The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 07, 1898, Image 1

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' ft VOL. LI1L WINNSBOJRO, S. G, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1898. NO. 5. L THE PRIMARY. ?P? The Returns Show That There r was no Choice for Governor. I ^ft\/CP>HAO CI f CDDC I c A no Mr. Featherstone Comes Next and they Will Run the Race ?ver 'n the Second Primary. The Figures. The State Democratic Executive Committee met Friday night in Colum*Ina in f VlA 10fft Ulit CU UIUIUUIC till; ? UIA. XU ViiVr iww | primary as to State officers and declare ^ the result. The committee was con?Sk fronted with a condition of aSairs wg which has never presented itself before. ! Six county committees had failed to make returns, although Chairman Jones had the day before telegraphed them all to be sure to get in their reports, as the committee met Friday night and 1^ could not proceed without the reRt turns from all counties. The result was jfiy that the State committee was forced to adjourn temporarily until these re- j Mi ports can De receivea. The meeting was decidedly unsatis? factory, no results being announced or even prepared. Carelessness and storms prevented any returns from Beaufort, p j Berkeley, Cherokee, Colleton, Hampr ; ion and Oconee from being before the by committee at all. The committee refused to give out the partial returns, P- but they show the same results as given in the tables below. Ellerbe and Featherstone run over. Bellinger is nominated. McMahan and Brown run over. Blythe may run over with Floyd. TWham and Enton's race is a toss up. Tompkins and Cooper run over. The chances are that Blythe and Floyd will have to make the race over in the second primary almost certainly. The results are ail pretty well fixed. Thomas and Grams run over for railroad commissioner. The official totals without " - Hampton and Beaufort are: if For Governor?Ellerbe 29,279, "Watson 7,240, Tillman, 11,491, Schumpert n /?00 T? xl. T7 4 jOO-ij x1 eutitt;i.5tuuc xi,uxu. For Adjutant General?Watts 16,763, Floyd 36,904, Blythe 20,907. For Comptroller General?Derham 37,384, Epton 37,419. For Secretary ol State?Tompkins 2S.340, Cooper 26,910, Bradham 21,233. For Superintendent of Education? Mayfield 19,357, Rice 13.217, Brown J 20,863. FOR GOVERNOR. The first fable given ia that for Governor. It shows that a second race must he ran between Ellerbeand Featherstone. The vote as made tip is: Wat- Till L Ellerbe ?on. man. AODevziJe yia act ot* fe Aiken 633 458 796 Anderson 929 566 424 Barawe'l 802 143 381 Beaufort 13 34 86 v -a Bamberg 628 77 171 finBerkel^y 457 99 213 ^^Clwileslon 198 58 137 Cherokee 657 21 2C6 Chester 643 38 61 Chesterfield ........ 846 96 106 ^ Clarendon 800 94 107 V Colleton 751 132 695 Darlincton 652 52 174 Dorchester 511 31 126 r Edgefield:. 208 310 575 Fairfield 479 198 211 Florence 731' 284 255 Georgetown 133 8 94 Greenville 1.203 137 1,062 Greenwood 363 178 343 Hampton 404 24 425 riorry 252 634 399 Kershaw 753 121 246 / Lancaster 903 11 253 Laarens J1.045 73 178 Lee 522 39 l'JO Me Lexington - 901 259 273 m Ida ion ... 1,53d H7 zn I Marlbc.ro 848 164 61 Newberry; 642 1<>9 50 Oconee 06(5 68 500 Orangeburg ? 850 138 75 Pickens - 715 i'4 425 Richiand 671 r29 151 Salad* 200 872 360 Spartanburg 1,513 91 153 Sumter - 641 79 194 U-uon , 727 124 42 |9 "Williamsburg 84-r> 03 222 York ... 1,178 134 2>2 Camp Lee..... .... -377 75 36 rf"\irr?T\ fta T. Kro Fifl AK ^ Totals 29,096 7,'JC2 12.2 J2 i GOVERNOR?CONTINUED, k Bchum- Feitherpert. stone. Abbeville 71 329 ~ Aiken..... 55 335 sir ' .Atideraon 88 1,242 W ' Binrwell 106 260 .Beiufort- 38 9 Bamberg 33 230 Bexkelej 47 122 Charleston 925 31 _ Cherokee 87 490 -Chester 33 ?06 Im Chesterfield 20 290 S Clarendon 29 315 m Colleton 104 241 Darlington 1S1 455 Dorchester 78 358 Edgefield 20 317 Fairfield 7 J 351 Florence 45 236 flortXAflf fi-i Greenville 280 1,195 Greenwood GS 417, . Hampton Uo 4y Horry 115 192 A Kershaw...., ... 49 2(>2 ? Lancaster 21 1,019 Uu- ' laurens 431 8C0 Ljf J.ee..... 30 332 Lei it gton 202 389 \! aril,,. 17 Sf-Ja Marlboro 2S 375 | Newberry 731 277 | ? Oconee 112 411 Orangeburg 74 422 Pickens 134 331 j B Richland 001 204 j liL, Saluda , 20 203 j Spartanburg 1,030 1,0S4 Br Sumter 01 405 jHr Union 527 283 Williamsburg 32 249 York ... l ib 1,022 t' i ..o 11 V/MIIJ' Us? * * I Camp Cuba L bie 97 ~1 foUis 7,779 16,890 r ADJUTANT GENERAL Watts. Floyd. Blvthe.. Abbeville 292 1,03S 705 Aiken 640 1.262 837 Barnwell 44S 932 303 Bamberg 199 446 391 .Berkeley ztv i>i;> j ?% Clarendon 128 2l<5 S83 | 5 . Cherokee 626 790 430 Chesterfield... 218 1,009 218 Colleton 602 991 326 Darlington 378 770 367 Dorchester 165 916 147 <>*- Fairfield. 249 557 521 tS-* i I Florence 396 889 247 ' Greenville 720 463 2,678 I Horry... \ 387 1,052 194 ; Kershaw 92 1,056 298 j Lee 253 737 275 Lexington 43y i,o< < Siiz Marion 303 1,577 3l6 Pickens 339 332 1,164 Kiehland 593 1,178 447 Saluda 203 1,120 394 Spartanburg... 1,506 1,862 1,456 Sumter 158 580 630 l Williamsburg.. 508 639 304 j York 460 548 704 Union 651 824 266 Edgefield 117 1,399 228 Beaufort 44 68 61 Charleston.... 