The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 15, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning, Nov. 15,1885.
The Fktnlmrn,
CoIon< 1 O. Browu, for the Freedmen's
Burean, has issued an admirable circular,
embracing instructions to the agents of the
Bureau in Nerti? Carolina. After calling
thc attention of the agunts to their neglect
of duty in not requiring the freedmen to
make contracts for their services with the
farmers and planters, he states that tho
principal feature of this Bureau is not to
"supply any channel through which the
Government aid or private charity shall be
dispensed, but to make thc freedmen a
solf-supporting class of free labor, who
shall understand the necessity of steady
employment, and the responsibility of pro
riding for themselves and families. Where
employment is offered on terms thai, will
provide for the comfortable subsistence of
the Laborers, removing them from the vices
or idleness and from dependence on chari?
ty, they should be treated as vagrants if
they do not accept it: and thc rules nf thc
Bureau applicable in such cases, should be
-rigidly enforced. While the freedmen
must and will be protected in their rights,
they must be required to meet these first
and most essential conditions of a state of
freedom, a visible means of support, and
fidelity io contracts."'
From this circular and others issued by
thc officers in the different bureaus in other
Southern States, it is evident, as the Wil
;mington Dis}WtcJi says, that the frecdmeu
will not bo encouraged in habits of idle?
ness, either hy the officers of the Freed?
men's Bureau or by those who employ
Ahem. Thoy must work; and it will ?ie well
TOT them to know and feel that this is tho
.?case, before the severity of winter comes
.on. Nor should they bc at all exacting in
inhsvir demands for wages; it will require all
the energy and economy of a majority of
the whites, in the South, to make a com?
fortable living during the next year, and
any negro who has the guaranty of a suffi?
ciency of food and clothing to supply
his wants, at present, is indeed a fortunate
Jjcing.
Wc trust that both parties, the employ?
ers ard the laborers, will make such con?
tracts as will insure at least a sufficiency
of food for the coming year.
Wade Hampton.
We publish, this morning, an eloquent
;tnd touching address from Gen. Wade
Hampton to the people of South Carolina.
This address bears tho impress of pa?
triotism, honesty anil sincerity. It is
coached in the language of a true son ol
South Carolina, and will bc read with inte?
rest beyond the limits of this State. It will
take the wind out of the sails of the radi?
cal press, which nave made such a hubbub
over Iiis reported election as Governor. No
truer patriot, or one more, devoted to the
welfare of his State and whole country, can
he found anywhere, than the writer of this
srahle loiter. Al! honor to Wade Hampton,
for this last manifestation of his devotion
to the wea! of the people among whom li?
was raised, and who aro proud of him as s
type of a South Carolina patriot and gentle?
man. _^ _
Twu Governors.
From our exchanges, we learn of a most
extraordinary Gul>vrnatorial muddle ii
Mississippi. The p . iple of r'.iat Sta:-,
recently adopted a Constitution, which
among other tilings, provided for the dec
Ht*.-, of a Governor. As soon as the Con
veniion adjourned, an election was ordcrei
by the Provisional Governor, ami a Cm
stitn:ional Governor was elected, Genera
Humphreys proving the successful candi
date. His ineligibility WAS at once remove*
by a pardon from Washington, and he en
tered some weeks ago upon the duties a
his office. The L?gislature of Mississippi
in tht rae.iutinie elected the late Pro
visional G ivernor to the Senate of th
United States, and Judge Sharkey retira
Suddenly, however, Mr. Seward order
Judge Sharkey to co:i?i::ue i > perform hi
duties aa Provirional Gov. :. or, hat thor
is no proclamation of the intention of ti.
parrys. Mississippi K therefore, w ll sup
plied with thc ari ?eic of G .vern rn al thi
time. As the relations between the coi:
wt it ul i-ma., and Provisional Governors ar
of thc most friendly character, they ..?.1
in tiie discharge of their dulles, probabl,
"ride and tire," 1-Tnmphreyn take:;:
reins one day and Sharkey ibe next. Thi
Kornau Triumvirate tried tha! plan, but i
Cmnjil i melli a ry.
