University of South Carolina Libraries
j 1 i': N ' j ^ j ^ ^ ^ ' v . _ _ ; . , , ** VOL LIV WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1900. NO. 13. gj 1 . -riMm .- -.IMT? M'SWEENEY WINS. Over Col. Hcyt by a Large Wa! inuiu j i A BIG VOTE WAS POLLED. j I Tiliman Elected Lieutenant Gov(ernor and Wharton Ssats Evans for Railroad Commissioner. Ik The following is the result of the sec ^ ond primary. The vote was nearly as i I large as in the first, the difference being J I about 2,000. Over one-third of the ! jr loss was in Orangeburg. " The total vote as officially declared ; was 88,775 in the race for governor, i S8 398 for lieutenant governor and < 88,434 for railroad commissioner. The j result was declared in various races j Friday night as follows: For Governor? M. 3. McSweeney 51.363 j James A,Hoyt 37 412 j : McSweeney's majority. ...13,951 For Lieutenant Governor? James H. Tillman 53,600 John T. Sloan 34,798 ? Tillman's majority 1S,SU2 For Kailroad Commissioner? J. H Wharton 45 912 | - W. D. Evans 42,522 Wharton's majority 3,390 For Congress?Sixth District? R. B. Scarborough 7,655 James Norton 6 584 Scarborough's amj ority. .. 1,071 Qnv. MaSsreenev carried thirty-seven oounties and Col. Hoyt seven. The fdlowinsc are the returns as tabulated: eP"1 "* - FOR GOVERNOR. S. - McSweecev. Hcvt. W Abbeville 1,335 755 I Aiken 2,023 1,148 I Anderson 1 468 1.980 I Bamberg 608 422 Barnwell 1,195 767 1 Beaufort 207 130 \ "v . Berkeley 765 303 Charleston 3,179 693 Cherokee 774 804 Chester. 745 5221 . Chesterfield 1,286 516 Clarendon 1,05S 499 Celleton 1,099 984 Darlington 1.212 913 Dorchester . ... 636 521 Edgefield 774 782 Fairfield 6851 6S9 , -Florence 1,183 785 Georgetown 336 174 , Greenville 2,473 3.06S ?. Greenwood 7S5 827 Hampton S92 484 Horry 1 878 725 y**"~^Kershaw 1:097 750 ^Jj^caster 977 895 .Laurens 1 032 1.357 rSSc: Lexington 1.70S S03 Marion 1.878 1,251 Marlboro 1,027 718 Newberry 1,214 915 Oconee 1,344 1.260 Orangeburg 1.362 1 331 Pickens 1 369 995 Richland 1.738 966 _ 1.217 5771 ^ Sumter 1.174 1,099 i.- Spartanburg 2.797 3,365 Union 1,206 828 Williamsburg 1.912 ?52 York 1,734 1 20' - Total 51.365 37,412 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Tillman. Sloan. Abbeville V^?9 Aiken 2,205 959 Anderson 2,213 1,218 Bamberg 543 ? 4&9 Barnwell 1,304 594 Beaufort 100 268 1 ? OOQ 909 -Berseiey OO O I v Charleston 1,552 2,300 Cherokee 1,013 546 Chester 849 411 Chesterfield 1,130 602 *- Clarendon 1,047 502 Colleton 1,306 822 Darlington 1,354 761 ' Dorchester 601 554 Edgefield 966 581 Eairfield 820 538 Florence 1,298 671 Georgetown 3 IS 282 ** /*4 0 1 OflO (xreenviile 0,0*0 jljOjo Greenwood 865 773 Hampton S45 523 Horry 1,513 1,062 Kershaw 1,172 663 Lancaster 1,079 791 Laurens 2,083 964 Lexington 1,664 835 Marion 2.250 932 Marlboro 875 839 """* Newberry 1,394 730 Oconee 1,330 1,215 Orangeburg 1,554 1,366 m Pickens 1,053 . 1,311 Richland 1,106 1,547 Saluda 1,358 439 Sumter i Spartanburg 3,240 2.612 Union 1,518 4S4 > \ Williamsburg 1,179 763 York 1,843 1,095 Total 53,600 34,798 FOR RAILRROAD COMMISSIONER Whar> Evan?. ton. -Abbeville 663 1,416 * i-I AO" Aiken : i,I?O Anderson 1,166 2,252 Bamberg SI 4 216 Barnwell 1 019 877 Beaufort 185 177 Berkeley 71S 356 Charleston 1,683 2,145) Cherokee 868 7o2 Chester 723 523 Chesterfield 1,526 268 Clarendon 977 580 f Colleton 1,452 648 f Darlington 1,390 700 . Dorchester 743 413 . Edgefiied 214 1,072 Fairfield 538 847 Florence 946 986 t Georgetown 401 184 Greenville 1,884 3,91) Greenwood 31S l,3o0 Hampton 550 818 Horry 1,902 659 Kershaw 1,235 599 Lancaster 1.132 741 Laurens 424 2,632 gif/ " . JSfcV Lexington 1.197 1 317 Marion 2.485 743 Marlboro 1,321 400 Newberry 583 1,543 Oconee 1,116 1.475 /\ t i 4 1/t 1 O*! ?.? Us^efDurg 1,-iiw i oid Pickers 953 1,405 Kiehlaud 1.014 1,673 i>aiuda 759 1.034 SuTter 1,234 1,030 Spartanburg 1,949 3 934 TTr.ion 896 1,133 Williamsburg 1,128 832 York 1,650 1,260 ' __L_ TVal 42.522 45,912 FOR CONGRESS?SIXTH DISTRICT. ScarXorton borouizh. Clarendon 670 891 Darlington 912 1 2<>1 1.224 733 Horry 396 2,217 Marion 2,093 1,053 Marlboro 749 974 Williamsburg 523 580 Total 6 585 7,655 E0BBE& H0LD3 TJP TRAIN. He Ordered Passengers to Dig np in a Hurry. West bound passenger train No. 3, on the Burlington road whioh arrived in ^^ "T 1 rk /V'A! AAU ^kiO Wi nIT JL/?UYCr 41 4 .IV V Uiwik IUIO was held up five miles east of Haigler, Neb., at 1*40o'clock by a lone masked robber who secured about $400 in money, two diamond ring?, one diamond stud, three gold watches and other articles of minor value, all the property of passengers. jNo women passengers were molested. The lone robber, flourishing a revolver, made his way through the ear and forced his viotims to hand over their property, threatening to shoot if they did not comply. A good description of the road agent was secured and Burlington officials immediately offered a reward 01 $i,uuu ior xus capture a,au conviction. The robber boartTed the train at Benkleman, 203 miles south of Denver, where a stop was made to cool oS a hot box and take on water. After the train left Benkleman. he made his4 way to the rear car. the Chicago sleepers and there covered Porter Bell, 3rakeman Tomlinson with a revolver and compelled them to start through the oar, drawing back the curtains from berths. The robber confined his operations to ihe men and his orders were sharp and to the point. "Dig up your purses," he commanded. 