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Terrible Typhoon Several Thousand Lives Lo and Millions of Dollar Worth of Property Destroy ed at Hong Kong. 13oiifr Kong, Sept. -20.?It now estimated that 5,000 Ohii ese lost their lives in llie recei typhoon. Reports are increasing tl mortality. Hong Kong, Sept. 19.?Tli loss of life and property in th typhoon which yesterday rage for two hours is far greater tha first reported. A thousand pei sons are musing at Hong Kon alone and the damage is est ma! ed at several million dollar! Wharves were swept away an houses collapsed The unlitar barracks are in ruins. Kiyhlee steamers are ashore. The Amer ican ship S. 1'. Hitchcock wa also driven ashore, as wetmany ot the launches that ru about the harbor. The Brilis reserve sloop Phoenix and small gunboat, the Dongola, ar ashore. The British torpedi boat Sir William .lervois wa sunk. The French torpedo boa destroyer Froude was wrecke and the Frnncirqte is ashore The steamers Kwong Chow, Nat Chewng, Sorsogon and Koii^mooi were sunk. Tlte steamers A pen rade and Johanne are parti' awash. a at r-> . _ i t s\ in cw r'usiai x^aw. Complaint mil * to the D? part mail that rural carriers at the request of pa' rons ol their routes, call a express ollioes for packages o mailable ma'ter aul delive same outside ot tlu niiils to tlx patrons and receive small foe lor the service, an 1 the follow inn pro lihitory order lias beet issu d : "Postmasters at rnra delivery offices are direc'ed t1 inform rural carriers thai the must not carry, as express mat ter, tor hire or as a favor, air article weighing lour pounds <> under, which is mailable, am carriers will intorin their pat run that such packages can only b delivered by them after the rc quired postage has been atlixe< to such packages."?Kxchange. Sequel to the Gainesville "Hei House" Homicide. Macon, QU., Sept. 20. ? A sp< eial Irotn Gab sville. Ua., says; Fred Hawkins *as today ?on victed ?f the murder of Ilenr ('llfflp !LI1 i PlllptlPPll tn lifn in prisonm nb Three weeks ?<ro Cagle l?ea* a noise at his hen house, an goinir '('lit to investigate !h ca-e, was shot down and die next flay. i?.v the fla-di ?>t Ha* kin?' gut .< was recognized, la ter arrested and other cireturn Btantial r ridonee led to his ar rest and convict ion. W. 8. Mitch d', the yuitii m hi >4 Jjeesvillo, who shoi ani killed Ids freind and companion Jam. Tro|i'>r, :i' ! 1 uni mi tie pot in Columbia dating Ihj Fair week, was tri I and act] nil ted last Saturday, Sensation in Columbia st Young Bank Clerk Disaps' pears; also an Express /- Package Containing $2,000. Columbia special iu yesterj day's Charlotte Observer: A sensation was created in the t city today by the following announcement submitted to the newspapers: 'Fortiie information of the i public we beg to say that on yesterday Mr. R. C. Brooking ie ton, collection clerk of this bank, e disappeared, taking with him an li uY hroCH trn Prtntnini mr ** *.,? J i v UW vv;uv?mi..^ n $2,000. lie was bonded and the -- bank is thoroughly protected. ji "The State Bink " I- Young Brockington is a mem ' her of one of the oldest families in the State and was himself a )* young man of exemplary habits. n lie was 10 years old and a sad lea'tire ol the affair is that he 8 was the mainstay and hope of a e widowed mother, whom lie leav11 es at Winnsboro without word of explanation, a proud and sen 11 sitive woman as well as a tender e and affectionate mother. 0 Young Brockinuton had a s good tut ore before him and was I i looked upon by ins employes as a ' young man of great promise. > 11 is act appears to have 110 othII er explanation than that it was 11 an impulse of the moment He was rent to the express ofY lice yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock with two packages of money, on?'containing $500 in j silver and the other $2,060 in currency. He shipped tho silver and saul nothing about the currency. Since lie walked out of! . the express office it has been a? 1 l> if tlie earth swajlowed hint up ( Not the slightest trace litis been j , obtainable. Elderly Man in North Caro , una /\rrestea on serious 1 ; I Charge. D ______ Wilmiug on, Sept. 20.?J. D. Sidbury. 