The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 19, 1900, Image 1

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' ' ' r " ,! fr, ; . ! i X73 . 4.5 T. - -- - __ - __ - - . . -:---__- 1i1-__1 T IT T(. -._-___------ - jjDX---- SEVII Vol.. v - - i NN G S C ED\ES l, PTEMBER WSWEENEY WINS. Over Col. Hct by Lge .Ma jv!y. A BIG VOTE WAS POLLED. Tillman Ekcted Lieutenant Gcv error ard Wharton Beats Evans for Railroad Commissioner. The following is the result of the sec and primary. The vote was nearly as large as in the first, the difference being about 2,0110. Over one third of the loss was in Orangeburg. The total vote as cfieially deciared was SS.775 in the race for governor, 8S 393 for lieutenant governor and SS 434 for railroad commikioner. The resuit was declared in various raes Friday night as follows: For Governor M. B. McSweeney .......51.363 James A. lloyt..... .....37 412 McSweeney's majority ...13.931 For Lieutenant Governr Janes H. Tillman.......3 John T. Sloan.. ......... 79S Tillman's maj riy. . ....18 Sr' For Railroad Counio er J. H Wharton............45 912 W. D Evaus ..............42 522 Wharton'. majority. ......3.390 For Congress-Sixth District R. B Scarborough... ... ..7 655 James Norton........... ..6 5S4 So bhrough's amjority. ..1 071 Gov. MLS eeney carried thirty-seven counties and Col. Hoyt seven. The felowin; are the returns as tabulated: FOR GOVERNOR MeSwee ner. Hoyt. Abbevile . ... .. . ... 335 75 Aiken .... ........ 2 .023 1.14S Anderson ... .......1 46 1.9301 Bamber?......... .. 61S 422 Barnwell........... 1.195 767 Beaufort............ 2t7 13 Berkeley............ 76 3i3 Charlestoa ..........3 7' 693 Cherokee...... ..... 74 Si14 Chester............. 74.: 522 Chesterfield.......... .16 Clarendon ..........1. 8 49149 Colleton ......... 1... 4 x 4 Darlingtou .......... 1.212 913 Dorchester ...... ... . 6 521 Edgefield.... .. .... 774 Z i Fairfield............. 655 639 Florence ........ ...1183 7S5 Georgetown.... .... 336 174 Greenville.. ........ 2,47:: 3.O68 Greenwood ......... 7S5 827 Hampton ...... .. 92 4S4 Horry........ .....1 8 725 Kershaw.. 1 97 750 Lancaster.... . +77 S Laurens ...... . .. 1 6'') 1.357 Lexington . 1-70S S0 Marion. .. . ... 1 S S 1.251 Marl'ooro ..... I 1,0'7 71S Newberry.... .......1.214 91i5 Ononee.... .... ..... 1.34 1,260 Orangeburg .. .. .. .. . 362 1 331 Pickens............ 1 3'9 9904 Rlichland .. .... .. ... 1 73' 966 Saluda..... ...... ..1.217 577 Sumter............- 1.174 1-o99 Spartanburg.........2 7947 3 .365 Un~ion .. ...... .. .. .. 120 82 Williamsburg... ..... 1.912 752 York.............. 1.734 1 202 fotal....... ....51365 37 412 FOR L!ETENANT GOVERNOR Tiflman. Sloan. Abbeville . . - .281I Aiken..... -...-. -~ 5 Anderson... -.. -- 13 i, Bamberg........ 4 8 Barnwei.....- 13( 9 Beauf ort..... .l') 2S Berkeley....... 3 22 Charleston..... 152 23~ Cherokee...... 10: 4 Chester.......-. 41 1 Chesterne -..... 113 -" Clarendon... -... 107-o Colleton ....... u 82 Dariirngton...... ,5 6 iDorchester.... .. 01 4 Edgefield ....... 93 E air field . Florence....... 1 t7 Georgetown...... .i 8 Greenville 3 1S9 GreenwocaQ -~ 7 Hampton - 4 2 Horry. . 3 I~3 Kershaw 1,7.6 Lancaster...1U9 71 Laurens .)( ~ 16 Lexington1 0 83 Marion . ....... " 12 Marlboro .so 8' New berry131 7u Oeonee .1 - 1-2 Orargebug 1g4 1,6 Pickens ........ . Richland~ Saluda ........ o . Sam.ter...-..----1--1~' Spartanb.umZ3 .1 Union - - i h William ! .u - - -76 York........ ,.. 13 1,218 53 J 48914 1,304al. 838 22 1 30' 2 1,5i76 Chare~tO. 3,4 149 Ch86ok77. Chester.3 1,64 835 F~orn~e 1,1 730 Greer1.106 1.51 1,35 43 Lauens......... 44 2.63; 1 nw n .. . 1,1.97 1 317 Mai* 2,485 743 * 1.321 400 * 11: 1.543~ * 1, 116 1,475 0 a u ....... .. 1,41t) 1 316t } - . 98 1.405 .d ............ .54 1. +34 .uun.t. ... . . . 1.234 1.030 S :aruo.......... 1,949 3 43I t ,n .. .. .... .. .... 896 1.133 XWi i.mburg ........ 1,128 832 Y ok..k.. k............ 1,65') 1,260 To' . .....42 522 45,912 FOR CONGRFEs-SIXTH DISTRICT. Soar Norton. borough. Ciarendon ..... ..... 670 891 Darlington ........... 912 1.201 Fiorence ........... 1,224 733 lorry........ ..... 396 2.217 Malion..... ......2093 1.053 Marlboro............. 749 974 Williamsburg ....... . 523 580 Total.. .. 6 5S5 7,655 ROBBER HOLDS UP TRAIN. He Ordered Passengers to Dig up in a Hurry West bound passenger train No. 3, on the Buriington road which arrived in Denver at 7.10 o'clock this moraing was held up five miles east of Haigler, Ncb , at 1.40 o'clock by a lone masked robber who secured about $100 in mon ey, two diamond rings, one diamond stud, three gold watches and other ar ticles of minor value, all the property of passengers. No women passengers were molested. The lone robber, flourishing a revolv er, made his way thrcugh the car and forced his victims to hand over their property, threatening to shoot if they did not comply. A good description of the road agent was secured and Bur lington officials immediately offered a reward of $1,000 !or his capture and conviction. The robber boarded the train at Ben kleman, 203 miles south of Denver, where a stop was made to cool off a hot box and take on water. After the train left Benkleman. he made his way to the rear car, the Chicago sleepers and there covered Porter Bell, Brakeman Tomlinson with a revolver and com pelled them to