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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.
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Sumter?Wawl Two
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FLOODS RAGING IN PIEDMONT.
GREAT DAMAGE WROUGHT BY
HIGH WATER! UP STATE.
In Anderson, Spartaiiburg, Green?
vlllc and HIclilniul the Fury of the
Flood* Have Been Ksi? -lall?' Felt.
The Congaree, Saluda and rll Pied
niont streams Rising Rapidly?
Hnins Unprecedented.
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
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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?
Continued on puce ft.