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TICT QUESTION. 14Y WHICH GOES TO SHOW tY WERE BADLY TREATED iffseler. Who Had Oharge of the y U, Gives Some Testimony Which 4,' ~*EOis 4da*ae1 on the Penitentiary ( 43Ok6*1eawAn Investigation in Order, r 3 I, 8. C., June 13.-The State r moratg publishes the following As the convict question is up, 10144".u give space in your valuable "6dixlons to a few words I have to say - S the treatment of convicts at my M m"It railroad camps under Super ...,'..0 ident Lipscomb and under Superin dent Talbert. I have had charge of dtnvicts camps under both of them. 1 hope The State's correspondent at Sumttr will not implicate ine with Su perintendent Talbert as denials of his report. They only point I corrected was that of the dead convict. and what -1hal to say was to the Board of Direc tors. I never denied that the convicts were barefooted. I never disputi-d the fact thftt the convicts starved all day at Sumter. After starving all day in Sim. ter,1 was almostcertain'that they would be offered something to eat that night, after arriving at the penitentiary. Ihit it was not so. They were locked tip with out a morsel of bread till the next morn ing. What hour they were fed the next morning, I can't say -aboit 6:30 o'clock, I suppose. I have managed convict caips unler Col. Lipscomb on the Georgia, Corolina and Northern 1lilroad, in Chester County; on the Wilson short Cut, in Marion County; and on the Eittaw ville Railroad, in Clarendon County. I man aged 215 convicts in the p;iosphate fields I of Colleton County. On A ugust 13. 18110, I left Columbia in charge of 103 convicts; got off the cars at Mayesville and marched out to the stockade on the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad. Vhile my camp was located at Lamar, Col. Lips comb turned over the penitentiary to WV. J. TI, albert. U nder Col. Lipscomb's management I suy, unhesitatingly, the convicts at my camps were always given just what each of them could eat, and that they were never rationed, like under Superinten dent Talbert. Under Col. Lipscoib, my convicts in camp were fed on bacon, meal, grits, "hal f-rice," Irish potatoes by the barrel, cabbiege and onions by the barrel, and crates every two weeks. I also got abouit 350 pounds of beef a week for con victi, and several times .1 remember they got pork, while the guards got everything they wanted to eat. Talbert gave mne orders to stop the beef, Irish potaitos, cabbage, onions, pork and "half-ri e." About two months Suiperinteident Talbert had the rations sent from Col timbia. The small sack of sniall rice that lie would send for the guards was I of the very same quality that I fed my convicts with under Col. iApscomb, aind would not last, the giiords iore than eighteen or twenty days, though it was sent as ait months' ration. Sugar and coffee were likewise. U'nder Superintendent Talbert ily convi!ts got no change ofl diet at all. The small amount of beef allowed by hin the guards would nearly consume. v Col. Lipsomb woulld leave some loney I with me ill case of any mishaps. I re imetitber once I was moving with a de- I tail ol convicts. My tiokei raton gave out on account of not. inakitng connec tions as expected. I had monley for in cidental purposes froml Col. I1,ipscomb,i aind things mtoved on withI the usual simoothness. W'. J1. Talbert has nlever lurnishied a centt ahead for inceideintals. I .Now, uis to the dead convict. I pull-< ed my own monmey out of lmy pocket~ and . ,Aynne?#t for Mr. Tialbert. Slippose isi hat-i i used to advance tihe $4 to have. this olfenisive cleaul body' buried. I could inot stop) my conivicts to (do the work, beenuset5t it would piut uts too long afteur (lark goinlg into I )arlinigt on, andi( ~ont victs5 shld be welt seured bef'ore dlark. Now, right here, will Superintendent y T'alhe.i t ainswer what preparation, if b any, did(1 le make for anything of the t kindy? I will suggvst. t;he only pla1ce t Suiperintend(ent l'alb ert had for the t 1)o0r dead convict was ain open st.mnp a hole, to be illed in with straw or othler s stuff that wldt( not cost anything. ~ "Econmomy!" If this is what Supt. TIal- r bert means for economy, 1 say, God y have mercy upon South' Carolina coil-h vitcts as human beinigs. If Superintendent Tialbert had sent a me mloney, as Col. Lipscomib did, the a sIxty-seven convicts I lad at Sumter on ,lutne 2 would not have any occasion to say anything about somethting to eat. 1 wIee<l Ta'lbert Imit relatfire lo ihe cou <ditlou of' Ite <v 1(<ii t N ifmer, and, he being absentt froml his post of duty, I did not get sin answer, If he had been * at his ollice he could have wiredl 80ome store in