The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 14, 1898, Image 4

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df ntinti nAirn tmf rvVTCi ! tiiur tujHimiiwo* ; Yhe Regular Weekiy Weather and |C'. ^ Crop Bulletin. WHATTHECROPSARE DOING. j What the Observers All Over the Sfc State Report to Headquart Iers. The information Consolidated. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued last week by Section Director Bauer of the South Carolina bereau of the United States weather and crop service. Another week of even high temperature, with a mean for the week of 79 P degrees, which is 3 degrees per day above the normal. With a few exceptions, the rainfall for the week was excessive over the entire State. Heavy rains caused streams in the upper Savannah valley to overflow and seriously damage land crops, while in the lower Savannah and the Salkehatchie valleys, where from six to over thirteen inches of rain fell, large areas were inundated and crops in Barnwell Ramherff. Colleton. HamDton and " w"5 ? cj 7 * Beaufort county lowlands were severely injured or entirely destroyed. Over the entire State there was too much rainy and cloudy weather, retarding or entirely suspending fanning operations, damaging crops, and delaying harvesting. The average rainfall for the week was 3.66 inches, while the -normal is approximately 1.30 inches. The per Icentage of possible sunshine was as low as 10 pei cent, at places, and much below the usual amount over the whole State. All crops stand in imperative need of clear, dry weather. Young com seems to be doing nicely, but old com is sprouting and rotting in the shuck; it is too wet to house it. Fodder continues to be damaged as it is Bofl-oKiri nr snr) rottinc on the ?o o - ? stalk. Cotton suffered severely during the ^eek; some boll worms noted in several counties: too wet generally to pick cotton, and open cotton is sprouting, vwule ripe bolls are rotting; the plant continues to shed its leaves and , uit. Cotton was blown down and suffered from inundation over the southeastern counties. Rice was materially damaged in Col"> ' J -j: j. i? iecon ana aujaueui>uiawiuia uy ui?u no. ter, but upland rice is doing nicely. Rice harvest is delayed. Sweet potatees, sngar cane-and peanuts are doing well. Pea vines have a rank growth, but need sunshine for curing. Haying is awaiting clear weather; a large crop of hay will be cut ifrthe weather permits saving it. It is too .wet for turnips generally, but fall nroV^oric nocfm-os onr! are making rapid growth. EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS REPORTS BY COUNTIES. Abbeville.Link: A" week of heavy rains; all crops on water courses have been overflowed and about destroyed; wet weather causing open cotton to - sprout, and ripe bolls to rot; everything looks gloomy.?R. F. Morris. Aiken?Windsor: It has rained all the week" but two days: cotton sprouting an<} rotting badly, cannot make a full <jrop; great deal of fodder has been lo^fa*?B. B. Hightower. v^^iidersop.?Holland: It has been e- K raining now abont a week and farmers are having a hard time saving their fodder, hay, peavines, etc.; cotton is still doing well, except that some is rotting in the bolls.?Dr. J. W. Earle. \ - Bamberg.?Bamberg: Rainy and cloudy weather; cotton sprouting in the bolls; open weather and sunshine needliowAofinr /vrrm* Aflior ^rnns ! cu 1V1 XLCbJ. V \sx\sy-) V?MV4 ^ doing very well.?W. S. Bamberg. Barnwell.?Black ville: The past week of almost continuous rain has been one of steady, unqualified deterioration, greater degree in some localities than in others, and involving nearly every farm product; corn blown down or submurged in low places, rotting in the shuck where standing; cotton beaten into the furrow or rotting- in the boll, witE all young fruit sheaed off.?E. S. Hammond. Beaufort.?Bluff ton: Great storm on 30-31st; houses blown down, roofs off, an? nearly all damaged to some extent; corn is on the ground in mud and * water; cotton whipt to pieces, not much left except stalk"; rice covered with wa Mil", nupe IAJ SitVC UUC-IVIUWU v/i 1?, giwi. fall of water, 8 inches in 12 hours?Jno M. "VTarnock. Berkeley.?Annieville: Eain ruined cotton and fodder; scarcely any fodder ^ has been saved; open cotton rotting in I v*~^- the bolls.?Or. W. Whaley. Charleston.?Charleston: Another week of excessive precipitation and largely deficient sunshine; farming operations far behind their usual, routine; rice harvest much delayed on account of frequent rains; sea island cotton still shedding badly; tops all in P bloom with no prospect of a top crop; hav K&rvpsfc at a standstill awaiting drv ness.?L. N. Jesunofsky.* Cherokee.?Gaffney: Fodder is being pulled but too much rain to save it; cotton opening but is rotting in the bolls.?B. F. Camp. Chesterfield.?Chesterfield: Another disastrous week for the eotton crop; much complaint of cotton rotting after opening; no blooms to be seen; very little picked yet; more fodder damaged; peas and potatoes seem to be doing well. ?George W. Spencer. Clarendon.?Alcolu: It has been rainy and cloudy all the week; cotton shedding all the top crop, and the bot. torn bolls are rotting; all fodder that was pulled is of poor quality; cane and rice doing well.?Elias 1). Hodge. Colleton?"White Hall: Weather this week has been most disastrous to rice, corn and all crops save potatoes; corn broken down and land saturated; rice inundated by freshet; many breaks in river banks.?W. E. Haskell, Darlington.?Darlington: Cotton already shows great damage from damp weather, bolls rotting, open bolls ^ A-P av o /"3 -Prvro A ivio vi ivuuci auu damaged and some entirely lost; prospects for good hay crop fine, and with |b. good , weather a large quantity can be wtew saved.?E. It. Mclver. Edgefield.?Cleora: Rained every day until Friday: nearly all the corn fodder Sfefev has burned on the stalk or was ruined Bbftfter being pulled: cotton lost all top ^^bottom