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The Jones County News.
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VOL. IX.
HORROR FOLLOWS
Death and Disaster from Tremendous
Cloudburst in South Carolina.
HALF A HUNDRED DEAD
Great Cotton Mills at Pacolet
and Vicinity Totally De¬
stroyed by a Mighty,
Swirling Deluge.
List cf Fatalities May Equal Gaines¬
ville and Now Holland Horror,
While Property Loss is Mil¬
lions Hicher—Scenes cf
Devastation.
Following clove rp to dire havoc of
the storm king at Gaino-vi !e and New
Holland, Ga.. came at' terrible
visitation cf the uppe. . ins upon
the thriving mill low u P.icclet and
Clifton, near fipartsubu g, S. C., Fri-
day night.
The black demen of destruction de-
Bcendeil in the form of a crrific water-
spout and cloud curst, shortly after the
shades of evening had enveloped the
silent big cotton mills which support
these busy textile communities. The
very bottom seemed to have fallen out
of the heavens and in a few' moments
the celestial Niagara had swollen tho
great dams, three in number, lying in
tile narrow valley above the three big
mills, until the massive masonry could
not resist the tremendous pressure,
but burst asunder like a pasteboard
barrier. On as quick as thought the
wild wail of water swept down upon
the huge brick mills with their en¬
vironing rows of cottages, crushing
their steei-girdered walls as though
they were egg shells and carrying
upon ’its seething, churning surface
hundreds of frame cottages as though
they were corks.
The property destruction was com-
-plete, the bricks and machinery of the
three mills being scattered for miles
down the valley and mingled with the
kindling wood de ris of tho opera¬
tives’ cottages and uprooie'd trees.
Fortunately, most of the inhabitants
of Pacolet and Clifton had been suffi¬
ciently alarmed by tho menacing as¬
pect of the heavens shortly before the
cloudburst to cause them to flee to the
bluffs and highlands above the narrow
valley in which they lived, and this
wise precaution saved hundreds of
humand lives, A few lingered too
long in the valley of death.
Half a Hundred Known Dead.
The latest reports place the esti¬
mated loss of life at fifty-five. The
known dead are:
At Clifton Mills No. 3.—Mrs. Will
Kirby, Miss Maggie Kirby, Mrs. John
Owens and her four children. Mr.-
Hall and his eight children, Mr. and
Mrs. Elders. Garland Long, Mrs. Gar¬
land Long, Sam Swaingan, Mrs. Sam
Swaingan, Miss Fleta Goss.
At Clifton Mills No. 2.—Augustus
Calvert, Mrs. Augustus Calvert, Lucy
Calvert, Fcylix Calvert, Robern Fin¬
ley. Mrs. Robert Finley and their five
boarders, Mrs. B. F. Finley, Mrs. B.
S. Johnson and four children, throe
Williams children, Marie Sims.
List of the known dead is now 43.
and there are known to be fourteen
others drowned at Satuc and Clifton
mills No. 2. Total, 57.
Five bodies have been recovered.
one of which has been identified as
juev Calvert and the other two as
Maggie Kirby and three children of
Mrs. Williams. B. S. Johnson, who
was reported to have drowned, after
having clung to a house top from Clin-
^^ton down to Pacolet, a distance of
•■tight miles who, when Pacolet. last, escaped seen, went by
over the dam at
catching to the overhanging boughs
of a tree, returned to Clifton Sunday
onlv to find that his wife and four
drm were all drowned.
Some of the actual scenes along the
banks of the river were sad beyond
portrayal. While the flood was at Us
height, scores of persons floated down
WAR SHIPS OFF CHINA.
Significant Movements of Uncle Sam’s
Vessels in the Orient
A Washington special says: Coming
close on the heels of a long report
form Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
commander in chief of the Asiatic
squadron, concerning the grave inter¬
nal situation in China, the assem-
blage of his squadron m Chinesc
waters is regarded here as significant.
The battleships Kentucky and Ore¬
and the protected cruiser New
gon arrived at Chefoo, the
Orleans have
monitor Monterey ar.d the collier Pom-
pey at Shanghai.
