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?m Galveston's Dire Need. 25,000 People to Be Fed and Clothed. An Official Statement From Mayor ! and Members of Galveston Relief j Committee Explains Needs. * Galveston, Tex, Sept 12 -To The Associated Press : We are receiviog sumercus tele? grams of condolence and offers of assis? tance. As the telegraph wires are hardened, we beg the Associated Press ref eommao?catte tbis response to all. ^Nearby cities are supplying and will - supply soucient food, olothiog, eto , for immediate needs, Cities farther sway oan serve ns best by sending money. Checks should be made payable to John Sealey, chairman of the j finance committee All supplies should , %oms to W. A. McVittie, chairman of the relief committee. We have 25, 000 people to clothe and feed for many weeks and to famish with household ?cods. Most of these are homeless and tse others will require money to make their wrecked residences babita able From this the world rusy under ?taed now much money we will need, ifbis committee will from time to time report our needs with more particular? ity. We refer to dispatch of this dr te of Maj R G. Lowe which the commit tee fnlly endorses. All communicants . will alease accept this answer in lieu ?f otrect response and be assured of ike heartfelt gratitude of the entire population. r WC Jones, Mayor, M Lasker, J D Skinner, C H McMaster, R G Lowe. Clarence Owsley, Committee. Shoals Hold Carnival. 43 Convicted by Courtmar tial and Ordered Shot. Dallas, Tex, Sept 12 - W. ??. Mc N Grath, manager of the Dallas Electric company, reached Dallas today direct from Galveston last night Be said : "Vandalism at Galveston bas been terribie. The most rigid enforcement of martial law bas not been able to -suppress it entirely Adjt Gen ' ^corry's men have arrested a hun? dred or more negroes, 43 of whom -were found with effects taken from dead bodies These were ordered tried by courtmartial. They were convicted and ordered shot One i. negro bad 23 fingers with rings on the? in his pocket 99 THE STORY IS TRUE. Houston, Tex, Sept 12 -It is true that negroes were shot by order of a conrtmartial. Their pockets were found to be full of human fingers . and jewelry of which tbe dead were stripped. SWIFT VENGEANCE FALLS. Houston, Tex, Sept 12 -A report er bas telegraphed from Laporte the story of the robbery and mutilation * of the dead in Galveston and the death ? of the offenders. The ghouls were hoiding an orgie over the dead. The majority of these men were negroes, but there were also whites who took part in the desecration Some of them were natives and some had been aiiowed to go over from the mainland under tbe guise of "relief work." Not only did they rob the dead, but they indicated bodies in order to secure their ghoulish booty A party of 10 negroes were returning from a loot ?ng ezpediticn. They had stripped corpses of ail valuables, and the pockets of some of the looters were fairly bulging out with fingers of the dead which had been cut off because tbey were so swollen the rings could not be removed. jDcensec at this desecration and mutilation ot the dead, the looters were shot down, and it has been ? determined that ai) found iu the act of robbing the dead shall be summar? ily ?bot During the robbing ot the dead not only were fingers cut off but ears were stripped from beads in order to .eenre jewels of value A few gov ernzaent troops who survived are assisting in patrolling the city The pr?vate citizens have all endeavored to prevent the r^Ming of the dead anti on several occasions, have killed the offenders Singly and in twos and ?hrees the offenders were thus shot down until the total of those executed exceeds fully 50. Tbere ar? now 13 cable lines across the Atlantic in successful operation, yet the charge for sending messsg s remains what it has been for 25 years or more-2;? cents a ?ord for commer? cial messages and 10o a word for press db pa?cbes. A late critic of cremation afErms tba' j earrh disinfection makes bariai thc ; ss.U?i di?prsai of the dead. In 12 ! years of experiment Sir Seymour j Hadrs found that bodies bariid 4 fee' \ deep required moro than four years /cr complete dissolution : three fe^t ^bree years . two fo^t. two years : or," fx*!, one year Io no case wa? thc j eSTtS or ai- polluted, oo'hiog wor-e J tb-w esr booie acid and w.itr>r erer be ?ng ??7eo of? ?*. tse surface cf curial i News From Galveston. Hundreds Leave the Town But Business Mes Seem More Cheerful. Galveston, Tes, Sect H.