Laurel Leader (Newspaper) - July 6, 1916, Laurel, Mississippi MISS. THE FUTURE GREAT PRESENT POPULATION 16,000 Evening Except Sunday OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAUREL AND JONES you JULY 6, 1916 ASSOCIATED PRESS WIND STORM DOES DAMAGE IN CITY 4m$> 3** FARMERS OF SURROUNDING TERRITORY ARE REAL STORM VICTIMS MILLS AND STORES ARE UNROOFED WINDOWS TREES BLOW WIRES ALL BADLY DAMAGED Frightened People Watch Storm in Darkness When Electric Lights Go Out After the Wires ' Laurel Isolated From Outside from night's storm was serious in but to the fanners it will undoubtedly prove most disastrous storm in the history of Jones Crops were practically all Damage was general throughout city but in most cases the losses will not be No injuries have been telephone and telegraph the lumber mills and the Laurel Light and Railway company suffered most The wind whipped rain about in every direction so severely that there was hardly a roof in Laurel which did not resulting in some damage to stocks in stores and furnishings in Buildings Off Roofs and parts of roofs were torn off all over the One residence in Compress occupied by Harrison Bryant and owned by Mrs. was blown the No one was the the building was The Herrington in Compress avenue was blown off the foundation and the stock are down all over the city and the only connection between Laurel and the outside world this morning was a telephone line to and The telegraph wives of the Western the railroad companies arc all No word has come from the coast towns since before noon Electric Lights All Electric lights in went out about nine o'clock last night and were out of commission until eleven o'clock Broken was the The power was shut off to protect The street cars continued in dependent upon electricity for power were shut down until eleven Daily Leader typesetting machines and presses could not be started that S. M estimates the damage sustained by the light plant at The railroads suffered No trains have been operated on the New Mobile and Chicago line since late yesterday On account of the telegraph wires being down it is impossible to ascertain the Orleans and Northeastern passenger train No. 2, due in Laurel at 11:57 o'clock last was detoured from Slidell to Jackson over the New Orleans and Great Northern line and from Jackson to Meridian over the A. & V. Train No. 0, from the south arrived before noon from New The trains from the north are being operated practically on in spite of the fact that the telegraph wires are v The Gulf and Ship Island passenger train due at 10:30 o'clock this morning had not arrived at noon and no information was available as to whether it would come in at all or The telegraph and lines of. the Gulf and Ship Island road are all Two hundred and fifty telephones in Laurel were put out of commission because of. wire | Lumber Mills All Damage to the lumber mills is Roofs were blown off buildings and smoke stacks were blown Standing timber was badly Lumber stacked in the yards down and scattered by the and company report parts of the roofs blown off the mills and considerable damage to machinery as a The big belts in the saw mills were badly Part of the blow pipe was blown At the Marathon Lumber roofs were blown from several dry sheds and the supply Part of the smoke stack and the dust pipe were blown A smoke stack at the Lumber company was blown into the log and the barn at the Wausau Southern Lumber company were box cars standing on the railroad siding near the mill had their tons blown off. The Lindsey Wagon company suffered slight roof At the Carter Lumber company the smoke stack was blown down and the falling stack crushed the boiler Several of the runs used for hauling lumber over were The roof was blown ofC the freight office of the N. O. & N. E. railway and the books and papers were considerably damaged by The roof was replaced this TATE COMPANY SUFFERS LOSS Part of the roof was blown off the Tate F. S. office being flooded and some of the stock in the store being A large plate glass window in the front of the Tate store was blown in. Part of the roof of the company's warehouse was blown off. Considerable damage to large stock of mixed Travis and Abneys roof was damaged and carpets and tapestry water The Y. M. C. A. suffered considerable damage from water which leaked through the The bowling alleys will suffer Windows in the front of the home of W. B. Rogers were blown in and the large guest room on the second floor was badly The two big plate glass windows at the office of the Laurel Light and Railway company were Part of the roof of G. W. Martin's store in West End was blown off and the stock was damaged Mr. Martin's wood shed in the rear of his home was blown Windows were blown out in the second floor of Mrs. W. E. home on First avenue and considerable damage by water DOWN The steel awning in front of Heidelberg store was blown Part of the steel awning in front of Rowell's barber shop was also blown Awnings and signs throughout the city suffered to some Shade trees throughout the city were uprooted or broken off. Fences were blown over and small outbuildings suffered some Scores of people in Laurel did not go to bed at all last night because of their fear of the Many others lay down to sleep fully dressed to be prepared to run to a place of safety in case of TELEGRAPH NEWS OVER TELEPHONE FROM L. & N. LINE FLOODED Ala. July from the Mobile region reported by the Louisville and Nashville railroad people this morning says that eleven miles from Mobile the tracks are covered with water and ISLE SAFE Orleans July 6.-A wireless message from the revenue cutter in Mobile harbor said the Mobile wireless tower was down No indication of the damage in Mobile was Baratara and Grand Isle were reported TO ANSWER CARRANZA SOON July 6.