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'•^ .-v ••■•^ / •> * 1924 ’.i'Liifir'itf-K "Si'l 6 ’ f. *■ w'sii *■■ rfwisir r «IV. •»4b<«a*. PAGE : ; ii' !;/■■■ 4 "f* X ;**S Injured On The List Nearly One Half Oat-Number Of Loss Estimated At Million Dollars Anderson, April 30.—Nine persons at* known dead, numerous others are seriously and slightly injured and property damage in the southeaster^ section of the city is estimated at A iigure in excess of half a million dol lars, as a result of a tornado which struck a portion of this city and su burbs this morning at 8 o’clock. The largest portion of the damage occur red at Riverside Mill village, a su burb southeast of the city proper, where half a hundred or more houses were destroyed and the southeast wing of Riverside mill was badly damaged. Damage to the mill and village was roughly estimated this morning an hour after the disaster at something less than $500,000, while other dam age in the city proper increased this amount to a large extent. The names of three of the victims at Riverside Mill village are known. They are: Mrs. Oscar Hawkins, 34, and two children, Roy and Oscar, Jr., 8 and 10 years, respectively. These three victims were killed when their house was demolished by the terrific force of the several shocks. Six persons at Anderson, in addi tion to the three or more at Riverside Mill, are known to be dead, late re ports as to the result of a tornado which struc kthe city this morning revealed. The dead are: Mrs. J. D. Rast, wife of Alderman . j** ■ Raat of the Anderson city council,' killed when chimney fell through the house. Two children of Lester Sadler of Sadler Brothers Motor Company; Mrs. Nixon, Jefferson avenue, killed when house was rized.' Two children of A. P. Stone, killed when house was demolished. Numerous others were injured. J. D. Rast, injured slightly. Martha Rast, daughter of J. D. Raat, injured seriously. Mrs. Leila McConnell injured slightly. Mrs. A. P. Stone, suffered broken leg when house was destroyed, kill ing* her two children. Bad Communication Columbia, S. C., April 30.—Ander son was cut off from communication with the rest of the state by a torna do which is reported to have swept between Anderson and Greenville around 8 o’clock this morning, ac cording to local officials of the South ern Bell Telephone Company. A report from the head of the field forces stated that all available repair men and equipment were out and that so far no details of the damage done by the tornado had been receiv ed. Later reports from the telephone company here stated tha tan effort was made to get in touch with Green ville through Spartanburg but that trouble had developed on that line, with a number of high powered wires down. Connections were expected to be resumed with Greenville within a short while, according to word from linesmen working between that city and Spartanburg. The company’s manager at Green ville reported that several lives had been lost around Anderson according to rumors heard, and that a number of poles were down and, 300 local troubles reported in Greenville, Anderson, S. C., April 30.—With a death list of eight known dead, a casulty list of probably half a hun dred injured, slightly and seriously, and property damage estimated roughly at more than half a million dollars, Anderson this afternoon viewed the havoc of a tornado which struck the county at 8 o’clock this moniing. While the extent of the stricken area had not been determined early this afternoon, reports having been received from numerous suburban sections of further damage, a con siderable radius will represent the path of the tornado. Relief workers organized speedily thia morning when the tornado pass* ad over the Riverside Mill village, leaving indescribable scenes of hor ror, and the work was well under way this afternoon. Clothing, feed ing and bousing of the destitute per sona, who nunaber hundreds perhaps, was the chief problem. Local hospi tals attended the injured, additional facilities having been nude available at local insgtutioiH. A list of dead and injured compil ed at 2 o’clock follows: Thm dead: lira. Oscar Hawkins, 34, and her car Nine Killed In Tornado At School House ■ , ■■■. Columbia, S. C., April 30.