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The Abbeville Press and Banndjfl BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1893. ESTABLISHED lijjSH STORM SWEPT. ? R The South Atlantio Coast Torn by N tl a Terrible Tempest. ^ 500 DEAD AND 7,000 HOMELESS. J o: CkarlMton W?U Nigli Wrecked?From b Lower Florid* to Vpp?r Carolina th? 81 ? ? " 1-? lUath lj Horncsu* mksu, vui/?b ud Destruction In Its Path. (T Savannah, 6a., August 30.?The list of fatalities as the result of Sunday's ^ storm is rapidly increasing to-night h The William Crane steamer from ? Baltimore came in all right today, but 11 in a rather battered, condition. Cap- 11 tain Foster said that it was the worst gale he has ever seen, and he has been r< on the sea twenty-six years. 3' Captain Foster reports wreckage all n along the ooast near Charleston. There were cabin doors, spars, mats and parts of vessles of all kinds. ? Whether any of them were the remains of the City of Savannah is not known, a but the supposition is that such was h the case. The passenger list has not b yet arrived from Boston, and it is not n known who were on board. Fifteen vessels on the harbor and oil Tybee were wrecked or badly damaged. More than that number of smaller w crafts are missing- and are believed to h have been lost. t AT CHARLESTON. 7 While the record of terror and ruin ? wrought by the great disaster of 1885 remains unbroken, Charleston has ? again stood in the track of a cyclone c< . whioh has shaken the old city to her a foundation atones. | 4 Several casualties to persons and and much terious damage are reported, e but a complete inventory can only be 8 made after a careful inspection of the J territory extending from the Ten Mile J house to the Battery. Only one life is ? reported lost up to this time, a negro * woman. Every wire In the city is e down, thousands of trees have been I * denuded of their foliage and limbs are b blown entirely down. A hundred c houses are unroofed and a number of a frame buildings wrecked. s A SIGHT OF HORROR. j? Charleston's experience Sunday night was worse than the memorable eyolone of 1885. It was an awful night. *The howling of the tempest, the rat- ? tlimg of windows in their frames as though they would be forced inward at ? any moment, the trembling of the * ? 4V? aiwAnwAtf 4>ia r?nor nf XOUIQB, OVOU Wiu OMvu^wavf ??v ?ww* w. the chimneys, the black darkness of the swelling tide along' the harbor I front, the floods of driving rain, the li ceaseless rattle of falling slates from o the roofs, the droad of what might r eome with the next stray blast or the 1 next surge of the waves, made up a 8 combination of alarming incidents and C terrible features that no one would 8 care to undergo again. s The sea, for miles around Charleston i: bay is filled with dead bodies and a wreckage. There are no means of ar- c riving at any reliable account of the I casualties at sea. 1 Tk* City ?f Mavannah a Tot.il Wreck. I Savanxah, Ga., August 30.?The a City of Savannah, of the Boston line, e is ashore on Hunting island, thirty mile* off Beaufort She is a total 8 wreok and is rapidly going to pieces. Her passengers and crew Were received. c ? - * 1 4U? 1 fl by the dty 01 mrmingnum, ui wo New York line, and brought to Savan- t nah tonight. 1 Hunting island is on the South Caro- ? na coast. It is about thirty miles ^ above BlufTton and about twelve miles long. No tale of fiction can exoel in dra- < ma tic detail this story of fact. Hearti- , ly and sincerely did Savannah rejoice ^ when the new* reached the city, whose < name the fated steamship bore, and a ( nation rejoiced with her. A day of . doubt and anxiety and sorrow had the happiest possible ending. As the gak , lant city of Birmingham steamed up ( to her dook, bearing aloft the pennant of her strioken sister and below that Vit?r hnrnftn fraifirhfc. P* CViVUd MU. ?V. ?? 0 f cheer after cbeer rang out from the < assembled throng to give her noble 1 welcome. 1 Terrible indeed was the experience of those on board the ill fated ship? 11 at the mercy of the winds and waves ' three days and nights, most of the time without food or water, and expecting every moment to be swallowed . up by the raging sea. The wrecked passengers of the Sa- I annah lost everything, some being , even without hats and coats. The City of Savannah was the oldest ship of the Ooean steamship fleet.> She was built in Chester, Pa., in 1877.! When the Savannah grounded Cap-. - * ~ if J .LM I tain Savage naa tne laaies anu cunurm, placed in boats and sent in the direo- j tion of Hunting Island. After great uneasiness and weary watching they j were all brought to Savannah, on ' tug sent out two days before to hunt for them, arriving at 1 o'clock Friday, j It Is a remarkable fact that every per* j son who was on the stranded vessel saved their lives?though the ezperi- j enoe of many was of a most terrible nature. MX XT ADDITIONAL WRECKS. Captain Rogerson, of the tug Paul* sen, which brought over the female passengers from the City of Savannah, . reports twelve additional wreoks around Beaufort, St. Helena and Huikt*1 ing islands. He corroborates the re port* of the great loss of lire oil tne sea 'islands and hasnodoubt that the total will reach 600. Not ?. soul survived on Coosaw island and the stench there la suoh that the dead cannot be bur* led. Accounts of damage and loss of life' are coming from every point touched ; by the storm, as the lines of communication are restored. It is thought the cotton and rice' wops are damaged nearly Sl.000,000. | The loss of life on the iJfea islands was ' terrible. The number cannot yet be oorrectly estimated. The same may be said of the vessels destroyed and j damaged. Where It Struck llartMi Augusta Ga., August 30.?Newi om the storm-swept district of Port oyal and Beaufort is very meagre, o telegraphic communication with lose places yet, the only news oblinable being by mail. Passengers a the late train state that seventy ead and swollen bodies were taken . om the Coosaw river. Not one-half f the horrors of the storm has yet een told, as messengers from the ?a: oro ni-rivtmr hniir AllUUUUiU^ OCWViVU w?v w. ... ?0 ?? t bringing news of deaths and terble havoc caused by sunday night's ale. Bkaufokt, S. C., August 31.?Over iree hundred and ninety dead bodies ave been found on the islands about eaufort and Port Royal. Over two tillions of property has been wrecked ear the same points. And both of these are the direct ssult of the severe storm which tvept along the Atlantic coast Sunday ight. I Every one of the fifteen or twenty j ilands lying around Port Royal and (eaufort is steeped in sorrow. i The beaches, the undergrowth, trees nd shrubbery, the marshes and the i ilets are turning up many new dead : pwrv time an investigation is i lade. ' Port Royal, S. C., September 1.?The slands around Port Royal and Beau* ; art present a sadder scene today than ras that of yesterday. The waters are begun receding rapidly, and as hey disappear, leaving the land in iew, pictures of desolation and deduction multiply. Dead bodies are eing found on all portions of every ne of the islands and in most instanes decomposition has gone so far that nything like a certain recognition is i Imost impossible. The discovery of the bodies is sad nough but the burial which they are iven enhances the sadness of the stoy. No one has time now to join a uneral cortege unless the fuueral be hat of a member of his own family, lo digging is now necessary, as the arth is almost a puddle for from two | o ten feet. The hole once made the ody is dumped in without coffin or lergy and the mud trampled back gain. Sometimes the discoveries are o frequent and the burials so multilied that more than one body is >laced in the same hole. thebb is 6beat destiturion. The destitution here is great. It is stimated that 7,000 people are on the ilands practically homeless and in aany instances actually suffering for read. The Death Roll Increa*?i. Charleston, S. C., September 4.?The iTews and Courier has made a careful ? ' ? IjfAi i nvestlgaiion 01 me cunuiuua ui anauo n the coast of South Carolina and its eports have not been exaggerated, 'he total loss of life will aggregate 00 In the belt of country between Charleston and Savannah. The storm wept away most of the homes as well 4 growing crops and left the people u a terrible state. The loss of life ,nd property was found to be greatest >n St. Helena, Ladies', Wassa, Coosaw, 'aris, Dawfustie and Do than islands. L'hesc islands, together with Port loyal Island, have a population of .bout 15,000, most of whom are negroes ngaged in raising long staple cotton ,nd working in phosphate fields. The ? ? ? 4 iVIu J ?** r%. n Ia Iacq a! 15fn is Lima L/C a at KUIB tiuic ?o w v* .re Incomplete. There is no communiifttion between certain of the islands ind reports of death are slow reaching he coroner. There are a great many iyes lost that will never be reported, is bodies have been covered with aeaveed or washed out to sea. Will Accept the Cat. Knoxville, Tenn., August 31.?The employes of the E. T. V. & O. railway net in mass meeting to-night to hear ;he report of the committee appointed Saturday night to consult with the re>eiverb of the road regarding the proposed out in wages. The report of the committee advising icceptance of the reduction was adjpted. Over 500 men were present. Their Fuenti Went Fishing. Natchbx, Miss., September 3.?Jacob Claiborne and wife locked their three Little children up in the house while they went to a stream near by to fish. During the absence of the parents the house caught fire and was destroyed. and the children cremated. A Hanging In Mississippi. Woodvillb, Miss., September 8.? Milton Tucker, colored, was hanged here at 13:20 o'clock p. m. His crime was the murder of his little step-son. There was a large crowd at the execution. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. fk? Industrial Development In the Week Ending A a (ait 88 th, 189*. The Tradesman's review of the Industrial situation In the South lor the week ending August 18th, reports that there is no material chance In Industrial and financial condition*. The failures reported for the week are leas In number and importance than for the week preceding; several ef the banks which had suspended business have resumed payments, and others give notloe of an early intention to do so, and In mercantile business a slight improvement is noted, especially in th? hardware trade. Crop reports, from all parts of the South, are generally favorable. Cotton is coming into market, but not to a Urge extent. The price is too lew to tempt farmers who are not obliged to sell, and this class is larger at present than In anr former season. *m> Tin MnArti of the establishment of new industries ofspecial Importance. 23 new industries are reported as established or Incorporated during tHe week, together with 4 enlargements of manufactories, and 9 Important tew buildings. Business generally throughout tks South is being conducted on a conservative basis, and is considerably restricted. Credits are carefully scrutinized, and while the volume of business is mall there Is a prevailing belief that the worst is over, and that improvement may be ezpeoted henceforward. MARKET REPORTa By private wire to B. W. Martin, Manager. N*w Tors, September 4. -Cotton.?Oct. 7.3S Not. 7 66; Dec. 7.09; market barely steady. Middling 7K: market quiet. rnininn S?nf?mh? 4.?Futures closed as follows: Wheat ?Oct I3X Corn.?Oct 87* Oats.?Oct 24 Pom.?Oct 114.66 Labd.?Oct. i7w. Sides.?Oct. 18 06 Chicaoo. Sept 4.?Casta quotations were as follows: Mess pork i14.5squ.<!0. Lard 17.90? (.00 Short ribs. loose. 18.80 Dry lalt shoulders, boxed. VT.2&Q7.50; short oImt sides, boxed, 8.&Q8.M 8 at auk ab. Sept 4.?Turpentins auist a) M| letUflniftt It H10IED, i ' i j AND THOUSANDS STARTING ' t s Appalling Details of the Sea j Island Disaster. ? H t > THE SAD BTOEY AS TOLD BY A. W. JONES ^ AN EYE WITNESS. ? ?? Harrowing Detail* of One of the ( Greatest CaliimltieN Thin tounlry I l(aN Known?The PhoMphate In* j UuMtry Practically Kulneil. I The Slate. ' Although nearly a week linn passed, II has seen almost Impossible to secure deuills of the loss of lire on the sea Inlands of South Carolina by the hurricane. Previous reports F Indicated that It would be KOinethlug fearful, J; but not until last night war any authentic in- ' formation obtainable from any point. j? The facts came from a man direct from the ' scene of devastation and belter Informed per- * haps than any one else In thesectiou. it is { appalling, but between 1,000 and 1,500 Is now 1 Lhe estimate ol the actual loss oi human f souls, and the greater part of the survivors ' are threateuod with food famine. Last ulght State Phosphate inspector Jones e and Sheriff Hoed, the intelligent colored otfl- d clal of Beaufort couuty, arrived here, having ' worked their way directly through from the J Islands, and from them particulars of* the c nearirenaing siory were uuiuiuuu. Mr. Jones told bis story hurriedly, being r pressed (or time, but it Is graphic. Jl Is given " verbatim: "Tne morning a Iter the storm there wan not J a craft to be seen afloai. About 12 o'clock the ' Bristol steamed around from the brotherhood v mines. She was placed In charter at once by the Port Roynl and Augusta Kuilroad Corapa- " uy. On Tuesoi.y another boat, the St.Cecilia, the only otliei boat in sight, belonging to the ' Coosaw Mining company, came. She saved *' sevenieen lives on Monday aftei