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|M VOL IIV WfNNSBORO- S. C. WEDNESDAY'. NOVEMBER 22, 1899. NO. 15 SEVERAL Siior! ; I Dispensary R.w Cause a Fight | Which May be Fatal. i ? I ONE MAN BADLY WOUNDED, j I I Haselden a Member of the Board of Control Accuses Sellars of Writing Certain Deb famatory Letters. A letter fiom Soliers to the Stare I says that a .short while t-efore dark on Tuesday evenin? of )a-t w\ek the streets of that quiet little town over in r Marion County were the scene of a serious anci probablv fatal shooting -ii T..1,n affray, astaeresuuoi wmgu C. Seller.?, a promiuent ancf highly respected citizen of the town, is seriously wounded ac the home of his son iD-law, Mr. Maxey Watson; Mr B*n Selleis is wouaded in the abdoaen, Dr. Henry Edwards has a load of bird shot in his chest and J. Dudley Haselden, member of the State board cf control, itas a 38-calibre p:stol hnll ia his le?. The affair seems to be the culmination of a letter supposed to have been written by Mr. Ben. Sellers to a newspaper some weeks since, accusing Mr. Haselden of dispensing liquors from his home, near Sellers. Monday morniog Mr. Beo Sellers received a message from Mr. Haselaen asking him to come over to his gio, which is located about a mile from Sellers near the Haselden homestead, the message saying that he wanted Mr. Sellers to settle with him for a number of bales of cotton which he had ginned for him some weeks since, and to remoye his cotton seed, which was in the way. Mr. Sellers went over to Mr. Hasel~ - ?- i- T aen s at an eany cour i ucsua* uivxa- | ing, and the business between the two gentlemen was quickly settled, after which Mr. Haselden accused Mr. Sel^ lers of being the author of the above r mentioned article. Mr. Sellers emphatically denied the ehirce, and some hot words followed, each gentleman abusing the other. At this juncture Mr. Haselden drew his pistol, but made no effort to use it. Mr. Sellers was unarmed and said that was no place to settle the matter. > . At this scene were present, besides Mr. J. Dudley Harden, his father, Mr. J. G-. HaseldeD; his brother, Mr. L. M, Haselden, Dr. Henry Edwards . and Aubrey Evans. Tuesday morning shortly after the difficulty at Mr. Haselden's gin house. Mr Kiselden, in company with his brother. L. 31. Haselden, Dr. Edwards and Aubrey Evans, drove in to Sellers, where they stopped for a short while and engaged in conversation with several citizjDS. and left, supposed, for Marion. Xcihing more was seen of Mr. Haselden and the gentlemen occompaning him until a short while before dark, when they \ drove in from towards 3Iarion, both " ^.buggies stopping side by side on the south end of tbe depot, directly over the railroad tracks At this moment >!< Ben Sellers, who had up to that time teen ia the postoffice, walked out on the platform, and as soon as he appeared he was fired at from the buggy containing Mr. Haselden and Mr. Evans. The ball, which was fired from 3S-calibre pistol, struck Mr. Sellers squarel* in the stomach and deflected upward. The nest shot fired struck Mr. Sellers in the left hand, entering between the second sua third fingers, breaking the thumb and ^om- | ing out. Immediately s-fter the second shot, Mr. Sellers pulled his pistol ana opened fire upon the occupants of that boggy. At this moment the two buggies separated, one going a short distance up the railroad track and the rear one to the left, a short distance beiow. The VmiKrv i^nntained Messers. Haselden and Evans. When tbe buggy came to a standstill Mr. Haselden got out and walked towards a m dwelling house some distance from the F platform, fron which point he fired several shots. O.ving to the fact that Mr. John C. Sellers cime upon the scene at this moment, it is not known upon whom Mr. Iiaselden's shots took effect. ? When Mr. Sellers rushed out upon the platform to the aid of his son, he | drew His pistol ana openea nre upou ' Evans, who was then the only occupant , of the buggy. The other buggy at that [ time contained Dr. Klwards, who was b armed with a rifle. He wheeled his J horse back across the railroad" and the rifle fell out on the track ana was not picked up until Mr. Ilaselden's hands came back fur it, abjut 20 minutes later. Mr. John C. Sellers was wounded a 44-calibre?apparently a ritie 1 J J ?l. ?wmca passeu uauer me ieic < ~~ . _/icle and came out behind the right ftp v **oulder, and was cut over the spinal / ? -jlumn. The third ball entered the ?ft forearm and came out about four inchen above the point of entrance. A negro who witnessed the whole shooting said Mr. Luther M Haselden got cut of Dr. Edwards' buggy as they drove up and got on the south platform ^ of,the depot. From that side a bullet hole a'-^ears in a pane of glass, ranging down towards the inner office, and was found on the floor of tbe inner office, after having gone through the door. The prominence of ail concerned ^ makes the affair very deplorable. Dr. T. J. Weather ly of Dillon and Aft Dr. S. P. Watson of Latta are in attendWyt* ance npou the Messers. Sellers. Dr. Monroe of Latta and Drs. Badger and McMillan Marioo are attending Messrs. Kaselden and Kd wards. At this writing the parties are doing as well as can be expected, considering the seriousness of the wounds. Another account says J. C. Sellers, his son Ben and others concealed them selves in the office at the railroad station and opened tire oa J. IX Haselden and party of his friends as they were passing. Haseiden's party slightly wounded. Both Sellers men wounded. Ben Sellers' wounds are very serious. About 30 shots wore fired. The Sellers crowd were armed with shotguns and pistols. The Kentuckv election will remain in a tangle until the meeting of the State election commissioners, whijh will occur some time the iast of this month. \ ST ATI MEET 5 OF THE SHOOTING. j' J D. Kasdden and J C Sellers Give j Their Versions. | I The following is Haselden's version ! of the affair: Yesterday morning Mr. Bon Sellers and myself i ad some talk about the | letters. I told him 1 did not hold him responsible for the letters for I did not believe that he wrote them: 1 told him I-beards that he had been making ref- ' erence to them and to my home, and that I could not and would not allow. 