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$M MUucnuui aaa ponte?* tfBP?BSDAY, OCT. 18,1893. ----------- The Sumter Watchman was founded s 18W ?od the True Southron io 1866. The Watchman and Southron DOW has the combined circulation aod influence - o? both of the old papers, aod is maoi "isaUy^tbe beat, advertising median? to Samter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Destructive storms are becoming common occurrences. - Tbe one that swept the vicin? ity of Georgetown on last Thursday night added to the long list of storm victims, aod the destruction of crops and property was very heavy. The discussion between the Columbia Slate and the Sparta.uburg Herald concering the capacity of Go?. Tillman as bamboez'er may be interesting but is profitless. He has bamboozled the State of South Carolina most sucessfully, and now seeks to bamboozle the United States by meaos of the Populists. Judge Hudson has.agaiu boldy declared his opinion that the Dispensary Law is unconsti? tutional A synopsis of his desision is given an another page. He is firm in bis con viet ?oas, and the question will now come up before the Supreme Court ou tie appeal for fina! settle ? meat, for which Judge Hudson is to be thank? ed. Could GOT. Tillman have been present at the meeting proceeding toe Sumter Light infantry banquet on last Thursday night, he ?Mid have heard some things, uttered in j cold, sober earnestness by men who are not giren to blowing, that would cause him to think more than once before attempting to force a metropolitan police on. this place. It is evident that bj bis talk he has stirred a feeling of resentment to hts apparent desire for despotic authority, the exercise of which if gives to bim, it is anticipated will bring about a conflict :&at may call for force to con? trol. The Columbia Power Company, which ovos the Columbia Canal has run as*ui of Gov. Tillman and the State and there is a prospet of litigation, before the differences involyed will be adjusted. When the State turned the canal over to Columbia it reserved 500 horse power. This power waa recently leased to the Columbia Electric Company. The Power Company has instituted proceed? ings against the Electric Company to prevent the ase of the power leased from the State, and, of coarse, the State will come in and protect its lessee. Governor Tillman bas 'declared the State's intention to fight the matter, and it is possible that the Power Company may back oat, ts their case is with? out foundation. HOT QUIXOriSM. Gov. Tillman's organ, the Columbia Re? gister, calls for the disarmment of the Sumter Light Infantry. This was what we expected from the organ, in fact, we would not have been surprised had it called for the marshall? ing of that doughty 'brigade of dispensator constables and the utter extetmination of the S. L. I. ordered. In times paat the S. L. I. has perforan ed its duty whenever called on, but no change bas come over the spirit of the command ; it is the same spirit that brought it into existence and has animated it all these years-it is the same spirit of determination to preserve and protect against any interference the rights and privileges of self-government The limes have changed, not the S. L. I.; and while a> love lor liberty and right, and a contempt for tyranny aud tyrants may be out of joint with these degenerate time?, it does not follow that such a feeling is wrong. The Register may talk about Quixotism, and make infinite jest for its own merriment, but there is too such at stake and too much earnestness of purpose in this community for us to join in the laugh. Perhaps if Gov. Ti! i man succeeds in having the Legislature pass his po;ice bill, the Stouter may have occasion to find as little wit in its jest as we now do. To stand firm in defense of liberty, in the face, of power and authority clothed with legal forms, has always appeared Quixotic, foolish and useless to those who would crush ont the spirit, and there are always parasites, like the Register, willing to voice the feeling. The S. L-l. is all right, and the people ot Samter support it, and the Register's disfavor gives none of us any concern. In fact, we regard the ill-will of all such creatures as the Register in the nature of a compliment. To receive the praise of that paper, would be to have advertised abroad one's servility. From toe Columbia Register, Oct. 17. MODEEN QUIXOTISM. The Sumter Light Infantry needs attention. A company which applauds seditious utter? ances bas DO right to wear the State's uni? forms, handle the State's arms and be in the service of the State. In times past the Sum? ter Light Infantry has beea one of the best companies in the State ; it was weil equipped, wei! drilled and could be relied upon at all times to uphold the State's authority. A change has come over the spirit of that com maud, and it now defiantly aunounces that it will shed the blood of officers appointed by the State. No matter bow good its past re? cord, when a company reaches that point, it should be disbanded and its arms returned to the State which owns them. At a recent banqueet of the Su oiler Light Infantry, several incendiary speeches were made and approved and ratified with ap? plause. Major