Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CYCLONE SWEEPSJBREENVILLE N M.lli > kilm i? am" white man IN k HH) IN KTOItM. Probably Fifty or More llonsos! W na ked t>> Wind nod Much l>ani ?ffti lo Triw iind Qssnsjj (Jreenvllle, Aug. 20.?A small cy? clone visited Greenville this afternoon, leev. ig one man dead, 60 or more houses wrecked or damaged, scores of trees uprooted, wires down and doing other damage of more or less con? sequence. The wind kept to a path about 100 yards wide Its velocity was terrific and for several minutes after the storm, leaves and other refuse settled slowly to the earth. ?gsn Williams, a negro man. was killed when his house, below Camper down mill, was wrecked. This was an eight room structure. The wind scat | tered It ae If the dwelling were made of pasteboard. At least six other houses In this section were blown from their pillars, several of them being completely wrecked. A white man named Hollingsworth was slightly In? jured when the laundry wugon In which he was riding was blown from east North street and torn to pieces. Several other persons received minor injuries The storn?, which struck the city near the College Place depot then dipped again neaj Vardry mills and finally struck back of the Boyce Lawn section, broke suddenly. About 5 ?'clock an ugly cloud appeared and darkness, almost as If night had fall? en, spread over the city. Then there appeared a glowing streak of light about the borders of the thick gloom, followed by wild whirlings of the cloud. Papers, leaves, pieces of tin and other trash were seen whirling over the city, gome of the finest shade trves which Greenville boasts soon went down before the rush of the winds. A heavy rain accompanied by several sharp dashes of lightning add? ed to the grotesque scene reminding one of the storm in "David Copper field.1' All the lights of tho city went out 'wo hundred telephones were dis? abled* Business during the late after? noon was demoralised. Hundreds of curious persons crowded to the dis? trict* where the wind had wrought Its chief damage. Automobiles ran hurriedly over the streets to ascer? tain the damage done. Several houses narrowly escaped destruction when giant otks fell near them. A part of the roof of the Var? dry mill, on Reedy river, was torn off The Markley dwelling, one of the (ddest In the city, was severely damaged and many of the beautiful trees in the Markley lawn were blown tlown. The roof of the Hunter Wilson lum? ber yard office was picked up and carted over sever.il handsome resi? dences and finally dropped In the front lawn of a home about 100 yards away. A portion of * roof taken from a store on North Street was lodged in a tree nearby. A porch to the residence of D. B. McCuen on North street was demolished. Mary wires carrying notes went dowr in a mass of en? tangled wires. Several horses were killed by the live wires strewn about the streets. The campus of Furman university was badly damaged. A number of fragment* of houses were left on the campus, while some score of trees are reported uprooted. Fe no s, outhouses gnd other light structures in the path of the wind were destroyed utterly. Several n nnufacturlng plants lost their meters fur the time being through lightning hoi's. The Ameri? can Machine and Manufacturing com? pany will he forced to close tempo? rarily, because of the damage done to its machinery. At 10 o'clock tonight the telephone company stated that 200 telephones were out of commission while the Southern Public 1'tlhtbs company re? ported that the light and feed wires had hern but temporarily repaired. The system will require thorough ren o\ at Ion. The city w as In darknesu until nearly 9 o'clock tonight. Tbje cloud appro i, h?-d from the southwest and the centre of the storm traveled through the south.'is-, i n sec? tion of the ctly. Reports from outly? ing districts have not been received. ?.< i.\ims TWELVE viniMs. Boat* Still Plying Waters to lb-cue MnnMimxl Families, St. Louis, Aug. 23.?Twelve Uvea eras the toll paid to the latest II.I A hundred persons are missing. M., t rt)o?ts and rafts are still working to rescue flood victims along the Mera ro*0* _' tiki VIM.A HF.St Ml S I K.IITlNt.. Trie* to Regain larr*tlgc In Attack on Currents. Washington. Aug. ??'::. Villi has re? newed hostilities against Can issi on a largo scale In an attempt to re? gain his lost prestige. Fierce fight? ing Is going on at Monterey where both sidee claim the advantage. BIB MAJORITY FOR JOHNSON. Winthrop president heads edicathkm ass< >c1atk?n. Known s* Ono of Foremost Touchers of Tills Stute? Withdrew Lust Yenr. Oakland. Chi. Aug. 19.?David H. Johnson, president of Winthrop Nor? mal and industrial college at lb>< k Hill. S. C, was eleeted today presi? dent of the National Education as riition hy a vote of 47? to 174 for Miss Grace C. Strachan of LJrooklyn, X. Y. l>r. David Prancoft Johnson Is one of the best known educators of South Carolina. First and only president of Winthrop college, he has always stood in the front runk of the tight for edu? cation In this State. His reputation as head of the Smith's greatest norm.il and Industrial college has spread abroad and for years he has been a prominent figure In the councils of educational bodies throughout the Putted 8tates. Last year he was prominently mentioned for president of the National Education