Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 TOirKE LIIL, SUMBEK 6?- JiEWBEKBI, 9. C, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1916. TWICE A WEEK, ilM A YEAS. >VOBST (CALAMITY j BEFALLS GEORGIA Tobacco Ruined in Decatur County, i Other Farm Fields Also Raraged I ^ by Waters, 1 Savannah, Ga., July 11.?'Dispatches ^Konight from Bainbridge and other B?wns in that part of southern Geordescribe the flood conditions there (as the worst calamity that has ever befallen that region. In Decatur county, which seems to have suffered the worst, the damage to crops and other property is now placed at $750,000. The entire tobacco crop there is ruined, it is said. The Flint river, which overflowed its banks Sunday night, has reached a 27 foot stage, and with continued h^avy rains today, was still rising toj night, gradually extending the flooded .area. Spring creek, which flooded many thousand acres of farming land, was believed to be slowly receding, .! leaving destruction in its wake. In the western part of Decatur county the Chattahooche river has laid waste to many plantations. v "* 4? An 1V ? in .Miner couiuy iu is a<*,m iuai, uuW one small bridge withstood the torrent The town of Babcock was flooded when the huge dam at the plant of ^ the Babcock Lumber company gave way. The mill itself is half subi merged. \ fn the vicinity of 'Albany, Hear K which place the bridge of the Georgia, Southwestern & Gulf railway over the Muckafoochee creek was swept away Bast night, the streams have begun to Recede. Traffic over* the Central of Georgia railway is stifl tied up west of Albany, where Notchaway creek, in W Calhoun county, overflowed its banks. [ A great deal of damage has been done \ in that section to crops, wnicn wers far advanced toward maturity. A negro wlio tried to swim a pond ' in a cotton field near Albany was drowned. \ The United States district court, which conevned in Albany yesterday, [ has been unable to transact business I owing to the inability of jurors, witi nesses and litigants to reach the city. Reports of great damage to crcps> [ roads and railway trestles reached kere tonight from Arlington, which ?Fhas been isolated for four days. Ail bridges on the G. F. &A. and the Central of Georgia railways in that section were washed away. Much cotton j is under water. It was still raining there tonight. .^Railroads everywhere are making great efforts to resume traffic over their lines, but it will be four days ' before they can approach former schedules. The Georgia, Florida Alabama railway had hopes of moving a fKnis^ht nnt ?f Cllthbert. - - ? -? i where a great quantity of mail has I been delayed. Around Way cross another hard rain 1 fell today, delaying repairs on railway , t lines. Through traffic between 'vvay1 .cross and Montgomery has been resumed over the Atlantic Coast Line, but trains are running far behind schedules. i In the vicinity of Valdosta, where the Willacoochee and Little rivers reached a stage higher than had been feiown in a decade, the water was falling tonight. The National highway bridges across the Willacoochee river and the Hagan bridge across the _LStt!e river are gone. Other bridges tin that section were badly damaged. I Asburn reports hundreds of acres of cotton and corn under water and much damage from wind. IA negro laborer on a farm near there was killed by lightning today. Rivers Still High in Central Georgia. I fttacon, Ga., July 11.?Rivers in cen <?1 <??> J (.nufVin-oefarri /loArorio "> 7"0 Ik ?11 ailU auumntsvtiu 111 running high tonight, far over ftir banks, but in this city the flood Ster is beginning to recede. BThe first report in several days was Reived from Fort Gaines, which s of heavy property loss, but no |is oflife. Practically all of the ridges have been washed awiy in i I ^iflat section. ? At Columbia. Ala., Foster Griffin, j a. negro, was offered two chickens to 1 ^^im across the raging Omussee Htek and place marooned chickens ! EXPECT TO TAKE SUBMARINE BACK Koenig Makes Preparations to Carry | Craft to Sea When Jiew Cargo is Loaded. Baltimore, July 11.?Confident that the efforts of the diplomatic repre-j sentatives of the entente allies to have his vessel classed as a warship I and interned will prove unavailing, Capt. Paul Koenig, master of the German submarine iDeutschland, is preparing to leave port on his return voyage within ten days. Capt. Koenig expressed satisfaction ^tonight but no surprise when informed that three American officers who in a loft. He made the trip to the barn but was drowned returning. Southern railway trains between Atlanta and Macon ran through three feet or more of water between Jackson and Macon during