The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 19, 1916, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUL) 19, 1916. NUMBER 52
UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS
CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE
Estimated Property of $15,000,000 and Loss of Life at
15 Persons Dead. Others Still Missing. Rail
road Train Tied Up. Flood P/ oving to
wards Lower Sections of States
Fiteein pvrson4s dead, at least 1 11 missing 11111 plroer'tI.y daii inage es
tiiited at aronli $1 5.0)0JO1). , is the kniiowni toll (f Ihe floods which
l'lirgel inl five siulhern'l states.
Although the wualeIs are reee(liing in nearly all (istricts, railroad
.m11d telegraphie eoliunuilnient ion are still demiior'alized and Irepo'ts fromi
town'ls and villages nowv isolatedl may inceas71e bh the iunb1er of dleathls
:lnd the pr-operty loss.
North ('ar~oliiia. uithIi ('arolina, Virginia, 'lenniessee and West Vir
giniai tll suil'ered 11aV d npui ge fromi the overil iW ng streams, swollenl
by torrenitial rains. which Il 1lowed last week's hurrieane as it, swept.
inland fromii the coast, but the heaviest loss was in North Carolina,
where 11 of the 1 d ie:liths are repo1e1 d(1 aild where two-th irdis of the
miatetrial daiiage was (ole.
Th'l)e pI'ole'rty laIialg' is S.lun111111izedl froii the latest r'epor4lt5 as 14o1
NOllI C.'.l[2(1,lNA.
Asheville---Twent -five imdustrial plants d(estroyed, inel(ling otion
and luiher mills, unhine shops and coal and vo]11(fee(1 yards; Ell residences
in the 14oer - 11:1o f' the cit" wash'ed1 away ad11(1 -100 person1)s lomeless,
with 1,201) out of ('i111l1y n!i4 . l'Iil 1wer nd !1 as 11111hmis out (I emlumi 50ission.
'hiarlotte--.One imillion41 et011n spindles idle as a result of Illotled
powel plnts. Street e:iars :t 11 sI:iinstill 11141 city in darkness.
Mlonho- tiloIh 444 It41 iills dm111ol4ishied.
East .\lonho--(Otto hiills <1haged and :$50,1010 worth )f rut on de
st I'oyed.
Al exallde1r (4o n ty---AIspahlgl e t toll 11111ils washed away. 1iIedlon
* 'cottonI illIs damuaged.
ltun woimll he, I lIlenderson ad11 .ladison (oulnties--ialny mills damaged
1111 hundreds of perlso1s lit of emply)ment.
t81at esvIle--lIriek phn1it destroyed and Long Island cotton mill near"
hy dlamiag4led.
('atawha County-Cottoni warehouses with 1,1500 hales of cotton
-eairried away. In this county, as well as in Iredell 'ad Alexander,
great namage was done to erops and small mills.
Iiltmore-Many persons driven from their homes and mills and
ciops in surroundilg territory damaged.
Maarshall--Fifty-three homes destroyed and 263 persons marooned
on a train.'%
Jonesville-Many homes flooded.
fnIe'uidiivillo-Tw< diins'Washcddit}d' d iiag to mills aidd to
erops in Ilenderson county.
Lexington-Several' lhimer mills in surrounding country carried
away ; stock killed and crops destroyed.
Cleveland County-)rovo Power (am1 near Shelby destroyed ; crops
in county damaged.
The flooded Yadkin river has destroyed all communiention into
Wilkes county. At Elkin, a town of 2,000 population, $200,000 dam
age was done. In the county the loss is estimated as high as $3,000,000.
Alanufaeturing plants have been submerged and Soutehrn railway sta
tions all along the line are said to he flooded to a depth of from five
to ten feet. Many bridges have beeni washed away.
Five highway b1rilges, three in Meeklenburg county, 111 one11' nea'
Statesville. and auother near Mooresville, have been washed away,
while at least six railway bridges were destroyed.
'I'll Southern railway lost a bridge near uMount Holly, another near
Hock Ilill, another near Salisbury, and 1 another near Belmont. The
Seahoard Air Line bridge just above Belmont is gone, as is the Pied
mont & No thernl ele t Ii line bridge nearby.
