The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 12, 1903, Image 4
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?AINBTOLE MILLS nEHQL?SfH??ll
KlIlhiR a HuniIiVtl or Moro Pnnp|o
anti Wounding Miniv Moro.
Property IIOSB ol* Til roo
ll\i II (I ret? Tliniisand
Dol?ais.
A terrille force, struck Gainesville
Ga., Munday June 2, out of a clear
f?Uy, causing fearful loss ol' life tu that
city and New Holland and White.
.Sulphur. As near as can be calculat ed
at present thc results are 8{i women
and children dead and perhaps 40
more fatally Injured, with a property
loss ol" something like $.100,000. The
death list is yet imperfect, not all the
bodies having been recovered and
iden titled; Many of them were mangled
ed beyond recognition, the only means
of identification being Hie records of
the two cotton mills, in which most
or the victims worked.
Thc dcatli-dealiug storm appeared
suddenly a little before 1 o'clock and
within two minutes it had killed near
ly IOU persons, torn two stories from
the ti vc- lloor brick factory of the
Gainsville (.'olton mills, demolished
almost 200 collage, razed two brick
stores to thc ground and blown down
innumerable outbuildings. I ty what
appears to bc a miracle, thc tornado's
fury was con tined to the outskirts of
the city, the main business and resi
dence portion not being touched. Tor
rents of rain accompanied the wind,
but within live minutes after its li ist.
onslaught thc sun was shining upon a
scene of fearful desolation.
Thc list of thc dead is con li ned
mainly to operatives of the Gaines
ville Cotton mills and thc Pa colet Cut
ton mills, and two-thirds of them
were v-omen and children.
Unconfirmed reports from White.
Sulphur, seven miles from Gainesville,
say that about 12 persons were killed
there. Their names are not yet
obtainable and hopes are expressed
that this report is unfounded.
IN TIT13 TWINKLING OK AN KYK.
The tornado did ils appalling work
in such incredibly short time that it
is dim ult to get a coherent descrip
tion ol'its character, lt appears tu
have swept down from the
southwest, striking the Gainesville
mills with a roar like the re Port "f
artillery. After lifting two stories
from Ibis structure il swept on to the
northward, leaving a trail of distinc
tion along Summit street, which is in
habited almost exclusively by negroes.
Nearly 100 cottages tit' colored people
on this street were leveled to the
ground, hut hy a fortunate circum
stance the tenants were all absent hav
ing left the eily in Hie morning to
take pattin a negro picnic.
The furious wind next descended'on
the plant of the l'aeolet Cotton mills
at New Holland, two milt s from the
Southern station. This is one til' the
largest!mills in thc south, employing
more than 000 hands. The storm
spared the Paeolet factory, but entire
ly demolished 100 ol' its cottages,
standing near by and tenanted by ils
operatives. J 1?re the fatalities were
greatest, upwards ?if persons being
buried in thc ruins of Gie cottages.
Bodies were blown hundreds of yunis
and many of them when picked up
bore no semblance lo humanity. The
trunk of one young hoy was lound
with the head decapitated as if hy
the guillotine.
From New Holland the torn?til)
swept onward to the east ol' White
Sulphur, a town of about 100 persons.
Thc extend of its destruction there
cannot now be definitely told, but re
ports so for received indicate consid
erable loss of life.
TKUUIIIIA MANOLKI).
Thc bodies of most of thc dead in
the two cotton mills were fearfully
torn and mangled: the skulls of many
of thom were crushed and thc limbs
broken: some were torn and crushed
about the abdomen with the viscera
visibly protruding. The local physi
cians who gave first aid to the injured
say the sights were horrible beyond
description. The death list is expect
ed to bc of nilli:ii greater magnitude
hy morning, as nearly .'10 are believed
to bc hurt beyond hope ol' recovery.
SUlUI KONS KUOM ATLANTA.
Gainesville has only 12 local physi
cians and their services were found
entirely inadequate fur the situation.
Surgeons from Atlanta and other
points came, so that the number in
the city now is about lo and all pos
sible care and attention is being given
the injured people.
At a meeting Monday night of
physicians, newspaper men and citi
zens of Gainesville a relief committee
was formed with Janies If. (?ray ol'
Atlanta as the chairman. Supplies
will be rushed into the stricken city
rs rapidly as possible. Gainesville
feels able to take care ol' the immedi
ate needs ol' the sniveling, but unless
supplies are received much distress is
likely to result, as the families visited
by death and mutilation were almost
without exception dependent, upon
their daily labor for support.
The property loss. iL is now esti
mated, will reach about *:ioo,ooo.
TH 15 KI HST DICTA I I.S.
.Tust after the noon hour t he city
was struck by a terrific cyclone, kill
ing probably one hundred person; ,
unroofing t he city hotels, nt lu e large
buildings and destroying the Gaines
ville cotton mills.
The greatest loss of lift? is reported
in thc destruction of I lie. cotton mills
where about SO persons ?ire reported
killed and scores injured.
Eighteen persons were killed in thc
city between the centre of town anti
the railroad station where four large
stores were blown down. The storm
had driven many persons into these
stores for refuge ami they were proba
bly all killed.
There wen; sim persons at work in
thc cotton null when the cyclone
struck. The mill was a l in .?(-stol \
building. The first was left standing
but bailly wrecked.
The sec >nd and third Moots were
completely demolished ami thc em
ployes caught und' r the wreckage
and mangled.
