The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 01, 1899, Image 1

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IiL Alk A116 , , t"I OL v x I V. M A NNEN G, S C WE iv).Nr E S D A Y MARCH C LO SIN G SC E N ES. The Legislature Finishes Its Work and Adjourns. MUCH HEAVY WORK DONE. Appropriate and Customary Res olutions Were Adopted in Both Houses. interesting Farewell Features. The lart -ession of the general assem bly of South Carolina for this century adjourned W\ednesday morning at 3 o'clock. The session has been a most pleasant one, devoid of all factional feeling. It was feared that adjournment could not be reached Tuesday night but as there were esarcely any differ ence as to the amendments to the gen eral supply bills, the adjournment was reached sooner than expected. Tuesday night at the house there was the accustomed delay on account of the deliberations of conference and free conference committees, but all the im portant bills were acted up'i finally, and the genei al assembly was declared adjourned sine die at 3 a. i., Wednes dav morning. After all the business had been trans acted on motion of Mr. Bacot, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole and Mr. Wiekler was call ed to the chair. Mr. Bacot then in feeling words ex pressed the appreciation of the speak er's fairness and eliiency as felt by the house. Mr. Bac .t said: Mr. Speaker: Your friends and sup porters in the hvus._. to the number of 123. desired to p1resunt you with a tan gible token of their respect and regard. and as one of the number, and as speak er for the other 122. it is my pleasure to place in your hands this gold-headed walking stick, which we have had suit ably inscribed. May it yield you in the later years of your life as strong a support as your friends and compatriota have given and will continue to give you here and elsewhere, and let it ever remind you of the good fellowship and pleasant associations ,-hich have char acterized the house of 18;99. Speaker Gary was much affected b3 this visible and lasting token of esteem and although he has been more than once similarly situated, he expressed his thanks in terms of deepest sin ceri ty. He said: Gentlemen of the House of Represen tatives: I scarcely know how to thank you for this evidence of your regard. To be thus honored by the legislature of South Carolina is something of which any man may be proud. I assure you that I appreciate this honor to the full est. If the work of the house has been satisfactorily conducted, it is due large ly to the uiniform courtesy of the mem bers and the hearty cooperation which you have always accorded the presiding officer There have been heated debates upon this floor, men have attacked measures with zeal, but there has been an utter absence of bitterness and per sonality, and I venture the assertion that the close of the last legislature of the Nineteenth century finds as few heartburnings as any that has ever been held. This tangible evidence of your es teem will always remind me of the warm friendships that have been formed and of the good fellowship that lias prevail ed. Let us hope that these friendships are the harbinger of an era that will re down to the glory of South Carolina. And now gentlemen. in bidding you farewell, let me thank you again for your kindness. and to wish for each o.f you a happy return to your homes. IN THE SENATE. It was at 3 a. m. exactly, after an all night's continuous sitting that, on mo tion of Mr. Waller, the senate ad journed sine die. Not over 15 senators with disheveled hair and sleepy eyes were present when President McSwee ney's gavel fell for the last time the present session, and with feeling in his voice he announced the State senate adjourned sine die. Hardly had the words been spoken before every senator was on his feet, hustling into overcoat and saving a final farewell to the few remaining colleagues who had braved out the vigil with him. About 11 o'clock, on motion of .Mr. Mayfield, the senate reselved itself into a committee of the whole, and Mr Barwell was called to the chair. L pon President MeSweeney leaving the stana Mr. Mayfield offered the following reso lution: Be it resolved, That the thanks of the senate are due, and are hereby ten dered, the Hon. M. B. MeSweeney for hi courteous, implartial and efficient discharge of the duties devolving upot, him as the presiding oficer of this body. 2. That the same are due, and are hereby tendered, to the president pro tem. of the senate. 3. That the senate commends the clerk, eergeaut-at-arms, assistant clerk and the other officers and employes of the senate for their faithful discharge of the duties of their respective posi tions. Mr. Graydon and Col. Aldrich spoke to the resolution. Mr. Scarborouigh offerred the follow ing resolution in appreciation of the daily press.Thttetak ofhe Resolved, Ta h hnso h senate be extended to Messrs. C. B. Smith and A. S. Salley, Jr., represen tatives of the press, for their full, fair and impartial reports of tbe senate pro ceedings at the present session. PREsIDENT M SwEENEY. The comtIeitte of the whole having dissolved , President McSweeney re sumed the chair and responded to the reelutions in a short and appreciative address. . He telt keenly, he said, the expres sion of contidence in himu contained in the resolutio::s just adopted. He had endeavored to be fair and impartial in his rulings, remembering alway that he was presidim: over a body of represen tative Carolinians. who had only the best interests of South Carolina at heart. When he took the oath of offnee two years ago he had stated frankly that he was inexperienced but he had found the senators courteous, and the sessions had been harmonious. He had endeavored always t> be fair, and - appeia most