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?HE SUMTER WATCHSI?N, Katabiished April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOCTHKO.N, Established Jane, 2 366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1896. New Series-Vol. XVI. No. JO CJit fflft?tfaam ?mb jwut?mm. Published Every Wednesday, JV. G-. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : ?1.50 per anona)-io advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first iusertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Storm Swept Savannah Great Damage to Property, Several Lives Lost, Tele? graphic Communica? tion Cut Off. NEARLY EVERY HOUSE IN THE CITY UNROOFED. Severe Blow in Charleston, but the Damage not Serious. SAVANNAH., Sept. 29.-Seveo lives lost, a million dollars worth of property destroyed, is tbe record of the cyclone which s wept Savannah from 11:30 a m. until 12:15 p. m. to day The loss of life and damage to property are yet mere estimates, and both may be great? er than DOW known. The storm, which has been lurking in .the eastern gulf for the last two days, swept rapidly across Florida. At 8 o'ciook this morn? ing it was at Jacksonville, and without warning burst upon Savannah at 11:30. In half an hour it had done its work. The streets were filled with wreckage. Hardly a house io the city escaped without more or less damage, though there are comparatively few total wrecks. Three hours before the storm at its height the weather observer said the the wind would not exoeed a velocity of 30 miles an hour. It began to rise at ll o'clock Half an hour later it was blowing 50 miles an hour and the air was filled with flying debris. When the wind reached a velocity of 66 miles an hour the instruments at thc weather station were blown away. At noon the barometer dropped to 29 20, and at 12:15 was 28 95. The storm was terrific io its inten? sity, exceeding that of tbe great cy? clone r f 1893, whioh devasted the South Caroli' \ coast. The shortoess of its durati o was ail that saved a complete aonihi ?rion of everything within its range , The storm came from the southeast and swipt directly over tho city Hardly a public building escaped its fury. The forests around the city were laid in swaths. The parks are in ruins, and roany buildings were razad to the ground. Tbs immense Plant system passenger depot was the first building in the path of the storm, and was a complex wreck. The magnificent prize train the Plant system, exhibited at the Co - a States exposition and stored in th" ">ed, was wrecked, and the cars are a -ost a total loss. The Central railp* ' and Georgia and Alabama rail? road 'fight warehouse on the opposite side < ? the city were unroofed and the wal^ ''^molished. The public market was Mown in. The theatre was par? tially unroofed, and the Seoood Baptist cbu^h is almost a total wreck. The Savanah hospital and the Georgia infirmary were unroofed. The City and Sabr.rban Street railway car sheds, in which were stored 20 cars, were blown down. Tbe Georgia Hussars' armory was badrj damaged Nearly every store in tbe retail section of the city was more or less damaged. The damage to the shipping was less then in 1893. The Norwegian bark Roseoius, anchored io the harbor, was capsized. The German bark Cuba, loaded with oaval stories for Hamburg, went aground below the city. The bark Mizpa, loaded with naval stdries and ready for sea, -was blown a^aiost the training wall fife tulles below thc city and ts lying on her 6tde. The tug Robert Turner went to pieces against the goveroment jetty near the mouth of the Savannah river. Three of her crew and the captaio. C E. Murray,are supposed to have been lost The others were rescued by a tug. Two vessels at quarantine were blowo across the river and are high and dry. The United States revenue steamer Tybee sustained slight damage. Small boats were thrown about io every direction The Flora left at 9 a. m. with a heavy cargo for Brunswick. She is io charge of Captain Jenkins, ber owner. The steamer Governor Salford, Captaio Strobbar. was to leave Beau fort for Savannah at 10 a ni ?Jruve j fears are entertained for tho vessel, j She was due ar Tybee st 12 o,olock, and it is thought, the storm was at that j hour at its height at the island Tho *-~- * .QA- f-T>l.