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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS
CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE
Estimated Property of $15OOo0OO and Loss Of Life al
Is Persons Dead. Others Still Missing. Rail
road Train Tied Up. Flood Moving
wards Lower Sections Of States

road Train Tied Up. Flood Moving
wards Lower Sections Of States
ncd at a'o" @ the SSy n"w '", @ % f ho o" onS %s
Ath%gh the waters s'Ss rs ny in nearly all districts railroad
1 ''sg1aPh 5 sill; cH1Ga M and reports from ON
M Gn m see @ ne & "nT r1n M ,he "vH"Mmg @ streams swollen
Hnn UrI" r m I" @ M"G m I"w M ay M Iy " wa m Xoh as M
where Of the 10 deaths reported and whore twoirs Of the
The property reports
NORTH CAROLINA
AshevIc nwctyivc Industrial plants DESTROYED incHins cotton
and ~ Lumber mills mrI"r III. shops and coal and LIFE feed Go yars 60 residences
with 200 out Q" Power and plants out Of commission
power plants Street cars at s,ansti and city il , darkness
Monbo-Monl'o cotton mills demolished
East MonboCoton mills damaged and $4,000 worth of cotton de-
Nicxmacr County >spouyh mills washed 1.rlon
'"nconbc Henderson and Madison co'ncsNy mills damaged
plant destroyed Long mill
ca,awna cocot" m &C w"rehos @ with il % 800 bales 3 cotton
great damage was done to crops small mills
Bimo Many driven from their homes and mills and
Marshall three homes destroyed and 2ea maroo"ed
Hendersonvie damage mills and to
Lexington lumber mills in surrounding country carried
away stock killed and crops destroyed
Cleveland CountyDrovo Power dam Shelby destroyed
Tho Se hooded Yad river has destroyed all
Wilkes county. At 1000 population 100000 dam
plants been submerged and Soutchn railway sta
tons along depth of from
feet. Many bridges have been washed away
highway bridges in Mcckcnbug county and near
Statcsvlc Moorcsvi have been washed
while at least six railway bridges DESTROYED
TIL Southern railway lost bridge Mount Holly another near
Hill Salisbury and another Belmont The
scaoard bridge just Belmont is the Pied
mont Northern electric line bridge nearby
SOUTH CAROI.INA
Piedmont section and several rail
way bridges including southern bridge at Aston washed
compays plant shut down, cutting off
power to Grccnvllc and many cotton mills"
two
Air Zinc tracks washed out for short
4 distance,
\. VIRGINIA.
Rarl-Scvcra buildings destroyed and nearby con
4 ES damaged
$For Norfolk & Western Galax branch Little
B Pepper bridge Ralfol and another bridge near
Sca,g washed Damage in the Pcllsnrg district alone
estimated at a million dollars.
$50 feet long Virginia railway Eggcston
The small town of NarrowS reported completely submerged
TENNESSEE
Ncwporary inundated many families forced from their
homes.
Butlel~-virgmia Southern railway bridge washed away
thousands Of and inundated between Chatta
and ah KY Tennessee river and much crop damage
around cambridge
The Tennessee reported other damage is expected
result from overfows at several points
All railroads Tennessee suffered heavily from washed out
y bridges and culvcrts
WEST VIRGINIA.
Kanawha damage railways
by washorts and bridges carried
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Mk. JOHN CUNNINGHAM.
Prominently. known Laurens County
Citizen Dies mt Waterloo.

Mr.. John Cunningham whose rathcr
sudden death occurred at his home at
Waterloo was well known and one
of the countys highly esteemed citi-
zens. The funeral and burial services
were held on Monday, following his
death Sunday morning, the intcrmcnt
taking place in the Rosemont Gene
terry.
Mr.. CuMingnam was 81 years OF age
and was a son Of the late Col John
Cunningham and Mrs. Floride Calhoun
Noble Cunningham and was reared at
the historic Rosemont Manor, near Sa-
luda River z few miles from Water
loo. He was we'll educated and al
ways took a lively interest in public
matters. He was extensively interest
ed in farming, though his health for
the past year prevented the close at
tcntion hitherto given his farm oper-
ations. Recently he decided to spend
the summer at some health resort and
was making plans to this end when
the fina! summons came.
Mr.. Cunningham is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. William Reid Of San
Francisco, Cal, and Mrs. William NJ.
Burney of Columbia; two sisters, Miss
Florido Cunningham OF Columbia
and Miss Elizabeth pickcns Cunning
ham, now patient at the Julia lrby
Sanitarium, and one brother, Mr. Clar-
ence Cunningham of "Craigends", this
county
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
POurs Out the Fluid.