the storm In r Coosaw river. When she came down to the 8 wharf Smalls ordered her ami the vessel both c to go out to the City of Savannah. I got on v the Sl Cecilia and took a view of the phos- { phale territory. Wheu we arrived noililng " could be seen < xci-pt the dredge, aud the derrick of tbe Beautort Phosphate Company's ' drtdge. There was about tlve feet of water. u About a mile up on Port ltoyal Island could be seen one ol the dredges of the Farmers' 1 Mining Company ana one of the Coosaw v dredges. Way up on Clilsolra's Island,about e a mile Inland, could b* seen two dredges, one V of which had cut ber way through the foresi 1 and was on the high land. The dredge Wim- 1 bee was bottom side upward. Oneol the Coo saw tug boats wus Gardner's Corner, about five ml.es lulaud; another about halt a mile in Ihe marsh, and one in front of the of- \ flee upon high land. Nothing can be heard 1 of the Ivanhoe. She Is supposed to be lost. 1 The large and commodious wharves of the I (iionaw ConiDanv were completely destroyed, i The village at Coosaw was totally dew (toyed l'uere wan a "NOT A SING1.E HOUSE IN SIGHT. "Tbe drying shed was unroofed and the machinery destroyed. This company bad about :{0,000 torn* of rock on band, about 14,000 01 which bad been dried and made ready for market. It will now have to be re dried. This company bad Ave dredges and sixtyeight lighters and forty flats. All are stranded from Parrott's Creek to Coosaw siallon. Many are total wrecks, others are so far Inland that they will ',-ost more than they are worth to dig up. Tbe ?silmated loss of this company lx placed at SloO.uOO, considering the property that can be saved. The Farmers' MlnJng Company's dredge Delaware Is sunk. rue wiinuoui is diiii u tune iiiimiu nu i-un Royal Island. This company was fortunate , lu having their large dredge Columbia on the 1 ways, befog repaired. The only dredge left of the eleven dredges of the river fleet was this. The estimated loss of this company U pluced at Stt.tXX). I "The loss of the Carolina Mining Company c Is placed at SlSO.Ooo. "The loss of the Beauforl Phosphate Company, oue dredge and tug boat, and lighters, Is estimated at $50,000. "The Brotherhood works or drying sheds, I Ihe Beaufort and Farmers' Mining Cornpa- i nles' drying shed* are seriously damaged but I uotblng t > compare with the (Joo-aw Mining * Company's. I TUB PHOSPHATE PKOPEKTY J.OS9. "The aggregate loss in my oplDlon Is about 8350,000. With u liberal policy adopted by the I Hi ate and conceptions grunted the Cuosuw < Mining Co., the Farmers' Mining Co, and the I tfeaiitort Phosphate Co., will resume opera- I houm within sixty days, It money and labor 1 can be secured to rehabilitate them. To re- I place the John Kennedy, one lar^e dredge. It < will require six months, and do douut within > six mouths time this company will be in op- < eratlon. I I NEGROES SWEPT FROM THE FACE OF THE , EAKTH. I "A large number of these phosphate hands were out on Cookhw Island. They had by thrift, etc., built up their own homes. With strong ship glasses we could not see a single house standing and not a single soul could be f.n tti? uu.rut Pnrw>*H store, u hleh was situated at the upper end or the Wland, on ' the corner of Dale's creek, was entirely swept away; even the foundation and the earth being washeil away. Opposite, on the other side, was the custom house, but nothing whk 1 left to show where It stood. "From what could be seen with the glasses, the Pacific mines were completely hist. The wharves were all gone and the houses were i all down. . think of this. "There was a schooner drawing fourteen ( feetof water loading at the Pacific mines that 1 was carried three miles over the marsh. The captain told me it was like an inland sea and he did not know be was out of the river till his vessel sunk. The tide must have been be- i tween twelve and eighteen feet above mean high tide. JJ'he Sea Island Chemical Works wete badly damaged. The estimated loss is 825,000 we found a great deal ol debris, broken iiiMotR. etc. We flighted three vesads high and dry, two on the ChiBolm's Island marsh, oue on South EdlBto, and a water logged schooner In St. Helera Sound, and two schooners about ten miles outside, the spars only showing above the water. We run down off of the wreck of the City ol Savannah about four miles where we lound the City ot Birmingham and she was burning signal lights to the wrecked steamer. We steamed In two miles of the steamer lint Hie sea ran so high we could get no nearer. We cruised around till3 o'clock In the morning and notified the Birmingham that we would run Into Fort I toy h I harboraDd leturu next morning as the sea was running so iilgli ami our life boat had been lost. In Fort Royal sound next morning we saw eight wrecks. We started lo return lotheCilyoi Savannah when the distress signal was seeu (lying from "MARTIN'S INDUSTKIf LIGHTSHIP. "We went over and spoke to her ar.d found that she bad been hi the shoal and iroitep out and was then about three miles off Iter station. Capt. Messen, the officer in charge, was dlsubled and was said to be dying below. The pilot gave lh? males directions an to the course to get back ou thrnUition. Our coal giving out we returned to Beaufort. TIIK PHOSPHATE SITUATION. "The State, lu order to relieve the phosphate situation, will, an the Governor says, make a reduction lu the royalty. I am going back to Beuu'ort aud get a careful estimate of the lo.?s of the various companies. A me eting of the board of phosphate commissioners will be held the latter part of next week, wheu ull the companies will have a representative present to discuss the situation and agree upon some plau of action. FEAUFUL LOSS OF LIFE. "My estimate of the loss of life on the 1* lands adjacent to Beaufort is between 1,0 0 and 1,500 souls, and not Including those near the mouth of the Savannah river. Most of them ate negroes. There were very few while people on these Islands. Judging from the glasses from the boat upon which I em-lrclod the islands, only a pari of .St. Helena Island, on the west side, shows any vestige ol crops. The Islands ure completely destitute and the crops have been swept entirely away. There Is danger of a water famine. All over the Islands, and even lu Beaufort county, all the WELLS AND CISTERNS ARK KILLED WITH SALT WATER. The people were killed by the houses falling in them and by drowning. The cabins were wi cattered everywhere. In Borne places as wi nany as sixteen bodies could be found hud- gr lied together lc the roads. Noneoftbels- 2t ands have been heard from except Paris Is- tw nnd and Ladles Island with any show of cer- th alnty as to the condition of things. Near ru fobnson river iftekn dead hodies WERE found in one , house. pa At Cain's Neck, Coonaw and Pacific forty- ft wo coffins were used and ninety-three perons burled. The bodies are being found In a ?J lecomposed condition, very offensive. In some " daces mutilated by carrions, and they have o be shoveled Intd shallow holes and cov- J" ired. They have not begun to find even a ~ mall proportion of the bodies. Some of hem have been swept far up In tha marshe* ^ ?here man cannot go. At Cain's Neck there , * 1 - ? - --1 -.11 Irln/io Af ire aeer. COWH, IlOgH, BUHBCIl, miu nil muun v?. . vlld animals piled up together, making the ectlon Roettenslve that no one can go there. * * WOUSK AND WORSE. lit htl "From what I can see and bear I don't be- < leve that there Is enough provisions on the P| Mands to last those people a week. There Is Uf 10 doubt that many arc dying from starva- q| Ion, I haven't seen any of them except with fa he sblp'R glass. There are no small boats. |C III the bridges are gone, loo. GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED. lh - in "My office fronts on Beaufort river over the C'c tost office. From noon Sunday, ou account of er he storm, I did not leave the ofllC6 till I was M breed to leave by the falling of the piazza m ibout I o'clock Monday morning. There was uur feet of water ou the street. The wind ms blowing so hard that It blew me across . be street. The Pilot Boy was anchored Just nc u front of my office, the Juuo and Reliance . UShepper's middle wharf. The first buildng that fell was Waterbouse's large ware- W( louse. This went dowu and the debris wash- ea id down against the Pilot Boy. Then a great leal of wreckage could be seeu coming down .1. he river. The boat broke loose at 12 :10. The Wi uno broke loose and steamed apulnst the jai urrent for perhaps ten minutes. Her bead (e van seeD to turn to the opposite shore of the iver, when she disappeared under a heavy th p? Two shotii were flr?d off one of these mats. Tbe tug Weymouth came down next, j"rj' rylng to steam against the waveM. 1 could ,iJ tear them tell the men to cut the hawsers ... rlth a full crew turning on her broadside ha These boats were all carried over tbe biufl ... nd left high and dry. When the Pilot wi Soy broke loose my piazza fell and out I went. |JU 'he street was nearly Impassable irom debris ,.i ;nd deep water. In front of Col. Elliott's i ?J ound tbe water waist deep. 1 had a terrible i triijfKle to get around back of a lence, and ^ Hinging to it, got into Mr. Hal Stuart's house t vbere 1 remained till 4 a. in. Tbe water was RD lien coming in the bouse. Tills whb the .? ilgheNt point on the bluff. In Watc-rhouseV tore Hfter tbe warehouse leu. the big timber ... rom the wreck came crashing like the ends gj if big battering rams. wl ".Some men were trylhg to fave properly In lie roar of water. Many places the water q., eas from Ave to ten feel deep around the low- u r pari of the town. You couldn't hear your bi, iwn ears for the roar of the winds. limber n Hume instances was blown entirely tbrot.gb tulldlngs, beaufokt'9 destruction. ' "The damage in the town of Beaufort will fj.' vr111 uot be less than 82.jO,UO<) at a low estimate. ,r. " - .fi tl.n ti.o/n I hut 111 uere in um a diujio uuunc ...? 8 not dtiitiu|tecl. Wliole.-nle bouses which mveany canned goods, etc., are refusing to It fell except at retail. p". "Senator Verdler's ofllc<? wan entirely hwept 5I~ iway, taking all hU library, records, etc. hl' iis laige dwelling lacing the bay wan nearly , lestroved. He lost nearly every th ng be had. , ie will aave a little of bis furniture, though f t Is all badly iJutnaged. ' "We could get no news at all from the ?>utIde world up to Wednrsdry morning. The Jessie, a iMnuil steamer, came In from Savan- by lab, brought some provisions and some uiea- Mi ;re news from the outside. The Forest City, rom Savannah, was the next vessel to ar- ca Ive. Then the vessel wax run around by Col. ? < Iverilf to connect wllh the road. It was a kl ortunute tiling for those people that Col. sc Vveri11 was down there. He did not stand wt >n expense or anything else, and did every- up blng peraonaliy. ' "It Is not money they want tncre as Dauiy is provisions and clothing. These needs are ev inmediato. lei TIKD TO TREKS. "Mr. Henry I). Elliott, who was with his J amliy on Cain Island, had U> lie his wile and Pt :hlldren to trees to save Hu m." bu ou A Lrndliii; Colored Jlan'N Ntory. Sc w< Sheriff Reed, of Beaulort, one of the most 'o ntelligeut colored men In llie State, was th -Ighl at the water's edge during the disaster. dii iie came to Columbia last night, having In worked his way through by wav of Augusta. Al [le also tells a graphic story ot the calHtuity: ih ANOTHER BIO ESTIMATE. "There ore not less than n thousand or wi .welve hundred lives lost on the Islands. l'r< !)ver three hundred lives were lost on Ht. L* tielena Island alone. Only partial reports ?e nave even beeu received from St. Helena, A Parish and Beaufort Islands. From Danfus- eri ile, Hilton Head, Coosnw, Hunting, Jenkin, th Jorn and all the smaller Islands, we haveab-olulely no report whatever. There is no way of getting any news. The water is shat- ar low, and the only bout we have cannot go up I'j to them. There are no email boats at all, and Wl svery man Is so much concerned about his in >wn household that he has no lime to devise w! means of gelllug over lo these islands. Wi rtfl THE SUFFEEINQ IS FEARFUL. , "The ware and storehouses of the mer- ps clmuts of lieu u fort have luoslly been swepi ? iw uy. The goods lelt In them are ho much hi: luiuaged by Malt water that they are unfit for cli Hue. Pew p luces im\e eatable goods on the W uorth Klde of Bay street. The people on the III Inlands have no way of getting to Beaufort at nil. '*AU of the wells In the town are i "KILLED WITH SALT WATEIt, And the people on the Inlands are In the same tlx. I don't suppose theie is a drop of fresh water on any of the Islands. Those people have neither clothes nor mod. 'J heir houses mid croon have been entirely swept away. The cotton and corn, and even the potatoes which were burled In the earth, are gone. A lew people of the Islands nearby have come to Heautort Id canoes to get something to eat and drlLk. Many of (hem say th.it they are the sole survivors ol families of six aud seven. COL. AVEK1LL TO THE RESCUE. Col. Averill of the It. <t A. It. K.. Is doing everything In his |?>wer to aid the people. He hired the boat lirlstol lor the convlence ol the people, to lake the people from Beuuto Coosaw Junction, where the train now comes to get the passengers and to bring provisions. He Is giving this his personal attention. "When the dead bodies are found the survl- p( vors of the disaster Ju-tl d Ig "A SHALLOW lIOf.K IN THE MAItSH and dump them In It. Unless two or three ai or perhaps live or s|x bodies are found at one time tiie survivors iiiH|>iuy absolutely no feel- tl in*. They Just simply cay 'there's another,' m and dump it in. Alt I he interments are be- 01 lug iii.