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NO. 44 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1916 $1.00 per year
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Worst Wind Storm in History of
Charlotte
The Charlotte Observer Saturday
morning: gave the following
account of the wind storm:
While Charleston and Augus
ta yesterday were in the grip of
a fearful hurricane with attend
ant heavy rains, Charlotte was
battling: throughout the dav and
long: into the night with a wind
storm that for severity, duration
and damage has never before
been equalled in the history of
the city.
The Southern Power Company,
Western Union, Postal,
Southern Bell Telephone and
Southern and Seaboard Railroads
were the chief sufferers,
particularly the first named, but
the damage was shared in bv
hundreds of individuals and corporations
in the city as well.
To give a detailed report of
the number and location of uprooted
trees, broken fences, falling
limbs, etc., in the city last
night would require a volume.
The wind was so furious and so
insistent that even electric signs,
supposed to be as immovably
fixed as anything built hereabouts.
were thrown to thp navp.
ments. Such was the case with
the Blake sign on West Trade
street and several others throughout
the city.
Inquiry at the office of the
United States Weather Bureau
last night brought forth interesting
data on the situation. The
tabulation of records received at
10 o'clock Friday night showed
that Charlotte registered the
highest wind velocity for the
day with Charleston second.
Furthermore Charlotte's wind
velocity was the most constant,
continuing throughout the day
and late into the night. Charlotte's
record at 8 o'clock was
48 miles, Charleston 36, Savannah
18, Wilmington 16, Raleigh
12, Asheville 6, and Augusta 14.
Charleston's highest velocity
was 48 miles, while that of Charlotte
at 7:45 p. m. was 54 miles,
and at 10 o'clock last night 52
miles.
The unique feature about the
wind here yesterday was that it
steadily increased throughout
the day and continued late last
night.
Local United States Weather
officials stated last night that the
storm at Charleston was practically
over and that while heavy
rains had fallen. 2.42 for th*? 24
hours, that no further damage
should be anticipated.
Keen Enthusiasm For The
Maxwell
When the Maxwell Motor
company announced luly 1 the
generous reduction in price on
its touring car and roadster, the
executives were prepared for a
somewhat increased demand for
the Maxwell product. But they
were not prepared for the tremendous
influx of business that
followed on the heels of the announcement.
Since the new Maxwell prices
became effective, the great in
crease on business has been felt
in every department of the organization.
This increase has
oeen reflected in the increased
demand upon Maxwell dealers
all over the the country.
The 1916 season was a most
prosperous one, but if early indications
count for anything, the
1917 season will surpass anything:
in the history of the automobile
industry. There is no
question but that the company's
policy of standardizing their car
and selling it at a figure that
would appeal to people of moderate
means will be justified by
the increased business.
Reminiuence of Civil War?53
Years Ago.
I wonder how many of my
old war comrades can call to
mind the event of 53 years ago
today? Well, we were at Hagerstown,
Maryland. This was
the ninth day since we began
our retreat from the famous battlefield
of Gettysburg on the 4th
of July, consequently thi. ..as
the 13th. We lay behind our
improvised breastworks of fence
rails, pole locks, etc., all expect
ing an attack from the yankees.
But to our supreme delight, i
tliprp "woe nrvtVlinrr rl/-vir?nr" olnnnf I
MVAV ftMw uwiaiuf; u\/iu^ aiVll^
this line. Some time during the
darkness of that night we set
fire to the long line of rails and
turned our faces toward Williamsport
on the Potomac River.
We left Hagerstown in a
drenching rain v which lasted
nearly all night. On reaching
the river we found it swollen so
that wagons and teams could
not cross at the ford, therefore
we were obliged to go down the
river to Falling Water to cross
on pontoon bridges. However
the infantry crossed above the
ford by wading about twelve
hundred yards diagonally up
stream. It was just chin deep to
the writer?height 5 1-2 feet. We
had a hard time crossing that
river and getting out ot its banks.
Lots of the men had lost their
shoes in crossing and the banks
were slippery. The macada
mized roads were in a loblolly
so that the feet of the barefoot
were ground and lacerated by
the sharp gravel as thev would
slip at each step in hurrying to
regain their command. This
was the only time that I ever
saw our old veteran, Rev. J. A.
Bivens, completely out of pa
tience. Uncle Joe threatened
strongly to disobey orders for
the first time during his soldiery.
Could write lots more if circumstances
permitted.?O. P. Timist
in Monroe Journal.
A little slum child was enjoying
his first glimpse of country
life. He sat by the farmer's
wife, just as the sun was setting,
watching her pluck a chicken.
He was gravely silent for a
long time, then asked:
"Do yuu take off their clothes
every night, lady?"
At the company's general offices
in Detroit, letters and telegrams
from thousands of cities,
towns and villages all over the
country followed the announcement
of the reduced price.
Prospective buyers and automnhlio
riua'lorc toirlu ?U_
uvut.v uv.uo.io laiilj UCIU^CU I lie
company with requests for catalogs
and other literature.
IT PLEASES THE FARMERS
Reports from the agricultural
districts about the country indicate
that farmers are intensely
interested in the Maxwell announcement.
