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A ^ MANY KILLED An Earthquake Destroys Eighteen Towns in Italy. / VX>ES GRE4T DUIUiE. > Nearly Pour Hundred Peoole Are Report' ed Killed and a Great Number Injured. The Whole Community is Very Much Depressed, and the People Need Help. a J1 a- - v. m r% - yv uinpatun irom ivitoe says ail Italy is suffering from terrible depression because of the news from tbe south, where one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced occurred Friday. Although the eartl.q lake was felt all over Calabria and?iio a certain extent in Sicily, the worst) news came from Piz/>o and Montoleone and from 18 villages whi'Li a*e >-aid to have been completely destroyed. According to the latest news received 370 persjcn have Inen killed and a great number injured. It is as yet Impossible to even estimate the property looses. Tne shook was felt at 2.55 o'clock Friday morning. It lasted for 18 seconds at Catar.zuo and so >n thereafter was felt at M issina, Ksggto, Piscopio, Triplann, Sammaro, Cessanitl, Naida, Oilv -.di and other points. Scenes of Indescribable terror enClin 1 WiAIVlQta ? ?? *11 - r\ f f, V ? ? ?? v/moil fti-MCMi ilWLU UUC1L 0100(1 rushed half clothed into the streets screaming with fear, carrying their babies and dragging along their other children and oaiillug for help on the madonna and the saints. Tne men escaped into the 6p 3ii with their families, all calling on their favorite saints for protection. Tiie cafes wore taken by assault by the strangely garbed crowd, but as daylight broke without a repetition of the eartbquiki the crowd gradually malted away until by 8 o'clcc c the streets had alrnos . assumed their normal appearance except In thj ruined villages where the inhabitants had uo horn s to go to. The general oinfusion was added to by dreadful cries from the jails where the prisoners wore beside, themselves with fright and in some cases mutinied, but fortunately all the prisoners were kept within bounds. Troops, engineers and doctors have been hurried to the scenes of the disaster to assist in the work of rescuo and salvage. The ministry of the iutorior sent 84.00C for the relief of the destitute and Minister of Public Works Ferraris left for Calabria, SHOOTING AT SALUDA. Senator Bleaso Shoots Joo Bon Cole man, Hit* Brother-ln-Liaw. A special dispatch to The State from Saluda says an unexpected anc perhaps a fatal tragedy occurred on the streets of that town Friday nighl when State Senator E. S. Blease, a member of the firm of Able & Blease shot Joo Ben Coleman. The shooMng occurred at or neai the corner of Smith Brothers' store Five or six shots were fired and Cole man's body showed four wounds. un< wound is in the hand, another on tin right shoulder, while the two oihert penetrated the body. The latter two wounds are of a verj serious nature and in the opinion o the physicians either of them is sufii dent to produce death. Tno woundec man was carried to the Wheeler hote where he is receiving every attention Immediately after the shooting Mr Blease went to the sheriff and surren dered and is now in jail. The State r,ays the news of thi shooting affray was reoeived InColum blaby friends of Mr. Blease, who wen shocked by the information. The} could tell nothing of the causes lead ing up to the affair and so for as koowr the two men were on the best of term and were considered good friends. Eugene Blease and Joe Ben Oolemai married sifters, the daughters of Mr -James Herbert. Mrs. Blease was Mis Saluda Ilerbart and Mrs. Coleman wa Miss Maude Herbert. Mr. Blease i serving his first term In the State sen ate. He is a brother of the senato from Nawherrv. Lovers Killed, While enroute from Atlantic Git1 to Philadelphia Wednesday in an au tomobile, Nell Wolfe, secretary am treasurer of an automobile oompan; of Philadelphia, and Mis* Marl Hamlll, daughter of a wealthy Ger mantown shoddy manufacturer, wer thrown from an automobile, on i bridge over the West Jersey and Sea shore railroad, near Atico, N. Y., am hurled 30 feet to the tracks below Miss H&mill was almost Instantly kill ed and Mr. Wolfe dif.d soon after. Th oar was driven