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Pfe ife; p.f;- > r A7FIERCE BA ITL E~ P . - R&^rr' Between Americans and Spaniards Near Santiago. te - DETAILS OF THE ENCOUNTER V f ZL The Americans Were Largeiy Outnumbered, but Defeated the Spaniards, Who Retreated in the Direc Sf. tion of Santiago. Last weeek we published)a short account of the fi.sht between the Spaniards and Americans at Quassina. which is only a few miles from SuntiaPgo. where a desperate battle is expected to occur at any time. This week we "it-A rl/itiil*: nf flir> ImTtlf wllicll nO V VUV UVWUliO VI v?IV wv.., . doubt will be read with interest by al 1.^ The battle was fought .on Friday. .June 24. That it did not end in the complete slaughter of Americans was not due to any miscalculation in the plan of the Spaniards, for as perfect-ambuscade as was ever formed in the brain of un apache Indian was prepared and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and his men walked squarely into it. For an hour and a half they held their ground under a perfect storm of bullets from the front and sides, and then Colonel. Wood to the right and Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt to the left led a charge . which turned the tide of buttle aird sent the-enemy flying over the hills toward Santiago. .-I.. SIXTEEN AMERICANS KILLED. gr It is now definitely known that sixteen men on the American side were killed, while sixty were wounded. or are reported to be missing. It is imL possible to calculate the Spanish losses. but it is known that they were far heavier than those of the Americans, at least as regards actual loss of life. Thirty-seven dead Spanish soldiers have been found and buried, white many others are undoubtedly lying mi the thick underbrush on the side of /the gully and on the slope of the hill where the main body of the enemy was J located. The wounded were all re' v moved. That the Spaniards were thoroughly posted as to the route to be taken by in* tlwir Hl'OVPmeilt tO ward Sevilla was evident, as shown by the careful preparations they had made. The main body of the Spaniards was posted on a hill, on the heavily wooded slopes of which had been erected two blockhouses flanked -bv irregular intrenehments of stone and fallen trees. At the bottom of these slopes run two roads, along which Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt's men and eight troops of the First and Tenth Cavalry, with a battery of four howitzers, advanced. ALMOST IMPASSIBLE GULLIES. These roads are b>it litte more than ? * T L 1 ^ gullies, rougn ana narrow, aim ul put-cs almost impassable. In these trails the light occurred. Nearly half a mile separated Roosevelt's men from the regulars, and between them and on both sides of the road in the thick underbrush was concealed a force of Spaniards that must have been large, judging from the terriffic and constant fire they poured in on the Americans. The fight was opened by the First and Tenth Cavalry, under General Young. A force of Spaniards was known to be in the vicinity of La Quasina. and early in the morning Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt's men started off up the precipitous bauff ??- back of Siboney to attack the Spaniards on their right flank. General Young at the same time taking the road at the foot of the hill. CUBAN'S GIVE THE ALARM. About two and a half miles out from Siboney, some Cubans, breathless and excited, rushed into camp with the announcement that the Spaniards were *" but a little way in front and were *tron<r!v intrenched. Quickly the Hotchkiss guns out in front wfere brought to the rear, while a strong scouting line was thrown out. Then, cautiously and in silence, the troops moved forward until a bend in the road disclosed a hill, where the Spaniards were located. The guns were again brought to the front and placed in position, while the men crouched down in the road, waiting impatiently, to give Roosevelt's men, who were toiling over the little trail along the '-refts o the ridge. time to get up. (ien. Young, at 7:30 a. m., gave the command to the men at the Hotchkiss guns to open fire. . That command was the signal for a fight that for stubbornness has seldom been equalled. The instant the Hotchkiss guns were fired, from the hillside commanding the road came volley after volley from the Mausers of the Spaniards. *" Don't shoot until you see something to shoot at!" yelled Gen. Young, and the men, with set jaws and straining eyes, obeyed the order. Crawlingalong the edge of the road and protecting themselves as much as possible from the fearful fire of the Spaniards, the troopers, some of them stripped to the waist, watched the base of the hill, and when any part of a Spaniard became visible they fired. Never for an instant did they falter. One dusky warrior of the Tenth Cavalry, with a ragged wound in his thigh, . nnllv bn#?1t lwTiind :i rock, load in IT and tiring, and when told by one of his comrades that he was wounded, laughed v and said: '"Oh. that's all right. That's been there for some time." In the meantime, away off to the.left eould be heard the crack of Colonel Wood's men. and the regular, deep-toned volley tirinsr of the Spaniards. rcosevelt's own story. Over there the American losses were the greatest. Col. Wood's men. with an advance guard well out in front and two Cuban guides before them, but apparently with no flanker*, went squarely Luto the trap set for them by the Spaniards, and only the unfaltering courage of the men in the face of a fire that would make even a veteran quail prevented what might easily have been a disaster. As it was. Troop L. the advance guard, under the unfortunate Captain ('apron, was almost surrounded, and but for the reinforcement hurriedly sent forward, every man would probably have been killed or wounded. "There must have been nearly 1.500 Spaniards in front and to the sides of us." said Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt today when discussing the fiirht. "They held the ridges with rifie pits and machine guns and hid