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p- =-:= ?^ VOL LIII WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 12, 1899. NO. 48 t , _ ~ ~^"" pr FLOODS IN TEXAS. | The Suffering Area as Large as South Carolina. OVER A HUNDRED LIVES LOST r i Property Loss Estimated Any-! Ewhere Between Seven and I Nineteen Million Dollars. |r Wilderness of Water. I A dispatch from Houston, Tex., says a correspondent has just returned from a voyage through the flood districts of that State. The half has not been told of the haroc wrought. The disaster is so appalling that description is not pos- i sible. After this flood will come sickness j .-.r^/3/-vnV>fnn]'r onrl what a week affO was ! uuuv??vuV, - the fairest part of Texas, is now almost L a God-forsaken wilderness. The waters B of the Brazos have for days covered its valley a depth of from 6 to 30 feet; where a week ago there were on every hand fields of cotton and corn and thousands of acres of watermelons and canteloupes, today there is slimy mud all over the vegetation and the carcasses of cows, mules. pigs, dogs and cats, mayhap human, for many are missing. Our party leftBrjan at sunrise WedInesday morning, going to the Novelsote bottoms and to a point about three miles from Millican. Here we enccun I tered everywhere an overflow from the Navassoto river, w ucn spread out fully two miles on either side of the Houston ; and Texas Central track. Everything is under water, from two to 17 feet, f It looked on all sides like a great lake, and the water was so high that for a vast area it completely submerged the telegraph'and telephone poles along the line. In truth, portions of the Navasoto bottoms are even now a perfect sea, extending four or five miles wide at cer- i tain points. _ I saw hundreds of houses there total! ly submerged and as many more were swept from their foundation and destroyed. The planters of the bottoms are still moving their help and whatever is left of their stock, to places where they can be cared for. They are all nobly helping each other and taking refuge wherever they can, some of them seeking safety on house tops. All the planters stated that the outside world has no conception ?f the floods or losses incurred by the destruction of crop, stock and buildings. Nearly every planter has built boats and sent them through the flooded districts to render assistance to the people, and, if possi ble, save some of their drowning stock. The flood district has a length of over 500 miles, a breadth of probably 50 miles, and in all this vast space damage incalulable has been done. The loss of life will never be fully known perhaps; the bottoms were thickly settled, mostly with negro tenant farmers;, among these has been the greatest loss of life. To show the damage done the following estimates have 1 2 - V ->- in TiCni- I Q6CX1 UlciUtJ Vy Xiicu njuv (uw am v ^ww^ Lives lost from 1U0 uTSutfT - -s w Loss to farmers, including crops as well as live stock, from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. Damage to railroads and countiy bridges, $2,000,000 to $4,000,000. These estimates are taken in the whole area. It is known that more than 60 peopb have met their death; that many bodies have been recovered; it is not believed that all of them will ever be recovered. BESCTOTG DROWNING YZVULZ. Two Thousand Negroes on Souse Tops Floating Away. James Collison superintendent of machinery for the Santa Fe railroad, arrived in Galveston on the last through train the road has been able to run. The Brazos river at Rosenberg is running wild, Mr. Collison says. At Sun nyside, 12 miles from Brookshire, the Brazos river is ordinarily 200 yards wide. About parallel with this and two and a half miles away. is Elm creek, which is seldom over 30 feet wide, and in midsummer often dry. The two streams are separated by low bottom lands and are now united, making a river between five and sis miles wide and from 60 to 70 feet deep. Along the currents 19 people were res\ cued Thursday in a skiff sent from Ny-Houston. The people were demolishing their sheds and out houses and makJl ing boxes that they used for boats. | Cattle were found resting their heads Lin the boughs of trees. makiDg a pitia"""KTe struggle""f5r"erist noe. At oDe point two houses were seen coming ? 4.1 down the stream. m one ui cuem a man and two women, and on the other a woDian and five children were clioging for life and calling ?or help. One of these was a fine two-story affair and the other was a smaller dwelling. They passed on with the foaming current and may have struck an obstruction and been smashed to pieces or found their way into the gulf. Twenty-five row boats, fully manned and provisioned, left Galveston Thursday for the section overflowed, to assist in saving life and property. Every year the Brazos and Colorado ' valleys suffer from inundations. Up to the present flood the greatest destruction from the annual inundations was in 1885. This year the high water mark of 18S5 has been surpassed in . Washington, Austin, Fort Bend, Waller and Brazos county ia southern Texas. The Brazos is falling rapidly in the central part of the State, the scene of last week's flood. The flood reached the southern part of the State Sunday night and Monday. The planters had received ample warning, but many Negroes remained in the Brazos valley, believing the water would not reach higher than in 1SS5. From 1,500 to 2,000 colored people were caught in the valley, in Austin, "Waller and rort Bend counties and were forced to take to the trees and house tops. Gov. Sayers, at the suggestion of Congressman Hawley, appealed