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and four children; Gus Culvert, wife,
daughter and son; Ed Robb’s wife and
two children; Jim Elder, wife and child:
Almirine Emery, Julius Rickerstaff, Tnm
Massey and four children: Robert Findly
mid family of six; Novie Sims. Felix and
l.ncy Calvert; Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Long.
Pacolet Mills To Be Rebuilt.
Spartanburg. S. C., June 9.-(Special.)
At a meeting of the directors of the Pac
olet Manufacturing Company, held here
this evening, Victor Montgomery, presi
dent of the company, was instructed to
take immediate steps to have mill No. 3.
at Pacolet, repaired.
A meeting of stockholders was ordered
for July it to consider the question of
increasing the capital stock of the com
pany to rebuild wrecked mills Nos. 1
and 2
Have Something Left.
The companies that have lost so heav
ily are by no means ruined, for a gen
era! estimate places the losses at not
over 50 per cent of the total property of
the companies. The Pacolet Manufac
turing Company Iris left the New Hol
land mills, with th*’ new 23,00*1 spindle
addition just being completed, while mill
No 3. at Pacolet, is only partially dam
aged. With these two mills in operation
'he Pacolet Manufacturing Company will
have in the neighborhood of 75.010 spin
dles in operation, with a * ’rrespond’ng
number of looms.
While the Clifton Company has lost a
larger percentage of spindles than the
Pacolet Manufacturing Company, the
heaviest stockholders arc the most op
timistic an.i there is no sentiment that
•an be discovered that would indicate
anything other 'than that the directors
intend to relink! the mills or .heir equiv
alent in spindles.
The Clifton Contpanj today sent down
Instructions front their offices that all
operatives in mill No. •I*'.- • »yed Sat
urday, should he paid off tqjlay. This
will be a tremendous rt llel to the situa
tion there, as the operatives in No. 3
include nearly half die population of the
Clifton mills settlement. The company
will pay off al mills 1 and just as soon
r.s possible.
The Pacolet Mills Company announ >s
that the operatives a: the three mills a;
Pacolet will be paid <>l: ae.l tills matter
will be attended to just as soon us pos
sible.
With the operatives of the six mills
destroyed or damaged '*> the dorm paai
off. and a month's pay in I *nd. the sit
•tation will be vast y Improv I as fai as
the operatives a.e concerned.
The mills are doing all they ■•an in
the way of riding th >s* I ■* op *'.itiv<*s
who have been rendered dnstitui** by
the flood.
Taken as a whole, the outlook tor il.
operatives is all that until ’■>•’ disir**. or
expected In the face >f such adv*-se
circumstances.
The trestle over Lawsons Fork was
completed tc»d::y. This work has • '•
rushed with a.l po-sibie speed. .*-id the
short time consumed »>» •••msirm ne
trestle is remarkable.
The various re’.ief c.-.mmifa* ' dh>
gently at work and ;»!•'• ’’i”‘ Line ;
• perations in a sy.- ’.em tIL ir.d frrd •
manner. Besid *■ th’* !:’•••'.’al cmt r:'. >'*i -
lions of winner that I’.avo ’»• v-n r?-.’r-ived
from tnis <-ity and points. a
tdothiri; an*’ bui'iir,” li*>- g:v»'-r»
and wi’l be fot'.vurd’ul i-’ «»n :«• di - 1
tjibeted v . ?■ it i-
IhG t,j 'RS APE
AT FUNERALS
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DEAFNESS
CURED
Loubv lie Man Originates a Simple
Little Device That Instantly
Restores the Hearing—Fits
Perfectly. Comfortably
and Does Not Show.
<3O-Page Book Frss Tells Al! About 11.
