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.// PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. J. F. OlilNKSCALES, \ Editobs an? 0* CL LANGSTON, J Pbofbietobs. : WEDNESDAY SEPT. 6, ?R93. KF~ TERMS: . ONE YEAR. $1 50 IpES MONTHS._.._. 75 BY V2JKDICT OF THE JURY. George S. Turner, a white man of con? siderable property and good family con? nections, was hanged in Spartanburg last Friday. He murdered his brother in-law in 1890, for which he was convict Zed byThe Jury, and though appeals and ^feo^on8rwere mado by learned counsel that sncceeo?djn staying the execution . ibr 'over three years, the verdict of the Jury still held and Turner was hanged. ;/' We have said before that the responsi lf-^ityr for the punishment of crime rests %on the Jury; and when tho Jury, or Ju J&V&Biwhen new trials are granted, stand prm for the punishment of the guilty ?there is no escape, appeals, motions, de $?|?ys of any kind, to the contrary not? withstanding. Turner's case is one in tvJUIustra?on. The Jury decreed his death and he was hanged. With such power as /the verdict of the Jury carries, it seems % that lynching should be unknown in V-this country. The Juries are presumed : to be composed of intelligent, honest, fearless men from all sections of toe ^County, who will do justice though the "heavens fall. If a m:r deserves death *fi^::the' mob, sov he does at the hands of ; too Jury.- Lynching, then, must imply jj lack of confidence in the average Jury to /intelligently understand or honestly per? form the duties of their office, or it mast timean, aside from a frenzied and passion? ate desire for the immediate death of the ^victim, that the lynohers. are conscious | of their inability to convict their prisoner ^ before a calm and discriminating body i of disinterested men, and hence they ?may, as sometimes happens, kill an in? nocent man, and in turn themselves de lliexve lynching by their own reasoning,, ?~~r.r The hanging of Turner, richly deserv? ed act only for killing his wife's brother, ; > but for killing a German two years pre? vious to his last murder, and also for the irreparable crime committed against his ^/sister-in-law, furntsnes proof positive that our Juries and Judges do convict and put to death even white men who J/inay possess large property and have in >?fluential friends when they deserve it ? The example may be Btudied with profit by men who may think that the oust of killings fellow is only a few hundred dollars and some inconvenience. Turner's case has been a prominent one, and from the circumstances sur . rounding it was peculiarly interesting to the whole State. His execution satis? fies the innate demand for justice felt by /jpeople who care nothing for and do not even know the interested parties. NOW FOR T AS IFF REFORM. By a majorit^of 130 votes the House has disposed of the silver question before it by repealing the Sherman act of 1890. These well-paid legislators now have a : -breathing spell, and they cannot better . .' . employ their time than by at once under? taking the reform and amendment of the tariff laws. The Democratic platform adopted at the /National Convention last year speaks '??thus of that matter: "We denounce Republican protection </ as a frauds a robbery of the great major? ity of the American people for the benefit /-of tbjQ few. * * ^ * * We denounce the ^McjBLinley Tariff Law, enacted b.y the Fifty-First Congress, as the culminating I atrocity of class legislation. * * ? * ' We promise its repeal, as one of the be? neficent results that will follow the action , of the people in entrusting power to the Democratic party." The following table gives the duty im? posed by the McKinley Act on a few of : the necessaries of life, and furnishes the .' strongest argument why the Democrats in Congress should lose no time in cor .: rectlng the evil as promised in the party's platform: Per cent. Cloths, valued at not above 30c per lb. 150 Shawls, as above. 150 Blankets, as above. 91 .ta of wool, as above. ?5 . Hits.of wool, valued above80o per lb 66 Flannels (for underwear) not above 30c per lb. 108 Knit goods, as above............ 106 Cotton hose, valued at 60c and less per dozen.?. 53 Cotton 'hose, valued above 84 per dozen. 65 Table cutlery, valued at $1 per dozen 40 $ Tabla cutlery, valued at $8 per dozen 42 Boots and Shoes_.- 25 : Forksand Hoes. 45 \Harrows. 45 Saws, hand.- 40 Common earthenware.- 25 Needles for Knitting and Sewing Machines. 35 Bacon and hams.. 30 .' Beef and pork. 30 S tarch.-. 92 /Hemp....... 16 Shirts in whole or part linen. 55 Beady made clothing and wearing ap? parel of every description per lb.... 85 Cloaks, dolmans, jackets, nlsters and other outside garments for ladies and children per lb. 85 /.Gunpowder, etc. 31 These are only a few selections from a j list that embraces nearly everything in daily use by the people at large. With a careful study of these articles and figures and the amount of such taxed goods used per year, every man can determine : somewhat accurately the amount he con j$ tributes yearly to help support our "in? fant industries." The result will likely be startling. We hope the Democratic Congress will undertake the correction of the abuses of this "culminating atrocity of ' class legislation" without need lees delay, and then it may be discovered that the basis of all the evil and "hard times" af? flicting the country was the McKinley Tariff Act. From the minutes of the meeting held in the Court House on Monday last in response to the call for a meeting to devise ways and means to secure an ex? hibit of the resources of Anderson County at the Augusta Exposition this fall it will be seen that the matter has enlisted the services of some of our most/ public spirited and energetic citizens, and that they have gone to work in earnest to' accomplish the good end in view. We now feel sure that our County will be creditably advertised there, and that good will come to the County from it. We bsepeak liberal assistance in this work from every one who can see any good in the results hoped for. A prominent and well informed County official recently stated that he believed the people of Anderson County owed less money, had more home raised products fa their barns, cribs and meat houses sod I had more ready money at this time than for a number of years. He said that they had learned a lesson from the low prices cotton has commanded for several years past. They have diversified crops, spent less and saved more. The statement is doubtlessly correct and indicates pros? perity for the fnture. ?Chicago is the Indian name for jdrowned skunk. Some recent visitors to ilty deny that the animal was ?d decjsj^ that he is still on "IE/-'' untimely talk. From an interview had with Go v. Tillman recently, and which has been given a wide circulation, we take the following extract from one of our esteem? ed exchanges: There has been a great deal of talk lately about the calling of an extra ses? sion of the State Legislature to make cer? tain changes in the dispensary law and for the purpose of reading the new Code of the State, which will Bhortly be com? pleted. Governor Tillman was asked yesterday about the proupect of such a session. This question caused him to at once afford some interesting information and give his views on the Unsocial situa? tion. He aaid he saw no reason why any of-the things referred to should cause the calling of an extra session of the General Assembly, "Bat," said