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THE LEDGER. Th rlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY SKPTKMRER 15, 1000. ALMOST REACHES FOURTEEN THOUSAND Gov McLweeney's Lead Over Col Hoyt is Now 13,524. TOTAL VOTE OF 87,020 REPORTED. And All of it is in, Save for A Unit -s Country lloxes. I iin TillmtiiTs Majority 17,os:L The State, 14th inst. The State is enabled this morning. on the third day after the second primary, to give the vote in the entire State save for about twenty-eight precincts, all small oik's, which mentis that if they avenue over 50 each the total cannot he over l,50n greater. The t?>tal vote accounted for is 87,020, which, with the votes to come in, will make the vote in the second primary not much less than 2,000 of what is was in the tirst. (iov McSwecncy has received 50.272 votes against 30,74s ft r Col llovt, the majority being 13 , 524 Col Tillman's vote is 52 103 against Col Sloan's 35,010, the majority being 17,583. Mr Wharton hnf 45,183 votes against Mr Evans' 41,057, the majority being 4,120. The tables this morning show the complete vote from 34 counties, the figures from 20 being official. There are 2 precincts missing from Beaufort, 5 from Cherokee, I from Clarendon, 4 from Oconee and ?> from Spartanburg Then there are about 10 not \<-t heard from in Darlington, and litis is all. Col lloyt may carry 0 counties, three of these being only p ssibilities ? Beaufort, Cherokee and Darlington. Kdgefield has been carried by only H votes and Kair? field by only 4, Greenwood, Spartanburg, Anderson and Greenville being the certainties. In (irMB villi* ilit* majority runs over (500, this being the largest. 1 lie latest figures are given below: i ? nt uov F.UNOR. MoSweeney. Iloyt. A b be v i 11 a 13 3 5 7 5 5 Aiken 2023 Ills Anderson 1408 10S0 Bamberg 008 422 Ha rn well 1 105 770 Beaufort 120 1.10 1 Berkeley 705 303 Charleston 3170 003 Cherokee 057 724 Chester 745 522 Chesterfield 12N0 510 Clarendon 088 4 00 ' Colleton 1000 084 Darlington 082 741 Dorchester 030 521 Ki'gi* field 774 782 Fairfield 085 080 Florence 1183 785 Georgetown 330 274 Greenville 2473 3008 Greenwood 785 827 Hampton 802 484 Horry 3878 725 Kershaw 1007 7 Lancaster 977 895 Laurens 1692 1957 Lexington 1706 808 Marion 1878 1251 Marlboro 1027 718 Newl>erry 1214 915 Oconee 1261 1210 Orangeburg 1362 1331 Pickens v 1369 995 Richland 1738 966 Saluda 1217 577 Sumter 1175 1099 Spartanburg 2621 2875 Union 1209 828 Williamsburg 1192 752 ''-H * _ York 1734 1202 Total 50272 36748 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Tillman. Sloan. Abbeville 1280 818 Aiken 2205 059 Anderson 2213 1218 Bamberg 543 488' Barnwell 1304 504 11 t ..i ... ... iicaniun -HI 200 [ Berkley S33 2221 Charleston 1552 2300 ( Cherokee 832 4SS Chester 849 111 Chesterfield 1 130 002 Chircndon 80S 4 s 1 Colleton 1300 822; Darlington 788 032 Dorchosfe 001 554; Kdgefield 970 581 ; Fail field 820 538 Florence 1298 071 (ieorgelotrn 318 282 Ureonvillc 304s 1 s;?3 Greenwood 805 77s Hampton 845 523 Horrv 1513 1<>05 Ketshaw 1 172 003 Lancaster 1079 791 Laurens 2083 904 Lexington 1004 835 Marion 2250 932 Marlboro 875 839 Newberry 1394 730 Oconee 1237 1175 Orangeourg 1554 1300 Pickens 1053 1311 Richland lloo 1547 Saluda 1358 439 Sumter 1202 1* >75 ."Spartanburg 20S5 24.S5 I'nion 1 i> 1S 4S4 Williamsburg 117b 753 York 1S43 1?>??5 Total 52103 34610 Oldest Methodist Minister is Dead The Rev Sidi H Hrown, the Yen eraltle Kditor, Has Passed \ I ~ ? V. 1 . .i?av ijiiki A>igUl. The Rev Sidi II Browne, one of South Carolina's most distinguished citizens, the oldest minister of the State Methodist conference and I lit; oldest newspaper man in the State, the venerable and esteemed editor of tho Christian Neighbor: died at his home imthi* city lust night. The news of his death was most unexpected and was s shock to his friends. He lucked but 19 years of living a full century. But few of his friends dreamed of hi> impending discolut ion. Sit I i llamet Browne wju? tb? son of Klijah and Sarah McPher~ son Browne. He was horn in old Pendleton district, now Andercon county, S C, Sept 1810. He grew to young manhood working on his father's farm, occasionally attending a neighborhood "old Held" school, which constituted all the educational advantages he enjoyed. Private, unaided study enabled him to qualify himself for school teaching, which vocation he followed until he became a Methodist preacher, lie was admitted to the South Carolina conference In December4 I.S45. Fatal Scratch on The Hand. Special to News and Courier. Saluda, September 11. ? Mrs M H Kcmpon, ? most estimable; middle aged lady of this county, j died at her home Sunday morniog j irom n cicar case or hiood poison- | ing. Some three weeks ago a small s< ratch appeared in the palm of one of her hands, which gradually grew worse and worse, until an amputation of her arm became necessary. Kren this did not arrest the disease and a fewdays later she died. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Thi Kind You Have Always Bought Be?r? th. Signature of /-CiccJb&t THE TEXAS HORROR. Reports of the Losses cf Life and Property Confirmed. FURTHER DETAILS. What is l)oin?r for the Relief of Stricken Inhabitants of CJnl vesica. (ialvston, via Houston. Sept t I ? 'I he dead are hein^ buried at the point of Winchesters. Armed jinn(Is patrol the streets and force burial squads to take up the dead und loud them on drays to he hauled to liaises, <n which they ate towtd out in the Gulf by lugs and dumped into the sea This manner of burial is imperative. Mayor Jones gave orders declaring the living must be protected from pestilence and famine. Famine and pestilence are the nppaling aftermath to which thirty-five tin usand persons are exposed.This is a grave danger. There is not a drop of witter in Galveston ox ce| t what is brought from the main land bv la at. There is neither meat, bread, nor vegetables in the city. The people subsist on canned goods that escaped spoiling by the flood, it HEAT DAMAliE TO THE TEXAS COTTON CHOP. Austin, Sept 11?The cotton proepect of Texas is serious. The ravage* of the hurricane are felt throughout the Southern part of State, particularly in the part of the country adjacent to the coast, where the crop i? said to he totally destroyed. It is conservatively estimated that 'he loss to the crop through ut the Stuto will reach 110 to 50 per cent. The rice crop ir also badly damaged; in Rome regions entirely destroyed. Memphis, Tenn., Sept 11 ? Authentic information from the storm swept city of Galveston reached the Memphis ottice of the Associated I Venn shortly after 0 s'clock tonight. The intelligence came in the shape of a telegram addressed to the Associated Press from Mayor .Jones and five of the most prominent citizens of (ialveston. The telegrHiii hei. s date of September 1 1, and states that u conservative eatimnte of the log-, of life in Galveston is that it is not oter 3,000. Five thousand families ar? reported destitute and the destruction to property is great. Following is tho telegram in full: "Galveston, Tex, Sept 11. "To the Associated I're**, Mem.* phis: "A 'conservative estimate of the loss of life is Hint it will reach 3,000; at least 5,000 families are shelterless and wholly destitute. The entire remainder of the population is suffering in greater or less degree. Not a single church, school or charitable institution of which Galveston had so many, is left intact. Not a building escaped damages and half the whole number wore entirely obliterated. There is immediate need for food, clothing an I housohold goods of all kinds. If nearby cities will open asylums for women and children the situation will be grenuy relieved. Coast cities should send us water as well as provisions, including kerosene oil, oftsoline and candles. Dead bodies have decomposed so badly thai it i? impossible to send them to sea for burial. The water has receded so far, however, that it is possible to dig trenches and bodies are being buried where found. Debris covering bodies is being burned wnere it can bo done safely. HOUSTON POST'S OORRKSPONDF.NT SAYS 5,000. Houston, Tex., Sept 11?Latest estimate from The Post correspondent, just back from Halves I ton, placeu the number of dead at 5,000. j The Pout correspondent was inetructcd to forward tho following address to the people of tlio United States: ! "Galveston, Tex, Sept 11?It , is mv opinion, based on personal information, that 5,000 people have lost their lives here. Approximately one-third of the residence portion of the city has been ' swept away. There are several thousand people who are homeless and dostitute. How many there ' is no way of finding out. Arrangements are novr being made to have the women and children sunt to Houston and other i?1.?u>pk ' 1 >111 lite means of transportation are limited. Thousands are still to he cured for here We appeul to you for immediate aid. [Sinned] ''Walter C Jones." " Mr. .Jones is mayor of Galveston. 