North Carolina Newspapers

m till c ; VOLTlI. NO.28.- PITTSB0R0, N. C WEDNESDAY, J;UNE 10, 1903. S.88 Max A VVV y If I II I I ' I III I : r FAIR MILL SETTLEMENTS DEVASTATED BY FLOODS, Spartanburg Section Meets Frightful Disaster By Cloudburst. TERRIBLE LOSS IN The Counterpart of the Johnstown and Galveston Horrors Take Pi ace in iuring Sect!on--Niagara of Death Sweeps Over Section and Busy Spindle.-! Cease to Hum. Nt ha..; ti.ire the close of the civil war ay wcttoa of the South suffered jrr t calamity, with the poeeibl-' t-j'k,n i.l Gahes!cn than that v!j."''h struck the prcsperoua manufac ture t, vtion near Spartanburg. S. C, tarly last Saturday, nurni&g. The cl it', r a the immediate result cf a -3u.llurit jusd at the foot of the n-iiua. tu a H'w iniaciv's tune vue i :i...b sire am had picked up great' j . . I'iV'.'r. of brick and stone, and ear-1 ru'1 1"-a) dow 3ik hoaWf 8traw - The turiilier of Vivm lust' will reach nar n over a hundred. The property lo. 1, appalling. Si thousand la - borer arc Jd!e and starvation swais i fclmrat inevitable. The t usiness cf the i fcf.ii-L.fra, Hi.:i way's nsaia lln is crip- ded for pc rhaj-s a aionth F'.x. bu.?y rott-ca laii's art?- son with the com-1 nlft ,r nil thotr Mnr r i fo't; to five, thou an i bales of raw coj.-1 toa, togrtber with as n:uch canufat;-' lureu g'-was. . No fair estimate can yet be pisctrd uperf the entire Ios. The Sunday and Monday isst:? of j the-. Charlotte Obaerver, which auitt vsai staff eorreapondent-j to tfc; mc "o.. .,',"', ' A a reult of the heavy rains si t' tica mills -th? Ciifton Wilis Nos. 3. j tanlurg has gone. It was one span and 2 and Z, the Gknlale Mill and the Pa- j was '330 feet long, including the ap 'mU'l Mills Ncs. 1, 2 and 3 (the Pacolet ' proacbea. Mi! Nok J and 2 are oae plant') have I jbe bridge over the Middle Tiger Urn swept away. ! river, between Duncan and V.'ellford, Two Southern Railway bildges near j 9 totroyl. It was three spans and Spartanburg. S. C, have been destroy- ! uz feet long. d and three cfti:cr bridges are bauiy t uxiuugt i; mere arc washouts at a !f-3 places along the mala line in the plodiiont section, and at Landrum. fi. C. l. mlle of track are submcrgfj and partially ruined. ' - It is reported that 50 people are kill ed, and c ye-wltnesses declare that they a,iw aa many as 10 or 12 bodies floating iown the Pacolet river. Those who are known to b dead are Maggie Kir-' hf, '.AuRMitius Clave and wife, Mlaa Lxxl ClBvert. M. Felix, Mrs. W. B. TinJay,. Mario Sliiis, Mr, h, F. John mn and four diU iren; Mru. Jolm ! Owvna. Hiy Owens, Garland Irfias Mts. Li:ng, Mis ntla Goaa. 1 MMSNSI5 LOSS TO RAILROADS., The loss to railway and Industrial, t p;,,'(.rty I almost Incalculable. Tho !8iri! tion of the cotton mills rner.ns a Utr-A of at V'?t ?r.,(ilHi,0(0. The fiaan f Ul damafie to the Southern' lit cnur moiiB and ctninot be ectlmated at this time. .. ' .. Apart from the direct injury caused by the lows if tbe epao;ve brldgea, the Souihirn v.-ill Kuwaiti a great blow lu th b!o .-king of traflle. over Its main lit;' and bratih iiaea ini'cShitcly. . - DESTITUTE PKOl'LE. Jv'rr,r Clifton, S. C. nlone, .".00 people fife hoiiirks. and 4.000 ate out or em ployment. ; , i - A CLOUP1UJR3T. The liliddcn "and" fMicxycted' rise. In the Pa-'olet fiver was th direct cause of moat of tho disaster. On thU stream aro loistod tho Clifton and Pacolet tnilln, th? Giendale Mills being ch Lawyou'i; Fork. . All tho pl&dtn are within a radius " of oovrn miles of Spartanburg. 8. C. ... For the past 3(1 hour.t the , Pacolet I river La i nbown the effect of tho con-. tlnuoua rains, but tho rivor, awolten n itwas. did not cause any apprcheu- ulna Frldt ,nlKhl,lThe mill:- v, re, on I an average, about ten feet above! vatcr level; they had stood tho ttKt J of a,ir,j Ire-bets and were fought to i LIFE AND PROPERTY the Piedmont Manufac-! - i be per'ectlv safe against ar:r torrent. i . . . " s aw-t;nts are to be he- iitiol, Uie;e was u veriiabie cloud burst Saturday morning at about 6 o'clock, cad the river rose, visibly, higher an J higher. In I w-hours, it is t'.eeiared, thv river .rcac 50 feet,, mak ing it CO feet higher than the usual water level. MILLS SWEPT A WAV LIKE STRAW Before this fierce tide the raills j 'at s,raw- The firl tf eo were 4 -the Pacolet aJllla No. I and 2. a plant , , , , . , r ' ' that is near Pacolet elation, on the t o hanil:ia and Aabevllle branch of the Southern Railway, Half a mile down j th river stood the Pacolet Mill No. 3, ! C35&a,Hr n,nl than Nos- 1 acl 2- that,-S.