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^ A 4 i#5'^ ii & ^ A A ^ ^ A ^ % %} if* fg &, /3f ||% A JT^T4V^1r^ A il ^ Jm $111111 if? 1 ^HH ^r Jiyi $^<0 l! ^ Hi In w w^% i ii is ii |/!i Hi' 1W w l tail Ml ' I i 111 II ij if V ii 11 1 in VOL. LIT. WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897. NO. 5. l 71 r,r>r\70*T AT? C ' V rv T*' C '< | EEROlbji ur: jl?A V ib j Hk preferreddeath ratherthan j the betrayal. of a friend. Pp.7 Could Hj*v? S?v*d IJ's L'Jf "5V!th Or:? I i *iut He to Sppsk It! i When 3t^ai:r?: >tt Foot of the Oai- j low.'*. The bust of Sam J avis, the Con fed erste hero ~ho tret d".ath on the rearjgjpt fo.Id at Pulaski, Tenn., tn sove the !ife ||jPl|||? a comrade. is or;e of the best pieces sculpture lathe Nashville psr'.ho jjjjyr ";on. It is the vrork of George Julian Z ;]c2j, is heroic in size, noble in conception ana absolutely true to the original. Joshua Srown, no?7 r>f New York city, who belonged to the Second Kentucky cavalry of the Confederate a* my and was a fello^r scont with Q-.rr,,-.0i r>3x-.*c in* fhriHi>'?r and a^cful story of his fa:e ia aa article in the Veteran: Gee. Brags had sent us, a few rr.cn who Irnew the country, into middle Tennessee, to get all the information pc.-ssihl< ccncfrnins: the movements of the Federal army, to find out if it was moving from Nashville and Corfer inth to reinforce Chattanooga, "wo ^r"re t0 ^P02"- Col. Shaw or Capt. |P Coleman, who commanded Colman's ^ scouts. We were to go south to Depp.mr and send our resorts by courier line to Oeii. r-?gz at Missionary Itdge. When we received our orders we were told that the duty vras very dangerous, and that they did not ex p>*et but few of us to return; ibat we would probably be captured orkiiied, and we were cautioned against ex pesiz ? ourselves unnecessarily. After we bad been in Tennessee ai>cut ten days, we watched the Six , teenth army corps, commanded by r G^-n. Doc ge, move up from Corinth TC if uissici, w e agrees \m?i. we w>juju s l ire for the south oil Friday, the 19ih of November, 1863. A uumber had i been captured and several, kiiied. We j were to star: that night, *ach man for I h.mself; each man had his own infer- \ mation, but I did not write it down cr j xrake any memorandum of it for fear j of beinjr captured. I had counted a! j mcst every regiment and all the artii-j ]f-ry in the Sixteenth corps, and 'ound ? cut that they were moving on Ohitta jj V ncoga. Liter in the afternoon we \ siar:ea our, aso. ran zn?.u uu= Seventh. Kansas cavalry, kno?rn as the "Kansas Jayhawkers," and when were told that regiment bad cap. tured us we thought cur time had come. We were taken to Pulaski, atxiut fifteen miles away, snd put into jaiJ, vliere several other prisoners had teen ser-r, asd among them was Sam I Davis, I talked with him over our prospects of imprisonment snd escape, which were very gloomy. Divis said they had searched him that day and found some pipers upon him, and that he had been taken to Gen. Dodge s j head a utters. They a]so found in his j 9 > -<" ' > - > *-x; I sacaie se<? roapssno. uescripuycs uj >. a the for tiScations at Nashville and ] p other? points, and an e^act report of ? |bw the Federal arasy in Tennessee. They J Baft fauad in his boot a letter, wftb. other I ||||||L^pers, which was intended for Gen. 5 jPplfiasis was taken to Gen. Dodge's 1 ^^^^dquarters, and this is what took s ^pi^,3^ace between thern which Gen. | P* Dodge told me recently: . 'T took him to my private office," j I saici General Docgo, "and I told him \ W" it ^s.s a very serious charge brought against him; that ha was a spy, and from -what i found upon his person, he had accurate information in regard to roy army, and I must know where he obtained it. I toll him he was a young man and did not sesm to realize the danger he was ir. Up to thst time he said nothing, hut then he replied in a most respectful manner: " 'General Dodge, I know the can^ ^ ?? ? /vii.,-.*'A.V, T a ui iuy kill Aiiu i au rt : to rake the consequences.' '"I asked him teen to give tbe name | c? the person from whom he got the : information: that I kne^ it must fcej some one near headquarters vrho had j given him the plans oI the federal j army. He replied: "M know that I will have to die, j but I will not teli where I got the in j formation, and there is no power on \ earth that can make ms tell. You | are doing your duty ss a soldier, and } I am doing mine._ I? I have to die, I j co so'eeliss: that i am doing my duty * to God and my country.' 4*I pleaded with, him"and urred him 5 with all the power I possessed to give \ me some chance to save his life, fc-r If discovered that he wss a most admir- i able yonag fellow, with the highest > character and strictest integrity. He j then said: 'it is useless to talk to? ? me. I do not intend to do it. You can court mania! me, but I will not betray the trust reposed in me.' "He thanked me 'or the interest I i hcd taken in him, and I sent him b^ck to prison. I immediately called a court \ martial to try him." The night before he -was harg?d he ] wrote the following letter to his moth-! er asd father: "Pulaski, Giles County, Term.. 1 Nov. 26, 1S63?Dear Mother: Oh. ? how painful it Is to write to jou. I| have got to die tomorrow morning? \ to be hasged by the federals. Mother, j do ret grieve for me. I must bid you ! ?>ood bTP for p.Tf-rmcre. Mother. I do not fear to die. Give my love to all. j Your Sen, Lja Samuel Da?i-. p|L ''Mother, tell the children ail to be gccd. X wish I covld :>se you all cnce but 1 -will sevtr any more, and father, do nr-l forget me. i ^pe^xnink of me when I am dead, but do lip' not grieve for me It will not do any Y gecd. Fatter, jcu can send after my remains, if you want to do so. They : will be at Pulaski. Teen. I -prill leave some things, too, with the hotel keeper /or you. Pulaski is in Giles ccuaty, Term., Scutk cf Columbia. 3. D. ? ^.?? After his sentence he ttss put into a j cell in. the jail and v:e uiet no: See soy- j w thing of him until Ihursd&v morning, | the day before the execution. v?e; ( -were ordered to get rescJy, ss >rc v-ere \ gcins: to be removed to :hc court j house on the public square, about ore j hucdrfd ft-et from the iaii. D.