The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 22, 1897, Image 1
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DIREFL PfREUiV' 11UN
PROF. SERVSS CN THE B:RTH OF A
NEW WORLD.
Prue. oortsan s- ys the t~u u'iug G! 'be -x'
the Sun Wi b- Uu-1-d (ut auto p -ce
and Will I)stroy ihI- E>r'b
The fcl'owing a:t'ce frcn the New
York Journal ,ii be rit ad w it? ict r-;
est:
Whatever very be thought of ise
alleged disc .-'rv Of Pr'escor S J
C'rrigan, of the Gxd ell Observa-ory,
of threte Lu.to ucrecog rz d planets
circling between it e earth and tre sun
and of anotherplanet yet utnfii-led
and in prcc ss of evolution from the
sun, the breaing off of which~ from
the solar body thrratens the destrec
tion of all iivir for:t s on the earth by
fire, at any rate his saggestiou of the
birth of these rcv serids out o: tte:
central body of tthe s- irr svstem awak
ens a train of thouizh.t which places
the sun in a newv and starlirg light.
Every astronomer knows that the
sun is the parent of the earth and of
all the other known planets; that trey
are bone of tis bor.e aid fish
of his flesh, and without him
they never could have existed.
The famous discovery, two years
ago, of the strar ge solar element,
helium, in the rccks of the earth, was
really a teautiful proof of the substan
tial identity of the two bedies, the sun
and the earth. Helium on the earth
is a mark of parentag", ike a pe<u
Jar strain in the blood of an animal
No astronomer doubts that our globe
and all its ccmrades, has their origin
from the sun.
The separation of a vast molten
mass from the sun would, no deubt,
produce eff cts that might easily
make themselves felt across many miu
lions of miles of space. The fact is
that we have, perhaps, been wrong in
locking upon the. un as a body which
has already passed through all the
more violent stages of evolution and
has entered upon a steady course of
radiation and slow cooling, leading
ultimately and placidly to gradual ex
tinction in cold and gloom. I: is this
view which has induced many mod
ern thinkers to re j ct utterly the Scrip
ture prophecies of a fiery end to the
earth and to predict instead that when
our globe reaches the termination of I
its career as a living world cold, and
not heat, will be the agent of its de
struction; in other words, that the
earth wil1 eventually free za to death.
Speculating in this way, we have
turned cur backs to tte sun and practi
cally left it out of account, except, of
course, so far as the conseq-zences of
its gradual extinction are concern d. {
But this-process of extinction has been
regarded as something that wculd take
place gradually, slowly, regularly,
and without any catastrophic inter
ruptions. In fact, many have been
peering into interstellar space to see if
some concealed danger, stnye hir den
rock, some invisible wandering hulk
of matter might not lie in wait there
to bri.g sudden disaster by collision
into ihe- otherwise smooth course of
the flying earth. The keen light of
. the great star Vega, millions and mil
lionsasf miles away, but toward which
we are moving with the sun, has even
suggested that in the unthinkably re
mote future, when we have arrived in
the neighborhood of that star, a catas
trophe may over'take us through thej
terrible power and intensity' of is ra
diation- and all the while close by us
the sun has been shining and exhin
ing evidences of its tremendcusenergyv
for good and for.evil, some of which
evidence~, perhaps, we have regarded
too lightly or have interpreted wrong
ly.
Professor Corrigan is probably right
in recalling us to a realization of the
fact that, jast as we depzend upon the
sun for Jight, heat and ble itself, so
we should lock to the suin only whei'
we try to lift the curtain that hideb
the future fate of the globe we live on
The idea which bee u uests, Ihat Lae
birth of ane w world si.ould have the
effect of destroying it~e ife of an older
one, has a peculiar significance.
Granted that a plAert may be born
from the sun in the way he points cut,J
tne conse qtcncesindicated might well'
result. .ure on this earth is p ssible!
only through a ves y dlelicate balance
of concitions and ierces, and the evi
dence is daily acc mrulating that even
comparatively slight disturbances i
the sun are cap~able of strcting ta
balance in various was s.
it is simply a question of the art ount
and intensity of the eistubar ce propa
gated from the sun whether it passes;
in an electric sto.rm or produces some
more sericous e ffect on the atmosphere
of the earth. The well knovn pheno
mena of sun spots are sailicient to in
aicate the trrmendcus nature of those!
m-'ergies 'which are continually active'
1 uae sun. The astronomer at his
.,:escope sees a huge black s-pot on the'
sc-lar d:sk, with torn and ragged
edges, surreurded with heaped up
masses of metallic vaisors, thousandsI
of miles in height. H~e bebo'd; othe
masses of such vapor spouting, a
from the bowels of a trcmendous vol-1
cano, to an elevaticn o: hundreds of
thousands of miles, and instant'v upon
the appeara,.ce of tne solar outoreak
eltetric impulses shcot roiund tte
earth, play ing with the ttchgraptc in
struments and waving mysterious
auroral streaameis in the higier atmcs
riere. Yet what has seen in tse sun
and what has pre uced so surprismng
an e ffect on the ea.r:b, is a mere notn
ing compar-d w ith such an cutburstI
as" would attend the binth of a new
p lanet from the body of the sun.I
The new world which Proifessor
Ccrrigan sees about to be detache~d
from the s-un nmay be somethmig simil
lar to what took pla-e G~f Protkssor
Dam win's matheinatics can be trusted)
at the birth of the mocon. Then the
earth was th~e parent body, from whtse
side the satel:te was torn while bothj
were yde in a molten condition, at-d
the active agent in the firy birth was
the centrifugal forrec of the earti's
rotaion, secorded by the tide raisingI
pop-er of the sun.
la lie nman!rr th-e earth had its
birdh fin mtuec kof m;e Sut whe
the iatLar we5 sotxpataceu a it oc
cupied all tae empty spac3 now ex
tending between it and cur globe, and~
later on V enu, atd aftera~d ru
ry, wCZC born !rom the slo-wly con
tracting sun. All tePaes Lo~s
ever, proba?bly rs Ma Are u m
ssne of ri' gs surcu lest the mt
an'J were r -l sarc.u viur te
vioence from t:.e parent oy. N>K
however, the. sunl hs become comac
tetL and explcsive energies are siend (
up in it wich could n'u exist wnhen it
was exar aog r so vrst a spcc asi
nat which it filied at the time the
earth was born. .a mass of matterI
separtin from the sun at presentj
A~CC +.U dzs :''(C crev '"a-c' very,
f-rert from th< (S f'mer x x surz.
