The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 03, 1910, Image 4
FLOOD RISING
Heurly in Paris, But It Is Heped the
Worst Has Been Passed.
FRANCE ASKS CREDIT
More Than a Hundred Thousand
Refugees Doing Cared for by the
Government and the Number ts
Jlcing Increased by tlio Hundreds
Kvery Hour of the Day.
Tlio ilood at Paris, France, continues.
A dispatch from that city
on Thursday night says another day
has passed, but tlio inexorable tide
still creeps slowly higher, each iuch
of water widely extending the area
of destruction, desolation and ruin.
Although the barometer *s rising
rapidly, and bright sunshine Thursday
succeeded the raging storms, a
feeling of consternation, bordering
on panic, prevailed when the authorities,
who the day before promised
the maximum of the Ilood for Thursday,
announced that this would not
be reach until Friday morning.
The city counsel at a stormy ses
si on Thursday night charged M. Lupine,
prefect of Paris, with withholding
the true gravity of the situation.
The prefect defended his attidude
by saying that he was governed
by the necessity of not unduly
alarming the people.
In the meantime what is happening
is enough to strike terror to the
hearts of all. The very crust of the
city seems ready to sink into the
flooded subterranean labyrinth beA
neath. Every hour drains are bursting
in new localities, , causing a subciLl
/Mt A/\ / \ f t L a t r\ f r\ ?? 1% it 1 nrl ii nr
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them up feet above their normal
level, while the overflow of surface
water from the river is transforming
the inundated districts into formidable
lakes and the streets into
canals.
In the Bercy quarter the ware* is
six feet deep in t lie streets, and t he
entire left bank of the Sein from
above the islands to Au Teull, comprising
the law court institute, the
fashionablo St. Germaine district,
the foreign office, the chamber of
deputies, and the Champs de Mars
is submerged under from one to 10
feet of water. Some of the leputies
loft the Palace Bourbon Thursd?"
night in row boats, others 01 the
backs of attendants, the wails of
the -Invalides station are crumbling
and both that structure and the wine
of the foreign ollice opposite are in
danger of collapse. The stress surrounding
the St. Lazare station have
sunk three feet, and the situation
there is regarded as desperate. It
Is also feared that the foundation
of the two big neighboring department
stores are being undermiued.
The overflow of the broken sewers
into the flooded basements, menacing
the health of the occupants a id
the smell of sewage is already permeating
the buildings. Soldiers ar?
working desperately by the aid of
torches, disentangling drift-wood
alK)ve tlie Solferino and Henry IV
bridges, while largo forces of men
are still engaged in building dams
to divert the course of the water.
There was a further shut-down of
electric ligni pianis i nursuay iiigni,
leaving the city in semi-darkness.
The relief is proceeding bravely, none
being refused food or shelter. Archbishop
Amiette has ordered prayers
in the churches and a collection taken
up for the victims.
In spite of the crippled water supply
the authorities say that the reservoirs
are Intact and that there
is no danger of a famine if the water
is husbanded carefully and confined
strictly to drinking purposes.
At the same time a warnin is again
issued that the water should be boilIed.
The situation below Paris is be1
coining appreciably worse. The
stretch of water which ongulfs
Boulogne, Neuilli, Punteaux, Severes,
Malsons-Lafltte, Lepocq, and Poissy,
is widening rapidly while farther Iks
low the swollen Oise is pouring lr
new torrents over the Pontoiso sec
tion.
The weather everywhere through
out France has ameliorated and it ii
believed that the worst of the floot
is past. No Americans are reportei
injured. The artists and student
for the most part live in the Latli
quarter, which is on high ground
and the richer Americans generall;
reside in the neighborhood of th
Hue de L'Etoile, the highest portloi
of the city.
The boulevard life of the gay Par
isian has been suddenly silenced
Most of the music halls remain opo
but they are deserted. A hushe
multitude sits in front of the boulc
vard cafes.
At a special mooting a few night
ago the board of health drew up in
structlons for the prevention of a
epidemic. The board especially in
slits that none of the flooded house
* must be re-occupled until they hav
n thoroughly disinfected, and th
ling and clothing, which hav
yn contaminated by flood water
ned.
The board announced that ther
o 304,000 cubic meters in th<
snrolrs, enough for several day
DIED THREE TIMES
SUMEKAL DENNIS* WIDOW BAYS
11K HAS DIED IiATELY
?
While the Pension Ofllco Had Iliru
Doud Once in 1810 and Once
Again in 1847.
