University of South Carolina Libraries
? The Lancaster News 1 LEDGER 1852 REVIEW JS7?t ENTERPRISE 1891 . VOL. I. NO. 102. SEMI-WEEKLY LANCASTER. S. C., SEPTEMBER 29. 1906 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER CODV Great Destruction ? i: Wrought by West Indian % Hurricane?Loss $3,000,000 s at Pensacola Alone-?Out- ? skirtsof New Orleans Flood- t ed?Various Gulf Towns Submerged. Louisville, Ky,, f>ept 27.? TMlP trnnipjll liltrri/iuna " ^ 1 ' g for 24 hours has been churning the waters of the Gulf of Mexico ? v and doing much damage on the ?1 const and tar inland, .is tonight whipping through northern Ala- 1 bama in a northeasterly direction at a velocity but slightly * 1 less than the 48 miles an hour recorded in New Orleans during the day. Reports received by the ' Associated Press do not indicate any loss of lite, but the damage *' f to property is enormous. Al! Wirft CAnimiminitinii io e ...... 1 ? ' - i\fM ID oci I'MiaiJ disarranged and in mime install- ( ces lias resulted in cutting off N cities completely, Mobile, Ala , c not having been heard from for 1 g nearly 24 hours. New Orleans furnished numerous wild rumors during the day, but later reports from there indicate that while there was con- v siderable damage to property, C there has been no loss of life. Wires between New Orleans and the Gulf are down and it may be e several days before anything can t V be heard from the territory be s (ween the Cresc?nt (Jity and the j | Gulf or from the shipmni? which I v ? I is rioiug ou* the storm in the 0 open gi?41 - I i Biloxi, Miss., ami Mo.?s Point, lb Miss., h ive not I e n heard trom ' s for nearly '24 h urs, Moss Poiti* ti rep >rtinsr the water live leet deep t in the streets a; 10 o'clock We t- 1 ne-day rich'. I There was a he ivy rain and 8 high wind at Mnutgnm-ry. Ala.,|b but no serious damage waste done. 11 Atlanta began to tr el the storm at noon, but up to 8 o'clock itw fnr/>o Imit n/il l.n 11 - ~ ? ' 1 * intiriiseu l O j < ? an extent portending serious iv results. j a many towns' fate uncertain, j' d New Orleans, Sept. 27. ? All j efforts to penetrate even t lie edge of the Hood caused by the hurricane on the Gulf of Mexico coast, to the east and south of * here have been fruitless tonight 111 up to a period almost 24 hours]0 alter the receipt of the last mes. ' \ sage from the exposed towns. I Apprehension was increased by ^ the fact that these places, be- 8 * ginning at I/ike Catherine, the ' farthest point east reached thus far, are much more exposed to I1 the wind and water than the * gull cities which have harbors. ^ ,1 OCTKR NEW ORLEANS SUPFER8. c New Orleans, Sept. 27.?A g tropical hurricane has been e driving the water of the Gulf ]< of Mexico in shore with winds of 45 to 60 miles an hour. Great n loss of property, but no loss of J life, had been reported up to c I his afternoon. Nevertheless, ;reat apprehension is felt for lie towns along lhe Gulf coast vIikIi < e cut off from commuui : it on with New Orleans This iPf cliens!on was iner-a-ed b\ everal narrow escapes from Irowuing leporied during the lay. PKNSACOLA A WRKCKKD CITY. Pensacola, Fli?..Sept 27.?The vorst sform and hurricane that he gulf coa^i has experienced mice the village of Pen-acola on ?an Rosa island was swept away l07 years ago began last night md was s'ill raging this after loon. The estimate 1 property dam tge is three million dollars.? Svery house in Pensacola has' uttered damage and many roofs ire blowing oil'. Telephone and eleuraph and electric light wiresi ire among the mass. The water >wlu i- ? urn ii ii ii wt't'CKiiue tor niles on either side of t1 e ciiv, uid vessels are piled on the vharyes. or where the wharves nee were, ir utter ruin, ^ ron steamers aiul many lighter ailing ships are 1 > intr high and Iry up in the city where the tide las never been known to reach. ?ve'ywhere lor miles around vh?rves have b en swept away >r a'e damaged beyond repair. HEADS IT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Washington, Sept. *27?Belat* d reports from Pensaccla, Fla , 0 the Weather Bureau here 1 ? ' n * 11'iw ma' ine tiult R'ortn has used inland fome distance ve?t "Mhat station with winds it hurricane strength, tire niaxinuni velocity at that station tein^ 8S miles an hour. The term is prnhahiy centra! toI'glit in the son'li s^n'ral p>r? ion of Mississippi, no reports, icwever, having betn receive*! r*>tn :hat State <>r Louisiana and out h western Alabama- I' is eiievetl to ba increasing in enrgy and that it will move slowv northward during the next 24 ours. Rain will continue in themidle Mississippi valley, the Ohio alley, 'lie South Atlantic States ,nd will probably spread into lie western portion ol the Mid !e Atlantic S'atesand the lower nke region by Friday night. L & x. hit for# 1,000,000 Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 27. -Reports to Sunt I I # _ - , v. W . un 1VM' ov, ot the Montgomery division f the Louisville & Nashville iailroad, indicate that the road ihh suffered damage of over) 1,000,000 as a result of the (*ull j torms. Tracks between Flomar>n, Ala., and Pensacola are enirely obstructed and in some daces badly torn up by falling roes, while the section between leorgianna and (iraceville, Fla., as suffered similarly. At Pensaola the Louisville A Narhville. rain elevator has been destroy*! d and the entire trackage to Escambia Hay is ruined. *0 PhD Wdu/O I)oes Job 111C 11CII U for others. Why. an't we do yours?*?|? ? ? ???| I Ku Klux Clan Broken up by Police. Augusta, Ga . 20 ?The police j authorities today discovered ;? secret organ zatiun ot Ku Klux in Augusta ail 1 bioke i< up. L)e tectives found in a local job printing office literature private ly printed for the organization and on further investigation, found that a local tailoring ostablishment ot high reputation had made gowns and other regalia lor the hand. The literature and gowns were confiscated, the former being destroyed. A cumber of toe young men connected with the organization were ar re>ted and placed under peace bends. It was the purpose ot the lvu Klux to make their tirst visitation tonight on White, Ihe iiepro preacher-editor, who lelt il.e city this afternoon Bank Wrecker Stensland Promptly Tried and Sent to Penitentiary. Chicago, Sept. 27.?Paul O. S'ensland, to whose confessed embezzlmen' of $400,000 was flue chiefly the collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue S^a'e Bank, of which he was president, was today sentenced in recotd time to serve from one to 10 year* in the penitentiary. Within thr^e hours after Stensland's arrival in Chicago today from Morocco, whither tie fled before t lie bank failed, the f >rmer bank president pleaded guilty and received sentence. B-fore another thr< e hours ha<l ehips'd, the oonvic ed in ui hill 1 eiiun service ot the I sentence ?t Joiiet prison. S'enI sland pleaded guilty on t wo ii diot|ment<, charging embezzlement and violation of the Sta'e banking laws. Tragedy at N. C. University ?Freshman Shoots Sophomore. Chapel Hill special in Charlotte Observer* J.J. Hatch, a freshman, of Mount Olive, shot and seriously wounded Benard O'Neill, a sophomore, of Wijmineton, on the campus here tonight at 9:20 o'clock. Benard war taken to the infirmary, where he was operated on, The plipsirians do not think that his condition is critical. O'Neill, accompanied bv four companions, was walking down a path in front of the fraternity buildings which lay in semi darkness. When they met Hatch. O'Neill, it is said, jumped at him in a spirit of playfulness, or bumped into him. The next thing was a pistol shot and O'Neill staggered bark with ? hole in his sight groin. Hatch ran to his ro^m, where for a while he kept everybody off with his gun. Lie finally admitted a reporter and told him his version of the affair. ,4I was walking down the path," he said, "when I met four or five fellows. One of them grabbed me in the coat and 1 pulled out my gun and shot him." Llaich was nor nervous or excited. I j is a email, blue eyed young felli 17 years of age, who serves j waiter in one of the local hoar [ ing houses, lie says that mi tv 'occasions lie kept men away fro | Ins door with his gun. Fasting and Prayer for tl Negroes. Bishop Alex ?nder;Walters, of tl National Afro-American Com cil, issued a proclamation as ing 'ho African race in Ameri to observe October 7 as a day fasting and prayer for the bette ing of the condition of the n groes in America. It is hoped th all the negroes, ministers ai and people, will give earnest he' to this call. The condition of tl negroes in this country is far bi ter than the condition of the n groes in any other country in t world ; but there is room for ir provement. and particularly the conduct of the negroes ther selves. When th?v meet in the accustomed place of worship < October 7 we would suggest th the lesson be impressed up< them that they must work well as pray, that the best ci zen, white and black, is the i dustrious citizen, and that one the beRt ways for the negroes better their race is tor them regard idleness as a crime. News and Courier. Diabolical Deed of Savannz Negro. Savannah, Ga., special in Ai gusta Chronicle: Screams Miss Essie Biake, tiie etghtei I year old daughter of George Blak | who is employed in the Savanm I Custom House, at 7 ;15 o'clo< tonight drew a large crowd to h home, No. 20!) lJark avenue wei | She was found with her fa i scarred and burned with pota i which had been thrown upon h : by a negro. Miss Blake said she had he< | into a rear room of her hom Turning to leave, her arm w caught oy a negro, who was lea ing in through a window she In I not seen him. She jerked awi and screamed, where-upon I ! threw the powerful chemical ii I to her face. Then the negro di I appeared. | The police made every effort I capture the negro. Two were a rested, bur they proved satisfai torily that they were no impl cated. News in Brief. The New York Republican in their state convention held ; Saratoga this week, nominate lor governor Charles K. Hughe | the famous anti-graft attorne !." u?: i: ?: * - - I . . . , ruur l' U1 piIIU IOW11S we destroyed by a typhoon tli week The Fort Mill po ollice lias been raised Irorn tl 4tn to the 3rvl or pret-identi class.... Edward Roach, Charlotte lad, accident a ily sh and killed himself NVednesda . . . .Frank Massey, young son Mr. L. J. Massey, of Fort Mi] whi'e swinging a day or two a from an awning post, fell aero a pile of iumotr and broke L j arm. Fata! Railroad Wreck. IW HP r() It Occurred Thursday on rn Southern--Passenger Train Ditched by Wreckers. ie I Columbia Record. ; Train wreckers having removed tiie rails tor some distance, ',e j Southern Railway passenger l_ train No. 30, from Jacksonville to Washington, due here at 0:55 c" a. m., was ditched today a! 3:30 at Barton, six miles sou h of >r Allendale and seventv-one miles e south ot Columbia. The locomoH] tive and six coaches were over P(1 turned, colored Fireman Andrew lie Kemp, of this city, had hoth ?t- legs broken and died almo"' ine stantlv. Engineer J. E. MrDanhe iel, ot this city, was badly scaldQ~ ed about the trunk and lens, two 1,1 mail clerks were hurt, and more 1}" than a dozen o| the passengers lf sustained minor bruises and r>n . cots. at ... 3n All question of accidental deaB railing was eliminated by the p. fact that the missing rails were n- found neatly piled together at of tl<e side of the road bed with the to spites which hat held them to to the ties strung alongside. ? The colored fireman sustained compound fractures of both legs and died from shock and loss of blood, before he could ba rescued from under his engine tl_ Engineer J. E. MeDani9l was 0f scalded about tlie body and legsen lie was able, however, to walk ;e, from the wreck to a nearby resi!?h dence, where lm was attended ' 'k bv Dr. Kendall. er Miss Lula Wingard, aged eigliteen, who lives a? 1212 Main l,e street. thi? city, was a pa-*enenger. Sue was bruised and suil red considerably from the shock, but rallied and came on SMl e to the city with Dr. Kendall. as ; Two railway mail clerks, Mr. n- W. M. Lander and Mr. C. NV. id Wimpy, both of Jacksonville, t.v were slightly injured he Sam Milney, a colored porter, n~ was more or less bruised, and fi~ | four or live passengers were a little hurt and badlv scared. to c" Solemn Day of Yom Kippur. Today is Yom Kippur, the 'Jewish Day ot Atonement. As s, to its observance the Columbia in'State says; It is not only a id j time ot physical fasting, but of p. i sel; denial in every w.?y. Not y. only are secular pleasures rore frained from, but the ordinary is customs of the day are supersedst ed by prayer and meditation. No he matter how important his busial nesH, no matter how urgent, the a Jew true to his laith abandons ot all tor the 24 hours elapsing bey. tween Friday at sun down and of Saturday at the same hour. 11, The actual fast is a severe po ordeal for no morsel of food or ips drink is to pa<-s the lips wi'hin us that tune?not even a drop of water.