Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SB z .DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." V0L.?3????r BENNETTS VILLE,. S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1903. THE GREAT FLOOD. Some Scenes and Incidents Gathered from People Who SAW THE MILLS WASHED AWAY Xlirillin/; KxperlcnocH niul Narrow EscnncB AiiimiR Thone "Who Survive tho Great Catnn trophe at Clifton. Thc story ol' thc great Hood, says Editor .l.C. Carlington, of the Spar tanburg Herald, who lias gone over the ground, still the absorbing topic of interest in Spartanbiirg, docs not grow better or brighter as Hie minute details are pointed, out the most in teresting fact connected with Hie great disaster is thu completeness and accuracy of the story gathered at thc beginning, lt was complete and yet communication was entirely cut off with thc stricken territory and reporters had to depend largely on thc uncertain mode of shouting across thc turbulent waters of Lawson's Fork for thc facts. HOUSES Ann GONE. Mr. Carlington says that in the valley between No. I, and No. 8, lately tilled with two long rows of cottages out from which bright faces and scores of happy children would greet the passer-by, lhere was a verit able desert of sand. Not a tree left standing not a house. In the midst of the stretch of white sand spreading out like a pararic, a dozen men were clustered. One was digging and wc imagined that perhaps the body of some loved one was being unearthed; The men were silent and disconsolate. Thc did not seem lo notice our ap proach, but kept on walebing the man win. was digging, investigation show ed that this old man was delving Into the. foundations of Iiis former home. Two feet under the sand lie found a wire bed spring and lie was carefully i pulling tile mud oui or Hie springs. He could have found a dozen springs in thc debris on thc hillsides, but it was thc last remnant of his home, ?and bc togged away lo reclaim it. Ile said be bad found a monkey wrench and a hat pin, and be prized them highly. AN EYE WITNESS TALKS. . Night Watchman W. A.^hiincharb on duty at No. :i, had made his rounds at .'J a. m. At thal time thc river was at least ten feel out of its banks. At i o'clock it was 20 feet high. He -. y.'2'\f.tandi?g,. ata.f.iirhei'.-ofi.tbe. mill, ni,' 4:30 when a large tree floated over the dam and plunged through the boiler room roof into the room below. This' Hooded thc machine shop and boiler room and this part of thc build big began to crumble. At this point "tl^i?inTg?t*Q.wayand the powerhouse was swept aww?v. Next a corner of tile old mill gavb.way. Mr. Ilhinc-1 bart ran up the bank lo get a safer' and better view of thc scene and upon turning saw the smoke stack go down with a crash. In ten seconds after this and about 10 or 12 minnies from thc time the dam broke, the magnili ccntaly equipped 5(1,800 spindle mill was washed from its foundation, crumbled and the wreckage carried down Pacolel river. Nothing was left but about one tiftli of the two mills, the cloth room J and picker room. At this mill Hi houses were washed away and eleven lives were lost. The street railway track between No. I, and 3, is as complete a wreck as could lie pos sible. The iron is turned and twisted into a hopeless mass, thc track in places is completely overturned, in other places it is washed against the rocks and all along the line thc mad bed is completely gone. The dam at No. 3 broke next to thc mill and thc torrent was turned directly on the structure. Exactly the opposite hap pened at Glendale, which saved that mill. The wafer was diverted to the opposite bank. At No. I. Inc tdd mill, there was no Ins of life but home narrow escapes tl nd many bunn--, -vere swept away, '?hr mill wa. badly damaged. A T1IKILLINO HXl'KlttHNOH. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman were caught in the second story. The roof fell in and they managed lo climb out on it. Mrs. Coleman had a baby under each arm. The rall Unat ed down stream 'and then came back near enough for" the people to climb into the second story window ot Mr. Pettit's house. Here they awaited the rescuers who were devising means for relief. The water meanwhile was rising rapidly and'was halfway up the window in the second story. The house was tot tering and it was evident that if any thing was to he clone it must be done quickly. T. S. I'pion and ol hers found a well rope and I'pion Cole man climbed out of the window.-tbe mother still singing lo ber two babies. Stout bands and brave hearts pulled at Hie rope and Hie raff moved shore ward. An angry wave dashed il lo nc side almost upsetting il. There was an opening in (bc housetop and through this one of the little infants feb as the raft was alunit to capsize and just as it was going oui of sight to certain death, one ol 1 he rescuers grabbed its clothes and the family were all dually saved. IN Till': 'lit K KS, The thrilling experience of Mr. Scribbling, one of thc clerks at ?No. 2, anil thc 5 others who occupied a free with him for 8 hours, have al ready been recorded. They drifted until hope was almost gone and finally lodged in the branches of a tree and were rescued. There were others in trees at No. 3. Mr. Wilson hung on to thc branches of tree for I I hours. Mr. .Grier, an aged man, lodged in a pine tree and stayed there from .'