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Sine* the discovery of a Lnulsvi ;<* man !( !n
io longer necessary f- r a’ a deaf person to
cxrry a trumpet, a tube, < r any such old
fashioned dt-vice, Tor i’ is now j o.vsibl© for
any one to Iv.-ar per''' fly by a slnx’e inven
tion that fi :n the car. and cannot be de
tected. Tl.e honor belongs to Mr. Ct. r?e H
Wilson, of LouHvill*'. wa himself de;.’,
and now h*<rs <<s well ;>•■ • -»; "i— Up h
it Wilson’s Common S-i—> i«ii is L.iiit
<n the sir-.cte*: «rieinirt«- j : ,-., n fa
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in every resne t. Il is v > sif.all tha: n> one
,■ j n FCf 1 it. but. TICVCI tii < - d J
v av.'S, and d -. r-ts thnm aguiiir: th,-
drum bead, euus’ng you to 1.--ar perl'-ci.y.
]t Will do this f.en when the natural ear
drums are partially 't .ntir.-iv <!.■ -• r., .... .
forated. scarred. r<-lax<-<i, . th . Jt
fits any e.-r from chlldhr 1 to old and.
aside from the fact that It doe- not show,
it never causes the hearer irilt.otlon. and con
used with comfort day or nitt*i*.
It will cure deafness in any person, no ma
ter how acquired, whether • tarrh, scar
let fever, typhoid or brain fever, i r nsles.
whooplnc cough, gathering In the ear, shocks
from artillery, or : .-.rough a .Id. ms. it not
onlv cures, but slsys the [>r. gross of dear
ness ar.d ail roaring and buzzing i-Uses it
does this In a simple, sure, and s ientlhc
wav. The effect Is immediate
Let every person who needs this at once
send to the company for its 190-pago look,
which you can have free, it <!■ .-eril.ee and il
lustrates Wilson'*? Common S»n«e Ear Drums,
and contain* many bona t!_P- letrnrs from num
erous users In the r’nlted States. Canada. Mex
ico England Scotland. Ireland, Wales, Ami
traila. New Zealand, Tasmania, India. These
tettero nre from people in every station of
• ( f e clergymen, physicians, lawyers, mer-
chants, society ladies. '■"-and tell the truth
about the benefits to ba derived from tho
use of this wonderful little device: yon win
find among them the nnmes of people In your
own town or state, and you are at liberty to
write to any of them you wish, and secure
their opinion as roster ng tho hearing to its nor
mal condition.
Write today and it will not be long before
vou are again hearing Address for the free
;.„ k and convincing evidence Wilson Ear
m-um Co., 985 Todd building. Louisville, Ky.,
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Tiie pic‘ >re in the upper right hand corner shows Cl'.fton miil No. 3as it «to*> 1 beiotv th* Hood, a magniiicent million ilollar plant containing 55,00 P spindles. In
ti-.i •*.;*.■ as with Pacolet mills 1 and .’. tlte destruction w:.s complete, not a vertl*. of the ti.r* or its macliinerj being left on the site. Just an indication of
the f * (*. . I’ior.s is to be sen in the foreground. The black dotted lines inserted by th- ari • win give some idea of the , ■■sition in which the mill stood. The
•fi': i *u: left standing to tlte left is the cloth srotage house. :• sort of ware housi* >■•■;■ *.:■• j-.im the mill proper. Scarcely a stick of timber, a brick Or a
pi, , f iron from thi broken machinery is to b found on th< mill slt< th< wliolc* plant b<-ii ■ gregated by the powerful waters and scattered far and wide
.low: 111** S--I, mi. Several houses of operate .- on the tight wet e swept comp!. *ly away ~ one high on the hill turned on its side by the waters, is seen as the
f on,| 1■ ■ 1: This ■ iew is* I*J;?i 111 *, seen from tie trains of t South»*i n ■ 111 w ■.* on the it* 1.; h ind side of the track going north or to the right corning souln.
