Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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July lt.?The death list the ties is In stveral Southeastern It growing rapidly as news in from Isolated districts, additional drowning* report? ed today brought the known deaths to Udfftyfotir and dispatches that the town of Chimney Rock, In Ruthe r ford county, has been literally washed his led to t) e belief that the Ikt will be. much greater, word reaching the outside trim the Htekory-Lenoir-Mor gantoa region of North Carolina the news that two million damage had been done In that toy IM overflow of the Catawba Two Neon wore lost, mght additional deaths are report? ed Crom tat Cava, a village In Hender? son oouaty em the Rooky Broad river, Morth Carohna; two from Volga. Asmatown In Buncombe coanty; four from Bridge and throe from the Hick? ory Not Gap eoctfcm. In addition un reports say three lives were Lween Marshall, N. C, In the overturning of a boat All rlvere In the flood area are fell lag and normal oondltsesja art being i sot in a In many sections overrun by the wabtrs from tho eastern moun? tains Sunday. At least ton persons ?Oering In the Belmont, N. C, re i. Property damage Is estimated t.ooe.oei, principally to railroads, and industrial plants. South Carolina flood has reach limit of Intensity, according to who predict that will be high In the >t tho HUte, they will ^unprecedented stagee lit the r^sjgaroe valley. hmpH vement is shown m In North Carolina. Tho Broad River In tho Ashovllte Is falling rapidly end manufac? turing ptanta have begun the work of clearing up debrtii as a preliminary to tho resumption of operation. Train service, however, ?tili Is badly de? moralised. The Catawba river Is receding al? most as fast aa.1t rose two days ago, when tho great wall of water rushed down from the watersheds, carrying bridges, factories a. d homes before hV Railroad and other utilities compa? nies are' using large construction gangs repairing damage in the Ca? tawba valley. Several weeks will be requires. It la said, to restore normal train strvtce on some of the railroads and hundreds of thousands of cotton eptndlett may be idle for a month. The rivers of East Tennessee have reached their crest and begun falling slowly. Some damage waa done In South Knoxvttie, where the waters reached warehouses and homee on the lower ground, but the greatest loss will bo to crops, uevoral hundred thou? sand acre* having been flooded In the valleys In the extreme eastern part of the State. Conditions In Virginia and West Virginia are expected to be normal within a day or two. N EW BATTLES IN EAST. Vcdhyala and CaHcta Scene of New Strife Germans Hope to Hold Lena burg. Petrograd, July It.?New battles are developing in Volhynla and Gallcia, where the Kuudans are advancing steadily. All German reserves spar? able are being rushed Into Gallcia In an effort to sav* Lemberg. Bucharest. July lt.?Artillery bat tlen ere raging along the Bulgarian bolder over s hundred and twenty-five mite front betwoen the Tscherna riv? er and Fort Ruple. STORM WARNINGS SHOWN. Galee likely Today Along North Caro? lina Coast. Washington, July 18.?Storm warn? ing* were ordered displayed from Delaware breakwater to Wilmington. N. C, tonight. The tropical disturb? ance located last week apparently was a little north of latitude 30 and prob? ably near longitude 74, moving north, tho weather bureau announced. In? creasing northeast winds, beginning Yuittday night on the North Caro? lina coait, probiibly will reach ?nie force Wednesday, it was stated. KOISU KM 10 Sill SPARS OF GERMAN MERCHANT SUBMARINE TAKEN DOWN AND CONNING TOWER CLOSED. Many launches With Agent? of For? warding Companies in Vicinity of Baltimore, July 19.?At eleven o'clock the two spars of the German merchant subraarino were taken down and the conning tower closed. Close at hand lay the tug Thomas F. Tim mlns, with a full head of steam. In the vicinity of the submarine were numerous launches with agents I of the Eastern Forwarding Company and patrols aboard. These craft at 11:50 o'clock hailed a newspaper launch and tried to Induce the re? porters to leave. "You're interfering with our plans," the watchman said. Hey officers and crew were aboard, her return cargo of nickel and crude rubber was said to be stowed and her feel tanks had been Ailed with a fresh supply of petrol. All shore leave for the crew of the Deutschland was stopped tonight Ac? cording to stories told by friends of some of the submarine's seamen, the latter have expressed deepest anxiety over the possibility of their falling victims to the allied cruisers report? ed to be awaiting the submersible off the Capes?not from cannon, but from disabled engines, through being caught in nets, which, they believe, will be stretched for them, and which would result in a slow and agonising I death to all on board. DILLON W FIRST HALF. I Second Season of the Pee* Dee Baseball League Started With Monday's Games. Florence, July 18.?With the Dil? lon to*?.