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t I i :^aj i ' M - iii fc VOL LIV WINNSBORO. S, G, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1899. NO. 13 || ? . .i ?????????.??? mw __ ? J A NIGH I OF TERROR. A Disastrous Hurricane Visits the ? Town of. Florence. ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED. A Great!Many Houses!.Unroofed, ancLthe PeopleKept' Up Al!! Night on the I Watch, ! | Florence, S. 0., was visited-by a ter( riblc hurricane Monday night of last week, during . which-, many. buildings / ; were either unroofed or moved from their"foundations, a large amount of fencing blown down and the trees? badly twisted and broken. Nearly every store and residence in the city suffered more or less damaged from water. The weather Monday was exceedingly murky; the rain fell in torren.sand the wind blew at a terrific rate. .Business was ^speeded a?mo3t entirely, for it was practically impossible to get anywhere through the blii-diug: sheets of rain that were*being .driven by a forfyn-ile wind. Towards evening the *ind grew fast- j terand the rain fell, thicker so that be- | fore sundown very nearly all tbe stores j closed for the evening and the men j folks hurnedhome to make themselves comfortable for the night. They were disappointed, however, for very nearly ?T?oi-cnnfl troa nr> thrrmsrhfmt the nieht sweeping' the.water'.out of their homes, for there few that it did not get the full effect of the heavy rain that .fell throughout the night. Between 11 aod 2 o'clock the wind seemed to have reached its height, which was very nearly 70 miles :m hour while the rain seemed _to be coming down in sheets. D Towards morning the storm had passed over and by 10 o'clock had spent its fury. A vs.i, -er the city Tuesday showed thattk'' First-Methodist church had been damaged moie than any other building, for the roof was lying in the * street and the interior of the building badly damaged. ~- > P 2 The court bouse was partly unrooiea and also badly damaged from rain. One of the buildings at the Coast Line shops was unroofed. The electric light plant had a large portion of its roof torn off. The kitchen of the Rev. J E. Wilson was twisted from its foundation. Besides this several small buildings in the suburbs were completely demolished. The Electric Light- comt>any suffered ? J ?* neavy irsm aestrueuuu ui iucu nucs, blowing down the poles, etc. The telephone companies' suffered the same, as did also the Western Union company. All of last night and part of Tuesday Florence was cat off from telegraphic communication from all points north, east and west of the city. Thejonlj wire that was in working order was between Florence and Charleston. The trees are badly damaged and many of them were stripped of their foliage, and the streets today were fill ed with limbs of trees, dicing, signs and pieces ef roc-fung.?News and Courier. THE^TOSK ELSEWHEPwE. Damage te Wilmington,r?N. C., and its Seashore Resorts. a 2:?i.v e v n O. U19P&ICU HUj-U H1U1UKI.UU, ii. \j , authoritative reports from Wrightsviile aad Carolina beaches say that the storm which reached the height of its fury at 5 o'clock Monday-morning has wrought great havoc to property at these points. No loss ,of life is reported. At \Trightsville there are sixty odd cottages, and of this number fifteen are a total loss is estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000. The trestle of the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad and its track aggregating in extent about three miles is-a wreck and the damage is conservatively estimated at from $40,000 to $50,000. At "Wright&ville Sound, on the mitinlawd aKont. nr,p mils this sidft of the beaeh, considerable damage was also done and this is estimated at several thousand dollars. The two large summer hetels on the beach were not destroyed, bnt were damaged to some extent. At Carolina Beacli, near the mouth of the river, there are about twenty-five ottages, boat and club houses, and also a large hotel. About eighteen of these totally destroped and the remainiag-badly damaged. The loss is placed at from $12,000 to $15,000. Both beaches were fortunately deserted on account of the season. A special from S^uthport say. that there was considerable damage along the water front there by the storm, but t\r\ Iftee 1 cmoil noc. I uv v* j.v.yv/1 ivu. juiwa M^ senger steamer and a tug, the Alexander Jones, were beached. No other news or damage to shipping has reached here. The Clyde steamer New York, Capt. Ingiam, arrived from New York Tuesday afternoon. She encountered the storm oS Frying Pan light ship, 'out rode it oul with only slight damage to her cargo of general merchandise. The damage in Wilmington along the wharves by reason of the high tide this morning will approximate about $2,000. The maximum velocity of the wind here was estimated at from 75 to 90 y miles per hour. W THE "BLOW IN" CHARLESTON. One Child Silled by a Pallirg House. A Fifty-Eight Mile Wind. The Carribean storm passed bv Charleston at 2 o'clock Tuesday mornag. Beading the barometer down to 29.07 ana producing a wind velocity of 5S miles an hour a few hours previous. The wicd attained a velocity of 50 miles at 9 o'clock last night and increased in fores until the 58 mile was reached, at which it blew for some time. Several small frame houses were blown down, among which was a negro house on Coming street, where a 5 year1 1 1-13 1-111 1 _ 1 * . 