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j. ,W III l * ? ' 1 1 ' Wl DAMAGE IS SURVEYED ; BY >VE \THER BURE XV farm Losses by Freshets J,ast j W Month Estimated at Two Million Dollars. I 'l ne fctaie. Damage Estimated. "The damage by floods in the : Samee and Pee Dee systems, comprising bridges, roads, crops, etc., at tiiis writing, is conservatively I estimated at rabout $4,300,000, "' - ~nrAnorfv oatimat j WUIIC uiutauic >.?v.?ljl*w ^ i ed at a value of about $400,000 ? was saved by timely warnings of the weather bureau. In tlie agL greg'.ie. about $2,000,000 repreHl ents the damage in South i Carolina, and approximately 350,000 acres of crops were affected." K Extraordinary rains, winds tand frescets made last month in South Carolina most unusual and the cur (rent monthly summary by Richard H. Sullivan of Columbia, section director of the United States weather bureau, is particularly interesting. I The summary presents m compact and official form a general survey "which nobody could have compiled at the time, with mails interrupted and "wires down in many district*. Following is the summary in part: "July was a remarkably stormy ** * ' 11 ? i_ s\f Imoncc, witn ramia.11 ia,r m caucso vi j ^ any previous record in the iiistory of j ? South Carolina. Temperatures rang | ed considerably below the seasonal average, and the mean for the section was close to the lowest July average. Persistent showery weather culminated. in the enormous rainfall that attended the South Atlantic hurricane that passed over the section between the l&th and 15th, and, as a result the Santee river system experienced j the most extended and disastrous floods in its .history. Damage to Crops. "While the winds accompanying the disturbance were not ertraordinarily high, the force was such that crops f in immense areas were beaten flat into soggy ground, resulting in ex-, tensive losses. General crop deterioration set in after the first decade, | due to continuous wet, cloudy weath- j <er, rapid accumulation of grass, and , Inability of planters to cultivate the soil "The situation was considerably j I better in the western portion, where the rainfall was neither so heavy nor so prolonged. However, the early corn crop was practically made dur- i ing the month and forage peas. cane.; sweet potatoes and pastures grew j luxuriantly. At the close of the j month, cotton was not fruiting well and bad begun to shed, and in some parts chopping had not been com- j pitted. 'The monthly mean temperature tor the section, determined from re- j ports of 42 stations, was 77.8 degrees, or 2.1 degrees below the established normal, 4.2 degrees cooler than the hot Julys of 1887 and 1893, and but O.l degree above the mean of the cool I July of l$94. The nignest tempera-1 ture was 99 degrees iat Newberry on the 3d. All previous Julys, except one, during the last 30 years have hadj maximum temperatures of 99 or above. The warmest period was generally between the 1st and 4th over the western portion, and local maximum temperatures occurred on various dates in the remainder of the section. The lowest temperature was 0 degrees at Cheraw on the 6th and at Whithrop college on the 27th. Twenty-eight previous Julys have had minimum temperatures of 60 degrees or lower. The coolest period of the \ month was generally during the first I decade. | Rainfall Extraordinary. "The average precipitation for the section, 56 stations reporting, was 14.68 inches, or 8.86 inches above the established normal and 2.23 inches L above the previous highest average K sin-ce Statewide observations were heft -gun, namely: that of August, 1893. Copious showers to excessive rains occurred in some parts of the western 1 portion every day, while there were &ut