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TERRIBLE CYCLONE : - Viiiti Oainm.le Georgia ami Dom Fearful Work OAINBVILLE MILLS DEMOLISHED 1 Kitting ti Hunitrcil or Mnro !?? nnd WouiHlInK Munv Property !,<>?? ol' Tint i* Hundred I'liouMnnrt , Dollars. A terrific force struck Gainesville | Ga., Monday .Uine 2. out of a clear j sky, causing fearful luKsof life in that city aud New Holland and While j Sulphur. As near as can be calculated | at present the results arc S.*> women | und children dead and perhaps 40 more fatally injured, with a property loss of something like ?300,000. The death list is yet Imperfect, not all the Ixidies having been recovered and Identified. Many'of them weremangkd ed beyond recognition, the only means of identification being the records of the two cotton mills, in which most of the victims worked. The death-dealing storm appeared suddenly a little before 1 o'clock and within two minutes it had killed mar ly loo persons, torn two stories from' the live-lloor brick factory of the Gainsvllle Cotton mills, demolished almost 200 cottage, razed two brick stores to the ground and blown down Innumerable outbuildings. 1 iy what appears to be a miracle, the tornado's fury was confined to ihc outskirts of the city, the main business and resi dence portion not being touched. Tor rents of rain accompanied the wind, but within live minutes after its tirst onslaught the sun was shining upon a scene of fearful desolation. The list of the dead is confined mainly to operatives of the Gaines ville Cotton mills and the l'acolet Cut ton mills, and two-thirds of them were v<omen and children. Unconfirmed reports from White Sulphur, seven miles from Gainesville, Ray that about 12 persons were killed there. Their names are not yet obtainable and hopes are expressed that tliis report is unfounded. IN T1IK T>\ INK I.I N(i OK AN EYK. The tornado did its appalling work in such incredibly short time that it isdilllultto get a coherent descrip tion of Its character. It appears to have swept down from the southwest, striking the Gainesville mills with a roar like the report of artillery. After lifting two stories from this structure it swept on to the northward, leaving a trail of disti nc tion along Summit street, which is in habited almost exclusively by negroes. Nearly 100 cottages of colored people on this street were leveled to the ground, but by a fortunate circum stance the tenants w ere all absent hav ing left the city in the morning to take part in a negro picnic. The furious wind next descended on "the plant of the l'acolet Cotton mills at New Holland, two miles from the Southern station. This Is one of the largest! mills In the south, employing 'more than H00' hands. The sturm spared the l'acolet factory, but entire ly demolished J 00 of Its cottages, standing near by and tenanted by its operatives. Here the fatalities were greatest, upwards of 35 persons being burled In the ruins of the cottages, liodles were blown hundreds of yards and many of them when picked up bore no semblance to humanity. The trunk of one young boy was found with the head decapitated as if by the guillotine. From New Holland the tornado swept onward to the east of White Sulphur, a town of al>out 100 persons. The extend of its destruction there cannot now be definitely told, but re ports so for received Indicate consid erable loss of life. TKHU1IILY M A NOLKL). The bodies of most of the dead In the two cotton mills were fearfully torn and mangled ; the skulls of many of them were crushed and the limbs broken; some were torn and crushed - about the abdomen with the viscera visibly protruding. The local physi cians who gave tlrst aid to the injured say tho sights wcro horrible beyond description. The death list is expect ed to be of much greater magnitude by morning, as nearly :10 are believed to be hurt beyond hope of recovery. BTJltO KON8 KHOM ATLANTA. Gainesville has only 12 local physi cians and their services were found entirely Inadequate for the situation, j Surgeons from Atlanta and other I points came, so that the numl>er in tho city now Is about 40 and all pos sible care and attention Is being given the Injured people. At a meeting Monday night of physiojans, newspaper men and citi zens of Gainesville a relief.committeo was formed with .lames it. Gray or Atlanta as the chairman. Supplies will )>o rushed Into tho stricken city rs rapidly as possible. Gainesville feels able to take caro of tho 1 mined I ato needs of tho suffering, but unless supplies art) revived touch distress Is likely to result, as the families visited by dcAth and mutilation wore almost without exception dependent upon thoir dally labor /or support. Tho property loss, it is now esti mated, will reach about $:too .000. THK KIItHT DICTA I LH. .Tust after tho noon hour the city was struok by a tor rifle cyclone, kill ing probably ono hundred personit, unroofing tho city hotels, othor large buildings and destroying the Galnos vlllo cotton mills. Tho greatest lows of life Is reported In tho dostruotlon of the cotton mills whero about 80 persons aro reported killed and scores injured. Klghteon persons wero killed In tho olty betweon tho centro of town and tho railroad station whero four large A boron woro blown down. The storm had driven many porsons Into these stores for rofuge and they wero proba bly all killed. TIMflft Wero 606 persons at work In tho cotton mill when tho cyclone struok. Tho mill was a three-story butldlhg. Tho first was left standing bub badly wrecked. The second and third doors were completely demolished and the em ploye^ Ldktaht under the wreckage and mangled. jh'lvo brick stores on tho main stroot of Oalnosvlllo wore swopt away. Jn nil 200 buildings aro demolished there. * oyclono wont on to Now llol Iflmd and it is belle vd at least 75 peo ple arb Killed there. TIIK DMA D. ? fpbe list revlRed tip to a late hour Tuesday night Is as follows: Killed at the Paoolot mills at New j Holland: Mrs. Alice Bubo, aged 40. Mrs. P. P. O'Kelley, 30. Mrn. Win. Westmoreland, 4 1. Mr?. Marian Wlllbanki, 40. Mrs. II. n, Nelsou, 46. i Benny Ilendrlcka. 