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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKL^ storm mm 6 Fwe Persons Were Droword Off Wah pit Mil s Opposite Charleston MOUSE CARRIED AWAY ilFhe Patheti: Story of the Drowning of a Mother and Her Two Young Children is Described by an Old er Son, W ho Also Battled For His Life in the Water. ? .The Nevrc; and Courier says five persons were drowned off Wappoo Ullis, in St. Andrew's parish in the Btorm of 13 inday ntght The dead are as follo'vs: Mrs Lottie Richter, Mary Richte r, Mrs. Martha Goodson, Charles Goo lson and Lillian Stender. The death of these persons was from drowning in the high waters of Wap poo cut late Sunday night, after they had been dr ven from the small cot tage in whici they were housed. This cottage waji the home of Dennis Cas sidy, watd.man at Wappoo. Both Cassidy and his wife were saved af iter a fierce- fight with the wind and waves. The Cassi ty residence was washed away toy the high waters, and those in the hom< who were saved made i:heir escape by floating on the top of the roo^ and upon a small out house. Thei e were rescued by a ne f;ro farmer c y the name of Ford, who gave them clothes and food and as fisted them >n their Vay to Charles ton. A peei liar feature of this ter rible affair (ras that none of the oc cupants of .he house were clothed iit all. The;/ had undressed for bed before the torn broke upon them and what right clothes they wore' vere torn 1 tool them by the wind and the watsra. It is a sad story that is told of this drowning. 3 Irs Lottie Richter was a young wom< n, just about twenty years of age and her little daughter, Mary, who w as also drowned, was but a babe of th: ee months. Little Lillian Stender was about two years of age, as was Chari es Goodson. Mrs. Good son, mother of the yonug boy, was about thirty-six years of age, and rev sided at Wa; cross, Ga. There was a large crow 1 in the small cottage that was destroyed, the Cassidys, John Stende'. his wife and child, Mr.' and Mrs. 'Ric hter and their two child ren and others. From the story of the fearful occurrence, t seems that as the wa ter graduall rose higher and high er the occupants pf the cottage in a measure wer 9 prepared for the worst and both St< nder and Richter sat in the windows ready to take to the wa ter and swim for their lives. When the house wi s lifted from its founda tions and fe! 1 upon one side, the va rious occupa its clung to parts of the wreckage as best they could?some were able to undergo the fearful or deal and oihers perished. In his arms, John stender clung tenacious ly to his 'ittJe daughter until a heavy wave burst over him and dis lodged the child. Endeavoring to keep up wit \ the floating house, he made dive nftor dive for the little girl, but to i .o avail. She was drown ed and her t ody was recovered in the marshes not far from the scene of the tragedy. Jot n Stender was enabled to save himself by clinging to parts of the floating house, John Ricl ter, his wife, Lottie Richter and their two children, May and Allen vere in the house. In the windjow sat the husband and father, shielding his two children, af ter his wife had admonished him toj tae care of Ihtm and she would take! take ca e of ;hem and she would look out for heist If. When the house fell John Richte ? was somewhat hurt in the crash, but he held on to the two children. Floating for awhile on part of the wreckage, Richter was enabled to keep May and Allen above water, but b ?fore long he was struck by a piece < f timber, blown against him, and knocked him almost sense less. His hold on the children was broken and hey sank into the water below. But upon recovering himself somewhat, Richter made a number of divet, which were only partially successfully. He succeeded in find ing his son Allen and brought hiin to a place or the roof, to which they were holding. P?ut without avail were his effc rts to recover his daugh ter May. Douglass Joodson, a young lad of 13 summers who survived the ter rible trage'd', told a graphic and pathetic story of the death of his mother and little brother Charles: /'Mother : nd us boys, Leroy, five years old, a:id myself, went to Wap poo mills a >out two weeks ago to spend a va< ation with Mrs. Bertha Stender. *\ e had a very pleasant time until ,'iunday afternoon. With us at the line of the tragedy were '.Mr and Mrs. Dennis Cassidy, both of whom were saved. Sunday evening the rain bes in to fall very hard and in a few hcurs the entire house in which we v ere staying was sur rounded by water. All of us uecame freightened and ran out on the pi azza, when .he floor of the house fell in. The roof followed shortly afterwards, Then the front porrh. Our lanterns were blown out by the terrific wind and we were left In ut ter darkness In the midst of an un usually stroi g gust the entire build ing turned < ver on its side, mother the Cassidyj, my brothers and my self clinging desperately to the side. COrION MEETING y , ? > *6 V,TES ARE NAMED PROM ?