Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jftraps and ?atts. ? Somebody recently asked Tom Reid if he was in favor of an early adjournment of congress. ''Personally, I am," he replied, "but politically, I am not. We will save much valuable time in the campaign next year by keeping the Democrats in session." ? Considerable excitement existed in Chicago during the greater portion of last week on account of the demonstrations of unemployed workmen. A large number of unemployed men gathered on the lake front on last Thursday and threatened to raise a disturbance. The police inspectors sent f>00 men to preserve order. The would-be riot ers, however, were out in large iorce, ami arming themselves with coupling pins, clubs and stones made the police stand at bay until they were reinforced by another body 500 strong, and armed with Catling guns. Upon the appearance of the artillery the mob fled and order was restored. It is feared, however, that there may yet be trouble. ? Physicians iu Guyaquil, South America, recently advertised in the New York papers that they would pay $">,000 to any stout, healthy man who would submit to a dangerous operation, which involves the opening of the patient's stomach. The physicians desire to study the digestion of food in its different stages, and they can only do it by opening the stomach of a live mau. The chances of death from the operation are about 50 per cent. They received about 150 answers to their advertisement, each applicant expressing his willingness to run the risk for the money. They selected an expugilist, about thirty-five years of age, whose physical condition is said to be perfect. The pugilist will go to South America and turn himself over to the surgeons. If he lives, he gets the money. If he dies, it goes to his heirs. ? The people of Cumberland county, New Jersey, are stirred up by a remarkable occurrence that developed there recently. A bitter prohibition fight had been on for some weeks. The women of the Christian Temperance Union were using their influence on the authorities to prevent the granting of license. In open meeting, one woman prayed that God would paralyze the commission if they should persist in legalizing the sale of whisky. Next day Commissioner Wells was found in his office paralyzed. He died a few hours later. The people are greatly excited over the matter. Some believe that the death of the commission was solely and entirely due to the woman's prayer. The woman who offered the prayer is in sore distress on account of what she believes to be its result, and tbe other commissioners are undecided whether or not to permit the sale of liquor. ? The United States sells its forest lands at $2.50 an acre, lumber companies indirectly acquiring a square mile of land for a little over $1,600, while the timber on it is often worth $20,000. The French government forests return an average profit of $2.50 an acre annually from timber sales, or 21 per cent, interest on the value of the land. The United States now owns only enough forest land to provide a continual timber supply to its present population, if forests are managed and lumber used as in Germany. The United States is exactly in the position of a man making large drafts on and using up an immense idle capital, which, if properly invested, would return an interest sufficient for his expenditures. In 18S5 the government of Bavaria sent an expert forester to study the timbers of the United States, who stated : "In fifty years you will have to import your timhor nrirl no vnn will nrnhnhlv hnvn n lirpfer ww, va.v* ^ j ?j ?* r ence for American kinds, we shall now begin to grow them in order to be ready to send them to you at the proper time." ? It was necessary for Speaker Crisp to "sit down" on ex-Speaker Reed, one day last week. In the Reed congress, it will be remembered that the Republicans passed rules which in effect utterly squelched the Democratic minority. Of course the Democrats did not like this proceeding and kicked like steers. Now the tables have been turned and the Republicans are in the minority. Human nature is still human nature. The Democrats have seen fit to adopt some of the objectionable rules formerly used by the Republicans. On last Wednesday, Mr. ltced made a strong speech against making 100 members a quorum of the house. Reed is undoubtedly an able man and he took his point well. Speaker Crisp is about the only man in congress who can handle the burly man from Maine on parliamentary questions. The speaker left the chair and took the floor. He handled Reed without gloves, i and although the rule could have been i adopted anyway, he showed the Republicans that the Democrats were morally justifiable in their action. ? Preeminent above the heroes developed j by the big hurricane around Beaufort and | Port Royal, stands the name of .George P. I Elliott, a cousin of the ex-congressman. He , is a young man connected with the Coosaw ! Mining company, and was in charge of one j of the big pole boats employed in getting out | phosphate rock. For a day or two it was j believed that he was lost, but instead of this, j it developed that he saved the lives of not less than fourteen others. When he saw the ' gale coming up, he thought there was going j to be a storm, and he accordingly prepared his boat for it as best he could. He had a hard time. The wind drove his boat at the rate of thirty miles an hour along the river, across marshes and finally lodged him in an I oak tree. Ordering the boat to be fastened, he made a Negro get into a small canoe with : him, and by herculean efforts and the great- J est daring, battled against wind and wave for more than three hours, during which time he picked up from the waters and from broken trees, as many of his fellow unfortunates as he could find still alive. He is the recognized hero of the occasion. ? Senator Bate, of Tennessee, has a custom that is both picturesque and historical, j He always carries a piece of a cigar in one I corner of his mouth, but never smokes. He ( lias not lighted a cigur for years?not since the year 1863. At that time he was an inveterate smoker, and always had a cigar be- ' tween his lips. He was in the Confederate army during the war, and in that year was serving in the campaign in Virginia. In one of the battles of that campaign lie and his j brother were riding together. Bate took out a couple of cigars and handed one to his brother, and then tried to light one on his saddle, i Just then a cannon ball whizzed between the two brothers. It put out the match that the future Senator Bate had lighted, and at the same time killed his brother. Bate carried the dead body of his brother off the field, and then, after some of the excitement had passed away, he found the unlighted cigar still in his mouth. From that day to this he has never lighted a cigar. The shock was so great he never recovered from it, and the unlighted cigar is his one tobacco solace since that time. ? T. V. Powderly has written an open letter to President Cleveland, in which, after calling attention to the Democratic national platform last year, in its bearings on j the silver question, lie says it was a "plain, unequivocal declaration in favor of bimetalism," and that "it went even further, and demanded that paper money should stand upon an equal footing with gold and silver." i Mr. l'owderly continues: "The three partics?the Democratic, Republican and l'eo-: pie's?the three whose representatives met i in ttw? i-lnz'tnrnl enlleire deehired for the free coinage of silver. While there were radical differences of opinion as to the adoption of legislation concerning the revenue and tariff questions, the three great parties were j practically unanimous in their advocacy of free coinage of silver, and it may with safety ! be said that your election upon the currency plank of your party gave no uneasiness or alarm to those who were not members of the j Democratic party." In conclusion, Mr. Powdcrly says: "I express the hope that j your future policy may be found to be in consonance with the best interests of the American