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VOL. X. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895. NO. 49. "COMMENCEMET DAY." THE FINAL EXERCISES AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The Annual Honor Roll- )ipioimas4 Pre sented and Degrees Conferred-A Presen tation-The Annual Address by Justice Gary. CoLxMBA, S. C., June 27. -Yester day was commencement day at the South Carolina College, and the exer cises were no exception to the general meritoriousness which invariably char acterizes those arranged for commence ment day at the old institution. Ev ery one seemed to thoroughly enjoy the exercises. The exercises took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Im mediately before the exercises began the student-body and faculty assem bled at the library and then marched into the chapel ~amid the plaudits of those who had assembled. The ros trum was occupied by President Woodrow and others. The opening prayer was made by Dr. J. W. Flinn, after which Dr. Woodrow read the roll of hionor for the whole year. it was as follows. making this preliminary announce ment: "The grade required for highest distinction is 95: for distinction, 90; for proficiency, 80. Students who at tain the grade of distinction or profi ciency on the general average for the session, are publicly announced at commencement and in the annual cat alogue--a pass (60) being required on each study. Names of students absent from one or more examinations, from any cause whatever, are not included in these lists:" SENIORS. Hiohly distinguislied-William Gor don ?elser. Clarendon. Distinguished-Melton Clark, Rich land; Herman Louis Spahr, Orange buro. Proficient-Luther Munroe Hasel den, Marion; Reginald McCreery Rawls, Richland. -JUNIORS. Proficient-Wightman Wells Gar ner, Darlington. SOPHOMORES. Highly Distinguished-John Jack son McSwain, Laurens. Distin ouished-Frederick Haskell Dominic -, Richland. Proficient-Henry Campbell Davis, Richland:Joseph LeConte Davis.Rich land; George Oswald Jager, Charles ton, and John Purcell Leary, Vir ginia. FRESHMEN. Distinguished-Robert Muldrow, Sumter. Proficient-William Henry Allen, Florence; George Marvin Beasley, Sumter; Ashmead Courtenay Carson, Sumter: Maxwell Sloan Craytoi, An derson: John William Feruson, Jr., Laurens;Haskell Croft Jordan,Aiken; Wilmot Louis McCutchen, Williams burg; Leland Blackwell Salters, Wil liamsburg; Edward William Screven, Richland; Robert Edward Turnipseed, Richland; Alonzo Dutton Webster, Orangeburg- George White Wither spaon, Yor SPECIAL COURSE STUDENTS. Highly Distinguished-Paul Ham mond Youmans, Richland. Distinguished-Lewis Sage Hardin, York. Proficent-Tavlor Lewis, Marion; Samuel Fair M[cGregor, Richland; Francis Lejau Parker.Jr., Charleston. -LAW STUDENTS-SENIORS: Highly Distinguished-Jacob Rish er Fairey, Orangeburg. Distinguished-Robert Chapin Par -ker, Mnaschusetts. Proficient-Robert Lee Gunter, Ai *ken; Benjamin Palmer McMaster, Richland; Wesley George Mucken fuss, Jr., Charleston. JUNIORS. Distinguished-John Thomas Dun can, Newberry. Proficient-Walter Taylor Green, -Richiland- Georg-e Kershaw Laney, Chesterfield ;William Joseph Thomas, Hampton. THE REAL HONOR WINNERS. Dr. Woodrow then read as follows "the roll of students distinguished and . proficient on Lheir averages for the -entire four years, explaining it thus: "Graduates who attain thme grade of highest distinction_ on the general av erage of their entire course receive highest honors; those who attain the grad.e of distinction receive honors; those who attain the grade of'profi ciency receive proficiencies. It is re quired that all graduates shall pass in every study. The names in each grade are arranged alphabetically." Bachelor of Arts-Highest honors William Gordon Belser, Clarendon; proficiencies-MeltonClark,Richland; Herman Louis Spahr, Orangeburg. Bachelors of Law--Highest honors Jacob Risher Fairey,Orangebur ;hon ors-Robert Chapin Parker, M assa chusetts; proficiencies-Robert Lee Gunter, Aiken; Benjamin Palmer McMaster, Richland; Wesley George Muckenfuss, Jr., Charleston. Masters of Arts- Highest honors -- Josiah Bethea Game. Marion ; honors -Clarence Edward Johnson, Union. After these announcements and some music orations were delivered by different members of the graduating class. D1PLOM1AS PRESENTED. After a few interesting and appro priate remarks r. Woodrow present ed degrees to the following graduates: Bachelors of Art: WV. G. Belser, with proliciency; H. L. Spahr, with proficiency; L. M. Hlaselden, IR. S. DesPortes and R. M. Rawls. Bachelors of Lawas: J. R. Fairey, with highest honors: R. C. Parker, with honors; R. L. Gunter, with pro ficiency; B. P. McMaster, with profi ciency ; WV. G. Muckenfuss, Jr., with proficiency. Masters of Arts: J. B. Game, with highest ronors; C. E. Johnson, with honors. DR. TALLEY HONORED. Dr. Woodrow then presented the degrees of master of arts to Dr. A. N. Talley, of Columbia, saying that it should have been conferred twenty five years ago, but for some reason it was'neglected or forgotten. He de clared that lie was glad his predeces sors had neglected it, for it afforded him intinite pleasure to confer the de gree at the present time. Dr. Talley arose and spoke a few appropriate words of grateful thanks. He seemed much moved by the com plimentary terms with which Dr. Woodrow spoke of him. A PREsENTATION. At this juncture Maj. WV. T. Gary of Augusta, a classmate of the subject presented to the college a bronze bas relief of the late Lieut. Henry M. Stuart, class of 1861, on behalf of the deceased brother, Mr. James B. Stuart. The bas-relief was shown to the audi ence and those who knew the late Lieut. Stuart said that it was a strik ing likeness. Maj. Gary in making the uresentation deliver a chaste and beautiful address. THE GIFT ACCEPTED. On behalf of the board of trustees of the college the gift was accepted by W. A. Clark, Esq., of thiscity, a mem ber of the class of 1862. Mr. Clark made an eloquent speech. He referred to the proud record of the old institu tion and to the character of the men who had left its walls. He