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ESTABLISHED _N twll au TICE ems, mavaa ESTABISHE 1865. NEWBMRy, S. C., FRIH)A v ,liRUAR Y 20, 19034WCA I~T~ f T'f THE STORM SWEPT OVER THE STATE. TWO YOUNG MEN WEB KILLED AT HONBA PATH ON MONDAY. Four Children Killed, Three Crushed by Trees and Chimneys In Aiken Coun ty-The Details. A severe wind storm, accompanied by one of the heaviest rains in years, prevailed throughout South Caro.. lina Monday afternoon and night, being probably most severe in the north-western part. Honea Path was the place most di rectly in the path of the storm, and two youths were killed at that place. In Aiken two chil('ren were killed by falling trees and one by a falling chimney. In other parts of the State, though no fatalities are reported much minor damage including the destruction of buildings, was done by the wind. DETAILS OF HONEA PATH TRACFEDY. The following is from The State: Honea Path, Feb. 17.-A severe storm, cycionic in its character, swept this town yesterday afternoon at 3.80 o'clock. The damages as near as can be ascertained are as follows: The large two.story double brick store of Mr. W. A Shirley was en tirely destroyed and his stock of fur nishing goods badly damaged. Six young men on their way from school dashed into this store to vs cape the wind and rain. They had just reached one of the large double front doors when they saw the front wall was falling towards the street They made an effort to escape from danger but four of them were buried beneath the wreck while two others rushed into the front door and took refuge in the inside Gf the store. Earle McGee, son of Mr. W. J. McGee, and Bertie Austin, son of Mrs. Thomas Austin of Greenville county, were killed instantly and Edgar Donald, son of Mr. J. R Donald,' was seriously injured, both legs and arms being broken and his spine injured. A. C. Stone, son of Mr. J. T. Stone, had one leg broken and sustained other injuries about the head and body. Immediately after the destruction of the building Mr. P. W. Sullivan who was standing at onH of the win dows in the bank building only a short distance away, saw the hand of some one shaking. He promptly called for assistance and went to work to rescue the victims. In a few minutes the bodies of the unfor tunate young men were extracted and carried to nearby buildings. Medical assistance was summoned and every thing possible was done for the sufferers. The force of the storm was terrific and the building of Mr. Shirley was torn to atoms in almost a second. Large frames from the roof were blown hundreds of yards and brick were scattered in every direction. Lu addition to the above named building, several stores were unroofed, chimneys blown dlown and trees up rooted. In a piece of woodland a short distance from here morn than a hundred trees were felled. Parties returnmng home from townt were carrio(d many yards b)y the force of the winds, Trelephonie and telegraph wires are down and communication with other point was impossible. The graded school had just closed its work for the day and it is a miracle that many of the children were not killed Many of them rushed into the Baptist church, al though two of t hem were carrinri across the field and hurled against a tree. The damage to prop)ert.y here is considerable. Several fi rms sufferedi damage to their stocks of goods by water, their storerooms being un roofed. The loss to p)roperty' in the stur. rounding countr:y is niot. very great, although many clhimneys were blown down. Stock was killed and out buildings damaged. The Chiquola mill suf fered considerable dlamage, several of the tenant honses being demolished Lights were broken out of the mill buildings and waste house blown down. E. B. Oulberson, mail carrier on one of the free delivery routes, had a narrow escape from death. He had taken refuge in a covered bridge a few miles from here. He realized that the bridge would not stand the force of the storm and made an ef. fort to get his team out, but before he could do so the structure gave way. His horse was killed and his buggy demolished. He saved him self by jumping into the open just as the bridge went down. ASRISTANOE FROM BELTON. The citizens of Belton, a nearby town, rendered valuable assistance, several coming down on the first train. Among them were two of the leading physicians, who very quickly offered their services to the fam. ilies of the injured. The work of removing the debris from the streets was at once under taken by Mayor Milford and in a few days the