\ CAROLINA. EverjN /of Business Interested in the TStaple Represented for Montgomery Gathering. Commissioner Watson has appoint ed the delegates to the meeting of those interested in marketing cotton. ! The meeting will be held in Mont gomery, Ala., Sept. 12, and was call I ed by the commissioner of agricul ture of that State. Mr. Watson has included in his list all who might/be interested in "he cotton situation, includes Senator E. D. Smith, mem bers of the Farmers' Union, promi nent bankers, the warehousemen and farmeru who are hot members of the organization, but who are cot ton planters, as will be seen from the list. The delegates are as follows: E. D. Smith, Florence. E. W>. Dabbs, Mayesville. B. F. Keller, Cameron; R. M. Cooper, Wy6j>"ky; J. W. Reid, Colum bia; J. B. O'Neall Holloway, New berry; J. M. Bragdon, Sumter; A. J. A. Perritt, Lamar; Alfred Aldrich, Barn well; B. Harris, Pendleton; S. J. Summers, .Cameron; T. B. Stack house, Columbia; R. I. Manning, Sumter; Bright Williamson, Darling ton; W. K. Durst, Greenwood; A. D. Hudson, New berry; John McKinard, Newberry; James Q. Davis, Winns boro; E. A. Smyth, Greenville. L. W. Parker, Greenville; B. F Taylor, Columbia, D. R. Coker, Jr., Harts ville, Alan Johnstone, NewTjerry; W. D. Evans, Cheraw; Douglas iMeln tyre, Marlon; H. T. Lucas, Walhalla; John T. Roddy, Rock Hill; W. J. Montgomery, Marion; D. F. Moore, Brunson; D. A. Spivey, Conway, A. F. Lever, Lexington; F. H. Weston, Columbia; John G. Mobley, Winns boro; C. W. Whisonant, Blacksburg; J. E. Beamguard, Clover; J. A. Banks, St Matthews; J. W. Kibler, Newberry; S. G. Mayfield, Denmark; Frank Evans, Greenwood; M. L. Don aldson, Greenville; O. P. Goodwin, Laurens; T. H. Foster, Piedmont; E. L. Archer, Spartanburg; T. J. Moore, Moore; J. F. Vernon, Well ford; W. E. Dargan, Darlington; J. F. Nesbit, Lancaster; J. S. Wilson, Lancaster; W. H. Stewart, Rock Hill; J. G. L. White, Chester; P. L. Harden, Bascomville; T. J. Cunning ham, Chester; J. Swinton Whaley, Edisto-Island; S. A. Burus, Ander son, J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg; W. S. Barton, Jr., Orangeburg; R T. C. Hunter, Prosperity; D. .F. Efird, Lexington; R. A. Meares, Ridgeway; J. C. Stribling, Pendleton, C. H. Carpenter, Easley; C. Off. Smith, Gaffney; H. S. Lipscomb, Trough; W. R. Parks, Parksville; J. P. Mc Nair, Alken; W. C Vincent, Bluffton; L. C. Padgett, Smoaks, W. H. Curry, Rhems; J. H. Wnarton, Waterloo; S. N. Welch, Elliot; L. L. Baker, ?ish opville; J. W. Alexander, Westmin ister; J. T. Frierson, Mouzons; F. F. Capers, Greenville.-; J. J. Fretwell, Anderson; Axis. W. Smith, Spartan burg; G. W. Du vail, Cheraw; R. M. Bethea, Dillon; R. P. Hamer, Ham er; H. T. Morrison, McClellanville. -s Fortunately this side fell uppermost and we were able to gralb hold of several 'beams which stood upright out of the wreckage. "Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy and my brother Leroy managed to find some protection under a portion of the wall left standing, but mother and we oth er boys were unable to make our way to the Bame spot. During the whole time mother talked soothingly to her three boys and two or three times cried softly. The house began to f loao dttnwehaOrhhta.pFstkgKv to float down the river and it ap peared to me that we passed a four masted schooner somewhere during the terrible ordeal The wind blew harder and harder and it became very difficult to hang to out posts. Suddenly mother gave a low moan, and with Charles, who is two years of age, clinging to her neck, was thrown overboard when the house! gave a terrible lurch. I tried to catch her but my senses left me. When I came to the wind was blow ing a* hard as ever, and the next thing I knew we were floating over a portion of the new bridge, which I found out afterwards had been wrecked. It appeared to me then that the wind carried the house to a marsh. That was about 1 o'clock Monday morning. We remained in this position until 4 o'clock and then with great difficulty, made our way to the home of an old colored woman, who gave us something to eat. We remained with this woman until this morning at 10 o clock." Mrs Goodson is a niece of Mr. George A. Douglas of this city and of Mr. Charles M. Douglass of Augusta, and a daughter of the late Frank W. Douglass, who died at Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American war. Her husband is manager of a sewing machine