Zaeh McGee in his lotter to Tho
State from Washington says a former
South Carolinian. Sumoral Dennis,
bears tho record of the nearest approach
to tho nine lives of the cat.
and the pension ofllco Is at work trying
to figure out how many times
he really has dlod. The Washington
Star prints tho following story.
which while the pension case' in of
special interest In Alabama, is still
of interest in South Carolina if there
is anybody there now whose name
is Dennis:
"The officials of the pension office
in Washington are accustomed to
receive claim for pensions which are
stranger than llctlon. They are at
work on acclaim mado by Mrs. Summoral
Dennis of Dadevillo, Ala.,
which caused them no end of surprise.
"Snmeral Dennis, It appears on
the official records, died in 1815, after
serving in the American army
during the war of 18 12, According
to the records, he silso died in 1847
at the close of tlie war with Mexico,
in which he also did good service.
Now comes his widow and declares
that Sumcral Dennis died only a
few years ago, having lived to a
ripe old age.
"Senator Johnston of Alabama has
taken much interest in the claim
and is pushing it before the senate
committee on claims with the hope
of winning the pension for the old
lady, who lives now in Dadeville
with her son, Perry C. Dennis, a
prominent attorney.
"If the pension claim goes through
Mrs. Dennis will receive in the
neighborhood of $2,000, including
the back pension which is due her.
"Snmeral Dennis has a death record
that few can beat. The officials
in Washington aro afraid that he
may yet be discovered alive.
"Way back in 1S12 he lived in
South Carolina. During the second
war with Great Britain, Mr. Dennis
became a member of Cap. Beatty's
company in the First regiment of
the South Carolina militia. He serv
ed gallantly during the war. Hut.
according to the records on file in
Washington, he died his first death
in 1815.
"Hut, in spite of the fact that ho
was officially dead, Mr. Dennis, who
was still a young man, moved to
Alabama, where he settled and lived
prosperously until the Mexican war
broke out. His old spirit for war
was still alive, and ho organized a
company of volunteers himself and
joined the army of invasion.
"After this war ho was officially
reported dead for the second time.
However, he lived to return to Alabama
and to marry Mrs. Eva P. Dennis
some years later. It is Mrs.
Dennis who is now seeking the pension.
The old man was 94 years
old when he died the third time.
"When the officials in Washington
raise the crticism of the claim that
Mr. Dennis died after the Mexican
war, before Mrs. Dennis claims to
have married him, Senator Johnston
points to the fact that, according
to the records, Dennis was dead in
1815, and yet the later records show
him to have served in the Mexican
war.
"The senator argues , therefore,
that if the records as to his death
were wrong in the first instance,
they might be wrong in the second,
and that Mr. Dennis' widow should
know, if any one, when her husband
died and if she married the shadow
of a man."
and therefore there was little fear
of a water famine.
All omnibuses, street cars and
other heavy trafllc on the bridges
wore stopped Thursday night. Prei
niier Bryand declared that persons
, who hoarded up provisions in the
, affected places with the Intention oi
. reselling them at a profit, would be
i drastically dealth with.
The residence of United Statej
Ambassador Bacon has become un
- tenable and the family has romovec
s to the Mercedes hotel.
\ The Red Cross society, which ha<
1 received a substantial check fron
s Ambassador Bacon, established sou]
a kitchens for the destitute at a hun
, dred points. Thursday afternoon Mr
y Bacon called upon Foreign Mlniste
o Pinchon and informally tendered th?
a sympathy of the Aemrlcan govern
ment and people.
J. Pierpont Morgan has cable*
I. from New York tendering $20,000 i
o outside contributions to their relio
j ^ i i nil. ^ tt -i - '
(1 wwtllll IJU iUH't'lHl'll. 1 IltJ IOUII fl ill lOIl
?- of the National Porcelain factory a
Saveres are Kinking,
s Thursday Paris resembled a be
i- leagured city. The government o
n the municipality has placed the mill
i- tary barracks and public school butd
h ings at the disposition of the refugee!
o who already number, it Is estimated
e more than 100,000. Fifteen thou
e sand laborers of the city are out o
, work, and though subscriptions art
pouring in, the government hai
e decided to ask parliament for aT
e additional credit to, be used in rellel
s work.
ILLICIT BOOZE
MUCH OF IT MADE IN OKKKXVILINK'S
DAltK COHXKH.
During the I*a*t ?o?r Kovenue Officers
OontlKcatcd and DoHtroyed
Over Twenty Still* a Month.
Never la the history of South Carolina
ha? illicit whiskey distilling
been bo popular ub iu the year just
past. So busy have tlio moonshiners
ocen that the staff of United States
deputies under command of Revenue
Oilicer Merrick have been going day
ind night trying to lind and destroy
the stills from which conies most of
the so-called "tanglefoot" which certain
whites and a great many more
Carolina "darkies" consider far superior,
so far as effect is concerned,
to the strongest government approved
stuff ever distilled in Kentucky
or Tennessee.
