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TIEII7PIKNS SNTINE PUBL1SHERDWEEKLY. OFFICIAL PAPER OF .PICK-jNS COUNTY $UBSCRIPT1IONPIEO~DLA E E~' Established 1871-Volume 46 TIC KENS J.. IG UST 17, 1916 -"' Great Loss of Pro By Breaking i Loss in Upper -Keowee Valley Especially Heavy---People in Need of Help Those people living in the northwest ern part of Pickens county near Keowee river suffered heavily from the damage done by .the water which came from Lake Toxaway when the Toxaway dam broke. The greatest damage, accord ing to reports, did not extend far be low Chapman's bridge. The water got' above Nimmons 'bridge, but' the bridge still stands. John Chapman estimates that the water was'thirty-five feetdeept straight, which is about nine feet high er than ever lenown before. News that the, Toxaway dam had broken reached Pickens about 8 o'clock Sunday night. Immediately 'two auto mobiles carryVing Messrs. Larry Thorn ley, Walt Langston Furman Holder and a Sentinel reporter left town bound for Whitewater 4nn, which' was in the path of the water and where were the fem ilies of Messrs. Thornley and Langston besides several other Pickens people. It was about iten o'clock when the first -* antomobile got as far as John Chap man's about twenty miles above P-idk ens and they could get no farther Ifor the water 'was then at its highest. IHe owee river looked like an ocean in rthe moonlight. As it was impossible to go any farther Messrs. Thornley .and Langston returned home and the others waited until daylight to see what dam age was done. Chapman's steel bridge was washed four or five hundred feet down the riv er. Gus Robinson's house was washed away and -his wife barely succeeded in escaping in scanty clothing. They lost all they had. R. B. Bryant and family barely escaped with their lives and ev erything in the first story of theirihouse is ruined. John Chapman, who notified this family of the rising water, -was caught before he' could get baek :oie and was forced to swip for his life. The water moved bob' kfseley's 'barn and left it in the middle of the road. Several other small buildings were.mov ed and damaged. The house of..Mrs. Alice Mathis several ;miles above was overflowed and everything in it ruined. Some of the people along 'the river are without anything to eat, the water ruining their groceries. The Sentinel reporter succeeded in walking through mud up the river side to Elias Hamil ton's, near where Toxaway and White water come together making Keowee: river and beiig nearly famished when we got there the people at this house divided their last meal with us. Whitewater Inn, Pickens county's famous mountain hotel, suffered heavily. The water backed up into the building six feet, practically ruining everything on the first floor., and leaving mud sev eral inches deep. There were a good many guests there at the time. Among the guests from Pickens who were there -were Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hendricks, Mrs. L. C. Thornsley and daughter, Mrs. J. W. Langston and children, Miss Frances Bruce, Blertran Porter and Edwin Earle. They have all re tunned home, coming by way of Seneca. Mr. Hendricks' automobile at the hotel .was -covered with wvater. Tom Cantrell, who lives on Toxaway about two miles above Whitewater Inn, * lost his house, cattle, hogs, chickens and everything he had. He barely suc ceeded in saving his wife and children. In the excitement his wife fainted and it was necessary for Mr. Cantrell to carry her and~ the children in relays to the top of the mountain. A t one time Mrs. Cantrell was nearly covered by water when her husband got back to her. Just above and below Chapman's bridge was the hardest hit section so far heard from. All crops along the river are absolutely ruined and the peo pie know not which, way to tnrn. The only way to travel along the river side is thru mud 'from ankle to more than knee deep. The bdor of the mud is sickening. Thousands of cat fish and white suckers of al1 sizes were washed out of the river and left In holes in the mud. Many people were picking up the fish Monday morning, some having fine strings while others " had -sacks full, Withiout seeing It would bey dfiicult for one to realize the great number of fish washei out. In some places 'a person could hardly walk without stepping up orn them. Allsalopg the river sides may be seen great nlsm/bers of trees which have been Wa~hed away. Some have been uptoated whlae others have beh t*isti perty Caused Af Toxaway Dam ed from their stumps by the force of the onrushing waters and the ends re semble a large tooth brush or snuff stick. At some places the pile of debris is as large as a house. Packs of shingles and lumber nmay be seen along the way. It is feared that still greater damage has been done the people living in the big Cane Break section, but no word can be gotten from there. It is impossible to.estate the dam age done, but it is enormous consider ing the circumstances of the people. Many have lost their year's work while others have lost everything they had. The people need aid and some steps should be taken, by the county authori te render immediate and substantial.re lief. * The people in this section were. not expecting the high water. In speaking of hearing the water coming Mayor Hendricks of Pickens, who was at Whitewater Inn at the time, tells an interesting story. Bertran