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.---.swr'k vf-t- 1 \ .-■ ' A ’"'. ‘ VOL. XXVL BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1803. NO. 41. THE GREAT FLOOD. Some Scenes and Incidents Gathered from People Who SAW L8 WASHED AWAY "V •* Ttirllligg Experiences and Narrow Escapes Among Tin se Who Hurvive the Aireat Catas trophe at Clifton. The story of the great flood, says Editor J. C. Garlington, of the Spar- tanburg Herald, who has gone over the ground, st)H the absorbing topic of interest in Spartanburg, does not grow better or brighter as the minute details are poiriiefi, out thg most in teresting fact connected Vlth the great disaster is the completeness and accuracj of the story gathered at the beginning. It was complete and yet communication was entirely cut off with the stricken territory and reporters hSd~tu depend largely otr the unuertain mode of shouting across .tire tu rhulent watersnf Lawson’s F<»rk for the facts. a HOUSES ALL GONE. Mr. ^Garlington says that in the alley between No. J, and No. .'b ately . tilled*~With two long rows of cottages ouf from whlcli bright faces and scores of happy children would greet the passer-by, there was a verit able deserts sand. Not a tree left - standing H»*fc a liotwe. dn the midst of the stretch of white sand spreading 4tul like a pararie, a dozen men were clustered. One was digging and we imagined that perhaps the body of some loved one was being tfftearthed: The men were silent and disconsolate. The did not seem to notice ouf ap- ~ proach, but kept on watching the man who was digging. Investigation show- u_ ed ttiat this old man was delving into tile foundations of his former home. *m$m ftiet under the sand be found a wire bed spllhg and he was carefully pulling the mud out of the springs, lie could jiave found a dozen springs in the debris on the hillsides, but it was the iast remnant of his home, and he togged away JLo~Feelttim.it. He said lie had found a monkey wrench and a hat pin, and he prized them highly. ’ . AN EVH WITNKSS^TALKS. ^ _ Night Watchman W. A. UhinchaFt on duty at No. 3, had made his rounds at 3 a. na. At that time the river was at least ten feet out of its banks. At 4 o'clock It was 20 feet high. He was standing 'atfa corner of tl^e mill _ at 4:30 when a large tree floated over the dam and plunged through the boiler room roof Into the room below. This flooded the machine shop and boiler room and this part of the build ing began to crumble. At this point the clam give way and-tbe power house was swept away. Next a corner oL the 4>ld mill gave way. Mr. Rhine- , hart ran up the l>ank to get a safer and liettcr view of the scene and upon turning saw the smoke stack go down with a crash. In ten J 8econds after this and about 10 or 12 minutes from the time the dam broke, the magniih. htaly equipped 50,800 spindle mill was washed frerar IIS' ‘.foundation, crumbled and the wreckage carried down Pacolet river. Nothing was left but about one fifth of the two mills, the cloth room and picker, Doom^- At this nfiU .Jfl houses were wartiwl away and eleven lives were lost. The street railway track between No. 1, antf 3, is as complete tt wreck as could be pu&_ sible.' The iron is turned and twisted into a hopeless mass, the track in places is completely’ overturned, in other places it is washed against the rooks and all along the line the road bed is completely gone. The dam at No. 3 broke next to the mill and the torrent was turned' directly on the structure. Exactly the opposite hap pened at GleiTdale, which saved—that mill. The water was diverted to the opposite: bank. At No. 1, the old mill, there was no loss of life but some narrow escapes and many homes were swept away. The mill was badlV damaged. ready, been recorded. They drifted until hope was almost gone and finally lodged In the branches of a tree and were rescued. There were others in trees at No. 3. Mr. Wilson hung on to the branches of tree for 11 Hours. Mr. Grier, an aged man, lodged in a pine tree and stayed there from 5 o’clock in the morning until 5 o’clock In the afternoon. When he was rescued he was completely exhausted and is now in a critical condition. ON THE CXiTTON,HOUSE. James Elders, Bud Emory, Oliver Johnson and Lige Hail were caught on the roof of the cotton warehouse, j- They went down the.river and a great concourse of people watched anxiously but could not aid. They finally went down with