Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, October 10, 1900, Supplement, Image 5

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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNE8DAY MOHNIMG. -BY JAYNE?, SHE LOM, SMITH & 8TECK. K. T. JAYNRBj iM_. . ,,,,"" 11). A. SM i i i I, J. W. SHELOn, J fcI>8- 1 1 vm' \ J. A. STECK. SUBSCRIPTION, SI.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. Jrjf* Communications of a personal character charged for a? advertisi inotitH. 2rjp~ Obituary noticoK and tributos of rosnoct, of not OYor ono hundred words, will bo printed freo of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at tho rate of ono cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. 0. : tVKUMiNDJtV, OCT. IO, ?OOO. SUPPLEMENT CAPT. C. F. SEEBA, A Venerable Citizen of Walhalla, Has Gono to His Reward. (/'apt. Christopher F, Hecha died at his linnie in Walhalla on Sunday morning, October 7th, 1000, at 2.20 o'clock, after an illness of two months, in tho eighty third year of his ago. Ho was born on tho 10th day of February, ISIS, in tho I'rovinco of llanover, Hcrmnny. His boyhood and early days were spent in the Fatherland, and on roaching his ma jority he came to Charleston, S. C., in ISM. In 1842 ho became a naturalized American citizen hy faking tho oath of allegiance to the United States Oovortl ment. Ho remained in Charleston until October, IS?O, when ho removed tu High Falls On Little Uiver where he conducted with success largo farming and milling interests. While in Charleston ho took an activo interest in many social and fraternal organizations. Ho was a char ter member of tho famous Herman Ar tillery Company, lie was also a member of St. Andrews Lodge, No. IO, A. F. M., and gave much attention to matters Ma sonic. Ho n?Uiatod with the First. Gor niau Lutheran church of Charleston, where he held his membership for many years. In ISIS ho was one of the prime movers in tho organization cd' the tier man Colonization Society ol' Charleston. He was ono nf tho thirty-seven original members of this Society ami one of its livo trustees in tho purchase of the large landed properties from Kev. Joseph Orosham, Ol? which tho town of Walhalla was afterwards located. On December 2 Ith, 1810, Mr. Cl 108 ll a 111 conveyed to Christopher F. Seeba, .lohn A. Wagoner, Claus lin'.winkle, John C. llonokon and Jacob Schroder tho l?,.s.V.i acres pur chased by them as trustees for the so ciety. It has been often said that the SOttlemeill of tho colony here had its origin in the minds of Messrs. C. F. Seeba and Jacob Schroder. Certain it. is ho gave much of his time and means to promote tho success of tho enterprise, and he and his early co-laborers con tributed largely to the growth of tho town and surrounding community. In his death a landmark has been removed. During tho war of tho Confederacy Capt. Scoba saw service as a member of tho State militia. Ile responded lo his country's call to arms and was a brave and valiant, soldier. Soon after t he close of hostilities lu; removed to Walhalla ami ma<le his home here ever since. Ile was engaged in merchandising until 1800, when he retired from active busi ness. In 1855 he was happily married to Miss Christiona F. Ahrens, of Charleston. For forty-four years they pursued to gether the journey ol' life. She' died on j September 20th, 1800, only a little over a year boforo bis death. < if this union two sons and two daughters sui vive. As was his desire they wore all present at his bedside in the hour and article of death, and received bis parting benedic tions. Capt. Seeba was cast in a large mould, physically and mentally. His lon:; life was one of honor and usefulness. He acted well his part ami has left his chil dren t he precious legacy of a high, moral. Christian character. Ile was a consist ent member of St. John's Lutheran Church and gave liberally to its support. His funeral services were conducted in Ibis ('burch on Monday morning at I I | o'clock by his pastor, Uov, J. C Sohaid, ?md attended by many who came to pay tho last sad tribute of respect to his memory. At t he conclusion of the ser vices his body was laid to rest beside his wife in tin; Lutheran cemetery. In his death Walhalla has lost one of her most highly esteemed, aged and re spected citizens, lt was matter of re grot that he could not attend tliOCCI'onio llies attending I'M unveiling' of Hie monument to the founders ol the town in August last. Ile was then too unwell to leave bis home. 'I ben was Hie begin liing of his last sickness, from which he never recovered. Lui he took m noli in lercsl in the event and wished the Semi centennial the greatest success. III a talk with the writer, only a few days be fore, he Spoke with feeling of thc ap proaehing occasion, and gave much valuable informal ion concerning Hie early ?lays of the settlement herc. Tho monument to the founders of Hie town was appropl lately draped last Sunday and Monday. Those Of us w ho remain owe il debt of deep gratitude lo those early settlers, and their memory should ever ho revered. May wc emulate their ex ample in the faithful discharge of duty. Thc pall healers were Dr. I), ll. Darby, ll. A. II. H ibsen, Janus Seaborn, J. K, Hendrix, lt, 'I'. Jayncs and ll. C. Husch. Tillman Ma' lng Votes. Cap!, ben Tillman's longue bas not losl its cunning and il. has been getting in some of its tincst licks in Missouri. At Trenton in that Mate he said Ilia' Democratic Senators wen- hough! to vote for tho lilt ideal ion nf the treaty of Paris and thal "(hoy would roast them in the next woild." Meanwhile the Captain is roasting them in this. Ile said I hat "I he pension department is a rat hole into which millions of dollars are annually poured and wasted," and he made this graceful appeal to thc for eign bom voters! "ThoiO is one senti ment w hich is ground into my veiy bones and mixed with Hie lime: America for Americans and to hell willi all others." Capt. Hen must bc making votes, hut perhaps bc is not making thom for his OWll SidO.