The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 23, 1896, Image 1
VOLUME, VII.
I l .it it (I
ITR MAKICS AMIONDS TO TllUi
NICW8 A N I > COUKlUlt.
&
''Rpgl'OU That That Journal Could
Not I loin Further In th? Move
ment*.
Col. Duncan, managor of tho A 1 1 i -
An Co Exeha ngo, in "no interview with
tho Charleston News and Courier's
Columbia corn spondent last Tuesday,
1'.:- concerning un editorial which appear- j
$d in that journal in connection to:
- wirotioa, has tl.M to say:
"I was very glad to ?eo it, and felt
sure that nil tl.o cotton growors would
appreciate it. ,TI only regot that tho
oooarfon luul./liot ariaon by which it
might*hav6^>ecn written a month or
tnoro ago. It would hnvo helped ub
very much at tlnit time in our light,
and it wAs thin I meant when I said to
you Homo timo Biuco that I wtis sorry
T-^o Nows and Courier did not boo ita
way olear to help u? further in this
fight. If an editorial on that lino had
been written when tho bomprosacB bo
gau to complain about tho ueo of tho
? \ wiro ties it would have lielpod ua in thia
way, A a aoon aa that announcement
waa made a good many of Iho aniall
.woak-knood merchants gave upassoou
aa the first cap snapped. I had fifteen
balea at Bamberg and fifty bales at
Blackville thrown on my hands, and
havo hud to realiip them to tho up
country. I shipped ono lot of filly
;baloa to Seneca today from 1.1 lack v i Ho.
| "I uent a sample yesterdoy of the
kinds; orrathor sizes, of tho wiro that
I ha'vo been uaing to Mr. K. Bteodinnn;
of, CharloHton, who haa wiitten mo
[soviJml timea, and tec ma anxious to
holp ub out all hu can. Tho only juat
Jcomplaict, I think, tho compress men
. can make against tho wirea I am lining
"]}s that they may he a littlo hard on tho
jaheni'B that tho compresses uao. There
"S .38 a shears made to cut )lhia wire, and
|I havo a pair now on tb6 way from
Itae factory, and aa noon aa thoy oomc
? fl will take, or aend, them to Charlea
Jton.
"When tho action of tho Cotton
fTie Trust wor mndo apparent, so
"*? (late aa it waa, to our furmera they
[wero very justly incensed, and aa you
might naturally expect, wont to boiiio
oxtromcs.
"'i'wo farmera told mo they had an
old wiro fenco which they had torn
[down and baled their collon with it.
Souio others bought tho regular- gal
jtt ? vanized wire, which waa not unnealod,
and, of course, very stiff and hard.
Quito a lot of No. 5 rolled iron wiro
has boon used; that is V9ry hard to cut
v'Hyilh tho ordinary compress shears.
No w all these things aro worryiug and
jprovokijig to tho compresB mon, but
' timo will settlo all these dilTeroncca,
and by noxt Bcftsou wo will havo this
question Bottled by n regulation tio that
^ - will bo acceptable to both tho farmers
and tho compreaa men. I received a
letter from Mr, Mill saying ho w as coin
ing hero to boo mo on hia return from
tho North, and I havo been lookiug7or
him daily,
| "There is ono other question con
nected with tho baling of Iho cotton
crop that I am going to tako up, and I
want the assistance of our newspapera
and of our cotion exchangca, and that
is this tare question. Did you ever
> think about it or look into it? What
aro the faejji? Wo havethrco kinda or
grades of bagging on tho mar
ket? a pound and three-quartern, two
pounds and two and ono- quarter
pounds to tho yard. Now tho farmer
.who naea b?x yards each of the above
weights puts on hia cotton respectively
10$ pounds, 12 pounds and 13$ pounds
of bagging per halo. Tho farmer who
lines nine yards to tho bale, and many
do thia, puts on of thcaodifTerout kinda
of bagging l<r> 3-1 pounds, 18 pounds
? and 20$ poumht; add to each of tho
above nilio pounds for tho aix tieo and
yon hove tho amount of pounds in bag
ging and tica that ore med, varyiug
.? from 10) pounds, tho lightest weight
used, up to 29$ pounds, tho heaviest.
I "There ia no business aonao or rea
son in Hm way our system of baling
?"* cottoiV ia carried on, and our farmera
.ought to take hold of it nn<i correct it.
