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tndh aubo VOL.XLIII. NO. 88. NICWBERRY. S. 0. TUgJSbAY. OOTO ER 23. 190i,TIE3oEK.$5 AYA IN THE CENTRE OF,STORM. Vilocity of Wind in Charleston Reached 62 Miles-Heavest Storm Since the Great Oyclone of 1893. The State. Charleston, Oct. 20.-Charleston, was struck by the West Indian hurri cane this afternoon, the wind at taining a velocity of 62 miles an lhour about 4.30 o'ciek, knocking down trees, fences, poles and sign boards and doing other damage and perhaps causing loss >f life among ventur some marsh hen hunters and fisher men. The barometer has been falling for several days, oiving notice of the approach of the disturbance, but this morning it took a lively tumble an continued to fall with most remark able rapidity. Late this afternoon It registers the exceedingly low point, reading of 29.17 inches and is still falling, while the wind has droppet its velocity to 58 miles, but is ex pected to increase near midnight, when the tide will be high. The tide is more than two feet above the nor mal and fortunately the wind holds to the north and unless it gets to the east, the damage by water, which is always a most destructive feature of storms on the coast, will be averted. The barometer pressure is the loWest at Charleston of any place on the coast and this depression invites the disturbance towards this coast. Charleston seems to be in the center of this depression along the South Carolina coast. Much ineasi ness prevails with the fear that con ditions will grow worse and Clharle ton may be struck with full force during the night. The storm is the worst that Charleston has had since the terVible cyclone of Aug. 28, 1893, when the wind attained a force of 120 miles, at which time the storm caused a loss -of much life and de stroyed property to the anmount of $1,250,000. The Clyde steamer Algonquin start c:4 "n her ti;p to New York this morn ing, but had to put in port on ae count of the weather. The tank steamer Paraguay came in for a liar hor. Vessels are putting out extra hawsers and making preparations to stand the storm. Maritime interests are probably being hit another hard blow, but the weather is too severe for the tow boats to venture out of the harbor to look for distressed ves eels. Abated at Night. At 10 o'clock tonight the wind had abated considerably, blowing at the rate of 37 miles an hour, with occa sional gusts of 50 miles. The max imum velocity recorded was 64 miles an hour, about 5 o'clock, after which time the wind decreased. The rain has also let up. The barometer has been rising steadily since 6 o'clock, which is a favorable indication that the storm has passled. -The windl veered arounid to the northeast, ad ding to the height of time tide, which reached its full measure tonight about 10 o'clock, but thle wind having lulled, the tide did nmot have the destructive force that it. would otherwise have excrtedl. Maniy houses are surrounded b)y a fewv feet of water and the in mates waterbound. Not ai few of the places b'eing, howvever, dleserted by their occupants who had foreseen thme rise of time water. Braved the Storm. The steamer Sappho made, her last trip between Mount Pleasant and thme city on the trip from tIhe opposite side of the river shortly after 4 o'clock. Capt. Cherry had received orders not to make the run, but he assumed the eresponsibility and brought tihe passengers safely across, as there wvere many boys at tihe ter minal, who had been spending the (lay across the river on tile Young Men 's Christian association outing. The steamer had a hia'd trip comning over the rivr E oI'cking anid piteling anid the women and children cried anld cenmed with fear. The water washe" * veksel from side to side, Caupt. Cherry telling yomr correspond ent that it was the hi; 'wf trip that he had.ever made in the st. unch old b. t. The loss seems tc'ight to be large . 4 ly coufiied toficsand light struc tures, with damnage to wires of course. Branches and trees lumber up the streets and t,he electric himps are not generally burning, making it diffi cult for pedestrains to get along. Forecaster Grant ins not received his reports from places in the Char leston district up to this hour anid the extent of the damage elsewhere is not known. Course of Storm. Washington, Oct. 20.