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I ^ THTTRLOW 8. CARTETtTr ' = ~ ~ ~~~~ -=r.-ziz= Kpitobato Mmou. S A Newspaper : For the Pronation of the Political, So<*4 Agricultural and Caernnereial Interest*. J TEBMsTfl^o' a ftfeul.WKKKLY. ~ ? j Paiakm IN A N 1; a fs 1 15 K vS. (J, J u i? V 12 1 4 z:=I* _?... ? ' ,M KNTAKLISI Kl) 1?.V2 DDI 1)1 OT/ \ I 1 I no / V\* M ? c^ri r/.?r.?.. ^ x j-jIviyi nijr.i oiv;iYir>o Y/Uivir< o FROM TEXAS. 1,000 Persons Congregated on a T Mound With Cattle and Poison- 1 ous Reptiles. Many Bitten by Snakes. "St. Louis, July 7?A special to S The Post Dispatch from Austin, Tex., says: Gov. Sayers toduy j tr received a message from Scaly C( over the long distance telephone t| saying that 1,000 persons who nj had taken refuge on a mound n, three miles below there are slowly ol perishing for the want of food. ( w To add to the horror, the unfor- ol tunate.s are surrounded by poison- ft. ous reptiles. Huddled together i f( with the human beings are several f.| hundred of live stock. A number t;l of those on the mound have, re- th ceived bites from the reptiles* and e: ure in a dving condition. m Im DROWNINGS AM) DISASTER at T Reports Pouring Into Richmond w Whete Business is Suspended. p C Richmond, Tex., July 7.? ai Never in the history of Richmond f< were such scenes witnessed as are as depicted today. Business is prac- l' tically suspended. Many plantu^ u; tions are under water. All trains, ai save those on the Southern Pacific tl west, have been abandoned. Pro- ei visions are runuing low, and un- s< less something is done (piickly T there will bo great suffering here g? -within a few days. It is t>elieved tl there will l>e at the very least si from 3,000 to 5,000 persons, to tl feed from this place within u b week. Stories of drowning and j disasters aro coming in constantly, I tfclit t lif>u La I -???%/ vuv J v?*uu\ft ?rvj ? Ul tllUH, ill' j though it is probable that many! of them are correct. The water ' has reached the river bridge and is H dashing between the iron gov rods i tmdor it, and for the first time the! railroad company has stopped all traffic over it. Is Quintans, Tex., July 7 ? Eight . "bodies floated down the river and i , lodged on the beach and were'. ? | b buried. Four of them were white, 1 I .V1 a woman and three children, and four were negroes. ^ i di Summary of Effects of the FloodsL, in Texas. ' ; \ ;? jv Galveston, Tex., July 9.?Pro \ bably 20,000 negroes are now be~ j ing fed and will need to be sus-Lv taincd for some time by the re- ,j mi vi Ml 11II l .'\ll Hlll'lS III US tinnitus uru made as to tie amount 'c| of cotton loss. An estimate of AO ,, j>ur cent, is considered conserva- |, live. This would be a money loss'i' of $5,000,000. The loss sustain, j t| ed t>y the destruction of other! n, -crops, houses, fencing, stock and \ p bridges, would be $2,500,000, i ^ while the loss to tho railroads is j y probably $1,000,000, making a |, total of $8,500,000. 's Reports received from 13 conn. ?i w j ties show a loss of 37 lives There s| are 400 negroes at Seal v at the I point of starvation. A special from Angleton, says, . cattle along the Bastrop have been v drowned by thousands, and negro cabins have been wasked away ^ by the dozens. Ho-To Hti> for fifty Cr>U. Gwaranieecl tobeoeo habit euro, mekea weak g aeeo strode, Mood pure. We fti AUdi?*rnrt* _ i , ^.i h OJk-MITOXtlA. il ftiMito yryiSfm . k 4 ^ ,f' f ' ^ * P J ' i i GUILTY ()F MA SLAUG HTKU. on Years in Penitentiary. S< tenee Given Sp&rtnnhurg Me chant for Slaying His Hookkeeper. peciul to The State. Spartanburg, .lnlv s.?C< ary to expectation Judge ( : ntinued the Stuekcy case ii ic night and finished it. Hog ing at 2 o'clock yesterday aft Don, there were six solid hoi P speech making. All the spee -1 ere good, hut the closing spe< P Stanyarne Wilson for the ( nse and that of Solicitor Sei >r the State elicited particului ivorame comment. .Judge (it isrged the jury and gave Ji 10 case at 0:45 o'clock. No ? cpected them to ngreu last ni<j id they did not. A few niinu afore S o'clock tins-morningtl inounced that they had agrei ho judge and ollieers of the co er2 at once sent for, and i risoner was brought into con lei k Trimmier called the ji id received the verdict. Thu indant seemed quite restless, I i the clerk read the verdi Wo find the defendant guilty lanslaughter," his face rein: id he seemed <|uite satisfied w )o finding, turning at once i 3 gaging in conversation w )iue friends who sat near h ho verdict seemo to meet w eneial approval. It was lean mt the jury stood eight for in nughter, one for murder i iree for acquittal on the t allot. UK SAYAUK CRUKLTY A YOl'Nti AMI IT K MAN cat