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tbe MIanning times. LOUJIS APPELT. Editor. MANNING. S. C.. AUGUST .0. 1911. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIPTloN RATES: One year.------.......................... : Six months....................- - T Poui months..................... 0 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. $1: each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and TriDutes of Respect charg:ed for as re::ular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three. six and twelve communications must oc accoznpanied by the real name and address of the writer-in order to receive attention. No com-nicatiotl of a persona. cnaracter wi be published ccept as aa avertienn. Entered at the Postofhce at .', n:i: - ond Cass matter. THE TRUSTEES SHOULD REFUSE. The recent school book adop tion is not being accepted by all of the people without protest, and in some cases the acceptance has been rejected entirely. We do not know but it would be a good thing if every county board would follow Florence in this matter and sit down on the action of the State board. The Florence County School Trustee's Association de nounced the recent school book adoption and they inform the State Superintendent that they can not and will not require the patrons of the schools in Florence to comform to the change. It will be remembered the board made a most radical change in the books to be used in the public schools, for what reason no one as yet has given a satisfactory explanation. the head of our public school sys tem opposed the change, but the board by its majority over-rode his protest, and went ahead to change about eighty per cent of the books, which simply means, that the patrons of these schools are required to undergo this ex tra expense and annoyance. Had the adoption been made by a new board we might have rea soned it out to mean the former board was unfortunate, and pos sibly incompetent to select the books to be taught in our public schools, but this is not a new board, it is the board that adopt ed the books which have been used the past five years. Did they adopt these books carelessly, and find that they had made great mistakes in their selections, and, if so, did it amount to so great a mistake as to require a practical wiping out of their former selec tion? The people are asking what influence the book publish ers brought to bear to bring about such a radical change? This question has not been ans wered satisfactorlly, the fact that the State P aperintendent made a vigorous protest against such a radical change, and the further fact that an examination of some of the adopted books has already caused protests against their use in our schools, strikes us -as being a good ground for a general protest from all of the counties, and for the trustees to refuse to be governed by the State board's adoption. We know of no law which would force the people to buy new books, if their teacher-s will teach the old books, then the peo ple, the patrons of the public schools, have the whip handle in their own hands, and can ref Lse to exchange or buy the new adop tion, if they took such a stand it would teach a lesson to those in authority that would have its ef fect for many years to come. This -is a government of the peCople, and when those they put in au thority go heedlessly along and do things which are not neces sary, and bring upon the people a needless expense, a hait can and should be called; therefore. we heartily endorse the action of the Florence trustees, and would recommend similar action here. The schools open in a few days but there is yet time for each set of trustees to instruct the teach ers they employ to ignore the new adoption, but to go ahead with the same books they have beetn using the past five year-s, or to take only such of the new ones as are actually needed for good work in their respective schools. MERIT AXD NOT POLITICS. The contest for the Judgeship to be made vacant by the resig nation of Judge Klugh in the 8th, circuit promises to be a live ly one; already two of the Abbe ville Bar are candidates, and there is no telling how many more candidates will come from the other counties in that cir cuit. Of course, every lawyer, *whether or not he has had a case in court regards himself qualified for the bench, and if he can se cure the endorsement of the other lawyers of the circuit he stands a good chance of election before the general assembly. As we said last week Hon. W. N. Graydon is a candidate for the judgeship, and we do not believe a better man could be found for the position, if a sterl ing character, long experience, and success at the practice in its various grades. broad minded and independence are the requisites, he is possessed of these qualities and would be a splendid acquisi tion to the bench. But if p~cli tics is to play an important part in the selection of a man to hold the scales of justice with an even hand, we fear Graydon will not measure up. He has no political prestige further than the service he rendered while a Senator, and here he man ifested an independence which