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LIMKRKNTBRPRISE. Published tvery Wednesday and baturday BY Tit. Enterprise PRblislin* Company A. J. CLARK RUtu?. One Year $1.00 81* Months, 50 eta Three Months 25 cts In Advance. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1900. WKKUK AND RUIN. Damage to Galveston Great and Loss of Life Appalling. Houston, Texas, Sept. 10.?Mr. Kichard Spillane, a well known Galveston newspaper man and day correspondent of the A6so ciated Press in that city who reached Houston today after a terrible experience, gives the fol lowing account of the disaster : One of the most awful tragedies of modern times has visited Galveston. The city is ii> ruins and the dead will number one thousand. I am just from the city, having been commissioned by the mayor and citizens' committee to get in touch with the outside world and appeal for help. Houston was the nearest point at which working telegraph instruments could be found, the wires as well as nearly all the buildings between here and the Gulf of Mexico being wrecked. When I left Galveston shortly before noon yesterday the people were organizing for the prompt burial of the dead, distribution of food and all necessary work after a period of disaster. The wreck of Galveston was thus brought about by a great tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe its intensity and by a flood which turned the city into a raging sea. ine weatner oureau records show that the wind attained a velocity of 84 miles an hour when the measuring instrument blew away, so it is impossible to tell what is the meximum. The storm began at 2 o'clock Saturday morqing. Previous to that a great storm had been rag ing on the gulf and the tide was very high. The wind at first came from the north and was in direct opposition to the force from the gulf. While the storm in the first part piled the water upon the beach side of the city, the north wind piled the water on the bay part of the city. About i.oon it became evident . 1. ? f ?l.~ 4 ; * - i !-n i/iiat* mo uiLjf w?b ?uiuk m uo visited with disaster. Hundreds of residences along the beach froTit were hurriedly abandoned, the families fleeing to the dwellings in higher portions of the city. Every home was open to the refugees, white and black. The winds were rising constantly and it rained in torrents. The wind was so fierce that the rain cut like a knife. By 3 o'clock the waters of the gulf and bay met and by dark the entire city was submerged. The flooding of the electric light . plant and the gas plants left the city in darkness. To go upon the streets was to court death. The wind was then at cyclonic velocity, roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings telegraph poles and walls were falling and the noise of the wind and the crashing of the buildings were terrifying in the extreme. The wind and waters rose steadily from dark until 1:45 o'clock Sunday morning. D-uing all the time the people of Galveston were like rats in traps. The highest portion of the city was four to five feet under water while in the great majority of cases the streets were submerged ta a r\f fnn T" '? ? w ? uv^/vu wi ion ioci. i u ieitve a house was to drown. To remain was to court death in the wreck age. Such a night of agony has seldom been equalled. Without apparent reason the waters suddenly began to subside at 1:45 a. m. Within 20 minutes they had gone down two feet and before daylight the streets were practically free of the flood waters. In the meantime the wind had thus veered to the southwest. Very few if any buildings escaped injury. There is hardly a habitable dry house in the city. When the people who had escaped death went out at daylight to view the work of the tempest and the floods tbey saw the most hor r rible sights imaginable. In th< three blocks from Avenue N t< Avenue P in Tromont street saw eight bodies. Font corpse were in one yard. The whole of the business fron for three blocks in from the gul was stripped of every vestige o habitation, the dwellings, th< great bathing establishments, th< Olympia and every structure hav ing been either carried out to se< or its ruins piled in a pvramit far into the town, according t< the vagaries of the tempest. The first hurried glance ove the city showed that the larges structures, supposed to be tin most substantially built, suffbret the most. Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile of Washita, I. T. He writes "Four bottles of Electic Bitter has cured Mrs. Brewerof scrofula which bad caused her surest suf faring for years. Terrible sore would break out on her head ant face, and the best doctors couh vim no holn ? h:it her euro is com plete and her health is excellent.' This shows what thousands hav< proved,?that Electric Bitters i tho bes blood purifier known. It' the supreme remedy for eczema tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boil and running sores. It stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels, expel poison^ help?, digestion and build up the strength. Only 50c. Sol by Crawford Bros. Druggis Guaranteed. For the Entkrpribb, "The L?3t Cause." Dear Mr. Editor:?Please alio1 me a short space in your val uable paper as I wish to say onl a few words concerning "Th jlosi <jau6e. ii you ininK m letter an intrusion let it find ret in the waste basket. At a reunion of the Gran Army of the Republic, held s Chicago some days ago, resol utior were passed denouncing historic of the civil war written by soutl em authors. The grand arm claims that they are written fr nothing save to perpetuate, i the minds of southern childrei the sectional prejudices of 186 It appointed a committee to loc after this business and appeals to the public in the name of th grand army to banish these hii tories from our schools. Now 1 do not know how othei feel about this movement but, i for myself, I think it is wrong, am a South Carolinian ; that was born in the hot headed Stat of secession I have not denier That South Carolina first secede is an undeniable truth?but, sh had a right-to, yes a just right. What does it mean when yo exclude southern histories froi southern schools? It simpl means that coming generation will judge our forefathers as rel els; it means more?the misre[ resentation of the whole south. Now I am far Iron) renewin the old sectional strife; I woul not, if I could, rekindle the frt tricidal strife of 'CI. I am glar indeed, to see our country fa? becoming "one and inseparable. May the spirit of unity continu to grow until there will be n j north, no south, no east, no wes Let us have one common country joined with one chord of brother ly love?represented by the glr rious "stars and stripes." But, with all this, let our for fathers have justice?let thei posterity see their deeds an honor them. Let no man bor on southern soil misjudge the act of his parents or ancestry. Ou SOIlthern hiuf ririuna nritrA a report of the awful Rtruggh Then do not cast their work froi our schools. But, let our schor teachers instill in the ininds < their pupils that, Jeff Davis, wa not a traitor?that Robert K. I*e was not a rebel?that Stonewa Jackson was not an anarchist an that men never fought more fc principlo and right than ou "Confederate fathers." R. 8. Stiwaht. Ooranfomento of Monatmol FunoMono pv dooo Mlooorttof* Slmneeo Squow Vlpo Vvli or Tfcbtoto oof root tbo iin? I I I 0 f jjl^ 1 jjjl' h ffi1 : B xTtteSL s t^:'^.ys?:A.CHICAG d % iPo Ctre : \ to ; ? " ~ We have teams d .t. country. Teams fc it m( around the city. E 18 and stylish. Branc *1^ and traps,?the besi dS) k- k^ Tf IfAH 1171 y ^ uv^ xiavi. i i vu vt a >r can be gotten up in * - ?, ? 