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STORM RAGES Dm Craft Daaafe, Extcaft Uakiawa, Daws it Satk Fltrii*. THE WORST EVER KNOWN The Lower I'art of Florida, From Tampa in the Went to St. Aujfuic Hue on the Fount, Cut off from the IL _ __ ^ World, and the Worst Is Feared for the Island. At 4.20 Tuesday morning The Associated Press wire from Jacksonville to Tampa, the last single thread of communication with any point in the storm swept territory south of the former place, was severed. With the entire Florida peninsula south of a line from Tampa on the Gulf Coast to St. Augustine on the Atlantic without communication of * r, any kind to the outside world since six o'clock Monday night when a wind velocity varying from 7 0 to 90 miles an hour was reported, accompanied by ill-boding barometric changes, the effect of the Went Indian hurricane in this vast trucking and fruit growing belt is a matter of conjecture. That the property damage has been heavy, however, is indicated by the few brief bulletins that came from the east coast and the extreme south ern keys before communication was finally cut off last night. Conservative estimates place the loss to the orange growers alone at one million dollars. Trucking has suffered heavily, the Florida East Coast railroad is believed to have sustained many' thousands of dollars damage and the property damage along the 3 00 miles of the Atlantic Coast south of fit. Augustine probably will surpass that of any hurricane of recent years. The last message from Key West reported a wind velocity of 90 miles an hour, a barometer reading 28.80, high seas and water rising to alarming depths in the streets. Shortly after that message was sent the wireless apparatus, the last remaining means of communication failed. Last year a similar disturbance wrohght $2,000,000 in this extreme Southern city and resulted in a small loss of life. The last message from St. Augus11? ?? "'i ??*? u;#vp? nmhintr over nut; rcpui i*;\i mv> w tho seawall, endangering property 011 the water front while the marshes for miles around were already inundated. The wind was increasing and the barometer falling. Similar reports came from Fort Pierce and Tittusville before communication failed. Many miles of the Florida East Coast railroad were under water 011 Monday night, serious washouts had occurred, several barges employed on * the roads extension bad been suuk and traflie over most of the line has been abandoned. For miles this road actually bridges vast stretches of the ocean with massive concrete arches and although forewarned, fears are entered for the working crews employed on the lower extension. Railroad traffic on all lines south of Jacksonville' practically has been abandoned. The telegraph compan ios report practically an wiros uuwn south of Tampa, and it may be several days before communication is re08tublished with the storm swept territory. x \ The last dispatch from Tampa, reap. * eel ved shortly before daylight read: ^ "South Florida faces a disaster unknown in extent, but which it is feared will be as bad as the memorable frec/e of 1895. As yet Tampa ^has not felt I he full force*of this eddying destroyer. "In that territory which stretches betvfeen Tampa and Punta ciorda lie many small hamlets, .where thou6'ands of fertile acres on which luxuriant trees bear their golden oflfer* ings, and some of Florida's richest ? orange groves are exposed to the hurricane. It is here that the greatest / damage will be done to property. Y "It is further on, across on the )4 other side of this five hundred miles <if devastating atmospheric disturbance, that it is feared the human toll will 1>e collected. "Reaching a velocity of betwecu fifty and sixty miles an hour at an early hour this morning the storm continued without abatement. Coming first in great gusts It finally setfind Into a Rtoady blow which un roofed buildings, played ping-pong rwith street signs, upset closed cabs, tangled telephone and electric wires and stripped small craft in the bay of their rigging. "Not since early Sunday afternoon has there been any communication with Punta Gorda and other smaller towns south of Tampa. Incoming trains from that section brought news of high winds, interrupted tel- 1 egraphic service, damaged shipping J and damaged orange groves. Noth jug has been heard from interior point*. "In every port along the Gulf seahoard large and small craft nestle beneath the protecting lee of some 1 frugal sand key. So heavy has been I the sea that ocean going liners have < refused to leave their berths and 1 only ?