davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-12
LEXINGTON
CLASSICAL INSTITUTE,

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
PREPARES FOR TEACHING
COLLEGE OR BUSINESS.
High School. intermediate and Primary
Courses.
English, German. French, Greek and Latin
Taught.
n@ Very Healthiest Location. Board
very cheap. 81 to 81 per month. Tuition
exceedingly low. 81 to $3.50 per month.
Expenses per year $50 to s75. Had 125
students last session.
Next session begins Monday, September
l8. 1900 For full particulars,
O. D. SEAY. Principal,
Lexington, s. @.
September IA II.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-12

Desiccatsd cocoanut, already pre-
pared for making pics, custards and
cakes, at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-12
Dots and Dashes.

When you speak to person look
him in the face.
The wise farmer never harrows
the feelings of his wife.
Write DR.. G. j. Moffstt, st. Louif'
Mo, for his valuable little Ieethina
Wash-List Book, free.
Beer fills many bottle-and the
bottle fills many bier.
Carpenters are like circumstances
when they alter cases.
So long as we want what we get'
we shall never get what we want.
To prevent consumption quickly
cure throat and lung troubles with
One Minute Cough Cure. }. E.
Kaufmatn.
Much that passes for wit owes It's
humor to it's absurdity.
The love of the truth is the foun-
dation of all good character.
Good company and good converse
tion are the very sinews Of virtue.
na4..SAsssNUslAR TEA cures Dyspep-
EGaSsSs y sia, Constipation and indi-
gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, 20 cts
Sold by Julian E. Kaufman
Eating ones own words is GER
tainly and indigestible effort.
Quack doctors are probably so
called because of their bills.
A dollar in the pocket is better
than hundred in expectation.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
prompt. palatsble, pleasant, power
full, purifying little pills. j. E
Kaufman.
In China a doctors fee varies from
eight cents to quarter.
The more reasonable woman is
the less reason she has for being SO.
A cattle syndicate has perfect
right to water it's stocks occasionally
You can spell it cough, coff, caugh,
kouf, kaff, kougb, or kaush, but the
only harmless remedy that quickly
cures it is Que Minute Cough Cure
j. E. Kaufman.
When you have charitable feel
ing you should feel in your pocket
book.
The whip may be used in the cir
Gus ring, but not in the wedding
ring.
A bachelor says that women laugh
when they can and weep when they
will.
The most dainty and effective pills
made are DeWitt's Little Early
Risers. They are unequaled for al
liver and bowel troubles. Never
grippe. J. E. Kaufman.
One man may teach another tt
speak, but no man can teach another
to think.
Adversely is the sieve of friend
ship used to separate the wheat from
the chaff.
pgas4fA~e CUBAN OIL cures
ffdAggfScuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheu,
uatism and Sores. Price, Is cents
Sold by Julian e Kaufman.
The savage who wears a coat Of
paint doesn't scold his wife because
of missing button.
IF wishes were horses beggars
would growl because they were not
automobiles.
The great success of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarihoea
Remedy in the treatment of bowel
complaints has made it standard over
the greater part of the civilized world
For sale by J. E, Kaufman.
A man is in luck if he lends 8
friend an umbrella and lives long
enough to get it back.
It is very seldom that you see a
two-legged camel that can run as
gracefully az q woman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-12

+Trains 43 and a (mixed except Sunday
arrive and depart from Hamburg.
fDaily except Sunday
Sleeping Car Service.
Excellent daily passenger service between
Florida and New York.
Nos. 3S and 34-Ncw York AMI Florida Ex-
press Drawing-room sceping cars between
Augusta and New York.
Pullman d-awingroom sleeping cars be-
tween Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah.
Washington and New York.
Pullman sleeping cars between Charlotte and
Richmond. Dining cars between Charlotte
and Savannah.
Nos. IS and SS-U. S. Fast Mail. Through
Pullman drawing-room bu:fe; sleeping cars be-
tween Jacksonville and New York and Pull
man s:eeping ears between Augusta and Char
] ,tte Dining cars serve al meals errou.e
Pullman sleeping cars between Jacksonville
and Columbia. enroute daily between jackson
Vile and Cincinnati, via Ashcvilic.
FRANK s. CANNON, J. M. CULP.
Third V-P. & Gen. NJ sr., Traffic Mgr.
Washington, u. G. Washington. y. G.
". A. TURK, S. n. HARDWN
Gen. Pass Agt.. Ast Gen Pass. As't:
Washington D. C.. Atlanta, Ga
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-12
Money to Loan

