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UfllPi ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ VOL LI 11 " WTNX8BQKO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 3, 1899. " NO. 39. .J llgfk . I A HOT SKIRMISH, j I Insurgents in Large Force cn ths j Banks of the Sagbav. I THEY DISPUTE OUR PASSAGE j / Several Americans Killed and! 1 Wounded Before the Filipinos Retreat. They are *? eu i tiicuAdvices from Manila say that Gen. MacArthur's division fought its way to the Filipino trenches before Calumpit "Wednesday, advancing four miles, mostly through woods and jungle and crossing the Bagbay river. This was accomplished at a cost to the Americans of six killed and twenty-eight wounded, the Firtt South Dakota regiment being the heaviest loser. After fording the river the South Dai kotans pursued the insurgents to the outskirts of Calumpit, but the town was found so strsngly protected that Gen. MacArthur deemed it best to withdraw _the tired fighters and to go into camp for a night's rest before making the final assault. The largest buildints in Calumpit were being fired by the Filipinos while the Americans were crossing the river fully a mile away, indicating the * enemy's intention to abandon the place. The insurgents seem to have adopted - --aaKJ 1 T "PrAm ATIA TlCl a seiueu puuu.v ?. *. sition to another, after inflicting the greates' possible damage upon the advancing army. Their forces today wore well drilled. Every foot of the groand was tenaciously disputed by thoroughly organized troops "who stood remarkably firm even before artillery. The enemy had planned tc wreck our artillery transport train. This attempt was a failure, but a span of the iron railway bridge over the river was destroyed, hampering the An-erican transportation for some time. The Filipinos cut the girders, intending to hate the structure fall with the train, but it collapsed prematurely of its own weight. The Bagbay river ^hich is about a hundred yards wide at mat point, was splendidly fortified, ana the Americans 'were compelled to approach across an open space from which the rebels had cleared every obstruction to sight. The bank of the river, a high bluff, was surmounted with trenches, capped with rocks, loopboled and partly hidden by bushes. Gen. Wheaton's brigade ap proached the river along the railroad, leaving camp beyond Malolos City. * Gen. Hale's which started yesterday was earlier on the march, andsweeping westward toward the railroad. The armored train was being pushed by Chinamen, the Twentieth Kansas regiment advancing in extended order on the left and the First Montana regiment, with the-Utah light artiller^ on the right. The rapid-firicg guns of the train ? "opened the bail at 11:30 a. m., aDOut W a mile from the river, their popping alternating continuously with the boom of the six pounders. The Montana regiment and Utah artillery batteries at the same time entered tbe jacgle, from which the insurgents, who were occupying a large, straggling village of huts, poured heavy volleys. In the course of an hour the Americans had forced a pasgage through the woods to the open space in front of tbe river, and the artillery, immediately on wheeling into the open, began shelllnc the Filipino - - * I ireuuues. In the meantime, Co. K, Twentieth Kansas, led by Capt. Boltwood, performed one of the mcst brilliant achievements of the campaign. The regiment was being held in reserve and Co. K charged a distance of a quarter of a mile over a cornfield to the bank of the river, near the bridge, where the insurgehts from a trench were peppering the armored train, then about two hundred yards down the track. The company found shelter in a ditch. Col Pnrictnn for volunteer? to cros?s the river and the colonel himself, Lieut Ball, a private of Co. K a private of Co E, Trumpeter Barsfidd and Corporal Ferguson of Co. I, crawled along the iron girders. WhiJe this was going on the men of Co. K from the ditch were fusilladin. the trenches in the endeavor to divert attention, but the Filipinos got the range from a trench down the river and their bullets soo^ spattered the water under the structure. Having reached the broken span, the small but valorous party of Americans slid down the caisson, swaru a few yards to the shore and crawled up the bank, the little colonel leading the way to the trenches, revolver in hand, whiie tiie few remaining Filipinos bolted. Col. Funston said afterward: {iIt wasn't much to do. "We knew they could not shoot straight and th&t our boys would attend to tbeni while we were cro?sing. Gen. Hale's troops, on the right, had the hardest fighting. They followed the north bank of the river nearest the to^n, from the east, with ..he First Nebraska regiment on the left and the First South Dakota ana the Fifty-first Iowa beyond. The country traversed was mostly jungle but tbe Filipinos stood their ground even in the open spaces. Gen. Hale's riirht joined Gen. Whea ton's left soon after neon, a curve in the river enabling the Americans to oouran enfilading lire into the enemy's I r trenches. About this time the cheers ^ of the Kansas troops anuounced that the Americaos had crossed the river. Gen. Hale's men began to ford the Chi co, a branch of the Bagbay, stretching to the northeast.' The general himself plunged in up to his neck, and the regiments' all carrying flags, floundered across the stream?.. The guns of the Utah light artiilery were dragged over nest and formed into an extended iice. to advance upon the trenches before Calampit, from which Ihe Filipinus were pouring continuous voilejs. The armored car had one man killed and two wounded. The Kansas regiment bad three wounded during the charge md the Utah light srtiilery one killed and t^o wounded. Most of the other casualties befell the South Dakota regiment. It is difficult to estimate the insurgent losses, but they had no fewer than 70 