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VOLUME Lffl, XUKBEB 58. KEWBEBBI, 8. 0, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, tlM A TEAJL 100 PERISH IN VIOLENT HURRICANE -: l PROPERTY LOSS WILL PROBABLY REACH $80,000,600. __ 1 ^ J ** - TT ? ^aiyesrons rrepeny lwsjc-s as as 1b Storm of 1900?Sea Wall Stood Firm. With large sections of the stormswept southeastern coast of Texas still cut off frotn communication, reports received Wednesday night and early Thursday place the number known to have been, killed in tJ':e tropical hurricane which swept the Texas coast at more than 100. The property loss was vaguely estimated in the millions, some estimates placing the probable loss as high as $30,0.00,000. Galveston suffered probably tf:e heaviest financial loss, but only fourteen persons are known to have lost their lives in that city, while at Virginia Point thirty were killed, and at Texas City, across the bay from Galveston, eighteen more lost their lives. Other points reporting loss of life were: Morgan's Point, 11; Sylvan Beach. 3; Houston, 2; Hancock, 7; LaPorte, 76; Port Artfcur, 4; Lynchburg, 3; Seabrook, 13. Property loss estimates were tvague, except in a few instances. Some of the estimates were as follows? Galveston, $15,000,000; Houston, $2,000,000; Texas City, $400,000; Port Arthur, $200,000; Seabrook, $100,000; Sabine, $100,000; Sabine Pas?, $100,^ ?? * A?A AAA wn>; js.eman, *ou,uuu. Loss to Cotton Growers. In addition there was an enormous loss to cotton growers in the storm belt. The damage in the oil fields was estimated at $500,000. * - ' * - X -jP 1 AAA uaiveston, as m siorm 01 xsvi/, wf:ich took a toll of more than 8,000 lives, bore the brunt of the hurricane, which reached its height there at 3 a. m. Tuesday, when the wind reached a velocity of 92 miles an haur. Five hundred buildings in Galveston, which were wrecked, the sea wall damaged and the causeway connecting that city XL- -J-l J Wltfl cue Uldiiiiauu ?<ts> cut 1U mu. A Mortage of drinking water has added to the seriousness of the situation in Galveston, Texac City and other coast towns. Food is also reported scarce and lighting systems and street cars are out of commission. The dead includes fourteen soldiers of the second division of the 'United | States army, stationed at Galveston, ? J rn* diiu. J. CA?I ?> V. IU.' . State, federal and municipal authorities in Texas have started measures for relief. Martial rule was in force in Texas City and Galveston. - - r" Da-Has, Texas, Aug. 18.?Galveston has emerged from one of the most severe storms in the annals of the Gulf of Mexico, battered and severely KiirHcmp/l with financial loss, but with the known loss of life less than a score. This summarizes the first definite | news received from tJ-e .island city' since the tropical hurricane which Monday began battering against the gigantic sea wall which protects the city from the waters of the gulf. An accurate estimate o f the property . damage was not possible tonigiit, but | those who did venture an estimate say j that it might reach the proportions of the storn of 1900, when property val- | ued at $15,000,000 was swept away. The first mesenger from tl':e stricken city reached Houston today and reported a thousand feet of the sea wall swept away; the causeway which con-' nects Galveston with the mainland cut j into and the city strewn with the' debris of 500 buildings crushed by the assaults of wind and tidal waves. Fires Add to Damage. Three fires also did great damage and tfce city is without an adequate supply of drinking water, the mains leading to the city's supply wens ai Alto Loma, 18 miles away, having been broken. The belated report today says that the storm reached its zenith at 3 o'clock Monday and the cottages along the sea wall were crumbled and scattered into flying timbers. The waters of the gulf, whipped into fury, tore * away bits of sea wall until an opening ^ had been dug into the tough cement, | then the "battle between water ^ and concrete began. Despite the fact that a tl-ousand feet of the wall was battered away, Galvesteon attributed its salvation as' a city to the big dyke which was built a few years after the -big storm of 1900. One break 20 feet wide in front of the Galvez hotel let / - ? L e T?r ntnr f Vio f /I O m Q CroH fh A Hi uiosi ui luc naiu i,uu<. uuuiu8vu *-? residential section. Gay Sections Swept. All the city's resort batl^ houses and beach amusements have been swept away. The Murdoch, the Breakers and the Surf bath houses, each of whicfin was a commodious frame structure, were demolished and heaped upon the j boulevard in debris. Just back of the ; beach boulevard from Twenty-first