The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 05, 1903, Image 1
VOLUMB XIV
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDA
rUnor 6vmU of the Week In a
Brlfl Form.
78rt*nIn,r* sPec|al says: A big
, ault was begun in the court of cort
mon plea, for Cherokee county la at
" tw ^ a* A' B 0a,nes- He claims
r U*t .the Southern Itailway has been
g\ t competing lines contrary to
tZ mckmrg and Qaffney.
tuHnt f day ?f 3 U,y' The c0*>?tl
Jlftll lorhlda this and the utattto
??sk?s It a penalty of one hundred dol
ifir^ per day, to be recovered by any"
citizen suing for the same, one half
' *c go to him, the other half to the
. .. Plate. Mr. Gaines sues for $32,700 He
* ^represented by Hall & Willis of
Sn*urg.an Joll"80n & Nash of Spar
ne,f ? maH vlsitod the ????8e of a
* aliht nr Btreet in Columbia a
# ,? ^? ago and after asking
Ker S/iti r8Uo?s a8k$d th0 lady
cimA fS-;San(I,wa8 at h0,?e- She be
& in hL fiS Thf and 8,amrned thc door
v ??o r m T,h?ne8ro 6 manner greatly
MniS ?'^?i whoflo husband hap*
io HPrii?f?e ? ? York' and 8he had
"~r~ brother-in-law to re
FrnS, lL ?e h?"80 W,th her a'J n'Kht.
IkT to? negro s manner she wtis sure
- ' Thlf noiir aS ther? for no g00d
5?X S!Lpo,,w rc u"able t0 10
^Several days ago Julius Harvln, one
Sln^r8' ?' WUherapden'a plow
hands, committed a criminal assault on
. J* ? w,f?? niece, a child seven or eight
S5?.-rv!t *t0;,Va8 ni,rsl-n? for Julius'
Coochville. Some of the negroes
*? whIP Ji Wn and run him ofl
but by advice of whits- men a warrant
?- : y.*? taken out for h'm. Some one gave
",n? the tip and i.t noon of the day
the warrant was secured he took to
* the woods. ?
Constables Thursday night raided a
. store in the mill district in Columbia
.Kept by a man named Miles, and took
fc^erything in sight. A large quantity
ofl whiskey and hcer, ice chest, slot
IB*C bines, glasses, soda water and
t* everything else was seized and Miles
POt Completely out of business^
- This -Is about tfte most thorough i*aid
BUfleinsome time. a
? The governor received a letter Frl
* day morning from 0. P. Austin, chief
of the bureau of statistics of the cen
sus department, who is compiling a
work shoeing the area ceded by the
thirteen original states to other . ter
ritories end states. Mr, Austin findd
- - that alter the- peace treaty of 1783
snlmo maim whnw that finish
owned a narrow strip of land extend
loi td tho Mississippi river.
About twenty invitations. ..vyere re
ceived ^Friday morning by the gover
^ Aor to deliver addreises and be pres
'0^: ??>t mt: commencement exercises1* and
other events. The invitations camp
; .. from every section of the state and the
dates for some of them are ttfo
gfii: JaOfttha off. irwtHr of-course, be Im
possible for the gorenor to accept
?k'; teany of t nese invitations.
Beaumont Manufacturing Co., Spa&
. tAObnrg* S. C , held ita^annual stock'
holders' meeting last week. *i*hos re
port of -tbo management was voted
satlsfactobK. and the same officers
ro-oRfcted. .? The regular annual
dividend of 6 per cent was declared,
With an extra dividend o t 2
per cent
.. The secretary of state haB issued a
- commission ."to the CoruTnT5far Trusi )
Company of Columbia The company
? Wm ^io - a general banking bualneas^
Coaling in stocks and bonds on a cap
" lial of "llOO.OOO. Henry w. Parson of
New York city, B. W. Robertson and
" JJ. U Abney of Columbia, are the pe
.?
? v Judson Beck, of Barnwell, has had a
i .. . . parrow escape from the gallows. Gov
ernor Hey wa>(l has commuted Ms sen
'? ? fence tQ life imprisonment The con
dfOSh^ed inan was to have been hanged
T April 24, but it was represented to the
- governor that an appeal was pending
* ~ <BSd a respite of 30 days was granted.
The oldest soIdler-ln-South-CaroUaa
? la Jamefc^oivera, of Rlchmoiid county,
ig&i a veteran ol four wars.
:T * . Hebry ferown, a misled negro porter
the offices of the Seaboard Air Line
cfHees. In Raleigh, has confessed to
atesHng $193.27 froirr-the desk of Mr.
