei ;his bridge, however. On last Thurs lay afternoon, on their return t< 5ewberry, Messrs. C. J. Purcell ani V. A. McSwain crossed it when the vater was several feet over the floor rhe horses were unhitched from the )ggy and led over by some negroes ar. McSv am pulled the buggy over md Col. Purcell waded through the vater. They were afraid to risk the whole team together on the bridge. Keitt's bridge over the Enoree is ;tanding, and can be crossed. The tpproach o nthe Maybintin side was noved a few feet by the water, and will have to be put back in place. On the Enoree. Down on the Enoree the loss was Tery heavy. Col. E. S. Keitt had ight head of cattle drowned in a )asture on the Enoree. Mr. C. L. eitzsey lost a patch of nine acres f corn which was fully a half mile rom the river, the water completely ,overing the whole crop. On the reorge S. Mower place, which is a nile from the river, the water backed ip in Blair's branch, which runs hrough the place to the river, and here was considerable damage to the rops. On the old Miller place, on the Pnoree, fully 1,000 -bushels of corn ,nd at least ten bales of cotton were lestroyed. Mr. Lon Blair, on Broad river, lost t least 20 bales of cotton. Mr. Tom McMeekin, lost his entire rop on Glymph island, in Broad riv Mr. S. N. Henderson, on the Eno 'ee, lost his entire corn crop and ome cotton. These, of course, are only a few of he losses. A Hazardous Trip. Many interesting experiences have een recounted in connection with the loods. Among these was the trip of fessrs. Watts and Hugh Henderson. hey were running a saw mill on Mr. . Hamilton's place on the Tyger riv :r. They remained at the mnll until he water was over the smoke stack f the engine which they were using. [hinking it about time to leave, and :nowing their trip would have to be iy boat, they constructed a bateau, nd went on the Tyg, r to Broad, and in the Broad to the Enoree, and up he Enoree to their home, landing just n front of their barn. They secured Lnother bateau and plied the Enoree o Broad and the Broad to Blairs to ecnre their mail. Having secured heir mail they crossed at Blairs and valked home. Along the Saluda. Those who know Saluda and who aw it during its terrible rampage, ay that it was at least thirty-five 'eet above its ordinary height. At ihappells and Old Town it was more han a mile wide, and somne forty-fiv:e o fifty feet deep in the ertre. The river yesterday had gone own steadily since Thursday morn ng, and was well-nigh in its banks, eaving slime and ruined crops be ld it. The Herald and News issued an ex ra on Friday afternoon giving an ccount of the flood -in the county t until that time. Tee followi tg hich is taken from that special edi ion of The Herald and News, will :ive an idea of the conditions at Thappells and Old Town, and along he river, during the flood: ''Mr. A. Lamar Dominie~k, who was n Newberry this morning, was at happells Thursday, and he gave a ~raphic account of the terrifie de truction which has been wrought at Thapplls and at Old Town. At Chnn.. pells depot. he says, the wat-r was twelve feet deep on the railroad, and it was nine feet deep in the depot. In W. R. Reid's store, furthest to the right he railroad going north -away from the river-the water was six feet deep, and in the brick store it was about nine feet deep. Those who know that section may have some idea of the vast sheet of water when it is stated ..that it has backed out to Irvin's gin house. "Small boats were constructed and the people of that section have been traveling in boats. Messrs. W. R. Keith, Oscar Stevens and A. Lamar Dominick, were out in a boat yester day. After the river had gone down about eight inches from the highest point it reached, they rowed their boat to the top of a car box and tied it to the brake iron on top. The water was then about even with the top edges of the car. It had com pletely covered the car with the ex ception of about two inches along the centre of the top. "None of the stores at Chappells had been destroyed, though several of the less substantial structures near the railroad had tilted. "As matter of course, it was inipos sible to get in any of the stores and all business was e i :eey suspended. Parts of the stocks of goods were saved, but the loss was