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man mtft von. April, its*. ?B? Jum and FW urn?Let ail the ends Thon Alma? at be thy Country',, Thy God s and Truth'. Auf. 8.1881. <???? SUMTER. 3. C WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1908. THE TRUE SOUTIUIOX, Established June, 1MT New 8eries-Vol. XXVIII. JfoK PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS. COUNTY OFFICERS^ CONGRESSMAN AND SOLICITOR. m state mm. AND EVANS IN THE SEC? OND RACK. Not Yet Available Is Known to Render The* Rheet hi Owl of the by Sale Ma (from Ths State. Aug. 17.) the Democratic primary v>f y 85. D Smith of Florence and Clary Even? Of Spartan burg fwo candidates receiving the able for the United States That Is the result as Indicated latest retort a, tabulated et S ;u this morning. a total of Tt.ooo votes accounted probably 10 per cent, of the en vote. Smith leads Evana by 8*4 OS and Rhett was 4)000 votea be d frana | Iff The Hasulte eoaniag in throughout day yestsrdsy ahowed that the lab arouhl be eloee. At one time r. Rhett was shead. when the Char in vote wit reported, but later e two neoreet opponenta pulled up Man. The race for governor haa evontu.it Sbout es had been predicted. Dea? rth the majority of ?00 again** htm Charleston. Go v. Ansel leads his pponant by it.000 vntesvoutof 76,000, J his recorded majority Is Increas? ing It had been h.yed that the ma? jority would be 10.00). and auch mleht ave been the ease, but for the ter? se ralna In the upper part of the ate, where the total vote waa cut The returns have been very slow la coming In. This Is due to the man? agers of election being delsyed In get? ting tbrlr returns to the court houses nd in the correspondents st the coun? ty-seats hawing trouble to contend with on account of the defective wire ?errice, due to the storm. Attorney Oeneral Lyon had no op? position, but In some part* of the Stete he was acratched?end of this ho will perhaps have no regret Mr. R If. McCown. secretary of State; Capt R. H. Jennings. 8tate treasurer, were without opposltloa. den. J. C. Boyd. sdjutant general. >as s lead of about 7.600 votes; Ms*?r* Swearlngen and Melllchamp are running close for State Superin? tendent of Education and H. L. Csugh ? saan and James Csnaler wtl run over for railroad commissioner. Mr. A. W. Jone? has sbout I to 1 In hla race for ro-electton for comptroller general. I Senator. * Bvana.10.too Grace.l.ttt Johnstons.?.*81 Lump* m.l.tSI Martin.".4.881 Rhett .1S.M? ?Ith.80.6M Ansel.46.071 Blesse.80.8?? Comptroller General. ftrooker.r^.088 Jonas.48.616 I A4J*Jts*t General. 1 Boyd.88,?lt Thompson.81.478 Sapewtntenrteni of Reinen Ihm. JsVanore.20.55 7 Meltichamp.18.186 ?werlnsea.tf.Mt Railroad Commissioner. Caughman.19,743 Canaler.17,348 Fishburne.7,056 Richardson.'. . ... 7.501 Summersett.14,512 ORAXGEBURG PASTOR WHIPPED. The Rev. E. M. Llglitfoot Victim of Attack by Frank DeMar? on a Train. Orangeburg, Auguit 25.?A sensa? tional affair occurreJ this afternoon on the North-bound Atlantic Coast Line train, about a mile outalde the city limits, when Frank DeMara, a former policeman of this city, attacked the Rev. E. M. Light foot and struck hi m twice with a part of a buggy whip, while Mr. Light foot, who la paator of the Baptist Chuch here, waa on his way. to New York. The difficulty wa? the result of a letter written by Mr. Ughtfoot to another preacher of this county, In which he atated that Mr. DeMars waa one of the parties who placed a coffin to the minister's porch more than a* year ago, which affair caused much Indignation among the citizens of this place. The grand jury made an Inveetlgatlon, but no Indictment was returned. DeMars says that an explanation made by him to Mr. Llghtfoot had been accepted by the latter,, who stated that he no longer suspected DeMars as being connected with the coffin affair. Mr. DcMars's statement of this afternoon's trouble Is that, feeling that he had been slan? dered and his wlfo and children re? flected on, he was determined to de? mand an explanation, and as Mr. Llghtfoot waa to be absent from the city for several wneks he decided to have the matter nettled without de? lay. He boarded the train this af? ternoon and wher beyond the city limits asked the minister If he wrote the letter, and produced a copy of the same. Mr. Llifhtfoot replied that he Aldn t care to discuss It, where? upon DeMars drew a whip and struck the minister twice, after