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HEAVY LOSSES BY FLOOD
UNPRECEDENTED RAINFALL IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Railroad and Public Bridges Swept
Away?Crops on Bottoms Total
Loss.
South Carolina has suffered the
loss of millions of dollars worth of
property by the present unprecedented
floods, the burden of the loss falling
upon the farmers. The heavy
rains of the past three days, with the
resultant swollen streams, have
blasted the hopes of the cotton and
corn planters of the State. Ten days
ago prospects were for a banner crop
year and the people felt the approach
of returning prosperity?now many
of them face financial disaster. The
cotton crop has been damaged at
least 50 per cent, ana tne corn crup
e~en more because of the fact that
the bulk of the corn produced in
South Carolina is grown along the
waterways.
The railroads have suffered great
loss in wrecked bridges and trestles
and inundated roadbeds The Seaboard
Air Line was placed practically
out of commission in this State
by the loss of their bridges at Abbeville
an'* Camden and no through
passenger trains are being operated.
Freight trains have generally been
discontinued and at least one-half
of the passenger trains in- the State
on all lines have been abandoned.
Except south of Columbia no attempt
is being made to maintain
schedules and many towns in the
State are without any train service
at all.
Telegraph and telephone service is
badly crippled and some of th - cities
and towns where the flood was most
serious are cut off entirely from the
rurvfir) Na trains arrived or
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left Camden yesterday over either
the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern
- or Atlantic Coast Line and the people
of that city are deprived of their
daily newspapers, and this was true
of a number of other towns and
. cities in the State. Probably more
\than 100 towns in the State, of from
2,000 to 10,000 population, knew absolutely
nothing of the election results
except what they obtained by
wire.
Many of the large water-power
electric plants in the State were put
out of commission by the flood. Two
such plants in Columbia were under
14 feet of water last night, those of
-C: the Columbia Electric Street Railway,
Light & Power company and
the Columbia Mills company. The
1 Broad river plant near Gaffney and
the plant at Neal's- Shoals were rei
ported under water and abandoned
yesterday.
The reports* received at Columbia
weather bureau indicates the heaviest
rainfall ever recorded in South
Carolina within any 48 hours. At
Greenville up to 8 o'clock yesterday
morning, the precipitation recorded
was .13 inches, 7.1 inches having
fallen during the preceeding 24
hours. The rainfall at other points
from 8 a. m. Tuesday to 8 a. m.
Wednesday was as follows: Spartanburg,
4.50: Greensboro, N. C.,
V 4.34; Catawba, 3.50; Columbia, 2.30;
Charlotte, 2.37; Raleigh, 2.04;
Blairs, 2.00; Athens, Ga., 1.74; Maycon,
Ga., 2.80; Monticello, Ga., 2.90;
Quitman, Ga., 1.58.
The Congaree river at Columbia
registered 31 feet last night, 3.8
feet higher than recorded during the
great flood of 1903. This is the
highest recorded since the weather
bureau placed a gauge on this river,
' 26 years ago. At Catawba the river
yesterday registered 29 feet, the
highest before recorded being 22
feet. The Wateree reached 38 feet
at Camden yesterday evening, 5.2
feet higher than the previous high
water mark. At Blairs the Broad
river rose from 24% feet to 28 feet
from 8 a. m. yesterday to 5 p. m.
yesterday. No reports were received
giving the gauge readings on the
Saluda river.?The State, Thursday,
August 27.
v BOY SHOCKED TO DEATH.
Lad Killed by Putting his Hand on
Arc Light Chain.
Greenwood, August 22.?A j'oung
white man named Claude Irvin, aged
17 years old, was killed here about
3 o'clock this afternoon by an electric
shock, which was communicated
to him when he caught hold of the
chain which holds up the arc light
at the corner of Parker and Jordan
streets, on Grendell Mill Hill. It is
not known what the young man intended
to do with the light when he
caught hold of the chain.