the exception of Jas. El ders, who grabbed ihe limb of a tree and Lige Hall, who was found near Pacolet. Bruce'McLure, was aroused as the water erttere’d^hls room. He rushed out and suddenly remembered $350 of his savings he had teff behind. He turned and with great difficulty re-en tered his home just as it was totter ing. He drifted for some time and finally caught a rope handed by res ellers. “‘I tell you, Mister, l will never for get tiil my dyinjf day the, cries of the people as they floated du&n the river,” said an old woman who stood on the l>ank almost crazed with the horrors of the scenes. “1 hear the cries now. I hear tliem as I got to sleep, and I am sure I will hear them as long as 1 live.” WAS IN OI’EHATION. Tlie greatest loss of life occurred at CHfton No. 2. There were sixtey houses and forty lives lost hijre, and the lieautiful mill is badly wrecked and the magnificent sttnre with its iieava;v stock *is gone. About six or seven bulies have lioeh recovered. _LL is believed that several Whole families were swept away in Santucbelow Mill Na 2. When the final crash came at No. 2, Clifton-,- the njjll was in full operatiorf. 'The water m<e higher, but llie operalives were disposed to laugh at the situation.; They did not dream of,its seriousness. They stood by their looms alld spindles and the little children floated their lioxes in the water and paddled around as thought it were a holliday. When Lhe seriousness dawned and the order came to leave the mili, many had to be drivenImt by force. Clifton No. 2 is totally .wrecked in one end and chord wood tills every room. There are bodies not-yet recovered in the debris. Tlie otfOrs Tate Wednesday afternoon clearly indicated tlie pre sence t41m man .bildTes'Buried beneath the rubbish. - * UNDER WATER. Thousands Flee From East St. Louis to Escape Flood. > THIRTY PEOPLE AEE DROWNED. The Wildeat Excitement Exlated In All Parta of the City. Heavy Loan of all Klnda of •* iv Property. At St. Louis the river Wednesday morning reached a stage of 87.9 feet, highest point during the present flood. East St. Louis, with a population of 32,000, having large manufacturing interests and the terminal point for railroads from the north, east and south, is partly under water and will probably be totally submerged by noon. The southern half of East St. Louis is deep in the flood and the city’s 2,500 levee builders have fallen back t4> Missouri avenue in the atttempt to save the remainder df^becity, menae- way give way as it is threatened it will send a wall of water 15 feet higher over the remainder of the city. The flooded district in East St. Louts due to the breaking of the embankments early Thursday morning is one mile wide south from Broadway and four miles long from east to west. It com prises about one-fourth of the city. That part of East St. Louis known as the "Island” was flooded several days ago. *- r « The crisis of the flood situation has passed. Boat erews which have been busy in rescuing victims of the flood devoted themselves Thursday to saving property and (Hinging to higher ground belated refugees who previously had not themselves been In immediate danger. KILLED BY POISON. A Beantiful Girl Bride Charged With Hnaband’s Murder. Hied Together. ‘ ^ This pathetic incident of tlie flood s published by tlie Spartanburg Her ald: “Julius BiggerstatT was a boardj er at Eddife Uubhes. ItiJJie next house ibove, J4»e'Hall lived. 1 Hall had a pretty daughter named Lola and she and BiggerstatT were fast friends. In deed, it is related by the neighbors tbat-on the rhorww after,the great storin, un Sunday morning they were to have ‘been wedded. BiggerstatT went to call on Lola Hall on Friday night and they planned the details of ttnrmarriage. At a rather late hour they retired-each dreaming of the happy event; oblivious of the rising wi At WFwi A THRILLING EXPERIENCE., Mr. and Mrs. Colbraan were caught In the second story. The roof fell In and-thest managed to climb out on it. Mrs. Cofajuan had a baby undereach arm. The raft floated down stream and then came back near enough for the people to climb into the second "Story window pf^Mr. Pettit’s house. Here they awaited the^tescuers who were devising means for relief. The water meanwhile was rising rapidly and was half way up the window in the second story. The house was tot tering and it was evident that If any thing was to be done It must be done