PUNISHMENT TOO LENIENT
Old German Sergeant Spat in Mouths
cf Army Recruits
A Berlin dispatch says: An old
9 «fc ccond vant named infantry, Warneck, has been of the sentenced
to thirty months’ imprisonment and
dismissal from the army- after
been convicted in 166 instances
abuse of soldiers. In two
warneck spat in the mouths of
recruits.
the channel of the stream. Many of
these were picked np by rescuers, who
dkl their utmost to save those who
clung to the roofs of houses and float¬
ing timbers.
Early in tho morning two children
apparently around twelve years of
age, appeared directly in mid stream.
In their terrible voyage they cried out
most piteously. It was impossible to
got to their rescue, and both children
were seen to go over the Pacolet. dam
in each others arms.
As the Topeka, Kans., disaster was
eclipsed by the Gainesville horror, so
it now seems in turn that the loss of
property, if not of life, In the Georgia
city will be eclipsed by the great wave
of devastation which swept through
and over the great milling districts of
Clifton and Pacolet with such dcstrac-
tive violence.
The property loss Is placed at over
$3,000,000. The mills were the most
complete and valuable factories In tho
south, and were literally wiped out of
existence with their entire equipment,
The three dams were massive struc-
times and represented thousands of
dollars in their construction,
The warehouses of the mills, with
their stocks of manufactured goods
and raw cotton went with the rest,
The two villages had their churches,
school houses, hotels and other large
buildings, and their ruins lie strewn
along the margin of the receding flood
or afford obstruction to the sullen
tide,
Scene Beggars Description.
The scene for miles below the site
of the demolished mill towns beggars
description. The wreckage and debris
is piled many feet thick in places, and
thousands of people from miles
around are wandering along the path¬
way of the storm demon searching for
bodies and attracted by the unwonted
terror of the spectacle. The scene of
devastation could not well be more
complete.
Victor M. Montgomery, the owner
of the Pacolet mills, has sustained
nearly the entire loss as estimated in
the foregoing. He was also the owner
of tho ill-fated Pacolet mill at New
Holland, near Gainesville, Ga.
Enormous Property Loss. of
Owing to the absolute Isolation
Spartanburg, terrible suffering cannot
possibly be prevented from tho many
thousands afflicted by the catastrophe.
Appeals are being sent out for aid. In
these appeals money is particularly re
quested, as provisions cannot roach
any of the points, owing to the fact
that railroad bridges are down in ev¬
ery direction. The latest reports of
damages susained are given by those
in authority as follows:
President Montgomery, of the Pa-
colct mills, places their loss at $1,000,-
000. President A. H. Twitched, of the
Clifton Manufacturing Company mills,
places tho loss at $1,800,000. For tho
D. E. Converse Company, at Glendale,
S. C., the estimate is $50,000. Tuca-
pau mills, $25,000. Lockhart mills,
$25,000. Fairmont, $5,000. Whitney,
s 1,000; I-olo, $5,000. Total mill loss,
$3,280,000.
Over 3,000 employes in the mills of
the Clifton Manufacturing Company
are out of work and In destitute cir-
cumstances.
At Pacolet 2,000 people are practi-
cally destitute. In the smaller mills
cf the county the number thrown out
of employment will exceed 5.000.
All clay Sunday hundreds of peoplo
hovered about the scene of destruc-
tion. The survivors stood upon the
spots occupied by the homes cf their
dead friends. Not a trace of half a
hundred homes is now visible. In
some places the sites occupied by the
bouses are buried beneath great sand
banks and only an occasional piece of
plank projecting through the sand
would indicate that a house stood in
that place. The destruction is awful
and complete. The force of the flood
has so completely cnanged the banks
of the river and flat borders on which
numerous houses stood that it will not
be possible to rebuild on the former
sites..
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lynching follows murder.
Negro School Teacher Shoots County
Superintendent and Pays Penalty.
County Superintendent Charles Her-
tel, of St. Clair county, Ill., was shot
and mortally wounded In his office at
Belleville Saturday evening by W. T.
Wyatt, a negro school teacher, of East
St. Louis, whose certificate to teach
Hertel had refused to renew. Wyatt
was immediately arrested and taken
to jail.