crop rotting and sprouting kshere open; pea vines fine, but to them, and no vines cut p^tweather.?L. R. Brunfeyrd; "We have had Bn^ust 25, caus |^Jarge cotton I Wilder pull- I saraJHTi.' nifrii .. - . " ' I ?E. W. Lloyd. j Greenville.?G&rtt: Cloudy. ?rith j excessive rain during the entire Week: j ail work at a standstill; pulled fodder : nearly all badly damaged; open cotton j in bad condition; none picked as yet; j pea vines, weeds and grass have rank [ growth.?W. M. Myers. Hampton.?Gillisonville: Rainfall is J 13.G5 inches: ground so saturated and ! c - - - I soggy it will not- hold plants upright: corn partly blown down, but not flat as a whole: flood washed away bottom bolis on cotton, but having been recently picked, loss was reduced: with a few clear days plant will partially recover; as a whole, the loss from the storm will not be as great as first thought ?Sam P. Saltus. Kershaw.?Camden: Farm work en tirely suspended on account of the heavy rains; much fodder and open cotton damaged: peas doing finely.?J. B. Mickle. Lexington.?Batesburg: The week has been one of continuous rain, not only making much storm cotton, but causing it to commence to rot; all other crops continue to do well; the second crop of beans is ready for shipment.? E. J. Ilitc. Newberry.?Prosperity: Unfavorable j week on cotton; rain damaged it consid- I erably; every farmer lias had nearly half his fodder damaged; potatoes promise good; tobacco fired and ruined.? J. Perry Cook. Oconee.?Clemson College: Cotton on sandy land dying; on red lands puttin? on weed, and bolls rotting; fodder burning and drying on stalk; corn on creeks and rivers washed away and rotting.?Prof. J. F. C. Dupre. Orangeburg.?Orangeburg: Unfavorable weather for farm work and crops; cotton is rusting, bolls rotting on stalk, and all open cott*?n stained and rotted: sugar cane and pastures good; no hay being harvested.?John S. Howe. Spartanburg.?Boiling Springs: "We are having entirely too much rain for everything; no good fodder has been saved; sorghum making has begun, good yield; sweet potatoes fine stuble corn and peas promise a fair yield; much grass in corn and cotton fields; cotton opening but too wet to gather; in some places it-is rotting.?TV. B. T. Littlejohn. Sumter.?Ramsay; Continued heavy rains damaging cotton and peas.?Matt. G. Ramsay. Williamsburg.?A good deal of fodder was saved this week in a damaged cor iition; cotton is opening very fast on lij, c 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 housed; corn crop above an average: too much rain for cotton which is rusting some and opening rapidly: picking has begun.?D. T. Leslie. GEN. WHEELER'S SON DROWNED. Hp ' id Lieut. Kirkpatrick of Virginia Meet Death in the Surf. Thomas H. Wheeler, son of Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Second Lieut. Newton D. Kirkpatrick, First cavalry, were probably drowned while bathing at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Wednesday afternoon. Young Wheeler was a naval cadet in his second year. He had been acting o^ his father's staff for some time past. He was 17 years of age, was a fine young fellow and had made a host of friends among the older officers. Together with Lieut. Kirkpatrick he went to the tsach Wednesday" afternoon to enjoy the surf bathing. The surf ran high and the undertow was very strong. Apparently no one saw the young men drowned, and it was not until about 6 o'clock that they were missed. Their clothes were found a short distance from Gen. Wheelers tent, close to the water, and it is believed that the young officers were swept away by the strong seas. While in command at Camp Wikoff Gen. Wheeler's headquarters were located on a high hill near the station, a considerable distance back from the water. It was only that Jtns neadquarters were shifted down to the beach. His tent and the tent of his staff officers are not more than 20 yards ?from the water's edge. It was this change of location thar gave young Wheeler and young Kirkpatrick an opportunity to indulge themselves in the surf. They had often spoken of so doing, and everyone here is convinced that they were drowned Wednesday. Ui the accident I Gen. Wheeler has nothing to say. His three daughters, two of whom are nurses in the general hospital and the other a nurse in the detention hospital, are with him, griefstricken. Lieut. Kirkpatrick was from Virginia. He was appointed second lieutenant June 12, 1896. The' bodies of Naval Cadet Thomas H. Wheeler, a son of Major General Joseph Wheeler, and of Second Lieutenant Newton D. Kirkpatrick, First U. S. cavalry, who were drowned while bathing in the sea, came in with the 1 xl 1 "L uae ana were inrown on cue uuauu Thursday morning about 2 o'clock. The bodies were found lying close together just below the life saving station about a quarter of a mile from where the young men had gone in bathing. A detail of sixty men from the Second cavalry had been patrolling the beach with lanterns. The life savers who knew the coast had predicted that the bodies would drift in where they did. NEGRO PAYMASTER. Georgia Troops Refused to Receive Their Money from Him. R. B. Wright, a colored man -who was recently appointed major and paymaster by President 3IcKinley, had an unpleasant experience at Camp John B Gordon, St. Simon's island, last week. He was detailed to pay off the troops at Camp Gordon and arrived Thursday morning with a negro clerk. He was not allowed to take a first-class passage on the steamer to the island, and rather than gojsecond class chartered a private launch. When the purpose of his visit to the camp became known the soldiers, all of whom are white, made loud protests. "Wright feared violence and asked Colonel Burgwin for a guard detail., which was furnished to him. The commissioned officers of the Second North Carolina regiment refused to allow the Negro officer the use of their tent, and he was forced to occupy abandoned quarters. When