quickly. T. S., Upton and others found a well rope and Upton Cole man climbed out of the window, the mother still singing to her two babies. Stout hands and brave hearts pulled ward. An angry wave dashed it to ue side alm(«t>upsettings it. There an opening in the housetop and trough this one of the little infants fell as the raft was ab6ut to capsize and just as It was Kding out OLSIght to certain death, one of the rescuers grabbed its clothes and the family were all finally saved. ", ‘ IN THE TREES. The thrilling experience of Mr. StribbUng, one of the clerks at No. Z, and the 6 others who occupied a tree -with him for 8 hours, have al- ed by swelling waters from three sides. Broadway, the central east and west thoroughfare, has been abandoned to the-flood. Lee Harper, former city attorney, says the water will be two feet deep In front of the city hall be fore 6 o’clock. Seven miles of water pressiug from the south and southeast overcame the city’s line of defense Wednesday -morning and 5,000 persons were driven, from their homes. Numerous reports or drowning have been received, but tin Want St. Louts police have thus far learned ho names of victims.’ One thousand men were working on the levee when It broke. Several hours before the final break they had Lhe acti ve assistance of hundreds df women and children. The break came at tlie St. Louis valley crossing of tlie Illi nois Central embankment two miles south of Relay depot. ■ WOMEN AT WORK. While as many men, women and children as could stand on the em bankment were packing sand bags to the rails to prevent a break, the re sistless current" broke through the- wall of earth and spurted in rivulbts n the face of those who were carrying sandbags up the bank. Bags thrown into the openings by dozens of men were tossed by the waters like feathers wheu the workers fled from their use- ess task and the alarm was given by tlYe ringing of bells and blowing of whistles In every, part of the city. A few of the workers In the embank ment rema.ined at their posts until the rushing waters made It necessary for them to swim for their lives. Then they joined their companions in warn ing the residents of the thickly settled district of their danger. The people flee. Awakened families saw the water in the streets. When they were ready to eave with their hurriedly—etillected stock of necessities the flood was at their door sills. They tied tp. the north. The ' Washington school 1 was WThey slept u 0 U, Illinois Central tracks. Men from Alta Sita and Denver side,' who had bean woe king--on--the abandoned levee, hastened to those localities to tell their neighbors of their danger. Every locomotive khd factory whistle joined in the clamor of alarm. The water is not expectedTd reach its level in the flooded part of the city before noon. Mayor Parker predicts that when the level Is reached the water will be twu feet Higher than at o’clock Thursday morning. Dismayed by the defeat which has come in their seven day’s battle with waters. ty of rescue was gone. They made frantic efforts t<iswim ashore, but both went down. The liody of Miss Hall has been recovered:”" “ Made *' Hattn ' “ Jalnes M. Watson r jT., a clerk in the office of the-auditor for the Dis trict of Columbia and the son-in-law of a wealthy retired railroad contrac tor, 1 was jested Wednesday on a, chargcof embezzlement of government funds. Tlie amount is estimated at from $00,ODD to $75,000. The warrant makes the specific charge of embezzle ment of $8,000, which represents only a portion of the alleged peculations. Watson was not bonded and in case lie bf~hi.s relatives, several of whom wealthy, fail to make Auditor J. T. are said to be good the alleged lossc* Betty will he held responsible fol the amount. Cloudburst in Texan Seven bodies, the greater portion of which were those of women, have thus far been reciivered at Clifton, Ariz., after the torrent from the cloudburst of Tuesday after It spent its fury. The property loss will esti mate $100,000. Houses and stores were swept from their foundations and the persons caught in the flood were drowned. Eight miles of the Arizona and Mexico railway track was washed out and the evening pxssenger train was blown over into the canal. Tele- gnyih communication was cut off and word' were sent, to surrounding towns -by runners. 