Within a short time a mob stormed
the jail, (secured the prisoner and
hanged him to a telephone pole In tho
public square.
STEAMSHIPS IN COLLISION.
Shipping Disaster and Heavy Loss of
Life at Marseilles.
A terrible shipping disaster occur¬
red a little distance from the port of
: Marseilles at noon Sunday, when two
passenger steamers, the Insulaire and
the Liban, both belonging to the Frais-
senet Steamship Company, of Mar-
seilles, came into collision. The Liban
| sank and over one hundred of her
j passengers and crew perished.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 11.1903.
MORE ARRESTS MADE
In Connection with the Pciptoffice Scan¬
dal In Washington—A Charge
of Conopiracy.
A Washington special sayts: As a
result of the sweeping Invest!gntion of
affairs at the postofflee department,
Thomas W. ‘ McGregor, a clerk in
charge of the supplies of the rural
free delivery service, and C. .Ellsworth
Upton, of Baltimore, one oC McGreg¬
or’s assistants, were arrest ed Friday
on the charge of conspiracy, with
Charles E. Smith, of Baltimore, to de¬
fraud tho government in th* purchase
of the leather pouches furnished the
rural carriers throughout the country.
Their cases make reven arresis in all
since the investigation began. Other
arrests are expected later.
The story of the ariests is best told
In the following official' statement giv¬
en out by Fourth Assistant 'Postmaster
General Bristow Friday .evening:
"Thomas W. McGregdr and C. Ells¬
worth Upton were arrested- this after¬
noon upon warrants swokh out in Bal¬
timore by Inspectors J. D. Sullivan
and R. D. Simmons, charged with con¬
spiracy, with Chas. E. Smlith and oth¬
ers, to defraud the United States gov¬
ernment in the purchase of pouches
from C. E. Smith, of Baltimore. The
complaint sets forta that McGngor
and Upton agreed wiith Smith tf ob¬
tain for him orders for many thou¬
sands of leather pouches, such as are
used by rural letter carriers. The
price agreed upon was 90 cep ts ner
pouch; the actual value was less than
50 cents per pouch. It. is stated at the
department that the actual number of
pouches whiitli were purchased ex¬
ceeded 20.000. for which t »e govern¬
ment paid 90 cents each, or $18,000 in
all. Smith received and retained of
this for hi3 own use $10,0( 14. The re¬
maining $8,000 was paid id McGregor
and Upton, The go ve ri mien t c oil I'd
have bought the entire number of
pouches from the manufacturers for
$ 8 , 000 .”
EX-GCVERNOR CANDLER TALKS.
His Opinion ef the Calamity Visiting
Hio Home City.
Ex-Governor -Candler, whose home is
in Gainesville, Ga., and who had just
returned from a trip to Washington,
expresses himself regarding the fright¬
ful cyclone calamity as follows:
“I cannot blame tho people who are
at a distance for not believing all tho
reports which have been sent out, by
the newspaper men from Gainesville.
After being in town for two whole
days. I am just beginning to realize
the devastation that, has been wrought.
Since my arrival Tuesday afternoon 1
have been in a semi-dazed conditio;:,
seeing and feeling without realizing
fully just to what extent the horror
extended.
“The Gainesville cyclone, population
taken into consldetation, was worse
than the Galveston tidal wave.
"Financially considered, it waa
worse than the Jacksonville fire,
where $12,000,000 in property loss was
suffered.
“I have walked over the entire
course of the storm, from its beginning
to the Pacolet mill, where it appears
tho storm lifted and divided.
“Without fear of contradiction, I am
free to say the disaster of last Mondfiy
afternoon was tho worst of its kind
that ever visited (ho southland. I
know of no parallel In tho country
where a village has suffered tho
frightful loss of one hundred and more
dead, three to four hundred injured
and a property loes of $600/100.
“The sufferers were the least able of
all to meet the disaster. Their loss
represents everything in the world
they possessed. Tho victims are in
that class of citizens to whom a dol¬
lar is worth five times Its purchasing
value to tho successful business man
or the rich land owner. They lost in
the twinkling of an eye what had re¬
quired years to get. together. To them
it Is Irreparable and means more than
to us.”