forced even his opponents to admire him. Graydon is a reasoner and once he is convinec ed, there is no vacillation, but promptly and forcifully he makes known his position and, against all comers he is able to defend by his logical arguments his decisions. SUMTERIS BOND ISSUE SHOULD E AMI CABLY SETrLED. The Sumter road bond issne will have a stum py road t travel before bonds are secured. It will 1 be remembered that the election I commssioners threw out a box on the ground there were four- I teen illegal votes cast in it, which 1 I gave to thead vocates of the bonds i majority. otherwise it would have been a tie: now comes the attorney for the opposition, arm- I ed with afidavits showing that 1 seven of the fourteen alleged votes were cast by men who vot ed for the bonds, this brings the result back again to the tie. In our opinion there is but one way to have this matter settled satis-.1 factory, aud, that is to adopt the sugg-estion of The Item, to do clare " No Election" and let it go 1 back to the voters: unless someth iing of the kind is done, there will always be a source of irritation, contention and soreness, that can not help the county. and espec ially the city of Sumter will be injured thereby. We are interested in the out come of the bond issue in our ad joining county, for the reason, if Sumter votes to bond herself for good roads it will have a strong influence on the voters of this county should the subject be pre sented to them, and, we think it likely in the not far distant fu ture. Therefore we hope not to be regarded as "butting in" where we have no concern. It is our judgment the building up of the highways is the best invest- 1 ment a people can make, it is 1 that which brings an immediate i return to every citizen, and the 1 only way the object can be prop erly accomplished, is through the issuing of bonds to raise the mon ey. If Sumter arranges to build up its public roads through bonds, in all probability Claren don will follow suit, we have a live progressive people who will not be content to travel in the old ruts while our adjoining friends are enjoying the comforts and conveniences of tirst class high -.vays. For this reason we are anx ious that a satisfactory adjust ment of the differences can be reached. When this has been done and the good work begun by our neighbors. it will bolster up the argument in this county when the campaign is on for good roads. COTTON TARIFF NOT DISTURBED. President Taft vetoed the cot ton tariff bill, which in our opin ion meets with the approval of even those who voted for the reduction. There has been a whole lot of little politics played in the congress which has just shut up shop, the hypocrisy has been so glaring that it is practi cally confessed the cotton tariff reduction ireasure was support ed by the soutbern members to1 be in position to rebut the charge liee ter wa asouthern be icongress who at heart wanted the tariff reduced on cotton, and especially do we think the south-i ern men interested in the sugar< and i-ice schedule played little politics when they voted for a tariff reduction on these articles< grown in the south, and which, if the duty is taken off, open thei gates for the foreign product to< flood this country at prices far below the cost of production of t labor here. The veto by thec President saved to the cotton t growers a lot of money for thei present crop. but when congressi reconvenes there is no telling what the Democratic majority in the House with the mixed breeded senate will do in order to get an advantage over the I party which has had control these many years. and whicht claims the credit for the present progress aud prosperity of the i country. WHEN WILL THEY BE SATISFIED? It is rumored that Hon. Frank -.Gr ill be a candidate for the beach when Judge Klugh resigt~s. but we hardly know ~ whether to credit the rumor or E not- Mr. Gary is a tine man, and no doubt he is a good law yer, but it does seem to us that we have as many of one family on s the bench as is proper, enough to at least satisfy the general public, unless the State should adopt the policy of placing the ju diciarvin the hands of this one c distinguished family. One brother is an associate justice, and for whom we hare the highest re gatrd, another- brother is on the circuit bench, lie too, is a very popular- man, now to takej still another brother simply be cause there is a vacancy in his circuit is going it rather strong we think. When the legislature assembles we have no doubt the former speaker. and vacancy flling LUnited States Senator- will tind that many of his friends will feel that the bench is fully supplied at this time with mem bers of the Gary family. IThe ceetion in .Jefferson coun t\ Alabama, which includes the cty of Birnminghamn, r-eversedl it sefon last Thursday on the liq-1 uor qluestion. In 19U7 the county' v otedl for prohibition by a major itv of 1 0)f , and r-eturn~ed to the saloon-s by about 2,000) majority. Ihe. ssue was mainly dispensar es or s.aloons, althoughb the ques tion oi '-"wet" or "dry" was also voted upon. it will be reimemi bered that the Aliabama legisla