8cli4K>l Koom Mtruck. While the afternoon session of Cor sica academy was in session at Corsica Pa M a storm broke in Its fury. The students gathered in a frightenec group in the big recitation room. A bolt of lightning Struck the belfry, and descending through the ceiling ran along the hlacklioard at which the two stuaeots were still at work, hurl ing them to the floor. Thetwo deat strththe raft moved shofB* ’tf r,s had an t helr clothing burned from their bodies, and Profejisor Car- rer, 1 who was standing close by was also badly burned about the body. , The Deadly Hal I road. Four men were killed and three badly injured in a collision between coal train and a freight train three miles east of Osceola; Tyrone division Pennsylvania railroad, Wednesday. When the train was mar the top u the mountain between Osceola am Tyrone, Boyer’s engingc could not hold it and fourteen cars were published back on the approaching train. tones the news of the flood arrival. Lights gleamed in houses where the occupants bad confidence in the em bankment. * . Persons scantily attired emerged from their homes and in a few min utes the Whole populace of the low dis trict attacked, six miles in area were fleeing to higher? ground. As the noise of the approaching flood was heard the AigHtat first a rapid retreat with some semblance of order, as sumed a panic stage. All efforts to assure the inhabitants that there was sufficient time to escape unless a gap was washed through the embankment failed to convince them and most of them fled without any effort to save property. “ Messengers were sent to the mrin portion of the city telling of the dan ger and .the greatest excitement pre vailed.- As the bottoms filled and the river gained a larger entrance the terror In the- business section of the city grew intense. It was all’ the greater because of the darkness and fear that while guard was maintained In one direction the torrent would break through at another point and engulf the luckless inhabitants le tween two floods. Bythe-thousands they began to desert their homes and run vainly up and down the atrels seeking a place of Succor. KLEE IN SCANT ATTIRE. Hundreds of families from the choicest residence portions of the city carrying trunks, grips, bundles t f clothing and valuables began to cross Eads Tiridg^Uj wards St. Louis. Most Of the refugee^were scantily clad. Strong men carrietlaged women in their arms. Barefooteifcehildren were in the procession which continued steadily over tlie bridge. Ilunctreds of others sought protection Hi tlie second story of tlie public library building. As the water encroached about many dashed through the shal low overflow to find a more secure\re- fuge. In terror of Uie'rising tideof water refugees iti htmdieds throng) the streets crowded the^cars and b sought public Officials. At the city hall alone 4 , 500 homeless persons with\ scant belongings as they bad been able to seize on short notice were as sembled. Provisions for tlie time be ing were supplied them. . Business is totally suspended. The streets are tilled with almost panic- stricken inhabitants. Women with children in arms, men carrying House hold furniture, horses, dogs and other remains of once comfortable domestic establislimepts parade the streets. The common direction of all move-- ment is toward the bridge over which the refugees are hurrying to St. Louis. All.traffic to East St. Louis from the west side has been suspended and policemen turned back all who at tempted the trip. DEAD NUMBER THIRTY. At 9 o’clock. Wednesday Congress man W. A. Roden burg estimated that thirty ilveswere lost on the ffoddingof the lower portions of East St. Louis early that morning. While general alarms were given by the police and retreating levee workers with shouts and pistols there was not yme to call at every house In the thickly settled district and it is believed many fami lies in first story cottages awoke only whealt was too late to escape. Levee _ _ _ workers who laid down to rest on taste it, which she dfd. bankments worn out with hard labor were e*ught and drowned by flood like rats. It may never be learned how many died in this way. 