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w"/;* : IM _. . . . - - ". ^ VOL. LI1I. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1898. NO. 10. | 1 1 , ? ? r t t f ; ? IN THE BIG STORM. b How the Tents of the Second Regiment Were Torn Away. BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS * ?*. A Soldier of a Neighboring Regi* v:i\~A r*-, r\..:?ui.. III37I1L rviiiou. V?aill(j SaCUIl/IMJT Put in Shape Again. Other General Notes. The correspondent of the Columbia j te?jj3pState writing from Camp Cuba Libre, i ffiP i'ia., under date of October 2. saj-s: j Everyone has heard of the equinox and j Fi lie gales that come about then, but ] c-veryone has not experienced one of i i hose gales while in a military camp. I Some time during last night a storm 1 broke on us and our tents began to rock I to the sighing of the tall pines, under ; ' which those of the Second South Caro- ; lina are pitched. Due warning of the ' storm was sriven and it was conseouent- ! ly no surprise. Yesterday afternoon a ; telegram was received stating that a | terrific storm was approaching. The j axe and hammer were then heard on ; every hand, making ready for the dis? anguished guest whose arrival was herW aided by telegraph at the government's expense, But no one, at that time, J.iad any idea how severe he was. This was not found out until this morning. As a consequence of the bad weather | breakfast was delayed, and, in some j companies, indefinitely postponed. j During breakfast there was a lull for a ; short while. During the lull the wind \ shifted towards the northwest, and then renewed its vigor. Gust upon I gust was hurled against the camp and | it was with a great deal of difficulty j that auy of the tents were kept in j piace. There were some who had intended taking advantage of the weather and resting up for the day. Maj. Eaves was among that number. He had taken to his cot to rest, when a heavy gust came and left him without a shelter. TT . T * 1J? . . /? V _ J J ne got nimseu out 01 oea ana scamper- ; ed off to a nearby tent until his clothes ??- could be brought to him. By this time the whole camp was in a state of excitement. Men were seen in every direction out holding the guy ropes of their tents to assist the tent pins in holding their own. In some cases this worked admirably, but in ' others all the reward the inmates got lor tneir trouoie was a good soaKing and the job of putting their tent in place again. Your correspondent did not have his tent blown down, but had to vacate for fij| fear of a pine tree standing just in front BS? of his tent. When he went out he saw Wr Oapt. Moss struggling with his tent | ~ all that the captain lost was his fly. T r 'l An+ lrtn/Y rrV- An rr* XT of _ JL UAUU V VUl/ IVUg n U^U U1J ttbfcention was called to the Y. M. C. A. tentr The wind went in at the rear : ? entrance and tore the tent in half. It is a complete wreck. Standing next to r it was a photographer's tent, which stood a few moments longer than the Y. M. C. A. tent, but which finally left ; "Vgits occupant in the act of putting his '- Ifcoafc on. y an.- j . JLUC mcu uu gu<tiu uivvvueu mtu tuc two tents erected for their accommodation, for protection, but soon they were both -leveled to the ground, and the men had to seek shelter elsewhere. Lieut. Quartermaster Sullivan's tent was laid low, as also was the chaplain's. The commissary tent of a majority of : the companies were blown down and the hard tack spoiled. The shelter over the dining tables of Co. I was blown down. It was not quite complete. While the men were straggling with ' their own tents, the tents in which their less fortunate comrades were quartered . were suffering heavily. The winds played havoc in the Third Division ^ hospital. One of the wards was Uown down and the rain blew through all the ?f others. The tent in which the dead are laid out was also blown down. B Quite a number of trees were also I blown down, vv hen the storm was at , iis worst Maj. "Wagener, who. although ' he is on the sick report, went over to the hospital to render what assistance ; he Ccould. By himself he could do ; nothing, but with the help he soon re- ; ceived the hospital was saved. The ' Second South Carolina and the One 1 Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana regi- 1 ments turned out in a body and all the : other commands furnished their quota j towards staking down the tents. All the trees which were in a nosition to 1 fall on the tents were roped and cut j ^ down. The men all worked like beavere to keep the tents in plaee. No one thought of himself, but of his sick | comrades. The lady nurses were most , of them drenched to the skin, but went on with their heroic efforts to give re- ' lief to the suffering. The teDts of the ' doctors, nurses and attendants suffered most. They blew down byjthe score. ' There were several persons injured during the morning. The sergeant major of the Sixteenth Indiana regiment . ? ? V,- o foil? T}-,? tXO JEWlllCVl W* a lUIUU^ yvit. A HV J pole struck him in the back breaking the spinal column. Private Geo. A. . Bristow, of Company I, while on top of a hospital tent pulling a rope in 1 place was hurled to the ground and his : right arm sprained. There were no . other serious injuries. In company with the News and Couy rier correspondent the writer visited ( the camp of the Fourth Illinois regi- < ment. The Fourth is in Jacksonville 1 on provost guard, and their tents here ! are complete wreck?. There seems to * have been a battle between the tents ! and the wind and the wind came off victorious. Where the tents once stood will be seen occasionally a white rag j waving irom a tent pole as a nag 01 truce begging the wind to coase its de- ' * vastation and destruction. ?' The Sixth Missouri suffered very lit- ] tie. | The rain has about stopped but the i wind is still nigh, it appears that there will be a lull about night. The hospital train has been put on the siding here for cases of emergency. Should there be need the patients will be placed on board and