New subscriptions reported Friday:
Lavonia, $45.00; Moultrie, $170.00;
Jewell. $50.80; Madison, $200.00; Hart¬
well, $100 00; Blue Ridge, $100.00; Cal¬
houn, $40.00; Maysville, $148.45; Ho-
gansville, $100.00; Waynesboro, $100;
Fayetteville, $50.00; Wriglitsville,
$100.00; Ellijay. $55.00; Covington,
$75.00; Fort Valley, *138.00
PRESIDENT AGAIN AT HOME
Receives Glad Welcome from a Large
Crowd at National Capital.
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington Friday night from his
memorable trip of over two months
throughout the west. He was given
a hearty reception by the people of the
capital, who lined the sidewalkij as his
carriage was driven to the white
house.
The president cordially responded to
the greetings given him and repeated¬
ly stood up in his carriage and waved
his hat and bowed his acknowledge¬
ments, Hc looked the picture of
health.
HEBREWS ARE RESTRICTED.
Cannot Own Property in Russia Ex¬
cept Within Jewish Pole,
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The
czar has approved the decision of the
committee of ministers forbidding
Jews to acquire real estate or enjoy
the proceeds thereof, except in towns
within the Jewish pole, until the laws
concerning Jews have been recived.
There are 110 such towns.
BROWNE INNOCENT
Florida Official Completely
Exonerated by Committee.
WAS “LOBBYING”
Acceptance of Fee Was Not Unlawful,
and Charges Made Were Untrue,
Says Committee—House
Adopts Report.
A Tallahassee special says: Sever-
al weeks ago a scnsntlon rang through
Florida occasioned by the aaoption by
the lower house of the legislature of a
resolution providing for a committee
to investigate the alleged lobbying of
Hon, Jefferson B. Browne, chairman
of the Florida railroad commission, to
secure tho passage of a bill appro¬
priating $10,000 for the purchase by
the state from Monroe county of the
Key West armory and site.
It was alleged that Mr. Browne was
to receive $1,000 of this appropriation
to “lobby” the bill through, and, being
a state official, hts action was repre¬
hensible and should receive legislative
investigation.
The committee was duly appointed,
consisting of Messrs. Mote of Lake,
Flnlayson of Lafayette, and Johnson
of Pasco. The committee has made
its report, setting lorth the facts and
basing its conclusions largely upon an
opinion of Attorney General James B.
Whitfield.
The facts developed were dial h.
Browne was consulted professionally
on the right of the county to collect a
tax to pay for the maintenance of an
armory, and, as he advised that the
county had no such right, under a re¬
cent decision of the supreme court, to
propose somo method by which the
burden which the county had taken
upon itself in erecting the armory
could bo borne by tho state.
After several consultations with the
county commissioners, Mr. Browne ad¬
vised that the only way to reach the
desired result would be for the legis¬
lature to authorize the state to pur-
chase the property. Upon being asked
what would bo his charge to do thi3,
Mr. Browne replied $l,2u0, but he wa3
offered 10 per cent of the amount ap¬
propriated, a proposition which waa
accepted.
It was understood In the contract
between Mr. Browne and the board
that, in addition to rendering opinions,
ho was to draft a proper bill to be m-
aroduced in Ihe legislature by one of
the members from Monroe county, and
get up the data necessary to bo pre¬
sented to that body, and show the nec¬
essity for the county Saving an ar¬
mory, its cost, etc.; to make argu¬
ments before the committee, if nec¬
essary; and to examine and report on
tho title, and present proof of its val¬
idity to the proper s-ate authorities,
to whom tlie question of title would
be referred; and to go into court with
a bill to remove any cloud from tho
title and cure all defects in the same,
if necessary.
Senator Harris and Representatives
Roberts and Knowles, the Monroe
county delegation, each testified that
so far as he knew no lobbying had
been done by Mr. Browne.
The Investigating committee, in con¬
cluding its report, found as follows:
Your committee, after thorough in¬
vestigation and careful consideration
of all evidence, both ora! and written,
brought before it, bog to report that
they find that the said Hon. Jefferson
B. Browne did no “lobbying” In con¬
nection with said house bill No. 162,
known as tho “Key West. Armory
Bill," and find that he acted within the
Intent and meaning of his said con¬
tract with the board of county com¬
missioners of Monroe county, Florida,
and that his actions in the matter were
in nowiso illegal, and we therefore
recommend that the said Hon. Jeffer¬
son B. Browne be fully exonerated In
connection with this matter.