-C>-. I ll o'clock, getting in just in time. The bark Hinda, owned in Savanah, left last n??ht for Brunswiok in tow of the tug Cynthia, and no news bas been received of her An hundred to a huo dred and fifty thousand dollars is be? lieved to be a low estimate of the dam? age to the shipping. Telegraphic communication was cut off at the beginning of the storm aod not a wire has been working in any di rection since noon, this report beiog sent out by train fnr transmission from Millen, Ga. The Western Union Tele graph companr has its forces of line? men out in ali directions to re-establish com enunciation. The only train to ar? rive in the city sioce the storm began is the northbound Plant system fast mail, which arrived two hours late, and is still here awaiting information as to the condition of the track north of here. A special train was sent out late this afternoon over the Plant system, but is not yet returned. The Ceotral railroad will run out a special train to? night. No trains have passed over the Florida Central and Peoiosular rail? road. One of the most complete wrecks is Forsyth park, which was tbe pride of the city. Tbree-fourtbs of the trees are blown down or torn up by the roots, and are lying in every direction. The oity is in a tangle of wires. The street oar lines stopped runniog soon after the blow began and the oars are standing on the tracks in every part of the city, but blooked in by trees and debris of failing buildings. Thc bouses on the river front were heavily damaged. The Savannah Guano company mills. Come. Hull & Co's guano works and the Southern Cotton Oil company's mill and storage sheds on thc river front were badly wrecked The heaviest damage wa9 sustained by Comer, Hull & Co , their mill be? iog almost a total wreck. At Gordon wharf, a Syiog timber froma h undred feet away, struck Wal? lace Johnson, a clerk, killing bim in? stantly. W. S Thompson was killed at the wreck of A. S. Bacon & Co 's lumber mills. Several negroes were also injured io the destruction of Gor? don warf. Four negroes io Southville, a colored settlement in the southern portion of the city, were caught under a falling roof and killed. There is yet no communication with the adjacent surrounding country. Fore s of :neo were sent out on the sur burban car iioes to the nearby resorts, but have yet been unable to reach them, every road and car traok being impass? able, owiog to the fallen trees No ne^s bas been received from Tybee Island, which suffered so severely io the cyclone of August, 1893,. The latest reports iodicate that the damage and loss of life will be greater than is yet known. Tbe city ia in total darkness to-night and the police and firemen are ioiug double duty. Tbe streets, with one er two exceptions, are impassable even to pedestrians. So far there has been no disorder. CHARLESTON WEATHERED IT. CHARLESTON, Sept., 29 -Sixty-two miles an hour. That was all, aod realty Charleston didn't have time to get frightened. About ll o'clock the sky filled up with swiftly moving clouds and the wind became more boistrous. Showers, lastiog a few minutes each, ocoured frequently, and by 12 o'clock the wind and rain made walking very disagreeable. The wind steadily in? creased, and everybody and everybody's cousins and brothers and uncles went home, if they could, to ''batten down the hatches" and make shipshape for the storm. From noon until about- 2 o'clock the wind rose rapidly, and the official record of 62 miles per hour was reached. Trees,feooes, gutters and loose signs came down, and umbrellas and hats went up. Almost before the storm had reached a serbas point herc it was understood that the city was partially shut off from telegraphic communication with the world. Ac 5 o'clock this afternoon in? quiries at the offices of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies developed the fact that Charleston was absolutely cut off from thc world. Not a wire was working in any direction. Duriog the height of the storm hun? dreds of people in rubber coats and mackintoshes went dDwu on the south aod cast ba't'-ry. Tho hay w:tsa grand sig??t Ov^r the sea wail co both froots the troves dashed io cataracts Walks and grass p'.o's on the south side were submerged about 1 o'clock, and the water extended to tbe ashphalt. drive? way. Io some places it was three or four feet deep. The display of the water front was generaNy impressive. ATLANTA, Sept. 29 -Special to the Coostitution from Bruoswick state that the loss by the storm will exceed $400, 000. Several lives were reported lost, but at midnight: the list was ir;complete. Tbe Piaoi and Southern railways are among the losers The wires went down during the storm and messages could rjr.t -?'ti through until late lo oigbt. The Gale Strikes Marios. visited to-day by a heavy storm of rai:? and wind. The wind blew Rtrongly ali day, and about 3 o'clock it assumed the proportions of a gale. The tobacco prizery accupied by the American Tobacco Company was blown down* A portion of the Bap? tist Church steeple was blown off, and also a portion of the tin roof of the depot The chimney of T. J Monroe's dwelling was blown down, wrecking a part of the roof During the storm the large brick building known as the McMillan House caught fire, but the flames were put out before much damage had been done -mmmp- ????