carried to Jacksonville and Atlanta. S. Frank Parrott. i Gone up the Spout. j The National or Gold Democratic | organization, from meagre reports of j registration in Kentucky towns, seems j have practically lost its identity as a i party in this State. Reports from ! everywhere show light registration as j compared with 1S96 and last year. bfe. ^ ; TILLMAN Iff CHARLESTON. He Is Entertained at a Dinner by the Mayor. The Charleston correspondent of the State says Senator B. R. Tillman accompanied by former Gov. Sheppard and Representative Rains, ord of Edgefield county, arrived there On the morning train from Augusta, "Wednesday. They registered at the Charleston ho tel, where the senator was soon surrounded by callers and newspaper men and held quite a levee for a time. It is the senator's first visit to this city since 1894, as he remarked. The party are here on purely private business, the senator said, and nothing farther was elicited from him on this point. The correspondent drew the senator out concerning the matter of helping Charleston in bringing the soldiers here. He said that he had received a telegram from Mayor Smythe several days ago asking him to assist Charleston in the matter, but that it so happened his hands were tied, he having on a former occasion urged the advantages of the Port Royal harbor for such purposes, and a telegram having reached him from that place just a little prior to Mayor Smythe's and of a similar tenar in behalf of the latter port. "Bat Port Royal was not in this competition was it?" "I do not know that it was,v replied the senator, "but that was the thought that controlled me. I have always been very prompt and willing to help Charleston whenever the opportunity arose, and have materially assisted her An mrvro on nrto rw?r??icinn Tlnf. I and cuffs were all the thanks I ever got for it from the Charleston newspapers. That, however, makes no difference. She can depend on me to help her when I can.?' . Speaking-of his programme for the near future the senator said that he would go to Virginia shortly to make some campaign speeches, and later would come back though North Carolina and enlist in the fight for white supremacy in that State. It had got to be a question purely of white and black 1 ~ ~ i. J rum m tuito outic, nuu ax present w?; negroes were on top. "A few years ago," he said, ''the North Carolinians were bemoaning the fate of South Carolina, but now they are in the valley of Jehosephi.i' while we look on from the mountaintup." Among those who called on the senator and tendered him civilities were Sheriff Martin, Messrs. Yv. Gibbes Whaley, James M. Eason, B. I. Simmons, A. 0. Kaufman, M. S. Stoppelbein and others. Mayor Smythe called on the senator and conferred with him relative to the question of bringing a share of the troops here. When the business conference was over the mayor invited the senator to accept of a dinner party in his honor. .as soon atter tne mayor lett, as ms business engagements would permit, Senator Tillman sat down at the feable in the reading room of the hotel and wrote-a strong and urgent telegram of about 200 words to Secretary Long asking him to give both Charleston and Port Royal due consideration in the movements of too personal and delicate a nature to quote, the senator cited the superiority of the Charleston harbor over that of Savannah. The tele gram dispatched, the senator gave himself tip to social intercourse until the hour for dinner. At 3 o'clock Mayor Smythe," Aldermen Lapham, Percival and otters called at the hotel and escorted the senator to dinner. The party remained at dinner until the senator was ready to leave on the 5.30 train for Trenton. This attention to the senator on the part of the city administration folks is unprecedented and is causing much rumination in the city. Electrocuted in Macon. H. L. Burke, thirty-six years of age, a conductor on the Consolidated street car line, Macon, Gra., was electrocuted Sunday about 10 o'clock p. m. during the storm. Burke was on car No. 14, Vienville line. "When lie reached the intersection of Munroe street and Washin eton avenue he found a wire hanging interfering with the passing of the car. He dismounted, and taking one anr! xcnnnrl if. arming n. tplfiranh nost,. As it was a guard wire, it is supposed Burke thought there vras no danger in the other end. He was warned by the motorman, but disragarded the warning^ and grasped the wire. Passengers in the car saw the fatal blue light as the wire came in contact with the unfortunate man's flesh. He screamed for help several times, but was unable to let go. After a few seconds he fell. None of the people on the car were able to render assistance, and it was not ' until Superintendent Winters came and cut the wire that the body was examined. The Southern Soldier. They are still throwing bouquets at the south. Gen Roynton yesterday "volunteered the statement" that there had been 1?no complaints from southern suiuiura m v^im;h.auiiiu?a. camp a,uu added that he '"did not believe we would have heard half the outcry that has been raised if all the soldiers had been from the south." Gen. Dodge, chairman of the committee of investigation, said that '"only two or three charges had been received from the south and they were not from soldiers."' Certainly, compared with other sections, the south is a Spartan land. ?State. "Whole Party Drowned. A dispatch from Troy, N. Y. says N\ L. Weatherbv, commodore of the Troy Yacht club, a ad three companions, Stephen J. Mallory, Mrs. William Bresiin and Miss Elizabeth Savage, were drowned by the capsizing of a yacht in the Hudson river three miles north of this city last night. The bodies have not been recovered. The accident was due to the swift current in the river. Ate Heads of Matches. \ frnm Dallas TY>t ?nv? 