The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-10
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 Nicksb,irg April 9.-Long leads of reinforced dilkes guarding the delta country's rich shores and numerous villages from the stress of the Missis- sippi food held strong tonight. The days hardest strife came at Miller's s Bend. few miles above Greenville, where the yellow tide topped the crown of the levee several times.
 Hundreds of men under the direct supervision of government engineers, state leyee board chiefs and plantation owners are fighting the flood in the reaches above Greenyille tonight. The battle has been under way for tie last three days. A breach in the dike at this point means the inundation of the central and southern portions of the worlds most fertile cotton country.
 The fight at Miller's Bend has been a tremendous strife To the work of 300 state convicts, who hurled bags of sand into the floods nav, Governor Brewer gave credit for yesterdays vic- tory against the raging water.
 Convicts Work Hard
 The convicts, working side by side with battalions of negro laborers and hands from the delta plantations, piled bags of sand and great banks of earth at points In tho dike menaced by the flood The fight continued to- day and far into the night.
 The chance of life loss that might result from break al Miller's Bend is slight, because hundreds of persons have moved out of the threatened ter ritory into the highlands.
 Some distance below Greenville farm CTS and villagers have made arrange ments to make their way out of the flood path in case of break Much of the live stock of the territory has been sent to higher ground
 There has been a slight general rise In the river all day in this district. In the 12 hours ending at ' o'clock to- night the rise at Vicksburg had been three tenths of a foot.
 Break Without Effect
 Apparently the break near Golden Lake, Ark, north of Memphis. had ex erted no effect on the flood of the lower river reaches tonight. This break will tend to hold back the crest In the delta and Yazoo districts, but eventually all this water must come down the valley How long will be re- quired to drain the flood basis is prob lematical.
 Water from the Golden Lake breach that is flowing into the St. Francis basin, will find its ~ay back into the Mississippi through the St. Francis river. There will be a slight loss in volume of water as 1t passes through the basin, mostly from evaporation. There will be only slight absorption because the soil in the basin is satur- ated now The situation along the river stretches south of Vicksburg to- night is practically unchanged.
 Giles Bend Gap Widening
 The gap in the auxiliary levee at Giles Bend Is widening, but this levee protect ed only a "cut off" and if the breach widens sppreciably, the only effect will be that the river will shorten it's course. eliminating the Giles Bend curve. This would add to the velocity in the river be- low, tut 1t is doubtful that it would in- crease the seriousness of the situation un- less 1t were accompanied by a sharp rise. This is unlikely.
 Armies of men are working along the long reaches of Giles tonight 10 add the final achievements against the oncom- ing tide. Armed patrols march up and