the night and today. The Macon, Dublin & Savannah railroad has operated no trains during the day. Water is over the bridge at this point. Another thunder shower brought a third of an inch of additional rain to this section this afternoon. Many cotton fields in southwest Georgia are entirely submerged and the crop in some cases is being sold as it stands. One farmer sold a field that ordinarily yields 50 bales of cot ton for one bale. . Torrential Bains Cease In Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., July 11.?Reports from the various sections of Alabama embraced in the flood area tonight said that the torrential "rains have ceased, and but little rain has fallen since midnight Monday. The clearing weather has given encouragement that actual damage may be minimized. So far the loss of life has been remarkably small, and confine^ to negroes. The loss to the crops or \ the State, as estimated by James A. Wade, commissioner of agriculture, will exceed $5,600,000. "The crop damage in Alabama will not be less than from $5,600,000 to $7,000,000," said the commissioner today, "and may run as high as $14,000,000. This last figure depends on the length of time the flood waters cover the ground and the actual extent of the damage already done in the northern part of the State where lowlands between the natural water sheds are devoted to corn. "I estimate the. damage, from reports received, at not less than 10 per cent, to 15 per cent. Many estimates reach me that it may go to 25 per cent. That estimate I consider entirely too high. The federal government's report last year placed the total corn yield at 70,000,000 bushels. This, at an average price of 80 cents per 'bushel, totals $56,000,000. Ten per cent, means a loss of $5,-600,000.'* Tte greatest need for assistance developing during the day cams from the Selma district, especially in Lake Lanier on the Cahaba river and its numerous small feeders. Early this morning Selma appealed to the United States engineering officers here for 1 boat for use in transporting the people from the storm district and to -ave as much of their personal prof erty as possible. The flood victims volunteered to man the boats to pro* vide the supplies necessary in rescuing the other people and their effect*. The towboat Alabama was sent out immediately. The only information reaching the engineering office is that many families are cut off from help by high waters from the Alabama and Cahaba rivers around the Selma territory. All railroads out of * Montgomery resumed train operations today, except the (Montgomery & Mobile division of the Louisvile & Nashville from Mobile. This road is sending out trains as far south as Bay Minette, 64 miles this side of Mobile. Through traffic between this city and Jacksonville, Fla., was resumed this afternoon. In the Elba, Ozark and Eufaula districts high water still prevents resumption of traffic, but condi liuild CW C IC^UI ICU impiUVIli5. iUlUUftii traffic with Macon, Ga., was reestablished this afternoon, transfer of passengers, mail and ba?gage beinsr ma'de at Hatchers. 1 inspected the Deutschland today had reported that not only was she an unarmed merchant vessel now, but was so constructed that she could not be concerted into a warcraft without virtually being rebuilt. Capt. Koenig said he could only reiterate that the 'Deutschland, like other submarines built or building for Germany's new undersea merchant fleet, was design* ed solely as a freight carrier. At least eight of these vessels, it was authoritatively learned here today, now are building at Kiel, and with these, in addition to the Deutschland and the Bremen, already en route for an American port, Germany exnects in a measure to reestablish her lost commerce and mail commun- ( ication with the rest of the world, j Look for Torpedoes. The torpedo being a submarine's; essential weapon to make her effec-J tive as a warcraft, it was the possi-' bility that the Deutschland might be 1 pierced for torpedo tubes that was j the chief concern of the American j naval officers, headed by Capt. C. F. i Hughes, who inspected the vessel today. Not only were none found, but an examination of the forward Dart of the vessel's hull, "where torpedo tubes naturally would be located, revealed, it was learned, that the structure was not substantial enough to contain them. Before the Deutschland could be armed like a German naval submarine, entire reconstruction forward I would be necessary. This fact was sufficient in the minds of the American experts, to warrant their decision fViof a voccal in nn n'iqo ho bUttb tiXV^ WUAU AAA MV ? AWV - w | considered a war vessel. The possibility that