'Jimmie,*' the 14-vear old daughter of I J. M. Stephens, who lives in Gonzales, lex., tried to commit suicide by eating the heads of 212 parlor matches. ! She died today. After eating the j matches '"Jimmie" regretted her act j and tried to save her lilfe by swallowing bacon and lard. Instead of being an antidote for the poison, the lard and bacon hastened her death. A THRIVING TOWN. ! Mullins, a Prosperous Tobacco Town of the Pee Dee. A HINT TO OTHER SECTIONS. | 1 To Diversify Crops and Not De- j pend Entirely on Cotto.. dsa |! Money Making Crop. The tobacco town of Mullins, South ' , Carolina, will be an agreeable surprise | 1 to any business man who will journey 1 forth and inspect its brief kistory and L fine work. Mullins is the "Little Dan- , ville" of this State. Four years ago ( not one pound of tobacco was sold here. , Now, comparatively speaking, it has no j equal in the State as a tobacco market. , I was requested to inspect the books of' both ware houses on September 10, ' and did so carefully. To my great sur- , prise I found that for this season alone I ; up to the date just mentioned, the to- j ( bacco sales here aggregate a total of , 1,014,784 pounds, and that cash to the j ( amount of S7G.S47.lti had been uaid to ! . farmers ior their leaf tobacco. These | are the actual figures from the carefully j ( kept books of both ware houses. On the day of my visit to the ware ] houses, which happened to be on Saturday?not a busy day generally?both ] floors were crowded to their utmost ca- j pacity; sales commenced early in the j mnmincr 'in/I moro r>n+ f.nmnl until late in the afternoon, and I saw thous- j ( ands of pounds of South Carolina leaf t tobacco sold at from 4* to 8 cents per . pound, from 8 to 17 J cents per pound, and large lots frequently sold at 18, 19, 20i and 22$ and 25 cents per pound. I J f have never seen a more active nor bet- j ter managed market. Tobacco buyers ( and tobacco sellers were alike interest- j ed, business men and tobacco farmers t were pushing things together, every- f tiling was lively, hustling and good ca- j j turea, and South Carolina's Little Dan- j j ville was giving an interesting object lesson in thrift, business capacity and g good work. ^ MULLIN'S CAN "SPECIFY ? C xrrVkan \r/\vt /toll "Pat* fa/fcfa n il^U J VU VUii AV* VV WWVW AMVVW figures. Not very much has been said s about what has been going on here during the past four years. Four years i ago a special representative of the News i and Couaier visited Mullins* and told t the readers of that paper some few facts c about the small beginnings of Mullin's tobacco interests. This time the News and Courier man was requested to jonr- t ney to Mullins to see what he could v see, to hear "ffhat he could hear, to ex- S amine the books, to keep the record r straight, and publish the facts in the i ?>ews anu courier, me greau piwuu ter" of SoutK Carolina's tobacco busi- t ness. The ^mter would here acknowl- i edge 'the veiy cordial welcome given c him by the citizens of Mullins. Pipes s and fine ciga rs figured in this greeting, 1 good cheer and hospitality mingled I with, but did not go up in smoke, valu- t able assistance was mine in every de- c sired way?aid the music was furnish- r ed by pipe organs?the mouths of some 5 of "our' good tobacco friends. Espec- 1 ially am I indebted to Messrs. G. H. d Yarboro, C. J. McCall and G-. R. i T?Aorao on/1 f Artlr V>r\r\& fViof ro. V JLltsO. 1 VJJ cVUU .L. VU1J JUk\/|S\> W?*V/*X * Vy collection of sertain ana numerous im- t portant events are as pleasant as are t my own. New for some specifying. ? Four years ago Mullins made a small 1 beginning in the tobacco business, in f which, among others, Messrs. "W. H. c Daniel, G. It. Reaves and D. K. Mc- t Duffie were vsry prominent. Practical c results from 1,his move were rather dis- t couraging until Mr. E. 0. Bransford I assumed the position of general man a- 1: ger of the Planter's "Ware House, f Things changed thin for the better,and the good fortune has steadily gone on. a Messrs. Paniell, Heaves and McDuffie, r who are still prominent and active in v the tobacco interests, could not take I time from their other large business a affairs to have direct share in the man- s agement, but their pluck, perseverance s and ability a::e largely responsible for 5 the big work of the town today. a "mullins'was a dead town ^ four years ago," said Mr. Gr. R. Reaves, 3 the'active and obliging manager of the W. H. Daniel Supply Company. Continuing he saii: "Since we started the * tobacco business the town has doubled. Customers are here daily who are strangers to us and many are here whom ^ I do not know." This was not said in rj reply to any leading question, but wa3 spoken in ordinary conversation. The immense figures, more than a t million pounds, and cash for this sea- * son of a few weeks alone, $76,847.16, show the magnitude of Mullin's tobac- j co business, and now some reasons can be satisfactorily added. Mullins is the centre of a splendid tobacco area. This ^ covers a radius of forty miles, embracing the counties of Marion and Horry, * in South Carolina and the North Carolina counties of Robeson, Richmond ^ and Columbus. Planters from these five ounties are daily at Mullins, their ^ nearest market, and their best one. * In addition tobacco is shipped here , from other sections, some having been ! ^ received this season from Richland t WUUb^. g The famous golden tobacco of the a "Fork" section of Buck Swamp "neigh- s borhood," Marion county, comes here t also, and brings high prices. Mr. G. t H. Yarboro, the large buyer and effi- s cient business representative of the } Great American Tobacco Company. y ships every day from one to two car- jloads of South Carolina leaf tobacco. ^ Mr. Yarboro t?ld me this faet, and in ! v conversation with Mr. 1). K. McDuffie, 0 one of the best and cleverest railroad ^ agents in the State, this same state- 0 ment was made. t The ware houses of Mullins, among E other systemat ic business arrangements employed a traveling man to go over }, their territory regularly, soliciting ship- a ments and consignments for their mar- c ket. For two weeks he has had noth- 0 ing to do, ha\ing been called in. be- t cause the ware houses are filled daily to overflowing. t Now all of this may