? o'clock in the morning until f> o'clock in the afternoon. vVhcn he. was rescued be was completely exhausted and is now in a critical condition. ON TIM: COTTON MOUSE. .lames Elders, Hud Emory, Oliver Johnson and Lige Hail were caught on the roof of Hie. cotton warehouse. They went down thc river and a great I concourse of people watched anxiously bub could nob aid. They linally went down with thc exception of das. Ki dd's, who grabbed the limb of a tree and Luge Hail, who was found near Paeoleb. Bruce McLure, was aroused as thc water entered his mom. lie rushed out and suddenly remembered S.'l?? of his savings be bad 'erb behind. Ile turned and with great difficulty re-en tered his home just as lb was totter ing. Ne drifted for some time aud linally caught a rope handed hy res cuers. "1 tell you, Mister, I will never for get till my dying day the cries of the people as they lloated down the river," said an old woman who stood on the bank almost crazed with the horrors of thc scenes. "1 bear thc cries now, 1 hear them as 1 got to sleep, and 1 am sure I will hear them as long as 1 live." WAS IN OPERATION. The greatest hiss of life occurred at I Clifton Ko. 2. There were sixt ca llouses and forty lives lost here, and thc bead bi ful mill is badly wrecked and the magnificent store with its bea vc y stock is gone. About six pr seven bodies have been recovered, lt is believed that .several whole families were swept away in San tuc below Mill No. 2. When tho li nal crash came at No. 2, Clifton, the mill was in Tull operation. Thc water rose higher, bub thc operatives were disposed to laugh at the situation. They did not dream of its seriousness. They stood by their looms and spindles and thc little children lloated their boxes in the water and paddled around as thought it were a holliday. When the seriousness dawned and the order came to leave thu mill, many had to be driven out hy force. Clifton No. i is totally wrecked in one end and chord wood lilis every room. There are bodies not yet recovered in the debris. Thc odors late Wednesday afternoon, clearly indicated tlic pre sence ol' human bodies buried bciicatl thc rubbish. l>i?:<l Tuj?Ct lier. This pathetic incident of thc Hoot is published by thc Spar lanburg lier aid: ".Julius Idggerstalf was a board cr at liddle Hobbes. In the ncxthous< above, ?lue Hall lived. Hall had r pretty daughter named Lola and sin and Itjggcrstaff were fast friends. In deed, it is related by the neighbor; that on the morrow after the grea storm, on Sunday morning they wen to have been wedded. Biggcrstal went to call on Lola Hall on Krida night arid they planned the details o the marriage. At a rather late bou they retired each dreaming of th happy event, oblivious of thu risin; waters. On they slept until possibil: ty of rescue was gone. They mad frantic clVorts to swim ashore, bub'bot went down. The body of Miss Ha bas been recovered.". . Tillman Asks Gt?anfce. lb has been announced by blie com sci f?r .T. H. Tillman that applicatio would be made to .lodge Townsend i the Court of General Sessions, tb latter part ol' this month, for a ch?hg of venue for thc trial ol' Tillman c thc charge of murder, which is st for the coining term in llichlau county. Thc application will 1 based on Hie claim that Tillman ca not get a fair trial in Richland, an affidavits will be submitted to sustai t he. contention. The prosecution wi contest the motion for a change i venue, and will meet thc allcgatioi of Hie defence witli affidavits show ii that, there is no prejudice herc again I Tillman that will prevent a fair bria Made a Maul. .lames M. Watson, Jr., a clerk the ofliee of the audi lor for Hie Di trict of Columbia and the son-in-la of a wealthy retired railroad contrai tor, was arrested Wednesday on charge of embezzlement ol' gnvcrumci funds. The amount is estimated ; from &(?0,00u to $.75,000. The warral makes the speedie charge of cmbezzl nient ol' $8,000, which represents on a portion ol' the alleged peculation Watson was not bunded and in ca he or his relatives, several of who are said to bi' wealthy, fail to ma! good the alleged losses Auditor.).' I'efly will be held responsible for t amount._ A Fal a I Kal!. A dispatch to Thc S;ale fix Hean fort says Thursday alterno t he keeper of the lower range hg Paris island. Mr. George Lehman, f from Hie platform to Hie ground I low, a distance of .'JO feet, ailis! instant death. He bad been warn not to go to high parts of Hie light bc had su Ile red several paraly strokes, lt is thought bis fall v caused from one nf these attacl Mr. Lehman was about 75 years < anil had been a keeper ol' lightsfdr I government for 110 years. School KOOMI Struck. While thc afternoon