This chain, as is the custom in all
places, is for the purpose of holding
the light up in place, and when released
it allows the light to come
f down close to the ground, so as to
he convenient for putting in new
carbons. Recently the superintendent,
here has had much trouble
with people interfering with these
arc lights and signs have been posted
on all poles asking people not to
tamper with them. It is not known
how it happened that this light had
a current in it in the daytime, as the
current is not turned on the arc
light system until night, but it was
in some way charged with a voltage
of twenty-three hundred volts, that
of the regular day current.
The young man was not badly
f burned. Efforts made to revive him
were of no avail. Young Irvin had
only recently taken out an industrial
insurance policy for one hundred
and four dollars with the Virk
ginia Life Insurance Company, and
had only paid forty cents premium
on it.
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.
C. C. Wilson, Aged 50, Hangs Himself
in Laurens Jail.
Laurens, Aug. 25.?The city was
stirred this morning by the news
that some time during the night C.
, C. Wilson, a white man about 50
lears old, had committed suicide in
the police station house by hanging
himself with the blanket from his
bunk, Patrolman W. H. Dudson discovered
the pendent body at about
' 1 o'clock this morning on a casual
stroll through the building. Life
was extinct, the neck having been
broken. The inquest was held at 9
o'clock this morning.
Wilson had been taken in charge
by the police yesterday afternoon at
about 5 o'clock for being drunk and
disorderly. He has been arrested
frequently for the same cause and
detained over night. Last night he
called for a blanket and Chief Bagwell
attended to him. At 1 o'clock
Mr. Dudson happened past the cell
dnnr where the drunken man was
confined and noticed his body close
upon the grating door, apparently
standing; thinking this an unusual
posture for the man at that time of
night, he investigated and found
that the body was hanging by the
torn blanket f-om the uppermost bar
of the cell door. Mr. Dudson called
to Chief Bagwell and a messenger
was dispatched for Dr. Schayer, but
nothing could be done as the unfortunate
man had been dead for some
minutes at least.
Wilson was a painter by trade,
but whiskey had about destroyed his
capacity for work. His family live at
the Laurens mills. On several occasions
before Wilson has threatened
to take his own life. Many expressions
of sorrow have been heard
on the streets this morning, for the
deceased was a harmless man, only
an unfortunate victim of drink.
Letter from Baltimore.
Dear Herald: Presuming that
your readers might be interested in
a few details of our eventful trip
from Savannah to Baltimore, I will
transcribe them while resting my
weary feet from the tramp, tramp
of bargain hunting and sight-seeing.
Our trio boarded the steamer
"Cretan," of the Merchants and Miner's
Line, on the afternoon of Wednesday,
the 26th instant.
We had comfortable staterooms,
excellent fare, polite attention, and
a pleasant crowd of seventy firstclass
passengers.
Nobody waited to be introduced,
everybody chatted informally like
one big family, and all went ."as
merry as a marriage bell" until we
struck in the Atlantic Ocean, a few
hours out from Savannah, the heavy
gales which had been prevailing
along the New England and Virginia
coasts.
We kept about thirty to thirtyfive
miles from the shore, so nothing
could be seen but the mad dash of
the waves as our vessel rolled and
plunged and pitched, in a manner
terrifying to land lubbers. To add
to our discomfort, the sun was obscured,
and a cold, biting wind penetrated
the very marrow of our
bones.
Barely twenty of our seventy showed
up for meals, and on' all sides
could be heard the moaning and
groaning and frantic bell calls of
the sea-sick passengers.
Friday night, after what seemed an
eternity of sleeplessness and anxiptv.
we rounded Cape Henry on |
the Virginia coast, and steamed into
the smooth waters of beautiful
Chesapeake Bay. Not until then
could my husband or myself (who
were fortunate enough to escape
sea sickness) induce our daughter
to hold up her head or take nourishment
of any kind; the only response
we could elicit during the trip, to
our inquiries as to what she wanted,
being the wail: "Nothing earth
but a spot of dry land I could plant
my feet upon!"
Numerous were the jokes told by
the afflicted when they began to
emerge from their rooms as we
steamed into Baltimore, which would
be amusing to chronicle had I time
and space.
