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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, October 11.?Farmers
L are still rushing their cotton to marr
ket. They say the prices are too
L good to risk holding for better.
" More than 100 bales were sold here
Saturday at 12% cents average.
From all the information that can
be gathered, the crop in this section
is more than two thirds gathered and
sold. Only a few bales have been
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the railroad station.
Our school opened up with more
scholars than we expected, and more
are coming soon; say next month
when the farm work is near done.
Labor is so poor until several of the
farmers with large families and farms
have to use their children to gather
their cotton.
i i The millinery shop folks here are
busy getting their stock in shape for
opening day, when they expect to
display their stock of hats to the best
advantage. The men folks may as
well get some money ready for the
occasion, for the lady folks say they
haven't any chickens to market and
the hens are not laying worth a cent,
so the hat must come from some
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f stop.
The Woman's Missionary society at
Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church will
have a public exhibition, such as recitations,
readings, singing, etc., with a
speech on missions by Mr. W. M.
> Oxner, of Olar, on the 4th Sunday
morning this month in place of their
' usual service. The public will be
* profitably entertained.
The colored folks had a picnic at
Three Mile Creek Saturday. Practically
shut down business, as all the
colored laborers who could manage
to get there, went.
? / The high price of cotton this fall
has put the notion in all the darkies'
, heads, who can, to run a farm another
year, so hirelings are going to
be few, if they can get farms. They
are busy trying to get tbem now.
The weather is dry and our streets
are very dusty, but not enough so to
% keep down scraps. Had a little one
In town Saturday afternoon, resulting
in one party getting knocked out
in the first round. No one seriously
* hurt. A few bad bruises and soreness
a few days will end it we hope.
Mr. H. N. Folk was in town last
week selling cotton for his tenants.
JEE.
^ News from Fairfax.
Fairfax, October 11.?Mr. and Mrs.
I 6. M. Rhodes and their sister, Miss
Peeples, were guests or miss Annye
Moye this week.
Another Lyceum course has been
f established here, and the fine lectures,
etc., will surely draw a large crowd
of visitors.
f Mrs. Angy Burckhalter, so lately a
widow, has gone with her children to
> visit relatives at Barnwell. When
she returns she expects to keep house
for her father, Mr. Joyce Williams.
Lady members of the library association
here often vie with each other
in making puns, but none of us have
equalled the following: "By the
wav." said the visitor to the bishop,
"do you know there are times when
it is dangerous to visit an Episcopal
church?" "When is that madam?"
he stiffly replied. "Why," said she,
"it is when there is a cannon in the
reading desk, a big gun in the pulpit,
when the bishop is charging his
clergy, the choir is murdering the
anthem, and the organist is trying to
drown the choir!"
+ The life insurance iirm of Loadholdt
& Barker has emplayed as stenographer,
Miss McKenzie, an accomplished
lady from Charleston.
* Mrs. Jno. Weekley and Miss Hogg,
of Ulmer, were guests of Mrs. Lily
Myrick lately.
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and Mrs. Lewis Dowling spent
several days with relatives near Varn*
ville this week.
This is millinery week here. The
k two millineries had their fall openX
ings, and there is a bewilderingly
\ beautiful display of such "loves of
hats!" The exquisite taste of these
/ladies in decorating is to be commended.
Did any one else have a
hand in it, eh Roy?
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Mrs. Harvey, whose husband is employed
in the oil mill here, died very
r suddenly Thursday night, leaving a
young infant. Her remains were,
carried to her old home for inter,
ment.
Mr. Sydney Padgett has returned
from Florida, and is attending school
here.
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Mrs. L. Hanna, and Miss Fitts, of
Gifford, were visitors here this week.
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Mr. John Preacher says he is im{
proving more in health here than at
any other place he has visited recently.
He may take a trip to Cuba soon,
and take with him his lovely niece,
Miss Lizzie Wilson. But we hope
they will not stay long.
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WILLIAMS AGAIN IN POWER.
Thomas F. Ryan Put Off Board of
Directors of Seaboard.
The reorganization committee of
the Seaboard Air Line railway, at
a meeting Friday in New York with
the board of directors, increased the
directorate to nineteen members.
Three directors, Thos. F. Ryan, of
New York; Maj. J. H. Dooley, of
Richmond, Va., and William A. Garrett,
of Norfolk, were not re-elected.
i/ne ionowing were eieciea 10 mi
their places and the three positions
created: L. F. Lorce, John B. Ramsay,
John Skelton Williams, J. William
Middendorf, Franklin C. Brown
and Hennen Jennings.