The m:ei U}1u spols whlichl
PLave pued ainmr eam
leo :w them r ib his n 't t'lesc re.
the tren-er dous u; a fa trom , e
ti ready been rr adec; th'e i -)!' s : r!:.
i uin, and th- UUxp'si' d .er.
e' c'aracter (f ali I b s eted
Snomera. :ike the eob' d n ,
of a tire, are reg-d-d by Profess
e 'r ara as proofs; thait the, t:rre isi
n-ear ar d perbay~s just et ha wl-en
ar otter rnanetary -irth is ti take
Slace. The seas th e baz ng faculae,
streakirg the solar surfatce at inter
veis, the violent outbursts follo-.v d by
sussidences, all these are regarded as
in ications of the straining of the
eiit in its birth throes.
When the detachment of the matter
that is to form the nev planet occus,
pIenomena such as no man- eger be
ueld must present them selves in the
sun. Stars have been knovn sud derl5
to bL z forth with hundreds a:.d even
thousands of times their form: r iatrn
sity. Something of this kind would
probably occur if the predicted birth
should take place in the sun. \ iewed
from the depths of the universe the
sun-visible from that distance cnir
as a star-wou'd burst out with an ex
traordinary display of brilliancy. I
Spectroscopic observations would show
a sudden intensification of its radlative
energv, and violent movements in the
neighborhood of its surfac would be
revealed by the shifting of the safc
troscopic lines In the course of time
the fact would became evi ent tht a
re17 fiery body had made i s appear
ace clese to the sun, and from this
body the processes o: evolutior., aeit
ing :hiro.2h long ages, would pr;:u e
the fu'l fledged planet rith its rocky
ruxt. and, if the conci:ions w're far
rable, its coverim: of vegetation and
its complement of living frms.
In the meantiae the fierc output
'rom the sun would have c ns . d
the face of the earth, and our pilan
would float in srace, wrC.ksi and
abandoned, with no sur of life un:.
is cindery .urface. TVe past history
of the earto, howvever, enaoies us to
:ay what would be the mai s.eps in
the evolution of the new world, whose
birth had cost the life of its elder sis
ter. The eve of science would be able
to see, dimly shininz through the hotl
vapor playing over the new born!
world, its future living forms existing
like germs within it. Science per
eeives no occa-"n for a mirecle in
hese things. Processes of the same'j
order as those which are able toj
change a blsz-ng gas into a solid rock
can, with equal ease, fviv ibe mus-s
c'es of a tiger arcd the brtin ;f nau
from elements wrich, io their o-igiual
state, are blinding bri;h toms iii the
shining sun.
WatE r atmospi ere. metals 'oak-all
ould be intermirgled an-, indistin
gishable in the tiery mass that nad
pa ted from the sun. but as it cooled
lid chemical uuti ns igs:an to take
p'. e among its atonms and 'rav tatiou!
d"'(ua!!' brought it into stape these
hings wou d assume ti: forms,such
-s th~e earth krows them I,
t of the wildest chaos muld come,
)rdr, beauty and the evident ricgc of
aw.
Bat if Profess 'r Cc:rrigan's predic
ion is well fcundejaad a new
is about to be added to the sc f
ty, and the earth is in danger fro-o
the consquerc:s of the disturbince
tnt the birth of the new worl~d wil
reate, yet it wr-uh-l r..t folio'v thr
anewest men :-r of the syst-'m
to be t aual in magnitude and imnpor
ance to the clder c'es. The three new
plares which Profes-:r Corrigan
thiuks he has found nearer to the sui.a
than the ancient planet Mercury are
al. comparatively small bodies. and
te circumstrca of its formal2ion:
n id prescribe for the one t5bat is yct~
-et separated f rom the sun a simuar
sn nfiarce in mnagnitude. ort
av :. is oroit will be so near tae sun
' consumirg heat must ctatinue
o ia upon its surface as longz as the
u remaiT s in its present ste, so
tat the chances would appear tobo
. 3against the development ojf ;iving
'o'rms upon it.
ProessrCorrigan evidntly thins
that the birth of one of the smnall in
tra-Mercurial planets just referredi to
ws the cause of the estatrophe which
~ecogy indicates overtook the eart
oe twenty odd millions o-f years
go. Since that disaster, howvever. the
earth has recovered its livin fores
an avanced to a stsge of evos a.mnu
at eyond anything that existed pre
voufy. ~GaRRETT P. SE1tviss.
aH-eteras otacn Stamen:. I
Scretary Hester's Nw O:ies,.s cot
o exchange statement is~ued F'raiy,
ows that the amount broughit into.
sicht for the week ending Friday af
teroon is 253,000 bales agsast 3t7,
000 tor the seven days ending Septem
or 17, last year. Tim- s:atemua-t
ows receiots at til Unt-d : e
Dorts since 'Septem'ber 1, of 292,2)00
bales, against 4t8 37) ior tcie cories
ponding pDriod iaet er. Foreg l~
ex rts for the 17 d ys have o;n 64,-|5
1$7 against 145,141, I.cl dU...