killed, many of them by artillery. DEATH AND STIItf. More than a Hundred People Killed by a Cyclone. A special from Kirksville, Mo., says: A gathering storm that had been theater: ing all afternoon broke upon Kirksville at 6.30 o'clock Thursday night in all the fury of a cyclone. A path a quarter of a wile wide and as clean as the prairie was swept through the eastern Dortions of the city and four nun dred buildings, homes and mercantile, were leveled to the ground in scattered rains. In the heavy rain that followed the people who had escaped turned out to rescue the injured. For two hours not much was accomplished as all was confusion, but by 8 o'clock 26 dead bodies were taken from the ruiDS. It is confidently expected that the list of dead will reach between 50 and 60, if it does not exceed that. Almost a thousand people were more or less injured. Daylight will be necessary before the adequate estimate of loss of life and propert} can be had. Each blanched face reports a new calamity. Intense darkness prevailed after the cyclone, nnd the rescurers were at a disadvantage for a short time until Sre broke out in a dozen places in the ruin3 and shed light over the scene. No attempts were made to extinguish the ?ames. partly because the rescurers had no time and partly because of the need of light. On both sides of the storm's path the debris was piled high and burned fiercely. In all probability a number of bodies have bten incinerated. The storm first struck the eastern portion of the city near that part occupied by the boarding houses of the students of the American School of Osteopathj. State Normal school, and McWard's seminary. It was just supper time for the students, and it is thought very probabie the list of - dead wiil be well filled with students, as a large number of these boarding houses were demolished. As far a? known tonight these three institutions of Jearn' ~ J ct/vrm T'}l0 stftrm lug cstapcvx HUb OIV/1UI. then went northwest and wiped out Patterson's nursery, pulling the trees out the ground ana hurling them through the city. A second edition of the cyclone followed the first 20 minutes later. It came as an inky black cloud and covered the whole town but passed above the houses, doing no material damage. It undoubtedly struck the ground a few miles out of Kirksville. ~ THE EACE QUESTION. A Disturbing Feature at the Sunday School Convention at Atlanta. The race question was a disturbing feature at Thursday morning's session of the iaternational Sunday school convention. It made its appearance in two ways?the endeavor of Georgia and Soutii Uarolina negroes to place coiorea men on the committee on nominations with -whites, and by reason of the fact that the convention in permitting negro delegates to be seated with whites is violating not only the city ordinance but the State law, which requires that white and blacks be separated at all public gatherings. The trouble came up during the selection of delegates to form the committee on nominations. When Geogria was reached on the roll call a negro delegate nominated E. R. Garter, colored, of Atlanta, as Georgia's member on the committee. This was objected to by John M. Green, of Atlanta, second vice president of the association, whr> informed the convention that Georgia's choice was W. S. Whitman. A negro from South Ci?roiina then placed in nomination a colored man from his State. Considerable confusion and escitcment ensued. Thjre were mo tions ana counter motions in attempt settle the matter, and, after a heated debate, both whites and blacks were eiect-ed to the nominating committee. This matter was hardly adjusted before the news that the police were attempting to separate the white3 and the blacks spread. This brought out a flood of oratory on the question from both white and colored delegates. The pre>idiDg, officer Mr. Green, said the matter of seating delegates was made plain to the Northern delegates when the convention was spoken of for Atlanta, and it was then perfectly satisfactory. A conference was called between the ponce and 'Jul. Candler, in charge of the entertainment committee, and it was finally decided to let the delegates sit as they wished. The balance of the morning session was given over to the reports of officers. Baager of Mob Law. The murder of the \aegro Strickland, is one cf the instances of the unreasoning character of a mob. The idea of allowing a wretch like Hose by hi3 unsupported word to pronounce the death ieutencc of another. He might have named any person in the community, arid so far as the evidence goes no Negro in the community was less guilty than old Lige Strickland. Let this mob spirit continue unbridled, and the victims will not always be Negroes Whfin a hnwlinsr. bloodthirstv and un lessoning mob starts into stringing up white men without a hearing, lynching will not be viewed with such complaisance.?Augusta Chronicle. Political Reformers. An invitation has been 3ent to Govtrnor Ellerbe to attend the national social and political conference to be held at Buffalo. June 28 -July 4. The conference is said to be for projrressive men and women of various political and social beliefs to consider the present condition of American politico and economics and what is the nest best thing to do in social political and industrial affairs. The invitation denies that it is the object of the conference to form a political parry. Pensions Ueiayea. The Columbia Record says prospective pensioners are writing from various parts oi the state for their money, but as several counties still have not completed the rolls the money cannot be divided. An inc e :se is showD in nearly every county, and the sum going to each will be pitifully small co npared with what they ought to get, if the state were able to give it. ICAPTURED BANNER.! i i 1 j j A Confederate Soldier's Story of j Gaine's Mill Fight, i I | BRAVE MEM FROM