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VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C... WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7q 1899. O6 A MAN LOS. The Mysterious Disappearance of a Visiting Georgian. LAST SEEN ATSPARTANBURG He Is the Cashier of a Bank at Athens, Ga., But His Ac counts Are All Straight. A dispatch from Greensille. S. C. says: Dr. C. H. Whitt, of Athen!. Ga., reached htre this moraing by the 6:45 train from Atlanta in search of Mr. John A. Benedict, cashier of the Exchange bank of Athens, whose mys terious disappearance in this city a week ago today was a startlirg revela ton to our citizens and was made known for the first time after the ar rival of Dr. White this morning. Mr. Benedict came here from Greenwood, registered at the Mansion House in the afternoon about 4 o'clock. inquired where he might get a conveyance to take him in the country. He was re ferred to Charles & Easley, at the Mansion House stables. and left the hotel with the apparent purpose -of go ing to the stables which are only a hun ired yards distant. His luggage was left in the hotel and from the moment he stepped outside all trace of 31r. Benedict has been lost. He did not hire a conveyance from any stable in the city nor has a street hack ever been found who could give any information concerning him. The police and other officers have made a diligent inquiry and there is not the semblance of proof to this hour in what direction Benedict went when he left the hotel. Every clue so far has failed and all inquiries have resulted in disappointment. Dr. White is accompanied by Capt. B. F. Culp, the Athens chief of police, and with the local police force the search continues hour by hour without result. A Negro employed at the Man sion House stables says a tall man came there and asked about a convey ance Tuesday afternoon but went away without making any engagement in the absence of the proprietors. He said another Negro heard the man talk and could tell where he wanted to go but when he was interrogated the recollec tion of the occurrence could not be brought to his mind. At 8 p. m. this evening Chief Kenne dy of the Greenville police force di rected all the hack drivers in the city to assemble at the station house and when they came he exhibited to them the baggage left by Mr. Benedict at the Mansion House which is a telescope made of straw, an uncommon and strik ing piece of baggage. One of the hack drivers instantly recgnized the tele scope and said he brought the gentle man who owned it to the Mansion House and afterwards took him to the northbound vetibuled train at 5:30 p. In. The gentleman said he was going to Spartanburg, and be evidently in tended to return, as he went to Roths child's store and bought a small satchel then went to the hotel and made some changes in his apparel, taking the satchel with him. Spartanburg has not yet been heard from, but efforts are being made to ascertain whether M1r. Benedict ever reached there. It is Dr. White's theory that some accident must have befallen Mr. Benedict between here and Spartanburg or he would have been heard from there. Shortly after the fact of his leaving for Spartanburg was discovered, Mr. John Smith was at the station and said that he saw MIr. Benedict in front of the hotel last Tug s day where he heard an introduction given to Mr. Benedict by an acquaint ance from Georgia, arnd aieo heard 31r. Benedict say he might visit Lockhart cotton mills in Union counts'. This furnishes another clue to his move m~ents and tne Lockbart mills wsill be asked by wire as to his coming there. The mystery is not being cleared as 3 et but there is great relief, to know that the stranger who so suddenly dis appeared was not lost in Greenville. Dr. White and Capt. Cuip .will leave for Spartanburg by the early morning train, but will use every method to fol low Benedict's movements if possible tonight. A dispatch from Athens, Ga , says: "'John A. Benedict, cashier of the Ex change bank and owner of the Athens Rioll Cover company, has been missing ainee last Tuesday. 1e-went to G reen ville, S. C., on business connected with the roll cover concern and on Tuesday miorning left the hotel there to visit cot ton mills at Spartanburg. his accounts at the bank have been found absolutely correct by experts. No reason can be assigned by family or friends, w'ho fear he has met with an accident or foul play." _________ Case of Miscegenation. It seems that Greenville has a genu ine case of miscegenation, which is likely to create trouble for the parties -interested. George Hamilton, white, formerly a member of the Fourth New Jersey regiment, came back to Green ville a few weeks ago and made hiL headquarters at the home of M1arion Love, a colored man. Not long after his arrival Hamilton was married to M1alissa Love. a daughter of his host, contrary to the laws of this State. M1agistrate 31auldin issued warrants a fe~w days ago for Hamilton and his dusky bride, but the groom has ab scondled. Wednesday night the bride was arrested and sent to jail, and Thursday morning IRev Thos. MIinus, the colored preacher who performed the ceremony, was arrested and gzave bail for his appearan::e. The consta ble and police are searching for llam