1 oia cnna was siuca ana several cuner pecple were wounded by the falling timber. Slates, tin and tiles were loosened and torn ofi roofs and hurled into the street?. feDcss ana trees were blown down, ^nutters were wrenched oSV telephone, telegraph and electric 'T* \ .... wires were damaged and much other property was damaged Tho thipping interests in port weie not hurt, special 1 reparations having botn made ia the way of putting out additional anchors and hawsers. Anxiety is felt for the large fleet of vessel?, which sailed from Charleston Saturday and Sunday. The verdict of the coroner's jury in inquest i over Alonzo Boyd, the Negro boy killed in the falling of the house on J Coming street, was that "the deceased j came to his death by misfortune or accident, as a result of the falling of a house and the act of God," etc. Damage at Virginia Beach. A dispatch from Norfolk says the storm in that section was very severe Monday night. About 1 o'clock that morning the wind increased in velocity to 58 miles an hour. Very little damage was done in Norfolk, but at Virginia-{*.Beach fishing nets, pounds, board walks, fencing, etc., was washed away. The loss there is estimated at | ?10.000. The three-masted schooner ! Kate Darlington was wrceked on Ocean j Yirw Beach, having been driven high and dry at i a. m. by the wind. In passing through the Capes Monday night she was run into and badly crippled by au unknown steamer. Her anchor would not hold. The Dariing toil was rciuimug; jruni .auauuu whore she had cocveved a cargo of lumber. The tides were unu?ually high. STATE THANKSGIVING Gov, M. 3. McSwaeney Issues His Proclamation to the People. Gov. McSweeney Wedaesday issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: The people of this State have been abundantly blessed during the past year. Gratitude is one of the Christian virtues. "We should give thanks at all times. Men too often forget the i ? m .j rpv.^ 1.1 I gOOCLQeSS 01 vJUU. jlixcic ouuuiu uw only be gratitude in our hearts, but there are times when we should give visible evidence ana audible expression to that gratitude. We have been remarkably free from pestilence and scourge. We have been permitted to plant and to garner. The rains have come and the earth has yielded her fruits and we have been a-lowed to enjoy the labor of our hands. We have made progress in manufacturing the product of our fields and our forests. It has iong been customary to take one day out of the three hundred and sixty five when we shall cease from the toils of our labor and render thanks to the Giver of all good for the many blessings we receive. To the end, tharerra mir TV! f}l 11>J}T> Til 1UIC, uai vy v * ??* ? hearts show appreciation of the tender care of our Heavenly Father, 1, M. B. McSweeney, governor of South Carolina, in conformity to the proclamation of the president of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of November, 1899, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer to be kept and observed by ail the people of this State." Let all public offices be closed and all private business and labor of every kind cease and let the people assemble in their accustomed places of worship and render thanks with grateful hearts to their Creator and Preserver for the blessings of life and liberty and happiness which they daily receive. Let the people on this day also remember the fatherless and not forget that the poor and the needy yui have with you always, and that ue are told by Him who made the great sacrifice for us that it is more blessed to giv-i than to receive, ? ? " 10 1 j __ and by our owr -eas 01 cnaruy prove the sincerity of o' r gratitude. ia testimony ..hereof, I have hereunto set my band and caused the great seal of the State of South Carolina to be affixed. Done at the Capitol, in the city of Columbia, this 31st day of October, A. D. 1899. M. B. McSarteney. Re thf> crtvernor: M. K. Cooper, Secretary of state. Sold for Freight. The advertisement in The Greenville ><ews lor the sale of a number of unclaimed freight packages containing school charts, school books and school furniture consigned to W. W. Tutwiler, recalls the adventures of that smooth ciu'z^n in working oft on unsuspecting and innocent school trustees quantities of public school paraphernalia at what were said to b3 exorbitant prices, and the charge that Superintendent of Education W. D. Majfield was not sufficiently watchful to spoil his game. Nothirg coald be learned here yesterday about these packages nor where Mr. Tutwiler bad gone. All that was known at the freight office was that the packages were shipped here from ^ j ?i VjrreeilWUVU <tuu v*iLlc<,jr-Ui.i., nuwt I remained unclaimed for six months. Mr. Tutwiler apparently did not think ; his goods worth the freight charges and I is probably in some other State seeking new worlds to conquer.?Greenville News. Two Schooners "Wrecked. Advices from Morehead City, N. C., say: The three-masted schooner Charles S. Davis, Somers Point, N. J., from Savannah for Philadelphia, lumber laden, is ashore at Bogae inlet, 25 miles west of Morehead City. The ves n Wrt ?"k ) TTT/Jrtl? TKfl uei iiuu tasgy aic a ivtai nitva.. ^uv crew of eight mea were all saved. The vessel was commanded by Capt. John W. Adams of Philadelphia. He is now at Morehead with his crew. The three-masted schooner Thomas L James of Keyport N*. J., is also ashore at Bogue inlet. She is lumber laden, from Savannah for Philadelphia. The cargo and vessel arc in bad condition. The crew of eignt were all saved. Capt. Pierce reports the worst storm ever seen on this coast. Lost at Sea. The two-masted schooner Stonewall^ Capt. Milliken, from Wilmington to Shillotte. N. C., with a cargo of merchandise, was caught in the recent ct Af TY"? isVinllnftp I iiwui ??w ~ ~ i river and was blown out to "sea. \ essel's cargo, with crew, supposed to be lost. Two masted schooner Lee, Capt. Wiliiamston, bound from Shallotte with ! cargo of naval stores and produce given j up as lost. The little tug Woodward j ot tne tape rear quarantine stanoa j ana a small launch, also-belonging to the government, -were broken loose their moorings and sunk in the storm. j ALL BUT ONE LOST, j The Sole Survivor of a Wrecked Steamer Reaches Charleston. ON WRECK 22 HOURS. ; The Lumber-Laden Steamer G. L 1 Colwell and AN Aboard Except Captain Gaskill, Lost in Storm. Another tale of shipwreck and suffering comes from Charleston. The steamer 2savahoe. Capt. Staples, arrived there Wednesday morningfrom-New : 1- Y'T - J A1< /-v AnrtAnnfflrfl/1 t | JL Ulik. iUUtiuajr oug cu^uuuwivu ?