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?be VOLUME II. _ ANDERSON, S. C SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1915. i ?. ?^B?mm?wm??mm?msB^?m???ms??m?mmmmmmm ' , _ NUMBER 197. CITIES A! BETWEEN FIFTY AND SIXTY | LOST IN VICINITY OF NEW ORLEANS PROPERTY LOSS OVER $2,000,000 Est?mate of Damage at Coast Points Near Mobile is About Fifty Thousand. MbWle, Sept. 29.-Between fifty and sixty lives "were lost, several hundred injured and property damag ed to the extent of more than two ; million hy tho hurricane which since yesterday hes virtually isolated New Orleans and vicinity. Tills is the sum of reports received tonight by meager mean? of communication, the usual means atilt being;, nearly useless. ' In New Orleans seven were fettled, nomo by falling structures and some drowned and ar hundred and fifty in jured by falling structures. At Freriier, Louisiana, twenty-five drowned . At Mhnshac, Louisiana. ? section foreman and sixteen negro hands were drowned. Two children were killed at Paca goula when a house Was demolished, at Mobile two were electrocuted by live wires; at Natchez ono was killed by falling timber. Hie property loss at New Orleans is approximated at two million. There ls no definite estimate of tho loss at coast points around New Orleans but at ?Mobile, end vicinity the loss wilt not oxooed fifty thousand. Esti mates here were materially lessoned when Coden, .Bayou Be ?rc, Alabama iv?rt. Battles and Fair Hope were hoard from. Four ships were ?wept over the wharves at Gulf port and a steamer lost at Natchez and a watchman with her. Ail vessels outward bound from New Orleans are accounted for. The Southern Pacific liner Proteus, which was reported yesterday in the storm center 'off the Mississippi's mouth, was declared safe by the Cro?lo of tho same line. In New Orleans, fifteen mostly girls in the telephone exchange, were Injured when windows were blown In; the Masonic Temple in the heart of the bualnesa district, was damaged, a public school and several churches and houses in the French market sec tion were'demolished or damaged. Tlie wind played havoc with parka and houbea in outlying sections, email vessels over the river were swamped and docks and warehouses damaged. Water from Lake Ponchartrain swept over the seawall into the lake (resorts. Fire from lightning de stroyed a big acid plant. Wire Service Suspended. .Mobile, Sept. 30.- Riestorntlon of the wire, or of the interrupted wire less conununrtlon from New Orleans io anxiously awaited. Fragmentary messages- wirelessed from vessels at New Orleans indicated that the storm had subsided. Wire companies are working to restore tho lines. The loss of life la sot expected to bc heavy. Ample ^warning" was given to resi dents on the cast. Oas report says ten are ?ead lo New Orleans and the property loss is heavy from wind and water, which was backed into the streets. Breaking of the levee? aouth of the city' ls reported. The famous, French market sections are reported damaged. Reporta of a heavy property damage along Ihe rulf coast la expected. . Six ly Miles an Hoar st Hew Orleans. The hurricane swept New Orleans for' seven hours nt moro than sixty miles an hour. The maximum veloci ty reported '.hy the weather bureau wan between a hundred and twenty sad a hundred and thirty. - The wind K aw at tb*? *tate; for one minute he - tveen five thirty and six In the af ternoon. The highett sustained velo city was eight-six miles, about five forty. Morgan City, La., Sept.. 30.-The ?i?orni T?atn?K? hero JS 'estimated at two hundred thousand. Three steam boats "wera sunk in harbor, buildings unroofed and houses tom from t: cir foundations. T?w> wind reached *a <n:!ty: of elsnty-fIve miles. There no ieee trf'llfe here but fear was felt for tao safety of ffchermen. eawp ed along tho coast. Crowley and La fayette, -west Ct hare, report no dstaajre. Oalvoston. Texan, Sept. 301-A wireless ?rom Kew Orleans stated 2 o'clock the -water In "the eas receding rapidly and the ".iii going down . Tho nnumber of dead In New Orleans ia live. There are .indications that the property dam age wss considerable. S LOST IN ; SWEEPING ONG GULP HEAVY BUYERS TO BET REBATE BUYERS OF THOUSAND DOL LARS WORTH TO GET REBATE IS DESIGNED O AID QUICK SALES Fifty Eight New York Financial Firms' Will Become Members of Syndicate Underwriters. New York, Sept. 30.