iiton, but it is probable that he has left for N,:w Jersey. It is understood that the Negroes in the Love neighbor hood were highly elated at the aliance. but the rejoicing did not last long. Fierce Fire on Ship. The Cromwell line steamship Knicek erbocker, which left New Orleans M1ay 24th with a cargo of 2.000 bales of cot ton and large quantities of rice, molas ses and hides, arrived at New Y ork Wednesday with two comnpartmen ts burning fiercely. The first was dis covered when the ship was five days ouat, but through-the efforts of her crew the knowledge of the fact was kept from 45 passe'ngers aboard, and there was no alarm. No estimate can De given of the 1os a th fire is still burning. THREE CONVICTS DIED From Meningitis in the State Peni tentiary. There has been considerable excite neut for several days over the appear ance of sevcral cases of nmeningitis at the State peniteutiary. In view of the talk about the mattcr. a representative of The State Tuesday calk d oil Sup r inter.dent GritfliihanA Dr. Griffith, who is at present in charge of the medical department at the prison. owing to Ihe fact that Dr. Sturkic, the re.ular phy sician. is quite sick at his home. So far five cases have developed at the institution. ad three of them have terminated fatally. The fir-t vietim was ouvng Solomon the 1-yvear old white boy wl.o wa e n time ago sent up for a 15-year term for the killing of his own father. This case was a nota ble one. Though the boy admitted killinz his father, setting up as a de fense that he dii so t. prevent lis father froi killiag his sister, many be lieve that he was guiltlesS of the crimue. His mother was here and visited him on Wednesday last. In the afternoon, af ter she had aorne. the lad was strieken with cerebr) slinal meninitis. and though he was given the best of atter tion lie died Friday. On the day lie died his mother was wired of his ex treme lines. She came here and the bod. as I ken back to lanipton for N , .:,onviets were seized with The same day. One of them . aturday last: the other is atill ai>e. 1 ~was better Tuesday morn in. tuered a relapse in the even ing. A f nale convict was taken sick with tihe disease Sunday and died Mon day. There have been, as stated, up to date five cases. The two remaining ca-es have be-.n thoroughly isolated. and the quarters which the affected prisoners occupied have been disin fceted. Dr. Griffith, who is in charge, says that though the diseaseis to a cer tain extent contagious, he hopes through the steps taken to prevent any further spread. He has conferred with Dr. Taylor and with Dr. A. Earle Bcozer, chairman of the Columbia board of health, and nothing will be left un done to prevent the disease affecting other priseners.-State. TO BE PAID. The State Pensioners Will Soon Get their Money. Wednesday the State board of pen sions held a final session and went over all of the pension rolls sent in from the various counties by the township and county boards. Every doubtful name was carefully considered and the case looked into with unusual pains, but the board failed utterly to reduce the list. On the contrary a belated township re port containing 24 additional names came in and the grand total as shown by the list when finally approved was 7,090, against a total of 6,694 for last year. The board also apportioned the pen sion fund for this year, and the indi vidual pensioners will be gratified to know that they will get practically the same amount as last year. Class A pensioners will get $72 apiece, identi cally the same as last year. Those of class B will get $17.60 apiece, as against 18.40 last year. Those in the other classes will each receive $13.20 as against $13 80 last year. The clerk of the State board of pen sions will immediately begin the work of drawing the starrants for the indi vidual pensioners and they will as soon as completed be sent to the clerks of court in the several counties for distri bution. Due notice of the forwarding of these warrants will be given in the press. When they have been sent out the pensioners can get them by apply ing at their respective court houses. The work will be pushed with all pos sible dispatel-, so that the pensioners will be able t.' get their money in the shortest time.--State. Advertising Pays. John Wanaimaker, the man who be lieves in nea'spaper advertising, went to New Yerk two years ag~o and bought the sack ol' iilton, Hug hes & to., who had been but chary adv ertisers and had been losing money for y ears. He Lytzn forthwith to try the advertising cure for dry rot, and his nalf-page an rouneements have br ei daily features of all the prominent Newv York paers. The result is that he has clearecd in the Ltst year 8000'i00 on his New X ork stre. For his Philadelphia store he has just closed a contract with one newspaper of that city for a page ad vertisement daily, for which he will pay $100.000 a year. Advertising like this requires nerve-likewise brains. There is in every city at least one man who can beome the Wanamaker of his commuity if he have the nerve-and the bains-to follow the Wanamaker example. -State. Our Cotton Mills. A Greenville dispatch says that in the last year Piedmuont cotton mill has earned $20.0,00. Pelzer $2S5.000, Clif ton 8270.00J0 