ON FARMING LANDS. LONE TINE.
" Easy payment. No commis lion Bor'
rover pays actual cost of pertectine Loan.
T.. K. PALMER,
Central National Bank Building.
COLUMBIA, S. c.
COL G. T. GRAHAM
Lexington, S. c.
July 1S- ly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-09-12

Lemons and ice, st the B,zaar.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
Help From All Quarters

Houston, Tex. Spccial-From all
parts of ;he United tSates and sCme
parts of England many thousands OF
dollars are pouring iEto this city for
the relief of Texas destitute storm suf-
ferers. Train leads of provisions and
clothing are also hurrying toward
Houston and Galveston. and those of
;ne refugees who have arrived here are
being made as comfortable as possible.
Estimates of the number of the dead
still vary. Mayor Jones, Of Galve :to1,
maintaining his opinion that the NUM-
Der will be 10 less than 5000. Prop
e .ty Losses are mounting higher as de-
tails arrive, and scme estimates for
the city Of Galveston reach as high as
$40 100000. There are 25,000 hcmeles;
people in that city to be taken care Of
and it is question whether Galveston
can or will be rebuilt. There seems to
be a disposition on the part OF the
leading citizens, however, to start res
oiu:ely where the storm left off and
raise a new city from the ruins of the
old.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
How the Storm Came.

Galveston, Tex, Special.-(By Wes-
tern Union despatch boat to HoussonD
The terrific storm that produced
such an appalling disaster here was
predicted by the United States Wea:h-
er Bureau 10 strike Galveston on Fri
day night and created much apprehen-
sion. but the night passed without the
prediction being verified. Conditions,
however. were ominous. The danger
signal was displayed on the flagstaff Of
the Wether Bureau. and shipping was
warned. The southwestern sky was
sombre. The Gulf surf beat high upon
the beach. From the north just after
midnight. the wind began to come in
spiteful puffs, increasing in volume as
the day dawned. BY 10 o'clock on Sat-
urday morning 1t was almoA gale.
Al noon it had increased in velocity
and was driving the rain, whipping the
pools and rattling things up In lively
manner, yet no serious apprehension
was felt by residents remote from the
Gulf. Those near the beach, however,
were SON aroused to the danger that
threatened their homes. AS stupen-
dous waves began to send their waters
far inland, they began a hasty exit to
more secure places in the city.
Two gigantic forces were at work.
The Gulf waves drove high upon the
beach and the gale frorc the northeast
pitched the waters against the sewers
and flooding the city from that quarter.
Streets rapidly began to fill with water,
communication became difficult and
the people were caught between the
two powerful elements Of wind and
sea.
Business suddenly. came 10 a stand
STILL Car traffic was impossible and
all those that had homes and could
reach them hastily left their places OF
business and offered fabulous prices
for any kind of vehicle that would
carry them.
Railroad communication was cut OF
shortly after noon, t:acks being washed
Wire facilities completely failed at 3
o'clock and Galveston was isolated
from the world. The water, which had
reached a depth Of eight feet on Strand
street at 10 o'clock, began to ebb and
ran out rapidly. BY 5 o'clock on Sun
day morning the crown Of the street
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
Thus passed one

was free from water. Thus passed one
one of the most destructive storms to@t
ever devastated the coast Of Texas. In
the few hours il ragged it was more de-
struo.ive OF life and property than tEe
great storm CT 1915.
The city was yesterday filled w''n
the bereft. destitute and homeless,
while at the temporary morgue the
glare of lanterns and candles shows
bodies by the hundred, Of all ages ma
tionalities and conditions Of lif2.
Whole families, in some cases, lie side
by side, while elsewhere men On the
verge Of madness are searching ior
their loved ones amid the slime and
waters in the streets and alleys or un-
der The dabris of ;heir homes.
The heaviest 10 :seS by the storm viii
be the Galveston Wharf Company. the
southern Pacific Railway. the Gull,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Com
panv and the Texas Lone Star Flour
ing Mill Company. Ii will be days be-
fore anything like an approximate es-
timate of the loss Of life and damage
caused by the Storm can be Obtained.
or the new Southern Pacific works
little remains but the piling. Half q
million feet of lumber was carried
away, and Engineer Boschke says, as
far as the company is concerned, It
might as well start all over again.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20

