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? -t??**> . * VOL. Vi NO. 81. CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908. SLSOPer Year. CAROUNASjnOOD SWEPT Heavy Rainfall Results in Unprecedented High Water in South Atlantic Region A GREAT PROPERTY LOSS * I Bridges Are Swept Away, Railroad Transportation Is 71*4 Up by Walkouts and L'.ndilidas and Bas inets al a lianttitill Owing to Un hMMda&tld 1a pMaaat Carolines* Charlotte, tf. C.j Special.?-The Piedmont section of the Carolines has been coffering from the mbct di? lltfbne floods eVfer experienced: The Htittfali has bberi Unprecedented Since tiie establishment of the weather bu reau here, thirty.year* ago. The rainfall, which was heary all last week, has increased since Bunday, an1 all streams have been swolleu be yond all previous records. Much damage will result to crops as well as roads and bridges. The railroads have abandoned all schedules and the Charlotte street railway has been compelled to suspend traffic on part of its lines. The city is practically cut off from commuqicfation with Uie rest of the worl#. Columbia, S. C., Special?The rain fall Monday night was .the heaviest In many years, and in a number of places was heavier than during the famous Pacolct flood, when it was erroueously thought that a cloud nad ''burst" somewhere in the valley of the Pacolct liver. The local office of the Weather Bureau received reports from a num ber of placcs in central and western North Carolina, and western South Carolina of heaVy rains, as follows: Charlotte. 2.80 inches) Gree;.-sboro, Jl.lO; Raleigh, 4.43 ; Mount Holly, 6.16. From South Carolina points the following were reported: Bates burg, 2.16 inches; Pelser, 2.06; Green wood, 1.64; Chapells, 2.701 Blairs, 4.47; Catawba, 3.54) Greenville, 4.47) Catawba, 3.54; Greenville, 6.02 j Spartanburg, 2.42. The Broad river at Blairs stood 22 feet at 8 a. m,, and will probably rise tntlch higher when the Upper wateis reach there. The Saluda at Pelzcr Was 6.3 feet and rising, but at Chap ells it was only 12.0 and rising. It will probably .irise to 20 feet there. Warning For 28 Feet. The Weather Bureau issued a warning for a 23-foot stkge during the next 36 hours. If this stage be attaiucd it will ecceed slightly the fa mous I'acolet food, when the highest stage was readied at 1 p. in., June 8th?namely, 27.2 feet. The highest slage on record occurred as follows: August, J840, 33.7; September, 1853, 34.4; February, 1865, 34.0; May, 1885, 31.3 feet; June, 1886, 30.3} June, 1003, 27.3. Bridge Gone; Many Missing. A telegram from Camden gives 4.1 account of tho dramatic carrying away of a hundred-foot span of th* \<hie!e toll bridgo over the Walerec ri/er (Catawba in North Carolina) at Camden. A number of people were on the bridge at the time watch ing the raving river. Of twenty-five persons on the bridge only six haw been accounted for. Among those known to have been drowned are Mr. M. D. Raborn and his son. A Mr. Spvage, a prominent northern man rppfiitly removed tp Camden, is in a porilour position in a tree, with twp op roes in midstream- Two thous and people were 011 the scene shortly after t)io catastrophe, which hop Jtei.ed at 4:30. The financial |()SiS j3 "I'i.OOO, Tiaffie on the Heabpard is blocked by washing away of the bridge at Abbeville. Trains Unable to Run. Wednesday afternoon the floods washed out the Southern Railway's track between Columbia and Alston, at the 15-mile post. This means that pplumbia is eut off frpm both Spar tanburg ptjd Greenville. Scripus washouts are reported pn the Colum bia and Greenville line even abpve Alston. Water covers the track in a number of places between Alston and Newberry and the l<mg bridge over Big creek at Williamston went down Tuosday afternoon. The big bridge over Broad river on the main lino of the Southern between Blacksburg and Oaffney ha* either been destroyed or had its approaches washed out. Any way, it is impassable. The Southern trains from the mountains to Char leston were sent via Charlotte and Columbia, instead of by Charlotte, flock Htll and Kingsville. Main line troins were de ton red at Charlotte an.l font around by Columbia and Augus ta, the intentipn being tp fend fjie.n frpm Auguste to Atlanta and po|pt7 ppu.h of there py using the Central of Qcprgia tracks put of Augusta. But at 1 p'clpck the edyice from Au hi 1 . <i '' *1 ?. *? Flames Entomb Itinera. McAlester, Oklahoma, Special. One of the worst mine disasters in the history of this part of the south west occurred at Haileyville, 15 miles east of here when beween 25 end 30 miners were entombed in the Hailoy-Oklahoma coal mine No. 1, fho result of a fj erce fire which, it {?'believed. has'shut off eft pepns of Mcepie* The men whose escape was phut p(f were e(l *0 the Ipwer part of the mine. . . *? ? ?u*t? that the trains could not p*?s. that point ?m received, serious wa*h n^S?n?T?P?rt#,d oa th* Antral of r! u* 11 would ,eem iha CjroUnw tra out off north and south. The trestle over ths Catawba on tiio i&L ?X.. ^u*fn Ch*rI?"