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AL vO0L. X v. M1ANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31% 1899.6O.5 1MANY WRECKS. The Past Six Months Marked by Marine Disasters. LIST OF VESSELS LOST. It Will Be Seen that a Great Deal of Property and Many Lives Were Lost. While ocean travel to-day is sur rounded with all the safeguards that in genuity can devise, and men of the best judgment and experience are placed in charge of vessels. news of great marine disasters is constantly being reported. Boston has been almost a storm centre during the past winter and the losses in marine circles reach high into the millions, while the losses of life are appalling large. Fishing vessels and smaller craft are almost daily lost, and the aggreate is large, and the losses of steamship; and large occean liners, while infrequent, are occurring too of ten to be carelessly disregarded by those who follow the sea or have friends who are on the vasty deep. The news of the disaster to the Paris near Falmouth, Eng, is ancther cause of apprehension. The following is a list of the digas ters among the larger vessels occurring during the past six months. This list may not be complete, but it includes enough vessels to show the enormous losses of life and property. The November storm was the cause of many marine losses. One of the ves sels that was never heard from after passing Highland light, November 29, was the steamer Pentagoet. She was managed by the Manhattan Company of New York and was captained by Orris R. Ingraham. She carried a crew of 1S officers and men. All were lost and the wreck has never be-en located. The most disastrous loss of the Novem ber storm was the steamer Portland. She carried on board about 200 people and everyone perished. There were 155 or more wrecks in the great storm of November. Many of them were afterward reparied, but the majority went to the battom to stay forever. The Londonian, one of the Furness Line steamers, was abandoned at sea, November 29 she was sighted by a craft and was in a 4inking condition. All her crew, except one escaped. The vessel and cargo were lost. There were several steamships lost just previous to the big storm. The Clyde steamship Croaton burst into flames while on her trip from New York to Wilmington, N. C., November 5, and of the 27 persons who sailed in her five were drowned. The vessel was totally destroyed. The British ship Atlanta, Capt. Charles McBride, pling frc.m Tacoma to Cape Town. was lost 16 miles south of Yaquima Boy, Oregon, November 20. There were 23 lives lost, including all the officers of the ship. The Johnson Line steamer Rossmore, loaded with salt and china clay, was abandoned in midocan February 6. The Dutch oil tank steamer Rotterdam and the Brittish steamer Trojan res cued forty-two lives. The vessel went to the bottom. The Dominion Line royal mail stea mer Labrador was lost on the south coast of Ireland March 1. The passen gers and crew escaped safely. The French steamer Dugueselin and eleven of her crew were lost off Trevose Head January 5. She collided with the Rosshire. One man from the Ros shirer was also drowned. The survi vors were picked up by the Norwegian steamer Fram and transferred to a pilot boat, which took them to Falmnouth. England. The British steamer Oswestry, Capt. Wilson, stranded, a total wreck, March 12, near Crookheaven, Ireland. The crew was saved by the bravery of the people along shore. The steamer Castilian, of the Allan Line, was totally wrecked on Gannet Ledge March 11. No lives were lost. OThe steamer Caratina, which sailed from Barcolona March S for Havana, went ashore at Valencia March 13. Her passengars and crew were safely landed. January 16 the British ship An lelina, Cart. G. W. Stailing, was lost in heavy winds near the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company's dock, Tacoma, Washington. A severe storm visited the English coast October 18 and nine lives were lost. The bark Frivold, the Augvald and schooner Wilheim went down. In the Orient on the same date disas trous typhoons; sand storms and floods casda fearful loss of life. In Japan 2,000.people were drowned and 250 towns were flooded. The American bark Comet was abandoned by her crew and was lost.I T'he Merchants' and Miners Liie steamer William Lawrence was wrecked in a gale off Port Royal, S. C., Februa ary 12. The Moravia, Capt. Jorgensen, sail ed from-Hamburg for Boston, was lost February 1'3 on Sable Island bar. Her passengers and part of her cargo were saved by the steamer Aberdeen. The second mate lost his life. The steamer Ravenia, Cunard Line, was totalty disabled at sea near the Azores about two months ago, but after a trying experience she was brought safely to Liv~erpool witbout the loss of any lives. The boiler of the steamer iR >wena Lee, plying on the Mississippi, with 31 passengers and crew, exploded opposite Tyler, Mo., March 29. Capt. George Carvell and one member of the crew were the only ones saved. The British steamer Stello was wreck ed in the English Channel March 30. She foundered on the dreaded Casquet rocks near the island of Aldernay in a fog. Passengers and crew to the nuna ber of sixty were lost, but about 150 escaped in life boats. The steamer Chilkat, with six pas sengers and a crew of thirteen, capsiz ed on tne bar April 4 in San Francisco harbor. Nine persons escaped, but the other ten were lost. The steamship Norseman, of the War ren Line, bound from Livorpool to Bas ton, struck on the rocks off Marblehead March 29. The vessel was b.adly dam aged, but was taken off and repairad at THE CROPS AND WEATHER. What the Department of Agriculture