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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