The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 03, 1900, Image 1
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VOL. -XV. MANNING. S. C.,WDEL)Y A JAY3 100 O 6
CE NS UlUS 0 \F U S.
A Scherre to Rcb ihe Sct.h cf
Her. R-presentatives.
GOTTEN UP BY R EPUBLICANS
Its Success Would Give that
Party IndEfinite Centrc cf
all Branches of the Gov
eramrnam.
Repesentatie 'Cruupack er. AR
publican from Inriaa. has a bill now
btfore the lou-e of lleiresenattivnS
wlich will rob the South of hlf Ler
representanves in Congress atnd the
Elleteral Col'esc :hould it eu-me a
la.,. Ciumpackr has pre. pared a state
ment setting forth the objects sought
by his bill and expliniug the necesC5ity
for itz enactmLent into law. His staze
ment follows:
"The Q_ jeet of the bill I r, cu-ttly ia
troduced -5 to furnish cot grtss with
information, shoking the nua.ber ot
male in tabitants in the variols statcs
that have breu disfranebised by opera
tion of local lawvs, in order that a just
and inteligent apportiontent of repre
sentatives mnay be had under the
twelfth census. The f urteenth
.mendment to the federal constitutioa
req Lires the apportionment of represen
tatives to be based upon po-pulation,
but in the event that any state shah
disfranchise any of its male in.ab-itants
over twenty one years of age, who are
citizens of the United States. except
i. for criwe or participation in rebel
lion, the representation of such state
shall be reduaed in the proportion that
the disfrauctsed wale inhabitants bear
to the whole number of male inhabi
tarts over twenty-one tears of agie.
frat pronision of the conatitu:ion is
imperative. it is the policy of the
federal government to eneourage uni
ver:al manhood sufcrag, and it is a
notorious fact that in a number of.
stat!esa;w revortiou or tme voting
u aion- is disfran::hised.
In sowe states not over 12 per cent
of the male inhabitants over twenty
ote years of age arc allowed to partici
pate in elections. That result is
brought about in part by dir.ct pro
viions of law and in part by malad
iui,tration on the part of election
officers. Tue reconstruction legisla
laiiuu that was desigred to place the
baliot in the hands of the colored man
in order that he might be able to nake
imself felt as a factor in the affair, ol
his locality has been practically nulli
tied. White cjidzens'of the Suth no
loager disguise the fact that they
systematically evade the federal con
stitution in tixing cqualifications that
take the right of suff:age away from
the negro.
"II 3Mississippi. Louisana and South
Carolina, at the cofigresiional elections
in 18118, the xvte iu each district
averaged about 5 0.11. The average
vote in the state of indiar i at the same
election averaged atnve 4~>,000 in each
hatrict. Thje suprceecourt of the
ate of 31is~sioild, in a recent de
ion, boldly dielartd that the hg's
~ture of the st::te had swept the hela
expedients in its atteumpt to di-cuver
ans to disfranchise the colored wan
.thout violatig the fifteen'h amend
Kent of the federal constitution, and
it upheld the legislation.
"in several of the states are ecuca
tioi laws, fixin;: so high a standard
that it is almost inmp.ossib.le for a colored
man to be registered. In Louisiana
they have what is caihd 'the grand
father c~ause.' It providts that the
educational law shall not apj ly to auy
oLe who was a vottr on the ]st
f Juary, 1867, nor to any of hi5
n al descenuants The eff et on t1.0
~ovison is to litmit the opelation of
ihe eoucational law to the celored race
eclusively, b cause they could not
ote on the date fixedl and every white
man could.
I have profcutd sympathy with
the whites of the South who are hon
estly atte.pting~ to prjtect their inati
tutions ag aint t~he ravages of illiteracy
ad ignorance. I believe t4.i' fair
educational laws, bont s ly admihis
~.rtd, would have a most saluty
efet. If the colord man should bo
Sto know that in order to become
er he nmust prevare himself by a
egree of knochledge, at~d if we
assured that did he so prepare
lf the right to vote would be
accord. d nim, there would be a
t inducement for him to strive
ac iniportant p--i'.h-ge, and when.
ived it, it would be amako
no-it wotd4- ziue~ce his
aud mae biax a better
1e prejudice maaiust color in
otinons, however, is so gent ral
Stense -hat Ciserimination is not
ade between tte worthy and the una
orhy.'The laws, either by express
rvision orghi-e met hod af their ad
inistration, ad:Musinate agaiinst all
olored men alike. The colored man
oderstatds. ts, atnO, seeing no prog
cts ot impr'viug his conciilon. he is
pitg into hope-eness. if the rep
rsejtation of those states should be
reduced, as it ought to be, it would
opate as a countervaihnfl force and
tind to estabish a proper political
equilibriumi. The importance of a
large representation in co.ngress and in
the electoral college is appreciated by
'the w ite peple of the South, and they
wud be p~oipted, oni the one haud,
to stalish fa~r law.s for the trotection
o teir domestic inst itutiong. and. on
the other hand, to honestly admienter
them. and to accord the colored man
the right to articipate in poiEties as
soon as he was fitted fur tne priuilege
in or der to increase their retprescota ionl.
This would put before the egro a cou
stant inducement to equip himself and
it would be a powerful force toaard the
eevation of the moral and intellectual
tone of the race.
"The white peoplh of the South have
felt jtfied in resorti; g to subterfuges
for the purpose of evading the federal
laws, in order to protect thenbelves
against the colored vote, until there
prevails in manny laealitmes a general
condition of political demorabization.
