Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A majority of the passengers and crew were below at the time and had no opportunity to reach the pilot bouse of the vessel. This point was the only portion left above water and in it standing waist deep from the time of the accident until 6 o'clock in the morning Capt. George H. Withy and five others were saved. According to the statement of Capt. Withy to The Associated Press correspondent here tonight 17 nnrinna nra Irnnmn , " V" been lost en the sinking steamer and a lifeboat loaded with Engineer C. D. Conway, Assistant Engineer S. P. Murphy, Parser J. N. Bell, one white and two color"* ed passengers unknown, and two deck hands, which left the steamer in hopes ef reaching a vest-el whose lights could be seen in the distance, is yet unheard from. If these have been drowned the death list will reach 25. Foley's Honey and Tar is best for croup and whooping cough, contains no opiates, and cures vjui^ivijr. V^UIOIUI uiuiuurs KC6|) J*; in the house. T. Eugeno Fiinuerburk, druggist. Don't forget the old man with the fish on his back. For nearly thirty years he has been traveling around the world, and is still traveling, bringing health and comfort wherever he goes. To the consumptive he brings the strength and flesh he so much needs. To all weak and sickly children he gives rich and strengthening food. To thin and pale persons he gives new firm flesh and rich, red- blood, Children who first saw the old man with the fish arc now grown up and have children of their own. He stands for Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil ? a delightful food and a natural tonic for children,.for old folks and for all who need flesh and strength.. SCOTT A. BQWNE, Cherrist*. *iOS?--4l5 Pearl Street, NowYom. 50c. and $I.OO j all dri'fi&i&Ui. STATE SWEPT BY THE STORM. The Details of the Disaster At Honea Path. FOUR CHILDREN KILLED. Three Little Ones Crushed to Death in Aiken County By % Trees and Chimneys? Two Small Churches Reported Destroyed. The State, 18th, inst. Fuller reports received last night by The State sho\r that Monday afternoon's and night's storm prevailed general in the State, its severity being greatest in the narthwcstom ? - ? .i?u?vi u ^/ai t. Besides the two youths killed at Honea Path, where tho storm amounted to a cyclone, fatalities Are reportod from several other localities. Many small houses were thrown down, including two churches, and a numuer of stores in various towns were unroofed. In Spartanburg the car barn of the electric trolley line was prostrated, and in Anderson a dray horse wus electrocuted by a live wiie down in the street. PARTICULARS OFTIIE GREAT STORM*S 4 WU11K. Honea Path, Feb. 17.?A severe storm, cyclone in its cbaructe., swept this town yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The damages as near as can be ascertained are as follows: The large two-story double brick store of Mr. W. A. Shirley was entirely destroyed and his stock of furniture aod bouse fur nicking goeds badly damaged. Six young men on their way frinti i ?.- -1? * ..uiu Dbuuui uuoiimi lillO U16 SIOI'6 to eioape the wind and rain. They had just reached one of Iho large double front doors when they taw the front wali was fulling towards the street. They made an effort to escape from danger but four of them were buried beneath the wreck while two others rushed into the front door and took refuge in the inside of the store. WEKK KILLED OUTRIGHT. | Earle McGee, son of Mr. W. J. McGee, and Bertie Austin, son of Mrs. Thomas Austin of Green* ville county were killed instantlv, and Edgar Donald, son of Mr. J. R. Donald, was seriously injured, both legs and arms being broken and his spine injured. A. 0. Stone, bad one leg broken ami sustained other injuries about the head and body. Immediately after the destruction of the building Mr. P. W. Sulliran, who was standing at one of the windews in the bank build ing-only a short distance away, saw the hand of some one shaking. He promptly called for assistance and went to work to rescue the victims. A few minutes the bodies of the unfortunate young men were extracted and carried to nearby buildings. Medical assistance was sum moned and overy thing possible was done for the sufferers. Th< force of the storm was terrific ont the building of Mr. Shirley wai torn to atoms in almost a second, Large frames from the roof were blown hundreds of yards and brick were scattered in every direction. STORES UNROOFED, in addition to the above named building several stores were uo_L! iuuiou, uuimueys mown down and trees uprooted. In a piece of woodland a short distance from here more than a hundred trees were felled. .Parties returning home from town were carried many yards by the force of the winds. Telephone and telegraph wires are down and communication with other points was impessi? ble. The graded school had just closed its work for the day and it is a miracle that many of the children were not killed. Many of them rushed into the Baptist church, although two of them were carrij ed across the field and hurled : against a tree. | The damage to property here is considerable. Several firms suffurcd damage