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j^pi YOL LIII WINNSBOKO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 10, 1899. NO. 40." :.;#JJ 1 ' " ' i-.i-j - _ j._ I mnr. t? t tt t? i \t r\ n T> i IT I nr.d tlia ftWrinir nf the assembled CRUEL. CRUEL WAS. ' I TA TOTE T?DA\TT J IN A CORNER. r \C Gen, Luna's Army Surrounded by the Americans. _____ THE FILIPINOS FIGHT HARD. Otis Pushing the Fighting While Filipinos Seem to be Wavering. No Surrender of Spanish Prisoners. Food Supplies Captured. * Advices from Manila say that Maj. ?Gen. Mac Arthur has carried San Tomas after encountering a strong resistance. Brig. Gen. Hale moved on the enemy's right and Brig. Gen. Wheaton attacked the left in a daring charge, in which j Ool. Summers with a part of the Oreyon and Minnesota regiments and a gun of the Utah battery, took Jloasim, on the right, resting four miles from San Fernando. The Filipinos are retreating toward San Isidro and it is expected they will make a stand at Arayat, at which place the whole of the rebel forces in the province of Panpanga is concentrating. It is reported that, impressed by recent events, the Filipinos are wavering in their allegiance to the insurrection ^ and are likely to assume a neutral attitude. It seems as though Gen. Antonio Luna's forces are destined to de^ TT-i+Kiri o fa-ar Tmless thev afeLsAUlUVm nxuiiAU. M^vn ~ ? ? -urrender or scatter. The American amy has been skillfully posted at points of immense strategic advan. - tage. The insurgents expected them to advance on Balinag by way of Quinga and had furrowed the entire country beyond Quinga with the strongest entrenchments. Instead o* taking this course Gen. MacArthur swung toward San Tomas, the route to which was almost unprotected. Gen. Lawton brought his 1? Uo'onoYM ?rr\m flip. 111 d^iUUDll JL/MAOUAUI AAVMJ. WMV southeast, covering the line of retreat of the rebels toward the mountains and . depriving them of a refuge upon which they had always counted. Gen. Lawton captored 50,000 bushels of rice, an important part of the stores established by the rebels. The Spanish commissioners have made another futile attempt for the relief of Spaniards held as prisoners by the Filipinos. Their vessels steamed a rvrtff nosrost. Dncntnan. Fearine W Uig ^Vlv w to land, they sent a letter to Aguinaldo saying that they were authorized to exchange 15,000 Filipinos now in the hands of the Americans for the Spanish prisoners. A reply was received from M^^^wwy3fabiai<AffHGaldo's prime minl^^^ster,' which was dated April -3, and which stated that Aguinaldo was nego: tiating for peace, pending which negow tiations he could not discuss the quesV lion of the exchange of prisoners. A In-spite of the peaceful overtures of their commissioners, the Filipinos vig|F orously resisted the advance of Gren. L Mac Arthur's division from Apalit toward San Fernando, fighting desperate ly at long range, after running from trench to trench when driven out by the American artillerv. The movement commenced at half past 5 in the morning. Gen. Hale's brigade, consisting of five Gratlings, under the command of Maj. Young of the Sixth artillery, two battalions of the Fifty-first Iowa regiment, the First Nebraska regiment and the First South Dakota regiment advanced along the road a few miles west of the railroad line. __ Gen. Wheaton, with Hotohkiss and Gatling guns, under the command of' Lieut. Naylor of the Utah light artille_ ry, mounted on hand cars, pushed ahead the Twentieth Kansas and First Montana regiments deploying to the right and left when feasible. The country traversed proved the worst yet encoun tered, miles of marshes and many un fordable streams delaying the advance j materially. Both brigades met with resistance simultaneously on approaching the river near San Tomas, which is about eight kilometres from Apalit. The center span of the railroad bridge had dropped into the river asd the rer bels had only left a small force to check Gen. Wheaton, their main body lining the strong trenches in front of Gen. Hale. Although the attacking force poured a very heavy artillery and musketry fire across the river, the enemy stubbornly ? resisted for over an hour, ultimately ^^^-breakingwhen Maj. Youngshelled their left flank, and then retreating along the K river bank under cover. Gen. Wheaton in the meantime tried ineffectually to H iraw the lire of the .Filipinos m tne i yr trenches east of the track. So soon as they discovered that the nature of the country would permit only a few skirmishes on each side of the embankment, the rebels regained their courage and fought desperately for three-quarters of an hour in the face of the American volleys and a ripid-fire fusillade, until flanked by the Montana regiment. Then a general scramble ensued, most of the enemy boarded trains that were in readiness, J and the others taking the road to San p Fernando, after burning the villages of San Tomas and Minalin. Ik About noon Gen. Wheaton crossed broken bridge, cleard the stragglers S out of the villages and advanced toward gt San Fernando, Gen. Hale effecting a B crossing simultaneously, after a slight IHB delay necessary to repair a bridge. Our V loss up to that hour was two members of the Nebraska regiment and one of the Montana killed, and Capt. Albrecht f three members of the Kansas regiment, * two of the Montana, four of the Nebraska and one of the South Dakota, H wounded. The enemy 's loss was very : , :! r After a short rest the advance was continued, Gen. Wheaton encounteriag the first series of entrenchments near San Fernando. The rebeh now opened ! a hot fire. Col. Fanston of the Twentieth Kansas was wounded, one lieutenant was I killed and four were wounded while leading four companies of the Kansas regiment to outnank the ensmy. Gen. Hale pushed along the road, flanking the trenches. More