The cheating oft eleetion law~s has comeC
to be look~d upon as a virtue. Tihe
respect for law, that is so conspicuous
. ,h..a.,gritic of the A merioan people
in!-t 01'~t, o ~ (-ou!trv. h-as re
Ceeved a gret ws() in 6 Su- i. Can
e cX: t I a - thit:c ut 1 clttigs at d
!U.) Wue in a cou.v uniy w hire the
test -acred laws are irauwh d in the
dust by the governing cia by bubter
fuge anc. evaiou?
' I the !oneteenth awcndment, in
my judgmCit. siumbers the most po
tent poaer at the coniand of the fed
e:al gover;,ent to facilitate a correct
soluuen of the race problnm. I know
that leilaion caunot put character
itnto the liv. s ror brains into the heads
of people. Lut it -x:n put into action
social and pl iCal forces that Way
teid to pr.aite2 hcalthy, woral and in
tellectual deve opment. Th~e coloted
rae-: .must wia its waty to prominence
thrJu.,h the slow and tedious process of
evelutioz, if it ever . ins that diatin
tto , but it is the dty of the govern
nut to ene urg. ad not retartd that
prceess. Thi, is the first auspicius
.'.portuoiry the governre.Lt his had
fr the etforecenwnt e the fourtierth
amendment. We uS it her aval
uurzelvts of t-at oppt..rtu) ity or ae
knovl-,dge our iuability to do anything
f..r th.: irotection of the colored I cpIe.
If there % .re nothing in this question
but party aivantage, i wv(uld Lot thitk
1or a morxent of it J:ctng it ito the
affairs of the couutry, but it caries
with it problems of ,uch iwpartcece.
morally anu sociaily, that-its sigiti
ance cannot be ov..rv ilued.
"Objectioi has been made to the
agiratioa of the question at thi-; time
io the gr nud that it might alietate
Lmld Daoer.its and expaus-ou
Demoetats fro n the Repub.ican
party Lext year in some of the clise
states. I cannot believe that the Re
ublican party has reached such a
stage that it wi.l p-urposely igure a
great politico moral quction-oue that
affects the destiny of a whole race-for
the uncertain prospeet of securin:g a
few votes from the tanks of its tradi
tional enemy upou an i- aue that is [low
pr-eticaily settled. That streat party
Is never so strong as when it is r:ght,
and never so weak as when it subordin
ates principle to cxp d:enicy. When it
loses its elftrispect it Cantiot hope to
command the respect of th~e adherents
of other parties. I believ- in gold as a
standard of ;alu-, but no: as a stand
. ... rals. If we permit this op
p rtunity to go by without d.i,ive ac
tion, we will lose five Republican votes
for every Democrat we will gain."
Reported Dead But Living.
An attempt to obtain the payment of
an inauranee policy ou tme life of a wan
upposed to be dead, but who bas
turned out to be alive, has come to
light Oa July 10, la-t, Aaron Wolf
,(.hn was living in L ,s AT g-les. Cal.
On that date his father B, ij Wolf
hon, tailor, received ne ts that ois son
was dead frow inhaling gas with suici
dat intent in the rooms oIf a woman
who at that time refuaed to give her
name. The son's life was insured for
$10 000 in the New York Life company.
Evidence was produced purporting to
prove that the dead man was none other
than Aaron Wolf,ohn. The insurance
was paid to the public administrator in
Lo< Argeles, Cal., but befere the money
could be turned over to the young
mau's father, Aaron was reported to
have been seen in Chicago The riis.
covery was made by an uncle residing
in that city antd the )onug uwan's par
ents were notified and on Aug. 11 the
attorneys, Sale andi Sale of Sc. Louis,
wired to th~e headquarters f the New
York Life Inaurance erompany, which
at once nwade a demand on the ;rublic
ad ministrator for $10.000,. 'he amount
of the insurance on Wolfaohn's lhfe,
which is still held by him.
Shrewd Hindu Priests
Hindu astrolozters, according to Bjm
bay papers which have just been re
eeived, are attributing the famine,
olague and British reverses to the pe
ciar cor-jumct ion of the planets, when
on the lihof November, seveni planets
were it the aigu of Sc -rpio. The Hin
dus of Bombhay, therefore, to avert fur
tier calamity and insure success to the
British arms, arratnged for -pecial
players and r~ ligious ceremonies at one
of their great teropies. Seventy-five
learned Brahbmins offlciat~d. The first
act was a presentation of gifts to these
priests of valuabme shawls and money.
The priests then invoked divine b!es-+
ings on the rulers and ruh-d, and the
pe-o.;le sang hymns in M1arathii and
Gjarati. At the close of the service
three cheera were given for the~ long
lfe, ulory and suecess of her M.Ljesty,
the Qicen Eapress.
Three Leading Questions.
WXlliam Jenning Bryan's attention
was called to a dispatch f rom WXashing
ton statirng that lie had written Con
~r( s-man Daly of New J~ r~ty that he
wuld make sev.nral speeches itn the
eat, diseuasing truats and impetialism,
and he was asked as to whether the
rport indicated any intention of
abnconing the silver question. He
said: Cotngreasman Daly has probably
been miaquoted. I expect to make
sevral speeh-s in the east but I ex
pct to discuas the money question
along with other questions. There are
tree queations now prominently be
fore the people, to-wit: Lhe monev ques
tion, the trust question and the Puilip
pine question. Whenever I make a
political speech I discuss all three
qustions."
Blew Off His Hand.
A special dispatch from Bi-hopvile
to The State says 3Mr I. 1 31uldrow
had his hand so terribly mutilated by
the premature explosion of a cannon
-raker that ampjuation was necessary.
Tne operati'n was sucersflly per
formed by Des. Dennis, Alfo-d anid
Mlanning. It is reported that Dr. IIar
ris of Elliotts met with a similar acci
dent. a'so that a young~ man by the
ramne <f Atchison accidetntally shot
himself through the Laud while hand
lin5 a shotgun.
