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s j Society j Thongrfct For tike Day. Just to be tender, just to be true, Just to be giaa tne wnoie aay tnrougn, Just to be merciful, just to be mild, Just to be gentle and kind and sweet, Just to be helpful with willing feet, Just to be cheery when things go wrong, Jusrt to dri?e sadness away with song. Anonymous. * ! For the Younger Set. Mrs. E. M. Evans delightfully entertained at her home in Boundary street on Friday evening for her young friend Wiljiam Griffin of Atlanta, Ga. The affair was one of unusual pleas- j ure. About twenty guests were present.! IMrs. Everett Evans and Miss Octie ^Griffin assisted Mrs. Evains in serving Iher young friends a delightful ice course. ? * * The following account of t ie marriage of Mr. Edwin A. Carlisle of New-berry to Miss Laura Mae Huffard of Wythevitle, Va., is taken from the . Southwest Virginia Enterprise: "One of the very prettiest of home weddings took place at high noon on " ' Wednesday when Miss Laura Mae Huffard was married to Mr. Edwin A. Carlisle at the beautiful suburban ihome of the bride's parents. . "The wedding was necessarily very quiet owing to the illness of one of the bride's sisters. I >? "The home was like a garden in its mass of bloom and green. TT:e wed Gizxg iook piace in me norm rwm, where in front of the big bank of green Rev. J. A. Gray awaited' the bridal -party. Miss Virginia .Huffard, sister of the bride, sajig 'very .touch i ugly "I love you truly," after which to the f strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding ^ M?rch, played by Mrs. Walter Groseclose, accompanied" by IMiss Elizabeth Glosclose on the violin, the bridal party entered. First came little Gra-; *- V I nam /'crterueiu, xiciwic? ^ iuc ujiuv, bearing the ring on a silver tray, fo'Jcwed by Miss Birdie Huffard, maid of honor, attired in a beautiful white i lingerie dress witj.a pink picture bat and carrying a saower bouquet of pink * roses. Then came the bride gowned in a white crepe de chine and lace frock, carrying a shower bouquet of bride's roses, on the arm of her father. The bride wore ti e gift of the groom, a diamond pendant, as her only jewel. They were met by the groom and his best man, Captain William Smith Langford. The impressive ring ceremony was used, and surrounded by 1 those nearest and dearest to her, Miss! Laura Mae Huffard became the bride of Mr. Edward A. Carlisje. "Immediately after the ceremony an elegant six course luncheon was served, at the conclusion of which the bride's cake was cut. The slice conto^-taining the ring going to Mrs. Will Porterfield; the thimble to Capt. Wil-j * liam Smith Langford and the dime to j r Mr. Robert Huffard. Before leaving! k the bride threw her bouquet, which | ^ was cauglifby Miss Elizabeth Huffard. "Mr. and Mrs. Car-isle were the recipients of many handsome gifts. They left on the afternoon train for an extended trip through the West, going ? * ll- ^ ? *_ xy first to umcago, uen urruugn ienyw i Stone Park, then to Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, then to the exposition and through California, returning by / way bf the Grand Canyon. "Mr. and iMrs. Carlisle will thes visit Mr. Carlisle's parents in Newberry, S. I C., for a short time before going to Springfield, Ohio, wt'.ere they willj make their future home. """ ? * V?n o rv/3 Mrc " 1110S6 prCBtlll wtic . .ui. uuu ?. N ,W. B. Porterfield of Saltville, Mrs. Laura Haynes of Chatham Hill, Mr. James Buchanan of Rich (Valley, Mrs. A. L. Martelle of New Orleans, Mr. Robert Huffard of Evansville, Indiana; Capt. William Smith Langford and Mr. Renwick Carlisle ef Newberry, S. 1 C.; Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Gray, iMt. and I f Mrs. John L. Porterfield, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Huffard, Misses Birdie, Elizaow.,3 "\Tifarir\i o W.llffarH \fr ATSTVle ucuj anu ? n^iuiu ..... 0? ? Huffard, Mr. and Mrs. 