than 100 sick and wounded men from Gen. La*ton's brigade were brought from Malolos by last night's train. The heat is unbearable. A SPABTAiraiJEG SCANDAL. Two Lawyers and a Revenue Officer Mixed Up In It. The Spartanburg correspondent of The State says: It has been currently reported here for 3ome time that there were irregularities #)ing on in the commissioner's office of W. Smith 'l'tiomason, ana tnai the United States government was conducting an investigation. For prudential reasons, at the request of the government's agents, nothing has been said about the matter in print. There was certain evidence the government desired which would probably not have been obtained after a public exposition. Judge Thomason, his former law partner, C. P. Sims, and a United States revenue officer, Alex. Robison, are all involved. The matter came to a focus Wednesday when Judge Brawley, in the United States courts at Greenville, ordered a rule to issue against C. P. Sims * * t i ...n ^ _ to snow cause wny ne snouia not ue disbarred from practice in that court. It is understood that all three parties will be indicted in a common charge i for conspiracy to defraud the government. They would get up bogus cases against imaginary people, and most damaging testimony would be given, Sims acting as defendant's attorney and Kobison prosecuting. By some means the bogus accounts for fees, etc., were suspected and an investigation followed. Sims came here from Union about 15 a noT-fnoToTlin i-LLUUClID O-iiU lVIiUV/U a, vuviwu*^/ with W. S. Thomason for the practice of law. For a time they seemed to prosper, but it has been known for some time that something was wrong. Thomason was at one time the most influential man in this county, and held the office of Probate Judge eight years. He is well connected, havicg married a sister of Prof. N. F. Walker, of Cedar Springs. The government officials say they have a strong case and that before it is over the famous old Barrett con spiracy will be a small affair in comparison. DEMOCRATS CABEY BALTIMORE. They Carry tlie City by Nine Thousand Majority. One of the most exciting eampsisms in the history of Baltimore resulted Wednesday in a Democratic landslide. Thomas G\ Hayes was elected mayor by nearly 9,000 majority over William T. Malster, Republican, the present incumbent, while his running mates, Skipwith Wilmer, for president of the second branch of the city council, and James H. Smith, for comptroller, were chosen by practically the same figures. In addition to these candidates at large, l-l. Tk ~n ?r ? bile JL/CiilUV;ittW3 CICVLCU <UX \JL uucu vaudidates for the second bench of the city council, and 18 of 24 members of the first branch. . "Wednesday's election is the first under the charter for Baltimore city adopted by the legislature last year. Under its provisions the municipal election are held in May so as to divorce as far as possible municipal politics from states and national issues. It also changes the term of the mayor from two to four years, the terms of the comptroller and ; president of the second branch of the city council being for a like period. All of the candidates elected Wednesday will assume the offices on the third ; Wednesday in November next. There are several theories being advanced by Republican leaders and others to ac- J count for the surprising result of Wednesday's contest, but the one most gen- 1 erally accepted is that those Republi ?1- - -3 - - -r J J eang who uo not eauorse iutuswi: an- . ministration, instead of staying away from the polls, voted the straight Demo cratic ticket. The city was wild wi th ex- : citement Wednesday night, but the best : of feeling prevaied. Goy. Ellerbe Very Sick. The State says Gov. Ellerbe returned r-t 1 ,?o ri !!___ TTT J to LoiumDia irom cummerviue on rveu- \ nesday. The governor had a couch in : the comfortable car, and Dr. Babcock, who came with him, stated that he had ! stood the trip remarkably well consider- : ing all things. The governor is pitifully emaciated and is as weak as a child, but he is bright, cheerful and hopeful. That he is a very sick man1 all his friends realize. He was tenderly lifted from the coach and placed in an invalid's chair, being taken thus to the hospital carriage in waiting. Then he was taken at once to the executive mansion. On his way to the carriage the governor raised his hat to several gentlemen at , the station whom he reconized. Dr. Babcock says at Summerville the hotel people did everything in their power to make things pleasant for the sick man, i but, notwithstanding all, the governor qiq not improve. A Chicago Tragedy. Mrs. Augusta Styles, after waiting | two hours in a dark recess of a hallway at the entrance to "Wallet's hall; Burlington street and North avenue, Chicago Thursday afternoon, shot and killed her mother. Mrs. Catherine Schultz. Mrs. Schultz was to attend a meeting of the Martha Washington FrauVerein, which was held in the hall, and the daughter lay in wait for her until she came. Five shots were fired, three taking effect. Mrs. Styles, who is 35 years old, said she was driven to the act by Her motner s revealing a ciosea chapter of her early life to Mrs. Styles' daughter, 16 years of age. The child's parents were not regularly married and Mrs. Schultz is said to have disclosed this fact to her grand child. The mat* ricide has been arrested. Valued Jewels More Than Life. The house of Mrs. Joanna Davern of Cortland, N. Y., caught fire Wednesday morning and before the firemen arrived Mrs. Davern was carried forcibly from an upper room by a neighbor while trying to save some important papers. She -was not seen to return to the house, but half an hour later the firemen stumbled over her body in another room, which was filled with smoke. All efft M. 1 *V _ lores to revive xier were unavailing, one died at