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LUMB XXXI. - LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1915. NUWMB P .-- ~ -- R 'AY Of R[JOIN.G HRN[D TO MORNING Big Passenger Ship Sinks Drowning Picnickers HICAGO DOCKS SCENE OF TRAGEDY Steamer Eastland Sinks fi Chicage River WhIM Its Deck Crowded Witti Workmen Golng -on Holiday Excur. slon. Cause of Sinking Undetermin. ed. Chicago, July 24.-Approximatcly 1,000 persons lost their lives in the Chicago River today by the capsizing of the excursion steamer Eastland, while warping from its wharf with more than 2,400 employees of the Wes tern Electric Company and their rola tives and friends oil board, bouid for ia pleasure trip across Nalce MichIgan. After, working ceaselessly all day and far Into the night the bodies of 842 victims of the catastrophe, most of thei women and children, were col lected in temporary morgues and tak en to the 2d regiment armoi-. Wheni these bodies had bteii tagged Coroner Hoffman, taking into consideration es timates of bodies thought to be in the hold of the steamer, lying on its.side in the river, and in the stream itself, saidi he believed the total dead would not exceed 1,000. Steamer Deelared Topheavy. 'T'lic Eastland said by marine archi tects to have been top-heavy and bal lasted in an uncerta in manntie r, tuirined over inside of ive miutles after it be gan to list. pouring its passengers into the ver or tim prisoning them il itNS subimerged hull. Every effort Was made -by Ilousands of persons on the river .wharf to res eue [ie 'lron .lng men, Women and relldren, but many went down almost withiln grasp of the river bank. MothI ers went to death, while their child11n were snatched o1. safety. Other Chil dcen ied in Ilie arms of their parents, who finally were saved. Hundreds of girls, freed foi- a day from their tasks of- making teleplholes and other elee trical apparatuses in the factory of the Western Ellect-ic Comn pany, dressed in thcir simartest whiite friocks, drowned. A pall of sorrQw hui1ng ton1ight over the entire West Side of Chicago, where the majority of the Victims lived. Every Home lit 3ourning. Kolin avenue, a small st reet near the factory of the Western Ellectric Coin panyV, was in universaI mour-ning. Ev ery house lost from one to all its occu1 pants in the disaster, and many of the residents of this strecet tonight lay in the morgue or beneath the steel hull of the Eastland, over which search lights shot their blinding glare, while, hundreds of men searched for more bodies. Efforts to discover the cause of the accident wero begun long before the wor-k of rescue was over. Federal and county grandh juries wvere orderec~, a coroner-'s jui-y was imainelled~ and all of the ofilceers and cr-ew of the East land w'erec arr-estedl. Wv. C. Steele, secretaryV and ti-ens ure ofth St Jsep--hicgoSteam shiip Company, whlo ownued the East lanmd, huilt on L.ake Eii in 1903. and remodlelled hater- because top-heavy, it is said, was arirestedl tonight and~ 100ck0( up at a liolltee stat ion. The steamer was leased by the Indiana Transportat ion Comnpany, who~se of tleer-s said( they wer-e not irespioiisibile foir thle Ileenislig of [lie slip anil dlhl not control the crew. U~h~m- mIsty skies 7,000 men, women and childi-cn went to the Cltar-k stri-et (lock early todlay to ill flive large lake steamci-s withI hotliday mlrt h In a irl to Micehigan City. The steamer 10ast land w'as the fir-st to lbe ioaded. IRain began to fall as the whlarf sup er-intend~ent lifted the gangplanks fr-om the Eastlandl, dleclaring that tie (ov cirnment limit of 2,500 p~assenigers had been i-cached. Eastlanud Fails to 3Move. 