said the second chapter in her history was the period from 1866 to 1890. Since then it had resumed its old name and was entering upon a more brilliant career, governed by the Golden Rule, duty to God and duty to man. On behaff of the board of trustees he was authorized to receive the memorial of the honored dead. It would be treasured and hung upon the walls of the deceased's alma mater, where it could be viewed by those who would be the heroes of the third chapter of the histor"r of the South Carolina College. THE ANNU'AL ORATION. The a innual oration before the gradu ates was then delivered by the Hon. Eugene B. Gary of Abbeville. associate justice of the State Supreme Court. He was most attentively listened to throughout. His address was most ap propriate: After some music the benediction was pronouu(eed and the annual com mencement exercises of 1895 were at end. A STIR IN CHARLESTON. The Preseutment of the Grand Jury Create a Sensat !on. CHARLESTON, S. C.. June 2.-The grand jury today made a presentment which promises to stir tip things in the courts. Among other things the grand jury says of the contract of the dispensary with W. Gibbes Whaley, the chair man is reported as paying more money for drayage than just an ellicient ser vice could be secured, for two respon sible parties have offered to do the same work for 2 cents and the other for 3 cents per package and the board are now paying 5 cents, and we ask that this evil be remedied. It has been brought to our notice that money has been supplied to se cure a witness in certain cases while it has been difficult in others to get wit nesses unless by using over and over and over again the same few police men and detectives. It is hoped that some remedy may be supplied to obvi ate the necessity of a city of 60,000 in habiants having three or four police meand as many detectives to make criminal docket. It is'next to impos sible to secure justice and it impairs the usefulness of the officers. It has come under the notice of the grand jury in various ways that W. Gaillard one of the trial justices of the city, has been on many occasions on the streets and elsewhere under the in fluence of liquor. Several citizens have mentioned to the members of the grand jury that they have seen this of ficer under the influence of liquor when in the discharge when in thdiTiharge of his duties. We have been unable to get these people to testify against this officer, moved we presume, either through fear or on account of friendliness for him; but we are so well satisfied that these charges are correct and jnst that we do not hesitate to present this trial justice as a person unfit to exercise the duties of the responsibiy office he holds and we recommended that he be removed from office. A cARD) FROM JUSTICE GAILLARD. To the Editor of The News and Cou rier: Please allow me space in your valuable columns to say a few words in my behalf after having been malic iously malinned by the grand jury at this present term of the Court. The cases for which have grown out of the Assistant Attorney General to make a certain affidavit in support of the fact that certain strong cases had been made and presented to the jury, some of the most select and strongest of be tween seventy-five an one hundred cases, and of which the jury found no bills, upon my affidavit and others the Assistant Attorney General moved for a change of venue in these cases to Orangeburg. This grand jury has undertaken to venge their spleen upon me, and un der their own report they say they could get no one to testify against me, but in view of certain rumors they have undertaken to assail my conduct in this community and as they admit, without any testimony, to bear them out, but still have made this recom mendation. All because as an officer of the law I have endeavored to do my duty in the execution of that law which they of th> city particularly have been trying to bring in disrepute, now finding they are about to he con quered they have sought revenge on this individual who cannot be heard in his own defence to bring disrepute on him. These are the facts in the case, and I leave it to the unprejudiced to be judges. W. P. GALLLARD, Trial Justi~e. Kill by Lightninag. SOCIETY HILL, Darlington County, June 21.-Tom Davis, a young man about 20 years old, and Geo. Edwards, about 25, were killed by lightning Saturday afternoon about five miles from this place. The latter leaves a wife and two children. It appears that the .two men had started on a trip to Chesterfield County on business, and stopped at the house of Mr. J. WV. Edwards, their cousin.- for refuge from the approaching thunderstorm. While stan ding under a shelter ad jac ent to the house, in the presence of Mr. Edwards and family, the two men were killed instantly, and Mr. Edwards, his wife and two children were severely shocked. Deaths from Llghtnings. MONTGOMIERY, June 28.- Five per sons were killed by lightning during thunder storms thrqughout Alabama yesterday. Thomas and George Wash ington were killed while taking shel ter under a tree near Falkland. Light ning struck the house of James Hack ney at Lincoln killing, himn and seri ously injuring his wife. William Methivine and his wife were driving near Smith's Mills, when their buggy was crushed by a tree that had been struck by lightning. Methvine was killed and his wife received injuries from which she died soon after. How About This for Snow. DENvER, Col., June 25.-The Alpine tunnel on the South Park railroad, said to be the highest railroad tunnel in the world, was reopened today. It has been snowed up the past fiveyears. The tunnel is at an altitude of 11,(66 feet, is 1,776 feet long and was bored STEAM ROADS DOOME) AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD MOTOR RUNS EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR. A Hot Box Prevented Higher Speed-The Test the New Haven Road is Making With Electricity as a' Motive Power. NEW YO6RK, June 28.