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( T .;s - ' \ \ $hc ganwisfcr ledger. *gQM^*8-vP^L^R' ( AtVanily Kewwpajxr: Far<KtJWtoiV"? folMoal, mi, J "SEMI-WEEKLY EOITION. LAN (J AST KR. S. ShPT 14, 1*98- cTTABiKUcn toco * BLACK PAYMASTER. J Hoys of the Second Paid by a ' Negro Major. __ "Special to The Greenville News Columbia, S C., Sept 10.? Maj or Wright, who is as black as the ace of spades, paid off the j Second regiment today. He was J -assisted by two colored clerks, i Colonel Jones used foresight to t prevent any possible friction as I norao of the men spoke as if they { did not want to accept their pay | jfrom the 4'nigger" paymaster. All the companies were drawn I sip and the men who did not want ( to accept pay from Wright were ? told their captains would got their j money for them. Squads of ten i were paid and a guard was pot t about the paymaster with u view 4o preventing trouble. The ofli- ^ ?eers felt that they had to recog- i aixe Major Wright's rank and t authority. i Over 25,000 was paid out. S Wright says that thia ia his last pay day and he will return to bis college in Georgia. i>?t Trtiwi IfU toi! ta?k? Ini IJtk iwij. To quit lobMM anally ?id forover. be mt| Sle. foil of Ufa. nerve and vigor, take No-ToBec. tbe woader worker, that makaa weak mea . atrang. All druggists. &0e or 91. Care guaranteed Booklet and sample free. Addreaa *Oterllog Kerned) CT Chicago or New York An Explosion That Carried Death to Many People. Philadelphia, Sept. 11?By the explosion of forty gallons of gasoline in the cellur of a grocery -store at 1444 South Street tonight four and possibly a dozen more Sires were lost. As an immediate consequence of the ^xplosion, the ttuilding where it occurred and tiiose adjoining it on either side ? / 1 IT ? a ? ? coiitipstiu. upio iu o ciocK,iour , hours after the occurrence, four ( bodies had been recovered from \ the ruins. ( Estimates of the number of i missing vary from eighteen to i twenty-six. The accepted theory i *?f the accident is thnt Schnttcn- t stein wdnt into the cellar with a 1 lighted lamp, which .gnited the ( gasoline. Tho collapse of the (< ^wildings occurred within twoj] nuinutes of the explosion, and the i * oconpant? had little timo or chunce i to escape. 1 ? , Social Qayeties.:' To be entertaining 1 artwn one ought to be Mil I p. To eat '^e^flDAa mad salads when the^K^h^rah t ?aun*ach craves the wrapieat food or none C ml all. To laugh whbea one wants to ?cry. All this and srruc h mora society de sand* of her W 4bttowc.is. -vbu / sttia Gfjm on Che ^fdSJ- 1 ette ^ ^fl^^^RHhesdschee^^T^he i crushing ptlna in the bnck and loins. < ^HMn The blues. AH ' such symptoms in- ' dteste serious de- < ^ rsngements of the Is it any delicate female or- ' "Wonder f*aiam- bim1 mo* , thai they ?* {yr*rcc*D* *t 1 Jffl ones. Remove the < ji.mT *' cause. Strengthen , exhausted nature. 1 fla (he standard remedy for the weahoeaaoe , end irregularities peculiar to women. Bead&eld e Regulator la not a myateriotw . ml item of mythical origin, hut a atandnod remedy compounded in eecordaaie I erith scientific principles from approved < vegetable medical materials. Brad field's Rogalator Is endorsed by physicians who < tm enamiaed it, and has been in sueeeadel an over a quarter of a aaotnry. It ' li mid hjr druggist* at ooe dollar a battle. , ^ReHeat m23+ %m Women" mailed J SlcLAURIN'S VINDICATION. rho Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee Givos Him a Clean Bill of Health. Col Wilie .Jones, who was ^resent at the interview between senator .McLaurin and the Wnshngton correspondent of the News ind Courier, has hundeed the folowing prepared statement to The state, with the request that it be hi hi i shod: "So much unjust criticism has >een made of Senator McLaurin >n account of a dispatch sent tho News and Courier" by its Washngton correspondent that I feel mpelled in tho interest of justice to appear in public print. "1 was present at the interview between tho Senator and the reporter, saw and heard everything that passed, and there is no room whatever for the charge that senator McLaurin said a word unbecoming a Democrat. Tho ro[>ort sent by the reporter is very neagre and only purports to give ine or two sentences of the conversation that laited nearly an sour. Even this, however, weald lot have occasioned any criticism f it were not for the headlines of hat wonderful artist who iver this department of the News ind Courier. Nor do 1 think the e|>orter intended to do the