and Pacolet $280,000, a total of nearly $1l,000000 profits for four nills. The earnings of the Dig mills around Spartanburg are said to have ranged from 21) to 35 per cent. on the capital stock. The banks there are congested with dividend money. Small wonder that the Piedmont section pros pers when it gets such returns from its f aetoris. All our mills arc making money. but if those in that quarter are making more money than others it is because their managers are older hands at the busitess and from practice more exert. -State. No Armor for Ships. At Washiington bids were to have been opened by the navy de'partment at noon Wednesday for armor for bat tieships, monitors and armored cruisers now authorized by the law, but no bids were reecived within the price fixed by congresa. Thie Carnegie Steel company and thle Ikthlehemi Iron company sub m~itted statements that they were un able to furnish armor of the character reouireda at the price fixed by congress. Bursine Bros. of San Francisco miade a blanket offer to furnish all the armor reuired for $450) per too. which, how ever, is above the limit fixed by con ress. This limit was $400 for the seven ships authorized last year and $300 per ton for the ships authorized GOV. ELLERBE DEAD. South Carolina's Chief Magis trate Passes Away AFTFR LINGERINC !LLNESS. The Funeral Took Place at His Home in Marion Gounty. Interment in Family Burial Ground. Gv . . IEerbc died at his 1oM at Sellers, Marion County. at half-past S o'clock Friday night. Early Friday mornivg the governor was about the same as the night before. but about 10 o'loc'k he had a strargliiig spell and came2 n .r. txr dyiiig. TL;eLior said there was no hope; that he was dy in, and called for help. The doctor gave him very strong stimulaots from which he rallied a little, bat later in the afternoon he began to sink. The dctor said he could not live long, but the end was not expected so soon in the niaht. At S:2 he died seemingly very easy. The governor's deathbed was surrounded by all the memibers of his immediate family, all his brothers and sisters being prcsent. THE NEWS AT THE CAPJTOIL. The first news of Governor EIllrbe's death reached the city Fiiday night through a telegram from the chic! exe cutive's broth'er to Private Secretary Evans. While it was of course not un expected. the announcement called forth many expressions of sorrow. In official circles the news v.as received with the most profound sorrow, and at once preparations begun for the official family to attend the funeral at Sellers. The telegram from Mr. J. E. Ellerbe, the governor's brother, to Private Sec retary Evans, read as follows: "Governor Ellerbe died this after noon at 8:25. Buried tomorrow at 4 p. m., family burying ground. Wire T. C. Moody at Marion number com mng. MR. M'SWEENEY NOTIFIED. Immediately upon the receipt of this telegram Mr. Evans went to the tele graph office and sent two messages to Lieut. Gov. McSweeney, the one ad dressed to Hampton and the other to Augusta, Mr. Evans having heard that Mr. McSweeney was in Augusta during the day. Mr. MIcSweeney, owing to the death of the governor, now becomes governor of South Carolina, it being only necessary to appear before a mag istrate or notary, if he so desires, and take the oath of office. It is under stood. however, that Mr. MeSweeney will decline to be sworn in as governor until after the funeral of the deceased chief executive. WILL ARRIVE IN TIME. It was feared that the lieutenant governor would not be reached by wire and would thus be unable to get to Sel lers in time for the funeral, but later the following telegram was received from him: Hanmpton, S. C., June 2, 1899. W. Boyd Evans, Columbia, S. C. I am truly sorry to learn of Gover nor Ellerbe's death. Will go to Co lumbia at once. 31. B McSweency. By reason of the fact that Lieutenant Governor 3MeSweeney becomes gover nor, Senator R. B. Scarborough of Horry county, who is a prominent attorney of Conway, and one of the most highly esteemed members of the State senate, being president pro tem of that body, now becomes lieutenant governor to suc ceed Mr. McSweeney. Mr. Evans also notified by wire the two United States senators, the seven congressmen and a number of the dead governors most intimate personal and political friends. TO ATIEND THE FI~NERAL. He then saw that all the State house Jicials were notified. These proceeded at once to arrange with the officials of the Atlantic Coast Line for a special train to be run to sellers, leaving Co lumbia Saturday in time to reach Sel lers for the obsequies. The run will be 10~ miles and the train will leave 11:30 o'clock. The Ellerbe homestead is two miles in one direction from the station and the family burial ground is three miles in another. The State capitol was closed Saturday and the flags on the building was displayed at half-mast for the proper length of time. MIOREi MEN WANTED. Ten Thousand Volunteer Troops Like ly to be Called for. 