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The Batesburg Advocate. VOL, III BATESBUKG.S.C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,10O3. * NO 20 TilK 0 IIKAT FLOOD. Some Scenes and Incidents Ontherei from People Who SAW THE MILLS WASHED AWAY Tlirilliiitc Experience* <? ?! Nnrrov Kxciiiicn Anion*; '1 In tit* W ho Survive tin* (irt'iil Catastrophe at Clifton. The story of the threat flood, says Kdltor .1. C. Garlhitf ton, of the Spar tanburtf Herald, who has ironc ovei the ground, still the alisorbiut! topic ol interest in Spartanburg, does no( grow better or tirijjtiLor as the minute details are pointed, out the most in teresting fact connected with tin great disaster is the completeness and accuracy of the story gathered al the beginning. It was coiiiplete aiu vet, communication vras i>nfir..h <-ni olT with tlie stricken territory anc reporters had to depend largely in the uncertain mode of shouting across the turbulent waters of Lawsuit's Fori for the facts. HOUSES ALL (toy 10. Mr. Carlington says that in tin valley between No. I. and No. .'t lately tilled with two long rows ol cottages out front which bright faces and scores of happy children wouli greet the passer-by, t here was a verit able desert of sand. Not a tree left standing not a house. In the midst of the stretch of white sand spreading out like a pararie, a dozen men wen clustered, i >ne was digging and w< imagined that perhaps the body ol s. me loved one was being unearthed The men were silent and disconsolate The did not seem to notice our ap proaCh, but kept on watching the mai who was digging. Investigation showed that this old man was delving int< the foundations of his former h .me Two feet under the sand he found : wire bed spring and he was carefully pulling the mud out of the springs He co.dd have found a dozen spring; in the debris on the hillsides, but il was the last remnant of his home and he Logged away to reclaim it. Ih said he had found a monkey wrencl and a hat pin. and lie prized their highly. AN KYK-WITNESS TALKS. Night Watehman \V. A. Khinchart on duty at No. .'I, had made his round? at a. m. At that time the rivei was at least ten feet out of its banks, At I o'clock it was 20 feet high, lit was standing at a corner of the mill at 4:.10 when a large tree lloatcd ovei the dam and plunged through tin boiler room roof into the room below, This Hooded the machine shop am boiler room and this part of the build ing began to crumble. At this point the dam gave way and the power I must was swept away. Next a corner ol the old mil] gave way. Mr. Khinchart ran up the bank to get a safei and better view of the scene and upoi turniiiti saw the smoke stack go dowi with a crash. In ten seconds aft to this and about 10 or minutes Iron the time the dam broke, the magniti -ccntaly equipped All,sou spindle mil was washed from its foundation, crumbled and the wreckage carried down i'acolet river. Nothing was left but about oiu tifth of the two mills, the cloth rooir and picker room. At this mill li houses were washed away and clever lives were lost. The strict railway track lietween No. 1, and :t, is a? complete a wreck as could be possible. The iron is turned and twister into a hopeless mass, the track it places is completely overturned, ii other places it is washed against tin rocks and all along the line the road lied is completely gone. The dam at No. :t broke next to the mill and tin torrent was turned directly on tin structure. Kxaetly the opposite hap pened at (Jlendale, which saved that mill. The water was diverted to tin opposite bank. At No. 1. the old mill, there was no loss of life but somt narrow escapes and many homes weri swept away. The mill was badlj damaged. A Tit III I.I.I NO KX I'KItt KNCK. iui. iii u i i?i rs. i .