Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S.... C.. _, _ TE1)NESDAY _____-_- ...._......_-_._._ _ _____iX AN T. ' __G___ CT .U E DA , DE E IB ___________.___., WIi _ I1 S11O W. '4nter stir g F-gures R. gardir-g Cur Pcpulaion THE PIEDMONT SURPASSED in Crowth of P, puaion by the Lew Cvuntry. Wrich, is a Su - prise We are going to give you a surprise and knock out some long held theories as to the qarter tn which the State's growth in ropulation has been great est. Practically every man if asked which counties have shown the largest percentage of inrcne in population in the last 20 years wouhd say: "The Piedmont coulties, ef pours'." Not 4o. Wbat is the Piedmont region? We quote from Har:-y Hammond's hand book of South C-rolina, issued by the Stato department of agriculture in 18S3: The Piedmont region of South Caro 4ine coincides very nearly with what is known as the upper country of the State. It includes the whole of eight eeunties, to wit: Abbeville, Anderson Newberry, Laurens, Union, Fairfield, Chester and Lancaster. It also em braces the northern portions of Edge lield and Lexington and the north western portions of Richland, Kershaw end Chesterfield. The southern parts of Oconee and Pickens, and the south ern and larger portions of Greenville, Spartanburg and York are within its limits A line drawn from a paint on the Savannah river three miles above Hamburg to Columbia, and running thence northeast to where the Great Pee Dee river crcsses from North into South Carolina, defines, in a general way, its southern border. Its northern boundary follows, in the main, the direction of the Atlanta and Char )tte Air Line railrrad, which lies on the edge of the Alpine region, just north of the one under considera-iou. As it is impossible with the figures now available -and probably it would be equally impcssible if we had the figures by townships-to ascertain the exact population of the Piedmont re gion we must confine ourselves for the purposes of this article to the use of the term as commonly accepted. in eludirg in the Piedmont the snli Al dine region of the State and the sand hill portions of such counties as are, -accoroing to the foregoing statement. in part representative of the Piedmont -region. In iSSO the populations of the res pee tive counties touched by the Piedmont region were as follows: A bbeville........... ....... 40,815 Anderson.. ....... 33612 Newberry.................... 26,497 Laurens................ 29 444 Union.... .... .......... 2480 Fairfield ..... .. ..--...27.765 Chester.......... ....... . 24 153 Lancaster.... ..............I Lexington........ ..... ... 8S564~ G~ichand.. .... ..... ......28 573 Kershaw........ .......... 21538 Chesterfield.. .... .. ....... 16 345 Oonee........... .......16 256 Pickens....... ......... ... 14 389 Greenville..... .. ........ 37,496 Spartanburg............... 40 409 York......... ........... 30713 Total...... ........... 43396 These were 18of the 33 cotties then in existence. The organization of new counties has since increased the num ber in the Picdmont to 21 out of 40 in h State. In 1900 the populations of the Pied uoat counltiEs were as follows: Abbeville... .. . ..... .... .33 400 anderson........... 0728 -Newerry .....-... .......1 182 Laurens............... .. 37,32 Union....... ...... ...... 25 501l Fairfield.........--...--. 29 425 Chester ....... .....--....616 Lanasti r...... .. .. .----...2,311 .sgciela..... ..... ......2 478 -Lexinton.... ....... .... 27,264 Richiand.................58 Kershaw... .... ..........24696 Chester field..-..... ....... 2 4t01 Ocmee..----.---. --...... 23 634 Pic.ens.........--...... 19 375 Greenville..--..-----.--... 3 490 8partnburg...... ...-..... 65560 York......... .....-- ------ 41 684 .Cherokee............---- 21359 Greenwood...---.-.-.-.-.-... 28 342 Saluda.........-.---...--.-.-. 18966 Total... .... .... -..... 690,384 In 1880 the population of the State was 995.577 and of this number 493,396 were in the Piedmont counties, leavtrg 502 181 in the remainder of the State. The Piedmont counties at that time contained 8,785 fewer peopleta h remainder of the S ate. .n 1900 the population of the State is -,340 316, of which the Piedmont coun ties contain 680 3S4, leaving 659,932 in the remainder of the State. The Pied mont counties, therefore, now con tain 20,452 more inhabitants than the remaining counties of South Carolina. Their net gain over the remainder of the State in 20 years has been only 29 237. Now we will take : .he other ex treme of the State-the counties of the coast region as they extend with more or less regularity frcm Georgia to North Carolina, from the ocean to the lower borders of Barnwell, Orangeburg, Claredon and Marion. In 1880 these counties showed the following populations: 3 8 Colleton.....----- ...--.3 Hampton-.----- 171 Beaufort .....-------.--.-12800U Charleston.......---- - Gorgetown....----..--.- --- Wliamsburg....--.--..--..2 -- -orry -. . - - - - - Total.........---.-----.4- hU In 1900 the same counties with the two new ones carved out of their ter ritory show the following populations Colleton. . 2 3.73 Be~auort.. 33 Charleston .... -.-.. -..-.- -~ Georgeton . ... - 2 -~ Wlaahbmg. .... 1 ,68.. el-rr= -: Total t al. .J' .1 J Ir 1880 ibe popula:icn oi the Satc Sas 9 5 577. and a, these counties con :ained 247 41.11 tbh renmajd: r etf the S-ate beid 71,177. 11 1:00 the Sate contat s 1,340.316 people and these cout, ts j5J 334 leaving the rest of t1e S ste 1 034 9S2. In 1SSO the rest <f iLe State as compad with these coun: had a msj rity of 500. 