ture- in 1907 adopted a very strin gent prohibition Ia v. SO str-ingenlt tat as the time we predicted it w ould not stanid any longer- than the people could get achianc-e at the polls to r-ever-se it. There is only one way to handle this tr-on blous question, and that is by Jo cin self encermnent THE CROP YIELD, Those who think that the laims of deterioration in the E: !otton crop is more imaginary so han real should take a trip over ve he fields and convince them- wI ;elves that the estimates made ra 'ecently are very conservative. Ci hey do not tell the alarm- in1 ng story as fully as it exists. ini nstead of the falling off being ex !5 per cent as some of the esti- ly nates are, reliable information pli o us is that the loss will be ur iearer 30 per cent. Crops that co n the early part of July prom- cil sed a full yield now show clear- se y the effect of the seasons, the pr iuit upon the stalks are fully of natured and the stalk is practi- izE ally dead, there will be no "top is rop" and many of the bolls on kr he stalks are drying up to give gr ip only a small part of the fleece ig hat should have been in it. TI 'rom the reports made to us, re iot by alarmists, but clear- ne icaded conversative men, Clar- wl mdon will not make as much in otton as it did last year, and a sp nonth ago there was a good th )romise of at least 10 per cent ar nore. to of The News and Courier says dc hat "it is cooler here than it is n some other places." TLere is W nuch truth in the statement if he teachings of the ministry is orrect. ro T1 Poor Mrs. Russell Sage will ra )e required to pay into the se reasury of the State of Minne- be ota about $600,000 inheritance se :ax, this is a hard blow to the 02 ood lady. Had her husband in- at ested in South Carolina no such th nisfortune would have befallen ta ier. We would suggest that in ;he get out of that State with CO 1er money and plant it here. th ml of The Democrats of Texas are ie, oing to work earnestly to t1( rouse the South to send dele- SC rtes to the national convention th or *Woodrow Wilson for the ml )residential nomination, while it hose of the West are working be ooth and nail for Champ Clark )ut the probability is, neither sg vill lead the Democratic host in tic ihe great battle which will come b )ff next year. ha ptC fo The recent registration in be Jharleston show 9,210 names on au he books, there will be a purg- mj ng of the double entries which th vill reduce the number down sh ondsiderably. According to pe he number of white population, th e doubt if Charleston has over lo ,000 voters, it has has never de oted that many, but in a hot ro ~lection wher-e the politicians an re intensely interested, and the of eer is free, there is no telling tic he number of votes that can be e ~otten to the polls-.a ... ....Di Governor Smith of Georgia has t ~etoed the Act passed by the leg- of slatur-e, permitting the exchange T f railroad mileage for newspaper bu idvertising. Just why newspa- f >er-s should not be permitted to re nileage or anything else we can b iot see, it strikes us that the gov-t ~rnor's action is a direct strike a th he constitutional right of con ract. However, the newspapers >f Georgia may be allowed to sell eir space for real money which s n the end will suit them betterle n most instances we imagine. -Senator E. D. Smith has added E( onsiderable to his prestige since -SI e put the department of agri. a ulture in the embarassing posi-1 ri5 on in the matter of sending out ro stimates of the cotton crop, a ew report is to be given out riday. and if the former esti- no nates of the depar-tment shows dr o have been greatly over esti- po nated. as it is believed will be p ie case, then Smith will have an one the South a valuable ser- .1n -ice, at any rate his directing to he attention to the lax methods dc *mployed to estimate this impor- b ant money crop must result in th ood- di~ TATE OF OH LO. CIT T OF TO~LEDO. no~11 LICAs CouNTY. i'w FANK J. CH ENCEY makes oath that he is the Inior partner of the tirm of 1'. J. CHENEY &aW o. doing business in the city of Toledo. county Ja nd State aforesaid. andthat said firm will pay 1 sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARs for ich and every case of Catarrih that cannot be red by the use of H A L' CATARRH CU E. sworn to before me and subscribed in may pres ice. this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. pr( SEA! . Notary Public. Hlls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and ket ts diretly ou the blood and mucous surfaces the system. scnd for testimonials, free. 'F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. ja SOml by druggists. 75c. Hals Family Pills are the best. Yal -...sal Petit Jurors. Court convenes in Manning Sep- me ember 18th, Judge R. E. Copes, pre- set iding. on F H Chlewning, Silver. . A E Felder, Pinewood. ' J M Wingate, Workman. J H Dinirle, Suminerton, R F D. m~ J W Totichber-ry, Paxville. I ro J H Alsbrook, Foreston. R 1B Beatson, Silver, R. F. D. he H A Fischer, Summierton,ho W P Corbett, Paxville. 