Marion Moise started the ball by saying that it was probable metropolitan police would be forced upon Sumter. He urged the importance of keeping up the S. L. I. Organization, iu order to have a military force with which to resist enforcement of the Dispensary law. He said be was will, log to shoulder a musket and fight in the ranks against metropolitan police. What a valiant Majori If he fights as well as be gas? conades, be will be a most redoubtable cus? tomer for a metropolitan policeman to tackle, lt will laka a Homer to do justice to bis doughty deeds; the vivid imagination of Poet Reid, of Walhalla, could not chronicle the achievements of this modern Don Quixote, who has laid bis lance in rest and is urging bis Rosinate, alias S. L. I., against a wind? mill, i. e , the idea that Anglo-Saxon blood is menanced by metropolitan police. It w*s all right for Don Quixo e to tackle a windmill, but we always bad a grudge against bim for taking poor old Rosi nan te into such business. Cervantes' Don Quixote bad his Sancho Panza ; our modern Don had several They followed his lead, and urged the Sumter j Light Infantry to keep in training fora ?rent fight with metropolitan police. The people of Sumter should not be held responsible for this postprandial bombast, for we believe few of them will endorse it. The Sumter Light Infantry must oe considered as giving utterance to these seditious sentiments, for they applauded them and rebuked not the speaker. This Sumter outbreak is but the natural outcome of the bitter enmity which certain papers' bear toward Tillman ; which has led them to bitterly oppose the Dispensary Act, h ! mast excellent law ; and which caused them to incite a civil war, with ail its attendaut horrors, rather than see one of the hated Till- I man's measures carried out successfully, to j his honor aud glory, and to the good of the ' State. The Dispensary law will enforced, even if metropolitan police are ueeessary. The JJorth Journal. A well-printed weekly cooee to us for the i first timo thia week from-North, Orangeburg Co., beating'the same given above. North is on toe South-bound railroad, and in a good j < place for business. We ?{ledl* give it a plaee j : sm oar exchange i'm. I, The State's Grounds of Appeal Special io News and Courier. COLOMBIA, October 14-The State has come out with tts answer to Judge Hudson's decision in quashing the indictments against the Coiumbia rice beer retailers and holding the dispensary law to be unconstitutional. The document was prepared by Assistant Attorney General Buchanan, who signs for Attorney General Towusend. Solicitor Nel? son also signs it. The appeal was prepared this evening, and copies have been served on the defendant's attorneys. The grounds of appeal are : 1. In holding that the said Dispensary Act was not passed as an exercise of the police power of the State. 2. Because his Honor did not hold it a valid and constitutional la"-, enacted io pursuance of a sovereign power for police purposes. 3. Because his Honor did not hold that the indictment as drawu was full and sufficient aud complied with the provisions of the A?t of 1837, when the same plainly and substan? tially contained a description of the offence su?icieut to show the defendant with what crime he was charged aud what he .vas re? quired to meet. 4. For that his Honor held that the Legisla? ture was uot sole judge of the exercise, both in man uer and extent, of the police power in? herent in the State, whereas he should have held that the Legislature alone was sole judge as to the form and manuer in which restraints imposed on the liquor traffic should be carried I into effect. 5. For that bis Honor erred in holding that the Slid Dispensary Act aud its exercise by the State, through uer officers, was a monopoly, whereas be should have held it was a modified from of local option 6. For that his Honor erred in holding that the State would nut engage in the liquor traffic to the exclusion of individuals, the Slate owning the property. 7. For thu his Honor erred in holding that the State could not have a monopoly in the ?ale of a subject of police regulation. 8. For that his Houor erred in holding that there was no punishment in this State for the sale of liquor, the same not being sold in a place kept for that purpose although it was prohibited in Section 6 of Dispensary Act. 9. Because his Houor erred that this was an Act to raise revenue, and not to regulate or restrain theale of whisky in the exercise of the police power of the State. ] 0. That bis Honor erred in holding that the provisions of the Act are so closely connected as one single scheme that if one section or part falls or is declared unconstitutional tbe whole Act in its full scope and beating must fall. It is expected that the appeal will be beard early in the session ol the Supreme Court. ---?? The Law That Attorneys for the State Have Found. Columbia Journal. The attorneys for the State think that they have caught Judge Hudson napping as to bis knowledge of the dispensary law as indicated io the Richland liquor cases. Judge Hudson, it will be remembered, ruled, in the cases mentioned, that the dis? pensary law provides no punishment. This point was sprung by Mr. John