We landed in this "city beautiful"
at half past eight Saturday morning,
the day was bright and sunshiny,
and to our delight found quite a
number of letters from home awaiting
us. "We could not -find a South
Carolina paper on sale here, but a
lady from Florence, whom we met
in one of the wholesale millinery
stores, kindly lent us a copy of the
Columbia State, and our anxiety
about the floods and election was
relieved.
We visited this morning the tomb
of Edgar Allan Poe, the brilliant
and erratic author of the immortal
poem, "The Raven." He lies in
the church yard of Westminister
church on corner Fayette and Greene
streets, and his unpretenuons monument,
upon which some kindly hand
had placed a wreath, bears his chiselled
bust and the simple inscription:
"Edgar Allan Poe. Born Jan.
20th, 1809. Died Oct. 7th, 1849."
We are enjoying the brilliant display
of millinery exhibited by the innumerable
dealers here. Hats are
large, high crowned, and rolling
at left side. Wings largely predominate
in trimming and are used standing
high in a manner startling to
the novice.
We expect to reach home by 5th
or 6th of September. Until then
"an revoir!"
NETTIE OGILVIE SPEAKS.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 31st, 190S.
The Cotton Market.
Ab6ut six hundred bales of cotton
have already been received here this
season, two hundred of this number
coming in this week. The price is
not at all satisfactory. Tuesday eight
cents was about the best price.
RIVER FLOORS AUGUSTA
CANAL DAM BREAKS, INUNDATING
PART OF THE CITY.
Two White Persons and One Negro
Lose Lives?Fire Adds to Damage
Done by Water.
Atlanta, Aug. 27.?With the water
rushing through Broad street
breast deep in a current so strong
that it is impossible for a man to
wade through, Augusta is being
swept by a flood that has not been
surpassed in its history. From four
to six feet of water is the gauge on
the principal streets of the town. On
Broad street, the main business
thoroughfare of the city, where are
located nearly all of the public buildings,
together with the principal business
houses and banks, the flood is
playing havoc with first floors and
basements.
The city is without lights, fire or
nnHop nrntectinn. efforts in these
lines being met with inability of
these different departments to cope
with the situation.
Fires started to-night in the cotton
warehouse of Nixon & Danforth
and in the warehouse of the Nixon
Wholesale Grocery company. It is
said the fires were caused by water
reaching lime stored in one of the
warehouses which exploded. The
fire department was unable to render
any assistance on account of
high water.
Two white people and one negro
have been reported drowned. It
was also reported that a boat containing
a family of a husband, wife,
and two children was capsized and
the whole party drowned, but this
could not be confirmed.
A conservative estimate of the
damage by flood and fire at this time
has been placed at a half million dollars,
but it is believed that this sum
will be greatly exceeded before the
flood waters subside.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug.* 26.?The flood
in the Carolinas and Georgia culminated
to-day in the breaking of the
big dam six miles from Augusta
which diverts the water from the Savannah
river into the canal at that
point. The great flood of water let
loose soon found its way into the
city and to-night from Fifteenth
street to eastern boundary Augusta
is under from two to 12 feet of wa
ter, wnicn is graauauy rising.
The big bridge across the Savannah
river went down in the rush of
water and the dam at the locks seven
miles above the city collapsed, adding
to the flpod.
The Associated Press correspondent
at Augusta succeeded in getting
a telephone wire to work in the
building next to the Augusta Herald
office and from there the first communication
to this city was obtained
after the wires went down.
Three deaths, two white persons
and one negro, were reported but
the reporter could not give any
names, as the means of travelling
were only by boat.
At 10 o'clock to-night two telegraph
operators employed by the
Western Union Telegraph company
swam to the chamber of commerce
building and cut in on a wire that
had not been broken down. This
wire, with possibly a railroad wire
into the yards in outlying sections
of the city, is the only means of communication
to the outside world.
The current through the city
streets is swift but not fast enough
to do more than carry away debris,
trees, store boxes and loose signs.
