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i BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEESON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1898. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 10. -We have thought over this announcement, then penned it, then examined it, then amended it. Without preface or digression we proceed to recite the features of the move ment : 1st? All our STRAW and CRASH HATS will from now on be sold at one-half price : 50c. Straw and Crash Hats now 25c. 75c. Straw Hats now - - 38c $1.00 Straw Hats now - - 50c. $1.25 Straw Hats now - - 63c. 2nd. All our SUMMER UNDERWEAR will be sold at CUT PRICES. 3rd. All dur NEGLIGEE SHIRTS have been greatly reduced in price. It will not be wise for you to dally. Crowds of frugal and thrifty men will quickly respond, and it's best for you to get into their ranks. Your moneyNback if you want it. FARM MACHINERY. Have yon seen the Latest Mower on the Market ? The true worth and great advantages of our Mowers cannot be explained in au ad. like this. Come to us and investigate. We are not simple Agents for certain Steam Engines. We are more, and are in position to figure down where competition can't touch us. The Eclipso, The Atlas. The Erie City STEAM ENGINES ALL SIZES and STYLES for sale. We carry in stock, and save big money in freight on from three to five car loads of Engines. THE GREAT SMITH COTTON iCIN, COTTON PRESSES, SAW MILLS, &c, -?empofe a partial lilt of our Machinery. HYDRAULIC RAMS, Whiih give your house and farm pure spring water at little cost where water is within reasonable distance. We are making a great success of our Ratns, and charge nothing for information. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO ALABASTINE ^JTTf^ IT WONT RUB OFF. Wall Paper is Unsanitary. Kalsomine is tem porary, rots, rubs off and Scales. . .m DOCTOR-On la,*?*} ALABASTINE g^gs?? forms a pure and permanent coating and does' not require to be taken off to renew from ti me I to time. Is a dry powder. The latest make, being adapted to mix,, ready for usc, with' Cold Water* Can be easily brushed on by any I one. "ia white and twelve fashionable, tints. ALAbASTINE is adapted to all styles' ot plain and relief decorating. ASK YOUR PAINT DEALER FOR CARD OF TINTS. If not for sale in your town, write us for name of i - nearest dealer. ' 9MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ALABASTINE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.{ ALL COLORS KEPT IN STOCK BY ZE^T-AIfcTS PHARMACY. Youmans Deals With the Cotton Yield. The following letter on the vitally important subject of thc handling of this year's cotton crop has been re ceived by the president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association: FAIRFAX, Aug. 22,1898. Hon. J. C. Wilborn, ?orkville, S. C. My Dear Sir : t have just returned from Memphis, Tenn., where I have been as the vice-president for South Carolina to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the American Cotton Growers Protection Associa tion. At this meeting, after electing Col. Maxwell, of Louisiana, president, to succeed the late Hon. Hector D. Lane, deceased, and after simplifying the title of the organization by chang ing it to that of the National Cotton Growers' Union, it was determined by the president and vice-president to inaugurate a vigorous policy on the part of the cotton growers of the south to meet the requirements of the present threatening exigency of lower prices and impending ruin. From the best informed and most reliable sources of information the committee unanimously arrived at the conclusion that the present crop would fully equal, if not excel the last, and, if rapidly thrown upon the market, would in all probability sell far below 5 cents. In view of the fact that the cotton growers have the present crop of from ten to twelve million bales now in hand while manufacturers and speculators have only about three million bales, if that, and that if the cotton growers would withhold the present crop from the market for 90 days, say till December 1st, the world would be bare of cotton and at the mercy of the cotton growers for their supply, it was determined to ef fect a thorough and complete organi zation of the cotton growers beginning with the smallest geographical sub division with a view of holding the present crop and following up this line of action, through the medium of township clubs, by enrolling all land 'holders in a contract to reduce next year's acreage one-half. It is manifestly clear that such a line of proceeding would place the cotton growers in command of the situation and change the outlook from one of bankruptcy and ruin to one of profit and competency. It further seems that an effort in this line would meet with the aid and approval of almost every business interest in the South. Well knowing that the principle ob stacle to the accomplishment of this undertaking would consist in the ma turing obligations of the cotton grow ers, incurred in the production of the crop, a special committee has been ar ranged for, consisting of one member from each State, to