t-d the war department to send government ; life saving boatsfrom Galveston. Permission was granted, and a special train left Thursday afternoon for the flooded district carrying several government and a number of private boats. It is believed that nearly all the people lodged in trees and on house topi; have A been rescued, but the boats sent from ^ Galvestion will patrol the flooded districts and make a thorough search for stragglers. The war department has 3 authorized Gov. Sayers to distribute 10,000 rations among the flood 5;uffer ers. Deputy Sheriff Swearings at Sealey, telephoned at noon: 4There is no im- S provement in this section of the flood district. If anything, the situation is growing worse. Xo relief boats have Ai yet reached here from Houston or Galveston. Sealey and neighboring towns have about exhausted their resources. Another Xegro family was drowned near Sealey Thursday. Several other lives have been lost since Wednesday psneciallv among the refugees on the mound near old St. Phillipe. A number of Negroes have fallen ex- sa hausted from tree tops, after hanging 0< there three days and nights, and were ti< drowned. "A rumor is current here ^e. of great loss of life near Richmond, Fort Bend county. As we are cut off frnm all that section, definite informa- *h tion is unobtainable, but the situation ^ naturally must be as bad as here." ^ th IX SERIOUS JEOPARDY. ??( E. Eight Hundred People Without Food W? or Shelter. ~ U( A special dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says: At 1:45 p. m. today Deputy mi Shtriif Swearingen of Austin county, ha ira~'e the following statement over the ylong cistanee telephone at Sealy: ''Relief has not reached the flood victims in ?r this section. Thirteen dead bodies have been recovered near the to<vn of ?u Brookshire. 13 miles from here. Fortyfive persons above Sealy are reported -?ir? riQovon an iiiissiug, auu givcu up iw ut?u. were drowned today in a boat seven ev miles below Sealy. "About 400 persons are isolated on a sl* small piece of land in the Brazos bot- Pr toms, thiee miles from Brookshire. Several hundred more are surrounded ^ at San Phillipe, three miles from Sealy. Unless relief can soon reach these two s^] places the S00 lives will probably be ?a, lost. Many will die as it is, from hun- t0 ger, exposure ana exhaustion. "The water today is running through ^ the town of Brookshire, something never known before. The 65 lives re- ca ported lost were in a radius of 20 miles ?* north and south of Sealy. We are com- ^ pletely isolated at Sealy, but this town B1 is not in danger. We cannot estimate aQ the situation beyond the limits mentioned. The whole face of the noun- Pr try here is a sea. The channel of the ^ Brazos river here has shifted about co three miles and the water is 15 miles sa: wide. '3a Logs, houses, lumber and railroad material, merchandise, live stock and W1 other floating objects make it worth the utJ life of rescuers to go to the relief of the P endangered people, most of whom are 00 negroes. The railroads are destroyed for miles. An immense waahqgt oo?" : curred on the Santa Fe south of A1 Zealy this morning. This cuts off our se: last strand of railroad communication. ^ The Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and the ^ Southern Pacific are all completely 1 "stopped": - The weather is cloudJk? afternoon and more"rain IsTeared."^WMw TERRIBLE ST0KI2S. iBl One Thousand Persons on a Mound With Snakes. ^ to A special to The Post-Dispatch from po Austin, Tex., says: Gov. Sayers Fri- $n day received a message from Sesley bo; over the long distance telephone saying fai that 1,000 persons who had taken refuge ed on a mound three miles below there are of slowly perishing for the want of food, fig' To add to the horror, the unfortunates are surrounded by poisonous reptiles am Huddled together with the human be- Ms ings are several hundred of live stock, era A number of those on the mound have th< received bites from the reptiles and are wi! in a dying condition coi A -Ftwyi Dnlro TaV #ri The flood situation is more grave Friday. Ev The river rose two feet during the night ed. and is still rising. The life savers from bai Galveston started out soon after day we light and are doing splendid work. The Ot Galveston crews brought in 68 refugees ou Thursday night from the high embank- ' ment at the SaDta Fe bridge over the ma Brazos -where the people had taken re- bo; fuge. Refugees are flocking in from all ail sides of the river. Four deaths by leg ^rntrniniT are reported near Seaiev in at the last 24 hours. th? A dispatch from Richmond says: mc Never in the history of Richmond were dis such scenes witnessed as are depicted ms Friday. Business is practically sus- jui pended. Many plantations are under rid water. All trains, save those on the sy: Southern Pacific west, have been aban- de doned. Provisions are running low, fai and unless something is done quickly co: there will be great suffering in Richmond within a few days. It is believed he there will be at the very least from pa 3.000 to 5,000 persons to feed from this de place within a week. Stories of drown- ic ing and disasters are coming in constant- Ui ly, but they cannot be verified, although an it is probable that many of them are all correct. The water has- reached the M: river bridge and is dashing between the cu iror. guy rods under it, and for the first bu "? i ? tin^e the railroad company ties stopped all traffic over it. Eight m: bodies floated down the river and st2 lodged on the beach and were buried, is Four of them were "white, a woman and tic three