Charleston .Yr pays the following merl
*d compliment to th* proprietor of th
PiUCiiU :
Ymir correspondent must, through th
medium of yoiii . han: *, thank the edito
ami proprietor of the I'htcnix for mime,
ons acts of kindness. As in* cannot h
omnipresent, and as be spent most of Iii
time'in the Hons-, be would Rot ni
frequently be obliged to leave yonr reader
uninformed as to the proceedings of the
Senate, if he could not get access to the
proof-sheets of its proceedings at night.
He has always found Mr. Selby kind and
obliging, ready to afford him every facility,
and meriting, by his kindness, the success
which has attended, and which will attend,
his energy and his enterprise.
To thc People or Sottlh C arolina.
Expecting to leave the State, in a few
days, for an uncertain period, I cannot do
so without expressing to my fellow-citizens
my profound sense of thc honor paid tome
by thc vote giren to mo in the recent elec?
tion for Governor. In returning my thanks
to them for the late spontaneous and ex?
traordinary manifestation of their kind?
ness, it is dun to them that I should st ile
the reasons which induced me to declino to
bo a candidate. In the fir.it place, the
Convention, which gave the election of
Govornor to tho people, hid, with singular
unanimity--though not in their public ca
pacity--requested thc distinguished gen?
tleman who has been elected to become a
candidate forth? office. This he consented
to do, though, doubtless, at great personal
inconvenience, and a heavy sacrifice of his
private interests. Under the.-.c circum?
stances, I was unwilling to do anything
that might eau.ie a political contest in tho
State. I thought that no good could arise
at home from such a contest, whilst it
might do ns infinite mischief abroad. The
President of the United States had exhibit?
ed not only a strong disposition to protect
thc South from the radicalism of the North,
but to re-instate us in our civil and poli?
tical rights. ? feared that my election-by
embarrassing him in his labors anti policy
might incidentally d') harm to the State.
Supcraddcd to these considerations of a
public character, deterring mo from ap?
pearing as a candidate, there wer? others
of a private nature no l"ss strong. My
affairs, neglected for five years, impera?
tively demand my personal attention. Had
I believed that my election as Governor
could really benefit the State, or subserve
any of her true interests, no sacrifies of a
private nature, however great, would have
deterred me from accepting that or any
other position to which she might have
called me; but regarding my nomination
only as a compliment from some of my
former comrades, I felt at liberty to de?
cline, though deeply sensible of the honor
paid to me by the nomination, and the
manner in which it was received throughout
the State. These reasons, which I hope
you will understand and appreciate, im?
pelled me to withdraw my name. Having
given the reasons for the course I pursued,
and expressed ?ny thanks for your gene?
rous confidence in me, I should, perhaps,
here close. Put the evidence you have
given of your kindness to, and e.uifidonce
io, me-evidence as unexpected as il is
gratifying-authorizes me, I trust without
presumption, to add a few words of counsel.
For years past, it has been the boast of
our State that there was but one party
within her limits. Commendable and
vital as that state of affairs was during the
war, it is scarcely, if at all, less so now.
Every association of the past, every duty
of the present, every hope of the future,
bid us still ti)stand "shoulder to shoulder."
Tho work before us denian.ls all the patri?
otism, all the courage, ail the endurance of
our whole people. Let no party strife, no
minor issues, no petty polities, divert us
from the great and pressing work of tho
hour. That of reanimating, as far as pos?
sible, our prostrate and bleeding State, ami
rehabitating her, as speedily as may be,
wit.: the forms, the rights and the sanctity
of government and of law.
That barque, which was launched a few
years ago, amid such joyous acclamations,
which was freighted witii such precious
hopes, and which was wafted on by such
earnest prayers, has suffered shipwreck.
It behooves us, an wise men, to build of its
broken timbers, as best we may, a raft,
whenever we may hope to reach a haren of
rest and safety.
it may bc, tint when tile forms of go?
vernment are restored, ami freedom of
speech allowed to us, your late Convention
wiil be subjected to harsh criticism and its
action impugned. Should such, unhappi?
ly, bc lite carie, remember that you, the
people of South Carolina, accepted this
Convention as part and parcel of the terms
of your surrender. The President had no
shadow of authority, I admit-under thc
Constitution of tie'i nitedStates-to order
a Convention in this or any other Stat?';
but, as i' conqueror, be had tin- righi to
oller, if not to dictate terms. Toe terms
offered by him you have accepted, and you
ar.- bound, by every dictate ot honor and
ol' tn oih:.es>, to abide by them honestly
and t'/ ko -p, in good iaith, thc pledges you
have given, i ?u not, myself, concur fully
in ali the measures adopted by the Gen?