1 IL Shirer,. Summnerton. shx Thos H Ridgeway, Silver. R F U). no J1 W Perry, Alcolu, R F D). W H Rhod us, Manining, R F D). C S Land, Foresten. r J 31 Rowe, Summnerton, R F 1). E P Matis, St. Paul. is W R Mathis, Summerton. R F D). .i P F J Floyd, Turbevill-e.hi 1 X Plowden, Mauning, R F D). to WV R Coskrey, Summerton. -dat W P Roberts, Wilson. bor David Shoemaker, Silver, R F D. ve Henry A Richbourg, Summuerton. o J H Hamilton, Foreston. S E Hodge, Paxville. get D) M Carraway, Paxville. En T L Shirer, St Paul. for R R DuRanit.,Iayesville, R F D-. art N 1B Davis, Silver, R F D. C S Buddin, New Zion. WV D McClary, Siumerton. Ii A Brailsford, Pinewood. jthl . P Coleman, Davis Station. "-T. .J UI DuBose, Yew Zion."b 11 A H odge, Summerton. 2 H v hie. Win, RFI) nr The Express Business. The officials of the Southert tpress Company have showi me concern at the proposed in stigation into their busines lich is to be made by the Statt ilroad commission of Soutl ,rolina. If the investigation i. ;nded to be a really searchinc juiry into the methods of thi press business and particular or the system of charges em >yed by the company, there is doubtedly, reason enough foi neern on the part of the offi Lls. A strict rate regulation ani rvice requirement of the ex ess companies such as is mad( the railroads would revolution the express business, whict conducted according to n( own law except the law of thi eatest profit obtainable from at oorant and complacent public iere has never been any sort o: gulation of the express busi ss by the various commission: iich have brought the railroad. to some degree of order and re onsibility to the people, al ough the express companie - supposed, in a general w:y be subject to the jurisdictioz the transportation commis >ns. It is a very hard thing ubtless, to get at the inne: )rking of the express business iose whole constitution i: 'ongly based. The express ser 3e should be a part of the rail ads' business, as it is in Europe iere is r.o more reason for thi ilroads to farm out the expres rvice privilege than there woui for them to farm out the pas nger business of their lines ie of the big trunk lines oper ing between the Ohio river an( e East has announced plans foi king over a branch of the bus ass now carried on by expres mpanies, and it is to be hopec at this is the beginning of )vement toward the abolitiot these private express compan altogether. If the inveftiga n which is to be made of thi ithern Express Company b3 e South Carolina railroad corn ssion contributes to this end will have been a great publi< nefit. The Cleveland Plain Deale ys there is a growing convic in that the express companies "long continued exactions' ve "forfeited their right t blic sympathy; that they per rm a service which might b( tter performed by the railroad d could be performed by then >re chaply, "and every infiaenc< e public can bring to bea ould be exerted toward com ling the railroads to assumi is service, which properly be igs in their sphere. It is, in ed, quite possible that the rail ads could be compelled to givi express service upon demani a shipper, without interposi in of the express company That the express evil is inexcus le," says the Richmond Times spatch, "is shown by the faci at no differential justificatior the existence of an expres! mpany has ever been made.' ie conviction that the expres! siness has no place outside thi notions of the .railroads them lves, where it can be properly gulated and held to accounta ity, is spreading wildly, and at conviction is bound to fini pression on. before very long a definite movement to compel e absorption of the express evice by the railroads.-Char ;ton Post. A Road Made in a Day. E~othino rond, a prominent street 11 inburgh. was, mnide in a single day e Jlames Clerk of Penic-uik bet witi friend that he would between sun ;e and( sunset p'repare. the line 02 id. exten~dhiganeary a nile in lengtl twenty p:1ees in breadth. It hap, ned to be~ in the winter sean. wvhei Lny men wvere* unem*ployed. Hie hac difficulty in colecrting several hun ads of these on th.. grounsd at the ap uted timue. wvhen he gav.e them all !ntiful br akfast of porter. wh-1iskl d breaid and cheese. nfter whi.h.i nt the sun ros~e. he. ordered thenu set to work. somue to tear do~wn in sures. others to unroof~ and demiol!sl tages and a considerable piortioni te ng earth to till up a great hollow tC required height. The inhabitants, mayed at so vast a force and sc nmary a mode of procedure. made resistance. So acetive were the rkmen that before sunset the road s sulliciently formed to allow Sir nes to drive his carriage over it. Easy to Make a Gun. e ameer of Afghanistan once start a gun factory of which he was very ud and placed It under the super ion of a smart Yankee who could ~p his business to himself. Ameer an, one of the ameer's chiefs, came to see the factory one day. The nkee showed him around, and at end of the Inspection Ameer Khani This looks very simple. Now tell just how to make a gun, and I will up a factory in my own province my return home." It looks simple." said the Yankee, id it is simple. To build a gun you kce a ho!e first; then you wrap some o around it. and there you are." .meer Khan shook his