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r.*:-* c o* tlry children. Women
tiieic are who are still suffering from
siioi 1: and .iw:it minute after minute and
I'>*.•;■ after h.iu lb.* - tun ! ot approaching
footsteps th.at will rign.ti the r turn of
x husband tnd father. z.lnny of these
: elu. i :ibs*i.ut* !y to b>* ieve their loved 1
ones dead. and. in many eases, it has
!■ on f at’d ne *ys*.sar.' to administer
■';*)• :.'s o •;::i>**l the wr'itlght u:> nerves of
th s * w en* ”, whose eyelids have never !
been el :.•■; in sheep since that Saturday
morning of horror and devastation. But I
more *,*a'.itetic is the suffering of parents, i
and l!;o;e aie many who look up with |
hop *f-I expectancy at the face of every I
ririii:*v.-'ilng strang *r In their tin.Xjioty to '
know that the cruel reports us th r lost j
ones are absolutely false. The terrible
expression of the disappear::;,; hope of !
some solicitoi f th *r or ilie reti<‘wed
sob: ing of some h irtoroken mother sur- j
pass in s**r.**ow ,;*c ■■•it’.'..- about the tern- *
pora:y merge-.
Four n;-*i * liodi’s wore sm tired today,
two *f which were bruised and disi-ojored j
Peyote! p .-sibiiity if Identilieation. The 1
efforts .if fatiici'S. mothers, sist* ; ■ and 1
brothers to identify some of these must
■ •*.* r form one of the . .null st enapters hi
this awful calamity that has befallen
Spartanburg county. The relief of those *
who failed to find those they sought 1
among the list of missing was in pitiful
nilrast to that one father who linally j
■lentitied the body of one as that of his ■
aughter, l.u.u Hall. The other body w.,s .
aat of Miss Finley.
Among the afflicted mothers of Clifton
there is, at least, one who tomorrow must
learn the bitter truth. Today Sam F r
rar. while engaged in securing some of
the floating bales of cotton at Lockhart
shoals found th** b *d,y 01 a boy some three
or four years old. lie together with
many strong-arm* d and tender-hearted
men 4 securni tin* tiny corpse. The body
was badly discolored, and It Is possible
that its identillcation may nrv**r tie es
tablished. it is believed to bi that of
one of the Williams children, throe of
whom are still among the missing.
The body ot the child was placed in
a white coffin and will b* shipped tomor
row. At that time it will )>o again, re
sponsible for one of tile sadd' .-t preces
sions in all history a procession of tear
stained mothers g2*u*-:_*; and ring to
find in this, its last craole. the one whose
ehildhh .-mile form ; til** m w beauli! I
di*i*iration and whose patteiing footsteps
made the sweetest mm-ic in one of the
mill houses of Clifton.
But while th*.* women wc-p. the m*
are already at work, some to return 10
their in in* s again and again through the
long day to give some word of comfort
to th** weeping mother. Spartans they
ar-, real Spartans, bearing as bravely tlie
test of the tuffering that is only to the
childless ami homeless, as did th heroes
of Till imopyjr.e, whose namesakes they
ar*’. Ar.d wl;« n. al last, twilight closed in
upon the whit** houses of Clifton, a long
procession of tn-n v. * nded their way up
t. J; hillsides from tin mills, the whis
tles of which are as silent as th.* gloom
that .-are els in one great shadow of dark
ness above both h. .iris and homes.
But there is one rift within the lute It
is tii gr< 11 eo'ira.*;* .1.1 strong d'*t■ rmi
nation nf i :*av** m* n an I women of the
south, who. not acquainted with suffer
ing in tin* post, arc already taking on
the burdens of rebuilding n'*w bonus in
the place of tiio •■■ that have been swept
Bm night in all the southl.md. the
shadows that hang above the little town
of Clifton Siartar.biug couiitv. South
Carolina, ar< tho deepest and darkest
PLANS FOR BIG BATTLE SKIPS.
Washington. June 11.—Secretary Moody
toda * made p*.;nl;c the plans and specili
• atlons for tlie n**w 13,u00-ton battle ships,
Mississippi an 1 Idaho, just compl- tcd by
tile board ot eon.-'ruction. The new
ships retain th** offensive and defensive
features of Hi: --d.i.-.s battle ships ala
sacrifice of spec**!, power ar.d coal capac
ity. Tin y will be a modified type of the
l*».tiOO-toii battle ship Connecticut. Rear
Admiral Meb .... eei in ’hlef of the
navy, in the board's report declares it is
difficult xf not impossible to construct a
thoroughly satisfactory up-to-date bat
tle ship whose capa-ity is limited to 13,000
NO MORE SPECIAL AGENTS.