A Successful Career.
The career of the several Keeley In
stitutes in various parts of the United
States attests the eilicacy of the treat
ment employed for the whiskey, the
morphine and the tobacco habit. Nuw
brs of men who have beetn restored to
usefulness and good repute, through
their rescue from the thraltio- of 'he
battle r. juice in the blessed relief
which has come to themn. T1he Keeley
Institute is now located at Columbia,
INDUSFRIAL B0031.
The Figures Showing Last Year's
Business Investments.
CLASSES OF ENTERPRISES.
Statement That is Sianificant.
The Capital That is In
volved in the Year's
Record.
The statement of the Secrctary of
State showing the number and charac
ter of enterprises chartered in the S a-e
during the past year as compared with
the preceding year is worthy of more
thati pisbing attention. It shows that
cottoin mranuacturing beads the list of
enterprises actually organized and ua
der way; that building and loan, cottun
sced oil, lumber, banking and like en
terprises bespe.aking a great industiial
boom throughout the State, have been
the principal obi, ets of capital seeking
it.vestmncnt. Richland heads the list
ot the counties as to capitalizition, and
Charleston is firtt in the number 1 f
companies. Here is the comparative
biatemwent of the enterprises chartered
up to this week by classes:
189S.
Cai ital
No. Stck.
Cotton manufacturing.. 6 $510,000
Electrical construction. 0 ......
Cotton s-:ed oil.. .. ...3 42 0)
Milling and giutlikg. 7 109,901)
Iron working......... 1 ;.tIo0
Newspaper and printing 1 5.i00(
Other nm.ufacturiug.. 7 371.000
Cottun couipress...... 0
Rdilroad construction.. 1 100,000
PowLr, light, water and
ice ................ 3 6,0.00 0
Lumber.... ......... 1 S.000
Transportation- other
than railroad....... 1 15,000
Telephone and tele
graph............4 9.800
Tobacco warehouses.. 3 6 500
General warehouse. ... 1 2). 000
Bui'dit g and loan..... 4 650.000
Real ctate, loan and
investment........10 325.500
Banking ............5 1511,o00
Carpet mill... .......1 60,000
Farming and agri:ultur
l.................3 144000
Mercantile ...........20 273 3M)
Granite and wining.. 2 21(1 (000
Phosphate and fertilizer 5 27o 000
Insurance and surety.. 4 5.0U0
Collection............
l1.ligious..... ......3 3000
S 'cial.............19 1,750
Meworial. ........... ......
Charitable........... .....
Benevolent and frater
nal..............6 ...
Elucational......... 3 12500
Total...............124 $3,951,750
1899
Capital
No. Sa ek
Cat ton manufacturin. ..11 $3 275 (100
Eiectrical construction 3 62 500
Cotton seed oil.. .... .9 229,000
Mlli.-g anid ginning... 6 26.750
Iron working........2 S.000
News paper and printing 1 6,000
Osher mianufacturing. .15 192.000
Cotton compress.. .. 2. 35.000)
Railroad coustruction.. 1 100,000
Power, light, water and
icec............... 5 145.000
Lumber............9 236,600
Transportation other
thanrailroad.......2 4.000
Telephone and telegraph S 86 620
Tobacco warehouses... 9 42 01'0
General warehoue.... 4 56.000
Building and loan..6 647,000
Real estate, lean and
investmnent ..........10 242 400
Banking .. .......... 6 270,000
t'arpet mill..... ..
Farming and agricul
tural........... ..
Mercantile ....... ...23 272,900
Granite and nwining.. .. 3 64,0(0
Phosphate and ferul zur 1 15 001)
insurance and Surely.. 2 30i'000
(..llectioin...........1 500
Rigious...........2 ...
S.eial..............14 5800O
Meruwrial...........2 1.000
Charitable ...... ....2 ...
Benevolent and frater
.al.......... .....7 550
Educational.........2 5 000
Total.. .. ... .. ..173 $6,O58 72
it w'ill be noted that thre bas bi'.
a na'rked increase in the number. and
sonething over two millions in capitali
zatton.
BY COUNTIES.
The following is the statement of
the chatters granted:
Cap.
No. Stock.
Abbeville..... ... ..... 2 $27 uoo
Aiken ............... 1 15.000
Anderson ............17 9SS.(t00I
Barnwell..... .......1 10 000
Biamnberg..............1....