McMaster, attorney for Hentz Jacobs Assistant Attorney General Buchanan, in his argument in the cases, said that tbe statute provides a punishment at the discre? tion of the judge, in all cases where no punishment is fixed. He could not remember at thal time what was the section of the statute. He knew, and so did Judge Hudson, that there is an indexed section which pro? vides punishment for a felony, where it is omitted from an act, or is not clearly defined. The section relating to felony is No. 2,614, Revised Statutes. Judge Hudson did no? seem to regard Mr. Buchanan's argument on this point as sound. Mr. Buchanan says that the section be referred to is not indexed and be had a long search to find il. He has at last found it. It is section 2,653. page 742, of the Revised Statutes, passed in 1882, and reads : "In cases of legal conviction, where no punishment is provided by statute, the court shall award such sentence as is conformable to the common usage ?nd practice in this State, according to the uature of the offence, and not repuguant to the Constitution " ! ; :The Assistant Attorney General thinks j this section is specific enough not to be misunderstood It relates to misdemeanors. Those couvicted of violation of the dispensary law are not felons. Logan Notes. LOGAN, S C., Oct. 15, 1893. Wc have been blessed with good weather during the harvest season, and most of our farmers have finished getting in their crops. It commenced raining yesterday and Still con? tinues, but we hope it will not last much ? longer. The pea crop is a failure; potatoes are very good so far as we know, and we hope ! the yield will be better than we expect We thought our neighborhood was finished, but report says it will not be long before the sound of hammer and saw will be heard. It is reported that contractor and builder Ard, of Alct?lu, is sharpening bis tools for -bis neighborhood. Some of onr friends are going to run a sub-treasury. Rev. M. J. Morris has made his appearance in the neighborhood, and we are anxious to bear him preach. Dr. Robert Logan is still at bis trade. I with the Doctor great success. HAPPY JAKE Ionia Items. IONIA, S. C., Oct. 18, 1893. We are about done gathering crops. Sorry to have to report scarcely any oats being sown J. C. Caughman and Miss M io nie Smith were married last Sunday by E. P. Shedd, Esq. Now that the ice bas been broken we think we will have several marriages to re? port, notwithstanding the bard times. The Pomona Grange met with tbe Hampton Grange here last Wednesday. Editor Birch? more, of the Wateree Messenger, was with us. As hard as the times are there was plenty to eat The Spring Hill men who ate the whole sheep, and who we mentioned in the W. ?c S in July, was also with us, but the sheep was not. Rev. Mr. Battle is carrying on a protracted meeting in the Grange Hall, at Rattlesnake Springs. Rev. T. G. Corbin is also holding a meeting in his church at the same place and same time. It sounds like a city to be there and hear them both at once. PLOW BOT. I-? ? -- Pisgah Notes. PISGAH, S. C , Oct 14, 1893. The cotton crop here is about gathered, and sold, and the result of the year's work is, our people are going from bad to worse through no fault of theirs Debts can't be paid in full, and, with light corn crops, the future is gloomy. Bacon has got to be an "unknown quantity in the make-up of the fare of the average laborer. Not but that there is a little about here now and then, bul the wherewith to get it is the trouble. The medium lo move it has got to go to the out? stretched bands of the creditors, whose cry is a little more, and fast at tbat. Corn bread, 'taters and 'lasses, seem to be the average fare of the day. A colored exhorter said be cook? ed bis greens with a great deal of salt, aud never ate them until he got very hungry. He then never realized the abseuce of king hog. The grass crop is very line, and if our farmers are short in rough feed next year, it will be their own.fault Probably such hay fields have nev r been seen as exist to-day. I have discovered that a large populist sentiment exists in this county to day, generated to a large extent aud fanned on by the action of Congress tn not granting relief to our country, in this terrible time of money tightness. If we do not need new men who can give as some relief then this scribe frankly i acknowledges that he is mistaken in his view. Just as sure as the sun rises and sets on this continent a new national party will come to the front uext year, unless we soon get relief ? from the powers that be. Our people will go to the wall tu spile of all their efforts to the 1 contrary if this state of affairs continues 1 long. The farmers can't contfoue as things now exist, and when they go down, all other | trades will follow them. I he:?r of several estimable gentlemen spoken of for Trial Justice to fill the vacancy ' caused ny the death of Capt. Folk. We have I plenty of good men for the Delegation to select from for the position. 