Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Swept Over by a Flood Rush ing Like a Tidal Wave. mm om HOHMED Lives Were Lost aod Two Tnousand People Made Homeless. . -- Guthrie, 0. T., April 28.-Where at daylight, this morning stood the most beautiful residence portion of ,?rbtbrie, tp night is a flood devasted, stricken and demolished district. The houses thal!; are left are toppled about like cardboard boxes after a wmd storm, and ceaseless waves of resieiless waters roll through pr over half a thousand deserted and wreck ed homes. Two thousand homeless people are gather shivering on the bluffs west of the city or housed in tbe homes of the part of thc city which lies high and dry on the hills A hundred or more have gone down o to watery graves and thousands have lost their all. From noon yesterdav till midnight last sight there was an incessant downpour in and about this city, and it was feared that the Cotton Wood river, which w&s already very high, would do much damage. But the watchers at the bridges were sur prised to see the river go down and by daylight it had fallen 10 feet. Jost as they were about to, go off duSy at 6 o'clock^ they were startled by a terrific roar from the top of the river valley and were .soon convinced that a terrific flood was coming. The I fire alarm was given and policemen and others rode ail over town near the river, rousing families and warn ng them to flee for their lives. Some thought the roar was a cyclone and sought their caves, only to perish a few moments later ; others stopped to save things until it was too late, .and very few would at first believe that any great danger was threatened With a mighty roar the flood came down the valley a mile wide, 20 feet deep in the channel and four feet across the entire valley. It. struck tbe*city at 6 30 in the extreme south west, where the negroes mostly live, and in a few moments hundreds of their little homes were carried away J and many lives were lost. The rail road tracks are on the east bank of the river for three quarters of a mile. Across is the valley running through , the western part of the city, and in H is much of .the finest residence por tion and a small business section, where there were abtut 20 stores, several mills, warehouses, etc In less than 20 minutes from the time the Socd struck the city this entire section was inundated, and within an hoar the water was 10 feet deep and hundreds pf buildings were floating away. Not only the meaner struc- ' tores, but finer residences, store ' buildings, a large cotton gin and other large structures went into ruins or floated away down the stream. On many buildings were men, women and children 'From hundreds of trees] came-piteous calls for help. With the first rush went every bridge in the city. The few boats were crushed or carried away and nothing could be done to help many ho fell or were swept from places cf refuge and were drowned before the eyes of the horrified but powerless spectators By 9 o'clock the water was 30 feet above the normal level of the river, .' and the once placid stream waa a raging torrent across the entiru val ley It seemed soon that people h\ trees j and on roofs would be swept away '\ and desperate m asures were ak^n to help them George Willis and H. j A. Platt, both prominent busi ness men, stripped and leaping j into tue torrent swam the main chan j nel of the t iver and secured an old flat boat which was moored to a tree With ibis boat they saved over 30 people. Eugene Gill and Walter 0!d3 at tempted to save a family on a raft, [ but were carried away and barely escaped vir h th;-i; lives George Owen, n butcher, headed a rescue party in a hastily constructed flatboat. The boat capsized in the current and he died a hero's death Scores of men are at work at the lum ber yeards constructing boai3, and by 10 o'clock six crews were launched Several capsized and were carried away, aud it is believed that two of the men manning them perished. At 10 o'clock the flood was at a I stand-still, a half hour waa beg n i ning to recede and by dark it had gone down 5 feet. Early in the day the telephone wires went down, and as none of the j boats which crossed the main chan nel were able to get back, it was im dossible to get any facts as to who had perished. This evening a line was shot across with a rocket and a cable drawn : across ; boats are being ferried back asd forth, 3nd food is being taken to the hundreds of famished people on the bluffs and the 200 or 300 negroes in the large brick school house, who have had nothing to eat since yester day. Fully a score of boats have been constructed and every part of the flooded district is being patrolled and all the people taken from places of danger. It is impossible to correctly esti mate the number of drowned. It is generally conceded that the death list will reach 100 A number of bodies were seen going down the river and to-nigbt calls can be heard for help The pro perty loss will be fully $100,000 in the city and wi l reach hundreds of thousands in the country. Up and down tne Cottonwood valley lor miles everything is swept away and it 3 believed many more people perished in the country. The railway tracks are swept away south of here and badly damaged north, and there have been no trains 6ince yesterday. In the city all business was suspended to-day. The homeless are all being housed as well as possible, the city and county are feeding all free at hotels and restaurants, where over a thousand dollars have been subscribed by bus i ress men. The Cameron river, two miles north, is higher than ever before and is rising rapidly to night and it is feared the railroad bridges will go: While this rise is due to the general rise of the Cot tonwood, a cloudburst at "4 o'clock this morning near Seward, southwest of here, caused the great flood. Kentucky's Deadlock Broken on 112 tn Ballot. Frankfort, Ky., April 28.