25,090 People Are Destitute. And Must he Fed and Clothed for Weeks. Galveston, Tex, Sept l:i?To The Associated Press: We nro receiving numerous telegrams of condolence and offers of assistance. As the telegraph wires are burdened, we beg the Associated Press to communicate this response t?? all. Nearby cities are aupplying and will supply sufficient food, clothing, etc., for immediate needs. Cities farther uway can uervo us hest hy sending money. Check* should ho made payable to John Ssalev, chuirman of tin* finance committee. All supplies should come to VV A McYittie, chairman of the relief committee. We have 25,000 people to clothe and feed for many weeks and to furnish with household goods. Most of these are boneless and others will require money to make their wrecked residences habitable. From this the world may understand how much money will he needed. The committee will from time to time report our needs with more particularity. We refer to dispatch of this date of Maj K (i Lowe which the committee fully endorses. All communicants will plsa&o accept this answer in lieu of direct response and be assured of the heartfelt gratitude of the ' entire population. \V C Jones, Ma) or, \1 Lasker, .1 I) Skinner, (MI Me.Master, It G Lowe, Clarence Owsley Committee. DKATII AM) DEHOI.ATION AS SEEN 11Y AN EYE WITNESS. .1 It Dillion, general manager of tlio J>anto l'e, lias returned from atrip over Lis road from Hitchcock ami Virginia Point. He mad? the trip from Hitchcock to Virginia Point on foot and lie give* a graphic account of his journey which was mado under many difficulties. 'Twelve miles of tiack and bridges are gone south of Hitchcock." ?aid ho. "I walked, waded and swam from Hitchcock to Virginia Point and nothing could lie seen in all thai country but death and desolation. Tlio prairies are covered with water and I don't think 1 exaggerate when 1 say that not less than 5,OflO hnrss* and am <? seen along the lino of tho tracks south of Hitchcock. Tho lijtle towns along tho railrood are all swept away and tho sight is tho most horrible that I hare ever witnessed. When I reached a point al?o?it two miles north of Virginia Point I saw some bodies floating on the prairio and from that point until Virginia Point was reached doad bodies \ * could be seen from the tracks J about the prairie. At Virginia Point nothing is left. About 100 ( carH of loaded merchandise that reached Virginia Point on the International and Great Northern and the Mississippi, Kansas and Texas, on the night of the storm ure scattered over the prairie and tlair contents will no doubt prove 1 i a total loss." I < KOril.-FIKTUK OK THE DEAD ARE , WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Galveston, Texas, Sep 12.? i Conservative estimates of the total i number of Galveston's dead will j reach 4,000 Work of retelling the bodies was resumed today. Four fifths of the victims ate women and children. The men were able to breast the rushing | water and withstand the wind, but i women and children could make i no headway. Other Texas Towns Ruined. . Reports to (iovernor Savers Shows that Twenty Towns and V illumes were in the Path of the Storm ' i Austin, Texas, September l'i?t Governor Sayers toslay began rereiving reports from various points along the Gulf coast, which would induce that there has been great J property damage done for several hundred miles, and that the list of ' Galveston fatalities and suttering 1 will he largely augmented. D?wn ' the eoast from Galveston the town ' of Dickinson was laid waste and ' live people killed. The towns of Alvie, A lata Loma, Texas City ' nnd Hrookshire are wrecked and ' hundreds are destitute. Richmond is so had I demolished ibat 1 it will requite weeks to clear the town. Missouri City aud Stafford, just opposite, were entirely de molishod and the few remaining 1 peoplo at those places have no homes to cover their heads. Buy City,, in Matagorda county, is re ported wrecked, with much loss of life, though no official report has Iwcn made to that effect, Patton, Rollover, Bolivar Point, C^uintana, Sugarland, Belleville, Wharton, Fairview. MissouriCitv. ' Sartertia, Areola and Kl Campo are all reported heavy sufferers, hoth in point of property destroyed and 'ives lost. Owing to the fact that the telograph service is still hadly ciippled, Governor