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VOL. 36 " KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1921. , NO. g
* DEVASTATING FLOOD
IN COLORADO TOWN
(CITY OF PUEBLO SUFFERS LOSS
OF MANY LIVES AND MUCH
PROPERTY.
Pueblo, June 5.?Three times during
the last forty-eight hours the waters
of the Arkansas river, breaking from
their course, have inundated the
greater part of the city with the resultant
loss of probably not more than
250 lives and property damage estimated
at $10,000,000. This loss is attributed
chiefly to the first flood of
Friday night and Saturday morning.
The second and third floods of this
morning and afternoon found little of
value not already ruined by the waters
and were looked upon with concern
only because they hindered rescue
and reconstructive work.
First estimates of the dead based
upon reports from excited eye witnesses
who told of seeing hundreds of
bodies swept through the streets of the
city are considered greatly exaggerated.
While no official count of the
fatalities has been attempted, it is said
the death list probably will not exceed
250, if that high.
One hundred bodies have been recovered,
but it is feared that when the
mud and debris which fills the streets
and buildings in the flooded area are
cleared away more will be found.
Relief work is progressing under
the direction of Red Cross officials
and Governor Shoup. The greater
danger at present is said to be from
pestilence. Food is being rationed.
Those without funds with which to
purchase provisions are being cared
for by the Red Cross and other agen
cies. To those who have funds, military
permits are being issued allowing
the holder to buy only a limited
1 amount of food from local stores.
I ^ Pui*e water is at a premium. Peo|
pie have been warned to boil water
i before drinking. In anticipation of
I an epidemic a large quantity of ty|
phoid anti-toxin has been called for
IL and will be administered as soon as
available.
Five hundred persons are in terns'
porary hospitals as a direct ro.-ult of
the flood, according to J. E. Moor
head, secretary to the governor. There
are cases of chicken pox, typhoid,
pneumonia, diptheria and one or two
cases of insanity.
The entire city is unedr martial law
and 150 troopers are patrolling the
city with orders that all persons are
to be kept out of the restricted area
and to shoot if necessary.
Troops have received orders to prevent
all visitors from entering the
city. No persons, not memebers of the
National Guard or coming here to enlist
in the guard will be admitted.
The Red Cross today cooked a carload
of meat to keep it from spoiling
and this will be distributed to the
/ needy.
Governor Shoup returned this afternoon
by automobile to Colorado
Springs, from which place he expected
to answer the message from President
Harding at Washington in regard
to the measures needed to help
the situation.
Col. Pat Hamrock, adjutant general,
commanding state troops here, said
tonight it soon would be possible to
ascertain something definite on the
rjtf disaster.
It is impossible to obtain any accurate
information on the number of
dead or the number of bodies recovered,
as military headquarters is with*
out communication with the east and
south sections of the city.
Bodies Recovered.
Dr. M. F. Heller of the Red Cross,
said tonight that reports to him had
indicated ninety-two bodies recovered
early today. A number of bodies were
known to have been recovered previously
and it is this figure that the
estimate of 100 recovered is made.
The number of those drowned in the
Missouri Pacific and Denver and Rio
Grande trains can not be learned nor
can the identity of most of the bodies
recovered be established.
When the first report of the new
flood came this afternoon soldiers conducted
a hurried search of buildings
and in one found a woman standing
in water up to her armpits and holding
above her head a baby five hours
old. The mother and baby were taken
to a hospital, where, it was said
" ^ they could not live.
Fear was expressed for the safety
f . of people living in towns on the Arkansas
river below Pueblo. There was
y^no way of spreading a warning from
hore. It was impossible to gci into
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AUTO STOLEN?THIEF CAUGHT.
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I Essex Roadster Stolen From F. \Y.
Fairey Recovered at Batesburg
I A telegram was received here late
yesterday stating that the thief who
i on last Saturday night stole F. W.
Fairey's Essex roadster, had beer.-capi
tured at Batesburg in Lexington county.