'Walter K. Groseclose, Miss Elizabeth Groseclose, Mrs. T. 0. Lindamood, Dr. John T. Graham and Mr. Robert (Moorman. PLEASURE BOAT CAPSIZES \ FEW FEET FROM DOCK k (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) the bottom of the river, casting hunH dreds of living creatures to the water. V Many sank entangled with clothing on/? nnt ris^. hut hun <U1U UUI^UIV/O uuu ? , A dreds, coming to the surface, seized |L floating chairs and otfrer objects. PerH sons on snore threw out ropes and BP dragged in those who would hold the lifelines. Employes of commission W firms along the river .threw craves, cfhic&en coops and othep floatable ob jects into the water, but most Of t&ese V 4m uCSviic c rk IiC^uu> 'Boats put out, tugs rushed to the scene, with shrieking whist'es ana many men jumped into the river to aid f the drowning. With thousands of spec| tators ready to aid and the wharf withj in grasp hundreds went to death de- m\ ^ ?ni-ona Onp 1 H spite every cuon ai ^ ^_ mother grasped her- two children in IBI jJ Mi her arms as she slipped from fc'.e steamer into the water. One child was torn from her, but she and the TllCFC W0J other were saved. Fathers were i drowned after aiding their wives and lOlClHf? children to safety. ? One man was seen to cling to a of $50.00 spike in ti'.e side of the wharf vrhile two women and three children stepi >iic hndv tn safetv. He fell C.UUAr ycu upvu uiw exhausted into the river as the last 1 one of the five reached the pier. 75c kind ac.... Instances'of heroism were almost $i .25 and $i .5c as numerous as tJ"e number of persons on the scene. Boats as soon as full ? took rescued passengers to the wharf or to the steamer Theodore Roosevelt, TTT . 0, . ^ ... .. . .. ~ . | Wool Skirts up which was tied up opposite tne East- I r land. I One lot Skirts 1 To Saye Bodies. ' I One lot Skirts 1 " In an i:our the water was cleared j| One lot Skirts 1 of excursionists. Those who had notjl been taken to land had sunk or were ^ swirling down the river toward the ne ot ? Jres | drainage canal locks at Lockport, 111., ^ne ^ ?^' many miles away. The locks were pnce... raised to stop the current and arrange- One lot of Dres ments were made to take bodies from the river along its course througn the ! southwest part of 'Chicago. Shortly after the water was cleared, , | city firemen and workmen were on the 0r* IOC ^ arcJ ' exposed side of the Eastland's hull, Androscoggin j | cutting tbrougij its steel plates with ^^ gas flames. Divers were hurried into j *1 sn t underwater suits. A tug was moored jI I y as a bridge be%veen the pier and the I | ?2.00 Cut Coin capsized ship. IJ As the divers gained entrance to the. I hull, the scene of distress moved for 11 the time being from tf:e river to the ex- I temporized morgues. "Warehoused of! g All Millinen wholesale companies along the river il trimmed, Flow< were thrown open and bodies were;I ?? placed in rows on the floors. Scores I ^ Spools Coats of persons rescued from the water I ???? wptp ininred and these were taken toj| the Iroquois V ospital, built in memory || and the 600 women and children and a I $i 2S and $j 5c few men who were burned and crushed ^ QC to death in the Iroquois theater sev-; ? . . , I $s kind, ass< eral years ago. | " Efforts to resuscitate those take from , ~ ^ T r ? , . j One lot Linen ( ti e river were generally unsuccessful.! Only two or three were thus saved. It! Come quick. was also said ti at many of the injured . would die. Bed Ticking, I: 1 Bed Ticking. A City in Consternauon. The whole city was in consternation | over the catastrophe. Word of the ac- | ?ne Hammock cident spread rapidly and to ti.e thou- ????? sands already at or near the wharf w other thousands added themselves. X The Clark street bridge near the wharf j as crowded until it threatened to col- j A 11 IMail [lapse. Streets! ad to be cleared by the1 ITldll i police to allow the passage of ambu-, !ances J bers Fil Business men sent their