290 902 140 Chester 195 520 561 Lancaster 274 738 898 T oAA AO d A .Laurens azo vo v* Marlboro 162 1,047 227 Newberry'" 360 1,207 315 Oconee 558 871 86S Orangeburg 383 878 31S Camp Lee 258 156 134 Cuba Libre 147 149 257 Anderson 571 1,024 1,402 Greenwood ... 158 745 4S2 Totals: 14,994 34,115 20,393 RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Gray. Evans. Stansell. Abbeville.:.. 125 124 111 Aiken 176 434 766 Anderson.... 161 161 160 Barnwell.... 51 20 1,3S5 Beaufort.... 7 23 11 Bamberg.... 19 11 355 Berkeley 22. 56 44 Charleston 33 78 765 Cherekee.... 159 242 74 Chester 80 53 26 PViAofArfiol/l 1Q 1 RO V11COCU1 UV1U.. ? vv ~ ~ Clarendon... 50 109 44 Colleton .... 12 19 10 Darlington .. 107 167 64 Dorchester... 21 63 30 Edgefield.... 204 474 81 Fairfield 95 367 49 Florence.... 168 110 112 Greenville ..1,172 402 147 Greenwood.. 168 104 139 Horry 153 181 49 i Kershaw 80 89 31 AA 22ft ** Laurens.... 108 65 59 Lee .32 260 36 Lexington... 109 231 319 Marion 267 154 169 Marlboro.... 35 48 33 Newberry.... 97 74 73 Oconee 139 230 227 Orangeburg. 25 49 122 Pickens 231 91 140 Richland.... 187 809 133 Saluda 89 177 190 Sn.arfji7ihnr?r 717 524 808 Sumter 34 112 104 Uniou 52 630 30 Williamsburg 25 215 128 York 374 348 63 Camp Lee:.. 79 218 15 Cuba Libre.. 132 58 49 Totals 5,058 7,135 7,757 EAILEOAD COMMISSIONER. TkAmoa (lavmo JbUUiUCKJ VI IMA * Abbeville....... 848 333 149 202 Aiken 156 258 7 i 354 Anderson 268 869 407 346 Barnwell - 149 6o 16 18 Beaufort 23 88 1 19 Bamberg 77 575 49 50 Berkely.. 231 671 27 28 Charleston..? 230 116 23 10 Cherokee 637 461 70 149 Chester 135 423 253 14 Chesterfield.... 540 648 239 55 Clarendon 321 G37 93 42 Colleton 88 1,723 46 37 1-arlington 289 290 44 170 Dorchester...., 167 747 36 50 Edgefield 220 301 35 122 rairiield iys *Jo4 13& lis Florence 600 253 170 107 Greenville 413 260 1,150 1,287 Greenwood .... 134 271 403 288 Horry 308 141 38 177 Kershaw 256 672 188 88 Lancaster 262 416 712 120 Laurens 72 42 68 11>5 Lee 408 300 105 75 Lexington 319 364 68 853 Marion 269 1,156 243 195 Marlboro 249 866 69 162 Newberry 241 '62 99 1,207 Oconee 648 260 107 392 Orangeburg.... 370 825 144 136 Pickens 422 505 254 184 Richland 538 133 201 201 Saluda 138 416 40 681 Spartanburg... 764 822 476 674 Sumter 611 11U 252 67 Uhion Ill 421 129 311 Williamsburg- 270 555 106 176 York 324 993 405 206 Camp Lee 474 185 29 10 Cuba Libre 112 27 32 69 Toial 11,694 18.906 8.044 7,520 COMPTBOLLEB GENEBAL Derham. Epton. AuoeYuie Aikett . 1,132 1,070 Anderson .. 1,381 1,675 Barnwell 1,150 656 Beaufort 93 7*< Bamberg 740 356 Berkeley 511 436 Charleston 1,175 169 Cherokee - 840 611 Chester... 483 827 <hesiertield bl5 814 CUrendon .. 311,006 Colleton 368 1,367 DarJiogtou 900 601 Dorchester 600 601 Kdgefield 443 996 Fairfield 6 lt> 722 Florence .. 1,158 372 Greenville 1,693 2 121 Greenwood 500 600 Horry 1,483 217 Kershaw 789 633 Lancaster 1,271 534 Laurens .. 308 227 Lee - 672 575 LexingioD .. 939 1,326 Marion 1,696 792 Marlboro 898 589 JJe?berrj 1,071 7^8 Ocoaee 769 1,273 ?'mngtburg 919 66U Pickens 916 981 Richland 1,425 807 S*lu<ii 904 HI 2 Spartaoburg ... 797 4,040 Sumter 892 465 TTniAA 4RU 1 -)d9 Wiliiamsb ?rg 8a2 621 York 1,063 1,692 Camp Lee 374 197 E irst S. C 292 266 Totals 34 746 8i 888 ShC&KABV OF S1ATK xomp- Jtsraakins. Cooper. ham. Abbeville 935 672 418 Aikea 570 1,030 619 Ander-on 1,361 1,101 591 Barnwell*. 719 736 235 j Beaufort 64 62 42 ! Bamberg - 235 573 327 | Berkeley .. 21G 578 289 i Charleston* 304 1)45 107 Cherokee 116 522 1J3 Cheater* 073 370 351 CbesteifielJ ~6'l l fco4 41)2 Clarendon 123 148 1,049 Colleton 145 1,713 5*9 Darlington 570 547 373 Dorchester 103 788 230 Edgefield 650 34G 640 Fairfield 253 153 329 j Florence 576 196 759 , Greenville 1,714 1,299 736 ' Greenwood , * 923 242 277 j Hampton** .. 2!0 562 160 j ? " * * a i a r.r.i ! Horry d** siu <j<ji Kersbaw ... 715 240 480 { Lancaster 731 307 858 ! Laurens* .. 8'0 1,247 674! Lee..'..; 621 261 452 j L^xirutoii 9(>5 7(31 598 I Marion 484 470 LC18 j Marlboro* 291 254 996 Newberr? 801 591 642 Orangeburg 378 G83 5l8 Pickens 794 648 379 j RifthUnd 651 417 673 ' Spartanburg 1 781 2,086 932 { Sum er 739 237 405 Union 632 831 264 ! Wiliiarubburg .... 432 432 6*5 j York 958 7o2 1 07(.? I CampL.ee 2:3 144 178 j Camp Cuba Libre* 410 i?7 57 J Totals 26,486 25.2- 1 20,551 j ATTOHNEY GKNKRAL Bellinger. Mcwer Abbeville 1,338 390 Aiken 1.900 " 321 Anderson 2,(>42 5)63 B.t-Dwell 2 59b 129 Beaufort Baiubtrg 030 211 Berk*l?y 719 329 Charleston 90 1,358 Cbe okee -1.245 41(3 Cheater 742 640 ? ht-sterSeld 794 62 Clarendon 879 414 olletcn 1 410 535 Darlington 911 593 D rchester 920 198 hdgefit-ld 934 451 J Fnirfield U8l 647 I Florence 1,087 436 ! Greenville 2 272 1.633 j Greenwood 611 727 I Hampt-n ... 764 172 i Horry 904 677 ! Kershaw 780 651 ! Lancaster 691 1212 I Laurens 1,261 1347 j Lee.. 779 464 I Lexington 1,208 1004 Mari n 1.80(5 693 Marlboro 1,0H) 367 Newberry t... 9S7 1050 Orangeburg 1 203 369 Pickens 1,215 6*3 Richland 847 8S8 Spartanburg... >2,864 1923 Sumter 911 464 Union 1,033 685 ? 1117 KM? **uil&uisu'jrg i,ui w? York.....'. .. 1,405 13*22 ("amp Lee., .. 417 131 Camp Cuba Libre 416 148 Totals 45,644 28,138 SCPfcKIXTBXDENT OF EDUCATION. May- McMafield. Rice Brown, ban Abbeville 434 903 192 555 Aiken :... 