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Chronicle CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916. NUMBER 15. D.4MA m TO HHIIWK8. Bridget* tu Counly WfttflMx) j Am?.v or Partially l**trwed. i ,ier re|H?rt* from over t!i?? futility t that seventeen bridges have bewi bed Bwa.v or partially strayed. finy |iiin"*'s the same material jje utilized and the majority of H?Ikv> have replaced a i Hi *,? renamed. Tlx* KreatOMt damage irrwl l? Huffalo township where ifHl la r^t* bridge*" over Lynohes rlV tciit down. Supervisor West rt?tijorli twtluiates tlfr damage Ht around on, though <he highways have heeu ?i;rii condition lie hus had to de d u | h >u the commissioners lo their twill!* to see after the repair* lm* been nimble to get Into the Wateree section. The bridges troypil or inirtlally washed away i> follows; tarter'* bridge In Buffalo township, Hiteen northeast of Camden.' Inimh's Hrldge, in Buffalo tdwtf ^ twenty-two miles northeast of Dden. [Irkiey's Hrldge. In Buffalo towu p, twentyhvo miles northeast of hdeit. mie Creek and Carrisoii s Bridge, lii kul> township, one mile he low- Cftm Fwi the Charleston road. mliage Mill Bridge, over I>ej?ot tl was slightly damaged, but was wired. . ?rthall's Itrliltr**. in Buffalo town 11 .. ' illtr's Ferry Bridge, in ' Buffalo! oship. ' lller's Hrldge. in Buffalo township. lakeney's Bridge. over Big Lynohe's f. lii*' Bridge, over Hlg Lynches, par ly destroyed. be Isliell. Rurdolt jyul Hoby's Mill j#* In West H'Ateree. wiver Creek Hrldge. Wo sum 1 1 bridges on road leadinirl rjbert.v Mill. f i Mass Meeting Friday. mass meeting i>f the citizens of county and town was. held at the ra house Here last Friday evening |xcu88 means of replacing the coun iridge over the Wateree river. Many sens of Kershaw and Bethuhe met i the Camden i>eople and it was unanimous sentiment <?f the meet that the bridge should be replaced ho earliest possible moment. aptain W. M. Shannon was chaifr ) of the meeting with Mr. L. >/A?, tkowsky as secretary. Mr. Tbofcf vlrkjsnd was again called upon to of the county's financial condition ! gtve his views. Mr. Kirkland ed that In* had quite a good deftl 'xjierienoe with the building .of tbe. ?nt brfdge. that the county \vfts *t>y 00 better oft than when the bridge it down before. He favored- a toll Ipe. and stated thai in his )udg* it the next bridge would have to located !it least a mile higher up river than the present site. That river hud washed to such an ex it looked as if it would lie im ilble to bridge it at the old site, r K I) Hlakeney. acting as s|>okes Lfor the Kershaw delegation stat tliat they were in hearty accord i any thine the county should see 0 do ami that they were willing ielp. llks were ?lsu j,v >jesKrs> ? debiach. M. c. West." ('has. J. |"WI1' T- A. Wit tkowsky. John T. ens and T. K. Trotter. T' ,'UtU* VHry tfenerous ' '"""'ity a free entrance his land for a- roadway and iU i i(l?rV shun,(1 lf plated 1,11,1 farther up the river xz ,1l,v,i(k."1 o,,i,,ioa ,,h to v imf ti r a free ?r >n?niir? #(|UOstl?" u as left <>l>en. ttee <>f ,?,p from each town ,1 V(Z,H>.rat0 wittl the county provE ** in the matter, fhairniaj, ?r>P<>lnte<l by Coont)- in (.ikkI Shape. 1 Sr;?'.?s5st Iftitr th-iV i M>. at such iw?r . ''n ""able to' ir,?"'1-'; '??* to 1,-cate m, il"'1,': ???l the pl^sil.le t(", |"V" "S 'H,,k ,f WiU ' w.wt I M ?' f ' n place. ? tranm'm ( Jeo- T- little ,r i.m tie's livor "ation. i,ul r;v [u search of 1V(T'aiMM.? 7 , h Mtnte that 1 and ts IK , V ^ashert As *Mge site e ns at the r? tlle <h*stroy tyamlbk.' cv.r,' .a<Jly wa?hed and derat>i?? ,ii , -v fo?tmen for a 1 hart |J!ftU'',v- , Mnn>' small *,n* of th,. a on the r^er them have fe,l?ws oper s,,Di in tr.i na/ /iulte a neat iwssajle A foot?en, r?uhed ln,In , A Party of la-. Journey by'#aUt? fr? ? Siturdav aft?ri 8ferred there ,lchildi^n in tL??n- There were *i"Cl ,,lu' mrty ? r pi^ *J> appearing organist 1 * Garrison, Si V2n?1 'ttee 01 ?*m * to ^io haM wMar 'SpI !T riv(>r and tm IT0 raiAT1 ^ Of ebnr G OP until fnrtK the Weet "? ' h,;"" '""her notice. Of N" ? thai ?i "? y.5,rTy to0t "ttle ?um ,h0,w ft ? r ? 5? t? Trestu ' t atcaAtly n\ v!