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K - * ' MmM * !^IDS flttB iritliL - ^VOL LIV, WINNSBORO. S, C, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1900. .. NO. 23. : SIXTY-FOUR KILLED! Path of a Stojm Strewn With i Dead and Wounded. TELEGRAPH LINES ALL DO*N | ^ The Storm Visited Central and Western Tennessee and Northern Mississppi Doing Great Damage. Tennessee was swept Tuesday night, 20th instant by the most destructive storm ever kno^n in the Scate. More ?*?- than fifty per:ons were killed and a - - - hundred or more injured, wnue ine f damage to houses, timber and other property will reach large figures. The storm entered the State from northern Mississippi asd swept across in a northeasterly direction. Great damage is reported from the counties bordering on Mississippi, and further on, Columbia, in Maudy county, is the v~ heaviest sufferer. Lavergne, Nolens ille and Galatin also felt the wind's - force, '-he storm finally losing its force against, the Cumberland mountain ^ range. Columbia's casualties number 25 dead and 50 injured. The path oi the storm is about 50 yards wide and was through the north western suburbs of the town. In its path everything is completely wrecked. ? Not even the iron and stone fences of 1 j A?j;? tne arsesai ^roucus ?io eutuuiu^. iuo houses of Capt. Aydolott, the Farrells and other large residences were demolished. With the exception of these four houses, the storm's path was through - a section of the town populated chiefly by Negroes and the poorer classes, and the houses were mere hovels. It is estimated that 150 of them were totally destroyed and a larger number dam? ? The suffering of the people rendered homeless and relieved of their goods is pitiable. The tumber of houses destroyed in the Nolensville neighborhood is sixteen. There were 'two fatalities. All of the sixteen houses were totally destroyed. Mr. Hampton had $400 in money, and this was blown away, and _ only a part recovered. The baby of Jim Chrisman, colore^ reported lost, was found 300 yards from the house at 10 o'clock, lying near a branch, uninjured. One, of the family dogs was lying by his side. At Jjavergne, sixteen miles south of Nashville, on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road, the velocity of the wind was -.carvelous, and from best reports lasted only about twenty seconds. In this short time about thirty-five dwellings were turned into kindling wood. The lose of life is small compared with the miracuhus , escapes made. The wind made a swath ? about 200 yards wide through the mid die of the town. The Lavergne high Hfe^sghool and depot, the two largest buildwere laid fiat on the ground. The y loss of these two buildings is placed at $7,000. The railroad lest four section houses, each valued $900. ^Viatioa WftR A. i-KUUU bOVU SJ JUVUtfVj TV U*vu ? very Btrong log structure, was in the middle of the path of the storm, and was laid flat on the ground. At the time Mr. Robertson and his child had retired and his wife was sitting near the bed sewing, and before the latter eould even warn her husband death had claimed them. Mrs. Rob rtson's escape was marvellous. When found the unfortunate man was pinned across the back by a large timber and a great soar was on the back of his neck. No mark could be discerned on the body of the child. Both are thought to have T_ _1 met instant ueatu. j.u aiuiyaw cywj> home there were several injured. In Williamson county great damage was done, but the town of Franklin escaped with comparatively small loss. Houses and timber in Summer county also suffered considerably, but first re ports sent out from Gallatin were ex aggerated, Great suffering is being experienced by those deprived cf homes at Lavergne and Nolensville. Tiie rise in the Cumberland river at Nash^ ville is the most rapid known in twenty-five years, the water having climbed twenty feet on the gauge since Wednesday morning. Advices to the Associated Press and from special correspondents show that the loss of life in the territory visited * amnnnre fn R1 uy llUO iviuauv Olicuu jr aiuvuuva kv - a and the number injured to over 50. Telegraphic communication to the regions visited by the cjclone is interrupted, and it is feared that when full details are known the list of the dead will be lengthened. The following table shows the loss of life, together with the injured, compiled from dispatches forctd througn by courier and telephone from the devastated localities: KiUed. Injured. Columbia, Tenn 40 25 La GraD ge, Tenn 3 6 Thompson, Tenn 1 0 Nolansville, Tenn 2 8 Laver?ne, Tenn 2 1 Love Station, Tenn 2 1 Tunica, Miss 5 0 Lula, Miss 4 0 Hernando, Miss 2 0 Batesville, Miss 0 S Boxley's Store, Tenn... 3 0 Franklin, Tenn 0 2 Total 6i 51 STRIKES MISSISSIPPI. ^ Advices received from the stormswept sections of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee indicate that the loss of life and damage to property is far greater than at first reported. In Mississippi the greatest loss of life and damage to property occurred near Tunica, Lula atd Hinnando. A report by carrier from a point 13 miles from Tunica says that ihe tornado's devastation was so great that it will take weeks to calculate and repair it. rive Negores lost their lives on the Hamlin 1 place. In Tunica the school house, church and a number of buildings were totally demolished. More than 50 Negroes are missing and it is feared that several of them havj perished. Cotton is reported badly damaged. At Hernando a white man was killed and a Negro fatally ii>j ured by flying VnmanMii! sawmills. several N. residences and hundreds cf Negro cab-' ins were blown awayThe storm overwhelmed the town of Arkabucle, Miss., about 5 o'clock ia the afternoon and in a few minutes nearly every building was deimlished. Many of the victims were pinned under ihe wreckage and were extricated with much difficulty. The tornado passed to ti e northeast and caused much damage through the country districts. 