-After conferring with President Wilson Secretary Lansing said he thought a reply would soon be made to last It is understood that negotiations between the United States and Mexico will be conducted through regular diplomatic The Travis and Abney Furniture was flooded this The wind the metal roof the building time during the Some of the stock in the Norman Aycock Furniture company was severely damaged by a flood of The damage included soiled rugs and mahogany Many prudent men hastened yesterday afternoon to cover their property with tornado Others were even solicited by insurance men and would not protect their It is stated that the bridge over the on the L. & N. railroad has again been washed All L. & N. trains are running to Hattiesburg over the O. & N. E. and then detoured to the N. O. M. & C. BODIES ARRIVE El Paso Tex. July 6.-The bodies of Lieut. Adair and negro troopers who were killed at were brought here the bodies of eight Americans were exhumed from a single grave near DIRECTS WILSON CAMPAIGN Washington July 6.-Robert W. director of the mint his work as publicity manager for the democratic national campaign Mr. Wooley directed the ON BOND ISSUE Petition Is Filed With Supervisors For a County department for President Wilson's first presidential FIGHT IN SANTO DOMINGO July engagement between two hundred fifty revolutionists in Santo Domingo and American marines in which 27 Dominicans were killed and five captured and one marine killed and eight wounded was reported today by Rear Admiral The fight occurred July 1. CONFESSED TO MURDER Calif. July 6.-Compton who claims to be a son of the late Mrs. Kate Compton a New Orleans and Franklin a Monroe La. confessed Police said he shot and killed t George near yesterday during a card BRITISH STILL ADVANCE July 6.-The French have captured 76 cannon arid several hundred machine guns from the July 6.-The Germans repulsed French attacks around The British have made minor gains near Farther south the British gained a foothold in the advanced German CROPS PRACTICALLY DESTROYS BY STORM AND THE FARMERS ARE REAL SUFFERERS FROM BIG WIND Corn Is Laid Flat and So Badly It Will Be Unable to Straighten Up Cotton and Other Crops Also plate glass window in Wharton grocery store in Front street was blown and a case filled with candies and together with other in the front of the was total loss is probably YOU LOSE YOUR VOTE In the presidential .In the city in which a mayor and two city commissioners are Nor can you vote in the city primary or any other register both at the court house and city hall before the night of July 7th, Unless you have enough in- * terest in your state and nation to cast a ballot in these you deserve to be without Not for you to have paid to but it every wm's duty so to Traveling men who came from Meridian this morning report that the damage in Meridian was similar to that in Trees were blown roofs leaked and homes and stores but no persons were The soldier boys were forced to vacate their regular quarters in the armory last night and slept on the floors and benches of the N. O. N. E. The boys were washed out at their regular quarters at an early hour in the No mail was delivered by either the city or rural carriers Thursday because of the storm and It is doubtful if the rural carriers will be able to make their trips tomorrow as the creeks are already bank full and rapidly rising indicating that the will be A petition with something over four hundred names has been filed with the county board of supervisors asking that body to call an election submitting to the people of Jones county the question of whether or not bonds in the sum of shall be issued for the purpose of erecting a charity hospital for South Mississippi to be maintained by the It will be remembered that the city of Laurel has already voted to issue bonds for the charity Friends of the hospital had hoped that the county would issue the bonds without an but certain people in Ellisville have seen fit to fight the notwithstanding the fact that Laurel pays more in taxes toward the of the Agricultural High School at than do the people of through Laurel on the N. O. & N. E. railroad this morning stated that Lake was terribly rough when the train passed over this Trainmen assert that it will be possible for all trains to maintain their regular schedules London July 6.-Having captured the whole second line south of the Somme from the river to the French resumed operations north of the river and have cleared the bank almost to The French at Sormont farm also threaten The British are heavily engaged along the from to The British all gains and advanced at some notwithstanding German counter In some cases it was found that eighty per cent of the German trench defenders were killed by the British attacking against machine guns suffered The Germans are increasing their attacks against Sixteen thousand Germans have been captured by the Anglo-French The Russians report successes on the whole front from Riga to the Crops throughout that vicinity were In spite of a severe handicap by the Laurel Bakery was able to get out its regular output of goods last The damage to the Bakery aggregated than two hundred Considerable flour and much of their regular stock was The bakery suspended for one but it is believed it will recover in time to avoid inconvenience to the Tim storm did severe local damn go but tho real loss is to the tho surrounding Corn is laid flat and crisscrossed so badly that it will not be able to straighten This means that much of. it will in the ear and the loss from this will be very Much 61! it is Even the young corn is damaged very