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.DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN ?TIY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEAT?IS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VITALE,. S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1903. NO. 32. THE GREAT FLOOD. Some Scenes and Incidents Gathered from People Who SAW THE MILLS WASHED AWAY Thrilling' H.xpcricnccH ami Narrow ICscopes Antoni' Those Who Survive the Great Catas trophe nt dillon. The story of thc great Hood, says Editor .7. C. Carlington, of the Spar tanburg Herald, who has gone over the ground, still the absorbing topic of interest In Spartanburg, docs not grow belter or brighter as thc minute details are pointed, out the most in teresting fact connected with the great disaster is the completeness tmd accuracy of the story gathered at the beginning. It was complete and yet communication was entirely cut oil with the stricken territory and reporters had to depend largely tat the uncertain mode of shouting across the turbulent waters of Lawson's Fork for the facts. IIOUSKS ALI. GONE. Mr. Garlington says that in the valiey between No. 1, and No. .'1, lately lilied with two long rows of cottages out from which bright laces and scores of happy children would greet thc passer-by, there was a verit able desert of sand. Not a tree left standing not a house, in the midst .bf the stretch of white sand spreading .out like a pararie, a dozen men were clustered. Une was digging and wc imagined that perhaps the body of some loved one was being unearthed. The men were silent and disconsolate. The did not seem to notice our ap proach, but kept tm watching the. man who was digging. Investigation show ed that this old man Avas delving into the foundations til' his former home. Two feet under the sand he found a ?wire bed spring and he was carefully pulling the mud out of the springs. Ile could have found a dozen springs in thc debris on thc hillsides, bul, it was the last remnant of his home, and he togged away to reclaim it. ile said he had found a monkey wrench and a hat pin, and he prized there highly. AX BYE WITNESS TALKS. . Night Watchman W. A. ltliinchart on duty at No. 3, had made his rounds itt 3 a. m. At that time the river was at least ten feet out of its banks. At i o'clock it was 20 feet high. He ^'\fe.?:.?t-andhjg . ut ;j .?or?e^uf?.the. mill . ;v??.-:4:3? when .a. ?iir'g?' tree floated over . the dam ami"1 plunged through the .' "boiler room roof into the room below. This* Hooded thc machine shop and "Boiler roora and this part of the build ing began to crumble. At this point 'thcdam gave way and the power house was swept away. Next a corner of the old mill gave way. Mr. Ithinc hart ran up thc bank to get si safer and better view of the scene and upon turning saw thc smoke stack gt? down with a crash. In ten seconds after this and about IO or 12 minnies from the time the dam broke, thc. niagniti centaly equipped 50,SOO spindle mill ?was washed from its foundation' crumbled and thc wreckage carried down Tac?let river. Nothing was left but about one fifth of the two mills, the cloth room and picker room. At this mill IO houses were washed away ?md eleven lives were lost. The street railway track between No. 1, and ."!, is as complete a wreck as could be pos sible. Thc ?nm is turned and t wisted into a hopeless mass, the track in places is completely overturned, in other "places it ls washed against, the rocks and all along the line the road bed is completely gone. The dam at No. .*' broke next to Hut mill and thc torrent was turned directly on thc structure. Hxactly the opposite hap pened at Glendale, which saved that mill. Thc waler was diverted to the opposite bank, At. No. 1. toe old mill, there was no Ins ol' life but .-onie narrow escapes and many homes ?vere swept away, 'lin- mill was bolly damaged. A TI i nt LI.i NU KXTKUIKXCK. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman were caught in the second story. Thc roof fell in and they managed lo climb out, on it. Mrs. Coleman had a baby under each arm. The rait lloated down stream and then cami! back near enough for* the people to climb into the second story window ol' Mr. I'etti t's house. Here they awaited the rescuers who were devising means for relief. Thc water meanwhile was rising rapidly and'was half way up thc window in thc second story. Thc house was i ot tering and it was evident, that if any thing was t<i bc done it must bc done quickly. 'J'. S. Upton and others found a well rope and Upton Cole man climbed oui of thc window,-thc mother still singing Lo lier two babies. Stout hands and brave hearts pulled at the rope and tho raft moved shore ward. An angry wave flashed ?I Lo no side almost upsetting it. There was an opening in thc housetop and through this one ol' tin: little infants fell as thc raft was about to capsize, and just as it was going (int ol'sight Lo certain death, one. of Hie rescuers grabbed its clothes and the. family were all finally saved. IN Tl IK TUKHS. The thrilling experience bf Mr. Stribbling, one of thc clerks at ?No. 2, and thc f> others who occupied a tree with ltira for K hours, have al ready been recorded. They drilled until hope was almost gone and linally lodged in the branches or a tree and were rescued. There were others in trees at No. .'I. Mr. Wilson hung on to the branches (if tree for 1 I lion rs. Mr. ..Grier, an aged man, lodged in a pine tree and stayed there from ."