1)11) JX'JiU-CiUxaixi : The Truth Regarding General Lee and the SouthThe Charleston News and Courier of Wednesday published the following letter from Gen. Wade Hacnptoa and addressed to the editor of that paper: 4*My Dear Sir: In the News and Courier of November 10 is an appreciative tribute to Gen. Lee by Mr. Haackei which I have read wuh interest and pleasure, but the writer has fallen into an error which I am able to correct on the authority of Gen. Lee himself. Mr. Hanckel intimates that Gen. Lee felt embarrassed in determining the course he would take when the war between the states took place, but in this I he is mistaken. He did not hesitate a moment and while iiice many of us who followed him, he doubtless regretcd the war and doubted the wisdom of it, he felt that his duty demanded that he should give his services to his native state, and he never for a moment regreted that he had followed the dictates ef duty. He once said that duty was the sublimest word ia our language, and if ever there was a man whose every action was prompted by a sense of ducy he surely was that man. "Some time after tfre close of the war I had the pleasure of spendirg*se7eral days with the general st his home in L xington, and ooce while diaoussinctha war he said: 'I only did what I my duty demanded. 1 could have taken no other course without dishonor, and if it was ali to do over I should act precisely as I did. '*It was his intention to write a history of the war, but, unfortunately for tbe South and for tne truth of histo:y death cut short his work. But he had commenced the work, in which he began by speakiDg of the differences of opinion as to the true construction of the constitution and how these opposing view3 were sown in the convention of 1787, and he then went on to say that those differences in 1861 culminated in blood, but, not in treason.' If there was any treasou pertaining to the war, it surely was not on the part of Gen. Lee or of the south. Wade Hampton. A FEARFUL CRIME Two Old Ladies Murdered and Their Bodies BurnedTwo old ladies?violet J, Colley, aged 75, and her neice, Jane Cath Colley, vho iived alone in a house on a mam throughfare, five miles from Charlotte, N. C., were Wednesday night murdered, robbed and their bodies burn ed The old ladies were generally reported to be wealthy. It is known that they had a good deal of money. They had lived a retired life for years and seldom ventured away from home, not even to the city except when business compell ed a visit. The house which they occupied stood within 150 feet of the roadside. Near it was a small building which they used as a kitchen, and in which they kept their stores. People passing along the road tuesday morning noticed that the smail house had been burned. There was no sign of life about the place, and an investigation showed that the dwelling had been ransacked from top to bottom, indicating that a most through search hae been made for the money which the old ladies were supposed to have kept in the house. Bureaus, cabinets and desks had been opened and their contents strewn about. Every nook and corner of the dwelling bore evidences of having been searched. The general surroundings and the absence of the old couple pointed all too plainly to a case of murder, robbery and arson. It was no surprise when a search of the ashes of the small building revealed two burned stumps, the bodies of Miss Colley and her niece. The bupposition is that the old ladies were attacked while they were at supper, after which their residence was sacked and the house in which their bodies lay was fired. For years past they had been known to be accumulating money, and had probably $11,200 saved up. There is absolutely no ciew to the perpetrators of the deed. The neighborhood people are greatly stirred up, and both city and county officials are using every effort to get a trace of the murderers. Made a Clean Sweepr>__i_ : umieu oiaies Diut. jiiiamiutr iuuii? took possession of the German National bank, at Newport, Ky., and posted a notice that the bank would reman closed, pending an examination. Examiner Tucker al&o announced that Frank >1. Brown, the individual bookkeeper and assistant cashier, was missing, and that 3 partial investigation showed that Brown was short $201,000. Brown had been with the bank eighteen years, was one of the most trusted men ever connected with this old bank, and it is stated by the experts that his operations extended back as far as ten years. The capital stock of the bank is only $100,000. Brown's alleged shortage is double that amount, and more than the reserve and all the assets, including their real estate. While Alvord got away with $700,000 in New York, he did it in a large back, but Brown did not have so much to go on and seems to have gone the full limit for a small bank in a city of less than 30,000 inhabitants. The First National bank of Newport was wrecked two years ago by Cashier Youtsey, and now with the German National bank closed Newport has only one bank left. Will Do No Harm The Chicago Chronicle says "money is being subscribed in Massachusetts to test the constitutionality of the election laws in Louisiana and North Carolina by which, it is alleged, most of the negroes are disfranchised. And ofcourss the Massachusetts people have a right to spend their money that way if they feel like it. The incident will not, however, tend .to break the solid South to any great extent. It is a good rule in politics as in otter tilings I to mind your own business BESEIGED IN PEKIN A Letter From Mrs. Sa'lielRaynolds Reid. A THRILLING ACCOUNT Of Fearfui Days of Seige Written by a Sourh Carolina Missionary to China Dr. S. M. Reynolds, of Greenville, kindly permits the News; of that city, to print the following letter, which will be read with interest, both beoause of its graphic description of the Pekin siege ana of the interest felt in the writer, who is known to many-persons in the State: Shanghai, China, 0;i. 7, 1900. ^ O/VTTT /*AA^ if lO i'ly ueai JJiUtuci. uun juuu 11, id to be writing to 50a again. Thank God. While still in Pekin I did not write because I could not say we were safe. Baby and 1 are now at MoTyeire Hoaie and Mr. Kaid is, I trust, again in Pekio, though Ifear he went to PaotiDg Fa with a relief party to rescue seme poor people still defend iDg themselves agaiost the Boxers. He cvne as far as Tien Tsin and saw us on the vsfsel for Chefoo, where we ex changed steamers for Shanghai. After all theso months it is so blessed to be free again. My dear brother, they have been ?nxious days j and more anxious ni?hts. The Pekin I seige was full of mercy yet full of trial for each baby included. I don't know j where to begin to tell about it. John Gilbert and I went to the j Methodist mission the night of June 8ch. Previous to this I had for two weeks been sleeping in my clothes and for two nights expected to escape m Chinese dr?ss. On June 10, Mr. Reid also with Mr. Stelle cam9 to the mission compound, where all the American missionaries were gathered. All foreign houses outside the legation were looted and burned during the next week. Oar place was one of the last to go. Poor old Tsi Fuag, the watchman escaped over the wall, leaving the place on fire and the courts filled with soldiers and Boxers, to deliver to me the keys of the house. Wasn't that just like a Chinaman? Next day he and Mr. Lieu went back to see what might be still left on the ground of the burnt premises; seeing no one outside the gate, iV Arr *TAW in rt ? n TTTrtWA irvsm rr CUC,y VCUtUiCUiii auu ncic iin m seized by soldiers and dragged off to the Yamen where they were commanded to burn incense. This both of them refused to do, and they were at once beheaded. The faithful old carter brought us word the same day. For days this horrible deed haunted us. Mr. Lieu was a fine man, a Christian gentleman and one of the best friends Mr. Rsid ever had among the Chinese. His wife and little grandchild are entirely dependent on us now. It was terribly sad. We were at the Methodist mission until June 20th, each day and each rrynminnr rrnro arm mr\VA frill I ja*?U.V &kvniilgj AMWW ?w?* V-. danger. As soon as the German minister was killed Maj. CDnger ordered us to the American legation. We walked through Pekin's streets to the legation, not knowiag what moment we might be fired upon by Chinese troops stationed along the city walls. On reaching the American legation we were told that all the foreigners were to refuge in the British legation. By 4 o'clock we were within the walls of that legation, were located at Jubilee chapel, and firing from the Chinese had begun. Then followed day after day and night after night of incessant fusilading and shelling until sometimes it seemed as n tne ena must come. Yet God kept us and the Chinese failed in their every attempt, though sixty-five per cent of our brave | soldiers lost their lives in defending us. On July 5th, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, news came to me that Mr. Reid was shot in the left leg just through the calf. I could not see him until nearly 7 o'clock; as his wound must be first dressed and he made comfortable in the hospital before I could be allowed te see him. He suffered greatly with his woaad and with lumbags, which was very acute ani lasted four weeks. Baby had four attacks of malarial fever during the seige and grew weaker and weaker, as I had little or nothi? J? 1--? A- ??. X.T-1 lsg lur aim to eai?two uutwea ui xuei lia's food and a dozon tins of condensed milk. Everything we had been able to get as far as the Methodist mission, except the trunk which you gave me, with its contents, wai burnod or looted by the soldiers. We lost everything. I did not save even a, comb atd brush. Living, eating and sleeping were all done within the walls of our chapel. There wero seventy sis of us to feed three times a day. Most of us slept on 1 a j il t : u me noor ana were ivt au lut-u or two of cotton between ug oad the boards. Mosquitoes, flies and fleas were innumerable. Dirt and smells were not to be avoided, yet we had only five nights too hot for sleep, though we spent many sleepless ones because of the firing and shelling. By the la3t of J uly Mr. Reid was convalescent and was not.even using a crutoh when the troops got in, August 15th, though hs still uses a stick and limps a wee bit. Oa August 20th we left the British legation to resume life in a Chinese house. The same day baby wag taken with djsentery and was ill for two weeks or more. So _ e. .1. . - ? 