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CHARLESTON, 5.C.
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CHARLESTON, S. C., July 14.—The
hurricane which struck Charleston last
night, cutting this city oft' from wire
communication with the outside world
for several hours, abated today. One
life was lost, and the damage is not as
great as at first reported.
A great many shade trees were
blown down, breaking wires and put
ting public utilities out of operation,
but service is being rapidly restored
and it is hoped to have the streets
lighted before morning.
The United States naval collier Hec
tor is reported in distress 45 miles oil
shore near the entrance of Charleston
harbor.
ATANTA, Ga., July 14.—Charleston
is cut off from continued wire com
munication as the result of the hurri
cane which struck the Georgia and
South Carolina coasts during last
night, claiming three lives and damag
ing coast cities and pleasure resorts.
Reports from Charleston today indi
cate two persons lost their lives along
the water front, that portion of the city
being flooded. Shipping and pubtie
utility facilities in the Carolina city
as well as other private property sus
tained serious damage, according to
most authentic reports obtainable.
One negro was reported as drowned
near Tybee during last night, but the
victim’s name was not obtained.
A report given the telegraph opera
tor at Summerville, 22 miles from
Charleston, early this afternoon, says
two persons were killed when Front
street was ‘‘blown out” by the force of
the hurricane. Ths authorty says the
streets of Charleston arel ittered with
debris and that much damage was done
by the storm.
Weather bureau reports posted at
Atlanta today say the tropical disturb
ance reported Wednesday now appears
to be just north of San Domingo, but
information as to its intensity of very
meagre.
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 14.—Two per
sons were killed and great damage
done shipping in Charleston harbor by
a storm early today, according to a
brief telephone report received by an
Atlantic Coast Line railroad dispatcher
here. The dispatched was able to
get Charleston on the telephone dur
ing only a few minutes, and was una
ble to obtain the full extent of the
storm’s devastation before the wire
failed.
Storm Warnings.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.-
Hurricane warnings for the Atlantic
coast from Tybee Island to George
town, S. C., were issued by the Weath
er Bureau last night. It was announc
ed that there was a storm off the south
Atlantic coast, with increasing and
(northerly hurricane winds, probably
today.
The disturbance is of considerable
intensity with a maximum wind veloc
ity of 64 miles an hour at Charles
ton, and is near the southern South
Carolina coast. Storm warnings
which were hoisted Thursday morn
ing at 7 o’clock, were changed last
night to hurricane warnings. Storm
warnings are displayed today on the
Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to
lortress Monroe. The tropical dis
turbance noted Wednesday, the weath
er bureau stated early today, is still
beyond definite description, but late
reports indicate that it is near or
over the Mona Passage between Porto
Eici and Santo Domingo.
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4 OHIO JURIST NAMED ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 14. 4
A —United States District Judge J. 4
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4 former Justice Chas. E. Hughes, 4
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M'CRORY FIGURES
WITH PEACH COUNTY
ATLANTA, Ga., July 14.—A mild
sensation was precipitated in the
house constitutional amendment com
mittee meeting late yesterday, when
. the Peach county bill was under con
sideration. Houston and Macon coun
ties, from which the proposed county
would be formed, have presented fac
tions opposed to Peach county.
Among the opposition is Senator Mc -
Crory, who appeared at the meeting
and. in argument, charged that Speak
er Pro Tern Robert LaSeur, a mem
, ber of the committee hearing the bill,
had traded with the Peach county ad
vocates to the extent of supporting
their bill, if they would keep out of
Crawford county in designing the pro
posed new county; that he was willing
: to see Houston and Macon counties
cut, but not any of Crawford county.
Mr. LaSeur denied the statement
• and while Mr. McCrory was explain
ing that he meant no reflection on the
member of the committee at all, Mr.
i Wohlwender moved for an executive
i ession to break up the colloquy, but
it ended anyway, and the hearing
went on.
Mr. Nunn, of Houston, argued
against the proposed new county.
The committee postponed action on
the bill until after the proposed Sim
mons county measure is heard next
Monday, when recommendation will
Le made on both bills. Simmons coun
ty would cut territory from Houston
ind‘Dooly.
“Generally Fair”
Is The Shot Os
Weather Folks
Uncle Sam’s department of agri
culture, which, by-the-way, has to do
with the weather bureau, in the person
of Observer Joe Bryan in Americus,
flashed the following report this morn
ing: “For Georgia: Generally fair
tonight and Saturday.”
It’s no dream, but “fair weather”
comes as a great relief—and a nat
ural sequence to the floods of the
past week.
CABINET DISCUSSES
THE SHARK MATTERS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 14.