a body of men in ambush in the thic- jungle at the sides of the road over which we were advancing. Our advance guard struck the men in ambush and drove them out. But they lost Captain Capron. Lieutenant Thomas and :ibout fifteen men killed or wounded. "The Spanish tiring was accurate, so accurate, indeed, that it surprised me: and their firing was fearfully heavy." "I want to say a word for our men. rontinuod I.ieutcjant-Colmiel iloostv vrlt. *'Kvory oftu-cr :ind man did hi? duty up tn ilu* handle. N<it a man \ ! flinched.' From another officer, who took a prominent part in tlie fiirhtintr more details were obtained. j "When the firing begun, said he. "Lieutenant-Colonel lioosevelt took the | right'wing with Troops <r and K. un der Captains Llewelyn and .Jenkins, and moved to the support of Captain <'apron, who was getting it hard. "At the same time Colonel Wood i and Major Urodie took the left wing and advanced in open order on the Spanish right win;?. Major J>rodie was wounded before the troops had advanced 100 yards. Colonel Wood then took the riirht wing and shifted ('(doner | Roosevelt to the left. Roosevelt s spirited i.e.w>. "In the meantime the tire of the i Spaniards had increased in volume; j I hut. notwithstanding this, an order for j a ,<re 11 era 1 charge was given, and with a ! J yell the men sprang forward. "Colonel Roosevelt, in front of his men. snatched a rifle and ammunition i belt from a wounded soldier and cheerI ing and yelling with his men. led the ' advance. I "F??r a moment the bullets were singing like a swarm of bees all around them, and every instant some poor fellow went down. "On the right wing Captain McClintock had his leg broken by a bullet from a machine gun.-while four of his j men went down. At the same time j Captain Luna, of Troop 1\ lost nine of ' his men. Then the reserves. Troops i K and K. were ordered up. | There was no more hesitation, j Colonel Wood, with the right wing, j charged straight at a blockhouse 800 i vnrds awav. and Colonel Roosevelt, on the left, charged at the same time. Up the men went, yellitiir. ami never stopping to return the tire of the Spaniards. but keeping on with a grim determination to capture that blockhouse. "That was the eifd. When within 30(1 yards of the coveted point the Spaniards broke and ran. and for the first time we had the pleasure, which* the Spaniards had been experiencing all through the engagement, of shooting with the enemy in'sight. SURGEON CHURCH A HERO. "In the two hours fighting during which the volunteers battled against their concealed enemy enough deeds of heroism were done to fill a volume. A!' rPi?AAi\ li! V/H?J \IL Wic liicix vi .1 1 V'U|> UV0 perately wounded, wasIvingsqnarcly between the linesof lire. Surgeon 'Church hurried to liis side and. with bullets pelting all around liim. calmly dressed the niiln's wound, bandaged it and walked uneoncerdedly back, soon returning with two men and a litter. "The wounded man was placed on the litter and brought into our lines. "Another soldier, of Troop L. concealing himself as best he could behind a tree, gave up his place to a wounded companion, and a moment or two later was himself wounded. "Surgeon Bell stood by the side of Captain Capron when the latter was mortally hit. Capron had seen that he was lighting against terrible odds, but he never flinched. "Give me your gun a minute." he said to the Sergeant and kneeling down lie deliberately aimed and fired two shots in quick succession. At each a Spaniard was seeu to fall. Bell in the meantime had seized a dead comrade's gun and knelt beside his Captain and fired steadily. "When Captain Capron fell he gave the Sergeant parting messages to his wife and father and hade the Serjeant good'by in a cheerful voice, and was then home away dying. fish's last gift. "Sergeant Hamilton Fish. Jr., was the first man killed by the Spanish lire. Tie was near the head of the column as it turned from the wood road-into range of the Spanish ambuscade. He shot one Spaniard who was firing from the cover of a dense patch of underbrush. Then a bullet struck his breast. He sank at the foot of a tree with his back against-it. - Captain Capron stood over him. shooting, and others rallied around him. covering the wounded one. The ground this afternoon was thick with empty shells where Fish lay. He lived twenty miv.uf.es. Jle gave a small lady's hunting-case watch from his belt to a messmate as a last souvenir. '"With the exception of Captain Capron all the Rough Riders killed were buried on the field of action. Their bodies were laid in one long trench, each wrapped in a blanket. Palm leaves lined the trench and were heaped in profusion over the dead heroes. "Chaplain Brown read th? be utiful Episcopal burial service for the dead.and as he knelf in prayer every trooper, with bared head, knelt around the I tronfli Wlipr, tliA fthanlain announc- I ccl the hymn. Nearer. My Cod to Thee." the deep bass voices of the men gave a most impressive rendering of the music. "The dead Rough Riders rest right on the summit of the hill where they fell. The site is most beautiful. A growth of rich, luxuriant grass and flowers covers the slopes, and from the .to;> a far reaching view is had over the tropical *'orest. "Chaplain Brown has marked each grave and had complete records for the benefits of friends of the dead soldiers. "Captain Capron's body was brought into J.uragua but it was deemed inadvisable to send the remains North at this season, and the intermentv took place on a hillside near the seashore, back of' the provisional hospital. "After a briefservlce a parting volley was fired over the grave of the dead Captain and a bugle sounded "taps' as the sun sank over the mountain tops beyond Santiago... A Strange Story. Dean Payne, a baker, reports that his wife and only child, a litie boy 5 or (J years old. disappeared from his home in Williamston t>n last Thursday night and sin-'e that time he has heard notli ing of heir whereabouts. Mr. Payne says he was in the yard of' his house alone until late that