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3 / - , I The Press and Banner., ~BY HUGH WILSON ." ! aiiki:vh<i<e, *. KEY. W. J.1)TAZ TELLS OF HIS ARREST AND IMPRIS- i ONMENT IN CUBA. ' ( Was Persecuted Becau8e He Wan au , American Citizen?How Hid Message to j His Brethren In America Was Sent. j Atlanta, May 6.?Rev. Dr. a. J. ' Diaz, the Cuban missionary of the { Southern Baptist convention, who was j recently expelled from the island after ^ being imprisoned fcr eight days, ar- t rived in Atlanta this morning. : Dr. Diaz, though an American citi- * zen is a native Cuban, and in personal apperrance is a manly type of nis race, ( short-built and stout with a swarthy complexion and a pair of dark eyes : well set in a head ot tine proportions. J He wears a clwsely cropped chin beard and is somewhat bald?a man whom * at a glance one would pick out for ' great energy and indomitable courage. , During the ten y jars1 war in Cuba he j was a captain in the rebel army and is the personal friend of General Go- . mez and General Maceo, with both of whom he has served ou the field of battle. In the present struggle, however, he has held himself apart from the conflict on account of his church work, t: although as a member of the Red Cross societv. or the White Cross, as f it is called in Cuba, he has succored the wounded and buried the dead after 7 a score of engagements between -the D insurgents and the Spanish during the c advance of the former on Havana. This work among the sick and c wounded led to his arrest and imprisonment though he and those of the ? society who followed him ministered * to both Spanish and Cuban alike. "They knew," said Dr. Diaz this e morning, "that I had been in the rebel 11 army before, but they also knew that a I had not had any communication with a the rebels this time, because I was de- c voted to my church work. Wh^ I was v arrested I do not Know, xne uay oe- j fore I left Havana I wrote a letter to ? Consul General Williams asking him for the reasons. But he did not an- jjj swer me and will not." r Dr. Diaz was banished from Cuba together with his family,including his 9 brother. Unless there is a re vocal of ^ the order he can never again set foot upon the island without being anested. His wife and three children are E now in Tampa, Fla., where they will remain for some time. His brother is also there. They left Havana last Wednesday. Under the decree of b banishment they were ordered to leave o Cuba by the first steamer that cleared n from the island the same day that Dr. ti Diaz was released from jail. He, how n ever, declared that he would not go ti until he had made his business ar- p rangements so that the church prop- b erty which in Havana alone is valued t] at <5140,000, was safely provided for. ci If any damage come3 to this property tl on account of the banishment of Dr. ^ Diaz, the church will have a claim for ft it upon the Spanish government. The Spanish soldiers had already sacked li one small church building in a suburb of Havana, before Dr. Diaz left and a lj claim will be made for this. "The soldiers took the building," S said Dr. Diaz, "and broke up all the furniture. They had had a tight with a] the rebels in the vicinity of it, and declared that the people in the neigh- P borhood were in sympathy with the insurgents. Not stopping with the C destruction of the cnurch furniture they butchered one hundred persons. M They said these victims were insurgvnts. Among them were two cous- ai ins of mine and several members of the destroyed chnrch. Two of them P were women, and a child was shot also. My brother and 1 saw these dead J victims with our own eyes. We know the names of all of them, for when I ii am through with my church affairs here we snail set to work to show the M people of the world the horrible atrocities that are being perpetrated by the E soldiers of the government, and will need the records. I have been on a: twenty battlefields and have seen the graves where the helpless victims who h nave fallen into the hands of the soldiers afterward were buried, sometimes A! six deep. 'The day of my arrest twenty-seven K persons were shot?among them were umall boys and old men. Before they ei were marctied oui they were all made to go out and dig their own graves. It a was a horrible sight." "Another time I rode horseback six- S ty miles out into the country through tne lines of the insurgents to rescue a F ' Iriendwhohad sent lor me. He had ien shots in his bodv and six wounds G made by a ssvord. It was the work of the Spanish. He was not an insurgent ? but happened to be found at home after an engagement. The soldiers left t; him for dead, but he managed to get word to me. There were otners dead about nim. One of them I buried by the side of six others who had fallen ? victims of the slaughter." Of his arrest and imprisonment he A said: "It was between three and four E o'clock in the morning. The soldiers came and surronnded our house. The ft captain called me up, and marched me off to the jail. AJ oro Castle and ft Cabanas were overcrowded and I could not be taken there with the oth- ti er political prisoners. My brother was taken along and put in the cell next a to me. Tnere was no warrant or any charge. T "i was put in the cell with a single chair and sat with my face to the wall, a warned not to talk or to speak 10 anyone. My imprisonment was what is called'incommunicatiou.' Under