777 ar.i in 1900 it has a urnjority of 729 648, R na an For the rm: - the See eof _'S K.71. T;,7 i:ier:rte%..t ce. s a ken, Bamberg. Ba Crn .l r:. Dar Orangveburg nd ; er, whith > -"n -Sin ar d. in 88 254 781 peop e a.di 1'0 0 354;598, a-. l : Clarendon .. 19 1. 2 184 Darlington ..... .... 34 485 3: 3S Marion... ...... ...31 17 35 181 MJarlb: ro........... 20 598 27 639 Orangebut ....... .. 41 395 59 663 Sumter... .. ....37.37 51.275 BaZ.berg....... ..,.- 17,V6 F.oreece........ ...-.- 28 474 Summing up r;suks we find s' at the Piedmnt counLies in the hst 21 v--Ys have increased their population lb, 933 or 37 9 10 percent. That the coast counties have increas ed their population 57 934 or 23 4 10 per cent. That the middle cnuntics, includirg most of the satdhill region and the upper pine belt. have increased their populatio.n 99 S17 or 39 2 10 per cert. Therefore the State's greatest gain in population in the last two decadces has been in woat may be termed the loser middle country and not in the Piedmcnt region. Tlhis is remarkable when we consider how much of this territory is covered by the satdhill re gion with its unproductive lands and the further fact that cotton manufacturing has not been developed in it to any do. gree approximating the growth of that industry in the Piedmont. The figures go to show that with the impending great extension of cotton manufactur ing in this belt, the rapid growth of the tobacco industry and the fine truck ing lands which lie sonth cf the sand hills there is good reason to expect an it crease of population in this part of the State during the next ten years which shall equal if not surpass that in any other region. Unquestionably the general average of the Piedmont region suffers by rea son of the inclusion in it of several counties knowcn to be in the part poot and non-progreRsive: but this is ctuslly tue of the uiddle region, and its growth despite these disadvantages is a ver; cheering token of the future of Sou-h Carolina. Ta the course of time the movement of population and of indus try will extend to the coast counties as it would do now were their resources and opportunities realized-and there will then be throughout South Carolina a symmetrical development and a un iform prosperity.-The State. Benet Scores Charleston. The Spartanburg Journal of yesterday publishes the following: Judge Benet jolted Charleston very hard this morn ing. In sentencing El. Bailey, a young white man, to twelve months on the chain gang for selling whiskey, he gave the most meaning and direct judicial arragnment the notorious lawlessness of that city has yet received. The re marks of ithe judge were very frank. Judge Benet said: "You hrve made a mistake. Tere is a locality on the opposite side of the State from Spartan burg where you can sell liquor with impunity and where grand juries won't present guilty parties and pitit jaries won't convict; where you can sut and smile at the plainest, most cotLvincing evidence against you must supply that always great demand for whiskey, emigrate to that favored locality. It is not here. In this Piedmont coun try jurors do their duty and the law is obsrved," These remarks made a enation in court. Judges do not always talk out in meeting that way. In this case the people were with the Judge. It was a stinging, complete re buke, a justified contrast. Scrubs COWS Teeth ''According to tradition," says the Philadelphia Recor3, "there was once an old woman who kissed her cow and said, 'Every one to his own taste.' Out at Bustleton there is a 'ge ntleman farmer' who can give the aforesaid old woman cards and spades and beat her at her own game. He does not kiss his cows, but does something more remark able, He actually erubs their teeth with a large toothbrush! Thiis man has many peculiar ideas about his live stock, and particularly his cows, which are of the very finest breeds. So cau tious is he about their eating and drink ing that ali the water the cows use is distilled. It is said that he has a sep arate toothbrush for each cow, and, as he cannot depend upon his men to do the brushing, he does it himself, u~ing the tcr; best Castile soap. He feels tat in adopting this course he is as sured of pure milk, free from the possi bility of microbes." Turks Mad. Cable advices say that the Vienna Tageblatt publishes a dispatch from Constantinople to the effect that Turk' ish council of ministers have held a conference to deterraine whether or not the sending of the United States battleship Kentucky to Smyrna should be regarded as an act of hostility. Ac cording to The Tageblatt's dispatch the home minister urged the severance of diplomatic relations with the Ucited States and even went so far as to threat en war, unless the Kentucky should be withdrawn from Turkish waters. T be ministers express the belief that the uropean powers would not permit the United States to attack Turkey and that country. therefore, would be safe in taking a defiant attitude. W 11 Try Old Guns. It is reports~a fromn Pekin that at imperial edict has been issued, order ing the viceroys and governors to stoi the manufacture af modern 1i103 ant cannon and revert to the old style o: weapons. The reason given is tha modern weapons in the hands of th~ Chinese have proven useless against tha forigers, and it is thought that thi :ucen stle may be more Etfective. TEROROF T1H1E SEA. Washed fr-m a Wrecked Steamer t' b- F:czin to Death ON A DESERT ISLAND. The Stry of Horrors Ccmes From Sev: n Islands Bay. N, Suv v -r of the Disster Found. A r..,"v horrr is rcpbrted from Seven Islands i;y, on the coast of Labrador, Swh re ' lives were lost by the wreck of t:e iron ca..ting steamship St Olaf. It is tow