424 246 708 854 Barnwell 662 336 113 584 Bamberg 579 187 206 171 r> t -i a *IO ?MO OSQ V4 4 DerKeie/ *10 in Clarendon -..- 211 216 97 499 Cherokee 517 222 622 366 Cherterfield... 349 159 741 286 Colleton 843 145 34fi 914 Darlington... 294 311 359 354 Dorchester... 177 H5 576 260 Edgefield 410 327 148 55 Fairfield 136 117 28 1059 F.orence 624 205 500 213 Greenville..? 1607 908 337 1000 Horry 209 1-05 867 486 Kershaw 455 161 387 438 Lancaster 755 269 261 715 Lee 291 301 159 481 Lexington...*. 553 324 520 1000 Marion 171 166 2053 103 Pickens 656 175 346 754 Richland 475 324 87 1437 Saluda zm <szi wy Sumter 243 272 224 641 Union 291 114 6(30 671 WilliatDBburg. 569" 152 488 336 York 435 278 957 1087 Spartanburg.. 871 664 2149 1182 Anderson 689 680 802 826 Beaufort 42 12 47 81 Charleston.... 1058 65 30 142 Chester 183 H4 580 397 Greenwo'id.... 158 1098 61 63 Hampton 247 160 193 330 Laurens 566 769 533 770 Marlboro 250 267 709 238 Newberry... , 569 640 341 390 oconee 458 634 139 812 Orangeburg... 273 73 89 L 353 Camp L<>e 151 270 91 14 Cuba Libre.... 211 131 30 188 Totals 18,801 13,1?8 19,334 22.527 The CoDgresfiional districts in which there are contests are; THIRD DISTRICT. Boggs. Johnston. Latimer. Abbeville... 297 401 1,396 Newberry... 33 943 913 Greenwood.. 141 426 825 Oconee 158 794 1,205 Anderson... 693 645 2,391 Camo Lee. ..18 22 19 Pickens..... 832 116 914 Totals.... 2,162 3,347 6,663 FOURTH DISTRICT. Wilson. Johnson. Donaldson. Spartanburg. 2,594 2,187 91 Fairfield .... 653 692 42 Richland.... 1,608 313 141 Camp Lee... 32 14 21 Union 987 644 45 Laurens 587 1,379 108 Greenville. ..1,892 1,701 407 Totals.... 8,623 7,130 855 "Wilson has a comfortable majority to go in on. FIFTH DISTRICT. Finley. Barber. Strait. York 2,282 255 195 Kershaw 376 593 368 Lancaster 360 352 1,029 Chester.., 74 963 191 Cherokee 890 430 174 Cherterfield 90 132 250 Camp Lee 7 16 3 Total 4,079 2,741^ 2,210 Henry. Pollock. Kennedy, v?i. -tin tj 19 X U1K JLJ.V i'J xu Kershaw 16 SO 37 Lancaster 97 81 40 Chester 307 6 15 Cherokee 264 233 19 Cherterficld... 90 467 553 Cauip Lee .... 2 1 1 Total 986 1.080 678 Finley and Barber run over. SIXTH DISTRICT. JNorton. .fcllerbe. I Marlboro 733 671 ! Clarendon 525 706 Florence 784 758 Marion 1,291 1,194 Darlington 631 807 Williamsburg 337 393 Horry 985 722 Camp Lee 138 25 Totals 5,424 5,276 orrrvriT Stokes. Brantley. Berkeley 7<S1 230 Colleton 977 720 Dorchester 700 305 Lexington 1,805 526 Lee 787 518 Sumter 992 533 Orangeburg 2,16t> 882 Richland 107 78 Camp Lee 89 34 Totals 8.404 3;922 A SEVERE STORM. Damage to Property Nearly a Half minion sonars. While there was no loss of life from Wednesday night's storm -which swept Savannah, the damage to property will foot up close to half a million dollars. The storm began early Tuesday night and raged with increasing violence until 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. It was at its height between 4 and 5 o'clock, when the wind reached a velocity of 80 miles an hour. It was then x .i - t- _x j j tnat me neaviest uamage was uuue. When daylight came the streets were impassable from debris. Probably 100 buildings were wholly or partially unroofed, and as many were damaged in other ways. The roof was torn from half of the Savannah theatre, and the auditorium of that building was transformed into a lake. The First Baptist church is among the most heavily damaged buildings. The entire western half of the roof was lifted from the walls and carried into the street betow. The handsome organ was filled with water and the rich frescoeingwas ruined. St. John's (Episcopal), the First and the Independent Presbyterian and the Lutheran church of the Ascension were !il<n Tn thAbusiness r>art of the city dozens of stores were unroofed and windows were blown in and the interiors flooded. There was no telegraphic communication during the day until late in the evening, when the Western Union and Postal Cable lines were in partial working order. Street car travel '.is blocked, and tonight the city is in darkness. The streets are a network of tangled wires. In the harbor and at quarantine at Tvbee, the damage to shipping is heavy. ROBBjSD his fbiend. Ex-Mayor Fritz H. Twitchell, of Bath, Me., Defaulter. Ex-Mayor Fritz H. Twitchell. one of Bath's most prominent citizens, and a member of Governor Power's council, and well known in business circles in Maine and Massachusetts, is a confessed embezzler.' The amount of the embezzlement is nlaced at S60.000. but it may exceed that sum. It is alleged that, for the past. 14 or 15 years, during which time Mr. Twitchell has been connected with the Worumbo Woolen Manufacturing company, various sums have been appropriated by him. These amounts were charged to the expense account, so that the business had not become involved at any time. When confronted with the evidence, Mr. Twitchell acknowledged his guilt, but it is thought no prosecution will follow, as the one most deeply involved is Galen S. Moses, treasurer of the mills, inclined to treat the matter as one of personal wrong rather than an instance of criminal intent. Mr. Twitchell, who is at his summer home at Popham Beach, is in poor health. He refuses to discuss the situation. The disclosures in the