tile action ii took to carryout faithfully
the i nus agreed on, ami I willingly accord
to i; high praise for the manner in which it
discbarge ; its arduous and unwelcome
labors. No similar body ever represented
more largely than i! did the dignity, the
learning, thc virtue and the patriotism of
the Stale, and i am sure that it was actu?
ated p.oe and high motive.-. Entertain?
ing men? '.iews, I think that it ia our duty
to sustain thu action of the Convention in
recognizing the abolition of slavery, to
support the President of the Cnited Suites
so e ng as he manifests a disposition to
restore ali oar rights as a sovereign Stale,
and to give to our newly elected Governor
a cordial co-operation in his grave and
responsible dutici). Above all, let ns stand
by our State lier record is honorable, her
escutcheon untarnished. Here is mir
country -thc land of our nativity, the
ie me of our affection. Hore ail our hope.;
should centre; here wc have worshipped
the God of our father's: here, amid (-barred
and blackened ruins, are the spots we once
fondly called our homes: and here wo
buried the ashes of our kindred. All these
sacred ties bind us to our State and they
are intensified by her suffering and her
desolation.
"Ani, r.o m ehii.i, MUCH ac?; mi; sounds
molest,
Clings closo and closer to the mother's
breast;
So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's
roar
Dut bind us to our native land the more."
I trust that you will pardon me for thus
venturing to counsel you. Believe mc, that
it is in no presumptuous feeling that I do
so, but solely in an honest, sincere and
humble hope of contributing my mite to
thc welfare and honor of our State. What
I have said has been evoked by your recent
manifestations of kindness to me. This I
shall cherish as one of thc proudest recol?
lections of my lifo, for it assures mo of
your belief that I have tried to do my duty,
lt only remains for mc, in bidding you
farewell, to say that whenever the State
need* my services she has only to com?
mand and I shall obey. 1 am, very re?
spectfully and gratefully, vu ur fellow-citi?
zen. " WADI: HAMPTON.
Later from Europe.
The Coba brings dates from Queens?
town to the 29th ult.
The Times accepts the reconstructed
Cabinet as a necessity. It acknowledges
that Earl Bussell has some genius and a
deal of political experience, but regrets
that it should be necessary to recur to a
politician, over seventy years old. Tho
'Times would rather have another Premier,
but is content to admit for the time that
Russell is inevitable. Thc Premier should
be chosen from the Commons, especially
when so many have been peers. The
Times cannot look upon the arrangement
as long-lived. The State wants new blood.
The Star says: We are about to have a
Cabinet, tho leading member of which is
pledged by precedent and the one great
purpose of his whole life to reform.
Tue Advertiser thinks Russell's ministry
may be suffered to exist, and that will be
all, nntill the meeting of Parliament.
The Daily Netes, in a friendly ari ide,
point i out the difficulties of the position,
and says if the minislry is once more to j
lay claim to a definite policy, the cabinet
must speak with thc sense of having tho
support of the country, and it is impossi?
ble to do this effectually unless a prepon?
derance of ministerial influence lies in thc
representative chamber. Notwithstanding
difficult and delicate points, tba position of
the Government in the House of Commons
is far too unsatisfactory to afford their
consideration being indefinitely postponed.
FRANCE.
The departure of the Court for Com
peigne was postponed. The Emperor and
Empress had determined not to brave Paris
until after the entire disappearance of the
cholera.
Tho Emperor visited two military hospi?
tals, on the 26th.
Thc Paris papers were enthusiastic about
the visit of thc; Empress to the hospitals,
and her personal kindness to thc patients.
The Patrie says the sanilurv condition of
Paris has much improved the last few days.
The Empress bad addressed a private
letter of condolence to Lady Palmerston.
The Paris Bourse on th" 270i was heavy;
rentes closed at 67f. 05c.
TUE I.ATT.ST.
LONDON, October 2i>.-Two French fri?
gates leave Toulon to-day, to bring 'nome a
portion of the French troops in tho Roman
States. The Second Brigade returns to
Franc?.- next Spring.