Brkeley... .........2 30
Charleston ..... ......26 756 9'11
Cherokee.............6 58.4001
Chester .... .......... 6 25o Su
Chesterfield ..........5 195 5(00
Ca.enden..... ......2 12 7u11
(olleton.............1 3000I~
Darlington .............4 32000il
E g-field.. ..........2 20 0W0
1arfeld ........ .....2 39 00011
Florence .. ...... .. ...3 6'J.(10
Georgetown..........2 5 000
Greenwood...........3 39000
Giree.nville .. .... ...... 12 372.7'"'
Hampton .... ........1 12 ('(41
H'rry........ ........ 3 P11 000
Kershaw ............. 2 1:5.000
L ancaster......... ... 5 193 0
L iurens ...... .......3 31 5(40
.ilarion......... ......11 1]7 50n
Marlboro.... ........2 1i3 (001
Newberry ............4 56100)
Orangeburg .. .. ...... 3 8" 000l
Oconee..............1 l11 00)
Picken......... ....I1 25.ll"0
R:chland.. .. .... ....i1 1,910 00041
Saluda...............1 4110
Spartanburg..........6 165 250
Sr:wter..............5 220 000m
Urnion ................ 1 20100)
Williamsburg......... 420
York ..... ...........7 113 000
Ta +he mattir of cnminsin ismmed
t! bc.h in I?93 was 1*.5 with $5,
* *0a or ( ti'i.:. as ::e:i'et iGS. cm
. i 1 w t :t a. :a.itIIIZ.Ltion of
Couldi't Kid Him,
Early Wednesday nrning about 3
o'c:o.-k a dust and tmoke b grimcd
tramp printer, one of the variety coi
I ionly known as hobo, came into the
local ofles of The State and announced
that he and a companion had been
be:;ir, their way in from Augu-ta on
the 'Sutth-rn's mix- d train; that 1.is
c .mpaiion, who hailed from Grand
Ipids, Mich., had fdlen from his
peroh bet ween twvo box cars just as th y
had gotten in sight of. ie ihts of Co
lumbia, abeut "our mijiks beyond
a. ,' :id db,a;pared bencath
the train. His story was 'phoned to
the N .u li r railway oilices and the
authoritis sent iout a searehing party
expec:titg to fi:id the tr:any's nmtagli
ireinan' or. at le:ast, to find him badly
iijured. But the searching party
could 'fiod no trace of the man and
nothibg wore was heard of him until
abtUt 9 iL. I.. whe he came saunter
ing into he city cowfortably full and
octasional;y rt'bbine one shoulder upon
which he :.tii he had 'lit." He at
tribut(s his i:munity fromu things that
kili ordittary men to hi red hair and
his B Yna'ekian nerv.x The latter, he
say5, w~-il never expre by limitation
atid the f.,r.uer takes al, the temper out
of scIssovr,.
A Terrible Disaster.
A terrible disater reently took p'ace
at Atnalfi. the popular tourst resort oTT
the Guif of Saleruo About 2 o'clock
an enorwous r;ek, upon w'hich stood
the Cappuccini Hotel, slid b tdily into
the sea, wiin a deafening roar, and
withtut a moient's warning, carrying
with it the hotel, the old Capuchin
moast lry belox, the hotei Santa Cal
eritia arin several villas. MaTy persons
were buriel ii the debris, which
crushed four vessels to the bottom of
the sea, destroying their crews. The
mass of earth which slipped was about
fifty thousand cubie yards. The popula
tion is iu a state of terror, fearing fresh
cilauities. Troops baye ariived upon
the tcene a-d begun rescue work. It
is believed that the loss of life is heavy,
including a number of monks and the
occupants of the hotel. As yet it is
imposible to ascertain the exact num
ba r. Amald is a small but lively toon
of 7,000 inhabitants, situated at the
entrance of a de' p ravine surrounded b3
impo:ing mouutains and rocks of the
most picturcsqie forms The Capuchin
monastery wa, found~d in 1212 by Car
dinal Pietio Capucano for the Cister
.tians, but came into possession of the
the Capu -Lis in 1S53. The building.
which stood iTT the hollow of the sea to
a height of 230 feet, contained fine
cloisters.
Killed the Sheriff.
Will Gorman, a Nero, shot and in
stantly killed Sheriff T. B. Simkins
Thursday imorning at the Scurry place.
ix miles north of Monticello. G'r
man was wanted for murder and Sim
kius and a posse went to arrest him.
I'bey closed in on the cabin in which
the N. gro was conc aled. A, Siwkins
pushed open the door, Gorwan shot
him twice in the breast. The murder
em estaped fromT tibe rear door but was
shot down aod killed. M1r. Sitnkirs
was a man of utueh promninteoce in Jef
F4r~on c ,uty and was the fathe'r of
Mlrs. J B. Baker atnd MIrs. W. B. Den
ha-n of Jia:-konville, both well known
society ladies.
A Drunkard's Folly.
Two re e .t_ d .. a il
road bridge 70 feet high' at .Loudou,
Ten n., 'Tuesday under p'euliar circum
stances. Sam Ehdridge, colored, one
of the men, will die. The other will
probably recover. John Weare, in a
drunken co:.dition attempted to ride
across the hieh bridge and had f-teed
his horse alot g about forty feet btfore
it fell between the crossties. An on
ctting triau was fl geed j ist in time
to precent horses ano nider t~cinlg killed.
hi att TmpI itng to gret the horse off thes
briage Sitmue! Eldidge anid Win. Rog
ers were knoeked off the s'iucture.
Forty Children Drowned.
Upward of forty sceol chidren were
dr ,wned r, cently in an ice accident at
Frelir'gh..mI Belgiu-n, near the French
frontier. The chid en of the distric'
had been given a butiday with permnis
sion to play on the frozen river La s
Wh len the i, rrincent was at full height
lihe ice broke sud-ny and the children
disappear'd A few were rescued halt
dead, but th a maj'rity were drowmtd.
Thirtiy six ho lies have been recovered,
but others are siill missiig. The cat
atrophie s; real consterntation through
th'e town, where nearly every family
~uffered 10s4.
Throat Cutting Contest.
In a street duel at Deposia, Ala., two
men were killed and a third probably
fatally wounded. James H arden's
throat was cut from car to car by his
nephew, Jesse Harden. The former is
dead. John C. Harden, a brother of
the dead man, was slriously cut b
Jesse Harden, and as the tight wa
rawingi to a close Mlac Rusell d:s
ebared a load of buckshot into the ab
domen of .Jesse Ilardeit. causitng death.
All the parties are well known and
reminent in poliiies. The cause of
the fight is not known.
Killed in a Rabbit Hunt.
