Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?he XiwrnMct Xcdflri'. kltuRLOW a. GARTER. I A Family Nervtpaf^r x For ?A? Promotion of Lke FoUHctU, Sot*al, Affricmltural amd Commtrovxl InXarrstU. ) TERM8: SIM * Y*aa. Bditob AJID IS muoml > * . ) Paxajua* ls .^ajiua v>fc, i WEKKLY. L A N U A 8 T K K t; I NOVUM H K K 4 1899. V M a HUSH KI> THT)1] MATI/in I nftnnn llUllbL. IJ A LL PERSON"* HO III) I NO elhim J -/A against the estate of H Jackson | ""Gregory, deceased. are hereby otifled t<? present t he same duly verified ami 1 <lmse indebt* d to s-ud estate must come forward at once ami seltl" with the undersigned. W T Gregory Adiur, <Jreen A Hine-i AKys for A'fair. ? Sept. HO, '90?3 weeks lunnnniiirn unminn lmruiuRni nullum. 1W1LL BE IN LAN'' \ TEH for > abort lime to nettle up the hicounts due T. M. Klizpatrnk Bro , | all parties ?>wion the above firm must . aett'e up at once When I leave all ac*. couiila unpaid, will he placed in an 1 officers hand for collection. /)on't i fail to heel this notice a* ft will be positively the ia?t tone T w'll he here. J H FITZPxTRKK 1 Oct 9. '99 ! SPECIAL NOTICE ! ! A 1,1, PERSON?* INDEBTED TO | Us, either by note or account, mtiet come forward and nettle nronmt ly We have ?old out our mercantile < business to ihe Lancaster Mercantile Co , and it will be iinporaible for ua to carry our customers anv long r Ah ;you well know, we have alwayH tried | to be very indulgent and accommn* ^ slating to our eui./>mer* and have never pressed them unnecesearily, ao | we hope they will appreciate the fact | cw that we are going out of businessand will come forward promptly and tnake aettlement. All noiea and ac ' counts will be due by the drat of No 1 vemheraud we will expect settlement t in full by that time. Thanking our friend* and the nuhlle ' generally for their liberal patronage in < the pant, we are, I Very reapeetfully. HE\TH, HPRINOS A CO. Oct. 3, 1899 ?lm. 1 HOTICE TO DEBTORS. ! ON ACCOUNT OF WRKT' H ED | health foi the paat tew moutlia I am eomnelled to b??abseut from l.an* ( earner for treatment for aome weeka X leave my books ami accounts with Mr John <'rawford at Elliott A Craw? 1 fo d's stables He is duly authorized < to coUeof for me, ami I will b* glad i tf"??r ..11 my frienda who are indebted to me to ea" on him anil aettle at their ?aiIleal convenience I will neceaaari-!! ly need money in undergoing treats I inent and I will appreciate your ( gironipt aettlemeut. Very Respectfully, NV. M. CRAWFORD, M. D. t Hept *29. 1899.?tiw. , Huggiea Buggies; Buggies galore - | Buggies g<>odt Buggies better, 7fug> ; giea Beat 1 liuggiea big, Buggies little, Buggiea I on every atory? 1 Buggiea for comfort and Htiggiea to last, ' Mwk have buggies < almost with- i OUT NUMBER, | Of all grades and at prices rang. ( ir.g from $30 for a good top bug- * gy on up. In fact, just at this 1 season we are making a specialty of BUGGIES. Our largo week- 1 ly sales is the secret of our being i < able to sell a good BUGGY for 1 SO LITTLK MONEY < o HUD c'ONTINUKel TO ciHOW ( UUll IN POPULAR FAVOR. ( i nfrpDV OOOD GENTL K LI V EjU 1 HOIWEH. ^ oppvini? stylish Ll ll I iULi TURNOUTS i AND CAREFUL DRIVERH. I Plenty of Wagons and Harness, too. ' Call and tee tut. ELLIOTT & CRAWIfORD., I, i Am OM Ita. < I?ry day strength eaa the belief ef ?b> I Met phyateiaam thai Impure blood la the ?Am of lha Molarity af amr lhaaeoa. Tveaty-Aae ymn im this theory vm mdI oa Ue4.hr tha fccmala of Hrewne' Irom I Wtrnw. TWamy wwrubk wrw ilNait I BUfcK!) SillUS TEKKIBLE BLOW. The British Suffer as Never Before in History of Army. l'wo Regiments Captured. Royal Irish Fusileers and Gloucestershire Coaitnunds Fell Into Cunning Trap. London, Oct 31-?The war office has received a dispatch from Lien White commanding the lirit ish forces at Ladysmith, reporting that the Royal Irish Fusileers, No 10 Mountain on.t [iloucestershire rogiinent were surrounded in the hills hy the Boers ijind, after losing heavily wore obliged to capitulate. (Jen White ?snys that the casualties iiave not yet been ascertained. f The following is the text ol lien White's dispatch to the war office: ijftdvsmith, Oct 30, 10:35 f m.?1 have to report a d;>aster to the column tout by me to take a position on a hill to guard the left [lank of the troops. In the op srations today the lioyal Irish Fusileers, No 10 Mountain bat tery and the Gloucestershire regiment were surrounded in the hills ind after losing heavily had t< capitulate. The casualties have not yet been ascertained. 