Despite the fact that the city was
ger that the dam might break there
warned last night that there was danwill
be considerable loss in business
houses of all kinds
There were several fires reported,
but as the fires were in the outlying
districts the extent of the damage
can not be learned It is said that
the Nixon and Danforth cotton warehouse
was destroyed by fire, together
with the Nixon wholesale grocery
warehouse. A fire was also reported
in the Georgia railroad shops.
Despite the fact that the water
stands six feet in the residence district
of the city and is deeper in other
portions, there has been no indication
that the people are suffering
beyond being marooned in the upper
stories of their dwellings.
On Green street, where the Sacred
Heart church is situated, there is six
feet of water. At the union depot
the Georgia railway reports 10 feet
of water. As this depot is situated
upon higher ground, 10 blocks from
the river, and on more substantial
ground, to have become flooded to
this extent would mean that the high
power canal back of the railroad
yards had burst its banks and furnished
an outlet for all the water
that was restrained by the locks
dam until it was overwhelmed at 2
o'clock th;s afternoon.
The Vote for Congress.
Following is the total vote for
congress in the second district:
Patterson Smith
Aiken 3,232 612
Bamberg 1,057 130
Beaufort 645 185
Edgefield 1,421 327
Hampton 871 797
Saluda 1,569 542
Total 8,895 2,593
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors for their valued assistance,
kindness and sympathy in
our great trial of sickness and death,
although we feel that words can
never tell them how grateful we are
and how we appreciate their loving
attention.
Mrs. Jno. R. Bellinger and Family.
MISTREATED BY SOLDIERS.
Young Woman Brutally Assaulted by
Members of Artillery.
Denver, Colo., Aug. 21.?A special
from Larami, Wyo., to-night says:
"While every effort has been made
by the authorities at Camp Emmet
Crawford, the military manoeuvre
ground, to keep the facts secret, it
transpired to-day that on last Sunday
members of an artillery battery
assaulted a young woman, leaving
her bruised and unconscious on the
ground. According to the story a
non commissioned officer of the
Twenty-first regiment was escorting
the young woman when the pair
were attacked by 32 men of the artillery
battery. The officer was
beaten into insensibility with a gun
and the unfortunate young woman
was dragged .to an isolated spot and
mistreated. After lying half dead
for hours the victim of the outrage
revived, crawled to a house some
i)latar>na owop itnH tnlH hPP RtorV.
Twenty-six men alleged to have been
implicated in the outrage are under
arrest and are chained together in
the camp prison. They are under
constant guard to prevent lynching,
as sentiment in the camp is strong
against them. Six of the alleged assailants
escaped, but three of them
were apprehended at Rawlins to-day.
The other three are still at large.
Mills Running Again.
Almost all the mills in the county
which have been shut down for
the past two weeks resumed operation
yesterday. While stopped the
machinery was overhauled and everything
went off smoothly when
they began work after the two
weeks' vacation. About all the mills
have begun operations again except
the Pacolet mills, which stopped indefinitely.
It is not known when
these mills will resume operations
but the operatives will not suffer, as
the company is giving them one-half
pay and house rent free during the
suspension.?Spartanburg Herald.
John P. Grace Arrested.
Charleston, Aug. 26.?Charleston
was comparatively quiet yesterday
at the polls, and much credit, is due
the police force for the good order
maintained. The blue coats were on
duty for hours without relief, and
many of the patrolmen left the station
house at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning, not to return for nearly 24
hours.
There were several arrests made
during the day for disorder of various
kinds at the polls or in the
wards, from altercations and other
misconduct growing out of heated
feelings. The most talked of was the
arrest of Mr. John P. Grace, candidate
for United States Senate, in
Ward 5 yesterday afternoon at about
5:45 o'clock. He was charged with
cursing and abusing ap officer in the
performance of his duty in Anson
street. Mr. Grace gave bail for $10
for his appearance this morning in
the police court, and made his appearance.