highly the endorse' went of the senate in the resolutions Just adopted. The kind words of the senators would make him look forward to the fute with brighter hopes and endeavor to be a better man. He thought the reference to the clerk and attaches of the senate eminently proper. They had been here to serve the senators and their State. and had been always ready to do their duties promptly and efficiently. le hoped the senators upon their re turn home would find their loved ones in the enjoyment of good health and that they would all return to the next session with renewed energy and vigor and determination to serve their State better than ever before. When President MeSweeney con cluded. in violation of its usual rule, the senators joined in a warm applause of their presiding officer. FROZE TO DEATH IN HIS ARMS. The Crew of a Schooner Rescued After Days of Sufferinw. The crew o.f the schooner James E. Bayles. shipwreeked and abandoned at sea, arrived at Norfolk, Va . Wednes day morning and told of their awful sufferings and the death of the wife of Captain E. H. Darling, who froze in her husband's arms. The Bayles sailed from Cazones, Mexico, for New York on-January 23d. with a cargo of cedar and mahogany, She wat a double deeked, three-masted schooner of 372 tons net register. All went well until S:turday, Feb. 11 when off the Delaware capes, some ninety miles at sea. the storm struck ber. Snos and sleet fell and the storm increastd in violence. On Monday the schooner sprung a leak, and on Tues day, while the pumps were being work ed to the utmost. they broke beneath the deck a:d the schooner filled fast and sunk rapidly. By nightfull she was awash, the seas swept over her. and the crew. lashed to the ral, suffered dreadfully from the cold. Mrs. Darling. the captain s wife, a resident of Huntington, Long Island, who had been for hours held by her husband in his arms, succumbed to the fearful cold and died. For hours after wards. from Tuesday until Wednesday, the captain held her body that the seas should not sweep his dead wife away. The seas carried the boats and taffrail away on Tuesday and shortly afterwards in order to lighten the standing rigging the mast were cut away and went by the board. For three days. hoping against hope that help might come,th crew, without food or water, stood lash ed to the rail, the cold waves washing over them almost continuously. Thre steamers passed; one stopped when some five miles away, but probably con-luded that the wreck had been abandoned bythe crew and passed on. Those aboard the Baylts having neither fire nor flag could not signaV her. She was a big p ssenger liner, bound proba bly for New York. On Thursday about noon, when hope was, the shipwrecked men said almost dead, the schooner Mount Hope. Cap tain McLean, bound from New York to Norfolk, came along and took them off in a boat, manned by 'Mate Gould and two men of the MIount Hope. Every thing that men could do, Captain Dar ling. of th, Bayles, said Captain Mc Lean, iMates Gould and Anderson and the crew of the MIount Hope did for the sufferers. The saved men lost every thing with the exception of the clothes they stood in. The only one seriously injured is Steward Fred E. Balcom, of 76 M1ill steet, Brooklyn. His feet are frozen. Will Work Without Pay. Col. John P. Thomas makes the fol lowing statement in regard to the work of the Cotifederata historian: Inasmuch as the general assembly has made no provision for the continu ance at present of the work of this of fle. it becomes necessary for the un dersigned to define and declare its Eta tus. The offiee will remain open to the reception of Confederate papers and to such amendments and additions to the rolls as may be sent in, with the view of further perfectin~g the record of South Carolina in the war between the States Until he returns his commission to the govrnor of the State. the undersigned, while otherwise engaged, will be pleas ed to make this contribution to the ause of the Confederate r-oldiery of South Carolina. Jno. P. Thomas. Reacued Mariners. The British steamship Vittoria, 'apt. Wetherell, arrived at Baltimore Wednesday with four of the crew of the missing Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria. The rescued mariuers arc \ate 9. Saharges, Quartermaster Carl Ludike and John Schulz and Seaman William Starke. They were picked up by the Victoria from an open boat of he Bulgaria three and a half hours af :er the.C had been cast adrift in lati tude 40 north, longitude 43 west on February 5. These, with the 25 wo men and children who were picked up by the tank steamer Weehawken and landed in Po'ntadel Gada, Azore i-lands, a week ago. are all tnat have been heard from the crew of 89 mecn and 41 passengers which the Bulgaria had aboard when she sai'ed from New York for Bremen, January 28. No Soldier Executed. In reaching the decision to recomn mendbilong term of imprisonment in the case of a private in an Alabama regi ment who had Killed a man in an affray, -Judge Advocate General Lieber has copleted a remarkable record, dispos ing of the last of the capital cases that had come before his department for re view without in any single case impos ing the death penalty. Thus the war has passed without the execution of a single soldier on account of military crimes. This is believed to be without parallel in history. There were crimes committed, but they lacked malice or premeditation. and there were no de sertions heeauce of cowardice or treach Martial Law at Manila. 