3. W, Wilson, of Sacramento, was in the Chicago sleeper. Mr. Wilson "dug up" $20 in gold and a diamond ring worth $175. He had otner money and his watch but the robber overlooked these. "I had no time to think," said Wilson today. '"When the man ordered me to deliver my valuables I knew that he meant what he said. I simply handed him what was convenient and he went on. He had me covered with his revolver and was preceeded by the brakem&n, who opened the curtains for him. There was comparatively no excitement. I: was all over in a few minutes and when the robber dropped ofi the train in the dark there were few who realized fully what had happened." A Train Wrecked. The New Orleans State received a telegram Thursday which said that 85 lives were lost on the Grulf and interstate train which left Beaumont early Saturday morning for Bolivar Point. The train reached Bolivar Point about noon and all preparations were made to run the train on the ferry boat prepara tory to crossing the bay. Bet the wind blew so swiftly that the ferry could not make a landing and the conductor of the tram, after allowing it to stand on the tracks for a few minutes started to back it back toward Beaumont The wind increased so rapidly, coming in from the open sea, that soon the water had reached a level with the bottom of the cars. It was then that some of the passengers sought safety in the nearby light house. In spite of all efforts eighty-five passengers were blown away or drown6u. Tbe train was entirely wrecked. Those who were saved had to spend over fifty hours in the dismal light house on almost no rations. The experience is one w/vrrtnnrtkrtw MA AWA /\ P f K A tYl AQ f lUCJ Will VI VAAW iHVB W terrible of their whole livesIt is UncertainTheWashington Post reminds us of the uncertainty of politics and the queer antics of the voters by recalling tnat "eight j ears ago, at this stage of the presidential campaign, the outlook for Kapubiican success was every bit as auspicious as it is today. But Mr. Harrison whose administration was a model in all respects, and who was and is one of the greatest Americans of his day, went down to defeat the worstbeaten .Republican candidate of modern times." Killing the Boxers. A dispatch from Pekin saja a body of Russians Thursday encountered 500 Boxers seven miles from Maohipe. The Boxers were armed only with swords and spears. The Russian cav airy charged on them, killing many of them with sabres. The charge was made through the cornfield and the Russians succeeded in killing the commander of the enemy's foroes. The cas ualties among the Boxers are esti m acd at 200. A Kussian cffi cer was wounded and two Uossacks were killed. The fiturderer Caught. A Dispatch from Pekin says the Japanese have arrested the assassin of tt . * .1 \ . r\ . _ _ JSarcii von r^etteier, tne late uerman minister to China. The assassiD, who has been handed over to the Germans by the Japanese, has confessed his guilt. He was arrested for trying to sell to a Japanese officer a watch with Baron von Ketteler's initials. He afterwards admitted the crime, saying that the imperial government ordered the commission of the act. Eloping Couple Killed.. Hiram Lukes eloped with John Moates7 sixteen year old daughter, from Pineville, Fla., on horseback, the girl riding behind. Old feud was between families aad Moates and two sons, furious with anger, pursued them, (retting near they opened fire and killed both girl and lover. Posse is after the murderers, who fled to swampa. | A TALE OF HORROR. The Great Misfortune That Has Befallen Gaiveston HUNDREDSCFBODIESFOUND Contitions of the City Beggar Description The Adjutant-Genera! of Texas Makes Reprrt * j: ulbpaivjil ihjui aaauuj oajo official reports from Ga:vestion to Gov. Sayers are that 400 bodies have been identified, 200 more are io an improvised morgue awaiting identification and many more are thought to have drifted out to sea and their identity will not be known for weeks. A telegram from Adjt Gen. Scurry, who is at Galveston, to the governor, is a3 follows: "Rave inst, rfit.nrned from Texa? Citv with several Galveston parties, who assure me that conditions there beggar description. Accounts have cot been exaggerated. Oae thousand lost is too conservative. While a portion of the provisions have been destroyed by water, sufficient is on baud to relieve immediate necessities. The citizens seem to have the situation well in hand. United States troop* and Co. C., volunteer guard, with citizens, patrol the streets to prev nt looting I requested W. B. Wortham to go to Galveston from Texas City for the purpose of advising mo of the city's most urgent needs, and I returned here to report and ask for further instructions I respectfully suggest that the distress is too great for the people of Galveston, even with the assistance of Houston, to stand, - - 3 - l - 1 1 r 1. :n ana mat a general appeal xur nojp v*m be welcomed. The estimate of 10,000 destitute does not seem to be excessive." Authentic information from the storm swept citv of Galvestion reached the Memphis office of the Associated Press. The intelligence came in the shape of a telegram addressed to the Associated Press from Mayor Jones and five of the most prominent citizens oi Galveston. The telegram bears date of Sept. 11 and ptates that a conservative estimate of the loss of life in Galveston is that it is not over 3,000. Five it j ? ? J J ?,i.: uiousaoa are repurteu ueaintute