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ONE CHANCE I ?ut Admiral Oerver That C Tbe following additional particulars I ( ^ destruction of the Spanish ' .'dieu white attempting to escape I'^ihe harbor of Santiago de Cuba from luv . j uvcbeen received: Oonunodorc Schley's flagship, the y-D< had her usual position at 'h? eX[rome western end of the line, wiles from the New York and afesas. It >8 a Pcculiar faot that he <hould have been in proper position 5 direct the movements of hiB flying "aadron against the Spanish fleet biz-bhe had bottled up in Santiago lu?t^ weeks before. y a matter of fact, the entire Vuiericau fleet was much further off shore than USU&1 when the Spaniards nude their appearance this morning. With the exception of the bambard Bent yesterday morning, which re nted iu knocking down the flag on jjorr0 Castle and the supposed silenc .. 0f the batteries, whioh opened ?re again this morning, as usual, the nJVy ^d done little recently to attract [interest here, and the officers and freffs themselves were watching the developments 0f the operations being conducted by the army, which had {ueceeded in reaching the very gates of Santiago, after an enormous loss in killed and wounded in the fighting of the past two days. It was not believed that Admiral Cervera would attempt to esiape from his perilous position at this late day, hut it was supposed that he would keep his ships in the harbor to shell the advancing Ameri can army, and that if Santiago fell he would blow up or sink them before permitting them to be captured by the fleet lying outside. The Spanish Admiral's real plans, [however, were plainly not anticipated. He accepted tho one chance open to Shim?that of running the gauntlet of the powerful men-of-war lying in front of the harbor and saving his ships for future service by dashing out of the trap in which he found himself and 'going to some other field of opera tions. There seemed to be but one chance in a hundred that he would be able to make the move successfully, bat he took that chance, and while great piles of naval architecture now ground to pieces on the rooks a few miles from where he started tell the mournful story of his failure, there are none who applaud hiB conduct more than the American officers and seamen who sent his ships to destruction. It was about 9 o'clock thiB (Sunday) j morning when the flagship Infanta Maria Teresa passed under the walls of Morro Castle and steamed oat to tea. She was followed by the Cristo bal Colon, Vizcaya arid Oqueudo, and last by the torpedo boat destroyers furor and Pluton. The lookout on the American vessels, which were lying five or ten miles off the entrance I to the Larbor, sighted them immedi ately. Most of the American cruisers were at the usual Sunday morning quarters, without thought of anything as surprising as tie Spanish fleet getting past the sunken collier Merri mae, which they had been deluded into believing effectually blockaded the exit. There was great excitement at once and very rapid action along the American lines. The signal for fall speed ahead was ran from* bridge to engine room of every ship and the entire fleet commenced to move in shore toward the Spanish, and che great twelve and thirtcen-inch guns of the battleships and the smaller batteries on the other vessels fired ?bot after shot at lorig range. Ab the ships ran in towards the shore it soon became evident that the Spaniards had not come oat to make ? aggressive fight, for they turned the eastward as soon as they ha cleared the harbor and started on their race for safoty, at the same time ending answering shots at ihe Amer ican ships as fast as the men could load and fire the guns. The Brook y?>, Massachusetts, Texas, Oregon *?d Iowa were nearer the Spaniards than any others of the American ves sels, but still most of them were too jj away to get an effective range. They crowded on al! steam, however, 10 Preparation for the chase, never Japping their fire for one moment. Toe Gloucester, a fast little yacht that cannot boast of any heavier bat Ury thin several 6-pounders andS jtawdera, was lying off Aguadores, t?1** miles east of Morro, when the Spaniards caine (rat. At first she Joined in the attack upon a targe vSefc-' ?eh and then held off some, Captain ^ inwright concluding to reserve his ^orts for the two. torpedo boat de 'troyers in the rear. Jhe Gloucester steamed after them *een they appeared and obased them 10 a point five miles west of Morro Pouring shot after shot into them all we time. Her efforts "bore abundant f011? *or to her belongs the credit toy "?edestruotion of both of the destroy She firod 1,400 shots during the ?nase, and it Wa8 not ]ong before