case were precipitated by -the personal assignment ot iUr. Moses, which was announced Tuesday, and in which Mr. Moses himself says more than $400,000 worth of property is involved, Mr. Twitchell was chosen mayor in 1891 and 1892. He was sent to the legislature in 1893 and 1895, and this year he was selected a member of the executive council. He has been grand commander of the Masonic commandery of Maine and is past grand ?ii c i;iia,iiv;euuji ui tuc ui x jcmao. DASTARDLY DEED. Three Killed, Nine More Seriously Injured in a Wreck at Fulton. Tlie Chicago limited on the New York, Ontario and "Western railroad, was wrecked at Ingall's crossing, four miles smith nf Fulton. N". Y.. at 5 o'clock Thursday morning. The wreck was due to the dastardly work of tramps, who threw open the switch at which the train was wrecked, as well as two other switches north of the wreck. The train was one hour and a quarter late and was running nearly 60 miles an hour when she struck the switch and was thrown over to one side of the track The rapid speed made it impossible to make the sham turn and the train left the track. The engine was thrown twenty feet away and blown to pieces, with the tender inverted. The trucks and baggage car were torn off and the head coach telescoped with the baggage car. The vestibuled chair car and the sleeper Farragut were derailed, but neither were badly damaged. Engineer Dowd and Fireman Hall both jumped and were found under the wreckage of the the tender by the passenger?. Dowd died in few minutes and Hall died three hours later. The body of Brakeman Osborn was torn in two. The dead are: Engineer B. C. Dowd, Oswego; Fireman "William Hall,' Norwich; brakcman A. L. Osborne, "Walton, The injured are: Bagg->gemaster Desmond, New York; David Mills, Oswego; John Golden, Oswego; C. A. Patten, Oneonta; John Ross, New York; Peter J. Hawkinson. "Wellesley, Mass.; C. Johnson, "Wellesley, Mass.; Gustave Magnuson, Boston; Carl Sven sou, 'Boston. To Disenfect a Sink. In hot summertide very strict attention should be given to the sink, so that no ill odors from it may be able to permeate the house. After washing dishes, etc., at the sink, a bucket of water mixed with powdered charcoal should be thrown down the waste pipe, as charcoal is a renowned purifier and disenfecting agent. Cabbage water should never be thrown down a sink, as it smells tor clays; out tnrown upon the garden beds, out of doors, may do the plants real service. Tj Eelease Spaniards. Acting Secretary Allen has authorized the release of all of the Spanish naval prisoners captured in the battle of July 3 from Cervera's fleet. These arc now at Annapolis, Scavey's Island, Portsmouth harbor and Norfolk, the officers being at the academy and the sailors at the island. The prisoners arc to be returned to Spain at the expease of the Spanish government. 'f'L-- J:X:? luai was uic cuuuiuuu uyuu vmn,u our government agreed to release without }?arole or other restrictions. CROP CONDITIONS. The Regular Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. WHAT THE CROPS ARE DOING, j What the Observers All Over the j State Report to Headquarters. The Information Consolidated. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued by State Observer Baur Wednesday. The first few days of the week just passed were hot, with maximum temperatures generally above 90 degrees, reaching 100 at Beaufort on the 2-ith; Inf.tAr nnrtinn nf tVip \7AAlc was much cooler, with a minimum temperature of 66 degrees at Spartanburg on the 29th. The average temperature for the week was 79 degrees, which is two degrees above the normal. Over the western counties, and in a few scattered localities elsewhere, the rainfall for the week was generally less than an inch, but over the remainder of the State from two to four inches fell, the heaviest rains having occurred in Richland, Orangeburg, Clarendon, Charleston, Hampton and over limited areas in the Pee Dee counties, where lands were washed, and streams overflowed, damaging much bottom land corn and cotton. The week's average rainfall, for the State, was-2.19 inches, which is 0.71 of an inch above the normal. There was less cloudiness than during the previous week, especially over the uDDer counties, with an averaee of 65 per cent, of bright sunshine, although over the eastern counties it amounted to tess than 50 per cent. Sunshine is needed for maturing and gathering growing crops. The weather conditions were quite favorable during the first of the week, causing a moderate improvement in crop conditions, but the last of the week was again cloudy and rainy. Considerable fodder was saved in fairly good condition, but much was. damaged by rain. Old corn is fully made, but it is too wet to gather aud * , n * i r i i T .. t _ _ a 3 .? nouse it. DtuoDic iana com is uoi uoing well generally. Cotton is opening freely and picking has commenced over the State generally. Rust is widely prevalent, while shedding and rotting of bolls continue to reduce the yield prospects. It is stated that the large "weed" has caused the crop to be overestimated. Sea Island cotton looks yellow, is shedding and blooming to the top. Some pea vines have been cut, but they do not