he, "should this financial panic assume any greater pro? portions, and the price of cotton fall* lower than at present, it will likely necessitate my calling an extra session of the Legislature. This will be the only emergency- that I think will warrant calling of an extra session. As to those other matters the Legislature, if it can? not get through with them at the regular session, can take a recess and come back after Christmas. On account of the lack of currency to handle the crop, and the low price of cotton, there are already mutterings on the part of the people of the State to have a 'stay law' passed. There will doubtless be some means soon found for removing the crop, but the wholesale robbery and jobbery of Wall street should be stopped. Such a law as this will stop the payment of debts and let things stand in statu quo just as they are now. It will stop the machinery of the law in the courts as far as debts are concerned and would relieve any strin? gency. It has been done t o veral times in history but is only to be resorted to in the direst extremity. Our erratic Governor could not have spoken more untimely words than these. A "Stay Law" would do more to throw business into confusion and frighten away money and cause people to hold tighter to what they have than any other law short of repudiation of debts. Even the suggestion from the Governor that he may call an extra session of the Leg? islature for that purpose may do incalcu? lable harm. We can hardly think the Governor serious in this matter; and if he is not, he is guilty of a mischievous folly unbe? coming any one of any importance or influence in moulding public opinion. For two reasons he seems not to have been serf ons in his conversation. 1st. He propese? a Stay Law because of the pos? sible low price of cotton, but says it "is only to be resorted to in the direst ex? tremity." A few mom ents before saying this he had made the prediction that "there will doubtless be some means soon found for moving the -crop." Why anticipate the evil time of "the direst extremity" if he thinks "there will doubtless be some means soon found for moving the crop" ? 2nd. Section 21 of Article I of our State Constitution pro? vides that "no law impairing the obliga? tion of contracts shall ever be enacted." Section 10 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States declares that "no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." Several Stay Laws were enacted from 1861 to 1863, but on appeal from the decision of the Cir? cuit Judge, the Appellate Court, consist? ing of eleven members, declared that such laws were contrary to the section of the Constitution of the United States quoted above, and were therefore void. Only one of the Judges dissented. We presume the Governor knew these facts. How could he, then, seriously contem? plate calling the Legislature together to enact a law so clearly contrary to the Constitutions that he has sworn to "sup? port, protect und defend ?" No less than Got. Tillman-do we hope that cotton will command high prices, and that should a great stringency occur to prevent the ready sale of cotton that som 3 remedy may be found to give relief. Our Income is more dependent on. prosperity among our friends than is the Governor's. We have every reason to favor and fight for any measure helpful to the people. But on the broadest prin? ciples we oppose the enactment of a stay law, and believe its passage would have the contrary effect to' that desired?caus? ing universal distrust, withdrawal of money from business and the State, liti? gation, failures, make it hard for any one to get credit and give the State a bad reputation that would take years to re? move. You have made an unfortunate mis? take, Governor. But reparation can be made by admitting it and declaring against a stay law, in view of the remot? est probability that "the direst extrem? ity" will ever come. Some oi the Georgia papers are charg? ing their Congressman, Mr. Moses, with ^nepotism, saying he has secured good governmental positions for five of his kinsfolk. Up to date the average South Carolina Congressman is in no danger of a similar charge from his constituents, no matter whose fault it is. In fact, they are not reported to be handing around offices to anybody to any extent worth mentioning. The Frond Palmetto Tree.. Washington, August SO.?The Com? missioner of Patents rendered a decision to-day in the matter of the appeal to him of the State of South Carolina from the refusal of the examiner to register a trademark applied for in the name of the State, consisting of the word "Palmetto" to be printed on its liquor labels, togeth? er with the arms of the State and the name of the liquor. It was stated to be the intention of the State officers of South Carolins, to enter markets outside of the State and outside of the Union as a vendor of liquors for profit, and that the authorities had sold a case of its liquors bearing tho trademark in Canada. It was claimed by the ap? pellant that the State possessed the full rights of a trading corporation, and that it might undertake a business of this char? acter to be conducted outside as well as within the State limits, and that authori? ty for this was found in the provisions of its recent liquor legislation. The ex? aminer held otherwise, and therefore re fnsed registration. The commissioner, after reviewing the monopolies enjoyed by France and Bel? gium, holds that a State of the Ameri? can union, having all the powers of an independent sovereign State, except those surrendered to the Federal gov? ernment, has the inherit right as a State to engage in trade, domestic or foreign; but the commissioner also holds that a lawful trade in liquors outside the State must be established in some ef? fectual manner before the State can be? come the owner of a trademark, which would be entitled to registration in its name in the Patent Office under the law of 1881. He construes the South Caro? lina law as a measure for the suppres? sion of the liquor traffic in South Caro? lina by private individuals, and to sub? stitute therefor its complete control by the State, through local public dis? pensers; and holds that only by strained construction could any phra? ses in the act be held to look to tho establishment of an outside traffic of any kind, excepting in the purchase of the liquors to be dispensed; that theie was nothing in the general or special objects of the Statute to show that the State intended to descend to the level of a trading corporation outside its own limits. The commissioner closes his decision by saying; "It is considered that the State of South Carolina,, notwithstanding the acts of its Governor and .State hoard of control, has no authorized trade in liquors outside Its own limits:; is not the | owner of any trademark; has not, at this ? time, the righi; to use the trademark sought to be registered; and, therefore,: the application :is denied." ? Harry Richardson, the Brooklyn man whose neck was broken by a dive he took into New York Bay on August 7, is still alive. More than that, while his fntuxe is mighty uncertain, as in the future of every man with or without a broken neck, he stands a fair show, the hospital doctors say, of living a ^reat many years, and it is even among the possibilities that he will fully recover. A broken neck ordinarily is instantly fa? tal. Sometimes the victim lives a few days. The case of