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m DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY TOSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VTLIJE,. S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1903. N0.32. THE GREAT FLOOD. Some Scenes and Incidents Gatherer] from People Who SAW THE MILLS WASHED AWAY -';Thi*illiiijr Mxpericiiccfl nuil Narrow Escapes Among Thone Who Survive the Urem Catas trophe nt Clifton. The story of thc ^rcnt Hood, says Editor J. C. Carlington, uf thc Spar tanburg Herald, wild luis uonc over the ground, still thc absorbing tupie of Interest in Spartanburg, (Uves not grow better or brighter as the minute details arc pointed', oub the most in teresting fact connected with flu great disaster is Hie cum pict cness and accuracy of thc story gathered at the beginning. It wits coiiiplctc and yet communication was entirely cut off with the stricken terri tory and reporters had to depend largely ur the uncertain mode of shouting acres? the turbulent waters of Lawson's Korli for thc facts. HOUSES ALL GONE. Mr. Carlington says that in thc valley between No. I, and No. :i, lately lilied with two long rows of cottages out from whfch bright races 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 thc midst .br thc stretch of white sand spreading .out like a pararle, a dozen men were .clustered. One was digging and wc imagined that perhaps thc body of some loved one was being uneart hed. Thc men were silent and disconsolate. Thc did not seem to notice our ap proach, but kept on watching the man who was digging. Investigation show ed that this old man was delving into the foundations of his former home. Two feet under the. sand he foti nd a wire bed spring and lie was carefully pulling the mud out of the springs. Ile could have found a dozen springy in thc debris on thc hillsides, bub it was the last remnant of his home, and he togged away to reclaim it,. Ile said he had found a monkey wrenell and a hat pin, and he prized them highly. AN BYE WITNESS TALKS. Night WatchmanW. ?VUhinchart on duty at No. 3, had made his rounds at y a. m. At that time the river . -was at least ten feet out of its hanks. .r^At?, o'clock it; was 20 feet high. Ile ^!$^$$?i$K~ ut. scorner, ufutba. mill at 1:30 when a large tree Moated over tho dam and" plunged through thc boiler room roof into the room below. This' flooded the machine shop and boiler room and this part of the build ing began to crumble. AL this point 5??cUamlp?W?^ity ar,d thc power house was swept :isv?.y. TiexL a corner ol the old mill gave. way. Mr. Rhine hart ran up thc hank to not a safer and better view of the scene and upon turning saw thc smoke stacie go down .with a crash. In ten seconds after this and about 10 or 12 minutos from thc time the dam broke, the mngnili centaly equipped 50,SOO spindle mill was washed from Its foundation, crumbled and thc wreckage carried down Pacolct river. Nothing was left but about one fifth of the two mills, the cloth room and picker room. At this mill lt; houses were washed away and eleven lives were lost. The street railway tracie between No. I, and :t, is iii complete a wreck as could he pos sible. Thc iron is turned and twisted into a hopeless mass, the track lu places is completely overturned, in other places it is washed against the rocks and all along thc linc the road bed is completely gone. The dani at >Io. :i broke next to thc mill and thc torrent was turned directly on thc structure. Exactly thc opposite hap pened at Glendale, which saved that mill. The water was diverted to thc opposite bani:. Af No. 1. toe oki mill, there was no loss ol' lile but .-onie har row escupes ?ind many homes "vere swept away, 'lin; mill wa. badly damaged. A TJI KILLI NO EX L'EltlKNOE. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman wen- caught in the second story. The IUD)' fell in and they managed to climb out on it. Mrs. Coleman liad a baby under each arm. The rall, floated down stream and then came back near enough lor the people to climb into the second story window ot' Mr. I'cttit's house. Herc they awaited the rescuers who were devising means for relief. The water meanwhile was rising rapidly and 'was half way up the window in the second story. The house was tot tering and it was evident that, if any thing was to be done il, must be done quickly. 'J'. S. Upton and others found a well rope and Upton Cole man climbed out (d' the window,-thc mother still singing to her two babies. Stout hands and brave hearts pulled at the rope and the raff moved shore ward. An angry wave dashed it Lb nc side almost upsetting it. There was an opening in the housetop and through this one id' Lin: little infants rob as thc rall, was about to capsize and just as iL was (40111^ out. of sight to certain death, one of t he rescuers grabbed its clothes and tin; family were all dually saved. IN TINO THICKS. The thrilling experience of Mr. Stribbling, one of the clerks at .No. 2, and thc f> others who occupied a tree with him for S hours, have al ready been recorded. They drilled until hope was almost, gone and finally lodged in the. branches of a tree and were rescued. There were others in trees at No. ii. Mr. Wilson Illing on to tile branches ol' tree for I I hours. Mr. ??Grier, an aged man, lodged in a pine tree and stayed Lhere from o'clock