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$hf fJorlwUc fcnqmw. VOKKVILLE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 28, 1884. PRIMARY ELECTION FOR CONGRESSMEN. We publish 011 the first page of this issue an able article from the pen of Stanyarne Wilson, Esq., in the Carolina Spartan of last week, on the subject of making Congressional nominations by the primary plan. The attention of our readers is directed to his arguments. As he says, in the outset, + Kof tVio mnramont i? nnf. t.hf? OlltcrOWth Of VllUV titv iUV V VMlVil V -> -> >/? v ^ .n ?? * any dissatisfaction with the nominees of previous Congressional conventions, so do we say that in reproducing his article in our columns, it is from no grounds of dissatisfaction with previous nominations made in this district, but because it is in harmony with views that we have long entertained. We were long satisfied that the primary system in making county nominations was the only method by which satisfation could be given to all the voters. It has been adopted in this county and the results of four years have shown the correctness of our views ; and the principles affecting the connty primary are equally applicable in a Congressional district. Mr. Wilson correctly argues that it is next to an impossibility for a delegate to have a correct idea of the preference of the minority of the voters in his county ; that it is human nature for him to be controlled in a measure by his own preferences and prejudices, and that the convention sys tern, which has heretofore prevailed, should be supplanted by county primaries on a larger scale, or rather an aggregate of them. While he gives no suggestions for working out the primary plan for the Congressional districts, we can see no serious difficulties in the way. It may be urged that it would prove a cumbrous plan, but in comparison with a Congressional convention it would be no more cumbrous than a county primary as against a county convention. The subject is one worthy the attention of the people, and we trust it will be fully discussed in our own Congressional district, feeling assured that should the discussion result in its adoption, it would secure satisfaction to the greatest number of voters, in making the important nomination for our Representative in Congress. THE CYCLONE. The extended account which we give to day of the terrible cyclone in this and adjoining States last week tells a story of devastation and distress. Though not so appalling in its effects as the disastrous floods of the preceding week in the Western States, the visitation in this section is nevertheless a sore disaster to hundreds, if not thousands of people, in a scope of country included in two-thirds of the counties of the State. To properly provide for the wants of the destitute who are bereft of their all by the ravages of the storm?to say nothing of the suffering and distress of those ordinarily in good circumstances?is a matter demanding immediate attention. Covering the entire \erritory devastated the work is too gigantic to be properly met by individual effort, while it may be assumed that the afflicted States are in poor condition to contribute to the relief of their stricken citizens. Towns in this State and North Carolina have contributed liberally for the immediate relief of the suffering people within their vicinities, and the railroads?notably the system of which Col. A. C. Haskell is President?have offered to render all the aid within their power, or that the roads could furnish, but this relief, as valuable and timely as it may be, is not adequate to the demands of the occasion. As to aid coming from the State, when Governor Thornnson was asked last Friday whether he contemplated issuiug a call for the relief of the sufferers by the recent tornadoes, he replied that the effects of the storm seemed to have been so widespread that he could think of no plan of relief which would prove as prompt in application as the emergencies of the case required. So far he had not received any intimation that public aid was desired in any locality. He, therefore, could not yet tell what might be required, or what might be attempted in the way of relief. It is not probable that any special appeal will go up to the executive department, as our people, to the Governor's full knowledge, are proverbial for their fortitude in adversity; and while the State exchequer is probably unprovided to alleviate the distress, we submit that the story of the storm is sufficient appeal from every section of the State in its devastating track. As will be seen by our Chester correspondence, the day after the storm a telegram was sent to Hon. J. J. Hemphill, our Representative in Congress, asking him to secure an appropriation for the relief of the sufferers, and he replied that no assistance could be obtained from the General Government unless the State is unable to provide for its sufferers. If the *ich and properous State of Ohio is unable to provide for its citizens who are overtaken by calamity, ?v?? it Ka oa 5/1 nf f h ('o l'A_ surely lilt? iMiJiic uiaj uc oaiu \u uvuvu vtv* v liiia in similar circumstances; and while we would not place our State in the attitude of mendicity, we see in the present distress of a large number of our people sufficient cause to justify the properly constituted authorities in making a formal appeal to the General Government in their behalf. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. A meeting of the National Democratic Committee was held in Washington on last Friday, the session lasting from noon until after six in the evening, the time being mainly consumed in determining the day and place for holding the next Democratic National Convention. The claims of several eastern and western cities were presented, and the advantages of each were discussed in forcible speeches. Chicago was chosen as the place of meeting, and Tuesday, July flth, the day. In the various discussions the question of the tariff was not mentioned, nor were the chances of any particular candidate alluded to. The determination appears to be to await quietly the result of the Congressional session and the effect of the Republican nomination before fixing on the man or the platform. The first desire is to get a winning man or a winning issue, and probably the Republicans will be left to shape the fight. If they take a pronounced stand for protective tariff, the Democrats will lean towards a tariff for revenue, and as the feeling in favor of tariff revision is more aggressive in the west than in the east, the holding of the Convention at Chicagoshould have a favorable effect in the direction of a positive and bold tariff policy on the Democratic side. Much will depend, however, on the missionary work to be done by the Democratic press in the next three or four months. The action of the committee as to time and place is variously regarded, but it is safe to conclude that the selection of Chicago nips in the bud any Tilden movement that may have been expected to bloom at St. Louis, the scene of his nomination. ! Tilden is still in the field, or rather he is not i out of it, but his power for ill is minimized ; v by the committee's action last Friday. i11 In the meeting of the committee, South ? Carolina was represented by Capt. F. W. 8 Dawson. The following is the text of the j, call issued by the committee : f. The National DemocraticCommittee hav-1 e ing met in the City of Washington ou the j s 22iul day of February, 1884, has appointed q Tuesday, the 8th of July next, at noon, as j a the time, and has chosen the city of Chicago I y as the place of holding the National Demo- j cratic Convention. Each State is entitled to v representation therein equal to double the f number of Senators and