Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IHE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. \% i \ i in ? \i. \in mm otoca Ml \ \l INC. IN Mim?lff \ M.I.I > Mtuatio,, XumIm s^tIou?Munj Fear That BteSJgSSJgf Iichl to ggtS |.c gggfl Ml llMlon Itwtmc Will \ct I'rou' to Im Knill!??*??. N w Orleans. May . 10.?New Or? kans tonight withstood the severest fulnstorm In her t?i-1..i >. All of the low? r half of Louisiana Wi,s affect,d. and thousand* of the peop'e who live behind the alread> terrible strained levees th it h<dd hack the Mississippi flood waters were panicky. The wind r inged from -J7 miles an hour at New Orleans to 40 mile.* at Baton K ?uge. and at many golBtl along the river it swept h? wa\es of the swollen stream, over the levees. At New ?Ml., ns t?v e and a halt inche-* . f ram fell from noon until |fl p. ni. tonight, and about four in? hee fel . ind 9 o < k. The Mis? sissippi rivet here e/aa^banked np by the hinh wind-* md rose eight Inches In two hours between 8 and 1" o'cIock tonight, f?n iiiff the waters ever Ihe leveee at .-ev.rai points. At 1^ tie river gauge at the head of Can:1' etreet registered 21.9 feet, or one tenth of foot higher than the m.ix Inium stagi predleled bf the weither bureau. At 11 o'clock the gau^e show i ? I i drop 111 one-tenth of a foot f"r the hour, but the rain continued to pour down In torrents at Intervals : The floods In the streets of New Orleans tonight claimed at least om victim and his hotly was swept away by the territhe current. Joseph Dolfe. I clerk In the esgptO) of | drug com? pany, while en route to call on a young woman, fell into a ditch at the corner of Curroiiton and St. Louis streets. The accident S/ai witness, d by se\ a! people, but efforts to ro oover l?olfc s body tonight failed. | ' ffc,*, n? of messages poured into the Office of the I'nitcd States army engi aeers here telling of rumored bffSjBfl , to the levees above New OtlOSaa None of them bad b#< I I ? rilied up |0 midnight, although little hop.. was J expressed for saving the levees at Baton Ilouge. md it Morgan/a. I .i hdiiK. I -nald-iorn llle and Flau"*-mine the gttggUOg was declar? ed to l?e critical. At 9 o'? lock Superintendent Purcell ordered Heg relhf trains made ready Co ? ? i ? I>onald*onvlllc and IMaque snlnc but the orders were eounter snanded a few minutes later when !t was determined that reports of breaks In levees near that city were not true. Thirty-five thousand sand bags w. r.- dispat bed from New Or? leans to Itaton dotige on a spec al train tonight. The situation was de? clared most critic.il at the capital city with prospects of saving the front levee almost hopeless. At New Orleans water poured over the sand bags, topping; at the foot of Brpi mda street md ? force of bun 4r^.|s ggg ru bed theft t . StOg the holes md pile .he embankment still higher Guards were placed a long the entire river fn?nt and precautions were ta? ken to quickly close every spot where there was an owrllow. The streets oi' New i?rh ins were flood, d as nevgf befOfS Ig the city's history, in the Catrolltoa section, I the upper part of th. c Ity. the watet was six to s?\eti inches deep on the Sidewalks. In the downtown busin< section ?'mal street and all Intersect? ing SlM.tS W.le llooded gS/gf the Hlle walks and the water entered BtOfSS on a number of streets. Ther wi re su?. h strong currents In some of the city's streets, due to the execs \ ia Infal\ that many people fear, d tie r? had b -. n an overflow Crom the rl\er. U ii dnigbt the rainfall was md hea\> ' HI many of the streets were Still lh ? od lo a depth of s)x to eight 1 liebes. i Wr< aj reports obtainable lOBlgtlt ' the I'Tiil SAept doWll aetOSS the Ktaie trim mar Sbie\epor?. moving south? i-f -?ru? lx b. Mi os> ppl rive? near tbr big MorganSS bend