to Death His Little llleg mate Step-Daughter. Tlier Tied Mother in Woods. pccial to The State. Spartanburg, .July s.?S| inburg gets out of one sen sat i I crime into another. While tuckey case was being trice oung white man mimed Ft hompson was lodged in jail le murder of his d year old st slighter, Stacy (iilliland. Th >n m has been living on the land Ir M 1* Hurnett near Loin, alley Falls, in this coun .hunt a year ago lie inarr .deline (iilliland, a young wl n.iian who had an illcgitim slighter, Stacy, then 5 years < le has always been cruel to tiild and has administered t< lany an unmerciful heatimr. ecume ho notorious that I hursduy ho tied his wife out 10 woods and ran oil", fearing eijrhbors would meet sumim umshmcnt on him for his cri y. Before the coroner's ji csterday the wife testified t st week Felix unuiereifully h tacy and slummed Iter down 10 bed when she was so w< 10 could not jret in herself. I)r <) L I* Jackson of Whiti xamined the child and found ack and hips over her kidm ery much bruised. She was rally cut to pieces from I nees to her shoulders. A p lortem examination showed t or bowels and kidneys w reatly inttamed, and tho pit er stomach severely bruised, 1 froui a kick. The coroner's verdict is as f iws: '/We, the jury, have ( N- Vided tliut the child, Stacy Thoni son, came to her death l>y violer from the hands of one Fe ?n-: 1 hompson.'' r- | Thompson is in jail and will | imlicted for murder. SHERIFF LONG KILLS II DEPUTY. >n? ^ vvv I The Men Mad Recti Close, .In fjt,, mate Friends for Years. The in-1 Deputy had Been Drinking, er-i ,rs Special lo The State, les | Utiron, duly 8.?Sheritl* J jch Long of this count\ this morni le-1 shot and instantly killed I ase | trusted deputy, Mr d G Galium id v The awful affair happened aho iry j 7 a in, and in three hours t em coroner's jury had rendered >ne verdict of justifiable homicide, lit, I From the statement of t tes sheritl', alltnan went to the j: ... icy; this morning and obtained t cd. I keys to make his usual round ni l inspection. Sheriff Long inrpiir the pleasantly what Gallman wot lit. do during tin* day. The latt iry j replied, "None of your busmen ile- i in an angry way, totally one lait,pected. Sheriff Long made soi ict, I reply und Gallman drew Lis pist< of The sheriff, knowing the dang< <e<I ons temper of his deputy, stepp ith behind the door, secured his si md gun nntl poured two loads of bu ith shot into (iallman's body. 0 im. i load t(?ok effect in the side, a ith I the other in the throat, teari tied ! great holes in the poor man's bo an* | and killing him instantly, ind | The two men had been asso irstjated for four years and w< good friends. Gall man was drit ing, it is said, and that caused death. Friday night he is said ^ have been on a debauch and t | probably made him irritable. | The coroner's jury exonerai itU Sheriff Long. I Iton'l Tolmrro Spit unil Snmkr Tour l ife Am To tobacco easily r.iitl forever. be r ' netlc. full of lift* nerve ?n?l vi?r??r, tuUe No 1 Hue. tho woniler worker, Uiat makes weak] n strong. A l ilruuirisiH. Mc or ?i. Curegua I teeil Ikioldift nntl 8;' "nplo free. Addi III" | ''liuuk'o or New Yi ?n I Killed bv a Falling Limb, the j 1 i Special t (? T he State, ilix ! Georgetown, .lulv t>.? Mr for n Morris Ford met with a fatal op* I cident at Ihrieton plantati up-1 r . 1 . | Wednesday. Having retort I of * from the rice Holds about or i , o'clock, ho, with Mr A G Spai ." . man and two negro men, led , .. flown under the shade of a tree lite cool off. Mr Sparkman soon I ate 1 . , and went to the family dwellu int. .. while one of the men was sent the . ^ . bring a pitcher of cool wat While waiting for the water, , Ford remarked that ho would last into his garden and gather so Lin n * til? I vegetables to take out to his an mer house. The other neu my | . I man had started for tho nei lei i f (piarters, but had gotten only ,ry | ' ' r> . ', short distance when a crash cam hat | . him to look hack, and he saw eat| . ' Ford lying on tho ground. As on ? ^ k | entered the garden gate a hi limb from a tree fell, striking!] on the head and fracturing l ley j , skull. her I ^ ^ B>S| TIIK .tl'i'KTITK OF A lit- j GOAT ',er Is envied by all poor dyspept ost whose Stomach and Liver are ( hat of order. All such ahould kn ore that Dr King's New Life Pil ^ tho wonderful Stomach and Li\ Remedy, gives a splendid appeti 148 sound digestion and a regu bodily hatiit that insures perfi !ol- health and grcot energy. Oc 25c at Orawford Bros'Drug Stoi ip- The Story <>f I'nion. U'C lix The I'nion Times relates an in teresting aid valuable story ol ^ how tiie town of I'nion emharkec upon the then somewhat clanger j out* sea of cotton manufacturing w It is u tale with a moral hut above a'l an account of pluck and husi ness daring which is not ofter .equalled. Wo suspect, however, that there was also a good deal o1 sound business judgment am sagacity which prompted the citiz'Mis of I'nion to do as the> Ci (lid. The Times tells the ston ngjin this way: ,'s "In 1 s9.'