by F. G. Plummer. H was taken^lnto custody and arralgne before Prosecutor Loyd, at Camdeo N. J., who discharged him after heai Ing his statement. The accident wa due to defeoolve steering gear. Mi Wolfe and Miss Hamill were to hav been married In Deoember. -V Atlanta Has One Oaae. Dr. J. P. Kennedy, city health ofl oar of Atlanta, Saturday announoe officially that one case of yellow fevi has developed there. ^ # eleven cents Fixel as the Minimum Price for thi Cotton Crop. President Smith, of the South Caro Una Association, Wanted It Plxod at Ten and a Half Cents. "Your committee, realizing th? unusually strong statistical position ol cotton, we recommend a minimum 1 price of 11 cents, basis middling uplands, at the home market throughout the cotton belt. E. I) Smith, chairman; H. Y. Brooke, secretary." This is the action taken by the Asheville Conference and sent out to the cotton growers of the South who are members of the Southern Cotton Association ai d other farmers who feel like aidiug in keeping up the price of cotton. It Is the call sent out by the executive committee of the Southern Cotton association to the farmers of the south to hold their cotton for 11 oents. If the farmers will comply with the call and hold for 11 cents they will get it A dispatch from Asheville t) The State says the committee's report was i not announced until after 10 o'clock and it had been awaited with Intense Interest by the 100 or more growers and buyers at the hotel. It did not 1 give entire satisfaction, but is a compromise. Mr SmBh contended for a minimum of 10? cents now, with a later announcement of a higher minimum. He was overruled dispito his eloquence and was compelled to accept 11 cents. 1'here were members of the committee who held out for 12 cents an a minimum aud others wanted to put it , even higher. All of this was thrashed out In secret session and when the report was presented to the open meeting It was adopted without a word aud the com mittee took up other business relating ( to the proposed amendments to the ; constitution. Eleven cents for cotton at the home . martreL is equivalent to 11 1-4 or more , at the ports. The October quotation Thursday was arouud 10 37 100. So tnat the committee has called upon the produceri to hold for an advance of about 03 points. Ttie most aggressive and influential man in the association is E D. Smith He has borne the burden of debate in this meeting has been a p isltive force for conservatism. He has argued valiantly for a safe and cireful stand as to the minimum of price and has had to contend against the unreason in# demands of rampant bulls who wanted to put the price away up and def/ the world, flesh and devil. While many cotton growers are anxious to bonelit themselves and their fellow faimjrs have taken this extreme position conscientiously, it is a fact that emissaries of ^astern specu lators have had an influence in im , pressing a builish sentiment upon the ) gathering here at Kenilworth inn. For more reasons than one a demand . for a high holding price by the c >mmittee would have suited Wall street Smith has c intended that a reason able minimum should be set in order to protect the producer who is forced to sell. lie was chairman of the c >m mittee on Drlce. flflmnrwod nf nr?A fmm each State, and the fight In this com^ rnittee was waged all afternoon. Af ' ter supper the report was made to the ' whole executive committee lu secret session and the fight was there ret> newed and lasted for several hours, li i was 10 16 o'clock when the commit, tee came out and announced the re suit of Its deliberations, r There was a lengthy debate on th< . advisability of establishing a newspaper as an organ of the association. A 3 committee previously appoint 3d to re 3 port on this matter did not make i i report and It was finally deoided t< give the committee more time. Then ' is wide difference of opinion on th< f subject and at times the debate wai - warm. Of the South Carolina mei i present, Mr. E. D. Smith favors thi 1 proposition and Mr. Ilyatt opposes it. , Mr. Hyatt's speech last night in op . position was generally complimented The question