1 then asked him if he had made such vtierenee, that it was hard to believe it, and he did not deny it. I tola him he would either ha\e to aSirm or deny; it resulted in my striking him, afterwards we apologized to each other, rrnnsa mil 1 duui/rw liaiiuo ^ ? __ business. As he was leaving, I said I : supphse we shall meet as friends or < how. lie suggested that we meet wkh- i out speaking. 1 suggested that he seemed di>satirtied and that it would i be best to settle it. I toid him I : would give him satisfaction any way he wishes it, he to get a friend to represent him. He said, oh no, after reflect ticn, I am nut satisfied. I will give you ample notice. Tne notice I got was while passing the depot in my buggy he rushed out pittul in hand ai*d opemd tire od me. umiog me in tneieg as 1 jumped to the ground. I returned the lire promptly aud gentral firing D??aa. Mr. Ben Sellers returned to the waiting r.tom, and Mr. John C. Sellers out and then gaus were tiredfrom t^e wahiae.room, only Mr. John C. S :lers aud his son Ben showing . thetUM-ives at Jail. Mr. John U. S^l lers ukiug ic'uge behind the mail crane we exchanged several shots. I j think Mr. Sellers was well armed as he tired at least ten times. . (Signed) J. Dudley Haselden. The following is Sellers' version of , the trouble: The first intimation of any trouble was after m? soa returned from Mr. Haselden's gia and told me how out- ! rageously he had been treated by the ] mob at Haselden's, afcer having been ! inviteithere on a matter of business '< by Mr. J. Dudley Ilaselden. Just < after my son inf )rmed me of the trou- I ble, they drove in buggies, Messrs. J. ' Dudley and Luther M. Haselden, in < one buggy and Mr. Aubrey Evans and < knrrrytr Mr I jLT. LUW?' 'S J.U auvutd J J. P. Haaeiden, tJie father of Messrs. < J. Dudley and Luther M. Haseldeu, in < a buggy behind the others. As Dudley * and Luther reached the railroad track, ] Luther jumped down and shifced his \ pistol from one pocket to another, i Dudley put his in the foot of the bug- ' gy. Luther went to the r.orth side of J the depot as if looking for some one. i Dudley got out and went on the oppo- * side of the depot, taking his pistol with 1 him. Evidently not finding who they 1 were looking for they drove towards J Marion. I expected trouble that even- 1 we nrAnarpd ourselves for it. ' iU6 "v ? ? # , The mob returned about dusk, coming J by way of Ben Sellers' which was J about .half a mile away from the traveled route from Marion, 2nd when they reached the depot they stopped both j buggie?, Luther Haselden jumped out and ran up the steps on the south side , of the depot. My son Ben was in the j front of the office door on the west , side and i was in the oSace writing, j Without a word being spoken, Aubrey , Evans fired at Bsn and struck him on IaP, onri Dlinlf-V LliC iCl l ilCL'JVi a LA U !UiUlVVtfcM>W*v' Mv. ?yj I fired at him, striking him in the breast | As soon as possible Ken pulled his ^ pistol and began firing and empted his revolver at the crowd. I then ran out as I passed through the door I was shoe ' through the left forearm, I think by Luther Haselden, through the window, j [ ran down the steps, firing at Dudley and Aubrey Evans, who were both ^ ruuning and firing back. About then Ben fired at Henry Edwards, with his ' shot gun, but after exchanging a few x( shots with him he whipped up his , j ? .a t 1 norse ana ran ok. x wis iu tuc back by either Luther or Dudley Haselden, while shooting at Henry Edwards. Dudley Haselden ran ( through a hous^ and jard and took t refuge in a negro's privy; Aubrey i Erans jumped ia a window of a lad/s ( house; Luther Haselden went under the i platform on aii fours and left the depot t running like c. buck. It is currently i reported that the crowd had- coats of ? mail rcunufactured and had them on. 1 (Signed) John (J. Sellers. < The Cause of Tru sts I ''The farmer has do wages rxcept as 5 wages are measured by the price of his ] product, and when you place it i:s the j power of the trust to f x the price of 1 wheat the farmer sells, you place it in ] the power of the trust to lower the 1 aaits i!i it the farmer receives for his j wurk; ar,d when you place it in the 1 power of the trust to raise the price of 1 what he buys, jou do the farmer a 1 double injury, because he burns the 1 candle at both ends and suffers when he " ' - ?^ - J ?_i? v. sens co me trust aou agaiu wxieu uc 1 buys of the trust.?W. J. Bryan. i i Fusion in Ohio. One of the most prominent Democrats in Ohio is authority for a state- ; ment made Thursday that a conference J is tc be held by the leaders of the , Democrats. Union Reform and Socia- , list Labor parties, and the leaders of , the Jones campaign, seeking to bring fniinn nf rhncp interna s. The reason given for this is that Nash did . not have a majority of the votes cast in . the receat election for governor, and it is hoped, if the fusion can be brought about, the anti imperialists can defeat McKinley in Ohio in the presidential 1 election. A Biff University. The new university of California, which is to be constructed upon the ; $30,000 prize plan of Err.ile Bernard, of Paris, will cost, it is sf.id, no less ; than $80.000,0U0, and twenty years, time will be needed for the work of building. When completed it is pre- ; dieted this university will be the best , laid and equiped in the world. It will UCCUili 'JUdAC c/?VW uuaiuiu^ ocuugui.