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COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1903.
NO. 9.
AIR MILL SETTLEMENTS
DEVASTATED BY FLOODS.
Spartanburg Section Meets
By Cloudburst.
fTERRIBLE LOSS IN
The Counterpart of the Johnstown and Galveston
Horrors Takes Place in the Piedmont Manufac
turing Section Niagara of Death Sweeps Over
Section and Busy Spindles Cease to Hum.
Not since the close of the civil war
tas any secuon of tne soutn surrerea
a greater calamity, with the possible
exception of Galveston, than that
which struck the prosperous manufac
turing section near Spartanburg, S.
C, early last Saturday morning. The
disaster was the immediate result of
a cloudburst just at the foot of the
mountains. In a few minutes time the
swollen streams had picked up great
buildings of brick and stone, and car
ried them down like houses of straw.
The number of lives lost will reach
near or over a hundred. The property
loss is appalling. Six, thousand" la
borers are idle and starvation seems
almost inevitable? The business of the
Southern Railway's main line is crip
pled for perhaps a month. Six busy
cotton mills are gone, with the com
plete loss of all their machinery and
tout. to five thousand bales of. raw cot
ton, together with as much manufac
tured goods.
Xo fair estimate can yet be placed
upon the entire loss. .
The Sunday and Monday issues of
the Charlotte Observer, which sent
special staff correspondents (to the
scene, have the following graphic ac
count of the disaster:
As a result of the heavy rains six
cotton mills the Clifton Mills Nos. 1,
2 and 3, the Glendale Mill and the Pa
colet Mills Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (the Pacolet
Hills Nos. 1 and 2 are one plant) have
been swept away.
Two Southern Railway bridges near
Spartanburg, S. C, have been destroy
ed and j.hree other bridges are badly
. j -. . . - . i
uamagea; tnere are washouts at a
dozen places along the main line in
the piedmont section, and at Landrum,
S. C, 18 miles of track are submerged
and partially ruined.
It is reported that 50 people are kill
ed, and eye-witnesses declare that they
saw as many as 10 or 12 bodies floating
down the Pacolet river. Those who
are known to be dead are Maggie Kir-
Jv, Augustus Clave and wife, Miss
Lizzie Clavert, M. Felix, Mrs. W. B.
Tinlay, Marie Sims, Mrs. B. F. John
son and four children; Mrs. John
Owens, Roy Owens, Garland Long, Mrs.
Long, Miss Fletia Gosa.
IMMENSE LOSS TO RAILROADS.
The loss to railway and industrial
property is almost incalculable. The
destruction of the cotton mills means
a loss of at least $5,000,000. The finan
cial damage to the Southern Is enor
mous and cannot be ectimated at this
time.
Apart from the direct injury caused
y the loss of the expensive bridges,
the Southern will sustain a great blow
in the blocking of traffic over its main
line and branch lines indefinitely.
DESTITUTE PEOPLE.
Near Clifton, S. C, alone, 500 people
are homeless and 4,000 are out of em
ployment. .
A CLOUDBURST.
The sudden and unexpected rise in
the Pacolet river was the direct cause
f most of the disaster. On this stream
are located the Clifton and Pacolet
mills, the Glendale Mills being on
Lawson's Fork. All the plants are
thin a radius of seven miles of
Spartanburg, S. C.
For the past 36 hours the - Pacolet
river had shown the effect of the con
tinuous rains, but the river, swollen
as it was, did not cause any apprehen
sion Friday night. The mills were, on
an average, about ten feet above
"water level; they. had stood the test
of many freshets and were thought to
Frightful Disaster
LIFE AND PROPERTY
be perfectly safe against any torrent.
But, if all accounts are to be be
lieved, there was a veritable cloud
burst 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, mak
ing it 60 feet higher than the usual
water level.
MILLS SWEPT AWAY LIKE STRAW
Before thi3 fierce tide the mills
went like straw. The first to go were
the Pacolet Mills Nos. 1 and 2, a plant
that is near Pacolet station, on the Co
lumbia 'and Asheville branch of the
Southern Railway. Half a mile down
Uhe river stood the Pacolet Mill No. 3,
a smaller mill than Nos. 1 and 2, and
that, also, was soon torn to wreckage
and carried away in the stream.
Of the Clifton Mills No. 1 was first
destroyed and was soon followed by
mill No, 2. " .
Clifton No. 3, the largest of the mills
that were lost, was situated at Con
verse station, six miles north of Spar
tanburg, on the Southern Railway. ' '
The mill stood 200 -yards above the
testle. For an hour it resolutely
withstood the mad ouslaught of water,
and then gave way, gradually, throw
ing into the current large pieces of
timber that seriously injured and
threatened to destroy the big trestle
at Converse station. .
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY.
The steel bridge over Lawson's
Fork on the Pacolet river near Spar
tanburg has gone. It was one span and
was 350 feet long, including the ap
proaches. 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 damaged, though
the full extent of the injury cannot be
ascertained yet.
The big bridge over the Pacolet
river, six or seven miles this side of
Spartanburg, is said by railway offi
cials to be very unsafe. It is still
standing against the fierce tide, but is
badly damaged and is In a very
serious condition.
The bridge over the Enoree river
just south of Spartanburg is damaged
and impassable.
The Seneca river bridge is also use
less. The bridge over the Pacolet river is
107 feet high, one of the highest
bridges an the Southern system. It is
342 feet long and made of steel.
The Pacolet Mills had 156,000 spin
dles; the Clifton Mills, 112,000; the
new Glendale 30,000 spindles, making
a total of 306,000 spindles and a total
of nearly 8,000 looms, according to
the estimates made by Capt. J. H.
Sloan and other well-known cotton
mill men who were seen by a re
porter. This estimate makes the mills
worth over $6,000,000.
THE FLOOD CARRIED EVERY
THING BEFORE IT.
Attendant upon the passing of the
mills there was inestimable loss.
Four thousand bales - of cotton and
3,500 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 gins, grist mills, .. blacksmith
shops, a, large number of operatives'
cottages and all the warehouses of the
company were destroyed by the
stream.
The warehouses were built of brick
and stone, one warehouse being built
entirely of stone. :
The population of Pacolet Is 5,000,
all of whom were dependent upon the
mills for support.
MAN AND BRIDE DIE A GLORIOUS
DEATH. C
Sam Swanguare and his bride die1 in
a way that seemed glorious to the spec
tators. Swanguare seized his wife by
the hand and when they came clear of
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
sang together, so that all on the banks
heard. 'The driftwood rushed against
a slarge mass and separated, and
Swanguare and his bride went under
the water locked in a last embrace.5
Fleta Gosa boarded with a Mrs.
Bailey, where also lived Mr. and Airs.
Kirby and J. E. Grier. Miss x Gosa nd
Mrs. Kirby were carried out into the
water and drowned speedily. Mrs.
Bailey was caught in a whirlpool just
below Converse and, swinging to a
piece of plank, revolved in the eddy
until she was drawn in by a rope that
had been thrown to her rescue. Gjier
caught the. branches of an oak tree and
remained there till he was rescued by
a boat that was bravely manned. Mrs.
Katie Long and her son, Garland Long,
and his bride, and her son, Richard,
were hurled into the current. Mrs.
Long and her younger son were saved
by catching the branches of a tree, Taut
Garland Long and his bride were
drowned. The bodies of none of these
peopla have been recovered. .";;.
50 DROWNED AT MILL NO. 2.j
The, greatest loss of life is at Mill
No. 2, the furthest mill down the riyer.
It is said that at least 50 operatives
here lost their lives. The only names
of the dead that are obtainable now
are Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Johnson jand
four children, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fin
ley and five children. Several of Ithe
children of T. M. Massey were drown
ed, but he and his wife escaped. Mas
sey himself had an extraordinary,
escape. He was carried through 1 the
No. 2 mill out through the opening at
the far end of the building andl swam
to the shore. - j
THE CLOUD-BURST A MYSTERY.
That phenomen, the cloud-burst,, re
mains a mystery so far as origin is con
cerned." Residents here' state that4 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 Pacolet 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 20 miles
from here..
