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he. En ren MAR ertie2. LIV[S AND PROP[RIY CLAIM[D BY TORADO Fierce Tornado in Georgia and Other States 78 DEAD: ACCOUNTED FOR In Spite of the Long List of Dead and Wounded, Additions to the List are Expected When Wire Service is Re stored. Traffic -Paralyzed. Atlanta, Ga., March 29.-4With seven ty-eight dead, several hundred injured and -thousands rendered homeless, the list of casualties growing out of the tornadoes which swept sectlons of Georgia and tAlabama yesterday con tinued to grow -today. Additions to the list are expected as wire com munication with the stricken territory is restored. The casualties: 'La Grange, Ga., 50 dead, 100 in jured. 'West Point, Ga., 10 dead, injured unknown. 'MiKner, Ga., one dead. Macon, Ga., one (lead, number in jured. Agricola, Ala., five dead, several in jured. Alexander City, Ala., 11 dead. Atlanta, Ga., March 28.- -At least 36 lives were lost, a hundred or more were injured and property damiage ipossibly running Into the millions, was caused by tornadoes that swe)t through Georgia and Alabama late to dlay. La Cange, and West Point, Ga., towns near the Alabama-Georgia bor der suffered the heaviest, the estimat ed (lead at La Grange runaing as high as 36, 'while at least a dozeit lives known to have been lost. West Point which lost heavilyt last December from the flooded Chattahoochee, re ported ten dead and severe damage'In the business section. The tornado also -was felt in Macon and some persons were injured. Washington, Georgia, a town near Augusta, also felt the effects of a storm, but apparently no lives were lost. Some damage also was thought to have been caused in eastern Ala bama. Wire service, both tele)hone and telegraph was partially paralyzed and it wts almost impossible to ascer tain exact damage, or to get reports from many sections of the state that have felt the effects of the storm. Ueavy rains fell throughout a great portion of Georgia during the day and it was feared flooded rivers might add to the suffering. The Red Cross here was opreparing tonight to rush supplies to La Grange by army motor trucks as the Atlanta and West Point Railroad reported it could not despatch a relief train be cause its wires were down. Its pas senger train, New Orleans to Washing ton, number' 36, was not located late tonlight. Army engineers wer~e preparing to go to :We"~st Point to rebulildl a pontoon bridge they thbrew across the 'Chatta hoochee River last D~ecember whben floodls tiaat inlundlatedl tile town andl causedl seven millions of dollars prop) erty danmage. Most of tile damage in WVest Point was saidl to be in tihe bus1in1ess 5ec tion) and Its effects on mnerchlants and oth~er business meni just struggling from the hleavy losses of last Decemin ber wer'e expected to be almost im possIble for thenm -to bear. Half a (ozen brick structures were sald to be severely damaged. In La Grange the0 chief loss to life and propenrty was said to be in the m1111 section, but thle town 'was th~rown ill to darkness as 'the electric light.Ing plant was partially wrecked. In addi tion to thisg tile water works plant was saidl to 1be out of commission andl swift and Company's plant was reported a wvreek. Hospitals were filled with injured in La Grange, according to telephone rep~orts and the court house had been madle into tin emergency hospital, Tile injured hlad not been counted toight, but apparently their numb~ers ran in to the hundreds. |Damage in Macon and Washington, Georgia, was chiefly confined to 'plate glass windowa and roofs of buildings, with property loss rather heavy in M~aeon. 'J4ss resultingr from hail end rain REVISTRATION BOOKS CLOSE. Voters for City General Election Must Secure Certiilcates by Friday -Noon. The books of registration for the city general elpetion, which is to be hold April 13, irge scheduled to close Friday noon, as will be seen by the election notice which has been carried in the local oapers for the past few weeks. The books are now open at the of1ice of the supervisor of regis tration, R. E. Babb, Esq., in the Farmers National bank building. The production of a certificate of registration from the Board of Regis tration of the County entitling the ap iplicant to vote in a polling precinct within the incorporated limits or -the city of Laurens shall be a condition pre-requisito to obtain a certificate of registration for the municipal election and the applicant must be a male citi !en of this State and of the United States, twenty-one years of age, or more; a resident of the State for two years, or more; a resident of the county for one year, or more; and a resident of the city for four months, or more; and the applicant must have paid all taxes assessed against him, due and collectible for the fiscal year 1919. L110R CANNDIDATVE IN RACE FOIL CONVlIESS Jack Wilsion. Southerii Ranilwaiy Eiii. jxloye, Seeks Honors in Fourih DIs. trict. Greenville, March 29.