company at Way cross, Ga. Would Not Leave Schooner. Five of the crew of the schooner Bessie Whiting, which was caught in tbe gale Sunday night off the coast of Georgia, dismasted and waterlog ged, arrived at Jacksonville Thurs day. They were picked up at sea by the steamer_ Ligonier. Capt. Lowry of the Whiting, his wife and the steward refusvd to !be taken off and revenue cutters are on the look out for the ship along the South At-' lantic coast. /if ORAXGEBUR' WILL ENVADE THE LAW REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE BKi CAMPAIGN FUND. Organization Headed by John Hays Hammond Will Handle Tiulk of the Corruption Fand. The Washington correspondent of the Columbia State says since there is a campaign publicity bill actually on the tatute books of the United States leading men in both the Re publican and Democratic parties are said to be lying awake nights won dering how the thing is to be done during the coming national campaign and how the "coin*' is to be had without an open violation of the law. The Republican national commit tee always in recent years years, has had large sums at its disposal. Next year the committee itself will get scant contributions in all probabil ity, but a highly interesting report is -that this will not prevent large sums being given to help the Re publicans carry the country. The National League of Republi can Clubs, of which John Hays Ham mond is the head, is the agency that is expected to take charge of the Re publican campaign financiering. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to stretch the campaign publicity law so that it will have any effect if t\is corse is taken. The league will have elaborate headquarters in New York. If it re ceives funds, or if the men at the head of it receive funds, and distrib ute them on their own motion where they think the, Republicans will get the most benefit, it will not be the affair of the candidates or of the na tional committee. Neither will it be the affair of the congressional -. paign committee. More and more the Indications are that the attempt will be made by the Republican leaders to make the next campaign a repetition of the 1896 campaign. A strong appeal will be made to the big protected interests and to conservative business interests tv support the Republican party lest they suffer at the hands of the Demo cratic congress and a Democratic administration. The result doubt less will be large campaign contribu tions if a way can be found to make them that does not collide, with the campaign publicity law. SCHOONER WAR ABANDONED. The Crew Taken Oil' by the Steamer City of Everette. The hurricane that severed Char leston from-communication with the outside world early last week caught the three masted schooner Sarah D. Fell squarely and left her and her crew of eight at the mercy of wind and wave, according to United. States Wireless dispatches received at New York Wednesday. The crew was picked up by the Standard Oil Steam er City of Everette, bound from Sa bine to New York, and the schooner was abandoned, a total loss. The Sarah D. Fell sailed from Belfast, Ga., for Boston with a cargo of lum ber on August 24. She was about 100 miles east of Savannah when the squall struck her. Contracts Cattle Disease. Bruce Rroussard, a farmer, is suffering with charbon, a disease fa tal to cattle, the disease having been contracted by Broussard while re moving the hide from the carcass of a cow killed by the disease. Cattle in this section are dying by the Bcore despiie the efforts of the authorities to prevent its spreading. B.rous sard's condition is serious. Search for Man in Desert. Becoming suddenly demented, James Mahoney, a former policeman said to be a relative of W. Bourke Cochran, either perished or is wan dering without clothing on the Ne vada desert, near a point known as the Eagle Salt works. Searching parties are out looking for him. Coton ami Rice Suffer. A conservative estimate of the property loss in Beaufort, Port Roy al and vicinity puts the figures at a million dollars. Rice crops, of which there are thousands of acres, are en tirely destroyed by salt water, cot ton has been stripped and the corn fields damaged 50 per cent. Storm Affected His Mind. F. H. Zerbest, a retired merchant of Charleston, committed suicide with a parlor rifle at his home on Sunday. He had been despondent for some time and it is thought the hur-j ricane unsettled his mind. Family Row Ends Fatally. Sims Johnson, colored was shot I and killed with a shot gun on Sat-j urday by his son-in-law, Elliot Pow-| el, at Cornwell, Chester county. The trouble arose over Powell's running! away with Johnson's daughter. Took the Lye Konto. Ellison Adger, the negro