6Q OR MORE MILL OPERATIVES
DIE.
In the confusion that necessarily; pre
vails here it will be several days bigfore
the full loss of life is reported. Con
servative estimates make a death list
of at least 60 among the mill opera
tives alone, though only four bodies are
known to have been recovered. i
OTHER MILL LOSSES. .;K
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 floods: - :
Arkwright (slightly), capital $200,-
000, spindles, 20,256, looms 604. f
Beaumont, capital $100,000, : 3,888
spindles, no looms.
Clifton, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, capital $1,-
000,000, spindles 101,232, looms 3,254.
Pacolet, Nos.'l, 2 and 3, capital $1,-
000,000, spindles 59,332 looms 2,202.
Whitney, capital $200,000, spindles
10,000, looms 300. "
To Furnish Rations.
Washington, Special. Absolutely
necessary relief in the way of rations,
medicines, etc., will be given by the
War Department to the sufferers by the
disastrous floods in South Carolina yes
terday. An appeal to Secretary, Root
from the local authorities resulted in
orders being given to General Chaffee,
commanding the Department of the
East,, to this effect He will authorize
an officer to proceed north from At
lanta with supplies to relieve immedi
ate necessities as was done for the suf
ferers at Gainesville, Ga. H.
Relief Funds.
Funds for the immediate relief of
the suffering have been started in a
number of nearby towns and cities.
Spartanburg has taken the lead with
a large subscription. - y
Mayor Brown, of Charlotte, imme
diately issued a proclamation calling
upon the people of that, city for aid.
Columbia has started a liberal fund,
the Columbia State giving one; hun
dred dollars. Gov. Hey ward, of South
Carolina ha3 issued a proclamation
calling upon the whole State , to help.
Other assistance Is Imperatively
needed. ' '
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
V.
.'May Make a Ceal Route.
Reports from Eastern Tennessee are
to the effect that the Virginia &
Southwestern Railway may build at
extension eastward to meet the west
ward extension of the , Carolina &
Northwestern Railway, which is now
building from near Lenoir, N. C, . to
the summit of the Blue Ridge. The
construction of such a line would make
possible-the establishment of a coal
route from the Tom's Creek region, in
Wise county, Virginia via the Vir
ginia & Southwestern, the Carolina
Northwestern and the Seaboard Air
Line, to Wilmington, N. C, a plan
which has been discussed for some
time. - Henry K. McHarg of New York
is president of the Virginia & South
western, the headquarters of which are
at Redfbrd, Va.
Textile Notes.
Announcement was made last week
that B. "Frank Mebane and associates
of Spray, N. C, had purchased 4000
acres of land and begun to burn bricks
for structures to be ; built for textile
manufacturing purposes. Rumors have
since become current that Messrs. Fred
Vietor & Ochelis, the commission firm
of New York, represent the German
capitalists said to be interested, and
that Messrs. - Ladshaw & Ladshaw of
Spartanburg, S. C, will prepare plans
and specifications for the buildings.
Mr. Mebane and associates already
have cotton and woolen mills capital
lied at more than $500,000 and exten
sive water-power properties at Spray.
The Graniteville Manufacturing Co.
of .Graniteville, S. C, has sold some
400 bales of cotton, realizing a profit of
about $30,000, and will close its mill
forthe next two months. This is done
because of the high prices-prevailing
for the staple. There are ample goods
on hand to meet the demands of regu
lar customers, so that the company
will not lose any of its valuable trade.
Pelham (Ga.) Manufacturing Co
has let contract to O. A. Robbins of
Charlotte, N. C, to furnish machinery
for its dyeing and "finishing plant men
tioned last week as to be added. Con
tract has -also been let for erection of
buildings. About $10,000 in all will be
expended. The plant will have capacity
of 6000 pounds per day, two dip direct
colors for denims.
Oxford Knitting Mills, Barnesville,
5a.Hrilr mcifeas5 capital by $50,000 and
double; present plant, which has forty
knitting machines, etc. Contracts have
been awarded for the additional ma
chinery and for building materials.