-ll? Fuller Details of ?he Destruc? tion Wroug?t by Tues? day's Storm. ATLANTA, Oct. 1.-Special to The Constitution from Jacksonville, Fla., 6ays: The We6t Indian hurricane en? tered Florida at Cedar Keys, a town of 1,500 inhabitants about 100 miles southwest of Jacksonville, The only report from Cedar Keys comes by way of Gaioesville, 50 miles northeast of the Gulf town, and is to the effect that Cedar Keys has been swept away. After demolishing Cedar Keys, the storm, moving in a northeasterly direc? tion, struck Williston, a village of 400 inhabitants. At that place, ll houses were wrecked, one person killed and 15 wounded, it ie feared fatally. In Baker County, which adjoins Bradford, the work of destruction was continued. McClenny, Sanderson, Glen, St. Mary and Olustee, io this county, were almost completely de? stroyed. At Olustee three churches were blown from their foundations. No one was killed outright ic these towns, but over 20 were injured, of whom Mrs. Richardson, James McAlph and Noah Webster will die Continuing in Suwanee county the hurricane struck Live Oak, demolish? ing many houses and injuring several persons, but none fatally. Welborn in SuwaLee County was also wrecked. Leaving Suwanee the storm contin? ued its work of destruction in Colum? bia County Lake City was in the hurricane's path and suffered severely. The State agricultural college at Lake City was badly damaged and panic pre? vailed among the students WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Thc West Indies tornado, which struck Washing? ton between ll p. m. and midnight last night respected neither official nor di? plomatic proprieties. It ripped offeorrc of the coping of the historic trees in the White House grounds, including the elm tree which Lincoln planted (and this gave the relie fanatics a fruitful field for their operations), it carried away part of the roof of the state depart? ment, where the official documents are stored, fortunately, left them uninjured. The costly roof of the patent office was picked up and distributed all around the neighborhood and skylights half an inch thick were remorselessly beaten in. The naval observatory, aod in fact every other public building was more or less damaged. Churches and theatres suffered alike. The slate roof of the Church of Cove? nant, where President Harrison used to worship, was blown down and each square slate, by a curious freak, planted itself upright in the grass parking which surrounds the edifice. Still more disas? trous was the fate of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church which Bryan recently attended, sitting in Lincoln's pew The whole tower of the edifice was reduced to matchwood and persons in search of souvenirs had DO difficulty in obtaining them. Nearly every other qhurch in the city suffered more: or less and their antipodes, the theatres, were equaly visited. The total destruction of property in Washington city by the storm is esti? mated at nearly half a million dollars. BEAUFORT SUFFERS. BEAUFORT, Sept. 29.-Without warn? ing from the weather bureau or any in? timation of anything to be expected. Beaufort was visited to day at 12 o'c^ck and lasting until 2, with quite as vio? lent and destructive a cyclone for the length of time it lasted f>s th** memor? able one of Aug. 27, 1893. Tue vio? lence, force and velocity of the wind eqalled if it. did not exceed that of 1893 and if we had experienced as high tide the destruction of life and nf property would have been proportionately great? er As it is, tho town haa suffered ter? ribly. The chief and greatest sufferers are among the oldest and most staunch houses, such as the Col. Paul Hamil? ton houpe on the Point, the Middleton Elliot, home (formerly Edmund Rhett) the club hou.se (formerly Col. Tom Elliott's, now property of Commodore j Bradley") in