31aj. Gen. Otis Thursday issued a general order directing al the inhabi tants of 3laniia, until otherw ise oruer ed, to confine tliemselvesto their. .omes after 7 o'clock in the evening, when the streets will be cleared by~ the police. The general also warrns incendiarics and suspects that they w.ill be severely d ealtwt if dieed in any locali MO1NEY IN TOBACU). Many of the Farmers Are Getting Rich Planting It. FIGURES SHOWING PROFITS. Practical Results Obtained by Wide Awake Farmers in East ern North and South Carolina. Up to a fe.w years ago it was thought that cotton was the only crop that could be profitably grown as a money crop in this State, but the experiments with tobacco in the eastern part of the State has completely exploded that idea in that section. The statement can be safely made without fear of being dis puted that no crop in the South has ever proven so profitable, all things con sidered, as tobacco in the Eastern see tion of Scnth Carolina. If you doubt this statement ask the people of Dar lington, Florence, Marion. Sumter. Marlboro and other counties in this State where tobacco is grown. A few years ago experiments were inade with such wonderful results that South Carolina now grows millions of pounds of tobacco of the finest leaf. Tobacco growing in these secti-ns has chanced the condition of the people to a wond-r ful degree. Before the adven (of I, bacco the plantations wero mortrg . and in many cases to their fuil value, and the farmers, as a rule. owed wore than they were able to pay. All busi ness with the planters was done on the credit system, with all the evils which that system means in the South. But tobacco came as a harbinger of betrer days, and from its mystic leaves fell the shekles which have made the once impoverished planters independent. In dealing with the question of money making from tobacco culture, it is the aim of the writer to quote exam ples showing the amount of tobacco grown to the acre, and also the price for which it sold. To better understand such figures it is well to inquire at the outset as to the actual cost of produe ing and curing tobacco per acre. Some years ago the writer asked the question of twenty leading tobacco growers. as to the probable cost per acre, and the average cost was paced at $35.50 per acre. Some estimates were as high as $4.00, others fell considerably below $30.00. A noted club of tobacco men in the central part of North 'arolina made a study of this question through a number of years, and they placed the average at $3S.00 per acre. To show how profitable tobacco has become we beg leave to give the names and post pdge addresag5,ileading planters in diferent sections, so that the reader may verify every statement we make. Twelve years age not a pound of to bacco was grown in the State for ship ment, while the crop planted this year, it is estimated will yield fifteen million pounds. The average yield per acre in South Carolina is from 900 to 1.200 pounds, while in the colder sections of Virginia and North Carolina the average is be low 600 pounds per acre. As in east era North Carolina, so here the coming of tobacco has changed the conditions of the people, placed them on an inde pendent footing and enabled them to buy for cash instead of doing business on the credit system. One of the most remarkable examples is that of Capt. Paul Whittle, of River dale, in Florence county. On 30 acres of tobacoo made a clean profit $2,400, besides raising an abundance of home supplies. Capt. Whittle is from Mas sachusetts. He came to South Carolina several years ago, and during the last five years has made a small fortune growing the yellow weed. F. M. Rogers, Jr., of Florence. was one of the first planters to experiment in tobacco. On one crop he aveiaged a yield of 1,085 pounds per acre, and sold the crop on an average of 24 cents per pound. Mr. Rogers has grown two crops of tobacco, which have netted him a clear profit of $9.390. S. A Gregg, of Florexe, gives an in teresting statement, showing the comn parative profits in cotton, corn and to baco, which is herewith produced: 116 acres of cotton, 52,018 pounds at Ste..........$ 2.447.40 116 acres of corn, 1.400 bushels,, at 60e .. .. .. .. . . S40. 00 $ 3.486.40J Cost of making corn and cot ton.......... ...... S 2.351:3S Dent value of corn not sola..... .........--.. 8400O0 Profit on cotton .......... 295."' 2 acres tobacco, 24,410 lbs, sold for.............. . .2 25 Expenses of making tobacco 1,u00 25 Profit on crop of 25 acres. 1:529 0 Profit on cotton crop. 116 acres.... .............-- 295 0 Total profit.. .... .. .. i. -24 02 While the profit on this tobacco era is not so large as many others that could be given, still it shows remarkabl) good'farming in these times when prices are depressed, and it further show., how far ahead of other crops tobaee a money crop for the Southern planter. At Darlington, S. C., C. S. 31cCul lough, who is both a business man and a large planter, has made a remarkable average in tobacco- growing, several rops reachiag as high as $200 per acre. At the same place, B. F. Williamson. V. E. Dargan, D). M. Smnoot. and many others whose names could be given. have made averag'es of $150 and $2t)'. per acre on tobacco growing within the past five years. In Florence county, M. S. Hlaynes worth and J1. C. Brunson, whose post office is at Florence, have avcrated $200 per acre on large crops. and J. P. Gregg and H. T. Hlarlee, and others. at M1ars Bluff have done the same. B. S. Ellis, of Zion postoffice. near Marion, planted 100 acres in tobacco in 19S. The average yield per acre was So00 pounds. lie sold the entire crop of 0,000 pounds at an average of 12 cents per pound. and after deduct all cost of the crop, had 57.200 proflt, which appears as a very good busines in these times of close competition. C. W. Rogers, of Marion, made an average of $100 on his entire crop, and a.