*1"1" have been W tr*stle If ! Qn(Lday ?n the * estUnlSSl^^ " ' - t ? ? " . AIhH TO All! KKlflONS, KwolutiuiiN in CiHigrMs Call for Ap propriation of $800,000. Washington. July , Appropria tions totalling $800,00o for the relief of storm and sufferers In North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bauia ami Mississippi art* pfkmdedJbH joint resolutions introduced today in the house and referred to the commit ttn? on military affair*. The resolu tion* also authorize the secretary of war to issue quartermasters' and lued leu I supplies to the needy. The appropriations '.are divided antOug' the states as follows: North Carolina. 9300,000; South Carolina. $100.<MH>: Georgia, $-JOO.OOO; Alabama atl(i Mississippi, $'..'00,000. Ill addition to these sums $400,000 is ]>jr0vhled for Hood sufferers in Geor gia aud Alabama In resolutions Intro dueed last Friday by Representatives Lee and Burnett, of this sum $;t00, 000 would he si>ent iu eentral Alalmiua, which recently was flooded. ami the remainder would he si>ent f?>r relief in southwestern Georgia. f Representative Brltt Introduced for North Carolina ami provides for the| expenditure of $300.00,'> in Buncombe, Henderson, Mftlhiweli, Rutherford, Polk, Haywood. Mason. Jackson, Clay, Cherokee. Swain and Trausylvnnia counties. Engineers of the war de-j part went now are Investigating con$t tioiftt In the Hooded district of the state at the Instance of Representative Webb, who has supplied the department with pimtographs of flood damage and otther data which have been sent to him from North Carolina. The $100,000 proposed for South Carolina by Representative VVhaley would be Hi>eut along the Sautee river aud its tributaries, which went out of their bunks last week at the same time western North Carolina was flood ,ed. "r -Representatives Adams. Howard and Bell" were authorities of the resolution for Georglu and. they proposed an ex penditure of $100,000 for the Obufta hoochie river section and $100,000 for the Coosa river valley. The . resolution for Mississippi and Alabama was offered by Representa tive H&rrison of Mississippi. Twp Killed and Two Injured. r Crawford ville. (?a.. July 20. ? Miss May Caldwell was killed Instantly and Gladys (iunn. three years old. died Boon Jitter the accident, when a Geor gld-^Wnvay passenger train struck an autofnobile at Atchison's crossing near nere late Wednesday. U. S. Ounii, who I was driving the car. and his wife were, painfully injured. ' - ? V* - -Mr. Yartm>u*h Wanted. " -Believing that Mr. I>. T. Yarbrough would make Kershaw comity an ex cellent representative In the House of Representatives his many friends wish him to make the race. Mr. Yarbrough has never sought public offices ami We do not know that he would make the race, but his friend* want him and hope he will seriously consider the matter. The time Is short, but Mr. Yarbrough !>eing well known through out the county as a staunch citizen and a thorough . going business man. we be) 1 eve that the mere announcement that me is in the race will Ik* sufficient for him to l>e a winner. His Camden Friends. MJ11 Here Gets Charter. T^he Wateree Mills, of Camden, with a capital of $300,000; the Win ns born Miils. of Winnsboro. with a capital of 000, and the Addison Mills, of Edgefield, with a capital of $7.*>0. 000, have 4>een granted charters by the secretary of state. Tlie officers of all three of the corimrations l>eing: A. L. Scott, president: C. L. Talbot, secretary; H. C. Everett, Jr., treas urer. Ail of the corporations will run cotton mills. Badly Slashed. Ham Alexander, of Rethune. was ; brought down Friday and placed in Jail by Constable McDowell, having been arrested over in 1/ee county after having done some had slashing -with a knif^. He had a grudge at hi* wife Addle Alexander aiul Tony Chestnut, and catching -them together proceeded to oarve them. The man and woman were brought to the Camden Hospital Tuesday where their wounds were dressed by I>rs. Clyhurn and McCas killi The two physicians -worked on the patients _for five, hours and Dr, Ciyburn soys that he would feel safe In saying they made between .five and six hundred stitches dn the two vic tims. Both [foUents are now consid ered to be out of danger. The woman had the greater number of wounds, but the man was the most seriWsly . . I one feet Tuesday, and this has greatly | handicapped the vtorkmen. Messrs. W. L. Seddon, vice