'AMoiig' Tlfe "drowned Wednesday night previous to the break in the Illinois Central levee was.E. D Sher- w<jod and John Collish and three chil- T1 the flood, the greater part of the levee builders TeTTback to Broadway, where it was at first decided to resist the KNOWS ALL ABORT IT. Got. Heyward Feela Deeply for the Flood Euffcrera. * Ten years ago the governor of South Carolina witnessed the suffering that followed tlie great tidal wave which swept the coast of South Carolina. His Own plantation was wrecked, neighbors were rendered penniless and a thousand persons were drowned. Having Been a participant In the work of restoring life to the section BEATS DR. TANNER. Dr. Wilkarson, of Augusta, Oa, Has Fasted Forty-three Days. ANN THE END 18 NOT YET. ~ -J’ dren. Th$y lost their lives by the overturning"of a boat in the northern part of the city. A negro was drown ed at 8 o’clock Thursday- mornlng-in " - -—— “ • ,. ~ cuwwueu. Eiveryuiing uoiainaoie is that us water. A half hour s work and su^ »being used in the rescue of unfurtiniSW t,ioh of vey of the prospect convinced those in charge that It was useless to try to keep the wateTTrom Broadway and the flyod fighters fell back upon Mis souri avenue, which runs east from the Relay station. Negro shot dead. week were An Here the scenes of the past were repeated as the streets quickly transposed into a dike appeal from Mayor Cook to the gover nor of Illinois for state troops to aid in guarding property Was answered by the promise that details of militia would be sent to East St. Louis at once. A few hours before the break in the levee Ned Roberts, a negro employed as a levee builder was killed by mem bers of the levee patrol for attempting to tear down a portion of the dike. His act was caused by anger because he was not allowed to draw his pay at once. . > Relief-boats started from St. Louis for East St. Louis early Wednesday morning, d Congressman William A. Rodenburg issued an appeal for aid for the flood sufferers. Food, he says, is mostly neejjed and means must be had for delivering it are In upper stories or^thelr homes and In box cars. ...y- At 9 o’clock waterwas .threaten 1 ng the north and east sides, preserved temporarily by the’ Baltimore ana Ohio railroad embankment and had readied to the viaduct only seven blocks east of the city hall.’ In this public building a foot and a‘ halt of side water had already collected. All low points of the city are under water. EVERYBODY WARNED. th& waters which are climbing .up the side of the embankment supporting Broadway East-Str-Louis. The man was trying to get his team to higher ground and remained in the rising waters Until the swift running cur- rent upset the wagon. The team was dnawned. Everything obtainable is A special dispatch from Gainesville, Ga,, says John W. Tanner, father of’ Wiley F. Tanner, who died under sus picious circumstances at his home in Clinchem district, this county, Satur day May 23rd, Tuesday afternoon swore out a warrant ageing Mrs. Onie Tanner, wife of the young man who died, charging her with murder. The warrant was turned over to Sheriff M. v 0. Gilmer of Hall county at tt o'clock Tuesday afternoon and he immediately left.for the home of I. Frank Duncan, father of the young woman, where she is staying, to make the arrest and bring Tier back to Gainesville to be incarcerated in the Hall county Jail. . The state chemist Tuesday morn ing, forwarded the result of ids inves tigations to Jlr. Nl. J’. ! Maudlin, ctf Flowery Branch, wiry immediately communicated the same t<4 John W. Tanner at his home near Chestnut mountain. Tanner at once hitched up ids team aud came to Gainesville, where the warrant was sworn out at 5 o’clock. The chemist's annalysis showed nine-tenths of a grain of strychnine in the stomach and glass from which the milk was drunk. This was sufficient to satisfy Tanner and he at once pro ceeded to swear out a warrant charg ing his daughter-in-law with murder. The sheriff will likely reach Gaines ville early in the morning hours to morrow with the fair prisoner, who will, in all‘probability, occupy a cell in the county jail until the term of Hall superior court, which Convenes the third Monday In July. The case is one of the most sensational ever occurring in this county and has caused great in terest. " ' 1 Saturday May 23rd. Tanner sat dowtl to his noonday meal, apparently in the best of health, and in the en joyment of a contented hopie with his bride of two months. She had already partaken of her meal when be arrived, but, like the happy wife she was sup posed to be, she sat down by Ber bus- hand and talked pleasantly to him. The meaLMdoqly proceeded a short time, when Tanner turned to his wife and jremarked that there must something the matter with the but- lermilkat