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> J " " Ll VOL LIV WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 30, 1899. NO. 3 BAD AS WEYLER- j Gen. Otis3 Nefarious Work in the i Philippines. kTATED ALL DISPATCHES, ffs and Adjectives Put Into Rm Magnifying Amerian Military Operations. rresponc^nt of the Associated.. Vlanilafttfrites as follows via lipino rebtuS appear to retain jrftof a fighting spirit than exDectei after their recent IB Fernando experiences and General wton's drubbings in the south. Bfter giving up San Fernando with a He struggle they entrenched themHes at Angeles, working for several k and impressing non-combatants K the work, thus saving the armed ren for the fighting. They eogaged Reutenant Colonel Smith's jegiment nd the artillery warmly for four hours, making-oneof the most stubborn resistances of the campaign. But, the Americans are indebted to the usual poor marksmanship of the Filipinos as well as to their oyn strategy for their ' small loss. In the province of Cavite. where it was supposed the rebels had been scattered and demoralized beyond recuperation, they have assembled an army of several thousond men distributed among the important towDs from the - lake to the bay. After tne san r ernando engagement the rebels attempted to deter the Americans from a further advance northward by menacing the railroad communications. Several hundred of General Pio del Pilars men crossed the Rio Grande between the American outpost towns, and threatened Baliuag, Qainqua and other places with small American garrisons, while, during Sunday and Monday nights, smaller bands tried to tear up the railroad tracks at several points between Bigaa and Malolos. Reinforcements of American troops, however* were seat aloDg the railroad from Manila to San Fernando, while the forces at Baliuag and Quinqua sailed out .against General Pio del Pilar's men and the insurgents were easily driven away. In brushes 1 between these Filipinos and the Americans duriDg three day's the Americans lost several men; while the Filipinos loss was heavy. Of these operations the Associated Press correspondent was permitted to ^ send only an inadequate dispatch, dieK tated verbatim by Major General Otis ^LThe censor writes stereotyped official Wphrases and adjectives into the disWr qc tanninff tn mnanifv fcnf* Amer p pawvuwcj vw ^ ? ican operatioss aDd to minimize the opposition. General Otis says newspaLg pers are not public institutions, but Skprivate enterprises, and the corcespon dents are only here on suffrance. ^mAklLreports fiom the reljel territory HPfree that the scarcity of food is int creasing and that the rebel command| ers at Aparri and other points refuse L to obey Aguinaldo's order in regard to closing the ports held by the rebels H&gainst American ships and say that PPany ship bringing stores will be welcomed. Several ships from Manila are now at suclt ports. Hundreds of people come into Manila daily and return to the rebel lines with food and other commodities. The guards stationed along one road reported that 5,000 persons passed through the lines in three days and that 45 tons of rice ^vas carried out, in small parcels, on the same road, in ten days. Much of this undoubtedly goes to aid the rebels, but the authorities permit this traffic from - motives of charity towards the women and children, ;rho are undoubtedly suffering. General MacArthur is establishing municipal governments in the villages north of Manila. ( The mayor of Baliuae, the first town ' < where General Lawton established the same rule, who was supposed to be one of the most friendly and trustworthy of ' - i i_:i tne natives, nas ueen piaceu. ju j<tu, sharged with arranging with the rebels for an attack on the town. The American troops have been with' drawn from all that part of the counk try which was half cleared of rebels in the expedition of the Americans in June last. The rebels have returned tc San Mateo, which was abandoned for the third time after its recent capture. It is alleged that more than half the Howitzer ammunition during the ught at Angeies was defective and failed to explode. Negroes Excluded, W~ "The town of Fitzgerald. Ga., which | was built up by G. A. R. men from | Northern- states ana tneir- descendants ft exclusively, does not allow negroes to p become inhabitants,"' said MrJ| 0. B. r Giddings, of Savannah. This may tfsecm to be discriminating against the black race with a vengeance, but so far there has been no complaint at the operation of this municipal exclusion act, and there is no probability that it will be modified or repealed in the near future. Fitzgerald is rather unique ' among Southern towns in this regard, for I do not know of another in which the negro is absolutely barred. What i the penalty for violating the will of the**5 Fitzgerald whites would be I am not ^informed, but so far no negroes have l^j?en rash enough to try to fores t'nemtJSiipes into the town." A Conyict's Book. A convict in the Kansas State prison has written a book on prison life. He urges the granting of permission to smoke and the abolition of the kck? step, and says: "Without doubt there are men here who are where they should be; there may be some who should have been born here. On the other hand there are unquestionably Wome men here who will make good 0f^ens some day. The writer believes j Pfche average convict leaver tue pri- i I better man than he was when he red there." Believes in Bryan. The Augusta Chronicle says: "Our friend, Mr. Comer, is not a good judge of "back numbers" when he ealls Bryan one. In 1900 we expect the Nebraska statesman to poll 7,000,000 votes and he will do so, in our opinion." A BIC- SAVING. Comparative Costs of the State Constabulary ForceA