A special dispatch front Liurtens to
The N.-ws and Courier say s iin a rabbit
hunr Wednesdsy near C ross Hill, Cas
per Fuller, a .outg gentletnan 19 tears
.ld. was accideutahl) shot by M1r. But
ler Rachardson. Young Fullar died
this mninguii. They ate of our best
cenies. The accitent will be greatly
d prkred.
British Subjects Warned
The British privy ecuncil held a
meeting at Wind or Castle at which
Q'ieen Xict oria proclaimied a warning
to a~l B~iti.,h Sui'j ets not to a~Sist in
habitants si the Traunaal or ot the
0.auge Free State to sell or trans
tort mierchandi~e thereto under penalty
of the law.
Killed Both' Brothsrs.
As the result of a dispute between
Johun and Jiamesc Cart~r, bothers, and
Bid La tn.~ a neigh bor. at: ln. Lick,
Putnu cuty, Tfetnu, aoquarrel en
seed, termtiating in Ly nen killing
tho bhersa All are farmcrm.
THE MAINE DEAD.
Buried in Arlington With the Im
pressive Honors of War.
THE PRESIDENT PRESENT.
While his Cabinet. Admira! Dewey
Gen. Miles and Other Distin
guished Army and Navy
Officers Attend.
Upon the windy heights of Arling
ton cemet.:ry the Maine dead, brough.
from Habana by the battleship Texas,
were Thursday laid away in their final
resting place with simple religious ser
vices and the impresive honors of war.
A cabinet officer surveying the fig
draped coffins bMfore the ceremonies
began, said: 'The lives of these men
cost Spain her colonies.
The ~cakets ranged row on row.
Over each was spread an American en
sign upon which lay a wreath of galax
leaves. Around the enclosure, shoulder
to shoulde-, the yellow of their coat
linings forming a band of color, were
drawn up the cavalry of Fort Meyer;
to the right wasa battalion of marines
from the navy yard with their spike
helwets and scarlet capes turned back;
to the left a detachwmnt of jackies
frem tne Texas in navy blue; in the
ffbg-draped stand in the rear, the pres
ideot and his cabinet, Admiral Dewey,
aai. Gen. Miles and a di-,tinguirhed
group of officers of the army and navy
in their showy dress uniforms; while
all around pressed the throng of people
who had braved the snow and biting
cold to pay their last tribute to the
dead. Among these were many rela
tives and friends of those who had
been lost in the disaster. There was a
render appropriateness in the fact that
Capt Sigsbee, wh) was in command of
the Maine when she was blown up, had
charge of the ceremotics iu honor of
his men and that Father Chidwick,
who was chaplain of the Maine. was
there to perform the last rites. Three
others who lived throuth that awful
night in Habana harbor were at the
side of the graves of their comrades,
Lieut. Commander Wainwright, who
was executive officer of the Maine and
Jeromiah Shea, a fireman on the Maine,
who was blown out of the stoke hole of
the ship.
The full marine band broke the deep
hush, peaing forth the dirge "Safe in
the Arms of Jesus," and there were
twitching of lips and wet eyes as Chap
lain Clark of the naval academy at An
napoils came forward and took his
place under a canvas canowiel shelter
in the open space in front of the dead.
The Protestant services were held
first and were very simple. Chaplain
lirk read the burial service of t:.e
Episcopal church and then gave way
to Father Chidwick, who was assisted
by Revs. H1olaind and Brown and two
purple robed acol3 tes. Bar d to the
wintry blast this best beloved of naval
prirsts read a memorial service accord
ing to the rites of the Cathohic church,
consigned the d ead, bless d the ground,
wepeatted the L .ru's prayer and con
eluded with a feivent appeal for the
repose o' the souls of the departed.
A detachment of marines in com
mand of Capt. Kirmony then marched
to. the right of the graves and fired
deep stillness that followed the crash
the clear silvery notes of a bugle rang
iut the soldiers' and sailors' last good
night.
With the sounding of taps the cere
monies ended. The priest and his
party 'and the other distinguished
guests, the military and the crowds
then withdrew. Before leaving Capt.
Sigsbee introduced Jieremiah Shea to
the president. When asked for an ex
lanation of his escape by the presidenr,
Shea responded as he did to a similar
inquiry from FAther Chidwick at the
tinme of the disaster: 'I dint know
ho~v I got through. .I was blown out.
I guess I mnu-t have been an armor
piercing proj-etile."
Arid thus after two years the dead of
the M1aine have been brcught homie,
and, in ground reserved for the na
tion's her-es, have bcen burieai with
ull miilitary honors and in the service
of their faith.
Found Murdered.
S-one dead, with a bul~et in the back
of his neck, was ihe eoodition in which
Mr. C. Beverly Turner was f.'uud near
he stable in his yard Wednesday ni.ht.
Mr. Turne r lived near Ferenson's wharf,
in Isle of Wight county, Va., anid was
a well known saw nili man. owning large
interests near his home. Mr. Turner
was last seen alive a bout 6:30 o'clock,
when he went out to feed his stock.
Some time afterwards he was found
l ing not very far from the house, and
between him ano the stable were found
his hat arid lantern, evidencing that he
had made an attempt to reach the
hoiuse after being shot. The motive
for the rourder is uniknown, tut a man
named Nat Gillieasr has been arrested
on suspicion of being the slayer of the
dead man. Giligan vigorously protests
shi innocence.
After IMany Yeais.
A dispatch' from Atlanta says Gov.
Candler r ceived a communication from
Gov. Jiohns on of Alabama, staling
that James Hall. an escaped convict,
had been arrested in Birrmingham.
Hali was convieted of simple larceny
in Museogee county, Georgia, in 1872,
and sente aced to lifteen years in the
penitentiary. lie served nine years
when he escaped and has been at biber
ty nearly nineteen years. Recently
liall had a quarel with his brother,
who betrayed hinm to Sheriff O'Brien of
Biuminaham. lie will be returned to
Georgia.__________
To-Bc Garroted.