Stockholders of the J. C. Collier Co.
take all the new stock of the Oxford
company.
Messrs. Joseph E. Patchet, F. M.
Reynolds and E. B. Reynolds of Key
ser, W. Va.; T. G. Powell of Cumber
land, Md., and William Gund of New
Creek, W. Va., have incorporated the
Patchett Worsted Co., for manufactur
ing worsteds, etc. Capital stock is
$100,000.
Oakdale Cotton Mills of Jamestown,
N. C, will increase its capital stock
from $50,000 to $100,000. Doubtless this
action will be followed by enlarge
ments to the plant. There are now
5328 spindles In position, manufactur
ing yarns.
Messrs. P. W. Hart and P. H. Walker
of Flat Rock, N. C, and F. G. Hart of
Flat Rock, N. C, have incorporated
the Hart Knitting Mill Co., with capital
stock of $50,000, of which $6000 has
been subscribed.
Messrs. T. M. Stroud. H. C. Ballew
and W. B. Barnes of Corsicana, Texas,
fcnvfi inrnmorated T. M. Stroud Manu
facturing Co. for manufacturing cotton
and woolen goods. The capital stock is
$25,000.
Northern capitalists and investors of
Rmnnria. Va.: will build a cotton mill
nf Rmnoria. Thev have secured a site
and engaged engineers to plan the de
velopment of water-power. The names
of the Interested parties nave not Deen
announced as yet.
TVio innr P.ntton Mills Of Rome,
ria -arm - inrreasR rnital stock from
$75,000 to $150,000 for the purpose of
making enlargements; company now
has 7000 spindles and about 210 looms.
A movement is on foot at Newton,
... j
N. C, for the organization or a couon
mill company. Local investors are in
vestigating witn a view to uio.js.iu5
decision.
Lumber Notes.
The shipments .f lumber from the
Dort of Charleston, S. C, last week
amounted to 1,754,000 feet .
The shipments of lumber last week
from the porttof Savannah aggregated
4,697.482 superficial reet, or wnicn i.
245,670 feet were by steamer and 3,451,
819 feat sailine vessels. The distri
bution of shipments was to New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The -Tallulah River Lumber Co. of
Atlanta. Ga., has been incorporated for
developing timber and mineral lands
The incorporators are W. A. Love, W.
C. Shafer and others.
The Martin Lumber Co. of Kansas
City ha3 been incorporated, with a
capital stock of $25,000. The incor
porators are A. J. Martin, Samuel r.
Carl, Yancy J. Martin and others.
The Mississippi Naval Stores Co. ol
Hattiesburg, Miss., has been incorpora
ted, with a capital stock of $50,000.
The incorporators are J. A. Cany A. S.
Carr and J. S. Turner.
The Yarborough Lumber Co. of Quit
man, Clarke county, Mississippi, has
been incorporated, with a capital stock
of $30,000. The incorporators are C.
F. Thompson, S. H. Terral, J. M. Car.
ter and others. .
MORE POSTOFFICE THIEVERY
! ,
Arrests Follow Unearthing of Whole
sale Rascality.
, Washington, Special. As a result
of the sweeping .Investigation of af
fairs at the Postoffice Department,
Thomas W. McGregor, a clerk in
charge of the supplies for the rural
free delivery service, and C. Ellsworth
Upton, of Baltimore, one of Mc
Gregor's assistants, Friday w'ere ar
rested on the charge of . conspiracy
with Charles; E. Smith, of Baltimore,
to defraud the government in the pur
chase of the leather ! pouches furnish
ed the rural- carriers throughout the
country. Their cases make seven ar
rests in all since: the; Investigation be
gan. Other arrests are expected later.