^, Lost His Wife ana life. In a duel with knives Ike Seals mortally wounded Postmaster Sharp at Bikersville, Mo., Thursday. There were rumors of improper relations between Ssals and Mrs. Sharp, which had : reached Sharp, and he demanded satisfaction. resulting in a duel in the cellar of the Sharp home. Mrs. Sharp, it is said, sat on the stairway calmly wit- i ntssing the death struggle. THE OHIO REVOLT. It Means That tha Day of Hanna is cast. EASY FOR BRYAN NEXT YEAR. A Majority of the People Vote Against the Policy of Philippine Subgugation and Trusts. The Cincinnati correspondent of the Atlanta Journal says the complete returns from the late election in Ohio show that Judge Nash, the Republican candidate for governor secured his election by means of the candidacy of Major Jones, of Toledo, the independent ''Golden Rule" man. and they also show that Jones isafactor in Ohio politics of no mean ability. JONES SAVED TIIE REPl'BLICAXS. lc is declared on all sides that but for the Candida ;y of Jones fully three fourths of his vote would have been cast for John R. McLean, the Democratic candidate, which would undoubted!} huve elected him ov?r Xash. Jones re ceived about 100,000 votes. This vote represented the element in Ohio politics dissatisfied with Ilanna and Ropulican iule. The 100.000 men who voted for Jones were opposed to con: tinuing Mark Hanna as boss of Ohio, and the most conservative estimates are to the effect that had Jones withdrawn from the race fully three-fourths of his supporters would never have voted for Nash, thereby giving McLean 73 000 more votes than he received This would have elected him over Nash by a small majority. A DOUBTFUL IIONOS. The Democrats are charging the defeat of McLean to Jones, and the later returns and calculations show that the illeged endorsement of the McKinley idministratioc in Oiiio by the election }f Nash is a doubtful honor. The combined Jones and McLean vote is larger than the vote for Nash, which undoubtedly makes a protest against the policy )f the administration, and how the Hepublicans can get any satisfaction out )f this result is hard to sec. They ilaim that the election of Nash is a square victory and endorsement of the * .1 Tl, J president s rnmppme poiicy, auu iuaia. Hanna's defense of the trusts, but this is not borne out by the returns. In Hanna's own district, Cleveland and Juyahoga county, he was overwhelmingly defeated by Jones and McLean, the former carrying the county by 14,300, in the face of the fact that Hanna aiaae speeches in every war! and ap pealed to the voters to sustain the administration and Republican rule. Instead they voted for Jones and McLean, eaving the McKinley candidate far behind. A MINORITY RULE. The fact is that while Judge ^"ash has seen elected and will be governor, he is aotthe choice of the majority of Ohio, ind by their votes they have repudiated :he Republican party and administered i sticgiDg blow to McKinleyism and Hannaism by casting a majority vote igainst them in favor of Jones and McLean. Ti'.e result shows that the peo )le wanted a change, but they differed jet ween McLean and Jones as to who Tas the best man to put at the helm of state. The feeliDg of the Jones and McLean followers is bitter against Han1a and McKinley, and the election of Sash represents the minority in Ohio. Lt is a case of the minority electing tne rovernor. In other words, the opposi:ion to the McKinley administration tnd Hannaism in the state consists of .he majority of the voters, yeL by their livision and difference as to candidates ;he majority loses control of the state. REVOLT AGAINST IIANXA. The question has been asked how the opposition vote would go in a presiden;ia! election, and this problem will give | ?ood for thought in Ohio and throughout the country for the next several nonths. With the same issues before :he people in a national campaign how vould the Jones vote go?to Brjan, j say, or to MclviDley? It is true that the Jones followers arc even more bit;er against Hanna rule than the Democrats. They represent a revolution in Dnio politics which with all his power md the power of the administration, Hanna cannot subdue. Jones' 100,000 followers, or at least three-fourths of them, are in open- revolt against the policy of Hanna and the administration, as shown by their frenzy in voting for Jones when they knew he could not be elected, thus throwing away their vote to administer a rebuke to the Republicans. It is asserted that the greater part of this vote will go to Bryan next year if he is the Democratic nominee, because the Jones men want a ihange, beiDg disgusted wiin tne ruie :>f Hanna. EASY TO CARRY $1110. The follower-, of McLean and leading Democrats are taking this view of the situation and they are asserting that it will be an-easy thing to carry the state next year a?ainst McKinley and Hanna by simply , combining; the Democratic and Jones independent vote. To indicate the feeling of Jones and his fol:owers the following interview with him is given. JONES SHOWS BITTERNESS. "That in Cuyahoga county (Hanna's nm-infir Plovr>]nnrl^ the seat of the rot tenest politics in the country, the voters have had an opportunity to mark their disapproval in so emphatic a manner, is enough alone to have lived for,"' said Jones. '"Look at the nrmberof freemen there who said they were o^ned and voted by no parLy. '1 his victory is much more important than that of last soring: in this city. As a result of it you will see nest spring non-partisan candidates in every county in this state. In every ward nf this city there will be non-partisan candidates. We will be in it with a full ticket from the nrst tap of the bell. That must be reckoned with. It is no question of defeat?it is victory. I have not heard what the total non-partisan vote was. I have not asked yet, but it is over 100,000, I 1 aoi satisnea. AGAINST IMPERIALISM. Mayor Jones said that after a rest of a couple of weeks the non-partisan fight will be taken up again, and that he and J Lis faithful ac cercnt s will go forth j j through the state advocating the neces- ! j sjty of nominatiLsr non-partisan eandi- j | dat?