children, and four were Negroes, ns dii More Soldiers "Wanted. Vlf es The order for the enlistment of volunteers for service in the Philippines gr. was published Thursday and seven ijf more colonels to command the regiments q0 were :r jointed. There are yet two colonds to be designated. Eight majors also were named. Recruiting stations will be opened this week in every State ana territory, and as fast as the ?e t - - J _:n 1 i. 4. ^ j men are ennsiea. iuey win ue seuo w j0 the regiments to be assigned to com- ha panies. State lines are obliterated, and the men first enlistiug will be first Qj to be mustered in. The assignment to pj companies will be by the ofieer com- ca maiding and hewill beat liberty to or- fa ganize a company composed of men w; from one State if he finds it convenient and practicable. a3 .LLIANCE REVIVAL | ig Meeting and Barbecue on i uesday at Seneca. ENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS. n Alliance of Farmers Merchants and Others Contemplated Taibert, Latimer and Wilbu.'n Speak. A dispatch from Ssneca to The State ys fully two thousand people from jonee, Pickens and Anderson coun:s assembled there on July 4 to atad an alliance barbecue. The Hon. J. S. Smith, chairman of c meeting, called on the llev. J. M. cLure to invoke divine blessing upon e meeting. Mr. Smith announced at the Hon. W. Jasper Talbert, the ngressman of the Second district. >uld take the place of the Hon. Thos. Watson who was absent. The Hon. J. R. Blake of Abbeville, j ts introduced as the first speaker. Fter congratulating the people of jonee for the zeal that they had own in the alliance he enumerated my of the benefits that the alliance .d done. The mighty will between e north and south had been broken wn and brother from the north asped the hand of the brother from e south. What is the condition of r country today? While the manusturing interest is most flourishing e agricultural interest is languishing d the cry of hard times is heard on ery side. Neither over production nor diver;y of crops are the causes of this deession for many thousands are in od What, hrms is held out to e cotton grower of the south when e trusts and Lombard and Wall reets are exercising their greed for in? There are sugar, dairy, soap and bacco trusts. Even there is a corset ist. Xot satisfied with squeezing the in they are squeezing where it is a sgrace to civilization. The alliance lis upon every man to whatever trade profession he belongs to help to stay ese mighty evils. In conclusion Mr. ake exhorted all to stand together d prosperity would surely bless us. The next speaker was J. C. Wilborn, esident of the National Alliance and e State Alliance; subject: "The AcmnlisViTnp.Titci nf the Alliance.1' He id we were called today to fight the ttles for humanity as citizens just as i volunteers were in the recent war th Spain and in the Philippine voliteers for the happiness and safety of e home. The first principal is to lar for the education of the farmers jng the economical lines. We sent rmers to congress whose voices have en heard and heeded?in things esQtial, unity, and in all things chariThe alliance joined and linked the rming interest of the south and west, le farmer is too impatient. He can't wait. Farmers can now use parli-. jntary rules as well as the United o+oo conntA Let, ns stand bv the al nice. The newspapers and merchants bfully cry: '"It's dead! It's dead!" fen they find that a man has not Ei his dues. I beg you to attend & sub-alliances. The jute can and I come back and demand that you ^them 50 cents more per bale than MLid last year. I do not want you g^fafe^in ^oiui^nb-alliances for IBflrnot to help Torn^erry or Jno. urn; but for the good ofVvour own y and girl. 'Tis the farmer^d the mer's sons that have always dei&r^-- . and will always defend the liberties our country. We do not want to ht the merchants and lawyers. Mr. Wilborn read the Oeala demands J made pertinent remarks upon them my have been placed in the Demo itic platform and son;e ol tnem in i Republican. The State alliance 11 meet in July at Columbia, and the istitution lias been so ordered that 2ry sub-alliance can send a delegate, ery sub-alliance should be representIt is time to awake and go to the ttle with renewed interest. Perhaps have drawn the walls too close, hers, perhaps, should be admitted to r order. The chairman introduced Congressin A. C. Latimer as "one of our own ys," who spoke upon "What has the iance accomplished in the way of ;islation."' He said: I ask you to look South Carolina since lisyu to see wnat 2 alliance has done. Do the com>n men and women need aid? If not, sband. You cannot point out a single m who was elected to office that inred the alliance. Politicians did not le the alliance to death. The credit stem is responsible for the alliance's ath. Every merchant, lawyer and mer is in the same boat; the great rporations are fleecing all of them. He gave some things that he bad i 11 _ ii\\rn jpea ao wane m uuu^ieas. ??c ssed the income tax, one of the Ocala mands, and was put in the Democratplatform of 1896; the election of sited States senator by popular vote d the anti-option bill. Should the iance be organized?" He quoted r. Morton, ex-secretary of agriculre, who said that there was ro)m for t one great trunk line?all other lines ould be feeders. Colleges are tum5 out teachers who favor the gold mdard, and the metropolitan prens flooding ihe^country with monopolis: literature. The great toiling masscould not be benefitted, because they i not have the ready cash. He ad* - * * t 1 j _ __ ;ed his people to sow ana piam grassall