--,lack 'Wilson, an organizer for the Aiuvriean Feder ation of Labor and financial secretary of the Brotherhood of Railway Fire men of America, Spartanburg lodge, No.868, has announced his candidacy for representative in congress from the Fourth congressional district to succeed Sam J. Nicholls. Long a well known figure among the labol organizations of Spartanburg, Mr. Wilson Is the first labor candidate to enter the race. .With his announce ment,. there are four candidates in the race--two from Spartanburg' county and two from Greenville county. A. E. Hill, an attorney, Is the other Spar tanburg man, and 'David B. Traxler and -John J. McSwain are the Green ville aspirants. Representative Nich olls has already given notice thnt he will not be a candidate to succee(d himself. Mr. RVilson, the newest entrant, has lived at Spartanburg for the past fif teen years. He is chief cleric in the mechanical department of the South ern railiway with offices at Ilayne. lie said, in making his formal announce ment, that he is not only representing labor, but all other interests as well. "It would hardly be fair to ask the people of this .district to send me to copgress on the mere promise that I was ropresenting labor and labor alone," Wilson is quoted as saying. It is known, however, that his candidacy Is being strongly backed by labor. EASTER SELVICES. Holy Week and~i Easter Services at Chuirch of the Eiipihnyi. During this week wvhich concludtes the Lenten season and ushers in the E'astertide, special services will lbe held. On -Monday, Tuesday and Tlhurs day afternoons services will be held at. 5 p. m. Good F'riday servlee will be held at 11 a. m. Thle Easter service will lbe at 5 p. mn., the rector ofliating at Newberry .in the morning. Special musIc swIll be rendleredl with the assIstance of members of the choirs of other churches. A cordial Invitation is given to all to attend these services. storms wvas rep~ortedl from Grantville and Hlogansville, towns In the West Point-La GIrange section. A small tor nado struck Williamson, Ga., unroof ing somo houses. There wvere no in juries or loss of life there, as far as wats known tonight. Opelika, Ala., March 28.-F"ive per sons were killed and a dlozen or more Injured at Aggricola, Alabama, a small settlement near Camp H11l1, 20 miles north of here by a tornado this after noon according to passengers arriv ing here tonight on a Central of Georgia train from .Birmingham. .Propierty damage Is said to have been wrought around Camp Hill. The electric transmission lines of the Ala bama ,Power Company was torn down, and towns south, including 'Opelika are 'without current from that source tonight, . SPAIR'ANBURU ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES FOIL CONGRESS A. ?. 11111, Former Solicitor of the .Seventh Circult, Throws Ills Hat in the Ritng. A. K -ill. , Esq., of Spartanburg, was a visitor in the city yesterday and while here confirmed the announce ment from his home city that he would be in the race to succeed Congressman Sam J. Nicholls of this district this year. Other ,avowed candidates Wo far are J. J. 3lcSwain, Esq., and ). B. Traxler, both of Greenville, and Jack Wilson, of Spartanburg, an organizer of the American Federation of labor and .prominent in Spartanburg labor circles. The following notice of Mr. Inll's entrance in the race is taken from the Spartanburg Herald of a few days ago: "The announcement in yesterday's 'Herald that A. H. Hill had decided to become a candidate for congress this year was received with a great (eal of inttrest, and -vr. Rill twas kept busy all (lay long receiving the con gratulations of his friends and promis es of their support. " 1-1r. -Hll is one of the most popu lar men in the county. lie is a suc cessful lawyee and was formerly so licitor of the seventh circuit. lie has been in pubic life for a number of years and is a shrewd and effective campaigner. -.lie will receive a tre mendous vote in Spartanburg county and i his friends believe he stands a iirst rate chanco of election." EASIER SERVICE' To be Held Next Sunday Afternoon in Presbyterian Church. !Next Sunday (Easter) afternoon at 3%30 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church, Laurens Commandery twill celebrate its tUaster Service. All Knights in the county are requested to report at Masonic Hall promptly at 3 o'clock and be -propared to proceed