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M FIXE FIELDS OF GROWING ( HOPS COVERED IN MID Thousands of Hales of Cotton Washed y Away?People Looking K<>r ^,)St P Goods?Repair Work IJi*u:ii:s. ?. News and Courier. Railway trestle across the Wateree River, %j. King'^Iile. as t.:e latest victim oi ilie 'loo i waters now pouring into 1:1 the southern section ?>:' the State. Tlie trestle I . sterday afternoon and carf ried down with it sevral heavy cars of j material which had been run out on the trestle in an effort to keep It weighted down. The :Coast Line tresN tie just a little north of the Southern, over the Wateree, went out yesterda} |H morning and all traffic to the PeeDee section of the State has been [ blocked. Plan?; for rebuilding the trestles and repairing the tracks of the railroads washed away in the storm and flood A are goiag forward without delay. The Seaboard has a big repair gang at work on the trestle near Camden, j / and hopes to reopen their line to the South in a few.days. The Southern has repair gangs at the trestle above Rock Hill and at the trestle near f Belmont on the main line. It is planned to reopen the main line first and this, it is believed, will be done in I the next few days. The Seaboard is also at work on their -trestle at Catawba Junction, while the Coast Line is wasting no time in making the re I pairs to their trestles and tracks. The Southern officials believe they will be able to reopen communication with Spartanburg in the next day or two. It appears that the trestle over I the Broad River, at Shelton came through without harm. Waters Reeediagr. The waters of the Congaree River continue to fall and the Wateree is also going down rapidly, it oeing stated that there has oeen a fall of orer thirteen feet at Camden in the last twenty-four hours. , People living along the Wateree and Congaree rivers, especially heft tween Kingville, lost practicaly alt their crops and household goods, many of them their homes and livestock in the flood. Mr. John L. Mimtir naugh, one of the leading business W men of this city, after an investiga-j Hnn of the conditions in the flood I strioien territory, this morning reI ported them as deplorable and started m a relief fund for the people of that area, heading the fund with a contribution of $100. It is thought that the relief fund will be raised quickly in V Columbia and surrounding territory. V The receding waters are disclosing acres and acres of what was forBP merly fine fields of growing corn and cotton covered with sand and mud. The crops in many places are totally Tuined, while others may be brought BD out under the recuperative influence of the summer sun. That section imI? mediately adjoining the confluence of ^ the Wateree and Congaree rivers, which.form the Santee, is heavily hit ^ and no accurate idea of the situation can be obtained until the waters recede sufficiently to allow parties toi go in boats over the territory or until rail rnmuni ration is restored. I Only Fatality. The only fatality from the flooc in this immediate section, so far as is H known, was that of Ed. Ashford, a negro about sixty years of age, who lived in the intersection of Little and K)?9Bs Broad rivers in Richland County. He was drowned on Sunday night while K trying to save some cattle which beHH longed to his landlord. His body wa.s 0 recovered near Ellis's Ferry yester V <iay morning. A great many passengers from points as far south as Florida on their B way to the mountains have been, maB rooned in Columbia since the first or BB the week. Many of them returned to their homes, while others went on to Greenvile^ and so*ne others are waiting until rail communication with the B mountains is re-established. B Several automobiles from Florida J liave passed through Columbia yester-. I clay and today -en route for the TipState. The road to Greenville by automobile is said to be oven, although washed in some places. , Crops Along- the Saluda. The Saluda River does not seem to tave caught much of the flood waters. A planter from Prosperity who was in Columbia today said the crops along the Saluda had not been damagea much from overflow waters, and that hrhile the rains had been heavy and Liey had been unable to work theii ops, they escaped the flood ravages. IF Information from Chester today rought news of measures taken by |e Lancaster and Chester Chambers if Commerce to reopen communicaion between Lancaster and the outide world. The two commercial bodies i I agreed to buy a flat boat to operate on the Catawba River a short distance' below the fails, the flat boat to trans- ' i;ort passengers and freight. 7.;:^ j was agreed to witiiu-.it delay am: the | building of the flat boat began to~ay. | il IS eA J'C'ClVvl i-> v* : t juv v> ?.? ' - j row and the cit.v oi Eancaster will | restore coi^rjur.ic;.'