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MY SWEErHE&Kt. "Twas a quaint line scrawled in a spelling book, And handed to me with a bashful look, By my blue eyed sweetheart so fondly true, In the dear old school days long years ago? "It you love me as I love you No knife can cut our love in two " That "Sanders' Speller," so tattered and torn. Has always a halo of romance worn, A narrar a nnot: wit.ll llOnfiVftd Den AUU UO*VA W J^VVV e Has written so precious a rhyme since then? "If you love me as I love you." Ab, dear, you know I did?1 do. I've kept it safely for many a year? This dog's-eared, shabby old spelling-book, dear, And now, as I hold it within my hand, Again in the school room I seem to stand? Keading once more with rapture new? "If you love me as I love you." How some foolish saying from out the past Like a rose branch Is over the pathway cast And the time of lowers we still remember, Till winds blow cold in the bleak December. God grant it always may be true? "That you love me as I love you." THE GEORGIA ELECTION. The FonUst Blake Large Gains All Over the Sute. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 4.?The Constitution publishes this morning returns from ail of the 137 counties in Georgia, made from unofficial estimates, compiled by its correspondents in every county, and most of them received after midnight last night. The unofficial returns Indicated that the State had srone Democratic bv thirty thousand majority, but the official county, consolidations which took place at 12 o'clock to-day show that this figure has been reduced. The official Democratic majority will not vary much from twenty thousand and this is the figure which is now accepted by conservative estimates on the Democratic side. The Populists on the other hand claim that the counties, the consolidations from, which will be the last to be heard from will reduce this majority to at least ten thousand. Of the one hundred and seventy-five members of the House elected, about sixty are Populists and of the forty-four members of Senate, there are seven Populists and one Republican. Several of the strongest Democratic counties In the State have been carried by the Populists and with but few exceptions every county in the State shows Populist g^ins. Speaker Crip's district gives the largest Democratic majority of any district In the State. He figured conspicuously in the campaign, strongly advocating tariff reform and the free coinage of silver. An organized movement against a return to silver coinage without foreign consent was started early in the campaign, Secretary Smith, Congress man Tamer and others vigorously defending the policy of the administration on the stamp. The debate on the silver question grew so warm as to frequently put Democratic speakers in the attitude of making a joint discussion against each other on this issue. Speaker Crisp and Secretary Smith spoke in Atlanta together a few weeks ago, one defending free silver the other antagonizing it. The Populi3ts took full advantage of the division and the resnlt has been a great slum in Democratic majorities throughout the State. atkinson badly scbatced. Atlanta, C*a., Oct. 4.?Returns come in slowly but enough official and unofficial reports have been received by the Journal up to 12 o'clock to indicate an average Democratic majority of twenty to twenty-live thousand. Atkinson, the Democratic nominee for Governor, has been scratched in all the parts of the State and it is not believed his majorty will exceed fifteen thoushand. The Democrats will ?^ ci. nave iniixy majority iu uie oiaw oouate and 150 majority In the House. Every Congressional district except Black's went for the Democrats. The ninth, represented by Tate, is carried for the Democrats by seven majority, and the fourth, represented by Moses, by 900. This Is the first election since the war when |Bepublicans and Populism have made a complete fusion. The negroes voted solidly with the Populists. Great surprise has been occasioned by the defeat of Warner Hill a prominent candidate for Speaker of the next Hou3e. This county went with the Populists; this insures the election of W. H. Flemming of Richmond to be Speaker. South Georgia counties which are solid for Representative Turner for the Senate have given the largest majorities in the State to the Democrats. Atlanta, Oct 3.?The State election occurred in Georgia today, the State voting for Governor and State officers and a full Legislature, which is to elect a Senator in November. Two years ago the State went Democratic for Governor By 7i,uuu majority ror w. J. Northern over W. L. Peck, the Populist nominee. W. Y. Atkinson is the Democratic candidate for Governor this year and J. K. Hinea the Populist nominee. There are 137 counties in Georgia and returns are coming: in Blowly, but there seems to be no doubt that Atkinson's majority for Governor will be between 30,000 and 50,000. Later reports from all over Georgia show that the Populists have made gains in almost every county in the State and that the Democratic majority will probably not be more than 30,000. Indications are that tbe Populists will have thirty or forty members in the next Legislature. The Populists claim that the official reports wiU reduce the Democratic majority to 20,000, while Chairman Clay, of the State Democratic executive committee, claims that the Democratic majority will reach 35,000. a big falling off. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 4.?Returns in frfcio rVtncrroainnnl THat.riflt. inrtipnffl fnnr VUIO VVUKkVIMVMM >?v..vv?.w .VM. thousand Democratic majority, a falllog off of twelve hundred in two years. Indications are that the Democratic majority in Congressman Turner's district will hold up well. Counties in the .Tenth, Tom Wacson'a District, show five hundred Fopullst majority. If they repeat this next month he will be elected. It was a notable fact that the heaviest Democratic majorities are returned from counties endorsing the administration's financial views. Indications are that the constitutional amendments increasing the number of the Supreme Court Judges to five and increasing pensions to Confederate soldiers have been lost. P. W. Kline, a lottery and policy shop man of KaLsas, has published a letter in which he recites that Governor Lewellyn, Attorney General Little and other Populist State officers of Kansas agreed to sell bim police protection In that State and to permit him to have the appointment of the police in certain cities and that they failed to stand by their bargains. He further claims to have contracted with the Louisana lottery to have all lotteries run out of Kansas and to have paid the attorney general $4,000 to begin the prosecution of them. The publication has of course caused a great deal of scandal. It is said that the Republican State committee secured the publication of the letter. I THE NEXT HOUSF. HOW IT IS FIGURED OUT BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. Boih Sides Claim a Comfortable M*Jorliy?The Democrats are a Little More Modest la their Figures than the Republicans. The Congressional Campaign Committees of both the Democratic and Republican parties are beginning to consider seriously the complexion of the next National House of Representatives. The election id only a little over four weeks off, and there Is a natural Inclination to survey the Geld and determine, if possible, the size of the harvest that 1b to be gathered in. Very natnrally the spectacles through which the Democrats and the Republicans gaze at the Congressional districts do not produce the same results, but the difference is not as marked as one would suppose. Both sides are confident of winning. The Democratic estimate Is more conservative than the Republican, and with its total of 190 is dangerously near the danger line. The Democratic estimate gives three of the South Carolina members to the Populists, which Is a mistake. Our be * - iter ana nope ibuuiu evoiy uibluuu m this State will be carried by the Democrats. The Republicans in their estimate claim 200 members, but we have no idea that they will get them, if the Democrats all over the country will lay aside their factional difficulties and pull together. This is all that is needed to secure a grand Democratic victory next month. The following table gives the claims of each party, and it will be worth while comparing these figures with the returns on the morning after election: Republican Dem'cratic State. estimate, estimate. R. I). P. D. R. P. Alabama 9 9 ? Arkansas 6 ... 6 California 6 1 ... 4 3 ... Colorado .. 2 2 Connecticut 3 1 ... 2 2 ... Delaware 1 1 Florida .. 2 ... 2 Georgia 11 U Idaho 1 1 Illinois 11 11 9 13 ... Indiana 9 4 ... 7 6 ... Iowa 10 1 ... 1 10 ... Kansas 8 4 4 Kentucky 2 9 ... 10 1 ... Loulslna 6 ... 5 1 ... Maine 4 4 ... Maryland 3 3 ... 5 1 ... Massachusetts 12 1 ... 2 11 ... Michigan, 11 1 ... 4 8 ... Minnesota 7 2 5 ... Mississippi 7 ... 7 Missouri 6 5 4 12 3 ... Montana 1 1 Nebraska. 6 3 3 ... Nevada 1 1 New Hampshire.... 2 2 ... New Jersey 5 3 ... 4 4 ... New York 19 15 ... 17 17 ... North Carolina 1 8 ... 8 1 ... North Dakota 1 1 Ohio 16 5 ... 6 15 ... Oregon 2 1 1 ... Pennsylvania 24 6 ... 6 24 ... Rhode Island 2 1 1 ? South Carolina 1 6 ... 4 ... 3 South Dakota 2 2 ... Tennessee............ 4 6 ... 8 2 ... Texas 9 4 13 Vermont 2 2 ... Virginia 3 7 ... 9 1 ... Washington 2 2 ... West Virginia. 3 1 ... 4 Wisconsin 7 3 ... 5 5 ... Wvomine 1 1 Totals 200 147 9 190 156 10 Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans, it will be seen by the above, believe tbat the Populists will cut very much of a figure in the outcome. The Republican managers, for instance, do not believe that a single Populist will be elected north of Mason and Dixon's line, and the Democrats account for only a total of ten in the whole United States. The truth is that the Populists have made much exaggerated claims in the past, have cried "wolf" so frequently when there was no wolf, that toe practical politicians pay little or no heed to any prophecies which take the Populists into consideration. The Pop ulists, for their part, expect to hold the balance of power. It will also be noticed in the above table that in a large number of instances there is absolutely no difference of opinion between the Democratic and Republican experts, in nearly all the Southern States solid Democratic delegations are conceded to the Democrats. This is noticeably the case with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and, with the exception of one district in North riarollna. Texas, on the contrarv. is regarded by Republicans as debatable ground, their Information being that the Populists in that State will make serious inroads into the Democrats. In Missouri, too, the Republicans expect, with the aid of the Populists to unseat at least four Democrats, in addition to carrying six straight Republican Districts. "These six districts comprise the three In the city of St. Louis and three