1 HUI glad to see Judge Aldrich ( so outspoken in reference to another ' mode of punishment, for those who i SH the time of the Courts with petty , trials. The penitentiary has got to be an houor to our colored friends, and those who 1 go there stand high in the estimation of tbeir f race Such a ?tate of affairs call for tbe c enaction of ?law to spe(dily settle all such cases that we see in every court ot a petty : nature, at tbe Trial Justice office, without ex pease to tbe taxpayer, which to say the east, is getting too. burdensome o impoverished people. I hope our ?olous this Winter will do something i line. While in the Watchman and Sc office not long since I inspected the ne? upon which this paper ?3 now printed, details, kindly pointed eut by the prop ? found ita very Brie press, as the lot th? paper will show. Probably some d readers of the W. Jf S will be suprisrd they pick up their paper to read. We have had a heavy fall of water c last night and to-day, with consid wind ia the night from the North, indicates heavy weather on the North lina coast. We trust the people thei not experience what other pinces < Atlantic Coast have in storms. The s is too appalling to think ai.out it. I mn informed that Pisgah Chure called Rer. T. W. Scruggs, of Fairlie supply 'hem next year. Mr. Scruggs eot wear gloves in handling the evils ( day. Rev. J. W. Kenney will soon Ie* settle as pastor of the Magnolia and churches. The cry in the land is hard times, i never heard it so loud before. May it cease. J- E WASHINGTON LETTEI WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, ll Not since the memorable silver debate in the Senate has the outlook for pass financial measure that will receive the v every democratic Senator been as brigh is at this writing The failure of the at to compel the Senate to vote by hole continuous session, whi>-b was a for conclusion, has convinced those demo Senators who were pWdged to do the? to secure the passage of the Voorhees kill unconditional repeal is ur.der present cii Stances an impossibility, and they ate fi first time taking part in conferences bel the purpose of reaching an agreement u compromise that can be passed as a disii democratic measure, and there ?re the b reasons for the prediction that such a rae will this week be passed by the Senate. President Cleveland is not laking anv in these conferences. He is still firm i belief that unconditional repeal would t best thing, but he will not veto any con mis? which mee-S the approval of the d crats in the Senate and House, as an v cor mis-e will necessarily include the vicious chafing clause of the Sherman law, and bably the authority for an issue of bon strengthen the gold reservp. The indica are that it will HISO ?uclude the repeal ol tax on State bank currency. Secretary lisle is reported to have given bis opinion a compromise that would oe approved by sident Cleveland, and it includes these pi sitions. Laying aside personal opinions and loo at the matter from a strictly political poii vievr, it must at once be- apparent to t familiar with public sentiment in the 1 and South, that it will be much better foi democratic party to grant some recogui to that sentiment in financial legislation to ignore it. Without votes from those tions the party can neither elect a presi nor control Congress. All of the Ohio republican members of House have been called home lo help McKin who for some reason has beeoroe verv nc alarmed at the outlook Democrats, in ( gress do not forget that Ohio is under o nary circumstances a republican state, but t private advices are certainly very favorabl late to the democrats. The democrats of the House are setting democratic Senators a good example in k> ing together Notwithstanding the effort the republicans to create dissension among House democrats over the Tucker bill for repeal of the obnoxius federal election la that bill was passed on schedule time ?nc received tb? votes of every democrat presi as well as those of the populists. Th? He then took up the McCreary bill amending Geary Chinese exclusion act, which wo have been passed last week if more merni than were expected bad rot desired to m speeches thereon, causing the taking of a t to be postponed until this afternoon. THE LATE S TORAL Terrible Havoc in and Arou Georgetown. NINETEEN DROWNED COLUMBIA. S C , October 14.-T State's Georgetown special says I West Indian cyclone left destruction its path there. At 2 o'clock oo t morning of the 13th thc wind ? blowing sixty miles an hour and t tide came all over the water front. 10 o'clock it was harder, the ti reaching a height of ten io h ces abo the mark of the hurricane of Augu 27th The whole water front w from one to four feet under water ai thousands of dollars worth of mercha dise was damaged The sch ooo Prosperity was blown ashore on Sou isl aod and will be a total loss. Tl Clyde steamer Creaton rode out tl storm at anchor at North island Ti islanders suffered greatly and Magnolia beach thirteen whites au six colored persons aie known to hat been drowned The tide there roi four feet in ten minutes and the wave swept the houses from their foundation aod the inmates to their death. Two men and a little girl are tb only ones saved from a total of twent) two They got on top of a s n ii? building aud drifted to the mainland The oames of thc lost are : DR A B. FLAGG, wife and son. ARTHUR FLAGG, wife and fiv children. MISSES BET AND ALICE LA BRUCE and the two MlS'ES WESTON, daughters