12. Mrs. J C. Bryan, 47. Lester Phillips, U0. Mrs. T. \. Cokor, 00, Wm, Tatum, 25. * j Norman While, 10. M rs. .J Ii. White, 36. Ola White, 10. M rs. Wm. Bedford, 10. Willie Lcdford IS months. Marry Loyd, 00. Mrs. Thomas Truelove, 18. Mrs. M. A. Pass, ftO. Spurgeon Purs, .10. Spurgeon I 'ass, Jr., 12. John Mayne, ex-clerk of the superior i court of llall county, <>2. j Mrs. H L. Nicks. 42. Mrs. Julia Neely, 55. Baby York, Id months. IVarl York. 4. Leon McGill, 1. Mrs. Mary Abel, 70. Mrs. Bell York, 27. MJtcy Westmoreland, 9. Myrtlce Westmoreland, 0. I Manda Wylie, colored, 45. Killed at the Gainesville mills: Robert Level), 11; head torn ofT. (Jon. Cummlng. Mrs. Annie Garrett. John Wesley Adams, 14. Mary Clarke, 18. Maud Gord'-n, Its. Brrtie London, 14. I '.ionic Duncan, 1 1 . Mary Lou Duncan, 11. C. Knowles. Bessie Skinner, 1.1. Kdna Boers. Lillle Woodie, 1 :i. M r. J. M. Camp and baby. Boh Morris, 1 2. I Claudle Shed, 1 1 . Orin Hay dos. 12. | .Jack Murphy. * v ?lake Waddell, 17. v?. Lizzie Ilich, l<>. Grady Lee, 14. ICthel Lyle, 12. Dorothy Sloan. Minnie Stowe, 14. ICd. Nagle. Herman English, 1 :i. Dorothy Sloan, LI. Liliie Lodglns, 1;1. Lula Lodgins, 15. Mrs. Nathan Jones. Homer Ash, 21. Comp Aslie, ltl. Minnie Jackson, 17. Morris Child. Baby of orrlngton. M Issing: W. E. Bannister. Eight persons killed in the destruc tion of the Jones & Logan stores near the Southern deport are not Included in t lie above list. All of them were mon except Mrs. Jones, the wife of the proprietor of Jones' general store. Two of the men killed in the Logan store were negroes. A MASS OK KUIN8. The entire pathway of the storm, extending two miles from the Gaines ville mills around the outskirts of the city io the Pacolet mills at New Hol land is a mass of ruins, but form nately the cottages in the trail of th tornado between the Southern station and New Holland were those of ne groes who were all absent from the city Monday in attendance on a col ored excursion. Business is almost entirely suspend ed throughout the city, the attention of everybody being given to the care of the wounded and suffering. There Is no lack of medical attention, many surgeons being present from Atlanta and other cities. There is great need, however, or closing, antiseptics and other medical supplies. The local militia have been called out for police duty. The city is very orderly and quiet and only a few in stances of pillaging have been re ported. TOKNADO'S WOItK COMI'LKTK. The work of the tornado was com plete. From the factory where it first descended upon the doomed city to the hills beyond New Holland where it. rose Into the upper air, the destruction of property is appalling. Along this entire course for a dis tance of two miles there is not a fence i standing, not a habitable house, most of the latter being reduced to strips like laths and scarcely a tree left. At New Holland the storm did Its worst. Nothing but the barren red hills are left there to tell the story of the awful disaster. For a distance of three-quarters of a mile on the hillsides and in the val ley to U>e left of the Pacolet mills the g rou uir is obscured almost entirely by the fragments of the 1.10 houses that were there when the twisting tornado swi pt down. Standing on the hill top nearest the city of Gainesville and looking north east, a strip of perfectly smooth swept territory is presented to the eye of the observer and and the entire vista is paved with the wreckage of destroyed homes. Tli(! ('ntlon Itoport.. The department oT agriculture's Cot ton bulletin Issued Thursday shows the condition of cotton to ho, 71.1. Tho acreage planted is 28,907,000, anrl In creiiso of 1,029,000 over last year, or .'{.7 percent. The average condition of the growing crop on May 20 was 74. 1 as compared with Oft. 1 on May 2fl, 1902, 8 1 . ft on May 2, 1001, and a 10 ycar average) of 86.9. The percentage of Increase In the different states is as follows. .States. I'. C. North Carolina 7.0 South Carolina 7.2 Georgia 4.4, Florida 2.0 Alabama.. 2. a Mississippi 4. ft Louisiana 2.8 Texas* I. ft Arkansas ..., l.ft Tonnesseo . . . 0.0. Missouri 1 1.0 1 Oklahoma ft.? Indian Territory 10. a The condition of the crop l^y states on May 2(1 was as follows: Virginia 72 North Carolina 74 South Carolina 70 Georgia 7ft Florida 81 Alabama 7 a Mississippi 78 L >ulftlana 70 To* as 70 Arkansas. 