seem strange to 3 many, especially to those who do not i\ have time enough to attend to their | y own business, because they cannot stop I c attending to the business of others. SOME MULLIXS REASON*. The reasons for all of this are many, | f but they are very simple. I have had j f' many "capiliary professors" and nu- j't merous '"tonsorial artists" to give me j minute directions as to get a good shave h but I have always found that a good o sharp razor was worth more than anything else for this business. In the first place, the business men, tobacco farmers and merchants secured some knowledge of the subject. They got many things, "but with all the getting, get understanding" seemed to be their favorite text. The men of Mull ins did not have an easy time. Difficulties wore many and tney will hover around any one ^no carelessly ventures into the toba^o business, chewing, smoking, cultivating, buying, or selling. Tobacco is a curious thing. It is only grown, cultivated, sold and manufactured to be chewed up, spat out, burned up and go iiway in smoke. Nobody in the world really needs it. All of this work is only for ultimate and fleeting enjoyment. The men ofMullins, while not so very numerous, were certainly too many for their difficulties, hence they were the conquerors. The men of Mullins worked altogether; they believed in their town, in tobacco and in themselves to such an extent that they imparted this spirit to others. Strangers came, and soon, in the councils of irr>rL- hn<;in#??<3. thftsrt niion-dam [good) strangers were talking and saying what was best for :tus" to uo. This could have but one result. Tolay the citizens of Mullins are an interested community, and they are still hard at work. Every tobacco buyer who has come liere from Virginia and North Carolina ias closely identified himself with the jusincss interests of the town. The soil hereabout is of that peculiar quality which makes certain grades of ;obacco to perfection, and receipts and jrices here are both large. SOME FORCIBLE ILLSUTRATIONS. I did not '"hunt up" exceptional illus-rations again, but took some ^-of the >est averages vrhich came under my )bservation during my stay here, Mr. fl. C. Allen, a number one representaive farmer, sold 6(53 pounds Sere, and 'or this tobacco his pricc were 8.141-4, 15, 16, 27 and 36 cents per pound, the ot bringing, net. ?166.84. Mr. J. B. Smith, another fine farmer, iold 749 pounds for $84.06 net, the >rices paid being 8 1-4, 10 and 16 3-4 :ents per pound. Mr. J. 0. Jone?, a leading farmer, ;old 380 pounds of tobacco at 10 3-4, !0 and 27 1-2 cents per pound, the lot letting S77.90. the 380 pounds bring * . i .i t l ng aDouc as mucn as tnree Daies ox cotoii would have sold for on the same late. THE PLANTERS' WARE HOUSE. The Planters' Ware House is now 166 >y 80 feet, but plans are perfected by rhich this building will soon be 240 by !0 feet. More floor space is even now a lecessity. This is a well made buildng, with every facility for conducting he business, and is owned and operaed by the Planters, Ware House Oom-' >any. Mr. W. II. Daniell is president if the company, Mr. Gr. R. Reaves is ecretary and treasurer, and Mr. E. 0. Sransford is general manager. Mr. )aniell is one of the leading men of his section. Mr. G. R. Reaves is one if t.tiA -most, f?omnetent and courteous Den of my acquaintance. General Manager Bransford is one of the livest ive men whom I have ever seen. His iuties as manager include auctioneerng tobacco, and he can laugh, talk, rink, kick, slap his hands and sell to>acco at a high price at once. I heard he buyers say he ?;was the best in six >tates;" and I am prepared to say that le merits this high praise. Mr. Bransord had a lucrative offer elsewhere, but ame here because a tobacco expert who lad sDied out the land advised him to [o so. He has been glad ever since hat he did come, and so have others. Is is a man of decided business alility, and is doing large tobacco work or South Carolina. the farmers' ware house, . fine new building, 180 by 80 feet, is iow operating its first season. This rare house is having most satisfactory msiness. Messrs McDuffie & Thornton ta rvrnnrietors here, and thev are a trong team, trotting well and with caniderable speed in double harness. . Jr. McDuffie is the same live depot .gent who was before mentioned, and loubtless gets some of his speed. from issociatine so much with locomotives .nd men of Mullins. Mr. 0. F. Thornton is managing jartner here. He is a live, systematic canager, has decided business tact and .bility. He was raised on it, has serv-' id in every department of it, and now s here in a good place, to stay, Mr. Chornton says that "South Carolina nakes the finest bright tobaccos for :utters, cigaretts and smokers," and hat "fine wrappers are bocoming more lumerous." The auctioneer and office manager iere is Capt. J. M. Andrews. He is int. warlike unless vou mention Snan ards or South Carolina tobacco; he ights with eyes, tongus and head; he ;ets his high prices, and then he mileth. Speaking of good, all-round tobacco nen, jolly and genial, courteous and ;ompetent, allow me to present to you tfr. George H. Yarboro, local represenive of the famous American Tobacco Company. I shall be glad for a long rhile that I met Mr. Yarboro. He is horoughly posted in his business. He ays: '"This is a fine tobacco section, ,nd South Carolina tobacco is a great uccess. No section?I make no excep ions?surpasses this for producing fine obaccoes. This is as good a tobacco cction as there is in the world." That fir. Yarboro believes this is shown by rhat he does. The books show that he tas shipped from Mullins sines July 28 00,000 pounds of tobacco, almost as ouch as he shipped during the whole if last season. For ten days past he tas shipped from one to two carloads f leaf tobacco daily, and he is one of he busiest and most accommodating uen whom I have ever seen.. t x i? JL iillLSL UIIU& ill ttUUtUCI gCUHCUiau iere whose good offices to me were many nd whose assistance I sincerely appreiate. This is