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1 " MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900. NO, 37 Pah c-f a Stoem Strew' Wth Dead ;.nd ' unded TELEGRA?H LNES ALL CO 'N The Svr Visited Centrai ard Weste:n Tennessee and Northern Mississ-p i D'irg Great Damage. Tennessee was swept Tuesday Light, 20th instant l y the nest dcstructive storm ever kne.sa in the State. More than fifty per-ons w re killed and a hundred or w re inj:rcd, while the damage to houses, timbe r sr'd oi er property will reach large tres. The storn entered the State from northern Mississippi and swept acro)ss in a northeasterly direction. Great damage is reported from the counties boidering on Mississippi, and further on, Columb., in Maudy county. is the heaviest suffercr. lavergne, Nolens ville and Galatin also felt the wind's force, the storm finally losing its force against the Cumberland m untain range. Colun:bia's casualties number 25 dead and 50 injured. The path of the storm is about 50 yr.rds wide and was through the north wsstern suburbs o' he town. In its path everything is completely wrecked. Not even the iron and stone fences of the arsenal grcunds are standing. The houses of Capt. Aydelott, the Farre:ls aid other large residences were demol ished. With the exception of these four houses, the storm's path was through a section of the town populated chiefly by Negroes and the poorer classes, ana the houses were mre hovers. It is es timated that 150 of them were totally destroyed and a larger number dam aged. The suffering of the people ren dered homeless and relieved of their goods is pitiable. The rumber of houses destroyed in the Nolensville neighborhood is sixteen. There were two fatalities. All of the sixteen houses were totally destroyed. Mr. Hampton had $400 in money, and this was blown away, and only a part recovered. The baby of Jim Chrisman, colored, reported Inst, was found 300 yards from the house at 10 o'clock, lying near a branch, unin jured. One of the family dogs was lying by his side. At Lavergne, sixteen miles south of Nashville, on the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis road, the velocity of the wind was marvelous, and from best reports lasted only about twenty seconds. In this short time about nhirty five dwellings were turned into kindling wood. The lose of life is small compared with the miraculus escapes made. The wind made a swath about 200 yards wide through the mid dIe of the town. The Lavergne high school and depot, the two largest build ings, were laid fist on the ground. The loss of these two buildings is placed at S7,000 The railroad lcst four section houses. each valued $900. Mr. Robertson's house, which was a very strong leg structure, was in the middle of the path of the storm, and was laid flat on the ground. At the time Mr. Robertson and his child had retired and his wife was sitting near the bed sewing, and before the latter could even warn her husband death had claimed them. Mrs. Rob rtsan's escape was marveilous. When found the unfortunate man was pinned across the back by a large timber and a great sear was on the back of nis neck. No mark could be discerned on the body of the child. Both are thcught to have met instant death. In almost every home there were several injutred. In Williamson county great .damage was done, but the town of Franklin escaped with comparativeley small loss. Houses and timber in Summer coanty also suffered considerably, but first re ports sent out from Gallatin were ex aggersted. Great suflering is being ex perienced by those deprived of homes at Lavergue and Nolensville. The rise in the Cumiberland river at Nash ville is the most rapid known in twen ty- five years, the water having climbed twenty feet on the gauge since Wednes day morning. Advices to the Associated Press and from special *yrrespondents show that the loss of life in the territory visited by the tornado already amounts to 64 and the number injured to over 50. Telegraphic communication to the regions visited by the cy clone is in terrupted, and it is feared that when full details are known the list of the dead will be lengthened. The follow ing table shows the loss of life, together with the inj'red, compiled from dis patches fore..d througri by courier and telephone from the devastated locali ties: Killed. Injured. CIolu~nbia, Tenn. .. . ...40 25 La Grar ge, Tenn... . 6 Thompsve, Tenn....-... U Nolansville, Tenn......-2 8 Lavergne, Tenn. .... i Love Station, Tenn.--- 2 1 Tunica, Miss .....a0 Lula, Miss....... ..... 0 Hernando, Miss....... 2 U Batesville, Miss...-. lBoxiey's Store, Tenn .. . u Franklin, Tenn....... U Total.......-....... 64 51 sTZK~i5 MfsS5IsIPPi. Advices received from the storm swept sections of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee indicate that the loss of life and damage to property is far great er than at first reported. In Mississippi the greatest loss of life and damage to property occurred near Tunica, Lula and Hinnando. .A report by carrier from a point 13 miles froa Tunica says that the tornado's devas tation was so great that it will takt weeks to calculate and repair it. Five Negores lost their lives on the Hlamhir place. In Tunica the school house, churel and a number of buildings weae totall3 demolished. More than 50 Negroes ar missing and it is feared that severa of them hava~ perished. Cotton is re ported badly damaged. At Hernando a white man was killec and a Negro fatally injured by flyins dehris. Numerous awmills, severs; a- nodreds of Ne.ro cab