start through the car, drawing back the curtains from berths. The robber confined his operations to the men and his orders were sharp and to the point. "Dig up your purses," he command ed. B. W. Wilson, of Sacramento, was in the Chicago s!ceper. Mr. Wil son "dug up" $2) in gold and a dia mond ling worth $175 He had otner money and his watca but the robber overlooked these. "I had no time to think," said Wil son today. "When the man ordered me to celiver my valuables I knew that he meant what he said. I simply handed him wiat was convenient and he went on. He had me covered with his revolver and was preceeded by the brakeman, who opened the curtains for him. There was comparatively no ex citement. It was all over in a few min utes and when the robber dropped off the train in the dark there were few who realized fully what had happened." A Train Wrecked. The New Orleans State received a telegram Thurbday which said that 85 lives were lost on the Galf and inter state train which left Beaumont early Saturday morning for Bolivar Point. The train reached Bolivar Point about noon and all preparations were made to run the train on the ferry boat prepara tory to crossing the bay. But the wind blew so swiftly that the ferry could not make a landing and the conductor of the train, after allowing it to stand on the tracks for a few minutes started to back it back toward Beaumont. The wind increased so rapidly, coming in from the open sea, that soon the water tiad reached a level with the bottom of the cars. It was then that some of the passengers sought safety in the nearby lght house. In spite of all efforts eighty-five pas sen gers were blown away or drowned. Tr.e train was entirely wrecked. Those who were saved had to spend over fifty flours in the dismal light house on al mcst no rations. The experience is one they will remnember as one of the most terrible of their whole lives. It is Uncertain. TheWashington Post reminds us of the uncertainty of polituos and the queer antics of the voters by recalling that "eight y ears ago, at this stage of the presidential campaign, the outlook for Rapublican success was every bit as auspicious as it is today. But Mr. Harrison, whose administration was a model in all respects, and who was and is one of the greatest America~ns of his day, went down to defeat the worst beaten Repubican candidate of mod ern times." Killing the Boxers. A dispatch from Pekin say s a body of Rlus~ians Thursday encountered 500) ik xer seven miles from Machipe. The Boxers were armed only with swords and si ears. The Russian cav alry charged on them, killing many o-f them with sabres. The enarge was made through the cornfield and the ilussians succeded in killing the comi mander of the enemy's forces The cas ualties amo~ng the Boxers are estim aed at 200. A Russian fcer was wound ana two Cossacks were killed. The Murderer Caught. A Dispatch from Pakin rays the Japanese have arrested the assassin of Baron von Ketteler, the late German minister to China. The assassin, who har been handed over to the Germians by the Japanese, has confessed his guilt. He was arrested for trying to selcl to a Japanese offier a watch with Baron v-on Ketteler's initials. He afterwards admitted the crim~r, saying that the imperia! governenrt crdered th~ eomarssion of the acL. Eloping couple Killed. H ijran. Laker eloped with John Mo ats ist en year old daughter, fr om Pme vile Fia., on horseback, the girl .riding be..itd. Old feud was between famnres and Moates and two sons, furi ous with anger, pursued them. Get ting near they opened fire r.nd killed both girl and lover. Posse is af ter the -mees who fled to swamns. A TALE OF IIURRO11R. The G-eat Mtsf.rtune That Has Befalkn Galvesten HUNDREDS OF BODIES FOUND Contitions of the City Beg gar Descriptien The Ad jutant-Ger eral of Texas Makes Rep-rt. A dispatch from Austin, T.xas, says official reports from G vestian to Gov. Sayers are that 400 bodies have been identified, 200 more are in an impr >vised morgue awaiting identification and many more are thought to have drifted out to sea and their identity will not be known for weeks A telegram from Adjt. Gen. Scurry, who is at Galveston, to the governor, is as follews: "Have just returned fro:n Texas City with seveial Galveston rartie , who as sure me that condi ions there begear description. Accounts h:'e not been exaggerated. OUe theua:t:d lot i. too conservative. W ile a portiou of the provisions have been detroye'i by wat er, sufficient is on hand t.o redieve im mediate necessities. Thte citizens seem to have the situa ion weil in hand. United States tro pund C.>. C., volun teer guard, with ci:izens, patrol th-j streets to prevent lootirg. I reqested W. B. Wortham t: g.? to t~hiveston from Tesas City fcr the purpose of ad vising me of the city's n-t urgent needs, and I returned here to report and ask for further instructions [ respect fully suggest that the distress is too great for the people of Glv-ton, even with the assistanee of Houston, to stand, and that a general appeal for help will be welcomed. The estimate of 10,000 destitute does not seem to be exces sive." Authentic information from the storm swept city of Gaivestion reached the Memphis office of the Associat.