-'he western edge of the tropical iirricalie that passed nor (hast wa rd a id through Florida straits Thursday last struck the South Carolina coast this after noon. The barometer at Charleston, S. C., sank to 29.16 inches, with a maximium wind velocity of 64 mile. an hour from the north. No serious damage is reported. The storm ap pears to be developilg inl a south westerly directioi, but the rate of movement is extremely slow. The pro. babilities at present are that it will remain in,abolut its present positionl for the next 36 hours, although the erratic course that it has hither pur sued makes it difficult to approxi mate its future path. Loss of Life Heavy in Ilorida Water, Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 20.-A spe eial to The Metropolis from Miami, Fla.; says. The Miami steamer St. Lucie was cruslied by the high waves in Thursday's hurricane and out, of 100 persois -in board 35 were lost. The steamer Peerless also lost about the same nniber, they beitig blown off the vessel. The launch Elmora was capsized and is thought to be a total loss. The launch Manny was badly dalaiged. Work barges Nos. 6 and 7 and .redge No. 4 of the East Coast rail road broke away and drifted to sea, but are now safe on the other side of Biscayne bay. The Peninsular and Occidental shed was badly damaged. The house boat Theta, north of Ju piter was turned over. A few per sons were hurt, but none seriously. Two lighters were set adrift at Jew Fish and two water barges broke loose in Blackwater. The tide was three feet higher in Barnes sound than Blackwater. Knight Key dock and crew are safe. About 50 ien have just arrived at Minmi from Long Key. They report about 25 men and the quarter. boat at. Lonig Key safe; also two barges remaiin at, Long Key, but the remain der- of the miien aid plant located there are gone, it is estimated that 50 lives were lost on dredges at lower Matecumbo. The dredges Mikado, Oyama, Manetto and Dodge are safe. Two men were lost on the pile driver nt Long Key and about 40 men were picked ill) and are safe. There was heavy loss of life on the dredges and Long Key steamer. The steamer Vigilancia is expected some time this afternoon with bodies anA will bring details of the storm news. The steamer Bisenyne arrjv'ed in goodl conditioni. She met the steamer Virginia on her wvay after the bodies of the men who wvere washed ashore from the St. Lucie. The steamer B3is cayne gave the Virginia 25 men to assist- in picking up the (lead. The Biscamyne was at Long Key after the storm and1( reports boat No. 4 gone to sea. The Virginia is expected hourly with dlead1 bodies and all prep)arations are being made to care for the corpses and the injured. The launch Enter prise (andl all other launches on Long Key, except the Ewna, are total wrecks.' Damage not Great in Cuban Republic. Habana, Oct. 20.-Words expres, sive of the warmest appreciation and( gratitude were heard oni all sides thi. evenling, when President Roosevelt's message of sympa)t.hy to the people of the Cuba because of the dlamage wrought by the storm was made pub lic. .Reports received1 by Governor Magooni tl' ovening from the prov ineiary governoLrs report that the hur ricanme was less disastrous in its re sults than at first believed. The storm was confined mainly to the provinces of Habana and Pinar de Rio. ,Bata-. bano; 32 mailes soa'th of Habana, was the only othaer town, except the capI tal whii sh suff'eed greatly. The may or of that plaoae r'ports that nine are missing. The American steamers 8 Campbell, plying between the Isle bf Pines and the coast, and the Sara 8 Went ashore 11nd many small craft were wrecked. Numerous hottscls were blown down and hundreds of persons are hliomeless tind destittlte. The loss there is estimated at $6O 000' el Governor Magoon has directed Go ernor Nunez of Habana province to extendl assistance to Batabano, de eiaring that. if the provincial tre- y, sury has not sufficient funds he will s find oither ieans for relieving dis- t, t Iess. W The mayor of San Luis, in the e province of Pinar del Rio and the center of the ricli tobico district, re ports great damage to seed tobacco, t but no( loss of life. d Governor Silva of Camaguey says that no hurricane was experienced there. No Damage at Wilmington. Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 20.