The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 13, 1915, Image 1
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VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE; SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915. NO. 10 ~
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LIVES AND PROPERTY LOST.
Manning, May 7: ? A tornado
struck the centre of the town of
Manning shortly after 4 o'clock this
afternoon and caused fearful destruction
of life and property. The
* principal force of the storm was
limited to a radius of about one
^ hundred <?)d fifty yards of the Conf
federate monument, on the court
house grounds, and in that area
property to the amount of $200,000
was destroyed. Three lives were
lost and several persons seriously injured.
In the New Idea Store, at the
McLeod corner, Miss Clara Baggett,
saleslady, was instantly killed by
the falling roof and walls, while her
sister, Miss Julia Bagget, is thought
to be fatally injured. In the same
store Miss Annie Thames, milliner,
was so injured as to be rendered
C unconscious for some hours, while
L her brother, John Thames, was painfnllv
iniured about one knee.
At the otter end of the same block
the upper iory of the large Nettles
building "collapsed and killed two
men, Mr Beasley Davis and a negro
porter. This building was only recently
occupied by the Manning Dry
Goods Company with an extensive
stock of entirely new goods. Adjoining
the Nettles building is Arant's
drug store which was entirely demolished.
I The intervening buildings, from
the Bank of Clarendon to Katsoff's
Bargain Store, were either damaged
or totally destroyed. In the McLeod
block the walls of the Clarendon
Millinery Store collapsed and
narrowly missed crushing Mrs J M
Bradham, the proprietress. The
roof of the Home Bank was blown
off, and the walls of the Wilson Insurance
Company's office collapsed.
Across the street extensive damage
was done to the roofs or front
walls of nearly every store except
Zeigler's Pharmacy. The main building
of the T1owden Hardware Company
was OQtoofed, while tbe warehouse
in the rear was demolished.
Cothran's tobacco warehouse and
Glenn's tobacco warehouse were
completely wrecked.
Singular freaks of the storm were
impressive,. such as the new brick
stables of Coffey & Rigby being unroofed
and damaged, while the
frame statues of D M Bradham &
Sod, across the street, escaped unscathed;
A number 0/ small dwellings
were demolished, but the full
j extent of the damage cannot be
' ascertained.
TOWN IN DARKNESS.
Telephone and electric light wires
are out of commission, and the
streets are in darkness tonight. The
debris from the demolished buildP
ings and a large number of fallen
trees render locomotion very difficult.
Several trees on the court house
grounds were snapped off, some
falling in one direction and some in
I another.
Tha court house building was
damaged in the roof and the furnace
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LITTLE INSURANCE.
Very few of the business men carried
tornado insurance and hence
the property loss is nearly all loss.
' It is impossible to get a satisfactory
account of all the personal injuries
received. J E Reardon was
painfully hurt in the chest by being
caught under a heavy show case in
i Nimmer's store, and Morris Ness
was hurt on the top of the head by
> a falling brick.
1 DAMAGE IN DARLINGTON.
1 Darlington, May 7:?A severe cyclone
passed over the upper part of
this county and the lower part of
Chesterfield county this afternoon,
doing considerable damage to property.
The only fatality so far learned
is the death of one negro on the
plantation of Mr Dsvid Mcintosh,
where several buildings were destroyed
and several negroes received
minor injuries, the most serious being
a fractured skull of a small girl,
' who was taken to a hospital by automobile
tonight. At the plantation
of Mr Wilson Malloy, a few miles
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1 north of Society Hill, a dwelling
containing a number of white people
was severely damaged, but none of
the occupants were fatally injured,
: several of whom reached here this
! afternoon by rail. No further de>
tails from this territory can be ob1
tained, as the telephone lines were
destroyed by the storm.
About four miles north of Darling!
ton several buildings were destroyed
on the plantations of Messrs J N
1 Kirven, S Vaughan and B F Gandy,
but so far as can be learned no one
was injured.
1 The wind was accompanied in this
1 district by a severe hail storm, and
at this time there is falling the first
heavy rain since last March.
| FOUR KILLED IN MARLBORO.
DeilUCklBVlilC, luojr l. i'UUi Jrtiu,
pl i were killed and hundreds made
t homeless by a tornado which swept
_ Marlboro county this afternoon, just
escaping the town of Bennettsville.
The dead are Miss Inez Tart and
. Carl Tart. The County Home was
. destroyed and one inmate killed. A
negro infant was killed.
Commencement Programme.
Following is the programme of
commencement exercises of Kingsi
tree High school for the session of
1914-15:
Thursday, May 27, 8:00 p. m,?