in thc morning until f> o'clock in tin; afternoon. When he was rescued he was completely exhausted and is now in a critical condition. ON Tin : COTTON i ionsK, , James Elders, Hud Kmory, oliver Johnson and Liga Hail were caught on thc roof of the cotton warehouse. They went down thc river and a great, concourse or people watched anxiously hut could not aid. They tinnily went down with tlie exception of .Jas. El ders, who grabbed the limb of a tree and Lige flail, who was found near Paeolct. lirucc McLurc, was aroused as thc water entered his room. Ile rushed out anil suddenly remembered $.'l?? of his savings he bad 'eft behind. Ile turned and with great dilllculty re-en tered his home just as it was totter ing. I fe drifted Tor sOmc time and dually caught a rope handed by res cuers. "1 tell you, Mister, I will never for get till my dying day the cries of the people as they Heated down the river," said an old woman who stood on the balik almost crazed with the horrors of the scenes. "I hear thc cries now, 1 hear them as i got to sleep, and I ?lin sure I will hear them as long as 1 live.'' WAS IN Ol'KUATlON. The greatest hiss of life occurred at Clifton No. 2. There were slxtey houses and forty lives lost here, and the beautiful mill is badly wrecked and the magul Uncut store with its heavey stock is gone. About six or seven bodies have been recovered, lt is believed that several whole families were swept away in Santucbelow Mill No. 2. When the li hal crash came at No. 2, Clifton, thc mill was in full operation. Thc water rose higher, but thc operatives were disposed to laugh at the situation. They did not dream of its seriousness. They stood by their looms and spindles and the little children Moated their boxes in tile water and paddled around as thought it were a halliday. When thc seriousness dawned and the order came to leave the mill, many bad to be driven gut by force. Clifton No. 2 is totally wrecked in one end and chord wood lilis every room. There are bodies not yet recovered in tho debris. Thc odors late Wednesday afternoon clearly indicated the. pre sence of human bodies buried beneath thc rubbish. DIIMI Tonet her. This pathetic incidcut of thc Hood is published by the Spartanburg Her ald: ".I ulitis niggers tall was a board] er at Eddie, Hobbes. In thc next bouse above, Jue Hall lived. Mall had a pretty daughter named Lola and she and ifiggcrstalf were fast friends. Ln . deed, it is related by the neighbors thal on the morrow after the great storm, on Sunday morning they were , to have been wedded. Itiggcrstaff went ti) 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 wafers. On they slept until possibili ty of rescue was gone. They made frantic ell'orts to swim ashore, butfhoth went down. The body of Miss Hall : bas been recovered.". . Tillman Asks ??m?go.' "I""" It has been announced by thc coun sel for.I. H. Tillman that application would lie made to Judge. Townsend iii tho Court of Ccneral Sessions, the , latter part of tilts month, for a change : ol' venue for LIIC trial of Tillman on the charge of murder, which is set for the coming term in Richland county. The application will he. based tai the claim that Tillman can i not get a fair trial in Richland; and ? uftidavits will be submitted td sustain i Hie contention. The prosecution will contest the ii jot ion for a change of [ venue, and will meet thc allegations of the defence with affidavits showing I that lhere is no prejudice here against Tillman that will prc venta fair trial. Made n Haul. I Janies M. Watson, Jr., a (derk in i the ellice ol' Hie auditor I'm- the 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 go .'<. rnmcrit funds. The amount is estimated at from .Mil).ODO to *.7?,000. The warrant makes the specilio charge of embezzle ment of $8,ui?0, which represents only a portion nf t he alleged peculations. Watson was not bunded and in case ? lie or his relatives, several of whom are said li? he wealthy, fail to make , good t he alleged losses A nd i tor J. T. I 'etty will he held responsible for the amount. A Fat ul Kail. A dispatch to Tho State Lom headfort says Thursday nf ter noon the keeper of the lower range light Paris island, Mr. George Lellman, fell hom the platform to the ground be low, a distance ol' ."111 feel, causing instant death. Ile had been warned not to go to high parts of thc light as he had sn tiered several paralytic ?strokes. His thought his fall was caused from one of these attacks. Mr. Lehman was about. 7?1 years old and had beena keeper ol' lightsfor the government for.'IO years. School KOOMI?Siruck. While the afternoon session of Cor sica academy was in session at Corsica Pa., a storm broke in its fury. The .students gathered in a frightened 1 group in Hie big recitation room. A holt of lightning struck tho belfry, and descending through the ceiling ran along the blackboard at which the two students were, still at work, hurl ing them lo thc lloor. The two dead girls had all their clothing burned [foin their bodies, and Professor Car rer, who was standing close1 by was also bailly burned about the body. Shot lo Denth. Por refusing to obey the command to halt, Albert Hurley was shot and mortally wounded Wednesday night hy John .Malone'?', a member of Com pany A, Sixth United Slates infan try, who was doini! guard duty in Kansas City, Kan., where a mild form ol' martial law has been in force since, tho flood. Captain P. J. Taggart, who is in command of thc soldiers, af ter Investigating the ease, submitted a report lo thc mayor exonerating Maloney. Too Many Mad llogH. More than 200 cases of rabies have bien treated in New York hospitals .since the first of t he present year -an unprecedented number. Only a small percentage of thc cases treated result ed fatally, owing to prompt action; but tho inert ase in the number of cases is regarded as .