Mr. C. J. McCall. one f the most important business men of he town. Strictly speaking Mr. McCall is not a obacco man, but all business men of lullins are, to some extent, and Mr. JcCall shows this, and anything else rhich pertains to the welfare of his ommunity. SOME MEN OF MULLINS. Five large three-story tobacco prize actories are here 40 by 70 ana 50 by 80 eet. Five large cotton ginneries are iere the fine owned hv the Daniel Sud >ly Company, having a capacity of 50 lales daily. Mr. B. G. Smith owns the ther and his business is large in this land of tobacco and cotton. Two large grist mills, are here and the business men, all of them, are asking for a bank. The figures here given show what business a bank could expect and the business men have money which they are ready to invest in a bank. Twc churches are here and a fine school, of which latter Mr. J. E. Buzhardt is principal, and he has two assistants. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin now has a cosy well kept hotel, but this is being replaced bv a lareer one. which Mrs. Mar tin found necessary. The tobacco buyers, a strong corps of fine workers, are Messrs. G. H. Yarboro, J. T. Pope, T. D. Wright, W. A. Gray, M. V. Pope, W. T. Jefferson, R. B. Hester, C. 0. Dixon. D. T. Yancey, W. C. Scott. V. W. Williams, Carolina Tobacco Company, Gorman-Wright Company, Staples & Co., and A. B. Edwards. The business firms which add strength (? the reputation of Mullins,are the W. H. Daniell Supply Company, W. H. Ttanioll nraoldonf- rjnnrtro T? "R JUWUiVii. J.VV/M. ? VU? secretary and treasurer; Dunbar & Edwards, Cooper & Cooper, McMillan & Reaves, Smith & Smith, Smith & Teasley. TV. A. Hardwiek, J. W. Rogers, E. P. Junrette, J. M. Bethea, Smith & Collins, B. G. Smith and L. E. Rogers. Among the leading physicians is Dr. F. A. Smith. On Wednesday, September 8, one ware house here sold 26,335 pounds of tobacco for $2,076,99, and on the day following 36,182 pounds sold for $2,499 18. These are hardly average daily records, but were taken from the books, and sales were made before my arrival. The Enterprise, a progressive paper edited by Mr.N. D. Johnson,does valuable work for Mullins, -which is much appreciated. Railroad facilitias here are furnished by the Atlantic Coast Line, and are all that is necessary. Lands are plentiful and can be purchased in such lots and at such priecs as will be a good investment for any live man. Mullins has be?n and is still doing splendid work and your correspondent takes great pleasure in congratulating her baud of workers on the wonderful results which ihey have achieved and which they so well deserve. J. E. Norment, in News and Courier. IMPREGNABLE FACTS. Democrats Forced the War; Republicans Managed the Army. No amount of falsehood, of vituperation, of boasting, of turgid rhetoric on the part of the Republican organs and stump speakers can destroy these two facts- The Democrats forced the war. The Republicans managed tho army. All the striving of the party of false' pretenes, all its muddying of the water cannot obscure or alter this cold, unvarnished truth. The Republicans cannot evade it The record is against j.1 mem. The Democrats forced the war. They supported the war with supplies to conduct it and men to fight its battles. But they did not manage it. They are not responsible for putting a corrupt politician with a tainted military record in charge of its war department; -nor for the appointment of shoals of inexperienced and ignorant political hangers-on, who could not take care of themselves in private life, to places in the commissary, quartermaster and medical departments, where the lives, health and comfort of thousands of the conntry's bravest and best depended upon their admintstrations;nor for insufficiency of food, medicines, surgeons and ambulances on the battlefields, nor for crowding troops in foul cattle ships; nor for transporting sick and wounded soldiers in pestilent hospital ships without pure ? ?iE:?-?i J:_: j vraxer, siumumm, uieuiwucs. ancuuauvc or proper food; nor for the furnishing of enlisted men with 3hoddy blankets and sleazy clothing and paper-soled shoes at extortionate prices; nor for the fever campg: nor for all the other blunders and horrors of Algerism. For these things the Democrats are not to blame. For these tilings the people ask from the Repubsicans an accounting. SO THIRD PRIMARY. Two Berkeley Candidates to Fight it Out 111 tue General .Election. That an election should be enjoined in this state ia somewhat of a novelty. It is so unusual that some people are beginning to believe that every business of whatever nature or kind is subject to a judicial injunction. It will be remembered that during the two meetings of the State Democratic Executive committee there was a contest between Morrison and Sanders for the shrievalty of Berkeley county. Sanders beat Morrison on the face of the returns and the committee referred the matter back to the county committee. The latter stuck to its original decision and Mr. Morrison again appealed. The state committee, thereupon, acting as it did in the senatorial contest from Sumter, ordered another primary election to be held on the second Tuesday in October. Mr. Hawkins K.Jenkins, representing Mr. Sanders, who was declared the nominee, appeared before the chief justice today on a writ of certorari, and the chief justice issued an order directed to the State Executive committee enjoining either or their representatives from holding an elec tion until the further order of the court. The case is put down for hearing on the special docket, but the court does not meet again until November 22. The election will have been held by that time and unless some other action is taken in the meantime, these two aspirants for the shrievalty will have to fight it out in the general election. Mr. Morrison was not represented in the court. The order is not exactly in the nature of an injunction, as such writs are legally defined, but it practically >1 ' .1 * "L amounts to tne same ining.?