Washington. June S.—As a result of tlte
postoftiee investigation, what is known
I as tin' flying squadron of special agents
, of the rural free delivery service has
[ It’cn abolished ns useless and the five
men engaged in *. tie w rk transferred to
i other fields..
These men investigated matters in all
of the divisions and reported direct to
Washington, while all the other special
agents reported to the headquarters of
their respective division®.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA; MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1903.
MwiorairatLE
Gainesville. Ga.. June B.—(Special, i No
mote <!'*.’.tl:s are rep uted at the hosp;'..ils
today and ali pati*.nts are doing uieely.
The nurses: and physicians are now ena
bled to g-t more rest than at any time
siin *’ the fateful Momia?. . mo* W" 1. ;■•; *■
This morning hundreds of carpenters
and da.’i laliorersWen; ,f ■ work r‘.
the damage d *ue to the storm and *t
greater amount of rubbish lias been cle i -
cd a a.is than in any day since the tori a
do
M :ss McDonald, chairman of the worn
an's relief committee, reported the re
ceipt of enough clothing to supply the
destitute. Provisions have also been r*-
<:**:v* ti in large quantities, and ihe chief
need of the relief association now is
money to assist Hit homeless poor to re
build.
Major Picker tonight issued orders io
clear the city of vagrants. All who are
not at work will be made to labor or
leave town. Consider.itfle difficulty is en
countered in getting, negroes to accent
jobs, but tho relief association will here
after feed no one who will not go to
work.
Treasurer Castleberry reported the t *
ceipt of sl.llOO in cash today, which swells
tlte total • ash contributions to some
thing like $2*1,000.
At a mass meeting of citizens this
morning tho following resolution was
adopted, and it will L. forwarded wth
••ash .■■.uhsirlptlons raised for South Car
olina sufteters:
"Rcsolv* d. That w**, the citizens of
Gainesville, in mass meeting assembl'd,
hereby <*xpr**. s our profound sympathy
for the gr* it loss and d* st rm ti *ii to I fe
and properly at Pacolet. Clifton, and
other places in South Carolina. Though
turn and bleeding by the great devas,
tion visited upon our city )a-t week, '.ve
gladly contri'niite something in behalf of
those rendered hoim l* .-.*-. and destitute iy
the gr<at floods in South Carolina.”
All Patients Doing Finely.
Gainesville, Ga.. June (Special.)
Mayor Parker literally "set the hair " c-*
fourteen vagrants at rtiguJiir court this
afternoon, lie 'imposed a fine of $1 and
costs, or fifteen days on the public works,
on each ot those who were before him.
Tlte ■ ises were i* ode by the police and
the Candler Horse Guards, who are do
ing patrol, ar.d there is no mistaking that
the mayor is going to fellow up his order
strictly to the letter. L ist night, he put
all on notice that no loafing would h*
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Scene After -lood at Settlement Near Clifton Mill No 3,
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l Tlie I.r.*ivv dotted line here shoes where the trolley road formerly ran, part of it on what is now the bed of the
( river Tlie small black figures inserted by tin artist show where there stood eighteen houses of factory operatives that
j were entirely swept away by the flood In the bai-kground is seen the Southern railway’s Pacolet river bridge which
> withstood the. shock on account of ".s height and tlie open space beneath it* Just beyond the bridge and to the left
> can be distinguished the clqth housi. which is all that was left of Clifton mill No. 3.
allowed, rind he has issued explicit in
t str:, th * to t!** ."iliee to make cases
I wlierevei in idler is found.