Says About Them. The United States department of ag riculture, climate and erop bulletin of the weather bureau, South Carolina section, has just issued the following weekly crop bulletin for the week end ing Tuesday, through Director Bauer. of the Columbia station: The week ending May 22 averaged nearly S degrees per day warmer than usual, with an absolute range of tem perature between a maximum of 90 and a minimum of 47 degrees. The rainfall for the week eame in the form of scattered showers on the 18th, with no rain over a large portion of the State, and generally very light except in portions of Yck County, where a heavy shower oocurred. Showery con ditions prevailel at the close of the week over the entire State, with heavy rains in some of the western counties. that will partially relieve the existing drought. The dry weather was favorable for cultivation, and crops are generally free from grass and weeds. In places the ground is too hard to work. Late planted corn is coming up slow ly, stands ar irregular and damaged in localities by worms; bottom lands are being planted where the soil is fit to plough. Cotton that is up has not been hurt by the drought. but late planted cotton is not coming up well; considerable re mains to be planted as soon as the lands can be prepared. Stands are generally full and healthy, but small. Sea island cottou is in very good condition. Wheat is heading low and ripening prematurely in places, oa account of the drought, and in places the yield will be but half an average crop. Oats have been severely damaged by the lack of moisture when heading, and spring sown oats are reported a partial or complete failure; fall sown oats will also make a poor crop. Harvesting has begun. Tobacco needs rain both to maintain stands and to finish transplanting; bugs and grasshoppers have injured the plants in a number of counties. Rice is generally doing well, and pre arations are well advanced for late or June plantings. Few sweet potato slips have been set out. Irish potatoes need rain, and Colorado beetles are very destructive. Cane and relons are doing well. Past ures and gardens are failing. Fruit continues to drop, with indications of a light crop except for apples. Truck needs rain, although shipments of sea sonable vegetables are heavy. Information Wanted. Gov. Ellerbe has received the follow ing letter from Mr. Thomas S. Hast ings, 27th west Forty-sixth street, New York city: Dear Sir: At the battle of Meade's station, March 25, 1S65, G. W. Strait, Co. A., Twelfth (or Seventeenth South Carolina volunteers, Wallace's Bri gade, Johnson's division, was mortally wounded and died while I was there preaching temporarily in the army of the north. I did not see him, but some one gave me a New Testament, (the gift of his sister. S. B. Strait), which was found in his pocket. Of course at that time I could not send the book to his family. All these years it bas been hidden and forgotton, but the other day I found it among some relics. I feel that I ought not to keep it, but I am utterly at a loss as to how I can reach any survivor of his family. If you, sir, can give the matter in charge of some veteran of Strait's company or reiment, I will gladly send the volume by mail, for it might be to some one a valued memorial. Pardon me for troubling you with so small a matter. My address for the summer is Oceanic, New Jersey. Old Age Weds Old Age. The Rev. E. M. Merritt writing from Bayboro in this week's issue of the Southern Christian Advocate, tells of a marriage that is considerably out of the ordinary. He says: "A very inter esting and unusual marriage occurred in our community on Monday evening, the 15th of May. Mr. Bethel Long of Columbus county, N. C.. and Mrs. H-ar riette L. Strickland of Horry county, S. C., were united together by this writer in the holy bonds of wedlock. The groom is 75 years of age and the bride is 633 years old. They had never seen each others' faces until they met to have the ceremony performed. Their courtship was brief and was conducted by the friends of both parties in differ et States. They seem to be well pleased with each other. Both are well-to-do. It is hoped that this union will enhance the happiness of both dur ing their declining years." Schley is the Hero. A dispatch from Washington to the Atlanta Journal says nothing could better illustrate the estimate put on Admiral Sampson than the decorations here during the present peace jubilee. While likenesses of the president and Weeler, Lee and Dewey are in abund ane, that of Admiral Schley is over every other building on Pennsylvania avenue. It is a noticeable fact, and one commented on in the papers here, that the face of Sampson is not seen througout the length of Pennsylvania avenue. His name is on rnone of the banners, while those of Hobson, Wheel er, Dewey, Otis and Schley are every where, and cheered lustily everywhere. This omission is especially significant when it is remembered that most of Sampson's life has been spent in Wash ington. and that he calls it home. A Lynching in Mexico. There was great excitement at San iolo. Mexico, on Wednesday over the lynching of seven Negro laborers of the Mexican Central railroad. Jose Santo a Spanish Negro. attempted to assault the wife of Senor Duply, a ranch owner, and, escaping from the plantation, was tracked by bloodhounds, and, in com pany with nine others, was captured in a hut on the river bank opposite Eagle Pass. The regulators did not attempt to prove the guilt of any of the Negroes, but hung three of them and shot four more who were attempting to escape. The officials are swearing in deputies, as