Five blick stores on ?he main street
of Gainesville wcreswc.pt away. In
all 200 buildings are di iiioiisncd t hens
'lliii cyclone wi n! on i i New Hol
land and ii. i s helio v.* tl a; least peo
ple arc killed lhere.
lill'. OKA ll.
The Ilsl rex i.-si up toa late hour
Tuesday night isa-; follows:
IM .i ?i ci ?
killed ?ti tho Hu?let tut)'? afc ftp*
liol land \
Mr*. AV-M \V -hr,, ap?ti ?O, \
Mr?, hi ft Q'Koilny. n?.
Wm. Woatmuw.ftpdi -ii, ss
tti-c. Marian WMbanliA, <*0,'
Mro. II. ?T, Kelston. '4?.
Henny H etui ricka, ja,
Mrs, J. U. liryun, 4"i
Lester Phillipa, t.O.
Mrs. Tv A. Coker, Uti,
Wm. Tulum, 25.
Norman j'Vhlto," 10.
Mrs. J. lt. White; .1,5,.
Ola White, 10.
M rs.'Wm. Led ford, 10.
Willie'Ledford, 18 monthR.
Harry Loyd, 00.
Mrs. Thomas Truelove, 18.'
Mrs. M. A. Pass, 60.
. Spurgeon PARS, 60.
Spurgeon Pass, Jr.. 12.
John Mayne, ex-clerk of the superior
cou rt of Hall county. 02.
Mrs. il. L. Nicks, 42.
Mrs. Julia Neely, 66.
Baby York, 10 months.
Pearl York, 4'. I
Leon McGill, 1.
Mrs. Mary Abel, 70.
Mrs. Hell York, 27.
Maicy Westmoreland, 9.
Myrtice Westmoreland, (I.
Manda Wylie, colored, 45.
Killed at the Gainesville mills:
Hubert Leven, ll; head torn oil'.
Gen; Cumming.
Mrs. Annie Garrett.
John Wesley Adams, .14.
Mary Clarke. 18.
Maud- Goldi ai, 113.
Pertie London, 14.
Fannie Duncan, 11.
Mary Lou Duncan, ll.
C. Knowles.
Hessin Skinner, lf>.
LMna Peers.
Lillie Woodie. Ll.
Mr. J. M. Camp and baby.
Hob Morris, 12.
Claudie Shed, ll.
Urin Haynes, 12.
.lack Murphy.
Jake Waddell, 17.
Lizzie Rich, Ki.
Grady Lee, 14.
Ethel Lylo, 12.
Dorothy Sloan.
Minnie Stowe, l l.
I0d. Nagle.
Herman English, Kl.
Dorothy Sloan, ir?.
Lillie Lodgins, ir?.
Lula Lodgins, 15.
Mrs. Nathan Jones.
Homer Ash, 21.
Comp Asbe, 10.
Minnie .hickson, 17-.
Morris Child.
Haby of Herrington.
Missing:
W. JO. Hannhitcr.
Light persons killed in the destruc
tion of the Jones vt Logan stores near
the Southern deport arc not included
in thc above list. All of them were
men except M rs. Jones, the wife of
thu proprietor of Jones' general store.
Two ol' the men killed in the Logan
store ..vere negroes.
A MASS OK UUINS.
The entire pathway ol' the storm,
extending two miles from the Gaines
ville mills around the outskirts of the
city to the Pacolet mills at New Hol
land is st mass of ruins, but form
nat ely the cottages in the trail of til
tornado between the Soul hem stat ion
and New - Holland were those of ne
groes who were all absent from the
city Monday lu attendance on a col
ored excursion.
Musi ness is almost entirely suspend
ed throughout the city, thc attention
of everybody being given to the care
ol' thc wounded and suffering. There
is no lack of medical atteution, many
surgeons being present from Atlanta
and oilier cities. There is great need,
however, of closing* antiseptics and
other medical supplies.
The local militia have been called
out for police duty. The city is very
orderly and quiet' and only a few In
stances ol' pillaging have been re
pelled.
TOUNADO'S WOltK COM I'LKTK.
Tile work or the tornado was com
plete. From the factory whore lt
li ist descended upon the doomed city
to the hills beyond New Holland
where it rose into thc upper air, the
destruction of property is appalling.
Along this entire course tor a dis
tance ol' two miles there is not a fence
standing, nota habitable house, most
nf the latter being reduced to strips
like laths anti scarcely a tree left.
At New Holland the storm did its
worst. Nothing but thc barren red
hills are left there to tell thc story of
bbc awful disaster.
Kor a distance of three-quarters of
i mile on the hillsides and in thc val
ley to the left ol' the Pacolet, milis tile
{round is obscured almost entirely by
Hie fragments ol' the 150 houses that
?vere 1 here when t hc twist ing tornado
?Wi pl. down.
Standing on the hill top nearest the
ii ty of Gainesville and looking north
urst, a strip of perfectly smooth swept
.erritory is presented to the eye of the
ihserver and awl the entire vista is
laved with the. wreckage ol' destroyed
ionics.
The Cotton lteport.
The department of agriculture's cot
on bulletin issued Thursday shows
.he condition of cotton to be 74.1. Thc
icrciigc planted is 2S.?.107,000, and ta
rrease of 1,02!),(KIO over last year, or
t.7 percent. The average condition
il t he growing crop on May 20 was
M. I as compared with !).">. 1 on May 2(1,
002, 81.6 on May 2, 1001, and a 10
.car average of 80.0. Thc percentage
d' increase, in thc (liit?rent states is as
ol lows.