The supreme court ef Puerto Rico, at
Ponce, has sentenced five tmen to be
garroted. In October, 1898, 20 men
heavily armed with guns a'a machates,
robbed a house at Yauco, province of
Ponce, and murdered a man named
Prudencio Mendez. They also danced
around the body with his daughters
who were under compuision. Scven of
the men were eaught, but subsequently
one of the prisonvrs esapaed and one
ied in iail
STAFF COMMISSIONS ISSUED.
Company Officers Will be the Next to
Receive Theirs.
The adjutant general has begun the
preparatio:n of the commissions for the
officers who are to be retained in the
reorganized militia force of the State.
A start was made Friday when the
commissions were issued to the mem
bers of the governor's staff, the gov
ernor duly signing each. All the com
missions bear date of August 23 last,
save those of Gen. Floyd and Col.
Frost, dated Jan. 18 last. The official
list of the commi.-sions is as follows:
STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
Adjutant and Inspector General-J
W Fioyd, brigadier general, Kershaw
county.
Assi.tant Adjutant and InspecLor
General-Col. J D Frost, Columbia.
Qiartermaster General-Gol. W C
Mauldin, Hampton.
Commissary General-Col. W B Wil
son, Charleiton.
Surgeon General-Col. E J Wanna
maker, Columbia
Paymaster General-Col. Geo. D Till
man, Jr., Clarks Hill.
Judge Advocate General-Col. U X
Gunter, Jr., Spantanburg..
Chief Engineer-Col. Jno. F Folk,
Bam!:erg.
Chief of Ordnance-Col. Louis J
Biistow, Darlington.
AIDES TO Co3MANDER IN-CHIEF.
Lieut. Col. H Fay Gaff iey, Gaffney.
Lieut. Col. August Kohn, Columbia.
Lieut. Col. E J Watson, Columbia
Lieut. Col. Jas. A McCarley, Whit
mire.
Lieut. Col. C S Redding. Charleston.
Lieut. Col. Jas. A Hayt, Jr., Colum
bia.
Lieut. Col. W C Hough, Lancaster.
Lieut. Col. Thos. C Hamer, Bennetts
ville.
Lieut. Col. A H Moss. Orangeburg.
Lieut. C..l G C Sullivan, Anderson.
Capt. S B Hyatt (courier), Columbia.
Stonewali Jackson's Way.
Grizzled Confederate veterans will
smile grimly but triumphantly at the
news that the British authorities have
appointed Lieutenant Celonel Hender
son, professor of military history and
biographer of Stonexall Jackson, on
the sttff of Lord Roberts. Colonel
Henderson has had no practical mili
tary , xperience. The avowed reason
for his appointment is his familiarity
with the tactics and methods of "Old
Jack." In other words, the E!glish
are doing their best to reincarnate and
enlist in their service the Confederate
leader by employing the man who has
most intelligently and thoroughly
studed his campaigns. This is the
highest compliment we have ever heard
of being given the military genius of a
dead soldier. If the British govern
nient can work into its generals the
rains. audacity and energy of Stone
wall Jackson, and into its troops the
onfidence, endurance and patience of
Stonewall .Jackson's men, the Boer,
nav as w-ll surrender now; for the
English soldier has courage, di-ciplirie
ad tquipment. If Jack-on's men had
-en provided and cared for like the
[Jited States or British soldiers of to
day. and he had lived, he would proeba
fly have whipped the earth by now.
reenville News
Clean Up the Old Leaf.
Have you turned over that new leaf
for the cowing year? If you have, just
urn it 'back. 'jva need at bother
yourself about turning over a new leaf.
Clean up the old one first. How is it
possible for you to satisfy your con
science by turning over a new leaf
when the old one is so full of your
shortcomings the past year? Just
resurrect that old leat and spread it out
before you, examine it closely. What
dovou find? Have you iijured any
one? Then repair the damage and erase
that item from the old leaf. Have you
paid yonr subscri;>tou? If not, do so,
and erase that item. Don't y'ou recol
lect that you wronged somebody some
time back? Well, straighten out that
matter and erase it from the old leaf.
And there are many more bad lookiwg
iems on that old leaf which ought not
to be there. Get them off ! Clean up
the old leaf ! Devote this year in ei
pending your best tffrts to get the old
leaf citar', and when y ou gert it de~an,
keep it eiean, and there will be no ne
cessity for turrning over a rnew one.
To Sae The Owner.
The Greenville News announces a
omiag suit agaim'-t M1r J. L blim
naugh of this city by a Greenville man
who came here to see the State fair and
strted out to do so, attemptintg teo
walk down an elevator shaft. Here is
what Tlhe News says: "Calvin Smith,
a well known Greenville man, ha:,
brought suit against J. L. Mlimnaugh.
proprietor of the Grand Central hotel,
Commihia. and a wealhhy business man,
fr $5,000 because he fell down an ele
vator shlaft in the hotel while in Colum
bia attending the 1S98 State fair. MIr.
Smith was severely injured and has
jut now become able to walk without
erutches. He alleges that because the
shaft was unprotected~ the proprietoer is
liable for damages-" At the time of
the accident M1r. 31imnaugh, whi.e he
owned the building, w~s not the pro
prietor of the hotel.-Columnbia State.
Marrying in Philippines
Gen O.is has issued adecree authoriz
ing the celebration of civil marriages
in the Pnilippines. Hle cabled Secre
tary R ,ot to that effect We-dnesday and
the secretary proumptly approved the
actioin. Heretofore all marriages were
celebrated by the Catholic church so
that Protestant and non-Cori-,tians
were prohibicdd froma marrying. The
decree does not interfere witfl the Cath
olis, who may be married according to
their own rites but extenda the privi
lege of civil marriage to those who de
sire it, just as is practiced in the United
States.
Fined Five Thousand.
Capt. Rassoe of the Italian steamer
Eta. from Pejtni, by way of M1alta,
was fined $5,000 by Collector Stone of.
Baltimore l'hursday for being without
a bill oef healch from the latter. Capt.
Ru-soe explained that he had not been
in a United States port since 1888 ahd
was not aware that a bill of health from
a port of call was necessary. Uuder
orders from the treasury department
ho oerzme penalty was inflicted.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.
Bryan Will Be the Candidate Says
Mr. Danforth.
Elliott Danforth, chairman of the
Democratic State committee. returned
to New York Wednesday after a trip
through the South, during which he
taiced with Senator James K. Jones,
chairman of the national committee,
and most of the chairmen of the South
era Democratic State committee. Wed
ne-day afternoon Mr. Danforth gave
an Evening Post reporter the result of
his observations aud some information
about nrext year's i:ational campaign:
"I found," he said, "that the senti
ment was generally in favor of select
irg some Western city other than
Chicago as the place for holding the
National Convention. The members of
the national committee have a strong
feeling against Chicago on account of
treatment they have received from the
newspapers there since they establibhed
headquarters in the city in 1896. It
looks now a3 if either Milwaukee or
Kinsas City will secure the National
Couvention. Milwaukee seems to be
in the lead.
'I also discovered that there is a gen
eral feeling in f tvor of establishing the
headqrarters of the national commit
tee next year in Washington.
"S-nator Jones favored Washington
in 1896, but gave way to Mr. Bryan,
who was in favor of Chicago.
"In my trip through the South I ob
served one thing which will be consid
ered of particular interest in New York,
namely, that none of the leaders seemed
disposed to insit on free silver as the
main issue of the campaign next year.
They did no: say thev had abandoned
the idea, but they acknowledged that
the situation had changed since 1896
and that the dominant issues next
year were trusts and imperiaitm. That
is to say, they are not willing to repu
diate the Chicago platform, but they
ree that new issues of far-reaching im
portance have come up lately and that
their choice should be recorgnized.
Even it States like North Carolina I
found that the anti-trust and anti-im
perialism idea engaged the attention of
the people more than the free siver is.
sue. In fact, I might sum up my ob
servations by say ing that the sentiment
of Dcmocracy in the South is such that
I am confident there will be little
trouble in bringing about a union of
the D mocracy of the whole country
next year.
"The Democratic National Conven
tion," said Mr. Danfori h, "will be held
a short iine after the Republican Con
vention, according to custom. No
muiter when it is held there is Do
doubt about the head of the ticket.
lverywhere I heard only Mr. Bryau's
name mentioned. They are not talking
about candidates for Vice President
yet. An Eistera man will probably
be selected."
Death Rather Than Capture.
A story comes fron Berkeiey County
which almost equals that related of the
Spartan boy who allo wed a fox to gnaw
his entrails before he would let the
theft of the auimal bLCome known. It
seems that a negro named Hey ward had
fallen a prey to tne ten-ptations that
usually beset his race at thia time. He
saw a fat, healthy, young pig and could
not obey the com manuants which say
one mutst nut covet or steal his neigh
bor's goods. Tne pig played too daii
gerously near the man and in a short
while resolution fled and the pig was
stolen. The owner of the porker, ac
companied by seveial friends, went to
atrest Heyward and, very naturally,
that individual made tracks at a very
lively gait and an m"any of them.
He ran towardis Gioose Creek ti while
mid way the stream his pursuers came
upon him. Heyward was told that he
might as well come out, as a boat
wou!d be secured and eventually he
would be caught. Heyward paid no
attention to this advice, but deliberate
ly plunged his head beneath the water
and committed suicide. The pursuers
on the bank were simply horcitied at
the act and never thought for a moment
that the negro would adopt such
desperate methods of avoiding arrest.
l'he water in which Hey ward drowned
himself was not over three feet deep.
The Press Association.
The nainutes ot the Soath Carolina
Press Association's last annual meeting
held at Harris' Springs in the summner
have at last been issued from the
pres.,es and are now bking sent .out to
Lthe members ot the association in vari
'.us portions of the State. Tne nin
utes have been neatly g'tton up and
the little volume is an iuteresting one.
Besides containius the addresses de
ivered during the session in an ap
pendin .re given most entertaining per
sonal recolleetions about Southt Caroiaa
journali'm by Col. Crews and Col.
doyt, the veteran newspaper editors
and publi-hers. A meeting of the
special eo.iumittee which has charge otf
the airaugements for the coming trip
of the members of the association to
Cuba is tu be called shoriiy. It is
ligely that thle association will go on its
Ca'jan exp~ditihu soac timne ini Febru
ary. Duie annouacemiint of the time
of the meeting arid whit is proposed
will be made. -The State.
A Girl Hung.
En~ily Hilda Biake, a domostie, was
hanged at Brandon, Man , Wednesday
mornoing for the murder of Mrs. Lane,
her mistress. The execution was pri
vate, only a few persons obtaining the
pivilege of witnes.,ing it. Miss Blake,
who was only 22 years old, walked
firmly to the scaffold without assistance
and was the coolest of the party, with
the exception of Hangman Bateliffe,
She made no statement. The girl con
essed that she committed the critue,
saying she did it because she loved
Mrs. Lane's children and was jealous
of the mother's love. Her trial was
very brief, as she refuted all offers of
counsel and pleaded uuiity.