heavy. Goods were hauled until the mules hitched to the wagons were forced to swim, and then some goods were hauled out in boats. Mr. Reid managed to get in his store Thursday afternoon in a boat. "Messrs. Leo Hamilton, W. R. Keith and Irvin Chapman crossed the river in a boat on Thursday. They say that its width then was from a mile to a mile and one-fourth. "Mr. Lamar Dominick was at O'd Town Thursday afternoon, and found the water there twelve feet deep over the railroad. The depot had washed away. The stores were tilted and had been tied with ropes to keep them from washing away. He rode from Old Town up to where the old cut off was drained some time Ago, and he says the water in the old cut off was very deep, and that it had backed up over some two hundred acres of land. Mr. Dominick was not able to get close, of course. "Mr. Dominick alco went to Ju.,hn son's side track, which is about two miles above Old Town, and which is said .to be the highest point on the Southern road between Old Town and Chappells. He found the water there above the coal cars which were stand ing on the track. " The platform at Ch.appells was built around a tree. As the water rose the platform floated on top of it, going up the tree. It remains on Heavy Loss. It is impossible ev'en yet to approx imate the, losses which have been' sustained 'by the planters and mer chants at Chappells and Old Town, and by the planters in that section of the county. As an instance of the heavy losses along the river bottom, Messrs. Pureell and Evans have lost about $5,000 in crops on the Hagood place, which is in Saluda county, however. Mr. Purcell says that fif teen mules on the place will make about five bushels to the mule. The merchants at Old Town .'nd Chappells, of course, sustained heavy loses to their stocks of goods. Lower Steel Bridge Safe. The lower steel bridge across the Saluda, connecting Prosperity with Saluda Court House, withstood the waters, and is in very good shape. A little work will be necessary to straighten some portions of it, one of the benches being a little out of plumb.At Whitmlre. The destruction of bridges and damage to others near Whitmire has. already been reported in The Herald and News, and mentioned in this ar tiele. The Seaboard Air Line has suffered heavily in. the vicinity of Whitmire, its trestle over the Enoreel having been placed out of commission. House Floated 0ff. Berry Tucker, an old negro who has (ontnnud on page five.) RESULT OF PRIMARY OFFICIALLY DECLARED NEARLY 105,000 VOTES IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR. Total Vote Receive! by The Various Candidates For State Of fices. At a meeting of the State Demo cratic executive committee on Satur day night, adjourned from Friday night, the result of the first primary for State officers was officially de clared. For Governor. Martin F. Ansel .. .. .. .. 62,867 C. L. BBlease .. .. .. .. .. 42,100 Total .. .. .. .. ...... 104,967 For United States Senate. Evans ... ... .... .......27,584 Grace . ......... ..... 1,499 Johnstone .. .. ...... .... 13,656 Lumpkin .. .. .. .. ..... .4,361 Martin ... ..... .... .... 6,802 Rhett ... ... ..... ... .. 22,422 Smith ... ...... .... ... 30,012 Adjutant General. Boyd .. .. .. .. .. .. ..... 59,663 Thompson ... ...... ...... 43,548 Superintendent of Education. Elmore ... ...... .... ... 30,692 Mellichamp ... ..... ...... 32,488 Swearingen .. .. .. .. .... 40,982 Comptroller General. Brooker ... .. .. .. .. ... 24,484 Jones ... .... .... .... ... 79,042 Railroad Commissioner. Cansler of Tirzah .. .. ..... 25,695 Caughman .. ...... .. .... 30,987 Fishburne .. .... .. .. .. 9,938 Summersett ...... ... ..... 23,947 Richardson .............. 