Senaor an injustice, and 1 am sure ho vill agree with what I shall say. "Senator McLaurin, Col rhompson and myself had passed i very busy day at the war department and wound up with a ?11 on the President. There is io doubt all of us wore feeling *ood, for we had succeeded l?efond our fordest hopes in saving >ur beloved State from the indelblc disgrace of being the only me in the Union that failed to 'espond to the call to arms. It was a very hot day and at 5*o'clock n the afternoon tho Senator and nyself retire*! to my room at tho Metropolitan and in true I :ratic style had taken otr our ;oats and collars .to coal. Mr. Lamer called and desired to know what we had accomplished and all ibout our mission. We preceded to tell him and from tho account )f our trip to the White House the conversation drifted on to the war and the war policy of the President. Senator McLaurin jpoke frankly and intelligently on this subject and agreed to give Vlr. Larner an interview. He made some notes and hand ng then to Mr. Larner told him o write the interview out on the lines wo wore talking. Ho said in substance what tho dispatch itates, but in a different connection entirely, and with no such intention as some of his critics have tonght to make appear. I cannot mdertake to recall all that was aid, but this is the substance: rhat tho President ha'l displayed irrwftt wisdom in the conduct of the war. He earnestly sought to ivoid war, but when it wan forced >n him, eminent success had followed, which, with his nonsectionil policy, made him the most popliar President since the days of Androw .Jackson. That it was a ^reat mistake for Democratic leaders to antagonize tho war policy the President because the real issue between the pkrtie* was the money question, and when you imphasised the war issue you )becured the money question, and destroyed all hope of success, lie j said that if the war issue were tho ionly question and the election wore to come right now, McK inlay R would he renominated and elected; by acclamation. "This is about the substance of i what occured, and there was nothing undemocratic or wrong in S] anything that I saw or heard. If tho correspondent had given all th , that was said the most fastidious 2\ ! Democratic palate in the country oc would not have rejected it. 1 am tl< chairman of tho Democratic party y? of -South Carolina and certainly ar If I had heard one of our Senators j B say something not in consonance j is with our principles, I would have th noted it. st \Y II.ie JOSKS. " tii , White Men and Theii Black Par- w amours Sent to State ac Prison. st in Special to Tho State. N j Camden, Sept 8.?Is mis- tx cegenation practiced in Kershaw j h< county! Let tho court records, speak for themselves. The crimi- ; U] nal court which ended today re- ] d< vcalod a deplorable condition of pi morals in Kershaw county. Half of tho cases tried developed ft sbockingly immoral practices. Ik I The repulsive spectacle was wit- m nessed in three cases, which have w just undergone judicial investi. gation and conviction, where three white men were arraigned and tried for living in adultery, each ** with a negro woman. In each rc of these instances the relationship ai existing has extended over a (period ot several yoars. In one pi I of the cases the parties have thus hi l>een living together for twelve a? years, ami in another eight years, a As a result of such disreputable hi j and unlawful living together in- tn nweent little children are thrown upon a cold and uncharitable \v world to sutler, and maybe starve, qi while the authors of their exist- ni ence serve out their respective vi terms in the State penitentiary, w One mother leaves behind her mi while she is locked in a prison it cell, an infant 4 month* old; aud another parts from six children, T not one of whom is o d enough to s< even dress the others. i V K L I. O W J A U N I) I CK w I ? UKKI). SutTering huutanity shout 1 be I supplied with every means )<ossi' ble for its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the following; > 4-This is to certify that 1 was a ^ terrible sufferer from Ye low Jaundice for over six months, aud was treated by some of the test 1! physicians in our city and af to II no avail. Dr Bell, our druggst, | j recommended Electric Bitteis; ^ ! and after taking two bottles, 1 nt was entirely cured. I now take he great pleasure in recommending j^j ' them to any person sulTerin^ i front this terrible ttaladv. I a? ; gratefully yours, M A Hogarty , I^exington, Ky." Sold by Craw ford Bros Druggist. th "Can you tell me what sort of H | weather wo may expect next Si month?" wrote h subscriber to *'a the editor of a paper; and the editor replied as follows: 44It is 50 my belief that the weathtr next n* i month will lie very mudn like r>( yeur subscription." Tho Inquirer ^ wondered for an hour tjhat tho >nl , editor was driving at, When he *? l haptiened to think of i\e word w< ) "unsettled." He sent in the rt. [ quired amount next day/ KitiMl* T??r Mow*!