the same time asking her She spat out what she drank without swallow ing’thy and Tanner poured the re mainder in a slop tub, which was afterwards given some hogs, which, after drinking the milk, died. In a few moments be was deathly sick and, screaming to his wife that he was poisoned, Tanner ran to the home of his uncle, Henry Tanner a short" distance away, crying to him that he was deathly sick. His uncle ran towards htm-aniYcaught him in his arms as he was about to sink to the earth. To his uncle, John Tan:. made disolate by tlie sea which swept inland for many miles, bis sympathies are enlisted with those who are en deavoring to succor tlie needy, the al most starving people of the Pac4>let valley. Having seen the destruction, the desolation of his own section bis heart is filled with pity for the doom ed valley of industry in the high lands. Tuesday^ in speaking to a repre sentative of The State, Gov. Heyward said: “I am deeply concerned at the appalling disaster that has carried such loss and sorrow to so many South Carolinians. This Is especially true regarding the operatives in the mills which were destroyed, because they have lost all of their property ^Uieir homes, many loved ones—everything. Sorrow and sadness go with the des titution and l(«8s of life so suddenly Wrought-by this awful disaster, and 1 have cancelled engagements for the next few days In order to remain at my office where I can immediately respond to any call made upon me by the exigencies of this calamitous situation. “1 iiave just wired that I cannot be present at tlie Furman alumni ban quet on Wednesday night, beutuse I wish t# give prompt response should my services lie needed at any time. “Generouit and sympathetic respon ses are being made to my call for help -this assistance coming not only from our own people all over oar State, but also from those who live far away, whose hearts too, have been touched by tlie calamity that lias fallen upon us. “In the name of all of our people, and very especially in behalf of those stricken ones upon whom the gloom of sorrow and of suffering has so heavily fallen—I thank all must sincerely for the prompt response whicii comes with such tender sympathy. "I am doing all I can to render such assistance as may be in my power, and I cejoloe to see the pluck and courage shown by those whose loss and wluise sufferings are so great. Such faith amid such trying surround ings can Rod will strengthen the faith and hope of us alU”- ; -Tbe State. He Hm Been a Great BaFerer from .. .J | Aeate Indlgeetlon and la Ua* > dergoing the Feet- v lag Care. Tlie Auguta Chronicle says Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, a wellknown young physician of that city, and an honor graduate of the medical depart ment of the University of,Georgia, is on a fast that promises to break the world’s record for length. Dr. "Tan ner's record is already discounted. .Tuesday v as the forty-third day that Dr. Wilkinson has taken nothing In the way of nourishment, limiting him self exclusively to water. He has par- takeo of water freely during the fast. Throughout the fast he had suffered no inconveniences, although he has lost weight very rapldlv. Naturally a man of slight build, although tall, he is now a living Ahadow of bis former self. Dr. Wilkinson resides with bis father, Mr. Win. M. Wilkinson, at 417 Second street, and throughout the fast has confined himself to the homes and its grounds. . - ... — TAKING DAILY EXERCISE. Dr. Wilkinson takes daily exercise, including walks about the house and grounds, and is also using a pair of light dumb-bells. * He declares that be feels strong all the time, although any exertion he undergoes proves to him that he is quite weak. His stoaaach'la giving him no trouble whatever. Dr. Wilkinson and his family have kept very quiet about the matter, and only a few intimate friends have been advised of the treatment to which the young man has been subjecting him self for the past month or more. Only in the last day or two has the doctor’s fast become general property In a news sense and reached the ears of newspaper men. HEAVY LOSERS. people from the second stories of"" dwellings in the submerged district. Rafts are being built, boats improvis ed and wagons even are put into use, the horses of which flounder around with only their heads above water while on their errands of mercy. NAVAL MILITIA BUSY. The naval militia