> o'clock in thc morning until fi o'clock in thc afternoon. VVlien he was rescued he was completely exhausted and is now in a critical condition. ON TICK COTTON MOrsK. James Elders, Hud Km o ry, < Uiver Johnson and M ge iiaii were caught on the roof of thc cotton warehouse. They went down thc river and a great concourse or people watched anxiously bub could not aid. They tinnily wont down with thc exception of .Jas. Ki dd's, who grabbed thc limb of a tree and Lige Hail, who was found near Pacolet. Bruce McLurc, was aroused as the water entered his roora. Ile rushed out and suddenly remembered $1150 of his savings lie had 'eft behind. Ile turned and with great ditllculby re-en tered his hume just as it was totter ing. Ile drifted for sOmc time and filially caught a rope handed by res cuers. "1 tell you, Mister, I will never for get till ray dying day thc cries of the people as they floated down thc river," said an old woman who stood on thc bank almost crazed with thc hoirors of the scenes. "1 hear thc cries now, 1 hear them as I got to sleep, and I am sure I will hear them as long as I live." WAS IN O PH I CATION. Tlie greatest loss of life occurred at Clirton Ko. 2. There were sixl.ey houses and forty lives lost here, and tlie beautiful mill is badly wrecked and the magnificent store with its heavcy stock is gone. About six or seven bodies have been recovered, lt is believed that several whole families were swept away In San tuc below Mill No. 2. When thc final crash came at No. 2, Clifton, the mill was in full operation. The water rose higher, but the operatives were disposed to laugh at thc situation. They did not dream of its seriousness. They stood by their looms and spindles and thc little children floated their boxes in thc water and paddled around as thought ib were a bolliday. When Hie seriousness dawned and thc order came to leave tlie mill, many bad to he driven (?ut by force. Clifton No. 2 is totally wrecked in one end aud chord wood fills every room. There arc bodies not yet recovered in the debris. Thc odors late Wednesday afternoon clearly indicated thc pre sence of human bodies buried beneath thc rubbish. Died TOKO? h?;r. This pathetic incident of thc Hood is pubbsbed by the Spartanburg Her ald: "Julius Niggers taff was a board] erat laddie Hobbes. In the next house above, .loo Hall lived. Hall bad a pretty daughter named Lola and she and HiggeistalT were fast friends, in deed, it is related by the neighbors that on the morrow after thc great storm, on Sunday morning they were to have been wedded. HiggerstaH went to call on Lola Hall on Friday night and they planned the details of the marriage. At a rather late hour they retired each dreaming of the happy event, oblivious of thc rising waters. On they slept until possibili ty of resene was gone. They made frantic elVorts to swim ashore, but* both went down. Thc body of Miss Hall has been recovered.". It has been announced by thc coun s?l for .T. II. Tillman that application would bc made to .lodge Townsend in the Court of General Sessions, thc latter part of this month, for a change bf venue for the trial of Tillman on thc charge of murder, which is set for the coming term in Richland county. Thc application will bc based on tlie claim that Tillman can not get a fair trial in Richland, and affidavits will be submitted to sustain the contention. The prosecution will ronicst the motion for a change of venue, and will meet thc allegations of thc defence with aMdavils?howing that there is rio prejudice bore against Tillman that will prevent a fair trial. Made a ?tani. James M. Watson, Jr.. a clerk in the ullicc of the auditor for thc Dis trict of Columbia and the son-in-law of a wealthy retired railroad contrac tor, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of embezzlement of government funds. The amount is estimated at from $(?0,000 to$.7f>,OOO. Tlie warrant makes the specific charge of embezzle ment of $8,000, which represents only a portion of Hie alleged peculations. Watson was not bunded and in case he or his relatives, several of whom are said lo be wealthy, fail to make, good t he alleged losses Auditor J. T. Petty will be held responsible for the amount._ A i "atal Kalli A dispatch to The Slate from Headfort says Thursday afternoon Hie keeper of the lower range light Paris island. Mr. George Lehman, fell '.rom the platform to the ground be low, a distance ol' :il) feet, causing instant death. Ile had been warned not tn go to high parts ol' Hie light as bc bad sn Ile red several paralytic strokes. Ibis thought his fall was caused from one of these attacks. Mr. Lehman was about 7;"? years old and liad been a keeper of lightsfor the government for :to years. School I too ni Si ruck. While thc afternoon session of Cor sica academy was in session at Corsica Pa., a storm broke in its fury. The students gathered in a frightened group in thc big recitation room. A holt ol' lightning struck thc belfry, and descending through the ceiling ran along the blackboard at which the two students were, still at work, bul l ing them to t he lloor. The two dead girls bad all their clothing burned from their bodies, and Professor Car rer, who was standing close by was also badly burned about the body. Shot to Death. Poi- refusing tb obey the command to halt, Albert Hurley was shot and mortally wounded Wednesday night, by John Maloney, a member of Com pany A, Sixth United Stales infan try, who was doing guard duty in Kansas City, Kan., wberea mild form of martial law has been In force since the Hood. Captain P. J. Taggart, who is in command of the soldiers, af ter invest igat ing the ease, submitted a report Lo the mayor exonerating Maloney. Too Many Mail l)oj?n. More than 2oo cases ol' rabies have been treated in New York hospitals since the first ol' tht> present