The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-14
WORST CALAMITY
BEFALLS GEORGIA
Tobacco Ruined in Decatur County.
Other Farm Fields Also RaVaged
by Waters.

Savannah, Ca, July n.-Dispatches
tonigbt from Bainbridge and other
owns in that part of southern Geor'
= sia describe the food conditions there
as the worst calamity that has ever
Sefallen that region. In Decatur
county, which seems to have suffered
the worst, the, damage to crops and
other property is now placed at $780,
600. The entire tobacco crop there is
ruined, it is said.
The Flint river, which overlowed
its banks Sunday night, has reached
a 27 foot stage, and with continued
Feavy rains today, was still rising to-
night, gradually extending the flooded
area. Spring creek, which flooded
many thousand acres of farming land,
was believed to be slowly receding,
leaving destruction in it's wake. In
the western part of Decatur county
the Chattahooche river has laid waste
to many plantations.
In Miller county it is said that only
one small bridge withstood the tor
rent. The town of Babcock was food
ed when the huge dam at the plant OF
the Babcock Lumber company gave
way. The mill itself is half sub
merged.
;. m the vicinity OF ALBANY, near
which place the bridge of the Georgia.
Southwestern & Gulf railway over the
4 Muckafoochee creek was swept away
last night, the streams have begun to
ecede. Traffic over the Central OF
Seorgia railway is stih tied up west
gof Albany, where Notchaway creek, in
Calhoun county, overflowed its banks.
A great deal of damage has been done
in that section to crops, which were
far advanced toward maturity.
A negro who tried to swim a pond
in cotton field near Albany was
drowned.
The United States district court,
which conevned in Albany yesterday,
has been unable to transact business
owing to the inability of jurors, wit
nesses and litigants to reach the city.
Reports of great damage to crops,
roads and railway trestles reached
GA4ere tonight from Arlington, which
DFhas been isolated for four days. All
bridges on the G. F. ga. and the Cen
tral of Georgia railways in that sec
ton were washed away. Much cotton
y is under water. 1t was still raining
there tonight.
Railroads everywhere are making
great efforts to resume traffic over
their lines, but it will be four days
before they can approach former
schedules. The Georgia, Florida 4
Alabama railway had hopes of moving
a train late toQight out of Cuthbert,
where great quantity of mail has
been delayed.
Waycross another hard rain
i fell today, delaying repairs on railway
/ lines. Through traffic between Way
cross and Montgomery has been re-
! sumed over the Atlantic Coast Line,
but trains are running far behind
schedules.
In the vicinity Of Valdosta, where
the Willacoochee and Little rivers
reached stage higher than had been
tnown in a decade. the water was
falling tonight. The National high
way bridges across the Willacoochee
river and the Hagan bridge across the
Little river are gone. Other bridges
In that section were badly damaged.
nm Asburn reports hundreds of acres
OF cotton and corn under water and
much damage from wind. IA negro
iaborer on farm near there was
killed by lightning today.
Rivers Still High in Central Georgia
( Macon, Ca, July 11.-Rivers in cen
sal and southwestern Georgia are
u running high tonight, far owe:
A eir banks, but in this city the flood