-.vis was ; handcuffed and vras brought la j isi 2s we were earizg breakfast. I gnve him a piece of meat that I had b?en . cockinr, and he, beinp: handeutfed, w was comtelied to eat, it with both hsr.ds. He '.hanked me and we all bade him gocd-bje acd were sera to & the court house, and the guard was | doubled. ucac ? r.uav, v? vcm ber 27, at 10 o'clock, vre ;ieard the diums and a regiment cf infantry marching uovrn to the jail, and a vragon. with a ccilln in it was driven up, and the provost marshal Trent into tb.e j jail and Drought Davis out. He get j into the dragon ana stood up acd locked around at the court house, and s?firis: us at the ^:n<:ovr, bowed to us cis Jast 'arevceii. ne arosse:: :r. a dark 'crown overcoat, vi'h z cape to it. ^hich had been s. b;-:e Federal cost, such as many of us bad captur td and then cved broxr;. I cote this brcausa it has been slated that ho ?.*a> dressed in citzien's clothes. I do not remember ex^c'ly, i;ut I thisk he had on a eray jacket underneath. He then sat down upon his coffin, and -i -* j. 1 J -a i. ir.e regiment mr;vtu lu aw suuurus. of the town, where the gallo ns was tuiit Upon reaching th* gallons he got cut of the v^ort and took bis seat oa a bench under a tree. He asked Cant. Armstrong hew Ion? he had to iivr*. He replic-d: Fifteen minutes." He then asked Capt. Armstrong the news. He tola him of the battle of Missionary Ridge and that our army had bsen defeated. He expressed much regret and said: "The bojs will have to Sgbt frith out me." Armstrong ssid: '"I regret very rnuch having to do this; I fee) that I would almost rather die rnyseJf than to.de what I have to do."' I)?, vis repJied: "i do cot laixiK nsra or you; jou arc coin?- your duty/' Gen. Dodhje stili hsd hopes that Davis would recant when he saw that death was staring him in the face, ar;d that he would reveal the r:ameor;the traitor in hiscsmo. He sent Capt. Chicka.ia .vj of his ^tatf to Davis He rapidly approached )fce scaffold, jumped his horse and wect directly to Davis, and asked if it would not be better for him to speak the name of the or-e from whom he had received the contents of the documents found upon him, ac-tlicg: "it is no: too late yet." And then, in his last ex tremity. Davis turned upon him and said: **If I hsd a thousand liv-s I "^ouic lose them ail here before I would betray my friends or the confidence of mv informer." % He then requested him to thank Gen. Dcd^e Tor his eii'crts to save bins, but to repeat that he could cot acccpt the terms. Turn is ? to the chaplain, he gave him a few keepsakes to send to his mother. He ihen said to the proves! marshal, ''I am ready," and ascended the scstiold and stepped upon the trap. Thus nassed awav ose of the sub limest and noblest characters known in history, and in future ages his act will be pointed to as wo:thy c: emula tion. Tije bust in the parthenon by the sculptor, George Julian Zolany, is a heroic figures, and cce o? me rncst ad mired works of arc in the building Mr. Zolany has given the -work a nobleness, a firmness, that while it appeals to the masses oc account of its strength, also has a softness that im presses every visitor. It is one of Mr. Z}lanys best productions. A number o: leading Coniecerates sre now raising a fund to erect a monument over the spot where he was executed. A large amount has already been contributed for the purpose.? Ccuriei-Journal. A DESPERADO KILLED. S-s ^kull Was Crashed ard a Sttb icthe Kfck. A special to The Tiines and D?xocrat from RowesviUe uuder dale of A j. OA - T1 U ^ ^ O ?i.UgU5li OKI SiVS jlUUUJU O'.UGi-. ?t negro of that section who delighted to refer to himself as a desperado, and who was a member cf the notorious Davis gang cf cut-throats and thieves, was waylaid Sunday night about two miles from Rsevesvilleand assassinate ed by unknown parties. His dead body was found lying across the road Monday morning with his skull crushed and an ungly stab in the throat. Near the body were two large clubs. It is said that several pistol shots were heard in that direction Sunday night by necpie who live in the neighborhood where the body was fcuad. About a month aro Stuart was suspected of kiliiog another cdIcred man, who was shot fromambusb and so badly wounded that he died. t>'?~? : ?UCi C ifc i-LU U1UC Ad IU Vi lX'J Ali.CU U.:xai L, and as he was a notoriously bad character no one regrets his taking oi?, tragic as' it was. Occident ia tlxs Alps. Advices from La S*ale, aea? Mount Pieureur, show that the reports of the accident to a party of Aipice tourists it! that vicinty were not exaggerated. Eight persons, it appears, started from Sion. capital of toe contcn of Valais, with the intention of ascending. Mount Pieureur. The latter is 12,155 feet high and is a very difficult ascent from Mauvoisia by the Gietrox, eight hours beiri2: eenerailv occupied in the task. The tourists ^era led by Paster G-onin, cf Sion, asd they made the ascent divided into two parties of four each. The Srsi of these parties reached the summit, and the second ^as only a short distance behind when the four persons composing it were swept by an avalanchc into a crevasse a thousand feet deep. It is still hoped some of the bodies may be recovered. Tae unfortunate party was composed cf Paster Gcnin, two school boys from Lausanne and a youn? Ecgiishman named Bernard. A guide who wss sent out to search for the bodies cf the four tourists has returned. He reports that from the height the victims were swept only a kg and jacket protruding >!(? cr-.r-.rxT -cro-A rriciMp VsanamskOT cn Adveitlslog. '"I sever ia my life used such. a thing as a poster or dodder, or hand bill. My plan for twenty years has been to buy spsce in a newspaper and Sil it up as I wanted. I would co^ give an advertisement-in a newspaper o: five hundred circulation for live thousand dodsrers or ocsters. If I wanted to sell ciieap jewelry cr run a gambling scheme I might u-e pesters; but I would not insult a deceni read in^r public ith. hand bills. Thec:2ss oT people who read them are too poor :.o look to for support in tLe mercantile affair?. I deal direclly with the purchaser. I lay aside the profits oo a particular line of goods fur advertising purpcs;s. At H.