>^nt has come into the port 1 1> fivo :Juu I f KEEP MONEY AT HOME BY RAISING THK MEAT NEEDED IN THIS SECTION. Thousand* of Dollars Are Sent West Each Year for Meat Which Should lie Made Bight Here. The people of the South should keep at home the thousands of dollars which they are annually sending Into the West for meat and the farmers of the South can bring about this much desired condition and Can at the same time realize handsome profits for themselves if they will engage in the raising of lio^s mere extensively, declares Professor Dan T. Gray of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute who has charge of the deI partmcnt of Animal Industry at An burn and is also an Expert in Animal Husbandry in the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States L>epartment of Agriculture, in "Farmers" Bulletin 4 11", entitled "Feeding Hogs in the South," Just issued by the department. "Hogs can be raised as cheaply in the South as anywhere else and in many cases more cheaply, hut hogs can not be raised profitably on corn alone," says Prof. Gray, and in the j bulletin he gives in full detail the proper methods of feeding hogs in order to realize a profit. Figures are given showing the results obtained from the use of various feeds in experiments conducted at different i>oints in the South. The bulletin should prove of much value to any Southern farmer and its circulation will doubtless result in a greatly increased activity in hog raising. President W. \V. Finlcy, of the Sou thern Kan way company, who ir> w-iy ranch interested in having the South raise its food supplies at home will be glad to have a copy of this bulletin went to any fanner in the South who will address a request to him at 13 00 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, I). C., or request may be made directly to the Department of Agriculture. Before giving details of proper feed ing of hogs, Prof. Gray makes some very Interesting observations, showing how tlie raising of more hogs in the South will prove a benefit to the whole section. He gives figures showing the consumption of home raised and western animals in Birmingham, Ala., in 1907, proving that in that year alone more than a million dollars went out of Birmingham into distant states and which should have gone into the pockets of Southern farmers. Other reasons why houi lieril inruiui s nuvum imsc ujuit; hogs are stated as follows: "Pork can he made as cheaply, and perhaps more cheaply, in the South than in any other section of the country. And there are many reasons why our Southern farmers should Introduce this line of animal production into the fanning system. One of these reasons is mentioned above, the money spent for meat by the Southern people would he kept at home. Another is the influence it would probably have on the price of cotton. It will never he possible for the South to control the price of cotton until the Southern farmer places himself in such a position that he can hold the crop after it is produced. So long as all the farmers are required to sell (ho entire crop of cotton each fall, ho long will its prfce he an unreliable and unstaplcT one. . The only way by which a farmer can place himself in a position where he will not have to sell all his cotton -each fall is to produce something in addition to cotton; and unquestionably one of the best supplements to the cotton crop would be I the raising of hoss. The hog business can be so managed that the owner can have money coming in from it at least twice a year, which would eaable him to hold his cotton as long as he pleases. "Furthermore, the hog is especially adapted to the farmer with small capital, as but a small amount of money is required with which to begin the business, and returns begin to come in a few months after it is started. The sow is a rapid producer. Money is turned over rapidly. With $125 invested in one boar and five to eight sows it is easily possible to have for sale from 5,000 to 8,000 pounds of pork, live weight, jn a year. In other words, the yearly sales should from two to four times the amount of the investment. ? ? Foss Heads Ticket. At a meeting of the committee of four appointed by the 'Massachusetts Democratic State Convention last week the names of Hamlin and Riley were withdrawn and Foss was unanimously nominated for Governor. Fnothiill riainiN Victim. Claude