->.. serb* is that the City Council has been asked lo pass laws against, unmuzzled dogs running in tho streets. UNDER WATER. Thousands Flee From_Eaiit St. Louis to Escape Flood. THIRTY PEOPLE ARE DROWNED. Trio "Wildest Excitement Existed In All Parts ortho City. Heavy LIOSB of all Kinds of > Property. At Sb. Louis thc river Wednesday morning reached a sbage of 87.0 feet, highest point during bhe presenb Hood. East Sb. Louis, with a popula tion of 82,000, having large manufacturing interests and thc terminal point for railroads from thc north, cast and south, is partly under water and will probably be totally submerged by noon. Thc southern half of East Sb. Louis is deep In thc Hood and thc city's 2,500 levee builders have fallen back to Missouri avenue in thc atttcmpt to save thc remainder of the city, menac ed hy swelling waters from three sirles. Broadway, thc central east and west thoroughfare, lias been abandoned to the Hood. Lee Harper, former city attorney, says the water will be two feet deep in frout of the city hall be fore (i o'clock. Seven miles of water pressing from thc south and southeast overcame thc city's linc of defense Wednesday morning and ?.ouo persons were driven from their homes. Numerous reports or drowning have been received, but thc Wast St. Louis police lia vc tims far learned no names of victims. One thousand men were working on thc levee when it broke. Several hours before thc linal break they had thc active assistance of hundreds of women and children. The break (?ame at the St. Louis valley crossing of thc Illi nois Central embankment two miles south of Relay depot. WOMEN AT WOltK. While as many mon, women and children as could stand on the em bankment were packing sand bugs to tlie rails to prevent a break, thc re sistless current broke through thc wall of earth and spurted in rivulets In thc face of those who were carrying sandbags up the bank. Hags thrown into thc openings by dozens of men were tossed by the waters like feathers when thc workers lied from their use less task and thc alarm was given by thc ringing of bells and blowing of whistles In every part or thc city. A few of thc workers in thc embank ment remained ab their posts until the rushing writers marie it:.necessary for th?irrto swim for their - lives! -Then they joined their companions in warn ing thc residents Of thc thickly settled district of their danger. THU l'EOl'LE KLEE. Awakened families saw the water in tlie streets. When.they were ready to leave with their hurriedly collected stock of necessities tlie Hood was at their door sills. They lied to thc north. Thc Washington school was thc nearest point of safety. Many made for the high ground near thc Illinois Central 'tracks. Men from Alta Sita and Denver side, who had been working on thc abandoned levee, hastened to those localities lo tel! their neighbors of their danger. Every locomotive and factory whistle joined in Hie clamor of alarm. Thc water is not expected to reach ils level in the Hooded part of thc city before noon. Mayor Parker prcdicls that when thc level is readied thc water will be two feet higher than at 7 o'clock Thursday morning. Dismayed by thc defeat which has come in their seven day's battle with the Hood, thc greater part of thc levee builders fell back to Broadway, where it was at first decided to resist tlie water. A half hour's work and sur vey of the prospect convinced those in charge that it was useless to try to keep thc water from 11 road way and' the Hood lighters fell back upon Mis souri avenue, which runs cast from thc Kolay station. XEOIIO SHOT OHA D. Here the scenes (d' thc past week were repealed a:; Iii?: nu eels were quickly transposed into a dike. An appeal from Mayor Cook to thc gover nor of Hil nols for state troops lo aid in guarding property was answered by thc promise that details of militia would bc sent to Last St. Louis at once. A few hours before thc 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 the dike. His act was causad by anger because bc was not allowed to draw his pay at once. Relief boats started from St. Louis for East St. Louis carly Wednesday morning. Congressman William A. Rodenliurg issued an appeal for aid for the Hood sufferers, Koori, he says, is mostly needed and means must bc bad for delivering it to persons who are in upper stories of their homes and in box cars. At !