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Mo? A N. AING-S. -WE)NESDA NO. 12. IN THE BIG STORM. -low the Tents of the Second Regiment Were Torn Away. 3ATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS k Soldier of a Neighboring Regi ment Killed. Camp Quickly pfAuzt in Shape Again. Other -P General Notes. The correspondent of the Columbia tate writing from Camp Cuba Libre. -a., under date of October 2. says: -veryone has heard of the equinox and he gales that come about then. bu t -veryone has not experienced one of hose gales while in a military camp. some time during last night a storm sroke on us and our tents began to rock o the sighing of the tall pines, under vhich those of the Second South Caro ina are pitched. Due warning of the -torm was given and it was consequent y no surprise. Yesterday afternoon a elegram was received stating that a errifie storm was approaching. The Lxe and hammer were then heard on -very hand, making ready for the dis inguished guest whose arrival was her ilded by telegraph at the government's -xpense. But no one, at that time, iad any idea how severe he was. This Vas not found out until this morning. As a consequence of the bad weather )reakfast was delayed, and, in some ompanies, indefinitely postponed. )uring breakfast there was a lull for a hort while. During the lull the wind hifted towards the northwest, and hen renewed its vigor. Gust upon ust was hurled against the camp and t was with a great deal of difficulty hat any of the tents were kept in )lace. There were some who had intended aking advantage of the weather and -sting up for the day. Maj. Eaves ;as among that number. He had tak ,n to his cot to rest, when a heavy gust ame and left him without a shelter. 3e got himself out of bed and scamper d off to a nearby tent until his clothes ould be brought to him. By this time the whole camp was in state of excitement. Men were seen n every direction out holding the guy -opes of their tents to assist the tent >ins in holding their own. In some ases this worked admirably, but in thers all the reward the inmates got or their trouble was a good soaking nd the job of putting their tent in >lace again. Your correspondent did not have his ent blown down, but had to vacate for ear of a pine tree standing just in front )f his tent. When he went out he saw 'apt. Moss struggling with his tent dl that the captain lost was his fly. I hadn't been out long when my at ention was called to the Y. M. C. A. entr The wind went in at the rear trance and tore the tent in half. It s a complete wreck. Standing next to t was a photographer's tent, which tood a few moments longer than the V. M. C. A. tent. but which finally left ts occupant in the act of putting his oat on. The men on guard crowded into the wo tents erected for their accommoda ~ion, for protection, but soon they were ~oth -leveled to the ground, and the men had to seek shelter elsewhere. Lieut. Quartermaster Sullivan's tent was laid low, as also was the chaplain's. Ihe commissary tent of a majority of he companies were blown down and the kard tack spoiled. The shelter over the dining tables of Co. I was blown down. It was not cuite complete. While the men were struggling with their own tents, the tents in which their ess fortunate comrades were quartered were suffering heavily. The winds played havoc in the Third Division hospital. One of the wards was blown own and the rain blew through all the others. The tent in which the dead are laid out wa3 also blown down. Quite a number of trees were also bown down. When the storm was at its worst Maj. Wagener, who, although he is on the sick report, went over to the hospital to render what assistance he Eould. By himself he could do nothing, but with the help he soon re 'eived the hospital was saved. The Second South Carolina and the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana regi ments turned out in a body and all the other commands furnished their quota towards staking down the tents. All the trees which were in a position to fall on the ten:. were roped and cut down. The men all worked like bea vere to keep the tents in plaee. No one thought of himself, but of his sick comrades. The lady nurses were most of them drenched to the skin, but went on with their heroic efforts to give re lief to the suffering. The tents of the doctors, nurses and attendants suffered most. They blew down bythe score. There were several persons injured during the morning. The sergeant ma jor of the Sixteenth Indiana regiment was killed by a falling flag pole. The pole struck him in the back breaking the spinal column. Private Geo. A. Bristow, of Company I, while on top of a hospital tent pulling a rope in place was hurled to the ground and his right arm sprained. There were no other serious injuries. In company with the News and Cou rier correspondent the writer visited the camp of the Fourth Illinois regi tit. The Fourth is in Jacksonville on provost guard, and their tents hecre are complete wreeks. There seems to have been a battle between the tents and the wind and the wind came off victorious. Where the tents once stood will be seen occasionally a white rag waving from a tent pole as a flag of truce begging the wind to eease its de vastation and destruction. The Sixth Missouri suffered very lit. tIe. The rain has about stopped b'ut the wind is still high. It appears tha1 there will be a lull about night. The hospital train has been put oi the siding here for cases of emergency Should there be need the patients wil be placed on board and carried to .Jack sonville and Atlanta. S. Frank Parrott. Gone up the Spout. The National or Gold Demiocrati organization. from meazre reports 0 registration in Kentucky towns, seeml have practically lost its identity as party in this State. Reports f ron everywhere show light registration a omnared with 18%~ and last year. T2ELLMAN