University of South Carolina Libraries
(. . - { v I ' / 1 . @te Xanastet* Ecdgcr. VEUBLOW S. CARTER, J ^ Family Newspaper : For the Promotion of the Political, Sboial, Agricultural and Commercial Interest*. \ TERMS: $1.50 a T?a*. Editob aitd ILakaokh. \ * ) Paxablb in Adtako*. SfclWI-flMKLY fcUl I ION. LANCA8TKK. 8. (J., FKBRLUItY 197~ixt?8 hsTftKMsHr ~?T~ t n i mm* ? 1BA1TLBSHIP MAINE DESTROYED.! Terrible Disaster in the Har-1 bor of Habana. HLOWN UP TUESDAY NIGHT No Information as to Whether Accident or Work of Enemies ?Many Lives Lost? Hahana Shaken? Message from ^-Commander. Hahana, Feb. 15.?At a quarter of ton this evening a terrible - explosion took place on board the Uaited States cruiser Maine in . Habana harbor. Many are killed or wounded. All the boats of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII are assisting. As yet the cause of the explosion is not apparent. Tbe wounded sailors of the Maine are unable to explain it. It is . believed the cruiser is totally desa. 1 1 trwyeu. The explosion shook the whole city. The windows were broken in all the houses. The correspondent of the As.soeiuted Press says ho has conversed with several of the wounded sailors and understands from them thai the explosion took place while they were asleep, so that they can givo no particulars as to the cause. Washington, Feb. l.r>.?The j aecretary of the navy received the fallowing telegram from Capt Sigsbee: _44Maine blown up in llabana harbor and destroyed. Many' wounded and doubtless more Kill-' *nd drowned. Wounded and other* on board Spanish man-ofwar and Ward Line steamer. .-Send lighthouse tender from Key West for crew and few pieces of equipment still above water. No one had other clothes than those T-riprvn thorn. Public opinion should be suspended until further report. All officers believed to lUe saved. Jenkins and Merritt net. yet accounte<l for. Many ."Spanish officers, including representatives of Gen Blanco now with dine and express sympathy. Sigsbee." The officers referred to in the raCbove dispatch are. Friend W ~:JenkiiM and Assistant Engineer jl'tarwin K Merritt. .Habaua, Feb. 16. ? The wildest consternation prevails in Ilabana. '.f"he wharves are crowded with r^tK^Kaad* of people. It is beV. lieved the explosion occurred in a tfiall powder maguziue At\ a quarter of 11 o'clock what remains of the Maino is still i bnrniug. Capt Sigsbeo and the other offi iors have l>een saved. It is esti*aiat?*d that over 100 of the orew ^ were killed, but it is1 impossible ? IK vrt tf? <riv#? I'riipt . 1 o .1!1.1 - ? J D ..V,W."0. VAAKIOLH Til F. OKIES AS TO CAUSE. ! Y.awhington, Feb. 16.?After a *> lav cA intense excitement at the navy department and elsewhere growing out of tho destruction of ; ith* battleship Maine in Habanai I haroer last night, the situation tonight after the exchange of a num1 law of .cablegrams l>etvrecn Wash.ington wad Habana can Im> sum?cned up in the words of Secretary FUoug, when asked when he was kbout to depart for the day wheth. ?t he had reason to suspect the ? iisastfr was the work of an ene I my, replied : i "1 have not. In thnt I am in- 1 fluenced by the fact that Capt. ' Sigsl>ee has not yet reported to t I the navy department on the cause, i j He is evidently waiting to write a 1 full report. So long as he does t not express himself, I certainly c cannot. I think from indications, \ however, that there wag an acci- r dent?that the magazino exploded. How that came About 1 don't know. For the present, at least, no other war ship will lie sent to Habana.J Secretary lxmg undoubtedly summarized the general opinion of the majority of the naval experts, in finding it imjKissible just now to state the cause of the destruction of the Maine. DIVERS TO INVERTIOATE. 8 J There are a number of theories c but most of them are of a charac u ter thnt makes it easy to prove or ^ upset thetn by a simple investigation by n diver Secretary Long has taken steps to make this in vestigation. Late tais afternoon ^ he telegraphed to Admiral Sicard, ! I at Key West, to annoint a hoard ' ?