and the destruction to property is great. Following is the telegram in fall: . Galveston, Ttx., Sept. 11. To the Associated Press, Memphis: A conservative estimate of the loss of life is that it will rcaoh 3,000; at least 5,000 families are shelterless and wholly destitute. The entire remainder of the population is suffering in great or less degree iNot a 9ingie ohurch, sohool or oharitable institution of which Galveston had so many is left intact, Not a buildiog escaped damage and half the whole number were entirely obliterated. There is immediate need for food, clothing and household goods of all kinds. If nearby cities will open asylums for ffomen and children the situation will be greatly relieved. Coast cities should send us water as well as provisions, inclading kerosene oil, gasoline and candles. (Signed) W. C. Jones, Mayor. M. Lasker, Pesident Island City Savings Bank, J. D Skinner, President Cotton Exchange. C. H. McMaster, JJ'oi unamoer or commerce. R. G Lowe, Manager Galveston News. Clarence Owsley, Manager Galveston Tribune. The Post correspondent was instructed to forward the following address to the people of the United States: Galveston, Tex , Sept. 11. It is my opinion, based on personal information, that 5,000 people have lost their lives here. Approximately one-third of the residence portion of the oity has been swept away. There are several thousand people who are homeless and destitute. How many there is no way of finding out. Arrangements are now being made to have the women and children seat to Houston and other places, but the means of transportion are limited. Thousands tn Ko f.or Vip.rfi. Wfl anneal to VOU for immediate aid. Walter 3. Jones. Mr. Jones is mayor of Galveston. TERRIBLE 3TORY BRIEFLY TOLD. The secretary of the treasury received the following joint telegram from Postmaster Griffin and Special Deputy Ooliector Rosenthal at Galveston: "The oity and island of Galveston swept by terrific cyclone and tidal wave of unprecedented fury. The entire city inundated and gulf encroached several blocks. The residence part_in ruins and many people homaless. Tbe dead, it is feared, will reach about 1,500 and perhaps twice as many. Streets obstructed by debris. Dead animals and wires in every part of the city, more than eight feet of water in stores aod warehouses, damaging stock of goods and provisions. Thousands homeless and wounded, some 500 sheltered in custom house, which is practioally roofless; all railroad communication &hut off and wagon and railroad bridges leading to mainland gone. Ocean steamers to the number of seven nr oialir, ashnra and small craft demol ished. Life saving station supposed to be swept away, no trace of orew. Light ship up in west bay; occupants supposed to be 6afe. Old custom house roofless and windows blotvn out; all stored merchandise principally sugar, badly damaged. Boarding boats swept a*ay and barge office badly wrecked. Need tents and 30,000 rations. Citizens relief committee doing all in their nnwpr hut stock of undamaged provis ions exhausted. "With ail the people housed in building need extra force six men to keep building insanitary condition. Have hired boat te take dispatch to mainland for transmission. Relief urgently requested." VANDALS AND GHOULS. A dispatch from Gilveston says the horrors of Sunday were nothing compared with Monday. An attempt was made to bury the dead, but the ground 1 was full of water and it was impossible I trt dip: trenches Alderman McMa?ter j and M. P Morri.-<sey secured authority j to have ihe bodies taken to sra for j burial and a barge was brcujht up to \ the Twelfth street wharf for ibe pur- i po.ce. The firemen rendered heroic | service in bringing the bodies to the | whaif, but it was almost impossible to I get men to handle Them. Djring th-? j storm and afterward* a great deal of j looting was done. Many Mores had been closed, their owners leaving to j look after tbeir families. The wind j forced in the windows and left the ! goods a prey for the marauders G-houls stripped dead bodies of jewelry and articles of value. Capt. Kafferiy, coirtmandiog United States troops here, was applied to for help and he sect in 70 men, the remnant cf the battery of artillery, to do police duty. They are patrolling the streets ucder direction of the chief of police. HO W TBE STORM CAKE. It Was Predicted Two Days Before It Came The terrific oynlone that produced such a distressing disaster in Galveston and all through Texas was predicted by the United States weather bureau to strike Galveston Friday nigfct and created much apprehension, but the night passed without the prediction being verified. The conditions, however, were oarnoa?, the dinger signal was displayed on the fhgstaff of the weathj er bureau, shipping was warned, etc [ The southeastern sky was sombro, the Gulf beat high on the beach with that dismal thunderous roar that presaged trouble, while the air had the stillness that betokens a storm. From out of the north, in the middle watches of the night, the wind began to come in spiteful puffs, increasing in volume as the dav dawned. By 10 o'clock Sunday morning it was almost a gale; at noon it had increased in velocity and was driving the rain, whipping the pools and tearing things up in a lively manner, yet no serious apprehension was felt by residents remote from the enoroachments of the : Gulf. Residents near the beach were i aroused to the daDger