stores will be ready for business again. Many inquirie i have been re eived as to the safety of friends. It may be well to state that no one )ther than those mentioned above iustained any injuries. The condi. ion of Edgar Donald is critical but. uis chances of recovery are good un. ess blood poison developes. One leg will doubtless have to be amputated AT ANDERSON. Report from Andersoii states that Ligon & Lodbet ter's large wholesale grocery store and the Anderson Cash G1rocery St-r wers unroofed. Tele phone and electric light wires were Alown down and much other damage ]one. All communication by tele graph and telephone with the out side world was cut off. The Episcopal church at Calhoun Falls was totally destroyed. THREE KILLED IN AIKEN. Loss of life followed in the wake >f the storm which passed over Aiken 3ounty Monday night. Two children f Mr. Jas. Davis, who lives at Ergles Bridge about 12 miles from Aiken, were killed by a falling tree. At Lake View the roof of a tene. 7nn house was blown off and the family ran out and escaped without njury, but the child of Moses Dor dins, about 6 years old, was struck y the falling chimney and killed. While the wind was very hard in kiken no material damage was done. STORM IN sPARTANRio. At Spartanburg the car barn of ~he Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Eilectric Company wvas blown down. Uhe electric companies, telephone, :elegraph and street cars were shut lown to protect the people from in. jury from trees falling on wires. No loss of life. flUILDINos AT AIIfEvILLE D)EsTROYED. At Abbeville the Methodist church it the cotton mill and the tan yard were blown down, both buildings be. ng totally wrecked. Telephone poles, ~reps, shrubbery and chimneys fell with a velocity exceeded only by ~hat of the rain. NEoRIo KILLED AT LAURENs The wind and rain storm which Rassed over Laurens Monday after loon, according to reports, was wide ipread and consideorable dam age was lone in various sections. It struck Laurens about 4 30 o'clock and for 1() muinutes it was terrific. Trees wvero Liprooted everywhere, the plastering loosened1 in) residences and more or less dlamfage done to light out build. ings, kitchens, etc. Thel telephione and electric light. systen.s probab)ly suffered the greatest damage. Poles were flattened right~ and left. aind the wires are down in every direction. For several bonus the service of bothI were badly snterrupted. On Wmn. Brown's place, two mIIiles southi, a cabin was b)lownI down andl a negro child had its skull crushed and a negro woman was injured l.y falling timbers. TJhe child will probabl1'y die. At Owinige' St ation, 12 miles northwest, Mr. Jno. Camnpblll's house was wrecked and a negro house ou Will Powvers' place nearby was blown down, two miles above there Mr. Robert Stoddard's residence, a new building, was demolished. No one is reported to have been injured Last night the wind continued fu rious, and it was pest midnight before many people slept comfortably. To day it is biting cold and extremely disagreeable for outdoor work or travel. OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. Reports from other parts of the State indicate great wind and rain with damage to buildings and tele phone and telegraph poles and wires. The great wonder seems to be that greater loss of life was not sustained. A Journalistic Feat. Newspapers are still talking of the journalistic achievements of the late Mr. Do Blowitz for 35 years special correspondent of the London Times. His greatest feat was undoubtedly in securing for his paper the complete text of the Boor treaty in 1878 be fore it had left the conference room, or in fact had received the signature of the diplomats. Some ten years or more ago Mr. Do Blowitz wrote the story of the Berlin treaty "scoop" for the Century Magazine. It was a fasinating narrative, and is worth recalling at *his time. Mr. De Blowitz had been commis sioned by The Times to report the conference. He knew the dilliculties he would have to encounter owing to the secrecy of the sessions and to Bismarck's well known antipathy to newspaper men. As a preliminary arrangement for tie battle royal he proposed to wage with the WiHO nIU, Mr. Do Blowitz secnred as his aide a young, well connected Parisiam, disiuiherited and looking for a jo). The young man was told to apply for a secretaryship to a diplomat. who it was understood would be an am bassador to tl.e conference at Berlin. He was instructed by Mr. De Blowitz that while he was to indulge in no gross bet reyal of