associa? tion, of which this year he has been) elected head, but withdrew In favor of Dr. David Starr Jordan. Dr. Johnson was at one time super? intendent of the city schools of Co? lumbia, and it was in this capacity that he first came into contact with the Winthrop training school, which he was to develop Into one of the largest Institutions of the South. DANKS APPEAR AN CRY. 1 mltgimm. at German Violation of Neutrality. Ivondon, Aug. 21.?Neuter's Copen? hagen correspondent sends the fol? lowing: ?'Destruction of the British subma? rine E-13 In Danish territory by Gor? man destroyers, under circumstances which placed the shipwrecked craft under Danish protection, has aroused widespread indignation. Danish news? papers urge that there can be no ex? planation or plausible excuse for the deliberate violation of Danish terri? tory, as a German torpedo boat had thoroughly investigated tho locality before returning with the others to at? tack the defenseless crew. The Voert land says: " 'There can he no question that the Gorman commander was aware hs was violating Danish neutrality.' "The Journal Hovesdcfaven pub? lishes a rumor that one Danish tor? pedo boat had a man wounded and its wireless damaged by German shells. "The entire press commends the government's action in promptly pro? testing to Herlin. and assures the gov? ernment it will receive the support of the whole nation In whatever action is tuken. "The udmlralty has ordered that the patrol ships around Copenhagen be increased. A Zeppelin this morning reconnoitred over the waters south wast of Copenhagen and photographed the wreck of the E-13." NOTED SCIENTIST DEAD. Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Dls<s>vorer of Sal tsrsnn and Diphtheria Antl-Toxln, Dies of Heart Disease. lbrlin, Aug. 20 (via Do don).?Dr. Paul Ehrlich, discoverer of salvarsan and of the antitoxin for diphtheria, died suddenly of heart disease, aged 61. Hulf of tho Nobel * rlze for medi? cine was awarded to him In 1908. I>r. Ehrlich was one of the most celebrated scientists of the world. His discovery of salvarsan In 1910 was hailed as one of the most Important In the history of medicine. He an? nounced two years ago the discovery of "nlgrosln." which he believed would cure cancer, in 1914 he began ex? periments with a remedy for sleeping sickness. Dr. Ehrlich was born at Strehlen, Germany, on March 14, 1854, and was educated at the Cnlversitles of 1'iesiau, Strassburg, Freiburg and Leipzig. confer WITH LANSING. Iba/lllan Minister to Mexico In Wash? ington. Washington, Aug, 20.?The Brasil im minister to Mtgtoo, Honor Car? tons ooaferred with Secretary Lansing at noon and will see the president to? morrow. Nothing was given out. Carransa hoi captured Durango, Griffin-Kcllcy. n>\\ x Mr as received here yesterda) t s relatives of tim marriage of Miss Bmrna Griffin of Columbia and Mr. John Kolloy of Mumter, at Camden, at noon yesterday. Immediately after I heir marriage Mr. and Mis. Kelley bit for Wrlghtsvllle Beach, where I hoy win Mt;iy several days, returning to Sunder the |.?st of this week to makn their home here. Mr. Kelley is an Sfi pfVy of tho Southern HxpreSS company. He ha* many friends here who extend thtif DCOt wishes. FUNDS TO MOVE COTTON CROP WILLIAMS 1 ?OlNTS OUT THAT KM ?ERVE AND N ATION Ali HANKS ham: MONEY to fin? ance choi*. Comptroller of Currency Says That HunliH Should Employ Funds to Make l/oans on Staple Commodities, When This Will lUllcvc Congestion und Promote legitimate Commerce. Washington, Aug. 19.?John Skel ton Williams, comptroller of the ciir rency, announced today that the present unemployed loaning capacity of national hanks and reserve hanks' was suilicicnt to Jlnance at market value the entire cotton crop and half, if not all, of the tobacco and wheat OTOPf and to justify an expansion Ol credit of two or three billion dol? lars, i A statement issued by the comp? troller referred to the prospect for 'unusual demands for funds, particu? larly if cotton should bo declared contraband, and declared that never before had the banks been so strong and so thoroughly prepared to handle any problem. Just before the statement was Is? sued the British embassy authorized the announcement that the allies had agreed on the principle that cotton was contraband. Special requirements which the banks may have to meet in the niar future were summarized by Mr. Wil? liams as follows: "First. The yearly recurring de? mand for funds with which to move the crops, which this year, except as to cotton, are unusually large and commanding full prices. "Second. The unusual demand for funds which may arise to enable cot? ton growers to meet any congestion in the movement or marketing of the crop, in the event that cotton should be declared contraband. "Third. Demands which are likely to bo made on national banks, both directly and indirectly, in connection with tho extension of credit to for? eign purchasers of supplies of all kinds, and to pay for the American securities which may be returned to us by foreign creditors." I Continuing the statement said: "The actual figures show that the present condition of the national banks of this country have never be? fore been so strong and so thoroughly prepared to grapple with and handle successfully any problem, however large, which may be presented fd thern, as they are today. These fig? ures