that threatened i their homes. Stupenduous waves be- ; gan to seed their waters far inland, and i the people began a hasty exit to secure ] places in the city. Two gigantic forces j were a* work. The Grulf drove the ( waves with irresistible force high upon i the beach, and the gaiefrom the north- ] i x :__i. ..J I ease pitcnea cue waters agams& auu over the wharves, choking the sewers and flooding the city from that quarter. The streets rapidly began to fill with j water; communication began to be difficult and the helpless people we'e J caught between two powerful elements, , while the wind rapidly increased in velocity. | Railroad communication was cut off shortly after noon, the track being washed out; wire facilities completely ' failed at 3 o'clock and Galveston was 1 isolated from tho world. The wind mo- [ mentarily increased in velocity while the waters rapidly ro&e and the night drew on with dreaded apprehension depioted in the face of every one. Already hundreds and thousands were bravely straggling with their families against the mad waves and fierce vind for places of refuge. The public school buildings, court house, hotel?, in fact any place that offered apparently a safe refuge from the elements, became crowded to their utmost. Two minutes of 6:30 p. m., just before the anemometer blew away it had reached the frightful velocity of 100 miles an hour. Buildings that had hitherto stood, tumoled and crashed, carrying death and destruction to hundreds of people. Roofs whistled through the air, windows were driven in with a crash or ' shattered by flying slate, telegraph and ' electric light poles, with their masses of wires were snapped off like pipe stems, and water communications were broken. What velocity the wind attained after the anemometer blew off is purely a matter of speculation. The lowest point touched by the barometer in the ( press correspondent's office, which was 1 filled by frightened men and women, ? was 28.041-2; this was about 7:30 p. m. 1 it then begaa to rise very siowiy ana by 10 p. m. had reached 28.09, the ( wind gradually subsiding and by mid- 1 night the storm had passed. The wa- ] ter, which had reached the depth of ] eight feet on the strand at 10 o'clock ' p. m. began to ebb and ran out very 1 ? JI j i?- - _ .i. ti,? rapiiuy uuu uy o a. m. me munu ut iug street was free of water. Thus passed 1 out one of the most frightful and de- \ structive storms which ever devastated J the ooast of Texas. 1 A Great Chancre. j The Augusta Chronical says Mr. i Bryan Lawrence, proprietor of the Planters hotel, has jast returned from ' New York and has some very interesting reflections to make on his trip. The ; feature of the joint which struck Mr. Lawrence most forcibly was the political ! situation in New iork city. It seems that the metropolis, by all signs, will ; go for Bryan in the election next November. In speaking on this subject Mr. Liwrence said. I have never 1 * i * T i? - _ 1 4.1 seen sucn a cnange 01 ponuoai seaument in any city as that which I faced in New York. Four years "ago Bryan's name was scarcely mentioned?everything was McKinley. Now there is nothing but Bryan talk. Eyery where a person goes he enooanters Bryan pictures, Brjan badges ana Bryan talk. Every sign indicates that Bryan will sweep the city. I did not meet any of i the state politicians, but the city is : surely for the Nebraskan. Too Much Gloom. In Youngstown, Ohio, Mark Hanna , told the people he wa3 glad to get from J - .1 1. - j "-p tJ?11 unuer me suauuw ui j.3uiuiauj< uau gloom in New York and find relief in , the Republican enthusiasm of Ohio. To which then Youngstown Vindicator retorts that if Mark Hanna regards what he saw in Youngstown as Republican enthusiasm the the Republican gloom ! overhanging New York must be like London fog. : Pretty Good. Gecrge Alfred Townsead emerges from the solitude of his Chesapeake Rav farm lnoz enouch to write a very acrid newspaper letter in which he alludes to President McKinley as an endowed bankrupt. George doesn't love I the Republican party as he once did. ?-? . - SUNK IN THE SEA. | SeY??n Hundred Bodies Were Thus | Disposed Of SWiFT VENGENCE FALLS. Horrible Harvest of One Negro. Forty-three Convicted by Court'martial ar.d Ordered Shota j ..i -i. t UlWjiUtJii liULLI \J tti VCSLi>li SCkJD lUC people of that city arc straining every nerve to clear the ground and secure from beneath the debris the bodies of human beings and animals and to get rid of them. It is a task of great magnitude aad is attended with untold difficulties. There is a shortage of horees to haul the dead and there is a shortage of willing hands to perform the gruesome work. Tuesday morning it became apparent that it would be impossible to bury the dead even in trenches and i'rangements were made to take them to sea. Barges and tugs were quickly made ready for the purpose but it was difficult to get men to fKo ar/>rlr Trif> r.irv'rt fir/Mii/in hard in bringing bodies to the wharf but outside of tbcm there were few who helped. Soldiers and policemen were accordinly sent out and every able bodied man they found was marchc-d to the wharf front. The men were worked in relays and were tupplied with stimulants to'nerve them for their task. At nightfall three barge loads containing about 700 humau i i: i- - J i .. ?T ? ouuieb uau ueeu bciiu cj aca, wucrotucj were sunk with weights. Darkness compelled suspension of the work until morning. Toward night great difficulty was experienced in handling the dead bodies of negroes which are badly decomposed. No effort was made after 9 o'clock Wednesday morning to place 1 the bodies in morgues for identification, for it was imperative that the dead 3hould be gotten to sea as soon as pos- 1 sible. Many of the bodies taken out 1 are unidentified. They are placed on 1 the barges as quickly as possible and : lists are made while the barges are be- ! ing towed to sea. A large number of I iead animals were hauled to the bay 1 ind dumped in to be carried to sea ! by the tides. 