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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1928 Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
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LATENEWS
May Rain More.
Today'* North Carolina Weaker
Report: Partly rloudy and possibly
•bowers In extreme west, portion
tonight and Toenday. Not much
change in temperature.
Cools Down Here.
A 20-dogree drop in tho tempera
ture has been experienced here in
one week. Cast week the mercury
tn the Ebeltoft thermometer reach
ed the 95-degree level and only last
Saturday was up to 84, while at 10
a’rlock this morning it had dropped
to 75 following the recent raips. ..
SMITH FOES TO
WE BUTTLE 1
HIM. ORGIZED
Raleigh Meeting Names Committee
Of Five To Plan Fight
Against Him
Raleigh.— A committee of five was
charged with the creation of the ma
chinery deemed necessary to carry
out the objectives of the state-wide
conference of anti-Smith Democrats
which met here Friday to foster
opposition to the presidential nomi
nee in North Carolina.
Tins committee whs insirucieu
appoint a state committee consist
ing of 24 members. a man and
woman from each congressional dis
trict, and two men and two women
from the state at large.
A declaration of principles ex
pressing opposition to Governor
Smith was adopted by the confer
ence but neither Hoover nor any
other presidential candidate was in
dorsed Leaders said action along
that line might be taken after the
Republican nominees' speech of ac
ceptance.
Mrs. Jesse Nicholson. Chevy Chase.
Md. president of the National
Democratic Women's Law Enforce
ment League, challenged Josephus
Daniels and Governor McLean to
take th"ir stand with Senator F. M.
Simmons, in a speech made last
night to about 50 men and women.
She paid tribute to the North
Carolina senator, saying he had
stood "like the rock of Gibraltar
for preservation of the constitu
tion," and adding that there were
only two other outstanding leaders
who “have had the courage of their
convictions—Senator Heflin, of Ala
bama. and former Senator Robert L.
Owen, of Oklahoma."
Mrs. Nicholson warned the Gov
ernor and the former secretary of
the navy that although the women
bad looked to them for leadership,
they would not be followed along
the "Tammany march." and if they
persisted, they would “go down into
oblivion ”
Bishop James Cannon. Jr., and the
Rev A J. Barton, sponsors of th«
recent Asheville conference which
Indorsed Hoover, addressed the con
vention, both denouncing the presi-!
dential nominee.
Plato Ross In Hospital Here And
Three Others Hurt From
Fallston Crash.
..Plato O. Ross. 60-year-old farmer
who lives on the Lawndale road just
out of Fallston, is in the hospital
here with a broken hip and other
Injuries and three other people are
hurt as the result of a collisoin
about 6 o’clock Sunday evening at
Fallston
At Fallston today it was stated
that the Ross car and a car from
Hickory collided at the main cross
roads in Fallston. In the car with
Mr. Ross were his wife and his son's
wife, Mrs. George Ross and the lat
ter’s baby. Mrs. George Ross was
considerably bruised and the baby
was cut on the head and lip but
they were able to go to their homes
j after being given treatment by Dr.
Lackey. A girl in the other auto was
said to have suffered painful in
sai<
! juries also.
The Fallston man has a broken
1 right hip and an injury, or sprain
of the neck, according to a report
1 from the hospital here this morn
ling. As yet it is impossible to ascer
tain the exact extent of his injuries,
|but they are considered serious.
Just what caused the two cars to
Icrash was not learned except that
|the cars were coming across the
oss roads. at the old Stamey
Ij>tore stand, in opposite directions.
lardner Speaks To
1,500 At Asheville
Max Gardner, teacher of the
nen's Bible class of the First Bap
tist church here, spoke to 1,500 peo
ple in Asheville Sunday morning
vhen he taught the Sunday school
on at a joint meeting of the
sen's classes of the First Baptist
j-hurch here and at Asheville. Fully
160 people from his Shelby class
notored to Asheville to hear him,
lome remaining over to hear the
jmstor, Dr. R. J. Bateman, while
thers motored to Ridgecrest to
ear Dr. Truitt.
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Ben Hudson Held In Jail Here.
Family In Hospital Will
Recover, Said.
Ben Hudson, young white man
of near Casar, is in jail here
and his wife and two of his
young daughters are in the
Shelby hospital as the result of
a shooting fray at the Hudson
home late Sunday afternoon
when it is alleged Hudson fired
upon his wife and children with
a shotgun.