the law of the island suspects may be ar- ? rested and held witnoui Deiug allowed to communicate witn anyone for 72 e Rut I nrus hulH en fi?t? 1XI) " hours, which was illegal under their j! own laws. J] "For the first 21 hours I was not : given anything to eat or drink and no oed to sleep upon. 1 was afraid to eat s anything ohered by the guards, be- V cause it often happens tnai prisoners * are poisoned and Uie police give it out J" tnat they commit suicide. Aiterawnile : when it became known lhat I was au American citizen 1 was allowed to receive lood lrom my family, and when the 130 hours passed I w*s allowed to n send for the consul general and to see s my family in ttie presence of tne s guards. e "One day the guard asked me if I e didn't want to send some private ines- a sage to my family. Ho told me tnat i he was mv friend and in sympathy t with me. But I knew that it was only | 11 trap to catch me. and I told him no, j except I said, 'Give them my love and tell my wife to telegraph Uncle Tichenor. " I did not say Dr. Tichenor for I knew that if they suspected he was in America it would cause trouble. Bui ihey could not send my telegram. Everybody was watched by the police. 3o when Dr. Porter came to see me ifter I was allowed to communicate with my friends, I gave him the telegram that finally came. When Brother Porter went to the telegraph office with the message,however,they would lot send it, because the opt rator said he Cincinnati or the Iowa would be lown thei'e in no time to fight it out 'or me, Dr. Porter was followed, the jolice trying to get the telegram. He lappened to come up with Brother 3ueno, the missionary at San Miguel, ivho was fleeing in uis carriage irotn he country, on account o' persecuion, and gave him the message to be ;ent from Key West. When the Mas:otte was getting ready to sail Broth:r Porter went down to the dock, and he police thinking that he was trying o get the message on board arrested lim. But Brother Baeno had it safely >n its way. Brother Porter laughed ,t the police and told them so, and in wo hours I was released and told to eave the island by the next steamer. would not go without my family nd leave my business affairs unset led and told the police that they rould have to carry me aooard if they carted to make me go. "It took four days to get reidy, and 11 the time I was followed and watchd by by the police." Dr. Diaz said that persecution beause he was an American citizen w?8 he cause of his true arrest. A few peeks before some one placed two dylamite bombs in the lobby of his hurch. They exploded during serices and shatte-ed the glass in the milding, but no one was hurt. During his confinement be wassumaoned before a military court, but re used to answer the questions put to tim because he declared that he was ntitled to a cival trial. He had comaunicated with the consul general nd seen him, and the consul being pprizedof the condition, the military ourt had to dismiss him. From the written questions put to him the court uspectect that he had been writing leters to the insurgent chiefs and that te was associated with Alberte Ferianc-0, a rebel leader. Dr. Diaz, lowever, declared that he did not now Fernando, and had nothing to o with the insurgeuts.?Augusta chronicle. LIQUOR AND POLITICS. llppeiutarles Must Not Mix the Two Thing* ' The State Board of Control. Columbia, S. C., May 8?The State oard of control spent a greater part f yesterday in making the appointlents of the county boards of conrol. It see ns t,o be their desire to re irtTTo fliA rli?nAnqnrv as far from DOli !cs as possible. To this end the board assed an order that a man could not e a member of a county board of con ol or a county dispenser who was a andidate for any office. After sifting le list of applicants the following 'ere appointed as members of the dif;rent county boards: Abbevillee?J. E. Sample, T. J. EI- , s. * i Aiken?Clinton Barton, B. F. HolT. Anderaon?John Eskew, Jesse la. mith, J. W. Bowden. Barnwell?J. B. Hunter, T. C. Wise i nd C. B. Free. j Beaufort?Jos. L. Iirsed and C. L. j aul. Berkeley?S. P. Driggers, S. J. Mcoy and W. C. Whale.y. i Charleston?J. M. Muirhead, T. < filler and J. H. Graman. Chester?J. J. Hood, S. M. Jones rid W. 0. Guy. Chesterfield?John M. Laney and J. ickett Laney. i Clarendon?E. B. Felder, W. E. i enkinson and T.C. Thomas. i Colletan?Henry Remley, L. Bell- i lger and L. W. Westberg. < Darlington?A. F.Stuckey, J. 0. A. toore and J. W. Davis. ! Edgefield?Jesse W. Dorn, D. R. < errissoe and R. B. Dorn. j Fairfield?E. P. Jenkins, J. F? Lyles < ad J. M. Higgins. i Florence?E. J. D. Munn, Jas. Lawon and John C. Wilson. ! Greorgetown?W. 0. Burk and ? ( [erriman. Greenville?R. Y. Hellams, W. L. i liilett and J. E. Speegle. i Hampton?C. J. Gray, W. H. Juta and A. A. Browning. 1 Horry?Jas. F. Harper, J. Prince i d J. D. Oliver. i Kershaw?D. M. Bethuneand D. E. pencer. i Lancaster?K. T. Esiridge, F. M. 