race trouble is treatencd in the Negro quarter. Pour of the Negroes killed are Americans, and all have served sentences in the Texas peniten Itiary. AGAINST TRUSTS. I A Great Gathering of Anti-Monop olists in St. Louis. SOUNDING THE BATTLE CRY. Bryan Says the Fight Against Oppression of Trusts is Hand and Hand With Fight for Free Silver. A bi--,, Democratic Anti-Trust ban quet was held at St. Louis, Mo., Thurs day night. Promptly at 6:45 the cater er's direction bell rang, the band struck up "The Stars and Stripes forever," an army of waters ladened with viands ap peared, and the banquet was on, while the 1,445 banqueters seated at the tables broke into a tremendous cheer, rising in a body and waving the small hand flags that had been provided at each cover. The table of honor was placed on a raised platform at the north side of the arena and at it were seated Hon. W. J. Bryan, ex-Governor John P. Altgeld, 0. H1. P. Belmont, 1. C. Whetmore, Harry B. Hawes, president of the Jefferson club, under whose auspices the dinner was given, Hon. Champ Clark, lion. David A. De Armond a number of other prominent Democrats. The Coliseum was deco rated throughout with flags and in the centre of these was fixed a large silver shield. The dinner was concluded at 8 o'clock. It was strictly a love feast. By the time the tables were cleared the 5.000 seats of the amphitheatre were filled with spectators representing the society of St. Louis and the speaking began. The first speaker of the even ing was Harry B. Hawes, president of the Jefferson club, who delivered the address of welcome. Mr. Hawes said, in part: "It was not intended that this din ner should be merely the means of af fordn entertainment, but it was be lieved by its promoters that the serious discussions to be held tonight will be the crystalizing public sentiment against the encroachment upon the lib erties of the people of the giant monopo lies and trusts. It is not sought or de sired to push to the back-ground the vital issues of 1896, nor to lessen in any particular the fight to be made upon the greatest of all trusts, the money trust, which, greater than all, is more dangerous than all, and by its existence renders possible many combinations of wealth, that, without it, could not sur vive. The battle line must be drawn sharp and clear with Democracy on one hand and the trusts and the monopolies on the other." President Hawes was followed by iHon. Champ Clark of Missouri, who presented the State and district banners in the name of the State committee. Mr. Clark was greeted with a tremen dous ovation. "Trusts are Democracy," occupied Col. M. C. Wetmore of St. Louis but a few minutes. His remarks were greeted with cheers. He was followed by Hon. David E. DeArmond of Missouri, who spoke upon "trusts and its parents." A FLATTERING RECEPTION. The applause which met Mr. Bryan was of the most flattering description. The cheers drowned the music which struck up "Hold the Fort," as he ad vanced to the front of the rostrum. MIr. Bryan spoke as follows: "An actor who visited Nebraska re cently, upon learning from a Republi can that confidence had been restored, remarked that he had examined Web ster's dictionary to learn what 'confi dence' meant and found confidence de fined as 'trust,' and then he understood that confidence had been really restored. "More trusts have been formed dur ing the last two years than existed .at the beginning of the present adminis tration, and the nominal capitalization of trusts now in existence approaches, 'if it does not equal in amount the world's total supply of gold and silver. "The influence of these trusts has become so enormous that the people, without respect to party, are asking themselves how the evil can be reme died. "The purpose of the trusts is to con trol the product of some article of mer chandise. and the methods employed are, first, the union of all individual factories under one management or in one corporation, and, second, tne crush ing sut of new rivals. A monopoly, when once complete, not only dictates terms to those who buy the product, but it also dictates terms to those who sell the raw material and to those who furnish the labor. If the trusts are peritted to continue we shall find an industrial aristocracy growing up in the United States which will prove as de structive of our ideals as a landed aris tocracy would. TRUSTS FEED TILE GREED. "The principle of monopoly is incom patible with our institutions. Man's necessities compel him to become a purchaser, and where there is but one seller the purchaser is completely at the mercy of the seller. Where there is competition between producers, the purchasers is sure to obtain what he wants at a reasonable price. When competion is eliminated the price is controlled not by reason, but by the greed of the one who possesses the monopoly. It has been said that the power to tax is a power to destroy. A monopoly possesses the power to tax: it can levy such assessments as it will upon the purchaser, and we can no more afford to permit such a power to be exercised by private individuals than we cou'd afford to authorize private individuals to use the machinery of taxation in order to enrich himself at the expense of his fellows. -One of the difliculties which has been encountered in opposing trusts is that the trusts hides behind the federal constitution when attacked by State legislation. and shields itself behind its State charter when altacked in the federal courts. No remedy will be complete that is not co-extensive with Ithe federal goveinment. if the extin guishment of the trusts is left to State legislation the public at