Corporal Giddings, of Company <r. Third Texas, was called to receive his pay he refused to accept it, and exclaimed: ?j>Iv lather was an omcer in the Confederate army, and I have too much good southern blood in my veins to accept my army pay from a negro." The Corporal then cursed the nagro major roundly. This precipitated a commotion in camp, and other soldiers followed Giddings' example. The payments had to be discontinued. fc^hite is principal of the State col^bdustrial school at Savannah, and appointment through TILLMAN SPEAKS, | ftew England Legislated Against \ Everyboby and Everything. TO PROTECT HER MILLS. I j But They Cannot Legislate God Out of Existence Nor Suspend the Operations ot Natures' Beneficent Laws. Senator Tillman visited Manchester. X. H.. last week in company with Sen-, ator William E. Chandler, to inspect the great cotton industries there. In reply to a question as to what he thought of the industrial situation in New England. with special reference to the cotton industry, said: "I believe the cotton business here in the north has got to go to the wall. We have got all the natural advantages in the south, and you haven't jot any. You have legislated and legislated and legislated against everybody <-.nd everything in order to protect your cotton mills, but you can't legislate God out of existence nor suspend the operations of nature's beneficent laws. i:\Vhv. vou ain't satisfied with a nro tective tariff that shuts out foreign goods from this market, but you have actually had the nerve to introduce a bill into congress to proteet one part of the country against another. This Lovering bill asking for a constitutional amendment regulating the hours of labor is a direct blow at the constitutional rights of the states to legislate for themselves, and we will fight you on that all summer and winter and forever until we beat you. You can't stuff legislation of that kind down our throats. , We won't have it. "Xow, as far as our natural advani j 4.1 1? iitges art? wutciueu, mc vmj umi^ no | have ever lacked in my state is capital, and we are now getting that in abundance. We have doubled our spindles in the liist four years, and quadrupled them in the last 12. Can you show me another section of the country that has done so well? "It has been said, and said truly, that we have cotton in the back yards, and coal in the front yards, and a mill in between. We don't have to pay the excessive freights that you people have to pay in New Hampshire. We have " 1 ? . iV J ail our raw material ngnt on ine grou^u, our help will work more cheaply and is more contented than yours, and we can turn out just as good goods as you can at a good deal less money. "We can make just as fine grade of goods in South Carolina as they can anywhere. Why, just lock at it! There are only four months of the year that we have to have our windows closed in a southern cotton mill. In the northern mills there are only four months that they can be kept open. The result is that our operatives for eight months in the year breathe the pure air of heaven, -while yours for an equal period are subsisting on an atmosphere that is artificially heated and is close, unnatural and enervating. "Why shouldn't we have a superior workman, and if a superior workman why not superior work? Our machinery, too, is modern and up-to-date, while yours is ' obsolete. Our cotton mills are mostly segregated in the country, while yours are grouped in the cities. Our operatives own their own homes and are generally surrounded by a little garden patch cultivated by some member of the family, while yours are corraled in tenement hou? and packed into stuffy and ill-ventilated attics. Can there be any comparison between laborers thus situated? Another thing: The purchasing power of your dollar is growing less, while ours is grawing oWp liavA not been treated to so many luxuries as you have here in tlie north, and we do not feel the depri >vation of them as you do. Our laborers are satisfied; yours are dissatisfied. | Ours are growing rich, while yours are growing poor." Referring to the war Senator Tillman slid: "South Carolina furnished two regiments for the war. One of them was at Chickamauga for some time and was ordered to Jacksonville and was part of the army of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. The other regiment never left its mustering place in the state. There has been very little sickness among the South Caro lina troops and as far as 1 am able to learn there has been no camp as free from disease and death as that occupied by the army under Gen. Lee. This "war is worth all it has cost, because it has completely wiped out all sectional feeling in this country and there is now no east, no west, no north, no south. J;This is my first visit to Xew Hampshire and I am on my way to the White J St T /y,w trt mountains, auu num iuciu a. $</ w Montreal and Quebec, and thence to Niagara Falls. Since I have been in New England I have been most lavishly entertained and royally received everywhere. I did not expect such an ovation anywhere." HEARTRENDING ACCIDENT. One Little Boy Shoots His Brother With a Gun. No terrible accident in the annals of the town of Newberry has been sadder or more deplorable than one that ocI J Q rv m Sofnr UUITCU. iiUUUt U vu k^uv^a day last at the home of Mrs. S. L. Goggans. James Goggans, 12 years old, had been out hunting on Saturday. He neglected to unload the gun that afternoon when he returned home. In the evening he was playing with his brothers, John C., who is 14 years old, and Wm. D., who was that day celebrating his 7th birthday. The boys were playing brightly and cheerfully together and little "Williams had been happy all day with his birthday toys. It is a favorite with boys to play bear, and it was while this game was being played that the dreadful accident occurred. John C., thinking James had unloaded the gun, it being their custom