Tun WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAIL?
ROAD.-The President and Superintendent
of this road have returned from the North,
and, we are- pleased to learn, have been
successful in making arrangements with
the Government, as well as with tither
parties, which will enable the company to
complete necessary repairs, as well as to
operate their road efficiently.
The new President, Mr. Bridges, is evi?
dently the man for tho occasion-active,
energetic, persevering and indefatigable -
and well sustained by Col. Fremont, Gene?
ral Superintendent.
[ Wilmington Journal, 11th.
"All that's bright must fade," is not ap?
plicable to -i ??ne' set of teeth brushed with
Fragrant Sozodont. Its protective, pre?
servative and beautifying properties will
preserve thc whiteness, soundness and
natural polish of good teeth throughout
life. And win n unsound, it will arrest de?
cay, and remove from thc breath the taint
which decomposition generates. *
COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, November ll,-Sales of cot?
ton to-day 3,000bales, at 50@52c. Goid46.f.
MOBILE, November 10.. -Sabs of cotton
to-day SOO bab s; mid.liing 48@19c. Sales
of the week 1,300 bales. Receipts, 12,851
bales. Exports, 12,120 bales. Steck. 50,003
bales. Gold 50.
SHIP MOWS.
Poid' OF CHARLESTON, NOV. ll.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Starlight, Pedrick, New York.
I Steamship Emilv !'.. Souder, Lockwood,
New York.
WENT TO SEA SATURDAY.
Steamship Quaker City, West, New York.
WENT TO SKA YESTERDAY.
Sehr. Lan. Smith, Garwood, Havana.
SAILED IOU TH'S PORT.
The i! >na Fide, Omholt, from Liverpool,
Oct. 23.
I The st. Davids, for this port, was at Yar
j mouth, leaky, Oct. 28, and ifould discharge.
Dissolution.
nprlii cooartnership heretofore existing
? iL. under the name of O'BRIEN A MCAN?
DREWS, i< lierebv dissolved bv mutual
?misent.
I Hie business will be conducted in future
I'ny RICHARD O'BRIEN, who is authorized
to collect all claims due the late concern,
1 previous publications to the contrary not
I withstanding. R. O'BRIEN.
WM. MCANDREWS.
COLUMBIA, s. C., November 1!. 1S03.
j Nov 14 I*
Report of Managers on Election
to Convention.
W. B. Nash, 1,972; H. D. Edwards, 1,702;
Wm. Myers, 1.5G5; Wm. Simons, 1,100; Is.
Davis. 621; D. Pickett, 341; T. si Bampfield,
2<V7; L Black, 219; A. Richardson, 134.
W. J. THOMAS,
J. LEE,
P. NOWELL,
S. DAVIS.
C. T. CARROLL,
Nov 15 1* Managers <>f Election.
J. C. OREEN would respect fully inform
his old patrons and the public generally,
that he has made an engagement with tho
?rm cf FISHER & LOWRANCE, (success?
ors to tho old firm of Fisher A Agnew,)
whore he would bc pleased to sec them.
Our stock will bo complete in all the seve?
ral branches, viz: DRY GOODS, HARD?
WARE, GROCERIES; in fact, ahnest every?
thing a family or a plantation ni.iv want.
AU of which will he >ol l ai the LOWEST
RATES. The store is on Main street, ut
the ,,IJ stand of Fisher A Heinitsh.
Nov ir, p
Akanta Medical College,
THE Colli' S of Lectures in thi? institu?
tion will commence on the FIRST MON?
DAY in November next, and continue four
months -the Faculty having changed the
time for the session from summer to the
winter months.
JOHN G. WESTMORELAND, Dean.
Oct ..>.". Imo
The friends of Dr. A. N. TALLEY noun.
nat?! bini as a candidate for Mayor at tho
ensuing election in April next. Nov 2 *
For Congress.
Du. R. C. GRIFFIN, of Edgefield, is an?
nounced as a candidate for CONGRESS from
tlc Third Congressional District, composed
of the Districts of Abbeville, Edgefield,
Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
and Orangcburg. Oct 28 7*
For District Judge.