large will be victimized as long as a single State will spoils collected in other States can be divided. . TIME TO BE STARTLED. "Just now people are startled by the principle of monopoly as it manifests itself in the industrial trust, and well may they be startled. The principle, however, is the same as that which manifebts itself in the effort of the national bankers that eecure a monopo ly of the issue of paper money. "The greenback is a rival of the bank note and its presence is a constant me nace to the banks of issue. Some who recognize the evils that flow from a soap trust seen indifferent to the dan gers that attend the formation of a pa per money trust. "The principle of monopoly not only lies at the foundation of the attempt to destroy the greenbacks, but it is the controlling principle that underlies the crusade against silver as a standard money. Between 1850 and 1860, when the production of gold was increasing and the production of silver was small, three nations demonetized gold and gave to silver a monopoly of mint privi leges. Early in the '70's the financiers became alarmed at the increase in the production of silver as a standard mon - ey and cave a monopoly to gold. the production of which at that time was stationary. The standard money trust is not only the parent trust. but is in the hands of foreigners. REPUBLICANS IMPOTENT. The Republican party is impotent to destroy the trusts. It is controlled by those who are interested in trusts, and its campaign funds and si::ews of war are supplied by the trusts. The poli cies for which it now stands disregard the interests of the producers of wealth and give the money a consideration which is denied to the individual. "Abraham Linecln, in the very be ginring of his presidential career, warned the country against the threat ened attempt to put capital above labor in the stucture of the government. Modern Republicanism is fulfilling the prophecy made by Lincoln, it is putting the dollor above the man. "The Democratic party is opposed to the principle of monopoly whereever it manifests itself. It has declared war on the trusts. Not a little trust only but big trust as well. Not against one kind of trust only but against all trusts. 0. IL P. Belmont of New York de clared for Bryan for president and vig orously attacked trusts. Former Gov. Altgeld of Illinois con cluded the speaking. An overflow meeting was addressed by Mr. Bryan and others. Three White Men Lynched. Three white men, James Humphreys and his two sons, were lynched Thurs day night near the village of Aley, in Henderson county, Texas. Several months ago Constable Melton of the Aley precinct, was murdered and the murderer esoaped, it is said. through the assistance of the Humphreys. Thursday night a mob of 13 masked men appeared at the Humphreys home stead and called the father and two sons out. They permitted them to see the women of the family, whom they in formed in a spirit of charity that the men were to be taken to Malakoff, a few miles distant, before a justice of the peace, and perhaps to the county jail at Athens. The bodies of the three men were found hanging from the limb of aq oak tree, three miles from the Humphreys farm. A Sad Drowning. Mr. Peb Hall and a Miss Radford were drowned Wednesday in the Big Ohoopee near Lovett, Ga. The young couple, with many others, were picnic ing on the banks of the stream at Snelle Bridge and it was while they were out boat riding that the boat suddenly be came unbalanced, throwing both par ties into the stream. They cried for assistance from those who stood upon the banks not far away, but before they could reach the drowning couple they had sank to the bottom of the strea m dead. Their bodies were fished out late Wednesday afternoon, swollen out of shape. Both are young and well to do, and their sudden death casts a gloom over the neighborhood in which they lived. First Regiment's Flags. The war department has granted the request of the adjutant general of South Carolina for the custody of the flags of the First South Carolina regi ment, United States volunteers in the war with Spaiu. The two handsome flags arrived from Washington yester day and are at present in the adjutant genera's office at the State capitol along with those of the Second regi ment. The flags will be properly cared for and will probaby be placed in the State library room where they can be seen by visitors. The adjutant general's office has got teni the copies of the muster rolls of both the regiments, and Ge2. Floyd says he proposes to keep the record from the start as it should be. He Did Not Escape. In a wild endeavor to escape from patrolmen in Atlanta, after having been arrested on a charge of larceny, Ed Stevens, a negro, jumped into a a well forty feet deep with about ten feet of water in it Monday afternoon, and as a result he is how stretched out on the floor in the station house in a most serious condition. The negro came near drowning before he could be pulled from the well, and had it not been that he had presence of mind enough to grasp the rope he would have undoubtedly filled a watery grave even before the officers could arrive on the scene. Swift Justice. Charles Colquitt, the Negro who at tempted to ravish Eugenia Dooley, white, last Sunday night week at High Shoals, was tried Thursday by Judge Russell at W'atkinsville. Colquitt en tered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to a term of 20 years in the peniten tiary. This is the maximum penalty for unaccomplished attempt at criminal assault upon a woman under the Geor gia jaw. Our War Casualties. Adjutant General Corbin has pre pared this