Sheriff Watts the other day invited
The Advertiser representative to what
might be called liquor pouring par
ty', when he emptied several gallons
OF blind tiger "likkcr" into the sink
OF the sheriff's office. The whiskey
represented the accumulation from
raids made in the city and county for
some time. another party having been
held several weeks before when a rep
resentative Of The Herald was present.
The Advertiser has no information as
to what took place when The Herald
man saw all that stuff going to waste,
but it Is supposed that he resigned
himself to the inevitable and allowed
1t to gIrgle out and away without any
audible protest. Mr.. Watts states that
he still has some left on hand and
takes in little bit every now and
then, the officers being very alert af-
ter law breakers.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Mrs. Tom Roger Read.

Mrs. Bette Cunningham Roger died
at her home near Rocky Springs Snn-
day. Her death was due. to lingering
Illness from which she suffered very
much. The burial services took place
Monday morning at half past eleven
o'clock, the Rev. Mr.. Brock Of Watts
Mill conducting them. The deceased
was a daughter Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. e. Y. Cunningham and was forty
one years old She Is survived by her
husband, five brothers: John, Sam,
Robert, George and William; one sis
ter, Mrs. Minnie Green, Of Atlanta, and
no children.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Scholarship Examinations Held.

In the county court room eXamina-
tions we're held Friday, July IA, for
the purpose Of awarding scholarships
to the most deserving applicants. This
year there will be awarded three
scholarships to Clemson College, two
of these being good for four years
while the other Is an agricultural
scholarship and Is good for only one
year. AS usual. the University Of
South Carolina offers q four-year
normal scholarship. and the College of
Charleston offers one that exempts the
holder from tuition. Mr.4J. p. Nc
MILAN, of Clinton, has already been
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
DIR. L. VI. ROUTH SPEAKS
.. BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
Recommends Adoption OF Sanitary
Surface Closets as Il Measure OF Pro.
lection against Disease.

The city board OF health has been
considering FOR some time steps to-
ward improving the sanitary cond-
tions of the city. TO this end the board
invited Dr.. f. NJ. Routh. Of the state
board of health, to appcar before n
lolnt meeting OF the city board OF
health and city council Monday. DR..
Routh, who is a recognized authority
In these matters, gave an instructive
talk when the meeting was held. He
urged the importance Of having cvcry
incorporated town ADOPT some form
OF sanitary surface closet where need
cd. He also urged that rural schools
be interested in some SatiSfactory san
itarY disposal plant. This. he stated.
is the only method that Will eradicate
typhoid fever, dysentcry, hook worm
ana other prcvcntablc diseases He
thinks that the most effective method
OF introducing this work in the county
is to have the towns and schools adopt
1T. The present system Of teaching
sanitation in the schools and permit
ting insanitary practices on the
grounds is dangerous inconsistcncy,
he said.
While in this county Or. Routh will
give illustrated lectures showing the
dangers of soil pollution, fly contain
ination and other ways whereby dis
ease is disseminated DR.. Routh re-
quests that trustees write him or con
suit him about holding such meetings.
he Will exhibit model which the
State Board of Health has endorsed
and which he is trying to get adopted
all over the state
y member Of the board of health
yesterday had the following to say of
Dr. Routh's lectures: These illus
trated lectures are highly entertain
ihg. instructive and practical, not
alone from the sanitary viewpoint, but
as a question Of civic pride. The
economic loss from preventable dis
eases costs Laurens county many
thousands of dollars yearly. The pre-
vention of diseases in progressive sec
tons is occupying more thought than
the question Of curing diseases, since
1t is reflection on the intelligence Of
community to have troubles the
cause Of which can be cradicated."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19