year-an unprecedented number. Only ti small percentage of the cases treated result ed fatally, owing lo prompt action; but the increase in the number of eases is regarded as so serious that, tlie City Council bas been a?ked to pass laws against unmuzzled dogs running in the streets. UNDER WATER. Thousands Flee From.East St. Louis to Escape Flood. THIRTY PEOPLE ARE DROWNED. The Wildest Excitement Existed Iii All I'nrts off tho City. Heavy Loss or nil Kinds of Property. At St. Louis thc river Wednesday morning reached a stage of 87.ll feet, highest point during the present Hood. East St. Louis, with a population of :}2,0U0, having large manufacturing interests and thc terminal point for railroads from the north, cast and south, is partly under water and will probably bc totally submerged by noon. The southern half of East St. Louis is deep in the Hood and thc city's 2,500 levee builders have fallen back to Missouri avenue in thc atttcmpt to save the remainder of thc city, menac ed by swelling waters from three sides. Broadway, the central east and west thoroughfare, has been abandoned to thc Hood. Lee Harper, former city attorney, says thc water will bc two feet deep in front of the city hall be fore (i o'clock. Seven miles of water pressing from tlic south and southeast overcame the city's linc of defense Wednesday morning and 0,000 persons were driven from their homes. Numerous reports or drowning have been received, but thc East St. Louis police haye thus far learned no names of victims. One thousand men were working on the levee when it broke. Several hours before the linal break they had the active assistance of hundreds ol' women and children. Thc break came at the St. Louis valley crossing of the illi nois Central embankment two miles south of Belay depot. WOMEN AT WORK. While as many men. women and children as could stand on the em bankment were packing sand bags to thc rails to prevent a break, thc re sistless eurrent broke through the wall of earth and spurted in rivulets in the faee of those who were carrying sandbags up thc bank. Hags thrown into the openings by dozens of men were tossed by the waters like feathers when the workers lied from their use less task and thc alarm was given by the ringing of bells and blowing of whistles in every part of the city. A few of the workers in thc embank ment remained at their posts until the rushing waters made.it.necessary for 'tftei?"to swim' for their -lives; - Then they joined their companions in warn ing the residents of thc thickly settled district of their danger. TlIK PEOPLE KLEE. Awakened families saw thc water in tlic streets. Wben.tbey were ready to leave with their hurriedly collected stock or necessities the Hood was at their door sills. They lied to thc north. The Washington school was thc nearest point of safety. Many made for thc high ground near thc Illinois Central 'tracks. Men from Alla Sita and Denver side, who had been working on Hie abandoned levee, hastened to those localities to tell their neighbors or their danger. Every locomotive and factory whistle joined in the clamor of alarm. The water is not expected to reach ils level in the Hooded part ol'the city before noon. Mayor Parker predicts that when thc level is reached the water will be two feet higher than at 7 o'clock Thursday morning. Dismayed by the defeat which has come in their seven day's battle with the Hood, the greater part of the levee builders fell back to Broadway, where it was at lirst decided to resist thc water. A half hour's work and sur vey of thc prospect convinced those in charge that it was useless to try to keep the water from Broadway and' the Hood lighters fell back upon Mis souri avenue, which runs cast from the Relay station. NKOUO SHOT HEAD. Herc thc scenes nf the past week were repealed as the Nicols were quickly transposed into a dike. An appeal from Mayor Cook to the gover nor of Illinois for state troops to aid in guarding property was answered by the promise that details of militia would be sent lo East St. Louis at once. A few hours before the break in the levee Ned Roberts, a negro employed as a levee builder was killed by mem bers of the levee patrol for attempting to tear down a portion of thc dike. JI is actwascausod by anger because bc was nett allowed to draw his pay at once. I tel ?of boats started from St. Louis for East St. Louis early Wednesday morning. Congressman William A. Itodenburg issued an appeal tor aid for the Hood sufferers; Food, he says, is mostly needed and means must be had for delivering lt to persons who are In upper stories of their homes and in box cars. At o o'clock waler was threatening the north and east sides, preserved temporarily by thc Baltimore ano Ohio railroad embankment and had reached to the viaduct only seven blocks cast of thc city hall. In this public building a foot and a half of side waler had already collected. All low points of the city are under water. KV Kit Y 11(H) Y WA KN KD. When the break occurred warning? were lirst sent through the city by messengers who discharged firearms, blew horns and shouted in stentorian tones thc news of the Hood arrival. Lights gleamed in houses where thc occupants bad confidence in the em bankment. Persons scantily attired emerged from their homes and in a rew min utes the whole populace of the low dis trict attacked, six miles in area were Hoeing to higher ground. As thc noise of the approaching Hood was beard lite Hight at lirst a rapid retreat with some semblance of order, as sumed a panic stage. All efforts to assure the Inhabitants thal, there ?vas HUlilcient time to escape unless a gap I was washed