of finance also cam* up this morning and Mr. Hyatt's res b OiULion to raise 915,000 in 90 days roi - expenses was adopted. It was statec 3 during the discussion that South Car 7 olina had done better than any othe - State In regard to finances and thi i State is one of the most thoroughly s organized. The report of the commit tee oa statistics was submitted. Th< i committee consisted of State Senate] . J. A. Brown of North Carolina; J s MoMartin of Mississippi and W. L s Peak of Georgia, with Secretary Rich s ard Cheatham. They had reports fron - 15,000 correspondents throughout thi r south, including State, county am township correspondents. All of thes reports they had canvassed add com piled and after questioning men fron Y each State had made allowances fo : the individual bias of the correspon 3 dents, whether bullish, bearish o y conservative. From these reports th 6 committee concluded that the condl '* tlon of the present orop to date Is 7 6 3 10 per oent. of last year's orop am a that the yield will be 7,588,133 bales '' By States the report In full follows; 3 State Yield. Uondltlor Alabama 1,031,639 74 ' Arkansas 619,466 70 6 Florida 64,019 69 ? Georgia 1,361,180 78 3 Indian Territory. 365,522 78 [? Louslana 656,952 68 North Carolina... 630,064 77 f Oklahoma 307,602 86 South Carolina... 791,697 73 6 Tennessee 242,202 75 Texas 2,382,762 74 Mississippi 1,204,978 70 3 Miscellaneous.... 50,050 76 d There was no report on acreage, bi )r the previous report shows 18 per oen reduction. ? % PLAIN TALK. 9 Senator Tillman Wants State \ \ Board of Control to Resign. < _________ H | SPEAKS AT TLRZ VH. 5 t r f The Senior Senator Calls Upon the Gov- p D , ernor to Exercise His Power, and ? o i Remove the State Board. Sen- 0 i ator Brice Agreed With 81 i Senator Tillman. ? The Rock IIlll correspondent of 8 The State says Tirzah, the scene of J many and glorious tilts in this politi- 0> cal arena, was again the battleground p Tuursday, and fully 2,500 people were a gathered to witness the combat. A 11 giant picnic, t'.ie kind that has made t Tirzah famous, had been arranged and p perftct weather, with tho excellent tl Gold IIlll band, marie the occaslou a success. In response to a numerously a siufinri 1nvlfca.fr.lon fr.n fr.all/" rllof*nr?u?i ro ? - WV/ VMKV V* IU|/VUItIUll J V> and reply to charges made at a recent is prohibition meeting in Yorkvllle, Sen- q ator Tillman was present. Senator p Itrioe was on hand to represent the anti-dispensary side of the question, p Senator Tillman was in tine form and e spoke for two hours. Senator Brlos a made a vigorous speech. Inquiry among q representative men in the audience o failed to show that sentiment againts h the dispensary had been changed, the general opinion being that the county a would vote the institution out. s Senator Tillman made much the t same speech that he has made else n where, the ouly new feature of lm- t portance being a demand that the fi governor exercise his power and re- hI move the members of the State dls- q pensary board at once. A "hands up" t! vote being called for, It was seen that q the crowd was with him on that pro- b position. q Senator Brice was, under the ar- a rangement, the tirst speaker, lie vlg- o orously denounced the wnole diopen- q sary system, maintaining that it was p undemocratic, that it makes every cit- i< izen whether he will or nor a partner t! in the liquor business, that it diguiiks the sale of liquor aud makes it popular, respectable and reputable, that it attempts to make the sale and drlm/iDL? of linunr a. np.rmanpnt. and _ -- x ? - " " 1 llxed institution by fastening it on to one of our racst cherished institutions, our public school system, that it his increased murder 70 per cent, and as sault and battery 40 per oent., that it is a common cneat and swindle, a y snare, a delusion, aud fraud, and a t vast lake of pitch that dntiles and n blackens every one who touches it. It t, is a deadly vampire that hovers with ^ , its black and hellish wings over every homo in South Carolina. It is a whit- ^ ed sepulcare, beautiful whithout but t { full of dead men's bones and all un- i cleanness. Mr