president, and C. 8. take general manager of the Sea board, of Norfolk. VaM hae been here in their private cars since the trestle was destroyed, personally looking after the work, seeing that it was rushed with ?I1 possible haste. A singular incident happened when the trerftie was washed away last Mon day. A. part of the train crew was left on jneb side of the river ? the distance fleing Only a few hundred feet. They wanted to get a message to each other, but the roaring waters drowned their voices. Telegraphic communication" was so badly crippled that In attempting to send a ihltsagae the wire had to go -from Logoff, via Atlanta and ftlchmond to Camden. Search has been mode for the bodies of the three men drowned Saturday, and the railway officials have request ed that forties below Camden on the river be on the lookout for them, aod notify the ofltiala heee Immediately should they be found. 1 1 in ikihmi mmti ma i \ W wuiiau MmlHi OFI ICKK KIIJLKO HI CIVILIAN. Jealous Husband Fire* on and Hills 1y<> in AutiHiiobile. ,%V 1 i?i ii*-. lVx? .Inly *?J1. ? Mystery snr- 1 rounds th?? motive of Harry .1. Span ned, manager of H- local hotel. for shooting and killing Ids wltV and Lieu tenant Colonel M, C. Butler. of tin* Oth United staatv* cavalry. while the three were motoring yesterday evening. According to un announcement from the county attorney to-iiluht, Spanned, who surrendered himself linniedlately after the shooting, refused to discuss Ids ease and a thorough investigation disclosed no apparent reason for the killing. The shooting caused much excite ment because of the prominence of the Spanned family <\ud of Col. Hut lor. Spanned, who was held overnight In the county Jail, was taken today to an other town, the name of which wax not revealed, for safekeeping. An investigation l>y local authorities disclosed that Spanned was driving his wife and Col. Butler in ids ear along the main residential street of the town when suddenly he stopped his engine, turned In his seat, drew an automatic pistol ami a revolver, and \vith the one i>egtin shooting Ool. Butler and with the other his wife. He calmly emptied both firearms In to the bodies of the victims. according to witnesses, and then without haste walked to the Court House and gave himself up. Apparently Col. Butler was shot tirst and killed Instantly, for jiersons near by hoard the woman cry out after the shooting hail lieguu, "Harry, don't kill me !" while the officer made no outcry. Previous to the shooting. Spanned had been chatting gaily with friends at the Holland hotel, of which he was manager. Col. Butler only* recently was pro moted from the rank of major and had been stationed here in command of the garrison for about two months and had become i>opulur with the townsjieople. He lived at the Holland Hofel and he and his wife and nine-year-old son were on intimate terms socially with Mr. and Mrs. Spanned, and their ftve year-old daughter. Before being taken away from the local jail, Spanned broke down and sobbed bitterly. l>eiuoanlng what he termini his "madness." He persisted, however. In .Ills refusal to discuss his reasons for the shooting. Spanned, who Is thirty years old. is a natlvtj of Hazellton,- Pa., where his parents still live. A graduate of mu sical conservatories In this country and abroad, lie was an instructor in music at Baylor University,, at Waco. Tex., when lie met the daughter of John R. Holland, o cattleman and banker of Alpine, whom he later married. Mrs. Spanned was then n student In the University. She was twenty-nine years ,old and was known as one i?f the most beautiful women in Texas. Col. Butler was fifty-two years old and a native of lOdgeflehl. S. C. He was a( son of Major Oeti. Mathew C. (Butler. U. S. A., who was also a major general In the Confederate army and for a number of years was n United States Senator from South Carolina. Ool. Butler's ImkIv was sent to Wash ington to be burled in Arlington Na tional cemetery. FOR CONGRESS. We are authorized to announce 1>. E. Flnfey for re-election to Congress, subject to the r\iles of -the Democrat ic primary. Enrollment Fell Short. Up to the closing of the roll book late Tuesday afternoon 430 names liad been enrolled at the Camden precinct. Two years ago 462 names were placed on the club roll. The total enrollment for the entire county in 1014 was 2,747. We have been unuble to get figures from any of the other precincts in the county. Jaiues Whitcomb Riley Dead. ludianai>olls, July 22. ? James Whit-t comb Riley, Hooseir |?oet ami friend of the children, died about. 