MICHIGAN j V Their Fiag Will be Returned if It Can be Found. A Palmetto | Sharpshooter i ens ot the Battle. In the Greenville Mountaineer, Col. James A. Hoyt, who was a member of Co. C., Palmetto sharpshooter?, gives some personal reminiscences of the battle of Gaines' Mill, in which the Palmetto Sharpshooters captured the flag of the Sixteenth Michigan. It will be remembered that Gov. Ellerbe recently received a letter from Lieut. Pi. T. Lackie of Detroit askiDg fur the returu of the flag and no information was at hand in regard to the whereabouts of the captured banner. On this point Col. Eoyt sa}s: ;;We can speak with confidence for the survivors of the Palmetto Sharptlist Wfirft it DOSSible foi* the flag to be returned, every man of them would gladly give his consent, but along with other captured flais the beautiful silken banner of the Sixteenth Michigan was destroyed in thci conflagration which swept Columbia on the 17th of February, 1865. This flag had been deposited for safe keeping in the old state hou:;e, a wooden building, which was among the first sacrifices in the memorable fire which laid waste the capital of South Carolina. The writer remembers the inscription as it is given by Mr. Lackie, and recalls the admiration-, w^iinVi Vvn -Pftlf. fnp tin* m^n who stood so nobly beneath the flag and who surrendered it with such reluctance. The fate of war had overtaken them, and nowjifter 37 years the remnant of a heroic band are searching in vain for this emblem of their state and country which had fallen into the custody of erstwhile enemies." Before the publication of Mr. Lack ie's letter, Col. Hoyt had prepared for publication in the Confederate Veteran an account of the battle of Gaines' Mill, and because of the publication of Mr. Lackie's account Col. Hoyt has published ia The Mouutaineer his story of the fight which differs very slightly from the report given by the Michicron cnlHipr (Jol. Hovt writes asfol lows: Editor Confederate Veteran: la the February issue of your excellent magazine I find the report of a Federal soldier as to the part borne by his brigade on the extreme left of their line at the battle of Gaines' Mill, Va., on the 27th of June, 18G2. As I was a member cf the Palmetto Sharpshooters, which captured the flag of the Sixteenth Michigan to which Mr. Lackie belonged, I will give you a brief account of the action of R. H. Anderson's brigade in that fight. Mr. Lackie is mistaken in saying that Col. Micah Jenkins (not Jennings, as he has it), was in command of the brigade, as will appear later on. Anderson's brigade was composed of South Carolinians, and the five regiments are properly designated, except that the Fourth was only a battalion at that time. The Second rifles had arrived only a few weeks before from South Carolina, and was participating for the first time in an engagement. This brigade was one of three forming Longstreet's original division as it was organized at Centerville, and had been held in reserve all the afternoon. Gen. Longstreet says it was near sundown when this reserve was sent forward to reclaim the day which was then well nigh lost, but the intense fighting had thinned tho enemy's ranks and fouled nrrnu crt errsafrlTT tint. mil* l&St ?)U,u.a W?V AJ ****** charge won the field, which gave the victory to the Confederates and compelled Gen. McClellan to make for his guu boats on the James river. In going forward with the assaulting column, Anderson's bsigade was on the extreme right of the Confederate line, and dashed down the slope and into the ravine, above, which were the enemy's batteries ancl lines of infantry with temporary entrenchments. Anderson pressed up the steep ascent across the riviue and met with little resistance, although under a constant fire, while the I ~ rri r? (t ttti r h xr} or.^r nn k/ailvlC *1 OO lajtujj IT1WU M4VAW T *0v? V ? our left where Hood's and Pickett's bvieades were engaging the federals. We press'd to the front in pursuit of broken liues which were moving towards the main body of McOlellan's army and bence getting in front of Hood and Pickett, who drove everything before them. It was a moment of iutense anxiety. The sun had set, and the smoke of battle was drifting off to the valley of the Chickahominy just beneath the hill on which we had charged the enemy's lines. Gen. Anderson, with the gallent Sixth, the Second rifles and the Fourth battalion, moved straight forward for I ftverai hundred vards after we reached the open oq the crest of the hill, and he had directed Col. Mieah Jenkins, of the Palmetto Sharps hooters, to take his own command aud the Fifth South Carolina under Col. Jackson, aad move towards the Chickahomiuv, in order to protect the right -flank of Lie's army. Ir was not imagined that there were any Federals in that vicinity, buo it was rapidly nearing night, aud at ihe time was accepted ouly as a wise precaution which i>oun resulted iu a brisk aud de cidedengagement. Stocktuu'sSixteenth Michigan regiment aud the EighfyThi:d Pennsylvania, under Col. Johu W. MoLaue. had been completely cut off by our movemeut from their army, aud Col. Stockton assumed command of the semi-brigade, undertaking to extricate his command from the perilous position. His troops came from the woods and on the slope towards the Chickahoruiny, and it was supposed that he was seeking an escape dowu the valley, under cover of the smoky atmosphere and the fast falling shadows of the evening. Col. Jackson with the Fifth South Carolina was on the crest of the hill, and he reported at once to Col. Jenkins that troops were moving oit from the wooas on our right, and in a few minutes the head of the column was visible to the Palmetto Sharpshoot ers, a hundred yards down the hill. Col. Jenkins instantly prepared to give battle if necessary, and it was a magnificent sight to look upon these men marching so steadily, but their flags