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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
CITIES ARE SUBMERGED,
 BUSINESS DEMORALIZ FED
 AND CROPS DESTROYED
Over 20 Dead Bodies Have Are iy Been Recovered at Augusta and Many Are Missing All Over
 Three States-Rail-
 roads Suffer.

Atlanta, Ga., August 2S.-With the num- Der of dead estimated at hundred, the financial loss placed at from two to five million dollars the floods of the past week throughout the Carolinas and Geor- gia have been the most severe experience ed by these states in their history.
 Cities have been submerged, business demoralized, stocks of goods covered with slime, fine furniture and house furnish ings ruined and buildings undermined and collapsed.
 In the country section county and rail- road bridges have been washed away in all directions, and railroad traffic brought to a standstill
 Among the farms hundreds of acres of land have been wiped clean of growing crops while other hundreds are covered with beds of sand and slime and prac- ticaliy ruined.
 Travel by rail road is impossible and it is thought that many will suffer for food and shelter before all can be lo- cated.
 Twenty-two dead bodies have been re- covered at Augusta and more corpses are being found every hour. It has been re- ported that many bodies were seen float ing down the Savannah river during yes terday, but it was impossible to rescue them.
 Atlanta has started a relief work for her nearest sister city,sAugusta, and to- morrow special express car will be load ed with food and supplies and rushed to that city. Atlanta's city council has ap- propriated $500 for the flood sufferers and several hundred dollars have already been contributed by citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
WIPES POPULARITY
 AMUSES HUSBAND

Duluth, Minn.. August 2S.-Nearly 300 offers of marriage have been received by Mrs. Anna Rowe who is waiting in line to file on a homestead in the Fou-du-Lac reservation, which will be opened hers September 15 Through an error the St. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth papers pub lished the fact that she was unmarried, and immediately the offers began to coma in from all parts of the country. Mrs. Rowe has had nearly 800 offers during the past two weeks and they are still coming. Her husband is enjoying the popularity of his wife. Mrs. Rowe h holding the place in line for her hus. band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Rise Breaks All Records.

Fayetteville, N. C., August 2S.-The Cape Fear river at this point has reach ed height of 79 feet, breaking all rec ords of former floods. The river valleys on the east side are covered for miles with d rushing torrent of muddy water. Houses and bridges are swept away for miles around and the estimated damage to the cotton and corn crops Will go De- yond thirty-five per cent
 The greater portion of Fayetteville is covered with water, backed up to the city hall from the river which is mile and a half distant,
 Three thousand people are homeless and a proclamation was issued by the mayor at noon today. The city will be in total darkness tonight, the power plant being submerged.
 In the county there are thousands or people homeless and an appeal was is sued today for relief by the chairman or the county commissioners. All means or communication with the outside world have been severed with the exception or a cable owned by the Western Union Telegraph company which had been laid in the river and this is threatened by the rapid torrent at any moment.
 The two huge steel bridges of the At lantic Coast Line railroad are covered with water and at the county bridge an enormous wooden structure, great piles of driftwood and parts of other proSes are collecting around the pillars.
 At Buckhorn, forty miles up the river, the big electric plants which have fur nished power for the cotton mills ana other industries in surrounding counties are completely submerged.
 No trains have entered or left the city for three days.
 The food supply is short, eggs are sell ing at a dollar a dozen and vegetables are held at four times their value. Rains have been reported in the upper country and it is believed that the situation Will be grave to the extreme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
LID COMES DOWN HARD.
Sunday Closing Will Be Observed In
 Atlantic City.

Atlantic City, N. J., August 2S.-Public interest in the Sunday liquor situation here has not abated, and it was rumored about the city tonight that most of the saloons would be wide open next Sun day. The Royal Arch./ an organization of liquor dealers. will hold meeting here tomorrow, at which time the liquor situa- tion will be discussed. The general i'm pression is that Atlantic City will be closed tighter than for many Sundays past, since most of the big hotel owners are of the opinion that 1t would be best to close for the present at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
charoes Aaainst Officials.