A: to *e hospitals, tonight the state
! merit is : de th." ill patients are resting
i easy. All the local nurses have been dls
: pensed v. > it. and only train'd nurses are
: now on dut.' I ml* r this regime more
j r. will be ■ >btpincd, as
' mn- . -.i.;'::s;i.n s avoided. '
The j*. ople of the city indignantly* re-
I fute tri statement made in an interview
I with Dr. Chapni: r to the effect that dis
. i.rimin.’.tion i. made by the citizens of this
i city between the sufferers in the city lim
: its and th ise at New Holland. A Gaines
: ville man. one of the best known citizens
j of the city. Hon. Howard Thompson, has
been on tin ground at New Holland every
j day since lie disaster, and he has person-
■ ally suiterintended tho delivery of vast
1 quantities of provisions and medical sup
* plies to the people there. B. M. Stall
' worth, home manager of the company.
has time and again expressed his grateful
i ness to the people of Gainesville for their
i work. Tin* statement of Dr. Chapman
| the Kimball, in Atlanta, last Tuesday
l certainly misrepresents the people of the
! ctiy and does them a grave injustice.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
I Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
I Piles. Y **ir druggist wilt refund your
i money if I'AZh OINTMENT fails to cure
I you. 60 cents.
’ PROPERTY LOSS IN DETAIL.
Gainesville. <ia., June 11.—(Special.)—
Gainesville Ims settled down to her nor
mal condition, and there Is a. noticeable
: absence of confn. ion upon the streets.
■ There are but f* «’ visitors dally and even
. tho countrj folks arc at home on their
i farms.
There i only one serious case at the
I negro hospital, that of a negro woman.
■ who Las a ■• :.-•■ of lockjaw. Her condition
:■ is sot ion;. At the city and New Holland
hospitals all p.itio.nls are doing well.
I though there will be two or three deaths
i before a great while.
John A. Smith, chairman of the loss
committee, who made a systematic esti
mate of all losses, having gone over every
foot of the ground, has given to the press
the following statement;
With the consent of the mayor and
speaking for the property loss committee
composed of Judge J. B. Wlnburn, B. I).
Langford and myself. 1 wish to give to the
press and through this medium to a most
generous people throughout the country,
tbu result of a most careful and searching
investigation as to the true conditions of
the storm-stricken city as I find It today.
God bless the press; You have told the
people of our pressing needs, and have
not only headed subscription lists, but
h ive inspired the people to liberally give
to a cause absolutely worthy.
God bless the people! You have respond
ed most nobly and graciously. The relief
eonnnitu .* has had the situation well in
hand from tlie first day without confusion
or friction, working in and out of season.
Every pressing want has, or will be, sup
plied by Saturday night.
The three hospitals are well organized
and moving smoothly, and those wounded,
scattered about over the city, are well
cared for.
As\ 1 see tho situation It Is ah* us this:
Thq dead have been buried, and the in
jured are having their wants administered
unto. Provisions, clothing of every sort,
household and kitchen furniture, supplies
—in fact about everything of this sort—
has been supplied that was lost.
Flans for the Future.
This brings us face to face with the
most serious problem—that must be met,
and will be met: First, find work for
tlie people that they may earn their liv
ing. Second, build back the homes of
needy over the storm-swept district,
nearly 2 miles in length. To better un
derstand the situation I desire to say
that at the time of the disaster there
was scarcely an empty house in the city.
The occupants of most of these destroyed
homes are temporarily quartered In tents
and huts.
It can be readily seen now that
any donation sent should be confined to
cottage lumber, shingles, nails or cash.
If the railroads would transport, free of
charge, from south Georgia and Ala
bitfua points this building material, so
li*VB:" needed, some $4 on every thousand
feet of lumber can be saved, and I ap
peal to the management of the railroads
to come to the relief of our stricken city
in this manner.
Value of All Property Destroyed.
Churches destroyed, white, tw0....$ 2,iW
Churches destroyed, colored, three. 3.000
City school building, colored 2,(KX)
Odd Fellows’ hall, colored 5,000
Residences totally destroyed and
badly damaged, 165 76,009
Store houses destroyed, thirteen... 20,000
Hotels destroyed and damaged,
white, one; colored, two 2,000
G. and I>. Electric Railway Com-
pany, shops and equipment 6.000
Gainesville cotton mill, machinery.
commissary and eiiuipment 175,000
Household and kitchen furniture,
wearing apparel, musical instru
ments, etc 20,000
Stocks of goods of Logan, Clark.