statement of the number of deaths which have occurred in the army since the besinning of the war with Spain: In Cuba, 1,399; in Porto Rico, 27; at Honolulu, 45; in the Philip pines, 664; in trhe United States, 3,872 NEW RAILROADS. Seven Hundred Miles Built in the Past Decade. SOME INTERESTING FIGUERS The Last Ten Years Has Wit nessed Marked. and Wonder ful Improvements in Road Beds and Rolling Stock. It has not been so many years ago since the lumbering old "wood burn ers" poured great clouds of smoke out of their awkward looking, conical shap ed smoke stacks. as the "cars" dragged along over South Carolina's primitive railway lines. The evolution of the locomotive within the past decade has been remarkable, but is merely an in dication of the growth of railroads and the railroad business in the State. In this day of consolidation, of de velopment, of construction, the public is ready to forget that this new era has not dawned in a day. The year 1899 has indeed begun auspiciously, and the promise is that several hundred miles of new railroads will be built in the next few months. However this is not a boom, a spur ious growth, but is founded upon slow and substantial and steady develop ment during the past decade. And can any section of the union have more to be proud of than the south, when it i5 considered how compitte, how wide spread the ruin of the railr;ads in the South during the war between the States? During the ten years closing with 1898, many miles of new roads had been constructed in this State. This asser tion is verified by reference to the re ports of the railroad commission for the years 1888 and 1898 respectively. The statistics for the former year show the following to have been the mileage for that year: - Name of Road. Miles. Asheville and Spartanburg. .24 25 Ashley River road.............. 4. Atlanta and Charlotte .......125 Barnwell railway.. ..........9 Bishopyille railroad......... 22.5 Blackville, Alston and Newberry 24. Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley... 14 7 Central of South Carolina.... ... 40 Three C's.. .............. 44.5 Charleston and Savannah....... 90.5 Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta............ .....178.8 Cheraw and Chester......... 28 6 Cheraw and Darlington....*..'..40. Cheraw and Salisbury......... 11. Chester and Lenoir.... ...... 37. Columbia and Greenville ....... 199. Eutawville railroad.. .. .. .. .. 35. Florence railroad ........... 17.5 Georgetown and Western.. .. ... 36. Green Pond and Walterboro.... 12. Laurens railway........ .. ..29 9 Northeastern.. ...........102. Palmetto railroad............. 11.2 Port Royal and Augusta.. ....108.3 Port Royal and Western Caro lina............. .... .. ..211.2 South Carolina railway.......245. Spartanburg, Union and Colum bia . ........ .. .68. Wilmington, Chadbourne and Conway................. 25.17 Wilmington, Columbia and Au gusta.. .... .... .... ......124. Total........... .... ...1913.82 The following roads were in opera tion in South Carolina last year; Name of Road. Miles. Asheville and Spartanburg....91,50 Atlanta *and Charlotte Air Line..................125. Blue Ridge................. 34.02 Branchville and Bowman. ...11. Carolina and Cumberland Gap.. 24 25 Carolina Midland...........5. Carolina and Northwestern. ..37. Central of South Carolina...41.7 Charleston and Western Carolina319.51 Charleston and Savannah...91.60 Cheraw and Darlington.. .... ..98.77 Columbia, Newberry and Lau rens......... ........... 0 Florence railroad.. ...... .. ..45.31 Florida Central and Peninsular..103.85 Georgia, Carolina and North ern....................136.50 Georgetown and Western...36. Glenn Springs............... 10. Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville.............12. Hampton and Branchville ...23. Layaster and Chester.. .... ..28 60 Manchester and Augusta....1637 54 Northeastern railroad .. ... ....103.10 Ohio River & Charleston. .. 110.02 Palmettorailroad........... .11.20 South Carolina & Georgia....240.70 Southern railway.. .... .......343.68 Wilmington. Columbia & Augus ta......... ............152.96 Wilson and Summer ton.... ...40.70 Walterboro and Western.. ....26.30 Pickens railroad.. .... .. .... 9. Svern and Knoxville.. ..... ..17. Total................. 2621.32 From the above it will be seen at a glance that railroad systems had absorb ed a number of individual roads, but the increase in the number of miles in use was 707.9. The increase in the length of side tracks was 123.71 miles. The increase noted establishes the fact that all through the time of finan cial depression, South Carolina was struggling to extend the railroad sys tems. which are prime factors and in the opening of valuable territory and in the marketing of splendid resources otherwise inaccessitile. But whilc new lines were being built, the old were be ing improved and now no more resemn ble the primitive tracks of a few years ago than the city thoroughfare resem bles the coudtry highway. The cumbersome hand brake, the "stemwinder," which occupied so much room on the platform and made travel ing more wearisome, has been replaced by automatic air brakes. The link and pin couplings have given way to auto matic arrangements. The coaches com pared with th'ose a few years back are like the light running buggy beside the omnibus. The road beds have been constantly graded; trestles have been made more secure and in many places filled in with dirt, clay and sand of former days are replaced by rock ballast, and the light iron rails, which splintered and crum bled, ave been taken up and heavy steel rails put down to permit heavy traffic and fast schedules. All these changes and improvements cost something, as will be shown by the valuations placed upon- the roads and equipments in the year 1888 and 1898. In the former year the amonnt invested was represented at $41,203,730.10 Last year the officialfigures showed that the railroad property in the State was valu ed at $319.34S,711.37. Truly a magni ficent increase. The development of the means of conveyance has also developed the business of the railroads to a great de gree, as shown by the following statis tics: The income from passenger traffic in 188 was $1,395,055 85. In 1898 $2. 