Honolulu, August 2S.-It has just de- veloped that charges against United States Attorney R. w. Breckens, pre- ferred by the Rev. E. W. Twhing and others have been sent to Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte at Washington They in- clude a number of specifications referring both to official and personal conduct alleged to be detrimental to the admin istration of federal laws, especially among the Oriental part of the community
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Driven From Home.

Norfolk, Va, August 2s.-The Meherrin river is so flooded at Margaretsville, N. C.. just over the Virginia line on the spur of the Seaboard Air Line railroad. that a large number of people, mostly negroes, living on the banks of the river. have been driven from their homes. The water is almost to the second story of a number of houses and families were today taking refuge in the village of Mar garetsvlle.
 The Appomatox river at Petersburg, Va. has overflowed it's banks and the Norfolk and Western and Atlantic Coast Line railway tracks there are submerged to such an extent that trains cannot pass over the river
 Traffic over the Norfolk and Western between Norfolk and Richmond, was tenn porarily suspended today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Refused to Coal Ship.

Sydney, August 2S.-The Jumpers union has refused to permit it's members to coal the American hospital ship Relief, on the ground that the battleships of the American Atlantic fleet were coaled by it's own men. American sailors are now coaling the Relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29

today operated train from Spartan burg to Laurene and return, the first over that line since Monday
 Destroyed bridges are still being report ed to the office of the county supervisor, the number now exceeding 40.
 Damage to corn and cotton has not been exaggerated, many farmers report ing bottom lands swept clean and in many instances covered with sand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Prominent Lawyer Dead.

Houston, Tex, August 2S. = William Henry Bailey, Sr., formerly attorney gen eral of the state of North Carolina and an author and lawyer of note, died at the home of his son at Seabrook, Tex, today, aged 77 years. During the civil war Mr. Bailey was prominent in the councils of the Confederacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Mayor Charged With Arson.

San Juan, August 2S.-Heractio Men doza, mayor of Cayey, was arrested to- day, charged with arson. It is alleged that recent fire at Cayey, in which many buildings were destroyed, was caused by Mendoza. His arrest followed the entering of a suit by him to recover $3s, 900 from une Palatine and the London and Globe Insurance companies for dam age done by the fire. He was held in s10,000 bail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Many Deaths In Flood.

Columbia, s. C., August 2S.-It is re- ported from Pelzer, s. C., that the corpse of a small white child was seen floating down the Saluda river at that place to- day.
 From Bennettsville comes reports of interrupted communication, heavy dam age to crops, drowning of live stock and destruction of bridges.
 A special dispatch from Hartsville, tells of the drowning of a whole negro family. except the father, in the flooded Pee Dee swamps near Society Hnl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Trains Moving Again.

Spartanburg, s. C., August 2S.-Today has brought some improvement of the railway lines into Spartanburg. The Southern Is maintaining schedules on the maine line between Charlotte and Atlanta and on the Asheville and Spartanburg division.
 Columbia however. is blocked, the trouble being south of Carlisle, Trains were operated today between Carlisle and Spar tanburg.
 The Charleston and Western Carolina
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29
Venezuelan Dispute,

London, August 29.-The Standards Rome correspondent says that the Dutch government has opened pourparlers to ascertain what diplomatic or other as- sistance Italy will render her in con- nection with the dispute with Venezuela. The correspondent adds that similar steps will be taken with London and Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-29

seaboard. on-tlme line Atlanta.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-18

the leader in this expedition, the disas-
trous results to the whites would have been
avoided
In 1850 he and his partner took drove Of
horses up from New Mexico to Fort Laramie;
and in 1851 he and his friend, Maxwell, went
to ST. Louis, bought train load of goods,
and tried their hand at bit Of the business
OF the Sante Fe trail themselves. They met
the Comanches, but got through without
fight, and made successful venture in their
enterprise.
TO Be Continued)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-18
THE JEFFERSONIAN.