amouns eft over in st-se- :oun e
lsst .:roi and the nun:r (f bo ed
broghtinto s:(ght itus fir f~ h
new crop, the supply to d&m is 537
ast 923,47 'or thes: tgo
last year. Tne wals
of cotton tUday iS 1,139
74 lat year. 0. 'is l' ta
American- cato is 91 J M )
S.2 ,23 s:u we i arid 1 ".A,5a
Duel to ii Dedh
aid Cnaries P.' ?asseil; o o
fras, two 0' the "'n-' proue ;
men of that section~.. wno -ad
shot alnd killed each 'tn at A bo'n
pse of busi's relative 10 a la-:
in a qprrel andI an agreenAses to mee
at.A.ccottfor th fi~nsisuen - A'
he a pinted .hour cnari s . n
dpt and drew pistois, exc..nn' a
umber of shots. Bh me-' fe and
xpr d ithbna a -in tes
Iis understood that an a.ranemen!'
a been reachled in the muro h
'.gerus -a ac m- s t' o ino
M. . 1. Sainau , w 9.e me
n 'te or gree~ak will b1 reeedb
FIVE YiEN LYNCIIE1
VENGEANCE WREAKED ON ROBERS
IN INDI.NA.
'rth M-n Draig'd Out of .Jat, : t
Up Tr 'he-r by Their Fteucw (Cizn on
thy Same Trec in t he T:wn cf Vrsaait.
Wednesdav vwas t' most exc.t:ieg
day in the history of Versailles, idi
ann. The bodies of five men who Lad
been luehzd the nitht befcre were
found hangir: to.other on the same
Irce near the j a:1 We;sesday ririg.
F I sears s lnent Idia:a has N en
a11 eted with lawless gan s. The
ra ilways and express companies
breae up the depredations of these
an2s along their lines and latterly
they have greyed upon the citizens.
Tae citizens have t ken the
i. ir;to their own hands in this
locality before, bat never to such
an m xtert as touay. Te Reno broth
ers were lynched together at Seymour.
Ind., 20 years ago, and the Meyer
gang, three in number. were strung
up togct'er at Snoals. Ind . 32 years
ago. There have b:I nume:cus
lvcchinr of oe at a tue, t u: tre
j b lot" of five tcday breaks the
ecorci. Toat an unusual state of
feeling existed is shovu h:- the deter
minateln of the mob, which led it to
Uie ferreity of First killing three men
in the jiil ard thmen drigg ig the it
iae au, dead togethr arid hanging
then to the same irce. It is notable.
too. that n otttrnge that usuali1y
rouses a mo:s ven gearce, no murcer,
w.as chair.:ed agemt_,t ther victin-s, butt
th:ir death was tpcreed because of
lng and txasneraling sufferin from
robery, some of whica were a:c'ru
panied by torture of the vic:ims. The
extement o& the day was not lessen
ed by tha, suppressed hints tnat more
bjeCts of the neople's wrath would'
be made to suffer in the same w ty.
Stout rcp"s, not over six feet in
e:th, had served to send each to his
-trnity, and their feet were but a few
inches from the ground Versailles is
a town of 800 peoule. It is one of the
Iyest ia the State, and although it is
tie miles from a railroad station atd
has no telegraphic communication
with the ou:side wvorld, it is still the
county seat. Ftr Liar or fice years
ard even longer, the farmers of the
county hove b-'n the vicims of a
lawless ganz. Farmers wou'd come
into tonwitha bach _ c.- tle r
load of farmi:g troducts and net'
:nrniag they would be fLund along
the roadside su:fYring froe a wound
a'd minus the prcc-'s of their sre.
OAd German farmers htave teen visit
ed, and bot!h men and women have
been subjacted to tortures. Aged
German women have been forced to
s:and uron a red hot stove in an e IIbrt
to c".mpel them to disclose the hiding
!"_e of some treasure in the house.
These depredations have continued
ceasingly. Arrests have been
made, ut the guilty psrtis had cav
ere up their lawlegsnes; and . wit
seldom that coaviciop follaied.
Aew weeks befor- th% lyrebg
robberies had increased alar.ningly
o Saturday prcc':edingj the terrible
butchery word was receavia by tae
shrirf that a store about ten iles
from Veraaiifks was to be entered
he info mation was given by one of
he garg's confedera-.es, who had been
tdr suspicion. Sh riff Henry
Basbng arralged thct his informanm
: ould accompiauy the~m, and secarmg
ixe deDnmies they wszt to .ne place
Sherff Bushin. conceald bimself in
.e celar, while his deputies were
'aineda a con venient distarc~e out
d. snortly after midnig ht the gang
reached ti e store. Cu:Kard G 'rdon
d the sheritits in formiant were desig
aed to bre.k into the building.
Groon hiself dlrnel an entrance,
ad just as he stepped inside t'-e sher
ifeabe him. Both pulled pistols at
he vm ime and began firing Bert
m'~a was with the robbers and he,
o, j~ i'd mi tue fiujide, while the
L'eputies came to the assistarnce of ine
The teraf was shot throughs the
n andi Gordon was shot sevrai
.ies Trce pistol balls entered i
'od v and he0 was shot in the leg. Gor
no'arnd Andrews succseded in escap
. andi went to Usgoc d. where tr ey1
ere arrested. Tne robbers had dr
n out to t he place in a buggy b&lone
ng to Lyle Levy, and fro:i7informa
tion sucsequmntly gatuered, it wes
learned that the robbery had been
aaned at the home of Williamn Jen
iins. Tne t wo latter were arreszed as
csorkcs. All wcre taken to the
ji at Versaiikes. Henry Schu'ter,
.ged 24 years, w:as put ia the
jlil for robning the harhrcshuop at Os
ood last week. L evi w-as 57 s ears of
ae, Gardon 23, Andre ys 30 and Jyn
is 27. It was 1 o'clock Vvednesday
norning when hcrso'men seeme~d to
aze from all gaart -rs and dismount
d on a biisid eunr Versailles. Little
iie was Irs:, fror the ceasils had ceen
oi a.c d iiate n rne -jul ns
Rashian1's br \ne i-ei. e~ I nne
. I Uf': ofU e pr .e a
a0redec a. inth: wee ci-rg
r n a od R n rt 'Crett Wii
D onkun and L ' We az1 dep-s.
e a th a d '0l
nio he jdi. hrkeof e i:.aes
Ja i s ... --1 : . e e n
t-. fo m4 is 5. ho~t ti .r th
*sr v~ere u h d a a 'c c'oi.