H. Buell, a student at the Western HJght School, at Detroit, flied Tuesday of injuries received In a football game Saturday. lie was kicked in the head and suffered from hemorrhage of the brain. ? ?? Com its Suicide. His mind perhaps impaired by a long illness, George V. Kleekley, a Parmer, committed suicide early Friday at his home in Lexington county hy shooting himself through the heart with a shHis wife and dx children survive hlm? HUGE CORN CROP THIS STATE WILL MAKE FIFTV MILLION Bt'HHKLS. It In Estimated That Thirty Thousand Ikdlar* in Prizes Is Offered in South Carolina. Corn fairs are being held in a number of counties of the state, and there are many farmers who have reported a yield of over 100 bushels in one acre and several who show more than 150. A conservative estimate of the amount of money to be offered in South Carolina this year for yields is $30,000. There will be prizes at the corn exposition aggregating $10,000 in value. The different counties of the state will give in all about $10,000 for prizes to the members of the boys' clubs. The state corn contest commission will award large prizes. These prizes are being given by the state and Federal governments, commercial bodies, business concerns and private individuals. The result of the increased activity in the culture of corn is that at least r>0,000,000 bushels of corn will be produced this year, which will be an increase of 13,000,000 bushels ov"? ..?>!> i.p/wl iwinrl Uut v*?;?r T hp \Z J M*C VM/j; p? */vi u*. v\4 ??,?v j ? crop lust year was 8,000,000 bushels greater than In 1008. The increased production of corn in South Carolina means that several million dollars will be saved to the farmers in the state and that the corn cribs of the West will be moved nearer home. The climax of the increased production of corn will be the South Atlantic States Corn exposition, which is to he held in Columbia from December 5 to 8. The exposition will be held for South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. The president of the exposition is A. L>. Hudson, of Newberry. I=SK OF LIME ON LAND. ? Southern Hallway Issues Pamphlet 1 on the Subject. A pamphlet containing information which should be of the greatest interest and practical benefit to the farmers of he South and which may be had for the asking, has just been issued by the land and industrial department of the Southern railway. ?* ? ? - A . A_ _ x? nrnu ^ j ne pampniei. treui? ox i ue uoc m Lime on Land." and tolls of tho great benefits to be derived in this way. Quotations are given from agricultural authorities and from bulle^rs issued by the United States department of agriculture and various 'State deparments, telling on wnat kind of land lime should he used, for what crops it will bring the bbst results, and how it should be applied. For improving sour soils such as are found in many parts of the South, agricultural authorities agree that there is nothing so beneficial as lime since with the aid of leguminous plants it enables the ai'ls to draw from the atmosphere the nitrogen so necessary as plant food. The large deposits of lime in the various Southern States make the use. of lime for agricultural purposes inexpensive. A copy 01 rno pampmei on. i no Use of Lime on Land" may be secured by addressing a request to M. V. Richards, land and Industrial agent, Southern Railway Company, Washington; D. C., or copies may t>e | had on application to any freight traflic representative or local or station agent of the Southern railway. ] YONUG GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE. I>isap|K)inted in Ivove Affair and Ends i Life With Strychino. Miss Emma Norton, the 17-yeat 1 old daughter of Mr. and >Mrs, Yancey ] Norton, living in the lower end of Stewartville township, about one i inilo below John Station, died a suicide Tuesday morning. Dr. W. D. 1 James, 'of the James Sanatorium, was called to see the girl and reach- ? ed her side only a few moments before the ends. She was far beyond 1 any help when he arrived, having tacn strychnine several hours before 1 ho reached her. The cause or the sad event seems i to have been disappointment in an affair of the heart. She had leli ^ her home on a runaway marriage trip to boutn Carolina with a young 1 man whom she was engaged, and had got as far as Ued Banks wh?n 1 she was overtaken by her father, who seems to have opposed the C match, and brought her back home. Afterwards she was discovered In I the throes of death from