The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-25
High Water Has No
Terrors For The Candidate
He Wades Creeks and Travels Through the Rams to Ge
TO the WRitnaire Meeting-SeUeral Get Water0ound
After the Meeting.

pedestrians on reaching their cars Oh
this side Immediately 'hit the road.
The Herald and News party fell INTO
| line but engine trouble set in again
and we ran about 5 miles on three
cylinders with the cloud which was
| novalmost overhead threatening to
i put US entirely out of commission
But for this trouble, our party couiu
have reached Indian creek before the
torrents of rain fell which soon made
that creek impossible for the night.
Just as we reached the home Of Mr..
J. Will Suber the very bottom OF the
heavens fell out as two clouds met,
one from the direction of Whitmire
and the other from the direction OF
Indian creek. To avoid being soaked
we ran into Mr.. Suber's lot where
we found shelter from the down
pour. While there we went over the
motor and found~the cause of the
missing cylinder and fixed it.
When the rain had passed suf1cl-
emily to drive we hit the road again
with all four cylinedrs working beau
tifuly and visions of home began to
picture themselves before US. But
these were short lived illusions for az
we approached Mr.. John M. suber's
home, Mr.. Pittard, the Pepsi-cola
man, tagged US down and informed
us that Indian creek was young
food and that his auto truck was on
the bridge dead" We threw up ou1
hands. A few moments later big
automobile pulled up behind US and
Sheriff Blease and Mr.. Eugene IS.
Blease and several other passengers
stepped out.
When told that they could not cross
Indian creek Mr. W. S. Melton VINO
was driving the car told of the wash
ing away of the bridge beyond Mr.. J.
WIFI Suber's just as the car passed off
the bridge. This was quite thrilling
experience. The bridge over Hunting
Fork creek at this place was a wood
en- structure about so or 70 feet long
and in dry weather is about 10 feet
above the water, the banks being
from to feet deep. When the
sheriff's party reached the stream
water was over the bridge and run
ming around on each end. Mr.. Melton
made an attempt to cross. When he
dashed through the water and reach
ed the bridge his engigne was nearly
drowned and it stopped on the bridge
After humoring it a little it pulled,
them off the bridge and just as the
hind wheels rolled off, the bridge
parted near the middle and foated
down stream This was a close call.
A few moments later the party might
have been thrown into the raging tor
rents.
1t soon became evident that further
travel was out of the question ana
ample provision was made at the
hospitable homes of Messrs Jno. NJ.
Suber and J. VIII Suber for the
stranded party. These homes are we'll
provided with all the blessings Of a
beautiful providence and the Newoer-
ry party was fortunate in being TAX
en- into the homes of these good men
and their charming families.
On Sunday morning all hope OF
reaching Newberry by auto. was
abandoned and Mr.. John M. Suber
provided "a wagon and four mu1e
team and sent the party to Whitmire
where we were jioned by several
other stranded Newberrians. The
pal ~ SAI1 o1nOo at WulIMlIS dI OU
and went to Clinton and from thence
to Newberry arriving at 4 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon.
On account of the late arrival of
the reporter the candidates for the
senate and Mr.. Wheeler and Mr.. Will
son for superintendent of education
had already spoken, as had Mr.. H. H.
Evans and DR.. J. VIM Folk for thu
house of representatives.
Mr.. Walter I Herbert was speaking
and said he would work in the interest
Of the farmers and try to secure leg
islation that would further his in
terests. He favored a rural credit
system and said he was crank about
education and wanted the boys and