-e coutin offi allepnes of his to I)acco erpii. ha ;I a clean profit. of S'C3 pe aere. W. A. ('odbold. of MIarion. pianted a erip of .I) ares the past year. an(i gathered 40.000 pounds of fine tobacco. Hle sold hin entire crop for $3.200. The cost of the crop was S2.200. leaving r G odbrld a proit of $2.000 on one crop. In irington county .I. Hi. Privett Mod the product of IS aeres in tobacco for $3.3(1. The entire cost of his crop waS only 2). which left a clean profit S. M. Green. ol Sardis. sold the to bacco froi 15 acres at an average of 16 cents for the entire erop. Around Mayesville the tobacco farm ers have bkeen very successful and shown sone high avcrages. A few examples from that section. taken from sales made on the .31ayesville tracco mar ke., will show wnat is being done there. R. E. Smith. of Bethlehem. sold the product of 9i acres for $1 .500. clearing Sover -,110 per aere on his crop. R. R 1. Tomlinson. of Shiloh, planted 5 acres in tobacco the past neason arid cleared $102 per acre above all expenses of his crop. A. I tdi. (fMi es-ille, sold the prouti of 5 acres the past season W. E T.i rboville. of Selae, planted 16 acres aid made an avera:;e of 1.100 pouuds per acre, which sold at prices rauging from 7 cents to 45 cents per pound. C. M. Hicks. of New Zion, cleared 1.200 on 9 acres in tobacco last season afLr paying all expenses. \1r-. Ruth Evani 5old thoe produet of one acre in tooznaccj for $175. the cost of the crop $eing les. than $10. J. E. Tomliiison, of Shliloh, one of the first tobacco-growers in South Caro lina, sold his cntire crop the past sea son at a clean profit of $100 per acre. One of the most remarkable yields of tobacco maIe in South Carolina was at Kinigstree by Mr. J. E. Broekinton. one of the early tobacco growers of the State. Oi one acre Mr. Brockiaton grew 1.750 pounds of tobacco and sold the mroduct for $326. The total ex pense was $10, leaving a profit of -286. We deem the instances cited suffi cient to convince the most skeptical of what can be done in tobacco growing, thoagli hundreds of others, ju.t as strong. could be given did we think it necessary to produce them. It is well to state in this connection that tobacco is a crop that demands the most watch ful care. It is of all crops the most fastidious, but to those who give it the proper at tention it yields very large returns. We do not mean by this that it is a dif ficult crop to manage. What it re ouires is careful watching from start to finish. Those who are disposed to neg lect it will never succeed, but those who give it proper attention from the time the tender plant is set out until it is safely cured will find the yellow weed more generous in money returns than any crop that can be grown at the same expense. Issues a Manifesto. Aguinaldolhas issued a manifesto ac cepting the situation caused by the "un expected provocation of the Ameri cans, while lamenting hostilitiec, which, he says, he "tried to avoid by every means" in his power. 'making hu miliating concessions and tolerating the insults and outrages of the army of oc cupation against the people of Manila. 's He adds that he is prepared to sacrifice everything to maintain the "national honor," calls upon all to witness the good faith and honesty of his inten tions, and complains that he has been treated as a rebel, "because I defended the national interests instead of becom ing tne tool of American preposterous pretentions.' The rebel leader further alleges that the country is unanimous in his support, that the people "'will perish-rather thao accept odious Amer ican Dominion." and alleging that "even corrupt Spanish dominion is pre ferrable.". The Philippine commission is considered by Aguinaldo to be a farce and Messrs. Denby, Dewey and Secretary Harden are e'assed as "'pro nou need annexation ists," the latter be ing charged as having "maliciously de famed" the Filipinos in newspaper re ports. He is classed as being especial ly obnoxious to the Filipino govern ment." Finally, Aguinaldo expresses his wish to "proclaim to the world and officially dispel the false rumors that Germany or any other power has render ed assistan~e, moral or material," to the Filipinos, adding, '"nor have the Fili pin')-solicited it. Fertilizer Factory Burned. The mixin etablishment of the GlIove Fetibz.-r F act' ry at Colu mbi was destroyedI by fire early Wediesda' .nornie. Th.- na te sax's the blaz'' a discover'd a fe minuites afterth :dano'tte tiala pia.' d on it, way to ti e ad and the ' r' is SuIpposed to iave b,'n frim a -a'rk. lhe w.oIode waile was" *oin a l~ass ..f reething ties iiiout any po--ibility of say iz al 'ir's w orth of the goods in hn. bih iiamountend to almo't the t tal ont put if a ,eason. The buildin was' valo d at 830 0o) On that and th' eh.:mical works nearby. In the inixin part. which was burned, were 10,000t t ton of fertiliz'rs of all graaes. valued at $12-> 000. This stock was insured in lichmond. The mill is owned by the irgi nia-C arolina 'hemical company. head-quarters at Richmond. Dr. T. C. R .bertson is the mnanager. There were 14 cars on the sidetracks. many of them loaded to be sent out Wednesday. andI .1' these were totally destroyed by the fire. He Has Made Friends. Senator Tillman is a good subject for the philosopher to watch. lie sudden ly floated ini on the top of a great revo l'utionry wave and while lie had the conidencee of the people he fonn d no dilculity in rema iing on top). lle could laugh at and defy'x his enemies who we'Ure tioundei'ing about in the deph below. But now the wave has sub sided. Thle people have lost their ad miraton for him. and the senator, far see- and planning in a very wise manner, wil not array himself against towns anyv more. Thie campaign of 1900 will be very" different fronm his others. His i n support will comne from thoce he fo-rmerly called hi" enemies. The teople that once abused himo arc going to