Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r itt ig up sie?. ^mOEAT LOH* RFSVLTM FROM m Bwep* Away ?ml o?c Can nVttB CmJjr a Few MUvh From Flor? in Any I>irt*-Oou. IOC,. July 17.? Flofoece Ami r},'jMtfct64o county ?nd fVio entire Pee "?0i*o,? jM?t beginning to come (. tri*m under cover after the Treat etorm |i? Thursday and Friday ami the tre rBumdoue ralofdit accompanying it on I thi we two days. tfeaplte the fact that thousands of r tallP^WhO hive read the atory of the I atiarm and riin of Friday and Saturday jj S^'^hrnh/njr fhat the reports as sent -e**1* frem the different towns and* soc tgl?|gg*hr eoutetn CgrOlthu have been ||BWg}g*rhted. the cdrfdlflbn exists and Ada and thousands'of dollars of inhabitants. the Pee Dee nipt when roads and ' g*Werty and millions of dollars In {jftawfg will be Dnst to the peoi le of the tBwae aim country as a result of thbj. t wind and rhin evor known e? aBhfr'oflrHh various count gefag* to he klmo ?et through rep* bridges, for ftHtelll take gOOrfd* of dollars to do go, and In nee* the reads wllf,'probably *BO rebuilt or the bridges <4?laced, on Instance In this vqunty snd st? miles of Florence In a cir I? either direction of the compass KpOJi get but three* miles to the five miles to the east, two miles south and four miles to the west df'fhe eHy because all bridge* on both targe and small ire gone The State's correspondent made a automobile drive yesterday Snd this morning and as as he could go within this radius the fallowing bridges swept th of Florence on High Hill the bridge* at the Cheraw & rod railroad near Palmetto, the at Nettles, the one at Haynes tad the one at the old Lewis ah creek to the north alsj the Muse bridge and the .Prides gone. To the east of a am PoJk ewamp. the bridge itfnxey arogSj ronsataay <the and the Dr. Robert 'e. at Clau**cn*s and a: le west on Beaver Dam. the 4tt the Dowlas place and at fere Bight of these bridges were costly span a stream" anywhere from ?vo HO feet and where streams can Bot be forded even tmr dry weather. Beatdea this they are on the very main arteries of roads that lead from the aocflCMs o* he county from which Florence raeiehants draw large, trade Wllhin lain area lhl\ correspondent tHawed too crop* as they are and It is sody Ida, but the opinion of every adogeor spplua to that tho tobacco Is lly ruined, the corn crop Uj as bad. but hopes are that 40 ' for cent, car be saved, provided the VShift draws it jap from the beds ?Bin Hthich now lies. The cotton ?OOOp wt|l be less Injured excepting In m lands where It Is out of sight, in water. The peaaut crop Is t Badly da mag? d. as are also the potato Bad truck crops. Jk% the W. N. tower at the south end of the Greet Pee Dee trestle on tho malt line of the Atlantic Coast Line . while the waters were running down 'Between two great embankments ' three to it feet high, the tower MS phoned his superintendent that tBO lower win moving. The superln toadtmt phoned him to ntick to the Job. He answered him 'The tower is Boing and I am too." At that mo? ment the 'miankment around the tensor went down together with the southbound double tracks, and the towet'man leaped to safety on the northbound track. After the rush of wate- three washout* within 200 feet wgre the result and u gulch washed Oat big enough to drop six Pullman cere to was found. The Seaboard Air Une railway hns been hit bard from Florence to Char lentolu The Jeffreys creek. Willow xrreek, Lynches rivor and numerous ethei trestle* and bridges have been ?wept away and there is no telling Juan 'vhen traffic w e rosumed over that Ine. .. Hartw?II M. Ayer. with n parts from Worwnce. was en route to I'au ley's Island Thursday morning and wan caufht at Rome. Tin y had to wade, in water waist deep to reach tin Aeaboard track* ano walked to Pos too. A? they passed over Lynches Lahrer at John*onvllle they sew the yollrrad and county ??rbl?e. both near 'together, down Tiny reached .Florence via Mulhns and MeCoM. Mr. Byer has heard nothing from h.s fair, lly on Paw ley's Island, but has gone to 43en way to catch a boat dowTt the Waeoamaw. Revival Service?. y i ? *. ?, ? i j . Tho picture* here shown are the evangelists who are to begin the tent meeting Tuesday evening of this week. Kv-anceli.-d Shaw has been called Evangelist Kbud Shaw. ? Kentucky's Whirlwind Evangelist." It will bo a great "Training School" for those who are interested in de? veloping their musical talents, to be in Evangelist Harbison's choir, for he is *' 1 . > - 1 i i' i I a fine Instructor as well as singer, and the church will appreciate your help. TJie tent has recently been paraffined thus Mi?kip? it absolutely waterproof, end J\e; by bO fc^t, an;; .vith the Wd>V*T*wi. wiit comfortlv scat .! k'C|? ? y ?i n u hin) ^o?