The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 19, 1922, Image 2
EIGHT CRILDIFN KILLED
WHEN SllELL EXPI,01)ES
T-.ill imeter Shell, Kept as Souvenir
on Rack Porch, Explodes While Chil
drii Play Neairly.
Watertown, N. Y., uly 12.-Eight
children anging in age frot 11 to 16
years. wee blown to pleces late to
day Iby the explosion of a 7.7 millime
ter .,ell oin the back porch of a house
il I :in iii'ka Street, Occupied by Ed
wn:-d 1;. Workmuan and W'illiam L,. Sal
ishiVry.
Thc dtl, :
Oh f i Salisbut y ,;: Frances Wi
ley 12: Vivian Jones, 12: Olin Brown,
I1!: .ioVorkman. I:': E-dna Work
m.an. 1: S.rah hlarden. 1:.. and Don
I lor-on. 1.:. of Pulaski. N. Y., who
wa v: it!:: the Brown boy.
T! P. A heh was owneld by Mlr.
WrV:na". wa; mne which he had kept
as ', a:il i-''1 on the rear
l'o ht dloor front vloszing.
we: Ilaying croquet
I. Tlhe :-lell is le
I':ther b in set off by
'have e'on strluck by
ns w "Ith a ( r"m-iIII- t m1alI
n a radius of two
hatred by th le oX plo
P : all of ti. clothinl v was
-71 bOdie:, of the childr.i
Fr-an- it lod in tr -es and
h :.Io : lIe viciniity. Th,e
h ' Vw e olrribly 'm1il at-d. hT
I W
On(- of -he fi-t physicians oi -he
n(. \-as Dr. F. \\. .lonei . lifting t
< oinx' which had been placed over
(o of So forms, he icngnized the
b.dY of his 12-year-ohl daturhter.
Vivian, bR means of anl adhi-sive dress
it hi had placed i on a cut oi her leg
hW; ly a half hour. befor(. IHe did not
-n ow his daug hter was in tle groull
and was almfoist overeomile with grief,
Th bodies of the (hildron were
founrd apparently at places neai
w hr'e they had been standing in theit
(roquert game. Near them lay frag
ments of tlie croquet miallets. 6Severa
of the balls used in the game <wer
blown to b.nts ad the wickets wer<
torn fromt the ground.
'I'e shell apparently let go with
out warning. Two cariienters at worl
on a house next door to the Workmai
home said that a second before tl
detoniation they had heard the voicei
of the children laughing at play. Thb
two men were the first to reach thi
scene.
They were greeted by a scene o
utter desolation. The Workman houis
is of concrete and the concussion ha(
reduced the entire rear of the housa
to prlhder. Oi the groini lay the eigh
bodies and over all a gray :all of con
cree dust was beginning to settle.
Fragments of clothing were sus
pended f'rom trees and housetops. Tw4
automobile tires which had been 0:
the 'back porch were blown to the roo
of a building two hundred feet away
Blocks of concrete were blown agains
neighboring houses and into th
streets and snrroundIng yards.
TPhe shell was what is commonl
known as a "dud1(". The projectile hai
been fired from one of the six-lnci
1howitzers duirIng 'target practice o]
the 104th field artillery at Pineplan
reservation last summiier. It had no
explodedl by fuse or contact and 1a:
in the sand fully charged when .\t
Workmnan fouind it and brouight it horn
as a souvenir.
lie keplt it Itin his home durinigu t h
weight to adjust the scr'eenf door Of
his r-ear porch.
C:aptain G. H. Schiunmacher, coni
strucition <luarternmaste r ternplorarly3
with the first field artil ler'y at 'Mfad
ison barracks, was asked by poli
to inspect the remlnants of the shel
tonight. Capta in Shatimacher bielieve
t~he excessive heat beating down on th(
rirojective caused the TNT charge tU
;x pand, andl madle the shell liable tU
(-xplosioni at a much less concusslir
than norally.
"Ieridau .Man Slain by Fathier-in-Laiw
-Jacksonivillec, Pla., JIuly I16.-An ic<
jck. wielded by his father-in-law to
dlay brouhit an end to thle domesti,
n-iuiall. of William Copeland, 32, ac
(-ordinig to) the story related by thi
father-in-law. MarIon A. RIce, 58
(Carol, Montgomery county farmer, who
is held in the county jail on a chiargi
of murder. Rice says he stabb~ed Cope0
land ten times' with the ice .pick wher
the latter a'dvanced on hs wife with
carving knife as she lay ill abed. H(
had been summoned to the home of hi;
-daughter last week, he said, becauso
of the brutal treatment at the hand;s
of 'her husband.
LIast night, according to Rice, he wai
e~cated at a table In a room adljoining
'tho sick room and turned to see Cope.
-innd advancing to his wife's bed wi
an ttpraised kife. '%Ie gra'bbed the le
'pick and clinched with the mnan. Cope
p~ 'snd1 vnally fell -fatally 'wounded bu
anaged to craiwl, Into another room
AAce palmly shut .the door 'behind hin
did not knan~ -that Copeland had
.~ ' ~tntfI neighborg informed him. Trh
do ab salr all1 children.
WIDE DE(LaINE$ COME
IN PRICE OF COTTON
Unifavorable Forelin News influences
Early Tradlui of Week.