<JV gale, stood out to sea and hove to for 18 hours. Tuesday, about 50 miles east of Charleston lightship she rescued Capt. John Gaskill, sole survivor of the crew of the steamer George L. Colwell, of Detroit, bound for Xew York from Feroandica, Fla., with a cargo of lum ber. Capt. Gaskill was clinging to a piece of wreckage of his lost vessel to which he had clung for 22 hours. Capt. Staples and his officers displayed care and skill in rescuing Capt. Gaskill. At first a skiffi was j lowered with a picked crew; this was smashed ~ ~ ^ + '"An V. 1 1 1 1 f\ P tV?/a QtAOmnr UC iiuu nun vi. w*v< and tlie crew struggled manfully in the angry sea until hauled in by life- lioe3. Cape. Staples steamed near the wreckage, a line was thrown to Capt. G-askill, who made it fast around hi<* waist and was hauled aboard. He had been badly braised. Ha was kindly careu for on board and is now in St. Fraccis Xavier infirmary here progressing favorably. The following particulars of the wreck we clip from the New3 and Cour ier: Twenty-four hours overdue and considerably shaken up by an encounter with the Carribbean Sea hurricane, the stanch Clyde ?teamihip N&vahoe, Capt Staples, came into port Wednesday. Hardly had the gang plank been secured when the captain, accompanied by a pale-looking stranger, came ashore and a carriage was called to take the sick man to St Francis Infirmary. "That man," Capt Staples said to inquiries, is the captain of the steamship Geo. L. Colwell, wrecked off this port Monday mornint, and we picked him up fifty miles east of here Tuesday afternoon. He was cut aDd bruised by shifting lumber and stuS before the vessel was wrecked and is otherwise badly shaken up, so he gees to the repair shop for a bit. I think he will come out as good as new, but he was pretty shaky when we hauled him aboard. "We had a dusty time of it ourselves,". oonlinued -the captain, when urged to give further particulars. "You see, we came out of New York Saturday afternoon and caught bad weather ricrVi*. alnnc When off this coast we ? got into the very teeth of the hurricane and lay-to for eighteen hours, going to sea probably fifty miles. Monday was a hard day and the night was worse. Tuesday morning the seas were runniDg very high and the wind was terrific. At about 12 30 o'clock I went up on the bridge, after being below a short time, and the mate said: "We aTe passing a lot of wreckage.' 'Keep a sharp lookout, then,' I replied, 'for we may find some poor fellow afloat on it.' With the words scarcely out of my mouth, I took up the glasses and, sweeping the water on all sides, discovered a man on a raft about half a mile to the eastward. The whistle was blown and even at that distance we could see, through the glasses the frantic signs of joy made by the lone mariner. "I ordered out a boat as soon as we came near to the tiny raft, but it was stove in before it could be lowered into the water. Then I decided to move the Xavahoe up to the raft aud ware round to windward, taking great care not to collide with the frail support which upheld the shipwrecked man. A roDe was finally gotten to the man on the raft and with difficulty he was pulled up on the Navahoe's deck. He managed to tell us his name and the fate of his ship, the Geo. L. Colwell, and then gave out, for he had c.luDg to a few planks for nearly twenty-four hours and had not had food or rest for nearly.. .1.1 .1 p . rrr j;i < twice tfiat lengtn 01 time. >ve uii^ what we could to make him comfortable on the Navahoe and he will stop at" the Infirmary here until he is himself again." THE SURVIVOR'S STORY. Capt. Gaskill was lying in a little' white bed at St. Francis lofirruary when a Reporter called and asked for a stor.v of the wreck. "We sailed from Fernandina, Fla., Saturday morning," he said, "with a cargo of 400,000 feet of pine lumber, and, with variable winds, was off Charleston, say fourteen miles, heading east and north for Cape Romain, at about 2 o'clock Monday morning, when tFe heavy blow struck us, but the weather had been'baa Sunday afternoon. The Knnall nnrr.hw?sfc. veerine to north east, and the cross seas were fearful. The ship strained and behaved badly from midnight and at 2 o'clock the engioes were workiDg miserably. A little later the terrible rolling had thrown ashes and coal about s:> much that the pumps became choked. I had put out the cornucopia drag and then the anchor, with forty fathoms of chain, but neither helped us at all, and when, a little later, the engines stopped, we wallowed in the trough of the ^ I !xl sea. Two gaDgs were woriang wnn buckets and a deck pump, but the wa ter gained on us rapidly. At about 4 o'clock the Colwell was so low in the water that a heavy sea swung'it almost over and dumped the decked load of lumber. "With it went the after deck house and smoke stack. There were nine men in the after house and .we never even so much as hearG-a cry as they went to their grave beneath the seething waters. After relieving herself of the deck load the Colwell righted and pIuDged on for a time, one minute high on a wave, then down i n the valley, with the boiling foam above us.. It must have been t^o hours later that a great crash came. Louder to us than ever was the horrible roar of the ocean, and the Colwell split ia two about amidships. There were only five men then aboard and we