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FORI MILL TIMES. VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,1903. NO. 12. FAIR MILL SETT DEVASTA' Spartanburg Section M< W V\ * By clou TERRIBLE LOSS IN I The Counterpart of the Jo Horrors Takes Place in turing Section--Niagar Section and Busy Spirit Not. sipce the close of the civil war i "lias uny section of the South suffered a greater calamity, with the possible exception of Qalveston, than that ( which struck tlte prosperous manufacturing section near Spartanburg, S. <\. early last Saturday morning. The | disaster was the immediate result of j a cloudburst just at the foot of the J mountains. In a few minutes time the ] swollen streams had picked up great j , - uuuuiu^a in in ii*k unci sionc, and carried them down like houses ?>f -straw. The number of lives lost will reaeh near or over a hundred. The property loss is appalling. Hix thou?ond la- j bor?. ar idl?? and starvation seems almc st inevitable. The business of the! Southern Railway's main line Is crip-! pled for p< i'ha; .1 a month. busy ! eott< n mills are gone, with the eom- ! pie: loss <f al' their maehincry an 1 four to tive thousand hales of raw cot ton. togetb r with as mueh rnanufae-1 tured goods. .No fair estimate eun yet be placed ! upon the entire loss. The Sunday and Monday issi..:3 of the Tharlotte Observer, whieh sent i special staff correspondent.-, to the! scene, have the following graphic ne const of the disaster: As a result of the heavy rains six cotton mills?the Clifton Mills Nos. 1, 2 end the Glendale Mill and the Pa- , cojrt Mills Nos. 1. 12 and 3 (the Pacolet Milif Nos. 1 and 2 arc one plant)?haveLee n swept away. Two Southern Railway bridges near Spartanburg. S. C.. have been destroyed and three other hridees are hadly j <lant ;gcd; there are washouts at a cioien places along the main line in the piedmont section, and at Landrum, s. C., IS miles of track arc submeiged and partially ruined. it is reported that r>0 people are kill iw. u;in tjr-wimesses declare that they sr.w as many as 10 or 12 bodies floating down the Pacolet river. These who are known to bo dead are Maggie Klrby". Augustus Clave and wife, Miss 1." -1 e C la vert. M. Kelix, Mrs. W. L. T:nlay'. Marie Sims, Mrs. B. 1?\ Johnpea and four children; Mrs. John Ovvcr.9, Roy Owens, Garland Long. Mrs. Long. Miss Fletia Ooaa. IMM'.'XSE LOSS TO RAILROADS. The loss to railway and industrial pi. . rty Is almost Incalculable. The df.-tri tion of the cotton milis inean^ a lo s of at least $!>.000.000. The finan- j rial damage to the Southern is enor- i nious and cannot lie ectimated at this time. Apart from tho direct injury caused b; tli bras of tho expensive bridges, the Southern will sustain a great blow ir. the blocking of traffic over its main lino and branch lines indefinitely. DESTITUTE PEOPLE. Near Clifton. S. C., alone, iuu pcoplo .are homeless and 4,000 are out of empicyp'.ent. A CI/OUDBURST. The sudden and unexpected rise in the Paeolet river was the direct cause of most, of the disaster. On this stream are Heated the Clifton and Pacolet mills, the Glcndale Mills being on Lawoon's Fork. A11 the plants are within a radius of seven miles of Spartanburg, S. C. For the past. 3i? hour.? the Pacolet I rjvei" had shown tlio effect of the con- | t'nubus rains, hut the river, swollen i a.i itt was, did not cause any appn heu- i filon Friday night. The mills v. re, on i an nvarage. about ten feet above \ v/atirr level; they had stood the test; of r. ?any frcchets and were thought to I ,. I A LEIWENTS ; FED BY FLOODS. sets Frightful Disaster dburst. .IFF. AND PROPERTY hnstown and Galveston the Piedmont Manufaca of Death Sweeps Over ? Jles Cease to Hum. I bp perfectly safe against any torrent. But. if all accounts are to be believed, there was a veritable cloudburst Saturday morning at about 6 o'clock, and the river rose, visibly, i higher and higher. In two hours, it is , deelared, the river rose 50 feet, making it 60 feet higher than the usual i water level. MILLS SWKPT AWAY LIKE STRAW j Before this fierce tide the mills went like straw. The first to go were the Facolet Mills Nos. 1 and 2. a plant that is near Pacolet station, on the Columbia nnd Ashevillc branch of the Southern Railway. Half a mile down thi- river stood the Pacolet Mill No. .1, a smaller mill than Nos. 1 and 2. and that, also, was soon torn to wreekag and carried away in the stream. Of the Clifton Mills No. 1 was first destroyed and was soon followed by mill No. 2. Clifton No. t ho l.