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VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 21), 1915. NO, 21
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AN APPALLING ' !
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ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST IN |
CHICAGO RIVER BY CAPSIZING
OF EXCURSION BOAT. '
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Chicago, July 24:?Approximately
1,000 persons lost their lives in the 1
^ Chicago river today by the capsizing 1
of the excursion steamer Eastland, j1
while warping from its wharf with'*
more than 2,400 employees of tlleH
Western Electric company and their (
relatives and friends on board,bound '
for a pleasure trip across Lake Mich- *
igan.
After working ceaselessly all day (
and far into the night the bodies of <
842 victims of the catastrophe, most
of th'em women and children, were s
collected in temporary morgues and 1
taken to the 2d regiment armory. (
When these bodies had been tagged i
Coroner Hoffman, taking into con- s
si deration estimates 6f bodies thought s
to be in the hold of the steamer, ly- 5
ing on its side in the river, and in
the stream itself, said he believed
the total dead would not exceed
1,000. ',1
Chicago, July 25:?The bodies of 1
901 persons drowned when the i
steamship Eastland capsized yester- j
day at its wharf in the Chicago river I
have been recovered tonight, after
forty hours of searching by divers, s
The total dead was put at approx- <
imately 1,000 by Coroner Hoffman,
! whose reports indicated that possibly 1
100 bodies were held in the mud of
the river by the superstructure-of r
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?red as Baved, it was thought that j
ibout 475 survivors, in addition to a
;he crew of 72, had failed to report, s
About three-score bodies were re- j
lovered from the wreck before dark I
xmight, but after that divers discov-1 h
sred only one corpse before they quit t
vork for the night. f
There was much confusion in the, a
;otaling of bodies recovered, owing j
;o the duplications and removals. As a
a result all sorts of estimates were
scattered about the city,with guesses C
from 1,300 to 2,300, but officers in 11
jharge of clearing the wreck have j
seen unable to tabulate more than f
:he 901 bodies listed.
The morgue was cleared tonight r
)f all but a score of corpses, all oth- c
ir victims having been identified. r
Investigations to determine responsibility
for the calamity will be I
under way tomorrow in a dozen
juarters. City and county officials 1
vere unanimous in declaring that ?
some blame rested with Federal inspectors,
alleging they permitted the (
steamer to operate while unsafe. t
Indiantown Items. h
Indiantown, July 26:?The get 2
together meeting that was held at r
;he school building under the aus- ^
pices of the Mothers' club on July
L7 was well attended and enjoyed 8
uy all present. c
Misses Jennie and Marjorie Russell
of Lumberton, N C, are guests
)f their aunt, Mrs J F Cooper. 1
Mi3s Leola Lovett is visiting her
urother, Mr J H Lovett. c
TMe fish fry that was planned for 1
ruesday evening was knocked out I
)n account of the rain. j
Miss Marie Guerrant of Virginia j
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3 the guest of Mrs H M Cooper.
Miss Lucile Cooper, who has been
ittending the Winthi'op Summer
chool, returned home Friday.
Mr David Ervin and Miss Eliza
Crvin of Darlington have returned
lome after a two w??eks visit to
heir cousin, Miss Annie Ervin. The
ormer, who had been desperately ill
it his home in Darlington with ty>hoid
fever, recuperated splendidly
>t this great summer resort.
Masters David, Jr, and Whitney
'unningham of Florence are visiting
heir aunt, Mrs D E McCutchen.
Miss Virginia Wilson has returned
rom a visit to Salters.
Mrs H M Cooper entertained a
iuml?er of young people Tuesday
omplimentary to Miss Marie Guerant.
Miss Birdie Wilson is visiting in
Cingstree.
Miss Annie Ervin entertained on
Tuesday evening, July 13,' for her
ruests at progressive hearts.
Mrs O H Lovett ana Mrs ir j
Jraham and their children have reurned
from a visit to Savannah,Ga.
Miss Isla Gamble will have as her
louse guests next week Misses Irene
ind Louise Epps of Kingstree, Wilner
McCullough of Saiters and
['rent Dye of Jessup, Georgia.
Mrs ? Hollingren of Orangeburg
ind little grandson are visiting her
laughter, Mrs J A Cunningham.
An Indian.
leath of Mrs Hannah M Jones.
Mrs Hannah Margaret Jones, relict
?f the late Jesse Jones of Chareston
and mother of Mrs D Arthur
3hillips, wife of Rev D A Phillips,
>astor of the Methodist church here,
jassed away Tuesday afternoon at
5:10 o'clock at the home of her
laughter, where she has been conined
to her bed for several weeks
)ast.