-A revolution in railroading is promised by the re sult of the trials of the electric power on the Nantasket branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail way recently. The success of the ven ture is assured. The first trial was made on Thursday night. News of the test was withheld from the public. Two electric locomotives were run over the road and a speed of more than fifty miles an hour was attained between the Old Colony House and Pemberton. Last night another trial with an electric locomotive geared to accorn plish eighty or more miles was made, and a hot box on a motor car defeated anew record for speed. The heating of the box was due to the fact that the new bearings could not withstand the friction caused by the terrific speed, at which the car was run for a dist ance of probably less than three miles. In the opinion of men qualified by years of experience to judge of speed, eighty miles an hour was reached. The possibilties, they say, were ninetv miles an hour, but the hot box spoil ed it. None but officials and attaches of the road were allowed on this test, the entire party comprising less than twenty. It was xactlv S:45 o'clock when Col. Heft turned on the current, and in less than four lengths the car was going at a speed of twenty miles an hour. After having gone less than a quarter of a mile the car was speed ing along at a 35-mile gait. A stop was made at Nantasket for a few min utes, and then came the run to Pem berton. The troublesome curves in the first few rods were gone over slowly. but upon reaching the long stretch just below Nantas'-et full power was turned on. There was none of the gradual increase of speed characteris tic of the steam locomotive, but with a plunge the car began to fly. Just as the more apprehensive began to won der how long the car would remain on the rails it was announced that there was a hot box, and Col. Heft shut off the current. Eighty miles an hour with five notches of the "controller" still to spear was his estimate of the speed at the time of shutting off the current. Under the momentum gath ered the car ran on for two miles fur ther, most of the distance at an esti mated speed of sixty miles an hour. The work of changing the motive power of the road from steam to elec tricity was done under the direction of Col. N. H. Heft, formerly president of the Bridgeport Traction Company, but who recently was engaged by the Consolidated road to superintend their electris work. Starting at the Old Col ony House there is little to suggest the trolley railway. In place of the gird er, groove, stilt-like '-T" or the other styles of railway in electric railways, there is used the conventional -T" rail employed by steam roads. The rails weigh seventy-eight pounds to the yard, and are of the type known as the "Old Colony section, '41 inches high and are laid precisely as the rails of steam roads. Two flexible copper bonds seven inches long are under the base of the rails at each joint and riveted to them. The bonds are so placed that when the angle bars used in splicing the rails are in position the bonds cannot be seen. The length of the bond is re duced to a minimum, to insure the maximum carrying capacity with the minimum resistance. The tracks are fifteen feet apart from centre to centre,and between the tracks is the single line of poles upon which is supported the cables and trol ley wire cross arms. The poles arc twelve by fourteen inches at the butt and ten by twelve inches at the top. They are painted black to a point six feet from the ground and white to within one foot of the cross arm, then finished black. Power house No. 1 is situated mid way between Nantucket and Old Col ony House station. The stack is 115 feet high, with a base of thirteen feet. The power house is S3 by 110 feet, and 53 feet to the top of the roof. A 24 inch wall separates the engine from the boiler room, in which there are two batteries of four boilers each. The boilers are of the horizontal flue type, 72 inches in diameter and 19 feet long with 140 3-inch tubes. The engine room contains two tan dem, compound engines with two di rect coupled generators. The engines are of the Green-Corliss build and specially designed for the work they are to do. The shaft is 18 inches and the fly wheel, which weighs 6i4,000) pounds, is 18 feet in diameter. The condensers are so piped that the en gines can work with or without them. They are arranged to regulate from no load to a maximum of 1,420 horse power. The regulators are so arrang ed that in case of an accident to any part of the machinery the engines will stop automatically. They can also be stopped by simply pressing one of several buttons. The two generators specially built for the line run at a speed of 110 revo lutions a minute, anci are guaranteed to develop 1,500 horse power each. The armiatures, instead of being built up of wire in the usual way, are made of copper disks, each insulated from the other. By this arrangement it is said to be imposssble for them to get out of repair. The generators ar-e 10 feet high and the armatures S feet in diameter. The switchboard is of the latest design. It is arranged with two main generator panels. The tation voltage is 700 volts. The wires are so arranged that none can be seen issu ing from the roof of the building and there is little to indicate that the build ins" is an electric power house. f'our motor cars, built after the style of baggage cars, are the electric locomotives. To secure traction: they have been made extra heavy, weigh ing, when fully equipped about 60U,000 poun~ds each. Two will have four motors each and the others two mo tors each hung on trucks. The cars are equipped with the West inghouse air brake,and have all stand ard appliances of the steam cars in use by the Consolidated. In addition to a 15-inch gong at the front ends of the motor cars each of these cars will have a chime whistle, worked with com pressed air in place of steam. Save for a single feature, there is not the slightest resemblance to the steam locomotive. That feature is the cowcatcher at both ends of the motor cars. It is situaterl neneath the platforms instead of projectimg beyond the body of the locomotive, as with the steam locomotive. The wheels are about the size of the largest wheels used on the steam cars, but the axles are considerably heavier to withstand the strain of the electric gearing. Until the capacities of the motors are fully ascertained it is not known how many cars will be run on a train. It is expected, however, that trains will have from four to nine cars, as occasion may require. The Nantasket branch was chosen for the experiment for the reason that within its limits are condensed most of the difficult problems which will have to be determined to make elec tricity a successful substitute for steam. The curves are many and sharp and the grades steep. Trains will be run with great frequency in the seven miles between Old (olony House sta tion and Piemberton.