- New N CII'K Still, Kruger, the bravo bul unfortunate leader of the Hoers io South Ali ira, has given np the cause, ami will lake refuge in Holland. Ile is an old mau and will not. survive thc downfall of his country long. Ile deserves and will have the sympathy Of UVCry lover ol' national lib city tho world over. THE EXPOSITION AT CHARLESTON. lt will bo Thoroughly Representative of tho Industrial Interests of the South. Tho South Carolina lntor-Stato und West Indian Exposition will bo hold in tho city of Charleston noxt year. Tho capital stock of tho Exposition Compauy has boon flxod at $200,000, and its re sources aro estimated at $1,000,000. It is proposed that this exposition shall bo fully representativo of tho material i fl sources and manufacturing and com mercial intorcBts of Soutb Caroliua and tho Southern States particularly aud of the whole United States and their now possessions in tho Wost Indios and tho Philippines. The most encouraging* pledges of assiutanco and co-oporatiou have been received from tho authorities at Washington and from tho Governors and Commissioners of Agrioulturo of nearly every Stato in tho Union. Tho leading commercial organizations of tho principal cities in tho U ni ted States have promised their activo co-oporatlon, and it is oxpoctcd that tho exposition, lu all its varied features, will bo tho most com plete and attractive that bas ever boon hohl III tho South. Tho subscriptions to tho capital stock of the Exposition Company made in tho city of Charleston aggregate nearly $200, 000, and as tho exposition is to bo of direct honedt to ovory industry in tho State, and to every county of tho Stato, it is hoped that there will bo a liberal subscription made by tho manufacturers and merchants and business mon of tho whole State. Arrangements havo been made for an "Exposition Day" at tho annual fair of tho South Carolina Stato Agricultural and Mechanical Society, to bo hold in Columbia during tho month of October, and tho opportunity will at that timo ho presented to tho people of tho Stato to subscribo to tho full extent of thoir abil ity and disposition to tho capital stock of tho Exposition Company, Tho shares have been placed at $5 each, payable in installments upon tho call of tho board of directors, and as every industry In tho State and the people of every county are interested in the attraction of capi tal to South Carolina for investment and of intelligent and progressive pooplo in search of homes, it is thought that there will b? lt bboral subscription made dur ing the State Fair to tho stock of tho Exposition Company. Millions of dollars arc going out West ovory year for investment, and hundreds of thousands people in search of homes are arriving in this country ovory year. There is no reason why much of this capital ami many of these settlors cannot be brought to Sout h Carolina and tho South if the people who aro inter ested in tho improvement of our oppor tunities will make tho most of the ad vantages which will bo afforded by tho exposition at Charleston for tho full development of their resources. During tho Stato Kai at Columbia an important conference wll bc hold hy tho representatives of tho .?position Com pany with the cotton ill men of the state, nearly all ol' whom have signified their wish ?iud disposition to aid in making tho toxtilo feat uros of tho expo sition complete In every detail. South Carolina, which is to-day thc largest cot ton manufacturing Stato In the South, and tho second largest manufacturing Stale in the Union, ought to present a study In progress at the exposition which will impress the visitors to the exposi tion ami result in the extension of our commercial relations with tho countries of Sooth America and tho West Indies. During the month of October tho North Carolina State Frtlr will bo hold at Ral olgh, in thal State, and the Georgia Stato Fair will bo held in Atlanta. Arrange ments are being made for the full pre sentation of tho purposes of the great enterprise at Charleston to the cotton mil) men ol' North Carolina, willoh ranks second to this State in cotton mill devel opment and improvement, and of Geor gia, which is a good third in tho race for inanufactm ing supremacy. An opportu nity will bo presented tho manufacturers nf these two Slates to join in the textile ? x 11 i 11 i t at Charleston; and with these three-with Ibo Carolinas ?ind Georgia working together upon n dofiuite and well-eoiisidcrcd plan-tho great textile building ai Charleston will contain the liebest treasury Of manufactured cotton (nods that bas ever been presented. Gen. E. W. Moise, ol" Sumter, has been ippoilltod tho State Commissioner for south Carolina of tho Exposition Com )iiny, and will make a thorough canvass ?I this Stale in tho interest of the enter nisc. Ile will bo prepared to receive uibsei ipi ions to tho capital stock of the lotnpany and to answer questions as to he scope ol' tho exposition and its incal .ulable benefits to the people of South larolina, The progress of this state lui nu; tho past two decades has been vithout ;i parallel in tho history of any loitntry, and the exposition nt Charlos >iii will serve to emphasize this marvel ?us growth and to impress upon onpital sts and liome-sookors tho chances for 'lltlll'O development in a Stille whose iiidovolopod wealth has, with all our growth mid prosperity, scarcely yet been ? niched. Exposition Day. [With apologies to Tinned.! lo, woodsmen of the mountain side ! lb?, dwellers in tho vales! lo, yo wie? by the ('bating tide Have roughened in the gales! .ease hain and byre, leave kith and kin, And hearken to my lay - 'olunibi . lends ber summons out I'm (exposition Day ! rho stranger shuns your sunny land because be knows it liol ; nun forillo Holds neglected stand, Your barns and homesteads rot! live up your antiquated ways, And learn to advert I Se ; hallerton will tell you how it pays Charleston ls growing wise! ? ?me with I he (dot bes II pon your back, With wool hat, duster, grip; loii't stop ymir biggost trunk to pack Kol such au easy trip hit hasten to the ( 'apit al, So glorious and so gay, viul hoar Ibo Chiirlosloii fellows talk ( ?ii Exposition Day ! ines any falter'' Dot him know Thal li" one wins a prize- - I man. a Oitj, Ol' a Still 0 That dues liol advert ise. >, could we like Atlanta boom, And ill bei spii it work ; 'ballest?n would gel up from her lomb A nd lillSl le like a Turk ! Vhiil Stale cannot grow rich ?iud gieal Whose sons spread wide her fame'.' II bru;! i bas held ?I great big show Why ? ;iii'I we do the same? 