believed that many of the viie:s of the disaster escaped the sea to meet a lirigering death in the ;now or] s adsert island. A schooner with a !elief party went from the vil is,;e cf Seven 1blands to Isle Bou'e, seven miles distant, to search for sur vivorS. T hey found no sign of life on the isiani w ach is circular in shape and a mile in diameter, containing many boulders, but otberwise covered with stunted trees. ihe hull of the sunken steamer is broken into four pieces, having crash cd into reeky eiffs in about 30 fathoms of water ) i the rocky beach close by are three boats of the vessel smash ed to pieces. lu addition tQ the pres ence of te boats ahore the eearchers found a keg containing provisions at the edge of the roods some distance from the water, showing conclusively, sa, s the kader of the party of search ers, that some of the victims got ashore. No sign of life was to be found, and the island is covered with three feet of srow, beneath which it is expected, the missing bodies will be fourd. The search is being continued, but it will be slow work removing so much snow. There was no shelttr but that of the trees on the island, and it is probable that the survivors of the wreck went ashore Wedncsday night in the midst of the storm. The body of Miss Marie P ge, one of those recovered, was ciothed in a night dress, indicating that the wreck occurred at night, and at the St. Olaf left Sheldrake, 45 miles distant, on Wednesday afternoon, the wreck doubtless occurred that night Eue lightbouse could not be seen from B&:ule Ibland, and there is no fog gun near. seven of the victims were passen gers. Try were Louis Grggon, a t:ader of P,:nteto-t, Labrador. whose brother is a mcrehant of Qa.be; Jo eph Bacon, Clarence Boua, Jeremy Chioic aird Michael 3aher, of Shel drake; Narolcon Beadin of St. Johns river and Miss Marie Page of Thunder River. There were 19 members of the crew. Tree St. Olaf traded between here ard Eskimo Point, on the Labrador coast, and carried the government ails to the various points of that ter rory. She was bui.t by Murdock & Murray at Port Gagow, on the Clyde. in 1_62, and orimtnaiy plied to the Orkney Lands. The steamier parsed Sheicreke on Wednesday af ternoon, wuen there was a gale, with snow, at the igulf. It was evident that in at tempting to mike the harbor of Seven Islands she struck isoule Island, at the entrance of the bay, in the gale. Some bodies were washed ashore there as wel as a mail bag. Further investiga tion revealed on the rocks the boiler and a part of the bow of the wrecked vessel, One of the bodies recovered is that of Miss Marie Page. The body of iss Page was cast up on the shore in cased ini a life-preserver. T'his goes to show that the only woman on board the ill fated vesseI was not forgotten by the crew. Yliss P'age, who was young, was on her way to blontreal to nurse in a private fe~mily. A BRUTAL FA THER Left His Children in an Outhouse to Die Gorge Griff~n and wife, white were tretl last w eeK in Nas a Gunty N. U., tr causing the deattn of Gnrffa's four chiren ty a former marrnage. Thie oldest of the four iwas barely ten. Grif fn and the 5tep-wother jput the children in an outhouse sixty feet from trieir house a na l t them there on one miser ale tea wieni no attention. They fell ll with drupsy and in June one died. n body lay on the bed beside thle ivig cuierun. All were covered with tsensres unai they ant ethe bed itself were alive with maggots. ihe evitience was so horrible as to sicken jag ar~d jary. It was in eni dence tnat the stepJLother had said she wouid mae trio mis,.raole little cire eat ing tievils out into tio .outhouse and eL tiemi Qie. The grand itiry had re turned a trua bili fur mnuraer, but it was acecideti to try them fur manslaugh ter, as it was cjfnt~fene for the defense that en account ot the poverty of tif in and his wite, the cauudren tied as much of aisease as of neglect because tie could not fuirnish them with medi ine. No medicine was given and no ceetor saw them. Whea neighbors, who Leata of the afiar, went to the aid of the children Giinin made threats of violence and drove them away. '1 he neighbors. however, took away the bocy of the first child who died and buried it after it had remained some time in bed with the livieg. At intervals of about ten days other children died and the neiihibors had to take their bdies. Grlin ~was eiven a twelve years' sent nce to the'penitentiary and his wife ix ears. Sihe got the shorter term be ciu she was no blood relation to the cid reD. __________ Indians Dying. The food sup p.y of the Indians at Cok Inlet, Aiaska, is abuut exhausted, aid nearly half of the savages are liter lly starving. They comprise five tribes. The influx of white prospec tors has resulted in the killing of much game, with the result that the Indians arc dprived of flesh for food and fu:-s :or cistuine. The supply of dried amon which they accumulated last sumer is not sugijinlto last throuzh th season, and no.y 4%i to 6k) of them have not enough food to last through nex month. Appeals are madec for help. 31ost of these Indians belong to the Russian Church. but it is power less to help them. A NARROW ESCAPE From Being Thrown Into a Red Hot Coke Oven N. Roper, storekeeper for the Wood ward Iron coipany, made a narrow escape, as he buitves, from being thrown into a redhot :oke oven at Woodward Ala, by Lee Sherman, a colored thief. When Rlper opeued the store jast after night fall Wednesday right, he was faced by Sherman, who had hidden himse'f in the stove tocm mit robbery. The .cro brandished a keen knife, and threatening to eit Roper's thoat if he made any