recent comparative statement compiled by Mr. W. W, Harris, constabulary clerk, shows that the 34 dispensary constables now employed by the State are accomplishing as much as the 59 who drew ealanesjuntil about the middle of June. Tuesday he made public a comparison of the three months just past. The decrease in cost to the State has been $1,.S97.34 since tho constabulary was reduced, these figures being the difference between the expense accounts of May, $4,493.69, and of July, $2,696.35 In J une when the 59 constables served half the month the cost to the State was $3,561.19. The total saving for a yeafi?fc-fchis rate will be $21,658.08, based jiponthe difference between May and July. This is an averago of $59 a day. There appears to be do adverse comment on the policy of the governor in thus reducing the cost of maintaining the constabulary, for the results with the small force are as satisfactory as with three score constables. Gov. McSweeney is getting a heavy mail no:v. Mayors and intendents from ail over the State are writing him in response to his iIot. lotf-on oclrinor fVipip simnnrfcin Vll ViiiAti iUWl Vi VMVO* ^ V- w ? prop^riy enforcing the law. Some of th( ss.officials are loud in their praises of the dispensary law, and. promise 10 j po t<? - any means to enforce it. But whil<j there may be some blarney, many of the mayors are evidently sincere in saying that they are anxious to enforce this law just as any other statute. Those who have e^essed themselves upon the main point at issue do not hesitate to say that the local police can accomplish more than the constabulary. ?The State. BS^RT j&EITDntp COi^mON. Three Thousand Are Dead and Missing in Porto Rico. A dispatch to the New York Herald from San Juan says: The board of charity is sending out supplies by land and water daily, but petitions keep coming in from all over the country requesting food, medicines and money. v-' , , There are no-means of raising funds in'the different localities. At Wannabe) an effort was made to start a popular subscription, but only cen pesos were contributed. In consequence of the putrefaction bodies typhus fever has developed at Arrojo. The captains of coastwise vessels complain that the bad odors at the various ports have caused them more suffering than the hurricane. The reports of the board of health up to last Friday gave the number killed Jit 1,973, missing 1,000, .houses,destroyed 6,421, persons homeless. 12,cities in need of physicians, drugs and hospitals Yabueoa, Waunbo", Ufuado, Coamo and Corcsal. Advices from Ponce state that there has been slight rioting at Yauco, but that it has been easily quelled by thelocal guard. The local authorities are ninninor clirtrf nf mrtTlAV With which t.0 pay workmen. There are no reports of fever as yet from the southsiae of the island. The authorities are making strenuous efforts to relieve the country districts, where great distress is reported. TT t. i , .an u nnoiy a.iiiaiiue. A dispatch from Manila suys: Gen. Bates has returned from Sulu, having successfully accomplished his mission there. After five weeks negotiation with much tact, an agreement was signed which in substance was as follows: American sovereignty over Moros shall be recognized and there shall be no persecution against religion; the United States shall occupy ani control such parts of the archipelago as public interests may demand; any person can purchase land with the sultan's consent; the introduction of fire arms shall be prohibited; piracy shall J.e suppressed; the American courts shall have jurisdiction except between the Moros. the Americans shall protect the >loros against foreign invasion and the sultan's subsidy from Spain shall be continued. The sultan and several chiefs signed the agreement. Plant Wheat. A farmer writing to the Macon Telegraph tells how any farmer can make wheat enough for home consumption, and why he should make it. He says: '"An ordinary farmer can spare two acres of land; let him take this land, turn it well with a plough in September, and about three or four weeks later put ten bushels of cotton seed broadcast, also broadcast two hundred pounds of phosphate, sow his wheat crop 01 this land with a turning plough shallovr, all ploughing to be well done, insuring the ground to be well broken. This will make about fifteen bushels of wheat per acre. Two acre? tried in this way - * _T * T Wlil lurmsu auvut. si-i. uaiicia vi uvui at a cost of about five dollars. To buy this flour in the market would cost about thirty dollars. Touched a Live Wire. A special dispatch from Rock Hill to The State says: "What came perilously near being a fatal accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at the residence of 3Ir. R. F. Sadler on Johnston street. The storm of an hour before had blown down one of the' electric light poles. Little Kufus Sadler, a six year old son of Mr. II. F. Sadler, came aloDg and in some way touched a wire with his hand. In an instant he was thrown upon his back with one live wire in his hand and another on his neck. Mr. Sadler was near and fortunately an axe or hatchet also. He ran to the boy and with a stroke cut off the deadly current. The boy was unconscious for some time but fradually regained his senses and will o: all right in a day or two." Cotton in Texas. A special from Delias. Texas says: i-The hot winds which have prevailed for the past month have destroyed all chance of a large cotton crop in Texas. Reports from all over the northern and central sections of the State are that the ciops will not average more than a quarter of a bale to the acre. This indicates not to exceed 2,000,000 bales for the entire State. WORK OF THE WIND I; ( r i Eleven Wrecks About Hatteras i During the Recent Storm. 