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YOLCHE LI, NUMBER 59. JfEWBEKRY, S. C., FRIDAY, ,11'LY 45, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, tlM A IEAB.
HALF HUNDRED LOSE |
LIVES IN FIRE TRAP
{ DEVOURING FLAMES SWEEP OYL
ERALL FACTORY.
|r Women and Girls Leap From Windows,
Most of Them Suffering*
Terrible Injuries.
Binghampton, X. Y., July 22.?Fifty
persons were killed, according to late
estimates, and many were injured, a
dozen of them mortally, in a fire
which swept the four-story factory
building of the Binghampton Clothing
company this afternoon. The victims
were chiefly women and girls.
Early tonight 22 bodies had been
recovered. In the city hospital and
in private institutions are 30 injured.
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curnc mu ov-vjx ~
to have scaped as if by a miracle
from the building which burst into
flame like a tinder box and became
a roaring furnace almost in no time
after the first alarm was sounded.
About 125 persons were in the fac- j
tory when the fire broke out. Those I
unaccounted for, or most of them, are
believed to be still in the red hot;
ruins of the structure.
I Thousands Wateli Work.
Around tlie scene of the catastrophe,
the greatest this city has ever
k known, thousands tonight watched
the rescuers work in the glare of
f three big searchlights, many in the j
great throng being restrained only by j
the closely drawn police lines from
rushing into the ruins to seek the
bodies of relatives or friends.
Many streams of water are being
_ I
poured into the nery pit, which a i
few hours ago was the cellar of the !
"burned establishment. As the ruins j
were cooled slightly, from time to
time in a spot upon 'which thf
streams were centered, men went forward
to dig as long as human endurance
would allow them to work. OcL
casionally a body was found and
* quickly taken away.
This work will go on all night and
perhaps all day tomorrow before the
srlowine: mass gives up its last dead.
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It will take at least two days, the
authorities believe, before tte cellar
can be cleared &nd the whole truth
can become known.
Sudden and Sure.
The big outstanding fact of the
m cast^lrophe is it suddenness. In this
V the disaster bears a strong resemF
blance to the Triangle Waist company
L holocaust in New York city, where 147
r lives were lost when the inflammable
material upon which the employes
were working and the waste littering
flnnrc nn with inconveiv
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able rapidity and set the imprisoned
workers jumping from the windows.
The parallel here fails only in the
lesser height and different construction
of the building and in the length
of the list of dead and injured.
Another resemblance to the New
York disaster is that the fire today is
L believed to have been started by the
' careless throwing of a cigar butt or
match. In the tragedy this afternoon
the burst of flames followed
quickly after the alarm. There was
little opportunity to use ordinary or
even emergency means of escape. Fire
drills had been carried on regularly,
f so frequently in fact, that the employes
had found them monotonous.
The building was equipped with fire
escapes and an automatic alarm sys|
tem.
Church Notice.
Old Folks' Day, will not be observed
at St. Paul's on the 1st Sunday in
August as stated once in the papers;
but on the 3rd Sunday in August. A
speaker has not yet been secured.
The joint council of St. Paul's pastorate
will meet at St. Paul's church
f on Thursday afternoon, August 31st,
' at 4 o'clock.
Y. von A. Riser,
Pastor.
Visits dewberry After 13 Years.
Mr. David M. Powell, of Alanhurst,
Ga., has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
A. J. Myers, of the Broad river section.
About fifteen years ago Mr.
Powell carried the mail from Glymph<ville
to Peak. The most of the old
people who lived along his route in
(those days have died out or moved
off, but some of the old houses and
places look familiar to him yet. He
is delighted to see some of his old
friends and the old road which he has !
so often traveled. We hope he will |
visit Newberry more often. j
This is ideal weather that we are j
\ having now.
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SEWS OF POMARIA.
Hail And Wind Storms Do Damage.?
Big Crowd Expected at Barbecue
Friday.?Other Items.