> o'clock water was threatening the north and east sirles, 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 sirle water had already collected. All low points of the cit}' arc under waler. I5V KUY IHM) V WA KN KI). When thc break occurred warning; were first sent through thc city by messengers who discharged Hrcarms, blew horns and shouted in stentorian tones thc news of thc Hood arrival. Lights gleamed in bouses where thc occupants had confidence in thc em bankment. Persons scantily attired emerged from their homes and in a few min utes the whole populace of thc low dis trict attacked, six miles in area were Hoeing to higher ground. As thc noise of thc approaching Hood was heard thc Hight at lirsta rapid retreat vf i Ul some semblance ol order, as sumed a panic stage. AH efforts lo assure thc Inhabitants that there was sulllcient lime to escape unless a gap was washed through thc embankment failed to convince them and most of them lied without any effort to save property. Messengers were sent to the main portion of thc city telling of the dan ger and the greatest excitement pre vailed. As the bottoms lilied and the river gained a larger entrance thc terror in thc business section of the city grew intense. It was all the greater because uf thc darkness and fear that while guard was maintained in one direction the torrent would break through at another point and engulf the luckless inhabitants Le tween two Hoods. By the thousands they began to desert their homes and run vainly up and down the streets seeking a place of succor. FLICK IN SCANT ATTI UK. Hundreds of families from tho choicest residence portions of thc city carrying trunks, grips, bundles of clothing and valuables began to cross Eads bridge towards St. Louis. Most pf the refugees were scantily clad. Strong mon (tarried aged women in their arms: Barefooted children were in the procession which con Li unod steadily over thc bridge. Hundreds of others sought protection in the second story ol' the public library building. As the water encroached abouti many dashed through the shal low ? verile w to lind a more secure re fuge. In terror of the rising tide of water refugees in hundreds thronged tlie streets crowded the cars and be sought public ollioiais. At the city hall alone, 500 homeless persons willi scant, belongings as they had been able to seize on short notice were as sembled. Provisions for tho time be ing were supplied them. Business istolally suspended. Thc streets are lilied with almost panic stricken inhabitants. Women with children in anns, men carrying house hold furniture, horses, dogs and other remains of once comfortable domestic establishments parade the streets, The common direction of all move ment is toward the bridge over which blie refugees are hurrying to St. Louis. All traille Lo Mast St. Louis from thc west side has been suspended and policemen turned back all whu at tempted the trip. DKAD Nl'MItini 'i'll I it I Y. Al') o'clock Wednesday Congress man W. A. llodcnburg estimated that thirty lives were lost on tile Hooding of the 1 iwcr portions of Last St. Louis eaily ti mt morning. While general alarms were given by the police and retreating levee workers with shouts and pistols lhere was not Lime to call at every house in the thickly settled district and it is believed many fami lies itt li rsl story cottages awoke only when it was too late to escape. Levee workers'who laid down to rest on em bankments worn nut with hard labor were caught and drowned .hy Hood like rats, lt may never be learned how many/lied Iii this way. _:-'-? Among tue- drowned 'Wednesday night previous to thc break in thc Illinois Central levee was E. D Sher wood and .lohn Collis!) and three chil dren. They lost their lives by Hie overturning of a boat in the northern part of the city. A negro was drown ed at, 8 o'clock Thursday morning in Hie waters which are climbing up the side of tlie embankment supporting Broadway Hast St. Louis. Thc man was trying to get his team to higher ground and remained in the rising waters until the swift running cur rent upset the wagon. Thc team was drowned. Everything obtainable is being used in the rescue of unfortunate people from thc second stories of dwellings in thc .submerged district. Bafts sire being built, boats improvis ed and wagons even are put into use, the horses of which Hounder around with only their heads above water while on their errands of mercy. NAVAL MILITIA DITSY. Thc naval militia of St. Louis and Allon are un duty. Lieutenant Cray commanding thc St. Louis Naval militia, has his force spread out along the embankment, guarding against levee cutting and depredations by hordes of negroes and bums that are to be seen everywhere. Arms are stacked at police headquarters where reputable citizens may obtain carbines and ahimunitatioti lo guard their prop erty. A large number nf arrests have been made hy thc police who are marching their prisoners across thc bridge to St. Louis as there is un nlsicc to keep them in thc llond city. The Last St. l.'Miis city jail is also being emptied and tlie pTiSOr.orS taken to The Four Courts in St. Louis for safety. There is no place in Last St. Louis to feed and pay ol? thc hundreds of men who have been at work strengthening thc levees ii bout thc city, lt was found necessary Thursday morning to march them over to St. Louis for their meals and then back again to work. ltlU IA I) WA Y ?