-ltvroc:* (,f tlln I,-ill.. that were lost, was situated at Converse station, six miles north of Spartanburg, on the Southern Railway. The mill stood 20<> yards above the te3tle. For an hour it resolutely wit list on 1 the mad onslaught of water, and then gave way, gradually, throwing into the current large pieces of timber that seriously injured and threatened to destroy the big trestle ait Converse station. BRIDGES WASHED AWAY. The steel bridge over I^awson's Fork on the Pacolet river near Spartanburg has gono. It was one span and was 350 feet long, including the approaches. The bridge over the Middle Tiger river, between Duncan and Wellford, is destroyed. It was three spans and 112 feet long. The bridge over North Tiger river cannot be used. It is damaged, though the full extent of the injury cannot be ascertained yet. The big bridge over the Pacolet river, six or seven miles this side of Spartanburg, i3 said by railway officials to be very unsafe. It is still standing against the flen-e tide, but is badly damaged and is in a very serious condition. The bridge over the Knoree river just south of Spartanburg is damaged and impassable. The Senet a river bridge i? also uneIncu The bridge over the Pacolet river is 107 feet high, one of the highest bridge* on the Southern system. It is 342 feet long and made of steel. The Pacolet Mills had 156.000 spindles; the Clifton Mills, 112.000; the new Glendnle 30,000 spindlen, making a total of 306,000 spindles and a total of nearly 8,000 looms, according to the estimates made by Capt. J. H. Sloan and other well-known cotton mill men who were seen by a reporter. This estimate makes the mills worth over $6,000,000. THE FLOOD CARRIED EVERYTHING BEFORE IT. Attendant upon the passing of the mills there was inestimable loss. I Four thousand hales of cotton and 3,500 bales of cloth were carried away with the debris of the Pacolet Mills. At. Pacolet, the Presbyterian church, the hotel, the mill office, mill stores, cotton gins, grist mills, blacksmith shops, a large number of operatives' cottages and all the warehouses of the company were destroyed by the stream. The warehouses were bui't of brick and stone, one warehouse being built entirely of stone. The population of Pacolet is o.OOO, all of whom were dependent upon the mills for support. ' MAN AND BRIDE DIE A GLORIOUS DEATH. Sam Swanguare and his bride die in 6 way that seemed glorious to the spectators. Swanguare seized his wife by the hand and when they came clear of the wrecked house he clutched her closer to him and swam to a floating mass of driftwood. There, in plain view, they clung to each other and sang together, so that all on the banks heard. The driftwood rushed against a large mass and separated, and Swanguare and his bride went under the water locked in a last embrace. Kleta Gosa boarded with a Mrs. Bailey, where also lived Mr. and Mrs. Kirby and J. E. Grler. Miss Gcsa and Mrs. Ivirby wero carried out into the water and drowned speedily. Mrs. Bailey was caught in a whirlpool just below Converse and, swinging to a piece of plank, revolved in the eddy until she was drawn in by a rope, that had been thrown to her rescue. Grier caught the branches of an oak tree and remained there till he was rescued by n boat that was bravely manned. Mrs. Katie Long and her son. Garland Long, nnd his bride, and her son, Richard, were hurled into the current. Mrs. l>ong and her younger son were saved by catching the branches of a tree, but Garland Long and his bride were drowned. The bodies of none of these people have been recovered. 