-The fir^t real attempt to clear away tho great maps of- debris piled aloog the beach front for a distance of several miles was began today. Advertisements 'vere printed ia The News which appeared this morning, asking for buodreds of men and boys to do the work A multitude respond? ed They were formed into squads and promptly put to work with police and deputy sheriff* in charge. It is boped that a vigorous prosecution of this work wiil lead to the early recovery of bodies still ia tho debris. That there arc many of them there ?3 no shadow of doubt It is difficult to imagine how half the people that did escape got free of this fearful flotsam and jetsam. The exodus from the city was heavy today, and hundreds more were eager to go who wtre unable to secure trans portation Aloog tho bay front there were scores of families with dejected faces pieadinjr to bc taken from the stricken city, where, ia spire o' every effort to restore confidence, there is a universal t'eeiing of dspression. Snip? ping coco pay today that tbs damage to tbe wharves is by no m-eans as serious as at first supposed. The chief dam? age bas been in the tearing open of sheds and the ripping of planking. Thii sheds, however, can be quickly rcD?eced. The piiio? for a cosiderc ble distance along the bay front success fully withstood thc pounding ir got from the w:nd aad waves, and business men find a measure of consolation in this More hopeful reports were received today touching tie ??ter supply. C. I H. MoMaster cf the chamber of com? merce, ha9 charge of the water relief work The company is placiug men ail along the mains, plugging the broken places acd thereby assisting the flow, lt was serving some of its cus? tomers today and hopes gradually to lacrease the service The water con tioues to lua by gravity pressure. The oaly difficulty the people are having is in carrying supplies to, their homes or places of business. The ice supply continues bountiful and at many corners lemonade U being served at 5 cents for as macy glasses as you can drink at one time. More effecctive measures were taken today to keep undesirable people eff the island Soldiers patrolled the water front and challenged ali who could not shew a proper reasoo for their landing or who were unwilling to work fer the privilege of coming into town Assurances have been received by the railroads that they wili do ail in their power to reopen communication and their present plan seems to be to oencentrate all forces on the work of the reconstruction of one bridge. Crews are coming down the Santa Fe railroad from Arkansas and St Louis with full equipments to restore the line Local representatives of the Southern Pacific have nad advices from headquarters to proceed^ with repair work without delay. Telegraph communication has been partially restored, the Western Uoion and Postal companies having reached the city with oae wire. Large forces have been a: work along the lines of Loth companies ?nd connection with Galveston has been attended with many difficulties THE LEST OF THE DEAD. Houston, Tex, Sept 14 -The Post today prints a list of 2,701 names of the Galveston dead, compiled from var5008 sources, but believed to be authentic There were hundreds of bodies buried at sea and in the sand, of which no identification wasj possi ble ; there were other hundreds who j were buried on the beach of the main , '.and, few of whom have been identi ! fied There are many bodies still in the ruins of Galveston and scattered ! along the beach of the mainland and in the marshes, where they were thrown by the water Some of these bodies have been sent 20 miles inland along small water courses by the ruph of high waters Taking all things into consideration there seems no longer any doubt that the number of dead will reach beyond the esti mates of 5.000 which has been made by Mayor Jones, Maj F. G Lowe and other reliable citizeD6 of Galveston ABOUT $1,000,000 RECEIVED Austin Tex, September H.-The fund for the relie! of the Galveston sufferers now aggregates nearly I $1,000.000, and it will probabiyj reach $1,500,000 by tomorrow night j Most of the amount is in the banda of Gov Sayers who will direct the work j of expending it for food, supplies and other relief work The governor wili not give out far publication an itemized : list of the contributions for se ve tai | days CHARLESTON'S COUNCIL GIVE $1.0(10 Charleston, Sept U -Thc ways and means committee of tije city council nut today ano appropriated $1,000 to 1>" sent to the re?< f of Gal veston sufferers ?Many contribution* were made to tho various fund? K-jm/ raised in tho city Nearly iii! < ? 'te,' churches arid Sunday s;:;.:..-!,- : ' take up collection's Total contribn i lions now exceed ?6.000 und thr work is only well begun. J, FIRE AT MAYESVILLE. Burned 35 Baies of Cotton and Does Other Damage. Mayesvilie, Sept 14 -MavesvHle was unlucky enough to have a coticn Lr?.1 'his corning li 30 o'clock I* consumed aboai 35 baie^, also badly damaging fbe public cotton weigher'.* platform The fire was discovered jus* after it ??arted. cuf before anything could bt: done 'be majority of the 50 odd bales ?ere on fi~e The greatest loss will bs on Mr J H. Sloan of Wi! miogtoo. as about "lb Dales were his. AH of the cotton was insured cxceot one bale, *.*hicb was the property of Mr Wash Wilson, his being a total loss Messrs Sp?