were thrown violently into the sea! Half crazed.ajs I was already, I had still the instinct to strike * enrrm+Viiricr . fl Afl fin CT I UUl dUU* WJ AVi ? | / s | found a piece of timber and crawled | upon it. (Jace I saw, on the crest of a wave, one of my late comrades, (I think it was Mate Neil son.) but only for a moment, ai.d he was gone. Then such a battle as 1 had for life! Not for all the gold in the universe would I go inrougu suuii ctu- ?5o.iu. The sea was running mountains high and many times wrested from me the drift. I caught it as often, until, spyj ing a piece of the steamer deck about I six feet square, I swam to it. For nearj ly twenty-four hours I was alone on I the sea, and you can judge my joy when II saw the steamship Navahoe bearing j down upon me. It was then early ! Tuesday afternoon. The work of Capt I Staples in weaiiag around to windward and picking me up. after disabling his small boat, showed both seamanship and'humanity." Capt. GaskiJl could not recall the 1 ^ ' A- - --- t I nvmes OIms euurt: urcw, uuv saiu mut were fourteen, all told, on board. Neilson was first mate; Charle-s Oliver, second; William Murray, chief engineer; Charles Ilockfelltr, assistant | engiaeer; WilIiam"Macker:zie. steward. ( All on board were white men aod were i .shipped in New York, Capt.- Graskill's home is in Hoboken, N. J., acd he was the only married man on the illfact d vessel. . THE GEO. L. COLWELL. The steamship Geo. L. Colwell was a , wooden vessel, built in 18S0 at Bay City,; Michigan, and for along time used as a freighter 00 the great lakes. It ' was bought by the Yellow Pine Lumber Company of New York a sbcrt time ago aad put-in the coastwise bunne-s. It was of 447 tons gross and 371 tons net register, aud v.as loaded when wrecked with 400,000 feet of lumber. It is understood that the vessel was insured. Five voyages had been made betwean Fernandina and New York be- . fore the one which began last Satur- , day. ' FERTILIZERS GOING UP. j How the Trust Will Get Its Money . Back. In view of the fact that the prices of ( all manufactured fertilizers had materi ally advanced recently a Reporter for The News and Courier called on Messrs J^: H. M. Tucker & Co., brokers in ferti- i lizers and fertilizer materials, and ob- ( tninAf! the following statement from Mr. H. >i. Tucker regarding; the situa- , tion: 'The probabilities are that there ( will be a sharp advance in the general j prices of fertilizers. The prices of fer- ^ tilizermaterials have materially advasc- : ed and will advance stiil more, in con- ] sequence of whicn the manufacturers of , fertilizers will be compelled to advance , the price of the manufactured article to j meet this advance of raw material, j The prices of fertilizers have for sev- i eral years been on a \ery low basis, but , the cost of the material has responded , fr. tVia rron^rol adcanfie in the cost of ! raw material in all of the industries, ] and that will necessitate an additional ? cost of the manufactured article, as, ] for instance, phosphate rock is now ? from $1.50 to 1.75 per ton higher than j itwaslastyearand the sulphur in pyrites : is aiso from $1.25 to $1.50 per ton J higher, and the same applies to the , cost of all ammoniated ingrcdienis, as ( well as the advance that has been made , in the price of labor, and of the gener- j al running supplies, machinery, etc, ( necessarily used in the manufacture of ( fertilizers. This altogether would mean , that the cost of manufacture and of ( material would average over the cost ( of last year from $2.23 to $2 40, and j this will % necessitate a proportionate , advance in the cost of the manufactur- ( ed article. "The trade may look there- , fore for a continued average higher ( price for fertilizers this year than last of over $2 per ton. ';It is fortuuate ] for the up-country that the advanced . prices of cotton and other articles ol j production should more than compen- , sate for this increased cost in fertiliz- ( ers." ] LIST OF CATTALTIES I Total Number of Soldiers Who Suf ' fered During: the Year. j A recapitulation of the casualties in 1 actioES and deaths in the regular and : ^volunteer armies between May 1, 1898, '' ^and June 30, 1899, contained in the ! -annual report of the adjutant general ( of the army, shows a-grand total of 10,076 men. The casualty list alone ag- 1 greeat-es3, 454, of whom 35 officers ] ?eid 45S enlisted men were killed, aad 1 197 'officers- and 2.764-wcnlisted men wounded. The death list, numbering 6.619, was made up of 224 officers and 6.395 en- 1 listed men. Of this total but 33 officers ' and 458 enlisted men were killed, the ! remainder of the deaths resulting from j various causes including the following: ; Wounds, 10 officers and 192 enlisted 1 men; disease, 165 officers and 5,344 en listed men; accident, 6 officers and 209 ( men; drownings, 3 officers.and SS men; I suicide, 2 officers and 52 men, and mur ders or homicidc 52 enlisted men. In the-regnlar army the total casualties in j actions and deaths amounted to 4,155 ; and in the volunteer establishment 5,- : 921. In the casualty list the regulars had 127 officers and 1,856 enlisted men killed and wounded and the volunteers ! 