-Although the designated price ot tho Anglo French loan bonds has been fixed ot ninety-eight to the public, lt devel oped today tuet purchasers of amounts, from a thousand dollars up wards wail get them et ninety-six and a quarter, the net price to the syndicate, but a method to maintain the price by Artificial means at nine ty-eight was adopted. Thc syndicate members, under this method, must pay oiinoty-efght for the bonds but when tho syndicate ex pires sixty days hence they will ro celve a: rettete, bf one and thrco-rjtiar tors per oent. The -plan'to offer tbhe bonds throughout tho country to thousand dollar purchasers le inter preted as a bid for quick buyers. Tho ono quarter per cent over ninety six, the figure originally set as Ute price to investors, will be used to pay the expenses of distribution. [Fifty-eight financial houses willi becoino members of the local syndi cate of underwriters, according to a Heft made public today, by J. P. Morgan & Co. New York, Sept. 30.-The com plete details of the method of mar keting the halt billion dollar joint issue of Anglo-French five, year bonds will probably be announced late today by J. P. Morgan and com pany. Representatives of New York banks and trust companion and oth er financial houses continued con ferences looking to the adoption ot a definite program placing the issue on the market within a fortnight. The committee today is trying to de cide tho sise of subgscriptions allow ed, the time when the bonds will be sold and the terms, for smaller de nominations, with other terms. Indications aro that under-wrlilng syndicate will disband after sixty or ninety days, and the bonds will be listed, probably free, on the stock ex change. Morgan & Co., at noon Issued a memorandum stating that the loan syndicato would have a life of 60 days. The syndicate will purchase the bonds at 98. At the expiration of 60 days they wlir receive 1 3-4 rebate', l'h?re ls no restriction on the purchaser?. Banks participating will merely trans fer- the mopey on the hooks and lt will be left In she bank until needed. WOULD SELECT RECRUITS BY VOTE London, Sept. 30.- Rori Kitchener addressing a meeting of the labor ex ecutives yesterday said he preferrod a continuation of the votuntoer sys tem, nut recruiting was not up to the needs. Ho explained his plan, not yet authorised, would apply .a military ballot system. Each district ?v?H be required to furnia; tts quota ?( men. If they could not-be supplied by vol unteers, the required number, would bei selected by ballot among men of mil linty age. Those thu? chosen would be comos:lea to enlist. Maanfactnre*** pay at Exposition. Denver,. 8ept. 30.-Manufacturers, jobbers and salesmen today had their day at the International Soil Products exposition being ?teld hore. There are many valuable exhibits at th? exposition In the Une of manu factured articles produced from soil products and many used - th field, and farm house. Canal Opening Belayed. Washington. Sept. SO.-Colonel Harding, neting governor of tn* Pana ma canal, cabled t??-> war department that more earth mbveuvvnti will de lay' the Veop?nlng of th? banal until October l*.nth, five days longer than was previously reported. CARRANZA S TROOPS IF? REPORTS {Report is First Intimation of Poa tive Action By Carranza in Cooperation With U. S. Brownsville. Sept. '30.-Goperal I Nafarrute, tito Carranza commander ?at Matamoros, reported the arrest of five bandits driven- across thc Rio I Grande hy United States, troops at Cnmargo, Mexico, and said ho was I Investigating the reported gathering of several hundred Mexicans opposite i Progreso. This was the first Intima tion that the Carranza authorities had taken positive action to co-operate I with the American forces lu clearing the boundary of raiders. PIEDMONT MAN GETS VERDICT FOR $2,500 Greenville, Sept. 30.-The supreme court yesterday handed down a de cision that affirmed tho verdict of a court or, common pleas Jury in the I case of Floyd Baldwin, plaintiff, Ver nas the Piedmont, Manufacturing company, awarding the plaintiff dam ages in the slim of $2,500. Argument {was made before thc supreme court last spring. Attorney James H. Price represented Baldwin while Hayn es worth & Hayns worth appeared for the defendant company. . HHS PLAN 10 LOM ?0 F?BMEfiS?U PERCENT 'lan Prov*les for Issuance ol Three ard . Half Per Cent Government Bonds. Omaha, Sept. 3d.