-A northeast stori of' considerable sev- y erity has prevailed off this coast to- i day with unprecedented high tides. a Thus far there has been no damage of c any great extent and no disasters to C shipping inve been reported. At Southport. N. C., near the mouth of the Cape- Fear river, some wharvesl. along tie water front have been car- 1 ried away and the harbor craft there 0 have come to Wilmington for a safeI ) harbor. ti EVERY HOUSE AT LONG KEY DEMOLISHED BY OYOLONE. il Miami, Fla., Oct. 21.-Reports from Long Key are that evey house was demolished by Thursday's storm I and it was there that so many of the t< men employed on the Florida East Coast railway extension lost their lives. Damage to the roadbed and concrete viaduets of the extension was vety light and there will be no delay inl construction. All the injured are in the hospitail e here receiving the best of medical at tention, Mr. Henry M. Flagler havin, It telegraplier from New York to spare a no expense in caring for the men and their families. Only a few of the men were dangerously injured, most a of them suffering merely from t< sprains, bruises, abrasions and ex posire to the weather. Throughout Dade county the dam age done to orange and grape fruit trees was large the fruit being beat en off the trees and ruined and in some cases large trees were uprooted oi'broken off. Loss of Life at Key Large. Miami, Fla., Oct. 21.-Capt. Pin (er, who was in Miami at the time of the storm, oi returning to his home on Key Largo, found his home swept away and his wife and t\vo children t missing. No trace of them has been found and it. is believed they were dlrowned. Among the known. dead are: B. A. Parlin Of Miami, George McLendon of WVest Palm Beach, and1( H-arry Thompson. Ppincipal efforte have bieeni to rescue the living and no comn-a plete list of the (dead hlas yet beeni preIlIpare. Most of themn werne strang ers here, coming from Northern cities to work on the extensioni and the pay rolls of the railroad company willh have to be checked with the living be-- tI fore names of (lead can be accurately d1 given1. Wasted Effort. A benevolenit old1 gentleman brim ful of information saw a rustic sit tinlg on a fence gazing earnestly at tele graph wires. Going up to the country- I ''Waiting to see a message go 'long a The mail grinned and said, ''Aye.'' d The benevolent old gentleman got I on tIle wall, and for the next quarter 0 of an hour tried hard to dispel his ig norance. ''Now,'' hie said at last, ''as you knowvn something about the matter, m I hope you will spread you know- ti ledge among your mates on the farm.' ''But I don't work on a farm,'' re- ti plied the rural citizen- tl ''Where, then, may I ask?'' ''Me and my mates are telegraph ,) lini- men, and we are testing a new a. 'wim..-J.nndon Globe. HERIFF LIMEHOUSEREMOVED Dlicitor Makes Report-Bill Given to Grand Jury Returned Almost at Once-Trial in Another County. M. M. Limehouse, sheriff of Dor iester county, has been removed by ov. Heyward as the result of an in ietment by the grand jury of that inty charging Linehouse with md "asanee 'in office, the the Sunday tate. Limehouse allowed a mob to ke from hini a negro, Will Spain, ho was charged with attempting to iter a house in which there was an tiprotected white child. Spain was -nehled aind Solicitor H1ildebrand, af !r an investigation, drew up an in ietinent which resulted in a triue bill V the grand jury. Yesterday lie truned this true bill Ver to the governor, who at once or ered the sheriff removed. So far as known this is the first removal un r the law which was passed several Pars,ago for such cases. Limhliollse said to have been a brave Confeder le soldier. His case will be tried in ther Orangeburg, Barkeley or eorgetowin, the county yet to be sel !ted by the solicitor of the circuit. The order for the removal and pro amation was sent to Pinekney L. izer, who is the coroner, and under ie law takes charge of the office and laces the sheriff under arrest until le trial is held. The proclamation is as follows: 'Know aill men by these presents iat it being made to appear by a mrtified copy of the indictment 1anslitted to me by the clerk of urt of general sessions for Dorches r county, that a bill of indictment as been found in tle said court, at ie October term, 1906, charging M. [. Limehouse, sheriff of Dlorchestel multy, with malfeasance in office in int he, on the 23d day of August, .06, then and there being the duly lected and qualified sheriff of and )r the county of Dorchester, and