'The pascengers swarmedl to the left side0 of the ship ats the other steami eurs drew up tho river towards the wharf. A tug wvas hitched to the East land, ropes wore ordered cast off and the steamer's engines began to ham Tjhe 1Dastland had not budged, how-. ever. Instead the heavily laden shIp wa -vered sidowlso, leaning first towards the river bank. The lurch, wna so MIS. J. M. WATSON DEAD. Sister of the Messrs. 1ayes, of This City, Died in Greer. Mrs. Elizabeth lHayes Watsons aged 22 years, died at hor home in Greer Th ursday night. She was the siser of Meqrs. M. L. and C. 1-1. lla yer, of this city and they attended the futier al services. She had been ill several weeks of typhoid fever. The body was interred at Mountain View cemetery Saturday, Rev. N. J. Holmes, conduct ing the services. Mrs. Watson was a member of the Methodist church and was a consecrated, Christian young woman. She is survived by her husband. .1. M. Watson, two small children, her parents and the following brothers and sisters: AlrIis. Isom Blake, of Toccoa, Ca.; 'Miss Clara Hayes. of (reer; lmessrs. 1. [J. and C. I. Hayes, of .this city; W. M., V. A. and John laes, of Greer. The .lessrs. layes have the sympa Ilhy of their friends here in their great bereaventenit. Enlterlutiment it Cray ('ourt-Owings. A musical recital, with reading, will be given at the Gray Court-Owings school building Friday evening, July 30th. at 8:30 o'clock. One of the most attractive features of the program will he tho violin selection by Master Wil llan Thomas Truesdaie, of Sumter, who is but eleven years of age. Every body is invited to attend. The admis Sion wvill be 10 cents. startling that many passengers joined the large concourse alre'ady on the river side of decks. The ship Iever heeled back; it. tu ed-stowly, but steadily, toward its ( side. Clild''en eliuteled tile skirts of mothers and sisters to keep from fall lug. Water began to enter lower ioit hiole.; and tle hawsers tore out the c'kes to which the vessel was tied. Screais from lassengers attraeild the at tention of foliow exrsilonist.s o: the dock aw:lt ing the niext steamer. Wharfmen and pies'kers soon liled he edge of ilie emiihkment, reaching oilt. liplessly tovards he waverinii ig steamer. For nearly five minutes t'i ship 1urn led before it finally (dived uider the swift current of the river. During the listing of tlie. vessel lite boats, cha irs and other loose appirt enances on the (ecks slipped (lown the slopting loors. crushing the passengers towards the rising waters. Then there was a plungo, with a sigh of air escaping from the hojjiningled 0 with crying of children and shrIeks 1 of women, and the ship was on the bot- 1 tom of the river, casting hundreds of t living creatures to the water- t Grab AInytIhiii11 lg Rtach. Many sank, entangled with clothIng and bundles, and did not rise, but hun- i dreds came to the surface, seized C floating chairs and other objects. Per- 11 sons on slorq threw out ropes and c dragged in those who could htold these life lines. Employees of commission firms along the river threw crates, chicken coops atnd other floatable 01) jects Into the water, but most of these wvere swept awvay by the current. floats put ouit, tugs rushed to the e scene with shirickinig whistles and cs many meni jum~iped into the rivetr to atid e thie drowning. With thousands of slpec tators readly to aid and the wharf wlth- 3 in gras i, httnd reds went to deatb hde spite eveiry erffort at rcuett. One mtot her graspted her two (hildren01 In her armts as she sl Iped from the 3 st eamer in to thle, wateri. Otto child was totrn from hietr, bitt site and thIto (other were satved. F'athers wer'e drowned after aiding their wives and . dlhildrienl to safety. Otne tmat was seen to eilang to a sptikhe in the side of the whitrf, while two wo men~t and1 thr tee ehild1rcn stepipled uploni hIs biody~ to safety. tie fell exhaustedI 1tnto the iver as the last one of thle liver irenehed thle 1pier. Instances of hierolsm weire almost