The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 24, 1920, Image 12
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. fiVi. jier?MW were mow*
than were Injurled. the tiiiiklptf
house of .1, iv Morgan- * <v, the M >
tr??*Uter and <>'??
iiraetlcaVly wrwVtMl and property d*u?
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? ??Hiisr-t by Wilf
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?0<ll??? of ??tw workOT*
ju-1 pimrliiK lilt" tt?
from teijidliigt to the aelgWiort
"f >""?? """
, pt^rclng }0< of f?i?? '*??''?*' /' ,hl
r?tr??ct? oul?W?' the M?fK?? ??<?<??
Then ou nie n deafening blast.
lnouiciii lijjir *' on'H of nu'n' wo,,,f,n
children were lying Prostrate on the
ground ami the streets were covered
with debris from thousands of broken
windows and the torn facades of gd
lucent building*. Two minute later
the stock and curb exchanges, the fln
i, ncial pulse of the -world had closed.
Panic and confusion reigned in the
heart of New York's financial district.
Thousands of clerks and stenograph ,
era fled In terror from adjoining struc
tures. Score* fainted, fell and were!
trampled on In the rush. Meanwlille,
the noise of the explosion which was
Ward throughout lower Manhattan and
across the river" in Brooklyn brought
thousands of Hie curious ?<> 0"' *wm'
The few police on duty in the dis
trict were unable to coih? with tlie
crowd* '>"<1 a hurry call for police re j
wrvea was sent to all downtown police j
stations.
* vSuh-tretisury officials, fearing that
an attempt might he made to rob the
hu tiding, all the windows of which were
broken, requested assistance of the
military i.nfhorities at Governors Is
land a company of soldiers was *ent t>?
guard the institution.
1 1 it i- r> culls were also M-nt 1" all ho*
vitals in Hie downtown .section of New
York and scores ..f ambulances were
*001.1 speeding through the narrow
Ntreet?, Dressing moms were established
hi Hie lobbies i.t" '111- buildings nearby
where the le<s seriously Injured were
given luimetllali' trealnienl.
"Il was i i i-ra^U Mill of a Idiie ^U.\
nil unexpected, death -ilyiiHiig t'olt
? vHrtrtr-rmi ? FwuTTrrnuT^urnT^r^
? Shamble t he TTiTsUiess .i.nier of A inert
financiul district and sent scurry
ing to places ..f shelter hundreds of
wounded, dumb-stricken.- while-faced
jueii and women feeing from an un
know n danger. 1
A reporter for the Assoi-iat.-d Press
who w a s nn eye w itiiess Lodai'.s CX
ploslon in "New York's financial district
tlnw ib ?<(? rihed the scene
? I was just turning into Wall street
from II road way." he snid. "when I first
f4dl 4>r ml her -heard, the explosion. A
concussion of air like that oxperienc
?m! by a passenger on the subway when
a train dashes Into ?uie of the under
ri\ ,.|- lubes was felt . Its force^ was
sufficient to all but throw me off my
ba la nee. Instantly fallowing the coucus
8lon. came a sharp resounding crash
which shook to their foundations the
monster buildings towering cither
side of Wall street. Following the roar
, ,f the blast came the rattle of falbflig
ulass and from the junction "f Wall.
Nassau* and Ur.sid streets a block
distant screams of injured men and
w omen.
"1 dodged into ;t ?-oii\ enlent doorway
to ocapo falling glass and to rc.ich a
telephone ami < ;? 11 an ..ffi<^ r. I could
| mm- rising from 1 1>?- \ M inify of th# hu!>
' treasury building and the ^ Morgan
tV Co., Ha 11 k a mu*hr<>oro-idiai>ed chunk
yellowish, green suioke which mounted
to a height of more than 100 feet, the
Hinoke Iwing licked by ?la rtinK tongue*
Of flame.