'In n swell tho Exposition fund. And whoop it up with zeal - Ins show is Smith CaTina'sown, To bring bur wealth and weal. Ho, woodsmon of tho niouutnin-sidol Ho, dwellers 1? tho valos! Ho, yo who by tho roariug tldo Have roughoucd in tho gales I Como Hooking gayly to tho fair From forest, bill and bay, And loam what Charleston moans to do On Exposition Day I Womon Moot at Clomson. CLEMSON COLLKOK, Octobor 4.-With tho mooting of tho Woman's Missionary Sooioty havo como gontlo showers and tho woathor is dolightful. Tho mootiugs on yesterday wore dovotod to routine work and tho discussion of interesting topics whioh had beon previously as Bignod to tho BooiotioB of tho various churches. The reports show considera ble progross. Tho session la?t night was for tho pub lic and was interesting. Tho choir was full and tho music lino. Tho duet by Mrs. Lt. N. blackett and Miss Rosa Cal houn and tho solo by Miss Elllp Kavonoll woro excellent. Dr. J. Lowrio Wilson, of Abbovillo, dolivorod tho Hist nddroBS, basing his remarks on tho following passage from Ibo ?Songs of Solomon: "Who is sho that looketh forth as tho morning, fair as tho moon, clear as tho sun and terrible as an army with banners." Tho Interpreta tion, illustration and application woro jlear and beautiful and earnestly prc louted. Tho proaohor said this wits u life pichir? of the brido of Christ painted by hitnsolf as typical of tho church. Tho diurcli must look forth and movo for ward, working not BolHshly, but for dhers. Tho moon having no light of its 5WU roHoots the light of tho sun to tho lark part of tho oarth. Tho church hav ing no light of its own must stand in uieh attitude as to retied tho light of ?bo ?Son of Righteousness lo tho dark ode of tho world. Tho KIHI is eclipsed when the moon gets between it and the Mirth. Christ is hidden when the church ;>rctends to substituto forms for faith, ;roeds for charity. Tho moon is eclipsed tvhoi) tho earth comes bet ween it and tho um. The church loses its power when t becomes worldly. There must be no nixing of the affairs of the kingdom of ..od with tho affairs of tho kingdom of nen. Tho banners of tho army indicate he divisions, yet tho divisions make one iVholo. So wo have tho branches of the Ht ur ch of Christ-"Distinct as tho bil ows, yet ono as the sea." Hov. S. L. Wilson gave a history of the kVoman's Missionary Soeiety of tho South Carolina Presbytery, lt was or ganized on July I, 1000, at Anderson, S. J., six churches being represented. Mrs. i. N. blackett was made president ami Miss Sallie burgess secretary. There no now niuo societies, eight of which no represented at this meeting by nine lologatos. Mr. Wilson then spoke at ougth of tho great work that woman ?as done towards carrying the kingdom if Christ to tho heathen. After this ad Iress a collection was taken. Tho Voters Know Him. Thc Columbia Record says: Tho at empts of some papers to undermine Mc .alu in's strength so far before thu actual ?pening of tho Senatorial campaign of 002 is having tho off oct which might nive been expected, lt is provoking a eries of replies from newspapers of the itato which show that tho junior Sena or is not friendless and alone as his 10 trac to I'S would have had the public telieve. Tho Uocord has published what ho Abbeville Press and banner said on ho subject. Tho Yorkville Kmpiirer Iso published that editorial and made t tho text for the following remarks: "This has the ring of good, sound ouse. Senator Mc Lauri ll is one of the ow Representatives that this State has i ad ill Washington since tho war who onsidors right and the welfare of his icoplo above party oxpodionoy. All long ho has worked consistently and earlessly for South Carolina, ami about 11 the opposition thOl'O ever developed gainst him comes from small, tlisaf uotod, selfish snappers who are unable 0 appreciate true breadth and patriot mi in a real statesman. Thora aro thou ands of people who would like to have ho Senator's place for tho money and oner there arti in it, and Ulereare many rho really believe that they could roll er n groat sorvico to tho Sta to; hut in ur opinion there is not much proba Illly of a change. The voters of South 'arolina have loamed lots in the oonsid ration of Senator Mci,aluin's character nd ability, and there will bo timo dur lg the next two years to learn a great cal more." A Black Affair. The stato Republican Convention held 1 Columbia this wook puts tho negro on >p in South Carolina Republican poli es. This is no moro than common jos ee. The negro in this State has been 110 political dupe of white olllco seekers mg enough to satisfy him that it has eon all wauk ?ind no pay to him. The mntry very well understands that this looting at Columbia was morely a scram le to show who will bo entitled to the .aves and lishes v li iel i Mr. McKinley opes to bo able to throw mit in tho 111 rsc of a second term which seem now Sry certain to bo denied him. Tho hilt; delegates to this convention were totally overwhelmed by tho black tide. was a preconcerted, well laid scheme ad Worked easy enough. There wore joni twolvo white delegates in the coll udion and one hundred and fifty ?groes. bob Smalls, of beaufort, a minant of tho old regime, wanted to ?ike a light all along the line and put it. a Statt? Uckoti This wais voted down iii piece of folly, and the convention mtonted itself w ith nominating a list McKinley electors, naming J, W. Tot al, of Ninety Six, as the candidate for OCtor from this, the Third District. Olio of tho delegates, Sherman .lotion, tun Aiken, hada convulsion or soino ling liku lt Ott tho floor of the conven on when he discovered Ken Tillman's clure hanging on the wall. Put the alsation of tlio day was tho