-, ' . Don't bo afraid it It tains, pome and cajoy the services. If the tent should be de leyed by the flood, services will begin In the church. EAT. \ L IT 1 Es ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Only l our Casualties on Road During Ii? 15 to Passengers and Fewer to 1 uiployccs. ^ Washington, July 16.?Fairfax Har? rison, president Southern Railway company, said today: "During the fiscal year ended June 30, 19,16, Southern Railway company carried aeaxly. seventeen million pas? sengers, among whom there were four fatal Injuries; two in a rear end col? lision at Salisbury, X. C, on Novem? ber 24, 1915, due to a human failure, the disgrace of w filch the manage? ment feils keenly; one at Jamestown, N. (\, on March 19, 1916, when a truck failed under a freight car pass? ing a passenger train on double track, causing carnage to the passenger train and one at Citlco, Tenn., on May 8, 1916, when a passenger, in violation of the rules made for his safety was leaning out from the steps of a pas? senger ci.r and was struck by the truss of a bridge. "It may be reported also that, de? spite the greatly increased u >imc of business done this past year as com? pared with the previous year, there was a docrease of tlftccn fatal Injuries to employees. While this record is far from perfection, the management If encouraged to believe that its earnest and organized effort to promote the safety of railway travel nnd to reduce the risk of casualty In railroad em? ployment is showing results." lilt; RAT CLEARS stllooi jkiom. I air Co-Eds in Panic When ltoalcnl 1 >cii|i(s From I'i\per Hug. ( ll< dland. CaL, Dispatch.) ? >ne lonely rat caused a stampede in the halls of learning of the I'ni verslty of Kcdlunds. Charles Qillett, foot ball and baseball player, had tak? en the rat all done up in a paper sack to the university for an ulterior mo? tive, nimely, to study the interior. Cillett placed the rat on the lloor of the library, and he swears that some MM Bot ?Urions and Opened the bag, letting the rat out. Fair co-eds climbed tables, chairs, bokcases and \ ? nt out ??f doors and windows, and the building was cleared in less time than it can be done in flre practice. Water from Piedmont nolv Hurrying Down to Inundate Coastal Plains. Pee Dee and Santee Systems Expected to Reach Flood Stage Never Before Seen and Warnings are Sent out to People All Along Rivers?Loss in Piedmont, Especially Along Gatawba River, Heavy and Ix>wlands May Suffer Even More. Columbia, July 18.?The lower half of South Carolina today is facing the prospect of the moat disastrous flood jln recent years, according to the weather bureau olfloials, as a result of the rapid rise In the rivers caused by heavy rains in the Piedmont and in the mountains of North Carolina. The crest of the flood has already passed the Piedmont section, leaving destruc- j t.on in its wake, and is now sweeping I on toward the sea, gaining in size as the smaller streams converge in the bigger rivers. The damage to the South Carolina up-country and to western North Car? olina can only be estimated, as com? munication is still much handicapped by destruction of bridges and prostra? tion of wire service. The loss, how? ever, is certain to be severe, as the streams in many sections have gorte far above flood stage. The mqst important damage report? ed Is from the Catawba section, where three big railroad bridges and many smaller structures have gone down. Cotton mills also have suffered heavily, while the crop loss is expected to be large. Train service from Columbia to Spartanburg has been eliminated for the present and only by extensive de? tour can trains be run from Atlanta to Washington. The Columbia-Char? lotte line was cut by the destruction of the Catawba trestle. The Atlantic Coast Line has maintained its through service In the Pee Dee, though local schedules have been badly disarrang? ed. / Widespread warnings have been sent to all territory covered by the Great Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lynches, Black and Waccam?w riv? ers by the Charleston weather bu tea i oif>ials. it Is declared that t&ej mo&i disastrous Uoud of years may bei expected In the section ?rained by] tfceae rivers. The Black river at ; ffclngetras has already reached reAo&dj stage, water registering the highest I ever experienced and is still rising. The Great Pee Pee at Cheraw attain? ed a stage of 35.1 feet yesterday morning and may not go much higher at that point, but further down .stream will be of most serious flood proportions. On Lynches river the record established