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IMMINENT DANGER.;
St. Pierie A Charred Mass.
Oue Section Covered With Lava
Dust; 1 he Other Blasted bv
Terrible Volcanic Gas.
Fort do France, Island of Mar.
Unique, May 18.? Business here
is suspended. The people of the
city have assembled in the churches
and at the cathedral where servioac
o i??. h/v*?? ?1-1 ? ' 1 M*
t >v?a IIUIU I or lllti Ot.
Pierre dead, baa been thronged
s'mee daylight. The ITnitod States
government tug Potomac leaves
hero tonight for the Island of St.
Vincent where conditions are reported
to be worse. La Soufriere
on St. Vincent wua in full eruption
May 10. A stream of stone and
mud hulf a mile wide was then
issuing from the volcano. Ston*s
two inches in diameter fell twelve
miles awav. At Kingston, the j
capital of the island, the ashes;
were two inches deep Seven \
hundred dead were reported Sunday,
May 11. It is estimated
that the total number of deaths
on St. Vincent reaches two thou
sand. The present volcanic eruption
on St Vincent is the first
since 1812.
The tug Potomac orui- xl along
the coast of this island yesterday i
afternoon. She encountered an
ink> black column of smoke whit b
made it necessary for her to go
five miles out of her course.
Words fail to describe the present
situation at St. Pierre. A small
detachment of French troops is
making efforts to bury the dead
although the government seems to
be strikingly unconcerned as to
what is done in this direction.
LOOTING THE DEAD.
The looting of the dead has begun
already. While coming to
Fort de France the Potomac picked
up a boat containing five colored
and one white man whose pock:
ets were filled with coin and
jewelry, the latter evidenly stripped
from the fingers of the dead.
Lieut. B. B. McCormick, the
commander of the Potomac, ar'
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rested these men and turned them
over to the commander of the '
Frouch cruiser Suehet for punishment.
The Potomac also brought 1
a ton of supplies to Martinique.
BUT FEW BODIES FOUND. ,
Strange .to relate, in view of the ,
number of inhabitants of St. |
Pierre who were swept to death ]
by the volcanic waves from Mont j
Pelee, on Thursday last, very few ,
corpse huvo been found by those 1
who are engaged in the work of
cremating the dead bodies.' This |
is duo to the fact that the most ,
populous quarters of the town are
buried under a thick later of c:n- |
dered lava which appaionth en- ,
tirely consumed the hodiet- tho (
victims. 1
TERROR STHICK EN.
The work of succorirg tho re- 1
fugees continues incessantly.
Immediately upon the cable repair
ship Pouyer-Quertier, Capt.
Thirion, sturted on her mission of
mercy she bad to pa . through
clouds of burning cinders at thev
ri>k of catching lite, in order to
roach the terror-stricken people
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anurwf. IsnI hlie in
bringing s<? this port 4f>0 people,
mainly former resident* of the
village of Lo IVenehour. This
whs on Saturday lust. Since then
the bit timer, as the result, of other
daring trips, has succeeded in
bringing uiany other persons to
l<ort do Vrance. On Sunday she
rescued 923 persons, and piloted
the French cruiser Sucbet and t tie
Danish cruiser Valkyrien, who
took on hoard 1.500 persons.
The path of tho volcanic tor1* nt
which swept over St. Pierre is
marked out in a strange tnauner.
Tho vicinity of the shore where
vessels authored was swept by a
whirlwind of volcanic gas, which
ripped, tore and shuttered everything
in its passage, hut loft few
traces of cinders behind. On the
other hand the fort, centre and
adjoining parts of St. Pierro are
buried under a thick bed of cinders
which consumed everything
oeneatn it.
PARDONED A DYING MAN.
Pitiful Case Presented to the
Governor Yesterday.
The governor yesterday pardoned
a dying man in order that he
might breath his hist in his uwn
house. Aimer Harris was convicted
in Edgefield in July in
1900, and senlenced to threo
years on thechaingaug for breaking
into a store. lie was in jail
from November, 1809. The conviction
was upon circumstantial
c\ idenec. While serving on the
ang Harris contracted pneuin
nia which turned into consumption,
and now he is in the
county alms house in a dying condition.