—Nine persons are known to bo dead and two missing following a tornado which wrecked the Horrell Hill school house, twelve miles from here to day, and swept on through the coun ty leveling homes. As reports trick led in from the stricken section, it «r € was feared the death toll would reach twenty-five persons. Four children were killed when the School house was overturned by the wind. A detachment of state troops was sent to the scene this afternoon by Governor McLeod to assist in res cue work. P. C. Loses Hard Game To Davidson Bunched Hits In Thirteenth Inning Broke Tie and Won Exciting Game. Rock Hillj April 29.—By bunching hits in the first half of the thirteenth inning, the Davidson nine broke the tie which had marked the game from the sixth inning and snatched a hard fought game from the Pres byterian College here this afternoton by a score of 7 to 4. The thirteenth inning was opened by Vance getting a triple into left field, followed by a single from S. Alford which scored Vance. F. Al ford then drew a base on balls and Laird singled through short, takinp Alford to second. Boushee then put the game on ice with a triple into left field, bringing in Alford and t-aird. The South Carolina Presby terians attempted to contest the game further when R. Moore opened the last half of the thirteenth with a sin gle, but Miller, Lewis and J. Moore failed to produce and the game was called. Laird’s pitching was a fea ture of the game, claiming twenty strike-outs and proving very effect ive after P. C. had scored- her three runs in the first two innings. Han nah of the Blue Stockings deserves credit for his work in the box. Score by innings: Davidson 000 013 000 000 3—7 17 3 P. C 120 010 000 000 0—4 7 3 Laird and Alford; Hannah and Moore. Umpires, Roddey and Ber- hardt. New Schedule Seaboard Trains and On- kLU- Effective Sunday, May 11, the fol lowing change in schedules at Clin ton Is announced by the Seaboard Air Line Railway: Train No. 5 for Birmingham, due at 11:30 a. m. Train No. 29 for Atlanta, due at 2:00 p. m. Train No. 11 for Birmingham du* at 1:48 a. m. Train No. 12 for Portmouth due at 2:51 a. jn. Train No. 30 for Monroe due at 2:00 p. m. Train No. 6 for New York due at 5:50 p. m. W. H. SHANDS, . Agent S.A.L. Ry. ed whep their home on Riverside vil lage collapsed. Mrs. J. D. Rast, of Elizabeth street, killed when chimney of house sunk. One child of Lester Sadler killed when home on Jefferson avenue was razed. Mrs. Frank Nix, killed when home on Franklin street, was destroyed. Two children of A. P. Stone, age eight and three, killed when house was destroyed on Brock street. Partial list of injured: Mr. John D. Rast, alderman ward three. Miss Martha Rast. Mrs. lister Sadler’s mother (name unknown), broken leg. Mrs. A .P. Stone, broken leg. Fred Hawkins, four, severely shock ed and injured. Jno. Yates, Riversidetmill,broken leg. Mrs. Frank Wheeler, leg broken. Frank Wheeler. i Fred Lee Meridith, cuts and bruises. Child of R. E. Rogers. Abel BrockWell, Melvin Brockwell. Suanwanee Brockwell. Ethel C has tine, Henry Vaughn. Baby of W. J. Peke. Child of Mrs. Nettie Coker. Melvin Gilwreath. Lula Meredith, Fred Meredith. Mr. and Mm.' John Alewine. Mrs. H. C. Campbell, and child. Alp Alpamler, and S Mrs. William Wheeler. . Tammany Chieftain Stricken By Death Charles F. Murphy Dies Soddenly in New York. Power in Polities For Twenty Years. New York, April 25.—Charles F. Murphy, grand chieftain of Tammany Hall and for many years a powerful factor in Democratic councils of the state and nation, died today of heart, failuve induced by acute indigestion. A product of the East Side's pic turesque “Gas House district,’’ he had, fiMt with fists aad then with brains, fought his way from the stokehold of ward politics to the quarter deck of party fame and financial fortune. In a spaii of 66 years he had been poor man’s son, ward heeler, bartend er, saloon keeper, office holder, finan cier and finally local director and na tional adviser of his party. He had graduated from the sobri quet of “Fists Murphy” through that of “Hurly-burly,” “Sport,” “Silent Charles,” and at the last “C. F. M.,” the initials by which all knew him, al though few of those who obeyed his commands ever had seen him. And always from merest youth, his name and that of Tammany were linked to gether. ' He retired last night after a busy day and a hearty dinner, to be awak ened this morning by feverish chills and the pangs of indigestion. Char acteristically, he insisted upon break fasting at the usual early hour. Im mediately he became alarmingly ill