both ?stroyers were on fire and plainly gabled. Notwithstanding this, they i : . N A HUNDRED. a -A.vailed Himself of yh.an.ee. both returned the Gloucester's fire, and a rain of small shells fell all around the yacht. The Furor evi dently determined that 3he would not stand the fire any longer, and she put about and headed back for Santiago. Then the Gloucester simply smothered I her with shots from her rapid-fire j guns and running like the wind, forced her to turn around and again head westward. Smoke commenced to rise from the Furor's Bides and she put in towards the shore. Before she had gone far what was left of her orew abandoned her and took to the boats, reaching the shore later. By that time she was a mass of flames and was drifting about helplessly. The Pluton was in the same dis tressed condition, and was also head ed for the shore, running up along side of a low bluff, where she soon pounded to pieces and finally broke in two completely. It was a most dangerous landing place for her crew and but about half of them reached the shore alive. The Gloucester did not go any fur ther west, but lay off shore, and sent in a boat to the assistance of the crews of the destroyers. It did not take the flames long to reach the Furor's magasines, and there were two terrific explosions, probably of the guncotton on board of her, which blew holes in her bottom, her stern j sunk immediately, and as it settled in the water her bow rode straight into the air, and she went to tLs bot I torn in perpetual oblivion, giving out a hissing, scalding sound as she dis j appeared below the surf. Meantime the larger American ships j were gaining on the Spanish cruisers, j and a storm of shot was passing be tween the pursuers and the pursued. , The American fire was so rapid that the ships were enveloped in thiok clouds of smoke and it was impossible to tell at a distance which vessels were doing the greater execution. The Brooklyn and the five battleships were keeping up an incessant fire upon the Infanta Maria Ten sa, the Vjzcaya and the Almirante Oquendo, and the latter W'jre returning it bravely, though with no success. The Spanish gunners seemed unable to get the proper range, and many of their shots were very wild, though a number of them fell ! dangerously near to the mark. The guns of the battery just east of Morro also took part in the game and their shells fell around the American ships. Many of them struck the upper works of the "freeing Spaniards and must I have resulted in killing and wounding I many of their men. The Spanish ships had now reached a point about seven miles west of Morro, and a mile or t~c beyond the place the Furor was burning and the Pluton broken in two against the cliff. The flagship atid the Oquendo v?oro the first to show signs of distress. Two 13-inch sheiis from one of the battleships had struck the Maria Teresa at the water line tearing great holes in her side and causing her to fill rapidly. The Oquendo suffered about the same fate, and both ships headed for a small cove and went aground 200 yarn's from the shore, flames phooting from them in every direction. The officers and crew mu3t have been aware of the fate which seemed to be before them, but it was not until the ships wer. on fire and enveloped in flames and smoke that the men ceased firing. The Gloucester, after sending a boat ashore to the Pluton, steamed along the coast to where the armored cruis ers were stranded and went to their assistance. There was 'danger from the magtftines and many of those on hoard 'jumped into ijie water and swam to the shore, though a number were unable to reaoh the small strip Of sandy beadh in the oove and were thrown against 'the'rooks and killed Or drowned. Many o-f the wounded were lowered into the ship's own boats and taken ashore, but this task was a most diffi cult One. The Gloucester had All her boats out, and one seamen swam through the surf with a line from the Maria Teresa, making it fast to a tree on the shore. By this means many on the flagship, including Admiral Cervera, lowered themselves into the Glouces ter's boats. The wounded were taken to the Gloucester as rapidly as possi ble, and the lower deck of the yacht was soon covered with Spanish sailors, mangled in limb and body by the bursting of shells. The Gloucester's erow gave the wounded men every attention possible. The shore was soon lined with those who had escaped from the Infanta Maria Teresa and the Almirante Oquendo. There were still some men on both vessels when the fire com menced to reach the magasines and the boxes of ammunition lying on the decks. A doson or more explosions followed. SARGE PL?NKETT. All Praise for the "Woman's Relief