581.06 97. This indludes the income from the United States mail which was $318 937.55 in 1888, and $438.328.20 in 1898; and the income from express $132,180.48 iL 1888 and $157,254.13 in 1898, showing that the great increase in passenger receipts during the decade was not due to the mails or express but to actual travel. The total income in 1888 was $7,475. traffic in 1888 was $2,947,54S.40 and for through freight $1,635,398.04. The total freight income that year was $4, 683,340.17. The freight income last year was not classified, but the total was $5,549,035 28. The income of the roads from freight and passenger traffic and from all other sources last year was $2,089,330.04, and the total expenses for maintenance of ways and structures salaries, taxes, etc., $5,926.612, show ing a net income of $2,551.293. The total income in 1888 was $7. 475,292.02 and the expenses $5,137, 981.90, showing a net income of $2, 337,310.12. While the railroads are evidently prospering, they have made great ex penditures on the grouni work of what is to be a great fabric of connecting and intersecting lines, for progress begets progress and in another decade it is safe to predict that there will be many more fine lines of road running into and through the State. THE ARMKLSS CONVICT. The Talk in Georgia About a Pardon. No Chance of It. A. 0. Jackson of Weat Point, Ga., has sent the following interesting com munication to The Atlanta Constitution relative to A. R. Fowler, the armless forger and erstwhile preacher, who, ac cording to the Georgia newspaper, is about to be pardoned out of the South Carolina penitentiary. It is only neces sary to say that at the governor's of fice nothing is known of any impend ing pardon for Fowler, on the contra ry, Governor Ellerbe some time ago re fused the petition and has announced that he will not again consider the case: Editor Constitu.ion: Referring to A. R. Fowler, the armless preacher, in your issues of the 21st and 22d insts., he is refeired to as a Methodist preacher. This, to my personal knowl edge, is an error. He was a Presby terian preacher, and, inthe language of the boys, must say he is a "slick duck." Mr. Thorn says his company paid him $1,666.66 for loss of one hand. Then, Fowler must i.a:e sold the-m t o h; for the Casualty and Fidelity company paid him $1.750 for the loss of his right hand. I at the time represented the conipany locally, and wrote him the insurance. Fowler, about this time made a transaction with G. WV. Poer and myself. We paid him part cash and gave him our note, without inter est, payable in four months. A few days before this note became due, Fow ler visited our city on a Monday, after having filled the Presbyterian pulpit in LaGrange, Ga., the Sabbath before, and requested us to cash the note, giving us a reasonable discount. We did so. After receiving the money, he went through his pockets, and failing to find said note, said: "Gentlemen, I find I left your note at home with my wife. I will give you a binding receipt against the same, and immediately on my arriv al home will send it to you." He being a preacher and Mason, we at the time did not question his hones ty. But we now do, and to the tune of $300. Gor, instead of his sending us the note, it was sent by a bank of Clinton, S. C., then Fowler's home, through a bank of our city, for colke tion. We had some correspondence with Fowler, which amounted to naught. Hence there was nothing left for us to do but pay the note again and to the bank at Clinton, S. C., they claiming to be innocent purchasers. Admitting the fact he is a nuisance to the superintendent of the peniten tia.-y, havieg to have a valet, would it be wise to allow him to run at large? He has committed forgeries on his mother-in-law and brother in-law, and sold the notes to the leading members of his church. I hear he writes fairly well with his artificial hand, and is now engaged in writing a book on his life, "From the Pulpit to the Peniten tiary." Why not allow him to remain in the penitentiary and make this book his life work, although he has to be furnished a valet? A. 0. Jackson. West Point, Ga., May 22, 1899. Tillman a Vice-President. The executive committee of the Bos ton anti-imperialist league Wednesday elected, among others, the following additional vice presidents: Senator Donelson Caffery of Louisiana, ex-Con gressman W. Bourke Cockran of New York, Win. HI. Fleming of Georgia, cx Congressman Henry E. Johnson of In diana, President iDavid Starr Jordon of Standford university, Prof. He-man von Hoist of Chicago university, Sena tor B. R. Tillman of South Carolina. It was also resolved to promulgate the following resolution: " That the anti imperialist league should take immedi ate steps to establish and encourage close relations with all associations and individuals throughout the country who are opposed to the imperial policy, with a view to organizing all the elements of opposition to this policy for the most effective and united political action at the proper time." Is it the best? Taste