Attacks on bathers along the New Jer
sey coast by sharks were discussed at
today's cabinet meeting, and later
Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury de
partment, announced the coast guards
will be ordered to do what they could
to clear the coast of dangerous fish.
SPECIAL TRAIN FDR THE
W. 0, W. LOG ROLLING
The Seaboard Air Line railway will
have a special train from Richland to
Cordele, on Thursday, July 20th, to
the annual Woodmen of the World log
AMERIKISmimffIRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
DISTRICT FAIR
HAS FULLSUM TO
BEGIN WORK NOW
The Executive Committee of the
Third Agricultural District fair met in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms this
morning with Secretary Hyman and
disposed of the small balance of stock
necessary to close the stock subscrip
tions. This committee was composed
of Carr S. Glover, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, Frank P. Har
rold, W. D. Phillips, S. R. Heys, Frank
Lanier.
There will be a meeting of the en
tire list of stockholders on Tuesday
night, July 18th, when officers will be
elected and the work of the fair will be
pushed forward with a rush.
Already, two cars of lumber are on
the grounds and another is expected
daily when Secretary Hyman will
have a large force of workmen busy
erecting the many large buildings.
One of the most handsome pieces of
work at the fair will be the gate or
main entrance. Architect Lockwood,
of Columbus, will have the plans here
in a day or two, and this will be about
the first thing that will be erected.
Arrangements are being made with
a school of aviators to fly here, and
correspondence is being held looking
to one of the largest circuses in the
country being with us one day during
the week.
Many contracts for space have been
taken during the past week, by some
of the largest manufacturers of this
country. The automobile building will
be one of the big shows and already
several big companies are after space.
The American LaFrance Auto Fire
Apparatus, of New York, write today
that their company has the fair under
consideration and will be able to
|state ust what size spare they will
wish within the next week.
This morning a handsome cut was
received from the Northwest Dairy
men of Northfield, Minnesota, for use
in our printed matter. This cut is a
picture of two of the most valuable
cows in the United States, being Artis
Pontiac Beets and daughter, owned by
W. F. Schilling, Northfield, Minn.
They are beaties.
Secretary Hyman has the premium
list nearly completed, and it will go
to the printers early next week. The
Central of Georgia railroad has sent
in cash premums of $20.00 on short
horn cattle. They will have an exten
sive exhibition on the grounds. Mr.
J. F. Jackson, agricultural agent of
this road, will personally look after ths
exhibit with his assistants.
Aletter was received this morning
from the National Duroc-Jersey asso
ciation of Illinois, stating that at a
meeting of their board of directors the
matter of this association taking part
in the fair was taken up, and they had
instructed J. R. Pfander, secretary, to
advise us that they would give us a
handsome silver trophy for Duroc-
Jersey hogs at this fair.
B. E. Adams, manager if the poultry
show at the far, and whose home is in
Columbus, writes that he is pushing
our poultry show amongst the most
prominent breeders of this country and
that we can depend upon having one
of the best poultry shows ever seen in
Georgia.
rolling. The event will be one of the
greatest of the year for this order, and
many members will visit Cordele for
the events.
The announcement of the S. A. L.
appears in these colummns with the
bates and schedules.
Albany is trying to land the log
rolling for 1917.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14, 1916
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4“GEXERAL DAM BILL”
♦ PASSED HOUSE TODAY 4
4- WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14. 4
4 —The general dam bill, regulat- 4
4 ing the rights and powers to be 4
4 conferred and rates that may be 4
4 charged for water power develop- ♦
4ed by waters of navigable 4
4 streams within federal judisdic- ♦
4 tion, passed the house of repre- 4
4 sentatives today. The measure 4
4 goes to the senate for considera- 4
♦ tion tomorriw. 4
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FDR POLLING THE
CM FOR LOADING
No obstacle is too great to be sur
mounted by Gordon Statham, repre
senting the Atlanta Cadillac Co., as is
shown ly an experience he had at
Montezuma the other day.
He v as comln" from Atlanta with a
Cadillac eight for this place. When
he reached Montezuma, it was only to
find that on account of the high water
he could not get across the Flint
river. But Gordon was not to be de
terred; he was coming to Americus.
He called on the railroad officials at
Montezuma, asked that his ear he
loaded on a flat car and brought over
to Oglethorpe. This they could not do,
so the agent said, because there was
no switch engine to bring the flat car
out of the siding several hundred
yards down the main line. Gordon was
equal to the emergency. He says “I
will bring out the flat car.” So what
did he do but back his Cadillac eight
down the side track, hitch on to the
freight car and bring it onto the main
line. This done, the car was then
loaded onto the flat car and brought
across the river.