"I reached the scene h few moments
after the explosion took place. The
smoke had partially cleared the street,
hut from the Morgan building there was
belch I uk forth through fhe hr*k#?
windows clouds of dust aqd white vapor
!u the street an overturned automobile
was blazing fierdy and iieart)y, close
to the hotly of a dead 'horse, wato
another fire evidently from a pile of
wreckage.
"Almost In front of the steps lead
ing up to the .Morgan Hank was the
mult i la ted body of a man. Other bodies
m iks t of theno silent In death, lay near
by. As | grazed horror-stricken at the
sight, one of these forms, half naked
and seared with burns, started to rise
:It struggled then j&t^pped and fell life
! less Into the gutter.
1 < >n the opposite side of r?the street
j were other forms. One of them was
I that of a young woman, her clothing]
! torn and burned away. It was moving
not In an effort to rise, hut ill the
; i -_r ? ? r i > of death. I' started toward her
but as J dbl. she ben me still. Glanc
ing down I saw that the pavement was
; discolored with blood. In plain sight
; within a radius of thirty to fifty feet
j were nine lifeless forms;
"The body of the dead horse in the
; middle of .the .street, showed plain evi
! donee of having l>cen in very close
i pro\|inity to |bc ^cctie of the blast. It
. was literally torn to pieces.
j "Tire windows of the Morgan build.
ing ? were blown ? on-! ? and ? t-lmmgh ? rhe
openiitgs could lie seen the smoke
blackened interior of what but a few
moments previous bad been one of
the handsomest banking rooms Jn the
city. Opposite the entrance to the new
ly ? m looted white exterior of the
jsiib treasury annex was buttered
i. a nd torn n? if subjected to a bombard
j iiieli "f m a clone guu fire. Ttie doorway
! with its 'massive steel grill work, was
i siiHttcred and the stone surrounding the
door cracked and battered away.
" I ty thi* time the crowd was press
ing in, held in cheek by the hastily
gathering police. At the doorway of
til" Morgan Hank was a uniformed
guard, apparantly half dazed but
sticking to his post and holding back
those who sought to enter the structure.
??The crowd was strangely quiet ?
and over it seemed to bang a feeling
of awe arid horror. At the command* of
the police, it moved and fell back sil
ently. i >n fcho s t.cps of the other sub
treasury building the ?rpot where years
ago stirring scenes connected with the
; American revolution were enacted ? 1
' stands a statue of Oeorge Washington
Looking -down from its pedestal bt>- |
tween the m;is*ive granite columns, scar j
I red by missels from the explosion, the
nut streaehed hand of the Father of Hie
<'ouutry Heennd tt> (liny a silent com
llllilKl to Itf callU.
"Then ??hum* the ambulances. Near
by (rucks u ml automobiles were first
pressed into twi'vice. Volunteers liowl
ing not ldood-smeared liaiuls and
clothing tenderly lifted into the vehicles
the bodle* of the dying and the dead.
The dead that remained for additional
cotiveyenecs were charitably hidden
froiu sight by coverings torn from awn
ings or *>y- rolH's from arriving motor
ears."
JCvldwice tending to confirm the
theory that the explosion wax caused
by a bomb or some other infernal
machine came from several ^ouree*.
DANCING ON TO HELL
Dr. John E. White St'ore* a fteeeiit
Function.
? ? -flix'Vnrni'm ' \
XcvvMpaper criticism of a rcrent
<(a n<*<> In Andoi*oiil'taas caused a geueral
comment in Greenville, says the Green*
vlll?? Piedmont as a number of young
people from this vlty attended the af
fair. Dr. John E. White, pastor of the
Flrft llaptlst <4niroh of Anderson cen
sured the dance in a sermon Sunday
ni>?ht. The following excerpts from
the Anderson Mali's rejmrt wilt h n
read with Interest:
'Thpre seems to be u wave of flesh
LIGHT SIX $lttS5
SPKiTAifi SIX $2095
BHi SIX
CAROLINA MOTOR CO.
Camden, S. C.
J < ' li i?* f lVliee I tispvctor, Laiiey re
, ported Into today that In* had found
evidence to justify |he conclusion that
.the explosion was caused by a huge
| bomb loaded^ with T. N. T. ? trinitro
| t olool reinforced with ii'onslugs, these
? slugs were found in several adjacent
structures. This type of weight bars, a
-i*h?s?* h?sjMT*r'nn by pnlico and TK'-pHrl
j iih'ii t of Justice n)!<^ disclosed, is not
I used In New York oiiihlings within a
' radius of several liundred feet from
| the scene of the explosion.
I Warning that radicals planned a re
I newal ? if bombing outrages were sent
loss than a month atro to all Ha stern,
j ? ?! i *?i 1 1 -i <>f I ho William '.J. Burns Detee
j tive Agency, according to a statement
j by Mr. Burns, who said he. was conviu
I <ni1 that today's explosion was a pre
| meditated attack and was not acci
! denta I.
There died in the almshouse at Pe
tersburg, Vii., last Friday, a negro
nauiiil John Allen, who was reported
to Ik* 111 years of age.
Florida registration authorities hold
that women must give tln ir exact ages
and that -1 year- plus, will n?*>t be ac
cepted.
At tile Majestic today >ee Alice I,. 'ike
in -The Mlslit Wife "'
T *
sowing ;i in| carna l-madness ?\\ replug
over the lamb In tho Atlantic Monthly
for Aimiwl, a notable alitor diagnoses
ih?' situation -and says that people arc
throwing off tlio constraints of reli
gion . the author says, that gave us
our morals. It <-a 1 1??H certain things
*'n. It stuck to. the Ten ( '-omnia nd
incuts; it forbade the indulgences of
the senses. Perhaps it forbade too
much. This is not for me to say. But
the fact remains that when as a social
group we threw over our religion, we
threw over ? probably without meaning
to ? most of nur every <lay moral san
ctions."
"Hut we do not have to appeal to
the Atlantic Monthly. Kvery intelli
gent person observes it. There is a
riot of frivolity. There Is an open ex
hibition of vulgarity. fmmodesty
smiles in the parlors ami walks the'
streets. These a re terms which no
longer describe ami specify the courte
san of the suspected woman, of the
streets. The wave has engulfed fe
male society. The great majority of
our young women are baptised in it.
Its water are knee-deep in nearly every
one < if our homes. It is a whole civili
zation corrupted. I am giving no ex
pressions to mere opinions. I claim
tin- right to l?e I ward In Anderson oh
til's sllhji'ct,
"I 0l*iw the ri^ht to he heard in
Anderson and to bio effeetlvolt 'heard
beca use I si>eak with sorrow a ml res
traint. Out of a long exj>erleiK'0 con
tending agaJn*t social evlln In Hie city
I have learned no more to fight the
devil like tbe tlovtl, because the devil
always wins no mutter how Just your
cause. I fight the. devil here today in
Anderson as 1 knew in my heart Johum
Christ would fight him and in love of
sinners 1 drive this blow to the point.
The public dance giveh in this town
"Ul 11 F'"Vl "? ,v*
"them make the most of It, because the
evil of it and the shame of it was
tremendous. It was commercialized
gr<?ed taking advantage of a lose gen
era' situation to stigamatizt the young
ladles of Anderson as patrons and ac
complices. in druiikardness and inde
cency. It- lowered the social custom of
Anderson close to (he level of the public
dance hall-. I know very well that
many who were there regret it. Then
lei us have no more of it i it this town.