'Ihe war in the Philippines is not over by any means. Last Thursday replying to the inquiries of the Secre tary of War. Gen. Otis telegraphs from Manila "that he is still of the opinion that 30,000 troop~s will be necessary for the ceective control of the Philippines. Secretary Alger took Gen. Otis cable to tbe president, and after a conference with hmim~ stated that the text of the dis path would not be made public. "It reaffirms Gen. Utis' estimate made soctimie no,". said the secretary, that 3Q,O00 men would be sufficient to cope with the situation. As I stated Wednsday, the regulars now on the way or under orders to go on to the Phiippines will give Genm. Otis about 24000 or 25,000 men after the with drawal of the volunteers" --Where will the additional 5,000 or 6,000 men for whom Gen. Ozis asks come fromi?" the secretary was asked. - That has not been definitely deter mined as yet," he replied. " We may be able to take the addi tional troops asked for from the regu lars now loated in this country, Cuba, and Puertocilico, or it may be found advisable to muster in volunteers." "In case it is decided to call for vol unteers will the call only be for the 5,00 or Q,000 men neessary to bring Gen. Otis' total up) to 30.000?" "If* volunteers are called for," re plied the secretary, "the cafl will prob ably be for 10,000 men." 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 o e t t p e th govei nor. Then came Railroad comn ieut. Gav. MicSweeney is Sworn in, missioner Garris. Mr. Harris, Gen. Retiring Private Secretary Evans, as Governor. Watts, Assistant Attorney Gen. Gun liu. Miles B. McSweeney, who first ter and many others. After congratu Taw the light of day on April 8, 1853, lating the governor those present paid .ops el their respects to the judges and soon ow ocupes te ealtd poi in tepr asemlaen disoled.iradcm governor of South Carolina. It was ex- t ssemblaissove. aetly 10 minutes past 11 Saturday WILL MEET IN CHESTER. ight in the parlors of Wright's hotel when the chief justice, standing on one side of a tete-a-tete chair, with Mr. Mc Sweeney on the other, their hands State Reunion of the Confederate Vet grasping a small Bible, administered the oath of office. The ceremony was erans There in July. informal, though there was some 50 or more gentlemen, consisting of the State This year the annual reunion of the officials, who had made the trip to Sel- South Carolina division United Con lers, and a number of friends of the federate Veterans is to be held in the governor present in the parlor at the city of Chester, and although practi time. cally all the camps in the State at Just at 11 o'clork Gov. McSweeney, tended the general union in Charleston escorted by Secretary of State Cooper, it is expected that all will be at the and the other state officers, Senator State reunion. Chester promises every ppelt and others drove up to the ho- veteran that attends a royal reception tel. The party followed by those who and Chester knows how to entertain had awaited the governor's arrival as- her guests. cended to the parlors of the hotel. In regard to the reunion the follow At 11:05 the chief justice of the su- ing general order has just been issued preime court, followed by Associate from the headquarters of the South Justices Gary and Pope, entered the Carolina divison in Charleston: north parlor, going to the right ,here Charleston, S. C., June 1, 1899. they took up their position the chief in 1. The annual convention for 1899 of advance. Gov. McSweeney, on the arm the South Carolina divisipn, U. C. V., of Attorney General Bellinger, followed at the hospitable invitation of the peo by the other members of the official ple of Chester, will meet at Chester, S. household came from the south parlor. C., Wednesday, July 26th, at 10 o'clock At 11:08 Gen. Bellinger, in a few a. m. aceful words, introduced Mr. Mc- 2. Arrangements are now being made weeney to the chief justice, announe- by the quartermaster general and the ng that he was ready to take the oath veterans of Chester to secure the ]ow f office as governor of South Carolina est rates of rallroad fare for veterans n accordance with the provisions of and other visitors. It is presumed that he constitution. The chief justice ex- we will secure as heretofore for all con ended his right arm, a Bible being in ventions a race, not exceeding 1 cent is hand, and Mr. McSweeney grasped per mile traveled, from all points with he volume. The regulation oath was in the State. hen read by Justice Mclver and the .3. Each camp, regiment and brigade overnor pressed the Bible to his lips, will appoint one sponsor, who will se This done the cheif justice asked lect her maid of honor, to represent where's the table?" and looked about them at the reunion. The sponsors and or one upon which the oath could be their maids of honor, the sponsors bear igned. Finally the signatures were ing a banner of their respective brigade, ffixed upon a small brass table which regiment or camp will be presented to as a part of one of the large wall mir.. the convenvention at an appropriate ors. The blank was an ordinary one time to be named hereafter. sed for oaths of notaries. 