As at present constituted the board
has apparently a preponderance of
members friendly to John Skelton
Williams btween whom and Thos. F.
Ryan there was a contest for control
some years ago.
The annual meeting of the company
will be held November 14 and
until then, it is understood, nothing
will be done toward electing a president
to succeed W. A. Garrett, who
resigned that office and also as general
manager when he retired from
the directorate last summer.
Mr. Williams was former president
of the railway and Mr. Mid- i
dendorf former vice-president.
Messrs. Williams, Ramsay .and Jen- '
nings were members of the commit- |
tee which formulated the plan for 1
the adjustment of the company's affairs.
Clemson College News Items.
We have about seven hundred <
boys in our corps this year, and there
are nine representatives from Bam- <
berg County. <
The old boys are busy studying
now and the "rats" are busy waiting
on the old boys so we all are very J
busy. '
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All of us are looking forward to
Fair week now, as our next short
vacation. Captain Stokes went down
to Columbia last week to make arrangements
for the encampment, so
it really looks as if we are going to ]
the Fair again this year?much to !
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We were very pleasantly enter- 1
tained last Saturday night by "Vic- <
tor's Band," which was the first num- !
ber on our lyceum course. <
We were defeated in foot-ball by
V. P. I., but we won from Davidson; '
and Coach Williams is getting the
team in winning shape now for Carolina
and Georgia Tech. j
I hope there will be a large crowd .J
from Bamberg in Columbia Fair <
week to witness the Clemson-Caro- :
lina game; and of course we'll all
root for "Clemson." The game will
be played on November 4 th. <
H. S. !
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Cope News Items. i
Cope, October 9.?Mr. G. Marlon 1
Barton, formerly of Cope, but now of !
Lake City, is in town for a few days. '
He came to attend the regular month- '
ly meeting of the W. O. W. at this i
place.
At a meeting of Cypress Camp, ,
No. 161, W. O. W., last night, J. H. ,
Clark was elected clerk to fill the :
vacancy caused by the resignation of .
G. M. Barton. J. H. Valentine was ,
elected doorkeeper, in place of J. H. j
Clark, resigned. R. Shirer was elect- !
ed banker, in place of W. O. Tatum, ,
Jr., resigned.
The camp will give an oyster supper
on the 21st. The following were (
appointed as a committee on the ,
same: J. B. Williams, A. L.; Joe. H. j
Clark, clerk; Gwinn Griffith, sentry;
J. C. Gray, man, and W. H. Smith.
Mr. Vernon Brabham and Mr. R.
K. Henery exchanged houses and !
moved into their respective homes i
on Tuesday.
Dr. H. M. Barton and family will
leave Cope some time this fall for 1
Walhalla, S. C., where the Doctor has
purchased a new home, and will reside
in the future.
Mr. G. B. Kittrell is making preparations
to build a nice home on his
place, recently acquired from the estate
of his mother.
Mrs. F. Motte Cope, of Greenville,
is here, spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Vernon Brabham.
The stork visited the home of Mr.
an^Mrs. J. M. Brickie on last Sunday
and left twins, a boy and a girl.
Mr. Vincent Bates, who has been
with his son in Columbia, is here on
a visit to his daughter, Mrs. M. E.
Oliver.
Timrod Literary Society.
Kearse, Oct. 11.?Each member of
The Timrod Literary Society is requested
to be present at next meetincr
TTriHov ovAnin? nt pisrht thlrtv.
as we have important business matters
to discuss, besides election of
new officers.
CRESSIDA BRELAND,
President.
"Mama," said the exasperated
young lady, "I wish you wouldn't
hang that old parrot on the front
porch these evenings."
"Why not, my dear?" asked her
mother in surprise.
"Why, I think before you bought
him he must have belonged to a street
car conductor. Every two or three
minutes when Edwin calls he chirps
out 'sit close, please.' It's just too
embarrassing for anything."
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
W. H. Harrison, a white man, was
arrested at Greenville on Wednesday
for stealing a horse in Spartanburg.
Three white men were tried for
murder at the recent term of court
in Aiken. Each was found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary.
David Haulsbrook, aged six years,
was shot in the breast and killed on
Wednesday at his father's home near
Walhalla by some person unKnown?
whether by accident or design is not
known.