sunuport him. Unless the political wind 'changes, the man has not been named that can beat him in 1901. NOT YE TBURI). Bimetalism Will be'the Pararnont issue In Next Campaign. SO SAYS CHAIRMAN JONES. The Chicago Platform is Gainino Ground. How the Present Activity in Business is Accounted For. Senator -James K. Jones. chairman of the Democratic National committee. is not in acord with Mr. Croker. of New York. and Mr. Wall of Wiscon sin, regarding the paramount issue in the next presidential campaign. In a recent interview lie said: "To say that the next Democratic Natioual convention will reaffirm the position taken by the convention in 1896 is to assert what every candid man even slightly familiar with existing facts, knows to be true. It is as cer tain as anything huan can be that the queszion of bimetisnm wili be the leading issue in the campaign next year. And it is reasonable to expect that th ma jority of the people will next time de clare for the party which means what it says and will redeem i-s pledges. and that they will not again be tricked into casting their votes in favor of the ene inies of the principles in which they believe." "On what grounds do you base your hopes for success next year?" he was ask d. "Some of the reasons why I am strongly hopeful of the future of our cause are as follows: In the campaign of 1S96 both parties declared for bimet alism; the Democrats for independent action by the United States the Repub licans for international agreement which they pledged themselves 'to promote.' True. this declaration on the part of the Republicans was only made to catch votes, and because the party leaders did not dare to go to the polls without it. I think now no one any longer doubts that the fixed purpose of those who con trolled these leaders was to maintain the gold standard, and to prevent, not promote, an international agreement. The declaration, however, served its purpose and vast numbers of sincere bimetallists were persuaded to vote the Republican ticket, in the belief that they were voting for an honest effort to secure international bimetalhsm. The leaders who were responsible for this trick have already committed their party to the single gold standard, so far as they can, and if they dare speak out honestly in their next national platform it will declare for the single gold stand ard.'" Do 3 ou believe that the cause of bi metalism is improving?" ".There are as many believers in bi metalism today in the United States as there ever were, and all these are doubt less now convinced that the only way to accomplish binietalism is through the action of the Democratic party. The great efforts to stop the fall in prices-the shrinking of values-and to relieve the distress of business re sulting from these great evils without injustice or injury to any class of busi ness, is being more and more unider stood, and commands the respect of honest and fair men always when un derstood, and another campaign of rid icule and abuse such as that of l89G whether dictated by ignorance or ve nality-cannot succeed against temper ate arguments and appeals for simple justice, when the people have time to fairly weigh the arguments and form a deliberate judgment. There was great unrest and dissatisfaction in 189)6 throughout the country. resulting from falling prices and shrinking values. The Republican party promised that if they were entrusted with prower all this would be changed, and that prosperity should succeed existing conditions. Mr. McKinley and the gold press now assure the country that we have pros perity. There is quite a boom in stock speculations in WVall street, but Wall street is not the country. as we be lieve. '-Great famine and a short crop of wheat all over the world except in the United States naturally raised the price of wheat while these conditions lasted. and the beneficient effects of this tem porary advance in the price of a single article, which was so marked in the short period it continued, is likely to -timulate a dr-sire for a re-tur n to that co-.nditi-.n permane-ntly and an -xterr ,ion lit it to ali othe-r piroducts. This is orur purpose. anid wa- our purpro-e 1' 1896. when the~ R.pubhlican party cd aunc-ed any e-ffrt to increase pricers a a c-rimwe. How do you account for the activity in bu-irress? 'There-has been n'ecesarily an in creased demiand for labor within the last few mor::ths. as the result of the w ithdrawal of large numbers of Aimeri canl citizens fromi the orrdi nary walk~s if are to be employed in the army. whose place-, had to be tilled. There has also been an increased activity in and a de mand for all products which were neces ,ury to the maintenance and support cit a large arm-y. But all these conditions are in the very nature of things tempo rary, and all of us know that they must pass away with the endl of the condi ioins which brought them into life. Making due allowance for these three causes. on the present condition of the country, there is today as much dissat isfaction and as much cause for it as there was in 18%6. No relies was or is to be expected under Republican man agement except such as somaes by famine abroad and war at home. A condition of c-onstantly falling ge:ieral priets is everywhere recognized as a condition of distress and hard times. and speu lation excitement in Wall street does not change this. We believe that a small volume of money forces pirices dowvn. hence we have urged the coin are of silver as well as of gold-not only to cheek this trinding fallin prices but to proimote steadily advanici ng pneces. -Then you think the Cickago plat form is gaining ground?" "I- most certainly do. In the dec tions cif last year the prinicip)les of that platform werc not the leading and ex clasice issues in all