As now conducted a vory lorgo per
cent, of tho baling ia dono by tho pub
lio ginners, who furnish tho bogging
and tica, and tlioro is a rivalry among
tj^cm as to who will furnish tho bag
ging and ties for tho hast money, bo
many of them buy tho cheapest bag
ging they can get, and, of course,
light weight, and thoy advertise that
tlicy will I ornish tho baling for such
and such a price, and I see many of
- them using about- eighteen pounds of
- T- bagging and ties when that same bolo
of cotton will he docked thirty pounds
' - in Ijivorpool- markets for tare; if they
do not uao tho cheap covering they
loeo that much actual cotton.
"We all know thutv Liverpool fixes
price of our cotton. Thoy ddftnet 0
per cent for tare. This makes thirty
pounds on a fiOO-p^ind halo of cotton.
Again I repeat, you must nso np the
thirty pounds in your .cheap covering
the actual cotton. *lf cotton is
cents per pound, 'tho Liver
is sent out 0.40 and
tho spi nnfn'g%r$^ld taken up at that
price.
'Now* wh*t I "want to propose _ in,
tbnt by conoert of nctioh we ngrco to
i me on I j 2*pound bugging, nnd u?e six
ynrd* to the h?le; this will . bo twelve
lagging.; u?**U No. 10 wirt.
SS^ilOf. Wijpx. wilt.wcigft tbree I'ottixIs; this
m?kcft fifteen 'ponori*, nnd nil tbnt f*
.mrMto*ry. TMa, fifteen poqnd? wtH
be 8 pot cent on n 500- ponnri bale of
tlmtesn-WfrnttnM
_ i-wbttU tea hia
ineee and wonld be Ufr to nj?? end we
r?*> p^teettfed in tbi* wnj nod done
before another cotton crop in ready for
markot."
At tho time Col. Duncan was fretful
about tho ties b-uuo of tho country \
merchants . *e re beginning to weaken,
ami ho wa* nfn?id tho statements of ,
tho comprofn people wore respousiblo ?
for this. Tho wnolo truth now seemx [
to ho Btrui^hluiiotl out and thoro the
matter ends. (
XKW COUNTY TAl.li.
Humbling Hloolu Apprehended tu j
tho Way of tho Scheme.
Tho Columbia Register of a reeont ;
:lato, says: Ambitious towns that do
?iro to hooomo county Heats are finding j
more or Iofs thorns along their ro
?poctivo paths.
Under tho new constitution il in pro
vided that "whenever onothir.l of the !
qualified doctors within tho area of
each section of an old county propoHo
to bo cut off -tc form a now county,
I hey shall petition tho ("J over nor,"
etc.
The question has arisen: What is
meant by "oach section?" Those op
posed to the now county project aro of
Iho opinion that tho petition must
contain tho names of ono third of tho
electors in the entire township. That
is a "section," they claim; in other
words, by "each section'' in meant tho
township.
For instance, if ono- third of tho
electors of a particular township, wore
to bo ucoureci, and not ths requisite
number from tho territory proposed
to bo sot aside for tho now county.
somo little trouldo might bo ex
perienced if tho petitions were very
heavy from the townships from which
tho now county is to bo made.
It is tho Attorney General's opinion
that tho proper construction to be
ploced on tho provisions of tho new
law in that a petition should issue from
one -third of the electors in tho terri
tory to bo subtracted from a township;
in short, that tho plain interpretation
of tho law requires a petition from only
one-third of the voters in tho territory
involved, mid not from ono- third of
tho voterft in a township from which
only u few square miles may bo
taken.
Another obstacle lies in the fact that
a two- thirds vote is necessary before
tho General Assembly can grant- au
thority for tho creation of a now coun
ty, and complications might ariso that
would result in carrying tho matter iuto
the court. k
The' iiual papers for tho petition of
tho potition from Salem county ban
been received. Governor Evans was
not in tiJo city, but the proclamation
had been signed in blank, it seo^is,
awaiting tho receipt of tho nUidavit
from t li o Supervisor of Darlington
county. Tho election is ordered for
November 1H, and it will then bo de
cided if another county shall be creat
ed out of portions of Sumter, Darling
ton and Kershaw, with tho county seat
at JJishopvillc.
It in thought beBt to hold tho cloc
lions in time to give tho General As
sembly a chance to net; should results
prove favorable to the now county
scheme.
