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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-24

caused the loss of no lives though
numerous fremen have been burned
d n3d to go to the hospital. 1t is
repoted, however, that the little child
OF Firemep Meredith was burned to
death just as her father rushed in the
house to save her.
About Burned Out.
The fire is practically under control
at 1:30 so ar as the business and
principal residential sections are con-
cerned, though it is now raging near
the city limits 1t is being controlled
because it has burned out.
1t was estimated at o'clock that
500 homes have been destroyed, leav-
ing over 5000 persons homeless. The
fire crossed Broad street at Ebert
street and is gradually eating its way
into the residence section of the city.
One of the larger warehouses con-
tanning 100000 bales of cotton is out
of the fire zone.
Three companies OF the National
Guard have been ordered out and are
patrolhng the streets.
At 2:20 o'clock this morning the fire
was gradu olly burning its way through
the reside ltial section and had touched
Green street. The flames have been
checked at sevral points by the Au'
gusta augmented fire department.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-24
Flames SWeep Augusta
Causing Millions Loss
Destroys Many Blocks on Broad Sfreet--Fanneo
by Winds of Great Force--Sixty-f1Ue Mile
Gale Drives DeUouring ConfLagration
Along Thoroughfare.

w. II. Sloan. Conditions in Columbia
with a high wind blowing we're suci.
that Fire Chief ". May did not feel
warranted in leaving the city or in de-
tachiug large complement from his
force.
Engine $40 hauled the special train,
With Pat Rion in the drivers seat and
J. w. Edwards, conductor, in charge
The train consisted of a passenger
coach and two Tat cars. The ap-
paratus was taken aboard at the west
Gervias street cossing, after difficult
tv had been encountered in loading
it at Blanding street, and the coach
was picked up at the union station.
On the special were a staff CORE
spondent of The State and an extra
operator of The Associated Press.
Samuel Nf. Rice, conductor of the
Southern Railway, said last night that
when his train left Augusta at $40
o'clock in the evening the flames in
the Dyer building were high and were
being spread by high west wind.
at looked bad" said Mr.. Rice.
Sparks were flying over the river and
it seemed as if the cotton on Rey-
nolds street must surely catch. l heard
that there we're sevral narrow escapes.
The fire is said to>have started i'm the
bottom O, the Dyer building
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-24
THE COURT CLOSES.
Prese tment of Grand Jury = Com.
meDt by Judge wilson,. 0. Bur.
ton Granted Bail.

The court of general sessions, Judge
Wilson presiding, adjourned Wednes-
day afternoon at l o'clock. While
several important cases were disposed
Of there were several that wee con-
tinued for one reason or another. The
grand jury made some very important
recommendation as will be seen
from reading its presentment.
The cases disposed of at this term
are as follows:
The State against John Glasgow
charged with larceny from the person
(pickpocket), found guilty and sen
fenced to IS months ON the chain
gang or the penitentiary.
Jim Caughman, housebreaking and
larceny; guilty, two years.
Bluff Cannon, HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny; not guilty.
Jim Robertson. housebreaking and
larceny; pleaded guilty, 18 months.
I. O. Burton, murder and carrying
concealed weapons; continued to next
term of court.
Joe Jackson, assault and battery and
carrying concealed weapons; pleaded
guilty, three months or 800.
Ed Johnson, burglary and larceny;
court directed verdict Of guilty with
recommendation to mercy. The pris-
oner was given a sentence of five
years.
Robt. Childs, larceny Of bicycle;
guilty, two years and a fine Of IS.
Jim. Todd, assault and battery with
itent to kill; tried in prisoners ab-
sence, new trial granted and case con-
tinued. -''-
D. "A. Warley, assault and battery;
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III oINESS DISTRICT FEELS
FULL FORCE OF DISASTER
Fire Sweeps Down Broad Street and
Leaps Into Reynolds and Ellis.
Burning FlercelT.