A remarkable thing in connection
with this feat is the fact that the flat
had to be pulled up a very steep
grade, and that they had only ten
minutes in which to accomplish it in
order to catch a local freight that was
due to pass through Montezuma. We
might further add that the car was
leaded onto the flat car by means of
skids and under its own power. We
might further add the accimplishment
cf this feat demonstrates the wonder
fl power and adaptability of the Cad
illac car, and especially as pertains to
the strength of its clutch. It is readily
understood how an engine can be made
strong enough to stand such a tre
mendous strain as this was, but when
we consider the capacity and strength
of the clutch we are forced to mar
vel at the accomplishment.
Getting across the river was quite
an expensive proposition for Mr. Sta
tham and his friend, Mr. Zera Lit
tlejohn, who accompanied him, as the
railroad charged him sls for trans
porting it about a mile and a half;
besides they made the two purchase
tickets for themselves. However, thev
demonstrated to the world that a Cad
iliac is a good thing in the absence of
•a switch engine, and that where theie
is a will there is also away.
If you have a more wonderful auto
mobile story than this, let us have it.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING
HF BARAMSJDB TONIGHT
Every member of the Baraca Union
iu Americus, as well as the members
of the Philathea Union, are urged to
be present at the meeting to be held
at First Baptist church this evening.
After the individual meetings are
held, there will be a joint session of
the two unions, and much business of
vital importance will be considered.
SECOND IS READY
FOR THE ORDERS
TO ENTRAIN NOIIV
CAMP HARRIS. Macon, Ga., July 14.
—The Second regiment, undoubtedly
the peer of the brigade of three regi
ments, will likely leave Monday or
Tuesday of next week for the border
land. The destination is said to be Del
Rio, via San Antonio.
The Fifth regiment, “The Fighting
Fifth; Atlanta’s Own,” and all that
kind of slush, was mustered in Thurs
day. One company was unable to pass
in review before Uncle Sam's officers
because of the shortage of equipment
and the absence of the captain.
The Amoricus Light Infantry, that
is Co. I, Second regiment, is down to
work, and ready for the orders which
will carry them “somewhere.” Along
with the entire Second regiment they
have been somewhat outdone by the
delay, and the likelihood that there’ll
be no trouble in the Mexicans’ land.
Here’s what it takes a thousand men
to travel four days on. It’s a list of
the travel rations received for the Sec •
ond Infantry:
4,000 cans of beef.
2,250 loaves of soft bread.
2,000 pounds of hard bread.
1,000 cans of beans.
1,000 cans of tomatoes.
222 cans of tomatoes.
280 pounds of coffee.
600 pounds of sugar.
166 cans of milk.
Camp Harris is being besieged both
in person and by mail by wives and
mothers and sweethearts trying to get
their boys out of the army. To save
them a lot of bother, to say nothing
of bother to the brigade officers, they
should remember that the war deport
ment has issued the following order:
Applications for the discharge of
men on account of relatives depend
ent upon them, must first come from
the men themselves. An applicant
must write to the commanding gen
eral of the department of the east at
Governor’s Island, New York, filling
out a typewritten form, in which be
gives his reasons for applying for a
discharge, presenting two affidavits
from reputable people in his hown
town stating that he is the sole sup
' port of dependents, and enclosing the
■ i ecommendation for a discharge from ■
bis company commander.
After that, the war department will
act on it. The brigade officers, the
regimental commanders, the company
commanders can’t do anything about
it. You have to take it up in the regu
lation way.
PLAINS SHIPS HOGS AND
MELONS DURING SPRING
Plains has shipped five cars of hogs
to the Moultrie packing plant this
spring and summer and shipped nine
cars of watermelons to the eastern
markets during the present season
This record of industry and full prep
aration to meet the onslaught of the
boll weevil is being generally com
mended.
The hogs and melons were secured
within a small radius of Plains, and
to her goes the honor for the feat.
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4 CASES INFANTILE PARALYSIS 4
4 NE WYORK, July 14.—Thirty- 4
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♦ sixty-two new cases of infantile 4
4 paralysis were reported to the 4
4 health authorities here during the 4
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FLOURNOY WILL GO
TO PONCE, PO RICO
John M. Flournoy, who has been
manager of the Levy-Morton Company
in Americus since the opening of the
electrical concern here nearly two
years ago, will leave Americus on
August 15th, to accept a position with
the Stone & Webster Co., prominent
electrical engineers constructors and
public utility operators.