8 K IT K M 1! ICR w I-: AT II li K .
How it Wob ns '1'uUI by (tin Weal her
iilllOIII.
The temperature during September,
1896, averaged ouo degree per day
above t ho norrmil. Tho mouth was
excessively hot up to the 20th, after
which it was decidedly cooler. The
18th was the hottest ilny with maxima
of 100 or over at 9 stations. The 2Itb
wan tlio coolest with light froht over a
large portion of the Stale.
The rainfall averaged 00 p>er cent., of
the normal. Theto wan a hligbt excess
over portionH of tiro Western ami
Northern counties and a lurgo deficit
elsewhere, most marked in the central
and South centra} counties.
On tho 20th ft severe storm crossed
.tho Stnto from Sout]n to North, tho
path of the storm was from Hampton
duo North to Lancaster county. It
exhibited destructive violence^ in
Beaufort, Hampton, Berkeley, Ciar
endon, Sumter, Darlington and
Chesterfield counties, with much in
jury to buildings, open cotton, and
fruit trees. 'J'hero were ? number of
fatalities in Beaufort cyjjnty. Tho
wind reached velocities estimated at
from 75 to 100 :?jles per hour. The
storm had a progressive Hiovemont,
traveling across tho Stato in not quite
four hours, or at tho rate of about 63
miles per hour.
Tho woftther during the month was
oxtrumely fnvorablo for gathering
orops, especially cotton, but generally
too dry for seeding fall root and grain
crops.
Stato moan 7f>.0 (normal 74.1).
Highest local mean. 79.9 .at Shaw's
lowest 71.2 at"'lTcpnville and
Walhalla. Maximum 1 ().*> at Liittlo
Mountain ami Shaw's Porks: minimum
39 at Allendale end Florence, State
range 0G. Olreato^t local range 91 at
Gillisonvillo; loast 35 at Charleston.
Average number of with maxima of 90
or abovo, ranging from 1 at George
town to 20 at Shaw's.
\ M?K1NLEY1TF.S WIN.
Th^K^Colorftdo Sliver Republicans
\Vtfrfront Standing In Courf.
Tho Supremo Court of Colorado, lias de
cided that* tho Silver Republican party is
without staging in tbo court and thai the
only vestige of tbo. organization rests with
tbo follower* of MeKinloy, as tbo bolters by"
repudiating tho platform of tho- St. I#onl?
convention forfeited All claims to recognition
In this State. Tho court goes ,ioto an axhmtft*
'fvo review of tho proceedings Incidental to
.tbccontMt And thou concludes that
Klnley.raen cannot t?o deprive! of thftir ilyltt
of a Stato through the autocratic action of a
State official whoso duties are merely eferi
cat,~ Tbo rolls* gives tho MeKinley un<u ftio
TTftttt'to ittggftM Jartge* 4> of ftftftflcfft
end pjectlcally plgcex nil tho mneliWicry ol
tbo greatest vote Is caat, it a strong adherent
of tbo gold standard. The same situation
eoeor* la ?l Jfaeo and Pueblo <ff?lffill?.
im sun.
A liLANCK AT THK COMINO CiKN
MR AIj ICIiECViON.
Tho Day of Itallot* Near At Knuil ?
Pcraonnol of tho ICIeotomi Statvand
Congressional Ticket*.
Now that tho lmtioi iv. and general
election f v Stato ollices, if near al
bund, wo civo ft sumnary of tho situa
tion in tho State ft ml present tho sov
eral eleotoral, congressional and State
tickets that oro in tho Hold for tho vo
ters to ohooso from. Thero oro three
Btftto tickets in tho field, ono being tho
regular Democratic ticket and tho oth
erB being thoso put out b.v thotwo fao
tions of tho Republican patty. Lhoso
tickets stand ns nominated thus for,
with the exception of one change tlint
hnH been made in tho Webster Repub
lican ticket, a new man having been
substituted for tko original uumi^oo !
for HeuUnaat governflV.
Thero aro four eloetorftl tiokots bo
foro tho people ? the regular Demo
ofaUo, the Melton and the Vfsbntoi
Republican and the Pu!|*or-Buoknot
tick eta. All these tiokctfi aro complete
save two. The Palmti -Bnekncr ticket
has to ha\e a man supplied in the
Third district. Then thero is a vacancy
on tho Webster ticket caused by the
death of Mr. Moorman.
In tho several congressional districts
it ia hard to tell as yet how many can
didatos thero will bo in each district,
ft is Bafo to sav that at least two Re
public wis and ono regularly nominate^
Democrat will stand in each district
In tho Bevonth district thero will prob
ably be throo Republicans. It is port
able that boforo tho election ib held
one of the Republican nominees m tht
First district uiay bo withdrawn frou
tho raco by order of tho national Re
publican oongrcssional committee. O
the Democratic candidates nix are soli. ^
free silver men and one is a "sound
money .Democrat, Col, Elliott, Wtio will
make the raco in tho First district.
For tho information of tho voters oJ
tho Btato of all creqds and faction
howovor, tho lists of tho several noms
uci'B in tho field for tho severa^oAioo
to bo filled aro given as follows ;
THE llliKOTOHAli TJICKBT.
Regular Democratic (S160 silver) -
At Large ? M. R. Cooper, T. L. Gant i .
First district, Charles '1 . f ntchar<
of Rlufl'ton; oceond, R. I'. Watson, < f
Baluda; third, Colo L. Bloase, of .Nov
berry; fourth, J . J. MoMahan, of Li< 1.
laud; lifOi, W? I>. Trantham, i-f Kei
8haw; sixth, James Blockhouse, <>
Marion; seventh, T. W. Stanland, . i
Bummoiville. ? ,
Webster Republicans? At Jiftig -
W. D. Crum, ?f Charleston. Firs
district, F. Bchopor, of Beaufort
second, James Powell, of Aiken; tn*r<-?
R. Tolbert, of Abbeville; fourth, J'.
\V. Borovcn, of Richland; fifth, ?lo?< ph
Clark, of Lancaster; sixth, Dr. J?'11
Lnnny, of Darlington; seventh, J. M.
Tindall, of Bumter.
' Pnlmer-Bnckuer ? At Large? X'. \Y.
I MoMastor ot Columbia, Gcorgo v>
Dargan of Darlington. First, strict.
Frank O'Neill of Charleston; eecon<.,
Gcorgo B. Luke of Edgefield ; fourth.
Frank Evans of Spartanburg; fifth, A
0. Springs of York; sixth, A T. Her
leo of Marion; seventh, JameB J>
Blanding of Bumter.
Melton Republicans ? At Large l>.
O. Duncan, S. E. Smith. l'iist dt/.
trict, \T. A. Nolan d; efceoud, D. E.
Yates; third, M. II. Byrco; fourth,
Prof. J. W. Morris; iiftli, ?. by
Bhrowsbury, sixth, Paul Whipple;
seventh, F. M. Piickett.
TUB BTATli TICKETS.
Democratio ? Govemer, W. H. El
lerbo of Marion; lieutenant governor.
M B.-McSwcpney of Ilmppton; secro.
tary of state, D. H. Tompkins of Abbe- ,
vilier trcaHuror, W. U. Tim mar man ot
Edgefield; comptroller gonoral, James
Norton of Marion; attorney go>oral,
William A. Barber of Chester; super
intondontof education, W. D. May
field of Greenville ; adjutant and in
spector general, J. O. Watts ol
Laurens.
Melton Republicans ? Governor,
Bampson Tope, of Newberry; lieuten
ant governor, W. W. Russell; sec.re
tary of State, 11. King; eomptrollor
gonerftl, V. P. Clayton; attorney gen
erol, L. D. Melton; treasurer, D. J.
Kuotts; attorney general, A. l. Jen
nings; superintendent of education,
M. A. Dawson.
Wobster Republicans? Governor, R.
M Wallace, of Sumter; lieutenant
governor, C. J. Prido; of York ; secre
tary of State, B. O: Dunoan, of New
berry; treasurer* Goorgo Cunningham,
of Chorlestorf; comptroller general,
E F. Cochran, of Anderson; attorney
general, L. D. Melton, of
adjutant genera], J5. Brooks Sligh, of
Chester; superintendent of education,
E. B. Burroughs, of Chesterfield.
nANIlIBATEH FOB CONOHK6S.
Firat District ? William Elliott,
Domoorat (gold); W. Cccil Cohen,
white, ^Vcbstcr. Republican; George
Washington Murray, colored, Melton
Republican.