* ?ml Hock Hill it being held down by htftvy coal trains. 7 Factorial Daatroyed. At Ready Rivor Factory, ten miles from Greenville, water is standing ?ui * second floor and the maehine shop and other buildings iST? t.WM?'d #waVi Taylor's Mill, bn tho Enbreo near Chick Spring, wai dttstrbyed. Two cottages and a store at the foot of North Main street in Greenville have been swept awa> by Reedy liver. The big plant of the Markley Hardware and Manufacturing Company, at Grccn vjlle, the oldest carriage factory in the South, has been seriously damag ed. It lies just north of the Mnin street bridge end is partlv built over the water. Water is standing five feet deep in the Camperdown Mill, just below the Main street bridge ot Greenville. Water is up to the second floor of the Enoree Cotton Mills in Laurens county. Both the Morris quarry, near Olympia and the Ross quarry at Cayce, both in the suburbs of Colum bia, will sustain serious damage. The Morris quarry is one vast lake. The dams and dikes have been obliterated and tools and machinery are unde/ **ter and tho power house has caved into the water. It will cost a gr%at deal to pump cut tho water and more probably to remove the mud with which the workings will be covered. u ij Ross quarry have held so far but they are giving way now and will go under the increased ?tate of water that is due. This quarry has tromendous contracts on nana, among them one tc furnish the atone for the great jetties being built by the federal government at Fer nandina, 71a. Camden Entirely Cnt Off. Camden is completely isolated hav ing no communication with the out side cxcrpt by telephone. Conditions are very serious and are growing worse. All the rivers are still rising! All those who were on the Watcree toll bridge when it went down at Camden have been accounted for ex cept Mr. George Rabon snd son and two or three negroes. Mr. Henrv Savage, president of the bridge com pany, was rescued near Lugoff, 11 miles below the bridge site. It is believed the Messrs. Rabon are down the river somewhere, probably cling ing to a tree. Cries were heard on the river Tuesday night and a rescue party is now out with boats. On the immense and fertile rivor plantations along the Wateree prac tically every dike is broken. Among the places flooded are those of the Messrs. Baum, Springs and Shannon, Mrs. H. R. Jordon and the Witto es taU The latter is owned in Charleston. Everv brldgo of anv consequence |n that county Is gone. The loss to the people of the county from these floods cannot fall below a half million. No trains have reach ed Camden since late Tuesday after noon. when the Southern train from Columbia via Kingsville came in, passing through water a foot deep one mile south of Camden. This proceeded pn its way to Roek Hill and Maripn, N. 0. Mr. Williaip DePqss had 00 fine horses in the swamps two miles south pf ( amden. Wednesday afternoon at tpe risk of his jife he got 27 of them PJit of daiiger and cprraled the Others in a pen pn a knplj. The river has sinco risen so that only the heads of these penned homes are above the water. Mr. DcPass with two friends, Messrs. Witherspoon and DeLoach has gone to the rescue. Floods at Augusta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga., Speciaf.?The floods in the Carolines and Georgia culmi nated in the breaking pf tho big dam si* miles frpm Augusta, whieh di verts 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 from Fifteenth street to the eastern boundary Augusta is under from six to twelve feet of water which is grad ually rising. The big bridge across the Savannah river went down in the rush of waters and the dain at the locks seven miles above the city collapsed, adding to the flood. Three