Richardson, the doc? tors say, will go down in the medical books as one of tbe most remarkable ever known. Mr. Richardson is 42 years old. 600 LIT FS I.OST. Seven Thousand Per?uu? Totally Ue?tl< t?te. Columbia State. Many people had thought that the re? turns from the hurricane had come in sufficiently to show that the loss of life in South Carolina was not bo serious as was supposed before any point had been heard from, and the people were resting easier. But it all seems to have been a false reck? oning, based upon the reports from all points heard from. A brief but very startling message came ticking into the Western Union office last night from a far-off section of the State which had not been heard from, and was soon after delivered to Governor Tillman, being the first official intelli? gence to reach him upon bis return from Chicago. Upon its receipt, he acted promptly, as the following proclamation, issued at 11 o'clock last night, shows. It contains the information furnished in the tele? gram : State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, Columbia, S. C, Aug. 31, 1893. Proclamation: Having received the following telegram from J. H. Averill, receiver of the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad Company, conveying the startling intelligence of an appalling loss of life and a terrible state of destitution npon the islands on the coast of this State resulting from the ter? rible hurricane which the Almighty in His judgment has visited upon the people of the South Atlantic States, causing uni? versal suffering: "Yemassee, S. C, Aug. 31. "To Hon. B. B. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina: "The loss of life by the recent cyclone on the islands adjacent to Beaufort and Port Royal will number not less than 600 {>eople. There are 7,000 people on the is ands entirely destitute of provisions, all they had being washed away, and their crops entirely lost. Great destitution will prevail among them unless they have speedy relief. I am working night and day to open up communication, and hope to have trains into Beaufort not la? ter than Monday next. Pleaso address any reply you have to me at Yemassee, from which point it will be forwarded by railroad. "J. H. Averill." Now, I, B. R. Tillman, Governor of the State of South Carolina, acting in my official capacity, and for the best interests of the people of this commonwealth, do issue this, my proclamation, and call upon the people throughout the length and breadth of the State to come to the aid of their suffering fellow-citizens. The fact that these are poor colored farmers whose homes have been ruined j and crops destroyed, appeals with pecu? liar force to every right-thinking person. The general loss in Charleston and else? where is great, but other communities can take care of themselves. Contributions can be mede in money, food, clothing and other necessaries of life sufficient to meet the present emer? gency. Money contributions can be sent to the Bank of Beaufort, Bubjeot to the draft of a general relief committee, which I will appoint at the earliest possi? ble moment with headquarters at Port Royal. 1 call upon all classes of people, both white ana colored, to come hastily to the relief of these unfortunate people. I would suggest that church, charitable and philanthropic organizations collect their contributions at the various railway stations, to be shipped to Port Royal as Boon as the railroad is repaired. Full directions will be given through the press later on; and remember, "He gives twice who gives quickly," under these circumstances. B. R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina. Governor Tollman has telegraphed Mr. Averill that prompt measures for the re? lief of the sufferers will be taken and ask? ing him to suggest seven persons of Beaufort and Port Royal, two at least of whom shall be negroes, whom he can ap? point at once on the general relief com? mittee. Augusta, Ga., August 31.?A special to the Chronicle from Beaufort, S. C, says: Over three hundred and ninety dead bodies have been found on the is? lands about Beaufort and Port Royal. Over two million dollars worth of prop? erty has been wrecked near the same points. Both of these are the direct re? sults of the severe storm which swept along the Atlantio coast Sunday night. Every one of the fifteen or twenty islands lying around Port Royal and Beaufort are steeped in sorrow. On every door knob there is a bunch of crepe and upon every hillside there are fresh made graves, some already filled, while others are awaiting the bodies that will be de? posited in them just as soon as some one can be found to perform the kind Chris? tian act of shovelling the dirt upon the coffin. The beaches, the undergrowth, trees and shrubbery, the marshes and the in? lets are turning up new bodies every time an investigation is made. Of the many disasters and devastations which have visited this section of the country,, none have been half so horrible as those which came Sunday. Already more than 200 bodies have been found, and those who are at all posted about the country and the habits of the people in the storm visited sections are confident in their pre? diction that the death roll will run as high as 500. Some of the people, and they are among-the best people of this section of the State?even place the loss at more than one thousand. There has not been an hour of any day since the early hoursof Monday morning that a dead body has not been found at some point on one of the mauy islands. As the waters recede and the people move deeper into the wreckage gathered by the storm, the ghastly pictures are uncovered. So frequent are the discove? ries that the finding of a single body at? tracts no attention at all. It takes the discovery of at least a clump of a half dozen or more to induce the people to show any feeling whatever. It is around Beaufort and Port Royal that the death rate was the greatest, but in neither of the towns were many lives lost. At Beaufort only ten coffins were bought to supply the local demand, while Port Boyal got off even lighter. Around the two towns there is a complete chain of islands, and it was upon these that the black angel of death hovered for hours Sunday night, leaving in his path sorrow and desolation greater than has ever vis? ited the State before, even in the bloody days of reconstruction. The storm was one of the most severe the people of the coast have ever known. This section of the Atlantic coast has been proli?c in storms?storms that scat i lered death and .destruction of property in their wake; but the weather-wise, the oldest citizen, the pilot, cannot recall anything equaling it. Wind, rain, and hail and the elements seemed combined in their greatest fury. The seas ran high and salt water waves were driven by the heavy winds as much as twenty mile's inland. Houses were blown away ; trees were torn from the earth, leaving holes j big enough to hide a freight train. Ves? sels were dashed against the breakers and I thrown upon the earth as much as five I miles from the water's edge. It was a grand tableaux, and those who passed ! through it'will never forget the experience I ef Sunday night. The storm began really Sunday morn? ing. The day came with heavy dark clouds hanging over the ports. An ugly wind started up about 10 o'clock Sunday morning, blowing from the Northeast. It increased as the day grew on, and about noon a cold, chilly