- - - 11 of naval officers to proceed at once 1 to Havana to employ divers and generally to make such inquiry as 4 the regulations of the Navy demand shall be made in the case of ' i the loss of a ship. It is probable { that this work will take some time * . f and while there are officers who | say that in their opinion it \vill not j be possible, owing to the proba-1 hie disrupted condition of the hull j of the ship, to make out the cause | of the explosion, the opinion of < the majority is that the question j will Ire easily settled by the sim | ^ pie observation or the con?lition of the ship's liuil plates in the . neighborhood t?f the hole which ! sunk her, whether or not if tliev ure bulged out, us would lie the j case if the explosion came from : tho inside, or whether they are! driven in, as would he tho result j from the attack of a torjaedo, or j the explosion of a mine beneath the ship. The large majority of naval otlicers are inclined to the . belief that the explosion resulted | from spontaneous combustion in ^ the coal hunkers; tho overheating of the iron partition between the boilers and the magazine or from j an explosion of a boiler, though the last theory finds little support. t LONQ DKATH ROLL. ( At 12:30, while Secretary L*>ng i was still with the President. Mr 1 Finney, private Secretary of the t navy, was admitted with an im. 1 jjortant dispatch just received ( from Capt. Sigsbee, commander j of tho Maine. This was read by the President and secretary and 1 then given out, as follows: y "Adviae sending wrecking ves 1 sel ait once. Maine submerged 1 except debris, mostly work of di. * vers now. Jenkins tnd Merritt I * still missing. Little hope for heir ' safety. Those known to he sav- ;* oil are: Ofticeis, 24 uninjured;'1 crew 18; wounded now on hoard ! \V iinl I in<? ufoamor in \\* .*j 1 ? ? v? jiii\ nbv umivi i in t ,%J m/n" j pital and hotel 5*J, m> far hh known j I All others went down on board or ' near the Maino. The total lost * or missing is *253. With few ex. * ccptions no officer or man has f m )re than a part of a suit of cloth ing and that is wet with harbor water. Ward line steamer leavea 1 for Mexico at 2 o'clock thia afternoon. Officers saved are uninjured. Damage done waa in com- ' partments of crew. Am prepar- < ing to telegraph list of wounded ' f ind saved. Olivette loaves Key West at 1 p in. Will i >v her to Key West the ofli ?aved except myself and W aright, Holman, Ilennerbi Kay and Holden. Will turn* hreeuninjured boats to Cap )f port, with request for s teeping. Will send all wont uen to hospital at Habana. S1GSBEE. MEILSTRUP'S LETTER t Gunner on the Maine Wrot Being Surrounded by Torp< does and Ilia Expectation of Being Blown Up. Detroit, Mich., Fob 17.pedal to the News from Bay C dich, says: A letter was rec d to-dav from Elmer Meilsti . gunner on the battleship Ma lated Feb 11th, addressed to nother, in which Meilstrup w hat he would not be surprise* hey should !>e blown up at lay, that the ship was surrour vith torpedoes and could oave the harbor without con ind directions of the Snnnish horities. Meilstrup's letters 'The Spaniards have a coupk gunboats and a cruiser, and t ire two German gunlxiata. ;uns of Morro Castle are poil it us as I write. The whole om of the harbor is covered 1 torpedoes, s'o that if they did ivant to let us out, wo would >o able to <jo very well. We ying between the Spanish Jerman men-of-wai1, ami -1 lave picket boats out all n matching us." In a letter of Jan 15th Moils oils of an incident aboard cruiser Mnrhlchcud, when tive Ac re injured by a shot. C nenting ho says: "ltisa woi >01110 of the Spaniards don't I is up, they are ko careless." Deposits Uncalled For. A great deal of money is de ted in banks and never called iy its owners. In the sav >anks of Massachusetts alone cording to tho report of the i commissioner, there is half a ion dollars of deposits which 1 lot been called for in a perio 20 years, ttnd which its ow cjjvor will call for. The ami n the Provident lnstitutio Boston savings bank, is $160/ ind two other Boston sav lanks have $80,000 each. ? S Jity Journal. The fond mother of three el on was obliged to remonsl vith her oldest boy i>ecnuso ir children's games he would ul\ ake the lead. A few days I he mother, happening to go no nursery, suw the two youi hildren engaged in amn heatricals. The elder boy s iside with arms folded, mm matching them. "Wo aro ; ng Adam and Eve,' said youngsters. Sho turned t< lilent ti^ure in the corner, n ;o praise him. 'Who are y ihc asked. 'God,' was the iwer. It is what we don't think nakes us innocent, and what lon't do that keeps us so. MT Incontinence of vinUir ?u llecp stopped ImmeUiHiHy by I. l#wr< hon's *nti Diukktic < :hpdr>*ii and a-iulu alike ? Prto d by J F M?**- A ?!o Drui Lancaster, 8 I ,orlteh thousand Mend for back rent. ain It Will be Paid Mr. Wesley in tain Order to Remain at the Hall. afe ,(led A TWO YEARS LEASE M ADE. Pis{>ensarv Will Not Move After All?The Hoard of Control Satisfied With the Outcome, e of 5* The State, 17th inst. A final decision regarding the headquarters of the dispensary has been rendered, and 4'Wesley Hall" came up smiling, despite ^ the superabundant amount of !it/' "fust X" in it. ieiv" It seems that the members of ru^' | the board came to tho conclusion *ne> that they would bo unable to move their engines and tanks,? rote ^ev having become fixtures, as * ^ was pointed out in yesterday's Rn*v issue of The State, and that u*e<* rather than buy new ones, and not have the old ones in possession of HCnt Attorney Lytes, a compromise au" would 1)0 sought. The result was 8' that a joint meeting of the sinking fund commission and the board of control wsis held yesterday morn ''K' ing for the purpose of settling the ?*e<^ matter of hack rents with Lund lord Wesley. After quite ti A lt'' lengthy consultation, $10,000 was no I offered Attorney Lyles for hack n(K j rents and damages, and he acceptarc cd\>)ie amount as payment in full | I ? ( ftnt f Tftea a contract was entered in to for t.fe tiitiTTo rental of th( property, and the dispensary i people now have a lease on it foi two years, the amount of ren I |>or month being $llp. They ?,lcn also have the privilege movini ?m from the property any time Ihj fore the expiration of the tw< ''ow years, provided SO days notic< j is given Mr Lyles In additioi to this they will ho allowed t( ; take their engines and tanks wit! them when they leave, pos- The arrangement appears to la '?r per fectly satisfactory to all parties inga in interest, and for quite a whih ? ac" longer, at least, liquor will b< date diapensed front the same old stand m The members of the board ar< have qUj^ pleased at the manner ii j which they have played their card nt>rs and the way they have kept pooph ount I - ... ... I guessing at whaj they would do n? a One meu)l>er of the board sait hat soon after they hog&n fina ,nRH negotiations with Mr Lylos, tin 11)11 x former prices for the pieces o property on which they were bid tiil I (^in?> drupped one-fifth, and the; think they will come down evei trnto , J lower yet. i the i ... . , k ho it is that the iiuestion ha va\ n ... later! ?n "na''y decided, and lor i time at least, the board ran con into i ' 1 tinue business undisturbed. lour- m tood Homc.in ? Dtptfil f)ti. xlilv ^r J*me? Jones. nt the drug firm o " JoiiM&Hnn., Cowdrni, III.. In speak y ing of |)r King'* New Discovery nay the that !h*< winter hi-* wife wax altar kc< ) the with I.a Grippe, and her ca?e grew s< bout that physicians at < 'owden ar:< j /'ana could do aolhing for her. I (>l'- seemed to develop Into Haste foil i an sumption. Having I>r Kind's Ne? Discovery In more, ami selling lots c it; he took a bottle h >me, and to th . surprise of all she began to get hette " from flrst do*e, and half dor.en dolls we bottles cured her sound and well. D King'* New Discovery for Consamp tlon. Coughs and Cbld* is guarantee* ii.n* to do this good work. Try It. Pre >w K trial bottles at Crawferd Bros' Dru| 'u Store. B. $1 _ _ * I CfcOdrm Crv fcr fiXirt <*?larti CEORGE D. TILLMAN 1' A CANDIDATE Formal Announcement of the Fact Is Made. A SENSE OF DUTY IMPELS. Sce? Evils to be Corrected, A Peo|)le to Reunite and Taxes to Save?A Later Announcement. Special to The State. Edgefield, Feb. 15.?There is no longer any doubt the "Old Roman1' from Edgefield is in the race for governor. Yesterday ho came to Edgefield from his farm on the banks of the Savannah River, looking cherry and hearty and when asked if he would run for governor, handed your correspondent the following signed announcement: i To the Democracy of South Ca rolina: Much more at the suggestion of others than by my own prompting 1 I announce my candidacy for gov l ftrnni' Iwinnutlir ,u-* *L . ? , uouvnkij nciicv '"?? iiuii, lilt ' J office seeks the man, or else 1 I would not have received so mun> letters ur<rin? nie to run. 11 Manly candor also bids me t( confess that a sense of duty as i II citizen impels me to make tin M effort to reunite the people of tlx " state and correct certain evils " which if done would result ii ; more liberty and less taxation. I ~ .. " I To achieve these ends I slml 3 I advocate several measures that 1 r i adopted would both strengthei r local self government and redue -1 present annual Stato and county '' taxes at least * fourth?or say ? half a million dollars?withou -1 diminishing but positively increas 31 ing the efficiency of o?? govern 3 ment. Whst these measures art 1 and argument in support of them 3' will he discussed later on. 1 I shall run as the candidato o no faction, no ring, no boss, hu 3 simply on my own character as i * man and record as a public ser 3 vant. Geo. I) Tillman." 