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atctawra and rtm 'Be Jwx and Fee* eil the Tho? AhsWt e* be thy Ooamry's, Thy God's end Tratb/e.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EstAbitehed June, II Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1911. Vol. XXXHI. No. 2. HUIH Ol THE SEA ISLANDS. Ijoxu cotton chop frutical ly biped out. Hirrku iw a Terrible I>*ea*?er to Ulsiul Planters, as Shown b> fir parts June Revelved?Many IIouhc* Dssavtged ? Bridges Wrecked ? Score.? of Rast* Destroyed by Wind and Wr**e. Charleston. Auf tl.?Authentic report* from the eea Islands have reached the cltv. No human lives have been loa*, so far ae is known. Practically tbe entire Ions; cotton crop has been destroyed, and lose to the shoit cotton crop sill approxi? mate 71 per cent. Boats of all kinds and descriptions are Involved in promIsoloue ruin. Great numbers of live stock have been destroyed, k Bridges have everywhere been swept away. Hithwsyt on Wadmalaw and Ed 1st o were opened by large forces of aegr-es .on Monday afternoon and Tu*euay morning. Communication with tbe main was re-established . yesterday morning when the Brigan? tine* of the Stevens Line, made the trip to Young's Island. | Probably to per cent of the long cotton on the sea slands has been destroy* I In many places the plants were completely Inundated, and everywhere they were whipped "elean of leaves and probably of holla Bolls were not yet sufficiently ripe to open of their own accord lat? er. Live stock have been lost in large numbers, chickens and other fowl destroyed, numbers of partrid? ges and marsh hens killed and bird Mfa la general has received a severe blow. Tbe destruction of houses has been great, the negroag having suf? fered especially, though there era few horres, even of the sturdiest type, ./tuch escaped unharmed. Ad? vice from Rockvllle sad Bdlato In >d*cete that thar* was no lose of hu? man life, although particularly tar*, rtrytnc were the egpetleaoee of ***** 1 BEAUFORT SECTIO* HARD HIT. Rlr* sad Cotuni Destroyed ? Heavy Property Rssisgr *fn lives Lost. Bos ifort. August SO.?a oonserva tfre estimate of the property Ions In j Beaufort. Port Royal and vicinity put* the figures si a million dollars. Rice crops. of which there are thousands of acres, are entirely de? stroyed by aalt? water, cotton has bean stripped end the corn fields damaged. The hurricane ragod In Beaufort from 3 o'clock 9unday morning for sixteen hours, and damage along the water front was very heavy, partlcu lary to railway wharves alorg the < water, which ware swept away. It is almost marvelous that there wsa j no loss of life here when contemplat? ing the news of Immense oak trees all over the place which were up? rooted, and the houses unroofed. A marine from the naval station at Paris Island, twelve miles from here, reports that there was no loss of life at that place, but heavy property damace. In Port Royal there was no loss of life, but a number of houses and stores were unroofed or wracked. At Pacific, twenty-three ml lee down tbe Broad River, there were no Urse lost, so far as could be ascertained, but tbe damage thero Is probably greater than at any of the small placea All of the Islands and outlying sections heard from report no lives lost, so far as known, but heavy loss? es from houses snd crops being dam sged. Beaufort Is still I ? darkness, the lighting plant having been put out of commission. It will bo a couple of days yet before direct communi? cation is established with Augmta. By noon tomorrow connection will probably he established with Augusta through r?day at Temasses. Two trains were operated all the way from Port Royal to Whale Branch, twelve miles west of Beau? fort ' day. and transfer maO at the place to the train for Tern It Is probable that traffic will be re? sumed sll the wsy through by to r tv nlsjht. HUM It Mi l l *. \Tl (? ( ON. si.itv vnoN Columbia Record. Mr R Ii Reiser "f Sumter. has been appointed by Commissioner K. J. Watson as a delegate to the N.i tlonni Conservation congress, which meets In Kansas City, about the middle of Septem'? r Mr I;??!