Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

acres of cotton land ill that section
 The point where the levee broke at midnight Thursday night is near Eng fish at what is known as the Lindsay place, three or four miles above the big Oracle plantation and about six miles distant from English.
 The report received here is to the effect that planters who had been CO., operating with Mr. Oracle to save the land and build up the levees became frightened at the continued rise of the river and deserted the work to save their stock and belongings But little work was done on the new levee Thursday and Thursday night with the result that the waters cut it away and poured a flood on the rich bottom land of that section.
 It was estimated that 5000 acres were under water, but this will be greatly increased even if no further break occurs.
 The levee broke on the north bank of the stream and it is believed that it's breaking will result in saving the State farm at Cummings. X large force oi convicts have been kept at work on the State farm side and the regular force augmented by new levies of con- victs sent down to aid in the work. They have been successful in keeping the waters back at this time and since the flood has been loosed on the other side it is believed that the danger on ihe south side is passed.
 The levee at English broke when the river had reached a stage of about = feet. The stage at Pine Bluff at that time was 27.3 and it is predicted that 2S5 will be reached before the waters begin to recede. In the event or 2S-foot stage many levees will break and the volume of flood water and number of acres which will be flooded will be immense.
 In the light of events at this time 1t is reasonable to presume that many thousands of acres of land will be flooded in the section of country along this stretch of the stream
 Worked Night and Day.
 J. M. Oracle, who has been at the scene of the work for several days past. has bent all his energies to < t,n, f hn oJI the flood. An army of men and teams were engaged on the work and they were fed and maintained by barbecues sl the scene of the work and every iHducement was offered to keep the force at work
 Despite this, however. many indi- viduals became alarmed and withdrew from the work, in many instances talk ing other men with them to save pri- vate property. For two days past quite number had expressed the opinion that there was no use to carry the work farther as the flood would certainly break over the leyees and food the land.
 While the Arkansas river continues to boom at this point and there is Eothing to indicate that it will begin to recede before Sunday night at least much uneasiness is felt here by plant CTS and merchants over the discour- aging outlook. The water is now near the 2S foot mark here and many levees, south of Pine Bluff which have not already given way threaten to do so unless there is mighty event to prevent them from breaking in weak places. All of the plantations around Dumas, in Desha county, protected by the Linwood and Auburn levee system, one of the best in Arkansas. are in danger of being flooded. Hundreds of men. under the direction of Colone, Gus Waterman, president of the Levee