There was insufficient evidence
put in to make out a case,
and he was dismissed by Recorder
Jervey.
Two Drowned in Kershaw.
A dispatch from Camden, says the
Wateree iron bridge, which was
operated by a corporation as a toll
bridge, Was completely wrecked Tuesday
by the high water. The river
is higher than it has been for years
and the immense amount of rafts
and a laree flat which came floating
down the stream was more than it
could stand. At the time it gave
way there were a number of people
on the bridge, including Mr. Henry
Savage, the president of the bridge
company. Mr. Savage and two negroes
went floating down the river
on a raft. The negroes managed to
get out and the others that went in
at the time the bridge gave way
were all rescued, but the most distressing
feature of it all is that Mr.
George Rabon, who was crossing in
a wagon with a little boy named
Hinson, went in, and it is almost
certain that they were drowned.
Nothing has been heard of them.
Capt. Bowie Cut by Negro.
Ridge Spring, Aug. 23.?Davis
Harris, colored, an. ex-convict with
a bad reputation, seriously cut Capt.
J. L. Bowie here Saturday night in
a fight on Main street. Capt. Bowie
is resting easily to-day and the doctors
say that should no complications
arise he will recover.
The negro has not been captured
although a posse .was organized and
the negro homes in the town searched
thoroughly for him. Feeling is
high against Harris, not because of
the cutting affair but because he is
regarded as a dangerous character.
Capt. Bowie is section foreman of
the Southern railway here and is regarded
as one of the best citizens of
Ridge Spring. As near as can be
found out at this time the difficulty
between him and the negro . was
brought about by a dispute over rent
for a house, Capt. Bowie rented Harris
one of the section houses upon
condition that Harris should work
for him. After repeated efforts to
get him to work, Capt. Bowie when
he saw Harris had no intention of
getting to work, asked the negro for
the money for the house rent.
Harris cursed Capt. Bowie and told
him he would not pay any rent,
whereupon Capt. Bowie struck Harris
across the head with a stick.
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Capt. Bowie across the throat, inflicting
a serious wound. When Harris
was taken to the station he escaped
just as the policeman was
opening the door to lock the negro
up in the cell.
GREAT DAMAGE OF FLOOI
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS.
Railroad and Other Bridges Washes
Away?Loss Will Run Into
Millions of Dollars.
One of the most disastrous fresh
ets of recent years has done mucl
damage in several s-ctions of thii
State during the past few days an<
has been the cause of the loss o
millions of dollars worth of proper
ty, not only in South Carolina bu
also in Georgia. The heavy rains
which really began on Tuesday o
last week, reached such proportion
that the streams of the up-countr;
were in a very short time change*
from their normal depths to depth
far beyond the high water marks o
recent years and were rushing sea
ward at such a rate that it seeme<
as though nothing cotild resist th<
terrible onslaught of the torrents.
In Columbia.
Early Tuesday the weather bureai
in Columbia issued a warning for j
28 foot stage of the Congaree rive
and at midnight Tuesday the rive
had heached the height of 28.8 fee
and was rising at the rate of 1^
inches per hour. This depth in
creased steadily until the maximun
depth of 36 feet was reached. Th<
power house of the Columbia duel
mill, which is situated on the cana
that was dug by the State ai^d th<
city of Columbia, was soon ptft ou
of commission and the machiner:
completely submerged. This, o
course, resulted in the mill beinj
closed down. The power bouse o
the Columbia Water Power Com
pany, which is located on this sam<
canal, was alc-j forced to close dowi
early Wednesday morning, havini
been flooded. The street ruilwa;
was forced to resort to the stean
power plant and was also connecter
with the dynamos of the Olympia cot
ton mill, and was thus enabled t<
continue its service. The loss to th<
water power company is said to b<
about $15,000 provided there is n<
further damage to their building o
machinery.