Representatives in . the Congress of the United States. The . j Democrats of each organized Territory and J the Districtof Columbia are invited to setiu two delegates, subject to the decision of the Convention as to their admission. All t! Democratic and Conservative citizens of the t( United States, irrespective of past political n associations and differences, who are in 11 unity with us in the effort for a pure, eco- r nomical and constitutional government, are ii cordially invited to join in sending delegates T . to the Convention. The call was signed by v all of the members of the National Demo- u cratic committee. The next meeting of the ti committee will be held at the Palmer h House, Chicago, on July 7. tl T PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. ft In the Senate, on the 18th, after the pas- 0 sage of a number of private and unimpor- " tant bills, the consideration of the currency r bill was resumed and debate was continued T on it by a number of Senators until adjourn- 0 ment. ti In the House, a bill was passed fixing at a one cent for four ounces the rate of postage j" on second class mail matter when sent by j r persons other than publishers or newspaper |11 agents. The remainder of the session was j ? devoted to the bill pensioning Indian and ! XN Mexican war veterans, the House remaining 11) in session all night, and not adjourning un-1 t til 8.30 on the morning of the 19th. j T In the Senate on 19th, the entire session s< was devoted to debate on the currency bill. (\ In the Senate on the 20th, a bill was pass- (l ed without debate increasing the annual g amouut of money to provide arms and ^ equipment for the military from $200,000 to 0 $600,000. The remainder of the session was d devoted to discussing the currency bill. In the House, a resolution was adopted K calling on the Postmaster General to trans- % I mif tn the Reuse the renorts made bv SDeci al agents of the Postoffice Department hav- () ing reference to star route investigations not r; heretofore made public. The House then went in committee of the whole 011 the Military Academy appropriation bill, and spent ;l the remainder of the session discussing it. 1J In the Senate, on the 21st, discussion of (1 the national bank currency bill was resum- f, ed, and Morgan proceeded to speak in sup- d port of his amendment providing for deposits of State bonds as security for circula- 13 tion. The debate was participated in by e; Maxey, Plumb, Butler, Cook, Harris, Aliison, Beck, Ingalls, Bayard, Morrell and p Aldrich. Morgan withdrew his State bond amendment, as he had embodied it in a c separate bill, which he then offered. The t question then recurred upon the bill and George secured the floor. The Senate then went into executive session and adjourned a till Monday. k In the House, after discussion of the Miliitary Academy appropriation bill, which h was finally passed, the Speaker laid before j* the House the following message from the 1, President to the House of Representatives: l "I transmit herewith the report of the n Secretary of State of the 21st inst., whereby your honorable body, and through you S( the people of the United States may become ti apprised of the generous contribution made ti by her Britannic Majesty's Government "1 toward the efforts for the relief of Lieuten- t( ant Greeley's Arctic exploring party, by i* presenting to the United States the Arctic ,j steamship Alert. Chester A. Arthur." ti . When the reading of the message was 1? concluded, Randall, of Pennsylvania, called for the reading of the report in full. The t offer was so generous, coming from a friend- n ly power, that it ought to be treated with ^ respect. al The report of the Secretary of State was u read and was several times applauded. i, Randall asked a unanimous vote that the a\ , communication be spread upon the journal of the House as a mark of the sentiment u of the House. He further asked that the d communication be referred to the Committee 011 Foreign Affairs, with the object of r: having a more formal and appropriate recognition of the act of the British Govern ment. [Applause.j "I object!" exclaimed Finerty, of Uli- i> nois. ?( Randall then put his request in the form c' of a motion and it was agreed to, Finerty T and Robinson of New York alone voting in cl the negative. s) "Can we not have a ship of our own, a] without begging?" queried Robinson of the {* Speaker. p "The chair cannot answer that question," ** responded the Speaker. The House then adjounred till Saturday. The proceedings of the House on Satur- si day were unimportant, being devoted mainly to discussion of pending bills. j-J si Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1; NOTES FROM BLACK'S STATION. A Black's Station, S. C. February 2G.? tl The small grain crop of this section is now 11 promising, and an unusually large crop was *j( sown. The farmers have not yet made much preparation for spring planting, their s< operations having been retarded by the li constant rains of the last few weeks; but 11 , the season for active work is close at hand. -v The fertilizer dealers are aware of the near " approach of spring, and having large sup- j, riiL.w i\f mmrnwin I fprfili'/prx on hand, phoIi tr one is talking up the special claims of his i> ! goods. E | Our section suffered to some extent by Jthe storm of last Tuesday evening, though the damage here was slight in comparison i with that sustained by some portions of the r< State. It would seem that the current j w which passed over Anderson, Greenville I <1 ! and Spartanburg spent its fury in this vicin-1 '> j ity and the neighboring islands in Broad j,, ! Itiver. ? Hydrophobia among the canine race pre-! e, i vails in this locality. Several dogs have j recently gone mad and bit other dogs.- Se- j curity to society against this terrible mala- j dy is becoming a serious question. The ; * only difficulty in the way is to get every J t( person to treat the dog as a nuisance and j t a useless piece of property, the presence of j ii j which endangers all who keep them about > . i their houses. 11 It is talked here that a lady in town " j proposes to give a dinner to the bald- i j headed men of the place on the first of (, April. I hope this is not intended as an a ! April fool; for if the dinner is given, your s< i correspondent can pass with his marriage r; j certificate. ; ,\ - -r-v i ai% i% _ r t\ : 11 ^ II lur. JtOOert 1*. uempsey, in urieuu vnn;, and Miss Nancey Smith, of this place were ^ married at the Air-Line hotel yesterday. Ec;o. tl ? i j Death of a Well Known Citizen.? f( Mr. D. It. S. Blake, a well known and highly esteemed citizen, died at his residence in tJ this county on Monday evening last of a a complication of diseases. lie had been con- r fineil to his room for the past three months, 1; and for several weeks past his death was e daily looked for. He was about 54 years of v age, was a native of Chester county, and was a prosperous farmer. He was a mem- j, ! ber of the ltock Hill Baptist Church. His v funeral sermon was preached at this place Ii , on Tuesday morning last by Rev. A. P. fi Pugh, after which the remains were interred ;l in Laurelwood Cemetery. He leaves a wife . ' and two little children, to whom this com- (j - munity extends its heartfelt condolence.? t( ; 'lock Hill Herald, Thursday. < THE TERRIBLE STORM. The storm of Tuesday night, the 19th instant, ,*as the most fearful and devastating of any that as occurred in South Carolina within the memry of any living person. The effects of the torm are not confined to a small area, but the .ork of destruction was almost simultaneous it nineteen counties of this State?extending rom the extreme west to the extreme southast?while from either of these directions it pent its furv through the adjoining States