head. "Ah,' said. "there is plenty of air for the e in my province, but how the iron muld be wrapped around it is a thing ie of my people know." Bruce at Bannockburn. :obert Bruce was the descendant a Normnn. He was half an Eng iman and half a Scotchman, and by mother's side he was a claimant the Scottish crown. After many ing adventures and rude perils, ne up throughout by strong perse lag conscience and an ardent love liberty, Bruce was able to get to her a patriotic army to meet the glish at Bannockburn In 1314. Be e the battle began the Scottish iy knelt down in prayer. Edward was looking on. He turned to h'., orite knight and said: "Argentine, rebels yield. They beg for mercy." mey do, my liege," the reply was, it not from you." he battle ended not only in a vie r. but In a rout-Samnel Smiles' WORSE HURRIG. Brave Old Charleston Deaths and $1,000,0 Wind Reache 94 Miles The worst storm since 1893 had Charleston and the entire Carolica seacoast in its grip from Sunday afternoon until Monday morning. Traffic was suspended, the railroads could not get out of the city until the afternoun of Monday, and there was general anxiety all over the State. telegaphic and telephone communica tion was entirely cut off, nothing definite was heard from the city until the train due here at 9 a. in. reached Manning at 6 p. in, then the News and Courier was eagerly devoured. The story as toid by that most excellent newspaper was a most thrilling one, and under the distressing conditions the management certainly manifested remarkable bravery and enterprise in getting out the edition. The wind was blowing a howling gale at 80 miles an hour, - roofs of houses were shedding their coverings, glass was crashing all around, and still the force in the newspaper office staid at their posts. The reporter braved the storm at the risk of life and limb. here and there groping about in the hideous darkness in search - ot material to send out to the readers. It was a wonderful piece of work. The pleasure resorts, Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms were filled with people. from the city, and from this and other States, all cut off from communication. But with all of this terrible condition Monday's paper had not found where there was any loss of life. -The storm came up very gudden]y and there was lit tle time to get the people off of the Islands. The superintendent of the consolidated went over in person and gaVe the warning so the people could get away, but he only succeeded in reaching a part, many tarried until it was impossible for them to reach the city. But Monday's paper reports that no lives were lost at either Sullivan's Island nor the Isle of Palms, and at midnight the wind had reached 94 miles an hour. The first authentic news from the island reached the city late in the night by a party that came over in a flat boat. Our readers can best be served with as much of the News and Courier's story as we can get into this issue taken from it of yesterday: "The hurricans which bore down upon Charleston Sunday even ing, and which held the city in its grip throughout Sunday night, passed on early Monday, leaving behind it a trail of death and wreckage unparalleled in this community since the great storm of 1893. Six deaths are known to have been caused by the hurrican. Besides that of Engineer Coburn, reported in The News and Cour ier Monday, two young men and a negro woman were killed in Mount Pleasant, and two white women were drowned in Charles ton. The names of the dead are: Alonzo J. Coburn. Southern Railway engineer, Charleston. Ida Morgan, white. Rosa Robinson, white. E. V. Cutter, motor man, Charleston. Robert E. Smith, Columbia. Mrs. M. Goodson, Waycross. Ga. Charles Goodson, 2 years, Waycross, Ga. Mrs. G. Richter, Charleston. Mary Richter, Charleston. Lillian Stender, Charleston. Two unknown negro men, James Island. Two unknown negro men, John's Island. One unknown negress, Sullivan's Island. Besides these rumors of a number of other drownings and kill ings have been brought in, but these it has been impossibe to corro borate. It is impossible as yet to say just how great has been thc prop. erty loss as a result of the hurricane's work. No reports from the sea islands or from the coast have yet been obtainable. DAMAGE ESTIMATE IMPOSSIBLE. In the immediate vicinity of Charleston estimates vary from a quarter of a million dollars upward. It is probable that the loss is about a milliorn dollars. That is the figure which a number of the most capable observers hit upon. Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms both came through the storm with no loss of life on either island, but the night was one of great terror on both, and much damage has been done on both. Many houses on Sullivan's Island have been wrecked, and the ho tel on the Isle of Palms suffered severely. The transportation sys tem has been put completely out of business. The hurricane w'as at its height at midnight Sunday night. when the wind attained a velocity of 94 miles the hour and the ba Irometer dropped to 29.43. The wind continued to blow fiercely until about daylight and then gradually subsided until the storm passed on somewhere to the south of Charleston and inland-the weather bureau does not know just where. WATER FRONT DAMAGE GREAT. In Charleston the greatest damage, of course, was done along -the water front, but practically every house south of Calhoun street testified to the fury of the gale. Along Broad street. East Bay, King and Meeting streets scores of residences and places of busi ness were unroofed and had the windows blown out. The rain. which fell heavily Monday night was in consequence most unwel come, even though accompanied by but little wind. Hundreds of trees in all parts of the city were blown down or split to pieces. The streets everywhere Monday were filled with wreckage of all sorts. Little business was transacted. The work of repairing, the damage has already progressed well, however, and the str-eet railway was in operation Tuesday and the streets, it is promised, will all be open to traffic. Communication with the outside world has been re-established, trains operating from the old Line station, of the Southern Rail way, the Union Station being put out of commission temporarily. No telegraph wires are yet being worked into Charleston, but the Western Union sent operators to Summerville. which scarcely felt the storm at all, and sent and received messages there, bring ing them to Charleston by train. Thus the dispatches -appearing in The News and Courier Tues day morning were obtained. Detailed accounts of various features of the storm's work are given below. SCORES REACH CITY FROM ISLE OF PALMS. PROPERTY LOsS GREAT. Weary and worn and relating a thrilling tale of a terrible nig-ht spent in the Seashore Hotel during the storm several scorec excur sionists and city people arrived in the city yesterday evening at about 6.30 o'clock on a fiat boat from the Isle of Palms, bringing the first authentic news from that exposed resort and relieving the minds of hundreds of relatives who has been anxiously awaiting some sort of communication from them for over twenty-four hours. The Isle of Palms party were brought to the city through thei push and energy of Mr. A. S. Guckenheimer-, a prominent busi ness man of Savannah, who left his family at the hotel Sundaiy evening and attempted to reach the city. He w~as for-ccd to spend the night on the Lawrence on the Mount Pleasant side of the lhar bor, and only arrived in Charleston early yesterday afternoon. He immediately chartered a tug an'd flat boat and steamed off for the Isle of Palms, where he found his family safe and sound, after their stenuous experiences of the night before. ESTIMATED PROPERTY LOSS. According to the stories related yesterday by several who had experienced the fury of the storm at the Isle of Palms, no fatali ties took place, but the property damage was considerable. Mr. James Sottile, the owner of the resort, alone estimating his loss to be not less than 85,000. Mr. F. G. Sc-haefer. a traivelling. man. of-Atlanta, who spent the terr-ible night on the little island, and whacnording- to eveal of his companions. did much to liven up ANE SINCE 1893. Struck by Sea Lion---15 00 Damage Done s Velocity of Per Hour. the sinking spirits of the terrified women and children in the party. gave a very vivid account of his experience during the night: GUESTS M ADE MERRY. "Notwithstanding the fact that one or the most terrible storm which had ever visited this port was raging for many hours. all the guests made merry," said Mr. Schaefer. "The stanch Sea shore Hotel withstood the storm. except for a portion of the left wing. which was carried away, as were the servants quarters. It was necessary to nail and brace every door and window in the hotel. The ladies bravely took things as they were, and each and every one in her role proved herself a heroine. There were also many little children., who bravely held themselves throughout the entire excitement, lasting for hours, not a scream was heard or a tear shed, by the smallest child. Indeed. it was a brave crew, weathering the storm like old sailors. and under the command of the gallant captain, Mr. Jack H. Clancy, who all the while made merry. singing many snatches of songs and telling many amusing tales. MUSIC WHILE STORM RAGED. "Miss Dub presided at the piano'during the height of the storm, while the Misses Mildred and Ethel Guckenheimer enter tained with singing and recitations. Several young gentlemen deserve special mention for their brave efforts in boarding up windows and doors. barring out the terrible wind and storm. Those deserving special mention in doing this effective work are: Messrs Edw. C. Stothart, Ro'bt. Magwood, Jas. Allan, Jr., and James Sotille, the owner of the Isle of Palms, who led his little band of brave men through every part of the house making things as se cure as possible from the storm. A number of employees and some few visitors took refnge in an upper story of the Stag Hotel, adjoining the pavilion, and it was ascertained afterwards that these were safe.." The following the extracts are furnished from a diary kept by Mr. Schaefer, and afford an apt illustration of the state of mind in which the refugees at the hotel were in yesterday morning after the storm: FROM MR. SCHAFER'S DIARY. "3.30 A. M.