-?. r i. to represent the department of Und conservation. an-t I* .\>\>. .ir.*...| {n lieu of Mr. W. If. Andrew* el 'b town who has been prevented trmi\ atteedln the eongr. >SS ? ifrrrt>N MEETING DELEGATES. Every Brand of Huslnc** Intercede 1 In staple ltcprcfcnted for Mont, gomery Gathering. Commissioner . Waston has ap? pointed the delegates to the mset lnctng of those interested in market? ing cotton. The meeting will be held in Montgomery. Ala., September 12, and was called by the commis? sioner of agriculture of that State. Mr. Wataon haa Included In his list all who might be interested in the cotton situation. This includes Sena? tor E. D. Smith, members of the Farmers' Union, prominent bankers, the warehousemen and farmers who are not members of the organization, but who are cotton planters, as will b*. seen from the list The delegates are aa follows: E. D. Smith, Florence; E. W. Dabbe, May es vl lie; B. F. Keller. Cameron; R. M. Cooper, Wsacky; J. W. Reid. Columbia; J. B. O'Neall Holloway. Newborn- ; J. M. Brogdon, Sumter; A. J. A. Perrltt, Umar; Al? fred Aldrlch, Barnwell; B. Hams, Pendlet on; S. J. Summers, Cameron; T. B. Stackhouse, Columbia; R. L Manning, 8umter; Bright Williamson, Darlington; W. K. Durst. Greenwood; A. I). Hudson, Newberry; John M. Klnard, Newberry; Jamea Q. Davis, Wlnnsboro; E. A. Smyth, Oreenvllle; L. W. Par* er, Greenville; B. F. Tay? lor. Columbia; D. R. Coker, Jr., Hartsvtlle' Alan Johnstone, New I berry; W. D. Evans, Cheraw; Doug? las Molntyre, Marion; H. T. Lucas, ; Walhalla; John T. Roddey, Rock Hill; W. J. Montgomery. Marlon; D. F. Moore. Brunson; D. A. Splvey, Con way; A. F. Lever, Lexington; F. H. i_ Ww.ton. Columbia; John O. Mobley, Wtnneboro; C. W. Whleonant, Blacks burg; J. E. Beamguard, Clover; J. JL Banks. St Matthews; J. W. Klb ler, Newherry; 8. O. Mayfield, Den Imark; Frank Evans, Qreenwood; M. ig* Donaldson. Oreenvllle; O. P. Good? win. Laurena, It F. D. 3; T. H. Fos? ter. Piedmont, R. F. D. 4; E. L. Ar ohmr, Spartan burg; T. J. Moore? Moore; J. J. Vernon, Wellford\ W. E. Dargan. Darlington; J. F. NesMt, Lancaster; J. 8. Wilson, Lancaster; W. H. Stewart. Rock Hill; J. Q. Is White, Cheater; P. L. Harden, Baa comvlllo; T. J. Cunningham, Chester; J. Swlnton Whaley. Ed lato Island ; S. A. Bums, Anderson. R. F. D. 4: J. H. Claffy, Oraneburg; W. 8. Bar? ton. Jr.. Orangeburg; T. T. C. Hunter, Prosperity; D. F. Bflrd. Lexington; R. A. Mearea, Rldgeway; J. C. Strib llng. Pendleton; C. H. Carpenter, Easley; C. M. Smith, Gaffney; H. 8. Llpscomb. Trough; W. R. Parks, Parksvllle; J. P. MeNeair. Alken; W. C. Vincent. Bluffton; L. C. Padgett Srnoaka. R. F. D. S; W. H. Curry, Rhems; J. H. Wharton, Walterloo; 8. N. Welch, Elliott; U L? Baker, Blshopvllle; J. W. Alexander, West? minster, R. F. D. 4; J. T. Frlerson, Mouzons; F. F. Capers, Greenville; J. J. I "ret well., Anderson; Aug. W. 8mythe. Spartanburg; O. W. Du vall. Cheraw; R. M. Bethea, Dillon; R. P. Hamer. Hamer; H. T. Morrison. McClellanvllle. Bit; REAL ESTATE DEAL. Sumter Saving* Bank Buys old Brown and Chandler Building od Corner of Main and Liberty Street. The Sumter Savings Bank has pur? chased from the estate of A. S. Brown, the two-story building on the northeast corner of Main and Lib? erty streets, now occupied by the Sumter Hardware Company and the McCormack Jewelry Company. The pre i paid is reported to have been $25,000 and this Is probably eom I, as the price is in line with present values of similarly lo<-ated hullnsgS jT..|K?rty. This corner Is one of the moat desirable and valuable business sites In the elty and will be eg Ideal location for a bank. It Is understood that the property Is under lease un? til March, nezt, and the lank will unable to obtain possession until Ilk leaso expires. The buddln? will then Ih> remodeled arid transformed Into the handsomest and R|Og| mod ernly equipped bank building iti this so ti n of the sfate. gnd it wiii he N si] f<?r *w. Bponey by the batik >? irlj liegt fail. The pries paid for thli prop, rty In a typical illustration Ol Ihi sj?MUMsegseai af m tin street property, it was purchased by the lute A. S. Brown In Ps7 or fof |f,g#l Hf,,i ,,r fiR rears Inter, It hi HH.i. it sou Id huvi been bought for pr i tb ally the same sum. 1 g| there were no buyers willing to nr. .