people, and that no dictation or intimidation front foreign nations will be I permitted to influence legislation on the currency question." ? When, after sending his recent message to congress President Cleveland returned to his home at Gray Gables, he was severely criticised by a large number of people. In the face of such an uuusual crisis as that which now confronts the country, it was thought that his place was in Washington, ; and in the absence of further information i these criticisms seemed just. It now devel-, ops, however, that the president is a very sick man. Though still able to be up and about, it is more than possible that his condition is critical. For sometime past he has been sufTerintr from an affection of the iaw. which was at first thought to he toothache. ( It gave him excruciating pain, hut not withstanding this, he continued to attend to : business without a murmur. Recently tli trouble developed into a species of rheumu tism that necessitated the removal of a por tion of the upper jaw bone. This was don not long ago, and the surgeons have reason to hope that a speedy recovery will follow I but they arc not certain. The president iia j returned to Washington, and is again at i tempting to look after the affairs of state I but those who stand closest to him, hav grave fears as to his ultimate recovery. Hi condition is certainly anything but encour aging. Site ilovkvillc tfhtipum' YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER (5, 1893 ? The creditor who seeks to make tin debtor pay double, is just as dishonest as th debtor who seeks to discharge his obliga tions at half values. Both are wrong. Jus ticc lies between the two extremes, and i should be the business of all civilized gov ernments to maintain their circulating me dium in such a way that the value of a uni could not fluctuate, up or down. A dollar twenty years ago, should have the same val ue of a dollar today, and a dollar of toda; should have the same value of a dollai twenty years hence. Legislation can brinj about this result, but there is little reason t( hope that it ever will. ? An aualysis of the recent vote on tin silver question, in the house of representa tives, shows that all the poorer States are ii favor of bimetalisin, while the wealthiei | States uphold a single gold sianuaru. jueuv ing out the States of New York, Massacliu j set*s and Pennsylvania, bimetalism has i majority in congress. The Democrats an almost evenly divided, and the Republican! almost solid against bimetalism. This seem! to indicate that New York, Pcnnsylvanh and Massachusetts, are controlling the Un ion, and a minority of Republicans are con trolling the Democratic party. ? The Richmond and Danville railroad ha! adopted The Enquirer's recent suggestioi and levied an income tax against thcsalariei j of its higher officials. The cut does no | affect the small salaried men. According t< j the order of the receivers, it applies as fol | lows: All salaries from $100 to $20S.30 pei ' month, to be reduced 10 per cent. Salarie: ; from $208.30 to $410.07, to be reduced 15 pei Icent. Salaries from $410.07 per month ant upward, to be reduced 20 per cent. This i: an income tax on the graduated principle One or two more breaks of the same kind and there will be some chance for the stock ; holders and less cause for kicking against tin ! laws of South Carolina. j ? Governor Tillman is entitled to all ercd 1 it for the manner in which he dealt with tin ! case of George S. Turner, the Spartanburg murderer. It is true, Turner's guilt wa: established beyond the 'shadow of a doubt but his long confinement created a great | deal of sympathy, and the pressure brough to bear for a pardon was very great. As i last resort, Turner's lawyers appeared be fore the governor armed with petitions con taining more than a thousand names. Tin governor accorded the attorneys a respect fill and uninterrupted hearing. For thre< j hours, the attorneys argued and plead, but ! all to no effect. The governor is a man oi tender heart and he was moved even ti tears, but he believed that justice required that Turner should hang, and accordingly he declined to interfere with the executior of the law. ? Since the house passed the bill for the unconditional repeal of the purchasing claust of the Sherman law, the fight has been trans ferreil to (he senate. What the senate i; going to do with the bill it is difficult to say The gold standard papers say that it wil vote for unconditional repeal. The senate is undoubtedly in favor of bi-metalism. The Sherman law is good for nothing except tc force a compromise. If the senators de cliue to repeal it, nobody can blame them It means that they fear the mandate : "One half of the people's money must be destroyed." If, on the other hand, they should vote for unconditional repeal, bimetalistf need not lose hope. There will be good reason to believe that the senate has satisfactory assurance that the silver provision of the Chicago platform is to be carried out in good faith. It now looks, however, that the final vote on the repeal bill is at least a week 01 ten days, if not further, oil'. ? The weather bureau at Washington has published a map showing the path of the great hurricane. When first heard from, tlu center of the storm was about 1100 miles due east of the southern extremity of Florida This was on the morning of August 25 From there, the centre passed up along tlu Florida coast within a few miles of Titusvilli and Jacksonville, went a little east of Brunswick, (la., and on the evening of the 27th struck the Atlantic shore about halfway between Fort Koval and Savannah. Then ii passed up east of Augusta, through Newherry, slightly west of Yorkville, which town it reaehed about .'1 o'clock on tin morning of the 28th. From Yorkville, tin center passed directly through Charlotte and on up a little west of Washington. It reached that city on the afternoon of the 28th. From Washington, the storm eentei passed through I'tiea, X. Y., and on the evening of the 2Hth, was last heard of about 100 miles northeast of Nova Seotia. The loss of life was prineially confined to the coasts of (icorgia and South Carolina, though there was more or less damage to property all along the route of the storm, from the time it struck the coast of Florida, until it left the coast of Canada. ? YEKY SIGNIFICANT. It is claimed by single gold standard papers, that a majority of the people of the country are opposed to bimctalisni. Xevci was a proposition more ' cheeky," or absurdly ridiculous. This fact is evidenced by a significant circumstance that is chronicled in The Congressional Record of last Friday. The house was discussing the report ol the committee on rules. The clerk had just read a rule allowing the committee on ways and means to prepare a bill and report the same whenever it saw tit. Mr. Springer. -i --'- < :?? l i-:... l COairuiail Ol me I'llllliumv mi diiiiimiiu, hum currency, re?|iicsted the same privilege for his committee. The request was granted. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, asked that the committee on coinage*, weights and measures also be included in this special privilege. It is a notorious fact that the committee on coinage, weights and measures, of which Mr. liland is chairman, has a majority in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Therefore, when the hill from this committee conies up. it will lie in favor of himctalism. Mr. Kilgore's motion was put by division ? that is, the members simply dividing for count. To the astonishment of those in favor of bimetalism, the result of the count was against the motion?to 7??. Any member has the right to call for the vcas and nays on any question, whenever he sees fit. Desiring to put the members on record on such an important question, .Mr. Kilgore immediately called for the yeas and e nays. As the clerk called the roll, it rapid ly developed that the mem hers had probably misunderstood the (jueslion as at first pro^ posed! When the yeas and nays were , eounted.it was found that tlie house had si j voted for Mr. Kiljjore's motion hyas'higa - j majority as it voted against it on division. '? From this, it would seem that while the (" majority of the house may he opposed to * himetalism, the people of the country are not. Otherwise, the members would not . have made such an underhand attempt to stave off the report of the committee on * coinage until probably the end of the session, * 1 i t I..