routing of . A. Webster, white, from tho chair anship of tho Slide Kxeeutivo Com ittOO by Deas, Colored, iiml the defeat ' Wheeler, another white man, hy malls in the race for vita; chairman. If r. McKinley is re-elcc(od il is reason ?lo lo suppose that this negro Deas will I tho chief counsellor Ol the President South Carolina for tho division of io spoils and if McKinley continuos in lice it is safe lo predict negro domina on in this State if in no other for at iist four yoai'S. This docs not alford neb promise of building up (lit; g. o. p. the Palmetto State. Anderson Daily ail, October Olli. l p to Tuesday of last week 172 stu .nts hftVO been enrolled in Wo?Toi'?l Col go proper ami 50 in tho Kitting School, aking a total of 222, TEXAS FEVCH AND TICKS. Tho Losses In this Stato from thoso Diseases Amounted to 910,000. Two wooka ago wo bad occasion to mont ion tbo iosB of~ several cow? from "Toxas fovor." It gooran tbat tbo dia oaBO baB also appoarod in otbor counties. Mr. ('bas. Potty, editor of tbo Spartan burg Ilorald, roooutly wroto to Prof. G. E. Nosoin, of Clemson Collogo, about tbe loss of oattlo in tbat and adjoining coun ties. Prof. Nesoni ropbod as follows: OliVMSON COI.I.EOK, Sept. 28, 1900. Mr. diarios Potty, Sparenburg-Doar Sir: I am in rccoipt of your lutter boer ing rocout dato, and requesting au artielp on Texas fovor lu oattlo. Replying, will say you could not bavo oboBon a subjoot of groator importnnco at tho prosont timo to cattlemen in tbo Piedmont sec tion of tbis Stato. It is important for. two reasons. In the fi rut place, it causes serious monetary losses to persons who buy and herd cattle for brooding pur poses. While I bavo not tho doflnito figures in band, I am of tbo opinion tbat tbo losses in this Stato Inst year from tbis disenso alono nggrogatod something noar $10,000. Secondly, Soulbern cnttlo shippers ni e quarantined out of nil North ern markets because Southern cattlo onrry this disenso to Northoru stock yards, wintro sorious losses result. Nonrly all shipments from this section go to Chnrloston, Norfolk and Richmond, which aro by no moans tho lnrgost or best markets to bo found. North Caro lina is vory activo in scouring the rel?ase of much of that State from government quarantine and extending the State quar antine against torritory lying further south. Unless South Carolina takes hold of this problem in a business way and gets control of tho conditions which pro pagate Texas fever, our cnttlo may soon be denied admission to nil desirable mar kets north bf tho State lino. All of these things militate against success fill and profitable stock raising, except for immediate homo demands. This disease is now genorally known as "Texns fovor," because first noted ns being produced in tho North by cnttlo shipped from Texns. W li Oil occurring in Northern cattlo shipped South it is called "acclimation fovor," "splenicor splenetic fever," "Southern cattle fever," "bloody murrain," "tick fever" and many other local appellations. Of OOUt'SO "cow doc tors" call it "hollow horn," "big gall," "iinfaction," otc. Texas fovor has been recognized ns a vory fatal disease in some parts of tho world for nearly a century, lt is said , that when John C. Calhoun lived on the Fort Hill estato cattlo purchased from tho mountains wore never driven down until winter, for fear thoy would die of "mountain tl is tem per." Hut the truo character of the disease was not fully studied out until the estab lishment of the bureau of animal indus- , try at. Washington. Several of the State experiment stations and many stock owners have co-operated with this bureau and tho facts developed make the , disease about as well understood as mala , ria in man. To make a long story short, nil cattle raised in the Southern States, where cattle ticks are common, acquire immunity from tho fovor whou young ?ind so never bavo it any more. Cnttlo raised in tho North or nnywhoro else ; where there aro no ticks never contract | tho disease until brought into contact i with ticks, lt is patent to overyone that many diseases do not hurt children, but iftnn provo fatal to grown people, ns, | For oxamplo, monal OS. Now, Texns fever , icorns to he an oxtromo in this partiou- > lar, sineo a calf may get covered \. ?tb ticks, have a light case of fever, recover, i ind acquire immunity from it thereafter without tho owner oven noticing it, while if over a yoar old they sillier very ill nob, and in adult cattle the death rate ?a possibly 75 to Ot) per cent. The real cause of the disease is a very minuto organism (Protozoan) which in cests tho red blood cells and destroys ,hom. lt is gotten only through tho bite if the common cattle tick (Boopbilis ?0via.) No ticks, no Texas fever, is an ixiom worth remembering. Where ticks no common every year and cattlo aro 'full of 'em" ?it all times the calves bo 10mo immune and only au occasional mao of "murrain" is reported. If care ully studied the above facts lead to two toiiclnalona: First, if oattlo bavo grown ip free from ticks, they must, bo kept reft from them or else have Texas fever, tocond, if raised where ticks are common ,hey may be pastured anywhere, as they ire no longer subject to this fever. Since the passage of the stock law in iouth Carolina ticks have entirely disap icai'fld in a great part of the Piedmont (.clion, hut aro nearly always to ho Olllld in feeding pons where cattlo are nought ill from many farms and turned Ogotlior. Ono cow with licks may infest i whole pasture with them. Tho full icks drop olY, lay eggs, thoso lintel) seed loka, which get on the other cattle, and ho non-imtnunes soon develop the beaded Texas fever. Anyone can readily OCOglli/.O this disease after seeing a few lases. A common beginning is to go town to look after the herd in the even ng and find an animal missing. After a onroll it is found obscure corner, staini ng or lying in tho shade, looks droopy, nra Hopped down, not chewing, nose I ry, high fever, quick pulse, rapid neat liing and hack arched. Inspection hen reveals maybe a few full ticks about he Hanks and udder, but most, of them nil