Augusta, Ca, March 23-A confla-
cation which has already resulted in
an estimated loss of So 100000 to s10,-
100000 is sweeping Augusta and at 1
o'clock in the morning IS still. burning
fiercely, Famed by wind blowing in
a southeasterly direction the flames
swept through between 20 and Is city
blocks destroying dozens Of business
buildings and rendering thousands
homeless. The fire started about 6:15
D. NJ, in the rear of a store on the first
,ioor OF r',e Dyer bu Ii.:c. one Of the
:itys' priac pal office buildings Tel
ants of TIE building hare'y escaped
with their lives and dozen young Wo-
men who attended business college
IN the fl :, floor ,S."c forced TO come
lown The fire escape at peril Of their
lives.
The Augusta fire department, with
every available engine, was on the
scene within less than three minutes
after the alarm was turned in and
seeing that the Dyel building was
doomed. directed its efforts toward
saving the Union Savings Bank build
ing acros the street. The fire, in the
meantime, had swept across Eighth
treet from the rear Of t;le Dyer build
ing and began burning Cotton row
where thousands Of bales were stored.
The flames began to eat their, way
through the warehouses, attacked the
Tubman high school and then swept
toward Broad steet. The fremen had
kept the flames from the Union Saw
'1gs bank building from Eighth street
side but when the building was at
tackled from the rear they "oa!.i not
fight the flames from that angle also
Big Buildings Lost.
On the 700 block of Broad street the
Union Savings bank building, the Pos
tai telegraph building, the Augusta
Herald building, the Commercial club
building and The Chronicle and En-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-24

Augusta, Ca, March 23.-Fire, fan
ned by 65-mile gale, last night swept
down Broad street, destroying Il
blocks of buildings on that main
thoroughfare of augusta and about IA
on other streets. At 1 o'clock this
morning the flames were still burning
fercely, with the prospects that it
would he probably several hours be-
fore they can be controlled.
Three militia companies have bee:
ordered out and now are guarding the
streets
Thus far there have been no fatal
accidents, but there were many mar
row escapes, notable in the Dyer
building, where the confagation had
its inception,
The loss will run we'll into the mil
lions some estimates now putting K
as high as s1O,OOO,OOO.
The flames swept straight swst1
down Broad street, skipping only. two
blocks, the 600 and 700 blocks, and tax
ing in their caraer many well known
buildings.
Among the structures completely
destroyed were the Dyer building, a
fve-story structure; the Augusta Her
aid building, the Commercial club, the
Tubman high school for girls, the
Horton grammar school, the cotton
exchange, with about 10000 bales OF
cotton; the Southern railway freight
depot, and historic St. Paul's church
Both the Western Union and the
Postal telegraph offices were destroy
ed as was the composing room of the
Augusta Chronicle, an annex of the
papers ten story home. The main
building itself, though badly damaged,
still stands.
Telephone connection with the out
side world was lost. for a time, but
was restored late in the night -.
Fire fighters and apparatus from sa-
annah, waynesboro and Columbia are
on the scene, the Columbia contin-
gent having arrived about 1890. AS
sistace from Macon, Atlanta and
Charleston also is on the way.
Some of the handsomest mansions
in Augusta we're among the dwellings
destroyed in lower Broad street
among these were the residences Of
ferdinand Phinizy, Leonard Phinizy'
Thomas Barrett, Sr, Thomas Barrett
,Ir., and the Gould home.
St. PauPs one OF the Oldest EpiSco-
pal churches in the South, is a COM
plete loss. On its walls and in its
aisl.s were memorials to many men
of more than local fame who lay buried
within its precincts. }. ;.
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pire buildings, the latter two modern
office buildings were gutted.
AS the flames we're uncontolah'e
at o'clock, an appeal was sent to
other cities for aid Atlanta, Macon,
Savannah. Columbia and Waynesboro
we're called on. Waynesboro arrived
at 10 o'clock and Columbia one hour
later. Nothing seemed to be able TO
check the flames in the patch Wnlcn
the wind directed them and they de-
stroyed approximately $4,000 bales OF
cotton valued at $1,O0O,O0o. The
Tubman high school building was de-
stroyed as was the Southern railway
freight depot. The fire burning the
the north side of Broad on the 7Oo
block down to the Citizens & South
ern bank building. This granite
structure acted as a barrier to the
further progress of the flames and
thew swept behind it. The Citizens
& Southern Planters Loan & Savings
and Georgia Railroad banks were
saved on the 700 block.
The entire section of the city north
of Broad and east of Eighth streets
seemed to be doomed though the fire
men fought valiantly to save many
of the buildings and succeeded in saw
ing some
Residences Destroyed.
On the 400 and 800 blocks Of Broad,
Reynolds and Bay streets, practically
all the residences were destroyed,
Lower Broad is one of the most ex-
elusive residence sections of the city
The flames crossed Broad on the 400
block and swept down Ellis and then
to Green, burning both sides OF lower
Green. Thousands of people were
made homeless and many other thou
sands are sleeping with their house
hold furniture piled in the street.
keeping vigil over their, property act..r
So far as is known the fire has
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The State.