-Sun. FISHES WITH HIS HANDS. Coinway Drive.s into Deep Creeks and iunt4 Oi the scaly G;aen. A.\wiENCEUilii Ind. -June '_'.-Capt Whitcomb. a conductor on the B. and 0. S. W. Railroad, and a party of railroad friends were iishing last week in the waters of Big Creek. The rail road party proved a little slow in catch ing fish and were considering the ad visability of iovin:Z their camp. when .ohn Conway, of Dilsboro, called on them, and assurred them that down in the depths of the still and dark waters there was an abundance of the desired Iame, and lie would prove it to them. The water was from twelve to twenty fe-t deep at that point, and as placid as a pond. Stripping off his clothes Conway as tonishied the two dozen spectaters by diving to the bottom of the silent wa ters and after some nioients of sus pense, wihen the men upon the bank Ihad begun to get alarmed at his pro ionge absence, lie arose to the surface spouting like a whale, and holding in each hand a fish weighing several pounds. After a breathing spell he again descended to the rayfess depths of the dark stream, and again returned ed with a couple of fish. Nine times this merian repeated the trick, and in the space of an hour came swim ming to the shore with one or two fish at a time until he caught fourteen, the combined weight of which amounted to twenty-one pounds. His feat was considered a remarka ble one by the railroaders, who had never heard of the wonderful preform andee before. But there are hundreds of persons who can attest to the ability of Conway to catch fish in the manner described Many persons have seen him achieve greater success in that di rection that he did last Friday. Par ties of would-be fishermen after failing to catch any of the finny tribe in the usual way with hook and line and net, on hearing of this Hoosier's success in his peculiar style, have paid him handsomely to drag from the bottom of the creek or pond the reluctant fish. His reputation as a successful and scientific catcher of the scaly backed game by his unique method is known to all who frequent the waters of these inland lakes and creeks. Conway is about 40 years of age and spends al most as much time on the water and in the water as he does on land. He has studied all his life the nature and habits of the fish that inhabit the waters with which lie is familar, and knows where and how to find them, He never uses seins or line, but plun ges into the water, feels under the rocks at the bottom of the streams or in the cervices, at the base of their banks, and with his long and bony fingers pulls them from their hiding places. He says that when not more tham 4 years of age his father taught him to swim and frolic in the water, and gave him instructions how to catch fish in the manner the Indians had done long' before white man came with baited hook and line to tempt them to their destruction. Some of Conway's feats, would appear incredible unless witness ed by the doubting ones, Nearly sunk by Whales. PHILADELPH{IA, June 28.-Capt. MIitchell, of the steamer tug Thomas J. Smith, which arrived here recently from sea, having in tow the bone-laden Italian bar Ored, from Buenos Ayers, whiic.h she picked up to the southward of Fenwi'k's Island, reports having been attacked by a tremendous school of whales at 11 o'clock in the miorninig on MIonday last while cruising southeast of cape Hlenlopen. The whales surr-ounded the tug for a period of four hours, blowing large streams of water into the air, which completely shut out all views of the surroundings. Capt. MIitchell says that in thirty years' service at sea on tugs lie never before saw such large whales, nor werec they ever known to congregate in such numiber's so close to land. It was a serious time oni board the frail tug, and all hands were badly scared, as these monsters seemied in furiated and dashed along the sides of the bgoat with great force. Capt. Mlit chell rian th e engines full speed and at templted to get clear of tile school. but the huge animals followed the tug, almost swamping her- with the im mense v-olmuies of water they threw on board. Fnding that any attempt to get away from themn was futile, Capt. Mitchell loaded up a large horse pistol he had on board and began fiin g" into them, but the bullets took no effect. One monster' lie put six shots intto, but it only in furiated the animal still more. It was about :3 o'cl'ock in the afternoon when the leader of the school headed ol shiore, andl soon time wvhole number followed and dlisapp~eaed. F-ound( D~ead.i 'WAsmxNoTox, D. C., June 25 United States Minister Strobel reports to the state department from Santiago. Chile, under date of May 15fa, that Julius Negbaur, an American citizen 65 years of age was found dead in a smll hotel in Santiago on May 4th. The minister bui'ied the man and took charge of his etfects, y;9 in Chilean curency and a little clothing. The man had an American passport issued in November, 1880. by Secretary Ev arts for hlimself, wife and three chil dren. The ninister is seeking informa tion as to his antecedents. A Brutal Murder. DAN VILLE, Ky., June 27.