-n as the winner of the first sec? tion of the Initial season of the Pee Dee League championship the first Monday's games Spd win continue through to August 19. If any other team than Dillon, the first half win? ners, should win, a post season series will be played for the season's cham? pionship. During ths first half, according to reports received here, four of the towns have been giving their teams good attendance and the management are operating the clubs on a paying basis. It Is doubtful whether the*oth er two clubs are paying, though there seem to be no doubt about the league remaining intact, as every club en? tered the race well financed. It appears at this time, however, as If a rearrangement of the circuit will be sought to be effected next sum? mer, because, under the equal-split system, the small attendance In one town decreases the earnings of every club In the league. The system now in use provides that, after deducting the league's percentage the gate re? ceipts are divided equaly among the two teams playing together?only the grand stand receipts going entirely to the home club. With the exception of Dillon every club in the league recently made some changes in the effort to strengthen their line-ups for the second half dash. INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPI DEM.IC. More Cases Reported In Boston Today ?More Deaths In New York. Boston, July 20.?Eleven addition? al cases of infantile paralysis were re? ported today. Grows Worse In New York. New York, July 20.?One hundred jand nineteen new cases and thirty-one deaths from infantile paralysis were reported today. The regulations being tightened by the board of health. RUSSIANS STILL UNCHECKED. Making Terrific Onslaughts on Several Fronta Petrograd, July 20.?The Russians continue their terrific onslaughts in the Stockhod region. At the Llpa front and In the Dvlna sector they are steadily advancing. MEXICO LOCATES VILLA. A Somewhat Amusing Official Rcitort From Carranza. Mexico City. July 20 (Official).? Villa has been located and his early capture is probable. Villa's leg has been amputated and his messenger sen) to Chihuahua for a dsctor was captured. SU IHTER CUT 6FF FROM WEST --4- j Coast Line and Southern Trestles Over Wa teree Gone and That at Rimini May Go at Any Moment. Crest of Flood, Nine Feet Higher Than That of 1908, at Wa teree Bridge at One O'Clock To-day-Will Be Many Weeks Before Damage Caf Be Repaired?All of Coast Line Roads.to North Operating?Seaboard Train Detoured by Here?Coast Line Ready to Set to Work at Once on Wateree Tittles?Columbia by Way of Charleston. ' From The Dally Item, July 1?. The trestles of the Coait Line be? tween Sumter and Columbia and of the Southern between Sumter end Klngvtlle over the Weteree river have been swept away and the Coast line trestle at Hemini over the Santee may be swept away at any time Is the news from the floods this morning. What the damage is it is impossible to say at this time, as the river is six miles wide and no estimate with the least degree of certainty . of the loss I can be made at this time. The offi? cials of both roads have done all that they could to preserve their property* but their attempts were unavailing and now they are merely hoping that the damage will not be as great as it now appears it is, when the roads are covered with water for a distance of three or four miles. L ' V* However, it is a certainty that Bum* ter is cut off from all direct communi? cation with the west by railroads and It will be for several weeks to come, | The length of time required to repair the damage done depends entirely on the amount of damage. At noon today It was stated that at least 2,000 feet of the two and a-half miles of trestle over the Coast IJhe at.' Halte had been swept away, howy whether It would withstand the force of the water which was nine feet high? er, according to reports, than was the flood of 1908, which it withstood, was merely a matter of conjecture. The crest of the flood was expected to be approaching at that time and it was thought that it would reach the Wat? eree crossing sometime about 1 o'clock today and that shortly thereafter the water would commence to fall. There are no direct communications between Sumter and the river, either at the Southern or Coast Line bridges, there? fore it is impossible to say just what the river is doing at this time, or what had been learned at that point. At 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon all trains passing over the Coast Line track at Malta were annulled and the last train to pass over were those from Columbia yesterday afternoon. At that time the water was up to the track in places and still rising rapid? ly. At the same time the trains over the Coast Line bridge at Remlni were annulled and no trains have been across there since the tralu from Augusta came In Tuesday evening. Yesterday about three hundred load? ed box cars were carried down to Hemini and placed on the Coast Line trestles to hold them in place on the coming of the flood. The water this morning was over the tracks and still rising, the crest being expected down there tonight some time. In 1908 when the water was not nearly so high as it is now all of the trestles there were swept away and it was reported that the bridge was bent. However, the bridge did not go and it is hoped to preserve1 the bridge and trestle in? tact this time, despite the added depth to the waters. No danger is expected from the bridge over the Santee at Santee now and It will take about two days for the crest of the flood to reach that point. The Coast Line officials have a new dam and bridge there and hope that it will withstand the flood, it be- ! ing built as a Hood proof bridge and causeway. Trains Operating. The Coast Line reports that all of Its trains to the north of Sumter are op crating, although it is cut off to tho west. Tho lines between Maxton and Sumter; Florence and Sumter, and on to the north; between Sumter and Charleston, and between Florence and Lnnes are now open and operating on regular schedules. Trains have" been and are still operating dally between Sumter and Wedgefield, and between Sumter and Hemini, It holng Impos? sible, of course, to go beyond those places because of the flooded rivers. The Southern road Is operating *tfi train between Sumter and kevi's Sid? ing, it being Impossible to go any further than that point on the track to Kingville. The junction is all un? der water and Kingville is several feet beneath the surface of the foaming waters. The line between Columbia and Charleston was discontinued Tuesday morning because of the con? dition of the trestles over the Con? feree between Kingville and Fort Uotte. The Northwestern Is operating all Of Its trains on its eastern branch be? tween Sumter and St. Paul, and Wil? son's Mill. On the other branch trains are not going beyond Rembert, as the track is several feet under water from the back water on the Wateree. Pine Creek trestle is deep under water and may be washed away, but what dam? age this road will suffer there cannot he stated at this time, as it will not be known until the water subsides, i The Seaboard Air Line suffered a siight delay and damage at Lynches liver on Monday, but after repairs were made there the line between jjfumter and Hartsville has been oper? ating on schedule. North the line Is intact, since repairs have been made, but of course, trains cannot go any further than Camden, as part of the I Seaboard bridge there was swept away Epiesday morning. fe- Last night a Seaboard train between ?fcsfclogton and Jacksonville ^ which nVorning came in here, having been detoured by here when it was found that the Camden bridge was down. At first it was thought to turn the pas? sengers over to the Coast Line, but later the whole train was turned over to the Coast Line and detoured by Charleston and Savannah. The train was operated from here in two sec? tions, one to go to Atlanta and the other to go to Jacksonville. Camden Highway Bridge Down. The concrete bridge built by Ker shaw over the Wateree river at Cam? den went down this morning. The bridge withstood the force of the flood until the crest had passed and it was pronounced out of danger, but the water had evidently undermined the structure, for this morning it gave way and Camden is cut off entirely from Columbia by direct route. Hound About Trip to Columbia. This morning the agents at the Southern, Coast Line and Seaboard roads were called on to answer as best they could the hundreds of questions of persons who wanted to go to one place and another. The majority of them wanted to get up into the Pied? mont sections, but they found it a hard matter to go there, so complete? ly was Sumter cut off from the wes? tern part of the State. Many of them essayed to make the trip by way of Charleston and left on trains for that place today, hoping when they arriv? ed there that they could get out to Columbia by going to Branchville, Blackville and on over the Southern to Columbia. However, this did not warrant that their troubles were at an end, for many of the bridges be? tween Columbia and the Piedmont were down and it was still doubtful that they could reach their destination. Heady to Repair Damage. This morning the Coast Line sent a large quantity of materials to Wedgefield to be held in readiness to make rcairs on the track in the Wa tcre river swamp, as soon as the wa? ter goes down sufficiently to allow work to commence. These materials will be followed tonight with about thirty car loads of materials, which have been ordered here for this work. Tho gang of workmen is already here and is being held until the subsiding waters show what has to be done. However, It is not expected that the repairs can be made in a few days, and the line may be out of commission for several weeks. Home, July 19 (Official)?Counter attacks of the enemy on the northern slope of Monte Pasubic In an effort to check the Italian advance have been checked. Intense artillery duels are raging in the valley. The Italians have captured positions In sector Cos ton. MILITARY HIGHWAY OH BORDER SUGGESTION IS BEING SERIOUS? LY CONSIDERED BY GENER? AL ARMY STAFF. Would Solve Big: Problem by Making Border Protection Easier?Automo? bile Infantry Superseding Cavalry. Washington, July 18.?Construction of a great military highway along the Mexican border of the United States, from the Gulf to the Pacific, is a I proposition that is being considered by the general staff of the army in con? nection with the* problem of border raids. The difficulty of protecting the border would be reduced many times if such a highway were built. It is hardly too much to say that with the advantage of the modern automobile and motor truck development, a road of the most scientific construction and ample dimensions running from coast to coast would enable ten thousand men to perform efficiently the wor) of guardianship which would now re? quire the attention of a hundred thousand. Really the most remarkable single factor in the wonders wrought by the Germans in the present war/ judged by the effects produced, is said to be the perfection to which they have car? ried the transportation of men and munitions by auto-vehicles. Gen von Hindenberg is regarded as the leading exemplar of the process of motor organization which has made infantry more mobile than cavalry wherever there are good roads and plenty of autos. Cavalry is a back number where such conditions exist. Soldiers can jump from an auto fresh and fit? after a ride on horse-back that would leave both men and horses weary to the point of exhaustion. Nobody can tell how long our Mexi? can problem will continue. In one form or another It will doubtless last until the mass of che people in Mexi? co shall become Intelligent and en? lightened. Until that time there will Hi ?JMWWtru^c^-Wgy tn inyoive ?htr United States, and In all such cases the border will present a temptation to the Mexican marauder. Rome found the military road a most potent asset in the protection of the borders of her empire against the fierce tribes of central Europe and against incursions from all outlying quarters. The great wall of China was more important in its aspect of a fortification. A border military highway in these times serves the purpose of fortifica? tion as well as that of communication, because it goes without saying that If you can keep control of the road with forces armed with the best modern artillery, you have as effective a bar? rier as can exist. Details of the construction and cost of a military highway along tho whole length of the Mexican border are now being tentatively worked out by the experts, and it is quite pos? sible that before many months the suggestion will be officially and de? finitely brought to the attention of congress. An excellent argument may oe made for it from the economic point of view. To have to use 100,000 men for work which can be as well dope by 10,000 with proper facilities is an enormous waste of national tis? sue and treasure. A COMPLETE WRECK. Collier Hector a Total Loss-?Naval Officers Say There is No Chance of Salvage. Charleston, July 18.?Naval officers who visited the scene of the sinking of the collier Hector off Cape rtomain give it as their opinion that th<5 vessel can not be salvaged. She is split in half and the two portions have fallen away from each other, projecting at an angle partly above the water. The visit to the Hector was made yester? day afternoon by Capt. Newell