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r The Herald and News YOLOIE LI., MJMBEB 61. JfETVBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1913. . TWICE A WEEK, $1^0 A TEAK, Y WASH1NOTON SWEPT | BY A FIERCE STORM! DEATH A>D DESTRUCTION IN AVAKE OF DISTURBANCE. Three Killed, Scores Injured, Hun-1 dreds of Thousands of Dollars of Property Destroyed. Washington, July 30.?Like a giant \ ' flail, a cyclonic storm of wind, rain <->?,/* >?o?7 TT-Viirkrmri haolc and forth. I ? -across the National capital today, leaving death and ruin in its wake. Three dead, scores injured and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property destroyed was the toll rendered in the hurried canvass made when the city aroused itself after an | hour of helplessness in the grasp of I k the elements. Out of a blazing sky, under which the city was sweltering with tne temperature at 100 degrees, came the storm roaring from the north, driving a mass of clouds that cast a mantle of darkness over the city. The gale, reaching a velocity of almost seventy I miles an hour, swept the streets clear unroofed houses, tore detached small structures from their foundations, r wrecked one office building, overturned wagons and carriages in the stree-s and swept Washington's hundred parks, tearing huge branches , from trees, and even uprooting sturdy eld elms, landmarks of a century. Sreets Barricaded. Tonight Washington's well kept streets, with their wealth of trees, were littered with broken foliage, roofs and dead birds, as if a playful giant had carelessly swished his club ,ip and down tne cny. As the wind wreaked its havoc the rain came, and in five minutes the temperature dropped from hundred mark to between ?'xty and seventy. Then the rain turned to hail, and hail stones battered om roofs and crashed through skylight? and windows. PFor half an hour the city cowered, paralyzed under the beating of the storm, every activity suspended. Trolley cars, street traffic and telephone service were halted, government de-, ~ " I partments suspended operations. The j wind wrecked a three-story brick office buildi'ng occupied by the B. S. Saul company, real estate iealers, and fifteen persons were carried down in the crash. W. E. Hilton, vice pres?ident of the real estate company; Thomas B. Fealy, 65 years old, a f tJieiiv, auu a.U uiuucuuiicu man, nuu entered :h? bu:Mmg to try ;o rescue those caught in the wreck, were taken from the ruins dead. Half a dozen were taken to hospitals seriously injured, and half a dozen more were Treated for slight injuries. Tonight the police still were digging in the ruins, fearing other bodies might be recovered. White House Lawns Damaged. The neatly kept lawns of the white i house were devastated. Three huge & lm trees, uprooted by the wind, were H thrown bodily across the lawn, and up to the very portico of the building, blocking the drives. President Wilson was seated in the executive offices when tne wina crashed through several windows in the white house proper. Secretary Tumulty hurried the president and < "Representative Korbly, of Indiana, with whom he was conferring, to a sheltered interior room, away from the searching lightning flashes, k The capitol, set high above the city, ?">tan<> >? hrun.fr r?f fr;hp wind. rain. ! [ hail and lightning. The senate was in session when the hail swept down with a deafening roar, beating on the glass roof of the chamber, the tumult made further business impossible, and -u .. ?? r^r +r\ xryna nrosri fTon f'<a I IIIII I J1! II IU tug ? ivv w Senator Kern megaphoned with his hands a motion to recess. The mo/ tion was put and although the sensators could hear nothing, the senate quit work for fifteen minutes in con fusion. On the Capitol Dome. When the storm broke, thirty-five painters were at work on the dome of j the capitol, swarming over the curv-j ing surface or swinging high on 1 shaky scaffolding. William Reese. \ hio' inverted howl. But Jim Bovle, I got most of his men to shelter inside ^ the bid inverted bowl. But Jim Boyle, John Ford, Xoble Bailey and Bruce { Jones wer too late. Bailey and Jones | succeeded in scaling the dome in the ; wind and rain, and gained a sheltered ledge, they weathered the storm, I after trying in vain to get inside. ! Boyle and Ford were caught on a j swinging scaffold just under the eaves i of the dome and there they swung, j k< ... I buffeted by the wind, beaten by the hail and soaked by the rain, while the flashes of blue lightning trickled arnnnri rhp dome, down from the ulat inum lightning points on the head ol the Goddess of Freedom that surmounts the structure. When the storm was o\er they crept shaken and bruised to safety inside, Here and there throughout the city panic appeared. Horses, driven frantic hv the wind and hail, dashed through the streets in terror until they were stopped by collision with some other