as numerouts asa thle ttumiber of petsonts on the scee. Iloats as soon as funll took rescuied passengers to the wharf or to the stea metr Theodore Roosevelt, whilh was tiled ttp opposite (lie Eaistlan~. Bodies Flont lug Doiwn liiver. In an hotur the wvater wvas clear'ed of excur'slonists. Th'lose who had not been taken to land htad stink ot' were *swirl- h inig down the rilver towards the driaiin~ S age canal locks at LockportI. IllInois, ~ many miles awvay. TVhe locks were rais oel to stop) (lie currenOit, and arrange-g mients were mado to take bodIes frotm te river along its course through the anouthwent nart of Chicago. * ARE YOU 10 Septemiber tile 14*th is eleeti iied vNoters-.; of South Carolin east their ballots for State-v PrOlibitiont Coniti tee of Lai tenitionl to the fadt, that if you do so Monday, Tuesday or We book.i will be open at the Cour COUNTY COR nteresting Letters Received munities of Laurens ( Happenings in Differeni (ENTER POINT NEWS. Mrs. Nannie Tharpe of Savannall 'a., is'visiting her sister, Mrs. M. L. C blore. miss Rosalee Godfrey an(d brothleii hary, visited in tle home of Mr. .1. L tribling, Sunday. Aliss Mayne Miller has returnet Iomc after a pleasant visit to Laurem nd other pilaces. Messrs. James McPherson, Oscar 'tribling, visited in the Mt. Pleasant ection, Sunday. Little Misses Mildred, Anice and Wil. Iar lePhieison and brother, Irvin isited their aunt, Mrs. V. I. Miller lie (lay last week. Among those visiting at Mil-. M. L. C loore's Sunday were: M1r. 1'. I loore from Laourens, M.r. FIank Wil um1 is from Ware Shoals andli Mr. G V. .\oore anld family. ir. Sai ielcey of Ware Shoals, vis led inl Ilete home of Mr. E. M. El mort v undail~y. A. . Jim .\iller atte'nded ChiIldr II )ay at AIdIrews Chappel in Gr'ein. mood voutity, Sat urday, and repots t ie time. This community Is. very sadi ovei Ie deathi1 of .\Mr. Johni K. MclPherson. 'he bereaved family have our deepesl POPLR.\t SPRIN( NEIWS. Ioplar Spring, July 21.-We are tee(ding rain very hadly, having hat one to) aiounot to anylh iig since th 0th inst. .ve rythinlug is needing iaini ut especially old corn ad gardens The imelbers of Poplar Spring hurch are making some much need d repairs oin the church building aving recovered it some time ago oilt. a reess for tile plpit, swung lie roof and removed the posts from lie aisles, put In some more windows Aidened the front doors with concretc tells at each door, and are nolv having lie Interior painted. We think a good hurch building, and a nice school ouse in a community is an indication f the progressiveness of its inhabi ints. Mr. Jas. W. Simpson is making 3im rovements on his dwelling, having -recovered andi building an addihtion 1 by 28 feet. Thiursday next is set as the .d(ay to leani off the cemetery at Poplal larinlg. All interested are askedl to on.c and( assist. Mr. Pani Washington anld his sister, liss Nannie, of the .\ltI. Olive sectIon, ere the guests of Miss lKatie G. Pitts esterday. .\lrvs. Lou .Joncs of near Greenwood, frs. Sal lie SI immlons of Ilal s, Mrvs. essie li iord( froml near D Ionaldis, [rs. Dr. .J. L. Don nani and daught ers, l isses IHeatrilce and Elthid, and Mr. A. Sinoon is and wife, weore thle iests of Mr'. and Mrs. .1. P. Simmons tst Sa turday. Mliss A gnes S1imp sonl. whoI) ~ ha beeni IsitIing at Grveen ville, Thigersv ill e a nd liani, retuiriled homne last Friday andio 3iported a fine tIme. Mrii. and Mr's. W. S. Walker' are pending a week with Mrs. Walkher's a tents, Mir. a nd Mrs5. Thlomas Nor tan and othter r'elat ives at and~ niearI Mi'. W. D). S'. wvas telling of thec utfnbcle ce cottoal in last week's Ad oirtiser. Y'our cor'respondIent in go ug fr'om hlomle to Mr'. J1. C. Martin's ost Saiturdaiy saw whlat must have flen the Humble flee variety of corn, )tml of the tassels being not over two oet from the ground. Mr. and( Mrs. S. 1E. Cooper neroe the Liests of Mrs. Cooper's mlothecr, Mrs. asephine Southl, yester'day. The Hickory Tavern ba.oe ball toam meo over and crossed hna wvith the, ENG TO VOTE"? dy. Onl that day thle qlual 1 Will have an opportullity to 'ide prohibition. The Central1d rells JCotinty desires to call at lave Inot registered YOU M.