70 I onncssee 8a Missouri 83 Oklahoma 72 Indian Territory 78 Tho conditions now reported Is for tho "Cotton bolt as a whole and for the states of Georgia, Alabama and Texas In particular, the lowest, condition over reported at this season Of tho . year. Tho crop Is almost every whore | from 10 to 21 days late. RUINED BY HAlt. Hovero Htortii tlulua Ofop?, Wrcoki Barm anil Irjurfu Poupltt. A Kpoclal dlapateh from Oolumbla to lUo Au^utu Chronlolo *ay? nowa rrom llopklnn, Cougaree and Weatoos |n the lover part of Highland county indlpaten that tho planter* in that section have lost thousands of dollurs from u destructive hailstorm that swept over that soctlon Monday night, and that an Immense amount of stock and poultry were killed, The heav iest loss was tii tobacco and cotton, an I It Is doubtful If any of these twu crops can be saved. The planters had employed experts and had gone Into the tobacco business quite heavily, expending considerable money upon it. The heavy hailstones cut the leaves Into shreds, leaving nothing but the stalk standing and ruining the crop. The cotton stalks were treated In the same manner, and are also ruined. The storm passed over In two direc tions at rltfht angles, and this accounts for the destruction of so many barns, houses and negro cabins. One negro was killed. The coroner went down Tuesday afternoon to hold the Inquest. Several others, b >th white and col ored were inpered. Jt will be several days before an estimate of the damage can be obtained, but a partial list of the planters who lost heavily was ob tained Tuesday morning as follows: Mr. S. J. IIutTmau, Uxst 50 acres of tobacco, upon which it had been esti mated he would make about ST , .">1)0, besides 30 acres of cotton; Messrs. G. B. and J. H. Weston lost about 25 acres of tohacc ? and 150 acres oT cot ton. and the entire front of Mr. (J. H. Weston's house was blown in. Mr. Charles McOreery had 225 acres of cot ton and cane completely ruined, and Mr. 11. II. Adams lost several acres of timber. Mr. F. II. Weston lost 125 acres of cotton, 50 acres of oats, about 5 acres tobacco and G5 acres of corn, besides two large barns and mowing machinery. Mr. Weston's bams col lapsed upon a lot of stock, but little damage was done. The depot at Con Karee was totally wrecked. The above was about all that could be obtained Tuesday morning in the way of figures, but to give one an Idea as to the force of the hall It was stated that hundreds of birds could be seen lying along the path of the storm, having been killed by the stones. The experts employed by the planters are now doing all they can to save as much of the crop as was not completely beaten down. MASSACRED BY COWBOYS. Five Men, Furmera Del'eml i i?? thrir IIoiiich, are Killed. Eight men were killed In a battle between cowboys and a family of farmers named Berry, at St. Francis. Kas. The cowboys were employed by the Dewar Cattle Company, and there had been bad feeling between them and the Berrys for some time. Land had been taken up by old man Berry as a homestead. The fences of the cattle company Interfered with his passage to and from the roads. Wire cutting on the part of the Berry faily in order to get the shortest possible road to town, is said to have been the orlginial cause ol the quarrel. The cowboys on the Dewar ranch had threatened to kill the family. The tight, remitting in the live deaths, came after a recent trip of the Berry family to town. The father and four sons were returning to their homes. Right miles from their des tination they stopped to cut their way through the wire fence. The cowboys came upon them just as they complet ed the work. The Berrys mounted quickly and the cowboys II red. The oldest Berry, John, was wounded but stay in his saddle. The farmers had the freshest mounts and soon were beyond accurate ri lie range. The cow boys kept up a scattering fusillade of shots. Arrving home, the Berrys did not think they had been pursued all the way, and they were in front of the house when the party of cowboys rode up the hill, a few yards to the north. The shooting began immedi ately. Two of the Berry boys were killed before they could reacn their rilles. The old man and the other two boys got Inside the house. '1 here were about twenty cowboys and they start ed on the gallop for the house, intend ing to lire It and burn the defenders out. The old rr.an and the boys at tempted to escape from the other side of the house and were shot down In sii004!ssi0ri. Three of the cowboys were killed by the farmers while they were defending the house. Womeii'H HcliolarMlitpM. Miss Louisa H. Popenhelm, chair man of the educational depart incut. South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, announces that the following scholarships are open and will i>e awarded hy the Federation: Converse College ?Three scholar ships, each valued at $100 a year, Tor four years academic work In college. Meth<Kllst College for Women, Co lumhla, S. (J. ? One scholarship for four years academic work in college. Greenville Oollogo for Women- One scholarship of free tuition. The Southern Kindergarten Traln ln? and Normal Institute, Charleston, (J. ? One scholarship of freo tuition for each county In tho State. .South Carolina Kindergarten Asso ciation Training School, Ohitrlepton, S. (J. ?One scholar ship of trfco tul t4on. ? Mrs. I. A. Smith's School for Young Ladles, Charleston, S. O. One scholar ship of free tuition. Alumnae Club School of Domestic Science, Louisville, Ky. -One scholar ship of freo tuition. - Clifford Seminary, Union, S. C. ? One scholarship of free tuition. The examinations