States. H. C.
S'orth ( 'arolina. 7.0
-ouih ('arolina. 7.2
?corgia. 4.4
Florida. 2.0
Maha ma. . 2.a
dississippi. 4.5
.oiiisiana. 2.8
Texas. 1.6
\ rkansas. l."?
Tennessee. 0.0
?I i.ssouri.11.0
Mi lal ioma. f?.!l
I rubati Territory.IO..'I
The condition ol' thc crop by states
ni May L'ii was as follows:
V i rginia.72
North Carolina.74
tooth Carolina.70
?corgia. 75
l-'lorida.81
Alabama.7."1
vi ississippi.78
[j niisiaiia.7ti
I'exas. .70
\ rkansas.70
I ci messet?.8 J
yiissnuri.sa
Milalioina.72
I ndian Territory.7?
The conditions now reported is for
.li? . nil.m belt as a winde and for thc
?tales ol' (ii orgia,-A bi bama and Texas
li particular, the lowest, - condition
.VI I reported at ibis season ol' the
/ear. The crop is ainu st everywhere
rom lo to 21 days late.
PO8TA?1 ?'KAUDS. |
$WQ iUr-j AFfests Mild* iq PtjtiiitC':
. ton Wi ^?n
OK THE CHANGE py ijOHBPIRAC^
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>ii(l |?e| r.'tll<li|m Uli) Gt????flHi???M? ill
tho Purohase ot* i.enther
l'une (UH Furnished tho
* Rural Carriers.
As a result of the sweeping Investi
gation in Washington of affairs at the
postolllee di pirtment, Thomas AV..
McGregor, a clerk in charge bf the
supplies for the free rural delivery ser
vice and C. Ellworth ?pton of Baltt
raore, one of McCregor'-H assistants,
Friday were arrested on the charge of
conspiracy, with Charles E. Smith of
I'alt i more to defraud the government
in the purchase of the leather pouches
furnished the rural carriers througout
the country. Their cases make seven
arrests in ail siucc the investigation
began. Obiter arrests arc expected
later.
The story of the arrests is best told
in the following uilicial statement
given by Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow Friday evening:
'"Thomas W. McGregor and C. Ells
worth Upton were arrested Friday
afternoon upon warrants sworn out-In
Baltimore by Inspectors J. I). Sullivan
and ll. 1). Simmons, charged with a
conspiracy, with Charles E.-Smith and
others, to defraud thc United Slates
government in thc purchase of pouches
from C. E. Smith of baltimore. The
complaint sets forth that McGreg r
and Upton agreed with Smith to ob
tain for bim many thousands of letter
pouches such as arc used by rural let
ter carriers. The price agreed upon
was HO ceiits per pouch; the actual
value was less than 50 cents. Smith
was to pay to them the difference be
tween 90 and 50 cents per pouch, lt
is stated at the department that thc
actual number of pouches which were
purchased exceeded 20,000, for which
the government paid ?0 cents each, or
$18,000 in all. Smith received and re
tained of this for his own use $10,000.
The remaining $8,000 was paid to Mc
Gregor and Upton. The government
could have bought the entire number
of pouches from thc manufacturers for
$8,000."
McGregor has been in the postal
service since. 1801. He came to Wash
ington from Nebraska as a messenger
and subsequently was promoted to a
clerkship and li nally was appointed by
Mr. Machen lu charge of thc supply
work of the rural free delivery service.
Mr. Upi;;:, isa Baltimorean and has
been in thc postal STVSCC Bl years.
Both the men arrested are married.
They were taken into custody at the
pust?ni(i? department shortly before
thc close of olllce hours. Upton asked
to he taken before a commissioner at
Baltimore instead of in Washington,
because of bis wider acquaintance
lhere and better opportunity for secur
ing bail. Accordingly he was taken
lo that city by two post?nico inspec
tors shortly before (i o'clock Friday
evening. McGregor was taken to the
olllce ol' United States Commissioner
Taylor and released on $5,000 bond.
Ile waived a preliminary hearing.
McGregor has been under thc close
surveillance of the inspect rs for
weeks, and has been subjected to a
close examination for several hours a
day during a part of that time. The
inpsectors say that they completed the
evidence they wanted before taking
decisive action.
M A CH KN INDICTED.
August W. Machen, former superin
tendent of thc free delivery service of
the postolllee department, who was
arrested several days ago charged
with sharing profits on government
contracts for letter box fasteners bas
been indicted hy the grand jury at
Washington. The amount which the
indictment finds be received illegally
is $18,087.70. Mr. Machen was in
court with his attorneys when thc
grand jury reported and immediately
gave bond in the sum of $20,000 for
his appearance in court. The trial
will occur in October.
THE GAINESVILLE TORNADO.
t\ Condensed Statement ot' (lie Kn
snits nt' the A wi n 1 CuluHtrnphc.
A dispatch from Gaiusville, Ga.,
says the relief committee met Thurs
day night and issued a statement as to
lives lost, bouses destroyed, number
dead and injured, those needing hos
pita! treatment, etc. This is the first
authentic report from the committee.
It is as follows:
At New Holland: Number killed,
33; sure to die, 1; wounded 75; need
hospital treatment. 30; in hospital; 22.