I On the day before the car was disj
covered to have been stolen a strange
| young man, supposedly about 18 or
, 20, was noted in town by several citi!
zens. He hung around one of the
garages and made it known that he
would like to get a car in which to
make a trip to Ohio.
Mr. Fairey left his Essex roadster
standing on Brooks street in front of
his home when he went in for the
night, without, for the first time, locking
the car and taking the key with
him. Saturday morning the car was
gone; it was not in Kingstree, and
that evening notices were sent out
over the state by Sheriff Gamble, offering
a reward of $100 for its recover}*.
Since then telegrams have been
received stating that the car had been
seen passing through different places.
Upon receipt of the message announcing
the arrest of the thief,
Messrs. F. W. Fairey, J. C. Kelley, H.
F. Prosser and Sheriff Gamble, left
for Batesburg. They are expected to
return here with the car and the thief
tonight.
! other sections of the city or out of
the city to the south.
Roads Almost Impassable.
rrT*? fnriinrVif
1 lit IlCttvy loiua wuaj cuiu wui&?i.
again made the roads almost impassa!
ble.
Just before the afternoon flood the
; military rushed several soldiers
across the viaduct to the south side,
j The Associated Press correspondent
j accompanied the troops, the journey
l being made through some of the worst
, devasted districts.
On either side the ruins of principal
business structures, twisted and torn,
i stood in mud and stagnant water.
High water marks showed the flood
Kori voo^Vicwi npArlv to the second
..?w -
j story. In the union station the high
i water mark was fourteen feet. At
; the Congress Hotel hundreds of persons
were fed. coffee being made with
lithia water. The eggs ran out early
I this morning and ham and steak was
ion the menu. Tonight there was
I chicken, cold roast beef and ham
I sandwiches.
It has been impossible even to wash
J one's face and hands or obtain a
change of clothing.
Reservoir Gives Way.
At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, just
when Pueblo was beginning to recover
, from the terrible disaster of Friday
night the Skagway reservoir between
I Florence and Victor suddenly gave
; way and within an hour the swollen
j torrent of the Arkansas river had
I aeain inuandated the outlying sections
J of the city.
At 4:30 o'clock the waters had risen
I to a point only a few inches below
the high mark of Friday night's flood.
J. L. Moorhead, secretary to the
Governor, said tonight he thought the
death list would not exceed 150, although
reports to him ranged from
200 to 600.
The local Red Cross set a minunum
death list at 100.
The new flood did not develop seriously,
although the river rose several
feet in a short time. At 6 p. m.
the river was receding slowly.
Trees and masses of debris were
coming down from the country above
I Pueblo on the crest of the new floods.
Troops quickly cleared the business
and wholesale districts, Citizens were
prevented from coming within a block
of the waters, while every effort was
made to prevent loss of life from the
new danger.
Governor Oliver H. Shoup and Col.
Patrick Hamrock, commander of the
State constabulary, arrived today to
take personal charge of the situation.
Immediately upon the arrival it was
decided that Col. Hamrock's troops,
consisting of Colorado National Guard
units, and state rangers, will assume
all responsibility for law end order
during the emergency.
Governor Shoup and Col. Hamrock
left Colorado Springs at 8 o'clock thi<
morning in a motor truck mounted on
flanged wheels which traveled to
Pueblo over the Santa Se and u. &
R. G. tracks. Due to delays caused by
washouts the two officials abandoned
this conveyance at Buttes, however,
proceeding to this city by automoible.
Along the railroad tracks from Colorado
Springs to Pueblo are scenes of
desolation and disaster, fences down,
great trees uprooted, deep gullies torn
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"HOME-COMINC""
GREAT SUCCESS
ATTENDED BY THE FOUR ONLY
LIVING PASTORS OF THE
KINGSTREE CHURCH.
: The Home Coming Celebration of
the Old Williamsburg Presbyterian
church, held Wednesday and Thursday
of last week, June 1st and 2nd, was
a most wonderful success in every
way. There were present all the forJ
mer pastors of the church now living,
besides a large number of former
members whose membership is now
| with other churches in other states.