4. Camps will bring their camp ban As soon as Gav. McSweeney had af- ners, and will carry them into the con ied his signature with Justice Pope's vention hall. fountain pen, the chief justice congrat- 5. At some convenient hour, to .be lated the governor warmly and was announcei at the convention, a meeting ollowed by the associate justices. will be held of the commanders of THlE GOVERNOR'S FIRST SPEECH. camps, colonels of regiments and gen Gov. McSweeney then turning to the erals of brigades to make reports upon entlemen present spoke briefly as fol- the standing of their commands. They lows:will come prepared to make full re oGentlemen-I don't think it is neces- ports as to numbers of members and ary to make a speech on this occasion. the work they are accomplishing, and realize the importance of the position other matters bearing upon the activ occupy tonight in South Carolina and I ity and life of the can.ps. romise you I shall endeavor to do my 6. The committee on the Confederate uty faithfully and impartially. If I woman's monument will please meet m not governor of South Carolina it the chairman at the convention hall at ill not be my fault. 4 o'clock p. m. July 26th. No man can feel more sympathy, .: .The chaplain of all camps of this ore honest sympathy than I do to- division .and of the regiments and bri ight for the blow that has befallen gades will please meet, the chaplain our State; that spmpathy extended to general at the convention hail at 5 ny home. My wife last night on re. o'clock p. m. July 26th. eiving the news of Gov. Ellerbe's 8. Chester extends to ns a loving wel deth tclegraphed to Mrs. Ellerbe ex. come, and offers us her most bountiful ressing her sorrow at her great loss, hospitality. Comrades, show your ap od knows I feel sympathy for Mrs. preciation by coming in large numbers. Ellerbe and her children. It is my duty Let us gather, perhaps for the last time nder the constitution to assume this for many of us, and do honor to the esponsibility, and with God's help I holy memories wvhich bind us so closely shall try to do it faithfully. I appreci- together. ate the kind words of these distinguish- By order of, d gentlemen on my left (the supreme C. Irvine Walker, ourt justices). 1 shall seek them al- Commander. ays for advice, and with the attorney James G. Holmes, eneral and otherState officers I intend Adjutant General, Chief of Staff. o perform the duties of my office as AHmnBue faithfully as I know how. I deeply' re- AHmx.Bue gret the occasion which makes me gav- Babe Walker, a notorious Negro who crnor of South Carolina. has just served a year's term in the 1 have tried to be as prudent and penitentiary, attempted rape on the five careful as possible. I have been asked year old daughter of Van Howard, y some why I did not come here to Co- white, and for which he narrowly es umbia and assume the duties of gay- caped lynching, was arrested at Green erner. I believe Gay. lEllerbe did his ville Wednesday for raping eleven year uty and those atround him believe that old Cornelia Brooks, colored. The e dlid his duty, but I believed that he crime was committed a week ago, but wanted to be governor of South Caro- did not come to light till Tuesd.y lina when lhe died and I thought his night. He threatened to kill her if she wishes and desires should be regarded. informed on him. It was noticed the Tonight I assume the duty and I ask last few days that she was suffering, those here to help me. I am going to and investigation showed that a crime Ido my duty as faithfully and as effici- had been committed. The Negroes are ently as I can. and if I don't make a highly wrought up, but it is hardly faithful. true governor it won't be my probable that they will make any at fault. tempt to take Walker out of jail, as he The audience warmly applauded the is closely guarded. governor when he concluded. "Severely Punished." Attorney General Bellinger at once Thwadertetasecidte stepped up to the governor and grasped followng disparttchsre e.vOti t his hand and said that he wished to folloila, diatch fro: mit eotsa assure him of the full sympathy and fromla dersate Jue has pumihreports support of the members of the official rmgents hat muded aspnihe Tiey efoundy uphing his theyaodalay that eastern coast of island now under be. ooud uphldng spe forwnds.n American flag and inhabitants ask pro. made aCoimper eclrtepped fowarmly tection against robber bands. The congratulating dehe arovern, wamybands pursued into mountains by Unit Supretritendent of Eduction McMa- ed States and native troops severely hanwa te ex t cngaae he unished. OUR RAILROADS. Some Interesting Statistics Con cerning Them. THE LENGTH OF EACH ROAD And What Each Mile is Valued at by the State for Assess ment and Taxation. The State Board of Eiualization met in Columbia Wednesday to equalize and assess the railroad property in the State. The board went over all of the returns in connection with the earnings condition ,ud other elements consider ed as to the assessment of the roads and fixed the valuations. The assess ments on seven roads were raised, the largest increase being on the Seivern and Knoxville Road, from $1,000 to $5,000 per mile. The road, it is stated was not completed when the last assess ment was made. The following is a table showing the comparative assess ments: Railroad. Miles Main Track. Ashley River road ............. 4.00 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line.129.99 Asheville and Spartanburg.. 24 00 Berkeley railway.. .... .. .... 9.75 Branchville and Bowman...... 11.00 Blue Ridge...............34.02 Charleston and Western Carolina318.40 C. and D. (Salisbury Branch.... 