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f _ Echoes of the Storm oc tr< he Further Particulars of the W Terrible Destruction wrought by the Tropical Hurricane? W] Many Lives Lost and Many m Million Dollars' "Worth of M Property Destroyed. ** r-j Pensacola. fla., Sept. 28, via sti Flomaton, Ala.?The worst hur ricane to visit this city in its be history and almost equaling the th Galveston disaster, raged here th furiously all la6t night and this morning, and today, with a gale da still blowing, the city presents a th< wrecked appearance and the Ba damage is estimated at $5,000.- thi 000. The loss of life will be heavy Cli among the mariners, but so far mi only one body has been recover- Fr ed, a man named George Morgan, SI a fisherman. O.her bodies are reported along the 6tiore, but no have not been recovered. ha Commencing at 7 o'clock last by night wind blew at 50 miles lor spi three hours, then increase 1 to lui 65. Front that time until5o'clok set it remained about 80 and 00 flo miles an hour. The tides from riv the bay backed into the city lor blocks, destroying homes and making rivers out of streets. (w When the gale was at its high- jn^ est this morning and women and . i hildreu were running trantically jJU about the streets in darkness, ca] the alarm of fire was sounded we and this added to the confusion. 0* The fire started in the Pitt Mill, c ? near the bu-iaess district, and ajj horses ot the fire department re- tQl fused to go out in the weather. With the tin roofs fiving about tjs them, trees and wires falling over them, the firemen took their j j hose wagons by hand and rushed tin down the streets to the scene and < aftei^hours of work controlled 1(), the blaze. This atterno ?n the fet waterfront and busiuess districts we present an almost indescrib t ? able scene. Of the 50 or (JO biu 8lJ steamers and sailing ve-sels ly- j^u ing in the harbor, only five or six are there now. They have jjQ been driven ashore a? d along an, , l <? - t ne water ironr is a mass of! (j() wreckage of steamers, tow boats, ja launches and sailing cratt of all descriptions. Thirty fishing vessels in port, have been destroyed or damaged and the three big fish houses, with their wharves, are gone. Muscogee wharf and the commandancia and Tana ; gona wharves of the Lou sville i ^ <fc Nashville Railron 1 are badly j,r, damaged. Great iron -hips of Tli 2,000 and 3,000 tons li ivo been , driven, not only ashore, but have jst gone through houses a l>loe;<. from vjj the water front. ma Every house alon.: the water jro for a distance of ten miles has |J0 been destroyed and the vender ;l is that the !o-s of life is not jro creator. The tracks of the tenni a,f) nal railway to the navy yard and Q| barracks have all been desnnv - - - ? --?,?J ed, as also the trestles and bridg ;|1( es. pr FULLY $3,000,000 AT MOKILB. de Mobile, Ala., Sept. 26., via 011 Meridian, Miss.?Loss of life. sul variously estimated at from five to 50 persons, many people in- \ jured, 5,000 houses damaged , Fo the business quarter devastated, ba and a property loss of fully $3,- ( vel * . < lh ' 1' , / 0,000, is ihe last effect opical hurricane of the las >urs on the city of Mobile. The storm struck Mo ednesday night at midnj id raged lor many hours, ind reaching a velocity of lies an hour. Water f obile Bay was blown into fcv by the pale and for a t nod seven feet deep in bolesale quarter from R' reet to the Alabama river. The loss of life is believe^ i mainly among negroet^ ougli conditions are so cha at information is indefinite Every church in Mobile maged, and Christ church edral and St. Francis St iptist church suffered ir in others. The damage irist church carhedral is t 4.1 -a a 4 r\ f\nr\ i llCll HI ?r*?V,UUV ituu IU aneis Street Baptist churcl 0,000. Numerous saw mills in rthern an 1 marshy regi ve i)een either washed av the terrific waves or tori linters by the wind. T1 mber and timbers are to in scattered over the city atin^ down the slowly tall er. MISSILES FILLED STREET. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28.? een 6 o'clock Thursday ev ; and Friday nigH trees w led and roofs were crushed ndreds. Through the stre rried hy the terrific wi re hurled thousands of pit = late, strips of tin roofi nices, shingles, and, in h kinds of debris. Blinds w n from their fastenings ndows smashed as though sue paper. Many persons were serio'j ured and cut by flying sh i and glass. The olli.re of the Western i Telegraph Company was ?t under water. Its batte >re flooded and it will be sc ne before business can be mod. The Postal Telegri tiding .suffered severely. Hundreds of bales of co! ited through the main str d were cariied out to sei tton not lost in this way maved by muddy water. DKATH AND HAVOC IN MOBlI.l Louisville. Ivy., Sept. 2) e general manager's office ? Louisville it Nashville 11 ul received a dispatch at 3 s afternoon from Fiomai a, confirming the report s of life ami me devastatio iperty in the city of Mobil* ie dispatch says: 'The editor of The Mobile 1 er and the Louisville it Ni le telegraph operator I; ile their way to Bay Mill in Mobile, making the trij it and on foot. They rej numl er of lives lost in pical hurricane an 1 much d t) doiie i" property in the Mobile. Many people v lire 1 in the collapse of on Negroes caught loo operly are being beaten ?iii. A greit many sliip9 e or two revenue cutters v iik and thoir crew* (trowne VIANV LIVES EVIDENTLY LOS' Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28.rt Morgan, 35 miles down y, the wind had a much hij locity than at Mobile. To . That onr American forests abound In 01 a plants which possess the most valuable j medicinal virtues is abunduntly attested by scores of the most eminent medical writers and teachers. Even the untu, tored Indians had discovered the usefulO'le ness of many native plants before the I ft tit advent nf the white race. This information, impurted freely to the whites, led the the latter to continue investigations until to-dHy we have a rich assortment of most valuable American medicinal roots, rom "Cy .1 Dr. Pierce believes that our American fort''L. eS(N aiMxind lu most valuable medicinal roots 'imfi 'or the cure of most obstinate and fatal dls(irne eaa?s. If wo would properly investigate them; . |.p and. In confirmation of this conviction. be points with pride to the almost marvelous ,,r<i 1 cures effected by bis "Golden Medical DLs* covery." which has proven Itself to be the most efficient stomach tonic, liver Invlgorator, heart tonic and regulator, and blood d cleanser known to medical science. Dyspepsia. or Indigestion, torpid liver, functional HI- and even valvular and other affections of the heart yield to Its curative action. The otlC reason why It cures these and many other affections. Is clearly shown In a little book of extracts from the standard medical works which Is mailed free to any address by Dr. K. Wfte v. pierce, of Huffalo. N. Y., to all sending _Q rcuuest for the same. vll" _ _ _ ^ ^ reet Not i?w marvelous. In the unparalleled Cures It Is constantly making of woman's 10re many peculiar affections, weaknesses and ^ . distressing derangements, is Dr. Pierce's r Favorite Prescription, as Is amply attested ,a*: by thousands of unsolicited testimonials con' * trlbuted by grateful patients who have been gt cured by It of catarrhal pelvic drains, painful " periods. Irregularities, prolapsus and other I at. displacements caused by weakness, ulceration of uterus and kindred afftgtlons. often after many other advertised medlclnos. and the OllH Both tho aborr mentioned medicines are wholly made up from the glyceric extracts of ._? native, medicinal roots. The processes em- I '*VV ployed In their manufacture wore original . with Or. l'terce. and they are carried on by 1 lO skilled chemists and pharmacist# with the aid of apparatus and appliances specially r0ir designed and built for this purpose. Both medicines are entirely free from alcohol and be other harmful, hablt-foriuing drugs. A fuN list of their ingredients la printed on Htu] each bottle-wrapper. ing along the Mobile & Hay Shore road suffered immensely owing to their exposed situations. No ^e" word from the coast towns along on* the Louisville & Nashville road ere has reached Mooile There is by little doubt that many lives were e,s' lost, and fevere damage done to nd? property. Along the Gulf Coast ?ces there were many lashionable res n 2) iflpni*Aa Tlirt rn. n foil fr*r f iva ac,? davB was 6.47 ineli-s. ere Fruit trees an I all vepetab e am* crops all over Southern Alabaot ma and Mississippi are ruined. So a'so are the cotton, mgar isl.Y c?ne. and other crop-, it e, . . ? , , ? No Shortage Found in Bank as Stated by Cashier who SIX J rjes Disappeared. >nie re- Orangeburg special in Oolutnapli l>ia State: Further investigation on the part of the otlicers of ton the Edisto Savings bank shows ee's no shortage existing, and the i.? general belief continues that was John \V. Fairy, cashier who left here Sunday and who claims e. that the books show a shortage s. 1 OI iu,uuu, IS meet ui.v unbalan! of ced. ;ai. I Every efFort has been made io ::35'find Mr. Fairy without success, jun | ami his absence continues to I e' 0I ! a subject of general eon versa | it of tion. 8? No one believes i hat the shor'-; aire exists, and the general ver j ieg die' is that every efFort should ish- lie male to locate Mr. Fairy be | inve | lore ue leaves the country, or i 8,,o probably throutrh brooding over ) I)V the simnosed sh'irin.