Report Adopted by House.
The report of the investigating com¬
mittee completely vindicating Hon.
Jefferson B. Browne of alleged lobby¬
ing charges was taken up by the house
of representatives and adopted unani¬
mously.
BODIES FOUND IN MUD.
Receding Waters at Topeka Revealing
Corpses at All Points.
The dead in the Topeka flood now
number seventy-eight. A, boatman
Friday afternoon reported that seven
bodies had been found near the north
end of Harrison street. The unfortun¬
ates were: Mrs. Jessie Shaw and four
children; a man and woman named
Shunkwerter, all from Sherry.
The body of a man named Edwards
was picked up by a party near Soldier
creek. Other bodies found
ing the (lay were those of Mrs. Nellie
Watson, Mrs. Minnie Prayers and
George McDonald.
MACHEN BRIBERY CASE
Is Presented in Court at Washington
by the Grand Jury.
case A SlugusTwl'S^n^rate wper-
intendent. of the free delivery service
of the postoffice departmnt, who is
charged with having received bribes
to the amount of $20,000, was
ed to the district court Thursday.
Assistant District Attorney Taggart
represented the government.
ROOSEVELT ENDORSED
By Ohio Republicans In State Conven¬
tion—Hanna and Forakcr Work
Together Harmoniously.
The Ohio republican state conven¬
tion closed at Columbus Thursday
with much alliteration In Its battle
cries. At tho convention Wednesday
Senator Hanna sail "Hands off.”
Thursday while Senator Forakcr was
presiding ns permanent chairman, Ihe
delegates added to the "H’s” the cry
of “Hanna, Herrick, Harding and Har¬
mony.” It seemed to be the policy to
have “harmony” on the ticket as well
ns In tho declaration of principles.
While nil conceded that it was "Han¬
na’s year,” yet he would not use Ills in
fluence except for the head of the tick
et in naming his neighbor, Myron T.
Herrick, for governor. The senator's
great friend, George B. Cox, of Cin-
clnclnnatl, certainly named War¬
ren G. Harding for lieutenant governor
and Wade Hampto^EUls for attorney
general.
Roosevelt Is Indorsed.
While Senator Foraker expressed
his gratification over the ticket and
the results, generally, he was especial¬
ly gratified over the unanimous adop¬
tion of a resolution which indorsed
President Roosevelt's nomination as
well as his administration.
It had been anticipated, as one
speaker remarked, that Senators 11 an¬
na and Forakor would lock horns over
the indorsement of Roosevelt's candi
daey, but instead they had locked
arms and were now leading the Ohio
republicans in tills campaign more
harmoniously than ever.
There never was more talk about
fls j ng a s i alo | a advance of the eonvon-
, jon (han thlR year but tho balloting
, nd|cated that gU( . h was n<)t the case,
for at least some of the minor places.
In the “free-for-all" races that followed
the convention was at limes uncon¬
trollable, even by such a commanding
presiding officer as Senator Foraker.
The auditorium was packed when
Senator Hanna called the convention
to order for the closing day's session.
Prayer was offered by Rev. James
Poindexter, pastor of the colored Bap¬
tist church.
The good will of the peacemakers
was shown in the early proceedings,
especially in the speech of Foraker in
complimenting Hanna. After the ro-
port of the committee on permanent
organization Senator Hanna Introduc¬
ed Senator Foraker as the permanent
chairman. The latter received a great
ovation. Senator Forakcr said:
“This was Hanna's year. Yesterday
was Hanna’s day, when he Improved
it. to the utmost extent in his great
keynote speech—the best he ever
heard." Then ho said:
"Next year Is Roosevelt’s year," and
eulogized the president amid continued
cheering. He congratulated the re¬
publicans on being united on their
leaders for this year and next year,
and most of all on their principles.