<de by th* hand ol charity. Hoiue of pi the bodies are found ma revolting condition, n Tile damage to property has been enarmous. o Some of the surviving men on the islands w come over aud beg food. They wear nothing more than undershirts and torn pants. ALL COLO It ED PEOPLE. 'Only three persons were drowned lu the town of Beaufort; the other deaths were all on the islands. They are mostly colorded ; very tew are white. Tais is accounted for by the lucl that the inhabitants of the islands are nearly ul! colored people. They farm on ten and twenty acre farms. Since the war 4 many of theiu had accumulated much, and n 4 ~ - li..m lmA.tmaitri.lli' U?P I I.HWtO. - Ill I CVI'll I. y Ul< a U<1 vc vvb>'>Mv ?f< V*v ...... ? a Now lhoy lose everything in h single nigbl ? and are us poor us tuey were ul the end ol the t| war. c A TKKltIBLK WItKCK. ? n "I would say that the wreck In Beaufort Is c the win si thai the oideut Inhabitant ha* ever been In hi* lit**. Sofrays Dr. Thomas G. White Hiid other*. All kiuds ol wteckagc, buildings, t reeH, cle.. cover the streets of the town. I'lio Waiherhouse warehouse and a number of other placed are demolidhed. Everything I 1H KeriOUMiy lltjurcu CAicpi a uu.?., ?r i lieui' the united Stated cemetery, which esj caped serious damage. t A THRILLING KXl'EKIKNCE. | "1 was In my house about sixty yards from J the bench, when the beach Is In Its natural 1 slate. That night about 12 o'clock I was . awakeued by a lerrltlc storm. My two ulsters i came in saying that they had almost drowned In my mothers house, which Is next door to ,, mine. They were soaking wet Irom head to foot, and only saved themselves by swinging on to a walking plank I hud running through my back yard to my mother's house. This ns midnight and the roar of the wind aves was horrible. The storm wan at catest between the hours of midnight t i. m. when we had ebb tide. The water to feet and a half deep In my house. Eve Ing I had except what was up stairs \ Ined. I simply didn't know what to do. WHAT AN ANIMAL DID. "I saw Mr. Joseph Pate of the Coosaw c< my, and he said that he had stood when und out that he was 611*0. and watched s properly, valued at $10,000, go. He Is u poor man. lie was over on Lady's Isia isslaliiou, a fine animal, swam in the r from Coosaw Island to Lady's Islam stance of a quarter of a mile, and going mm puiuiH ijchu irwmuuugij uu uleoui ir aud whlnaed as much as 10 say 'Mai >u uud I alone survive. Let's be a coini each other."' Ou behalf of my race at home I want j tbauk The Slate, the News and C:>ui id the Augusta Chronicle for their kin lerent la the survivors and their effort ive something done to keep them fr arvlng. w "The three master, J. J. Cummlngs, wh lea between Boston and lieaufort, is nv ) In the town of Beaufort, opposite the PI jy and the two tugs. One of these tugs n r Inland, once made a trip to South Am a. rhe tugs are in a better condition to get e land than any other vessels. The W ouih, the property of the Farmer Mini impuny, Is hl*h aud dry opposite the pr ly of Mr. George Gage. All the tug boat/ r. Lopez are high and dry, and one gen au, Mr. Hoonam, Is BUBIED DOWN UNDEB DKKDOK. We can see him andTm?-ll him, but c it reach him to get him out. Mo Beaufort daring the ?>torm I could oc >nally hear shrieks aud screams, but tk >uld be almost Instiiotly drowned In I le. The dogs kept how ling ><11 ulght durl elr battle with the waves. Every street n Inwcr twirl Inn of the town of lie&nf is swept by the water*. Some of the nds were so badly swept that you cam II that any one ever Inhabited li.em. 'Nearly all the peop e who were killed d iHlands were drowned. I beurd of c an, Purcell, who wuh killed by a bou?e fi K on blm. The water covered the Island cly. Paris Island which wiis low wax < ely submerged. The islands near beauf .ve severn I thousand people living on ttii eyear round. Most of theiu wore left ID tliout a house to shelter Ibcui aud w thing on eartb upon their bodies but I ght clothes they had on when the hurries me. 'Tne survivors say that they were 01 ved by climbing to the toi>s of trees a >hlng themselves ttiere. Home of tbi oke to ine and told me about It. Node dies were washed a- hore on the Beauf acb.The wind came iu adirectlon thatdrc em further down the coast and then *e , pushing them In shore. Speaking: oft ud, I haw one hoase belonging to a m med Jenkins which was broken iu hi ie half wus blown way up a street In I iper portion of the town ; the ether d >wn down a Htieet at right angles a uded uear my house. business paralyzed. 'The are trying to do but little bnsinc r. W. P. Roberts has . loRed his sfore entl . There lo really inly a very little left ere. He Is Irvine to get. ready toof uln. You wilt flnuJ rouble in buying ai ing in Kcauroii. There ib no money ao ere.worlli rnontmuln^. It Is said that C ilut mines are elo-ed for good. Tills v e principal plum t. here tbe poor man | b work. 'The phosphate mines are nil knocked eces. Every dredge and tug boat Is ent! gone; not a vestige left. "the people aug hurkos stricken the death of so many of their fellow-m MMlay after tbe storm was a lair Jay; n shone beautifully, hut Tuesday nc me In ahoat 11 o'clock of husbands, wii 01 hers and other relatives who bad b< lied at the mines; ibeu you could h< reams, shrieks, cries all over the town, is horrible, aud has been pretty well k > right along ever since. 'The people are now sending In mon It water bus destroyed all the potat en, by souklug In tbe earth?all that \ n for food. BUILDING A WHARF. Mr. Lawton, the agent of the steamship iu was the first person to commence tiding of a little wharf by nailing boa the standing piles belonging to Mr. P. hepper, at bis old place. All the whnr ;re destroyed, ana ibis is only convenli r ladles to get on the tug Hrlstol. Tills a nulv nlunn Hint nnv boat can land. d this without tlie use of a boat, lie tr vuln to get a smull boat, there was do : the risk of his life be managed to pot Is temporary wharf. "thk. first lot of provisions is brought by Capt Htrovar on Sunt >in Savannah In a very small tug. I iwton drove (be nails In the wharf b If, and offered the use of his wharl to < irerlll to be used for tlie relief of the auf x. Otherwise everything remains Just e storm left it. Some of tbe people in the town e JuHt as bad off as those on tbe inlar II endeavoring to give you a true statem lihout exaggeration. What you have si tbe papora in t-o, and It ik even worse III return to Beaufort Tuesday. I bave L? srking myself In tbo streets of Beaufi id am very sore. "I think that twenty-five would be a 1 timate of the number of houses in Be rt town that have been actua'ly broken id destroyed?nota trace of them left. I de In this tbe be.iutlful oflloe of Sena .J. vernier, ne iuoi> uwi ?