Porter also tells an interest ing story of the rapidly rising waters and the escape from the hotel. Mrs. John Chapman says the noise was fearful and the report of trees be ing broken sounded like rifle shots. Wade Chastain says he was athis home more than thirty miles from Toxaway. and he heard the dam break. He and W. T. Edens Monday were making their way up the river and expected to walk to where the lake was. So far as is now known no lives were lost in the flood of water turned loose when Toxaway dam broke. A Correction Editor Pickens Sentinel: Dear Sir: In your paper of date Au gust 10 appears an advertise ment "Solicitor's Race". Near the bottom of the reading mat ter y ou have this "Lanford. Smoak and Harris are outspok en, the fifrt two anti-Blease and te latter Blease." This copy went to you reading "'Lanford, Herkis tind Snoak are outsiok en, the first two anti-B3lease and the latter Blease." Mr. Harris Is anti-Blease and Mr. Smoak is Blease and they have both so stated on every stump in Green ville county. This advertisement was writ ten in behalf of my candidacy and I do not wish to have it ap pear. although the error is cleah ly typographical, that I would mis-state one single fact. Please be so kind as to publish this that the matter may he vor rected. Very truly yours, J. D. LANn. The speaking cam paigi oft Ihe Pickens county candidates be gan at Central last 'Thursday. All the scheduled meetings havei been held and several others be - sides, w here the commnnities invited the candidates: Th'le campaign is. getting very wvarm. Trhe candidates for solicitor are also speaking with the counts candidates and all make fierv speeches and with the exception of Lanford and Daniel indulge in many personalities. Nearly 28,0001 Voters According to figures the total vote in this Congressional Cistrict will be nearly 28,000. The exact figures are: Anderson county ._..-.9,000 Pickens county....... ... . .4,211 Oconee county--------...4,112 A bbeville county......- ----..2,371 Newberry county............3,478 Greenwood county.,............-3,238 McCormick county.............1,247 Card' From Hon. Wyatt Aiken To the Voters of the Third District: P~or several weeks I have been want ing to leave Washington and go home to take part in the campaign, but so far It has been impossible for me to get away. This session of Congress is nearing its close. The House has about completed its program, but the Senate Is far behind with its work. A number of important bills are in conference between the two Houses, andl other im portant bills are yet to pass the Senate. They will be amended and come to con ference. The'Democrats have a ma. jority of only some 23 in the House, and If very many of them go away some of the important bills may be emaseu. lated or defeated entirely. The leader, of Congress are constantly urging the Democratic members to. remain here until the work is finished. Only a couple of days ago I received a notp from Senator Tillman urging me to stay here until his Naval appropriatior bill has passed through conference. The revenue bill, the shipping bill, the child labor bill and others of importance are yet to be passed, so that really much of the most important work of session remains to be done. I could arrange to be paired, of .course; but much of the work of the conferences between the two houses or important legislation is being done now. Members of the conference committees have their friends helping them to fee: out the sentiment of the two houses, sc that the bills 'may be so shaped thai they will be acceptable when the con. ference reports are finally presented. All the Democratic members,' andk es. pecially the older ones, those who have been here a long time and know what to do, and when and how to do it, have a share in this work, and it is important, though not so spectacular as some other kinds of work. I am as anxious %s anybody could be to get home and into the campaign, bul my colleagues say my presence is need. ed here, and I think they are right. I feel that 1 should remain here and try to -do the work that, the people have en trusted to me, rather than neglect the work .and go home to look after my owr political fortunes. Aside from my sense of duty, my feeling of gratitude ani -obligation to the people, who have re peatedly honored me with the positio I now hold impels me to this course The:people of the Third District knov full well that I have never shirked o: dodged a fight. Just as soon as I car feel that I can safely leave here, I wil take the first train for home. It ma3 be that I can get away within a week or it may be that I will have to remai1 here until the end of the session o Congress, and that may be the middl or last of Septerner. But it is m plain duty to stay here now, und I an going to stay. Aside from my legislative duties, SHon. CoL ... Pi Alli~ Cadiaesf Weila delve a'clo Music by the 1 has seemed that the calls for -individual 1 service for individuals in the District, i in matters pertaining to the govern- 1 ment, have been greater and more 1 numerous this summer than ever befo-re. For instance, the mobilization of the national guard has entailed a great deal of extra work on the part of every I member of Congress. Only a few day.s ago I was able to secure the release of a member of the guard. After he had enlisted and gone into camp at Columbia, his father died very