-.-0. was soon torn to wreckage au carried away in the streaai. Of the Ciifton ili'ib No. 1 was Brit j iJ.st.-oyed and waa aoon followed by ni ill ..No. 2 Clifton No. 3, the largest of the mills that were Vt. was situated at Con- verf station, six miles north of Spar- tanburg, cn th Southern Railway. The mill 6tooJ 2W yards above the testle, Vvr an hour it resolutely withstood the mad ouslaught of water, ( end thou gave way, gradually, throw- ' i:if! into the current large pieces of j timber that seriously injured and threatened to destroy the big trestle at Converse station. li RIDGES WASHED. AWAV The steel bridge over LawsonTl Pork on the Pacolet river near Siar- The bridge over North Tiger river cannot be used. It Is damaged, though Use full extent of the Injury cannot be ascertained yet. The big bridge over tho PacobH river, fix or seven miles this side of Spartanburg. Is said by railway offi cials to be very unsafe. It is still str.nding against the fierce tlda, but is badly damaged and is In' a very serlciis condition. The bridge over tho Enoree Hver just aouth of Spartanburg is damaged Itrpossahlo. I ne Seneca river lintigo is airo use- bsra.' ' - The bridge over the Pacolet river Is 107 feet high, one of the highest Lridnes on the Southern system. It in .'12 feet long and made of steel. Th? Pacolet Mills had ISrt.OOO spin dles; the Cliftou Mills, 112.000; the new' Glendale 30,000 spindles, making a total of SOii.OOO Bplndlea and a total of nearly 8,000 looms, according to tho animates made by Capt. J. H. f.hmn and other well-known 'cotton mill men who were seen by a re porter. This estimate makes the mills worth over t').000,000. THn FLOOD CARRIED EVERY THING BEFORE IT." Attendant upon tho passing' of the mllla there woa iiHstlmable lows. Four thousand balea of cotton , and 8,500 bales of cloth were carried away with the debris, of the Pacolet Mills. At Pacolet, the Presbyterian church, the hotel, the mill office, mill stores, cotton gina, grist mills, bl-tckemith shops, a large number tf operatives' cottages and nil the warehouses of the company were destroyed by the stream. j Tha warehouses were built of brick land ftone, one warehouse being built entirely of stone Tho population of Pacolet is 6,000, all of whom were, dependent upon the mills for support. MAN AND BRIDE DIE A GLORIOUS DEATH. Sam Swanguare and his bride die In m ay that seemed glorious to the spec tators. Swanguare seised his wife by the hand and when they came clear A the wrecked house he clutched her closer to him and swam to a floating mass of driftwood. There, in plain view, they clung to each other and song together, so that all on the banks heard. The driftwood rushed against n large mass and separated, and Swanguare and his bride went under the water locked in a last embrace. Fleta Cr.sa hoarded with a Mrs. Bailey, where also lived Mr. sad Mrs. K!rby and J. E. Grier. Miss G::s and Mrs. Kirby were carried oct into the water and drowned sjwdily. Mrs. rSaHev was eaneht in a wh'rh-ool lust bfow u V' piece of plank, revolved ia the eddy ! hf drawa ia w that lltal leea thrown to her rescue. Grier caught the branches of an oak tree and remained tar- till ha .was. resetted, by a boat that was bravely manned. Mrs. Katie Long and her son, Carlcni Long, nl h!a bride, and her son. Richard, were bJ-Tld i!, th nrreTit. Mr?. Long and her younger son were' saved 1 j catc hing ?he branches of a tree, but Garland Long and his bride were d.-owaed. The bodies of none of these people have been recovered. 