of St. Louis and Alton are on duty. Lieutenant Gray commanding the St. Louis Naval militia, has his force spread out along the embankment, guarding against levee cutting and depredations by hordes of negroes and bums that are to be seefr everywhere. Arms are stacked at police headquarters where reputable citizens may obtain carbines and ammunitation t»guard their prop erty. A large-number of arrests have been made by the police who are marching their prisoners across the bridge to St. Louis as there is no place to keep them in the flood city. The East St. Louis city tail is also being emptied and the prisoners taker) to The Four Courts in St. Loqis for safety. There is no place In East St. Louis to feed and pay off the’ hundreds of men who have 'been at - Bhot to Death. For refusing .to obey the command to halt, Albert Hurley was shot and mortally wounded Wednesday night by John Maloney, a member of Com pany Sixth United States infan try, who was doing guard duty in Kansas City, Kan., wherea mild form _ of martial law has been in force since to peraens whul work strengthening the levees about Heed; Captain F. J. TagRSrt, When,the break occurred warnings were first sent through the city by messengers who discharged firearms, blew horns and shouted in- stentorian the city.^ “was fourth necessary Thursday morning to march them over to St. Louts for their meals and then back again to work. Maloney. BROADWAY UNDER WATER. Broadway, running east and west through East St. Louis, divides that city in two. It is built up in places, standing 15 feet above the surround ing country. It is first thought this street would serve as a protection to the northeast h&K of the city but the |but flood that covers the southern part has broken through, in a small stream between 8th and 9th,street. Should the embankment# formed" by Tl road The Piedmont Flood* Have Coat the Mmall Farmer* Heavy L«o**e*. • » ■* i ' • - • • ' j ' A dispatch from Spartanburg to the Charleston Post says a complete 1st of those who have lost their homes and household goods by Saturday’s flood has been completed. It shows the number ~ot-sufferers to be 330. Must of these were at mill No. 2, at Clifton, where the greatest loss of liter also occurred.-- At Psoolet the work of clearing away the debris is progres sing rapidly. Representatives of out of town mills continue to come in and are securing many families from the stricken districts. The directors of the Clifton mills will hold a meeting Thursday night in that city. The company has figured SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT. The fasting of Dr. Wilkinson is in the nature of a scientific treatment for an aggravated case of indigestion or dyspepsia, with which be is affli- i ed. For years be has bad thertrou)- e and failing to get relief from all i>t « r treatments, adopted the urging treat ment. t Recently fasting has b-en advocat ed for the cure of digestive derange ments, and where tried has been high ly recommended. It is claimed by the advocates of the method that it pro- „ aces permanent cures to nearly everjL. nstance, and that where It fails, It is because the treatment was not per sisted In long enough. The theory is that the perfect rest afforded by the fasting practically give* the patient a new stomach or digestive organs. While the organ la not at work it It claimed that nature repairs all the damage to the organ from overwork and past abmei. ^ FOLLOWS M'KADDEN. It is understood that the treatment nothing more or less than an extend ed use of the advice of the Physical " Culturtst McFadden, of New York, who recommends that ner repeated what he said to his witeT that he had been poisoned. All was done for him that his people knew, but in forty-five minutes life was ex tinct, his body assuming a rigidity that usually attends the administra- stryebnine or similar poison. Xillman Aak* Change- It has been announced by the coun sel for J. II. Tillrnkn that application wuuld be made to J udge Townsend in the Court of General Sessions, the latter part of this month, for a change of venue for the trial of,Tillman on the charge of murder, which is set for the coming term in Richland county. The application will based on tbe claim that Tillman can not get a fair trial in Richland, and affidavits will be submitted to sustain the contention. . The prosecution will contest tbe motion for a change of venue, and will meet Che