outcry, mtde IRper follow himu from the store toward the .coke oven p V, which is several hundred yards (f. the negro pretending that he sim:qty w-acted to prevent him from givih.g th alarm. A he na-.rd the coke oven pant the negri said something about being "rcasted alive in a cake oveu," and Mr. Roper then realized the negro's inten tion, which, as he cois-ruei it, was to cut his throat and ;hr.,w him in ha'f alive, into mouth of one of the ovens Mr. Rooper, thoroughly alarmed quickened the operation of his mind made the negro a very jih, rjl proposi tion, promising to go back to the store and place a lot of goods on the porch for the negro to carry away and forever hold bis own peace, provided only that the negro did not kill him. After some parley the negro a;cepted this proposi tion, and Mr. Roper returned to the store. However, on his way to the store he met several other men and in duced them to enter the store by the back way and concealed themselves in the store, waiting for the negroe's ar rival. The negro, however, "caught on" and failed to put in an appearance. HA is now at large, with a reward of $25 outstanding for his ar:cst for at tempted robbery and mutder. PROBABLY INSANE An Unusual Experience in Secretary of State's Office. Officials in the secretary of state's office had to deal Wednesday with a crank or a crazy man, who claims that he came from near Knoxville, Tenn. He was dressed like a farm laborer and his brogans had not been blacked since he bought them from a store some where. He carried in his hand an old horseshoe, with a yellow string tied about it, and this he held to as tightly as if it were gold. The man toad the cffiAials that his family lived many years before the war in Union county and that they possessed many acres of hand. They went to Tennessee and the land was fnally sold, aocrding to his story, and $2,0100 was deposited in a bank to the credit of his fami.y. He said that some official in Union had written his grandfathcr years ago that the money was on hand, but that fees of $200 were due. His grandfather, he says, didn't sen- the cash and none of the heirs claiming it, it finally escheated to the state. He came here to investigate the mat ter and see if the money could not be recovered. He had no letters or docu ments, but when he stated that his grand parents were named Glaze, the old records were gone over and nothing could be found to throw auy light on the subjiect. He then went to the treasurtr's office, but no record of $2,000 coming into the state treasury could be found. This made the man suspicious, and he said in the secretary of state's offie that it was evident to him that the state didn't want to pay him the money. When asked to give further facts he declined to do so, saying that he would make an investigation of his own. He even refused to give his own name, seeming to think the offiials were after cheating him. He finally said he would go to Union to make further investigations and would return. The man was extremely ignorant, if not actually demented.-Coiumbia Re cord. ___________ A Crazy Captain. The brand new four masted Ameri can schooner Welifeil, of B'ston, Mass-, bound from Sabine P.,ss, TJLexas, to Port Antonio, Jamaics, with six hundred thousand feet of iumber was found in a dangerous position by the British schooner Union, th~at arrived at Mobile Wednesday afteroi-on from Georgtown, W. I., off Cape Antonio. The master of the bcboon-:r, J. R. Jacobs, was insane from !llness. There was no other navigator aboard and the crew were about to desert the vessel to save themselves from heing wrecked on the rocks. Captain E J. Foster, of the Union was asked to come aboard and take charge, as the mad captain had several times attempted to kill the crew. The crew reported that the ves sel was two days out from her place of departure when Captain Jacobs sudden ly became insane from illness, and ima gined that he was in Sabine Pass, and began to order the cre w to unload the vesel. The next day he became worse and announced that he was off the Isle of Pines, and refused to steer the yes el Captain Foster after making a "laim for salvage sailed the schooner to Port Antonio. Desperate Fight. A disr'atch fro-n Gaffiney to The State sah: Geo. L. Wilson, manager of the county chain gang, was com mitted to jail here yesterday for shoot ing E A. Hughes, one one of his fore men. The trouble ocoured at the camp near Blackaburg. After Wilson soht Hughes the later closed with him and a dispatch battle ensued. Wiltn kept shooting and Hughes used his knip. Hughes wanshot twice, once, in the side and onein the arm, and was thought to b' f.ataly burt, hi row his recov ery is hobpei for. Wi> i was cut all over the n-cad and-face and one cut in the left side. Is wounds arc severe 'but notdangerous. A Notable Wedding. A notable wedding occurred in Brghangt~on, N. Y., last week. The groom to be is Maj. Page, aged 31, hight 31 inches and weight 49 pounds. The bride elect is Miss Mary Weickle, age 23. hight 6 feet and weight 168 pounds- It is understood that it is a love match. Miss Weickle, who is a handsome and popular young woman, has refused a number of desirable of fers in order to be able to marry the inutiv little mai:;r. FEARFUL AtULIEiNi Fell Through Roof on Red Hot Furnace TOP OF FACTORY FALLS. Precipitating Seventy-five People On Red Hot Vats. Nine Kill ed and Fifty Burned Terribly. Nine p opie wer- killed and fully 50 bai y injared by the coilap.e of the ri(.f of the Pacific Glass Works, on FIfteenth street, San Francise>, Thurs diy, while it was crowded with men and boys watching a football game on the