-t that into h In that way. If neeessnry the Governor of South Carolina will fight the Civil War all over and revise the result. ? Charles? lUg Post. CLYDE STEAMER WEATHERED TERRIBLE STORM. Captain Tells Story of Figlit with Sea Which Ends When Ills Yee*el Ties Vp at Wharf. Charleston, Aug. 29.?Plunging to? wards apparent destruction on the beach of Hunting Island in the midst Of the hurricane that swept the Caro? lina coast on Sunday night and Mon? day, the Clyde liner Apache. with 125 passengers aboard, was oppor? tunely saved by a sudden change in the wind and came into Cahrleston , harbor this morning badly wrecked by wind and sea, but not seriously damaged. Fdr a tense five minutes the passengers of the Apache stood on the lower deck with life preservere around their bodies waiting for the vessel to strike and determined to make a grim fight for their lives. Driven along by a wind the speod of which was estimated by Capt. Wil? liam Staples of the liner at 100 miles an hour, the big steamer found her? self helpless about 1:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon. She was bound south from New York and had been blown past the mouth of the harbor to a point off Hunting Island. The gale swept in shore and its force was Irresistible. Full speed ahead into the teeth of the storm could not drive the liner forward and when two anchors were put overboard the chains snapped like cords. Helpless in the grasp of the hurri? cane, the ship was being literally hurled towards the Hunting Island breakers, and the passengers, with life preservers on, had well nigh given up hope when suddenly the wind shifted and the vessel was saved. Capt. Staples told a vivid story* "From a terrible wind which threatened momentarily our destruc? tion, we had entered as calm a sea as ever nature made. x "But the calm lasted only a few mlnutea Twenty minutes later the wind struck us with greater force than ever and the barometer began falling. The wind was from the southeast and I believe it must have been blowing at the rate of at least 100 miles an hour. At Hunting Is? land we ran a close race with death To go toward land meant destruction, but the wind was too strong and we had no option but to be blown land? ward. Suddenly, about 1 p. m., the wind shifted from the southeast to the south and gave us a chance to head eastward and get off Into deep water. F. J. Doherty, wireless operator of the Apache, stated that the wind blew the vessel a distance of about 7$ miles. "Wo came near Hunting Is? land. 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, where some of the crew sighted what may have been a ship In distress The passengers of the Apache hc.d on life preservers. They seemed to understand that death was staring thorn In the face, but they remained calm. Just at the time when the ?*nd seemed to be at hand, the wind shifted." Passengers of the Apache today drew up resolutions expressing their thanks to Capt. Staples and his offi? cers and crew and appointed a eom mittee to present to the captain, offi? cers and crew u loving cup. A number of passengers on the vessel sustained severe bruises during the storm. The damage to the Apache consists of the loss of her anchors and the soaking of every part of the ship, Including all her apartments, in sea water? Ih'Vcanx-Smlth. Bummerton( Aug. :<'1 ?The home of Mr. w. i>. Carson on Tuesday morning was the scene of a beautiful boms wedding when Miss Allee De* VeauXi the youngsai daughter of Mrs. Alice DeVeaUXi was m arried *fi Mr. Wallace k. Smith, of Clio. The Wedding Was a very quiet home affair end only the members Of IhS tWO immediate families Were preeeni lo witness the ceremony which wai performed In the parlor which was tastefully decorated with potted plants. Tie- ceremony was performed ;?t 1:10 in tin- morning, Rev, 'i. h. Covlngton of 0uinter officiating. The bride wore s suit of ohampaigne col* or and carried white gators and maid? en hair ferns. Miss Qracs