-s by petition in every ward, town- | j shij>. vilitge and city in the irtate for i j every office. Mr. -Jones says he ii j . trt /InT-rtfo flio r.^TY! 9 i n rl cr n f his I life and his fortune to bettering hu inanity, and he says that with his own perseverance and God's help, his principles will triumph over Hannaism and a cruel imperialism that seeks to make subjects and slaves of a brave people j struggling for independence. MAJU-ti J. ii-iiUtrA-W &LhLZ,V. While Gallantly Leading His Men He Falls at Luzon. A caole dispatch received at the war department announced that Maj. John A. Logan, Thirty-third volunteer infantry, had been killed in a fight in Luzon. He wa* leading his battalion in action. He was a son of the lat.e Gen. John A. Logan of Illinois and m_. \j ? \ t ?jr i?irs. iiimy iUU.Y aa^iutut VJ Washington, lie It ayes a widow and three children who are af.present residing at Yourgstown, Ohio. A dispatch from Washington says the news of her si n's death was conveyed to Mrs. Johu A. Logan by a personal note from Secretary Root, sent by Maj Johnson, assistant adjutant geucial. Mrs Logan was prostrated by the shoes, but later ia the dav re covered her composure, and driving down town, communicated with young Mrs. L'U'an at Youngstown, 0., over the distance 'phone. A cii:-patch t'roui Y unzstown, Ohio. sa\s Mrs. Login, widow of Maj Logan, is completely prostrated over the death of her husband, and her physicians will not allow her to be ?een. She had expected to tp^nd the winter with her children inihe suuih of France, and was preparing to leave when the cablegram announcing Maj. Logan's death .vas received. Mrs. Logan has received the folio wiog telegram from President Mclvin* UT _ i* 1 A _ ley: " ic is ray paimui uurv to convey to you the sad intelligence of the deati of your husband while galllantly leading his battalion in the charge at San Jacinto. His splendid qualities es a soldier and high courage on the fighting line have given him place among the heroic men of the war, and it will be some consolation to you to know that he died for his country on the field of honor. You haye in this trying hour for yourself and the children the sincere sympathy of Mrs. McKinley and myself. !:Wm. McKinley." xaie oixneaea. Piivate advice received from St. Pierre, Miquelon, a seaport on the Newfoundland coast, tell of the wreck ol the Philadelphia and Baltimore schooner Edna and Emma, the loss of the captain, his wife and the crew of five men. The Edna and Emma sailed from Wilmington, X. C.., on April 14 with a carg) of lumber for Bakimore. Months having elapsed and no word of the vessel's whereabouts havisg been * % T . Ti rcceivcci she was given up ior lost. xvecently she was towed into St. Pierre, bottom up. When the ship was righted, in the cabin were fouud the bodies of Capt Ptichardson and his wife. A waterstained diary kept by the captain stated that the Edna and Emma had experienced good weather until May 1, when a fierce northeast storm over took her and she was dismasted. Later the rudder became jammed and in this disable condition the schooner was driven about at the mercy of (be waves. One by one the members of' the crew were washed overboard, and Capt. Kichardson and wife sought refuge in the cabin. At this point the story of the diary ecds. Giving to the illegibility of some portions of the bandwritting the point at which the Edru and Emma met with the disaster could not be learned. DEATH OF THAD E. HORTOtf He Died of Typhoid Fever in New York City Yesterday AfternoonMr. E. C. Horton, of this city, Wednesday afternoon received a telegram from New York city stating that his brother, Mr. Thad Iv Horton, had jast died. The remains will pass through this city today on the vestibule bound for Williamston *or interment. Mr. Horton had been sick for several tr-ifVi ftrmr in Ji?q ern home. He had ralied several days ago, but a relapse set in shortly afterwards and he steadily sank until the end came. Mr. Horton was about 38 years of age, and leaves a wife. The death of Mr. Thad E. Horton removed from the great field of newspaper writers a man of signal ability and remarkable personal magnetism. His individuality was of that cast which endeared any person with whom he came in contact, ut the same time impressing his intellectuality. Mr. Horton bad been engaged in TTr/vrl- fnr nr t vcol VP VAflN ucn^'a^ti ?T via. AVI. vwa V* J ~ past. His first work was on the Greenville Daily News, and from that city he went to Atlanta, Ga., and those who read the Journal duriDg the time Thad Horton was on the staff icmember how well his work was accomplished. From Atlanta, Mr. Horton went to New York city about three years ago. and since that time was engaged on metropolitan dailies, filling the position f of political editor of the ^New lort Times at the time of his death. He was a thorough newspaper man and was master of versatile and verbose style of expression. His many friends throughout the State will learn of his death with regret.?Spartanburg Herald. The Ladies Resist. A special from Americus Ga., says: The city authorities of Americus are in a tangle with the Christian scientists here on the issue of compulsory vaccination. A month ago the city council adopted an ordinance requiring compulsory vaccination and nearly the entire population has been punctured. Thursday one of the most estimable ladies in Americus, a Christian scientist, was brought before Mayor Ilison for refusing to be vaccinated and the mayor