of th. late Beutley Weston. The tide rose three feet in some o the bouses oo Hawley's inland and thc houses of Dr H. M. Tucker, B P Fraier and L. C. LaChicotte wen washed away, the inmates only saving the c!oibee they had on. No lives are reported lost on this island nor OD Deboudean, but several houses wert washed from their fouodations and have drifted to sea. The tide rose above the floors of the dwellings on North island and al! the dwellers took refuge io the lighthouse. The most heartrending report comes from Dr J. W. Flagg, vrho escaped, and also saved Miss Weston, ten years old They were clinging to the boughs of a cedar tree drifting to the mainland aud his father and mother were with them on the tree. His mother became exhausted and lost her hold upon the limb aud his father let go to rescue her and both were drowned before his eyes. The loss of life is appalling. Search? ing parties arc patroling the beach with the hope of finding some of the bodies The number of drowned may bc larger when fuller reports can be gotten. HIGH WATKK AT WILMINGTON. WILMINGTON, N. C., October 14. Thc oldest inhabitant was forced to admit that thc terrific outburst of wind and wave that swept through thc city surpassed any storm in his day or generation. Wednesday uight was stormy. There were fitful showers and violent gusts of wind that foretokened the furious gale that followed with the sarly morning, and that increased as the day wore until the climax of thc big blow was roached, near midday. The wind started iu from the south? east, and held in this quarter until ?bout 2 o'clock p. m., when it gradually peered around to the southwest, and the ?est of thc gale was from this direction, he wind blowing with diminishing orce after night fall until about ll) I ?'clock, when it subsided to almost a I ?erfeet calm, and the "big blow" of t passed into history. I Bot the tide was the highest known <. iven in the memory of the oldest residen >eing sixteen inches above tho high pater mark registered and recorde d ii n 1853, v>T:lch had sar passed all pre MOUS known records, it ts believed ?ince the deluge. WASHED BY THE WAVES On tho river the scene was almos errible in its grandeur Tho wave lashed with ?remendous force against th warehouses and sides of vessels, throw ing clouds of spray high iuto the air The tide came iu with mighty force am swiftnc?s, covering the lowlands, opposit ?.he city and stretching in an unbrokei sea across the rice fields as far as th Bye eoujd reach Thc troubled stream as it swept hy the city, boru ou it broad bosom au immense ijuantity o wreckage, broken gangways, trunk of trees, driftiug boats and thou sands of sticks of timber washed froa the timber pens at. the sawmills There was little shipping in port., an. nearly all rode through the gale ii safety. The high water did eot-sid^rabl damage on Water street. All of th wharves" were under water and th flood swept through the lower floors o the warehouses. The city wharves a the foot of Wafer street were washed u and the wharf on the uorth side of th d??ck was landed bodily on Water street The fire wharves, at the foot of Prince aod of Chestnut streets were also badi damaged and will cost the city a cou siderable sum to rebuild. ROWBOATS IN TUE STREETS. The tide swept over Water utreet a many places and the flood was dee enough on this and from Chestnut t Mulberry, furrow boats to swim in A the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail road wharf the flood covered every t hie j and some damage resulted to good belonging to merchants and awaiting removal Thc Wilmington comprc: wanhouse was also flooded, watc standing from six to eight inches ot the floor. There were about 3,00jj bales of cotton in the vra rehouse, ali o which is damaged to some extent b; water At the Champion compress, th damage was comparatively slight, onl a few bales of cotton being in th waler. Telephone, telegraph sud elec trie light wires were all in a tangle a:.< the superintendents of each of the line were out with large farces of linemen trying to straighten out matters and ge things in working order. Ono of tin small spires of the First Presbyterial church was blown down about 3 o'clock People were parsing when it fell; anti some persons barely missed bo i fi ? crushed. At Southport, the storm was muer more severe than here. The custon, house building and neatly all th', wharves were washed away Mat)} residences, warehouses and other build ings were badly damaged. Ti:e brid foundation cf the Oak Island lighthouse was undermined, and thc hou^e s-sttlec down in thc saud At Oe .'an View all thc largo pa vii ious and many cottage.?