The story of arrests is best told in the
following official j statement given out
by Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow. ! r
"Thomas McGregor" and C. Ells-
worth Upton were arrested this after
noon upon warrants sworn out in Bal
timore by Inspectors J. D. Sullivan
and R. D. Simmons,
conspiracy with Char
charged with a
es E. Smith and
others, to defraud the United - States
government 4 , in I the; purchase of
pouches from Cl E. Smith, of Balti
more. The complaint sets forth that
McGregor and Upton agreed with
Smith to obtain ; for him orders for
many thousands' of leather pouches,
such as are used by rural letter car
riers. The price agreed upon was 90
cents per pouch. fThe actual value was
less than 50 cents. Smith was to pay
to them the difference between 90 and
50 cents per pouch. It is stated at the
department that the actual number of
pouches which were purchased ex
ceeded 20,000, for which the govern
ment paid 90 cents each, or $18,000 i&
all. Smith receiyed and retained of
this for his ownj use $10,000. Tlie re
maining $8,000 was paid to McGregor
and Upton.; The government could
have bought the- entire number of
pouches from the manufacturers for
$8,000." , . :
' McGregor hast been in the
postal
service since 1891. He came here from
Nebraska as " a messenger and subse
quently was promoted to a clerkship
and finally was ! appointed by Mr.
Machen, in charge of the supply work
of the rural free delivery service. Mr.
Upton ,is a Baltimorean and has been
in the postal service for 13 years. Both
the men arrested arp married. They
were taken into custody at ths Post
office Department shortly before the
close of office hours,
be taken before! a
Upton asked to
commissioner at
Baltimore instead ofjin this city; be
cause of his wider acquaintance there
and better opportunity for securing
bail. Accordingly he was taken to that
city by two j postoffice inspectors
shortly before 6; o'cldck this evening.
McGregor was taken! to the office of
United States Commissioner Taylor.
McGregor has been; under the close
surveillance of ! the J Inspectors for
weeks, and has j been subjected to a
close examinatiri fori several hours a
day. The inspectors say that they com-
'pleted the evidence jthey wanted be
fore taking decisive action.
Postal officials after the arrest3
would not say whether their investi
gations in any wise i implicated Mr.
Machen, who was general superinten
dent of the system, while the alleged
transactions occurred, in the present
matter. Fourth ; Assistant Bristow,
when asked a question on this point,
declined to answer, saying that the
statement made ! public comprises all
the department cared to give out on
the subject at this time. Mr. Bristow
also declined to ; say (what action was
likely to be taken in jthe case of C. E.
Smith, the Baltimore contractor, who
is named in connection with the case.
Mr. Bristow said, however, that the
two arrests close the -case for the
present. - i
Water Rising.
St. Louis, Special.-fSlowly the Mis-,
sippi river crept up the levee, inch by
inch, until between sunrise and sunset
the gauge marked a rise of six inches
and stood at 31.7 feet The surface of
the swiftly flowing water was thickly
strewn with drift wood, which seemed
to increase as the day drew on, indi
cating !that the crest of the flood is ap
proaching. A number of frame houses
submerged; to the rpofs passed St.
Louis and now and then a deal animal
but no human bodies were seen, al
though a vigilant watch- ha3 been
maintained. A 35-foot stage is looked
for by Saturday.:
Congressman Ball to Resign.
Houston, t Tex.; Special. -Congress
man Ball, " representing the eighth
Texas district, lias Wade public his
intention of resigning his. seat, due to
the press of private business. - The
resignation is to take effect Novem
ber 4. Thi3 will give ample time for
holding primaries and a special elec
tion. There are already several candi
dates announced.
FAST MAIL WRECKED
A Senans Wreck on the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Division.
COLLIDES WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN
v...
Misinterpretation of Orders: Caose
a Disastrous Smash-Up Several
Narrow Escapes.
Charltte, N. Special. -ern
Railway's fast "mail
-The South
- from t&e
North, which reft Charlotte at '5:30
o'clock . Monday afternoon,!, going
South, met : with a head-on collision
with freight train No. 74, coming
North, one and one-half mflei of Fort
Mill, S. C, and one-quarter of a mile
from Steel Creek bridge. The freight
train had a "time order" to wait for 9T
at Fort Mill, but the engineer and con
ductor misinterpreted the order and
proceeded northward. Engineer W. A.
Wilson, of Columbia, was In the cab
of the freight train and Conductor
Drake was in charge of the train. D
A. Vaughan was the engineer on the
fast mail. Both engineers and firemen.