< hi * 111 ;i 11 wen1 cauciu in thi' second story. The roof fell ij and tliey managed to cliinh out on it Mrs Coleman had a haby under cacl arm. The raft lloated down strean and then came hack near enough foi the people to climb into the secoiii story window of Mr I'ettit's house Here they awaited the rescuers win were devising means lor relief. T'u water meanwhile was rising rapidly and was halfway up the window ii the second story. The house was tut tcrin*; and it was evident t hat if any thin*; was to he done it must he dom quickly. T. S. I'pton and otherfound a well rope and I'pton Cole man climbed out of the window, t hi mother si ill sinum*; to her two babies Stout hands and brave hearts puller at the rope and the raft moved shore ward. An an*;ry wave dashed it t< ne side almost upsetting it. Then was an openin*; in tin- housetop ani through this one of the little infant: fell as the raft was about to capsi/.i and just as it was *?oit)K out of si*rh to certain death, one of the rescuer: grabbed its clotln-s and the famih were all finally saved. I N' T1IK TtlKKS. The thrilling experience of Mr Strihhlin*;, one of the. clerks iit, No 2, and the. f> others who occupied ; tree with him for 8 hours, have al ready ticen recorded. They drifted until hope was almost gone and finally lodged in the branches of a tree and were rescued. There were others in 1 trees at No. it. Mr. Wilson huntf on to the branches of tree for 11 hours. Mr. Crier, an aged man, lodged in a pine tree and stayed there from f? o'clock in tiie morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. When lie was rescued lie was completely exhausted and is now in a critical condition. ON TIIK COTTON IIOU8K. lames Elders, Bud Emory Oliver Johnson and Line Hail were caught on the roof of the cotton warehouse. They went down the river and a trroat I concourse of people watched anxiously I hut could not aid. Tliev finally went down with the exception of .las. Kl; ders, who grabbed the liiuh ' f a tree . and l.ige Hail, who was found near I 'acolet. r ltruce McLure, was aroused as t.he 1 water entered his room. He ruslied i* out and suddenly remembered of . his savings lie iiad 'eft behind. He turned and with great dillleulty re-entered Ins home just as it was totteri ing. He drifted for some time and ? finally caught a rope handed by rcsl oners. I "I tell you. Mister, I will never forget till my dying day the cries of the people as they floated down the river," ' said an old woman who stood on the 1 bank almost crazed with the horrors > of the scenes. "1 hear the cries now, ; I hear them as I got to sleep, and I k ' am sure 1 will hear them as long as 1 I live." WAS IN OCKKATION. 1 The greatest l"ss of life occurred at . Clifton No. 2. There were sixtey f houses and forty lives lost here, and < t he beautiful mill is badly wrecked I and the magnificent store with its - i heavey stock is gone. Almut six or ti | seven bodies have been recovered. It t | is believed that several whole families : i were swept away in SantUCbelow Mill | No. 2. When the final crash came at J No. 2, Clifton, the mill was in full 1 | operation. The water rose higher. . I but the operatives were disposed to . laugh at tlie situation. They did not - dr cam of it-, seriousness. They stood i by their liioins and spindles and the - j lit tle children lloated their luxes iti ? the water and paddled around as . thought it were a holliday. When i t he seriousness dawned and the order f came to leave the mill, many had to 1 <1 i-i %?*.?? X*.. o MII'VII OIIU y| 1**1 Vf. V.1IIHU1 ? > is totally wrecked in one end and chord wood tills every room. There , are bodies not yet recovered in the i debris. The odors late Wednesday i afternoon clearly indicated the pre sence of human bodies hurled beneath t he rubbish. Iiit'il Together. This pathetic incident of the ilood ' is published by the Spartanburg ller! aid: "Julius ItiggcrstalT was a hoard] er at Eddie Uobbes. In the next house ' above, Joe Hall lived. Mali had a ' pretty daughter named Lola and she and Itiggerstair were fast friends. Indeed. it is related by the neighbors that on the morrow after Hie great ' storm, on Sunday morning they were to have been wedded. HiggerstatT went to call on Lola Hall on Friday night and they planned the details of 1 the marriage. At a rather late hour they retired each dreaming of the happy event, oblivious of the rising 1 | waters. On they slept until possibili1 ty of rescue was none. They made franticelVorts toswim ashore, hut both 1 went down. The body of Miss Hall lias been recovered. ' Mullen Until. 1 James M. Watson, Jr., a clerk in the otliee ol the auditor for the l)is trict of Columbia and the son-in-law i of a wealthy retired railroad eontraci i tor, was arrested Wednesday on a i charge of embezzlement of government funds. The amount is estimated at , from $UU,000 to $7.