The South Carolina dispensary system
may or may not bo responsible
tor the activity of the moonshiners
but it lias been suggested that "the
prohibition wave has had a wonderful
effect 011 the 'moonshiners' in
ilie re-establishniont of their illicit
business." During the year 1909
the revenue oillcers destroyed an
average of 20 illicit distilleries a
month, confiscating over 200,000 galions
of whiskey and low wines, ineluding,
of course, the white "csrn
licker" that a negro preacher once
described as "pow-ful po'in tais' but
pow'ful god in de geellu's it gen'rates."
It is in Greenvillo county,
one of tlie most prosperous cotton
manufacturing centers in the Southern
States that tho appropriately
named "dark corner' is found, and
it is declared that every half hour
the moon stays behind a cloud means
a gallon of whiskey for every minute.
Revenue Offlcer Merrick says there
is scarcely a day that his 111011 are
not tipped off that some new still
has started operations and is running
full blast. Raids are of daily
occurrance. The distilleries range
from ten to SO gallons in capacity
and some are said to lie the finest
copper stills ever manufactured. The
"dark corner" of Greenvillo, however,
lias not a monopoly of the illicit
whiskey trade by any means.
Dig outfits have been discovered and
destroyed in Pickens, another of the
mountain tier of counties, within
the last few weeks, and there was a
"tip" a few days ago of a fine plant
near Springfield, in Edgefieid county,
the home of United States Senator
Tillman.
LEXINGTON MAN'S CLOSE CALL.
County School Superintendent Martin
Comes Near Losing Life.
County Superintendent of Education
A. D. Martin of Lexington,
came very near losing his lifo a
few days ago, while attempting to
cross Watereo creek in the Dutch
Fork. Mr. Martin was on his way
from Chapin to Spring Hill, and was
not aware of the depth of the creek
which was considerably swollen by
the heavy rains of a few days ago.
and before he had gone very fa^
into tho stream the current carried
the horse and buggy down, and Mr.
Martin had to swim to the shore.
lie rushed to a house nearby and
told of his experience, and two
young 111011 went to tho creek to save
the horse. The horse and buggy
were found some distance down the
stream, and by beroic work the animal
was cut loose from the buggy
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aim mullein io me oanK in satety.
The buggy was a complete wreck,
and Mr. Martin went to Lexington
horseback, arriving there about 6:30.
This is said to lie a very treacherous
stream, others having had similar
experiences.
The heaviest rain of the season
fell in Lexington Friday morning,
accompanied by lightning, and reports
form all over the county indicate
that the streams are rising.
!( Suicide Over in Sumter.
, Major Marlon Moise, a leading law
yer and financier of Sumter, klllec
j himself with a Colt's revolver Sun
day afternoon about G o'clock. Hi
j had been in bad health recently am
this is supposed to have been thi
9 cause of the tragedy. Shorty after i
^ o'clock this evening, Dozier Lee, soi
r) of R. D. Lee, Major Moise's partnei
wont into the office and dlscovere
, the major's dead body on a settee i
r the centre of tho office. In his righ
p hand which rested on his hip, was
. Colt's revovlver and in his right toni
pie was a bullet wound that showo
rj conclusively the cause of his deatl
f Davis Moiso, a son of the dead mar
f was summoned immediately and h
s in turn called in Dr. Walter Cheyn<
t the family physician. Dr. Cheyn
said that death had resulted instant
. iy.
f
CM C. and O. Employees Killed.
A dispatch from Bristol, Tenn
f? says Brakeman F. A. Thomas an
, four laborers on a construction trai
.. were killed a few nights ago, whe
f the train on the Carolina, Clinch
? field and Ohio railroad ran into
3 slide near St. Paul, Va. The ca
i hoose, In which the men were rid
t Ing was thrown over a high embank
ment and landed in a river.
CASH CUT OFF
Junketiag Trips by Members of Congress
Does No Good Bot
WASTES LOTS OF MONEY
Immigration Commission Scored?
uvui iii v/i umo^ mvum^i u/ *?*>
quest for $123,000 More-?I*?to
Souator Latimer, of This State.
Was a Member.
By cutting; off a deficiency appropriation
of $125,000 for the National
Immigration Commission, the House
Monday lent its support to soveia)
members, led by Representative Macon
of Arkansas, who denounced the
commission aud its work and threat- (
ened it with immediate extinction.
Unless friends of tiro commission
succeed in having the item restored
to the urgency deficiency bill in the
senate it will be compelled to suspend
for lack of funds. The commission
asked for the $125,000 ap
propriation which it needed to wind
up its work.