Marvin Harris, the compan)t4s local
collector. He is In Jail to await the
next term of Wake Criminal Court. J
Sheriff Hunter of Lancaster has ar
^ " rested and lodged In Jail several negro
men and women wh,0i ar? thiP,n^i !?
have, been Implicated [n th<\ of
F. Blackman, last Sunday.
Mfnof flenllon,
r The Antarctic exploraflnn expodl
Hon of the Royal British Geological
Society discovered a chain of raoun
tklas which Js believed to extend to
the South Pole.
- TTfiHRl States Judge Peter S. Grose
mp? at Chicago, p ermanfin t ly .en.
joined the beef combine from con
truing gay agreement in restraint of
*P<fc
A aoUble para do r,{ Knights Tem
ti trk Wtt? held In Philadelphia in hon
"
jubilee*
"state Gm Company tl
era JUIHw&r ae* fee Mo
i|P|^naoadat>ro |^*s ^ w
335* ;? -i
IS A P001 JOB.
evidences ot Wretched Work on the
Stat e House.
Columbia, Special. ? The special com
mittee appointed by Governor Hey
ward to Inspect and report upon the
sanitary condlton of the State House,
has njiido its report to blm. It is rath*"
er scathing condemnation of a great
ileal about the State House, and what
Is noteworthy is that the new closets,
for which the State had to pay one aJkd
a half times on account of the ch*p!;e
ot location, and which has caused a
fight all along, and about which Col.
Marshall "kicked" and "kicked" hard,
"ftme in for a pretty good roafet also.
- The ? report Is signed ? by ? Dr. T.
Orange Simons, chairman of tho State
board of health; Dr. Jan^es Bvfns, sec
retary of the State board of health, and
Dr. James W. Babcock, of Columbia,
who was called In by Qovernor Hey
ward because of the confidence that he
and every one else has in him.
,Mrx U. X. Gurrter, Jr., Attorney Gen
fifal, was also on the special committee, J
but was not in the city today and did !
not tberfore sign the report.
The report concludcs ns follows:
"We would- urgently recommend
that an experienced sanitary engineer
be employed to devise a proper system
of heating, ventilating and plumbing
the building.
"Your committee wish to express
their obligation to Assistant Surgeon
General H. IX Geddlnga, of the United
States public hearth and marine hospi
tal service, who made the inspection
with us, for valued suggestions mode
in preparation of this report,"
It is rather a hard luck ctory that
the new closets should have been put
under thg front steps at first and then
moved at an expense, and that now ad
ditional expense should have to bes?n
eufcred In ventilating the present lo-^
cation of the closets, instead of doing
the whole job st first.
Secretary of State Gantt, who called
official attention to the condition of
tho St&te House work, also had some
investigations made relative to tho
cellar work, from which the sewer gas
emanated, and which emphasised the
condlton of affairs.
One of the Inspection's was made by
Mr. E. L. Stelllng, who has had consi
derable experience, and ho concludes ?
hi* report upon "the old work" as fol
lows: "Any delay In having this old
and thoroughly unsanitary work re
moved Is a constant menace to the
health of the occupants of the building
and should haee your immediate atten
tion." ?? T' y
Mr. A. W. Bdend, an Inspector o(
sewerage anjJ plumbing, concludes Mt
report to the Secretary pf State as fol
lows: "Tour sewer from the building
to the rHer is now completely Stopped
and discharging its foul contents Into
the open gutter*., of Gervals street.
This Is a dangerous condlton of things
arid wants immediate remedy. I re
spectfully recommend that theplumb
ing. In- the State House be overhauled
and made to conform to the plumbing
laws of the city, and that the system
be connected with the sanitary sewers
In XJervals street, where It will be sys
tematically flushed and inspected."
Noafi Taylor Peteaoed.
Governor Hey ward . has granted a
pardon to Noah Taylor, of Newberry.
The petition for pardon was numerous
ly signed by the citizens of Newberry
County, including, leading business
men and county officers. Ten ot th?
jurors who tried the case joined in
?the prayer tor BatdomJ The.
solicitor and the trial Judge aiaoJte
com mended the release of Taylor.
The record nhows that the chief evfc
deuce against him was a. writfBh ntate
ment, signed "by the deceased, pur
porting to be ? Iwf-dylsi -declaration*
Other statements made by her con
tradlcted this written ststomen^and
'corroborated her ? husband's defente-of
accidental homicide, but- under Vie
rules of evidence those statements
could not be admitted, not being mada
in expectation of death. After careful
consideration Of the whole case, the
Governor concurred with Vie Judge
and solicitor and p&rdoned t?le wrtf on
er. Taylor was convicted cf willing
his wife at Newberry, in Julji 1899.
New Corporations.
The Charleston- Door, Sash and
I -umber Company notified the Seere
igfjrftf stata nm tt bgff-tptreiaen itr]
capital ntoct to *50,000. It haa been
*20,000?
A commission for a charter was is
sued to the Sulsbafe^er-Peck Jewelry
Company, of Florence. The capital
stock of the company is to be $16,000.
The corporators named are:
Sulsbacher, 8. I. Sulxbacher and O. H.
Peck. The pompany proposes dealing
In Jewelry.
Blacjkfoot Indians raced 1 with- ih?
Preslftlnt'a train In their desire to
greet him atPocakello, Idaho.
Stcrm Sltcstlon Worse.
Cbtckasha, I/T.rSpeciai.? The worm
situation "at Chlckesha is considerably
changed for thf worm since Monday
night. The people awoke Tuesday
morning to find that Line creek, a
?teall stream running through' the
town nwft amplylniilain Waslilla ilisr
hadoverOowed Ha 'bfcnka. and twenty
or mere reetdencee were Vnder water.
The tamOU* ttvtng tn the houaw were
ail rescded without loss off llfa. Me n
dty the Wnehlta river was six feet
i^b*ra*A*ar4teOrl
Wgn 6r water nenriy so feet tn ksigw
swept down the rim bed* overflowing
it* banks and carrying 4 with It every
thing la its path, saitroad tracks are
washed awn j InVtverjr direction.
" Mwuphts, ppedal ffyy ly- Owsas,
a*d to be * ? mb*r eff a iKoalaett
Keitnekyleml It lltiM*** Mtng
tfce totfjr.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
A commission for a charter ?M ls<
sued to the Edgefield Mercantile Com*
^named are: Joseph v. uusts. T."~TT
Timmerman and Samuel T. Williams
The capital stock of the corporation
la to be $25,000.
A commisstyafor a charter haa been
Issued to the fcineriaan District Tele
graph Company, of Charleston. -The
capital stock of the company ia to be
925.000. The corporators named arc
Wdir^BrOoka; bdth d?N?W*Torh. Tha
company proposes to have the right
to cei&fthu^ owb, laaae and maintain
telegraph lines The headquarters of
tfea cotttaanv are to be In .Charleston.
Early harvesting of Oraln awd 5hlp
meat ol Fruit*.
The week ending 8 a. m. Monday,
June 1st, had a mean temperature of
16 degree*, which la practically nor
mal. There were no excessively hot
tfcys, nor abnormally cool nights. The
winds were generally light, although
high winds accompanied thunder
storms, in places, that lodged wheat
and oats. There was more than tho
uaual amount of cloudiness; the sun
ahlne averaged about 40 per cent of the
possible.
Parts of the State had copious and
beneficial rains ou the 26th, 27th, 28th,
but parts* of the western, northern, ex
cept extreme northeastern ones, and
the eastern, east central and south
eastern counties had insufficient
amounts and there crops are suffering,
not so much tn the last two division*,
except truck in Charleston county that
needs rain very much. Parts of the
Savannah valley counties are al6o suf
fering for rain. Hail damaged crops in
parts of Dorchester, Edgefield, Marion
and Saluda" counties.
The reports from different sections,
as to crop conditions, vary greatly.
They are favorable from ppints thut
had beneficial rains, and unfavorable
from places that had 'insufficient
amounts. The favorable ones includc
by far tte larger area.
The general condition of corq im
proved as to color > and growth, but
stands continue irregular, and are still
Ivoing Injured on bottom lands, by
worms. Upland corn has good stands.
gome corn has received its last work
ing, and hat' been laid by, though this
Is exceptional, as all corn is small for
the season,
The condition of cotton as to standc,
color and growth J>as improved gener
ally, and chojyrtfig- is well advanced
and hasybrenflnlBhed in places, while
in othef places cotton is Just coming
up. In Colleton sounty, fields have
been pBowed up and planted to corn
owing /to the poor stands, and their
grasajjC condition, but generally fields
anLfrAfrom grass and are well culti
vated. Soalsland cation I a thriving.
Tobacco is not making satisfactory
growth. It is buttoning low, and
lacks a healthy color. Localities that
had* copious rainfall report an im
provement in these conditions.. Rice
is doing well. OatsharvcsT ltTgenerel,
and the crop is better than expected,
though not a full crop. Spring sown
oats are failures. Wheat Is ripenipg
and its conditions remains v^ty'lTso*^
Melon vines are rusting tn C$atiesto?
county, and are 'small for the season
elsewhere. Peaches are ripening about
two .weeks earlier than last year; their
quality Is about average. Some' re
ports Indicate excessive rotting of
early varieties. Gardens need jnqro
rain. The general condition of minor
crops is very promising.? J. W. Bauer,
Section Director.. ?
The Markets
cotton Market.
These figures represent tprices paid
to wagons:
Strict sdod middling 12.00
fiToocrmTaaiingr.... ? .11%
Strict middling .. 11%
Stains and tinges ? ..Jt? ..11.15
_ PRODUCE MARKET.
Onion? . ..... ... T. W
Chickens ? spring . 12Mi
Hens ? per head 30
Eggs. 12V4
Beeswax ... 20
Turkeys 12%
Corn .... 60
Ducks. 22V4
Wheat 60
Wheat ? seed . I .... i uO
Oats *5
Rye 1 00
Sides . .... 9
} Skips' '"Calf TtTrrrrr-'vi ? rrr. -i 1 ? ? 40 ?
Hides ? dry salt(i 10
| Tallow? uprendersd ^ S
New?Enterprl*es.
? A charte^ has been issued to the
Williams ft McK^than Company, of
Lumber. The company proposes to
handle and manufacture lumber. The
officers are: Ernest' Williams," presi
dent and treasurer; D. T. McKeltban,
vice president and general manager;
j J. M. Barr, Ernest Williams and D. T.
t McKeithan, directors.
THE PALMETTO-STATE
M my Matter* (lathered From flany
Memorial Day at Beaufort.
Beaufort, Special. ? The annual cus
tom of decorating the graves of feder
al sodiot-s at the natlona cemetery took
place Saturday. The following Q. A. IV.
veterans took part in ttye ceremonies:
Hunter poet of Beaufort, Rsod post of
Charleston, Lincoln post of Hilton
Head, Shaw post of Savannah, Delaney
post of Brunswick ? all of wham were
accompanied by their respective Wo
man's relief corps and sons of vete
rans. While marching to the cemetery
the procession was eveditably conduc
ted. Co. B of Benurort and a Savarinuh
company acting as CBCortB. H. J. Grant
was marshal of the day. M. YV. Gilbert
of Columbia was the orator of tho day.
He was followed by several speaker*,
al] of >trhqra HpoVtf* lf? Clingy of the
dra<T* Veterans. '^ho fiorni fedoration
was performed by school children, a
child representing each State of the
union. A prayer by thp Rev. Br. WHt
sop, singing by school children, read
ing of general orders from headquar
ters by Post Adjutant Edward Wal
lace. ritualistic exercises by the G. A.
R. posts, a recitation entitled, "Ne
gro Soldiers," by Willie Smalls, alter
nate music by various bands, pencill
ing with a benedlcation by the Rev.
John Brown, constituted the interest
ing features. Several thousand color
ed people witnessed the ceremonies
and were duly impressed with the
solemnity of the occasion.
On returning from the cemetery the
veterans and their friends congregat
ed chiefly on Bay street, where they
indulged In food purchased chiefly
from tables lining the street for sever
al blocks. Lemonade stands were also
extensively patronlred, that belug tho
favbrite beverage. The crowd of about
8, TKKT colored people represented Co
lumbia, Augusta, Charleston. Savan
nah, Brunswick, the adjacent islaudn
and all tho towns along the Charleston
and Western Carolina road. They be
gan to Arrive yesterday evening by ex
cursion trains and steamboats from tlie
| places mentioned, tho lfifct train "arrlv
| ing at noon today. Five bands furnish
ed good mus<c on Bay street, which
was productive of continuous gaiety
during the day. Considering the larga
number present tho visitors were re
markably well-behaved, only a feW ar
rests taking place for disorderly con
duct during the day. As usual these
arrests wei\> occasioned bv tho Indulg
ence of too much liquor. % The gala
scene and exuberant merriment of the
visitors occasioned 'considerable
amusemenUto whidEtopbaervers. There
was every lndicatidtr of a very happy
day for the visitors.
College Law School, f
Columbia, Special.? The South Car
olina College -has- inaugurated- a new
departure to strengthen the course 4n
its new law department. Besides two"
professors regularly employed in this
.department, aB heretofore, disting
uished lawyers from different parts
of the State will give special lectures
during the next session.
# As yet the list Is only - partially
made up, but replies from those who
have been invited are very gratifying
to President Sloan. These lawyer*
?how a keen Interest in, the move
ment to develop the Law School of
the oCllege, and their co-operation lb
this spirit will have moat beneficial
results.