nine o'clock. It is supposed she returned for valuables belonging to her daughter. Tillman and Tobacco. Senator Tillman has been studying the culture of tobacco in the Eastern part of the State. He proposes to make some experiment with the plant on his farm at Trenton. He has about sixty acres to devote to its cultivation. A SERIOUS CHARGE. A Boston Man Accused or Disloyalty to This Country. SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT M tho AHministration itiui c iwoi ^ vi ?i iv Regard the Matter as Seditious and Disgraceful. One of the subjects discussed at the Cabinet at its meeting last Wednesday in Washington was the circulars which were mailed to the troops at Manila criticising the Philippine policy of the government and advising the volunteers whose term of service is about to expire not to reenlist. A member of the cabinet in speaking of the matter said that Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, who is believed to have been largely instrumental in the preparation and sending out of these circulars, was unquestionably guilty of assisting an insurrection against the ? * '1 l~r_ ~2. . .1 Oui J autnomy 01 cne uniteu ctai^ea auu. w<ta subject to a term of imprisonment or a heavy fine or both. The law, which, it is said, has been violated is Section 5,334 of the Revised Statutes, which is as follows: ''Every person who incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States, or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment not more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or by both of such punishments; and shall, moreover, be incapable of holding any office under the United States." ' What, Afttion. if anv. will be taken in the matter has not been determined bat it is said that the government is disposed to regard the acts of Mr. Atkinson as those of a person without any proper conception of the gravity of the offence committed and the government may not at this time, take action against Mr. Atkinson and his assistants. The postmaster general stated at the fllof Via <"}?P <jaUi.ilCt 1UU^W.12? UUUV MV UMVi ?w circulars stopped at San Francisco. Members of the administration regard Mr. Atkinson's alleged action as seditions and disgraceful, and it is not improbable that, if repeated, prompt and energetic action will be taken. STOPPED IN THE MAILS. The postmaster general has directed the postmaster at San Francisco to take out of the mails for Manila three pamphlets issued by Edward Atkinson, of Boston, vice president of the anti-imperialistic-League. This order does not &dd1v to the circulation of the pam phlets by mail in this country, but bars their dispatch from this country to the Philippines, discontent and even mutiny among the soldiers being stated by the department to be the design of these publications. The three pamphlets are specifically described and in no circumstances are they to be forwarded by mail to the Philippines. The three pamphlets, copies of which have been prohibited in the mails for the Philippines, are those which have the following titles "Criminal Aggression Ey Whom?" "The Cost of a National Crime" and "The Hell of War and Its Penalties." These, unless something should develop to necessitate further action may be circulated through the mails within this country. According to Mr., Atkinson's own statement, as reported, a large number of the pamphlets have been sent out. The matter was brought to the attention of the postal officials by the war department, whose authoril-ioa mowi arroofltr with a SU2 wwa nv*v w-w. v?w~7 _ w gestion that some action be taken. It is thought that there is little possibility of any of these publications getting past the San Francisco offices, but if a few should, the military authorities in the Philippines will promptly suppress them. WHY THEY WERE STOPPED. Postmaster General Emery Smith made this statement to the Associated Press: "These pamphlets actually incite to mutiny and it would be utterly unjustifiable to Dermit their circulation among fefie soldiers in the Philippines. Thei/ circulation is a movement to induce the soldiers to disobey orders and in effect to embarrass and resist the government in whose service they are engaged. Their circulation, except in the mails for the Philippines, is not interfered with, because, in being sent to Manila, they are destined for soldiers fighting our battles; but in this country the efforts to incite to mutiny could have no result. "Not only are they designed to incite to mutiny the American soldiers in those islands, but also to foment and encourage insurrection on the part of the Filipinos themselves. Such seditious literary work as that sow stopped might have an effect on the forces we are now dealing with that would be incalculably to their advantage and certainly would tend to stimulate and strengthen their already weakening opposition. The law covering the case is ample. What action might be taken? and the offence is of the giavest character?is not to be discussed. I do not believe there is any intention to prosecute Mr. Atkinson as the matter now stands. The authority to do so, however is plain. He not only attacks the president and the government in the most virulent language and disputes the national policy but also calls on the American troops to defy the government. Certainly this government is empowered to stop or check, as it sees nt, the circulation of these seditious publications." EDWARD ATKINSONS STATEMENT. Hon. Edward Atkinson, vioe president of the imperialist league of this oity, was shown the Washington dispatch stating that the postmaster gener al had directed that certain pampmets prepared by Mr. Atkinson be taken from the mails to Manila. Mr. Atkinson said he had received no direct communication from Washington about the matter. He explained that the documents were