Hrloe stated that the dispensary system could never be , cleansed. He said: "I sliall never vote * . as your senator to purify any such black law as the dispensary, and I will ' tight It to the last ditch. Tneonly law 1 I will support is one to kill." His ? speech was well received. He spoke for 1 an hour. At its conclusion Oaairman , Wllborn adjourned the meeting for * dinner. ( Senator Tillman spoke for two 1 hours, devoting much of his time to t Mr. Brice, the Yorkvllle Enquirer and j others whom he alleged had Impugn- i d ed his character. His line of argument ! , was that the sale of liquor cannot be ' J stopped, that men will nave it in spite 1 of prohibitory law, that its illegal B sale would mean more harm than its sale lawfully, and that as long as it ' could not be kept out it should be sold 1 in the least harmful way. He deolar'Q ed he was as much of an advocate of ' the dispensary as ever, and that he r would always stand for the system as I protected and hedged about when he ' a nrwAirn/) If ftfl ^ ? t? iu no kuvciuui auu liUUtsri/UUK. r to eaforoe It. He said as originally ' D designed it decreased drunkenness and f gave no opportunity for stealing. The legislature had later so changed the law and put such men in oharge as to r give thieves every ohance. The legislature was directly responsible. If the dispensary law had been carried out 1 in good faith by a governor?and I a wont say legislature, for God have e mercy on any laws the legislature enj acts?if supported by that large elep ment believing it wrong to sell liquor at all, coupled with honest administraq tion by the executive officers, by this r time the whole State might have gone . into prohibition. He said he had only r 18 months in which to administer the c dispensary law and look out for . thieves. "God knows I did not know 3 South Carolina had such a brood of j them, but who put them there?" Tfa arvAlrn a# fhA a<? a# t ? ^ i uw Jj/unu U1 UUD CUCUl Ui blio Dr 11X5 law In cutting out 30,000 votes by set, tling the matter by qualified voters and declared it fair that every man have a chance to vote. He wanted to see a race next year between a prohibitionist, a clean dispensary man and possibly a blind tiger man for gover nor. Four blind tiger men had already nominated a candidate but three out Of the four had been In the United States courts. The fight is to be on liquor or no liquor and he deprecated hurrying the vote before next year when the whole people could expres&s their opinions. Lt Speaking of the eleotton about to b, oomeoff in York county Senator Tillman said he hoped the dispensary would be voted out. The people wju1< then got a taste of the evils of pro hibltlon whtoh would drive then ?oooer or later to ask for old methodi if handling the liquor question. Sena tor Tillman averred that no man ha^ i right to oritlolHe his motives. He would answer to his Ood for his Chris danltv. He had been assailed foi tating that he oould tlnd two allu ions In the Bible speaking favorably >f liquor to one against It. lie drew >ut three typewritten pages of such rerses and asked that Tho Enquirer >rint them after examining their corectness. He criticised Senator Brloe or saving he would not vote for dls eusary cleaning, and endeavored to jake the point that If he were against ileasurea looking to the betterment f the State he was a poor servant and ught to be asked to resign. He was ot supposed to be tho master but the orvant of the people. Senator Tillman was particularly xpllolt In saying that lie had oome to ?lrzah not to tell the people what they hould do but to give them the benet of his advice and experience. They rere free to aot according to their nnsciences and should give tho Issue rayerful, earnest consideration. If 11 aoted as ho did there would be no quor drinking at all, but as some rere going to drink whether or no, U? ^ ?I 1 ..l 1 J x- - - % * ' uo uvn Nuuuta ne minimized ann the eople should get the benefits from he money spent. Senator Hrloe replied briefly, saying gain that he was opposed to the rholo dispensary business, that the wue was liquor or no liquor and not Mllman or Hrlco. He hoped the