'itzpatrick and W. M. Neal. i Tjaurftns?J. D. M. Shaw. H. E. . l-ray, J. W. Little. Lexington?W. B. Taylor, W. T. i lallentine and S. P. G Jorge. Marion?A. M. Gasque, D. Mcln- i pre. i Marlboro ?Not yet appointed. j Newberry?Not yet appointed. Oconee?J. J. Keith and W. L. tudgins. Orangeburg?E. T. Edwins, Chas. v. Stroman, H. C. Pauling. j Pickens-W. W. F. Bright, L. R. urham and W. T- Field. < Richland?E. W. Robertson, P. L. i [elton and Robt. E. Martin. Spartanburg?Robert F. Lane, J. i I. Hanelser and W. L. Morgan. i Sumter?W. J. Dinkins, H. C. Cutins and T. T. Havs. Union?B. F. Foster, C. C. Sartor nd A. C. Lyles. Williamsburg?II. O. Britton, W. ). Fitch and C. M. Hines. York-P. M. Burris, W. F. Dye , nd W. H. Moore.?The State. IIin Account!) Short. Washington, May 0. ?It is reported pon what proved to be good author ;y that the expert accountant employd by the Secretary of State has found shortage of $127,000 in the trust unds account of F. J. Keickofer, unil recently the disbursing officer of tie State Department. This amount, jgether with the $12,000 shortage aid to have been found by the auditug ollicers of the Treasury in Mr. leickhofer's general account, brings he total up to $13,000. What action he government will take in the mater has not been made known. Sudden Death in Columbia. Columbia, S- C., May 5.?After aidnight this (Wednesday morning,) ome one, by the means of a false key ent in a lire alarm over the police '.ectric system. The towerman, Robrt P. Mayrant, in reproducing this larrn by the city bell, fell dead of itart disease as he gave the last pull o the lever. i ??anaaa? "ill ill Mil SOUTHERN SETTLERS, THE LAST DAY'S SESSION OF THE CONVENTION. ReHolutions Passul Declaring That the South Po8i?en?ed Superior Advantage*, Climatic, Agricultural and Mineral. Southern Pines, N. C., May 6. ?The last day's session of the Southern States Settlers convention here began at 10 o'clock this morning; most of it was devoted to speeches. Among the speakers were Gen. J. R Lewis of Atlanta, permanent president of the convention, and of the settlers association, and who also presented the claims of Georgia to northern emigration. Anion? other speakers were J. J. Ward of Darlington, S. C.. J. P. Coffin of Florence S. C., J. L. Patterson, commissioner of agriculture, H. H. Battle, Slate chemist and J. A. Holmes, State geologist of North Carolina. Several State delegates met and elected vice presidents as follow*: O. S. Hays, Statham, Ga.; A. Jeffers, Norfolk, Va ; J. P. Coffin, Florence, S. C. The convention issued the following address to the public as a concise expression of the views of northern and foreign-born citizens of southern States concerning their respective sections. "Owing to peculiarly favorable climatic conditions and natural geological divisions the South is blessed with resources distinctive and of inestimable value. Its healthfulness far surpasses that of any other section of the union; its soil is unsurpassed in variety and fertility, and its mineral, agricultural and horticultural products furnish the basis of a great diversity of industries. The southern harvest has taken the first premium at the world's fair at Cnic igo in wool and _i ? T. I 1? 1 ? Ur, wueat. xi una uccu ucauv aucobcu uj many settlers m each Southern State that Northern men can find, not only profitable investments here in their new homes, but can live with their family in pleasant social relations with their native neighoors, enjoying their political and religious convic tions as fully and fearlessly as anywhere in the North or in the wide world. It has been demonstrated that this section ha; within its borders numerous places where persons with sensitive lungs and throats may be curc.d of their aliments and live in vigorous health the alloted years of human kind. "Tne testimonies of this class of witnesses have been corroborated by exhibits at great fairs and expositions of recent years, where as fine fruits and vegetables, as rich ores and precious stones, as heavy corn and wheat and other grains as the earth affords, have been examined. Our mines, mills and other manufactories, our farms, forests and fisheries are now vieing with each other in such generous rivalry for first place among profitable investments that no one need fear to devote his talents and capital to one or tne other. ''Raw materials of every industry are to be found in inexhaustible quan tities at our doors. Religion, education and Droad ideas are generously fostered by all classes of our citizens. The South needs a larger population of a thrifty, skilled and intelligent class. It needs more capital to help forward development. Its people (to the manor born) appreciate these things, and, without a dissenting voice, unite with us in inviting all men of trained ability and good morals to join us in building up this, the grandest country that tne sun shines upon." Marked interest was manifested in the plan of making an exhibit at Chicago and the convention unanimously adopted the following: ResoJved, That the liberality and enterprise of citizens of Chicago in proposing to organize and maintain ma unicago aoutnern ataies exposition for tne display of Southern resources and industries is characteristic of the great western metropolis of our country. Resolved, That this convention of 3outhern citizens Irom many cities extend most hearty thanks to Chicago and the enterprising gentlemen who conceived and will carry to successful termination this proposed exposition. I Resolved, Tnai tne Chicago and Southern States exposition, the object of which "is to present ihe illimitable resources and natural advantages of the South, and to show the people of Chicago and the great Northwest the wonderful progress which has been made in this section of our common country," i? of the utmost importance to uu and can be made of incalculable