Sumter to furnlish mie with enough to feed the convicts. Onte of the guards, A. Ulmtan, called me to hiim while 0oil duty, at Sumtter, and said( that if lie coulkiriot get somethiingJ to eat he would starve. I have good t reason to believe thast the young itant wvas telling the trtuth. I remarked that I I was sorry for the condition of affairs,< bitt that I had done sall that I could do. I 'ian, however, soon got hold of a i b)ucket, belonging to some luicky con- e vict who hiad happened up on it, and the c !ast seen of the bucket of rice and bacon I the guard was carefully pultting it inlto his mouith. t Dutiring the monthm of May, 1891i,there wvere lost in htospital 533 days. I fully i believe that the large number being in the hospital is (lue to Talbert's takingr awasy ti,te chianiges of diet1, as8 1 have at- h ea y 'statedi. Phy sicians are po werlesst ere chaitges of diet can't be had. I y sick convicts In the htospital under ' 01. ipscmb,were fed far better than1 ie guards were urndl-r Superintendentr bert. - M'. RAowlandl 11ll, my sergeant,spent $1 in Sunmter for sometin rg for some of s' the guards to ('at. I was stainding pres- ( ent, when Mr. 11111 stepped in the super- t intendent's otlice and claImed that the 1 office owed huiini the money, arid fully a explained thme matter, I thtought, to C Superintendent T1albert, but he refused to ayit-a just clain. 1gve. as proof of all thait I have said .~otthe detail of convicts taken away 6 tthe penitentiary August 13, 1890, 1 *rturned June 2, 1891, the following 11 I1S,who have guarded and should ln 01ow abput the detail: E. L. (hand y, dI 0. Aptdrews, 11. R. Carter, RL. E. c a, A. Cook, A. Ulman, Jarvas Scar t :, . F. Barrier, Rlowland 11i11, B. B. h1 op, 11. 0. Rowe, U. J. Beard. e -C. E. WVmrEELER. c InXditmd for Forgery. MT ' x' . 0., Juno 10.-in thle Se~upra ssio'ns this morning '#r ssued against Johns R. :!~tl1!Sy In two cases. Bali i ,gAinl the sum of *500 in each b * ~te Common P'leas thIs after- n ar. B. Hlaynaworth, acting for f< S fumter made a motion that a d against J. R. KCeelsto b i e should not be ~Isbara' otWt of1awfin fi%6e *,0omipon P4E of$1 *geATATEO-1 THE CROPS. eete of The Week'S Weather on The G rowle g Plants. WASHINUTON, June 13.-The signal arvice weather crop bulletin for the ,eek a tys: Temneratures have been below norm 1 in all districts, except, in the lake egion, New England and Gulf States, vhere it has been normal or slightly bove. The greatest dopartuce from iormal has been 6 degrees In Virginia, own, Kansas and on the North Pacific oast. There have been no marked ex remes of temperature during the week tmI the general temperature conditions inve been favorable to pli ut life. As anticipated last week copious rains roke the drought in the East andl Mid ile G l'States. The maximum rainialls tre reported as fullowi: Waynesboro, [;a, 5.1 incies; Gainesville and Toccoa. i, 4.2 incites; Augusta, Ga, 3.83 inches. l'he only portions of the country where no rain has fallen are Middle New Eng ail, the ii(idle plateau region and In Sout,h C alilbrnia. Rlainfall was one inch >elow n1orafll in VvIsconsin Iowa and ,WO inches al)ove normal in Tennessee m<( in northern portions of Alabama md Georgia. Arkansas: Crop prospects materi ally niproved during the week. Corn (lelay ad by lte plant,ing. Cotton looks well. Juts and wheat now being harvested hiow better results than expected. Texas: Cotton and corn very promis ng. Wheat crop hest ever grown. Jther crops good, except sullorini- f'romu ack ofrain on the Gulf coast. Louisiana: Drought broken. Cotton, :orn and sugar cane backward, but now 0rowing rapidly. Rains too late for ,radens. Rtice Crop small oin account of' Iry weather. Mississippi: As atiticipated last week lhe drought has been lroken by copious rains. All conditions are more flavora ble than For i month. The crops are -imall atni late, but takim-Y rapid growth. Al)amnu: The rains heve been bene licial to corn, cotton and oats. Gardens ire doing well. Tennessee: Crops are greatly inprov :d. Wheat harvesting is delayed by aill an11 Win(l. Cotton prospects imi )roved, btit still ire poor. Tobacco is .Soulthl Carolina: Plentiful rain well lisLtibllted has been benelicial to ill ,rops. Lanck of sunshine has been hII"hItly injurious to cotton. tn some ocalities hail lus damaged crops, com )elling replanting. North Carolina--Weathier decidedly oul andh umilhlvorable to cotton, which is eporte(l poor. An abundant wheat arvest, has begmin and many crops are verrun with weeds. Vi'i"rgin ia--C rop conditions are gooi. ,orn is in excellent condition. Rust is eported in some wheat fields. Fruit Is (good condition. Throughout the win