Second District? W* Jasper Talbert,
Democrat; Q. T. Cbatfiold, white,
Wobater Robublican; P. W. Anno bs,
white, Melton Republican.
Third District ? 4* O.I/%timer. Dem
ocrat; W. H. Merrick, white, Webster
Itotrablfosn; (no- Mdtoa _ Republic*?
yet named.)
-Fourth District ? Stanyaruo Wilson,
Democrat; P. li. Subcr, colored, Web;
ster Republican; (no Melton Republi
can -yet named,) . > v
Fifth District ? T. J. Strait, TJcmo
cist; J, F. Jones, white, Republican
fusion. ? ;
'Sixth District? J. h. McLaorio,
Dmnocrkt; . Joshna Wljeon, colored,
? c 1 -s t c / RVp u blicuni ^. H. "McCJocr,
whi W, (UTtoo Re|nrBIiciu.^^^~
__tte**nth District*- J. W. Stoke*, (
Democrat; T. B. Jobiuon, white Web
ster Republican," D. Kn?>tW, iudo
pondi-nt Uepublioan j (Melton Rcpubli- i
oau to be named on th? 10th innt.)
IjATIOST m:\vs
At Frank fort, Ky., the court of ap
peals has llxod Oct. , ??? tho Into for
hoaring tho argument in tho case of I
Alonzo Walling, sentenced to death
for complicity in tho murder of lYurl j
Bryan.
Tho Marino National Bank, of
Dnlth, Minn., ban closed i t h doom.
Capital $250,000.
At Columbus, (Sa. , J. A. White, a
shoemaker, and Henry Whito, bin son,
foully murdered two policeman on
Thirteenth street, and fatally wounded
another on Sixteenth stieet. Tiu-rty
wan no oause for tho commission of the
crime other than tho fact that both
men bail been summoned to appear be
fore the recorder for some trivial of
fonae. ''
Three firemen are dead and others
injured in a $150,000 Ore at Montreal,
Canada.
Tho Merchants' Bank, of Atlanta,
(la., has closed its doors, duo to a per
sistant tight made by outsiders for per
aonal reasons on the president.
The Reform* Hyuud i)f the United
Stales met in Altoona, Pa.,- laat week.
Tho- session was mostly devoted to
buMnosa matters in connection with
the Synod. The General Synod will
meet at Ttffcn, O., i ti 1 800.
The North Carolina Democratic
Slate Executive Committee lias ihsued
an address to the voters of that State,
appealing for good^government and
protection againetflWcgro rule and
ruin.
Tho Kansas State election board lias
decided the contest between tho Mid
dlo-of- the- Readers (Watsou'a) and tho
fusion crowd in favor of Watson.
Ren. II. Osborne, who killed Theo
dore Schrndor, in Atlanta, C!a , Lied
to commit suicido in his cell by chok
ing himself to death. A fellow-prisoner
gave tho alarm and tho guard inter
fered.
Dr. Alfred Holt, of llayues, Miss.,
shot and instantly killod Dr. 1\ S.
Rbott, ef Jojiesville, l a.
Saturday, at St. Louis, Mo., wheat
sold for Hi cents, the highest point
reached since M'ty 20, 1805, when it
eold at the same figure, and the "bulls"
and "bcara" had a lively time.
Saturday 2-1,000 people went to
Canton, O., to see and hear McKinloy.,
Ho delivered twenty speeehea. It took
fifty trains to transport them.
At Wildwood, Fbi., C. It. Parker,
whito, shot and killod Mack Brown,
colored, over a game of cards. Tho
murderer escaped.
Hon, Jonathan NJowtou Harris, a
millionaire; <if Nov/ London, Conn.,
waa found 'dolid in j his bath tub last
week. Ho has given large siuna to
tho church nr.d for education, including
$100,000 to found a school of scionco
in Kioto, Japan.
Firo at Alexandria, Va., destroyed
the Alexandria Fertilizer Works and
over three acres of frame buildings.
Thousands of tons of fertilizer was
made useless. The loss will exceed
$20,000; partly insured.
The fneulty of Wesleyan University,
the big Methodist collcgo located in a
Lincoln, Neb., suburb, has suspended
throe students for posting n picture' of
Bryan on the upper portion^'-Of tho
facade. The faculty say that it was a
violation oT expressed rules against
the difiplny of offensive political par
tisanship in tho university.
Saturday snow fell at Chicago, 111.
Tho earliest in many years.
Killed Their Grandmother.
A special froai Clorksvlllo, (la., to tho Con
stitution pays thai St. Clair Glover and his
brother, a d?*af ran to, have boon arrested and
jailed charged with tho murder of thoir grand,
mother, Mrs. F. Y. Glover. St. ( lair Olovor
has confessed and assumed all tho rcsponsl
liility. Mo states that l^fltilled his graud
mother berauso alio pufrmn oil in her will.
The old lady was wealthy.
I'HOSIMCCTIVK DUKL,
Two Aggrieved Kentucky Politicians
Want to Fight.
It is stated in Lexington Ky., on what
seems to be rollahla information, that Htflto
H malor Charles J. Bronston and ox-Cbair
nan of the Democratlo State Central Coin
mittoo John I). Carroll tiro on tho vcrgo of n
duel. Tho ironblo grow out of tho late
Frankfort convention, wbon Carroll caused
lironston's defeat by throwing his strength
:o Kvan K. Settle of Owen county. It soems
that IJronstoa had counted on Carrot! to
nominate him and was mad when his
opponent was benefitted by the with
drawal of tho Henry county man.
Tho report saya that Bronston cursed
Carroll roundly and tbat Carroll coolly tpld
him to tiling over the matter and apologlzo
for his remarks. Iironston proponed to set
tlo it then in a personal encounter, but Car
r -.11 refused and told him that he should huvo
.time In which to take buck any obi action ahto
iangaage. Lettors bavo passed between
them, but Is stated by those olo?e to Bronston
that he does not intond to retrACt what ho
mid and they son no way out of the trouble
jxcept In accordance with tho eodo adopted
In sotting Midi grievances. Both aro bravo
:non and if tho field is resorted to as tho only
way of settling th? matter; it is believed each
frill face his foo gamely, / ' ?
% McKlnlcy's Kxoursliint.
Thursday tho first delegation to Arrive at
Canton; Ohio, wa? from 'Northern Erlo coun
ly, Pennsj lvanlu. Tho party waa composed
at far intra and business men. The second to
Jtlfrivu jcsm Irotn Wcttcm Now York, eon****
tng of professional men of th? cItl?M and
farmers, dairymen and grap*-growers from
thu MirroundtnK country. At night tbo work
Ingmen of Canton ' vJalted the McRloIoy
home. Tho Major made appropriate and
abort talks to ?ach delegation.
MtfHiiiv
Ed naMlnger ?hol and blltdd Emery Ml tea
and Wounded Joel Dixon at AdlvllV, Ind.
IVmocratle and Republican meetings wert
frvJocJuriA c)6s$lc>KeilH>r nod. Bwlngor ^a|_
y? ttTrff for Bryan, wnttrMI?T and Drrtm nrrw
rticmrrthg tor-lfftKwiey.? Ttri# M to> row
and thft shooting followed. Baaainger la (o
tall, and a mob threatens him.
Mill Mil.
I'HKKK cool) MtjtN MKKT KIKUY
KM)S,
A llrutt'ltiid Collision on tli<t Klorlda,
Ontral mid Peninsular Itullroud.
Threw >1 e ii limned \Vhll? licscuo
Wm lit Sight.
Oun of tho most briibln railroad
wrecks to ho recorded in South Caro ,
bnu occurred Wednesday morning on
the 1' lorida Control and Peninsular
Hail rood whereby three men were
burned to death and two more injured
by reason of a head end collsision
which occnrrod on that railroad at
flvo minutes punt three o'clock on that
l
morning. I
No. 35 running South, it appears, '
wan, according to orders, to meet N'o.
3f> coming North, at SwaiiRca. Tho !
crew of N'o. 35 misunderstanding thej
orders went past Swansea, and no tho
sequel proved to death and destruo- j
tion but u fow miles below that ?ti\>
tion,
V '
No. 35, tho Southbound train, is a
connection of the Southern Knilroad.
It waits iu Colninb a for tho Southern
train and left yesterday morning ono
hour and forty-flvo rninntos Into. "It
ran on orJors and ono oT the orders
was that it should pass No 3fi, tho up
bound train at Swinsenr Hut tho order
wiib misunderstood and the collision
resulted with a loss of life.