benefit in the developing of our resources. Resolved, That the success of the undertaki ug and our ad vantages therefrom now depend on Southern action in securing representative exniDits 01 our resources and achievements; that failure of the enterprise would cast a stigma on us and our South; and we earnestly urge official and private organized effort in each Soutnern Stale lor securing and sending to Chicago typical and complete exhibits of her products. The following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, -we have one of the greatest sections of tne country in the scope of vast and illimitable resources, and, whereas, if we keep this knowledge to ourselves our Northern friends will suffer and die in ignorance of the fact, therefore, be it Resolved, That this convention urges upon each section of the South the supreme need of advertising its resources in papers and periodicals which reach tne Northern people, and that such advertising should be facts and only facts, and mat nothing should be contained in such advertisements which cannot be amply sustained, upon examination by would be settlers, and mat eacn section necessarily Having some particular point in which it exceeds, that particular point should be made tne keynote of advertisement, leaving for otners their own keynote. Whereas, many people from Northern rlAHrn t.mh riouth the botbed of disease during tne summer months and whereas, such is not the case, therefore be it Kesolved, That this convention declares for liseif and lor each individual member that the health of the South is as good as that of the Norm, and that persons from the Worth can visit any locality in the South during the summer with as much freedom, and with as full immunity from disease as they can visit any similar locality in the North. Whereas, owing to the almost ideal conditions of temperature, humidity and length of day which the South posseeses for the manufacture of cot-i ton goods; be it Resolved, That this convention ur ges upon all citizens of the South to co operate in the erection of cotton mills in different sections that our farmers may be able to realize the best prices for that staple product. Resolutions were adopted pledging aid in the establishment of free libraries; thanking the officers Of the Seaboard Air Line for its courtesies and , congratulating it for the development alnnor itslinfiandnarticularlvcontrrat ulating it upon the valuable work being done by Vice President St. John; i thanking the citizens of Southern j Pines and Manager Charles St. John | of Piney Woods Inn for courtesies; thanking John T. Patrick for efficient work for efforts to make the convention a success, and thanking the Southern Associated Press correspond< n't for full and accurate reports of the proceedings. The convention this afternoon adjourned sine die. AS TO STATE POLITICS. Governor Evans on the Coming State Coni ventlon. i Columbia., S. C., May 6.?Governor Evans returned to the city yesterday J from New York and Washington, where be has been for the past week on official busings. He was in good health and spirits and talked pleasantly to a representative of The State on politics, State and 1 national. On the table in his library lay a handsome goldheaded walking cane, with "John Gary Evans, April 24, 1896," engraved thereon. It was presented bv au admirer of ihe Gover- < nor. When asked how he was pleased with the actions of the different conn- 1 ty conventions, which were held on Monday, he answered that he was more than satisfied with the result. 1 When the State convention met on 1 the 14th instant, he said Tillman would be present with a strong major : ity of the delegates thinking as he does, and ready to act with him. There was no doubt in his mind about Tillman being sent at the head of the ] delegation from this Stite to Chicago, The delegates would probably go un- I instructed, but with a firm determina tion to nominate a man as candidate fo?* President who stood for silver at 16 to 1. As to bolting, he hardly thought the 1 delegation would fiud it necessary, for there would be a majority at the Cbi- 1 cago convention holding the same views as they did on the mpnetary question. I The governor was particularly grat- 1 ified with the results in Charleston, < Greenville and Laurens. One-half of the Charleston delegation, he said, ; were stalwart administration men, 1 who could be relied on. In Laurens Irby barely got in by the 14 Anti del- 1 egates in the convention supportiog him. He would come to Columbia, 1 but as a member of the State convention, would, to use a slang expression, ' "not cut any ice." i Irby's inconsistency is being brought i out forcibly, he thinks, for last year < the senator would not hear of a divis- 1 ion of delegates with the Antis, while now it looks as if be is trying hard to 1 get their support since he is about to lose his seat m the Senate. 1 The governor is of the opinion that j he is the man who is about to unseat j Irby in the Senate. Everything is j : 1i_i_ x_ 4.U-1. 