Lun.'xa ne~ ru'' a x'-e neek r --.
.rftd -.. nd..O 1"" were tiuion
1sudc !.,r tI e nsc sa.Te
ee05 car d, bauz.itnL. ver
: /. toa l e whr heboie
'kin ) n *ute ere dedxfr
ths rached t the plae. t --au
ed rd tsra Iu lat cnate cr.o
d-Ls Oed o'Ar-e on -
n. ry ?r~ti v? ' it r~i 31' fl
pa.cf, restlidet ..a( vunotrs. r,ot one
was he-ri ?" rxre's a woad c con
demtrain : jrngh.ts work. The
l ro1:'C of V rs&'les dtclare theu th?
heseI: 1 non re:iden:s ut'
.a i :ig in or ear i^. n
sa :* u.r. td"urrient of a p.rov l
(.: ti": ti a ali d it is said tha:t no 2f
r. , li. r osre to epprti-e:i nryc.T.
SU C BFUL ROUND BALE.
N ix r#, N.' :dr. No IaggNi:, Ni 11 4,
A1 'o-tton.
T.ne; r:c "s of putting u , e t
t i'n ri4und bi-.ls is d:stiad to rvo
tr in i the i iig fcr shi.en, of
t.' "r 8 +t" ern tspze. Tie ie
process i. ; i: - . : i" i.e3 at ;h E c -
s iic in Nashill:te, and all cottern
m'en who Lave exainr.d h process
trclain it a sucss In spei n of
the matttr te "ahviie A r:can
-"The American Cottoe! ern p) Lny
nmde experi rents coveri: severa
oaes of round cotton widht3 i neb
Cotton cloth, weihig 15 otuCeS per?
Card. T::tare cu tlese L la's will not
txcted thiee .uocs per oa'e. The
cloth proned strog!i e nouh anai m. :es
a scod sutlai covering. Tne cos
of t cS o is ^ .iil not c-':d 3i
cemts per by , tnd the strong ariu
mf using it is trat i is
made'. in t e b :li and c2 b usu:
again f"r' : r p )r.os s and ,"sicis
i: v: d. a ,y til, if ad.t d (?s it
eaa b' to a . pr..ti:.) iih- truo.
-me qust'io of tariff djTit:. --n I!. dh!
j :te b ggig and imprttd L varp-ol
'-The bae is- ropale plcrrad,' N s
tar , LO tarit, no baggig, to tits, all
cot:on " Esitors :re carried aw:ay
ith th is n cdr al revolution i the
cottou idustyt. T Le showing of :rm.tj
savi's grow day by day, as is provenb
b; setu:1 resulits. Toe company is
dicking to their standard 425 pounds
bale, not bemuse it is to their benefit;
quite to the contrary, for they turned
out a bale at one of their plart in
Texas ytstergay we:thing 700 pound,
' ijth a density of a fraction over 4l;
no. nds to the cubic foot. But these
large packoaes, tney claim, are nct
only incnuvetxient to bandie, but they
ara an inj;stic, to labor. Tne 425
pound baks aire made to conform tot
the strecgth of a man. and all railrcad
iaboring men hail this change with
approval.
-Sonme of the most prominent advo
cates of this new system, and foremost
among them Mr. Stephen A. Knight
of Providence, R. I, have urged the
compary i)t to increase the weight of
the covering of cotton. The results of
these tests are phenomenal, when it is
considered that the cid box bale has
to be "tared" 25 pounds per bale. The
weight of the bile of cotton is also
approved by the manufacturers, and
boih the four foot length and weight
of their standard bale was suggested
and urged by one of the most promi
nent rs1ircad me.n .a all the s.thera
est:oni c~un:tey."
Col. Mike Diona of Barn well rit
install a Qcclindrical plant there and
commence operations the latter part
of the present week.
B'.ryan on Dour.r Wheat.
W. J. Dryan rccently wrote a letter
to the St. LiuisPostDispatch in which
he say's: "Wheat has risen bmcsause
the~ foteign crop has been exceedingly
short. Toe fact that silver and wheat
hve parted company will cause no
cismay to those who understand that
the law of supply and demand regu-I
ates the price of both. Nothing can
rtter disclose the weakness of the
R&pubican position than the j y man
iRestei by the R :publicans over events
for wvhich their administration and
thaeir polities are in no wise responsi
ble. If t's .Republicans desire to
:laim credit for the high price of~
wheat. they must~ ass ame toae responsi
ijlity for the famine in India. A great
rie in price should b'e follow d by a~
rise of w.ger. Mr. Bryan says that
the j:oy over the irncrease of moneyj
rm wrheat is evidence that we have
oo itLie mor.ey ; that if tbe farmers
are b-:netitted ov the rise in one ot
their uroduc:.s, how macai better would
t e tf the rise was universal; that the
p:cC of wheat iii fall when toe for
~ign demand bWcimes normal and
that the present spasmodic rise will
aid rather than iuj are thme cause of
Throat ouit tram Ear to Ea&r.
