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;;j;vc::iooGu'QO(mOTGov.cL- v;:.;. 'Li,1 1 I t r r l ' 1 ) 1 f Ocrvihg More Than 10,000 Families In : : Jioon, Yonpey, Mitchell, and Bunc Buncombe - In North Carolina and Unicoi, Grccno and Cocke In Tennessee 1 ,i': ' ' . :' ' i Jr V'n If 5 ""a MADISON COUNTY RECORD Established June 8, 1901 FRENCH BROAD 0 .NEWS' Established May 16, 1907 Consolidated Nov. t, 1911 VOL. XVIII Fradfl iroad uerflom UarsEiall; Tno People -oOo- $125,000 I'Jorth Of Property Destroyed; Bridges Hashed Out Heroic Efforts Of Many Are Praised; Citizens Are Optimistic ON SUNDAY, JULY 16 The river commenced to rise at about 8 o'clock a. m., and at bout 9:30 a. m., it was overflow ing the rock wall along the South ern Railway Track. At 10 o'clock the water was in Main Street and the people living along the street were carrying to places of sup posed safety such of their house hold goods as they could get out Many people carried, their foirni ture into the upper stories' of their bandings.. At 12 o'clock ev- eryone'had crossed the street and taken refuge in buildings above '.Wain Street ,,1 The water came down with tremendous force car rying with it the evidences of the great : destruction that . was tak ing place along its course. Houses," logs, lumber, barrels, boxes, bridges, all were carried away. The old bridge at Bridge Street here gave - away and nothing of it was left save the rock piers (upon which, it had rest1 ed for many years. Above the first spain of the new bridge a drift that reached for more than one hundred feet up the river, gathered. The structure held off probably an hour but the pressure of current and the drift proved more than it could stand. Three spans of this bridge were broken loose but all of them lodg ed close 'and will be taken to pieces and put back. Two of the concrete piers were lost. The current cut a gTeat channel through the Island. An immense drift gathered at the east end of the Southern de pot and turned a current against the houses "on the North side of the street in that section of the town. Soon after 12 'clock hous es commenced to rise from their foundations and float down the river. The sight was on that cannot soon be forgotten by those who witnessed it On either side of the river great crowds of people gathered watching the destruction that was b i tt g wrought Perhaps three millions of dollars worth of property, came down '.the river .during thex day. Men and ' women in Marshall whose bblnes. and property were being destroyed stood the strain with a nerve and courage as fine as was ever' displayed, under such trying conditions. No one wept but all appeared stout heart ed and cheerful. At 4:30 o'clock p. m., the waters began to g6 down and at the Bap tist Church .where many people had gathered a short prayer ser vice was conducted by Rer. S. T. Uensley. ' - ' Homeless People Cared For ? tout-hearted and cheerful, !' fts. J. IL White, Dr. Frar.l F '-'H-, ,T a. A. Hendrkl.?, Ja-w ? V , : t noonibe, Guy V. i:.I- , '. cvon, e. b. c::. t I -, Jw.a Jim'.'., r.ca- III THE ONLY MARSHALL, ben Ramsey, J. C. Ramsey, E. R. Tweed, P. V. Rector, Rev. S. T. Hensley, and others living on the hill opened their homes and, in fine style cared for those who had been driven from their home by the flood. A good dinner Sun day and lodging and meals until the waters had gone down were provided by these good gentlemen and their wives. People in the surrounding community also op ened their homes and displayed a most generous spirit toward those who were temporarily homeless. Death List Only two people lost their lives in the flood. They were as fol lows: - James " Guthrie and Miss Estelle Briggs. "Both bodies were recovered on Monday and brought to the Baptist Church where they were prepared for burial. It is stated that both Mr. Guthrie and Miss Briggs had l left the house and gone to places of safety but later, thinking there was no dan ger, returned to the house and when it began to move they be came frightened and, in trying to make their escape were lost. They were in the Ball & Gudger Restaurant at the depot. Washed Away J i Quite a number of buildings J were wasnea away, ine ioiiow ing is a list: Southern Railway pump house at depot, two tenant houses at de pot owned by Ball & Gudger, Liv ey stable at depot owned by Ram sey & Rector, Erve Bailey's two houses, Erve King's building on Bridge Street in which was lo cated the Central Telephone Of fice, H. L. Banks & Company's Store, Posey Fisher's Pressing Shop and Alfred Lowe's home, coal bins and cotton house owned by Capitola Manufacturing Com pany, Rector & Ramsey lumber plant, stable, tenant house owned by J. G. Ramsey, tenant house owned by Citizens Bank, stable and garage owned by C. B. Mash- burn, - Reuben Ramsey's ware house owned by F; Shelton, small garage owned by Mrs. Claude Al lison, stable, wood and coal house owned by Mrs. Naoney, corn crib owned by . Barnett Fortner, Mar shall woodworking plant owned by J. J. Redmon , and Son and a dwelling house between the river and railroad just below the old church at Wast end of town. ' . : V ' Flooded - 1 . Every building on Vain Street except the residence of P. A. Mc Elroy, the Court House and the Baptist Church were flooded and filled with mud. . Household fur nishings and merchandise' in the homes and stores were badly dam aged. Windows la many placet wcr sma..J and porches were broken Joo?e from some of the ri.'