*- i.\IM Wlieil 11 would no loo uue lor avuuii. i nitlier, under (lie circumstances, it is not surprising that a number of senators have expressed it as their intention to never consent to the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. + ? . ? "CONFIDENCE RETT KM MJ." The big "panic" of 1890 is at an end. The New York bankers have declared it oil', and confidence is returning. A New York dispatch of last Saturday announced the news . as follows: : Hank reserve increased live million dollars this ^ week, being about the same as last week. The " reserve is now only one and a half million dolC jars below the government requirenient. The lowest point reached below was sixteen an*l a half million. To have recovered fifteen million '? in about throe weeks' time, shows that deposits ^ are flowing into the banks again and that loans are being paid. This good showing is having - marked oH'oot, and a more hopeful feeling provails. Depositors having been informed that they can now get their money on demand, no t longer want it. , Simultaneously with the above, comes the - information tbat "busted" banks are resuming business all over the North, cotton mills [ are resuming operations, and other industries j of all kinds arc livening up, and even Carne> gie's big iron works have again put their men to work. Perhaps better times will follow in the South soon. We did not feel 2 the squeeze down here until late, and of - course we will be the last to recover. 1 Put what does it all mean ? The Sherman l" law has not yet been repealed, and there is a possibility that it will not be unconditionally. - Then, what can be the matter? Nobody 1 knows? Posh! With the country in the - most nourishing condition than it has been 3 at any time in its history, the conspiring li3 mincers of the Northeast ordered a general 1 shut down in order to influence legislation in their own selfish interest. Their order - was obeyed, and untold distress prevailed everywhere. So far, they have only been partially successful. Their complete suc3 cess was only prevented through the riotous 1 demonstrations of the starving workmen at 3 their doors, and ominous mutterings of the * millions of half desperate people in the West. ) The conspirators feared revolution. The end is not vet. i* - ? CLEARINGHOUSE CERTIFICATES. r There has been more or less talk recently 1 about clearinghouse certificates. We desire s to express our opinion on the subject. The clearinghouse certificate had its ori, gin in New York city. In our opinion, its - purpose was not to make money more plcn) tiiul, but on the contrary to make it scarcer. More than anything else, it was merely an expedient brought into existence for the pur pose of facilitating the work of cornering the J currency of the country. The idea of cornert ing the currency and driving it into a hole, 5 was to make a scare, and the idea of the j certificate was to prevent a collapse. The t cornering of the money was morally wrong t and the circulation of the certificates is i clearly a violation of the law. But this was the work of New York bank ers. They arc not amenable to law. They J are bigger than the law. Having violated law, however, they have made it necessary J for others to do so in self protection?in order t to stave off incalculable suffering and disf tress. > Clearinghouse certificates in New York I were issued to bring about a squeeze in the ' rest of the country, and the rest of the ? country can only defeat the purpose of the New York sharks by issuing certificates also. That is the situation today. : Here is the principal point of difference ; between New York and Southern towns. New York has plenty of money, but is ' issuing clearinghouse certificates to keep / "J"? '* f AtlMte lllM'n ITUI11 Jliiyillg 11 VMll. i^lMllliv-1 11 lunuo < <?.< v> ' 110 money, or very little, and are forced to ! issue clearinghouse certificates to take its 5 place. ' Of the certificates in Xew York we have little to say. They may he good, and they may not be. It depends entirely on the : honesty of the Xew York bankers and their j "getatable." assets. Of course, however, we j ' consider that their certificates are rcasona5 bly safe. The only trouble about them is, that, as a rule, they are in large denominations and not available for small transactions. In Koek Hill and Fort Mill it is very dif' ferent. The certificates would be good if backed by nothing else but the honor of the I men who'have issued them. Hut they ure . backed by more than this. According to , our understanding, for every dollar's worth! , of certificates, there has been deposited two dollars' worth of gilt edge securities. Hach dollar certificate is a loin on these securities until redeemed in currency. So far as the j ; actual worth is concerned, it is consequently more valuable than gold, and as sjuch it I should circulate. Its absence would result j in incalculable distress, while its presence is j ' | attended with great good. The men who have issued the certificates get no special benefit, and are really entitled to the thanks of those who use them. It is i true that the certificates are in the nature of a promise to pay, and that they do not bear interest, but being secured by collateral in double the amount of their face value, they ; are absolutely safe. If any one wants fur-1 . ther assurance, aside from the integrity of: the business men who have issued these cer-, : | tifieates, let them investigate the value of the collaterals by which they are secured, j and being satisfied on this point, lot them! not hesitate to take them as money at par. Tin: (Iovkknou and Tin-: Kki'oktkk.? i Ordinarily it takes a smart man to keep] ahead of an Atlanta reporter, hut it ean he j done, as was demonstrated by (lovernor Till-1 i man last Wednesday. The governor was j ! passing through Atlanta and was tackled hy 1 j a reporter lor The Constitution. The result , of the interview is published as follows: "How is your whisky law moving along?" was asked. j "Oh, bosh ! I have talked about that li-i i <|Uor business to you reporters until I am ! sick. I have talked it ad nauseam." "It's giving satisfaction to the people at j I large, isn't it ?" "Hope so! It will when they see it is at its best. "What do you mean by at its best ?" "There are several things to be tacked on ; to the law." "What, for instance ?" "Oh, well, here now, 1 don't care to get .started on this business. K very blamed j newspaper reporter I've ever talked to got it all muddled in type and mixed up like type j cooked into a luinee meat pie. You'll do the same thing, so what's the use talking about ' : it ?" "Ho you intend to change the law in any j great way?" : "X-o-p-e!" j J "What then ?" ".lust a few patches by tin- State legislaf 11 ? < otu l ti lo CI 1 ? tt'iilll i? 4*4 11! t*f li I' I In- I *11i I t?|] ' ' Stall's." i ''What will those patches he?" ' Look aherc. voting man. you ini?ht as well ask me what's in last year's bird e^jrs. I don't know." ' The law is jiivilli; the people good whis' ky. isn't it ?" | "Yes, better than they had before. < >h, | it's ooinjr to eomc out all ri.uht in the end.1 I have never lost faith in its wisdom, and its : right. It will do a vast deal of good. It will prove :i good law, and tlie people of my State will like it when they see it operate' and understand it hotter." DEATH IN TilK STOIOI. ! Fearful Loss ol' I.iff on llic f'oiisl Sea Islamls Ssv?