-d Press. The intelligence came in the shape of a telegram addresstd to the Associated Press from M.tyor Jones and five of the most prominent citizens oi Galveston. The telegram bears date of Sept. 11 and states that a conserva tive estimate of the loss of life in Gal veston is that it is not over 3,000. Five thousand families are reported desti tute and the destruction to property is great. Following is the telegram in full: G:lveston, Tcx., Sept. 11. To the Associated Press, Menphis: A conservative estimate of she loss of life is that it will rca:h 3,000; at least 5,000 fanilies are shelteriess and wholly destitute. The entire remain der of the population is suff ring in great or less degr.e Not a single church, school or chari:able insti:ution of which Galveston had s) many 1s left intact. Not a building escaped damage and half the whole number were entirely obliterated. There is immediate need for food, clothing and household goods of all kinds, if near by cities wdll open asylums for ,vomen and children !he situation will be great ly relieved. Coast cities should send us water as well as provisions, including kerosene oil, gasoline and candles. (Signed) W. C. Jones, Mayor. M. Lasker, Pesident Island City Savings Bank, J. D Skinner. President Cotton Exchange. C. H. McMaster, For Chamber of Commerce. R. G Lowe, Manager Galveston News. Ciarer ce ( sley. Manager Galveston Tribune. The Post correspondent was in structed to forward the foilowinic ad dress to the people of the United Galveston, Tex , Sept. 11. It is my opinion, based on personal information, that 5,000 people have lost their lives here. Approximately one-third of the residence portion of the city has been swept away. There are several thousand people who are hoeless and destitute. How many there is no way of finding out. Arrange ments are now being made to have the women and children sent to Houston and other places, but the means of transportion are limited. Thousands to be cared for here. We appeal to you for immediate aid. Walter J. Jones. Mr. Jones is mayor of Galveston. TERRIBLE STORY BRIEPLY TOLD. The secretary of the treasury re eived the following joint telegram from Postmaster Griffin and Special Deputy 2ollector Rosenthal at Galves ton: "The city and island of Galveston swept by tertifinceyclone and tidal wave of unprecedented fury. The entire city inundated and gulf encroached several blocks. The residence part in ruins and many people homeless. The dead. it is feared, will reacb about 1,5010 and perhaps twice as many. Streets ob structed by debris. IDead animals and wires in every part of the city, more than eight feet of water in stores and wareouses, damagog stock of goods and provisions. Thousrands ho'meless and wounded, some 5,10 sheltered in custom house, which~ is practically roiless; all railroad commnunication shut off and wagon and railroad bridges leading to manland gene. Ocan steamers to the number of seven or eight ashore and small craft demol isha. Life saving station supposed to be swept away, no trace of crew. Light ship up in west bay; oceupatts sup posed to be safe. O.d custom housc roofess and windows blown out; al! stored merch-.ndise princplly sugar, badly damaged. -Boardinig tbnis swept aa; and ba4rge office badly wrecked. Need tents and :30,000p rations. Citizens relief committee doing~ all in their power but stock of undamaged provis ions exhausted. With all the people housed in buildirg need extra force six men te Lee-p building in sanitary condi tion. Have hired boat to take dispatch to mainland ior transmijssion. Relief urge ntly requested." VANDA LS ANi' GItOCLs. A dispatch fro-u Galveston says the horrors of Sanday were nothirng com pared with Monday. An attempt was made to bury the dead, hut the ground and m. P1. Mcrrizssy scw"''i auh'ority to have the bodies ta ,-> ea for UL". and } rge 7 1. . up to c Twelf th 'reet wharf for tHi. p::r -.' n: tirc-en rendered her . saivice 10 ringn the b"ic. to thei. wharf, butl it .*m ab~ioot iletsuible to get men to handie them. l)1ring the storm and afterwa:d, a great deal of looting was done. M;nv stores had been closed, their owners leaving to look after their families. The wind forced in the windows and l-ft the goods a prey for the marauders Gh'uls stripped dead bodies of jewelry and ar ticles of vaine. Cape. Rafferty, com tnandiog Uniired States troops here, was applied to for help and he sent in 70 men, the remnant of the battery of arti!lery, to do police duty. fThey are pa:rolling the streets under diieCtion of the chief of police. HO N TBE STORM CAKE. It Was Predicted Two Days Before It Came The terrific cyclone that produced such a distressing disaster in Galves ton and all through Texas was predict ed by the United States weathcr bureau to strike Gaveston Friday night and created much apprcbeniion. but the night passed without the prediction be ieg verified. The conditions, however, were omifnous, the d.; ner sinia wai displaye1 on the daptaff :f the weath er bureau, shipping was warneJ, ct.; The southea-teru s; was sunrr:, the Gug bca: hig: on the bea:h with that di-fial thunderous roar that prresged trouble, while the air had the stillness that betokens a storJi. Ftrn oul: of the north, in the tiddie watches of the night, the wind began t, come io spite ful puffs, increasing in voiu:ne as the day dawned. By 10 o'clock Sunday morrnin it was amost a gaie: at noon