Mr. Flournoy has made many friends
during his stay in the city who regret
to give him up. His new connections
will carry him to Ponce, Porto Rico,
where he will be general superintend
ent of the lighting and street railway
departments of this mammoth corpor
ation in Ponce, which is one of the
largest cities of the island.
Mr. Flournoy will arrive in Porto
Rico during the latter part of August,
to assume his new duties. No an
nouncement has yet been made as to
his successor with Levy-Morton Co.,
in this city.
JUNE COTTON USED
GIVENJN REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.
Cotton used during June, as announced
by the bureau of estimates, department
if agriculture, today, amounted to 575,-
466 bales, exclusive of linters, and
during the eleven months ending June
3Cth, cotton consumption totalled 906,-
039 bales.
These figures compare with 514,655
bales consumed during June, 1915, and
•5,100,516 bales for the eleven months
ending June 30th, 1915.
Exports shown in today’s report for
June totalled 5406,458 bales.
Greenback Gone
From Possession
Old Women Now
$36.20 has disappeared, according to
a complaint to the police headquar
ters this morning from a colored wo
man living in Americus. Her state
ment was that she started to work
with this amount of money in her pos
session, placing it in a basket. When
she next investigated the money was
i missing—and she is in tears.
SOME FOOD PRICES SHOW
A TENDENCY TO DECLINE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 14.
The cost of living, after rising steadily
since 1907, except in 1911, took a
downward trend during 1915. A re
port by the bureau of labor,issued to
day, analyzing retail prices of 29
articles of food, shows that relative
retail prices during 1915 averaged 1
per cent lower than in 1914. Meats,
lard and eggs averaged from 1 to 9
per cent lower, while potatoes were
22 peg cent lower. Wheat, flour,
corn meal and granulated sugar were
higher than in 1914, flour being 20
per cent, and sugar 11 per cent higher
during the year.
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I BRITISH WIN ON
i NEW DRIVES FOR
; SOMME FRONT
LONDON, July 14.—Today’s press
I dispatches from the British front say
Bazentine, Le Grande and Longueva.
villages and the remainder of the
ITrones woods were captured by the
British when they renewed their of
fense north of the Somme river early
this morning. While it was not ex—
pected the British would wait long;
' before again attacking the German de
} senses, today’s attack after only one
> day’s artillery preparation came as a
i surprise. The direction taken by the
1 attacking column also was unexpected
t by the British public.
1 The British adpance today gives to
the allies possession of one important
5 road, which heretofore has aided the
t Germans materially in getting sup
i plies to their front along the Somme.
, The French today believed a contln
■ cation of the Somme battle will cam
’ pel the Germans soon to slacken their
■ Verdun attacks, and it is now estimat
■ ed the losses of the Germans at Con
talmaison and in counter attacks near
> there will reach a total of 12,000.
, The Russians have made no noticea
■ blc- advances since gaining the Stock
• hod river positions where a desperate
, struggle continues. The Austrians in
Galicia have successfully resisted ev
ery Russian attempt to advance in that
sector, though in the Caucasus moun
tains the Russians are again pressing
the Turks back and occupying new
■ Ottoman territory.
The British last night broke through,
the German secondary positions over a
. four-mile front, north of the Somme,
; capturing several strongly defended.
. localities, according to the British war
. office.
i Heavy fighting continues and the
k British have not yet firmly established
. themselves in the new positions.
Paris despatches say the Germans
; during last night tried twice, unsuc-
I cessfully, to storm French positions
; north of Vill Au Lois.
British Are Advancing.
LONDON, July 14.—Reuter’s corres
pondent, telegraphing early this af
ternoon, says British troops have oc
cupied Bazentine and LePotit and that
most of Ovillers is in possession of the
English.
Renewed Disturbances at (’ork.
Cork, Ireland, July 14.—Angered be
cause a number of prisoners released
after being imprisoned since the Dub
lin rebellion, failed to arrive here to
day, one thousand Sinn Feiners wreck
ed the recruiting office and hissed the
military pictures displayed there.
Italians Blow Up Enemies.
ROME, July 14.—Italian engineers
today blew up the summit of Mount
Castelletto in the Tofano region, bury
ing an entire Austrian force there. An
nouncement of the exploit is authoriz
ed by the Italian war office here.
Deutschland Peaceful Vessel.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 14.
An advisory report of the neutrality
board to the state department filed to
day. is understood to hold the German
merchant submarine Deutschland is a
peaceful merchant vessel, and as sucls
entitled to all the privileges usually?
accorded such vessels. It is Indicat
ed the neutrality board will issue no
statement concerning the vessel, but
will advise the treasury department to
permit the Deutschland to sail when
it finishes taking on a cargo.
NUMBER 167.