-OIT1'11 CAROLINA.
C'rops badly damag11'ed throughlouit Piedmont section and several rail
way hriIges. inluding Sou thern bridge at Alston, washed away.
Il'rtmlan--Solthern I'ower company's plant shut down, cuttingg off
p."w er to Greenville and many entton1 mills.
(eoMrLgetow ni-\\'arehouses and stores on Water front aind two lum
h1r mi1 ills 'danmaigei. Seaboard Air Line lracks washed out for short
d (int:uicle.
- VIiiGINIA.
Halmi' rd--Sever1 a i14 b ibllngs destrio yed an: ld cr'ops ini near1 by colm111
- s dao d .l
SlIsu r Nrfl'ek & We44sternl briidges on (Galax branch, one on Little
roju'k tIenisionl, Pepper' br'idge near11 Radfh~od and1 another' br'idge nealr
eVr)hnr w ashed aiway. Dama111ge ill thle Pear'ishnlg d istrict allne
es iinttd 41at a million dollars1'.
WaIIIh 3ut 250 f'eet loing on1 Vi-ni " rail0 111way near' Ei.gleoston1.
Th !e smlall t1w3 of) I Narrow'IV.s is reted ' t (0) omplet ely suhne'rged.
TIENNESSE'E.
1Butler1-Viginia & Souithern' r'ail1way bhilge washled a way.
Thosads~ of18( aeres of1 corn'1 and1( lpeanuts1 inundaltiiIedl bet weenl ChatIta
n)ooiga and1 l'aducahi, Ky., on 'Tienessee r'iver2, and1 muiiih crop damage
arun l')IalindrIidge.
T1he Tpenne)(sseeC river is r'eported rising~ anld other dlamlage is expCted1
to r'esii'Iti fromli overflows at sevei'al pioinlts.
"All railroads ifn eastern'I Tenniesseoe suitfered4 heavily from wvashed out
bidtges and14 culvertIs.
) WEST VIRGINIA.
C!rops (damiaged along Kanawha river and somei1 damage to railways
biy washoulits and bridges carried away.
SeltolarshIlp Exainiatlons Held,. ' awarded thie one last mentIoned. Thier'e
In the county court r'oom examina- were twenty appJlIennts for Clemison
tions weore held FrIday, .Taly 14, for schiolar'ships, 0110 or whieh number
the pu1rp)ose or awvarding scholarships seckinig the normal kind, andi six ap
to 'the bioat deserving applicant. Thlits plilcants l' one to the State. unliveri'
'year' ih'ere will be awvarded thiree ty,
schiolarships to 'Clemson College, two -
of these being good for four -years
wihile the other. Is 'an .agricu'ltural Meetiig of . of P.
scholarship and is. gond for' only one 'ihere will b)e a call meeting of Lalu
year. As usugl, 'th4 UniversIty .,of reoa~ todge No. 43, KnIghts of Pythias
South Carolimv of 'a. fout'-year on next Mfontlay nIght,' July 24th, at
normal scho1r ~ .~~e' College et1 8:30 o'clock for the niurpose of
Chatrleston ofte1#~ ~ at'naampts the vwork and attending to imnportant
habiler fromi .3J. P. Me- jbusineou All the members are earn
llan of .ntlreally been esti sX*~ted to be present.
FI,OO) IS 31OVI N(
1'0W1Alil)S CO1.\NT'
Warnings Sent Out l'redict Over Frty
Feet. on Wa'teree at C'amden. Lan1
asiter ('it Oi'. 3aitny iridges (;o
-Down.
Columbia, .July I7.-W-\'ith unprece
denltedly high wate rs sweepitg down
frotmi the mOunItin r egions, and with
the streams already boomiiing, Souith
Carolinla tonight is in the midst, of
what is feared may prove one of the
most dest rutI ve floods in its history.
Plood( wVaInings sit. out by the
WCthe ir bu1 laIu ,1 1 predic(1 a stage of
.10 to -15 feet on the \Wateree at. Cam
den, While the l'ee 1)ee system also
is threatening to reach heights all
but unknown. The Congaree here has
renehed its crest and is expected to
go no higher.