a1ving in his lawful charge, custody nd control a certain prisoner, to 'it: one Bill Spain, then and thero irough his negligence, permission ad connivance suffered and permit ,d the said Will Spain, the prisoner Foresaid, to be taken from his said ustody, charge and control by a ob of persons and people, which mob C per-solis then and there violently ut to death the said Will Spain, the risoner aforesaid. ''I do hereby suspend the said M. [. Limehouse from the office of eriff of Dotchester conity, under ad by virture of the provisions coi iined in section 143 of the criminatl ide, Code of Lafs of South Carolina, r>lume II.'' The solicitor said yesterday that iis indictmenit created a great cleat C talk and strong influences had ei at work to prevail upon him to t the eaise be cdropp)ed. Saw Her Finish. ''Private'' John Allen tells how darkey in Alabama, who is mulch iven to fine attire, was '' thrownt >wn''b thle wVomani of his chloice. It. appears that thle dusky maidien idi politely but firmly intimated to Ie colored Beau Brummell that she asired ncne of him. ''Am T to understand, Miss ,Jcn ilns,'' asked the downcast suitor, from yer remarks dat de reason you seline me is because f dresses hand ''Well,'' respondeicd t he chocolate led one, ''dat ccrt'nly is one of de tasonts. I like good close myself, Id I likes to gaze upon d1em ; but, leed and 'deed, Mistah Simpkins, 1 r>esn't care to take no chlance of irvin' to help ,you buy dem de rest my life!''-New York Tr'ibune. Reflection of a Bachelor. When a gir'l gets hold of a y'oungl an-'s heartstrings shIe proceeds to e them in a beauknot. Many a foot has acquired a repulta on for wisdom by accidentally doing 'C right thing at the righlt time. It is a great shock to a-bride whenh uco discovers thait 'ier hiusbandc isn' t fond of angel cake as lie is of infatak and onionn. NOTICE OF ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH COROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. S: Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and Coun ty Officers will be held at the voting precinets prescribed by law in said County, on Tuesday, November 0, w 1900, said day being, Tuesday follow- ii ing the first Monday in November, <b as prescribed by law. C, At the said election a separate box ol will be provided at which qualified al electors will vote upon the adoption sI or rejection of an amendment to the su St ate Constitution, as provided in st the lollowing Joint Rosolution: it A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing di to Amend Section 7, Article VIII., lv of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness. it Section 1. Be it. resolved 1) the gi General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following hi amendment to Section 7, of Article la VI., of tle Constitution, be agreed to: addl at the elnd thereof the follow- L ing words: Provided, further, That L the limitations imposed by this See- 1 tion and by Section 5 or Article X., 1 of this Constitution, shall not fpply L1 to the bonded indebtedness ineurred L by the City of Bennettsville, where 1, the proceeds of' said bonds are appli- L ed solely and exclusively for the pur- I chase, establishment and maintenae L of a water works plant or sewerage 1, system and where the question of in- L, curring such indebtedness is siibmit- L, ted to the freeholders and qualified I voters (of such muniicipality,, as I provided in the Constitution I upon the question of other bonded I, indebtedness. A Appr(ed the 23d day of February, A. 1). 1906. Il There shall be separate and dis- i tinct ballots and boxes at this elec tion for the following officers, to wit: (1) Governor and Lieutenant Gover- m nor; (2) Other State Officers; (3) 4 Members of House of Represeita tives; (4) County Officers. Oin which shall be the name or names of the personl or pel-Sonls voted for 1 h such officers, respectively, and the office for which they are voted. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must it take and subscribe the Constittutional si oat.h. The Chairman of the Board of y, Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to the Clerk; it a Notary Public must administer the h oath to the Chairman. The Managerm elect their Chairman and Clerk. . Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. in. and closed 1 at 4 o'clock p. n., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be C opened at 7 a. in. and closed at 6 p. in. C Thie Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the (; Managers attend, the citizens caln ap point from among the qualified vot- d ers, the Managers, who, after being sworni, cant cond(uc(t the election. At the close of thle elec(tin 1 the11 Maniagers and1 Clerk must prioceenl v puiblicly to open the ballot boxes amt~ cotunt the ballots, therein, and con- E tinue without adjournment until the same is compljletedl, and make a state- ,J ment of the iresult for each office and sign t he same. Wit hin thlree dauys N therea fter, thle Chairman of I he Board, or. somne one dlesignat ed by theC Board, must dleliver to the Commis sioner*s of Election the poll list, theA boxes containing the ballots and writ ten statements of the recsults of the election.. Managers of Election. The following Managers of Elee tion have been app1ointed to hold the elect ion at the various precincts ini h the said County. Newberry.-John A. Summer, Thos- H. F. Tarrant, J. Cal Neal. WXest End-F. L. Younglblood, J. IM. Ouin, John A. Senn. Mollohon-M. M. Mills, Luther D)arby, A. L. Knight. a Helena-B. F. Ologgans, Spearman Chalmers, Arthur Kibler.I Oarmany-E. M. Lane, H. C. WVd son, Sims (4. Brown. Mt. Bethel-Rl. A. Adams, -1L. Keitt, .J. A.'Sear'.. Olymphville-C. L. LeiI.'zsey, Mai. ion Stoud enmayer, H. N. Hhe:~r.er.uon 1. Maybiuton--W. B. Oxi' .r, Frank Mayhin. W. V. Tyles. NOW FOR THE FAIR. pecial Trains On Wednesday and Thursday-Home Coming Week. The Fair in Columbia is on this oek and everybody of course is go. .g down either tomorrow or next ty. It is the great reunion of South ;rolinians and tlie railroads always wrate trains so 1hat the people from I sections of the state may go and >end tihe ii.y and return home the time evening if they do not desire to ay longer. The Soutlern will oper e trains on Wednesday and Thurs ly obesrving the following schedt Tlie rate from Newberry is $2.05 elluding onle a1dilissionl to the ou(is. Between Anderson, Belton and Co m1bia, October 24 and 25: v. Aiderson (Blue Ridge It. it.) ............... ..5.30 a. in. v. Belton (Southern wy) 6.00 a. M. v. Ionea Path.. ......6.15 a. in. v. Donialds.... .....6.30 a. m. v. Hodges ..6........(.45 a. in. v. (Ireenwood.. .......7.05 a. in. v. New Market.. ....7.10 a. m. v. Ninetv-Six ...... ..7.25 a. in. v. Dvson ..........7...35 a. in. v. Chappells ..........7.45 a. m. v. Old Town ...... ..7.57 a. in. v. Silver Street ...... ..8.05 a. in. v. Hlelena .. .. .. .. .. ..8.15 a. Im. v. Newberry......... ..8.20 a. in. v. Plrosperity ...... ..8.40 it. in. v. Po aiiiiria .... .. .. ..8.55 a. in. v. Peak.. .... .....9.07 a. in. v. Alston ......... ...9.10 a. in. r. Columbia ... ....10.00 a. in. Returning this ti'i will leave Co mbia 6.30 p. Iml., arrviig Beltonl 1. i p. i., and Amjderson 11.45 p). n. "We have eoie," said Mr. Gay an, entering tihe employinent, agen , with his wife, 1to seenre i cook." Plain or finey?'" asked the agent.. "Plain," put in Mrs. Gaymnan, romlptly, '"the plainest, one you Torturing Him. You say you think you. girl is go Io- back ol You? viat leads you to lech a1 supposition1? D(id she snub "No' bitt she calledl her little sister ito thle parlor last niglit. and had Lr reeite toI me."-1iston Post. WhIitmire-Jn). Morse, J. L. Evans, B. Odell. Cromers Store-C. Ml. Folk, Thios. hanmdlr, Jiacksoit Abraims. Jailapn-W. L. Watters, C. B. Eddtky, W. Buf,ord. Long.Shlores-J. Ak. Shr1odler, T. M. IZZ11izard, Geo. 11. Martin. Williais-J. S. Werts, J. W. San 1irs, J. W. Matthews. Utopia-J. W. Alewine, Jlats. F. tevenis, F. Le~e Hayes. Prosperity-A. 11. Wise, J. HI. 5rt, WV. I". Lest er. Hlendri x MIill-W\. P'. L eaphiart, G. WV. Long. ILit Ile MNountaini--J. K. IDerrick, A. . Bolanid, I. P'. Hloffmani. J1ol ly St reet -L. V. L I~iingstoni, Jno. till, Samuel Williamson. L,. Graham. UJnion-W. B. Boiest, F. L. trauss, L4ambert Moore. Waliton-.j 1. Folk, .Johni A. Gra m, ,Johnt W. Kinaird. St. Philips-U. Luke Sense, Edgar alifae,e B. H. Maybini. PTe Mantagers at each precinct lined above arie requested to (Ide ite one of' their number to secure >xes and lanks for the election on rid after Saturday, November 3, )O06, at the offie of' Fred H. Dom-. lik, I .awiHng Fred HI. D)ominick, Chairman. M. J. Longshore, J1. P. Harmon. Comn . nor~s of' State and Coun rElectior q for Newberry County, ,C. Oenhar 22, 106.