show that the national banks of this country and the 1] federal reserve hanks, exclusive of State banks and trust companies, have at this time an unemployed loaning ca? pacity ? sufficient to enable them, if need be, to carry for our own people at market value the entire cotton crop, and half If not the whole' 'of the wheat crop and tobacco crop, which it is not of course conceivable that they will be asked to do, and also finance, until the purchasers can pay us in gold or its equivalent, a thou? sand million dollars or so of exports Of foodstuffs or manufactured prod? ucts to be shipped te the rest of tho world. "It Is far better for the banks to employ their surplus funds in mak? ing loans on staple commodities where they can relieve congestion or promote legitimate commercial trans? actions rather than permit these funds to bo used for the inflation of the stock markets where speculation in securities has already reached a point which invites caution. "The abstract of condition of na? tional banks as-of June 23, 1915, just completed, shows that notwithstand? ing the great reduction in reserve re? quirements which went into effect with the inauguration of the federal reserve system in November last, the actual reserves of the national hanks on June 23, 1915, are far in excess of the largest reserves ever held at any one time in the past history of the country and amounted to $1,840, 000,000 or $778,000,000 more than the amount which the national banks are required to hold. "This surplus reserve, it is esti? mated, Is sufficient to justify, on a conservative basis, an expansion of credit or a further loaning power of, say $2,000,000,000 or $3.000,000,000; The present total loans of all the na? tional banks amount to about $6,660', 000,000. A year ago the surplus re? serve of the national banks was only |$ 11,000,000, so that the Increase over the surplus reserve shown a year ago Is $737,000.000. "The total reserve of the national* banks now exceeds by $31?,000,000 the greatest reserve ever held by na? tional banks at any time prior to the passage of the federal reserve act. "Speiic hehl by the national banks and the fedorul reserve banks amounts to close to $1,000,000,000. The specie in the national hanks increased be? tween May I and .June J!!, 1916, $71, 000,000. "The reports of the federal reserve banks at this time show thai thctotsrt* amount ol bills discounted and ,u oeptnncei held by these banks amouhf NORTHERN CHIEF ANXIOUS FOR HARMONY. Accepts I*an-American Scheme and Will do His Part, as Will Ills Sub? ordinates, to Help in Its Success. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 19.?Follow? ing is the official text of Gen. Villa's reply to the Pan-American appeal for peace: "I, as general-in-chief of the con? stitutionalist army, have been In? formed with satisfaction of the friend? ly note which your excellencies ha\e advanced to me ond which I re? ceived on the night of August 5. "In replying, 1 have the honor to inform you that the convention gov? ernment is strong enough through its own force and power to continue the fight defending the institutions be? longing to the Mexican people until such a time as their high ideals of the revolution which guarantee a solid and stable peace are realized; but taking into consideration the friendly and brotherly attitude of the United States of America and our sisters, the Latin-American republics of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala, with the end that the peace in Mexico must be an immediate fact and constitutional or? der duly established, we are ready! to accept and cordially we do accept i the good offices of your excellencies toward calling a reunion of delegates ? of the contending parties recognized in Mexico. It will be possible for them to reach a satisfactory agree? ment, thus saving the national honor, well understanding that the conven? tionist government is willing to make all kinds of efforts to correspond to the good will expressed by your ex? cellencies. "I want to state clearly that all military chiefs, as well as the civil? ians attached to the conventionist army, are willing to establish in Mex? ico a provisional government that will guarantee the elections to which the people will be convocated to elect with liberty its ofllcers as we have no fur? ther desire except that the nomina? tion will be in favor of a determined, man. I have the honor' io reiterate to your excellencies theo'sincerity of my highest esteem. "FrancHQfci Villa/ "General-in-Chief of Operations." Miguel Diaz Lombardo, minister of foreign relations of the convention? ist cabinet, telegraphed to the Pan American diplomats that the military and civil chiefs of the convention government would reply to the mes? sage this week. >?' 