*..000. The warrant - makes the speciiic charge of emhezzle1 ment of $*,ono, which represents only i ! a portion of the alleged peculations, i Watson was not bonded and in case lie or his relatives, several of whom I are said to be wealthy, fail to make good tiie alleged losses Auditor J. T. Petty will be held responsible for the - amount. i 'loud hurst in Texas, Seven liodies. the greater portion of I which were those of women, have . i thus far heen recovered at Clifton, . Ari/.., after the torrent from the . | cloud hurst of Tuesday after it spent its fury. The property loss will estimate $100,000. i louses and stores were swept from their foundations and the persons caught in the ilood were 1 drowned. Might miles of the Arizona . | and Mexico railway track was washed 1 out and the evening passenger train i was l.lown over into the canal. Teler graph communication was cut otT and I word were sent to surrounding towns hy runners. I ??????????? School I loom St rue k . r While t lie afternoon session of Cor, sica academy was in session at Corsica . I'a., a storm broke in its fury. The . students gathered in a frightened , group in th< hlg recitation room. A s holt of lightning struck the belfry, . and descending through the ceiling . ran along the hlackh >ard at which the t wo students were still at work, liurlI ing them to tlie Moor. The two dead . girls had all their clothing burned , from their Ixxiies, and Professor Car. rer. who was standing close by was I also badly burned about the. body. The Deadly Itailrond. Pour men were killed and three badly injured in a collision between a ' coal train and a freight train three * miles east of (isceola. Tyrone division. Pennsylvania railroad. Wednesday. When the train was mar the top of the mountain between Osceola and Tyrone. 1'.oyer's enginge could not hold II it and fourteen cars were published - | hack on the approaching train. UNDER WATER. Thousands Flee From East St. Louis to Escape Flood. THIRTY PEOPLE ARE DROWNED. Tlic WiliU'Ht Kxcileniriit KxInIoiI In All Carta ol* tlic City. Heavy I,ohm of all KIiiiIh ol* Property. At St. Louis the river Wednesday morning reached a stage of 87.9 feet, highest point during the present Hood. Last St. Lollis. with !L iviniilnlinn nf 32,000, having large manufacturing ! interests and tiie 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 Last St. Louis is deep in the ilood and the city's 2,500 levee builders have fallen back to Missouri avenue in the attteinpt to save the remainder of theeity, menaced by swelling waters from three sides. Broadway, the central east and west thoroughfare, has been abandoned to the ilood. Lee Harper, former city attorney, says the water will be two feet deep in front of the city hall before 0 o'clock. Seven miles of water pressing from the south and southeast overcame the city's line of defense Wednesday morning and ">,000 persons were driven from their homes. Numerous reports or drowning have been received, but the Last St. Louis police have thus far learned no names of victims. Ore thousand met) were working on the levee when it broke. Several hours before the iinal break they had the active assistance of Hundreds of women and children. The break came at the St. Louis valley crossing of the Illinois Central embankment two miles south of Relay depot. WOMEN AT WOKK. While as many men. women and children as could stand on the embankment were packing sand b;igs to the rails to prevent a break, the resistless current broke through the wall of earth and spurted in rivulets in 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 when the workers lied from their useless task and the alarm was given by the ringing of bells and blowing of whistles In every part of the city. A few of the workers in the embankment remained at their posts until the rushing waters made it necessary for them to swim for their lives. Then they joined their companions in warning 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 I leave with their hurriedly collected i stock of necessities the llood was at their door sills. They lied to the north. The Washington school was the nearest point of safety. Many made for the high ground near the lllinoD Central tracks. Men from AltaSitaand Denver side, who had been working on the