1 SWIFT VENGEANCE FALLS. A reporter has telegraphed from La- < porte the story of th^robbery and muti j lation of the dead in Galveston and the ; leath of the offenders. The ghouls *er<? holding an orgie over the dead. ( rhc majority of these men were ne- ' ^rees but there were also whites who j :ook part in the desecration. Some of ] ;hem were natives and some had been ? illowed to go over from the mainland ( mder the guise of "relief work." Not } J:z i.1 ?1- il. . 2 j v..t j.1 . )lliy U1U tJLLC^ 1UU tuc UCxfcU, UUb tuuv | nutilated bodies in order to secure 1 ;heir ghoulish booty. A party of ten ne- i ^roes were returning from a looting ex- s peditioa. They had stripped corpses of E ill valuables, and the pockets of some j >f the looters were fairly bulging out ( ?rith fingers of the dead which had been t :ut off because they were so swollen ^ .he rings could not be removed. In- ? ;ensed at this desecration and mutila- ^ ion of the dead, the looters were shot t iown, and it has been determined that ? 11 p J i_ A. --x ti.: i.v- J J i;i icuou in me act ox ruuoxug iue ueau shall be summarily shot. During the j robbing of the dead not only were fin- ^ ;ers cut of but eara were stripped from } leads in order to secure jewels of value, i A. few government troops who survived ? ira assisting in patrolling the city. ^ rhe private citizens have all endeavor- ^ id to prevent the robbing of the dead j md on several occasions, have killed ;he offenders. Singly and in twos and 1 ;hrees the offenders were thus shot lown until the total of those executed ' jxceeds fully 50. ( WHAT ONE MAN SAW. j A Mr. Smith, who was visiting in jralveston when the storm came says he < frill never forget his experience. He J started from the city Monday after- 1 aoon and in walking from the foot of ' Rkao/3. crrotr tn tVna Santo Fn lvPTf^flrp I RUJ VW V. , jounted 200 dead bodies hung up on I sire fences, to say nothing those floating in the water. He constructed a raft out of planks and in company with Ciegg Stewart made for the mainland, sfhich they reached after hours of ex- ( posure. In every direction in crossing 1 the bay they saw corpses sticking out of the waters and great drifts of all kinds. On reaching land they walked to Hitchcock, Mr. Stewart's home, and i found that 25 persons had lost their ; lives there and that in addition 50 ; bodies that had floated ashore had been buried near there. Mr. Smith is 01 tne opinion that very few persons living ; west of Fortieth street were saved From his observation the newspaper . reports of the disaster are exceedingly i conservative and he is satisfied that ; fully 5,000 people lost their lives. Before leaving Galveston he learned that the steamer Pensacola, which was driven out -to sea 180 miles by the storm, and which was reported lost, had returned and that its captain re- : ported many bodies floating on the . water. < ORDERED SHOT. A dispatch from Dallas, Texas, says W. H. MeG-rath, mauager of the 1 Dallas Electric company, reached Dallas today dircct from Galveston Wed- ' oesday night. He said: "Vandalism at Galveston has been terrible. The 1 most rigid enforcement of martial law has not been able to suppress it entire- 1 ly. Adjt. Gen. Scurry's men have arrested a hundred or more negroes, 43 of ; whom were feund with effects taken i from dead bodies. These were ordered i tried by courtmartial. They were con- s rioted and ordered shot. One negro had 23 fingers with rings on them in his ; posket." ] A dispatch from Houston says it is i true that negroes were shot by order of [ i a courtmartial. Their pockets were i found to be full of human fingers and jewelry of which the dead were strip- < ped. i A Generous Foreigner. j There is one Englishman whom the 1 most pronounced Angloph b9 must j admire and honor. We r<?fer to Sir Thomas Lipton, who has ja3t added to the long list of his noble deeds by cabling $1,000 for the Galveston flood , sufferers. SILL ARP FAVOES A WALL Northerners Hate the South Any Way The Negro Question Not in it. We thought that maybe the iate New York acd Akron riots *c>ula even uo thicsri. and the South hater a up in God's country would call cS the dogs, but they are still blowing the same old horn. They are hard up, however. Some of the hounds have lost the trail, aud all are scattered and there is eo keynote to rally them?the bugler's don't harmonize. Some said thac the riot in New York was owing to a corrupt Democratic administration in that city. The Akron horror called for another solution, and now they boast that they saved the Nigger, but if it had been down South he would have been lynched with Sam Hose tortures. A late Daner sent me as a marked copy says that Southern mobocracy has crossed the line and is affecting the lower classes up North, just as & contagion spreads in unhealthy regions. It all coinee from the South, and there is no quarantine to arrest its progress. That's bad and sad. Let's build a wall. But seriously we must warn our good Negroes not to cross the lia? It is dangerous, Keep away from Pana and New York. Stay at home and cultivate our cotton and corn and let politics alone and you are in no danger. Idleness is your curse. If I had my way I would re establish the patrol system aud make every tramp Negro carry a pass or take a wnipping. 