cure well. A heavy crop of grass for hay awaits forvorable weaker for cutting. Sweet potatoes, chufas, pinders and cane are doing nicely. Rice harvest has begun, but the weather was unfavorable, and much rice awaits favorable weather for cutting. ine nee crop nas Deen somewnat aamaged recently. Pastures continue excellent. correspondent's reports. Aiken?Seivern: Up to Thursday the weather was fine for pulling fodder and picking cotton, since which time it has rained almost incessantly; cotton has done all it will do; corn will be a light crop.?J. F. Lyles. Bamberg?Olar: "Weather conditions unfavorable for cotton, causing plant to shed leaves, forms and squares; some cotton rotting for want of sunshine; corn on stubble lands badly injured by rain; sunshine needed to save hay crop. ?W. L. Rice. Barnwell?Blackville: Cotton still shedding, no prospects for top-crop, opening rapidly, picking retarded; late corn and all other crops very promising; fodder all harvested, about onethird lost.?Gr. D. Lange. Beaufort?Hardeville: Cotton shed nearly half of its fruit; much fodder 1 afi aaaaiinf r\f voin ttaw Tiffin 1U3U vu aV/WUUV VJL Ittill, *C1J being harvested: rice and corn very good.?J. S. Coburn, Sr. Berkeley?Ridgeville: Rice a failure; cane and potatoes doing well; too much rain has caused cotton to shed and rust and die out, bolls rotting; sunshine very much needed.?J. D. Smith. Chesterfield?Cheraw: Recent rains have injured cotton, making it rust and lost small fruit; cotton picking has begun, although but little open as yet; large crop of fodder is being gathered. S. J. McFaddin. Colleton?White Hall: Weather for the greater part of the week was fine and drying; rice harvest was generally started under favorable conditions, but the rain of Friday was damaging; corn J i J c nr lnxproveu uuucr unguis ua>s.?ju. ??. Haskell. Darlington?Cotton opening rapidly, and shedding on light soils from rust; freshet in .Great Pee Dee river destroyed some corn which was very fine; pea forage, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, millet and rice very promising.?J. J. Lucas. Dorchester?St. George; Cannot tell what the damage to cotton is; it rained most of the night (2S-29th); hay fields and pastures fine.?L. A. Harper, Edgefield?Edgefield: Cotton is rust ing badly, caused by ram. picking began the first of the week, but for the past three days it has rained every day; late corn and peas are doing well, almost all of the corn fodder has been damaged.?S. B. Mays. Fairfield?First portion of the week unusually hot?days and nights: too much rain for cotton, some picking has been done, close examination of crop makes probable yield below previous estimates; the fodder crop is short and very poorly cured; pea vines very fine. ?W. M. Patrick. Greenville?Sandy Flat: During the week we have had five days of sunshine; crops are doing well; late corn and peas are fine: cotton opening, no picking yet.?Mrs. M. 11. Kendrick. Greenwood.?Hodges: But little change in crops this week; three hot days caused cotton to wilt: cotton is opening and heins picked; fodder pullin <r -trill Kn nvor ?r Martin. Hampton?Ridgcland: We had a few good days this week, dried off the ground and helped everything, fodder pulling was pushed and some saved in good condition; cotton opening and picking has begun, some complaints of its being rotten from wet weather; cane and potatoes growing fast.?J. "W. Ferebee. Kershaw?Camden: The warm weath-v 0 y T_ / < er caused cotton to rot in the boll: cotton is not growing; fodder badly damaged by rain; young corn is doing well. ?B. Amnions. r Laurens?Keno: The week has been devoted to pulling fodder, that from old corn is finished, housed, and a nice crop; cotton opening and some being picked; will not make an average crop; a good deal of rust.?J. W. C. Bell. Lee.?Tillers Ferry: Fine week to finish pulling and saving fodder; pota tues aim puas growing nuuij, Luruipa a poor stand; cotton opening rapidly, but tough and difficult to pick; rice in Lynch river swamp, damaged by recent high water.?J. W. Gardner. Lexington.?Samaria: Heavy rain last night (25th); cotton opening rapidly; peas looking fine, having commenced bearing?W. "Westmoreland. X ewberry.?Prosperity: Beautiful the weather first of the week; fodder about gathered in good condition; cotton opening rapidly and picking commenced in earnest; cotton crop will be short, it Jias been over-estimated; stubble corn and peas looking nicely.?H. J. Kinard. Oconee.?Walhalla: The weather during the week was on the whole beneficial for all crops; cotton very good: corn good, and crop made; the tomato crop, which is an item here, was very poor.?E. F. Pagan. Orangeburg.?Bowman: The first four days of the week were favorable for cror>s and general farm work, but since Friday heavy rains have fallen; cotton opened fast and a considerable amount in the fields unpicked; little or no hay cured so far.?B. 0. Evans. Pickens.?Spencer: Cotton opening to some extent, lint poor and faulty, rust very bad in places; corn planted after wheat very sorry.?T. C. Spencer. Saluda.?Travis: We are still having plenty of rain, but what will be the final result I am not able to say; the cotton crop will be injured to some extent, but how much I cannot say.?J. M. -borrest. Spartanburg?Inman: Not so much rain as last week, although considerable fellj fodder gathering begun: heavygrowth of pea-vines on 3tuDble lands; many turnip seeds being sown; pastures splendid; fruit [rotting badly.?E. J. Finch. Sumter.?Ramsay; Continued heavy rains damaging cotton and peas.?Matt. G. Ramsay. , Union.?Santue: The cloudiness of the week was far from favorable, and cotton growth has stopped, it is opening fast, but was injured by the rains and cloudiness; much corn fodder pull?