to unload the gun before taking it into the house when returning from hunting, picked it up and playfully pointed it at his little brother William, pulling the trigger, in imitation of a hunter shooting at a bear. The whole load took effect in William's left shoulder, and the little sufferer, cut down in his boyish happiness, died within a half hour after being shot. The burial was at Roscmont Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. Geo. A. Wright conducting the ceremony. The heart of the entire community beats in deepest sympathy for the bereaved mother and her griefstricken children.?Newberry Observer. No Goats Wanted. The Danish steamer Tyr reached New Orleans Friday from Havana with 1,000 goats. They were shipped from Galveston to Havana in the belief that the people of that city would be so hungry that they would like goat meat, but Gen. Blanco placed so heavy a tax on goats that it did not pay to land them, and tney were orougnt oaeK to tms i | country. p k RESCtTED AT LAST. The Story of Herr Karl Neufeld Rescued in the Soudan. Ilerr Karl Xeufcld, who was referred to in a recent dispatch from Cairo as rescued unharmed from the dervishes, fell into the hands of the Mahki's fol lowers, in the neighborhood of Dongola in the late spring or early summer of 1887. He was the last European male captive of importance remaining in the power of the dervishes. Various accounts are given of his early career. According to the ;"Neues Wiener Tagblatt," Xeufeld. shortly after the conclusion of his college course at Leipsic. where he studied medicine, severely wounded an opponent in a duel and was nVilin-ftfl tn crn nhrnrtrl ITp ?ofrfrlorl as a physician at Assouan. Upper Egypt where he practised his professiom 1879 to 1SS1. When the rising of Mohamed Acmed took place in the latter year. Herr Xeufeld was obliged to give up his residence at Assouan. "While at the university he had given many proofs of his hardihood of character and love of adventure, and he joined the English troops during the operation in the Soudan as an interpreter of the Arabic lansraa<re. in which nosition his O 7 X- " - ' knowledge of the people and of their political relations, together with his shrewdness and courage, caused him to be highly appreciated. In 1888 he saved a whole detachmcnt of English soldiers by putting the enemy cn a wrong scent. For this service he was appointed surveyor to the British troops, in which, capacity he set up business at Assouan, and established branches in other parts of the colintrv. In April, 1807, he set out on a journey, ostensibly for the purposes of trade, with a caravan of over 40 retainers. Various accounts were given of the object of his expedition, one being that it was undertaken with a view of rescuing slatin Pacha, then a prisoner of the Mahdi, while other accounts represented that he was merely trying to ascertain the Dosition of the enemv. Evidently recognizing the danger he was about to run, Xeufeld, before kavAssouan, deposited his money in an English bank and sent his wife and only child to his relatives at Leipsic. His apprehension proved to be onlo too well founded. Through the treachery of an Arab, he and his whole caravan were taken by the dervishes. He nearly lost his life when the Mahdi was informed that he was an English or Egyptian spy sent to ascertain whether Mudir Mustapha Pacha was favorable to the English. The Mahdi declared that he regretted not having hanged Neufeld. and had him loaded with chains and cast into prison, where lie remained four years. Ultimately a scarcity of powder arose in the Soudan, andNeufeld's knowledge nf filiMnistrv was brmifflit intn rfinnisi tion for its manufacture. It appears that he collected saltpetre and made the explosive, but the same narratives that gave this information described him as still in fetters and carrying iron rings upon both feet. His next clever exploit was subsequent to the death of the Mahdi, and under the rule of the Khalifa. Neufeld decorated the tomb of the Mahdi. whose dome the British gunboat have just partially demolished, and did the work so effectively that, according tc Father Rossignoli, who escaped from Khartoum in 1894, the widows of the prophet, were "quite touched." zLfter that he became a mecnank ana?still according to Jratner Jtiossignali?"tried all sorts of inventions and took the grertest trouble to construct a machine for making coins." Meanwhile he appears to have ':acted as editor" of the Khalifa's proclamations, in addition to writing books and illustrating them himself, for a limited circulation- among the dervishes. Ai the time of the release of Slan Pacha it was feared that his life would again be in danger. But this did not prove tc be the case. Spain Flies a Protest. The Madrid correspondent of The Standard says: The government recently forwarded to M. Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, a long and strongly argued statement respecting tne rnmppmes wnicn newm commumcate verbally to the Washington government. Spain protests against the capitulation of Manila, because it was made two days after the protocol was signed. It says that the revenue from the Manila customs may continue devoted to the service of the Philippine loan of 1897; and finally, it insists upon the United States compelling Aguinaldo to liberate a thousand Spaniards now in his custody, most of whom were placed there, the note asserts, by Admiral Dewey. W eather Predicting. The New York Times says that :<the art of weather prediction is not half so difficult and abstruse as some people h<>lir>VA and finp man wlin Irnnwa the accepted formulae can work them about as well as another. By the way, when will the bureau chiefs reveal to the public the fact that thunderstorms do not cool the air, but that cool air produces thunderstorms? That cart has been in front of that horse about long enough." Tillman in the NortheastUnited States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, accompanied by Senator William E. Chandler, visited Portsmouth, N. H., last week and was shown over the city by Mayor John S. Tilton and Hon. Frank Johnes. 