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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1903. NO. 14.
COTTON MILLS DESTROYED.
Terrible Flood Sweeps Every,
thing Before It.
Awful Destruction of Property and
Loss of Life on the Pacolet Riv
er In South Carolina-Cotton
Mills Destroyed and Op
eratives Drowned.
The following from the Char
lotte Observer tells the awful
story of the awful floods near
Spartanburg, South Carolina,
last Saturday morning:
As a result of the heavy rains
six cotton mills?the Clifton
Mills Nos. 1, 2 and 3, the Ulen
dale Mill and the Pacolet Mills
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (the Pacolet
Mills Nos. 1 and 2 are one plant)
have been swept away.
The Southern Railway bridges
near Spartanburg, S. C., have
been destroyed and three other
bridges are badly damaged;
there are washouts at a dozen
places along the main line in the
Piedmont section, and at Lan
drum, S. C., 18 miles of track
are submerged and partially
ruined.
The sudden and unexpected
rise in the Pacolet river was the
direct cause of most of the disas
ter. On this stream are located
the Clifton and Pacolet mills, the
Ulendale Mills being on Lawson's
Fork. All the plants are within
a radius of seven miles of Spar
tanbunr.
For 36 hours prior to Satur
day morning the Pacolet river
had shown the effect of the con
tinuous rains, but the river,
swoolen as it was, did not cause
any apprehension Friday night.
The mills were, ou an average,
about ten feet above water level;
they had stood the test of many
freshets and were thought to be
safe against any torrent.
Hut if all accounts are to be
believed, there was a veritable
cloudburst Saturday morning
at about 6 o'clock, and the river
rose, visibly, higher and higher.
In two hours, it is declared, the
river rose 50 feet, making it 00
feet higher than the usual water
level.
Kefore this fierce tide the mills
went like straw. The first to go
were the Pacolet Mills Nos. 1 aud
2, a plant that is near Pacolet
station, on the Columbus &
Asheville branch of the Southern
Railway. Half a mile down the
river stood the Pacolet Mill No.
3, a smaller mill than Nos. 1 and
2, and that, also, was torn to
wreckage and carried away in
the stream..
Of the Clifton .Mills No. 1 was
first destroyed, and was soon
followed by No. 3
Clifton No. 3, the largest of the
mills that were lost, was situat
ed at Converse station, six miles
north of Spartanburg, on the
Southern Railway.
The mill stood 200 yards
above the trestle. For an hour
it resolutely withstood the mad
onslaught of water, and then
gave way, gradually, throwing
into the current large pieces of
timber that seriously injured and
threatened to destroy the big
trestle at Converse station.
The steel bridge over Lawson's
Fork on the Pacolet river near
Spartanburg has gone. It was
one span and was 350 feet long,
including the approaches.
The bridge over the Middle
Tiger river, between Duncan and
Wellford, is destroyed. It was
three spans and 142 feet long.
The bridge over North Tiger
river cannot be used. It is dam
aged, though the full extent of
the injury cannot be ascertained
yet.
The big bridge over the l'aco
let river, six or seven miles this
side of Spartanburg, is said by
railway officials to be very un
safe. It is still standing against
the tierce tide, but is badly dam
aged and is in a very serious con
dition.
The bridge over the Pacolet
river is 107 feet high, one of the
highest bridges on the Southern
system. It is 342 feet long and
made of steel.
The Pacolet Mills had 156,000
spindles; the Clifton Mills, 112,
000; the Dew Glendale 30,000
spindles, making a total of 300,
000 spindles ana a total of near
ly 8,000 looms, according to the J
estimates made by Capt. J. H.
Sloan and other well-know cot
ton mill men who were seen by
an Observer reporter last night.
This estimate makes the mills
worth over $0,000,000. (
Spartanburg, S. C., June 8.? (
Fifty-eight is the death recoru |
to-night. Three bodies were re
covered this afternoon along
the river bank under the sands '
and debris. Besides the known .
dead, from 10 to 15 operatives
are unaccounted for.