Jo Goss while acting as pollee-t
ar: in Brookiand, Columbia's neigh
ooring to wn, was instantly killed 'Sat
urday aftern oon by Robert Hook, a
youg farmer of Lexington c~unty.
it aprars that Kinsler Rook, a brotn
er of the man who did the kiliing,
was bcing arrested by Otficer Gossi
whn Robert tl.pped up bet~id him!
nd v aa his pocket knife in the police
a's throat G ss wras sati from eare
ti ar. He, died instantly. J..ter the~
alfa b Robert. Hi.k and anather broth
'r, L ', -o on a horse an'd thd
peilconstables Lave te':n cernt
uter t.et:2 Kiasler, who is wanted
>:l fr a misdemeanor ass been locCk
co (xGosswork d in tLb CAlumbiaI
D:airg noilis and had j nt returned
romn worka when he0 attumpted to ar
re K'1sler Erk. He ~are fo
liehs~e an hd b en herea'outaI
the i A-erai~oa avs giva ou t l
thts wh ~ e to leave that city;
'o C 'ri'-toa and sa-auu.ao, whiachf
stes V o .q aranti2i' aguiinst
yIo-;0se ..:Isf ragin -rong
ian d tr o.t' -.inV ~ cerliajr n the
c ; C lui ns wh, ~,o wanted to
l-1v th city n Li e. ;ou-a their way~t to
e ct hl- buili: ad mad re-F
oucc C' that those traveu'g 'from
-arsan Columbi can pas quar
Shp 31000 [usadtr
Dse s re~sived c-.ir the~
i~m~le m enra. we d ln
A U)A ti tU LU1V
TO THE ORIG-NAL PACKAGE ESTAB
LISPMENTS.
The RItrode tSy that L'(1pors In ottles
When N.t l'ckced In Casen or Cask,
Arc, Nut in Pr p-r !hipp'ig Condi
tion.
Sme ci ti-e ratiroads are getting
ti:t(i of handing the original package
vtuff and nronese to refuse it shipment
is future. The tr-o most extensive
r i.rosd systems in the State. the South
,rn sr d the Atlantic Ccast Line, have
i1ned circulars to the above Ef- ct.
The followting is the circular of the
iuthern laiiivcy Cornpany,
Grter-erl Freig Department.
Trwr~yrtation of interstate ship
,fents of spirituous a:: d malt liquors
t" p^-m-s vithin the State of South
Nolie to shippers and conractira
!ires:
Ccus l hsvirg decided that spirit
uous and ralt liqu rs in bottles when
not packed in cases or casks are not
in proper sippine condition, and that
the utii form of release will not re
sieve the conipaLc fromt liability in
case cf damage by wreckage, notice is
hereby siven that on and after Sep
tem ber 16:b, 1897, shipnents of spirit
ucus or malt liq Fors in glass loose not
packed in cases. ke2s or casks, will
of be accepted by this company for
'rarsnortation.
Issied Septer er 9.h, 1S7, by H F.
Smi~, irenerai freight agent, Wash
icst'n, D. C.
EiL clive Sn'ermeber 16 h. 1897. An
mroved :v J Li Cule tr tic manager.
WVashing t-m, D C.
I: il b: i.( t d that in the circular
of the Sou'hern, it is stated "that
s ioments of spiritcus or malt liquors
in class lcose, n t packed in cases,
kegs or casks, will not be accepted." It
will be remembered that shortly after
the decision of Judge Simonten,
many shipmcents of "original pack
ages" the bottles being wrapped in
tissue paper and packed in sawdust in
the car, were received by agents. The
cxtra n-ecaution of shippicg in saw
dust wius. of coarse, done for no other
purpose than to prevent breaksges.
Bat the circular ststes particularly
that 'originals" cannot now be so
shipped. It appears that the alterna
tive of this is, that if each bottle is se
curely fastened in a wooden box then
"original packages" can be shipped.
Again, it would appear, from the
circular, that if a jag of whiskey is se
curelv packed in "small half barrel
siz?," for instance, the road will ship
the same.
The following is the circular of the
Atlantic Coast Line, which speaks for
itsilf:
Wilmington. N. C., Sept. 9, 1897.
To Agents and C.nnections:
Referring to Circular No. D. 130,
subject: Handling shipments of liquor
to noints in South Carolina.
Inasmuch as our legal department
ad:vises that the release adopted for
shipments of liquor in bottles, packed
i separate cases, will not be of legal
ufact to protect us acainst loss, in
case of wreckage caused by our own
negligence, aid as property is not in
shipping condition without a legally
effctive release, we give notice that,
from and after September 35th, we
will not receive shipments of liquor
so packed.
Circulars Nos. 33S4 and 3385, Au
gust 7th, 1894. con tinue in effect.
issued by H. M. Enerson, general
freight agent.
Approved: T. M. Eme~rson, trafice
nanger.
It was learned from reliable author
ity that the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurerns road and the Seaboard Air
Line had issued circulars quite similar!
to that of the Coast Line.
In connection with the recent cir
clars the Sumter Item has the folio w
ie to say:
If the Atiahtic Coast Lirne enforces
the order that no more shipments of
original packages are to be transport
ed over that system, the original pack
ae dealers in' inis section of the state'
will find themselves i-a a veryv atvk
ward predicament. They will soo n
dispose of iheir stocks and will then,i
eing unable to procure a ne w supply,j
have to go out of business.
The Columbia State of Thursday
says the Seaboard Air Line and thee
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
railroads have joinEd forces with the
Southern and the Atlantic Coast LineI
in their ref usAl to longer haul uncasedi
battles packed loose in boxcars forj
origial package stores. The Florid a
Central and Peninsular, the South
Carolina and Georgia and the Charles-i
ton and Western Ca o'ina roads seem
til bent on getting all the businessj
th-y can. In view of the crculars
sent out by the Southern and CoastI
Line, tbe Florida Central and Penin
salar has is ued l.strettons to its
agens not to receive ship"ents for1
connectingliims.
At tibst:g ' - ieaic ol the S)uth
en, the Cast Lir..e ,;. the Seaboardj
ould appear to be a eathx bios' to~
the original package dealers through-I
out the State, but~ a glance at a rai
rosd map en'.ie di proces it. The
countes that can be areached by thet
roads incep:'r-dn of th agnemxvt
are: Oconiee PikNs, Genvile,
Saartanurg, L--r-s, Anderson, Ab
Hampton. B-'ufrt, CA n ,o.Bek
le, Charlestou. Onebrg. Lexin: -
ton, Richlar 'I,. Gorgtoa, K-rs~ha sv,
Lncater. YorYk, Cnester andt bor.