! ;:i v. itii tIi o : i side world ioi* the lirsi time ii: sev-eral d ?>. ' r-. . , ! i .:o Cuctern SM:t- c* *water !;:;j Cau.v ba. \v\.: . . j.lI San tee ' river? i< entireh without rail com: i municaiion wi;h the western half oi-l ! I I Soutli Carolina, and some of this sec-; ! tion without anv touch with the outI .. i ' . Fearful Conditions. 1 On account of the tearful conditions' in the flood-swept territory of the; Catawba and Wateree rivers was j brought to Columbia today by Roy! Spratt, of Mount Holly, X. C., who has j been following the river looking for j "1.000 bales of cotton carried away by the flood waters when the Armon j Manufacturing Company was washeu ! onrair lusf- 5nndflv nip-hf -Mr Snratr i and Mr. Otis Pratt were sent out in search of the cotton, and of the 1,000 bales only thirty-five have so far been recovered. The greatest part of this loss was towed in by negroes at Nitrolee, ai the Southern Power Company's plant at Great Falls." Two negroes lost their lives in the waters trying to corral the cotton. Mount Holly is on tne *jatawDa| river, a few miles from Charlotte, on the main line of the Southern Railway. The floods of last Sunday night carried away the railroad trestk across the river there and washed away cotton mill3, county bridges and other manufacturing plants. The big warehouse of the Armon Cotton Mill. wr" 1,000 bales of cotton, worth ove- were carried down the rivt \ > flood. The management of tt . instructed Messrs Spratt and Pratt to go out and find the cot ton. After a great deal of difficulty they got out of Mount Holly and followed the river as closely as possible through York and Chester counties. Beyond Imagination. Mr. Spratt says that the damage wrought by the raging waters of the Carawba River are beyond one's im agination. At some places great rafts miles wide in which are collected all kinds of ;debris, are seen, but It is impossible to get out to rafts on account of the swollen stream. He and his companion made several efforts to get a boat with which to cross to the other side, but the only one they found was at Catawba junction, where "the Seaboard trestle was washed away. This boat is being utilized by a construction force to place a wire across the river and was noi available. Mr. Sprat* told of the bridges and trestles carried away by the mad waters in their rush southward, including the trestle of -vthe Southern, near Belmont, the trestlt of the interurban atjthe same place, the Southern trestle and county between Fort unfill and RocK Hill; the county bridge and Seaboard trestle at Catawba junction; the Seaboard Air Line trestle near Lancaster ana other structures, all of which were loosed from their moorings and added to the debris gathered in the great toll of the stream as it sped on towards the sea. Sared 35 Bales. Thp ?U"Mi+hprn Pnwsr rtnmnanv's great dams and works on the Catawba at Great Palls were overflowed. It was at Nitrolee, where some negroes < attempted and did salvage thirty-five bales of cotton belonging to Mr. Spratt's mill, but two of the negroes lost their live3 in the attempt. Two other negroes were drowned further up the river trying to save cotton, according to reports tol-d to (Mr. Spratt. At Great Falls Mr. Soratt's comDan lion, Mr. Pratt, secured a boat and rowed across to the Lancaster side. He will go down the river on that side searching for the cotton while Mr. Spratt continues his search on the western side of the stream. 1 It is the opinion of Mr. Spratt that the coton will be found in the smamps jof the Santee and other streams in the southern part of the State, in wfcicn the waters of the Catawba and "VvSteree empty. He and his companion will search both sides, of the rivers all the way to Georgetown, if neces sary. Mr. Spratt has the tags with which to identify the cotton and he hopes to recover the greater part, if not all, of it. He believes that some of the ccn.ton is included in the debrisof the rafts collected at several places in the river, but search of them cannot be made tmtil the river subsides sufficiently to allow boating parties ot get out. More Cotton Washed Away. There was other cotton wasted awaj \ NO ( \ITSE KNOW* FOB KILLING OF OFFICER Shiver Driving Wjf<? and I o]i>nel in When He Turned on Tlieni >\itii Two I'istols. Alpine. Texas, uly Mystery J .? iA> i;:e motive oi Harry 1. maUi's.'-:'" < ; a local i: >tei, ting and killing his wife and; i. v 'of. 31. (. Butler of tiiC ?>ixtn j United States cavalry while the three' were motoring yesterday evening. According to an announcement j from tiie co;;nty attorney tonight. iDannell. wiio ' surrendered himself immediately after The shooting, re-, :'u.sed to discuss hi? 