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VOLUML XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16,1916N .AK[ TOXAAY DAM GAY[ WAY SUMDAY Break Came When Least Expected COMPARATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE Although a Break in the Dani had Long Been Considered a Possible Catastrophe, Comparatively Little Damage was Done. Lake Emptied. Asheville, N. V., August, 13.-The Lake Toxaway dam, weakened by the recent floods, broke tonight, sending a great wall of water down the valley toward Western South Carolina. No lives thus far have been reported lost, and warnings sent out from several cities are believed to have enabled most of the )ersons in the path of the flood to reach safety. The lake, an artificial body of water, was created in 1902 by I'astern capi talists. It covers 550 acres to an aver age depth of thirty feet. The dam, an eight of a mile long and fifty feet high, was completely destroyed. The town of Lake Toxaway suffered only minor damage, though the lake was completely drained. The released waters tonight were rushing through the Toxaway River valley, a comparatively uninhabited section, towards the Chuga Itiver, in South Carolina. Anderson, \Valhalla, Pickens and Seneca counties comn prise the territory immediately threatened and warnings were tele phoned to all places that could be reached. It was estimated that the flood would reach Seneca by midnight. Persons familiar with the territory expressed the belief that the waters would spread out over the uninhabi tpd county immediataly south " of Lake Toxoway and thus minimize the pbssibility of extensive damage. The waters ultimately will flow into tho Savannah ltiver through its vari ous tributaries in Western South Carolina. The lake was created in connection with a tuintir i(' resort and had a shore line of fifteen inil s. The (an was c'011Inrued at a cost of about $.0,0(t0. Toxaway is the third and largest of the lakes in Westerni North T'arolina imountains to go out since .tlly 16, when heavy rains caused serious floods in tlatt section. Sev(eira y ea1rs ago cotton muil owin era w'vWhose pliants were in the path of the waters should they escape, cm Ployed ex prt engine rs to investi gale the sa fety of the dcam. i-'oll0wing Ile enigi neer' replort, the struecli tre which is built of earlh aiid stone, was at reng t hened. lHour weeks ago, dlingl ; the flood Ie riod ftears for the dain's safely were repeaitcdl e'xpressed and there were several r hrts that it had colla psed. A messaie fon fite railroad ile graph operator at Toxaway, describing the bireakt if the. idam said a sectiin of thle tstructurie about thie size' of' a box ear gave way withouit warniing shoit fly atle cii o'clck and that the cin tire st riuture iluickly collapased under the weight of the thountsandils of tons of wa teri. One version of thle vase o. the hireaking was that a smiialf si; hail ai-iped away the coundtiatloon at a hoax ify prcaese poInt. At ticidtdght the Sc-neene rIver, Soulth Carolina, through which the waters of htke 'Toxaway will flow into the Sai vannah River, was normal necar the to)wn of Seneca, abouit forty miles south west of Toxaway. 