105 officers and 1.36G enlisted men killed and wounded. In the regular army between April 30, 1898, and June 30, : 1899, 917 enlisted men were discharged by sentence of general court-martial : and 2.949 enlisted men derertsd. Three officers of the regular army who were killed also held commissions in the volunteers forces in which they are included-in the above recapitulation. Witnesses Intimidated. The feudists charged with the murder at Manchester. Clay county, Ky., have comparatively easy sailing, as witnesses summoned to appearand testify against them will not testify against the warring factions. Mrs. Sarah CoIKds. chief witness against James and Millard ( Philpot and Alexander Fischer, charged with the murder of her husband, committed sticide by taking poison; fearing, it is claimed, to testify against ! them. Other feud cases have been . postponed from day to day on account of absence of witnesses, who refuse to i * - /* , ,1 attend court ana testily against tne feudists, be'lievine, they say, that their evidence agiinst the warring factions ( would imperil their lives. A BLOODY BATTLE Between the British and Beers at Ladysmith. THE BRITISH IS WHIPPED, They Lo3t Artillery and Ammu nition by Stampede of Mules in Night March. Fought J; to the Last. The Bruish. war office at London made public the following dispatch from G-en. "Wtkc describing the operations of Monday"Lacysaith, Oct. 31, 7,50 p. m ?I took out f?om Ladysmith a;brigade of mounted troops,^two brigade divisions of the R >5al artillery, the Natal'field battery ani two brigades of infantry, to Btjconneitrs in force ^the enemy'* rasin position tenths north, and, if the op portunity ohr.uld offer, to capture the hill behind'Farquhar's farm which had, on the previous day been held in strength by the enemy. In connection with'this advance, a column consisting of the Tenth Mountain artillery, four half compatiesjof.-the G-loucesters and six companies of the Royal Irish Fu&illers, the whole-under Lieut Col Charlton and Mgj Adye, deputy assistant adjutant general. was dispatchcd at 11 p. m.. on the 29th, to march by night up Bell's Spruit and Seize Nicholson's Nek, or some position near Nicholson's Nek. thus-turning the enemy's right Bank. The main advance was successfully carried out, the objective of the attack being found evacuated and an arriJlurtr drn?l h?tar?P.n finr fip.ld hattp.r ies ana the enemy's gans of positions and Maxims, is understood to have caused heavy loss to the enemy. The reconnaissance forced^ the enemy to fully disclose his position, and, after a strong counter-at tack on our right, the infantry brigade and cavalry having been repulsed, the troops were slowly withdrawn to camp, pickets being left an observation. Late in the engagement the naval contingent under Capt Lampton of H. M. S. Powerful, came into action and silenced,^with their extremely accurate fire, the enemy's guns :>f position. The circumstances"!-which attended the movements of Lieut Col Carlton's jolumn are not yet fully known, but from reports received the column appears to have carried out the night march unmolested until within two miles of Nicholson's Nek. At this * 11 i /? xi_ _ point two Douiaers roiiea irorn cue am md a few rifle shots stampeded the infantry ammunition mules. The stampede spread, to the battery mules, which aroke loose from their leaders and got iway with practically the whole of the ;un equipment and the greater portion >f the regimental small arm ammuni;ion. The reserve was similarly lost, rhe infantry battalions, Lowever, fixed aayonets and accompanied by the Derjonnel of the artillery, seized a hill on :he left, of the road two miles from the N'ek. with but little-opposition. There ihey remained unmolested till dawn, :he time being occupied in organizing the defense of the kill and constructing stone saogars and walls as cover from ire. At dawn a skirmishing attack on )ur position was commenced by the jnemy, but made no way until 9.30 am tvhen strong reenforcements enabled :hem to rash to the attack with great energy. Their fire became very searching and two companies of the Glonces- ! ters, in an advance position, were orlered to fall back. The enemy then pressed to short range, fcha losses on jur side becoming?very nnmerons. At 3pm our ammunition was practically exhausted, tbe position was captured md the survivors of\ the column fell into the enemy's hands. The enemy treated our wounded with- humanity, S-en. Joubert at once dispatching a letter to ire. offering: safe conduct to i doctors and ambulances to remove the wounded. A medical< officcr and parties to render first aid to the wounded were dispatched to the scene of action from Ladysmith last night, and the ambulances at dawn this morning. The want }f success .of the column was due to the misrottune of the mules stampeding xnd the consequent loss of the guns and small arm ammunition reserve. The Dfficial list of casualties and prisoners will be reported shortly. The latter ire understood to have been sent by rail to Pretoria. The security of Ladysmith is no way affscted." Imprisoned for Kissing. From New Haven, Conn., comes the Btory of the undoing of a Yale freshman, and the sorrows of his sweetheart, and with the story comes proof that the old blue laws of colonial New England have not entirely passed away. Stephen U. Lawrence, a memDer or tne freshman- class at Yale, was the escort Df Miss May Carroll, a pretty young girl of New Haven, to- the theater n-here they saw Uncle Tom's Cabin. Losing themselves in the story being acted before them, they soon grew mellow in disposition and sympathetic in heart, of which they gave evidences later on. After the performance Lawrence took hia yov?:g lady to an ice cream festival.The comb;nation of Uncle Tom's Cabin and ice cream was too much for the young man,- and consequently as he left the festival, it having become necessary to aid her 'n the adjustment of her wraps, he bent low and touched her ruby lips with his. Being only a freshman, and therefore unskilled in osculation, the young man made such a resounding smack that a nearby policeman was awaken from his slumbers and bore down upon the frightened couple, escorting them to the police station. The following morning the stern old judge, a puritanical soul, sentenced them each to fifteen days in jail. Easelden'g Side. In last wee's issue we published some extracts from letters written to Outs charging that Haselden received numerous pressDts of liquor and beer from hauses coiDg. or desiring to do, business with the State Board of Control and that he shared these with his friends and neighbors. In reply to this charge Haselden publishes a letter signed by thirty-five of his neighbors in Marion county certifying to his high -."U nr\/l r\? V* T TT> 1 T> f Vl A (jiiaiavjici auu oycaflkiug wi **A VJJ^ highest terms. CONFEDERATE RECORDS. Colonel Thomas Wants Certain Information About Them. -TnTin P T'hniri!