confer with capi talists and provide the necessary funds to take up these liens and carry the cotton until such time as it can be disposed of at fair profit. Under instructions from the execu tive committee of the National Cotton Growers' Union, with a view of plac ing South Carolina in a position to carry out these propositions, I now call upon you as the president of the organization in this State to call a convention to meet in Columbia at the earliest possible day. Please use such diligence as will secure a full representation from each.county in the State. Should our State act with prompt ness and decision, it would in all probability have a most happy effect on all the other eotton-growing States. This is a matter of vital consequence to the entire cotton belt and too im portant to brook any unnecessary de lay. While I have thought proper to give you an outline of the committee s plan of proceedure, it was thought best by the committee not to make it public just 3ret. Yours very sincerely, L. W. YOUMANS. One Million Rations. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-In accord ance with the determination of the^j administration the Comal sailed from Tampa to Habana to-day with 1,000, 000 rations for distribution to the starving people of Cuba. These rations will be distributed by Lieut. A. D. Niskern, under the direction of Capt. Niles of the artillery, in con formity with the orders of thc Presi dent and Secretary of War. Supplies will be furnished to other provinces in the island under the direction of officers of the army as emergency may demand. lt has been learned that there will be no difficulty regarding the entry of the supply vessels to Cuban ports or their distribution under the direction of United States anny officers. It is stated that the Spanish authorities in Cuba are glad to have the provisions sent in. Attention, Cotton Growers. gjgCoi.u.MWA, S. C., Aug. 2!).-Presi dent Wilborn has called a cotton grower's convention for the 20th of September. In his call he says: "It is requested that every county send delegates. The county organization in each county is requested to meet and elect delegates. Where it is impracti cable to call a mass meeting the county presidents are requested to see to it that a delegation comes to the State convention." "Where there is no organization those interested are most earnestly re quested to co-operate with the clerk of court of said county, the clerks being hereby requested to in terest themselves at least to the extent that they will see that their counties shall be represent ed. "This meeting will take steps that will be of inestimable benefit to every cotton grower in this State. At a conference in Memphis a committee from each State was appointed to negotiate for money whereby liens on the present crop could be taken up and the bulk of the crop of this year held off for ninety days and perhaps^longer, which it is hoped will force present prices up. "The big crop that is now growing is liable to depress present prices, j The producer has the key to the situa tion if he can be induced to act as a unite. "Send a delegation from every com munity and let them discuss plans in county conventirn for this crop, also for the next crop, and send county re commendations to the State conven tion."-Special to Greenville News. To Frerent Pension Frands. A determined step has been taken by the war department to prevent pen sion frauds that might be perpetrated as an outcome of the war just closed, and with this purpose in view Pension Agent General St. Clair Mulholland, of this city, has received advices from Washington relative to regulations for mustering out soldiers. In these ad vices, which emanate from the war department, it is ordered that the physical condition of each soldier be ascertained and noted before his dis charge papers are issued. The pur pose of this regulation, it waa ex plained, is for the purpose oP pre venting false claims in thc future. Gen. Mulholland said the importance of the precaution could not be too highly estimated, as it would save the Government a vast amount of' litiga tion, but he doubted whether the authorities would be able to live up to'the regulation. He dwelt upon thc difficulties that would be encountered in mustering out large forces of men in a f?w days, and said it was likely that many would endeavor to escape the examination in their hurry to get to their homes. Speaking of the judiciousness of the plan he cited a case of a soldier's widow claiming a pension on thc ground that her husband had con tracted deafness while in the civil war, whereas an investigation proved that the deceased had been deaf for many years prior to his enlistment. It is to prevent a repetition of just such cases as this, Gen. Mulholland said, that the present plan has been adopted.-Philadelpnia Evening Tele graph. Conductor Cason Murdered. MACON, GA., August 27.