Deaths Roporttd. The Associated Press correspon dent at Augusta succeeded getting a telephone wire to work in the build ing next tp the Augusta Herald of fice an*1 from there thp first commu nicatipn tp this city wqs pbtained after t(io wires went down. Georgia Negro Lynohcd. Louisville, Ga., Special.?Vance Williams, a negro who is alleged to have murdered R. O. Brown at his fome a few night ago, was found hanging from the limb of an oak tree one mile from town near the Pauper farm with three bullet holes in the brea*t. Williams after his capture, was epnfined in the Bibb county jai) and just hpw he was tak en from there is not known , DETAILS OFfLOOD HORROR Fwtkor Lost of Ufa and Daain to Property 1* Revealed by the So coding Waters at Augusta. Augusta. Ga., Special.?Tho fiood water at Augusta is receding rapid ?y and as the water leaves the streets it is apparent that the loss ha*, been niderestimated. In addition to the iiaasters already reported it is found 'n*k t Riverside Mills, in damage ?^ant and loas of eotton, which *;.ile#l away, sustaina a loos it ^000; Rcid's Cotton Warobot'so, :ho finest in the South, is damaged in a largo turn, but it will rwiutrc i survev to determine the amount; triangular block, where tho whole ?li houiei are assembled, is badlv njured. The Nelson Morris * t o '?rehouse has collapsed, and is be ng rated j the Augusta Grocery Com ?tny'a butldtag {? damaged to the ?xtettt of $0,000; HM & Terrv ?eapcd serious loss; C. D. Carr & "O'f" Paul Mustin 6c Murphv are com paratively slightly damaged; the Na :ional Biscuit Company's building is wrecked. The Central Grammar 5chcol is badly hurt and the David ion Grammar School is damaged se verely. Starvation threatened. In some districts people who can aot leave their houses, have not tast ed food since Wednesday night. Au ?uata is trying hard to measure up to the demand upon her. At the pub lic meetings it was decided not to make an appoal for outside assist ance, but to accept any contributions uiered. It is a question if the citi zens' meeting and city council did not err in declining to make a public appeal for as?istanee and many be lieve they will yet ba compelled to ask aid of the outside world. It is certain that the mayor will gladly accept contributions and he so pub licly said in reply to Atlanta's in quiry. The immense cotton manufacturing establishments are not only idle be cause of the breaks in the canal banks, but they have recoived flood damage. The water reservoir is full. Its capacity is 60,000,000 gallons. But the service pipes are broken and the city is without water. The gas gup ply is nearly restored. The electric companies will start up in twelve hours, using steam power instead of water-power. Electric lights will not bo turned on for a week. Estimated losses are as follows: Total damaire from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Damage to city property $200,000 to $250,000. Damage to strel railroad $25,000. Damage to railroads $50,000. Damage to telephone and telegraph companies $20,000. Damage to merchant? nnd local in dustries $150,000 to $200,000. Damage to residents $50,000. Probable loss in wages to mill operatives and others $50,000. Loss by flro. FLOOD PAST RECEDING. Bodies of Two White Men and Ei?ht Negroes Have Been Found Cabs Now Taking Place of Boats? Property Loss Flaccd at a Million and a Half. Augusta, Oa., Special.?Water is fast receding from the streets of Au gusta, and the city will soon for most part be dry again. Merchants will probably begin to look over their stock by noon. Hpdics are being found. Hp far two white men and right negroes have been found. It is believed that about 35 persons, mostly negroes, Ijave lost their lives. Tho city is npw freo from water ex cept in the extremo lower portions, and oabs are taking the place of boats, The property loss is now estimated at not less* than $1,500,000. Part of Seaboard Bridge Near Rock ingham Gone. Rockingham, N. C., Special.?The flood situation is getting better, the water receding. The trestle on the island connecting the steel parts of the Seaboard bridge on the Pee Dee river is washed away. The Rock ingham Power Company's damage at Blewett Falla is not as great as at first feared. Crops in the lowlands are ruinod. Relief in the Piedmont. Charlotte, N. C., Special.?The flood situation here is only a memory, except great