through the embankment failed to convince them and most of them lied without auy effort to save property. Messengers were sent to the main portion of thc city telling of the dan ger and thc greatest excitement pre vailed. As the bottoms lilied and the river gained a larger entrance the terror iii thc business section of thc city grew intense, lb was all the greater because of the darkness and fear that while guard was maintained Iii one direction the torrent would break through at another point and engulf the luckless inhabitants be tween two Moods. Hy thc thousands they began to desert their homes and run vainly up and down the streets seeking a place of succor. KL KU IN SCANT ATTI UK. Hundreds of families from thc choicest residence portions of thc city carrying trunks, grips, bundles of clothing and valuables began to cross Ends bridge towards St. Lim is. Most of the refugees were scantily clad. St rong men carried aged women in their arms. Mn ref coted children were in the procession which continued steadily .over thc bridge. Hundreds of others sought protection In thc second story of the public library building. As the water encroached about many dashed through the shal low overllow to lind a more secure, re fuge. In terror of the rising tide of water refugees in hundreds thronged the streets crowded the cars and be sought public otUeials. At. thc city hall alone, 500 homeless persons with scant belongings as they had been able to seize on short notice were as sembled. Provisions for thc time be ing were supplied them. Business is totally suspended. The streets are lilied with almost panic stricken inhabitants. Women with children in arms, men carrying house hold furniture, horses, dogs and other remains of once coin for ta bio domestic establishments parade the streets, The common direction of all move ment is toward the bridge over which the refugees are hurrying Lo St. Louis. Ali traille to 10 ist St. Louis from thc west side has been suspended and policemen turned back all who at tempted the trip. 1>K.VI) Nl'.MUKK TltUt'l v. Atti o'clock Wednesday Congress man W. A. Rodcnburg estimated that thirty lives were lost on the Hooding of the Inver portions of Hast St. Louis eat ly that morning. While general alarms were given by the police and retreating levee workers with shoo Ls and pistols there was not Lime to call ?it every house iii the thickly settled district and it is believed many fami lies in first story cotlages awoke, (inly when it was too late to escape. Levee workers*who laid down to rest on em bankments worn out with hard labor were caught and drowned .by Hood like rats, lt may never be learned bow many died in this way. . Among . tue- drowned ' wednesday hight previous to the break in thc Illinois Central levee was E. D Sher wood and .lohn Coltish and three chil dren. They lost their lives by the overturning of a boat in the northern part of tliu city. A negro was drown ed at S o'clock Thursday morning in the waters which are climbing up the side of thc embankment supporting Broadway Hast St. Louis. Thc mau was trying to get his team to higher ground lind remained in the rising waters until the swift running cur rent upset thc wagon. The team was drowned. Everything obtainable is being used in the rescue of unfortunate people from thc second stories of dwellings in the submerged district. Hafts are being built, boats improvis ed and wagons even are put into use, tho horses of which Hounder around with only their heads above water while on their errands of mercy. NAVAL MILITIA IJUSV. The naval militia ol' St. Louis and Alton arc on duty. Lieutenant Gray commanding the Sb. Louis Naval militia, bas his force spread out along the embankment, guarding against levee cutting and depredations by bordes of negroes and bums that are to be seen everywhere. Arms arc stacked at police headquarters where reputable citizens may obtain carbines and ammo ni talion bo guard their prop erty. A large number of arrests have been made by thc police who are marching their prisoners across thc [bridge to St. Louis as there is no place Lo keep them in the Hood city. Thc Hast St. Louis edy Jail is also being emptied and the prisoners taken Lo The Pour (.'om is in St. Louis tor safely. There is nu place in Hast, SL. Louis to feed and pay o IT the hundreds of men who have been at work strengthening thc levees about thc city, lt was found necessary Thursday morning to march them over to St. Louis for their meals and t hen back again lo work. imOAmVAY I? ND Kit WAT KU. . I ?roadway, running east and west through Hast St. Louis, divides that city in two. lt is built up in places, standing 1"> feet above thc surround ing country, lt is Hist thought this street would serve as a protection to thc northeast half or thc city but the Hood that covers the .southern part bas broken through in a small stream between Sib and Sith street. Should the embankments formed by I {road way give way as it is threatened it will senti a wall of water Ifl feet higher over bbc remainder of bile city. Thc Hooded dist rid. in Hast Sb. Louis due Lo thc breaking of the embankments early Thursday morning is one mile with: south from IS roadway and four miles long from cast Ld west, lt com prises about one-fourth of thc city. That part of Hast St. Louis known as thc "Island" was Hooded several di y s ago. Thc crisis of thc Mond situation has [ passed. Moat crews which have been busy in rescuing victims of the Hood devoted themselves .Thursday ! to saving property and bringing to j higher ground belated refugees who previously had not themselves been in immediate danger. Pour men were killed