-A plan for the government tc lend money to farmers of limited means by tho issuance of tb ree ,'?nd -a half per cent hoods waa ?otlined by a Nobraslta senator, G. W. Norria, at thc National Farmers' Congress today. It provides for a bureau operating through postmas ters, lending money at 'our per cent to farmers who are American cttla?n?.. ' - ... ..f.i . .j_ REPORT W PROJECTED CUBAN UPRlSfNfl DENIED Havana. Sept. 30.-The govern ment's eec rotary denied- current ru mors ot ? projected negro uprising. He enid there Was no tiniest anica g the negroes hut the Rovernrhont is prepared to concentrate . strong forces' in any locality upon Oral sign Of disorder. , Mystery In Sn?clt?e. Wilmington, Poi., Sent. go.-7!. P. Simmons, an electrician of Peters* burg. Va.,- la reported ; . .UK.? com milted " suicide with ga*. ??/ {ls said to have disappeared. 1 NEAR MEXICO CITY, ANDI SPABTAHBURG IN KiUfO ffi B?lTlil Brother of Congressman Nicholls Fell in Battle of Loot-Was Lieutenant in British Army. Greenville, Sept. 30.-Lieut. Montague Nicholls, of Spartnuburg, younger brother nt Congressman Stun J. Nicholls, was killed while com manding a division of British field ar tillery in the battle of Leos, cither September 26 or 27, according to a British war office dispatch to the be reaved family in Spartanburg, heirs of which reached Greenville thia af ternoon. Lieut. Nicholls was w< (l known in Greenville ?nd had a nimi or friendB hero whom ho frequently visited before he swore allegiance to England and went to the front In thc European conflagration. Ho waa a former student ot Annapolis and Weat Point. The death message from the sec retary of tho Brltlah war omeo was I received this afternoon In Spartan burg by Judge George W. Nicholls, fattier of tho slain boy. Congressman Nicholls Immediately . communicated ?.vlth the department at Washington vi th a view of makins arrange ments, if possible, to havo th? dead body shipped to Spartanburg for bu rial . Tho department informed him that every assistance would be offer ed , but it is notvknown whether lt will be possible to transport tine re I mains. Lieut. Nicholls was 28 years of jago. He waa born and reared in I Sparta .uurg. He-cttended the Spar ?tanburg schools,' Citadel at Charles ton. West Point and South Carolina university. Besides hts military ac complishments, he waa known by the sporting fraternity throughout the country because of tho success he attained on the football field. Ho was a star at one time on the Anna polis eleven. When Nicholls left Annapolis he Infer went to South Carolina Univer sity r^nd pursued a course In law, t?io chosen profession ot his brother and father. Hhorilly after was wes declared and leading nations ot Europe were at each other* traroats, ?roting Nicholls always Imtiused with a courageous soliit. went to Canada and enlisted for service in the British army. A man ot high military -and naval training, he was soon promoted to a lieutenancy. He fought valiantly' I day after day, the reports showed, and not evoa a serious wound he sus tained several month* ago, daunted Wm. Then he waa a lieutenant in th? Royal artillery. 'He recovered, and again ealliod to the front, this time aa a lieutenant to the British Field artillery. Berlin Reports Lons. Berlin. Scpf. 30. -Tbo loss of Hill 101 in the Champagne region north of Maaaigncs to the allies as a result of thc great battle now progressing is annountd in an bTflchd statement to day. GENERAL OBREGON TfciiB Is tho first photograph of Geu iral Carranza'*} troops fightiug in tho Icinlty of Mexico City, willoh they tavo taken aud lost uoveral times vllhin tlie last two - months. Ono lay the city changed hands three imes. Tho photograph shows (Ur ania's troops making a trench of the ullroad ditch orar the city. Tho p&iotograph of Oeneral Obrcgon how/5 him with his right arm cot off t the elbow. It will be recalled that ae first reports from the Villa camp everal weeks ago had lt that Obre on, wiho ls considered the ablest ii Uti ry leader Carranza has, was cad of his wounds. Later lt was ..urned that he had only suffered tho >ss of his arm. This photograph was ikea of him while Hie was convales lng from that wound. WANTS U. S. TO BUY Congressman Hourn Thinks Tltat Much W?1 Be Need in Gov ernment Power Milla. Washington, Sept. 30.