Whisenant. Scroggs & Cooper,
T. T. Moore, Nathan Jones, \V.
A. Nix, B. D. Langford et a1.... 5.700
New Holland, cottages totally de-
stroyed and damaged, 81 52.650
Furniture, musical instruments,
etc., New Holland 32,000
Total loss resulting from alcove
destructions377,Bso
The above losses do not Include live
stock, rents due at time of disaster, loss
to wage earners, fences and trees blown
away, trinkets and personal property,
bills due to merchants, nor the loss to
those owning SBO,OOO worth of stock in
the Gainesville cotton mills.
These losses are not necessarily total,
but the future must tell what amount
will be paid. For the present, at least,
they are losses, and in tlie aggregate
will amount to $150,030, which, added to
that given above in detail of property
leases, foots up the sum first given to
the world by the press, making that esti
mate practically correct, viz, $600,000.
As to relief: The treasurer of the re
lief association hs-s received up to date
ahoue $»,00(» in cash, and the commissary
for supplies reports t.ie receipt of cloth
ing furniture, household and kitchen
furniture, etc., worth, approximately.
$13,000. Os these amounts much money
has been paid out, and many supplies
have been issued.
With the help of our good women, the
press and the nobie-hea. ted people who
have so generously given us alt. 1 pre
dict that in six months our little city
will be well upon its feet again. Our
big mills, which met wi.h such heavy
losses here and at I’acolet, S. C.. are in
strong hands and are amply able to
cope with the situation. Respectfully.
"JOHN A. SMI l'H, Chairman.”
GAINEuVILLE EXPkE.SEI IHOKS.
Gainesville, Ga., June 13.—(Special*)—
Mayor Parker this morning issued the
tot.owing statement:
"To the generous and sympathizing
public ot our common country: Not
quite two weeks ago, on June 1, ;U)3, our
'beautiful city was visited by a disastrous
tornado, kilting w*l people, setio’t:.-iy in
juring nearly 200 more, and destroying
property to the vaiue of between s.>*'<i,uw
and SS(itM.OOt), as has rj*‘*n fully tc.d by
the press.
"V\ ith an unanimity never before ex
celled the peopai with one heart have re
sponded promptly and nobly, and : ■ lay
we have a sutrtcient amount of • lothing.
food and medicine tn supply our wants,
physicians and nurses to wait upon and
administer to the wounded, ar.d we wilt
have something like Jja.iM.t with wh'icn
to assist our people in restoring (heir os:
homes.
"We have given our dead a Christian
burial, and our sick are being well cared
for in the hospitals and in their homes.
Our people have come out from the dis
aster with courage and for.itiid;!. and
have gone rerolutely to work tu rebuild
their homes.
"in the name of our •■ntire community
I again extend sincere and heartfelt
thanks to the kind and ab!*: physician.*
and nurses who have dropped their own
business to administer to the wants of
the sick and wounded; to the entire
press, and to each and every person who
has contributed to our relief. May
heaven’s richest blessings rest upon alt
tor the kindness shown ns in our iiour of
need. P N. PARKER.
"Mayor and Chairman Relief Commit
tee.”
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Grove's Chronic Chill Cure
cures the chills that other chill tonics
don’t cur*. Made of th" following fluid
extracts: Peruvian Bark. Back Root.
Poplar Bark. Prickly Ash Bark. Dog
Wood Bark, and Sarsaparilla. The Bert
General Tonic. No Cure. No Pay. 50c.
VICTOR MONTGOMERY RESTS
UNDER SHADOW OF FRIDAY
Athens. Ga.. June 9.—(Special.)—Colonel
Charles S. Welt, who has just returned
home from Gainesville, where he has
been for the past week assisting In the
w’ork of caring for the sufferers from
tho recent tornado, tells a very interest
ing story connected with Victor Mont
gomery, the owner of the mills that suf
fered in the Gainesville tornado and also
the owner of the Pacolet mills that were
destroyed by the flood in South Carolina
last Friday night.