farmer of Clarendon county, who shot and kill-; ed, two negroes recently for having overridden his mule, committed sui ccide in Manning Jail by drinking concentrated lye. Shooting at a Church. At a negro Baptist church in Lex ington on Sunday (night Gregg Jones was shot and fatally wounded by Joe Summers. G, S. C, SATURDAY, SEPTE] DRIVEN ASHORE Passengers From Wrecked Steamer Lex ington Taken Into Port. SAVED BY LADS DARING After Terrific Fight With Waves, The Steamer Goes Aground, But the Gallant Wireless Operator's Calls Brings Help and All on Board Are Taken Off. Twelve passengers, a steward and three colored employes of the steam er Lexington of the' Miners' and Mer chants' line were brought to Char leston Wednesday by the revenue I cutter Yamacraw^ which left the captain and forty-three men on board. Two firemen are reported to have been /burned to death and a third terribly scalded. First Officer Chamberlain sustained a fracture of his right shoulder. The steamship has her nose Imbedded in quicksand off Hunting Island, at the mouth of the Edisto River, and It is said that she will be a total loss. The Lexington was bound from Sa vannah to Philadelphia, with 12 pas sengers, all of whom were rescued. For twenty-four hours the steamship battled desperately against the hur ricane, finally being driven aground, where the tremendous waves smash ed violently against her and the powerful wind tossed her about in the mud. Three times was she cov ered with water, the pumps expelling enough to clear the upper portions and float the stern. Biut for the heroism of Wireless Operator Scheetze there would have been no chance of rescue. The storm wrecked the boat's wireless station, but Scheetz climbed into the rigging and adjusted his instruments flash ed the calls for Immediate assistance. The signals were caght by the Yamacraw, which hastened to Hunt ing Island. Scheetz, a 16-year-old boy, was in imminent peril of his life while operating the wireless the wind almost tearing him from his inse cure position. The lad was utterly exhausted by his desperate work. Passengers incessantly prayed for abatement of the storm, and when tne governmeiic steamW hove imo sight a mighty cry oi' relief went up from the sorely stricken people on the Lex ington. When the captain realized the danger of the liner's breaking up' at any minute, he had a life preserver strapped to every passenger. Held for 18 hours in the grip of the huricane of Sunday night and Monday morning with Capt. Connolly almost naked and half frozen stand ing at the wheel with the pilot house glasses turned in every direction, with the stokers working desperately while standing to their armpits in wa ter trying to increase the small pres sure of 25 pounds of steam to a suf ficient power to enable the Lexington to steer away from the treacherous shore towards which they finally drifted and grounded, the veteran passenger and freight steamer Lex ington, formerly the ocean steam ship liner City of Macon, was un equal to the great battle against the odds of wind and water. At about 3:23 o'clock Monday af ternoon, after two anchor cables had parted, the Lexington went hard ashore off Hunting Island. She is lying today in about 18 feet of water listed almost 4 0 degrees to port with her bow pointing up the coast. Capt Connolly, a veteran in the ser vice of the .Merchants' and Miners' declared that the hurricane was the worst of his experience of seagoing. He claims and his statement is at tested by the first mate and steward that the wind came in gusts at times making about 13 0 miles an hour. The roll of the sea was terrific. Three times in one hour the entire hull of the Lexinyton was completely lost to view. With the craft at the mercy of the elements because it was impossible to make the least head way, great seas would sweep down on the boat covering her from stem to stern. All passengers were hud dled in the social hall equipped with life preservers and not a few fervent prayers were offered that they might see the shore again. Wen urged by the officers of the Yamacraw that he abandon his boat, Capt. Connolly declared he would re main with her until only a mast was! left to hang to. When the Yamacraw neared within i two or three miles of the Lexington it was found hazardous to come with in cioser range. On two occasions bottom was touched by the Yama craw, and it was only the skilful management of Lieut. J. L. Ahem, commanding officer that prevented the government boat from suffering a like fate as the boat she was seek-| ing to assist. She finally got the j passengers on board and carried them to Charleston. Mrs. .7 W. 