night and upou returning to his room to retire he discovered that his wife and were missing. He proceeded at once to look about the premises for them, but failed t<> find them. Everything was in perfect order in the room. The Sunday apparlofMrs. Payne and the child was not taken and nothing whatever was missing except an album and a Bible. It is evident that she had made no preparation for herdeparturc. The little boy was dressed in liis every day clothes and barefooted. Mr. Payne thinks that she has drowned herseif and boy in Saluda river. The Terror Disabled. "Cant. Sigsbee re]K>rts that <>n Wednesday afternoon, while oft' San .Juan. Porto Rico, he was attacked by a Spanish unprotected cruiser and the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror. The Terror made a dash which was awaited by the St. Paul. The St. Paul hit the Terror three times, killing one officer and i two men and wounding several others. j The Terror dropped back under cover of ; j the fortifications with difficulty, and was towed into the harbor in a sinking con_!i? lu>innr I'liri'iii'iv! T,:lt jUHUK.. ...an -i.v i.T .v, or a cruiser ami a irmilioat started out ; lint remained under protection of the i I fortis. \ \ ;< AMPAK'iN.MEETING.i, ! I ! i' ;The Candidates Plead With the;. Dear Peo(#e. I i! ; CHARGES AN ALLEGED DEAL. I i The Governor Defends Eimself against j Certain Charges. A Lot of Talkj: About Buying Newspapers. Senator j Connor Takes a Hand. There was some spice at the Sumter campaign on Tuesday of last week. > After a good many candidates had spoken. Gov. Kllerbe took the stand : and was receive'! with applause. Called , to the office by the people of both fac- , j lions, lie did not ask re-election if the ( infamous charge* against him were , ! j>roven. He would not bow to the politicians if he never held office. His , only ambition had been to give unselfish service. Xo manly man would ad- ( j vance charges that he could not sustain. Tillman had made wholesome . clmrges against his administration, but < he would not prove them. Tillman. J had gone to Clcmson with a minority report in his pocket, but they bam- | I boo::led him and he signed a report say- , 1 in?r coiWe was doin'z a grand work. (Laughter.) Why didn't he have the '{ courage of his convictions? He was soured by defeat in politics, and his . judgment lias bconie prejudiced. It ! | was unfortunate that he should come j at this time, when the people wore getting together, to try and tear down everything. I did not inaugurate the , dispensarv. though I wish I had that . honor. l$en Tillman did it. and docs j he ((icorire Tillman) dare say that lie i {did it to corrupt the morals of the peo- j pie? The .governor was loudly applaud- , ed as lie concluded. ' (."<?!. George Tilhnau was cheered as ( he began. Kllerbe's charge that he , was trying to pull down Clemson was , infamously false and Kllerbe knew it. Hut why should Clemson spend ?100.- . j 000 when the mother college spends , ^ IM kl 1 T I /i t A t )lO Oil IV 111; ui.'jtvivu ?... *..v,| "amount" of money spent. Tiiiic would , show that Clemsoii and Winthrop were J failures as far as what they were in- ( tended to do. He objected to the "bus: | cabinet" and other ueseless buildinirs. . One reason for the deficit last year j was the enormous expenditure at Clemson.. liespondinir to Governor Elierbe's ? +r. iimvii lii< r?I?;iv<rA>S pnnfiflfll- i JIIWIUWWIJ K\J pn/IV ?V-. ing the fertilizer tape tax. lie read a let- ] ter from Representative L. S. Connor j of Orangeburg, saying that, as Gover- ] nor Ellerbe had said if Colonel Tillman i could prove that certain parties got all ] the fertilizer they wanted without pay- j iiig the tax he would withdraw from the i race, he would state as follows: ( ' In 18,% 1 sent 100 old tags that ] had been used to the manufacturer, had < 10U sacks of bone shipped me. and my ] invoice will show that 1 got credit for ] the 100 old tags. T could have sent ] the same old tags back and had another carload sent in the same way. On Jan- ( uary 24. 1898. 1 witnessed a carload of } fertilizer being unloaded and delivered i to consumers without a,single tax tag. i I called a witness and reported it next < day to three members of the hoard of t trustees of Clemson and to one of' the ; inspectors, who told me he had wit- j nessed a similar delivery and had re- j ported it to Clemson. * * * A year t or two ago a certain dealer in this conn- 1 ty was reported time and time again for delivering goods without tax tags until it had become so public that a member * of the board of control compromised witli him for $125. 1 have been told ] this by one of the trustees and by one , of the inspectors. The same member ' of ;:he board informed me that a lot of cotton meal was seized in Marlboro last year and that they compromised for j $250. Governor Ellerbe is a member ? of the board of trustees and of the fer- j tilizer board of control. The trustees' j report show that fertilizers sampled were below the guarantee from IS to 26 (" per cent., yet we are to hear of the first prosecution. You have a good case, 'j and if you can <ret the people to hear ( you. you can make it warm for the so- ( called governor." Col. Tillman exhibited a tabic show- j ! ing that $373,045 of' this tax lias prone ] [ to Clemson. and out of the pockets of j farmers, and stated that when a bill providing for cancellation of tags was J introduced in the senate. Messrs. Xorris. Stackhouse and Mauldin. members of the Clemson board, votedagainst it. THE CLARENDON .MEETINO. The meeting at Manning on Wednesday, like the one the day before at * ' * /1 1 1 Sumter. w;ls quite spicy, vohmici Watson opened his remarks by some j allusions to Editor Appelt. yf the Times. Archer said (rantt had tried to get ?230 from him last s]>rin*r in order I to buy out Stanyarne Wilson's interest in"the Piedmont Headlight, as Wilson had tampered with the voting returns. Later, one of (iantt's spocin I friends came to him. telling him that lie needed a newspaper to advance his candidacy. and