IN CHARLESTON. He Is Entertained at a Dinner by the Mayor. The Charleston correspondent of the State says Senator B. R. Tillman ac companied by former Gov. Sheppard and Representative Iains.ord of Edge field county. arrived there on the morn ing train from Augusta. Wednesday. They registered at the Charleston ho tel, where the senator was soon sur rounded by callers and newspaper men and held quite a levee for a time. It is the senator's first visit to this city since 1S94. as he remarked. The party are here on purely private business, the senator said, and nothing farther was elicited from him on this point. The correspondent drew the senator out concerning the matter of helping Charleston in bringing the soldiers here. He said that he had received a telegram from Mayor Smythe several days ago asking him to assist Charles ton in the matter. but that it so hap pened his hands were tied. he having on a former occasion urged the advan tages of the Port Royal harbor for such purposes. and a telegram having reach ed him from that place just a little prior to Mayor Smythe's and of a similar tenar in behalf of the latter port. "But Port Royal was not in this competition was it?" -I do not know that it was," replied the senator, "but that was the thought that controlled me. 1 have always been very prompt and willing to help Charleston whenever the opportunity arose, and have materially assisted her on more than one occasion. But kicks and cuffs were all the thanks I ever got for it from the Charleston newspapers. That, however. makes no difference. She can depend on me to help her when I can. Speaking of his programme for the near future the senator said that lie would go to Virginia shortly to make some campaign speeches. and later would come back though North Caroli na and enlist in the fight for white su premacy in that State. It had got to be a question purely of white and black rule in that State. and at present the, negroes were on top. "A few years ago," he said, "the North Carolinians were bemoaning the fate of South Carolina, but now they are in the valley of Jehosephat while we look on from the mountaintop." Among those who called cn the sena tor and tendered him civilities were She-iff Martin, Messrs. W. Gibbes Whaley. James M. Eason. B. I. Sim mons, A. C. Kaufman, M. S. Stoppel bein and others. Mayor Smythe called on the senator and conferred with him relative to the question of bringing a share of -the troops here. When the business con ference was over the mayor invited the senator to accept of a dinner party in his honor. As soon after the mayor left, as his business engagements would permit, Senator Tillman sat down at the table in the reading room of the hotel and wrote a strong and urgent telegram of about 200 words to Secretary Long ask ing him to give both Charleston and Port Royal due consideration in the movements of too personal and delicate a nature to quote, the senator cited the superiority of the Charleston harbor over that of Savannah. The tele gram dispatched, the senator gave him self up to social intercourse until the hour for dinner. At 3 o'clock Mayor Smythe, Alder men Lapham, Percival and others called at the hotel and escorted the senator to dinner. The party remained at dinner until the senator was ready to leave on the 5.30 train for Trenton. This attention to the senator on the part of the city administration folks is unprecedented and is causing much rumination in the city. Electrocuted in Macon. H. L. Burke, thirty-six years of age, a conductor on the Consolidated street car line, Macon, Ga., was electrocuted Sunday about 10 o'clock p. m. during the storm. Burke was on car No. 14. Vienville line. When he reached the intersection of Munroe street and Wash ingrton avenue he found a wire hang ing interfering with the passing of the car. He dismounted, and taking one end, wound it around a telegraph post. As it was a guard wire, it is supposed Burke thought there was no danger in Ithe other end. He was warned by the motorman, but disragarded the warnings Iand grasped the wire. Passengers in the car saw the fatal blue light as the wire came in contact with the unfortu nate man's flesh. He screamed for help several times, but was unable to let go. After a few seconds he fell. None of the people on the car were able to render assistance, and it was not until Superintendent Winters came and cut the wire that the body was exam ined. The Southern Soldier. They are still throwing bouquets at the south. Gen Roynton yesterday "volunteered the statement" that there had been 'no complaints from southern soldiers in Chickamauga camp' and added that he "did not believe we would hiave heard huilf the outcry that has beers r.iDed if all the soldiers had Ibeen frtuai tiw south." Gen. D~odge, chairman of the e;>mmittee of investi gation .said :hat "only two or three charges had been received from the south a!,d they were not from sol diers." (Certainly. compared with other sections. the south is a Spartan land. -State. ________ AWhole Party Drowned. A dispatch from Trov, N. Y. sy N.L. Weatherby, commodore of the Troy Y acht club, and three companions, Stephen J. Mallory, Mrs. William Bresiin and Miss Elizabeth Savage, were drowned by the capsizing of a vhtin the Hudson river three miles north of this city last night. The bodies h'ave not been recovered. The acid~ent w~as due to th~e swift current in Ate Heads of Matches. A pcial fromz D~allas. Tex., says: " Jimmi." the 14-year old daughter of .J. M. Stephcns, who lives in Gonzales, Tex. tried to conmmit suicide by eat ing the hecads of 21 parlor miatches. She died today. After eating the mnatches --.hnmie" regretted her act and tried to save her lilfe by swallow ing bacon and lard. Instead of being an antidote for the poison, the lard A THRIVING TOW. Mullins, a Prosperous Tobacco Town of the Pee Dee. A HINT TO OTHER SECTIONS. To Diversify Crops and Not De pend Entirely on Cotton as a Money Making Crop. The tobacco town of 3Mullins. South Carolina, will be anl agreeable surprise to any business man who will journey forth and inspect its brief history and fine work. 3Mullins is the --Little Dan ville" of this State. Four years ago not one pound of tobacco was sold here. Now. comparatively speaking. it has no equal in the State as a tobacco market. I was requested to inspect the books of both ware houses on September 10. and did so carefully. To my great sur prise I found that for this season alone up to the date just mentioned, the to bacco sales here aggregate a total of 1,014,784 pounds, and that cash to the amount of -76,847.1t; had been paid to. farmers for their leaf tobacco. These are the actual figures from the carefully kept books of both ware houses. On the day of my visit to the ware houses, which happened to be on Sat urday-not a busy day generally-both floors were crowded to their utmost Ca pacity; sales commenced early in the morning and were not completed until late in the afternoon, and I saw thous ands of pounds of South Carolina leaf tobacco sold at from 4A to S cents per pound, from S to 17. cents per pound. and large lots frequently sold at Is. 1I. 20 and 22; and 25 cents per pound. I have never seen a more active nor bet ter managed market. Tobacco buyers and tobacco sellers were alike interest ed, business men and tobacco farmers were pushing things together. every thing was lively, hustling and good na tured, and South Carolina's Little )an ville was giving an interesting object lesson in thrift, business capacity and good work. MULLINS CAN "SPECIFY when you call for tobacco facts and figures. Not very much has been said about what has been going on here during the past four years. Four year3 ago a special representative of the News and Couaier visited Mullins and told the readers of that paper some few facts about the small beginnings of Mullin's tobacco interests. This time the News and Courier man was requested to jonr ney to Mullins to see what he could see, to bear what he could hear, to ex amine the books, to keep the record straight, and publish the facts in the News and Courier, the "great promo ter" of South Carolina's tobacco busi ness. The writer would here acknowl edge the very cordial welcome give-, him by the citizens of Mullins. Pipes and fine cigars figured in this greeting, good cheer and hospitality mingled with, but did not go up in smoke, valu able assistance was mine in every de sired way-and the music was furnish ed by pipe organs-the mouths of some of "our" good tobacco friends. Espec ially am I indebted to 1essrs. G. 11. Yarboro, C. J. McCall and G. I. Reaves, and I only hope that their re collection of certain and numerous im portant events are as pleasant as are my own. Now for some specifying. Four years ago Mullins made a small beginning in the tobacco business, in which, among others, 3Messrs. W. H. Daniel, G. R. Reaves and D. K. 31c Duffie were very prominent. Practical results from this move were rather dis couraging until Mr. E. 0. Bransford assumed the position of general mana ger of the Planter's Ware House. Things changed th an for the better.and the good fortune has steadily gone on. Messrs. Daniell, Reaves and 31eluffie, who are still prominent and active in the tobacco interests, could not take time from their other large business affairs to have direct share in the man agement, but their pluck, perseverance and ability are largely responsible for the big work of the town today. "MULLINS WAS A DEAD) TOWN four years ago," said M1r. G. R. Reaves, the active and obliging manager of the W. H. Daniel Supply Company. Con tinuing he said: "Since we started the tobacco business the town has doubled. Customers are here daily who are strangers to us and many are here whom I do not know." This was not said in reply to any leading question, but was spoken in ordinary conversation. The immense figures, more than a million pounds, and cash for this sea son of a few weeks alone, $76,847.11;, show the magnitude of 31ullin's tobac co business, and now some reasons can be satisfactorily added. 3Mullins is the centre of a splendid tobacco area. This covers a radius of forty miles. embrae ing the counties of 3Marion and llorry, in South Carolina and the North Caro lina counties of Robeson, Richmond and Columbus. Planters f'rom these five counties arc daily at 31ullins. their nearest market, and their best one. in addition tobacco is shiipped here f.m other sections. some having been received this season from lichland county. The famous golden tobacco of the "Fork" section of Buck Swamp 'neigh borhood." MIarion county. comes here also. and brings high prices. MIr. G. 1I. Yarboro. the large buyer and etii cient business represenixtat ivc of the Great American Tobacco Comnpaniy. ships every day fromx one to two car loads of South Carolina leaf tobacco. 3Mr. Y'arboro told me this fact. axnd in conversation with M1r. D). K. 31el~aliie. one of the best and cleverest railr'oadi agents in the State, this same state -nient was made. The ware houses of MIullins. among other systematic business arra ngemeints employed a traveling muan to go over their territory regularly. soliciting si p meats and consignments for their mar ket. F'or two weeks lhe has had noth ing to do, having been called ini. lie cause the ware houses are tilled daily to overfiowingt. Now all of this may seem strange to many, especially to those who do not have time enough to attend to their own business. because they' cannot st'qp attending to the business of others. SO.\E .\IULLIN$ RE.