Society" Movement. Atlanta Constitution. The organization of "relief socie ties" indicates that the ladies are getting a little cnthusod, and when they do then we may look for a war sure enough. The work on this lino reminds us of the "Wayside Homes" in the days of the Confederacy. Wo had forgotten these homes till the organization of these relief societies brought them to mind. Every old Confederate will re member these wayside homes and what a blessing they were in their day. There was a splendid one in Atlanta and at all the great railroad points, but the best one, according to the talk of those days, was at Macon. Tho mission of these homes was to receive the soldiers, eiok and wound ed, and give them a place to sleep and something to eat when the bad sched ules of those days threw them to lay over. But for these homes thousands would have suffered, but as they were run every old soldier felt at home there and they proved one of the greatest blessings. Especially did the "Wayside Home" at Macon do a great part. The trans-Mississippi depart ment covered all the country west of the Mississippi River and there was no more communication between this side and that than there will be be tween us now and some country held by the Spaniards. Th??e "homes" made it a special pleasure to take care of soldiers on this side who were en tirely out off from their friends and home, and the people of Macon being especially active on this line, caused much praise to be given the oity, and I venture that it is most lovingly re membered till yet by thousands who received the kind attentions for which these homes were instituted. Besides these "homes" at every prominent railroad point, there were bands of women that met every train at almost all the towns. When the train stopped at almost any station, provisions and water was passed into the cars, and it was a god-send to the soldier and a sacrifice by the women which has never been forgotten and never will be till the last man that wore the gray has passed over the river. Those acts of the noble Con federate women can never be apprecia ted by those who never felt the stresB of those days. AH through Oeorgia, Tennessee, Alabama and the Carolinas these "homes" existed, and the cus tom of the women to meet the trains was kept going, but Virginia surpass ed them all and everything. Never will an old Confederate forget the wo men of Virginia. They never tired, and from the beginning to the end they never saw the day that they would not share their last crust with the soldier. I verily believe that there never was such people in any land as the people of Virginia during that war?and every Confederate sol dier will bear me out. When the bat tie raged around Richmond the women crowded the streets doing whatsoever they could. All their linen was torn up for bandages, they filled buckets with water that the soldier might dip a cup as he marched, sausages were hf.nded to men as they double-quioked through the town, these and many, many other good deeds were perform - ed and never fagged through all the war. At thai time there was not so much organization as there is now, but the work of the "sisters of char ity7 ' through those years showed us what organization can do and I am glad to see it begin, though I have ever claimed that there was too many societies. As we -go along preparing to take care of the soldiers there is especially no other class that should be remem bered. 1 mean the poor mothers with little children. It hap not come to the point that many of these poor women with little children are compelled to be left alone, but the time may come, and perhaps >you could find a few now if you will, look?no doubt there are some in At lanta, and they should be given yonr most loving attention. I can tell you that war'is hard on poor women left alone, and they never have, and, I fear, never will receive the attention that they "should. There is no excite merit'fbr these women?they must re main at their homes end take care of the children, and it is they that will need your attention much more than does the soldier in the field. This is a great -gov ernment, and it will feed and take care of its soldiers; but the poor women will draw no rations;, there will be no'hospitals for them, and there will be mighty little honors for them in'the wind up. I can speak most intelligently on the hardships of women left alone in war times, for I knew muoh of their home life 'in the days of the Confed eracy. T call to mind a, night I spent in the 'heat of July, 1863. The horn Was blown from the house of my near est neighbor, aud this was a signal that help was needed. There were mighty*few white men at home, and