that he could buy Oantt out for $1,500, Declining to do so. he was told that Ellerbe and Neal would do it. Xeal and Gantt had conferences, and the result was that Neal and Ellerbe 1 ""'I inif im ?1 iiOl) and <rot IIIIVI "I i 1 I J..... .? Gantt's interest in the ]?apor ami kept Gatitt to edit it for them. "'And.'' said Mr. Archer, "if vou keep your eyes open you may soon sec something else about this in the papers." If Ellerbc clio.se to give Appelt some of his money to edit his poper for him. it was all right. hut. it was s trail ire that lie should invest his money in Spartanburg. where there were some five thousand votes. Of course Kllcrbe was sharp enough to get Neal to make all the promises and agreements. There were candidates in the hall who had been approached by Xeal and invited to take stock in the Headlight, in the hope of making a combination to carry Spartanburg County. Replying to Archer Governor Kllcrbe said he had $27.") invested in newspapers in South Carolina, llis money was Ins own. and lie used it as he pleased. l>ui he had no money in the Manning Times. Replying to Mr. Connor's letter concerning the reusing of privilege tax tags published above he said this was under the administration of his 'predecessor. The compromise with a dealer in Marlboro was made at the suggestion of the assistant attorney general, and expense was saved thereby. Tin? manufacturers who had furnished fertilizers below the analysis are now being prosecuted. THE BERKELEY MEETING. The Berkeley meeting was held on Thursday. About four hundred people were present. Mr. Archer brought up his opponents in panoramic review, accompanying it J with hot shot for some ?* them and | spice for ail except the prohibition candidate, who was absent. lie declared that Governor Ellerbc stood before the people as persecuted innocence, and ! that his speech was a defense of what a I irreat many of the people believ lie has ! j di.ine al the siitrjlesl ion ??i oilier men. j in r<l?ait;tni?lJr.u In? Iiiulvoiiijifniiiswl tins liarnit-y <>i' his office until the people Ia..L>a/I nii/iii iiiin ;K ! Iicftv lifilir 1^1:411 imwuk. .I...... ...... ... .. , .. ( lie had appointed two of liis heelers magistrates when the county already bad enounh. and against liis protest as senator. 11o had compromised himself I?y going into the market to buy a man who had denounced him as a trickster ;itid everything: degraded. McLaurin lia<l denounced this man (lantt as an imported hireling. and yet when (rantt noes to Columbia (lovernor Kllerbe rides hint in his buggy and treats him like a gentleman. "He proposed to sell out to me. hut I don't buy." said In*. Referring to Col. Tillman. Mr. Archer said we had had one dose of Tillmanism and <!od forbid that we >hould ever have another. The crowd began to show its disapproval at this md Mr. Archer said he referred to the villification of the Tillman campaign. Col. Watson, he said, was from Kdirt;tield and thought that Kdgefield ought to have everything as it-^ inheritance. L'ol. Schumpert was lying low. saying nothing and was hoping to rake out the idiestmrts that Tillman knocked down, lie was satisfied that Mr. Whitman would get all the votes, and lie asked from Berkeley only the votes that did not go to Whitman. Col. Whitman was resplendent in Ins kniekerbocker costume ami Boston barters, fresh from his bicycle ride from Mannin?r. lie said his speech should consist of poetry and common sense, lie denounced Kllerbe's administration is an "Egyptian political mummy, dead is all treacherous governments should be." lie has traveled from Union to Berkeley on his hicvcle and had not discovered a dozen persons who would vote for Kllerbe. Watson bragged ibout what his home people thought of him. and he reminded him. "woe unto I)iin of whom all the peoplespeak well." ,'Lauirlrtcr.) "Come to my home and n?u will find that the Christian people -tick to me and that the servants of the levil are against me." (Laughter.) "If the Bible was not the model that it is [lie fool would have killed it Ion.a ago. If you think 1 have sand in my gizzard ind sense in my head vote for Whitman." (More laughter. Governor Kllerbe said it was hard to <it and listen to abuse and misrepresentation. He had invited criticism 'but lid not ask to be villied. If he had been the political trickster that his opponents charged it was the duty of the people to kick him out. but he appealid not to be convicted on false charges, lie invited his enemies to specify one single act of his :is governor that was letrimental to the State or that had lowered the dignity of his office' Before (rod. his highest ambition had been to serve the people faithfully and ivell. and in making appointments he. bad not considered his own interests, (le had made appointments over Sena:or Archer's protest because a majority vf the delegation recommended it. the law provided it and the people petition-. hI him to do it. He did not propose to jc dictated to by any such man. who bad made such a pitiable exhibition of bimself. Uncle George Tillman replying to jov. Ellerbe's remarks that he was soured by defeat, said that he had never * > 1.1. i_ ? ivinnea. ana mat me peupie n<tu ? ight to beat him. He promised if jleeted to try to formulate some scheme :o drain the low country of the State so is to improve tlie health of the people n this section. The people had been obbed too often in the matter of taxa:ion. and his effort would be to reduce :axes. Col. Schumpert said that if Gov. Bllerbe had measured up to the standird he should be reelected, but not just to give him a second term. "Whethiie had done so or not was not for him say. as he was running on his own merits md not the demerits of others. Col. Watson said that Ellerbe was ;rying persecution. ?nd he would prove [lis charges against him by specifications. n TTAT? 1A I U pi w \ u uic ui uMUiu^? mv vm*m instant the governor's own particular ;'rie*nd, Larry Gantt. in whose paper Ellerbe had put his money in order to control Spartanburg county. In.Gantt's paper. Oct. 22. 