50 DROWNED AT MILL NO. 2. The greatest loss of life is at Mill No. 2, the furthest mill down the river. It is said that at least 50 operatives lure lost their lives. The only names cf the dead that are obtainable now pre Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Johnson and four children, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fin by and five chilJrra. Several of the children of T. M. Massey were drown ed, but he cad bis wife escaped. Mas ter' himself had an extraordinary f scane. tie was carriea throusn tne the far end of the building and swam to the shore. , , THE CLOl'D-BFRST A MYSTERY. That phenoxea. the cloud-bur.-t, re ir.ains a mystery so far as origin is con cerned. Residents here slate that the rain was not heavier than it always is ft this time In June, and everybody is sure that at some place close, to Con verse a cloud opened and emptied into the Faoolet river 20 times as much wa ter as, it usually carries. It Is sup posed that the cloud burst close to the Blue Ridge Mountains, about "0 miles from here, PC OR MORE MILL OPERATIVES ; DIE. In the conftLsirm that necessarily pre vails hre it will be several days before tho full loss of -life is reported. Con servative est i:uats make a death list of at Ieat CO aniongT.he mill opera tives alone, thoughonly four bodies are kuown to have been recovered. OTHER MILL LOSSES. It is reported here that the D. E. Converse mill at Lawson's lost 1,000 bales of cotton and four houses. It Is also said the Campobello Oil Mills and the Tucapaw Mills on the Tiger river have been destroyed. A Comprehensive Statement. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Below are the mills that suffered in Saturday morning's fioods: Arkwrlght (slightly), capital $200, 000, spindles, 20,258. looms 604. ' Ileaunumt, capital $100,000, 3.3S8 spindles, no looms. Clifton, Ncs. 1. 2 and .1, cr.pital $1, 000,000, spindles 101.232. looms 3,2;i4. Pacolet, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, capital $L 000,000, spindle. 50.332. looms 2,202. Whitney, capital $200,000, spindles 10,000, looir.s 300, , To furnish Rations. .Washington, Special. Absolutely ncecHsnry relief in the way of rations, inedlijjnes, (ete., will bo given by tha War Department to the sufferers by the disastrous Hoods In South Carolina yes terday. An appeal to Secretary Root from the local authorities resulted In orders being glvcu to General Chnffee, commanding the Department of the East, to this effect. He will authorise r,r. officer to proceed north from At lanta with supplies to relieve immedi- nto necessities as was done for tho suf ferers at Gainesville, Ga. Relief Funds. Funds for the Immediate relief ol tho Buffering have been started in a number of nearby towns and cities. Spartanburg has taken the lead with a lurgu subscription. Mayor Brown, of Charlotte, Imme d lately Issued a proclamation calling upon the people of that city for aid Columbia has started a liberal fund tho Columbia State giving one hun dred dollars. Gov, Heyward, of South 1 Csroijuri jinAi liued a proclamation calling upon the whole State to help Othor assistance is Imperatlvelj needed. nintttmimtiui iiisl a m Ml m . -' Naws'y I. , m - ucm viiraney rrvn 0 Murpby to ilanteo. S a Grant McAnaey, a barber, who has Ixen doing business ih Southern Pines, for the past two seasons, and who died In his roows at the municipal building Iwst Wednesday night, claimed that he went to that town with $3,00a and hsd he-Id it in reserve. His attendant says he saw some money in his belt, but could not tell the amount. A woman ho has lived with him, and who lias been known as his sister. Miss McAn tey, took the remains to Pittsburg, Fa'., and so far as ia known, will fall I'Cir to his money. McAnney had lived a rambling and exciting life and before failing in health, was a bicycle trick rider and manipulator, of many differ ent performances with circuses through the. West. He was about 43 years of age. "Manuel Penilla and Nun a Fernan dez, two cf the crew cf the wrecked Fc.tugues barkentine Vera Cruz, were tried before Fnited States Cotnmi.