in uniform to the church. The cen ter block in the church will be re served for the Knights and the two side sections for our brother Masons, who are cordially invited to this ser vice. The public is also welcome and will occupy the Sunday School room. Special music is being alrranged. Elehelberger Introduces Governor. When Gov. It. A. Cooper delivered an address in 'Charlotte Sunday under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., of that city, the governor was introduced by Gary A. Elichelberger, according to the Charlotte Ohbserver of the follow ing morning. Governor Cooper made i strong plea for clean living and straight thinking, said thte North Carolina aa'per. taking as .his topic "The Kingdom of God Demonstrated in the IExperiences of .Men". Mr. hlehelberger, also said the paper, in trorhlced tLe governor in "a few well chomen words." The address of the governor 'was printed in full. Attended Ilstrict Meeting. The Woman's '.\ issionar'y Snelety and the Davies Missionary Society, of the Fir'st Methodi::t church sent dele gates to the district meeting held( Iin Greenvillec yestor'day. Repr'esent ing tihe formter soelety were 3i esilames 0. A. Fuliler, C. ). 'Moseley, S. RI. Nickels andi J. F. .Holt, while the latter society was relpresented by Mesdamies L. (I. hialle, 'II. B. Hutmbert, T. C. Switzer' and W. C. sP. Robertson. They went to Gr'eenvllle by automobile returning last nitlit r~nd reporting a pleasant and pr(,titable mecting. Another Policemian Quits. Guy L. -Watson, city policeman, add ed his name to the list of resigned of fleers Monday night, handing in his resignatIon to take effect today. Form or Rural .PolIceman 'Wright Martin, a well. known citizen of the upp~ier part of the county, wvas elected as a new oficer and entered upon htis duties yesterday. 'While the old officers are handing in their resignations, it is understood that numerous apptlica tions are being p~ut in for' berths uin der' the new adnministr'ation 'which goes into office in April. Church Hlours Moved Thick. 'In accordance with the usual cus tomn at this season of the year, church hours of tho 'various churches of the city are to be moved back a half hour beginning with this evenIng's ser vice, Instead of beginning at 7:30 o'clock, the services ar'e to begin at 8 o'clock, POST'PONiE WOICK ON WATERLOO ROAD County Highway Funds Must be 11e. PliPllshed Before Line Canl be Com-1. pleted. The discussion that has been go lng on for some time as to what route should be selected for the new topsoil road from Waterloo to the Greenwood county line was )rought to an end last week when 'Highauvay Engineer Il-Iughes wrote the Greenwood com mission that it would not be worth while to meet on the subject yester day as -.previously arranged as the local commission would not have funds in 'hand to complete the work. On account of the heavy increase in the cost of roaA 1uilding, the commission, it Is understood, was forced to change its plans and abandon some of the work which It had In view. The Wa terloo end of the road 'was among the sections that suffered. Last week a petition was numer ously signed by the citizens of Water loo and vicinity asking that the old route crossing both the Reedy and Saluda rivers be selected by the high way commission instead of the pro posed new route which would have crossed the Saluda river below its junc ion with, tihe Reedy. This peti tion was filed with the highway comn mission Tu5esday and nto doubt will be1 considered if the commission later finds itself in position to continul e tlie Waterloo road. NE W (ClI'itll H L.\ NNEDi. R1ocky Springs Conlgregationl Plans Brick Edlifice to Cost, Arouid $16, N0. The conprepation of Rocky Springs Presbyterian church. which has been worshipping in a building which has long outwvorn its usefulness, has re cently raised funds for the erection of a new building and plans have been secured recently from an architect In Birmingham which call for a very beautiful and modern structure. While fuhds for the final completion of the building have not yet been raised, enough money is in hand or in sight to begin work and this 'will start very soon. The members of the congregation plan to furnish some of the rough lum ber and do part of the work them selves, so that the cost of the build Ing twill be kept down to a minimum sum, but it Is proposed to sl)end $16, 000 outside of the volunteer work and material. The building will be of brick constroction with basement for Sonday Scho)l 'work, besides other modern conveniences. The congregation considered aban doning the present church site and erecting the new building on a more accessible spot, but for sentimental reasons and because lie cemetery could not be moved it was decided to rebuild on the present site, which is a very pretty one but off the main thoroughfares. The Rocky 'Springs congregation consists of about l100 members and Rev. W. ID. Ratchf~ordl, of Cross 11111, is the pastor. ('ows lHiiied byv Lighitning. During a thunder and light ning st orm t he latter .aart of last week Mr. W. T. Benn, who lives a few 'iles0 (out on the Yarboroughi's Mill road, had bwo cows to lie killed by lightning and a mule seriously injiuredl. Other minor damages were (101e on the place, but no human being was struck. Tihe same bolt struck a tree in -the yard of Mr. T. H1. 