1 ? c MANY LIVES WERE LOST. 2 1 ^ ? f The Heroic Life - Savers With 2 > ^\_ .... T Breeches Buoy, Many c Sailors. Wreck of Bkfk* " 1 entine Priscilla. > >' * A rvfAr in t.liA hicFnrtf of t.liA v I horrors of the sea was kdded by the re- ^ cent hurricane which tfealt death and ^ destruction in Puerto Rico and apparently lost none of its fwyby- reason of its visit to the Atlantic coast. Xo.such damaging result has attended a storm in the past quarter of a century, and g the stretch of beach from Kinnakeet to Hatteras, N. (J., a distance of about 18 miles, bears evidence of the fury of ^ the gale in the shape of spars, masts g and general wreckage of five schooners, tuViil.i nn-rr oi~.il Qorain !? hndv washes ashore to lend solemnity to the scene. a Waves mountain high, seas which by g reason of their power carried everthing t before them, winds which blew unceasingly day aad night at a 75 mile velocity, we're the causes* of the disasters, iand that not more lives were ! lost. is'" 'Considered by many survivors nothing t less than a miracle. Thirty-five shipwrecked seamea who had nothing in the world but the few tattered and torn clothes on their backs some injured, all miserable, arrived at j Norfolk Wednesday from Hatteras, N. C., by way of the Norfolk and Southern railroad from Elizabeth City. It is ^ from them that the fearful story was learned*-.' They report no less than 11 ? v?ssel5^tshore on the coast between HatteijtS. and New Iliver inlet, and es- h timate'that no less than 30 lives were b lost. a Among those who arrived at Norfolk r, | Wednesday are 10 of the crew of the q ho-rl-onfino PriQOlUa '"ka/nt,. f' MU^VUKA-V kj-r" tl " V Springstein, of Baltimore, which ves- h sel lies broken in three pieces on Gull I Shoals, IS m;les north of Cape Hatter- y as. There were four fatalities shortly" fj after the Priscilla went ashore, the p captain's wife being washei overboank, t and drowned within 10-'minutes, fron&.a the tiqje'the bark strask- The^therj- a | who lost their lives were' the captain's ft two sons, aged 24 and 12 respectively, f; I Goldenborough, connected in the Lee p family, and a relative of one of the o I vessel's owners, C. Morton Stewart & t Co. n The older of the Springstein boys & was first mate of the Priscilla. He and ? the Goldenborough lad were both wash- n ed overboard. His brother was drown- a ed in the. cabin. _ Alex von Restorff, 1 -oae <?? the crew, was caught in the ca- e biivand while holding on to a window lj to prevent being drowned a heavy sea c came which resulted in the dislocation r, of his arm. Seeing that death was r, certain if ne remained longer in the ^ cabin, von liesderff leaped through the "? * ? Ti TT _ cabin window ana lanaea on aecK. ne t was attended at the office of the Marine a Hospital surgeon, in Norfolk custom 0 house. Capt. Springstein escaped from 0 the wreck with the remainder of his s crew, but he is still at Hattcras, suffer- ]j ing from a wound in his breast, which G is said to be three inches in depth. The } captain is 54 years of age. The Fris- k j ciila left Baltimore for Rio Janeiro, ^ Brazil, on Saturday, the 12th inst., c | with a general cargo. She passed out g the Capes on Monday, the 14th. and it was 9 p. m. Thursday when she struck. All of the vessel's crew were iojured 3 more or less. Andrew Larsen is suffer- a ing from internal injuries, and Win. I. y Henderson, the colored steward, has a b mashed knee. 11 The schooner Bobert W. Dazy, Capt. ^ i Olsen, left Philadelphia Aug. 14 for g 1 Jacksonville, Fla., with coal. She was b partially washed away as soon as she struck the beach, which was about (I p. m. Thursday. The crew of six were all saved by the breeches buoy. t The schooner Florence Randall, Capt. I Cavalier, was bound from Long Island t to Charleston, S. C., with fertilizer. n She struck at 5:15 p. m. on Wednesday s and was soon washed to pieces. The I crew of 10, as well as the captain's d wife, were rescued by the breeches h buoy. o The schooner Minnie Bergen, Capt. n Bowman, sailed Wednesday from Phil- a fnr \pnvit.a.s_ (,iiba.. li - vvuuu iv* v with iron, coal and coal oil. She an- o chored on Thursday and slipped her h cable Friday morning. She lost several v sails and struck at 8 a. m. on Friday at ^ Chicamicomico. Her crew of 10 men ] were rescued by life savers with the s; hroo/?Tif>o Tvniw. ^ The schocmer Percy and Lillie, Capt. C Millor, of Xew York, which struck the ^ storm last week while bound from New r; York to Charleston, S. C.. with a cargo ii of fertilizer, arrived at Norfolk Wed- n nesday morniDg leaking and otherwise b in distress. While tossing helplessly h about in the ocean the life boats of the schooner were smashed and the vessel's main gaff broken. The schooner Lottie E. White, Capt. S( Mann, of Tappahannock, \'a., bound j, from Baltimore to Newbern, X. C., ^ with a cargo of corn, arrived Wednes- ^ day evening in distress, she having en- ! i, countered the storm last week. The I *' cnViA?nnr mill Vir rona irpr3 and nroeeed I I OV/XAV/V/UWJ. ?T *** V. ? jj g to Xewbern. j, AWFUL HAVOC. e Accounts in many respects conflict- ^ ing continue to come in from Albr,- a marie and Pamlico sound region and *! ? ?