-isiou- er Hill at Newbern Ftidav for viola-f icg section cf the Revised Statu tes of the Fnited States. The law pro vides that any person with intent to cetraud the revenue of the Fait States by smuggling any goods, warca or merchandise subject to duty by law or every sucn person wria is nis. her or their aWer and abettor, shall be deemed guilty of a mtedemer.nor and shall be punished by a fine of not mora than $,",('0. The government was no ready for trial, conseqnfntly thr cae was ronunuel until June 11. The de fendants were required to give a justl fied bond for $300. but being unable i.o do so, they were crdered to jail until their trial. in tne Jreaerai Court at Jiaieigti an Interesting case was up Monday, the defendant being H. C. Diliard. an ex pteacher. charged with writing Ob scene letters to M'ifis Lucie Green, of Spring llo.'t!,- Nash county. Diliard, a man cf 40. loved the girl, but G. . Finch, half his ajre, was the favored uitor. It is charged that Diliard wrote the letters and signed Finch's name in order to get the latter into disfavor When investigation was begun Diliard ran away, after selling his property and 'was traced by a poatoff lee inspec tor to Boardman. where he was ar rested. Diliard was found guilty. Samuel Haden, a young white man of Salisbury, who was pardoned In January by Governor Aycock, after st-rylng part of a penitentiary sentence for larceny, has written to the gov ernar expressing bis willingness to re turn'and serve out his sentence rather than remain out of the State, as he is obliged to do .under the terms of his pardon. Haden,. who Is a consumptive, has been in New Mexico since his rc lease and evidently thinks prison in North Carolina preferable to freedom out W est. Burglars got in their work In lb store owned by the Avaion ccttcn Mill Company, at Alvon, on the Nor folk & Western road, near Mayodan Friday night. By the use of dynamle the safe in the store was blown ope The robbers secured two days sal aggregating $10, besides a few articles of goods. The exact time of tb rob bery is not known, as the exp'3ion was not heard by any of the mill peo pie. The company has employed detec tives who are at work on the caa. Telephone messages have been sent In every dlcection. Maj. Patrick F. Duffy, for 15 years associate editor of The Morning Star newspaper, at Wilmington, died at his home there a little after 5 o'clock Monday afternoon in the 60th year of his age. His death was due to conges tion of the stomach and was rather sudden. Sunday at dinner he ate some lee cream and became violently 111 a little after 6 o'clock. Two physicians were summoned and were constantly nt his bed, but he grew rapidly worse and passed away at the hour named. A charter is grsnted by the State to the Fayettevllle Gas & Electric Co., capital $33,000. A. M. Taylor, of Balti more, and others stockholders. Johnson Stroud, colored, was placed in jail in Greensboro Tuesday nlht, charged with an attempt to erhiinfU lv assault his ten-year-old stepdaugh ter. .. . Emma Reese, the young white girl of Charlotte, who swallowed crush.! glass last Tuesday. Wjas taken to the Presbyterian Hospital Saturday, and her condition was improved. The ac count of the surroundings of tho girl at her home on Middle street provok ed lntnKe sympathy for the sufferer, and a hu ge number of citizens of Char lotte offered to contribute, any amount that might' be traded to care for the. gli'l . ' . The. Jury In the case of Grtrrtn vm. Seaboard Air Line Railway returned a verdict at Wadesboro late Saturday afternootl In favor of Griffin for $3,000. The Judge set the verdict asid; a being excessive and because It waa claimed after the vsrdlet that one of the jury was related to the plaintiff by marriage. In tho eighth degree. Henrietta was visited Friday by quite a thunder and rain storm. The lightning struck the Henrietta Mllla Htore. at , the southeast corner, just at the roof and knocked off a lot of brick, but no serious damage was done. The lightning struck at several othrr placno In town and burned out a num ber of 'phones. A hog or two was kill eiLilQ : : NORTH