Houses totally demolished, 10; total
number of families, tit?: representing
300 people, all of whose effects were
destroyed; bouses damaged, 42: total
number families, U0, representing 300
people, one-third of whose effects were
destroyed.
in thc Gainesville Mill district:
number killed, .'Ki: number missing. 1;
fatally injured, 3; total injured, 115;
number needing hospital treatment, 8;
number now In hospital, 7: number to
be moved to hospital, 1.
Between Athens and Main streets:
Number dead, 20; injured 25: needing
hospital treatment, 12; In hospital, 5:
to move to hospital, 7.
Number houses destroyed, (10; people
homeless, 300.
From Athens street to PacolctMill:
M umber dead, 5; fatally injured, 5;
total injured, -Ki; needing hospital
treatment, 10-11 colored, I white.
Houses destroyed, HO; people home
less 300.
Total killed, 05; total will die, 12:
total wounded, 2111; total number in ed
lug hospital treatment, 150: total num
ber now in hospital, 31.
Number houses totally destroyed,
lot); total number houses partial y
destroyed, 10; total number persons
homeless. 000.
Thc above list of houses destroyed
only includes residences anti cottages
and does liol, include stores, factories
and pillees demolished.
The work ol' relief is proceeding with
expedition, although it was somewhat
retarded hy the. cold drizzling rain
which poured down Thursday from
dawn until midnight Thc relief com-1
in it tees are much encouraged hy the
generous contributions from outside
sources and the number of physicians
and trained nurses who have volun
teered their services.
The PacolctMill, at New Holland,
started running again at noon Thurs
day. Assistant Superintendent Voting |
stated that a large number reported lori
work.
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IJ?EN wi LL aa mum.
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At faritoi 4'hf?t ia What fhfe ft^ityiVtt
Jil'W llHllputo.
fi. ufch Carol I na farrqp.j-Q HI<D .ntwr?
??ted in tho report, th af, t}ip Hoods In
tho West have Rorlrously affected thp
crop or oom and wheat, Those who
prefer to purchase Western corn rather
than cultivate a crop may ponder over
the outlook with considerable concern.
They will have to pay a long price Tor
the cereal, and If cotton creeps to five
cents the bottom will drop out of the
full dinner pall. In its review of the
'depressing situation the New York
Commercial say.-:
The heavy rains throughout the
great corn-growing regions beyond
the Hooded valleys, if continued much
longer, will, lt is feared, do irreparable
injury. All ot thc corn planting that
ivas done was done before May 1">, and
probably not more t han (50 or 70 per
cent of the planting was finished up
ta that date. Then the heavy rains
commenced through Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska and losva, and this prevent
ed the farmers from continuing their
work in the' Heids.
The wet weather has contlhued so
long that the farmers have been un
able to look after the corn which they
had planted, and it is now becoming
so late that, even if good weather
should arrive, itisdoubtful if it would
be advisable to add much to thc corn
acreage, for the reason that it would
be likely to bring the late planted crop
into the season of frost, when it was
in a critical condition.
Probably a large percentage ol' the
early sown corn will be all right In
the advent, of good weather very
soon. At best, it is feared that there
will be a corri shortage in thc fall of
from :t0 to 40 per cent. Oats arc said
to have been affected almost as much
as corn. Wheat, however, has, up to
the present time, not been materially
alfected although the long continued
wet spell will probably make it two
weeks later than usual.
A Woman's I Icu rt.
Some one has truly said that there
are three things that man is destined
never to solve-perpetual motion) the
square or a circle, and thc heart or a
woman. While he may go a liule
way into thc labyrinth of the last
with the thread ol' love, which his
Ariadne will gladly give him at the
door, he wili never solve it.
"Tim dim chambers arc fragrant
with precious things, for through thc I
winding passages Memory has strewn
ruc and lavender, love and longing,
sweet spikenard and instinctive be
lier. Home day, when the heart
aches, she will brew content from
these.
'.There aro harriers which bc may
hot pass, secret treasures that he may
imt soe, dreams that he may not guess.
There are dark coiners where there
has been torture, of wliich he will
never kpow. There arc sba lows and
ghostly shapes which Penelope has
hidden with the rn'rest fabrics'nf her
loom. There are doors tightly locked,
which lie has no key to open: rooms
which have contained costly vessels,
empty and deep with dust.
"There is no other step than his,
for ho waiks there alone; sometimes
to the music of dead days and some
times to tlie laughter ol' a littlechild!,
The petals of crushed roses rustle at
his feet-his ro.ses-in ?fefij . ip> ti
places of her lieSf6;- ; A rid 'v*i$jjf$t? ot
spotless marble, with the infinite
calm of mountains and perpetual
snow, is something which he seldom
comprehends-her love of her own
whiteness.
"ItIs a wonderous thing. For it is
so small lie could hold lt in the Hollow
of his hand, yet it ls gr^at enough to
shelter him forever. All thc wprld
may not break it if his love is stead
fast and unchanging, and loving him,
lt becomes deep enough to love and
pity the whole world.
"lt is a lender thing. So often is
it wounded that it cannot see another
sutler, and its own pain is easier far
to bear, lt makes a shield of its ten
derness, gladly receiving stabs that
were meant for him, forgiving al
ways and forgetting when it may.
"Vet, after all, it isa simple thing.
For In times of deepest doubt and
trouble, it requires for its solace only
the tender look, the whispered word
which brings new courage, and the
old-time grace of the lover's way."