'Mansfield, wife of the clerk to the chief of police of Phila delphia, who was one of the fo'M teen passengers taken from the Lex ington stated Wednesday that she had lived 10 years in the 24 hours dur ing the gale. "Had it not been for the superior! seamanship of Capt. Connelly," says Mrs. Mansfield, "we would all be' dead today. In the hour of trial, came between 1:30 and 2:30 Mon day afternoon, Capt. Connelly dis played the greatest heroism. With dea':h staring us in the face he was UBER 2, 1911. SERIOUS MISTAKE A BOx SHOOTS A LADY TAKING HER FOR A BURGLAR. The Lady Was Visiting the Home of the Boy's Parents and Went Into the Yard. The Florence Times says a most lamentable tragedy occurred in Tim monsvi'.le during the night Wednes day night. A small boy, thinking that he was defending his home was the cause of the wounding of a well known young lady. The lady was Mrs. Julia Oakley, and she is now in the Florence Infir mary not expected to live, with a horrible gun shot wound in the ab domen, i The 'boy was the nine-year old son of Mr. George Evans, a resident of Timommsville. Miss Oakley, who is a daughter of Mr. Henry Oakley, who lives within a mile or two of the town, was spending the night at the Evans home. Having occasion to go Into the yard during the night she went noiselessly, and the suspicions of the. boy were aroused, there hav ing been a number of reports of rob beries recently. He fired towards her in the dark with the fatal effect above reported. The dreadful error was soon discov ered and everything in the world done to relieve the sufferings of the young lady. Thursday morning Dr. Eaddy brought her to the Infirmary at Flo rence where she could get constant and skilled attention. The tragedy has cast a gloom over Timmonsville, and the deepest sym pathy Is felt for the boy who caused the sad tragedy. RUSSIA AND JAPAN AGREE. Emperors of Two Nations Exchange . Telegrams With Each Other The emperor of Russia and the emperor of Japan exchanged tele grams Tuesday on the occasion of the settlement of certain questions which have been under consideration for years. The telegrams related to various claims and counterclaims for indemnity on both sides for losses incurred during the war. For the most part the claims were on the Russian side, the big item of which was payment for property of Russian subjects at Port Arthur. in the settlement just reached Ja pan agrees to pay over to Russia $150,000 for apportionment of per sons whose private claims Russia has supported. Japan will purchase for $6?,000 the property of Russians sit uated on concession land and in the suburban districts of Port Arthur. Japan agrees to pay rental for use of Russian property at Kwantung and abandon claim to the treasury of the Port Arthur municipality. Japan also agrees to pay $S0,000 for a Red Cross ship which its forces seized and which has now become un fit for that purpose. Captain Lost Overboard. The steamer Ogeechee, bound from New York for Texas City arrived at Brunswick, Ga., Thursday in distress, as a result of encountering the gale on Sunday off the Carolina Coast. News was received that Capt. Cole son of the steamer Dover, was wash ed overboard and drowned while en route from Jacksonville to Miama, Fla. Two Killed in Auto. Leslie Gavin of Maitland, Mo., son of D. A. Galvin, a banker, was in stantly killed and Harry J. Crider, former postnue-ter at Maitland, was probably fatally injured when an au tomobile turned turtle near, Mary ville, iMo., Thursday. Benj. Ed wards and Charles B. Callison, also of Maitland, were less seriously in juied. calm and sympathetic, inspiring ev ery one of us with hope. Chief Stew ard Joseph Berliner deserves a medal. He cooked food with splinters from broken portions of the vessel and cro epioganficda^cHa^Jboder okFh creeping on his hands and feet brought it to us who were unable to move through fear of being washed overboard. Lack of power caused the vessel to be beached. With the engine rooms flooded in five feet of water, it was Impossible to get up steam enough to make headway against the wind, which was blowing at the rate of I'Mj miles and hour, and get out to sea, far away from the dangerous beach. "A hero of the blue ribbon variety is Wireless Operotor Sereetz, the boy of lfl, who manned his apparatus during the storm and rushed out calls for help. The Yamacr.iw an swered us at 11:45, and on fhe min ute she hove in sight. She could not come nearer than five miles, but her brave sailors put out in two lift' boats and we were soon on our way to Charleston." The party from the I^ex!np;toii in Crarleston in charge of Chief Stew ard Berliner, who is awaiting orders from headquarters. Wednesday after noon Mr. Berliner received a tele gram stating that if the passengers so desired