sentenced hrr to 30 days in the police barracks. iJelore me sentence was executed Christian scientists asked a suspension until Friday when" a dozen other ladies of that faith will be summoned before the mayor. The ladies declare emphatically that they will resist vaccination to the end and will go to jail in support of their position. r" " FIRE AT SEA. Surging of the American* Hamburg Liner Patria. AIL THE PASSENGERS SAVED Th?y Lost All Their Baggage and Many of Them Was Envsloped in Blankets Only. A dispatch from London says the Hamburg-American steamer Patria, Captain Frohlich, which left New York Nov. 4, for Hamburg and passed the Lizard Wednesday, is on nre near Dover. All the passengers were res cued and have arrived at Dover. The Russian tteamer Ceres sighted the Patria, showing signals of distress, and demanding immediate help, about 12 miles from North Hinder lightship. The liner was enveloped in smoke. Putting on full steam the Ceres soon reached the Patria and sending a boat learned that Captain Frohlich was in urticuL need of assistance. The hurry of the rescui was indicated by the fact that most of the passengers ^ere enveloped in blankets only. They were rapidly distributed among the hotels or sent to the Sailors' home, and everything possible is being done for their comforc. A lady passenger gives the following account of the fire and the escape ot 1 A no rrki/ik mi m AnD mnv/ii uuluuw^U VUV hundred and fifty, and included many women and children: ''It was about half-past 10 y<sterday morning, the weather being calm and fioe -nd several of us being seated in the dcck saloon when suddenly Capt. FrohHch appeared and shouted: 'All passengers on deck!' Everybody started forward with a ru?h. 'We are afire,' said the captain, 'but there is no danger. Don't get excited.' ';Just then smoke began to pour out through the deck iiear the smokestacks. i'Xjf cibA uuouauu naj AU uxo va,UAu auu : undressed. I hurried to him and began to dress him, when in came the steward shouting 'get out of this quick.' He took my husband by the feet and I supported his head. We started to carry him to the deck, but the smoke choked us and the water from the fire hose swished around our knees. 1 feared that all was lost; but, going backward through another passage, we managed to reach the deck in safety. Ti-.er? all the passengers were crowded together. Thick clouds of smoke were blowing over the whole ship and distress signals were flying. One passenger, who had hastily come from the bathroom, appeared with scarcely any clothing on. Others found themselves ? ?> - mi . i equally'unprepjrea." xne captain toxu us that he was lowering the boats as a precaution. So we lined up. 'Women and children first!' shouted the captain, who was standing near me. I replied hat I supposed I would have to wait for the men's turn as I could not leave my helpless husband. Capt. Froblich answered me by lifting my husband, placing him in the bottom of one of the boats, ordering me to follow and telling the steward to go with us. Oar boat was the first lowered. "We were all terribly frightened, but firfl ttq3 nr\ rl}q- ! iiiuug" a, iwn v"v"" order. The officers and orew did all they could and encouraged us to be brave and cool. While one boat was being lowered, the bottom began to giye way. The women screamed and for a moment it seemed as if the bottom would drop out; but the boat was quickly hauled back. Another boat had no crcw, the passengers doing the rowing. "Meanwhile some fishing smacks had come up, and several passengers boarded them, but Capt. Frohlich bellowed through the smoke that no one must i leave the Fatria's boats, so they left the smacks. From this order we inferred that the sailors, who were working ceaselessly, hoped to put out the fire. For more than an hour we lay alongside the liner, now hot and smoke covered, cinders and debris falling over out boats. Through the fire we occasionally caught sight of Capt, Frohlich, on the bridge while he divided his attention between giving orders to the crew and joking with us. Once he shouted laughingly: 'The fire is in my cabin. Now I can't get my pipe, and you all know I caa't do anything without my pine.' JLUCLI t Us. ^ ta?ug uuva UV& captain sang out: 'Your ship'a afire. Shall I take your passengers?' Frighteced as we were we laughed. Capt. Frohhch made the Ctres promise to take us to Dover, a^t then our boats pulled over to her, ai ?I we were taken aboard. The last we taw of the Patria she was just a mass of smoke aod going slowly toward Hamburg. Many of us had to pay for what little we could get to eat on board the Ceres. At Djver .TT/iTrrk/N/-} t7 TITQQ TTATTT tlTlf} J K/\S\JkJ TI "If the captain had put us ashore as soon as the fi:e was discovered, we would not have lost our belongings, not been exposed to such danger." A Girl Full of Needles. Eighty-seven ordinary sewing needles have been removed irom the body of Hannah Reardon by Dr. Sffithin Chandler. The girl is employed as a housemaid by Mrs-. J. M Mather of Wilimington. Del., and h-. r case isattracting the attention of local physicians, all of whom are taking a deep interest in the case. The girl is about 19 years of age and weighs only SO pounds. She is four feet three inches tall, and it is believed that the needles, which she swallowed when a child, retarded her growth. She came here from Ireland ok/M,f tiTA flcriV auuut mv ?0 ~ A Young" Murderer* Mary Fears, a 13 year old girl, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the superior court at La Grange, Ga. Thursday. She killed her sweetheart, Son Chappel at West Point, Ga , Saturday night. She will be sent to- the - State prison farm. - - - "I have used your 'Life for the Liver and Kidneys' with great benefit, and for Dyspepsia or any derangement of the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as being without an equal.'' James J. OsI \ of T.otxr RnllstnTV I uorue, j 7 i Henderson 3o., N. C. i I OUR DEAD IN CUBA. J Progress of the "Work Toward Getting i Their Bodies Brought Home. . . . . . . ! The bodies of the South Carolina soldiers who died in Cuba and were buried in Cuban soil are to be brought home for intermeDt as soon as possible. At the recent meeting when the Second Carolina regiment's veterans association was formed, the matter of having the bodies of these soldiers brought home to rest in native soil was discussed. Immediately after the meeting Col. Jones forwarded the following letter to the secretary of war: *-r T* /"I n TfT iion. ii,nnu uoot, &ecretj.