11 o'clock tonight as tbe (Itrect result of a heart attack suffered early in the day. Tbe |H>et apa|>eared to have recover ed late ill the evening, and hit* physi cian gave out the statement at the t'me that there was nothing alarming hi hi* condition. I^aier, however, the patient weakened and failed rajtidly until tbe end Came. Cashier Suicides. Clieraw. S. C., July 21. ? Mack Davis, former cashier of the Peoples bank of Chesterfield, is thought to have com mitted suicide this morning. He went to the graded school bulhilng and is alleged to have shot himself with a shotgun, his body being discovered some hours later. He has been in 111 health. He leaves a wife and one child. f, Necw Arrested for Stealing Ox. Rural Policeman H. R. Boykin Sun day arrested Tom Logau, a negro, for ttle theft of an ox at a point near Camden. Tbe negro was-seen Satur day afternoon some distance above Dai s' 11 and . an effort was made tp catch him, hut he escaped to tbe woods. La ter that night he went to a house to secure something to eat and the officers were notified >~and came to tbe place and pot him under arrest, bringing him on to Sumter and lodging him in jail. ? Sumter Item. ?ffrlhar DM It The Southern Power Co. made use of a kite in gettiag their wires across the Catawba rlrsr, it is aakLy A kite was m*<te and. pot up, letting it go across tbe river. That string was uti lised la taktag a larger string men** and that for taktag a rope. Where there is a will tbsns Is a-wsy.? Cbero^ kee News. "" ? I'RKYIOI'K liKKAT FLOOD*, Hist orj SfHrrliMi to hiul <'omderp*rl I of I'lfsriit Disaster. There Is no detracting from the rec oil) breaking character of (lu* high , throughout (his section during I ho present week. The waters w e iv tuupicstlonahl.x higher than have over heen known hy any of the people now II vine. ? Tin* Sherman freshet of lNtlf? has heett exceeded, and also the fresh m of May 1901 ami March IP 11! TlWre is nothing on record to com part' with this tliNM I unless it U' a Hood that occurred early In 1701 which as rc?-orded hy.the Historian Lawsou. swelled the Santee river to a perjieii* <1 leu ta r height of iMl feet. This flood exceeds anything on record unless It he a similar inumlation that rushed down Uruait and Catawha rivers in .lanuary ITJHi. Dr. Hamsey In His his tory ??r South Carolina, says that on thlK ?>et*nsion numerous large dwelling houses were earried down the rivers ami practically all the bridges from the mountains to the seat were swept awit). So great whs the flotsl at the 'month of the Santee river? the name of . the stream after the Junction of the Hroad and Congaree on the one hand and the Catawba and Wateree ou the other ? that for day 8 the ebb lug of the tides were scarcely concelv ahle, At the name time there was a flood in the Savannah river and the city of Aturusta was flooded to a depth of several feet. At tiranhy, 611 the Congaree, and at -Camden on the Wa teree. the water Is said to have risen to a height of forty feet. Just above the confluence of the two rivers a stake of twenty-one feet was reached. ? Yorkville Knqulrer Waded Water to Georgetown. Mr. ('. (?. Cooper, of Camden, whose wife was In Georgetown visiting her mother. u|*>n learning of the severe storm which (Missed over the city last week, started for Georgetown at once and U|hwi reaching Lanes and tlmlliig all communication (Hit off he determin ed to make the effort to reach the city on foot. After a very rough exjierl enee hi wading through water shoulder tleep he Anally reached Georgetown late Saturday eveplng none the worse for his thirty-six mile tramp. ? George town Times. (inventor Wires for Information. Keiinlur A. J. Beattle Tttnday re ceived n message from Governor Man ning asking If there was any real suf fering in this county as a result of tin* recent Hoods, and that If the^|?eoplc needi-ii assistance. to wire full partic ulars. Senator 'Seattle replied .that, tliere hud l?een no case of rent