1 3 J- t-?^ many aiter me Beige uau ujiscuicij wx typhoid fever. Poor Wee Jack grew more and more tiiin until it almost made me cry to touch him. Mr. S'.elle was ill as the 3ame time with malarial fever. As soon as baby was well enough to travel I left Pekin with Mr. and Mrs. Killie. Mr. Killie wasjnst up from typhoid fever. We were on a email cargo boat in charge of United States soldiers. Mr. Keid went aa far a3 Tien Tsin with us. Changing boats again at Cheefoo brought us finally after a ten days trip, all included, to Shanghai. Now if Mr. Reid were only here I should feel free indeed. Baby grows ic n An? falrinc frpall Otcauxijr AO "v t? cow's milk aad has a good appetite. Precious wee laddie, God has given a treasure in him. Sam, it has been impossible for me to write letters from Pekin without seeming to complain. We had a very hard life there, aad I could not make any of you uneasy by writing daily occurcances. Thank God, 1 can't go there again under the sam3 oircum stances. Toe doctors jrade mo leave with the baby because it was utterly impossible to get food or milk for him. Such desolation as there is everywhere there makes one sick at heart. What is to become of the poor people this winter none of us can say. Even now it is diif;cult foraging; and what must it be lor the poor unineser xoc British, Americans and Japanese have been humane in their treatment except in some cases. It is a great problem what to do with China, and it veill take years to settle it. After the seige we had our first home mail, b.inging yours and L ilia's letters, besides several from friends in New York State. Ycu may be sure they were more welcome than ever before. Mr. Keid did not have a ohacga of clothes, and had actually to remain in the hospital uatil we could g3fc him a pair of Chinese blue cotton trousers made. Ali of his institute papers end letters were burned. I saved mother's and father's pictures and Mr. Reid's father's photo, with Dr. Charlisle and and Philips Brooks. These pictures happened ail to be in your trunk with my wedding and reception dresses, and for this reason that trunk was precious beyond words. It was used to barricade the ohuroh door at the Methodist mission, and had not been broken into when Mr. Reid went back to that mission from the British legation with a guard of sldiers. The trunk was only half full, but still 1 am only too thankful to have anything. My silver, with Mother's, was lost. We did not eave even our Bibles, as both silver and Bibles were in the Chinese trunk, which was looted first. This letter must go by the first mail; so I must stop for today. Baby sends his dearest love and a kiss and says "tata" to Hettie for her photo. Do send me youi photos, and beg Saliy to Jet me have Uncle William's. I must have your faces near me. Mr. Keid hopes to come to Shanghai by the new year. Oar Father keep us each loving and faithful in His service. Yours lovingly, Sallie Reynolds Reii. Our Insane Soldiers. 4'Was there ever such a large percentage of insanity in any army a3 has ? - ? - it _ TIL ?0?> afflicted our troops mine .rmuppiueBi The Atlanta Journal was led to ask the above question because a few days ago sixteen soldiers who had been mentally wrecked in the service there were brought through Atlanta. The Journal goes to remark that it observes that every transport wh:*h brings baek the dead, the woundea. ad and sick from the Philippines has also the insane as part of its ghastly cargo. Seldom have soldiers in any army seen such severe service and endured such terrible hardships as did the troops of the Confederacy in the civil war, and yet instances of insanity were very rare among them. What is it that upsets the mental organization of so many of our soldiers in the Philippines? One of the attendants upon the poor fellows who recently passed through Atlanta atfrihnt-erl t.lifl wrAflk of several of tnose unfortunates to overindulgence in a powerful drink which i3 made by the natives. In many cases the victims of the fearful fevers which prostrate so many of our soldiers in that sickly clim ate loso their minds. Homesickness is said to have destroyed the reason of many of our. boys in the Philippines. Whatever the causes of frequency of insanity in our Philippine army may be, the grim fact of its occurrence stands out as one of the chief horrors of a war into which imperialism has dragged us and in which there has been such a cruel sacrifice of American manhood. Filipino bullets, fever, various other diseases and insanity have made up already a dismal record ia those far off islands, and the numbsr of their victims is destined to grow to still more pitilLll JJi UJJUU1UUJ. Still In The Race A dispatch from Mexico, Mo., says in a letter received there from W. J. Bryan he says: "Still believing in