5U DROWNED AT MILL NO. 2. The greatest loss of life is at Mill No. 2. the furthest mill down the river. It is said that at least 50 operatives here lost their lives. The only names of the dead that are obtainable now are Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Johnson and four children, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Flnlry and live children. Several of the children of T. M. Massey were drowned. but he and his wife escaped. Massey himself had an extraordinary escape. Ho was carried through the No. 12 tnill out through the opening at the far end of the building and swam to the shore. THE CLOUD-BURST A MYSTERY. That phenomen, the cloud-hurat, remains a mystery so far as origin is con corned. Residents here state that the rain was not heavier than it always is I ;?t this time in June, and everybody is | sure that at some place close to Converse a cloud opened and emptied into 1 lie Pacolet river 20 times as much water as it usually carries. It is supposed that the cloud hurst close to the Itiue Ridge Mountains, ahout 20 miles from here. 0C OR MORE MILL OPERATIVES DIB. In the confusion that necessarily prevails hero it will be several days before the full loss of life is reported. Conservative estimates make a death list of at least GO among the mill operatives alone, though only four bodies are known to have been recovered. OTHER MILL LOSSES. It is reported here that the D. E. Converse mill at Lawson's lost 1.000 bales of cotton and four houses. It is also said the Campobcllo Oil Mills and the Tueapaw Mills on the Tiger river have been destroyed. A Comprehensive Statement. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.?Below are the mills that suffered in Saturday morning's hoods: Arkwright (slightly), capital $200.000, spindles, .10,25(5, looms 604. Beaumont, capital $100,000, 2.SSS spindles, no looms. Clifton, Nos. 1. 2 and 2, capital $1,000,000, spindles 101,222, looms 2,254. Pacolet, Nos. 1, 2 and 2, capital $1.000,000, spindles 50,222, looms 2,202. ; Whitney, capital $200,000, spindles I 10,000, luGfiia 300. To burnish Rations. Washington, Special. ? Absolutely i necessary relief in the way of rations. 1 medicines, etc., will he given by the i War Department to the sufferers by the ! disastrous Hoods in South Carolina yesI ttrday. An appeal to Secretary Root from the local authorities resulted in orders betng given to General Chaffee, commanding the Department of the East, to this efTect. He will authorize an officer to proceed north from At lanta with supplies to relieve immediate necessities as was done for the sufferers at Gainesville, Ga. Relief Funds. Funds for the Immediate relief of the suffering have been started in a number of nearby towns and cities Spartanburg has taken the lead with a large subscription. Mayor Brown, of Charlotte, lmme dlately issued a proclamation calling upon the people of that city for aid Columbia has started a liberal fund the Columbia State giving one hun i dred dollars. Gov. Heyward, of South j Carolina has issued a proclamation ' calling upon the whole State to help Other assistance is imperative!} needed. \ SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL 'May Make a Ceal Route. Reports from Eastern Tennessee are to the efTeet that the Virginia & Southwestern Railway may build an extension eastward to meet the westward extension of the Carolina & Northwestern Railway, which is now building from near l^enoir. N. C.. to the summit of the Blue Ridge. The construction of such a line would malic possible the establishment of a coal ioute from the Tom's Creek region, in Wise county. Virginia, via the Virginia & Southwestern. the Carolina Northwestern aft^l the Seaboard Air Line, to Wilmington. N. C.. a plan which has been discussed for some time. Henry K. McHarg of New York is president of the Virginia & Southwestern. the headquarters of which are at Red ford. Va. Textile Notes. Announcement was made last week that B. Frank Mebane and associates of Spray. N. C.. had purchased 4000 acres of land and begun to burn bricks for structures to be built for textile manufacturing purposes. Rumors have since become current that Messrs. Fred Victor & Ochells. tjie commission firm of New York, represent the German capitalists said to be interested, and that Messrs. Ladshaw & Ladshaw of Spartanbu; g. S. C., will prepare plans and specifications for the buildings. Mr. Mebane and associates already liave cotton and woolen mills capitalised at. more than $.">00,000 and extensive water-power properties at Spray. The Graniteville Manufacturing Co. of Giuiiiieviile. S. C.. has ?'