suffering brought to his attention, hut that, com munication with a large part of the flooded district had not yet l>een-.es 'tarnished. and that he would advise more fully later. SharkH Follow Ship. Philadelphia. July 20. ? Hundreds of sharks, some II and 15 feet long. were sighted off the Virginia const hy. the British steamship Copas. The hungry monsters followe?l so close all the way Into the Delaware Oa|?c that sailors hit many with blocks of wood. Picnic at Abney. The Abuey Junior Oilier Council and the Abney Farmers' Association will give a picnic in fche grove at Kirk wood Farm Friday, August 11th. Everylxnly is invited to come and 1>rlng well filled baskets. The county candidates are cord tally invited to come and make addresses. All the Junior Order Councils and Farmers* Asoclatlons of the county are invited to Join with us and make this a ploHsant day. 1>. M. Klrkley. Free Boat Service. To the Citizens of West Wateree: The merchants of Camden wish to announce that beginning with Satur day. July 29tli. they will oi>erate two lM>ats for foot passengers near the County bridge site and those who wish to cross the river can do so free of ehnrge. These l>oata will be under the management of Mr. S. H. Twitty and David Perry, and will oj>erate every week da.f until further notice. Those responsible for the enterprise not holding themselves liable for any uc Ciiit"Ut??. ? * H. (?. Carrison. Jr., For the Committee. County Campaign Dates. l:,ii?lV?e, Monday, August. 14th, at 10.a.*n?r' Haley's Mills. Tuesday, August lfith 10 a. m. Kershaw, Wednesday, August 16th, 10 a. m. Wi'Mtvllle, Thursday. August 17th; 10 a. m. ? Lil>erty ft lit, Monday, August 21st, 10 a. in. V Kabon's Cross Roads. Wednesday, August 23rd, 10 a. m. IHaney, Thursday. August 24th, 11 a. m. Camden, Friday, August 25th. 5 p. m. Factory School House, Saturday, August 26th; 8 p. m. Marriage. Married, on Wednesday afternoon, July 26tfe. 1916, Mr. Emanuel -lttHPeat, of Great Italia, 8. C., and Miss Neita Tidwell, of Camden, S. C. The mar' riagc took place at the home of JW brides mother, |Irs. 'Anna BHsa Tid well. and the oetemony was performed hy Probate Judge W. L. McDowell. CI I IB Up Week. . Owing to eofttiaoed wet weaHicr the Civic League announces that the tin# for Inspecting premises has been post nntl t~ Moo da y, August 7th i* order to allow all property owners to hare their preoriees thoroughly cleaned hy that thia ?7 - * ' (OMiKfcSSIOVAl, MKKTINU. ConKrohotmui Holey Makes Address? Mr. Stevenson \Vm? Not rrwwiL A small audience t*st limited at about dim' hundred and tweuty-tlvo assembled at t h?* court house Wednesday |o ht'iir the oandldales f,,r t'ongros. Acting Chairman Mills nntimmml a message from Mr. NV. F. Steven^n saving that owIiik to a washout On 1 1**? Seaboard near Melloo It wtMiltl be hniwslhlo for hliu to get here before late Iii the even ing, Mr. Finley stated that ai all thno* ho tried to bo absolutely fair ami that lio would loavo it to tho audi once as to whothor ho should address them, Tho crowd signified tholr de sire to hoar him and tho aiieakor l?e gait hy tolling of his eighteen yoars service in congress. two yoars as a member of tho honso of representatives from York and four yoars In tho stato SOllfttO. Ho reviewed Ids record In < -engross, saying that ho stood with tho Presi dont. that ho had voted for all of tho im|K)iHant legislation passed hy the present congress. Ho explained tho rural credits law. Federal Reserve Hanking system. good roads law and that he stood for pre|Ni redness. Kx plalnod how tho money was io l>e rals ed to pay for preparedness by. the in heritance tax. income tax and tax utH>n munition makers, Mr. Fin ley says tint t he had hoen accused of not being a "tbiHiofcoher" after his long service In that he had iio| been able to seoure | ?uy lui|H>rtaut chairmanship, He stat ed that, this was not true, that lie was for a Iouk while chairman of the print ing committee and that in this alone had suvod the government large sums. Ho also stated that It had Ihvii said of him that he was the best posted tiinu in the United States today on l?ostal affairs. Onrlng his remarks Mr. Finley gave It As his opinion that while the United States was not now at war with Mex ico that he thought It would