automoDiies and motor trucks to help aid the in-:I - , jured and carry away the dead. One 8 I lOXTipi warehouse soon was filled with bodies, I j dnd other dead were taken to the Second regiment armory, a mile away. Mayor William Hale T ompson was ory> ^ that those wilo in San Francisco and Chief of Police for jost friends and re C. C. Healy was also out of town, but view all the victims in oi Acting Mayor Moorehouse sent out a Identification was S101 request that the city display signs of at ,he morgu"es w re as mourning. Flags on public buildings L ^ &t the river when Iwere placed a half mast and many Mothers ?e;i ac places were draped with mourning. L{ chudren wh(fa they h Baseball games were postponed and a {ew hQurs before on festivities largely ceased. lended (o ^ a day of p. While those on lana were disposing Men . ad summon a of the dead, injured and rescued, ti:? q?a!ltie3 taev possessed , divers in the heart of tie sunken ves- compogure as thev pa ?el sent up an almost constant stream |rows 0{ corpses> lookinJ oi corpses from the submerged decks. cvi]dren or wives Pathetic Burdens. Yet a? the First, it was a gaily dressed girl in heartache officers of va her teens who had been cauglht be- ments attended to tie < tween a pile of chairs and a cabin the dead and injured, t wall. Next it was a slight boy, gath- missing, inquiry into the ered from the lifeless arms of a fond disaster and precautions father, who had clung to his offspring, ease from sunken bodies even in death. Then followed an old rying of corpses by the woman, who had gone aboard the ship canal locks. to watch tfce youthful pleasure of her Federal Judge Lane grandchildren, or a little girl with grand jury empaneled 1 bare legs and bootees, with gay rib- the catastrophe; Stat bons sodden against the lace of her Hoyne prepared for a cc holiday gown. quiry to look into the A thrill passed through the crowd deaths; the police arrest " '' -x ? -J? Al - -L T."^ ntlnn/1 Or as word came irom ine steamer mai a jeers 01 u-l .cjaanainj, cm girl baby had been found alke among j commission arranged the hundreds of dead in the ship. Sine | river for fear disease mi was *ound in a starboard stateroom,! the presence of so many where she had been held from the | stream. water by a chair that jammed against Arrangements also w< the berth. TT:e baby only half awak- get at the sunken vessel ened as it was carried to the land. Its the underlying causes of mother could not be founfl. Derricks on scows were Two women were found alive in an- sj(je 0f the Eastland an other stateroom in a protruding side gineers were engaged t of the Eastland. There were still 300 ship. persons in the told when these persons A Slow Proce wer * taken out alive and the explor- Those in charge of the ers o: the hulk said that all were dead, of clearing up tlb'e toll Work of tagging the bodies of the and determining the resi dead and placing them in accessible the capsizing of the boa places for identification proceeded all the endeavor would i day and niglit. Reports from various slow because of the larj temporary nor?jies gave a total of 770 persons aboard the Eas1 bodies, but tabulation became so con- difficulty of getting at tfi fusing that it was = decided to &m- At $ s'cipcfc tppight 8; Caldwell & nf Dvmn Col A Ml I utc uaic re thousand came and mad We pay fare one way with Come one, come all. ^n's fiincrhams Dresses 39C ) kind at : 98c teady MaJe Skirts to $2.50, sale price 49c up to $4.00, sale price $1-98 jp to $6.50, sale price $2 98 ap to $io.oo, sale price $5-98 ses up to $6.00, your choice 9SC e Dresses, right up to the minute, value $10.00, $4-98 - * Of. ises up to $ic.oo, sale price Southern Silks I. Buy all you want for yd 7y^z Bleaching, worth 10c yd, salepirceyd 7%c ied Spreads at 89c Each er Bed Spreads at $i-*9 Millinery f at great slaughter sale. Untrimmed and irs and Feathers. Cotton, white jnd colored for 25c Under Skirts 1 1 kind, assorted colors, sale price 89c > kind, assorted colors, sale price $1.98 Drted colors, sale price $3.98 ^oat Suits, values up to 56.00, sale price..98c 2}/<c kind, sale price \d 8c .. C. A.,feather proof, 20c kind at yd 14c , worth $4 00 at $i-49 Pnf Pnpp nn Rx; m Caldwell & tly Phone 40 were looking been removed to the Second regime Natives could armory. Revised figures showed 1 ie place. bodies had been identified. Of 114 pa v and scenes tially identified bodies, 47 were me > affecting as women, 7 boys and 12 girls. the steamer The armory where the dead we toss the biers taken, situated in a fc.ickly settled pa ad sent away of the West Side, was surrounded th what was in-, j evening by a great throng. 'MS"rp ' ThAiica nrJr. formprl in linp hours 'b ill the stoical fore the great doors were opene to retain their awaiting a chance to seek trace of k ssed between and friends believed lost. ? for missing At D:35 o'clock the first pate: es reople were admitted to the armo: borror and and began efforts to identify the dea rious depart- j Tney were admitted in groups of 2 disposition of j and judging from tbe crowds whi< racing of the 1 surrounded the building tine coronei i cause of the aides believed it would take all nig 5 against dis- to get through. and the car- iMftny Others Dead. rrver towards More than 900 bodies were then the armory and some of tlhie officia lis ordered a J said they had reason to believe 300 < to investigate 400 more still were in the wreck, e's Attorney Members of the crowd waiting ou >unty jury in- side the armory stormed the doors la cause of the tonight and ti':e police were forced ed ail the offi- use their clubs to drive them bac id the health Several persons were injured, it wj to purify the j gajd. ght spread by j ,a bodies in the j WILL FIX BLAME FOR LOSS l ere made to | Authorities at Work On Eastland Cas to determine Order For Arrests. tfte accident. taken to the Chicago, July 24?"Let no one t ' ? fVlIC? fro d marine en-j unm we ua lug ummc ivi wis o inspect the edy." This was the order late today < ss. State's Attorney Hoyne. various works He had Capt. H. Pedersen, .Enginei of casualties Erickson and other officers of the boa ponsibility for together with 30 of the crew, in h t said tonight office., at the criminal court building. Lecessarily be There they were examined r ge number of Hoync's assistants. tland and the The prosecutor himself spent tl :e hull of the day with Coroner Hoffman going ovi 31 bodies had Coroner Hoffman announced la i' Haltiwanger Is Still In F ie purchases and went in a radius of 50 miles Towel Sa 5c kind at I2^c kind at 25c kind at 75c Linen Towel 20 in Red Star Diaper Hoth, mill hei One lot of Ribbons, value tip to 15c. in the basket on the 5c bargain co Don't fail to visit the Big Bargain ( find values up to 25c yard at Linen Toweling, 65c kind, sale price 40 in White Lawn, 12*^0 kind, sale ] ioc and I2^c Ginghams, buy all yoi i6^3C Galatea for 1254 Galatea for The greatest sale of all sales o* Emb ties 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 take cl lot at only yd 75c Corsets at $1.50 Royal Worcester, sale price... ? ?^ -A 1 * 3 Ladies' Mouse Dresses, $1.25 Kina, 5 Paragols, $1.50 kind, guaranteed, sal Silk Parasols up to $3.50, sale price. bilk Parasols, up to $8.50, sale price. Out of one lot 500 pair Milanese Silk white and black left, goes on sale t Limit 4 pairs to a customer, Another lot assorted colors Silk and price pr Men's Half Hose, 25 and 35c kind, ss Wolf TTncp <r 00 kind, s; IlYJL C 11 O JL X CL i J, J. X V/ V j r K/ * * *? J 1| ' tm m -w V ? J One lot men's Half Hose, 15c kind, < erything in the H Haltiwanger Newberry, S. C. nt tonight that he had ordered the arrest; wa: 76 of every official of the Indiana Trans- j ticl r- portation company which leased the j wa; n, Eastland. No individuals were men-! fed tioned in the coroner's announcement, cap re That a sudden rush of persons on the rt deck of the