were furled or at least the folds were too indistinct to know whether they were friends or foes. The Sixteenth Michigan was in front, and when it ap proached oar vicinity Col. Jenkins demanded to know what troops they were, to which no response was made. In silence they came on, only the steady tramp breaking the suspense, when Jenkins shouted that he would fire upon them unles3 they told to which army they belonged, and yet there was no response. Their column was not more than 50 yards in our fron^ marching by the flask, while our men were at tlie ready, and as the head of their column came in front of our color company, the officer in command broke the silence by say, ?:Halt! Front!" to which Jenkins replied, '"Fire," and our volley made deadly work in their ranks. They quickly returned the fire, when Jenkins ordered the charge, and in a few minutes the incident was over. The Fifth South Carolina and the, Eighty-Third Pennsylvania had a similar experience on the hill, and resulting in the same way. The Sharpshooters secured the flag of the Sixteenth Michigan, a beautiful banner that was never trailed in the dust, and as Mr. Lackie says, it was seat to the governor of our state, who deposited it with other captured flags in the old state house, which was destroyed on the 17th of February, 1865, by the careless manner in which Gen. Sherman's men were handliag lire on that day in Columbia. The loss of the Sixteenth Michigan in tliat, hrief en-zacement was 47 killed. 11-i wounded and 53 missiDg, making a iotal of 214, in addition to the prisoners taken. I was sent by Col. Jenkins with a detail to look after the. wounded and prisoners, and my recollection is that the killed, wounded and ^captured reached 375, while those reported missing fled to the swamp below. Col. T. B. Scockton was mortally wounded, and a more gallant soldier was never on any battlefield. The Eighty-Third Pennsylvania lost 46 killed, 51 wounded and 99 missing, making a total of 196 casualties, out of the 554 present, according to Federal staistics. Col. McLane was killed. This ? ^ :J i? n? regiment was suiu uy vjcu. m^wicnau iv be one of the best in the Federal army, while another has said that it encountered more fighting and lost more men in battle than any other Pennsylvania regimeut, its losses being the second highest in that army. Truly, these were '"foemen worthy of cur st ;el,'? and the fight between them and the Sou'.h Carolina regiments is the only incident of the kind in the war be tween the states, so far as I know. Then there was the meeting once more at Appomattox! I was not therej on account of a disabling wound received a few months before, for whi^h I am carrying a crutch at this day. Dut my comrades told me with sadness and yet satisfaction that they stacked arms in front of the Sixteenth Michigan. '"What regiment is that?" It was the unanswered question at Graines7 Mill, I but this time tlie response was, "Pal- I metto Sharpshooters!" and the Michigan boys broke ranks again, but it was to rush across the line that was no longer to divide them, and press the hands of the South Carolinians, the remnant of the command that bore off their flag nearly three years before. The heroic Jenkins was not there, for his gallant soul had gone to a better land, but there were 29 officers and 355 privates, the largest number of men at the final surrender ef any regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia. Haversacks and canteens were opened to tne famished ikrebs" by the Michigan soldiers, and there wa3 rejoicing amid the gloom of Appomattox, by men who had faced each other squarely on the field of battle ana had made the truest test of each other's manhood. It is a singular fact that the Sixteenth Michigan and the Palmetto Sharpshooters organized for special service in the respective armies, and yet neither fulfilled this purpose; the heavy losses in 1862 prevented. The Sixteenth was known as ""Stockton's Independent regimen*," and it had 12 companies; the Sharpshooters were organized under a special act of the Confederate congress for sharpshooting as an independent regimeat, and also with 12 companies The Sixteenth has a record of 870 killed and wouoded. The Sharpshooters had a loss of 750 killed and wounded from May 5,1362, to Juae30, 1862, less than 60 days, including the battles of Williamsburg Seven Fines, Gaines' Mill and Frazisr's farm. Some where there ought to be a reunion of the Sixteenth Michigan and the Palmetto Sharpshooters! Louisville. Ky., may repeat its invitation to the Confederate veterans, and that would b? a glorious opportunity next year for the survivors of these commands to meet each other once more. What a flood of reminiscences would be poured forth, and under the flag of a reunited country we would pledge anew our fidelity to each other, recoguizing it as the emblem of freedom and of unity, representing a broad nationality that embraces the whole union of indestructible states. James A. Hoyt, Co. C., P. S. S. Greenville, S. C. Drowned in the Pee Dee. On the night of March 30 Private Frank Gough of the First Rhode Island regiment, who had been mu-teicd out at Columbia was on his way home and stepped i?r fell from the Atlantic Coast Line atPte Dee station, in Florence ciuutv. Nothiusr wa-5 heard of him, and after four days the Coast Li ue authorities had tiie swamp and river near the station searched and dragged for a week, bat without avail. The mystery wa3 unraveled on Sunday, when an old Negro, who was coming up the Pee Dee river in a boat two miles from the railroad bridge, found the b'>dy of Gough. in some tree limbs, where it had floated and lodged. The body was identified, though in a horrible state of decomposition, and has been prepared for burial and shipped to the volunteer's home in Rhode Island. The VVaxhaw Enterprise says: "Sometimes, when we ask merchants for advertisements, they tell us that they really have nothing that it would pay them to advertise. That is equal to saying that they have nothing worth letting the people know about. Now su pose that the people knew such to be the case.'' k. A BRAYING BISHOP.! j | The Georgia Lynching Subject for j | Fiery Discourse. * I NORTHERN PEOPLE WARNED 1 ( 13 They Must Rescue the Negro or j Pay the Penalty in Blood. 5 3 Bishop Walters Lets i Down the Bars. t The Xew Jersey annual conference ' of the African Methodist Episcopal J Zion church was opened Wednesday in Jersey City. Bishop Alexander Wal- ters, D. D., presided. The visiting bishops were: J. "W. ^ Hood. D. D., LL. D ; C. C. Petty, A. i xf tv t\ t> rr t\t\ n TIT t oi., u. v.; ti. ii. narris v. v.; ur. vv. ; Clinton, D. D., and J. B. Small, D. D. j Bishop "Walters in his address at the ? afternoon session bitterly denounced t the Georgia lynchings and said: ' 'The civilized world has been shocked 1 by the unprecedented butchery and j burning of Samuel Hose, colored, near t Palmettb, Ga., on Sunday, April 23. ' The fiendishnrss of the crime begcars ; j i a 1 ?a . uescripiiuu. OiLUUUi I-LUSC vvu3 uuuigcu * with killing Alfred Crauford, white aDd , assaulting bis (Cranford's) wife. It is \ said that he confessed to the killing of f Cranford but denied to the last assault- ( ing his wife. It is generally believed t by the fair-minded that if Hose did kill 1 Cranford it was to avenge the killing of five colored men by a mob said to have 1 been ied by Craaford at .falrnetto ? March 18."After referring to newspaper com- t ments that Hose outraged Mrs. Cran- t ford, the bishop asserted that the charge e or assault was manufactured as a justi- 1 fication for the lynchiuz, adding that a * l:. ? WlfcQlU a lUrtUlgUL LU5 M.<llCUICUb nuuiu ; be inefutably established. "If." said bishop Walters, "the'good c white people of the north are not di aliu-iioned and do not put a stop to this t sweeping tide of lawlessness, it will not v be long before they will be again cailed t upon by a God of justice to give their c best blood to pay the penalty of the j crimes of the South." t Continuing, Bishop Walters said: ( {;The Cubans and Filipiaoes whom we i have spent so much money and shed so j much blood to free from Spanish op- t pression, were never treated so bar'oari- ^ ousiy in time of peace by that govern- f ment as some Negroes have been ia the ; states of Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, South Catolina and Georgia. "It is rather amusing to intelligent Afro-Americans to road in the great dailies and weeklies of our country of r the purpose of the Americans to give J to the Cubans and Filipinos an equitable and beneficient government, when they are powerless to even secure life and liberty to their citizens at home. '"The greatest problem op America a today is not the currency question, nor 1 the colonial possessions, but how to P avoid the racial war at home. You 1 ftannnt fnrpver the Nefirro Out of s his rights. Slavery made a coward of ^ him; for 250 years he was taught to > fear the white man. But he is rapidly j1 emerging from such slavish fear aud j * ere long will contend for his rights as j ^ bravelyas any other man. * "One of two things must be done in -? n-rrtar to avnid trouble. The Xecro i ^ must be treated fairly or furnished j 2 with sufficient money to return to the 2 land from whence his ancestors were E stolen. It would be a burning shame E on the boasted Christian civilization of a America to be obliged to confess before 1 the nations of the world that she was 1 unable to overcjme her prejudice 0 against the ^egro and therefore expa- f triated him. 1 "Those who speak flippantly of our r extermination will find, when that 1 work is begun, that all the white people of America will not be against the ? Xegro, any more than they were during * the civil war. a "Why will not the intelligent and E far-seeing white people call a halt to c these injustices bufors it is too late? a Have they so soon forgotten the histo- jry of the past? It was the policy of . ^ conciliation and the condoning of the ? sin of slavery that led to the loss of so 1 much blood and treasure. Well did ' Thomas Jefferson say before the con- * flict, in speaking of the injustice of TTrV?^/\a f/\rr*?-*v4 flia KI^AITC* tTT!V| 1P ^ VT LLibc^a buiraiu tuv w.uuitu* for the future of my country when I J remember that God is just.' " 'The first Sunday ia June lias been * set apart as a day of fasting and prayer * to Almighty God for aid in this hourof * distress by the bishops of the colored s Methodist church aad ministers of J other colored denominations through- J1 out the country. 1 "We appeal to all white ministers * and Christians who believe in fair play ' fr> nnit.P vrif.li us in 011/ nelition." c Commenting on the above the Co- 2 lumbia State savs: "Bishop Walters of the A. M. E. church is miking trouble for his race by such speeches as that c at Jersey City. If they adopt his theo ry that by violeace they can revenge 0 themselves upon the white people of f.lif* smith fnr anfth ftscentional crimes as thos^ in Georgia they will be wiped x out It is a fatal idea to cherish. The * Nv-gro's only hope is in peace and law. Iu a race conflict he must inevitably and signally fail Tlie Negro leader will ? do the best service to their race by admitting and combating its crimes as the ^ white Dulnit and cress admit and com- ^ Dat the crimes of white men. Krcriiu 1 ination a'id threat* are purely m<s chievuus. Each race must try to re form itself." * Onr.Losses. c In MeClnre's Magazine for May, 0.i- 2 ear King Davis, the correspondent oi' 1 the New York Sun at Manila, will re- e late some stories and trive some ram in- r iscences of Admiral Dewey as Mr. Da- v vis himself has seen and kno.rs hioi e during months of service beside him at 1 Manila. In the war with Spain welo-!t I 279 men killed and 