* Wtirf Co*?rot*. Wl I C?n<1jr C*0?*r?lo, our* con*tt/*ilna forrr*r . > | Me.Mo. IICC C f?ll.4fu*tl?t]rff??4*owj. (It AMBUSHED BY A MOON. I SHINER. Ai evenue Officers Ilavo a Warm Time Above Spartanburg? Oue Wounded ? The By Man Captured. [>ccial to The State. ? Spartanburg, Sept 10?Up at RHf ic foot of Tryon mountain about rn \ miles from Columbus, the an uinty seat of Polk county, a bat- 8*fl b royal took place about 5 p ui jsterday between a moonshiner th( id revenue officers. Collector th< ryant, M C Durham, Alex Rob- an on, and John M Miller were in pr io party and had found and de- he royed a largo still in full opera- qu on After cutting it up the par- ric es were leisurely making their Th ay out towards Tryon when thi ime one tired a double barreled ed tot gun at Miller, who was lead, eii ig one horse and riding another, wl o shots took effect in Miller,but D< >th horses were covered from tei jad to foot. ari Miller saw the party and fired Jo pon him. The growth was so kii snso that he got away and all 18 irties deemed themselves safe. After going a short distance inner John Jones appeared in a jnd in the road and tired two H< ore shots at Robiaon, 32 of hich took effect in bis back and jad. His horse was also badly lot. Sp Miller then pursued the would5 assassin and ran him in the di- re, >ction of where he knew Durham f ^ id Bryant must he. ^ The man was so intent on esca? it ing from those behind him that ju 3 ran into the arms of Durham co id llryant. After exchanging th shot or two Durham captured ca is man and had him where resin-* fn nee was useless. cai lie proved to be John Jones, a! |es hite man shout 54 years old,and cn mte a noted character in the \w ountnin region*. lie denied Qf igofously that he was the man pj, ho did the shooting, but Miller ivs there can be no doubt about co , for he recognized him fully. nfl The prisoner was carried to jj, ryon and from there to Hender- ]j, >n jail. 0v Miller and Kobison came back pr > Spartanburg whero Kobison's on ounds were found not to be very gi vore. de HOT TIMES IN LIBERIA. ?? egro Comes All the Way Here to Protest to Our Government. X Philadelphia, Sept 11.?A J i ro?s, an American b3tn colored an from Sierra Leone, arrived ire today on the Waesland from iverpool. He comes to protest jainat foreign aggression in Li- ^ >ria, which he says the present ivernraent is pawning out to A i I? t. ti a uoiumuB, r roacn and MlglllD ;ainst the interest of Ameticans. ar o states that recent attack* on erra Leone by the natives were used by the brutality of the reign po'ice, and that over 1,i() persons were killed by the an tives under the charge of a war* ah >r named fiiburra. Many cap,es were taken, among them bee; the entire family of D T Johnn, of Hot Springs, Ark., who ^ ire taken to Liberia by the ri earner Laurada. p? , , , HI The Episcopal rectory at ITnion P1 is burne<l at an earlv hour Sun- a" till y morning. lb,, I EMPRESS SLAIN. h 1 Assassin's Stilloto Finds the Empress of Austria's Heart. (J ' Telegraph to The Greenville News. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept 10. The Empress of Austria was T >assinated near the hotel Beau- u age this afternoon by an an b :hist, who was arrested. He w iblied her with astiUeto. o Her majesty was walking from ti b hotel to the landing place of & p steamer about 1 o'clock when h Italian anarchist suddenly apoached and stabtied her in the w art. The empress fell, but o ickly got up again and was car- ti id to the steamer unconscious. S le boat was started, but seeing e: at the empress had not recover- p , the captain returned and the o ipresss was carried to the hotel, w lere she died. She was born ti scember 34th, 1837, the daughr of Duke Maximilian, of Bav- T ia, and was married to Francis n: soph, emperor of Austria and w ng of Hungary, April 24th, si 54. tt BOTH ARMS CUT OFF. irrible Manner in Which a * Williamsburg Man Was * Killed. ? at O. ecial to The State. ** Kingstree, Sept 7.?News iched here