CAROLINA CROPS. Report of the Department to Close of Past Week. During the week ending Monday. June 1st, local showers occurred over a large portion of the State, which, though not general, caused a raaTked Improvement in crop conditions. The showers were irregularly distributed, chiefly at the beginning and end of the week, the largest amounts falling In northern counties, while along the southern border very little precipita tion was received, and in that set-dan crops are still suffering for lack of moisture. However, in a large number of counties the drought was thoroughly broken, vegetation was much refreshed, acd crop prospects though not flatter ing ara favorable. While the. raicfa.l was of immense benefit in bringing up dormantbsceds .in supplying the im mediate needs of growing plants, and in placing soil In better condition for cultivation, there was not sufficient rain except in a very few places to thoroughly soak.. the jrround or to sof ten un plowed land. Hail occurred in several eastern counties on the 24;.h with some damage to crops. The tem perature was moderately above the tiurosai and tavorauie Curing the entire week, until Sunday, May 31st, when cooler weather with northeast winds set in. The sky was more or less cloutly during the week even where no precip itation occurred. Though backward and ' generally with poor stands eropb are clean and are now being weil culti vated. Corn has not all been planted; good deal was brought up by the rain fall this week, and that up grew nicely; most of the early corn has re ceived first plowing; In counties suffer ing from drought much replanting will havto be done. The rains caused cot ton toiefime up nicely, though all is not yet up; planting is practically finished; cotton plants are very small, but have improved, stands are better .and chop ping is underway. The weather w excellent for the work of transplanting tobacco in the northern counties wiiera it progiessed rapidly, while the cro shows some improvement. A number of crop correspondents state that wheat is better than expected, though the yield will be short; harvesting early wheat and oats has just besim in a few places; spring oats are not prom ising. Planting peanuts Is well ad vanced anc" good stands have been se cured. The yield of Irish potatoes in the eaat was reduced by the drought; nany sweet potato sprouts were set this week. Gardens were much bene fitted by the rains. The prospect for fruit of all kinds continues fairly fa vorable ia the central-east portion of the State, and for apples also In the west; the blackberry and dewberry crops will be large; grapes are bloom ing heavily. Meadows were much dam aged by the drought and are poor. , Rains during the week: Raleigh, 1.69; Wilmington, 0.70; Charlotte, 0.20; Asheville;:' O.'JO; Goldsboro, 0.S0; Greensboro, 1.3S; Lumberton. 0.02: Newbern, 0.20; W Ion. 2.0G; Marion, 1.15; Henrietta, 0.70; Monroe, 0.92. The Markets. M COTTON MARKET. These figures represent prices palJ to wagons: Strict good middling 12.00 Good middling ....11" Strict middling IB; Stains and tinges 11.15 . PRODUCE MARKET. Onions ..,...$ 70 Chickens spring .. ..,.'.. .. 12',i Hens per head 30 Eggs ; 12',i Beeswax .. i... 20 Turkeys 12'f. Corn 60 Ducks .i 22'i Wheat Co 00 4." on 9 40 10 Wheat seed 1 Oats ; " Rye ... , - ..- 1 S!d"s Skins calf ,. ....... .. Hides dry salt Taliow unrendered A New Orphanag. Mrs. Lola Elrado has established a new undenominational orphan home at Durham under the name of ''Durham Orphanage." An institution of this kind has long been needed p.t Durham and will no doubt meet with hearty sup port. A smell fire was discovered nt the beginning of the north side of Elv's trestle near Beaufort recently. Llvo coals from a passing engines appear to. have been the caui'e of tho blaze. art of a tie was. consumed when It wasxd'..:ieovcrt,d. "The -flames were quick- extinguished by Reeves Sanis and a negro, woo live in the vicinity. Hut for the timely discovery it is probable that tlts other ties would have burued Death of An Udltor. Wilmington,' Special. MaJ.. Patrick