be small. If urination is noticed he urine is seen to ho deeply tinged with ilooil color and may be almost black, 'he animal may appear full and grunt rom time to time. As the symptoms lOeomo moro intenso staggering is ol iced, some even going around in a ireh . Then the legs seem beyond con loi, ibo cow falls, groans, seems to snf ur (;real pam, often followed hy convul lotiS, bellowing, and death ill great gony. If the dead animal be post-mor limed tho lesions aro easily seen. The loud is watery, the Moah pale and tho nt on the intestines yellowish. The vcr is congested, and instead of being rown is yellow, and the gall bladder i distended with a large, quantity of ile. The spleen (mell ) is much swollen, I most black ?md friable (rotten.) Tho ladder is generally more or less filled rilli UliUO almost as red as blood. Tho llcmctly. In general Hie best, remedy is to make ,ar on the ticks, hut this does not Apply inless lhere is a reasonable hope of get mg rid of them in tho whole community, ibout the most convenient way to kill hem is to apply with a paint bruah a hin coat of cotton seed oil . the parts here the ticks can be seen. A coat, of il on a tick's back kills him in a short ihilo. Hand picking, currying and urea ional doses of sulphur have been used rilli success. When a case of the dis ase has developed give at once a dose lade of ono pound Kpsom salts, half \ iham powdorod mix v?mica and half drain quinine, dissolved in a quart of wator. Drouoh by tho mouth. Thou give tinco timos a day a powder uiado of four ounces sodium sulphate and thirty grains quinine, to which add twenty drops tincture ac?nito root. Koop tho animal in a cool plaoo, givo plenty fresh water and a little soft or groon food. Extensivo experiments in Texas and Missouri show that cattle may bo inocu lated so as to provont their having this discaso. Preparations aro beiugmado to inoculate a lot of cattle at CloniBon Col lego nod then expose thom to tho ticks and soo if this remedy is a success. Stock buyers should always koop tiok froo and tick- infested cattle separate. C. E. NKSOM, stato Veterinarian, - ----- . ?- -- Uiver Ovor Fifty Milos Wido. TAMPICO, MUX., October 7.-Tho Panuco and Tames rivers, which empty into tho Gulf at this place, aro on ono of tho biggest risos in their history and groat damage has been wrought by tho Hoods in tho populated and cultivated valleys above here. At ono point, near Chila station, on the line of tho Mexican Central Railroad, tho Tames River is over fifty miles wide and has swept to destruction hundreds of houses occupied by Mexican farmers and laborers. Many cases of drowning arc reported. All tho tributaries of these rivers in the southern and eastern pails of tho State of San Luis Potosi aro out of their banks and have washed away whole villages and ruined thousands of acres of growing crops. Mob only Wanted a Negro. Coi.UM Ul A, October 4.-Willie Wilson, a negro, was brought hero to-night from Orangeburg by Vf, II. Dukes, deputy sherill of Orangeburg, lt was roportod to the Oovornor thal an attempt lo lynch him would be made. Wilson is tho negro who drove into J. II. W. Ilydrick's vehi cle Sunday. Ilydrick has sincodiod from the offools of the collision, and his wifo is badly hui t. It is said tho negro was drunk. Ilydrick has boon a member of tho General Assembly. His brothel' is now Senator from Spartanburg. At 12 o'clock to-night :!(M) armed men onlored Orangeburg and mot and searched tho Southern train eu ronlo to Columbia for Wilson. Tho party wouldn't bclievo thc man had been sent to the penitentiary on tho ('oast Lino via Sumtor in tho early evening, and insisted on searching tho jail. Authorities proposed that a committee from tho mob, unarmed, search tho jail. Tho mob insisted that the whole crowd should bo admitted, armed, hulas there were two negroes under sen lenco of death in tho cells, tho Sheriff demurred. Trouble was averted hy Dr. Ilydrick, brother of tho deceased, he assuring tho dowd that Wilson bad been taken away. As lb yam Advised. The premature light being made on Senator Mcl.aurin is causing his friends to speak out in his boll alf, Por instance, tho Abbeville Press and banner this week says: "Senator Mobauriu's sinning, wo bo lieve, consisted in adhering to bryan's expressed opinion that the Paris treaty of peace should be ratified. "This newspaper agroos with bryan in that opinion, though differing from him in other matters. Senator Mci,auria, wo presume, voted for the rat! float ion from conviction. At any rate, ho did not favor i browing away tim valuable islands which we had acquited. Ho did not want tho government, to dishonor tho soldiers who won such glorious victory, Ho to<d? the proper view of tho whole situation and voted for the righi re gardless of what his political enemies [bought. "Holloving that Mc Lau ria acted bravely and lightly ill tho ratification of he Paris treaty, this newspaper expects to support bim against the Hold in the next emotion. Wo know very little as to tis strength or his popularity, hut wo believe thal a majority of the people "aver expansion and that, they will stand ,0 tho man who has tho courage to vote for the rieht and face thc unjust clamor which was raised against him at the time. ICxpansion is good Democratic doctrine. The Democrats have annexed all the ori'llory which this country bas acquired ixcopt Alaska and the islands which wo ook from Spain. There is neither sense mr reason in Democrats throwing away he best work of tho Republicans, and I bryan was elected he would not favor ?o foolish a proposition.'' That strikes Thc Record as a fair and conservative cst!mate of tho situation. I is not known yet who will bo Me ,aurin's oppo lout or opponents, but vhoii tho expansion question is thor nighty discussed, the junior Senator may >0 expected to take goodjeare of his end ?f tho debate. When the issue is thor Highly presented and a vote taken, it viii be found that a majority of tho )omocrats of this state favor sticking to ho good old Democratic doctrine ol* ex clusion.