and see. Best in taste, best in results. No nauseat ing dose, but so pleasant and natural in effects that you forget you have. taken medicine-Life for the Liver and Kid SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD. The Monument to Them at Winches ter, Va., to be Unveiled. The following circular has been is sued from the headquarters of the South Carolina Division United Con federate Veterans at Charleston: June 6th next it is proposed to un veil the monument i o South Carolina's dead, who peacefully slumber at Win chester Va. The noble citizens of Winchester extend a cordial invitation to the veterans of South Carolina to be present, and have offered the hospital ity of their homes to such as can at tend. To extend this invitation, Cl. John J. Williams, commanding General Tur ner Ashby camp, No. 240, United Con federate Veterans, - came to Charleston at our late reunion, out unfortunately did not have an opportunity of meeting. the South Carolina division as a whole but he liberally extended this welcome to all whom he met. The division commander regrets that circumstances were such that he could not present this distinguished veteran to his comrades from South Carolina. He urges all camps, particularly those whose com rades lie buried at Winchester, and whom those loving hands have thus honored, and whose devotion to their country is marked by this beautiful shaft, to send delegates to the un veiling ceremonies. The hospitable people of Winchester will welcome them with open arms. Such delega tions as propose visiting Winchester on this occasion, will please report promptly to Col. Joh-n J. Willliams, so that suitable quarters can be assigned them. By command of C. I. Walker. Comdg. S. C. Div., U. C. V. James G. Holmes, Adjt. Gen., Chief of Staff. Punishing a Sham Suicide. Miles Salisbury, a resident of Nor wich, Conn., had a tiff with his wife and determined to play a practical joke on her. Obtaining an ounce bottle of carbolic acid he smeared a portion of the poison upon his heavy growth of whiskers, staggered into the room where his employer was sitting, said he was tired of life, had taken carbolic acid and asked that his wife be informed. The employer called two doctors by tele phone and produced a cupful of must ard and warm water. When Salisbury saw the matter was being taken serious ly he weakened and declared it was all a joke. This his employer refused to believe and aid was called, Salisbury being held while the mixture was poured down his throat. Then the two doctors arrived, and in vain did the joker sput ter, kick and protest. Emetics were forced down his throat while Salisbury fought like a tiger. At last worn out with his struggles and protestations he succumbed, and the doctors thinking he was sinking put a stomach pump down his throat and worked it vigorously. This caused the patient to nearly faint away and he was given heroic treatment to revive him. At last the doctors had time to look into Salisbury'- mouth and found he had no poison. The physi cians left in disgust, but it.will require some time to restore Salisbury to his normal condition. An Ovation to Gen. Wheeler. Gen. Joe Wheeler was the most con spicuous feature of the military parade of the Washington Peace Jubilee. He rode in one of the handsomest carriages in Washington, and the horses drawing the vehicle seemed to realize that the occupant of the carriage was worthy of their best efforts, for as they passed the Presidential reviewing stand they fairly danced with the music of the band just ahead. The crowd all along the route of the procession gave Gen. Wheeler a continuous ovation, and the occupants of the President's stand, in luding the President, gave the gallant little officer a great demonstration. The General, not content with lifting his hat and bowing to the Presidential party, arose in his carriage and re mained standing until he had passed the reviewing stand. This unusual style of a military salute also caught the crowd, and the enthusiasm contin ued until he rolled out of sight. He was attired in the regulation uniform of a brigadier general in the United States army, with side arms and sash. His companion in the carriage was the treasurer of the jubilee fund. Our Cotton Mills. The Baltimore Sun prints a dispatch from Greenville, S. C., which affords some interesting reading for the people of the State: "The annual meeting of the variouis cotton 'nills in this sec tion are about over, and they show un precedented profits. For instance, the American Spinning Company, capital $125000, shows net profits of $37,000; the Piedmont Mills, over $125,000; the Huguenot Mills, $63.000, and others in like proportion. Now, while these profits seem large, the profit for the cur rent year 'will be much larger. The Poe Mill, which made $24,000 for twelve months last year, is now making 6.000 per month net. This prosperity will add many spindles to the mills of the South. Already the stock for a $600,000 mill at Anderson, S. C., has been raised. A 23,000 spindle mill will be built at Belton, S. C. Possibly the easiest thing in the world to do now in thi3 section is to raise half a million dollars to build a cotton mill. All of them have paid good dividends, and there is all confidence in the fu ture, certainly so far as this year is con cerned." A Rich Beggar. Charles Burkowitz, a blind beggar of New York, who for a long time has fre giented the shopping district of the metropolis and who was arrested the other day for insulting a woman who re fused to give to him, is said to be the owner of two tene?ments, each valued at $2,000. and to have large sums of money