>"s i<a wnrtincr r^ili gently towards getting up the Coniederate records of this State, without the financial support of the State and that is all the more reason why he should be given the data he 30 earnestly asks for. It is a burning shame that the record of this State in the late war is not yet complete, and Col. Thomas shows why it is so difficult to complete the records. He makes this statement. Columbia. November 1, 1899. In response to the circular letter of the undersigned culling for corrections and amendments to "River's Account of the Raising of Troops in South Carolina for State and ^Confederate Service, 1861-65," to be handed in or reported by November 1,1899, the following survivors haveresponded being one half of the number called upon: Orr's regiment rifles, Sergt Major Hemphill. Fifth regiment, Col Asbury Coward. Twenty-fourth regiment, Col EllisooCapers. Twentieth -regiment, A. S. Salley, Jr. Watie's artillery, Sergt Bridges. Twenty-sixth regiment, Col J. H. Hudson. Eighteenth'regiment, Col W. H. Wal lace. Fifth cavalry, CollZimmerman Davis. Lucas battalion, Major J. J. Lucas. Second artillery. Capt T. K. Legare. German Artillery, Capt Theo Meichers. St Helena Mounted 'Riflemen and Palmetto Battalion Artillery, Lieut T. G. White. Second cavalry, Adjt. J. W. Moore. Eighth regiment, Major T. E. Lucas. First regiment regulars, Col Wm Butler. Fourth cavalry, Col Wm Stokes. Seventh rAorimonl". Clanf- .T. FT. RmnlcS. Second foreign battalion, Lieut Col F. H. Brooks. Hampton Legion, Lieut S. E. "Welch, acting adjutant. Palmetto Sharpshooters and'5th regiment, Col Joseph Walker, Sixth and 9th regiments,-Major J. L. Coker. First cavalry-and 7th cavalry, Lieut W. G. Hinson. Twenty-first regiment, . Fourteenth,,regiment, < Col J. N. Brown. Charleston battalHon and 27th regiment, Col Julius A. Blake. Historic matter, Col Ed McCrady and Capt W. A. Courtenay. The time lor additional responses is hereby extended to December 1 next. The foundation of the history of the Dart taken bv South Carolina in the war between the States, 1S61-S5. rests upon the complete and accurate account of the raisine of troops in the State for State and Confederate service. The duty of surviving officers and men to make the record as fall as possible is a self-evident proposition. Hence it is urged upon former commanding officers, living, to 'whom Riv ers' pamphlet was sent, and who have not thus far responed, to make answer by December 1 next. John P. Thomas, State Historian of Confederate Records. HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT. The Crop Half Million Bales Behind Last Year. ^ tt . i "*r r\ } _ x Secretary Hesters i\ew uneans cotton exchange statement- issued Thursday covers the monthly movement to October 31. Compared with last year, the month is behind in round figures 5W.000 bales and behind year before last 152,000. The amount brought into sight for the two months of September and October shows a decrease of 396,320 under last year, a decrease of 109, 11h under the year before last. The movement from the first of September to Octocer 31st shows receipts " 11* 1 at all United states delivery pons i.916,385, against 2.414.060 last year; net overland movement by railroads across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers, 299,430, against 192,794 last year; southern mill takings, exclusive of quantity consumed at s mthern outports, 269,863, against 245,463 last' year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the commencement of the season, 366,491, against 396.174 last year and 314,750 same time in 1S96. These make the total atnount of the crop brought into sight durin* the two months ending Oct. 31st, 2,852,169, against 3,243,491 last year. Foreign exports for the first two .1 1 1 OlO moQtQS oi me seasuu uave uccu 898, showing a decrease under last season of 177,946. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets at the close of October were 1,473,681, against 1,528,871 the same date last year. Including porls and interior towns left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the two months, the supply has been 3,471,067, against 3,516,057 last year. Up to this date last year 2S.81 per cent, of the cotton crop had been mar keted, and for the same months in 1897 the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 26 44, and for the same time in 1896 the percentage marketed was 36. Sound Advice. The prices of fertilizers are rising. So are all other prices. A big cotton crop will surely be sold at a low price and chean cotton with everything else dear will mean ruin for the South in 1900. Let farmers learn. The drought has been a blessing to them. It cut down the cotton crop and brought better prices. Heed the lesson. So^ abundantly of wheat and oats. Wheat is a cash crop now. Make some meat at home, make plenty of corn, begin the year's work with the firm purpose to make cotton the surplus crop. Another gTeat cotton acreage will be suicidal and will check the prosperity we are only beginning to feel.?Greenville News. Infant Burned to a Crisp. r\ f Par W A \T n r* J. LLC UViliC VI -LW'V ? . TV i.x. *'.LC*V A'V/uu.ANA about seven miles from Colquitt, was destroyed by file early