\UST inesday of NEXT W E EK. The t House those days only. RESPONDENCE from Correspondents in Com .ounty, Telling of Important Neighborhoods. Poplar Spring nine last uaturda, wiilih resulted in a vicory 1 for the holie teaiml. The Score bei 19 to I i i lavor of Poplar Sipring. Two youing Mr. Lanigston's, .\Irs. \bralml's bro hers, were the guests of Mr. and .\lrs. 1'. S. Abrais Saturiday 'inid Sunday. Miss iElien Abrams, who la- becil at Rock IIll f6r t le pat ix week.- mt attendance u the 111 tlsullt(r schail, r uleed home Saturd y. Me ;. ' ssie Dodsoni ->f Go'elnville, who has been visiting rela tives in this coillillity for soile tio rIc tuneil home Saturday. \lr. and Mrs. Ed. l1urgess ;ienf, tihn day with I1rs. S. F. Walker yesterday. Mi. and Allr;. A. C. Solih and faniily wer. Ihe giestq ol. .\1:. an i I .l'.. .I. Al. lidw SundarL. .Mir. Zefr.v .\an ; ol, \V -.' Ila hoils v!s-ited ;'..;sse , \ .yig ,s i .RS H'ILLSN E1 .NEWS. C(o.es lill, . July :;.l'ho revival Ci e ig w I hich began i here at the i ap listel chirch oni ihe third liul miay, clos eel this, .lonlay, lmiorlil:ng. Ic,. .odis .1. ll-iitow of Abbeville did lhe preach ing. . Mr. lBristow is a quiel. bu1t Illost earnest all clear speaker and present; thle gospel truthl w\ith muich intere~cst and force. l'very one enjoyed Ile prcac hi ng service. There we.re several Colversions. ( and additions to the chuchl id (Ito 111(ad hem bershlip Wer1e s;trenlgthened and cneouralged ior bet Ier service. The next socilal event for Cross ]ill will lbe ile eMGowan fa mlily reullnioll next Tuesday, Aug 3rd, to which every next, Tuesday. The Illeeting will be hield at. L*iberty Springs Presbyterian church, and a pielic dinnlier \ will bo served. All are expected to bring baskets of good eatables. The local committee have arranged the following program: Welcome address, Dr. John If. 11l ler. The McGowan Family In Peace and War, Admiral ISamnuel McGowan. William McGowan, by F. P. Mccow an. Gen1. Sam McGowan, b~y WV. C. Mc Glow~an. Anacdlotes of Gen1. Samn McGowvan, by I ion. T'. P. Cothrlan. I lomter IL. .\le(owani, b~y Pat. I I. Me Giowan. Johin .1. Mlc(owan, by Johin .1. .\le..I Swa In. Alexander MlcGowvan, by3 WX. ii. .\e-. (Gowan. Wm'I. C. .\let owani, by ChistkIie llen iet t. J. C'. .\cGowan, by WV A. Mlc8wain. Th'lei MGow"ani Womien, by .\la ry Nance 1)aniel. 1Liberty3 Spin gs (Churchel, by .\lrs. WV. TI. Austin. [tefoire the rogram in s finailly Con Pleted it. Is prnobabtle that t here will be' skcetche's 0of othler membersni' of thle famI 113' antheir lC~ coneet ions. A good day is antic'ipated and~ the reuniioni is ex Ilected to he We'il at tended. Rev. anld Mrs. Jlas. 1E.- Bradley of 31lOntlel lo, (:a., are vlsit ing theIr moth11 cr, Mirs. lloyee ande ot herI relIn ves. Mr.Let tie WXa Ilke has 'riece oed fromi her reCent sick ness and1( is no0w spiending somue timie with her sisltr, Mrs. Virnginila Nelson, of A bevi lie. M1iss M\ay Arnold otf Greenville, is vilsitinog the Misses liryson and1( othier friends lierie. Messr's. J. HI. Riasor and~ R. A. lloyee spent last week among the invigorat lng mountaIns of North Carollna. Mrs. .Joe A. Gunthrie and son, .James, have gone to Lynchburg, Va., to visit r'elatives and to enjoy the whiolesomei (Cotinuied on Page 41.) LYON EJECTED FROM TAX HEARING Asistant .ttorniey General Domiinck Objected to his A ppearaince Without .Plrevions (onstiltaton. The injunction proceedIngs In the a1ses Of the l'eoples bantk of Green ville, the National