The monument at Kings Mountain
to celebrate the American victory
there in the Revolutionary war was
unveiled last Thursday with imposing
ceremonies. The monument was
built by the general government.
A verdict for $1,000 damages was
given in the Orangeburg circuit court
last week against D. S. Wilson for
carelessly driving an automobile ana
causing a man's horse to run away
and break up his buggy, also injuring
him.
A jury at Spartanburg on Wednesday
returned a verdict of $4,700
against the Southern for the killing
of Miss B. R. Hand, a sister of of
Prof. W. H. Hand, at Duncan, a year
or two ago. Miss Hand was a teacher,
and was run over while walking
across the railroad track.
On Monday at Edgefield two children
of County Supervisor Moultrie,
a grandchild of Mr. J. C. Seigler and
i negro boy were bitten by a mad dog.
Fhey were playing with the animal
when it' was suddenly seized with
rabies and bit each child. The have
been taken to Georgia for treatment.
The Keeley Institute at (Joiumnia
has changed hands, Dr. J. E. Poore
selling out to Dr. J. P. Ott. The
latter was physician in charge when
Dr. Poore took charge of the institution
a few years ago. The "Keeley
2ure" is well known throughout the
State, turning out about one hundred
patients annually.
Young Burnett, who was charged
with making way with the funds of
the Bank of Graniteville while employed
in that institution as bookkeeper,
plead guilty to the charge of
breach of trust with fraudulent intent
at court in Aiken last week and
eras sentenced to serve six months in
fall. Rather a light sentence for embezzling
$7,800.
Some months ago Judge Gage renJered
a decision in the case of the
State against Jeff DeLay, of Columbia,
who was charged with selling
liquor under the guise of a so-called
social club. The judge's decision was
favorable to the defendant and the
State appealed to the SupYeme Court,
rhat body handed down last week a
sweeping decision in the case, which
seems to put a ban on all social clubs
where drinking is allowed.
Several companies of the South
Carolina National guard stopped at
Stroup's store, seven miles north of
Yorkville, Wednesday afternoon,
while on their way to the battleground,
and after they left, Mr. Geo.
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the establishment discovered that
a number of articles were missing.
He telephoned ahead to McGill's
store, two miles further on, and as
the result of investigation by the
officers, five pairs of shoes that were
afterward identified as the property
of Mr. Stroup, were recovered.
James Henry Jacobs was shot at
Bennettsville Friday night in the
knee by French Revels, and died
Saturday night. Jacobs, with several
others was at the home of Revels
where an ice cream supper was being
served. A disturbance arose and
Revels picked up the gun and started
out of the house with it. Jacobs
and Revels and one other man got
hold of the gun, and in the tussle
the gun was discharged. Physicians
were summoned, and it was found
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patient had lost so much blood that
he was too weak to overcome the
shock. Before dying he stated that
the shooting was an accident.
Rebukes County Officials.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 11.?Gov.
Donaghey issued a statement to-day
rebuking the officials of Garland
county for ignoring his letter of Friday
asking them to prevent the
State fair at Hot Springs from operating
on Sunday and stating that if
any further violations of the law atj
Hot Springs were called to his attention
he would see that the officials
could not claim that they had not received
his notice.
All Workmen Safe.
Key West, Fla., Oct. 12.?The
Florida East Coast Extension rail
way steamer Phil Sheckel arrived here
this afternoon from Sugar Loaf,
bringing the first direct news from
the thousands of men employed on
the extension, concerning whom
there was grave apprehension. The
camps at Bocachica and Sugar Loaf
were destroyed and the grade for 30
miles above stock Island is badly
damaged, but there has been no loss
of life along the line.
Jones Bros, received last week a
car load of horses and mules. They
also have a new lot of buggies, wagons,
whips,, etc. See their line before
you buy.
HURRICANE IN CUBAN CITY.
Most Serious Cyclone Since 1906
Strikes Habana.
Habana, Oct. 11.?The most serious
cyclone since the big blow of October
17, 1906, struck Cuba early this
morning, causing extensive devastation
through the whole western portion
of the island. In the city of Habana
many minor buildings were
blown down or unroofed; almost all
the trees were uprooted and five persons
were killed, one by an electric
wire and the others by falling buildings.
About 25 persons were injured.