rain started. Long before dark the people living along the coast knew that a storm was inevita? ble, but none dreamed of the great extent it assumed. Late in the evening the wind took on a great velocity, and as the night advanced the velocity of the wind increased until it attained a speed of 130 miles an hour, and this is about the time the City of Savannah went ashore, it is believed by those who have conversed with parties who were aboard the vessel. But it was not until the next morning that the people knew of the great and terrible danger through which they had passed. The wind alone was. a storm which would have terrorized any coin ! munity, but with the blinding rain and vivid dashes of lightning and deafening peals of thunder, the hearts of the stoutest were made to quail. No painting could give the lain test idea of the night. Then is it any wonder that among the three hundred or more who lost their lives that night, one, a lady, should have died from sheer fright? All through the night husbands guard? ed their wives and children, as iT protect? ing them from some deadly foe. All up and down the coast, in the farm houses, in boats, the people walked to and fro, each uijnute expecting death, and all the time praying for deliverance. In many instances people JLeft their ' homes and lashed themselves to trees to prevent be? ing blown away. The vessels ou the ? waters rode the mad waves with anchors dragging along as though tbo anchors were made of cork and not of iron/ With the dawn of Monday the ralri ceased and the winds began to/subside. The sun came out, and the skies became blue and clear. There was nothing in the morning to indicato the terrible story of the night before. But scattered through streets of Beaufort, Port Roy&i, and the other towns along the ooast aufi ?long the banks of the rivers were evidences of the I -rcMt fury of the storm of Sunday night. ! Ji' - rtON were found w'livle and in pieces Uiilva away from tlic-ir foundations; steamships were resting upon dry laud ; trees were twisted, plaited and scattered about, while at intervals doad bodies were found, and over and anon the waves would oast up one or more lifeless forms, swollen, distorted und bruised. At first no one thought of giving atten? tion to anybody or anything outside of bis own needs, but as the doad bodies multiplied, the Good Samaritan feeling grew, and by noon every ono on the chain of islands about this place had bo como a grave digger. It was the pick and the shovol alone which were in demand and the number of dead prevented any unstinted use of these tools. AH during the day Monday the bodies began to multiply so rapidly that the cor? oner was compelled to swear in half a dozen deputies?one for each of the is? lands where death was reported. One of these deputies held an inquest over sev? enty-eight people, and while the inquest was being held seventy-eight graves were being dug and seventy-eight dead bodies, swollen and fast decomposing, were waiting interment at the hands of their white and colored friends who es? caped death so narrowly. A glance at the map will show that around this place are some twenty islands. Somo of these are very small, with only one or two families living on them, while others are larger and. accom? modate as many inhabitants as 4,500. Some of these have not been heard from at all, while on those which have been "spoken," there was a single one which did not increase the dead roll. On some of these the death rate was large, but in many instances the names of the dead cannot be ascertained, many of them being beyond recognition when found, while others were buried as unknown because no one was present who could identify them. There are only two boats here now, and both are chartered by the Port Royal and Augusta railroad. This prevents passage between the islands, and that, too, is an obstacle to the identification of the dead, as many of the bodies are picked up on an island where they did not livo, and thereby are unknown. The coroner, however and the collector of the port, ex-Congressman Smalls, are com piling the information as fast as it can be obtained and are making a record of the dead as rapidly as possible. The book they are compiling will show that St. Helena has a population of 4,500; Lady's Island has 1,500; Dawtba's Island 75, Coosaw Island G00; Beaufort town has 3,600. Port Royal Island, embracing the towns of Beaufort and Port Royal, has 8,000. Now, as far as reliable informa? tion which has reached the officers goes, the dead will reach 400, and they are located in this way: At the Pacifio Works seventy-nine dead bodies have been found and buried. It was here five deputy coroners held the one big inquest. On Lady's Island twenty-eight bodies were buried on Tuesday, and others have been found since. On Paris Island nine? teen bodies had been recovered and buried up to Tuesday afternoon. On Beaufoit Island 12 bodies have been buried. At Coosaw Mines 5 bodies have been buried. At Cain's Neck 22 bodies have been recovered and buried, and reports are that 79 lives were lost here. On Eustis place, one of the richest plan? tations on Lady's Island, 49 new made graves were filled yesterday morning. At the other end of Lady's Island 7 dead bodies have been found. At Dawtha Island, a place of about 1,200 acres, 80 lives are reported lost, and nearly half that many bodies have been recovered. A citizens meeting was held this morn? ing, at which a committee was appointed to hurry the work ot cleaning up the town, and another committee, with Col? lector of Customs Robert Smalls as chair? man, to issue a public appeal to the country. Collector Smalls confirmed the sad St?ry of death and devastation. He said: "This address embodies what I would say to you, and if you will send it to the country at large, by means of the Associated Press, you will greatly facili? tate us in securing the aid that is imper? atively needed. Tho address is as fol? lows : Beaufort, S. C, Aug. 31, 1893. It becomes my painful duty to appeal, through you, to the friends of humanity for aid for the sufferers lrom the cyclone which passed over this section on Sunday night. Every wharf and warehouse has been demolished, windows shattered, houses unroofed and trees thrown down. While full accounts have not yet come in, yet enough have come to say that the loss of life and property has been truly appalling. Within a radius of twenty miles, between 400 and 500 lives have been lost. On the Island of St. Helena, proverbial for thrift and enterprise, already over 150 have been reported drowned. From everywhere comes news of houses having been swept away and crops totally destroyed. These sea i stands are the homes chiefly of negroes, who by thrift and industry, have made them? selves homes, with none to molest or make them afraid. In one night all have been swept away. They are now homeless and almost naked. Their bed? ding, furniture and olotbes have been carried off by the angry waves. While writing, in this town, the rain is destroy? ing what has been snatched from the sea. We earnestly ask for aid in feeding and clothing the hungry and naked. [Signed] Robekt Small, Collector and Chairman of the Citizens' Committee. The damage to the phosphate industry, to shipping, warehouses, commerce, mer? chandise and crops around Beaufort and Port Royal will go to two million dollars; add a million for Charleston, another for Savannah, and the damage to the