Te couant-s mosti sericaIsly ml eted
bu-rg, Flo:r;c ,Marion Maooandi
La~ii-gon. '>t so-se of these- .
nr~ ecuz ~ to the hota co a
lin to ci utr l quc- --ciaorii
e*i p e to Le h dinb a
i:.erating qu-e'.ti. A few~ eksj
ao th-ta's v ere~ made of .forfeitn
from~ ihe~ Sate supreaae courL res"ra'k.
' p ' r.ts. As inuvmauoa wasI
"aa *du-s)ay by a departmaent as
'-sar t ths ti'ul the~ Fiorida (entral
and G:r' and odaer roadsst pr
;;te ad to these rn a-urts. The
j mec re: yfo shu d they, un
se n s4e ie saure ' eir enar
Te govr~: nme - reorz aandca'ei
hat the c-otton crop 'has b ea materi-j
aiiydaaigd in thae a:L month, whichJ
m o in t n el2pi some.
Irne d by :he Martnh Ho'pita I urean at
WashingtoD.
T e eficial builetin of the marine
lhos).tal bureau will contain in its
forthcominz issue a syncps's of the
veahw fever situatio', wit'i a summa
v or the cases rnd deaths up to the
11-h irstart. The lstof c.-szs and
deshs i lower than that re'orted in
press disatches from iafec,-d points,
but the, tir', slitbat are officially 's
tablisi_. T e surmmary by state is
as ' - ?dobile, 1 case, New Or
leans, 17: Barkley, Miss., 9 rases, 4
deaths; Ed'ards, Miss, 12 cas.s:
Ocean Sorings, Mist. 5 cases, 2
death; Pascagonla, Miss., 2 cases;
Perkinston, 1 cate.
The synopsis covers the outbreak
from its inception, with all the bu
resu crders, reports from surgeons
ard boards of health. etc., concerning
the status df the fever at varicus
points
"A brief synopsis of the occurrence
of 3e1 ow fever in the South is given
as follows:
"B-.ginning with the report of Pass
ed Assistant Surgeon Wasdin of Sep
tember 3, stating that the situation at
Ocean. Springs needed investigation,
aLd his detail to proceed to that place
and make an investigation in connec
tion with members of the Mobile board
of health, and his subsequent report
of September 6. stating that an au
topsy made by himself confirmed the
diagrcsis of e-iw fever, the repre
intatives o tbe i:,te boards concur
: , :rceautio's re e immediately
iter by the bure.au, directing p>sed
Assistant Sre n We di1 to arrange
for a c.;rd1n, employ necessary help
S:d turn matters over to Surgeon
Murray on his arrival and t> notify
the railroad agents that until a cordon
should be established, to sell tickets
only to -:oints north of Nashville or
peicts iin mountairous districts, and to
keep a record of all rersons leaving
with points of their destination. noti
fy ir.g the local authorities "
afier detailing the assigrment of sur
geons to various points, the synopsis
proceeds:
.""he total numb: r of cases at Ocean
Springs September S was 2 in a sick
list of 40 persons, and one case result
ing in death was reported from New
O:/cans, vhcs9 illness, it is slated,
coommenced at Ocean Springs. Train
inspection at the Alabama line was
established on the 9.h. Oa the same
diy yellow fever was reported at
Scranton, Miss., and several suspici
cus cases in cne kcality in New Or
leans were examined by experts of
the Louisiana state board of health
train nsoection on the Louisiana hav
ing been inaugurated several days
previously by the Louisiana board.
On the 10th six new cases of sickness
were reported by three physicians at
Ocean Springs. The suspicious case
at Scranton was examined by Dr.
Guiteras and reported to be yellow fe
ver. On the 10th Surgeon Carter re
orted a case at P.:rkinston, Miss.,
contracted at Ocean Springs."
The report then refers to the 12
suspicicus cases reported on St. Claude
street, New Orleans. No positive
diagnosis of yellow fever was mace.
Nine of the cases recovered; the re
maining three are doing well.
The situation at Mobile. Biloxi and
Edwards is referred to, and the many
official dispatches showing the various
cases are reproduced. Thcse have al
ready been published.
The S,.ary of the Preacherd.
A Methodist newspaper has ascer
tained that the average salary of
preachers of that denomination in the
South is only $173 35 a year. In this
case the cent column, usually omitted
in stating salaries of professional men,
is really important, for 35 cents have
a deal of work to perform in a family
compelled to subsist, or die, on so
meaaer compensation as that. The
.$;3 35 a y ear gives about $t 30 a day.
The average ureacher's fa~mily consists
of live per.ons. Allowing tnle munzi
ficent sum of St a day for rent, cloth
ing. feel, deccr's biil snd the numn
'oerless incidentals, we find thirty
cents remainiog for the table. This
allows 10 cents a meal for breakfast,
dinner and supper; or in otaer words
two cents a head for father, mother
and children. It will be seen that no
part of the preacher's income a oes for
a servant's hire. The wife of the cler
gyman, who is expected to take a lead
ing part in r-eligious and social work
and to entertain many callers, must do
thje housework, including washing
and ironing. The Methodist paper
that figured out the average salary of
473 35 has some pathetic comments
on the thread-bare coat of a clergy
man thus situated and tho "actual
misery" it represents. The wonder is
that so many men can keep up even
a semi respeetacle appearance on euch
an allowance. If it be 'urged that
thousands of wcrkingmen support
their families on Xss than that, we
submit that the fact "has nothing to
do with the case." Preachers cannot'
adopt the hr~bits of the wo-kingman.