The greatest damage done was in
the harbor where 40 or 50 lighters,
launches and small tugs were either
sunk or. blown ashore. At Casa
Blanca "great anxiety was felt
throughout the day for the safety of
Ward line Morro Castle from New
York and the Plant Line steamer
Miami from Key West. Both of these
steamers, nowever, arrived at o:au
this afternoon, having kept off shore
for hours awaitkig an abatement of
the storm.
The total damage in Habana and
vicinity is estimated at $1,000,000.
The greatest individual loss has
been caused by the destruction of the
half coal elevator conveyors of the
Habana Coal company at Casa Blanca,
estimated at $2,00,000. It will be possible
to raise the greater number of
the wrecked lighters.
Communication with the interior
of the island has been interrupted
except with parts of Habana and
Pinar del Rio in which the orange
and other fruit crops suffered severely.
The tobacco crop has not been
seriously affected, beyond the washing
out of the seed beds which at this
season of the year are capable of re
newal.
The heavy rains and the gale began
at 2 o'clock this morning which
rapidly increased in intensity and
reached cyclonic proportions at 5:40
a. m., when the velocity of the wind
was about 120 miles an hour. The
gale came from the south and southwas
a short distanoe west of Habana.
was a short distance west of Hamana.
The storm continued with unabated
fury until 3. The wind subsided tonight
and indications are for clearing
weather.
During the height of the storm a
Spanish brig struck the wreck of the
battleship Maine and remained fastened
to it until pulled off by the tugs.
The only stamer overdue is the
Chalmete from New Orleans.
Shot Companion and Killed Self.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 7.?While her
male companion slept on a couch in
her apartment, Mrs. Fannie Waters,
a fashionable dressmaker at 144 ;
South Main street, directly across
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death and then, going to her bed
nearby, sent a bullet plunging into
her brain some time last night, according
to the theory of the police
department.
Both parties cold in death, were
found to-day, and a quick investigation
by Capt. Perry and members of
the police department led to the theory
of murder and suicide, the woman
using the revolver.
The dead man is supposed to be
E. C. Flanary, and a penciled notation
on a card gave the address as
265 Madison avenue, hut the name
does not appear in the directory, and
no one by the name of Flanary is
known at the address.
Intercession for Ex-Sheriff.
Washington, Oct. 11.?Attorney A.
H. Clift, of Tennessee, to-day presented
to the supreme court of the United
States the last of a number of briefs
hearing on the petitions of Joseph
F. Shipp and a number of other resi-;
dents of Chattanooga, charged with
complicity in lynching a negro, Johnson,
after the supreme court had taken
cognizance of his case.
There were originally about 25 of
the defendants, but the number was
gradually reduced until the last term
of court, when seven or eight of them
were pronounced guilty. These included
Mr. Shipp, who was sheriff of
the county, and his deputy, Jeremiah
Gibson, who was the county jailer.
In his brief Mr. Clift charges that
the court erred in many respects in
reaching its conclusions, and he especially
asserts that when Johnson's
lynching occurred he was not in the
custody of the federal court but of
the State authorities.
Mr. Clift especially sets up in his
brief that he appears as the friend,
and not as the paid attorney of his
clients. He speaks of them as "old
Confederate soldiers and men or nign
standing" in their community.
The Unexpected Truth.
The minister was spending the
afternoon at the home of one of his
members. The father told his
little son to bring some apples
from the cellar. The child
obeyed and in the kitchen found
an especially large red one
which had been brought up the day
before, so placed it on the dish with
the others.
When they were passed this was
the apple the minister took and feeling
it so warm, remarked to the host
that the cellar must be very warm.
"Did you not bring these apples
from the cellar, Ned?"
"Yes, father, all but that one pastor
has; it was in the kitchen."
"Why didn't you tell me?" asked
the pastor.
"Well," with childish frankness,
"I didn't think you would take the
biggest one on the dish!"?The Delineator
for November.
Watch our show windows Saturday.
We will display the biggest lot
of bargains ever offffered here.
KLAUBER'S CASH STORE.
STORM ON FLORIDA COAST
HURRICANE DOES GREAT DAMAGE
AT KEY WEST.
Feared That Many Lives Have Been
Lost in Wake of Moving
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Key West, Fla., Oct. 11.?As a result
of the hurricane which struck
the southern coast of Florida this
morning, Key West to-night is a mass
of wreckage and the damage to property
is estimated at $2,000,000. Martial
law was proclaimed by the mayor
at 6 o'clock and the Key West guards
are patroling the city.