arid three badly injured in a collision between a coal train anti a freight train three trilles east bf < isccola, Tyrone division, Pennsylvania railroad, Wednesday, When Lhe train was mar thc top of tho mountain between Osceola and Ty i one.. I toyer's cnginge cou hi not hohl lt and fourteen cars were published The Deadly llnilrniMl? ABQUT MAD DOGS. They Never Froth at the Mouth Nor Have Bloodshot! Eyes. HARMLESS IN FIRST STAGES. A Good Ilulo In Always to Turn out Tor u Doj; Hi at Won't Turn Out -vf/or You. The following article froru the New York Journal on mad dogs will be read with Interest by our readers: "Ninety-nine out of a hundred peo ple don't know a mad dog when they see one. The very symptoms which they believe, indicate rabies are the surest testis tbat-a dog is not mad," Dr. .Tames McDonough, of tho Watchung Kennels, who Invited thc school children of Montclair. N. J., to visit bis dog sanitarium last Saturday and observe from a safe place thc ac tions of a dog in the second and final stage of robies, made this statement: "In all.my experience," said thedoc tor, "and I have been treating dogs for lifteen years, J. have never seen a mad dog froth at the month. On the contrary^ the mouth of a dog that is really rabid is dry and parched. "Nether ' have I ever seen a dog with rabies rush about like tho dugs wo read about, with bead lowered and eyes bloodshot, Kuappingr-and biting at everything with which be comes in contact. "Thc real mad dog seldom attacks unless he ls interfered with. I have followed a mad dog over a country road and seen him trot by within two incites of people who were quietly con versing./not knowing that thc animal was mad.'' The sudden bot weather having re vived the fear of mad dogs, an Ameri can reporter visited Mr. MoDouough at bis dog sanitarium in Montclair, and asked bini about the prevalence of rabies and the manner in which the danger may be averted. Dr. McDonough smiled as be replied: "I can speak only for Montclair and I am most positive that there ls no epidemic of rabies herc. 1 don't be lieve there is rabid dog in this town, i have one dog here in my sanitarium that I am keeping under observation. He is very active and might bite you if you got too close to bira; but 1 dou't believe he Is mad. "T?tere ls a great popular miscon ception, on tile question of rabid dogs. 1 lirmlf believe that if the public were properly educated In the observance of dogs.tt?? cases of rabies would be fewer Uu\n tiley are at present. And rabies '- ' ?'V1i^eaKr..iit..f,hati.'.^- . - (titnti'iii"desirable that the sum of in formation among the people be increased regarding clogs, both for the purpose of insuring greater safety to the people and for the prevention of thc slaughter of a great number of pels who do not merit death. "Let me tell you the sy ni toms of rabie.1;. There are two stages* of thc disease. In the first the dog is rest less and uneasy. Ile can't keep still, ile shifts about from one place to another, bas a hacking cough and to ward the end of thc first stage begins to bite fitfully at the seat of inocula tion, wherever it may bc. "This stage lasts for from twenty tour to thirty-six hours, during which time the dog is absolutely harmless. Any one who has been educated to observe these symptoms can detect rabies at once in the dog. 1 have often thought Hitit nature lias made this provision in order that sufficient warning of tile approach pf rabies may lie given before the dog becomes dan gerous. "Well, it is only after thc dog has passed from thc first to the second stage of thc disease that lie becomes dangerous. And even with regard to tlie second, or violent stage, there is great popular misconception. "A general rule to follow with re gard to all dogs is this: Always turn out for a dog that .vont turn out for you: If you follow that rule you will be comparatively safe from any rabid dog that comes your way. "When thc dog passes into thc sec ond stage of rabies lie becomes still more restless, lt is then that they wander olT. They th) not go at a rapid pace, tiley til) nob froth at thc mouth, their eyes do n?t become bloodshot. Perhaps they hang their ??C-'ds-all siek dogs tlo that -and they run until they drop from exhaustion, stopping by lits and starts to rest, but never being able to rest long because thc nervous tension of the disease keeps them going. If not intercepted and Killed they'will finally fall dead. 1 have seen them wear their toe. nails Lo thc quick. "During this time they will bite things that come in their way. Un derstand that. Dut they will riot go out of their way to attack anything "Here is an illustration out of my own experience. It happened right here in Montclair. An Inoffensive lonkingdog sauntered along the street, attracting no attention whatever, In appearance, to thu unpracticed eye, lie resembled any other healthy dog. A little child got in its way, and the dog threw the child down and bit ber. "A crowd gathered, but no attempt was made to slop thc flog. No cry of mad dog was raised. I happened to pass and stopped to make Inquiries and learned that the child bad been billen. I gota description of the ani mal and started after bim in my wagon. "Half hour later my attention was attracted to a dog on the outskirts of the town which resembled thc dog tliat hud bitten the child. lu two minutes I discovered that lt was mad. I billowed it. The dog sauntered along, winding in and out between fences, lying down, then getting up nervously and startingbil again. "Oncea small dog got in thc mad one's way, and thc latter bit him once and started on again. Two hun dred yards further down thc mad a man and it woman were standing at the side bf the. road talking. Thc dog walked right past, them without at tempting any violence, Next be ap proached . a sloop where a man was abptiti to descend, Vea ring that the man would be bitten, 1 shouted a warning, but tbc man merely laughed at me, and, coming down tho steps snapped his lingers at tho dog.