The object is to bring the law stu
dents into touch with soafe- of the
foremost lawyers of the State and
thus stimulate >thelr ambition and
deepen their conception of, what it
means to be a lawyer, Men in the ac
tive practice of the law. each with
ipecna ex perienf e and TfilSft s t I n~"?r
special phase of the subject, will to
gether prcBent to the law students of
the collegfe a series jpf lectures cover
ing a wide and varied field of practice.
The following subjects and lectures
have been definitely Indicated, and
many others have accepted, but have
not yet named their topics;
Judge William H, Brftwley : "Tho
United States Courts and Their In
fluence on the History of the Coun
try.':
Justico Eugene ft. Gdry: "1st. The
Development of Equity;" "2nd. The
Supreme Court of tho United States."
Edward ? McCrady : "Constitutional
Development in South Carolina:"
J. P. Carey: "The Mission of the
True Lawyer.'
Sections.
State News.
Dr. J. A. Robinson, a prominent
physician of the Due West*' section,
died suddenly Monday morning. Last
week the , doc tor attended the reunion
of Confederate veterans In New Or
leans and returned to his home, fire
miles west of Due West, Sunday. Next .
morning he ate breakfast with his
family, returned to his room and In a
few monutes was found dead In hi*
chair,
Robert Bingham, a negro employed
at Vf. J. Wh'.tsfccr's mill; at MvB?e, in"
| Chesterfield county, wag ahot Saturday 1
1 night by Petsflc. Davis, snother pmnloye.
Three balls Took" effect, one entering
?the abdominal cavity. Dr. J. D. Ingram
was summoned and dressed the
WoundiL He saya Binghalh may die.
Davis has fled.
Three separate suit* against the
Postal Telegraph Company are now
pending before Magistrate Klrby In
Spartanburg, the plaintiff in the three
cases being Luclnda Mason, Margaret
WMOQ WLJXtt t .J, Btnwt, well ptTlj
itM ?
???iiiimii 'in ii~i of- ,-tfce
?rectk>n of the company's poles upon
tbeir lands, .etc. Stanyarne Wilton rev
^Ulnttga^in thss* cases
SfSdsnta?1 tt rtprM*ntt
-*? *? ??IU. pardon attorney for the
tfeito* States department of Justice,
w??"tt*tpn, Ja seektn* tnformattofn ae
to the M?>Mt of granting pardon. In
thtstftate and haa Wr(ttao\be (oftnof
a letter about tbe
Hardly a day passes now but what
WRECKED BY STORM
.-IT
Gainesville Cotton Mill U Completely
Demolished By Cyclone
|
PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
One hundred Houses Blown Down at
Pacolet ? Fearful Destruction By
Force of the Wind.
Gainesville, CJa., Specials-Just after
the noon hour, Monday, this city was
struck by a tenlflc cyclone, tilling
probably 10 persons, unroofing tho city
hotels, pth.er largo buildings and de
siroying the Gainesville Ootton Mills.
The greatest low of life is In tho de
struction of the cotton mills, where
about 80 persons are reported killed
and score# injured. Eighteen persons
were killed in the city between the
cmter of town and tho railroad sta
tion, where four large stores were
blown down. The storm bad driven
many persons into theso sLorca for
refuge and they wore probably all kill
ed. There were five hundred persons at
wo'rlt 1m the cotton mill when AhO cy
clone struck. The mill was A three
story building. \ The first story was
left standing buCtJiadly wiecked. The
sccond and third floors were coir "ele
ly demolished and the employes caught
under tho wreckage and mangled. It
Is now estimated there was at lutst 75
bodies under the wreckage of the third
floor. It Is not known how many per
nous on the Becond 11
, <>, ^ J.nd building
were killed. Tho focir <yf tii* electric
trar barn was llfti^jf and the Jbulldlng
badly damaged. Tho railroad depot
suffered also. *
Among the dead are: Mrs. Marshall
Camp and child; Jack Murphy, aged
12. son of widow Murphy; Ulah Jack,
?son, Ethel Lyle, Annie Garret, Claud
;Bhedd. The wife and daughter of W.
iB. Sloan, a lawyer, were fatally In
jured. Among others reported Injured
arc: MrB. Tally and daughter, badly
hurt; Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Jonos,
who keeps a grocery store near South
ern depoft, badly hurt; J, R. Logan,
badly injured; James Simpson. Maud
Gordon Simpson, Anna Schubert, Ola
Miller, /Be sale Skinner, Mrfl. Doc
ke/ J. E. Summerville, Alonzo
iXboc StovallT Joe Shuhm't. MSl
ge Hill, Willie Boone, Henry Con
nor. y
The Southern depot blown
down. The Gainesville IroA Works
were demolished and aeevrgl people
perished In tho wreck. The aalnesvllle
Cotton Mills were blown do?vn. The
Old Piedmont Hotel, now Ised as a
school and apartment house, Jwas razed
and half a dozejn or more two pie were
killed in it. The Tffcfi^mond Hotel wag
wrecked and peveral perished along
-wi4te-It. one hundred and t#ent-nv??
cottages, and a church were blown
away In the negro settlement df the
town. A brick building on the main
street of Gainesville was demolished.
Many other buildings are demolished.
The eyciott* went on to New Holland
and it is believed that fit least 75 p?o?
pte~are Icllted there. ~ Neither th*' Ar
lington Hotel nor the Brenku College
was. In the track of the tornado and
they are therefore sate with* their oc
cupant*.
Within the apace of two minute* t
tornado dealt death and destruction
to the. city of Gainesville and
vl/ons, wiling at least 100 pepj^fj
wounding 150 moie, leveling 100 col* '
tages to the ground and tearing two
stories off the factory of the Gaines
ville Cotton Mill. Of the killed prob
ably two-thirds were women and <cEF
dren, who were operatives in the cot
ton mills. The death list* Includes but
about six negroes. The storm came
from the south out of almost a clear
sky, swooping down on the Gaines
ville. Cotton <MUj#, near the Southern
Railway atauDil. fifteen minutes be?,
fore 1 o'clock.
The furious wind next descended on
the plant of the Pacolet Cotton Mills,
at New Holland, two mll*ls from the
JJoulhera- Atationr -This is- one of the
largest cotton mills in the South, em
ploying more than 600 hand*. The
etona spared the Pacolet factory, but
entirely demolished a hundred, of its
cottages, *4 Aftdlnfr -tenant
ed by Its operatives. Hero the fatali
ties were greatest, upwards of 35 per
sons being burled in ruins. The '
ooaips or me victimif were laid out In
the yards and many of them picked
up bore no semblance to humafity.
The trunk of One ydung boy was found
with the head decapitated as if by the
guUlptino.
From New Holland the tornado
swept onward to tho east in the di
rection of White Sulphur, a town of
about 100 persons; The extent of ft*"
destruction therfc, cannot be told, but
reports so far received indicate^ con
siderable Wse of Ufe.
Sixteen Negroes DroWSiJ.
Memphis. Tcnn.. ?.SnMiajL? SlxleaiL.
negroes, two families of cotton plan'
tation hands, were drowned In the
Mississippi river near Pecan Po!nt*x40
milts north of this city. 1%ey left the
plantation aftor dark In two skiff*.
Waves from * passing vessel ca$*lzed
the frail boats -an d ail hacda.^ave
one, went down. A lad, Wlfl 3*11, Mi
ca ped by clinging to an o*r. He Was
washed ashore and reported , th*
tragedy to Drr--Ifc-F.- catl**, wbo
teronght the news tpdfliwpftH,
, Want Bsttrr Prlcja.
^Jndianapolis; Ind., T Special.? -Th*
Amfettcan 8ocl*ty cf has 1*
sued a bulletin to farmer* of the
United State* demanding ** Imt?m*
In th* price at wheat, argutng that th?
minimum price. of whoat stnuHii* It
n bushel and ergtnr th* -farewfe ?*?
the Vntted fltatee to ?*& Wlwt tlHM
W e ?u nkilied *y LlgUta***.
. Atlanta, Special? A f*rl*?ft thorn
tat thte city. Mter ]
by Mghtnteg wi
ir porch *( h*r
Ml
i AWtliL WORK fcF THE TORNADO
Fuller Detail* of Ih* Havoc Wrought
At Otlitravillc, G;org(tf.
^ Oaf icsvills, (Ja., Special. ? The 0,600
Inhal) tants of thU city have begun
to res Ilzo the extent Of the appalling
(liBasUM- of Monday. It now seems cer?
NfljjKlhtjt the death Hat will not be
much abort of 100; perhnpt) somewhat
over a hundred, considering the num
ber of dangerously wounded < whose
chances for recovery earl not now be
calculated. But through all the gloom
and desolation that surround the two
like a pall of darkness there radiates
a beam vf hope and encouragement?
hope thaKtho death list may not bo so
numorousyas reported and that encour
agement to those who are so bravely
fthd devotedly assisting the work of re
I'^f' The story of tho storm's work of
desolation has already been told. All
that remains ts tho compilation of an?
accurate list of the dead and the chron
ic ling of tho burial of the victims.