in several of the savings banks of the city. Advertising Pays A Missouri woman advertised for a husband. She got one at the cost of $9. lie afterwards enlisted and was killed at Manila. She got $3,000 life insurance and will get a widow's pen sion as long as she lives. Yet some WHITES SHOT DOWN By a Notorious Negro at Came ron, Georgia. WHO MAKES HIS ESCAPE. The Murderer Being Hunted Down, and the People for Miles Around Are Greatly Excited. A special dispatch from Oliver Ga. to the Atlanta Journal says Mr. Fa Evans, of Cameron, a station on the Central, ten miles above there, was shot and instanly killed Wednesday af ternoon at 2 o'clock by Sam Perry, a notorious Negro. Mr. J. B. Proctor was also fafally shot by the same party, and though he is alive at2 o'clock W. - nesday afternoon, it is not-expectedhe will survive the day. He is now rapid ly sinking. The tragedy was the result of theim putance of Perry's wife, who was curs ing and vilely abusing the children of Mr. Proctor during the absence of their father, their motner being dead. The woman was abusing "white folks" -in general, and the insult to the little children was most revolting. Frank Evans, who heard the woman, stepped up to offer resentment. As he did so Sam Perry, the woman's hus band, rushed out of his house with a drawn revolver and began shooting at Evans, cursing and abusing him all the while in the most terrific manner. Evans fell at the first shot and died wtbout even a groan. At this june ture Mr. Proctor appeared on the scene and was shot down in his tracks, two bullets entering his body. Proctor's son was also shot at, but not hit. Thomas Lee, another prominent citi zen, who was driving in his buggy, rushed toward the Negro and was al shot, but not seiuously the revolver by this time being empty. Perry began quickly to reload his pistol, but before he could do so Brown Evans, a brother of one of the mur dered men, appeared at the head of a posse of men, crying to the top of his voice: "He has killed my only brother and I will kill him if it takes me a life time." The Negro ran and though shot at by the posse, escaped to the woods. The Negro woman had already escaped dur ing the fusilade and excitement. All the railroad agents were immedi ately notified of the murder and mobs were organized at every station to search for the criminal. All night the search continued and Thursday the posse are being augment ed from every section of the communi ty. There, are now no less than one hundred well-armed men looking for the murderer, and though he has thus far evaded capture, it is considered certain that he will be in possession of the mob before another day. Squads are now stationed a mite apart on all the public roads and cross ings. Every boat landing along the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers for miles each way will be guagled, so that he maay be confined in this scope of coun try. The county is ablaze with excite ment, and should he be captured he will be lynched and probably burned, as was Sam Hose near Newnan. Perry's wife was captured by the mob in the swamp near Halcyondale, and it is not improbable that she will also be lynched. She was trying to join her husband when captured. Perry is described as low and chunky, of gingercake color, moustache and side whiskers, and is bow-legged.. He has been sullen and impudent to the whites since the recent lynchings in Georgia, and is considered a desperate Negro un der all circumstances. Frank Evans, who was killed was a most estimable young man. He wasa son of Mr. Charlie Evans and grandson of Dr. J. F. Brown. Mr. Proctor was 60 years old and a well respected far mer. Try Our Plan. The Brooklyn Eagle is alarmed at the growth of the divorce habit at the North and demands greater regard for the sanctity of marriage. It says: "Most persons do not seek divorce be cause their marriage bonds are intoler- - able, but because they think some other marriage bonds will be more to their taste." That is true, and the danger of permitting divorce from intolerab~e marriage bonds is that it opens the flood gates to people who seek diyerces for no higher reason than a desire for a new deal of husbands and wives. In South Carolina the flood gates are ir revocably closed. The result is good. Marriage is a sacred sacrament in this state, not lightly entered into, since it is to last until death parts.-Columbia Record. Gov. Ellerbs'Very Sick. The reports that come from Gover nor Ellerbe are not so cheering as they were a few days ago. He has again been compelled to take to his bed. Since he went to Sellers he has been sitting up a good deal, and occasionally his physicians have permitted him to exercise his will power and take an oc casional ride. They have ordered him, however, to cease these exercises. Those who have seen him in the last day or two say that he continues in good spirits, notwithstanding his ex tremely weak conditon. Dewey in Bad Health. A dispatch from Hong Kong says the United States eruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on board, has arrived from Manila. She was saluted by the ships of all nationalities. Admiral Dewey is in bad health, being too ill to *ttend the Queen's birthday dinner. The Olympia is going in dock here and will remain ten days at this port. A Pastor's Revenge. As the result of a misunderstanding with his landlord, Gottlieb Burkhart, Rev. Albert Brachlos, who recently re signed as pastor of the German Reform Zion church at Cumberland, Md., placed a large placard in the upstaiis window labeled ''Haunted House" and locked a ferocious bulldog in the build ing. The afair crated asnation.