.Tt t'-' along the f ' t. A f ! " ' V f vere r.ovf-.l ffo..i Ciir .;' ' 'si k't A ; . eJ fr r-e C ' ' ITO WP1 Hi) NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY MADISON COUNTY against other buildings. Damages No one can, at this time, give an accurate statement as to the damage sustained by the town-. However, a rough conservative es timate figures, in sound numbers, a total damage of $125,000i)0 sus tained by citizens of the town, a- side from this the Southern Rail way and Madison County, have been heavily damaged. No bridges along the river in this county are left. -:V Clearing The Wreck On Monday morning when the people came down to their homes only a small part of Main Street in front of the Baptist : Church was visible. The street was' full of drifts and presented a most forlorn appearance. But every body went to work and gradually the street has been cleared of the rubbish, dwellings and business places have been cleaned up , and the town is again becoming alive. Convicts ' Used On Streets '. Captain T.j PedpIesoV state convict r orce nere prougnt down his force of men and work ed on the street for three days. .1 -Mr. Peoples is a splendid fellow and his services, at this time, places Marshall under lasting ob ligations to him. Aside from this, Mr. Peoples and . his guards and assistants came to our relief with cash and provisions. iMr. Robert Tweed, in charge of the county convicts, has also done telling work for us on our streets and is deserving of our deepest gratitude for his much-needed as sistance. Captain Tweed continu ed working his men here for sev eral days and has done a large amount of work in helping to clear away the wrecks. Contributors To Relief Of Marshall No one oan tell just how many people and who they are that have contributed toward the re lief of , our town. The' following, however, is a list who have con tributed in cash and provisions through Rev. S. T. ' Hensley, who has been in charge of th relief work. Many others whose names do not appear on this list have made substantial donations to persons in need of help: . W. S. West, Z. R. Merrell,5j, M. Ramsey Sr., A. F. Sprinkle, Jno. A. Hendricks, Mars Hill, Ma mie Morrow, Jno. Knight, H.: T. Peoples, . W. W, Douden, Tobe Hodge, N. L. Smith, A L. Ed munson, D. Rhymer,. I. C. Rhym er, Willie Parker, D.. W. Stewart, Howard Will, S. B.f Phifer, H. M. Pritchard, Z. G, Sprinkle, D. 8. Tweed, W. J. West, Lamm Bry an, S. E. Tweed,- W. B. Ramsey, Polk Bryan,' Jack Bryan, Mrs. J Jv Wright, I Ryan, .Clarence Gage, J". F Bryan, D.. M. Golden, T. A. Silver, R. C. Eller,1 Jesse Fisher, Rev. L. C. Roberts, J. W. Roberts, W. A: Xent, W. R. White, Mrs. Belle Kent, Mrs.. Belle Bun nion, Mrs. A. J. Runnion, Nors V,Test, 'May West, Mri. T B. West, L. D. r ards, Lyda Mc Clure, J. E. Frjaru One of -t.e j ;! est needs of the town Vij to get the street 8-J r i t r trafric T. e'i t$ ii '? j t the follow i : i ! a 1 ' i t ; a who "ca:: N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4th. 1916 with wagons and teams to help us. Many gave their services in helping to clear the streets and clean out buildings whose names we do not have. We are grateful to all who came to our relief in any way and if we are not pub lishing a full list it is because we have been unable to get it complete. W. B, Ramsey, 1 day; R. C. Rector, 2 days; J. F. Sprinkle, 3 days; Jasper Rice, 1 day; Will West, day; Z. G. Sprinkle, 6 Ms days; Jeff Runnnion 2 days; Bud Stines, 4 days; Alfred Sprinkle, 2 days; W. L. George, 1 day; J. E. Burnett, 1 day; W. L. Run nion, 1 day; C. H. Runnion, 1 day; J. C. Hutchins, 2 days; E. Y. Tilson, 2 days; L. L. Edwards, 1 day; Wm. Edwards, 1 day; Prof. R. L. Moore, 1 day; R. S. Gibbs, 1 day; Clarence Gage. '3 days; Doug Tweed, 2 days; C. B. Mashburn, 2 days; Z. R. Merrell, 1 day. We are deeply indebted to all o( these good people for their timely help, f , . ; LC:. MarahalVDark . For -several days after the flood Marshall was m total darkness, The lights came over a part of the town on Saturday night fol lowing the flood. The lighting, water and sewer systems -have not yet been fuJly repaired but the J work of repair is going forwards rapidly and the town will again soon have plenty of both light and water. Marshall Cut Off i From Other Points The high water put all tele graph and telephone lines out of commission and Marshall was off from communication with the out side world. The telegraph line, however, has been repaired, but all telephone lines are yet out of order. All railway traffic and mail service was completely stop ped. Mail destined to Marshall was delayed for several days. Mail coming in from the west was delivered here last Sunday on a freight Car. Postmaster Swann bas brought mail up from Run nion once or twice by automobile. The . Southern Railway Compa ny has been working a large force of ; men. getting its track again in shape, for traffic but, up to date' no , passenger trains have passed through Marshall. A few passes gers coming from the West have been delivered on work trains at the- west. end of town. Freight traffic over the line through Mar shal! is expected to begn within a lew cays, : f rassenger service will not begin until, the track is put in a safe condition which will probably take several , daya, . f ' Business Conditions " - 'No one wQl deny that our town h"j sustained a heavy blow but t lusiness men who. were dam- 1 are men of sterling charac- ', ability and energy and will i be doing business as before f a flood. Marshall has always I t a thrifty town awl" within t time business here will 1. Any spot of earth In 1 can be told today at a ir- .' - fc-r the fir i r t' e delude v . 