md < ?n tlnuid down the rl\cr gast New Mr leans. Tb. 101 ?v apparently WS ? I ? g|? er In the territory between New Ib-nd* and '.aider. . a pol 111 mi.i mih - south ? f Baton Boitge. R< pott* rs ggfSsjg b.r? stated I hat Ihe velocity v?as approNini.it. i\ |i miles per h?oir. Notw Hb-'alidini; tb- h. at f I ilni und Hu wind. too.. ,, ihe levee* ?? tb*. tteBitty of n w < m i.ms wen ho'dimr Well aft< r tie storm passed, rit\ all ?i- reiterated I heir dec lam* te n ih it Iheti gras gad IBs ?lightest dang? i a| gSjg asfkNM h\e. Iroulde h ?re. Sssk to Profit by Errors. "The least error should I umblo. but we should Sjfssjf perml? gfgg the i greatest to dl-a o-n a, t. > " I t .hop Potti r MEMORIAL SERVICES. Ml Kol s or Till: CONFEDERATE WAR REMEMBKRD WITH ill i i\<. cm momi >. Judge ? ? I, Wood* Isrllvers Annual \ddre?? Ml a Thousand People at the ?vnntn> iruia> After? noon?Take*, for HI*. Bnhject lite CoesfccVrotc Mntdlrrs Vim of Blav* rrj?Graves Pcporoted and a Ba> Inte o%er Burled Heroes?Crosses ! of lloejot Bestowed, Suinicr along with other places In the South has lor many years set apart eta] IOf.li as Memorial Day on which by appropriate oeromonles tit ttngly honor the heroes who wore the fray, Friday was no exception to tnis rule ami as UOUal more than a thousand people fathered at the cem atehy to pay their respects to the dead heroei and to Join in the ser Vtcef ami hear the address of Jus llcf Charlef A. Woods, of Marlon. I who had been ohoeon by the United DaUfhtefS of the Confederacy t.. deliver the annual memorial addles-. All of the stores were closed In I the aftemon in ohaervancc "f the! I latom and all of the hanks were Cloeod throughout the day. The Bum Iff bar aaeoclatlon took Mr. w.Is, the two guests of hour, out to Clin Mill ami tendered them a Pig fish stew aiai made the day very enj >y ahle for all. i Miring i hool hours the choldren of the primary SChOOlS at Washington st. school decorated the Confederate monument oi, the school square? really the Schoo] is on the monument square -and at the school exercises appropriate to the day weri' held. The second morning function in honor of the day was the second an? nual dinner given the veterans by Dich Anderson chapter, Daughters ol the Confederacy, Under the great oaks on court square, behind the court h . ise. tables were spread, ami here four score of the Old boys sat down to enjoy a bounteous repast, served in the beat manner, and shared with the comrades of halt* a century ago. The dinner was a great suc? cess and the veterans gathered seem? ed t- have a real enjoyment from j conveyed to the cemetery in auto? mobiles. Tb? < \. ft ises at the graves of the Confederate dead In the Cemetery begun at in the afternoon, The proeoonlofl formed nl the gate on the IVOnue and moved to the stand at the graves. where Was gathered a crowd of fully a thousand people. The Sumter band bad the procession, ami neat came Camp Dich Anderson ami other veterans. Then Came the little Bower ftrla, then the Bumter Light Infantry, and the rear was brought up by the companies of the high sehool batalllon. After the speaker! ami veterans had been seat" ed on the large new stand, R, ' I Mm .! Ifjked lb v. Walter I. Herbert to offer a prayer. After this the band played and during the music the Bo wet flrla decorated the graves of the Confederate dead. Next Mr. Purdy introduced the speaker Of the day, .Listice Charles A. Wooda, Mr. Woo,Is said that often on simi? lar am' other occasion had been praised 'be courage of the Confed? ernte ^"Mier. displayed during the war of the sixties. RecuUSC Of V arpeo r presentations In history, he said, even the southern people were grow* Ing up believing that slavery was the Skeleton In the Southern closet. and thai the bast it was shown the better. Justice Woods