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VOL LIV, ' WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1900. NO. 24. nX ^ : "what they show, 1 V. Interestirg Figures Regarding Our Population TUC PiPfiMONT SURPASSED i nu t I In Growth ot Popu'ation by the Low Country. Which is a Sirprise. We are going to give you a surprise " and knock out some long-held theories ? v ? t xi. Ci.iA as to tfae quarter >n wmca iuv oiate ? growth in population has bepn greatest. Practically every man if asked which counties havs shown the largest percentage of increase in population in I the last 20 years would say: ,{The Piedmont counties, of course." Not so. What is the Piedmont region? We quote from Harry Hammond's handbook of South Carolina, issued by the State department of agriculture in 1883: The Piedmont region of South Carolina coincides very nearly with what is known as the upper country of the State. It memoes me wnoie ei eigut cunties, to wit: Abbeville, Anderson Newberry, Laurens, Union, Fairfield, Chester and Lancaster. It also embraces the northern portions of Edge- i ~ field and Lexington and the norchwestem portiona of Richland, Kershaw and Chesterfield. The southern parts of Oconee and Pickens, and the south ern and larger portions of Greenville, Spartanburg and York are within its limits A line drawn from a point on ~ * :i-~ -v the SavaQnan river snree canes ?w?e Hamburg to Columbia, and running thence northeast to where the Great Fee Dee river crosses from Sicrth into South Carolina, defines, in a general ?-way, its southern border. Its northern k boundary follows, in the main, the P direction cf the Atlanta and Charlotte f .Air Line railroad, which lies on the dge of the Alpine region, just north of the one under coDsidera- ioo. As it is impossible with the figures ???? *l?vV>ia ?or>/3 nTi-tKa})] u if untiln IIV W Cb TCSi;<? Vig auu wwv?j .. be equally impossible if we bad the ^ figures by townships?to ascertain the exact population of the Piedmont region we must confine ourselves for the purposes of this article to the us9 of the term as eommonly accepted, including in the Piedmont the saiall Al pine region of the State and the sand hill portions of such counties as are, according to the foregoing statement, in part representative of the Piedmont region. In 1880 the populations of the respective counties touched by the Piedmont region were as follows: Abbeville 40,815 ^ Anderson .33 612 . . Newberry 26,497 j^^^LaurenB 29 444 '?35'ester 24 153 Lancaster 16 803 Edgefield 45.844 Lexington 18 564 Riohland 28 573 Kershaw 21 538 Chesterfield 16 345 Oconee 16 256 Picken3 14 389 .Greanyille 37,496 Spartanburg 40 409! York 30,713 | Total 493.396 j These were 18 of the 33 courties then mi i _^Tr, 13 existence. i.ne orgacusuyu ui ucn counties ha? since increased the number in the Piedmont to 21 out of 40 in h State. In 1900 the populations of the Piedmont counties were as follows: Abbeville 33 400 Anderson 55 728 Newberry - 30 182 Laurens ... 37,3s2 Union 25 501 Fairfield 29 425 Chester ' 28 616 . Lancaster 24,311 jiOgcneic 25 478 Lexington 27,264 Bichland 45,589 Kershaw 24 696 - * - Oil >4/1*1 Ubesteifieid Oconee 23 634 Piokens 19 375 Greenville 53 490 Spartanbxxrg 65.560 York 41 684 Cherokee 21 359 Greenwood 28 342 Saluda 18 966 Total 6yU,3S4 In 1S80 the population of the State was 995,577 and of this number 493,396 were in the Piedmont counties, leaving 502 181 in the remainder of the State. The Piedmont counties at that time contained 8,785 fpwer people than the remainder of the S:ate. In 1900 the population of the State is 1,340 316, of which the Piedmont counties contain 680,384, leaving 659,932 in the remainder of the State. The Piedmont counties, therefore, now contain 20.452 more inhabitants than the remaining counties of South Carolina. Their net gain over tho remainder of the State in 20 years has been only 29 237. Now we will take up the other extreme of the State?the counties of the cossfe region as they extend with more or less regularity from Georgia to North Carolina- from the ocean to the lower borders of Barnwell, Orangeburg, Clarendon and Marion. In 1880 these counties showed tJtxe following populations: Colleton 36,386 Hampton 18.741 Beaufort 3'), 176 Charleston 102 800 Georgetown 19 613 Williamsburg 24,110 Horry 15,574 Total 247,400 v In 1900 the same counties with the two new ones oarved out of their terahnar the followice populations: Colleton 33,452 Hampton 23.73S L Beaufort 35,495 Charleston S8 006 Georgetown .22 S46 "Williamsburg 31,685 fe: ' Horry 23 364 Berkeley 30 454 Dorchester *... 16 294 Total 3<>5 334 - - i n. 1 Id 1830 the population 01 tne acate was 995 577, and as these counties contained 247.400 the remainder of the State held 748,177. la 1900 the Ssate contaits 1,340,316 people and these couRties 305.334 leaving the rest of the State 1,034 982. In 1830 the rest cf the State as compared with these counties bad a majority of 500,777 and in 1900 it has a majority of 729 648, a net gain for the rest of the nf 228 S71. The iaternsedi&t ^ co*anti< s a~e A ken, Bamberg, Bamweil, Clarendon, Darlington, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Oranceburg ana Sunrer, which contained in 1880 254 781 people and in 1900 354,598, as follows: 1880 1900 Aiken 2S 112 36 032 Barnwell 39,857 35 504 Clarendon 19 190 2S.134 Darlington 34 485 32,388 Marion 34 107 35 181 Maribi. ro 20 598 27.639 - - p. s\ Z>/?0 I I Orangebuig 41 c5Wo oy ooo i Sumter 37,037 51,278 Bamberg , ? 17.296 Florence . ? 