11t was feared serious dlamage woulid be done to crops along the Keowee River in Pickenis and Oconce counties, wvhich are di vided by the Keowee, Above Clemson College, S. C., the Keowvee and the 12-nile C reek have eonfIittence fo rm ing the Seneca, which thence passess Clemson. Great da magfe is feared In this sect ion, wherie the country ia relatIvely flat and ,thIckly popelated. Portinan Shoals, wvhere the electric power for fte cIty of Anderson is generated, tonight was fte scene of great activity. Gangs were at work placing sand bags on thle dam and power house andl other proppretfons were tinder waty to combat the 'force of the antIclpated flood. Walhalla, Seneca and Anderson are each severalI miles from the river' and there is no town of Iiportance on its cou rse. Little amage Done. P'ic'kens. Aug. 14-Thao waters fromn CONSTABLE COLE WAS AlRESIfED IN COLUMBIA One of Recently Named State Consta bles, Who Figured in Greenville Raids is in Trouble. Columbia, Aug. 12.-J, H. Cole, a whiskey constable, was arrested hero at an early hour this morning, charged with drunk and disorderly , conduct, carrying concealed weapons, and as sault and battery with intent to kill. Cole was tried before the recorder this morning and bound over to the court of general sessions of Richland county, under $500 bond, on charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. The other charges were dismissed. Cole was accompanied by J. B. Way another whiskey constable when ar rested. Both are recent appointees of Governor Manning, and flgured in the recent whiskey raids in Greenville county. Lake 'I'oxaway came rushing Sunday night like a great tidal wave down the narrow mountain gorges through which the 'i'oxaway river winds its tor tuous course, bearing with them thoutsands of cords of dead timber, up rooting great trees and doing oilher devastation. Never before has this river, at least never before in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, risen to such a height as that seen early Monday morning. With a roar the wators cane down the mountains, now surging through some narrow pass; now spreading over a bit of cul tivated land. ''hanks to the warnings sent out, there was no loss of life. A number of narrow escapes are reported from the upper part of Pickens and Oconee counties, and many of the inhabitants lost heavily in poperty. Several saw mills lose their timber and some ma chinery. Farms were devastated in the lowlands. llousehold effects were badly damaged in several homes by the rising waters, which whipped angry way around curves, and tumb ling, surging -and roaring rushed down into the Keowee, thence into the Seneca, and finally into the Sa vannah. It was on the Toxaway river, Wh'liite Water river and the upper part of Keowee t iat the damauge was done. .\fte geli hg iinto the Seneca, the wa tei:i spread out, flowed slowly, and did very little damage. People living along the banks of the Seneca who had4 feared a great wave of water, iond to their delight that. the lake water drained off so ifliiormily, and daia;e w, as sniall. Itrown 's I ilt, a piopular" resort onl White W\ater river, suffered consid erabb dlinae trom water that was bail-ed wo mii les uip dlt stean froui 'T'oxnway river. (;uests in ilh0 hotel, lie-i ng the roar, betook them selves to the high hills, while the waters flowed through the first (loor of the hontel. 'The water was six feet deep in the first floor of this hotel. ('apmiiani's briidige, a steel strciure Iwenty milles above ikens, is wasli ed away. The water at this point was ('arne withI gr'eat raindjiily. .iohni (Chap 11nan1, who lives niear the bildge, lad alwoke( hi. ho)15husholin got t hern to phi:nes of safty The3 ''l water was lie wvent out:. lie huriied o n iotify' his tienantls, and14 wais barely3 ini time to .sale thei lives or one famhily. 