Vv'edcesday morning. One of the infant children left in the house was burned to a crisp. THE FAMER'S WIFE. A Word for the Housekeepers of the Country. At the late convention of whoat crrnwur? in (rr^pnwnrwl. Mr. O. TT. Jor dan made a touching and appropriate plea for tbe farmer's wife. "While we are advocating a revolution in our farmfng methods, permit me to make a plea for the farmer'* wife. Give her every possible diversion which your limited means will permit. Make the home life attractive and inviting. Every farm in the country shonld'have its garden of bright flowers and variegated shrubberies. Nothing brightens a room more or is apt to receive the tender care of a woman than flowers. Indulge your wives and daughters, as often as possible, in that greatest of all boons to women?social pleasures. Every neighborhood should have its wnrtun's somal fliih dftvntpd tfl liter* ture, sewiog or lovely conversation. Women on the farm should be of the highest order of intelligence." J. H. C., ia the Carolina Spirtan, says: {:Not long since we published some valuable communicationa about the advantages or danger of a country life for young people. We now want expressions of opinions from the good women, the mistresses of the farm houses, on the social country life they lead or wish to lead. The men on farms have many ways in which they meet their neighbors. Election days, saledays. court week, muster days, tax paying days, market days and other times throw the farmers together. But.it is net so with their good, home-keeping, home-loving wives. Big meetings come on occasionally, and between sermons the well-filled baskets are brought out ana are ireeiy snan. a wim visiting friends, acquaintances and strangers. The pleasant intercourse enjoyed on such occasions is really close akin to the more distinctly religious exercises within the church walls. Genial, unselfish interest in the welfare of others is a good field for religious truths to fall in and bear good fruit. Let not thi busy home-keeper think that all the preparation; she makes for such occasions is only outside, secular, worldly. In feeding the hungry she may feed herself, and' even an unseen divine guest. And, then, country people are seldom cold or distant when a neighbor's house is singled out for a visit from the ancrel of affliction. Then the little worries and complaints between people are forgotten, and a sick little child may become a great peace-maker. But, aside from all these, farmers' wives need other occasions of social eDjoyment and recreation. We take fot granted you have some musical instruments in your home and that you have good, fresh, attractive reading matter for parents and children. Now what plans have you to share- these comforts or luxuries with your friends, * T i 1 - J O wnose dinner norn you near every uayi We are not now thinking about "parties," that tire you for days to prepare for them, and for weeks to recover from them. We mean cheap, simple, restful, healthful occasions on which young and old may meet and be really and sensibly happy together, go home at proper hours, in proper spirit, oomforted, refreshed, strengthened enrighed by the flowing together cf human hearts and human sympathies. Orange Blossom Special. Capt. Jack Allison ran an orange blossom special Thursday night- from Trenton, S. C., to Charlotte. He had se^en bridal couples on board?at one time?five white and two colored. The white brides were "all pretty and tidid," Capt. Allison said. They were spotted as soon as they got aboard, and the rest of the passengers forgot to watch the scenery, so intent were they on watching the newly-married lovers. Capt. Allison has been running on tho road for 25 years, and this is the first time he has hauled^so many brides and grooms 011 one train. One couple came from Trenton; two from Columbia: one from Blackstock; two from Chester and one from Rock Hill?all South Carolinians.?Charlotte Observer. A Fatal RunawayMiss Sallie White was killed at Huntersville, 14 miles east of Greenville, on Wednesday afternoon by being thrown from a Luggy. She and Mm. John White were out driving, and when near the ITuntersville store the horse became frightened and ran. Both the ladies were thrown out of the buggy about TVTra .InVin WTiitA I was not seriously injured. The accident occurred about 4 o'clock, and Miss White died about midnight from internal injuries. No bones were broken. Killed at a Party. A dispatch from Cheraw to the State says the negroes there were considerably excited Thursday over the murder r>f a vnnnc nfirro man nemed Ed Sel J ?o cr? ?? lers.^There was a party at a house near town and a large number of negroes who are working on the railroad attended. Several of the town darkies went there and a general row was the result. Pistols were drawn and 10 or 15 shots were fired. Ed Sellers was hit in the stomach and died in about an hour after No others were hurt. It has been impossible to locate the person who did the shooting, as there were a number engaged in the fight. Many Wars. Wearesobusy with watching our rtwn war in the PhiliDDines and the British-Boer conflict in Africa that probably the greater number of us hare overlooked the fact that Belgium is having a little war of her own in her dependency, the Congo Free State, that Italy.is about to have a brush with Morocco, and that there are revolutions going on in Venezuela and Columbia. The makers of guns and ammunition ought to be enjoying a season of great prosperity. A Good Suggestion. Messrs. Haselden and Ouzts will kind' ' ^ it . I iy retire to ttie remote recesses 01 me back yard where the jimson weeds and beggar lice arid cockle burrs are grow- : ing against the fence, and there conduct the remainder of their controversy, remaining until it is