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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 1H11>.) Published livery Wednesday Morning Subscript ion *l IVr Annum. Advertising Kates Iteiisonuble. -Hy S i l < l\. KIIELOK A: SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of aol over 100 words, will be printed free of charge. AU over that number inusl be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WAMIAMiA. S. C.: WKDNKSDAV, (KTOHEH 0, 1015. S IO HM STU IK KS N KW (MILMANS. |,ivos ?Ats? and (.rent Cnperty Dam age \|ong ("-oust. Ww Orleans, Sept. L".I Five per sons are known lo I"' dead, many people injuivd and property loss roaching into the millions has been (.?Hised tonight by the most, severe gulf storm in the hi tory of the city. A howling gale willi a velocity of S?! unies an hour swop) tlx* city at t? o'clock io night, demolishing scores ol' buildings, stripping Ibo roofs from hundreds ol oilier st rio t ares and strewing the -tuse. with broken glass a nd dc ..r.s. At 7 IO o'clock a rising barometer gave evidence that tho storm was j sub- ilia , the ?i ntel p.i.,sing lo the j norihwosi of New Orleans. The ??a-, i nu '. i" .ti ii - lowest registered 2> M. and the wind velocilx of si! mile* was the highes) ever recorded ; lu ri . Railroads a ul wire communient ion ' with tin outside world has been cul 1 off, and telephoto-, electric iiglu .md trolley service discontinued in the city. All railroads have annul led train service from New Orleans. Wireless communication from New Orleans was interrupted by the failure of the electric plant, bul mes sages were sent Iron' the steamship Excelsior at dock here ?ind relayed i rom the steamship Creole anchored ht lou New Orleans in Hie Mississippi river, /o Mobile. i Al Mobile and Pensacola. Mobile Ala . Sept. J il. The Mis sippi Hull coast Mom May St Louis io Pascagoula waa isolated to-night hy the tropicil hurricane, which caused an Sli-mile gale al New Or leans and sw>'p1 inland to the north east. Pensacola and Mobile escaped material damage, though 50-mile winds prevailed al both ports during' tIle attt moon ind night All trains southwest of here have been suspended, only ono train nrriv ing tins afternoon from Ocean Springs. Miss, A local train bearing relict' supplies will be scnl from Mo idle to-morrow morning n^ far dow n sollt hu esl as possible. A kV i nd velocity of ss miles an hour w.is reported ?il Hay St. Louis, ? Mis< . this afternoon by the dis-' patcher', cible Of the Louisville ?ind Nashville Railroad. Washouts have occurred on Ibo road at Hay St. Louis and elsewhere, and train service has been annulled. There i.-> no wiro communication down the coast, ex cept the telephone cable of the Louis , Hie and Nashville. The ole means of communication between New Orleans and thc outer world to-night was the wireless ap paratus ot the steamships al dock in New Orleans, while meagre reports w re received ?rom the failing wire less apparatus ot Ibo Soul bern Pa cific liner Creole, bound up the Mis sissippi river from Port Kads for New Orleans. A velocity ol V! miles and hour was reached bv Hie gale al Mobile to-night, and the worst of the storm was believed by weather bureau oiR cials to have passed, Storni AbUivs-.Seven Head. New Orleans, Sept. HO. This citj and the surrounding territory are recovering to-day lunn the worst hur ricane ever experienced in this sec tion, according lo weather bureau and oilier records. Scarcely a large plate glass window remains itu act in the down-town section, and many stocks of gool., were damaged by wind and rain. Signs, telegraph, telephone and electric lighl po es, wires and debris from damaged buildings littered streets lo dav. and hundreds of st md'ire:, were unroof ed or demolished ill various parts of the city. Karly unofficial statements placed the property damage at near ly $2,000,000. According to reports available, seven persons lost their lives, and it was estimated that at least 150 persons were more or less injured by the collapse of buildings, falling signs or flying glass. In tho Cumberland Telephone Com pany's exchango, 15 persons, mostly girls, were injured when all the win dows in the oast front on the floor where they wore working, crashed in. The ni ax i m urn velocity of tin? wind wa? reported by the weather bureau as between 120 and HO miles an hour. The wind blew at this rate for one minute, between 5.30 and *'? o'clock last night. The high.-st sus tained velocity was 80 miles, about .". I II |>. m. Storm Huged Seven Hours. l'or more i lian seven hours the hurricane swept over the eily at a rate of mote than Oil miles an hour. The lowest mark registered hy ibo barometer ivs . :N. I 1, at .">.:;.> p. m.. which, according to local weather bureau olliciuls, is the lowest mark ever registered in the United States. Police ami tire departments were ke,>l busy late yesterday responding in 'alls for assistance, and investi gating reports of collapsed buildings. Two hundred young women were re moved b.v the police in automobiles and police vehicles from a cigar fac tory threatened with destruction just before nightfall. They were housed in 'Ix criminal court building until the storm abated. Numerous school buildings and churches were destroyed or badly damaged bj the wind. Approximately 8,000 telephones were rendered use less and trolley service was suspend ed after :'. o'clock yesterday after noon . linke Rises Twelve I 'Vet. Lake Pontchartrain rose between 12 and I I foet, sending water over the sea wall at Wes! Mud and Span ish Kori and Hooding Mtlnehurg st root. Olllcials of railroad and telegraph companies stated ii will l>e several days before the normal servite be iweeii N< w Orleans and Hie outside A orld can he restored. CitJ Landmarks Damaged, Prom all parta of the city came re ports of proper!} damage and a nuui- ; her ol ividel} known landmarks showed the effects ot the wind. The Kellett} Methodist church, a brick structure, was almost demolished. The Masonic temple sustained dam ages estimated at $20.000 through the collapse ol ornamental chimneys ami gables. The Beauregard public school building and St. Vincent's or phan as;, lum also wore badly dam aged. Tire shortly after midnight de stroyed pari of the plant of t lu? Sterns Orleans Acid Company, with .I loss estimated i $80,000. The fire I i> believed to have been caused hy lightning. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up Tho System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as thc formula is printed on every label, showing it is ; Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, i The Quinine drives out malaria, the | Iron builds up the system. 50 cents I Morgan Bet urns Washington Will. Richmond. Va.. Sept. 30.- -J. P. Morgan, of New York, has sent with out cost to .lust ?ct' .lames Keith, pres ident of tho Virginia Court Of Ap peals. io be disposed of by him at his own discretion. I he will of Mrs. Martha Washington, taken from the rei ords ol' fairfax Court 1 Luise by a federal soldier in the war and bought by the late Pierpont Morgan for his library. fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, was Hie mediator bei ween Mr. Morgan and Governor Stuart and Justice Keith. This, it is .stated, unofficially, will cause io be dropped the friend!} suit brought by Virginia to recover its lost public record. The will probably will be placed, by consent, in a fireproof vaui; at Mouin Vernon. American Ship Blown Up, Washington, Sept. 30. The Amer ican sailing ship Viticeiii was blown up September 27 by a mine off Cape Orliff in the While Sea and is a total loss. The crew waa saved, bul the itiptain and fnn-e men were injured. The} are al Archangel. Consular dispatches to ?he state Department to-day reported the disaster. YOI in: BILloi s : UET "CASTABETS" LIVEN UIVER AND BOWCLS. ? Don't Slav Headachy, Constipated, Sick, Willi Breath Bad and Sttoinaeh Sour. fiel a lo cent box now. You ?nen and women who can't get feeling righi who have head ache, coaled tongue, bad taste and foul breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are bilious nervous and upset, both ered w:ih a sick, gassy, disordered Stomach, or have a bad cold. Are you keeping your bowels ( lean with ('aseareis, or merely forcing a passageway every few days willi salts, catharine pills or castor oil? Cascareis work while von sleep; (deanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested, fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all tho constipated waste mat ter and poison in Hie bowels. A Cascare! to-night will straighten you out by morning-a 10-c.ent box from any drug store will keep your stomach sweot, liver and bowels reg ular, and head clear for months. Don't forget the children. They love Cascarets because thoy taste good never gripe OT sicken.