-It is just reported that the servants' quarters, recently erected, of forty rooms, all occupied by colored help,- was completely destroyed by the storm, and a number of the employees took refuge in trees. Several have been able to make their way to the hotel, and these report as above. "7 o'clock A. M.-The storm has subsided, and those who last night experienced the trials of such a storm, and barely escaped death, are witnessing the results of this terrible devastation and of the sea's fury. What we now behold is wreckage and ruins. and only the main portion of the hotel building, in which were housed about one hundred guests and employees, remained intact. .Had not a kindly Providence thrown out to us the life line, this terrible night just past, we all might have passed over to the Great Beyond. MASS OF RUINS. "What was once the most beautiful seashore resort of the At lantic coast is now transposed into a mass of debris. The car ter minal of the Consolidated Railway, at the entrance of the pavilion. and the car station, at the Seashore Hotel, is entirely demolished. The roof of the piazza fronting the bath house was completely torn away and the board walks leading from the hotel to the pavilion and the car station were washed away, showing the ferocity of.-the storm." Mr. James Sottle expressed his thankfulness that no lives were lost, and is busy making preparations for rebuilding tempo rary quarters for the big crowds of Sunday and Labor Day. Mr. Sottile wvill do everything possible to make his employees comfort able. HEROISM OF EMPLOYEES. The little crowd of employees, who were unable to make their way to the hotel, and took refuge in the upper stories of the stag ad joining the pavilion, were found safe and in good spirits, and tell a great story of their experiences and the many heroic acts of the men. Most of the nmght was spent in prayer. Among those de serving of special mention in this connection with preserving the women and children are Messrs. H. M. Schachte, C. 0. Smith, Vincent Minor, E. C. Steele, G. Duggan and C. E. Everett. All of these were untiring in their efforts to pacify the excited women and children. The main building of the hotel has not been injured to any ex tent, but temporary repairs will begin immediately for Labor Day, Monday, September 4, and preparations will be made to accommo date the large crowd expected. This popular resort will continue in its efforts to serve its patrons in the best manner possible. EFFECT ON BEACH. Again the superiority of this resort comes to mind, as it was peculiarly noticeable that there was no undertow on the beacn, only an up and down beach wash, thereby eliminating many of the dan gers of surf bathing peculiar to most of the beaches along the coast. Even during the early .stages of the storn'i, the beach was alive with bathers, who seemed to enjoy the huge white-caps driven in by the powerful wind. Prominent among the effects saved in the pavilion was the large new soda water fountain. which had just been installed. While pianos, counters. chairs and fixtures of all descriptions were ruthlessly hurled into the open and smashed into kindling wood, the fountain remained entirely intact, and stood out beautifully from out of the wreck and ruin, its mirrors shining and lashing brightly. MR. OSCAR E. JOHNSON TELLS OF THE NIGHT'S WILDNESSS. That more houses have been damaged and destroyed on Sulli van's Island thani ever before is the opinion of Mr. Oscar E. John son, who was one or tihe business men wvho came to the city Mon day afternoon on the Sappho. Mr. Johnson. wvho lives on the farthest end of the Island, at Station 28 1-2, had an experience Sunday night which lie does not care to repeat. Tfhere were about a dozen people in the house where lie was staying. At 10 o'clock, when the wind changed, they were driven from the house and forced to make their way through water that was both deep and swift to another. Theliy accomplish ed this with difficulty, but no sooner had they gotten to the second house than the piazza was blown away and then the roof. The men of the party were compelled to brace the doors to prevent them from being blown down.. fearing that if this should happen the house itself would go to pieces. Many did. Thlat belonging to Messrs. Isaac Ball and Campbell erashed just after they had left it. No one was hurt. Another house fell while a main. a womain and five or six children were on the back steps. All escaped uninjured. Dr. Sprunt's house was mong those blown out of position. Mr. Johnson considers it mir culous that so much damage should hore been done to property on Sullivan's Island and yet no one be hurt. The colored people. bie said, were frightened terribly, and probably constitu ted a ma jority of the passengers who came over on the Sappho. The white people were seemingly agreed in thinking that the storm was gone o stay. Mr. .Johnson saidl that the opinion of those who experienced ot storm was that that of Sunday was worse than that of 18'93.