'Ihe party visited the navy rarrl anr) rftfiftivp.d hv Commndnrp. Remey. A banquet v. as tendered Senator Tillman at Hotel Wentworth by Mr. Jones. Arrived at New York. The steamer Old Dominion arrived at New York Thursday evening from Norfolk, having on board Lieut. Segrera and four other officers of Admiral Cervera's squadron and 39 seamen who have been in the naval hospital at Norfolk. They are enroute to Santander. Spain, and will sail on the City of Rome for that port with the remainder ol Admiral uervera s crew. A Preacher to Hang. The Delaware supreme court has sustained the decision of the lower court, which imposed sentence of death of Rev. William H. Fisher, colored, of Del., charged with breaking ipto the house of Mrc. Maria Hunt, of that city at night, for the purpose of committing a felonious assault. Fisher has been sentenced to be hanged on October 7. Impure "Water. Dr. Cyrus Edson states that the socalled malarial cases at Montauk Point originated there Irom impure water, Dr. Nicholas Seun declares that typhoid fever will presently rage there Dr. Edson says uit would be less cruel to line up men aad shoot at them than to make them drink Camp "Wikoff water. T in Cold blood. 1 i. i | The Empress of Austria the Victim of an Assassin. STABBED HER FROM BEHIND. An Anarchist Plunges His Stilleto Into Her Heart on the Streets of Geneva, Switzerland. The Empress of Austria was assassiaated while walking on the streets of Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday afternoon by an anarchist, who was arrested. He stabbed her majesty with a stiletto. Tf- -j nnpiir? f.lmf, lipr maiact-.v vctia. irnllr ing from her hotel to the landing place of the steamer at about 1 o'clock, when an Italian anarchist named Lucchoni, " who was born in Paris of Italian parents, suddenly approached and stabbed her to the heart. The empress fell, got up again and was carried to the steamer unconscious. The boat started; but, seeing the empress had not recovered consciousness, the captain returned and V,? r*mr\r/>cc rr-oc? fr\ 1 V/OO ?? ttu V/Ulil^U IV CilV^ uutti Bcaurivage, where she expired. The stretcher upon which the empress was carried to the hotel was hastily improvised with oars and sail cloth. Doctors and priests were immediately summoned, and a telegram was sent to Emperor Francis Joseph. All efforts to revive her majesty were unavailing and she expired at 3 o'clock. The medical examination showed that the assassin must have used a small trangular file. A Oa- - " I * xl__ T.1 T alter striKing me diow ne ran aiong the Hue des Alpes, with the evident intention of entering the Square des Alpes, but before reaching it he was seized by two cabmen who had witnessed the crime. They handed him over to a boatman and a gendarme, who conveyed him to the police station. The prisoner made no resistance. He even sang as he walked along, saying: "I did it, ' and "she must be dead." At the police station he declared that lie was a "starving anarchist, with no hatred for the poor, but only for the rich." Later, when taken to the court house and interrogated by a magistrate in the 4.1 t ?? a-l- 1 1 pre&cuce ui trncc uiemuera ui tuc iuuai government. and the police officials, he pretended not to know French and refused to answer questions. The police , on searching him found a document showing his name to be Luigi Lacchini, . born in Paris in 1873, and an Italian soldier. , A great crowd quickly assembled ; around the Hotel Beaurivage, where L the officials proceeded after interrogating the prisoner. The police searched the scene of the crime for the weapon ? uiiu tin; u^vjuuipiiv^cs vu ljuv; aasaaaiiJ. > It appears that a boatman noticed . three persons closely following the emi press, who was making purchases in . the shops. The local government, imj mediately on rece;ving the news of her [ majesty's death, half-masted the flag on [ the Hotel de Ville (the municipal offices) and proceeded in a body to the . Hotel Beaurivage as a token of respect. [ The excitement is increasing and . many of the shops on the Kursaal are closed. The assassin told the magis? that he came to Geneva in order to asi sassinate ''another important person," ( but had been unable to execute the prot a/if TV?a Imo /11/1 I JCWU jug Ui JLXXO luuu; V UiU > not give, but lie declared that it was only by accident he had learned of the > presence of the Austrian empress in . Geneva. [ The wound was just over the left ; breast. There was hardly any bleeding. . A priest was secured in time to admini ister extreme unction. All Switzerland , is profound with, sorrow and indigna. tion. The papers of all cities have . printsd extra editions expressing horror of the crime. Lucchoni. the anarchist assassin, lived at Parma, Italy. The empress of Russia was born De i cember 24, 1837. She was a daughter of Duke Maxmilian of Bavaria, and was married to Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, f April 24. 