over the waste places, raise cat: and sheep. Sow Bermuda and other asses. It will briDg temporary relief, we will not stay organized, if we will t be a man, let us try to live, anyway, home. Hon. W. Jasper Talbert was intro.ced as a visiting allianceman. The licago platform contains the alliance * Tt a _ ? J 1 j mands in toco, ne ioia several goou kes quite well. The war with Spain .s brought new fields and battles on e Chicago platform with all fours, pposed to the policy of the Philipnes, but honor the bravery of Amerin soldiers, he would stand by the ith of our forefathers. His address is applauded several times. Senator B. R. Tillman was introduced the grand mogul of the occasion. He was the last speaker. "While those who preceeded him had had good attention, and all of them some applause, when the senator began to speak the crowd showed the keenest interest, and time and again he was cheered. The senator took for his subject <;fJLhe conditions of ths country and the tendency thereof." Among his first sentences was this: "I swear that weare no longer free." A Voice?liWho put us that way?" He answered: "Fools who vote to put scoundrels in office-" He said that the masses were mislead by newspapers controlled by capitalists, and so far as he could see the country was going to the devil as fast as it could. Ha said that the great trouble at the north was that the people vote their party ticket regardless of the character of their man. A representative represented bosses instead of the masses. We voted for Cleveland holding our noses and telling them that there was something dead up the creek. Further, they found somethimg rotten in the White House. It is claimed that God, duty and destiny demand that we clean up the Filipinos, who are fighting, as our forefathers did, for liberty. Capitalists of -.I. i.L : ? Lae uuruu were lespuusiuie iui tmo famous, outrageous, damnable war, The tyrant's plea has always been ne cessity. The royalists tried that plea with Washington. He is out and out against the Philippine war, ana Mark Hanna and his crowd would buy up all the franchises and reap the benefit of all the acquired 'territory. He characterized the north as a mongrel set who had lost the seed corn of liberty?a set "who had long forgotton that there was a Declaration of Independence. Citizen Josh Ashley, JV1. L. i>onaiason and other prominent men were present. At the banquet after the speaking, W. D. Evans, R. R. Cain, M. L. Donaldson, Senator B. R. Tillman, Col. J. H. Hoyt and others spoke. The crowd was large, strictly sober, and, of course, quiet and orderly. THE GALLANT SPANISH "Who Defended Baler Come in Our Lines Under Filipino Escort. The Spanish commissioners who went to Tarlac for a conference with Aguinaldo regarding the surrender of the Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos returned to Manila Thursday night. Chairman Del Rio, of the commission, said the release of all the prisoners had been practically arranged for, but it would be necessary to consult the Spanish government before the agreement could be ratified. He declined to give the terms of the arrangement, or to say whether these comtemplated a ransom. He asserted, however, that Aguinaldo had already issued a P/\t* fV?o toIaoqo t.Tip civilian UCV/lOg 1V1 ?uw ivivw^w v* ? officials and the sick soldiers. The commissioners, with the remnant of the Spanish garrison of Baler, on the east coast of Luzon, and a number of civilian prisoners, were escorted by Filipino soldiers from Tarlac," to the American outposts at San Fernando, and came to Manila by the night train. The heroes of the long defense of Baler, where the Spaniards resisted an insurgent siege for more than a year, formed a picturesque band. Lieut. Martin, the only surviving officer, marched them through the streets. Theie are only twenty -two and most of them arc mere boys, in faded blue cotton uniforms and red shirts. They are barefooted. A nf Snnnish men and women embraced them, weeping and shouting thfeir praises. Thev tell a remar^3e story> apears thafflSfe^oapcaiu eral times proposed to surrender but the soldiers refused. Finally some months ago he tried to raise a white flag. Thereupon Lieut. Martin killed him with his own sword. Their food supply gave out entirely a week ago, and they surrendered to the Filipinos with all the honors of war. They were allowed to keep their arms, and they say they marched from Baler, with a Filipino escort, and carrying guns, <yK ooTToi-o 1 incnroront. earons. everv UUIVU^U WVTVim ? ^ where being cheered and feted. Death of Goy. Richardson. Shortly before midnight Wednesday night a typical South Carolina gentleman of the old school, a man of noble blood and loftiest sentiment, a man who had served his beloved State with rare devotion, a man who had been honored time and again by his fellow ci.izens, a member of a family of governors?John Peter Richardson, ex-governor of the State of South Carolina, breathed his last, death coming quietly and almost without warning. Without uttering a word, Governor Richardson passed away peacefully and to all appearances painlessly. He died at his suite of rnnm<? at the Hotel Jerome where for several years he and his devoted wife have been spending most of their time, so as to receive medical attention.? Columbia State. Tillman and McLaurin. In a conversation at Anderson Wednesday Senator Tillman said it is now the duty of the people to send delegates to conventions?county, State or national?who are pure and simple repre4-Vi/\n/a f V?o f- aanf f t oCLI Lclbi v CO \JL VJUVOO vixav dwv.w vuwma* To explain, the penator