in 1908 of 20 feet is being rapidly approached. Great volumes of water are forcing these rivers .over their banks fast. Railroads have been warned to use the utmost caution in this territory. That the Wateree river at Camden will reach a height of from 40 to 45 feet, an unprecedented flood, within the next 36 hours was the warning sent out last night by the United States weather bureau at Columbia. Long distance telephone messages to the mayor, the chief of police, and others at Camden begged that the news be spread, and accordingly warn? ings are being sent to Eastover, King good. Boykin, Lugoff, Wateree, King ville and all towns and settlements near the confluence of Wateree and the Congaree. The prediction was based on a report from the observer at Catawba, York county, who went to Rock Hill to tell the Columbia of? fice that the water at Catawba last night was 9 feet higher than any pre-, vious known stage. The gauge had been washed away and the- river was still rising, the crest having not pass? ed Catawba. "I do not wish to be an alarmist," said Mr. Sullivan last night, "but now is the time for the people to take warning and prepare for the woi*3t Hood that section of the Catawba river has ever experienced, and I ask that every onj cooperate in letting those in that district know of the approach? ing high waters." The previous high stage at Camden was :'?'.>.7 feet reached in the flood of lints, and last night the stream had readied a Stage of 3H feet and was 9,0.00 feet Wide. The stream Is rising and within M hours, it is predicted, records Will be broken. The Catawba, whose waters join In making the Wa? teree, was raging last night as never before with :{7.t feet at Catawba, and the water on u continuous rise. The river at Catawba last night was 3,000 feet Wide, The bridge of the South? ern railway was washed away yester? day morning, and the Tnlted States weather bureau gauge has been lost with it. The observer at Catawba, James C. Karris, has been making the reports for about 15 years, and In Mr. Sullivan's words "knows what he is doing." Last night Mr. Farris went to Kock Hill'and communicating with Mr. Sullivan reported that the water was nine feet higher .than any previous record. The former high figure was -8.4 reached in 1908. Indications arc that Kingville and other communities near the confluence1 of the Watcree and the Congaree can look for floods such as they have never seen hefore. The Southern Bell Telephone com? pany, through its district manager, Fred G. Marshall, placed its lines at the disposal of the weather bureau in disseminating the news and Mr. Sullivan took advantage of the very line offer. In addition to long distance messages, other precautions were tak? en. The train dispatchers' offices in Columbia were notified, and in every way possible Mr. Sullivan endeavored too put the news before the people. BOOSTER TRIP ADVOCATED. Chamber of Commerce Trying to Arouse Intcers* in Campaign to Help ToJiacco Market. A meeting of the directors .of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce yester? day ordered Secretary Reardon to ad? vertise and pull off the first 1916 to? bacco and trade extension trip of the business establishments of Sumter on Thursday, July 27th, provided suffi? cient interest is shown by the banks and mercantile houses, real estate dealers, manufacturers, jobbers, and professional men of Sumter to guar? antee a creditable showing in the shape of a good crowd of men With automobiles. Mr. JY'W. Glenn, the tobacco ware? house lessee and manager has called upon'the Chamber of Commerce to nsk Sumter\s business men to back him up with a rousing advertising bowjflkr trip a jew d;.ys before th? tobacco market opens up. Secretary Heard on will have to know within a few days, by Saturday next, at least, how many business es? tablishments will take part, furnish cars, and advertise their establish? ments on this booster trip. So the Sumter business houses had better 'get busy phoning the Chamber of ?Commerce. This will prove a fine opportunity for business men to see the Country districts, get a very intel? ligent idea of crop conditions after the storm of last week, see just .what the condition of crops is, meet hundreds of the Customers and their customer's families, make, new acquaintances, do 4i lot of judicious advertising, and have a good time of a get-together and so? cial nature, combining business with Pleasure. 'The places to be visited will be an? nounced in a couple of days. It requires several days hard work to properly advertise a booster trip so that the country people will turn out to greet the city Visitors. So next Saturday is the very latest date the secretary can wait to decide whether to put on this booster trip before the warehouse opens on August 1st, or wait until later, and after other to bacco markets have Invaded the to? bacco growing territory. Phone in your names right away and get things going for a great get-together booster excursion. Storm Damage at Privateer. Privateer, July 17.?Crops i were badly torn up by the storm which started Thursday night and lasted all day Friday. A considerable amount of damage was done to corn and cot? ton, but this writer don't know how to estimate the loss. If the fodder Is I counted it Is practically all lost, or torn up so that It Is not worth the pulling. I do not think the damage to cotton as great as to corn. Dr. II. B. Furman and family are spending some time in Chattanooga, Mrs. T. L. Wimberly of Gatnsvllle, Fig,, is visiting friends and relatives In the neighborhood. We have been informde that Mr. Harry Pritchard, of Manning, has ac? cepted a position with Mr. S. A. liar vln. ami Mr. Pritchard and family will move in the community about Angus! 1st. The Last Chance. July 25th. o The Democratic enrollment book* close July 86th and this week offer the last chance for enrollment Those not enrolled cannot vote In the pri mary. BOM'S TO CIUIAM KOVtK Cliumbcr off C ommerce Will Give $20 to First Route RatabMshed. In order to get a cream route guar? anteed by August 1st the Chamber of Commerce has decided to pay $20 to? wards defraying the expenses of th?> cream collector on the first route es? tablished In this county. About forty I live cows, as a minimum, will be ac? cepted for the lirst route although at least sixty-live ought to be in eaci routed Owing to the lack of interest on the part of gumter county farmers in th^ cream route business, and the scarcity of pasture grasses due to dry weather, the Chamber of Commerce decided, after consulting with the farmers who wish to go into the cream routes, to postpone putting on the routes until forage crops and pastures could be guaranteed. This was deemed advisable by Farm Demonstrator J. Frank Williams and Dairy Expert Fitzpatriek, of Clemson College after several visits over this county. Mr. Williams, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and the commercial organization, however, think that by August 1st conditions should be auspicious all around for cream routes. The first route reporting for busi? ness will get ten dollars a month, for two months as part of the salary of the cream or butter fat collector to encourage the farmers. Public Health Hints. The United Staes Public Health Ser? vice asks do you? Clean your teenth and then expec? torate in the washbowl? Omit lunch to reduce weight and then overeat at dinner? Go to the country for health and then sleep with your windows shut tight? / Wonder why you have earache and then blow your nose with your mouth shut?? Intelligent motherhood conserves the nation's best crop? Heavy eating like heavy drinking Shortens life? The registration of sickness is even inore Important than the regtstration of deaths? The CnlUd States Public Health service cooperates with th< State and local authorities to improve rural sani? tation ? Many a severe cold ends in tubercu losis? Sedentary habits shorten life? ' Neglected adenoids and defective teeth in chidldhod menace adult health? ? ? ~ ~ *-:**** ; A low infant mortality rate indicates high community intelligence? Do Not Disfranchise Yourself. The man who neglects to enter his name on the enrollment book of his precinct Democratic Club disfranchises htmself and can have no* voice in the election of State and county officers. The unenrolled man cannot vote In the primary. Have you enrolled? He member the books close July 25th. Why a Second Term for Maiming. Some of the newspapers in the State which are opposed to Governor Man? ning are calling upon him to say whether he has always supported Gov? ernors who were candidates for re? election. But what difference does that make? Governor Manning should not be given a second term simply because that has been the upbroken custom i,n South Carolina for forty years. He should be given a second term because he has earned it. He should be given a second term because his endorsement at the pri? maries this summer will stand also as an endorsement of the constructive efforts with which his administration has been identified. He should be given a second term liecause In no Other way can the voters testify so convincingly that this State wants a strict and Impartial en? forcement of the laws. So far as Mr. Manning is concerned it makes little dift'erecne whether h is governor for two years or Cor four, ft makes a very ?real difference In? deed whether the people of South Carolina will support a governor Who vines his beat under exceptionally dif? ficult circumstances ami whose admin? istration has made for the progress .d' the State and the allayment of po lltloal strife?Charleston News ami Courier. HEAVY ix>SS IN GEORGETOWN. Scene of Devastation After Stonu? DaaMfO Estimated at $100,000. Georgetown, July 17.?The hurri? cane that struck Georgetown Thurs? day night beginning at 10 o'clock and lasting until Friday afternoon ha? left in its wake a scene of devasta? tion attesting the violence of the wind Which is said by mariners to have reached a velocity of rom fc5 to 100 mi:es an hour at 4 a. m. Fri? day. No loss of life has yet been reported, but destruction to property in the city is estimated to be no less than $100,000. A half million dollars will hardly cover the loss to timber, houses and crops in the county. Great anxiety was felt for summer residents and visitors on Pawley's Is? land and it was long before definite tidings could be had, but all are re? ported safe. A number of yachting and fishing parties in exposed situa? tions gave additional uneasiness. Some got back in the nick of time and others have been rescued and heard from. The news of the coming storm was received only a few hours before it actually arrived and there was little time to prepare and warn those on the sea islands. The Pawley's Island colony ag? gregated 400, nearly all of whom took refuge in houses on the mainland. Having only a few moments to get across the causeway, there was a general stampede to places of safety. However, late reports are to the ef? fect that no considerable damage oc? curred there and many have .returned to the beaeh. v All property owners here have suf? fered to a greater or less extent, the principal damage being to the Atlan? tic Coast Lumber corporation plant amounting to about $25,000. Thous? ands of trees have gone down, those standing bearing evidence to the cruel lashing of the tempest. Numbers of buildings were crushed by falling trees. At White's bride the l?ss has been serious from this , cause. The town of Andrews is also reported bad? ly damaged. One-half the crops are said to be destroyed. All means of communication with the outside world has been tcut off since Thursday night when the wires went down and the railroad trestles were washed away in several places. The city electric light sendee was broken Thursday night and can not be resumed for several days. Tie* <;tj telephones are working ge^eraljy ie to the lately trisfaVfed undt ground system. The work of clear? ing away Hie debfle fov repairs ?*?iu rehabilitation has begun with a will and every one is busy. ^ H s' -pas f ' KISSED 971 OF THE REGIMENT. Pennsylvania Girl's Patriotic Endeavor Not Wholly Successful As the third section of the troop (rain carrying the Sixth Pennsylvania to the concentration camp pulled out of this little town this morning, says a dispatch to The New York World from Clearfield, Pa,, 60 sturdy soldier boys, massed in \X\& rear car and "on the platform, gave vent to deep groans of disappointment and gazed enviously at 273 of their comrades, each pf whom wore a smile. Down the track ahead were the first and second sections, each bearinga full load of boys in khaki, and each boy bearing a similar smile. In all thero were 971 smiles. Why? Ask Miss Mary Hainsey, aged 1'9, the prettiest girl in Clearfield. Miss Mary herself wore a look of happy ex? altation, for she had just demonstrat? ed her patriotism by kissing 971? count 'em, 971?of Uncle Sam's boys squarely on the mouth in the period of two hours, thirty minutes. This is at the rate of slightly less than 6.48 kisses per minute, and is believed in Clearfield to be a record. Miss Hainsey began only a few minutes after the first section of the train stopped at Clearfield depot. She was still going when the third section pulled out, but had to jump off the rear pltaform with threescore un? it issed. . f l our Brothers Have Vnique Exj?eri onoe. Four brothers?William J. Archer, George U Archer. Howard S. Archer and Walter U Archer?had a unique experience Sunday. They are all salesmen, with headquarters in other Cities and parts of the country, except Walter L. Archer, who lives in Colum? bia, and each yesterday walked into Ihe dining room of the Jerome hotel for dinner, none of them knowing that the others were in town. They had an Impromptu family gathering, which was unpremeditated and an unique coincidence.?Columbia Record. Doin't fail to i?lant a fall crop of Irish potatoes. The Lookout Mountain is the best variety for the late crop,