damage to erops, to streets nnd public roads nnd bridges. Train schedules are being rapidly re sumed. George P. Rowell Dead. Poland Springs, Me., Special.? George P. Howell, of New York, prominent fpr tpany years in the newspaper advertising business, died Friday night at the Poland Springs House, following un illness of more than a month. Fell From Train. I.ake City, Special.?Robert Cook, a young white man, was painfully injured here last week by falling from train No. 82 as it was passing. Ho had enlisted in the army at Char leston and was on his way to New York tp enter service. His family live near here, and thinking he might see some of them, he went down on the steps of the car. Losing his balance, he was hurled to the ground Physicians say he wiii recover. NEW ORLEANS FIRE A Big Conflagration Disturbs Sunday's Quiet. SWEEPS OVER THREE BLOCKS i Firemen Enjoying Iheir Annual Pic ric at Suburban Park and the Blase Geta a (Mod Headway Be fore They Get te Work on it ?. ? ?' ? New Orleans, 8pccial.--Firo which broke out iu tho eentro of the com mei'cial district hero Sunday after noon swept over portions of three blocks, destroying a large number oi wholesale housoi, manufaouring plants aud smell stores. Originating at Bienvillo aud Chartrcs streets, the fiames worked tlioir way north nt far as Conti street and west toward Royal, bringing about a pioperty less of between one and two million dol lars before they were finally sub dued. Several eircumstanccs combined to give the fire a headway which proved hard to ovcrcomo. At the timo the alarm was turned in, shortly before 3 o'cloek, the New Orleans firemen were in the midst of their annual pic nic at suburban park and tin engines and patrols resoonded with a mere handful of men. It was fully an hout before the department was in a posi tion to make anything like a suc cessful fight against the fire, and even then the handicap against it we? added to by an inadequate supplv oi water. The fire was one of the most spec tacular that has occurred in vew Or leans during reecnt years. Tho sec tion devastated was u-.ude up largely of old buildiniy, some over a hall century iu rtse. ? Thov proved like ft much tinder tn the flames, and fan ned by a high wind, the fire made ropid p; ogress. Two warehouses, filled with wino and -liquors, were among the build ings destroyed by the firs. As the> burned the barrels of whiskey and brandy exploded with thunderous roam which could be heard for block* and which d:rok tli*> walls of ad joining buildings and endangered the lives of fltcmen engaged in fighting the flames. Gen. A.x P. Stewart Dead. Biloxi, Miss., Spociul.?(Jen. Alex ander J-\ Stewalt, cue of the last two surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederate States army, died at his home here Sunday. Although in his 87th year and suffering from the in firmities of olil age. General Stew art s death was sudden and came as a distinct shock to his relatives and friends. General Stewart had been :n failing health here nt the home of his son, I)r. A. P. Stewart, for t year or moro. Dcaih was due to hepvt disease. A native of Tennes-ce, Gfn cral Stewart lived the greater part ol his life in that State, but of late had boon making his home in Biloxi where lie found the salt air nnd pine woods of great benefit to his health Nearly Stabbed to Death. Winston-Salem, N. C., Spccial. Dangercusly, puiliaps fatally wound ed, Sid Chandler, a voung white man. was found early Sunday tnorninp bleeding and unconscious, on the ground near the home of Millie Bul lock, a white woman, on Crawford street. He had been cut and stabbed on the body. At the Twin City Hos pital, where tho voung man was tak en, it was said that he was doing a? well r.s could be e/pe< ted. It is be lieved by the police that Chandlei was in a general fight among several men. Several aricsts will be mado it is said. Killed fn Family Quarrel. Tallahassee, Special.?In a shoot ing affray Sunday night at this plac? Jim Duncan was killed. Investiga tion ban consumed all day to deter mine whether the man was shot b' one Harvey, who was visiting at tin Duncan home, or by the wife of Wil" Duncan, a brother of tho dead man Harvey and Will Duncan and hit wife were all arrested. Aged Man Wrlks a Hundred Miloi to Fulfill Promlss. Huntsvllle, Ala., Rpoeial.?Charlc. Eaton, nn aged one-anned man, wh? had been released fiein jail b; Federal Judge Hundlvy t?