The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 31, 1920, Image 1
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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.