-oot & Soo also lopt a set of vcr? Soe ?eales It was aa exceedingly lucky thiog that tbre was oot a breath ot air -'tirriog. tor if there had been a good part of our town would have gooe. QUKSTION ANSWERED. Yes, August blower still lias ths largest sale of any medicine in the civilized world, i'our mothers r.rd grand va ethers ncTcr thought of using anything else for indigestion or billiou:? ne.-s. Dcct'.rs were scarce, and they seldom heard of appendicitis, nervous prostration or heart failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean on: the system ?rii stop ?ermcn?a?i<?n of unaigisted food, regulate the action of the ?iver. Stimulate the nervous and organic action of thc system. ;?nd that is ail they took when feeling dui! and bad -.vidi headaches ard other j .iCRfc*. You only reed a few doses of Greek's August Flower, in liquid form. make you sat? isfied there is nothing seri.-us tho matit-r with ji;u, For sai* by A. J. China. A Under the Shirt Wa'.st. A Connecticut woman writes that ?lwhen men have their so called shirt waists made to 6t and know bow to drcs' underneath the shirt waist, there cao be co objection to the sbirt waist roan ; but they don't. Women w?ar at ?east three garments uoder their shirt wai-ts " Is th>t. really a fact ? What are they ? If it should ht required that a man wear a-, a - and a - under bis shirt waist, theu the shirt waist man w?l! go before he bas fairly arrived -Louisville Courier JoorDal. Distinction With a Difference. The Spirtanburg Herald says "the people of this State have voted fairly an i squarely to sustain the dispensary law." We move to ameod by striking out the word "law " Tbey b3ve mov ed to sustain tho dispensary undoubted ly ; but a very large proportion of them have voted oot to sustain thc law -Charleston for ins'ance -Greenville News. Ia a Georgia school a little boy was asked by bis teacher to define 'equinox" "An c quinox," said b.-. '*is a cross between a horse and a cow " A spanking bre< ze was raised when this was toid to mo'ber, aod the little boy WES turned d;?u. There seems to be a prevalent feeling vhat the best way for the Grand Army veterans to realize thPir desire for mora accurate textbooks on the subject of the country's his tory, for usc in the pnb?c schools down south, is to avoid anything looking like coercive measures for supplying them Left in abeyance, the difficulty promises to provide its own solution, southern peopie. and northern people in the end ?earning thal absolutely impartial rind truthful reports o? the war wiil be best, not only for the nation, bul for them? selves and their children.-Pennsyl? vania Grit Ao undertaker of Suoby Center, Mich, had a number of coffins ttored in AI outside shed Needing ene of jlem, he and an assistant went to the srrr-ihoose, and, selecting one. proded ed to lift, it cur. Immediately they wot themselves out of the shed, pursued by a swarm of bees which had established I >eir home io the box, having gamed access through a knot bole Af^er the io?ects had been driven away by fa miga'ion. 60 pound* nf first class hon? ey wore fouod in tb* box. "Our governmptt was not conceived or framed as a mooer making machioe, even for thc benefi of ali th^ governed, much less for th?* profit of particu'ar classes or portions or' 'hs government." - Mr Oloey's letter champ iooiog Bryan. - l-l- - DeWi'.t'a Little B*rl? Risers are prompt, pa!i*ab'e. pleas?'it. powerful, purifying little pi??. J S Bughsoo L Co. Dyspepsia Cure! Digests what you eat. j 1T, artificially digests thc food und aid3 . Nature iu strengthening and recon- j structing the exhausted digestive or- ? gans. lt isthe latest discovered digest- j ?nvant? tonic. No other preparation j can approach lt in efficiency, lt in- ; stantfy relie ves and permanently cures ; Dispepsia, Indigesti?n, Heartburn, I flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea. ! Sick Headache, Gastralgia.< 'rampsand ? Li. I i other results of imperfect digestion, j fr?cente. aTid$l. Lrirjre size contains 2^5 tlnK-s ; small size. iiuoi:o.Ii about dyspepsiamaileclireti j Frepcrcd by ?. C- Ce?V!TT 6-.CO.. Cblcago. j J S H?aHSOAr & CO I j Every j \ . Month! ^ there are thousands of wo- r ^ men who nearly sillier death ^ ? from irregular menses. Some- A ? \ times the " period " comes too \ V often - sometimes not often r $ enough-sometimes the flow is ^ ? too scant, and again it is too A \ j. profuse. Each symptom shows * f that Nature needs help, and f $ that there is trouble in the or- ^ ? gans concerned. Be careful ? A when in any of the above con- \ f ditions. Don't take any and F ? every nostrum advertised to f A cure female troubles. ^ 0 BRABFIELD'S J \ FEJMLE REGULATOR I $ is the one safe and sure ? ? medicine for irregular or pain- A F ful menstruation, lt cures all v ? the ailments that are caused by f ? irregularity, such as leucor- ^ \ rhcea, falling of the womb, ? \ nervousri?ss; pains in the head, \ $ back, breasts, shoulders, sides, y $ hips and limbs. By regulating ^ ? thc menses so that they occur ? \ every twenty-eighth day. all \ j r those aches disappear together, ? ^ just before your time comes, fi ? ? get a bottle ar.d see how much A \ good it will do you. Druggists \ f sell it at ?T. ? ? Send ?or our free book, " Perfect ^ \ Health 'for-Women." ? ? THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ? 