railroad and steamship companies, and there is a grand total of something like five million dollars and six huudred dead bodies as the fruit of Sunday night's blow in a stretch of a hundred miles on the Geor? gia and South Carolina coast. It is equal to the devastation of war; and these are the figures given by conservative men. Reports from tho storm-stricken dis? tricts increase in horror every day. Fully 1,000 lives were lost, and the living are begging for bread. Charleston, though badly hurt by the storm, is going down in her pockets to help the sufferers. There is no worthier or more deserving object of charity tban this, and It is hoped the American people will heed this call for help, and money is needed to buy provisions and supplies. Contributions may be safely sent to Joseph W. Barnwell, chairman relief committee, or to the News and Courier, in which due acknowledgement will be made of all gifts of money or provisions or clothing made for the sufferers by the storm. Aluaxt, Ga., Sept. 1.?The Cannon Ball train which left Montgomery for Al? bany last night met with an accident which came near proving disastrous. The train was No. 11, in charge of Con? ductor Wightman, with Engineer John T. Taylor and Fireman Ed Scoyili on the en? gine. Jii8tthis side of Georgetown is Mercer's creek, which is spanned by a trestle for? ty-five feet high. During the night a por? tion of this trestle was undermined and washed away, a fact which was not known until Engineer Taylor discovered it when only a short distance from the last span. He realized tho greatdanger instantly and telling his liremau to jump for his life, applied his air brakes and brought the balance ot the train to a standstill iust as he and his engine wont through the hole and fell forty-five foot to the creek below. It was a terrible leap that Fireman Scovill made, rollingand tumbling down the embankment, but that was nothing compared with the fall of the brave en? gineer, who stuck to his engine in the face of death and saved many lives by his heroic action ; and best of all ho was resoued two hours later without serious injury. Fireman Scovill was not hurt either and assisted in cutting the debris away and in releasing bis brave chief. The trestle through which Engineer Talyorand his engine went is said to have been in bad condition for quite a loug time. When the passengers learned what a narrow escape they had made they were horrified and devoutly thank? ful at one aud the same time and lavished unstinted praise upon the man whose bravery had saved their lives. The train, less the wrecked engine, reached this city to-day about 12 o'clock having been taken around by Columbus.?Atlanta Constitution. ? The general expectation of an era of good times is promptly reflected by mom bors of both IIousos of Congross. Says Representative Fitch, of New York: "The letters and telegrams I receive in denco, based on faith that the Sherman law will be repealed soon, and I think things are ready to boom up again as soon as the law is repealed." Represen? tative Walker, of Massachusetts, said: "Provided the Sherman law is ropealed, I'believe that in ninety days you can get all the money you want as cheaply as it ever could bo had." Mr. Catchings, of Mississippi, expects with the repeal of the Sherman law a general restoration of confidence and improvement in business. Senator Sherman -said that the papers indicated an improvement in New York city, and if it wore true that a better feeling had set in in Now York, it would soon improve tbti money matters ef the whole country. / Here's a Hero. dicate that pie are regaining confi Good News from Washington. Washington, Sept. 4.?Mr. Cleveland is aunouuced in favor of State bank cur? rency. He has discussed tbe matter with a number of membors of Congress, and Las reached the conclusion that the repeal of tbo 10 per cent tax on tho issue of State banks will bo satisfactory to all sections of the country. lie has many letters from New York, Boston and Chicago bankers advocating the plan. All these letters state that provision must be made, however, for a perfectly sound and safe currenc}'. Secretary Carlisle is now drafting a bill with this end in view. It will provide for the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on State banks, so as to enable them to issue currency, and will also provide for the reorganizatian of national banks as State banks. Mr. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle realize that there is a demand for a larger volume of currency. Govoumeut bonds are becoming scarce, and within a low years a number of them will mature and must be taken up. Therefore, instead of increasing under tho present law, the na? tional bank currency must decrease. Tho question presented to Mr. Cleve? land, Secretary Carlisle and the leaders in the two houses of Congress was whether there should be a new issue of bonds, as proposed by Senator Sherman, or whether the platform of the party as to State banks should be carried out. Western and Southern democrats are vi? olently opposed to any further bond is? sue, and it has become evident that no such thing is possible, therefore provision for a bank currency must be made by a State bank bill. Full dotails of the bill have not yet been agreed upon, though it has been outlined. Secretary Carlisle and some of tbe house leaders have discussed tho matter and Mr. Carlisle is drafting a bill looking to a change in the banking laws. It will provide for the reorganization of national banks as State institutions and the repeal of the 10 per cent tax will per? mit them to issue currency the same as national banks now do. The currency will be based upon State, municipal and other municipal bonds or pri? vate securities of such a character as to meet the approval of the government au? thorities. Tho government will have supervision over the banks as it now has over national banks, and the govern? ment is to be security for the issue. All State banks now existing or organized in the future will be be permitted to issue currency, provided they comply with tbe requirements of the law, but it will provide against tbe issue of currency by any bank which does not comply with the full text of the law; that is, the 10 per cent tax will apply to such banks. That feature of the present national banking law allowing banks only to is? sue currency to the amount of 08 per cent of their bonds will probably be re? tained. Under this law Secretary Carlisle be? lieves that the circulating medium of this country will be materially increas? ed. He believes further that it will be satisfactory to all the people. There will be no provision in the law, as in the na? tional bank law, providing against loans being made on real estate. The present programme is for the house to dispose of this measure before the ways and means committee reports its tariff bill, in order that the two measures will not be before the house at the same time. It is believed that this bank bill will be adopted by both houses and be? come a law before the Christmas holi? days. American Cotton Capacity. The New York Su7i shows that, exclu? sive of the cotton grown and consumed in Asia, Africa, South America and Mexico, the United States furnish 75 per cent, of the world's supply, the cotton of commerce. In 1870 it was 60 per cent., the proportion having increased to 75 per cent, in twenty years, and this though the American acreage shows no expan? sion