Sayera cannot ascertain the exact number of dead at the points named, but it is approximately 500. Another Hurricane Developing. New Orleans, fcept 13?Anoth^ ?r hm ricane of alarming proportions is developing along the At lantic coast and on the gulf. The wind is terrific and growing stronger each minute. Chief Moore, of the weather bureau at Washington, telegraphed to local bureau warning all ships not to put to sea until further notice. All 1 wires are down. "It has been liquor, liqour I I * * ' 11mil nrginuing to enu Willi the distinct udinihiion of the ruiing power, which will continue to rule?that is, subject to the superior power of liquor ?that liquor is a bigger thing than the J government; that it i? a thing that must be treated with very i I great consideration. If the campaign hue proved anything conclusively, it is that the Slate down , not control the liquor traffic, but t that the liquor traffic controls the . State." ? Greenville News. I WaNTED-ACTIVK MAN of good Character lo deliver ami collect In Houth Carolina for old vHtatiliahed manufacturing wholesale house. $900 ' a year, sure pay. Honenty more than j experience required. Oui reference, I any hank In any city. Enclose self- . aildreeeed stumped envelope. Mario- | facturera, Third Floor, X34 Deartmrii ' Ht., Chicago. I i .?w r *> i\ e n r? l' v Scene of the Great Disaster. Galveston Situated on an Island? Population 2t),0')0?A Great Cotton Trade. The city of Galveston is situated on the Island of Galveston, between the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay, and is the capital nf tho county of tlmt name. It is one of the commercial centres of the Southwest, and its domestic exports include largo quantities of cotton, wool, hides, oil cake and oil meal; its import business is of equal importance. The city is connected by long bridges over tho bay with tho entire railway systems of the ITiited States and Mexico and has cloven direct lines of steamship communication with Now York, foreign and other domestic ports. The depot and warehouses of tho (inlveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad cover twenty acres, and tho company is aids to load its cars directly from the vessels. A canal ten miles long opens an avenue for commerce to the Rrnzt?s River. Tho city is laid out with wide und straight streotH, bordered by numerous flower g.?rders, and has the host harhor in the Stato of Texas. The island on which the town is located was occupied hy the pirnta Laiitto, in 1S17, and continued to he his headquarters until his so tlenicnt was broken iij> in 1821. The growth of (inlreston dates from 1837. Duriug the civil war it wus occupied hy the Federal forces. This was in [)ctober, 1809, hut the ci'v was retaken hy the Confederates in January, 1863. The census returns of 1890 showed that Galveston had 187 manufacturing establishments, representing 55 distinct "industries. These had $4,831,345 capital, employed 1,916 workmen; paid out annually $1,224,949 in wages, and materials to the value [>i $ 3,238,057, and produced merchandise to the value of $5,? t?t>5,147. According to figures compiled by the editor of t he News for "Johnson's Cyclopaedia,the assessed valuations in 1802 were: Real property, $17,843,455; personal, $5,297,541In 189!J there were 30 churches of various denominations in the town. Among new buildings are the United States custom house, the John Scaly Hospital and the School of Medicine of the State University. The city has gas and electric plan's; a water-works ?> mf 111, viinu'd at $400,000, anil supplied from Artesian wells; numerous hotels, including one of the largest in the South, on the (inlf heach. The population in 1800 whs 20,1 >>4. FAfiJTOTIIA. Bc?r? th? K;ntl Von Han Aiciys Bot'?M B"Tre r <i wi^ mvmnmn wmrnm i m KOP.SES! HORSES! HPRSESI We have Just ri eelv*d a carload of number one horses from Atlantu.nvery wuinial having been cirefully relec ?-< 1 in itor^ou by our Mr. Klliott. Iii the lot are Knmr of tb** it i??-? - ... -v ?i"inra fVt-r brought to ihif market If you want * good twaddler, or a good Driver, or a ijood coinbloatiou horse, now is your Lime mi get it. We now havejuat what you want ami need. Call ami see for yourself. We take pleasure in exhibiting oar stock, an well ? ? Vehlolee. will either sell or mw?p, ami mm 131 will sell either for the canh WW V <>r good paper ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD