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VOL. XXVI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMB 1 STORM TRAGEDY Fire Persons Were D owncd Of Wap poe Mills Opposite Charleston HOUSE CARIED AWAY The Pathetic Story of the Drowning of a Mother and Her Two Young Children as Described by an Old er Son, Who Also 1Battled For His Life in the-Water. The News and Ccurier says five persons were drowned off Wappoo Mills, in St. Andrew's parish in the storm of Sunday ni-lit The dead are as follows: Mrs Lottie Richter, Mary Richter, Mrs. Mtrtha Goodson, Charles Goodson and Lillian Stender. The death of these persons was from drown'ng in the high waters of Wap poo cut late Sunday nirzht, after they had been driven from the small cot tage in which they were housed. This cottage was the home of Dennis Cas sidy, watchman at Wappoo. Both Cassidy and his wife were saved af ter a fierce fight with the wind and waves. The Cassidy residence was washed away 'by the high waters, and those in the home who were saved made their escape by floating on the top of the roof and upon a small out house. These were rescued by a ne gro farmer by the name'of Ford, who gave them clothes and food and as sisted them on their way to Charles ton. A peculiar feature of this ter rible affair was that none of the oc cupants of the house were clothed at all. They -had undressed for bed before the storm broke upon them I and what night clothes they wore were torn from them by the wind and the waters. It is a sad story that is told of this drowning. Mrs Lottie Richter was a young women, just about twenty years of age, and her little daumghter. Mary, who was also drowned, was but a babe of three months. Little Lillian Stender was about two years of age. as was Charles Goodson. Mrs. Good son, mother of the yonug boy, was about thirty-six years of age, and re sided at Waycross, Ga. There was a large crowd in the small cottage that was destroyed, the Cassidys. John Stender, his wife and child, Mr. and Mrs. Richter and their two child ren and others. From the story of the fearful occurrence, it seems that as the wa ter gradually rose higher and hig% er the. occupants of the cottage in a measure were prepared for the worst and both Stender and Richter sat in the windows ready to take to the wa ter and swim for .their lives. When the house was lifted from Its founda tions and fell upon one side, the va rious occupants clung to -parts of the wreckage as best they could--some were able to undergo the fearful or deal and others perished. In his arms, John Stender clung tenacious 1:y to his little daughter until a heavy wave burst over him and dis lodged the child. Endeavoring to keep up with the floating house, he made dive after dive for the little girl, but to no avail. She was drown ed and her body was recovered in the marshes not far from the scene of the tragedy. John Stender was enabled to save himself by clinging to p~arts of the floating house. John Richter, his wife, Lottie Richter and their two children, May. and Allen were in the house. 1n the window sat the husband and father, shielding his two children, af ter his wife had admonished him to tae caire of them and she would take take care of them and she would look out for herself. When the house fell John Richter was somewhat hurt in the crash, bunt he held on to the two children. Floating for awhile on part of the wreckage, Richter was ena'hled to keep May and Allen above water, but before long he was struck by a piece of timber, blown against him, and knocked him almost sense less. His hold on the children was broken and they sank into the wate! below. But upon recovering himsel' somewhat, Richter made a number of dives, which were only partially successfully. He succeeded in find ing 'his son Allen and brought hin' to a place on the roof, to which the: were holdiniv. But without avai' were his efforts to recover his daugh ter May. Douglass Goodson, a young lad o' 13 summers, who survived the ter rible traredy, told a graphic anC pathetic story of 'the death of hi! -mother, and little brother Charles: "Mother and us boys. Leroy. fivf years old, and myself. went to Wap poo mills about two weeks ago te spend a vacation with Mrs. Bertha Stender. We had a very pleasant time until Sunday afternoon. Wit" us at the time of the tragedy were Ialr and Mrs. Dennis Cassidy, both of' whom were saved. Sunday evening the rain began to fall very hard and in a few hours the entire house in which we were staying was sur rounded by water. All of us N'camne freightened