- were eithei swept away or more or less damaged The loss there will probably read: $10,000 No serious disasters tc shipping yet. reported, but it is feared some sad stories will be reccivec to morrow. Only lo>s of life ye! known here was reported fr otu Sampson where a tree tell on the roof of i fainter's house, named LIM-, ant C:U>hed two of his children to death. Thc total loss in this immediate section will probably reach $150,000. STORM AT CHICAGO CHICAGO, Oct. 14 -The entire chain of lakes was swept to-day and to nigh! by a northwest gale whose severity ha.? not been excelled for the last ten years. That there is a large loss of life now seems certain, but it may bc several days before it io known just how many sailors perished. Sixteen vessels wrick? ed thus far reported. Thc gale iiKthe immediate vicinity of Chicago was not so severe as further down thc lakes where the gale is said to have blown from fifty to seventy mi?es arj hour. Thc only loss of life definitely reported as yet is that on the yacht En? terprise It is almost certain that ber crew, which consisted of Mr L. McAl? lister, owner of thc boar, and W. H. McLean, his assistant, were di owned IN NEW YOKK. NEW YORK, October 14 -The great storm of yesterday and last night, sub? sided in this vicinity this evening, bm is ragiBg furiously in thc western and northern parts of the state In this vicinity and along thc coasfs of Ohio, a good deal of minor damage was done and some vessels were wrecked, but so far as heard, no lives were lost Advices from Buffalo to night state that the wind is blowing there at the rafe of sixty miles an hour. Consider? able damage has been done and several yachts are ashore. As far as learned no lives have been lost HEAVY RAIN AT CLEVELAND CLEVELAND. O t October 14 -The storm which began at 4 o'clock yester? day afternoon, continues in unabated violence at ll o'clock to-night. The rainfall last night, was '2 38 inches. It has rained all day, and thc water is coming down in sheets tonight There is no abatement to the gale No damage has yet been reported in this vicinity, though telegraphic communi? cation has been badly interrupted all day Later Intelligence From the Georgetown Sea Islands Special to The Columbia Journal. GEORGETOWN, S. C , Oct. If) - From what is regarded as reliable sources of information, it is learned thai the full force of thc hurricane must have spent itself upon the coast line between the San tee and Wilmington. j Starting at North Island, tho history of thc disastrous effects of winds and I waves there and to thc northward is j something appalling Everybody on North Island sought j shelter in thc light house. All but five houses were swept away and j those five are seriously damaged and j hardly fit for habitation. The waves made a complete breach through thc i island, cutting a channel, in some places j ten feet deep. hawley's Island suilered severely ! Thc tide rose no Friday morning at thc : atc of an inch to thc minute and ar- j ainod a height of five feet, nine inches j ?hove the highest point reached during ! he August storm. All live s'.ock on ! he Island was drowned. Just above Hawley's Inland, as is fell knowe lies Magnolia Beach, a ?road flat strip of sand, several miles ong, but without a hill and hardly a j ree, easily accessible from the main- j and by a road and foot path, which i* j overed by fbe water only at high tide. ! This road loads from the lower end of the beach Thc upper and middle pr"" linns of what is strictly a penninsula aro ? widely and positiaely separated ft om tho main land by ctc-ks and m ar.-h 1 am nfonned however, that the bil? cst genera! lovel of this beach is barely a foot above ordinary high water Tho residents on this beach were: Mr. TJ. C. Hasel, Mariannus Willer., Dr. A B Flagg, Sr., and wife, A V) F.agg, J , wife and four chil? dren Living with Mr A. B. FUgg, Jr.. was B ssir- Weston and a lit? tle sister, anti, as visitors for a few weeks, wore Miss Bett. LaBruce and Miss Alice LaBruce In Dr. A. B. Flagg's house were Messrs J. Ward Flagg and Allan Flagg. Tho iwmso occupied and owned by Mr Hascll was built long ago in antebellum days, hy Col. Ward, who established a foundation and embank? ment of mud, and erected a structure of groat strength and capaciousness This i? tho only house that stands on the beach to-day. Mr. H ascii, on Friday miming invited the residents of the beach to take refuse in hi? hou-'C Mr. Willoi, (who is Mrs. Hascll's brother) ?lid this, and owes his life to the act. The others declined, and remained in tho other two houses The list of these who pori>hod as already telegraphed you. is so far, cor? rect and verified. Beyond Magnolia, however, while there was no loss of lifo, the destruc lion df property \? said ti) bo ineouceiv a'nle. i au: told that nearly every house ailing the ocean front is wrecked or totally demolished, and particularly is this tlie easo in thc neighborhood of M or rd's Inlet The Bucks. Boafys, Duseoberrys, Dosiers and ethers have lost their houses and contents, and what WHS a few sh"rt days ago a beautiful and charming nest of summer cottages beneath thc oak*, is new a desolation. Mr. J F Dozier, son of Hon ll. D-.zter, lost not only his house, but everything in the Hoe of personal effects of every description which he owned. And so of Mr John Va-'s and others in ?he neighborhood;, who, like Mr. Dozier, wore in their permanent hemos, and have io begin life and its battles anew, with not a change nf clothing. October 10-6 : 30 a m. - News has ju^t boen received that, the bodies of Dr. Flagg and ono servant have booti found oti the shore in the woods. MILBEE T THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock? holders ot the Sunter E'ectric Light Company will beheld at the Symonds National Bank, of Sumter, ot: Friday, Nov. lit?, 1893, at 12 o'clock, ri oe n. R. M. WA LL ACE, Ucl. IS Presiiir-nt. ANNUAL MEETING -OF m COMMISSIONERS OF SUMTER COUNTY MJMTK \ S. C., Oct. 10, 1893. THE AN Nt'AL MEETING of the County Commissioners of Sumter County will be held on November 9:h, pros All persons holding M?s, accounts, or demands of any kind H gainst Sumter County, which have not been already presented, will please deposit same with Cierk of Board on or before No? vember Ut. 1833. Bv order of Board THOS. V. WALSH, (>ei. ll. Clerk. Notice of Incorporation. "Vf?TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thirty days from ti;?s date the underpinned will apply io James D. Graham Cterfc of Cour! for Sumter County, State nf South Carolina, for a charier of ir.corpor.