Runaway Boys.
Mr. W. D JAcobs, of the Richland
mill, is endeavoring to ascertain the
whereabouts of his two rugiaway boys
These lads. O~cair and James Jacotis,
who are aged respectively 14 and 12
years, ran away from their home here
on December 11th, over a fortnight ago
and their parenits have heard nothing
from them. Osear has a se'ar acro~s
the back ,f his left hand. When last
seen the lads were going towards Au
gusta, Ga. Mr. Jacobs would be glad
to receive any information as to tieir
wherhanots.-Columbia tate.
TIIE EARTHQUAKED.
Oe of the Worst Shocks .In
Years Felt in California.
CAME CHRISTMAS
Hotel at Hemit- Badly Sh
and Eastern Tourists Terr
fied Rush From Thei
Rooms in Fright
At 4:25 o'clock Christmas mom
severe earthquake shock was felt o
large portion of Southern Calif
the undulations lasting 12 se
The entire center of the shoe
peared to havg been at San -Jaci
-wall town in Riverside county.
bosiness prtion of San Jacinto
of two blocks of two-story -bni ings,
some of which are built of brick. Ten:
or fifteen - buildings were - damaged,
chimneys being toppled over and wals
cracked and shaken. The total damage
at San Jaeioto and Remit. a small town
nearby, is estimated at $50,000. The
large tourist hotel at Hemit was dam
aged and the ho-pital - at San Jacinto
also suffered. The rear wall of the
Johnson block. at Remit fell. No per-,
son was inj ared at either place as far as
known. The shock was heavy at Sant'
Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino, River
side and other places, but no particular
damage is repirted except from San
-Jacinto and Hemit. A dispatch from
San Jacinto says nearly every two-story
building was wrecked and it is ostimated
that the dimage will aggregate over
$50 000. The niain shock was preced
ed by a loud. roaring sound and awak
ened many just in time to escape from
the doomed building. The busioess
street is such a wreck that tons of de
bria had to be removed before the biild
ings could be entered.
At Saboba Indian reservation 'six
squaws were killed by falling walls, .ojW
fatally injured and many seriously
jured.
The shock caused dry artesian
to flow larger streams than ever bef
Considerable damage was reported
the nearby villages.
TEEPaSI'JOUS TRIP.
A Steamir Arries at Norfolkf
Liverpool a Week Overdue.
A special to The Pst from
Va., says: The big Johns
steamer Noranmore arrived he
day afternoon right from Liver
ter one of the most tempestuo
sages on record. Capt. Rich
her commander, reported havi
an unknown bark founder at
her crew of 12 men. The Nora
which flies the Belgian flag, is o
tons register. She sailed from
pool for Norfolk, Dec. 17th, an
nearly a week overlue, her agents w
anxious abone her. The hurricane
which swept this coast Situraay struck
the Noranmore at sea at night. The
waves rolled over almost continuously,
arid wou'd, Capt. Richardson, says,
have swamped an ordinary ship.' Soon
after the storm arose the Noranmore
overhauled a strange bark which was on
the point of foundering. Only the
stump of one mast still stood, and oth
ers having been cut or carried away.
Several lights were burning aboara-f'sr
and 12 men, believed from~ their ges
tures to be foreigners, were seen run
-iing about the decks, which were
awaslt. A boat's crew, in one of the
Noranmor, ' boats was put over the
side and the~m2'9,ed for the bark.
The boat was swamped;; simmedi
ately, The men, who wore life OI.
were picked up bya second boat, whic
was, however, cjmpelled to return
the Niranmore. While the rescue
these men was being affbeted the
di-appeared in the d irkness and
Richardsen says that beyond doub
anid her crew'went down. Saaren
after dybreak revealed no sign o
Teranzmore's steel boa' was
auiblades of her propeller wer
'but aje-m aged to reach this
without: the loss of a nun.
Ktlled on a Trestle.
A dispach frez Aalerson to T
State~says on Wednes lay, the shifti
engine [at the Onarleston and Westera
Uarolina depot ra.' ov'erMrsJames Jones.
Mrs. Jones, with her two little boys had.
just returned oa the 6:10 p. m , train
from a Caristmas visit to her mother's,
and, aceonpanied by her husbad, was
walking a short distnce up the track,
toward their home near the O:r C>tson
mill, when the accident happened. It
seems that while they were- crossing
a small trestle they were overtaken by
the engine. Mr. Jines gathered his
two little sns and jaunpeJ. from the
track, the erigiae bruising one 'of the
children .sligutly. Ucable te save his
wife, he mas cnmpelled to see her man
iled under the wheels of the locomi
tive. Mrs Jones lived about 30 min
utes aftcr her injuries. She was a wo
man of good re pure and highly s poken of
by her neighbors. She was about 30
years of age, and her husband, who is a
carpenter at O.rr's new mill, and two
children survive her.
He Is a Renegade.
The Washington Poet says: "In a
few days charges will be fied before the
linance commtittee of the senate against
the contrmtion of ex-Representative
William D). Bynum, of Indiana. as
Democratic appointee for the New York
board of appraisers. The minority of
that commnittee are determuined to resist
the installment of Mr. Bynum in that
tosition. ihey will do so on the ground
ohat he is not a Democrat, but has
I.penly afiliatel himself with the Be
publican party.
Jfking His Word Good.
According to some of the lat'est figar
ig the Bors have killed or captured
4 7SG Britons since the racket began,
arid ii hasn't got a good start yet. The
British are probably beginuing to real
ize thar, there was something in'Presi
dent Kriger's deeiaratioo before the
fightinig oegto, that "Eigland my
set'6- Traansvaal. but .he will paya
prr.-o that will startle the iisd