fi.ld adjoining. About 75 people fell through the roof upon the red heG firnaces and glass vats below. All ho-ribly burned, and it is fea-ei that in addition to the deaths already re ported there will be several more. Cho dead are: J A. Mulroeney, W. H. Ejkfelt, E ]gar Flahein, T. J. Rip pon, William Valencia and M. Vau dina. Three unidentified. Two hundred men and boys had gathered on the sheet-iron roof of the glass works to obtain a free view of the annual football game between Stan ford and University of California. About 20 minutes after the game had commenced there was a crash, plainly audible from the football grounds, and a portion of the crowd on the roof went down. The fires in the furnaces had been started for the flrst time today and the vats were full of liquid glass. It was upon these that the victims feel. Some were killed instantly and others were slowly roasted to death. The few who missed the furnaces rolled off and, to gether with workmen in the glass works, saved the lives of many by pull ing them away from their horrible rest ing place. The police and fire d partmrnt were soon on hand, and every patrol wagon and ambulance in the city wore sum moned. They were not enough, and express wagons and private carrigen were pressed into service to carry off the dead and wounded. Many of the injured were unconscious, while others were hurried to the hospitals. The Southern Pacific railway hospital, only two blocks away, was quickly filled. About forty wounded were taken there. Others were sent to St. Luke's hospital, to private residences and other places. At the hospitals there was soon a shortage of surgeons, and some of the wounded had to wait until help came. The roof of the glass works was not 200 feet away from the football field, but the 50,000 people watching the game were too interested in the contest to notice what had occured. It was only when the ushers went through the vast crowd calling for doctors that it became known that there had been an accident. Hundreds of people left the grounds and gathered about the fence enclosing the glass works. News of the disaster spread rapidly, and thousands of anxious people quickly assembled. The police kept them back with diaiculty, while the patrol wagons and ambulances dashed through the crowd on their way to and from the hospital. A LATER sTATEMENT. Four bodies have been identified. Eighty-two persons more or less in jured have been taken to the various hospitals or removed to their homes. Most of those killed or injured were boys between 9 and 16 years of age. Nearly all of the victims had their skulls fractured or limbs broken and sustained serious internal injuries. Fire Don't Hurt Him. The Columbia Record says one of the most startling exhibitions ever seen in Columbia was that of Mr. N. C. Watts at Hyatt park yesterday and eve ning. He hvi a wire 400 fee; long stretched from a tall pipe, and by means of a pulley arrangement he went firing through the air enveloped in fiames. Yet at the end of his firery journey he comes out with but few burns. How it is done has been a mystery, and many people believed be wore an asbestos uit as a protection. But the fact is that his ciothing has been previously saturated with oil, is set on fire, and there is absolutely no artificial protec - tion to keep the flames from his body. A Rc~rd reporter had a talk with Mr. Watts this morning, and that his ex - hibition is genuine he proved by show ing variodus burns he had received on hi fbsh. He declares that no pain at taches to it, and from his actions and movements there can be no doubt cf the truth of his statement. An ordin ary man burned as he was would be in bed writhing in pain. He is irn y a wonderful man in this respect at least. He is from Lynchburg, Va., and, in ad dition to his "fire act," is atbaloonist and a ventrilogaist. He is a young man, but like all other businesses his sometime gets dull, though it would seem that he ooui~d get an engagement almost any time to do the fiery slide Fatally Shot. Gerge F. Nesbit!, of Kingston, Pa., aged 35 years. a member of the Luzerne county bar an-i a son of one of .Luz erne's wealthiest citizans, was acciden tally killed while hunting on a Drivate reserve at Mebanes, N. C., Wednesday. He was hunting with a colored boy and hig dogs. The colored boy heard no report of the gun, and after waiting an hour institued a search. The body was found with the gun on the ground near by. The charge had blown a large hole in his head and death was prob ably instanteously. D.eceased was an extensive traveler and had just returne d from a bunting expedition to the Rocky Moun tains. Trust Won A dispatch from Washington says Jstie Bernard of the Supreme Court of the District declined to grant an in j unction against the Standard Oil Com pany to restain them from maintain ing an oil storage plant in the south western part of the city. For several years the residents of the neighborhoo d have been seeking the removal of the plant beyond the city limits, clai ming the soage of large quantities of oil endangered their lives and property. Justi Bernard decided that the plant acn oed was not dangerous. By the United States Army in the Philippines. A special dispatch from Washington to the New York Journal seys: Siaughter of Filip'inos wherever there is an attack on the American troops or the "sniping" of American soldiers is the programme that has been ordered by the war department. Army officers long ago urged that these tactics be employed, but the fear of their effect upon the election prevented them from being carried into effect, Now the or ders have been issued