44A man of the Fusileers, employed as a hospital orderly came in under a flag of truce with a letter from the survivors of the col jmn, who-asked for assistance t< bury the dead. 1 fear there is n< toubt of the truth of the report. 44I formed a plan in the carry ng out of which tho disaster oc hirred and 1 am alone responsible for the plan. There is no blame whatever to the troops, as the nositon was untenable." (ion White, in a subsequent lispatch gives the names of the ) dicers taken prisoners. They lumber 4'J of whom five were wounded. At the government odices no effort was made to conceal the feeling of dismay caused l?y the eceipt of the news from (ien White. One of them said to a representative of The Associated Ibess: "It is inexplicable and I I am sorry to say that its moral 5fleet is inestimable. Wo have lost heavily in many wars and lave had regiments almost wiped lut, but to have regiments cap' tured, and by tne Boors. It is terrible." An official of the war office said to the representative of the Associated l'ress: "This disaster ifl more likely due to the craze of >ur younger officers to distinguish themselves, obtain mention in the lisimtchnu urwt ?iurn ttia rross than to the fault of that tplendid Indian veteran, (ion White, in spite of his avowal." The war office b is sent the following dispatch to (ien Buller: 4'Throe extra battalions of foot ind one mountain battery with reserves, will leavo Kngland during tho course of ten day a to make good tho casualties." Public anxiety was increased by i special dispatch from Ladyimith, published in the late edition if the London afternoon pa|>er? to the effect that before darknesi yesterday the Boers reoccupied the old position held by their tieavy artillery, which Gen White lad reported silenced by the gum 1 of the nuval brigade from the Powerful, and hud opened fire again. The dispatch further nay a: | ' "The enemv are again closing in i and the situation is one of grave j anxiety Beyond doubt the Bocrl retirement yesterday (Monday) ! j was a ruse to draw Gen White j into the hilly country and away I from the British camp." I ... 'I his last sentence is significant and ci nfirms tho opinion of military experts here that (Jen White II is allowing himself to be outgeneral led by Commandant (Jen j doubert. | From tho scanty advices re-j ! reived up to 11 o'clock p wi, it seems tolerably certain that the disaster was a simple repetition of the battle of Majuba Hill, though ' on a larger scale. The two vAm? mvnts wora allowed to march into a trap set for them by the Boers. ; It is simply a case of the Boer ! spider and the guileless British I fly. In fact the whole engaget ment of Monday seems to have been brought on by Commandant Gen Joubert, who skillfully con. . ceived a gigantic trap, out of which, as the official dispatch i shows, Sir George White only escaped with difficulty. Harsh things are said in mill' tarv circles of the British tactics 1 which have made possible the am5 bush of the Kighteenth Hussars at Glencoe, and now the loss of two fine regiments. It is feared that i Sir George White is no match for the Boers in that cunning by i which Boor tactics are conceived, > and it is pointed out that if the ? Biitish commanders continue to lead their men into obvious traps . j further disasters must bo looked ! for. About 0,000 fresh troops will i arrive at Cape Town on Sunday i next from Kngland and wiil be | available to reenforce Sir George White. Transports will arrive i there daily after Sunday, until by ; the end of next week 28,000 i troops will have been landed in J South Africa. These men are intended 'or Gen Sir Kevdors Buij ler's army, but they will undoubt ! jedly be detached to Natal if the | situation thero should become ,J perilous. The British army will ieventually reach the huge total of 89,034, of which 09,034 will bo i regulars and the other 20,000! I 1 II miscellaneous, but excellent coloi nial troops. Boers Closing in. i London, Nov 1. ? It was an~ nouneed today in a special dinI llftfi'h tpnin I :?1- 11?