4 ATIAI?TA, GA. ? j 4 iii iii Kb aviij Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. feb 28. _ CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in Oysters. Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Couoiry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, Ac , are respectfully solicited. Prompt retaros wade. Fish packe! in barrels and boxes for the country trade a specalty. Dec G i Furman University, GREENVILLE, S. C THE NEXT SESSION opens on the 2?th or Sep ember, 1900 Full and thor? ough instruction, ?eadine to tbe degrees of B A., und M A , ia < ffert-d Bertling in private ftitoilies moderate ; io tbe Mess Hal!, exceller.! rare may be bad at less empeore Corre-::pocder.ce solicited Applications for places in the Mess should not deferred. F^r full particulars, *ppiv to the President. A. P. MONTAGUS, L. L D. Ju Iv 25-203 j THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. j City and County Depositary j - C-.pital stock pp.id io, . . S75.0C0 00 Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Individu*! liability of stockholders i a excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general bankicg business ; also has a Savings Bans Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed aj the rate of 4 j er cent, per annum, payable sera i-an ?jual ly. W, F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. MARION .VOISE. W. F. RHAMK, Vice-president. Cashier. Jan 31. Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. 64th Year Begins Sept. 6. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, BIBLICAL, COMMERCIAL. Courses Offered for A. 3., 3. S. and A. M. Terms moderate, Location healthful, Laboratories complete, Teaching thorough, Gymnasium equipped. Send for a Catalogne. J. B, SHEARER, June 13-om President FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND CO 173?TY DE PO'S ITO RY, SUM TER. S. C. Paid up Capital.? 75,000 00 I Surplus arid Pron ts - - - - 25,000 00 1 AdCiticoiil Liability of Stock? holders in excess of t!.-ir stock. 75.000 CO j _ I Total v?rotectiori to depositors, .*5i7"> 000 ('. : Tr*i!;.??icT.-- n Gc ern! BBGASIJ?? Biisir?<\--? >>?. '/i n I ai I?-<I ! uni c :?.*-*: to (.:> ! !. ;?!!...::.? . S1 VI X GS D E P A RTM EN T. D?'po?tts o' SI ii'ii upwards received. Ir; ri r?"?t allowed n: ibe ra te'rt .} :.: r c;-- : p T cur:':';";, <?ri an:o:jT<t? above $5 nt?<J Rot exceed ?:I-? $r?0*.?, pmr.?? . quarterly, on ?fs? dav? :>' : Jam;.::;- April, J.u?v ?nd Oc?onrr. R H WALLACE L. S. CARSON, r-resider:: ? Ca?hif r. That Mayesviiie is the best Tobacco Mar? ket in the State? SALES ARE GOING ON DAILY. We hare a large corps of buyers and plenty of money with which to pay for tobaccos and we guar? antee good prices and sat ?7 Q THE POODiNG SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE COMPANY, JOHN W. MILLS, Manager. Of course we realize the fact to buy Stoves and Crockery at bottom prices You would be compelled to patronize the old reliable Stove man, T. C. SeaiFe. For this ver}' reason We bought before the fall advance, the larg? est line of Crockery and Stoves that we ever handled. Now we don't charge you the advance but it is your gain. Our trade last fall was extra large, but we ^expect to outdo all previous years, because we expect to sell goods and have the price. Next week will give a few prices to think over. T. C. SCAFFE, The old reliable Stove Dealer. tigging Ties. We have made large contracts for Bag? ging and Ties, and feel that we are in a better position than ever to supply our customers in this line. For some years we have been buying largely of second hand Bagging and Ties from mills in the upper part of the State, and fortunately our contracts were made with them this year in the early Spring, or we could not have gotten them-owing j to the high price of new goods they were eagerly sought. Some people object to use this class of Bagging because it is a little ragged, but we think that should make but very little difference as the best of it looks pretty tough from sampling very soon after it passes out of the farmers hands. Based upon the price of new goods there is a saving to the farmers of nearly 50 per cent. By buying that which was used before and why not reap the benefit of it, as it makes no difference in the price of vour cotton. We have all grades, and if you don't want the old we will be ?lad to sell you the now. but feel that it is our duty to rccoiiiinertd that which wiii pay you best. Alliance and Grange Clubs would do well to see u> before