which Coi. Averill resided, j the Dr. Prioleau houses on thc; old Co!. f Robt. Barnwell, avenue, the (?a^e ? house (form er Iv Tom Rhett's horne),! Mr F. W. Scheper'? ??ouse (forraoriv Middleton Elliot's) ?.nz- door to Dr Stuart. A11 i-> them were unroofed ? and their ti;; coverings, after being'] smashed Old St Ileleoa Episcopal church was wrecked on its eastern gable and fence and trees prostrvted upon the tombstones and monuments in destruction. The court house was bat? tered and glasses smashed, windows torn to pisces, and flooded with rain, and plastering tumbled down. Yachts sank in the roads. Tbe tug Wey? mout, property of estate of Wm Gregg of Farmer's mines, sunk at Scbeper's wharf, after being wrecked and broken up. CHICAGO. Sept. 30 -One of the most severe wind storms known for years raged over the lake region last night and part of to day. The loss of life so for reported is small-four men having been drowned by the sinking of the steam Sumatra at Milwaukee. Much minor damage was done to ship? ping in Milwaukee, Grand Haven, Chicago and other harbors aod the mas? ters of such steamers as were out in the lakes during the night report one of the roughest pas? sages they have ever experienced. Dispatches from many of the lake points tells substantially the same story. On Lake Superior, the storm does not ap? pear to have been so severe, although at Duluth a 36-mile gale was reported. STORM AT TIMM?NS VILLE. TIMMONSVILLE, Sept. 29.-Our town was visited this afternoon by the worst storm in its history. At this writing it is impossible to state the loss, which has been considerable. No lives were lost. Charley Howe, a contractor, was struok by a failing beam in the Smith prizery and knocked senseless. He is not seriously injured, though he had a narrow escape. The Cooper & Lechner leaf tobacco factory, a large three and a half story building 45x90 feet, is almost arj en? tire wreck. The windows on the south side were toro from their fastenings and shattered The building is lean? ing nearly over on its side, and its tim? bers are eo badly broken and warped that it looks like an impossible job to straighten it. The stock cf tobacco io this building is badly injured by the rain. Not having seen the owners, Messrs. Apple, Cooper, and possibly ethers, I am not able to approximate their loss. The leaf factory belonging to Charles A. Smith and occupied by W. P. Henry is also very badly io jured, being twisted out of shape. Some sash and window panes were torn out of the leaf factory occupied by Mr. Cobb of the American Tobacco company, and his stock i?jured by the rains. Mr. Charles A. Smith had a large barn completely demolished. In this barn were three horses, two belonging to Mr. Smith and and ons to a Mr. Dixoo of York county, a book agent, who bad driven iu for shelter from the storm. Mr. Dixon's horse and one of Mr. Smith's were instantly killed; the other escaped. Mr. Dixon's buggy and a wagon and other farming implements were completely demolished. A large barn on the farm of Mr. R. J. Rollins on the outskirts of the town was also blown down. A mule in this barn was also knocked down and held in until released, but was not seriously iojured. The new seedhouse built by the Sumter Oil mill for Mr. R. C Severance was blown from its foundation, as was the new residence of John Strother, ap? proaching completion. It is reported to-night that, the barn on the Dargan place, near here, occupied by Mr. Geo. Atkinson of this town, was blown down and some oattle and mules killed. The roof of Mrs. Emily Hatchells house was blown off, but no one was injured. There are a number of smaller casual? ties, suoh as chimneys blown down and fences destroyed, that will bring the financial loss up to a considerable figure. Of course any cotton open in the 6elds is a complete loss. DISASTER AT STAUNTON. RICHMOND, Sept. 30 -The heavy rain at Staunton on Tuesday resulted that evening in the bursting of the dam of the iake at the fair grounds, the wa? ters of which, rushing into Lewis creek, which runs through the city, flooded the lower or business section, destroying a vast deal of property and causing the loss of several lives. The large brick building known as the Willies building was undeteroiioed aod fell with a crash. Burke's large livery stable was turned upside down, the bridges over the creek were swept away and the Crowie bu?diog is a wreck. Thornburg's stable is a ruin, and there is a general wreck every? where. A special to the Dispatch received to? night says the scene in the flood dis? trict beggars description, the streets be? ing a mass of debris. About 40 horses and mules were drowned and the bodies of five negroes novo been recovered. Other persons are missing. The gas , works r.rc destroyed. At Waynesboro. 