it had inurea-ed in velocity and was driving the rain, whipping the pools and tearing things up in a lively manner, yet no serious apprehension was felt by residents re mote from the encroachments of the Gulf. Residents near the beach were aroused to the danger that thrcatere their homes. Stupenduous waves be gan to send their waters far iuasnd, and the people began a hasty exit to secure places in the city. Twn gigantie forces were a. work. The Gulf drove the waves with irresistible force high upon the beach, and the gale from the north east pitched the waters against and over the wharves, choking the sewers and fb oding the city from that quarter. The streets rapidly began to ilt with water; communication began to be dif ficult and the helpless people we e caught between two powerful elements, while the wind rapidly increased in ve locity. Railroad communication was cut off shortly after noon, the track being washed out; wire facilities completely failed at 3 o'clock and Galveston was isolated from the world. The wind mo mentarily increased in velocity while the waters rapidly rose and the night drew on with dreaded apprehension de picted in the face of every one. Al ready hundreds and thousands were bravely struggling with their families against the mad waves and fierce ..vind fo: olaces of refuge. The public school bu idings, court house, hotels, in fact any place that offered apparently a safe refuge from the elements, became rowded to their utmost. T wo minutes f 6:30 p. mn., just before the anemo meter blew away it had reached the frightful velocity of 100 miles an hour. Buildings that had hitherto stood, tuoled and crashed, carrying death and destruction to hundreds of people. Roofs whistled through the air, win ows were driven in with a crash or shattered by flying slate, telegraph arnd lectric light poles, with their masses f wires were snapped off like pipe stems, and water communications were broken. What velocity the wind attaiued aft r the anemometer blew off is purely a matter of speculation. The lowest point touched by the barometer in the press correspondent's office, which was illed by frightened men and women, was 23.041-2; this was about 7:30 p. mn. It then begaa to rise very slowis and by 10 p. mn. had reached 23 09, the wind gradually subsiding anti by mid night the storm had passed. The wa ter, which had reached the depth of eight feet on the strand at 10 o'clock p mn. began to ebb and ran out very rapidly and by Z a. mn. the crown of the treet was free of water. Thus passed out one of the most frightful and de structive storms which ever devastated the coast of Texas. A Great Change. The Augusta Chronical ,ay.s Mr. Bryan Lawrence,- proprietor of the Planters hotel, has just returned. from New York and has so me very f uterestint rfections to make on his :rip. The feature of the jpint whi h struck Mr. Lawrence mn forcibly was the political situation ini New Y ork city. It seemIs that the metropoiis, by all sin will go for Bryau in the election next Novmber. In speaking on this su: j.:et Mr. Lawrence said. I have never seen such a ch-ange of politieat seati ent is any city as that which I faced in Nezw Yrk. F.our )e:.ra ago B-a ame wa seairely meusio:ned- evry thiug was Mctiuley. N.ow ther:: i ohigbut Brsan talk. E~erwi7'r a pesongeshe eunutinters B:yau pu tur-s, Bran badges and br:.aa talk. Evry sign indieates that Br:)an wil s.ep the city. I did not meet any o the state politicians, but the city i .uey for the Nebraskaui. Too Much Gloo. In Youngstown, Ohio, Mar HanI na to'l the people he we ed to atf iur-der the 4adow of 'I 11m30' Ha~l leon in Ne.w Yerk Id 1i rIifi the Repuiblican ohia-o......f O". To whichu then You'i:a~n idiar retorts that if Mark ilan a e ari wha he saw in Youngstown as Rpbia enthusiasm the the Ropab ie..r goom; overhanging Now York mu.t~ be .k Lonon fog. Pretty Good. George' Alfrrd Town-scad caierges Ifrom the solituce oi his C hes~a Bay farm long enough to write a v.>ry erid newspaper letter in which he aludes to President McKinley as an endowed bankrup:t. Geore doesn' t love th Rennblicn amt a he once did. SUNK IN TIlE SE A. Svan Hundred B:dies Were Thus Disp-sed Of SWIFT VENGENCE FALLS. Horrible Harvest of One Negro. Forty-three Convicted by Court-martial and Ordered Shot A dii atch from Galveston says the people of that city are straining every nrve to ecar the ground and secure from bcneasth the debris the bodies of human beings and animals and to get rid of them. It is a task of great mag nitude aid is attended with untold dif ficulties. There is a shortage of horses to haul the dead and there is a short age of willing bauds to perform the gruesome work. Tuesday nmorning it becane apparent that it would be im possible to bury the dead even in trenches and arrangements were made to take them to sea. Barges and tugs were quickly made ready for the pur pose but it was diffieuit to get men to do the work. The city's firemen worked I ard in brirgig bodies to the wharf gut ou -ide (f thu tnerc were few whio help d. S r and policemen wore accodinlay cn t 'ut and every able bo.d an thrv found was march d to tho wharf front. The men WLre worked in rei:, sai wore -u, plicd with stimulants to nerve tLem for theic task. At inightfall three barge oads containing ab.ut 700 human bedies had been