The material losses aggregate '
between $-1,000,000 and $4,500,- '
000, which includes the estimates '
on everything known to have felt '
the effects of the floods.
Funds for the relief of destitute i
and homeless are coming in from <
all parts of the country, insur- <
ance companies, wholesale con- i
cerns and fraternal orders re- 1
spondiug by wire. President i
Twitchell has received $3,000
from business houses North.
The grand total of contribu
tions to storm sufferers at the j
Clifton mills and the Pacolet up
to 10:30 p. m. was $10,108.24.
MR. BAILEY'S HOME BURNED.
I
Midnight Fire at Kenly Causes a
Loss of $3,000?Insurance
$1,700.
Kenly, M. C., June 10?Our
townsman Mr. VV. T. Bailey
sustained a very serious loss on m
the night of the 8th Inst, in the j
complete destruction by fire ofi
his handsome residence on Alford
Avenue. The fire originated in
milk house attached to back of i
dwelling and is supposed to have
been caused by rats igniting
matches, possibly in bundle of
carpet in closet attached.
Bis loss is estimated at $8,000
with $1,700 insurance. Our
people made a generous response
to the alarm of tire and by good
work managed to save a portion
of his furniture. The most serious
part of the accident at one time
was, that one of the children in
the excitement had been left in
one of the rooms asleep and no
one knew it, as it had been stated
that all were out of the house,
until cries from the little one was
heard.
By this time the room was
enveloped in smoke with the
flames approaching very near.
But thanks to the heroic efforts
of Mr. H. F. Edgerton and J.
VV. Harden the little one was
saved. By the time Mr. Edger
ton reached the child he had
ceased crying on account of suf
focation by the dense smoke.
-Mr. Edgerton was almost
overcome by the smoke himself
and but for the assistance of Mr.
Harden they both might have
been lost. Therefore we were
reminded of the fact that under
all trials and afflictions there is
cause for thanksgiving. "it
might have been worse."
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams, of
this place, are attending the com
mencement exercises at Trinity
| College this week.
The musical entertainment
; given at the home of Mr. and
i Mrs. Chas. Grady Saturday even
ing, in honor of Miss Kate Casey,
who was visiting there, was high-1
| ly enjoyed by all.
Sunday morning we were visit
ed by the heaviest rain this place
has ever witnessed. It was al
most a cloud burst. The fields
are washed in gullies and the
crops are washed completely off
of acres of land.
Well, Dame Rutaor missed the
mark when she said that Mr. D.
H. Sanders was to be married 1
Sunday, May 31st, but after
keeping his anxious friends in
suspense for so long, he drove in
Sunday evening from Mr. John
Lassiter's with bis accomplished
daughter. Miss Lowie, as his
bride. The knot was tied at ten
o'clock Sunday morning. We
wish them a long and happy
married life. M.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
short Items of Interest Clip
ped and Culled From Our
Exchanges.
Rowan county has sold #25,
)00 of bonds authorized by act1
if the last Legislature. They <
irought 10-tJs.
B. F. Covington, a prominent 1
jitizen of Anson county, shot and 1
iilled himself Sunday. His mind
aas been impaired for some time. '
Out of a total of 107 who ,
stood the examination before
the North Carolina Medical i
board, held at Hot Springs last
week, 70 passed.
A bridge spanning Sandy Creek
in Franklinsville township, Ran
dolph county, gave way Thurs
day and two hacks and ten per
sons were precipitated 20 feet in
to the water. Only one man and
a horse were hurt.
The.Philippine commission at
Manila has applied to lJresident
W inston, of the A. and M. Col
lege, to receive five Philippine
youths for education in agricul
ture and mechanic arts. For
lack of room President Winston
has been forced to decline to re
ceive them. The expenses are to
be paid by the government.