for these scholar ships will l>e held In each county, July 10. All applicants must file their names beforo July 1. <!hoppc?l oir Maii'h llnnd. A special from Taxewoll, Tonn., says Sam f)avls wan killed near that place late Tuesday afternoon, Kale Mlnton chopping his head off and burying an a* several times In his body: The hien engaged in a difficulty in Mlnton's house. Mlnton was put In tho Tazewell Jail Tuesday night, and tho sheriff made preparations for protection against mob violence, fears of which were expressed Tuesday nltfht. Out In Illinois a vicious bull broko from his enclosure and made an at tack on an automobile. The farmer managing It concluded to give him the l>est tight the machine had In It. After two or three rounds the Ijcast retreated with his head and t%)l hang ing In shame. POSTAL FKAl'DS. Two Mire Arr?ata Had* la Connec tion With hem 05 TH8 CHAEOB OF C0H1PIRACY 1 I Ami Dofraudlntt iho Uovoriuiiont lit j iljg l'lirchanc of Loaib?r l'oiichfb rui'illtihiHl I lie lluritl Carrier*. A* a result of the sweeping Investi gation id W ashing tun of affairs at the postoffico dcpirtment, Thomas W. McGregor, a clerk hi charge of the supplies fur the free rural delivery ser vtee and C. Kit worth Upton of Haiti more, one of McGregor's assistants, Friday were arrested on the cliarge of conspiracy, with Charles E. Smith of Baltimore to defraud the government In the purchase of the leattier pouches furnished the rural carriers througout the country. Their cases make seven arrests in all since the Investigation began. Other arrests are expected later. The story of the arrests is best told in the following official statement given by Fourth Assistant IHstma.Ntcr General Brlstow Friday evening: "Thomas W. McGregor and G. Ells worth L'pton were arrested Friday afternoon upon warrants sworn out in Baltimore by Inspectors J. I). Sullivan and It. I>. Simmons, charged with a conspiracy, with Charles E. Smith and others, to defraud the United States government in the purchase or pouches from C. E. Smith of Baltimore. The] complaint sets forth that McGregor and Upton agreed with Smith to oh-! tain for him many thousands of letter pouches such as are used by rural let ter carriers. The price agreed upon was 5)0 cents per pouch: the actual value was less than ">0 cents. Smith was to pay to them the di (Terence be tween 90 and 50 cents per pouch. It is stilted at the department that the actual number of pouches which were purchased exceeded 20,000, for which the government paid 90 cents each, or $18,000 in all. Smith recei ved and re tained of this fur his own u?e $10,000. The remaining 88,000 was paid to Mc Gregor and Upton, The government could have bought the entire number of pouches from the manufacturers for $8,000." McGregur has been in the postal .service since 1891. lie came to Wash ington from Nebraska as a messenger and subsequently was promoted to a clerkship and linally was appointed by Mr. Machen In charge uf the supply wot k of the rural free delivery service. Mr. Upton is a Baltimorean and has been in the postal service I .'i years. Buth the men arrested are married. They were taken into custudy at the pustotliee department shortly befure the cluse of uillce huurs. Upton <i>ked to be taken before a commissioner at Baltimore instead of ii Washing tor, because of his wider acquaintance there and better opportunity tor secur ing bail. Accordingly he was taken to that city by two postoilire inspec tors shortly befure (i o'clock Friday evening. McGregor was taken to the office of United States Commissioner Taylor and released on $.>,000 bond. He waived a preliminary hearing. McGregor has been under the close surveillance of the inspect rs for weeks, ?uuJ hut* boon subjoctod to n close examination for several hours a day during a part or that time. The inpsectors say that they completed t e evidence they wanted before taking decisive actiun. ' MACHKN IND1C1K1). August W. Machen, former superin tendent of the free delivery service of the' postotllce department, who was arrested several days ago charged with sharing profits on government contracts for letter bux fasteners has been indicted by the grand Jury at Washington. The amount which the Indictment finds lie received illegally Is $18,987.79. Mr. Machen was in court with his attorneys when the grand jury reported and immediately gave bond in the sum of $20,000 for his appearance in court. The trial will occur In October. THE GAINESVILLE TORNADO. \ Condensed Statement of tin* llo* HiiltHof tfio Awful Out iinI roplic. A dispatch from Oalnsvillc, (Ja., Hays the relief committee met Thurs day night and Issued a statement as to lives lost, houses destroyed, number dead and Injured, those needing hos pital treatme.nt, elx;. This Is the lirst authentic report from the commit t,ec. 1 1 Is an follows: At, Now Holland: Number killed, sure to flic, I; wounded 7f>: need hospital l reatment. HO; io hospital. 