^oiumoia Record. Good Man to Get Rid Of. D. Phillips of Savannah, a private in the Second Georgia regiment, was locked up drunk at Atlanta by a provost guard and was not searched. Phillips had on his person a revolver, and as soon as left alone amused himself by shooting at other prisoners walking in the corridor outside. He shot Claude Love, another white prisoner, through the head. He made a desperate fight when the officers went to disarm him. Love is in the hospital in a serious condition, but may live. ; ON THE WARPATH. Rumored Massacre of Gen. Bas , con arid His Force. I J ____ : SCENE NEAR LEECH LAKE. I i Causes of the Uprising of the M'lt i! . ^1 miager inaiar>s on ine v*mppewa Reservation. A dispatch from "Walker, Minn, says a hard fight occurred with the Indians on the other side of Leech Lake Thursday. An attempt was made to laud on the island and rescue the wounded ' soldiers and get the bodies of the unfortunate bluecoats who were killed, The attempt was partly successful so far in that four bodies were recovered and nine soldiers who were wounded were rescued, but the citizens were driven to the boat and the boat driven from the shores by skulking redskins. A special train with 215 of the Third infantry from Fort Shelling, under , command of Lieut. Col. Harbach of the department of Dakota, arrived in Walker at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon Another special train will leave Brainerd tonight with 200 or 250 more soldiers. Inspector Tinker expressed the opinion that with 500 soldiers the Indians will be subdued, but thinks there will be bloodshed and may be lots of it. It is said the Indians from the Mills Lacs reservation have started 300 strong to join the Leech lake Indians, and if this is the case it will require 500 additional troops to quell the disturbance. They are reported to be well armed and going north at a rapid rate. Two.hunters came in Thursday afternoon from the woods and reported a band of 15 or 20 Indians going north, and it is supposed that they are an advance guard to the Mille Lacs Indians, or a party of their scouts. The men were not close enough to them to say whether 'they were painted or not, but knew they were armed. The inhabitants of Walker, Lotrup and Hackensack, Minn., are terrified beyond measnrA or?/^ ooY?mqc oa otttia Ulv cIUU OiV UlUIVVi A U1 UO UiUiU UUVA ammunition are procurable. Little sleep is taken by the majority of the citizens. Since the uprising of the Bear island Indians the Indians at the Leech lake agency have been quiet till Thursday, but word has arrived from the agency that the Indians have broken out and the authorities have no control over them and fear there will be raore bloodshed. The condition of Bacon's men, even if they were safe from annihilation, must be deplorable. They arc illy supplied with overcoats and blankets, tents they have none. Their food supplies were short when -they landed and they were in no shape to stand a long siege. a ttt n i / . rrvt A vvaiKer, inmn., special to xne Dispatch says:' A boat from the scene of action has just arrived. Fighting is still progressing. Maj. Wilkinson, one sergeant and three privates were killed and eight-wounded, Kay Bay Gway Tish, chief of Indian police^ killed. It was impossible to bring the' wounded to town, for the Indians kept up a constant" fire on the boat: :'-?" special train with 200 addition soldier? will arrive here at 2. p. m., when they will be transferred to the scene of action as soon as possible. Not more than four Indians have been "killed and only two wounded. Capt. Sheehan, head deputy United States marshal, arrived on the boat with a flesh wound in the abdomen and one in the right arm. He says the Pillagers do not number more than 100. but thev fieht only as demoniacal savages can. Unless overpowered by superior numbers, not one of them will quit fighting while he has any breath in his carcass. They are holding out now with the hope that the Cass lake Indians will soon arrive to their assistance. If they should arrive before our troops are reinforced, the soldiers will have a desperate time of it. Afte the reinforcements get here it will take two hours to emba- : them and two hours more for them to get to Sugar point. Therefore, the best that can be expected is that they will not be abje to render much assistance except as to the force of numbers until daylight Friday. The newspaper correspondents are all right.' Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones Thursday received the following dispatch from Indian Agent J. H. Southerland, dated at "Walker, Minn., last night: "The trouble at Leech lake originated in annsenence of an arrest made by a deputy United States marshal of an Indian on a warrant. The Indians overpowered the marshal and rescued the prisoner. Troops were set here to assist the marshal in arresting the rescuers. I have been here a week doing my best to get the Indians to give themselves up and save trouble, but they would not. Today the troops and Indians had several battles. The United States marshal has asked for more troops." a ** ?i a renious xnp. The United States transport Massachusetts. Captain Robinson, which sailed from Santiago September 23, arrived at New York Wednesday and proceeded tto anchorage off Liberty island. "While at Santiago the coal in the Massachusetts' bunkers took fire, and it was necessary to jettison 100 tons. A portion of this coal was taken on board again. On going to sea the fire again broke out in the fir# bunkers and smoldered for three days. It was finally extinguished by the use of steam, and the steamer reached port without further incident. Murdered by a WomanGeorge Saxton, a brother of Mrs. William McKinlev. was shot dead at '6.10 o'clock Friday evening before the residence of Mrs. Eva B. Althouse, widow of the late George Althouse. 319 Lincoln avenue. Canton. 0., where he is presumed to have gone to make a call. Five shots were fired, three of which entered his body. Mrs. Anna C. George has been placed under arrest on suspicion of the murder. Orders to Go to Cuba. Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee received an order from the war department Friday directing him to move his command from Jacksonville, Fla., to Savannah, <ia.. ana get in readiness to emDanr ior ; Habana by the last of this month. The Second South Carolina regiment forms a part of Gen. Lee's command. ! TROOPS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. ; Four Brigades of Soldiers Camped in the State. All doubt as to the disposition of the I troops in South Carolina is ended by j the order of Gen. Miles. South Carolina will get four brigades and Georgia ten. The assignments are not proportioned to the population, size or number of suitable localities in the two States, but when we remember Georgia's knack of" getting the lion's share of e^ecything Uncle Sam has to give we are moved to be thankful that the disparity is not greater. Columbia, Greenville. Spartanburg and Summer- \ ville will each get a brigade. Greenville j will be the headquarters of the second j division, second corps, but will not, j like other division headquarters, have s two or more regiments. We presume ^ .that the selection of the Mountain City ] J was made because of the nearness of \ j Greenville and Spartanburg, the two j points havinsr between them the bulk , of the division. To Columbia will t come regiments from Rhode Island, x j Tennessee and Delaware; to Greenville j ; will go regiments from New York, j West Virginia and New Jersey; to j Spartanburg regiments from Missouri, i Massachusetts and New York; and no t Summerville regiments from Pennsyl- f vania. Connecticut and Ohio. We are t very well pleased with the assignments t for the State. Here in Columbia'we will have, judging from the numbers of; the regiments, the first troops, saised.c in three States?and they ought to con;, t stitute the cream.?Columbia State. a THEY MUST LEAVE. ^ c The Enemy Must Get Out of Cuba and [ Porto Bico. . s President McKinley .has cabled the United States military commission at f Porto Rico that the island must be evacuated by tha Spanish forces on or before October 18. and that the Spanish commissioners be ko informed. In case s j of the failure of the Spaniards to com- r plete the evacuation by that date, the T, United States commissioners are di- Z rected to take possession and exercise ? all of the functions of government, , and, in case it is found to be impossible to secure transportation for the I Spanish troops by October 18, they may , be permitted to go into temporary * quarters until the transports can be x secured to take them to Spain. This i fact was developed at today's cabinet i meeting, and it was also stated that from this time forward a more vigorous r policy would be pursued with respect ? to the evacuation of Cuba. The Presi- , dent has notified the United States evacuation commission at Habana that ? the Spaniards, would be expected to g have evacuated the island by Decern- ? be^l, with a strong intimation that in ' case of failure the United States would ^ brook no further delay, but immediately thereafter take possession of the ? government. a Only Two Saved. fc: James Howe and Joseph Meyers, two * negro sailors who belonged to the schooner -Sarah E. Palmer, were v brought to Charleston Tuesday from s Edisto island, where they had washed * upon the beach clinging to a.plank. *1 They tell a terrible story of the wreck nf their vessel in the storm nf Snndar- v last, seven miles off the Charleston P light ship. The Sarah E. Palmer, ? Capt. Whittier, was a four-masted ?. schooner of Bath, Me. She was bound tj from Charlotte Harbor, Fla., to Carta- & ret, N. J., and was caught off this _ coast in the West Indian cyclone of " Sunday. She sprang a leak early that P morning when off the Charleston light- ^ ship; and went down in spite of all her ' captain and crew could do to save her. ? Cspt. Wiiittierand all the crew, save j* Rowe aad Meyers, were lost. Those * lost were: Capt. Wiiittier, First-mate Briggs, Second-mate McDonald, a Nor- ? wegian steward, Pat Haley and seamen Wallace Stanford and Thomas Leveret. Rowe and Meyers were washed np on ^ the beach after clinging to a plank for 15 honrs. - r< Smallpox in Sumtor. e Friday Gov. Fllerbe received a tele- ^ gram from Dr. James Evans, chairman a of the State board of health, saying: S1 11 /~\ it ^ % jk A "Uases or smallpox and a number ot * persons exposed reported from Sumter P county. Shall I incur expense of iso- 4 lating, guarding and treating them not- a withstanding appropriation for that * purpose is exhausted/' In the absence k of Gov. Ellerbe. Mr. "W. Boyd Evans. fc his private secretary, wired Dr. Evans e to use whatever precaution is necessa- to ry to check the spread of the disease. When the whole State was threatened with the dread disease last winter, Dr. Evans was very aggressive in the en- & deavor to check the infection, and he ^ 1X7111 riA CrtAn /?!"?A/?lr T1 ?? *** MV 'AVUVW 0VVU VUWA VUV/ outbreak, as he will be aided by his ' previous! experience in dovetailing law o and medicine together for the protec- a tion of the people.?State. ^ li Five Men Killed. v Five men were shot from ambush and y killed in Cannon county, Tenn., 20 t miles east of Chattanooga, on Saturday. 