sent to sea, where they were su k with weights. Darkness co pelled suspension of the work until mnoruing. Toward night great dificuity ws experiencecd in handling the dead bodies of negroes which are badly de corpcsed. No effort was made after 9 o'clock Wednesday morning to place the bodies in morgues for identification, for it was imperative that the dead should be gotten to sea as soon as pos sible. Marny of the bodies taken out are unidenti5ed. They are placer on the b rges as quickly as possible and lists are made wvhile the barges are be ing towed to sea A large number of dead animais were hauled to tho bay and cumped in to be carried to sea by the tides. SWIFT VENGEANCE FALLS. A retorter has telegraphed from La porte the story of the robbery and muti lation of the dead in Galveston and the death of the offenders. The ghouls w-r' holding an orgie over the dead. Tne majjrity of these men were ne r:'s but there were also whites who took part in the desecration. Some of them were natives and some had been allowed to go over from the mainland under the guise of "relief work." Not only did they rob the dead, but they mutilated bodies in order to secure their ghoulish booty. A party of ten ne groes were returning from a looting ex pedition. They had stripped corpses of all valuables, and the pockets of some of the looters were fairly bulging out with fingers of the dead which had been cut off because they were so swollen the rings could not be removed. In censed at this desecration and mutila tion of the dead, the looters were shot down, and it has been determined that all found in the act of robbing the dead shall be summarily shot. During the robbing of the dead not only were fin gers cut of but ears were stripped from heads in order to secure jewels of value. A few government troops who survived are assisting in patrolling the city. The private citizens have all endeavor ed to prevent the robbing of the dead and on several occasions, have killed the offenders. Singly and in twos and threes the offenders were thus shot down until the total of those executed exceeds fully 50. WHAT ONE MAN SAW. A Mr. Smith, who was visiting in Galveston when the storm came says he will never forget his experience. He started from the city Monday after noon and in walking from the foot of Broadway to the Santa Fe bridge, counted 200 dead bodies hung up on wire fences, to say nothing those fioat i in the water. He constructed a raft out of planks and in company with Cegg Stewart made for the mainland, which they reached after hours of ex posure. In every direction in crossing the bay they saw corpses stiesing out of' the waters and great drifts of all kinds. On reaching land they walked to Hitchcock, Mr. Stewar's home, and found that 25 persons had lost their lives there and that in addition 50 bodies that had fbanted ashore had been buried near there. Mr. Smith is of the opinien that very few persons living west of F'.rtieth street were savec l'rom his observation the newspaper IrepOus of the disaster are exceedirsgly conerv:'tive alad he is satided that fully 5,t00' pe-ople lost their lives Before leaving Galveston he learned tihat the steamer Persacola, which was driven out -to sea 180) miles by the stcrm, a::d which wass reported lost, ha reur~ d and that its captain re Sr.a any bLdies dloating on the A dispace Iso 1)3--. Texcs. says W. I. -crath, manager of the Ula ieetric comipat'y, reached Dail 'a td 'drte' froma Galveston Wed nsday Light. He -aid: "Vandialism at Ga1vesten has leen terrile-..The mo-t rigi enforcement of martnil law . G -en. -er a m~en i'ave O cdhnde or tre Ccegroes. 4.3 of hoii' were f iud with tficets taken frotn dead bodie. th'ese were ordered tre ycurtnjartal. 'Iey were COnl - etQd" *ud -re-i aot. Une nero had 23 ncers wil rig on them in his x di s-t-h frc':n HoIcuston says it is tru tht Legroes were shot by order of a courtmiartial. Their pockets wore founid to be full of human fingers and I -- A Generous Foreigner. There is one Englishman whom the most pronounced Angloph be must admi-e sad honor. We refer to Sir Thomas Lipton, who has'just added to the long list of his noble ceeds by cab linit $1,000 for the Galveston dood BILL ARP FAVORS A WALL Northerners Hate the South any Way The Negro Question Not in it. We tlhought that nyhe the late New York and Akron riots .onid even up things, and the South haters up in God's country would call off the dogs, but they are still blowing the same old horn. They are hard up, however. Some of the hounds have lost the trail, and all are scattered and there is no keynote to rally them-the bugler's don't harmonize. Some said that the riot in New York was owing to a cor rupt Democratic administration in that city. The Akron horror called for another solution, and now they boast that they saved the Nigger, but if it had been down South he would have been lynched with Sam Hose tortures. A late paper sent me as a marked copy says that Southern mobocracy has crossed the line and is affecting the lower classes up North, just as a contagion spreads in unhealthy regions. It all comes from the South, and there is no quarantine to arrest its progress. That's bad and sad. Let's build a wall. But seriously we must warn our good Negroes not to cross the line. I, is dangerous. Keep away from Pana and New