22. I louses t/Otally demolished, 40; total number of families, 00; representing :{<M> people, all of whoso. elTects were destroyed; houses damaged, 13; t ? -ta I number families, 00, represent-In^ too people, one- third of whose elleets were destroyed. In the Gainesville Mill district; number killed, .1(1; number missing. I; fatally Injured, total Injured, 115; number needing hospital treatment., H; number now In hospital, 7; number to be moved to hospital, I. Between Athens and Main streets; Numl>er dead, 20; In lured 2f>; needing lK)?pltal treatment, 12; In hospital, .r>; to move to hospital, 7, Numl>er houses destroyed, 00; people homeless, 300. Krom Athens street to J'acolet Mill; Number dead, f>; fatally Injured, *>; total Injured, 40; needing hospital treatment, 10- 0 colored, I white. Houses destroyed, 00; people home less 800. Total killed, 95; total will die, 12: total wounded, 201; total number need ing hospital treatment, 00; total num ber now In hospital, .'U. Number houses totally destroyed, 100; total number houses partially destroyed, 10; total niimlmr persons homeless. 000. The alK)Ve list of houses destroyed only Includes residences and cottages and does not Include stores, factories and otlloes demolished. The work of relief Is proceeding with expedition, although It. was somewhat retarded by the cold drizzling rain which poured down Thursday from dawn until mldnlghV The relief com mittees are rnuoh encouraged by the gencreus contributions from outride sources and the number of physicians and trained nurses who havo volun teered their services. The Pacolet Mill, at New Holland, started running again at noon Thurs day. Assistant Superintendent Voung stated that a large numl>er reported for work. CORN WILL BX SCARCE. At L,c*?t Ihtt la WhM iho lloporta Nmw 1 iuJ tew te. South Carolina farmeri &ro hilar, eated Id the report that tho flood? l<i the West have Rorlruuhlv affected the crop uf corn aud wheat, Tbot?c who| prefer to purcbaao Wustornoorn rather \ than culti vato a crop may ponder over ! the outlook with considerable concern. They will have to pa> a long price for the cereal, and if ctton creeps to live j oeuts the bottom will drop out of the ; full dinner pail. In its review of the j depressing situation the New York 1 Commercial say* : The heavy rains throughout the great corn growing regions lieyond the Hooded valleys, if continued much I longer, will, It is feared, do irreparable j Injury. All or the corn planting that was done was done before May 1">. and probably not more than 00 or To per cent of the planting was tinishe I up1 to that date. Then the heavy rains commenced through Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, and this prevent ed the farmers from continuing their work in the tieldk. The wet weather has continued so long that the fanners have been un able to look after the corn which they had planted, and it is now becoming so late that, even if good weather should arrive. It is doubtful if it would l>e advisable to add much u> the corn acreage, f ir the reason that u would he likely to bring the late planted crop into the season of frost, when it was lu a critical condition. Probably a large percentage of the early sown corn will be all right lu the advent of good weather very soon. At best, it is feared that there will be a corn shortage in the fall of from :i0 to 40 per ecnt. Oats are said to have been affected almost as much as corn. Wheat, however, has, up to the present time, not lieen materially I atfected although the long continued | wet spell will probably make it two I weeks later than usual. A Woman's Hoari. Some one has truly said that there are three things that man Is destined never to solve? perpetual motion, the square of a circle, and the heart of a woman. While he may go a little way into the labyrinth of the last with the thread of love, which his Ariadne will gladly give him at the door, he will never solve It. "The dim chamljers arc fragrant with precious things, for through the winding passages Memory has strewn rue and lavender, love and longing, sweet spikenard and instinctive be lief. Some day, when the heart aches, she will brew content from these. "There, are barriers which he may not pass, secret treasures that lie may not see, dreams that he may not guess. There are dark corners where there has been torture, of which he will never kn >w. There arc shalows and ghostly shapes which Penelope has hidden with the fa' rest f.i" rlcs of her loom. There are doors tightly locked, which he has no key to open: rooms which have contained costly vessels, empty and deep with dust. "There is no other step than Ills, for he walks there alone; sometimes to the music of dead days and some times to the laughter of a little child. The petals of crushed roses rustle at his feet ? his roses ? in the inmost places of her heart. And b-'yond, of .spotless marble, with the luHnlto <*&1m of mountains and perpetual snow, is something which he seldom comprehends ? her love of hor own Whiteness. "It is a wonderous thing. For it Is so small he could hold it In the hollow of his hand, yet it is great enough to shelter him forever. All the world may not break it if his love Is stead fast and unchanging, and loving him, It becomes deep enough to love and pity the whole world. "It is a tender thing. So often Is it wounded that It cannot see another sulTer, and its own pain is easier far to bear. It makes a shield of Its ten derness, gladly receiving stabs that were meant for him, forgiving al ways and forgetting when it may. "Vet, after all, it isa simple tiling. For In times of deepest doubt and trcuble, It requires for Its solace only the tender look, tho whispered word which brings new courage, and the old-time grace of the lover's way." (ioHHip mid Hlandnr. The Atlanta News says gossip and slander have grown apuce since the creeds of the old south were swept away by war, and were choked by the gross materialism of the age. Virtue on wanting tongues Is held lightly and character Is of small esteem. Good names are bandied In Idle gossip and fair reput*. In man or woman isinjured In the careless whisper of the street. Humor robs like a highwayman and slander stabs like a bandit with never a code, save the doubtful process of law, to make them afraid. The age of personal responsibility was the age of purity and the age of courtesy It had it-s limitations and it can scarcely be justified In the law of ("Sod or man. Mut tills much at least Is true: That in the time of Its l>est expression It must be s?'