Special to The Herald and News.
Pomaria, July 23.?Rev. W. P. Yar- ;
brough has closed his meeting here
in the Methodist church, which has
been running for about eight days
and has gone back to his home at
Leeaville. He will go to North Carolina
to hold his next meeting.
This section was visited by a very
severe electric storm both Saturday
ana Sunday, with hard wind, rain,
and hail in some parts doing a lot
of damage to crops. It blew down j
several houses, among which was a
carriage house of Mr. Jno. W. Kinard,
smashing the carriage to pieces. A
number of shade and fruit trees were
blown down.
There will be a barbecue here Friday,
July 25, and a game of ball will
be played between the Pomaria team
and the fast team of Chapin. The
game will be called at 4.30. All will
be admitted free.
B. T. Kicnarason ran on auuui umc
negroes that were gambling Sunday
evening. They will be tried before
Magistrate Aull.
Mr. D. L. Wedaman has a very fine 1
goose of the large Angora kind, that
has laid sixty-five eggs, not missing
a day. He prizes it very highly. It
is a blue goose.
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Dr. ana Mrs. u. a. aeizitu nave guuc
to Charleston and to the Isle of
Palms for a few weeks' stay to catch
some of the sea breeze.
Mr. C. K. Sawyer, our agent, has
a relief and is enjoying a. vacation.
Mrs. D. L. Wedaman, Mrs. T. H.
Wedaman and Miss Juanita Epting
have gone to Savannah for a week's
stay, where they will visit relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Dr. Z. T. Pinner and little son,
Beaman, are at Horse Shoe, N. C.,
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folks.
Miss Vera Houseal, of Columbia, is
here for a few days' stay with relatives.
Miss Mary Setzler, of Reno, and
Mrs. J. G. Setzler, of Whitmire, are
visiting at Mr. Jno. J. Hentz's.
| Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh is visiting in
| Prosperity this week.
i Mr. Marion C. Rivers, of Columbia,
!was in Pomaria for r few days this
i
week. At one time he was our depot
agent.
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Mr. E. B. Feagle visited here this
week.
Master Marion Holly, of Winnsboro.
has been visiting at Mr. W. S.
Seybt's the past week.
Mr. J. B. Ballentine, of Chapin, was
here this week canvassing for Sum
merland conege.
Mr. W. P. Lathrop and sister, Miss
Bessie, of Newberry, came down Saturday
to be with their brother Lee,
who his typhoid fever. Glad to say
he is steadily improving and we hope
will soon be out again.. |
Miss Allie Frick has returned to
her home near Lexington, after visit- i
ing her sister, Mrs. N. D. Koon, of this
place.
Miss Gertrude Young and little sis-1
ter, Daisy, have gone to Belton to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stansell for
a few days.
Mrs. B. M. Setzler went to Gaffney
and underwent an operation in a lo
cal hospital. We are glad to say it
was successful and she is doing nice-,
ly.
Gov. Cole. L. Blease will be here j
Friday and will make an address at j
10 o'clock so as to be able to catch :
the midday train to Columbia. A large J
crowd is expectca. Messrs. Walter i
and George Richardson will furnish
the 'cue.
Only Woman Mail Carrier in IT. S.
Loses Job.
Washington, July 23.?The postoffice
department today announced the
appointment of George C. Gunter, of
Seivern, Aiken county. S. C., as rural
carrier for that section.
Gunter will succeed Mrs. Rosabelle |
Gunter as rural carrier for that route, j
Mrs. Gunter at the present is the only
woman in the United States acting
as a rural mail carrier.
More than a year ago the postoffice
department decided it best not to
have women as rural mail carriers,
and all lost their jobs except Mrs.
Gunter. As there was a big squabble
on for the job she held, Mrs. Gunter:
neid tne place until toauy wiieu utu.
Gunter got the job.
Xow is the time to use the split log
drag.