, figuring from all available sources
| T?nd giving credence only to those re
ports which are believed to be trust
worthy, the ollowing ia a summary of
the effects of tho tornado in Gainesville
and itB environmental One hundred
killed; l&o injured, of whom probably
20 will die; eight hundred homeless,
their residences having been wiped out
of existence:, property loss of about
half a million dollars, none of which
was covered by storm insuranco.
A conctso and accurate statement of
the casualties cannot be rendered for
several days, but the physicians in at
tendance believed that it will not go
above 100, although 25 or 30 are des
perately injured and may die within
the noxt two or three days. Tho death
list so far compiled Includes 32 at the
Pacolet Cotton Mills at Now Holland,
all of whom were killed in the deiiioll-"
tion of the company'* cottages, and 36
at the GaincuvilW- Cotton Mills, near
tho Southern Ha ^ way station, where
tho tornado first struck.
The otitis* pathway of the storm, ox
tending two miles from the Gainesville
Mills, around the outskirts of the city
to th^r, Pacolet Mills at New Holland,
ia a mass of ruins, but fortunately the
cottages in the train of the tornado be
tween tho Southern station and N?w
Holland were those of negroes, who
were all absent from the city yesterday
lit attendance upon a colored execur
slon. Business Is almost entirely sus
pended throughout the city, the atten
tion of everyh|^^belng given to the
care of the wl^ied and suffering.
There la no lack of medical attention,
many surgeoqs being present from At
lanta and othar cities. There Js great
need, however, of clothing, antiseptics
and other medical supplies. -The local
militia have iicen called out for po
lice duty. Tho city is very orderly r.nd
quiet and only a fow instances of pil
laging have been reported. ?? y
i The work of , tho tornado was com
kpjete. Front .the factory where it first .
descended, upon jffij rinnpmd ..Uy In Tflg '}
hills beyond N**'. Hojfapd, where it
rose into the upper air, the destruction
of property is appalling. Along this en
tire course, for a distance oft wo miles
.there is not a fence standing, not a
habitable house, most of therftttsr be
ing reduced to strips like laths and
scarcely a tree left. <
- At New Ho&and the storm did its..
Worst. Nothing but the barren red hills
are left there to>tell the story fcf the
awful disaster. For a distance of tbree
Quarters of a mile on the. hillsides and
in valley to the left of (the Pacolet r
Mills the ground is covered almost en
tirely by the fragments of "the *150
houses that wert ther^ when the twist
ing tornado swept down. Standing on
rtfcs hlll-top nearest the city of Gaines
ville, and looking northeast, a strip of
perfectly smooth swept territory Is pre
sented to the eye of the observer and ...
the entire vista ia paved with the
wreckage of destroyed homes. .
Negroes Run From High Water.
Newberry, S. C.. Special. ?A very
hard rain began to f^ll Monday After
noon at about 6:30 o'clock. Scott's
creek rose rapidly and soon overflowed
Its banks, surrounding And even ris
ing above the floors of Rouses occupied
by negroes near Uie stream. While no
EcricniB damage is reported,
land near herv> Is washed considerably.
[^Immediately after the downpour of
rain and while the cteek was at Its
highest, some very amusing scenes
were witnessed by the spectators, who
had gathered to see the high water.
| Chief among which jwas a negro man
tarrying the occupants of the hoiKRF [
acioss tho \yater to "dry landv" for
which he received 10 cents per capita.
Killed at Supper.
Waxfthachie, Texas, Special. ? A
double jtragedy occurred * Tuesday
night near the littlo vii'age of Rankin,
14 miles south of Waxahatchie. in
which _a farmer, Samuel Westmore
land, and his wife, were shot to death
in their own bouse. The shooting it is
charged wfj done by a young man
named Ellis Clarldy, a brother of
Mrs. Wcstacreland, who has r.oi.bsaa
raptured. Mr. and .Mrs, Westmoreland
?were eating Buppor. when, It Is said, j
Youn,' Clarldy appeared In the door
way >with a double barrelled shotgun
and killed them.
Tfc# T?f>?ka Situation. ?
Topeka, Special.? The 4tapd situation^
In Topeka may he briefly summarized
thus: Known dead 48; river has fallen
(tofliy three f*et and IS ?ow receding af
Him rate of two laebea an hour., Diu
tress will be great among the refugees.