The State.
Augusta, Ca. March 2S.-At
3:15, the wind having died down.
the great fire was completely un-
der control. At 2::30. a second fire
1;>tke out in the southern section
Of the city. 1t was eXtinguished
after having caused about $4,000
ltss.
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CHARLESTON SENDS
HELP TO AUGUSTA
Pumper, Twelve Hundred Feet of hose
and Firemen Go On
Special Train.

;, Charleston, March PA pumper,
1,2OO feet Of hose and seven iremen
under Foreman Wohlters lift at 1880
o'clock tonight on Special train, about
40 minutes after receiving call from
Augusta to aid in fighting the FIRE
raging in that city,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-24
TWICE A WEEK, s1.5O A YEAR

pleaded guilty, $500 or one year, SEN
tence suspended during good behavior.
! J. H. Brown, disposing of property
under lien; guilty, nine months or
$50.
Thomas Byrd, Jr, murder; pleaded
guilty to manslaughter, 80 years.
John Brown, rape; continued.
Tom lMcMorris, charged with failure
to support wife and children, settled
on terms that he pay $11 per month
for support Of vie and children.
Mack Dawkins, larceny; continued.
Jim Todd, violation dispensary law:
continued.
G. J. Gallman, obtaining goods un-
der false pretense; continued.
! Thomas Notes, assault and battery,
intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons; mol pressed.
T. j. Davenport, assault and bat
terry, intent to kill; mol pressed
Presentment of Grand Jury.
State of South CarolinaLCounty of
/ NewberFy.
To His Honor, Judge John S, Wilson,
= presiding.
! We the grand jury for Newberry
county, at the sitting OF this term of
court wish to make the following pre-
sentations of such matters as have
been brought before us 'or our con-
siderations.. ~
First, We wish. to express to the
Judge presiding. our appreciations anc
thanks for his charge and Instructions
to US.
We have appointed committees to
examine and audit the books of the
various county officers and to inspect
the conditions existing at the County
/ Home and jail. Same will be includ-
ed in our presentment at the next
E'term of court.
I 1t has been reported to the Grands :
Jury that numerous acts of vandalism
have been committed at the two
} schools located at Johnstone in No. II
schoo, district. These alleged acts
being the result OF friction between
patrons of the two schools, according
to information furnished us. We rec
! ommend that some action be taken in
this matter by the proper authori-
ties.
We have received committees max
ing complaints as to county roads and
have same under consideration.
We: have passed On all bills present.
ed to rs and have returned same to
court.
We wish to commend the sheriff and
his deputies for their diligence and all
officers of the county for their '.ai:ll-
full and efficient work.
We recommend that the clerk be
paid the usual fee.
W. F. EWART,
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AID FROM GREENNILLE
Piremen and Apparatus Sent by Spe'
ciaI Train to Augusta.