and ran out on the pi azza, when the floor of the house fell in. The roof followed shortly afterwards. Then the front porch. Our lanterns were blown out by the terrific wind and we were left in ut ter darkness. In the midst of an un usually strong gust the entire build ing turned over on its side, mother the Cassidys, my brothers and my self clinring desperately to the side Fortunately this side fell uppermost and we were able to grab 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 stanlding. but mother and we oth er boys were unable to make our iat to the same spot. During the whole t.m mothr talked soothinglyj COTTON MEETING DELEGATES ARE NAMED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. Every Brand of Business Interested in the Staple 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 ed by the commissioner of agricul ture of that State. Mr. Watson has included in his list all who might be interested in the cotton situation. includes Senator E. D. Smith, mem ')ers of -the Farmers' Union, promi -ient bankers, the warehousemen and farmers who are not members of the organization. but who are cot ton planters, as will be seen from the ist. The delegates are as follows: E. D. Smith, Florence. E. W". Dabbs, Mayesville. B. F. Keller, Cameron; R. M. 'ooper, Wysacky; J. W. Reid, Colum bia; J. B. O'Neall Holloway, New berry; J. M. Bragdon, Sumter; A. J. A. Perritt, Lamar; Alfred Aldrich, Barnwell; B. Harris, Pendleton; S. . Su,mmers, Cameron; T. B. Stack house, Columbia; R. I. Manning, Sumter; Bright Williamson, Darling ton; W. K. Durst, Greenwood; A. D. Hudson, Newberry; John McKinard, Newberry; James Q. Davis, Wirns boro; E. A. Smyth, Greenville. L. W. Parker, Greenville; B. F Taylor, Columbia, D. R. Coker, Jr., Harts ,ille, Alan Johnstone, Newberry; W. D). Evans, Cheraw; Douglas WcIn :yre, Marion; H. T. Lucas, Walhalla; Tohn T. Roddy, Rock Hill; W. J. Xontgomery, 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; T. E. Beamguard, Clover; J. A. Banks, St "atthews; J. W. Kibler, ewberry; S. G. Mayfleld, Denmark; Frank Evans, Greenwood; M. L. Don -dson, Greenville; 0. P. Goodwin, aurens; T. H. Foster, Piedmont; E. L. Archer, Spartanburg; T. J. doore, Moore: J. F. Vernon, Well ?ord: W. E. Dar-gan, Darlington: J. F. Nesbit, Lancaster; J. S. Wilson, ancaster; W. H. Stewart, Rock ill: J. G. L. White, Chester; P. L. arden, Bascomville; T. J. Cunning ham, Chester; J. Swinton Whaley, Edisto Island: S. A. Burns, Ander n, J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg; W. S. Barton, Jr., Orangeburg; R T. C. Flunter, 'Prosperity; D. F. Efird, Lexington; R. A. Meares, Ridgeway; T. -C. Stribling, Pendleton, C. H. ,arpenter, Easley; C. M. Smith, 3affney: H. S. Lipscomb, Trough; M. R. Parks, Parksville; J. P. Mc >air, Aiken; W. C Vincent, Bluffton; 2. C. Padgett, Smoaks, W. H. Curry, thems; J. H. Wharton, Waterloo; S. v. Welch, Elliot; L. L. LBaker, 'Bish )pvlle: 3. W. Alexander, -Westmin ster; 3. T. Frierson, Mouzons; F. F. ~apers, Greenville; 3. 3. Fretwell, tnderson: Aug. W. Smith, Spartan ,urg; G. W. Duvall, Cheraw; R. M. 3ethea, Dillon; R. P. Hamer, Ham r; H. T. Morrison, McClellanville. o her three boys and two or three :imes cried softly. The house began f loao dttnwehaOrhhta.PFstk~v *o float down the river and it ap eared to me that we passed a four nasted schooner somewhere during :he terrible ordeal The wind blew tarder and harder and it became rery difficult to hang to out posts. suddenly mother gave a low moan, nd with Charles, who is two y'ars ,f age, clinging to her neck, was rown overboard when the house ave a terrible lurch. I tried to :atch her but my senses left me. When I came to the wind was blow [ng as hard as ever, and the nextI thing I knew we were floating over a ortion of the new bridge, which I Eound out afterwards had been vrecked. It appeared to me then that the wind carried the house to t marsh. That was about 1 o'clock Monday morning. We remained in1 this position until 4 o'clock and then' ith great difficulty, made our way to the home of an old colored woman, ho gave us something to eat. We emained with this woman until this ~norning at 10 o clock." Mrs Goodson is a niece of Mr. eorge A. Douglas of this city and of vlr. Charles M. Douglass of Augusta, nd a daughter of the late Frank W. )ouglass, who died at Santiago de 'uba during the Spanish-American ear. Her husband is manager of a ewing machine company at Way ross, Ga. Would Not Leave Schooner. Five of the crew of the schooner Mssie Whiting, which was caught in the gale