<y o: war, Washington. D. C. Sir: I was the colonel of the Sccond Sou*,h Carolina volunteer infantry in the late Spanish-American war. We left buried in the military graveyard near Marianao, Cuba, three enlisted men from our regiment, and we wish their bodies brought back to be bured in their native soil. Will you please take the matter up and tell me what to do? I will furnish you with iheir names whenever you wan; them, and also give vou the names of their parents. I have the honor to remain. Very respectfully, Wilie Jones, Late Col. Second S. C. V. I. Col. Juues has received the folio wing letter in reply to the above request: Washington. Nov. 14, 1899. Mr. Wili* Jones, Columbia, S. C. Sir: Implying to your communica? * ?. ? . t 1 i .1.1. tion or trie iitn mst., to tne aonoraoie secretary of war, by direction of the quartermaster general, you are respectfully requested to have filed with this office application from nearest relative of the deceased soldiers of the Second South Carolina volunteer infantry buried at Marianao, Cuba, stating the name and address of the person to whom it is desired shipment to be made. It is expected that all bodies in Cuba that may properly be removed will be brought to this country during the coming winter and forwarded to their tomes where tne relatives so eiect, ax government espeose. Respectfully, James M. Moore. Asst. Quartermaster Gen. U. S. Army. Col. Jones wi]l furnish the desired information at once, and endeavor to have the remains brought bask at the earliest possible moment. The remains of the one civilian employe who died in Cuban camp are not to be included in the above arrangement.?State. GOVERNOR HOGG'S TRICK. A Watch loaded for Pickpockets _ _ _. . . Gulped Down by an Ustncn. A dispatch from San Antonio, Texas, to the New York World says Ex-Gov. James Stephens Hoj?g came from Ausj tin with the Texas University students today to see the San Antonio International Fair. The big ex-governor said he came over to have some fan at the expense of the pickpockets who, as he had heard, were infesting the fair. He had a mild infernal machine ar ranged inside of a watch case, and with what seemed to be a $-100 chronometer in his vest pocket he strolled about the" grounds in the thickest crowds, and with feelings akin to those of a man who carries a chip on hii shoulder. WhilA lonkifj? at manaersrie of ani mals, however, an ostrich spied the bulking pocket and deftly lifted the [ timepiece. A ten-foot string attached to the watch, on pulling taut, was to set of the machine. "By Gat!ings, light out. boys!'' roared the big ex-governor, as the ostrich gulped down the machine. There was a^ explosion and a stampede on the midway. The manager of the show put on his armor and buckler and hunted the fair grounds many times over for the man who he thought had fed a dynamite cap to his star bird. But exGo v. Hogg of Texas was then well on his vay to the city to keep a pressing engagement with his friend and colleague, Senator Horace Clipton. DID I:IEY WEAK BREASTPLATES? A Correspondent Tries to Ascertain the Facts But Fails. Charges have been made by the Messrs Sellers that Mr. Dudley Haselden had worn a breast plate during the roApnt fracas at Seller*. This seemed a little 3trange, even if Mr. Iiaselden desired thus to clothe himsJf in steel armor, for breast plates are not articles which can be bought on the market nowadays. At 'east it is not so in this section of the country. The Xews and Courier representative sends the following in reference to the matter from Dillon: ' People are still excited about the Sellers riot. It has been reported all over the country that the Messrs. Haseiden went to Marion on Tuesday, the day of the shooiiDg. to get coats of m A ? V,?r mail 111 <11 IUCJ-' iiau uiugivu. jl vui correspondent has bsen talking with parties in Marion today and has endeavored in every way to find out the truth of the report. Upon ringing up the Marion Iron Works it was impossible to get either an affimative or negative answer. The proprietor gave me - ??? "f ni nc mhnm T ran? I I LLC UiltJUea Ui cnv ptiovu.- II uvw. _ _, up oil the 'phone. One said he had heard the report, but did not believe it." "The other said he had heard workmen, who were employed at the Iron Works, say that breastplates were made at the shops. The Sellers and their friends are very anxious to probe this matter to the bottom. They think that the proprietor of the Iron Works ought either deny orarffim the repoit so as to set the matter at rest. Under the cir 4 ? , ? "ant mono aris^ (JULLLSL<iUUC3 a uiuuj - in reference to the mater, and it is said that one of the breastplates was shipped to Columbia. This rumor may have arisen from the statement imputed to Mr. Haselden that he had "sir men to kill in Columbia," and The Kecora rives it onlv as some of the current O- talk iD reference to the row. Wrecks a House. By the falling of an aerolite, seven miles south of Crescent City, 111., the residence._of.John Meyers *as partially wrecked and the neighborhood was panic-stricken. The metor came from a point in the sky a little east of south and struck the north end of the house. tAarinc awav a Dart of the upper story. 