3 t rather difficult proposition, but the women of Marshall who, on Monday morning, found their homes full o?mud, now have clean j floors. The fires in the cook stoves have been relighted and homes that were full of mud and water on Sunday are now in good shape. The transformation has been great. Our ladies have shown a most splendid and com mendable sp!it. Throughout the days of disaster, toil and labor, they have been cheerful and bouyant. It is always the wom an's spirit that shines brightest, the woman's love that never fal ters, in the midst of disaster and rrin. All honor to Marshall' brave, noble women. Thieves Quite a number of people have been caught carrying away shoes and other articles of merchandise. Some have been made to bring the goods back. Glad Of Marshall's , Misfortune) We have heard of a few peo ple expressing 'their joy that dis aster had befallen our town. Our county is more unfortunate in having a citizen of this type than the town was in being hit with the flood. We pass this fellow up by placing him in a class with thieves who stole from our peo ple when they were helpless. We would be glad to get a list of these fellows and to publish their names. Carolina Special The Carolina Special going east and carrying aboard 200 passen gers, was held up by the high wa ter at Nocona, a few miles be low Marshall. The train had suf ficient food to last passengers and crew until Tuesday. Afterwards1 supplies were carried in from the country and many of the passen gers were kept by the farmers in the surrounding community. Barnard The bridge, a store, and a dwelling house, we are informed, were washed away at Barnard. Hot Springs I Hot Springs was 'not seriously hurt The bridge there across the French BroaJl was ' washed away and the Mountain Park Hotel was flooded. ,:V ' r , . . 1 ' . .. V'-".'".'"- ,: ' f r '-'" I , ,' . ' , "Rollins ! 1 ' Quite a' little damage was done at Rollins,, just above Marshall. Several bouses were damaged J - J '1J. - M on m kwu; bi 01 lamoer vwas swept away.), -;. , -.,') v;: V b' rt at in ii 1 lb i'm 1 mi luiilj. ' ; OTHER PLACES ARE "i DAMAGED The same (flood that visited Marshall bit other places, wash ing away tomes, erfjplkj busi nesses and destroy; t j- r-- r ' 7 of immense value. A'. ; 'a t Buncom! County, it i r '!, f tained a loss cf CV . I -more, Cr: - -y c ' I '?rii)U.,'y ; t. THE MEDIUM ' Through which you reach the people of Madison County . ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION NO. 31 Iroune EDITORIAL E. ZEPH RAY, Editor J. H. WHITE, Business Manager Cause Of The Flood We have heard of a few peo ple who have ventured their opinions as to the cause of the flood. A preacher who is al leged to have sold his vote in the primary election thinks the Lord sent the flood on Marshall be cause of the fact that a movinjr picture show was being operated here. A second holds the view that the Lord wanted to run a particular individual out of town. A third says the Lord was holding an equalization board, while the fourth thinks it was sent on us to punish certain in dividuals for building roads and bridges in the county. The com munity is fortunate in having men who possess such broad views and such deep thinking faculties upon moral and religious ques tions. We have not yet heard, why the Lord at the same time, ' sent the flood on Asheville and ' bo many other places. Should the in formation be In hand at any time we shall be glad to hand it out Governor Craig Calls On Marshall to Aid Flood stricken We have been informed that a telegram from Governor Locke Craig has been received by Mayor Gilbert of Marshall, call ing on the people for aid on be half of flood-stricken people in the state. The Governor is to be congratulated for his activity on behalf of those made homeless and helpless throughout the flood. But Marshall has all she can do to take care or the suffering In her own borders. There is much to be done here, so that it will tax, to the limit, our energy and ability. . Freight And . Passenger Traffic Resumed-Over Southern Railroad Freight and passenger traffic over the Southern have been parti-, ally ' resumed between Asheville and Knoxville. Passenger trains No. 11 and 12 operated on Thurs day of this week. The track is not yet in condition for trains to make the old schedule. 1 It Is ex pected that within a few days Q trains will again bo in opera tion on this division. A large crowd of people assembled at the depot Thursday p. tn., to welcome the arrival of passenger train No. 11, which was the first ra a ger train to reath ?'nr " '1 t ' t the flood. Soon a.", r 2'.o. 11 1 I passed the ll-xk I -- 2 1. : ", rolled slowly vj t 1 : Both trair, a . a 1 I'sr't 1 v ;. ? " t t 1 ; V C i . - 7 .Vi.. f 1 i . ! f . - -
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