The United States Government has
been asked to dispatch troops here
without delay, to assist in patrolling
the storm-swept area.
Chaos reigns on every hand and
few people remain in their homes,
hundreds of which have either been
totally wrecked or damaged. It is
impossible to say at this hour whether
there has been loss of life, but it
is feared many lives have been claimed
along the coast.
It is known that many have received
more or less serious injury
and reports are current that several
lives have been lost, but these have
not been verified.
The storm reached its height at 1
o'clock this afternoon when the wind
reached an estimated velocity of 100
miles an hour.
There was a hard steady blow
from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m., when the
wind began to die down and by 4
o'clock the centre of the hurricane
had passed this point.
While the hurricane is the worst
that Key West has ever experienced,
the local weather observer announced
tonight that the indications are that
the entire east coast of Florida will
suffer terribly tonight.
Of 100 local vessels in the harbor
this morning but five remain at anchor,
the others having either gone
to sea or been washed up on the
beaches. The streets along the water
front are a mass of wreckage.
Brick as well as frame buildings
throughout the city suffered alike
from the fury of the heavy wind and
many miraculous escapee from death
or serious injury have^been reported.
Besides the several score of residences
either totally wrecked or
blown from their pillars, nine factories
were partially destroyed, Including
the Habana-American, Martinez,
Nicholas, Rue Lopez, Fleitas
Torris, Cortez and Wolf cigar manufactories.
No. 1 and No. 3 engine houses of
the city fire department were destroy
ed, the firemen narrowly escaping,
and several of the horses were killed.
The top of the First National bank
was blown off, the postofflce damaged
and two running gears of the government
coaling station were wrecked.
Every telephone and electric light
pole on Duval street, the principal
thoroughfare of the city, was blown
down.
As soon as the wind had subsided
plundering began. The city police
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lorce was uname to cuy? wnu uc
situation and the mayor decided to
take stringent measures to suppress
the looting, his proclamation of martial
law resulting.
Almost every nationality is represented
among the city's population
of more than 25,000, about one half
of whom are employed in the cigar
manufactories, sponge fisheries and
salvage companies.
Missionary Meeting.
Allendale, Oct. 12.?The Woman's
Missionary society of the Savannah
River Baptist association met at Allendale
last week.
Thin was well attended.
there being more than 30 delegates
from the several societies represented
present. Among them were Mrs. A.
L. Crutchfield and Miss Edith Campbell
Crane.
The ladies of the town and community
are pleased with the success
of the meeting, a special feature of
which was a talk on home missions
by Rev. V. I. Masters, of Atlanta, Who
was invited by the Woman's Missionary
society to be with them on Wednesday
evening last.
After services Wednesday evening
a delightful reception was tendered
the visiting ladies by the Allendale
W. M. U. at the home of Mrs. E. H.
Oswald.
Raises Unusual Question.
Washington, Oct 11.?The ques
tion whether the ordinary insurance
policy insures a man aginst death by
legal hanging is raised in the case
of the Mutual Life Insurance company
vs. J. William McCue and others
which was presented to-day to
the supreme court of the United
States.
McCue is one of the children of the
late Mayor McCue of Charlottesville,
who was found guilty of murdering
his wife and hanged for the offense
in 1905.
About a year previous to the crime
McCue took out an insurance policy
of $15,000 in the Mutual Life. The
company refused to pay the policy
on the ground that "the death of the
insured by hanging under sentence
of a court of justice annulled the contract
of insured."
A High Financier.
Little three-year-old Elner received
a dime for taking a dose of castoroil.
The next day her big brother
Fred asked her to pick up a basket of
cobs.
"How much will you give me?"
she asked.
"A nickel," replied her brother.
"Humph!" said Elner, "I can
make more than that taking castoroil."?The
Delineator for November.
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REDSKINS NOT DYING OUT.
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Indian Population Has Increased 4?r
000 in Last Two Decades.
Washington, October 10.?Tho
popular idea that the American In*
dians are decreasing in number Is
dissipated by official figures, showing
that to-day there are more than 300,000
Red Men in the United States.
The increase of population of about I
40,000 during the two last decades it - -J
attributed to the Government's constant
efTort to uplift the Indian to tho
level of contemporary civilization.