-ttii.n under the mime ot thu Lidies' Union Society of Mon:?' Zion M. E Cou ich, as provided by Ac' of Le&lislatuie RACHAL SPENCER, A'v! ANDA . i W ENS. MINNIE M cE A KLIN, ANNIE CON VE RS. PENNEY (.'OAKLEY, MARTHA SUMTER. CHARLOTTE GREEN, MARY McFARLIN, Il ATTIE ZON, DOLLY SPENCER L. ARTHUR, Sec'v. ??cr. ll. Estate ol' M. F. Hewson and Mrs* Catherine Hewson, Dec'd. JW ILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate ?or Sumter County, on November 18:h, 1893, tor a finn! discbarge as Administrator lide ionia rion," id aforesaid Estates. RICHARD P. MONAGHAN, Oct. 18-4t. Adm'r "de bonis non." RICE MILLS, DORN MILLS, SAW MILLS. RICE PLANTERS and RICE MILLERS can buy ? i-ingie machine, that wi I clean, hull and polish rice ready for market for $350. Corn millers can buy. best FRENCH BURR MILL, in iron frame, fully guaranteed-ca? pac? ty len bushels meal per hour for $1L5. Saw millers can huv t;est variable friction FEED MILL from $190 up io the largest size, also Gan? Rip Saws, Edgers1 Swing Saw.-, Planing Machines and all other Wood Working Machinery. Also Talbott's Engines and Boilers. Special discounts made to cash purchasers Can meet ?ny competition, quality considered V.C. BADHAM, Apr 19-0 COLUMBIA, S. C. AND FIGURES The following letter from the happy holder of a Tontine Policy, gives a few facts and figures, in which ??jere is profitable fond lor thought : C< LCM si A, S. C . D c 22, IO?2. Mr. W. .1 RoODKV, Un anger, Ko. k Hill, S C. DKAU S::t :-I am in receipt of wmr fnvoi ul thc 20lh inst . enclosing i heck foi $250 GG in pavmrnI of Tontine Divi? de! ii un polio} No. 209.312 on mt life in the Eo'uirable Life Assuianct' Societv 1 ?un i-leas-.i with tile results oil my [uiiicv ;ta-l can recon mend the Equitable lunn: Seeking Life insurance as a Sale mid reliable compact * : one that meets its claims prompih and fulfils its contracts io ?he letter. Y. ut? vt rj truli. W. S. P? i** Life Insurance under thc Tontine Flan of thc EQUITABLE LIFE is an investment, not au expense. The returns mature during Lie, ::s well as after death. If you arc a single mun yuu owe it to yourself. !(' vu are a married man you owe it to your family. The time to act is now. Interesting particulars can bc had by addressing W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Department of th * Carolinas, ROCK HILL, S. C. MASTERS SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Janies M. Seignous-Plaintiff, against D S Pate and T. A. Wilbur Defendants BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made iu the aboveeutitled cause and dated March 24th 1803, I will sell at public auction io front of the Court House in the city of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, the6<h day of November, 1893. being Salesday, between ;he hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following pro.-erty to-wit: "All that store house lot together with the moldings thereon, situate in the Village of Bishopville, measuring thirty nine feet in width and two hundred and ten feet in depth, and hounded as follows (now or formerly) to-wit : North by lot of Dr. R. E Dennis, South by the public road leading from Sum? ter to Bshopville, East hy lot of A. F. Couser ?nd West by lot of J. L. Parrott." Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W.H. INGRAM. Master for Sumter County. Oct. ll, 1893. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A*. F. Hoyt-Plaintiff, against Leory Johnson and Tev.a Johnson, sole heirs at law and Distributees of John Captll. deceased-Defenda nts. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above eutitled cause and dated June 28th, 1893, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court Housein the City ofSumter i M said State, on Monday, the 6<h day of November, 1893, being Salesday, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, tiie following property to-wit: "All that parcel or plantation of land situate in Sumter County iu the State afore? said containing thirty acres, more or lesa, and being a part of the tract of sixty acres, more or less, conveyed to me by T J. Coghlan, Sheriff of Sumter County, S. C., by his deed, dated 26th May, 1871, recorded in the office of the Register of M es ne Convey? ance for Sumter County, S. C., in Book T. T., page 319 The thirty acres, more or leis, bereny conveyed being the balance of SM id tract of 6u acres above mentioned after deducting thirty acres, namely fifteen acres sold to Robert Bentley, deed dated 31st May, 1884 and recorded in said Register's office in Book ' Z ," page 534, and 15 acres more or less, sold to R. P. Monaghan, deed dated 7th January. 