-At a pic nic in Casey county James and John Crockett got into a quairrel with Win. Kidd and drew their pistols on him. Kidds father came up and told them not to shoot the boy. They turned their weapons on him and shot him three times, killing him instantly. They then beat his head to almost an unrecognizable mass with the handles ROUGHLY TREATED. THE EXPERIENCE OF COL. DARGAN AT EDGEFIELD. Details of the Story as Given by H1imself. Strange Action of a Peace Ofticer-The Wife and Daughters of Colonel Dargan Abused. SUMTER. S. C., June 2S.-The fol lowing interview, which appeared in the Item last evening, gives Col. Dar gan's side of the treatment he received at Edgefield a few days ago. -Col. Dargan, we see by the dis patches in the daily papers of diis morning that you had a pretty rough time in Edgefield yesterday. Tell us something more about it.' "I reached Edgelield on Tuesday nigit. Early Wednesday morning I went to the oflice of clerk of court to see if I could get the use of the court house. Col. Bacon going with me to introduce mne to the clerk. "Tlie.deputy clerk informed me that the clerk was not in and would not be in during the day, and in his absence I could nlot get the court house. "I then went to the Chronicle office where I had some acquaintances, and from there endeavored to obtain a hall, wbere I could speak. From the window I saw the people coming in from various directions. After about a half hour a committee with Sheriff Outz at the head appeared, the sheriff doing the talking. After introducing himself as sher, IF, he said: 'We have been sent as a commit tee from another body to inform you that you cannot speak in Edgefield county today or any other time. We don't like your views and don't intend ti t you shall express them in this cou ntv. 'I replied, "Well, gentlemen. I am sorry that you take that position; I had hoped when I saw you coming that you ,vould announce that you had arranged for ameeting and a debate, as you know I have irvited a reply and will cheerfully grant two minutes to one to any opponent.' Another member of the committee promptly spoke, and said: 'No debate on the negro question in Edgefield county, that's a settled question here. We have got the negro down and by G-d we are going to keep him down.' "I said:'Well, gentlemen, I am very sorry, and hope you will reconsider and have the discussion.' Every man on the committee then expressed him self, in effect, that I should not speak. 'There are enough of us here to stop you if you try it.' They started down the stens, but after consultation, turn ed, the sheriff saying: 'We demand to know if you are going to attempt to speak.' "I replied: 'I certainly will, if as many as half dozen persons will ex press a willingness to hear rae.' "His reply was, 'We will stop you no matter what it costs.' "I answered: 'I will speak no matter what it costs, if I can find a few men willing Lo hear me.' The committee then left. "A fc-.v minutes after their departure three men came up, one at a time, and began to ply me with questions in re gard to my views on the 'nigger ques tion.' While they were talking, anoth er body of about fifteen persons enter ed the room and announced that they had come to look at me and see what kind of a looking thing I was, any how. "One of them said: "You consented to make an address in Charleston with all the negroes shut out; we dare you to let us shut you up with us in the court house here.' "I replied: 'I will agree to let you brino into the court house only white peoplie, and then lock the door, pro vided you will give me one hour of quiet attention and you may have the rest of the time. "They accepted this proposition with demonstrations of delight and began to retire to get the court house, when one of them said: 'I go into no such d-d agreement unless you promise not to say a word for the d--d negro.' "I said: 'I will pledge myself to speak what I think in regard to the question I am discussing, and will en ter into no other agreement.' "Thereu ponl the committee informed me that if I would go into the court house I would have to retract the speeches I had made at Charleston and other places, or I would never come out.' "I told them I would go into the court house or any other place but I would never retract anythinig I had ever said on this subject until I was convinced that what I had said was untrue.' "After much talk and a multitude of vile oaths, one fellow said: 'We might as well make short work of this mat' ter,' and began to apply to me per sonal epithets, saying, 'if you have a pistol you can usc it.' I told thlem I was not armed. 'You miake out you are a brave man, resent these insults if you dare: (.ol. l~argan said: "'I canniot go into the details, for the crowd became so boisterous, and ladies being in hear inig, they were ordered out of the of ice. 'They wvould not leave, so I wvent out and they followed mec down on the street. 'As sooni as I got on the street I commienced to speak: thereupon they rushed around me,. saying. 'ie is try inig to miake that d-d speech nowv.' Threats of vilest character wvere ut tr'ed, and the crowd gre w so hoister ouis I coul'd not hear my own voice. "I stopped tr'yinlg to speak, and beg ged the crowd to give me room to breathe. 1l'.shting thr'ough them I walked down the street towards the hotel. followed by a mob of two hun died. howling, yelling and cursing. "As I turned the corner, they said, 'Ie's running, catch him, let's ride him on a rail, let's tar and feather him.' Seeing themi pursuing me, I stopped, and they swarmed around me like a band of Comanche Indians. "'Won't you resent any of these in suts ' they said. I replied: 'No.' Then a man with a kindly face said: 'Ihaven't you got a wife and several daughters:' I replied: 'I have.' They then applied to them the vilest epi thets known to man, while one fellow stood by and hissed in my ear: 'Re sent it if you dare, and I will cut your d-d heartout.' "Another invited me to a hand to hand conflict to settle the matter, the crowd cheering him. 