9WWIUTT k ^ for it. We meet cor to W^ W WW W W" WW 3 L : We i Have ; Moved into the 11 Riddle Buildinj y , . ? ? next cioor to ?. u. itougli tv. u |g ~ and have opened up afresh li of groceries. We will have tl >- week 100 pounds of Dried Be Cabbage, Irish Potatoes a ? Onions. We carry a compli (j line of Crockery an<l Glasswa Our groceries are all fresh. C and see us when in town. ' We are still d in the mar- Yours, " ket for butter, to e eggs A chickens. serve, t S. M. Mathis & C b , Registration Notice. mHE PUBLIC will take notlee t . _l. the Regiatration Rooks will open at the COURT IIOUHK for r registration of parties entitled to r, . later uader the constitution, on (1 1st Monday t Tuesday In each mot i, until SO days preceding the gene .1 Kt CiHRIf T h ('hair. Bd. Reg. Lancaster C< |r March 7. IkOO. ' Mothers wlsbln* stout healthy girls sh ^ pitK thsm Simmons hauaw Vine Wins orJ ' lets as tney approach puberty. ?k? T1 >1 >' Bridge to Let. IK 10 The building of a now brldsfe over Twi Mile Creole at Van Wyck, will t?e let to 11 Lowest Reponslbty Bidder on Tuesday, day of September, at 10 o'clock a m F and Specifications will be made known a ir letting. The right to reject any and all bi resorted. Bond wilt be required of the T ?ossful bidder In Double the amount o amount of the bid for the faithful perform of the work, M C GARPNK* County Superrls ?" HeWltt's Little Raarly Klsers are pr< C palatable, pleasant, powerful, purifying _j dlUs. Crawford Broa d-t (uC > $?? - t^ gj| jS} By #/# AH* wyy H| 7? ^ / 11 Jm cQ EB H ^p H n the water mail ome out perfectl free from,< s almost a pleasure tc ST WASHIN( v.. , ' >?r , \ !\. ; >i.: Ji -. \ "> * / "T? ? "*X**V4 .?-* '%" '?* s?~.K lKA \ ^O-fK y ii^2^s':S5: K.Evi^bank Co r, &i.iajujls?, ntn iukh. MrtnOTYnwii n nrgiriffl i gnmwMHisragt* %%%%%%<%/ prepared the Ctpery. for a long drive in the >r pleasure driving in and , verything neat, nice and , 1 new rubber tire buggies t driving horses that can nt the nicest turnout that town, call on ?GRAWFORD npetition in price. We Are Locate two doors north of the postofllceon t eeat side of Main street; our lit store has grown to be t very popu place of business, and it affords much pleasure to say that our tra is rapidly increasing every day? a why ? the reason is plain enoug In the llrst place, we treat our 01 tomcrs politely ; secondly, we buy c goods for the hard cash, save all t discounts, and share the benefits wi our customers; thirdly, our place 7 business is small, and in this way ^ always sell you nice, new goo? q fourthly, we make prices that ma *' customers; we prefer a small pr< in0 from many ra'her than a large pre llis from a few. Kvery day our trade i creases; isn't this sufficient evidei j that we TREAT THE BOYS RIGH1 Te LADIES. TOO! i] f,astly, we keep everything usua kept in a flrstclass grocery and cc irrinmri j , auu iiiuiir n | handling the nicest fruit and produ ' Ae we have not the space to enunn ate the many good things we hand we invite you to give us a call a see for yourself. Thanking one a all for their liberal patronage in t past, and soliciting a continuance the same, we are. Yours, to please. - R. J. COATS & C( $ The Lancaster m? Graded Schoc >tb, ,ra' The annual session of the Lane: ter Oraded School will begin on Mi 5* day, September 17. 1VHMI, at K lf> a. 'J'he superintendent will be at I ?? schoolhouse on 13 and 14, from 10 ouui 13 a. m., to enroll new pupils a transact other school business. 