and died a few minutes later in the presence of his physician, a priest, his daughter, Mabel, and her husband, Surrogate James A. Foley. The tactiturn genius who had ruled the destinies of-Tammany Hall for 22 years, as successor to the late Richard Crocker, remained conscious to the end, unaware that death was near. He submitted to the hypoder mic injection when his physician recognized that collapse was immi nent and his only comment was of surprise that indigestion should have awakened him and that his heart caused him pain. Mrs. Murphy, who was in Atlantic City, was summoned home. Although her husband died before she could entrain, she was not aware of it until she was met by friends at this end of the journey. Tammany Hall was the first to learn that death had invaded the home of its leader. The party’s Big Wigwam on Four teenth street half staffed its flag and went into mourning. Party chiefs and Tammany workers assembled 8 from all outlying wigwams to pay tribute to the memory of its leader and speculate as to his successor. Police and traffic reserves controlled the throngs that gathered above the old fashioned mansion where he died. Coming at a time when Tammany was girding itself for a strenuous presidential campaign and so soon af ter his protege, Gov. Alfred E. Smith, had formally entered the lists for the Democratic presidential nomination, Mr. Murphy’s death was mourned by high political leaders as a party mis fortune, if not an actual calamity. Fear| in some quarters that UoYer- nor Smith’s aspirations would be se riously handicapped were offset, how ever, by assertions of Murphy’s team mates that the leader had schooled his organization so perfectly and laid his plans so carefully tha this death would have ho detrimental effect. Tammany’s greatest concern to night was the choice of a man big enough to carry on where Murphy left off. A meeting of the executive committee hastily was called to dis cuss the situation, although it was understood that a new chieftain would not be named until after the funeral. « * It was considered probable that the committee would follow the precedent set at the retirement of Richard Croker in 1902, when a triumvirate of district chiefs was appointed tem porarily to administer the organiza tion. Murphy was a member of this trio and it was only after he rose head and shoulders above the coru lers that he was named all power ful of the society. Som6 of the names mentioned as a possible successor were Governor Smith and “Tom” Foley, Murphy's right hand man for years. Murphy was particularly fond of the governor and those familiar with tise political machinery of the metro polis attributed much of Smith’s poli tical success to the silent man in the wigwam. The funeral will in all probability be held from St. Patrick's Cathedral in Fifth avenue. - Bishop John P. Dunn, in charge of the arch diocese of New Yoric, in the absence of Cardinal Hayes,, on leav ing the Murphy home, tonight said that while no arrangements for the funeral had been completed, it would undoubtedly be held from the cathe dral. “There’s no other church large enough to hold the many friends of Murphy who will want to be present,” hi Mid. ' Bishop Dunn said the death of R. C Lake Appointed To Whitmire Schools Newberry, April 28.—R. C. lake, who for the past five years has been and baa had eight years of success ful experience in rural, graded and high schools. He was reared in the Pomaria section of Newberry county. Whitmire is one of the most pro gressive mill towns of .this section, superintendent of the Kershaw with a well organised four year high schools, has been elected to a similar school. A. T. Quarts and L. E. Beard position at Whitmire. to succeed C. tha Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing M. Wilson, who leaves to become full “ J time secretary-treasurer of the State Teachers’ association. Mr. Lake comes to Whitmire with a fine record at Kershaw, where he had accomplished splendid results. It is understood that the Kershaw trus tees offered Mr. Lake a substantial increase in salary to remain. Mr. Lake is a graduate of Lenoir college company, with M. E. the leading business men of mire, compose the board of WHAT DO P. S. JEANS DO? Murphy was a great personal loss to him. “He was my friend for 40 yearrf. He was just plain Charley to me,” said the bishop. 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