a dose of strychnine which she had adminis- ( tered to herself. Her father had the strychnine for the purpose of pols- ( oiling rats and troublesome dogs, it is said, and had it locked up, but 1 the glrle succeeded In getting to it in some way with the very JaUl \ result stated above. The young girl is said to have been a very fine look- c ing in perfect health, and the only cause ascribed for her rash aot is r that stated above. j NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina; County of Horry. Notice Ib hereby given that the General Election for Representative in CongreHS will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the Countyt of Horry, on Tuesday, November 8th, 1910, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by luw. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows. Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the navment six months before any elec tion of any poll tiix then duo and payable: "Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, if otherwise q u al i tied. Managers of election must require of the voter the production of a registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll taxes, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of certificate or the receipt of the otlicer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for the opening of the polls Managers and Clerks line:! talre, mwl t? tilt4 Coil stitutional oath. The Chairman of tiie Hoard of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each, voting place must he opened at seven o'clock a. m., and closed at four o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall bo opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office, and sign the same. Within throe days therearter, me Chairman of the Hoard, or some one designated by the Hoard, must deliver to t he Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statments ol the result of the election. Managers of Election.?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Adrian?Geo. Sessions, Jr., N. E. Hardwick, Gilbert Cartrett. Hayboro?Hird Watts, Herry Hell, Moses Tyler. Hlanche?J. O. Johnson, H. H. Sarvis, Willie Ward. Cedar Grove?:J. Hamp Hendricks, E. J. Marsh, J. T. Todd. Conway?A. E. Goldfinch, W. 11. Howell, J. A. Eason Cool Springs?G. A. Rabon, K. L. MIshoe, F. H. Booth. Daisy?W. 13. Carter, H. W. Boyd, Geo. W. Russ. Dog Rluff?I). G. Johnson, W. A. j Spivey, P. M. Reynolds. Dogwood?T. J. Vaugkt, T. W. Adams, A. PL Chestnut. Ebenezer?J. 11. Long, I. P. Stanley, W. I. Cox. Farmer?G. T. Bellamy, J. M. Sutler, W. E. Carter. Floyds?Deck Gibson, Avery Floyd It A fiplTlllfl. Gallivants Ferry ? Ash Page, Fletcher Gore, Geo. M. Hoggins. Grahamville?B. H. Vaught, J*. Parker, I. B. Parker. Green Sea?11. H. Gerrald, Daniel Plan ton, Geo. M. Fowler. Greenwood?VV. L. Singleton, C. Cannon, A. 'M. Dusenbury. Gurley?John Elliott, Hamp Gore, [1. W. Mishoe. Hammond? C. L. Williamson, W. D. Cox, J. M. Cox. Homewood?N. T. Collins, T. A. \nderson, C. M. Elliot. Jordanvillc?1. McMartin, Joe daxley, T. M. Dundy. Joy?G. F. Norris, W. H. Moore, 1. W. Baker. Knotty Branch?W. G. I^ewis, F. 1. Singleton, G. W. Singleton. Little Ttiver--Tom Permenter. L. F\ Bellamy, J. V. Vereen. Loris?J. Q. Graham, D. D. Har elson, W. A. Prince. Afarlow?P. Patrick, L. D. rharp, T. A. Johason. { Port Harrelacu L. w. Coopor, u. 3. Dusenbury, Itufus Thompson. San ford?A. W. Barnhill, Jim Tver, N. B. Allsbrook. Shell?S. W. Vereen, J. W. Chestnut, W. II. Bryant. Spring Branch?Frank Floyd, R. latcher, George Floyd. Socastee?J. B. Rabon, J. N. Mccormick, It. M. Prince. Taylorsville?A. M. Small, Luther Bbson, F. A. McDaniel. Vardelle?C. L. Williamson, Ed. larrelson, Hugh Floyd. VVampee?D. U. Bellamy, J. Z. Vard, Lucian Willard. Withers?E. II. Shelley, S. S. Owms, W. T. Todd. The Managers at each precinct tamed above aro requested to delefate one of their number to secure BANK O* Conwa < Has largest capital and surplus of a than the combined capital and surp CAPITAL# STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT I)IRE( Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acc | will justify, and we ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, I PHEBIDKNT. We continue to pay 5 pe | FIRST NATK /!i (x)\ WA W ^ CAPITAL STOCK m SURPLUS PROFITS /)\ TOTAL ASSESTS ?1)1 RFC J. A. McDermott, John ( Jfk H. O. Collins, II. 1,. I M. Burroughs, C. P. Qui /ft Successor to the Bank ol Horry County, and a pioneer ly allied with the recent dev M