It was a real "home coming" not only
of former members and pastors, but
of many of the friends of the church,
as the invitation was extended gener-1
! ally to this celebration.
Wednosdav mominc nt 11 o'clock.
i Rev. W. C. Smith, of Rcidsville, S. C.,
j who was pastor here more than thirty
years ago, preached a most appropriate
sermon on the "Home Coming" of
the Church of Christ. After this
sen-ice, a bountiful basket dinner was
j sen-ed in the basement of the church,
ia good time being spent in helpful
associations and renewing old acquainances.
j At 8 o'clock that evening, the Rev.'
| P. S. McChesney, another former pas- J
tor of the church, and through whose'
'efforts the handsome church nov/ oc-1
cupied by the congregation, was built j
cUlU WHU v\ tt5 llldtl uiuciivai 111 d^Wlilg
! this church among the first in Har- j
mony Presbytery, preached a sermon'
full of encouragement and inspiration, j
and pleaded earnestly for the church's
continual upward progress.
Thursday, at 11 o'clock, the Rev.
J. G. Herndon, now preaching in Norton,
Va., preached a most impressive
sermon and the Communion of the
j Lord's Supper was administered.!
; Lunch was again served cm the,
i grounds.
This remarkable celebration was
! in every way a most enjoyable and
helpful occasion and it far exceeded
the most earnest expectations of all
and it made a very fine impression
not only on the congregation but it (
was most helpful to the entire cimmu-;
nity in bringing people together in
a pleasant way. The idea was conceived
by the Rev. J. W. Davis, now
1 pastor of the church, who is a moving
j spirit.
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' in the fields by the rushing torrents.
Upon the arrival of Governor Shoup
and Col. Hamrock, the belief was expressed
fcy members of the party that
the reports of the death roll had "been
exaggerated. The property damage, it
i is conceded, however, will be at least
$10,000,000.
Two New Floods.
Pueblo really experienced two new
j floods today. Breaking of a dam on
the Fountain river near Colorado
Springs early today sent the flood wa-i
| ters of the Arkansas river up again.'
At 4 a. m. the waters had again reached
Third street. By 8 o'clock, the new i
I flood was recedeine and it was believ-1
ed all danger from it was ended. Then j
! Skagway reservoir broke and brought
the second new flood.
The city was under military control j
; today with Lieut Col Paul P. New-,
i ton of the Colorado National Guards, [
in charge.
The city has been without lights,
gas and water since the flood came
Friday night. Candles and kesoseno
! lamps are at a premium.
All flres in the city are out tonight.
Those which lighted the city lasl nighl:
did no great damage.
Every railroad line into the city wa.<:
out of commission, with many miles oi!
roadbed washed out. Within tie city
practically all of the road bed and rails
in the yorde have been destroyed.
Newspaper men and military officials
have been the only persons permitted
to enter Pueblo from the outside
world since the floods.
One artesian well flowing lithia water
was the only source of supply for
drinking water in North Pueblo today.
' The city water supply is polluted and
instructions have been issued to use
only boiled water.
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Club Meeting Postponed.
The meeting of the Twentieth Cen- j
tury Mothers Club, which was to have i
been held at the home of Mrs. T.E. 'Ar-!
rowsmith on Friday evening, June 17, j
has been postponed until the fourth
: Friday, June 24th. This will be the
semi-annual open meeting to which
the fathers are invited, and the
change in date was made on account
of the revival sendees, which are being
held at the school auditorium.
DR. SIMON BARUCH
DIES AT AGE OF 81
HAD VALUABLE CAREER IN THLS
STATE PRIOR TO GOING TO
NEW YORK IN 1881.
Surrounded by the members of hi?
family, Dr. Simon Baruch died at his
horn in New York last Friday after
noon. He had been seriously ill for i
morth; an affection of the heart fol
lowed an attack of pneumonia about i
yea:: ago.