hr --raii section and western corn belt onditions are reported variably. iie weather is too dry in Pennsyl aima, New .ersev, New York, and New "1glan1d for anything but winter grain, 1hicih promises well. Corn is also suf nring sonic, but the average is good. Theo Weoather and the Cropa. Tlhe weekly wveather and crop bulletin iif the South Carolina weather service, in so-operat ion with the U nitedl States Sig nal Service, for the week ending Satur lay is as follows and is not very encour iginag to farmlers: The rain fall for the past week has b)een bhove the normal and generally benelh 1aul to all crops. Thell temlperature has1 eeni about tile averauge anid has hlastenled he' growth of all crops, whilst the sun inte has been below the av'erage and ats been inljurious to most of t,he crops. Iltin hams fallen more or less every dlay or the paist week, andl little or no wat k as been perfomied on most of the farms e't ween the cons:aant shtowers. T1hle rain hat broutght up the cotton brought up he grass aund have continued, with but light intermission, to the present time; a that the crops are being injured by rass, and if there be no cessation of itn for the next day or two tihe crops ill be badly injured. T1he corn crop ams greatly improved and an average ield mnay be looked for. Many sections i tile State have been visited by the de tructive hail storms, and great in ju:y one to the growing crops. Some far mers have been compelled to dow up and replant their cot,ton. Upon he whole the outlook for the cotton rop is very discouraging and farmers are becoming despondent. Fifteen Hleads Chopp,ed Ofi. SA N i"n A NuisI ', ,June l5.--T'1he teamner whlich atrrivedl from China last tight brinags details of the beheading of 5 Chinese at Kowloon City, opposte long Konig, among whlom were the blree leadmers of the pirates whlo looted he steamer iNaomi flive months ago. ille(d the captain and mate and secured v'er $30,000 worth of corn and goods. t great crowd witnessed the barbaric pectaicle, whichl was made more repul ive by the cynical jesting of the pirate hief. T!he Pirates wvere among the first at of pirisoners who arrived, and a howl f execration from the crowd greeted nmeir auppearence. "We'll begin with on," said the chief executioner, laying is hand on the shoulder of a tall, thin nanm, with piercing eyes. "All right" esponded the pirate leader, "I'm num ier one." lie was placed at one end of he square, umnd all the others knelt in ine with him, and the slaughter began. L'hie chetf continuted to speak as If lie vished the spectators to know lie was tot afraid. "You may gkill me now," ae said, "but I'll revive again." As lhe Ittered1 this sentence the sword fell, ,nid lie was no more. The others, mis ramble looking wretches, shuddered, but hey had not long to wait, for the rawny tuitcher finished his work wih reat celerity. Thle whole bloody work nly occupied a few minutes. Killed WileOI Out Driving. W ASH ING TON, June 12.-Capt Robert . Widdecomnbes, formerly chief of the oreign mails division Pos5t)flice De artment, and a prominent G. A. IR. ian, was killed this evening while out riving. Capt. WViddecombes' horse be aume frightened at the cable cars, lirowing the Captain from his buggy, is head striking the step at the cable ar, fracturing his skull and almost ompletely scalping him, Hie was tak a to the hospital, wh,ere he died several ours later. The Georgia Editor. ATLANTA, Ga., dune 17.--The Even ug Jourual has made a~ poll of the mem era of the GeorgIa Press AssociatIon, ow in sessIon here, as to theIr choIce ir the DemocratIc nominee for Presi anL and their opinIon as to what should a the leading issue in the. next cam iu. The results are as sollows. Of glteen editors Interviewed, eleven were t'Cleyeland. two for Hill, and flve non. tal. Nine favored tariff reform Agueit~ -to preferred free silver, V~a~gat est~u~ ofeqWsl Import A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. SHOT TO DEATH IN THE POSTOFFICE AT WARRENTON GA. Uaptain W iliiam nJ. Magrmth, o.f 1 Charleston, the Vctitu--1, Wrote Love I Ltters to the Wire of the Main Who Kill ed Him. i AUOuSTA, Ga., Jlune .- .