Old is severely Tt is probable that it is so badly twisted and torn as to render further cultivation In territory this means disaster for to make any crop under boll weevil conditions it is necessary to work it continually until very Cane is damaged will be no pecan crop in all this Tho wnd whipped every pecan from the It is probable that when the final returns are that tho cut storm is the most damaging in the history of this Under a group of trees near the Griffin residence on Maple one fifty dead sparrows were Lightning mil not strike the tree and is believed that the birds were killed when a veritable tornado enveloped the Limbs were scattered about for thirty All the sparrows were full All freight service on the Laurel branch of the G. & S. I. railroad was suspended for the The passenger train had not arrived at a late hour this afternoon and all wire connections being the whereabouts of the train is A message from Hattiesburg stated that the regular passenger train leaving last night at 5 o'clock arrived in Hattiesburg this at o'clock the principal obstacle being fallen Passengers on The barns on the Bates farm on the Gardiner property near Mt. Vernon church was blown down last One horse was so badly injured it is expected to A mule was taken out of the debris this morning practically The Mt. Vernon church was almost blown down and is leaning at is the worst storm since 1906" said a pioneer cotton man this cotton will suffer from the but the damage to the cotton will not be as bad as the damage to the Cotton has a chance to the storm will knock the boll weevil into the and in that respect will really help the It will also knock off many of the small surplus I do not believe the cotton farmers will suffer as much from this storm as people generally Center of Storm Moving Northward Thursday Morning New Orleans July 6.-The final summary prepared by Dr. I. M. Cline of the government weather bureau here for publication Thursday morning indicated that the tropical disturbance will move inland still holding to a northerly direction some time Thursday All indications were that its center would be east of New High winds have HATTIESBURG IS ALSO A VICTIM Drug Store Wrecked and Many Windows Are BAD HURRICANE SWEEPS COASTS OF FOUR STATES Mississippi Towns Are Heaviest Details Hattiesburg suffered extensively in the storm last Communication with that city by telephone was obtained by The Leader this that being tile only city possible to reach by wire from Practically all the big plate glass windows in the Hattiesburg business section were shattered by tho Part of the roof of the old Club building was blown off and a piece of it hit a man named He was only and was not badly The Yellow Pine Pharmacy was practically the wind damaging the Crops and timber in the vicinity of Hattiesburg the crops being practically all Hattiesburg is out of communication with everything south of that Information Hattiesburg this morning that the Lamar Lumber at suite red great loss by fire last Between four and five million feet of rough lumber in the yards was but the mill was not damaged except slightly by the curred on the coast east of New and high tides were reported on the middle Gulf The barometer continued high over the lake region and the Ohio Unsettled weather is indicated for the West Gulf States Thursday There will be rain Thursday in Oklahoma and Louisiana and winds were expected in New Orleans before Storm Committee In Orleans Ready To Aid If Needed New July meeting of the storm committee which was in charge of the distribution of relief funds after the hurricane of September 29, will be held Thursday and if devise of raising The committee is composed of Mayor Ernest L. Captain Horace Rene and M. B. Following the September hurricane the committee did great work in extending help to the thousands of persons made helpless by the New July 5.-Following an unsettled period throughout this entire section and the a severe hurricane swept up and across early Wednesday morning from the vicinity of Swan in the where it first was taking a northwesterly direction and seriously affecting the rida and Mississippi Early and straggling mostly came to this city from the Mississippi and Florida saying that Mississippi Gulf towns were being hardest but that Pensacola and Mobile were receiving a 75 to 80 mile Two schooners were to have been blown ashore at Deer At 7 a. m. Pensacola reported a 48 mile but by early afternoon the blow had increased to 72 miles and its force was at 3 p. m. reported the barometer as recording 29.76 with 80 degrees temperature and a 12 mile At the same time barometers recorded 29.78 with a 12 mile The last direct message from Mo bile was received at the Cotton Exchange at 3 o'clock Wednesday It told of tides and very severe winds in both Mobile and In the latter city water was said to be rushing up Palafox In Mobile it was feared some of the low lying parts of the city on the bay would be flooded and it was stated several small been There has been no wireless communication with either city since that While the center of the storm hit the coast something over 100 miles east of New Orleans it is not believed the hurricane was of such intensity as to do serious damage beyond cutting off wire Much anxiety was manifested in the city as to the effect on the gulf coast but it is evident mo serious damage was Bay St. Louis was heard from early last night and reported only minor damages and the abatement of the blow late in The L. & N. railroad is tied up by two small washouts but the bridges are intact and traffic will be resumed Louisiana escaped The plate glass in the front of tho Welborn and Bridges second hand furniture store in Front vi y