)amange to j p Ity has been heavy
]hltt SO iar as is kno(wn there has been
lio loss of life. 'ower plants, bridges,
railroad constIiltion and lo\w-lying
farms have suffered tuost front the
highi water.
leports of danlage come from till
sections of the state except the I've
ilee, which, after its terrific ordeal
of last week, has had a respite of t w1o
lays before the second phase of its
storm expierince sets in. ('otnutni
cation is still hadly crippled, and ne
Cnrate estimates of the loss are im
possible.
Liancaster ('ut Oil.
Lancaster is lit off from all coi
muttnication with the outside world ex
cept through the Wires of a telegraph
company. Trestles washed away on
both railways entering Lancaster pre
vent the arrival of trains and the city
has been without mail luring the
day. The postmaster is seeking au
thority from the postoffice department
to estliblish an automobile service to.
Charlotte, N. C., in an effort to re
store mail facilities.
Damage to bridges In Union county
Is reported very heavy and fears are
entertained for the safety of Lockhart
cotton mill, where the river has broken
beyond its banks and established a
new channel.
Citizens visiting the banks of the
Catawba river report many bales of
cotton floating down stream. It is
hothught possible that these come from
Ilelnont, N. C., where two large mills
are situated on the river.
From ('hester county tonight cate
the news of the destruction of three
railway bridges over lie Catawba
river--tlie Seaboard Ai' I.ine test le
between ('ester and Waxhaw, N. ('.,
the Southertn bridge het ween Rock
11111 and i"ort Mill, aid the ('arolina
& Western trestle at Cliffs. The rail
ways also have suffered seriously in
damage to their tracks. Cotton mills
in the Chester section have suffered
considerable losses.
The streams in the northwestern
part of the state are receding, but it
will he days before railroad com
tin ien't ion is I tooughly restorted.
The Southlern's mialn line trta ins fromn
Atlanuta to Watshington are being' ope
rated through Colum tbia atid trattle
bet ween Colubiia antI Spa rtanburg is
still tied, u p.
Pours Out thte Vfld.
Sheriff Watts the other' day inv'iited
rTe Adivertiser' repr'esentativ'e to what
tnight b le called( a "'11(1uor pou tring par'
ty", whtetn he emlptiedl several gallonis
of blitnd tiger "likkot" Into thte sink
of the sheriff's offIce. The whiskey
r'elresenited the aecumutlation from
raitds made in the city and countty for
someo timie, anothier lparty hat'ing been
held several weeks befotre when a rep
resntative of The Herald was present.
The Advertiser htas no information as
to whlat took place when The Heorahld
tman sawv all that stuff going to wanste,
but it is suipposedl that Ite resigned,
himself to the inevitahble and allowed
it to gurgle out andl away without any
audler protest. Mir. Watts states that
heo still has seome left on hand and
takes in a little bit every now andl
thetn, the offIcers being ver'y alert at
tot' law breakers.
Card of TFhanks.
We wish to thank our kitnd'friends
and neighbors for their kindnesses
showni us during thte sickness and
death of our dlarling baby Johnt Mar'ian.
May God1's richest blesiangs t'est on
each one of thetm.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Davis.
DR. F. M. Itoi'Tii SPEA KS
*-BEFORtE CITY ('(l' N('I 1,
1Rl/'inmends .\dop~tioln of Snnlir
Suratce ('osets as a 31easre of Pro
lteclorn agaIinst Dissee1.
'i'he city board or health has been
considering for sen1 tneile step's to
ward iitprovlitg the sanitary ('ondi
t.ions of the eity. To this end the board
invited Ilir. W. Ml. Itouthll of thre state
board of health, to appear before a
jloint meeting of t he city board of
health and city conlcil .\ionday. )r.
Routh. who is a recognized authority
in these inatters, gave an instrti(tive
talk. when the Imeet lig was; belI. lie
urged (he inportune of having eve ry
ncorporated town ad!')pt sorry form
of sanitary surf'ace el''et where need
ed. lIe also urged that rural 'hools
hec interestedt inl some satisr'actory' san
itary disposal plant. ''his. he slated,
is the onily method Ihat will 'ai(late
typhoid 'c'er, dysen ter iy, hook-woetrm
an1d othler IpIreven1tale disecases lie
thinks that the miost effectiv ' meloltcl
of introducing this work in th' (ounlty
is to have Ile towns and sc'iools aidipi
it. The present systemt of teaechine_
sanitaton inl the schools and p11e rmit
ting insanitary practices (n the
grounds is dangerous inconsiten, .
he( said.