>. } rlamaomrl V>v roin- r>nrn ~ ? J X- ? on stubble lands doing very well; sorghum fine and ready for grinding; cabbages infested -with, worms.?E. W. Jeter. Williamsburg.?A good deal of fodder was saved this week in a damaged condition; cotton is opening very fast on light soils, picking has commenced on some plantations, will be general next week; the ground is too wet to work yet.?J. E. Davis. York.?Leslie: Fodder pulling under way, but no good fodder is being hous ed; corn crop above an overage: too much rain for cotton which is rusting some and opening rapidly: picking has begun.?D. T. Leslie. SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT. \ ?????? Two Boys Drowned in a Georgia Lake. A dispatch from Demorest, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal, say: Jimmie Stephens and Clyde Scott, aged 10 and 12, respectively, were drowned in lake Demorest at 5 p. m., Wednesrday. The boys were both living with their grand parents near here, there parents living in Spartanburg, S. C. 'The little fellows were so unruly that their grandfather had requested tlie city marshal to send them home whenever he found them in town. It is supposed that .they had come in on the lakeside to avoid the marsnal and nad undressed in an old boat house where their clothes were found. The lake at this point is shallow with sloping banks, but had been drawn down about seven feet to repair a trestle that crosses the upper end of the lake, leaving a long strip of sand and mud exposed between the boat house and the water. The boys ran across this and jumped into the water over the old creek ran. They did not come to the surface but once. Several persons saw them drown and went to their assistance, but were too late. They were both taken out within five minutes. Dr. G. W. D. Patterson and others worked over them for fully three hours, but failed to restore circulation. The bodies were taken charge of by the city authorities. Box of Counterfiet Money. Chief Wilkie of the secret service has been informed of the arrest at Texarkana, Texas, of two men believed to be implicated in a counterfeiting i rrL. j. il. 1 scueme. xne arrest is tmr sequei in the case which the secret service has been working on since April last. At that time Birmingham, Ala., and vicinity, was iluodeii with counterfeit bills. Two men were arrested, convicted and sent to the penitentiary but the source of the counterfeit was not discovered. The case was turned over to Operative Dickey, of the Little l\ock district. About a week ago he heard of a mysterious box that had been shipped from Fair Oak, Ark., to Texarkana, addressed to James Cobiu. The secret service official opened the box and found that it contained $3,610 in counterfeit silver certificates. When Cobin came to claim the box he was araested. His j it? cm/] Ka Tortino FT I I Udl liailiu 10 oaxu K.KJ u. --JLV Quirk. Another man named James Cobin, alias Caperton, was also arrested. Chief Wilkie believes the arrests are important,?Augusta Chronicle. The oivette Sunk. TliA li Ac>r\i fo 1 J XIV IIVO|/llOPi kJiliy VUTVWUV. ?T has been lying near the quarantine station, Fernandine, Fla., through some mysterious agency, sank "Wednesday morning at 2.30. Aboard her were the hospital corps of thirty-five and the crew of forty-five persons, all of whom escaped without injury. Roustabouts sleeping in the lower hold had a narrow escapc. Fortunately for those aboard there was a schooner near by and some of them took shelter on her, while oth ers sought refuge in the quarantine station. The Olivette wen; down in about 30 feet of water, her main deck being submerged at high tide. No one knows how the casually occurred. * / ?; THE FARMER'S WIFE. She Is Entitled to More Consideration Than She Gets. The farmer's/ wife gets very little sympathy, but a great deal is heard from time to time of the hardworking AM n?l?A /> 'A Ilia AtT*n O V* ATT*_ 1 ill ill Ci, >Yiiv av;uuiuiii5 iu uwvnuouvning, works ail the hours that are made and a few over. He is always up before daylight and he keeps on working till long after dark. He says so himself and he onght to know. I have studied the farmer for more years than I now care to count, and I feel impellr. cd to say that I don't quite agree with him when he talks of all work and no recreation. On well managed farms in the coast districts, where a regular rotaI . /. . 