said to the reporter that this was the best thing for the p?ople to do in order to keep out "evangel of hope" delegates?as they, in his opinion, did represent the people on the expansion issue. On the way to the train a remark was made as to the McLanrin vote for the annexation of the Philippines. The senior Sonth Carolina senator thereupon made a comparison of a certain some one?not named?to a woman who?at the marriage alter?suddenly decides not to marry. A Marrying Man. Tuan Syed Mahomed bin Abdulla alHadad, of Singapore, has arrived in PJast India on a visit to his co-religionists. The man has seen some seventyeight summers, and is accompanied by his harem, which consists of four wives and two slaves. We are told that he never allows the number of wives to fall short of the figure given above, and that he has altogether contracted no less than 117 marriages. TEACHEBS ASSOCIATION. The Program of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. The State Teachers' Association of South Carolina will meet this year at Harris Springs on next Friday. The following is the program: FRIDAY, JULY 14. Or I ?7. VU (/ ULI. x l&Oiuguu a auui^u^t ganization. SATURDAY, JULY 15. 9.30 a. m.?"Place of Classical Stu dies in Secondary Schools." Prof Charles "VV. Bain, South Carolina Col lege. Discussion.?Prof. E. N. Snyder, Wofford College. i 10.30 a. m.?"The Aims and Results . of the Schools ?f To-day compared with . the Aims and Results of the Schools prior to 1860." Dr. W. M. Grier, ( President iirskine College. ( 12.30 p. rc.?"The Country School , Problem." Hon. John J. McMahan, , State Superintendent Education. j 9.30 p. m.?Address. Hon. John P. , Thomas, Jr., Columbia. SUNDAY, JULY 16. , 11.00 a. m.?Sermon. Rev. C. S. , Gardner, Greenville. , 9.00 p. m.?Sermon. Rev. John j Kershaw, Charleston. " , MONDAY, JULY 17. | 9.30 a. m.?"Importanae of the Pre- , servation of Forests." Dr. A. P. An- j derson, Clemson College. ( 10.30 a. m.?''Erroneous Notions j Concerning School Discipline." Supt. E. L. Hughes, Greenville. Discussion.?Supt. E. S. Dreher* % Columbia. 1 12.00 m.?"What is Pegagogy now ( Doing to Help the Teacher?" Mr. W. 1 K. Tate, Memminger High School, ! Charleston. * Discussion.?Mr. C. E. Johnson, 1 High School, Columbia. 9.00 p. m.?Address. "The Effects ' of School Life on the Eyesight of ' School Children." Dr. Edward F. ' Parker, Charleston. ] TUESDAY, JULY 17. 1 9.30 a. m.?"The Best Age for. Ad- 1 mission into the Public Schools of the . State." Supt. J. L. Mann, Florence. Discussion.?Miss Mary F. Wick- s liffe, Wii.throp College. 1 10.30 a. m.?"The Best Age for Ad- 1 mission to College (Male)." Rev. R. P. 1 Pell, Presbyterian College for Women. 1 "The Best Age for Admission to 1 College (Female)." (To be supplied.) ' 12.00 m.?"What shall the County ( Institute Be?" County Supt. W. H. Barton, Greenville. T^nmnoi. HAiintr Sunt. ' 1/lOUUOJlUU. jl.' Viiuvi ^ ? T. W. Keitt, Newberry. ' 9.00 p. m.?Address. President ' Geo. B. Cromer, Newberry College. DEPARTMENT MEETINGS. The- afternoons are reserved for the ; meetings of the different departments j of the Association. f REMARKS. j All white Teachers, County Superin- ] tendents, Trustees, and friends of edu- j tionare cordially invited to attend the sessions, and to become members of the ] Association. The membership fees , are one dollar for men and fifty cents \ for women, payable to the Treasurer at i the annual meeting. I Representatives of the press will be i heartily welcomed, and furnished with , every facility for reporting the proceed- i ings. # 1 Mr. Harris, the proprietor of the Springs, has offered board to the mem- ] bers of the Association for $1.00 per < day, and those who care to remain at j this health resort after the Association \ adjourns can stay at the same rate. Transportation from depot to Springs < and return 25 cts. This offer is made j only to members and guests of the As- < sociation and the husband and wives of 1 the members; so, all attending this j meeting should enroll promptly .^md obtain certificates ?f membership irvu^he Secretary, else they will . be expect?Sfc ^picj^regular rates of ] board. X ] Those who expect to attel&d should ( notify Mr. R. L. Fox, Harris Springs, |N S. C., several days in advance, so that all arrangements for transportation, J etc., can b^ made before hand. 1 RAILROAD RATES. ? The following special rates for the * round trip have been granted by the J railroads: ^ To To \ Waterloo. Cross Hill. c Abbeville $1 05 $ 95 j Anderson 1 95 Augusta, Ga 2 90 2 85 J Blacksburg ^ *o Carlisle 1 40 Charleston 6 85 6 95 Cheraw 6 15 5 80 Chester 1 95 Clinton 80 45 Columbia 3 05 2 70 Darlington 5 80 5 45 Denmark 4 25 4 35 A Qni 4 90 3 IL' AiliaA I j. w ? ~ - , Greenville..' 175 : . Greenwood- 55 45 ' Laurens 45 80 Newberry 1 55 1 20 j Orangeburg 4 70 4 35 Prosperity 1 80 1 45 s Spartanburg 1 80 , Sumter 4 45 4 10 It would be well for those who con- 6 template buying these special tickets to s see that the local agent has his instruc- ? tions and tickets in time, as mistakes f have frequently occurred in the past, owing to failure of station agents to get 1 requisite ordero concerning sale of these tickets. Officers in the Army. Senator McLaurin, of South Caroli- 1 na, was at the White House Wednes- j day in the interest of some applicants . for commissions in the new military or- 1 ganizations. He was given to under- ' , _ J j 1 A J.1 J i U S Btana cast me presiucuo yyuuiu tion the officers among the several ? States in the proportion of a captain 1 and a first lieutenant for each State ir- j respective of politics. The higher