They .must iccur manary expensss that
are nA in the account of a wage-e-rn
r- encaged in manual labr. Thos.:
for h~o.n preachers work are pre
sumed U belare that such ork is cf
vi imporance. They expect good!
aomos an:d a faith'ul per-ormaance
opsstorail duities. Arid yet they do
uot ay for half of what they expect.I
If the era of prcsperiy does not ormng
sniir-creese mn tue compensaticnl ei
those ministrs it will :niss one of the~
feids in whtich ii. will be greatly need
In aa 1' -t'view Sentr )'rby den .es
ver s-- n-: he imended to - k Ic
-ao Ti mnau'. L by asgs c e mm'I e -I
mer a 'me acst.sior a urer
per ial 1sul c.e Tn ua c
ut-r-the----:>.:--:u'd if the ra-e
jItas Tav da"\- O .
s;n as yo-u can remove the~ '-et shoes
ad r'ub hem al wi-h ~ a soft rag~ to
get -me ote dap'ts out and to
-sith ac lthi 'aturat'd -n i. keosene.I
C'et a.s much of the oli in':0 them as
-for a few hours, w''en -aply ar.cs.er
:o tn- of k-r e ..- SE:e
will ~ave u sappI ed
In Japans m-,!eidn of te g
nuses to lcok'. a't -h - re -a-e
~urded by the s-pl rc utono
bangthin ael rond ther nes' wm
A Very Eat! Sca- 3 Fa:! .rs L.is I c:r
view With E3s Chairen.
H. S. Perry, of D ctur, Ga., was
executed in that city Wednesday for
the murder of a ym't g man, Bi:y
Lanier, whom he s- witth i dvina
breath he killed to rortect Lis wifes
honor. The day bore he exu'.ion
Perry's little cLi r' were t^ken to
see him for the lt tine and the
scene was re th a idme a .eart
of stone. A tel g-arm .os dc..c:ibes
this patnetic ccc rc
Perry was this mrainrg. as he Las
been every rmorni;az c d7 and delibe
rate, until his chIdJren arrived at the
j ill and were admitted to his cell.
dis oldest son ,vas net in the party.
but his four younger children. ac
con ?a"-'d by their Sunt, Miss Corley,
wer- takgn to hi:a. The condemond
mar_ 2t~Wed t: hem quietiy for some
time, stcugh Le was making a
strns.- Fifort to csnceal hisemotion.
The itle children did no. reaiz:
the scri:a ess of the situaiorn. Th;,
knew their aunt w s deeply troubl:d
and that some greatsorrnm was upon
the mind cf their father, bat t'heir in
nocent minds could no: grap the
horrible truth, and they were spared
the suffering of the older persons.
Perry retained his nerve until the
children started to leave his cell. As
nis little boy, a child of 6, walked to
the dor, he said: "Be a good. boy,
son," and then a wail that made all in
hearing shudder, came from the cage
as Perry saw his children leaving.
With heads bowed in sorrow, caus
ed by they knew not what, the chil
dren following their aunt, walked into
the j ilor's cfl~e. Standing with nis
face against the heavy door of iron
bars Perry cried aloud in his anguish,
and his strong frame trembled as he
gate way to iris feelings that had to
that time been so well conceMei.
I Oh, God, have mercy upon my
children," he cried again e-nd agaia,
as he pressed against the cage door in
a last effort to see them.
-God help them, Oh, G.d help
them!" cried the miserable man, as
he dashed himself 'upon the iron cot
in his cell and buried his face in his
trembling hands. For ifteen min
utes Perry lay upon his cot sobbing
like a child, with a group of prison
ers peeping through the bars at him,
One of them laughed, not at Perry.
but for some unknown reason, and
Tom Cyrus, who is in jail for killing
his mistress, demanded siienca, whitie
I quickly folio ;,ed.
Perry was not long recovering his
composure, but, when be attempted to
talk to a Journal man he sgain lost
control of himself, and bet:een soos
said: "WO., to think that I amn to be
taken away from them so soon. To
thick that I am to be made to leave
my wife and my children, and all to
sati:fy the wicke: flesh. May the
God have mercy on the man who is
doirg this."
.As if appreaensire that some one
would think .im in fear of death,
Perry suddenly stood erect and said:
"I have no fear of death for myself,
but I am thinking of my poor wife
and my little children, who will be
left without me.
"I have a hope, a glorious hope, in
the great world beyond, and I know
that I am to go there when I leave
this mace of sin. The Lord has said
He will be a father to my children,
and a husband to my wife and this
gives me comfort."
Afri!d of You~cw Fever.
Followiog circulars we.re il.med
Tursday oy the Southern Railway
company:
To Azents and Conduictors:
Chareston, S. C.. Sept. 15th, ordar
ed absolute quarantine against New
Orleans, Mobile, and al yellow fever
infected territories. South Carolina
and Georgia Raiiroad will decline to
receive or nandle any passengers, bag
gage. household eifncts, merchag dise
or o'her articles from the inftetic
ritries. No nrovision fo: psssexngers
to held certifiates, cic , fromn w ien
i understand q'uarantine :s ao b.=e'.
To Agents and Conductors:
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 15:haquaran
mned against all yellow fever lufected
teeltories, includiog Naew Orleans,
Mobile, etc., and will not receive pas
sergerr, baggage or freight from such
infected places until after thirty days'
isolation and then, only, on eersidene~
from president of board of health.
From Atlanta, passangers will be re
quired to produce clean bill of health
efore being allowd to enter Aueusta
Auus will have quaarantine~ oliiers
n urni rma, on all trairns ar-d passen
gers will be requaired to satisfy such
li.ers of their place of residence for
previous thirty days bmfore enteri'ng
the city. _____
A cc of Frut:; Run Ond.
I; was learntd Wednesdaey niah.