--i. P? ~*/-? T^r\/^r?'c ic_ t>. tne coast iruux uauciaj iand. in which section the greater nun- ? ber of casualties occurred as a result of 11 the great storm of August 15 to IS, in- J elusive. As this section of broad wa- *; ters is the artery for small craft from V the region tributary to Chesapeake bay ^ and as far north as Philadelphia to the 0 north Georgia coast, the number of vessels traversing these inland seas is always great and it is even yet almost impossible to state how many were ? caught in the storm and anything near the number that will fail to answer roll c call, but masters of craft in from that region state that small schooners, c pungies, sloops and fishing craft wretik- n ed, ashore, broken up, sunk or turned 13 over are to be seen almost hourly in a 1,1 trip through the sounds, and it is no./ ^ thought that the total drowned will run s close to 100, if it dues not over reach ? it, while at least, on Swan, Hog and - )ther islands in the vicinity at Ports nouth, Big and Little Kinnaket 3cracoke and smaller points, fully 60 ti '0 houses, four or five churches an< lumcrous stores, barns and warehouse vere either washed away or damage< >evond repair, and as a result number: ire homeless and destitute, and man] >thers have lost crops and flocks. StocI md implements and the fi?hing interest: lave suffered greatly. "In a few days: 'airly complete report can be made, bu it present rumors outweigh true statenents and an accurate footing of th< iamage cannot be reached. cashed ashore, crew of about 25, al ost - FURTHER DETAILS. Farther details of the terrific storn iave been received. In addition to th< ressels already reported wrecked are th< ollowing: Schooner Aaron Rephard, five lost hree saved. Bark, unknown, crew of 14, all lost. Diamond Shoals'lightship, crew oi !3, all saved.. Unknown 'steamship/, tflnse cargo ha* TJiree Dig eciioooers in tne suri, now ireaking up, crews probably aggregating unheard of. The Diamond Shoals lightship whid ras stationed 15 miles off Hatteras, nd whrch bad wihstood some fiercc torms, was torn from it? mooring bj he 100-knot hurricane and blown iiigl nd dry at Hatteras. '' Tne schooner Frank McCullough, 11 aen, with coil, from Norfolk to Savanah, is ciQhcard of, and probably went othe bottom with all on board. KILLED HIM AT SIGHTregro Had Attempted to Assault Hi: Wife ' A spscial dispatch from Tuscaloosa, Ua.. to the Atlanta .Journal saya: ' "People in C e vicinity of the courtouse, which js in the center of the usiness part of town, were startled by loud report of a shotgun fired twice in ipid succession at 6.20 o'clock Wedesday morning. Investigation showed hat John Thomas, would-be assailant, ad been shot to death with bird shot. it Cuba station, about three weeks age rkile Mr. C. M. Stall worth was absent rom home, John Thomas, a negro emloyed at Stall worth's saw mill, entered he room where Mrs. Stallworth, was sleep about 10 o'plock at night and fter choking her into insensibility, atempted to ravish her person, but was tightened away before his hellish purose was accomplished by the approach f the overseer who was attracted by ha coworno rtf Mrs Sf-allOTnrfcfi Thp egro was shot at several times, but ucceeded in making his escape. Mr. tallworth had since that time done othing but"search for the brute. Thems, who was a good machinist, came tc 'uscaloosa about two weeks ago, and seured employment with the electric ight company. He had had his bicyle sent from Cuba to Tuscaloose for epairs before he attempted the outage, and wrote a letter to Cuba to forrard the handlebars to Tuscaloosa to a ctious came, which he gave in the leter. This gave his whereabouts away, Afr Trarif tn TVico^lnrtqa n the northbound Q. & C., at 4.10 'clock Wednesday morning, and while tanding talking to his brother, who ives there saw the negro coming up rreensboro street on his way to work. Ir. Stallworth stepped inside the maret house and got his brother's gun, rhich was loaded with No. 8 shot, and tossing the street, called to the nero: "Is that you, John?'' The negro turned round, and seeing Ir. Stallworth, replied, "iNo, sir, this in't me," and started to run, when Mr. .tallworth emptied the contents of both arrels ia his back and shoulders, 'homas ran about a block and fell, rhere he died in about fifteen minutes, tallworth offered to give himself up ut no one seems to want him. Suicide at Darlington. A special dispatcn trom JL>arnngton to he Augusta Chronicle says Dr. John L Boyd, a leading business man of hat city, committed suicide Monday ight, 21st insttant. The dispatch ays no reason is known for his action, t was probably due to a gloomy and espondent state of mind and poor ealth. The deceased was proprietor f the oldest drug stoie, and one of the lost successful, in t)o place. He was bout Id years of age, unmarried, and tved with his sister, Miss Mary Boyd, n Florence street. It is thought that e was attempting suicide once before hen he took an overdose of morphine, rhich. camc very near resulting fatally. le was, however, brought through this afely. Monday afternoon his sister ent out driving, leaving him at home. )a her return late in the afternoon he as found dead, and terribly cut by a azor, with which he had opened veins a his arm and leg. Dr. Boyd was a ian of somewhat retiring disposition, ut was much liked by those vh:> knew im well. Wind Storm at Florence, .A. Severe WIOU swim, auuuiu^Auicu uj ome hail and a heavy rain, passed over 'lorence about 3 o'clock Thursday, 'he wind blew a terrific rate, and many hought a cyclone was approaching. A irge portion of the tin roof on the ound house of the Atlantic Coast Line hops was torn off. A new frame build g, belonging to Evans McCail, colord, in East Florence, was blown five fi-nm it-c nillaro anrl nthprWISfi dam Hum JL ViJ ? v.? ? ged by being twisted up. Numbers of irge tree limbs were broken off, and he poles and wires of the telephone nd electric light companies also came a for a share of the damage. The cloud rhich was an angry-looking one passed rom northwest to southeast. The ightcing flashes were very vivid, and he loud peals of thunder were severe n nervous people. South Carolina Tobacco. It is estimated that the tobacco 3rop 2 South Carolina this year will reach 0,000.000 pounds, worth from 4 to 26 ents a pound. It is only withiu the ist few years that tobacco has been ultivated in South Carolina as a loney crop, but the farmers find it Dore profitable than raising 5 cent coton. Moreover, the cultivation of rheat in the Palmetto State has been o successful that the acreage will likey be doubled this year.?Baltimore 'un. STAFF NAMED. J D " i *, 3 The-Governor Makes His Sel< i . s f.; tions Known. 