confidences, never theless he would be expected at the close of each day to give i faithful report of the progress of the confer ence. The plan, in the language of Mr. Do Blowitz, succeeded a merveille. The young man secured the secre taryship, and presumably served bollh his masters well. He was not skill ed in the art of newsgathering, how ever, and Mr. Do Blowitz often had to exercise his ingenuity in patching to gether the merest scraps of infor mation. For example, one evening the young fellow reported that a certain ambassador had made a spoech which seemed to have created an awvful row-lie didn't know what the speech was or anything about it. Mr. D. Blowitz put on his good clothes and went to call on an inti mate friend of the mant who had madle the speech. Without directly asking for information, lhe incident ally observed that the ambassador's speech waus being severely criticised, etc., etc. The diplomat came to the defense of his friend, and before he was through had practically told the context of the speech. The publication of the treaty, how ever, was Mr. Do Blowitz' master stroke. He learned that the treaty had b)een given a certain amb)assador for revision. He went to the ambas sador and requested1 a copy, but of course was refused. Mr. DeBlowitz persisted1 to the point that the amabas sador finally consented to read1 the treaty aloud. It was long and comn p)licated1, andl he d id niot count on Mr. D)e Blowit z being able to make anty in tell igent usie of it. Bunt he d id not coun ct *i thle niewsp nper man 's trainedl memory. Mr. DleBllowitz, had1 whlat lhe wvanited, and the next morn - ing the readers of the London Times were able to read the treaty, wvhich Mr. D)eBlowvit z had taken the precau tin t o end fromi lhelgiumt inIstead of Bler lini. T[his achi evemient of Mr. D)eBlowi z of many newspapier meni now living, if they co,uld he so told. To1 be a su1ccessfuli special co)rresponriet, in these~ udays a mant musmit b e mny mindledl be miuist at ihme same tm c,omubme all the wvisdomi of thle dipIlo) matist, th linicesse of thle practical pol it-iian, thle strategy or t he cmii tary commander, and( the hustle or thle newspaper mant. EXTRA SESSION OF SENATE PROBABLE A CRITICAL SITUATION NEAR THE CLOSI OF THE SESSION. The Blockade Caused by the Statehood Bill-How the Trusts Rule Congress. Other Matters (News and Courier.) Washington, Feb. 19.-Special: Because of the Statehood blockade the Republican leaders are now pre. paring for an extra session of the Senate and a proclamation by the President for such a session, is ex. pected immediately at the close of the present session, unless the unex. pected happens and the Cuban and Panama Canal treaties are ratified. Howevor, an extra session of the Senate alone will create little interest outside of its action in ratifying the treaties, for no other legislation is probable. The Senate, it is true, might go on and pass bills, which the House could take up next De comber, when it meets again, but none of the measures considered by the Senate could become law for the present. But the disposition will be to consider the treaties solely and the meetings will be very largely execu tive. These exeetitive sessions of the Senate always attract much interest locally, because of thei many pecul lar practices connected with them. In open session t he Senate is a part. of the legislative branch. But when the silver electric bells in every com iittee room anid corridor at the north end of the Capitol ring four times, following a motion of some Senator for an exeelltive session, the Senate ceases to be part of the legis lative branch of the (ovorniment and becomes a part, of the executive branch. Spect ators are hustled out of the galleries in droves, the dours are barred, that lead to the public chairs, down stairs the big white double doors swing to and uniformed Capitol polictmren and other etmploy es of the Senate guard against in trusion by way of the wide marble tai rways. Tie Senate preserves with great punctiliousness its forms of secrecy is to the executive session, but ac ,oui,ts of what transpired appear with accuracy in the morning papers f the next day. The accounts have to come from the Senators them ielves, but it is rare indeed that the sorrespondents, who have friends Imong the Senators, do not get thie mubstance of everything of public in terest that transpires behind the loors. Stenographic reports are mlade of all the sayings in open sos lion and printed the following morn ing verbatim, but official