-Adv. MOIMI J?; KKPOKTSON NTOlt.M. About 'O ur oo Liven l/o.sti-l't<o|>erty hainage Ijiirgc. M oi?i l<>. Ala.. Sept. Ucl ween 50 und UO lives were lost, several hundred persons Injured, mid prop erty damuged to the extent <>i well ovor two million dollars hy the trop ical storm, which, sine?; yesterday, has virtually isolated New Orleans und that vicinity from the outside world. This was the sum total ot re ports here to-night, received bj wire less, l>> telephone and occasionally hy round-about and shaky telegraph wires all the usual means of ?om ni un lent lon s<ill being useless. I n ofl'tcial reports showed loss ol' life and personal injury as follows New Orleans, 7 dead. 150 injured: Prettier, La., 25 killed; Mnnshac, La., 17 killed; Paseagoula, La, 2 killed: Mobile, - killed; Natchez.. Miss., I killed. Property loss in New Orleans was estimated there to-day at approxi mately $2.000,000. No definite esti mate has yet been made of damage lo many coast points around New Or leans, bul in this vicinity it was said tht> total loss would not exceed $50, 000, Intimates of damage in this section of the gulf coast was materi ally lessened to-day when Codon, Hayon La Untre, Alabama Port Hat lies, Pair Hope and other nearby coast resorts were heard from. Pour ?teamers were said to have been swept over the wharves al (?ulfporl Miss., last night, and the steamer Thomas ll. Benton was re ported los; ?it Natchez, Miss., wu h Thomas Lincoln, a watchman, lost vviih her. Storm at Coden. Although w ater was report< il two feel deep in the railroad station al Coden, where ???. lives were lost in the great storm of 1906, and the hay front shell road was six feel limier water, no loss of life was reported, and property damage was paid lo he confined to destruction ot hath houses, mid I he beaching Of several fishing schooners, which were found to-day several hundred yards inland. In Mobile the west hank of the Mo bile Uiver early to-day was 200 feel from the post office, having overflow- : ed and inundated streets three blocks and a half from the wharves. Holli lives lost here were from electrocution. Albert Pritz, driver of a delivery wagon, stepped on a fallen wiro early to-day, and was Instantly killed. C. I). Smith, a steamboat em ployee, late to-day attempted to re move a fallen wire from the path of some children. As ho touched the wire the current in it killed him. Wind Velocity ?."> Miles. Morgan City. La., Sept. 30.-Prop erty damage here as a result ol' yes terday's storm was estimated to-day at $200,000. Throe steamboats were sunk in the harbor, small craft were wrecked, a number of buildings were unroofed and frail structures torn from their foundations. At its height the wind attained a velocity of 85 miles an hour. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signatura of "(.a I lon-a-Mon lib" I ut oust i ( ut iona I. \ [tress dispatch from Spartanburg says : T!ie decision handed down by Judge Prank H. dary, of tho circuit bench, at Abbeville a few davs ago to ' the effect thai South Carolina's gal-! lon-a-month law is unconstitutional, has naturally aroused discussion among the prohibitionists of this' city who originated the bill md had | it passed by the Legislature. Senator H. H. Carlisle, who intro duced tho bill in the Senate, s dd here to-day that in his opinion (he oil! is constitutional and will be regarded by the Supremo Court ol the State, should ii reach thal body for lina! consideration. Senator Carlisle said thai lu- had read Judge (?ary's decis ion and notes that il does not agree with a decision handed down some months ago in a similar case by Judge Kniest Mooro, holding that tho law is constitutional, lt appears that two circuit judges have passed upon I the law. on<> holding it constitutional and the other declaring ii unconsti tutional. Snit Against I >e('n mp Settled. Caffney, Sept. 30.- The (;,se of J. ll. Hube vs. Rd. ll. DcCnmp, which has boen pending in tho courts for some months, and which excited a great deal of Interest all over the State, was settled yesterday, and the case withdrawn by mutual consent. The suit was for alleged libel and damages were laid In the, sum of $20,000. Tho plaintiff based his suit upon statements published in the Gaffney Ledger, which ho claimed were libellous. MON'TAUt'E NICHOLLS KILLED lu 'liilrk of Fighting for MM.--, nt. tho French Front. Spurtnnburg, S. C., Sept. 30.