1897. he had an article headed "ADirty Deal" in which lie spoke A' Ellerbe's descending to the lowest iepli of political trick cry te fant his spite. and that there was conclusive proof of a deal by which one of the most responsible. ?State offices had actually l>ccn batered away to serve political ends. A n#l tliTit l*'l]nvl><i! {five (r:llltt his money as a bribe to support him. TWENTY NEW COMPANIES Being Recruited Under the Second Call for Volunteers. The Columbia Record says tlie. fact that the executive office lias received formal information of the recruiting of only live companies for the new regiment lias led some to fear that the new regiment would be very tardy in responding to the call, but an inquiry it theadjutant ircncal's office Thursday inorninjr revealed the fact that twenty men are hard ;it work in various parts :?f tlio state forming companies, and ['run: this it is presumed thatx-ompetition to get in first is quite lively. The follr?wiiiir list of those who have so applied for recruiting bianks to recruit com pa nies was given out by Assistant Adjutant fleneral Rruce this morningII. F. Rice. -Hamburg. W. W. Watinamaker. Orangeburg. S. T. Brown. Bambesr. I. M. Manlin. Pickens J. K. Tompkins. Kdgelield. U. T. Davis. Marion. Robert Scarborough. Conway. L. 0. Miles. Marion. J. C. Robinson. Chester. A. C. Murrcll. Conway. F. S. Terry. Charlest< hi. F. \V. Hanahan. Chester. Clyde Horton. Clinton. \\\ P. Crawford. Chester. (r. 1>. Rouse. Charleston. C. \Y. Moorman. Gaffnev. T. I>. Railey. Clark's Hill. J. L. Perrin. Abbeville. \V. T. Mixson. Columbia. .1. T. Flowers. Columbia. Italy Shaken Up. Two sharp earthquake shocks were felt Wednesday uiorninjr at Kieti. forty-two miles from Home. The worst one was at 1 a. m. ft lasted iLscconds and a number of buildings W($? damaged. The Carbineer barracks were rendered uninhabitable and the whole population was paiiic-stricken. At Castle Franco an earthquake shock injured a number of people and killed one child. An earthquake was also felt Wednesday night around Aquila. capital of the province of that name. IS miles north east of Koine, and along the Antrodoco valley. A number of houses collapsed, one person was killed. and a dozen were injured. Five peasnts were killed, and seven others were injured by an earthquake shock at Santa Kuflna. near Aquila. A number of house fell and several persons were 1 " 11 i i- i ?i?, Kllh'U r>y ;( \> li IV II vn iniru ell ?J?*. vilUiuc ul ( :i|><.' Vulla. DENIES THE ('HARiiEj Editor Larry Gantt Replies to Sen- j ator Archer. AN INDIGNANT REFUTATION. ' Allegation of the Gubernatorial Candidate Denounced as Wilfully False from Beginning to End. Mr. Gantt's Pen is Not Purchasable. Spartanburg. S. C.. .June 30. 1S98. At the Manning campaign meeting I seethe following report of a speech delivered by State Senator Archer, candidate for Governor: "Gubernatorial candidate Archer ueclared that Governor Ellerbe. Neal and others had given Larry Gantt .500 for his interest in The Piedmont Headlight. and were employing him as editor to control. Spartanburg County. Gantt had sought him first, he said, intimating that he wa's for sale, but he refused to buy. Neal. lie declared, was acting as Ellerbe's political agent, working his campaign all over the State." I denounce the above as wilfully A * " ? ' t ! .1 false from beginning to cnu. an? mere is not one scintilla of truth in what Senator Archer says. 1 have not sold my interest in The Piedmont Headlight to Messrs. Kllcrbe. Neal or any one else, and neither have I been employed by these gentlemen to edit the ] taper. Last November, long before the State campaign started mv jtartner. Mr. T. H. Thackst on. and myself decided to organize a stock company in order to buy new machinery and start a daily paper, also to add a job printing department to our business. We did not have sufficient capital of our own to do this, and therefore secured a charter, through the Secretary of State, for The Piedmont Headlight Publishing; Company. and then advertised for subscription. We made no secret of this, for the back tiles of our paper will show that we announced" the subscription books Were open to all who desired to buy stock. Every subscriber knows this to be true. We have not as yet placed Si.500 worth of stock, and as the charter calls for ten thousand dol lars. it will t>e readily seen mat a very small interest in the paper has been secured outside of the stock still owned by Mr. Thackston and myself. Our friend Judge W. S. Thomason negotiated the sale of our stock, and.as he will bear me .out. I distinctly told him to say to those contemplating a purchase, that so long as I remained at the helm of the paper its editorial policy would remain unchanged, and I should insist'on a majority of the stock being sold to and held by citizens of Spartanburg County. We have still more than three thousand dollars worth of stock to dispose of. which any one can purchase by applying to Judge Thomason or at this office. There has been no request made that this-paper support Governor Ellerbe or fight Senator Archer or any one else. Amoug'the parties who bought stock in The Headlight are Messrs. T. R. Trimmier. L. P. Epton. J. B. Liles. TV. L. Epps and other citizens of Spartanburg County. So any one can see at a glance the falsity of Senator Archer's statement. In organizing our stock compa pany. it was simply a business transaction. the same as should we sell an interest in a farm, a horse or any other species of property. We had nothing to conceal from the public, and have concealed nothing. The whole transaction was open and above board; the call for stock subscriptions was published week after week in our paper, and our books -open to whoever would buy. I am not now. never have been, or ever intend to be. in the political employ of Messrs. Neal. Ellerbe or any one else, and if Senator Archer so stated he uttered a deliberate and slanderous falsehood. 