'Soon after a friend reached my side and told me I had only a few minutes to get lunch and reach the train. I thereupon pushed out from among thenm and wvent to the depot. They shouted to me 'We'll see you again, honey.' "At the ,1ant a crowd of the same stock gathered at the car window at which I was sitting, while another crowd mounted the platform. "A lady came into the car and took a seat dire&ly in front of me. It proved to be the mother of the Rev. John Lake. The Rev. John Lake, who was with her then went to the crowd and begged them not to have a disturbance there while a lady was in the car. His entreaties were effective and most of the gang left." "Colonel, do you think your life was in danger?" lie replied: "I believe if I had lifted my hand to resent any insult I would have been murdered. It was perfectly apparent that their object was to pro voke me to strike the first blow. At the depot it was evidently their pur pose to strike the biow themselves. "Did any one advise you of your danger?" "Yes. several times persons warned mc to leave the streets as soon as pos sible, or -here would be bloodshed, and I was also advised to leave Edgefield under cover of night by a country road," "Colonel, did you expect to leave Edgefield unhurt?" ."I had no hope that I would even leave the town without receiving bodi ly injury. "Do you think the attempt to mob you was premeditated:" "Evidently, it was a preconcerted, cold-blooded, deliberate affair from first to last and the honor they seemed to covet was that I should die in Till man's county. "Every friendly word that was spoken to me brought down upon the persons speaking denunciations of the vilest character. "The town seemed to be absolutely helpless in the grasp of the mob. No friendly hand was raised in my de fense. because to do so would have re sulted in violence and bloodshed." A Frightful Wreck. EDGEFIELD. June 25.-A fearful wreck occurred on the Cumberland Gap Road, between this point and Pittsburg, two miles from town, at 8 o'clock this morning, resulting in the death of Brakeman Hugh Weatherford and Albert Brunson, a negro employee at the rock quarry, the terrible if not fa tal scalding of Engineer J. R. Parker and his fireman, W. H. Cherry, the serioas, though not fatal scalding and injury of Wallace Holoway, a negro, and slight injuries to assistant Con ductor F. H. Tompkins. Engine No 6, used to haul loaded flats of rock from the quarry to the main track, was returning to town for water, hav ing on board the parties; after going a mie she jumped the track running on the crossties and the ground for a dis tance of eighty yards'and finally fall ing over an embankment of fifteen feet high, landing upside down. Weatherford and Tompkins were on the cow catcher. The latter was thrown some thirty feet from the en gine. The former was caught and buried under it, as was the negro who was killed. It took more than two hours to extricate the bodies, which were fearfully mangled. Mr. Parker and Cherry remained in the cab of the engine from which they managed to crawl, not, however, until their en tire bodies had been horribly scalded. They were brought to town at once and received medical attention. The reason for the casualty is attributed to two causes: One that spikes were placed on the rail, causing the engine to leave the track; the other that the track flared. An inquest was held over the dead bodies, and after hearing testimony the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the parties camne to their death on account of the wreck, which was caused by spikes being placed on the track by a party or par ties to the jury unknown. Mr. Weath erford was a native of Aiken and had come over to take the place of his brother, this being his first run on the road. A 31odification Refused. CHIARLESToN. June 27.-Judge Si monton entered a formal order of rec ord in the United States Circuit Court here today in the Donald liquor case. refusing to modify the injunction or der in the Donald case, and refusing to suspend it until hearing an appeal by the Supreme Court of the United States: and aflirming the former posi tion of the court that all persons in the State of South Carolina can now import into the State beers, ales, wines and spirituous liquor's for their own use and will be fully protected by the court in the exercise of this adjudged legal right to bring liquor into the State for their own usc. Chief State Constable Holley has filed an ailidavit in the court in which he "disclaims any intention to wilfully disobey any order of the court or defy or show cotempt for its authority." The as sistant Attorney General of the State. speaking for tihe Attorney General, having assured the bench and the pub lic in open court, that no liquors here after imported by any citizen into the State for personal use will be seized by the State constables, the citizens of the State may now continue to exer cise this right without fcar of any molestat ion or hindrance whatever. Under the circumstances, this would appear to be a golden opportunity for dealers to advertise their goods in the South Carolina newspapers. A Ilad Womian. ATLANTA, Ga., June 2u.-A special fronm Cochran. Ga.. to the Constitu tion says that Mrs. Wmn., Noble paid a negro $10 to kill her husband. The body was buried by the woman, the negr-o, Gus Jones, and her two daughi ters. They have all been arrested and the negro has confessed. Nobles was an old farmer of Twiggs County. lIe and his wife often quarrelled. When the body was found Mrs. Nobles said: "Well, murder will out, and I'd just as well tell to the straight of it. They can't do anything but hang me or send me to the penitentiary, and either is better than living withI a man you have to quarrel and fuss at all the time." Mrs. Nobles said that she for got to retract her offer for the death of her husband, and was very sorry when she learned that Gus had killed him. She knew, however, that she was responsible for the crime. The negro Gus is said to have also made his confession without much hesitancy. His story coincides with that of Mr's. Nobles, except that hte declares that the mutrder was committed behind the barn and three licks caused the death. One of these was struck by Mrs Nobles CENSUS OF CHURCHMEN. The Interesting Digest Just Issued by the Interior Department. We may