Although centuries old Spanisl
blood flowed in his veins, and one o1
his ancestors was a victim of th<
Inquisition, Dr. Baruch was born 01
July 29, 1840, at Schwersenv:, Prussia
in a country that, up to 1815, hac
been liberty loving Poland, and i:
again, tie received nis acaaemn
training at the Royal Friedrich Wil
helm Gymnasium in Posen, and, com
ing to the United States, pursued hie
medical studies in Charleston, S. C.
ami at the medical College ef Virginia
Hafr>HEL been graduated in medicine
from the 1MWF Institution in March
1862, he passed examination as Assis
tant Surgeon in the Confederate Army
and so became the youngest, ii
years, of that rank in the forces oJ
the South.
Both sympathy and environment
easily persuaded Dr. Baruch to cast
his lot with the Confederacy, for he
was loyal always. When the Unitec
States entered the war against Germany
he wrote:
T nrtf c+onrl roarlxr fA nnncp.
crate heart and soul and all that ]
possess to the defense of my adoptee
country, I would despise myself as s
scoundrel and perjurer and regarr
myself as an'ingrate to the Government
that has, for sixty years, enhanced
and protected my life, honoi
and happiness." .
Dr. Baruch served in the field foi
three years with Gen. Robert E. Lee'f
Army of Northern Virginia. He participated
in many battles now historic,
including South Mountain?
where he was taken prisoner anc
ordered to remain in the Union lines
in charge of a battlefield hospital?
and Gettysburg, where he was agair
taken prisoner and, again, wounded
Confederate prisoners were placet
in lr.s care\
The war ended, Dr. Baruch entered
private practice in Camden, S. C., and
resided there from 1865 to 1881. During
this time he served as President
of the South Carolina Medical Association
and as chairman of the state
Board of Health. There stands ir
Camden a hospital erected eight years
ago in Dr. Baruch's honor.
His Domestic Life.
His life in South Carolina was
marked by the happiest event in all
his career. He met. wooed and won
Miss Isabel Wolfe of Winnsboro, or
November 27, 1869. She is of an old
American family; her sons are the
fifth generation born in this country,
The devotion of husband and wife
grew stronger, if possible, with the
years it endured. The celebration oi
their golden wedding was attended
by a most distinguished company,
President Wilson signalized the occasion
by sending his congratulations
and a huge basket of roses from the
White House. conservatories.
His life companion-represented for
Dr. Baruch woman, for whom he had
a most chivalrous admiration and
respect. But he had scant patience
with modern feminism, so called, leasl
of all with those militant women who
demanded the suffrage.
"Woman possesses some qualities
that are infiinitely superior to man's,"
Dr. Baruch had said. "What John
Brown could not accomplish with hi*
savage, masculine methods, Harriet
Beecher Stowe accomplished by her
feminine, noble and inspiring methods.
What all the skill and constructive
capacity of the surgeons in
the Crimean war had failed to accomplish,
Florence Nightingale accomplished
by her beautiful femininity
and nobility of soul.
"The great movements for the welfare
of mankind are absolutely the
products of the feminine mir.d and
have failed to emanate from the masculine
mind, showing the superiority
of the inscrutable germ plasm in the
feminine in this respect. But the germ
nlasm of femininity has never min
gled with that of masculinity, nor has
environment yet endowed her with
masculinity. The Bibical fiat will
stand till the end of time: 'God created
him in His own image?in the
image of God created He him, male
and female created He them.'"
Coming to New York City in 1881,
(Continued on Page 4)
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COMMENCEMENT AT ROME.
Closing Exercises at Union Hij
School of Interest to Commmiity
Rhems, June 1.?The commenceme
?' exercises at Union High school we
1 greatly enjoyed by the school comm
nity and a number of visitors. C
Sunday morning, the 29th, Dr. R.
? Stackhouse, of Columbia, preahced
5 Union church on the subject of Chri
" tian Education, and on Sunday eve
1 ing he preached the commenceme:
" | sermon in the school auditoriur
1 There were a number of visitors fro
! other communities to hear both the
1 j sermons.