\s'>N. The reasons for all of this are many. but they are very simple. I have bad man)' ''capiliary' professors" and nu merous "tonsorial artists" to give me nu eections as to get a good shave sharlp razor was worth uore than any thlinr else for this business. I liv rst ilace. the busiless men. tolaceo farmers and merchants secured sone knowledge of the subject. They got many things. "but with all the get tin ,:et understanding" seemed to be their favorite text. The men of' Mullins did not have an easy tine. Difficulties were !:-iny and they will hover around any one who carelessly ventures into the tobacco business. chewing. smoking, cultivat ing, buying. or selling. Tobacco is a curious thing. It is only grown. cultivated, sold and manufac tured to be chewed up. spat out. burned up and go away in smoke. Nobody in the world really needs it. All of this work is only for ultimate and fieeting enjoyinent. The men of Mullins. while not so very nunmerons. were certainly too many for their difficulties, hence they were the conquerors. The men of Mullins worked altogether: they believ ed in their town. in tobacco and in themselves to such an extent that they imparted this spirit to others. Strang ers came. anil soon. in the councils of work and business. these quon-darm (good) strangers were talking and saying what was best for "us" to (o. This could have but one result. To day the citizens of Mullins are an inter ested community. and they are still hard at work. Every tobacco buyer who has come here from Virginia and North Carolina has closely identified himself with the business interests of the town. The soil hereabout is of that peculiar quality which makes certain grades of tobacco to perfeefion. and receipts and prices here are both large. st:1 F FORCIBL: IA.sUTRATIONS. I did not ''hunt up" exceptional illus trations again. but took sonic of the best averages which came under my observation~ during my stay here, Mr. E. C. Allen. a number one representa tive farmer. sold 663 pounds here. and for this tobacco his price were S. 14 1-4. 15. 16. 27 and 36 cents per pound. the lot bringing. net. -166.84. 1r. J. B. Smith. another fine farmer. sold 749 pounds for -84.06 net. the prices paid being 8 1-4, 10 and 16 3-4 cents per pound. Mr. J. 0. Jones. a leading farmer, sold 380 pounds of tobacco at 10 3-4. 20 and 27 1-2 cents per pound, the lot netting 77.90. the 380 pounds bring ing about as much as three bales of cot ton would have sold for on the same date. THE PLANTERS' WARE HOUSE. The Planters' Ware House is now 166 by SO feet, but plans are perfected by which this building will soon be 240 by 80 feet. More floor space is even now a necessitv. This is a well made build ing, witii every facility for conducting the business, and is owned and opera ted by the Planters. Ware House Com pany. Mr. W. H. Daniell is president of the company, Mr. G. R. Reaves is secretary and treasurer, and Mr. E. 0. ransford is general manager. Mr. Daniell is one of the leading men of this section. Mr. G. R. Reaves is one of the most competent and courteous men of my acquaintance. General Manager Bransford is one of the livest live men whom I have ever seen. His duties as manager include auctioneer ing tobacco, and he can laugh, talk. wink, kick. slap his hands and sell to bacco at a higzh price at once. I heard the buyers say he "was the best in six States," and I am prepared to say that he mer-its this high praise. 31r. Brans ford had a lucrative offer elsewhere, but came here because a tobacco expert who had spied out the land advised him to do so. He has been glad ever since that he did come, and so have others. Is is a man of decided business a bility, and is doing large tobacco work for South Carolina. TilE FARM\ERS' WARE HOU'SE, a fine new building, 180 by S0 feet. is now operating its first season. This ware house is having most satisfactory business. 31essrs 31cluffie & Thornton are proprietors here, and they are a strong team. trotting well and with can siderable speed in double harness. r. MIeDafie is the same live depot agent who was before mentioned, and doubtless gets some of his speed from associating so much with locomotives and men of MIuilins. MIr. 0. F. Thornton is managing partner here. lie is a live, systematic manager, has decided business tact and ability, Hie was raised on it. has serv ed in every department of it, and now is here in a good place, to stay, M1r. Thornton says that "South Carolina makes the finest bright tobaccos for utters, cigaretts and smokers," and that "fine wrappers arc bocoming more numerouis. The auctioneer and office manager here is Capt. J. )1. Andrewsi. He is not warlike unless you mention Span iards or South Carolina tobacco; he ights with eyes, tongue and head; he gets his hiighi prices, and then he smilethi. Speaking of good, all-round tobacco men. jolly and genial. courteous and competent, allow me to present to you r. George 11. Y'arboro. local represen tie of the famous American Tobacco Company. I shall be glad for a long while that I met M1r. Yarboro. lie is thoroughly posted in his business, lHe says: ''This is a fine tobacco section, and South Carolina tobacco is a great success.'- No section-I make no excep tions-suirpaisses this for producing fine tobaceoes. This is as good a tobacco section as there is in the world.'' That 3r. Yairboio believes this is shown by what lhe does. The books show that he hasi hti pped from M1ullins since .July 28 40000 ptIlt tIounids of tobacco, almost as much 's lie shipped during the whole of la seaon. F"or ten days past he has shippeId fromi one to two carloads of leaf tobaicco daily. and lhe is one of the. buieitt and most accommiodating men whomi 1 have ever seen. I mus t bring in another geutlemnan her~e whose good offices to me were many ad wh lose assistance I sincerely appre elate. T his is 31r. C. .J. MceCall. one~ of the miost inipoitant business men~f of te town. Strictly speaking 3Mr. MceCall is not a toacco man. butt all business metn of' 3ullins ae. to somle extent, and M1r. M3 ('all shows this, and anythin~g else which pertiniils to the welfare of his e I .nillunitiit. 