compilations of facts anjf figures taken from the debates in tj?e national house and senate and calli^ attention to points ovenooKeu iu ue bate "By the action of the senate," Mr Atkinson continued, "these compila tions were published as senate docu ments and they are now public docu ments of the United States. Therefor* i anv action taken toward keeping then out of the mails would imply that th< congressional record and official docu ments of the United States are unsuit able to be sent to. fficers of the volun teer regiments now in Manila, whose term of service has expired and whose return to this country is demanded bj officials of certain states who say thai the men are entitled to their discharge. "It is said that the dispatch of thes* pamphlets from this country to the Philippine Islands is barred least they should create discontent and even mutiny among the soldiers; that bein^ stated by the department to be the design of those publications. DEDICATED TO MCKINLEY. "There are two pamphlets only. Tht first edition of the first, printed in November, was dedicated to President McKiniey, in support of his statement that forcible annexation would be I ?-si /-v ci'iiuiiiaa J. figures given in that pamphlet as a whole were made the frequent subjects of debate in the house of representatives and the senate during the session anc the pamphlet as a whole was finally printed by order of the senate as senate document No. 02. ' 'The second pamphlet was issued late in February, when it appeared that acts of criminal aggression were being committed in the Philippine islands. In that pamphlet certain facts and statements were submitted to the attention of the senate and were the subject of debate, and that janphlet, again, by order of the senate, was printed as a senate document. I have a copy of " - n 0,1 JNo. 62, and have sent tor a copy or tne latter. "These pamphlets were, on April 24 and 25. addressed by me to Admiral George Dewey, President Schuroan, Profesaor Worcester, Gen. H. G. Otis, Gen. Lawton, Gen. Miller, and the correspondent of ar American illustrated weekly in Manila. .None others to my knowledge, have been sent to any one else. I desired to send them to other officers, and, for that purpose, notified the war department of my intention, and asked for a list that would give me the names. If it i3 unlawful for a citizen of the United States to compliment other citizens in Manila by sending them documents in a private edition, which have been printed by order of the United States senate as public documents, I am content to leave the matter at that exact point, which requires no comment from me." Scores England and America. Robert L"mis Stevenson's widow has written a letter to the Westminister Gazette from Funchal, Madeira, of the bombardment of Samoan villages by the English and American warships. Mrs. Stevensonsays: "President McKinley allowed no firiog on Cuban towns unless they cave active cause of offense, and Commodore Watson was ordered not to attack undefended Spanish cities. Doss ths president Keep bis Humanity for civilized countries alone?" Mrs. Stevenson declared that the Samoan villages are inhabited in tiine of war by non-combatants, who have to choose between the shells of the warships and "taking to the bush." Under such conditions, she says, delicate women can hardly exist, while children die like flies. Mrs. Stevenson's letter concludes as follows: "Chief Justice Chambers has been represented as saying in a letter-to Lis_brother: 'I never was happier.' He must be^-gerson singularly devoid of imagination if k*.never pictured to himself the scenes being-eaa?te4-4ji-ihose bombarded villages; the exodus of panic-stricken people rushing hither and thither, shells bursting everywhere, the cries of bed-ridden and helpless wounded people burning alive in their blaziag homes, women in the pangs of childbirth, mangled children crawling on the sands, the sea before them and the bush behind. And we read that the woods also were shelled. Who is to be held accountable for these deeds that disgrace both England and Ameri_ _ On car Destructive Prairie Fire. Definite reports show hundreds of thousands of dollars damage by prairie fires in various parts of South itetota. In Sanborn county several dozen farmers lost everything. From Jerauld county comes a like story. South of Armour a large number of farmers were burned out. In northern Brule and southern Buffalo counties nearly three ownships were burned over. Nearly 3.000 head of cattle was lost. Damage in these two counties will amount to thousands, and it is reported two men lost their lives. XearCastelwood, Mrs. Erickson was was burned to death while trying to save s^me horses. Defends Lynching. One of the hottest discussions ever hpfirr) in tho Pittsbursr Presbvtery took place at the meeting of that body at Swissvale, Pa., Wednesday, during which Rev. A. D. Carlile, pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church, declared that lynching under certain conditions was justifiable and declared that under certain circumstances, owing to the slow process of Southern law, he would cheerfully pull the rope. Finally a mild substitute condemning mob law without specifyidg any particular section of the country was adopted. frftn. Hamnton's House Burned. The home of General Wade Hampton, in the suburbs of Columbia, was burned at an early hour "Wednesday morning. There was no insurance on the property. and a fine library containing about six thousand volumes was lost. In attempting to save a dog, the general was scorched about the face. Among his papers were several hundred unanswered letters from persons in all parts of the country. Our Soldier Dead The bodies of 252 of the soldier dead brought fiom the battlefields of Cuba and Porto Rico by the steamer Crook were interred at Arlington cemeterj Wednesday witn tunicary nonors. Almost Exterminated. - Chief Keokuk, ?f the Sac Fox Indi* (.'ins, died of smallpox Thursday. The iribe now numbers only 312 full bloods. (Jne hundred and eight hare died ci smallpox. " J Uii J&LU&AiNUUttAI. - Kentucky Honcr3 Both Confederi ate and Federal Heroes 1 i : BY A HANDSOME MONUMENT. 