two short dry periods in the eastern portion during the month. Verit- j able cloudburst occurred over the eastern and extreme northern counties, where the monthly amounts ranged from 15 to over 31 inches; over the j western part of the section toward the Savaflnah watershed the amounts ranged from 10 to below 6 inches. I "A very large proportion of this enormous rainfall was developed dur- J ing the passage of the South Atlantic iurricane that approached the Caro-, lina coast on the 13th, passed north"westward over the State on the 14-tli and dissappeared over the lower Appalachians by the 16th. Unprecedentedly iheavy rains fell in the region from Berkeley, east Charleston and Georgetown counties, where 10 to f ov^r 13 inches were measure:! on *">o : uii and 15th. During the period 14th to ISt.h, the entire ea.ster;; portion of tne section v.as drenclieJ wiv. rainfall ranging from "> to nearly 17 inches. "TIia I(u?j1 mnnt'llv amoiint. x ur; 51 catcoc u>vuv?v was o!. 13 inces at Kingstree, Williamsburg count}, breaking the previous highest record of August, i$sr?, by inches; least monthly an.->un: >.i3 inches at Edgefield. The greaie:.. , amc-unt during any 24 hours was 13.-5 | inches at Effingham, Florence county, on the 14th and loth or 1.60 inches above the previous record of August, 1908. at Anderson. The average rum! ber of rainy days was 55 per cent. | above tlie normal. "The highest wind velocity for uny 5-minute period was 64 miles per hour from the north at Charleston on the 14th, the higesf recorded velocity during the Soi~.x Atlantic hurricane that passed inland on that date. "The average monthly sunshine, determined from seven automatic records, was 194.6 hours, or 44 per cent, of the possible amount and much below the seasonal average. The amount of cloudiness exceeds all previous records for July, except that of 1906. The number of clear days was five; partly cloudy, 12, and cloudy, 14, as against normals of 12, 12 and seven days, respectively. River Conditions. "Heavy rains over the upper reaches of the Smtee System on tlie 9th and 10th were followed by moderate floods in the Saluda, lower Catawba. Wateree and upper Santee rivers between the 11th and 15th.. 'The enormous downpours of rain attending the South 'Atlantic hurricane during its passuge over the State between the 13th and 15th, together with extraordinary rainfall over the drain-areas of the Saluda. Broad and Catawba rivers in North Carolina up to the I8t"h, created a situation favorable for the most extensive and destructive floods in the history of the Santee system, authentic records being available as far back as 1840. "During the period, 14th to 18th, the rainfall in the Broad and Oatawba watershed along the immediate Appalachian slope ranged from 10 to over 24 inches, and near the northern edge of McDowell county, Noi ,'u Carolina, an enormous downpour of over 19 inches was recorded on the 16th. The runoff v.ijs consequently attend- j ed by a stage at Mt Holly, N. C., uiat was nearly twice the height of the 1901 record, over 12 feet above the Catawba record for 190S. over three feet above the Wateree record at Camden for 190$, over two feet above the Santee record of 190S at Rimini and I one foot above the 190S record at ! Ferguson. "Compared with the flood of 1903, j when all the rivers were in high, flood, | the July flood was maintained by runj off through the Broad and Catawba! Wateree rivers, while the Saluda was ! in moderate flood only. Under pres; sure of the enormous volume of water pushing into tne santee, neavy sieei railroad and highway bridges were | washed away, and crops were damaged to such an extent that the loss' ! will probably never be fully "known. : The Pee Dee system was ialso in flood, ! due