9 - ? Why Broad Tired Wheels pay. 9 j A wagon going uphill take u more force to draw it than who 9 it is moved on a level. When wheel sinks in soft soil there is a 1 elevation of the ground in front o | it equal to the depth of the sink R|ing. When a narrow wheel sink f three or four inches inthegroun .the effect is j recisely the same a y I if the wagon was going up th ^ j same incline ; when the browheel is used ,if it does not sin s in the ground, this obstacle doc n m>t exist. The surface of th . wheel does not interfere in th least with the draught of the wa<j fin, even on solid hard ground and it must lie evident that th broad wlieel will not cut into th _ road as the narrow one will, an m thus on soft roads must he an es J! aier draught. By the use of . j broad tired wagon when a nei t road is being laid out, it will soo he rolled hard and solid, so thx v even a narrow-tired wagon wi ? not cut in, but attempt to make r road during the average harvest r winter or spring season with nat . row tired wagons and the job wi i usually prove a failure.?R. Ston 8 in Farm and Home. >14 We Undersell All Others In Groceries. i L I N T K N : i 18 |k>uim1h Kranulated Hu^ar for 1 OO 20 |h)uii?1h Unfit orown Sugar 1 00 We have the cheapest line of Chewing and Smoking Tobacco in town. Also we carry a nice line of Notions, such as handkerchiefs, Ladies' and Gents' Hose, etc., etc li. S. Cherry At I Jro, ? The Value of Cow Peas. I)r Stubbsof the Louisiana sta i tion, in summing up the advantages of the cow pen, gives these points: ( 1. It is a nitrogon gatherer. 2. It shades the soil in summer, I ' , 1 keeping it in condition most suit(table to rapid nitrification, and I leaves the soil friable, and loose, in the best condition for a future crop. 3. It has large root development, and hence pumps up from groat depths and large areas the ^ water, and with it the mineral ? ?- > ' * I mubLui ucuucu ny me pmnt. 4. Its adaptability to all kinds | of soils, stifTest clays to most porous sands fertile alluvial bottoms r to barren uplands. 5. It stands the heat and sunshine of southern summers. f?. Its rapid growth enables tho farmer in tho south to grow two crops a year on the same soil. 7. If sown thickly, will by its rapid growth and shade effectually smother all weeds, and thus serve as a cleansing crop. 8. It is the best preparatory I crop known to the southern farmR ! er; every kind of cron crows u<?li f I . . " i r after it. ' I 0. On the alluvial lands of the M ississippi bottoms it serves t?> , pump otr excessive water, evaporating it through its great foliage, q p n o n ' thus keeping the soil in condition ' for most rapid nitriticatiun during ^ the entire growing season. I 10. It furnishes a most excel: lent food in large (piantities for | both man and animals. With all ^ these advantages, it is no wonder i that it is called the "clover of the south/' and were it used regularly, an one of the crops in a regular s but short system of rotation, tha n soils of this section would soon a rival in fertility their primitive n condition. Tho Huling Spirit. H d | A Paris journal relates that a m. celebrated speculator who had e i reached the age of s.r>, and still . . d preserved a lively interest in the k market, was told one day: ssj 'Evidently you are going to live e ' to lie 100 years old.' A i\'n n/? 1 lio tniil * I* ??* r- to die very soon I know it.!' I, 'What makes you think so?' o! 'What makes me think so?1 e Do you suppose Death is such a d fool as to take me at 100 when ho i-1 could get me at 85. iV ' 'What's the matter with you? cried a tired traveler in the stage. II 'This is a perfectly level road, and when 1 went over it 20 years ago ^ yeu drove fast enough.1 'We do ' seem to ho a leetle pokey,' owned II the driver, 'and I can't see why. This is the same hoss I hed then.' e ITlt-h on lmman manee on hones h .<1 h ' *ionk, cureu in 30 minutes ?V Wonlford's sanitary ootion Thia i never fails rtold by J F Afackey Jk ft I 'o., Druggist, Uncastvr, 8 C