? a few of I'nion' n- wide-awake business men decide* if ! . . ... to build ii cotton mill?ideas in '1C dclinito?but something like i P II *100.000 mill. Our broad-mindei mayor, .John A Faut, and tha 'ie phenomenon in mill construction al' T C Duncan, waited on our citi 'ie zcns for subscription and secure* ?' about 83 t.000. Next week the; e(' mudo a contract for brick an* inatei ial for a cotton mill?witl ter a board of directors who had nerv > ? * to endorso the mill paper fo x* thousands of dollars, the buildinj ue was completed and machinery in stalled at a cost of about *150, 3r" 000. The stock jumped to 12 ,e^ and sufficient issued to take u 10^ outstanding liabilities. In 180 cx the c ntract was given for 4,000, ,n0 000 brick for the new 73,000 n(' spindle mill with hardly any sul n? scription pledged; only the direc tors and machinery men intimate that they would see I'resider cl* Duncan through. He did soni Rro sweating before lie completed tli 1X* largest mill in the south, but li '" .did it?has every dollar of stoc placed and paying good dividend to the lucky stockholders." This determined action of Ur ion's citizens displayed a stron j confidence in the future of tli cotton mill industry and a con iy. nag mendable spirit of local pride men There was behind their move, < re"s course. a personal money back in 0T* sufficient to make good their obi gations, but few men, especial I in this part of the country, ai willing to act as these Union me did. There are towns in Sout * Carolina stagnating today, when n( in live men 'veil off, perhaj (>n wealthier, than these men < ltM Union. Hut they prefer to r< main "town killers" not "tow 1 builders." A more liberal spiri * a greater degree of confidence i ? the future of their locality, and ' ^ desire to benefit others while i the same time adding o the ? own store of worldly goods, wool ' ' make Unions out of other Sout ^ 1 ('arolina villages, go I , Hut Union s progress has n< stopped. The third mill wi III I soon tie built and taree miles < fro i railroad will be constructed 1 ,rro I _ . .. ... .. . connect u wun uu1 town. 1'res ii , dent Duncan will then contro ?ed ? Iho Times claims, the large , milling interest under one mai ageinent in the south, the capit stock aggregating about tw urn . V , lt million dollars. That is near! the i . sixty times the amount of uionc which ho actually had behind hi ; when he started. The jjudgmei I of the Union people and tho< ics w',w them is amply vindici mt ted. The Times can well afToi ow to challenge the south for anothi such record. ^ This interesting story of Tl la^. Times was called out by reason < aet some despondent words of ei ily hortation which the County lii re- corder addressed to; the people < y % * I Bishopville, as follows: :e 41 We understand that there is - some hitch in the oil mill business n f on account of the fear entertained > 1 by some of the subscribers that ii I they may incur liability for the f ; debts of the corporation. This is1 h ? absurd. The law specially pro*j> . vidos that the stockholders of .\ , banks shall be liable beyond their i'l I stock for an equal amount, but p f j there is no such requirement as to I j industrial enterprises. j * 3 I While thecontrollin" conditions e are possibly different, the contrast d /1 between the case of I'nion and h that of Bishopville is very ??ieat, ) s and other towns besides Bishop* a . villi* nnrrlit (lmi.nl... . I There is such a thing us being u over-confident and reckless in in- r . vestments und that course is as: . . j disastrous as simple stagnation, j j perhaps more so in its tendency j I to discourage other enterprises, j ; but the story of Union's growth .. can but do good and furnish an I V \ . j encouraging example for others.! ^ J There is mulling like knowing * I just when to take the tloodtide i which leads on to fortune.?The! I State. ! g i _ ^ - j For The Ledger. 5 j TANK ITKMS. Pi ,i 6 Mr Kditor: ? Picnics are done, I - and "nothing to look forward to < >- now," is the cry. Several of our j1 > young people attended the Black I I .lack picnic, a few days since, and I d reported a pleasant time, also the | itjone at the falls, on the fourth. It ie was not largely attended, as usual, ie but enough to make the day enie joyable and if there was any rek gret, after the tirst few sprinkles Is of rain, it all vanished when the I sun appeared and the gloomy faces . i-1 were brightened into smiles. <r Refreshments were served which ?