'a>e. and a tiior- i ough investigation disclosed no ap parent reason for the killing. Spannell, who was held overnight, in the county j iil, was taken today! to another town. the name of which j was not revealed, for safekeeping. The shooting took place about 8:3t> o'clock last night while the partywere out driving in Mr. Spannell'? car. Spannell, who was driving,' occupied the front seat alone. Mrs. Spannell and Col. Butler occupied the rear seat. The tragedy happened in the main residential section of thu city. Spannell, it seems suddenly stop j ped his car, turned in his seat and began shooting, using a small calibre automatic pistol and a revolver. Both victims were shot several times, death being instantaneous. i&pannell, after emptying his weapons, walked back to Uie court house, and surrendered to the authorities. He made no statement. On acount of the prominence of all parties the tragedy has shocked the entire city. After being placed in jail, Spannell was afterwards spirited away for safekeeping. " -J "Do ispanneu, a uauve ul uaoic^w, * received the best musical education this country and conservatories abroad could afford, afterward coming to Baylor university, where he held the position of musical instructor for many years, resigning to take charge of the Hotel Holland of this cityt where he has resided for the past three years. He had many friends J here and was very popular. No' cause is known for the tragedy. The married life of fMr. and Mrs. Spannell was ideal. . Their little daughter, Holland, about 5 years of age, *as their only child. Shortly before the tragedy occured Mr. and Mrs. Spannell with their little daughter came to the Hotel Holland and let the little girl out to play with some little girl friends and invited Maj. Butler to join them for an evening drive. All parties, especially Cnonnoll iroro in the best of SDirit3. The remains of Col. Butler will ho sent to Washington for interment in Arlington cemetery with military honors. The funeral party with the body oi Col. Butler left this afternoon for in the flood besides that of the Armon Mill, believes Mr. Spratt. He heard that two other large warehouses of mills farther up the river above Mont Holly were washed away and the cotton brought down stream TT-i /->?./% i't> a ranrvrt that" a Hoil t 1 1 uci C lO a & *)WV | bales of long staple, worth $100 a bale were grabbed by the flood and brought south, but there is no confirmation of this report. This, if true, would mean another $100,000 worth' of cotton somewhere in the swamps of the 'Wateree and Santee. Acres and acres of corn, cotton and other crops along the rivers were drowned, broken and covered with aand and mud and it will be somt, * - A- -* J aays oeiore an accurate mea. ut cue less can be bad. A man near iMount Holly, who was running a little pleasure place, Had fifteen rowboats and he had been making a harvest since the washing away of the trestles, said Mr. Spratt. This man put his fifteen rowboats into commission, ferrying passengers who wished to cross between Gastonia and points and at $1 per head he was making a small fortune. However, the interurban has put in a ferry and 1 1? -?*- J i.T~~ iargexy biopywu tut; man > -m iunt>oat3. Mr. Spratt said large gangs of laborers were gathered by the Seaboard and Southern and work of replacing the trestles is already proceeding. Mr. Spratt left here this afternoon towards Camden to continue nis 3earch for the cotton on this side of the Wateree and Santee, while his companion will search southwards on the other side of the streams. M"r. J. E. Dulse, president of the Southern Power Company, is at Great Palls and was there during the flood it is said. W. F. Caldwell. r Washington. Capt. Ralph Cousins escorted the party. The interment will b.} in Arlington (xme'ery with military honors. ?VIFK Si:\DS NKWS TO >i)l'TU CAKOI.INA 1 !?/? n<, i'jf J r.iilrt Will inirfon. News of M.ij. 7\i. _ p.uflcr*> doa . V vest' Til;:y aiteriiC" ; 21 Aii'ine, ; cxiii, at the han.Is of a civilian, rebelled Colombia late last evening in the form of a dispatch to The State, followed closely by a telegram from his wife to her husband's brother. F. W. P. Butler, M. I)., of 1213 Pickens street. Mrs. Butler wired: "Galbraitli killed tonight. As soon as possible I shall start with his body for Washington, via Xew Orleans. . . ." Maj. Butler's promotion to the lieutenant colonelcy of the Sixth cavalry, a squadron of which he has been .commanding at Marfa, Texas, was announced in press dispatches from Washington under date of July 12. Alpine is a few miles east of iMarfa, at the junction of the Southern Pacific railway with the K. C., IM. & 0. The district is in the great bend 01 the Rio Grande in southewestern Texas. Below it are the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahulia. El Paso is about 175 miles to the northwest. Leaves One Son. Mrs. Biitler, formerly Miss