0 ?r * The aerolite buried itself in the ground about three feet from the foundation of the house. SOLD DEAD BODIES. An Undertaker Confesses.to The Gruesome Business. iT WAS A PAYING SCHEME. Fcur Bodies in as Many Trunks Found in the Baggage Room at St. Louis Thursday. A dispatch from St. Louis says four ziQC liced trunks, such as used by {raveliDg men to carry samples, each containing a corpse, were taken from the baggage room at the Union station Thursday, and Frank Thompson, who siys he is city undertaker of Memphis, Tenn., is under arrest. Charges against Thompson are being formulated. For some time the police have been aware that traffic in human bodies has been going on through this city and have been on the watch for evidence. Recently a shipment of four bodies in trunks was made, addressed to W. H. Ilamsea at Keokuk, Iowa, to whom those captured Thursday were aloO consigned The express man who hauled the trunks from the Keokuk depot told the station mastei there that he believed th?t they contained bodies. An investigation was begun and the police of this city were notified to look out for any other shipments. When taken to police quarters Thompson told of the whole affair. He said he had the contract for burying the city dead of Memphis. For some time lie had been selling the bodies to waz-haoI aa1Ia?tac + niv\rtcrhAnf. fhlS Tiarfr Ua^141VCfc.L l.uiuuwuv\*-y ~ ^._ of the country. His method was to pack them with excelsior in drummer's zinc-liaed trunks and take them with him as baggage as far as St. Louis. From there he shipped the trunks to their destination by express. Thompson said he had been paid all the way fmm $50 to $200 per bsdy. He said the name W. H. Hamsen, to whom the trunks were consigned in Keokuk is a fictitious one, but he refused to state who his ccnsignee really is. In the trunks taken Thurpday were the bodies of two men and a boy, all negroes, and a white woman. From appearances they all died from consumption or some other wasting disease. The white woman was evidently someone of refinement. Her features are regular and her hair black. Th* front teeth are gold filled. All tne Doaies are well preserved. A dispatch from Memphis says Frank Thompson, who is under arrest in St. Louis, is well known in Memphis, being the county undertaker. E. D. Thompson, a brother of Frank Thompson, has been indicted on two occasions charged with improper burial of pauper dead. It is claimed that the bodies were interred only six inches under 1 ' 1 - 1 iL- 1 1 ground, wmcii aoe? not rneyu uie requirements. On both occasions, however, Thompson gave a satisfactory explanation and was released. A SLICK SWINDLER. A Bogus Colored. Preacher Worked a Neat Scheme. Policeman McDonald arrested one of the slickest swindlers that have ever operated in this city and he is now on the chaingang. His swindles did not net him much, but it was the easy way he victimized several merchants. He gave his name as "Rev." John Parks and said he had charge of some churches in the upper part of the country. His scheme was to go into a gro ? - ?-l- wrtl-a o eery or umci aiuic nuu ma? <? ^utviuadv of five cents worth of some particular article. The merchint would give him 9o cents change, as the Negro invariable used a dollar in making a purchase. The merchant was perhaps busy and proceeded to attend to the other customers. The Xegro would put a quarter of the change in his pocket, substitute a nickle for it and approaching the merchant would say: "Boss, you made a mistake in this change," showing the merchant 75 cents. There would be some dispute over whether the right change had beea given, but in four instances the merchants concluded they had made the mistake and would give him the diference to make up the 95 cents. Oae merchant who allowed himself to be victimized was so confident that the Xsgro was a swindler that he put Policeman McDonold on the case. The officer followed the >*egro to a store just a block away when he attempted to work the same game, whereupon he was arrested. He was sentenced to thirty days on the chaingang by Magistrate Smith Friday morning. He will be brought up on complaint of others when he completes this term and in all he will get 120 days.? Coluumbia Record. Muchly Married Monroe. A dispatch from Chicago says James Monroe, the alleged bigamist and swindler, who was arrested there Sun - n i <r T7 nr. J day. left for Jttocnester, ix. x., vveuueoday in custody of a police officer of that city, to be tried on charges of swindling and bigamy. Monroe waived extradition proceeding. Mrs. Mary J. Colthar, of Buoker Hill, Ills., whom it it said Monroe married and afterward deserted in Rochester after obtaining $1,100 from her, identified Monroe Wednesday. Accurdijg to advices received by the police, Monroe's record as a bigamist bids fair to eclipse that of the candy peddler, Farnsworch, who was recently arrested charged with having 42 wives ia different parts of the world. The police already have the names of 20 women, mo3tly in eastern cities, all of whom, it is asserted, have been married and victimized by Monroe. Shooting in Pickens. - - ^ * r< ry A dispatch from u-reenvne, o. tu the Augusta Chroaicle says Dr. Thomis F. James, of thai city, was killed in Pickens County Thursday night. It is said he and his son were shot from am1 u UmM tras tilled and UU5LL CS.UU lliat yaaiw > # ( the young man mortally wounded. Dr. James had lately moved his family to Greenville, but practiced in Pickens county. Sam Lanier has surrendered to the sheriff of Pickens, as the one who did .the shooting. He says that James was carrying his (Laniers) wife away in a buggy. . .