>!d some 400 bales of cotton, realizing a profit of about $30,000. and will close its mill for the next two months. This is done because of the high prices prevailing for the staple. There are ample goods on hand to meet the demands of regular customers, so that the company will not lose any of its valuable trade. Pelham (C.a.t Manufacturing Co. has let contract to O. A. Robbing of Charlotte, N. C.. to furnish machinery for its dyeing mil finishing plant mentioned last week as to l>e added. Contract has also been let for erect ipn of buildings. About S1O.0OO in all will be expended. The plant will have capacity of (5000 pounds per day. two dip direct colors for denims. Oxford Knitting Mills. Ttarnrsvllle. Oa.. will increase capital by $.">0,000 and double present plant, which has forty knitting machines, etc. Contracts have been awarded for the additional machinery and for building materials. DuKniiuiucrs m [)? .i. vj. comer take all the new stock of the Oxford company. Messrs. Joseph E. Patchet, F. M. Reynolds and E. B. Reynolds of Keyser. W. Va., T. G. Powell of Cumherland, Mil., and William Guml of New Creek, W. Va.. have incorporated the Patehett Worsted Co.. for manufacturing worsteds, etc. Capital stock is ?100,000. Oakdale Cotton Mills of Jamestown, N C., will increase its capital stock from $50,000 to ?100.000. Doubtless this action will he followed by enlargements to the plant. There are now 532S spindles in position, manufacturing yarns. Messrs. P. W. Hart and I'. II. Walker of Flat Rock, N. C., and F. G. Hart of Flat Rock, N. C., have Incorporated the Hart Knitting Mill Co.. with capital stock of ?50.000, of which $0000 has been subscribed. Messrs. T. M. Stroud. H. C. Hallow and W. R. Barnes of Corsicana. Texas, have incorporated T. M. Stroud Manufacturing Co. for manufacturing cotton and woolen goods. The capital stock is ?25.000. Northern capitalists and investors of Emporia. Va., will build a cotton mill at Emporia. They have secured a site anil engaged engineers to plan the development of water-power. The namer. of the interested parties have not been announced as yet. The Anchor Cotton Mills of Rome. C.a., will increase capital stock from $75,000 to $150,000 for the purpose of making enlargements; company now has 7000 spindles and about 210 looms. A movement i3 on foot at Newton, N. C.. for the organization of a cottonn?ill company. Local investors are iuvestigating with a view to making a decision. Lumber Notc3. The shipments of lumber frcm the port of Charleston. S. C., last week amounted to 1.754,000 feet. The shipments of lumber last week from the port of Savannah aggregated 4,097.482 superficial feet, of which 1 245,670 feet were by steamer and 3.45!.812 feet by sailing vessels. The distribution of shipments was to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. The Tallulah River Lumber Co. ot Atlanta. Ga., has been Incorporated fo-developing timber and mineral lands The incorporators are W. A. Ix>ve. W. n AtkA.o U. oiiuici auu uiucic. The Martin Lumber Co. of Kans3? City has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $25,000. The incorporr tors are A. J. Martin. Samuel T. Carl. Yancy J. Martin and others. The Mississippi Naval Stores Co. of HattlesburK. Miss., has been incorporated. with a capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators are J. A. Carr, A. S. Carr and J. S. Turner. The Yarborough Lumber Co. of Quitman. Clarke county. Mississippi, has been incorporated, with a capital stoc': of $20,000. The incorporators are C. F. Thompson, S. H. Tcrral, J. M. Carter and others. HAYWOOD RELEASED Slayer of Ludlow Skinner Out of Jail on Heavy Bond HABEAS CORPUS WAS SUCCESSFUL Ten Thousand Dollar Bond is Easily and Quickly (iiven, and Haywood Cloes Home a Free Man. Raleigh. Speeinl.?Ernest Haywood, the slayer of Ludlow sidnnnr ?#? Wednesday afternoon released on $10.)00 ball. Judge Douglas and Walker 1 tedding that the case was bailable. The decision of the court was ex- ] pectod and In consequence a largo i crown of people filled the building. ! Judge Douglas had a bundle of papers in his hand, which he laid on the desk. In a moment he took from his pocket an envelope and read its eon- i tents, which was the decision of himself and Judge Walker in this no tab1" i (ase. This paper was as follows: 1 THE DECISION. North Carolina, Wake County. , In the Matter of Ernest Haywood. Petitioner. I This is an application for hail upon the return to a writ of habeas corpus heretofore issued by me at the instance ? >i mi.