COOPER AND RICHARDS
SPEAK IN THE COUNTY
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KEITT'S ON THURSDAY.
Both Gentlemen Well Known in Newberry
County and Throughout
South Carolina.
Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Laurens,
and Railroad Commissioner John G.
Richards, of Kershaw county, both
An fr\r* orATTnrnr?r in
aUUUUUUCU wuuiuaica AVX TWKV* 4il
the primary of 1914, delivered addresses
at Keitt's Grove on Thursday,
the occasion being a barbecue served
by Messrs. B. M. Suber and 0. A. Felker.
Both these gentlemen are well
known in Newberry county,
i Solicitor Cooper has been the pro1
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dicial circuit of the State since May. 1
j 1905. He has displayed marked abili- j
ty and fairness, and his work as solicitor
has made him known as one
of the ablest and most fearless prosecuting
attorneys in South Carolina.
Thoroughly conscientious in the dis-,
r.haree of his duties, and upright in j
every walk of life, he has many warm
friends in Newberry county and
throughout :he State.
Major Ricaards has previously campaigned
the State for governor, and
is well known to the people of'the
State. He is a gentleman who has
made an enviable reputation as a man
of ability and of integrity. Holding
the position of railroad commissioner
by appointment, he was last summer
re-elected in a campaign which is
| known as one of the most heated ever
j held in South Carolina. He has many
friends in Newberry county and in
this section of the State.
Thursday was Solicitor Cooper's
second appearance in Newberry county
to deliver an address since he announced
his candidacy for governor.
On the other occasion, however, he
was the guest of a fraternal order and
j his address was along f raternal lines.
twf \FWfi OF PROSPERITY.
Tick Eradication Officer Opens Headquarters?House
Party?People
Coming and Going-.
Special to The Herald and News.
Prosperity, July 24.?Mr. C. H. N.
Brown, special U. S. officer in the tick
1 eradication work is now located at
Prosperity with headquarters at the
Prosperity Hardware company. All
of Newberry county has b?en put in
nnoroniina rHotriofr IiTlH TVT TV
14 uai un uiwva ?vw bv*v? . ?
has charge of the lower section. The ;
medicine used is furnished free by
Uncle Sam, and Mr. Brown desires the
assistance of our people in this work.
iMisses Sibyl, Edna and Mildred May
and Mary Frank Thornton, of Carlton,
Ga., are visiting Miss Josephine
j May.
Rev. 0. G. Davis leaves Monday for
Arkansas.
Mrs. E. C. Joiner and daughter,
Miss Eula, of Helena, Ga., are visiting
Mrs. R. T. Pugh.
Misses Effie Hawkins and Eula Tavlar,
spent the week end with Mrs. W.
| P. Bedenbaugh in the St. Lukes seci
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wicker are visiting
in Greenwood.
Mrs. B. B. Schumpert has gone to
Millen, Ga., to visit her daughter, Mrs.
: J. A. Hunt.
I .Mrs. T. L. Sbealy left Sunday for
several days' stay to relatives in Manning.
Misses Annie Mae and Leola Bedj
enfcjaugh have returned to Kihler's
L Bridge after a short visit to Miss El|
len Werts.
Rev. and Mrs. "W. E. Pugh and Mrs.
i Frances Boggs. of Florence, are the !
guests of Mrs. Joe B. Hartman.
Mrs. G. Y. Hunter and daughter, j
Miss Mary DeWalt, are spending a
few days in Atlanta.
Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Leslie, Dr. and
Mrs. J. S. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. J. I*.
( Wise and Miss Gertrude Bobb attended
the Sunday school normal at Newberry.
Mr. L. M. Wise spent Monday in
Newberry.
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Wednesday in Pomaria. r
Mrs. T. L. Wheeler has returned
from the Columbia hospital.
Dr. .T. I. Redenbaugh, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Redenbaugh spent Tuesday in
Columbia. j
Mrs. W. A. Moseley has as her
guest Mrs. Gaudy, of Americus, Ga.