abandoned levee, hastened to those localities to tell their neighbors of their danger. Kvcry locomotive and factory whistle joined in the clamor of alarm. The water is not expected to reach its level in the llooded part of the city before noon. Mayor Parker predicts that when the level is reached the water will l?e two feet higher than at1 7 o'clock Thursday morning. Dismayed by the defeat which has come in their seven day's battle with the Hood, the greater part of the levee . builders fell back to I (roadway, where it was at lirst decided to resist the water. A half hour's work and surj vey of the prospect convinced those in charge that it was useless to try to ; keep the water from I (road way and 1 the Hood lighters fell back upon Missouri avenue, which runs cast from | the Itelay station. N'KOKO Miner l)KAI). ! Here the scenes of the past week were repeated as tlie streets were quickly transposed into a dike. An appeal from Mayor Cook to the governor of 1 Uinois for state troops to aid in K'uardin^ property was answered by | the promise that details of militia would Ik? sent to Kast St. Louis at ; once. A few hours l?efore the break in the levee Ned Huberts, a ne^ro employed as a levee builder was killed by mem- j hers of the levee patrol for attempting i/w ia in iiunii 11 | 11 l.K >11 III Llie Ul KC. His act wascaused by au^er because lie was not allowed to draw his pay at once. Uelief boats started from St. Louis I for Hast St. Louis early Wednesday ; morning. Congressman William A. Kodeiiburs' Issued an appeal for aid for the llood sulfcrers. Hood, he says, is mostly needed and means must he had for delivering it to persons who are In upper stories of their homes ; and In box cars. At o'clock water was threatening the north and east sides, preserved j temporarily by the Italtimore and > Ohio railroad embankment and had reached to the viaduct only seven blocks east of the city hall. In this public building a foot and a half of side water had already collected. All; low points of the city are under water. KVKitYHOUV WAllNKIl. When the break occurred warnings were lirst sent through the city by messengers who discharged firearms, blew horns and shouted in stentorian tones Lho news of tin; flood arrival, w Lights gleamed in houses wliore the w occupants hud contidence in the em- o hankment. li Persons scantily attired emerged t from their homos and in a few min- e utes tlie whole populace of the low dis- w trict. attacked, six miles in area were 11 lleeing to higher ground. As the p noise of the approaching Hood was 'i heard the llightat first a rapid retreat a with some semblance of order, as- d sumed a panic stage. All efforts to assure the inhabitants that, there was p sutllcient time to escape unless a gap h was washed through the embankment II failed to convince them and most of t? them fled without any effort to save h property. p Messengers were sent to the main ii portion of the city telling of the danger and the greatest excitement prevailed. 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 liecause 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 lc twecn two floods. By the thousands P they liegan to desert their homes and C run vainly up and down the xtre-ts <i seeking a place? of succor. ^ KI.KK IN SCANT ATT I UK. Hundreds of families from the , choicest residence portions of the city ' carrying trunks, grips, bundles < f clothing and valuables began to cross * Euds bridge towards St. Louis. Most of tlie refugees were scantily clad. Strong men carried aged women in their arms. Barefooted children were w in tlie procession which continued ^ steadily over tlie bridge. Hundreds (: ,.f i.. >i. . II ui ui/iicin {> i uu'tui m in uie second story of the public library building. As the water encroached " about many dashed through (lie slial- 1! low overllow to Unci a more secure re- '' fugc. in terror of the rising tide of water refugees in hundieds thronged ' the streets crowded the eafrs and be- 111 sought public otlicials. At the city u hall alone, ">00 liotneless persons with scant belongings as they had l>een ' able to sei/.e on short notice were assembled. Provisions for the time lie- 11 big were supplied them. Husincss is totally suspended. The Ir streets are tilled with almost panic- 1/1 stricken inhabitants. WomcjjAwith Ci children in arms, men carry! i?f^ruse- '' hold furniture, horses, dogs and <>her remains of once comfortable domestic v establishments parade the streets. 11 The common direction of all move- w merit is toward the bridge over which " the refugees are hurrying to St.sYiuuis. sl All trallle U) East St. Louis from the 11 west side has been suspendc^aud " policemen turned back all wljo at- '' tempted the trip. 1>K\L> NUMHKIl TllIUIY.j (j At (? o'clock Wednesday Congress- j, man W. A. ltodenburg estimated that thirty lives were lost on the hooding of p the lower portions of East St. Louis p early that morning. While general p alarms were given by the police and p retreating levee workers with shouts ^ and pistols there was not time to call at every house in the thickly settled (j district and it is believed many fami- a lies in tirst story cottages awoke only s, when it was too late to escape. Levee workers who laid down to rest on emhank incuts worn out with hard labor 0, were caught and drowned by Hood j, like rats. It may never be learned nhow many died in this way. ;i Among the drowned Wednesday nitfht previous lo the break in the Illinois Central levee was L. 1) Slier- sj wood and John Collish and three chil- g, dren. They lost their lives l?y the jj overturning of a l>oat in the northern s| part of the eity. A neyro was drown- n ed at S o'clock Thursday morning in r: the waters which arc climbinptup the |, side of the embankment supporting u Itroadway Cast St. Louis. The man n was trying to not his team to higher t.1 ground and remained in the rising ,j, waters until the swift runnhu? *,'.r- g, rent upset the wagon. Tlie team was jj drowned, everything obtainable is n being used in the rescue of unfortunate u people from the second stories of dwellings in the submerged district. Itafts are being built, iMiats improvised and wagons even are put into use, ^ the horses of which flounder around w with only their heads above water while on their errands of mercy. NAVAL, MILITIA UITSY. 0| The naval militia of St. Louis and LI Alton are on duty. Lieutenant Cray i ft commanding the St.. Louis Naval jet militia, has his force spread out along; b; the embankment, guarding against n levee cutting and depredations by al hordes of negroes and bums that are tl to be seen everywhere. Arms are e< stacked at police headtiuarters where vi reputable citizens may obtain carbines ol and ummunitat ion to guard their prop- j tl erty. A large number of arrests have j T 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 Hood eity. h Tho K;ist St. I.ouls city iall is also n beinir emptied and the prisoners b Liken to The Four Courts in St. Louis 1> for safety. There is no place in Kast ti St. Louis to feed and pay olT the: K hundreds of men who liave been at <? work strengthening the levees about j t-l tbe city. It was found necessary w Thursday morning to march them '< over to St. Louis for their meals and a then back a train to work. V llltOADWAV I NDKK WATKll. II road way, running east and west ; through Kast St. Louis, divides that b city in two It is built up in places, si standing L*? feet above the surround- I u int.' country, it is lirst thought tills p street would serve as a protection to ( e the northeast half Of the city hut the b il<mkI that covers the southern part c has broken through in a small stream ! t between nth and Uth street. Should | p the embankments formed by llroad- r ray give way an it in threatened it /ill send a wa1! ?f water 1 r? feet higher ver the remainder of the elty. The ooded district in Hast St. Louis due 0 the breaking of the embankments arly Thursday morning is one mile ride south from Hroadway and four liles long from east to west. It cornrises about one-fourth of the eity. 'hat part of Fast St. Louis known s the "Island" w.as Hooded several ivs ago. The crisis of the Hood situation lias assed. Hoat crews which have been usy in rescuing victims of the ood devoted themselves Thursday a saving property and bringing to igher ground belated refugees who reviously had not themselves been in nmediate danger. KILLED BY POISON. 