officers, as has already been intimated, are * to be taken largely from the regular establishment. It is understood that a strong effort will be made to reserve i the second lieutenant for the non-com- ( missioned officers who have made good ? records in active service, both with the i regulars and volunteers. Disaster Near OdessaA dispatch from Odessa announces i that & dynamite cartridge exploded near i there Wednesday while the excavation i of a coal mine was in progress and that j 49 persons were killed and 20 wounded. ; BRYAN SPEAKS. He is Greeted by Thousands at Barnssviile, Ga. DISCUSSES PARTY ISSUES, j He Declares in Favor of an In* j come Tax. and Refers to the Money and Trust Questions. A dispatch from Barnesville. Ga., to the Atlanta Journal, says three thousand people greeted William J. Bryan svhen he spoke in that city on July 4 The scene was a beautiful and patristic one, the handsome Chautauqua auiitorium in which Bryan spoke, being ippropriately decorated in the national colors, and the ladies bedeckad in their brightest costumes, all ?A TK? ^utuusiasLii; ttuu uapyj. ^ handsome and popular Nebraskan was *iven a reception, the cordiality of which was unmistakable and hearty. He was loudly cheered, and the auditorium rang with the patriotic shouts of the men while the ladies waved their handkerchiefs and fans and smiled as thoy watched the famous Bryan, the band, ;he ever popular Fifth regiment band )f Atlanta, playing a lively and patriot;c Fourth of July tune. THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION. v Colonel Bryan was escorted to the platform by President Smith, "of thejhiutauqua association, and he was the jenter of attraction from the time he appeared before the magnificent audinnfil flu* ncn Z> JLI UUHi tilV WViJV VA viwvwt rille turned out with full force to compliment Mr. Bryan, and great crowds ?rom Atlanta, Griffin and Macon, and )ther towns, helped to 3we)l the enthu-1 siasm of the home people. It was a patriotic scene on a patriotic day and ;he Fourth was marked as the Barnesrille chautauqua's greatest. Mr. Clark Howell introduced Mr Rrtron in o cknrf. cnepnll iv? whip.h hft LSAJOLA ALA t* ... said that the great Democratic leader needed 110 introduction in Georgia. He referred to the part the Georgia delega;ion took in securing Bryan's nomination at Chicago three years ago. This svas greeted with applause. Mr. Howell leclared the rank and file of the Demo jratic party had already nominated Mr. Bryan for president next year and that the Chicago platform would be reaffirmjd, with the trust and expansion and Dther new questions vigorously handled. JIR. BRYAN SPEAKS. Mr. Bryan began by thanking Mr. Sowell for the kindly manner in which lie had been presented. His voice was good and he spoke slowly and deliber itely, and had no sooner began than he bad the undivided attention of every person in the hall. He said he desired to know what is best for this country, and he claimed inly one virtue, and tbat is a purpose to find out what is best for America and then to do that thing. He said when the war broke cut the sons of those who wore the gray and the sons of those who wore the blue marched together to the front in a common cause, proving that the country is united. "We have met to celebrate the Fourth of July. You know how great )ur nation is; you know the valor of j 113 SULL3 itUU U1U suwiuuua Ul jita uaujuLers. He referred to Lincoln's speech at jrettysburg and said, "We can do nothing better than preserve the declaration j? independenceiand the principles of ;he government a3 declared by the forefathers." QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. He said in discussing public questions it was impossible to do so as a nonpartisan. He wanted the people to ;onsider and weiieh the issues of the s the fundamental principle of our ;ovemment. The declaration of inde>endence is the alpha at nmesa of )emocracy. I am willing to place every luestioa before the country to tiiose >rinciples set down by Jefferson in the leclaration. We had a campaign in .896. "We 'were disappointed, but I lave a profound belief that right will <et triumph. I was iiot sorely distressid over my defeat. I had rather my ipponent bring good to this country han to bring evil myself, as they chargid my election would do. If we prove o have been -*'ght in 1S96, the victory mil k/* ttJ-iit. Till UC UiVlV jk/i^>is;wuv ti uvu *v wv*uwv "These great questions will be setled, and they will be settled right." He then took up the question of taxition, which he said, like Tennyson's Kook, goes on forever, discussing it at ength. '* We admire the courage of the man vho goes ud a hill in the face of bnl1 i _ I? xl ets, out m our country 01 peace mure ire other opportunities of men showing heir courage. Unjust taxation is only arceny by law. Money is stolen by lome and given to others by law. He laid he dare not say as harsh things as lome men because he is conservative mt he could always find things said by ;he Republican leaders to illustrate his nooning He declared the day will come when in income tax law will be constitu ional. He said the party was warned by the ich New York Democrats that they vould leave the party if the income tax aw was passed, but he doubten it. The ncome tax decision had paralyzed the irra of the government. War came on md the government had to tax telegrams and little things, whereas if the ncome tax han been effective this would lot have been necessary. The war ;axes hear heavest upon the poor peo THE MONEY QUESTION. He said he supposed he ought to n.nr?OT7 I LjJUlUgJ-4^ iUi igigxnu^ uv buv inestion, as it had been declared dead so often. It is a question of right and yrong. "It taxes my patience to talk to a ^oldbug. It requires all my Christian fortitude and patience to do it. I do not mean to say a harsh thing when I jpeak of a man-as a goldb'.'g, no harsher than they mean when they call me an idiot, lunatic or anarchist. A gold bug just looks down upon me with con tempt. That is his argument, the only one he 1ms. Men held up their hands in horror at the Chicago platform. There was nothing new in that declaration. We had had coinage at 16 to 1 ana tnere was a time wnen tnis nation did not ask the consent of any other nation about it. We had free coinage and the double standard eighty-one years. The gold standard was adopted without being asked for by any party. We got it without the American people knowing it. It was done in the night. REPUBLICANS ENCOURAGE MONOPOLY. 'The Republican party encourages every form of monopoly. I have been called a demagogue, a crank and other namas, but no name is hard enough to prevent me from doing what I can to wrest the control of American affairs from the hands of the London bankers. "They said in 1896 that confidence would be restored if I was defeated. More banks and business houses failed in six months after the election than in the six months previous to the election. By the Republican logic I was elected president. Confidence was restored but there have been hard times. "The trust question is growing in importance. This is due to the great increase in the number of trusts. The trusts of this country have a capitalization equal to 111 the gold and silver money in the world. "The principle of monopoly is vicious and dangerous without the principle of extortion. Some things have been increased in price 100 per cent by the trusts. Monopoly is intolerable in this country. . The trusts strike down every form of competition. The great bulk of our people become clerks in-steaiLof proprietors under the trust regime. The trust must go. "We" must have independence in the industrial world. We must have poTitical independence. We should think of these questions that have grown up since the war. . "Imperialism is the policy of estabishing an empire. Expansion is to acquire territory to be occupied by our own people. The question is, do we went a people not homeogenous? What shall we do with the Philippine? Mr. McKinley said forcible annexation would be criminal aggression. The holding of the Filipinos against their will" involves a new departure in our government. I do not want as a part of our nation a people who cannot read the declaration of independence. The doctrine of force lies behind us, not in front of us. The expansion argument is the argument of George the Third. QUESTION OF IMPERIALISM. ?>On this anniversary of the ringing of old Liberty bell I ask you did it ring in vain. That bell is a sacred relic of revolutionary days. Shall we say we haye lived more than one hundred years under the wrong principle. Mo, we shall not depart from a republican form of government. "We are not ready to accept the doctrine of _ conquest and force. Some say carry the Bible in one hand and the gun in the other and conquer the Filipinos. Fire the Bible out of the gun and the man hit doesn't need the sospel. "The one who escapes is too busy burying the dead to hear your doctrine. I thank God that my religion is of a different sort from that. It is not the ReDublicans'desires to do good but the desire to get money that lies behind the colonial policy." Bryan continued along this line, speaking two hours. At the conclusion he was warmly congratulated, and I the applause was loud and long. He was then escorted to the Matthews hotel and dined by the Chautauqua association. BRYAN IN ATLANTA. Entertained at Banquet by Young Men's Democratic Leasrae. The Young Men's Dera^^^Heaeue its guest at the Kim^nnious^^Tily 4, the Hon. W. J. Bryan. About 100 people partook of the banquet. Among the speakers of the evening were Clark Howell, who responded to the sentiment uThe National Democrat," and congressman L. F. Livingston, who responded to "The Fifth District." mr l J 3 i i i*7 i A me speaking aia not cegm until iu o'clock, and Mr. Bryan's address was the last of the evening. He spoke principally on patriotic sentiments of the day. As he neared the end of his speech, Mr. Bryan emphasized the fact that the money question would not be lost sight of in the coming campaign. He said further that anti imperialism and antitrust would be subjects allotted prominent places in the struggle, and that the importance of these topics was gaining ground daily. * 1 VVViof ViT o m nnminofo/4 r\-r nrvf in If UVVUV4. J- MfkU iiVlUiUtVtVU Vi UW AU 1900 is immaterial to me," said Mr. Bryan. "Whether I shall ever again be a candidate for aay office depends on circumstances. I don't want to be a candidate for president unless those who think as I do believe, that I can do more for the principles of the party already adopted than any one else. I would rather help somebody else win ' than be the cause of the party's dc-X ( leas. ;:If the Democratic party wants 1 somebody to lead a retreat they must 1 find some one accustomed to walking backwards. The Democratic party will not weaken on the money question and the question of imperialism will bring more votes out of the Republican party in the coming campaign than in any of the campaigns since the last canvass of Abraham Lincoln." At the close of the banquet Mr. Bryan stated to the representative of the Associated Press that he had no preference for the place of holding the