Reports from the hospital today
stated that Mrs. Hudson and her
two little girls were not thought to
be seriously* wounded although they
were well sprinkled with bird shots.
Details Not Known.
Just what all happened at tne
Hudson home Saturday afternoon is
not known, but according to reports
Hudson had been drinking and had
made some threats to a neighbor
earlier in the afternoon. Later it is
said a family row developed and
the wife took her three young chil
dren and started across a cotton
patch from the house. It was then,
it is alleged, that the husband fired
upon them with his shotgun. Mrs.
Hudson was carrying the youngest
little girl, Brunnie, a little over a
year old, in her arms and the sec
ond girl, Bessie, about four years of
age, was running at her side as was
the oldest girl of about 12 years. A
part of the load, about 30 shot,
struck Mrs. Hudson in the back and
hip, other shot struck the least
child, who was in her mother’s
arms, in the feet and legs, while the
head of the four-year-old at her
mother's side was sprinkled with
the shot. The oldest girl was not
hit.
A short time after the shooting
Deputies Pruett and Newton round
ed up Hudson and brought him to
Jail here, where he will remain it is
said, until it is learned just how
serious his wife and children are
and then he will be given a pre
liminary hearing.
A staff surgeon at the hospital
this morning stated that some of
the shot had been taken out of the
mothers back, and the head, legs,
and feet of the children, but that
the majority of the shot have not
been removed as yet. However,
opinion was that none .of the shot
punctured vital spots.
It was stated at the sheriff's of
fice today that the section about
the Hudson home has a reputation
of being somewhat of a liquor cen
ter.
Formerly Lived Here With Sheriff
Lackey—His Family Away
For 24 Hours.
A. F. Cobb, age 74 of Rutherford
county was found dead sitting on
the porch at the home of his son,
Ernest Cobb near Union Mills Ruth
erford county, Tuesday afternoon.
The family had been away for 24
hours leaving Mr. Cobb alone at
the house. When the family return
ed from Spindale where they visit
ed relatives, Mr. Cobb was sitting
on the porch in a chair, stone dead,
his hat on his head and his eye
glasses on. When the family left
home for a visit, they urged him to
accompany them, but he declined.
Mr. Cobb lived here in Shelby for
awhile with Sheriff W. D. Lackey
and had many friends here.
He was buried Wednesday at
Round Hill Baptist church, Union
Mills. Mr. Cobb is survived by five
sons and two daughters.
BEAMS ASSEMBLE
FOR FAMILY DAY
Annual Reunion Expected To Draw
Members Of Clan From
Newberry Sections
The annual reunion of the Beam
family, one of the first to settle
this section, will be held Thursday.
August 16, at New Prospect church.
Members of the family, w'ho live
here, believe that it will be one of
the largest attended reunions of the
family ever held, and hundreds of
Beams and their kindred are ex
pected to attend, coming not only
from this section but from other
sections of this state and adjoining
states.
The reunion program will be in
formal and the family assemblage
gets underway about 11, or a little
earlier in the morning.
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Scene of Hoover’s Notificacic
Leland Stanford University's
mammoth stadium, where Herbert
Hoover formally arrepted the Re
publican nomination for president.
Is pictured In the remarkable air
plane view above. It has a seating
capacity of 80,000. Above (right!
Is a new photograph of the Republi
can nominee. Below (left): Sena
tor George H. Moses, chairman of
the notification committee and
Governor C C. Young of California,
who spoko at the ceremonies.
Germany Begins Paying For
Catastrophe Of Lusitania
Elbert Hubbard Heirs Get 557,000.
Thirteen Years After
Sinking.
i By Robert Dutcher, NEA Service
Writer.)
Washington.—More than 13
years ago the German embassy
here advertised in the newspa
pers a warning to Americans
against sailing through the war
tone on British ships.
That was the beginning of the |
story of the Lusitania, which was j
torpedoed six days later near Ire
land with loss of 124 Americans,
whose deaths proved the greatest
single factor in pushing us into war ,
with Germany.
The incident is now being closed.
It was within a week or two of May
7, the thirteenth anniversary of the
Lusitania catastrophe, that the heirs
and survivors of the American vic
tims began to receive the $2,500,000
damages awarded them by the
mixed claims commission against
Germany.