Senator Dillingham of Vermont is
chairman of the commission, the other
members being Senator Lnige,
Representative Howell of New Jersey,
Bennett of New York and Burnett
of Alabama; Prof. J. W. Jenks
of Cornell University, and William
R. Wheeler of San Francisco.
When the paragraph making the
appropriation for tlie commission was
reached during the consideration of
Ilia lll'amit I.Ill M ..
vi.v Ui>)viii uviu.iuiivj uin mi. rtincon
made a point of order against
it on the ground that it was not a
deficiency. Following this action
caino a general assault against the
commission by several members,
Mr. Macon making a scathing attack
on the body. He charged that the
commission had gono on a j.mketing
expedition abroad, had spent
$057,91)3 and had accomplished practically
nothing.
"I am advised," said Mr. Macon,
"that this commission went abroad
during tlie summer of 1 907. and
that no report of the trip ha? ever
been published, and in my judgment
will not, for it seems the Hip was a
pleasure junket for most of the members,
rather than an informationgathering
trip. The commission
made no progress until force 1 to do
so by the late Senator Latimer of
South Carolina, who threatened to
return home on the next steamer
and inform the government on the
iloor of tlie senate that the commission
intended merely to doi.iv immigration
investigation.
Messrs. Latimer, Burnett and
Howell of the commission were allowed
to go to work while ths chair- 1
man told Mr. Wheeler, seore.a.y nf
the commission, to come wda mu.
and enjoy himself, that (.09 immigration
problem had been tli u'onghly
investigated by the indust:!.u commission
and that only he and one
other know t.h? rojii nnmnsi nt
_ w*?a gf v? a v/ ?J w L (/HO
commission.
"I have heard that the auditoi
for tho State department has entered
a protest against a certain mu?2her
of the commission for charging
up as part of his expense account
amounts paid out by him for laundry,
hair-cuts, shampoos, shines and rutomobile
rides for pleasure on Die
Appian way."
Mr. Tawney, chairman of the appropriation
commission, which reported
the bill, condemned tho principle
of creating commissions with
"permanent appropriations," but
iiid be never had been able to stop
mt practice. Mr. Sabath of Illiois,
Butler of Pennsylvania, Burett
of Alabama, who is a member
f the commission, and others a'so
poke against the appropriation after
zhich it was stricken out on Mr.
dacon's point of order.
DOCTOlt GAVE MAX POISON.
Ho Was Asked by tho Patient to
Administer Deudly Drug.
A dispatch from Budapest, Hungarla,
says a sensational murder
charge, involving the ever intricate
problem as to the right of a doctor
to kill an incurable patient, is absorbing
public attention there.
The accused man is Dr. Joseph
Kokete of Hosinjo, Hungary. He
admits having given poison to a patient
at the latter's request.
i i ne vicum lias endured appalling
a suffering ff>n ten years, and, his
i- malady being without remedy and
d probably likely to entail many more
i. years of torture, the doctor admini,
istered poison with the full consent
e of the family, who were assembled
i, at the bedside.
o A nursemaid had been listening
- at the door, and on her evidence Dr.
Fokete found himself charged with
the capital offense.
The case is without precedent in
the courts there, but with public
d opinion wholly in favor of the prisn
oner it is not likely that he will be
n severely punished.
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a It's better to have a foolish belie!
i- that comforts you than a wise one
I- that pains you.
You cannot tell what a woman
aims at by what the hits.
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lONCIMO STltlKKS WAGON.
Two Mules Killed, Driver Hurt and N
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Wagon Demolished.
An engine on the Atlantic Coast
Line struck a team of Mr. E. Albert ^
Muldrow's at the Mount Hope Cemetery
crossing near Florence Thursday
afternoon about 2 o'clock, killing
the two mules instantly, demol- ^
isliing the wagon completely, cutting
off the leg of the negro driver
of the team and seriously injuring
Switchman Wilson. The engine,
which was a switcher, was carrying fc
a carload of coal to the Jersey's
Creek pumping station, and was
running extra, with Engineer Herbert
Howell at the throttle.
The mules had gotten almost en- j
tierly across the track when the
engine struck them. The mules were
rolled along the track for about a
hundred yards, and were killed outright.
The wagon was scattered, in
parts, for twice that distance, and j
it was a most miraculous thing that
Wilson, the switchman, was not instantly
killed, as ho was sitting on
the front of the engine when it
struck the mules and wagon.
The negro driver and Wilson wore (
pjHuvu auoara oi tne engine and hurried
back to the city for medical
treatment. At this time the driver
is in a precarious condition, and it
is doubtful if he will survive.
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THE NEW FERTILIZER.
A discovery of far-reaching lmpci
tance to the farmers of the South t? _
the new fertilizer which has beet J
perfected on one of the islands near
Charleston, S. C. It has long been
known that lime is an essential food
for plants of all kinds and that they
cannot live when It has been exhausted
from the soli. It has also been "
known that old worn-out lands are \
extremely deficient in lime, and that
sour, badly-drained lands have their
lime is a for mthat is not usable by
growing crops.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, U. 8.
Dept. of Agriculture, says: "All
the applications of lime increased the
yields * The best yields were _
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