An election was held in Macon
county Saturday, May 30th,
under an act of the Legislature,
on the question of the adoption
of a compulsory school law. The
county voted, by a majority of
84, in favor of the law and Ma
con will soon be the first county
in the State to make the experi
ment of compulsory school at
tendance.
The dead body of D. A. Munn,
a one-legged Confederate. veter
an, was found in the bushes in
the suburbs of High Point Sun
day. The body was, partially
decomposed and a pathetic letter
found by it told that the old
man had taken laudanum
ihrough despondency. He said
he was unable to get work and
was too proud to beg or to live
ou the charity of his children.
The State Board of Education
has adopted for use in the public
schools in the State a text book
on Agriculture, written by Profs.
Burkett, Stephens and Hill, of
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College. The book is both sim
ple and comprehensive. It will
serve also for a book on nature
study. The authors claim that
real nature study is a prepara
tion for agriculture, and that the
two should go together.
EARPSB0R0.
Quite a number of our young
people attended the Vocal union
at Lee's Chapel last Sunday.
Mr. J. Brantley Richardson, of
the Corinth section, visited
relatives near here Sunday.
We were delichred to have Mr
A. G. Wilder and sister, Miss
Myrtie, of the Emit section, with
us last Saturday afternoon.
Mi?s Mamie Hales who has
been confined to her room for
the past two weeks with fever,
is still quitejsick. We hope for her
a speedy recovery.
Our pastor, Dr. R. H. Whitaker,
who has been seriously ill for the
past two weeks, failed to fill his
appointments here and at
Watkin's Chapel on last Sunday.
We are glad to learn that he is
improving.
Our farmers seem somewhat
encouraged since the rain. Some
of them were beginning to have
the "blues" over the long dry
"spell." They couldn't find much
work to do and the crops were
suffering badly for rain. Now
they find plenty of work to do.
"Jumbo."
Driven To Desperation.
Living at an out of the way
[ilace, remote from civilization, a
amily is often driven to despera
tion in case of accident, resulting
in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers,
etc. Lay in a supply of Buck
len's Arnica Salve. It's the best
on earth. 25c. at Hood Bros.
Drug Store.
DROUGHT DRIVEN OUT.
West Had a Little too Much Rain
but the Favorable Weather Has
Made a Great Improvement
Generally.
The weekly crop bulletin of the
North Carolina section of the
Climatic and Crop Service of the
Weather Bureau for the week
ending Monday, June 8, 1903,
says:
"Rain in geuerous amounts
occurred during the past week
nearly everywhere, so that
drought no longer prevails to
any serious extent in North
Carolina. Precipitation fell chiefly
from the 4th to 7th and was
heaviest in the western portion,
and in some northern counties,
where excessive rain washed soil
badly (Rutherford and Hender
son counties) and caused streams
to overflow, but the small dam
age done is overbalanced by the
favorable effect of abundant
moisture on growing crops. A
general improvement in all crops
is reported. The number of
rainy days was too frequent in
the west, interfering with farm
work, and in that section crops
are becoming a little grassy,
though over most of the State
they were clean and well cultiva
ted and in condition to respond
to favorable weather. The first
of the week was quite cool, the
latter part warmer, and on the
whole the temperature was below
normal. Vegetation is now
showing evidence of more rapid
growth, and crops, though very
small, are more healthy in ap
pearance.
"Some cotton is not yet up,
but generally abundant moisture
brought most of the seeds up,
and stands have improved; as
regards size the plants average
nearly thirty days; chopping is
proceeding actively, and most of
the cotton has been cultivated
once; cool weather prevented
rapid growth. Corn is doing
well; the plants are small but
healthy in appearance, and dam
age by cut and bud worms seems
to be limited to stiff bottom
lands; cultivation is well ad
vanced; there is very little more
corn to be planted. The week
was especially favorable for
transplanting tobacco which
progressed rapidly; drought
caused early set plantsiu theeast
to bud or button quite low, so
that more farmers have cut
plants back; the condition oi
early set tobacco is not very
good. Springoatshaveimproved
somewhat since the rains, which
came too late for winter wheat
and oats; rye is good; harvesting
is proceeding rather slowly.