While in this (sounty !)r. Itouthl .ill
give illustrated lectures showing the
dangers of soil pollution. fly contamr
ination and other ways whereby dis
ease is disseminated. )r. Routh re
(1iuests that. trustees write himt or ton
suilt him about holding such meetings.
le will 'exhibit. a model which Ih.e
State Board of lealth has endorsed
and which he is trying to get, adopted
all over the state.
A member of the board of health
yesterday had the following to say of
Dr. Routh's lectures: "These illus
trated lectures are highly entertain
luE, instructive and practical, not
alone from the sanitary viewpoint, but
as a qiuestion of civic pride. The
economic loss from preventable dis
eases costs Laurens county many
thousands of dollars yearly. Tile pre
vention of diseases in progressive see
tions is occupying more thought than
the question of curing diseases, since
it is a reflection on the intelligence of
a community to have ' troubles the
c'a use of 11whih can he eradleated."
LA 1'I ENs ('OI'NTY S ,'FFlEII) s
DUAMAGE F 1i .1'T11E STORM3
rops inired, 1id1lges in Some I'll.
('ilities ibauatted or 1'nshed .\Away.
The heavy rains. accompanied by
high wi:;,l: , w'rought considerable
damage in til.; eount' iuirilg the past
nu e'., t:e growing 'rop; sutf('ering the
g"eatest injuir' . forward corn was
broken d(own ly the gale and on low
lands the cro: was badly damaged
froam 1hig1h water, some) of the streams
reaching high wnater mark. The col
ton crop was also injilured by the hard
la ins wh'iche washted the. [i 'his feuir
The( di''tage to the bridge's uind roadls
in many lo;alities Is ser'ious, thbough
replaitS [re inome8 miad.' as fast as uios
sillei. 'The blidge at .\ laijel M\ill
oCer llahun ereek was partially swept
a way Sunlda y night. .\l Enorlee th1e
applronaehtes to the4 bridge ont the i,aui
runsl side were washed a way, anad it
is reportedl that a nulmber' of smnall
bridges in t he counaty suffered((lii more
01' less diamiage from the reshot.
Hiowever, the travl'.elinag pl~lie has not
been seriously inconvenliic'edl andl in
aL few day13s all the necessar'y repairs
will hatve been made.
Mrs. Tomi Roger Read.
Mirs. Bottle Cunningham Rloger died
at her home near Rocky Springs Sun
dlay..e db'(eatht was dute~to a lingering
illness fr'om wleh she sulffer'ed very
mutch. TIheo burial servicl(es took place
Mlonday morning at half piast eleven
o'clock, the Rev. Mi'. Brock of Watts
Mill1 conducting them. Trho deceased
w'as a daughter of the late Mlr. andl
A i's. E. Y. Cunningham and was forty'.
one years old. She Is surlvived by her
husbandi, tive' brothters : John, Sanm,
Robert'1t, Gorige andi Will1iam; one sis
ter', .\rs. .\innie Green, of Atlanta, and
1n0 c'h1lren.
('hildre's~i Day at Otri.
Childr'en's Day exercises will he heid
at the A, R. P. church at Ora, St1ndalfy
imrning at 11 o'clock. Those exercis
es were postponed from last Sunday
on acconnt of the rain.
l i{ 1S .ILf. (Hil' A .l' c(q' f
Venture l'rined a ('real Sll-es'1 in
l 'er.1 i{t 'e t.
C'rous 11111, .Idly li.. The- (h~nasll1
ilula has cotrne and :n ' \\:ih Ikt
exc'el !ion of rain on fth<. lieu ,h - .
(!rythingt was fatvorale an mi l~ esm -
Ill. Our peopl( were wel a
wxiith evxeryth irg. I I. I )aniei's tv.o
fi(11s1,5 oil Wednesday 'ee In'.
Thur 3sd1ay InornI1 in the aihers.(s (n
xxII1a btion by I )r.J e a . .l.