'Nesbitt, a neighbor, andl shocked the members of his family, but for tulnately 11o one was hulrt. 3Mrs. Elizabeth A. Senn. ,Mrs. Elizabeth A. Sennl, 'wife of Mr,. David M. Senn, and daughter of the late William 'IH. Waldrep, diedl March 20, and was buarhed at Rocky Springs church Sundlay afternoon at four o'clock. She is survived by her huts band and six children, four sons, 'W. Clara Blakely and Mrs. (Genle Satter T., H. 'L., Tr. A., Chas. A. Senn; Mr's. wvhite. She was 69 years of age, and was a consistent member' of Leesville Methodhist chur'ch. Commutnioni Next Sundany. The Sacrament of the \Lord's Supper is to he observed at the First Pres byterian church next Sunday morning at the regular morning hour. All members of the church are urged to attend and the public Is cordially in viter. ID1VIDEND DEOLAitED ON WATTS 1ST PREFERIeI) Regular Semi-Annual Dividend of 3 1.2 Per C4nIt. Declared at a Recent Meeting of Directors. At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Watts Mills, held a few days ago, the regular semi-annual dividend of 3 1-2 iper cent on $7F-0,000 i'lrst Preferrei stock was declared and ordered piayabIlc April 1st. The' First Trlteferred is owned principally )y J. 41. Stevens of New York. The mill village has been undergo ing considerable improvements dur ing the past few months, a consider ablo outlay bekig made for the com fort and convenience of the employees. Electric lights have been placed in the houses as twell as on -the streets and the houses have been -given a new coating of paint on 'the interior, the work of exterior decoration now being under ways A landscape artist has also -been called in with a view of beautifying the streets and laying out parks and playgrounds. -In addition to the work going on In the village itself, Improvements are being made on the mill 'plant. A part of the old machineiry has been re-ar ranged to secure more effective pro duction and conisderable new machii ery has been installed. A new open ilg warehouse ha.1s also beeln Crcted on the westeri end of the building. Speaking of the progress being made there last night, Pres. Wright said that he was very mich lpleased with the fututre outlook of the mill andl was grati fled at the cordial relaion ship existing between tile corpora tion and the employees of the mill. DO("l'OltS ELECT OFFICERS. 'New Set of (ficers of .Couinty Med cal Society for Ensuing Year. At a meeting of the County Medical Society, held in the office of Dr. -R. M'. Hughes Monday morning, the fol lowing oflicers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President. 'iDr. C. INN. Rodgers, Gray Court; Vice 'President, IDr. .1. IT. Teague, aiurens; Secretary and Treasurer, IDr. W. T. Pace, Cray Court; Reporter, Dr. J. L. Fennell. Waterloo; Delegates to State Conven tion, Dr. J. -. Fennell and Dr. S. C. Hays; Alternates, Dr. C. F]. iHodgers and Dr. C. P. VIncent; Censors, Dr. T. L. 1V. Halley, Dr. C. 1'. Vincent and Dr. W. '). Fergiuson. Edit'or W. B. Harris Att acked. Last week's issue of the Kissimmee (Fla.) Valley Gazettle, editel by W. II. IHatIrri, formerly of this city, carried an account. of 1thW arraignmeit~ lof Pred .\l. Bass, candidate for the state senate, who was {0harged 'with making an assault upon Mr. -Iarris, causing serious Injury to one of his eyes neces sitating visits to an .ye specialist. A specialist testified at. lie hearing that Mr. Harris twould not suffer the loss of his sight in that eye, but that he would likely be permanently itijred. It seem, that the senatorial candidate took offense at something \ir. I larris had said ini his oflice and started outi to settle the matter in person. In a fight which ensued M\r. HIa rris had hiis eye almost gouged out by his assail ant. 11115s was b~ound1 over' to the cir enuit eCutt in thle su m of $5.000. Thei ftriendls of .