1 Iteautit'ul Girl liritfe Charged Willi lliiHliand'H Murder. A special dispatch from (jainesvilie, a., says John W. Tanner, father of iflley F. Tanner, who died under susicious circumstances at his home in liuchem district, this county, Saturay .May 2:$rd, Tuesday afternoon wore out a warrant against Mrs. Onle 'anner, wife of the young man who iv*\a ? IIUI ? I L11 llilllllCr. The warrant was turned over to lieritT M. (>. Gilmer of Hal!county at o'clock Tuesday afternoon and he nmediately left for the home of 1. rank Imncan, father of the young oman, where she is staying, to make ic arrest and bring her l?ick to ainesville to be incarcerated in the [all county Jail. The state chemist Tuesday mornlg, forwarded the result or his invesgations to I>r. J. 1*. Maudlin, of lowery branch, who immediately unmunicatcd tlie same to John W. i aimer at his home near Chestnut lountain. Tanner at once hitched p his team and came to Gainesville, here the warrant was sworn out at o'clock. The chemist's annalysis showed ine-tenths of a grain of strychnine in ic stomach and glass from which the ilik was drunk. This was sutllcient ? satisfy Tanner and he at once proicded to swear out a warrant chargisr his daughter-in-law with murder. Tl% sheriif will likely reach Gainesille early in the morning hours tolorrow with the fair prisoner, who ill. in all probability, occupy a cell in ie county jail until the term of Hall iperlor court, which convenes the lird Monday in July. The case is ":a f the most sensational ever occurring t this county and has caused ureal ln2 rest. Saturday May 2.1rd. Tanner sat own to his noonday meal,, apparently i the IHist of health, and in the enjyment of a contented home with his ride of two months. She had already artaken of her meal when he arrived, ut, like the happy wife she was suposed to be, she sat down by her husand and talked pleasantly to him. The meal had only proceeded a short [me, when Tanner turned to his wife tul remarked that there must be imething the matter with the butirmilk at the same time asking her ? taste it. which she did. She spat ut what she drank without swallow ig any and Tanner poured the relainder in a slop tub, which was fterwards given some hogs. which, rier drinking the milk, died. In a few moments lie was deathly ek and, screaming to his wife that e was poisoned, Tanner ran to the ume of his uncle, Henry Tanner a lort distance away, crying to him iat he was deathly sick. His uncle in towards him and caught him in is arms as he was about to sink to le earth. To his uncle, John Taner repeated what he said to his wife, lat he bad l?een poisoned. All was line for him that his people knew, ut in forty-live minutes life was exnct, his body assuming a rigidity lat usually attcuds the administraon of strychnine or similar poison. Tillman AnIin Chungn. It lias lH?en announced by the coun;1 for J. li. Tillman that application ould be made to Judge Townsend in le Court of <Jeneral Sessions, tiie itter part of this month, fur a change T venue for the trial of Tillman on ic charge of murder, which is set ir the coining term in Itichland ninty. The application will 1m* n (ii tut- cmmi liiul i in man can nt tfet a fair trial in Kichland, and llidavlts will be submitted to sustain le contention. The prosecution will ntest the motion for a change of imiie, and will meet the allegations f the defence with allldavits showing tat there is no prejudice here against illman that will prevent a fair trial. Shot to linii It. For refusing to obey the command halt, Allien Hurley was shot and mrtally wounded Wednesday nltflit y John Maloney, a meinlier of Coinany A, Sixth United States infanry, who was doin^ truard duty in .ansasCity, Kan., wlierea mild form I martial law has lieen in force since lie Hood. Captain F. J. TaKtfurt, 'ho is in command of t he soldiers, af r investigating the case, submitted rejHirt to the mayor exonerating laloney. Too Vliiuy >la<l Diikn. More than 200 cases of rallies have en treated in New York hospitals ince the tirst. of the present year an nprccedented number. < >nly a small crcenta^e of the cases treated resultd fatally, owin^ to prompt actior; ut the increase in the numlier >i ases is regarded as so serious that lie City Council has been asked to ass laws against unmu/./.led dogs uuning in the streets. i f J KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. Gov. Ileyward Krel* Deeply for tlie Flood SuffererH. Ten years ago the governor of South | Carolina witnessed the suffering that followed the great tidal wave which swept the coast of South Carolina. His own plantation was wrecked, j neighbors were rendered penniless and a thousand persons were drowned. Having tieen a participant in the wo !: of restoring life to the section made d< solatc by the sea which swept inland for many miles, his sympathies are enlisted with those who are endeavoring to succor the needy, the almost starving people of the Pacolet valley. Having seen the destruction, the desolation of his own section his heart is tilled with pity for the doomed valley of industry in the highlands. Tuesday, In speaking to a representative of The .