3 ALL YOUNG MEN CHOSEN i t Several of Them Have Been Co nected With the State Mi!i1 -; tia or Were in the Army. ! Governor McSweeney Thursday i i nounead the appointment of his sta The selections were made without > gard to politics, and the members the staff are as a rule personal frier or the governor. Several of them ha t served in the State militia or. in ; Cuban war. All are young men,- so: 2 having barely attained their majori r The following order was promulgat J through the office of the adujtant ge eral, who is chief of staff: t Headquarters Adjutant Genera Office. ' Columbia, S. C., Aug. 23, 1899. r General Order No. 5. i By; direction of his excellency M. McSweeney, governor and command' in-chief of the military forces of t State.of South Carolina, the followi officers are hereby appointed memb< of his staff, and will be obeyed 'and : spected accordingly; Adjutant and inspector general, G( J. W. Floyd of Kershaw county. Assistant adjutant and inspect * general, Col. Jno. D. Frost of Richla county. Quartermaster general, Col. W. Maul din- of Hampton couiiLy. Commissary general, Col. W. B. "W son of Charleston county. E agin eer-in-chief, Col. J. F. Folk Bamberg county. Surgeon general, Col. E. J. Warn 1 maker of Richland county. Paymaster general, Coi. Geo. D. Ti ' man, Jr., of Edgefield county. Judge advocate general, Col. U. " Gunter Jr., of Spartanburg county. 1 Chief of ordnance, Col. L. J. Bj ' tow of Darlington county. Aides-de-camp?Lieut. Col. H. Gaffoey of Cherokee county, Liei 1 Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr., of Grecnvi ' county; Lieut. Col, Jas. S. McCark of Newberry county, Lieut. Col. A. ! 1 Moss of Orangeburg county; Liei Col. W. C. Hough of Lancaster counl ; Lieut Col. G. C. Sullivan of Anders connty; Lieut. Col. Willis J. Duncan 1 Barnwell county; Lieut. Col. Juli ' Redding of Charleston county. By order of the commander-ia.chi< J. "W. Floyd, Adjutant and Inspector General. 'Gen. J. W Floyd was a gallant Cc ^ federate soldier, having lost an arm ' " at rm f V? )no rj o frr SC1V1UC. JL U13 bUgEUliU n luu uiu vicvva ' oratorical powers and his work in t constitutional convention and in t legislature brought him, prominenl before the people and made him &dj 1 tant general in the last primary. Col. Jnc. P. Frost is a citadel gracl ate; was captain of the Richland V | unteers, adjutant and afterwards maj of the First regiment in the Cuban w; Col. W. C. 5lauldin is a son of Se ' ator Mauldin of Hampton and a brig ' young man who is engaged in the ra road business. Col. W. B. Wilson president of the Carolina Grocery co T V fiVlL pauy in uuitiicsiuu. uui. v. JL-. a prominent merchant and insurac man of Bamberg. Col. E. J. Want maker, M. D., was surgeon of the st ond South Carolina in the Cuban wi ' Col. Geo. D. Tillman, Jr., is a son the ex-congressman and is a court ste ographer. Col. U. X. Gunter, J formerly private secretary to Govern Evans, is the assistant attorney ge eral of the State. Col. Louis J. Br tow is editor of the Darlingtonian. ] was first sergeant of the Darlingt Guards and afterwards second lieute ant of Co. ?'L," Second South Caro ? na' The aides are also rising young me ! Lieut. Col. H. Fay Gaff ney is secreta of the carpet factory at Gaffney a holds other important positions. Liei Col. James A. Hoyt, Jr., is on the e< torial staff of The State. Lieut. C ! James S. McCarley is a progressi , young farmer in Newberry counl Lievt. Col. A. H. Moss was capta in the Second South Carolina. Liei r</0 W P! TTah<rli fnr sAVP.ral mont I f v. Jtj.vuG? acted as solicitor in the Seventh c cuit, and is now senator from Lane; ter. Lieut. Col. G. C. Sullivan quartermaster of the Sccond South C; olina. Lieut. Col. "Willis S. Dune i was first lieutenant Co. UL," Fi' , South Carolina regiment. Lieut. C Tnlinc RprMinir is a son of Mr. Jan F. Redding, a well known CharL tonian. He'Was Not Dead. A month ago a letter from Man contained the news that Ellis llhii hart of Maysville, Indiana, a soldier the regular army, had been captur and tortured to death by Fi!ipin< Thursday Rhinehart appeared in tt city alive and well. He was just retui ing home from the West, and had r heard the story of his alleged deat Ro Vifld nnt been in-the Philippines : all, having been discharged for disabi ty before his regiment sailed. His p; ents, who had not heard from him i months, were mourning him as dead. Wrecked in a Hurricane. The steamer Germ arrived atPenn; cola Thursday afternoon with the cr< of three Norweigian vessels who we wrecked in the Carrabelle hurricar There were about 45 men. Those w do not ship on other vessels".from tl port will be sent home by their resp< tire consuls. The Germ will lal fn Ppnsnp.nl* the crews of t Ui ALltj VW * Italian barks wrecked in the stor' One Italian vessel had been loaded i five months, but her crew deserted a another one coula not be procured. The Penalty Just. Julius Alexander, colored, w hanged at Charlotte, N. C., Thursd ' f- ij assaulting a white woman h ; i^Druary. He showed no signs of n< vousness, confessed the crime and sa the penalty was just. A color preacher in talk on the scaffold sa ; Alexander's crime was "one in whi we are glad to see the law carried out FORTUNE HUNTERS RESCUED. The Suffering was Great and Many 2C- ' Died from Starvation. Capt. Shoemaker of. the revgww cutter service Thursd^*i?