1x86. recorded in Register Mesne Conveyance office, Book "Z." page 251 " Terms: One-half CA? h, t ?lance on a credit of one year, secured by Bond and Mortgage of the purchaser-with privilege to purchaser to pay all cash. W. H. INGRAM, Master for Sumter Countv. Oct. ll, 1893. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Frank M. Spann, Guardian, Assignee -Plaintiff, against Catherine W. Sumter-Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated 16th June, 1893, I will sell al public auction in front of the Court House, in the City of Sumter, tn said State, on Monday, November 6th, 1893, being Salesday, between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following property to-wit : .'All those two tracts or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter and S ate aforesaid, being lots No. 6 and No. 6a, allotted and assigned to the said Catherine W Sumter under the Decree made in the case of Caroline K Bull and C. W. Sumter against Francis C. Rees, Wm J. Rees and others, as her portion of the Esta'e of W. W Rees under.said Decree; and par? ticularly represented ou a plat made be J. D. Mrliwaine, D. S., dated 29th June, A. D., 1888 under survey in said case and more fully described as follows : Lot No. 6 contain? ing one hundred and seventy-seven acres and bouuded North-east by the public road leading from Sumter to Siateburg, South? east and South by lauds formerly of the Estate of Dr M. S. Mooie, West and North? west by lot No. 5 on said plat assigned to Mary,W. Rees, lot No 6a, containing seventy five and one-half acres, and bounded North and North-west hy lands of estate of Murk Rey nols, East by lands of <ht estate of Matk Reynolds and lot No. 5a on said plat assigned to Mary W. Rees, South hy lot No. 4a on said plat assigned to Chas. M. Rees and land o} Wiliis Brown and by lot No. 3a on said plat assigned to C. K Bull." ' Terras of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pav for papers. W. H INGRAM.' Master Sumter County. Oct. ll, 1893 Estate of Joshua A? Marsh, Dee'd. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on November 1st, 1893, for a final discharge as administrator of afore? said Estate. SPENCER J. MARSH, Sept. 27, 1893-4t ?._Admr. Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bradley, Deceased. A LL PERSONS having demands against ;/\ aforesaid estate, will present same duly attested, and all persons in any way in? debted to Said estate will makepavm .' t with? out delay to GORD ;N BRADLEY, Oct. 28 -3t. Qualified Ad'm'r State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER By T. V. Walsh, Esq . Prolate Judge WHEREAS, FRANK J. MEYERS made suit to me, to grant him Let? ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of JULIUS J. MEYSRS, deceased. I These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Credi? tors of the said Julius J. Meyers late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter Court House on November 2, 1893, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock tn the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not bc granted. Given under my hand, this 18th day of October, A. D.. 1893. T. V. WALSH, October IS-2t. Judge of Probate State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. TITHE RE AS, JAMES D. GRAHAM, Y Y as CLERK COURT C. P. made suit to tue, to grant him Letters of Administration of the e.-tate of and effects of SAMUKL J AM KS LA WKKSCK, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Samuel James Lawrence, late of said Coun? ty and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held ut Sumter, C. H., on November 20th, 1893, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon,to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this i 1th day of October, Anno Domini, 1893. T. V. WALSH, October ll-61 Judge of Probate. WRIGHT'S HOTEL CO LU A'Bl A, S. C rrSHlfcv NEW AND ELEGANT hUUSa J with ali modern improvements.is nov iipen for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT * SON, Proprietors MOW I? your chance to buy FRUIT JARS. We are selling Mason's best Jars at the following prices : 1 qt- Jars 80c. per dozen. 1-2 gallon Jars $1.10 per dozen. KINGMAN & CO. Aug 30_ I SELL, RAZORS And if they do not give you satisfaction, I will not hesitate to take them back. I deal with you in the same way on Pocket Knives, Scissors, Tools, &c, PAINTS. If the paints I sell you do not stand on your house, I will furnish paint to repaint it, Free of Cost. A full line of Hardware ALWAYS ON HAND. Respectfully, W. B. BURNS. Oct. ll._ LOW FOR CASH. NATIVE R. R. P. SEED OATS. NATIVE HAY. A Pull Line of OLD HICKORY WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, WHIPS, ETC. AL li FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH. W. M. GRAHAM. Oct. ll. Levi Bros'. To Our Friends -IN Sumter AND Clarendon CO UNTIES: We bes; to inform our friends that we are still doing busi? ness at the same old stand in SUMTER and are offering this year, as formerly, PIUS? CLASS (iilflllS At Prices to mit the Times. Wewill have a more complete advertise? ment next week. Levi Bro*'. Oct ll