*j?t as Willi a Hroom?Money Loss (iocs up Into Millions -Steamships Wrecked and Destruction K very where?Survivors St a r\ inj; and Crying for Help. Horrible, horrible, horrible! The human mind is scarcely capable of realizing the extent of the terrible disasters wrought by the fearful hurricane of August 27 and 28. The wires were all down last week, railroad communication was cut jofT. and but little authentic news was obtainable. Communication was re-established with Port Koyal and Beaufort on Friday, and every day since, the daily papers have been having details of the most distressing calamity that has visited the State since the war. The centre of the terrible hurricane struck i the South Carolina coast at or about Port | Royal, and brought with it death and dc'stuction. Human estimates put the loss of j life at anywhere from S00 to, 1,500. None | but the recording angel knows the exact figj ures, and until the sea gives up its dead, none j other ever will. The damage to property | was also fearful, but it is so overshadowed j by the dark pall of death, that no one even has the heart to attempt to calculate it. LOCALITY OF THE DISASTER. Skirting the coast from Savannah to Charleston, there are innumerable islands, j Some larger and some smaller, but all lie j low in the water and at high tide some are ] nearly entirely submerged. Before the war these islands were valuable property, and ! were the. source of the richest revenues of ! most of the wealthy planters along the coast. I Since the war they have been given over ali most entirely to Negroes, who have been making their living by the cultivation of sea island cotton, rice, corn, potatoes, etc. By the last census, the total population of all the islands along this territory was about 1(5,000. THEIR HOMES. The homes of the Negro farmers were very humble. Usually they consisted of run down shanties constructed of boards, and their cost would seldom run over $250 or $300. The houses generally stood just above the high water, and were provided with no shelter whatever from the sea, not even a grove of trees, as trees do not flourish there. THE STORM. The storm came up without warning. The people were used to storms, and of course paid little-attention to the ominous black clouds which preceded the terrible disaster. The wind grew stronger and stronger, and the waves lashed the shores furiously. Many I houses were blown down and the occupants | were killed in the debris. These disasters were speedily followed by a great tidal wave, ! which, driven by the wind with all its fury, I flooded the doomed islands, and swept from j their face, not only every living creature? | human and brute--but every creation of human hands, including houses, barns, fences, crops?everything. This was the case with some of the islands. Others fared better, but none escaped entirely. The destruction was simply terrible. COUNTIXt; THE DEAD. After the storm subsided, which was not for several hours after it had wrought its destruction, the living began to search for the' dead. The bodies of the unfortunate inhabitants were to be found everywhere. Here would be one lying along the beach, there two more in the wet and tangled marsh grass, and over yonder perhaps a dozen around the wreck of a cabin. Men, women, children and infants were scattered everywhere. As many as sixteen bodies were found huddled together at a single place, and death was so common that one or two corpses ceased to attract the attention of searchers. Unless they found a half dozen or more bodies together, they ceased to pay any attention to them. Collins were not to be had in sufficient numbers, and in some cases the i dead were piled together in one big pit and covered with earth. Xr.MHKR OF HOUSES DESTROYED. As yet it has been impossible to get a complete estimate even of the number of houses destroyed. On Ladies' island, seventy houses are gone. At what is known as the Eustis place, there were fifty houses. Now there are only three. On Hope plantation and Indian Hill, not a single house was left, and out of seventy-five houses on Coosaw island, there are now less than a dozen. Altogether, not less than SO per cent, of I the total number of houses 011 the islands must have been destroyed. A DEATH ROI.I.. A press dispatch gives the following death roll furnished by Coroner Wells, of Beaufort county: "Drowned on Wassa island, 47: Coffin Point, 80; Dawthan, 37; Coosaw is: land, 25; Chisolm's island, 2(J; Hunting island, 25; St. Helena island, 200; Beaufort, 3; Salt Water bridge, 4 : (ilehata, (i; (JreyI hill, 3; Perry Clear Point 11; Ladies'island, ; 27; Paris island, 24: Land's End, 20; Kane's 1 Neck, 60; Savanfield plantation, 200; Coosaw Mills, 5; 011 dredges, 5. Total, 758. Other islands arc to be heard from." DISTRESS AMO.VC THE LIVIXO. Orcat destitution prevails among the liv| ing. They have no clothes and nothing to I cat. Worse still, they arc unable to find work, and there is nobody even from whom they can beg. Unless they get help from the outside, I hey will surely starve. LOSS TO PHOSPHATE INTERESTS. The direct loss to the phosphate companies mining in Coosaw river, is estimated at $350,000. At this time it seems rather ?.:|i milHHIltl ill> IU ? I1ULIIC1 IIIU v;uiil|i?iuit-a >?m resume business. The governor has already recommended a reduction of royalties, and given it as his opinion that the State will be willing to assume a portion of the losses. If these measures are taken, the companies will no doubt be able to resume at an early day? probably within two months. DESTIUTTIOX AT 1UCA I'l'OltT. The destruction to property was very great in and around the town of Beaufort, but comparatively few lives were lost. The loss of life in other portions of Beaufort island, however, was very heavy, and crops were destroyed completely. MOW CIIAUI.KSTOX I AKI:I>. Before the news of the destruction on the sea islands was received, the people of Charleston thought they were ruined. Now they arc of the opinion that they did not have much of a hurricane after all. But all the same, Charleston has had a hard time of it. Nearly every building in the city was more, or less damaged, and the total loss will easily foot up more than $1,000,000. Three lives were lost in the city, and three on Sullivan's island. The battery was badly damaged, and the tidal wave swept into the lower portion of the city in :i regular iloou. .Nearly all oi llie wharves were lorn from their foundations, and huge logs were floated down tiic streets to lind lodgment in yards and piazzas of private homes. Tugs and pilot boats were torn from their moorings and driven ashore in the city. The people passed twelve hours ; in terror of their lives. A KINK STKAMKit WKKCK Kit. The steamship City of Savannah, of the Huston line, bound fur Savannah, (la., was wrecked oil' the coast of Hunting island, about thirty miles east of Beaufort. There were about thirty passengers on board. These all managed to escape to land after enduring great privations, nearly famishing for want of water and starving for something to eat. The wreck of the Savannah was discovered by the steamer Birmingham, i and the Savannah's passengers, who had taken refuge on Hunting island, were taken ! aboard and carried to Savannah, (la., which [ is only a short, distance away. (I'l lI Kit WRUCKS KKAKKD. (pule a number of coastwise vessels have been long overdue, and it is feared that some of them have shared the fate of the Savannah. I hiring the past week, however, several vessels that had been given over for lost, have put into port and reported terrible times on the sens. cool) WORK ok 'I'll K OOVKRNOK. Since his return from Chicago, (lovernor Tillman has been bending every effort for the relief of the suffering Negroes on the coast. He was informed on Friday as to the extent of the disaster hv Receiver J. 11. Averill, of the 1'ort Royal and Augusta railroad. He immediately issued a proclamation promulgating the terrible news, and asking the people of the State to immediately come to the rescue of their unfortunate colored brethren, with money, food and clothing. Subscriptions have since been pouring in from Charleston, Columbia and other towns throughout the State, and the' poor wretches will soon he amply provided i'.... mm <i... .1,...... ; nil. i in* l;ii v * i inn in tiiitiiw iiicii iiiv: mu in may Ik* followed by epidemic disease, and on last Saturday lie sent