of the death of Mr teodore Huggins, of the Johnnville section of this county, p appears that Mr Huggins had st started to gin his first bale of tton this season and was feeding ^ e gin himself when his hand got light and in trying to get looso am the gin the other hand heme entangled. lie was poweris to help himself, lleforo the j ^ gine could be stopped not only j th hands but the greater part a both arms were literally cut to jces. It was five miles to a e( c( ysician's house and before one | uld be summoned the unfortu-j8* to man bled to death. Mr (< lggins was about 25 years old. 3 was married and loaves a wid- c< r and three children. He was a osporous farmer, merchandised ? a small scale and ran a steam j ^ n and grist mill. His uutimoly If nth is regretted by the entire!" mmunity. 11 CASTOR IA " For Infants and Children. v hi Kind You H?i Always Bought | ^ V LEGISLATURE SPLIT. \ 0 embers About Evenly Divided ^ on Throe Liquor Positions. 1 Columbia, S C., Sept 10. ? An j inlysis of the next legislature own that the membership of the v ro houses is pretty even'y di (] (IpiI nmrtnor ttl* i I i ITurnn t ala ents of the liquor question. The spensary men, prohibitionists '' id opponents of both, each have * out one third of the memberip. Buck ten'? Arnica Naive. Thr Bavr Halvb In the world for its, Bruises, Bores, Ulcere, Melt Iteum, Fever Horei, Tetter. Chap- F d Hauda, Chilblains, Corne, and al ^ (In eruptions, end positively cures . les. or no pay required It Is guarto give p?rf??-t sstlsfsction or oney refunded. Prl?*e '2ft cet.ts |?er I For Bale by Craw for I Broe. I_V? f HULK' I I L. U 'OJi LELD THEIR FIRST SESSION IN H ARAN A. Opening Sitting in the Palace of the Colonial Cortes?In Session Only 25 Minutes. Habnnn, Sept 11?8:30 p m.? 'he American evacuation comusftion landed this morning at alf past 7 and rode from the 'harf to the palace of the Cuban olonial cortes where the first siting took place today. Col Clous, ecretary of the commi sion also toded. At the palace the Americans 'ere welcomed by representatives f the colonial council of tecreiries and by the members of the panish commission. After an xchango they entered the prineial hall, where maps and charts f Spain, Cuba and Porto Rico ere found spread out upon the ible-. The session immediately opened. he credentials of the two comlissicns were produced and it as agreed that the second sitting lould take place tomorrow at le same hour. The sitting lasted 5 minutes. Beauty la Blood Deep. Clean blood mean* a clean akin. No tauty without it. Caacareta, Candy Catharc clean your blood and keep it clean, by irring up the lazy liver and driving all imirities from the bodv. liegin to day to ini?h pimple*, boils, blotches, blackheada, id that aickly bilious complexion by taking lacareta,?beauty for ten centa. All drug ta, aatiafaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. ON'T FOOL WITH A BUZZ SAW. rof Yager's Brief Indiscretion Causes Him to Resign. pecial to The State. Greenville, Sept 10. ? Presient Hurtzog, of Clemson col>ge, came hero today to investiate the trouble in which Prof M Yager was implicated. As result of the investigation, rof Yager this afternoon resign1 his professorship in Clemson allege, which lie has he LI for jveral years with marked sucjss. President Hartzog did not Kpress himself as to Prof Yager's induct, but stated that Prof ager is one of the best instructrs in his line in the south, and is graduates have taken tine poitions. Prof Yager is instructor i drawing and mechanical designThe charge against Prof Yager /as grand larceny, and the case /as dismissed by the magistrate, /ho expressed confidence in Prof ,'ager's innocenee. The charge /as brought by a dissolute wonan in whose house Prof Y'agcr k'as on Tliurs lay afternoon. His tatement is that, on going to the lepot he found ho had a good deal f time before his train left and ie went over to this house nearby. The woman accused him of steal ng her rings, one a diamond, and *rof Yager's friends assert this ras nn attempt at blackmail. Ho kras arrested by the police simply in the woman's statement, after 10 had been searched and offered lis watch to compromise, but tho roman refused it. J II. Died of His Wound, ipecial to The State. Society Hill, Sept 10.?Calvin ananuel, who was shot by "Dick" 'lynn, on the street here throe reeks ago, died last night from be effect of his wound. K?-T?-for Fifty font*. OMrtntMd lAbwvo habit purr, meW*? weak tro&?. tlood pure. Wo SI All drug?ial*