The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 01, 1908, Image 1
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