V . geadthcaps.|the pageland Journal irca(>thea')sVol.6 NO. 44 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1916 $1.00 per year ' ' j I " 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 ENF Democratic Club Next Tuesdc If vou fail to aet vour n; I* ? o? J ? 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 f -f J ? J the primary. Democrats in the rural duty. Some of them do,;i ments. It is your duty tt vote. vilege, but a duty as well. i ? * - - er and be the loyal citizen enroll for the primary are rhe enrollment books will 25. atic primaries it is necessary son and enroll on this year's 1914 will not count; it is crat enroll again, ve a registration certificate and enroll, forward? pare to vote. by putting it off. Enroll aosition to do your part in district are neglecting this lot know about the requiretcll them, and to insist that 1 on the book for his precinct. ? Your Last iNCE 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! I urofr>Vi frvr iV*r\ 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. d 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