3 fln Whir.h Both Sides in the i T Civil War Are Equally Represented in the Ini scription. The beautiful granite mouument . erected by the state of Kentucky in P Chickaixiauga Park -was dedicated Wed' ne3day afternoon with imposing cereI monies. At noon Governor Bradley, his staS and other prominent Kens tuckians left the city for the park, and promptly at 2 o'clock the exercises be; gan. The preliminary portion of the pro, gram consisted of m'isic?one of the ; numbers being ''My Old Kentucky [ Home"?and an impressive invocation. , Major Thomas H. Hays of the Ken, tucky commission, in an eloquent address then formally tendered the monu a n T^nllntrinfr r LLiC Li I tu UUVCIUUI .? ^ , this address Miss Christine Bradley, the governor's beautiful daughter, ( gracefully unveiled the shaft. | Governor Bradley nest formally ac. cepted the monument and transferred it to the srovernment. GOVERNOR BRADLEY SPEAKS. Governor W. 0. Bradley, of Kentucky, said in part: uManv monuments have been erected upon battlefields of this republic, but it-has remained for Kentucky to be the first of all the states with tender and motherly devotion, to erect a blended monument to all her sons; a monument that carries with it and upon it complete reconciliation of all contending passions. "This shaft i3 dedicated, not alone to those who died on this and surrounding fields, but to the gallant survivors who, when the frowning clouds rair woro lw fchft hriffht Snn shine of peace, returned to theii^mea to repair broken fortunes, and are today numbered among the best and most distinguished sons of the commonwealth. "Kentucky 'tas evinced no partiality in this evidence of loving remembrance. It carries with it'no heart-burning, no jealousy, no invidious distinction. It is not an emblem of honor to the victor and reproach to the vanvuished, bat an equal tribute to the worth of all. In future, the descendants of chivalrous Confederates may proudly gaze upon it realizing that the state has honored 1 their ancestors, and that, although their cause was lost, their heroism is revered and their memories perpetuated. And the soiis of the brave men who. fought on he other side may look upon it with equii pride, feeling that it .fitly commemorates the gallant deeds of their illustrious ancestors, who preserved the nation from destructian. May it endure forever, standing guard over victor and vanquished, with the statue that surmounts it, in one hand holding the torch of liberty shedding abroad its benign rays, in the other 1 grasping the sword, emblematical of the strength of one people, ready and anxious at all times to uphold the integrity of one country, and to drive, wounded and bleeding, from its shores any insolent foe that shall ever dare invade 1 them. "And now, after the mists of prejudice have been torn from our eyes, and I | we are enabled to see the bright stars of truth and reason which shine beyond all can plainly divine the sentiJJnents which inspired the actors in that bloody" THE ISSUES OF THE WAR. "That the {Tiricn should have been preserved and slavW abolished, all are 1 ready to concede. Tha'S^he victors . won in honorable fight, no o"i>^will dispute. But while this is manifest it is equally true that those who were foitTk. nately defeated were inspired by sincere devotion to principles conscientiously believed to be just; that they fought with volor, equslled alone by those who opposed them, but never surpassed, and their heroic bravery and suffering entitle them to the admiration of all man IVZUU. "There could be no more convincing evidence of the righteous termination of that great struggle than the present grandeur and power of the republic?today the richest nation on earth, the workshop and granary of the globe. "No sane man would revive the institution of slavery, for the heroic blood of our Negro troops has obliterated every lingering regret of th? master, and proclaimed, in unmistakable language, that the liberty of 1899 is better than the slaverv of 1861. "The monument dedicated today may, in the rush of years, crumble and fall into dust, but around the summits of Lookout and Missionary ridge, like gathering mists, shall remain forever the memories of these historic fields, and in every heart shall be a monument of love and streDgth and patriodsm, which will perpetuate , through all coming tiire, the glories of that great conflict. "Looking into the future, may not the fond hope be indulged that in the end our country may, in all things, be deliberate, just aid wise. That our flair mav wave in triumph, feared by ty rants, in every land and on every sea; that beneath its folds shall gather the oppressed of every clime, and the slave straggling beneath the load of oppression feel his chains grow lighter, his heart leap with joy and hail its colors as a deliverance; that nations, which | have been bitten by the serpent of rapacity and conquest, shall look upon its ' folds and be healed as those who. with faith, looked upon the brazen serpent ; that was lifted up in the wilderness. ^ i i- xi.i. "L _ n i i.i_ _ _i. ijr03 grant tnat ours suau ue me viuwji v of enlightenment and liberty, the triumph of right over might, of justice over injustice, of humanity over cruelt ty and oppression, until empires shall : have passed avray and the nations of r earth become one." MONUMENT ACCEPTED. The monument was accepted for the government by General H. V. Boynton, president of the Chickamauga-Cbattas nooga military park commission Following General Boynton's