-The crowd that filled, the bouse chamber, aisles, lobbies and galleries long before noon to-day was the biggest seen in ten years in this historic ball. Everyone believed that a senator was at last to ba elected after a struggle that has lasted through two legislative sessions, through 112 ballots and a cost of 100,000. The Blackburn people hoped to the last that they would suc ceed. But it was not so. The deadlock ended on the first ballot, when Deboe recetjred 71 votes, Blackburn 50, Mar tin 12, Stone 1. A scene of the wildest excitement followed the announcement, of Deboe's election. Pour or five old Democrats joined in the shooting of the victorious Republicans. Deboe says he ia a gold standand man despite the silver stories circulated about bim and that be will be found on the Republican side and in line with every Republican policy. Dr. Deboe is about 45 years old and a resident of Crittenden county He was elected to the State senate four years ago as a gold Republican and was a delegate to the St Louis conven tion. THE AMERICAN SCAN DAL. An English Paper Hits Hard and Merited Blows. London, April 29.-In an editorial under the caption o/ "The American Crete," The National Review will say that no comparison can be made between Cuba and Crete. There is more suffering in Cuba than there is in Crete. Spain has demonstrated her incapacity to subdue the insur rection in Cuba and thereby forfeited her moral right to hold the island. The United States* have a perfectly free hand to suppress the scandal at their very doors, it) which, The Re view declares, no other nation has any rigbuto interfere, but the Ameri can government does not attempt to intevene. IH conclusion The Review sa}s that the Americans are the best judges of their own interests, but under the circumstances some charity should temper their comments on the 'infamy of the European policy in the east." .?HX". <'. a C^M Henea_t-OT-Ji .n TWC <* \*J Mtrr- n:xtmajism xv in vsfffireii RsflQi *ti \finnff _ Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla the G re ii: Spring Medicine Scrofulous Sere Leg 'oe ZZ Years. AU Spring Mumers, sores, erup tion.-, boils, pimples, et;:., arc cured by UootTa Sarsaparilla, thc ; king of medicines." Read these letters: " C. L Hood ci Cc, Lowell, Mass.: " Dear Sirs :-After suffering from a sore leg for 25 years, four bottles Letter o Hood's Sarsaparilla bave made- a complete cure. My NQB 1. would inflame as soon as dog days would come and continue to be sore until spring. Tben the sores would heal a little and break out again. I tried doctors and every remedy I could hear of, but all failed. I then heard of Hood's Sarsaparilla and bought one bottle, and it helped me so much that I kept on until I took four bottles ; am cured, in good health and weigh 160 lbs." MES. M. J. HARTLEY, Lovett, Georgia. No Sore, No Erysipelas. "C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Dear Sirs: - I want to say once more, Hood's Sarsaparilla is all you j Letter claim for it. I haven't had ! any sore oi erysipelas since j No. 2, * uset* Hood's Sarsaparilla ; several years ago and was ; cured by it. I trust many may be benelited by Hood's Sarsaparilla as I have been. I j recommend it highly asa blood medicine." ! MRS. M. J. HARTLEY, Lovstt, Ga. Hood's Pills ti FROM THE WIRES. April 29. - Capt. Ja?. H. Tillma:,, of Eigefield, bas been appoioted to serve as Solici tor until Solicitor Thurmond shall have been tried for killing W G. Harris. The leading Southern railroads, with the exception of be Seaboard Air Line have formed a new traffic association. Frank Linn, has confessed his guilt as the incendiary who started the fire which destroyed a half million dollar's worth of property in Portsmouth, Va. He implicated four others. Four persons lost their lives in a fire in Brooklyn, yesterday M. C. Coker, a white man was killed yesterday while attempting to cross the railroad track at Cades. Six firemen lost their lives in fight ins a fire in Indianapolis, yesterday. Two and a half million dollars io gold have been withdrawn from the treasury within a week for export to Europe. A treaty of friendship and commerce has been signed between Germany and tbe Orange Free State. Press dispatches from Cuba state tbat Gen. Garcia has defeated a Span ish army of 2,000, killing 450 in the engagement. April 30. Gen. Wm. W. Harllee, died at his home in Florence last night aged 84 years. He was weil known through out the State and was a promioeot figure io public life prior to the war. He was the first President of the Wil mington & Manchester Ii. Ii , and was Lieutenant Governor of the State in 1860. During tbe war be was mem ber of the executive council of the State and tbe head of the financial de partment of the State. In 1876 he presided over the convention that nomi nated Hampton for Governor Senator Thoa. C. Platt, of New York, was married yesterday to Mrs. Jennie P. Hoyt, awealthy