- Wil liam Montague Nicholl?, second lleu tonanl in the British Hoya] Artillery, son of Judge and Mrs. Geo. W. Nich olls, of this city, und brother ot' S. J. Nicholls, member elect of Congress nom i Ins district, was killed at the iront i:; France in tn<> lighting that took place lhere between the English and (?crinan forces last Sunday and Monday, according to officia] an nouncement received here this morn ing from the British war office by members of his family. The follow ing dispatch was received this morn ing by Judge Nicholls: . London. Eng., Sept. 30. -Deeply regret to inform yon that Second Lient. W. M. Nicholls. U. F. A., was killed in action between 2(>th-27th September. Lord Kitchener expresses sympathy." Lieut. Nicholls, who left for Eng land soon after the European war was declared, having resigned from the United states Naval Academy al Annapolis a year previous to become a member of his father's law firm here, spent several months In Lon don before his service iti the English army was accepted; but finally, after laking the oath of allegiance lo Eng land, secured a commission ?is second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and was sent lo Mic front about a year a uo. On March 21 lie was wounded, be in:; shol through the thigh. This caused lum to spend several months in a hospital, but, recovering from i hat wound, he was again sent to the ' front, possibly three months ago. News of his death was not a sur prise to members of his family here, since the dispatches of the last few days announcing the .advance of tho forces of the allies in France and Belgium caused them to realize thal Lieut. Nicholls was in the thick of the lighting. Efforts will be made to have Lieut. Nicholls' body recovered and return- j ed to this city for burial. Such a j request has been sent to the British j war office by Judge Nicholls. The State Department at Washington has been asked to aid. Montague Nicholls will he reinem- j tiered in fool ball circles as quarter back on the Navy team of 1 !? 1 I. - ICM: CALOMEL MAKES Vol DEADLY SICK. '? Stop ("sing Dangerous Drug Before ll Salivates Von-lt's Horrible. You're bilious, sluggish, consti pated and believe you need vile, dan gerous calomel to stan your liver' and clean your bowels. Here's my guarantee: Ask your j druggist for a r>0-cent bottle of Dod son's Liver Tone and lake a sp wil ful to-night. If it doesn'l start . ir liver and straighten von righi up better than calomel and without ; griping or making you sick I want, von io go back to the store and get your money. Take calomel to-day and to-mor' row you will feel weak and sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of harmless, vege table Dodson's Liver Tone to-night j and wake up feeling great, lt's per fectly harmless, so give it to your children any time. lt can't sallva'o, j so let them eal anything afterwards. ? Adv. Collector Wains Danks. Columbia. Sept. 30. The follow-' i IIK statement has been issued by D. I C. 11 ey wa rd, collector of internal rev enuc : "lt has come io the attention of tlie collector of internal revenue for the District of South Carolina, that some of tlie banks in this State have failed to comply with the Emergency Revenue Act, in that revenue stamps have not been placed upon notes and other papers handled by banks. The law requires that a documentary stamp of two cents for each one hun dred dollars or fraction thereof, be placed upon all notes, and if banks fail to do this it will be necessary for the collector to institute' pro ceedings against them.'' iVIial il' llegimcnt of Them '.' (The Slate. ) I here is a private of t he Sou I li Carolina National Guard who weighs |.">n pounds, according io a requisi tion received for clothing at the Ad jutant General's office. His waist line measure ls 70 Inches. The de partment was asked to supply a No. 20 collar. The private is said to be one of the most efficient men in his company. A Wonderful Antiseptic. florins and infection aggravate ail ments and retard healing. Stop that infection at once. Kill the germs and get rid of tlie poisons. For thia pur pose a singlo application of Sloan's Liniment not only kills the pain but destroys the germs. This neutralizes Infection and gives nature assistance by overcoming congestion and gives a chance for thc free and normal flow of the blood. Sloan's Liniment Is an emergency doctor and should bo kept constantly on hand. 2 5c, f>0c. Tho $1 si/e contains six times a? much as tho 26c.-Adv. 1. Ri b b ons - Pa} Wc can supply all Dem Bonds, Heavy, Light and Fe< quantity. High quality Carbon Paf Wc represent locally a Sales House. Best Silk Ribbo machines with but little delay. Orders for Supplies Han< PRINTING m KEOWEE WALHAL NOT BIilNI) TO CONDITIONS I Timi May Arise After the Close of the European Wai*. Washington, Sept. 30.