^:t??ved a report froi^i Jarvis, commander 0PTO5 revenue cutter j^ear, touwmiug an account of the rescue of the n_ gold seekers who rushed into the Kotzebue gold country, Alaska, in the summer of 1898. Lieut. Jarvis was taking the Bear north to Cape .Barrow on her regular trip. At Cape Prince of Wales he learned of the awful destitution which had overtaken the gold seekers seekers at Kotzebue sound. On arrim val there he found a terrible condition . of affairs. Men had died of starvation, re_ scurvy and by drowning, and he obtained a list of 48 deaths, but the list is by l(js no means complete. This list has been published in the Associated Press di3ke patches. 0?er one thousand of the cold seekers had wintered there. The ^ Bear, -after relieving as much of the distress as possible and. leaving stores, ' lime juice, etc.: for the survivors, took 82 of the survivors to St. Michael, where they were turned over to the military authorities. Lieut. Jarvis reported that he left between 225 and 250 survivors at Kotzebue sound. He informed the department that he would pfo* bably proceed to Cape Barrow and upon k his return would touch at Kotzebue sound and pick up any who desired to 5rs return with him. ^e_ The rush into the Klondike country was caused by false rumors of rich strike3 aud misleading advertisements. Two women and a young baby were among those rescued. Another woman n(j too ill to move, was left in care of a Qaaker missionary and his wife. 0 Among the ii^t of destitute persons found there by Lieut. Jarvis is mentioned G. W. ;Berry of Virginia. Lieut. Jarvis, "who accomplished thp ? rescue of the gold seekers at Kotzebue sound, is the revenue officer who distinguished himself in the winter of 1897-98 by leading a relief expedition from Tanaauk, 300 miles below St. Michaels to Point Barrow. Over 1,500 ? miles of snow and ice in the dead of * ' winter he pushed an expedition for the relief of the ice-imprisoned whalers at 1S Point Barrow. He arrived there wich p almost 500 reindeer after four months * of almost indescribable hardships. It " was 'the only Arctic relief expedition ever attempted in mid winter. For his '-v - i , 1 -?> r jV neroism on tnat occasion me x?resi' dent recommended that congress give * him a vote of thanks and award j.im a gold medal, on of A PHOTOGRAPH SWINDLED. as e^- Has Fooled Many People in War then and Other Places. in- .. - - : in Many people of "Warthen, Ga., were ral recently taken in by a photographer, who proved to be John R. Kay. He tly gained the confidence of the people and ju- took a number of pictures, which were paid for before delivery. This was Tj" three weeks ago and no pictures have :or been heard from. The probability is ir. that they will continue to wait. :n- This man is known iz Augusta and ;ht bears no savory reputation here. For il- a time he was in co-partnership with if AT- Y\T QnTTT TT/*vrr70'*v3 .Tr nf t Til Q im? YY UuaVT w V* m- city. Their relations lasted about six : is months and were severed on account of ice some underhand work of Kay.' These ia- men had an office at Lulaville, at which ;c- place Mr. Howard would de^elope the ar. pictures while Kay was on the road, of Mr. Howard happened to find out that :n- Kay was having some of the work done r, in Augusta and severed relations with ior him at once. n- He bought an outrit from Howard. is- which he never paid tor, ana started Fie out on his own hook. The results of on his labors are just coming to light, n. much to the sorrow of those he swindled, li- It is not known positively what other places he visited, but he left saying he ;n. was going to Camak. People in that try neighborhood wi.l de well to look after nd their interests. it. This man is describsd as being rather li- tall, medium build and slightly bald, ol. He came originally from Honea Path, S. ve 0., and off and on has lived in Augusta ;y. for many years. Mr. Howard is pro an minently known in Augusta ana reit. gretS' the occurrence very much, not hs that he has anything to do with the ir- man now. but that he is using an outfit is- bearing the name of Kay & Howard, as This of course, is done without the ar- sanction of Mr. Howard, and is used an to advantage by the ot'ier man.?Aurst gusta Chronicle. ol. ies Gen. Otis Scored* "The censor writes stereotyped official phrases and adjectives into the dispatches, tending to magnify the American operations and to minimize *r - *1 CO T7C i OtCC ua tilC U^pUaiLlUU. \A VIA. VUJ uu;o uv .? w ie- papers arc a menace to public instituin tions, are but private enterprises and ed the correspondents are only here on 3S. sufferance.'' This is what we get from lat the Associated Press man at 3Ianila. :n- It is hardly necessary to add that it iot comes via Ilong Kong and is uncen;h. sored. Gen. Otis's views as to newspaat papers have been held by a long succesli sioQ of tyrants and incompetents, and ir- by a good many rascals besides, lienor garding himself as a "public institution," it is natural that he should feel that way; but he is not wise in saying so. In about one month the newspapers of the U nited States, if they chose, Iiotto Viim rofall/sr} PTp is in Mfl. nila now only by "sufferance"' of the !re pres~, and it may be that the press, 'e- believing in the right of the people to . know what is really going on in the !1S Philippines, will make President MciC~ Kinley understand where his interest fv lies. A successful general might afford to talk like Otis, but not a fizzliDg P1' failure.?Columbia State, or D(^ Bad News from Chile* A great railway accident occurred at Sanliago, Chile, Thursday. An entire passenger train fell into the river as Mapocha, which runs through the city, ay and many lives lost. Although the ist tremendous storms