to' Twenty-sixth streets was a row of, small si: ops and booths, dancing pa- ( VllUJIlS, TC5l.aui cuius duu uvtbio. jluvwu i are reported to have been destroyed, j To the west and to the east of this section were pretty summer cottages i skirting the boulevard, all of which j are said to have been total losses. The loss to tl-'e city port facilities j has been enormous and all kinds of | craft have suffered. The United States 1 transport IM'cClellan is high aground : . i on 'Pelican island, an artificial spot i north of Galveston just across the ship j channel.. Many vessels have been cap- j sized and several reported as de- j stroyed. Yesterday tf:e city was placed under j martial law and after surveying the; J ~ property u a mage tut; majrvsi auuvuuwu that the city wolud not need to call: on other communities for financial aid.! The surprisingly low loss of life probably is due to the lesson of 1900, for the population Monday night' sought refuge in the stronger build-! ings, wf"ere the disaster of 15 years ago found the residents sleeping while j the gale took the lives of 8,000. i ? CIVILIANS KILLED IN ZEPPELIN RAID j Ten Lose Lives as Result of Aerial I Attack on the Outskirts of London. London, Aug. 18.?The outskirts of' London were raided last nigi':t by Zeppelins. Several persons were killed. The damage to property was not important. Ten persons were killed in the air raid. One Zeppelin is believed to have been hit. The official press bureau statement said: "Zeppelins visited the eastern counties last night and dropped bombs. Anti-air craft guns were in action and it is believed that one Zeppelin was hit. -no f e n'Ore Q^tiiVP hilt.. OWinff to the difficult atmospheric conditions,' tf:e Zeppelins were able to escape. "Some houses and other buildings, | including a church, were damaged. , "The following casualties have been recorded: Killed, men 7, women 2. | children 1; injured, men 15, women! 18. children 3. "All the above were civilians." | ? | UMs is a fine time to use the split log drag. You will want good roads during the winter and the use of the spMt log dras: now while the roads are ' ?r> fnr it.S 11SP> will be ! IU 5WU ? _ _ worth a whole lot for the winter roads, i i Mr. Chas. E. Summer has just re-! turned from Richmond, iVa., reporting a great time in thjit rich and i.ospita- j ble city. His brother Mr. Geo. W. Summer, went on the New York. x i YILLIA WILLING TO ACCEPT CONFERENCE IDEA | Washington, Aug. 18.?Gen. Villa's reply to the Pan-American appeal for a peace conference among the Mexi-! can factions was received at tfce Villa j agency today and will be presented to Secretary Lansing tomorrow. It is understood to accept the offer of the conferees to aid in rtstoring government in Mexico. , The first answer to the appeal to' reach the state departmen came today from Gen. Cantu, Villa givernor. of Lower California. It is said to be favorable and in line with that of Gen.! Villa himself. Just as the"*mother and fcer small son left the neighbor's house, where they had been calling, the hostess j handed tfce little fellow a banana. "What do you say, dear?" admonished his mother. "I'll be back again later," said the boy. cy ? THE GERMANS TAKE FORTRESS OF KOVNO PLACES GRAND DIKE'S A KMT in PEBILOUjS position. Road to Vilna, Warsaw and Petrograd Railroad Now Thrown Open to Teutons. London, Aug. 18.?Kovno, one of the crucial points in the Russian defensive in the nortf\ was captured by the Germans last night, and the road to Vilna, Warsaw and Petrograd railroad I is now open to Emperor William's troops. The capture of the fortress was another triumph for the German 16-inch guns, which f:ave been brought against no fortifications they can not subdue. With the fortress of Kovno the Germans have taken more than 400 guns, and, according to their account, an enormous quantity of war material. This, I":owever, is not the most seri ous part of the matter to the Russions. Besides opening the way to Vilna, which is an open town, from which most of the inhabitants have departed and from wl:ich everything that might be of use to the invaders has been removed, the fall of the fortress takes away the last protection, except the Russian field army, to ti':e main /line railway to Petrograd, and !>1cn nbpoe ftprmans in a nosit.lon to threaten the flanks of the Russian armies retiring to the Brest-Litovsk line and those operating in Southern Courland. Expected Fall of Kovno. Grand Duke Nicholas apparent1.