sections of the country. These were partially obscured in many S ites and districts. The ques tion of bineta11inm. the Republican effort to retire the ireenacks and to confer upon the national banks the absolute control if the v!uamc (f paper money. to surreie lr the country to the trusts. were. in many setions. for the time bi ng lot ofit of in the excite menut of the war anid it. resulting ues tion. and in others they were side tracked by efforts to -ubstitute leal is sues in their stead. The result was a ,reat loss of interest and a largc fall ing off in the vote. with apparantly un favorable resIts to the Democratic par ty. In Colorado. where national issues were at the front and dominont. the in terest in the election was intense. the vote large and.] our majority overwhelm in,,. In States where it was stated. whether truly or noL. that there was an intention )n the part of the Democratic managers to sidetrack the great issue, with the purpose of ultimately briog ing the party in national convention back to the practice of shufing and evasion, so long persisted in by the Re publicans. the interest was notgreat, the vote was not full, and the results were not conclusive. There was. however, one great valuable result--all reason able men are now satisfied that strad dlingand dodzing are not popular. The next Democratie National convention will speak out in the same clear, un equivocal terms. arid in the same man ner and in the same lines that it did in 189G. Of this there is no doubt, the assertions of the Republican gold press, with whom the wish is father to the thought. to the contrary notwithstand ing. CONEIfIED SUICIDE. A Negro Woman Leaps from the Win dow of a Train. Susie Little. a colored woman, com mitted suicide Wednesday afternoon by jumping from the car window of a train on the Columbia. Newberry and Laa rens road. which was moving at the rate of 30 miles an hour. The trainwas near the station of Ballentine, in Lexington county, and had just passed a gang of section hands among whom was the woman's husband. They had not lived together for some time, but when the husband fcund that his wife had money on her person he demanded that it be given to him, but this was refused. The woman was sitting in the seat with her 12-year-old sister, and before any in the car knew what she was doing she had jumped from the window. How she got out is a remarkable matter. Her neck was broken by the fall and her head cut up, while it is probable that many bones were broken. Her young sister also attempted to get out of the window but was prevented from doing so by the other passengers in the car. The tickets upon which the two ne groes were traveling were second class tickets, bought at Laurens. to Colum bia. The dead woman's brother, Sie Goodley, lives at St. Matthews. It is thought that the woman was crazy, and it is not known whether or not she saw her husband as the train passed him. Her baggage consisted ot some bas kets and bundles andSi.i.31 were found upon her person, all of which was taken in charge by the conductor. Capt. Fow ler. who turned them over to the rail road authorities. The bodly was left at the scene of the suicide. awaiting the arrival of the coroner. The dead wo man's sister refused to leave the body and actedl as if she also were out of her right mind. Froze Her Neighbor In. A Reading. Pa., woman was given a hearing one .iay last week bef ore an al dernman on a most extraordinary charge. It seems that for some time MIrs. M1ieh ael 31arsunek and 31rs. .John Nestle, neighbors, have not been on very friend ly terms, and MIrs. 31arsunek was ar rested on oath of 31rs. Nestle, who a! leges that her neighbor visited the Nes tle home during the severe blizzard and dashed bucket after bucket of water against the kitchen door. Subsequent ly, the prosecutrix alleges, the front door of her residence was treated in the same way, the water freezing almout as quickly as it struck the doors, and when Mirs. Nestle wished to leave her home next morning she discovered that she was icebound, and it was impossible to open the doors until assistance ca'me and the ice was cut away. Wooden Barracks. .\-j. Gen. Briooke. the governor gen eral of Cuba. app'roves the plana for ereeting plain. wood*-n barracks for the roips waich will remain on the islands duin g the hit weat her. A building ir ealichen pany. 150x30) feet. with do ub'le roof and' havinhg fir the sides of .he ho use janecl., in hiorizont al pivots, -iia ti a sini e)'iple-tely open, with a kI cY n s.-arate. but coon, eted by a cv.rred wa, wil eist per company %~>i0. S.inue of the troops will occupy the Spanish muasonary barracks. Gen. Carpenter las just foiund one capable of accommod~iatin1 3.000 tmen-at Ciego de Avxila, on the Miiron t rocha. Sympathy for the Govennor. Just before the Senate adjourned on motion of Senator Aldrich the follow ing resolution was adopted: Be it resolved, That the sena':e has felt du.isg its present session profound sorrow on a:-eount of the illness of Gov. W. H. Ellerbe. chief magistrate of the State, and beg to extend to him our sympathy and sincere hope for his speedy recovery. That a copy of this resolution Lie sent by the clerk to his excel!ency. the governor. Held by the Ice. The sch''oner -James I. Coyle is re portedl fr eu in' the ice necar Five F'athomi bank at the mou..h of the Dela ware. lHer caiptain rejuests to be re ported " as wvell on bioard that his fami ly may not be alirmed. Five schoon ers. frozen in Albemtarle and P'audlico sounds since Friday, the 1th inst., broke thcir way out and arrived at Nor folk. Wecdneday. Their Iirst caill wa: for the news of the ioutside world. Di ed ini Cuba laj. (n Brooke tceerap~hed the wvar depart men1tinTurday the follow ing deaths in Cub-: Fe~b. i . P'riv ite Jacob E.I Piue. Company L.