that have been iv- raging for afortnight throughout Chile. ,id continue, there has been some abateed ment. Advices from various points ,id indicate widespread distress and misery, ch Varparaiso and other cities have suffered severely. THE RISE OF MULLINS. " What Tobacco Culture Did for a Flag Station. In 1839 Mullins in Marion County was a small flag station, little known to or thought of by the railroad or traveling world. The Enterprise, a bright, newsy paper published there, says "for a depot there was a few boards nailed up, which scarcely afforded shelter from the rain and winds. In 1899, we find a modern passenger depot, an ex1 press office and a large and spacious freight depot, daily shipping thousands of pounds of farm products to distant markets, and receiving car after car of merchandise for consumption in this business-like hamlet.What brought about the change? The Eaterprise tells what. The Enterprise says: "In 1893, Dr. C. T. Ford conceiv<?d the idea that this soil was adapted to the culture of tobacco, and accordingly planted four acres in this weed as an experiment. This was the first tobacco raised in the county. The result was so great, that from those four acres planted in the western suburbs Mullins, the cultivation has become so general that in 1899 the estimated crop is over 5,000.000 pounds for Mullins market alone. Ten years ago there were only firo fmnnftT. I O tvito Uj,v vnvuwj eight; 1,000 population; three large tobacco warehouses, with a floor space of 40,640 square feet; a steminery, with a'capacity of 15,000 pounds per day; four prize houses, equalled by noDe in the State; a bank, in a'most flourishing condition; a saw mill, and several minor industries, too numerous to mention. Few people' outside of Mullins realize the extent of our tobacco market. I<u fact, Mullins will compare favorably with our larger cities in the amount of capital weekly put out. In addition to the large sums of money paid to the farmers for their crops, one must not think for a moment that the benefits to be derived stop there?that is only the commencement. There are the grad ing rooms, the prize houses of which there are four, vthe stearmery, teamsters, trucksters and other laborers in and around the warehouses, white and black, male and female?each receiving his hard cash at the end of the week. While we were strolling down street Saturday afternoon, we met Mr. J. T. Pope, one of our popular buyers. Mr. Pope said that he had just finished a iieavy week's work, 'n fact, the largest* of the season. He estimated that at Ipast a nnarter if a million nounds had been sold here during the week?making, in all, a little over a million pounds sold here since the opening, July 18th. We put the question to Mr. Pope as to what would be a safe estimate of the amount of money spent in common labor per week, exclusive of regular salaried officials? We were surprised to hear his estimate-^SQQ^ "WEefftTne considers tKT^ass'Tiiabor receiving this handsome sum are those generally speaking, who turn it loose as fast a3 it comes into their possession, it is no wonder that business is so brisk, and, as noted in last week's Enterprise, that Mullins will soon have three more new stores. It is a bright field, and 1UVUC3 live dUU JLlUatllUg UUOiUCOO uigut , This shows how the cultivation of tobacco has spread over in Marion county, and the fact that it has spread so rapidly shows that it must pay the farmers to plant it as a money crop. What it has done for Mullins it will do for Orangeburg and all other towns in this county. OLEOMARGARINE PRODUCTION. Enormous Increase During Last Ten Years. Enemy of the Farmer, The amount of oleomargarine sold in the United States for the year ending June 1, 1890, has just been computed by the pure food department in a report which shows that during the year there were 87.S00,000 pounds of this product manufactured in the respective States of the Union. A comparison of the amount of oleomargarine sold since 1838 is also given, and is as ioiiows: 1888, z\.,oi6,d6i pounds: 1839, 34.325,527; 1890, 35,664, 02G: 1891, 44,329,406; 1892,48,364,155; 1893, 67.224,287: 1894, 69,632,246; 1895, 56,95S,234; 1896, 50,853,234; 1897, 45,531.207: 1S98, 57.516.136; 1899, 87,S00.000. In speaking of these statistics chief clerk George Hutchinson, of the pure food department, said: "Few people are aware of the great profit the oleomargarine manufacturers reap or the competition the farmers have to contend with. We take as a basis that there were 87,800.000 pounds of oleo margarine manufactured in tne L mtea States last year. The average amount of butter produced by each cow in the United States each year is about 200. Thus the amount of' oleomargarine sold last year displaced 430,000 cows, worth at?30acow, $12,927,000. This will give some idea of the great loss to -the farmer of the United States. But let us look at the comparison between th<* cost of butter and oleomargarine and see the pro tit which the dealer^ and manufacturers of imitated butter make. The average wholesale price of oleomargarine is 10 cents a pound. The average price of butter during the year is about 20 cents a pound. This shows the difference between the average price of these products to be 10 cents a pound. But we will add 2 cents for the cost of selling the oleomargarine. Th'"s would leave a profit of 8 cents a pound on the ST,800,000 pounds, or-a net piofit to the dealer ef $7,024,009 a year. ' He'.ava-'? Thd next dictionary published will contain many new words, among them the word "helava." When a man knocks around town until 3 o'clodk in the morning, and then gets up with a headache like a molasses barrel and a breath like a slaughter house, he always had a helava time. The word is a good one and should have- a place in ; dictionary.?Arkansas Thomas Cat. Not Stated. rr>L. ? :_1? ioe Augu.