Mr. Pierce Scott has returned from
a visit to Spartanburg and Clinton. 1
PHILLIP PERRY KILLED
BY OSBORNE DOMINICK
DOMIMCK AM) HIS BROTHER IX
NEWBERRY JAIL.
KiHiner Occurred in Road Near Perry's
Home, in Saluda County, Wednesday
Morning.
Os L. Dominick and his brother,
Et'nod Dominick, are in the Newberry
jail, charged with murder in the killing
of Philip Perry, near Perry's
Cross Roads, in the Brushy Fork
section of Saluda county, on Wednesday
morning. All the parties are
white, the two Dominicks being sons
of the late Henry P. Dominick, who
lived below Prosperity, in this county,
and the deceased being a son of 1
Mr. Robert S. Perry, who is well j
known in Newberry.
It is stated that the killing occuri
..."
I red in the public road, aDout seventy- ,
five yards from the home of the deceased.
The weapon used was a pistol.
The two Dominicks were on
i
i their way to their home, in Saluda j
county, below the home of Perry. The
i fatal shot, it is stated, was fired by !
Os Dcminick.
Following the shooting the two
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ry county, claiming they feared to re- j
main in Saluda county. Os Dominick
was arrested below Prosperity by
Chief of Police Duncan, of the town
of Prosperity, and was brought to
Newberry and lodged in jail. Sheriff
Blease went to Prosperity on Wednesday
night to arrest Ethod Dominick.
Ethod Dominick later came into Prosperity,
surrendered to Rural Policeman
Turner, and was brought to the
Newberry jail.
All the parties art young men,
ranging in age ?rom 23 to 26 years.
The deceased leaves a wife and children.
v
, It is stated that the trouble arose
over a family affair, it being alleged
that the wife of Os Dominick had
gone to Augusta with a brother of
the deceased, and that this matter
led to the difficulty which brought on
the killing.
To Treacii at uayiuii i
Rev. E. L. Halfacre who is spending
several weeks with his father and
other relatives of the county, will
preach at Clayton Memorial church
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. There
will be a congregational meeting after
service for the purposing of electing
delegates to State convntion. Sunday
school at 3 o'clock.
Spoke at Newberry.
Laurens Advertiser.
Mr. R. A. Cooper and Mr. C. A. Power
were guests at a Woodman rally
at Ooakland Mills Newberry Saturday
night, where both were on the program
for addresses on Woodcraft.
Quite a number of people were present
and a pleasant and profitable
meeting was enjoyed.
Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Wyche, and
daughters, Misses Isoline and Caro,
Mrs. Alma Nance and daughter, Miss
Katie Mae and Miss Grace Julian, left
Wednesday for a visit to Judge Thomas
Sease at his summer home near
Leesiville.
Mr. R. C. Floyd, of Newberry, visited
Mr. R. K. Wise this week.
The Embroidery club was delightfully
entertained Wednesday afterby
Miss Ellen Werts.
Mrs. Alma Nance has returned from
several days' stay to Kinards.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Harris, of Newberry.
spent Tuesday with Mrs. E. P.
Krbler.
Complimentary to their house guest
Misses Willie Mae and Tena Wise
entertained last Monday evening.
Receiving at tbe door were Miss El|
len Werts, and Messrs. L. M. and R.
K. Wise, who ushered tne guests iu
the parlor where Misses Wise presented
them to Miss Cornelia and
Mary Capers, of Washington, D. C.
Miss Elizabeth Fant, of Silverstreet,
and Misses Mary and Helen Lathan,
of Little Mountain. Misses Margurite
Wise, Susan Langford, and Susan
Qflattlebaum conducted the guests to
a cozy nook on the front porch from
which Mesdames J. B. Bedanbugh and
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Li. \v. iriarmon scrvtsu uciiLiwuo ^unvu.