in the State. The Democrats for their part, concede to tbe Republicans the entire delegation from Iowa, with the exception of Judge Hayes'* district, and some forty more Congressmen In Maine, Oregon, Montana, Idaho. New Hampshire, North and South Dakota, Washington, Vermont and Pennsylvania. The estimates regarding the latter State tally to a nicety, although even such a conservative Republican as Chris Magee is said to believe that the Democrats will carry seven districts in the State, or one more than is allowed by either of the committees. Tbe Democrats expect to get : nothing In Kansas, and they count upon four Populists from that State, while 1 t-ho T?ai?nhllf?anH nlaim t.hft pnt.lrfl filurht. Oat of the six New EaglaDd States the Democrats anticipate at least live members, two in Massachusetts, two 1q Connecticut and one in Rhode Island. The Republicans cut this estimate down to two, one in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut. In New 5Tork the Democratic committee counts upon sixteen certain for each party, with two districts doubtful, and a possibility that the delegation will be equally divided. The Republicans loofc for nineteen of their candidates to be elect ad, giving to tae uemocracs me ais-1 tricts south of the Harlem. Under the Republican redisricting of the State the Republicans look for only three Democrats to be returned from New Jersey. The Democrats count on carrying four districts in this State. A Republican gerrymander also confronts the Democrats in Ohio, but they count upon at least six districts. The Republicans concede five. In Illinois, on the other hand, the redisricting is with the Democrats. It is a fact which is admitted at the Republican headquarters that nothing less than a majority of 60,000 in Illinois can change the political complexion of the delegation from the State, while the Democrats can lose the State by 30,000 and still hold the Legislature. Consequently the Democrats will probably gee a majority of the Congressmen and the Republican managers will be satisfied if they get one-half of the total of twenty two. For this reason the Democratic claim of nine is within the most conservative bounds. As to the outcome in Indiana opinions differ. One district there, now represented by Mr. Hammond, a Democrat, Is certain to go Republican, and the 1st and 11th districts, the homes of Congressmen Taylor and Martin, are thought to be doubtful. Out of the nine remaining districts the Democrats expect to carry six,but the Republicans only allow them a total of four. Postmaster Dalton, of the House of Representatives, and an ex-member from Indiana, has looked veary thoroughly into the situation in the State, ana gives it as his opinion that the Democrats will elect eight, and he does not even anticipate the defeat of Martin, the chairman of the pension committee. The pension question, however, is causing the Democrats considerable trouble in the State. C!h airman "Ellvson. of the Vir ginla Democratic State committee, believes that the Republic ans will only gain one Congressman in his State, and be Is not at all certain that even this slight change will occur. At Republican headquarters, however, it is said that Repulicahs will be elected in the 2d, 7th and 9th districts. West Virginia also seems to be a very much disputed battle ground. The advices at tbe Democratic headquarters indicate the election of Democratic Congressmen in all of the four districts, but this claim Is said by the opposing managers to be absurd. Wilson's defeat is predicted by a majority of 1,200. A communication received at the Republican headquarters recently, dated at Berkeley Springs, in Wilson's district, says that all tbe saw mills in that county have been closed, and that at Davis City 300 lumbermen haye been thrown out of employment. Howard, in the 1st, and Alderson in the 3J, are also said to be doomed to defeat. .Wisconsin is another State where fha r pan if. annAarn nnfwfcftln. (~5hair man Wall, of the Democratic State committee, predicts the election of Ave Congressmen, but Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin, who is the chairman of the Republican Congressional committee, thinks the Democrats will be fortunate if they bring even three of their candidates safely through. By a fusion with the Populists the Democrats expect to get three Congressmen in Nebraska, who will co-operate with the Democrats in organizing the House, but the Republicans, claim the entire State, being now conQndent that Mr. McKeighan, against whom they had to make their hardest fight, is as good as beaten. In Kansas Jerry Simpson was their most formidable opponent From Michigan the Democrats expect Griffin, Gorman, Whiting acd Weadock to be returned, but the Republicans claim eleven out of the twelve districts. In Maryland, loo, the Republicans expect to make gains, counting upon three of the six districts, the 1st, 5th and 6th. They do not pat Louisiana in their column, believing that they have a clear * * <-Ka lT An an otrnn if fho hrtlf. UJOJUlltjr lu UUU uuugo vtou 4L uuv wv?? Id the sugar State does not materialize. The defeat of Enloe and Snodgrass In Tennessee Is predicted, giving them a total of four Republicans from that State, while they do not concede a single Democrat from Minnesota. The Democrats expect to hold their own in that State. They have now two member?. A clean Republican sweep in California, with the exception of one district, Is also a part of the Republican programme. They also expect to wrest Colorado from the Populists, Delaware and Wyoming from the Democrats, and gain a district In Kentucky. While we believe that the Democrats will win, we confess that the light is going to be a hard one. A Sad, Sad Tragedy, A very sad tragedy occurred at Gaston on the South Bound Railroad last Wednesday night; It was the tragic death of a bright young lad, who had run away from home, without even tellirg his parents good bye. The sad event occurred just about midnight, and tears slole down the cheeks of many a stronsr man, as he stood by the handsome lad in the hours of the morning, as his life slowly ebbed away from his mangled p? ffor iurui. 