1854. They had three child ren, the Archduchess Gisola. who is i married to Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, the Archkuke Rudolph, who married ; Princess Stephanie of Belgium, and who was (seemingly) assassinated in 1889, and the Archduchess Maria Valeria, who married the Archduke Franz i Salvator of Austria-Tuscany. The late empress was an enthusiastic horsewoman. * Paris, Sept. 10.?President Felix Faure sent a telegram of condolence to Emperor Francis Joseph immediately upon receipt of news of the assassination, and he has since countermand ed the arrangements for the shooting party fixed for tomorrow at the Marly preserves. The police here believe the murder the result of a plot of Italian anarchists, and that the assassin is identical -with one Luccessi, who is wanted by the Bologna police as a dangerous anarchist. The man knowD as Luccesi was implicated in the recent truobles at Milan, after which he fled to Zurich. While at Zurich Luccessi was present .of. a meeting of Italian anarchists. when seven were selected, including Luccessi to assassinate the principal European sovereigns, including the king of Italy. A French detective who was present at the meeting in disguise, warned the French foreign office which communicated its information to the Italian government. As a result King Humbert was carefully guarded, as was also M. Faure. About a week ago another meeting of the same band of anarchists was held at Zurich, and those who had been selected at the previous meeting were accused of cowardice. Thereupon Luccesi said: :'I will show that I am no coward. I will kill some one." The following day lie left Zurich and went to Bale, proceeding thence to r* vjreneva. Washington, Sept. 10.?The state department late this afternoon received a -confirmation of the reported assassination of the empress of Austria. The following dispatch was received from the United States consul at Geneva: ;'Geneva, Sept. 10, 1:50 p. m.?The empress of Austria just assassinated here by Italian anarchist. (Signed) "Ridgely." Upon receipt of Consul Ridgely's notification of the death of the empress, President McKinley sent the following message of condolence: "Executive Mansion. "Washington, Sept. 10. "To His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, Vienna: "I have heard with profound regret of the assassination of her majesty, the empress of Austria, while at Geneva, and tender to ycur majesty the deep sympathy of the government and people of the United States. (Signed) "William McKinley." m&M k SOUTE CAEOIIKA EEGIMENTS. One to be Mustered Out and the Other Retained in Service. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier telegraphs under date of Wednesday as follows: South Carolina volunteers are striving to be retained in the army, while troops from other states are pleading to be mustered out of service. Unless some unlooked for influence is brought to bear upon' the secretary of war the First regiment of South Carolina troops will be mustered out in accordance with a recent order promulgated by Adjutant General Corbin. There seems to be a conflict of evidence as to the desire of the Eien of the First regiment. Tuesday, Lieutenant Colonel Tillman called at the war department, and presented a petition, purporting to be signed by 600 or 700 men of the' regiment, requesting to be mustered out. Wednesday, Major John Earle, of the same regiment, called upon the President and Ihe secretary of war, and urged that the First regiment be retained in the service. He stated that a majority of die men had signed Colonel Tillman's petition under a misapprehension. and if a vote of the regiment is fairly tak'jn it will be found that nearly all of the men have anxious to remain in the service. When this statement was made to Adjutaut General Corbin by Major Earle, General Corbin said the nolicv of the srovern ment is to give the troops who entered the service fi rst the first chance Cto get out. He added that he had received numerous letters from members of the First regiment asking to be mustered out. Unless the president directs otherwise, the First regiment will be mustered out in accordance with the expressed desires of a majority of the regiment as set forth in Colonel Tillman's petition. It is asserted by some of those who do not desire the First regiment mus lerea oui, max, u is a political move to get the members of that regiment home in time to take an active part in the second primary election for governor. From the same source comes the suggestion that the Second regiment, bnt recently mustered into the service, should go out and allow the First to remain in. When the Second regiment was ordered to be mustered in a few weeks ago, it was with the distinct understanding between the president, Secretary Alger, Senator McLaurin and Colonel Wilie Jones, that the Second regiment would be willing to remain in the sen-ice and perform garrison duty in Cuba or Porto Rico for the privilege of being mustered in under the circumstances The First having asked to be mustered out. and the Second expressed a willingness to remain in, the order of the secretary of war seems to be just. In the event of the First regiment going out, Major Earle may be transferred to General Lee's staff. General Lee and several officers of Lee's corps have requested the transfer. Cotton Crop Injured, o .11 L _ i.1. . ine returns ior couon to me statistician of the department of agriculture indicate an average condition of 79.8 on Sept. 1, as compared with 91.2 on Aug. 1.-a decline of 11 points during the month. The average condition on Sept. 1, 1897. was 78.3; on Sept. 1, 1896, 64.2, and the mean of the September averages for the last ten years is 79.4. The decline during August by states was as follows: 2sTorth Carolina 6 points, South Carolina 8. Georgia 11, Alabama 15, Mississippi 10, Louisiana 14 Texas 16, Arkansas?4, Tennessee ?, Oklahoma 8. In Indian Territory there was slight improvement. Complaints of excessive rainfall, shedding and nther unfavorable conditions are general east cf the Mississippi river, while the boll worm and Mexican weevil have been 'very destructive in Texas. The average condition in the different states is as follows: Virginia 91, North Carolina 84, South Carolina 81, Georgia 80, Florida 73, Alabama 80, Mississippi 78, Louisiana 76. Texas 75, Arkansas 89. Tennessee 95. Missouri 94, Oklahoma 90, Indian Territory 90. Big Prize Money. At least SI ,000.000 prize money will be distributed among American sailors as a result of the war with Spain. More than one-half of this sum will be paid in accordance with that section of law providing for the payment of a bounty for persons on board vessels of war sunk in action. It is estimated