Republic. Backed by the 1 United States Bonds, we are I ^1* toiners any reasonable acconu ?H. A. SI'IVKY, Cashier. ATTKMPTK1J FSCAPF. | I Prisoner Steals Auto an<t Makes a Hashing Flight. George Smithers, aged 10, a convict on the Coffee county, Ga., chaingang, made a desperate, but futile attempt to regain his freedom Saturday on one of the automobiles engaged in the round-the-State tour. One of the tourists, thinking he had lost his way, left his car and walked hack some distance to converse with one of the guards. Young Smithers, . seeing his chance, quit shoveling dirt, hopped into the vacated automobile and sped away. The machine came to grief in a ditch shortly afteiwards, however, and Smithers was nuiied headlong into the branches of a tree where he was recaptured. The automobile was extricated and proceeded. ? ? ? . I INliS Y'HItDiCT. Survivor of Suicide Pack Declared a Murderer. One of most unique damage suit > over tried in this state was doublet in the city court at (iadsden, Ala., Monday, when Mrs. Eela Ashley was awarded a verdict of $5,(100 against K. K. McMahan, who is now serving a life sentence in the penitent in: y for the murder of Mrs. Ashley's husband, Sam Ashley. The crime was committed the night of January 23,1 1009. McMahan testified that the: two had en ered into a suicide compact. and that Ashley accidentally shot himself while handing a pistol to McMahan. The court charged that the survivor in a suicide compact, when oik1 party already had committed the act, was guilty of murder. ? ? SPECIAL TERM ASKKI). Sjfeedy Trial Will Probably (Jiven Negro Fiend. Solicitor Cobb has requested (lov. Ansel to order a special term of court for the trial of Ed. Ilyrd, alias Minus High water, alias 'Moss llightop, who is now under arrest for criminal assault on a woman in the north* WX'KMM Il M'lmill Ul V UMllIllil i. Solicitor Cobb asks that the date for the trial be fixed for November 2 I at. His reasons for this are tli.it there will bo term of court in Kershaw until that date and that under the law a certain length of time should be allowed the defendant. Gov. Ansel has not yet acted on the petition. ? ? Fata) Auto Accident. Two persons were instantly killed aiuf three others injured near Glen Isle. Pa., when an automobile be came disabled by the bursting of a ' tire, turned turtle and rolled down a, ; twenty foot embankment. The dean j are Mrs. .1. E. Jackson and her live-. year-old son, of St. (Mary's. the boxes and blanks for the election at Horry Hardware Co., after Oct. 20th. A, W. Barrett, J. D. West, W. N. Gerrald, Commissioners of Federal Election for Horry County, S. C. ( October 12 th, 1910. ' HORRY, I y. S, C. ny bank in Horry county. More lus of all other banks in the county. $50,000 12,500 # HOLDERS . . . . 50,000 ORS 112,500 :iors D. V. Richardson, W. A. Johnson, Will A. t reemaii. ommodation which their accounts solicit your business. ). V. Richardson, wild a frkemab Vice Fhmudent. Capri kk r cent, on yearly deposits. DNAL BANK | | $25.000 00 2^ 2,500.00 125,000.00 ^ TOHS: jK Spivey, I"). T. McNeill, /|j| luck, W. K. Lewis, I). jjk ittlebaum, D. A. Spivey. f Conway, t.he oldest Hank In dft HI EVUDl* III J is elopment of the Independent vjy (government and secured by irepared to extend to our cub- jiil nodationa. W 11. ti. COLLINS, $ President. jf PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Law, CONWAY, S. C. R. B. SCARIIHOl'GH CONWAY, S. C Attorney at Law. if. H. BUKIIOUGHS Physician and HiiikcoiCONWAY, S. O. B. WOFFOHI) WAIT. Attorney at Ij?> / * ' 9 ' . 1 . \ Hank of Horry Building*. CONWAY, S. C. THE WORLDS GREATEST SE WING MACHINE; JLIGHT RUNNING gri?>j Jfyon want cithern Vibrating Hhuttlo, UoiAif Bhuttloor n Single Thread [CAain&tfcAJ ., BOWlDg Machine write U> ** THE NEW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE GQMPMt Orange, Maso. M?"V sewingmachines are made to t? 11 i?.F*mt!<-*i?f: quality, but the New Home is muck to wcofc Our ruaranty never runs out. MI f>J Authorised ?d\jm] < V FOB SALS ?V * j BUIUtOUCIIS iV COLLINS COM Ooiiway, 8. C. Found Dead on St root. At Hoboken, N. J., a well dressed man register oil at a hotel about l o'clock Wednesday morning as Martin Egger of Philadelphia. An hour later his corpse was found on the sidewalk below bis room. Cholera ill I minion. Asiatic cholera has reached London. A man died of the dread disease in the Royal Free hospital on Tuesday. This is the first case of cholera recorded in England In many years.