1 One of the victims was the Rev. A. C. ? Webb and his son was another. John vi Rollings worth is suspected of doing t] the deed with the help of two friends tl and he is reported to have been since r< shot and killed. The five men were in Hollingsworth's barn, having gathered there to sell some of his effects under a judgment for $700 obtained against o him for killing a man a year ago. # d Biddled with Bullets. -j Wright Smith, colored, who on Sep- tl temDer s attemptea an assault on Dirs. ii Morrison, the wife of Capt. J. Morri- lj son of the Third district, residing near . e: Jones' Station, Md., was taken from C( jail shortly after 2 o'clock Wednesday tl morning and shot. The lynching party tl went to the jail, pointed guns at Night w Watchman Duval 1. and took the pris- p oner to Sanders' lot, near the city cemetery, and riddled the body with bullets. p: A Story of the Sea. b< The Norwegian bark Sichein, Capt. I e: Lorensen, from Apalachico. June 13, ci for Buenos Ayres, was picked up by gi l the Italian bark Speme on September 3 s< in lattitude 6, longitude 6, The cap- 1c tain, first and second officers and three ei of the crew were dead. There was no- tc body aboard the vessel capable of navi- di eating her. The first officer of the li Speme took charge of the Sichem and hi navigated her to port. li: \ y y THE LATE STORM.; Many Houses Flooded and Vessels Driven on Land. A GOOD MANY PEOPLE KILLED / The Storm Did Considerable Damage in a Large Number of Crties and Towns. A dispatch by tug H. M. C. Smith, to the Savsmah Morning News 3tates that two persons were drowned at Fernandina, Fla. Water flooded a big portion of the city and sent many vessels high and dry on the beach. Telegraph systems are prostrated and railroads have suspended operations. The ;wo fatalities were children. The fam :ly of mother and father and three children were in their house when the ;ide carried it away. One of the boys mdertook to ?ive his baby brother; )ut was unable to reach the shore, beng forced to drop the child. The 'ather was rescued from a tree and the nother drifted ashore. The crew at ;he quarantine station were rescued * !rom a life raft, the station being enireiy destroyed. The Smith brings he first news of Fernandina's experi;nce to the outside world. The water during the hurricane of tf Sunday was never- knownvto be so ligh in the history of the city. It was is and eight feet deep over some of he docks and the tug lying by the side >f the wharf was lifted on it and setlin? down smashed it. The water at he court house was a foot deep and everal feet deep in the stores on Genre street. Every dry goods and groery store on the street was damaged >y the high water or by the rain comng through the roofs. Every building at the quarantine tation was swept out of existence and lot a vestage of any was reported to emain. The damage and ruin at Amelia beach was almost as complete. U1 the cottages but two are said to Lave been carried out to sea, besides he entire south end of the Beach hotel rhich is a wreck. The rescuing of the amilies and a few xick soldiers at Amelia Beach was one of the distictive eatures of the day at Fernandina. lealizing that these persons at the each, abont-35 in number, would bo lelpless. - Mr. Beckham, yardmaster of the P. }. & P. railroad, took an engine and wo freight cars and calling for voluneers pulled out for the beech *soon fter 9 o'clock in the morning. Before eaching the beach the fire in the enine was extinguished by the high waer on the track. There was pressure of team sufficient to continue to the each, aud after taking on the load of assengers. who had began to think heir last day had come, to get back to high place on the line where the pary would be safe from the encroaching T) raters. The damage to shipping was also teere. One schooner was carried ont to ea and nothing has been heard of it; nother sehooner heavily laden with amber, lies in about two feet of water. 'he tug Ida B. belonging in Jackson-* ? ille, is snugly ensconsed on a nice dry ^ lace in the sand fully three hundred ards from the water. The experience f Fernandina was a fearful one and kft 1 acoao /vp iiai* aifiiratta UV Vi UVX UOTV wvvu reat. Complete details from Brunswick, ra., and surrounding country are imossible because of the prostration of jlegraph and telephone systems, lampbell Island, 12 miles from Darien, n the Altama river, is said to have een completely swept away and only tiree persons succeeded in getting off lie island. There is no definite inforlation as to the population of the isind, and estimates of the number supossdto have perished range from 20 to, 0. The population wholly of colored ruck growers. Four deaths are now sported from BrunswickDamage to property there is estimat-, d at half a million dollars. News rom the outlying islands is not obtainable. The Norwegian bark Louise, chooner Blanch Hopkins, schooner Laron. schooner Helen L. Bartin. and ilot boats E. B. Jordan and Gracie re ashore. The pilot boat Pride sank . ' t h?r dock. The steamer Edgmont rent across the marsh to Crispen ismd and her bow is sticking up in a ree. There are no docks left at Darin. An Associated Press dispatch oat is said to have sunk. Eloped With DaughterA special from Pine Blufs, Ark., ays: In Saline county Thursday Joe IcKinney, a young farmer, accompaied by his brother and a friend, eloped rith the daushter of Chas. Tavlor. an ther fanner. The wedding party took wagon and started for Redfield. Fhen within five miles of there, Tayor overtook the party and opened fire rith a gun, firing both barrels info the ragon without effect. McKinney reamed the fire with a revolver killing 'aylor. The body was left in the road rhile the party drove on to Redfield, 'here the eloiJers were married. After he ceremony the four surrendered hemselves to the polic#. McKinney anted a farm from Taylor. . ~ A New Life Saver. A man's life was saved by a chew* f tobacco in New York state the other ay. tie was cnewmg at tne time bat he fell overboard from a skiff. 'he quid of tobacco lodged in his hroat and prevented him from swallowig water. He was fished out and reeved of the tobacco stopper, and, ' xcept for the wetting and a little ougiiing spell, was none the worse for * le experience, The manufacturers of le brand of tobacco he was ehewinir ill probably now advertise it as a life reserver. A Prophet of EviL A Greensboro, X. C., kgtrologe redicts that the next thirty days wil e characterized in New York.by an sceptional amount of bloodied, rime and fires. He says further ithat ilt-edged stocks and bonds will be illiag from $10 to $20 on the $WH) ? >wer by Nov. 1 than they are at presit. Cotton, he declares, has not yet >uched bottom, but will go much lodfer iring October A few more prophets ? ^ ie -this, and the fellow will quajpy mself to ran for congress on the J