eventually have to fight her. He also gave It as his opinion that the Kuroppan war was in its last stages and prbhably would not last more than a month longer. Mr. Finley remained over for tho balance of the day shaking hands with his >frlends and making new acquaint ances. THE WAR IN El'ROPE. British, French and Russians Continue to Report (jains. ? ^ ? At INizorroi the Australians nr?? still lighting furiously with thr Germans] for possession of the village and tliei head of . the road.lepdlng from It -to Bapaume and the heater fwirt of the' villas' now is re|K?rted to be in the j Australians' t lands. There has Ixh*h a diminution In the viuious lighting j which began Saturday night along the British front fr<?in Thiepval to Gullle mont. A condition of comparative calm pre vails south t>f thn Soninie Along tiie French line. where the only fighting reported ? and that a minor engage inent ? resulted in the French capturing h German battery south of Km trees. Eastward, In the Verdun region, the French have occupied a German re doubt west of Thiaumont, taking it. live machine guns and two score pris oners. Berlin still asserts that the only result of the British attack Sun day along the Tbiepval-Gulllemont line was the penetration of a few houses In the village of Poxleres and that the Austrians obtained those only hav ing suffered sanguinary losses. That Germans have removed troops from the Verdun front for the Somme 0|>erations is apiairent from the Ger man statement that Brandenburg's grenadiers "of Douaumont fame" de feated the British in the tight Sunday at lAMigueval. AIMuough unofficial re|H?rts have cred ited to the Russians big game against I the Germans in the Riga region of| Russia, neither the Petrograd nor Ber llu communications have yet recorded any important changes there. Petrograd claims the dislodKment of I [-flie Germans from the vjlinge of Ga litchania, on the Lipa river in Vol hynia, while Berlin says that near the Galiciau border in southern Vol bynin strong attacks by the Russians against the German line were repulsed. ? Kmpcror V/!!l!aiu is rei>ortefl to have left the French ..front to observe the operations in the Batft; c *?-??? ? ? The Russians have ma<le* Farther-] progress- against the Turktf in the Fr zelngan region _ of Turkish Armenia. White to the south along the Persian front the Turks rejiort thnf rhey have] gained fresh successes over tfie Rus sians. Thf2* Italians lii the Astico and Aviso regoins of the A ustro- Italian theatre report continued advances against the Austrians. t Premier Asquith lias asked the Brit ish parliament for an additional credit votQ of 450.000,000 pounds ? the largest requited since the beginning of the war. Trains From Columbia. Passenger and mail service was re sumed fiver the Southern Railway] Thursday morning and for the flrstj time in many dfcys the morning papers were brought Into Oamden. This train arrives at Camden from Columbia at ft :25 a. m., and returning to Columbia in the afternoon passes Oamden at] 3:15. This train operates between Camden and Lancaster. Trifle Opened' Today. ^ inquiry at the Seaboard station late yesterday after aeon gave the Intelli gence that trains were expected to cmum aver the Seaboard trwtle some thae daring the night (Tharsday), though this waa not stated deflaltaly. Bat, it la alasost certain that trains will he- In operation todagfc '-v TIIKKK MKN IIKOWNKIK One While .Man ami Two NrRnww I .on Their live* lii Waieree Klver. *Throe men l??st their 1 1 ve* in the Wuteree river here Saturday ttboul noon wlien a lighter oil which they wore engaged lit placing heavy piling tu the liver ea|?sl<ed. The.v were T. .1. Fletcher, whltoi foreman, of llarnet, S. l\ ; Alon/.o Pair nosh ami J??e William*. negroes, places of residence unknown. 'flhe men were working on the Sea boanV trestle. All three swam for some distant ami irave out, line of the piers .it that point causes the stream to form a dangerous ami swift whlrl|?ool ami It wa? ht till* current the trauedy ?