guns could bft . mounted on her superstructure was understood to have been considered j also. But there were neither guns! nor emplacements in evidence. Whole Ship. Capt. Hughes and his associates j were given the entire freedom of the ship and there was no space within the interior that they did not explore, j The Deutschland's commander was not present daring the examination as he was not notified that the navy officers were coming, j Capt. Hughes and his associates, Lieut. Fisher of the bureau of steam . *. engineering ana Aavai constructor Howard, spent more than two hours in the vessel. Capt. Hughes declined to discuss what he had seen, but saiu that not only did the young officer who escorted them through the boat freely answer questions but even volinfnrmofiAn UAilyUV/1 ^/U 1UI.V1 Ui?blVU. "He is proud of his vessel and I do not blame him," said Capt. Hughes. "It is a wonderful piece of meahanism and a monument to German inventive genius." If the Deutschland has any new devices or mechanism which are new in submarine construction, Capt. Hughes now knows them. He would not say if any such existed, but made it clear in this connection that everything tie wanted to know was frankly explained. He had no instructions or intention, he said, to report any knowledge he may have gained. Cause for Enthusiasm. T\ i-_- C* ? -r-T' ^ l^eyuiy ourvtjjur nejiwaru, wuu also was one of the party, said that the American experts were "highly enthusiastic and were continually ejaculating." Capt. Koenig meanwhile was taking luncheon at a hotel with a party of _ ?C ?1 ~ _ c ?1. ? xr ? ? T umuiais tue .\yria uciuxau uiuju i line. The Deutschland today began un-: loading her cargo of dyestuffs. This ' task probably will be complete on Thursday, after which she will begin to take on her return cargo of nickel 1 J t-i ml ~ ,3 /"? ? _ ! ana ruuoer. liie nacmcu vjreiuiau j steamship iNeckar was towed up close ! to the Deutschland today and will j serve as quarters for the crew of the J submarine while in port. The report ! from abroad today indicating that tlio Bremen had left Germany prior to the j Deutschland and was now long over j titoc rlonictH ot t-ho VorfVi rjprman 1 Lloyd office here. It was asserted that the Deutschland was the fisrt to leave. The feat of the in eluding enemy warships no doubt makes those Kiel canal dreadnoughts j wish that they had been born a subI marine.?The State. ; TO SPEED RETURN ' fi OF BIG SUBMARINE To Take Good Cargo?Hold Will Be Filled With Nickel and Rubber 1 for Use of Kaiser's (Armies. < < I. Baltimore, July 12.?That plans J were afoot to reload the supersub- i mersible Deutschland and slip her out ( speedily in her return voyage to Ger- s many was indicated tonight. A spe- t cial permit was obtained for contin- ^ uing the unloading of the vessel tonight ar it was expected that she '2 would be ready by dawn tomorrow to 1 begin taking on a cargo of nickel and ? rubber. t tNo one in authority would say when t the vessel would depart and the only i positive statement in that connection e ?T-? Po nt ITnowior^ rlap. f W CL& WIXUliJLlUU 1JLI VttJL/t, AXUV/il O UVV I Jf laration to the local custom officers , f that he expected to sail "within ten e days." The tug Thomas F. Timmins ? completed repairs today and took up -c a position directly in front of the Deutschland. When the Timmins en- e tered dry dock it was reported that t she was getting ready to return to c the Virginia capes to convoy into the | c Chesapeake, as she did the Deutsch- j r land, the submarine Bremen which is ; c said to be four days on her way to c this country. d The air of mystery surrounding all r discussion of the Deutschland's de- ^ parture was deepened today by re- a ports that her clearance papers may 1 not be made public when filed, thus c preventing advance notice of her 1 leaving -being obtained. It became known late today that ? several conferences have been held t here between the representatives of c the Ocean Navigation company and of f the Krupp steel company ana simon s Lake, inventor of the submarine. This * gave rise to reports that a company * was in process of formation for the purpose of carrying on undersea com- < merce between this country and Ger- j many and that Mr. Lake had been in- s vited to accept the position of consulting engineer. ?as- t FLOOD SITUATION c nrifAurc DfunrrD I IJJDI U-.U JCiiJ JIJJU X r ' Western Tier of iCounties in Alabama f Experience Another Heavy Rain. ?? ni i Flood conditions in the South show ( marked improvement except in the ( territory around Selma, Ala., the ^ Clanton (Ala.) district and the wes- j tern tier of counties in Alabama. 