CROSS NIIA riIAurAtQuA
Venture Proved a Great Success in
Ever! Respect


NroSS iiiil, July ~ The chautau-
qua mas come and gone With the
exception OF rain on the last day ev-
ciE' 'hins was favorable and success
iui. Our people were VOL pleased
WIN everything. Or. DaniclS two
iectureS on Wednesday were fine.
thursday morning the addresses on
'"uca'ion Dy Or. j. G. Roper and j. j
McS"aln were eloquent and full OF
eicNatnS thoughts.
frldaT Dr. f. 5. Finchcr. the plat
form manager, delivered two splcn-
dld lectures and Drs. Riser and Routh
ol the state board of health spoke on
S"iii'atioh' MI these addresses were
entertaining and instructive and most
o' 'Neh were real literary treats Be-
"'HG" ihcSc cl&hi lectures the Cotlm-
pa ioncor; company with song, music
"hc fUitlA%%' Dlnno, the magician
WIN ms MASTERY and fGn; Lockh8rt
WIN hiS Spicy readings ana impcrSun-
au0hS' ahd last but by no means
=,
!""!thS an" 'lh kcpt up the interest
an" amusement throughout. So we'll
PIcaScd we're Ihc people OF Cross !Iill
'''aI ihV| fSaGl!E signed up With the
oi"o lof another year with more than
'o''N 'i'h'eS on lhc !lSi. II is hoped
'h"t me information and inspiration
p'"uShl bN me chau'aulua VIII bear
iiu'I among our people hy Il greater
interest and lie in all business and
Social interests.
~ ~ O'Clock Wednesday morning
MIS- Maggie Worklhan, wife OF Mr.
i'hul "orhllan' VINO mad been in i'll
hcalth lor several months, died at the
asc OF 10 years. Bclore marriage Mrs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Meeting OF X. OF p.

There will be a call meeting of Lau-
rens Lodge No. 43, Knights OF Pythias
on next Monday night, July Gath, at
$50 o'clock for the purpose of
lwor. and attending to important
business. All the members are earn
estly, sfsauested to be present.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
FLOOD is MOVING
TOWARDS COAST
Warnings Sent Out Predict Over Forty
Feet on Watcrec at Camden. Ian.
caster Cut on. Many Bridges Go
Down.

Columbia, July l7-With unprcce-
dentedly high waters sweeping down
from the mountain regions, and with
the streams already booming, South
Carolina tonight is in the midst of
what is feared may prove one of the
most destructive floods in its history.
Flood warnings sent out by the
weather bureau predicted stage OF
10 to 40 feet on the Watcrec at Cam
den, while the Pee Dec Systcm also
Is threatening to reach heights all
but unknown. The Congarcc here has
reached its crest and is expected to
go no higher.
Damage to property has been heavy
bat SO FAR as is known there has been
no loss OF life. Power plants, bridges,
railroad construction and low-lying
farms have suffered most from the
high water.
Reports Of damage come from all
sections of the state except the Pee
Dee, which after its terrific ordeal
OF last week, has had a respite OF two
days before the second phase of its
storm experience sets in Communi-
cation is still badly crippled, and ac-
curatc estimates OF the loss are i'm
possible.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Card OF Thanks.

We wish to thank our kind friends
and ncighbors for their kindnesses
shown us during the sickness and
death OF our darling baby John Marian.
May Gods richest blessings rest on
each one of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Davis.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Lancaster Cut on.

Lancaster is cut off from all COM
munication with the outside world ex-
ccpt through the wires of a telegraph
company. Trestles washed away on
both railways entering Lancaster pre-
vent the arrival Of trains and the city
has been without mail during the
day. The postmaster is seeking au-
thority from the postoffice department
to establish an automobile service to
Charlotte, y. c., in an effort to re-
store mail facilities.
Damage to bridges in Union county
is reported very heavy and fears are
entertained for the safety of Lockhart
cotton mill, where the river has broken
beyond it's banks and established a
new channel
Citizens visiting the banks Of the
Catawba river report many bales of
cotton floating down stream. 1t is
thought possible that these come from
Belmont, y. c., where two large mills
are situated on the river
From Chester county tonight came
the news of the destruction of three
railway bridges over the Catawba
river-thc Seahoard Air Line testlc
between Chester and WaXhaw, \. c.,
the Southern bridge between Rock
Hill and Fort Mill and the Carolina
IL Western trcStle at Cliffs. The rail-
ways also have suffered seriously in
damage 10 their tracks. Cotton mills
in the Chester section have suffered
considerable losses.
The streams in the northwestern
part OF the state are receding, but it
viii be days before railroad COM
munication is thoroughly restored.
The Southern's main line trains from
Atlanta to Washington are being opc-
rated through Columbia and traffic
between Columbia and Spartanburg is
still tied, up.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
Chlldren,s Day at Ora.