*? cur red. ' The men were strangers here, forui lug a part of a large erew working night and ilay to put the trestle In shaia* for truillc. The river \va* at such u height h al the time of the accident that it wan thought useless to seareh for the hod les. Parties were sent out searching ^Wednesday and durtng the morning Mr. Tucker Boy kin located the body of Mr, Fletcher near the Ancrum place about nine miles below Camden where it lutil lodged against a raft among the trees. It was on the opposite side of the river and according to the run of the stream It was many miles from Camden. It was brought to the An eriim phice and there It was taken in charge by the McOormlck l\\. and pre pared for shipment, after an ImpuMl had I keen held by the coroner. Mr. Fletcher was 28 years of age and a married man. Three of Ills brothers came to C-amden and accompanied the body to his old home at .Greensboro, Fla. His remains were placed aboard a Seaboard train via McBee. Mr. Fleteher is survived by his wife, two children, father and mother and ten brothers and sisters, all renMlng hi Florida. The bodies of the two negroes have not been found, though a search Is bu ing made. t .. . BETHUNE NEWS NOTES. Bethune, July -7. ? It would be prac tically Impossible to estimate the dam age Incurred lit this section hy the storm on July 14. nud hy the exces sive rains since then. Haiti has been falling every day for two weeks and In soillS places crops have almost been* totally destroyed. Mr. W. C. King, who lives just ahove town, has about twenty acres of corn almost completely Inundated, bis Held resembling a large, mill imhkI. The roads are In a very bad condition Indeed, being Impassable in some places. Several of the streets In town have been almost constantly covered with water aud several low places here are also covered wltll wil ter. The town council has alreudy commenced working up the streets. The Bethune party, who went to Chimney Hock. N. about two weeks ago. returned home yesterday, except Mrs. M. L. Kelly and her son. Flynn. Everyone seemed a I tout fagged out, af ter having traveled several miles by foot and on a wagon in order to reach a railroad station^ Mr. Kobt. Bethune* whd was one of the party who went to Chimney Itock, returned home sick and Is now down with tin attack of malarial fever. It Is feared here that there will be an epidemic of fever on account of tvater standing on the ground so long. ?Mrs. Eliza Taylor the old lady who died near here last week, was burled at Bethuny Methodist church Instead ? of tot High Hill, as first reported. She was about 76 years old. , Mr. Buslck McQuuge, who has been at Ho|>ewelK Va? for the past fifteen months, is. spending a while with Iris father and family in town. Mr. Byron (lathing and family, of Stokes Bridge section. sj>ent a few days In town the past woek. The revival meeting in progress at the Methodist church here, Is growing In Interest and attendance. l?p to July 25th. 222 names had lieen enrolled on the Bethune Demo cratic roll book ? 0 more names than was enrolled two years ago. Shamrock club also showed an Increase In en rollment. Mrs. Antrum Dead. a telegram received in Camden yes terday stated that .Mrs. Minnie Cantey Ancrum. wife of the late Thornus An cnfifci;' farmer residents of this county, died In New.. York Thursday at- the home of her daughter. Mrs ? C.? C. Moore. Mrs. Ancrum was about ffii years of age and will be pleasantly remembered in Camden. The message 'stated that the body would he s^nt to Camden for burial, but It Is not known exactly what time it will reach here and we are unable to state the funeral arrangements. r On Winthrep Faculty. Miss Meta DeLoache, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs.W. E. DeLoaehe, of Cam den. a recent graduate of Winthrop College, has been named as one of the faculty of Winthrop for next season, holding a position in the department of household science. The position carries a nice salary for the young lady and is quite a compliment to her, ^ and her friends rejoice in her good fortune. Flood Kills a Black Bear. Engineer Meyers, of the Atlantic Coast One, who came across the San tee river trestle yesterday, reports that he saw a large black bear floating In the Ban tee river. The bear was dead, having been drowned in the floe d wa ter. Bruin most have made an effort to get out of the swamp, but the wa ter was loo fast and overtook The engineer reports that the bear was very-large. It it misled 'ether* have met the same fate,? Charleston Poet.