> visit hit sick wife, surrendered himself Sat urday night after having walked ovci 100 miles 1? fulfill his promise tt return. After visiting his wife a1 Winchester, Tcnn., Flat on found him self without fund* and was forced t< walk back to Huntsville, where In was serving a sentence for illicit dis tilling. Found Dead in Hi* Office. Raleigh, N. C., Special.?Cold an< stiff in death the body of Mr. S. G Ryan, a lawyer of this city, was fount Sunday nigt nt 11 o'clpck iu his of flee in the Commercial and F'armeis Bank Building. Mr. Ryan had prob ably been dead for twelve or flfteei hours, as he had not been seen al day. F'or rome timo he had been i sufferer frcm asthma but death i: supposed to have been from hear' trouble. WILL IMPROVE SERVICE Southern to Shorten Timo Between Nsw Tork and New Orleans. Washington. Special.?In antici pation of a revival in business condi tions iu the South and as a result of cortain improvements made during the summer, the Southern Railway will improve its New York and New Orleans train service. Commencing September 7th the run of the South bound Limited will be shortenod by two hour* and the Northbound Limit ed will make the run in three and a half hours less than the present sche dule calls for. taow Falls la Maryland. Baltimore, Md., Special.?There was a light fall of snow here Wed nesday night and also in other parts of Maryland and West Virginia. New York, Special.?As a result of the ccol weather two hundred men-1 and women, many of the latter with babies in their aims, slept iu the city morgue Wednesday night, glad to accept the gruesome hospitality of the dead house. This is the first time in ihe history of New York that the morgue has had to be impiovised as a lodging house. They appeared in such numbers at last that the relief association could not tuke care of them, arid hundreds were turned sway, even with the morgue open to them. No Bail Per the Halns Brothers. New York, Special.?Capt. Peter C. Hains and his brother, 7. Jenkins Hains, were arraigned charged with the-murder of William E. Annis, and held without bail for the grand jury. Tho most startling testimony brought out at the hearing was the testi mony of Charles H. Roberts, who said thnt immediately after the shcoting T. Jenkins llains said he thought that drawing a gtm and holding the crowd in check wns the best way to prevent further blood shed. A motion of counsel for the defense to dismiss the charge against T. J. Hains was dismissed. Only three witnesses were examined. No reference wns made to tho cause for tho shooting. Shot by Car Thieves. Savannah, On., Special.?News was brought to.the city by an Atlantic Coast Line train crew, of the fatal shooting of n white merchant named Litchfield and u negro named Joseph Francis and the wounding of Town Marshal Soliman at Yeniasse. S. C., by two negro ear thieves. For some time the thieves had been at work. They were discovered at the edcre of the town in a strip of woods, and the town marshal formed a posse to arrest them. The attempt resulted in the shooting. Now Religions Scct. . Chicago, Special.?Declaring that they received a divine manifestation from out of the clouds fifteen years ago, with a warning not to reveal its nuturc until August 20th of this year, Albert . Blakely and his wife Jennie, are preparing to make the revelation public . Rlakely is a car penter and has been a profound student of the Bible for many years, lie declares hi* intention of found ing a new religions sect based on his "revelation," and asserts that all who do not nccept it will be sure ly damned. A Record for a Submarine. New York. Special.?The subma rine has made fifteen dives during the present month. This, the offi cers say, is the woild'ts record. One dive was made under the training ship Chester and one under Bren ton's reef light ship. Hotb were cleared without difficulty. News of the Day. The German Crown Prince has shocked bureaucrats by returning some reports with deprecatory com ments on red tape. Sixteen coaches were held up by the lono high way man who oppeared in Yellowstone Park Monday. Tho Cuban elections nro to be held November 14 th. It is said thnt President Roosevelt will return to the White House at lenst 10 days earlier than in former years. The War Department has ordered Colonel Stewart, (lie armv exile at an abandoned |x;st in Arizona, to take the 00-mile test ride. The revolutionary movement to overthrow President Castro, of Ven czoula, next October is said to be making rapid headway. Light workmen were killed ami a number of others injured by the col lapse of a wall at Chelsea, Ma?s. Disastrous floods are reported from South Carolina. SOUTH CAROUNA NEWS ITEMS News off Interest Gleaned From All Sections of (tie State and Arranged For Busy Readers RESULTS OP 1HE PRTMARY. j With 82.000 Votes Reported Out of Probabla Total of 93.000 it Ap pears Likely That Spartanburg Man Will bo in 8econd Raca for Sennts With E. D. Smith?Storm Continues to Interfere With ths Election Reports. Columbia, Speoiat.?With about j 82,000 of tho votos eaut Tuesday In ' tho Stato Democratic primary report-1 C(J ?, aPP?ar? tliat Mr. E. D. Kruith, of * lorence, is leading hi* nearest, opponent by nearly two thou?and; votea. Hi* vote is 22.07ft. Mr. John 1 oary Evana is second, with 21.003 votea, and Mayor Rhett is third with 18,593. | Governor Ansol lend* his opponent bv about 10,000 votes. Col. Boyd has been re-elected Adjutant (Jen-' oral. Ilis totals bein^ 4!1.270, as against 33.359 for (VI. Thompson. It rppoars reasonably certain that Mr. Melliehamp will be in tho second raca for Superintendent of Educa tion with Mr. Swearngen. who will certainly bo in a second r:no with some one; but the Spartanburg \ote, yet to be heard from, may |X's.ibly pur Mr. Elmore in that raee. Messrs.; (ansler and Cauyrhinan will be the1 contestants in the second primary for | railroad commissioner. Mr. \V. A. Jones' vote reported is 53,OiS, as a train st Mr. Baooker's 17.780. Mr. Jones' majority is the largest of anv of the opposed candidates. i Tn tho Congressional races. Mchm'*.' Aiken and Patterson have been re-1 elected^ over Messis. Bogas and Smith Mr. Aiken.'s total as reported being 7,193. ns against 5 900 for Mr. Boggs, and MrrPatterson's 5,823, as against 1.629 for Mr. Smith. In the 0th' district.^ Messrs Elleibe and Hairs dale will, it appears, contest mut ters in a second primarv. It eannot bo determined until all the votes are heard from whether Mr. Finley hns been rc-clectcd to Congress in the 5th district, or whether ho and Mr. j Butler will have to contest for the place in a second primary. Mr. James F. Byrnes has brcn elected solieitor of tho 2d circuit, and Mr. James K. Pcurifoy ??f the 9lh.' There will ho second inces for solic-! 'I?r between Missis McLanchlin and j Siucky in the 3d circuit, Messrs ! Cobb ami Rcmbert. in the 5th cir cuit. Messrs Honhani ami McKwain ; in the 10th. and Messrs Wells and Quattlebauni in the 12th. Fcr Governor. Ansel. Blease. i Abbeville 702 429 Aiken 1.502 1,320 | Anderson Bambeig 77;{ ,||<) Ha i li well (is;> Beaufort ;;?!,{ S."? Berkeley 300 17.")' Calhoun 42:) 215 Chai lesion 2,10") 3,04.1 i Cherokee |.12"> 555 Clu ster i.i.-, | Chesterfield sil j Clarendon 04!) 713 Colleton ,q:)S ' Darlington 1.034 .330 Dorehesler 327 230 > Kdcreflcld 1.01U (;72 ' Kairlield 701 f,09 Flore no:1 1.43;) 02 > Georgetown p,05 423 ' Oioonville 2,20?) 135 1 O i con wood 1,357 015 ; Hampton 410 155 Horry 1,01". 1,030 ; Kershaw 470 3.',o Lancaster 1.4'>7 431 i Laurens K?7_? 1.257 Lie*. (;il *523 l.fxington 1.059 7 |;j Marion 2.070 SI 7 Marlhoto 1.13!) 730 Newberry 1.242 1,371 | Oconee Hi.*,7 ?h,s | Orangeburg 1.951 1,159 j Pickens 1.102 1.009 ? Uichland 2,244 1,779 Saluda 402 ? 005 Spartnnburg 2.309 . 1,45s' Sumter 1.350 440; ^T?ion 1,2.10 1.2X4 Willianisbuig 230 1(i2 York 2,17:1 1,302 i Total voles 47,727 32.384 j Total Vote reported, 30,011. Railroad Situation in CelumUa Orit-! ioal. | Columbia, H, ('? Special.?At 2:30 I^riady morning tho railroad situa tion in Columbia is critical. Tho Atlantic ( oast Line, which have been maintaining schedule* i<? :,;is time have be n annulled In :>?;.] *>??! of Columbia on account of the bad condition of the Wateec river tie-tlo, 28 miles j-outh of Columbia. Owing to the unsafe condition of the Kinus-I ville trestle on the Southern's lino! to Charleston that outlet is closed. I Out of eleven lines of railroad lead- j ing out of the city tU Southern's \ line to ( harlot to is 1100 ihe only one in operation. Subsiding at Cclumbia. I Columbia. S. C? Spccial.?At last there is improvement in the floo.l i situation, which has been the worst . in the history of the istate. It is ; difficult to get reports from