.t s th.e Newvs and C>urier tht
LrcuP'h the earlemsn'ess C'c"'om one
aca c& baonannas from on as
shioped into Chaarleston crer the
Soun Caroliaa and Gcorgia ral:road,
but ten minutes after its a"ira the
ar was shipped cut again Ju who
i reponsibe for the trut' c me an
is 'hu: far unknown. D-tetic John
Ho.n as teid by the saion agent
at 'a MIil Hill that th car nad
ly Lo i2.d the nesich d-v par-.:"' of
tec cr -alaead 1 0
thi ''mv kno s -
marnee iofe
7 ...;L.L L4 . 11 ' v .
TTHE CONDITIONS OF THE STATE'S
FARMIN3 INTERESTS.
TI: General Oatlook -Weekly Balletin
er the Weather lareau Issued List Week
bj DIrector Baaer.
The folo:ing weekly statement of
the crcp and weather conditions for
this section has been served by Direet
or uiuer:
TDMPE2ATU RE.
T :e a:perature conditions during
the past week were slightly above the
normal, due to comparatively high
day temperatures and seasonably cool
nantz. The former ranged in the 80s
and the latter in the 60s, with daily
range from 20 to 26 degrees. The
higtcst reported, 95 on the 10th at
Hodges, and the lowest, 52 on the 5th
at Liberty. The mean for the same
period is apprximately 75.
RAINFALL.
0,rr nearly the whole of the State
the week was a rainless one. Six
olac-.s reported light showers on va
ri)us dags, with a maximum meas
urenhent of 0.15 at Allendale. The
%ho ers were confined to portions of
Lh lrkelev, Colleton, Hampton, Charles
ton, Bau'cr: and Marion counties.
Over te remainder of tae State the
ground is very dry with severe
arcughty conditions in places. Cor
resoondents all note the need of rain
for the growing crops. The normal
for the week is about 1.27. The week
of corresponding dates in 1895 was
also without rain.
The winds were generally light,
eastcrly. The sunshine was in excess
witih an estimated percentage of 85 of
the possiole for the State, ranging
from 61to 100.
GENERAL REMARKS
Favr able weather prevailed for har
Ses'ing and gathering the ripened
crops, sucti as haying, rice harvest,
picking cotton, making syrup and
nousing corn and fodder, but pastures,
ja.rdens, late corn, turnips and gen
erally all crops not fully matured
stand in urgeat need of rain, over the
&ate.
CROPS.
The reports on cotton would indi
cate a further decline in condition
due to the dry weather which caused
young bolls to shed freely over the
Iwestern counties, where, until recent
17, the laut had continued to fruit,
pad where it is yet in places putting
on fruit sparingly, but not generally.
Tnere are reports of a small "top crop"
over the extreme northwestern coun
tie-, but over the larger portion of the
State .those bolls and squares that usu
ally form the "top crop" all shed off
during and following the August
rai. s.
Over the eastern counties generally
, nd over a large portion of tne west
ern counties cotton is opening rapidly,
i places prematurely, and in Berke
ley, Marion, Orangeburg, Bamberg
and continuous counties from half to
three fourths, or more, of the bolls
are open.
In one locality in Berkeley 70 per
cent. is already gathered.
In the eastern counties the plant is
apparently dead, caused by rust, which
developed over large areas during the
latter part of August many fields look
as if cared by frost.
Uder the prevailing ;favorable
weather conditions, picking made
ISea Island cotton has not shared in
th~e deterioration, on the contrary, im
Iproved in condition during the week.
The dry weather injured late corn to
some extent, but permitted fodder to be
saved in good condition. Some corn
has been gathered.
ISweet potatoes look and yield well
generally, bat rain is needed for late
plantings.
Rice harvesting has made great
strides ia Colleton and elsewbere in
in the r::e districts and threshing has
begun genvrally. Upland rice in
P~Icken~s would be benefitted by rain.
in places turnips seem to stand the
dry weather, but generally the young
plants were kiulei by the hot sun and
tields will have to be resown.
It was an extremely favorable week
for curing pea vine and other hay and
ucwasaved.
I orghum and sugar cane maintain
thei excellent condition and syrup
an con tinues.
F'stures and gardens are parched.
Pnusyielding well. Tobacco be
ing freely marketed. Late, apples
plentiful and of good quality in Salti
da. Scuppernong grapes plentiful.
FAJl plo wing continues in the truck
raising districts.
Fromn the national balletin of Sept.
: Tne general condition of cotton
:s less favorable than in the previous
.week and over portions of the middle
sctiorns of the cotton belt there ha~s
een marked detmroration. Absence'of
rain has ei used it to open rapidly, to
some extent prematurelv. In portions~
of sou:P and southwest Texas showers
improved late cotton and the top crop,
over the northern part of the State and
ovrer the central and Eastern portions
cf te belt the conditions have been
A d gae afromn Atlanta says like
'i. eaid birds of passage, storm
s e: rm the shores of the Gulf of
&"ic. .a'e reugees are flocking to
mehucountry in search of safety
frm i terri'ie seurge of yellow
rer y train that arrives from
'S:012s, Mo bie, Biloxi and other
Gul' i-.i , 'no Jackson, Miss.,
ad e ng ~neyAla ,is loaded with
afagss. :Som of them stop in At
"- jy torardi:ae mountains of
"~e ci. nd Nrth Carolina.
Sare filled with
udth oft accents of
hefr south are as
e hau" of conversa
c~ e-e rngo of t:1e dele
c uaty commijssioners'
at the~ Kimball. Most of
-r contented and. uncon
e a 2. u y of them exhibit the
a ex as tuiC lears in no uncertain
ag.A large per cent, of tb~e
*s ae traeog men who were
e lddstricts at the time of
ul~rm at d hfinding bus~i
ni a themselves in
b caedup inquaran
.b ..-eeto get out oftnarm's
e Wilia E Canmeron,
olatfall stumnped the
d d cncrats, is out in
ahe wilsupport the
etcket, and calling
n n demomats to do the