Mrs Jones was aged 87 years and
leven months; having been born December
28, 1827, in Georgetown
county. On May 16, 1848, she was
parried to Mr Jesse Jones, who preceded
her to the grave twenty-nine
raorc arm EYnm this nninn Mrs
[ones reared five children, all of
vhom survive her. They are:
ilev R Herbert Jones, of Marion,
Messrs James J Jones of Beaufort
;our,ty, W Hampton Jones of Greenrille,
Mrs JAP Price of Aiken
:ounty, and Mrs D A Phillips of
iingstree. All of these except Mr
flampton Jones were present at
;heir mother's bedside when she
massed away Tuesday afternoon. A
ihort funeral service took place in
;he Methodist church here at 10
)'clock yesterday morning, after
vhich the body was placed on train
Mo 79 and taken to Charleston, and
nterment was made in that beauti:ul
city of the dead. Magnolia cemetery,
where rest the ashes of her
rindred.
Beauty More Thau Skin Deep.
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iigestion. If your digestion is faulty,
Jhamberlain's Tablets will do you
jood. Obtainable everywhere.
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UNITED STATES TO GERMANY.
Firm tn Demanding Respect for
American Rights at Sea.
Washington, July 23:?The American
note on submarine warfare presented
at Berlin today by Ambassador
Gerard was made public here
tonight. It reveals that Germany
has been informed it is the intention
of the United States to regard as (
"deliberately unfriendly" any repe-1
tition by German naval commanders I
of acts in contravention of Ameri- j
can rights. The United States an- j
nounces it will continue to contend '
for the freedom of the seas, "from
whateVer quarter violated, without
compromise and at any cost."
In official and diplomatic quarters
the communication was viewed as
the strongest and most emphatic
pronouncement by the Washington
Government since the beginning of
its correspondence with the European
belligerents.
On the assumption that Germany
already has admitted the illegality
of her practices by attempting to
justify them as retaliatory moves
against Great Britain, the United
States expresses the belief that Germany
no longer will "refrain from
disavowing the wanton act of its
naval commander in sinking the
Lusitania or from offering reparation
for the American lives lost, so
far as reparation can be made for a
needless destruction of human life
by an illegal act."
Referring to the German expression
of hope in its last note that the
freedom of the seas may be established
in some measure before the
end of the war the United States
declares this object can be accomnUotiArl
onrl invitoa tho nractipal f?fl
operation of Germany. The American
Government adds, moreover,
that it "holds itself ready at any
time to act as the common friend
who may be privileged to suggest a
way" to assist in establishing the
freedom of the seas.
The Germany note of July 8 is
declared "very unsatisfactory because
it fails to meet the real differences
between the two Governments
and indicates no way in which the
accepted principles of law and humanity
may be applied in the grave
matter in controversy but proposes
on the contrary arrangements for a
partial suspension of those principles
which virtually set them aside."
Contending that "the defense of
an act as retaliatory is an admission
that it is illegal," the United States
then argues that it cannot discuss
actions of Great Britain with Germany
and it regards as "irrelevant"
in the present negotiations mention
of the conduct of other belligerents.
"Illegal and inhuman acts," says
the note, "however justifiable they
may be thought against an enemy
who is believed to have acted in contravpntion
of law and humanity, are
manifestly indefensible when they
deprive neutrals of their acknowledged
rights, particularly when they
violate the right of life itself."
Pointing out that a belligerent
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should give up its retaliatory measures
if unable to conduct them
"without injuring the lives of neutrals,"
the note declares that persistence
in such measures under the
circumstances would constitute an
unpardonable offense against the
sovereignty of the neutral nation
affected.
The United States, it is asserted
further, "is not unmindful of the
extraordinary conditions" brought1
about by the present war, and is
ready to make every reasonable allowance
for these novel and unexpected
aspects of war at sea, but
cannot consent "to abate any essential
or fundamental right of its
people because of a(mere alteration
of circumstances."
The note says that events of the
last two months clearly indicate that
it is "possible and practical" to conduct
submarine operations "in substantial
accord with the accepted
practices of regulated warfare."
The comment is added that the \
"whole world has looked with inter-)
est and increasing satisfaction" at j
the demonstration of that fact by
German naval commanders, and that
it is "manifestly possible to lift the
whole practice of submarine attack
above the criticism which it has
aroused and remove the chief causes
of offense."
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five-and-ten-cent store from the
Kellahan Hotel building into the .
room on Academy street formerly
i occupied by Mr J W Coward.
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KIngstree vs. Mullins. 1 ^
The Kings tree base ball team V
played the Mullins team here Monday,
Tuesday and yesterday. The
first two games were won by the
home team without any attempt at
close playing on their part. The
Mullins team was made up of a fine
lot of young gentlemen, but wai
1 ?? ?- ?1- ?..i?L<ina/l U*t f U/? Instates
| very mucn uuucitiaacu uy mc ?ui.oio.
The third, or yesterday's game, was
I lost to them because of having lost
our regular catcher, Ephie Holmes,
who at ten o'clock Tuesday night
decided to quit the team to accept
an offer made him over long distance
phone by the Lamar team.
W W Lynch Dead.
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Scranton, July 24:?W W Lynch r r.$ I
died Wednesday evening at the home - l:
of his uncle. Daniel Lynch. He wag "
I a son of J S Lynch of Lake City. f
The funeral services were conduct- V
ed by Rev J W Truluck and Rev Mr
j Easterling at the Matthews cemeI
tery Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
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