Sunday night off the coast >f Georia, dismasted and waterlog 'ed, arrived at Jacksonville Thurs lay. They were picked up at sea by the steamer _Ligonier. Capt. towry of the Whiting, his wife and the steward refused to be taken off and revenue cutters are on the look ut for the ship along the South At lantic coast. Captain Lost Overboard. The steamer Ogeechee, bound from w York for Texas City arrived at Brunswick, Ga., Thursday in distress, is a result of encountering the gale on Sunday off the Carolina Coast. ews was received that Capt. Cole sn of the steamer Dover, was wash ed overboard and drowned while en route from Jacksonville to Miama, First for the Year. The first homicide fo the year for thee county occurred at Bishopville on Monday night, when Jos. W. Wal trs shot and killed Lawton Matuse. The men had been at outs for some ime. While Matuse was sitting in a btg Waltr walked up and shot DRIVEN ASHORE Passengers From Wrecked Steamer Lex iDgfon 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 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 fraoture 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 tlbe mud. Three times was she cov ered with water, the pumps expelling enough to clear the upper portions and float the stern. But 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 tnt government steamer hove into sight a mighty cry of 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 o steer away from the treacherous shore towards which they finally drifted and grounded, the veteran assenger and freight steamer Lex ington, formerly the ocean steam ship liner City of Macon, was un qal 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 ying today in about 18 feet of water isted almost 40 degrees to 'port with her bow pointing up the coast. Capt Connolly, a veteran in the ser ice of the .Merchants' and Miners' declared that the hurricane was the worst of his experience of seagoing. e claims and his statement is .at tested by the first mate and steward that the wind came in gusts at times making about 130 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 mpossible to make the least head ay, great seas would sweep down on the boat covering her from stem to stern. All passengers were bud dled in the social hall equipped with life preservers and not a few fervent prayers were 3ffered 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 two or three miles of the Lexington it was found hazardous to come with in closer range. On two occasions bottom was touched by the Yama craw, and it was only the skilful management of Lieut. J. L. Ahern, 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 passengers on board and carried tIem to Charleston. Mrs. J WV. cvfansfield, wife of the clerk to the chief of police of Phila delphia, who was one of the four 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 f-r the superior seamanship of Capt. Connelly," says Mrs. Mansfiell, "wye would all be dead today. In the hour of trial, came between 1:30 a".d 2:30 Mon dy aftrrnoon, Capt. Connelly dis p~layed the greatest heroism. With death staring us in the face he was 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 cre epiognnficda~cHafJboder okFh reeping on his hands and feet brought it to us who were unable to move through fear of being washed oveoard. Lack of power caused the vessel to b bead With the engine SERIOUS MISTAKE I A BOY 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 monsville 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, e and she is now in the Florence Infir mary not expected to live, with a horrible gun shot wound in the ab domen. The boy was the nine-year old son of Mr. George Evans, a resident of Timomnsville. Miss Oakley, who is a daughter of Mr. Henry Oakley, who t lives within a mile or two of the town, was spending the night at the s Evans home. Having occasion to go 1 into the yard during the night she . went noiselessly, and the suspicions V of the boy were aroused, there hav ing been a number of reports of rob- a beries recently. He fired towards her in the dark with the fatal effect above reported. S The dreadful error was soon discov- a ered and everything in the world done to relieve the sufferings of the b young lady. b Thursday morning Dr. Eaddy brought her to the Infirmary at Flo rence where she could get constant t] and skilled attention. P The tragedy has cast a gloom over a Timmonsville, and the deepest gym- h pathy is felt for the boy who caused the sad tragedy. fi RUSSIA AND JAPAN AGREE. Emperors of Two Nations Exchange t ti .Telegrams With Each Other a The emperor of Russia and the 9 emperor of Japan exchanged tele- b grams Tuesday on the occasion of - the settlement of certain questions s which have been under consideration C for years. The telegrams related to t various claims and counterclaims for indemnity on both sides for losses incurred during the'war. For the most part the claims were a 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 $65,000 the property of Russians sit..' *uated on concession land and in-the t sulburban districts of Port Arthur. 