- See >nd South Carolina. typhoyl. Priva-e Thomas Thrivetts, Compainy F. Second South Carolina, tenhoid. ENGLAND'S WAY. Her Big Guns Soon Convinced the Refractory Saltan. Important details regarding the ac tion of the British authorities at lus ct, tie capital of the sultanate of Oman. have just bccome public. It appcar's that the news of the lease by the sultan of Oman of a coaling station to France on the coast of Oman leaked out while the British political agent at Muscat, Maj. Eagan. was absent. le promptly returned to his post but the sultan refused to furnish him with any information. The commander of the gunboat Sphinx tbereupon dispatched a lieutenant and armed party to the Bandar-Jiosih. But the sultan, hop ing to receive aid from the French, continued to be recalcitrant. Arrival of the second-class cruiser Eclipse, flag ship of the East Indies station, with Rear Admiral E. C. Drummond on board, thre x the sultan's subjects into a panic, though the sultan himself re mained obdurate. During the morning of February 16th Admiral Drummond sent word ashore that unless the sultan attended a dur bar on board the Eclipse at : o'clock that afternoon he would bombard the forts at 2:20 p. m. Notice of the ad miral's intention was sent to the foreign consuls and the town was speedily in confusion. The advisers of the sultan entreated him to -submit, and the Eclipse took up a position broadside the town, while the other British ships cleared for action. The sultan there upon posted a notification at the cus tom house and on the gates of the town that the agreement with the French was cancelled. At noon the sultan sent his brother on board the Eclipse, but the British admiral refused to receive him as a substitute. Just before 2 o'clock the sultan of Oman. almost unattended, arrived on board the flagship and re mained there for three hours, while the whole population lined the beach and anxiously awaited the outcome. The sultan, it appears, completely ac quiesced to the British demands and handed over to Admiral Drummond the treaty with France. On the following day the admiral went to the palace, where a great durbar was held and the sultan publicly repudiated his agree ment with France. FIGURES FOR MARCH WEATHER. As Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau. The following data, covering a period of twenty-eight years, have been com piled from the weather bureau records at Charleston, South Carolina: Month, March, for twenty-eight years. Temperature-Mean or normal tem perature, 55 degreiE the warmest month was that of 1S71, with an aver age of 64 degrees; the coldest month was that of 1872, with an average of 52 degrees; the highest temperature was 86 degrees on March 21st, 1897; the lowest temperature was 25 degrees on March. 16th, 1890; average date on which first "killing" frost occurred in autumn November 27th; average date on which last "killing" frost occurred in spring March 20. Precipitation (rain and melted snow) -Average for the month, 3.87 inches; average number of days with .01 of an inch or more. 10; the greatest monthly precipitation was 9.78 inches in 1872; the least monthly precipitation was 0.50 inches in 1887; the greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any twenty-four consecutive hours was 3.14 inches on March 13th and 14th, 1889; the greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any twenty-four consecutive hours (record extending to ;sinter of 1884-5 only) was trace on March 20th. 1890. Clouds and Weather-Average num ber of clear days, 12: partly cloudy Idays, 11; cloudy days, 8. Wind-The prevailing winds have been from the southeast, 26 per cen tum: the highest velocity of the wind was'45 miles from the northeast on March 30th, 1898. They Swear Allegiance A dispatch from Manila dated Feb. 22 says that while the guns on the city walls and those on board the ships of Dewey's fleet in the bay fired a salute in honor of Washington's birthday, four commissioners from the island of Negros had an interview with General O;is and informed him that the Anieri can fl:ag had already been raised over that inand and its inhabitants were ready and anxious and willing to accept any propositions the Americans might offer. The insurgents have been driven from the islaud entirely. Although the Ilioilo rebels have given the people of Negros miuch trouble, especially la~ the matter of financial assistance demanded by the rebel leaders, the inhabitants of Negros have persistently held aloof, and uow. through the commissioners, an nounced they wanted the help and adive ot General Otis. The latter assured them the Americans would provide an a. capt able government and in the mean time he instructed them not to pay the rebels anything. The Negros commis sioners were delighted with their recep tion. Sufferings Drove Him Mad. Robert A. Beale, second officer of the steamer Win. L. Lawrence, which was wrecked on the South Carolina coast during the blizzard of week be fore last, has gone crazy. from his in tense suffering in the open boat during the storm. Beale's home is in Balti more, and he has been sent there in the hope that treatment at a private sanitarium may restore his reason. There were seven men in the boat with Beale. Of the number Chief Engineer Roach is dead, one sailor will lose one or both feet, two other sailors will lose their toes and Beale has gone mad from his sufferings from cold. Disaster Near Birmingham Xin eioion~ of gas in No. 2 mine a Blirmin'bham. Ala.. Wednesday re -nite in the death oft R.L Dav Renport and.. Wiia:n Davenport. brothers. and trea Negrees. The white men have bee brought out of the muine. but. the Negroes have uot been found. There were a number of men in the mine at the time of the