57 years eld and a man ! ^ of latnilv, was arreste 1 in the 1 country today aiul committed to ' jail in default of a $500 bond tor his appearanoe for preliminary trial bef re Justice FurIon" Saturday an clurge of an attempted criminal assault Wednesday morning upon a 10 yearold white girl of the neighborn, hood in which he lived. '* A Thought for the Week. 1 yj Thank (?od every morning i- when you get up that you have j something to do that day which d | must be done>, wlie her you like; d i it or not. Being loroed to work, e and forced to do your best, will; it npiii-n hi vuu iiperanc** Jill i Hell i r- control, diligence and alrenglh of: i wiH, cheerlirliwss ami content 1 i- in nl ami a himlrerl virtues I ' I which I lie idle never know.? I Oharles Klngaley. , ; ?Tiie JqIiii Ro'nnson circus 1 will lie in Monroe 2HHi lnst. Kivlil persons were killed and many injur,ed in a railroad wreck near iJover. Okla., last Wednea i day. . / Death of Two Estimable Ladies Across the North Carolina Line. Wi?x'iaw Enterprise. Mr*. Addie Glenn, wife of Mr Milieu Glenn of this township, died last Saturday at hor home near this place. Funeral .services wore conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. W. Little, at Waxhaw Baptist church, on last Sunday, and her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery there. Mrs. Glenn was known to a wide circle of acquaintances as a good christian woman, a faithful and devoted member of the church, a kind and loving wife and mother, and a sympathetic neighbor. She was dear ly beloved by all who enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with her. She is survived by a bus band and several children, all oK whom have the sympathy of many friends in their sad bereavement. Mrs. Nancy Dulin, an aged ladv, died last Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. 1). S'arnes, ill WalkersyiUe neighborhood. She had been sick about eicht months, and beinK) enfeebled by old use, had not the strength to contend with wasting disease. Mrs. Dulinl was about seventy years old. The remains were Jburied Saturday at Tirzah Presbyterian I church, of which she had been a faithful and ever consistent member since her girlhood days. Funeral s rvices werec >ndu ted by her venerable pastor, llev.W. W. Katchtord, and attended by a tioo'lly number <>i lelatives and neighbors. Mrs. Dulin was a ronsecrded cbristian woman, a pood friend t') all deserving people, and was much beloved by all who knew her. Besides her daughter, Mrs Staines, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Harvey U- b nson ; two step-sister, Mr.-. Hood Belk and Nlrs. Amanda Belk of Lancaster county, and two step-brothers, Messrs 1 M. and I) P Walk up Lad's Arm Broken by a Cow. Hock Hill Herald. Master Tommie, the ten yearold son of Mr. J. >1 . Simpson, ol Leslie, met with quite a painful accident ia?t week. While stand inir hv the ira',* j?k i)ia nr?wa wo,-.-. m- - " %?- ??> ^ being driven into the pasture he was knocked down by 0110 of the cows, the-auimal then turning and stepping on one o! his arms, breaking two bones between the elbow and wrist. ?The'oouncil of Greenwood haw decided to have sheds built on back lots in that town lor the protection of stock. As has several toxics been pointed out in The N.-***, sjhnilar protection, or a' least hit?h-iag posts, is hadly needed Tn I. mounter. 1'ersons aiding sv<ln t img to town experience gr<**! difficulty in finding p acee to hitch horses and mules. (Jon. Fred Funs ton ha? been ordered iw Cuba. lie will likely command the United Stntoa lorce* ia ease h'nele Si-nn decides to inlet Tcna. K<'ftd The News. % I ) t I WATCH S I THIS 1 j{ SPACE ( v \ I s ? f c s I S J Peoples Supply Co. S | L J Tribute of Respect to the Me- Jq |||g OverSGCfS / I mory of Judson Adams by Rich Hill Junior Order. ?f thTe Pubhc H^hways of T .anmstpr r*r\nr-\t\r We, us a special committee of the liieh Hill Council No ."2 of the Junior Order of You must all make a report to the SuperI'uited American Mechanics, have the sad visor and Commissioners by the first Monhut necessary duty of reporting the recent day in October; how many days you bavo death of one of our valued me.. hers, Iho woikcd your road this year and what conJndsoD Adams, who departed this lite on dition your road is in ; and it your road Au.'tisf 7, l'Jtifi, after a brief illness of not is not well worked j lease work it at on more tlian a week's duration Iiesnl s his so you will he able to make a good report father, Mr Andrew Vilnius, ofI bath.Springs, on both the time you have put in and the ? one brother and a sister ho leaves a wife condition of your road. m and one clnld, a sou of U months. While M. C. (lardner, l*o. Adams was a memb-r of the Order for County Supervisor, only about ti\o months, he was a valued Sept lit, 190(5 -2w and worthy uiembei, and it is ueedle?s to ^mmm?mmm??? say that we sincerely regret his, which T1WSC Notice of Opening of Colored of tlic prompt, courteous and busine s-likc Graded School, manner in which the otlicers of the Nationill Council and of the Ih neti. i .ry Degree n'e colored < i School will open did their part in paying over to ??rs Ola October 1st All children of school age t 1 :4._ .v, 1 / I lL J...,, Will ill) Willi In I in tirounnl !?? 1 niium*, 01 U'rcHisru, inn nuill l?I ^ *"Ut "it" *' | 1 vnv"1 mc uih utt), ,v?s benrhciary money, and the amount paid to !'ior<J ?**j only two daya in the month the wife or heirs of all luetj.hani lticli 1,1 w 'l ^ider, the 1st and 1 >tLi. Irrt*^Hill Council who are at tin time of their u'rtr *"nr?Hliiictit gives too much utinecesdeath in good and regular standing, be- 8"f.'V *ro?ii?lo to teachers Bides $20 burial expenses, the amount |>itid tuition First and Second (trades will by all t'ouBcils at the death of a member P?5', V cents each W( might also state here tha* on th<- death , "V Fourth Grades cents.^ of a member's wife we pay $15 burial ex- t' lJiWX i !fr*' ^'eventh Grades 25 cts. pauses. Also we might mention that all klghth and Ninth Grades 50 cents. members in good standing are entitled to All Normal students f I,(N). a weekly sick bene tit of not more than 12 grown students in the graded dewocks in tie year. We also beg to express partment wid pay o'lc. regardless to class. in behalf ol his wite ?ud the members ol 1 send your children without the Hich Hiil Council, our heartfelt thanksifiid ""*ney. I>uy ao new books until you enappreciation of tlio kind mid generous r?"' M. D. Lhh, manner in which friends and members of Principal. other councils of sume order tendered as- banea*ter, S. u, Hept 12, / j sistance to us in the last sad hut impress- ? 4 ive rites of our order, after which we there- ' after commit his spirit to the .1 mlge of all utitf 111.' uornn (o,,?TU1 mankind and St.ppmr councilor of the M UUJ1 ( Alti)IiINA, universe. N. If. biunll, cowntt ok lancastek, .1 'I' UlackiiiOii, In the Probate Court. Ij. V. Bishop, By !. F. Htewirmn, Esquire, For ConjiuiUee. Prerbato Judge ' Hcatli Spring*, Itouto ), .Sept. 20, 19u6. n _ , , ^IMierous, ! Cunringham. ot Enneas~-?????????? yy ^ .state has umde tin t< T. _,... . T # me to grant him beater* of Adininiatr it ion Brother Kills oister in Inclion (.f tiio Entail of and enact* of Mary j. *i i11. 12.ah, deceased. Territory. these are, therefore to cite and udmouiah nil and singular the kindar-d and creditor* of th? said Mary E. Bellman, dcoAaaed, that tiny ho and appear before t I 'r.ilc. I 'I' mr, >" the Court of Prohato, to be A special n*0in lilts. , I. I.. Jicl(| at c?nrt Houae, OH the flayq ; fith day of October, next, after puldica- ? tion hereof, at II o'clock in the !?>r? noon, to V'v Klletr Thurnian, ol BrislOW,in show cause. if any they have, why the HaieJ . tiii. Adn>lni?tratlon raonld not i.e grantod. a III ol atifier today, stabbed liis (liven tinder my ban I. this 22ndday ot ! sister, Lillian Tharman , a^-ed 4 h'1,1' Ann? l>OI'nr<'j 1 [-.'srHWM\N ' ? |years, with a pocket knife. She __ .. Protmto Judge. i , B?p? 22, i 900 (lieu a low minutes afterward. lliley confessed to the killing mUp Mpmn Does Job Printing but is too young to realize the lllU llCnlJ for others. Wliy V enorm-ity of the deed. can't we do yours? ?j? ? ? ? ? *''>