Most oi the money has been paid
and the rest will be doled out as
fast as the remaining successful
claimants file their applications j
with the treasury under provision of
the war claims act. That act pro
vided for immediate payment of all
death and personal injury claims
and all claims are being paid by
installments. The money will really
come from Germany, but as it is ,
being collected over a 75-year per
iod under the Dawes plan, congress
decided to take care of the Ameri
can claimants while some of them
remained alive. 1
The mixed claims commission,
under the umpireship of Judge Ed
win B. Parker of Texas, started out
with nearly 12,500 claims for an ag
gregate of nearly $1,500,000,000. It
scaled them down to awards of
about $200,000,000. With one Amer
ican and one German member, plus
Parker, it handled both American
claims and those of Germany for
war-seized property of her na
tionals.
Four millions were awarded for
384 American death and personal
injury claims, the greater part of
this involving the Lusitania fatali
ties.
These Lusitania awards were
made strictly on the basis of what
the death of a passenger meant in
financial loss to their heir.
* For the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Elbert Hubbard the heirs received
$57,500—$25,000 to Elbert Hubbard
II, $7500 to Katherine Hubbard and
$25,000 to Miriam Hubbard. Elbert
and Katherine were children by
Hubbard's first marriage; Miriam
by his second. Elbert and Miriam
were heirs to Hubbard’s $400,000 es
tate. Two sons of the first marriage,
Ralph and Sanford, were awarded
nothing by the commission because
their father had not contributed to
their support for a long time before
his death.
The estate of Alfred G. Vander
bilt entered a $250,000 claim and
was not allowed anything. Vander
bilt had spent nearly $300,000 a
year on himself and family, but he
had left $15,000,000 to his widow and
two children and it was shown that
he had not been adding to his es
tate. Hence the decision that his
death was no financial loss to the
heirs.
Aged sisters of Charles Frohman,
the unmarried theatrical producer
said to have died with the assertion
that death was life’s most beautiful
adventure, filed a claim which was
also denied on similar principle.
The commission felt no relief was
needed, as Frohman's movie stock
holdings had increased in value.
The two sons of Charles Klein,
another producer who went down,
are receiving $50,000 They were
born in America and Klein had fil
ed his papers for American citizen
ship before his death. Mrs. Klein
got nothing, as she was a British
subject, and still is.
Home-Made Casket,
White Robe, Request
Before Irvin Died
Isaac Irvin had his request filled
last week when he was taken to
Georgia, his former home for in
terment. Mr. Irvin, an aged citi
zen living on Roy Crowder's planta
tion in No 8 township had repeated
ly requested that he be buried in a
home-made casket and that his
body be wrapped in a white robe
and nothing else. When he was
prepared for burial, members of the
family and friends saw to it that
these requests were adhered to.
Mr. Irvin was a very religious
man and for special reasons wanted
to be buried in this manner. His
remains were taken to his Georgia
home for burial.
BOOTLEGGER IN OMAHA
GIVES TRADING STAMPS
Omaha. Neb.—One Omaha boot
legger is giving trading stamps with
purchases, Ralph Jones, dry agent,
has learned.
Jones said the system employed is
to give one stamp with each bottle
purchased. Four stamps may be
exchanged for an extra bottle.
Morrison Seems Sure Choice
For National Committeeman
Washington Democrats Suited With
Prospects. Hartness Secs It
That Way
Washington.—The news from the
state that former Gov. Cameron
Morrison will succeed Senator Sim
mons on the national committee
has cheered Democrats here. It was
pointed out today that Senator
Simmons has had no more faith
ful friend and political lieutenant
than Mr. Morrison. The friendship
of these two party workers com
menced before the famous red shirt
campaign that resulted in the out
standing of the funionists who were
in control of the stage, Mr. Mor
rison then lived in Richmond coun
ty and was a most enthusiastic
party worker.
Raleigh,—Election of former Gov.
Cameron Morrison as Democratic
| national committeeman from North
Carolina to succeed F. M. Simmons,
resigned, was predicted by Secretary
I of State J, A. Hartness in a state
ment published here.
Secretary Hartness, a member' of
the state executive committee,
which will make the selection, said
his forecast was based upon a can
; vas of the committee
HOOVER SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE
Stanford University Stadium, Cal.
—Highlights in the acceptance ad
dress of Herbert Hoover Saturday
night were:
Opposition to the repeal of the
prohibition amendment and a
pledge for enforcement of the laws
enacted under it.