Canton of Dalsell acted as maid of honor. Immediately after the ceremony performed the bride and groom were taken to Manning by automo bllo, where they took train for cio, the home of the groom, and which the ling COUpli wtjl Til ike their fu? ture resilience. THE BEATTIE TRIAL j DEFENSE BEGINS FIGHT FOR, LIFE. i Witnesses Toll of Presence of Beard cd Man on Midlothian Turnpike, Scene of Murder. Chesterfield, C. H., Aug. 30.?Testi? mony corroborative of the story told by Henry C. Beattie, Jr.. that a bearded highwayman killed his wife with a shotgun was introduced by the defense in the Beattie trial to? day, when W. R. Holland, who lives in the vicinity of the Midlothian turnpike, where the murder took, place, declared he had seen a beard? ed man with a shotgun there about five hours before the tragedy. It was the first move of the de fenBe after the prosecution rested its case at noon today to establish the veracity of the prisoner, and beside* Holland'? statement concerning a man with a shotgun, Eugene Hen ?haw? a farmer who travels the Midlothian turnpike daily, testified he Aw a strange looking man prowl? ing around on three different days before the murder. It is reported tonight that the prosecution is ready, when its time for rebuttal arrives, to put on the stand the man who passed along the railroad tracks where Holland said he saw a man with a shotgun and that the new witness will say he was Isquirrel hunting that day. The defense summoned many wit? nesses. Besides the testimony re? garding the bearded man, expert tes? timony was introduced as to the bouncing qualities of an automobile similar to that driven by Beattio, thereby accounting for the jolting out from the car of the shotgun plac? ed In & rear seat by Beattie after the encounter with the/ alleged high? wayman. The prosecution attacked this line of evidence on cross-examination. It contended that the railroad crossing where Beattie claims the gun must have been ejected from the car was a smooth one and that the jolt which might have resulted from crossing the tracks where the rails are ex? posed necessarily would have tossod the weapon forward of the crossing instead of directly sideways, parallel with the track, where the gun was found. The idea of the prosecution has l>een to Indicate that Beattie himself slowed down at the crossing and threw the gun to one sido on his way to the Owen home with his dead wife. The defense sought to show that being held up by highwaymen while motoring In this vicinity was not aji unusual occurrence and put on the stand a chauffeur who related an experience with a highwayman a year ago. | The commonwealth attorneys ob? jected to the testimony as irrelevant. Judge Watson ruled that unless a great many instances could be pointed to, showing hold-ups of a similar character to the one describ? ed by the prisoner, evidence as to sing' ? incident would be ruled out. The defense announced it intended to give other instances later. Beattie's counsel attacked the declaration of Sam Talley that he board on the night of the murder a shot and the scream of a woman on the Midlothian turnpike. Several wit? nesses testified that the morning aftor the murder, when Beattie talked with Talley and others, nothing was said about hearing a woman scream. In the Police Court. There were p. numlwr of cases to be tried by the Recorder Thursday. George Brown, for vagrancy, was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or to serve 10 days. William Hanks, for riding a bicycle on the yard at the railroad station, was given ? fine of William Thomas, Arthur Jackson. Ed. Robertson, David Simons and Clifton Fay w? ro up for violation of the hack ordinance. Jackson and Robertson were given M each, while Simons was lined $5, The proaecut Ing witnesses against the tin other two parties not being present the case was not tried. laaiah Dow was tried for transport? ing whiskey, but v.as acquitted by the jury. He had been arrested several days ago by Policeman Ward as ho ^ot off the train from Columbia and found With a basket and a grip 1 mi t lining three gallons of whiskey, Th< city