- -( 'ol um bia Record, October -Dh, Result of Atlanta's City Election, Ari ANIA, October lt. -Major Living don Minis was elected yesterday to BUD iced Mayor .lames O. Woodward, whose erm expires January I, 'Plie raco bo wfell Minis ami Rici; was close and ex it ?nu. The strongest, feeling prevailed hroUghoul the entire Campaign, There vas a total of 7,022 votes cast, of willoh dims got ..'.?'?lo and Rico 2,182, giving dims a plurality of lf?8. Rou lol I was lofealod for re-election to council, ba bille, Lewis, Pierce ami Garrott, labor candidatos, wer?- all successful. This year the peach crop in the louth far surpassed anything the Mint h has seen in many years. On account of the Annual Meeting of he Mississippi Valley Medical Associa ted at Asheville, N. C., October Mil d Ith, 1)00, the Southern Railway will sell ,,nnil lri]> tickots from all stations on ts lines lo Asheville and return. Tickots rill he sold October (Uh to Dib inclusive, nih liual limit October 15th, 1000, An xcollonl opportunity to visit the fatu ms "Land of ihe sky." On account of tho National Conven ion ol' the. Christian Chu roll, Kansas Illy, Mo., october I2th-I0th, 1000, the linbern Railway will sell round trip ii kc's io Kansas City and return from ll points on its lines at the rate of one ?isl class (are for the. round trip, plus I. Tickets will 1)0 sold October Stil, ih and Heh, with lina! return limit. Oe.? ober 2?kl, 1000, inclusive. Persons at ion coup ?n slat ions will kindly notify lu ticket agents several days in advance f their contemplated departure In ardor h H he may supply himself with propor orin of tickets. I'm detailed information relative to ales, schedules, reserva!ions, etc., call n or address any agent of tho Southern tailway or Its connections, s, ii. HARDWICK, A. <;. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. Welford CellegO has opened under the nost auspicious sui foundings and with ho largest attendance in its history, unong thc number of students are eight ming ladies who will take the full ourse of studios, COOK ROASTS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. A Confederate Soldier In the Poor House-A Word About tho Dude Factory. KOUT MADISON, S. 0., Ootobor 9. McBBra. Editors : We notioo io your paper of October 8d a short com munication, headed "In the Poor House," and signed "Old Soldier." Tho writer is not un old soldier, but has a tender feeling for them. There fore, enclosed you will find ono dol lar for tho old soldier in tho poor bouse. Wo think tho writer of tho abovo mentioned article wan a little mis taken when ho said "It's a disgrace to Oooneo county and the remaining old soldiors." Now a majority of tho old soldiers did not know any thing about thin partioular case ; therefore they aro not to blame, nei ther do wo think tho county is to blame. Wo have an idea that it is a disgraoe to our State, and tho shaine and blamo is on tho Legislature. We have been told that it is usually thc case that when our Legislature meets in annual session, and they got their Committco on Appropriations arranged, that they send for the pre sident of tho Stato's dude factory ; bring him boforo the committoo simply to ask him how much money he wants to run his factory. Not how much ho needs, but how much he wants. The president naturally thinks that they will give him about half what he asks for. So he will hand in his hill for about twice as much as he really needs. None of thc members seem to have thc cour age to undertake to reduce the bill, and so he gets all ho asks for, and tho amount is from sixty to seventy thousand dollars annually. When they happen to need a clerk in Home of those oiliees at Columbia they will go up to this dudo factory and pick up a little ox-jawed dude who never did a hard day's work in his life, or earned an honest dollar, and put him in the ofiice to do a lit tle writing for them, and pay him, or have tho people to pay him, from twelve to eighteen hundred dollars per year, or &150 per month, when at thc same time there are a lot of boys in Oconee county who aro fully competent to do the work who would bo glad to get the job at fifty dollars per month. On the other hand we see thc old, gray-haired soldier, who is broken down in health, who fought the battles of our country, who laid upon the battle-fields and suffered, bled and starved in defence of a righteous cause. Wc see him como limping up to the pension ellice of our State, on ono leg, and draw thc pitiful little sum of four dollars per month, and if he has not lost any of his limbs, it don't matter how many times he has been wounded, he only draws one dollar per month, and has to sware and furnish proof that ho is not ablo to make a sup port for himself before he can get that. It does scorn to me that our Legislature could do better than this. They should tako some of thc unnecessary money which is paid in to those dudo factories to educate the rich men's children, and put it on tho pensions of the old soldiers of our State. Hut they will proba bly never do any better so long as policy overbalances tho brain and courage of our Legislature members. J. A. COOK. Chained thc Train Fast to tho Track. NlCWnwiKY, October 0.-To-day Sheriff lidford served an execution on tho Southern Railway in the case of It. It. Milam, of Clinton. Mr. Milam sued tho railroad about three years ago for damage on a carload of horses and got judgment. Thc dam ages, costs, otc, amounted to $428. Tho sheriff levied on freight train No. 862, going west, and locked it to thc track. Sheriff Buford extended Iho railroad lill courtesies possible in thc discharge of his duty, by permit Ling them to do all their shifting, ato., before levying. About four hours later thc damages were paid l\nd the train released. Tho Executive Mansion. The following is from the Green ville Mountaineer : "The Columbia Record upsets a pathetic story w hich has found ils way into tho Ladies' Home Journal, :>no of tho most widely circulated publications in tho country and thc itory is based almost entirely upon imagination, with only hore and Lhere a fact of history. The Record s not Strictly correct