Jumped. The freight train , was fir3t
seen approaching by Track Supervisor
W. A. Fortof Columbia, who was in
the engine otNo. 97". He gave the
alarm to the engineer and fireman and
all three saved their lives by Jumping.
Theengines were turned completely
ever the embankment The trains met
on a "fill between two deep cuts.
There is a sharp curve at each end of
the approach of the fill, and the en
gineer ot each train only had very
slight warning.
The engines are complete wrecks
and several cars of the freight were de
molished. The first mail car of No. 97
was torn to atoms. The remainder of
the mail cars were not Injured.
F. M. Dykman, chief clerk of tho
mall train, was looking out the front
aoor of the mail car. He saw the
freight train and ran back to his feltcw
clerks and gave the alarm. The clerks
held fast to the rods in their cars and
only received slight Injuries. Mr.
Dykman was badly shocked and bruis
ed and he may be hurt Internally. Mr.
Dykman is from Atlanta. . j
The fast mail only consisted of
three cars, the usual number of ' this
train being only four cars, but one ot
them was dropped off at Charlotte.
Among the mail clerks Injured are:
C. H. Butts, of Atlanta, -, slightly
bruised.
D. H. Dagnall, of Atlanta, bruised.
but not seriously injured. 7
The mail was saved except a portion
of the second-class matter, mostly
newspapers, for Louisiana cities, which:
was completely destroyed. Very littlo
of the letter mail was lost , !
Engineers Wilson's ankle was brok
en. . I -
Numbers of ladies and all of toV
physicians of Fort Mil went to the
scene of the wreck, and gave' every at
tention possible to the Injured. ,
Fifty-Eight Dead.
Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Fifty-
eight is the death record to j Monday
night. Three bodies were recovered
during the afternoon along the river
bank under the sands and debris. Be
sides the known dead, from 10 to 15V
operatives are unaccounted for.
Following is a complete list of the
dead: John Owen, wife and four chil
dren, Sam Swerengen and wife, Miss
Stella Gosa, Miss Kirby, Joe Hall and
family, Mrs. Woddets and child, Mrs.
Johnson and four children, Gus Cal
vert, wife, daughter and son, Ed Robbs,
wife and two children, Jim Elder, wife
and child, A., Emory, J. Biggerstaff.
Tom Massey's four children, . Robert
Tinsley and family, Novis Sims, Alex.
and Lucy Calvert, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land Long. ! -
The .material losses aggregate ' be
tween $4,000,000 and $4,500,000, which
includes the estimates on everything
known to have felt the effects of the
floods. The directors of the destroyed
Clifton mills will hold a meeting hero
at which the question of rebuilding;
will be discussed. .It is thought that
work will be begun on Clifton Mills 1
and 2, part of which are standing, at
once, what will be done at No. 3, ia
still problematical, as the destruction,
is complete. Nothing can be learned as
to the future movements to ! be made
at Pacolet. .
President Twitchell, of the Clifton
Mills, could not estimate his losses,
but figures" sent to the press tare not
exaggerated.
Funds for the relief of destitute and
homeless are coming in from all parts
of the country, insurance companies.
wholesale concerns and fraternal or
ders responding by wire. -President
Twitchell has received $3,000 from
business houses North. The grand' to
tal of contributions to storm sufferers
at the Clifton mills and the Pacolet up
to 10:30 p. m. was $10,168.24.
Union 51111 Cut Off
Union, S. C., Special. T. f j!Seten-
baug, county supervisor, said that the
total flood los3 to the county was be-:
tween $10,000 and $15,000. Bridget were
destroyed at Cedar Bluff, SkulPStoals;
Grindle Shoals and at Grist? These
bridges connect Union, Spartanburg
and Cherokee counties. The Lockhart
Mills have sustained about $1,000 dam
ages by water entering the cloth-rooms.
A cylinder head blew out at the Mon
arch, stopping it for several days.The
other mills will run extra time so as to
help the sufferers at Pacolet and Clif
ton. The trains running between Spar
tanburg and Carlisle carry only a ca
boose and box car. No mails have
peached here since 2 p. m., Saturday