11 Japan agrees to pay rental for use of t Russian property at Kwantung and S abandon claim to the treasury of the t Port Arthur municipality. C Japan also agrees to pay $80,000 S for a Red Cross ship which its forces f seized and which has now become un- n fit for that purpose. SCHOONER WAS ABANDONED. c e: The Crew Taken Off by the Steamer City of Everette. -The hurricane that severed Char leston from communication with the outside world early last week caught i s the three masted -schooner Sarah D.' N Fell soquarely and left her and her crew of eight at the mercy of wind d and wave, according to United States- h Wireless -digatches received at New $ York Wednesday. The crew was picked up by the Standard Oil Steam er City of Everette, bound from Sa bne to New York, and the schooner a was abandoned, a total loss. The c 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.t Two Killed in Auto. Leslie Gavin of Maitlaind, Mo., son of D. A. Galvin, a banker, was in- a stantly killed and Harry J. Crider, a former postmaster at Maitland, wasa probably fatally injured when an au tomobile turned turtle near, Mary-1 v-ille, M.\o., Thursda-y. Benj. Ed wards and Charles B. Callison, also of Maitland, were less seriously in jued. ' ' t Shoots Herself. At her home in Pelzer Thursday a morning Mrs. W. WV. Adams commit- a ted suicide by firing a pistol ball in 11 t.. her head through her temple. She d had beeri ill for some time. Mrs. t< Adams was a daughter of the late s; John Charles of Greenville and was prominently connected in that city and county. rooms flooded in five feet of water, a it was impossible to get up steam enough to make .headway against thet wind, which was blowing at the ratet of 135 -miles and hour, and get out to sea, far away from the dangerous beach. "A hero of the blue ribbon variety is Wireless Operotor Screetz, the boy of 16, who manned his apparatus during the storm and rush~ed out C calls for help. The Yamacraw an swered us at 11:45, and on the min ute she hove in sight. She could ~ not come nearer than five miles, but her brave sailors put out in two life boats and we were soon on our way to Charleston." The party from the Lexington in ~ Crarleston in charge of Chief Stew- ~ ard Berliner, who is awaiting orders from headquarters. Wednesday after- T noon Mr. Berliner received a tele- J 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 c stated that they would reutrn home 1 EAT LOSS OF CROPS ----- - ;EVENTEEN LIVES WERE LOS'I ABOUT CHARLESTON. Lnd About One Million Dollars 'is the Loss from Houses, Crops and Other Ways. Mayor Rhett is directing the rork of rehabilitation in storm tricken Charleston. Thursday morn ag the death list was 17. .The prop rty damage is estimated conserva ively at one million dollars Planters declare that long staple otton and rice has been wiped out m that section. Houses have been rrecked and cattle and live stock :illed. Roadways are impasable, Iridges have collapsed in different arts of that section. The crops have suffered heavily. 'he rice is seriously damaged and bLe planters will lose heavily from he tidal waters as a result of the torm on Sunday and Monday. The ass was estimated by Capt. S. G. toney to be about 75 per cent., rhich is all the more severe on the lanters in the low coast section on ccount of their loss of 45 per cent ist October. D. C. Heyward, former governor of outh Caroilna Wednesday wired for shipment of 1,000 bas to be sent a him at once, and the same firm as another order for 2,000 bags to e used in repairing .the embank ients in the endeavor to save what ; possible. Captain Heyward has ree bad breaks on the Darney Hall lantation and his other plantations so suffered. He is reported to have is entire crop covered by Insurance. [e has not cut very much of his crop. All the Combahee section has suf )red severely, according to the In 3rmation which has come to Cap tin Stoney and John T. Leonard, ie planter's -broker. A large por. on of the rice that has