After an hour spent in progressive
I conversation on the specious lawn be,
neath the soft glow of the many pretty
Japanese lantern?, a tempting
course was served V- n bo**v if y->n/>i
girls. About seventy-five guests were
1 present.
A
NEWS OF BACHMAX CHAPEL
Rains Have Come?Farmers Laying
By?Kev. 0. G. Davis Preaches
Farewell Sermon.
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Prosperity, July 24.?After a spell
of severe heat and dry weather the
rain has come and again cooled off
the dry parched earth and freshened
up the crops so with favorable seasons
from now on the result may not
be as gloomy as it once seemed. Along
about the end of last week when crops |
were so badly wilted it certainly was [
orh tn oimrtst fivp a fellow the '
gilVUgli i-W Ui*"vw ? o- ' ~ ? - "blues."
Though we generally get
scared along this line too quick. If
it wasn't for the dry hot days maybe
we wouldn't appreciate the cool seasonable
weather as we should. Anyway
wnere does our profit come in by I
grumbling about it? Let's try and do
our part and be as contented as possible.
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Gardens along witn tne crops suffered.
So cabbage and beans are
scarce at present. Also we notice a
quantity of tomatoes are dying.
We suppose farmers will about finish
laying by their crops this week.
It has been a fine time to kill grass
a::d we think most of it has been
"swatted." Now tor a while as the
watermelons ripen and the young
chickens fatten and the garden puts |
on a new growth what will be wrong !
with "farm life?" We suppose there !
are some gloomy days in almost every j
different path of life. None with
smooth sailing all of the way.
Were you ever "tackled" about 12
o'clock after plowing pretty steep up
until that ime by a life insurance
until that time by a life insurance
talk, insurance? If so I suppose you
appreciated your dinner after being
rejeased. Unless you had your mind
fix-d'already upon how many thousand
you wanted and didn't require a
very lengthy conversation.
Mr. E. L. Strauss has built a new
gin house and hopes to be well
equipped for ginning until fall. Mr.
Strauss generally "does things" when
lie takes a notion.
These fine rains and cloudy days .
I are the life of olA corn. Corn that j
was planted early was almost too far ,
advanced to be helped but may come j
oat and niake good corn yet.
Rev. 0 G. Davis preached his last
sermon at Gannons Creek church on
last Sunday afternoon for a while as
he will leave for college again now
soon. Rev. Davis is a fine young man
and has gained many friends during j
his stay" in this community who re- I
gret for him to go and extend to him j
their best wishes for future success.
.
The township Sunday school con-;
vention of No. 10 township will meet j
at Cannons Creek church on Saturday,
the 2nd day of August. I suppose the
full programme wi^V be announced
later.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Schumpert and
children spent from last Saturday until
Monday at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Jno. M. Schumpert, of the Mount
Pilgrim section.
Upon their arrival at his mother's
Saturday afternoon, Mr. Levi Schumpert's
brother, Mr. Si, went into a
large crib for shelter from the hard
rain and immediately the building
blew down upon hfm but fortunately
he escaped unhurt, though a narrow
escape it was.
Messrs. Herman ^wid Clyde Wilson,
Lawes Galland and Leo Wicker spent
last Saturday night in the Long Lane
section.
I suppose you intend going to Little
Mountain next Friday, August the
first.
Death, of Mrs. S. L. Hnnter.
Mrs. Sallie L. Hunter, wife of Mr.
Willie K. Hunter and daughter-inlaw
of Mr. W. P. Hunter, died at her (
home near Guntown, Miss., on July |
18, leading a devoted husband and j
three living children, besides a large |
circle of other relatives ana rrienas i
to mourn her death.
Mr. W. P. Hunter is a son of the
late J. Y. Hunter, of this county. He
moved to Guntown several year3 ago.
Beth Eden Pastorate.
A meeting of the joint council of
the above named charge will be held
in the parsonage on the 26th day of
this month, opening at 10 o'clock a.
m.