reports are niot made of the executive session. IIOw THIE TIIJUSTH RUl riIE(ONo ms. There has bieeni a miarked develop) merit t his winter in the character of lobbyirig before Congress. Hereto fore a great many big interests have senit their men to WV ashiinigton to look after interests. These men are often politely called at tornneys, but mn reality are mien trairnd in the ways of promoting legislation orpr venting legislation. as the desires of the big corporations might be. Some master mIind( hans now or ganiized those vast inditustries and1( corporations into at community of in terest s, arid t ho rail road s, mn in es, ship imterests and thle like are repro senited by3 oneO bureau, where books are kept and( where thle wires are touchned from time to time, as may he nneeessa ry, to b rig to Wash inigtn thne part icul ar men whIo cain work along~ a dlesirod hiue. Th'lus a rail road presid.mt, for ox 'nunpie, may have pairtienilar influemnce with the dlolegation fr(om somoi Western State. iIe comes to Wasinigtoni on a hurry sn mmoons tor help a st eamshi ip comn binie, p)(rhaps1) to dlefeat ai hill that hinrders its i niterets, or it inay Ic that the presideont. ,,f a steamshir linr e-mwus to help out a hbig railroad that wante to dlnleat particular legis lation or to pull a bili through had legislatniv,, nit uation. Thei, big trusts ar e in the airrangmeont anid al hands are workinig together. I leret.ofore the smiiall lohhyis thrived. Ho could make big money by representing different corpora tions, provided he had influence and possessed aptitude for the work. Furthermore the s stem of keeping books on the statesmen who have to receive help occasionally from the big railroads and other corporations is efficacious. A record is kept, for instance, of the tickets issued to carry workers to Bill Smith's Congressional convention in Sqnedunk County. In (lays gone by Bill Smith was apt to forget these favors after election time. Now he will find the tigures about those favors staring him in the face in Washington when the big corporations want a favor from him. MANY DROWNED IN CHOWAN RIVER. Passenger Steamer Olive Wrecked by a Cyclone and Eighteen Lives Lost. Norfolk, Va, Feb. 17.-A cyclone struck the passenger steamer Olive which lies between Franklin, Va., and Edenton, N. C.. at 9:30 o'clock last night and sent her to the bot. torn of the river off Wooley's Pier, betweon Mount Pleasant and Oliver's wharf. The whirlwind when it struck the Olive caused her to go over on her beams' end and when she righted it was only to sink on account of the water she had taken. A majority of the passengeas and crew were below at the time and had no opportunity to reach the pi lot. house of the vessel. This point was the only portion left above water and in it. standing waist deep from the timne of the accident until (1 o'clock in the morning Capt. George H. Withy and five others were saved. According to the statement. of Capt. Withy to The Associated Press correspondent here tonight 17 per sons are known to have been lost on the sinking steamer and a lifeboat loaded with Engineer C. L. Conway, Assistant Engineer J. P. Murphy, Purser J. N. Bell, one white and two colored dock hands, which left the steamer in hopes of reaching a ves sel whose lights could be seen in the distance, is yet unheard from. If these have been drowned the death list will reach 25. SKETCHES BY EX-CONFED. He Writes of People of Ante-Bellum Times. Maj. Frederick Boozer lived near Trinity church on lands now owned by some of the popJle in the "Nation." Maj. Boozer married a widow Stew art, wvho was the (laughter of Aaron Burton. Maj. B9ozer had no chil dIren, but his wife had two children b)y her first husband, Mr. Stewart. These girls wvere raised by Maj. Bo(ozer and were treated in every respect as if they were his own chil dren. Hie died some years ago at the home of his step (laughter, Mrs. N. F. Wilson. He was ai stric't me1m her of Smyrna (Presby terian) church, and I th ink wais an eldler of the~ church. Eq. Gieorge Boozer was a brother of Maj. Boozer. He v/as a ruling elder in Smyrna church and (lid a great dleal to build up th interest of his church. He lived about one and a half miles from Smyrna church on the lanid now ownedi by his soni. HI. D1. Boozer, who is alsHo a ruling elder ini lie church of his father-a worthy son of aL worthy fat her. Esq. Boozer was also the father of S. P. Boozer, D)r. Thomas Boozer, Dr. ,iob Boozer and G. B. Boozer, Sir., all worthy men and strict fol lowers of John Knox. I