1,465 wounded in battle, and active hostilities lasted but 1 113 days. Id the war with the Filipi- ? nos, which has lasted since the 6ih of 1 August, we have lost 240 in kiiiedsome r 1,2(J0 wounded and a number mis^iDg 1 or prisoners not definitely stated, as * well as between 500 and 600 dead of ? disease. - NAVY CLAIMS THE CREDIT, j I i rr Captain "Wilde Declares General Mil-! ler's Promotion Was Unearned. ! Capt. G. F. Wilde, U. S. N., of the c United States, ship Boston, has protest- p ;d asainat the promotion of Colonel Miller to * brigadier generalship as a 0 reward for the capture of Iloilc. It ap- ^ iears that this caDture was effected eii- u :--i- ; i ? .ill;iv yv iiavai xuioca uuai'i wug wll- j j a a ad of Captain Wilde, aad that it was ! c jot until after the capture had been j " effected that the place was turned over i 11 :o Colouel Miller, who up to ih&t time ti iad nothing to do with its capture. cj rhis action is endorsed by Admiral n Dewey. Captain Wilde's protest comes too 11 ate to be effective, as Colonel Miller r< vas promoted to a brigadier generalship r< February 15 in recognition of his ser- c< rices in the capture of Uoilo and was i* etired in that grade March 27 by opera d ;ion of law on account of'ags. He was r< n command of the expedition sent * :roin Manila for the capture of Uoilo, li md the cruisers Boston and Petrel were K sent with him to render assistance. While the vessels of the expedition vere lying off the port, the nativgs be;an to strengthen their defenses, and ired several shots at the Petral. which f< -'essel was anchored nearest the shore. 1! Fhe commander of that small warship p, nrnl rftf-p.ivpd nermiasion of Can- n: :ain Wilde, of the Boston, to respond, tl it tliis time, according to naval ad- ti ;ices, General Miller's traosports were p: 'ar out in the roadstead. Without w sommunicathg with General Miller the re ;wo warsbi- s opened fire on the shore F jatteries, s-d soon silenced them. n Lieuten;irit Niblack. of the Boston, n anded with a battalion of marines and pi iailors and took possesion of the town, si ["hey captured the insurgent flags on ft he governor's house and on the bat- u ;eries. and turned the citv over to Gen- tl iral Miller an hour or so later. Th^y ; oi :ept the captured flags, however, in | sj ipite of General Miller's demand for j ,hem. This is the naval story of the battle j >f Iloilo. The official report of that j mgag? ment first received in Washing- sa on was made by General Miller to the cc rar department and simply announced n< he surrender of that city to the Ameri- oi :an forces under his command, ^ithou: U ;oing into particulars. Acting upon a his report, and in view of the fact that b] reueral Miller' had but a few weeks tt nure to serve on the active list, th? fi< jre^idcnt appointed him to a vacancy tt hen existiosr in the list of brigadier 'ennrals H? is now on his wav humo rom .Manila and is expected toreach uu Francisco in a few days. gi TUEU5D 0 UT THE CiURCH. T b < . G lwo of tie Lake City Lynchers Put ^ lu out of the Methodist Church. . j? There was a time when Joe Newham ^ .nd Early Lee were members of the ^ dethodist Cnurcb, in Lake City. They >aid their dues and were in good stand cc ng. but the narnes of the pair were c? tricken from the list last Sundiy. Dep ~0 ity .Marshall Heed, who went to Luke ^ }ity with the defendants in the lynch-. ^ ng case to secure bond, said yesferday j rut he attended service at the Jictholist Church oa Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Virion, who is editor of the Dewey ^ iagle, is its pastor. After the service rlr. K'.rton announced that Newham ,nd Lee would have to quit the congre- , ^ ation. The wife of Lee was also a | Dj aember of the church, though she was j w int. T;i<? m?tnr ?saif3 slif? }'3fi I , bad husband and had suffered much on ^ hat account. It was not toid whether he men had been turned out of the hurch for hiving beea implicated in he lynching, or for kaviDg told about t when the case went to trial. At any ate the record has been relieved of heir names. . When Judge Reed arrived in Lake te zity on Sunday morning with the de- ?c endants he said that nearly two thous nd people, or at least he thought that a* aany, were gathered around the depot ^ o meet the young men who had been a' way two weeks at the big trial in r? Charleston. He -jays there was a terri ile amount of handshaking and hugging nd kissing, aad there was great rejoic- {C g throughout the 'dine. It was like Cj he return of a victorious army home a2 rocn the front. Pr 'Why those Like City people is the be lot s.uif," remarked "Judge" Reed esterday. "They sure treated me inc. I just ate barrels of strawberries hat must have cost ten cents a strasv. was given a carriage drive over the own and ail the points of interest wee hown me. At the hotel I was treated Se ike a soldier boy and the people were lospitab'te to beat the band. You know l's hard for the thriving Iitte village to ufiler under the record of the lynching. w" ^he people are go^d, and Sund iy tiie hurchcs did a good business.?News u. ,ud Coutier. be An EfFsctiye Protest. The Columbia Record srys when the Second South Carolina was mustered ut. its members went to their Inraes y i-ith many dollars in tLrir pockets that rouid not have been there but for the tQ fatchfulness of <Jol. Wilie Jon?s and i lie prompt action of Senator Tillman. jQ 'rivates were paid S13 per month iu im-s of p^ace and 2U per c-*nt. more, r S15 GJ a month, in war. The Spat.nh-A;n<;riean war w-ts ofieiallydeclared ,r. an cud on \pril 10 and the Second q louth Carolina was mustered out ou li? 19-h. B it rbe tr????p-i which had ao ??rved outride ?>f tne U;iited State*, aa i the SvCoud Soiiili Ca. oliun, vwre ? ? . . ? ? . / V ! liuticu to two m<>utm cxna piy. v.> | ,i; ii? 171K Colonel Jor:es discovered that j ' iio i>.syina>ter at A: g ;sia iuti'iide I t<> ^ ;ive i:i.