assume that with the mass of mankind church membership works an improvement of spiritual condition. There are hypocrites now as there were in the time when the Sermon on the Mount was preached. And now as then their sin is greater in the sight of God than the open sins of men. But to the vast majority church mem bership means something more than a cloak with which to cover up moral deformity. Such an association exerts a restraining influence which people of the most wayward tendensies are compelled to recognize in their lives and conduct. So long as a man is not lost to all sense of responsibility and obligation the vows he has taken in ieilibership in any church congreat'0ionl will hold 'him nearer the line of duty than he would walk with out tIheni. This is not saying that there are not ,s good men outside the church as in it, but it is asserting that the eariest church member who falls short of his whole Christian duty comes much nearer the performance of that duty in the church than he could out of it. We believe this will be admitted by any person intelligent and unprejudied enough to give contention careful con sideration. In the church there is a constant incentive to effort toward a higher spiritual life. Were this not true the world would not conclude, as it always has and will, that the growth of the chuch is the growth of the world to higher and better things. In the mass of shallow thought which has of late vears threatened to submerge landamarks of progress the church has been assumed to be a waning element in that progress. The thunders of the Ingersolls have terrified many with their noise, but thunders without lightnings are powerless to destroy. A digest of the 'church census re turns of 1890 has just been issued by by the Interior Department. In the ten years between ISSO and 1890 the total membership of the Protestant churches in this country had increased from 9.263,334 to 13,158,363, or an in crease of over 42 per cent. The total communicants of all de nominations is 20,612,806, belongin!g to 165.177 congregations. It will thus be seen that one-third of the entire population are church communicants. For these congregations there exist 142,521 edifices, which have sittings for 43,564,836 persons, or two seats for every member who attends even occa sionally. Besides, there are 23,334 halls, schoolhouses and other build ings used for church purposes, which raise The grand total of sittings to 40, 015,721. There are 111,036 regular ministers, not counting lay preachers, and the church property of the coun try is valued at $679,630,139. The church property in the country almost doubled in value in the ten years from 1880 to 1890, the increase being 92 per cent. The church edifices have more than doubled since 1870. In the value of their church property the Catholics stand first, with $118,069, 746. The Methodists follow with $96, 723,408; Episcopal, $S1,220,317; Presby terians (North), $74,455,200; Baptists (North), $49,524,504; Congregational ists, $43,335,437; Methodist Episcopal (South), $18,755,362; Unitarians, $10, 335,100; Presbyterians, (South), $8, 812, 152: Universalists, $8,054,333. In number of communicants the Catholics also lead, with 6,231,417, but the Methodists, with their 2,240,354 members, have nearly two and half times as many congreoations as their Romanist rivals. Otter prominent denominations number as follows: Regular Baptists (colored), 1,348,989; regular Baptists (South), 1,280,066; Methodist Fpiscopal (South), 1,209,976; Baptists (North), 800,025: Presbyteri ans North), 788,224; Protestant Episco pal, 532,054: Congregational, 512.771; African Methodist Episcopal, 452,725; Lutheran General Council. 324,846; Lutheran Synodical Conference, 357, 153 Presbyterians (South), 179,721; Unitarians, 67,749: Universalists, 49, 194. A notable fact in this showing is the apparent decline of the unorthodox de nominations which style themselves "intellectual." Subsequent indica-I tions, following the othicial returns of! five years ago, seems to mark the de cay of Unitarianism particularly. A number of the congregations of that faith in New Enioland. the seat ofit power in this country, have disban-I doned during the five years which have elapsed since the census showed the numrerical strength of that deno mination to be but 68.Q i. The doc trine is as vigorous as ever, and its ministry is not declining in power, but the~ ligures are not nearly as en coraghig to it as they are, to the more orthodox churches. The Sara toga conference of last year was un doubtedly a great assemnbiy. represent ing, as it did, so much of the intellec tual life of the time, but nothing has followed it to indicate tha~t it has checked what must be called the de cay of the church it repre~ented. A reason for the failure of growth in Unitarianism. Univrsalism and kindred fors of belief may be found in the fact that orthodox churches are growing more liberalyevery year. The old straitjackets are being thrown aside and the church is finding minis ters who can preach the Giospel with out insulting the intelligence of their congregations. The orthodox deno minatons no longer draw dead lines between themselves. The action of Westminister College in conferring a degree upon one of the Lutheran clergysis evidence of thespirit of Chris tian unit y which is bridoing the gulf which yawned between Jlartin Luther and John Calvin. The world is growing better. One sparrow cannot make a summer and a Ilock of discordant crows cannot justify the irritation of a Nordau. The for ces which are always made for pro gress are making for progress stil. And in their front, and Ileading, is the Church of Jesus Christ.-St. Louis Republic. ButMrNor~A, Ju tne 27.--A special from Florence. Ala., to the Age-IHer ald, says: Lightning struck twice on the Parish farm near Fl~orence yester day and each resulted fatally. The storm came up suddenly and those outside hastened in doors for shelter. 3rs. 31attie Porter was just stepping into the front door when a blimng lash came and she was thrown pros trate. She never regained conscious ness. The house was badly wrecked. Later in the day a cherry tree on the same farm was struck. A farm hand was knocked insenisible and seriously injured. A cow standing under the tree was killed. STATUS OF THE CROPS. THE WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE STATE OBSERVER. It shows the Condition of the Crops All Over the State to be "Fairly Good." The Weather Conditions. COLZMhJA, S. C., June 26.-The following weekly bulletin of the con dition of the weather and the crops was issued by State Weather Observer Bauer yesterday. It is a little more encouraging than the report for the preceding week: Crops generally made satisiactory growth during the week, although the weather conditions were not altogether favorable, as in many places it was altogether too dry for plant growth, and some kinds, notably gardens, were practically ruined where the showers of the latter portion of the week were insufficient. Of the staple crops nothing can be said but that they made a general but slow improvement, more marked in cotton than in any other crop, but corn, tobacco, rice, melons and amber cane all show gains. As to sections, crops are the best in Greenville, Pickens, Union, Laurens, Fairfield and portions of Spartanburg and York counties, where they are up to a high average condition, especially cotton: Williamsburg county has ap parently the poorest crops, and the prospects there are characterized as gloomy. Grasshoppers, in large numbers, have appeared in the upper part of Newberry county, and have been imost destructiVe to corn fields; the tobacco worm is troublesome in portions of Florence county; corn on low lands has been damaged some by worms in Chesterfield county; injury to cotton by lice is reported from Orangeburg county. The temperature was from 5 to 8 degrees below the ncrmal on the first of the week (18th). with exceptionally low minimum temperatures, for this season, over the western portions of the State on the 18th and 19th; the days were generally quite hot. Dur ing the greater portion of the week the temperature ranged slightly above the normal, making the average for the week approximately seasonable. The highest temperature reported during the week was 99 on the 22nd at Blackville; the lowest reported was 52 on the 18th at Liberty, Greenville and Cheraw; on the 19th at Mayfield and Greenville. The mean tempera ture of the week for the State was about 78.5, and the normal for the same period is approximately 79. The weather was injuriously dry over a large portion of the State un the 22nd (Saturday), when showers were quite general over the western and central portions; by the 23rd (Sunday) the showery conditions reached the coast, and on the 24th (Monday) there were heavy showers in the central counties, but it is not known at the central office how gen eral or extended they were. On the whole, the rainfall of the week not well distributed, many places had enough while others had barely sufficient to moisten the surface, where soaking rain was needed The showers were not, however, con1ned to any portion of the State. In places gardens are greatly impaired for want of rain, and ras for hay in the upper Savannah valey is also needing' rain badly; corn was showing a tendency to wilt The rains that have fallen since the reports were rendered may have changed these conditions entire The heaviest rainfall was reported from Statesburg, where 2.38 inches fell on the 22d; on the 23d 2.19 fell at Camden. The average of thirty-eight reports of rainfall for the week is 0.72 (in this the rains of Sunday are only partially represented, and the rains of Monday not at aU); the normal for the same period is approximately 1.25, being 1.50 in the eastern portion and 1.00 in the central and western por tions. There were local high winds accom panying thunderstorms that were more or less destructive to the crops, but they were of limited extent. The sunshine was generally exces sive, ranging 59 per cent. of the possi ble at Reid. Greenville county, to 100 at Conway, Horry county. The aver age for the State was about 78 per cent. Cotton has steadily improved in con dition, and is quite satisfactory gener ally, though it continues small, with soe exceptions in the central and eastern counties, where its conditon is reported very pcor and deteriorating. The plant has started to make a fast rowth, has a good color and fair tand. 'Early planting blossoming. Lice have almost generally disappear d. Crop generally clean. During the middle of the week the ground being too hard and dry to plant stubble lands to corn, but this work will be resumed now that rains have fallen. Grasshoppers destroying corn in Newberry county and worms in Chesterfield. Corn looks very promising over the etire State, having a good color, but the talk is generally reported to be low, yet thick, early planting being aid by. The crop clean and well cul tivated. Peas have improved, greatly, al though fields that have been sown within the past three weeks have been slow to germinate. Melons are doing well lately and promise a large crop. Tobacco is a very fine crop general !y, but reports from Darlington coun ty indicate that the dry weather in jured the crop somewhat; worms numerous in portions of Florence county. Rice is doing exceedingly well and is in a satisfactory condition wherever its cultivation has been attempted in the State. Peaches that are ripening now are generally small and disappointing. t is said the reason is that the trees are overloaded. This can be remedied an later varieties by freely culling each tree if needed. It is believed that the time and labor required would be well renaid. Gard'ens have been seriously impair ed by the dry weather, but, it is be ieed, not entirely ruined, except in are instances. The favorable rains f the last few days will revive them :o a large exten. Cyclone in valdosta. ATLAtNT.A, Ga., June 27.-A special to the Constitution from Valdosta in Southern Georgia states that a cyclote hit the town late this afternoon. Sev ral small houses were blown down, rops were badly damaged, but no