1UOOD ObL('U^) bouuoi-uvniuwu men stood around the little fellow, although he was a perfect stranger, doing all in their power to save him, knowing he wa& ra a dying condition all the time. They Btood there and heard him tell his story and plead for his life to be prolonged till he could kiss his father goodbye, a father whom he had left without giving any intimation as to his intentions ?a father who was at his home in Philadelphia, perhaps at that very moment racking bis brain to deviBe soma plan of securing intormatian as to bis missing son. It was a scene to touch the heart of any man. The story briefly told is as follows: On Wednesday night this lad got into Gaston in some way. At midnight a fast freight train passed through, but did not stop. Just as it rolled past the station, a cry of pain was heard on the track and several parties hastening to invest'gate, feund the form of a youth on the track terribly cut and mangled. He was lifted up tenderly and taken into the depot building. There was no physician m the place, the town physician being away in Columbia. The lad told these around him that he had in a belt around his waist $3.65 in cash. He begged them to tear bis clothes open, get it and get a pnysician for him. He said that this was all the money be bad and he had not cared to spsnd any of It to ride on the railroad. He sa!d ho attempted to jump on the train while it was running; no one had pushed him ofT, but he had simply missed hiR footing and fallen under the wheels. No physician could be secured before the arrival of the 3 a. m. traiu from Columbia. When the lad was told this he said he had some time ago, without cause, and without. pood-bve to his I mother and father, run away from his home in Philadelphia. He Bald be was eighteen years of age and his name was Samuel Wllliame; his parents lived at No. 2 73G Germantown avenue, Philadelphia. The boy was a handsome little fellow, and Boemed to be of good birth and well-to-do parentage. When he realized that death was imminent, he pleaded to be allowed time enougn to kiss bis father good-bye; ana thus his yoang life slowly ebbed away. Dr. Brosker arrived about 3 a. m., but the lad die -1 in fifteen minutes thereafter. The good people of Gaston took charge of the remains and as much concern was displayed In the funeral as if some son of a Gaston man had died. He was given a neat burial and his grave was marked, so that should his parents hear of his tragic end and wish to see the grave, they can find it. The above account of this extreamlv sad tragedy is taken from Momday's State. Tiie Charleston Sun says it is to be observed that the local nominating conventions of the different political parties this fall are a great deal mixed in their statement of principles. One county Democratic platform is in favor of free silver and high tariff, while another want3 free trade and restricted silver coinage. Rocked ribbed Democrats flop. Lifelong Republicans melt softly into the arms of the Populists, while some of the pillars of the Democracy are accused of trying to betray their party into advocating Republican principles unbeknownst. THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. The liOolsvllla and Haehvlile nod Govt Une Buy It. The Augusta Chronicle, of last Wednesday, says the South Carolina and Georgia Railway will soon change hands again. Just as the Chronicle has been telling you all along, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashvii!e, jointly are going to buy it. Augusta will be benefitted by the change. The News and Courier yesterday says: The following paragraph, which has recently been going the rounds of the New York papers, will unquestionably be of interest to the people just at this time. With sligh t variations the paragraph is as follows: "Negotiations are said to be under way between the Parsons Brothers, the principal owners of the South Carolina and Georgia,and the executive officials of the Atlantic Coast Line and Louis* ville and Nashville, whereby the first named property is to pass into the joint control of the latter companies. The South Carolina was bought by the Parsons some time ago, and the name was changed. The road has a main line from Charleston to Augusta, with branches, and the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville have had their eyes on the property. During the past week negotiations are said to have been resumed between the Parsons and the Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville, and it is said that the transfer of the desired line is now pending. The South Carolina is wanted by the Atlantic Coast Line, because it will give it an entrance into Augusta." In substance this statement has been made many times before,both here and in New York, and the pertinacity with which the rumcr keeps itself befnrfl t.hfl