The prpsecutflr* plty*-;cians,
leading citizens, county oflicials
aud the solicitor sent an
earnest appeal tor a pardon so
that tli3 unfortunate man. might
die at his homo.?The State.
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oiiiaiipuA iu union.
Fourteen Persons Down W ith tho
Disease
Special to Tho Observer.
Hon roe, May 13.? Smallpox
was discovered yesterday on the
farm of Mr. Henry Frank Williams,
near Wingate. Mr John G.
Bass, who had been sick for several
days, sent for Dr. Artnfieid,
of Marshville. After diagnosing
Ihe case the doctor pronouced it
smallpox and sent to Monroe for
Dr. J. M. Blair, the county phy
sician. Investigation revealed
the fact that not only did Mr Bass
hare tho smallpox but that other
Diembers of his family had it
and were almost well without ever
baring had a physician. It was
further found' that two negro families
on the sumu farm had the
disease but were convalescent.
There were 14 cases in all, Mr.
Bass being the last to get sick ami
having the most serious case. It
seems ttial none of them ha.I neeu
very sick aud thought they only
had chicken-pox or some slight
eruption ana ne\cr iinught it necessat
y to send fen* a docto.. All
the cases were p.opeily (piaian*
tined and ore. v. thing possible
done to prevent a further spread
of I be disease hut there is 110 tel
I'ughow man) may have been exposec
to the contagion. There
arc 11 ?v three cases, all negroes,
near wuxhaw, but no now onus
; expt'eted.
Keep Your Bowels Strong.
Constipation or diarrhoea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas
carets uandy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped C. C. C. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, ioc.
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ADVER1
It Takes
Tim(
Goods 1
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-IJKIJKIEN!
jW ALL OUR
Our first sli
nery, Dress O
went out of
cakes. .N EV
in<?- daily. \V
A SPECI/
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tlic balance ol
-LIS
10 yards of
live cents.
Thompson 1
Corsets. Our
Dotted Silk
cents. Our p
25 dozen Li
10 cents. Ou
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We emit me
unless we rem
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b Ordering
To Keep
)ur Stock.
i/E HAD AN
SE STOCKDSPABTMENTS.
MMwanawn.? ga
ipments of Millioods,
Silks, Etc.,
Stores like hot
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' April.
TEN! Lawn
for twentyBrand
New 81.00
price 82 cents.
Tissues, worth <U1
rice 48 cents,
idies Vests, worth
r price 5 cents,
ntion our Bargains
t the whole paper.
NTI) SEE US.
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BRAVE AND GENERRUS
A P BUTLER IS DEAD
At the Froat in Sixty-One and
Again in Seventy-Six
As Commissioner of Agriculture
He Did Much Valuable Work
For South Carolina.
I Special to The State.
' Augusta, (Ja., Muv 14.?('<>1.
Audrew Pickens Butler of Aiker
county died :it 0 o'clock tbit
morning at the Butler home. Col.
Butler was stricken with paralysis
of the heart Saturday night. He
1 never regained conscioiibncso. He
wss 70 years old. 11c leaves twe
daughters, who are married, a sot
and several grandchildren. Tin
funeral will he tomorrow morn
ing at 11 o'clock from S\vo( twatei
church, near Aiken.
i 1_1 A ? I -
v/wi. niKirew I'icKens Hutlei
wus a member of the famous old
Kdgefield family which came from
I Virginia prior to the Revolution.
He was distantly related to (ien.
M. C. Butler. He wui a man oi
conspicuous gallantry. When tin
War between the Status broko out
he wont to the front us captain oi
Company (t, First South Caro'
liua He was promoted to majoi
May 12, 189-1, and to lieutenanl
J colonel May 23 of the same year,
Ho was a dashing and fearless of
ficer.
Col. Butlor's service to tb<
State in the Hamburg and Fllcn
tou riots, particularly the latter
were conspicuous for discretior
? and gallantry. Ho was jailed l>\
the fedo'al authorities, hut over
from the jail managed to keep bis
friends from bloodsned on his nc
count.
He served his country in the
State senate and for several year.was
State commissioner of agri'
culture, continuing in that oliiee
until the department was abolished
in 1890. Col. Butler did the
State good service in this capacity,
; but the dopartiuent over which he
presided boro the brunt of the
Tillman reform movements tight.