to a part of the same series of | rains, and the damage was particularly severe in the Lynches and Black basins, which were overflowed hv the heaw UD-State mins. in addi tion to the damage by storm, i "Following are the dates of flood stages and crests : "Blairs, Broad river, flood stage 14 feet, 15th to 19th, with a crest of 36.5 i feet on the 16th, or 5.4 feet above the 1908 record. "Camden, Wateree river, flood stage 24 feet, 16th. to 21st land 23d to 27th with a crest of 43 feet on the 18th, or 3.3 feet above the 1908 record. "Catawba, Catawba river in South Carolina, flood stage 11 reet, inn, 12th, 16th to 19th, 24th ami 25th, with ?a crest of 40.4 feet on the 17th. or 12 feet above the 1908 record. "Chappells, Saluda river, flood stage 14 feet, 13th, 14th, 17th to 21st and 23d to 26th with a crest of 18.8 feet on the 19th. "Cheraw, Great Pee Dee river, flood | stage of 27 feet; 16th to 21st and 23rd ! to 27th, with a crest of S6.4 feet on | the 19th. '^Columbia, Congaree river, flood stage 15 feet, 16th to 19th and 24th and 25th, with a crest of 31.5 feet on the 17th. "Conway Waccamaw river, flood stage 7 feet; 16th and 24th to close of month, reaching 9.2 feet on 29th, i 30th and 21st. "Edisto (Embree), Edisto river, flood stage 6 feet, 30th and 31st; crest, 6.8 feet. i "Effingham, Lynches river, flood stage 12 feet, 15th to 24th, 27th, 29th - ' : ? ' i o: m :k :i cr^5t O't i >. i rv:: th''. .. . . J : r r: ^ubcu. cautee ri'-er. : oo.: .ice { I | : ;"ff. ! Kn to <".o o: znonw, a; . - . i . i .-rest or _ - . on r..e ^_aa. or 1 . | 'or. al>ov? clie T :.M)S record. ! - Kin ~s*roe. :/.a k river. food ^ta - ?! i | :2 fee:. : to *tj. >n 1 _"t:. f> ciof.e j j j:' month, with a. eresc o: 13.5 on the' i 1 i. i '.Mr. Holly. C., Catawba river, I :' <! gc 1." feet. 16th to 18th, with ! a crest of 45.5 feet on the 17th, or ; 22.4 above the crest of the 1901 floo.i ; "Pelzer. Saluda river, flood sta:?e 7 | feet. 10th to 12th, l?Jth to 20th and 22nd and 23rd, with a crest of 14 : I feet on the 17th.. ;1 "Rimini. San tee river, riood stage 12 1 i feet. 12th to the close of month, with 1 a crest of 36 feet on the 20th, or ' feet above the 190$ record. I "In the Santee system the flood area . ! I ranged from about 5,000 feet in width 1 in the lower Catuwba to a width of 3 .' to 5 miles in the S ?ntee basin." I( , i < PRICES OF FLOUR jj ARE GOING HIGHER!* ? !| New York. Aug. 11.?Flour sold in the New York markets today at $5 to ; $9 a barrel, an advance of 70 to SO i cents n barrel, as a result of an in-J crease in the price of wheat. One' * miller said there was considerable i1 old flour in the h -nds of jobbers, I which still was .-elling at prices pre-! vailing before the advance. The | ^ average flour for domestic use. it was ! stated, now costs $S a barrel ;>ni j householders will have to pay from lOi ? to 20 cents more for a sack than be- I fore the advance in wheat. The j price of bread here has not yet been ' increased. t TEACHERS WANTED? (l)!Yen for's town and country schools $60 to | $75. (2) Ladies combining music 3 and common school, unpreccdent-j c ed demand. (3) Grade and high, i school. Can place all qualified! i tcachers for any of the above. Write ) today. Southern Teachers' Agency, i Columbia, S. C. 8-S-lt. i y The Smoke That j; Wins! 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Al-Vi u Ol A i 0?A CCjki Hern-ii in I ?