23.474 Summing up results we find tl as the Piecm ,at counties ia the Uet 20 yars have increased their population 1S6,988 or 37 9 10 pcrcent. That the coast couctios have increas ed their population 57 934 or 23 4 10 nor Aon f t"~* vv??. That the middle counties, including most of the sandhill region and the upper pine belt, have increased their population 99 317 or 39 2 10 per cent. Therefore the State's greatest gain in population in the last two decades ha3 been in wnat may be termed the lower middle country and not in the Piedmont region. This is remarkable when we consider how much of this territory is covered by the sandhill region with its unproductive lands and the further fact thai cotton manufacturing has not been developed in it to any de [ gree approximating the growth of that I industry in the Piedmont. The figures I go to show that with the impending | great extension of cotton manufacturing in this belt, the rapid crowth of | --O - 7 * the tobacco industry and the See trucking lands which He sonth of the sandhills there is good reason tc expect an iE crease of population in this part of the State during the next ten years which shall equal if not surpass that in any other region. Unquestionably the general average of the Piedmont region suffers by reason of the inclusion in it of several counties kno^n to be in the part pool and non-progressive: bat this is equally true of the middle region, and its growth despite these disadvantages is a very ! cheering token of the future of Sou:h i T^ oP fimo f.V.o VttlUlilid. ia ixig vvuiaw vi viuu VMV movement of population and of indus| try will extend to the coast counties? I as it would do now wero their resources and opportunities realized?and there | will then be throughout South Carolina a symmetrical development and a uniform prosperity.?The State. Benet Scores Charleston. The Spartanburg Journal of yesterday publishes the following: Judge Benet jolted Charleston very hard this morning. In sentencing Ed. Biiley, a young white man, to twelve months on the chain gang for selling whiskey, he gave the most meaning-and direct judicial arraignment the notorious lawlessness of that city has yet received. The remarks of ,the judge were very frank. Judee Benet said: "You hive made I a mistake. Tere is a locality on the opposite side of the State from Spartanburg where you can sell liquor with impunity and where grand juries won't present guilty parties and piiit juries won't convict; where you can sic and smile at the plainest, most convincing evidence 3gainst you must supply that always great demand for whiskey, emigrate to that favored locality. It is not here. In this Piedmont coun try jurors do their duty and the law is observed." These remarks made a secaation in court. Judges do not always talk out in meeting that way. In fhia nana thfl r>eonle were with the Judge. It was a stinging, complete rebake, a justified "contrast. Scrubs Cows Teeth 'According to tradition," gays the Philadelphia Recori, "there was once an old woman who kissed her cow and said, 'Every one to his own taste.' Oat at Bustieton there 13 a "gentleman farmer' who can give the aforesaid old woman cards and spades and be^t her at her own game. He does no* kiss his cows, but does something more rf .narkable, He actually scrubs thc:* teeth with a large toothbrushl This man has many peculiar ideas about his live stock, and particularly his cows, which are of the very finest breeds. So cautious is he about their eatinganddrinking that all the water the cows use is distilled. It is said that he has a separate toothbrush for each cow, and, as he cannot depend upon hi? men to do the brnshine. he does it himself, u~inz the very best Castile soap. He feels that in adopting this course he is assured of pure milk, free from the possibility of microbes." Turks MadCable advices say that the Vienna Tageblatt publishes a dispatch from Constantinople to the effect that Turkish council of ministers have held a conference to determine whether or not the sending of the United States battleship Kentucky to Smyrna should Mirornof? ?s on rsf Ac cording to The Ta^eblatt's dispatch the home minister urged the severance of diplomatic relations with the United States and eren went so far as to threaten war. unless the Kentucky should be withdrawn from Turkish waters. The ministers express the belief that the European powers would not permit the United States to attack Turkey and that country, therefore, would be safe in taking a defiant attitude. Will Try Old Guns. Tfr. renorted from Pekin that an imperial edict h.33 beers issued, ordering the viceroys and governors to stop the manufacture of modern iifies and cannon and revert to the old style of weapons. Ttie reason given is that modern weapons in the hands of the Chinese have proven useless against the fnricners. and it is thought that the I ancient styles may be more effective. I TERROR OF THE SEA. Washed from a Wrecked Steamer to ba Frczan to Death ? - * - - t" i r-? ? i ii rs ON A UtStK I l3L?i?y. The Story of Horrors Ccm9s From Seven Islands Bay. No Survivor of the Disaster Found. A new horror is reported from Seven Islands Bay, on the ooast of Labrador, where 26 lives were lost by the wreck of the iron coasting steamship St. Olaf. It is now be)ieved that many of tho victims of the disaster escaped the sea to meet a lingering death in the snow on a desert island. A schooner with a relief party went from the village cf Seven Islands to Isle Boole, seven mites distant, to search for survivors. They found no sign of life on the island which is circular in shape and a mile in diameter, containing many bouldeis, but otherwise oovered with stunted trees. The hull of the sunken steamer