^tate, Gov. Hey ward 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 hu ..II - -- * ? nine " nu an ?>i iiucii property, tllt'ir homes, many loved ones?everything. Sorrow and sadness e<? with the destitution and loss of life so suddenly wrought l?y this awful disaster, and I 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 have just wired that I cannot l>e present at the Furman alumni banquet on Wednesday night, be -ause 1 wish to give prompt response should my services lie needed at any time. "Generous and sympathetic responses are l>elng made to my call Tor help?this assistance comiug not only from our own people all over our State, but also from those who live far away, whose hearts too, have been touched by the calamity that has fallen upon us. "in the nnrre of ail of our people, ana vei> _>p~cially In liehalf of those stricken ones upon whom the gloom of sorrow and of suffering has so heavily fallen I thank all most sincerely for the prompt response which comes with such tender sympathy. "I am doing all I can to render such assistance as may be in my power, and 1 rejoice to see the pluck and couratr? -shown *by those whose loss and whose sufferings are so great. Such faith amid such trying surroundings can and will strengthen the faith and hope of us all."?The State. 0 HEAVY LOSERS. The Piedmont Floods Have CunI the nuinn rarmer* ticavy Lihihch. A dispatch from Spartanburg to the Charleston Post says a complete list of those who have lost their homes and household goods by Saturday's tlood has been completed. It shows the number of-sutlerers to be 330. Most of t^sc were at mill No. 2. at Clifton, where the greatest loss of life also occurred. At Pacolet the work of clearing away the debris is progressing 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 up its loss in a general way, but nothing was given out Thursday. The machinery in the wrecked mills is regarded as a total loss. The company is unable yet to estimate what cotton and cloth will be saved, as the goods are scattered down the river for miles. Reports sent to outside papers stating that many sufferers at Clifton were being badly neglected are strongly condemned here and denied in toto. Several cars of provisions and clothing have already been shipped to the flood district. The committee is doing all possible to prevent suffering. The loss in the county on account of bridges destroyed was placed at ." o.ooo. Temporary structures are being built as rapidly as possible to render travel possible. The small Ct. ? ai iiu io aiu .liiuuicin lh a mm. ii extent than is generally known. Many of them have lost half llieir crops or over. White Cups. The State says Gov. Hey ward was very deeply moved by the story of G. G. Hogun, "Dock" Hogan, the young farmer of Dent's,, who was whipped by White Caps Saturday i night. He declared that lie would offer a reward of S200 for the arrest of the parties who committed this high handed piece of lawlessness. Detectives have been put on the case and the governor sincerely hopes that the law will lie vindicated in the arrest of the parties guilty of this shocking crime. As yet the governor has no Intimation of the identity of the parties who visited llogan's home and called him out in the dead hours of i the night. An Kit 11 or Killed. Kdltor K. .1. Hawkins of the Times land Fanner Tliad Hostic had a tight in Dublin, Ga.. on Tuesday, llawk! ins struck Unstick with an umbrella, 1 wlien the latter cut his throat with u '< knife, ma' <> - a mortal wound. The trouble i ue result of a longstandI ing feud over a lawsuit. BEATS DR. TANNER. Dr. Wilkerson, of Augusta, Ga., Has Fasted Forty-three Days. ANN THE END 18 NOT YET. lie lla? Iteeu