-Another I terrible tragedy has been added to War- a renton's bloody record. Capt. W. J. ) Magrath, a prominent merchant there, 1 was shot and instantly killed by Mr. A. I V. Howell, who recently removed from o Warrenton to Atlanta. t Howell fired five shots at IIagrath, 0 four of which took efTect in the latter's g head and body. The two men were standing in the c postollice at Warrenton, and when ( Howell fired the fatal shots were not t more than four feet apart. Magrath I fell to the floor and died In a few min- t utes in great pain. Ile spoke only a t few words after being shot. One of a these was an invocation to God to have s mercy on his soul, and to a friend who c cautioned him to keep still, he said: 'I t will be still in a few moments." t There was only one witness to the i shooting. That was Judge II. II. Fitz- d patrick, the post.master at Warrenlton, (I who was lifling out a money order blank N for blagrath at the time. 1 It is stated that Rowell went into the t postollice, and seeing 1%agrath, said: t "Capt. Magrath, you have been writing c letters to my wife." With this, Howell t drew his pistol and began firing at Ma grath, who offered no resistance. b There are sensational features con. C nected with the case, and place Magrath C in the attitude of writing love letters r to lowell's wife. INagrath is a married man, with a t family of four children, and came to * Warrenton from Charleston, S. C. four 5 years ago. C Ilowell's wife is the daughter of J. V. n )e lleaug riine, in ex-Charlestoni,an, who o has been residing in Warrenton several s years. She and Howell were married f about two months ago. t It is reported that Magrath wrote b her several notes beflore her marriage, i making improper advances, one of which fell into her father's hands. This led to an altercation, in which Ma- f grath's life was threatened. d The matter dropped, nowever, and nothing more was heard until last Tues day, when Mr. Howell came to Warren ton. Then it was learned that lie had taken a letter from the p,stollice at At lanta addressed to his wi fe and contain ing eight pages. The letter had no iname signed to it, but was postmarked fromi Warrenton, and ientioned an ex press package which the writer had for warded to Mrs. Howell. it was claim ed to be Alagrath's handwriting. llowell demanded an explanation of his wite, but she protested her innocence and gave her husband to timderstand' that she had long been the victim of such persecutions at the hands of AMa grath. This is what brought about the shooting. at Howell was brought to Augusta to night and committed to jail to await the iction of the Warren County grand at Iury. t The coroner's jury which sat in in juest on Magrath's body, refused to say fi whether the killing wa3ijustiliable homi- , cide or murder. Warrenton is greatly excited over the atfair, as Capt. Magrathi has manyg strong f'riends among the citizens. Howell is a carriage builder by trade, andI his ifie Is nothing more than a child. Magrath's relatives at C2harleston have been telegraphed for, and will a reach Warrenton tomorro A'.-The i State. The Melon Grower. . A called meeting of' the Fruit an.lt Alelon G rowers Association was held i nt Aiken on Monday week. In the ab- g sence of the P'residlent ,J. II. JI lack. and " it tihe requies,t of V'ice-Pr'esidenmt ,J. D. 0 Jopelanid, Cap)taini G.. WV. Groft presid- ' 'd. Air. F'. 1. Mlixson, of Ulackville ,hie Secretary of the Association, reard ' ,he call for the meeting, after which he followiig delegates were enrolled: l'. S. Sease, Lexington; I). L. Copeland( tr mtd E. R{. hlayes, Bamberg; J. (G. Bayn- E 14am, 'Trenton:; J. B. lBonnett, Windsor LP. Q. AMcCreary, WVhits Pond; L. Brad: P' veil, WV. M. Jordaii, M. T1. ILolley, Sr. al md A. S. Courtney, Aiken. The Chair stated that the object of he meeting was to get the Association at o co-operate with P. IH. Loud, ,Jr., and ir is attorneys In the suit brought before a he Inter-State Commerce Commission w against railroad lines running east for ti )vercharging and discriminating c~ Igamlst melon shippers, and also to vy Lransact any other business that might r somne up before the Association. Considerable dhiscussion took place in a reference to the exorbitant rates ai L'hairged by the roads running east for ft tho transportation of melons. In tihep liscusslon we gleaned the following: ti ILast year the roads charged .$103.92 for ir s car load of melons weighing 24,(000 gi pounds to New York, and additional Ir Dharges were made for every pound tr over anid above that number. A These charges were considered ex- ei Dessive, being within a fraction of 11 t mills per mile. short mleasuremnent. 