-A special to the Mcfcon Telegraph from Dupont, Gr., says that conductor Cason, of the Plant system, was shot and killed at that place yesterday by Mark Graham, a negro. Cas-m had taken a month's vacation and was on his way to South Carolina where he was to have been married. When the train reached Du pont, Graham and a white boy board ed the train to get a drink of water. They got into a fuss andin the absence of thc regular conductor Cason under took to stop it. As he approached the negro drew a pistol and shot, him, inflicting a wound from which he died almost immediately. Thc body was taken to Waycross, (ia., where a crowd was formed and started after the mur derer. Hounds were procured from McKee's lumber camp and started on the trail. The chase led toward the Florida linc. If the negro is caught he will be lynched. m ? ? - $100 Reward. $100. Tho miniers of this paper will ho pleased lo Irurti j that thoro ls at least ono dreaded disease that sci I once has been able to cure in all Its stages, and that I ls Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Caro is thc only posl I live euro now known to tho medical fraternity. . Catarrh being a constitutional diseaso requires a ! constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internally, acting directly upon tho blond and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying tho foundation of tho disease, and giving thc pat tient strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors have ?-o much frith in its curative powers,that they ofter One Hundred I'ollars for any case, thal it falls to cure. Send for list o? tes timonials Ready to Obey Orders. News caul Courier. Camp Cuba Libre, Panama Park. Fla., Aug. 24.-The cry to uGo home!'' is gradually decreasing, and the boys are quieting down again and seem to be satisfied now to go to Cuba, or any where the Government my see fit to send us. After due consideration the majority of the men have realized the fact that neither they nor their officers have any idea as to their immediate dis position, but they are obligated to serve the United States for two years, unless the Government sees fit to dis charge them sooner. If the war department orders the 7th army corps to Havana, to Havana we go. If they see fit to send us to Manila, to Manila we will go, and nothing the men can say or do will change "Uncle Sam's" purposes, and most of the men have about awakened to that fact. It would be impossible for the Gov ernment to hold an army together if regiments, brigades or divisions were allowed the privilege of disband- ( ing by simply making their wishes known; and, on the other hand, it would be "unamerican" not to recog nize the voice of its people to some j extent even in time of war. I think I voice the sentiment of two-thirds of the enlisted men of this regiment, when I say that they would 1 like to be mustered out of service and return to their homes; but, their patriotism and manliness is too strong for them to ask to be relieved of their obligation. Their sense of duty to their country restrains them from pressing their personal desires. Lieut. Frank G. Tompkins has been detailed as Judge Advocate of the Field Officers' Court. He is a young man of fine sense and good judgment, and no better man could be detailed for this work, as he enjoys the confi dence of a great many of the regi ment. We are enjoying fine weather, good breezes and pleasant nights since the rain. Four hours a day will cover all t'ie work we do, and the balance is spent in flaying, sporting, fishing, etc. Even the rations are getting better. We all had fried ham and rice to-day for dinner, and fried h;im, biscuit and coffee for supper. The prospect is that every mart in the regiment will have the opportunity of a ten-days' leave before we embark for Cuba, and it is rumored that we will be paid two months in advance before we leave, There seems to be an erroneous impression ?i??ng many of the men that we are going to be sent to Havana to clean up the city, putin sewerage, etc, as well as do garrison duty. It would be well, and at the same time, a great relief to many minds, if some one who is in position to know would fully define the duties that our soldiers will have to perform as an army of occupation or garrisoning Cuba, for it seems to be a question that is troubling a great many of the boys. Our energetic and efficient Acting Quartermaster Lieut. Wyatt Aiken has just returned from the city, where has been looking after supplies for the regiment. He advises me that to morrow he will haul in for distribution among the men 1,300 hats, 1,100 blue trousers, 800 pair leggings and a lot of other things necessary to fill in. The following have secured leaves to visit home for the next ten days: Jas. D. Fleming, Harry L. Gass, Lieut. Walter N. Kirkland, Privatei Huger McKeown, Jas. Simpson, R. A. Johnson, B. T. Norris, J. M. Dozier, J. B. Siles, Daniel Cunning ham. A. B. Desportes, J. T. Baldwin, Woods Hughes, John Fox. Furloughs can almost be gotten now by asking for them. Things arc sounding to-nigh?fc like old times at Chickamauga, singing and laughing are going on in all the com panies. Company A returned to-day from a week's tour of provost guard duty at Jacksonville. The boys liked it very much, and there .is a good deal of rivalry now between thc companies to sec who will go out next on this tour ! from thc 1st South Carolina volunteer infantry. AVc are all glad to know that Capt. ^ilford, of Company A, is improving. T. M. LUMPKIN. mt . *m* - Before Santiago Chaplain Brown, I of Arizona, was seen to seize thc car bine of a wounded trooper as the fight began to grow fierce, and work his way ? to thc front of the lighting line. Col. \ Roosevelt remonstrated. "According to thc articles of war, chaplain," he said, "you are not allowed to handle firearms." "D-n the articles of war!" came thc quick response. "Herc's where I'm needed now." And there he stayed. (?cn. Sliaftcr Reviews War. NEW YORK, Aug. 2G.