-st 1 laid, aside three thousand dollars; last year I laid sside and spent forty thousand do'iars. I have cone better this year and shall increase that sum ss the nrotitc war rar.t it. I owe my success to nevrspaoers. and to the.m I freely gi\e a cer tain proiit of my jearlv business " Whtn ore is jtturrieci in mailing a ieUer, and the cnJy sivaiiable postage sUrjpis found to be without suilieient glue, moisten ihe stamp, rub it on the gummed iia? of an envelope,- and quickly press i: in place upon the let ter. r Tas TOTAL VOTE. i I; ! SENATOR MCLAURIN HAS A COM-! PLE7E WALK OVER. Carrico livery County In the Stst^ Kxcrpt j | SJx-Evauu scd Irby >If;kc-s a Poor Shew- j 1 isc In the JRacs?Tliey are Piping 32nd. j | Thursday tbe several county execu-1 | tiva committees met in the various i counties and tabulated the returns in j j those counties. As a result official ?e j turns have bf en received from, nearly j i every county in i he State, and coin- j ! ulete returns from every one. There j | are about three or four precincts in j i the entire Stale that have cot yet been j j heard from but they will hardly go I ! more thcji to run the total vote to 4t>,0C0 cr a little over, without affecting: the majority for Senator McLaurin unless tney serve to increase it a little. The figures as tabu)*tea place Isle Lvurin's m. iority at 12.792 out of a total vote of 45.S50 of vmich McLaurin has29,326, Evansll.375 and Irbv 5,159 The table of raaj irities given below shows that Irby and Evans together only succeeded in securing rrajorities over MoLaurin's voUin six counties? Aiken 30o, Greenville SS, Laurens -119, Newberry 4. Spartanburg 62S, and Union 267. Evans has cnlv gotten a majority over all in his home county I ana the same thing can be said of Irby. ^ wRVi !->r>iv four boxes cut of the entire State unreported ar.d " fficial" I returns from ali the counties but eight [ which are reported compleied with the j exception of the three boxes referred I | to, ?he vote is as folios: >lcLaurin. Evans. Irby. Abbevil.' c 092 400 2! I | Aiken 024 8JI8 32 Anderson l,10tS 021 2il Bamberg :JU0 110 ?> Barnwell 80? 397 01 Beaufort 138 10'J 23 '"--'"I? 3-7 T'! -2s { vuicv ..... --- _ I Charleston 1,3(51 103 27 {Cherokee 400 221? 3 1 Chester 5S5 340 GO Chesterfield 537 245 14 Clarendon 5)52 5'.? '-'A {Colleton S'.O 307 21 j Darlington MS 2()S o-) Dorchester 251 170 15 Edgefield 5I3S 2i'?7 32 Fairfield 4S2 2f?2 55 Florence 1,155 143 27 5 Georgetown 213 13 7! Greenville 702 47S 312} Greenwood 402 157 157 Hampton 407 1-57 18 Horry lJl:J 88 77 I Kershaw 471 378 00 Lancaster 7-30 21t? 21 {Laurens SOS 71 1,155 I. Lexington <;$:> :>S7 50 ? Marion ],5tJ2 51 { Mariboro 0S0 109 SO ] Newberry G01 510 05 s Oconee Gil 257 331 Orangeburg 1,010 772 101 !! i':ci:eas -io-t iw i*->? Pochlaad 1,144 2S5 'J2 j | Sf'.uda G30 2'.'2 23 | j Spartanburg 1,328 432 1,524 j j Sumter 933 29b 34 S {Union < ... 351 392 22(> j | Williamsburg Gio 230 30 j | York 1,101 399 241 Totals 29,320 11,375 5,159 J TOTAL VOTE AUI> MAJORITIES. McTotal. Laurin. Ami. | - 7 -JA'* 7a I rXUVCVAliC Xy'jyjw . V Aiken 1,554 300 J Anderson 1,072 240 j I Bamberg 410 184 | Barnwell 1,321 40*5 Beaufort 270 7 Berkeley 470 1S8 .... Charleston 1,4'J4 3,234 ; Cherokee 720 203 Chester *j85 1S5 Chestei ??;<1 700 278 Clarendon 1,04-3 859 Colleton 725 71 Darlington 1,188 7S7 5 Dorchester 430 GO j 5 si-- *)&<) | I I Fairfield S2i I4o | Florence 1,325 08-3 ; Georgetown 233 103 I Greenville '.1,4*.<2 SS Greenwood 771 223 | Illanipton 072 .'j22 j Horry 1,088 708 i Kershaw 90'J 33 Lancaster 008 401 [ Laurens 2,035 410 { Lexington 1,120 210 3 Marion 1,801 1,231 | Marlboro 1,248 724 ] Newberry 1,200 4 I Oconee 9-34 o-i i ... Orangeburg 2,405 8!<> Pickens SIT 111 Richland 1,401 7'.)" Saluda 045 315 i Spartanburg 3,284 028 Sumter 1,205 G"1 Union 040 207 Williamsburg S75 355 York 1,057 831 i The State Democratic Executive I Committee mei Friday night and csnt v-'issed the vote and announced the ? figures given in the two tables above [ j as the result of the primarv. Theccun-1 ii lies of Union. Oherok.ee, Beaufort and J i HAllotnn it Trroc: ri bur? f'jiVf? 5 | to make aa j Glacial returns of their I respective votes. At the close o? the counting Mr. { | Montgomery moved that the vote as jj I declared by the tellers be acceoted by \ | the committee and that Mr. McLiuria I I be declared the nominee of the Demo-J I A?.rt4irt v\n?fr "T^y? TTr?it??rl .Qra^fic COrKit^r 5 fi Ui UUU t/Ai I Y ^ UXCV.U uww* w* ^ p | which wzs adop.ed. j Mr. ilcSweeney moved it be enter- j | ed on the record that four counties j I'? had failed to send their retui'rs and j that the vote be declared without? these returns. Mr. Barnwell mQved as an amend- j } ment that such he declared, none of j j Lhe candidates cb.j ?cticg to the declar \ jatica without the votes from these; | counties. The amendment was ac-1 1 cepted. I iir. McSwaeney offered the follow- f line: s In view of the fc'ct that two of the | I candidates quit the race before lhe; {election, ana m view of the fact thatj I the State executive committee was not! I put to anv expense for printing tickets j J for said candidates, it is tnovtd thatj I Messrs. May field and Duncan here ! I iic-ved of their assessment. Adopted, j 5 xn<i lolloping vre'e ueciareu as i,ue j c cflici&l returns from the Sixth ccngres- j ! sional district: Norton. .Johnson. Eilerbc. j Florence ;>lo -I'.'l 2-3"jj jjliorry o-iv V>'iiii;imsburg 272 120 Ilia Darlington *U2 2-31 Marion 7J3 -J:>?? 07Ckrendon si 27:1 ''>*1 Marlboro 210 oo7 Totals 2,5 -i'-i 2.>>3'". 2.2-3* Mcjiigham. Bryant. Liurin. Fiorcncc 22' > Horry h li'.i Williamsburg 22 2 Darlington v 7 Marion 7 7i* iul Clarendon 1 <J 1 Marlboro 11 1-1 IK'] Total* 21S -43 It vas declared that Johnson acd Norton havio? received the highest number of votes, but seither having received a rasjority. would have <2 e ~ / J v>imor?tt CtY\ i 'J iU 'i vy V vi 1U a 13CV j v*? ; September 1-1. EVANS SCORES TiLLMAN. Ho ?ny? the 8:'H2tci'J3 Tariff V!