.t down as one at least of the essential glories of the old south that no man spoke lightly of the honor of woman or of the good name of his fellow-man. A Fuknch woman fell Into a cata leptic trance May 21, IHH.'i, Just after giving birth to a child. All these years she lay with Jiws clinched, limbs rigid and in a profound lethargy. Various doctors for a few years tried all known remedies. They had a lino time "practicing" on her. For the last few years she showed somo signs of returning consciousness. About five months ago when a doctor was ex amining her llesh she said: "You ar?j pinching me." She fell asleep at 22 and died at 42. All those years food was supplied through a quill Inserted where a tooth was extracted for that purpose. I'uk.hi dknt I loose velt says: "It whs my good fortuno to serve beside col ored tioips at Santiago." The State says passing over the fact that Col. Itoosevelt later cr I Used those colored troops, practically accusing them of cowardice, wo would likoto know why he does not continue to avail himself of the pleasure of serving l>estde ne groes? Why not put at least one col ored man in his cabinet? Why not suggest that Hooker Washington be made his running mate? Oh, hypoc ricy!" Tiik eight-year old son of Mr. P. It. Bryant, of Saluda, died with hydro phobia last week. He wi?s bitten several months ago and had the Georgia mad stone applied. After this no uneasiness was felt, but |?y drophobla developed last week and af I tor 30 hours of terrible suffering the I little fellow died. A Comparison In Figure*. The recent great catastrophes, hi which so many lives were lost, calls furth a comparison m figures ly the Scientific American between the loos of life by accident*, particularly rail roads, and the fatalities of war, These tigures show, says tho Scientific American, according to Aoclrient bulletin, Nq. u. publishod hy the ' Intcretato Commerce committee, t iat ! the number of passengers killed In ; train aculdenu during the months of ] (X* tuber, November and De>oemberv i 1 HO 2, was 2UU, and of Injured, 2,788. : Accidents of othei kinds, including those sustained by employes while at work and passengers getting on and j oil cars, etc., bring the total number of ? as.ialtles up to 12,811. Of these U38 were killed and 11.879 Injured: j from which we see that at the close of last year our railroads were killing i people at the rate of 3,752 per year. ! and disabling them at tho rate uf 47,- i 4lJ2, a rate of. *>1.244 deaths and In juries In & single twelvemonths. Now, these tigures are surely suillciently ; shocking In themselves: but we can better appreciate their meaning if we i compare them with the casualties in > some spec! lied instance of the unlver- ( sally-admitted "horrors of war." During the whole of the Boer war, I which lasted about three years, the total number of casualties (killed, wounded, died of disease, and Invalid ed home) in the British army was 27, J 732, of whom 5,727 were killed In ac tion. The lioer losses, If we exclude the number of prisoners taken, were not so numerous as those of tne British; but even If we allow that they were approximately equal, we llnd that the whole number of casual ties of British and Boers, throughout the three years, vCas only about equal to the total number of railroad casu alties in the I'nited States, supposing, that Is, that the rate shown in the last three months of last year were t<? prevail for the whole year. Judging from the daily record of accidents during the tirst three months of li?03, this rate has not only been sustained, but has greatly Increased. What are we >rolng to do about It? They Conic High. An entomologist estimates that bugs cost this country about $250,000, 000 a year. The grasshopper eats up $1(0,000,000 worth of vegetation If he is feeling well, the Hession tly $50, 000,000, the chinch bug $10,0)0.000 and the potato bug $8,000,000 worth. Tobacco worms, moths, squash bugs, beetles, etc., make up the rest. Kn tomologlsts have been studying the problem of bug destruction for many years, but progress toward the desired end is not rapid. A Bud White Boy. Geo. Ovcrstreet. a 17-year old white boy of Columbus, Ua., was killed Wed nesday at Salem, Ala., near Colum bus, by a baililT. Overstreet and a companion named Reeves of Atlanta, burglarl/ed a store at Salem a no a residence at opellka, Ala., and while resisting arrest Overstreet was killed by the otllcer. Reeves escaped. Shot to l)eui h. Samuel Westmoreland and his wife were shot to deatli in their house at Rankin, Texas, on Monday night. Ellis Clarldy, a brother or Mrs. West moreland, is