-Represen tative Reflln of Alabama, called on Secretary Daniels and Garrison to day, suggesting that the government purchase four hundred and fifty thousand bale? of cotton aud two hundred and fifty thous..nd hales of linters to bo manufactured into gun cotton and explosives to meet the ?nu ni tl un requirements of the army and navy. Secretary Daniels said more cotton than usual would be needed because the government powder milts at In dian Head, Maryland, had been en larged. RAILWAY REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE COMMERCE COMMISSION Washington, Sept. 30.- Representa tives of all the principal railroad sys tems are before the Interstate ' com merce commission to present their views on the main question? involved In physical valuation. They appear ed by request of the commission. Roads representatives have filed a ?OO-page brief discussing the subject from a technical standpoint. 6. i um M KANSASGRY IN 1916 Wore Than Five Thousand, Vet erans Shook Hauds W.ih President Today. Washington, Sept. 30.-Kansas C, i ty was cha?en today as tad place Tor the nineteen slxteeu encampment of the G. A. H. Tho election or ofli rers will take place tomorrow. Through a mlsunderstandieg of what was Intended the private reception at tho White House today became a gen eral affair.- Mi?re than five thous - m ,,i ?-. UIU " M ..um ? ?dont Wilson. COLORADO IJOJ70R MEN WILL SESO?? TO COURTS Denver, Colo., Sept.. SO.-Threat ened with a fight over the new* pro hibition law which goes into effect on January 1, 1919, the Antl-3aloon League or Colorado oponed a memo rabl? convention here today. Den ier, under a home roles statute, threaten* to' roll the state-wide dry law. The call 1er today*? meethiK slated that the "purp??* was the -fprtnulaUng nf nltao of action to r.heckmatc any? move the liquor Torces may mot*?.*' Legat action ls presumed. GRANTS REPRIEVE UNTIL OC TOBER 10 FOR JOSEPH HILLSTORM, A SWEDE SENTENCED TO BE SHOT TODAY Governor Think* Swedish Minis ter Should Come to Utah and Investigate Case. Salt Lake City. Sept. 30.-On re quest of President Wilson, Governor Spry of Utah has gi anted a reprieve until October tenth for Joseph Hill strom, the Swede who was sentenced to be shot tomorrow for the murder of a grocer and his eon. The governor enid the Swedish min Inter at Washington, who prevailed on the president to ask the reprieve, should como here and investigate the case. Tho Swedish vico consul hero investigated ?ind found no reason for a change ot Hilistrom'a sentence. TEteTttbrair Was Hea?y. Salt Lako City, Sept. 30.-Prepara tions for the execution of Joseph Hlllstrom la completed, Ut-?ess the governor Interferes be will be shot ot sun-risc tomorrow. A large force of additional police In plain clothos, and private detectives are guarding pub lic buildings and many hornea as a result o' anonymous threats to de stroy property unless .Hlllstrom was reprieved. ; Incoming traine are watched, and itinerants told to move on. GERMANS GET REINFORCEMENTS Von Hindenburg Bringing Up Fresh Troops for Another Blow at Russian Right. London, Sept. 30.-The Times Pe trograd correspondent says according to tho prevailing opinion in Russian military circles Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, regardless of ?ho mon aco to Germany's western front has brought upu fresh forces at Osmlnia and ls proparlng for another blow at Oise Russian right lu order to sweep southeastward in an effort to ber the route Of retreat foi* the Muscovite Ba ron ov ich i army. For this reason the! general staff emphasises the import ance of the line from Vilelka to Ive netx near (Minsk aa Hindenburg's real objective. The crossing of the Styr by large Teutonic forces, and the re vival of au offensive at Kolkl also con stitute',* a new and formidable factor with wulch Ivanoff must reckon. GREENVILLE VISITED BY HEAVY RAINFALL Greenville, Sept. 30.-OreenvlNe and vicinity was visited last nignt by a cool spell which ls very, welcome due to the hard weather which has prevailed here hi tho past few weeks. A light rain began at an early hour this morning which later developed into a heavy rainfall. Thia weather ts no doubt a gift from tho West In dian hurricane and ls the tall end of the storm which has dono great damage on the gulf coast. Telegrams Te Be Delayed. I London.. Sept. 30.