11.00 Gibson Division.............. 36.27 Carolina and Northwestern...... 37.00 Columbia and Greenville.. .. .161.98 Columbia, Newberry and Laur ens........................ 75.00 'arolina Midland.......... 54.75 Central of South Carolina.. 40.20 Carolina, Knoxville and Western 15.00 Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta.............. .... 178.73 Carolina and Cumberland Gap.. 24 10 Charleston and Savannah.. .. ... 90.50 East Shore Terminal........ 5.28 Florida Central and Peninsular. 103.85 Florence.. ..............24.50 Florence (Latta Branch)....... 19.SO Georgia, Carolina and Northern.136.47 Glenn Springs..... ........ 10.00 Green Pond, W. and Branchville 14.00 Georgetown and Western....... 37.00 Hampton and Branchville.. 16.00 Hartsville.... ............10.00 Lancasterand Chester.. ......28.60 Manchester and Augusta. .. ... 64.31 Pregoall Branch.. .. .... ... 46.97 Darlington Branch.......... 37.64 South rnd North Carolina Di vision.. .................16.48 Northeastern.. ...... .....101.70 Northeast.Lrn.................. 2.00 Ohio River and Charleston.. ...117.70 Palmetto railroad.......... 11.20 South Carolina and Georgia.....240.70 Charleston and Savannah (Sea Island Branch... ........... 5.25 Seivern and Knoxville.. .. ... 18.00 Spartanburg, Union and Colum bia............. ......68.00 South Carolina Pacific (S. A. L.) 10.50 Walterboro and Western....... 26.40 Wilmington, Columbia ani Au gusta............. ....124.19 onway Branch.............. 25.00 Wilson and Summerton .......40 25 Value Per Mile. Railroads 1898. 1899. Ashley River.... ...$ 9,000 $13,000 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line.......... 16,000 16,000 sheville and Spartan burg.. .... .... .. 7.000 7,000 Berkeley.. .... .... . 3,000 3,000 Blue Ridge.........2,500 2,500 Branchville and Bow man............ 1.00 1.500 Charleston & Western Carolina.......... 7,500 7,500 . & D. (Salisbury Branch)..........4.000 4,000 Gibson Division..... 6,000 6,000 arolina and North western........... 2,750 2,750 olumbia & Greenville 10,000 10,000 olumbia, Newberry & Laurens........... 5,000 5,000 arolina Midland..3,000 5,000 entral of South Caro lina.............. 8,000 8,000 Carolina, Knoxville & Western........... 1,000 1,000 Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta........... 13,000 13,000 Carolina and Cumber land Gap.........2,500 2,500 Charleston & Savannah 13,000 13,000 East Shore Terminal.. 10,000 10,000 Florida Central and Peninsular........8,500 8,500 Florence ........... 15,000 15,000 Florence Latta Branch 4,000 4,000 Georgia, Carolina and Northern......... 10,000 10,000 Green Pond, Walter boro and Branchville 4,000 4,000 Georgetown & Western 2.000 2,000 Glenn Springs........ 2,000 2,000 Hampton & Branchville 1,000 1,000 Hartsvilla.. .... .... 2,500 2,500 Lancaster and Chester. 1,750 1,750 Manchester & Augusta 10,000 10,000 Pregnall Branch.... 5,000 5,000 Darlington Branch .. 6,000 6.000 South aad North Car olina Division.. .. ..1,000 2.500 Northeastern...... . 16,000 16,000 Northeastern........150 1,850 Ohio River & Char leston.. .... ...... 5.000 5,000 Palmetto........... 3,000 3.000 South Carolina & GJeor gia.. .... .. .. ....1 ,000 15,000 Charleston & Savannah (Sea Island Branch). 2.000 5,000 Scivern and Knoxville. 1,000 5,000 Spartanburg, Union & Col........... ...8,000 10,000 So. Ca. Pacific (S AL) 8,000 8,000 Walterboro & Western 1,000 1,000 Wilmington. Columbia & Augusta.. . ..... 10,000 10,000 Conway Branch.. .. . . 4.000 5.000 Wilson and Samimerton 3,000 3,000 In case any of the railroads are not satisfied with the increases that have been made by the board, there will be a hearing on Friday. the 2d of June. As will be noted the only increases are those of the Ashley River Road of $4,000 per mile; Carolina and Cumber land Gap Road, $2,300 per mile; Man chester and Augusta, Sumter and North Carolina division, an increase of $1,500 on 16 miles; Seivern and Knoxville Road from $1,000 to $5,000; Spartan burg, Uni n and Columbia Road, from $8,000 to $10.000; Walterboro and Western Road, from $1,000 to $2,500; Conway branch, Atlantic Coast Line, TOBACCO CULTURE. What Theo. Edwards says About it in Southern Tobacco Journal. Now comes topping, when judgment is to be exercised. This should be done by the best man available (I do this myself). I don't know that topping is so important when yoI prime as when you cut; still to get the best results I think judgment and discretion is to be used. I top to an average of ten to twelve leaves, and make SOO to 1,000 pounds per acre. Some top fourteen to sixteen leaves, and get from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. They do not get so much colory tobacco, however, when they top high. As to worms, they make their first appearance the last of May or the first of June or about full moon in June. Then plants put out, say, the first week in May will be about twelve to fifteen inches high. We usually be gin to set about 25th of April, and try to fluish by 6th of May-anyway by the 10th. After the latter date it does not do so well either in field or curing barn, and besides you will get the Au gust showers of rain, which are trouble some and do great damage. Tobacco put out by or before 10th