1,1 -tfcJ COMBINE AGAINST MARINES. Haiden Rebel Gangs United to Fight United States Troops. Cape Haltlen, Aug. 2/Sv?Various bands of rebels are uniting' for a con? flict with the American marines. All outposts here have been doubled. The city outwardly Is calm, but the Amer? icans are taking every precaution to prevent a clash. Plenty of Funds for Cotton Loans. Atlanta, Aug. 23.?The f?deral reserve bank announces that it has an unlimited amourt of funds to lend on cotton. Loans will be made through member banks up to 80 per cent of -the market value of cotton. to approximately $40,000,000, while the supply of gold which the federal reserve banks have now on hand is sufficient to give these banks a fur? ther loaning capacity, if the occasion called for it, of more than $630,000, 000 additional, provided they could utilize their note issuing powers to the maximum. "Against their maximum direct bor? rowings In the past of $162,617,000, the reports of the national banks as of June 23, 1915, show that they had on hand on that date paper eligible for rediscount with the federal reserve banks amounting to $1,619,000,000, Which is more than ten times the max Intum amount which tho national banks of the country, according to their sworn statements to the comp? troller of the currency, have ever heretofore had occasion to borrow on their bills payable or by rediscounts. ' "The soundness of our now bank? ing and currency system and Its abil? ity to meet successfully even the most trying emergencies have been demon? strated. We also have confidence that it will be equally able to cope with and control Inflation growing out of prosperity, it behooves the na? tional banks and the department of the government charged with their supervision to exercise, under present circumstances, the utmost vigilance and a wholesome restraint l^st over confidence and unwise expan n or speculation may check the prosperity which now seems so likely to increase and endure." WOULD VINDICATE HIS STATE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA OFFERS REWARD FOR CONVICTION OF FRANK LYNCHERS. Executive Announces His Intention of Doing all in His Power to Bring Members of Mob to Trial for Their Bloody Deed?No Preparations Had Been Made at Hospital to Guard Frank from Outside Attuck?No Further Investigation at Prison. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19.?Gov. Nat E. Harris of Georgia, after a consultation with members of the State prison commission, tonight issued in the form of an interview a statement on the lynching of Leo M. Frank. The gov? ernor declared he would do all in his power to bring to justice the per? petrators of the "unfortunate occur? rence." I The statement points out that the State prison farm at Milledgeville was not constructed with the idea of with? standing an attack from the outside. The farm was intended only for sick or feeble convicts unable to do work with the chaingangs on the county roads. There is no stockade about the farm and the only protection from without the buildings is a wire fence. The question of providing additional guards at the prison after Frank was sent there had been considered with the prison commission, Gov. Harris said, but the idea in mind was to pro? tect Frank from his fellow prisoners rather than from an outside attack. The danger of such an attack, it is stated, was thought remote after the first month of Frank's confinement had passed. A month ago, Gov. Harris said, he received a secret message to the ef? fect that an attack was to be made upon the prison farm on a given night. This was the time when he ordered a company of militia held at the Milcdgevllle armory. The gov? ernor declares his action at that time, although it brought censure upon him in certain quarters, "postponed the lynching for a month." The censure is said by the governor to have come from persons who thought the gov? ernor's action a reflection upon them, and it is said an indignation meeting was planned at Marietta, near which place on Tuesday morning last the lifeless body of Frank was found dangling from the lower limb of a big oak tree. Gov. Harris' statement makes It clear that Frank had not been re? moved from the hospital when he was abducted last Monday night. It had been supposed he was sleeping with the other prisoners in one of the big dormitories when he Was awakened by members of the armed band which afterward put him to death almost within view of the Phagan home. Still weak from the wound in his throat, inflicted by a fellow prisoner, Frank was dragged from the place by four men. In their haste the men let the scantily clad and frightened pris? oner fall in the prison corridor after they had taken him from the room of which he was the sole occupant. Later they dragged him bumping down the front steps of the institution and hurled htm into one of the waiting au? tomobiles. In addition to issuing his statement to the press on the subject of the lynching, Gov. Harris tonight signed a proclamation offering a reward of $1,500 for the first three persons con? victed of participation in the killing of Frank. There is only $2,500 avail? able In the reward fund of the Stato for the year 1915. It was thought at first the governor wodld offer this entire amount in sums of $500 each for the first five men convicted. He later changed the sum to $500 for the first three men convicted. The reward proclamation is care? fully drawn to avoid stating the exact place where the lynching occurred. It is generally supposed Frank was put to death on the old tree near the Frey gin In Cobb county, two miles outside of Marietta, where the body subse? quently was found swaying in the early morning breeze. The belief has been expressed in some quarters re? cently, however, that tho lynchers may havo strangled Frank further down the road toward Milledgeville and saved the body for final disposi? tion until they were well within the Cohh county line. It was