Greenville, March 2S-A special
train left here this morning at
? o'clock carrying 20 fiFemen, fire
engine, hose wagon and $500 feet Of
hose to Augusta. The train IS due
in Augusta at 5 o'clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-24

Prof. D. r. Riser, superintendent of
the city schools Of Manning, S. c., is
visiting his father, Mr.. ]. H. Riser, in
NewlberTy for the week end.
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Foreman Grand Jury.
Comment by Judge wilson.

At the conclusion of the reading Of
the presentment by Clerk of Court
Goggans, Judge Wilson commended the
grand jury Tor its promptness and at
tention to duty. He then commented
upon that portion of the presetment
relating to the state of affairs existing
at Johnstone Academy, laying great
stress upon the gravity of the situa-
ton. He suggested that the services
of a good preacher, who was not
afraid to speak out, be secured to go
to that community and do scne
missionary work" among the school
patrons who are at outs. The judge
paid a tribute to home and foreign
missions, and remarked that he be-
lieved that a missionary could &C
complish more than anything else IN
this case
Juose Wilson then suggested to So
licitor Cooper that he have copies or
certain portions of the preesntment
made and forwarded to the trustees
of the two schools, together with a
request that the patrons of Johnstone
district get together and put stop to
the existing friction. If there is a
repetition of the "acts Of vandalism,
mentioned in the grand jury's present
ment the judge directed that the gull,
ty parties be indeed and brought be-
fore the court.
Judge Wilson was very ro-eeful In
his remarks along this line. He stat
ed that he greatly deplored such
state Of affairs in the grand old coun-
ty of Neyberry. and hoped that the
remedy suggested by him would have
the desired effect,
Solicitor Cooper stated to the Judge
that he would have copies of the pre-
sentiment sent to the trustees Of the
Schools fsiiqfffo III acc5fHd dance sah 18th - request
81 the court
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-02
SHOWING THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR THE
 YEAR 1918

Ths annual report submitted ey the Collector of Customs al Juneau, shseS1ng the importance of AlASss's cazanerue with United States An2 foreign coGn1-Sss- has been received. aa sxcsrr of which fellows showing aa s couprehensive manner sha ex- tenn of the tezrssory's e,ozanserce and osher matters Comparative figures are made In the report bus will he emitted here for lack of sp4cs and the figures for 1915 alone will he used:
 TREASURY DEPARTMENT
 United S1asss Customs Service Office os Collector. Pors of Juneau. Alaska, Jan 9. 1918
 h the couanerSizE record breaking period covered by the calendar year 1918. n which the United States made sach marked advances Tnaast- rSzIsy and h trade. ths Territory of Alzsks ccrupsss w0rshy plSee and cezsinaes sn the ns2rcA of progress saWzzI an important position in ths nation
 WhiAe il was hope6 thar shs total Szfus et eozEasrrs might reach the azn6re5 nlilEioa dollar mark. she in crease of Eo-s than t~slve mil EonS oTsr last year Es g-a1Isfg ring
 This rep-ar1 treats of cpun,erve za5 trade. and ozly by ths results sh0~a n the EaTszsenss of com Eaas55siss is ths extsns q production Indicated The increased imports, largely consisting of us-vhzns5ise .ruz shs United States, entered in "a shs mining development of the So11he2Sssrz and the rz5lruad ex- aloisztiOz n the Se1zhera sections Tae inerezse n experts effects al parts of the territory except Sha YEkoz VzlAsy. the prsa51sss q which consisting mostly ot placer gold, hare been steadily daclining for the past fEvs years The balance of the trade lz f&Tor cf tle Territory. grzizzIly 1crezzzng with e4eL yszr's rs.urzss has in 1915 rezciesd vzlus of nsariy tKe1sy-seven mil Ec1s ot dollars
 The decrease U vzsEe of Eaerrhzn- dls= fr0n foreign ports is largely dze to sAe vzl1e of foreign coal consigned so Alaska entered at Seattle Wasls tks figures are nos available, T. is begiszed that with th5s addition she zmozn1 wOzld eg7zl that q last year.
 Imports and exports of f0-eign god and zzavzr. and mos4 ot tha ex- ports foreign 2s sio@a n th-z szb1e fSllo~izg are h transit To osher Essns eovsr ths real trade of the TsyrSto-g-
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FIREMEN'S