of Georgia and North Carolina, its effects extending s far north as Danville, Ya., and south as far as lirmingham, Ala. In this State, the destructiveness of the storm as greater in theeountiesof Chester, Lancaster, "airfield, Newberry, Edgefield, Darlington, Lexlgton, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Spartanburg, t in inn Pickens. Abbeville. Aiken, ,aureus and Greenville. In this immediate secion, the effects of the storm were light. Altiough the wind hlcw fiercely, and rain fell in irrcnts, accompanied with some hail, and lighting Hashed vividly and interminably during le prevalence of the storm, no casualties occnred, nor was there any damage worthy of note lllicted upon buildings or other property. At lock Hill, the Herald says, "the storm was ery tierce, heginningahout 7 o'clock and lasting ntil near midnight. The wind blew a gale and iie rain descended in torrents, accompanied by ail." At Black's Station, in the western part of le county, the effects were more disastrous, 'he storm commenced about dark, a heavy rain dling, accompanied by strong wind, eontinuus thunder and constant lightning. The fury f the cyclone began at Peeler's Island in Broad liver, demolishing the dwelling house of James 'eeler, and carrying the debris in its course, 'his place is owned by W. B. Wilson, Jr., Ksp, f Rock Hill. The outbuildings at John Marit's, on K. J. Blanton's place were blown down, nd the dwelling was partly unroofed. Every rticle of furniture in the house was blown out. he room of Jordan Meacham's dwelling was fted up and while held up by the wind a course f logs was blown off by an undercurrent, when le roof settled down again on the building, Inch is constructed of heavy, hewn logs. Ilis aril was blown away with all that was in it. he house of Hannah Fulton was blown down, lie dwelling of B. (J. Gold, was injured, and ime outbuildings 011 his place were blown own. The buildings of Win. Gold and Mrs. reene were also injured. No damage of consquence was sustained in the town of Black's tation, though in the vicinity of that place the estruction of timber was complete in the track f the storm, which was from two to three hmired yards wide. From our exchanges and other sources we ather the following details of the terrible ravaes of the storm in other parts of the State: CHESTER COUNTY. In Chester county, and especially in the town f Chester, the destruction of property was seious, a full and graphic account of which is given your regular correspondent at that place. I.AXCASTEU COUNTY. The tornado swept over Lancaster county bout dark. It crossed the Catawba River near trown's ferry, and swept on in an eastwardly irection across the county, passing about a mile nf thn tmvn of T.niicaster. Its track was roni one to two miles wide. In its sweep it blew own almost all the timber, tenants' houses, ginouses, <tc., and unroofed many larger houses. >ne colored child on t he plantation of Wm. McD. irown, was killed. The public roads south and list of the town of Lancaster were completely locked up, so that vehicles could not pass the ext morning. A heavy rain was falling in some laces, at the same time. FAIRFIELD COUNTY. In Fairfield county, two casualties are reportrl, besides serious destruction of property, 'lie Winnsboro Neivs says: Upon the plantation of Mr. James YV. Ilankead, about twenty tenant houses were blown own, and the roof of his house was taken oil', nd an old man residing upon the premises was illed during the night. Other colored men, omen and children were seriously and some of lem, perhaps fatally injured. Mr. Lunkhead inisell, while in the act of passing from one ouse to another, during the storm, was lifted off leground and carried a distance of thirty feet, ut fortunately sustained no injury by the flight, 'pon the premises of Mr. James F. Kennedy, ear Ridgeway, a gin-house and carriage-house ere blown down, and other damage was done i the surrounding country. In the northern action of the county, the storm was probably ic most violent and terrible known in that poron of the county in years. The dwelling-house, hop, gin-house and other out-houses, and four mant-building of Dr. T. ('?. Douglass were literlly blown to the ground, and the Doctor's fami 7 nuracuiousiv escapeu serums mjui v. -\ mi umber of buildings were also destroyed upon le plantations of Messrs. J. S. and W. B. Dougiss, on the same night. The houses were not nlv shattered and torn down, but many of them ere tired and the fragments utterly destroyed, he tire seems to have been carried upon ''the ings of the wind," and an eye witness of the jene states that at one point twelve different res could be clearly seen. Mrs. Stirling, a lady hout seventy years of age, residing near Woodward's, was blown out of her house about fifty ards and instantly killed. Miss Boyd, living t the same vicinity, was carried away by t lie ind into a tree, and received serious, perhaps ital, injurious. Other injuries are reported pon the plantation of Dr. Samuel Mobley and pon adjoining places. The News of last Tuesav says it may be safely estimated that ten or velve* lives were lost in that county, by the torm, and the property loss in the county will mge between ?511,000 and ?75,000. I NION COUNTY. In its account of the storm in Union county, ie Times says: "Ull ^lajor rtieacuiliiu ? Hum, neui oiinn?mc, 11 lew over the tenant houses, wounded twoeolor:l men and injured two mules. It carried dcs uetion to everything in its way, but details f the mischief it did have not reached us yet. he storm also struck P. P. Hamilton's place, lose to Major Steedman's farm, near Broad Rivr bridge, and blew down the dwelling, kitchen, tables and every tenant-house on the place. It Isoblowed down every houseon Mr. John Wix's lace, every houseon the lower end of W. T. Jeer's place, and every houseon Miss KlmaJeter's lace. All the occupants of these houses were ithout shelter on the day succeeding the storm." I)A ltl.INGTON COUNTY. The storm was very disastrous in sections of arlington county, the town of Darlington also littering severelv. The tornado moved from le southwest and tore a path of 150 yards wide irough the southern part of the town, which, >rtunatelv, was not thickly peopled. The twoory residence of Mr. R. Vv. Boyd, a prominent iwyer, was utterly wrecked, not a piece of odd two feet square remaining of the building. Ir. Boyd was buried in the debris and was sinfully but not seriously injured. A boy in le house stated that a big ball of lire entered is room and the next moment he found him>11* lying on his back in the yard in a pudle of water. A negro man and woman o.ritpyingan outhouse on the premises were blow n jventy-live yards and instantly killed. Mrs. ;ovd and her'daughter happened to be spondirg le night at the house of her brother, Mr. T. W. IcCall, two miles from Florence. This house as burned before tiie nignt was over ana us ocnpants barely escaped with their lives. The ouse of a Mr." White was torn to pieces by the >rnado, and he and his wife, both very aged eople, were killed. The house of*Mr. Charles Idwards was swept completely away, and Mrs. id wards sustained such injuries that she is not xpeeted to live. Two negroes living in a small ouse near the depot were blown away with their welling and have not been found. The railjad depot was so badly wrecked that another ill have to be built; a steam saw mill, near the epot was blown to pieces, and several other uildings were injured. Nearly every wooden mee in the town was leveled to the ground, and ie open fields were covered with debris of all inds. The casualties were: killed, six; wound1, fifteen or sixteen. ANDERSON COUNTY. The storm commenced in the town of Anderm between "> and > o'clock in the afternoon, nd the Journal says it was the most terrific ami jrrible storm that has ever visited that place. 