York. Stay at home and culti vate our cotton and corn and let poli tics alone and you are in no danger. Idleness is your curse. If I had my way I woviuld re establish the Ptrol system and make every tramp Negro carry a pass or take a whipping. I would empower the town marshais and the country constables to arrest every vagabond on the highnay and it h., couldent give a good acc-out of himself he should be tied up at d dressed down. We ofi men kno thnt one good whippin has m.re ffe.:t on a ba'. N:gro than five Sears in the chaingang. Even a hangieg is glory, for they arc going straight to Heave. Lint Saturday night a tr itamp) Ne.go'' cut the siatfromtiie bli':d of Mr. Cary's house and opened it an.d cravled in and stole his paternal gold watch and his pocket book within three feet of his head, while he was sleeping. No doubt he was armed, and would have shut Mr. Cary had he waked up and resisted. The Negro took a night freight and was arrested at Kingston, and the watch was recovered, but he got away. We have got to do some thing with these tramps. Our chain gangs are full enough. I repeat it that no good industrious Negro is in any danger in the South, and they know it. Jim Smith is the biggest farmer in the State, and he says there is no labor in the world equal to that of well regulated Negroes, and he knows. But the spirit of mobocracy is not confined to the race problem up North. The lynching last Saturday at Gillman, in Illinois, was against an old, defense less white woman-a doctress, who was suspected of causing a young girl's death by malpractice, but who had not had a trial, nor had any intention to harm the erring girl. A mob of 250 men attacked her house in the night, and she defended herself and her home and killed and wounded as many as she could. They mortally wounded her and burned her house. What kind of civilization is that? Why didn't they hunt up the man who ruined the girl? Our civilization down South has alwayb protected women, no matter what they did. We will not hang them for murder, for even old Mrs. Nobles was sent to the chaingang. Our women must have protection from white brutes and black fiends, and we would have rejoiced if somebody had have given that scoundrel, Dr. Wilkerson, whio ran away with his wife's sister, a hundred lashes before he was turned loose in Atlanta. That was a good case for a little mob law. if the law could not reach him the lash would. Poor, helpless, pitiful woman! How you have to suffer in silence and live and die witb your wrongs unavenged. Hlow many hearts are breaking now be cause of a husbaud's ty ranny or his faithlessness to his mxilaige vows. For her children's sake she keeps silent and buries her secret in her boso'e. I know of men who -nade faiia while living, arid on whose monuments fual some epitaphs are chiseled who dis graned and dishonored the name of hus band. I know some who are not dead who are doing the same thing no*. A woman chained to an unprincipled man is the most helpless creature upon earth. Prometheus, bound to the rock and the eagles eating his heart, was not worse off. Blackstone says there is rno wrong but has a remedy. He was mistaken. Women have a thousand wrongs that are remedile s. What kind of rcmedy is divorce or separation or alimony? It is the heart thiat is broken. It is love and honor that wen wants. and was promised her atthe altar. If, as a last resort she leaves him, he struts around and claims the chi dren. ''The chil dren are mine," he says. The man who says that is a cornceited fool. In the noat plas. he de nlot know. for cer Lain ha~t he is their fathecr, and if he is, he made no sacriti'e to be So. All the pain of mnotherhood is hers. Ali the tend-:ri ar anid nur'ing an lhrniht watching aed gen rally all trhe prayers f or their safety andi god conduc~1t are hers, while he is at his bank or store er oniiee->r shiop or maybe at his club or bijilard table. Tihere wsatm wheu the wi!' was the hu-bY~Tandss'e ac cordaun to the law, and L temidr'en were his property, and it is hard to erad'ite. that idea fromt some men's mindi' in our day. Woman has boen cald the weaker vesel. and reen the lord-, of creation so loi'g that it won't Grls, be careful to whom you chain your-elf for life. Better sew or be a shop girl or a typewriter or a school teaches or live with kindr.d or friends and do housework than tae -.. isk Mlarry a '-oung wan wh sa principles and go,:d habi' .-n inot much money. The lo;e of moine~y is still the same old ea ie 'r.d a of the young men wait to:-ei.by short cuts and di .es pra'r'es. "Get money, &et r -ond i .