There were several wild scenes of
demonstration while Senator Foraker
was speaking. Senator Foraker caused
much amusement, in bis comparisons
with the democrats, who did not know
whom they wanted for president, gov¬
ernor or other places.
The State Ticket.
Myron T. Herrick, Auyahogo, Rover-
nor; Warren G. Harding, Marion, lieu
tenant governor; W. D. Guilbert, No¬
ble, auditor; W. S. McKinnon, Ashta¬
bula, treasurer; Wade E Ellis, Hump-
ton, attorney general; A. N. Summers,
Clarke, judge supreme court; E. A.
Jones, St irk, school commissioner;
George H. Watkins, Pike, member of
the hoard of public works.
RUSSIANS HATE AMERICANS.
Charge Us With Intermeddling 111
Their Private Affairs.
The relations between the United
United States and Russia are much
discussed in St. Petersburg Tho No-
voe Vremya prints a signed leading ar¬
ticle, headed, "Russia and America,"
which says:
“The United States, from time to
time, enters the arena of the anti-
Russian propaganda, which finds fa¬
vorable soil In its politically unripe
population The Siberian prisons, the
Manchurian open door, tho Klshlnef
disorders, all of these serve as a pre¬
text for the anti-Russian meetings, so
advantageous to Russia’s enemies.”
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MRS. POST LOSES OUT.
United States Supreme Court Passes
Upon Habeas Corpus Appeal.
Tho United States supreme court.
has refused a writ of habeas corpus
sued out by attorneys for Mrs. Wilman
Helen Post, the famous absent treat¬
ment “cure all,” and who has been sev¬
eral times Indicted in the United States
court In Florida.
Besides former indictments, last
week’s jury found two more charging
ber with fraud in advertising to cure
fbird persons through second. The
is expected to come off soon, and
it is thought it will be sensational.
REED LEFT LARGE ESTATE.
Late Ex-Speakcr's Property Valued at
$431,099, and Goes to His Wife.
The Jatc Thomas B. Reed, former
of the house of representa-
lives, according to the official report
filed in New York Wednesday, left a
personal estate valued at $431,099, af-
ter providing for the payment of debts
By his will, executed many years be-
fore hifi fleath ’ Mr - Reeds proper y
goes to his wife.
ALL GEOKfilA RESPONDS NOBLY
APPEAL for AID OF STORM SUFFERERS IN GAINES¬
VILLE, NEW HOLLAND AND VICINITY.
Further .Details of the Horrible Catastrophe—Majority of Victims In Gaines¬
ville Cotton Mills Were Children of Tender Years—Pathetic and
, I'lpartrertdi.iwj Scenes tlio Aftermath of Cyclone’s Fright
fui Work—Revised List of the Known Dead.
Georgia's heart’ wont out to Storm-1
stricken Gainesville' and New Holland
Tuesday.
In quick response to tho appeals
incue by Governor TtirrclL and Mayor
Parker, of Gainesville,, subscriptions
wore raised in Georgia’ towns and
cities from tho mountain s to the sea,
and Ihe city authorities!’at Gainesville
wired to draw if any more is needed.
The full amount re;pot ted Tuesday
night as having been ratced outside of
Atlanta and Gainesvi lle was $2,355. In
addition to this, mere bants of Augusta
forwarded a. car load of provisions to
the sufferers.
The amounts raised during the day
as reported are:
Atlanta ..... .. ■ . « <•. • .$3,4115.00
Athens .... , 850.01}
Newnan .... . *l-. 460.00
.Savannah ... >• 300.00
Macon..... 250.00
West. Point .. pi 156.00
Cedartown .. 100.00
Dawson..... •Pi 100.00
LaGmngo........i-.... inn.oo
Social Circle 75.00
Toccoa ..... • • • • • • • 75.00
Decatur ..... 25.00
Seuoia ..... 15.75
Total for the day ........$6,195.75
Unutterable grief held storm-strick-
cn ilalnesvillo and New Holland ifl
thrall Tuesday, anil tao people were
weary with their w doping. A dreary
rain fell gently through tbcj darkened
air and all nature seemed! saddened
by the great calamity
In long rows tho dond lay > offined
and shrouded nt the, Pacolet mills,
which miraculously escaped destruc-
tion. Only the strongest, nerves could
stand |o look upon mo horribly torn
and disfigured bodP s, and although
thousamJs visited tl.o building during
the day, they moved with noiseless
stop and e.yoke onj’y tn whispers in ’he
presence ol this ^rewsomo testimonial
to the power 06 tho mighty force nt
tho elements.