New York, .July l6.-U'nfavora'blo
foreign news caused noderately wide
decliines inl tle price of Cotton in the
early part of this last week, after
which complaints of hot wids In por
tions of Texas resulted in strong re
coveries and small net advances. To
wards the end of the week private re
ports told of considerable volume of
ginning of new cotton in portions of
Texas and the market fell off again,
the close showing ten points under to
four points higher. The close was tin
changed to ten points 111der for the
week. At the .tighest the list showed
net gains of 1.7 to :'s points, while at
the lowest it stood at net losses of 7
to 7:; oints,. th,. range of prices being
V to Ill to 1:2 poilts. October sold
off to 21.2>, caie back to 22.31 aii(
2.92. In th o t depart
men4'ilt middlin: closed tinchanged at
"-'..A, wi ii 'rire coimpa red with 1I.
on the close of this week last year.
Labor conditions ill this countrv
were against price0 for the week, as
was also the weakness in foreign ex
change, but later in the week features
were balanced by the reduction in the
Bank of iE'ngland rate to 3 per cent.
lDuring the greater part of the week
it was altogether a weather market,
especially during the time when Texas
was sending out reports of hot winds,
which induced heavy trading. Reports
of much cotton being ginned in the
early sections later in the wek at
tracted much attention.
Statistics were given a bullish inter
pretation. The census report of 507,
St; I bales consumed in this country
(luring June was larger than expected
and the visible suipply of American
cotton, according to Hester's, fell to
2,21 8.027 'bales, against .,112,1-13 at this
time last year, showing a decrease for
the week of 125,S23 -bales against a de
crease this week last year of 92,222.
IEADRY TO HIANDLE
TlilS Y E A l'M CROP
Cotoin Assocition in Nhin StIlies. Or
derly .iarketim.
('olumbia. July l7.--All of ihe cot
tob cooperative associations organized I
this year will be ready to handle the
1982 crop, according to D. G. Hill, Jr.,
of Dallas, Texas, office expert of the
American Coton Growers ' exchange,
wh? is iir Columbia for a felw (lays ad
vislbg with ofilcials of the South Caro
-ina Cotton Growers' Cooperative as
seciation.
Five states have organized this
year---South 'Carolina, Georgia, North
Caro!\na, Arkansas and Alabama. Ar
kansas and Nortih Carolina are ready
to receive cotton now, South Caro
lina, Georgia and Alabama will be
ready by August J.
Texas, Oklahoma, ArIzona and Alis
sissI'ppi associations functioned last
year and are ready, of course, to re
ceive the 1922 erop, Ar. Hill said. The
results attained in those states last
year were very satisfactory to the
members, he said, notwithstanding
the fact that these associations had
to pave' the way and naturally made
smiie m1listakes at first that the asso
ciations be.inning business this year
will not make.
A total of ap.proximately 2,500,000
hales has btenl signed nu in the nine
states. according to Mr. i1ll4 the sign4
up by states being as follows: South
Carolina, 4v6,00O bales; Oklahoma,
425,000 bales; Texas, 562,000 bales;
Arkansas, 2-15,000 bales; Xorth Caro
-lina, 400,000 bales; Georgia, 268,000
halcs: Alabama, 1:25,000 bales, and,
Arizona 50,000 bales. Considerable!
more cotton will be signed up in all
of the states before September 1, ac-1
cording to Mr. 11111.
Arrangements for financing the
1922 crop have been made by all of
the states, it was said. All of the
states have selected their sales man
agers and other oilcers.
The executive committee of the
South Carolina association will meet
Tuesday and the board of directors
will meet TPhursday o this week, it
was stated yesterday. Carl 'Williams,
president of the American Cotton
Growers' exchange, will meet with the
)oard on Thursday.
Work on the altera*.ns wiich are
being made on fle ald .'.onic tem
Iple building, which is to he the per
manent head(tuarters of the associa
tinn, Is going rapidly forward.
NO REASON FOR IT
When Laurens Citizena Show a Way..
There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
tures of an aching bacl5, the annoy
ance of! urinary disorders, the pains
and (angers of kidney Ills will fall to
heed the words of a neighbor who has
found relief. 'Read what a Laurens
citizen says:
.Mrs. I1. I,. Swain, Sullivan, St., says:
ly kidneys were in bad condition and
my back was lane and weak. 1 used
Doan's Kidney Pills and they cured
me of the attack. Since then I have
used Doan's octasibnally and (thley
tward off any attacks of backache. f
am glad to recommend Doan's Kidney
Ills." (Statement given May 9, 1918.)
On .lanuary 25, 1922, Mrs. Swain
added: "I can always say a good word
for Doan's Kidney Pills. They never
fall to relieve me of 'kidney con
plaint."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tliat
Mrs. Swain had. lFost'r--Milburn Co.,
Mfrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Cures Malaria, Chills, Fever,
1Billou Fever, Colds and
La6ri66e.
We Sell for We Have One
Cash Only Price Only
IT'S HERE!
SEMI-ANNUAL SUIT CLEARANCE
The time of year has come for us to clear our
stock of summer suits, and tomorrow morning
you'll find every suit in our store with a marked
down tag on it showing the liberal reduction
from our former very low price for the excel
lent quality offered.
Our Best Grade Palm Beach Suits
$11.50 Suit
Excellent Quality Well Tailored
Mohair Suits
$13.50 Suit
All Other Thin Two Piece Suits Reduced
In Proportion
We also have on hand about 150 me '*um
weight wool suits with all bl e serge suits includ
ed that we. have marked 4own, .and this will
give you a wonderful oppoitunity to buy a suit
at a price much less than :he same grade will
cost you when the new fall eothing is put on sale.
Select Your Suit Tomorrow
$2.50 Straw Hats $1.50 $4.00 Straw Hats $2.56
$3.00 Straw Hats $2.00 $5.00 Straw Hats $3.50
EXTRA SPECIAL----50 Pairs Oxfords~at $5.00
Wharton Clothing Cormpany,
Cash Clothiers---"Suits Me"
Lauren, S. C. -* Greenwood, S. C.