'The Chlapiman barin was ticked up and ear ito C i' the midle~l of time road, anid t herie stranduiedl. Fitrinituore in thle hiouse was1 da maged, thle waltern gett ing into time second story of the house. 'Thme country through which the lake waters drained most. rapily andl dlangerouisly is thlintly settleod. This pr'obably accounts for' the fact that there was no loss of Ilife. (lus llbin son1, who lives near' Chapman's bridge lost all1 his household effects and1( hi s (m'ols. Wade 11inskain, staltes thait lie hearthe( dam break ~'Cl {, tirity mil~es a way. llis place was ailso dlamaged. Alice .Mlatis suifferedC~ se4ve'r' loss whenot lier hiouso was tlooded. lhins llailton1101 lost house hold etfect andl crops. Today it was stated that sonic of the peopl whvlo liveC alonig the '1iper iNeowvee and1 the 'Toxawvay, have not h Jng toi ('at, save the fish that they cani pic(k ill along the bainks. Th'ei waters recoded as rapidly as it rose, and thus left hundreds of fine, fish high a' dI Cry. Thousands of finh were r- ieaud f--om the lovely art. fecial Inke, nrid thi af ernoon hun d14 'ds < the'i wore found in small 1o t. ' he trie of tihe river courses, FRIDAY IS DOLLAR Laurens Merchants Have Large Bar As stated in the last issue of The Ad vertiser, the merchants of Lauerns banded together at a meeting held Tuesday August 1st, to hold a great Dollar Day bargain sale on the 18th. Since that time the merchants have been busy getting their stores in shape and planning thq bargains they are to offer. In today's paper will be found the "Dollar Day" special advertising section, showing the merchants in the agreement and some of the bargains that they are to offer. Friday, the 18th, is the day set apart for the bargain day. In addi tion to the advertisments in The Icr ald and in The Advertiser, over six thousand circulars have been sent out, so the event has been so widely ad vertise( that the merchants are ex pecting thousands of people here on the (ay selected. The advertising seetion may be fou nd in another part of this paper. Attention is directed to it, as the nier chants have given a great deal of thought and work in arranging the bargains. The following are the merchants JAMES Mle('ItAVV WO'NIIED. Rteceives Painful Wound from , 1nch burg ('ompainion. .\Mrs. Geo. S. Mecravy on Saturday af ternoon received a message to the ef feet that her youngest son, .James, who has been a student of music at Lynch burg for the past two seasons, was shot and painfully wounded. Mrs. Mc ('ravy and .Jack, her son, who has been at home, left that same evening so as to be with tlhe wounded youth as soon as possible. According to the telegram received here, it seems that James had just returned from an engagement solnewhere in that state when the accident occutrred. The wound is not reg:arded as very serious, bei'g in the thigh, although it is luite painful. .. ('...IOVE it ( 1411 (itOWS. (her 'I>Twelve 'llAiThou 1:1d 1,'11111S is f seedl Spokein for In (he C'loer Club. P I ,. \loor', farm lo nI(ist - I on11l natie of Ihose wlo have join'eid the ('lover ('hlth, with the aimoittn of .we(i (ach h;:. splokein fol: ''otal :) ( '. .. .. .. .. .. ..,I 1.7i. .. W. Donnan .............. l -1. Ih-i lit:nter . . . . .. .. . . 17 .4 G.\ ianel............ .l. K le ' I um .. .. .. .. .. .. .. :M I). 11. Wison .. ...... .... 100 '1'. T. G(oldsmtm it.l .. .. .. .. .. .. 7; I. S. Cooper .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 It. A. ('ooper .. .. ............200 G. A. l-'ulier...................'30 Tlotal .......................2,785 Theo annuial pite of .