session of C sica academy was in session at Cors l'a., a storm broke in its fury. rl students gathered in a frightei group in Hie big recitation room, bolt ol' lightning struck the bell' and descending through Hie ceil ran along the blackboard af which : two students wen; still at work, hi ing Hiern lo the Udor. The two di giris had all their clothing buri from their bodies, and Professor C rei1, who was standing close by \ also badly burned about th?: body. Shot to Death. For refusing lo obey the comm; to hall, Albert Hurley was shot! morl ally wounded Wednesday ni; by .lohn Maloney, a member of Ci pany A, Sixth United Stales inf try, who was doing guard duty j Kansas City, Kan., wherea mild ft ol' martial law lias been in force si tlie ?loud. Captain F. .1. Taggi who is in command of the soldiers, ter investigating Hie. case, submit a report to the mayor exon?rai Maloney. Too Many Stall DogM. More than 200 cases of rabies li h-en treated in New York hosp! since the first ol' the present year unprecedented number. Only! a sr percentage of the cases treated res ed fatally, (Aying lb prompt act but Hie increase in the number cases is regarded as so serious t tlic City (.'oiinc.il bas been askc( pass laws against unmuzzled ( running in the streets. UNDER WATER. Thousands Flee From_East St. Louis to Escape Flood. THIRTY PEOPLE ARE DROWNED. Tho Winiest Kxcitoiitont Existed in All l?nrts ol' tho City. Heavy Loss or all Kinds of ? Property. At St. Louis thc river Wednesday morning reached a stage of 87.1) feet, highest point during the present Hood. East Sb. Louis, with ?1 population bf ' ,12,000, having large manufacturing interests and thc terminal point for railroads from the north, east and south, is partly under water and will probably bc totally submerged by noon. Thc southern half of East St. Louis is deep in thc Hood and thc city's 2,?O? levee builders have fallen back to Missouri avenue in the attic nipt to save the remainder of tliecity, menac ed by swelling waters from three sides. Broadway, the central cast and west thoroughfare, bas been abandoned to the Hood. Lee Harper, former city attorney, says thc water will be two feet deep in front of thc city hall be fore (.' o'clock. Seven miles of water pressing from the south and southeast overcame thc city's line of defense Wednesday morning and f>,0U0 persons were driven from their homes. Numerous reports or drowning have been received, but thc East St. Louis police have 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 thc active assistance of hundreds ol' women and children. Thc break came at thc St. Louis valley crossing of thc Illi nois Central embankment two miles south of Relay depot. WOMEN AT WO UK. 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, the re sistless current broke through thc wall of earth and spurted in rivulets in the face of those who were carrying sandbags up the bank. Mags thrown into thc 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 hy tho ringing of bells and blowing of whistles in every part of the city. A few of thc workers in the embank ment remained at their posts until tim rushing waters made it: necessary- for them* to s wi TU for their - lives. Then they joined their companions in warn ing the residents of the thickly settled district of their danger. THE PEOPLE KLEE. Awakened families saw the water in thc streets. Whcn.they were ready to leave witli their hurriedly collected stock of necessities the Hood was at their door sills. They lied to thc north. Thc Washington school was the nearest point of safety. Many made for thc high ground near thc Illinoi> Central "tracks. Men from Alta Sita and Denver side, who had been working on the abandoned levee, hastened to those localities to tell their neighbors of their danger, livery , locomotive arid factory whistle joined in the clamor of alarm. The water is not expected to reach its level in the Hooded part of the city before noon. Mayor Parker predicts that when thc level is readied tile water will bc two feet higher than at 7 o'clock Thursday morning. - Dismayed by the defeat which has come in their seven day's battle with 1 the Hood, the greater part of the levee builders fell back to Broadway, where it was at first decided to resist thc water. A half hour's work and sur vey ol' the 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 thc Relay station. NEO KO S II OT DEA D. Here thc scenes of thc past week were repeated a:; thu slicels were quickly transposed info a dike. An appeal from Mayor Cook Ut the gover nor bf Illinois foi* state troops to aid in guarding property was answered by tlie promise that details of militia would be sent to East St. Louis at once. A few hours before thc break in thc 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. His act was causad by anger because he 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. Roden burg issued au appeal for aid for the Hood sull'erers. Food, lu: says, is mostly needed and means must be had for delivering it to persons who arc in upper stories of their homes and in box cars. At !