Dr. Habeoek to tin* j j scene of the recent disaster, to investigate j , and immediately report on the sanitary con- ' Editions existing there. The governor will also see to it that relief is properly distrih- ' nted, and that the proper means are used to! induce the unfortunate sufferers to rebuild, their homes and begin over life anew. ? THE LAST (IF (iEOKHK S. TIIINKK. Tin- S|tnrliinl>iii'K|^lio?lerer Pays, in l'nrl, tin- Penalty of Mis Prime Willi III- I.ife. (ieorge S. Turner was hanged in Spartan-1 | burg, between 12 and 1 o'clock, last Friday,! for the murder of Edward Finger nearly four years ago. The hanging was not attended with any sensational incident. liiirimr several weeks lirevinlis to the eve eution, the various ministers of the town i had been regular visitors to the cell of the ]1 ! condemned man. They prayed with him and 1 advised him as to his spiritual welfare, and i some time before his execution, he professed j i religion and said that he believed he would I Igo to heaven, hut was not certain. He j | maintained an outward indifference as to his ! i fate up to the day of his death, and con- j I tinned to manifest a keen interest in the; alfairs of the world outside. He slept sound-; ly and ate heartily, but refused to talk of his crime or past career to newspaper re-; porters. The condemned man was visited by Ins wife and three children on Friday morning, i Mrs. Turner has been faithful toiler husband ; throughout all his troubles. Though she was i a sister of the man her husband murdered, and sister of the woman whose wrong by I her husband caused all the trouble, she nev- i er forgot that she was her husband's wife,! and she stuck to him devotedly to the last. I On her final visit she remained a long time I in his cell, and her loud moans and piteous lamentations were heartrending in the extreme. When it was time for her to go, it! was necessary for the officials to use a certain amount of force. The hanging took place in a barn on the premises of the jail. Notwithstanding a heavy rain, a large number of people coilectjed outside. None were admitted except I those allowed by law. The prisoner was j conducted to the scaffold, and Sheriff Dean j I read the death warrant. Kev. W. T. I>e-! rieux. offered up a prayer in behalf of the J I condemned man's soul. Turner was very i I nervous, but gave no other evidence of emo- j j tion. When asked if he had anything to I 1 say, he replied that he had nothing. At a | signal from the sheriff, he took his place on I the scaffold, the black cap was adjusted, and j the trap was sprung. Turner died in fifteen i ! minutes, and the post mortem developed! ; that his neck was broken. Tt'HNKit's CAKKKK. George S. Turner was born about 5 miles west of Gaffuey City, on July 0, 1850. His parents were highly respected and well-to-do people. The war came on at the time when Turner should have been at school, and he; was deprived of an education. When he was ' grown, he engaged in the business of peddling! clocks, at which he made considerable money, j: Afterwards, when about 23 years of age, he ! went to school in Spartanburg for a short: j time, but left on account of trouble with the ' | teacher and one of the pupils. He afterward : I married, and by shrewd conduct in business,' i met with considerable prosperity. He pur-: j chased a half-interest in the Fingcrvillc Cotton factory. He afterward sold this and! bought a small factory at Valley Falls. This ; property, which has been greatly improved, | still belongs to his estate. Turner's first serious crime was the : killing of a young German named Mct/kia, who was in his employ. They had trouble over a settlement, and Turner shot the German in the head with a shotgun, killing him instantly. This was in 1SS7. Turner was put on trial, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. He managed to get a new trial, however, and in 188.3 lie was ; acquitted. The crime for which Turner paid me penality with his life, was the murder of his brother-in-law, Edward Finger, which occurred on the 7th of March, 1890. Miss j Clara Finger, who was a sister-in-law of Turner's, was a beautiful girl of eighteen. In the spring of 18S9, she passed ; through Spartanburg on her way to school j in North Carolina. She went with Turner to a store to buy a pair of shoes. Turner J j told her that it was not proper to try on a j I pair of shoes in a store, and offered that if j I she would go to the hotel he would send the | shoes to her. He carried the shoes himself, i | and according to the story of the girl, by ! i means of drugs and force, accomplished her I ruin. She went to North Carolina, and when ! she returned in November she hud in her: | arms a young baby. Old Mrs. Finger, the mother of the girl, was heartbroken at the disgrace that came upon the family. Ed- , ward Finger, was the oldest brother, and con- ' scquently the natural protector of his sister. He was a timid man, and although he threatened to kill Turner, was afraid to put his threat into execution. Turner was not satisfied with his own con- j duet, and being a coward in disposition, lie < ' set about taunting Finger at every opportu- i j | nity. Finally, things came to a climax, one ' j day, as Finger was returning from Spartan-1 | burg. I Te called by Turner's store and dared ' him to come out. Turner came. After some j | quarreling, Finger tried to draw his pistol.) I He was so excited that he discharged it while taking it from his pocket. Turner al-1 ! ready had his own weapon drawn, and shot ; Finger in the side. Finger died shortly i * afterward. Turner was tried, convicted and sentenced | to death, but having employed able conn-.' I sel, he managed to stave off justice for near- ' ! ly four years. When lie began to realize i that his fate was about settled, he tried to i provide himself with a means to commit sui-: cide, but was discovered and prevented from [ carrying out his intention. He next wrote '. I a letter in which he asked his wife to send j, him some tiles with which to cut his way ! . . iii out of jail. Till! letter was intercepted, ana | the plan was broken up. There was talk of | his having offered a reward of $">,000 to i anyone wiio would rescue him, and it was ' rumored that a party of roughs had been . organized for the purpose, hut so far as is | known, there was nothing in the story, i Turner's wealth is variously estimated at,'" from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars, hut ' this is mere guess work. There is 110 means of getting at the amount of money he ex- 1 ponded for lawyers' fees and other incidents ; connected with his long legal fight, and; there is no way of estimating the value of (' the various properties that constitute his os- j( tate. The principal interest in his execution ' attaclws from the fact that he was a white i man with plenty of money and a great deal 1 of outside influence. The incident in some | , measure proves that it is not altogether true, h that ' South Carolina maintains court houses: lor the rich, ami jails ami scallolds fur the poor.'' 11 MKKK MKNTION. The cities of llarta and Kayal, on the j Azores islands, were destroyed by the recent hurricane. The town of Magnolia, Ark., was destroyed by fire last Saturday. The 1 loss was about $-10,000. Senator l>olph j < has introduced a hill asking for an appropri- j ation of $">00,( ()() with which to enforce the s provisions of the Chinese exclusion act. i The employes of the L. and X. railroad are' on a strike against a proposed reduction of 1 wages. It expected that during the t next few weeks, 10,000 Negroes will he < thrown out of work in the vicinity of Savan- j nail on account of the suspension, of opera- f v tions by naval stores producers. 