-> lvgi'u^ut the t.vo month's c-x- i ^ ra pay at the raic of ?13 a month, lai tiling t!:at this was right, as the! egicviit was mustered out af.er peace k-a-. d :?-Lred. Colonel Jones consider- j :d this wroiiir aud uos ia accord with j tj, he intension of coogress and he j tv, >romptly telegraphed Senator Ti.'lman. k-ho just as promptly m.ide a protest to pv he war department, with the result jthat the paymasters at Augusta were | jy mmediately ordered to give the Pal- \\ aetto State regiment the extra pay at ?] he war rate. It is needless to say hat the soldiers of that regiment are Wl ;rateful to Colonel Jones and Sen ator 0 Tillman fnr what they did. h< OuxL NOBLE DEAD. I 'heir Memory Honored by the United j States Army and Navy. The feature of memorial day exer- j Lscs iu Savannah Y\7e<Inesduy was ths i resence at the head o? the procession j f two companies of the Second United ! utes infantry (regulars) under con:- j iacd of Lieut. John L. Hines. ana the f ring by that body of fche customary | sdute to ths dead at the Confederate ionument in Forsyth park. The parcipation of the regulars in the excerises was somewhat unexpected. Wedesday morning the veterans' associaioii having charge of the ceremonies iceived a tender of escort from the jgulars and quietly and cordially ac2pted. This is probably the first time x history when a salute in honor of KtT I tau vvuicutiaugij UU.J isw>t>u ui vu wj igular troops of the Federal army, ollowing the regular; there were in ne the Confederate veterans, the local tilitia and citizens. TOUCHED TIEARTS IN AUGUSTA. The Augusta Chronical says: Con;derate. memorial day in Augusta, 399. was ra trked by one of those Laps' occasions that so frequently in the ast year have borne witness to the fact lat we are one great, loving, loyal naon united in the strongest bonds of atriotism and brotherly love. It was ith grateful hearts that Augustans iwiv/wl rViA t^nrl^r nf fhr\ hands of the ounh Illinois and Third Nebraska !giireat3 to participate in the ceremoies of the day. The emotions of the eople as they saw in the same procesori the bands in blue and the Coniderate survivors in their old gray oiforms were too deep for cheers, but ic sceue is engraved upon their mem y aad will always be one of the most Lered pages in Augusta's history. marines marched at vickburg. A dispatch from Vicksburg, Miss., iys: The Confederate decoration day iremonies were probably the most stable ever heidhere. A detachment ? 75 marines aad siilors from the aited Skates gunboat. Nashville tooit leading part in the ceremonies. The lue jackets were heartily cheered by le Confederate veterans. Several ofjers of the gunboat also took part in te exercises. Shot from Ambush Alfred Tburraaa. a well-kaown No o of Lsesburg, G-a., was shot and tiled from ambush near that town on hun>day. The cau^e of the tragedy is slieved to have been revenge. When eorge Bivins, G-eor^e Fort, and Sill olt, the three .Negroes outraged Mrs. iarooey in the presence of her husiad in this county a few months ago, Ley were run down by Thurman and was through his eiior-ts that they ere brought to justice and later lyochL 'ihurman at that time expressed mself as bitter'y opposed to the crime >uiantted by the Negroes and openly ated that he would use all his efforts ward their caprure, which he aid. is life was threatened by friends of ie dead Negroes. Ttie lynched Ne oes' friends Had arranged to kill three omin-^.nt white mea of the country ho had made threats agiinst Bivios, olfand Fort and wore about to carry ouc when fhurman heard of it and bem to hunt out the scheme to prevent urdcr. He almost succeeded in com CCUIJf KiLClUU 1U^ L IL*^ UAUC WUOl'11 O.WVAO he a they ruraed the tables and shot m to death in th9 road. The parties e nearly all known and a number of rests will be made within the nest tf days. Volunteer's jSxtra Pay. The Columbia Record says Secretary oyd Ev'acs is receiving a flood of letrs from volunteers and those rejectL about tne pay which it is hoped to : gotten for them, and he states that 1 such communica-ions should be sent the various captains, who can give 1 the neces-ary information. Those jectsd will receive pay for the time iey were here until iheir rejection by ie inedi2ai examiners. It is estimatI that about 2.0UO m'2n fall in this ; .tegory, aud they will get oq on aver;e of $5. The men accepted will also ; obably get pay for the time elapsing :tween their enlisting and acceptance. II of this is now in process of settleent. and the money will come through < .e governor, if it is gotten at all. The tvernor has put the matter in the , targe of Judge 0. P. Townsend and ! r. Boyd Evans, who are confident of . ittiug the money. Presley's Parlors. , AT* "H A T^f^col^rr P!nlitmViia A'Ai XJ. X IVk'JiOJj V* vviuu^v?M| bo represents the Ludden & Bates rnthern Music House, has juse fitted < ) his exhibition parlors. Here may ! found specimen? of' the standard inruments which he handles?Mathu- i tek pianos, Mason & Hamlin and ; .erliug Organs. These are first-class struments of established reputation. 1 r. Pressiey invites lovers of music id admirers of high srade instruments give him a call. He stands^ready, so, to give prompt attention to all quiries addressed to him by mail. :e advertisement in another column. * -c_., ?X xuauuiau o x, c?aii,u.i jlswcuEarly Tuursd.iy murning Edward swald, an iast,run?nt miker, agel 25 ar*, >tabbed to death his wife, Mary, ;ed 26. and their six-year old daugur, G-us>ie. at their home,.962 -Jefferti avenu**. Ceutr?.vil!e, a suburb of i adeii N. J. ili then cut h's throat rd was taken to the Cooper Ho?p?tai, rie:e uo is not expected to live. It is :iieve?i he became suideniy insane j iriug the night. An Unusual Wedding Gift A ra'.Ser unusual weldiug preseita-! ju wa?