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ATLANTA READY TO BUILD
ANEW AFTER BIG FIRE
Atlanta. May 22.?With relief work
under way and $50,000 subscribed for
immediate aid to the sufferers from
yesterday's $*3,500,000 fire, predictions
were made tonight that work of rebuilding
the burned section extending
through the northeastern section of
the city would begin in a week.
Telephone linemen went through
the devastated district today, cutting
away wires that might endanger lives,
while the street car company began to
clear its wires anr city wagons began
to move the rubbish from the streets.
With the clearing of the streets,
which made good progress in the outskirts
of the buTned area, relief organizations
were busy untangling the human
maze. All during the day families
who had become separated were
brought together through the work
of the local Red Cross, and furniture
was hauled away from vacant lots and
from sidewalks around the fire lines.
A hail storm and heavy rain in the
afternoon caught much of the house
noia enects sun unsneitered, and added
several thousands of dollars to the
loss.
Many Builings Burned.
The flames destroyed 1,563 buildings,
according to calculations of real
estate and insurance men who went
over the ground today. Most of the
structures weTe homes, ranging from
lowly negro cabins to substantial residences.
Apartment houses, several
churches and a number of retail stores
* were destroyed. It was impossible,
however, to estimate the number of
people who had been burned out, as
many did not apply for relief at Red
Cross headquarters, either providing
for themselves or being cared for by
private individuals.
Over 10,000 Homeless.
Estimates today were that from 10,t)00
to 15,000 persons were homeless as
a Tesult of the fire yesterday and last
night that swept through approximately
seventy-five blocks of residence
property, ranging from negro shacks
to homes of influential citizens in the
northeastern section of the city.
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We were visited yesterday afternoon a
about 4 o'clock with a severe hail
storm and wind. The hail lasted only
about 15 minutes but was very heavy, "
doing considerable damage to wheat 11
and fruit; at least half of the fruit is
gone, and wheat heads have the appearance
of a brush. Cotton that had n
been chopped out is in bad shape; J
there was not a pood stand anyway.
It is very fortunate that it came this v
early for if it had been July 22nd in- v
stead of May we would have had very u
little left in way of growing1 crops.
There was another hail later but did c
little damage here; the hail stones that
fell from the first cloud were as large *
as hen eggs, and on down to the size
of buck shot, and about 8:30 o'clock
we had a trfimpnHniis roin wVii^Vi v
washed the land badly. I am sending v
a sample of peaches that you may see *
how bad the fruit is hurt.
I am not writing this article for s
publication specially, but as an item of ,
news you can speak about. The hail
beat some paper roofing so it is worth- c
less; also knocked out quite a number r
of window lights. H. B. Murphy. *
CONSERVE THE WOMAN-POWER. 5
The following letter has been sent
out from State Suffrage headquarters
to the chambers of commerce in the
citeis and towns of South Carolina.
All suffragists have aroused as one
woman to oqer their service to their j
country in this war emergency. The a
special services offered by them are s
the increase and conservation of the ^
food supply, and the registration of
women workers. The conservation of
these same women is one of their most
urgent considerations. 1
In England and. France, in all al- J
lied countries, the women offered their
services without condition. In all, f<
their governments acknowledge that I
without the women the war could not
be carried on. But woman's service J
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ations have found out by sad experince
that to accept woman's self-sacificing
service in the matter of long
rork hours and irregularity of living
leans reducing the women's efficiency
nd ruining their health.
After over a year's sacrifice of the
ealth and lives of their women, th?.
ations have reduced the normal
ving of the women, as far as possible.
As president of the State Suffrage
sague, I wish to beg the business
len of this State to take warning from
he experience of their warring counries,
and to retain for their women
workers the usual work hours and the
isual conditions of life in speeding
ip work to meet this war crisis.
The men are being called to the
amps, many women will have to bear
he double burden of homekeeper and
amily supporter. I beg, in addition,
hat the business men of South Caroina
will not discriminate against
vomen on account of their sex and
vill not lower industrial standards hv
>aying women lower wages than they
ire accustomed to pay men for the
ame work.
Business men all over the country
lave promised their cooperation in
:onserving the woman-power of the
lation. May we not hope that the
nen of South Carolina will do the
lame for the women workers of their
Jtate?
Harriet P. Lynch,
Pres. S. C. E. S. L.
VETERANS, TAKE NOTICE!
Aiken, S. C., May 21, 1917.
The headquarters of South Carolina
division in Washington, D. C., will be
it the St. James hotel, corner Pennylvania
Avenue and 6th Street, N. W.
vhere all members of the command
,re requested to register their names.
No. 666
Thi* la prescription prepared especially
or MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
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f taken then aa tonic the Fever will not
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A camp of tents will be found in the
park opposite the Union depot at
.Washington. All Veterans who desire
free lodging and meals are directed
to apply there for such entertainment.