is broken into four pieces, having crashed into reeky cliff a in about 30 fathoms of water. Oa me rocky beao'i close by are three boats of the vessel smashed to pieces. In addition to the presence of the boats ashore the searchers found a keg containing provisions at tbe edge of the woods some distance from the water, showing conclusively, says the leader of the party of searchers, that some of the victims mot ashore. No sign of life was to ba found, and the island is covered with three feet of snow, beneath which it is expected, the missing bodies will be foutd. Tbe search is being continued, but it will be slow work removing eo much snow. There was no shelter but that of the trees on the island, and it is probable that the survivars of the wreck went oeViAro niffht in the midst of the storm. The body of Miss Marie | Psge, one of those recovered, was clothed in a night dress, indicating that the wreck occurred at night, and at the St. Oiaf left Sheldrake, 45 miles distant, on Wednesday afterroon, the wreck doubtless occurred that night The lighthouse could not be seen from Boule Island, and there is no fog Run near. Seven of the victims were passengers. They were Louis G-sggon, a trader of Pentecost, Labrador, whose brother is a merchant of Qiubec; Joseph Bacon, Clarence Bond, Jeremy Obi Die and iMicbaei Manor, or oneidrake; Napoleon Beadin of St. Johns river and Miss Marie Page of Thunder Kiver. There were 19 members of the crew. The Sfc. Olaf traded between here asd Eskimo Point, on' the Labrador coast, and cirried the government mails to the various points of . that territory. She was baiit by Murdook & Murray at Port Glasgow, on the Clyde, in 1882, and originally plied to the Orkney Islands. The 3teamer passed XhoiHralrn nn Wednesdav afternoon. when there was a gale, with snow, at the ?uif. It was evident that io attempting to make the harbor of Seven Islands she struck Boule Island, At the entrance of the bay. in the gale. Some bodies were washed ashore there as well as a mail bag. Further investigation revealed on the rocks the boiler and a part of the bow of the wrecked vessel, One of the bodies recovered is that of Miss Marie Page. The body of Miss Page ?as cast tip 011 the shore inoased in a iii'e-prestrver. This goes to show that the only woman on board the ill fated vessel was not forgotten by the crew. Miss Page, who was young, was on her way to Montreal to nur<ie in a private family. A ERUTAL FATHERLeft His Children in an Outhonse to DieG.orge Griffm and wife, white were tried last weeK in Nasii County N. (J., lor causiag the death of Griifia's four children oy a former marriage. The oldest of the four was barely ten. Griffin and the step-mother put the children in an outhouse sixty feet from ttieir house ana left them there on onu miserable bed v*i:h no attention. They fell iil with dropsy and in June oce died. Tne body lay on the btd bes:.de the living children. All were covered with bedsores ana tney ana ine dsu useu were alive with maggots. Ihe evidence was so horrible as to sicken judge and jury. It was ia evidence ibat the bU-pmother had said she would move the miserable little dirt eating devils out into tho outhouse and let them die. Tne grand jury had returned a trua bill tor muxder, but it was decided to try them for manslaughter, as it was contended for the defense that on account of the poverty of Griffin and his wife, the children died - as much of disease as of neglect because 1J f-.hpm with mftdi J26 COUiU uuv >~v? ...? cine. No siedicine was given and no doctor saw them. When neighbors, who heaid of the a^iir, wenc to the aid of the children Griffia made threats of violence and drove them away. The neighbors, however, took away the body oi the first child who died and buried it after it had remained some time in bed with the living. At intervals of about ten day3 other children cied and the neighbors had to take their bodies. Griffin was given a twelve years' sentence :o the penitentiary and Lis wife six year3. She got the shorter term because she was no blood relation to the children. Indians Dying. The food supply of the Indians at Cook Inlet, Aiaska, is about exhausted, arid nearly half of the savages are literally starving. They comprise five tribes. The influx of white prospectors has resulted in the killing or much game, with the result that tne Indians are deprived of flesh for food and furs for clothing. The supply of dried salmon which they accumu-ated last ariTTiTiier is not sufficient to lass throixeh the season, and now 400 to 600 of them have not enough food to last through next mouth. Appeals are made for help. Most of thefe Indians belong to tne Jtiassian unnrcn, duc 11 is power-1 less to help them. 1 A NARROW ESCAPE From Beins Thrown Into a Red Hot Coke OvenM. Roper, storekeeper for the WoodI aatvi nonr a r>ftffAOT rr cii u iiuu uiauw ? escape, as he believes, from being thrown into a rediot coke oven at Woodward Ala., by Lse Sherman, a oolored thief. When Rjper opened the store just after night fall Wednesday night, he wss faced by Sherman, who had hidden himself .in the store too ramie robbery. The ne#ro brandished a keen knife, and threatening to out Roper's thoat if he made any outcry, made Roper follow him from the store ^ j a. --1-. lywaru liie 'OU&O w<;u yiaut, nuiuu several hundred yards if, the negro pretending that he simply wanted to prevent him from giving thi alarm. A* he neered the coke ovea p:ant the negro said, something about being ''roasted alive in a cake oven," and Mr. Roper then realized the negro's intention, which, ss he construes it, wa3 to out his throat and