Thc friends of W. B. JOHNSTON, Esq.,
who has so efficiently lilied the office of Ma?
gistrate for the District of Richland, re?
spectfully recommend him to the Legisla?
ture as a suitable gentleman to rill thu new
office created by the State Convention. He
is we ll known throughout the State, and
for the past eight months has lilied a judi?
cial station with tile utmost satisfaction tn
all parties. MEMBERS OF THE BAR.
For Congress.
The friends of Gen. SAMUEL MeGOWAX
announce him as a Candidate for tho
United States Congress from thc Third Con?
gressional District, embracing the Districts
of Orangeburg, Edgefield, Abbeville, New?
berry, Lexington, Riebland and Fairfield.
Oct 27
For State Treasurer.
; The friends of Dr. R. W. GIBBES respect
' fully nominate him to the Legislature for
? this office. His well known business cha
I ractcr, energy and ability eminently recom?
mend him. He has for many years served
the State efficiently in various capacities,
j and now he needs 1e r support. Oct 2*2
For Congress.
; We are authorized to announce JAMES
I FARROW, Esii., of Spartanburg, as a eau
j didate to represent, in the Congress of the
; United Slates, the Fourth Congressional
District, comprising the Districts of An
'., derson, Pickens, ( IrccnvUle. Laurens, Spar
; tanburg, Union, York and Chester.
Sept 30
lo BARRELS LIME.
-I f\ KEGS WHITE LEAD.
LU Bbl. PAINT OIL. Just received and
; for sale by H AN AILYN A WARLEY.
I GROCERIES!
I Groceries! Groceries!
IUST received and for sale LOW, at the
corner of Bull and Camden streets:
New York City-cured HAMS and STRIPS.
I TONGUES and BOLOGNA SAUSAGES,
i English ALI:. ) Direct
PORTER. importa
PICKLES, io mustard. ) tion.
AND
FAMILY FLOUR, by bbb, bag or pound.
Extra GOSHEN RUTTER, LEAF LARD.
Nov 15 1* RICHARD CALDWELL.
Strayed,
FR< Ol my yard, foot of Lady
?ri ri on Thursday, Otb instant, a
?ark brown STUD MULE. A line?
al reward will bc jedd for the rc
j?HN ALEXANDER,
N,,v 15 .; Congaree Iron Works.
Notice.
rp! IH undersigned (formerly of Danville.
1 Ya.. ) beg leave to inform the ladies and
gcntlenn n of the city of Columbia and sur?
rounding country, ihat they are building a
store-hoiise on Main street, al Bronson's
old stand, where they will keep a large as?
sortment of
DRY C< M ?D's.
NOTIONS.
MILLINERY,
FANCY GOODS,
GENT'S CLOTHING,
LOOTS AND SHOES.
Due nulle P. ii! be given what day we
shall bc alda t > open for business, which
will be in about ten days, and ladies, as well
an gentleini n, would do wi il to wait am
examine-our stock before purchasing else
wh. ,. . YRELES. MYERS .V CO.
Nev ll 6*
rory
Local Items.
Attention is invited to the salo of hand?
some furniture, to-morrow morning, adver?
tised by J. G. Gibbes, Esq. An opportu?
nity of this kind should not be overlooked
by old house-keepers, nor those about to
double-team for tho journey through life.
COLUMBIA POST OFFICE.-Thc mails are
ready for distribution daily between the
hom's of 10 and ll a. m. The mails for
Winnsboro and the North close at 9 a. m.,
Charleston 3 p. m., Greenville 2 p. m.
CASH. -"We wish it distinctly understood
that our terms for subscription, advertising
and job work are cash. The money must
in every case accompany orders, or thc;/ ici//
not tte attended to. This rule applies to ab.
JOST POUT.isuEi).-Tho Sack and Destruc?
tion of thc City of Columbia, originally
published in the Columbia Phoenix. A
pamphlet edition of th" above has jus
boen issued ami is for sale at this omeo
price SI a copy.
NEW STORE.-We cali thc attention of
our renders to the advertisement of Messrs.
Fisher A Lawrence r.r.d the card of Mr. J.
C. Green, in to-day's paper. This firm
succeeds the well-known house of Fisher
A Agnew-tho senior partner, Dr. Edward
Fisher, still retaining an interest in the new
business. The old friends of Mr. Green
will be pleased to find him at home again
behind the counter. His long experience
renders him an acquisition to the new firm.