-whioh actually dodged him and ambled on down the road. "The lingers of thc foolhardy man were within two inches of the dog's mouth, yet he was not bitten. "After this the beast wandered along the side of a creek, tried to drink, but couldn't, and walked two hundred yards up the bed of the stream befare 1 dually killed him. I had a policeman with me, and do you know that ottlcer refused to shoot thc dog. Ile said it wasn't mad, and he saw no reason for putting it out of thc way. "Nevertheless within twenty-three days thc dog that had been bitten up thc road died of rabies, and thirty three days later the child died of thc same disease. 1 sent the brains of thc two dogs to the Paeteur Institute and in course of time learned that both dogs had been mulcted with ra bies. "On thc other hand, I had a dog at onetime, the property of two maiden ladles In town, that was sent to me to bc killed because it was frothing at the mouth and showing other alleged signs of rabies. 1 put thc animals under observation and In thu course of a week had him in such condition that I was able lib restore him to his own ers. The dilllculty with him, as with many dogs, was that he had been over fed and lacked exorcise, "Von ask what I would suggest lo prevent thc spread of rabies. 1 would clo this: First, 1 would have passed an ordinance giving the police the right to destroy all thc curs and mon grels that run abroad without homes. "After that 1 would educate own ers of dogs, through thc newspapers, to observe thc lirst symptoms of ra bies so that they will he able to detect thc disease in its lirst stages: The dug will do rm harm then. It will stay right at home and can be de stroyed there before any damage is done." KILLED BY POISON. A Beautiful Girl lirido Charged With Husband's Murder. A special dispatch from Gainesville, Cia., says John W. Tanner, father of Wiley Fi Tanner,'who died under sus picious circumstances at his home in Ulinchem district, this county, Satur day May 2'Jrd, Tuesday afternoon swore out.a warrant against Mrs. Onie Tanner, wife of the young man who died, charging her with murder. The warrant was turned over to Sherill M. O. Gilmcr of Hall county at (i o'clock Tuesday afternoon and he immediately left for :tue home of L Frank Duncan, father of the young wbifla^Avtiu~resh toraako' thc arrest and bring her back to Gainesville to be Incarcerated in the Hall county Jail. The state chemist Tuesday morn ing, forwarded thc result of his inves tigations to Dr. J. P. Maudlin, bf Flowery Branch, who immediately communicated thc same to John YV. Tanner at his home near Chestnut mountain. Tanner at once hitched up his team and came to Gainesville, where the warrant was sworn out at f> o'clock. The chemist's annalysis showed nine-tenths ol* a grain of strychnine in the stomach and glass from which the milk was drunk. This was su Ilici?n t to satisfy Tanner and he at once pro ceeded to swear out a warrant charg ing his daughter-in-law with murder. The sherill* will likely reach Gaines ville early in thc monning hours to morrow with the fair prisoner, who will, |ii all probability, occupy a cell th the county jail until thc term of Hall superior court, which convenes thc third Monday in July. Thc case is one bf the most sensational ever occurring in this county and has caused great in terest. Saturday May 2'ird. Tanner sat down to his noonday meal, apparently in the best of health, and in thc en joyment of a contented home with his bride of two months. She had already partaken bf her meal when he arrived, but, like the happy wife she was sup posed to he, she sat down hy her hus band and talked pleasantly to him. Thc meal had only proceeded a short lime, when Tanner turned to his wife and remarked that there must he something the matter with thc but termilk at the same time asking her to taste it, which she did. She spat out what she drank without swallow ing any and Tanner poured the re mainder'-ifU?L slop tub, which was afterwards givcn-RXX?lP, hogs, . which, after drinking the milk,"died.'"*>? . In a few moments bc was deathly sick and, screaming to his wife that bc was poisoned, Tanner ran to the home of his uncle, Henry Tanner a short distance away, crying to him that he was deathly sick. His uncle ran towards him and caught him in his arms as he was about to sink to the earth. To his uncle, John Tan ner repeated what he said to his wife, that he had been poisoned. All was done for him that his people knew, but in forty-live minutes life was ex tinct, Iiis body assuming a rigidity that usually attends the administra tion of strychnine or similar poison. .A I,and Slide. The side ol' a mountain caved in tm the Southern tracks between Spartan burg and Ashville at noon Friday. Thousands of lons of rock and dirt plunged downward completely libing one of the largest railroad cuts in the mountains of western North Carolina and effectually shutting off all traille from the south. The landslide oc curred near Tryon, N. C., just at the foot of Saluda mountain. The road had just succeeded In resuming opera tion of trains which were blocked by washouts in Spartanhurg county. The present disaster will cause aunulhncnt of all trains oh this road for at least seven days as the authorities say it will be Impossible to clear thc