been cut is total loss and much of the smaller rowth of the crop has been damaged y wind. Local rice interests are very de pondent over the situation. The rop prospects were very bright up to iis time, with a fine crop In sight, ad better prospects. The inudstry as suffered so severely in recent ears that the losses by storms now re a particular crushing .blow. SAVED SCHOONER'S CREW. [alcom B. Seavey Went Down Off Georgetown. The Clyde Liner Mohawk, to New 'ork from Jacksonville and Charles >; reported by wireless early Wed esday that she had rescued one of ie crew of the schooner Malcom B. avey, which went down off George )wn, S. C., during the recent hurri e. The dispatch said the schooner tud in six fathoms of water. One tan was lost overboard Sunday ight. The sea was running high hen the first officer and four sail rs of the Mohawk with much diffi alty succeeded in reaching the Seav 7. The Seavey hailed from ~Bath, e., and left Port Tampa, Fla., Aug St 11, for Baltimore. Big Picking for Thieves. The past summer has been the lost ptofitable for burglars and leak thieves in the history of the ew Work police department, and It estimated that the total of plun er since June, including burglaries Ssurburban towns, is more than 500,000. The police list of stolen roperty for the past two months aow more than 4,200 items, of hich recoveries have been made in nly twenty instances. The list in udes 780 watches and $200,000 orth of diamonds and jewelry. Suicided in Patrol Wagon. At Atlanta, Ga., Hunter H. Chris an, aged 36, eut his throat with a ocket knife Thursday afternoon hile being taken to the police sta on in a patrol wagon, and died at hospital in that city. Christian was railroad switchman and had been rrested on a warrant charging dis rderly conduct in saloon on August Contracts Cattle Disease. Bruce Broussard, a farmer, is iffering with charbon, a disease fa 1 to cattle, the disease having been :>n-tracted by Broussard while r-e toing the hide from the carcass of cow killed by the disease. Cattli 1 this section are dying by the score espite the efforts of the authorities a prevent its spreading. Brous ard's condition is serious. Coton and Rice Suffer. A conservative estimate of the roperty loss in 'Beaufort, Port Roy and vicinity puts the figures at a illion dollars. Rice crops, of which bere are thousands of acres, are en rely destroyed boy salt water, cot an has been stripped and the corn elds damaged 50 per cent. Storm Affected His Mind. F. H. Zerbest, a retired merchant f Charleston, committed suicide ith a parlor rifle at hi. home or unday. He had abeen despondent foi ome time' and it is thought the hur icane unsettled his mind. Brought on Trouble. Edward Durant, colored, was shoi ,nd killed in Florence on Tuesday :y Charlie Johnson, white, a clerkE n a store, where the negro raiseda ow and drew his pistol. The coroner ury exonerated Johnson. Be Blithesome. Some people put themselves to at monscionable amount of trouble t< nake themselves unhappy, when the: ould be as blithesome as a lark witi >t half the effort. It shows whai NARROW ESCAPE Marvelous Ihat No Lives Were lst iv Storm. MAN HEROIC DEEDS Men Carried Women and 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 of Sunday night, appear more and more of a miracle as fuller reports of the dangers and sufferings of the Atlan tieville residents, particularly, are brought to the city. With hund-eds 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 was light enough searching among the rulined houses and debrip 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 or weathered the storm In their own homes, great relief was felt. As soon as it was really daylight, families sta'rted 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 early 'Monday morning were cottagers at the upper end of Atlantieville, where most of the damage was done. Many houses there were completely turned over, the porches of a great many more were torn off as if by a house wreck ing crew, and scarcely a h'ome 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, detaohed 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 thouses, at sta tion 23, which -are built nearer to the water than any on the island had fortunately been abandoned when 'the water flitst began to rise on Sunday night, several houses were swept clear of their foundations and bown against the honses 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 brave endrance were accomplished during the wild njght, one case in particular has come to light. At sta tion 25, the water came up with a rush, rising in a few minutes from beach to a depth of from two to four feet under the houses in the front row I+ was then that many of the -people deided to leave their homes and go to the cottages farther from the beat ing surf. But 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 lHke 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. 