tried to prove thai How had bought the whiskey for unlawful purposes, which was shown by hii suspicious actions when he got of! the train. Mr. J II. Clifton repre eented the defendant and asked fo t lury trial. SAVED BY WIRELESS. Passengers From Wrecked Lexing- i ton Taken into Port. Charleston, Aug. 30.?Twelve pas? sengers ,a steward and three colored employes of the steamer Lexington of the Miners' and Merchants' line were brought here early today by the reve? nue cutter Yar-?acraw, which left the captain and crew of 4 3 men on board. Two firemen are reported to have been burned to death and a third terribly scalded. First Offlc ^ Chamberlain sustained a fractur s> his right shoulder. The steam her nose imbeded in quicksand off Hunting Island, at the mouth of theEdisto river, and it1 is said that she will be a total loss. The Ivexlngton was bound from Savannah to Philadelphia, with 12 passengers, all of whom were res? cued. For 24 hours the steamship battled desperately against the hur? ricane, finally being driven aground, where the tremendous waves smash? ed violently aganst her and where the powerful wind tossed her about in the mud. Three times was she covered with water, the pumps ex ' pelllng enough to clear the upper portions and float the stern. But for the heriosm of Wireless Operator Scheetze there would have been no chance of rescue. The storm wrecked the boat's wireless station, but Scheetz climbed into the rigging and adjusted his instruments, flash? ing the caila for immediate assist? ance. The signals were caught by the Yamacraw, which hastened to Hunt? ing Island, Scheetz, a 16-year-old boy, was in imminent peril of his life while operating the wireless, the wind almost tearing him from his insecure position. The lad was utterly ex? hausted by his desperate work. YELT/OW LETTER DAY. Retail Merchant* Association Begins Active Campaign. September 1st Is the date set by the Retail Association for sending out the first batch of yellow let? ters. These letters are of a beau? tiful orange yellow color and can be easily distinguished at a distance or reo^ifnlzed at a glance- The recip? ient will readily understand the na? ture of thla correspondence, so ^ill the mall man and others who may perchance be In the neighborhood. It will be very difficult to dodge the yellow-orange letter. Those yellow-orange letters are not especially dangerous. Uncle Sara ha? issued no order against them on Ihlt account. They contain neither dyn i mlte nor poison. In a way they are perfectly harmless, are these letters. In fact they are very mild in tone especially these first ones to be mail? ed September 1st. They are notices to delinquent debtors that unless these long outstanding accounts are not adjusted within ten days from date, the merchant must perforce report the condition of this account to the Credit Bureau. What then? Simply that the condition of this ac lount Is open to all the other me - cnants and this debtor is carried on the credit list as these circumstances warrant. Moreover, the yellow let? ters keep coming until this account is settled and the delinquent has squared himself with the merchants. The Credit Bureau will give In? stantaneous reports to merchants on any prospective customer as to his credit standing and paying qualities. A complete card system has been ar? ranged by the bureau which Will contain some 20,000 names of custo? mers throughout Sunfter's entire trade territory and which will show the credit rating of each person, based on his past dealings and promptness In the payment of ins debts. This system his now been adopted generally by the Retail Associations throughout the country and is inter? changeable. In ether words If John Smith leaves Bumter and locates in another city, he finds that bis debts have followed him and also his credit standing. Be that, should he refuse to pay his Sumter debts, he win tind : just as difficult to escure j credit in his n< w home. The same is true of persons from other cities lo 1 eating in Sumter. ' in other words a customer who has been prompt In the paynu nt of his accounts or baa shown s dlspo iltlon 'o meel and adjust his doM*. will have no difficulty hi securing ready credit anywhere. On the oth? er hand) the person who refuses to pay hi* Just debts and makei no hon* eat attempt to square himself with the*merchant will find it extremely difficult to secure credit ol any time or place. HURRICANE DROVE MOUNTAIN. OUS WAVES OVER SEA WALL. Destruction Of Property Was Tre? mendous an oss Heavy But No Lives We/ , and Town and Vicinity ^5 ed Less Tiian From Btonr j$ A. 4 _ T -e> t, Aug. 29.?With waves 35 ' ? ?h breaking over the sea wall inundating streets and houses, this vicinity, Beaufort suffered se? verely from the storm of Sunday and Monday. Only two of the more than a score of boats that lined the wharves are afloat today. The others either were sunk or smashed by the waves against the wharves. All wires and bridges near here are down. Augusta, Aug. 29.?For the first time since the storm that wrought such devastation has relent? ed in its fury, first hand authentic information has reached the outside world from Beaufort and Port Roy? al. E. S. McNeill .trainmaster of the Charleston and Western Carolina, who was on the firing line at Wha ley branch, between Coosaw station and Beaufort, assisting in the stren? uous efforts being made to repair the damage to the long fill and the tres? tle at that point, after halng made a thorough investigation of the con dltions beyond there yesterday af? ternoon wired Frank M. Olar, su? perintendent of tran8poration, par? ticulars of the situation. No lives have been lost and no casualties are reported either at Beaufort or Port Royal or near those places. No In? formation has been available from the islands lying further seaward. There has been little destruction of resi? dence property. The loss to crops, however, has been tremendous as the cotton crops in the rich trucking sec? tion are reported totally destroyed. This section includes practically all of the country along the railroad from Coosaw to Port Royal. The cotton crop Is planted after the the truck has been gathered. As this cotton is much further inland than the sea islands and the force of the storm was greater and nearer the ocean it is not imporable that the Island crops have suffered as heavily aa those further Inland if not more heavily. BOX? ELECTION CASE. Will Come up Before the State Board of Canvassers Monday. a The contest in the good roads bond* election ca^e will come up Monday before the State Board of Canvassers for hearing and consideration, when they will deliver their opinion as to whether or not the election is or is not legal. There has been no hearing of the matter up to this time because of the faet that most of the State officials have been away from Columbia on ?heir annual vacations and It was impossible to get the board togeth? er for a hearing, but now with the coming of fall these gentlemen are returning to Columbia and Monday has accordingly been appointed as the day for the hearing. The contest followed the action of the county commissioners of elec? tion in throwing out the Mayesville box and declaring the election in fa? vor of the bond issue. Mr. W\ B. Boyle who headed the opposition to the bond issue, is heading the move? ment in contesting the election* It is understood that Mr. I~ I). Jennings will appear before the State Board In opposition to the contestants. Could Piik Them Out. National Monthly. A Republican speaker, in his talk to an audience one afternoon said he could pick out any man before him and tell what part} he supported. He then pointed to an elderly man to the left of the room and said: "You tire a republican," "Yeg, sir." said the man. He then pointed to ? man to the right of the hall and said he also was a republican. The man rose In his sent and said he was. The speaker next pointed to h Flckly looking gentleman at the rear of the hall and said: "You, sir, are a republican." "No, sir, I'm not. I've had tho grip for nearly two weeks and that's the reason l look so sour." MhW ! I , Id W h do I DU think of the coming m . Miss Spinster?I think he musl have met with an ac? cident.-- Hat per'i Basar,