believed that if SUCk I skeleton existed that the best course was to open the closet ami bt in the bright sir-light a.id 'he pure air. and, 11 refore, speaking, as I ? -aid. me: to the veterans, but for them, he i ?OOS for his subject "The Confedei it ? Soldier's View on Slavery." The addfees of Mr. W.Is was a imueterly handling of the subject, He reviewed the history of slavery, show? ed how the decny hnd set in in Rtates I and countries where it did not : < I in Investment, showed how th ? n ? ??.? , ha?i m \er been featered in tie- Koutlt a* It had ill tin- North. Show *ll hove I I'he qu< t -i. of abolishment h ol ac? ItUally beeil balloted on in the B< >li I before the agitation was started In in. North; tai that when ihoNorth? ern al*olltlonls|s began their nofaii on roursM that compelled to* Houtli II ' lake ih. course adopted, lie Ishowed, too. how the men of tie litouth knee I hat freeing, th hordes of black men before the) wen read, for freedom, or capable >>f restraint Would menn the endangering of the Ilives and property of tin.untry slde, gnd worse, He showed boa th .rse ndopt< tl hs 'hi Kiu lb iftec I In V ho| p|o\ ed the Vlf tO I ill I lie << n flic I n.i i failed) because Ihe course h oi hi i n dictated let bj e<|ulty aim I-?V? of jn tbut by pre.imle ??. i -l -I i? - ring that We of the Houtb wen now In lh< mine position: 'hat I the negro was in out power, and be I pb ol that V e fj Ottld I'"' b t p? e ? It. in the afternoon ti>? Veterans were NEW ORLEANS SAFE. \l.\ICMl\t. RK1HIRT? COXTRA HICTKIl B\ PRtMiRESHIVE rxiox. \?w Orleans Hufcsl citj in Valley by llcuson of Defensive strength and Im Taking Hie Load in Relief of I i'.(.mi Mulferci**?National Uov* ? eminent Kliould %<lo|?t Plan In Ktifogtiurd IU**ldciittf of Valley >\galn?t l'To*Hl, I Ne? Orleans, Max 10,1912, | \. v. Snell. Chamber of Commerce, I Please poet *i?i ? as a bulletin to ! I your members and give copies to your newspaper*! i The < ny of New Orleans is ahso- i lutely unaffected by the Hoods in the Iflaslaslppl Valley, though a number I of tin- par.sin- (?1 tin- State "f lain- ' Islana have been Inundated ami tin- | Hoods have therefore wrought great damage outside of the city. Now Or? leans is herself alleviating distress with contributions of money, cloth? ing an bedding and the government With rations and the State militia aiding in rescue work. No levee* with? in one hundred miles of New Or? leans have broken ami ail stories1 that this city is under water are the wildest sort of Irresponsible canards. The United States, the State and city engineers agree that New Orleans Will pass safely through the crisis and that the worst is now over. The j greatest damage Is the farmers' loss of opportunity to make crops and we are now working out a plan to begin the reconstruction of our agricultural districts affected as soon as the waters recede. New Orleans, because of it. peculiar dt fenalve strength, iy tne I safest city in the Mississippi, < ml i or I Missouri Valleys, despite the fact I i that the ti.i waters of sbme thirty other state<. This should be the duty of the National Government by a i broad atid su..- system of conserve- | lion at tin- head waters sucb a> con- j lemplated in the Newlands river regu? lation bill. Why should Louisiana spend millions of dollars annually to prot? ct herself from the waters .vbich come from nearly two-thirds of the Union? Lou lean a has spent fifty millions of dollars out "f the public treasury and private individ? ual.-- and railroads millions more for levee protection since the Civil War, We earnestly urge the clti'/ens of the United states ami particularly tho newspapers to give ?s the only out? side supori of the Newlandi river regulation bill, which Will harness the Hoods and force '.hem to s.