1 O _ _ 3 tion or crops is grown, tne iarmer ana his assistants are kept pretty fully occupied during the greater portion of the year; but in the wheat growing localities there is always a very easy time between the sowing and harvesting periods. If the farmer works then, the result of his labor is not often apparent. The farmer's wife, on the contrary, has to work hard all the year round, and harder than usual when the harvest is being gathered. She it is who really keeps the house going by her industry and economy, and the itlonev she makes out of Doultrv. eesrs. butter, etc., which the wheat grower looks upon as rather beneath his notice though he well knows their value in reducing the household bills. If dairying as well as agriculture is carried on, the female members of the household do most of the milking, while the farmer takes the milk to the butter factory or creamery, and discusses the Eastern question with other.farmers ^hom he meets there, believing all the time that he is working hard, i never knew a prosperous farmer who did not owe a large measure of his success to his wife, but neither in the press nor on the platform has she ever received the recegnition she deserves. The farmer's wife is entitled to far more consideration than she now gets. She should not be compelled to wait her reward till "we meet to greet each other in the coming.by and by."?The Australasian. GEN. JOE WHKKT/F/R. A Georgia Friend Tells How He Once Unmasked a Battery. At the battle of New Hope Chtireh, between Atlanta and Chickamaraga, General Walker sent Major William H. Ross, who was on his staff, to ascertain from General Wheeler, who occcupied an advance position, what was in his front. He found the general on his horse, with one leg over the pommel of the saddle. Saluting him, Major Boss ! J . saia: "General Walker intends to make a charge at this point, and would like to know if the enemy has a masked battery in front of us." "I don't know, major," General Wheeler replied, "but I can soon find out," and swinging into position in his saddle, he galloped up to a slight eminence, accompanied by Major Ross and his staff, and planted a guidon. A moment later a puff of smoke in the distance and the sputtering shriek of a O O if flATT ATTAX f^ATIrt ATTrt/^ TTTVl O f anvil ao 10 u^w n^v^i tiicm, ouuncu rr uat was ahead. * Turning to Major Ross, the general said: "Give General "Walker my compliments, and say there is a masked battery in front of us." Major Ross ventured the remark that it was rather a risky way of unmasking a hattArr. "The first shots always fly high was the cool reply. Its the shots that follow that are dangerous." ''When I returned and reported to General "Walker," said the major, "I requested him to send some one else the next time he wished batteries unmasked by General Wheeler." ANOTHER HORRIBLE CRIME. Fourteen Ken Die Enroute to this Country from Cuba. A Brooklyn Eagle special from Montauk Point says: The transports Allegheny and Panther ar*ved Thursday from Santiago. The Allegheney cast anchor in the bay about 9 o'clock. She left, tfcfi sonfch rrnast of Cnba on Aurust 24, and mads slow a voyage. On board are Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, Gr, and H, of?the Ninth Massachusetts, in all 625 soldiers, of whom .145 are sick. Fourteen men died on the voyage, and all were buried at sea. This is the largest number of deaths at sea on any of the incoming transports, and the deaths were mainly in the cases of those who were critically ill when i . j . i 3 _ x o . rm_ 7 j piacea aDoara ai oanurgo. Jine soiuiurs were in command of Capt. Sullivan. The Panther left two days later than the Allegheney, and got in shortly after 1 o'clock Thursday morning, making a comparatively fast trip. She caruics 106 members of Companies I and M of the Ninth Massachusetts, and 15 are oi the sick list. Private Dadden of Company M died and was buried at sea. In explaining the 14 deaths of the Massachusetts men while on the voyage from Cuba, the surgeons said that the Allegheney brought all the seriously sick of the regiment. There are 145 ill of the Massachusetts regiment still on the vcssef, but they are not down with eontagious diseases. Dr. Magrudcr and inspecting officers say the Allegheny is a cattle ship, not even fit for well troops, mush less for sick soldiers. Everyday Heroism. (Yimmnnnlaoc duties nf lifr> dp mami and exemplify it. Perhaps only the dear God sees and knows of' the battle fought with self and of the victory over foes that attack the soul, but the heroism is heroism all the same, and the crown of conquest is as truly glorious as if all the world beheld its shinin<r. Homclv little tasks done, hum bly, faithfully, for love and duty's sake, and not for honor or reward; truth spoken because it is truth, when the speaking is hard; the soft answer that . turnothaway wrath; the smile that cov- j ers one's own heartache or soathes i another's?all in the beautiful spirit which does not seek ?r exact even the recognition of praise or gratitude? these are the signs by which we, who have eyes to see. may know the hero or heroine of every-day home-life. . n ! FOR BETTER PRICES. I . | A State Convention of Cotton Growers Called. TO MEET SEPTEMBER 20. ' w "" "" Every County Should Organize and Send Delegates. Impending Crisis of Starvation Prices Must be Met The following important call "to the cotton growers of South Carolina" was issued yesterday: I have been