nnhlifl is noaaiblv the Stronff est argument which at this time can be adduced in support of it. The railroad men hereabouts are pretty well divided in their opinions on the question. Some very high officials on che South Carolina and Georgia Iioad, while they disclaim speaking with authority oq the subject, are open and above board in their expressions of belief in the truth of the rumor. At the same time there are other well informed railroad men in the city who think that the ultimate outcome is to be tnat the Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line will control the South Carolina and Georgia Road.. From time to time the Louisville and Nashville people, as well as the Messrs. Parsons, have denied that any deal was in progress, and yet it continues to be generaly accepted as a fact that negotiations are now pending between the two. A gentleman was seen In the city yesterday who mentioned the name of a well known railroad man who told him tnat ho had rece'.ved a telegram from New York stating that the arrangements had actually been made looking to the transfer of the property. At the same time it should not be forgotten that the new officials of the road in this city disclaim having any information on the aubj 3Ct, and the business of the company is being conducted as though the management were a permanent o:ae. But information was received here yesterday, which seems to Indicate beI yond a doubt, that the "Old Reliable" has already, or will positively, within | the very near future, change hands again. The statement was made on the street last night that a well known gengleman in this city had received a telegram during the day in which it was stated that the Louisville and Nashville and the Atlantic Coast Line had made definite arragements with the Messrs. Paraons by which these systems would I n the near future take control of ihe feouth Carolina and Georgia Railroad. A *?nr>firmat.inn r?f t.hls rumor was received la an unexpected way last night. A gentleman In Charleston, who does not wish his name given just now, showed a reporter a letter from a prominent New York man in which the writer ssvs: Of ourse you know that the Messrs. Parsons have disposed of their Interest In the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad." This statement, coming as it does from one ot the best koo^n financiers in the country, seems to be a very "straight tip." The writer of the letter is in a position to have inside information on the subject, and he is not a man who would speak lightly of such an important question. He says no more in the letter than has been given, evidently takiocr the sale of the road as a matter of course, it is not said to whom the Messrs. Parsons had disposed of the property, but everyone takes it for granted that; the purchasers are the Louisville and Nashvib and Atlantic Coast Line systems. Some persons have supposed that the Southern Railway Company might wish to own the property, but there is very little reason to believe that that system would care greatly for the South Carolina and Georgia L'.ne. If it is true, as now rumored,that the Southern has made arrangement* to absorb the Central system, it is hardly j probable that it would care to have an additional South Atlantic port. Taking everything into consideration, and remembering everything received here yesterday, there is little reason to doubt that if the Messrs. Parsons have sold the South Carolina and Georgia Road, that the purchasers are the Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line systems. In this connection It may be said that one of the leading railroad men of the South recently told a reporter of The News and Courier that there was little reasji. to doubt that the South Carolina and Georgia Road would change hands again within a very few months. He said that be felt confident that the Louisville aud Nashville and the Atlantic Coast Line systems would build a new line to Augusta IE they couM no: control the South Carolina and Georgia property, and as he considered it would be ruinous to the old if the new line was built, he did not doubt that arrangements would be maue by which the road would change hand?. Tfha Information H7hlf>h Is orirfln hfiTfl has come so straight that there seems to be do reason for doubting It. Tbe authority Is about as good as could be gotten, unless an ofliclai statement bad bean made either by the Messrs. Parsons, or by the Louisville and Nash* ville, people themselves. llaried In a Mine* Sckanton, Perm., Sept. 28.?Two lives ot four men, two mlner3 and two laborers, without warning were crushed out in Northwest colliery of Simpson and Watkins, at Simpson, near Carondale, late yesterday afternoon. Their maaagled remains as near as can be ascertained lie beneath a fall of rock whicb is ten feet wide and six feet high, and extends for at least sixty feet in the gangway off from the third slope of the mine. CROPS AND WEATHER. The Fast Werk and the K<cords nf the Agricultural Bareau, Columbia, 5$. C? Oct. 2?The following Is tbe weekly weather crop report of Weather Observer Bauer and It is unusually full and interesting: During the week ending October 1, the temperature ranged between 88 and 48 degrees, the former was recorded on sonrpmhflp SO and October 1. and the latter at Looper's, Pickens county, and at Held, Greenville county, oa the 25th and 2Gth respectively. The first of tbe week was much cooler than usual while the latter portion was very warm. The two last days