/NDKU WATICK. . Broadway, running east and west through Last St. Louis, divides that city in two. ll is built up in places, .Landing )f> feet above the surround ing country, lt is first thought this street would serve, as a protection to the northeast half of the city but thc Hood that covers the southern part has broken through in a small stream between Sill and Uti) street. Should Lite embankments formed hy I ?road way give way as it ls threatened it will send a wall of witter If? feet higher over the remainder ol' thc city. Thc Hooded district in Bast St. Louis due Lo tlie breaking of thc embankments early Thursday morning is one mile wide south from Broadway and four miles long from east tb west, lt com prises about one-fourth ol' the eily. Thal part of Bast SL. Louis known as the "Island" was Hooded several d ivs a^'O. The crisis of the Hood situation has passed. Boat crews; which have been busy in rescuing victims o? the Hood devoted themselves -Thursday to saving property and bringing to higher ground belated refugees who previously bad not themselves been lu immediate danger. The Deadly Itailroad. l'onr men were Killed and three badly injured in a collision between a coal train and a freight train three miles east ol' ( Isccola, Tyrone division, Pennsylvania railroad, Wednesday. When thc train was mar thc top of t!w> mount-all) between ( Osceola and Tyrone, Boyer's engingc could not Hold il and fourteen cars were published back on thc approaching train. AB?jUT MAD DOGS. They Never Froth at the Mouth Nor Have Bloodshot! Eyes. HARMLESS IN FIRST STAGES. A Goori iluto IM Alwnys to Turn out lor a Hoi* that Won't Turn Out --.for Yon. The following article from the New York Journal on mad dogs will he 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 tiley bolievc indicate rabies arc thc surest tests that-a dog is not mad," Dr. James McDonough, of the Watehung 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 tina) stage of robies, made this statement: "In all. my experience," said thc doc tor, "and I have been treating dogs for iifteen years, J have never seen a mad dog froth at the mouth. On thc contrary, the mouth of a dog that is really rabid is dry and parched. Nether have I eyer seen a dog with rabies riish about like tho dogs wc read about, ?vith head lowered and eyes bloodshot, nnappitigr and biting at everything with which he comes in contact. "Thc real mad dog seldom attacks unless he is interfered with. 1 have followed a mad dog over a country road and seen him trot by within two inches of people who were quietly con versing, /nob knowing that the animal was mad.'* The sudden hot weather having re vived tile fear of mad dogs, an Ameri can reporter visited Mr. McDonough at his dog sanitarium in Montclair, and asked him about thc prevalence of rabies and the manner in which the danger may be averted. Dr. McDonough smiled as he 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 L am keeping under observation, lie is very active and might bite you if you got too close to him; but I dou't believe he is mad. "There ls a great popular miscon ception on thc question of rabid dogs. 1 Hrmij believe that if the public were properly educated in the observance of dogs..tiic cases of rabies would be fewer <.ha.iv:tiley -ire at present. And rabies ' 'AiARiiaim-?i?. t.bnt;-?-- - - ~ 10111K.10 desirable that the sum of in formation among the people be increased regarding dogs, both for the purpose of insuring greater safety to the people and for the prevention of the slaughter of a great number of pets who do not merit death. "Let me tell you thc symtoms of rabies. There arc two stages- of the disease. In the tirst the dog ls rest less and uneasy. He can't keep still, lie shifts about from one place to another, has a hacking cough and to ward thc end of thc lirst stage begins to bite libflilly at thc seat of inocula tion, wherever it may be. "This stage lasts for from twenty four 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 thc dog. I have often thought that nature has made this provision in order that suflicicnt warning of the approach of rabies may be given before the dog becomes dan gerous. "Well, it ts only after the dog has passed from the lirst to thc second stage of the disease that he becomes dangerous. And even with regard to thc 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 wont turn out for you: if you follow that rule you will be comparatively sale from any rabid dog that comes your way. "When thc dog passes into the sec ond stage of rabies be becomes still mon." restless. It is then that they wander till. They do not go at a rapid pace,'tiley (?O not froth at the mouth, their eyes do not bOGQfnc bloodshot. Perhaps they hang their liCQds-all sick dogs do that-and they run lltttil they drop from exhaustion, slopping 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 linally rall dead. 1 have seen them wear their toe. nails to the quick. "During this time they will bite things that come in their way. Un derstand that. Hut they will not go out ol' their way to attack anything "Here is an illustration out of my own experience. It happened right here in Montclair. An inoffensive lookihgdog sauntered along the street, attracting no attention whatever. In appearance, to the unpracticed eye, he resembled any other healthy dog. A litt le child gut in its way, and thc dog threw the child down and bit ber. "A crowd gathered, butno attempt was made to stop the dog. No cry ol' mad dog was raised, i happened to pass and stopped to make inquiries and learned that the child had been billen. I got a description ol'the ani mal and started after bim in my wagon. "Half