New Jer sey widow. Hong Kong advices say letters from Szcbuao province show that 30,000 Chinamen are massed in one army-in the city of Kicbow to enforce demands for food. Two pitched battles have taken place between the mobs and gov ernment troops in which 120 soldiers were killed and wounded Two regi ments of regular troops have left Chong Kiang for thc seat of the trou hie. The State Medical Association which bas been in session in Union for several days adjourned yesterday. Dr. C. W. Kollock, of Charleston, was elected president. The Maryland Steel Company after an idleoess of three yaars will resume work oo Monday, giving employment to 2,000 hands. The Christian Endeavor Convention which bas been in session in Orange burg, adjourned yesterday after am in teresting session. The situation in Honduras io con sequence of the revolution, is growing serious and the British and American Consuls have wired for warships to pro tect property and citizen. Hummocks all sizes and prices'-H. G Osteen & Co. Chamberlain's Byo and Skin Ointment is unequalled for Eczema, Tctxer, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped Hands, Itching Piles, Bums, Frost Bites, Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lid.-. For sale by druggists at 25 cents per hos. TO SOSSE CWITE21S. For putting a horse in a fine healthy con dition try l)r. Cad~*s Condition Powders. They tone up the system, aid digesti n, cure loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving new life to an old cr over-worked horse. 25 cents per package. For sale by druggists. Fer al - in Sinner by Dr A J Cbisn i J BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and ali the charms which beau ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight ; they score new victories at ev ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina tion. Beauty may now bc made ea j irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler aa^-Optlc aa, ~S GN Or THE UH! WATCH, . Oct. 16. Imported Stock. 8. G Ostern & Co. received this we?k a full assortment of ice latest and prettiest de signs tn Oeoaison's Imported Crepe- nd Tia* sue Paper for rizaki j; lamp eb des, flowers and al! sons ot facey work. Th s t guarno* teed to be the genuine i re por ted pacer a d far superior to any and all imitation.*. We sell at New York prices, as we bm d-rfct frora the importer:-. The stationer* stack is complete r,d nn t:> d*ue. mw WM TASTELESS IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICS50cts GALATIA, ILLS., NOV.' 16,1893. Paris Medicino Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:-We sold last year, 600 bottles \>i GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have bought three gross already this year. In all our ex perience of 14 years, in the drug business, hr^ve never sold an article that rave such universal satis* faction aa your Tonic. Yours truly, ABXEY, CARS & CO SOLD-No Cure, No Pay, t.y A J China J F. W. DeLormo, J S. Hugbson k Co. ? * HAPPY WAN a nt WO BtBD ASTOSOpiTiar Tie Stole? Mareta Tire, resilient, light, durable and guaranteed against puncture. No leather, steel or wire. STODDER P NCTURELE3S TIRE CO., 58 Warren St., N. Y. City. Also STANDARD BICYCLES, ire high grade in every particular, price S1C0. Special inducements to clubs. Reliable genis wanted in al! unoccupied erritories. Address Tie Geo. Mimi Co., 7th Ave., 28 & 23th St., N. Y. City. Mfirch 24. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUM TEX, S. C. \ >ity and County Depository Transact a eo<Ts! Binkir^ bu ioess, also has fi Savings Bank Department, ;epoi its of Si pd upwards received. In t-ri-rr allowed be i.k e of 4 r *-r cenT. per . r.t)t: . Payable qu irieriy. ??>:?> Stst d.tys of anuarv, A?;r , Juiv <tp: October. " W F. B ri AYNS WORTH, W F. P.H&MB, Carl.irr. President. Js.n 13. OTTO MH RDT, FLORIST AJN'D GARDENER. INFORMS HIS CUSTOMERS nd the public tba: he is prep red to furnish Ooe articles ia ?ru\t, Trees. Roses Hud H ll kinds of Flower Plants. Also Cabbage Plants and Other Va rlet is of Vegetable Plants. ICO Cabbage Plants, S .25 1,000 " " 2.00 ICO Pansy Plants, 1 00 He < fifers bis services to lay out eardena inri pot them in shape. Rensoaable terms. M ch I. 50 YEARS* EXPERIENCE. The horse season is about over, but must be doing something, ii will nev er do for a man to be idle in this pro gressive age,so I am^Croiiig into the Sew ing Machine Business, and will place upon the market an old favorite in this community, <4 THE LIGHT RUNNING which will be sold either for Cash or upon favorable terms This branch of my business will be run by Mr. E. W. Vogel, who will try and meet the views of ail purchasers. Machines delivered in any part of the County. A full stock of sewing machine supplies on hand. Samter, S. C., April 19, 1897. Shirts 15c3 Shirts 25cM Shirts 50c. Scarfs 5c, Scarfs 25c, Scaris50c. Hats 5c. Hats 25c, Hats 50c. Knee Pants 10cs Knee Pants 25c? Knee Pants 50c. Club Ties lc, Club Ties 5c; Club Ties 10c, 2 Hose 5c, 2 Hose 8c, 2 Hose 10c. Men's Suits $1, Men's Suits $2, Men's Suits $5. Boyrs Knee Suits 50c, Bar* Kr.ee Soit* 75e, BOY'S Knee its 81. Bleached Jean Drawers 20c, Bleached Jean drawers 25c, Bleached Jean Drawers 50c. Child's ndervest 10c, Child's ndervest 15c, Child's ndervest 25c. Men's ndervest 20c, Men's ndervest 25c. Men's ndervest 50c. The above are all 9 Cal and see for yourself. Sn stylish and well-made Clothing we also lead.