- - THE RISE IXjFERTILIZERS. An Officer of the Chemical Company tionnnrs me jiepoix. As we stated sometime ago there will be a material advance .in price of all fertilizers; and the farmers that is planning to plant a big cotton crop at the expense of a provision crop must consider the additional cost of fertilizers in his plans. The reason alleged is that there has been a veay heavy advance within the last year of everything entering into the manufacture of fertilizers, including not only all classes of materials used, but in machinery and mill supplies generally requried by the factories in their operations. These advances are well known and have necessarily caused an increase in the ccst of fertilizers. Whether the cost to the consumer will be increased beyord the natural increase, due to the higher price of materials, as % result of the formation of the Virginia-Caro- ' lina Chemical company remains to be seen. This company controls the fertilizer business practically of the whole South, and can fix the price of goods it sells. Mr. John W. Huger, of Atlanta, manager for the Southeastern division of the Virginia-Carolina company, was xn Savannah recently and talking to a Morning News reporter said, among other things: "The Virginia-Carolina Chemical company was formed three years ago by the amalgamation of a few factories in Virginia. They saw the severe competition there was between the companies in tbe Carolinas snd Georgia, where the companies, on account of this competition, were making nothing. Hence they thought it to their interest to amalgamate their interests in the Virginians and North Carolina to preserve a legitimate profit in the business. From time to time this company has bought up other companies, until now it has bee >rue a corporation with a capital of $24 000,000; being managed under subdivisions. '1^ t-? Vvai n r* 1 n AUG IWU > .lginiao ucxug xu vuv uivision, the Carolinas in another' and Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee in another. This latter division will be controlled and managed by Mr. John W. Huger, with headquarters at Atlanta, G-a., having branch offices in the principal cities in his division." Mr. Huger stated that he looked for a very material advance in the price of fertilizers for the season of 1899-1900, ranging from $1.50 to $2.50 per ton over last season's prices. This - ? J A1* A m/tA Hnwnrf is Uctuaeu. ijy tuc su<u^ auvauvg uui^u^ the last six months of all crude materials used in the manufacture offcrtilizers. Phosphate rock, which enters largely into the manufacture of fertilizers, being the source of phosphoric acid, one of the plant foods, has advanced over-100 per cent. If this be true then the glowing reports as to revival of the phosphate industry in in this state are confirmed, in which will rejoice as it means increased revenue to the treasury. With these advances in fertilizer material it will be impossible to furnish the consumers with fertilizers at previous prices according to Mr. Huger. He Had Enough of It. A farmer who was possessed of some means entered the office of his county paper and asked for the editor. The farmer was accompanied by hie son, a youtn 01 n years, ana as soon as the editor, who was in his secret sane- . ' turn, was informed that his visitors were not bill collectors he came forward and shook hands. "I came ter git some information," explained the farmer. ''Certainly," said the editor, "and you came to the right place. Be seated." The farmer sat on one end of the table, while his son sat on the floor. "This boy o'mine." he said, "wants ter eo into the literary business, an' I thought you'd now cf tUar wnz any money in it or not. It's a good business, ain't it?" "Why?yes," said the editor, after some hesitation. "I've been in it myself for 15 years, and you see where I've got to." The farmer eyed him from head to foot, glanced around the poox-ly furnished office, surveyed the editor once more, then, turning to bis son, who was stll on the floor, said: "Git up, John, an'go home, an' go back ter ploughing!" Charleston's Hero. The people of Charleston last Thursday night united in honoring Rudolph C. Mehrtens, chief quar, term aster of the Olympia, the man who stood at the wheel fifteen hours during the battle of Manila. German Artillery hall presented a brilliant scene when to the strains of martial music Mehrtens walked upon the stage on the arm of Mr. C. C. Piecge, chairman of the committee, followed by Mayor Smyth, Congressman Elliott and other distinguished men. In a brief and happy speech Mayor Smyth welcomed Mehrtens to his old home and on behalf of citizens presented a handsome pAnnrflccmo71 UlllAft fnl gUlU VY aL v>II. VUU^iWiuou *W. lowed, and read a letter from Admiral Dewey in which he alluded to Mehrtens in the most complimentary terms. The quartermaster was almost overcome, but said a few words and begged his friends to understand that he felt more than he could say. A general reception and ball followed and all vas merry until the morning hours. Char] leston thus leads all the;cities in recognition of "The men behind the guns." Jack the Cutter. Washington has a "Jack the Cutter," who retorm3 tilings oy sneaKing up anu clipping ladies' dresses. He objects to long dresses that sweep the sidewalks, and writes the Post when he has sueceded iu securing reforms in dresses he will turn his attention to the idiots who wear 3 inch collars. As far as we known there is ne particular objection to this. A Foolish ThreatMr. J. Dudley Haselden is alleged to have said that there were six men in Columbia whom he would get, or " ' ? * t < ^ D he would De tascen nome ieec ioremosi. With such warning no one likely to be among the six is apt to be caught napPiog A Queer House. An eccentric old fellow of Sharon, Mo., who has a holy dread of cyclones, has constructed a four-story brick dwelling whose roof is on a level with the street * * ~ **'" " v