Gi?Raip and Slander.
Thc Atlanta News says gossip and
slander have grown apace since the
creeds of the old south were swept
away by war, and were clinked by the
gross materialism of the age. Virtue
on wagging tongues is held lightly and
character is of small esteem. Good
names are bandied in idle gossip and
fair reputi in man or woman is injured
in the careless whisper of the street.
Rumor robs like a highwayman and
slander stabs like a bandit with never
a code, save the doubtful process of
law, to make them afraid. The age
cf personal responsibility was the age
of purity and lhe age of courtesy, lt
had Its limitations and it can scarcely
be justified in tile law of God or mau.
Hut this much at least is true: That
in tlie time ol' its best expression it
must be set down as one at least of
tlie essential glories of the old south
that no man spoke lightly ot th? honor
ol' woman or of the good name ol' his
fellow-man.
A PitKNCii woman fell into a cata
leptic trance May 21, 188.'l, just after
giving birth to a child. All these
years she lay willi jaws clinched,
limbs rigid and in a profound lethargy.
Various doctors for a few years tried
all known remedies. They had a line
time "practicing'' on her. For the
last few years she showed some signs
of returning consciousness. About
live months ago when a doctor was ex
amining lier llesh she said: '"You are
pinching nie." She fell asleep at i!2
and died at. 1:2. All those years food
was supplied through a quill inserted
where a tooth was extracted tor tiltil
purpose.
PUKSIOKNT Roosevelt.says: "lt was
my good fortune to serve beside col
ored t?o ?ps at Santiago." The Stale
says passing over the fact that Col.
Roosevelt later critiscd those colored
troops, practically accusing them ot
cowardice, we would like lo know why
he does not continue to avail himself
of the pleasure ol' serving beside ne
groes? Why not put at least one col
ored man in Iiis cabinet? Why not
suggest that I tooker Washington be.
made his running mate? Oh, liypuc
rlcyi"
Tor. eight-year old son of Mr. P.
H. Kr.yant. or Saluda, died wit h hydro
phobia last week. Ile was bitten
several months ago and had the
Georgia mad stone applied. After
this no uneasiness was felt, but hy
drophobia developed last week and af
ter :i(i hours of terrible suffering tin
little fellow died.
i
I
t fri?rrtwwrttiTp?i|iT\r~-~ ';;^j?i'i?'n yhMwi
tflUKFUL DISASTER.
With A Mighty Qui}? AhBi-y WittM
Carty Poa^h und,
WRECK SEVERAL COTTON HILLS.
Tho I JOSS ol' iJrop?Tiy Will Kundi IPI
10 tho Millions and Many I??*r?"
dons "Porl?he?l In Their
liomin
Itefnre thc waters of a mighty Hood
Pacolet, S. C., has been swept from
thc map and thc great cotton mills of
that place lind Clirtou, S. C., are
beneath the surface of a cloudburst's
onward rush, completely wiped out
by the storm. As thc Topeka disaster
was eclipsed by the Gainesville horror
so it now seems in turn that th : loss
of property if not of ll fe in thc Georgia
city will bc eclipsed by the great wave
of devastation which has swept
through and over the great milling
districts of Clifton and Pacolet with
such destructive violence.
Thc dark shadow of the storm sot
tied over Spartanburg Friday night,
hanging above the city like some grim
spectre of death. With increasing
vehemence the elements prepared for
their invasion of the doomed district
until the storm reached the propor
tions of a giant cloudursl when thc
downpour from thc black depths of
heaven swept away thc dams which
in turn settled into one vast, swirling
stream which roared throughout the
valley where the mills are situated
and thc rushing waters roared in
tri u in ph above houses and homes
whore only thc day before the spindle
and thc loom wore at work and a
thousand laborers were happy.
It is estimated that the property
loss will reacli ?2,000,000. At Pac
let thc following damage has been re
ported:
.Mill No. I has been washed com
pletely away.
Mill No. 2 totally destroyed.
Mill No. :t is partially destroyed.
The dams of the three mills arc
swept away and the waters rush un
checked through the wide gap thus
opened. Thc warehouse of Mill No.
1 with it total stock of goods and cot
ton was swept away, while the hotel,
the leading churches and almost every
building in the doomed little ci^y has
been swept away or totally destroyed.
Mill No. I at Clifton has gone down
before the rush of waters and Mill
Nd. - is moving before thc Hood with
only a question of time before it will
follow thc fate of the others.
Pacolet and Clifton arc situated in
the deli les of two valleys, between
lofty ranges ol' hills towering on either
side. Most of thc homes of the work
men are located in the valley with the
hillls in which they are laborers, hut
a few straggling dwellings skirt the
hillside above tho homes below. Only
the homes nu the hillside were saved,
as tho valley was (IO feet beneath a
mighty Hood, lt was just at dusk
that the tl rat approach of the storm
was noted Friday night. All thrungli
the day the drip and drizzle ol a dreary
rain had fallen but as the afternoon
wore ou the sky grew darker and
nightfall fell fast.
.lust at thc hour when the sun
should have been setting behind the
western hills the storm broke over the
doomed valley in all its fury. For
over! bonis the terrille downpour con
tinued ii. all the fury or a giant cloud
burst and tile angay waters soon
loosened thc fastening of the dam
above thc mills and humps of the ter
ror .stricken families who, peering
with white faces and terror-stricken
looks ouL into the blacky pitchness of
the night, knew little of tlie doom
thal lmng over them.