H On Monday evening, the 30th, tl
3 [ exercises of the grammar scho
1 grades were held. The music pupi
? of Mrs. W. C. Rollins rendeded sever
i selections on the piano, and then tl
5 operetta "Snow-White" was given 1
: pupils from the grammar school assi
" ted by a few pupils from the hif
" school. The performance reflect*
5 ereat credit on those who trained tl
> children and also showed marked abi
ity on the part of some of the partic
1 pants. The work done by Franc
? Snow who represented "Snow-Whit*
" by Gertrude Haddock who played tl
" part of the Queen, by Rufus Crib
' who acted the part of the Prince, ai
- by Gus Haddock who represented tl
Huntsman, was especially enjoyed 1
: those present.
" On Tuesday evening the graduatii
! exercises were held. The chorus, "<
* Italia Beloved," was beautifullv re:
' dered by pupils from all grades of tl
High school. The salutatorv was d
. I 15 1 1 1? TTT.'li: A.T .1.,
j uvereu - oy luae r? luiaiiia, iue via.
^ history hy John LeGette, and the cla;
' will by Frank Wiljiams. At this poii
1 Miss Annie Wilson of the faculty rei
' dered a vocal solo, which was ,follo\
' ed by the class prophecy by Gertru<
Haddock and the valedictory by Rufi
", Cribb. At the close of the valedictor
the five members of the class rose ut
sang their class song which was con
: posed by the two young ladies in tl
class and sung to the music of "Alohi
' Oe". After the class exercises Mr
" W. C. Rollins, teacher of music, d
' lighted the audience with an exqui
8 ite instrumental solo.
Hon. Charlton DuRant of Mannin
1 delivered the address to the gradua
' ing class, and Professor D. H. Dant
' ler presented the diplomas. All fi\
of the graduates received State Hig
' school diplomas. Mr. J. Walter Doa
'i county superintendent of Educatic
jfor Georgetown county spoke brief!
at the conclusion of the program, co:
gratulating the teachers and pupils c
f;the splendid work done during tl
1 year just closing. Mr. B. B. Cham
' ler, chairman of the board of trustee
also spoke in behalf of the board <
trustees.
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! "GOOD-BYE, BOLL WEEVIL"
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1 Free Movie and Lecture By An E:
' - perienced Planter.
A moving picture, entitled "Goo<
! Bye Boll Weevil," has been prepare
recently by tne L>eita moratory, ia
lulah, La., showing the best metho<
I of using poison to control the bo
weevil and the picture will be show
' at Kingstree on the night of June 1
1 for the benefit of farmers and a
! others interested, says L. C. Madiso:
county agricultural agent. The pi*
ture was shown at Clemson College i
I order that the division of entomolog
I might pass upon it for possible use i
! this state, and the Entension Servi<
: at once decided to have it shown i
'various points in the heavily infestc
, area.
'I The picture shows different typ<
of machines used in applying poiso
i and their operation. It will be i
II charge of J. 0. Taylor, a represent*
'itive of the Delta Laboratory, whei
'Ithe United States Department of Af
riculture has been conducting exper
ments for several years to discovt
' and perfect methods for poisoning tl:
weevil. Besides showing the pictur
Mr. Taylor, who is an experience
cotton planter, will make a talk c
"Cotton Culture Under Boll Weev
i Conditions". No admission is to t
; I charged, and it is hoped that all wb
I can will attend and learn more of th
' interesting and important subject.
' The points which M. Taylor wi
visit for night engagements are gn
^en below. It is likely that the cour
, ty agents may make afternoon date
1 for Mr. Taylor at still other places.
Andrews, June 10, Kingstree, Jur
1111, Manning, June 15th.
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: I Citadel cadets have been selecte
to represent this state at the nation;
rifle matches at Camp Perry in Ai
, gust. A team of 14 will make tl
trip.