in recent years. The demand for 1 American cotton increases about 4 per cent, per annum. "As here used the term commercial supply includes the quantities used by the mills of the United States, Canada, Europe and India, and the quantities exported from India, Egypt and the United States to China, Japan and Mexico, Europe and India, is consumed in the district of growth. The Sun has recently shown that India's relative importance in supplying the world's progressively increasing require? ments for raw cotton diminishes instead of increases. This is true of all sources of supply except those of the United States and Egypt." The Sun's article concludes with the following paragraph; "If the population of European lineage continue to increase as during the last thirteen years, and ccntinue to consume cotton at the same rate per capita, and if we furnished no more than 72 per cent, of the commercial supply, it will be ne? cessary to restore at once the 3,000,000 acres diverted to corn culture; to con? vert 2,000,000 acres more of Southern grain fields into cotton bearing lanes, and to add yearly more than 300,000 acres to the area under cotton. Is this practica? ble or even possible?" This is an astonishing statement, at least surprising, to those who know the South, even superficially, and the extent of Southern cotton lands, that have never felt the plow. There are millions on millions of acres of these lands in the very heart of Texas, that are either un? broken prairie or rich river bottom, along Trinity, Brazos and other streams that How through that great State. Any? one may convince himself of the truth of what we say by simply riding on the rear platform of a train on any Texas railroad when it is crossing the cotton region. It is well understood by those who have scientifically explored its territory, that Texas is fully capable of producing the equivalent of the entire American crop, and also enough of the food and feed crops to support a population of 12,000,000 souls. The cotton crop of Texas has in? creased from about 300,000 bales in 1880 to 2,000,000 in 1892. Alongside this there has been developed rapidly the produc? tion of wheat, corn, sugar cane, rice, hay and livestock. There are millions of acres lying fallow, of as good wheat land in the Panhandle region, as are now cul? tivated, and other millions of acres of fine corn lands all over Northern and Central Texas. Nor need we look to Texas alone for virgin cotton lands. Vast areas lie in tho delta of the Mississippi river, on which are standing immense forests of the finest timber in the world. Georgia, Alabama, South and North Carolina and Florida, have as much unused cotton land as would make the whole crop they now produce. The Southern States, given the necessary population, the capi? tal and the demand, will produce 20,000, 000 bales of the staple, and besides raiso her own food, also millions of dollars worth of fruit, melons, truck, etc., to sell to the people of the North. The assump? tion that in order to increase the cotton area of the section, grain, grass and the lands devoted to other crops now must be surrendered, is wild nonsense, known for that and nothing else by every North? ern and Southern man, who knows the South in anything approaching detail.? " Chattanooga Tradesman. Depleted Again. Washington, September 3.?The Uni? ted States treasury is depleted. But little over the gold reserve remains. Funds must, therefore, be raised at once. President Cleveland and Secretary Car? lisle had a conforonce yesterday and agreed that of all the plans proposed the best was to coin the soniorago of silver now in tho treasury. That amounts to ?52,000,000. Mr. Carlisle talked with the leaders of both houses of congress about the matter to-day and found them all iu favor of tho plan. Whether or not a bill providing for this will be adopted at once "or delayed until after the passage of the repeal bill by the Senate has not been decided. Senator Gorman is inclined to the opinion that it had best be delayed until after the "pas sago of tho repeal bill. Secretary Car? lisle and several Senators whe rank among the leaders think such action would facilitate the passage of the repeal bill, it being just what the silver men are crying for. The President has been urged to send a special message to congress urging the immediate passage of such a bill in order to provide for the deficiency in the treasu? ry. Whether the President sends a special message or not, the plan has been agreed upon and a bill providing for the imme? diate issue of 852,000,000 of silver certifi? cates and tho coinage of the $52,000,000 of bullion to be hold in the treasury for the redemption of these notes will probably bo adopted within less than two weeks. Everybody in both houses will favor this bill. There will probably not be a score of votes against it. This Is cer? tainly a further recognition of silver as a money metal.?Special Atlanta Constitu? tion. ? At Greenville, Tox., a few evenings ago J. O. Jerrill and a neighbor, farmers south of town, had a misunderstanding and were about to use their piste Is. Tbe wife of the former, seeing hor cwo chil? dren near them milking, motioned them to run to tbe woods for fear they might be struck by a stray bullol,- Since then tho children have not been seen or heard from and it is feared they w <;ro uro wned in the river, Charleston Herself Again. Charleston, S. C, Snpt. 4.?Charleston wishes to announce to the world that she is ready for business agaiu. A sulficieut number of wharves have been repaired to accommodate all ships in port, and all the railroads are running trains on regular schedules. Telegraphic communication has been restoied to all parts of the coun? try ; the electric lightning and telephonic service are working without a break, and the streets have been cleared of all wreckage of the storm. The city health officers say that the community is remarkably free from sickness, and the streets and exchan? ges have assumed their normal appear? ance. Everybody is at work. There are no unemployed people here except those who will not work. Merchants speak cheerfully of the situation and prospects, and the recovery from the paraijsis of the storm has been as quick and thorough as the destruction. Labor day was spent here in hard work. A committee was appointed for relieving the storm suiforera on the islands, and are pushing work with splendid results. Dis? patches to-day from Beaufort announce the arrival of the first train of provisions, and say how gratified the hungry were at Charleston's generosity. The committee have another train load of provisions for shipment tomorrow, and to-day a car load of clothing and bedding was contributed by the people of Charleston. There will be other carloads in a day or two for ship? ment. Everybody in Charleston has gone to work in earnest. The subscriptions to? night of money, provisions ana clothing aggregate about $5,000, and the canvassiug is still going on. To-day Mayor Picken received an offer of a carload of clothing from the mayor of Kansas City. Other of? fers of aid from distant places and from points in this State have been received, and all becu accepted ; and Vet what has come and what is on the way is only a drop in the bucket. There are from six to ten thousand people without anything to eat or wear. The destitution is absolute and stories from the sea islands are most pitiful. Curiosities of Insurance. The