charged with the crime. lie Ih Right . Senator Tillman declared in his speech at Rock Hill on Monday lhatit would be a long time before South Carolina over got any holp in road building Trom the general government. Chopped Off His Head. Sam Davis and Falc Mlnton had a ?ditllculty at Tazewell, Tenn., on Mon day and Milton chopped Davis' head oIT with an axe. A Had Caito. The infant child of Col. W. G. Stephenson of the King's Mountlan academy, Yorkvllle, died on Monday from swallowing broken glass. TnK Spaitanburg Journal says "the appalling disaster, which overtook the people of Gainesville last Monday night and wrought without warning so much death and destruction, bring us to a stern realization of the uncertain ties of life and the helplessness of human beings before the titanic forces of nature. No possible precautions or painstaking can enable us to guard against a calamity of this snrt, which Is ono of the dangers of life that may be met by any of us at an unexpected or possibly never seen or thought of from the cradle to tho grave. Cor,. Jiu). H. TowlU of llatesburg says that a dozen landscape garden ers from Plnehurst, N. (J., have been brought to Itatesburg and are prepar ing the grounds on which a big tourist hotel will l?e erected by the Summer lund Hotel Company with which J. I'. Matthews and A. Oamewell LaMotte of that city are connected. At (Quitman, Ga., sewerage Is de posited in a well bored 13(1 feet deep. At that point, the au^nr struck a hol low place and dropped down several feet.. The capacity of that cavern seems to be unlimited. Out of the eighteen candidates voted for In the judicial election In Cook county, Illinoise, Wedn :sday, the Domocrats elected fourteen and the Itepubllcans four. A light vote was cast owing to the wet weather. A Merlin tfirl Is demanding 12,500 dan. ages from an unwelcome suiter as the price of a single hug. She declares that the pressuro of the embrace has affected her heart -whether literally or metaphorically Is not stated. Free la You If yoo are not w< . -<d *r*nt to kr.'># the .ruth tliout your trouble, Aenn for mv free lntokletP kikI null ninmtnutlon blenke. Mo. 1, Nervou* Debili ty (Haxuel Weaknene), No. 9, Varicocele, No. 8, fttrlotu re, No. 4, KM n?jr unci Bladder <V?m plelnte, No. 6, DIm?m of Womta. No. ?, The Potion Kin* (Blood ?V>l*onVNo. 7, (to larrh. 1ti?M hooka ?hOUxl htln ?>ifi hftiidn of ayerr ptraon a fl) tot ed, rui nr. Hathawajr, the author, I* reeof nlfted ?? the be*t,?n thorlty and expert In the lint ted Htatej on th<**edlfteanft?. Wrlta DR. HATHAWAY or wnn ror tn* l>ook you want to-d*y, arid It will be wnl yon fre?, settled. Addrem 1. New ton Hftthftway, M l) H8 Tnman Hulkllng 22} S. HroadKt. Atlanta, Oa Carolina Portland ('("TTIOnt CO OIIAKI.BSTON \/\J?y South Carolina. Oajfor's Whltfl I<lme, Cements, Klro Bricks, Terra Cotta Pipes. -27? 1 v. READ THIS LETTER i ALMOST A Ml RACLC Djluov, >. C., Aug. 18th, 19M. Gentlemen: ? la September, [ took rheumsi:sin In a very bad form. In a month after tbe disease started 1 bad to ic \ e tip coy work and go to b#d. It continued to grow worse until my arm* and bsnds war# bailljr drawn, to much to that I oould not use them. My legs were drawn back until my feet touobed my hip*. I *u as helpless a* a bany for nearly twp|?o month*. Tbe muscles of my arms and legs woro hard and shriveled up. I suffered death njanr times orer. Was treated by six different physicians In MoCoil. Dillon and Marlon, but none of them oould do me aur Rood, until Dr. J. P. K wing, of Dillon, oame to see me. He told mo U> try your Uiiicmacidb." He got me one bottle of the modlolne and 1 began to take It and before the tlrot bottle was used up I b?gsui to get better. 1 used five and a half bottle^and completely cured. That waa two years ago, and my health has been excellent ever since. Itwve had do symptoms of rheumatism. I regard " RiikcmaCIPB " as by far the best remedy for rhoumatlsiu on tbe market. 1 citnnot trvy too much for It. 1 have reoommonded It to others since uud It has cured tin :u. Will say further, that I begun to walk in aboijt ?? i days after 1 began to take " Rhiomaoidb," with the aid of crutches ; In about three months after I began to take It, 1 oould walk as good as anybody, and went buck to work sgain. Very truly, JAME8 WILKES. All Druggists, or sent express prepaid on rrcript of ft oo. Bobbltt Chemical Co., - - Baltimore, fid. White Stone Lithia Water. Tiik Bkst Lithia Watki: in Amkuica. Tiik Lauoi-st \ni> Mosr Mmdkkn Hkh:k IIotki. in tiik Cakoiinas <>k (Ikou.m. Tiik ("<?;?i.kst UkmiKT in tiik Statk. All modern improvements, eleci i ic car line from >oit'ieisi lly to Hotel. Well shaded, pleasant grounds, scenery ?.-? ( u ;i I t < i 5 1 n ? mount i ins. and all amusements found ;?< !iisi class water places. Come to White Stone Lithia Springs for health or pleas ;r. . Head what the noted !>r. L. <\ Stephens. who stands at the head of the profession in South Carolina, and who wa? president of the State M'dieal As soeiat ion . alsi ? president of t lie Med teal I >? ml ? ?t" Kxau. iners ?