and the people of the island are to be taught what war is in earnest. The policy of the Brit ish in South Africa is'to be ecpicd, ard the punishment of villages an. set tlements that giv shelter to the insur gents is to so effected that the war de partment beiitves it will be an casy matter to stamp out all signs of t! e present insurrection. Army officers who have served in the Pailippines point cut that the natives woek in the fisids as "amigos" when the Americans are close at hand, and as soon as they have pissed take up their guns and par sue, lagging far enough behind to "snipe" the soldiers, and frequently gathering in sufficient nurnbers to create dangerous ambushes. Under the new policy, whenever anything of this kind is done the whole section is to be scoured, the men killed, huts burned and the women and children chased away. The innocent may thus be punished for the aets of the guilty, be cause of the impossibilty of separating the non-combatants from those who are fighting. Through the fear thus in stilled in the minds of the people, it is believed by army officcrs that the na tives in self-protection will -refuse to give the "insurrectos" food and shelter, and thus make it impossible for the rebels to continue their depredations and maintain their attacks upon the American troops. Army officers have for a year urged that this be done, but prior to the election the Administration feared to give the order. In commenting on the above The State says: "Weyler, it seems, was a great military pioneer, much abuse in his time but now the model of the two most enlightened nations upon earth. His methods of dealing with a people who persisted in struggling for the in dependence against great odds of men and metal were novel and drastic and were subject to criticism from humani tarians, but after all, they were, it ap pears, the only hopeful method of con vihoing stubborn freemen of their folly in opposing great nations with groat armaments. It is true that Weyler was not successful in Cuba, neither the re concentration and starvation of the women and children nor the summary slaughter of prisoners of war serving to subdue the revolt against Spain. But perhaps that was because Spanish pesos were not numerous enough to properly sustain his plans. There is no such diffiaulty in South Africa or the Philip pines. British pound and American dollars are equal to all demands made upon them and the twentieth century will open with two simultaneous tests of Weylerism under circumstances promising better results than the origi nal policy attained. Nevertheless, to make the test succesbfuil the con seeiences of two nations must be wholly stifled." ___________ Mlust Pay Up. A dispatch to The hate says taxpay era of Wise and Pickens to wnships and the citizens of Edgefield village are jusit now very much exercised over *.he payment of the bonds issued by Wise and Piokens townships to build a rail road throngh them. The bonds, now amounting to $65,000, were issued and sold but no raiiroad was built through them. When the first installment of bonds became due, amounting now to $40,000, payment was refused. The bundhoiders flied suit in the United States court and payment fought on various grounds, but the court decreed that they must be paid, and the county auditor was ordered to levy a sufficient tax this fall to pay the $40,000 at once. 1he auditor has not made the levy, and notice has been given that steps in law will be taken to compel him to make the levy. To collect that amont at our levy would amount to about 6 per cent. of the taxable property of the two townships and it would virtually amount to confiscation in a numoer of instances. The taxpayers cannot stand it. Various plans to arrange the mat ter have been snggested. It has been determined, it seems, to call a meeting of the taxpayers of those townships at an early day to discuss the situa ion and to arrange some plan to pay off or satisfy the bond holders. The most feasible plan proposed is to issue ne # 6 per cent bonds, sell them and pay off the old bonds. IL is further suggested that the ne w bonds be issued in such shape as to retire a certain number of them each year, say from 10 to135years. Gamblers Hit Hard. 'lhe tril of the alleged gamblers at Pensacola Pia., has been completed. Fifteen of them have been discharged for want of evidence to convict. Mayor Hillyard in the police court today an nounced fines of$230 each, or 60 days in jail, against Charles Evans, C. F. Snad and E I Loundsberry for keep ing gaming hoc. is, and of $30 each or 30 days in jail against W. Church, M. Rosentern, J. W. Pope and George Mody for visiting gaming houses. Moreno Jones, attorney for tne def end ants, made a motion for a new trial. A Bud dist Nun. Sister Sanghamitta, a Buddist nun, has arrived from Honolulu and proposes to speak through the country in behalf of her chosen faith. She represents the Maha Bndhi society, which aims to promulgate the true teachings of Budd ha. Sister Sanghamitta was for merly the Countess Dc Canavarro, wife of the one-time minister from Portugal to the Hawaiian islands. She was born in Tsxas and entered the order in New York in 1897. Washed From Eigging A special dispatch from Kingston, Ot., Says that the tug Rule, Captain Hakett, master, has just returned from Point Pelecand Pelee' and reports hay ig been close- enough to the schnoor wrecked there to learn that its name was the Miame Valley, and to ascertait definitely that the eight Eailors whc were seen lashed in the rigging earlj Monday had been washed away anc Charged With Killing Two Ladies Near Charlotte. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., to the Atlanta Journal, says: "Jacob A. Eller, white, who formerly lived near the scone of the crime, was brought here Wednesday night on the charge of murdering Mrs. Colley and her niece last week and burninz the house con taining the bodies. He was arrested in Rown county, sixty miles from Charlott. The clew that lcd to the arrest was a sewing machine lease issued in the name of his wife which was found in Mrs. Coley's house close to the cupboard which contained hidden money. The leasu hor ed that the machine had been repossessed by the seller, the Singer Sewing Machine camrany, on the 20.h of-, 1S93. After finding the lease Chief or Police Orr icquired about iller. He ascertained that theman was a jackleg carpenter with scant reputa tion of any kind; that he came from Rowan county originally, but that for some years he had lived on a small farm about two miles from the residence of Mrs. Colley. A week before the murder Eller's wife and three children left for Goidhill, where it was found Eller had gone the day after the women had been killed. Upon locating his man the chief announced here yesterday morning that he was going off on a shooting trip and he and two other officers, dressed in sportsmen garb, proceeded to Elier's house. The man said he had no money, but a search of his house disclosed $40 in old and crumpled bills. Tracks leading from the house where the murder occurred measured No 9, which correspond with Eiler's shoes. He claimes that he can prove an alibi. The suspected man is forty-nine years old, five feet nine inches high and weighs about 150 pounds and is dark." In Mortal Combat. W. J. Bailey, railroad agent at Mango, Fla , shot and killed Paul Huet, a Frenchman, in a duel at that place. Hunt was employed by Bailey to do some work on his farm. He was ordered to stop the work on account of its not being satisfactory. Huet became enrag ed at this and it is alleged threatened to do Bailey violence. Bailey returned to his home for a gun. Huet ran to his home on a similar mission. Mrs. Bailey followed her husband, armed with a pistol. Mrs. Huet followed her hus band similarly armed. When the party met both men raised guns, it is alleg ed, and Bailey shot first, killing Huet instantly. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Huet were in the meantime fighting with revolvers, Mrs. Huet severely beating Mrs. Bailey over the head and pain fully wounding her. After the hom icide, Bailey coolly carried his wife home, gave her medical attention, and then telegraphe to the officers to come for him. Captured by Boers. Lord Roberts cables from Johannes burg under date of Wednesday, Nov ember 28: "The Dewetsdorp garrison of two guns of the Sixty-eight field bat tery were detachments of the Gloucester shire regiment, the Highland Light In fantry and Irish Rifles, 400 in all, sur rendered at 5:20 p. m., November 23. Our losses were 15 men killed and 42 wounded, including 36jor H. J. Anson and Capt. Digby. The enemy is said to be 2.500 strong. Four hundred men were despatched from Edenburgh to relieve Dewetsdorp, but they did not succeed in reaching therein time. Knox joined this force and found D,,wetsdorp evacuated. Seventy-five sick and woundd have been left there. Knox pursued and is reported to have suc~ cessfully engaged Steyn and Dewet near Vaalbaar, November 27. They re tired west and southwest. Knox's messenger failed to get through, so I have no details." Carried to Sea. A dispatch from Brunswick, Ga., to the Atlaata Jainal, says: Adred Ro-. berts and Ernest Bolt, two white boys, aged thirteen and fifteen years, were prcked up Sunday by the tug boat An gie and Neilie after having a dreadful experience in an opcn rowboeat. The boys went fishing in Black river SAt urday morning .and in some way the boat became unminageable, the currant carrying the youths a great distance in the ,direction of the sea body. The anxious parents bec,.ming alarmed at their continued absence chartered the launch Charley D and went in search of them. In the meantime they were rescued as above mentioned by the Angie and Nellie. Had their rescue not been affected as early as it was their fate would doubtless never have been known, as a heavy south to north east gale is now blowing at sea. Their safe return to their homes was the sig nal for great rejeicing by their loved ones. Domestic Animals. The census bureau Wednesday issued a bulletin giving the results of the enumeration of the domestic animals on enclosures, but not on farms or ranges. Of 1,878,207 'barns or en closures reporting domestic animals, which was substantially one-third of the total number of farms in the United States, 784 560 contained 466,970 meat catdle; 1,355,636 inclosures reporting horses aggregated2.833.877 horses; and the aggregate of other animals report ed as follows: Mnles, 162.115; asses, 12.870; sheep, 156 470; s wine, 1,592,. 