Tol. No. 2709
OONC01U N; C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1898
Whole No 117Hy-
LETTER FROM TYBEE.
Mr. T C.
one of the liea tenants of the Ens I
gineer Coma and another man wwr
the Great Ntorm. arownea yesterday about noon.
Twbee Island. Ga.. Sent. 1. '98. AU01C wn8 u AlBimu oarK ancnorea
The Concord 8tandard, Concord, out at 8ea PP08ite our camP, an it
woo vvicujkou near tue moutn or ine
fin ta m m n Vi itAM 1.
Dear Mr. Barrifr: I presume i ruin our
you have heard of the great storm camP' and for one t0 reach the
w had night bef ere last. I will w y womu nave to go about
v end give you an idea of what a one na t mue nom snore from our
,,nrnwft had and what damage it camP- J-be lieutenant and five
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did. Tuesday evening the wind and oiner men aecidea to row out to the
becan about 3 o'clock and every wrecK 10 8ee ir ey could save any-
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that passed the wind blew one as bark was not turned clear
harder, and about 9 p. mM the storm over.antl the storm was not entires
wr near us aed evervthmg on the over' q ii was raining ana tne
island was moving for a pla?e 0f wlnd blowin? at a fa8t rate-the row
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safety, but such a place as that, uns ooac wa3 Deln l0S8ea aDout tbe
k,3 nn, run a ereat risk was hard lieuieuaQl anu one otner man were
to be fouad, but I. as well as the """""."1" ,,ue BUU ,ne "me
TPSt of the soldiers afid citizena that eTerylnmg aon 10 s.ve then.,
' I hnf QlQO hfi a in ww rt a 4am. wh. V & A
.,muir,0H nn tlip iaTanrl hart t.n nnHww "'" v"c ooa wo luu iUUKu lu
t k xt . try to saye one in a row toat after
rhfi hflst we nonld. Not one on J lu Qilcl
r .i.- u x. getting thrown out several times: S3
tee laiauu tuiuK eiept u?e . - . , '
ffl!nutes daring the' whole ai(?ht lne was great aanger of the whole
:... jij . i i rew oBing lost, rarnes Date Deen
rain
iiour
from being flooded, atld no The Result or the Different Precinct
Crtnrtirtate Received.
be impossible to do so. There were
tfcree storms and the wind came in
three directions at each storm. The
rst Btorm began about 12 o'clock
and lasted until 2 a. m.. and the
next storm started immediately af
ter .vard and the last storm started
about 4:30 a. m. We all expected
tat &r j time that the tide would rise
aV Luch a height that would cause
the whole island to be, flooded.
The only cause that prevented the
island from being flooded was that
the wind came from the northeast
and northwest and southeast, but it
is said that if the wind would have
come from the east that -nothing on
earth could "IJaW8: prevented tiw
island
doubt many would haye been
drowned. Almost every house was
more or less wrecked. One of the
bnest cottasres on toe isianu was
completely wrecked, as if it had
been a playhouse, and a great num
ber of other cottages were wrecked,
eome being knocked off of the foun
dations and otherB biing almost
blown over, also the Tybee Hotel
was partly wrecked. The loss was
a great one, and to say the least it
will take many, many doll ire to res
pair the damages . It is useless to
say that our tents were blown
down not one was left standing
Some were torn into shreds and the
guns ana an mat we naa was
rained. The guns were worked on
today but they will never look as
nice as they did before the storm.
I never in all my life witnessed such
a scene and never again want to see
another storm like that, in fact I
don't think any one would like to
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eee euch a storm ogam, it is a
wonder that some of us were not
drowned, as the wind would blow
us sometimes about ten feet, and to
tepfrcm being blown away we had
to get under bouses and in box car3
and anything just to keep from
oeing blown away. I was under
one of the strongest houses on the
island with a lieutenant and several
boys, and we expected at any time
to be killed by the house blowing
down on us, as it rocked awfully
but all other houses on the island
would have blown away before it
would have done so, as it was a
government house and wad braced
like a railroad bridge. To say the
least, the people on the island were
like myself, scared half to deathi
and feel Bure that anyone had a rea
son to feel that way .
The saddest event of all was that
searching and dragging the whole
day to find the two dead bodies, but
up to this ime they had not bsen
found. There is one thing I never
will forget, and that is the . great
storm on Tybee Island Aug. 30th.
Enclosed you will find a drawing
of our camp that I drew the other
day with a fountain pen. It will
give you a faint idea of how we are
situated down here.
Your Friend,
Corp. Th"s. C. Johnson.
This pen drawing is unique, we
thiLk, and can be seen by calling at
The Standard office.
PRIMARIES HELD.
No. 1 Township.
Commissioners M L Bros7n, Jno.
S Turner and Paul F'Stallicgs.
Coroner Jas. N Brown.
Cotton Weigher Bost 8, Johnson
10, Propst 10, Graeber 1, Fisher 3
Widenhou:e 17, Boger 20, Town
send 17.
Register of Deeds White 44,
Johnson 4, Stallings 52.
Sheriff Harris 86, White 8.
Surveyor Long by acclamation.
Clerk of Court Cook 55, Harris
25.
Treasurer Swink by acclamation.
Legislature Hartsell 46, Newell
6, Barringer 20.
No. 10 Township.
Commissioners Jno. S Turner,
chairman.
Cotton Weigher Bost 6.6 -Boger
29.
Register of Deeds White 38,
Johnson 5, Stallings 33.
Sheriff Harris 22,White 21, Peck
30. -
Clerk of Court Cook 53, Harris
18 -
Treasurer Swink by acclamation.
Legislature Hartsell 27, Newell
53.
No. 6 Township.
Commissioners Jno. Allison 60,
Ludwig 60, J W Foil 23.
Coroner Phillip Correll.
Cotton Weigher Propst 42, Graes
ber 8, Fisher 15.
Register of Deeds Johnson 26
White 12, Stallings 32.
Sheriff White 18, Peck 13, Hars
ris 29.
Surveyor Long.
Clerk of Court Cook 60, Harris
o. -
Treasurer Swink.
Legislature G E Ritchie 21,
Hartsell 23.
township no. 3.
CommiP8ionera M F Nesbit.
J no. Allison and Martin Widen-
house.
Coroner S K Ross by acclama
tion.
Cotton Weigher Graeber 21,
Propst 20, Johnson 5
Register of Deeds JohneoD S4,
White 14. '
Sheriff White 13, Harris 22
Peck 13
Surveyor Not voted on.
Clerk of Court Cook 46, Harris 2
Treasurer Swink by acclama
tion.
Legislature Hartsell by acclama
tion.
No 7 Township,
. ? ' i
Commissioners Allisop 24, Nes
bit 24, Geo. W Dry 24.
Coroner J B Caldwell.
Cotton Weigher Propst 10, Fish
er 10, Graeber 1.
Register of Deeds Johnson 7,
Stalling? 1".
Sheriff Peck 25.
Surveyor Long.
Clerk of Ccurt Cook 22, Har
ris 3.
Treasurer Swink 24.; ,
Legislature C D Barringer 25.
No. 9 Township; '
Commissioners Unanimous for
Jno. Allison and Will Cannon, J R
Barnbardt 28, Geo. Shinn 41.
Cotton Weigher Boat 16, Prop's!
25, Fisher 7, Widenhouse 25,
Boger 1. v
Register of Deeds Johnson 28,
White 7, Stallings 37.
Sheriff White' 23, Harris 18,
Peck 29.
Clerk of Court Cook 61, Har
ris 11. -
Legislature Hartsell, unani
mously. A
Surveyor Long by acclamation.
Coroner Jas. N Brown unani
mously. Treasurer Swink unanimously.
Announcement !
As announced about
three months ago, we
have been closing our
stqre at 7 o'clock p. m.
We will keep open
at night from this
date, Sept. 5th.
Cannon & Fetzer
Company.
YOU FURNISH THE FEET
DO THE REST.
That's all we ask yon to do f r-
nish the feet. We will not only do
he rest but we will do it well for
$2 50.
We have everything in Oxfords
except your feet,
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Mr. Grant Buchanan, of Char
lotte, spent Sunday with his broth
er, Sheriff Buchanan.
Lilaand Joe Hartsell, children
of Mr. J L Hartsell, have returned
from a two weeks stay at Big Lick.
Captain Edward Hill and
sister, Miss Lallan Hill, will return
home from Jacksonville tonight.
Mrs, Reece, and Misses Laura
and Madge Wadsworth, who have
been visiting relatives here, return
ed to Charlotte this morning.
An ounce of . satisfaction is wortb
a ton ot talK. batislacuon
with every pair cf shoes we sell.
r Respectfully,:
Dry ; Mille
Shoe Furnishers.
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AT-
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