the principles set forth in fhe Chicago platform, I shall continue to defend them, believing the Americao people will yet see the necessity for the repudiation of Republicanism." This statement is the third made by Mr. Bryan since election indicating that he intends to continue in the political field just as he has been. In commenting on the above the Atlanta Journal says shrewd politicians are now of the opinion that Mr. Bryan expeots again toJ)e a can didate for the presidency. That his candidacy will bring on a great fight in the party in which Mr. Bryan will be opposed by many of his strongest supporters in the past is shown by the deliberate statement of Hon. J. Kj) Jones, national Democratic Chairman, recently that he did not consider it at all probable that Mr. Bryan would be nominated. The statement of Mr. Bryan printed above is thought to mean that he is still in the field and that he will be a formidable candidate four years hence in the Democratic National Convention. The Kansas Way. A photographer of Seneca, Kan., recently took one of the most unique groups that ever stood before a oamera. In Oentralla there is a woman wbo is living with her second husband, having been divorced from her first. The other day the divorced husband visited the town and called on his former wife and her new partner. Seiied by an impulse, the woman proposed that all three should have their pictures ta'hen together. The husband3 had no objections and the group proceeded to photographer, where a likeness was taken, the woman standing between the two men. Damages Awarded. A dispatch from Greenville to The State, in speafcing 01 tne court proceuing3, eays the afternoon session of Wednesday those of Thursday and Friday morning ware spent in the trial of the case of Lula M. Davis vs. the Southern railway. This suit is brought against the railway for $20,000 damages on aennnnt of the alleged killing on the track, near "Westminister, in January, of the plaintiff's husband, Joseph D. Davis. The jury rendered a< verdict in favor of Mrs. Davis, awarding her $10000 damages. THE STATE VOTE. I It Was Somewhat Larger Than Was Expected. , i CICTV TUAIIC&KirtDrt! I cn Both Constitutional Amendments Carried by Good Majorities and AH Democratic Congressmen Elected. The State board of canvassers met in ; Columbia on Thursday to declare the result of the general election in this State on Nov. 6ih. From the figures it appears that the smallest vote was cast in Richland oounty and the largest in Orangeburg. In Hampton county : there was but one vote against the j Democratic electors. The total vote for Democratic electors was 47,233; and for < the Republicans 3,579. This makes the total vote 50,814, when two years ago it was but 28.258. The constitutional amendments were < carried. That relating to the public ; indebtedness of Columbia and other ! cities received 22,530 to 8,108 in opposi- . tion. That relating to drainage was : carricd by a vote of 21,339 to 9,917. The only counties which voted agaiost the first were Barnwell, Kershaw, and in Oconee there was just two votes difference. Barnwell, Fairfield, Oconee and Union opposed the drainage amend- < ment. No vote on either amendment is ] recorded from Williamsburg. The vote i for presidential electors by counties is ; as follows: I County. Dem. Rep. Total. Abbeville 1,366 , 8 1,374 Aiken... 1,470 53 1,523 Anderson 1,858 68 1,926 ?- ??Afv c\r% ftrtA mm berg ivo oo , Bam well 1.356 57 1,413 Beaufort 378 385 763 Berkley 472 112 584 : Charleston 1,729 272 2,001 ; Cherokee 1,084 59 1,143 : Chester :... 836 20 856 Chesterfield 1,314 56 1,370 Clarendon 1,130 83 1,213 Colleton . 889 121 1,010 Darlington 1,230 83 1,313 Dorchester 770 43 813 . Edgefield 919 17 936 Fairfield 670 17 687 ( Florence 1,290 74 1,364 1 G-eorgetown 446 451 C07 ! Greenville 1,777 47 1,824 G-reen'wood 1,484 4 1,486 : Hampton 936 1 937 Horry 1,330 79 1,409 Kershaw 910 43 953 Lanrena 1,540 30 1,570 LeziDgton 1 302 30 1,332 Lancaster 1,300 70 1,370 , Marion l.zyo iiy 1.11.0 Marlboro 714 35 749 ! Newberry, 1,368 40 1,408 , Oconee 873 69 942 ! Orangeburg 2,457 167 2,624 Pickens 933 60 993 Riohland 445 62 507 ' Saluda 1,269 7 1.276 1 Spartanburg 2,467 101 2,568 Sumter 1,199 150 1,349 \ Union 1,182 91 1,273 Williamsburg 1,256 323 1,579 , York 1,198 37 1,235 1 The vote for the respective electors J is as follows: i R. D. Lee, 47,233; B. H. Moss, 47,- 1 196; M. W. Simmons, 47,199; W. W. ttmi: AT ion. r. ?|n<,oa A.v . 1 JIHttUiD, i?, VUiS -U UiVUb) at! , 233; W. McB. Sloan, 47,231: W. P. Pollock, 47,199; M 8. Cantey, 47,199; D. H. Behre, 47,232. W. D. Crum, 3,525; L. W. C. Bla- J lock. 3,579; George Holmes, 3,579; T. , A. Odom, 3,579; Jas. W. Talbert, 3,- i 579; H. J. Felton, 3.579; R. P. Roberts, 3,528; M. K Holloway, 3,529; Q. W. , Murray, 3,521. STATE OFFICERS. ] The vote for State officers fell be- * hind that for presidential electors. In : Aiken county there were 18 votes re- ] corded against Q-ov. McSweeney and 23 ; against J. H. Tillman, lieutenant-goyemor-elect. In Newberry there was one vote against Mr. Tillman. Otherwise the vote stood: MoSweeney 46,457 Tillman 46,362 Cooper 46,500 Bellinger 46,444 Jennings 46,424 Derhais 46,426 MrtMahar 46.340 Floyd ~ . 