0. 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 the 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. But these two men, both of them extraordinaryily strong made trip after trip to the neigoring cottages and returned with drenched and exhausted women and children, in some cases having carried the women for 100 yards against the full force of the hurri cane. On one trip they had been blown off the road and into the deep ditch, and it was only with the great est difficulty they had' been able to get back to the house. Yet after a short rest they were out again bring ing in more people from threatened hoses and carrying reassurance to neihboring cottages. This is only one of the many cases in whic people were saved by heroic WILL ENYADE THE LAW REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE BIG CAMPAIGN FUND. Organization Headed by John Hays Hammond Will Handle Bulk of the Corruption Fund. 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 bad large sums at its disposal. Next year the committee itself will get scant contributiohs 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 1,ational League of Repulbli 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 this 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 commi-ttee. Neither will it (be 'e affair of the congressione. paign comniittee. More and more the indications are that the attempt will be made by the Republican leaders to nake 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 to 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 collidei with the campaign publicity law. HARD BATTLE WITH LIONESS. Wrist Broken and Arm Dislocated, Man Hard Pressed. Battling with a mountain lioness and her two cubs, after one wrist had been broken and his arm dislo cated, C. C. Garnett, a timber con tractor, of Cheyenne, Wyo., fought with the beasts until Charles R. Smith, his assistant, came up with a rifle and killed the mother lion, the two young ones escaping into the mountains. The fight took place in the moun tainis near Estabrook Unexpectedly Garnett came upon the lioness, play ing with her cubs. Before he had time to prepare himself for the at tack, the animal sprang at him. Her first blow broke the wrist of Gay nett's right hand, and the second tore his shoulder, as well as dislo cated his arm. 'But with his left hand he manag ed to draw his revolver and fire sev eral shots at the angry beast. Gar netts assistant, Smith, was close by, and hearing the sound of the strug gle, ran to the rescue and killed the lioness.* Mule Team Will Haul Taft. When President Taft, Speaker Clark, of the House of Representa tives, and some 20 odd governors, visit Topeka, Kan. to help celebrate the semi-centennial of the admission of the state to the Union .they will not ride in motor cars but will be hauled from the station to the speak ing platforms by mule teams. The prize team of the state has ,been re served by President Taft and Speak er Clark. * Took the Lye Route. 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- Sundagy 'night Gregg Jones was shot and fatally wounded by Joe Summers. efforts, the soldiers from Fort Moul trie having scoured the island in the vicinity of the post all night, and res cured many residents in wrecked hoses there. That the damage on the upper end of the island was greater than at the lower stations, is due only to the methods of construction, the houses at the lower end being older and more substantial. The storm was just as violent in one place as the other, btt the more sheltered position and strong buildings kept the hou.ses 'below the reservation from suffering as much. The roof of the barrack's piazza was blown off, but beyond this and the overturning of the sentry boxes and outhouses the government prop erty weathered the storm well. In the opinion of many of the Sul livan's Island residents who went through the storm of '93, Sunday's gale was more severe, and did more damage than the one 18 years ago. There is no -positive way of telling, but several permanent residents on the island say that this one was the more severe. At any rate everybody who went through Sunday's storm on the island is unanimous in declaring that it was an experience which they e n-i11ing not to rencnt COTTON REPORT Dreughts, Wind and Worms Damage the. Crop Very latcriafly. SIZE OF PRESEN CROP Estimated at Nearly Thirteen Million Bales.