Advices have been received that in
consequence of the demand upon the
War Department for supplies for the
troops now being mobilized, all Confederate
Veterans who expect to be
entertained free of cost are advised to
take their own blankets, as none will
be loaned by the government to the
reunion committee.
The Southern Railway Co. will run
a special train to Washington for the
Veterans, leaving Augusta and Columbia,
Monday afternoon, June 4th, arriving
at destination next morning. All
who live along the Southern Railway
are advised to leave their homes in
, time to connect with this "Special."
Veterans living along the line of the
Atlantic Coast Line or the Seaboard
1 Air Line can ascertain from their lo'
cal agents the railroad rates nnd train
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Ivvr Mine <_\J icuvil liamuu^iuil UI1 1 Ul'Sday
forenoon, June 5th. Remember to
wer your prey uniform if you have one.
' If your camp has a larpe U. S. flap,
i take it with you and each one take a
> small U. S. flap.
1 In anticipation of this reunion, preat
! preparations are beinp made by the
" committee on arranpements for the
entertainment and comfort of the Confederate
soldiers. Be sure to attend.
B. H. Teapue,
Major General,
S. C. Div., U. C. V.
S. E. Welch,
Adjutant General,
Chie of Staff.
MERCHANT U-BOAT
PERFECT ANSWER
Philadelphia, May 21.?The Philadelphia
Press will publish a story tomorrow
to the effect that "America
lias found the perfect answer to the
German submarine terror." It is say!
to be a merchant submarine standardized
at about 7,700 or 8,000 tons dead
weight of such speed that it can when
submerged easily elude any surface
pursuer and is nonsinkable.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE
Of Spartanburg District, Upper South
Carolina Conference Now in Session
Here?Interesting Programs?Meetings
Held in
Grace Church.
The seventh annual Sunday School
conference of the Spartanburg District
of Upper South Carolina conference
met here Wednesday, May 23, and
continuing through Tuesday, the 24th.
Quite a large gathering of delegates
are in attendance upon the meetings
and a number of excellent addresses
have been made. Convention opened at
noon Wednesday, with devotional exercises
led by Rev. R. L. Keaton. This
was followed by a stirring address
from Dr. A. G. Rembert, after which
the organization was perfected. Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock two elementary
conferences were held, one al
Grace Methodist church, led by Mrs
J. W. Speake and one at the Firsl
Baptist church, led by Miss Bennett.
W. V. Martin discussed the topic
"Understanding and Dealing with tht
Teen-Age."
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Awuiiu vcai^iOj ivu V YY \j. uwens.
"Fixing Our Wesley Class Goal'
was the subject discussed by R. E
Stackhouse.
"The Workers' Council," was discussed
by Rev. G. C. Leonard, aftei
which the business session was held.
Wednesday evening theTe was t
song service by Grace church choir
after which Rev. D. E. Camak spok<
on "The Ideal of the Wesley Bibl<
Class Movement."
Rev. W. C. Owens delivered an address
on "The Church School."
Devotional services were held at *
o'clock Thursday morning, after which
R. E. Stackhouse discussed the subject,
"Our Solution and Open Par
liament."
Rev. W. C. Owen spoke on "Oui
Methodist Standards." This address
was followed by one from Rev. J. W
Speake, pastor of Grace church; his
subject was, "The Sunday School Getting
and Holding the People."
This address was followed by one
from Dr. C. R. Waller on the subject
"Making the Sunday School Go."
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This, as we are going to press, left
several interesting discussions to camp
Thursday afternoon, as follows:
"The Reason for Denominational
Sunday School Work," by Rev. J. W.
Frazer;
"Our Board, Its Plans and Its
Needs," by Rev. J. II. Brown;
"Our Elementary Plans," by Miss
Bennett;
"The Graded Lessons," by Mrs. J.
j W. Speake.
, GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
1 IS SKIN WHITENER
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1 How to Make a Creamy Beauty Lotion
for a Few Cents.
| The juice of two fresh lemons strained
into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a whole \
quarter pint of the most remarkable
? lemon skin beautified at about the
cost one must pay for a small jar of
; the ordinary cold creams. Care should
be taken to strain the lemon juice
through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp
' gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh
for months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used-to bleach and re,
move such blemishes as freckles, sallnurnaoc
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.v....vaa uuu utll allU IS Lilt! Uleal 8K1I1
' softened, whitener and beautifter.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra1
grant lemon lotion and massage it
[ daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands.
Carl Hanson and George Fitch re'
turned to Redortdo Beach, Cal., from
^ a fishing trip bringing with them a
, large black cat which they found
riding an empty keg miles out at sea.
- The feline was famished and had undoubtedly
weathered the fierce storm
. when the wind blew at the rate of 50
miles an hour. It had tenaciously
! clung to the keg during the gale. On
a brass plate attached to a leather
collar around the animal's neck was
; the word "Utanica," presumably the
, name of the boat upon which the cat
was a mascot.
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