of May miss these showers, because it is cured and in packhouse. I use nothing to keep off or destroy worms but Guinea chick ens. I prefer them to turkeys because turkeys are difficult to raise. I follow after Guineas and destroy all eggs and kill such worms as they do not get. With early planting and these chick ens I do not consider worms amount to much. Now comes priming, as soon as your lags show they are ready for the curing barn. I first cut my tobacco, believing as I was told by buyers, it was better tobacco and would bring me more mon ey. I did not find it so. Comparng my sales with those who primed I found they got more money than I did, and it was because they had more yellow to bacco than I got by the cutting process. I then took to priming, and soon saw that I was right; that almost all my to bacco was colory tobacco, and that my averages were better. I still think, however, something is lost in weight by priming, but the color will more than make up for difference in weight. My crop last year was late. did not gct it set until about 15th o May, yet it aver aged me eleyen cents net. I was not fortunate in striking thexnarket at any time when it was at its best. I have never been fortunate in getting~ fancy prices for my crops, and have never made a higher average than fifteen cents-that was four or five years back. Yellow tobacco did not do so well last year as inferior grades, and I find inferior grades are generally heavier. After priming off leaves they are taken to the barn, or some place and sheltered from the sun, where the loop ing is done on the sticks. For this purpose I use No. 8 stocking yard and put from two to four leaves together, according to size. and thirty to thirty five bundles to each stick. These are placed in the barn from eight to ten inches apart, when fire is built in fur naces and heat run to 90, 95 ar 100 de gress. Here it is generidly allowed to stand until leaves begin to wilt, gradu ally moving on up as the appearance of the leaf indicates that you may do so, until we reach 110 degrees. Here we stand until we get on what color we want, or until we get a bright pea green which is generally from ten to fifteen hours in July, when we first begin to cure. It takes some longer as the nights begin to get cool, and you go higher up the plant. Rarely, however does it take so much as twenty-war hours to put on color. After leaving 110 degrees move up at rate of 2i de grees per hour, or as fast as the leaf in dicates that it will take the heat. I seldom dwell long at any given point. If the leaf takes heat all right before getting to 125 degrees and from this point to 135 or 140, I dry out my leaf never advancing, however, more than 2 degrees per hour. When the leaf is dry and the sap is in the stem, I move on up gradually at this same rate, halt ing and standing two or three or four hours at 145, then on up to 150 by this slow process; then stand two or three hours; then on up at same rate to 160, and finally on to 170. At this point I kill out the stem. I don't think it sae to go higher than 170 to stay any length of time: in fact, I think that this season I will kill out at 160 and believe that I will get better tobacco than I would by running a higher heat or even at 170 degrees. Raising~ Tomatoes. Prepare the soil, which should be a rich loam, by plowing deep and harrow ing well. Then set your plants in rows three feet apart, and two feet apart in rows, running north and southb. if possi ble, in order to secure better advantage of the sunshine. Cultivate by plowing and hocing. When the plants begin -to bloom~ top the stem just above the first cluster of flowers, so that the flowers terminate the stem. The effect is that the sap is immediately sent into the buds next below the cluster, which soon push strongly and produce another cluster of flowers each. When these are visible the branch to which they belong is also topped down to their level. This is done five times in succession. By this means the plants become stout, dwarf bushes. not over 18 inches high. In addition to this, all the laterals are nipped off. Treated in this way, the fruit acquires a beauty, size and excel lence unattainable by any other means. Further, if the leaves and trimmings of the tomatoes be made into a strong tea and sprinkled on the cabbage, it will keep off those troublesom~e green worms. Homicide at Eastova. On Saturday week at Eastover, in the lower portion of Iliehland county, Paul Goodson. colored, was killed by Sailor Taylor, 'also colored. The slayer is still at large. The men quarreled, it appears, about some fish hooks. when Taylor jerked out his pistol and shot Goodson in the stomach. The latter lived util M1onday, when he died. An inquest was held by the magistrate and a verdict was found in accordance with the facts. Efforts are now being made to capture Taylor, who was last seen in the vicinity of Gadsden. Lime is very cheap, so there is no ex cuse for not using the white wash brush frely. TIHlE WHOLE TRUTH. Lynching Notthe Result of Hatred Between the Races. WILL ALWAYS PUNISH CRIME. It is Not Race Prejudice, But a Determination to Punish the Perpetrators of Crime, White and Black Alike. An ex-slave, formerly a body servant to Alexander H. Stephens, has