requested to call a meeting of the cotton growers to meet in Colurn- bia, S. C.. 0:2 Tuesday, September 20, 1898. It is requested that every county in this State send delegates to this convention. The county organization in each county is requested to meet and elect delegates. Where it is impracticable 3 to call a mass meeting, the county president* are requested to see to it that a delegation comes to the State conven- 'M tion. Where there is no organization those interested are most earnestly requested to co-operate with the clerk of court of said county, the clerks being hereby requested to interest themselves, at least to the extent of seeing that ,J| their* counties are represented. This meeting will take steps tha will be of inestimable benefit to evei^ cotton grower in this State. . The Hon. Hector D. Lane hanag died, his successor has been named, by election of Col. Maxwell of Louisiana to fill said office. As a conference in Memphis, a committee from each State was appointed 4-a - nrli/jroKr liona . - '*?$& W U\5^v?iav?v> XUl XUVUVJ n MVMW -#*?, on the present crop could be taken up and the bulk of the crop of this year held off for 60 or 90 days, and perhaps longer; which, it is, hoped will force present prices up. rr,|| The big crop that is now predicted is liable to depress present prices. The producer has the key to the situation if he can be induced to act as a unit. Send^delegates from every community, and let them discuss plans in county convention for this * crop, also for the next crop, and send county recommendations to the State conven- r~J| txm. Every daily and weekly newspaper in this State is respectfully requested to give publicity to this call, and to as sist the cdtton growers in this undertaking. The importance of doing something to relieve the present depre&ed price is urged as the reason for calling the convention at so early a date. Let every cotton grower interest himself enough to see that his section is represented. Convention to meet at 8 o'clock p. m. Correspondence solicited. ... ^ :v^ J. C. Wilburn, President of Cotton Growers' Associao n .t rt /i_i v;. on lion 01 ocum uaronna, i^oiomum, o. v. OVER ELEYEH" MUZIOK BALES. JM The Actual Cotton Crop of the United States for 1987-8. The totals of Secretary Hesters an. nual report of the cotton crop in the Unitea States were promulgated Thursday. They show receipts of cotton at all United States ports tor the year of 1 1 1 /? rtftA 1AA 1 x 8, <0y,30u oaies againsc o,o?*,xw last year; overland, 1,236,813 against 940,482; Southern consumption, taken direct irom interior of the cotton belt, 1.192,821 against 988,382, making the / ^ cotton crop of the United States for 1897-98 amount to 11.199,994 bales against 8,757,964 last year and 9^901,251 in 1895, Mr. Hester has made bis usual investigation into the consumption of cotton by every-mill in the South, including WOQiien mills mut nave uaeu cutwu, x*# and the results show a total of 1,231,- _ A'M 841 j but of this 32,090 were taken from outputs included in port receipts. jpf This total shows that the mills of the Sou:h have used' 189,170 bales more " than during 1896-97 and that the South has nearly reached the one million and a quarter mark against consumption by the North of 1,875,000. He makes the actual cotton crop of North Carolina 583,000 bales; South Carolina. 1,003.000 bales: Georgia, 1, 536,000;' Alabama, 1,159,000 Bales; Florida, 70,000; Mississippi, 1,627,000 bales; Louisiana, 740,000 bales; and Texas. 3,075,000 bales. ' : SEPARATING'THE RACES. Jim Crow Car Bill Became a law in South. Carolina. Thursday the separate coach law went into effect in South Carolina, and on all the trains cars with the usual dividing partition were being used. This law, which is commonly known as the "Jim Crow Car" bill, was passed at the last session of the legislature, and it is supposed that the railroads are generally prepared to enfore it. Hereafter the railroads are required to provide separate accommodations for white and colored passengers and to strictly enforce the division of the races. The bill has been annually brought up in legislature for many years, but tne majority 01 memoers nave Heretofore thought such legislation unnecessary, and the measure has been killed. Last year however, the bill was passed and became a law, and no doubt the railroads;will comply with the conditions and enforce the provisions as far as possible^ 3 The law in regard to separate cars for white and colored passengers has been in force in Georgia for some time, -^'3? and is said to work very well indeed. Many people in this state, however, think the law useless and unnecessary. / The negroes, as a rule, behave themselves well oil the trains in South Carolina, and very many of them travel second-class in order to saive money.? .% News and Courier. A Mustard Plaster Made according to the following directions will not blister the skin; Two teaspoonsful of mustard, two teaspoonsful of flonr. too teaspoonsful of ground ginger. Do not mix too dry. Place between two pieces of old muslin and apply. If it burns too much at first, ally an extra piece of muslin between it and the skiq^^||^|^ecomes accustompiece fl I KL, v.^,.