up the j State,^ but thsse has beon practically no rainfull over the State gcuerally I in tho nasi twenty-four hours and j practically all tho orincipal rivers ihad begun to fall by noon. It is ! r.ow confidently hoped that tho worst I if* over. Communication from Au gusta is still cut off, but a message from Aikon sajs tho river there id falling. No trains are passing over either line cf the Seaboard crossing thd State, and the Southern has bee:l compelled to abandon detouring the Seaboard's trains, having so nnHi dctouring to do on its own account. Tho Southern's line south hns heed <tit cii on account of both its bridge and that of the Seaboard across the Congarce being unsafe. The South ern's trains to Savannah an I Jack sonville are being detourcd by Branchville and Mnckvillo. T!?*% Southern's line to Charlotte is still in od working order, and now coiuidercd out of danger, the Ca tawba falling rapidly. Came go is Tromcudoaj. It is impossible to got at a satis factory estimate of the damage in tbis State. It will go far info the millions. The opinion prevails over the State that the cotton and corn crops over the State as a whole arc damaged 50 per cent. The damage to manufacturing and power plants is tremendous, and the Ins* of manv squillc miles cf tc soil in the low lands will approximate a million dollars. A party of young men went down the Cougir.eo liver in hen's to at tempt to i est lie abi.nt r>() negro t? nants wLo bad been cut off in their houses bv tho lising waters. There have been manv nnriov/ escapes so far. but no loss of life in cr around Columbia, Suieido at Laurena. Laurens, Special.?Tho city was stirred by the news, that some time during the night Mr, ( . C. Wilson, a white man about .r>() yea is old, had committed suicide i:i the police sta tion Louse by hanging himself with the blanket from liis bunk, l'atiol man \\. II. Hudson discovered the pendant body aL about 1 o'clock in tie mornjng on a casual stroll thiough tilt? building, l.ife was ex tuii't, tho neck having been broken. Mr. Wilson had boon takin in charge by the police for being drunk and disoidet I v. He has been arrested Irt<|ii( utIv lor the same cause and detained over niuht. lie tailed for a blanket an I Chief Hagwell attend ed to 11tin. At 1 o i hick Mr. Hudson happened past the cell < 1 <>?>?-. whero the dniuken man was <onli<icd. and rot i< cd li is body close ii'iou the grat ing door, apparently stan ling. Think ing this an unusual post me for the man at that time of night, he in vestigated and found that the body was hanging by the lorn blanket fioni the uppermost bar of the cell dc or. Mr. Dodson called to Chief Hagwell and a messenger was dis patched for Dr. Sehayer, but noth ing could be done, as the unfortu nate man ha 1 been dead for some minute-, nt least. 'I he suicide was a painter by trade, but whiskey had about destroyed his capacity for woik. His familv live at the Lau rens Mi lis. On several occasions be l??re Mr. \\ ilsi ii had threaleued to lake his own lite. Manv expressions <>| yoriow have been heard on (lie streets, for the deceased was a ha i in l< ss man; only an unfortu nate victim of drink. Tr oundcd Man Dies. Walhalla. Special.?William Tlnift who was shot by Logan Kauicy Tues day evening at Long ('reek, Oconee County, died about 4:.'U) o'clock II urge! ay morning fiom the effects < 1' I lie wounds, which were inflicted with a ;H-<alibre pistol, and not with a shotgun as at fiist reported. Haincy is in jail at Walhalla. Tho coroner'? juiy lendcrcd a verdict in accordnine wish the above facts. Anlhcny Suocumtn to Injlttlos, Andeison, Kpo<inl,~'The news of the death of 2^1 r. S. A. Anthony, nt Pour.Id's* hns been received here. Alt', An.i otiy wrs section foreman of the Suilhein Kailway, and was at t< ;iditg to his ? ulies on Saturday uiulit v.hen an extra fr<iv.lil oimint? struck him, inflicting iiijuins v.hicli pn.vid to be fatal. Hi; entire fore land was mashed and III" jaw bones were ciushed. More than fifty pieces of piokcn bone were i< moved. Mr. Anlhciiy died in (irocnville in a snu ilnriiun. where lie was luiriied after the accident. No blame is attached to the train crc.v. SURE CURE For All Dimimi of STOMACH, Uver ? Kidneys UCTRK ulek R?U?f and Cor? for Hnd* Mh?, Btchaehe, DltilniM, Indlgaation, Malaria, ?to. ITTERS Tho fcMt tonic, Curtfiv* M?dtcine for those <lu ?U??, SOo. OuarantMd