Lieutenant Beale OF the navy undertook the
task. The hardships of the journey wrecked
the mind and body Of Beale, who was an
invalid for several years after that. It was
nothing for Kit Carson, who came out hale
and hearty as ever. In March 1S47, he was
started once more as despatch bearer to Wash
ington. This time he met the Indians on the
ella, fought them, got through, crossed New
Mexico, descended the Arkansas river and in
the month of June arrived at Washington,
after having made four thousand miles in
three months time. The same journey re-
quires little more than three days now; but
we do not make it on horseback
At Washington, as reward for his bravery
and service to the government, Carson was
appointed lieutenant of the rifle corps of
the U. S. His commission was never ratified,
though this he did not learn until some months
later. He was sent back to California with
dispatches. He crossed the Missouri River,
fought the COmanches at the Point of Rocks,
got through them, passed the Rockies, and had
got as far through as the Virgin river before
he met his next Indian fight He and fifteen
companions here stood off three hundred
Indians. In time he reached Monterey, and
later, simply to keep himself in practice, took
service against the Mexicans on the border
for time.
There was no man Of all those known to
the army officers who had the resources or
was so we'll qualified as a despatch rider as
Kit Carson. He was sent back once more to
Washington in the spring Of 184S The souls
of most men would have failed them, and the
physical frame Of any other man except him
self have been by these journeyings too far
racked to make this long and hazardous trip
Yet this hardy, tough little man, just big
enough for steady riding, cheerfully under
took this third journey across the continent
as despatch bearer He stopped at Taos just
for day to see his family. He saw them
once in three years 1t was October, 184S
when he reached Washington this time.
And now once more Kit Carson wanted to
settle down at home as a peaceful rancher
But it seems there was no peace for him
The Apaches from the lower country har-
assed the New Mexican settlements, and Car
son guided Colonel Beae against that tribe and
the Comanches Then there came lull in fight
ing and scouting and Carson once more de-
termined to be ranchman. His partner in
the latter business was his old friend, Max.
WE'LL and their ranch was located about fifty
miles east Of Taos at what is known as
Rezado. Again he Joined an expedition
against the Apaches, day and half to the
southeast, a disastrous expedition in which
Cnvarol 1phitac Uoro Iyi11ad Tho Tnd;opr vra,o
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-18
BETHANY, TooMBs CULLARs WAS, AND
rs, A REAL PARSONAGE.

Memphis, Tenn, June |, 1908.
Hon. Thos E. Watson
Dear Sir: l have just read your beautiful
novel, "Bethany.'' Why it is that so many
Southerners put their eyes out reading Cum
Gle Tom Cabin,' and such deceiving and
overdrawn literature and then look astonished
when you ask them if they have read ''Surry
Of the Eagles Nest, Augusta Evans "Mac-
aria" and your Bethany is more than I
can understand. Your character Toombs
Guitars, is one of the truest to nature I ever
had the pleasure to read Of He is a real
fellow, blunt and true. The unhappy termi-
nation Of the courtship of "Uncle Ralph and
Nellie, is sad, but true to life. Having read
this, want ''some more' Just as soon as
you receive the other book I ordered, your
'Life and Speeches." please forward same
! met gentleman Of Georgia, Mr. Cox. He
is agent for the L. r. A. He had heard YOU
speak, and knew, in his young days, your
three heroes, Ben Hill, Robt Toombs and AL
Stephens. l practically belong to your school
OF politics. L think you are typical Demo-
crat OF the Jetfersonian type. | know both
leading parties are more or less under the
control of Wall Street. But as a matter of
expediency, don't you think that the Popu-
lists ought to, in this campaign, support Bry-
an? third party cannot succeed this time
Bryan may not exactly suit, but we can It get
everything We want. So long as the negro is
here, the South ought to have one white party
and one only. | simply make this suggestion.
| feel free to thus express my feelings, for
yield to no one in my devotion to the cause
Of ''true Jeffersonian Democracy" I, like
you, am tired of seeing a few damnable, heart
less scoundrels running the country, while
millions of the nobe-souled men and women
who would, if they could, do SO much good,
look at their sweet little children in despair,
and wonder where their next months provi-
sions are to come from, sometimes having to
keep them from school for the want of a tab
let or lead pencil. 1t is heart-rending. But
I say, give the Democratic party, under the
leadership Of Bryan, one more chance Please
forward book when it arrives
Your friend politically and personally,
GEORGE T. WALLACE.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-18
(From Magazine Of American History
(Chapter III
By William S. Btrge, M. D.