in- b'own away nte rn ; verwhelmed the 'own cf A:k; uc'e, '-is ., about 5 o'clock in - } a ernnor. an i in a f, . minutes nearly eve-y bui.ding Ras de mu);ished N of the v'cims were pirined under re age and were ex'ricated with t e difficulty. The torndo passei t ti e nerthea-t an caused much dam arc through the c untry districts. DID NO)T BEiITATE The Truth Regarding General Lee and the South. The Ch'trle ton News and Courier of WUdueday pub ishe d he ollo-ving let ter from Gen. Wade Han pto- and ad drtsaK d to the edi or of that ;aper: fly Dear Sir: 1o the N.ws and Couri..r of Novcmber 10 is an apprecia tive t: ibite to Gen Le- by Mr. Haaekei wh'ch I have read with interest and p!casure, but the writer has falen into an error wh:ch 1 am able to correct on the authority f G'-n. Lee himself. Mr. Hanckel inti:ates that Gen. Lee felt embarrassed in determining the course he would take when the war be tween the states took pisce, but in this he is mistaken. He cii not hesitate a moment and while like many of us who fo lowed him, he douttiers regreted the war and doubted the wisdom of it, he felt that his duty demanded that he should give his services to his native state, and he never for a moment re greted that he bad followed the dic tates ef duty. He once said that duty was the sublimest word in ourlangu:age, and if ever there was a man whose every action was prom ptcd by a sense of duty he surely was that man. "Some time after t're close of the war I had the pleasure of spending seq cral days with the general at his home in L xingtin, and once while discuss ing the war he said: '[ only did what my duty demanded. I could have tak en no oth",r course without dishonor, a-d if it wis all to do over I should act precisely a; I did. "It was his in-ention to wri'e a his tory of the war, but, unfortunately for tue Sou-h and for tne truth of histo-y dcath cut short his work But he had commenced t e work, in which he be gad by Epeakieg of the differences of opinion as to the true construction of' the constitution and how these oppos ing v'ews were sown in the convention of 1787, and he then went on to say that those differences in 1861 culmina ted in blood. cut not in treason.' if there was any treason pertaining to the war, it surely was :ot on the part of Gen. Lee or of the sots h. Wade Hampton. A FEARFUL CRIME Two Old Ladies Murdered and Their Bodies Burned. Two old ladies-violet J. Colley, aged 75, and her neice, Jane Oath Col ley, who lived alone in a house on a main throughfare. five miles from Char lotte, N. U., were Wednesday night murdered. robbed and their bodies burn ed The old ladies were generally report ed to be wealthy. It is known that they had a good deal of money. They had lived a retired life for years and seldom ventured away from home, not even to the city mxept when business compell ed a visit. The house which they occupied stood within 150 feet of the roadside. Near it was a small building which they used as a kitchen, and in which they kept their stores. People passing along the road tuesday morning noticed that the snall house had been burned. There was no sign of life abeut the place, and an investigation showved that the dwelling had been ransacked from top to bottom, indicating that a most through search hac been made for the money which the old-ladies were sup posed to have kept in the house. Burca us, eabinets and desks had been open ed and their contents strewn about. lEvery nook and corner of the dwelling bore evidences of having been eearch-ed. rne general surrouindings and the ab sence of the old couple pointed all too plainly to a case of murder, robbery and arson. It was no surprise when a search of the ashes of the small build ing revealed two burned stumps, the bodies of Miss Colley and her niece. 'The supposition is that the old ladies were attacked while they were at sup per, after which their residence was sacked and the house in which their bodies lay was fired. For years past they had oeen known to be accumu lating money, and had probably $11,200 saved up. 'There is absolutely no clew to the perpetrators of the deed. The neighborhood people are greatly stirred up, aind both city and county officials are using every ebrt to get a trace of the murdiereis. Made a Clean Sweep. Unaited States Bank Examiner Tucker took possession of the German National bank, at Newport, Ky., and posted a notice that the bank would reman clos ed, pending an examination. Examiner Tucker also anounced that Frank M. Brown, the individual bookkeeper and assistant cashier, was missing, and that a partial investigation showed that Browvn was short $201,000. Brown had been with the bank eighteen years, was one of the most trusted men ever con nected with this old bank, and it is stated by the experts that his opera tions extended back as far as ten years. The capital stock of the bank is only $100,000. Brown's ?.lleged shortage is double that amount, an more than the resetve and all the ass including their real estate. While Alvord got away with $700,000 in New York, he did it in a large bank, but Brown did not have so much to go on and seems to have gone the full limit for a small bank in a city of less than 30,000 in habitants. The First National bank of Newport was w:ected two years ago by Cashier Youtsey, and now with the German National bank closed Newport has only one bank left. Will Do No Harm The Chicago Chronmele says "money is being subscribed in Massachusetg to test the constitutionality of the election lawa in Louisiana and N rth Carolina by which, it is alleged, most of the negroes are disfranchised. And ofcourss the Massachusetts people have a right to spend their money that way if they feel like it. The in::ident will rnot, however, tend .to break the solid South to any great exient. It is a good rule in politics as in other things I t mind vonr own businss BESEIGELI) IN PEKIN A Letter Frcm Mrs. Sallie'Rey nolds Reid. A THR!LL!NG ACCOUNT Of Fearfui Days of Seige Writ ten by a South Caro lina Missionary to China Dr. S. M Reyne is, of meenville, kindly permits the News, of that city, to print the following letter, which will be read with interest, both becau-e of its graphic description of the Pekin siege ard of the interest felt in the writer. who is known to many-persons in the State: Shanghai, China, O-. 