1 moving' Buiouimy i? iuu enu, au uo i says, and he entertains no fears of the result. i When Greenville was mentioned, I Gov. Evans could not repress a smile, i ' Yea," he said, "Gray and Donaldson i have been given back seats." He thought that the fight in Greenvilie . had been made on very much the j same line as it will be for the Senate ' and if it ends the same way he will ] carry the county. < While in Washington, the governor 1 said he had talked with many leading men from all over the United States. I Almost every man thought Tillman i the logical candidate to nominate on < a free silver platform. To win the ] fight for the Democratic party and silver, against McKinley, it will take < a man who can arouse the enthusiasm 2 of the people in the west. No halfhearted man would stand aoy show- , ing, the times requiring a man of Till- j man's magnetism. . ( It is marvelous, he say 3. to note the ; number of letters Tillman receives i from all over the country, telling him j how much he is admired. They are . not confined to the west, but come t from New York and other eastern States. I Tillman was not a candidate for the j presidential nomination, but if the | party demanded his services he would | of courBe make the fight for silver. , Tillman's name would, almost with- } out doubt, the governor said, be presented to the Chicago convention, and , if it were he would probably receive ] the nomination. As for Tillman not ranking well in | Washington, that was all nonsense. t He was regarded by other senators as , a very able man, and was listened to j with great attention whenever he | spoke. In conclusion, the governor said: } "Tillman's pitchfork will be the em- } blem of the victorious farmers of the , south and west and there is promise } of lively times ahead. Tillman stands , before ttie nation now as he itood in ^ South Carolina in 1890 and I look for j the same result."?State. 4 A Close Call. ; Louisville, Mar 6.?A. sensational j encounter took place on a crowded ' street car coming in from tbe races 1 shortly after G o'clock this evening. 1 One person was killed and one badly ' shot and many narrowly escaped. * Henry Jones, a negro, was arrested by a private policeman, Charles Failes, ' for gambling. Failes handcuffed the ( negro to his iwn wrist and boarded a ) trolley train of three cars, bound in. 1 There were 225 people on the three * cars. Without warning, the negro \ drew a revolver and began firing at 1 Failes. Failes foolishly returned the 1 lire, the fusilade creating a panic in ' the cars, which were promptly stopped. Failes and Jones wer-j removed to the ( city hospital, where the negro died ' tonight. Four bullets pierced the ' dress of Mrs. James B. Camp, wife ol the manager of the Grand Opera house ' aud one bullet went through the rim 1 of Mrs. Camp's hat and tore a hole in 1 the side of the car. 1 Here is the way an exchange unier- 1 stands the game law: Book agents i maybe killed from August 1; spring t poets from March to July; scandalmongers from January 1 to December 1, inclusive; umbrella borrowers from 1 February 1 to November; open season all the year round on fellows who i borrow their neighbor's paper. CAROLINA AT CHICAGO. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Dl! CUSS THE OUTLOOK. A Full Attendance and a Fuller DIscuhMi Id the Senate Chamber?The Countl AsuesHed According to Taxable Propert Columbia, S. C., May 7.?The co vention of the county commissione for the Chicago Southern States exp sition was held yesterday afternoon j 5 o'clock in the senate chamber of tl State house. fl-mromnr "Rlrnrio offer pollina fl meeting to order, said that its objec as they all well knew, was to devil means io have South Carolina repr< sented at Chicago. In getting up a exhibit for Atlanta, great trouble wi had in getting the delegates from tl several counties to attend the meeting but he was glad to say such was n< the case with this. It would be best to have the gettin up of an exhibit in the hands of a experienced man, such as Mr. Rocb The Atlanta exhibit was on hand ac would serve as a nucleus for the or at Chicago. The meeting was to decide on son plan to raise the $10,000 needed fortl purpose. The assessment plan hj been proposed, but it was left to tl meeting to decide on such a plan as thought best. The secretary, Mr. Auil of Newbe ry, called the roll of the county coa missioners and the following we fcund to be presentAbbeville, A. J. Spr^is; Aiken, I J. Ray; Anderson, R. S. Ligon; Bar well, J. F. Folk; Beaufort, W. I Lockwood; Berkeley, J. B. Morriso: Charleston, G. H. Tucker; Cheste R. A. Love; Colleton, B H. Padge Darlington, W. C. James; EdgeSel G. B. Lake; Fairfield, J. E. Coai Georgetown. W. D Morgan; Gree ville, A- H. Dean; Horry, B. R. Kinj Kershaw, C. J. Shannon; Lancaste LeRoy Springs; Marion, E. H. Gasqu Marlboro, T. B. Gibson; Newberr E. H. Aull; Oconee, Z. W. Jordai Orangeburg, B. H. Moss; Pickens, E. Boggs; Richlaud, W. McB. Sloai m . n T If ! TT r sumier, rt. x. manning; union. j. i Flant; Williamsburg, F. B. Grie York, W. B. Moore. Chesterfield, Florence, Hampto Laurens, Lexington, Spartanburg ar Saluda were not represented. Commissioner Rocbe, after the rc call, took the floor and stated that a ter'the meeting in Spartanburg, 1 had looked through the comptrolL general's office and gottea the last a cessment of all the counties in tl State, which he had here, and fro which he apportioned the $10,01 among the counties according to ti amount of taxable property in eac He would like the secretary to read i so that every one present could si what sum his county had been asses ed. Mr. Boggs of Pickens, to get matte before the meeting in a proper ma1 ner, made a motion that Mr. Roche assessments be adopted. It would n< of course be binding on each counl to raise the amount assessed, but ea-: would simply doits best to get sue mm. Mr. Moore of York said that some i the counties did not have as muc interest in the exposition as other md by this assessment plan wou not be equally treated. Some of tl counties with tbe largest assessmen would not have so large manufactu [ng interests as others, and he thougl the counties having such interes should do a greater part toward ge ting up the exhibit for Chicago. Mr. Sproies said if $405 was wh A.bbeville was to raise, he would c bis best to get it, and though thei would be difficulty in getting it, y be would go before the different tow coucils and ask for appropriation ar try in other ways. Mr. Moore asked if there could n< be a plan devised by which the fact ries could be assessed so much, acco iing to the number of spindles < looms. He thought that all the mom would have to come from the towj sr factories, or it would not come i 111. Mr. Boggs said that the commi doners must first go the individua md ask for contributions. In h jounty he was going to appoint soli iting agents at each precinct andt svou.'d get 50 cents from each of then inj way, and as there would be ;ood number of them, the amoui ;hus raised would be considerable. Mr. Dean stated that in his opinioi ;he plan proposed by Mr. Roche wj ;hemost equitable. Let tbe mone ae raised, even if hot suppers had 1 je given as a last resort. Greenvil would come up with her share and t noved to vote on Mr. Roche's plan. Mr. Tucker of Charleston arose an >aid he thought Charleston's stoc aad been watered. He submitted plan, whereby each county should k issessed according to populatio ind wealth. By this plan the asses ment of Charleston would be reduct :rom $1,215 to $750. Changes woul 5e made in ail the counties by th plan, the amount being raised in son ind decreased in others. This was uoral obligation to raise the amour mder Mr. Roche's plan and he di rrrn nf /> I A^ti VI M U."\ IVtAtinKai LlUt vvanl tu icavc iciuu^ tuo uucmutj ;hink that Charleston could rah >1,2U0. What right did this meetin aave to assess factories, banks c myoneelse? Some factories in th Stitedid not care anything about tfc ixposition, They didn't want ne "actories built and have competitior ^ for the Atlanta exposition, Charle ;on had given $L,80U, but he did n( ,hink there was any hope of gettiu ,he $1,2(J0 assessed. Mr. Ligonof Anderson regretted 1 aear Mr. Tucker speak as he did. lid look to him as if $10,000 spent no would do more gooil than any otht nvestment. The assessmentof Andei >on, compared to Charleston's wt arge, and it was time for more patrio sm to be shown. He urged that tt notion be passed and all get to wor with a will. Mr. Tucker would not make aspeec )n Charleston's record, but he wouJ say that her past recurd spoke for l >elf and could not be impugned. Mr. Ray of Aiken said he had con lere to get enthusiasm and not ti /lues. Aiken's amount was twit what her people had expected, butsti hey were going to try to raise it. Finally, the assessments of the di erent counties w&re read and remarl nade thereon by the representative c :ach county. They areas follows: Abbeville, $405. "It could probabl je raised," said the commissioner. Aiken, $349. "Yes; they would tr t." Anderson, $348. "Yes." Barnwell, $373. "Three hundred S and twenty-five dollars would be raised and maybe the whole amount." 3- Beaufort, $211. "Thecounty was in If debt and had a large negro Dopulation, but efforts would be made to get $100 sit lodst" Jn Berkeley, $302. "No wealth except ^ e8 land and negroes, yet it would do its best." T* Charleston, $1,215. "Of this $750 q. could be raised." rs Chester, $223. "Chesfer w6uld give ^ 0. this amount." at Chesterfield, $91. No remarks were ]' ie made as the'county was not represent- i* I ed. ' IL ie Clarendon, $157. "It would be t given." , 30 Colleton, $251. "The amount would . ?_ be given." 11 Darlington, $221. "Yes; we will a is give that." . n ie Edgefield and Saluda, $365. "That o 5 will be raised." 0[ Fairfield, $211. "Not much encouragement from the people, but as much as possible will be raised." n Florence, $215. There was no one e to answer for her. 1(i Georgetown, $119. "Not less than ie $1.50 would be raised," said the com- ^ missioner. n Je Greenville, $470. "It would be ? ie given." , id Horry, $96. "At least $100 would t, ie be given." f it Kershaw, $150. "It could be given." Lancaster, $131. "She would give _ !r- it." * !_ Laurens, $239. No one from there ? re to answer. r! Lexington, $198. There was no commissioner from this c iunty, so the n. chairman appointed Mr. W. P. Roof. I. Marion, $249; Marlboro, $149; Newu berry, $298; Oconee, $155 Orangeburg, n ,r,' $110; Pickens $125; Richlaid, $443; f ,t; would all be ready with the cash, so d their commissioners stated. r a! Spartanburg, $643. Mr. Twichell, f nI the commissioner, was absent. Sumter, $377; and Union, $195. P Rrtih wnnlH t.rr and crei thwir atnnnnts. e'; Williamsburg, $155. "Afraid it ? v' could not be raised." , J fj! York, $365. "Could be counted on:" g j ' After the reading of the assessment j' a [ of the counties and expression of opinions, Mr. Manning wished to hear jj r". from Mr. Roche as to what his views c and aims were. ^ Q) Mr. Roche said the display to be * 1(j made at Chicago depended on how 5 much money there was at the disposal . ,11 of the commissioner. Maunfactories Lf. would be urged to make individual ie exhibits, and if they did so the money 0 er required would not be quite so much. r ia. W ork should be started at once, as the 5 ie exposition opened by the middle of ? m August; and fruits, vegetables, crains, 30 etc, shou Id be gathered and put througn P ie some process of preserving. ,, b. Seven States have gone into this J! [t] show, and it will be a general south- 11 ?e em States exposition. All the resources 2 i8. of the State would be shown, and this was an opportunity to work for South 0 r Carolina. 7 a! The matter of advertising by indi- ? s's viduals came up, and so did the ques0t tion as to how much would be charged ty per line in the proposed hand books, c This was referred to the committee on p finance. 1 A full discussion was had as to the f - best way to raise the amounts in each o > county. All'were generally in favor f ' of subscription lists. a ij Mr. Morgan of Georgetown moved c that all the commissioners raise their t: t funds by the 20th inst. and send them J,? to Mr. W. A. Clarke, the treasurer of ii " the exposition funds. This was agreed v to. Mr. Folk introduced a resolution o ,7 thankftigl the railroads for furnishing fc ' * free transportation to this meeting. It n . passed. tl , Governor Evans made a few con- c eluding remarks. He said the facto- tl t ries had shown great lukewarmness in y aiding in the Atlanta exhibit. He had ii to make personal appeals to them, and tl even then he met with poor success, lj t This was a southern^tate exposition, 0 ? and it would be the means of carrying " manufactured products to a new is " market. This snould remove the fear c of new factories coming in and com- r, peting, for they never came from the y, t west, it being an agricultual region. g He spoke of the advantages of emmi- u grants coming into this State from the ]{ S" west, and urged Charleston to do her p Is best for the exposition. Twelve hun- c ls dred dollars could be raised there 1 C ' inAII Kla _ VVlbUV/Ul> l.lVSlAk/*V. W ie Mr. Roche was instructed to send C( out to the county commissioners a cir- l( a cular stating what had been done at c lt; this meeting, giving the scope of the work and the assessment of thecoun- el a? ties. This circular is to be printed in h ^ the county papers. ji '7 The finance committee was autho- it ? rized to give the commissioner a suit- c< le able salary for his work. r, ie The meeting then adjourned. tl Mr. Roche left for Atlanta last night p ^ to attend a meeting of the advisory a committee, composed of members from ti a the seven States taking part in the ex- a ^ position.?The State. si in S- Diaz's Startling Story. Jacksonville, Fla., May 2.?The p d Rev. Alberto Diaz, Southern Baptist p is missionary, expelled from Cuba by ^ ie Weyler, in a long interview tells ap- p a palling stories of atrocities being com- ? 11 mitted by Spaniards. In the last r, ld two weeks in the rural districts of San p ra Miguel, Del Pardon and Minas Mr. Diaz says Col. Fonderville has had u lS more than one hundred persons butch- e >r ered and then reported them to the p is outside world as having been killed ie in battle. Among those killed were vv children 12 and 14 years of age. The l- victims were compelled to dig their ? s" own graves before being shot. As the ^ steamer was leaving Havana Mr. Diaz j( S says word was brought on board that js twenty seven more peaceable citizens e~ ? had been butchered by Col. Fonder- ^ " ville's troops near Havana. Col. Fonw derville is one of Weyler's favorites n 5r and is acting under ttoe Captain Gen- g I erai s oraers. is t- Stove Kxplodes. ie New York. May 5.?As the result 'k of the explosion of a gasoline stove in .. a Brooklyn teaeoient house today,two h women aad two children were so badd ly burned that they died soon after. P t- Two other children were also seriously burned. The dead are: Mrs. Reie becca Cohen, 234 Johnson street; Carl , ie Cohen, aged 2years; Solomon Cohen, , ;e aged 3 years; Mrs. Pasternek, 234 1 II Johnson street, Solomon and Rusie ^ Pasternek, one aged 8 months and oue f- 9 months, were &ei iously burned. cs J3 >t A lawyer may keep her hat on li when addressing the court down in Jersey, if she happens to be a woman, y Such was the decision of Chancellor A\] McUill the other day when opposing tt y counsel ungallantly called attention to x1 the fact that Miss Philbrook, attorney Q| had not removed her hat. gl V MM:-: l MARKED IMPROVEMENT j| J THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS OF I THE STATE. 1 Weekly Bulletin of the State Weather '|j Observer Issued Yesterday?The Bain a Believes the Situation Somewhat. J The following is the encouraging . J|j weekly bulletin of the condition of ie weather and the crops of the State _ Jjfl isued yesterday by Slate Weather | )bserver Bauer: .>11 This bulletin covers the weather vjlfl nd crop conditions for the week endr J ">rr Saiim/loTf Mow O ?_J Zhm i>mn-r/ /SB-j ^O auu ILL 1VO a ration were used reports from one or -V||| 1 aore correspondents in each coun^:/; | J WEATHER. '|j The past week was considerably ooler than the previous one, m lean temperature about 2 degrees bo ve the normal. The mean for the.^? vj? reek was 69 degrees, that being ;J9 verage of 40 stations reporting mean, 3 ^ jmpeeature; the normal for the same -.^ajB eriod is approximately 67 degrees. 