Margaret Howell, had only recently joined her husband on the border, after a visit to her old home in Nashville. Mai Ru filer leaves but one child, a nine year old son, M. C Butler, 3d, who is at a mountain resort in Tennessee. Maj. Butler was a son of the lati. Matthew Calbraith Butler of Edgefield, S. C., who was a major genera, of the Confederate States army, seri Yed 18 years in the United Sta/tes sen1 ate as a member from South Carolina i or?H was ? ma.1nr eeneral of volun | teers in the Spanish-American -war. One of his grandmothers was a sister I to both of the Commodores Perry of the United States navy. His mother was a daughter of Francis fWl Pickens the "war governor" of South Carolina. Less than a fortnight ago the following sketch of Maj. Butler's career i was written by a relative in Columbia I for The State. 'IMatthew Calbraith Butler was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, IMay 1, 1864, the youngest son of Gen. I M. C. Butler of the Confederate States army. Calbraith, as he was called, was prepared for college at the Edgefield schools and was for a year or two a cadet in the (Carolina Military institute at Charlotte, presided over by John Peyre Thomas. He was a student in Union college in Schenectady. N. Y., when he received from George D Tillman^ member of congress, an appointment to West Point He was graduated from the military academy in 1888. "His first assignment was to the infantry, but^he was soon transferred to the Fifth cavalry, a regiment which had .great prestige and in which Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney John| ston, Fitzhugh Lee and N. G. Evans I had served as officers. He passed through the several grades from second lieutenant in the Fifth cavalry and the Seventh. "His father, when he entered the I army, warned him against becoming a 'rocking chair soldier.' He had always folowed the rule of going where he was sent and doing his duty as best he could. He was detailed for one year in Washington and was glad to get back to the field. He has a reputation for horsemanship and while a first lieutenant was instructor in riding at West Point. He has had more foreign service than an> other otuoer in his regiment." Dr. Butler will probably join the funeral party en route from Texas to Washington. The interment presumably will be in Arlington cemetery. MAJ. M. C. BUTLER KILLED IN TEXAS H. J. Spannell Surrenders After Shooting His Wife and Well Known (Army Officer. Alpine Texas, July 20.?Maj. Matthew Calbraith Butler of the sixth United States cavalry ,and Mrd. H. J. Spannell, with whom Ihe was out riding in an automobile were shot and killed this afternoon by H. J. Spannell, husband of the woman. Immediately after the shooting Spannell went to the jail and surrendered. Mrs. Spannell was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Holland, well known residents of Alpine. Spannell is the proprietor of the Holland hotel here. i f BRITISH WATCHING THE DEUTSCHLASD | Force of Strangers Said to l>e Kt*ep- \ inir Closo Tab on iSIir SubiiMTsiUIo. Baltimore, J lily 20.? A British car 50 '.'" aiaer, : i.ich anchored on ;h<- l/erra ; 1 n."rchant submarine Deutch-! : ; of? -ials of tlio Eastern For; warding ompanv considerable worn Ivyii.-.lc. i-.C ljl'Hi ?! 'A is ill o' ' 1 position to observe any movement of j [ the submarine. * j The searchlight of the Forwarding j Company's tug Timmins was tlaslieo. T? _ T? 1_ j 10 i ne Let me urge wheat before yoi There is no dry not been sunned , . , * # $ ; and then blame i you good work. vi i mmnn rAKMtlu J. H. WICKE FIFTEEN!! EXCU1 T ATL^ GEO) V) r. n Ai. ^ FRIDAY J Following Rates and I Lv. Cola. Gervis St ; Irmo ] Ballentine 1 White Rock ] Hilton 1 Chapin 1 Little Mountain 1 Slighs 1 Prosperity. 1 Newberry Jalapa Gary Kinard Goldville Laurens Clinton Ar. Atlanta Tickets limited for retHrr I 6 DAYS IN i Tickets good returnii (except Seaboard Train N p. m.) up to and includinj ' ^ U7. J ] lanta 5fJU p. m? freooew For detailed informatioi above mentioned E. A. TARRER, C. A., JJ C. N. & L. R. R., 1120 Taylor St. Phone 1C Columbia, S. C. j I ! on the Britisher intermittently throughout the night. ("apt. Zach Culliscn, of the Timmlns reported for duty aboard the tug tonight. He had spent several days nro;:ml The Yirsinia Canes. Dresum r }y L-ettinp a line 011 the movements of foreign warships. It has been reported to officials l< :.l!ig aiter the Deutsehlanti's interfh?f p. t'nr o o'" sT~ri~fsr<s'*<N heen kcc; m::u cic. e i:; o here 011 t:ie suomarine's movements. Others are said to be .staiioiied at strategic points all (lov?;n the Chesapeake Bay to the Capes. ?? I Public you to sun your i take it to mill. wheat that has . bo your part via if I Af\ nnf rln UV A* Jfc w w ? , _ ;i OIL MILL . 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