- 11 t......... iiwui ijuuj siiiiiu iiuii me | 1 Boers again cloned around that | place on Monday night sending ( shells into *ho British camp. The two guns landed from the British ' I cruiser Powerful opened fire on '[ the Boers at dawn Tuesday. The Boers brought up more guns, hut some of them were I silenced. It is addod that the Boers loss ' must have been heavy. 1 The garrison at Ladysmith is described as being in good spirits ! and confident and tho troops are said to be full of fight. The ar tillery duel was ntill in progress ' Tuesday night. i _ i Hester's statement just issued i shows the total amount of the cot* 1 ton crop brought into sight for ' the two months ending October i 31st, 2 852,169 againit 3,248,491 i last year. r STORM DESTROYED SUMMER SETTLEM ENTS. \V l'itrlitsville and Carolina Reaches Sutler Seriously. ? Miles of Railroad Wrecked. Wilmington, N C, Oct 31.? Authoritative reports from Wrightsville and Carolina beaches i say that the storm which reached the height of its fury at 4 o'clock, < has wrought great havoc to property at these points. No loss of lifo is reported. At Wrightsville there are sixty odd cottages and of this number fifteen are u total loss and the others badly damaged. The loss is estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000. The trestle of the Wilmington O j Sea Coast railroad track aggregating in extent about three miles is j a wreck and the damage is eon-1 scrvatively estimated at from $40,000 to $50,000. At Wrightsvillo j bound on the Mainland about one J mile this side of the beach, con jsiderable damage was also done and this is estimated at several {thousand. The two large summer ; hotels on the beach were not de j stroyed but were damaged to some j extent. At Carolina Beach, near the mouth of the river, there are, about twenty -five cottages, boat and club houses and also a large | hotel. About 18 of these were i totally destroyed and the re -1 maining badly damaged. The loss is placed at from $12,000 to $15,000. Both beaches were fortunately deserted on account of the season. STORM AT SOUTH PORT. 1 Worst Ever Known There and Croat Damage Was Done. Southport, N C,JOct 31.?The | storm here last night was thej worst ever known and great dam age was done. The Norwegian, bark Johannes being disinfected at Cape Fear quarantine station, was driven across tie river and washed high upon the beach. All the wharves except the govern-1 ment coal docks were washed and the tug Blanche and passenger' steamer Southport, which were lying at their wharves were driven ashore. The tide rose five feet j above the usual high water mark [ and manv houses on the water front were oadly damaged. TWO SCHOONEKS VVKECKED' Wore Both From Savannah for Philadelphia?The Crews Saved. ltaleigh, N C, Nov 1. ? Advices from Morchead City, N C, say: Tho three-masted schooner Charles; jS Davis, Souiers Point, N J, from Savannah for Philadelphia, ltim. her laden, is ashore at Bogne inlet I 25 miles west of Morehead City. The vessel and cargo are a total wreck. The crew of eight men were all saved. The vessel was commanded by Capt John W Adams of Philadelphia. He is; now at Morehead with Mh crow. The three masted schooner Thomas L James of Keyport, N J, in also ashore at Bogue inlet. She is lumber laden, from Savannah for Philadelphia. The cargo and easel are in bad condition. The crew of eight were all saved. Capt Pierce reports the worst storm ever seen oa this coast HLOWN OUT TO SKA. Schooner, Cargo and Crew Sup posed to ho Lost. Wilmington, N C, Nov 1.? The two masted schooner Stone? wall, Capt Milliken, from Wil mington to Shallotte, N C, with a ca'go of merchandise, was caught in Tuesday's storm after sho had entered Shallotte river and was hlown out to sea. Vessel's cargo, with crew, supposed to Ikj lost. Two masted schooner Lee, ('apt Williumston, bound from Shallotte with cargo of naval store* and | produce, given up as lost. The little tug Woodward of the j Capo Fear quarantine station and a small launch, also belonging to the urovcrnment. were broken loose from their moorings and blink in the storm. SOLE SUV IVOR OF FOURTEEN. Captain of a Wrecked Schooner Brought into Charleston. Special to Greenville News. Charleston, S C, Nov 1?The Civile steamship Navahoe, from New York, arrived here today tweniy-four hours late. She brought Captain (iaskill, of the schooner