101, 10.3 and 100 are (lie ages of three men living ' near Corpus Christi, Texas. Major Brown, a millionaire live-stock breeder, of ' Nashville, Tennessee, committed suicide 11 last Wednesday by shooting himself through y the head with a revolver. The yellow f fever situation at Brunswick, <b?., and other points, remain unchanged. The disease has not yet become epidemic, and there is good 11 reason to hope that it will not do so. On ' the passage of the unconditional repeal bill a in the house of representatives, President 1 Cleveland immediately telegraphed his con- p gratulations to Mr. Wilson and his col- j leagues. a * ^ * - i The IH*|m-iishi',v Ti'udcuiai'Ii. C ? In order to prevent outside dealers and others from counterfeiting dispensary bottles (| and lables. (Jovcrnor Tillman recently made j (i application to the patent office, to have the ,j palmetto tree registered as a trade mark, j The commissioner of patents has refused to ,11 grant the application. In closing his decision he says: "It is considered that the State \ of South Carolina, notwithstanding the acts ( '* 'A ' ? " /iAiiti?/yl OI lis governor iimi r-'uno miuni >71 wiium, ^ lias no authority to ileal in liquors outside ^ its own limits, is not the owner of any trade mark, the right to the use of trade mark sought to he registered, and, therefore, the . ti ajqilieation is denied."' | V LOCAL AFFAIRS. IN'DF.X TO MOW AI > V101 IT IS10 M10 NTS. ' The Misses Crenshaw?Want permanent and transient boardeis. J. W. Y. l>iekson, President?(lives notice that ] a meeting of the Chestnut drove Alliance , will he held on the 2-'!d of September. j, Hart A Hart, l'lnintill's Attorney?Siinimons to 11 absent defendants in the ease of Walter .1.1 Hawlinson, against Mary 10. Myers and * others. \V. J. Itoddey, Agent of lOuiiitahlc Life Insnr- j anec Society, ltoek 11 ill?Twenty years' ago; twenty years hence. lOnqnirer Olliee?lteward for black silk and j ] limtlinr tifiin 1 _1 ! <r -mil cmitniitw liwl nil (lie . Chester rou(i. | W. ('. Latimer? Is offering a lot of hoys' school oven-oats and gents' winter clothing. His new goods for the fall and winter trade are ' arriving, among which he claims there will j he found the hest novelties in seasonable !i calicoes. j Sam M. (Jrist?On the fourth page, gives the I ( reasons why every progressive farmer shonld buy a Corbin Disk Harrow. Ho I claims that it will pay for itself in one j ' year, and then yon can have the use of it | for a dozen years without cost. Lowry it Starr?Have something more to say 11 about spectacles, tobaccos and cigars, and ! Imperial Egg Kood, which it is claimed j will cause hens to lay throughout the win-! tor. 11 K. B. Lowry?Calls attention to hisstock of fancy | groceries and especially canned fruits, j i Also, groceries of the best quality. I 1 T. M. Dobson, manager of Dobson's Uacket Dry <foods and Shoe Store?Has a full 5 stock of shoes, dress goods, prints, jeans, outings, tinware, tobacco, and snuff, ami many other articles which have just arriv- , ed and are offered at rock bottom prices. A. M. Crist?Has purchased HXt "Rapid Writer" fountain pens which he oilers to sell at $2 j 1 each?a reduction of ">0 cents. Hunan Brothers?Who make a specialty of gent's furnishing goods, tell about their ( stock of clothing, hats, shirts, ties, etc. .1. H. Barnes, the jeweler?Is prepared to repair' broken spectacles and eye-glasses and j make them as good as new. t?eo. T. Schorb?Claims still to be on top with ( regard to the sale of the Wilcox A- White I organs and the Decker pianos, and says i that for a while he will sell them powerful . low. He also has just receive a lot of cylinder cedar churns, which arc very popu- 1 lar with those who have used them. ( Ferguson Brothers?Have received a barrel of white fish, a large lot of new brooms which are warranted to sweep clean, tubs of al- ? most every size, and again direct attention to the He-No tea which is offered at 7"> ( cents a pound. They also sell country-11 ground corn meal at SO cents a bushel. Hunter A Oates?Say that every one who has 1 seen theirstoek ol'Strouse A Brothers cloth- | ing is praising the tit and stylo. They have , in stock, pants, breeches, trousers and pantaloons, so you can have your choice. i W. M. Houston A Co.?Have for sale a number of articles in hardware, including handsaws, key-hole saws, braces, tiles, locks, 1 pocket knives, razors, lamp-burners ami j wicks, etc. \f c. II / w._ II l.?,| ,1,,.,.,, | ii. \ . niiiin.N)?Jiuti; in?iii\ni \?*#?? ii |?. iv-wf | . in order to make room for new stork. , Their shoes have arrived. I Withers Adiokos Company?Are haying all j I kinds of country produco. j ( May A May?Have just received a stock of ]?ipes, colognes, etc., anil are increasing! ] their stock in every department. . BASK BALL NOTES. The Yorkville and Beth-Shiloh baseball 1 clubs played a match game on the grounds ' in this place last Saturday afternoon. The ' score resulted 21 to loin favor of Beth-M Shiloh. 1 The Chester and Yorkville colored clubs:1 played a game in Chester last last Wednes-,5 day. The game was stopped by rain. The : score stood 12 to in in favor of Chester, with Yorkvilie's lost inning remaining un-| played. CHAMiKS ()! ' RESIDENCE. < Mr. and Mrs. It. T. Allison commenced i!, < housekeeping on Monday. They are occu-) > pying the J. R. Ashe cottage on College; . street. Mr. Cahuisac Moore and family, formerly j, of the Guthriesvillc section, moved to11 Yorkville on yesterday, and are occupying { one of Mr. \Y. IT. Quinn's houses on King's , Mountain street. ( Senator Finley and family expect to re- , move this week from Mr. J. II. Riddle's < house to Mrs. Gist's, and Dr. A. Y. Cart- , wright and family will move into the resi- j deuce vacated by Mr. Finley. ( REPORTS OK THE THRESHERS. ( Reports from the wheat and oats thresh- ' ers throughout the county up to date are as * follows: 1 WHEAT. OATS. ( J. M. Thomasson, 2,2IX) 800 K. II. Dover A Co 2,.'too 1,<KK) Jackson A* Cnrrence, 2,f?K) 500 i Armstrong A Jackson, .'{,51X) 1,500 : Smith A Hrothei*s 1,700 500 Whitesidcs A McKnight, 1,2<X) 2(H) 1 Foster A Harris, 2,082 1,.'W4 i Erwin A Gordon, 2,810 2,570 Good Brothers, 4,740 1,775 1 llartness A Ramsey ,'{,5<x> .'too , The above statistics grow more interesting i as they grow more complete. We shall be 11 under obligations to other threshers if they j | will send in their roports at once. TOWN'CLOCK KCNI). |( Mr. J. F. Jeflerys, town treasurer, ac-!1 counts for the town clock fund that has come 14 into his oflice from time to time, as follows :; From mule race, September!), 1887, 870 no Willing Workers, March 11, lsso 45 no j Yorkville Dramaticeluh, December 18, IS'H) til 45 1. Total 8140 00 jl Refunded to Willing Workers In May, : 18!U 45 IX) I :1 Balance on hand 8101 45 | The above includes all the funds for which the town is responsible. If any one knows if any other funds outstanding, they are requested to give information of the same to ' Treasurer Jefl'ervs or Intendant Moore. ! t THE CHAUTAUQUA CHICLE. c The White Rose Chautauqua Literary j t ind Scientific Circle of Yorkville, begun the ; fifth year of its existence last Monday night 1 ( under auspicious circumstances. j a The initiatory meeting for the course of t IS!Kl-!)4, was held at the residence of Judge j c Withcrspoon and was well attended. Quite t i number of new applications were received, t jut as under the constitution the member-1 ? diip is limited to twenty-one, the circle was under the necessity of rejecting all but a few. u Ys it now stands, the membership is as fol- \ ows: Misses Lessie Witherspoon, Mattie a Spencer, Bettic Jenkins, Jeannette Davidson,! t Mary Clark, Anicc O'Leary, Cora Kuyken- f lal, Claude Moore, Bessie Barron. Mrs. J. S. j Rrice, Mrs. W. F. Marshall, Rev. W. (I. v S'eville, Dr. C. M. Kuykendal, Dr. M. W. j t White, Messrs. J. S. Rrice, T. F. McDow, J., c \. Tate, Paul McNcel, E. D. Hohbs, R. W.1 v llutson, l'rof. W. B. Dove. j t The officers of the circle will he elected oil ii text Monday night. 1 DAMAfilv TO THE HKIIHiES. The county commissioners held their reguar meeting in the office of [Messrs. Finley & t trice yesterday. They had been putting in : v nost of the week looking after the bridges d lamagcd by the recent storm, and their t irincipal business at the meeting was to con- v ider ways and means of repairing the loss, fi Most of the damage occurred in the teritory of Commissioner Smith. That gen- ! leman has been in the saddle nearly ever ii lay since the storm, and has already accom- s< dished a great deal of work. Mr. Corn- p ..