7, 1900. My dear Brother: How good it is to be writing to you again. Thank Ged. While still in Pekin I did not write be-ause I ciuld not say we were safe. Baby and I are now at Mo Tyeire lHone and Mr. Reid is, I trust, again in Pekin. though Ifear he went to Paoting Fa with a relief party to rescue some poor people still defend ing themselves agaicst the Boxers. He came as far as Tien Tsin and saw us o-1 the vessel for Chef-o, where we ex changed steamers for Shanghai. After all these months it is so blessed to be free again. My dear brother, they hive been enxous days and more anxious nihts. The Pekin seige was full of mercy yet full of trial for each baby included. I don't know where to begin to tell about it. John Gilbert and I went to the Methodist mission the night of June 8th. Previous to this 1 had for two weeks been sleeping in my cloth-s and for two nights expected to escape in Chinese di ss. On June 10, Mr. Reid also with Mr Steile came to the mis sion compound, where all the Ameri can a-isionaries were gathered. All foreign t ou-:es outside the legation were lo ted and burned during the next week. Oar place was one of the last to go. Poor old Tsi Fung, the watchman escaped over the wail. leaving the place on fire and the courts filled with soldiers and Boxers, to deliver to me the keys of the houe. Wasn't that just like a Chinaman? Next day he and Mr. Lieu went back to see what might be still left on the ground of the burnt prem ises; seeing no one outside the gate. they ventured in and were imindiately seized by soldiers and dragged off to the Yamen where they were commanced to burn incense. This both of them re fused to do, and they were at once be headed. The faithful old carter brought us word the same day. For days this horrible deed haunted us. Mr. Lieu was a fine man, a Christian gentleman and one of the best friends Mr. Reid ever had among the Chinese. His wife and little grandchild are entirely dependent on us now. It was terribly sad. We were at the Methodist mission until June 20th, each day and each night growing more and more full of danger. As soon as the German min ister was killed Maj. Conger oidered us to the American legation We walked through Pekin's streets to the legation, not knowing what moment we might be fired upon by Chinese troops stationed along the city walls. On reaching the American legation we were told that all the foreigners were to refuge in the British legation. By 4 o'clock we were within the walls of that legation, were looated at .Jub ilee chapel, and firing from the Chin ese had begun. Then followed day after day and night after night of in cessant fusilading and shelling until sometimes it seemed as if the end must come. Yet God kept us and the Chin ese failed in their every attempt, though sixty five per cent of our brave soldiers lost their lives in defending us. Onl July 5th, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, news came to me that Mr. Reid was shot in the left leg just through the caif. I could not see him until nearly 7 o'clock; as his wound must be first dressed and he made com fortable in the hospital before I could be allowed te see him. He suffered greatly with his wound and with lunm bags, which was very acute an.d las. d four weeks. Baby had four attacks of malarial fever during the seige and grew weak er and weaker, as I had little or noth iog for him to eat-two bottles of Mel lin's focd an~d a dozon tins of condensed milk. Everything we had been able to get as far as the .iethodist missiou, ex cept the trunk whi~h you gave me, with its contents, was burned or loot cd by the soldiers. We last everything. I did not save even a comb and brush. Living, eating and sleeping were all done within the walls of our chapel. There were seventy six of us to feed three imes a day. Most of us slept on thenfoor and were thankful for an inch or two of cotton between us end the boards. Mosquitoes, flies and fleas were inuumerable. Dirt and smells were not to be avoided, yet we had only five nights too hot for sleep, though we spent many sleepless ones because of the firing and shelling. By the last of July Mr. Reid was convalescent and was not even. using a erutch when the troops got in, August 15th, though he still uses a stick and limps a wee bit. O2 August 20th we left the British legation to resume life in a Chinese house. The same day baby was taken with dyscntery and was ill for two weeks or more. So many after the seige had dysentery or typhoid fever. . Poor Wee Jack grew more and more thin until it almost miario n:e cry to touch himn. Mr. S:ecle was ill a: the same time with ma'arial fever. As soon as baby was well enough to travel I left Pekin with Mr. and Mrs. Killie. Mr. Killic was jnst up from typhoid fever. We were on a smnall cargo boat in charge of Unitcd S:ates soldiers. Mr. Reid went as far as Tien Tsin with us: Changing boats again at Cheefoo brought us finally after a ten days trip, all included, to Shanghai. Now if Mr. RAid were only here I should feel free indeed. Baby grows steadily better; is now taking fresh cow's milk and has a good arpetite. Precious wee laddie, God has given a treasure in him. am, it has been inpessible for me to write te ters from Pekin without seeming to complain. We had a very hard life there, and I could not make any of you unea-y by writing daily oc curaances. Thank God, 1 can't go there again under the same circum stauces. The doctors made me leave with the baby because it was utterly impossible to get food or milk for him. Such desolation as there is every where there makes one sick at heart. What is to become of the poor people this winter pone of us can say. Even now it is difficult foraging; and what tmust it be for the poor Chinese? The B:itish, Americans and Japanese have been humane in their treatment ex3ept in some cases. It is a great probkm what to do with China, and it will take years to settle it. After the seige we had our first home mail. b.inging yours and Ltlla's letters, besides several from friends in Nesv York State. You may be sure they were more welcome than ever before. Mr. Reid did not have a chang: of clothes, and had actu ily to remain in the hospital until we could get him a pair of Chinese blue cotton trousers made. All of his institute papers and letters were burned. I saved mother's and father's pictures and Mr. Reid's father's photo, with Dr. Charlisle and and Philips Brooks. These pictures happened all to be in your trunk with my wedding and reception dresses, and for this reason that trunk was precious beyond words. It was used to barricade the church door at the Methodist mis sion, and had not been broken into when Mr. Reid went back to that mis sion from the British legation with a guard of sidiers. The trunk was only ha f full, but still 1 am only too thank ful to have anything. My silver, with Mother's, was lost. We did not save even our Bibles, as both silver and Bibles were in the Chinese trunk, which was looted first. This letter must go by the first mail; so I must stop for today. Baby sends his dearest love and a kiss and says "ta ta" to Hettie for her photo. Do send me your photos, and beg Sally to let me have Uncle William's. I must have your facs near me. Mr. Reid hopes to come to Shanghai by the new year. Oar Father keep us each loving and faithful in His service. Yours lovingly, Sailie Reynolds Reid. Our Insane Soldiers. "Was there ever such a large per contage of insanity in any army as has aiTfeted our troops in the Philippines?" The Atlanta Journal was led to ask the above ques:ion because a few days ago sixteen soldiers who had been mentally wrecked in the service there were brought through Atlanta. The Jour nal goes to remark that it observes that every transport which brings baek the dead, the wounded and and sick from the Philippines has also the issane as part of its ghastly cargo. Seldom have soldiers in any army seen such severe servic3 and endured such terrible hard ships as did the troops of the Confed eracy in the civil war, and yet instan ces of insanity were very rare among them. What is it that upsets the men tal organization of so many of our sol diers in the Philippines? One of the attenlants upon the poor fellows who recently passed through Atlanta at tributed the wreck of several of tnose unfortunates to overindulgence in a powerful drink which is made by the natives. In many eases the victims of the fearful fevers which prostrate to many of our soldiers in that sickly elim ate lose their minds. Homesickness is said to have destroyed the reason of many of our boys in the Philippines. Whatever the causes of frequency of insanity in our Philippine army may be, the grim fact of its occurrence stands out as one of the chief horrors of a war into which imperialism has dragged us and in which there has been suhi a cruel sacrifice of American man hood. Filipino bullets, fever, various other diseases and insanity have made up already a dismal record in those far off islands, and the numb ,r of their victims is destined to grow to still more pitiful proportions. Still In The Race A dispatch from Mexico, Mo., says in a letter received there from W. J. Bryan he says: "Still believing in the principles set forth in the Chicago plat form, I shall continue to defend them, believing the American people will yet see the necessity for the repudiation of Republicanism." This statement is the third made by Mr. Bryan since eletion indicating that he intends to continue in the political field .ius t as he hs been. In commenting on the above the Atlanta Jourmal says shrewd politicians are now of the opinion that Mr. Bryan expects again to be a can didate for the presidency. That his candidacy will bring on a great fight in the party in which Mr. Bryan will be opposed by many of his strongest supporters in the past is shown by the deliberate statement of Hon. J. Kj Jones, national Democratic Chairman, recently that he did not consider it at all probable that Mr. Bryan would be nominated. The statcment of Mr. Bryan printed above is thought to mes~n that he is still in the field and that he wil be a formidable candidate four years hence in the Dcmoeratie Na tional Convention. The Kansas Way A photographer of Seneca, Kan., recently took one of the most unique groups that ever stood before a camera. In Centralla there is a woman who is living with her second husband, hav ing been divorced from her first. The other day the divoreei husband visited the town and called on his former wife and her new partner. Seized by an impulse, the woman proposed that all three should have their pictures tahen together. The husbands had no ob jPctions and thle group proceeded to photographer, where a likeness was taken, the woman standing between the two men. Damages Awarded. A dispatch froni Greenville to The State, in speaking of the court proced inga, says the afternoon session of Wed nesday those of Thursday and Friday morning wsre spent in the trial of the case of Lula M. Davis vs. the Southern railway. This suit is brought against Ithe railway for $20,000 damages on ac count of the alleged killing on the track, near Westminister, in January, of the plaintiff's husband, Joseph D. Davis. 'Ihe jury rendered a verdict in favr of Mrs. Davis, awarding her $10 000 doamgs TIlE STATE VOTE. It Was Somewhat Larger Than Was Exoected. FIFTY THOUSAND POLLED. Both Constitutional Amendments Carried by Good Maj.rities and All Democ-aticCon gressmon Elected. The State board of canvassers met in Co'umb'a on Thursday to declare the result of the general election in this State on Nov. 6th. From the figures it appears that the smallest vote was cast in Richland county and the largest in Orangeburg. In Hampton county there was but one vote against the Democratic electors. The total vote for Democratic electors was 47,233; and for the Republicans 3,579. This makes the total vote 50,814, when two years ago it was but 28,258. The constitutional amendments were carried. That relating to the public indebtedness of Columbia and other cities received 22,530 to 8.108 in opposi tion. That relating to drainage was carried by a vote of 21,339 to 9,917. The only counties which voted against the first were Barnwell, Kershaw, and in Oconee there was just two votes dif ference. Barnwell, Fairfield, Ooonee and Union opposed the drainage amend ment. No vote on either amendment is recorded from Williamsburg. The vote for presidential electors by counties is as follows: County. Dem. Rep. Total. Abbeville.......1,366 8 1,374 Aiken............1,470 53 1,523 Anderson........1,858 68 12926 Bimberg......... 793 36 829 Barnwell.........1356 57 3,113 Beaufort......... 378 385 763 Barkley......... 472 112 584 Charleston .......1,729 272 2,001 Cherokee........1,084 59 1,143 Chester.......... 836 20 856 Chesterfield ......1,314 56 1,370 Clarendon.... ...1,130 83 1,213 Colleton .... ... 889 121 1.010 Darlington........1,230 83 1,313 Dorohester....... 770 43 813 Edgefield ........ 919 17 936 Fairfield ........ 670 17 687 Florence.........1,290 74 1,364 Georgetown ..... 446 451 897 Greenville... ....1,777 47 1,824 Greenwood ... .1,484 4 1,486 Hampton ........ 936 1 937 Horry ... ......1.330 79 1,409 Kershaw......... 910 43 953 Laurens .......1.540 30 1,570 Lexington........1.302 30 1.332 Lancaster..... ..1,300 70 1,370 Marion ......... 1,296 119 1.415 Marlboro......... 714 35 749 Newberry .......1,368 40 1,408 Oconee ......... 873 69 942 Orangeburg.......2,457 167 2,624 Pickens......... 933 60 993 Richland....... 445 62 507 Saluda .... .....1,269 7 1 276 8partanburg...2,467 101 2,568 Samter ...........1,199 150 1.349 Union... .......182 91 1,273 Williamsburg...1,256 323 1.579 York .. .........1,198 37 1,235 The vote for the respective electors is as follows: R. D. Lee, 47,233; B. H. Moss, 47, 196; M. W. Simmons, 47,199; W. W. Williams, 47,199; Cole L Blease, 47, 233; W. McB. Sloan, 47,231; W. P. Pollock. 47,199; M S. Cantey, 47,199; D. H. Behre, 47,232. W. D. Crum, 3,525; L. W. C. B'a look, 3,579; George Holmes. 3,579; TP. A. Odom, 3,579; Jas. W. Talbert, 3, 579; H. J. Felton, 3 579; R. P. Roberts, 3,528; M. K Holloway, 3,529; Q. W. Murray, 3,521. STATE OFFICERS. The vote for State officers fell be hind that for presidential electors. In Aiken e->unty there were 18 votes re corded against Gov. McSweeney and 23 against J H. Tillman, lieutenant-gov ernor-elect. In Newberry there was one vote against Mr. Tillman. Other wise the vote stood: MeSweeney ...... ... ....46,457 Tillman ........... .....-..46.362 Cooper. ............. .... 46,500 Bellinger ....... ..........4,441 Jennings ....... ... .......46,424 Derham...................46 426 MeMahan ...... ..........46,340 Floyd............ ....... 46332 Wharton .. .... .. .. ..... .46,357 THE AMENDMENT. The vote on the proposed constitu tional amendment a. to th" limitation upon the taxation of Columbia, Geo-'e town, Rook Hill, Charleston and For once is as follows, by counties: Fo~r. Aga st Abbeville .. .. .. .....719 321 Aiken............... 641 124 Anderson ........ ..1,078 80 Bamberg...........397 99 Barowell .......... .436 571 Beaufort............262 67 Berkeley,............ 2 10 Charleston...........1,516 183 Cherokee...........398 116 Chester............523 125 Chesterfield.......... 574 217 Clarendon .... ....... 658 163 Darlington......... 445 196 Dorchester........... 689 102 Edgefield...........404 .177 Fairfield ............ 427 211 Florence ............ 459 53 Georgetown......... 810 178 Greenville .... ...... 464 2 Greenwood .. ........ 557 136 Hampton ...... ... .. 809 283 Horry............. .387 187 Kershaw ..... ...... 224 241 Laurens .... ........ 494 262 Lexington........... 489 244 Lancaster..........779 375 Marion.............. 541 311 Marlboro... .. ....... 365 188 Newberry............ 612 248 Oconee............ 277 275 Orangeburg ...... ....1,829 278 Pickens.... ...... ..510 218 Richland.. ..... .. .. 340 74 Saluda ....... .....832 189 Spartanburg.........896 46l. Sumter........... 455 277 Union............... 458 304 Williamsburg ........No vote. York ............... 590 202 Total...... 22,20 R 102 CONGRESSIONAL. The vote for representatives in con gress is as follows: William W. W. First District. Elliott Beckett Colleton .............. 129 73 Charleston. R ........1,916; 171) Georgetown.... .... .. 485 517 Beaufort.............. 406 367 Williamsburg.. ......687 247 Berkeley ............. 43 4 Total............... 3666 1,378 W. J. J. B. Second District. Talhrt. Odom. Aiken...... ......1.475 40 Rarnweli..............1,369 55 Eigefield.............. 899 18 Hampton ....... ..933 11 B.mrberg ....... .....79 23 Saluda ................1,245 9 Total................6,713 156 A. C. A. C. Third District Latimer Merrick Abbeville.............1.333 3 Anderson..............1 864 47 Newberry..............1,358 33 O-onee................ 832 54 Pickens............ 925 64 Greenwood........ ....1.472 2 Total...............7,834 203 . c Jos. T. S. T. Fourth District. Johnsrn Pointer Greenville.. ...........1,777 47 Laurens...............1.531 26 Spartanburg ........2 572 63 Union. .. ............1,207 53 Richland .............. 418 44 Fairfield .............. 684 13 Total.......... .8,189 251 D. E. Jno. F. Fifth District Finley. Joncs York........ .... ....1,204 31 Chester............... 850 9 Lancaster .. ..........1.313 18 Chesterfield.........1,313 55 Kershaw ... .. . .... 913 36 Cherokee............1,096 34 Total...... ... ....6.634 183 2. B. Scar- R.A Sixth District. borough. Stewart. Clarendon .............1,132 78 Dariiogton..... .....1,234 68 Marlboro............ 718 29 Marion.......... .....1,291 117 Florence .... . ......1,292 66 Horry.. . ............1,368 61 Williamsburg.......... 573 54 Total.............7,506 395 J. Wm. A.D. Seventh District. Stokes. Dantzler. Lexington.......... ..1,323 2 Orangeburg ........... 2 611 153 Sumter................1,302 149 CIolloton...... ..... 804 48 Berkeley.............. 436 110 Richland.............. 37 31 Dorchester........ . 772 41 Total................7,285 534 The Vote Declared The State board of canvassers met Thursday in the office of the secretary of state. The members present were Treasurer Timmerman, who presided; Secretary of State Cooper, Attorney General Bellinger, Comptroller Gen eral Derham and Anjatant General Floyd. Mr. Jesse T. Gnatt acted as secretary. The board met to declare the vote as cast in the State and had not there been two contests presented to and heard by them the session would have been of a routine character, for the offiial vote has already been tabulated and given in fall detail to the public through The State. The contests were from the first and seventh congressional districts. In the first, W. W. Becket, who opposed Col. William Elliott and was defeated, protested against the certificate of election being given Col. Elliott. In the seventh A. D. Dantzler, colored, made a protest against Dr. Stokes be ing elected. The grounds upon which these de feated Republican candidates made their contest have already been pub lished and the whole matter was gone over again Thursday. Beckett was rep resented by John D. Edwards, a Negro lawyer of Charleston, and Dantzler had as his attorney, Jacob M~oorer, a Negro lawyer of Orangeburg. Congressman Eliott was represented by Mr. William Elliott, Jr., and Congressman Stokes had as his attorney Mr. B. H. Moss of Orangeburg. Both contests were dismissed as there was nothing to sustain either of tem, and the certificates wr-re awarded to Congressmen Elliott and Stokes. The Colored Vote in Hawaii. The News and Courier says the re turns of the recent election in Hawaii, just received in this country, it is noted, show that the natives stood to gether and outvoted their white fellow citizens, thereby not only electing their delegate to Congress, but carrying the Hawaiian Legislature as well, so that nothing but the carpet-bag Governor's veto will prevent the frightful evil of a government of Hawaii by Hawaiians, instead of by the white interlopers. The beaten whites, it is reported, de lare that the natives have shown them selves "unfit for the suffrage," and that Congress must immediately intervene to take it away from them, presumably in the interest of "business" and "capi tal," and on the ground, as the New York Evening Post tersely explains, that "self.governmient" under the new American colonial system means a docile readiness to let the white minority exploit the colored majonrty, and if the silly majority object they must not be allowed to vote at all. "This unhappy outcome" in the island, the post adds, was foreseen by the white oligarchs, who protested from the first against manhood saifrage as prob able fatal to their snug little monopoly of government at Honolulu," and "now that their worst fears are realized, they will move on Washington to get their privileges and im.nnmties restored by law." Killed by a Pall. A dispatch from Yorkville to The State says about five o'clock Friday afternoon a negro boy named McKnight was delivering packages on horseback for WV. E. Ferguson, grocer. The horse ran off and threw the boy, near one of the colored churches, and drsz ged him about 100 yards, when the saddle girth broke, leaving the boy near the residence of Mr. J. B. Pegram. When the parties reached the boy he was dead. He was aged about 10 or 