861, and goats, 47, 652. What It Means The Philadelphia North American re ently published an article headed "A Dream of Beauty was Mrs. McKinley Thirty Years Ago," etc., being a de. scription of the personal charms and attractions of the First Lady of the Land during her school days. Mrs. Mc Kinley ordered a half dozen copies by wire and the North American printed a fac smile of the telegram. Up at the top we read "25 D. H.," which being interpreted mnaens 23 words, deadhead. It is an interestisrg incident. Gone Wrong. There have been public rumors for the past week that a clerk of the Sea board Air Line at Fernandina, Fla., was short in his acco'ints about $40,00( or upwards. No information could be obtained and railrcai officials refusei all information, A UU1EK UJA. The Yosemite Went Down at Guam Two Weeks Ago. DETAILS ARE LACKING. Ship Had Full Compliment of Officers and Men. Many Were Probably on Shore Duty. A dispatch from Manila reports the sinking of the United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite in a typhoon at Guam, November 15. Five of the crew were lost. Details of the disaster are lack iog and it is not known how many, if any, or the crew, was saved. A dispatch from Washington says the Yosemite was first commissioned April 13, 1893, she has been stationed at the island of Guam since the days of the Spanish war. She is a sixteen-knot converted cruiser, of 6,179 tons dis placement, and is provided with a main battery of ten 5-inch rapid firing guns and a secondary battaryof six 6 pound ers and two Colt rifles. She hasa com pliment of 18 officers and 267 men. Her measurements are 391 feet is length by 48 feet, extreme breadth. She has a mean draft of 20 feet, 1 inch. Just before the outbreak of the Span ish-American war the vessel was pur chased by the navy department, fitted as an auxiliary cruiser, and rendered effective service as one of the patrol fleet, being manned in part by the Michigan naval militia. It is said that her anchorage at Guam was of the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, and that owing to her draft she was obliged to lie six miles off shore. The horbor is a particularly dangerous one, owing to the existence of a rocky shoal in the middle and a particularly crooked channel. According to the naval register, the Yosemite was manned by 18 officers and 267 men, but in her capacity as - station ship not all of these were re quired, and undoubtedly a part of them were ashore engaged in duties at the naval station. This probably would be true of her comnander, Seaton Schro der, who also is governor of Guam, and who probably left the active command of the ship to the ranking lieutenant, Augustus N. Mayer. The other officers accredited to the ship by the register are Lieutenants W. E. Safford, Albert Moritz, B. B. Bierer, Ensigns A. W. Pressey; H. L, Collins, A. N. Mitchell and F. T. Evans, Assistant Surgeon F. M. Furlong, Assistant Paymaster P. W. Delano, Chaplain L. P. Ren nolds, and eight warrant officers. The navy department Thursday rel ceived a cablegram from Admias Remey confirming the report of the disaster to the auxiliary cruiser Yose mite at Guam. Following is the text of Admiral Remey's cablegram: Cavite, Nov. 29. 1900. "Bureau of navigation, Washington: Captain of transport Sherman reports total loss of Yosemite, Nov. 13. Chains parted in typhoon, drifted to sea and sank seventy miles off. Justin (a col lier) went to rescue. Steam launch crew of five lost. Shall send KempfE to Guam tomorrow to ascertain extent of disaster and transport Yosemite crew to Cavite. Remey." Boys On The Farm. The farm has given to the world some of its most useful men and women, of the kind that the world has great need of todasy. By reason of t heir se paration from the haunts and dens of iniqaity and vice they erected characters that were firm, strong and uncompromising. By reason of hard physical labor in shle open, fresh air they acquired rugged and strong oonstitulions needed for en durance in the confiets in which they engaged. And by reason of the hard battles fought and dilficulties overcome in the attainment of knowledge they ac quired a development of intellect that was both desiraole and commendable. What are the boys and girls on the farm, who are enjaying sdperior advantages, doing to day to improve their condi tion? Ar they making the very best use of the means which cheap books and papers and the long winter even ings afford to adorn their minds and make them more useful? Bryan's Reply. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says in answer to a congiatulatory address presented by the Bryan Eome Guards some days ago, W. J1. Bryan Wednes day afternoon sent a letter to H. F. hockey, thanking him for the expres sions of esteem, and confidence as fol lows: "When a political party meets with reverses the greatest consolation the candidate has, aside from the ap proval of conscience, is the knowledge that he retains the confidence of those with whom he was associated, and I thank the Guards for this assurance. The contest between democracy and plu tocracy will go on, and those who be lieve in the .Delaration of Independ ence and the doctrine of equality be fore the law must still defend human rights from encroachment and greed." A Tatal Pall. The State says Elijah Johnstone, colored, came to his death in a terrible manner Friday. He was walking across the Southern bridge over theCong ares, on his way to Cayce, where he worked, when he was seized with vertigo or epilesy something of the kind and fell from the trestle. He was not killed immediately, and some colored people who had seen him fall ran to his assis tance. He was taken to his home at 80 Eulaski street, but before medical at tion could reach him he was dead. The drop fromn the top of the trestle was over45 feet. Cornor Green held an inquest, and the verdiot of the jury was in accordance with the facts above stated. ______ Conspiratori Killed. A Morgantown, W, Va., special says: State Mine inspector Jas. W. Paul, of West Virginia, says the recent mine disaster at Berrysville in which 14 lives were lost, was the result of a conspiracy to kill the foreman of the mine. The conspirators after lighting the fuse stood at the entrance of the mine, but the force of the explosion Iwas greater than they expected and they ere also killed.