Farm relief through tariff pro
tection. development of inland wa
ter transportation and federal aid
for farm stabilization corporations.
An honest campaign with public
accounting of all expenditures.
Repeal of the 'national origin"
basis of the immigration laws.
Endorsement of the principle of
collective bargaining and freedom in
labor negotiations, with a pledge to
curtail the excessive use of injunc
tions in labor disputes.
A comprehensive and co-ordinated
plan for waterway improvements,
flood control, development by hydro
electric power and irrigation.
Further economy in government
by reorganization and grouping of
governmental agencies dealing with
the same general subject.
Cooperation between govern
ment and business on a voluntary
basis for the benefit alike of pro
ducer, distributor and consumer.
A foreign policy dedicate to
bringing about world peace, but with
the retention meantime of a navy
adequate for national defense.
Honesty in government with no
place for cynicism in the creed of
America.
a declaration lor religious toler
ance.
A call to the women and youth of
America to contribute their en
thusiasm to the success of the
American experiment in democracy.
A pledge to adhere to the course
of government charted by President
Coolidge.
Flint Hill Sunday School Superin
tendent Dead. Large Funeral
Crowd.
Funeral services for Mr. Thomas
David McSwain, prominent farmer
and churchman of the Flint Hill
community, were conducted at
Flint Hill Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Mr. McSwain died Thurs
i day evening after a severe illness of
three weeks.
The deceased was a conscientious,
i honest and popular farmer of the
: community. Sixty-eight years of
I age he had been a member of the
| church for 50 years ad was super
intendent of the Flint Hill Sunday
! school and also a deacon in the
j church. Due to the esteem in which
i lie was held in his home community
the vast crowd that assembled for
the funeral could not get in the
1 church. Services were conducted by
Rev. J. W. Walker.
Surviving are his wife, four chil
dren, 16 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren. The surviving
children are: Elam McSwain, Mrs.
David Lovelace, Mrs. W. H. Pear
son and Mrs. John Hamrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Smith
and daughter, Jacqueline, of Salis
bury, spent the week-end visiting
| Mrs. Smith parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Major Hopper. Miss Ruth Hopper
accompanied them home for a
| week’s visit.
Heaviest Rain In Twelve Years
Floods Streams In This Section
Heavy Downpour Rain Drowns Hundreds
Of Sparrows In Court Square Trees
The greenlawn of the county i
court square here was almost black
ened Saturday morning with the
dead bodies of hundreds of spar
rows and other birds drowned in
the heavy rain Friday night and
early Saturday morning.
Under the larger trees of the
court square the little birds were
piled upon each other in heaps,
and Dave Turner, court house jan- ,
itor, spent a busy day gathering
j and removing the dead birds. Two
wheelbarrow loads removed esti
mated to have contained at least
1,000 birds.
John Harry, colored delivery boy.
who was on the court square early
in the morning picked up around 100
birds that were not dead but too
wet to fly and dried them by elec
tricity so that they were able to fly
again during the day.
Scores of other birds were drown
ed along tree-lined streets in resi
dential sections.
JOSEPH HOUSER.
VETERAN IS DEAD
Father Of B. C. Houser And Mrs.
Lula Whisnant And Step
father of C. H. Shull.
Joseph Houser. father of B. C.
Houser and Mrs. Lula Whisnant,
and stepfather of Charles H. Shull,
all of Shelby, died at his home in
Catawba county yesterday afternoon
about one o'clock from a complica
tion of diseases, from which he has
been suffering for over a year.
Mr. Houser who was 84 years old
was a Civil war veteran, having
volunteered at the age of 17 and
joining Forty-Ninth regiment of the
Confederate army. He rose to rank
of a sergeant and was captured
just prior to the close of the war,
and held prisoner at Point Lookout,
Maryland.
Mr. Houser was married to Mrs.
Martha Hill Shull, who survives
with the following children: Mrs.
Lula Whisnant and B. C. Houser of
Shelby; Robert A. Houser and Mrs.
D. A. Seagle, of Lmcolnton, Lester
S. Houser, of Charlotte; Mrs. John
Ramseur, of Wilmington, and Alex
ander Houser, of Newton. Also there
were two step-children, Mrs. Jennie
Shull Beam, deceased and Charles
H. Shull, of Shelby;
Surviving also are 41 grandchil
dren and 46 great grandchildren.