track before that time. It is also given out that another crack is seen in thc rear o? thc cliff from which Friday avalanch descended and it is predicted that another tumble of earth and rock will occur in which case railroad peo ple say that it will bo at least 12 days before thc running of through trains can be resumed. KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. Gov. Hey word Fccln Deeply for ino Flood SuiTcrcrs. Ten years ago the governor of South Carolina witnessed the suffering that followed thc great tidal wave which swept the coast of South Carolina. His OWL plantation was wrecked, neighbors were rendered penniless and a thousand persons were drowned. Having been a participant In the work of restoring life to the. section made desolate by the sea which swept Inland for many miles, his sympathies are enlisted with those who are en deavoring to succor the needy, the al most starving people of the Tacolet valley. Having seen the destruction, the desolation of his own section his heart is lilied with pity for the doom ed valley of industry in tho high ? lands. Tuesday, in speaking to a repre sentative of The State, Gov. Heyward said: "1 am deeply concerned at the appalling disaster that has carried such loss and sorrow to so many South Carolinians. This is especially true regarding the operatives in thc mills which were destroyed, because they have lost ali o? their property, their homes, many loved ones-everything. Sorrow and sadness gb with thc des titution and loss of life so suddenly wrought by this awful disaster, and 1 have cancelled engagements for thc next few days in order to remain at my ofllee where I can immediately respond to any call made upon me by the exigencies of this calamitous situation, "1 have just wired that 1 cannot be present at thc Fur mari alumni ban quet bri Wednesday night, be ia us?.I wish to give prompt response should my services be needed at any time. "Generous and sympathetic respon ses arc being made to my call for help-this assistance coming not only from (?ur own people ail over our State, but also from those who live far away, whose hearts too, have been touched by the calamity that has fallen upon us. "In the name of all of our people, and very especially in behalf of those stricken ones upon whom the gloom of sorrow and of suffering has so heavily fallen-1 thank all must sincerely for the prompt response which comes with such tender sympathy. "I am doing all I can to render such 'assistance as may bc in my power, and I rejoice to see thc pluck and courage shown by those whose luss and whose sufferings are so great. Such faith amid such trying surround ings can and will strengthen the faith and hope of us all."-Thc State. HEAVY LOSERS. The Piedmont Floods Have Cost tho Small Fanners Heavy Losses. A dispatch from Spartanburg to the Charleston Post says a complete list of those who have lost their homes and household goods by Saturday's Hood has been completed, lt shows the number of sufferers to be 3510; Most of these were at mill No. 2, at Clifton, where thc greatest loss of life also occurred. At Pacolct thc work of clearing away thc debris is progres sing rapidly. Represen tat! ves of out of town mills continue to come in and are seeming many families from the stricken districts. The fl i rectors of the Clifton mills will hold a meeting Thursday night in that city. The company has figured up its loss in a general way, but noth ing was given oiit Thursday. The machinery in the wrecked mills is regarded as a total loss. Thc com pany is unable yet to estimate what cotton and doth will be saved, as the goods arc scattered down the river for miles. ileporfs sent to outside papers stat ing that many sufferers at Clifton were being badly neglected are strong ly condemned hcie and denied in toto. Several cars of provisions and cloth ing have already been shipped to the Hood district. The committee is do ing all possible to prevent suffering. The loss in the county on account of bridges destroyed was placed al $">(),OOO. Temporary structures are being built as rapidly as possible to render travel possible. The small farmers are sufferers tu a much larger extent than is generally known. Many of them have lost half their crops or uvcr. Wtitle Caps. T'i?? State says Gov. li cy wa rd was very deeply moved by the story of G. G. Hogan, "Duck" Hogan, the young fanner of Dent's,, who was whipped by White Caps Saturday night. He declared that he would of fer a reward of $200 for thc arrest of thc parties who committed this high handed piece of lawlessness. Detec tives have been put on thc case and the governor sincerely hopes that thc law will be vindicated in the arrest of the paitics guilty of this shocking ciime. As yet the governor has no intimation of thc identity of tho par ties who visited Hogan's home ami called him out in thc dead Jiours of the night. Cloudburst in Texas. Seven bodies, thc greater portion of which were those of women, have thus far been recovered at Clifton, Ari/.., after thc torrent from thc ?cloudburst of Tuesday after it spent its fury. The property loss will esti mate $100,000. Houses and stores j were swept from their foundations and the persons caught in the Hood were drowned. Eight miles of the Arizona and Mexico railway track was washed out and thc evening passenger train was blown over into th? canal. Tele graph comino II (cation was cut off and word were sent to surrounding towns by runners. An 13 d i tor Killed. Editor IC. .T. Hawkins or the Times and Farmer Thad Hostie liad a tight in Dublin, Ga., on Tuesday. Hawk ins struck Bostick with an. umbrella, wileri the latter cut