Goveiaor Bausy Issosaa proclamation
ffaraza of
imrtrm
lorth To.
ordara tor
ca!RH? tor help for ?ood eufsrsrs of
the lute. fifty deputtCahftHS*. arm
ed with Wlnch?aters.3SaNorth To
psfca to protect property with orders to
s&xsu ww,,r -r*
un I ? h?m (Marl
BY HIRE AND FLOOD.
0
Death and Devastation in the W?k&
of High Waters.
TALES OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING
Inhabitant* of rtorth ?Top?ka Cut Olf
From All Chance pf Rescue*- Much
Loss of Property.
The City of Topeka suffered frightful.
Iohs of llfo and property last Week by
both lire and flood. The story Is told
' l* f
In tho following dlspuMica of Sun
day and Monday mornings:
Topeka, Kane., Special. ? People who .
did not ieavo North Topeka Satui tay
night when they had a chance, are*'
now in the greatest danger of losing ?
their Uvea. Ah far as can be estimated
at this time, over 500 people are be
yond reach of rescue. The Kansas river
is rising at the rate of three inches ai|
hour. TjjJrly aro known to be dead and
the 1 1st will bo larger. Hundreds are
m'saing. People are drowning and .
others aro burhlng to death, If arty por
tion of North Topeka shall escape de
struction by the flood, it seems *9
though flro would finish the work. The
Inrgo lumber yards of Jonathan Thom
bp caught Are thin afternoon and th? '
whole block of houses were burned.*
Burning houses are floating through
the streets and eettlng flro to others.
It. is reported that the Union Pacific
depot and hotel have been burned.
There Is no possible way of Quenching
the flames. The loss of life will be ap
palling, and the 'property' Joss In The
millions. Nobody cyan tell Just wtiat hM -L
been destroyed. The water extends
around Bhorey %nd other suburbs.
Every foot of North Topeka, inhabited
fc> 10,000 people, is under, water.
?cwrrent Is so swift that no boat cat* r
live in it. StfKh thousand people have
eecapod to southstde and are being
cared for as well as possible. The re
majntng hundreds, have nOt yfci befcn :
accounted for. Tbey have been forced
to the top floors or the roofs ot> build
ings, and are waiting for Ae water to
subside or carry them down stream.
Thoy aro safe only as long as t]k?
building remain* standing, Below:.
town scores of men are la^troe-tops?
yelling for help. Thousands of revolver
shots and scream* have been beard on
the north side, signals for aid. Women
and children - In the western . pari -Sic .4
North Topeka are Standing on the
highest points in rtach and yet in
water to their vnecka. ,_:i_
Burning-bouses are floating about,""
sailing , Are to othri'S.' ThSTOWgr"ttO*^
rMs of the burning buildings contain " "
10 feet of -water. The current ls MJr"
strong tjtft no boat can apprc
of thet^pMVle-. ^ cathered
tops of TRuse* Shd Will r*
cither by0flrs or drown!
2orhelp c&n be die
away. The ^rhole cl
because aajddJdiA
sufferers. The river at
is
mate of the financial
Jbut it can he atated.
into the sBillioos.
North Topeka was
Ing district of the
flour mills, three
other
entirely destroyed
of the whole City has
water fi rom the rivei
ft mile on thasooife,
Islahd depot has
more than flvebiiBdrs* ?
?Hra the fiver are Msg
but n? J6aa pf life has
South Topeka. The*
bridge Is the only -
for miles and the t
'bridge are flooded
water, . A pontoon brt
erected, in an effort to r<?ach
ferersl . -- ' ,
ScTcn thetjwawl ^r wbr?
on this side pf tbe;Hv?r i
the public buildings. Topeka I#
able totake cars Pf ail.flig uuf
nates. The work of c aHaitmr tltfr
gees 1s being pushed^wfth tti*
rapidity. Prom
many as EOfli
ferent pails of fltfth TOpem
tire central portion of ths
been burned out at 10 o'eloek ai?d it
is safe to say that by morning sot
a houSi in that part of Topeka will
be left standing. Whea it la stated ttatf ::
North Tppeka has 10,000 Ir.oabitaata,
tho extent pf the disaster cs
allzed. People are sticking to
of houses andtOtUsea, ami _
giving up in dwWr ahfl'WWW^rr:
tho waters belomto be carried aw&F^
by the awlft current.
The dispatches of Monday
give a fuller account of
follow: '
Topeka. 8p?clai:^M
number- -of
-trr-b; a\lomt 1 60 sad
were y? n?|sprt| '
ported burned to
not be substaati
eastern Kansas
here for the
Shortly sfter
r I /ed from
and they *
service at ottpe.
drowning
contain
in di? -aw
sad as far
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