One Iowa farmer
wrote that he had always maintained
that eventually it would
be possible to buy a real automok:i_
t? it ?
une lor me price oi a good Morse
and buggy. He declared that a
reallv highclass driving horse
costs well over $300, while the
buggy and equipment brings the
cost up to a few hundred dollars
additional. There, he said, you
have the same amount of money
required to buy a Maxwell, a
highgrade motor car, whose
upkeep will prove far less than
tne upkeep of a driving outfit.
The response to the 1917 announcement
of the Maxwell from
both cities and country has been
exceptional and all the signs
predict a record-breaking year.
6 More
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Democratic Club
Next Tuesdc
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of your precinct you can nc
Voting is not only a prr
You can't neglect this matt
you ought to be.
Democrats who fail to
virtually disfranchised. 1
remain open only until July
To vote in the Democr.
for the citizen to go in peri
club list. Enrollment for
necessary that every Demo
It is not necessary to ha
or tax receipt.
It is only necessary to go
Shall South Carolina go
Let every Democrat pre
Nothing is to be gained
todav that vou mav >e i
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the primary.
Democrats in the rural
duty. Some of them do,;i
ments. It is your duty t<P*
each one's name be writter
Tuesday u
CH/
WORST STORM IN 23 YEARS
Crops Badly Damaged; Trees
Uprooted; Streams Swollen;
Bridges and Dams Washed
Out, and Other Damage
Done by Tropical
Storm Friday.
The most severe wind storm
experienced in this section since
the 31st of August 1893 develoo
ed Friday and lasted well iuto
the night. The storm struck
Charleston Thursday night and
passed inland in a northwesterly
direction. The first eftects were
felt here Friday morning in a
slow rain and east to northeast
wind which gradually increased
in force throughout the day. By
1 o'clock it was blowing a gale.
It is said that the fiercest wind
was about one o'clock Friday
night. No means of recording
the velocity of the wind were at
hand, but it is certain that it
readied above fifty miles an
hour, with sudden gusts going
above sixty perhaps. The highest
velocity recorded at Charleston
was sixt3*-two early Friday
morning, while fifty-four was
the highest at Charlotte and this
was about 7 o'clock in the after
noon. By daylight Saturday
morning the wind had died
away.
There was a downpour of rain
during the whole of the storm,
and the streams in the sections
visited by the storm were probably
fuller than at any time
since August 1908.
Crops were badly damaged by
the wind and high waters. Corn
and cotton were laid flat. Corn
was whipped and beaten into
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shreds. No one can acurately
estimate the damage that crops
have suffered. Corn on the low
lands was washed down and filled
with mud.
There is hardlv a farm on
which no trees were blown
down. Not infrequently did
those who were unfortunate
enough to be out have their way
blocked bv falling trees.
The dam at Ilursey's mill five
miles east of Pageland was washed
out along with half the bridge
next to the mill house. On this
bridge was a wagon in which
there were some plow stocks. 2
sacks of fertilizer and other articles.
The wagon was washed
down the branch 40 or 50 yards,
the plowstocksrnd fertilizer were
scattered along the branch for a
considerable distance. The public
road from Pageland to Chesterfield
passes over this dam, and
the expense of rebuilding falls
on the county, it is supposed.
The old mill dam at Evans'
mill on Black creek was washed
out.
The following bridges on
Lynche's river were washed out
by the high water: Cooke, Mungo,
Miller, Sowell, Bird and
Blakeney. The McManus bridge
wcic 1,?fl
Nearly one fourth of the roof
of the Pageland Mercantile company
building was torn up by
the wind late Friday afternoon,
and the goods in that part of the
building had to be moved to es
cape a drenching by the rain.
On the 31st of August 1893
there was a storm somewhat
similar to this one. Some say
Naval Collier Hector, Having C
142 Men Aboard, Sinks
Off Charleston
Charleston, S. C., July 15.?Of- M
ficials at the navy yard here aj
early this morning: announced lc
that the crew of the naval collier
Hector, which was reported w
sunk off here, had been taken tc
off ia small boats. A wireless sv
message, it was said, had been ai
sent out asking all vessels to a!
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nuivii iui tut uuais. II
Charleston, S. C., Julv 14.? ^
The large naval collier Hector, C(
carrying 60 marines in addition ^
to her crew of 70 men and 12 of- 11
ficers, sank off Charleston late ^
today, according to a report d
made here by Captain Hunt of ei
the tug Vigilant, which tried to C
go to the Hector's assistance.
The steamer Alamo had been
standing by the Collier today, ^
having responded to her calls c
when the collier was disabled S
some 60 miles off here in last n
night's hurricane. ^
Captain Hunt was unable to *
get within more than three miles ^
of the Hector, and static conditions
were such that no wireless ^
report could be obtained from s1
tne Alamo. The sea still was
running high and it was not $
known here whether the Alamo a
had been able to take off the 142 b
persons aboard the Hector. b
From the steamer Arapahoe ^
which arrived here today came a
me repon mat a torpedo-boat c
destroyer was being towed in by s'
a tug. It was not known what ^
damage had been done to the
destroyer. The Arapahoe de- c
scribed the destroyer as "No. 25."