10 milos oa^t cf Staunton, the creek j rose 16 feet and wrenched buildings ? from their foundations. Ono man wa? j drowned Reports fro;:] all the sur rounding iv, un try report great loss t< ? the farmers: The los:? at Staunton is estimated at $i5.000. Edward Burke, MLE Miller & Co. and Frack Sublet Letter of United States Sen? ator J. D. Cameron To the National Republican League, June ll, 1894. The single gold standard seems to us to be working ruin with a violence that nothing can stand. Ii* its influ? ence is to continue for the future at the rale of its action during the twenty years since the poid standard took possession of the world, some generation, not very remote, will see in the broad continent of Amer? ica only a halt dozen overgrown cities keeping guard over a mass of capital and lending it out to a popu? lation of dependent laborers on the mortgage of their growing crops and unfinished handiwork. Such eights have been common enough in the world's history, but against it we all rebel. Rich and poor alike ; Repub? licans, Democrats, Populists ; labor and capital ; railways, churches and colleges-all alike, and ail in solid good faith, shrink from such a future as that. A vast majority of all parties agree that the single gold standard has been, is and will be a national disas? ter of the worst kind. What is still more strange, almost the whole world sympathizes with us. Nine tenths of mankind are hostile to the single gold standard. Our 70..000, 000 people are unanimous against it. Most of the great European nations and their governments dislike it South America rejects it. The whole of Asia knows only silver, and India, which contains five-sixths of all the subjects of the British crown, is as hostile to it as our? selves. Yet the bankers of London have said that we must submit, and we have submitted. So strange a spectacle has never been seen in our history. Argument, and even the compulsory proof brought by world-wide ruin, seems to be helpless against this astounding power. What is the use of argu? ment when we are all convinced ; and when at least nine-tenths of all the civilized and uncivilized world agree ? .England holds us to the single gold standard by the force of her capital alone, more despotically than she could hold us in empire in 1776 The mere threat of her dis- j pleasuie paralyzed mankind. ?K * # rjc :?c :jc The whole agricultural class, the whole class or classess of small pro? prietors, the farmers that make the bulk and sinew of our race ; thc artisan whose interests are bound up in the success of our manufacturers : all these join hands with what is left of their old enemies, the landed aristocracy of Europe, to protest against a revolution made for the benefit of money lenbers alone. South Carolina Tea. (Letter to Mr. Habo io the Aikeo Times.) It may seem a liitle like sending "coals to Newcastle'*' to send South Carolioa tea to South Carolina, but as a Boston firm claims to bold the entire American crop of tbia year (250 pounds) it is fair to presume none bas ! been distributed in Aikeo. So I have taken the liberty of mailiog a little packet of the same to Mrs. H. asa mat-1 ter of cariosity rather thao of intrinsic I value as a beverage, in full assurance | that the ladies are best judges of tea flavor. Tbis tea was raised io Pioe barst, or rather io Summerville on the ! Pinehurst farm by Dr. Shepard, form-j erly a New Englander. It is from , Ceylon seed, and oured, they assured me, by Ceylon methods. The agent here says that this method of picking is pinching eaob young leaf very carefully from the stem, U9ing only the thumb nail and forefinger, and a fair day's work for one roan is a quan? tity that will, when cured, weigh half a pound. He thinks the only objection to its profitable culture here is th? dif? ference in the prioes of labor. . From 2 1-2 to o cents being nati?e wages in Ceylon. Yours, etc. OsG?;-D. Four parsons landed from the Aus? trian corvette Albatross on a eoiertifio expedition in the South seas were killed and six others wounded by the natives of Guaualcimcr, one of the Solomon island? Tbe bodies of the dead were not recovered, as the islandsrs are can? nibals M. Foullon. the geologist cf ! thc expedition, was one of those killed. Albatross bombarded the shore in retal- j iattoo, killing many natives. ---nm II min mi Highest cf ail ir. Leavening Vow The New Orleans Bank Rascals. NEW ORLEANS, September 30.