they could go to Savannah by rail and there take passage for Philadelphia. With the experience of the wreck so fresh in their minds they promptly refused the offer, and| stated that they would Teutrn home by rail or foot It. 1 GREAT LOSS OF CROPS SEVENTEEN LIVE? WERE LOST ABOUT CHARLESTON. Ami About One Million Dollars is the Loss from Houses, Crops and Other Ways. Mayor Rhett is directing the work of rehabilitation in storm stricken Charleston. Thursday morn ing the death list was 17. The prop erty damage is estimated conserva tively at one million dollars Planters declare that- long staple cotton and rice has been wiped out in that section. Houses have been wrecked and cattle and lrve stock killed. Roadways are impasable. Bridges have collapsed in different parts of that section. The crops have suffered heavily. The rice is ser'~ . damaged and the planters wih n se heavily from the tidal waters as a result of the storm on Sunday and Monday. The loss was estimated by Capt. S. G. Stoney to be about 75 per cent., which is all the more severe on the planters in the low coast section on account of their loss of 45 per cent last October. D. C. Heyward, former governor of South Caroilna Wednesday wired for a shipment of 1,000 bags to be sent to him at once, and the same firm has another order for 2,000 bags to be used in repairing the embank ments in the endeavor to save what is possible. Captain Heyward has three bad breaks on the Darney Hall plantation and his other plantations also suffered. He is reported to have his entire crop covered by insurance. He has not cut very much of his crop. All the Combahee section has suf fered severely, according to the in formation which has come to Cap tain Stoney and John T. Leonard, the planter's broker. A large por tion of the rice that has been cut is a total loss and much of the smaller growth of the crop,has been damaged by wind. Local rice interests are very de spondent over the situation. The crop prospects were very bright up to this time, with a fine crop in sight, and better prospects. The lnudstry has suffered so severely in recent years that the losses by storms now are a particular crushing blow. SAVED SCHOONER S CREW. Malcom B. Seavey Went Down Off Georgetown. The Clyde Liner Mohawk, to New York from Jacksonville and Charles ton, reported by wireless early Wed nesday that she had rescued one of the crew of the schooner Malcom B. Seavey, which went down off George town, S. C, during the recent hurri cane. The dispatch said the schooner sand in six fathoms of water. One man was lost overboard Sunday night. The sea was running high when the first officer and'four sail ors of the Mohawk with much diffi culty succeeded in reaching the Seav ey. The Seavey hailed from 'Bath, Me., and left Port Tampa, Fla., Aug ust 11, for Baltimore. Big Picking for Thieves. The past summer has been the most profitable for burglars and sneak thieves in the history of the New Work police department, and it is estimated that the total of plun der since June, including burglaries in surburban towns, is more than $500,000. The police list of stolen property for the past two months show more than 4.200 items, of which recoveries have been made in only twenty instances. The list in cludes 7S0 watches and $200,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry. Suicided in Patrol Wagon. At Atlanta, Ga., Hunter H. Chris tian, aged 36, cut his throat with a pocket knife Thursday afternoon while being taken to the police sta tion In a patrol wagon, and died at a hospital in that city. Christian was a railroad switchman and had been arrested on a warrant charging dis orderly conduct in saloon on August 18. s Shoots Herself. At her home in Pelzer Thursday morning .Mrs. \V. W. Adams commit ted suicide by firing a pistol ball in to her head through her temple. She had been 111 for sonn? time. -Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late John Charles of Greenville and was prominently connected in that city and county. First for the Year. The first homicide fo the year for Lee county occurred at Bishopville on Monday night, when Jos. VV. Wal ters shot and killed Lawton Matuse. The men had been at outs for some time. While Matuse was sitting in a buggy Walters walked up and shot him. Brought on Trouble. Edward Durant, colored, was shot and killed in Florence on Tuesday by Charlie Johnson, white, a clerk in a store, where the negro raised a row and drew his pistol. The coroner jury exonerated Johnson. Skin Game Row. Stark Edwards shot and killed Marshall Fed on Saturday at Loda, Grenwood county, in a difficulty over 15 cents in a skin game. TWO CENTS PER COPY. NARROW ESCAPE Marvelous lb! No Lives Were Lost in