his throat with a knife, making a mortal wound. Thc trouble was thc result of a longstand ing feud over a lawsuit. BEATS DR. TANNER. Dr. Wilkerson, of Augusta, Ga., Has Fasted Forty-taree Days. ANN THE END IS NOT YET. Ho Hns Been a Great Sufferer from Acute Indigestion and Is Un dor?olnjr the Fost . tnfj Carp. The Auguta Chronicle says Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, a wellknown young physician of that city, and an honor graduate of the medical depart ment of the University of Georgia, is on a fast that promises to break the world's record for length. Dr. Tan-. nev's record is already discounted.. Tuesday vas the forty-third day that Dr. Wilkinson has taken nothing in the way of nourishment, limiting him- , self exclusively to water. He has par- * taken of water freely during the fast. Throughout thc fast he had suffered no inconveniences, although he has lost weight very rapidly. "Naturally a man of slight build, although tall, be is now a'living shadow pf his former self. Dr. Wilkinson resides with bis father, Mr. Wm. M. "Wilkinson, at .117 Second street, and throughout the fast has~coniincd himself to the homes and its grounds. TAKING DAILY EXERCI8E. Dr. Wilkinson takes daily exercise, including walks about the house and grounds, and is also using a pair of light dumb-bells. He declares that he feels strong all the time, although any exertion be undergoes proves to him that-he is quite weak. His stomach is '*. giving him no trouble whatever. Dr. Wilkinson and his family have kept very quiet about the matter, and only a few intimate friends havp been - advised of the treatment to which the young man has been subjecting him self for the past month or more. Only in the last day or two has the doctor's fast become general property in a news sense and reached the ears of newspaper men. SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT. ^ The fasting of Dr. Wilkinson is in thc nature of a scicntitic treatment for an aggravated case of indigestion or dyspepsia, with which he Is afflict ed. ' For years he has had the trouble and failing to get relief from all other treatments, adopted the fasting treat ment. Recently fasting has been advocat ed for the cure of digestive derange ments, and where tried has been high ly recommended. It is claimed by the advocates of the method that lt pro duces" permanent cures in nearly every instance; and that where it fails, lt is because the treatment was not per sisted in long enough. The theory is that the perfect rest afforded by the fasting practically gives the patienta new stomach 01 digestive organs. . While the organ is not at work it is claimed that nature repairs all the damage to the organ from overwork and past abuses. KOLLOWS il'FADDEN. It is understood that the treatment is nothing more or less than an extend ed usc of the advice of the Physical (Julturist McFadden, of New York,1* who recommends that whenever there is stomach trouble that hts pupils fast for a few days, in order to effect a cure. Dr. Wilkinson believes that the . theory of fasting for stomach trouble is the correct one, and he is demon strating its uscfullness. Dr. Wilkinson has not yet complet ed the fast, lt Is his intention to con tinue the treatment until his appetite returns, when he will gradually return to a normal diet. The return of the appetite is said to be an indication that thc cure is complete. Of course the appetite must be normal, and must bc constantly with the patient. That is, it must, not be of the kind j that comes and goes, but the desire for nourishment must be continuous. FELT HUNGRY TWICE. Dr. Wilkinson has already at times felt the return of his appetite, but as yet does not think that it is constant - and normal. Kc believes that the next few days will see the return of his normal appetite and a complete cure of his trouble. If the experiment proves successful, and Dr. Wilkinson has no doubt In his mind that it will, it will be a vab^. uable addition'to thc medjc^^fcnow. ledge of the professicm. Thousands ^'re,c.????rers from derangements of the digestive organs and would gladly un dergo a season of fasting if they knew lt would afford them' relief and a per manent cure. Dr. Wllkinsou in no way desires notoriety as a faster and is not refraining from eating in order to make a record along this line. It was his desire that nothing be said about thc treatment be is undergoing until it is completed and thc degree of success could be definitely reported, ? Queer AdvortlBOinont. Herc is a curious advertisement, re published in The Cornhill Magavdno from au eighteenth century paper: "Wanted-For ti family whohavebad health, a sober, steady person, lu the capacity of a doctor, surgeon and apothecary, lie must occasionally act in. thc capacity of butler and dress hair and wigs. He will be required to read prayers occasionally and to preach a sermon every Sunday. The reason of this advertisement is thatthe fami ly cannot any longer afford the expense of the physical tribe, and wish to be at a certain expense for their bodies and souls. A good salary will be given." Smothered in a Hin. Two boys were smothered to death while playing In the wheat bin of thc Gallatiri mills at Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday afternoon. A search was instituted when the boys failed to put in an appearance for supper and lt was not until Thursday morning that their naked bodies were found at the bottom of the bin in which they had been drawn by tho suction of the rapid exhaustion of grain through the elevator chute. Thc lads were Henry Smith and Hugh .Lanier and they were between 8 and 5i years old.