The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-28
LOCKHART


from the surrounding country were
here on Sunday to see the effects of
the flood.
Mr.. Terrell of Union was in town
on Sunday.
Miss Eunis Hope, who has oeen Wis
iting her brother, DR.. Will Hope, nj
Union, returned home tonight.
Miss Maude Baldwin, who has been
attending summer school at Rock Hill,
will return home Friday.
Miss Helen Ragsdale of Greenville
is visiting Mrs. w. d. Dent.
Miss Alice Baird of Georgia, who
has been visiting Mrs. w. D. Dent,
has returned home.
Lockhart's winning streak was
broken on last Monday when she met
defeat at the hands of Buffalo. The
contest was exciting and hard fought
from start to finish, but was really lost
in the first INNING when three errors
netted the visitors as many runs. The
two other runs came by the error
route also when peg from first to
second, which should have retired the
side, went wild and filled the bases.
; The home team played under a big
handicap, due to the fact that the ma
jority of her players had been at work
fighting the high water since Friday
without any chance for sleep.
Long pitched superb ball and sent
4 Of the visitors back to their benches
with sad faces. The hitting of Tins
ley and the star fielding of Hampton
and Caboness were also features for
the home boys. The entire Buffalo
team played air-tight ball, the play
ing of Frank Johnson alone standing
out above that of his team mates.
The great "Pacolet Flood" of 1903
has now paled into insigni'ficencr, lid
henceforth when high water is men
toned the July Flood of 1916" will
be the record, for the waters of
Broad river rose here on Sunday morn
ing to a good three feet above the
marks made in 1908.
From Saturday evening until Mon
day morning, the entire town was in
a state of great excitement, for the
waters threatened to break over the
banks and enter the town in spite of
all that large crowd of negroes and
"a good per cent of the white popu-
lation could do to prevent it. In fact,
only the breaking away of a large
section of the spillway of the new
dam under the tremendous pressure
prevented the flooding of the town.
The gates leading into the race were
'losed early Saturday evening; but all
day the water steadily climbed up
un.il before dark 1T reached the top
of the last abuttment, ~ feet above
the normal water mark, and splashed
against the rows of sand bags placed
there, still it climbed until it reached
depth of three feet against the sand
bags, and swept them off. The gang
of workers were then transferred to
he embankment at the lower dam at
the edge of town. About $3.50, when
the water had reached the top of this
embankment, the dam above gave way
and the water receded about ~
inches. which it never regained.
On Sunday afternoon the town was
again thrown into excitement by the
report that large dam above Ninety
nine islands had given way. Many
of those living in the fiat moved their
household goods to the hill, and work
was begun on a Golfer dam upon the
embankment which skirts the race
bank along the road leading out of
town. This work was carried on
practically all night, but the water
never reached the heighth it had on
the previous night.
The damage to the company from
the flood is considerable. Both wheel
rooms in the old and new mills were
filled with water and the pump bows
were overturned. The work of clean
ing up and repairing has been going
on steadily all day and it is probable
that operations will begin on Wednes-
day. A considerable section of the
new dam was carried away. The
large company barn was washed off
its foundations and the water sur
rounding it ruined, about $50 bushels
of corn indoors and about 400 in the
field. These are the outstanding dam