-A dispatch to the Herald from Santiago says: Prior to embarking on the steamer Mexico, Major General Shafter con sented to be interviewed. During the interview he discussed in general terms the campaign ju3t ended. The bare prospect of returning to thc United States caused him to be brighter, more cheerful and less har rassed looking than at any period since he embarked at Tampa. Critics and detractors are alike for gotten, and with improved health and the evident consciousness that what ever might be the eventual verdict of the operations before Santiago, a dif ficult campaign has been brought to a successful conclusion. He spoke with greater energy and more vigor than at any time since the capitulation. Gen. Shafter said : "I look upon the campaign just closed as a successful one in the highest degree, not only in regard to the military operations, but more especially in regard to the great re sults achieved. When we decided to attack Santiago we looked for nothing more as the immediate fruit of victory than the capture of the city. What has been achieved is the capitulation of the entire eastern part of the pro vince from a line at Jibari to the south coast together with the enemy's forces, amounting to almost 24,000 men. Surely this was a notable achievement of the campaign, bearing in mind the fierce opposition we en countered and the comparatively small loss of our own forces. "From a military point of view, I perhaps took steps which might not be deemed justifiable under other cir cumstances, but I knew the temper and capabilities of my soldiers and the moral effect of our gradually cooping up the enemy within its own lines. "My engineers were very apprehen sive that the Spaniards might break through on my left and cut off Siboney. This, from a purely military stand point, might have been truthfully correct, but personally, I had not for a moment any fear on that scope. The result, however, I think, proved tte correctness of my conclusions. "Our primary object was to drive Cervera out and next to take the town, i We had gradually driven the Span iards back on high lands circling the ? city, and slowly advancing day by day. The enemy began losing spirit 1 as soon as our guns had been placed 1 in a position to cover the town. "When Cervera left the situation , was changed. The town was at my mercy and had I given the order for a ' direct assault it would have been taken within four hours. I believe ; that with the forces then at my com mand, reinforced as they had been, I was in a position to take the city by force. "But if I had taken a step of such : a character what would have been the result ? I estimate that our casualties would have been 3,000 men, and the action I took has had a more brilliant result, without so heavy a loss of ! valuable lives. "The town itself is admirably situ ated for defense, and the fight would have been a long aod bloody one. Every house is strongly constructed ? of stone, and entirely different from : ordinary buildings. Every house was a little fortress itself. Had the Span- ? iards, forced by desperation, fought J the battle out in the streets our loss would have been enormous. But from I the moment General Toral made a < proposition for a conference, I knew , he was determined to give up, and I acted accordingly. "Personal reflections have been cast i upon me because I was not on the fighting line. That was not the place ( for a general in command of an army. It must be remembered that I was connected by telephone with the oin- ' cers at the front and was better able : to direct operations from the position | I had taken. Save for two days when ill, I was in direct command of this ' campaign, which I consider unequaled 1 in American history, for it wa9 really 1 the first time the United States had ? fought with its regular army. Th? civil war was a war of volunteers, but ( this campaign was fought and won by our regular troops. "I did not notice the fact at first, < but there was only three volunteer , regiments engaged against the Span iards. While the highest credit is to be given them and they fought bravely ' and well, there was the moral sup- I port of the regulars back o't it all. ] "Our volunteers lacked that unity, i cohesion and individual support noticeable in our trained troops, but at the same time no disparagement '< should be made of the volunteer regi- 1 uients in the campaign. What they ] lacked otherwise they made up for in ^ enthusiasm and patriotic spirit, and I desire to