want to paLy a just tribute to those goodl people of Smnyrna church. A kinder bioartedl p)eop)1 never Ii ved thanii the muemb)ers or Smyrna chu rch. TJhey bring up ter children under the teaching of lie short cat.echismi, iand if anyl one is sick they have good attenutionl and nursing, I aml aL membDler of a dif ferent chinrch anud I would that my church would remember the widow sad1( orp)han and nurse thet sikas the goodl people of Smyrna (10 A few years ago I was a widower; my daughter had r p)rotramcted cas. of typhoid fever and duiri ng the to of her sickness t here was but one hour but what there was a lady in] t he house and neoarly all of t hose who: were so kind to us8 were Presbyte rians. May old Smyrna: grow strong again andl flourish under the minis tration of her p)resenit worthy piatoi is the wish of X. C!nfed. SKIRMISHING FOR PRbSIDBNCY. Republicans Uncertahi Though Rooseveli Has the Advantage- Democrats Talk Mostly of Parker. Washington, Feb. 20.-Party man. agers are giving thought nowadays to question of President making. The nominating conventions are only a little more than a year distant, and long before that time sentiment will have shaped itself somewhat definite ly as so the ideutity of caudidateh and the outline of the platforms. Mr. Bryia's latest announcement, that he intended to stay out of next year's race for the I)oocratic nomi. nation, while it was entirely unneces sary came at a time when the Demo. cratic leaders are scanuing the hori. zon and when a general feeling of hopefulness prevails beyon, any thing the Democratic party hlas known since 1896 The Itepublican sit nation is ano. malous. There are prominent party men here in Washington offering to wager that the name of President Roosevelt. will not even be presented to the next RItpublican national col vention. There are others declaring a willingness to wager that. no other name will be presented to the con. vention. In the private converea. tions of men who feel the public pulse there is almost a universal ad mission that Mr. ltoosevelt. is strong with the people, and that if he wins the nominat ion triumphant. ly, or even after a struggle, it will be by reason of his general popularity. The grumbling comes in large part from the politician class, includ ing, of course, a ltargo contingent of Senators and members of the House. Tie politicians do tOt, as a rule, like Mr. Roosevelt, and his method-1. Things not, altogether kind and contendat.ory albout, his admin istration are very frequently heard among Republican Uongressnen. Most of them mnaitniin very friendly relations at the W hito House, but not with the kind of political follow ship that makes ien turn out and work with i might, and main for the success of a ticket. At present there is no rallying point for opponts of NIr. Roose volt's nomuination, however few or numerous they may really 1w. It mity be that this will prove eventnal ly a source of weitknerw to the Presi. dent, for he will have no reason, if things go on as they are now to fend his lieutenants out into the States to make a vigorous light, wit h the as. auritnce thatt if they shlould1 wmn the men elected ias dolegates would steadfastly suipport Mr. lRoosevelt in the convent ion from first to last. The prop)ects seem to grow thatt delegates will be ill order now b)efore many months hatve gone b'y--with little or no controversy as to whom they shall supjport, andi( possib)ly wvith no very (definite instructions in many instain ces. If the pairty matnagersi hitve their wity in such a program there will be mnore opp)ortuni ties for them to mail nlipulate condoitions ini t he c.onveni Lion, for dolegates cin be swayedI more readily when they have beenu inedl withioit a struggle anid whenl the coulntry is not awaked to a lively interest ill the outcome. Whatever the party opposition t( Mr. Roosevelt be, t here is nto dlouti that much of it. would rally arond S'enaitor Hlanns, were he willing i declrr a ny Preside.ntiatl asp,irat ions. He would have it big followmng im mediately in 14ome1 s'ections5, if the word1 were sinmply patssedl along that~t his friends i ntentded to mnake a li,.I~ for himt. T1het old guard iamonig th1 Ielipublicants, nrisn who have fol lowe< the nitlional comm it toe, would nol acot upon a sign fromu the Ohioan, but lie hais set hisit fitce steadily against any such project . There are Riepub licatns in Congress who atre anxiously scanning conditions, and are lothi t< commlfit thtemselvi's, whose influiene in their own locallities will decide on way or the other. If ino rival boon makes heitdwaty against Mr. Roose velt, they will bo inclined to fall ii behind with the probable winner. D)isattisfaction withI the cond(itionl in which thle IRepublican party find itself is 'ri marked cost ritt with tn ..., 5.' W " "vv~ .