suddenly, leaving a widow and several small children. The young man is now needed at home to support the family, but if I had not 1 been here on the ground I would not have been able to secure his release so quickly, and probably not at all. The comfort that I have been able to give this bereaved family will always be worth more to me than any possible number of votes that I may lose by not being at home in the campaign. I have no unkind word to say as to a single one of my bpponents. They have a right to run for Congress, of course; though if they are doing anything at all 'in their professions-three are lawyers and one is a banker- they would be better off at home than here in Wash ington with a Congressman's salary after paying the heavy expenses of a member of Congress. Any man who is doing anything at all as a lawyer or a banker is better off than a Congress man, and I take it for granted that the people of the Third District do not want a man who has been a failure in his chosen profession to represent them in Congress. I understand that some of my oppo nents have been criticising my record in Congress. I have not heard any of i their speeches, and none of them have I appeared in print, so I do not inow just I what they have been saying. If they have stated my record correctly I have i no complaint to make. My record here r is made, and I am willing to be judged by it. Even if I were not willing to be so judged, I could not help myself, i for the record is public and the facts can be ascertained by anyone who t wants to know the facts. I ai sure L. Blease A . I IEr 'hat not one of my opponents would ntentionally misrepresent me, but it may be that they have been doing this inintentionally through misinformation. It has been my good fortune to Incur the enmity of one or two men, whose 1ames I need not call here. These men lave been fighting me In season and )ut of season, as the people of the Third District well know. I know that in a previous campaign they wrote speeches ind furnished campaign material for iome of my opponents, and I have reas n to believe that they have been doing the same thing this year. And it may )e that my opponents have been using statements furnished them by these un ;crupulous enemies of mine, without taking the trouble to verify them, and that in this way they have been mis representing me. If any man in the l'hird District is in doubt as to my record, my faithfulness, or my stand ing as a member of Congress, I suggest that he write to Speaker Champ Clark, Hon. Claude Kitchen, of North Caro lina, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. Hon. J. J. Fitzgerald, if New York, chairman of the Commit tee on Appropriations; Hon. Carter Glass, of Virginia, chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency; Hon. W. C. Adamson, of Georgia, chairman of the Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce; Hon. James Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs; Hon. L. F. Padgett, Tennessee, chair man of the Committee on Naval Affairs -any of these chairmen or any mem bers of these great committees-men who have served with me for a long time and know me. I have not asked any member of Congress to write a let ter in my behalf, of course, and would not do so, but I will be willing to be judged by what they may say about me. I would like to be at home in the campaign, so I might tell the people of the beneficial legislation that has been enacted by the Democratic Congress. I would like to tell of the the new tarif1 law, the new currency law, the new anti-trust law, the income tax law, the act providing for Federal aid for goo( roads, the rural credits law, the Nev South Carolina Federal District, an other laws that have been enacted fo the benefit of the people. I voted fo: all these good laws which have beei placed on the statute books. Some o: my opponents do not seem to know tha' these laws have been enacted, judging by the way they are advocating them. There are other laws that are needed and they will be placed on the statute books if the Democrats are returned tu power in November as now seems likely. The outlook for Democratic success this fall is bright, and this makes it all the more imperative for Democratic mem bers of Congress to reiain here now and close up the worki of this session in good shape. And with the )emocrats continued in charge of the government, it is a reasonable, common-sense propo sition that members of Congress who have been tried and found true, men who know the needs of the peol)le and aire experiened~ in legislation and know how to acomp~lish results, may be rusted to continue their good wvork. Ana old farmer told me once that he did no.t think it was a goodl idea to trade off a safe horse (diring a crop season. I respectful ly coimmend this thought to the voters of the Third District. In conclusion, I must thank the peo psle for the confidence they have reposed in me in the past. If they think me worthy to continue to represent them, I shall be under increatsed inidebtedniess to them, andi will try to serve them with the same faithfulness and single nuess of puirpose with wvhich I have tried to ser~ve them in the past I can prom ise no more than this, andl I doubt if my opponenlts can promise any mUore.. And let mec repeat, that if I can get inito the camp)aign before it closes I shall certainly do so. I want to be there now, but