>l?mi:*l la the August Woman's Homo Comiianion Grace .Margaret Gould says that sliders in Colonial .style with buckles bigger than ever are worn by the summer girl when she fox-trots, waltze- and one-steps. Sometimes ^ ~ ^ ?.a ^'am'aI r\r\ c'4 ? c\t { iy\ nc r?nt Qtpol H'.c> an; JC?C1CU, ouiukinuvo vui, but the novelty buckles pictured are nickel polished to give the effect of silver. Hammond Torpedo, Bought by I". S. Hay Alter War. i Among the stories of "interesting1 People" in the July American Maga-; zine is an account of .John Hays Hammond, Jr., whose remarkjble device' 'or steering torpedoes by wireless has, been bought by tiie Tnited States for; ?750,000. "As soon as he got out of college he put up the laboratory at Gloucester ind got down to the business of perfecting his system of wireless control jf torpedoes. That he had to take :>ut one hundred and thirty patents, ind that "he worked on the proposition ilmost seven years, is proof enough ;hat this young fellow had tackled a jig job. "This torpedo of Hammond's is realy a surface craft of which, can carry >ne thousand pounds of the highest jxplosive and travel at about fifty s niles an hour. 'When several army jfficers?'doubting Thomase.s* all of hem?rat last were prevailed upon to risit Gloucester, Hammond, leading hem to his wireless station, said: " 'If you take these glasses, you vill see a bamboo pole which I have of u r-> ??i o-'W t in tVio rt-ofor tViroo milAs: )ut at sea. It is upright because one ] ;nd of it is weighted. I propose to lit that pole with this torpedo nine imes out of ten.' "The officers took the glasses and ;aw the f?3t accomplished. " ''Now,' pursued the inventor, "if *ou gentlemen will get on the craft md wigwag to me, while you are on t. in what direction you want to go, ;vhen you want to stop, and where you vant to strike, I'll carry out the directions.' "They consented rather reluctantly. Hammond, by manipulating wireless vaves ,1 gainst the delicate machinery )f the torpedo, steered them as they iirected through the sailing vessels md other craft. "After that, the War Department )egan to sit up and take notice/' ^ I Rreatest Telescope on Earth Now Building. In the July American Magazine j VIerle Crowell says: "Several years ago, the Canadian government decided that it wante;' he u.rgest telescope in the world, o ie set up in the clear air of Vancouver .'or photographing thousands of stars hat had never been photographed before?stars almost inconceivably dis;ant. Light travels at the rate of ibout 186,000 miles a second; yet ;ome of the star light to be snared by he 'Vancouver instrument has been speeding through space for perhaps i million years since it left home. "Of course the job was given to Brashear. A gigantic parabolic mirror?the largest ever mude in one :>iece?was cast in France. It weighed in the rough 4,968 pounds and was seventy-three inches in diameter. Nearly four hundred pounds of glass lad been taken from that lens when 1 snw it in Fkrvpt-r>r PrnshparV shrvn svhere it is kept in an underground ?hamber. protected from all air currents; "When it is completed and nounted, the telescope will weigh nore than five hundred tons.'' T. M. ROGERS Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician. All Work Guaranteed. Corner Caldwell and Friend Streets, j Xe wherry, S. C. ' | Dr. F. C. Martin | I WSF0 Specialisij ;> Examines Eyes, Fits Glasses f t and Artificial Eyes. |If your eyes are giving you| ^trouble don't fail to consult him J; I Satisfaction Guaranteed. I f f | Office ovti Anderson's Dry J; ? Goods Store. a * * ii? i;HE\> H 1- ILL ?