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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
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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
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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'
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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,
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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