T knew this horn was being sounded by a lone woman. When I arrived I found "the mother weeping and a pretty little girl very near to death. Perhaps it would not have been so hard nnnn thi? mr??l>A* n??? for th" memories that the little girl started by hor appeals: "Mamma, do tell papa to come to his little Anna?she is so sick, so sick." So it went for all the night, the mother weeping and the little girl? "Do come, papa; do come, your lit tle Anna is so sick." The doctor came and said that Anna had typhoid fever, and would liugcr for a long time. The mother wrote to the soldier father, then in Virginia, and told him all the story?how the little girl was so sick and of how she called for him. The father tried hard for a furlough, but it could not be had, and his little Annie died, never understanding why her papa did not come. What that poor mother suffer ed can never be measured by words, but she was but little thought of in the great bustle and excitement of the war. Let the poor women of this war have much of our consideration?she cannot get too much. While I was reading about the ad vance upon Santiago, a thousand memories rushed upon me to recall the advance of the army upon Atlan ta. It was a little strange, but as I contemplated the fleeing of tho Span iards from the Cuban city, the blazing of houses and the tumbling of walls, at every turn there came to me as fresh as the day the efforts of an old cat to save her kittens. The fire had driven this old cat from place to place, but every time she carried her kittens. So, after she had skeltered through the crowds with a kitten in her mouth, then to return and appear again with another kitten, that the fire-fighters had ceased to scare her and she had gained a respect almost human for her devotion to her young. Driven from block to block, she was at last cut off and given up for lost, when she ap peared at a window of the burning building and with a kitten in her mouth leaped for the street. Every man was a fireman in those days, and some one caught the old cat as she came to the ground and saved cat aud kitten. I never knew what became of them, but I am sure there was never a braver fight than the fight she mu?e to save her young. If we are to have a war, I am glad to see the women begin to get en thused, for surely t?ere can be noth ing gained unless the women nre in it. Sarge Plunkett. ? Mr. C. B. Bush, preside.it jf the Gilmer county court, tells briefly his experience with an epidemic of bloody flux in his family. He writes under date of October 8, 1896, at Auburn. W. Va. : "During the past summer we had three eases of bloody flux in our family which we oured in less than one week with Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In some instances there were twenty hemorrhages a day." This remedy never fails to oure the worst cases of bloody flux and all bowel complainte, and every family should keep it at hand. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. ? General Joseph Wheeler greatly distinguished himself last Friday. He was to have commanded the Amer ican centre. He was too unwell, how ever, to assume his post at the opening of the fight, and General Sumner com manded in his stead. Unable to rec oncile himself to the idea of remaining in his tent while serious work was going on, at 11 o'clook the old general got into an ambulance and started to the front. After a short distance the ambulance met some wounded soldiers, being borne to the rear on litters. Immediately General Wheeler got out of the ambulance, and against the pro test of the surgeon in attendance, as sisted the wounded men into the vehi cle. Then he mounted his horse and started again for the front. The men who witnessed the incident burst into frantic cheers, others took it up, and all along the line there were hurrahs for the old Confederate. By noon, although still very ill, General Wheel er had established his headquarters at the extreme front and centre of the line, and he held his position during the balance of tho day. ? A father was lecturing his son on the evil of staying out late at night and rising late in the morning. "You will never succeed," he said, unless you mend yeur ways. Remember, the early bird oatohes the worm." "And what about the worm, father?" said the young man, sneeringly. "Wasn't he rather foolish in getting up so ear ly?" "My son," said the old man, "that worm hadn't been to bed at all; he was only gettiug home. ' ' The young man coughed. ? "No," she said, "you don't real ly love me." "Yes, I swear I do," he protested. "I love you with all my soul. I would ask you to be my wife, tomorrow if 'I were properly situated." But his plea was useless. She had studied human nature, and knew that when a man is really i a love he doesn't stop to consider whether he can afford to marry or not. ' \ ? Pat your system in healthy con dition if you would be fortified to re sist yellow fever. Prickly Ash Bit ters, the System Cleanser and Regu lator, is the proper remedy. Sold at Evans Pharmacy. ? No man can climb higher than his highest ideal. All Sorts of Paragraphs. _?