12 cars. EXPORT BUSINESS LAGS. They Can't Get Steamers to Haul Phos phate Rock. A dispatch from Columbia says Col. S. W. Vance, phosphate commissioner, returned Thursday from an inspection of the phosphate mining companies in B-aufort, Port Rya and adjoining sect on in the pho pha'e district. He states that the Coosaw company has 60,000 tons of rock awaiting ship ment, but owing to the fact that so few "tram" steamships are available the miners find it impossible ?o market :heir product in European markets. Usually there have been a numecr of steamships in the two l'orts to take cfi the product, but owing to the Trans vaal war and to the charering of every available British steamdhip by the British government, camparativeiy few of the 'ima =1'c -}., for com mercial purposes. Rights upon the South African war come the trouble in China which has caused a farther diminution in the number of tramp steamships. As a] consequence there are about 60,000 tons of rock awaiting shipment, but Col. Vance says ti at the belief is that there will be soon some relief as to the mat ter of shipment. Most of the rock has been sent heretofare to British ports, but very few tons have been shipped there this year. Col. Vane says that there is likcly to be great demand for South Carolina phosphate in Japan. Agents of the government of that empire have already been making inquiries and the outlook is that much of the rock now cn hand may be shiped to to the far Oast instead of to Great Britain and the Continent. In consequence of the large accumu lation of rock which has not yet been disposed of, and owing to the fact that companies will mine no more than lo cal demands warrant, it is expected that the revenue from the phosphate industry will fall behind what it reaci ed last year. Will He Do It? The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier says it is suggest ed that while keeping faith with his party President McKinley will "exer cise greater independence of thought and action white dealing with national problems, and strive to represent the entire nation with a view to a rounding out his official carreer as a patriot rather than a politician. His closest and best friends concede that he owes his re-election, not only to the Repub lican party, but to a large army of in dependent Democrats and practical bus iness men, and he is expected to frame his fnture policy on the broadest and most liberal lines of statesmanship. Such a course will not be entirely ac ceptable to the average Republican par tisan, and it remains to be seen whether the experience, ability and courage of President McKinley is sufficient to originate and carry to a successful is sue an Administration which the whole world will pronounce independent and just." A Burning Ship. The United Fruit company's steam er Uiler, which arrived at New York Friday from Port Antonio, Jamaica, Nov. 20th, at 5 o'clock, the officer of the watch reported a burning ship in sight towards the north northwest, some distance off, and he thought he saw some rockets fired. The Utler steamed down to the burning craft and prepared boats and lines to render any required assistance. At 6 o'clock the Uiller was close alongside of the burning ves sel, which appeared to have been a wooden sailing craft, probably a timber laden schooner. She was burned to the water's edge, except in the bow, where the bowsprit and part of the foremast were standing. The Uller steamed about the vicinity but could see no signs of life; the whistle was blown and the ocean was swept with the glass, but nothing could be seen of castaways. The vessel had evidently been burning a long time. Rural Free Delivery An enthusiastic plea for a wide ex pansion of rural free delivery is made in the annual report of W. .M. John son, first assistant Postmaster General. He says that the extraordinary devel opment of this system during the past twelve months, under the stimulus of appropriations of $450,000 for the fis cal year 1899-1900, and $1,750,000 for the fiscal year 1900-1901, is conclusive as showing that hereafter it must be a permanent and expanding feature of the postal administration The ser vice can now be extended as swiftly as Congress may direct or as the means permit, until it covers all those por tions of the United States now reach ed in whole or in part by the more primitive methods of the postal service which have come down to us almost without change from colonial times. This change Mr. Johnson believes, can be affected without excessive cost to the Government. Hard on Roosevelt The Columbia State says "Gov. Roosevelt's decision in the ice trust cace ia no surprise. Mayor Van Wyck's answer made it clear that he could not be removed on account of his connec tion with that corporation. The mayor has done nothing criminal-though we are far from acquitting him of blame. But during the campaign Roosevelt re ferred to the mayor as a violator of the law. All that time Roosevelt had the mayor's answer in his possession or in his reach. The next vice president will go into office with a blackened reputa tion. ___________ No Wonder. The Spartanburg Herald says: "Abraham Lincoln's portrait in the white house fell with a crash a few night ago. tt is no wonder. Prin ciples of government which moved Mr. Lincoln have been trodden under foot by latter day Republicans. If Abraham Lincoln was alive today he would most assuredly repudiate the Republican party." Made a Bad Trade. The Atlanta Journal says Cuba is be coming more and more convinced that she jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. But she had better try to look pleasant about it; one bad break on her part is all that the administra tion wants to rectify that one made by President McKinley in promising her inpndence. THE EXACT FIGURES Population of South Carolina by Counties. AN ADMIRABLE SHOWINO. An Increase of a Little Over Sixteen Per Cent. in Ten Years, Which is Good. The population of South Carolina, as officially annouoced Friday by the cen sus bureau, is 1.310,316, against1,151, 149 in 1890. This is an increase since 1890 of 189,167. or 16 4 per cent. The popui on, in 1880 was 995,577, show ing an increase of 155.572, or-A 6 cent. from 1880 to 1890. The population by towns will not be ready for some days. t he population by counties follows: Abbeville... .... ........33,400 Aiken.......... ........39,032 Anderson.............. ...55728 Bamberg. ...................17,296 Barnwell...... ......... ..35 504 Beaufort.....................35,495 Berkeley.... . ..........30,454 Charleston................88,006 Cherokee........ .. ......21359 Chester. ..................28.616 Chesterfield...... ............20,401 Clarendon........ ...........28,184 Coileton ............ .33,452 Darlington................32.388 Dorchester..... .... ........16 294 Edgefield.....................25,478 Fairfield......................29,425 Florence... .............28474 Georgetown...... ........22,846 Greenville ...................53,490 Greenwood............ ......28343 Hampton... ................23,738 Horry. ..................... 23364 K rshaw........ ........24.696 Lancaster...... ............24.311 Laurens......................37,382 Lexington....................27,264 Marion................ ...35,181 Marlboro.....................27,639 Newberry....................30,182 Oconee. .................23,634 Orangeburg.... .. .. ....59663 Pickens............... ....19,375 Richland......... ...... .45.589 Saluda.... ....... .. ....:18,966 Spartanburg..... .........65,560 Sumter.......................51.237 Union.. ..... ...........25.,501 Williamsburg........ .........31,685 York ........................41,684 In commenting on the above figures the News and Courier says: "The offi cial announcement of the population of South Carolina by conties is published this morning. The fact that the total population as ascertained by the census is 1,340,316 was published some time ago with the population of the other States of the Union, and it was also noted that the increase of population in this State over the population in 18 90 is 15.6 per cent. What will b 3 more interesting, the figures showing the re lative increase or decrease of whitesand blacks have not yet been given to the public. Charleston County, which in ludes the City of Charleston, and very little else, by the way, of course leads the list of counties in population, the number given being 88,006. Spartan burg comes next with 65,650; Orange burg third, with 59,663; Anderson fourth, with 55,728; Greenville fifth, with 53,490; Sumter sixth, with 51,237,. and Richland, which includes the city of Columbia, seventh, with 45,589. The county with the smallest population is Dorchester, with only 16,294, and next smalles, Bamberg, with 17,296. Of the forty counties in the State only sixhave over 50,000 population, two between 40000 and 50,000 eleven between 30, 00)0, seventeen between 20,000 and 30, 000, and four less than 20,000." Paper Prom Seed Cotton. The Atlanta Journal Thursday after noon says that plans have been eonsu mated there for the erection of ten plants for the manufacture of cotton. seed hulls into paper of different grades. Robert Thomas of New York, as pres ent in that city, says tha't the scheme is being backed by the National Saw Company, with $5,000,000 cr.pital and that work will be begun in putting up the plants in about thirty days. He sass he is also backed by the Standard Oil Company. It is the intention to have the factories scattered throughout the cotton belt, and they will ex tend from Texas to North Carolina. The plants will rnu with a capacity of 125 to 200 tons each Per day. A Rough Experience. The crew of the British bark Inver cauld had a strange experience on the voyage from Liverpool to New South Wales. As soon as the customs launch ran alongside when the Invereauld en tered the port of Sydney, the crew shouted for water to drink, and, hav ing slaked their thirst, told their tale. After rounding the Cape of Good Hope they encountered a northeast gale, and the seas broke aboard so violently and so continously that the fresh water was rendered undrinkable. There re mained only one source of liquid re freshment on board, an inexhaustable cargo of stout, intended for colonial consumption. For twenty three days they drank stout whenever they drank anything. Drowned a Boy. A story comes from Dunbar, in Hous, ton county, that fannie Painne, a 16 year-old negro girl, has been committed to j ail at Perry for drowning a 10-year old son cf Joseph Wilder, colored, on Jas. Permeotor's plantation.- She threw two little brothers, aged 5 and and 10 years, into a 33 foot well be cause they would not agree not to tell about seeing her commit a theft. The elder boy climbed out and she threw him back and held him under the water by means of a lkng pole. The younger one saved himself by holding to a piece of curbing. Cotton Picking Record. In a cotton picking contest at Good Hope, Ga., Wednesday Warner S. Hale gathered 723 pounds of the staple. His friends claim he has established S