that the aggregate amount of the Asiatic fleet as a result of the destruction of the Spanish force amounts to $187,500, which congress will be asked to appropriate during the coming session. One-twentieth of this sum belongs to Rear Admiral Dewey,as commander-in-chief, and he will, therefore, be $9,375 richer than he was before the war. Rear Admiral Sampson has realized a snug little fortune as a result of the war. As commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic waters and one-twentieth of the head -money allowed for the vessels destroyed off Santiago and in Cuban ports, it is estimated that he will finally receive sbout $40,000 as his share of the prize money. A Virginia Tragedy. Last Monday J. B. Schmidt shot and killed Edward Hoffman and son, John T. Hoffman, lumbermen from Buckingham county, operating on Schmidt's place on the James river, in Surry county. Schmidt went to the Hoff man's mill and deiiDerateiy snot loung Hoffman seven times with a Winchester rifle in the presence of his father, killing him instantly, and then turned upon the father, who piteously begged for his life, and shot him repeatedly until he was dead. A posse was sent to arrest Schimdtbut he refused to surrender and was shot near the heart. He lingered several hours when he died of his wounds, cursing at every breath. Watermelon Syrup.?The Montgomery Advertiser recommends the making of watermelon syrup. It says: "The watermelon juice contains a larger percentage of water than does the juice of the cane, but we are informed that one gallon of syrup can be made from 12 or 14 gallons of juice, and are of the opinion that an acre of land would produce more syrup if planted in melons than if planted in cane. They ; are an easy crop to raise, are very pro- i ductive. easy to uandle. and no ma- j chinery would be required to express i the juice, as is the case with sugar cane. The watermelon makes a beautiful syrup, mild and pleasant, and if ] the effort was made in a scientific way j there is Jittie doubt that it would prove ; a success. It is certainly worth try- I ing." ! How to Advertise.?A class news- j paper called Brains says there is but 1 one way to advertise, and that is to hammer your name, your occupation, so constantly, so persistently, so thoroughly into the prople's heads that if they walk in their sleep they constantly turn their steps toward your store. J t" i?j ; j.ne newspaper is ^uui mcuu m oj/iu; of your criticism. It helps to build up the community that supports you. m itaa^StaSBmmmir^-i m \ir?Ba*cam*iaadt&gmmtaSU&ei DEABIY GASOIINE. ? ? An Explosion that Carried Death to Many People. iiy the explosion of 40 gallons of gasoline iuthe cellar of a grocery store at 1444 South street Philadelphia Sunday night, four and possibly a dozen more lives were lost. As an immediate j uu.nuing where it occurred and those adjoining J it on either side collapsed. Up to 10 o'clock, four hours after the occurrence, four bodies had been recovered from the ruins. - The cause of the explosion is unknown. The front of 1444 was blown out and this was followed by the collapse of that structure, and Nos. 1442. occupied by Morris Goldberg's furniture store, and 1446. Louis SallonAm c cVirm cfnrn Ttrncf rroll r\f lAviv xuv/ iiv^v n ui* v/*. 1440, occupied by L. Wanger's clothing store, was blown out. All the buildings were of brick, three stories in height. In the confusion and excitement following the disaster, it is as yet impossible to secure anything like an accurate census of the occupants of the buildings, but it is stated that the upper floors were crowded with families, huddled together in tenement fashion. Coming as it dicLat the supper hour, it is feared the loss of life was hejivyThe list of injured will be long. After the recovery of the four bodies, the authorities decided to postpone the search for additional victims until Monday morning, thus obviating the dangers of working upon the mass of debris and wreckage in the darkness. Estimates of the number of missing vary from 18 to six. The accepted theory of the accident is that Schatten stein went into the cellar With a lighted lamp, which ignited the gasoline. The collapse of the buildings occurred within two minutes of the explosion, and the occupants had little time or chance to escape. Mrs. Goldberg snatched up her ten months1 old child in her arms and rushed from.an exit, but the child was so badly injured that it died while being borne to a hospital. Strangely engough, the mother escaped with only trifling injuries. i ne j ewisn newi ear. With the setting of the sun on Friday commences the Jewish New Year, called in Hebrew Rosh Hashana, meaning the head of the beginning of the world. By the observance of the New Year the lesson is taught that G-od created all things and that He is Master over all creation, and it is the duty of His children to acknowledge His power and obey His will. As this holiday A AWA J A/J dpjjruauued tuc JL^ictciiLcs a.ic xcuiiuucu that time is passing away and they should profit by the days the Lord has given them. This holiday is also known by another name, Yume Hazzickarone, or day of memorial. By that it is understood that Hebrews should remember their acts of the past year and try to atone for their sins. There is still another name by which the new year is known. Yome Turruah, or a day of sounding the cornet or shofar, -which is made of a ram's' horn, the Israelites being reminded of God's command to Abraham to offer up his only son, Isaac, a sacrifice to Him. The ram's horn reminds the people of Israel of that event because God would not permit Abraham to sacrifice his son, so he offered a ram instead. The blowing of the^ cornet teaches a lesson of warning to the Jews that they have sinned and should seek to make peace with God by becoming truly penitent; so the New Year is the first, nf tii^ npmtantial davs which ends with the day of atonement or Yom Kippur. During the penitential dayt it is the special duty of all Hebrews to examine well their conduct and prepare themselves for the day of atonement. On New Year's -day special prayers of a three-fold character?homage, rememberance and the sounding of the shofer ?are offered. By the prayer of rememberance, is meant God's review of action and rememberance of deeds, and the sounding of the cornet reminds them ?