-ii*.. ?: ?i n..? .i,,n,.,?n < V L*II ? rtuuuuii rtuaiuiuuu mit muv uttmu^v, . iml Mr. Sapoch's section also got oil' rather e ightlv. Both of these gentlemen, however, c uivc already procured full information, and ft ire ready to prosecute the work of repairs' 1 cithout dcla". Mr. Smith's report is as n ollows: ; a On Tcrkkv ('itkkk.?Bridge at Scott's a nill moved a few inches ; damage slight.. c< 1 ridge on l'inckney road destroyed. It had .1 ready hceu condemned, however, and the n oss is small. \V. A. Robinson's and Lucas' , ii iridgc are all right. Tiers of the Young- ft flood bridge washed out and bridge lodged | ft cross the creek, 35 or 40 feet from its prop- j ci r foundation. Damages $25. tl Bn.lock's C'kkkk.?(Jillespie's ford bridge,' v lamage about $10; Kell's bridge slightly! lj amaged, and Sarratt's bridge demolished., lc I'he loss at Sarratt's bridge is about $200,1 b; lore or less. j 1 Clark's Fork.?Caldwell, Faulkner and j si Yhitcsides's bridges, each damaged slightly.' b' lalloway's Old Mill bridge, and the bridge j n the Howell's ferry road, each damaged to , ti he extent of from $15 to $10. fr Kino's Crkkk.?This is in Sapoch's sec-1 li ion. All bridges are intact except that al S \ nisonunt s 111111, which is damaged auoui | rc The damage on Buffalo can he repair-! id by road hands. The Leslie bridge, on ('roudcr's creek : the Vllison bridge at the railroad trestle: and the b'ishing creek bridge on the old Saluda road, vere all washed away. The total loss to lie county, however, will scarcely exceed j i<">0i). CHURCH XOTICKS. Kpiseopal?Lay services next Sunday at [0.45 a. 111., and Sunday-school immediate1 % y atterwarii. Presbyterian?Rev. W. (J. Neville, pastor. | services next Sunday at 10.80 a. m., and 8 1. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. 111. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at ">) j'clock. Baptist?Rev. \\\ J. Langston, pastor. k'oUKVii.i.K?Services next Sunday at 10.HO j'clock n. in., and at S o'clock p. m. Sunlav-scliool at 4 o'clock )i. in. Prayer-meetng tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?llev. S. A. IVeber, pastor. Services next Sunday mornng at 10.80, and evening at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4.80 o'clock p. in. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. 1. C. OJalloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services lext Sunday at 11 a. m. Yokkvii.i.k?Services at 8 o'clock p. in. Sunday-school at 1.80 o'clock p. in. Prayer-meeting tomorrow jvening at 8 o'clock. YES, WHO WOI'IjDX'T? A and B were arguing the silver question in the streets of Yorkville the other da/. \ was in favor of tlie free coinage of silver it a ratio of sixteen to one, and B did not jbject to free coinage, provided the silver j * n - * i i n - *1. .!I lonar contained a uonars wunn ui nivit. "Why," saiil H, "suppose you should coin silver into dollars at a ratio of sixteen to jne. One dollar in gold would he worth swo in silver. If congress should pass such v law today, I would immediately go to the ;>ank, deposit $2,000, and telegraph to New York to buy silver bullion with" it right i way!" "And right you are," replied A. "I would go with you. We would liud others Iherc ahead of us. and there would he so many throughout the whole country who wanted to buy silver bullion, that we would dc extremely lucky if we should get in our jrdcrs before gold and silver had struck a parity." The argument did not convince, but it strikes us that it will do to think about a $rcat deal. They say prices are controlled jy supply, and demand. That is right. Let the government make a demand for ;he use of silver as money, and the price would rise to the level of gold quicker than I i submerged cork could find its way to the surface. ? roiioitiin max ok xkgiio? The following letter received on Saturday i explains itself fully : Yoiikvim.k, S. ('., September 1, I MM. Knrron Yohkyii.i.k knquihku : As you stat-1 ed in your last paper about Lent Mobloy's death I it Mr. Logan ?v Ilinson\s saw mill by a falling I ree and another Negro escaping, please just 1 itate in your next paper that it was Mr. London ! S'eely, also colored, that escaped in place of S'egro. I.ox oojf Xkki.v. We arc always glad to correct mistakes, [ especially when they are called to our atten-1 ion in such a respectful manner. Tt is true :hat it is just as easy to print it "colored j man" as "Negro," but the question of concern is. which is corect? A representative gathering of the race front all parts of the south discussed the matter at length in ai invention held in Memphis, Tenn., about two years ago. Among other terms, they | canvassed, "nigger," "Afro-American," "colured man," "freedman," etc., and finally settled down on "Negro" with a big "N" as the most proper and at the same time the! most respectable. In deference to this decision, we have since been printing the word whenever we had occasion to use it, with i big "X," and in so doing, innocent of all ntention to reflect on the race. We don't know the correspondent, but we do not be-. ieve he is a "colored" man. If lie is, we i would like to ask when he was colored, and 1 who did it. If the tree had fallen on him, xnd we are glad to know that it did not, he | would have been at least partially colored,! jut as it is, on the authority of represcnta-! lives of his race, he must be a Negro, which j lesignation is as proper when applied to him ; is Caucasian, Indian, Mongolian, or Malay-1 in, as applied to the other four races of: nankind. DISPFXSAltY PROFITS. The county board of control held a meetng in the oflice of Messrs. Finlcy & Brice ast Monday, to discuss the question of the iroper distribution of the profits realized rom the Blacksburg dispensary. The disuission developed a state of affairs that is lot altogether satisfactory to the board. It seems that the State commissioners j claim one-half of the gross profits for the <tate, and construe the law to mean that he other half, after bearing all the expenses j >f the business, shall be equally divided beween town and county. Last month the sales amounted to $300. )f this $150 was profit, and half of this last imount, $75, as per instructions, was sent to he State dispenser at Columbia. With the itlicr $75, the dispenser paid expenses to he amount of about $67, and had left to urn over In the county board, the sum of :8 and a few cents. The members of the county board having! ip to this time received no pay for their scr- j ices, applied the $vS as part payment on their ! ccounts, and the dispensary is still in debt o the amount of something like $25. So tir, neither towi or county arc in it. The members of the board are of the opin- j an that something is wrong. They think j lie State should bear half the expense of i oiulucting their business, and that the diision of profits should not commence un-1 il all expenses are settled. They expressed J t as their intention to conduct next month's nisiness on that basis. HFLPIXCi THKSKA ISLAXDHIIS. Yorkville has never turned a deaf ear to lie cry of distress. No matter who nor /liero, when fellow human beings meet with ire calamity, our people, overflowing with j he milk of human kindness which makes the . 