-rve in? stead of destroy. m. r.. Tresevant, Recretary New Orleani Flood Relief Committee ami New Orleans Pro greaslve Cnion. Notes of City Schools, The closing exercises of the white public schools of this city will take place at the opera house at 8 O'clock on the evenings of the 29th and 30th <>f May. At the park at 6.20 p. m. Wednes? day, May L*2, there will be a dress parade of the battalion of the city i choola, i'ii Monday. May the 27, there will tie an exhibition of the departments of ait and writing at the Hamp? ton school between the hours of and 7. Unreasonable Request. "Come now, Hemma." says tho Whltechapel bridegroom, "you're goin' to s'y 'obey' when you comea to It In th' sarvice, ain't you?" "Wot, me?" cries the bride. "Me k'v 'obey' to you! Why. bllme ine. 'Enncry. you ain't 'arf me size!"?Cleveland PJain Dealer. stat. of i >hio. city of Toledo, Lucas 1 'ounty. Prunk J. Cheney makes oath that he :s senior partner of the lirm of V. .1. Cheney and Co., doing business III the City of Toledo, County and -t t. aforesaid, and that said tirni will pay the sum of <?ne Hundred |)ol| rn for each and every ease of ca larrh 'ha? cannot be eur -d by the use of M ill's < 'atarrh Cure. KRANK J. ?'II I3NKY. Kworn to before nie and subscribed in inv pies. n< this Ith day of l?? comber, A. I?. 1880, i s.-a I? A. W. I lleason, Notary Public, II. H's Catarrh Cure is taken inter* '.,ii. hui] acts directly upon the hl.I and mucous siirfae.?* of the nys t to S. nd for testimonials, free. I' J. ( 'lleney and < ?0? Toledo. ( ?. rot,i Uy a'l druggists, 76c, Take Mali's Kamlly Tills for ron ttlpatton. Jtldlce gain sway that the mob slid >l I I.. llloWed In USlirp 'he death w ui ? nd highly prised rlghl of trial by I Jury, After i be addi ess i mssos of hon ?r w er.- a win led by the chapt. r i ?> veter? ans Howard Jones, T. II. II i v n, T. K, Uli hard > n a lid .1 I '.. Hlllgleton and wife pinned on ' hi io b> M i Annie tlruhnm, presbb lit <a (hi elmp t? r. und othei members of Ih< chap U i. Vfb r ti., tin Sa..,i. r Idgbl In? flintry II red three volleys over the graves and t ips were hoiiihIi d, i los? ing ihe <.rmonles ol the day. HI 111 I s \\D FEDERALS EN UAtiE TIIRorCiHOTT D.W. Main Rodle* uf Opposing Forces Come Together, Hut Without De t*lxlv?* R?*muIIh so Far. Escnlon. Mexico, May l".?sharp fighting occurred throughout the day between the main bodies of the rebels ami federal! nenr Tlashualilo with no decided advantage to either side. Couriers to Qen. Orozco's headquar? ters here Bald the clash of the van? guards of both armies was rapidly . turning from a skirmish to a desper? ate battle, The fight has been In prog? ress for BG hours and indications are that it will be Several days before it is decid.-d. The battlefield ranges over 20 miles of desert plains south? east of Conejols, In front of Torreon. ! RVMORS OF REBEL REVERSE.1 - I With \o Definite Advice, Juares Hears Reports of Check to Item lutlonlst Forces), Juarez. May lit. x,, definite ad-! vices had reached here up to 10 j o'clock tonight of the fighting >e tween rebels and federals In the vlclnttly of Torreon. Rebel officials ! here are reticent and rumors were thai the rebels had met a reverse. Jose Cordosa, secretary to Gen. OroSCO, who was to have arrived here tonight to Btraighten out the tangle 1 oxer th,. assumption of Gomel of the position of provisional president, is now expected to come tomorrow. TRAIN ATTACKED BY REBELS. I _ I i Federal Forces on Board Defend Tlwmwelvcs Against \ssr? tilts of Revolutionists, Mexico City, May 10.?The south? bound train over the Mexican Central road was attacked today at a point called Napoles, about half way be? tween Blloc and Leon. In the State of j Guanajuato. The train carried fed- | eral troops, who returned the fire of the attackers. The revels numbered