'he highest mean was 73 degrees) andrJjiM ccurred at Shaw's Forks, Aiken coun*|s||M y; the lowest, 66 degrees, oomnediwB^B tittle Mountain, Newberry county. ^ The maximum temperature for tbd'r^VB| reek was 90 degrees on May 1st, reorted from Gillsonville, Hampton *|al aunty, the minimum was 48 on April ' 7th, reported from Lynch, Florence ounty. and 50 on the 26th, reported > om Elloree, Orangeburg county. The excess in temperature 'over the tBI ormal since March 1 was slightly in* -:m reased, and now averages about 1.5 egrees per day. The late drought was effectually re* ,?a| eved at most places during the week, l 'A t Vi a oliAtuflrc nraMk onotiaMul ann artial, so that there yet remain man J realities without beneficial rains, but enerally the rains were sufficient for : {$m tie present needs of crop3. In rich- 8 Etna, Newberry, York and portions of lumter, Kershaw, Lancaster and Lex- riwm gton but little rain fell, and practi- ' 1 ally none along the southeastern J.Jt] oast. Elsewhere the showers were rell distributed and in places heavy. 'he following heavy rainfalls were reortod: Society Hill, 1.60; Giee&-.(v^ .84; Pickens, 1.82; Camden, 1.27; -VSBj Lverill 1.53; Spartanburg, 1,04; Pov- - ?*? rty Hill, 1.20; Santuc, 1.21. lea v jj ther stations reported measurements lal anging from 0.50 to 1.00, and 26 r& I orted f rom none to 0.50. The average f 43 rainfall records for the week v . .54, and the normal for the same eriod is approximately 0.79. 1 Note?Special reports received since | he regular reports were closed state , '.i| hat rain was general over the State ; #? n Sunday and Monday (Sday3and.4J jiberty, Pickens county, reported' .-JS ver 4 inches. The special reports -:|1 rill be recorded regularly in the next . CROPS. There is a decided better tone to rnr? r^nnrts as eomnared with the . irerious week, and with but few imited exceptions all crops made satis- ' actory improvement, due to the rains f this and the previous weak. The ull beneficial effects of the late nuns re not yet reflected in the reports, ex- J ept where anticipated, so that qon-v Lnued improvement may be ex pecfod. J Corn made satisfactory advancedhrag the week. It has received its first-. rark geneially, and in places its sec-v -4 nd. The later planting has not at- si! lined good stands yet, but will be laterially helped in this respect by ae late rains. Corn retains a good ' olor, but cut worms are damaging tie stands in a few counties, cut rorms were injuriously active in Lexagton and EdgefieM counties during ae few cool aights. Much bottom' md corn yet to plant. All reports n corn are favorable. Cotton planting is practically flnihed. reports indicating that in a fjSw a ounties from 5 to 10 per cent only . 'M emains to be planted. That that J rhich is up has a vigorouns stand of 1 ood color, but later planting coming I p to irregular stands, but daring the I itter part of the week a great im- K rovement was noted in this respect jfl Shopping out has been actively began. 'he hot, dry weather of the past two. f I reeks affected cotton favorably, ex- fl apt that it retarded germination. Sea sland cotton has a good stand and , M alor, but needs rain badly. fl The failing tendency of grain was.. fTectually checked by the rains. Oats H ave shown much improvement dor- H ig the latter portion of the week, but ? ; continues to ba the opinion of most H ^respondents that oats cannot fully scover from the damaging effects of H ie late drought. Fail oats look more romising than spring sowing. Oats .. re ripening in the southeastern counes, and heading genera'.ly. Wheat || Iso has improved, and in places has ||J ifficient lengtb oi stain:, ana is siooi- -:.m ig and heading satisfactorily. Tobacco has grown well in beds. 'lants are small in beds that were relanted in March. Transplanting has een slow, some farmers watered the ^ lants by hand previous to the rain*. ransplanting will now be pushed ipidly, as the weather favors it. 'lants continue comparatively scarce. J Rice seeding contiunes, ana what is I p appears to be doing well generally, 1 xcept in Florence county, where . I oor stands are reported. Tne weath- I r favors late planted rice. The different reports continue to ex- J ress a diversity of opinion as to the m ruit prospects. In some localities S ruit is dropping freely, while in other fl >calities tne prospects continue prom iing. Generally in the extreme east rn and extreme western counties the ees look most promising. > I Grapes appear to be putting out nu- 1 U?/l /.l.ietimc anrl nwimi.-fi Wftll. * jeruua uuu u/ unvio uuw w.?.~ - ..?? , mall berries are ripening in the Duthern counties. Strawberries are lentiful every-where. Gardens have improved where aough rain fall, but in some localies continue to fail, although seajnable vegetables are comparatively lentiful, and quantities of peas, beans, :ttuce, radishes, cucumbers and cabages being shipped out of the State. Sweet potatoes putting out plenty of raws, which appear to be more plentiil than for many years; in places Dnsiderable transplanting has been , one. Irish potatoes generally doing I ell with r.tpid improvement noted! J ugs ardnumerous on the coast pota- ' A > Jiclds, and arc reported from a few mL ther sections ol the State. S Mrs. Fannie R. Allen, of Athol, - jH [ass., who is 75 years old, recently >ok unto herself a new husband. vlj his is somewhat remarkable in view I : the fact that the bride is a great- I I vB