Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, September 12, 1900, Image 2
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
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" ~ 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
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k ^ for it. We meet cor
to W^ W WW W W" WW
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: 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
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, 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
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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.
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jy clean .and ||
jrease. Jj
>wash dishes wit I
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^ "Sing their own praise."
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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
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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.
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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.
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W. A. TUHK. B. ELHARDW1CK, ^
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