hour later my attention was attracted to a dog on the outskirts of thc town willoh resemblc<l the dog that had bitten the child. in two minutes I discovered that it was mad. 1 followed it. Thc dog sauntered along, winding in and out between fences, lying down, then getting up nervously and starting off again. "Oncea small dog got in thc mad one's way, and thc latter bit bim once and starled bri again. Two hun dred yards further down the road a mau and a woman were standing at thc side of thc road talking. The dog walked right past them without at tempting any violence. Next be ap proached . a stoop where a man was about to descend. Fearing that the man would be bitten, 1 shouted a warning, but thc mau merely laughed at mc, and, coming down thu .slops snapped his lingers at thc dog,-which actually dodged him and ambled on down thc road. "The lingers of thc foolhardy man were within two inches of thc dog's mouth, yet he was not bitten. "After this the beast wandered ulong the side of a creek, tried to drink, but couldn't, and walked two hundred yards up tile bed of the stream beiore 1 tinnily killed him. I had a policeman with me. and do you know that otllcer refused to shoot the dog. Ile said it wasn't mad, and he saw no reason for putting lb out of the way. "Nevertheless within twenty-three days the dog that had been bitten up thc road died of rabies, and thirty three days later the child died of the same disease. L sent the brains or the two dogs to the Paetcur lust! tu te and in course of time learned that both dogs had been nfilleted with ra hies. "On thc other hand, I had a dog at, one time, the property of two ran iden ladies In town, that was sent to me to be. killed because it was frothing at the mouth and showing other alleged signs of rabies. 1 put thc animals under observation and in the course ol' a week had him in such condition that I was able to restore him to his own ers. The dilllculty with him, as with many dogs, was that he had been over fed and lacked exercise, ''You ask what 1 would suggest to prevent tile spread of rabies. 1 would do this: First, 1 would have passed an ordinance giving thc 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 the newspapers, to observe the first symptoms of ra bies so that they will be able to detect the disease in its ti rsl stages: The dog will do no hann then. It will stay right at home and can be de stroyed there before any damage is done." KILLED BY POISON. A Kcnutirul Gtrl llride Churned Willi H usimiul's Murder. A special dispatch from Gainesville, Ga., says John W. Tanner, father of Wiley F. Tanncr^who died under sus picious circumstances at his horne in Clinchem district, this county, Satur day May 23rd, 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. Gilmer of Hall county at ll o'clock Tuesday afternoon and he i inmediately left for ?the home of 1 Frank Duncan, father of the young \V6i?jth,;AVucre she"is~staying, to"make" tlic arrest and bring her back to Gainesville to be Incarcerated in the Hall county Jail. The state chemist Tuesday morn ing, forwarded the result of his inves tigations to Dr. J. P. Maudlin, of Flowery liranch, who immediately communicated the same to John "W Tanner at hts home near Chestnut mountain. Tanner at once hitched up his team and came to Gainesville, where the warrant was sworn out at 5 o'clock. The chemist's annalysis showed nine-tenths ot* a grain of strychnine in tile stomach and glass from which the milk was drunk. This was sufllcienl to satisfy Tanner and he at once pro cecded to swear out a warrant charg ing his daughter-in-law with murder The sherill* will likely reach Gaines ville early in the morning hours to morrow with the fair prisoner, who will, in all probability, occupy a cell in the county jail until thc term of .Hali superior court, which convenes thc third Monday in-J illy. The case is one of the most sensational ever occurring in this county and bas caused great in terest. Saturday May 2'trd. Tanner sat down to his noonday meal, apparently in the best of health, ?ind in the en joyment of a contented home with his bride of two months. She had already partaken of her meal when he arri ved, but, like the happy wife she was sup posed to be, she sat down by her hus band anti talked pleasantly to him The meal had only proceeded a short time, when Tanner turned to his wife and remarked that there must br something the matter with thc but termilk at the same time asking her to taste it, which she did. She spat out what slie drank without swallow bjir any and Tanner poured the re maindeV^ rr?