explosion, but fortunate ly they were not in the disturbed dis trict and eaped uninjured. MUST NOT TARRY. The Greenwood People Tell The Tolberts to Move On. THEY MEAN BUSINESS. A Crowd Goes to the Town of Greenwood to See If the Tolberts Are There. A dispatch to The State from Green wood says: Tuesday night about 9 o'clock a body of men variously esti mated at from 75 to 100 in number rode into the square and stoppedin fron't of Riley's hotel. They were all on horse back and all were armed. The men were all, or nearly all, from the vicinity of Phoenix. in this county, and a num ber of the best citizens of that section were in the party. None of the crowd wore masks, and there was no attempt at concealment. Hon. J. M. Gaines appeared to be in command and did most of the talking. Inquiry was made if Joe Tolbert was at the hotel. On being told that Tolbert had left the city several days ago, the crowd, with possibly one or two exceptions, seemed glad of it. They said they did not want any blood-shed, and were glad Tolbert was out of the way. The object of the visit to Greenwood the men composing the party stated, was to make a demonstration showing the attitude of the people of.the Phoe nix section toward those of the Tolberts who were to blame for the recent politi cal troubles in this county. Two of these Tolberts, it was known, had been in this city, and the citizens statedthat the object of their visit was to protest against the presence of these men in the county, -and if they were still there, to insist on their immediate departure. On finding that the men they were looking for were not in the city, the citizens spent about two hours around town before starting for their homes. Before leaving they made urgent re quests of Mr. T. F. Riley and other cit izens not to allow any of the Tolberts now under proscription to again take up their residence in this city for any length of time. The people in the lower portion of the county, it was rep resented, had suffered for many years at the hands of the Tolberts, and they have resolved that they will not sufer from this cause any longer. They do not believe that peace and good order can be maintained with the Tolberts in the county at present, and they do not propose to run any risks. They said that if the Tolberts had shown any sign of regret for their past conduct and the consequences of it, and had made any pledges as to good con duct in the future their return might Iha=e been tolerated, but that until- the Tolberts showed some desire to have the friendship and good will of the people of the county they would not be allow ed to live in this county again. The citizens said they thought the sooner this was known the better it would be for all parties concerned, and that the object of their visit here was to make that fact known in the most unmistaka ble manner. The crowd, during the two hours' stay in the city, was gener ally quiet and orderly: Some of the men had been drinking. and one or two were disposed to be quarrelsome and make asses of themselves. but the great majority were sober men, and sober men were certainly in charge of the -erowd and directed its movements. The lead ers were using every effort to keep down any disorderly or unseemly con duct. The crowd started out of town in the direction of Phoenix about 11 o'clock. A stop was made at the home of Mr. W. H. Napier, in the outskirts of the city. Mr. Napier is a brother-in-law of Jas. W. Tolbert. Tolbert has been there for two weeks, but left, it is said, several days ago. Mr. Napier was told not to allow Tolbert to return. Mr. Napier stated Tuesday that the crowd, during the stop at his house, was quiet and orderly; that no threats were made and that no abusive language was used. The State correspondent talked with Hon. J. M. Gaines over the telephone Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Gaines was at his home, 15 miles in the country. He stated that the men, after leaving the city Tuesday night, all returned quiet ly to their homes, and were attending to their business as usual. Joe Toibert went to Greenwood on the Southern train from Columbia. He was met at the depot by citizens and told of the occurrences Tuesday night and was advised to stay on the train, which he did; he left on the same train. Moved a Brick House. Moving a 100 by 65 feet five-story brick building was successfully accom plised recently in New York ecty. The building had aa estimated weight of 3, 000 tons and was moved 75 feet south and 35 feet east, 350 jack-screws being employed to furnish the power. Tim ber ways and shoes lubricated with sea were used, and the movement of each turn of the jack-screws was three-six teenths of an inch. The greatest dis tance which the building was moved in one day's work was 9 feet 8 inches, and the whole movement of 75 feet to the south was accomplished in seventeen days. From the beginning of the work only five weeks elapsed until the build ing was jacked up ready to receive the new foundations. and a force of about twenty men accomplished the entire work. The contract price for the werk was $10,000. Murdered His Sister. The Greenville News says that near Central Wednesday morning at the breakfa t table. Nick Mansion, colored aged 18, and his sister Silvia, 16, began a quarrel. Nick ended the quarrel by shooting Sylvia through the brain. D~eath was instantaneous. The mur derer is under arrest. AnExpress Robbery. An express car on the Coffeyville line, a branch of the Santa Fe Rail road, was robbed Wednesday at Chcry vill . Kas.. of a large amount of car rener atnd money orders while Express 1esenge- Cooper vwas eating. The safe was opene~i with a skeleton key. The robbers escaped. It is stated they secured about 54,000. the Wells, Far a) Cmany bcing the loser.