in its state nonts, however, willi regard to tho milding now known as the Execu tive Mansion. Thc South Carolina Military Academy was composed of ,hc "Citadel" located in Charleston md thc "Arsenal" in Columbia. Tho \rsonal was a preparatory school or tho Citadel, and thc Kx oe uti ve Mansion was one of thc buildings (sod for this preparatory school, hough differently arranged at that ,ime, and was remodeled for its ?resent purpose. South Carolina lever owned an Executive Mansion n the olden days, as the (lovernors vere not expected to reside in Co ombia except during thc sessions >f the Legislature, and they were isttally men of large fortunes who .esided on their plantations, in the owor section of the State. In Radi? ;al times the "Arsenal" was con certed into au official residence for ,ho Child' Magistrate, who was then R. K. Scott, but ho waa tho only ono of tho rogimo who used it. Tho gay and foBtive Mosos livod during a part of/his term at what was for merly known as tho Proston man sion, now tho "College for Women," on Blanding Btroot. Mr. Dauiol II. Chamberlain ?lived in his own houeo not far from the Executive Mansion on Areoual hill. Governor Hamp ton did not ocoupy tho oflioinl resi dence during his term of oftice, and it was not used again until after oxtensivo repairs woro mado when Gen. Johnson Hagood becamo tho Chief Exooutivo of tho State." A Card (rom W. S. Prichard. Messrs. Editors : Through your columns I desire to say to tho peo ple of Oconoo county th'it I am thankful for tho voto which they gavo mo in the recent primary. Dur ing the campaign I mado many new acquaintances. It gives mo pleas ure to think of thom, many of thom so kindly sharing me their hospitali ties. To those who votod for others wo trust your efforts will prove wis dom, and that our board will prove what is anticipated in the improve ment of our county government. Very respectfully, W. S. PltlOHAKD. October 9, 1000. Til?n, n Pilos*7 Pitchfork. A special dispatch to tho Philadel phia Press from Carrollton, 111., said : One of the statements with which Senator Bemjarain li. Tillman, ol South Carolina, opened tho campaign in a Democratic mass meeting herc recently was his bold assertion that Mark Hanna had raised $?,,000,()U(J or $3,000,000 from the armor plate makers and was using it in the cam paign. "There are two concerns in thc country which make this armor plate -Carnegie and thc Bethlehem," lu said. "We had a contract on Willoi wo bad been holding them five years We had boon keeping them down tc $300 a ton. This yearv on tho las day of tho session of Congress, Marl lianna took charge of it. Ile wen in and ordered his henchman to give orders to tho Secretary of Navy t< make a contract for armor plate a what ho saw fit. I'll swear tba Mark Hanna, to tho best of my be lief and knowledge, had an agree mont with those two firms to giv him $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 for tin Presidential campaign." The pitchfork Senator conclude? that, in pursuance of Lincoln's wai time policy, the South bad had 10, 000,000 "niggers" turned over to i to shoot and kill, and that now tb country was getting 10,000,000 mor for the North to shoot and kill. An Irish Judge. Lord Morris, always a wit, an now a distinguished Judge, conic from Galway, an1 boa never lost th mellifluous brot ol West of Ire land folk. This characteristic make the groundwork of a story which t!i London Telegraph tells of him. One day Lord Morris was sittin at tho Four Courts as Lord Chi? Justic.o of Ireland, when a youn barrister from the North ros?' no vously to make his first motion. Tl Judge had declared that no bl listening to himself would ever tal him for anything but an Irishmn which was perfectly correct. Bl Galway could not understand Ai trim. Tho Lord Chief Justice leane over to ask tho Associate where tl barrister hailed from. "County Antrim," was the r spouse. Then asked his Lordship of tl oflicial : "Did ye iver como aero such a frightful aecint in tho cour of yor loifo ?" At another time it foll to his I lo hear a case at Coleraine, in whit damages were claimed from a vet ri nary surgeon for having poison n valuable horse. The issue cl pended upon whether a certain nut ber of grains of a particular dri could be safely administered to t animal. The dispensary dod proved that he had often given cig grains to a man, from which it w lo be inferred that twelve fora hoi was not excessive. "Never mind vcr eight grui doethor," said the Judge. "Wo know that some poisons are cnn Inti VG in effect, and ye may go tho edge of ruin with impunity. I loll me this : The twelve! grain. wouldn't they kill the tl i vii hims if ho swallowed thom ?" Tho doctor war annoyed and po pously replied : "I don't know, i ord; I never had him for a palien From tho hench came tho answi 'An, no, doethor, ye uiver li nero's tho pily ! The old hbo itill aloive." A Minister Suicides. JASN?K, TUNN., October 0.---lt ll. I. Frittle, a Cumberland Pro? terian minister, committed suie ibis morning in the Presbyter '.burch by banging himself with boll rope. Despondency owing tho lack of work is supposed to lu boen thc cause. Dor Mother was Married. Caller : "I should like to see y nother if she isn't engaged." Flossie (aged live): "Fngag< Why, mamma's been married e linee I know her !" MR. A. C. MERRICK NOMINATED for Congress by the Republicans ol the Third Congressional District. Tho ltopublloun Third Congressional Diatrlot Couvoutton was hold boro yes terday. The convention dooided to put a candidato iu tho flold for Congress and A. C. Morrtok, of Walhalla, was nomi nated by tho convention as the Republi can nominee from tho Third Diatrlot. At 6 o'clock yesterday aftornoon tho dolotfatos from tho various couutios in tho district nssomblod at tho Entorprlso colored storo uoar tho publio square. Thoro wore present full dologatiom? from afi tho counties. Anderson was ropre soutcd by niuo doJogatcs, Greenwood sont four, Nowborry five, Abbovlllo nine, Oconco tinco and PiokouB throe, making a total of twonty-nino. Anderson, of Greenwood, was cleotod Chair mau of tho Convention and ti. 13. Churchwoll, col ored, of this city was made Seoretary. J. W. Tolbert, of Greenwood, was ro oloeled Chairman of tho Third Congres sional District ExccutivoCommittco and oach county was reprosontod on tho Ex eoutivo Comndttoo, elected nB follows: A. H. Harton, Piokous; A. C. Merrick, Ooo nco; J. S. Adams, Anderson; A. P. But ler, Newberry: .LS Lomax, Greenwood, and Alfred Allison, Abbovlllo. Tho con vention lasted about threo hours and was a quick affair with only eight or ton present in addition to tho regular dolo gatos, After tho convention adjourned tho Executive Committee ,M?t i" executivo session, lt is understood tbab tho com mitteemen decided to inaugurate an ac tive campaign in ovory county in tho dis trict-Anderson Daily Mail, October (3th. Bumed at tho Stake THKNTON, N. J., October G.-Eddio Mcbride, olovon years old, was barned to (loath at the stake hy the hands of his playmates. After school ho played with several companions drer: od as Indian. Their part of tho gamo was to let him escape from the other lads who Imper sonated savages of a tribe guarding tho prisoner in a big opon lot, tho scene of the fun which proved a sad tragedy. The youngsters out ropes and bound him and started from tho mock Indians village They Hun}; him to the ground and tied him ton stake, and against him piled wood and lighted it. Tho Hames gained loo muoh headway. Tho hoya tried lo pul it out and throw what they supposed was water on McBrido, but it proved to be gasoline. Tho Hames sprang highor with a roar, and tho boys hoing seared ran away. Passors-by heard tho yells and cut tho boy loose, hut. lie was half roasted and unconscious, and died before he reached tho hospital. Train is Wrecked. Rino KI.A\n, S. C., October :>.-Kngin oer A. C. doodling, white, Eiroman Harvey Tompson and Uroakman Don White, both colored, wore killed in a wreck on the Charleston and .Savannah railroad Tuesday. A freight train running as extra .*II7 had just pulled out of tho bul ow spur t rack on the main line, when tho ongiue and several ears ju urned tho track and tumbled down an embankment, killing Lho three mon. '1'hoy wore killed in stantly. Conductor Sy mines, who was in oh argo i)f the t rain, and tho other membors of Lite crew escaped without injury. Republican Stale Convention. At the Republican Stato Convention held in Columbia last, Wednesday ovon ihg tho white leaders in tho Stato woro ?ivoil rear seats. Deas, a nogro, was dootod chairman of the Stato Commit iee, and (?en. Hebert Smalls vico chair nan. Chairman Deas nominated Dr. (hum md h. VV. C. lihtlock as the two electors it |argo. 'I'lioy were elected unani mously. Thc other electors were nomi nated as follows : birst District, Qoorgo Holmes, Beau fort; Second District, T. A. Odom, EdgO Hold; Third District, J, W. Tolbert, Ninety-six; Koort h District, II. II. Pol lorn, (white); Ki ft h District. R. 1?. Rob ots, Cherokee: Sixth District, M. K. Holloway, Marion; Seventh District, Qoorgo NV, Murray, Sumter. The platform was unanimously ad >ptod, though ono mau wanted some thing said ahout lynch law. Dickerson said that in tho spring tho convention had spoken on the subject md tho re bad boon no lynchings sinco. G Lint, of Chi c. lesion, ottered tho fol lowing: X "We, tho Ropublicons of South Caro ma, in convention assembled, recogni/.o the necessity ol' unification and solidified jfforts along all lines; and "Whereas, lim Rev. W. W. beckett has 1)001) nominated as candidate of tho Re imbllean parly of tho First District to ibo Fifty-seventh Congross, that district laving been conceded to the Repu bl l .ans by tho Democratic party; there ore, he it "Resolved. That wo heartily endorso he nomination of the Rov. W. W. Reck .lt and would urgO each and every mom ?er of thc Republican party of the First District to glvo him their loyal and sili cic support in his struggle for justico md li bolly and doCoilSO of tho princi ples nf Republicanism." Tlieso resolutions, alter some vigorous monchos, were adopted. Dickerson wanted a few words sent to tho people of the North. Ho saut tomo colored man North has said that Republican success nu ant no moro than D?mocratie success. In the North tboy tad none to the D?mocratie party. All hese bad been sent back to the Kopuh iOnnparty by tho race trouble recently n New Voik. No would advise thom o gi to McKinley, Rrynil represented a .eitain class ol men in this State, from IV 11 Oin they had not bing to expect. Those who weiro iii tho North should vole for McKinley. .Tho commitloo on nominations then epmted ns follows through Gen. Smalls: ''Tho comndttoo on nominations for a ?date ticket lie;j leave to report that they iavoconsidered tho expediency of pino ng a Stato ticket in the Hold, ?ind, after laroful consid?rai ion. they are iinaiii noitsly of the opinion thal it would bo inpracticable and inadvisable al. this ?meto malo; nominations for State oui ?orsin view ol' Ibo fad Ilia?, tho present in just ami unfair registration ami oloo ionlaws practically disfranchises niuo enlim of tho Ropuhlloan votors of this Rato." - ' - < . M--. Killing in Abbovlllo County. S.A. McIntosh instantly killed (}. McKinney Thursday night near Mor Icaux, in Abbeville county, .lack Mas cell, colored, is charged with aiding and (belting McIntosh. The trouble seems o have boen precipitated by McIntosh iodising n son of t lie man who was killed if stealing some cotton. Tho ovidonco li the coroner's inquosl showed that a ionhovorsy look place bel ween McKin ley ami McIntosh over the alleged steal hg, and Hu formor o gored to put his ?on on the chningnng if ono witness .mild he produced to swear that ho was milly of tbetheft. |J].ibis McIntosh aid no, this will settle it better, and 0voling Ids pistol Iii od. Ibo ball entor na Me Kinney's mouth. McKinney, tho load man, is said to have been a pros lorous and peaceable citizen. Tho stayer >f McKinney is well educated and weal hy and was a Confederate soldier. Me lltosh killed a man some yon I'S ago. was mind guilty of manslaughter, and waa lardoued bj Tillman or LSvans. Ho is a linsnmn of Tillman.