^La,V/uiuuiviv; or General Otis has been instructed from Washington to capture Aguinaldo. It is not stated whether Aguimaldo is to wai f or Otis to ccine get him, or the American leader is to run him down. FIVE MEN KILLED In a battle Between Soldiers and ^ Policemen. TROUBLE NABOliTITHE PAY. * ^ ?s \ Faulty Records^ Make Payment Very Slow and Many. Cuban Soldiers Angered and Hence the Fight. A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba, sajs five men are dead aDd ten wounded as a result of a fight Wednesday night between gendarmes and disappointed Cuban soldiers at Cuevitas, three miles from Santiago, where the payment of the Cuban troop3 is progressing. Five thousand Cubans had gathered there to receive pay and after three days only 5S0 had been paid. Thousands who had been disappointed at other points had come to Cuevitas, as the last place of payment in the province". > The imperfect list caused gre&t dissatisfaction, and a rumor circulated that the paymasters would leave Thursday, alarmed the men who had nofefeetp paid. They began to collect in groups-^ and to show their annoyance. Finally " " ^ their threats became serious. **-, Capt. Beliat with twenty gendarmes was present to preserve order among tie applicants and tfee United States troops protected Col. Moale, the oifioer&avtBg charge, of thev- paymeate. ^5wl4?ftly Pant "RollAt. who was mounted, VB0 surrounded by a moVstrack 1)7 stones "* and bottles and Aot m the arm.' "His f ' :men promptly'fired a-volley into" the ; mob, three personam being instantly killed ,.^and < thirteen mounded, two of whom died Thursday mornings Col. Moale's. guard promptly surrounded the money office, but took no part in the fighting. For a few minutes there was a lively conflict, carbines aud machetes being used freely.1 Capt. Beliat was the, only gendarme wounded. .: " ' * * -t ? J n_i 1 All ttie aeaci were coipreu i/uuau a*udiers. Thursday morning payment was ,.V; . resumed under a "heavy guard." There are rumors that a force is being organized to attack the pay office, but these " are probably unfounded. - ' Gen. Castillo, civil governor of Santiago de Cuba, was at -Cuevitas at the time and soon restored order. There is no doubt that the inaccurate list will cause a great deal of hardship.' Many veterans have vainly followed the United Staes commissioners for six !\, weeks, only to find that their names are' not listed. Gsj^JLeonard -Wood, inrv (rnTOrnnr not. however. anti cipate serious troubM ... THINKS IT IS A SCHEME. The Governor of'Washington Talks of the Trusts. The governor of the State of Washington smells a monse rn the convention of governors to discuss t.he question of trusts. He writes to Governor Af/iQtTToonarr fmm Ol TTmnio A nor 1ftfch i'AViJ l? j ****^? AW?M^ as follows: My Dear Sir: I regard the present attempt, by the calling of the governor's conference, to concentrate pnblic thought upon State legislation as>a remedy for the trust evil, as a very adroit attempt upon the part of the Republican managers to temporarily evade a great issue. In this scheme, it appears to me. Governor Sayers of Texas is being used as a catspaw to remove Republican chestnuts from tne fire. Clearly and plainly trusts, or great corporations, will continue as long as the cause which produce them remains in full force and effect These are: First, private control of public money or what is known as "the money question." Secondly, railroad rebates and special privileges granted, or the railroad question. Thirdly, the j?* -? i. :a it., prurcuuve tajin, ur tuc unm and fourthly, in some instances, otir patent laws. No trust can exist unless based upon one of these, and each and all are absolutely and solely dependent upon national legislation. Now. to conclude that these primary and fundamental causes can be reached by State legislation is a reduction to an absurdity which I certainly hope our people will not be guilty of. It is selfevidently a very shrewd attempt to take the questions I have enumerated out of .lt i. ?i : TfTin me uexL uauuua.. uampaigu. ??m um people be caught ri this trap? Sincerely yours, J. R. Rogers. Fighting the Railroad The truck growers of Charleston county have boycotted the railroads and in future will ship by steamer instead of rail. Some time ago the Charleston Truck Growers association asked for a cheaper rate to eastern markets by rail. The roads refused the request and as a result the railroads will loose all the vegetable shipments out of this territory. Arrangements have been made with the Clyde steamship line to handle all the truck business out of Charleston. Additional steamers will be put on and the shipments will be made quick. The rates are consider1 rwr'ny fliA wiVkT7 Foil ivngi tuau wug aav^o-wj Snake Story. There is a Pennsylvania man who isn't bothering himself much about snakes. Some way he discovered that they were fond of nitro-glycerine. He puts this in their haunts and follows it up with an innocent-looking bait into which he inserts a lot of red pepper. When the coating melts and the pepper gets hot, the snakes get mad and go to. lashing the ground, and then comes the explosion which disposes of the snake. He Must Hang' Charles Mason, colored, has leen sentenced to hang in Laurens on the 3th of next month. Recently his attorney asked the governor to grant a respite and stated that he wished to talked the case over with him. The governor announced Friday that he had looked in the case and had derided to let the law take its course. He has so written to Mason's attorney. at the same time telling him he would gladly lipten to anything he might haye to say on the subject.