-Condition on August 25th Shows Great Falling Off Since the Report of Condition of Crop Made on July 25th. A total production of 12,918,200 bales~ of cotto'n as the final yield this year is indicated by the Department of Agriculture's official report of the condition of the growing crop of August 25, which the crop reporting board, from reports from its .corres pondenti and agents throughout the cotton belt, estimated Friday at 73.2 per cent of a normal. This estimate based on a ratio of the average yield for the past ten years to the average condition of the crop on August 25, for the .past ten years, would mean a final yield of 181.65 pounds per acre on the plant ed area of approximately 34,000,000 acres, allowing for an abandoned acreage of 1,000,000 and, provided the crop does not decline or improve from the date the coidition was es timated to time of picking. These estimates of production, while unofficial, were reckoned by the official method adopted by the Department of Agriclture. and used by the crop reporting board' in its monthly estimates of the final yield of the importlant cereal crgps of the country. Unofficial advices from thee otton belt indicate the .most important de clines In the crop were due- to severe droughts, hot winds and worms. Ee ports indicate that heavy shedding caused by hot weather was the chief factor. of deterioration in practically. all States, except Louisiana and Mis sissippi, where there has been exe's sive rain. Heat and drought very greatly damaged cotton during the month, especially in Texas and Okla homa. - Since the date on which the condi tion was taken-August 25-there have been rains which greatly relier ed conditions- and considerable im Provement is looked for when the October report is issued. The condition of the growing cot ton crop on August 25th' was 73.2 per cent of a normal, as co'mpared with 89.1 per cent. on July 25, 1911, 72.1 per cent on August 25, 1910, 68.7 per' cent on August 25, 1910, and- 63.7 per cent on August 29, 1909, and 73.5 .per cent, the average of the past ten years- on August 25, according to the crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics of the United States Department of Agri culture, estimated from the reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau. Comparisons of conditions by States follow:. Aug. July Aug. Ten - 25 25 25 Year States. 1911 1911 1910 Av. Virginia. . .. . 96 102 82 80 N. Carolina . . 76 87 76 78 S. Carolina, . . 74 86 -73 '77 Georgia. . . . 81 95 -71 ,77 Florida . . . . 85' 95 74 78 Alabama. . . . 80 94 72 73 Mi'ssissippi. . . 70 86 -71 . 76 Louisiana. . . 69 84 60 '70 Texas. .. ....68 86 69 68 Arkansas . . . 78 94 78 75 Tennessee. . . 88 92 78 82 Missouri. . . . 88 96 78 82~ Oklahoma. . . 62 88 85 76 California. . .100 99 95* Hunter Kills 28 Rattlesnakes. While out hunting Cleo Johnson, of Wrightsville, 'broke the record on rattlesnakes. The dogs with which he was hunting treed and when he found them, they had 28 rattlesnakes cornered. There was one monster snake, fully grown, and 27 younger ones, which nearly filled a ten-pound lard can when they were all killed and -placed in the receptacle. ' Merchant Caught in Own Trap. 0. 'F. Coope'r, a merchant In Blue Mountain City, Ala., may lose a leg as a result of leing shot by a gun he set as a trap for burglars at his store. He forgot the trap 'on enter ing the'store on the morning of the accident -and received the full dis charge of birdshot just above the knee.* Large innerntance 'rax. A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., says IMrs. Russell Sage will be re enired by Attorney General Simps'rn and Assistant Attorney General Weeks to pay an inheritance tax on all her Minnesota lands held un der conitracts of sale It is believed the tax will amount to nearly $600, 000. Search for Man in Desert. Becoming suddenly demented, James Mahoney, a former policeman said to be a relative of W. Bourke Cochrain, 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. Family Row Ends Fatally. Sims Johnson, colored was shot and killed with a shot gun on Sat 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. Diamond Mine in North Carolina. While on his vacation in North Carolina. J1. D. Butler, of Pavo, Ga., (Ldscovered a diamond nnne. One of the first gems brought $1,000 in the