a (>reat KuflVrer Iroin Acute liMllfcrHtlnn aii<1 In i'nilcrK<>i'<K the Ft?iInK Cure. The Auguta Chronicle says f)r. W. Sterling Wilkinson, a wellknown young physician of that city, and an honor graduate of the medical department of the University of Georgia, is on a fast that promises to break the world's record for length. Dr. Tanner's record is already discounted. Tuesday v-as the forty-third day that Dr. Wilkinson lias taken nothing in the way of nourishment, limiting himself exclusively to water, lie has partaken of water freely during the fast. Throughout the fast lie had suffered no inconveniences, although lie has ltist woli/lit. vprv r:iniHlv Natnrallw t man of slight build, although tall, lie Is now a living shadow of his former self. J)r. Wilkinson resides with his father, Mr. Win. M. Wilkinson, at 417 Second street, and throughout the fast lias confined himself to*the homes and its grounds. TAKING DAILY KXKKCI8E. 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 he feels strong all the time, although any exertion he undergoes proves to him that he is quite weak. His stomach is giving him no trouble whatever. I)r. Wilkinson and his family have kept very quiet aliout the matter, and only a few intimate fri . !s have 1 i advised of the treat me t.? | young man has l>een s: > self for the past month or i < in the last, day or two has i . r> fast become general proper.j in a news sense and reached the ears of newspaper men. SCIENTIFIC TKEATMKNT. The fasting of Dr. Wilkinson is in the nature of a scientific treatment for an aggravated case of indigestion or dyspepsia, wlt-b. *'!uch he is utlitctCd. For years he has had the trouble and frilling to get relief from all other treatments, adopted the fasting treatment. Recently fasting has been advocated for the cure of digestive derangements, and where tried has been highly recommended, it is claimed by the advocates of the method that it produces permanent cures in nearly every instance, and ttiat where it fails, it is because the treatment was not persisted in long enough. The theory is that the perfect rest afforded by the fasting practically gives the patient a new stomach 01 digestive organs. While the organ is not at work it is claimed that nature repairs all the damage to the organ from overwork aim p;u>L anuses. FOLLOWS M'KADDEN. It is understood that the treatment is nothing more or less than an extended use of the advice of the Physical Culturist McFadden, of New York, who recommends that whenever there is stomach trouble that his pupils fast for a few days, in order to effect a cure. Dr. Wilkinson believes that the theory of fasting for stomach trouble is the correct one, and lie is demonstrating its usefullness. !>r. Wilkinson has not vet completed the fast. It is his intention to continue the treatment until his 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 course the appetite must lie normal, and must be constantly with the patient. That is, it must not tie of the kind that comes and goes, but the desire for nourishment must tie continuous. KKLT IH'NOItY TWICE. Hr. Wilkinson has already at times felt the return of his appetite, but as yet does 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 the experiment proves successful, and Dr. Wilkinson has uo doubt in t* his mind thai it will, it will tie a val' uable addition to the medical know' ledge of the profession. Thousands are sulTerers from derangements of the digestive organs and would gladly undergo a season of fasting if they knew i it would nlTord thorn rollof nil *1 manent cure. l?r. Wilkinson in no way desires notoriety as a faster and L. 1 is nut refraining from eating in order to make a record along this line. It ! was Ids desire tnat nothing he said about the treatment he is undergoing until it is completed and the degree of success could be definitely reported. i.-\ Knlal Fall. A dispatch to The State from I lieaufort says Thursday afternoon the keeper of the lower range lignt Paris island, Mr. George Lehman, I J from the platform to the ground ' low, a distance of '10 foe* rai . ; instant death. lie h ^ -i not to go to high parts .: : 1 hgi, he had suffered sev ;.l hp' strokes. 11 is thougl caused from one of i s. Mr. Lehman was about t. j and had been a keeper of lir. . government for :u> years.