Almost every branch of railroa<
entering Columbia has suffered se
vere loss on account of the destruc
tion of bridges. The Seaboard train
en route for Washington, had a ver;
narrow escape from complete de
struction Wednesday morning whih
trying to cross the trestle over th<
Congaree river at Cayce. The en
gine, mail and express cars had al
ready gotten upon the trestle, an<
the engine had just entered upon th<
wooaen part ui tut; buuuuic nuci
the trestle sagged, the foundation o
one of the benches having been un
dermined during the night, wbicl
caused the rails to spread and de
rail the engine. The two cars ca
reened dangerously to one side, bu
the train having been slowed dowi
to a very low rate of speed, serioui
damage was prevented. Engine
were sent to Cayce over the trestb
of the Southern railway, this trestl<
having thus far sustained no dam
age, and after a delay of about tw<
and one-half hours the engine an<
cars were rescued from their peri
lous predicament and the train wai
enabled to - continue on its way
Many farms in the low lands belov
Columbia were almost completed
devastated and it is hard at thi:
time to estimate the loss from thi:
source.
. At Camden.
Tuesday afternoon, at four-thirt:
o'clock, a 100 foot span of the tol
bridge which crosses the Watere<
river near Camden went down an<
with it twenty-five persons, amoni
whom was Mr. Henry Savage, th<
president of the bridge company
I who, after a tour hour fight witl
the torrent, was rescued eleven mne
below the bridge in a tree top. Hi
rescue was effected by a negro mai
named John Harold, who displays
much bravery in going to Mr. Sav
age's rescue. Among thpse whi
were supposed to have been drowne<
was Mr. George Rabon and his son
The estimated money loss in this cas<
is about $25,000.
In Spartanburg.
Practically the entire county o
Spartanburg was flooded, and th<
damage to the bridges in the count;
alone is estimated at more thai
$150,000. The electric plant of th<
Electric Manufacturing and Powe
Company at Gaston Shoals, whicl
furnishes power for the street car
and lights of Spartanburg was shu
down and the city was without ca
service or lights all day Tuesday am
Tuesday night. The old city powe
plant was put into commission, how
ever, and they now have both light
and car service. All trains, practical
ly, entering the city were either dis
continued or badly delayed and then
kflfln manv rftnorts of wash
liavu MVVU AiiMuj .
outs on the several lines.
Abbeville, Anderson, and Green
ville counties have all been big los
ers from the deluge. Reports fron
Greenville say that the bridges ar
all down and numerous manufactur
ing enterprises have been forced t<
suspend operations indefinitely, al
having sustained serious loss fron
the high water. In Anderson th<
heaviest rain in many years is re
ported to have fallen and thiere is;
repetition of the story of loss an<
destruction.
In Augusta.
Perhaps the greatest sufferer fron
the freshet is Augusta, which ha;
been submerged to the depth of tei
feet in lots of places over the city
Railroad, telegraph and telephom
communication with the outsid<
world have been cut off for sev
eral days and many lives are report
ed to have been lost. The Savannal
I river has been rushing down Broad
f street in a muddy torrent breast
deep, and all those who had time to
escape have flown* to higher ground.
^ Two women are said to have been
drowned in plain view of a number
of people when a buggy in which
they were riding overturned. While
* the flood was at its highest the warehouses
of Nixon Grocery Company
were burned, and with them it is
feared that two bookkeepers, who
- were at work at the time, have peril
ished in the flames. It was feared M
s that the canal dam above the city
i would break, but it has withstood
f the flood and has perhaps saved v S-;.
- many thousands of dollars. It is im- .
t possible to even estimate the damage
i, from this flood, but it is safe to say
f that the loss will run into millions,
s The lower counties of the State
y have been the least sufferers from
i these heavy rains, and while .the
s crops have been damaged to some
f extent the loss is not to be compared
- with the up-country. u
1 Damage to Railroads. - i
e SamH
The railroads have been great sufferers
by the flood. The Seaboard
Air Line trestle over the Congaree
[ at Columbia was badly damaged, as
was also their bridge over fhe
_ Wateree at Camden. No trains could
; be run over them. The Southern's
trestle over the Congaree at Colum- . , ^
1 bia also suffered damage, and at
" Kingville the trestles were washed /
: away over the Congaree and Wateree \
rivers. The flood completely drown- _
, ed out Kingville, and the inhabi.
tants had to leave. Trains between \ ^ ^
t Charleston and Columbia could not
be run for several days, and" last
\ Thursday the Southern and Seaboard
trains to Jacksonville came * v:*;
| through Bamberg. At Augusta the
C. & W. C. bridge was destroyed, as
" was also the trolley bridge across the
? Savannah. Numerous small bridges
were washed away, and numerous
* washouts were reported all over the
[ up-country.