\ir. IHarris here hiope that hie wviii not be lpermanentfly injuitredl. R~e-elected Mayor of A blheville. The friends here of \Mayor .1. .loote Mlars, of Aboeville, wi~li e interested in his re-election to otlice last week without opposition. Mayor Mars has been instrumental In having a bond issite voted for street implrovenment s and is otherwise considered a pro gressive mayor. In addItion to that lie m~arr'ied in Laurens, his wife huavin. been Miss Imuogene Wl~ilkes, daughter of Mr. and Mtrs. 10. 11. Wilkes, of this city. ('otton Associationt to Meet. The autrens county branch of the Cotton AssociatIon has been called by3 Chairman 'Power to meet in the court house Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A full attendance il(dsired, as a .permanent organization is to b~e ef fected, L.egion Meeting MIonday. The Thos. JD. Lake, Jr., Post, Ameri can 'Legion, Is to. have its regiular' monthly meeting in the court -house Monday night at eight o'clock. 'As imp~ort.ant business is to be transact ed, -all the members are urged to at tend and to bringr a nevur member, PLANS FOR SUM[R MAD[ BY WILSON Summer White House |in Massachusetts MANY ESTATES ARE NEARBY Pre'sidtlt ist WiWn will Spentl Suinier on Estate of Itcently A ppolut4d 31inist(r to (ilna at Wood's Role, Mass. Extensive Counttry Place. Washinton, 'March 29.-,'President 'Wilson will spend the summer at Wood's Hole, 'Mass., where the sum mer White -ouse will be establish ed on the estate of Charles It. Crane, the Chicago business man recently ap pointed minister to China. Arrangements already are being made for moving the president and his family and a good part of the execu tive offines there for at least the last two weeks of .Iune and all of July and August. The Crane estate is an ex tensive cottutry place which overlooks .liuzzard's hlay and Vineyard sound and is closc by .lartha's Vineyard, an is land which figu res in colonial his tory. President Taft and his family spent thelr siluiilers at leverly, lass., not so very far away. The decision to take the president away for the sumitier is interpreted at the 'White louse as further evidence of the continued improvement in health which Dr. GI rayson, his ner. sonal physician, has been reporting. 11p to a few weeks ago It had in fact been iractlcally decided not to take the .p 4ident awway for the summer, he caust was felt that he could be bet ter cared for at the White IlHouse. The plan to spenld 'the summer on the New England coast Dr. Grayson said, meant that the president could continue the program of motor riding, possibly some short yachting trips on the May ilower and m-ight even get In a few holes of golf If his inprovenent con tinues. Last summer, like his first in of.. tlee, the president spent in Washing toi. Otliers have been spent at Corn l!li, N. .1. The first sunnier, which was a very hot one, Mr. Wilson put the air cooling plant in the White -louse oflees out of commission, and an nounced that in-asmuch as lie was asking congress to stay in session in lie capitol throughout lie dog ldays he would undertake it himself, and he did so. The 'president. did not return from the peace conference at Paris last year nill mid-sum mer andi he spent the next few weeks preparing for his long speaking trip in tlie West from wItich lie returned "i very sick man'" to use the expression contained in Dr. Grayson's official bullet in, and with a fow occasional motor' rides of late, he has been coinfiined to the Whito I louse grounds ever since last Oe -tober. Secretary Iliouston has a place at WVood's I lole near' the summer' Whiith .1louse andI other beautiful estates aire close by. Ilri. Grayson dleeided to accept Mir. ('t'ane's offeir it was said, because lie wainted the presidlen t. away from the oppruessiv'e heat of Wiashington in mid summieir and because he wvanted him nearl the salt wvater. I'ntder' present. arrangements the ipreside(nt will bhe In Newv England1 wvhile the D)emocratic national conven tlon is in session in San Fraacisco, al though congress from al! indications now will nominally be in session but act ual ly w'll he transactinug no busi ness by gentlemen's agreement he tween the leaders. There have been some hints that the '!resldent might reserve the much expected offlelal an nouncemnent as to whether hie wants a third tertm for procsentation at the con ventIon andl If that he true, lie prob. ably wouldl prepare his let ter at. the summer tWhite iHouse. The usual staff of seeretaries, clerks, stenographer's ando se'cret servlce men wvill acconmpany the priesident. Special telephones and telegraph wires will be Installed, and to all pra'fctical purposes the White ilouse will bie In Wood's hole after' June 15. Mr. Harry Thames, of Charleston, Is spending some time In the city as the guest of Dr. and afra. H., K, Alken.