completed. If it < is nevar completed they will oblige u? ; by continuing to remain all the same. < At the present time we regret to have 1 to announce that they fatigue us.? 1 Greenville News. 1 - KILL THEIR UNCLE | Result of lnquest'Ov?r theJB?rfy -I % of a Murdered.Man. * uvftTmiAiio nun v crnn n in t v) i trviwug rnifiiu i i Two Brothers and a Cousin, All Named Johnson, Were Engaged in the Killing. "||? ^Another murder is reported frem the upper part of G-reearille County. Tk? killing took place between 3 aid 4 o'clock, on Tuesday,- 0?t. 81, witkia aI vhllfA there is a country store sad postofiee, and the victim Teas Jesse ff. Johnson, an elderly mac, who was shot in the breast by his nephew, Gearge Jehason, with whom he bad been 01 disagreeable terms for qnite a while. George eame to Marjdell badly ised npia a battered condition, which led to an iHT?iti^*tiea? and the facta were*revealed that he-had shot his uncle, who died in a few Minutes. An Jnquest orer the bedy resulted in a verdict that he ease to his death by a ;>istol shot from the hands of George Johnson, and that Marshall and Avery Johnson were aeeessoriei thereto, all of'them beiag nephews ef of the deceased. George and Marshall ?nn* rif Oliver .T?thnson and AT?TT it the son of John Johnson. Two other brother! of the deceased M. M. and D. N. Johnsons testifiedat the inquest The origin of-the treuMe was not brought'out-in the testimony and still remains in doubt. A titiiea of the neighborhood met the yenng men en the way to their ?*c!e> ~*se and George said tkey wert going to Mttle the difficulty with hint, which tie v % neighbors knew existed. Another story is that George-said'he wat'goiag tle with his uncle for work de?e, kit there was no evidence on these*poiite. M. M. Johnson, one of the deeeaced's brothers, saw part of the dificulfcy, aid swore that Marshall and his brother were fighting at the Johnson saw ill or near -l,1 here, George made a grab at the deceased by the arm, and he eaught George, who dewCa'pistoiuande?red'the > fatal shot. Avery Johnson claimed-the'pistol af- J terwards, when all three of the nephews went away from the place where the shooting had occurred, which was within 50 yards of the deceased's home. Avery took no part in fight and Jesse Johnson had a rock in his hand, but did not use it, nor did he hit Getrge during the altercation with Mara nan. George had the pistol in his hand going toward the deceased'when M.?M. Johnson first saw him. D. N. Johnson,' another brother ot the deceased, saw the fight from a distance, and knowing the previous trouble he ran to them. He caught hold of Marshall -and they fell to the ground and he did not know that Jesse wa killed until after,]his separation frem Marshall. Mrs. Aletha Johnson, wife'ef'the deceased, testified that George, Areiy and Marshall came sear the hoase and called for their uncle, whe weit \ oat to them. He was met by Marshal and the others went to the real. Marshall struck her husband and the otheri oame back, George with something im * ' *? i _i. i_ Li i^ nis nana, ana siruoK ois urviu ib face, when she heard Marshall* day, "Shoot him quick." The evidence was confined nearly *1^ together to relatives, and the examination failed to reveal the cause of the trouble. Arbor Day. The following circular has been issued by Mr. McMahan in reference to arbor day: jj To the County Superintendents of Education. The legislature, by an act approved February 16, 1898,'has directed "XUac the free public schools of this state shall observe- the third Friday in November of each year as Arbor Day, ani on that .day the school officers and; teachers shall conduct suet exercise# and enga?e in the planting ef smeh - J shrubs, plants and trees as will ispreft on the minds of the papilf the proper value and'appreciatioa to be placed o* flowers, ornamental shrubbery aid shade trees." Until the observanee of this day in our schools has become am established custom, it may be overlooked unless specially broaght to the attention of the teachers. You will, therefore, urge upon all the teachew of your county_to celebrate the day in their schools. J ohn J. MeMahan, State Supt. of Educatioa. ' -:|j| Three Men Killed. A distressing accident occurred Thursd.y morning on the Georgetown and Western railroad. The losj train of the Atlantic Coast Lumber eoapaiy loaaea wiin uniper, was ua?fc.mg vowu to Georgetown, when it itruok * ??w, which derailed six cars, throwing them over the side of the track, killed three colored men and bacfty injuring thrte others, besides injuring a fine horse used in loading-logs. The- dead and wounded were carried to Georgetown and taken care of by the. lumber eom pany people. Married Nine Times. Wesley James, an old Negro, whose "home is in Charlotte, has one ef the most remarkable histories we hare ever heard of. He has been married nine times. Eight of his wives are dead, and he now lives with the ninth. He ;s 75 years old and is hale and hearty. His oldest children, twins, are 55 years old, and his youngest, twins also, are 12 months old. James savs he is the father of 56 children, and saany them he has not heard from in years.? Charlotte News. Bad War Record. The Pennsylvania Republicans are probably sorry that they tried to "work the soldier racket" in their campaign a for the state treasurership. The man they nominated for the office was the. lieutenant colonel of the Pennsylvania regiment that went to the Philippines.. Instead of having a walk-over, as was probably expected, he finds that he is obliged to defend himself against pretty well substantiated charges of cowardice and shirking in the face of the enemy. Meantime the Democrat " Va Vv i ia 4- o 11* * rw Will* IS vyyuaiug ulJ-a ?o miaiujc. uusr aess to ths voters and winning friends. r'M