The Hector left Port Royal r
for Santo Domingo carrying the
marines who were recruits for ^
United States forces in Santo v
Domingo and Cuba. She at- n
tempted to put into the port
when the storm disabled her, but a
according to Captain Hunt, was h
unable to get further than to
within about 9 1-2 miles from b
the Charleston lightship before s<
she sank. Captain Hunt said d
| part of the collier's superstruc!
ture remained above water.
The Hector displayed 11,200 S
tons and was built at Sparrow's ?
Point, Md., in 1908.
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POLITICAL LIE E
The story being circulated that
I am an infidel is a malicious ^
lie, born in the brain of someone
for Political capital.
f A -?U T/-_: _.l_ . "
j. nimui rvui^iii.
Into the office of a railroad
president came a burly Irishman,
who said;
"Me name's Casey. Oi want
a pass to St. Louis. Oi worruk ?
in th* yar-r-ds."
"That's no way to ask for a
pass," corrected the president.
"You should introduce yourself ^
politely. Come back in an hour *
and try it again."
At the end of the hour tne
Irishman came back. Doffing
his hat, he inquired: ^
"Ar-re yez th' president?"
"I am."
"Me name is Patrick Casey, j
Oi'vebe'n workin'in th'yar-r-ds." ^
"Glad to know you, Mr. Case>.
What can I do for you?" inquir-l
ed the president warmly.
"Yez can all go to thunder.
Oi've a job an' a pass on the ^
Wabash." ~
it was worse, others that it b<
wasn't. In August 1908 the c<
streams were Hooded a little
more than this time. {J;
The storm Friday did not tn
reach as high up the Atlantic tli
coast as Wilmington but passed ps
noith west ward. Pageland was di
perhaps in about the middle of
the path of the storm, which was
termed a hurricane, 01
\
atawba Rivers Does Damag .
of Millions.
The Charlotte Observer of
[onday sumarizes the flood dam
jes in North Carolina as fol
>ws:
The Catawba rampant, witl
aters flooding the cities and
>wns situated along: its banks,
lbmerging houses, cotton mills
ad manufacturing: enterprises
Imost withoi t number, smash
lg great railway and highway
ridges spanning its tempestuous
ourse, twisting great trees anc
oing incalcuable damage, rang
i?r into the million?;?surli w?v
le record Sunday of the mosi
estructive flood that ever visitd
the Piedmon sectiont of the
larolinas.
The Southern Railway's Char>tte-Atlanta
steel bridge over
le Catawba near Relmont was
arried away by the flood at 5:35
unday- afternoon. A dozen
ten are reputed to have been
>st, including Division Chief
Engineer of Maintenance Joe
Lillian.
At Mount Holly, the Seaboard
iir Line steel bridge, Interurban
teel bridge and the county highray
steel bridge were smashed
tanday afternoon. Driftwood
ccumulated against the Seaoard,
then against the Interuran
and enrlv last nhrht acrninct
le county bridge, all being torn
way. These three bridges were
amparatively new and repre2nted
an investment of more
lan $125,000.
The $100,000 reinforced conrete
highway bridge at Sloan's
jrr.v was covered last night and
eported gone.
Dravo Power Co. dam and staion
on the Brood River - was
/ashed away eariy last night
ear Gaffney, S. C.
The C. & N. \V. steel bridge
cross Catawba near the Rliodiss
reported washed away.
The dam of Osceola lake,
uilt seven years ago by Ilenderonville
capital, burst early Sunay
morning.
Kanuga lake dam owned by
Jeorge Stevens of Charlotte
unday morning about 10:30
'clock.
One man and two women
rowned by the rising waters at
tiltmore, just below Asheville.
Railroad service out of Asheille
to North and South Carona
points is at a standstill.
A big dam at Lake Toxaway
/as carried away.
Hundreds of thousands of dolus
worth of timber is reported
arried down the Yadkin River
unday.
Embankment fill at the Loolcut
dam broke at 5:30 Sunday
hernoon, sweeping away the
Id West Monbo mill, the East
ide warehouse with 400 bales of
otton. The West Monbo Mill
nd its 5,000 spindles are sublerged.
East Monko is half
jbmerged
A waterspout on Little River
ear Taylorsville in Alexander
',,,.^4., ^ a ... it
swc(H away u uuur mill
nd some of the tenant houses
rc submerged. Part of the Lileoun
mill is submerged and the
dspnugh mill is covered with
iveral feet of water.
The Southern Railway bridge
t Catawba broke.
A highway bridge between
t^tesville and Newton broke
uring the day.
The Central highway bridge
etween Mooresville and Linalnton
was swept away.
The Southern Power Compait
Inei rttryltf ?*11
> KlOl ItJIUllVV .III JIUWt'l
ouses at Lookout Shoals, Caiwba.
Ninety-Nino Islands, and
ic steam plant at Mount Holly
artiallv submerged No power
mis have yet been washed
way.
The flood has eclipsed the recrd
of more than 100 years