Three and one-third million dolltft
is being expended by the United
States annually for the education of
more than 30,000 Indian boys and
gins. ^
Two Views of Motherhood.
Some years ago, an America* '
friend and I were passing through a
street in the city of Tokyo, says Adachi
Kinnosuke in The Delineator tot
November. We came upon a gateway
which smiled like a May-day
festival, and like it, was full of ' M
people.
"What's all this fuss about, my ;
friend," asked me. "Have they hit a *
gold mine?"
No, they had not. To the good
people tne occasion meani a aeat
more than the uiscovery of gold. It ,
was the coming of a baby. The proud
parents were sending out messenger!
into the four corners of the city an?
nouncing the glad tidings of exceed- ' ^
ing great joy. And I told my Ameri* Vj
can friend:
"Do your people make such a fum
about a baby? Babies are born every
day in this country, aren't they?"
Which was true. But we look upon
this matter entirely in a different
way. It may be that this is one of ^
the relics of the past, but we put
emphasis upon the continuation of a
family line. Confucius, whose ghoet
is much more powerful in Japan of
to-^ay than all the prophets and phtlosophers
now living put together,
made childlessness a just ground for
divorce. The coming of the baby fffjj
means to a mother more than meat,
aye, more than a fashionable gar? ^
ment. It is the social insignium with
the JaDanese mother: nothing deflnea
her social rank as finally as the baby. . 7$$
The Nippon society is heartless to
the childless mother; it brands her sa /rjw
"the stone-woman;" it exposes her to Vs/Jjji
the galling pity of all her more fa- g
vored sisters. In the sterner days:of ^
the samnri ideal, she was an object to 'M
be shunned, like a leper. The child- ,
less mother did not dare to impoao
herself upon society. A rather far
cry, this, from the fashionable Fifth
Avenue atmosphere, isn't it?
Half of Key West in Ruins.
Key West, Oct 12.?Half the city
is practically in ruins. Over 500
houses have been destroyed and fcfsS
more than 100 ships wrecked as a
suit of the hurricane which swept
this city yesterday afternoon. Sevea , Vil
churches and nine of the largest faotoriee
in the South also were destroyed.
Thousands of men are now at work
clearing up the streets under the direction
of Mayor Fogarty.
One death is reported, that of .
Frank Gray, a photographer.
To-day hundreds or homeless were
roaming the streets. Fortunately
the weather is bright and warm, and .. '
there is little physical suffering.
The war department has instructed
the commandant of the coast arttl*
lery companies stationed here to aid
the city authorities in every way pot- ?jj
sible, and tents and bedding will be
distributed by the soldiers.
At this time no estimate can be . V&8
given of the financial loss caused by
the storm, but it is believed it will be
between $2,000,000 and $3,000,00b.
It will be weeks, and in some in"
stances months, before the big to- 3
bacco factories will be able to resume
operations and business generally ' . /&!?
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several days. >
As soon as darkness fell last night
thieves began their raid on the hornet
and office buildings destroyed by the
storm. The police were unable to
cope with the situation and Mayor
Fogarty immediately called for the
organization, and the city was placed
Key West Guards, the local military
under martial law.
In the residence districts the streets
in many instances were rendered im? ?
passable by the ruins of the houses.
Whole buildings were picked up by '%
the gale and hurled across the street,
and only the advanced warnings of
the weather bureau prevented a
heavy loss of life.
Along the water front the beaches
were strewn with the wreckage of
small boats of all kinds, and here
hardly a building was left standing.
while piers and wharves were all
swept away. At the time the storm
broke yesterday afternoon there were
tiaowItt inn vpoaIs In th? harbor. The
majority of these were swept to sea
or broken up on the beaches.
Negro Beats Police Officer.
Charleston, Oct. 12.?Police Officer
Breedlove was badly beaten this afternoon
by a negro named Perry MoNeal,
whom he had placed under arrest
on the complaint of an East
Indian peddler that the negro had
stolen some articles from him.
The negro resisted arrest and was
clubbed by Breedlove. The negro
seized the club and dealt the officer
several hard blows when the men
clinched in a hard and rough and
tumble fight An officer on a
neighboring beat came to Breedlove's
assistance and the negro was safely
landed.
Breedlove is not seriously injured.
Breedlove acted with great discretion
in not using his pistol, refraining
from doing so on account of a number
of children and others in the
street who might have been struck
by a stray or spent bullet
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