Tli?> public "dance invaribly degenerates
i 1 1? ? ? a public lndeeeny. The commer
cialized public' dance in the cities is
pur under the strict surveillance of the
law, and policemen line tin* walls where
?r i< carried on. Ky what means can
an end he made of that sort of thing
in 'Anderson- before' tolerance of it de
irradi s Hie community V
1 "I <|>cak first to t lie parents of this
i congregation. Will you i>erinit your
t ,
(daughters to lie shamed? When 1 i>o
! next invatatlon nimcs with its bland
1
? and specified assnra ih-o< that every -
j ttmur will he all right what are von go
i niir to say and what arc you going to
do? Yon ought to fake yQur stand be
fore your family of absolute authority
in the promises, and no matter what
complaints or resentments follow, fight
for fhp souls of your children, fight
for the characters of your girls. even
against thorn. In old age and in the
pathos of death. th?v will honor and
res|H?ft you a thousand times more than
they will by your easy compliance with
their thoughtless cariial-minde^nesB
and their youthful and perilous hot
blood. I plead with all home builders
of Anderson to take their stand for the
protection of the young life entrusted
to their care I plead with the boys and
young men of Anderson that they ought
to be ashamed of themselves if they do
not take a high position with reference
to the virture of the girls. It is some
hoys sifter who is degraded by the
public commercialized dance. Every
boy will wince and his innate nobHity
will revolt when you put it up to him
about Ids own sister, her frivolity, her
jmmodosty and her easy Surrender to
ea rnal-mindedne^s.
"I invoke our citizenship as a whole
| to make an end by the power of pulflic
j opinion of this sort of thing in Ander
son. ?
Have you paid your City Taxes?
SHORT NiCWS STORIES,
. ?,
Item* of Interest gathered frow
Plates. ?
The United States holds Po)(8b |0T,
evnment five percent note* for |jqq,
000,000. Pflrt oi this is for $71,0ty
000 worth of goods for the A. E, f
solU to Poland and tbe rest I* for ^
piles yet to be furjiivbod.
Au. automobile company saves $130.
000 yearly by establishing foundry! for
rag* used to wipe oil and grease from
machinery, the result of high cMt of
rags.
Thu Denver Font opposed editorially
f bo strikes of the street ear men in that
city. A mob of the strikers wrecked
tbe Post plant.
France soon may have no Sunday
papers. A law, favored by pressmei
I and other workers of the paper, is be
j lug considered. It would place heavy
fine for publication between 0. a. m..
Sunday and 0 a. m. Monday
j Ricksha \y men of Tokio have entered
j a formal protest to tbe government
against the spread of tbe automobile ai
11 means of transportation in Japan.
Sober geese once saved Home, but.
a flock of ''stewed" geese got a.citiieu
of TJonucr Creek, Kansas, into trouble
with the prohibition agents. The fowl*
bad been feeding 011 waste mash from a
moonshine still in the house, and their
contlnous drinking song made neigb
1 bors curious. Several hogs also got in
I on the big party, and ran around town
i advertising the blind pig.
Paul Ivory Perkins, .seven years ot'
| is "packing 'em in" at hrs evangelistic
1 meeting in Kansas City. Young Per
kins, who is called the .voungesl reli
ginus dispenser, ts "saw to be threaten
ing Hill Sunday's attendance record*.
A negro has confessed to a series
of crimes In Washington, D. C.. For
two of the assaults innocent negTtw
arc now serviug long terms, one man'i
sentence of death having beeq commut
ed to 43 years Imprisonment by Pru
dent Wilson.
Five Socialist members of the New
York legislature who were ejected
from the assembly, will be candidate*
for re-election in November.
A New York oil company sold U
France 11,000,000 gallons of gasoline
in one week. The price was said to
be about 30 cents a gallon.
The wife of a negro minister at
Atchison, Kansas, has been the mother
of 32 children. She is 52 years old.
Grand opera will cost New York
$70,000 more this year than last year.
The musicians have been given a raise.
The Prince of Wales has canceled I
proposed trip to India. King Oeorgt
says "reasons of health" caused the
change in the program of the prince ?
extended tour through the British la
]H?rial possessions.
Richard J. Foran, who received 2
wounds during the war and recovered,
was killed by lightning while seeking
shelter under a tree in Patterson, N.
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