'hole earth akin, are always prompt to of>r substantial aid. l*i)on the arrival of the daily papers last Yidav night, containing the first authentic lformation of the terrible distress on the i>a islands, along with Governor Tillman's reclamation to the Christian people of the tate, the town council eovencd and appointd a committee to canvass the town for food,! ' i lothing and money. This committee perirmed its work 011 Saturday and Monday. ' L was stated that food and clothing were lost desirable. Everybody gave freely, j ml besides a large quanity of Hour, meal ml potatoes, etc., the committee raised a ! onsiderable sum in cash. The various ministers of the town anounced from their pulpits 011 Sunday morn-' ig, the calamity that had befallen the un- , jrtunate islanders. Next day the supply of )od and clothing, already collected, was ; 3iisidcrahly augmented, and on yesterday , ic relief committee shipped to Beaufort arious articles, aggregating in value scarce- i, ; less than $150. The items were as fol-j | >ws : 14.1 sacks flour, 4 sacks corn meal, 1 L ug onions, 2 hags potatoes, 2 sacks collee,;. barrel molasses, 1 barrel onions, 1 barrel . >vcet potatoes, 2 barrels Irish potatoes, 4|< oxes clothing. : | The railroad and express companies are ( ansporting all contributions to Beaufort I ee of charge. Aid is being sent to the reef committee there from all parts of the 1 tate, and by this time the poor Negroes are j jci'iving food by the car loud. Sub-coimnit- J tees have been organized all tnrougn mu devastated territory, and as last as contributiuns are received, they are at once supplied to those who need jhein most. FATS AM) I.FAN'S. About 2b() people gathered at the baseball grounds yesterday afternoon to witness a serio-comic game of ball between two Yorkville nines, especially selected for excessive obesity on one side, and particular inclination to leanness on theothcr. (Jcncral awkwardness and ignorance of the rules of the game were also recommendations of no mean weight in the selection of the players, who were as follows: Fats,?T. ! '. .MeDow, catcher: .1. 15. Pegrarn, pitcher; K. H. Heard, 1st base; (J. M. Dowranee, 2nd base; Captain K. A. Cniwlbrd, '!rd base; Colonel \V. II. McCorkle, left Held ; It. A. Parish, centre lield ; \V. H. Moore, right tield; K. H. Dowry, short stop. I.kavs.?Mrooks Ionian, niteher: C. <J. Par isli, catcher; W. 15. Dove, 1st base ; 15. N. Moore, Jn.i base; \V. 15. Wylie,.'5rd base; J. H. Jinnies, left field ; A. S. \\* it Tiers, ri^ht field ; (Jeorye T. Seliorb, center field ; \V. Adiekes, short stoji. Colonel \V. II. McCorkle served as captain of the fats, Mr. C. (1. Parish as captain of the leans, and Kev. .J. C. Galloway acted as umpire. The spectators and players generally rendered the decisions. Most of the amusement was furnished by Captain Crawford and Colonel McCorkle. The colonel appeared in the field dressed in jeans knickerbockers, negligee shirt, baseball cap, red flannel sash. He played like a sixteen year old until the ball came in his direction, when he fell over and rolled in the grass until the runner made third base. Here the colonel threw the ball to Captain Crawford, who also fell down and the runner went home. The captain, however, did some good playing, and in running the bases, to the astonishment, of the spectators, proved that he was probably the fleetest man on the grounds. After five innings, during which Mr. C. (1. Parish received a severe injury on the nose and several of the players found that the ball was not made of cotton, and altogether that baseball was not invented for children, several of the fats were forced to quit from exhaustion, and the game was called to a close, the score standing 15 to 10 in favor of the leans. . ABOUT PEOPLE. ! Miss Rosa Lindsay is visiting in Rock | Hill. Mr. J. S. Rricc has gone to Chester on : business. J Senator Finlcy left for a visit to Richburg I yesterday. Mrs. It. X. Moore will visit friends in l Chester tomorrow. ' Deputy Sheriff Love has been appointed a 1'. S. deputy marshal. Dr. John May returned from a visit to Bainbcrg last Sunday. Mrs. J. S. Rricc left last Monday on a visit to her parents in Ninety-Six. Mrs. T. It. Meacham, of Fort Mill, is visiting the family of Mr. M. C. Willis. Messrs. Charley Spencer and Ituritt Metts have returned from the World's Fair.Mr. W. II. Lewis, of Gastonia, X. C., is visiting the family of Dr. Cartwright. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Kuykendal are visiting friends and relatives at MeConnellsville. Mr. W. T. Kerr, of Knoxville, Tenn., is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mr. John J. Hunter, of the firm of Hunter & Dates, left for the Northern markets . last Monday. ' Miss Janic Cannon, of Mountville, Laurens county, is visiting the Misses Keller, near . Yorkville. J Miss Belle Carroll returned this week from 1 Blairsville, where she has been visiting rcla- " tives and friends. Mr. W. R. Carroll, Miss Belle Crepps, and Major James F. Hart are at Cleveland Mineral Springs. Mrs. Alexander Long, of Spartanburg, is in Yorkville, visiting the family of her father, Colonel W. B. Wilson. Miss Essie Stewart returned to Yorkville last Thursday after a few weeks' visit to friends in rincville, X. C. Miss Hallie Thames returned to her home in Charleston last Saturday, after a pleasant visit of three months in this place. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright returned to York- * ville last Thursday, after a three weeks' visit to his "old Kentucky home." Messrs. S. M. McXcel, R. J. Herndon, M. C. Willis and Dr. W. G. White left yesterday for Chicago and the World's Fair. Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Feemster and Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards, of the Hoodtown section, made this ollice a pleasant visit on yesterday. Master Bolton and Miss Lucia Smith, who have been visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Smith, leave for their home in Knoxville, Tenn., today. Prof. W. L. Weber and family, after spending the summer with their parents in Yorkville, have returned to their home in Jackson, Miss. Prof, and Mrs. Weber were delighted with Yorkville. The following visitors arrived in Yorkville yesterday afternoon to attend a german given last night complimentary to the visiting young ladies: L. C. Harrison, Dr. DeFoix Wilson, Sam Watson, Miss Nellie Roach, Miss Aline Mobley, Rock Hill; Miss Mabellc Seay, Rome, Ga.; Miss Sophia Myers, Charlotte. X. C.; Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, of Lancaster. LOCAL LACONICS. Tliey are Stilt Coming. ? The Banks High school has received six new pupils during the past week. Kullrnad Meeting. ? Stockholders and bondholders meet at Hickory, X. C. on next Tuesday evening, to determine the fate of the Narrow Gauge railroad. The Flint Hale. ? The first bale of new cotton for this season, was sold in the Yorkvillc market last Monday by Mr. John M. Hope. The bale weighed 455 pounds, graded low middling, was of the Gold Dust variety, and was bought by Mr. C. G. Parish at (H cents. Wiirti of tin" Fainter*. ? Mr. \V. ('. Latimer has had the painters at work in his store during the past week overhauling ceiling, shelves, counters, etc., and by the time the fall trade opens, expects to have the Bazaar on hand with a big stock of goods and presenting an appearance bright, fresh and attractive. A New Publication. ? The first number of the Yorkville Yeoman, a new candidate for public favor, published by the Drakeford company, and edited by Mr. J. S. Drakeford, made its appearance last Friday. The paper is an eight column tolio, price SI.">0 per annum, and the oilice is in the Wilson building, opposite the court house. Nurroiv (iiutKc Kailroiul News. ? Captain W. L. Tattle, for several years a conductor on the Narrow (Jauge railroad, ? has resigned his position in order to enter upon the study of medicine. Captain O. A. Hamlin, who has been running between Lenoir and Lancaster, has been transferred to run between Hickory and Lenoir. Mr. John L. Connelly, who has been running for sometime as a substitute, has been promoted to a full eonductorship. Willi' Fllll' A)>|ll('?. ? Mr. C. A. Carroll, who lives in the HethShiloh neighborhood, brought to this oilice last Wednesday some of the finest specimens of apples that we have seen this season. He describes them as "pound apples." ^ but each one looked as though it would weigh considerably more than sixteen ounces. The apples ripen about the middle of September. and may be kept without difficulty until Christmas. The specimens shown us were ? blown off the trees prematurely by the hurricane of the previous Monday morning. l'lie Mule Mil* DrouiU'll. ? During the high water in King's creek, last week, Isaac: Turner and Charles F. Ilamhright, two young men of (J rover, attempted to ride over Dr. A. F. 11 am I) right's