of the collier and two officers from the Char? leston navy yard aboard the destroyer Monaghan. The United States gunboat Faducah is standing by the Hector in order to save whatever lobse articles of value that can be taken from the decks of the unfortunate vessel. The Hector was built at an estimat? ed cost of $550,000. As it seems that nothing can be done to salvage her she Is practically a total loss. TROOPS FRO>f MANY STATES. Ninety-eight Thousand State Troops on Border. San Antonio. July 18 (Official) ? Ninety-eight thousand State troops are now on the border or on way to bor? der. They come from thirty-eight States. FOR MANNING AI HARWELL TWO TO THREE THOUSAND PER? SONS PRESENT WHEN CAM* PAIGN IS RESUMED. All Candidates Cheered?Gubernator? ial Candidates Make Practically Same Speeches as Heretofore. Barnwell, July 18.?What was un? questionably a Manning crowd greet? ed the State campaign party, when the candidates made their appeals for suffrage here tonay. The attend? ance was variously estimated at from two to thrf jusand, every section of the cou/ iing represented, while many car * /m adjoining counties. It was W\y orderly gathering of a politic/ t 4re that Barnwell has seen in ny day. Tf ? meting was called to order sh/ o After 11 o'clock by Chairman A/ <9 Allendale* in the "Circle." The / lates for the minor State offices v e first. Ex-Gov. C. L Blease was first of the gubernatorial candi 4.tes to address the voters and made about his usual speech. He was ap? plauded by his friends and at the con? clusion of his address was presented with several bunches of flowers, which he said he would place on the grave of his friend, C. Arthur Best. R. A. Cooper was favorably received by the crowd and made a clean-cut speech. Mr. Cooper was followed by Messrs. DesChamps and Duncan, the latter discussing 'The System." Gov. Manning was the favorite. He Immediately launched into a review of his administration and was fre? quently cheered by his supporters. His most telling argument was a dis? cussion of conditions at the State Asylum for the Insane, past and pres? ent, and when he told of the excel? lent care being taken of the unfor? tunates of the State he was cheered to the echo. Law enforcement was also discussed by the governor and h the applause of the crowd showed that the sentiment of a majority was with him. The governor was Inter? rupted once during his speech by a I question from Senator A. B. t^Mjf? son, and his reply thereto OnOfHpIT round after round of applause from, * his (the governor's) supporters.. At the conclusion qf' hie speech Gov. Manning was\ presented with about a dosen bunches of flowers and an informal reception wds^hlld ^JJjf-j speaker's stand, scores of mencr?^^^ ing around to shake Mr. Mannmgjby the hand and renew their pledges of - support. Some estimate the crowd at three to one for the governor. GOVERNOR URGES GUARD MOVE? MENT. Appeals to Washington to Send Troops to the Border?First Striving for Efficiency. Columbia, July 18.?Governor Man? ning today took up the matter of mov? ing the South Carolina Guards to the Mexican border with the Washington government. Letters, urging that an early move? ment be ordered, were addressed by Governor Manning to the Secretary of War and the President. It was pointed out that a refusal to move the troops will dampen their spirits. It is also urged that service on the border will arouse interest in the Guards. No word has been received at Camp Styx as to when the Guard will be moved. The officers are straining every nerve to put the First regiment in con? dition, as required by the new order of the war department. Four recruiting stations for the Na? tional Guard will be opened at an early date. The stations will be locat? ed at Greenville, Spartanburg, Colum? bia and Florence. An order assigning officers to these stations will soon be issued from the adjutant general's of? fice. Officers of the coast artillery have been detailed as recruiting offi? cers. FARMERS SHOULD ASSIST NA? TURE. - I Mr. FTampton Says cotton and Corn Should be Worked at Once. Charleston, July 18.?W. M. Framp ton, agricultural secretary of the Citizens' Bank, speaking this morning of the damage to crops In this coun? ty from the recent storm, said that although the damage was great, it could be lessened if the planters will work their cotton and corn just as soon as the land Is dry enough to cul? tivate, allowing air to reach the roots of the plants and assisting nature In drying off the land. "Charleston county had one of the best cotton and corn crops she has ever had." said Mr. Frampton. "and prospects were never brighter.