^iL slop ttib, which was afterwards glveTrs?Kft??. hogs, ; which, after drinking the milk.TTl'ed.A, ina few moments he was deathly sick and, screaming to his wife that he was poisoned, Tanner ran to the home of his uncle, Henry Tanner a short distance away, crying to him that he wa? deathly sick. His uncle ran towards him ar.."i caught him in his arms as he was about to sink to the earth. To his uncle, John 'fan ner repeated what he said to his wile, that he had been poisoned. All was done for him that his people knew, but in forty-live minutes life was ex tinct, his body assuming a rigidity that usually attends the administ ra tion of strychnine or similar poison. A I,and Slide. The side of a mountain caved in on the Southern tracks between Spartan burg and Ashville at noon Friday. Thousands of tons of rock and dirt plunged downward completely Idling one of the largest railroad cuts in the mount ailis ul' western North Carolina and effectually shutting olT all traille from tlic south. The landslide oc curred near Tryon, N. C., just at thc foot of Saluda mountain* The road had just succeeded In resuming opera tion of trains which were blocked by washouts in Spartanburg county. Thc present disaster will cause annullmcnt of all trains on this road for at least seven days as the authorities say it will he Impossible to clear the track before that time. It is also given out that another crack is seen in thc rear ol' the eli tr 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 bc. at least 12 days before thc running of through trains can bc resumed. KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. Gov. I lc j word Fools Deeply Tor tho Flood StitTercre. Ten years ago the governor of South Carolina witnessed the suffering that followed the great tidal wave which swept the coast of South Carolina. His own plantation was wrecked, 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 Fiicolet valley. Having seen thc destruction, the desolation of his own section his heart is lilied with pity for thc doom ed valley o? industry in thc high lands. Tuesday, hi speaking to a repre sentative of The State, Gov. Hey ward said: "I atti deeply concerned at the appalling disaster that has carried such loss and sorrow to so many South Carolinians. This is especially true regarding the operatives In the mills which were destroyed, because they have lost all of their property, their homes, many loved ones-everything. Sorrow and sadness gt) with thc des titution and loss of life so suddenly wrought by this awful disaster, and I have cancelled engagements for thc next few days in order to remain at my olllcc where I can immediately respond to any call made upon me by the exigencies of this calamitous situation, "I have Just wired that I cannot be present ?it the Furman alumni ban quet on Wednesday night, be ia lise,1 wish to give prompt response should my services be needed at any time. "Generous and sympathetic respon ses are being made to my call Tor help-this assistance coming not only from our own people all tiver our State, but also from those who live far away, whose hearts loo, have been touched by thc calamity that has fallen upon us. "In thc name of all of our people, and very especially in behalf of those stricken ones upon whom thc gloom of sorrow and of suffering has so heavily fallen-I thank all most sincerely for the prompt response which comes with such tender sympathy. "I am doing all I can to render such assistance as may bc in my power, and ? rejoice to sec thc pluck and courage shown by those whose loss and whose sufferings are so great. Such faith amid such trying surround ings can and will strengthen thc faith ?ind hope of us all."-The State. HEAVY LOSERS. The Fled mont. Floods Have Cost the Small Farmern Heavy Liosses. A dispatch from Sparlanburg to thc Charleston Post says a complete list of those who have lost their homes ?ind household goods by Saturday's Hood has been completed, lt shows the number of sufferers to be MO. Most of these were at mill No. 2, at Clifton, where thc greatest loss of life also occurred. At Pacolet the work of clearing away the debris is progres sing rapidly, Representilt!v?s of ont of town mills continue lo come in and are scouting many families from the stricken districts. Tile directors pf the Clifton mills will hold a meeting Thursday night in that city. Thc company has figured up its loss in a general way, hut noth ing was given otit Thursday. Thc machinery in the wrecked mills is regarded as a total loss. The com pany is unable yet to estimate what cotton and cloth will bc saved, as the goods are scattered down the river for miles. Reports sent to outside papers stat ing that many sufferers at Clifton were being badly neglected are strong ly condemned bete and denied in toto. Several cars of provisions and cloth ing have already boen shipped Lo thc Hood district. Thc committee Is do ing all possible to prevent suffering. The loss in thc county on account bf bridges destroyed was placed at $50,000. Temporary structures arc being built as rapidly as possible to render travel possible. The small farmers arc sufferers to a much larger extent than is generally known. Many of them have lost half their crops or over. White Caps. Yiic State says Gov. H ey wirti was very deeply moved by the story of G. G. Hogan, "Dock" Hogan, thc young farmer of Dent's,, who was whipped by White Caps Saturday night. He declared that he would of fer a rewa rn of $200 for thc arrest of the parties who committed this high handed piece of lawlessness. Detec tives have been put on thc case and thc governor sincerely hopes that the law will be vindicated in the arrest of thc patties guilty ol' this shocking crime. As yet thc governor has no intimation of thc identity of thc par ties who visited Hogan's home and called him out in the dead lion rs of the night. Cloudburst in Texas. Seven bodies, thc greater portion of which were those of women, have thus far been recovered at Clifton, Ariz., after the torrent from the cloudburst of Tuesday after it spent Its fury. The