During the melee and confusion OF the fight,
the Navajo who had been captured, managed
to escape and join his comrades, but not soon
enough to warn them of the danger they were
being drawn into. He and three others did
their best to slay Ewing Young, who in his
eagerness to engage in the ARRAY, had reck-
Eessly advanced beyond the main body of his
followers AS it was, it would have gone i'll
with him it Kit Carson had not appeared at
the opportune moment and put a bullet
through the treacherous redskins head The
hand was raised and in the very act of driv-
ing a knife into the gallant leader back
Another instant and it would have been too
late Having thus effectually chastised the
Indians, who suffered the loss of over half
their number, the party returned to Taos,
where they disbanded, and resumed their ordi-
nary pursuits.
But it seems that Carson was not to be
allowed to settle down to the peaceful enjoy
ment Of ranch life, for Fremont called upon
him once more, and once again Carson set
his face toward the West, this time in com
pany with a Fremont soldier, better seasoned,
and Of better judgment. This time it was his
purpose to find more direct trail directly
across the Great Basin and into California
Carson led the way west of the Great Salt
lake directly into the desert, and thence on
to the Carson river, searching for new pass
over the Sierras into the valley Of the San
Joaquin. At length they found themselves
again at Suffers Fort, and from thence they
struck north along the Sacramento river,
intending to push north until they struck the
Columbia. They did not know that war had
been declared between the United States and
Mexico Lieutenant Gillespie overlook them
and brought the news Fremont turned back.
It was in Oregon, in the Klamath Country,
that there came the cowardly night attack in
which Basil Lajeunesse and three others were
killed. Kit saw his companion, brave Della
ware Indian, stand up and receive a half-dozen
arrows from unseen foes. He joined the
pursuit in the dark, and later, on the back
ward trail to California with Gillespie he
helped execute stern mountain justice on the
Klamaths
Now, after the stirring events which follow
ed the declaration of war with Mexico, there
was needed a messenger to be sent from
California to the government at Washington.
Who better could serve in this capacity than
the brave hearted little rider Kit Carson?
crossed the Rocky Mountains when he met
General Kearney's column, and was ordered
to return to California. In this return Kear-
ney and his men were assaulted by the Cali
foYnia MayicanG brave fighters Themselves
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
AN EASY WORD.

This is what happened to a
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02

Glasgow workingman when he
tried to make his wife's home
life happy by reading the police
news to her as contained in his
evening paper. In due course
he reached an interesting trial
Tor assault, the report of which
concluded as follows:
This case was held over un-
til tomorrow, as the presiding
magistrate said he found con-
siderabledifficulty in pronounc-
ing sentence"
Dear me-" commented the
readers wife, he Gamma haze
been a man O muckle edication,
surely, or he wouldna haze found
any difficulty in prouoncin' an
easy wee word like that
Dundee Advertiser.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02

Blondin?'D
What but the organized hold
ing movement ofthe planters
prevented cotton from going
down to its old famine price of 5
cents during the panic? What
but this prevented bank after
bank in tn eSouth from break
ing? What but this so quickly
not the whole country? The
cotton planters have done a
magnificent work, wark of
which the whole South should
be proud. It would be little short
of treason and dishonor in the
Southern people to desert the
planters now when the brunt of
the fight is over, now when the
men who have been most loyal
to the cause have most cotton to
market, now when the rest have
quietly loaded at the fairer
prices made possible by the 10y
atty of the few. If, Isay, these
most loyal men are to be the
chief sufferers and are compel
led to surrender ANONYMOUSLY to
low prices, with faith in them
selves, faith in organizations,
faith in~the Southern people
shaken as never before, then are
we Southerners traitors and
false to ourselves, to them and
to our own best interests.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
A FEAT FOR BnoNDIN.