Address by Congressman A F Lever.
Friday, May 28,8:00 p.m.?Public
i meeting of the Wee Nee Literary
. society.
Sunday, May30,11:00 a.m.?Baccalaureate
sermon by Rev W M McPheeters,
D D.
Monday,May 31,10:00 a. m.?Mui
sical recital.
Monday, May 31,8:00 p.m.?Class
exercises.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
i preached in the school auditorium
Sunday, May 30, instead of May 23,
as was stated in The Record last
week. ^ ^
Card o! Thanks.
Editor County Record:?
We take this method of extending
, profound thanks to our friends and
neighbors for their sympathy and
many acts of kindness shown us
during the illness and death of our
1 little daughter. It
Mr and Mrs M F Haselden.
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GERMANS SINK BRITISH VESSEl
Luslfanla Destroyed by Submarine?Many
Americans Perlsb.
London,May 8:?The Cunard Liner
Lusitania, which sailed out of New
York last Saturday with more than
2,000 souls aboard, lies at the bottom
of the ocean off the Irish coast.
She was sunk by a German submarine,
which sent two torpedoes
crashing into her side while the passengers
were having luncheon,
How many of the Lusitania's passengers
and crew were rescued cannot
be told, but the official statements
from the British admiralty
ud to mid-night accounted for not
more than five hundred or six hundred.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about ten miles off Old Head Kinsale,
on the last leg of her voyage to
Liverpool, when about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon a submarine suddenly
appeared, and so far as all reports
go, fired two torpedoes without
warning at the steamer. One struck
her near the bows and the other in
the engine room.
The powerful agents of destruction
tore through the vessel's side,
causing terrific explosions. Almost
immediately great volumes of water
poured through the openings and
the Lusitania listed.
Boats, which were already swung
out on the davits, were dropped
overboard and speedily filled with
passengers.
A wireless call for help was sent
out and immediately rescue boats of
all kinds were sent out, both from
the neighboring points along the
coast and Queenstown.
But within fifteen minutes, as one
survivor estimated, and certainly
within half an hour, the Lusitania
had disappeared.
Old Head Kinsale, where Great
Britain's fastest merchant vessel
went down, is a landmark that has
brought joy to many travelers, as it
always has stood as the sign from
shore that the perils of the voyage
across the Atlantic were at an end.
A Dublin dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says that the
latest reports indicate a loss of life
on the Lusitania at about one
thousand.
Lame Back.
Lame back is usually due to rheumatism
of the muscles of the back.
Hard working people are most likely
to suffer from it. Relief may be
had by massaging the back with
Chamberlain's Liniment two or three
times a day. Try it. Obtainable
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Notable Figures of New York
Life Lost on tbe Lusltania.
New York, May 9:?Many notable
figures in the business or social life
of New York city toere among those
whose names are missing from the
list of Lusitania survivors. They
include:
Alfred G Vanderbilt, who inherit-}
ed the bulk of his father's estate, j
estimated at $70,000,000 to $100,- j
000,000 and is one of New York's,
wealthiest men.
Elbert Hubbard, editor of the
Philistine, author and publisher,
known throught the country as'Tra
Elbertus."
Charles Frohman, theatrical man
Mr Stone was well known, and was
at one time head of the book publishing
firm of H S Stone and Company,
and the founder and editor of
the Chap Book and the House Beautiful,
two successful magazines,
Joe Townsend, an inoffensive and
respected negro, was brutally murdered
in the heart of Greenwood
, Monday night. The negro's throat
was cut and two shots fired into his
, body. He claimed that two white
i men committed the crime.
An exchange says "a corkscrew is
sometimes used in opening an argument."
Funny how names change.
ager and producer.
Justus Forman, playwright arid
author.
Charles Klein, one of the best
known American playwrights.
Commander J Foster Stackhouse,
the British explQrer qjid head of the
proposed British Antarctic oceanographical
expedition, which contemplated
a seven-year trip to chart
the Southern seas. He came to
America last summer to seek assistance
in the enterprise.
A L Hopkins, president of the
Newport News Ship Building and
Dry Dock Company, who was said
to have gone abroad on a business
trip in connection with ship building.
C C Heever Hardwick, of East
Orange, N J, of the firm of Burr
and Hardwick, importers.
Gerald A Letts, an importer and
dealer in antiques.
Herman A Myers, head of the
feather importing house of H and E
and S Myers.
Dr F S Pearson, president of the
Pearson Engineering Company and
interested largely in Mexican railways.
Herbert Stuart Stone, elder son
of Melville E Stone, general manager
of the Associated Press. Young
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