'fhe I G~eorgia Association has secu red a rate f 8 mills per mile on all roads runiniing w west, and it was the opinion of the sj melon men at this meeting that 8 mills as would be a fair charge for thme roaus F running East, and that the mlninium tsi earload should be lixed at :32,000 pounds. rI ["ixed at these figures, the coqt of a car- p' load of melons to New York-a (dis lance of about 800 miles-would lie o~ M4i80. Thle following resolutions were t sdopted. Itesolved, Th'lat thc Secretary ask of rt the initial, and1 if need be, connecting ni rimlway lines for tiariff of' rates for the bi Doming season on melons. s liesolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the present rates are ex Dessive and a reduction of themu Is re lueated-.T lIesolved, That the informatIon de- U rived as t.o rates be submitted to the di Executive Committee, and they are re fr luestedI at their discretion to Commui- cn umcate or have a conference with thme thi railway authorities upon the matter, so Resolved, That through bills of laden en se issued from starting points, mand that T:~ so pre-paymlent of freight b)e required iii from shipper at connections with other tli ines, as In case of the Blackvlle, Al- es ston & Newberry aind Barn well roads is of last season. at A resolutionl was also adopted pled c w og the zmoral support of the Assiocla fo Aon to Mr. P. 11. Loud, Jr., In his fight w ror a reduction In the freIght rate on cmi meions and fruit. The meeting then er adjourned. The above account of the Aeeting we clip from tile Aiken ,Jour- p( maI and Review. ri A Druuk.a Man's Folly.li .PITTSTON, Psa., Junme 17.-,lennie bi Knerr, aged 10, andl Frank Blx bee, aged TI 18 years, were drowned in the Scohuyl- la dl lRiver, near Parker's Ford, last lght. Miss Knerr andi several comn anlons were wading In the water near he bank when Bfx bee came-along and C< aid that he was going to teach them' Cl mow to swim. He oarrtId Jennie into em hie river beyond her 1Iand both c ank. It Is ieled - eb was lt-chd oxicated. ,l EVERY INCH A.8OLDIER. 'he Brave Texan Who Died in Defence of Woman's Honors. NiwiERRiY-,S. C.,,June 12.--The mon ment to Calvin Crozier has been placed a Rosemont Cemetary. Crozier was he brave young Texan who lost his ife here in defence of a woman on the ight of September 5, 1865. lie was on is way home from Let's surrender ,d had a young lady under his charge. L regiment of negro troops reached fewberry on that day and camped here or the night. The train from Alston, n which Crozier was travelling, was hrowu off the track at the depot by bstructions placed thereon by' the ne -ro Boldiers. One of the negroes went into the oach and insulted the young lady. ,rozier promptly protected her and cut he negro with his knife. In the con usion that ensued Mr. Jacob Bowers, he railroad supervisor, who was get ing the train back on the track, was ccused of cutting the negro. and, being eized by the negro soldiers, Crozier amo forward and said that he had cut he negro. The negro soldiers then Lok him to their canp, a short distance ron the depot, and, without trial, con emned him to udeath. Ile was shot to eath at daylight on the morning of eptember 8, 1865, as he knelt in a shal )w grave they had dug for him. There hey mutilated his body and left it, as he regiment immediately marched own the railroad and took the first rain for Columbia. The body of Crozier was given decent urial in the village grav(.yard by the itizens of Newberry, where it has rest d until to-day, when the remains were emoved to the Rosemont Cemetery. The movement to erect a monument o his memory began one year ago and 278 was soon raised in the town, to other with subscriptions from the ounty. The monument is of white iarble, about ten feet high, and rests n a base of Newherry granite. The haft is six feet high, and on its front ace is the "Lone Star" of Texas. On lie marble base resting on the granite lock in raised letters is inscribed the ,ord: On another side is the following verse rom the celebrated elegy by Col Theo ore 0*'1ara, C. S. A: "Rest on, embanIed and sainted dead, Dear as the blood you gave, No impious footsteps here shall tread The he'thbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While fane her record keeps, Or honor guard the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps." On the die block is the inscription. CALIN CROzIER, Born At Brandon, Miss. August, 1840. Murdered atNewberry, S. C., Septeuber 8, 1865. Then on three seperate faces the fol wing account of his death is inscrib 1: "After the surrender of the Confeder e armies, while on the way to his >me in Texas from a federal prison, lie as called npon at the railroad station Newberry, S. C., on the night of Sep mber 7, 1865, to protect a young white oman, temporarilly under his charge, om gross insults, offered by a negro ederal soldier of the garrison station I here. "A diffculty ensued; in Lwhich the no ro was slightly cut. The infuriated >ldiers seized a citizen of Newberry, pen w homn they were about to execute wage vengeance, when Crozier came ronm[tly forward and avowed himself ie author of the deed, thus refuising to ocept safety from allowing a stranger receive the violence intend(ed him Ilf. "iIe was hurried ini the night time to te bivouac of the regiment to wvhich to soldliers belonged, was kept under Liardl all night, was not allowed com unication with any citizen and with it even the term of a trial was con mined to (lie, and was shot to death out daylight the following morning i( the body mutilated." I'he mionument was erected by Lea 11l & Speers, of Newberry. It stands a conspicuous position near the en ance to ItosemOnt Cemetery. It is a ting memorial to a noble life which ~rishued in defence of woman.