Eastland to port side to tati is look at a speeding Jaunch caused the opi catastrophe, was the assertion of Jack bee e_ Elbert, gauge tender of the Steamer, day He said he and J. M. Erickson, chief not in engineer, escaped drowning by wading tati through water in the natcn ana crawi0? ing out of a port hole into the river. po? rv' "The steamer Eastland was kep^ ^-v d. j stable by means of a water ballast," !5, i Elbert said. "Water is pumped into ^ac 2h J the chambers in the ship until she be- our 's comes steady. This is done before ht even freight is taken aboard. The first thing I noticed this morning was that C the Eastland began to lean to the star- Moi board. Ericksen, the chief engineer or < 1S was in charge of the pumps used to icaj * * /n? pump the water into tne cnamDers. wi He said, 'Boys, steady her up a little,' ton t_ and then we pumped the water into We te j the other side until she was was up p ! even ?nd all right. We had just even- tur v 1 ed her up when a launch came down util as | tht river and passed the Eastland and Tel the crowd on the deck rushed over to of j the port side to look at it. The weight doc all on one side apparently proved too to j much and the Eastland began to list j i - badly. em( "We worked frantically at the pumps mei to try to hring her back, but she was pro 50 too far gene." nur g- /Eyewitnesses informed the police! tee] i t- - 1 ?T, | that there was a man in me iauuc-n en of with a moving picture camera and that this attracted the attention of passen- ^un sr gers on the Eastland, who rushed to u Lt, one side of the boat. <jep. is W. K. Greenebaum, manager of the Indiana Transportation company, Wj>}c jy made the following statement late in tf:e day: J< le "The Indiana Transportation com- lati: bt pany expresses its deepest sorrow ^nd Qz? 8IWQ*tfcy for Fin te The Eastland |25 's I ull Blast homeward reon a purchase le 2^C 8#c 19c 39c Timed 49c take choice of anything unter. Counter where you will 5C 39C price .. 9c 1 want for yd.. 7c i2j4c 10c roidery Flouncing, val ' ' - e ^1-: it... aoice or anyimug in uic g 39C 49C 98c sale price 79c ie price 98c 98c $2 50 * Hose we have 192 pr. it pr 19c tLisle, 25c values, sa!e * IIC tie price 19c ale price 45c >ale price 10c / ' ouse All Mail Or ders Filled Promptly s not overloaded. There were 2,408 jets taken up at the Eastland ganger by the Eastland collectors under eral supervision. The government lacity mark is set at 2,500. At this time fc:e Indiana Transporion company is unable to voice an nion on the cause of the accident ause the Eastland was hired for the - and the captain and crew were \ employes of the Indiana Transpor on company. We are doing everything in our ^er in aiding all investigations both iegal authorities and by t)':e press* To both we have thrown open every ility for information and relief at command." Keiief Flans Laia. ihicago, July 24.?Acting Mayor orehouse and J. J. O'Connor, directof the central division of the Amern Red Cross, laid plans for relief the Eastland victims at a meeting ight attended by officers of the stern Electric company. rivate stores and officers of the ned into relief stations and public ity concerns fcelped. The Chicago epnone company installed a score - /At T7? Tree teiepnones near me luisiiauu s ks whence survivors flashed word mxious relatives. he Red Cross established an urgency station at the Second regiit armory, prepared to take care of stration cases and accidents. The ses' association and society vol'un*ed to care for survivors and strickrelatives were helped by hotels, ch furnished gallons of coffee and dreds of sandwiches. nder direction of the city health ontmfint trpatiflpnt tn nrpvpnt tV id fever was accorded survivors > might have swallowed river water. jhn Henry Taylor, colored, for viong his contract with Mr. M. W. ler, wag fcrougfc-t before Magistrate jer last Friday -and sentenced to or 30 days. He is taking the days> It'-A'. " 'At '