Mr. Mcntjfoniery was talking- t»» Colo
nel Wet-b last Tuesday night in Gaines
ville about the disaster that had come
upon his property there and remarked
| that he had almost reached the conclu-
I sion that there was something in the
I superstition about beginning things on
I Friday. Mr. Montgomery said that when
* he went to Gainesville to look for a site
i for the mill he proposed to establish
i there it was on a Friday. He went back
■ to South Carolina and reported to his
j board of directors and they met on Fri
day. When he came back to Gainesville
and laid oft the ground upon which the
buildings were to be constructed it was
on Friday. When the actual work of
beginning the construction of the mill
building was started it was Friday and
he remarked to tho superintendent of
construction that there was a supersti
tion about beginning work on Friday.
The superintendent laughed and said that
he was born on Friday and tne 13th of
I the month at that. Over a year ago Mr.
Montgomery’s father happened to an ac
: cident on one Friday in which he lost his
t life. So Mr. Montgomery told Colonel
: Webb that if the tornado had come on
i Friday he would not have been surprised.
He went on home to Spartanburg and
on lost Friday night the great rain storm
fell that swept away his entire fortune
in the wreck and ruin of tho Pacolet
mills.
While there is nothing in the snpersti-
The Inno C 1 i
w f ith Fhe Guilty
The world to-day is full of innocent sufferers from that most loathsome
disease. Contagious Flood Poison. People know in a general way that it is
a bad disease, but if ail its horrors could be brought before them they
would shun it as they do the Leprosy. Not only the person who contracts it
suffers, but the awful taint is transmitted to children, and the fearful sores
and eruptions, weak eyes, Catarrh, and other evidences of poisoned blood
show these little innocents are suffering the awful consequences!
lody’ssin. So highly contagious is this form of blood pois >n th
>e contaminated by handling the clothing or other articles in use by a
lerson afflicted with this miserable disease. There is danger even in drink
iig from the same vessel or eating out of the same tableware, as manv pure
and innocent men and women have found to their sorrow. The virus of
Contagious Blood Poison is so
‘S BLOOD POISON IS NO
first little sore appears the whole
*?p o, RESPECTER GF PERSONS
tainted with the poison, and the
skin is soon covered with a red rash, ulcers break out in the mouth and
throat, swellings appear in the groins, the hair and eyebrows fall out.
and unless the ravages of the disease are checked at this stage, more
violent and dangerous symptoms appear in the form of deep and offensive
sores, copper colored splotches, terrible pains in bones and muscles, and
general breaking down of the system.
S. S. S. is a specific for Contagious Blood Poison and the only remedy
that antidotes this peculiar virus and makes a radical and complete cure of
the disease. Mercury and Potash hold it in check so long as the system is
under their influence, but when the medicine is left off the poison breaks out
again as bad or worse than ever. Besides, the use of these minerals bring
on Rheumatism and stomach troubles of the worst kind, ami frequently pro
duce bleeding and sponginess of the gums and decay of the teeth. S. S. S.
cures Blood Poison in all stages and even reaches down to hereditary taints
irrtu, u—rrr. removes all traces of the poison and
■ saves the victim from the pitiable conse-
<l u encesof this monster scourge. As long
a drop of the virus is left in the blood
1 n g it is liable to break out, and there is danger
°f transmitting the disease to others.
_ S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and
can be taken without any injurious effects to health, and an experience of
nearly fifty years proves beyond doubt that it cures Contagious Blood Poison
completely and permanently. Write for our “Home Treatment Book,”
which describes fully the different stages and symptoms of the disease.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,. ATLANTA, GA.
Eruptions
Dry, moist, scaly tetter, all forms
of eczema or salt rheum, pimples
and other cutaneous eruptions pro
ceed from humors, either inherited,
or acquired through defective di
gestion and assimilation.