throw him in half alive, into mouth of one of tbe ovens Mr. Rooper, thoroughly alarmed, quickened the operation of his mind made the negro a very librril proposition, promising to go back to the store and place a lot of goods on the pcroh for the negro to carry away and forever hold bis own peace, provided only that thfl necro did not kill him. After some parley the negro accepted this proposition, and xMr. Roper returned to the store. However, ou his way to the store he met several other men and induced them to enter the store by the back way and concealed themselves in the store, waiting for the negroe's arrival. The negro, however, "oaught on" and failed to put in an appeatanco. He is now at Urge, with a reward of $25 outstanding for his ar-'cst for attempted robbery and murder. i%nAn<r\TTr rn^ a vti rAUAaciiX xaotxaiA An Unnsnal Experience in Secretary of State's OfficeOfficials in the secrotary of state's office had to deal Wedneoday with a crank or a crazy man, who claims that he came from near Kaoxville, Tenn. He was dressed like a farm laborer and his brogans had not been blacked since he bought them from a store somewhere. He carried in his hand an old horseshoe, with a yellow string tied i- - ?a .1-:- l? L.IJ i aDOUl it, anaims ue oeiu iu as wgu?,y as if it were gold. Tbe man tc)d the officials that bis family lived many years before tbe war in Union county and that tbey possessed many acres of land. Tbey went 'to Tennessee and the land was finally sold, according to his story, and $2,000 was deposited in a bank to the credit of bis family. He said that some official in Union had written his grandfather years sgo that the money was on hand, but that fees of $200 were due. His grandfather, he says, didn't send the cash and none of the heirs ciaimingit, it finally escheated to the state. He oame here to investigate the mat ter and see if the money could not be recovered. He had no letters or documents, but when ha stated that his grand parents were named Glaze, the old records were gone over and nothing could be found to throw any light on the subject. He then went to the treasurer's office, but no record of $2,000 coming into the state treasury could be found. This mace the man suspicious, and ho said in the secretary of state's offioe that it was evident so him that the state didn't want to pay him the money. When asked to give further facts he declined to do so, saying that he would make an investigation of his own. Hs even refused to give his own name, seeming to think the officials were afcer cheating him. He finally said he would go to Union to make further investigations and would return. The man was extremely ignorant, if not aotually demented.?Columbia Record. A Crazy Captain. The brand new four masted American schooner Wellfell, of Boston, Mass., bound from Sabine Fass, Texas, to Pert Antonio, Jamaica, with ,six hundred thousand feet of lumber was found in a dangerous position by the British schooner Union, that arrived at Mobile Wednesday afternoon from Georgetown, W. I., off Cape Antonio. The master of the echooner, J. R. Jacobs, was insane from illness. There was no other-navigator aboard and the ere were about to desert the vessel to save themselves from being wrecked on the rocks. Captain E J. Foster, of the Union was a?ked to come aboard dUU LiikC cuaigc, ttO tut; 1U1U had several times attempted to kill the crew. The crew reported that the vessel was two days out from her place of departure wheu Captain Jacobs suddenly became insane from illness, and imagined that he was in Sabine Pass, and began to order the crew to unload the vessel. The next day he became worse and announced that he was off the isle of Pines, and refused to steer the vessel Captain Foster a'ter making a claim for salvage sailed the schooner to Port Antonio. Despsrate Fight, A dispatoh from G-affney to The State says: Geo L. Wilson, manager of the county chain gang, was committed to jail here yesterday for shoot icg E. A. Hughes, one one of his foremen. The trouble oceured at the camp near Blacksburg. After Wilson soht Hagho the latter olo3ad with him and a disparca battle ensued. Wiltn kept sboo'.irg and Hughes used his knip. Hughes was shot twice, once, in the side and once in the arm, and was thought . i ? u... v.;? ^nnrT_ tO D"3 I4G*;iy uurii, I'M urjvr lixo i^vvfery is hoped for. Wi's'i wag cat all over the nead and face and one cat in the left side. His wounds are severe but notdaDgerons. A Kotable Wedding. A notable wedding occurred in Burghampton, N. Y., last week. The groom to be is Maj. Page, aged 31, hight 34 inches and weight 49 pounds. The bride-elect is Miss Mary Weickle, aue 23. hight 6 feet and weight 158 " w- - t ^ pounds. It is understood that it is a lovs match. Miss Weickle, who is a handsome and popular young woman, ' ?-?e J? na? retusea a Eumuer ui ueouauio v/ifers in order to be able to marry the diminutive little major. FEARFUL ACCIDENT Feil Through Rocf on Red Hot Furnace TAO AC r*ATAOV C A I I C i wr vyi rnw i wrv i i Precipitating Seventy-five People On Red Hot Vats. Nine Kill ed and Fifty Burned Terribly. Nine people wera killed and fully 50 badiy injured by the collapse of the roof of the Pacifio Glass Works, on Fifteenth street, San Franoisco, Thursday, while it W35 crowded with men and boys witching a football ^ame on the fijld a?ijoining. About 75 people feil through the roof upon the red hot furnaces and gla=?s vats below. All lin-tnKtir Vinrno^ unil if iq fparA? that; in addition to the deaths already re ported there will be several more. The dead are: J A. Mulrooney, W. R. Eatfelt, Edgar Fiahein, T. J. Rip pon, William Valenaia and M. Vaadina. Three unidentified. Two hundred men and bojs had gathered on the sheet-iron roof of the glass works to obtain a free view of the annual football game between Stanford and University of California. About zu mtnutes alter tne game naa commenced there was a crash, plainly audible from the football grounds, and a portion of the crowd on the roof went down. The fire3 in the furnaces had been started for the flrjt time today and the vats were fall of liquid glass. It was upon thes9 that the victims feel. Some were killed instantly and others were slowly roasted to death. The few who missed the furnaces rolled off and, to-' gether with workmen in the glass works, saved the lives of many by pulling them away from their horrible resting place. The police and fire department were soon on hand, and every patrol wagon and ambulance in the city were summoned. They were not enough, and express wagons and private carriges were pressed into service to carry off AenA am? wnnndfld. Manv of the injured were unooascious, while others were hurried to the hospitals. The Southern Pacific railway hospital, only two blocks away, was quickly filled. About forty wounded were taken there. Others were sent to St. Luke's hospital, to private residences and other places. At the hospitals there was aoon a shortage of surgeons, and some of the wouaded had to wait uatil help came. The roof of the glass works was not 200 feet away from the football field, bat the 9U,UUU people watoning tne game wore too interested in the contest to noti ia what had occored. It was only when the ushers went through the vast ?rowd calling for dootors that it became known that there had been an accident. Hundreds of people left the grounds and gathered about the fence enclosing the glass works. News of the disaster spread rapidly, and thousands of anxious people qaiokly assembled. The police kept them back with difficulty, while the patrol wagons and ambulances dashed through the crowd on their way to and from the hospital. A LATER STATEMENT. Four bodies have been identified. Eighty-two persons more or less injured have been taken to the various hospitals or removed to their home3. Most of those killed or injured were ^ * .A _ boys between V ana 10 years 01 a^e. Nearly all of the victim* had their skulis fractured or limbs broken and sustained serious internal injuries. Fire Don't Hurt Him The Columbia Record says one of the most startling exhibitions ever seen in Columbia was that of Mr. N. C. Watts at Hyatt park yesterday and evening. He h\d a wire 400 feet long stretched from a tailpipe, and by msans of a pulley arrangement he went flying through the air enveloped in flames. Yet at the end or nia nrery journey ne comes out with but few burns, flow it is done has been a mystery, and many people believed be wore an asbestos suit as a protection. But the fact is that his olothing has baen previously saturated with oil, is set on fire, and there is absolutely no artificial protection to keep the flames from his body. A Record reporter had a talk with Mr. Watta this morniDg, and that his exhibition is genuine he proved by showing various burns he had received on his flash. He declares that no pain attaches to it, and from his actions and movements there can be no doubt of the truth of his statement. An ordinary man burned as he was would bo in bed writhing in pain. He is trn y a wonderful man in this respect at least. He is from Lynchburg, Va., and, in ad dition to his "fire aot," is a fcaloonist and a ventriloquist. He is a young man, but like all other businesses his sometime gets dull, though it would seem that he could get an engagement almost any time to do tho fiery slide act. Fatally Shot. George F. Nesbitt, of Kingston, P?., aged 35 years, a member of the Lnzerne county bar and a eon of one of Luzerne's wealthiest citizens, was accidentally killed while hunting on a private reserve at Mebanes, N. C., Wednesday. Sa was hunting with a colored boy and hig dogs. The colored boy heard no report of the gun, and after waiting an hour instifued a search. The body was found with the gun on the ground near by. The charge had blown a large hole in his head and death was probably instanteously. Deceased was an extensive traveler and had fusf. returned j from a hunting expedition to tte Kooky Moun tains. Trait WonA dispatch from Washington says Justic Bernard of the Supreme Court of the District declined to grant an inj unction against the Standard Oil Company to restain them from maintaining an oil storage plant in the southwestern part of the city. For several ' 1 -1?1. il** j years tne resiaeutBut uc UI/V1MVVU j have been seeking the removal of the plant beyond the city limits, claiming the etoiage of large quantities of oil endangered their lives and property. JuBtic Bernard decided that the plant as conducted was not dangerous, WEYLER'S BRUTALITY ADOPTED By the United States Army in the Philippines. A special dispatch from "Washington to the New York Journal says: Slaugnter 01 innpinos wnerever mere is an attack on the American troops or the "sniping" of American soldiers is the programme that has been ordered by the war department. Army officers long ago urged that these tactics be employed, but the fear of their cffect upon the election prevented them from being carried into effect. Now the orders have been issued and the people of the island are to be taught what war :-i- rpu. is m e&ruebw jiuc ^ vuuj' ui vac juhcish in South Africa is to be copied, and tbe punishment of villages and set tlemeats tbat givj shelter to the io9uigents is to eo effected that the war department believes it will be an easy matter to stamp out all signs of tie present insurrection. Army officers who have served in the Pailippiaea point cut that the natives work in the fields as "srnigos" when the Americans are close at hand, and as soon as they bate passed take up their guns and pursue, lagging far enough behind to '"SDipe" the soldiers, and frequently gathering in sufficient numbers to create dangerous ambashes. Under the new policy, whenever anything of this kind is done the whole section is to be scoured, the men killed, huts burned and the women and ohildren chased away. The innooent may thus be punished for the aetsof the guilty, because of the impossibilty of separating the non-combatants from those who are fighting. Through the fear thus instilled in the minds of the people, it is believed by army offioarsthat the natives in seif-protection will-refuse to give the "in&urrecto3" food and shelter, and thus make it impossible for the rebels to continue their depredations and maintain their attacks upon the American troops." Army officers have . for a year urged that this be done, bat prior to the election the Administration feared to give the order. In commenting on the above The State says: "Weyler, it seems, was a great military piotesr, much abuse in his .time but now the model of the two most enlightened nations upon earth. His methods of dealing with a people who persisted in straggling for the independence against great odds of men m?f?] ttrara n/wol anil auu vat ttwiv mv f va umw* %?ahw??v were subject to criticism from humanitarians, but after all, they were, it appears, the only hopeful method of convincing stubborn freemen of their folly in opposing great nations with great armaments. It is true that Weyler was not successful in Cuba, neither the reconcentration and starvation of the women and children nor the summary slaughter of prisoners of war serving to subdue the revolt against Spain. But perhaps that was because Spanish pesos w?re not numerous enouch to DroDerly sustain his plans. There is no suoli difficulty in South Africa or the Philippines. British pound and American dollars are equal to all demands made upon them and the twentieth century will open with two simultaneous tests of Weylerism under circumsUnces promising better results than the original policy attained. Nevertheless, to make the test euccessfull the consciences of two nations must be wholly stifled." Must Pay Up. A dispatch to Tiie bato says taxpayers of Wise and Pickens townships and the citizens of Edgefield village are j ast now very much exercised over the payment of the bonds issued by Wise and Piokens townships to build a rail road through them. The bonds, now amounting to $65,000, were issued and sold bat no railroad was built through them. When the first installment of bonds became due, amounting no>r to $40,000, payment was refused. The bondholders hied salt in the United States court and payment fought on various grounds, but the court decreed that they must be paid, and the coanty auditor was ordered to levy a sulhoient tax this fall to pay the $40,000 at once. The auditor has not made the levy, and notice has been given that steps in law will be taken to compel him to make the levy. To collect that amount at our levy would amount to about 6 per cent, of the taxable property of the trrrn Umnallinc an/} if ID All IA amount to confiscation in a number of instances. The taxpayers cannot stand it. Various plans to arraage the matter have been snggested. It has been determined, it seems, to cail a meeting of the taxpayers of tho?e townships at an early cay to discuss the situation and to arrange some plan to pay off or satisfy the bond holders. The most feasible plan proposed is to issue new 6 per cent bonds, eeil them and pay off the old bonds. It is farther suggested that the new bonds be issued m such shape to retire a certain number of them each year, say from 10 to 15 years. Gamblers Bit Hard. The trial of the alleged gamblers at Pensacola Fia., has been completed. Fifteen of them have been "discharged for want cf' evidence to convict. Mayor Hillyard in the police court today announced fines of $250 each, or 60 days in jail, again&t Charles Evans, C. F. Schad and ffil TjonT>d.?th*>rrv for keeD ing gaming hoo?3S, and of $50 each or 30 days in jail against W. Church, M. Kosentero, J. W". Pope and George Mocdy for visiting gaming houses. Moreno Jones, attorney for th? defendants, made a motion for a new trial. ABuddist Hun. Sister Sanghamitta, a Buddist nun, has arrived from Honolulu and proposes to speak through the country in behalf of her chosen faith. She represents the Mah* Bodhi society, which aims to promulgate the true teachings of Buddha. Sister Sanghamitta was formerly the Countess De Can&varro, wif? of the one time minister from Portugal to the Hawaiian islands. She was born in Tsxas and entered the order in New York in 18S>7. Washed From Bigginy. A special dispatoh from Kingston, Oat., Say* that the trig Rule, Captain Ha?kett, master, has jast returned from Point Polecand Pelee' and reports haviug been close enough to the eohnoor wrecked there to learn that its name was the Miame Valley, and to ascertain definitely that the eight sailors who were 3een lashed in the rigging early I Monday had been washed away and | drowned, > MTJRDFRES 4BRESTED. ? - _ Charged With Killing Two Ladies Near CharlotteA dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., to the Atlanta Journal, says: ''Jacob A. Eller, white, who formerly lived near the scene of the crime, was brought here Wednesday night on the oharge of murdering Mrs. Colley and her nieee last week and burning the house containing the bodies. He was arrested in Rown county, sixty miles from Uharlott The clew that led to the arrest was a sewing machine lease issued in the name of his wife which was found in Mrs. flnliflv'a hrmsfi flirts^ t.n tha ftnnbaard which contained hidden money. The lease showed that the machine had been repossessed by the seller, the dialer , Sewing Machine company, on the 2(kh of?, 1893. After finding the lease Chief o? Police Orr icquircd about Eller. Us ascertained that the man was a j*ckleg carpenter with scant reputation of any kind; that he came from T> _ _ * 11_ i.L.1. ? nowan county origmaiiy, dul mat iur somfl years he had lived on a small farm about two miles from the residence of Mrs. Coiley. A week before the murder Eller's wife and three children left for Goldhill, where it was found Eller had gone the day after the women had been killed. Upon locating his man the -chief announced here yesterday morning that he was going off on a shooting trip and he and two other officers, dressed in sportsmen garb, proceeded to Eller's house. The man said he had no money, but a search of his house disclosed $10 in old and crumpled bills. Tracks leading from the house where the murder occurred measured No 9, which correspond with Eiler's shoes. He claimes that he can prove an alibi. The suspected man is forty-nine years old, fi?e feet nine inches high and weighs about 150 pounds and is dark." In Mortal Combat W. J. Bailey, railroad agent at Mango, Fla., shot and killed Paul Huet, a Frenchman, in a dnel at that place. Huet was employed by Bailey to do some work on his farm. Ha was ordered to stop the work on account of its not fceing satisfactory. Hnet became enraged at this and it is alleged threatened to do Bailey violence. Bailey returned to his home for a gun. Huet ran to his home on a similar mission. Mrs. Bailav followed her husband, armed with a pistol. Mrs. Huet followed her husband similarly armed. When the party met both men raised guns, it is alleged, and Bailey shot first, killing Huet instantly. Mrs. Btileyand Mrs. Huet were in the meantime fighting with revolvers, Mrs. Huet severely beating Mrs.- Bailey over the head and painfully wounding her. After the homicide,: -Bailey coolly carried his wife home, gave her medical attention,' and 'fAlAnrMnliA frt fKa kj\ rtAmfl i tucix \j\j wuv ?v wiuv for him. Captured by BoersLord Roberts cables from Johannesburg under date of Wednesday, November 28: "The Dcwetsdorp garrison of two guns of the Sixty-eight field bat teiy.were detachments of the Gloucestershire regiment, the Highland Light Infantry and Irish Rifles, 400 in ail, surrendered at 5:20 p. m., November 23. Oar losses were 15 men killed and 42 wounded, including Major H. J. Anson and-Capt. Digby. The enemy is said to be 2,500 strong. Four hundred men were despatched from Sdenburgh to relieve Dewetsdorp, but they did not succeed in reaching there in time. Knox joined this force and found Dewetsdorp evacuated. Seventy-five ' sick and or/inn^ Iiotto Vioon loff-. fVioro TCnrtT pursued and is reported to have successfully engaged Steyn and Dewet near Vaalbank, November 27. They retired west and southwest. Knox's messenger failed to get through, so I have no details." - Carried to Sea. A dispatoh from Brunswick, Gra., to the Atlanta Journal, says: Alfred Eoberta and Ernest Bolt, two white boys, aged thirteen and fifteen years, were picked ud Sunday by the tug boat Aagie and Nellie after having a dreadful experience in an open rowbaat. The bays went fishing in Biack river Saturday morning and in some way the boat became unmanageable, the currant nar'-cinflr f.hft vnnfchs a ffraat disfcanea in o ?* --? ? o ?~ ? the .direction of the sea body. The anxious parents becoming alarmed at their continued absence chartered the launch Charley D and went in search of them. In the meantime they were rescued as above mentioned by the Angie and Nellie. Had their rescue not been affected as early as it was their fate would doubtless never have been known, as a heavy south to north east gale is now blowing at sea. Their safe return to their homes was the signal for great rejoicing by their loved ones. Domestic Animals. hmv?an Wpdne.idftV i*?nf?<3 a bulletin giving the results of the enumeration of the domestic animals on enclosures, _ but not on farms or r?nges. Ox 1,878,207 barns or enclosures reporting domestic animals, which was substantially one-third of the total number of farms in the United a...*? toi SCA Ada Q7a OUftLCD) ?ui ^'jukaiucu Tuvalu mgav cattle; 1,355,636 inclosurcs reporting horses aggregated 2,833,877 horses; and the aggregate of other animals reported as follows: Males, 162.115; asses, 12,870; sheep, 156 470; swine, 1,592,861, and goats, 47, 652. What It Mean* The Philadelphia North American recently published an article headed "A Dream of Beauty was Mrs. McKinley Thirty Years Ago," etc., being a de scription of the person*! charms acd attractions of the First Lady of the Land during her school days. Mrs. McKinley ordered a half dozen copies by wire and the North American printed a fac smile of the telegram. Up at the top we read "25 D, H.," which being interpreted macns 23 words, deadhead. It is an interesting incident. (ione wrong. There hav8 been public rumors for the past week that a clerk of the Seahoard Air Lice at Femandina, Fla., was short in his accounts about $40,000 or upwards. No information could be obtained and railroad officials refused -11 I Oil iuiviiuavjivui A CRUISER SUNK. The Yosemite Went Down at Guam Two Weeks Ago. DETAILS ARE LACiCINQ* Ship Had Full Compliment of Officers and Men. Many Wftra Profaablv on Shore Duty. A dispatch from Manila reports the sinking of the United States auxiliary 'cruiser Yoiemite in a typhoon at Guam, "November 15. Five of the crew, were ' lost. Details of the disaster are lacking and it-is not known how many, if any, or the crew, was saved. A dispatch, from W*?hinjton.fl*ya the TT * 1. 1 : J A xosemue wu ursi commisaiuneu .opm 13, 1898, she has b?en stationed at the island of Guam since the days of the Spanish war. She is & sixteen-knot converted cruiser, of 6,179 teas displacement, and is provided with, amain battery ef ten 5 inch rapid firing guns and a secondary battaryof lix 6 pounders and two Colt riflea. She hat a compliment of 18 officers and 267 men. Her measurements are 391 feet in length by 48 feet, extreme bireadtL She has a mean draft of 20 feet. 1 inch. Just before the outbreak of toe Spas ish-American war the vessel vu purchased by the navy department, fitted > as an auxiliary cruiser,, and rendered effective service as one of the patrol fleet, being manned in part by the 'Michigan naval militia. It is slid that her ancaorage at Guam was off the harbor of San Lois d'Apra, and that owing to her draft she was obliged to lie six miles off shore. The horbor in a particularly dangerous one, owing to xi i - i _t i A. me eiiflieuce ui a ruoxjr lugu IU mo middle and a particularly crooked ? channel. According to the naval register, the jTosemite was manned bj 18 officers and .267 men, but in her capacity aa / station ship not all of these were required, and undoubtedly a part of them were ashore engaged in dutiei at .the naval station. This probably would be true of her commander, Sea too Schroder, who also is governor of Goam, and who probably left the active command of the ship to the ranking lieutenant, Augustus N. Mayer. The other offioers accredited to the ship by the register are Lieutenants W. E. Safford, Albert Moritz, B. B. Bierer, Bnsignu A, W. v. Presiey; H. L, Collins, A. N. Mitchell and F. T. Evans, Assistant Surgeon F. M. Furlong, Assistant Paymaster P. W. Delano, Chaplain L. P. Bennolds, and eight warrant officer The navy department Thursday rel ceived a cablegram from Admira Romow ftfinfirmiflff tli* r<*nnH; <vf tlia disaster to the auxiliary cruiser Yosemite at Guam. Following is the text of Admiral Barney's cablegram: Uavite, Nov. 29.1900. "Bureau of navigation, Washington: Captain of transport Sherman reports total loss of Yosemite, Nov. 13. Chains parted in typhoon, drifted to sea and sank seventy miles off. Justin (a collier) went to rescue. Steam launch crew of five lost. Shall send Kempff to Guam tomorrow to ascertain extent of disaster and transport Yosemite crew to Cavite. Remey." Boys On The Farm. The farm has given to the world some of its most useful men and women, of the kind that the world has greatneed of today. B/reason of t^ieir separation ? i.L. i 1 J -? xrom me nauaia ana aens 01 iniquity sad viae they erected character* tiiat were firm, strong and uncompromising. By reason of hard physical labor in the open, fresh air they acquired ragged and strong constituiiona needed for en* durance in the conflicts in whioh they engaged. And by reason of the hard battles foaght and difficulties overcome in the attainment of knowledge they acquired a development of intellect that was both desirable and commendable. What are the boys and girls on the farm, who are enjoying superior advantages, doing to day to improve their condition? Ar they making the very best use of ihe means which cheap books ana papers ana tne long winter evenings afford to adorn their minds and make tifem more useful? Bryan's ReplyA dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says in answer to a congtatnlatory address presented by the Bryan Some Guards .some days ago, W. J. Bryan Wednesday afternoon sent a letter to H. F. Hockey, thanking him for the expressions of esteem, and confidence as follows: 44 When a political party meets with reverses tne greatest consolation the candidate has, aside from the approval of conscience, is the knowledge that he retains the confidence of those with whom he was associated, and I thank the Guards for this asaoranoe. The oontest between democracy and plutocraoy will go on, and those who believe in the Declaration of Independence and the doctrine of equality before the law most still defend hmman rights from encroachment and greed." A Tatal Fall* The State says Elijah Johnstone, colored, came to his death in a terrible manner Friday. He wts walking across the Southern bridge over theCong aree, on his way to Oayce, where h* worked, when he was seised with vertigo or epilesy something of the kind and fell from the trestle. He was not lolled immediately, and some colored people who had seen him fall ran to his assistance. He was taken to his home at 809 Pulaski street, but before medical attention could reach him he was dead. The drop fro n the top of the trestle was over 45 feet. Cornor Green held an inquest, and the verdict of the jury was in accordance with the facts above stated. ' Conspirator* Killed. A Morgantown, W. V$., special . says: State Mine Inspector Jas. W. .Paul, of West Virginia, says the reoent .mine disaster at Berrysville in Wh&h 3 lives were loot, was the resale of a conspiracy to kill _ihe foreman, of the mine. The conspirators after~ lighting^ the fuse stood at the- entrance of' the mine, but -the force of-vtfce- explosion 1 rmmm fhMf fi** tflfl TVAO 51Q?U#i VAMiM I they were also killed. - -' v ' - -i i - . >-4^ : ^togiS -. v^B5 '"1