-The postmaster general has announced all future tele gram? for neutral count rica tn Ba rop? and for Russia by the ' Great northern lines and Berlin will be subjected to ?orty-eight hours dolay. Ha?tiens to Quit. Cape Haitian. Sept. 80.-Ha?tien rebels residing the American ire i agreed to lay down arras. A con ference was held yesterday between the principal rebel leaders and' Ameri can officers. New Liquor Law I? Effect. Tampa, Sept. 30.- The Davis package law prohibiting the sale of liquor in ?ess than half pint packages goefl into affect at midnight. The packages must be sealed. COND LINE CONTINUES FRENCH BROKE THROUGH BUT WERE FORCED BACK BY RESERVES GERMANS ADMIT HEAVY LOSSES Von Hinderlerg Still Far From His Objective Point m East ern Campaign. London, Sept. 30.-The battle for Ute second lien of Gorman defense in Champagne, a collapse of w.ilcu would mounce tho greater part of the German positions, is proceeding stub bornly. At several pointe the the French gained a footing on the sec ond line and went through but meet ing German reserves .rere forced to rall back. According to the Ger mans these attackers were captured or exterminated. Tho Germane admit the loss ot Hill Hundred and Ninety One, not far from the railway triangle necessary to German B to supply their Argonne army. In Artois ae allleB are engaged in consolidating the won grond elad opposing counter attacks. The Ger mans says ailles opened a nev? at tack east of Auberville because ot the German reinforcement arriving in Cha ?pague. Von Hindenburg ia still far from Dvnisk but south, of Vflna bis troops captured u thousand prisoners in what les believed to be the first stroke of his new blow, against tho Burs lan right. South of Pripst, fa which von Mackensen is stuck, the f'JuBSi?ns have retired, but in Galicia they are still hammering the Ger mans. London thinks Bulgaria has aban doned any offensive against Serbio but the Greeks still prepare a Sofia cabinet criais, it la Vila, his been awrted. London, Sept. 30.-The struggle on the western front has become ol carl ly a battle for Lena, in Pas de Calais, nine miles northeast ot Arra?. . The capturo of this town, with'its radiating railway's would bring Into the foreground tho ftoasiblllty of re taking Lille. North and south ot. Leas, the allies hold a high ground dominating the town. The British hold HUI 70 and the French Hill 1-40 between Soucher and Viney. An official report from 1 Paris last night said merely that thia crest had been reached and so a pre sumably terrific counter-attack was raging t?tere today with tho final mastery of tills position at stake. Rain, fog and soggy ground are hampering both armies and limiting the activities of aircraft. A few day? of clear dry weather might have a marked bearing on developments. The allies offensive thus far, baa been confined to stretches on a front of less than thirlv rollas. The gen eral belief here is that the attacks are only the prelude *.o what ls com ing. At any rate ti.j people will be disappointed if the movement Is not sustained. T?tere la the ususl speculation re garding the shifting of the German forces ?rom theeaht io the r'< it, but reliable information is racking. Against the report that some of the Prussian guards have been hurried west there aro rumors that von Hin denburg has been reinforced heav ily, moreover, the Austrians apparent ly have received fresh troops. The British victory over the Turks in mesopotamia brings, General Slr John Nixon's men within a hundred and forty miles of Bagdad. 'ttte news came unheralded to London as fighting In that quarter has' almost been forgotten. Whether thc British will try tb puah on to Bagdad ls problematical. The concensus ot opinion here ls that the resistance of Turks in this region is crushed. French Bepert. Paris, Sept. 30.-Tho war office an nounce? the capture of an important Gorman defensive work spurn or Ro pe nt. In Champagne tho French gained a footing of various poti ts of the German second line bf d?fense. Keppel ls a Westwar?. London, Sept. no.- A Central Newe Amsterdam dispatch says six Zepp*"" lins were sighted over Aeraclu-t, M miles northeast of Brussels, bound westerly, pover is due west of Aer schot. Two Offleer? Killed. Londo.i. Sept. St).-The British cas ualties in the recent fighting >>n th? western front included tAeuteaant General Sir Thompson Capper''*' *nd Major-Gencra! 0. Ht. 'Tbeadgat', both et whom were killed.