'J ' teachers are rsquested to meet on I 1H of September at 9 a. m. Pupils in list route preparxl for r< ulsr work on the first ilay. Reasot ble tuition fees will be charged pii| who reside beyond the limits of l school district. Pupils should not i Blve- text books until furnished wit) i the list by teachers isth Jtoya and girls from a distance Unas siring to attend this school can re t the ily secure cheap rates of hoard h ids is in privaje families. For further in! sue- mation address B. F. Mii.i.kk. f the C/hi'm. Hoard Trustee iance or Pit ah. T. Consort, Sec'y and Treas t, Lancaster, 8, C., Aug 21, 1800 ior. i Tarata Ldvar rsnaaa Dsprvaaton of Spi >mot jROIgsatioa, Oonatlpa sod Hasdsah*. Ill tie Pf.m a. iianoai llvar Medicine to stl ,4 ! >< fbat oryaa. * 1M Les your dishes I jy clean .and || jrease. Jj >wash dishes wit I ;powDER| -jl MBVNY# .J BOSTON.^v:.;V;.;;|^ r Founded 1842. 5,w r ^ "Sing their own praise." t Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C., MM February 2, 1900. Mr. Chas. M. Stieff. SDear Sir?The Concert Grand Pin no purchase d from you has ^ given entire satisfaction. ^ Yours truly, A B. F. WILSON. 5 ? Department of Music: H w inthrmi Nnrinnl mid Indus. 'll trial College of South h Carolina, tie Rock Hill, S. C., Ufl d** December 12, 1S09. nd ll: Mr. C. M. StoifF. in r Dear Sir?The StiefF Pianos i tii which you recently sohl to us !ke arft holding up the reputation ||j[ of this make in our schools, Ice which is saying a great deal, , ^ for they are the favorites of several makes in constant use here. They are all you reprech! seated them to he, what more prile can bo said? nd nd Very trulv yours, he of W. B. STRONG. J The Appetite of a Goat. Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are our. of order. All Ruch should know that Dr. King's New Life i Pillf, the wondeful Stomach and |J Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a as- regular bodily habit that insures "i- porfe.'t health and great energy. Onlv 2.x:.at Crawford Rtoh. Drug",'S Store. 4 ml " " Anyone ?on<iing * escton ann oeeoriptiop i,i?i Oiitckl? assertion our opin.nn froo whether *1 InTunMnn Is probably patentable. Com manic*. V tlou* strictly confidential II.tndhonk on Patents sent free. Oldest agsucy for securing patents. Patents taken through klunu A to. reeeisi spoHai notice, without charge. In the _ Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest ctr sits eolation of any eclentltlo Journal. Terms f li Vse ryr: fniirn?.nths.|i. Bom or ell newsdealers i i Tli. OOUTH CAROL1HA S GEORGIA ? [J) EXTENSION R. R. COMPAMT. ^ Schedule No. 4 _ Iii Effect It01 n. m.. Sunday, Dec. 24, 1899.. BetwcenCamden,S.C,and BlacXsburg.S.C. WeHt. 33 ~~ East 3^ First Class EASTERN TIME. First Clasa Passenger Passenger Daily Dally Except STATION' Exccpg Sunday. Sunday. p. xi. A* " 12 5n Camden It 26 I in DoKalb 12 02 I 27 Westvllle II 60 1 40 ' Kershaw 11 36 2 10 Heath Spring II 20 2 16 Pleaaant Hill 11 16 2 36 Lancaster 10 66 2 60 ' "* Riverside 10 40 3 (X) Sprlncdoll 10 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 2") 3 20 Leslie 10 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 3 56 Nowport 9 35 4 02 Tlrxah 9 30 4 2C Yorkvllle 9 16 4 35 Sharon 9 00 4 60 Hickory Grove 8 45 5 00 Smyrna 8 38 6 20 lllncksburg 8 15 P. M * V' Between Bla cksbur#,S.C.,and Marlon, l.t[ * West. 11 East. I J. M'C. Class EASTERN TIME. Sea Class Mixed A*'*?11 Daily kHrliXt I Except STATIONS. Except M Sunday. Sunday. ~ I A. M. P. N. 8 10 Ulacksburg 0 40 8 30 Earls 0-0 ?4 8 40 Patterson Springs 0 12 V 20 Shelby 0 00 10 00 Latttmore 4 60 10 10 Mooresboro 4 40 lo 26 Henrietta 4 20 10 60 Forest City 3 60 11 16 Rutherford ton 3 26 1136 Millwood 3 06 11 4? Golden Valley 2 60 12 06 Thermal City 2 45 12 26 Gletiwood < 20 12 50 Marlon 2 00 C M P. " WEST. GAFFNEY D. VISION EAS?I First Class PlratC lass 15 13 EASTERN TIME. 14 16 >.o.? iraa a = 8| 3 8-g STATIONS. -5 8? "3 s| ??K aw? Mm I* M A M A. M P- y, 1 00 (i 06 Hlackshurg 7 60 3 CO 1 20 0 20 Cherokee Falls 7 3? 