<vcs Are vTrcns:. Ex Governor John Gary JCcans vr&s in Columbia Wednesday and he appeared to be in jrood spirit.?. He didn't look as though he had lest any sleep over the result of the recent primary election, and when asked as to an expression of opinion about the general result, be saic;: ' { entered this race reluctantly after being assured by ray friencs that the chances for wiuning were remote, but I decided, f.fier hearing Mr. McLaurin's speech at Surnti??, and upon the defiance of ray enemies, to make a light, net on any faction;;.! or sectional lines, but upon the platform of the Democratic party, aad to fight for those principles which have always been eearto every South Carolinian, j and upon which alone rest our prosperity. I have been much gratified] by the manner in which my speeches j have been . received throughout the j State, aud I have received tbo com caendation of many of my bitterest political enemies. "The great majority of the people of South Carolina believe in the prin cipies savocaiea oy me ar.a are uu-| posed to the attitude of both Tillman j and McLsuria in th9 United States Senate. Under the ]ash of the conser- i vative press, their followers ksva voted wiihout regard to principles, beirg actuated rroi-e by a desire, ss ihey ttriiied it, to destroy factionalism in j local politics. An "inspection of the j vote shows that net 25 per cent, of the j farmers of the State have voted, and j not half of the Democratic vote of the j State. The cause of this was the dis- j e;ust on the part cf the reformers with j the present State administration arid! its deals and dicksrings with men j who hare alwajs been their enemies. { Added to this, was Senator Tillman's i advocacy of-McLaurin's tariff views] srr) his assertion that McLsurin was! ' with him" and the defeat of the one meant the repudiation, of the other. Naturally, our friends v:ere at sea,and j they remained at home, refusing to j vote against their honest convictions, but at the same time fearing that an injury may be done Senator Tillman, vrho has posed ac a reform leader, but i has never led in a crisis. "I had expected an honest and honorable fight, but I regret to say that such Tvas not the case. Duriug the last four davs of the campr.iga, slan dereous circulars -were issued to poison ihe minds cf the people without giving us a chance to reply. The sickness of my chief opponent while he lay in bed writing manifestos and endorsing circulars containing personal i attacks cn me, but more of Ibis here- j after. 4 T V.4 r> rr ft I'Ci f ^V?c?! i i-lfiVC il\J lwgAttO K\J i \J? i.iA'W campaign, and no apologies to offer. I sha.ll continue the 5ght along the same lines and shall cot sulk, but take my defeat philosophically, as I have an abiding faith that the people of the state will yet see the io justice which has been done the Democratic pariv by endorsing a man who has repudiated the underlying principles of the party platform." Governor Evans left the city in the j aftern6on for Aiken, his former home, j ?7here he intends to practice law. ; Fake Money Orders. A man giving the name of John E. Ford, and claimisg: to be from Ohio, was arrested at Wilmington, Del., Wednesday night, after he had passed an alleged fraudulent money order on William T. Mearns, a Market street merchant, in payment for a hat. To day he v;as turned over to the Federal i authories. In Ford's possession wasj found a set of rubber stamps like those | used in the pestollices for filling out { rconev orders. The order that was j passed on ilearns was dated Bf Ira ore, Obis, and a number of other blank money orders were found on liirn. Iford, it is said has con'e.-sed that he was a member o? a gang that had been operating with these money orders throughout the country. Tne authorities learned tonight that the postoJSee at Bsimore, Ohio, was robbed of a book containing $30,000 in blank money orders. ar,d it is supposed that the members of the gang filled out these crdrs and worked them oil in various cities. Secret service detectives from Washington are at work on the ca. \ It is said that auother arrest of the leading rn*. .er of the gang has been made, but the authorities refuse to tell who he is or ?" ~ "U xx J YV ilCi'C HO YYAO flUXdlvU. j| I Most Excellent Advice. Let everj man and woman profess- \ ing holiness resolve by the grace of ] God to pay their debts as speedily as possible. 1' they cannot pay at present, [ see that a definite settlement is made. | There is a lack of faithfulness along j hese lines. Certainly the Golden I Rule should be the controlling prin-1 ciple among people professing holiness. Brethren, sister.1;, suffer the i word of exortatioa; be a:; straight as a perfect Southern pine in your financial dealings. Be as prompt as the hour of neon in your obligations. Be scrupulously honest. Tne abore is from the Way of Faith a holiness no r.r? r\n hi ?ch or? Q? Hr InnnKio ft s The North Columbia Baptist einpha-; sizes what our hoJines? contemporary i says, in the following way: "There| are :eaders of the Baptist who profess 2 ioudly, who need some of the above! advice. The siacktwisted way iu which some church folk look at iinanciai. obligations stamp them as thieves ratter than Christians. Stealing *"U/\ j->4 h A o I IJLO^LL LUC AxVyrJLi. bUV iii jj;v..vuo ? man, the preacher and tbe newspaper I is far too common among loud mouth- j eu professors. "Thou shalt not steal," covers the ground we.:i enough."' Curious Facts?Trie re are seme curious lacts about the calendar. No cscturj can be^in on Wednesday,) Ffiday or Sunday. The sums caien-| aars can bs used every twenty years, i October always begins on the simej day cf the ss January, April us! July, ^September as December. Feb-! ruary, March and November begin on j the same days, May, JuceandAu-l gust always begin on dilieien; days! from, each other and evtry o.her month in the year. The Srst <*nd last davs of the year are aivrajs the cHme. These rules do net apply to leap year, when comparison is between cia> s be-1 fore and after February 29. MCLAuPJN SPEAKS. [ i 1. HE IS SERENADED BY AN ENTHUS5- j1 AST1C CROWD. Ee Says Stands as The II-prp'fEtativs i 1 * j I c" nn Faction, bat of the Itcunltid WMto j , A large crowd of the admirers of ] Senator McLaurin from the town and county serenaded him at his residence , in Bennettsviile Wednesday evening \ amid great entnusiasm and rejoicing. The Senator, on account of his health, could only express his appreciation of the support and confidence reposed in him by his neighbors and the people of the Slate; pledged himsel' to 1 try to prove worthy o' the trust and predicted the dawn of a new era in the ' | Stale. Marlboro fc-eis honored in hen-1 j orine her worthy son. i Col. Knox. Livingston was called < ! upon and made a short speech to the J ! lar^e crowd present, after which re- ' j freshments were served &y the ladies , of the house. The ladies of Clarendon county * j have sent Senator McLaurin a large , j basket of pretty iiowers. | Y on r norrpsnnrulpn;: ir!fpr\riewpd " Senator McLauric for the State as ?ol* ] ilows* | Senator McLaurin was found at his ( home preparing to so to Mount Airy j, While Salphur SpriDgs. The Senator J < was asktd about his health, ana re- j; ! plir-d that he was nearly well and was ?