\iyr'tle 'a mpi No. 2ti, WA. 0. WA., wil Ilibe behl on lFriday, Aumgust 1.sthh at lFriendshalii L. I). llledge, ('. (. it. Ml. WAasson, Clerk. Simmali lIlaxe Yesterdaiy. 'Thle home of .lMr. and Mrs. ('lyde TI. Franks narrowly escaped destreclion by tire yesterdlay, when the heat fr'om an oil stove ca~used dria per'ies near~t it to become ignited. Mr. and Mrs. Franks were at thle home of Mr. .lohn A. Franks at the time amid the blaze was (iscoveredl by a servant who had beeni sent hack to the house on an erriand. She dlis('ove red th lire in i time to ptit It out. Very little damage was dlone, now over for'ty or' fifty dlollars. U. ID. ('.'s Itemembiler the Bo0ys. 'Tme United D~aughmters of the CTon tedlerney werie iihoughtflI e nouagh to remembaer the bioys; of Co. D) at the time of lie ir or'derI to go to thle horder'. And( in alcordlane, they sent to them ont the evening of their dleparture, sever'al cnkes andl boxes of chicken. it is neCed less to say just how much this change from camp food was appreciated. And 'e '.s the boys decpartedl from t4 ' Lne' ii toward an unfanihia r pihe theT" mnust MyeW yeeds recalled tha t the filk aut nomec are still anxioi.. 'O:.it thon. DAY IN [AR[NS Joined Together to Give a gain Feast who have Joined to make Dollar Day a success: Switzer Company. S. M. & E. It. Wilkes & Co. Minter Company. J. C. Burns & Co. Powe Drug Co. If. Terry. Clardy & Wilson. Laurens Drug Co. Leverette Furniture Co. Cash Grocery Co, .1. C. Shell & Co. IDavis-Itoper Co. W. U. Wilson & Co. Jones-Taylor lardware Co. Iaurens Ilardware Co. . 1. PIhilpot. Fleming Iros. Peoples Drug Store, .1. A. lranlls. W. I. I lI udgens. IoW icr & Owens. Kenntedy" Bros. A. i. .\lahaffey. Ilynian laurey. Iliayes 5 and 10c Store Ifatrens .\otor Car Co. I 'lienhol's S and 10e Store. Sl .E NE lm it 1i,1.t y O lisi N i. I{. Newberry Papers Panys liitn H igh ('oIn. P~lIlnent In Severing llelationls. lr. It. 11. G eneker, formerly con nected with the Laurens papers but for several years connected with the New berry papers at different Intervals, is no longer connected with either of these. For some time he has been with The Newberry Observer. which had the following to say of him in giving him up: "We lnow the readers of The Ob server will be sorry to learn that .\I r. It. It. Geneker iIs n1o longer with 11hi: paper. It, is with great reget to us that It tntlst. be so. lie has been a Very ellicij(lit and loyal helper for soie tithe, and has added mnuelh to the intc esi of Thie Observer: but with print l':Un-r 1.oing 11p alltane j mnp fromg $53 to $SS a toll, other kinds of paitr going 1;1 4 \n Ieore than That. and141 the tmelrchaIltis alVertising i-r little. it is :tbsobuely i n'<ssary to riui 4(1 (XeXtens(s; to ilhe Vely lo w st :oil 1.4. sible ill order(1 to run1 a n,4ew. jif r : r all. ".\Ir. (:rc :14o 1: a u: et ii man ini his tild 4r n4 u :< r4 e -. and lt w a i rual h 1; lp: but wt+( %1 1(> are l !t n i imiy l:.e o wori:h.tde4r :01 hot1,1 fu 1 tib '1- th.nI . w!: w arlye awd floodi v; r of~ 1; 1. 4 ", ttr.- >hlll dea: and 114'r1l ; en tl (ii jtio tl :!ain ll1re1tu In.'" lIenin m n li olly. 1;;r.1 Sundayt unai ngII , .1 about111 o'etloc 'l I'd I l iol(aiIn teel of 1, ae t away. A few wVeel ag: 1o he wa.: str'iecken wtith (1ever andl ilarrOliid toh( the ct ho::ploital war 30 ea tst of age.wsanti Aiken n formerlyI ay-nter ofithe heritiad \\'estern l'aolina rail wayl, hif (Allimhbia, at .\atuhtn. ith Cotvi'ttio bhe Inest heveracemornth,.\t lein ig te inill td 1htii ('0liy Hritis I father, .