Loani & 10jxchange bIank of (dreen wood, and W. T. halley, >f (ri'eenwood, agaInst the state tax 201miIilssion, held here Thursday after ioon betfore A'soeiate Justice It. C. Watts, took a rather sensational turn when Assistant Attorney Geieral Domilnick ohjeeted to file association In the case of J. Fraser Lyon, em ployed ly the governor and the (ialr man of the tax commissioi without non.sttitng the attorney general's of fice. The court sustained the position of the attorney general andot Mr. Lyon took no ur11'r part iIn tile proceel ings. The attorineys for thu. coiny-lin-i ts and the itant allorney gen Oral pre.-ented voliiiliious arguments for and againist, the issulance of the injunlct Ion. .ludl Wat.-t took the mattier 1ini der ad viset and stated that he Wouild hand dowi his order as soon as pract icale, intimat ing that. it would be donle within a few days. The oplainanits were represeit ed by 11'. 11. Crier, of G rein wood, and T. I'. Cothran, of (Ireenville. .I\r. l)onitinick appe, a red alone for Ihe state. The incident of .\lr. Lyon'.st elim i nai in from the 'ase at this time was the more drantiIc beeatise of Its sud denilness. .\l,. ILyon had apprised the court of* his co nuissnion Inl a:f1 word.-, whlen fil aistant attorney gen'e1rai abrily vatoe ai nwuih oh jceioll to 1lht :lipearance of the en ci.al atti ev 'n1 11-o cae onl (!I( rot(il <t la, of bI::1 author -n11d Ih(w embarrasso 1.ent it m11fight c.:os th1o rtatI e's intI er ~t ...\l M . I llinik made IIh# podint 11ha1 if wn: il preroval'ive of the ati oi' ney1 ' . eal' ofliev to( c it dut-? the case and that ou tsido legal sI\ i. es coilId he proeitred only uip'on Ilhc cwoseit of, Ithat departmnti. lv. Dcminiek stat'd that the depari tiet ha~d inn em1-Iployed inl a1 study of th~e cai'se and if was fully prei'parod to l thli anwer. liu urirore, it sa i I, the a tittorney genoral's dtilee Wa Ile special attorney might rao'e and4 lhat, wi hout t1hIs know led, he would not be willing to is-k the state's intere-t. In imakling his ruling oin the ease .listiCe Watit (ited the law that tlh aIfloriiey geeI:cral's otlev was empo\1w ted e inploy ain assistant wlienever ilie ocenAion warranted and that, wi ouit specifie authority elsewheire, It was the sole prerogative of the at lorney general to epliloy help. .\'. ILyon thireipon raised the point of the 4pecial appropriation of $2,000 appro printed by the last general assenbly rot' legal services to be eppended by tlie governor, but Justice Watts was not Impressed by this contention. Mr. Lyon iade request of the presIding lidge that in writinig tle order in tile ase that mont ion be maide t hat lie hiad 1 0peared( theret as thle r'etOprsentatIi vt >f the tax cornmuissiotn and( the gover' .\lr. D)omiinie-k as (iti(1kly re(Ittestedl t hat It also be icluded in the ordter hat thle attorney general 's olce hiad 'tot beeii cotisuilted abotut the matter'. \Ir. Lyoni arost' and statetd that. in justilee to himself, lie wished to have it. Iicludedl that .\ir. .lont's, the tax 'omimission (cha1irmnan, ini 'm poweriing imn hial informied hinm that thie aut rneyio gt'eera1's ollict hadl beientuoi 'ily~ t hat 'Ir. .bines hail not1 s) re lute~td t ha .\lri. l.yon he employed. Ilhere was a driamtatic silenie, f'ohllow 'if shtortly at r;wards biy a furithurt ttltment front Mir. Diominick that both thle governior' and the chirmi'iani )lf the tax~ commnissiton had bicen in lis ufie anad asked~ hiIs opinion as to the ( out come oft thle (cast, buiit had tnot madetl any requestI foir assist anote. .Mr I yo's nam te had hee'n menti onedl. lhe -moId, as hiaving_ been conisultIedi ablonut lie mer itls of thle case, hit - he un inluivocalI l eclar'ed that no requeiist tad bieeni made of' thie attorney gen Pral's ohlice to enigage Mr. Lyon in the ('nne. Rlepea ted refer'ences were