}* expected the fall of Kovno, for his armies are hastening their retirement in Poland eastward. They still hold their own from Kovno to souC'i of Ossowetz, but south of there they are being pressed from the northeast by Gens. Von Scholz and von Gallwith, and from the west by Archduke Leopold, who has crossed tJ':e Big river and is approaching the Best-Litvosk and Bialystock railway. It is the same in the south, where Gen. von Mackensen, after many rebuffs, finally has driven the fM'uscovites into their outer positions of tl:e fortress of Brest-Litovsk. For the first time since he began to retire from Western Galicia in May ? * ?- * _ ? I Grand L>uKe .Mcnoias, in me opinion of military observers, finds part of his army in serious danger of envelopment. The Russian commander con? tinues an orderly retreat as shown by the fact that outside of the guns taken witla the fortress of Kovno or captured in the forts of Xovogeorgievsk, two mnra of whir?h have* fallen, the G-er mans claim no capture of artillery. It would appear also tftat few prisoners have been taken, which doubtless means that a considerable part of the Austro-Germans in their most recent advance fcave not met with serious fighting. uniy ,?aie nun. With Kovno in German hands and another German army across the Bug south of Brest-Litovsk, a speedy exit, according to military observers, is the only safe one for the Russians if they are to escape before the second set of pincers prepared for them are closed. W!:ile fighting to crush the Russian army the Germans are finding time for minor activities in other fields. Last night they carried out their 17th air raid on England, ivisiting eastern coun- , ties, where tliey dropped bombs1 which according to the official communication killed 10 and injured 36 civilians. In the last raid the admiralty reports that it believes one Zeppelin was damaged. 'A dispatch from Holland today reported that another quarter of dirigibles was on their way over to Eng land, but nothing further has been i heard^of tf:em. Tonight it was clear, and it is probable that the airship commanders, believing it likely that their craft would be discovered by the Rritish air natrnl. have turned back. Last night was dark and misty. Submarines Bnsy. German submarines have been busy and during tfce day the sinking of three British and three neutral steamers and - A 1 1 1~ <t trawier uas uctrxi i cywi ten. As an offset to the German successes in the east the French official communication reports further gains for .. the French troops in the Vosges, wfiile i Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of > the allied forces on the Gallipoli penin-j sula, announces an advance b>y the new force of allied troops which landed at Suvia Bay, and the repulse of a Turkish attack against ti e right flank of tfce Australians. 'ine Turns, nowever, say mai au British attacks were repulsed. Any progress made by the British at ?Suvla Bay, would, according to the military experts, be important, as it would threaten t)':e Turks facing the Australians down the coast, and, like the other operations against Turkey, have an influence on the Balkan States, wnicn seemingly are apout 10 aeciae which set of belligerents they will join. Serbia probably will make l er reply this week to tht suggestion of the entente ministers, that she cede Macedonia to Bulgaria. Opinion is divided in Serbia as to what the reply should be, but ifc is expected here that II win ue lavuiauic. 1UH TO OFFER REWARDS. Got. Harris Says Every Effort will Be Made to Convict Leo Frank's Murderers. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.?Plans for investigating the abduction and lynching of Leo M. Frank went forward steadily today. Governor Harris stater that a thorough inquiry would be ma Hp and tf'a t rewards would be of fered for the arrest and conviction of the men who took Frank from the State prison at Milledgeville and hanged him near Marietta. "I am inexpressibly shocked," said omwornrtr "TVii'o affair nlanftd tuc 5UTWUV1, ~ r ? a bio: upon the fair name of our State ti at can never be wiped out. The lynching will be probed to the bottom and every effort within my power will be made to bring the guilty member of the mob to justice. At the proper time I will offer rewards for the arrest and conviction of the men, and I will urge the jadge, the solicitor and the sheriff to make dilisent efforts to apprehend them." Governor Harris will have a conference with the three members of the State prison commission tomorrow morning. All of the commissioners were in Warden. Smith's home the night Frank was taken away. It is not unusual for them to be there on Monday and Monday night,^ as they make weekly inspections of the prison. That the prison commission would not maxe an inquiry was further indicated today when another member, E. L. Rainey, stated that he did not think any one