which he desisted on account of the presence of ladles in the ooach. Mr. Llght? foot continued on his journey and Mr. DeMars returned here to-night. Mr. Ltghtfoot'a side of the affair will prob? ably not be known until he returns, when there wl'l doubtless be further developments. i HTITTHES IN XEGHO'H HEART. Jacksonville Colored Man Will Proba? bly Recover Prom Self-inflicted Wound In Vital Organ. Jacksonville. Fla., Aug. 19.?Oscar Grimes, a negro. In a fight with Mary O'Brien thla afternoon stabbed the woman and thinking her dead deliber? ately drove the knife Into his own breast seven times, the heart being penetrated by one gash. He was hur? ried to a hospital. where It Is believed he will recover. Word from Marlon says the work of surveying that county and the pro? posed cut for the formation of Dillon has begun. The work will require about three or four months and will cost between 84.000 a ">.000. I Calumny la a monstrous vice.? ^ Herodotus. SENATOR AND STATE OFFICERS PRECINCTS. Sutnter-Ward One Sumter?Wawl Two Suniter?Ward Three Sutnter-Ward Pour Statetnirg. Concord . 0*we&o. Farmer?. ehlloh. Taylor?. Borden. Msyesville.... Earle. Salem. Trinity. Providence_ Scarlx>ro. Privateer. Zoar. Manchester. Gall I awl's Cross Roads Wedfreleld ... Rtftloft Creek ifItfh Hills... Plagah. > I W i For U 8 Senator. 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Columbia, Aug. 25.?The flood now raging In the rivered sections of the State bids fair to equal the Pacol-t flood of 1903. By daylight this morn? ing It was seen that all the crops along Congaree River were ruined and that the damage would be con? siderable, i Immediately upon the realization of the seriousness of the freshet at this point work was begun In the power houses along the river he?e. *n the Columbia Duck Mill power hou. the exciters were hoisted five feet up on the floor. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the water had crept u.> la it .m and they had to be raided hi^h^r ai :1 the hoods put over the dynr .iob and screwed down. The water 1.? i slug at the rate of four inches per h ur. The City of Columbia, when steaming up to Senate street lend ng from Georgetown today, picked up her own wharf which had washed t n y nd towed it back up. and bo?h - f them are now made fast up In an old corn field on the edge of the Congaree River. With the water at 22 feet, the weather bureau predicted between thiee and four feet additional water at 4 o'clock toftny. Wrec kage of all descriptions Is passing by here, show? ing that the damage up the Sa.uda and Broad rivers has been heavy. Later?At 11 o'clock tonight the Congaree River has fi*en to the 2f>.S foot mark and Is still iislng. Up to this hour the power house which furnishes the lights used in the city and power for trolleys and several of the mills Is urdimaged, but the wa? ter Is nearly over the stone protec? tion war, although still three feet be? low the windows. The Columbia Mills power plant la o .. ..' \mV completely under water, with the ex? ception of the exciters, which have heen hoisted up, and as the dynamos are hooded and packed very little 'lamage is expected. GREAT DAMAGE IX ANDERSON. Rainfall the Heaviest in tlie History Anderson, Aug. 25.?According to the oldest citizens the heaviest rain? fall In the history of Anderson County fell last night and today. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the weather bureau ob? server announced that ten inches had fallen in the 16 hours prev ous and tonight rain is still falling heavily. It is hard to estimate the amount of damage done in Anderson County, but it will amount to many thousands of dollars. Anderson has had one train today, that being the early morn'ig train from Belton on the Blue Ridge Road. The morning train on the Chjr'etton and Western Carolina Road i.o.n Au? gusta ran iato a wa?h-out . ?veral miles from Arder?on. and it will be a day or two before the engine can be ex? tricate d from a deep hol;? ard put back into commission. Street car traffic was off until 4 o'clock this af? ternoon and the interurb i lines be? tween Anderson and B it )n is out ?