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Nov. 5, 1 Si>i>.
■— Southbound.
No. 403. No. 41.
, .* l'ork, Penn.n.B. *ll 00am *9 00pm
D- *• 5 00pm 4 30am
K'Smoud, A.0.L., 9 00pm 9 03am
! ff'PorTsmouth, S. A. L- *8 45pm *9 20am
’ 1110 pm 1143 am
A* SSon 12 56am 1 35pm
fKS 2 22am 3 %“
. A r r 'Shem Tines, 4 27am 6 00pm
J;; hamlet, 614 am 7 00pm
fTWilmington, S. A. L. ... * 3 Pop a.
.“ * 6 53am *9l2pm
TTotoiothS “ *8 00am *lO 25pm
TT'niesttTl ~*B 13am *lO 55pm
u Greenwood, 10 45am 1 12am
tr Aliens 1 124 pm 348 am
■?.' winder, 1 56pm 4 28am
[;■ Atlanta, 350 pm 6 15am
' NORTHBOUND.
No. 402. No. 88.
i T Atlanta, S. A. L. * 1 OOpm *8 50pm
a/ Winder, 240 pm 1040 pm
Ar,' Athens, 808 pm 1105 pm
if' Greenwood, 6 40pm 1 46am,
Ar' Chester, 7 53pm 4 08am
Ar. Monroe, 9 30pm 5 45am
fTCharlotte, 8, A. L., * 8 20pm *5 00am
Pamlet, “ *ll 10pm *t 43am
A7~Wnmlngton, “ * *l2 05pm
ATSouthern Pines,S. A.L,*l2 02am *9 00am
Ar. Raleigh, “ 2 03am 11 13am
at! Henderson, 8 26am 12 45pm
Ar. Weldon, 4 55am 2 50pm
Ar. Portsmouth, 7 25am 6 20pm
Ar. Richmond,. A, 0. L., *8 15am *7 20pm
Ar. Washington,Penn.R.K. 12 31pm 11 20pm
Ar. New York, 6 23pm 6 53am
•Daily, t Daily except Sunday.
Nos. 403 and 402.—“ The Atlanta Special,”
Solid Veetibuled Train of Pullman Sleepers
and Coaches between Washington and At-‘
lant,also Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and Charlotte, N. C.
. 41 and 38.—“ The S. A. L. Express,”
Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman bleepers
between Portsmouth and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate connection
it Atlanta for Montgomery. Mobile, New Or
!en-i Texas. California, Mexico, Chatta
naosja, Nashville, Memphis, Macon, Florida.
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JOS. M. BROWN, G. A. P. D.,
W. B. CLEMENTS, T. P. A.,
E. J. WALKER, C. T. A.,
T Pryor Street. Atlanta. Ga.
S. L. DAVIS, Agent, Winder, Ga.
E. ST. JOHN, Vice President and Gen. Mgr.
V. K. McBEE, Gen’l. Superintendent.
H. W. R GLOVER. 'Jr a flic Manager.
L S. ALLEN, Gen’l. Pass. Agent.
(ieneral Offices, Portsmouth, Va.
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LIVES LOST IN
TEXAS FLOOD
Big Dam on Colorado River at
Austin Gives Way.
WREAKS FEARFUL DESTRUCTION
dty of Austin Was Heaviest
Loser—Disasters the Result
of Heavy Rain Storms.
Saturday night the city of Austin,
Texas, was in darkness with a raging
river one mile wide and swollen far
beyond its natural banks, roaring and
■urgiug all through the lower portion
of the town, having spread destruction
and death in its wake.
In addition to the vast loss of prop
erty interests, it is calculated that be
tween thirty and forty lives have been
sacrificed, and the repoit? coming in
from the tributary country do not
tend to improve matters.
The flood was not unlike the disas
trous Johnstown flood some years ago
in that a raging river, already swollen
far beyond its capacity, bore too heav
ily upon an immense dam spanning
the river at Austin, breaking the same
and letting loose a reservoir of water
thirty miles long, half a mile wide and
sixty feet deep, to aid in carrying de
struction down the valleys of the Col
orado river.
The great dam in the Colorado river
gave way at noon to the enormous
pressure of water and debris and with
a roar and crash swept the valleys be
low the city, wrecking the immense
light and power plant and drowning
eight workmen.
Three days before it began raining
veiy hard at Austin, tbe storm extend
ing north along tbe watersheds of the
Colorado river. The precipitation con
tinued until Saturday morning and as
a finale the downfall averaged six
inches within an hour. All this vast
quantity of water along the watershed?
of the Colorado, . HW . e<J
until at 8 o clock the river,
which bad been rising steadily, was a
raging torrent.
The crisis came shortly after 11
o’clock when suddenly, with a report
like the roar of the ocean, a great
wedge, twenty-five feet high, 500 feet
wide and about eight feet thick, rolled
out of the center section of the dam,
down the face of the sixty-foot depth
into the river below.
This left a yawning gap in the very
middle of the dam, which through the
debris and water fiercely poured. While
the flood, already raging, was threaten
ing everything in its path, this sudden
breaking of the dam but served to add
to the catastrophe. The released wa
ter poured into the power house, catch
ing eight employes at work, drowning
all of them instantly.
It is estimated that more than 100
houses have been destroyed and the
loss to property will be great, inde
pendent of the light and power plant,
costing 81,500,000. The breaking of
the dam engulfed the old water com
pany’s plant below the city and it is
now lying fifteen feet under water,,
while the city is in darkness and with
out water.
Reports from points below Austin
are to the effect that the flood has been
most disastrous, and the breaking of
the dam has occasioned many thousand
of dollars’ worth of loss to property.
According to reports received it is be
lieved that at least thirty lives were
lost.