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TOLBERT SHELVED"
* SAYS N. Y. TIMES
nt
re NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY PLANS
u. FOR SOUTH CAROLINA DIS)n
CUSSED IN DAILY. ?
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in The following dispatch from its
s. Washington news bureau is publiched
n. by the New York Times, in regard to
the proposed shelving of Joseph W.
n Tolbert as Republican leader and pie
m cutter for South Carolina:
se "Republican leaders are seeking to
reorganize the party forces in South
ie Carolina as another step in the prool
gram for rehabilitation of Southern
Is Republicanism. Thi3 follows the anal
nouncement that reoganization in the
he State of Georgia would be under>y
taken.
s- "For some time influential leaders,
rh headed by C. Bascom Slemp, the lone
ed Republican congressman from Virginia,
have been seeking for a man to undertake
the task in South Carolina.
Mr. Slemp has been intrusted by Preses
ident Harding, it is said, with the
work of "cleaning up" the southern
ie situation.
b> "The task in South Carolina has
id finally been placed in the hands of
ie former Senator John L. McLaurin who
>y served in the senate as a Democrat
from 1897 to 1903 and was previously
in the house. The present plans,
it is understood are to place the patQ
ronage in the hands of Mr. McLaurin,
ie thus shelving Joseph W. Tolbert, prese
ent state chairman and member of the
ss national committee,
ss "Tolbert has long controlled an orfrt
ganization composed of white and ne- ,
gro men, and under his management
the Republican vote in South Carolina
le has decreased from nearly 4,000 in
M 1908 to 2,200 in 1920.
y? "Former Senator McLaurin and
Jd Congressman Slemp conferred a few
days ago with President Harding, osie
tensibly on the subject of lowering the
a_ rediscount rate of federal reserve
s- banks in the south so that the cotton
e- situation micht be eased. It is un
s_ i destood, however, that the conference
was not without its political aspects.
? "The hope of building up the Republican
party in the south involves dez"
flection from Democratic ranks. Some
re Republican leaders think there is some
tf1 potential Republican material among
r? South Carolina Democrats* due to
,R manufacturing imterests, which the
ly Republicans say need application of
Republican principles such as a pro,n
tective tariff.
,e "The Republicans will also seek to '
capitilize the dissatisfaction in some
s> quarters of the south against the recent
Democratic administration because
of its refusal to permit any wide
loosening credits and then seekihg
support in the south becaHse of it
"Southern Democrats say that while
c- South Carolina Republicanism continues
under the Tolbert regime there is
no chance of any Democrats joining
the Republican party. But they admit
that if the Republican party in that
state was "cleaned up" and made an
? "all white" organization there might /
be a chance.
71 "Tolbert has the reputation of never
having worn a cravat and a gold collar
button is a prominent feature of his
a' apparel. He is a veteran member of
the national committee, and i3 not
n without friends. He has been in
y Washington for some time, endeavoring
to strengthen his grip on the state
'e organization and trying to force
through his slate of appointments. It <
is rumored that he has been unsuccessful,
due to pressure by the 'cleanup
squard.'"
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l" Medicos to Meet at Sumter
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i- The doctors of the Seventh district
>r Medical Association will meet in Sumie
ter, at 12 o'clock, Thursday, July 7th.
e, The counties of Georgetown, Clarend
don, Williamsburg, Lee and Sumter
m comprise this district. At a meeting
il of the Sumter county Medical Society
(e held recently, the society unanimous10
ly decided to entertain the visitors. Dr.
is T. R. Littlejohn is councilor for the
seventh district and it is through him
11 that this meeting is called. The Sumter
County Medical Society appointi
ed Drs. H. L. Shaw and Milton Weinss
berg to act with Dr. Littlejohn in arranging
the meeting. At this meetie
ing papers on various medical and surgical
subjects will be read and discussed.
Also interesting clinical cases will
;d be demonstrated. By this association
a! of doctors new ideas will be brought
l- out that will be of great advantage to
le all those who may be present. A big
dinner will be given.
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