-News d( Courier. A Rtunaway Train,. AWLToONA, Pa., June 12.--A serious cidentioccurred at 1 o'clock this morn g on thie l'ennsylvania and North estern Railroad, at a point near Bell ood, which resulted in the death of ree men. A freight train of thirty rs, heavily laden wvith coal, lef t Lloyds lie, followed by a pusher. After aching the summit the train com enced to dlescend the mountain side a high rate cf speed. The engineers d( crew appliedl the brakes, but they iled to work on account of the slip ~ry condition of the track caused by e rain. The runaway traIn keep on its miade thlight until a speed of senty re miles per hour was reached. The ainmen struggledl with the brakes, ylng to save t hemselves and the train. t lloat's trestle, which is a curve, the igine left the track, followed by twen -nine ,cars, which wvere p11(1 up and 'oken into all shapes. A hunt for the missing employees mis instituted. when l'ngineer ,John mionton wasi found dead between the ndl box and bell. F"iremnan Millard razier and( Conductor VanScone were ken out from under the .tender, hor bly dlisfigu red. Brakeme'n Dnn nand itrick jumped from the train whlen at highest abeed. Th'ie former, going er a steep embmKment, was forced rough a stout fence. llis escape froin stant death was miraculous. lie only ceived a slight wound. Patrick was. >t so fortunate, and reeive.h a num r of injuries, but none of them of a rioums nature. Itlmastrous Cloud-hurat. CINCINNATI, ,1 tine 17.-A Knoxville, mnn., special says: At Ne w Manville, reen county, Satuurday,' a cloud-burst ti great damage. TJhe place is remote ami railroad and telegraph comnmuni tion, b)ut information conies today of e calamity. The fall of water was mething terrific, and a small creek be me a raging river, 100 yards wide. ue st rehouse, residence and outbuild gs ot T. N. King were swept away, e flood coming so quickly he did not en have time to close ils store doors. The poitoillee was kept in his store, d everything was lost. An iron safe eighinug 1500 pounds was carried one urth of a ile by the force of the iter. A number of other houses were rried a way, and all the crops along the eek bottom lands were dhestroyed. The water came down so fast that the ople barely bad time to flee to the Ige, and if this had not been near, ore would have been serious logs or e. Censiderable stock was drowned, tt no life was lost so far as reported. e property damage will amount to a 'go sum. Samn SmntAH Leaves the Church. DENVER, June . 1.-The Colorado nference of thM 4odist Episcopal -Enwelat Sam Smal'l came utor naIdaration, and upon his own re est he was allowed to withdtraw frmI * chnrch. ASUICIDE CLUB. A Queer ahd Morbid Organivatlon in Connectiut. BRIDoEPOWRT, Conn., Jun6 17.--1tob ert Louis Stevenson, when he wrote his famous ro.mance. entitled "The Suicide Club," and included in his series stories entitled "Modern Arabian Nights," never dreamed that any set of morbidly inclined misanthropes would put his schemes into operation, but, as Is well known, the famous suicide club of this city was the result, and self-murder of E. F. Smith at Birmingham, by blow ing out his brains with a shotgun, makes the list of ten victims to .his borrible passion. The club was originally formed with six members six years ago, and was intended to be limited as formed, but new members were added from time to time despites the protest o1 the origi nal members. No less than seven applications were received from abroad for membership last year. The suicides so tar are: August Heiserhagan, suicide in bed with a revolver; J. Kaipp, shot himself while in bed; George Leaven woth, died in Case's hotel, laudanum self-adminis tered; William Meckel cut his throat with a razor in his room; John Kinzy shot himself through the heart with a rifle in the cellar of his saloon; J. C. Schneider threw himself in Iront of an express train at the depot before a doz en friends; John Hattern hanged him self in his shop; Wendell Baur cut his throat with a jack-knife in an open lot, New York city; W. 11. Moby blew out his brains with a revol ver! E. F. Schmidt blew out his brains with a shot-gun. The president of the club now is William Zeggs, a saloon keeper on Gold street, and the club meets in a room in his house. Loester is financial and cor responding secretary. Eaten by Sharks. NOnFOLK, Va., June 12.