<re. tnkei his 1 port own life. ilie' Nothing lias Leon heard from am the State bank ex tm.ner, but i city relatives of countant-t from At v,ere lanta, who will be here Monday, j and thoroughly check the bank j |as rcriuested by Mr. Fairy, tmg The End of The World of trembles that robbed E. H. Wolfe, of j vere Bear Orove, Ih., of nil usefulness, came . when lie began taking Electric Bitters, d. He writes: "Two years ago Kidney tronble caused me great suffering, which I would ' never liavo survived had I not taken . i.lectric Bit'-*-*. They also cured me of ! ?At j General Debility." Sure cure for all I the ?tomach. Liver and Kidney complaints, ' i Blood diseases, Headache, Dizziness and ! ?her Weukness or bodily decl'ne. i'rioe 50c. | | Ouarenteed by J. F. MackeyCo., Crawford 1 Wllfl | Bros., Funderburk 1'baruacy. r ,< / Ten Days Clearing Sale 1 have moved my entire stock of general merchandise into the Springs Block. I have lots of goods coming in dailv and must have room for them, so I will sell at Actual Cost for Ten Days. 'Yard wide Sheetings, Drillings, Canton Flauue s, Plaids, Calicoes and a big lot. of Tobacco. I also have a lot of odds and ends in Shoes, Llats. Men's Shirts and other goods which I will sell for less than cost. Best of all, big lot ot Flour, bought before-the heavy advance, which goes in this sale Rt $2.25 for best patent, and $2.00 for hrlf patent. This is no idle newspaper talk, but tacts that will *ave you from 15 to 25c on every dollar you spend for the next ten days. Why not buy your winter eupp'v NOW and pave money ? Thanking you for past favors and hoping for more of your business, I am vours for business. J. J. BLACKMON. Look for my sign in front of store. JUg FOR STYLE^ Zieerler Shoe for women has no equal. They have been before the discriminating women of America for 40 years and have MEET YOUR FRIENDS The State Fair , na4 no ot inno f / / I UUI. LL IU Zf, I5JUD , I Finest Programme Ever Arranged. > ft H Races Every Day?Great. E8 South Carolinians from everywhere wiF' | fig be at the Fair for "Home Coming" Celebra^13 Cheapest Railroad Rates. I ONE PARE ROUND TRIP Get Ready and Come. \ The First National Bank of Lancaster. DIRECTORS : j Besides the well known character ami ability of our board of l>ireeT. S. Carter, tors, we keep your money insured J. I). Funderburk, against every kind of hiss, making 0 P Heath *'*'s a safe place to deposit Chas. D. Jones, your savings. Ita R. Jones, He extend every courtesy and aoT? P \IcMonna . *%. w niiiiiiiiiuni urn consistent wuti good R. E. Wylie. banking. ' Accounts From $1.00 Up Solicited. I'M AS. I>. .I0NES, President. K. K. WYI.1K, Vice-President. K. M . CRUX TON", Cashier. An Organ I j.,,.,.. | that will last a life time is what you *-41 * WI " a I WI 7 want. Our Organs have a pure tone v and lovely uaxes. We can supply 9 * 1 you with nu Organ that will please in , 5 flf / 1 every particular foromy $ti5 and 170,; I I V r~| ^ delivered. Write us for our special | ? w* T 0 ? ^ terms of payment, and for illustra-I ^ rf* turns of our beautiful organs. j Though doing a rattling^irood ' If you prefer a Piano we have beau- , 1jvprv himinp^ we ire dt?W tiful and good new Upright* from '. J USlliesS, Wt atC Clt-vCr$18& up on easy terms. mined to do even better. Our Address, j present stocks of Vehicles and \mlone s music house. Horses are being supplemented Columbia, s. c. ;by handsome new carriagesand | buggies and stylish IHmipv ta i nan Driving and Saddle Horses. I liitve in.de ArrftDgeueute ?..b PUr livej7 establishments in New York City by which I can negotiate gOing tO be Second to none in loan* r..r five years on improved cotton the State, and don't you forget farms. m sums of $300 00 and upwards, at ... ^ ^ tho rate of 7 per cent, on amounts of $1000 It . L,ome OT Send to US Wfjen sod over, und 8 per cent, on snnis less than you Want the best, UD-tO-aate flOOU. No brokerage or commission char- f:v<arv o#?rvipp girt Only a reasonable fee for abstract of 11VCIJ ocl ***-*; Attorney-at-Law, 1 heath-elliott mule co. ^ * .Kg-"