- iH uiuiiirii. i hp maw was rep- > resented by Solicitor Waiter E. Daniel ( ind associate counsel and the defendant by his counsel. Judge Walker, at my request, sat with me. After a careful consideration of all the testimony and argument of counsel, we are of the apinion that, as the case is presented to us. under the rule laid down in State vr Herndon. 17, N. ('.. 031. the petl- | tinner is entitled to hail. It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the petitioner, Ernest Haywood, ] give bond with good and sufficient sureties in the sum of $10,000 conditioned as required by law for his ap- < pcarance at the next term of the Su- I per lor Court of the county of Wake to answer the indictment now pending 1 against him. and upon approval of the l said bond by me or by the clerk of the i Superior Court of said county, the 1 -hcrirr will release the prisoner from custody. It is further adjudged that the < osts at' the State in this proceeding lie paid by the county of Wake and that the < pi tltloner pay his own costs, the said ] osts to he taxed hv the clerk of the Superior Court of said county, including the usual fees of the officers. R. O. M. DOUGLAS. 1 Justice of the Supreme Court of N. C. June 3rd, 1903. , When the words "entitled to hall" ! were spoken, there was some applause, not much, which the sheriff and Judge 1 Douglas quickly checked. The next thing to be done was to prepare the bond. Blanks were ready and the preparation of the bond was effected on the ^ spot, the required oaths of justiflca- 5 tion being taken. ^ The bond was really for $7f?,000. The 1 bondsmen were Alfred W. Haywood, Hubert Haywood and Edgar Haywood, . brothers of the defndant. $10,000 each; Pr. F. J. Haywood, u cousin. 15,000; . William M. Caunder.", of Johnston ounty; Henry E. Litchford. Joseph F. Feral I and W. Z. Blake, $10,000 each. It required only 25 minutes to read the decision and give bond. As soon as the decision was rendered several persons gathered around the defendant and shook hands with him, and many more did so after the bond bud been < prepared and the judge had directed \ the sheriff to release him. In a minute ] nj two more Haywood, accompanied ; by his brothers, walked to a carriage i in front of the court house and was i then driven, along quiet streets, to his < home on Newhern avenue. The crowd ] poured out of the court house. < Five Killed in c Wreck. Columbia, S. C.. Special.?Six mih | .out from Sumter an excursion train i an the Atlantic Coast Line, loaded i with negroes coming into Columbia to < spend the day early Wednesday mora- 5 ing ran into a washout caused tiy a cloud-hurst the night before.Conductor Clements was instantly killed, as were ; four of the negroes, one being a wo- ' man. and about 30 passengers were In- : jurcd. Knglneer Wilson we.. badly scalded, hut not seriously Injured. Surgeons were sent on extras from both Sumter and Columbia. A n - :v> who 31w the washout made a desnernt cffort to warn tlm train with a p < of red paper in his hand, but the ? r ! either did not see his rignal or :;r.v it 1 too late. Killed: J. .1. Clements. Wil- ( mington, conductor: Crank Ross and i his wife. Minnie Ross. Sumter; J >e t Davis, Marlon; Ned Weston. Sumter. < The latter died on the relief train on < the way to Sumter. 1 Killed While Resisting An Officer. Columbus. Oa., Special.?George Overstroct, a 17-year-old white boy of Columbus, was killed at Salem, Ala., near Columbus, by a bailiff. Overstreet and a companion named Reeve.', of Atlanta, burglarized a store and a residence at Opclika. Ala., and while resisting arrest Overstreet waa kilied by the ofilcer. Reeves escaped. Secretary Moody to Resign. Washington, Sperlal.;?It was announced authoritatively Wednesday that Secretary Moody, of the Navy department, would not remain in tli cabinet longer thr.n the present tern; of President Roosevelt. Mr. Moody cx1 pects then to resume the practice '! law. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS] Many Matters of General Interest Id? Short Paragraphs. Down in Dixie. The regular term of the Circuit Court began at Jackson. K>\, and the alleged assassins of J. B. Marcura were brought Into court. Two young men were killed and another wounded from ambush by unknown persons in Laurel county. Kentucky. Witnesses have been subpoenaed at Westminster. Md.. to appear before the giand jury in the case of ex-Superintendent of Free Delivery A. W. Machen. It is said that North Carolina hn? nr last got rid of all the slot machines and other gambling devices in tlie Stute. At The National Capital. The Supreme Court adjurned for the term. President Roosevelt returned to Washington Friday night, after his long trip through the West. The application for a writ of habeas otpns in the case of Whitaker Wright uas denied by the United States Supremo Court. The grand jury found a truo bill igainst Maehen. the man accused of ebbing the postolllce department of >ver $13,000. At The North. Tho disabled Old Dominion liner Monroe reached New York in safety. The number of persons certainly killed by the flood at Topeka, Kan., s now put tit 54. At Kansas City also i considerable number of lives have ieen lost. It is told tis a true story that John Chapman, at (ialenn. Kas. fell down a wenty-foot tramway at the Blind riser mine and dislocated his shoulder, lie went home and stumbled down the eallar steps, and in falling his boulder was thrown hack into place, lie too?; a drink and returned to work. From Across The Sea. The Chilean Congress was opened at Santiago by Vice-President Luco, the Pesldcnt being too ill to do so. Kdua Telfener, niece of Mrs. John W. Maekay, was married in Rome to Slgnor tiino de Martlno. The Porte appointment of rommislion to investigate the massacre at Smerdesh, Macedonia. The revolt in Yun-Nan, China, grows worse. Miscellaneous Hatters. The engagement, of Anthony Hope Hawkins, the novelist, to Miss Rllztbeth Sheldon was announced at the wedding of Miss Suzanne Sheldon to Mr. Henry Ainlee. In his last will Dr. Ladislaus Jasiiskl. a leading physician in hemberg. Halicia, hecpienthod $65,000 to a fund 'or assisting widows of doctors, and mlained at. the same time that not tnore than 8 shillings should he spent )n his funeral. His numerous orders ind medals of distinction he had given nvay the day before his death to a hostler and postman. Newspaper clipping bureaus, of which there are said to he over 400 now n existence, employing thousands of people, find many patrons among royalty. His Majesty King Edward XII is mid to subscribe to two and to receive from them some hundreds of cuttings weekly. Hut the King, like any other English gentleman, is also known to lead his papers first hand. Ex-Oovernor Johnson, of the Chleka?p.w Nation, is a man of good address, polished and courtly, and so well up in the civilization of the white man that no one would think him of aborigine itock. except for his coal black hair md the suggestion of Conner line. Enterprise Mills of Kings Mountain, will erect an additional building fax 100 frit in size and Install 2400 ipindhs and complement of cards, 'ranu s. etc. Two Men Killed. Knoxvillc, Tenn., Special.?Two men net insta.it death Thursday afternoon it a pumping station of the Southern Railway, at Bridgeport. Tenn., by the >x plosion of a twenty-four power loiler. The dead men are Frank ")\vcns, of Knoxvllle, pump Inspector if the Southern, and John nianchard. ngineer at the pump station. The milding was practically demolished. Next Confederate Reunion New Orleans. Special.?Gen. Mlckle. idjutant general of the United Confederate Veterans, said that he hoped nil he cities which desired to invite the irganizatlon to hold the next, reunion is their guest would send their names o him as srou as passible. He said hat while it is probable the reunion vill go to Louisville, the executive ommittee would consider all invitaions and decide for any city making he best offer where he believed It vould be most advantageous to hold he reunion. He will call a meeting of he executive committee In the fall in ^oulsville when the place and data trill be fixed.