1 respect the cloth of a minister of the Gospel, but when I see a man stealing the livery of heaven to advance his own ambition and selfish interest, and circulating slanders on a fellow-countryman, who has befriended him when he most needed assistance. I 'fWkl tlmt tlm author of the libel has forfeited all regard by degrading his high calling. The declared policy of' the Headlight in the present campaign?and our files will show that we have carried out that promise to the letter?is'this: To give full reports of the speeches made, not advocate the cause of any of the candidates. and discuss measures and not men. All the candidates forGevernor. except Senator Archer, have treated me with the greatest courtesy, and it is my desire to give them, all a fair showing, so far as my influence goes. I have come nearer endorsing. Uncle (leorge Tillman than any of the candidates, for several planks in his platform exactly coincide with the views expressed by K.IIIH1. innwi tlum :i VV;| I' :i<?0. Bllt the trouble with Senator Archer is that this paper did not become his personal organ and work for his election as it did when he was a candidate for State Senator, after being twice turned down by his own people, who knew him best. Here is where'the shoe pinches. 1 can scarcely believe that Senator Archer stated that I ever sought him with a view to selling out the influence of' our paper to him. for any such statement would be the blackest lie that ever fell from the lips of man. The only thing that Senator Archer could by any means possibly torture into such an overture is this: The Headlight leased the outfit of the People's .Journal Publishing Company, but we now j only use its press. The stock in this corporation is owned by our friends and supporters: The Headlight had bought ; up some of this stock, but a number of other friends came to us offering to sell j saying they were entirely satisfied with the investment, but needed the money. I At that time 31 r. Archer's name was not even mentioned in connection with gubernatorial chair, and knowing him to he a man of means, with idle capital and no one to care for but himself and wife. Mr. Thackston and myself decided that it won'd be a good idea to get him to buy up this stock as we were anxious to oblige our friends. I met Mr. Archer and told him that I could <rct him some three or four hundred dollars worth of the People's Journal Publishing Co.. stock, and it was one of the best investments I knew of. paying stock holders an annual dividend of 12 per cent,, besides laying aside a small sinking fund. Mr. Archer said he thought he would buy the stock, but wrote me in a few days that he did not have the money to spare. This ended the transaction and 1 thought no more about it. The sale of that stock to Senator Archer would not have profited nr TIia Headlisrht office tritiic* ? ? - w nne nickel, for the entire proceeds would have been at once turned over to the owners of the stock. We were simply trying to oblige those friends who needed ;i little ready money, and knew it was a much better investment than some in which Senator Archer had |?la?-trd money about that time. * y 'J'ht' purchase of st<?fk iit iho Peop! > s .Juriial I'ulilisliiii.L' Company eniihi iia;:no possible IjeariiiAT upon the editorial policy (if The Piedmont Headlight. as they arc two distinct awl separate corporations. owned by different parties, and both chartered by the Secretary of State.-Any one interested can call at the capital at Columbia and find out for himself the folly of Senator Archerthinking that by buying a few hundred dollars' worth of stock in the Journal company had as well say he can control this paper by buying stock in any of the banks or cotton mills of the county. Senator Archer always entertained ? a very poor opinion of the honor and honesty of the preff of our State, for lie frequently remarked, when his name was mentioned in connection with the gubernatorial race, that he would have to lay aside enough money to buy up some newspaper to support him. Perhaps the Senator was then fifhing for a bid from me. As every man in Spartanburg county knows. Senator Archer was uefeatted for both clerk of court and the legislature. When Hon. Stanyarne Wilson resigned his seat in the Senate. I urged Mr. Archer to offer for the unexpired term, and no ene ever worked harder or more faithfully for a candidates success than 1 did for Mr. Archers election: and neither did I i / . L r j:.? cliarge liim one nicKei ior wnat 1 uiu both through the columns of The Headlight and by pcrsonsal work among my friends. I wrote columns endorsing his position, and spent days traveling over the country in my busby pleading with our farmers to turn out and support Mr. Archer. But the only return I have ever received for this work is the false and slanderous charges made at Manning, behind niv back and when Mr. Archer knew 1 was not present to defend myself. That attack was as cowardly :<s it was ungrateful and slanderous. I have met Senator Archer several times face to face recently, and why did he not then make his charges to me. and where I could have answered them, and not waited until he was out of my sight and hearing? In view of all that L have so freely done to start Mr. Archer in nolitical life, alter he was twice repudiated by his own people. I must say that he has repaid my unselfish kindness by cowardly, ungrateful bush-whacking methods. No man has ever served his friends more loyally, devotedly and unselfishly than myself, and I have never received one dollar, in my whole Journalistic life, for supporting either a man or measure. We have sold stock in our paper and have still stock to to sell, and Senator Archer can buy it if he wishes to invest. But I desire to say right here that there has never been enough money coined to purchase the pen of T." L. Gantt. So far as Governor Ellerbe and Col. Xeal are concerned, while I have op 1 Afi. \fy.T.??rin posuu tuuir sujijjuii. ui i'xi. i'lvuiiuiiu ut the same time my personal relations with both of these gentlemen have been exceedingly kind and pleasant. "When my son was last year a candidate for clerk of the House. Gov. Ellerbe and Col. Xeal both worked for his election and did all that they could for him. I would have been as basely ungrateful as Senator Archer has proven himself to be did I wage an unjust and unfa1*!