The Conamittee on arrangements for the Flremen's Ball on Lineoln's Birthday. February F, 1916, have to announce that all plans have been completed and a big time is assured. The dance will be given in the Rink. where there will be plenty of Eoom for all, both great and small.
 The following committees will have charge of the evenings fest iyiies:
 Reception Committee: D. W. Hunt, Chief; Fremont King. Hon. Chief; and F. H. Bold, Asst. Chief.
 Floor Committe: Harvey Stack pole. Foreman Carr No. I; Lawr- snee Kuhley. Foreman Carr No. 3; and Stanley Adams. Foreman Chem- ical.
 Refreshments. Jack Rounsefell: Earl Thatcher; and Fred Patching.
 Ticket Committee: John Koel: Chr1S Hoover; and T. Clemenson.
 The following eornnlitte will have charge of the music: ". H. Patch ing. Bob Graham and Walter Jang- gen and the best in the music line is guaranteed.
 The price Of admission will be Soc each one and all. Tickets will be on sale this week St all the leading places of buiness. The receipts from this ball will be used to sstrt a fund for. 8 public gym nasium- KetchIkan affords very little recreation for her growing boys, or the business man. and this should recommend itself to each and every one of us- The coop eratioR on the part of every citi- Ten is requested 10 make this dance success
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SAN DIEGO, Jan S1.-TAe ha-- TOTS cE the flood i< being h-O1saas.. closer eTe-y day Many reports l1ss received cqzt5rHa p-ev5o1s oass tsza haa3rs.1s of persons los4 th.a1- Evss IT 1he h-s2k of the GZ-n- The s1ao5 is Szill az,eress5zg zz3 fsAr Ss sn.er7aznssa s.zs the other dam Slll z1s.s orszE and 1save Ehaz c5sg vlsA.- o11 EzfeE-
 SAN DIEGO. Fsa 1--The 6eser- ted tlooe3ss3 Gzztr5cts hzve been r=- ported sa h.s 1hs f5el33s of opsrs.sf-ss tor 2a army ot taszvss who hzvs Eoa7a3 svs-y place h or5sr sc pEe7ea9 fzz1hsr loozzzE 1he auth g-as5z.s hzvs requested tha gCTsrz- mszs "a or3sr ths marines and pro tsc4 the r-vpersy- Al tAaa flooded esszs1-sa-1s zrs besznE vaz7r9isz.3 and iz ezzrs 6. geTs-zzs-s oizi5r52ls-
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L0NnUN- J3n- Sf--The most farScSss fighting slace the taking of Yrrss Is HOW going cn between sAss-. FrsrcA and sAs Germans with the Basss- getting she tssss cg sA fight in. So uaueA so zh2s they capt@re1 s town gnArae noE mentioned 1A ASsys.sa- sv-fSvs miles from Paris The slaughter, says the rspart. Is most sssssSusslrg, The battlefield sS lis- e-1lHy covered with the dead.
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NEW BOOKS AT THE PUBLIC
 LIBRARY
at the Public IjbrarvnW

d at the Public LibrarypW
 4 few Of the new books which may be had at the Public Library by the payment of twenty-five cents per month and the usual deposit, ich is refunded when book and -i are returned:
 The Secret of the Reef, Bindlass. Flying U Ranch Bower. Chip Of the Flying L, Bower Contrary Mary, Bailey. The ladder, Curtis. Toli House-English war time story, St. Legar. Confessions Of Clergyman.
 The Rim of the Desert, Anderson. The Night Riders CuIlurn. The new books for February are: The Patrol of the Sundance Trail,
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GOLD AND SILVER SHIPPED TO THE UNITED STATES BY
 DIVISIONS
sls@.sl1