F. Duffy, for 25 years aswclate editor of The Wonting Star newspaper, died at his home here a little after 5 o'clock Monday afternoon in the COtU year of his age His death was due to congestion of the stomach and was rather midden. Yesterday at dinner ho ate some lee cream and became vlolr etitly ill a little after 6 o'clock. Two physicians "were summoned and wero constantly at h'a bedside, but h-j grew rapidly worse and pass.d away at the hour asmedi : PROMINENT PEOPLE. Dr. Samuel Smiles Is probably the oldest living author in England. The arinowTl erulner King Alfred ha leen selected to take the Irinc and Princess of Wales to laidia In the au tumn. Lady Henry Somerset has' retired from the presidency of the British Women's Teuijwrauee Union because of ill health. Euterlatuinjr a k'u? Is an expensive honor. The recent visit of King Ed ward to Dalkeith palace com the Duke of BuiH-lctu h abotn ?".KHt. . Justice F!et.-ber LM, of the Su preme Court in the Philippine. bn resigned because of bis wile s illness, nnd will return ti his home Ju. New Hampshire. ' ' ' ; Sir Wilfrid LawKon is known at England's "Graud Old Mau of Temper ance. He lis seventy-three years tdd. ami has devoted forty years ef hi lif to the chain piouKhlp of teuipcrftsue. Senator Hawlev is a devotee of tbe housotMuu fur ..this summer. He autl Mrs. Haw-ley will begin a lingering tour in Chesapeake Bay. and will go later up the Hudfccu. Lake George audi Lake.Chauiptaln... Jrtbn La Farge, the artist, is a tall man, slightly bald, with a narrow chest and bent shoulders. His eves are ' small, bktck. piercing. And while 1 talks there is a dry sort of smile play ing around hi mouth. It is pointed out that Judge Maxwell, who died recently in Florida, w;ts lhe last survivor, properly speaking of fhe . Cuu federate Seuate. which met at Montgomery . Ala., on March 4. 1SK1. sud was presided ovt by Alexander H. Stephens. , Associate Justice Harlan, of the Cnf tcd Stnti'ts Supreme Court, is seveuty year old. I'uder the law be may re tire from the bench on full pay, but there is not the slightest proKjtect that he will do m, as be i bale and hearty and has the vigor of many healthy men half bis age.' ., The Imperilled Big Trees. . Since the State of California and the Cnited. States are both too poor to save the giant sequoias of the Cala veras grove, the people who wish to avert the crime of cutting down those mighty comrades of the mountain are turning to the last resort the benevolent millionaire. Is there not in this land of billion-dollar trusts and more or lees digested securities the sum of $120,000 of free capital avail able to keep from the lumber mill the wonderful trees that were towering In their vigorous maturity when the infant Romutus wa3 wading among the reeds of the Tiber? . The big trees of California are like the surviving buffalo they are ao few that every one is numbered. They have no mates in all the world. They Inhabit a little strip along the foot hills of the Sierras, and there Bome of them have lived for 5,000 yeara. They were old when the ruined castles of the Rhine, the palaces of Rome and the taemptes of Greece were new. If we should allow them to be deliberate ly destroyed now. In the full glory of their vnerable life, for the lack of a wretched $125,000, we Bhould de serve the European taunt that we are a people without sentiment. New York World. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. THE STANDARD RAILWAY OF THE SOUTH. DIRECT LINE TO ALL POINTS IN Texas, California, Florida, Cuba and Porto Rico, Strictly first-class equipment i a nit v v on an liirotign nnd Local Trains, and Pullman Palaeo Sleeping cars von all night trains. Fast and safe sched ules. . '" Travel by the SOUTHERN and you aro ussured u 8ufe, Comfortable and -Expeditious Journey. A Apply to Ticket Agents for Tables Rate and general information, or address . B. II. HARPW1CK, O. P. A., Washington, D. G tl, U. VERNON, T P. A., . v.r Charlotte, H. CL F. R. DARBY, O. P. & T. A , Ashville, N. 0. EQJIQLBl.C TO AStrcjUUjOtiiTIOlia. (