Side by side, sleeping Ihe last sleeto,
heeding not I he bPtcr tears that were
falling like rhin upon tholr upturned
faces, lay tile bodies of thirty-throe
men, women tinil children. A little to
one side rest' »d a casket containing an
Infant, its little lily-white fare show-
ing no trace x>f neither fear nor o£
harm. The st»irm was kinder to ift
I ban to others and boro it, gontliy
across the darf.i stream. In another
place lay the bodies of four
girls, their heiids literally split
from the crown to the chin, and held
together with '.bandages. An old
noar them presented n face that.'
crushed so colmpletely that not
slightest, resemblance to a human be¬
ing remained. A small boy near the
end of one row of easnets had his face
cut In two, Rn lino with his mouth,
and a bandage kept the severed parts
together.
Tho work of the tornado was com¬
plete. From the factory, where it first
descended upon doomed Gainesville lo
the hills beyond New Holland, whore
it roije Into tho upper aitr, the destruc¬
tion of property is utter and the loss of
life Is appalling.
Along this entire course, for a dis¬
tance of perhaps two roi.es, there is
not a fence standing, not a habitable
house, most of the latter being re¬
duced to Ktrigh like laths, and sotaren.
ly a tree left. Words cannot pai nt tlie
picture In ltd true colors, and to exag¬
gerate Is am impossibility.
At the Gainesville cotton mills.
where the fury of tho storm firnlt made
Itself felt, fine scenes were per’japs the
most desolate, for here on the top
floor, children of tender years were
tho victims of the storm.
Girls and boys were hurled, to donth
APPREHENSION IN 8T. LOUIS.
Mississippi River Reaches Danger
Line and Flood Is Imminent.
Tho Mississippi river has risen to
thirty feet, the danger line at St.
Louis and continues to, rise at the rate
of more than two foot a day. Indica¬
tions are that the 34 foot stage pre¬
dicted by tho signal service bureau
will bo exceeded. A 34-foot stage at
St. Louis means Mmmense loss.
Already tens 6f thousands of acres
of soli, tho motft productive in tho
middle west, on/tho Missouri and Illi¬
nois sides, are'under water north 4ot
tho city. I
PACOLET MILL TO RESUME.
Cottages of Operatives Destroyed by
Cycloyie to be Rebuilt.
Yhe Pacolet mill at New Holland,
Ga., will begin running at once. There
were eighty-four, unoccupied cottages
at. the mill and all but thirteen af these
arc now occupied by those whoscj
houses were blown away by Mondays
cyclone. These will be filled as ihst
as applications come in. Th^ com¬
pany Is making arrangements to re¬
build the destroyed bouses.
NO. 29.
from the top of tho groat mill. Burled
tlie debris of tho roof and top floor
of tho wrecked structure, their bodies
were found, crushed and mangled,
snmo of them almost beyond Identifi¬
cation. Llttlo ones, hurled from tho
spinning frames where they were
working, fell to the ground and were
Instantly killed by the falling debris.
Only two nr three bodies were found
in the building, most of them being
discovered under Ihe debris in front
of the (mill.
Tho cyclone struck the mill at ex¬
actly 14:45 o’clock, ten minutes after
tho 'ffSO employes had filed into the
gre&t structure from tholr dinner. Ten
m mutes sooner, and not a life would
l.hve been lost in this mill.
Following 4s a revised list of the
dead at Gainesville:
Robert Levon, II, head torn off;
General Gumming, Mrs. Annie Gar¬
rett, John Wesley Adams, 14; Mary
Clarke, 18; Maud Gordon, 16; Bertie
.London, 14; Fahnlo Duncan, 11; Mary
Lou Duncan, 11; C. Knowles, Bessie
Skinner, 15; Ed Nabors, Lillie Woodle,
13; Mrs. J. M. Camp and baby; Bob
Morris, 12; Claude Shed, 11; Orln
Haynes, 12; lizzie Jack Murphy, Jake Wad-
alell, 17; Rich, 16; Grady Lee,
14; Ethel Lyle, 12; Dorothy Sloan,
Minnie Stowe, 14; Ed Nagle, Herman
English, 13; Dorothy Sloan, 15; Lillie
Lodging, 15; Lula Lodglns, 15; Mrs.
Nathan. Jones; Homer Ashe, 21; Co¬
mer Ashe, 16; Minnie Jackson, 17;
Morris Child; baby of Herrington.
Missing: W. E. Bannister and
about twenty-live others, some recov¬
ered but not Identified.
Tho revised list of dead at New Hol¬
land ts as follows:
Mrs. Alice Bobo, 40; Mrs. B. F.
©’Kelly, 36; Mrs. William Westmore¬
land, 41; Mrs. Marian Willbanks, 40;
Mrs. H. H. Nelson, 45; Bonnie Hen¬
dricks, 12; Mru. J. C. Bryan, 47; Wil-
]io IJryan fi . IiPgter Phillips, 60; Mrs.
T. A. Coker, 60; William Tatum, 25;
Worman white,’ W hlte, JO; Mrs. J. R. While,
55; OJft l!iio 10 . Mrs. William 1,0(1-
foP(1 _ 1S; W Ledford, 18 months;
AVbary ItOyd, invalid, 60; Mrs. Thomas
Truelove, 18; Mrs. M. A. J. Pass, 50;
Spurgeon Pass, 50; Spurgeon Pass, Jr.,
12; John Mayne, ex-clerk of the su¬
perior court of Hall county, 62; Mrs.
L. Nicks, 42; Mrs. Julia Neely, 55;
Baby York, 16 months; Pearl York, 4;
Loon Ugon mc-CJHI, 1; Mrs. Mary Abel,
70; Mrs. Bell York, 27; DaisI West¬
moreland, 9; Myrtlce Vvostmnreland,
6; Manila Wylie, colored, 45.
Estimates still vary rs to the num¬
ber of fatalities. Tills is due to the
, fact that the list Is being continually
increased by Ihe death of those fatally
injured.
ESTIMATE OF PROPERTY LOSS.
Occasioned, by Cyclone Which Whelm¬
ed Gainesville and New Holland.
Tho losses to property occasioned
by Ihn cyclone Is estimated at $600,-
000 .
The Gainesville Cotton mills is
worth $850,000 and employed 750
hands. The stock on hand Monday
at noon was valued at, $100,000.
The Pacolet mill was capitalized at
fyi ,260,000 and worked 1,300 hands.
The loss here Is confined solely to cot¬
tages occupied by employes. It. will
be between $35,000 ar.fi $50,000.
The property fiestnoyed between the
two mills will make, the total loss near
the $600,000 marlj:
The Southern rniiway Is a heavy
loser In damages to the pumping sta¬
tion, the depot and the destruction of
rolling stock.
Both tho "Western Union and tho
Postal Telegraph companies lost poles
and wires.
The Nort’,] Georgia Electric Compa-
nv 13 also a heavy loser.
HEAVY^'SENTENCE FOR POISONER
Will Adams, Colored, Given Twenty-
Five Years In the Pen.
In the superior court at Brunswick,
Ga., Tuesday Will Adams, a negro who
poltanned a number of prominent, peo-
pi ft at. \ social party a few weeks ago,
wjas arraigned and sentenced to servo
ijwenty-five years in the penitentiary.
Adams pleaded guilty to the charge,
being three cases against him,
but there could have been sixteen, as
that is the number of persons that he
poisoned. Auams stated that he plac¬
ed rough on rats in the ice cream to
poison the cook and not the guests
TARHEEL BOND CASES SETTLED.
United States Supreme Court Cinches
Victory for the Bond Holders.
A telegram was received In Char¬
lotte, N. C., from the clerk of the Uni¬
ted States supreme court to the effect
that the court had affirmed the decis¬
ion of the court of appeals in the
Stanly county bond case. This is a
victory for the bondholders who sued
to recover principal and interest on
bonds a'railroad. issued by Stanly county In aid
of P