11c w inl were" elouetlnt and1 futll
e!h-ratintg fhlt~ghlts.
Friday I)!". V. . Fin( h..r. t.he( phIai
1fo1rt1l ina1'' delivere d I \w, splien
dlid I' ttires anrd 1)t's, lIiser and| [(ont
of the State Ioatrd of II'alth i s1)ok'' (,n
sanliIat io i. .\ll these adlr ',e . wer-e
tertain (ig and1 i ituctiv . itl mu
(' tI: m w )' erV ital Iuerary tr tit.: -
h n ih l IIh e II ars. the C l -
I : ~Ill: 1'* ''':31 333 ('
w i3 . r;N <;in 1' ;IO s .1( un x i 1 I ( Ii_
al ,, l i1: biut b;11 ( III in ;!
least, Ihl y\ ' n," Voil er s. w\itI slo
yi l ins . 1 4id ln. i l ) l p lhe il,s :I
a.;i'1 Sall]. '1l :! Ii teln xie , I. ti(
i !easud \'i'i the pe p , C 1 ) 'iS hill
Ihatth r';: il:: ti a i u p l id It the
a( e 11 1 ic 11 It'l it :. )'i' \'-I I'' t !11(: 1' n~t; I
:11't : ll x n'a ( i i l. It is b e I d
i llt ti dt' iloi 11IItIlI (i t l 1is ; tyggjig
b .(I . FltI ile' I 11' I ;I I11 t : 1I II I1 l 11 1 ,rill P1 tes
xrouht i blyiII ath1l beb t w' ) p. t i iait
it ter01,t and lilfCt in all 1 iI ;.
o(ia l I e r v.
Al 113 o1 ok Wsledingsday irnionga
s. .\lat gi Worka , ld . Sife of .\Ir.
Arthur Wor'kmanl, who> had heen in ill
healh r eal luonths, died at the
ige of I., years. H1r orel maria. e .\l1s.
Workman was .\liss .\a ie .\t1d hisoni.
She leaves a husband an d foug r chil
dren besides a number of other rela
tives. The I'unle ral and burial rites
were held at Liberty Sptings lllsday
a tt noon, conducted by Rev. W. D).
Ratehford and Rev. W. P'. Turner. \is.
Workman was a loving comparIon, a
patient and tender mother, ns.1' a con
sistent Christian lady. She was a
member of Cross IHill Baptist breh
and when her health permitted loved
the service of her church. The faith
that in ired her life and <ilkened
hter hope was a safe refuge and guide
across the river of death.
A seties of revival meetings ii.;
progress this week at the l'resby
terian1 Whrc1h in which the pastor, I
eli . W\'. 1)ll atchford has, the assist
aner of 1)r. Gireen of Greenwtood, w\ho
is doing the xracahin.
QTii4. It a numbxxer of v'isito r fri n
tilS to lm(3~1( a -ie ille hI 'll last(
Iltttl.liou xvans wexeivy intereIst
tilek for the 1hautan eua.
1e . 1001.\ (T .' i.\( 1.it,11
l'ron.iltecle. nti lnn Leieans to 1unty
Citizenl Div.; Il trlo
.\ll'. .John Cu'lninghaml whtose' ra;ther,
silen d":ld ath ourred al his home aIl
Waterloo. ,\, wa1el4 kowtlln end xvlon
I le fnal Thl funeral andbura13ervn.
wer. beIhi gh .\indaI, ollwingd hlyis
deathld o imbly mornllin th siterment,;
takoingd ('lac 1in the I 3 l '3)1mont 3Cbme
andl was'. 1a on ofl a the lCl.l .lohn
Cuit'(ngham d.\rs F''lrid Cahiun
Noble 'ningha andtl w7as beed e at
the his'toi moemtont .nr eari ta
clea0. t he cemetery 1ducate allnd al
waye's took ar lielyrntestl urge toli
oed en arlyming thounh ans tealto
the' asth yarnretd the o ose ao -
CLOY[R CA4MPAIGN
TO CtfOY[R (CWJTY~
Request for More Seed
Conring In Daily
F ANKERS INDORSE
PREIPAREDNESS PLAN
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shoe'. that hogtts lni atitl can hei
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