>f business. The tra- \ is b d > washed and it will be seve al days b? i'ore traf? fic can be resumed. Telegraph and te'ephone connections have held up remarkably well, but to? night many telegraph wires leading out of the city are down. The power plants at Portman Shoals, on the Sen? eca River, a.id Gregg Shouls, on the Savannah River, were Hooded, and were forced to shut down. This neces? sarily canst d the Orr and Anderson Cotton Mills, of Anderson, and the cotton mills at Greenwood and Abhe i vll'e County, fed with this power, to cease operations. The dams at the Gluck and Cox mills were washed away, and thesa mills are without water and are, there? fore, shut down. The Anderson Water, Light and Power Company announced of the Country. this afternoon that the gauge reading OH the Savannah River was the high? est this afternoon ever known, and that Seneca River is terriby swollen. Hurry orders have been placed by this concern for boilers and pumps for the I Gregg Shoals plant to remove the wa- I ter which has Hooded the place. It will be some time before they can fur? nish power for the various manufac? turing plants on their '.ines. The cities of Anderson, Greenwood I and Abbeville .are tonight lighted by I power from the Portman plant on j Btntca River, but power is being fur? nished only for lighting purposes yet awhile. Savannah River rose at the rate of thiee feet an hour during several hours of the day, rnd at Giej,g Shoals the rise was recorded at 40 feet at sun? down this afternoon. The city of An? derson and the county of Anderson will suffer heavily The city has only re cen. y spent nearly one hundred thou? sand dollars on street improvements and elsewhe 3 in the ci.. limits. The roads in the country are terribly wash? ed and bridges have floated down str< ims. The farm land on ? d^es has beer \ shed * ?\\ , in vh gully and crops ha\t been severely damag d. It is impossible tonight to say when An? derson will have railroad and mail facilities again. The Blue Ridge Road has h id sev? eral terrible washout report'd at its i genera! office.- and the Savannah Val? ley Road is blocked with a wreck caused by a washout. The train wrecked we i N >. 7, which was due her? ; . 11 o'clock this noinin , 1 om Augusta. No one w is injured, bat the engine sunk In a deep iftnd hole, sev? eral feet below the roadbed. Street cars are being operated here tonight i n'y at Intervals, power be? ing furnished '?y an auxiliary steam engine kept for cases of emergency. The fearful rainfall cut off Anderson's vote In the primary to 3.000 from a polling <?f 6.000. This number or more would have been polled today if the day had been clear. At 8 o'clock tonight 12 Inches of rain has fallen since 8 o'clock last night, and it is still raining. TWO DROWNED IN KERSIIAW. Bridge* Over the Wateree Goes Down Carrying Man and Boy to Death. Camden, Aug. 25.?The Wateree iron bridge, which was operated by a corporation as a toll bridge, was com? pletely wrecked today by the high wa? ter. The river is higher than it has been for years and the immense amount of rafts and a large flat whichc came floating down the stieam was: more than it could stand. At the time it gave way there were a number or peop'e on the bridge, including M?: Henry Savage, the presid. at of thr: Bridge Company. Mr. Savage andt two negroes went floating down the: river on a raft. The nogroes managed to get out and the otheis that went im at the time the bridge gave way were.* all rescued, but the most distressing feature of it all is that Mr. George Rabon, who was crossing in a wagon With a litt'e boy named Hinson, went In, and U is almost certain that they were drowned. Nothing has beer* heard of them. % Mr. Savage has been located in a tree and efforts are being made to reach him with a boat It is a thrill? ing experience he Is having and hia friends are very anxious about h\m? but it is believed that he will be safe. The rain has been eoming down in torrents nearly all the evening. Mr. Robert Mickie was on the bridge, but escaped injury. A pair of mules, how? ever, were drowned. The loss to the Bridge Company is estimated at $15.000. The disaster is a great blow to Camden. That *ec tion of the county is an important feeder to Camden. As soon, however, as the water goes down a flat willl be put on the river, which will facilitate traffic to some extent. Just what action the Bridge Com? pany will take beyond this is not known at present. It is safe to say, however, that the bridge aril bo re? built as speedily as possible, either by the Bridge Company or by the county. The southbound Southern train, due here at 9.60, was several hours late? 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