-An indica tion of what the administration is planning to do for the protection of American industries built up as a result of til?' European war is given in an open letter by Secretary Red field to Dr. E. IO. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce, made public yesterday. lt is made (lear that the govern-' ment will protect the new American industries noni a Hood of European competition a' tlie (dose of the war, but the letter also shows that Mt. I Redfield intends lo avoid, so far as ! possible, any proposals for tariff re- ? vision. The lot tel' follows numerous con ferences on plans for dealing with the situation expected after the war. The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and the Federal Trade Commission have inaugurated a de- ; tailed investigation. This inquiry will cover the operation of the laws or various countries which prohibit , dumping any product at a price less ! than the cost of production. Vmericatl manufacturers seeking! to enter fields of production which prior to tlie European war were oc cupied by foreign firms have been ' clamoring for assurances that they will not he subjected to a Hood of foreign-made products when peace is j restored. Manufacturers preparing to turn ont dyestuffs have been espe- ; cially anxious to assure themselves , that tho (?crinan dye works will not Hood American markets with low- j priced products. Se: rei.ny Red field'8 letter says: ? . "ll the question arises a.s to the attitude of the Department of Com- j meroe toward what is called 'dump- ! lng' alter Um war shall end, you may i say that I shall recommend in my I annual report that unfair competi tion from abroad shall not be per mitted to in iure a legitimate Ameri can indu: try any more than it is per mitted to do so in our domestic field. To Mock Monopolies. "Especially 1 should oppose action on the par! of any foreign monopoly An Old Ken Since I Began Taking P?rima T Weigh 120 Pounds for the First Time in My Life. My former weight was 102 lbs. My Mother who is 76 Years Old Had Grown so Weak She could She also took Per ier and looking w Tho Above ?plerrlM womnn Ix Mr*. ItnttiA Sim reooinnifUdB rennin to nil housewife*. Ohio, for a ttce copy of tlie "III* of Ute " >er - Carbons lands in Typewriter Papers ithcr Weight-any size, any )cr always in stock. Standard Typewriter Ribbon ns 75c. Fresh Ribbons for all died Promptly. id that looks right and , in Style, Workmanship, and Price. Write or call. COURIER, LA, S. C. tow.i ul controlling Hie American marke) hy unfair competition in an attempt to injure or destroy an American industry. There is no doubt in my mind that this should he done. The more serious question to w hich consideration is being given is ;u lo the methods of doing lt. "Various ida ns have been proposed, sonn? ol' which seem to permit reac tions willoh are possibly undesirable. 1 am considering the methods used in different countries with a frank preference for such as have nothing to do with tariffs or duties. I should be very glad to receive suggestions from practical commercial men as to the most efficient means of detaching and preventing this unfair competi t lon. "You may be quite sure of my earnest purpose to provide, so far as it lie., in my power to do so, that \merlcan industries shall not suffer from a type of unfair competition at the hands of foreign producers which would be forbidden if it took place at the hands of American producers.*' Nature Warns AGAINST USING CA LOM KL. The sickening, nauseating feeling that follows the use of calomel is tho natural result of disarranging your entire system. Doctors everywhere are agreeing that the action of calo mel is much too strong, and leaves the body sick and weakened. LlV.VI''-K-LAX is a wonderful sub stitute for calomel thal has all of its good effects and none of its bad ones. lt acts soothingly, but thoroughly, rm the liver, cleansing it of bile, and ridding the entire system of stag nating poisons. LIV-VKU-LAX is strictly a harm less vegetable compound, and is guaranteed to give satisfaction or vour money will be returned. Insist Oil the original, hearing the likeness und signature of L. K. Grlgsby. For ?ale here al f>Oc. and $ 1 at Norman's Drug Store.-Adv. Dumba Gets Safo Conduct. Washington. Sept. '50. -Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, personally delivered to Acting Secre tary Polk at tho state Department to day a safe conduct under which Dr. Dumba, tho Austrian ambassador, will return to Vienna October fi. tucky Home Ad h. i Th? ronin? Co., ot Oolumt>m,