"Why don't you Republicans
walk on the straight and marrow
path in this tariff revision bust
ness?' asked Representative
Champ Clark of Speaker Can
Champ the Speaker replied,
chat question reminds me OF a
story about man | knew in chi
sago who stayed very late at a
dinner at the club. When ne
came out he started to walk IN
the middle of the street. !,
"'Hey, john said a trlend
who met him as he was making
the best of his way along the car
tracks, why don't you walk on
the sidewalks?' .,
"a walk on the sidewalks
snorted John. DO you think l m
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
A BIT OF ADVICE.

This is a bit Of advice offered
by the Gunison Gazett e.
Young man, if you should
come across a girl who, with a
face as radiant as a sunflower,
says as you appear to the door,
81 will be busy for half an hour
yet, for the dishes are not wash
ed" just squat right down on
the doorstep and wait for her,
because some other chap may
come along and secure the prize
and right there you will have
lost an angel.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
Fourteen Mistakes.

An English paper gives a list
of what it terms "the fourteen
mistakes of life" While there
are undoubtedly other mistakes
than those mentioned, the list is
a fairly comprehensive one.
1t is great mistake to set up
our own standard of right and
wrong and judge people accord
ingly, to measure the enjoyment
of others by our own, to expect
uniformity of opinion in this
world, to look for judgment and
experience in youth, to endeavor
to mold all dispositions alike, to
look for perfection in our own
actions, to worry ourselves and
others with what cannot be rem
edied, not to yield in immaterial
matters, not to alleviate all that
needs alienation as far as lies
in orr poyety not to make al
lowances for the infirmities of
others, to consider everything
impossible that we cannot per-
form, to believe only what our
finite minds can grasp, to ex-
pect to be able to understand
everything.
And the last and greatest mis-
take of all is to live for time
alone, when any moment may
launch us into eternity.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
A VERY MODEST MAN.

A modest man was Cyrus Bean,
a modest man indeed;
His form was long and lank and
lean, his whiskers ran to
seed;
An alderman at first, he went
next to the Legislature,
And then became a Congress
man, but kept his modest
nature;
We called him ICY" as we had
done before he went away
To take a house in Washington
at twice his yearly pay.
Most modest man l ever saw; he
served a term, and then,
There bein' nothin' else to do,
we sent him back again;
And so it went; he moved ahead
a little every season,
Not for the things he done or
said, or any startlin' rea-
son;
But out at home we called him
"Cy,"
Just as we'd done before,
Although he was distinguished
by the tall silk hat he wore.
We made him Senator at last,
not that his deeds were
great,
We merely took the plum and
passed it his way on a
plate;
He didn't set no streams aflame
nor cause much agitation,
He simply took the things as
they came and smiled with
moderation;
Most modest man l ever met;
although we'd raised him
high
We hadn't caused him to forget
he was thesame old "Cy."
His name was mentioned now
and then for the speeches
that he made,
Or for his bein' present when
some cornerstone was laid
When ICY" at last was mention
ed for Vice President he
never
Protested to be in insulted or
made any kick whatever;
He d'An't seem to feel too great
IN men, / wish to
State, Tie country ever
knew.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS.

Dissolve four ounces of bees
wax in eight ounces of warm
olive oil. Dip the tips of the
fingers into the solution and
anoint the egg all over. The oil
will be absorbed and the shell
and pores filled up with the
wax. Pack in bran or sawdust
and put away in a cool place;
Eggs treated in this way will
keep two years.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
LEST THOU FORGET.
UT NE OBLIvISCARE.

My Love, My Life, although we
part,
I would not give thee back thy
heart.
My Star is set;
Yet would I seek thy form and
face
And hold thee in one long en-
brace
Lest thou forget.
l would not, could not make thee
free,
Ut ne obIviscare.
How can / doubt a love like
thine?
How can | doubt thy heart is
mine?
And yet-and yet,
I'd follow thee through frozen
lands,
Or, DER the deserts torid sands,
Lest thou forget.
I'D trek the earth, I'd swim the
sea,
Ut ne obliviscare.
ening throes,
Thy soul shall sink to mute re-
pose,
Without regret,
Dear Love, I'd bear thee COM
pany,
In death and all eternity,
Lest thou forget.
fain would give my life for
thee, Z"
Ut ne obliviscGre.
w. K. Morris.