^ satisfied that a few weeks in *-hej( mountains would restore him to his ] accustomed ?00d heoith. j | "What about the ejection V j! "Wili, it is not as large a vote as j; usual, but I attribute mucii of that to J; the supreme ronGderice of my friends j j mai, jl vr.is oounu to win any way- i ;, am not surprised at the result, for up j' to the time of my illness there was i j hardly an audience that we addressed j where it was r,ot clearly apparent teat I had a majority. 2?v election, so far as I'am concerned, is the culmination of four 3 ears of work upon the lines of 'peaca and unity.' Ever since I ! wrote the 'Appelt letter,' and inaugurated what, is known as the 'Forty movement' I have been looked upon peculiarly representative upon the Reform side the same ideas and prin , cipies tbat Earle did upon the Censer- j, | vative bide. An attempt was niaue jJ j this year to dra<v /actional lines, but i j | it utterly failed. Reformers and Con- ^ ! servatives worked side by side fcr my : | election and today I stand as the rep- i jresentative of no faction, but of tbe J I reunited white Democracy of South . j Carolina." I L .TTTI 4. T - 2. - -1 i J"*- - < i w um na"ve you tc say acoui mej, 'campaign methods of your oppo- L | nents?1' |( '"Weil, I do not care, In the hour of | ; i triumph, while they are drinking the j; j bitter dregs of defeat, to be so ungen- ! I erous as to refer to them in unkind | I terms. Tee people have turned their ( ik pictures to the wall' and politicians j | of the Irby-Evans strive are done in , I South Carolina, let us hope, forever. jFrom henceforth it will take brains, : character and attain ments'to win disI tinction in this State. No future camIpaignwiil ever be con?acte^- upon a vulgar ana icw piane. i ao not minK , that the tomato-?g syrup variety of "c of statesmanship will long obtain, but " men of more ability, more information sxd greater usefulness will be selected for public office and ecch 'tub will have to stand on its own bottom.' 'There is one feature of this campaign that was peculiarly exaspera- i ting to me, to wit: the attacks which we~a made upon Gov. Ellerbe. I felt that he was made the victim merely because of his appointment of mft. I defended him as best I could, and my j < opponents soon found that Ellerbe h needed no defense. I never witnessed j | a handsomer thing than the rebuke [, given Colonel lrby at "Walballa for his attack upon Ellerbe. These attacks make my triumphant election a , vindication of Ellerbe as much so as of me, and I rejoice in it, because I ] believe he has made a conscientious ' and true chief executive." ''What about your tarilf views?*' "The election is a vindication of my course acd 1 want to say that there! were several splendid editorials in the <mr? P!r>iu*;oy> nn fl-ie tsfifr /iiipc- i tiOD, which I have no doubt contribut- j *; ea largely to my success, Tae News j j and Courier of last Monday ^as a fine j j campaign paper, and the eduorisl in ; the Siaie running the Greenville j j News 'into a hole,' was the finest!" taing oi the sort that I ever read. "I want to say this: that so far as;? my ambition is concerned, it is com- j oletelr satisfied. Mv onlv desire now ' lis to worthily wear the honors theH i people have heaped upon me. I am s \ i very proud of my vote in Charleston. | ' I love the old city for its brave, gen 1 erous people, its historic memories j] arid the trials which she has borne so ' bravely. I want to see every discrim- j j [inction against Charleston wiped out. 1 j Siie has put herself in touch with the j' progressive thought of the biiance of ' the State asd she ougnt to be 'fed out ' of the same spoon' the balance are. s X wish to thank the people all over I; the Slate for their genercus confidence ? ar.d I say to each and every one that no roan shall ever blush bscsuse he j cast his ballot fcr me. I have received hundreds of telegrams and let- . :ers and just as rapidly as I can I in- , tend io acknowledge personally the * receipt of each. "To Col. Neal, Mr. 33lease and ethers, who, when I was stricken at Yorkviile, took charge of the fight , and carritd it on to victory, I am un- ' a Die 10 nna language. 10 express me profound gratitude that I feel. They ! did their work intelligently and ell'ec- ( tiveiy and much of the credit is due to [ their superb management.'" Thirteen Porsontd. I A special from Paducah, Ky., sajs: Thirteen members of the family and i people living on the farm of Henry t Miller near Metropolis, Illinois, were i poisoner*, yesterday arid three are dead. ( fhe suil'ering of ihe other victims is : said to be terrible to witness. It is thought at least sight of them will die. The names of the victims are not J given. A hired girl, who is insane, threw a package of rough on rats in the well. licr name could not be 1 learned, but she admits her crime. j Co?l Dust Exploded. t At 5 o'clock Friday evening a lerri- > ble explosion of c:>al dust occurred in i the old Sunshine inir.e, o<vned by the i Colorado Fuei and Iron company, 12 \ miles from Glenwcod, Col. Thelve i bodies have been recovered, and so great is the excitement that it cannot be learned vrnether there are are any ; more in tbc mine or not. Rescuing ! paxLics arc &IJJLA cApiuimg mv ixmic 1 v aad a great cro^rd surrounds the en- 3 trance. The bodies taken cut aremji a horribly mutilated condition. |< HIS PATRIOTIC WORDS. i ilcLaurln n rites a Letter la Trhich Ha | Iate;prets tbe Vote. Sesator John L. McLaurin has writ-1 .en the following letter to the Cocsti- j Lutioc: ' Iq response to jour request I will ay that I am, of course, deeply grateful to the necple of South Carolina :or this marked