were the only ones comparatively clear. The sunshine averaged about 30 per cent, of the possible. Rain began on the 25th in portions of the State,and was general and heavy on the 25th and 17th, ended gradually on the 28th, and there were light scattering sbowers, with generally clearing weatber on tbe 29th. The beginning and ending of the rainy weather marked the duration of a West Indian hurricane, whose centre skirted the South Carolina Coast on the 26th and 27th, with gales over the entire State, but most severe along the coast and second tier of counties, where tbe rainfall was extraordinarily heavy, ranging from eight inches at Pinopolis to lesser amounts toward the interior, and about an inch in the Northwest counties. Very few streams overflowed their banku, but heavy damage resulted from the combined force of the rain and high winds which reached an extreme velocity. of Bixty miles per hour at Charleston and prob?ul" ? ?nfn r?f ChnfooKnHrtf i%Uiy a ^icaici laicau uuoivjuu&? wi.ton and late corn, peas, rice and grasses were beaten to the ground, and in Richland and Orangeburg counties It is reported that trees were uprooted Dy the violence of the wind. Rice suffered most severely, having been somewhat damaged by high tides and by fresh water. Much of it was in stacks which were more or less scattered and saturated, entailing a great deal of labor to dry the grain to prevent sprouting. The aggregate damage from this storm, is nowever, much less than that caused by the historic storm of August, 1893. This year'd storm was less severe, the tides were not as high, and, owlag to having occurred later in the season, a smaller percentage of the crops remained in the fields unfathered. | The following rainfall measurements, made during the storm, will illustrate the gradual decrease from the coast towards the Northwestern counties, (in inches and hundredths:) Pinopolls 8 00, Charleston 7.45, Georgetown 6 55, Trial 5.47, Beaufort 6.15, Conway 5.08, Cheraw 4.98, Society Hill 4.93, Barnwell county 4.62, Port Royal 4.27, Effingham 4.02, Trenton 3.49, Caesterfi-ild 4.00, Blackvllle 3.70, Tiller's Farry 3 02, Stetesburg 2 85, Lexington 2 50, Aiken county 2 20, Longshore 2.12, Looper's 1.85, Little Mountain 1:45, Santuc 1.33, Laurens L22, McCormicfc 1.22, Winns - - WA / *_! U. I- 1 lO DOrO 1.<U, UU1ULUUIU 1.10, vxiocuyiuc 1.09, Watts 0.84, Ella 0.75. The force ot the wind did not decrease to the same extent as did the rainfall from the coait towards the North western counties and consequently the damage to corn and peas, out more particularly to cotton, waa almost general over the entire State. The percentage of damage to cotton in the fields la variously estimated from 5 to 20 per cent., an average of all the estimates making somewhat under 10 per cent. Green bolls were broken oil very freely. Many, if not the greater por? tion, of the open bolls were more or less stained and where the stalks remains green the damp,cloudy weather caused an Increase in rust and bell worms which late In the week again appeared in Injurious numbers in soma counties. Picking was greatly hindered by the unfavorable weather, but will be pushed rapidly from now on, as the weather permits, as the bolls are opening very fast, some, it Is thought, prematurely. Sea Island cotton sullered more from the storm than the short staple varieties. The rain was beneficial in the North central and Western counties for late root crops, such as turnips and late sweet potatoes, and also for gardens, and kept grass green and growing for pasturage. Some oats being sown, but oats seeding has not become general yet; it is generally too wet to prepare the ground. Truck farmers suffered severely from the heavy rains along the coast as the wet soil interferes with the cultivation and marketing of fall crops. To the request made for estimates of the percentage of cotton ungathered on October 1, replies were received from all but six counties, some of which raise but little cotton and therefore would have but little effect on the percentage for the State. A very trood indication of the accuracy of the different reports Is that la counties from which two, or more reports were received they aid not differ more than in nav nont onH that-. r>An r?*riilv hfl as *V put UUUVt) HUU vuv?w cribed to varying conditions according to locality. Tne estimates by regions and expressed in averages, are as follows: Alpine region 85 per cant, ungathered, Piedmont 01, Red Hill and Upper Pine Bolt 42, Lower Pine and Coast regions 30. By assigning to each region a value in proportion to its cotton acrerge the average percentage of ungathered cotton for the State, on O-JtoDer 1, is 51 per cent. Counties grouped according to per centages, the results are as follows: Abov6 80 per cent. Laurens, Ojonee, Pickens; between 70 ,and 80 per cent.? Anderson, Greonville, Spartanburg; between 60 and 70 per cent.?Fairiield. Richland, York, Abbeville, Union; betwoen50anl 00 per cent.?Baaufort, Berkeley, Florence, Williamsburg. Lancaster, Sumter; between 40 and 50 per cent.?Hampton, Aiken, Chester field, Darlington, Kersnaw, Lexington,EdgeHeld; between 30 and 40 per cent.? Clarendon, barn well,Orangeburg,Newberry; below 30 per cent.?Marlooro. Iu the statement that 51 per cent, remained ungathered, allowance was also made for the probable damage that rem It. Art from the storm. In other words, the number of bales already gathered will likely, be more than doubled by the end of the season. J. W. I3aueu, Director. Imperial Upheaval. New York, Oct. 2 ?a special cable to the Herald from Shanghai says: Emperor of China will very likely be dethroned In favor of Prince Kung's son, who will treat with the Japanese. Li Hung Chang has been superseded In supreme command by General Sang Xsing, of the Province of Huhan, who has received full power?, Li Hung Chang retires disgusted to L'ao Ting Foo, capital of the province of Chi Lt. His alleged defection to the Japanese is only canvassed consequent to the recall or Prince Kung. twenty thousand Hunan soldiers are gathered around Shan-hal-kwan, the terminus of the great wall where It forms a boundary between the provinces of Chi LI and Shing King. The Li Hung [Shang army is distrusted. WILL HOLD NO CONV?N HON. Thla la the Dccltlin of the R- public ad State Committee. Columbia, 0c!\ 3.?The Republican State Executive Committee wrangled for five or six hours yefterday BtternooD and decided not to call a State convention, Many of the members were in favor of calling a convention and putting out a ticket, but they were outvoted. It was tbe largest meeting of the committee in years. The committee is composed of twenty-live members three from each Congressional District* two from the State-at-large and the chairman and vice chairman. Chaiflman Webster presided and among the most prominent of the goats on hand were the following: E. M. Brayton, Bob Smalls, E. H. Deas, T. B. Johnson, Fred Nix, Fordham, G. W. Murrav, R. R. Talbert of Abberville, W. E. Bov&ln of Camden, J. C. Whltaker and Z. E. Walker of Sumter, W. F. Meyers of Colleton, E. D Littlejohn and B. F. Means of Spartanburg. A total of twenty-two men were present, Including several represented by proxy. The discussion on the calling of a State convention lasted a long time and was warm, as Republican debates always are. The decision reached is told of above. The committee next turned its attention to the Congressional fights and recommended that nominees be put m the field in every Congressional District. The Fifth and Sixth Districts are the only ones in which nothing has been done about calling a convention to nominate candidates. This will be done and the Executive Committee will see to it. The plan of the Republicans in the Congressional fights is the same as was sent out in a circular by Chairman Webster a few weeks ago. Nominees are to be put up in every district and the name of every Republl can wno oners to voce ana is not allowed to do so becausa he does not have a registration ticket will be taken down. The expectation is that there will be a Republican Congres3 next year. The Republican nominees will use the registration laws and failure of their men to vote as a basis for contests in the House. The committee sat down on Brayton in great shape, endorsing the candidacy of T. B. Johnson in the Seventh District, by the passage of the following resolution: "While regretting the condition that confronts us in the Seventh Congressional District in the candidacy of Col. T. B. Johnson and Hon. E. M. Brayton, It is the sense of this committee, from the facts presented to them, that Col. T. B. Johnson is entitled to the support of the Republicans of said District as there gular nominee of the party and as each we endorse and command him to the loyal R3publicans of the district." Brayton made a tight against the resolution but he had only six men to back him. In some manner Webster and Johnson have the State Executive Committee packed against Brayton. Brayton, it will be remembered, carried the contest before the Republican National Congressional Commiccee and they decided that Johnson was a bolter and that Brayton was entitled to Republican support. Johnson says be made no effort to meec the contest before that committee because Brayton is a member of it and the committee was packed again;it him (JohnsoD). It will thus be seen that both Brayton aud Johnson will be in the race to the end in the Seventh one having the endorsement of the National Committee and the other that of the Slate Executive Committee. Tne row between Murray and Smalls, In thft nnnr "Plrof. r>iatri/?t araa aiihmit? ted to the national committed some time ago and ID decided in favor of Murray. Smalls thereupon withdrew from the race and there is only one Republican candidate in that district. One of the last things done by the committee was to decide to make a strong fight at the ballot box in the November election against the Constitutional convention, and a resolution was adopted calling on the white people of the State who are opposed to the convention to aid the Republicans in tne fight. ERAYTON CONDEMNS IT. Brayton strongly condemns the action of the Republican IState Executive Committee in refusing to call a State convention. The motive for this action was a desire, he says, to prevent the election of a new State Executive Committee and of County Chairman as is required by the rules of the party and Its effect is to deprive the party of any rightful and legal organization as the tenue of these party officials expires by limitation. He also considered ttie State committee derelict In not outlining a policy for the party in the approaching campaign. In regard to th9 endorsement cf T. Ji. Johnson's candidacy for Congress in me oevenin jjistncG osraycoa speass with contempt of the conrse of the committee and claims it was brought about by the basest and most corrupt methods aud to destroy the chaoce of Republican success. The following protest wa3 filed by tbos9 