wind-strewn object. In some of the office buildings and the government buildings disastrous panics narrowly were averted. At the bureau of printing and engraving, where hundreds of women are employed, the wind, sweeping through a huge window, sent a storm ot oruKtu plate-glass hurtlJug through the big press room. Women Faint, Panic Stricken. Eight or ten women were cut by falling glass, and one printer, John Rhodes suffered severe scalp wounds. The crash of glass swept panic ! through the room. A hundred or more of the girls working as printers' assistants, fainted and fell to the floor and otners aasnea terror-stricKen for the exits. For two hours the office was in an uproar. While the excitement was at its height, the wind caught a bundle of 1,000 one-dollar bills, half finished, and swept it through the broken window. The bundle was ripped to piec es and the bills scattered far and wide. Director Ralph hurried out a force of scouts, and after combing Potomac Park and the grounds of the Washington monument for miles, and fishing in the tidal basin near by, all but $75 worth of the bills were recovered. Another name threatened at the pension office, where the lightning ripped a corner off the roof and crashed in scores of windows. Another lightning-bolt tore a hole in the roof of the postoffice building and ripped open one face of the big clock in the tower. Stray Teams Ronnded Up. The wind ripped fifteen heavy panels from the- floor of the historic old aqueduct bridge, and a horse and i wagon crossing the structure was blown into the river. The driver escaped. * Tonight the police rounded up scores of strayed horses and wagons which had been deserted in the streets or had run away. On the Potomac river water traffic was demoralized. The tug* Edith God.dard Winship sank in the blow and her crew was taken off by a barge which she was towing. The excursion steamer Charles H. Warner tonight is aground several miles up the river, with more than one hundred excursionists aboard. She is reported in a safe position. TomQc stnririflrfi. a resular soldier, t; N/ WVkV>V?- ? -wrescued three Washington physicians from an overturned small boat in the river. None of the men could swim, but Stoddard brought them all in safely, towing the three at one time. Launches a'lid small crs.fts along the shores were swept from their moorings and carried away down the river ahead of the gale. "D An^ACAnto tl vo FirvvT of Virginia, I UCJJiOOCU'.tt.n'v ? _ narrowly escaped death or serious injury when, in the height of the storm, he was driving in an automobile through the white house grounds. A huge uprooted elm was thrown by the wfnd directly in the path, just missing the automobile. The weather bureau said tonight that the storm was a purely local disturbance over the city, and that its nath covered only a few miles. The official records gave the velocity of the wind at 54 miles, although at times it reached 60 miles an hour. During the brief storm 2.02 inches of rain fell. To Our Sunday School Workers: The Newberry county union Sunday school association will meet at Bethel church in No. 9 township August 7, for a two days' session. We want to see every Sunday school in fhp ronntv renresented by a full del egation. We will have the best meeting we have ever held in our county if we will do our duty. Better work in the future should and must be our aim. * ?~ 1 ??- u?v. Aiir tnu'.ich'ni ?. gt uu I1UU1UC1 XJL UU1 ?-w .. arc v. ell organized and all should oe before the yp?.r c'oses. Let t-ach delegate feel that h? cannot be absent from the association. Respectfully, Arthur Kibler, P:f.vcenr. Association. I" , TWO DIE IN WRECK; ?? ii7i7 mm I? niTnT fflAM MULI nUftl L. AND C. TRAIN FALLS THROUGH TRESTLE NEAR CHESTER. Mixed Train "With Fails for Ball Game Wrecked?Coal Car Jumps and Breaks Trestle. Chester, S. C., July 30.?Two persons were kiled and fifty wer more or less injured when two passenger coaches of the Lancaster and Chester railway plunged through a trestle and fell 50 feet into the stream below late today. Several of the injured may die. The wreck occurred at Hooper's Creek, seven miles from here. V. H. Craft, of Anderson, and Elijah Hall, the latter a negro member of the train crew, were killed. A number of others, it is belie'ved, cannot survive the night. Th accident occurred as the train, loaded with passengers who expected to witness a baseball game at Chester, was passing over a trestle. The train was a mixed freight and passenger. The six freight cars and, the engine passed over the trestl in J safety. A coal car, next in line.1 seems to have shaken the trestle bad'** +>?o nocooncror o u rc PT1 i-Ul ? 