<f Soul h ? aiolina until he resigned to move to ( ! teen v ;lle. s;i\ s: < ; i i'i n\ i lie, St. <H-loi)er in. After a serviee of one season at White Stone Lithia Springs, as resident physician, I do not hesitau lo say thai 1 1 i.? elVect ot i he w at er upon I hose w ho drink it for any lengt h of t one, lias hi en prefect lv mat \elnus. Invariably an increase l>ot h in llesli and appet 1 1 e was pe i ee|>t ihle in ? week . pi m j nvr i ' to t>e a mineral water of undoubted pow erfu ! tnnie ptoj 1 \ . Its pee u liar adapt - ability to diseases original ing fioin disorders of the U-nt" vs. bladder and liver, such as dropsy. Height's disease, diabetes and urie acid ? .i iculi. and all tonus of dyspepsia, rheumatism and gout , Is to be expected from i iie splendid analysis. It has lieen noted frequently that visitors before coming hero had lo follow every meal with some form of corrective, orcontine t hemselves ent irely to predigested foods: stx>n discarded t hese ent irely , beitm delighted to tind that the water alone- -nature's own remedy siirticeil. Of the many who drank this water this season for :e i days consecutively, not one but experienced decided benelit and a perceptible gain weight, varying from two to tive pounds. L ( . >TK1'H KNS. M. 1). For rates and particulars, address "White HtOne Ivit hia Water CT<>, wurn: stom-: sriti\(;s, s. <\ THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY The Crtkl of TRADE And TRAVtL THROUGH THE SOUTHERN STATES. Excellent Service Quick Time Convenient Schedules Any Trip Is > Pleasure Trip to lho?? who Travel via THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY, The Finest Dlnln^-Car Service in the World. For deUUed Information u to TIcKeta, Rates and SUeplnfi-Citr rtsnr* vations address th? nearest Agent of THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. W A. Tunn, PlM?|<r tr.m< Mtular. WAiniNCTON. D. C. S. H. HARDW1CK, PftiMngar A(?nl. WASHINGTON. D C. w. ??. TAYLOF.. C?fk. ?*t???kf*r Aftiti, AlkAKTA, CA. YOUNG MEN', YOUNG WOMHN, \\ \?,\l IT Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for St en >n raphe rs, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of MACFEAT'S BUSINESS UOLLECi E. Columbia, S. C. W. II. Macfeat, oHleial Court Stenographer. President. The Guignard Brick Works, COLUMBIA , S. C. Huildin^ anrl Re-Pressed Hrick. Special shapes to order. Fire. 1 * r< >i ? f Tor ra Uotta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders for thousands or for n.iMions ?[GOL<UMBI/\ LUMBER Sc MFG. GO. ?A?M, DOORS, BLINDS, INTERIOR FINISH, MOULD INO AND LUMBER, ANY QUANTITY. Columbia, S. G. Iieintz e\ Sons Ice Cream Shipped on Short Nol.ico to Any 1'arl of 1. 1 n? SI ato, 1 1 .on perflation. IIEINTZ & SONS, ?J*<~ and 211 Kinjf St., - ( 'liai lrst.oM. S. ( Inexpensive to lay. Kasy to keep in repair. Ll^ht and very durable. Wai,erpr(K f and ordorless. Not afTeoted by change of tem pcratu re. Kla?tlc. Acid and A lkall-proof. Klre-reslstlntf and oil -proof. Vermin will not attack it. All ready to lay. Needs no painting or coating. Will not deteriorate; with aj?e. W KIT 10 FOH PRICKS SOUTH I'ASTIvKN COMPANY. A 1 1 classes building material. (MIA ItUOSTON, S And Pity 'tis 'tis True SorriR gtxxl people buy their Paints and Varnishes, without, tirst ? tiiiK our prices on Hirst linen ()ur prices and our k<kk1s, wlirn | known, tfet, t Iir business. Will yon write? We can help you. v,. . Shan A Builders Supply Co:, mr? Plain St., (Joluir hia, S (^. 'PhR leafy days of June have come, nnri ho hits the pestiferous Kiiuts. Cseesars' He, d Hotel, OAKS \ i:\S II KA l?, S. ('. | I ,IXm) feet a 1 10 ve I he se i . \' iews i i > I o several SI a I es. Temperal un- I miiii ."it ? ! Id 7 ?"< dealers. I > i y ;i 1 1 . brce/v ni^hls. I (, rv still spring water. 1 '? >) >u 1;m lesort. i 1 1 1 ii in; life lor kui'sK Telephone and daily mails. Ib-sidem physician. I'ur inan 1 1 ni vcrsil y 1 1 ? > I ? ? 1 . Ilark line from Mrevard, N.('.,or (ireenville, S. Reasonable rales Open from June 1st. to Oct.. 1st. l-or other infoi nia lion write lx> .1. K. (i \Y I N N . M^i . Caesar's I lead, S. ( A^rlcull ore, lioriculturc and horti culture are all rhfht, hut what, this oeuntry needs more of right now Is boyculture. Dr. Bikers Hucklohnrry Cord ial, for the Rosvols aud Children) Toet hing II Is I NK <;i<K\T SOUTH KKN n KM KI?Y for the bowels. II Is one of the most pleasant and olllcacious remedies for all summer complaints. At, a season when \ iolc ni attacks of the I towels are so frei|ue nl , some speedy relief should he at hand The wearied I mother, losing sleep hv nursing the little one leelhiiu;. toi 1 1? I use this medicine I'lKiM II KNItY \V <il!AI)Y The ( 'onst it nt ion Kdilmal Rooms. A I laot a, i >a . May .! !. IKS', I > r . Walter A Taylor. A i lanta , < ?.i.: I)ear S i i . I have ne\er given a c.ertlticale on merits of any medieine, hnt I fake pleasure in breakup mv rule on this snhjeet in behalf of vour Biggers llu< k lebei ry ( ^ndial it is I Ik; I test medicine I have ever seen for use in the family. Fifty cents invested in a hot I le of t his medieine, and put on a shelf convenient for use io the begin | ning of any bowel I rouble, will often save life, and will save in almost any family ten time lis cost in doctors' 1 bills. I have a friend whose life, in my | oninion, was saved b\ I lie prompt use I of this cord ial . ft ought lo be in entry lainily in the, land, especially at this season of the year. I lake pleasure in thus lest ify lug toil merits. Very truly vonrs, II KNIlV VV. (IIIADY For sale by all druggists. i!.V lo .?)< f^e.r I Kit tie. Haltiwanger-Taylor Driif( Co , I'roprlrt or?, Atlantn, (i?.