5 Rains "have ceased entirely in most ^ places and river's and creeks are fall- < ing rapidly. j Clanton, just recovered from a rain- < fall of 18 inches, experienced another heavy downpour yesterday, causing < more damage to crops and again flooding the streets. c The Alabama river continues ta v rise at Selma and Montgomery 'but C ? , . A i tne <janaDa is receamg siuwij. .? government towboat was sent from * Selma to the Cahaba v?.iley yesterday v loaded with food for the sufferers in that section. All streams in the Birmingham 1 district have gone back into their banks after doing great damage to mining property. . 0 r Southwest Georgia streams are falling-japidly and no more damage is expected in that State. One hundred convicts, marooned t - - - - * ? ?3 several days at the state rarm norui of Montgomery by backwaters of the * Tallapoosa river, were removed Wednesday. c "V Knieked By a 31ule. ^ Ruby, the six year old daughter of ? Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Banks, was v taken to Columbia to a specialist Wednesday morning for treatment. I 3 The littje girl was kicked in the face by a mtile about two weeks ago but v her injuries were thought to be only 1 slight; letter developments, however, j * showed that she had 'been more se-1 riously injured than her parents at c first thought. The child was brought ^ back home for treatment at present c and will be carried back to the spe- 1 oialist in a short time for further s treatment. ^ s The president has signed the good s roads bill. Many an auto owner has t already paid a bad roads bill. ' SOUTH CAROLINA LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL NORMAL 1 The indications are favorable for a arge attendance at the annual -Sain<ar>hr?r?1 normal nf thA "Lutheran Sunday schools of South Carolina at s'ewberry college July 17-21. The 'acuity is composed of experienced, efficient and progressive Sunday (chool workers whose instruction will >e very helpful and inspiring to all: vho attend. The opening service will be held | Monday night, July 17, in Holland lall. At this service several short Lddresses will be made, which will >a fnllAnro/? Vitr o onniol hniip whon /C IVliUTV^U UJ U kjvviUi uvu* he delegate will have an opportunty to get acquainted with each othir, thus making their stay more feasant. Lodging will be furnished ree of all cost in the college doi -1 Qitories and board will be provider l it the college boarding hall at 25 ents per meal. The work of the normal will begin ach morning at 8:45 with our beau- j iful Matin service and a short ad- j [ress. There will be three depart- 1 aents of instruction: Primary, interoediate and adult. Special features j if the normal will be the assembly 1 ?f the faculty and student body every | ay at 12:40 o'clock, the closing pe-j iod. At this period Dr. E. C. Cronk ( nil conduct the music and deliver j .n address on "Kingdom Efficiency." ^ There will also be daily conferences j' ?f the ministers and superintendents, j rhe conference for superintendents j vill be in charge of an experienced j ind successful superintendent, and he conference for ministers will be \ lirected by one of our most success- j ul pastors. These conferences are! lure to be of incalculable benefit to ill superintendents and pastors present. The evening services will ebe of espe- j *ial interest: Tuesday evening, July L8, Dr. E. lC. Cronk will give his jtereopticon lecture, "The Women of j the Orient." Wednesday evening,1 luly 19, the choir of the Church of he Redeemer will give a sacred concert in the Church of the Redeemer. ' ni 3 _i_V* T.,1_ OA ~ T5,"k1 n l nursuay ingiit^ ?juiy ?j\jy <x question contest will be held. The J inal session will be held Friday, luly 21, at 12:40 o'clock. iNew'oerry college and the city of j dewberry will give the normal a coriial welcome, and the committee in charge is doing everything in their )ower for your pleasure and comfort. Svery 'Sunday school in the State should see to it that a delegation at:ends. A pleasant and profitable oc:asion awaits all who come. "Come :hou with, us and we will do thee | ?ood." j IX INTERESTS LETTTR OF LIFE AT CAMP MOORE Special to The Herald and News. Camp Moore, Styx, July 12.?fWe iave now been camped at Camp doore for more than two weeks, two ^eeks of almost continuous rainfall. Upon arriving at the station, by \*ay of the Southern we were formed nto marching formation and marchq over to the place where-our tents tvere to he pitched, which was a lisiance of one and one-half miles rom Styx. drubbing, that is what we call geting the ground clean of stumps, small rees, etc., was then in order and most .11 of the men fell to helping get the ent sites clean. About 5 o'clock of the first day in amp there came a fearful rain storm -:hich brought with it a sand storm, "his delayed the work quite a little tna maae Lne rniuuay m?ai, w uivu i vas then way past due, as tie bank-1 tr would say, be handed to the men ibout 6 o'clock in the evening. 