Mr. Houser Joined the Evangeli
cal Lutheran church at Bethpage !
Lincoln county in his early youth
and remained a faithful member
until his death.
The funeral wdll be held this aft- j
ernoon at 4 o'clock at Grace Luth- j
eran church in Catawba county.
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Five Die In Rain
Storm In Carolinas
! Hickory Has Heaviest Downfall
With 10 Inches. Total Of 6.7
Inches Here.
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The total rainfall In Shelby
from 6 o’clock Friday evening
until 6 Saturday was 6.7 inches,
it was stated today.
Much Damage.
Charlotte.—Five deaths, numer- j
ous persons injured, at least one
seriously, flooded streams and prop
erty damage estimated high into,
the hundreds of thousands of dol- '
lars marked the passing over the
Carolinas of the storm that has
been wandering over the southeast
for a week.
Several hundred persons were
temporarily driven from their homes
along flooded streams.
Four deaths occurred in South
Carolina and one in North Caro
lina as heavy winds and rain that
verged on cloudburst proportions
levelled power and communication
wdres and homes.
10-Inch Rainfall.
The heaviest rainfall reported
was at Hickory, w'here 10 inches was
registered, with the city water
works pumphouse flooded and out
of commission. Newton reported
| heavy storms. At Spartanburg 7
inches of rain fell and more than 5
inches at Union. Numerous reports
of 3 to 4 inches were received.
Large Crowd Present
On Her 97 Birthday
Over 150 people were present
Thursday to enjoy with Mrs. Eliza
beth Houser, her 97th birthday
which was observed at the home of
Mr. Herbert Borders near the coun
ty home. Many friends from a dis
tant were present and a bountiful
dinner was served in picnic style on
a large table in the grove. Mrs.
Houser was well and had a great
time seeing her many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Yates (the
former of the J. C. Penney com
pany) have returned home from a
vacation Jaunt into Virginia and as
far north as Washington, visiting
Norfolk, Newport News, and the
coast, and Richmond en route.
Water Damage To
Abattoir Of City
Covers Motor At Slaughter Plant
Which Was Old Pump
Station Site.
The motors at the city abattoir
and slaughter plant just west cf
town were damaged by the high
waters from the Friday night
storm, it was stated today at the
plant.
Early Saturday the rising water
of Broad river reached the storage
room of the abattoir and continued
to rise until there was 20 feet of
water mark had reached the ground
floor of the plant, which was used
as the city water station prior to
the erection of the new plant. The
water about the plant rose about
one foot Saturday afternoon and
was still rising Sunday, it is said,
when a force of workmen began
draining the plaint. The motor, the
worst damaged part of the plant,
was removed to be baked out.
TO FINISH HIGHWAY
NO, 18 THIS WEEK
Tar And Gravel Being Put Down
Rapidly—Detours In Good
Condition.
If the weather permits, the tar
and gravel surface on state high
way No. 18 between Fallston and
Toluca will be completed this week
and travel turned on the entire
stretch. At present there are two
slight detours between Fallston and
Toluca but these are on the old
road bed near the highway and do
not increase the distance or retard
the speed. In fact the portion of
the old road bed that is covered by
the detour is as easy to travel as the
new road.
Workmen putting down the tar
and gravel started at Toluca and
have been working toward Fall
ston. All of the distance has been
covered except about four miles.
When this four miles is finished,
the entire stretch between Shelby
and Morganton will have been fin
ished, giving an excellent road be
tween these two county seats.
MRS.IOVEtACE
CALLED BY DEATH
Wife Of Former County Surveyor
Dies Suddenly At Mooresboro.
Dead In Bed.
Mrs. A. Monroe Lovelace, of
Mooresboro, wife of the former
county surveyor of Cleveland coun
ty, was found dead in bed at
her home there Saturday morn
ing at 6:30 o'clock. She went
to bed Friday night as well ns usual
and died sometime during the night.
Mrs. Lovelace was 73 years of age
and a member of one of the most
prominent families of this part of
the state. She was a native of Ruth
erford county.
Mrs. Lovelace was one of the line I
women of the county, a kind heart
ed, devoted wife, mother and neigh
bor, loved by all who knew her.
She was a faithful and consecrated
Christian and her sudden passing is
a source of deep sorrow to her many
friends and to the many friends of
the family.
Mrs. Lovelace is survived by her
husband, four children, Dr. T. C.