about 200 and are said to have lost Seven killed ami about prisoners. The band was led by Pesquena, the owner of the JCapoles 'ranch, accord? ing to the minister of the interior. Pesquena is a Spaniard and played a prominent part In the Madero upris? ing In the State Of Guan.iuato last year. Stateburg Defents Rembert. ( ?n Saturday evening Stateburg de? feated Rembert on the former's dia? mond to the tune of 8 to 5. The game was snappy and Inter? esting from start t.t finish, t 'handler fanned ten, but his wlldness proved costly. The main feature was Rog? ers' pia> ing at second. The same teams will play at Rem? bert May the 11th. A big crowd i> expected. The score. R. H. ES. Btateburg.8 ' 6 Rembert .B 8 2 Batteries: Sanders and ("lark; Chandler and Banders. Umpire Crawford Bunders. Obvious. We do not pretend to be much of x mind-reader, but when we see a lady liurrylng downtown with a $10 bill In one hand and an advertisement in the other we know that she Is thinking ol loing some shopping. rrccjuent-y Too Slow. The maxim of Englishmen is "slow and sure," ar.d too oftjn they stand on the river brink waiting for the water to run away before venturing to cross It.?Rev. S. Bating Gould. Cause and Effect. Miss Elizabeth Marhury. a New York theatrical agent, was con den ning tbe shrewish, scolding type of w man. "You can always tell her," Bail Miss Marbury. "If you can't toll her Ik n ie way you can toll her in at i tber i said to a woman thi other Sunday: 'Why my dear, how hoarse you me!' 'Yes,' si e answered angrily, 'my husband was out late last night.'" Austraba'8 Tallest Tree. The tallest tree in Australia Is probably one of the eucalyptus amyg dallna regnan species, which was found Eome time ago on a spur of Mount Haw Haw, In Glppsland. Vic? torian experts now have ascertained the height of the tree to he 32f> feel l Inch, its gltth at 6 feel from the ground i " feet 7 Inches A tre* of tho -? dos discovered at N'eorim In (ilppalnnd, while only 221 f. ' I r ' ! b a girth of Bfeet 1 Inches at ? fc ' from the ground. Throu ilt the Swiss Mountains. At Hcvieitx (Old Ilex), among the Alps, the railroad passes tbe rocksall mln s, from which the Swiss govern men! procure* most of ihe salt whose y. h i t government monopoly, and ofi< it.. by tbe local postmas t, r, v. in th als ' ol onlj In stamps, but In will \t thlt pottit a toothed rail i. i i ?_? I ? into i lay, and the gradient rapid I > Inert at, ?. as the cars pass tlirottgh woods of walnuts and chest* nuti lo re an Important Item of the did and Income of their owners. Kill Lice and Mites 111 ic.ur [i^uitry?fVn'l I t thent suffer. It you want liealthv, handsome, tgg prodttc?rtjj fowls- if yon iv ?nt to raise littie chtcWs, use PK AI 1 S POWDERED LI' r KIL LKK Guaranteed sure death t > ALL vermin, .'-c and ;oc. For Sale by all First Class Dealers. Ref jss all Substitutes. IMS 11 ma nac ami l*i?ultri l*??oU Free. Every Day in the Year You could add something to a saving fund started at our bank with one dollar, and you would be surprised to find how quickly YOLK CAPITAL WOULD INCREASE. TODAY is THE DAY for YOU t.. begin. The Peoples' Bank. An Institution That pleases its patrons and is true to every trust. THE FARMERS* BANK & TRUST CO. Have the Be^t. The merit of a bank lies in its strength and in the application of its strength for the benefit of Its depositors and the com? munity. The resources and experience of this bank, plus equip? ment, plus the efforts of officials and employees, proviae the best service. These standards decide the desirability of what we offer our depositors. The Fir^t National Bank ' The Elbow Touch. is as effective and encouraging in the industrial and commercial struggle as it is in the fierce conflicts of war. 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