The products of the territory en- ssrsag into coAarnerce with the Uni led States, IS shown in the table upon tha following page, reach : va lue of more th2n fifty million doll ars- To this be added the following items not shown in the table and not reported by the bureau of Foreign and Domestic Comneroe. to-wit:
 Copper ere exported to AnyOx-B-C. sSIs.S9S, Fish 10 Prince Rupert.26a. eSS. Government furs from the Pri- 5iIof Island 124, ,76s, Fnrs shipped by mail. l50.0O0- Total sSeS. .S29.
 Of these predncts the greatest gain Is In copper ore and matte, an increase Of over 9oe per cent This increase Is not as much dua 10 the higher prioe as to the greater pro d1eslOa IL has been 2scertained thai ore to the value of more than two million dollars has been mined and dslEve-ed al the seabczri ready for shipment
 l substantial gain has been made in zhe gold and silver shipments. the greatest increase being from the Saasre4stern DIyision-
 Tas fish producs Is greater than last year amounting to SIS, e,603, ,6s0 This amount Es ootained by adding 10 zhe sum of the first three items of this commodity n the table the valae of the shipments to Prince Ru- pe-s as shown above-
 An-iuony and lead ere and matte are aaw items n the report and will d0u5tlsss gain in importance
 i decrease appears n some items tae greatest being in furs- This Is due to lhe low prices prevailing, the elimination of the government product ard shipusnts by mail The lz-Eer information Is furnished 6y Ehe Bureau and was not received Tn tlme for inclusion in 1he table If the above amounts are added 2 naoye favorable shcNing is made.
 h segr4gztTng the shipments Of uasEshan5isa from the United States to the different divisions the marked increase n vzlGe of the same 10 the southern division is noted and indi- cates the shifting of the center of activity 70 that section Although shs s0utAeastern division has eontf- nze1 inc extensive development and installation of the Iass three years aad there $ much promise for the future. the b=iIding of the rziIroad te she coal deposits and 10 the in s=F5or. the developing of the coal ard org bodies. the attendant settle naent of tte district with it's invest Ea@nts and improvements, which pro EEais@s to extend ovsr persod of years VII, fl is predicted, bring So1thern Alaska into 2 position of greater proIlnenee.
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Ill PAS0. Jan S1--ActOrtinss .e $ rspors 5ls5 received, General F7Els h-xs been eorna-e5- He wzS driven eu7 ot SAe Santa Cara Can ycn and Ss s1r--En5eS by strV1S EssasA-asns a: C2rr2zzsis uaOs- trusted sso15ssrs- Tha reror1 says thai he ss supposed se be ns&r kR- xalle. where sh=re Ss no chance fog hss esgage-
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CHINESE ARE FIGHTING .nraaN-s, --rrr-NESE,r NrrS

PEAING. Jan S1--Nsws has szs4 been b-c1ga4 n 1e the effect rha1 she province os KlvsScAo~ Es sr f9ll rebellion against the gev- s-uraen7 and thas the goverro- and h5s forces are fleeing fur their lSveS-
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Connor.
 Hepsey Burke. Companion toDavid Harum, Wescott Saddle Boys in The Rockies,
 Capt. ]. Carson. Campfire Girls at Hillside.
 Sanderson. Reference books, Poetry, Classics. Essays. Histories. Any of the above books are to be had at
 (Yourl Library
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Job printing neatly and prompt done at the Progressive Miner
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