Lovelace, Henrietta; Professor W.
M. Lovelace, principal, Henrietta
Caroleen high school; Mrs. Charles
Lee Daniels.. Williamston; and Mrs.
S. D. Burrus. Asheville, one sister,
Mrs. Matt McBrayer, sr.. of Ruth
erfordton, and one brother, John
Wilkins, of Rosevelt, New Mexico.
Funeral services were held at
Sandy Run Baptist church, Moores
boro, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
the services being conducted by sev
eral ministers. A large crowd and a
beautiful floral tribute attested the
high esteem in which she was held.
Highest Water Since
Flood of 1916. Rains
Five Inches In
Night Here.
A rain and wind storm that
swept up from Georgia over the
Carolinas late Friday night and Sat
urday morning brought about con
siderable damage to crops in this
section and raised streams to a new
high water mark since the flood of
1916.
In some points streams, out of
their banks were practically up to
the 1916 level according to reports.
At the Shelby postoffice Saturday
it was learned that 4.9 inches of
rain fell here from 6 o’clock Fri
day afternoon until 8 o’clock Satur
day morning, which means that
five inches fell altogether as it was
still raining at 8 when the reading
was made.
No Great Damage
It appeared Saturday morning
that this section, with one of its
best crops ever, had been badly
damaged by the storm. Crops in the
lowlands were washed away, of
course, and upland crops were con
siderably damaged by the wind, es
timated to be travelling at a 40
mile-per-hour gait, but it was the
; consensus of opinion later in the
day that the damage would not run
to any great sum.
The region about First Broad
river resembled a lake and Brushy
creek wras up over the old bridge
level. Buffalo creek lacked only
three feet of being as high as it
was in 1916 early in the morning
Saturday, it was reported. Bridges
over numerous smaller streams were
washed away, small dams gave way
and there was quite a bit of damage
to property as well as crops. Num
erous buildings never know n to leak
were flooded more or less before the
driving ram about 3 o'clock Satur
day morning. In several lowland
pastures it was necessary for farm
ers to aid their stock in getting out.
Several telephone and light lines
were blown down and radio aerials
falling on light lines caused some
consternation in several sections of
the cities.
The Tain as far as this county
was concerned was general and re
ports from over the state indicated
that practically all of the state
was visited by the storm. In
some points the rainfall was not as
heavy. In Charlotte the rainfall
was 3.45 inches while at Batesburg,
S. C„ the rainfall reached 5.03 in
ches.
Heavy In Charlotte
Charlotte.—With the center of the
disturbance which for days hung
over Florida now hanging over
Charlotte, this city Saturday strug
gled to carry out its Saturday chores
through the heaviest rainstorm oc
curring in twelve years, since the
memorable “flood” of 1916.
South Carolina Worst
Charlotte.—Sweeping up from
Georgia, where it left threats of
floods in its wake, the tropical
storm that for days menaced the
Florida coast struck the Carolinas
with unprecedented rains wrecking
unestimated damage and driving
hundreds of persons from their
homes.
The Piedmont section of South
Carolina appeared in first reports
to have been hardest hit. Spartan
burg reported the cotton mill vil
lages of Beaumont, Arkwright and
Pacolet flooded, buildings under
mined in the city, wire communica
tion badly crippled and the city gas
supply cut off by flooding of the
plant.
Seven Inches of Rain
More than seven inches of rain
fell at Spartanburg. Union reported
scores of negro houses flooded in
the lowlands and crops and high
ways badly damaged. Greenwood
had 5.03 inches of rain, the heaviest
rainfall ever reported there.
Six persons were reported injured
by the storm at Batesburg. S. C.,
while a report said that a freight
train had been blown off the track
near Newberry,
Some Corn Broken
During Wind Storm
The biggest damage caused to
crops in the Friday night storm was
in the breaking of corn by the wind,
| it was stated here today.
Most of the cotton and com it is
hoped will be pulled back up by the
sun within a few days, but a con
siderable amount of com was so
blown as to be broken and the larg
est crop damage suffered wili be
from this, it is said.
SMITH GETS BABBIT’S
HIND FOOT FOR LUCK
Birmingham, Ala.—The left hind
foot of an Alabama graveyard rab
bit is the latest good luck charm
sent to Gov. Smith of New York.
A. C. Craven is the donor of the
charm. Engraved on the silver
mounting are the words: ,