&.a. .L. A.U LAL toR coming together of the Democrats, who have made a more satisfactory record, from their own poift;of view, than at any other session of Con gress in the last six years. There has been a rapid disappearance of the old factional differences. Con tentions within the party and din. sensions in voting have been practi cally unknown since Congress met last December. There has been at most no agitation of issues on which the party split in 1896, but there has been enthusiasm such as generally characterizes the reunion of old time workers. The unanimity with which the Democrats have supported ad ministration measures for restriction of trusts is regarded as putting them in a most favorable attitude for mak ing the next Presidential campaign. While asserting that the legislation could accomplish little they have slpportd it because of unwilling nose to go on record against, any effort, however mild, to curb trust evils. The Democratic talk is nearly to. ward the nomination of Judge Par ker. In fact, the democratic hope is builded on the carrying of New York State, and the Southerners rea son that no candidate has been sug gested moroe likely to accomplish the political overturning of the Etmpire State than the present chief judge of the court of appeals. Were the con vontion to b hold to<bay, thero would appitrent ly be it doubt of J udge parker's noninatiun. Unless conelitions change matori ally withint the coining year, the Pre:+ideontial campaign, of 1904 will be very vigorously fought. The Democrats will go in with i aconserva tive platform to tolmand the sup port of i conservative man. That is the t renl of all t he talk heard from Southern Democrats, who will he allowed, iii large measure, to dictate the plans for the contest New York State will he the chief battlegrouncd, with stronnoun efforts to wret'; New Jersey, Connecticnt, Maryland and a few Mt at es of t ho far West., incl ud irg Califorr,ia, from lepublican con. trol. NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR MONEY. Why the Palm Limited Ran Back for Mrs. Vanderbilt and Party. Columbia, S. C. -A great deal of comment has been made in the newspapers over the feet that so im portant a trii as thlie Southorn Pal m Liamitedl should have beeni t urnedl back twenty two miles in order to take aboard Mlrs Cornelius Vander bilt and a party of friends. They were at thle stattioni readly to tamke thle train at Pirnelanid, but it went on, beinig tfil ly stopped at HaImrdeevillto and brought hack for the party. The circumistanace has been tele graphed all over the country anid the impreOssioni anems to have gotten ount that thle Southern t urned its train back simply because these people are mnillionamres and1( persons of in flunence. 'Tb is is riot thte case, as hans been learned here. It seemsa liat P.iinolanid las been "bullotinued,"' as they say in railroad circles, as a flag station to stop this train. 11(heon gineer had overlooked t hat facet, it being one of no0 great imp)ortanice in viewv of thle fact t hat Pinetamd is a sidIe track out ini the woods. However, being suchi a stat i an, passengers had1( a p)erfect right to board th(e train at that place. When the Pahn im liamited hove in sight it was flagged , b ut then engineier, niot havinrg nioticod thInat it hnd b~eeinimado a sto' station, wvent ont by. A n at ternplt was madde to stp thle tramiin at the next stat ion , knrowni as T illh1:m,I bumt thle opeoratoir for some rev'.in fadled to d1( 5o WheInc thne train got to I iardonv'ule the club car was detached arnd wvas run hack fur the piarty. It was statedt by onie famnilianr with rail, ad rubta and iaws that this had to be0 (lone or the company would haivo boen I iable for damages. It was funirt tier state.1 t hat. if a negro hadl te siroid to go on thte t raim un der simai tar circ ust ances that it would have bo"ni nece-sary to go back for him if a suit of damnages was to be avoided. Thn rail road, t herefore, holds that it did riot send back thle train because - the woul-be passengers were mil Ilionaires, but thait it was done for the protet ion of the rond. As peopleO all over the country 'a have been worndoring at t ho cause of Sthe tramn going back, these facts are o statedn na matters of interest.