{.o~u caust, but at al a-es 'get a]cr. still their motto. The easer, grasping pursuit of money is the~ curse of this age and generation. flutatington is dead, adleft his niillions behind, and his boast was that all men were purchasable, and when it was to his in terest he bought them, whether they were legislators or Congressman, or judges of the courts. He spent mil 1ino that way. Some of our office seekers are doing the same thing on a small scale-buying votes-yes, buying negro votes. The white primary dident nominate them, and they have renigzed and reniggered. A little whiskey and a few dollars will se cure the darkies. and the fear is that t he white primaries will prove a failure. There are men running for offee as independents who rely mainly on the negro vote, and cant he elected with out it. Such men oaght to have con tempt of every good citizen. They ought to have consempt for themselves, and I reckon they do. The negro who sells his vote is not half as depraved as the white man who buys it. But we will know by waiting, and the primary proves a failure, then let us have the Hardwick bill or something better, and may the Lord protect us from unpinci pled office seekers. BILrL A RP LEADERS ARE ELATED Vote in Maine Shows Big Republican Slump. National Democratic leaders are much elated over the election results in Vermont and Maine and predict a gen eral defection from the Republican par ty in all the New England states. Al though complete returns have not been received from Maine, the Republican claim is only 33,500, the Republican plurality for Powers in 1896 having been 4S,377. The New England elec tions are regarded as important in that they indicate heavy Republican defec tions, which may be expected to extend to the doubtful states of the middle west. The D .mocratie press bureau has pre pared an estimate of the vote in debat able territory based upon the Maine election, which it is figured, showed a Republican slump of 12 per cent, and a Democratic gain of 23 per cent. A sutning this ratio of Republican loss and Damneeratic gain to obtain in other states, the press bureau computes the following Democratic pluralities for No vember, cased on the vote of 189J: Electeral Plurality, votes. Delaware...... .... 1,722 3 Maryland........... 8303 8 West Virginia...... 22.414 6 Kentucky...... ... 76.013 13 Michigan......... . 32,8114 14 Minnesota.......... 1.4~S 9 Indiana...... .. . 90 95) 15 North Dakota.......2 268 3 Illinois ............ 37.691 24 California........... 47.718 9 Ohio............ 124.434 23 Oregon ............ 14,467 4 None of the foregoing states was car ried by Bryan in 1896, although he managed to get one electoral vote in California and one in Kentucky. Of the states enumerated above the Rep ublican pluralities in Mary lany, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, California and Oregon might be considered close, but in other states the Republican pluralities were large. Of course it is not believed at Demo cratic headquarters that Colonel Bryan will carry all the states named in the foregoing table, but the drift of public opinion as indicated by the rockbound states of Vermont and Maine is regard ed as significant. George Fred Williams of Massachu setts figures that Bryan will receive 261 electoral votes, as compared with 176 four years ago. A Big Sum Needed The New York Sun, comparing the Johnstown and the Galveston disastets, in an article urging prompt and gen erous relief contributions to the strick en peopl3 of Texas, recalls that about $,900,000 was given for the :elief of the Johnstown sufferers. The Sun says truly that a greater sum is needed at Galveston and remarks. It was said of the great famine among the Irish peasants many years ago that by it even the heart of the far-a~vay Turk was touched, and he sent them in pity the alms of a beggar. America, praise God, does not need to appeal to the Turk or any foreign land for sue::or for her peo ple at this time. But titere never has been an hour before in our country's history when the need of unstinted charity was greater or when it should be poured out more quickly. Galveston Cannot Recover. The quartermaster's department has received the following from Galveston: Referring to my telegrams of 9;h and 10th, 1 nave subject to approval sus pended Fort Crockett construction con tracts, and again urgently recommend that contractors be paidi for labor and material in place and on ground, all swept away ani lost beyond recovery. Fortificatioes at Crockett, Jacinto and Lravis all destroyed and can't he rebuilt on present sites. Recommend continua tion of my office nere only long enough to recover Cro::kett otlice safes and mornn g n when lowtee; also to close seccun's and ship my be and re ce-red property where dircote~d. Ifear Gavaston is destro:;ed beyond its aniity to recover. Lo~s of life and property appallicg. Baxter, Commanding. Good Democratie Argument. The Seaboard Air Line is expe riencing a s'ight taste of imperialism i haviag o buy $20000 worth of reve nuo stp4 to put on its mortgage to the N ui.onal 31crigage company;an Converse collcge gets a sample in having to pay the United States government several thousads of the leecy left by the late D E Converse. The ordinary ecttzen wh~o does not deal so mu--h in millions and thousands, payS his share all thbe same, but he pays it in small in stallments on nearly everything he buy~s. -Grcenville News. Still Another Demanded eside.s Camry' andi Hec, there is stl~ anoOther neOAv presidential1 t in the fihild-'ills and Nichoso:, ju-t put ot' icth Uoicn Reformi p~ty We do no ccw what the Uui.on H{.forem part is but if it is ident:fied with the union ud erwear referm miovemetnt the refon inot comorehensive enough and there is room foi- still another tikt 'lIhe Buttonless Reform party has no ticket Daaeto Ctaj. The damage to tu e,,tt.mi eropr (f Texas by the no~rm hat pa-aed over that State lawt wo-k a eMti:3tt~t :e eralI humndredi thiousaed bales. The siorfl deastated theO ver riebest part of the State. not