allegations of the defem-e with affidavits showing that there is no prejudice here against Tillman that will prevent a fair trial. up Its loss in a general way, but noth ing, was given out Thursday. Tbe machinery in tbe wrecked mills is regarded as a total loss. The com pany is unable yet to estimate what cotton and cloth WiB-be saved, as the goods are scattered down the river for miles. ' t-* Reports sent to outside papers stat ing that many sufferers at Clifton were being badly neglected are strong ly ooq^emned here and denied in toto. Several cars of provisions and cloth ing have already been shipped to the flood district. The committee is do ing all possibh; to prevent suffering. .. The. loss'1n tbe county on account of bridges destroyed was placed $50,000. Temporary structures being built as rapidly as possible td render travel possible. The small farmers are sufferers to N a much larger extent than is generally known. Many of them have lost half their crops or over. ... who is in command of the soldiers, af ter Investigating the case, submitted a- report to the mayor exonerating White Cap*. I. The 1 State says Gov. Heyward was very deeply moved by the story of G. G. Hogan, “Dock” Hogan, the young farmer of Dent’s,, who was whipped by White Caps Saturday nigiit. He declared that he would of fer a reward of $200 for the arrest of the parties who committed this high handed piece of lawlessness. Detec tives have been put on the case and the governor sincerely hops* that the I law will be vindicated in tbe arrest of the parties guilty of this shocking crime. As yet the governor has no .intimation of the identity of the par ties who visited Hogan’s home am called him out In the dead hours of the night. Too Many Mad Dog*. More than 200 cases of rabies have bren treated In New York hospitals since the first of the present year—an unprecedented number, Only asmalll Editor K. J. Hawkinsof the Times An Kdlior Killed. res ul Ion; percentage of the cases treated fatally, owing to prompt Increase in the number of cases is regarded as -so serious that the City Council has been asked to PSSS laws agalnyt immiiTtlart .fttf* 1 and running in tbe streets? Farmer Tbafl Bostic b&d . _ ubHn.Ga., on Tuesday. Hawk ns struck Bostick with an umbrella when tbe latter cub bis throat with knife, making a mortal wound. Tlie trouble was the result of a longs tand ing feud over a lawsuit. s stomach trouble that his pupils fast for a few days, in order to effect a cure. Dr. Wilkinson believes that the beory of fasting for stomach trouble is the correct one, and be is demon strating its usefullness. Dr. Wilkinson has not yet complet ed the fast. It Is his intention toooo-^ tinue the treatment until bit appetite returns, when he will gradually return to a normal diet. The return of the appetite is said to be an-indication that the cure is complete. Of coarse the appetite must be normal, and must be constantly with the patient. That is, it must not be of the kind hat comes and goes, but the desire for nourishment must be continuous. FELT HUNGRY TWICE. Df. Wilkinson has already at times felt the return of bts appetite, but as yet (joes not think that It Is constant and normal. He. believes that the next few days will see the return of his normal appetite and a complete cure of his trouble. If tbe experiment proves successful, and Dr. Wilkinson has no, doubt in ils mind that it wlil/it will be a val uable addition to the medical know ledge of the profession. Thousands are sufferers from derangements of tbe digestive organs and would gladly un dergo a season of fasting If they knew It would afford them relief and a per manent cure. Dr. Wilkinson in no way desires notoriety as a faster and Is nut.refraining from eating in order to make a record along this line. It was his desire that nothing be said about the treatment.he is dndergolng until it is completed and the degree of success could be definitely reported. A Fatal Fall. A dispatch to Tbe State from Beaufort says Thursday afternoon the keeper of the lower range light Parts Island, Mr. George Lehman, fell from tbe platform to the ground be low, a distance of 30 feet, causing instant death. He bad been warned fltf b not to go to high parts of the light as ‘ -JJje bad suffered several paralytic strokes. It Is thought his fall was caused from one of Mr. Lehman was about 75 n and had been slceeper of lightsfor the government for 30