>i- KliPJHl.S ! [ , j Snioot and Louisiana Man rass Compliments 01 Daj on Candidate. i Washington. Aug. II.?senator | Ransdell in the senate today denouiic- | ' eri Charles K. Hughes' speech at Far-j l'o. X. I)., la-.t night as containing the i j -greatest sum of misstatements" hi I ! hai over soon compressed into so f j short a space. The Louisiana senator 1 toolv exception particularly to Air. Hughes' references to the rivers and harbors appropriation measure as money wasted. Senator Smoot defended the Hughes speech as accurate. ! Senator Ransdell denied the nominoo'c scsorHnn that thprp u'fls nn ex pert examiiu ition to determine what | expenditures were needed, but that { the money was apportioned to the districts having the most influential representatives in congress. "Mr. Hughes must know the facts when he makes a statement of that! kind," said Senator Ransdell, "and i my one who knows the facts must know that no kind of an appropriation i.s considered untill it is first passed upon by a board of competent army engineers." Senator Smoot in reply called attention to numerous appropriations j which, he said, had been made without the 'approval of the army engineers. Referring to a defense of Secretary Redfield made by Senator Smith yes37th Annual rvn TI LALU1 T( WASHING RICHMOND and and ATLANTI And Other Vii VI cniiTHi: j JUl) 1 ?1L 2 DA' MBnnMMnMiaHBBaraBBMaBDMnnanHMa i Wednesday Augu; ?MT. w?wlwiim ! iwiliiwc?P?C??ca?j?japrf??ae?? Extremely Low Excurs From * To Atlantic City, N. J. Columbia $T-5-25 Ridge way i5-25 Winnsboro 15.25 Chester 15*25. Prosperity 17.25 Newberry 17-25 Proportionately Low Excui Intermedia Fv/?ii j>ainn *r &iJlsVUl?AVM * AVMWtt'w W* returning to reach origina Midnight, September 1st, 1 Excursion Tickets so returning to reach origina Midnight, September 8th, SUPERIOR TR Lve. Columbia 4.25 p. m. " Ridgeway 5.11 p. m. '* Wmnsboro s.m p. m. " Chester 6.16 p. m. " Rock Hill 6.47 p. m Ar. Washington 7.00 a. m. CONSIST: WASHINGTON S Sleeping Cars, Day Coaches, Di Pullman Cars, Coa( VISIT THE NATH An attractive and Inexpen* Vaca For Pullman Reservations, IU X j j W. E. McGEE, S. H. McLE A. G. P. A. D. P. I Columbia, S. C. Columbia : ! terday .Senator rmoo: said: "This dis; play in the senate is most refreshing. I It must show the American people that these charges by Mr. Hughes are hurtincr some one." >1A \ WHO SOSIIXATED TEDDY >0? SUPPORTER OF WILSOJT Bainbridge. Colby, .Finds. Hughes Insulted For His Ideas?See# ^I'jiresrrn^ratr l^op?]b]iC3nism/, New York. Aug. 10.?Bainbridge Colby, who nominated Theodore Roosevelt for the Presidency at the Progressive national convention in Chicago, tonight declared himself in favor of the reelection of President Wilson. In a letter to Vance McCormick. chairman of the Democratic national committee, Mr. Colby accepted an invitation to act on a progressive committee which is to have a cooperative relation with the Democratic campaign committee. Mr. Colby asserted that the opposition to the President's reelection "proceeds from an unregenerated Republicanism,'' of which Chas. EL Hughes is a "decoy und retriever." If !\Tr. Hughes were elected, Mr. Colby added, "the old guard would rope him and tie him, as they did when, he was governor in Albany, reducing him to plaintive futility." Plies Cared In 6 to 14 Days Tour druggist will refund money if PA ZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Pile? tu 6 to 14d?y? The Srst application Eas* and icest. S"?: I I Mid-Summer RSION ) TON, D. C NORFOLK, VA. C CITY, N. J. rginia Resorts :rn ry r E S 2 St 16 & 23, 1916 ;ion Fares as Follows: To To To Wash'ton, Richmond Norfolk, D. C. Va. Va. $10.25 $8.25 $8.25 . 10.25 8-25 8.25 .. ro 25 8.25 8 25 . 10 25 8.25 8.25 12.25 9.25 9 25 . 12.25 9.25 9 ~ > sion Fares From Other te Points >ld August 16 will be good 1 starting point prior to 916. ?ld August 23 will be good J starting point prior to 1916. AIN SERVICE 5 25 p. m 5.30 a. m. 6.11 p. m 6.23 a. m. 6.31 p. m 6.45 a. m. 7.16 p. m 7.43 a. m. 7.47 p. m 8.35 a. m. 8.00 a. m 11.30 p. m. SPECIAL?Through Pullman, [ning Car. No. 32?Through ihes, Dining Lars, ONAL CAPITOL rive Trip for the Summer ition Information, etc., Apply \gents or ;AN, L. D. ROBINSON. A r P. and T. A. , S. C. Columbia, S. C.