connected with the orison was to blame. The prison com mission has absolute powers in handling prison affairs and in the conference tomorrow tJie commissioners will act only in an advisory capacity. FREDERICK HARMON DEAD. Was One of Best Known Farmers of Richland. News and Courier. Columbia, Aug. 18.?Frederick Harmon, aged about 70, one of the best known farmers of Richland county, an extensive land-holder, and a Confederate veteran, died this morning at 19-in rv'Hnrk after an illness of some months. TT:e funeral services and burial services will be at St. John's Lutheran church, Lexington county, tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock. THOUSANDS STARVE r-v wrvrr i v r \ pit i t, 1*1 JJB Bodies of Women and Children Picked Up in Street?Trare* Daegerous. Pueblo, Mexico, Aug. 12 (via1 New iA .i/y 10 ^ TVi rvTico nrlcr r\f nPH wnedua, 'Aug. io./?i ui/u^uuuo ^? pie are starving in Mexico City and bodies of women and children are daily being picked cp in the streets tfcere, according to a Red Cross agent who arrived here today from the capital. Traveling between Mexico City and Vera Cruz is regarded as dangerous as the railroad lines are infested with bands of Zapata followers. Almost /*ov ? +r-a in Irmriod with Car t ? Ci J M. VA ranza troops is blown, up. Of tbe many foreigners in the capital who wish to leave (hardly a dozen have come out. Raids by bandits opposed to Carranza are still active ,i# Ver.a Cruz State. Their boldness &aa aroused anxiety that the railroad to Mexico may be cut. NEWS OF POMARIA. i W. 0. W. Picnic August 26?Hon. R, A. Cooper to Make One of the Addresses?Personal* Special to The Herald and News. Fomaria, Aug. iy.?Messrs. tira^am and Kinard wish to thank all who aided in any way to make the 'cue given here last Friday a success and assure them it was all appreciated. They realized a nice purse. TMia rtVtoin era n or i<s domnirnr near hprp JL V/UU4U JjUiiUj iiWi ?*V* W anl is working on "Folks" hill, wliich is being laid about six inches deep with rock and sand. The community is furnishing the team to haul the sand, and I must say I have never seen a community get together and help more in my life. Hundreds of loads of sand and rock l:ave been hauled. We wish to thank every one who has helped, and those who were kind enough to give the sand and rock. We also wish to thank our supervisor for doing t):is long and much needed work. This work will no doubt last for many years <jo come. There was a large crowd who took advantage of the excursion rates to Columbia. Others who intended going came to the depot and after waiting several hours went'back home. Dr. Jno. B. Setzler and Mr. .Scurry of Newberry spent some time in Pomaria the first of tfte week. Mr. Lige Griffin and IMT. and Mrs. Ernest Stansell of Belton came down in a car and spent several <iays with Mr. G. D. Young's family. Mr. i.Ed Roberts and Mr. Albert McMicken of Montecello spent several days with Mr. W. D. Hatton's family this week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boland spend Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Boland's father in the tMt. Pilgrim section. Mrs. Z. T. Pinner and son Beman have returned from Horse Shoe, X. C., where they l:ave been for about six weeks on a visit to Mrs. Pinner's mother. Miss Lena Young of Whitmire has returned home from a visit to Mr. G. D. Young's family. Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh has returned from a few days' stay in Prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. J. Hentz have gone to Whitmire for a few days' visit. Little Sara -Setzler went with tT pm Miss Alice Hartman of Prosperity is visiting relatives in the community. Miss Katye Graham of the New Hope section is visiting relatives here. Miss Ruth Young of Newnan, Ga., is the guest of Miss Lurline 'Aull for a while. |Mrs. Lilla Eddy of Newberry is spending several days here visiting relatives. Mrs. Sumter Logon, Mrs. a. m. seizler and daughter, Mable, have gone to Iva for a few days. Miss Susie Owens of Clinton returned home, after spending several days f:ere visiting relatives! Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Feagle of near Nearberry spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Geo.'B. Aull. Miss Marie Koon has gone to Chapin for several days' visit. Mr. Clarence Epting has finished his j * 1?11 ~ v. J V>/~ima i contract in d3.sg urni auu is oi i for a rest up. I.Vi'iss Estelle Kibler of Newberry is visiting Aliss Grace -Shealy. Don't forget the W. 0. W. picnic, which will be next Thursday, the 26th. Hon. R. A. Cooper of Laurens, Rev. Jno. 0. Wilson, president of Lander college, Greenwood, and Head Clerk R. S. Wood of Chester and Hon. A. F. Lever are the speakers on the prosram. which starts at 10 o'clock. You may expect something good from each of these. The committee was certainly fortunate in securing tfbe gentlemen as speakers on this day. Mr. Robt. I. Stuck, just north of here, who has been so critically ill for the last week, is just a little better at this writing. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Rev. S. C. Ballentine will hold a young people's meeting here in tfce ! Lutheran church on next Saturday o4. Q.sfl rt'niock and wishes a I ailCIUVUll e?o u.uu V full attendance of all the young peo! pie. I There will be holy communion at j the Lutheran churdfr here on thfe fifth j Sunday in this month, at 11 o'clock, to which all are invited to attend. All the members are requested to attend.1 i FRANK DIES VICTIM OF MURDEROUS HOB CARRIED TO SPOT NEAR MARIETTA AND HANGED TO TREE. / t Former Judge Restrains Crowd From iTiuuiauu^ uvuj xtcmaius Art? Taken to Atlanta. Fitzgerald, Ga., Aug. 17.?Governor Xat ;E. Harris, who came i-ere early today to attend the annual reunion of Confederate Veterans, announced that _ ~.:ii i. : i. a. _ a x i i. ^ ^ ue win return lunigni 10 Auania lor the purpose of aiding the prison commission in an investigation of the lynching of Leo M. Franl:. "The people are entitled to all the facts in the case," said the governor, "and T nrrvnrvsp to spp that thev shall have them." He said that a thorough inquiry will be made. / Body iTaken to Brooklyn. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.?The body of Leo M. Frank, under a heavy police guard, was placed aboard a Southern railway train, which departed at 12:01 LUia liiuimiig. nit; mucidi party, including Mrs. Frank and several Atlanta friends of tibe family, wfao will accompany the body to Brooklyn, also was guarded carefully by the police until the train left the terminal station. Story of the Lynching. Marietta, Ga., Aug. 17.?Leo M. 'Frank is dead, a victim of mob law. Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning hs was Ibanged to an oak tree in a woods two miles east of here, after having been removed from the Georgia prison farm one hundred miles away , late last night ^"y a band of about 25 men. Tnus enaed tne career or tne I man who for two years fcad maintained his innocence of the murder of IM&ry Phagan. Frank, on his ride to death, was clothed in a silk night shirt, with tfhe letters "L. M. F." embroidered over his heart. When found today a white handkerchief !:ad been placed over his ffina ond o nf hrfiWn Mrtth hrtnnrt H*' V/ UUU a |/<IVVV VI. VI v " 4A VWVU MV V>MV> around his limbs. His hands were bracketed before him and his feet were bound with a piece of rope. The hangman's knot lay against fci3 right jaw. Discovery of *' e body was made at 8:30 this morning by searching parties, which had been organized after Frank^i removal irom tne prison iarm uecamw known. The news spread with ligfctning-like rapidity and within half an i hour hundreds of people, including scores of women and children, from Marietta and the surrounding countryside began to arrive to view it. This continued until Coroner Booth arrived rtVito.a Vi/Mirc lafpr Uui tc UVUA w Judge Appeals to Crowd, Objection was made by some, to tiie coroner's announcement that the body ^ould be cut down at once and taken to "Marietta. Cries of "Don't move the Jew's body till we- shoot it full of holes," were heard.' Then former Superior Judge 'N.^A.: Morris, of Cobb . county, appealed to^ the crowd. ? - - u*. w "Let mere Be no iuro-er viuicutc, he pleaded. "The work of the mob is done. Leo M. Frank has given his life for the crime he is alleged to have committed. Do not mutilate the body. Let it be sent to !':is mother. I appeal to your better judgment and I ask all who agree with the course T suggest to raise their right hands." For a moment the crowd seemed to hesitate as the speaker concluded. Then simultaneously r;ands appeared everywhere. A moment later the swish of a knife cut the rope that held Frank's body suspended three feet above the* ground. It was quickly placed in an undertaker's wagon and started to Marietta. Two score auto mobiles loaded witn people immediately followed. 5 Body Put in Automobile. Officials evidently feared the earlier mood of the crowd might return and some form of ivengeance result. To avoid this possibility, the body hur riedly was taken from the undertaker's wagon at the edge of Marietta, placed in an automobile with former Judge Morris and hurried to Atlanta, * % With tfce departure of the "body the excitement that had stirred the. town rapidly diminished. The dense crowds that had filled the streets during the