'When night fell some of the men ! ^ere left with no tents to cover them, >ut all cheerfully made room for all hat the tents which were erected vould hold and those left over slept >n the ground, some covered with ilankets, slickers and some piled up in cots and passed their first night * Ml X. n tne tented city, a cuy uiac uau i iprung up in a day, and from a barren ield there arose all manner of tents, iome round, conical, some square and iome dog tents (the little one man ents which are used when on the I)arch and v.hicl: are folded up each GERMANS ADVANCE ON YERMJJT FRONT Undertake Strong Offensive Toward Fort Sonvllle, /TVTiJch They Hope to Capture. Fighting desperately in the face of determined German attacks, the forces under Cren. Haig succeeded Wednesday in gaining control of the Mametz wood, which tad been enteral flia nnoviftiifl nicllf Virr file fl-PT l/U^ [/l^TAVUU UAQUV J V- wmans. In the same region north of the Somme the British made some progress in the Trones wood and repulsed two Jieavy attacks against . iContalmaison. The Germans are reported to have lost heavily in their attacks on Trones wood. The French and German forces south of the Somme apparently are resting as there has been almost no activity m tne region 01 ncaray since the first of the week. Around Verdun, however, and especially on the right bank of the Meuse, bitter and heavy fighting is in progress between the forces of the German crown prince and the French defenders of the fortress. The Germans, following up their success in the region of the Damloup battery, . have -undertaken a strong offensive toward Fort Souville, the possession of which would strengthen their po sition for a turtner advance on verdun. .I. -I ???? i morning and carried over the shoulder.) Many hardships were suffered dur-^ ing the first few days and lots of the boys longed for home and hot meals which were fixed by mother's hands. After the hurry and rush was over things began to adjust themselves and the enlisted men began to make themselves at home, at it were, with only a few of them kicking about the sleeping quarters, food and the many hardships which a real soldier must put up with. As a general rule the officers have been kind to the men and have tried to do all in their power to provide all the conveniences possible and have helped with words of cheer and in many ways. Many of tlje captains are sociable and try to make the boys feel friendly toward them and not to regard them in awe. Drilling has been in style for the whole time we have been here and with the many recruits this has been arduous and has given the officers no little trouble but many of the new ones are getting broken in and will be ready to go through a regular drill before they leave here. The days here are spent, and the? start almost at sun up, in eating, drilling, cleaning the tents, making the grounds look neater and in a thousand and one things which can be found to be done around a camp. And the men are all about to get uniforms and will soon look like reg ulars. 'New guns have been issued, in place of the old ones which were taken up and the men seem to take pains with the new firearms, cleaning tkem continually. The trousers which have been issued are of brown kfcaki and the snirts are or an onve colored wool. The hats are the regular service kind and each one has the cord around according to the service which it is used in. Each night sees the men visiting dllU. tjujuyxug UitJ C<LUip xii.c jvja, ouxuc sing, some play cards while many of c'nem visit the several tents where phonograph concerts are held. Each day finds a new rumor about when the troops will entrain and the men are getting very anxious to either go home or else set out for the border. It seems that the story here ha'l dampened the desire of many to get at the Mexicans, for the life of a soldier, in a temporary camp like this one is far from the most pleasant thing in the world, still the .hardships are borne without many kicks, but the fact remains that every man wants to be moving, either home or for the border. TH-izv ie otaa^ rviif Vifn cr unoP ? lie iaic XO tjUUU, one. -'VzUAIIW customed to such rou^h mess, meals are not as much relished as if thev were better cooked and more of a variety, but this will adjust itself. On a whole everything- is running as -well as could be expected at' the camp and getting better each day.