>!?..?.. 1- - - .1 means little fire in the winter. I I ? Three-fifths of the Spanish sol diers in Cuha are under 25 years of age. ? What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world ? Ink. ? The State of Texas is about 75, 00? square miles larger in area than Spain. ? There are 51,000 breweries iu the world, and about 25,001? of them are in Germany. ? The man who gets drunk with out suffering iujury is not overbur dened with brains. ? Women are not having a real good time unless four or five of them are talking at once. ? Some babies are brought up on tho bottle, and a good many men arc brought down by it. ? Havana's defences arc said to bo very formidable, and tho Spanish army of 120,000 men very strong. ? He must be a person of very in significant standing who is always standing upon his dignity. Win your battles against diaeaso by act ins > somptly. One Minute Cough 'Jure pro- aces immediate resuite. VVben taken ear' / it prevents consumption. And iu latei stages it furnisbes prompt relief. Evans Pharmaoy. ? Ever since Rebecca met Jacob at the well, mothers have been taking their marriageable daughters to water ing-places. ? We are commanded to let our light shine before men; tho man with the red nose keeps his light shining before himself. ? The highest tree in the world is at Dudenong, in Australia. It is a gum tree. It stands 450 feet high, and is still growing. Sick headache, biliousness, conntipu tion and ?11 liver and stomach troubles can be quickly cured by ubIur thooo fa' mous little pills known as DeWltt's Lit tie ICarly Risers. They are pleasant to take and never gripe. Evans Pbarmaoy, ? No man is so miserable but that his neighbor wantB something ho pos esses, and none so mighty but that ho wants another's aid. ? Egyptian figures, found on obe lisks, mounted on two-wheeled vehicles showed the Pharaohs had some idea of a velocipede. ? "Do you expect to hear often from your husband?" "Yes; he said he'd write, and I made him promise to give his letters to some other man to mail." ? There is a limit to tho work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted.?Gladstone. ? Barnes?Do you believo there is such a thing as pure patriotism ? Shedd?Of course there is. There is Howes, for example. He is willing to serve his country as a colonel, and he doesn't insist that be shall bo sent away from home, either. ? "Does your wife do much fancy work?" "Faooy work ? She won't even let a porous plaster come into the house without crocheting a red border round it and running a yellow ribbon through the holes." ? "I have a ten year-old hoy," said Oobang, "who can read and under stand Greek." "That is nothing," re torted the Ukerdeck. ' 'I have one the same age who -wi shes his face in the morning without grumbling." ? Speaking of ?he what-would-you do-if-you-wete-a-mai: question, it was an unfeeling woman who said she sup posed she would make a fool of her self like any other man. ? A Topeka lady engages a lawyer by the year, und pays him a stated sum for attending to all her legal work. Daring the lest seven years he has se cured five divorces for her. ? "This is the fourth time you have asked me to marry you," said Miss Cayenne, rather impatiently. "How often do you wish me to refuse you?" "Well," replied Willie Wishington, "I think three times quite sufficient." Seven Ways of Giving. First, the careless way. To give j something to every cause that is pre- J sented without inquiring into its merits. Second, the impulsive way. To give from impulse?as much and as ofteu as love and piety and sensibility prompt. Third, the lazy way. To make a special offer to earn money for benevo lent objects by fairs, festivals, etc. Fourth, the self-denying way. To save the cost of luxuries and apply them to purposes of religion and charity. This may lead to ascetism and self-complacence. Fifth, the systematic way. To lay aside as an offering to God a definite portion of our gains?one-tenth, one fiftfh, one-third, or one-half. This is adapted to all, whether rieh or poor, and gifts would be largely increased if it were generally practiced. Sixth, the equal way. To give to God and the needy as much as we spend on ourselves, balaneingour per sonal expenditures by our gifts, SovenSh, the heroic way. To limit our own expenditures to a certain sum, and give away all the rest of our income. This was John Wesloy's way.?Dr. A. T. Pearson, in the Pres byter ion Review. Veterans Want r>0,000 Melons. j "?"vjr i.uuusan? big, ripe, juicy wa termelons for the 50,000 veterans are wanted by the Veteran's Reunion As sociation, and from letters received at headquarters yesterday, it is evident that the melons will not bo missing wheu tho veterans come the Atlanta. During the war days in Atlanta, when shells were dropping into the streets and cannon balls were crashing through the house tops, veterans sat about in the shade of the trees, and while they cleaned their guns with one hand, they ate Georgia water melons with the other. Georgia wa termelons and the war are mutually to many who were in the battle of At lanta. "This is a fact." said Colonel Wad dell yesterday in talking about the melons. "It would be a disappoint ment to the veteraus to invito them to come to Atlanta without assuring them that they would have all the watermelons they could eat, and we are not going to disappoint them, eithor. 1 waut the Constitution to publish our appeal to every water melon grower in the State f Georgia that wc want melons of all sorts and and varieties, as well as shapes and sizes. We have already been promised several ear loads, but this will not bo enough and we want more. Just say that ouo of the best and most accep table donations to the entertainment fund will be a car load of nice water melons." The melons will be served at Ex position park and it is quite probable that since the melon movement has reached its present immense propor tions tiiat a part of one of the days of the reunion will be set apart and an old fashioned watermelon cutting will be given, nt which patriotic speeches will bo made and martial music ren dered. ?Atlanta Const it ution. ? At Seoul, Korea, there is a cur few law for men. It is obligatory for every man to return to his home when the huge bronze boll of tho eity pro claims it to be the hour of sunset and the time for closing tho gates. No man is allowed in the streets after that hour under pain flofogging, but tho women are allowed to go about and visit their friends. YELLOW FEVER. A Few Wort of Wanii, Persons who maybe exposed to yel low fever and others living in districts liable to be infected by it will find that timely and intelligent preparation is the best means of keeping this dread ful malady out of tho family. Sani tary regulation in the household are of the first importance. Clean up all refuse matter, decaying vegetation or cesspools. Drain off ponds, pools and sinks. Burn vegetable offal from tho kitohen. Eat nothing but light, whole some and easily digested food, avoid ing green or over ripe fruits and vege tables. Lastly, be sure that the blood, stomach and bowels of every member of the family is in healthy condition. Irregularities in the systeoi, such as indigestion, constipation, torpid liver, invite disease to enter the body, and in the case of yellow fever, renders its progress more virulent and deadly. This condition can be speedily remov ed and pure blood, good digestion and regularity in the bowelsrc-establiehed by using Prickly Ash Bitters, the great System Regulator. The fre quent use of this remedy in doses suited to the age of each person will maintain perfect health in the family. Get a bottle at once whilo the fever is yet afar off, use it faithfully and reg ularly. Prompt action NOW in put ting yourself and family in condition to resist the disease germs may spare you suffering and sorrow. Prickly Ash Bitters can be obtained at Evans Pharmacy._ THE BANK OF ANDERSON. We Pay Interest on Time Deposits by Agreement. Capital . - r~ . $165,000 Surplus and Profits - 100.000 Tstal .... - $285,000 OFFICERS. J. A. Bbolk, President. Jos. N. Brown, Vlce-Pf caident. B. P. mauldin, Cashier. DIRlvCTOBS. J.W.Nokrib. G.W.Fakt. N. O. F? itMKit. Jos. N.Brown. J. A. bbock. J ?. DUCWORTH. J.J. FBBTWKLL. J. M. SULMVAN. B. F. Mauldin. HutIdk the largest capital and surplus of auy Bank in the State outside or Charleston, we oner depositors the strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, where wo pay interest, as well as to active accounts Wo loan to regular depositor customers at our lowest rates. PHvatc loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other Investments aecured when desired. With twenty-flvo Tears cspsricr.es .n bankiaf, and with unexcelled facilities at our command, we are prepared to give satisfaction In all business transactions, ana will, as heretofore, take care of the interests of our regular customers at all times. LOST STOCK. 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