-?-J"" 10 r*Af in cfnrc U1 IUC great; UdV oiiao xo J/nu iii dwivj when mankind will be free fi*om sin and become perfect in the eyes of God. Hilton s. Iodoform Liniment is the "nee pins ultra" of all such preparations in removing soreness, and quickly healing fresh cuts and wounds, no matter how bad. It will promptly heal old sores of long standing. Will kill the poison from "Poison Ivy" or "Poison Oak" and cure "Dew Poison." Will counteract the poison from bites of snakes an sting3 of insects. It is a sure cure for sore throat. Will cure ?? a j any case 01 ?ure .uiuutu, auu is n ouycrior remedy for all pains and aches. Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents a bottle. Take Care of Your Property. Save money by keeping your Gins in thorough repair. You get better results please the public aud save your OWN TIME AND LABOR. Fourteen years practical experience in the ELLIOTT GUN SHOPS at Winnsboro, S. C., is a guarantee of good work. Send your gins at cnce to the undersigned, W. J, ELLIOTT, i COLUMBIA, S. C. Located adjacent to the Tozer Engine Work. July27 3m UBal I HILTON'S ?? U-H rf jSTlISL.IV 4 ' ^ W 1 ZWVBVS. '? . /Is a Btimilator ana iesua?~~ tfrise organs. is she best after H| meals medicine to aid digestion SB* Prevents deacuchea. Oure.-^: Billiouanesa* Acta on toe Kid- ML neys within Thirty minutes. after Bi taking, relieving aches in the mm back from disorder of thes eor-W ' gans. Kelievea ali stomach 3|l troubles. Is entirety vegetable, HE ?c, ;0c and ?l Oo a Dottle. Sold Pf oy dealer? generally, anu b, Thefe aturray I-turCo, Columbia, S, in H Bear, Charle-ux.K Sold by dealers generally and' by rnf-r n ?rTTT>TI A TT TV T % TT/^1 ll/^ i n Hi U-ttUUf UU., | Columbia. S. C. , A Happy Home J? !? ir?crea*e<l ten-fol'i hv good Music. Mak tbe molt of life by procuring a good . P AWNOR Ud ?& Muric haa a refining influence, &n<l fceejvs . your children ?> borne . v REM EM B K U " | 5fou cnly invest cnx-* ? i.viiaic ;tcti MjM ed yoa eeW< ? id-. I CHALLENGE JJ dDJP< lABi" ITJ VllHTM'H I U v t.*<jo&lity?Dd r*svoc??H]jjy TERM. . ;|J Tc ILom cot preror?rf t- pk? ts>b 1 ? : give reasonable time, at a rl;?ht 4iflcr?r.c?- VB|/-Vfaj Warranty, 1 ) folly mv !* tiytt #-u?? rvp'"?ci;>ea DON'T FAIL II So m--te <tr pri<?e? &a-i iern-t, ?nd 'or ilias '^jl tm?d efttaloeuet. ' YOUKS FOB S-f * v> ; V *;HtV V S J| M. A. MALONE, :|g| lfioa MAIN STREET, BARGAINS 1 SfCOND HAND MACHINERY GINS, GINS, GINS. % One 70 saw Lammas gin, feeder and con* denser, good order, $90. Ooe 40 saw Winahip gin at d condenser, good order, $6C One 40 saw Winbhip gin feeder and conden ser, good order, $60. One 46 saw Wjngbip gin; f?ur order, $15. One 60 saw Van Winkle feeder, good order, _ 3 $20. - fm One 80 saw Pratt gin, feeder and condenser, good as new, $200. Two 60 saw Pratt gins, feeders and condeoa ers, gooa oraer, $iuv eaca. One 70 8*w Pratt gin feeder and condenser, good order, $120 . Two 60 sair Manger feeders, good order $'5 ''.^3 v e 60 saw Vinship feeder, good order, $ 15 Oi e 50 paw Van Winkle feeder; good order $12 50. One 70 saw Pratt feeder; good order $20 One 70 saw Pratt condenser, good order $20 ENGINE8 AND BOILERS. One 20 H. P Atlas ?ngine and 25 H, P. portable boiler complete, goodT1crder, $250 One 25 H. P. Liddell engine and 25 H. P. Atlas return tabular boiler complete, good order, $275. One 12 U. P. portable boiler, fair order $75 One 15 H P Geiter engine and boiler on r wheels, good order, $100. One 4 H P engine and boiler on skids, fair ^ .<& ord jr, $50. JpSg One 6 H P Vortical engine and boiler, [Farquhar], good order. $75, One 20 H P Toxer engine and boiler on skid* good order, $400. 0ne"20 ft p Erie engine and return tabular J boiler m *ood order, $250. v One 20 ft P Lombard return tubular boiler, good order, $100. MIS,ELLAS EOUS. ; One Talbott Pony saw mill, fair order, $100. ^ Oae Goodell & Waters 24 surfacer $75. ?-gjBT Two Bo?-g c tton presses, good crder, $75. '1 each. : ^ The a^ore' offered 6uSject to prior fa!*-Write us quick. Unusually low prices on. new macbioerj, all kinds % W. H. GffiBES & CO. Near Union Depot, Colombia. S. C. . S. C, Agents Liddell Co,, Charlotte. N. CH From Maker Oirrci to Purchaser. m -r-^ j-i | A Good I ? ma jJfj 1 Piano 1 1 Si willlastafew aBB give endleag 99; . jfig UK; ^^2b&0 vexation. afi; I Natbusbek I 1 ^ Is always Good, always Reliable. SI ;^gv) always satisfactory, always Last- 2ffi| aBs lng. You take no chances in buy- aEB igSj lng It. ?| a? It costs somewhat more than a ?B J2KS / ?)/>(in. rwM? rtirrtin. hut iR mneh th? flS a? cheapest in the end- SB jigS N 3 other Hich Grade Piano sold so flK >8? reasonable. Factory prices to retail SB rm t&f. boy era. Easy payments. Write vs. 2K LUDDEN & BATES, 25 1 SsTaaBAk, G*^ ?nd ?w T?rkdty?Address; D. A. FRESSLTDY, Agent Columbia, S. C. Saw Mills. 1 If you need a saw mill, any ?i?e, . me before bnvimr elKewht-rc. I Saw, the moat complete line of ajille ?f. *i?y dealer or manafactarvr in . 'or.t'. Corn Mills. Very highest grade 8tone-, a-' c&tnrual* It low prices. Wood-Working Machinery. ^ M TJ1 if rj i> ... lutucrg, inuuiuun, rujpsr, rve-^??rs Band Sawi, Laths, etc. Engines and I Boilers, I Tblbou and Liddeli, Engleb rg Rice Bailer, in *i?.ck. quick delivery, low prices. V, C.BADii \ jK 1 1326 M^iii 3-rfce-. v <5 J| -vg DRUGS, Ab* OHiiL Tli&AUX WHY OT After repeated failTHE ures trying so-called KEELY cures and cheap cures CURE? be cured at CHE KEELEY INSriTdl'E, GREENVILLE ;J| BOUfii CAROLINA. (The only Keeley Institute in the State ) // 9fu4me44L(Qcuec ttbxtsesi^ Jm