ing depredations. The most conserya-
tive estimate as TO the number o..
deaths places them at 1000. Contribu-
tions from citizens of this State and
also from other States are coming ii
rapidly and literally, and is confidently
expected that within the next ten d2ps
the work of restoration by the people
of Galveston will have begun in good
earnest and with energy and sue, ess.
OF course, the destruction Of property
has been very great-no less than slO,-
OC0,00G-but it is hoped and believed
that even this great loss will be over
come through the energy and self-reli-
anCe Of the people"
During the day the contributions
have fairly deluged the Governor, up
wards Of 100000 having been received
Among the large contributors are to be
noted the Standard Oil Company, with
10000: ST. Louis Commercial Club 70!
like amount, and the Huntington in
terests for $1,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
Busily at Work.

Galveston, Texas, Special.-The first
real attempt to clear away the great
mass of debris piled along the beach
front for distanle OF several miles
was begun Friday. Advertisements
were printed in the News. which ap-
peared in the morning, asking for hun
dreds Of men and boys to do this work.
A multitude responded. They were
formed into squads and promptly put
to work. with police and deputy sher-
ifs in charge. 1t is hoped that vigor-
Gus prosecution Of this work will lead
to the early recovery Of bdies still in
the debris. That there are many them
there is no shadow of doubt
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
RObbing the Dead.

Houston. Texas. Speci2l.-A reporter
has telegraphed from Laporte the story
of the robbery and mutilation OF the
dead in Galveston, and the death OF
offenders. The ghouls We're holding
an orgie over the dead. The majority
of these mer were negroes. but thee
were whites Who took part in the desc
Grafton. Some of them were natives
and some had been allowed to go over
from the mainland under the guise OF
relief workers" Not only did they
rob the dead but they mutilated bodies
in order to secure their ghoulish booty.
A party of ten negrcesw ere returning
from a looting expedition. They had
stripped corDses of all valuableS and
the pockets Of some of the looters were
fairly bulsing out with fingers of the
dead which had been cut of because
they were so swollen the rings coulo
not be removed. Incensed at this desc
Grafton and mutilation OF the dead the
people shot down the looters and =. has
been determined that all found in the
act of robbing the dead shall be sum-
marily shot.
During the robbing Of the dead, not
only were fingers cut off, but ears were
stripped from heads in order to secure
Jewels Of value n few government
troops who have survived are assisting
in patrolling the city. Private citi-
zens have also endeavored to prevent
the robbing Of the dead and on several
occasions have killed the offenders.
Singly and two and three the offenders
were thus shot down until the total OF
those thus executed exceeds fully fifty.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
Summary Punishment.

DaltrsseGex.. Special.-W. H. Nc
Grath, manager of the Dallas Electric
Company, reached Dallas. direct from
Galveston. He said:
Vandalism at Galveston has beene
horrible. The most rigid enforcement
Of martial law has not been able to
suppress it entirely. Adjutant General
Scurrys men have arrested 100 or more
negroes, 43 of whom were found with
effects taken from dead bodies. These
were ordered tried by court-martial.
They we're convicted and ordered shot.
One negro had % fingers with rings on
them in his pocket"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
liberal Contributions.

Austin, Tex, Special. l.-Governor Say
ers Wednesday made the following
statement to the Associated Press on
the flood situation:
"iTle conditions at Galveston are
fully as bad as reported. Communica-
ton, however, has been re-established
between the island and the mainland
and hereafter transportation Of sup
plies will be less difficult. The work OF
clearing the city is progressing fairly
we'll and adjutant General Scurry. un-
der direction of the mayor, Is patroll-
ins the city for the purpose Of prevent
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
Communication Established.

Galveston. via Virginia Point, by
boat.-Regular communication is now
established between this city and the
mainland and several lines OF boats
are running. Up to this time the COM
munication has been confined to scoWs
manned by Italians, who charged all
the way from $40 to $50 per passenger
for a one way trip. The lines are be-
ing operated in connection with the
railroads which have been repaired and
are running all the way to the coast.
An effort is being made which prom
ises 20 be successful to get all of the
destitute people out Of the city at the
earliest possible moment. There are
probably $4,000 of these and the work
of transporting thsm across the bay
and to Houston and other towns Is a
task which requires all the energies Of
the volunteers engaged in 1t.
There is no cessation in the work OF
recovering the dead bodies OF the VIC
tins. The death list continues to grow
and a conservative estimate places the
number Of known dad at 1000, missing
at 1000 and bodies already recovered
their QedIn III Tue ulSdolei' iho w!
at 4,100. 1t will probably never be DEL
initely known as to how many met
had a poulation of nearly forty ttous-
and people and in addition to this num-
ber there were hundreds OF strangers
in the town from all parts Of the coln-
try.
The sanitary condition OF the city
could not be worse. State Health Off
Ger w. ]. Bloupt arrived here and Is
making an investigation Of the situa-
ton. He will probably order most OF
the wreckage, from which the terrible
stencil is arising, burned. He says he
does not believe there Is any danger OF
an epidemic resulting from the unsln-
itary condition Of things, for the rea-
son that the salt water which lowered
the city and saturated everything Is
more of preventive than breeder OF
disease. The odor from tie decaying
human and animal bodies is so great
that some efforts will be taken to rem
civ the matter. Over one thousand bar
rsls of lime have arrived, and 1t Is be-
ing spread throughout the city as a
disinfectant.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
PROMPT MEASURES OF RELIEF
The Whole Civilized World Responds
Quickly to the Cry for Help From
The Stricken City.

The great tropical storm which
swept away the fair city Of Galveston
iii its fury, and left the corpseS OF its
dead victims piled and strewn upon
the beach, has now passed into history
as the mCSt destructive disaster in the
annals Of the country. The total loss
in lives and property will never be
fully known. But the civilized world
has responded quickly to the cry for
help. and the swift agencies OF steam
and electricity have been employed in
carrying aid to the suffering. Immense
quantities of food, clothing, medicine
and needed supplies, as well as faba-
lous sums OF money, have been DIS
patched to the scene. Train-loadS OF
trained nurses and skilled physicians
have been rushed to the scene OF dis
aster, and these, together with the
energy and pluck of the survivors OF
the storm have been resolutely at
work, bringing order out of chaos, un"
til the worst features of the disaster
are being rapidly removed. The starv-
ing are being fed, the wounded looked
after and the dead buried or burned
The city will recover in time, and
again be the most beautiful Of the
Southland.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
New York Aid Funds.

New York Special.-The subscription
10 date for the relief Of the Galveston
sufferers are: Merchants Association,
$4,000: Mayors fund, $1,000; New
York Mercantile Exchange Fund. 81
300; New York Cotton Exchange Fund.
$500; New York Stock Exchange
Fund. $1,000: New York Produce EX-
change Fund, $4,000; Chamber Of Com
merce Fund. $4,000; Miscellaneous
subscriptions, 100000. Total. S134,394. +.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
A 1000, 900 Relief Fund.

Austin. Texas, Special.-The fund
for the relief of the Galveston sufferers
now aggregate nearly sl,0OO,O0O, and
it will probably reach s1,50O,OOO soon.
Most of the amount is in the hands of
Governor Sayers. who will direct the
work of expending it for food. supplies
and other relief work. The governor
will not give out for publication an
itemized list Of the contributors for
several days.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
The Chinese Will Help.

New York, Special The Chinese col
ony OF this city is collecting supplies
to send to Galveston. The principal
item to be sent will be tea. 1t is said
that this is the first time that any set
of Cinnamon in this country have join
ed together for the relief Of sufferers
from great catastrophe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
Pockets Full of Human Fingers.

Houston Tex, Special. 1t is true
that negroes were shot by order OF q
court-martial. Their pockets were
found to be full OF human fingers and
jewelry Of which the dead were strip
ped.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20

Galveston, Tex, by Texas City and
Houston.-At meeting Of the relief
committee, held Wednesday morning,
reports were received from the various
wards. The chairman called for
armed men to assist in getting labor
to bury the dead and clear the wreck
age, and arrangements were made to
supply this demand. The situation in
the city is that there are plenty Of
volunteers for this service, but an in
sufficiency of arms. There have been
two or three small riots, but the Of
ficers have managed to Quell them.
The committee rejected the proposal OF
trying to pay for work letting the la
borers secure their own rationS. 1t
was decided to go ahead impressing
men into service, if necessary, issuing
orders for rations only to those who
worked, or were unable to work. All
of the ward chairman reported the i'm
perative need of disinfectants. A COM
mittee was appointed to secure all the
disirfectants in the city, including the
lime which escaped wetting and to OBJ
tain more Houston was called upon
for a barge-load Of lime.
Captain Sinclair Taliaferro, OF
Houston, who did such efficient work
during the Brazos flood, arrived here
Wednesday morning. He was asked
to assist Chairman McVittie in his
work. Dan Henderson announced that
MIR. VanVieck, the general manager OF
the Southern Pacific, authorized the
committee to draw on that company
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
GALVESTON AFTER THE STORM.
Narrowing Scenes of Death and Suffering on
Every Hand.

for $4,000. Mr.. VanVieck returned 20
Houston on the tug Juno to send a
barge load of supplies.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
A Late Summary.

Chicago, Special-The following
statement was received at IL o'clock
Wednesday night:
Galveston. Tex, Sept. IL.
ITO Charles S. Diehl, General Man
ager Associated Press. Chicago:
"A summary Of the conditions now
prevailing at Galveston is more than
human intellect can master Briefly
stated, the damages to property is any,
where between $15,0O0,000 and s20,000,-
OG0. The loss Of life cannot be COM
puted. No lists could be kept and all
is simple guess work. Those thrown
out to sea and buried on the ground,
wherever found, will reach the hor-
rible total of at least 5000 souls.
My estimate OF the loss on the
island of the city Of Galveston and
the immediate surrounding district is
between 1000 and 5000 deaths. I do
not make this statement in fright or
excitement. The whole story will
never be told, because it cannot be
told. The necessities OF those living
are to total. Not a single individual
escaped property loss. The property
on the island is wrecked; fully one
half is totally swept out Of existence
altogether.
What our needs are can be COM
puted by the world at large by the
statement herewith submitted much
better than l could possibly summarize
them. The help must be immediate.
''R. G. LOWE,
Manager Of Galveston News"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-17
SUNBONNEI CENTER OF WORLD
How An Indiana Woman Started the
FlouriShinE Industry In
indianapolis.

"Do you know" said a manufacture
er to an Indianapolis News man, that
indianapolis is the greatest sunbonnet
manufacturing city in the world2"
The rise of the sunbonnet as an arti-
Gle OF extensive Wholesale manufacture
was accidental and sudden. Ten years
ago there were no manufacturers of
sunbonnets in this country, as far as
known. Sunbonnets were then, and
had been in use for scores of years, es-
pecially the old-fashioned Quaker ging-
ham bonnet. Each community fur
nished its own supply-every woman
made her own bonnet.
1t had not occurred to anyone that
there would be profit in making them
by the dozen, or hundreds of dozens.
But that thought came to Mrs. NJ. L.
Roberts, of West indianapolis.
sunbonnet that Mrs. Roberts
made for herself attracted the atten-
tion of a neighbor. 1t was not elabo-
rate. 1t was simply made, but natty,
and the tastiness of it added practic-
ally nothing to its cost. Would Mrs.
Roberts make one for her? She would.
She did That started the trouble.
There were other Beighbors and
friends. Bonents had to be made by
the dozen. Perhaps other women in
the city would be glad to get such bon
nets? The large retail stores were Wis
ited and trial orders were obtained.
These orders were soon duplicated.
Perhaps there would be n sale of them
in Chicago, in Louisville, in ST. Louis?
There was.
Once they were sampled there was
too much of demand for them. Three
or four days after there had been q
shipment of 100 dozen would come the
order: "Ship another 100 dozen at
at once" Mrs. Roberts had converted
Sitting-room, dining-room, bedroom
into sewing rooms, but the facilities
were overtaxed Part of the large barn
was remodeled and fitted up with sew
ing machines, cutting tables, etc., but
there was no catching up with orders.
The large customers seeing that the
demand could not be supplied in that
way, started to manufacture their own
sunbonnets. Sunbonnets were not
patented, and there was nothing to
prohibit anybody from making even
Mrs. Roberts pattern of them.
AS one large factory after another
was started with unlimited capital be-
hind it Mrs Roberts saw that it was
useless to try to compete in the maxi
ing of the popular cheap bonnet, and
Immediately set to work to manufac-
ture the better and more expensive
kinds, and began the making of sun
hats. Competition was headed off this
time by securing patent on simple
device which enabled the hat and bon
net to be taken apart to be washed,
and be easily put together again and ap-
pear as new.