ad? dress the band played the "Star Spangled Banner," amid the waving of flags throng and the exercises ended. The monument, which is one of the handsomest at Chickamauga, was erected to the memory of Kentuckians who wore both the blue and the gray, and both sides are equally represented in the inscriptions. SENSIBLE TALK" How the Negroes Can Put a Stop to Lyneiiing. Whenever a lynching occurs, doubtless of the provocation for the exercise of summary justice, Northern papers as a rule take it as a test for violent denunciation of the white people of the South. They display an absolute and oareless ignorance of the conditions in this section. When similar causes produce similar lynchings in the North, they turn a blind eye to it and wait for a new lynching in the South to renew their slanders of this section. Such being the common attitude of the Northern papers, the finding of a marked exception is worth comment. The Pittsburg Post seems to have an editor, who is not a hypocrite, who has common sense and who knows something about conditions in the South. Consequently. his writings op Southern lynchings are very different from ^ .c i n:. k.-ai | mose 01 a vast majority ui his jwurtuciu journalistic brothers. Here are two paragraphs from a recent editorial in the Pittsburg Post: 'The number of crimes of this character is not known. For obvious reasons they are kept secret in mercy to the helpless victims. A few years ago < a Georgia bishop printed in the'North ; American Review/ a p?.Der setting : forth that some 250 cases had come : within his knowledge in a certain limit i of time. The worst part of it is that 1 the ruffians are protected, hidden and ; aided to escape by Negroes who have ] no sympathy with their crime. This i brings the colored people of the iocali- ] ty involyed under the ban. There 'will ; UC UU JJCttCI LU^ii I \JL tug U-liva J cruelties involved in lynching until the i colored people take up the matter, and instead of screening, aid in bringing to 1 prompt punishment those of their race i who commit outrages upon white wo- < men. That they appear unwilling to do under some infatuation of race obli- . gation. n i 'We are happily free at the North I from the fearful crime that so justly j excites the Southern people. We ! should, therefore, make allowances. . Just as the honor and sanctity of wo- 1 men are assailed, manhood becomes 1 more determined on terrible retribution ] that will impress the brute minds of those guilty of the nameless horrors. The Southern Negroes must hunt down these wild human animals and cease to 1 protect them. All accounts represent j that this is the main question, if lynch- 1 ing is co be suppressed and race antago- ! nisms prevented that make the inno- ] cent suffer with the guilty. It is not ] a matter, unfortunately, that is adjust- < ed by law codes, or what we may call ] the teachings of civilization.. It lets < loose the wild animal existent in the \ primitive man. It will do it anywhere. ) It is not a casa of sections or states, 1 but of human nature." i That is sensible and we would like : for it to be read without prejudice by i .1 XT 3 a 1_ - O 4 _ At. - tae negroes 01 isae oouta. js.s tue Pittsburg Post points out, they have it < iu their power to do much to stop ] lynchings. < A Sheriff Shot. J Sheriff H. M. Tillis was dangerously : and probably fatally shot by assassins " Thursday evening. He was seated in 1 the piazza of his residence at Gaines- ' ville, Fla., with a young lady when two men emerged from a lot directly in front o . t i ? j .i? xi j i oi tne nouse, ana one 01 txiexu empwcu the contents of both barrels of a shot- 1 gun at him. The shots took effect in : his shoulder and breast. Immediately ' after the shooting the men ran down ] the street, mounted horses and rode away. Some time ago Sheriff Tillis Jnlled Brack Tillis, his nephew. There HTa-strong suspicion that the affair of ( Thursday^evening grew out of that episode. It fs~v5spected that relatives of 1 Brack Tillis will be^arrested if they can } K/\ I ug ivuuui > * No Prisoners Takeifc- - xi We get some very instructive "inside J views" of the war in the Philippines ( from the letters of soldiers which occasionally nnd their way into print. One 1 of the Tennessee volunteers writes to his brother in this country: "I don't know how many men, women and children the Tennessee boys did kill. They would not take any prisoners. One company was sent into headquarters with < thirtv prisoners, and cot there with about a hundred chickens and no prisoners.'' "Nine-tenths of the army" in the islands,, it is asserted, "are con- ducting the campaign on the lines indicated in chis letter." : n X U U1 U 11 Utt W B .IXiXICU Wednesday at Mayari, Cuba, an attempt was made by four outlaws to rescue the bandit chief Miguel Gonzales and five other bandits who were in the custody of the rural guards. The sentinel who detected the attempt fired, wounding one of the outlaws. The guards rushed to the assistance of the sentry and a sharp fight ensued, ail the would-be rescuers being killed. Two of the guards were wounded. The prisoners have since been removed to Baracao. Barrett Pardoned. Charles P. Barrett, who was convicted in Charleston last July for violating the postal laws and sentenced to eigh- j teen months in the Ohio penitentiary, | was pardoned Thursday bj President ( McKinley on account of ill health } of the prisoner. It is presumed | that he will return to his home in Spar- ^ tanburg. \ Tillman's Private Secretary. ; Mr. Stackhouse Laving been appointed 1 paymaster in the navy has resigned as Senator Tillman's private secretarv. The senator will appoint his son, B. It. Tillman, Jr., to the place as soon as he prepares himself to do the work. Missionary Cyclist Killed. , A dispatch from Allahabad says Dr. j Kellogg an American Presbyterian mis- < siouary, while on a cycling tour in the ; Himaljas, was thiown from a precipice 1 and killed. i ' * . ' . -V.