In Cobb county that the Phagan girls' family lived and it generally is accepted that the lynching plans were laid there. In view of the doubt as to the exact location of Franks' death the reward proclamation is made to read that the prisoner "was violently taken from the hospital of the Stato penitentiary In Baldwin county, and found dead in tho county of Cobb on the morning of August 17, 1915, having met his death at the hands of unknown par? ties." Proceeding, the proclamation says the persons "engaged In the transac? tion are still unknown and unappte hended." The a-rt ?of* the armed band Is, de? scribed in ' the proclamation afc "nn attack upon our civilization-, besides being a gross violation of the law, which the dignity of the Stato and "THE STATE HOUSE." NAME GIVEN TO CAPITOL BUILD? ING AN APPROPRIATE ONE. Some of tlie Interesting Rooms Ln the Building and What Can be Seen on a Visit to them?Toll for Grinding. Columbia, Aug. 19.?Most States call their administrative building the eapitol, but South Carolina calls hers the State House. It is well named, it is the building that c mcerns the whole State, and all the people in it. This is shown by the constant num? bers of visitors that are always going over the building. Whenever the people come from other parts of the State they always go over the State House, they feel that they are inter? ested in it, and they want to see it. There was an excursion down from the upper part of the State a few days ago, and hundreds visited the builddng. One of the men in the gov? ernor's office said he spent most all day showing visitors over the build? ing but that he was glad to do it; they were all interested. In the Secretary of State's office are many objects of interest, and a great many too in the office of the secretary of the Historical Commission. The Su? preme Court rcom is of interest, and so is the library up stairs. The view from the library windows is fine. The senate chanjber and the house of representatives are all well worth visiting, but they are closed most of the **ine except when the legislature is in session. A place to be looked at is the outside west wall, just above the windows of the governor's office. Here are yet to be seen marks where Sherman's shells hit when he fired on Columbia before he crossed the river and occupied the city in his famous march to the sea. Inside the down: stairs hall of the State House are to be seen some of the largest pieces of single stone in the world for many of the giant pillars are all one piece of granite. Indeed it is said that this State House contains more monoliths of their size of any building. A mono? lith is a solid unbroken pillar or monment of stone. The State House grounds this yea* are especially beautiful. The great, square?it comprises four city blocks ?is well grassed with every here and there beds of bright colored flowers that show up well against dark green, Thert? are dozens of ornamental trees on the grounds, and beside that many more of the commoner varieties of trees. At different points on the/ grounds are various monuments, at one point is an historic grave, there is one large cannon that came as a trophy from the war with Spain, and many smaller guns from the bygone days. The grounds are pleasing, and, several hours could well be spent on the State house and grounds together. The governor's office is In a way the centre of the State, and the events of that office is an index to the times. Last fall the great cry was "diversify your crops." Up to now grain had been a negligible factor in this State, and wheat almost unthought of. Now, however, comes a letter to the gover? nor asking to inform the writer what is a lawful toll of grinding wheat. The answer is found in sections' 2387 and 2388 of Vol. 1 of the code of 1912 w^iich reads: 2387? No person shall take mors toll for grinding wheat, rye, or any other grain into good meal or flour than one-eighth part of any quantity under ten bushels, and for ten bush? els, or any quantity above, at one time brought, one-tenth part only; and for all grain as aforesaid chop? ped for homiriy, feeding stock or for distilling, one-sixttc.ith part. 2388? Any person or persons tak? ing more toll than hereinbefore direct? ed shall be subject to pay a fine to an amount to ten times the value of the toll so taken, to be recovered in most summary way before the nearest magistrate; one-half to the prosecu? tor and the- other half to the person aggrieved. GALVESTON SLOWLY RECOVERS. Telegraph Communications Restored and city Resuming Normal Condi? tions. Galveston. Aug. SI.?With tele? graphic communication restored, Gal? veston is slowly getting back te nor? mal conditions. Water service will be resumed tonight. The loss of life in Galveston proper is eight and in Lowlands west of Galveston, twenty flve. the good name of her people require to be fully investigated and the of? fenders brought to punishment." It is not believed any further action will be taken in the way of an in? vestigation at the State prison. The members of the commission were on a visit to the institution when the attack occurred and have held that the prison officials were powerless to prevent the attecklit}g jiart} from car? rying out its purpose. The governor's statement i* regarded as bearing" out this contention, although he does not specifically so state.