> m:iue in Washiujrtoti a day or ' r-j ago. i Utt bnoe was .urs. .ucivay, j e divorced wife of (xordua McKay, u ) bode Lsla;id luiilionaire. The bride- i coin '.va-j Ilurr voa Breuaiug, fortneraa atiaclic u? the German legation at "a-hington. The preSsut ia qu-'S i m LUO.000 worth of securities, seut to le bride by her former husbaad as a eddiug gift. It would be interesting kiiow it Mr. MjKay congratulated i bride or the gioom. SUMMER SCHOOLS To Be Held In Each County to Teach the Teachers. A STATE SUMMER SCHOOL To Be Held at Rock Hill for the Benefit of Graded School . Teachers and Others. State Superintendent of Education McMahan sends out the following circular letter to various educational people throughout the State. Office State Superintendent of Edu- ) cation, > Columbia, April 26, 1899.) County Summer Schools?It is now well known throughout the State that we shall have this summer in each county a'summer normal school of four weeks'.duration, with a regular course of study in common school branches. 1 he subjects taught this year will be English, geography and arithmetic, upon which examinations will be held at the close of the school. Each school will be conducted by a faculty of two instructors, each faculty teaching in two counties and thus employed for two months. S to to Sri mm or t titans ore VV?vv UUkUiMWl k/VUWl VUViV IUV many teachers who could moreprofitab!y spend their time at a higher school. ' Hence a summer school of a high grade and varied courses will doubtless bo welcomed by graded school superintendents and college professors. To meet this need and to raise the standards of education in the State, I am planning to hold at Winthrop College^ (whse co-operation has been secured) & _ State summer normal school, such as % conducted in many of the leading universities of to-day. The persons engaged to instruct in the county schools wiH be required to take courses in the State school. This school will offer elective courses in pedagogy, English language, E iglish literature, Anglo-Saxon constitutional history, political economy, bot any, physiology, physics, physiography, mathematics, astronomy, drawing, vocal , . music and possibly Latin and Greek. Faller details will be given in a printed announcement letter. EacE?course will be conducted by a specialist, and__^ particular care will be taken to see that the sciences are taught practically, to s lead to their introductiofrinto the graded and common schools. Many of tho best country teachers and most of the graded school teacher* of the State will be expected to take advantage of those courses and thus be stimulated along the lines of the most modern develop- 4 mens of educational ideas. ? rtf rooiraft/in Ko nnn VtnTTT in length in e-?ch subject, six days in the week. Not more than three courses will be allowed to :my one student, and the taking of only two will be encouraged, the object being to learn something thoroughly. Bja'd and lodging will be agreeable and (including laundry) will cost not over twelve dollars for the four weeks, l_l l _ . l .11 po?sioiy oniy ten aouars. The professors will, for the most part, be chosen from the faculties of of our best colleges, State and denominational besides whom there will be seveiai noted educators from abroad. It is expected that several hundred teachers will be assembled, representing every college aod progressive school in the State, as well as many that are not teachers. The intellectual . pleasure a ad the stimulus of these associations and consequent professional spirit ^ ^ should tfive an imoetns to education that will be felt in the remotest corner of the State. Fresh from this inspiring study under master-teachenl, the instructors of the county schools, (some of whom-will have been instructors in the State school,) will go forth to their work with higher standards and greater zeaL It is for this reason that tKe county schools will be held later (July 15. to August 15. and August 15 to September 15.) z Attendance upon either the State school or a county school will probably be compulsory by regulation of the State board of education. It is hcped -? i a ?i l :_i. ? J caai graaea scaooi supermwjiiueuwj auu boards will encourage, if not require, their their teachers to attend the State > school. ^ The object of the circular is-to call attention of the educational public to I-Via ok/vrra nrnimmni* and frt anruifll t/} vuv auv/fv ii*w wvuvk w ^/vw? w the better equipped and more ambitious teachers to make their arrangements dow to attend the State summer school. City superintendents are asked to lay this matter before their teachers, and county superintendents are requested to communicate with such of their teachers as they think will endeavor to take advantage of the opportunities of this State all arr? tA send me as soon as possible the names of those who express a purpose to attend this school. Price of board, railroad rates and many other considerations affecting the ~ suocess of the State school are somewhat dependent upon the estimate of probable attendance. I trust that all friends of the proposition will at once communicate with with ?ne, giving me such assurances as they can. John J. McMahan., Stat*? Superintendent of Education. The Ssate has contributed to the support of the school and it will doubtless be successful. ' .-1 _______ Reward for a Bavisher. Thi governor has offered a reward of ?150 for the capture and conviction of ttie Xfgro fiend who committedTape on Mrs. Williams in G-ceenville. The people rose up ec masse and hunted for ? J the brute, but h* esciped and is now thought to be iu Georgia. He is a black ? negro, about 5 feet. 9 inches tall, has ML vricL open soaces between hid upper t*eth and had on a soldier's uniform. ?^ He has a general slovenly appearance. Won Them. Over Bigamist Woodruff, of New York, who bas married over fifty wives and has five living ia New York, has rewon the t*o who were prosecuting him and 9 they refuse to testify against a