niadhe In lie tilt abhout faettial atid pol Itieal :lIfferences. Mir. Lyon statedl that lie was actIng only In a legal capacity 1ndt was appeailng upon what lie ~onsider'ed piropier legal authorIty. and lhat'his alpearane in the case was lot priomptedl by any personal or anliten1 cnsIderations.. FR[[DOM Of S[A MUT B[ PR[StRY[O American Note Leaves No Ground for Arguient NEUTRAL RIGHTS WILL BE PROTECTED P'resident Wilson Seids Last Note to Germany on Submarine Warfare, lin Wleill Warning is Oliven 'hliat * mer. IeaI R.ights Will be Protected at. Any Cost. I Washington, July 23.-Tie text of ihe American note on suhmarine war far e, preseilled at Berlin today bfY Amaissadori Gerard, was maie pliblio lin-e tolight. It reveals that, the Ini ptrial Government had beii informed it Is la th intention of the I'nited States to revgaird as "deliberately in friendly' anol ropeleition 4y the conln aia inders 1Or ('rami naval vessels of acts in con traveniion of American rigis. The 'ited States announces that it will cntinue to contenild for the i:'re'dorii of the seas "from whatever. laair'lr violated withbout comn promise ancd at alny cost." In ofilvial and diplomatie quparters 11.e comminication was viewed as he siriongest and most eipiatic )ro il eneement liat has coime from tho \'ash]nltoni governmiiient, since the be itiin toof its coir'espoindce with the ! (''li'zrits or Eulrope. I'residelt \ion retirned to Cornish, N. II., to n! th i ' to a'it lfVd('velopments. Fii Text of Note. 1 RT.. I'cT OF'01 STATI." Wo!shington, .inly 21. 1915. );it "Ir a ted to de'liver tex l holhe follov.i'ng no1te to the min i!er for forei!n affainrs: Tle note of the imiiivral Cer ma1i :-' irnen t datedI the eighthIi of July 1917. ha.; reeeived the enrlefoul consid rtion of the goverirncent. of the Iritecd States 1and it. regrets to bo b'liedo tc say that it has foind it. very unt'iactory,' imceause it fails to meet the real differeonces betweeni the two :ernmenliit andc ik''indient'es no wa0y it, wlic the n'eeNpted principles of law Ilid t loii manity m.Y I te applied In tho 4 Criv mtt i inrol I iove'sy, but niro plees, (in the contr:iry, arrangi-.(emnts for a partial sis po sploln of those ;nin cires which virially set them cis ide, 'lhe government of Ilie United Sates notes n ith satisfaelion that the jim Seria G ,ma governmenvt recognizes wit hout reservation tile validity of the pI inciples insisted on in the several commiiunications which this govern-,,, menit. has addressed to the Imperlat (i man government with regard to ta annonncement of a war zone and the us.e of ibmariines against merchant men on the high seas-the principlo that the high seas are free, thiat, the character and cargo of a merchant man must first. lie ascertained beforo she eannh lawfully he selzed or destiroy.. cid, and that the lives of noin-combat ants may in no case be put ini jeopardyh3 unless the v'essei iresists or seeks to escape afteri being summoned to* snb mitl to examination; for a helligerent act of iralatron is peri 50 an-aiot be--, yarnd the law, and the defense of atias let al iactery is an admjes" it is illegacl. 'lhe gorerinmen 'i t' f te i'esult Is, how".everi, keen Ilnty anid itor tiind thati thce impcer'iat of educa cment re'yard's itself ..a fteir, cexempt fromnc thei 4chpulla, thrsp icriniilciles, (' ty B' oard, Ioes arie 'oinc'ern r li eves thle pol i(y u ar I iivernmet ef Grter thle Icresenit war wi"~ tra'lc enn01're.T~'u gar id to nceutral t radC *oxdecn aol rn mentI it self, andl that itantp '-ar d the eoiidiit of other Jei)I gov'eirments as Ii'reho vnt to~) a eussion withI the im iO~aG .~' crm ient of wha lit gaids ast griv a1ttu~4~ lations11 of the riglt zensii by3 Germnng illegal and inhuidd~~. justillable thiey against an enoemy have acted in coh and humanity, ar~ sible when they .(Continued on