Children's Day exercises will be held
at the A. r. p. church at Ora. Sunday
morning at II o'clock. These eXercis-
es were postponed from last Sunday
on account of the rain.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19

awarded the one last mentioned There
were twenty applicants for Clemson
scholarships, one of which number
seeking the normal kind, and six APP
tplicants for one to the State universi-
ty.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-19
CLOVER CAMPAIGN
TO COVER COUNTY
Request for More Seed
Coming in Daily
PANkERS ENDORSE
PREPAREDNESS PLAN


PREPAREDNESS PLAN
-thopt Resolutions tommcndng III
forts oi Farm Demonstration +. "
h"orc tIong Lines OF Better ana
HnIcr Farmin. in Laurrn< County.
County Demonstration AGENT L ".
Moore informs lnc Advertiser that tIo
campaign for moro clover. like a snow
pail, IS getting bigger as il goes firth.
cl. more requests for sccd arc ocm-
ing in daily and farmers seem more
determined than ever before to SOW
some OF their fertilizer this lalI ana
winter for use on next summers crop
The following have sianifled their
desire to become mcmhcrS Of the Glow
cl club since the last report by Mr.
Moore:
Total numbcr Of pounds brought
Onward $4,000
S. }. Davis 100
" Booth kniaht 100
+. } Poole 300
l. NJ. Shaw ;. 200
}. II. Powers :. -. 100
g. l.. Waldrcp 80
I. R. Burdcttc 100
~ w. ~ Dial 200
Albert Dial :. 100
-. ID. Culbcrtson 100
R. l.. Young 20
). H. DorHoh :. 60
- ~ iNc"uci = 50
X. /. Dunlap :. :. ;. 100
Mr. Moore is getting the co-opcra-
ton of q few farmers over the county
this summer in the matter of raising
grazing crops, fenced for pasture, to
show that hogs and cattle can be
grown more economically Mr. Moore
states that he is positive that in this
way and only this, can the majority
OF local farmers prepare themselves
for our friend, the enemy" Mr.. Boil
Wccvi
At a meeting Of The presidents Of the
five banks Of I.aurens Monday morning
the following resolutions were passed
endorsing Mr.. Moorc's effort alone this
limo and assuring him OF their willing
ness TO help in carrying cut these ideas
under his direction:
We the undersigned bankers Of I.au-
rcns,
First, Because we realize the IMPORT
ancc OF our farmers adopting and con
tnuins methods of farming thai vii
leave their lands ricner each year in
stead OF poorcr, and
second Because We arc assured Of
the near approach OF the boll wccvil
ana 'hat ms arrival will, as it has done
III the west, cause almost complete
Dre'Noo"h OF our present methods of
farmin& and call for a rcadiustmcnt OF
same ana
hIFd' belicVins as We do that the
'ditDtISn LOT lcSulncS ana livestock
L
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
Burglar Shot In Gun Battle.

nver.-Dangerously wounded in o
gun fight at close range with Joseph
G. Clark, special police officer, an
early morning burglar forgot the pain
of wound in his chest, dragged him
self up flight of stairs, staggered
through hallway, leaped twenty-five
feet from secondstory window and
escaped in the darkness. The encoun
ter between burglar and policeman
took place in the hallway of the Hotel
Du Nan. Four hours later Claude Mad
dox, % years I'D, was removed from
the McCloud hotel to Mercy hospital
He was suffering from a gunshot
wound in the chest. sprained back
and wrenched ankle. Three persons
have since identified him as the man
who engaged in the pistol duel with
Special Policeman Clark. Soon after
Maddox was removed to the hospital
his wife, Mrs. Juanita Maddox, was
arrested and placed in the matron $
quarters at the city jail.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
PROBERS MAKE REPORT
COLORADO COAL CAMPS BETTER
THAN IN EAST"
Low Commission Finds Working Con.
ditions In the Southern Fields
Fine-Miners Own Autos.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Trinidad.-That working conditions
in the southern Colorado coal mines
are as good II not better than in the
same industry in the East, is the opin-
ion of members of the federal commits
sion headed by Seth Low of New York.
who returned to the Trinidad district
after inspecting coal mines in Huer-
fano county. A statement to this ef-
feet was given by Patrick Gilday, a
member of the commission.
Il believe" said Mr.. Gilday, that
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., was sincere
when he came to Colorado. There
are some who believe that his trip to
this state was grandstand play, but
don't. l think he played the part
Of a man and | feel that his trip and
the, things he saw here will result in
material improvement of conditions
generally" He stated further that he
did not believe the working of the
Rockefeller industrial system would
bring about the conditions demanded
by the United Mine Workers.
The members of the commission ex-
pressed themselves as much i'm.
pressed with the sociological work In
the coal camps. Mr. Gilday, speaking
for the commission, commented with
particular approval on the splendid
conditions at the Cameron mine in the
Walsenburg district.
We had pleasant but busy stay
In the southern coal fields.' said Mr.
Low. We visited mines at Primero,
Frederick, the one at Hastings, the
Waisen.Robinson and the Ravenwood
and Cameron mines. The conditions
as to houses and general living condi.
tons seemed to be most satisfactory,
comparing very favorably with the
pennsylvania and other mines in the
East that have come under my obser-
walton.
We found one company was build.
ing garages and that many of the
automobiles to be housed therein are
1wned by the miners.
We had conferences with the mine
operators and with the miners, and
will continue our tour with a visit to
the northern coal fields"
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
U. s. FINANCES BEST IN HISTORY
Comptroller Says Reserves Nov. 10,
1915. Greater Than Ever Before.