to their stocks of goods by water, their storerooms being unroofed. The loss to property in the surrounding country is not very great, although many chimneys were blown down. Stock was killed and out buildings damaged. Thp Chiquola mill suffered considerable dumage, several of the tenant houses being demolished Lights were broken out of the mill buildings and waste house blown down. MAll. CARRIER'S CLOSE CALL. E. B. Culberson, mail carrier on one of the free delivery routes, had a narrow escape from death. Ha kod totnn ? - M.auii ioiu^o iu u covereu brilgeafew miles from here. He realized that the bridge would not stand the force of the storm and made au effort to get his team out, but before he could do so tho structure gave way. llis horse was killed and his buggy demolished. He saved himself by jumping into the open just as the bridge went down. THREE KILLED IN AIKEN COUNTY. Aiken,-Feb. 17.?Loss of life followed in the wake of the storm which passed over Aiken county last night. Two children of Mr. J as. Davis, who lives at Ergles Bridge about 12 miles from Aiken, were killed by a falling tree. At Lake View the roof of a tenement house was blown off and the family ran out and escaped without rnjury, but the child of Moses Dorkios, about 6 years old, was struck by the falling chimney and killed. j While the wind was very hard| in Aiken no material damage was) dene. ANDERSON BUILDINGS INJURED. Anderson, Feb. 17.?The storm that swept this eeetion yesterday afternoon and last night was the most severe in years, and it is a 1 - wonuer tnat the loss of life and property is not larger. A number of houses were blown down and stores unroofed, besides the destruction of barns, fenoes und other damages of a lesser nature. The Episcopal church at Calhoun Falls was also destroyed. A severe wind storm set ia here just after dark and continued with % 3 more or less severity until mid1 night. ? Ligon & Ledbetter's large , wholesale grocery store and the > Anderson Cash Grocery store ; were unroofed. A largo plate glass in B. O. Evans & Co. 's show window wub destroyed, the slate roof of the court bouso badly damaged, and telephone and electric light wires blown down, and much other damage was done of i more or loss importance. HORSE ELECTROCUTED. About 9 o'clock a team of horses belonging to Dobbins' stable ran into a live electric light wire on East Boundary street and one of the horses was electrocut d. At Cowpens the roof was blown off the cotton mill. CHUKCH DESTROYED. Abbeville, Fob. 17. ?The Methodist church at the cotton mill is a complete wreck, as is Hammond's tan-yard, both buildings being flat on the ground. Telephone polos, trees, shrubbery and chimneys again suffered. Mo news has been received from the surrounding country as to damage done. Tho wrecked Methodist church 1 is a new frame building and its udjhuviuuii \t111 ue greatly reit Dy the congregation, as it was by hard work that funds were socured to erect the building. V KEQBO CHILD PKOBADLY KILLED. Laurens, Feb. 17.?The wind and rain storm which passed over this section yesterday afternoon, according to reports, was widespread and Considerable damage was done iu various sections. On \Vm. Brown's place, two ni'les south, a cabin was blown down and a negro child bad its skull crushed and a negro woman was injured by falling timbers. 'The child will probably die. At (Swings' Station, 12 miles northwest, Mr. J no. Campbell's house was wrecked aud a negro house on Will Power's place nearby was blown down. Two miles above there Mr. Robert Stoddard's residence, a new building, was demolished. No one is reported to have been injured. SEVERAL HOUSES 1*ROSTRATED. .Jonosville, Feb. 17. ? In the evening there were several thunder clouds and heavy showers, unci last night the wind blew a hurricane all night. The cool* room of Mr. J. B. Foster wis blown from the pillars and set on the ground. The house of a colored man wasjblown down. Many other small houses were turned over or damaged. This morn ing the temperature is down below the freezing, and clouds threatening snow. No one was hurt by the storm. THE BLOW IN CHARLESTON. Charleston, Feb. 17.?The wind attained its greatest velocity at 1 o'clock this morning, blowing at the rate of 46 miles an hour. A number of fences were 1 blown down, limbs were broken otf trees and a colored church, u ' frame structure in the suburbs of the city, was blown down. NOT SERIOUS IN FLORENCE. I Florence, Feb. 17.?A heavy , wind storm ragod horo last night I and early this morning. Fences 1 and several small buildings were blown down and telephone and telegraph wires were greatly deranged in this section. No soi ious ; damage was done. . I HOUSES PROSTRATE AT THOMAS. Allendale, Feb. 17.?The storm in this location last night and today has been quite sorere, though no serious damage was done to property in Allendale. At Thomas, a small torrn six miles above here. KPTPrnl hnn?M ???? ?? blown down. MOTHElt AND CHILD KILLED. Ridgeway, Feb. 17.?A heavy rain and wind storm passed here yesterday afternoon about 4.30. Not much damage to property in town was done. A negro woman and child were killed in Long, town by a