- 1 ( ie added much to the occasion and i-| the sweet music of stringed in ? ] strumenls, mingled with that of ,f the ripples, seemed to lend en* .richantment to the, already, inspir- ' I ? ? \ i-|ed group. We missed the fainil-I y J iur faces of some of our "Tank" |' e gi'ds, who were called to Lancus-11 n tor to attend the institute and it : I, was remarkable, to hear, the in ' quiries and note the deep marks (S of disappointment on the many (f faces of Chester's gallant heaux. j 3. The "Dr." has paid another! n tlying trip to "Tank", but failed t, j to get the ferns as a certain voungj n ! lady refused to pilot him to the dell. He was in high spirits,! it owing to a "big" compliment ir paid him by one of Lancaster's Id fair belles, and yet a little (D sad I, over his utter failure, of which 11km-haps some of you are aopiuint. ed. In his gratefulness for the II' compliment, he endeavors to give tf one in return which is as follows: ^ [o 'fimt thy fair face l*eon veiled !? Tore mint* fi'nd 1- * ' Ami only toy taint voice mine ears ' I did jircct; st | Then I had learnt what now I truly 1-. ; know, , ' Thai thou art all love ami gentle it I ! ness complete " !(> | . i . i Right then and there, he "bustIV I cd" and fell at her feet, and is >y 11 left to mourn her departure, i m . ^ while his gloomy thoughts run in this wise: ie ,s ''It thus hath been since childhood _ . hours, ( I've seen my fondest hopes decay. 31" I've never loved a wish or flower. But 'twas the first to fade away." ie Cheer up, (,I)r." while she has if "faded," for a while, from Lani caster, perhaps, she will bloom 9"? again, very soon, in a fairer flow* if ef than ever, but may not be so Hbilv plucked a* magnolia blooms. Mrs \j 1j (jreen, Mrs C K Till1:111, Miss Annie Dee Shaw and luster Marion Til I man are spendr>g few days with relatives and rionds at Oak Ridge. Mrs .lack "ord and daughters, of Rocky lount, are visiting Mrs Robert lellwain of Dry Creek. Miss "heo Reed is visiting her grand arents at Ka'b. Miss liessie 'evrv, who has been spending nine time with friends in Chester ounty, will return home Thursiay afternoon to the delight of ler Tank friends. There is no fruit save a few pples. The crops are looking tolerably"' well, only, and furners are wishing for "more ain.'' biw dull! (), how <1111 ! are the conn-* tries rnuml about, vmi every sine, you near complaint, a id see the lips a(iont. t'n first t(?o wet and then ton dry, and now. too wet attain. It seems as if we can't he pleased, to try, is hut in vain. iometimeB the crops are growing line, and next thing, standing still, The olive green fast disappears, and leaves them pale and ill. rhe "help meet" drives not to despair, hut hravely wears a smile, As bhe harvests he "hiddv'* ^farm and lays them in a pile (?) * Dr Massey litis no trouble in atohing his poultry. He sttvs it ins liccii so dry up there, that the round is all oraeked open and when the chickens are fed. their beads are caught in the eracks and liavo to he extricated. Kf.KI.F.ctor. Admiral Cervtra Acipiittcd. Madrid, .Inly 7?Admiral Cervera and the other commanders of the Spanish fleet destroyed in the iiattlo of Santiago, whose conduct lias heen the subject of inquiry by special eourtmartial, were tolay acquitted and formally libersited. At its meeting in Columbia last Friday, the State Hoard of Control ordered that ^'J.">,UOO of the profit money of the dispensary l?e turned over to the school fund. The total amount i)f money now on hand is *t;o,000. Eiliirate Your llnwrU Willi ('imriirct*. Canity Cathartic, cure constipation forever lOc.lSr. If O. C. C fail, <*'?iecis?s refund noney. Chief of Police Dillingham of Anderson, while taking a blind tiger to the lock up last Thursday night, accidentally >lu?t ofl" the little linger of his left hand. ? The Seaboard Airline paid to the city of Columbia last Mondav Odd, for the Sidney Park, -' > acres, for its terminal in Colum* l>ia. DIStOVKUKb 11V \ \V (> >1 A \ Another great discovery litis been made, and that too. by a ladv in this country. "Disease fastened its clutches upon her :u><! for seven year# she withstood its severest tests, hut her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For throe months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking tirst dose, that she slept all night, and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs Liltz. 'Thus writes W C Hamnick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros' Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed.