The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-09
FLOOD REACHES GEORGETOWN.
swAMPs AND LOwLANDs ARE
ALL SUBMERGED.
fhrec-f -fourths OF the Rice Crop VIII
~ Dcstroyed-Previous Record
High Water Stage Exceeded by
Ten Fees--No Fears are Felt ut
Geurgctown.

oecrgetown. Sept 3.--The advance
wpters OF the great food reached the
nouth Of the Santes last night and to-
day all tho lowlands are covered with
rushing torrents. whose area Is hourly
snersasing In magnitude and total de-
seruetion TO crops within their radius
y csFtpfn. The rich lowiands along
~ santss were planted In corn and
cotton. Before the overflow from the
Sivsr itsslf took place the water COM
~ n from creeks ana swsmps over
noved these lands and tonight the
swanaps and lowlands are . part Of
tAe river.
Already TIE water b ten feet higher
eoan y has ever before been ssen on
/, ~ oontss ~ boatmsu OF long ex-
peejenos. ne rice nsids on the San
~ ars all undsr water with the ex-
: eeDt1on % those OF Gen. Alexander.
vhose hanks are Of unusual height.
% y yesterday forces Of hands were
coetlno eut M me rips rice on HIS
np1s vith the expectation OF the
nesds bsing noodsd when the crest Of
NE evsrSsow rsschsd here. The rice
Ion1s q NJ y. y. Jchnstons. being ON
ths 0ovsrnnsnt canal. being the
WSuyah Day ssde. may escape. being
threa>saed more by the waters from
J ths Pss-Dss'as they come through TO
ne "a thaa ~ the foods from the
(. eantss. i
No ie0 Of iifs has been reported
from along the line Of the santes. The
water from the Pee-Dss 10 booming
row. and all the rice lands along Its
eosrs> have been submerged and con-
(eodsrabls damage has also resulted to
upland crops.
Winyah Bay has not yet received
, ~ fan volume of Pee Dee mood wa
~, which y expected tomorrow.
yfom reports received from along the
wsesamAv the rsqb banks are still,
Vishstsndins the water and rice II be.
ing sottsn out OF the zelda However.
n , expected that these lands win
a1so - covered BY tomorrow night
Win Pee Dee water,
70 make matters much worse the
vtnd which yesterday was blowing
/ 1Pon ths northwest shifted during the
oiohs % northsast and this afternoon
. strons wind u blowing from due
enst tendinS to bank the water up In
~ rivers and submerged lands and
0ue conpists the destruction to the
esvsrsd rice crops which might have
Dsen partly savsd II the water had
pasDp1 on rApidiS.
Il = estinatsd that three fourths of
ths ne crop Of this county. amount
lng % nsariy flvs thousand acres, Is
- oood - have been lost a. the result
% ths foods.
) No loss of life or property loss out
0ds Of crops has been reported. No
fears are felt at 0eorgetown of the
water ovvrhowinH the banks of the
oaupit Tho immense outlet afford
"a ~ the marshos. the swamp and
vios LANDS and the ocean h expected to
amply tale care Of the volume OF wa
\ TER eomins down.
The wa.sr at high tide today lacked
- inches VI coming mp to the level Of
the docks. and tomofrow's high tide
vni scarcely reach . srsat,y increased
staes. fnus Of thA merchants are
raisins thar goods on the floors Of
the warehouses as precautionary
ms>ssurs. Ths plantations along the
Black River are tonight reported un-
Ger water as the result Of the easteriy
wind blowing up the Hood water from
the Pee Dee. into which II Hows.--
Nsvs and Courier.
III FROM INSECTS BITE.