Just above the valley three dams
are localed, equal distance apart, one
above the other. Slowly but surely
t he li ist dam gave way before the
surge of waters which took on renewed
force ai toe storm continued. The
works of man soon gave way before
the dread onslaught of heaven and
with thc total destruction of the tirst
dans the two remaining fell in swift
succession. With thc last dam down
there was nothing between the be
leagurcd little valley with its people,
homes and factories but thc rubbish
in the pathway and the slight barrier
of trees and fences.
The Hood of angry waters hit the
villages of Pacolet and Clifton with
terrille force. Homes were swept
away by the onward ebb of the rush
ing current like straws upon the
bosom of a stream. There was no
drift to tlic water but a mighty rush
that carried all before it. Factories
and churches, houses, homes, public
buildings, all su tiered the same fate.
A greater number of thc homes were
located on the hill-ode and these,
located as they were above the patli
bf the storm, were saved from destruc
tion. Following thc storm a heavy
gale arose which swept along in the
path of the cloudburst adding terror
to the fearful havoc already wrought..
The scene ot* devastation is almost
complete.
The latest news indicates that thc
loss of life and the damage to proper
ty will he appalling. Thc detailed
loss is not obtainable as yet, but the
most conservative estimates put loss
Of life in the neighborhood of one hun
dred and damage to property at
something over two million dollars.
At Clifton the drowned are said to be
in thc neighborhood of Hf ty.
It seems thc river rose with a
startling suddenness and destroyed
the mills along ifs banks before the
people of the conni y had hardly re
alized what was happening. Not
only t he mills lint all the railroad and
county bridges have been washed
away. The Southern railway bridge
near here, thc highest and strongest,
between Atlanta and Washington, is
down and traille on the road has been
tinned around by Columbia.
A special from Clifton says the Con
verse mill, which had 51,000 spindles,
is entirely gone. Fifty people have
been drowned there. Names are not
obtainable as yet, but there is little
doubt that this number has perished.
11 is feared that even more will bc
found when the waters of the river
have receded sulliclciitly to allow the
rescue work to be prosecuted. Four
thousand people arc thrown out of
work by the destruction of the Con
verse mills alone.
Coi.. .Ino. li. Tow!ll of Hatcsbiirg
says that a dozen landscape garden
ers from Pinehurst, N. C., have been
brought to liatcsburg and are prepar
ing thc grounds on which a big tourist
hotel will lie erected by thc Summer
lund Hotel Company with which.I. P.
Matthews and A. Gamewell La Motte
ot that city are connected.
U?f\min II j nj 11 rijiinpm' inJ?pflli?jT^Yiirirtii i , ju n i
WV? 1?<?I?, ^aniUM tiufrntUuM ihtfir
Humas, uffi H\UJ$,
ijight men wert) killed In a hattie
between ouwboys and ii family of
farmers nmnod Lorry, at St. Fra? pis,!
Kas, The cowbnyu wero employed hy
the Dewar Cattle Company, and there
had been bud feeling between them
and the Berrys Tor some time. Land
?had been taken up by old man Berry
as a homestead. The fences of the
cattle company Interfered with his
passage to and from the roads. Wire
hilting on the part of the Berry
fi?";' in order to get the shortest
possible road to town, ls said to have
been the originial cause of the qui rreL
The cowboys on the Dewar ranch had
threatened to kill the family..
Thc fight, result!nj? in the live
deaths, came after a recent trip of the
Lorry family to town. The rather
and-four sons were returning to their
homes. ^ Fight miles from their des
tination they stopped to cut their way
through the wire fence. The cowboys
came upon them Just as they complet
ed the work. Thc -Berrys mounted
quickly and thc cowboys lired. The
oldest Berry, John, was wounded but
stay in his saddle. The farmers had
the freshest mounts and soon were
beyund accurate rille range. The cow
boys kept up a scattering fusillade of
shots. Arrving home, thc Berrys did
not think they had been pursued all
thc way, and they were in front of
the house when the party of cowboys
rode up thc hill, a few yards to the
north. Thc shooting began immedi
ately.
Two of the Berry boys were killed
before they could react i their rilles.
j The old man and the other two boys
(got inside the house. There were
about twenty cowboys and they start
ed on tile gallop for the house, intend
ing to lire it and burn the defenders
out. Thc old mau and the boys at
tempted to escape from the other side
of the house and were shot down in
succession. Three or the cowboys
were killed by the farmers while they
were defending thc house.
A Compuriwm in Figures.
Tlie recent great catastrophes, in
which so many lives were lost, calls
forth a comparison In flumes by the
Scientific American between the loss
of life by accidents, particularly rail
roads, and tlie fatalities of war.
These figures show, says the Scientific
American, according to Accident
Bulletin, No. U, published by the
Interstate Commerce committee, that
the humber of passengers killed In
train accidents during the months of
October, November and December,
1902, was 28?, and of injured, 2,738.
Accidents of othct kinds, including
those sustained hy employes while at
work and passengers getting on and
ol? cars, etc., bring the total number
of casualties up to 12,811. Of these
,938 were killed and 11,870 injured;
from which we see that, at the close
of last year our railroads were killing
people at tlie rate of :i,7?2 per year,
and disabling them at the rate of 47,
41)2, arate ot ?l,244 deaths and In
juries in a single twelvemonths. Now,
these ligures are surely sufficient ly
shocking in themselves; but we can
better appreciate their meaning If we
compare them with tlie casualties in
some specilied instance of tlie univer
sally-admitted "horrors of .war."