To treat these eruptions with
drying medicines is dangerous.
The thing to do is to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and Pilis
Which thcroughlycleanse the blood,
expelling all humors and building
up the whole system. They cure
Hood's Sa-snparilla permanently cured .1,
G. Hines, Franks. 111-, of eczema, from which
he had suffered for some time; and Miss
Alvins Welter. Box 212. AJgona, Wis.. of pim
ples on her face and baek and chafed skin on
her body, by which she had been greatly
troubled. There are more testimonials in
favor of Hood's thr.n can be published.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla promisen to
cure and the promise.
tion about the bad luck attendant upoo
beglnni’’g things on Friday, it will n »
cloutbt take a h*ap of faith and common
sense to keep Mr. Montgomery from' un*
■ *on«cionsly thinking that there is for hi■ *
something fateful in that day of the
HOOK TO SUCCEED CALDWELL.
He Is at Present a United States Dis
trict Judge.
Washington. June 12.—William C. Hoot ,
of Leavenwor.tli, Kans., has been select
e*J to succeed Judge Caldwell, who r*--
cently resigned the circuit judgeship "f
the eighth judicial circuit. Mr Hook' 1.-' at
present a distrLt judge.
J.eavenworth. Kans., June 12. -William
Ciither Hook has been a ea'ididat ■ for tlie
position ever sine*' Judge CaLL 'll first
announced, two years ago. that, he would
tetire soon aft *r h* had reached tin* age'
' limit. Politicians and lawyers of Kansas
1 and Missouri have been so eertal.i that
I Judge Hook would be advanced that for
over a year they have been selecting his
successor on the district bench.
William Caither Hook was appointed
United States district judge for the dis
trict of Kansas by President McKinley in
1899. Judge Hook was born in Waynes
burg in 1857: was graduated from Th-
Leavenworth high school in 1575, from the
St. Louis law school in Ix7B and up to tl'*:
time of receiving his appointment hid
practiced law.
WATSON SUED FOF* $75,000.
i Washington, June 13.—The goveuimcT
I of the District of Columbia, through its
| corporation counsel, today instituted civil
i proceedings against James Watson, now
I In jail for alleged defalcation of district
j funds estimated at $73,000. The suit i t
; for the recovery of the money alleged to
’ have been taken by Watson, but tl o
I aggregate of the specific sums mentioned
l in the civil suit is only $10,182. Watson's
I automobile and a bulletin sheet of who h
i he is joint proprietor were attached to
I day. His counsel next week will move to
I quash the attachments on the ground
! that the case is neither one of debt nor
obligations fraudulently incurred. Wa: •
I son has not yet been able’ to furnish >
1 satisfactory bail bond and is still in
P ai1 ’ -
' PRUSSIAN ROOF TINNNER
COULDN’T BE KILLED
■ Berlin, June 13.*—Adolf Stallmann, a roof
: tinner of KaJkfuss, Pr was sti * k
on the head by a flying brick from a
chimney above him.
He foil off the roof on to a parsing
van laden with broken glas*' and w'tii
lust strength enough he jumped <>ut. cm •
to be knocked down by a passing motor
car. He was "only slightly bruised. ’
Body First, Then the Head.
Carrollton. Ga.. June 9.—(Special.) A
body beheaded m the storm at Gaines
ville was received for burial at Banning,
tills county, on Saturday. It was that
of a voting man named Lovvorn, whose
father was formerly superintend
ent of the Hutcherson factory at Ban
ning. Young Lovvorn has a sister. Mrs.
Henry Elder, living in Carrollton.
The head was receive*! Sunday by ex
press and was Interred by the body.
Porto Rico Honors the Flag-.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Juno 13.—The flag
day celebration here today broke the rec
ord and there was a great display of
Americanism throughout Porto Rico. Fif
teen hundred flags were carried in proces
sion by tho pupils of the public schoo s
of San Juan and there wore patriotic ex
ercises at the theater, which was deco
rated with the Stars and Stripes.