Tho stock of goods in the various
branches advertised is very full, and will
be sold at prices to suit thc times and the
scarcity of money.
NEW AnrBuTisjtMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published for th? first timo this morn?
ing:
Gen. Ely-Freedmen's bureau.
O'Brien .v. Me Andrews- Dissolution.
J. C. Green-With Fisher & Lowrance.
Report of '.Managers of Election.,"
Richard Caldwell Groceries, Ac.
John Alexander -Estray Mule.
Manahan & Warley-Lime, White Lead.
W. W. Marilee-Lands and Stock.
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.
IN accordance with Circular No. 5, (pub?
lished on tho 9th inst..) I hereby ap?
point Mr. W. A. HARRIS as Acting Agent
of this Bureau, for tho settlement and
making of contracts in tho Districts of
Richland, Lexington and Edgefield, S. C.
Hr will bo respected accordingly.
RALPH ELY,
Brevet Brig. Gen. Act'g Sub. Ass't Com.
HEADQ'RS COM Tc. CURE AU REF JG'S,
FREEDMEN AND ABAND'D LANDS,
IN TUE FIELD,
CuARiESTOS, S. C., Oct. 24, 1S05.
To oil ijpi'-ers and Agents ty the linreau in.
South Carolina, Georgia omi Florida?
GENTLEMEN: It is with a desire to restore
confidence, which has been so much im?
paired in many districts, between the pro?
perty hoblers and negro laborers, that I
send you this communication.
The Commissioner deprecates the uso of
any offensive expressions in the letters and
reports made and forwarded, and earnestly
enjoins a simple statement of facts. All
acts of violence where freedmen are con?
cerned, made known by tho courts or other?
wise, should always be careiullv recorded
and reported, whether the guilty parties
are white or black: but angry debates and
imprudent speeches must bc ?.voided. Any
ebullitions ot temper and expressions of
dislike on the part of thc inhabitants to?
wards you, will naturally awaken feelings
of resentment. Yet 1 beseech you, as in?
dividuals who have an important trust
committed to you, t-> lice]) your duty stea?
dily in view, and carefully abstain from
recriminations
A true friendliness to the freedmen de?
mands that they bc. taught to look to tin:
property holders for employment. The
purchase and rental of lands must como
from the same source. On the part of thc
employers, it is equally urgent and for
their interest to secure thc confidence of
their employees. Schools, homesteads,
rentals, sales, church privileges, shares in
crops, good wages and kind treatment, arc
inducements that can be offered. Endeavor
to convince them of tie.- practicability of
these things, where tli.? present circum?
stances have tilled their minds with fore?
bodings of evil, and where old habits make
them heartily disbelieve in free labor.
Have ia mind examples of success, more
or less complete. One or two that have
worked well tor thc fest two years will aid
yon. lt will be som < time before matters
will settle so that there will not be jars,
quarrels ami some acts of violence; but 1
do not believe this is the general wish or
belief of the people, weither white OT
lilac!.. Oar object is to do simple justice,
doing everything we can that will con?
tribute to good order ami good govern?
ment. Respectfully Tours,
"o. 0. HOWARD.
Major-General, C uninissioner.
Nov 13 1 _ _
BELTING! BELTING!
TUST received, 2.OOO FEET RUBBER
BELTING, from 2 to ?2 inches. Also,
LACK LEATHER, COPPER RIVETS and
DURR?,TRUNKS, VALISES, TRAVELING
and SADDLE RAGS, ENAMELED CLOTH,
Ac. HOPSON rt SUTPHEN.
To Printers and Gtiicrs.
?.V ii; s.\Li:. an INTEREST in an ESTAB?
IL LISIIED PRINTING and NEWSPA?
PER OFFICE. The office is abundantly
supplied with type and fixtures, and the
location is a goodonc. The establishment
i.s paying well, and, in the course of a few
months, will be made to pay better. Thc
association is inferior to nom-. Terms rea?
sonable, and will be mude accommodating.
'Plus is a good opportunity for some ono to
gel into a good busini ss. For full particu?
lars, address "WEEKLY." -are of Phceniz
D'hce. Columbia, S. C. Nov 12