> o'clock water was threatening thc north and cast sides, preserved temporarily by thc Baltimore ann Oiiio railroad embankment and bad reached to thc viaduct only seven blocks cast or thc city hall. In this public building a foot ano a half of side water had already collected. All iow points of thc city arc under water. EV KUY HOI) Y WA KNEI). When thc break occurred warning? were. Hist sent through the city by messengers win? discharged li rearms. blew horns and shouted in stentorian tones tlic news of the Hood arrival. Lights gleamed in houses whore the occupants had confidence in thc em bank meriti. Persons scantily attired emerged from their homes and in ?1 few min utes the whole populace of thc low dis trict, attacked, six miles in area were fleeing to higher ground. As the noise ol' thc approaching Hood was heard thc (lightat first a rapid ret reat with some semblance ol' order, as sumed a panic stage. All efforts to assure the Inhabitants thal, there was sulllcient time to escape unless a gap was washed through Hie 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 o? the dan ger and the greatest excitement pre vailed. As the bottoms tilled and thc river gained a larger entrance thc terror in the business section of thc city grew Intense. It was all thc greater because of thc darkness and fear that while guard was maintained in one direction thc torrent would break through at another poiut ?ind engulr tho luckless inhabitants te tween two doods. By thc thousands they began to desert their homes and run vainly up and down thc streets Becking a place of succor. KLBB IK SCANT ATTI UK. Hundreds of families from the choicest residence portions of thc city carrying trunks, grips, bundles of clothing and valuables began to cross Eads bridge towards St. Louis, Most ol' thc refugees were scantily clad. Strong men carried aged women in their arms. I ia retooled children were in the procession which continued steadily over thc bridge. Hundreds of others sought protection in the second story of the public library building. As the water encroached about many dashed through t he shal low overflow lo lind a more secure re fuge, in terror of the rising tide of water refugees in hundreds thronged the streets crowded thc cars and be sought ^public oflleials. At the city hall alone, 500 homeless persons with scant belongings as they had been able to seize on short notice were as sembled. Provisions for the time be ing were supplied them. Business is totally suspended. Thc 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 comfortable) domestic establishments parade the streets, The common direction of all move ment is toward thc bridge over which the refugees arc hurrying to St. Louis. All traille to East St. Louis from the west side has been suspended and policemen turned back all who at tempted the trip. DKM) NM'MUKU TIMK'I V. At!? o'clock Wednesday Congress man W. A. Boden burg estimated that thirty lives were lost on the Hooding of i he Inver portions of Fast St. Louis eaily that morning. While general alarms were given hy the police and retreating levee workers with shouts and pistols there was not time to call at every house in thc thickly settled district and it is believed many fami lies in lirst story cottages awoke only 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 .hy Hood like rats, lt may never bc learned bow many died In this way. . "-?V .\Ani?ng tuc- drowned .\Vcthiesday nicht previous to the break in the Illinois Central levee was E. D Sher wood and John Collish and three chil dren. They lost their lives hy the overturning (ff a boat in the northern part of thc city. A negro was drown ed at 8 o'clock Thursday morning in the wafers which are climbing up the side of the embankment supporting 1'.roadway Wast St. Louis. The man was trying to get his team lo 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 io thc rescue of unfortunate people from the second stories of dwelling's in thc submerged district. Rafts tire 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 UUSV. The naval militia of St. Louis and Alton are on duty. Lieutenant Gray commanding the St. Louis Naval militia, lias his force spread out along the embankment, guarding against levee culling and depredations by hordes of negroes and bums that are to he. seen everywhere. Arms arc stacked at police headquarters where reputable citizens may obtain carbines tiiid ammunitation to guard their prop erty. A large number ol' arrests have been made by thc police who arc marching their prisoners across the bridge to Si. I.mi is as there is no place to keep them in the ilobd city. Tho Last St. !."