46^332 Wharton 46,357 THE AMENDMENT. The vote on the proposed constitutional amendment as to th* limitation upon the taxation of Columbia, Georgetown, Rook Hill, Charleston and Florence is as follows, by counties: For. Against. Abbeville 719 321 Aiken 641 124 Anderson 1,078 80 Bamberg 397 99 Barnwell. 436 574 Beaufort 262 67 Berkeley 2 10 Charleston 1,516. 183 Cherokee 398 116 Cheater 523 125 nhflstArfield 574 217 Clarendon 658 163 Darlington 445 196 Dorchester 689 102 Edgefield 404 177 Fairfield 427 211 Florence . 459 53 Georgetown 810 178 Greenville 464 2 Greenwood..... 557 136 Hampton 809 283 Horry 387 187 Kershaw 224 241 Laurens 494 262 Lexington 489 244 Lancaster 779 375 Marion 541 311 Marlboro 365 188 Newberry 612 248 Oconee 277 275 Orangeburg 1,829 278 Pickens 510 218 Richland 340 74 Saluda 832 189 Spartanburg 896 461 Sumter 455 277 Union 458 304 Williamsburg No Yoto. York 590 202 Total 22,530 8,103 , CONGRESSIONAL. The vote for representatives in congress is as follows: William W. W. First District. Elliott Beckett. Colleton 129 73 Charleston 1,916 170 Q-eorgetown 485 517 Bsaufort 406 367 Williftmshnrir 687 247 Berkeley 43 4 Total 3 666 1,378 W. J. J. B. Second District. Talbert. Odom. A.iken 1,475 40 Barnwell 1,369 55 Edgefield 899 18 EJampcon 933 11 Bamberg 789 . 23 Saluda 1,248 9 Total 6,713 156 A. C. A. C. Third District Latimer Merrick Abbeville 1.333 3 Anderson 1 864 47 Newberry 1,358 33 Djonee 882 54 Pickens 925 64 Greenwood 1 472 2 Total 7,834 203 Jos. T. S. T. Fourth District. Johnson Pointer 3-reenville 1 777 47 Laurens 1.531 26 Spartanburg 2,572 63 CJnion 1,207 53 Riohland 418 44 Fairfield 684 13 Total 8,189 251 D. E. Jno. F. Fifth Distriot Finley. Jones York 1,204 31 Chester 850 9 Lancaster.. 1.313 18 Chesterfield 1,313 55 Kershaw 913 36 Cherokee 1,096 34 Total 6,634 183 R. B. Soar- R. A Sixth District. borough. Stewart. Clarendon 1,132 78 Darlington ........1,234 68 Marlboro 718 29 Marion 1,291 117 Pioronoe 1,292 68 Borry 1,368 61 Williamsburg 573 54 Total 7,506 395 J. Wm. A. D. Seventh District. Stokea. Dantzler. Lexington 1,323 2 Orangeburg 2,611 153 Sumter 1,302 149 Dolleton 804 48 Berkeley 436 110 Richland 37 31 Dorchester 772 41 Total 7,285 534 The Vote Declared The State board of canvassers met rhursday in the office of the seoretary Df state. The members present were Treasurer Timmerman, who presided; Secretary of State Cooper, Attorney General Bellinger, Comptroller Genjral Derham and Aojntant General Floyd. Mr. Jesse T. Gnatt acted as secretary. The board met to declare the vote as sast in the State and had not there been two contests presented to and heard by them the session would have t>een of a routine character, for the jffioial vote has already been tabulated *nd given in fall detail to the publio through The State. The contests were from the first and ieventh congressional districts. In the first, W. W. Beckefc, who opposed Col. William Elliott and was defeated, protested against the certificate of ffiven Col. Elliott. In """"O o ? the seventh A. D. Dantzler, colored, made a protest against Dr. Stokes being elected. The grounds upon which these defeated .Republican candidates made their contest have already been published and the whole matter was gone over again Thursday. Beckett was represented by John D. Edwards, a Negro lawyer of Charleston, and Dialer had as his attorney, Jacob Alocer, a Negro lawyer of Orangeburg. Courressman Elliott was represented by Mr. William Elliott, Jr., and Congressman Smokes had as his attorney Mr. B. H. Mo^s of Orangeburg. Both contests were dismissed as there was nothing to sustain either of them, and the certificates were awarded to Congressmen Elliott and Stokes. Tiia Colored Vote in Hawaii. The News and Courier says the rei-ooant olortfinn in Hawaii Li Ui Li D Ui iUU AUWWuv v ?vv**v~ _ .. w._j just received in this country, it is noted, show that the natives stood together and outvoted their white fellow citizens, thereby not only electing their delegate to Congress, but carrying the Hawaiian Legislature as well, so that nothing but the carpet-bag Governor's veto will prevent the frightful evil of a government of Hawaii by Hawaiians, instead of by the white interlopers. The beaten whites, it is reported, declare that the natives have shown them- j selves "unfit for the suffrage," and that Congress must immadiately intervene to tnke it away from them, presumably in the interest of "business" and "capital," and en the ground, as the New York Evening Post tersely explains, that "self-government" under the new American oolonial " system means a docile readiness to let the white minority exploit the colored msj ority, and if the silly majority object they mast not be allowed to vote at all. '"This unhappy outcome" in the island, the post adds, was foreseen by the white oligarchs, who protested from the first against manhood suffrage as probable fatal to their snug little monopoly of government at Honolulu," and "now that their worst fears are realized, they will move on Washington to get their privileges and imuunities restored by law." Killed by a Fall. A dispatch from Yorkville to The State says about five o'clock Friday afternoon a negro boy named McKnight was delivering packages on horseback for W, E. Ferguson, grocer. The horse ran off and threw the boy, near one of the colored churches, and dragged him about 100 yards, when the saddle girth broke, leaving the boy near the residence of Mr. J. B. Pegram. When the parties reached the boy he was dead. He was aged about 10 or 12 oars. EXPOET BUSINESS LAGS. They Can't Get Steamers to Haul Phosphate Sock. A dispatch from Columbia says Col. 8. W. Vance, phosphate commissioner, returned Thursday from an inspection of the phosphate mining companies in Beaufort, Port ffoyal and adjoining sect on in the phosphare district. He states that the Coosa* company has 60,000 tons of rock awaiting shipment, but owing to the fact that so few "tram" steamships are available the miners find it impossible- to market thsir producS in European markets. t? n - xi i L u icauy mere nave oeeu a uunuavt ui bteamships in the two ports to take o2 the product, but owing to the Trans-. YAal war and to the chartering of every available British steamship by the British government, comparatively few of tbem have been available for commercial purposes. Rights upon the South African war come the trouble in China which has caused a further diminution in the number of tramp steamships. As a consequence there are about 60,000 tons of rock awaiting shipment, but Cel. Vance says ti at the belief is that there will be soon some relief as to the matter of shipment. Most of the rock has been sent heretofore to British ports, but very few -tons have been shipped there this year. Col. Vane gays that there is likely to be great demand for South Carolina phosphate in Japan. Agents of the government of that empire have already been making inquiries and the' outlook is that much of the rock now cn hand may be shiped to to the far east instead of to Great Britain and the Continent. In consequence of the large accumulation of rock whioh has not yet been disposed of, and owing to the fast that companies wiil mine no more than local demands warrant, it is expected that the reyenue from the phosphate industry will fall behind what it reached last year. Will He Do It? The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier says it is suggested that while keeping faith with his party President McKinley will "exercise greater independence of thought and action while dealing with national problems, and strive to represent the entire nation with a view to a roundiDg out his official carreer is a patriot rather than a politician. His closest and best friends concede that he owes his re-election, not only to the Republican party, but to a large army of independent Democrats and practical business men, and he is expected to frame his future policy on the broadest and most liberal lines of statesmanship. Snch a course will not be entirely acceptable to the average Republican partisan, and it remains te be ssen whether the experience, ability and courage of President McKinley is sufficient to originate and carry to a successful issue an Administration which the whole world will pronounce independent and just." < . A Burning ShipThe United Fruit company's steamer Uller, which arrived at New York Friday from Port Antonio, Jamaica, Nov. 20th, at 5 o'clock, the officer of the watch reported a burning ship in sicht towards the north northwest, some distance off, and he thought he saw some rockets fired. The Uller steamed . down to the burning craft and prepared boats and lines to render any required assistance. At 6 o'clock the Uller was close alongside of the burning vessel, which appeared to have been a wooden sailing craft, probably a timber laden schooner. She was bnrned to the water's edge, except in the bow, where the bowsprit and part of the foremast were standing. The Uller steamed about the vicinity but could see no signs of life; the whistle was Mrtam anH f-.fcfl oflfian wag sweet with the glass, but nothing could be seen of castaways. The vessel had evidently been burning a long time. Sural Free DeliveryAn enthusiastic plea for a wide expansion of rnral free delivery is made in the annual report of W. M. Johnson, first assistant Postmaster General, He says that the extraordinary development of this system during the past twelve months, under the stimulus of appropriations of $450,000 for the ns~~I 1QQQ-TQrtft ?n/^ Sil 7nO 00(1 for Uttl 1WUV XVVV, ~ v the fiscal year 1900-1901, is conclusive as showing that hereafter it must be a permanent and expanding feature of the postal administration- The service can now be extended as swiftly as Congress may direct or as the means permit, until it covers all those portions of the United States now reached in whole or in part by the more primitive methods of the postal service which have come down to us almost without change from colonial times. This change Mr. Johnson believes, can be affected without excessive cost to the Government. Hard ou Eoosevelt The Columbia State says "Gov. I Roosevelfc'g decision in the ice trust case is no surprise. Mayor VaD Wyck's answer made it clear that he could not be removed on account of his connection with that corporation. The mayor has done nothing criminal?though we are far from acquitting him of blame. But during the campaign Roosevelt referred to the mayor as a violator of the law. All that time Roosevelt had the mayor's answer in his possession or in his reach. The next vice president will go into office with a blackened reputation. ' . No WonderThe Spartanburg Herald says: "Abraham Lincoln's portrait in the white house fell with a crash a few 1 - - _?. n.:_ nigbt ago. It IS no wonuer. aiuciple3 of government which moved Mr. Lincoln have been trodden under foot by latter day Republicans. If Abraham Lincoln was alive today he would most assuredly repudiate the Republican party." Made a Bad Trade. The Atlanta Journal says Cuba is becoming more and more convinced that she jumped out of the frying pan into the tire. But she had better try io look pleasant about it; one bad break on her part is all i hat the administration wants to rectify that one made by President McKinley in promising her independence. > ". THE EXACT FIGURES Population of South Carolina by Counties. AN ADMIRABLE SHOWING. An Increase of a Little Over Sixteen Per Cent in Ten Years, Which is Good. The popalation of South Carolina, as officially announced Friday by the census bureau, is 1,340,316, against 1,151,149 in 1890. This is an increase since 1890 of 1S9.167, or 16.4 per cent The population in 18S0 was 995,577, showing an increase of 155.572, or 15.6 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. The population by towns will mot be rasdy for some days. The population by counties follows: ^ Abbeville -..33,400 Aiken 39,032 KK TOO Anderson w,t*a Bamberg .. ...17,295 Barnwell 35.504 Beaufort *.35,495 Berkeley 30,454 Charleston " 88,006 Cherokee 21,359 Chester "? ..28,616 Chesterfield 20,401 Clarendon 28,184 Colleton 33,452 Darlington 32,388 Dorchester ...16,294 Edgefield 25,478 Fairfield...." .->.29,425 Florence... . 28,474 Georgetown. .T. ,22,846 Greenville 53.490 Greenwood 28 343 Hampton 23,738 Horry f 23,364 Ksrshaw 24,696 Lancaster 24,311 Laurens 37,382 Lexington 27,264 Marion 35,181 Marlboro 27,639 Newberry . 30,182 Oconee 23,634 Oranzeborz 59,663 Pickens.. T. ... 19,375 Richland i 45 589 Saluda... .18,966 Spartanburg 65;560 Sumter 51,237 Union ;.. ..25^501 Williamsburg 31,685 York .. ..41,684 In commenting on- the above figures the News and Courier says: * The official announcement of the population of South Carolina*by conties is published this morning. The fact that the total population as ascertained by the census is 1,310,316 was published sometime ago _with the population of the other States of the Union, and it was also noted that the increase of population ia this State over the population in 1890 is 15.6 per cent. What will ba more interesting, the figures showing the relative increase or decrease of whites and blacks have not yet been given to the public. Charleston County, which includes the City of Charleston, and very ! little else, by the way, of course lead* the list of counties in population, the number given being 88,006. Spartanburg comes next with 65.650: Orange* PA /?/*0 A _ 1 burg tfiira, witn. ?>y,ooo; Aaaemua fourth, with 55,728; Greenville fifth, with 53,490; Sumter sixth, with 51,237, and Richland, which includes the city of Columbia, seventh, with45,589. The county with the smallest population is Dorchester, with only 16.294, and next smalles, Bamberg, with 17,296. Of the forty counties in the State only sixhave over 50,000 population, two between 40,000 and 50,000 elaven between 30,000, seventeen between 20n000 and 30,000, and four less than 20,000." | Paper From Seed Cotton. The Atlanta Journal Thursday after* noon says that plans have been eonsumated there for the erection of ten plants for the manufacture of cotton ----- M n.sm 1 seed hulls into paper of different graues. Robert Thomas of New York, at present in that city, says that the scheme is being backed by the National Saw Company, with $5,000,000 capital and that work will be begun in putting up the plants in about thirty days. He says he is also backed by the Standard Oil Company. It is the intention to have the factories soattered throughout the cotton belt, and they will extends from Texas to North Carolina. The plants will mn with a capacity of 125 to 200 tons each Per day. A Rough ExperienceThe crew of the British bark Liver cauld had a strange experience on the voyage from Liverpool to New South Wales. As soon as the customs launch ran alongside when the . Invereauld entered the port of Sydney, the crew shouted for water to drink, and, having slaked their thirst, told their tale. After rounding the Cape of Good Hope they encountered a northeast gale, and the seas br.oke aboard so violently and so continously that the fresh water was rendered undrinkable. There remained only one source of liquid refreshment on board, an inexhaustable cargo cf stoat, intended tor colonial consumption. For twenty three days they drank stoat whenever they drank anything. Drowned a Boy. A story comes from Danbar, in Houaton county, that Fannie Painne, a 16ye&r-old negro girl, has been committed to jail at Perry for drowning a 10-yearold son of Joseph Wilder, colorcd, on Jas. Permentor's plantation. She threw two little brothers, aged 5 and and 10 "years, into a 33 foot well bsoause they would, not agree not so tell about seeing her commit a theft The elder* boy climbed out and she threw him back and held him under the water by means of a lcng pole. The younger one saved himself by holding to a piece of curbing. -Cotton Picking Kecord. . In a cotton picking contest at "God Hope, Ga., Wednesday Warner S. Hale gathered 723 pounds. 61 the staple. Hia friends claim he.'ias established % recoid., ? -? . ' ' ' ' ' HI " . . . %