written a letter relative to the race situation in the south, in which he denies that there is any bitterness between the two races and declares that lynching does not come as the result of any hatred for the blacks, but lynchine is the natural pun ishment for certain crimes in the south, be the perpetrator black or white. The Negro who has written this in teresting letter is J. J. Floyd, a shoe maker by trade and is regarded as thoroughly honest and conservative., His letter in full is as follows: "Since the lynching of Sam Hose at Newnan, Ga., I have remained quiet and watched all of the publications on the subject accessible to me. I would not now open my mouth on the subject, but for the fact, that so many public men of the north have taken the occa sion to write column after column on a subject of which they know almost nothing. I am a Negro and one of only ordinary observation, but intelligence enough to see how very far our friends in the north miss the mark. They seem bent and determined to make the lynching of the Negroes in the south a race question, when, in fact, it is not and cannot be such. it is not hatred of my race that brings about their lynch ings; it is hatred of the crimes com mitted and the perpetrator, black or white. - "If our would-be friends of the north would take the trouble to come down and investigate the condition of the whites and blacks in the south, they would shave down their opinions and public expressions to fit the facts. "No two races were ever so harmoni ous upon the same soil as the. Anglo Saxon and the African of the southern states. "When the institution of slavery was abolished by the decreeof war the white man accepted the situation and has since spent his energies and intelligence trying to fit the Negro for the duties of full citizenship. The northern peopie don't seemto know, or in anywise to un derstand the great burden upon the-:. whites of the south-that of civilizi and educating an entire nation of dif ferent blood. The better class of Ne groes in the soutr have come to under stand the situation and have joined themselves with the whites for the pur pose of transforming the millions :of blacks that are a constant and ever present menace to good society among both white and black. "There are a great many Negroes who are trying, with theaid and en couragement of their white friends to educate their daughters and protect their virtue against the outrages of the brute who would disrebard virtue and trample under foot the dearest interest of society. There are millions in ourI race and perhaps thousands of the white race who can never be reaehed by moral teachings; physicalfear is the only deterrent, and this is had only by open, public, speedy and terrib'e judg ment for crimes more horrible than the punishment any has yet received. "In my judgment our northern friends, and 2t newspapers, as well as the leaders of our own race, would do more good by crying out against these - awful crimes than by abuse of a noble and generous people for inflicting a just and merited punishment. "No, it is not a race question; it is only an issue between right and wrong; between good and evil; between vice and virtue, and as for me and mine, I shall side with the virtuous and those who protect virtue and be content with the punishment inflicted upon the vici ous and those who lust after virtue and blood. "Quit the crime and you will avoid the punishment."-Atlanta Journal. Too Much Whiskey. A dispatch from Washington, D. C., says Doc Tharpe, a member of Company A, Fifth immunes, Wednesday nightr shot and killed Aaron Bishop, a mem ber of Company G, of the same regi ment, while shooting at ex-Sergt. Acten of the district police. Tharpe was drunk. He and his comrade were mus tered out at Camp Meade Wednesday and were en route home. Tharpe came from Mississippi and Bishop from Oia den, Ga. Willed Away His Wife. Sam T. Jack, of New York, willed his wife to his brother James C. Jack. The last testament of the actor and theatrical manager, proprietor of sev eral theatres, "Creole," and other bur lesque' companies, who died April 27 last, was filed for probate today in the office of the surrogate. It contains this remarkable provision: "It is my wish, first and foremost, that my brother Janme and my wife Emma shall become husband and wife." James C. Jack was asked if he would accept the be quest of his brother, but he would make no statement. Ex-Confederates Snubbed. The exConfederates living at Colum bus, Ohio, received a snub in that city on memorial day last week. A mag nificent floral tribute was tendered by the Southerners for the graves of the Union dead at Green Lawn Cemetery which was refused. Great indignation followed among various members of the G. A. R. Post. The southerners are assired by action of the committee that this action represents only the individ ual opinion of those who made the re fusal and that the G. A. R. has no sympathy with this action. Disaster in Japan. The steamer Kinship Marau brings news from the Orient of a large fire at Yamagata, Japan. Six hundred houses and eleven shrines and temples were destroyed. A number of lives were lost. Thirty noises were burned in the Abobisa theatre fire at Kobe, April 30. One man perished.