1ive large three-story tobacco prize fact ries ae hert. 4(1 by 70 aP4s 5A0 by S0 fe.-. F iv ' large 'ottoni iinneries are here lhe onei owned by the l)aiiiel Sup ply Coumpany, having a capacity of 5I bales daily. MIr. 1B. G. Smith owns the 1 .h.r a his busiiucs is large in thiu land of tobacco and cotton. Two large grist mills. are here and the business men, all of them, are asking for a bank. The figures here given show what busi ness a bank could expect and the busi ness men have money which they are ready to invest in a bank. Two churches are here and a fine school, of which latter Mr. J. E. Buzhardt is principal. and he has two assistants. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin now has a cosy well kept hotel, but this is being re placed by a larger one. which Mrs. Mar tin found necensary. The tobacco buyers. a strong corps of fine workers, are Messrs. G. H1. Yarbo ro, J. T. Pope, T. D. Wright, W. A. Gray. M. V. Pope, W. T. -Jefferson, R. B. Hester. C. 0. Dixon. D. T. Yancey, W. C. Scott, V. W. Williams, Carolina Tobacco Company, Gorman-Wright Company, Staples & Co., and A. B. Edwards. The business firms which add strength to the reputation of Mullinsare the W. H. Daniell Supply Company, WN. H. Daniell. president; George 11. Reaves, secretary and treasurer: I)unbrr & Ed wards, Cooper & Cooper. McMillan & Reaves, Smith & Smith, Smith & Teas ley. W. A. Hardwick, J. W. Rogers. E. P. Junrette, J. M. Bethea, Smith & Collins, B. G. Smith and L. E. Rogers. Among the leading physicians is Dr. F. A. Smith. On Wednesday, September S, one ware house here sold 26.335 pounds of tobacco for $2.076,99. and on the day following 36, 1S2 pounds sold for i2,499 IS. These are hardly average daily re cords, but were taken from the books, and sales were made before my arri val. The Enterprise. a progressive paper edited by Mr.N. D.Johnson.does valua ble work for Mullins, which is much appreciated. Railroad facilitias here are furnished by the Atlantic Coast Line, and are all that is necessary. Lands are plentiful and can be purchased in such lots and at such prices as will be a good invest ment for any live man. Mullins has been and is still doing splendid work and your correspondent takes great pleasure in congratulating her band of workers on the wonderful results which they have achieved and which they so well deserve. J. E. Norment, in News and Courier. IMPREGNABLE FACTS. Democrats Forced the War; Republi cans Managed the Army. No amount of falsehood, of vitupera tion. of boasting, of turgid rhetoric on the part of the Republican organs and stump speakers can destroy these two facts- The Democrats forced the war. The Republicans managed the army. All the striving of the party of false pretenes, all its muddying of the water cannot obscure or alter this cold, un varnished truth. The Republicans cannot evade it. The record is against themi. The Democrats forced the war. They supported the war with supplies to conduct it and men to fight its bat tles. But they did not manage it. They are not responsible for putting a corrupt politician with a tainted mil itary record in charge of its war de partment: nor for the appointment of shoals of inexperienced and igaorant political hangers-on, who could not take care of themselves in private life, to places in the commissary, quarter master and medical departments, where the lives, health and comfort of thousands of the conntry's bravest and best depended upon their admintstra tions; nor for insufficiency of food, medicines, surgeons and ambulances on: the battlefields, nor for crowding troops in foul cattle ships; nor for transporting sick and wounded soldiers in pestilent hospital ships without pare water, sufficient medicines, attendance or proper food; nor for the furnishing of enlisted men with shoddy blankets and sleazy clothing and pa per-soled shoes at extortionate prices; nor for the fever camps: nor for all the other blun ders and horrors of Algerism. For these things the Democrats are not to blame. For these things the people ask from the Repubsicau n. accountimg. NO THTRD PRIMA RY.. Two Berkeley Candidates to, EgJit it Out in the General Elecrin.. That an election should be enjoined in this state is somewhat of anovelity. It is so unusual that some peopie -are beginning to believe that every bt tsi. ness of whatever nature or- kiid is s ub. ject to a judicial injunction3. It will be remembered that dur'ing the two meetings of the State Democratic Ex ecutive committee there- was a contest between Morrison and Sanders for the shrievalty of lBerksley county. Sandevs beat Morrison on the face of the returns and the commin~ee referred the mat te1 back to the coutnty committee. 'fhe latter stuck to- its original decision. nd Mr. Morrison again appealed. The state committee.. thereupon. aedang as it did in he senatorial contest fron Sumter, ordered another priniary elee tion te..be held on the second Tuesda' in (kdober. Mir. Hawkins K. Jenkins representing Mr. Sand'ers, who was de clared, the nomuinees appeared befor< the.chief jasticeetoda~y on a writ of eer torari, and the chief justice issued ai order directed to th'e State .Executiv< commrittec enjoining either or thei representatives frorn holding an elec tion until the f'L-ther order of' the court. The case is put down for h.ar ing on the special doekct, but the cour does not meet again until November 22 The election will have been' held b: that time and unless some other actio; is taken in the meantime. these tw aspirants for the shrievalty 'will have ti fight it out in the general election. Mr Morrison was not represented in th< court. The order is not exactly in th< nature of an injunction, as such writ, are legally defined, but it practicallU amounts to the same thing.--Columbit Record.