evidence of their confidence and esteem. No man could iiave ibis feeling more sincerely than [. The vfNUj t is particularly gratifying in v:e">r of the character of the that hss been made upon me and }f the serious illness which has presented my participating in the campaigning during the past three weeks, [t is neodiess tor rne to add that in ny future scrvxce in tne benate, as m j my six j ears of service in the lower house of congrcs;, my entire energies shall be devoted to the welfare of my 1 State, for God. knows every throb of nay heart has been for South. Carolina ind for that which I believe to be the ;ood or her people. "As to the moaning.of my endorsement at the hands of the people I can say that during this campaign ray appeal has been to the intelligence, the konor and the reason of the people. While my opponents have appealed to svsryJU jLiULLiaa iiiuuns ilicli JJ> low and bass and mean, the result shovrs that there is mere intelligence, virtue and honesty in South Carolina :han there is c' ignorance and prejulice. It is. too, an indorsement by the people of the Stale of the Democratic brinciple of tar: If f.)r revenue. The ilforts on the pare of my opponents to i -misrepresent my position on the tariff question m?v have been successful la \ >ome individual isstacc^s, but fcr the j nost part the people have understood ; :aat my stand has been squarely upon > .be Democratic platform and tbat my j rotes in tryire to emend the Dingley! alii vrere cast in defense of the people j whom I represent and to compel the I Republican party to p.'ace the South j ?s nearly as possible upon an equal footine with tn? balance of the county. They have indorsed my record ? - - T 7 1 ! lb. so vourtg, as i knew laey womu, j for the principle whi<-N inspired these 0-otes was the true I/-,, -iccratic principle of equality. "With regard to internal a if airs in South Carolina 1 regard the result of this primary as meaning pre-eminently the end of factional feeling in the State- A n??w political era has dawnid on the State. Up to this time for Lhe past six years the elections, State, county, municipal, from county coroner up, have only been a question as to the man who could shoui the loudest for the reform faction and for Tillman. I do not mean to say anything j igainst Senator Tillman or to impugn j toe motives of the men wno nave been j ^aiJing- for reform, but I believe the j dme hss come when something else ] Is required of public men and aspi- j rants for office generally. The decis- j ion of the people from this time for- j cvard is gcing to be based on the abil- j ity and the character of the man and j :he doctrine and principles he advo- { rates. That is one meaning cf the re- j >ult of this primary and so far as ] South Carolina is concerned it is by i 10 means the least. John L. McL&urin. f ASKS FOR A NEW ELECTION. Sen. Rlchbcrarg Siates That Great Irr?-| gnlarlilca Occurred. Brigadier General R. N. Eichbourg t las forwarded the following letter, j ivhich speaks for itself, to Governor! Slier be: ] tlead quarters 2d S. C. V. T., Sept. 1. Co His Excellency, W. H. E Her be, 3 Governor and Commander in-chief.! Sir: 1 beg to call your attention to! .UC u :c4.*y | ecsnt election for Colonel of the First j Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers: | It appears to this oSce that great | regularities existed in the same, not 5 0 mention the fact that the vote of i he Edgefield Kifies and Saluda Rifles] Dy instruction of the Adjutant General j ftert: mruv/jj. uui cuurciy, wunciu J )pinion thsy are a part of the First j Regiment, and their votes should have j jeen counted. Bat even throwing out j he vote of the two companies just! earned, Col. Claiiy did not receive a j najcrity the votes cast 'which was j :ecessary lo elect. Such has bsen the | nvariable custom and unbroken rule 3 n all military elections. In this iden- !j ;ical regiment two years ago a ma-j iority vote was required of Col. Hall S icd ilajor Sally before commissions j ?7ere issued to them, Lieut. Col. Tili-j nan being the only field officer who j vas elected on the first ballot. I was! tbsent trom Columbia when the eJec j (iUIi X'CLUl'iiS W Ci C >1?,1UCU IU j leadquarters. Major Newnharn. ray ^djuuint General, was left in charge, ma before he reported the result of .he election be consulted with the Assistant Attorney General, and it v?as ipon advice he there received that he icted. To avoid Ihs expense of a court of I nquiry at the urgent request oi Lieu-! enaut Colonel Tillman &Ji who signed j .he protest, which was dm]7 Hied in | his office, have withdrawn tneirj iignaturss although the withdrawals j lid net come through the proper chan-j iel. j Now in order that justice may be 3cne to all parlies ana no dissatisfac- j ion exist among the companies of .he regiment I respectfully r^comnend that; the oiuce of colonel oe de;lared vacant, and a new election oriered. My authority for such recomnendaticn is based upen Section 414 )f ine Revised Statutes which read as u:l0WS: "Ail commisiionsd ofllcers 0? the nilitia may be removed from olh^e bj !: .he commander-in-chief, on recom j USD d at ion of the commanding cific^rs j )i their respective 'oatallions, re^i \ nents. brigades and divisions." Respectfully submitted. R. N. Richeourg, Brig. Gen'l. Com. 2d Brig. 6. 0. V. T. Henry Lauman, of Baltimore, shot it a black snaks while hunting in the Slue Ridge mountains near Bueca Vista, and missing it, ran away. Tne make pursued him. He tripped en a vine and fell. The snake coiled? ireuad his body and was squeezing! aim when a wocd chopper rescued :im and killed the snake. It ^as six j "eet seven inches long. The Kansas City star gives notice! hat "anything that :ne country wants, 'rom mules to peaches, can he furnish- j ;d by Kansas City.'' "And,:! the St.j jouis Star s-ys, "it might justly adds a whole lot of things the countrv I - ? ? - c * j loesn'tvrant. " ? FEVcNUS OFFICERS KILLED. j j Slid a Still and are Shot 1)y *5ooa ; ishiners. j Sir men were probably massacred j in the wilds of the mountains of Pope j: UUuiUj jxt?. , ? <x\ wruwi'* JL v U vrere silled outright, two were fatally wounded and left for dead, ard two have mysteriously disappeared and are either dead or being" held , captive bv bandits. The killed are: \ Captain 3. F. Taylor of Searcy :oun- ; ty, deputy Ucited States marshal; Joe ' Docson of Store county, deputy mar shal. The fatally wounded are two ( brothers named Renfrew of Searcy county. The names of the missies: men are not known, but tbey are sup posed to be deputy sheriils from an ad- : joining county. The victims vrere all deputy United States marshals an<I ; deputy sheriifs, and the men vrho did \ the work are moon shiners of the bold- ( est ?. ? d most desperate class. The scene of the crime ?as & gulch or , ravine in the mountains of Pope ' county, at an isolated spot 35 miies . from EussellviilP, the nearest tele- ' r*\+a v,Vi r*o> ov.H If) < Springs. The region i3 vriid and iso- . lated. It has for year been the favo- < rite rendezvous for counterfeiters and . moonshiners and is a district in which no lavrabiding citizen can live- The officers for a long time have been 5. trying to break up the lawlessness in j, that vicinity and many battles between , them and the dc-speradoes have occur- i red. Caotain B. F. Taylor, the rich- i est man in Searcy county, and a man J nf nvAminprirp Ht-i^l-.rnT.r-ri tr>' aid the officers in putting down crime. He sccared a commission as a deputy United Scates marshal and led ihe posse in the raid that resulted in his! death. j A few days sgo a successful raid was j mad-; in the ssrne locality, in which a S dozin moonshiners were captured and brought to Little Rock. One of them i told the officers that at kast 50 larr;e j distilleries were operating in the same \ neighborhood. Taylor, with his posse, j located a large moonshine outili y*i- j urd*y night and decided to make the \ raid Sunday. Proceeding slightly in \ advance of his men, Tayior was with- ( in 30 feet of the disteliery when he j was fired upon from ambush and in-t stantly killed. As Dodson ran up to S Taylor he was also shot dead. RiHssj began to crack in all directions and a j volley was fired into the officers. The} Rsnfrew brothers fell mortaliy wound ed and lay Dy the roadside uniii ia;er j in the day when a traveler named j Pack came by. All traces of the ban-1 dits had disappeared as well as two of j the deputy sheriffs. The latter have! not since been seen or heard from, j Pack hurried to Russellviile with the? news and the coroner, together with. a j sheriff's posse immediately started forf ihe scene*. No news has been received j A? ^ "O.>/*!? <->? ? !rr- 4 Vi a a siLiut: nicy ucjjiix'tcu. x w& , Renfrew brothers will be dead before ] the party reaches them. It was not ] known by whom the crime -was com- 5 mitted but the ofScers believe the; sang is composed of desperadoes head- j ea by Horace Bruce and Jc-hn Church, s two of the most dangerous characters | in that locality.. The-United States \ authorities were today requested to offer a reward for the desperadoes.? and a determined effort will be made 5 to capture them. It is very probable j tfcat the eitort will leact to lurcnera bloodshed. Captain Taylor was an 5 ex captain in the Federal army. He j had served two terms in the State leg- jj islature aDd was noted for his bravery. | YEARLY COTTON WASTE. 5 Oar Farmers Should Exercise More Cats J 1 ia Picking, A writer in The Xsw York Commer-| cial Advertiser is authority for the* statement that the amount of cotton [ destroyed annually in this country by \ fire, improper baling and careless j handing, aggregates something like J ?25,000,000. I la support of this alarming state I ment the writer goes on to show that! when the various accidents of the yearl are summed up they constitute a tax of j 63.50 on each bale of cotton produced, s On -he basis of last year's cotton crop, s which aggregated 7,000,01)0 oaies m round numbers he shows that the total loss to the south amounted to ?21,500,000. Undoubtedly these figures are excessive, but they will serve to open I the eyes cf our farmers to the import-1 ance of exercising greater care in the ] matter cf baling cot ion and also to the { tt? 1 ? \/? V* -ic? finaw O TT ? UijiCiZv AO sz + khj ? becoming mere and mors imperative; of adopting ?ome new and improved i method c? baling. While the writer fails to suggest I any specific remedy fcr the evil which jj he points out in these amazing ngures,) he makes a comparison between the loess methods of baling which prevail in this country, and the more effective methods which obtain in India and E^ypt. Says the writer in this conncc- ? lion: Tne Indian and Egyptian cotton <?x-| porters pack their baies vrith r<:~<- ]riil,' while their American competitors is j las and often negligent. The E^yptiar. manages to get, forty pounds into a cubic foot in density; the Indian does the sam?, ^hi!e tne American is saii-iSeu wiin rrornz Trendy-one to1 wen- j ty nre pounds. The African and the 1 Asiatic exporter can put 17,000 bales? on board a ship or on a railroad car that an American can only put from \ six to ten thousand bales on. The! American says that owing to his loess-j ness in pack leg he gets l-lo of a cent. 5 the pound mere at the mill for his cot -1; ton than his rival, but when this is| offset by increased cost cf freight, ar:d j abjve all by damage of are, ii sinks j into insignificance. ili\ Monaghan, the American con- j sui at Dresden, Sanosy. says that the 5 bale of cotton as packed'in Egypij when it arrives at the mill in Chemn* 5 t:'z looks as if :* yrere as safe from r catching lire from a spark as a log of j hard weed, while the bale necked in \ ^ 1 /-< 1 . .1 . _ t 2 Jidw ur leans cr 'orai. vision cas a iuosa, dirty inflammable appearance. The American exporter charters a vessel to take cut his cargo, and it doss not , matter whether he puts 500orl, 500 bales in the hold, so far as th? cost is car cernec : the mere thrifty Bombay mer- . cbant buys a spacs ani uses economy j all round. Ii is vary seldom one j bears of Indian or Egyptian cotton . taking lire, whereas in one year (1S95- , 96) forty-three f:res were reported j which had to do with the grecit southern staple. The writer of the article from which j the foregoing paragraphs ara extracted ! is evidently well informed on ths sub- jj fr> r1 ic/>n . although he does ao- sign his name to j: the article. The mailer is one which j ; vitaliy concerns the welfare of our;' southern farmers, and they should j i give it their careful consideration. GOLD BY THE BUCKET, WONDERS OF THE KLONDIKE REGION NOT HALF TOLD. Everv D'sre'cc a Fsbaloaa Mine of Gold? Scares o* 2Ien WsJgti Their Gold hy the Bucketfull?Likened Ccto a Lottery. The San Francisco Bulletin has lessivcd. a letter from Charles Haines, dated Dawson City, July 26th* Mr. Uaines is a well known newspaper writer and his letter is the first written bv a trained newsoaDer man to 20223 cut of the Klondike gold region. He says: "Ihe ricn diggings have been comparatively idle during the summer, although the outpat from Eldorado and Bonanza Creeks vras famous and there is plenty of gold in sight There is svery prospect of an immense output of geld from this district next spring. Phe total output this season is, as near as X cart judge, aocut $7,000,000, but very little ground has been worked, ana the dumps will, like some of the tailings of old California placers, pan nnt fnoiiwrlHc of HnTIo-nc nrh.on ntrmMrdH with, improved machinery. The placers are tfie most puzzling and deceiving I have ever seen. Imagine a man working on good 'color' and finding the ground worth only a few dollars per cay, and then turning to a waste of mud and moss with no surface indications and unearthing a bonanza. That is the situation here and all over Alaska. Tne man who comes here to mine moss at the espense of health and happiness, and it is with him a question or making a fortune with tquai chances with death. About me are scores of men who can weigh, their sold by the bucketfull and who value their claims at millions. ' 'Four hundred valuable diggers are stretched along creeks-and eery digging is a fabulous mine or gold, yet there are weary men who have gone and returned to Dawson after searching the great country hereabouts and never a nugget do they show for their toil and their long tramp over broken j J - i _ . -i J:_ grouiia ana into a country wnose disadvantages are exceeded by no other place on earth. "This Alaskan Northwest Territory is an old prize drawing proposition that I cm iiken to nothing that admits of a better comparison than a lottery. A number of spots are selected ' cn the creeks and rivers, and for one year the miner labors. The year closes, the water runs, and the season's output pays expenses. Not two miles away from the unfortunate one works a man who has taken from an unviting bit of earth a sack full of gold. The lucky one did not strike the pocket because of his ability as a miner; chancs favored him and that was all. In short, the miner guesses at it and locates any and everywhere. In nineteen cases out of twenty he misses and has to wait another year for a new trail. ';D?wson is merely a collection of leg hu:s, saloons and" a mass of tents, about six hundred in number. When the long nights come and the glass . goes down to 65 degrees below zero there will be intense suffering here, and I shudder to think of the results. Provisions are going to be very scarce and there is little reason to doubt that the entire town will have to go on short rations during the winter and that scurvy will be rampant. The gold that will go down the river for San Francisco will amount to $2,000,000. There is a lot of gold that will remain in camp, for it is used as an nr mnvpv and is 1a0>a] ten der at $17 per ounce. Of the 3,000 or 4,000 inhabitants, only a couple of hundred at the most have made big strikes. "There is a plenty of -work at from $15 to $20 per day and many men nave paid $2 50 or less for living and saved the balance. "RepDrts cf other strikes are constantly received here, and many are authentic as far as Stewart and Poly rivers are concerned, but nothing like so rich as the Klondike has been reported. ' Qiiie a number cf people are preparing to leave here for Juneau. In case the steamers cannot get through with pro visions, the outlook for a good grub supply is not encouraging. "Tn ^nnfilusion. tha Alaska and Northwest Territory gold fields will be developed slowly. Ten thousand men may come here, bus they will be lest ia the vast country when they /Mif v-kWveno/>f "NTrtf m/M?A u^u 'Jul iu |l/: ai w than 500 of them will strike a mine. When they do strike pay gravel, their fortunes Trill ba made. In years to come, when at the sacrifice of human life and energy the treasures of this great land are located, the wealth of the north will be something beyond comprehension." Cotton Crop Report. ^ Secretary Hester's report shows receipts o* cotton at all" United States ports for the year of 6,S29,100 bales. * against 5,420,246 last year; overland 940,4S2 against 873,465"; southern consumption taken direct, S3S,382 against 803,635. making the cotton crop of the United States for 1S93 97 amount to S.757,964 bales, against 7,157,345 last year ana 9,901,251 the year before. Altogether the southern mills took 1,042,671 bales, and increase of 133,000. Mr. Hester makes the actual cot ton crop of Texas, including Indian :ei ritory 2,247.554. His report on the crop of the different States *is given as follows. North Carolina 500,000, South. Carolina 800,000, Georgia ?ia 1,300,000, Alabama 1,019,000,Flor:da 60,000, Mississippi 1,226,000,Louisiana 575,000. Arkansas 700,000, Tennessee 330,000. Texas 2,24S,000. Total crcp S 75S.000. North Carolina above includes Kentucky and Virginia; Tennessee includes Oklahoma; Missouri iliCiUues ivausas atiu UUUJ, jlcjs^K LUciud.es Indian, territory. Sale oX a Huabscd fcy a Wi?6. A husband -was sola by his wife in New York recently, and the transaction TCi formally witnessed by a notary. The husband submitted to it, and obligingly took up his abode with bis purchaser. Then the party of the drst part spent the money, repented and demanded her husband back, and it is not altogether discreditable to 'rtivri + V*? t 4-A nAfmiw art oiii-u. it: LU 1CCUJLU. JL U^iA Lhe bereaved wife appealed to the law, and the whole business is now to be aired in the diroree courts there. T7hl(?key in the Gutters. Ten saloons :n Kansas uity, Jxan., were raided by the police last night ind ?3,000 worth of liquor seized and poured into the gutters. Saloon fur0. * lux 64 filling ten big drays was carted to police headquarters, where it will be burned. Similar action will be taken against about seventy other saloons