announcement that various citi? zens in Charleston hold cyclone insu ranee policies to the amount of ?1,000,000 calls attention to the recent growth of new and strange forms of insurance. In these days we not only insure against death and fire, but we have liye stock insurance and plate glass insur? ance. We insure against cyclones, floods, accidents and burglars, and other evils and it Is now suggested thet a company be organized in which parentB may in? sure a college education for their child? ren. The scheme is for the parent to pay the company a certain sum, begin? ning with the third year of the child's age, the company guaranteeing to pay the child $400 annually from his eighteenth year. The history of accident insurance is full of queer incidents. A New Jersey man got up in the night to close the win? dow and while walking across the room struck his shin against a - chair, Inflam? mation set in and the man's leg had to be amputated. The company held that the man was negligent as he had failed to strike a light before crossing the room, but the court decided otherwise and the policy had to be paid. Our courts are very liberal in their construction of the word "accident." In England it.is dif? ferent. An English court held that a man who was killed by a bull while crossing a field had not shown reasonable caution, and his death was not due to an accident from an insurance point of view. A sim? ilar decision was made in the case of a man who swallowed corrosive sublimate by mistake in the dark. Men who take out accident policies as a safeguard against their hazardous occu? pations meet with many surprises. A steamboat pilot took out a policy as he was afraid of being blown up or drowned. He died from a spider bite. A gripman on a cable road thought his occupation dangerous and took out an accident poli? cy. A cockle burr in a glass of water killed him. The insurance field is rapidly widen? ing, and the time is near at hand when men will be able to insure against nearly all of the disastrous and unpleasant things in this life. Tolbert in the Toils, Ninety-Six, Sept. 4.--Mr. A. McNeel Turner was appointed postmaster at this place early in June. His blank bond was forwarded in due time, which was filled out by Mr. Turner and returned to Washington, but never reached the de? partment. Soon thereafter, a duplicate bond was forwarded, but never reached Mr. Turner; nor could Mr. Turner get any letters from Washington except un? der cover. On August 10 a third bond was regis? tered to Mr. Turner, which he received on the 28th. To-day Postoffice Inspector Fred D. Peer arrived here. Before reaching Ninety-Six he placed two decoy letters in the mail pouch, directed to Mr. Tur? ner. After Turner had gotten his mail from the postoffice and failed to get the ? two letters, he was sent by the inspector to inquire for the letters, but J. W. Tol? bert, the postmaster, said that there was no more mail for him. Inspector Peer then went to the post office and demanded the letters, which the postmaster produced from under some rubbish. Mr. Peer also found sev? eral other letters addressed to other par? ties which had been withheld. Tolbert was placed under arrest, aud will be sent to Spartanburg to-morrow for a hearing before United States Commissioner Cal vert. Tolbert's books are in quite a tan? gle, but it cannot be ascertained to night what the shortage will be. Here Is the Way Out. Wasainoton, D. C, Sept. 4.?Secretary Carlisle this morning declined to either affirm or deny the story widely publish? ed that the administration is favorably considering a plan to abolish national banks and substitute State banks in their stead under government supervision. He said his time would bo almost wholly oc? cupied if he undertook to pass on the various articles appearing in the newspa? pers as to what the administration was considering or was going to consider. The only affirmative fact that can be as? certained at the treasury department was that Secretary Carlisle and Congressmen Hall and Warner did have a talk by ap? pointment with Secretary Carlisle at the treasury on Saturday. The statement that the President went secretly to the treasury department and was a party at the conference is, of course, not true. Cbairmand Springer, of the banking and currency committee, called on Secretary Carlisle this morning presumably in connection with the former conference, the subject matter of which would natu? rally have to come before his committee. A cabinet officer is authority for the statement that the administration at this time is committed to no currency meas? ure to be presented to congress. It is interested only in the passage of the re? peal bill before the Sonate. A general measure to carry out the democratic platform as to the currency relief will be considered later. ? Frogs are protected by law in Bel? gium. They are a valuable food crop in that country. ? There are over S0,000 stuttoring chil? dren in the schools of Germany. The increase has been so great during the past four years that the defect is considered contagious. The famous Dr. Gutzman is authority for the statement that the in? crease is due to mimicry; that the young mimics who imitate stutterers soon be? come involuntary stutterers. The schools of the cijy of Breslau have a total of 2,400 stuttering children. ? An authority on bees says that the estimated queen trade of 1892 was not less than 20,000 queens. The estimate is upon queens raised in the United States alone. As the profit of the apiary depends large? ly upon the quality of the queens used, queen raisers should try and maintain a high standard for the queens placed upon the market. Poor ones are dear at any price. Never crowd the capacity of the queen rearing colony. If you do poor queens will be the inevitable result. 1 < - J A Million Friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King's New Dis? covery for Consumption,Coughs and Colds. If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderfal curative powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claim? ed or money will be refunded. Trial bot? tles free at Mill Bros. Drug Store. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00. Deserving Praise. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica 8alve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee thcru every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their Seat popularity purely on their merits, ill Bros., Druggists. ? The physicians who advertised in a New York paper fur a man who, in con? sideration of a payment of ?5,000 would submit to n surgical operation that might prove fatal are said to have secured him, and to have received answers from one hundred and forty-one other men, a large part of whom took the matter seri? ously, and wero ready to mako the bar? gain. It seems they wish to make an opening into tho subjects stomach in or dor to study the digestion of various foods. The chauoes of recoverj' are esti? mated at 50 per cent. ? The London Times, in thf? course of a long leader on the dismal agricultural prospects of Great Britain, says that for? eign competition depresses the price of cattle and corn. The imports of tho ani? mals and meats, it says, will swamp tho markets this year. Great Britain will be more than ever dependent on foreign supplies and will require at least IW.OOO, 000 quarters of wheat from abroad. France, it adds, must import more than twice as much as she usually does. As to Germany, that country has already beguu to draw on the American market tbrsup plies. "When nations thus bid agaiust each other, the articlo says, there is a fair chance that pricos are bound to ad? vance. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Ali persons having demands against the Estate of J. M. Reid. deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. MKS. p. H. REID, Ex'x. Sept 6, 1893_10_3 VALUABLE City Property for Sale! rpHE undersigned will offer for sale at J_ public auction on Salesday in Octo? ber next, at the usual hours of public sale, before the Court House door, the HOUSE and LOT ou Main Street, in the City of Anderson, belonging to the Estate of F. M. Murphy, deceased. Terms?One-half cash; balance on a credit of twelve months, secured by Note and Mortgage on the premises. Possession to be given January 1, 1894. Purchaser to pay extra for papers, J. L. TRIBBLE, Executor last Will and Testament of F. M. Murphy, deceased. Sept 6,1893 _ 10 _4 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, J. P. Haynie has applied to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of Mrs. Georgia A. Kay, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Georgia A. Kay, dec'd, to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to beheld at Anderson Court House, on the 21st day of September 1893, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 6th day of September, 1893. W. F. COX, Judge Probate. Sept 6, 1893_10_2_ HARD TIMES HAVE NOT TET REACHED THE 0 For this wc thank our friends and patrons. We are happy to announce that our Spring and Summer trade has been far ahead of any previous year's business in our history. We presume that by keeping up the same line of fire, by our crack shots and hard hitters, solid value for your money down, our trade shall still grow better. On this basis we are laying our plans for a tremendous Fall trade. We have already bought some Bar? gains that pleasing prices will be made on. We are determined to make this the banner season in prices to you and business for ourselves. To this end we are working in the day and thinking in the night. Six days hard work and six nights hard study will surely make a telling week's work. That's the kind of work we shall put in from now till Santa Glaus comes with the good tidings of joy, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." Do you catch our idea ? C. S. MINOR, and TEN CENT STORE. SUMMER SALE. BUY in July, August, September or October. Pay whon your cotton is turned into cash. Spot cash prices! No interest! Just a little cash down and the balance next No? vember 15th. That's the proposition. That's our spe? cial summer sale. Pianos $25 cash and balance November 15th, 1893. Organs $10 cash and balance November 15th, 1893. Remember, lowest cash rates. No ad? vance. No interest. If you can't come in, talk it over and just drop us a line. JOHN L. HAYNIE & DAUGHTERS, Greenville, S. C, SPECIAL ! At C. A. Reed's Emporium Step in some pleasant day, To see his handsome line of goods, And hear the music play. You'll find polite, attentive Clerks To show you all around, With J. A. Ruddock in the lead To give the tone and sound. Of Harvard, Kimball, Everett, Pianos of high grade, ? Of Ivers <fe Pond and Wheelock, . Too much cannot be said. Organs in combination grand, With cases sure to suit; There are parlor styles and chapel styles, And baby styles so cute. Some good sheet music then you want For melody and rhyme, A nice assortment here you'll find, 'Twill cost you but a dime. Then if you want a new Machine, Step into No. 1 ; You'll find a varied stock from which To choose from e'er you are done. There's nothing on the market Can match the famed New Home, Yet others in our stock may suit The pocket-books of some. Then we want to show our Buggies, And you know it is but right That we should bave a leader Well ! our leader's "Hug-Me-Tight." The girls I know'll be willing, And their smiles be sweet, indeed, If you are fortunate in buying From the firm of C. A. REED. Jas. H. Carlisle, L. LD.,tres. Two Full Courses. Necessary expenses for one year, One j Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For Catalogue, address IIPAETAJTBUBG, S. C. J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary of Faculty. D. S. MAXWELL. B. C. MAXWELL. D. S. MAXWELL & SON, WHOLESALE ? AND ? RETAIL DEALERS LY STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, No. 5 Chi quo la Place, ANDERSON. - - S. C. FOR, SALE! ONE FIFTY-SAW mlBU0 Glfl, FEEDER and CONDENSER. This a sample line, new and all right. Will sell cheap. Car Load Terra Cotta Pipe FOR. DRAINS, &-o All Kinds of Pipe and Fittings. RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING. LACE LEATHER, &c, &c., at CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS, 16 S. Main Street. PATRICK MILITARY INSTITUTE ANDERSON, S. C. SIXTEENTH 8ession opens Sept. 12tb. Full Corps of Instructors. Terms reasonable. Apply to COL. JOHN B. PATRICK, Superintendent. Ang 30, 1893_9_2_ BUSINESS SCHOOL ! (Connected with Elbcrton Institute.) ATHOROUGH Business School, inclu? ding Book-keeping, Penmanship, Telegraphy, Typewriting and? SHORT-HAND. Address for further information, Z. B. ROGERS, Prin , Elberton, Ga. Aug .-10,1893_9_ Valuable Farm for Sale, BELONGING to the Estate of the late Rev. Wm. Carlisle, situated four and one-half miles South of Anderson C. H , on Rocky River, and near the General's Road, containing about 225 acres upland and about 50 acres fertile bottom land. Would make a good Cotton and Stock Farm. Apply to H. B. FANT, Anderson, S. C. Aug 23,1893_8_3 BELTON HIGH SCHOOL! FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. THE next session of Belton High School will commence Monday, the 4th of September, 1893. Pupils prepared for higher classes in College. Tuition from one to three dollars a month. Board with Principal $9 00 a month. For particulanj apply to J. T. SMITH, A. M., Principal. Aug 23, 1893_J}_3m NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Maxcy Moorhead, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the 2lst day of September, 1893, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Executor. ( ROBERT MOORHEAD, Executor of Will of Maxcy Moorhead. Aug 30, 1893 9 5 THE NEW CATALOGUE of thk Williamston Female College Is a real Gem in Form and Matter. -o EVERYBODY knows the merits of the Institution. Be sure that your daughter is there on Wednesday morning, September 13th, the opening of the Fall Session. REV. S. LANDER, President, Williamston, S, C. Ang 2, 1S93_5_10 2TIE WEST, S, C. THE success of this institution during the past thirty-three years is the best evidence of the character of the School and the work it is doing. The faculty is composed of experienced and successful teachers. Vocal teacher re? commended by the New England Conser? vatory of Music. Next session begins the second day of October. 1893. Send for Catalogue. MRS. L. M. BONNER. Principal. H. E. BONNER, Vice Principal. Ang 2, 1893_5_ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, A. S. Cox has applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of L. P. Cox, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said L. P. Cox, deceased, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 14th day of September, 1893, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 24th day of V August, 1893. W. F. COX, Judge of Probate. Aug 80,1893 9 2