-Informa tion was received here today of the fearful death of a colored cook of the schooner Silver Queen while in the bay. John Howard, tht victim, while making I a net to capture a shark, accidentally got tangled in the twine and fell over board. In a few seconds, and before he could be rescued, he was pulled un der and was seen no more. A small school of sharks has been reported in Hampton Roads by an incoming steam er. Planom and Organs. N. IV. ''Rump, 134 Main Street Co lumbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, direcL from factory. No agents' com inissions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs surpassed by none. Ster ling Organs, 050 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis.. factory. Sold on Instalments. An outrage. AIKEN, S. C., . tine 12.-Although a good audience greeted revivalists Leitch and Marshallat their first meet ing in Graniteville last Monday night some malicious parties cut a number of the ropes holding their tent. If found out the full extent of the law will be given them. Rheumatism.-James Paxton, of Sa vanniah, Ga., says lie had Rheumatism so bad that he could not move from the bed or dress without help, and that he tried many remedies, but received no relief until he began the use of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas stum), and two bottles restored him to health. R{heuimatism is cured by P. P. P. Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all attacked and conquered by P. P. P. This great medicine, by its blood cleansing properties, builds up and strengthens the whole body. Thie importancv~ of purifying the blood ca.nnot be over-estimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good hiealhi. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Pottassim) is a imirac ulotus blood purifier, performing more cures in six months than all the sarsa parillas andi so-called blood purifiers put together. A complete Bedroom Suit for $16 50 0 freight paidl t your depot. Send for 2 Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ga. DO YOU WISH TO IDE SONM 01F Y~OUft OWN (mEN EKOUSE. TilEN BUY THE THOMAS STEAM PRESS AND SEED COTTON ELEVATOR. It is the most perfect system in use, in- i loading cotton from wa.gons, clean.ng and delivering It into gIns or stalls. Cotton dtoes not pass through fan and press ro quires no pulley nor belts. It saves time 1 and money. TALBOTT & SONS' i ] ENGiNES AND) JKOIIERS, STiATrION. AlRY AND) PORABL,E. OLD 1DO. MINiON CORN MILLS 1125 to 300 TALBIOTTS SAW MILLS, IMPROVED r FRICTION AND ROPE FEICD 1200 'To ;600 LUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COT. * TON GINS AND COTTrON PRIESSES. r We offer Saw MIll Mon and Ginners the most comnplete outfits that can be bought and at bottom prices. V. C. BADHAM, GENERAL AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C. 'THE TAL4BOTiT ENGINE IS THEi BEST Feb 19-ly. YOUNG WIVES! I Who are for the first time to un. lorgo woman's severest trial we offer MOTHER'STFRIEND~ a remedy which if used as directed for a few weeks before confinement, robs t of its pal. Horror and Risk to LUf. >f both miotLier and child, as thou 'and, who have used it testify. A Blessing to Uxpeotant Mothers. MoTnn's Fmxx is worth it. weight i gold. My wife sutered more in ten in lites ith of thr of her 41,st two ohiidren than she did altogether with her last, har int pireviously need four bottles of Morm ura's PrUND. It is a blessing to muothers. Carmi. IU., Jan., 1800, G.1P. Lociwoop. NOTI CE! Before assuring your life, or investing your mon. ey, examine the Twenty Year Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE United states. Policies maturing In 1891 realize cash returns tothe owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following Is one of the many actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 64.925. Issued in 1871, at ago 27. Amount, $5,000. renium, $239.90. Total Premiums Paid, 4,798. R E 8 U L T S at end of 'Jontine Period in 1891: ,AS11 SURRENDER VA LUE, V8,449.45, (Equal to $176-10 for each *10o paid In premilums which Is equivalent to a re turn of all premiums paid, with interest at 7% per cent. per annum.) Or, In lien o; cash, L PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR f19,470. (Equal to $405.80 for each 1100 paid In premiums.) OR, A LIFE ANNUITY of $633.