>?w uu? iv tf u tram p." THE OFFICIAL RF.CORD SO FAR. (Vnoner Wells. Beaufort county, has s ic<l the following death roll tor Beau: ul vicinity: Drowned on Wussa Island 47 Coffin Point 80 Dawthau 87 Coosaw Island 25 ChlHolm's Island 20 Hunting Island 25 St. Helena Island .200 Savantield Plantation 200 Beaufort .... 3 Halt Water Bridge 4 Olehata 0 Greyhlll 3 Perry Clear Point 11 ladles Island 27 Paris Island 21 Lundsend - 20 Kenes Neck 60 ('oosaw Mills 5 Ou dredges 5 Total - 758 Other Islands are to be beard from. >rla show that there is distress amoug tlored population. Their homes have b ouUrwl niruu flnH ll.plp iToDK dcfitfOJ here is uo work for them to do,and t re suffering for tooij. Ex-Congressman Elliot Rays that "8ta on 1? sure und Imminent." A relief c liltee huM been organized composed of red and wblte men and au uddrens Is b< repured calling on the Arnerlcuu people elp. Shipping has suffered and nlne-tei r the vessels In Port lloyal and Beaufort recks. mm mi DEATH OF PROF. TODD. - i Good Ulnn linn Gone to Ilia wnrd. Prof. J. M. Todd. D. D.. of Ersklne Coll led at his home In Due West on Friday i lng, August 2->, In the forty-firth year ol <e. Prof. Todd wa-H one of the promli rorkers In his church, and served with nctlon as pastor, missionary. teacher. Itlzen, whose piety wus as a shining llgt thers. who were struKKllnj? for the hl| ralkVof life. He leaves a widow and hildren. PUBLIC MEETING. A New Town Council SiikkmM A meeting of the citizens of tho town o leville will be held in the Court Huuhi Friday the 8tb of September, ut Ou'clocl a., to nominate an inteudeut and War onerve for tbe ensuing year. The following gentlemen are proposed, ect to the action oi the citizens meeting. Intetjvlcnt?\V. T. Branch. Warden?-E. B. Gary, .Ins. Chalmers, I'aggarl, Jan. H. Latimer. ClTIZE ? ? ? ? Htn4 ana Powder at J. H. Latimer's. 3 GEORGE S. TURNER HANG: was - iryivaa THE Eigg AND PALL OF A POOR BO'S )m IIIn Crimes and the Fearful Penj be Which He N offered?some Pol on tbe History of n Moat Inter nd. luic Cose. jj"aH" The State. op Spabtanborg, Sept. 1.?Today was a ve >ul- ble hangman's day In Spartanburg, iter majesty of the law lias been vindicated, fort George S. Turner, tbe double murderer dead. wo After a delay of nearly four years, dm rier which every possible recourse of law wus d'y sorted to and every effort made to save 1 s to from a felon's death, Turner today paid v om bis life the penally of hi* crime In slaj Ed. Finger. Ich a Jury of twelve or his fellow-men s that lie was guilty, the highest Judicial trl Hot ual In the country endorsed the verdict, ow i|j0 Chief Executive Of his Slate refuxed ier- interfere with ilie decision of the courts, i Ed. Pinter's death has been avenged, off The unfortunate man bad all the aid t ey- money could obtain ; he had the ablest 1 l"B yew In the State to defend him; he bud op influence of a wealthy and powerful fan 101 to assist him: his attorneys exhausted ev He- resource of the law; but'he i.ad taken life of a feilow-mun, and for It be yielded his own. Following is a sketch of the man's life, an- crimes and the details oi the awful 1< \ tragedy lu which he was the chief actor: :ca,ey TURNERS LIFE AND CRIMES. ln_ George S. Turner was born on July 26, 1 .* In the eastern part of this county, on Tlilcl ort ty Creek. His parents highly respecU . people and one of tbe best families in 3_, cnuiiiy. Belug born J apt before t he war, i tbe conflict breaking out Just at tbe age w Qn be Hhouid have been In school, the boy ceived no educational advantages, and I .. doubtful if at the close of the war he co * either read or write hi< name. BI1 At theciose of the civil war Turner ente ." Into the Klu Klux war in this section ? em all the reckless zeal ot an Ignorant tevenlc er? year-old boy. In consequence ol his com ... Hon with the Klu Klux, tie was forced ,, ? leave home when a^out twenty years old. ' At this time, Turner, while Ignorant, wi remarkably shrewd and intelligent boy. llv was quick in a trade and was very lortuo ni In bis business ventures. He went West i ' " engaged In the clock business, peddling tb ad over most of the Western and Southwest . states. He made couslderable money t when be returned home wa*, for the tl 'v? fairly well off. he Feeling tbe Deed of an education, tlioi about twenty-three yenra old, Turner decl iii to go to school and bi>gln at the beglnnl he Professor R. 0. Sams was then conductin ras boy's school In tills city, and Turner enrol "d himself as a pupil. He was a good natu young fellow, but was sometimes overbi me in maimer ana uuipusiuuu , auu uui his school llfebegave evidence of thelnabll of self-control that caused him twice to tab * . fellow-pom's life. Ire- After leaving school Turner went to fai n lug, tnd was successful in making moc >tn He soon purchased a half-Interest in ay- old Flugervllle cotton mill. He only had I wn & short time, finally selling it to Mr. He >ak LI leu. Turner went back to farming, i vas continued at this occupation for several yei got He then purchased the Valley Falls propei being entire owner. A smull cotton I to and store were owned and operated by 1 're- ner till the time of the killing ol bis 1 . man. He made money easily and rapidly, i soon accumulated a considerable prope en. He owned several tracks of land in differ the parts of the county and a ball Interest! >ws valuable lot atSpartunburg. Hewasalw res, honest In bis business transactions and 1 >en considered one of the ^moet substantial c in the eouutv. He was scrupulous in pay It bis debts and was equally as vigilant In ept led lug what was due htm. On this acco be got the reputation of being a bard a ey. Turner's neighbor* who lived near him at oet> Valley Falls speak of him as being a kI vus hearted, honest and generous man, bis gr est fault being bis overbearing dlsposlt and ungovernable temper. Aj_ HE EDUCATED HIS WIFE AFTER MARRIA the Turner married a Miss Finger, sister of man whom he subsequently killed and " whose life he today paid the penalty of ve* law. Threechlldreu were born to him. I Er}l sons and a daughter. They are bright, ha ,B some children, and were devoted to their He lortunate futhor. Turner married Miss I led ,jer Wben *he was a girl. He sent her ne- school and gave her every possible ad< UP tage. Her fidelity to him during his troc Is a striking Illustration of the beauty i utrength of womun's devotion and faltb neeB to the man she loves. Though tbe set lay er ol her sister and the murderer of ber br< Hr. er. she never forgot that be was her busbi ini- and the father of ber eiilldren ; and thro 3ol. thick and thin she has remained stead fas fer- ber devotion to blm uud has done everytb as In a human belug's power to save tnjr L from his fearful fate. Verily, herV< a woman's love that passetb understand TTTRNER'S FIRST CRIME. 