'I... ? wxrnlur <r;ilr> mid till" rain fell 11U ? ll?m UIV., .. , i torrents, ami hail beat upon the housetops; lit those in town who felt uneasy 011 account of le storm little thought that they were merely 11 the outskirts, and that the central path of the yclone was carrying desolation with it only a lile and a half south of us. In the city the nlv damage done was the unrooting of Ligon lid Bro.'s store on the south side of the public Hiiare, the demolishing of the frame work and Doling of the new colored Methodist church 011 fest Market street, the removal from itsfoundaions of the kitchen on Mr. L. L. (Jrecti's new lace, South Main street, near the Military Lcademv, and the destruction of fences in var'ius localities. To the south of us, just outside lie corporate limits, the residence of the late ames Wilcox, latterly occupied by his (laughers, was blown down and completely demolihed; the residence of School Commissioner I. W. Todd was unroofed and a wing destroyed.; lie residence of Mr. J. L. Fant was unroofed nd stove in 011 one side, the roof being caried a quarter of a mile; and the house latoy occupied by Joe Lee, colored, was unroofd and materially damaged. These houses rero all within a quarter of a mile of each ther. To the east of these, 011 Mr. J. W. 'homson's place, two tenement houses were lown down and several of the colored occupants ,'erc more or less seriously injured. One child ad its elbow crushed, another its shoulder nainully injured ; another bruised about the head, nd*still another was internally injured. Mr. 'homson had one of the chimneys of his house Token and his tine oak grove almost completely cstroved, the trees being uprooted and felled d the ground. All along in that section the eylone played havoc with the forest growth, and i on its eastward path it felled trees and demolished tenant houses in the direction of Broadawav ' trestle, near which several small houses were j destroyed. Westward from the point south of Anderson, I where so much damage was done, in the direction of Mountain Creek church, there was an ; almost complete destruction of everything in the path of the storm. In one of the tenement | houses on Mr. J. H. Masters' place lived an aged white man named John Brooks, about 70 years old, who was killed outright by the falling house. The other inmate ran out and escaped uninjured. A great many tenant houses, barns and stables were destroyed in this section, while Mountain Creek church, built of brick, was materially damaged at one gable. Mr. J. L. O. Shaw had his dwelling and all his outhouses destroyed except a small crib ; the outhouses of David Skeltonand Mr. LawrenceChamblee were destroyed, while Mr. Oliver Bolt and Mr. T. J. MeClure each lost a ginhouse and the other outbuildings. One of our citizens who came from Ilartwell after the storm reports the road block | eel wini trees aim ienee-rans, aim iuiuku. <i?mi3 Alford had a tenant house blown over, and a negro man who was in it with a child in his arms was carried 150 yards, he being caught by the neck among the timbers. XKWI1KRUY COUNTY. Ill the town of Newberry there was a violent wind and rain and some'hail, but no damage beyond the blowing* down of a few fences. In the county, however, the destruction was serious. One person was killed outright and several wounded. Detailing the effects of the storm, the Observer says: "At Hon. Oeorge Johnstone's plantation, two miles from Newberry, a large frame tenant house and stables were blown down. At Mr. Micajah Seller's, on the Ashford Ferry road, near Broad River, the storm was severe. A chimney of his residence was blown down and broke through the roof; a chimney of one of bis tenant houses was blown down and also a large dairy in tho yard. At Col. I). A. Dickert's, not far from Mr. Suber's, the damage was greater still. Col. Dickort lost a large barn, gin-house, and six negro houses?indeed, nearly every house 011 his placlGiexcept the residence, and "that was badly damaged. St. Matthew's, (Lutheran) Church, near by, was completely wrecked, and nearly every tree in the grove was torn up by the roots. In the same neighborhood, the houses 011 four other places were also either destroyed or seriously injured. The greatest damage done was at C'liappell's, a station of the C. A a. Railroad, on the opposite side of the county. The entire village was swept away. -aoi n no use was it*u sianum^ m the place. There were two stores with goods in them, besides all the other houses in the village demolished, thirteen persons were wounded, and 1). Shnford, a master carpenter, killed by a falling timber. Eight loaded cars on the railroad track were blown to atoms. NinetySix and Silver Street, in the same county, were also visited by the storm, and Mrs. Powers, of Old Ninety-Six, was killed. Another death is reported in the destruction of Mr. Buckhalter's residence. Hy the falling timber, his mother-inlaw, Mrs. Harris was seriously injured. OKKENVILLK COUNTY. The cyclone struck the upper part of Greenville county, and was very destructive to buildings and timber, though no casualties are given. PICKENS COUNTY, In the upper part of Pickens county, the storm was most disastrous. Houses, fences and trees were blown down, and lands, both in Pickens and Greenville counties were badly washed. AHHKVIM.K COUNTY. At Bradley, Abbeville county, a new town on the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, the Baptist.Church was torn to pieces, a new school building blown down, a carriage shop destroyed, Dr. Ligon's dwelling blown down, his wife probably fatally injured and a little daughter of Vincent (iritlin seriously hurt; all of (ten. Bradley's out building wereblown down. The loss is estimated at *15,000. At Phoenix on the same road, W. II. Stahvorth's residence was blown down and burned, his eldest daughter perishing in the flames, and other members of the family being severely injured. Several colored persons are reported to have been killed at this place. Jas. M. Burnett lost his house, and he and his wife were badly hurt. Almost all theoattle and stock in this section was destroyed. AIKEN COUNTY. At Jackson's Station, in Aiken county, a number of houses were destroyed and five colored persons killed. Two colored women were also killed by falling houses near the same place. A colored "man on J. P. Ilankinson's place was blown 300 yards and instantly killed, his body being horribly mangled. Two of his children were also killed. Every house on N. Z. Felder's place near Bamberg was destroyed at 11 o'clock at night, no other damage being reported from that neighborhood. The damage to timber is incalculable. This cyclone passed within one hundred yards of the track of the tcrriblo cyclone of 187*5, which did so much damage to life and property. The squall had passed in a minute ute, and the rainfall that followed was not great. LAURENS COUNTY. The Laurensville Ho aid notes the prevalence of the storm in the upper portion of that county, and says : ''The barn and stables of Mr. W. II. Malfrey were blown down, killing a mule belonging to him and it horse belonging to Mr. Henry Jordan. We have as yet heard of no other damage to property in said neighborhood, or in any other portion of the county." WILLI A MSBITRO COUNTY. The Williamsburg Herald says: "Between 11 and 12 o'clock Tuesday night a fearful looking cloud passed over "the northern portion of this county. The flashing of the lightning and the peals of thunder were terrific, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane and raining in torrents. So far, we have heard of only one house being blown down in this county, that of Mr. Ilcrrington. He and his wife were badly hurt." EDGEFIELD COUNTY. In Edgefield county the destruction of property was serious, and several lives were lost. A correspondent of the News and Courier traces twelve miles of devastated ground in that county, and details the waste to which forty farms are laid. The track of the cyclone was from one-half to three-quarters of a mile in width. The storm was most prevalent eight miles east of Troy, on the Augusta and Knoxvillc Railroad. Among the casualties mentioned in Edgefield is the following sad affair: Mr. W. II. Stalworth left his home on that morning to visit Charleston. When the storm struck his place the family were in the house except his two sons, who were * ' . ?..l!..,. Tt,o l,??un n ill lllO Dill II RLUlllfi ink oiw? .v. . ..V .luuov, .. largo, well built structure, went crashing down in an instant. The two daughters and mother were crushed and imprisoned first by the bricks from a falling chimney, then by the debris of the building. The sons were blown from the barn out across an orchard, badly stunned, but recovered and hastened to the house, extricated from the building, which had now caught from the tire on the hearth, or in a cooking stove, all except the eldest daughter, Eddie, l(i years of age. She was covered so deep beneath the brick and mortar, with heavy timbers also across the place, that it was impossible to extricate her already lifeless body before it was entirely consumed by the Haines. Mrs. Stalwortii and daughter who were saved from the burning wreck, are seriously but not fatally injured. UICHIiAXI) COUNTY. In upper Richland several houses were unroofed, a number of cabins destroyed, and much injury done to timber. In the lower part of the county the greatest destruction was to forest growth. The roads were rendered impassable and the trees were twisted oil' at the largest portions of their trunks like the snapping of a cord, I.KXINOTON COUNTY. In Lexington, from two to three miles above the village, the plantations of Mr. Pierce Ilendrix and the Roberts place suffered heavily from the storm. Negro houses, trees and fencing were prostrated, and tho force of the storm was terrific as it howled and crashed through the forest. A mile and a half north of Summit tho destruction was great, but principally as to orchards, fencing and cabins. Every house on Mr. John S!l.nnli>v Til.inlnl innwiiu wreck oil. exoorit his res I Mend', and that sustained much damage. CliA HKNDON COUNTY, j The storm passed through ('larendon county, a I few miles from Foreston, at A. J. Bagnal's place. All of his outhouses, fences, Ac., were idown down. The houses and fences 011 Ned Harrington's place, in the same neighborhood, were also destroyed, lie had an arm broken, and two of his children were fatally injured. The outhouses of .). H. Johnson were blown down, and at It. If. Baggett's all of his family were more or less injured, and one of his sons was killed. The death of another man in the same vicinity is also reported. Sl'ARTANBURO COUNTY. Of the storm in Spartanburg county, a dispatch to the News and Courier says: The storm visited Ooliglitly, a settlement situated about eight miles north-east of the town of Spartanburg. The storm seems to have originated at Walnut Orove about sunset, and pursuing a northeasterly direction it demolished property in a fearful manner. At Golightlv it destroyed a score of houses. The residence of Mr. Josh Harris was completely overturned and catching fire it was burned to*the ground. The mill of Mr. Harris, in which w:is a store, was blown to the ground and the machinery and goods almost j destroyed. The roof of the brick dwelling of j Dr. Dean was torn away, carrying with it a I chimney and portions of the wall. Dr. Dean j also lost his fine barn, and his stock were badly crippled by the falling timber. Several persons were seriously injured and report says two or three killed. * It is only certain, however, that i Mr. J. C. Lee was badly bruised and that a young ; man named Fowler was killed by a flying beam. I Two children were taken uninjured from a | bed on which had fallen two heavy pieces of | wood. Their escape was miraculous. A gentle! man who had visited the place to-day told your | correspondent that the whole place presented a frightful picture of desolation. Crippled cattle ! could be seen among the debris ot the barn, while bed clothing and housohold furniture was ; scattered throughout the adjacent ivooas m nil directions. The storm was accompanied by the heaviest rain of the present year. Our streams i arc all very much swollen. The storm continued its course to Batesburg, there making similar havoc of property. A like storm is said to have visited Strothersat the same hour. IN OTITEH STATES. I The theory of the Atlanta Constitution is that the original cyclone started at the gulf const ant swept across Alabama, dividing when about hal : way across Georgia and making large leaps, sc as to rnlss some places apparently right in it; track. Points at almost opposite sides ol'this State were struck at about the same time?" o'clock?while Anderson and Greenville, not ii the track of the storm, were struck at half-pas five and half-past six, respectively. A I, A HA MA. The cyclone swept through the Catawba Vallej and struck the railroad station of Leeds, abou 1.30 P. M., sweeping away the section house o the railroad, killing three negroes and serioush injuring an aged white couple, named Bass, liv ing near by. Three miles south of Leeds th< ti/Mian r\f Tnlm Por>1i> WHS Mown 9?'9V. iUirl R SOT I of 17, a daughter of (i and a negro child were in stantly killed. Poole, his wife, and four othc: I children were all badly injured. The residenei and premises of Dr. W. F. Right, railroad eon tractor, were demolished. The body of Mrs. J S. Wright, Dr. Wright's mother, was found i(H yards from the house fearfully mangled and witl the skull crushed. Annie, aged lit), Jennie 1(1 Thomas 18, James 14 and Edward 12, all eliil dreu of Dr. Wright, were badly injured, havim their arms or legs broken. The colored cool was killed. Of twenty-four carts, two wagon! and three horses on the place, nothing remain! but the carcass of one horse. A house occupiei by M. McLaughlin was blown away and he wu! badly hurt. J. P. Landrus, wife and daughter all had their legs broken. The house of Mr Kerr took lire and was burned. Mrs. Kerr wa fatally injured. The railroad for several lmn dred yards is thickly strewn with the debris o the cyclone, delaying trains. In other portion! of Alabama houses wore blown down in grea numbers, and in the vicinity of Ladiga fourteei persons are reported to have been killed. ciKoncnA. The storm was terrible in the work of destruc tion around Macon, though no damage was sus tained bv the city. In Columbus, property wai damaged to the extent of $.y>,(K)l), including dam age of $15,000 to buildings of the Central Railroad In Eastern Georgia, the storm raged fearfully though it was not so destructive to property in in the western part of the State, anu below Sa vannah. Near Grassy Knob twenty person! were killed within a space of three miles. NORTH CAROLINA. A Wilmington dispatch says: The centre o the storm struck the outskirts of Rockingham oAimfir mwl with unnh cushion fun that the people were unable to escape from thcf houses. The buildings wero blown into frag nients. Some bodies were found under the tim hers and others were carried by the wind lf>0 t< 200 yards. A woman was found clasping to lie breast an infant scarcely a month old. Botl were dead. The bodies of the victims were ter riblv bruised and cut. The force of the win< was' such that two millstones were moved ow hundred feet. Chickens and birds wero fount picked clean, except the feathers on their heads The largest trees were uprooted, and smalle ones had all the bark striped from their trunks The storm tirst made its appearance at 7.20 P. M coming from a southwesterly direction fron Iiamlet, Richmond county, N. ('. The easteri sky was overshadowed by dark flying eloudi tinged with red, growing thicker every ininut and at last assuming a hue of lire. At 8.30 P. M there was a heavy fall of rain and hail, the heav iest of the clouds moving westward. At mid night the sky was dazzling red, and at 1 A. M there was an unusually heavy fall of rain. Th killed and wounded belong almost exclusively to the poorer class, and there will be suffer in; and destitution among the survivors. Already thirty-three dead bodies have been found in Rich mond county near Rockingham and Hamlet In the settlement known as Philadelphia, abou two miles from the town of Rockingham, tin casualties were serious. This settlement con uiufnrl of iilinnt twontv-livfi cabins, all of whicl were scattered to the winds and seventeen men of whom seven were white, were killed. Tin bodies were taken to the town to lie prepar ed for burial, and mo great was the gloom cast up on the community that business was cntirer suspended on Wednesday. The storm strucl Richmond county about 9 o'clock, its course be ing from south-west to north-east. The breadtl of the severest part was less than half a mile which did not reach the town of Rockingham In Anson eountv, the storm was also disatrous Mr. William Little, the wealthiest man in th eountv, lost every building on, bis plantation including his residence. Mr. Little was vor; badly hurt bv living timbers. Flake A Allen'" store, ten miles north-east of Wadesboro, wa blown away. Mr. Flake's residence was demol ished, not a vestige of it being left. From Montgomery county the news is dread fill. The storm swept up the Uwharrie River coming across from l'ee-dee, and extended aloiij either side of the river, from the Sanders platto Mrs. Polly Crawford's. The force was terri lie and scarcely a house in its track was lei standing. Whole clumps of trees were uprootei and piled in tangled masses and all the fence were swept clear to the ground. Ilorses, pigs cows, sheep, chickens and dogs were killed am their bodies blown over distances varying fron fifty yards to halfa mile. Mr. Neil McKov, asoi of Solomon McKoy, of Troy, left home on th morning of the 19th to visit Stanly county, bu on arriving at Kirk's Ferry found that ho*couli not cross on account of the high waters. II tarried until eveijing, but the waters still beiti] KL-1. bv /. Aon KnnoM'nrl t/\ thn liniifih nf Wi 1 WJU I*' riyoci AiU IV|/IHICU WW V V' wvv?.,^ w. .. lis Dennis where he stopped for the night. Abou 1) o'clock a frightful roaring sound was hear* coining, and before the alarmed people coul< conjecture its meaning the timbers of the hous were falling about their heads. The residence barn, corn crib, smoke house and kitchen wer completely demolished, not so much us a piec of timber being left on the place. Mattresses blankets, sheets, clothing, articles of furniture corn, wheat and bacon were scattered for half: mile in the course of the storm. Mr. McKoy' buggy was hurled for a hundred yards an* broken to pieces. His trunk was crushed and th contents were scattered beyond reach, llis hors was fatally injured. Mr. Dennis's horses disap peared in ihe storm and have not since been seen While all this was going on, terrified scream were heard across the ferry. It was a man' voice calling for help, but no help could come In the morning it was seen that the residence am all the outbuildings at the point from whicl cries of distress had been heard had disappeared and there was no sign of life about the place The storm continued on its course directly tij the river, laying low every house in its track Silas Kearne's house was unroofed and his sta bles demolished. Wiley Harris' house was de stroyed. Elzevan Sanders lost his new resi denco, store, kitchon and gin-house. John Mor ris' house was leveled to the ground. Ed. Mul Unix's house was blown down and burned Mary Hurley's house was destroyed, beinj burned alter it was wrecked. Wilson Davis house was blown down and burned. Jame Byrd's house was destroyed. Richard Dennis house was carried away. Hansel Beaman'i house was completely wrecked. Aunt Polh Crawford's house was* unroofed. In several o these wrecks lives were sacrificed. The list o dead as complete as it could be ascertained ii as follows: Child of R. W. Halls, child of Wilej Morris, William Morris, James Byrd, Mrs James Byrd, Mrs. Richard Dennis and a chili of Mrs. Richard Dennis. Hansel Beaman ani three children were seriously crushed. Two o his children had both of their legs broken am another had her arm torn nearly oil', it beiti} left hanging to her shoulder by a piece of skin Mr. W. S. Ingraharn, a prominent citizen o Montgomery county, is reported killed. Hi was caught out in the storm and his bodv wai tcrriblv mutilated. Mr. Ingraharn was going t< Troy i'rom Asheboro ; was in a buggy alone am in front of him were two of his wagons drivei by colored men. At a point between Moun (iilead and Swift Island the cyclone struct them. Mr. Ingraharn was blown some distanci across a hill and instantly killed. Roth legs am both arms were broken. The two wagons wen totally destroyed. One of the drivers was killei outright and the other was fatally injured. Mr Ingraharn was a very prominent citizen of Mont gomerv and one of the wealthiest men of the I'ei Dee section. I In Union and Stanly counties the destructioi was also great and distressing, in l nioncoumy the storm swept on both sides of Monroe, ant several residences were destroyed. One mar was killed and a colored child was burned in j wrecked house, and two white children wen blown away and have not been heard of. Out family exposed to the wind, was blown into ? forest amid a crash of falling trees and every stitch of clothing was blown from them. Ir Stanly county ten residences and the building? pertaining to'them are reported destroyed. Out young lady was killed outright, and several persons were injured, some fatally. Along th( North Carolina Central Railroad, especially neai Concord, the damage was severe, and the effects ol the storm are visible on the railroad as far a? Danville, Vs. Tragedy in Ciieraw.?A special dispatch to the Columbia Register, dated Cheraw, February 23rd, says: On last Saturday W. B. Cash came into town early in the day and remained until dark. Just before starting for home he became very boisterous and was approached by Town Marshal Richards and requested to keep quiet. A difficulty ensued, and they clinched?the Marshal using his club freely on Cash's head and arms, but finally the Marshal was overpowered and terribly beaten and kicked in the face by Cash. After being separated Cash immediately left town. Both men were unarmed at the time. This afternoon, about 3 Pnoli a era 5 n r>nmo into tmV'11. find flf U tlUWIVj V(WU U^IUU ?..vv .... ter remaining about two hours walked up to the peace officer, who was sitting on a dry goods box at the corner of C. A. Brock's store. Passing him a few paces, Cash w heeled round and tired three snots in quick succession from a thirty-eight calibre Smith & Wesson shooter?the first ball hitting a bystander, Mr. James Coward, and shooting I him through the lungs ; the second shot ; took effect in the Marshal's left lung, and as ] he fell Cash fired another shot, but missed, lie then ran to his horse, which was at a | convenient place, and in the excitement was | permitted to escape. The wounded men | may die. ;j LOCAL AFFAIRS. > NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 4 May A- May? Look Out. < John May* Jr., Sandersville, S. C.?Dry Uoods, " Groceries, Ac. j | Ross A Torrenee, Oaflnoy, S. ('.?To Cotton Sel. lers. Hunter A Oates?At the Mammoth. T. M. Dohson?Ovor-Coats,Cloaksand Dolmans. Perry Ferguson?Executor's Notice. r Withers Adickes?Groceries, t W. C. Latimer?Bargains in Millinery, f Ilcrndon Brothers?Irish Potatoes. r John C'. Kuvkendal?To Appear in this Issue i Onlv. 3 John H. SlcConnell? Public Sale. i C. A. Dorsett?Notice. - ! Parish A McKnight?News from the Cyclone. a COTTON SHIPMENTS. - j The shipments of cotton from the depot | in this place aggregate ">,(>84 bales to date. 1 FERTILIZER RECEIPTS. I The shipments of fertilizers to dealers in ; j this place to date, aggregate 678 tons, which I [ is in about the same proportion as the re s ceipts last year. J '^CONDITION OF JTH. STRICKLAND. , Mr. Strickland, who was shot at Clover, * in this county, recently, by J. R. Hoyle, is . getting along reasonably well, considering f the nature of the wound, and with proper * care may be considered out of danger. He i was able to walk about on Tuesday. / Mr. UDHANT'S MURDERER. It would seem that Foard Knox, the mur derer of Mr. Rurant, of Fort Mill, has suc* cessfully eluded hispursuersand made good his escape. The Lincolnton Pre*x of last , Friday says that Knox has a cousin living * in the outskirts of that town, and that he H was seen at his house one day week before lns?. f /v TAX-PAYING FAMILIES. f There are on Georgetown's tax-books 3o > Cribs; on Darlington's 45Parrotts; on Or ' atigeburg's 77 Livingstones and on ?uimers - 124 Williamses. We had thought that York ' could go Moore than either of the above, but on investigation we find there are only - 11G families in the county bearing the name 1 of Moore. The next name having the lar1 gest representation on York's tax-books is . .Jackson, of whom there are 04. . ' THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Since the resignation of Rev. Augustine , Prentiss the Episcopal church in this place h is without a rector. For several years the e church of this place and that of Rock Hill I have been served by the same rector, divid ing his time equally between them. The p church at Rock Hill has extended a call to y Rev. Edmund X. Joyner, of North Carolil nn for nnp.hnlf of hi? time, which call has [ been accepted. As yet the church in York. ville has taken no action. B FIRE AT LOWELL. By a gentleman living in Gastonia, who 1 came down on the train last Tuesday, we b learn that MeAden's cotton factory at Low ell, in Gaston county, caught on tire Mon~ day afternoon, and the wooden portion of c the building known as the wheel-house, was ~ destroyed before the lire was subdued. This , room adjoined the main building, which . is of brick and was not seriously damaged. ' The loss is about $10,000 and is covered by e . ' * insurance. ? I THE EVOLUTION OP THE ANGLO SAXON. s We acknowledge the receipt of a pamph let copy of the annual address delivered uy . Hon. W. B. Wilson, of Yorkville, before the Alumni Association of the South Carolina College at its reunion in Columbia last - December. Col. Wilson is one of the most t scholarly and eloquent sons of this veneras ble institution, and his address is well i. worth preservation. It is a calm and care1 ful consideration of the traits of the Angloa Saxon race?the leading race of the world? e and of our identification by blood and in| heritance, by language, literature and laws, e with its history, its fortunes and its future. Z CHUKCIl NOTICES. t Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J Robert Lnthan, Pastor. Services in the e church at Yorkville next Sunday, at 10.80 >, A. M. Sunday-school at 0 A. M. ? .Methodist .Episcopal?itev. .j. a. iuoou, it Pastor. Services at Shady (trove next Sun>? day, at 11 o'clock, A. M. * King's Mountain Chapel?Rev. L. A. I Johnson, Supply. Services at 11 o'clock, A. e M., next Sunday. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor, u Services at Union next Sunday, at 11 o'clock. s Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. , Services at the usual hours, morning and 1 evening, next Sunday. [j OUTHOUSE 13 Lilt NED. On Mont'ay afternoon last, an outhouse on !> I Mr. S. Ru.'us Moore's lot,and situated with in a few yards of his residence, was disco v" ered to be on fire. The house was originalI ly built for a kitchen, but of late had been -* used only as a lumber room, and in it was ; stored a quantity of oats in the sheaf. 7 These soon igniting, the flames rapidly con? sumed the house. Fortunately the wind was in the opposite direction from Mr. ; Moore's residence, which was all that saved f it from destruction. The colored fire com'v>n\r nn the rrround as nromntlv as the 3 f""J o i . . r distance of tiie fire from the engine house : and other circumstances would permit, and I rendered efficient service in preventing furf tlier spread of the flames. The fire was acJ cidental. _ LOVE'S IUTORNELLA. 5 We have received, with the compliments ! of Mr. G. DeSaussure Xowhall, formerly of j Oakland, S. C., but now of the Geo. I), i Newhall Co., music dealers and publishers, t oO West Fourth street, Cincinnati, Ohio, a \ musical composition entitled "Love's Ritor1 nolla," an offertory ; words by Arthur Hari vin, Esq,, of Oakland, S. t'., and the music 1 specially composed for the words by Prof. ! F. Nieholls Crouch, one of the sweetest ' singers of the day, and well known as the , author of the favorite song, Kathleen Mou, verneen. J'rof. Crouch is an Englishman 1 by birth, and performed in the choir at the , coronation of Queen Victoria. At the out) break of the late war, he was living in a ^ Southern city, and he left a lucrative posir tion in his profession to serve his adopted i country in the Richmond Howitzers, of j \ which command he was a member until the close of the war. Mr. Harvin is a song j writer of no mean merit, and with Prof. P Crouch lie makes a strong alliance. We s hope that Love's Ritornella will be sung in every Southern home, not alone from the merit of the words and music, but from the . fact that its composers served in the Southr em cause from the first to the last, and the ' proceeds from the sale of the song will help " to support the old soldier minstrel in his . J declining years. The music comprises eight . pages; price, (JO cents. I ???? 1 Tub Blue and the Gray.?A largely j attended meeting of the members of the ' Grand Army of the Republic was held in I Brooklyn on last Friday night to hike some 1 action to aid the veteran soldiers of the ? South in their efforts to raise a fund to build a home for disabled soldiers of the South. 1 A committee was appointed to decide upon tUn hnul ninnnts of rnisinrr the monev for the i purpose and a resolution adopted reeomending to the committee a grand demonstration; that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher he in; vited to preside, and that J. W. Foster, Chaplain-in-Chief of the Grand Army, de; liver an address. i ? Rev. M. R. Saures, of Barnwell, one of , the most talented and well-known Baptist , ministers in South Carolina, was killed last i Friday afternoon near White Pond, by the l down freight train on the South Carolina i Railroad. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chest Kit, February 26.?Our town was visited with a very destructive storm about 7 o'clock last Tuesday evening. The Baptist Church, bell tower and several buildings were blown down. The Presbyterian Church, oil mill and a number of handsome buildings on Main street were badly damaged. An immense amount of fencing was leveled to the ground. The entire loss is estimated at $25,000. I desired on last Wednesday morning to send by telegraph to the Enquirer this general account of the storm, but the wires were down, and I could not do so. It may be well to give the particulars of the storm, and I will begin at Mr. R. Brandt's jewelry store. It was unroofed, involving a loss of $200. The bell tower fell in the narrow, vacant place between the Brandt and Davega buildings. Had it fallen on either one, not only property but lives would have been lost. The National Bank building was unroofed, involving a loss of $150. The stores of Wylie & Agurs, S. M. Jones & Co. and Isaac JTeyman had their parapet walls blown down and rools partly taken off, making a loss of $1,000. The stores of Gunhouse Co., P. Nail & Son and J. K. Coleman were unroofed? loss $500. The roofs of the last two buildings were blown a considerable distance?as far as the Central Hotel. These stores are all on the south side of Main street; those on the north side were uninjured. The roof of the jail was blown off, dreadfully frightening the prisoners, and causing them to cry aloud in their distress. The building is damaged about$300. The Baptist Church was blown down, involving a loss to the congregation of $2,000. The seats were not injured, but the materials of the building were so badly broken as to make them almost valueless for future purposes. The Presbyterian Church was considerably damaged. The belfry was blown down and the roof pressed in. The bell was carried some distance. The loss is estimated at $1,000. The colored Baptist Church also fell a victim to the storm. The building materials were demolished; the loss is$l,200. The third story of the oil mill was blown off, and the engine and other machinery were badly damaged by the falling in of bricks and timbers. The tin roof was blown almost to the cemetery?about a quarter of a mile. The loss to the company is in the neighborhood of $2,000. The stock was quite panicky the next morning after the storm; several shares exchanged hands at 25 cents on the dollar. Had the mill been running at the time of the storm, several lives would in all probability have been lost. Purvis Alexander's blacksmith shop toppled over, covering in its ruins Mr. J. L. Love and his son, of the Bullock's Creek section, who were camped near by, and had taken shelter beneath it. Fortunately they escaped with only slight injuries. The loss is aDOUt xlie macnmu snaps ui -nr. Erskine Moffatt were unroofed, involving a loss of $500. The old, rickety building used many years ago as a carriage factory by Mr. C. Hoist fell, and in its fall one of the old landmarks passed away. The loss may be estimated at $150. Too much space would be consumed in giving the details of the damage to private residences. The dwelling-s that suffered the greatest injury were those of Messrs. W. A. Sanders, J. J. McLure, T. S. Mills, Julius Mills, B. M. Spratt, It. D. Cousar, W. H. Rosborough, D. Hemphill and Mrs. Julia Rainey. The damage to each ranges from $200 to ?500. Nicholson's hotel was unroofed?loss $300. Almost every house in town was damaged more or less in some way. A great deal of window glass was broken by the hail, which accompanied the wind and rain. An immense amount of fencing and many trees were prostrated. The storm was also very destructive in the western portion of the county. Messrs. It. A. Love, J. A. Walker, John Lipsey, Alexander Wise, Levi Wilkes, George Douglas, Moses Stone and several others suffered severely in the loss of barns, stables and ne^ro cabins. On Wise's plantation not a building was left standing except the dwelling, and it was badly damaged. Mr. Wise estimates his loss at $2,000. On Mrl J. B. Cornwell's plantation a colored girf was killed. She was buried in the ruins o' - r\~ A + el uuiiuiiijl;. \/ii ju. uni vuuui n iuiu>i> place, a son of Mr. Oliver bims, who lives there, was killed. Houses were leveled to the ground. The storm raged with destructive fury three or four miles below Blackstocks. Mrs. Stirling's house was blown down, and she met her death amid the falling timber. The dwellings of Messrs. John Camraon and M. G. Tennant, and barns and negro cabins on the plantations of Messrs. James Jones, and J. \V. Wilkes succumbed to the power of the storm. The storm occasioned considerable damage in the cemetery. The handsome monument erected over the grave of the late Dr. A. P. Wylie was irreparably injured. The shaft was thrown off the base and broken. The beautiful monument erected to the memory of Mrs. Madison Ross was injured. A number of other monuments were more or less damaged. Did space permit, the interesting experiences of many persons during the storm might be given. I cannot refrain, however, from mentioning a touching incident that occurred here. The head of a household being absent from home, his little daughter about ten years of age, was much distressed concerning his safety. Informing her mother of her intention to pray for her father, she knelt down amid the agony of the household, and prayed earnestly for his deliverance. That father made a narrow escape from death. lie was within reach of the bell tower at the time of its fall, but was uninjured. The cyclone was confined for the most part to the western and southwestern portions of the county, inflicting loss on those whose names have already been mentioned. North of our town it extended two miles to Mr. J. P. Ferguson's place, where it unroofed some outbuildings, and south of our town it extended three miles to Mr. Matthew White's plantation, where it inflicted a similar loss. East of our town the fury of the storm spent itself at Mr. Hamilton McCandless' place about three miles from town, H Klntif /lAurn o rrl *-? hnilCQ ft ?C trim wucic it men uu>? xi <* ^iuu\/uov* *.%, ?^ viuv that the wind blew with great violence all over the county, but it did not reach the dimensions of a cyclone except in town, and the western portions of the county. The day after the storm a telegram was sent to lion. J. J. Hemphill, our Congressman, asking him to secure from Congress an appropriation of $200,000 for the relief of the sufferers. lie replied by stating that no assistance could be obtained from the general government, unless the State was unable to provide for its sufferers. The work of repairing the damage of the storm is rapidly going on. The rebuilding of the parapet walls, and re-roofing of the stores on the south side of Main street will be finished by the end of this week. The roofs' on Brandt's building, and on the Bank building have already been replaced. The roof on the Cotton Hotel, Nicholson's Hotel and Moffatt's machine shops will soon be put on. The damages to private houses, caused by the falling of chimneys, the breaking of roofs, and the removal of shingles, have already been repaired to a great extent. Fencing again stands erect, but a gen eration will pass away before the trees blown down can be replaced by others that will wave as beautifully in the sunlight and afford the same luxuriant shade. The evening of the 19th of February, 1884, will never be forgotten by the people of our town. The sensations then experienced will be remembered by each one as long as life lasts. Lands were fearfully washed by the flood of rain that poured on the night of the storm. Farmers speak of the immense injury caused thereby. The Baptist congregation held services yesterday in the Court House. At the close of the sermon, which was appropriate to the occasion, ltev. Mr. Sanders, the pastor, stated that the congregation must build a new church at once, and that $5,000 must be raised. $1,000 was subscribed in a few minutes. The amount desired will doubtless be obtained. Mr. John Albright stated that himself and two others were the only persons living that were present at the dedication of the old church, fifty years ago. It was the first church, and for a long time, the only church in our town. The Presbyterians intend repairing the damages to their church at once. In the course of a month or so, the church will be ready for services again. The rear wall of the church is sprung, necessitating probably