only ruining the grow ine etton, but damiaging the e. nh so that it may take years before anothecr crop can be grown on the same land. MANY DESTITUTE. Thousands of People Must be Fed and Clothed IN GALVESTON FOR WEEKS. An Official Statement from the Maycr and Members of the Relief Ccmmittee Ex p'ains Needs. The following has been sent from Galveston: To the Associated Press: We are roceiving numerous telegrams of condolence and offers of assistance. As the telegraph wires are burdened, we beg the Associated Press to com municate this response to all. Nearby cities are supplying and will supply sufficient food, clothing, etc., for im mediate needs. Cities father away can serve us best by sending money. Cheeks should be made payable to John Sealy, chairman of the finance com mittee. All supplies should come to W. A. MeVittie, chairman of the relief committe. We have 25,000 people to clothe and feed for many weeks and to furnish with household goods. Most of these are homeless and the others will require money to make their wrecked residences habitable. From this the world may understand how much money we will need. This committee will from time to time report our needs with more particularity. We refer to dis patch of this date of Maj. R. G. Lowe which the committee fully endorses. All communicants will please accept this answer in lieu of direct responce and be assured of the heartfelt gratitude of the entire population. W. C. Jones, Mayor, M. Lasker, J. D. Skinner, C. H. McMaster, R. G. Lowe, Clarence Owsley, Committee. To Sister Typographical Unions: Standing with in the presence. of the most overpowering calamity in the his tory of the western hemisphere Gal veston Typographical Union Ro. 28 sends this appeal to her sister unions for aid to care for the living and bury the dead. Immediate action absolute ly necessary. There can be no exaggera tion. Conditions are as indescribable as they are horrifying and hopeless. We are absolutely homeless. Send contributions 'o Chairman relief com mittee. George P. John, Chairman. George H. Kuntz, President. Guy G. Harris, Secretary-Treasurer. -. M. Walker, R. W. Lowe, Mgr. Editor News. J. T. Qaigley, Frank Willard, Relief Committee. A Word for Editors. People ought not to flare up, says., Charity and Children, when an editor publishes something they do not be lieve. A very intelhigent gentleman told us not long ago that a certain paper was a rabid and hateful paper, but he had long been a constant reader and ad mirer of it. It spoke his mind without fear or favor and this man stood by it for that reason. Many would order it never to darken their doors again for that very thing. Sometimes an editor has a better point of view than his readerr, and they should at least be sure of~ their ground before they punish him. We heard of an irate father oncewh took his son out of school because the teacher insisted that he must spell "tater" with a p. And then, dear brother, granting that you are right and the editor wrong, you should have pa tience with a man who is sometimes compelled to dash off matter with the foreman standing at the door yelling for "copy." Do you think you would always say the right and proper thing under such circumstances? Never for get that no editor tries to offend, un less he is a fool. He is your friend, not your enemy. He may be wrong but he is generally honest; and you can afford to put up with a good deal for an honest man. A broad paper is bound to have big broad readers. The State Fair. The time for the holding of the last State fair of the century, which all hands resolved last year should be the greatest in the history of the society, is rapidly approaching, says The State. This will be the 321 annual fair and it is to be held October 29 to November 2, inclusive. This means that the fair is less than two months distant, and there is no time to be wasted. This year premiums have been greatly in creased, amounting to over $7,000, and the race purses have been doubled, $2000 being offiered. Premium lists ad entry blanks will be furnished on appliestion t> tiie secretary, Col. T'amas W. Holloway, at Pomaria, S. C. Enrie~s must be made in person or 'by letter to Colonel Holloway at Poma ra on or before 0:tober 10; after that date at his effine in Columbia, until Sturday, 0,:tober 27, at which time te entry books close. Colonel Hollo way writes that'he is daily in receipt of entries. The largest number so far reeived fromn one exhibitor is from a man in Chi-ester, who wants 20 stalls for cattle and 10 for horses, and from a man in Fairtield. who wants 41 cattle stalls and 4 horse stalls. A Good Record. Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartanburg, is selected fcr congress in the Fourth ditri He barely failed of the nom inatiou in 1898S. He first ran for con Igre-s in the primary of 1892 and has run in every race since, his vote grow itg larger at each election. He would never make deals or give pledges to en hance his vote, nor would he pay men t o ok for him, or spend money in any ofthe other ways so often regarded as le.itna'e in politics. He always said tha if eleted it must be in a clean, gra' tfora-ard way, and his canvass we always c0oucd to that end. He never abused his competitors or engag el in per-onalities. He is a capable lay ari hard student.