During thc whole of the Boer war,
which lasted about three years, the
total number of casualties (killed,
wounded, died of disease, and invalid
ed home) in the British army was 27,5
7:12, of whom ?,72" were killed in ac
tion. The Boer losses, If we exclude
the number of prisoners taken, were
not so numerous as those of the
British; but even if we allow that
they were approximately equal, we
lind that thc whole number of casual
tics of British and Hoers, throughout
thc three years, was only about equal
to the total number of railroad casu
alties in the United States, supposing,
that is, that thc rate shown in thc
last three months of last year were to
prevail for the whole year. Judging
from the daily record of accidents
during the tirst three months of 1903,
this rate has not only been sustained,
but has greatly increased. What are
wc going to do about it?
Wo MICH'S S cl lol urn li i ?IH.
Miss Louisa B. l'openhcim, chair
man of the educational department,
Routh Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs, announces that the following
scholarships are open and will be
awarded by the Federation:
Converse College-Three scholar
ships, each valued at $100 a year, for
four years academic work in college.
Methodist College for Women, Co
lumbia, S. C.-One scholarship for
four years academic work in college.
Greenville College for Women--One
scholarship of free tuition.
The Southern Kindergarten Train
ing and Normal Institute, Charles toa,
C.-One scholarship of free tuition for
each county in thc State.
South Carolina Kindergarten Asso
ciation Training School, Charleston,
S. C. -One scholarship of free tui
tion.
Mrs. I. A. Smith's School for Young
Ladies, Charleston, S. C. One scholar
ship of free tuition.
Alumnae Club School of Domestic
Science, Louisville, Ky. -One scholar
ship or free tuition,
Clil?ord Seminary, Union, S. C.
One scholarship of free tuition.
The examinations for these scholar
ships will be held in each county, July
10. All applicants m.ist lile their
names before July I.
Tlioy Come High.
An entomologist estimates that
lings cost this country about $250,000,:
000 a year. The grasshopper eats lip
$90.000,01)0 worth of vegetation if lie
is feeling well, tlie Hcssion Hy $?t),
ooo,oou, the chinch bug $10,0)0.000
and thc potato bug $8.01)0,000 worth.
Tobacco worms, moths, squash hugs;
beetles, etc., make up the rest. IO11
tomologists have been studying the
problem of bug destruction for many
years, hut progresstoward the desired
end is not rapid.
Tine Spartanburg Journal says "the
appalling disaster, which overtook
the people of Gainesville last Monday
nigh! and wrought without warning so
much death and destruction, bring us
to a stern realization of thc uncertain
ties of life and the helplessness of
human beings before thc titanic forces
of nature. No possible precautions
or painstaking can enable us to guard
against a calamity of this sort, which |
is bii'j of the dangers of life that may
be met by any of us nt an unexpected
or possibly never seen or thought of
from the cradle to the grave.
Chopped OITHIH Head.
Sam Davis and Fate Minion had a
dllllculty at Tazewcll, Tenn., on Mon
day and Milton chopped Davis' head
olT with an axe.
Continuas tp malle MIi?^qu1o?V:,C?PO?
HEAD . THIS .. LET TER |
ALMOST A MIRACLE.
. DILUJR, 8. 0., Au?\lfcth/lW..
Oentlomon:-In September, 1BSS, I took rbeumatiBtn lu A Terr bad J?rns.
Ia . month after th? disease I Ur tee I had to give up my work ann. so to
bad. lt continued to ?row worso until my arma and bands were badly arawa^ j
ao much ao that I could not use thom. My legs were drawn baok. until roy
'feet touched my bl pi. I waa aa helpless aa a baby for nearly two Ivo mont tia.
The mus ol ea of my arma and lega were hard and shriveled up. I suffered death
many Umba orer. Waa treated by slat different physioiana In MoColl, Dillon and
Marion, but none of thom could do me any good, until Dr. J. P. Ewing, of Dillon,
carno to son mo. Uo told mo to try your UHRUMAOIOB." Ho got mo ono bott lo
of tho medlo!no and I began to take lt and before the tiret bottle waa uaed up I
began to get better. 1 uaed five and a bait! bottles and waa completely cured.
That waa two years ago. and my hoaltb bu boon excellent over alnoe. nave bad
bo eymptoma of rheumatism. I regard " lin KU JJ AOIDB " aa by far tb? beat
7 "Ejedy for rheumatism on the market. I cannot say too much for lt. I have
reoommonded lt to others atnee and lt bat cured them. -. - "
Will say ru r th or, that I began to walk In about aix daya after I began to take
" RnauUAUinH," witbjho aid of crutches; in about tbreo months after I bogan
to taka lt, I could walk as good aa anybody, and wont baok to work again..
Vory truly, JAMES WILKES.
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Bead .what the noted Dr." L. C. Stephens, who stands at the head of the
profession in South Carolina; and who was president of tbe State Medical As
sociation, also president of tho Medical hoard of Examiners of South Carolina
until he resigned to move to Greenville, says:
.Greenville, S. C., October 10,1902.