2 40 I 40 6 40 Gaffnoy 7 1 2 20 P. M A. M. A. M. P. SI Tra'r.s Nos. 32 and 33 connect at lilaC.;sburg; with trains on the Gaffnoy Division. ^*5 Train No 32 connects at Camden aillt Rip Charleston Division of tho Southern Railway for nil points south. Train No. 33 leaving Catndcu at 12.40 p. in.. Coin*.' u'ihI. ninUim cnnnpntiiin At I iTni'Hs 1< r ^ S. U., with the LiCH R., at Catawba June- 9E tton with the S. A. L., going north; at Roclt Hill with the Southern Hallway, going north. Train No. II connects at Ulncksburg with the Southern Hallway from the south. At Marlon, N. C, with Southern Railway going wi&t. SAM L. HUNT. A. TRIPP. President. "W Superintendent. S. 11. LUMPKIN. G. P. A. ^SOUTHERN RAILWAY. st Cearrmi Time at Jaoksonvilla and ftaraanaa. astern Time at Other Points. Bchedule in Effect June 10th, lfXXX ttoRTuacitn. No.44 Lt. Jacksonrllle (P. fi) ." 8 0t)a |00p ' Savannah (So. Ry ) fl'J2U|. 19 8% " Barnwell 4 0flp 4 10a - Blm k villa 4 2lp 4 2Ua " Springfield 4 44p 4 01a M Sally 402p 4 60m Ar. Columbia ... .. BOfipj 0 10a CvT Charleston, (So. Ry f 00a HOOP " Kummerville f 41a 1200m " Hranehville 8 .V>a 1 0&a " Orangeburg i) 23a 2 60a " Kingville 10 16a 4 80s Ar. Columbia 11 00a 6 56a IjV. Augusta, (So. Hv. ) "2 C0a 265p 090p Lv. Granitoville ... .' 2 46a 3 28p 10 l.r?p Lv. KdgeTfeld TT5p Lv. Aiken ,A 31.Sp -?a f,v. T ronton 5004 80&p ims* r " Joluiston 6 Ala 4 l'.tp UJOp Ar. Columbia, (U. D.> 54tp t 10a Lv. Columbia, (Rhlg St 0 30a tJlOO 0 20a ' w intiaboro 7Ulp 7 25a Ohoator 7 Blp 8 18* , " Hock Hill 82tp 8 tf*% # Ar. Charlotte- ii li.p 9 45a Ar. Dnnvilln 77 ZZZ 5l* Ar. iticlnnoQcl InGua 8 2ftp Ar. Washington Ihfa 8 SO* " Baltimore (Pa.RR) o Ua 11 25? " Philadelphia 11 3.<va 2 Now y^rk 2o:ip ?ISa /agi A*, fcitartaiiburg ... 810p f jc* ffeifcMBjH J^r. Cinoinnmi 7 ^ f 48a ^r~T^ ^ TB5p ^40| ouTitnorwn. Qj^tolga* vr i.out-'viiio . I TTSa TJK tvToinomuafl ? ? . T3K T^d fjf. Knoxvtlle F13& "ffSli Anlieville 8 00a 806? " 7 partanbura 1145a 6 15o Ar. OoMyjibij^ ." ;.. nap ft^pj Lv.Ncw^'ork(,Pa.Ti.l<> 8IOp 121.73 !! ?b}'"dalphia ftuflp 8 60a Baltimore |/;p a 2Ua I l>v. WaMii'gt'u (Sp.Ry) Vflop 11 15a i>\ ItWiinoifl | TT"5?p lOTm Cy7T>anvlll? TttBa THH av. pii.nl, a to ...; 7~~". ^STda &IK " Rjjck H'.ll ft Ma 10 46 v Chester 196a 11 HM ? " Winuiiboro .. 10 Ua 12 lOa Ar. Columbia, (Bkjif St twm 11 20a 115a I<v. Columbia, tU. ft.) 11 4,'ia 4 SQa .! i"hn?,<"1 JOUVp 1 Hip SUa V ' ^ rontoa 11 0*S> ljup S 48a T XTAtkon . 77777. T77T 7E fTSSa A Kdgo'leld 4 <0p fi5C Ar. UrMiiltnvme . iijOnt V 18p TlSa Ar. hmtn*a....... .... *foua| 2$op 8 00a Lv. Columbia (bo.I,'y7 4nop 1 86a Klngville 4 4Hp 2 82a H Orangebur* 6?p 8 4fia H>anohvlll? 8 Iftp 435, *n?w i ?OW |Ni Ar. Chariot on : Hlftp 7 00? Lv. Columbia (So. Tty.) "7T fi 25a T35a Xt. i-ullv ItfTp 2 trie Springfield Qlfn 8 Vto " PlaokvM# !!! I07L> 8 00* " Barnwell i^p 3 T?; " Snvinnah ...? iui 6 iqS .^r. ?) toksonvlt^Q THw 9 TrSne'Ct and tV (irlxe* except baaday) Arrive nml d?i>ai-t from Hamburg. tDaily except Sund%. SUeplei; Oar Serrlee. Kxi elleDt dally paesonger aervfte between Florida and Hew York. No*. :? and W-New York and Florida Ex prcis. Drawing-room alee ping nam between Auguida and New York. Puliman drawing-room eleeptng ears betv e?n Port Tampu, JnokwonvlRe, KavKueak wa-dniigton and New York. Pullman alceplng oar a between Oharlottaand, Richmond. Inning oare between Charlotte and Savannah. Nob. 46 and kd-U. 8. Paet Vail. Ttu-oqj* I PllllniAU drnuHAi?.*/u\Ar \ . k/Val alaan.n.. twoon .in'loon vlll* Hurt Yorlit *tid?w Binn < < <*ara b*t W!*u AuKinta nnd 9h*r- Jk l<?tt?- I'mujn car? aarv? all naoaJ* onrout*. P (Hi inn s*K-(>lnK batvvn?n JackaoavU)* 1 and ? ohimLna ei%*untA daily Ivtwaan Jaokanal rill* nud OiactuAatt, via Aahevtlla. rKANK3 ?A?NON. J. M OtTLf. Third V-P. ftliik Mfv., TrafllcMf*., ^ WaAlilnyt/in, D. CL Waahinnton, l>. O B W. A. TUHK. B. ELHARDW1CK, ^ . Won . Aij'l., Aa'i Uan. 1'aaa. Ag't.. Washington, D. O. Atlanta, da . 1