- GOES TO CHINA *0 WED.
g Columbia Trained Nurse Off for the ' ;^||1
3 Orient Alone.'
Columbia, August 20.?Miss Ida
1 t. Meyer, who for the past two years -^1
- nas mane ner nome nere in we
- Olympia village with her parents,
., the Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Weltner,
Y left yesterday morning for San Frap
cisco. On the 29th of August she V
b will sail from thence on the Litton ^||B
3 Maru for Hong Kong, China. Ar
"riving there on the 27th of Septea- ''rSm
- ber, she will be married immediate- s,i*l3
i ly to Mr. H. P. Roese, and together ;&!
b they will go to their new home in i-v ^
l Swatow, China.
f Miss Meyer was formerly of* An- -r ;faB
- gusta, where, after leaving college, ^
i she was graduated from the Train
ing School for Nurses in the Augusta WM
- Hospital. Since that time she has $|gj
t devoted most of her time to mission
i work, having lived alone among the
s Indians in the West. Here in Columb
bia, where her parents are actively, -&M
b engaged in mission work, she has }
b been employed by the mill author!- S':*Y3
- ties to serve as trained nurse in the
:> Olympia village. Her time has been
i spent in visiting the sick, carrying ??
- cheer and comfort in the homes of
b the suffering. Throughout the vil- s
lage she is well known, and her in- '-W.
v fluence has been a factor for good
Y in the lives of all with whom die.
s has been associated. A young wos
man of unusual character and marked
gifts, she will be missed hereby ^$?8
many who can never forget her kinder
ness and sympathy.
i Mr. Roese. who is a native of Ger* . sh
a many, made his home in Augusta
1 for a number of years, and it was ^
? there that he met Miss Meyer. At N ;-j?f
e that time he was engaged in the cotton
business, and with his brother
he is now a member of one of the
8 well known importing firms of Swars
tow. He made many friends in Aua
gusta and in business he has always ' <j?.
j met with marked success.
a SEND SMITH TO SENATE.
e Some Good Reasons why he Should "
Represent Sonth Carolina.
. Some of the politicians hare ' K
I ^charged that Hon. E. D. Smith has
~ used the Southern Cotton Associay
tion as a means of riding into oflBee,
a but the thinking man, the farmer?
e the real producer of wealth?and '
r even the business man must admtt 3
that the work done by E. D. Smith
? throughout the South and in South
1 Carolina particularily, has brought
J more money to the farmer, the mer3
chant, the doctor, the lawyer and
r to every other class than that of
any other man who has espoused the '
8 cause of the South. His work has
brought results, the increased price
of cotton which Mr. smitn ana nia
s associates are largely responsible for
bringing about, has made the people
of South Carolina?all of them
?more prosperous than they have
ever been before.
Mr. Smith attended the university
3 of South Carolina and is an alumnus
of Wofford College. He received his
? master's degree at Vanderbilt University,
the great Methodist institu1
tion of the South.
He comes of distinguished ances- / >
tors, being the brother of the la*
roented Bishop A. Coke Smith.
Mr. Smith is an orator of national , .'*
repute and would be able to hold his
own with the "giants of the Senate.
1 With Smith in the United States /
s Senate, South Carolina would again
i come into her own and be heard ^
. from by the rest of the country. Mr.
e Smith has a world of energy; he
e would not only hold his own on the
- floor of the Senate, but his energetie
- work in the committee room would
l count for South Carolina.
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