11,077 Other Matters. For uncontested State offices there were two counties missing, but the total vote as otherwise tabulated was: For lieutenant governor, McLeod, 98,761; for State treasurer, Jennings, 100,163; for attorney general, Lyon, 98,651; for secretary of State, Me Cown, 98,361. The two counties which did not re port on uncontested offices were Lan aster and Chesterfield. Attorney general Lyon was scratched in several counties. There was a close vote for governor in Piekens, but the official vote shows that Ansel carried this by 12 votes. For Congress, First district: Geo. S. Legare 10, 780. Second distriet: J. 0. Patterson 10,749; W. S. Smith 2,833. Third district: Wyatt Aiken 8,625; J. E. Boggs 6,820. Fourth district: Jos. T. Johnson 15,875. Fifth district: Butler 4,357; Finley 6,851; Pollock 4,211. Sixth district; Coggeshall 1,900; Ellerbe 8,028; Hodges 2,803; Murchi son 964; Ragsdale 4,091. Seventh distriet: A. F. Lever 16, 128. The feature of this race is the close ness of Butler and Pollock for second place against Finley. Also .the fact that it is Ragsdale and not Hodges who will run over against Ellerbe. .ror Solicitor. In the race for solicitor the follow ing are the final tabulations: First circuit: Hildebrand 5,511L Second circuit: Byrnes 5,486; Dav is 2.276; Graham 1,232. Third circuit: McLaughlin 2,872; Stoll 2,847; Stuckey 1,792. Fourth circuit: J. Monroe Spears 4,670. Fifth circuit: Benet 1,258; Clarke 1,107: Cobb 2,098; Rembert 1,703. Sixth circuit: J. K. Henry 6,556. 'Seventh circuit: T. S. Sease 10,165. Eighth circuit: R. A. Cooper 9,358. Ninth circuit: Peurifoy 5,545; Jer vey 3,127. Tenth circuit: Dagnall 1 ,968; Long 2.668: Bonham 3.681; MeSwa.in 5, 087. Eleventh circuit: G. B. Timmerman 7,730. Twelfth circuit: Clayton 829; Qua ttlebaum 2.596; Sellers 2,453; Wells 4.005. Second Primary. The cndiats who will run over in the primary to be held Tuesday, September 8, are: For United States senator: E. D. Smith and J. G. Evans. Superintendent of education: Stiles R. Mellichamp and Jno. E. Swearingen. Railroad commissioner: B. L. Caughman and James Cansler. For congress: Butler and Finley; Ellerbe and Ragsdale. For solicitor: McLaughlin and Stoll; Cobb and Rembert; Bonham and McSwain; Wells and. Quattle baum. County Ticket in Saluda. The official count for county offices and for congress for Saluda county resulted as follows: J. 0. Patterson 1,569; W. S. Smith 562. George Bell Timmerman 2,080. For State senator: J. M. Forrest 769; R. B. Watson 600; G. W. Wight man 765. For house of representatives: J. W. Bledsoe 621; W. E. Bodie 1,362; W. L. Daniel 759; J. B. Edwards 144; Barnard B. Evans 849; George B. Lester 417; Thomas Whittle 52. For sheriff: W. P. Allen 349; G. M. Glisson 141; B. F. Sampie, .Jr., 1,192; M. B. Stone 100; G. C. Wheel er 335. For judge of probate: W. S. Crouch 1,212; E. A. Perry 885. For clerk of court: J. W. Edwards 452; Henry B. Senterfeit 457; Henry C. Smith 695; J. R. Unger 512. For county supervisor: Zed Crouch 247; G. W. Langford 502; B. T. Mack 356; L. S. Martin 306; B. Mathews 219; D. W. Padgett 462. For coroner: L. W. Snelgrove. For county superintendent of edu cation: J. N. DeLoaeh 1,007; B. Frank Sample 1,125. For treasurer- J. T. Coleman 1,006; Walter Sateber 1,103. For auditor: J. W. P. Harmon 168; N. B..Hazel 680; G. A. Mills 329; P. L. Nicholson 256; B. F. Webb 801. COURT HOUSE QUESTION. . (Official Result.) . For Against Removal. Ren(mwval. Ward One .. .. ..... 90 48 Ward Two .. .. ....100 53 Ward Three .......48 40 Mollohon.. .. .......82 31 Ward Four .. .... ...68 43 Ward Five .... .....112 62 Helena .... .. .. .... 5 19 artford .. .... .. .. 4. 18 Johnstone Academy .. 23 11 armany .. .. .. ... 4 25 Mt. Bethel.. .. ......6 27 Mulberry .. ....... ..4 7 Mt. Pleasant .... ...2 34 Maybinton .... ......6 5 Whitmire.. .. .......92 .60 Long Lane.. .. ......4 27 Jalapa.. .. ....... . 25 37 inards.. .... ......9 16 Reederville .. .... ...12 29 Trinity .... .. ......26 4 Dld Men's.. .. ......20 64 Saluda No.' 7.. .. ...15 5 Chappells.. .. ......20 17 Vaughnville .... ......8 16 Utopia .... .... ...4 15 Dead Fall .. .........1 17 East Riverside .. .. .. 11 3 Prosperity .... .....109 79 St. Lukes .... .....19 11 Saluda No. 9 .. ......44 6 D'Neall .... .. ......8 -38 Swilton ..... .. .....7 8. Liberty .. .... ..... 9 38 onticello .. .........6 13 Little Mountain .. . .'. 39 29 Union .... .. .......10 21' Jolly Street.. .... ...14 23 St. Paul.. .. ....... 12 12 entral.... .........4 25 ion.. .... .. .......6- 29 St. Phillips.. .... ...22 35 Walton.. .... .....10 26 Pomaria.... .. ..... 16 43 Total .... ....1136 1169 Needed it All. Old Gentleman-Fastus, if you a alf of that big watermielon wouild ou be happy? Little Rastus-No sah. Old Gentleman-What more would ou want to complete your happiness? Little Rastus odder half ob