All members of the council are ur- !
gently requested to be present at this
meeting, as there will be business of
importance to be transacted. Please
bear this notice in mind and act acI
cording to request.
P. E. Sbealy,
Pastor.
GOV. BLEASE SPEAKS
AT POMARIA FRIDAY
BIG CROWD IS EXPECTED TO BE
IX ATTENDANCE.
Governor Will Arrive on Early Train
And Return to Columbia on
Train at Soon.
Gov. Cole. L. Blease will speak at
Pomaria today. He has accepted an
invitation extended him by the people
of that community to be present and
to deliver an address on the occasion
of a big 'cue which will be served
by the Messrs. Richardson. The
chief executive will reach Pomaria on
the earlv morninsr train from Colum
bia, and will deliver his address in
time to return to the capital city on
the Southern train passing Pomaria *
at about midday.
Col. George R. Rembert, of Columbia,
has also been invited to be present,
but Col. Rembert has been away
on a vacation for the past several
days and it is not known whether
he will be able to attend.
It is expected that the presence of
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KJU v CI Iiui JJIC aac Will maty a. i
crowd. The governor was at Pomaria
at a 'cue last summer, during the
heated campaign, when he addressed
one of the largest crowds ever seen
at a 'cue in that section of Newberry
county.
COKESBURY CONFERENCE
Will Meet With New Chapel Congregation
Newberry Circuit July 31August
1.
Thursday Morning 10.00.
Devotional exercise, led by Rev. 0.
A. Jeffcoat.
Welcome address by Miss Lucile
Blair. Response. %
Organization. Acquaintance, meeting.
Recess. Dinner on grounds.
Afternoon?2.80.
Topic: The league as a training
school for our boys and girls.?Rev.
0. A. Jeffcoat.
Topic: The league in the mill district?Rev.
J. M. Fridy.
Topic: Benefits derived from attending
State conferences.?J. C. Smith.
Topic: Our Goal?Cokesbury District
the Best.?A. E. Taylor.
Topic: The league as an aid to the
nnstnr?iRev. S. C. Morris.
Topic: Our Motto?"All For Christ."
?Miss Annie Herbert. a
Wednesday Morning?9.30.
Devotional. Quiet half-hour.
Topic: Place in the league for social
life.?Rev. F. E. Dibble.
Topic: The necessity for money jn
our work.?J. C. Smith.
Topic: The need of a league in
every charge.?Rev. J. B. Connelly.
Topic: How to bring our district to
the front.?Miss Sallie B. Watt.
Topic: The junior league at work.
Miss Alice Cannon.
ToDic: The presidftnt, the key man.
?Earl Steadman.
Report of officers.
Afternoon?2.30.
Topic: How to keep a country league
alive.?Miss Almena Coleman.
Topic: The league and missions.?
Miss De Loache.
Topic: The importance of personal
work.?Rev. A. M. Gardner.
Topic: The league doing real work
in the charity and help department.?
miss same a. wait.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment.
SHOOTING AT WHITMRE.
Jim Morgan, Colored, Shot in the Head '
By His Son?Son Arrested by
Sheriff.
Jim Morgan, colored, was shot by
his son, Lewis Morgan, a short distance
above Whitmire, on Sunday
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shot gun. The load struck Morgan in
the head, and it was feared for a
time that it would prove fatal, but
the negro is now reported to be getting
along very well.
Sheriff Cannon G. Blease, accompanied
by Mr. Richard Burton, went
to Whitmire in Sheriff Blease's car,
and arrested Lewis Morgan and lodged
him in the Newberry jail, where
he awaits trial at the next term of the
eeneral sessions court for Newberry
county. $
Miss Louise Workman and J. W.
Workman, of Hopewell, and Miss
Leila Dennis, of Xewberry, were in
the city Monday.?Clinton Chronicle,
24th.