my duty is to stay here for the present, andl I shall stay here until the way is Open for me to go home. It Is for the people to say wvhether I am dloing the right thing or not. Itespectfully, W YA'TT A IK EN. W ashing ton, August 8, 1916. (Advertisement) Two Good Planks Over in the Third Congressional Dis. trict, Henry Tillman is a candidate foi lRepresentative Aiken's seat. He ii standing on a sound platform which contains some excellent timber. Al this is by way of parentesis, for Th< News is taking no part in the five cor nered race between Aiken, Dagnall Dominick, Horton and Tiliman, the pur pose of this article being merely to di rect attention to two specific plank which every candidate for Congres who believes in real ponular govern ment ought to incorporats i0 his Mip of purposes to be. fulfilled if hAgets a chance to stand'at Armageddon and battle for the people. "The Pork Barrel is the carse of Con& gress. It is.the system whereby Cdn. gressmen swap their votes and 6ften times stultify their consciences in order that things may be .obtained for their district and they may thereby inake a showing at home. The people pay the freight. While I would strive earnest ly to bring the Third District every thing that it is honestly entitled to, I would not maice it a matter of barter or trade. The Southern Congressman who does is a fool. We have always paid our part of the taxes but, we will never get our part of the swag. And I would not relinquish one single principle to get a public building in every village in district. If you want a 'pork barrel' Congressman, vote for some one else. Tillman is not the man you are looking for. That's pretty bold talk, but it's true. The present pork bat-rel grab by Sou thern Congressmen is well-nigh a na tional scandal. A great many of them are acting like hogs. Federal approp riations for local buildings and water ways are proper when they are neces sary, but this thing of building a $100, 000 post office in a town of 2,000 is an outrageous waste of the people's money. The Congressman who indulges in this sort of steal is, as Candidate Tillman says, a fool-and we go him one better and say that such a Congressman is an unfit public servant. Things have come to such a pass in this country that we are very apt to judge a Congressman by the quantity of loot and swag and plunder he can land for his district. We do not inquire whether he is a man of statesmanlike principles, we merely ask, "Can he bring the bacon home?" We do not ask whether he ought, as a mat ter of right, to bring ithome. Calhoun and MeDuffie didn't care a rap about postoffices and other Federal buildings. They were not elected on the basis of material benefit for the State they ob tained from Congress, for they got precious little, anel the people were sat isfied. The average Congressman re minds us of the woman who takes an empty basket - to a picnic and tries to see how much of the good things she can jam into it to carry back home. We should measure a Congressman by his legislative record as to principles and not by his capacity for gormandizing in the pork barrel. The Greenwood aspirant, in the sec ond place, declares that the government spends $10 per capita each year, that we howl about State taxes and county taxes, but never pause to consider that our national taxes stamp us as the most extravagant government on earth;" that "we have many useless offices and wasteful officeholders." He avows that if elected, "I shall tight to stamp them out land bring this government back to a business basis. One billion dollars per annum is our record. I want one bil lion dollars worth of service or I want less than a billion spent. I pledge my self to strict economy and will fight that which is wasteful and extrava guant.' I f Sirz. T1illman c ould do that, he would have to tackle the Augean stables, b~it even if he tried and failed, he would deserve better of his country than a thousand M. C. 's distributing seed, mnisusing the free postage privilege, and doing nothing more energetic than draw ing their lpay. TJh~e Congressman who sets his face against extravagance by the Federal government is up against a problem, but the support of the p~eople is his. If Mr. TIillman should go to Wanshinigton, there will be plenty of op portunity for the redemption of his campaign pledges. The pension steal and the public building graft are enor mous. The time has come when some thing ought to be done to check this wanton waste of the people's money. The Nation is hard put to find enough revenue to meet its expenditures. It is looking about for new sources, and, if the present drift toward public bank ruptcy is not stemmed, the day will soon be here 4,hen the $10 a week clerk in homespun will have to pay his income tax just as the millionaire in purple pays his. The News unhesitatingly and gladly commends these two planks in Mr. T'Ill man's platform and voices the hope that, if he shall be chosen, lie will ham mer on them day in and dlay out. If he does, ho will have little competition in the matter and his spear will know few brothers. At any r-ate it is encourag ing to perceive that a candidate for congress in South Carolina stands on such unusual, but excellent planks. Greenville Daily News. (Advertisement) We wvant you to rocad this pa per over and see if you think ' you can afford to do without it for two cents a week. rJ