Comptroller Says Reserves Nov. 10,
1915. Greater Than Ever Before.
Washington. - Development and
growth never paralleled in the finan-
cial history of any country Is the
way John Skelton Williams, comp
troller of the currency, describes, IN
his annual report to Congress, the op-
GRAFTON of the national banks under
his charge during the period from Oc-
tober, 1914, to November. 1915, the
first year under the federal reserve
system. The report was presented to
Congress.
Williams gives comparative state
ment OF the condition OF the national
banks to back up his statement. He
shows that net resources of the banks
increased in the year sl,743,s7s.64S;
that deposits increased $2,0S1 $50, ,164.
and that loans and discounts in
creased $917,450,502. Available cash
increased In the same period $685.
100000, and Nov. 10, 1915, the report
ing national banks had excess re-
serves of 1891 100000.
The reserves held by the national
banks Nov. 10, 1875" says the report,
exceeded by s5s7 100000 the great.
est reserves ever held at any time be-
for the passage of the federal reserve
act"
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
w e STE RN.

AE result Of action taken by the
assembly, California's muddled elec
ton laws were virtually Strengthened
out.
Cooper County, Mo-, outside OF
Boonyille, voted into the dry column
by 275 votes. Boonville voted to re,
main wet.
The funeral Of the Rt Rev. Richard
Scannell, bishop of the Catholic dio.
cese of Omaha, was held from his
home in Omaha.
Robbers at st. Paul. Mimi, obtained
approximately $l.000,0oo in negotiable
internal revenue stamps and several
thousand dollars in cash.
One hundred and nAiety-fiye thou.
sand horses have been bought at the
National Stock Yards at East 81
Louis, ILL.,, by the entente allies at A
cost of s34,000.000.
Fred w. Benson. former United
States senator from Kansas and
former justice Of the State Supreme
Court, died at the home of his daugh,
ter in Topeka. He was " years old.
Lieut. Joseph E. Mcdonald of the
Twelfth cavalry, United States army,
who, with four companions, went
shedding at Mammoth Hot Springs,
near Fort Yellowstone, Wyo.. was
killed by a snowslide.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
CAN'T LOWER SALARIES
ALTHOUGH BREWERY EMPLOYEES
AGREED TO ACCEPT CUT.
State Industrial Commission Decides
No Changes Can Be Made Until
Expiration Of 3o-Day Notice.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-Eyen though its employees
agreed to reduction Of wages, the
Adolph Coors Brewing Company OF
Golden will be unable to make
changes in wage schedules until the
expiration of thirty days from Jan. /
on account of the operation Of the
state industrial law.
The company began a wage reduc.
tion Jan. l, when its plant started to
manufacture near-bear in place of the
old-time brew now barred by the dry
law. 1t was Immediately notified b.
the State Industrial Commission that
such changes could not be made with.
out first filing thirty-day notice
with the commission. The company
has complied with the order by filing
the required notice. In the meantime
the nelr-Deer makers will receive the
same wages paid them for making the
alcoholic beverage.
The controversy over the discontin-
uing of wage schedule brought be-
fore the industrial commission by the
employees of the Zang, Neef Bros. and
Capitol Brewing companies has been
adjusted. The Neef Pros. and Capitol
companies withdrew their notices of
intention to change working condi.
tions. In the Zang case the commits.
sion decided in favor of the company
On the ground that, by supplemental
contract, the workers had agreed to
the change II the state went dry on
Jan. /, 1916.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-13
WASHING NGTON.

Over 1000 attended the White
House reception Friday night and
shook hands with the President and
his bride.
Representative Campbell of Kansas
introduced resolution for the crea.
ton of an international federation OF
nations to preserve international law.
Prepare to defend the Monroe doc.
trine or abandon It," said Secretary
Garrison in submitting his plans for
the defense of the nation to the
House military committee.
Creation of national defense fund
not to exceed s150,00o,6OO annually
from income. inheritance and corpora.
tlon taxes is proposed In a bill by
Representative Keating OF Colorado.