1(18. eat Turner's first crime was the killing < >eu German named Julius Metzkta, which . I curred Sunday afternoon, June 24, 1 Bpn Metzkia was a laborer on Turner's pluce, i urt. tbe men had some dispute in tbe morn about wuges. Turner told blm to get av low and Melzkla protested about bis treating I au- In such a manner. Meizkia had t. hand! up chief in his hand, and in tbe beated dis in- sion, raised bis hand in a gesture. Tur itor Immediately shot aud killed him. oks Ed Finger, the man Turner subsequen killed, and Clara Finger, whom hesedui bntb testified in bis behalf In this case. Turner was tried aud found guilty of a slaughter. He was sentenced to five year rnl.t' the penitentiary. An appeal to tbe Supn 1 Court was taken and the case was sent b to be tried at tbe October term of court in J one year after the first trial. This time was acquitted. SEDUCED HIS SISTEK-IN-DAW. Some time after this trial, Miss Clara 1 ger, who was a beautiful girl of eighteen, passing through Spartanburg on ber waj school. She met ber brother-in-law b She wanted to buy some shoes, and Tut told ber it was not proper to try on shoe the store, but that If she would go lo tbe 1-4 iitum In her. Shew lei ue wuuiu rcuu kivm. Turner carried the shoes to her In person i there accomplished her ruin, by drugs i force, she claimed. Ho the story of sbair told among her neighbors. The girl's fal was dead. Her brother did not slay hei truyer, but suit was brought for d ages. The first Intimation that Clara Flng R family had of her trouble was In Novem ih? when 8he returned from school In N< " ? Carolina to her home at Valley Fulls will i'Pil ,nfanl ht>r arms. The disgrace fell* h?v <-'r?*Rh>ng effect upon her mother, who stricken down and almost lost her rea Her natural protector and avenger was iim e:(ler brother, Edward Finger. He made quent threats of his intention to kill Tu ,in_ lor having ruined his sister's life, but m for seemed able to nerve himself up to the < uiuo rvnint.. There was bud blood betv them and each seemed dcslrlous of get rid of the other. THE KILLING OF ED. FINGER. On Monday, March 7, 1800, Finger cam the city of Spartanburg, and while there drinking somewhat. On his way horn was accompanicd by a younger brother, ne. Finger, and tnree other persons. Whe got opposite the store In the road, Turner standing In the door. The testimony somewhat conflicting as to what took f eve- between the combatants during the fatal r hi? Acuity, but the substance ot li Is as lollov ien. Finger said to Turner: "You don't a dls- any hollering here1" (Alluding to Tu n )(j having previously stopped parties makii to noise in front of his store.) ?,.er Turner said: "I never said a thing a ?u/n your hollering, but if you waut unytt 1 sail In." Finger then dared Turner Into tbe roail Turner went. A man mimed Williams caught hold of Flutter,Turner continuit approach the road till he readied It. He told Williams to turn Finger loose, whlc did. . Finger was then on the opposite side ol road, and in attempting to get out his p 1 Ab- 11 went off In ills pocket and the ball st s ou tbe ground at his feet. - - Turner immediately fired, already ha Jens Pistol out, and snoi ringer m M>. Bide. Finger again tried to shoot, but hii sub- to' *?all "truck the ground In front of He then threw his hand lo his Ride walked a few yards to the bridge, wbc Jas. feU and soon afterwards died. Turner was not arrested then, and N3. night he rode to town and had a conlei with his attorneys, and they advised hi surrender to the Sheriff. The next mot hr? be drove to the Jail with one of H. 11 gave himself ap. _u-U' a few weeks afterwards Turner appl!??2^H ball before Judge Wallace, bnttbe&ppiloatUttg?|^^H was refused, the Judge ruling that amonnggN^^^^H r to thevRbowlng mode by Turner himself bsffifl was guilty of murder. THE FIGHT IN TBI COTTBTS. ,lty The trial came on before Judge Norton atttt^lB^H ittn a Jury In July, 1890. TJie Solicitor . ed by tbe Hon. Stanyarne Wilson and M Johnson. Jr. Turner was defended byPlwffia nan & Banders, Bomar d Simpson and A Moore. The Jury rendered a Terdlct'-W^jj guilty and Turner was sentenced to bebacf*^~29|^^H| rlta- cd. Xhe Turner then engaged additional eoanae&^B^HIH and Johnstone 4 Cromer, of Newbernr, and Is ton & Melton, of Colombia. While (be av* peal was pending bis attorneys made a" I ng Hon to send the case back to tba Clroait OmuMMmB re- In order that they might make a ulro new trial on new evidence. The iiiiilM>iTjMMWi derlng that the cane be returned ia~tfcwSBK<>? ?M iald call Court in order that a sew day bu fixed Tor the execution. On the and this opinion was handed down,asa-l?attjHBBH H [ to precaution, Sheriff Nichols removed ind oner to more bee u re quarter*, andin transfer the desperate man foegfat bat tiger. It was discovered that he badftQMSH ? aw- mite hidden in bis cell.' the Judge Norton, the same Judge .wJlO jMWa| illy tried ibe case more than two yea^1??tig^8:?|^g ery proceeded at the January term, 1808, to the teuce Turner, as directed by the Sopmta&rj^Eg^MB up Court, when his attorneys again madg?BMMffl SWIM tlon for a new trial on new evidence, his Judge refused to entertain the motion. -Wftag gal tbeu appealed to ibe Supreme Ooort . HW^S court held that they ooold not appeal flroia.ffiE Jud^e Norton's n-fusal, but because IfrWMjj " " ?1-1? ?.or, nun in lavorem vilae, . leave to ar-k the Supreme Court tor leave to *, &A make a motion for a new trial on newly dl?- . " r set- covered evidence. >ble The hearing of that application WtU 11 X?4 the for June '27, 1?93. Ou behalf of Turner agwat and many affidavit* of new evidence were WOr^ji hen mlttcd. On behalf ol the State the SotteUOgiinm -lIHI re- and Mr. Wilson presented affidavit* lBOOBfeal it In tradlctlon ol them, by which It TtirT nlinilJra ' uld appeared that all of the newevtdeneawbSmar' wonM have had any weight was a maaaoc^EH^^HI r. . perjury. 'l"1 Tlie court refused the application,and en- dered that the cone be again remanded to tae^an H Circuit Court for a new day to be fixed TorUie : IB to execution; aud lu accordance themnKn Judge Wallace, In July, 1883, sentenced QwwSB IBS l"a S. Turner to be hanged on September 1,1 He ^ ate HOPING TO THE LAST. ? ..luftSBB- V :^H| ?m The condemned man did not glvenp frog^ffiig ^ ?rn until the very last and all the While leemafft ,' . confident that something would transpire m t$SRk mB prevent the execution. It was not till an.;,.