After a service of one season at White Stone Lithia Springs, as resident
physician; 1 do not hesitate to say that the effect of the water upon those who
drink it for any length of time, lias been perfectly marvelous. Invariably an .
increase both in Mesh and appetite was perceptible in one week, proving ft to
be a mineral water of undouhted'powcrfnl tonic property. Its peculiar adapt
ability to diseases originating from disorders of thc kidneys, bladder and liver,
such as dropsy, Bright's disease, diabetes and urie acid calculi, and all forms of
dyspepsia, rheumatism and gout, is to be expected from thc splendid analysis.
11 has been noted frequently that visitors before coming here had to follow
every meal with some form of corrective, or contine themselves entirely to
predigested foods; soon discarded these ent irely, being delighted to find that
the water alone-nature's own remedy-su theed.
Of the many who drank this water this season for ten days consecutively,
not one hut experienced decided benefit ?ind a perceptible gain weight, varying
from two to ?ve pounds. L. C. STEPHENS. M. D.
For rates and particulars, address
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Waterproof and orderless.
Not affected by change of tem
perature.
Elastic.
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-WRITE EOE Pit ICES
SOUTHEASTERN
LIME & CEMENT
COMPANY.
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CHARLESTON, S. C.
A Bad White Hoy.
Geo. Ovcrstreet, a 17-ycar old white
boy of Columbus, Ga., was killed Wed
nesday at Salem, Ala., near Colum
bus, by a bailiiT. Overstrict and a
companion named Reeves of Atlanta,
burglarized a store at Salem ana a
residence at Opelika, Ala., and while
resisting arrest Overstreet was killed
by the ollicer. Reeves escaped.
Shot to Death.
Samuel Westmoreland and Iiis wife
were shot to death in their house at
Rankin, Texas, on Monday night.
Ellis Gladdy, a brother of Mrs. West
moreland, is charged with the crime.
If you are not wi .'. .-'d .vant to know tim
.ruth about your
trmble, seno tor my
fieu lKioV.let? nnd self
examination bianka.
No. 1, Nervous Debili
ty (Sexual Weakness),
No. 2, Varlcoeole, No.
li,Stricture, No.i,Kid
ney and Bladder Com
plaints, No. 6, Disease
of Women. No. 0, Tho
Poison King (Blood
italRdri). No. 7, Ca
tarrh. These books
fthou'.d be In tho hands
of avery person afflict
ed, na Dr. Hathaway,
the author, ls recog
nized as thc best an
ihnrity and expert tn
Oie United Hiatos on
na. HATHAWAY. these diseases. Writ,?
or send for the book jrini want to-day, and lt
will he sent you fre<>, scaled. Address J. N?w
ton natbawfty, M D
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Atlanta, Ga
Can-lina Portland
(YmPnt Pf> CHARLESTON
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CAESAR'S HEAD, S. C.
4,000 feet above the sea. Views into
several States. Temperature from 50
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Crystal spring water. Popular resort.
Rome life for guests. Telephone and
daily mails. Resident physician. Fur
man University Hotel. Hack line
from Brevard, N. C., or Greenville, S.
C. Reasonable rates. Open from .lune
1st. to Oct. 1st. Eor oilier informa
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Caesar's Head. S. C.
Oi'T in Illinois a vicious bill] broke
'from his ench'snm nod"" made titi at
tack on nu antoni > ?ii.. Th ; larmer
' managing it concluded to give hi iii
Pto host liiiht the machine had in it.
Altor I.wo ?>.. fir?1? r vri'1 ' Vs? V'^ast
retreated Attn vi tail mang
ing in shame.
He l s night.
Senator Tillman declared in lite
speech at Rock Hill on Monday lhat it
would he a long time before South
Carolina ever got any ht lp in road
building from the general government.
Dr. Biggera Huckleberry Cord ial, for
the BJ wei ri and Children Teat ii in g.
lt is THE GREAT SOUTHERN
REMEDY for thc bowels. It is one
of the most pleasant and ollicacious
remedies for all summer complaints.
At a season when violent attacks of
thc bowels are so frequent, some speedy
relief should be at hand. The wearied
mother, losing sleep by nursing the
little one teething, should usc this
medicine.
PROM HENRY W. GRADY.
The Constitution Editerai Rooms
Atlanta, Ga., May 2:5,1887.
Dr. Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir:-I have never given a
certificate on merits of any medicine,
but 1 take pleasure in breakrig my
rule on this subject in behalf of your
niggers Huckleberry Cordial. It is the
best medicine 1 have ever seen for use
in tile family. Fifty cents invested in
a bottle of this medicine, anti put on a
shelf convenient for use in the begin
ning of any bowel trouble, will often
save life, and will save In almost any
family ten time" its cost in doctors'
bills. I liavc a friend whose life, in my
opinion, was saved by the prompt use
ol' this cordial, lt ought to he in ellery
family in thc land, especially at this
season of thc- year, t lake pleasure in
thus test hying to it merits.
Very truly yours,
HENItY Wy. GRADY.
For sale by all druggists. 25c lo f>0c<
per (lottie.
Haltiwanger-Taylor Drug Co.,
I'roprU'torH, Atlutittt, Oii.
And Pity 'tis 'tis True
Some, good people buy their Paints
and Varnishes, without first get
ting our prices on these lines.
Our prices and our goods, when
known, get the business.
you write? Wc eau help
Will
you.
tail BD???S Mr Go.,
01? Plain St.
Columbia, S. C.
,. Thc leafy days of June have come,
and so has the pestiferous gnats.