11C11 pttOOVAlQV* VMA W tered it the structure went down, carrying with it the two passenger cars, which were splintered by the fall. A rescue train with physicians and nurses was rushed to the scene. The injured were brought to Ches:er. Nearly all of the injured were so badly hurt as to require treatment at a hospital. Chester, July 30.?One of the most fearful wrecks in the history of Chester county occurred this afternoon at 5 o'clock, when the westbound Lancaster and Chester mixed freight and passenger train, loaded with passengers for the Chester-Dil* ? ~ -rtmr- rfr>ar>\.'of 1 1011 DES6Dcl.ll giiuic, nas v> n-v,m,u i?v Hooper's Creek, between Knox's and Orr's seven miles from Chester. One member of the crew, Elijah Heath, a I negro, was instantly killed, and V. H. Craft, of Anderso'n, died later from injuries. Nearly fifty of the crew and j passengers were injured, several of whom will probably die before morning. V. H. Craft, of Anderson, died while being broreht to Chester. The engine, tender and six freight cars passed over the bridge in safety. A coal caT was next, and this seems to have jumped the track and cut the ties of the bridge badly, with the result that when the passenger coaches and two box cars reached the trestle the structure was badly torn up, and the passenger coaches dropped from | a sheer height of fifty feet into the bed of the stream. Ordered to Bring Physicians. Engineer John Stewman, warned by his airbrakes that someth!ng was wrong, looked back and saw the cars piled in the stream. He made his way to a nearby house, where there was a phone. He was instructed by Superintendent A. P. McClure at Lancaster to bring the remaining part of his train on to Chester and return with all :he physicians that he could secure. This order was carried out and practically every physician and nurse in Chester was hurried to the scene. News of the disaster reached the baseball grounds while the championship contest was at its height, and hundreds hurried to the scene of the disaster in automobiles and other vehicles. The sight that met the eyes of those who reached the spot first was appalling. Scores were fastened underneath the battered cars and screaming in agony and fear. The first step necessary to effect the rescue of the wounded was to build a bridge out of the wreckage and climb from car to car and take out the wounded as rapidly as they could be reached. Many acts of heriosm in the - on r? work or rescue were pei iui mcu, there were many instances of selfsacrifice as the physicians proceeded to trat the injured, some declaring that others were more seriously hurt, and urging the physicians and nurses to j leave them until others were treat- j ed. Dead and Injured. The list of the dead and injured, as far as obtainable tonight, is as follows : Dead: V. H. Craft, of Anderson, a traveling salesman; Elijah Heath, Basconiville, colored brakeman, was in baggage car. Injured: C. L. Dunlap, Fort Lawn, right eye bruised and left hand cat, (CONTINUED OX PAGE 4.) AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP ; THROUGH UP-COUNTRY! SOMETHING OF THE HO A DS. AM) ( OTHER THINGS. < i A Pleasant Journey Through Prosperous Country?Heavy Rains Encountered. i An automobile journey of 251 miles from Newberry through the upper . section or isouin uarouna ana return is illuminating and instructive, and some observations as to the roads, , the crops and the general prosperity of the country, by one who is more or less familiar with this section, may be of some little interest to the readers of The Herald and News. A gentleman at Fountain Inn. in me lower pan or ureenvun; cuuui^, near th eLaurens line, remarked on Wednesday that "the crop prospects in his section were never better in the past number of years." As matter of fact, the crops are, for the most part, good in the entire upper part of the State which was traversed. While one is told everywhere that "money is tight," yet there is a general appearance of prosperity. Bad Crossing on Fairly Good Road. Leaving Xewberry early Saturday morning, after a heavy rain here, which extended up the Laurens road only about three miles, the run nearly to Laurens was made in excellent time. Wet roads were encountered again at Clinton, on up towards Laurens, and the road-bed was slippery, but no trouble was encountered until just beyond Parks Station, about three miles this side of Laurens, whore vl-p. hurt to hnild a road to cross a creek. In dry weather no trouble is encountered at this creek, but the heavy rain of the night before had washed heavy sand on either bank leaving a sheer drop of some threj feet to the bed of the stream. Experience of dewberry Cjir. The night before the car of Mr Lambert W. Jones, of 'Xevvberrv, coming townrds Newberry, had run into this creek, and had to remain in *he creek until the water went down. Mr. Jones and Mr. B. V. Chapman returned to Nowh^r^y by rail. Mr. .Toi.es' j son remained over in Laurens with j the car, and s>e siw li.in after our ex- ( perience with this stream on Satur day morning. Will Build Bridge. Supervisor Humbert, of Laurens county, says he is going to build a bridge across this stream. Certainly this is what ought to be done, and done right away. This is the main ! highway from the low-country to the J mountains, and the only really very j bad place in the whole road from Newberry to Greenville, though the! greater part of the road could be put in better shape than at present with ! not very great effort. Until Supervisor Humbert does; build his bridge, those going along this road in automobiles after heavy . rains can miss this crossing by turn-' ing to the right, across the railroad, I at Paik Station, and going into Laurens around by the Bell place and the Watts mill. This is a mile or two out of the way, but is considerably safer and easier. In dry weather the crossing at the stream which gave trou ble is usually all right. Laurens to Greenwood From Laurens we went to Greenwood, a distance of about 28 miles. The roads through here are An good shape in dry weather, and good time was made to Waterloo. At Waterloo a heavy rain of about two hours' | n-ou OTl^ftnntprpH Stormine I U. U I QliUlI ItUO wuwuubv? V%.. ? ^ x w at Waterloo until the rain was over, the trip to Greenwood was resumed over heavy, slippery roads, through which the Ford car ploughed for the most part in low gear. The road is narrow, with ditches on either side, and the danger was from skid.'\iig. There are many nice, comfortable country homes in this section of Laurens and Greehwbod counties. and( ' the crops are very good. Greenwood,! one of the best towjns in the upper part of South Carolina, was reached on aSturday afternoon about five : o'clock. The streets were crowded, 1 and the whole town was busy, as 1 usual. 1 The new building for the Oregon hotel, the National Loan and Ex- ! change bank, a;nd other enterprises and offices is going up rapidly. J A Fine Road. We dropped down to Dyson, a distance of seventeen miles from Greenwood, on Saturday night. There is no better road to be found < In the whole upper section of the 1 state than from Grenwood to Nine- | :y Six, a distance of about 10 miles, j - . . . j. i i^ven after tne Heavy rams or aaiuriay a car could be run on this road without slackening of speed except ?very now and then for a hole in the j road?which seems to be inevitable >11 a South Carolina road?and the strange part of it is that usually the j worst holes are in front of homes. Greenwood to Greenville. Returning to Greenwood 011 Sunday morning, the intention was to rv,,oVi /vn Croonvillp nn SnndaV af Wi ? < ternoon, but a heavy rain early Sunday afternoon required that the night be spent in Greenwood. An early start was made from Greenwood on Monday morniaig, taking the road through Hodges, Honea Path, Belton, Williamston, Pelzer and Piedmont, i The road from Greenwood to Hodges had been freshly worked, and was exceedingly heavy in places, but from Hodges on to Greenville the road was good. All the towns presented a clean, business-like appearance, especially Belton. The hotel at Belton is now in charge of Mr. W. A. Jamieson, formerly of the Newberry hotel. The best two miles of road passed over were in the town limits of Williamston. A fine, hard road, well drained, this road or street is a credit to tiiis little city. From Greenville out to Chick Springs, along the national highway, the road is good. in- rdnihil Hisrliwav. AlCIUA 11 '1; v uy. D , The return trip from Greenville was made via Fountain Inn to Laurens, along the capital highway. This road was very good, even after the rains, and after passing Laurens the bad creek crossing, above referred to, was avoided. It would take very little effort to put every road takefc during the whole c c*r\ as tn with trip 111 11 lie ^UUUIUUU, CW vw stand even the hard rains of this week, by mixing a little sand and clay here and there, by putting a few little bridges in repair, and by draining the roads. The trouble with most, of the roads is tbat they are not properly drained. Good frODS. In Anderson and Greenville counties the crops were especially fineN but no better than from Newberry to Prosperity, in this county. In fact, the crops alotng the Xewberry-Prosperity road are as good as can be found anywhere. TV>? Van'horrv r>01intv TOads dO not 1 11^ ? 1 V/ ?? WV* * ^ N/ w v..- -v _ compare favorably with the roads above Newberry county. This fact is evident to any one taking a trip of the kind which was taken by the Newberry party. Fine Development in Progress. The upper section of the State is experiencing a wonderful development The Piedmont and Northern cars of the G. S. & A. trolley line have been in operation for some time between Greenwood and Greenville, passing through a rich section of country. The Southern railroad, which this ' . ?n,Ar.>nO' electric line paraiieis, ia miviunua its road bed and is running trains between Greenwood and Greenville. Work is progressing rapidly on the G. S. & A. trolley line between Greenville and Spartanburg. A great deal of money is beifcg spent on this line. We were told that the line will cost $50,000 per mile, equipped. Concrete j.t. trestles are being put across me streams, and minimum grades are being made. Not over a one per cent grade will be tolerated. Near Chick Springs, ten miles out from Greenville, the construction of a trestle shows clearly the fine character of work which is being done. At Chick Springs. Tne UfllCK springs prupeiLj naa cently passed into the hands of a company in which it is understood the Dukes, who are behind the trolley? the gentlemen who are interested in the Southern Power company?are largely interested. It is the purpose to erect a big new hotel at Chicks, the work to commence about the first of Sentember, and the hotel to be ready for the next season. The trolley passes right by the hotel, and with the proper expnditures of money and proper management, which willno doubt be had, this resort promises to become one of the most popular in < the South. < I In the party making the trip ofj? four days were Mr. E. H. Aull and 3 Miss Alice Aull and Mr. and Mrs. ] K Anil and Little Miss Julia t UU. *.*. Kate Auli. } J. K. A. i Some people believe in doing only 1 Dne thing at a time, and then do the : cvrong thing. < r CARLISLE GOES TO THE NEWBERRY COUNTY JAIL ?? * [JEGINS SERVICE OF SENTENCE OF YEAR AND ONE DAY. First Sentence of Five Years Cut by President?Further Clemency is Hoped For. Milton A. Carlisle, former president _ ? a.i i: l ? i, -vc ui me ?\auonai uaiib. uj. ^cw uai^, who was convicted in the United States court in Greenville of violation of the national banking laws, began yesterday morning the service,of his sentence of one year and a day in the Newberry jail. The commitment was turned over to Sheriff Blease by an officer from the marshall's office in Charleston, but Mr. Carlisle had already gone to the jail before the arrival of the officer in Newberry yesterday morning. Mr. aCrlisle was sentenced to serve five years in the Federal penitentiary, but his sentence was commuted to a w />Ammnfo/l J Cdi ililU d VJLCLJ y G.UU wugu wuiuxuwv^u to service of the sentence in the Newberry jail. Six days out of every month are taken off for good behavior, ana this will shorten Mr. Carlisle's sen;ence considerably. iFurther clemency is still hoped for by his friends. >EW SEABOARD EQUIPMENT. Modern in Every Kespect and Equipped With the Very Best. The Seaboard Air Line has placed in service on all through trains the handsomest diner ever built. The cars are inducive to cool traveling as well as to safety. Paddle fans really cool the passengers witnout. ouzaing. The tile floor is cool, sainitary and does not contain odors as carpets do. The sunken electric lights give sufficient light without being glaring, and the ventilation of these modern, cars removes the sting of summer. The service is a la carte, offering the best the market affords Iin addition to this, they have also put in service new steel coaches, elaborately finished which makes them the pioneers in solid steel trains operating in the South. For full information relative Seaboard schedules, etc., write C. W. Small; Div.{ Pass., Agent, Savannah, Ga. NO "ENOREE COUNTY" Plan For >"e?r Division With Woodruff as Seat of Government Fn-Is to Carry. Woodruff, July 29.?Despite Woodruff's unanimous vote in favor of the formation of "Enoree county" with, this town as county seat, the project has failed after a strenuous campaign lasting since early in the summer. The people in both strips of territory depended on to form the new county have rejected the plan. ~ r mftfo W9o S1f) in luaurens buip iuc ??* ?, - to 143. Spartanburg's vote was 745 for the new county to 1,053 against it. Many of the precincts went solidly against the formation of the county. At Enoree and Cross Anchor, which had been expected to give a good vote for the new county, the vote was 4 to 1 against the plan. Woodruff voted solidly for the newcounty, polling 137 votes for it. The people of Woodruff, though disappointed at the result are taking their defeat resignedly. Death of Miss Jacobs. Miss Rebecca Jacobs, 79 years old, died Monday at Spring Hill, and was buried on Tuesday at the old family burying ground near Spring HiH, service by the Rev. V. L. Fulmer. She was the aunt of Mr. G. W. Jacobs, of this city. Two sisters, Mrs. S. A. Ellesor and Miss Mary Jacobs, suri-lvo VIPT The Other Round. A country vicar is telling a story Df an incident which happened in his :hurch the other Sunday. During the sermon a baby began to cry, and its mother picked it up and began to car ry it toward the door. "Stop!" the vicar exclaimed. "Don't *o away. The baby is not disturbing ne." The mother continued her way to :he door with the remark: "Oh, he rln't ain't he? But you're a-disturbin' Df 'im!"?London Farm and Home. ___________