-The grand to-day brought in seven indict? ments for embezzlement, against Presi? dent Nichols and Cashier DeBlanc, of thc suspended Bank of Commerce. The specified charges are that they at various times embezzled sums of money that had been deposited in the bank. Beginning on July 23, 1873, 1873, when they took ?23,500 and from time until February, 1894, an aggregate of sixty-six thousand dollars is charged to have been taken by them The men were at once arrested and held in bonds of $54,500 each, which they have not been able to give. They are in the custody of the sheriff. --t?W mm - A Neglected Treasure. A kinsman of the illustrious John C. Calhoun informs us that he recently visited the old home place of the great statesman, and was surprised to find that abont 3,000 of his unpublished le'tters are reposing in box there, appar? ently neglected. Our friend sends us the following specimen: (Letter written to Mrs. Clemson who was in Belgium ) Washington, 7th March, 1848. My Dear Daughter:-The letter from home with this and mine to Mr. Clemson give you all the Pendleton and political news, so that you must re? gard this but as a brief answer to yours by the Britania. I am happy to hear that you ali es? caped from thc influenza except your? self, and that you have recovered from its effects. You must not suppose that in con? tending against corruption and misrule that I am impelled by the hope of sue cess. Had that been the case, I would long since have retired frooj the con? flict. Far higher motives impel me, a sense of duty to do the best for our country and leave the rest to Provi? dence I hold thc duties of life to be greater than life itself, and in perform? ing them manfully and against hope, our labor it? not lost, but will be pro? ductive of good in after time. Indeed, I regard this life very much as a strug? gle against evil, and that to him who acts on proper principle the reward is in th ! R'ruggl*? f?l'M" '\?:i'i in th " v?:-.rory itself, ah Lough that greatly i ?t.i-ps it. So strong is my faith ic tn i - h- !'? f. my dear daughter, that co apj either by the present or after L: ??? necessary to sustain mc in strugfc ": ..: to do my duty in resisting wrong, es? pecially where my country is corcem ed, alt ho' I put high value oo renown. You will thus see that in struggling against, the downward tendency of our country, it is not because I do not take a just view of human nature as you sup? pose, but because I am actuated by higher motives than you attribute to me. But enough of this. * * * * (Signed) J. C. CALHOUN. It appears to us that all these letters, or such of them as are of real value, should be edited and published. Every thing that Mr. Calhoun wrote was se? rious, sincere and interesting If no individual will undertake this work, we suggest that the State of South Caroli nr make a legislative appropriation for tbat purpose.-Augusta Chronicle, How to Eat A Banana. And now comes a woman, who has resided' in the tropics as a missioner's wife, to tell us, according to the Phil? adelphia Record, bow to cala banana digestibly. When you have striposd off tbe willing rind, just scrape off the stringy and hairy coat that lies be? neath the rind, and you may eat your banana without tasting it all the rest of the day. This word should be pass? ed about widely. PiTT?BCRG, Pa,, Ox 1.-Freight train No. 74 was derailed at E?SOD, a station near Sandy Patch, on the east? ern slope of tbe mountains, on the Bal? timore and Otho raiiroad, at 12 la o'clock this morning. The entire traiD crew, consisting of engineer, fireruan, conductor, wo brakemca and a '.Icc mao, and two t/amps v;ho were etea/ing a ridf, were killed. Thirty-four ccrs, which were loaded wi'h coa!, ?cgctLci* wi'h the engine and tb-3 caboose, arc piled up on thc track, and tro?h\: both east and west is entirely shut off. BUFFALO, Oct. 1.-Lansing E Lin? coln bf Buffalo, rs. mi ?.ai:: i by bo People's pari,y of New York State Jfo? governor, h;>.s written a letter declin? ing the notrrination. Iii-; reason for this action, he says, ih tba: he feels it bis duty to vote for Porter and he urges every People's party voter f!-> do iike wise. ----? i ?gataMTiost'raacwai'anfflWMHanqBW ?cr.- Latest U.S.Gov'i Report