___________ Good Man to Get Rid Of. ID. Phillips of Savannah. a private iJ the Second Georgia regiment. wa locked up drunk at Atlana by a pro vost guard and was not. searched Phillips had on his perse.o a revolver andl as soon as left alone amused hiimf self by shooting at other prisoner: walking in the corridor outsidc. He shot Chtaude Love, another white pris oner. th~rough the head. lie made desperate fight when the officers wen to disarmi him. Love is in the htospit a. ii a serious end'ion but manyv live ON THE WARPAT I. Rumored Massacre of Gen. Ba con and His Force. SCENE NEAR LEECH LAKE. Causes of the Uprising of the Pillager Indians on the Chip pewa Reservation. A dispatch fiom Walker, Minn. says a hard fight occurred with the lndians on the other side of Leech Lake Thurs day. An attempt was made to land on the island and rescue the wounded soldiers and get the bodies of the un fortunate bluecoats who were killed, The attempt was partly successful so far in that four bodies were recovered and nine soldiers who were wounded were rescued, but the citizens were driv en to the boat and the boat driven fron the shores by skulking redskins. A special train with 215 of the Third infantry from Fort Shelling, under command of Lieut. Col. Harbach of the department of Dakota, arrived in Walker at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon Another special train will leave Brain erd tonight with 200 or 250 more sol diers. Inspector Tinker eqressed the opinion that with 500 soldiers the Indi ans will be subdued, but thinks there will be bloodshed and may be lots of it. It is said the Indiates from the Mills Lacs reservation have started 300 strong to join the Leech lake Indians. and if this is the case it will require 500 additional troops to quell the dis turbance. They are reported to be well armed and going north at a rapid rate. Two hunters came in Thursday after noon from the woods and rep rted a band of 15 or 20 Indians going north. and it is supposed that they are an ad vance guard to the Mille Lacs Indians, or a party of their seouts. The men were not close enough to them to say whether ;they were painted or not, but knew they were armed. The inhabi tants of Walker, Lotrup and Hlacken sack, Minn.. are terrified beyond meas ure and are armed as far as arms and ammunition are procurable. Little sleep is taken by the majority of the citizens. Since the uprising of the Bear island Indians the Indians at the Leech lake agency have been quiet till Thursday, but word has arrived from the agency that the Indians have broken out and the authorities have no control over them and fear there will be more blood shed. The condition of Bacon's men, even if they were safe from annihila tion, must be deplorable. They are illy supplied with overcoats and blan kets. tents they have none. Their food supplies were short when they landed and they were in no shape to stand a long siege. A Walker, Minn., special to The Dispatch says: A boat from the scene of action has just arrived. Fighting is still progressing. Maj. Wilkinson, one sergeant and three privates were killed 'and eight wounded. Kay Bay Gway Tish. chief of Indian police, killed. It was impossible to bring the wounded to town, for the Indians kept up a -constant fire on the boat. A special train with 200 addition soldier' will act-ive here at 2. p. in.. when they will b transferred to the scene of ac tion -as soon as possible. Not more than four Indians have been killed and oly two wounded. Capt. Sheehan, bead deputy United States marshal, arrve-d on the boat with a flesh wound itieabdomen and one in the right arm.. He says the Pillagers ao not number more than 100, but they fight only as demoniacal savages can. Un less overpowered by superior numbers, not one of them will quit fighting while he k as any breath in his carcass. They ae holding out now with the hope that the Cass lake Indians will soon arrive to~ their assistance. If they should arive before our troops are reinforced, li 'e sodiers will have a 'desperate time of it. Afte the reinforcements get here it will take two hours to embark them and two hours more for them to get to Sugar point. Therefore. the best that can be expected is that they will not be able to render much assis tance except as to the force of numbers until daylight Friday. The newspaper correspondents are all right. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones Thursday received the following dis patch from Indian Agent J. H. Souther land, dated at Walker, Minn.. last night:.. "The trouble at Leech lake origi nated in conserqence of an arrest made by a deputy United States marshal af an Indian on a warrant. The Indians overpowered the marshal and rescued the prisoner. Troops were set here to assist, the marshal in arresting the. rescuers. I have been here a week doing my bes~t to get the Indians to give' themaselves up and save trouble, but they would not. Today the troops and Indians had several battles. Thc United States marshal has asked fo: more troops. A 1>erilous Trip. Tale United States transport Massa chusents. Captain Robinson. which sailed fromi Santiago .September 23. ar rived as New York Wednesday anc poeddto anchozrage off Libert! island. While at Sanutiagzo the coal in Sthe Massachousetts' bunkers took fire and it was necessary to jettrison 1la tons. A portioni of this coal was takei -on board again. On going to sea th tfire again broke out in the fire bunker and smoldered for three days. It wa finally extinguished by the use of' steam and the steamer reached port withou further ineikent. Mudeedby a Woman. GereSaxton, a brother of Mrs W ~ ini McKinley. was shot dead a 6.10) o'clock Friday evening before th< reidence of Mrs. Eva B. Althouse wdow of the late (;eorge Althouse. 31! Lincoln avenue. Canton, 0., where hi is presumied to have irone to make: all. Five shots were tired. three o whieh entered his bodly. Mrs. Anu C.: Ge4ore has been placed under arres -on su~spicion of the murder. - Orders to Ga to Cuba. Maj. Gren. Fitzhugh Lee reei'7ed a rder fronm the war departmenot Frido drecting~ him to move his comilmanm from Jacksonville. Fl a., to Savainn Ga., and get in readiness to emba~rk to Habanat b'y the last of this month. Th<t eond South Carolina regiment form a nart of Geni. Lee's command. TROOPS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. Four Brigades of Soldiers Camped in the State. All doubt as to the disposition of the troops in South Carolina is ended by the order of Gen. Miles. South Caro lina will get four brigades and Georgia ten. The assignments are not propor tioned to the population. size or num ber of suitable localities in the two States, but when we remember Geor gia's knack of getting the lion's share of everythin- Uncle Sam has to give we are inovelto be thankful that the disparity is not greater. Columbia. Greenville. Spartanburg and Summer ville will each get a brigade. Greenville will be the headquarters of the second division. second corps. but will not, like other division headquarters. have two or more regiments. We presume that the selection of the 'Mountain City was made because of the nearness of Greenville and Spartanburg, the two points having between them the bulk of the division. To Columbia will come regiments from Rhode Ibland, Tennessee and Delaware; to Greenville will go regiments from New York, West Virginia and New Jersey; to Spartanburg regiments from Missouri, Massachusetts and New York: and to Summerville regiments from Pennsyl vania. Connecicut and Ohio. We are very well pleased with the assignments for the State. Here in Columbia we will have, judging from the numbers of the regiments. the first troops raised in three States--and they ought to con stitute the cream.-Columbia State. THEY MUST LEAVE. The Enemy Must Get Out of Cuba and Porto Rico. President 3cKinley has cabled the United States military commission at Porto Rico that the island must be evacuated by the Spanish forces on or before October IS, and that the Spanish commissioners be so informed. In case of the ftilure of the Spaniards to com plete the evacuation by that date, the United States commissioners are di rected to take possession and exercise all of the functions of government. and, in case it is found to be impos sible to secure transportation for the Spanish troops by October IS. they may be permitted to go into temporary quarters until the transports can be secured to take them to Spain. This fact was developed at today's cabinet meeting, and it was also stated that from this time forward a more vigorous policy would be pursued with respect to the evacuation of Cuba. The Presi dent has .notified the United States evacuation commission at Habana that the Spaniards would 'c expected to have evacuated the island by Decem ber 1, with a strong intimation that in case of failure the United States would brook no further delay, but immediate ly thereafter take possession of the government. Only Two Saved. James Rowe and Joseph Meyers, two negro sailors who belonged to the schooner .Sarah E. Palmer, were brought to Charleston Tuesday from Edisto island, where they had washed up on the beach clinging to a plank. They tell a terrible story of the wreck of thieir vessel in the storm of Sunday last, seven miles off the Charleston light ship. The Sarah E. Palmer, Capt. Whittier, was a four-masted schooner of Bath, Me. She was bound from Charlotte Harbor, Fla.,- to Carta ret. N. J., and was caught off this cost in the West Indian cyclone of Sunday. She sprang a leak early that morning when off the Charleston light ship; and went down in spite of all her captain and crew could do to save her. Capt. Whittier and all the crew. save Rowe and M1eyers. were lost. Those lost were: Capt. Whittier, First-mate Briggs, Second-mate 3McDonald, a Nor wegian steward, Pat Haley and seamen Wallace Stanford and Thomas Leveret. Rowe and MIeyers were washed up on the beach after clinging to a plank for 15 hours. Smallpox in Sumter. Friday Gov. Fllerbe received a tele gram from Dr. James Evans, chairmar of the State board of health, saying: - Cases of smallpox and1 a number oi persons exposed reported from Sumtei county. Shall I incur expense of iso lating, guarding and treating them not. withstanding appropriation for thal purpose is exhausted." In the absene< of Gov. Ellerbe. 3Mr. W. Boyd Evans his private secretary, wired Dr. Evans to use whatever precaution is necessa ry to cheek the spread of the disease When the whole State was threatenet with the dread disease last winter, Dr Evans was very aggressive in the en deavor to check the infection, and h will no doubt soon check the presen outbreak, as he will be aided by hi previous experience in dovetailing las and medicine together for the protec tion of the people.-State. Five Men Killed. Five men were shot from ambush an, killed in Cannon county. Tecnn.. 2' miles east of Chattanooga. on Saturday One of the victims was the lRev. A. C Webb and his son was another. Joh Iollingsworth is suspeeted of doin the deed with the help' of two friend and hie is reported to have been sine shot ami killed. The five men werei Iollings'o rth's barn, having gathere there to sell some of his effects unde a judgment for $7-00 obtained again, him for killing a man a year~ago. Riddled with Bullets. Wright Smith. colored. who on der tebcr 2 attempted an assault on MIr, Moerrison. the wife of Capt. J. 3Iorri son of the Third district, residing nea Joes' Station, 3Md.. was taken fror jail shortly after 2 o'clock Wednesda morning and shot. Th'le lynching part went to the jail, pointed guns at Nigh Watchman Dutvai l. aind took the lria nr to Sanders' lot. neair the city eeii etery. and riddled the body withI bul A Story of the Sea. The Norwezlani bark Sichiem. Caly L orensen. fromi Apalachico. J1une 1 or Haenm's Ayres, was picked up b 1te Italin bark Speme on Septenmber i lattitude I. lonigttude (. The cam *tsin. tiirt andA second ofilers and thre o cthle cew were dead. There was ne bod abard r the vessel capable of navi gaik hr. The first oficer of th Spe1ne took charge of the Sichem an mava~d her to port. THE LAI1M UIUI. Many Houses Flooded and Ves sels Driven on Land. A GOOD MANY PEOPLE KILLED The Storm Did Considerable Damage in a Large Num ber of Cities and Towns. A dispatch by tug H. M. C. Smith, to the Savanaah Morning News states that two persons were drowned at Fer nandina, Fla. Water flooded a big portion of the city and sent many ves sels high and dry on the beach. Tele graph systems are prostrated and rail roads have suspended operations, The two fatalities were ehildren. The fam ily of mother and father and three children were in their house when the tide carried it away. One of the boys undertook to a tve his baby brother; but was unable to reach the shore, be ing forced to drop the child. The father was rescued from a tree and the mother drifted ashore. The crew at the qzarantine station were rescued from a life raft, the station being en tirely destroyed. The Smith brings the first news of Fernandina's experi ence to the outside world. The water during the hurricane of of Sunday was never known to be so high in the history of the city. It was six and eight feet deep over some of the docks and the tug lying by the side of the wharf was lifted on it and set tling down smashed it. The water at the court house was a foot deep and several feet deep in the stores on Cen tre street. Every dry goods and gre eery store on the street was damaged by the high water or by the rain com in; through the roofs. Every building at the quarantine station was swept out of existence and not a vestage of any was reported to remain. The damage and ruin at Amelia beach was almost as complete. All the cottages but two are said to have been carried out to sea, besides the entire south end of the Beach hotel which is a wreck. The rescuing of the families and a few sick soldiers at Amelia Beach was one of the distictive features of the day at Fernandina. Realizing that these persons at the beach, about 35 in number, would be helpless. Mr. Beckham, yardmaster of the F. C. & P. railroad, took an engine and two freight cars and calling for volun teers pulled out for the beech soon after 9 o'clock in the morning. Before reaching the beach the fire in the en gine was extinguished by the high wa ter on the track. There was pressure of steam sufficient to continue to the beach, and after taking on the load of passengers, who had begun to think their last day had come, to get back to a high place on the line where the par ty would be safe from the encroaching waters. The damage to shipping was also se vere. One schooner was carried out to sea and nothing has been heard of it; another schooner heavily laden with lumber, lies in about two feet of water. The tug Ida B. belonging in Jackson ville, is snugly ensconsed on a nice dry place in the sand fully three hundred yards from the water. The experience of Fernandina was a fearful one and the losses of her citizens have been great. Complete details from Brunswick, Ga., and surrounding country are im possible because of the' prostration of telegraph and telephone systems. Campbell Island, 12 miles from Darien, on the Altama river, is said to have been completely swept away and only three persons succeeded in getting off the island. There is no definite infor mation as to the population of the is land, and estimates of the number sup possd to have perished range from 20 to 50. The population wholly of colored truck growers. Four deaths are now reported from Brunswick. Damage to property there is estimat ed at half a million dollars. News from the outlying islands is not obtain able. The Norwegian bark Louise, schooner Blanch Hopkins, schooner Aaron. schooner Helen L. Bartin, and pilot boats E. B. Jordan and Gracie are ashore. The pilot boat Pride sank at her dock. The steamer Edgmont went across the marsh to Crispen is land and her bow is sticking up in a tree. Th're are no docks left at Dari en. .A Associated Press dispatch boat is said to have sunk. Eloped With Daughter. A special from Pine Bluffs, Ark.. says: In Saline county Thursday Joe McKinney, a young farmer, accompa nied by his brother and a friend, eloped with the daughter of Chas. Taylor, an other farmer. The wedding party took -a wagon and started for Rcdfield. When within five miles of there, Tay lor overtook the party and opened fire with a gun, firing both barrels into the Iwagon without effect. McKinney re turned the fire with a revolver killing Taylor. The body was left in the road while the party drove on to Redfield, where the elopers were married. After the ceremony the four surrendered themselves to the polico. McKinney rented a farm from Taylor. A New Life Saver. rA man's life wa saved by a chew tof' tobacco in New York state the other day. Ie was chewing at the time that he fell overboard from a skiff. The g:uid of tobacco lodged in his - throat and prevented him from swallow ius water. lHe was fished out and re - lieved of tihe tob:ieco stopper. and, except for the v;etting and a little Scoughing spell, w:.5 none the worse for the experience. The manufacturers of the brandl of tobacco lie was chewing twill probably now advertise it as a life -preserver. ____________ A Prophet of Evil. AGreensboro. N. C., astrologe predicts that the next thirty days wil be characterized in New York by an exceptional amount of bloodshed, crime andl fires. lie says further that e ilt.edged stocks and bonds will be selling'fromi $1 to $20) on the $100) lower by Nov. 1 than they are at pres ent. Cotton. he declaree, has not yet touJcd bottom, but will go much lower -during October. A few more prophecies like this, and the fellow will qualify I himself to run for congress on the Popu