\('i ve. fr.t oll, wia, fother shirtiff of~ tAkt m i'es niw inth lruisral forli eie ta.ce daysl and th acoysanith the bodyl home to Aie: by lie ota Augustali~ wh rh inteirent Ctyk 4la4e. The delceasd wast 30tw years ag. Jnohn113 iCr!es acet anicht. The. fJrinds her ofier bon Cr.s aconside1rable .intF.er hs raceefo te' t idt ionsI are ttg .r. .rwsi lienromiin for hisnlecay. COOPER OFFENDED AT ]I@ANNING LETTER Announces that He Will Today Pay ills itespiects to the Governor. Will .Not Withdlraw. Columbia, Aug. 14.-Taking umbrage at a letter issued by the Manning headquarters here which came into his position today, in which it is asserted that he "is neither for nor against Jilease" and that "he is playing sec ond ,flddle to Manning," Robert A. Cool, ,r, following a caucus with cer tain of his leaders, stated tonight that he would pay his respects to Gov. Man ning at Baishopville tomorrow. \Vhen asked what the rumors cir culating in Columbia and other parts of the State to the effect that the caucus tonight. was for the purpose of considering his wihdrawal from the race, Solicitor Cooper replied: "I am not surprised at such rumors in view of other rumors that have been circulated which are equally as absurd. \Wlien I entered the race it was for a light to the finish, and I have never i:.(1 any idea of with drawing.' At. Shiloh Church. Tiie Ia(ies Aid S'aciety of Shiloh (hur1ltci w\ill sell cream on the lawn at Mrs. (hiry \\ ' I ('c's Siaturday evening, August (9th, froin 7 till 10. The pub lie is (ordialiy invited. Woodrow Wilseon Fund. Total Brought (Forward .. .. ..$11.540 S. M. Wilkes ...... ...... 1.00 It. A. Hahd ............ .. .50 FkLming lros. .. .......... 1.00 .1. J. PTss .. ............ 1.00 It. I. Terry . .. .. .. .. ... .01) II. Terry & S("n .. .. .. .. .. 1.00 W. E. ('lardy .. .. .. .. ... 1.00 A. 1). Gray.......... ... 1.00 .1. D. Watts .............. 1.00 T. E. 'T'odd .... ....... 1.00 W. 1). ruii..sn .. .. ... .. .. i 00 W. H. Dai. .............. 1.00 It. L1. 11aggott. (gray ('Duc~t .. .. -100 C. P. Vinc. n ........... ...Ut (.. WTnc .. ............ 1.00 T . 1). I.:ike .. . . . . . . 10 C a, .. ...!. . .. . .. .. .i10 1(. 11. uter .. ..... 0 1. . Tolbr .. ...... 1.0 L.. N. Owen: . . ... . . . 1.00 I:. '. Ilobo ........... .. .. I.00 T.t.Sw te .. . .*. . . ... . . N . 11. D ial: .. .. .. .. . . . e 0 Ches. l in :i fl 1 .. x.1. 1 .. . ,' . 1 - ('l.lLt \11 .. .41 ... . 1 I t' eel d lia;,y n! of ('ligrt; n til (lte ( It(. Lion held there yt Ii iday. Mr. cop, h1ind ptolledI 2%11 ,)t.t. '1 .:!' vt a 11:.s opponent, it 1.. l.i iamvd I':: Vole,. W . A. Litllowaly w:1,, < !1 . I d a!3 1ai tian f'r m it \',' . !- T .a. a Wad '. i 33 . Abr '3 \Vard . .3 No.t 'i. . ibie s t d g vtea.s lia I3 w-lll et ; i't jr . ) o i ' pur -m tf the t,'(tionid a v1'. graItiin 1(o thiose oft the distri:ct 'Ihl 1a inter a I a ini school propr(e M iss .\lIiary l You g, .1 inightcr of Mr. Isa' Youn~g whot liva i. l w miles (alt a few (lays. 1 urnetd yester'day to 1 it 110home in Georgetown after a Visui of seve ral month1 ls here1( wit h Mt 'Todd1'S parents, Mr. andl Mrs. Wa. TI. t'rews, and 0other relatives. J1. W. Watts, son ofi Mr. and Mrs. J1ohni I. W. Watts. will slpeak( at t hi 1mo1rig serv1Wi('e at. thei la'urst Itapf -l cchih lii nda)iy. Mr'. Was is no0w pr( in O'ttobei'. FIrst. Oo-n Cottoun 114)11, Mr. M. Wa. Simps~on, who liveyc;.: Narnie, brought the first open cottIon boll1 of the season to Theo Advertat( "0mce Thursday. Alt".ourb lie (only Iih'd here with it 'I huursday, bel -neshat hes-anw o. b~At aturday. PRISID[NT ISOM CONSU8 BOTH SIO[8 Trying to Avert Great Rail road Strike MAY YET REACH AGREEMENT The President Mado No Compromise, Doing Ali in His Power to Avert Threatened Strike, Though Taking No Active Parit as Mediator. Washington, Asig. 14.