falling house. No other casualties are reported. MYSTERIOUS OlltCUMSTANCES One was pale and sallow and the other fresh and ro3y. Whence the difference? She who is blushing with health uses Dr. King's New Life Pills to maintain it. By gently arousing the lazy organs they compel good digestion and head off constipation. Try them. Only 25c, at Crawford Bros., and J. F. Mackoy & Co., Druggist. r?o b n x ? ? ? a sirange Meteorite. Peculiar Elements in a Stone Found Recently In Keutucky Washington, Feb. 13. ? A remarkable meteorite, weighing 350 pounds, has arriyed at the National Museum. This stone was recently found ou a farm in Christian county, Ky. A member of the geological survey, who was sent to verify its genuineness, says that the rock contains combinations of elements that never could have come into existence on the earth. In addition to this fact, while the meteorite measures barely a foot ami a half in length or breadth, it is so heavy that it took several men to carry it. Scientists believe it was dropped from the tail of a cornet passing within the earth's ortit, and they consider it wonderful epecimen, because, they say, at least three-fourths of the falling meteorites are consumed in the atmosphere before reaching the earth's surface, or are broken fragments. n * In appearance the rock is very rough, being covered with granu- ' les hold together by metallic ce- , mem. It is mainly made up of the iron, characteristic only of ultra-terrestrial objects. It also contains a substance called lau? roncite, which oxidizes so rapidly in atmosphere that it can not be i perceived after a moment's exposure. This is considered an additional proof that the stone at one time belonged to a body in the solor system, whore utmos* pberic conditions differ frem those of the earth. This particular meteorite's called Pallntite, after a similar one 11 found in Siberia in 1700. The curator purpose* to cut the new ! | exhibit in bulf, and polish one 1 bide of it, tbat viritors may have an opportunity tojftee the peculiar elements which compose it. NEAKI.Y FORFEITS IKS J LIEE. 1 A runaway almobt ending fa- ( tally, started a horrible ulcer on t the leg of ?J. 13. Ornor, Franklin < Urove, 111. For four years it de- ^ tied all doctors and all remedies. . I3ut Bucklen'a Arnica Salvo bad 1 no trouble to euro him. Equally * t?oed for Burns, Bruises, Skin i Eruptions and Pilos. 25c at Craw- j ford Bros., J. F. Mackey & Co.'s | Drug Storo. j* A Grand Monument To Wade Hampton. General Assembly Appropriates Twenty Thousand Dollars? Scholarship Scheme Rejected. The State, 18th inst. The Johnson amendment to the bill to appropriate $20,000 to the fund to erect a suitable monument on the State house grounds to perpetuate the memory of Wade Hampton, so as divert the appropriation and any other funds that were or may bo raised to the establishment of scholarships in tho Seuth Carolina and Winthrop colleges, was taken up aid Mr. Sheppard moved to indefinitely postpone tho proposed amendment. Mr. Johnson spoke at length iu favor of his proposition, declaring that if tho dead chieftain could express his wish in tho 4 matter he felt sure that tho plau would meet his approbation. He felt confident the Daughters of tho Confederacy desired it and if loft te popular veto three fourths of the people would endorse it at the ballot box. Mr. Marshall stated that when it was first suggested to the people of the State to erect a monument near the last resting place of the beloved Hampton the people so understood it, and now if this money were to bo diverted into another channal many, of tho subscriptions would either bo withdrawn or withhold. Five senators demauded the yeas ana nays on the motion to indefinitely postpoae and the vote resulted as tollows: . Yeas?Messrs. Brice, Brown, Butler, Carpenter Davis, Deane, Dennis, Hardin, Hay, HcrndOa, Hood, Hydrick, Manning, Marshall, McCoil, Mclver, Mower, Peurifoy, Ci. \V. Ilagsdale, J. W. Kagsdale, liaysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Staudland, Talbird, von Kolnitz, Walker, Williams?28. Nays?Messrs. Blako, Douglass, Forest, Gaines, Goodwin, Hough, Johnson, Mayfiold, McDermott, McLeod, Stackbouse, s Warren ?12 80 the lull in its original form passed both houses and will probably be ratified in joint aasem oiy lociay. BETTER. THAN GOLD. "I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility," writes F. J? . (Jreon, of Lancaster, N. H. "No., remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines 1 ever used. They have also . kept my wifo in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bit* ters are just splendid for ferualo troubles; that they aro a grand tonic nnd invirrnrotor +'??? ??????lr run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Crawford Bros., J. F. Mackey & Co. Smallpox. Air. L. H. Grant says smalN )ox is epidemic in his ncighberlood There are a do/.en cases >n his place. The patients ara all :olored. We learn that the dis- ? >ase is quite prevalent in the iVellridge neighborhood also, but t is said the patients are all geting over it. Some of them are kbite. ? Chester Lantern. BANNER SALVE% the most healing salve in the world.