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories rhere is no Assurance extant in any coi iany which ccmpares with this. The !quitable Is the strongest company In the vorld and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply o the nearest agent of the Society, or write lirect to *W. J. RODDEY, GENERAL AG,ENT. April 8-3m ROCK HILL, S. C. rHE LARGEST STOCK, MOST SKILLED WORtKMEN, LOWEST PR1UES; South Carolina Marble Woris .F. H. HY ATT, PREOPRIIETOR. is the best place In South Carolina or outhern States to secure satisfaction In Lmerlean and Italian Marble Work. All inuis of Cemetery Work speciality. TABLETS, U1EAUSTON ES, MONUMENTS, &c. Send for prIces and full Information. F. H. HYATT April81y COLUJbiIlA, S. C. 'IC'TORV FOR TUKE SAILOR MACHIENERYW. xhibited side by side with its leading competitors at the State FaIr, 1890. The Superintendent and Committee of hie Mechanical Department, in inspectIng hose features not Included in the Premium 4st, deem worthy of special mention the ailor Seed Cotton Elevator, Distributor nd Cleaner exhibited by W. 11. Gibbos, r., & Co. Trhe system operates most efficiently, and iuch Improves the sample, faeilitates tha~ inning of wet cotton and saves largely In ibor and cost of hantiling. The Committee recommend to the farm rs of the State an Investigation Iuto thr. 1erits of these devices. [Slgned.1 D. P. DUNCAN, for Committee. W. H. G1IBBES, JR., & CO., CoramorA, 8. (1. huState Agents and Dealers iin firjt class Lachinery, Bluggies, Wagons, &c. SPECIAL.-TO test the advertising - lue f THE STATE, we will sell to an fi mer eferring tothat paper one of .t i Dow aaw Cotton Planters mlade for 4.25, cash. rhe usual price Is 15.00. W. II. G1BBES. Jrr.. & CO. 6 F(F O STOREJ K TERRV lilE'8 ett Pa the Fe A GiuVAT ORFEj TnAT MAY NOT AOAIN H: RXIDEATD, -80 DO NOT DZLAyI _1rtKE WHILE THE4 1uoN 118 HOT.** Write ior Catalogue now, and say paper You 1%aw this advertisem6fht In. Reiember that I sell everything that goes to furnishing a .home--mnanufactur lug solne thin s and buyg others In th largest possibf4 lo whih enables we t wipe out all competition. HERE A.11E A FE%V OF MY START - I1NG IJARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, all freight chargps paid by me, foi only Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 hole cookil Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x2o iach to lit' ted with 21 pieces of ware, for T9 IR 'EEN DOVLAIS, and pay the treight to, your depot. DO NOT PAY TWO 1111U19 FOR YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, Walnut frame, either in combination or banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, to your .ailroad station, freight paId. I will alsosell you a nice Bo-lroauos uit consisting of 1ureau with ga-A, i high. head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, I Cenl table, 4 oane seat chairs, I cane toat and back rocker all for 16.50, and pay f relgh to your depot. or I will send you an elegant Bedrooi suit with large glass, full marble top, for 30, and pay freight. Nice window shade on spring rollerj 401 Elegant large walnut8 day clock, 4.00 Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per window, 1.00 Icannot describe everything in a small advertisement, but have an linense store containing 22,600 feet of floor rooni, with ware houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta making in all the lar gest business of this kind under one man agement in the Southern States. These storenand warehouses are crowded with the choicest productions of the best facto ries. My cataloguo containing illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you naw Llds at'vertiseteuit. I pay freight. Addrests, L. F. PAUGETT, Proprietor 'adgott's Furniture, Stovi and Car et Store, 1110-1112 road Street, AUGUSTA, GA. -I - - . - , A M: WOMAN. t' %%- ;ni:wr- w*lt vitalize your b . good I pp.s e ' iand give your wh A. I- to n' Iun 0 ft I h. I 0.,11 UV IV Out4 rr ttako SP. P.uP. rou , -refe ll a nir b-,y In t.e sig n.we ou f eso t tAto & ! ; ,,e, . P. P. P. If oiun. a feeing b"dt inaur t prwng anout of ts, tako Pa Pu P ankPoasim Tfyue sufertbl wihrhadach in estiworl, debAility and akns, Wh'talo .rgis FoLnir Bo Puion. Rheu,mahs, Scro. ul, ldMors ani,CrncFml Comlaits,_ak The abestlod ruer nd thwrln Mdicn L'PPMA !til S.,n ofIesyare syggste, tar o tonI Prietlordas, rfir Lmrstok 's Iri'.edicavanna, Cha. i MURRAY' liiggSt ION M'USIX TiUpeRE ris fioo urirand Drung MdCne, WV ae the Lo Pauat ridcoes ro Thils, a th tiIL 5 Ioft yearL, the se re. ure atiand he( btoiod ifier ur( stock of rugst. M(aediintes Uhoon r faclit for failoig urM toesnln otd lOLLEOLUMANDES.O. First ClassOC Work. S V rC o rcs Buge,Crrigs ia.Urs aos 't. WarnedP cn t oe Inur ofnaetdae intes oos 9rsn o aaote-etoigti aper.~