repudiating the action of tne commttte?: " We the undersigned memoers of the Republican State Executive Committee of South Carolina protest eg dnst the right or authority of the committee to consider or act on the question of the Republican nominee in the Seventh Congressional District in this State, for the reason that the matter has already been determined by the National Congressional Committee which has duly considered the case and declared E. M. iirayton the legal and regular nominee of the party, and because the State Executive Committee has no jurisdiction in tbe primaries.and in addition the matter was brought up without previous notice or intimation that it would ba taken up and acted on without proof being considered by the committee. "We therefore protest against the interference and decision of the committee as unauthorized, illegal and void. "E. M. Urayton, "G. vv. Murray, " vv. l\ Myers, "E. J. Diokerson, "J. P. Love/., "J. J. Miller." R. R. Tolbert, Jr., and ii. II. Means also refused to vote witn me majority, Republican Galax. IIartforu, Conn., Ojt. 3.? Returns from all except two oat of 1(34 towns in this State tnat held local elections on Monday show a Republican pain of twenty-three towns. The majorities are not complete yet, bus indicate a Republican majority sufficient to elect the Governor without the election being thrown into the legislature at the November election. ''A Strange Coincidence.'' Washington, O^t. 3? ttj a stangs coincidence Charles II. Djlng, who w<?s a jail guard thirteen years ago, and who permitted Capt. W. II. Hovgate lo essape, was reappointed to his old position last Saturday, a few days after llowgate's recapture in Nevv York-. Today tbe judge of the District Cou rt conferred with Warden Leonard of tho jail, and as a result Daing was relieved from duty. A B?mnk>bl? Eloipi. Chester, Pa., Oct. 2.?The passengers on board of the New York and Washington express train on the Peosylvania Railroad, dne In this city at 10:22 this morning, had a remarkable escape from serious injury and perhaps death. Tbe train struck one of the Da pont powder wagons, near Gordon Heights, killed one of tbe horses, seriously and perhaps fatally injured the driver and scattered one pound cans of powder in various directions without an explosion. The wagon was on its way to the powder company's wharf and it seems miraculous that the powder did not explode, in which event the train would probably have been wrecked. The driver was brought to this city and placed in the hospital. He was unable to give his name and could not give any information about the accident. PAMBTf PITS THE FREIGH1 Why iif Eidim pfctj far (Ml ScnJ far CsUragw ad S?* WW In Cai Sail 1 5\fw jrx o price how si's i'^ otUer Bedroom i- aE8iJ KulU, all prt*e#. tfiQorc*3&tQ7 TfSRI--. vPV*/ roij vpv" Juatte introduce them, v.' ^3'" S No freight paid on tble OrmWis. -y 7 e*a. uain^tMd to b* rCzS-* - ? s I004 ?W w woney f ( > funded. ?? ?? 4*iUM Jfil.-srant I'lc*h PARLOR SUITS, oon*i?ttni of ;'ot"a, Arra Gb;lr, Rocklu* ChjJr, Diva?, &n<l a ride ChuJ'-s -vorth $-V6. Will d(M<M t u? your o?*o*, bit $30. <jr - f _ __ : TKlf N?. 1 ami JpBllI iE A &CSO 2.T7DJ3 lucnu , trite all at;achraenU, for iR^gHgak* "* doMvare^Xo f 't VTho r#rnlar prte<> of this BUGGY 13?Sto 7.") dt-IIart. rii? manufpoturer pajb all Wy7?a ths expenses snri T will *hem 'B OS U> TOD fOi* A4B.73- IrTM *?? caannteu every o&? S ^e?^SSSH56B^ 8? Ar?l(M ?Ui ' m tula B*tgy???? o mM yti ggBKJLMS? ^ 8?ud fcr r?t.*!or:>M o.' Fnrnltor*, OvofelRQ ? Itovaf. Bab/Oarni?*, Pi^yeW*, Ovvum, S??*. T?* %-te. ]9tea,,r ?H.g, Ln?m, Ac., caA SA.7 J AdC-<?ri -'^-V "i**-*. i ? 'MmeMSE*. *? If / For Agricui- B 9 6 tural ana Gin- Ji ?/ eral Plantation ^ ' ' Uae, have earn ed their repnta> ;' ! ^s#???wfinP^ Won as the best ?' f' 'in^i?SJ on tne market "T ! *7^?ftS5Q(| For Simplicity, {. * i. ipflmS JWm DarablUty ana ' -t- ^ Lz?raf^ M Bwnemf 1 n->. ii^ W fnel-and water Ifcd " v Wbib sM >- Hu no Bqaal 03^ !i/'*W<yEks Hi hH*13 ;^vi^ i | m P B P p I iLS a '"<*1 | fpiaN?s. 1 1 ORGANS. I (I MID-SUMMER BARGAINS. X V Special Sale Summer 1894* Tha V 7 time to buy Cheap and Xa?y. Six V ' h ' Special Swnmer Offers that beat the '1 1 ii'record. I Y $50 saved every Piano parchaaer. iji s1 $10 to $20 on every Organ. j,1 i\ Six Special Offers on our Pojmlar KM-i\ w ? ?? i" an<*n?t. ftenteaher X /s no miner rmu. *?u j ? -B? ?? w /J aod October, and pay whan Oottoa eomaa 11 i!) Spot CMh Prteea. Ne Intereat Only a ' i1 () Small Cash Payment required, $25 on a , (; riano. $10 on Organ, balance next Koram- ,1 () ber 15th. Longer time If wanted. i, 0 Payments to suit all. Planoa $8 to $10,1 \ V monthly. Organs $9 to $5. (I X Our Mid-Summer Oilers nn Mg BMiy ' i'i on all plans of payment. i i * < ') N?w Fall Leaders ready. B?aatl- i( i j ful and Cheap. Temptlaf Buftlil, < , ; Write at onoe for Mld-Soaaaaar Of-1 O fero. Good only until XoT?aat>?r L ?, () Don't wait. ( 1 ?I UDDEN & BATES ! ^SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,: 8 o SAVANNAH, OA. "low IS THE TIME TO PLACE YOUS ORDERS FOB Tiirsstisrs! ? -4 And I^Sell the Best In the'Market.^Wrlte te me Before Buying. Shingle Machines, Stave Machines, Brick Machines, Planing Machines, Swing Saws, Band saws, Gang Kip Saws, and all kinds of wood working machines "Srlst Mills S115 to $250. Saw Mills 3190 to 3400. M Watertown Engines and Boilers. 9 Talbott Engines and Boilers. M Ssed CDtton Elevators. BE Cottoh Gins and Presses H HIU1I an I LOW GRADE. B ?, f. BlDDin, S