peole would bear the real Issue in mind. There was much laughter and aplause throughout the speaking, sp?cially at Mr. Tillman's repeated ssaults upon Mr. Hrloe and The Hauirer and his criticisms of those who ailed themselves Christians and sat a judgment upon others. The crowd was orderly and listened tteuttvely to all that was said, many tanding throughout. It was evident hat Mr. Tillman has many friends ere and it was the opinion of many hat the meeting was due more to rlendship to him than to an exprcsIon upon the dispensary question 'he senator stated that he had heard hat as he was born, politically, at "irzah he was to be buried here today, ut there wore few evidences that a 'illmau funeral was desired. His derand that the governor take charge f the disnermaru sit.imMnn In t.lio ame of the people drew hearty aplause. Senator Brlco declared himelf as also Doing In favor of this aoion on the part of the governor. FELL FIVE ST0UIE3. iittlo Boy Sli|>H Down Fire lOscapo, LuiuIh In Mud. At New York Frank Warner, three ears old, stood on the tire escape on he tifth (loor of No. 1883 First aveme yesterday afternoon and with ear-tilled eyes, saw pretty little Iraoe Kraus play lug with her dolls In he yard next door. Frank wanted o "play doll house," but his mother old him he must stay up stairs. She tompromised by letting him watch lis little chum from above. Frank leaned against the railing >f the tire escape and had a vision ol ,he time when he would be grown up md could play when and where he Iked. The little girl looked up and mailed. It was a very inviting smile ind it was Frank's undoing. He slicabed to the top of the railing,slipped and fell na landed in a mud pile waist deep, within a few ffeet of the girl and hei lollies. M's. Wagner, whe saw hei son disappear over the railing, shriek ad and ran to the yard expecting tx see the mangled form of her child, but Instead she saw her boy calmlj removing uio mua rrom nis sunaaj dress, and the veracious nelghbori even assert that his llrst words were "Grade, me come down to play witf dollies." Apparently the child was entirely unhurt, and an ambulanoe doctoi could lind not a mark upon the boy'i body. As a matter of precaution tin child was taken to Harlem Hosplta to watch for symptoms of Interna Injury. When he heard that after al hewasfnotto play with Grace anc her dolls, Frank cried bitterly. Thi world seemed very gloomy to him. War ol Two Haoei. The Exchange Telegraph compan; received a dispatch from St. Peters burg, which says that the whole o the Caucasus has become Involved li a desperate struggle between Armen ians and Tartars. The latter an openly surported by the police anc severe lighting has occurred at severs places. At Baku, where fighting ha been in progress intermittently sine September 2, the casualties are sale to reaoh into the hundreds. At Baki the troops have frequently been mad t.hn u:rt; Infia ftf nt.t.antra ho A rmnn1111 uuv> f 1VUIUUII W* WVVWV?U -# J U. 1 UMUUIMI employes of the street railroad, ac cording to their reports which h&vi reached here. The authorise throughout the district where th trouble has oooured are inactive. A Fatal Fiiffit. Fletcher Mapless and Bud Akrldge brothers-in-law, shot and killed eac other Saturday night near their horn about six miles from Pelham, Ga. I seems that a quarrel arose between th two men when each drew his plsfc and empted it into the other, elgh shots being fired 1q all. Akrldge die Instantly. Mapless died Sunday more log about daylight. Fletoher Maple* was a son and Bud Akrldge a son-li aw of Mr. 1. Mapless. * \ s" V >% "BANK 07 OONW/ . CAPITAL STOCK, $20,(X)0.00 TOTAL ASS FT OFFIC B. 0. COT JANS, President. C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pres. Our Bank, being a local institut building of Horry County and for the suing this policy wo take pleasure in accommodation when consistent with With gratitude for the. liberal ] cordially solicit your future business, Respect fu D A SPIVE Itobt. lb Scarborough, IT. T President. Vice-F BANK OF Conwa1 ? Capital Stock , DIREC Ilobt. B. Scarborough, llal L. 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