!!'s eily ?ail is ii Uti being emptied and the prisoners taken to The four Courts in St. Louis tor safety. There is no place in East SI. Louis lo Iced and pay i'll the hundreds or men who have been at work strengthening the levees about Hie city, lt was found necessary Thursday morning to march them 3ver to St. Louis tor their meals and then back again to work. IIUOADWAY I'NOKU WATM.lt. . I tread way, running cast and west through East St. Louis, divides that ii ty in two. lt is built up in places, Standing 1.") feet above the .surround ing country, lt is lirst thought this street would serve as a protection to thc northeast halt ol' the city lint thc Hood that covers thc southern part has broken through in a small stream between 8th and Olli street. Should [he embankments formed by Broad way give way as it is threatened it will send a wall ol' water If? feet higher iver Hie remainder ol' the city. Thc lloodeil district in Last St. Louis due Lo the breaking of thc embankments iilrly Thursday morning is one mile wide south from 1'.roadway and four miles long from east to west, lt com prises about one-fourth ol' the city. That part or East St. Louis known is the "Island"' was Hooded several I ivs ago. Thc crisis of the Hood situation has parsed. Boat crews, which have been inisy in rescuing victims b* thc Hood devoted themselves -Thursday Lo saving property and bringing to higher ground belated refugees who previously had not themselves been in immediate danger. l'he Deadly llnilrniid. Four men were killed and three badly injured in a collision between a L'oal train and a freight train three miles east ol' ( isceola, Tyrone division, Pennsylvania railroad. Wednesday. When t he train was mar thc top or Ibo mountain bel.ween O.tecola anti l'y rone, Boyer's cngingc could not hold lt and fourteen cars were published hack on thc approaching train. ABOUT MAD DOGS. They Never Froth at the Mouth Nor Have Bloodshot! Eyes. HARMLESS IN FIRST STAGES. A. Good Rule IM Always to Turn out Tor a I>oj- Hint Won't Turn Out*** Tor Sfou. The following article from 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 bulievc indicate rabies arc the surest tests that-a dog is not mad," Dr. James McDonough, of the Watch ung Kennels, who Invited the school children of Montclair, N. J.-, to visit his dog sanitarium last Saturday and observe from a safe place the ac tions of a dog in Hie second and final stage of robies, made this statement: "in all. my experience," sahl the doc tor, "and I have hecn treating dogs Tor liftccc years, J. have never seen a mad dog froth at the mouth. On the contrary, the mouth of a dog that is really rabid is dry and parched. "Nether have 1 ever seen a dog with rabies rush ?bout like tho dogs we read about, with head lowered and eyes bloodshot, Bnappinr{r and hi tina <it everything with which he comes in contact. "Tlic real mad dog seldom attacks unless bc is interfered with. I have followed a mad dog over a country road and seen him trot hy within two inches of people who were quietly con versing^not knowing that thc animal was mad."' The sudden hot weather having re vived 'th? fear of mad dogs, an Ameri can reporter visited Mr. MoDonough at his dog sanitarium in M?ntela* r, and asked him about the prevalence of rabies and the manner in winch thc danger may he averted. Dr. McDonough smiled as he replied: "1 can speak only for Montclair and I am most positive that there is no epidemic of rabies here, i don't be lieve there is rabid dog in this town. L have one dog here in my sanitarium that I 'im keeping under observation. He is very active and might bite you if you got too close to him; but I don't believe he is mad. "There ls a great popular miscon ception on the question of rabid dogs. I lirmll believe that if the public were proporly educated in the observance of dogs thc cases of rabies would be fewer <,hau:t?""icy .vre at present. And rabies '"*? 'p?seaK'* at-thnt,--^ - * ./mi*K.' i? desirable that the sum of information 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 pels wdio do not merit death. "Let mc tell you the symtoms of rabies. There arc two stages* iif the disease, lu the first the dog is rest less and uneasy. He can't keep still. He shifts about from one place to another, has a hacking cough and to ward the end of thc first stage begins ' lobito fitfully at the seat of inocula tion, wherever it may bc. "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 the dog. 1 have often thought that nature has made this provision in order that sufficient warning of thc approach of rabies may be given before thc dog becomes dan gerous. "Well, it is only after the dog has passed from the first to Hie second stage of the disease that he becomes dangerous. And even with regard to the 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 I bc comparatively safe from any rabid j dog that comes your way. "When thc dog passes into the sec ond stage of rabies he becomes still inore restless. It ls tl icu that they I wander oft*. They do not go at a rapid pace, they (lo not froth at the mouth, their eyes do not become bloodshot. Perhaps they hang their ilCi'ds-?ll sick dogs do that--and they run until they diup from exhaustion, stopping by lits and starts to rest, but never being abie to rest long because the nervous tension