^ hour or so before the end that heee?Md ttfgg? ,?h hope. ' ded A PLAN TO escape. ' DB- "Dear Wife: Ir yoo will get half dOBfitt % * Ziekerin fllea nnrt a imoii -i < "" ?T and let Bolscome some night a boajtn?imm rea o'cloqk and fasten them to a string that .wlptrS .. be swinging down from tlie front Wlnaowrofa3;3^^H JjB tbe room In tbe northeast of the Jail, I tbinJCv^T ,l" all will be well. If yoo cannot get tbe thlnffSBKHH e a write for W. N. Tamer or D. F. Z. TarneFIStfEMmmM come at once. If yoa do not anoosedifJlB^^HHH m" them, see Bols Wureand tell him to feMtuttHaHl ?i for you. Tell BoIh to come In tb rough >h6 lofe^-S '<^D v, and not go about tbe front gate. Yon can a ? on men's clotbes and come with him. "Write me a note a boat selling corn, aad**?av^M |?? just put tbe figure for the boar that yott , be here. Send the note the evening before ' v[: you come, and tell Bols to wait for an an?nrav..vw3e^Hlfl nni "Do not write anything about oomlng, iust Put tbe figure. Do this some time thl?*?H ,'j^H lral week. Your loving ' George,-'-" 53 j3j|H , "Three Zlckerln flies are small and flat flno hack 8aw\will be good If yoa ?&n K?t riy. The -Bols" referred to In tbe above letter'U eDl Turner's son, about 13 years old. Tbe lD a was-lntercepied, and the prisoner was watch- ^ ^dMI uy? ed more closely and searened more diligently iien tban ever* ;9M lng A 8AD PAKTIN?' ' 3*339Bi a^I ' * I I ' ^ ? ' nor- A I?W iiiiiiuuw klier ID <V<S10Ck TdMerl WU*?-??W^B unt and children, twu boys and a little girl, eame ? rjflfl an. to say their last *ad ferewell to the uofOttnout nate husband and father. The scene to nd- cell beggars description. The poor woman~-*39iK^H iat- seemed heartbroken and lost all oontrol of ^ ion herself. Her agonizing moans could be heard-.^3Dnfl in the lower part of the Jail'. Turner stood^&QSBflH the trying ordeal with stoical nerve and gave ,j?. oe. cot the sllghest evidence of emotion. He :f?r9^B| ? told his wife that he waa prepared to meet M? lr~r God aud advised her to train tbeahUdreneoF' }?[ rectly. so as to bring them with her when 99 came to Join him on the other shore. He said be was going to Join the little one that ^?j9JB| Qod had taken Irom them and asked bar to pjggtwm ,, meet them in heaven with the other ehildran.' '-^9 ," He gave to his oldest son a bible wblob had. .- gjMJH " been his staff and comfort in bis 2," hours, and told him to obey its precepts. To '"I his other son he gave a silver spoon and to. *Va9H| r"i his little girl some money. , ' The final parting between husband and wl to . ',h was heartrending in the extreme and it was ,nf1" with difficulty that the sorrowing woman ii?h cou|d be taken from her nnfortuMte bus log THE EXECUTION. ' ' H mB* At 12 IS o'clock the prisoner was taken from ^ lH ^as tbe Jail to tbe bam where tbe gallows vu ;sg IB lnf* erected. He was accompanied by the Sheriff and the Rev. W. T. Derleux. Upon reaching - ft tbe scaffold tbe death warrant was read by of a Sheriff Dean with great solemnity. Mr. De-oo rleuz then offered a most beautlfM intoca-. 1887. tlon to the Deity to receive the soul of tbe un^ and fortunate criminal and to give him strength . ilng to bear wilb Christian fortitude the awful or- VianH ray, deal of facing death. Tamer gave no evK itm dence of emotion, except being very nervous, leer- He looked around anxiously, and had abopecus less expression on his face. He waa then . ner placed la position on the gallowB and the toLai noose put around his neck. When asked -V-s&HB itly by the Sheriff if be bad anything to ny,b? ' :ea, replied that he had notbicg. |H At 12.28 tbe trip was Bprung and Turner** lan- soul was launched into eternity. There w.a? sin no bltcb about the proceedings, and every?^-->-~;g^M :me iblng passed off without friction. Tbe nee* ack was broken, and the man was pronounced. .. 18S9, dead by the physicians in fifteen mlnuteeaX-. ) tie ter tbe drop fell. - ?^ ^ -r\ TTt-itTwn MAAntTTiran 'vHI pin. liJKJtiijiN W UUJJ'S UUULW.LBS. ; erc? Hearty Welcome to the New Preabyner terian Pastor. . "h " Editor Prees and Banner: ' t ' " / Will you allow me space in your valuable " " d' paper, to put a few lines, relative to the and Greenwood Presbyterian church, for the In- '^e^H , . formation of your numerous readers whoaro '; f;' Interested In her welfare. V ; Rtv. Dr. M. Beattle, who has been elected ? as our supply for the present, arrived today, <] from Cana<?a^wlth his family. I am sore ,pr>K that the good brother's heart mast have beeti warmed and his Bplrlt refreshed by theoox^ / dial reception he received. Carriages meet :V;' them at the train and they were driven to the house by the elders and deacons, where ^'9 * u M>? onnH ln<llp>v^Dn|pninpd them With IhOM T3 fclnd attentions, soT^ufito their womanly in- ; Htlocts. The house walrs^jjXortably furnishfr(V ed until the arrival of thelra^obaggage and ? VI a nice dinner served, while a wfefonloadof pvpr supplies was emptied In the pantry, consist- ~ il,.i Ing of everything needed for the comfort of the Inner man, from a barrel ot flour to " pound of soda. Two loads of wood wenMsgjH K thrown In the wood bouse, showing thajfegg^BI nothing has neglected, to prove that Preab tcrlansare always on hand wben .bechurofl I calls for their servlc. s. Reporter. e to Greenwood, S. C., Aug. 30, 1893. ' wttf r e he Joe Antreville'a Peraonala. Hi "was _ _ An trevllle, 8. C., Aug. 31, 1893g^^^gB was The ncecy staple nas oegun 10 opeq/ i - wwh ,|aoe Antrevlile's and Warrenton's first nli^B ajaaB jif. crossed buts here lust Saturday. The ?s; renton boys were victorious. The seo^Eu&SijM liow stood U to? III favor of Warrenton. > *t59?0E'B ruer Mlss Else Nllford Is with friends at Mrs. Mollle Kay is now convalescent. bout Ml'HMincr aud Mr. Jobn Gilmer areraBB >ip}E ilng, the sick list this week. 'IMS The wind did a great deal ot damage^ajH 38HH aud crops here this week. r|jW B then -"r- Editor, we hope you will give towfiS'j^anfl ig to mauy readers of your paper a full acconarM(ES 39031 H then everything that you saw while In Chicagi?'.^ |*j? I, jie Miss Nora Seawrlght spent last sumtoy' ffiaB W night with her sister Mrs. George Fergusong^g ff r the Ml** i?a > rainier is ou a irip u> uer Istol parenlK, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gray. MikffiSjaBffftt ruck m m "'Jjj ving Do you want a nice net of harness, a whip, 3 left or a beaut I fill lap robe? then call at the re- :! 4 pi'c posltory of A. M. Hill & Sons. H him. Fresh cream cheerio and macaroni Just re a'he ^elvetl Mt 1,16 01 ly K'ocery of A* " < ^SljB We have a line of Trusses and can fit any J| that style and size at very reasonable prices. k Tfl ence Harrison 4 Game, Druggist*. Mowing Blades?Long and sbort blades at Jflfe Dlug J. H. Latimer's.