- ' * How the Filipinos Are Murdered by Our Soldiers. There is at least one man in the United States army vrho is out of place. His name is Burr Ellis and he hails from Frazier Yalley, California. This valiant young soldier is in the Philippines and in a recent letter to a friend at home gives a glowing acconnt of some of his performances there. We make the following extract from this interesting document as it appears in several California newspapers: "They did not commence fighting over here (Cavite) for several days after the war commenced. Dewey gave them until 9 o'clock one day to surrender, and that night they all left but a few out to their trenches, and those that they left burned up the town, and when the town commenced burning the trnons were ordered in as far as Dossi ble and said kill all we could find. I ran off from the hospital and went ahead with the scouts. And, you bet, I did not cross the ocean for the fan there was in it, so the first one I found, he was in a house, down on his knees fanning a fire, trying to burn the house, and I pulled my old Long lorn to my shoulder and left him to burn with the fire, which he did. I got his knife, and another jumped out of the window and ran, and I brought him to the ground like a jackrabbit. I killed seven that I know of, and one mo^ that I am almost sure of?I shot ten shots at him running and knocked him down, and :?j-1- - t O.A.t illiiii e\euiug iiiu uuya uuo iu iiuuu yt our trenches now found one with his arm shot off at the shoulder and dead as h?. I had lots of fun that morning. There were five jumped out of the brash and cut one of the Iowa band boys, and we killed every one of them, and I was sent back to quarters in the hurry. Came very near getting a courtmartial, but the colonel said he had heard that I had done excellent work, and he laughed and said: There's good stuff in that man,' and told me not to leave any more without orders. Well, John, there will always be trouble here with the natives unless they jTinihilafA ail nf them as fast as thev 3ome to them/' We have seen several letters from A.meriean soldiers in the Philippines in srhicb the writers gloat over the slaughter ol Filipinos even after they had surrendered, but for jubilant brutality Burr Ellis goes to the head of the list A.s we have remarked, he is in the arrong army. His place woul*3 s'jem to be with a gang of Apaches on the war path. Hilton Head Shelled. AJetter from Hilton Head, S. C., to the Savannah Morning JNews gives startling information about the shelling of hat island. The writer, "T. L," 3ays: "The double turret monitor Amphitrite, U. S. N., has been at target practice m-Broad river for the last-few: iays. We have no objections to their practicing with shot, if they wouldn't jend so many shells in the direction of this island. One shell, Drigg's patent, manufactured by Wiliiam Cramp & Sons' S. and E. B. company, t^o inches in diameter, seven inches long, weigh ing three and oae-quarter pounds, struck right near the house used by the United States artil'ery and hospital corps detachment, but failed to explode. * Another lauded about threequarters of a mile inlaad on the field of Sen Green, a citizen and resident of this place, exploding, frightening him pretty badly, but fortunately didn't do anv further damaee. He says he ffouldn not like to stop those things with, some vital part of his anatomy I A.notner one landed in front of Henry Wiley's house, where bis two children Here playing. No damage amounting to anything is done yet, but we hope pou will give the captain a few words to be more careful in the future and don't put so many rookies behind the guns." xne flew meaicai examiners. Governor Eilerbe, carrying out the 3esires of the State Medical society, at Harris Springs, Wednesday appointed the folWing physicians and surgeons members of the state beard of medical examiners, all being commissioned for two years, save Dr. Bratton, whose IQmmission holds for one year, he fillingVt^caE?y occasioned by the death 3f Dr. W. First District? Charleston. Second District?Dr. L. C. Stephens, RlopVvilIp ^ Third District-Dr. 0. B. Mayer, Newberry. Forth District?Dr. T. E. Nofet, Jr., Spartanburg. Fifth District?Dr. R. A. Bratton, Forkville. SixMi District?Dr. J. L. Napier, Blenheim. Seventh District?Dr. S. C. Baker, Sumter. Pressley's Parlors. Mr. D. A. Pressley, of Columbia, tfho represents the Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, has just fitted ap his exhibition parlors. Here may ae found specimens of the standard instruments which he handles?Mathushek pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Sterling Organs. These are first-class instruments of established reputation. Mr. Pressley invites lovers of music md admirers of high grade instruments to give him a call. He stands ready, ilso, to give prompt attention to all inquiries addressed to him by mail. See advertisement in another column. They Will be Welcome. Gov. Ellerbe has promptly granted a requisition from Camp 1094, United Confederate veterans, of Augusta, Ga., )f which C. A. Withers is captain commander, to enter and travel through :his State as an armed military organization on the occasion of the remion in Charleston. This camp of old soldiers alway goes on parade wearing Confeder 2 gray uniforms and .arrying their arms. They never fail to itcract great attention at the annual reunions of the United Confederate veterans. Calhoun's Letters. The American Historical Association has written to Governor Ellerbe asking for copies of letters of John C. Calhoun to governors of the state. The association wants to include them in a history of Calhoun, which will be prepared under its direction. iv ini^ riwni. Secretary Wilson IGreatiy Impressed By Our Progress, SUGGESTIONS TO FARMERS. Th3ir Privilege to Furnish Spring; . Lamb to the North. Excellent Dairies But Not Enough of Them. A dispatch from Washington says the secretary of agriculture returned | Wednesday moraiog from a visit to South Carolina, where he has studied the conditions of agriculture and of truck gardening along the coast, the manufacturing industries, tne tea cul ture, the agricultural college of soutb Carolina and other matters of interest. In an interview the secretary said that South Carolina is making rapid progress in all these'directions. The farmers are learning how to take better cure of their soil, how to fertilize and . cultivate it with more profit The diversification of crops has not extended so far as it should or so far as it very soon will, but the people are gradually working to that end. lne btate manufactures about onethird of the cotton produced, and the most striking development of South Carolina is perhaps found in that direction. Home enterprise, and to a great extent, home capital, has been utilizing the great rivers of the State in the manufacture of cotton through eleetrie appliances. Wires extend from the rivers as far as 14 miles, up to the tops of the hills, where healthy conditions are found and great factories costing as much as a million dollars are located. This work is going on and will continue % to progress until the State zzanufaotures all the raw cotton produced within its limits. Eighteen years ago, when the attention of the South Carolina. r>Annl* was <1rawn trt flip ture of cotton, $380,000 was pud to labor. Now the State is paying $6,000,000 annually, which is about .. > two-fifths of all the manufacturing of the southern State along cotton lines. 3>e secretary said that with little exception white labor is being nsed ia the mills. In the city of Charleston the experiment of colored labor is "Seeing tried and it is hoped the plan wflb-v succeed. It is still an open question, . however, and is being watched with great interest He said that other cot ton manufretureis will have to take note of the progress being made along this line in the south. They are getting } the very newest machinery; their hands work probably somewhat; longer hours, and perhaps for a little lower wages. The southern people seem to be entire*ly satisfied with home labor, and evince no desire for immigration; The farmers throughout the State are getting belter'markets for theii products, receiving a large per cent of the $6,000,000 paid to the mill hands. This encourages the keeping of dairy cows, the feeding of hogs and the raising of chickens to supply the demand of the factory people ia villages. Mr. Wilson said the tobacco Industry has been taken hold of and is making good progress. The people are studying this plant and its products, in order to ascertain how they can produce it more profitably. The individual farmers are giving attention to the production of fine horses, such as bring big prices, not only ftt home, but in foreign countries?gsited horses, hunted horses, fine carriage horses. The southern people hare ft taste along this line and will certainly succeed. There are not enough dairy cows in , . the State, of course, bat encouraging progress is being made in that direction also, the secretary said. They have some as fiae dairy cows as are to be tound anywhere. They make aa fine butter as is to be found in the north. "They keep sheep in the South, but not enough," said he. "They have not quite realized that it is peculiarly their privilege to furnish early spring lamb3 for the northern markets, where they sell at a very high price. & "The conditions in the Sonth are entirely favorable to the production of the bacon hog. The people in the great half A? fVl/% MiaaiaiiMMt WAU UMV VI vue uuaNSJl^l vuuc; WHIV ^market for their corn and feed the ho* aslSOgS^s he will make any gain. Th?-? _ _f~i prodacer o^-the baeon^jl?g>4row6^er. disposes of the animal sooner, at a younger age. "As soon as the Southern people give attention to the dairy industry 1>A^A fTIlll V\A A ? ?? - ? ? - - 1 ~ * gic?b increase iu 110 pro* ducts." . . The secretary made a point of impressing upon the people of the State the wisdom of increasing their pastures, and of setting their wood locks to work to produce grass for the colt and the dairy cow, the mutton sheep and the hog. Great progress has been made, he said at the agricultural college. They are doing work there that is probably not being done anywhere else. The department of acTi?nlfnw?fni?f.li? last two years has been conducting nation-wide experiments to ascertain whether the people of the United States can produce their sugar from their own sugar beets. The matter has gone so far that the secretary has no doubt whatever of the success of the industry. About a score of mills were running bat fall, another score is being built, and in time complete success will come and the $100,000 now paid out for sugar - _i . . i i ? win oe savea ana Kept at Homo. The secretary is also sore now that the people of the latitude of ' South Carolina can produce all the tea needed b j the American people, just as he was sure, two years ago, that the sugar needed for home consumption could be prod need from the sugar beet, independent of all other sources. Comparative Losses in WarA memorandum has been prepared at . ^ the war department comparing the lows in the Spanish war with the first yetr of the civil war. The aggregate strength of troops employed during the war with Spain was approximately 275,000, covering the period from May. 1898, to April, 1899, inclusive. During this time the deaths from all causes were 6.190. or 2 i rw?r <u?nf TKo streDgth for the civil war was 276.371, with an aggregate loss by deaths of 19,159, being a percentage of 6 8.