1 would empower the town marshals and the country constables to arrest every vagabond on the highway and if he couldent give a good account of himself he should be tied up ai d dressed dowa. We old men know that one good whipping has more effect on a bad Negro than five years in the chaingang. Even a hanging is glory, for they are going straight to Heaven. List Saturday night a tramp NTegro cut the slat from the blind of Mr. Cary's house and opened it and crawled in and stole his paternal gold watch and his pocket book within three feet of his head, whiic he was sleeping. No J_ i i__ j J iJ i , uouui lit: was aimeu, aiiu wuuiu uavc shot Mr. Cary had he waked up and resisted. The Negro took a night freight and was arrested at Kingston, &nd the watch was recovered, but he ?ot away. We have got to do something with these tramps. Our chaingangs are full enough. I repeat it that ao good industrious Negro is in any danger in the South, and they know it. Jim Smith is the biggest farmer in the State, and he says there is no labor in the world equal to that of well regulated Negroes, and he knows. But the spirit of mobocracy is not jonfined to the race problem up North, ["he lynching last Saturday at Gillman, n Illinois, was against an old, defenseess white woman?a doctress, who was inspected ot causing a young girl s leath by malpractice, but who had not lad a trial, nor had any intention to larm the erring girl. A mob of 250 nen attacked her house in the night, ind she defended herself and her home md killed and wounded as many as ihe could. They mortally wounded ler and burned her house. What kind >f civilization is that? Why didn't ,hey hunt up the man who ruined the jirl? Our civilization down South has ilwajb protected women, no matter yhat they did. We will not hang hem for murder, tor even eld Mrs. SToblcs was sent to the chaingang. Our women must have protection xom white brutes and black fiends, and ye would have rejoiced if somebody lad have given that scoundrel, Dr. ^Vilkerson, who ranaway with his wife's lister, a hundred lashes before he was ;urncd loose in Atlanta. That wa3 a 500d case for a little mob law. If the aw could not reach him the lash would. Poor, helpless, pitiful woman! How ?ou have to suffer in silence and live ind die with your wrongs unavenged. How many.hearts are breaking now bcjause of a husband's tyranny or his :aithlessne3s to his marriage vows. For her children's sake she keeps silent ind buries her secret in her bosom. I know of men who made fame while living, and on whose monuments fulsome epitaphs are chiseled who disgraced and dishonored the name of hus band. 1 know some wdo are not dead who are doing the same thing now. A woman chained to an unprincipled man is the most helpless creature upon earth. Prometheus, bouad to the rock and the eagles eating his heart, was not worse off. Blackstone says there is no wrong but has a remedy. He was mistaken. Women have a thousand wrongs that are remediless. What kind of remedy is divorce or separation or alimony? It is the heart that is broken. It is love and honor that women wants, and was promised her at the altar. If, as a last rosnrf. sho him struts arrmnd and claims the children. ''The children are mine," he says. The man who says that is a conceited fool. In the first place he does not know for certain that he is their father, and if he is, he made no sacrifice to be so. All the pain of motherhood is hers. All the tender care and nursing and night watching and gensrally all the prayers for their safety and good conduct are hers, while he is at his bank or store or Dffice or shop or maybe at his c;ub or billard table. There was a time when the wife was the husbands slave, ac J cording to the law, and the children I were his property, and it is hard to eradicate that idea from some men's 1 J _ ?T annas ID our U&y. r? uuuau uaa u:?u called the weaker vessel, and men the : lords of creation so long that it won't obliterate. Girls, be careful to whom you chain yourself for life. Better sew or be a 9hop girl or a typewriter or a school teaches or live with kindred or friends and do housework thsn take any risks Marry a joung man who has gocd principles and good habits, and not muoh money. The love of money is 3.ill the same old curse, and most of the young men want to make it by short cuts and dishonest practices. "Get money, pet it honestly, if thou canst, but at all events, get money," is still their motto. The eager, grasping pursuit of money is the curse of this age and generation. Huntington is J--J V.io millinna hfthirid ueau, auu ici l uio uuiiiuxw , and his boast was that ail men were purchasable, and when it was to his interest he bought them, whether they were legislators or Congressman, or judges of the courts. He spent millions that way. V j Some of our ofSec seekers arc doing i the same thiDg on a small scale?buying i votes?yes, buying negro votes. The | white primary diient nominate them, : and they have