Since 1S96 Col. Butler has been
living quietly at his plantation on
the South Carolina side of tlie
'Savannah river, not far from
I A liortlwf
STAND 1,1 KE A STONK
} W A 1,1.
Hot ween your children and the
tortures of itching and burning
eczema, scald heads or other skir
diseases.?How why, by using
i Bucklen's Arnica Salvo, earth's
groatest healer Quickest cure
for Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sail
Uheum, Cuts, Burns or Bruises,
i Infallible for Piles. 25c at Ciaw
ford Bros., and .J F. Mac key
L Go's drug stores.
The .Jailer Was Too Quick.
lloanoke, Va., May 14.^
When Jailer Craig entered tin
jail corridors this evening be wa
# murderously assaulted by twi
negro prisonors who had hoped t<
j make thoir escape. During a strug
I rr\t\ YL-hSnl. f..ll~ i ' *>
?. - .. ...VII iiiiiuivvu inn; (ii Tll<
negroes, Boo Payne, was shot :;n<
fatally in]i!fed by jailer (Taijj
Tli men escaped from jail t\v
wco.cs n?o will) ten others hn
r were recaptured.
flow \-\ Your KlOnryi r
Or TTobbn' Spm ipus Oil Is core nil Kidney Ills. San
?.?fri*e Add. sieri uu Itomedy' >.Ciurauocr S.l
Only Three More Weeks
The Great Show at Charleston
Will Closo on Juno 1st.?
Kvoryhody Ought to At
loud on "Wagoner
Day," May 22U.
Charleston. S. C., May 12.?
The South Carolina Inter-State
and West Indian Kxposition will
have hut three more weeks of stirring
existence. Born of the far
seeing enterprise of a few patriotic
i men, nursed to maturity by their
j uneousing toil and self-sacrifice, in
the face of a thousand obstacles,
; and in spito of doubt and criticism
. to those familiar with its broad
. scope and minute detail, itsarchit,
ectural grandeur and its infinite
, variety f exhibits, its scant trea.
8Ury and its abundant achievement
. hi all that v'.on-titutos an exposition,
it is th * marvel of the indue*
trial history of our country. Every
its projectors dreamed not of so
great an achievement They builded
far better than they knew, but
progressed step by step to the
couiplotion of what is uudoubtedly
the greatest exposition the
p South has ever known, and censiderod
from the standpoint ef
money invested and results acp
eomplished, the greatest the world
has ever seen. The proof is easy.
In a few days this great exponent
of industrial progress will
past into history, the exhibits will
be scattered to the four quarters
of the earth, and the beautiful
buildings removed.- Those who
' have not seen it, should not noies
lh? opportunity of their lives, .
' those who have, should see it again.
' It cannot be seen too often.
The remaining weeks are full of
1 ! special "days,'* conspicuous
among them Odd Fellows Day
May 13; Wyst Indian Day, May
10, and last but not least "Wag- *
! ener Day,*' May 22, designated ^
! in honor of the President of the
; company, who by his unfaultering
zeal and liberality has given fruition
to the plans of his company.
Every South Carolina, every utan
i who loves a g?:od patriotic citizen
: should be on thn ?-rr^uit;r?r?
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grounds ob 44 Wagoner Day," and
show at least some faint recognition
of the work ouo man has done.
The railroads have made the
lewest rates for 4{>Yagener Day"
' that has ever been made on any
occasion and all can afford the
small expense of attending the
exposition.
; Kitchener's Report.
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4 Outlook Seems to Ho Brighter
For English Ai ms. :
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London, May 13. ? Kitchener's
* weekly report received today
shows 19 Boers killed and 9 wounded,
S02 captured and 900 surrendered.
There were COO rillos, 157
wagons, 40 horses and 4,300
" I head of cattle that fell into the
R hands of the iiritisli.
s Gen. Ian Hamilton's column
:) ari iveel at the Western railroad,
' after sweeping tho Kitchenhorg
district and southwestern Transi?
I
vaal. These troops brought S50
' prisoners and practically all the
' stock of the Boer commands-of
0 that disttict. This makes a reduc'
t ion 111 IVI.'IITV UOA
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men sinco ho defeated Mnjor Paris
at Rovirnines Fontcin on March 8
^ | ami captured Methnen.