Storm. MANY HEROIC DEEDS Men Carried Women ar-i Children to Safety. .Cottages Wrecked by the Force of the Wind.. The Entire Island Devastated by the Mad Winds and the Raging Waters. A special to The State says that no lives were lost on Sullivan's island during the hurricane and deluge oi Sunday night, appear more and more of a miracle as fuller reports of the dangers and sufferings of the Atlan ticville residents, particularly, are brought to the city. With hundreds of people among them many women and children, obiged to leave their wrecked and falling houses and ven ture out into the 90-mile an hour ^ale, plonging through waist deep wa ter in many places, seeking refuge in the more substantial houses, that none lost their footing and were drowned in the raging flood that cov ered the island seems miraculous. When day broke over the island, Monday morning, a scene of destruc tion and ruin was disclosed, such as those who viewed it never wish to see again. Parties of men who had look ed after the safety of their own fami lies, were out as soon as there waa light enough searching among the ru?ned houses and defbriB 'fearing persons might have been caught with their overturned cottages and killed or injured, and when a thorough search showed that everyone had either reached a refuge in safety op weathered the storm in their own homes, great relief was felt. As soon as it was really daylight, families started for the army post where the refugees were made as comfortable as posible under the cir cumstances by the officers and hospi tal corps. Scantily clad men carry ing children and huge 'bundles of household belongings, followed by weary and exhausted women, trudged down the roads, through inches of water and struggled with the still violent wind. Most of the people who were obliged to leave their houses, either during the night or eariy 'Monday morning were cottagers at.the upper end of Atlanticville, where most of the damage was done. Many houses there were completely turned over, the porches of a grea/t many mor^ were torn off as if by a, house wreck ing crew, and scarcely a home was not damaged either by wind or water. All the smaller buildings, servants'' quarters and fences, were uprooted by. the wind, and in some cases car ried a couple of stations down the is land by the sweeping tide. Roofs of wrecked houses, telegraph poles, fences, detached piazzas, and all man ner of wreckage was scattered all over the place, and in the roads. On Monday morning the beach was swept as clean as the floor. The telephone and light poles on the beach were all snapped off even with the sand, and had been carried up to the houses. The front row of houses, at sta tion 23, which are built nearer to the water than <tny on the island had fortunately been abandoned when the water fiirst began to rise on Sunday night, several houses were swept clear of their foundations and bown against the houses behind them. It was in getting the people from dangerous houses to those stronger and farther removed that the greatest danger was encountered, and many of those engaged in the work prov ed themselves worthy of the name of hero. While many deeds of daring and i brave endrance were accomplished during the wild night, ono case in - particular has come to light. At sta I tion 25, the water came up with a I rush, rising in a few minutes from j beach to a depth of trom two to four 'ftet under the houses in the front row V. was then that many of the people deoided to leave their homes and go to the cottages farther from the beat ing surf. Hut to make one's way against a gale, breaking tele graph poles was obviously impossible to say nothing of the knee-deep wa er, swirling down the paths like a mountain torrent. For the men of any family to help women to a safe place through the wind and water and drifting wreckage would have been a terrific task, and without the help of two young men of Charleston, A. O. Halsey and M. S. Hertz, the rec ord of Atlanticville might not have been clear, as it so providentially is, and many of the residents of that part of Hie island would have spent a much more dangerous and trying night. Mr. Halsey and Mr. Hertz first got their own families safely to the cot tage of A. Barton Miller, a sbstantial bungalow, rather higher than the majority, and then started to help other distressed cottagers to this re fuge. The wind was blowing harder each minute, and it was an exhaust ing and perilous task to venture back into the storm at all. Bait these two men, both of them extraordinarily strong made trip after trip to the neigboring cottages and returned with drenched and exhausted women and children, in 6ome> cases having (Continued on third page.)