ronigged and renigzered. | A little whiskey and a few dollars will i i i J . i /? ' ^ . y j secure me curxies, aca ice iear is mai i the white primaries will prove a failun. i There are men run Ding for office us s independents who rely mainly on the negro vote, and cast be elected without it. Such men oaght to have contempt of every good citizen. They ought to have consempt for themselves, and I reckon they do. The negro who soils his vote is not half as depraved as j the white man who buys it. But we I will know by waiting, and the primary proves a failure, then let us have the Hard wick bill or something bette), and may the Lord protect us from unpiccip'ed office seekers. Bill Ar?. LE&DEB.S ARE ELATED Vote in Maine Shows Big Republican Slump. National Democratic leaders are much elated over the eleetioo results in Vermont and Maine and predict a geni 3 /? _ a i.l. u li:. I | erai ueiecuoo irom me ivepuuuuau par] ty in ali the Neve England states. Although complete returns have cot been received from MaiDe, the Republican claim ia oniy 33,500, the Republican plurality for Po??ers in 1896 having been 48,377. The New Eogiand elections are regarded as important in that they indicate heavy Republican defectioas, which may be expected to extend to the doubtful states of the middle west. The D :mocratic press bureau has prepared an estimate of the vote in debati.i -? i 3 at.- . aoie terrnory oaseu upua iiie maiue election, which it is figured, showed a Republican slump of 12 per cent, and a Democratic gain of 23 per cent. Assuming this ratio of Republican loss and Democratic gain to obtain in other states, the press bureau computes the following Democratic pluralities for November, based on the vote of 1896: Electoral Plurality, votes. Delaware 1,722 3 VT 1 J Q QftQ Q Uiaj>^l<iUU U.wvm v West Virginia 22,414 6 Kentucky 76.013 13 Michigan 32,804 14 Minnesota 1,453 9 Indiana ... . 90 950 15 North Dakota 2 268 3 Illinois 37,691 24 California 47,718 9 Ohio 124,434 23 Oregon 14,467 4 None of the foregone states was carried by Bryan in 1896, although he managed to get one eleotoral vote in California and one in Kentucky. Of the states enumerated above the Republican pluralities in Marylany, West Virgioiar Indiana, iLectuciry, iXortfi Dakota, California and Oregon mlgiit be considered close, bnt in other states the Republican pluralities were large. Of course it is not believed at Democratic headquarters that Colonel Bryan will carry all the states named in the foregoing table, but the drift of public opinion as indicated by the rockbound states of Vermont and Maine is regarded as significant. George Fred Williams of Massachusetts figures that Bryan will receive 261 electoral votes, as compared with 176 four years ago. A Big Sum Needed. The New Fork Sun, comparing the Johnstown and the Galveston disastets, in an article urging prompt and gen erous relief contributions to the strioken peoph of Texas, recalls that about $3,900,000 was given for the relief of the Johnstown sufferers. The Sun says truly that a greater sum is needed at Galveston and remarks. It was said of the great famine among the Irish peasants many years ago that by it even the heart of the far-away Turk was touched, and he sent them in pity the alms of a beggar. America, praise God, does not need to appeal to the Turk or any foreign land for succor for her people at this time. But tbere never has been an hour before in our country's history when the need of unstinted charity was greater or when it should be poured out more quickly. Galveston Cannot See over. The quartermaster's department has received the following from Galveston: Referring to my telegrams of 9;h and lOch, I nave subject to approval suspended Fort Crockett construction contracts, and again urgently recommend that contractors be paid for labor and material in place and. oa ground, all swept away and lost beyond recovery. Fortifications at Crockett, Jacinto and Travis all destroyed and can't be rebuilt on present sites. Recommend continuation of my office nere only long enough to recover Crockett office safes and morning gun when located; also to close or/1 cnin m TT nfli "?o w. OU\4 OU*?S J v wv ? ? V? * V j covered property where directed. I fear Galveston is destroyed beyond its ability to recover. Loss of life and property appalling. Baxter, Commanding. Good Democratic Argument. The Seaboard Air Line is experiencing a slight taste of imperialism in having o buy $20,000 worth of revenue stamp; to put on its mortgage to the National Mortgage company; and Converse college gets a sample in having to pay the United States government several thousands of the legacy left by the late D E Converse. The ordinary citizen who docs not deal so much in millions and thousands, pays his share all the same, but he pays it in small iaKt.aHmontq nn nearlv svervthinsr lie buys.?Greenville News. Still Another DemandedBesides Caffery and Howe, there is still another new presidential ticket in the field?Sills and Nicholson, just put out by the Union Reform party. We do not know what the Uoion Reform party is, but if it is identified with the union underwear reform move ment the reform is not comprehensive enough, and there is room for still Another ticket. Ihe | Battonless Reform party has no ticket yet. Damaee to Cotton. The damage to the cotton crop of Texas by the storm that passed over that State last week is estimated at several hundred thousand bales. The storm devastated the very richest part of the State, not only ruining the growing cotton, but damaging the earth so that it may take years before another crop can be grown on the same land. ! MANY DESTITUTE. . -j - . ?r-'J Thousands of People Must be Fed and Clothed IN ualv ta i vjrj run ' ; v vS An Official Statement from the Mayer and Members of the Relief Committee Ex.'. -/a ' ~"5Si plains Needs. The following has been sent from Galveston: To the Associated Press: We are roceiving numerous telegrams of condolence and. offers of assistance. As the telegraph wires are burdened, we beg the Associated Press to communicate this response to ail. Nearby cities are supplying and *will supply sufficient food, clothing, etc., for immediate needs. Cities father away can serve us best by sending money. Checks should be made payable to John Scaly, chairman ci the hnance committee. Ail supplies should o6me to W. A. McYittie, chairman of the relief committe. We have 25,000 people to clothe and feed for many weeks and to furnish with household goods. Most of these are homeless and. the others will ? require money to make their wrecked residences habitable. From this the world may understand.howmuch money we will need. This committee will from time to time report our needs with - > more particularity. We refer to dispatch of this date of Maj. R. & Lowe which the committee fully endorses. All HAmmnninanto a?i 11 nlaasa aniunt answer in lieu of direct responce and be assured of the heartfelt gratitude of the entire population. W. C. Jones, Mayor, M. Lasker, J. D. Skinner, C. H. MoMaster, R. G. Lowe, Clarence Owsley, Committee. To Sister Typographical Unions: Standing with in the presenoe of the most overpowering oalamity in the history of the western hemisphere. Gal veston Typographical Union No. 28 sends this appeai to her sister onions for aid to care for the living and bury the dead. Immediate action absolutely necessary. There can be no exaggeration. Conditions are as indescribable as they are horrifying'and hopeless. We are absolutely ^homeless. Send contributions to Chairman relief oommittee. George P. John, Chairman. George H. Kuntz, ' President. Gray br. Hams, Secretary-Treasurer. F.M. Walker, R. W. Lowe,j Mgr. Editor News. J. T. Qcirfey Frank Willard, Belief Committee. A Word for Editors. People ought not to flare up, says Charity and Children, when an editor publishes something they do not believe. A very intelligent gentleman told us not long ago that a certain paper was a rabid and hateful p*Der, but he ; i i i. j _J uau ivuj, uevu a cjuatam remuer anu mumirer of it. It spoke his mind without fear or favor and this man stood by it for that reason. Many would order it never to darken their doors again for that very thing. Sometimes an editor has a better point of view than his readers, and they should at least be sure of their ground before they punish him. We heard of an irate father onee who took his son out of school because the teacher insisted that he must spell "tater" with a p. And then, dear brother, granting that yon are right and the editor wrong, you should have patience with a man who is sometimes compelled to dash off matter with the foreman standing at the door yelling for "copy." Do you think you would always say the right and proper thing under such circumstances? Never forget that no editor tries to offend, unless he is a fool. He is your friend, iiot your enemy. He may be wrong but he is generally honest; and you ean afford to nut ud frith a eood deal for an honest man. A broad paper is bound to have big broad readers. The State Fair. The time for the holding of the last State fair of the century, which all hands resolved last year should be the greatest ia the history of the sooiety, is rapidly approaching, says The State. This will be the 32d annual fair and it is to be held October 29 to November 2, inclusive. This means that the fair is less than two months distant, and there is no time to be wasted. This year premiums have been greatly increased, amounting to over $7,000, and the race purses have been doubled, $2,000 being offered. Premium lists and entry blanks will be furnished on application to the secretary, Col. Thomas W. Holloway, at Pomaria, S. ' C. Eatries must be made in person or by letter to Colonel Holloway at Pomaria on or before October 10; after that date at r.is office in Columbia, until Saturday, Uctober Zi, at wnicn tame the entry books close. Colonel Holloway writes that he is daily in reoeipt of entries. The largest number so far received from one exhibitor is from a man in Chester, who wants 20 stalls for . cattle and 10 for horses, and from a man in Fairfield, who wants 41 cattle stalls and 4 horse stalls. A Good Secord. _ _ Joseph T. Jobnson, of Spartanburg, is selected for congress in the Fourth district. He barely failed of the nomination in 1S98. He first ran for coagress in the primary of 1892 and has run in every race since, his vote grow mg larger at each election. Me would ever make deals or give pledges to enhance his vote, nor would lie pay men to work for him, or spend money in any of the other ways so often regarded as legitmate in politics. He always said that if elected it mast be in a clean, straightforward way, and his oanvasa was always conducted to that end. He never abused his competitors or engaged in personalities. He is a oapable lawyer and hard student.