Gporg? I. Caldwell foundered olT Cape Komaine on M onday morning. Ho is the solo survivor of a crew of fourteen men, Captain Gaskill clung to apiece of wreckage twenty-four hours during the worst of the storm having hoen picked up at sea by the Navahoe on Tuesday. The Caldwell was hound from Fernan dina, Fla., for New York, with a cargo of luinoer. Storm No Respecter of Qunran tine. Wilmington, N C, Nov 1.?The Norwegian bark .Johannes, Capt Thorsen, which was at quarantine at Southport during Tuesday] morning's storm, broke loose from her mooring and went slightly aground. A Lightship Aorilt. Washington, Nov 1.?The light house service was today notified that the Cape Charles lightship, off the entrance to Chesa neako bav. Darted her moorinir* a I i - in the utile yesterdy and is adriftSho will ho replaced as soon as possible. Death of Kev ?I L Hemphill. Special to Tho State. Abbeville, Oct 30.?Rev .1 L Hemphill of Mooreland, Georgia, died yostoiday. Mr Hemphill was a member and minister of tho Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Ho was a brother of tho editor of tho Abbeville Medium, Gen R R Hemphill, and the editor of The Newfl and Courier, Mr J /I 11 L. ! I I tl II- It L Ml yj nnij[Miiii. xvev mr nempniii was a frequent visitor tothis place and his many friends will regret ' to hear of his death. Several members of Gon Hemphill's family will go this afternoon to Mooreland to attend the funeral. ! There will be a conference of the county superintendents of edu? cation in the State Supt office in Columbia at 5 p m. next Wednes day. JESSE .JOHNSON SHOT DEAD Homicide in a Public Road in Greenville County. Greenville News, 1 st inst. ,Jesse \V Johnson, 11 well known farmer living a quarter of a mile from Marydell in tins upper part of this county, was shot yesterday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock in the road near his home and almost instantly killed. The fatal shot was tired l>v his nephew, George Johnson, from a revolver. The bullet entered the left breast near the heart. The cause of the killing is unknown, but the men had had some difficulties before. George Johnson was last seen I at a store in Marydell a short time after the killing. lie and a companion walked into the store to buy a hat. They were both bloody about the head and looked as if they had just been in a fight. Neither made any statement. ^ Three Johnsons in Jail. j ^ The Greenville News of Thursday says: As u result of the inquest held Tuesday night by Coroner VVilbanks, assisted by Mng| istrate Southern, over the body of Jesse VV Johnson, shot through the chest and immediately killed Ion Tuesday afternoon by his nephew, George Johnson, near j Marydell, the jury gave a verdict accusing George Johnson of the killing and naming his O brother, Marshall Johnson, ami his cousin, Avery Johnson, as accessories before the fact. The accused surrendered yesterday morning at Marydell to Deputy Sheriff Whitmire, who landed them in the Greenville jail early yesterday afternoon. E.? Representative McWhite Kill ed by a Gin. Florence, S C, Nov 1.?Capt B B McWhite, a man well known throughout the State, having represented his county for four years in the house of representatives, has been killed by his cotton gin. Tins is the tifth death from the same cause in Soot*1 Carolina this I season. Capt McWhite's arm was caught in the saws and terribly mangled. It was necessary to ' 1 U~ 1 1 - * * - i um | Mi win- it nuu uu ruuni not m.vwhi the shock. The occasion of launching of the i torpedo boat, Shubrick, at Richmond, Va., Tuesday, was a success in every respect. The i'resi dential party arrived on time and the President was warmly welcomed by Mayor Taylor. Tho president's response met with hearty applause. In the course of his speech he said money is abun| ant and tho countiy generally is j in prosperous circumstances. No deficit menaces our credit. The j launching was a great success, tho | l>oat being christened by little Miss ('arrie Shnhric.k of Roekv Mount, N C, great-graod-neice of Commodore Shubrick, with the usual feminities. The damage at Virginia lloach by Monday night's storm is estU mated at f 10,000. Several small fiame houses were blown down in Charleston during Monday night's storm. A 5-year old child was killed and several persons bruised up.