of thc disease keeps them going. If not intercepted and killed they will finally ff.ll 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. of their way to attack anything "Here is au illustration out of my own experience. It happened right here in Montclair. An inoffensive looking dug sauntered along thc street, attracting no attention whatever, in appearance, to the unpracticed eye, lie resembled any other healthy dog, A littlechild got in its way, and thc dog threw thc child down and bit her. "A crowd gathered, hut no attempt was made to slop the dog. No cry of mad dog was raised. I happened to pass and stopped to make inquiries and learned that the child had been billen. I gota description of the ani mal and started aflcr him in my wagon. "Half hour later my attention was attracted to a dog on thc outskirts of thc town which resembled the dog that had bitten the child. lu two minutes 1 discovered that it was mad. I followed it. The dog sauntered along, winding in and out between ronces, lying down, then getting up nervously and starting oil* 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 the road a man and a wonna were standing at the side of the road talking. The. dog walked right past them without at tempting any violence. Next he ap proached ? a stoop where a man was about to descend. Fearing that the man would bc bitten, 1 shouted a warning, but tbc man merely laughed at mc, and, coming down tho steps snapped his lingers at thc dog,-which actually dodged him and ambled on down tlie road. "The lingers of thc foolhardy man were within two inches of thc dog's mouth, yet he was not bitten. "After this thc 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 beforo 1 finally killed him. I had a policeman with me, and do you know that ofilcer refused tu shoot thc dog. He said it wasn't mad, and he saw no reason for putting lb out of thc way. "Nevertheless within twenty-three days the dog that had been bitten up thc road died or rabies, and thirty three days later the child died of the same disease. 1 sent the brains of the two dogs to thc Paetcur Institute and in course of time learned that both dogs had been a filleted with ra llies. "On thc other hand, I had a dog at one time, the property of two malden ladies In town, that wasscnt to me to bc killed because it was frothing at the mouth and showing other alleged signs of rallies. I put the animals under observation and in thc course of a week had him in such condition that 1 was able to restore him to his own ers. The dillicully with him, as with many do?s, was that he had been over fed and lacked exorcise, ''You ask what I would suguest to prevent thc spread of rabies. 1 would do 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 tirst symptoms of ra bies so that they will bc able to detect thc disease in its ll rst stages: The dog will do no harm then. It will stay right at home and can be de stroyed there before any damage is done." KILLED BY POISON. A Beaut i ful Girl Hi ide Charged With Husband's Murder. A special dispatcli from Gainesville, Ga., says John W. Tanner, father of Wiley F. Tanner.'who died under sus picious circumstances at Ins home in Clincbein district, this county, Satur day May 2:ird, Tuesday afternoon swore out.a warrant against Mrs. Onie Tanner, wife of the young man who died, charging lier with murder. The warrant was turned over to Sheriff M. O. Gilmer of Hall county at (5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and he immediately left for =the home of 1. Prank Duncan, father of the young wo?ialiV Aviiere site i.rstaying, to*raaker tlie arrest and bring hov back to Gainesville to bc incarcerated in Hie Hall county .fail. Thc state chemist Tuesday morn ing, forwarded thc result of his inves tigations to Dr. J. P. Maudlin, ol' Flowery Branch, who immediately Communicated thc same to John W. Tanner at bis 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. Thc chemist's annalysis showed nine-tenths of a grain of strychnine in the stomach and glass from which the milk was drunk. This was sutlicient 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 thc fair prisuner, who will, in all probability, occupy a cell in the county jail until the term of-Hall superior court, which convenes the third Monday in-duly. The case is one of the most sensational ever occurring in this county and has caused great in terest. Saturday May 2:trd. Tanner sat down to his noonday meal, apparently In the best of health, and in the en joyment of a contented home with Iiis bride of two months. She had already partaken (d' her meal when bc arrived, but, like the happy wife she was sup posed to bc, she sat down by ber hus band and talked pleasantly to him. Thc meal bad only proceeded a short time, when Tanner turned tn his wife and remarked that there must lie j something the matter with the but termilk at the same t ime asking her to taste it, which she did. She spat out what she drank without swallow lug any and Tanner poured the rc mainrieV- ?il-ii .slop tub, which was afterwards given~s?{ncJiOf?s, which, after drinking the milk, dTenT"_^ In a few moments he was deatliiy sick and, screaming to his wife that he was poisoned, Tanner ran lo the home of his uncle, Henry Tanner a short distance away, crying to bim that he was deathly sick. His uncle ran towards him and caught him in his arms as lie was about to sink to thc earth. To lils li hele, John Tan ner repeated what he said to his wife, that he had been poisoned. All was done for him thal bis people knew, but in forty-live minutes life was ex tinct, bis body assuming a rigidity thal usually attends the administra tion of strychnine or similar poison. >A 1 -HIHI Slide. The side of a mountain caved in on thc Southern t racks bet ween Spartan burg and Ashville al noon Friday. Thousands of tons of rock and dirt plunged downward completely tilling one of thc largest railroad cuts in thc mountains of western North Carolina and effectually shutting 01T all traille from thc south. Thc 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. The present disaster will cause annullmcnt of all trains on this road for at least seven days as thc authorities say it will be impossible to clear the track before that time. It is also given out that another (track is seen in thc rear of the dill 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 lt will ho at least 12 days before, the running or through trains can be resumed. KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. Gov. Hey word Feels Deeply for tho] Flood Sufferers. Ten years ago thc governor of South I Carolina witnessed thc suffering that followed tlie great tidal wave which f swept thc coast of South Carolina, nis own plantation was wrecked, I neighbors were rendered penniless and j a thousand persona were drowned. Having been a participant in the | work of rester lug 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 thc needy, the al most starving people of the Pacolet| valley. Having seen the destruction, the desolation of his own section his | heart is lilied with pity for the doom ed valley or Industry in the high lands. Tuesday, in speaking to a repre sentative or The State, Gov. Heyward said: "1 am deeply concerned at the| appalling disaster that bas 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 or their property, their | homes, many loved ones-everything. Sorrow and sadness go with the des titution and loss of lile so suddenly wrought by this awful disaster, and 1 have cancelled engagements for thc next few days in order to remain at my omeo where I can immediately respond to any call made upon me by the exigencies of this calamitous situation, "1 have Just wired that I cannot bc j present at the Forman alumni ban quet on Wednesday night, because.I wish to give prompt response should my services bc needed at any time. "Generous and sympathetic respon ses are being made to my call for | help-this assistance coming not only from our own people all over our State, but also from those who live tar away, whose hearts too, have been touched by thc calamity that has tallen upon us. "In the name of all of our people, and very especially in behalf of those I stricken ones upon whom the gloom of j sorrow and of suffering has so heavily fallen-I thank all most sincerely for) thc prompt response which comes with such tender sympathy. "I am doing alli can to render| such "assistance as may bc In ray power, and I rejoice to seo the pluck and courage shown by those whose1 loss 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 Hove Cost the | Small Farmers Heavy Tinsses. A dispatch from Spartanburg to) thc 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 bc Il.'tO. Most of these were at mill No. 2, at| Clifton, where thc greatest loss ol' life also occurred. At Pacolet the work oT clearing away the debris ls progres sing rapidly. Representatives of out of town mills continue to conic in and arc seeming many families from the stricken districts. The directors ol' 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 out Thursday. Thc machinery in the wrecked mills is regarded as a total loss. The com pany is linallie yet to estimate what cotton and cloth will be 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-1 ly condemned herc and denied iii 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. Thc loss in thc county'on account) j of bridges destroyed was placed at $f>n,000. Temporary structures I are 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 thoir crops or | over. White Caps. '-^TiiC SXafc~says Gov. 1 ley ward \vas| very deeply moved by the story pf G. G. Hogan, "Duck" Hogan, thc young farmer of Dent's,, who was whipped by White Caps Saturday night. He declared that he would of fer a reward of 8200 for thc arrest of thc parties who committed this high handed piece of lawlessness. Detec tives have been put on thc case and thc governor sincerely hopes that thc law will be vindicated in the arrest of the patties guilty of this shocking crime. As yet the governor has nu intimation of thc identity of tile par ties who visited Hogan's home and called him out in thc dead hours of the night. Cloudburst in Texas. Seven bodies, the greater portion of which were those of women, have thus far been recovered at Clifton, Ari/.., alter thc 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 thc Hood were drowned. Eight miles of the Arizona and Mexico railway track was washed out and thc evening passenger train was blown over into the canal. Tele graph communication was cut off and word were sent to surrounding towns by runners. An Editor Killed. Editor Iv. .J. Hawkins of thc Times and Farmer Thad Hustle had a light In Dublin, Ga., on Tuesday. Hawk ins struck Rostick with an. umbrella when tho latter cut his throat V j unile, making a mortal wound. The I trouble was the result or a longstand ing tend over a lawsuit. BEATS DR, TANNER. Dr. Wilkerson, of Augusta, Ga., Has Fasted Forty-three Days. ANN THE END IS NOT YET. Ho Has Been a Great Sufferer from Acute Indigestion and is Un? dcrgoing tho Fast - lng Carp. The Auguta Chronicle says Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, a wellknown young physician of that oity, and an honor graduate of the medical depart ment of the University of Georgia, ls on a fast that promises to break the world's record for length. Dr. Tan-. ncr's record ls already discounted. Tuesday v as tho 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 bas lost weight very rapidly. Naturally a man of slight build, although tall, he is now a living shadow pf his former self. Dr. Wilkinson resides with his father, Mr. Wm. M. Wilkinson, at 417 Second street, and throughout the fast Iras'con li ned himself to the homes and its grounds. TAKING DAILY EXEKCI8E. Dr. Wilkinson takes daily exercise, including walks about thc 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 he undergoes proves to him . that bc is quite weak. His stomach is giving him no trouble whatever. Dr. Wilkinson and his family have kept very quiet about the matter, and emly 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 TREATMENT. The fasting of Dr. Wilkinson is in the nature of a scientific treatment for an aggravated wise 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 it pro auces^p?rm?nent cures In nearly every instance, and that where it fails, it ls 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 or 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. FOLLOWS M'FADDEN. It is understood that the treatment is nothing more or less than an extend ed use of the advice of the Physical (Julturist McFadden, of New York,1 who recommends that whenever there is stomach trouble that his 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 usefulness. Dr. Wilkinson has not vet complet ed the fast, lt ls 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 bc an indication that thc cure is complete. Of course thc appetite must be normal, and must be constantly with the patient. That is, it must) not be of 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 lt is constant - and normal. He believes that the next few days will see the return of his normal appetite and a complete cure of his trouble. If thc experiment proves successful, and Dr. Wilkinson has no doubt in his mind that it will, it will be a val.-,-. uablo addition'to the medieg} know ledge of the i pr.QTcSsion. "Thousands are sufferers from derangements of the digestivo organs and would gladly un dergo a season of fasting if they knew if would afford them relief and a per manent cure. Dr. Wilkinson in no way desires notoriety as a faster and is not ref raiding from eating in order to make a record along this linc. It was his desire that nothing be said about thc treatment he is undergoing until it is coin ploted and the degree of success could be definitely reported. . Queer Advertisement. Here is a curious advertisement, re published in Thc Cornhill Magazine from an eighteenth century paper: "Wanted-For a family who have bad health, a sober; steady person, in the capacity of a doctor, surgeon and apothecary. He must occasionally act in. tile capacity of butler and dress hair and wigs. He will be required to road prayers occasionally and to preach a sermon every Sunday. The reason of this advertisement is that thc fami ly cannot any longer afford thc expense of the physical tribe, and wish to he at a certain expense for their bodies and souls. A good salary will be given." _ Smothered in n Bin. Two boys were smothered to death willie playing in the wheat bin of the Gallatin mills at Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday afternoon. A search was Instituted when the boys failed to put In an appearance for supper and it was not until Thursday morning that their naked bodies wore found at the bottom of tlie bin in which they had been drawn by tho suction of the rapid exhaustion nf grain through the elevator chute. The lads were Henry Smith and Hugh iLanie.r and they were between 8 and D years old.