Gardens have improved; cab
bages are heading nicely; thf
shipments of Irish potatoes
continue from eastern counties
with fair yields. Meadows are it
better condition. Apples will bt
plentiful, peaches and plums an
beginning to ripen, also black
berries and dewberries. Peanuts
are doing well, but the entirs
crop has not yet been planted
A large number of sweet potatc
slips were set during the week.'
Lee-Morgan.
On last Wednesday evening, ai
the bride's parents, Mr W. J
Morgan, Mr. J. T. Lee and Misi
Aldonia Morgan were married
S. M. Johnson tying the nuptia
knot. After the ceremony thei
returned to Benson where thei
will make their future home. Mr
l^ee is one of Benson's successfu
merchants and has gained mam
friends by his many favors.
Miss Morgan is one of John
ston's most successful teacher
and one of Turlington Institute'
student.
This writer wishes them i
happy and prosperous life.
That Throbbing: Headache
Would quickly leave vou,ifyoi
used I)r. King's New Life Hills
Thousands of sufferers have prov
ed their matchless meritt fo
Sick and Nervous Headaoes
They make pure blood and buil
j up your health. Only 25 cent
money back if not cured. Sol
I by Hood Bros., Druggists.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
??
Some of the Week's Events
Scissored and Condensed
from the Press.
The dead in the Topeka tiood
are now known to number 78.
The damage by the flood in !
South Carolina is estimated at
$2,000,000.
Norfolk is shipping to the
Western cities 4,000 barrels of j
cabbages a day.
Andrew Carnegie has offered
$25,000 additional to complete
the Washington City Public j
Library.
President Roosevelt will visit
Cleveland, Ohio, next week, to
attend the marriage of Senator
Hanna's daughter.
The assembling of Admiral
Evans' squadron in Chinese
waters is taken to mean trouble
is likely to occur in that vicinity.
Eppinger & Co., of San Fran
cisco, one of the largest grain
dealing firms in the United States,
have failed, with liabilities over
$1,000,000.
Charles D. Bird, Democrat,
was chosen Mayor of Wilming
ton, Del., in Saturday's election,
and the Democrats carried the
Council?10 to 3.
The latest report from the
steamship collision Sunday
afternoon near Marseilles,
France, gives the number dead at
187, all on board the steamer
Libanan.
The Federal grand jury in
Washington has returned an
indictment against ex-Superin
tendent of Free Delivery August
W. Machen, charging him with
receiving profit from a Govern
ment contract. His bond was
placed at f20,000.
The Hamburg American liner
Batavia arrived in New York
i Monday morningfrom Hamburg
and Bologne. She brought 2854
steerage passengers?the greatest
number ever brought to that
port on one vessel. She will dis
1, charge her cargo at Baltimore
and Boston.
Noah Bates, a negro upon
whom sentence of death had been
passed, committed suicide by
hanging himself in the county
jail at Selma, Ala., Friday night.
? Bates shot and killed his brother's
wife at Marion junction six
I months ago. His case had been
| appealed to the Supreme Court.
Coats-Thompson.
At the residence of the bride's
? father, Mr. A. G. Thompson,
i Mr. Walter Coats and Miss
, Geneva Thompson were happily
i united in marriage in the presence
; of a few friends and relatives Sun
; day, June 7, at 2 p. m.
In response to the wedding
i march which was sweetly rendereid
? by Miss Minnie Johnson, the
. happy couple entered the parlor
i which had been beautifully
' decorated with ferns and roses.
Attendants: Mr. Joe Stephen
sou with Miss Esther Creech, Mr.
Arrie Langdon with Miss Addie
k Vinson.