next convention. He will be entirely satisfied with whatever action the Democratic executive committee may take in the matter. Hanged in Tennessee. Pleas Wynn and Catlett Tipton, the white-cappers, were hanged at Seviorville, Tenn., Wednesday, for the murder of old man Whaley and Lis wife over a vear ago. They both confessed and stated they were hired to no the deed by Bob Catlett. Mrs. Tipton, wife of the murderer, and his five children were present at the scaSold. evejn m mw. ium. . The Leaders of Tammany Greatly Surprised. EX-GOV. HOGG, OF TEXAS, Paralyzes Van Wyck's Plans for a Boom by Springing Bryan and Free Silver to Cheer ing Crowds, On Tuesday of last week Tammany hall celebrated Independence Day as customary at the Fourteenth street wigwam. The gathering was remarkable for its unexpected features. There was a dearth of prominentment, men, ex President Cleveland, exSenator David B. Hill, W. J. Brya* and ex- Senator Murphy failing to makf acknowledgment of the invitation tv. attend. Ex-Gev. Hoarz of Texas created a sensation by the manner in which he introduced the. name of W. J. Bryan and the Chicago platform to the meeting. The mention of Mr. Bryan's name and reference to the Chicago platform being received with tremendous applause, which was long continued. The boom that was launched for Augustus Van Wyck had a very indiffer- ^ ent receDtion. It had been arranged that ex Congressman James B. Richardson, of Tennessee, should speak, but he was unable to attend and Gov. Hogg was asked to speak in his place. When Gov. Ifogg. arose he reoeived a hearty weicome an3~te hidtilge4in a few remarks that. seemed to pleasetho^? Tammany men immensely. After a fpiOT TninnfAS Tio naorl in /vnt_ lining the well established principles of Democracy, Gov. Hogg began a speech phillic which set the house in an uproar. The applause began when he asserted that next year the Democratic party would declare for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one. Men who had appeared to be half asleep, jumped up with a start and joined in the applause. When the speaker promised a plank in the platform of next year in which imperialism would be denounced the applause broke forth anew. Tfc was WTV frTiaf ftiaaa ances were not only astounding to the Tammany leaders, but displeasing and the displeasure became more apparent when the speaker in his speech exclaimed-: "In this great contest we want iSe aid of united Tammany?the gregftegt political organization on earth. Weifent you to close tip ranks, to setlie ,ycur local differences, if they exist. ana to go arm in arm wicn cue stalwart bread-winners of the south and west to victory next year, under the leadership of the chivalrous, the dauntless, the matchless great American, Wm. J. Bryan." As the last words fell from the lips of the speaker, the audience was car- ,A " ried away in an outburst of enthusiastic applause. Cheer after cheer arose, and what had started but as a Tammanv love feast, became a howling silver demonstration. The other speeches of the day were in the keeping with Tammany principies, Joseph J. Willet, of Alabama, and State Senator Thomas F. G-raay, Tammany's star orator, made two of the best speeches, the latter making &a attack upon the civil service system which aroused his hearers to great enthusiasm. The following cable dispatch from - . Richard Croker who is in London was^^^| read: ?on the glorS^^^^^^M Fourth, the day we celebrate, my? ' heart is with you always. Let us re- _-? joice over the coming triumph of Democracy and the peoples rights._ ^oignea; iiiciiard Uroker." , Mr. Joseph J. Willett, president of the Alabama Bar association, delivered one of the principal speeches. Mr. Willett's reference to Judge Augustus Van Wyck and his remarks about trusts were the occasion of outbursts of cheering by his audience. Mention of the name of W. J. Bryan also brought out a burst of applause. Just before the close of his speech Mr. Willett diverged and said: "I See that man Alirer is rnnnintr fnr tor frem Michigan on an anti-truat plank. Isn't that rich? Alger, the friend of Mark Hanna, of Armour, of EagaB, runn;ng on an anti-trust platform!" ~ "?Willett th?n told of a story of a southern Negro who was fooled into selling his master's farm fnr and added: "Won't the people of Michigan be lifted out of everything they own if they let Alger play the game on them." He was followed by ex-Congressman Asher G. Caruth, of Kentucky, who spoke at length. Society and Divorce Reform. It is reported that Newport society, representing the highest metropolitan , circles, is beginning to consider the advisability of taking up the cudgels for divorce reform, in behalf of a higher ? standard of private morals. This is a gratifying suggestion. Ministers may preach and reformers agitate to their hearts' content, bat without actual leg- t islation they will not accomplish as j much for good in years as will an aroused "smart set'* in a single season toward the discouragement of this form of immorality. A Going to Kansas. -^j Two hundred negroes left Birmingr ham, Ala., Thursday evening for Wie h City, Ivans. They go to take the place of strikers in the coal mines at that place. A regular movement of these negroes has been going on for some ^9 time -and five hundred of them have already been sent thither. The negroes are eot from the mines and auarries in and about Birmingham. Killed by a Train. ^ M A shifting engine of Pittsburg Junction railroad, ran down a pleasure party of Negro people in Shenly park about V midnight Thursday. One man was killed and two women probably fatally injured.