command no better army ' than thc one composed of the class 1 of volunteers under me in the Santi- i ago campaign. "Thc operations of the regulars in the campaign have proved conclusive ly their superiority over some organi- ? zations of State militia in which the '. men are partially compelled to serve . by a sense of shame, but they do not show the enthusiasm of volunteers. .'There has been sonic question con- : corning the transportation facilities of the army. The facilities were all j there and the transportation equip ment provided was all it should have been, but our difficulties were cnor- j mous. There was only one road. To j have built another would have taken j two years. Thc nature of the coun- j try, the weather-all these things- ! helped to disorganize this depart ment. The usc of wagons was almost 1 impossible." STATE NEWS. - One negro man quarreled with and killed another at a funeral in Charleston county, S. C., Aug. 20. - Excessive rains are reported from every section of the State, and in some places crops have been badly damaged. - The electric railway to connect Augusta with Aiken, a distance of 17 miles, will be built, it is said, in the near future. - The city of Chester has the hon or of having two! companies in the Volunteer army-one in the First and one in the Second. - On account of the general elec tion coming during Fair week the time for holding the next State Fair has been changed to the week beginning November 14. - Converse College, Spartanburg, is erecting a conservatory of music. This new building will contain 30 prac tice rooms and an auditorium with a seating capacity of 2.000. - The- farmers around Darlington and Timmonsville are just now market ing their tobacco crop. The tobacco crop in those sections brings as much money now as the cotton crop. - The*twelfth annual display of the Fairview stock and mechanical association will be held on the associ ation grounds, near Fairview church, Green ville county, September 23rd. - The constitution of South Caro lina provides that jurors must be be tween the ages of 21 and 65, and a new brial was recently granted in a crimi nal case because one of the jurors was 56 years old. - The Prosperity Canning Company got in 3 cars of cases Wednesday and ?viii be ready to ship out their product within a week. They have canned this season 60,000 cans and would have put up 100,000 had the tomato crop not been a failure. They will not pack 100 cases of tomatoes all told, much to their regret. - The stockholders of the Granby Mills of Columbia have decided to in crease the?T capital stock from $250, 000 to $800,000k It is the intention to have all the machinery in them running by January. The capacity of the mill is to be increased from 18,000 spindles to 57,000 spindles, and from 500 looms to 1.500 looms. - Columbia responded in no mean way to the call made by the ladies of the Wayside Hospital Relief .Corps, for contributions of delicacies for the hungry and sick soldiers passing through the city on their way north from Florida. The result was that the 800 or more volunteers who came through Columbia were feasted and refreshed. - Mrs. Lula Hahn of Hamburg was Beverely gored by an angry cow on Sat urday afternoon in the lot on Mr. Hahn's place. From {what could be ?earneel of the affair, it seems that Mrs. Hahn had a most desperate battle with the cow. Finally she was penned in a corner of the stall where" the cow was confined, and but for timely aid would have been gored to death where she lay. -Between Grier's Station and Dun can, just this side of Yorkville, the train going North killed a three-year old colored child. The child was play ing in the weeds near the railroad brack, and just as the train came up it jumped out of the weeds on the track, the engine striking it on the head and knocking it 20 feet in the air. It fell ko the side of the track dead. - A very sad accident occurred im Chester last Sunday morning when th? baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Joh* R. Gulp, Jr., aged 22 months, was drown ed in a bath tub in which there was . about five inches of water- Mr. Culp bad been in the room, but went into the yard for some purpose, and when tie returned was shocked to find his lear little baby girl had fallen into the tub, and upon gathering her into his arms was horrified that she did not breathe and that life was extinct. Dr. McConnel was sent for, and every ef fort made for three hours to restore life, but to no purpose. When the baby was found her face was in the water, while her body was only half in the tub. - An assault was made last Wed nesday night upon Walter Moon, while be was visiting a young lady. Moon is a son of Squire John P. Moon, a prominent farmer living ten miles from Greenville. Wednesday night he went to sec a daughter of John T. Chapman. Thc young people went to the well near the house and suddenly both were struck in thc head cither by knucks or shot from a sling. The youngman was badly hurt, but the girl received only a slight wound. Jeal ousy is supposed to bc the cause of the attack. The sheriff is working hard to find the villain.