* war against such friends when their own interests were at stake. Being a county man, I would have felt duty bound to support Senator Archer for Governor, had he not proven, to ray entire satisfaction, that lie was not the proi>er man to rule over our great State. But at t' e same time I intended to treat him and all the other candidates perfectly fair and then abide the will of the people. As to my reason for not supporting Senator Archer. I will give them at .li ? ~.w7 o?+;_ tim projjer urnc. auu iuc uviimk. ?uutrust and unperchasable voters of South Carolina will pronounce them good and sufficient. I have always faithfully worked for the well-being of my people, and have never as yet fallen a victim to the wiles of trust agents or emissaries. Neither have myself or The Headlight office handled a dirty shilling, and all of our business transactions are open to the fullest glare of an X-ray or calcium light. 1 have never received one dollar from either Governor Ellerbe or Col. Xcal in the way of a salary as editor, or through any other plea, except one dollar a year us subscriptions to this .paper. 1 supported Governor Ellerbe in the last gubernatorial contest at last election, and he will bear me in the statement that he did not then, or at any other time, pay me one cent, except a postage stamp I once used in his office. lie never offered me money, and neither T lmvr> -i< < <*!if listil lift tender ed me money. The people of South Carolina know how hard I worked for Col. Irby. sending over the State hundreds of dollars worth of free papers in his interest, and Col. Irby will hear me out when I say that 1 not only refused pay for the service but never handled a dollar of his money in my life. The people know how many hundred of columns 1 have written in support C<>f Hon. Stanyarne Wilson, and the only charge ever made against that gentleman was the actual cost of the papers lie had mailed, paying for typesetting, etc.. from my own pocket. Now. if I was on the make, and was so corrupt as Senator Archer clrarges. it docs not seem reasonable that I would have asassessed those gentlemen as welj as TnlliorViA ;>n<l to whom r am under personal obligations for tlie work lie did tor my son last year. I admit that I am full of faults, but dishonesty, treachery, ingratitude and corruption are not among them. Ask Hon. Allen D. Candler, recently nominated for Governor of Georgia, if I charged him one stiver for the work I did for him when he was opposed by Emory Specr. and which was the bitterest and hardst fought campaign ever waged in the i^outh. and the brunt of the battle was thrown upon myself by the independent candidate. I have* passed the meridian of life and can - - 1 . V . .. show cleau lianas; ana senator -ireuer is the first man who ever charged me with selling my pen. Go over to Georgia, among the people who know me best, and the bitterest enemy J | have left in that Ssate will tell you that I am honesf and wield an unpurchasable pen. And now. in my dejclining years, is it reasonable that I would thus prostitute myself, and besmirch my past record, by selling out my interest in a business worth fully ?3..")<>(> in cash for the pitiful sum of ?1.^00. and then throw my journalistic and professional honor in the scale for j good measure. In conclusion. I say to Senator Archer nrnvp vour assertions, or stand I" ^ ? branded before the people of South Carolina as a slanderer and falsifier. I shall await Senator Archer's reply, and will then give him something to explain himself instead of attacking a private citizen behind his back. Respectfully. T. L. GAXTT. CARD FROM JU!H?E W. S. TIIOMASOX. ; 1 have read the foregoing article "in / . i.ii li-ivti f.lliv ill v. 1- i {lie ?-?J111?t of Tin- Ileadlight desired t?> organize an evening daily, in ronnecti<in with that journal. finding tli:it t'lwy |-<utld not w ithin t lu'mseiws raise the amount, nf money i/*<|iiiivd. I was employed-is an attorney to procure a charter for the- intended company and to aid them in raising the the money on. the stock to he issued by the company for. the purpose above stated only, a ft I went to Columbia! saw Col. Xeal. whoma I knewMo be a very influential gentlema*vjuid was introduced toothers. I had a stalementTot' ihe annual earnings of The Headiignt-, and was able to show, and diushow.diat 25 per cent, could be paid to the stock holders annually, if the friends of the paper would support it in the future as in the past. 1 procured some money for stock, but have not gotten the requiredamount subscribed yet. Hope to do so within less than a month. I was instructed by Col. <luntt to sjtatetoanyonewho might take stock in the entrprisc that the editors would feel free to support any man for position they saw tit. but would not bind themselves to support any particula candidate for Governor or any other office. 1 knew the personnal preference or leanings of the editors toward (How Kllerbe. and as an individual T might have said think 1 did to some, not stockholders. however, that the paper would support Kllerbe. This wasinv opinion. W. S. Thotiiason. Help the Children to Love Home. Home ought to be to a child the dearest. sweetest place on earth. Its hallowed inffueiices ought so to captivate the child's heart that it would there find., its purest and sweetest joys. And as. the children grow older the home influence. sacred and god-like, ought t?? bind them all the stronger. To the home they ought to turn with joy. hecause there is father, lie. who toiled to provide for them in their helplessness, and whose warm loving heart still clings to them and is intensely interested in their welfare and happiness. Because there is mother, the dear, loving, sclfsacriticing mother who fed them when hungry, nursed and watched over them when sick, taught them to walk and talk, rejoiced with tlrem over their little suecuess and joys, and soothed their aching hearts with kind words and gentle songs when they were smitten with sorrow and pain. Ah. mother, mother! How that name thrills the soul and awakens remembrances of unspeakable kindness rendered to some cf us in the years that are long past. Father, mother, make your home the dearest place on earth to your children Gather them about you in the evening. Jjisten to mem patiently us u.iev narrate the little adventures of the day. Take them into your eon tide nee. and teach them to take you into their confidence in turn. ])o not send them into the street just to get them out of your way. The parents who do such an unnatural cruel thing to their children usually find, to their sorrow, that their' boys do. very soon and effectually, get out of their way. But where do they get to? To the many questionable resorts and finally to ruin. How many parents have seen this truth verified, to their, unutterable sorrow, when it was too late to undo the awful consequences of sending their children into the street, or to ploy with their neighbor's chil^~ /?a<- Ari* f]?/i \r-i\T' urcu juot tu tiicui v/i*u v* vuv It is an unfailing rule and always works like a charm.. Bloodshed at Camp AJger. During a sham battle Wednesday at Camp Alger which is located near Washington Harvey Reed. Company B. Sixth Massachusetts, was shot in the head with a blank cartridge at short range. He lost one ear and it is feared his eyesight is permanently injured. On the same daj* an exciting encounter took place a few miles from the camp. The second brigade was returning from its march to the Potomac when it encountered a column on the road composed of the First Rhode Island. Third * 3 J nACCAn iUlSSOUn uuu kvCUUUU lunutoovv. The Second Tennessee refused to to give way so that the Second brigade might pass, and finally charged the brigade with fixed bayonets. Two or three men were slightly injured. The .Strength oi Nature. According twiiic mythology,when Hercules wrestle*! wiiu AiiUeus; every time he was threwn 'uc jumped up again strori;Cfr than jy ever, gaining fresh power from / J every contact with the earth. Hercu- / / K-s conquered liiin at / f last osily by holding / bins iu thr air away fik. from the source of h:V -? /\ sljvngth. until he grew . vx f/\ weaker and weaker ! I \ and finally be \ ca m e^xh:;i: * \* source of h?-c:'h ^svs^ji^^g" /"i a"<i vi>rot V;i<P*ll*l?|r \/ N Natt.re's laws the K^'YjW / L vsiromrrr and v I Nl i* ''c ;i'* 'l "*T wt - fes ( i'T"w- Vl*;,cn- wc }k-& \ )'Jf"t away troia - T^%v I / "i'"11 we ar^ Wire / V tu be overcome K7? \ '^4>-=< bv weakness f ?~T*V - \ ?0 aiid disease. VV^// I \ When sickX^7 ~j J 1 V1'? %& nessgrets hold * cf a ??:an the only remf-d" to really cure him must be a natural rem-. ?iv li must work according to natural laws ,oid brin-; him right in touch with Nature. Any urr.'iitural stimulus or mere temporary " as?:?rt?/"r " does no *>er rnanrtu guo<i to a person wjju ts uci)..;>j.ru and " run-down." In these conditions the most perfect, natural strength builder is Dr. Piercr's Ooidcn Jfedical Discovery. !:. acts directly upos the natural nutritive processes. a:?! creates solid, permanent strength and viirtl force io the same way thai Nature create? '!: m It capacitates the stomach and l:e~r to vitalize the- circulation anH feed the n?rve centres wka pure, hea'thy blood. Thi~. i exactly Nature's way of trurin? nervous ex haustion. debility, in?ott:<ii-i. a*:d Mftira'cia Durir.sr the pa<t ,0 yMrs. f>; Pierce's medicines have become recognized standard remedies throughout the world. Jlis "Pleasant Pellets" a*"e a oerfect and perniar-nt cur- for cr.nvtination Sister KIiz* I., de l-atcon. > ( Corpns Christi JCueces Co., Texas, vvn'n-s- "This i< to tell voc thai t have he~n i;i f,?r W-'f.yone and was 5n*.*:y cured ! >> your <JoJ?ien Medical Discovery* 1 ; " " ^notion' T was cuiiipicicly cured alter i;ic meaiciuc. i _ Colton&uiriing' Mach:acryWe are bandline the latest improved AIR DISTRIBUTING AND AIR FEEDING SYSTEM FOR ELEVATING, CLEANING AND GINNING COTTON. Our i-ys'em baddies cotten (ntirely by the Air Process and in cocncction with ci r double box revolving press with steam tramp er the cost of ginning cotloa does not exeeed S3J cents per oaie. jajprpveuji-iJi, of cct-on in storm years from ?-3 to $10 jer ba e. In averag seasons froir ?i to $2. Engines, Boilers, Oins, Presses. Threshers, Grist Mills. Saw Mil's, Brick Mills and Fittings always in stcck ready for immediate shipment. W. H. &CO.% Xe r Union Depot, Columbia 8 C, ^ Pa nharlnHi* (?_ I r, \ ,9 Agtruw v?.-v-'v, ? 4 ?:; - M I Hilton's. Iodoform Uniment is the "nee ]>lifl ultra" ?r all such preparations in raH i>i<>\Mitir <,ironr>ss ;Mi<I (iiiit-klv liealinM fresh cuts ;mk! wounds, no matter liovH )>:nl. It will promptly lieaJ old soresM of 1?Hiir standing. Will kill the pois-^M on from "Poison Ivy" or "Poison w Oak and cure?"l)ew Poison. Will counteract the poison from bites of snakes and stinjrs of insccts. It is a sure cure for sore throat. Will cure any case of sore month, and is a- superior remedy for all pains and aches. N>lcl by ilrujgn.sts and dealers^.) cents a bottle. aH A Happy Home j I? increased ten-fold by good Music- M&k the most of life by procuring a good PIANO OK ORGA2* Music has a refining influence, and keep* your children at home. . . REMEMBER 1 i'ou only invest omce iii a lite-time, provided you select a good Instrument . I CHALLENGE ' j Anyhouse in America to beat my prices; qualityand responsibility considered. 4 TERM. 4 K ; v- i 1 To those not prepared to pay cash, I wii give reaionable time, at a alight difference Warranty,1 I fully guarantee my InctromenU sold u ' reprecented. . | DON'T FAIL lo write for price* and terma, and for illua traied catalogue*. YOURS FOB PIANOS AND ORGANS M. A MALONE, 1509 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, 8. a, ) "j IA Goof? f5 ^ Is RiTravs Good, e-l^rayz B*ll*bl*. 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