-President Wilson conferred today with both par ties to the throatened countrywide railroad strike and tonight it appear ed that suflicient ground work had been laid to furnish a working basis for a settlement of the differences of the emiployc and employers. The President will meet both sides again tornorro w. At the conclutsinj of the day's con ferences, the 'resldent issued this statement: "I have met both sides and have gone over the ease with the utmnost fraikness. I shall not b,' aile to judge until tomloirdw ta lietIlr wO have found a feasible b.asis for setti1 meil." 'The for einoat quest ions; ark! v. itat shall be arbitrated if arbitration is to be resorted t.o and what form of arbitration shall be adopted. Roe presentatives of the employes main tain their demand for an eight. hour day and time and a half for over time is the only conerete proposition under diseusmonac. They !inistel to the )'resident ain their conference that thie roads make aIomne definite pro ,oraIs. If t'Jie railroads $1ubnitted somie proposed form , of ." t.lemiIent they said, they would be ready to d seuIMS negot.iationH frtit Ilier. The employes are iu(ei..,oo(1 to be ready to Consent to the rin inciple of arbit ration of the contilgent pro lle'Is of the managers, which the ien claim involvis rights they have \1. inl :(' year effort, are eliiinated f'ronlt considlera;tion andt it' ;11 itration i, rendtiteted b~y a toatrd on whicb all tear I.; the! rhloeds are re"rewn:(IIIdA ear; Iho 1 I.!algert. ilninediately after leaf iig t ho tipiloyes poslition1, the Pr1. 111 um h''iied the eotuulittee of ,:1mI h ers -nst h tld i lony}' ionferni V. iii hlhth . I hey lei - the white ihm : y on'er tt:,0 +1; I I IItu .e ft I throa. ,G thell a; that itey dha n e(d t ., ;.dIs:a !ilyi} of wilairawug Ih i. "O;: in lent y" propoahsalsh 111(1 sd, .. in, a. protpositionl ''witll sti n 'il ;., det-. li1tledi hv the lem \Whutih: rol.rle ientatives of tie tni Idoys inmtated that Ihey htIad not yet "I -d to arbitrate any fatur1111 It t' waS ai growilng il)ipe .on that ltie -von1d11 be aglreed - . .At no(. tian', it us2 2.hi id thle r, ee lhm.. Iis of-2(I theC men1 tidaite 1' I a u'nless lhir (duImanlt. w'ere granitled n ,li-.. heIy te wt as 211122 1((2( in tri:2 . . dliscuss I heir liouittnMg w.ith :i PreI-. probtIable Onteomo~ of the ml -('tial ,na. but leadnrs oIf th11 two fact as were' op1 jitisc tonight that a s r, e woIIh1 be ave2rted. No (Comprombe P'roposed. Thle Pre'sidengL it wasi ileclaired madue no comiproise44 lropolsh 2 ons to either side today, lie merely listen 0(d to tho ormployos' representatives andt then~ talked with the mlanagers and suggestedl that somle coneceto working basis be agreed upIon bleforo procee~dinlg further, IndicatIiv ,o' de~sire to learh what res from the( railrloadl managem~ tonight hotore tak ing any st el, he4 arranlged anIother0 wl) I h ti for 9 O'Clock . .r rIe it (mlol)1yes for 3 O'(Clock tom:r;w af tlrnoon. TIomorrotiw's (aim 2 et ng has been ienne.eled as t he P'resi dent may dlevi te hir tilm to the (10al enigagemenolts( todaiy that' have thle fullest (2pt1crtuniiit with the t.wo s~ie. There was disenlionI; tod(I possibility of' the I're 1e t t; arbitrator ini thef dlit ..fr ii tion w't ilnde~ . (St to th not the timeO. thai. wa ((;ontlntu O i .lj