The bride was attired in a gown
a of french organdy tastefully
trimmed with laces and ribbon,
j The ceremony was performed
f by Rev, J. W. Suttle in a simple
j but very impressive manner.
i After the ceremony the entire
j bridal party attended church at
?f Pisgah.
Immediately after church the
. newly married couple left for the
s home of the groom accompanied
H by the bride's father and mother,
besides a few other relatives and
a friends, where a most sumptuous
supper awaited them. The table
was presided over by Mrs. Ella
Creech.
Their many friends wish foi
them a long life of happiness and
J1 prosperity.
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d Tablets. All druggists refund
s the money if it fails to cure. E
d W. Grove's signature is on eacb
! box. 2be.
SOME POLITICAL CHAT.
Ma). Steadman Mentioned for Gov
ernor?Rumored That Glenn
Will Oppose Kltchin.
Greensboro, June (5.?If a poli
tical ruinor originates anywhere
in the State it hurries to Greens
boro. The railroad station here
is the highest point in North
Carolina for political news or
gossip. The town is centrally
located. If a Tar Heel would go
anywhere, North or South, he
must pass through the Gate
City.
Mr. Clarence Call, of Wilkes
county, was here to-day. He
says that the Hon Romulus Z.
Linney is a candidate for Con
gress in "de ate." The old war
horse has pulled off his coat and
will give Hon. E. Spencer Black
burn a run for his money. Mr.
Linney has declared that, if
nominated by his party, he will
meet his Democratic opponent
on the stump. The Bull of the
Brushies seems to be in a fight
ing mood. He is wearing a chip
on his shoulder and is hunting
for trouble. He does not think
that Mr. Blackburn, who has
moved out of the district, is
entitled to the nomination. Mr.
Linney is this very week shaking
hands with the patriots in the
State of Wilkes. There is a hot
time coming in "de ate."
\i_: ni i \r 1_ cix-j
-muj ouaries niauiy oeeuman,
of Guilford, is gom{* togivesome
body trouble. It is not denied
by his friends that he will be a
candidate for Governor at the
next Democratic convention. His
friends, and their name is legion,
say that he is the ideal man. He
was Lieutenant-Governor at a
time when the State Senate was
full of splendid fellows who have
since developed into prominent
men. Many of these are certain
to be among the Greensboro
man's most loyal supporters.
Maj. Stedman is a clean man, a
polished gentleman, a rounded
scholar and a popular fellow.
Greensboro has claims and she
will ask for the nomination of
Maj. Stedman. Just the mere
rumor that Maj. Stedman would
be in the race has brought hun
dreds of letters from prominent
politicians and admirers from all
parts of the State. Maj. Sted
man was born in Chatham, lived
in Wilmington and practiced law
in Asheville and Greensbaro. He
is well and favorably known. If
he enters the contest, and his
friends are certain that he will at
the proper time, somebody will
suffer.
I got hold of a most interest
ing bit of gossip here this after
noon. It is to this effect: Mr. It.
It. Glenn, of Winston, may enter
the field against W. W. Kitcnin
in this district. Mr. Glenn may
not know of this, but some of his
most loyal friends are talking it.
If he does come out against
Kitchin there will be a lively time
in the fifth.
it r rr ? ?
_!!< u iravis, 01 namaxis men
tioned for the place that It. I).
Gilmer, of Haywood, holds. It
is said that he will be out for the
attorney generalship. He is a
mighty shrewd wire-puller and
likes to go to battle.
| All of this is on the side, but it,
is dead straight. The election is
a long ways off, but the aspirant
who fails to lay his pipes early
will get left. It is said here that
the Farmers' Alliance will en
dorse Col. John S. Cunningham
for Governor ? H. E. C. B. in
Charlotte Observer.
Martiimr tvidence.
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claring I)r. King's New Discovery
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L Bentorville. Va., serves an exam
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I ed all the time without being
benefited. Then I begnn taking
Dr. King's New Discovery, and a
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