LATER ADVICES.
Sunday fully 30,000 people gather
ered at the dam and power house to
witness the ruins of the plant which
cost the city one and three-quarter
millions of dollars a few years ago.
The waters of the Colorado river were
still plunging and foaming around the
wreck, eating away the big pile of
granite which once formed the dam
as though it was nothing more than
chalk rock.
Reports from the neighboring coun
try were to the effect that everything
was under water. In Williamson
county, north of Austin, railroad
bridges and trackage have been laid
waste and all trains stopped running.
The country tributary to the Colo
rado river a J .I the way down its course
is being inundated, and while it is be
lieved that the worst is over, the loss
as estimated so far will exceed some
83,000,000, counting Austin as the
largest loser. .
Fortunately the list of drowned is
limited to those reported in the Asso
ciated Fress dispatch of Saturday, as
it seems the only drowmngs reported
were at Austin when the dam broke
and caught the victim* unawares.
Reports from several sections of
central and sonth Texas are to the ef
fect that a large acreage is under wa
ter and much damage has been attend
ant upon property and live stock.
THIS FROM WHEELER
Writes Significant Letter to a
Friend In Florence, Ala.
vacates his seat in congress
Suc'.i Is the l’rnctleal Inference Ilrtnn
Through Verbiage of the
Document
A special from Birmingham says:
The first positive information as to the
probable action of General Joe Wheel
er regarding his seat in congress was
made public in a letter received liy a
close friend of the general at Florence,
Ala., from the general dated at Wash
i iton on the 9th inst., which reads as
f dlows:
“William Busting, Florence, Ala.
—My Dear Sir: When W. J. Wood
was here (about three weeks before
the this letter) I asked him
to tell the governor the situation, with
the hope that the governor would im
mediately order an election. I also
stated to Judgo Wood, both personally
and in writing, that I would devote
myself to the interests of the district
until the arrival of my successor. I
feel more deeply than I can express the
embarrassing posi.ion in which I have
been placed. With high regards, truly
your friend, “Joseph Wheeler.”
Upon receipt of tjie letter a telegram
was sent to Governor Johnston asking
if he had taken any action regarding
the calling of an election to fill Gen
eral Wheeler’s seat, to which the gov
ernor’s private secretary replied that
no action had been taken by the gov
ernor.
BLOOD ACCOUNT GROWS.
British Losses In South Africa Up
to April 7th Placed at
•3,365 Men.^
Wednesday afternoon the war office
in London issued return of the total
British casualties up to April 7th. It
was as follows: .
i , ...oij, zil officers and
men; died of wounds, 48 officers
and 465 men; missing and prisoners,
168 officers and 3,722 men; died of
disease, 47 officers and 1,485 men; ac
cidental deaths, 3 officers and 33 men;
repatriated invalids, 288 officers and
4,934 men. Total, 13,365, exclusive
of the sick and wouuded now in hos
pital.
To the war office returns of casual
ties must be added the losses of last
week and the wounded, aggregating
about 10,000, making a grand total of
upwards of 23,000 officers and men
put out of action.
Iu a dispatch to the war office Lord
Roberts says telegrams, books, cloth
ing and luxuries are freely distributed
to the Boer prisoners in his hands;
that small sums of money are given.
MUST STAND TRIAL.
Supreme Court Kefuses To Dismiss The
“Peg Leg” Williams Case.
The supreme court of Georgialiand
ed down a decision Wednesday refus
ing to interfere with the lower court of
Morgan county in holding “Peg Leg’’
Williams for trial on the charge of do
ing business as an emigrant agent
without license. The decision means
that “Peg Leg” will have to stand
trial under the charge both in Morgan
and Greene counties.
Williams is at present out 011 bond
and was strongly of the hope that his
contention before the supreme court
would be accepted. It is understood
that Williams’ lawyers propose to carry
the case to the supreme court of the
United S'ates on the ground that the
detention of “Peg Leg” is in viola
tion of the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution.
Williams, in carrying on the busi
ness of an emigrant agent in Greene.
Morgan and Clarke counties, failed to
obtain a license as an agent, which
entails an expense of 8600 in each of
the counties. The date of his trial in
Morgan county has been set and con
siderable interest attaches to the ver
dict of the court. The sentiment
against Williams in the counties where
he has been operating is as strong as
ever, it is said, and attempt may be
made to change the venue.
NEAL GIVEN A VERDICT.
Former Superintendent of Carolina Peni
tentiary Not Guilty.
The first of the cases against Colonel
Neal, former superintendent of tbo
South Carolina penitentiary, that for
breach of trust with fraudulent intent
and grand larceny, ended in Columliia
Tuesday night, the jury bringing in a
verdict of Dot guilty. It was the case
ju which Colonel Neal, depositing a
draft paid to him as superintendent,
had put a portion to the credit of tho
penitentiary and part to his private
account. He claimed part of that put
to his private account was due for ex
penses.
MBMIiniPMt
Winder, Georgia.
Paid In Capital $25,000.00.
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THOS A. MAYNARD, President.
L. F. SELL, ) , .
A. A. CAMP, ( Vice Presidents.
W. H. TOOLE, Cashier.
T. A. Maynard, i*j R. J. Pentecost,
F- F. Sell, A. M. Flanigan,
A. A. Camp, W. 11. Rraselton,
W. H. Toole, jj[ J. I. J. Bell.
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We loan money on good collateral or personal
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We receive Deposits subject to check.
We buy and sell New York Exchange.
We pay taxes in Jackson County.
We are a Home Institution.
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WE SELL THE CELEBRATED
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PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS
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Brands of Cigars and Tobaccos.
When in the city come and see us.
WINDER DRUG CO.,
Winder. = Georgia.
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