The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 12, 1903, Image 4

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. Villi? ?Alo.viiio OoorfifJu {md *m y?arfu\ W?rH. ?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^ * _ >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. tri ?! gSgEsassggg^^^Sg^ i ; ; ; I?M IJ?EN wi LL aa mum. l?Hll?M??**?l..' 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. -.--^a-'--*-'? All Druggists, or sent express prepaid on.receipt of fi.co. Bobbitt Chemical Co., - Baltimore, rid. White Stone Li thia Water. TIIK BEST LITHIA WATEK IN AMKUICA. THE L. KG?ST AND Mosr MODERN Buick HOTEL IN TUE CAUOLINAB OU GEo:t' IA. THE COOLEST * R?SOUT IN TUE STATE. All modern improvements, eleel ric ear linc from Southern'Ity.-'to Hotel; Weil shaded, pleasant grounds, scenery equal to the mountains, and all amusements found at first class water places. Come to White Stone Lithia Springs for health or pleasure. 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 White Stone X^itliisx Water Oo., WHJTK STONE SPUING!?, S. C. YO UNG"J M'EN, "YOUNG "\VOMKN, WAKB" UP PrepttN! yourselves to meet tbe demand forsten ?jrip'i MS, tvp -writers a nd.bookkeepers. Write for un ta'oViiebf . ' MACK IO A T'S BUS I N ESS COLLEI; K. Collin.Ma. S. C. W. ll. V.ncfcat, official Court Stenographer, President. COL mr BIA, s. c. hitil-iii c nnd Re-Prc.wd Brick. Spacial shapes lu < rd. r. Eire Troof Ter .a Cotia Elue Linings. Prepared to lill i,rc!cri for thousands or for millions ^COLUMBIA LUMBER 5a MPG. GO. SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, INTERIOR FINISH, MOULD INO AND LUMBER, ANY QUANTITY. Columbia, S. G. 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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 88 Inman Building 221 S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga Can-lina Portland (YmPnt Pf> CHARLESTON V^LlllLlll. VA)., south Carolina. Gager's White Lime, Cements, Eire Bricks, Terra Cotta Pipes. -27-iv. Caesars' He. d Hotel, CAESAR'S HEAD, S. C. 4,000 feet above the sea. Views into several States. Temperature from 50 to 75 degrees. Dry air, breezy nights. 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 tion write to J. E. G WI NN, Mgr. 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.