property loss will esti mate $100,000. Houses and stores 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 the evening passenger train was blown over into Mid canal. Tele graph communication was cut off and word were sent to surrounding towns by runners. An F,d I tor Killed. Editor K. .1. Hawkins of the Times and Earilier Thad Hustle had a light in Dublin, Ga., on Tuesday. Dawk ins struck lipstick with an. umbrella, when the latter cut his throat with a knife, making ti mortal wound. The trouble was thc result of a longstand ing feud over a lawsuit. BEATS DR. TAMER. Dr. Wilkerson, of Augusta, Ga., Has Fasted Forty-three Days. ANN THE END IS NOT YET. IIoHnsBccn a Great Sufferer from Acute Indigestion and is Un dergoing tho Fast . ing Cure. The Auguta Chronicle says Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, a wellknown young physician ot that city, and an honor graduate of the medical depart ment of the University of Georgia, is - on a Tast that promises to break the j world's record for length. Dr. Tan- . nev's record ls already discounted. Tuesday v as the forty-third day that Dr. Wilkinson has taken nothing in thu way of nourishment, limiting him- , self exclusively to water. He has par- f, taken or water freely during the fast. Throughout thc rast he had suffered no inconveniences, although he bas lost weight very rapidly. Naturally a man ol slight build, although tall, he is now a living shadow pf his former self. Dr. Wilkinson resides with bis rather, Mr. Wm. M. Wilkinson, at 417 Second street, and throughout the fast hair con lined himself to the homes and its grounds. TAKING DAILY EXERCISE. Dr. Wilkinson takes daily exercise, including walks about the house and ?rounds, and is also using a pair of light dumb-bells. He declares that he feels strong all the time, althougb any exertion he 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 have been - advised of the treatment to which the young man has been subjecting him self for the past month or more. Only in thc last day or two has the doctor's fast become general property in a news sense and reached the ears of newspaper men. SCIENTIFIC TKEATltENT^. Thc fasting of Dr. Wilkinson is in tlie nature or a sclentilic treatment for an aggravated case or 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 Tasting treat ment. Recently Tasting bas been advocat ed for the cure of digestive derange ments, and where tried has been high ly recommended, lt is claimed by the advocates of the method that it 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 Tasting practically gives the patienta new stomach or digestive organs. . While the organ is not at work it is claimed that nature repairs all the damage to the organ Tram overwork and past abuses. FOLLOWS 31*FADDEN. It ts understood that thc treatment is nothing more or less than an extend ed use of the advice of the Physical Culturist McFadden, of New York,' who recommends that whenever there is stomach tronblc that his pupils Tast for a few days, in order to effect a cure. Dr. Wilkinson believes that the theory ot Tasting for stomach trouble ls the correct one, and he is demon strating its useTullness. 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 oT the appetite ts said to be an indication that the cure is complete. OT course the appetite must be normal, and must be constantly with the patient. That is, it must; not be oT the kind that comes and goes, but the desire for nourishment must be continuous. FELT HUNGRY TWICE. Dr. Wilkinson has already at times felt thc return of his appetite, but as yet does not think that it is constant and normal. Ile believes that the next Tew days will sec thc return oT his normal appetite and a complete cure pf his trouble. If the experiment proves successful, and Dr. Wilkinson has no doubt in his mind that it will, it will be a val uable addition *to the medici-^no"^ 'ec?K? o/ too. P/.9tSssidn\" ^Thousands are duuerers from derangements or the digestive organs and would gladly un dergo a season oT Tasting iT they knew it would afford them relier and a per manent cure. Dr. Wilkinson in no way flesires notoriety as a Taster and is not refraining Trora eating in order to make a record along this line. It was his desire that nothing be said ahout thc treatment he is undergoing until it is completed and the degree of success could be definitely reported. Queer Advertisement. Herc is a curious advertisement, re published in The Cornhill Magazine from an eighteenth century paper: "Wanted-For a Tamlly who have had health, a sober, steady person, In the capacity oT a doctor, surgeon and apothecary. He must occasionally act in the capacity oT 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 that the Taml ly cannot any longer afford the expense of thc physical tribe, and wish to be at a certain expense Tor their bodies and souls. A good salary will bc given." _ Smut tiered in U Rill. Two boys were smothered to death while playing in the wheat bin oT thc Gallatin mills at Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday aTtcrnoon. A search was instituted when the boys Tailed to put In an appearance Tor 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 ot grain through the elevator chute. The lads were Henry Smith and Hugh .Lanier and they wore between 8 and 9 years old.