An a result of tho misunderstanding
three men uru dund, and a horriblo
death they met w i t li\
V roin what could He leat nod tho meu
met death bravely and courageously.
4 hough thf'y~|>leadod for their life, yet
seeing that rescue was impossible they
met their fato like men.
, \\ lit n tho trains come together tho
eiigiiuers jumped and uuved their
h\cs. Iho firemen did likowiso nnd
none of them received any iujnrics. ;
hon the two trains came into eolli
won, running at a high rate of spaed, '
naturally it was a case of a great colli
sion,
J ho tender of the Southbound train
telesooped into tho baggage and ex
press ?ar and completely demolished
it. In this car wore Mail Agent L. A.
liomas and express and baggage
agont W. D. Linos. Theso men were
not killed, nor indeed does it appear
that they woro fatally hurt by. tho col-:
liBsion, but they woro shut in by tho
debris no that they could not get out.1
.Tho uninjured soon saw tho difficulty
in which thoir frionds wero put and
the arctt'B of both trains soon began tho
work of roscuo. Tho flames wero
rapidly oprending and tho udinjurcd
worked with might mid main. Thomas
n Linea, pinionod by bnggngo uud
express, woro not dead, but as tho
names gradually grow towards them
they piteously oriod for thoir res
cuers to hurrj'.
I heso worked with might ami main
|?nd cut through tho car ho much ns to
be ablo to catch Thomas's hand. Thoy
tried to pull him out but could not do
it. 'Tor God's aiiko save me, " tho
poor man cried, but, do all they con M
tho roscuers could not get him i '
I ho fire was burning too flcroc, and
amid tho horrified erie. of Thonia*
and Lines, thp roscuers hod to stand
back and seo them burned Id death.
I hero could bo no moro horriblo thin#
than that? for a friend to see another
slowly roast to death. Tho fire was
beyond control then, but the crew
uover wavered in its attempt to save
other proporty. With all their work
tljo baggago and oxprcsscnr, tho moil
car and the accond-eJass passenger cai
wero destroyed.
I' logman Ulmer was standing be
tween tho second class car and tho
l,nKgnK? car. lie has not been found
and is supposed to bo hurried in tho
purned debiis.
( The Northbound train was not badly
injured except tho domolition of tho
engino. As soon as tho oollision oc
curred Mr. L. C. Farmer, express
agent, jumped. IIo received an iu
Jur-? ?? ?1'? b,,t ""thing Prions.
With him was a man named Price,
who was making his first run. He
j u m pod with Air. Farmer and rcccivod
a oad break in the back of tho ncck
Vnt nothing serions resulted.
So far as can bo learned tho acci
dent was owing to a misunderstanding
of tho orders of tho crow of No. 3& or
tho Southbound train. It appoars that
they rcccivod tho word ??Swansea" for
?Sweden," and went passed tho first
named station, and thus tho collision
occurred. From what can bo learned
the Southbound crow is nt fault for tho
collision. Condr.ctor Taylor and En
gineer Petit", seem to bo responsible
for this misunderstanding of orders
C inductor Perkin's son and Engineer
Mcll pccmod to be running according
to order*. '
Fiifyiian Micklo tells a thrilling
storj of tho death of Messenger Lines.
An soon as tho Accident occur red Fire
man Minklc rushed to the rescuo of
thoso who woro abont to bo killed. Ho
woDt to tho rescno of Line* and '
Thomofl. Ho found Lines alivo and
h? cnt his way to tjim, but oould not
aaro his friend, tfce fire baing too hot.
Lines begged and encouraged his
triend as dug. on to save him from a
tlory doath, t>nt as tha fin naps .g pt too
hot, oL1hw mMt. "Oood bye, old
rnao, and suffering agony, expired.
WrA lom u r>^*t?bont
*30,000, Including engine s an'hfrara.
Cr?xy Over McKlnley,
Pmok mn-M4 ot Utm
lOfttOO, Iod.r vUJtftd tb? home of OfearU*
Bartholomew. whoro ? plctqpsof XoKlntoj
hanjt in:th? window. RolmM made a re
mark about It whtoh noffftred Bartholomew,
rao1ow*w Inn bw bI?b?4 aaJar bMtf
Ud SCiCBM W 1 1* dk
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STIIjL ON Tllli <iO.
\N e<lniM?lny Hrynii i'uux|irtlUMO<l
Michigan ami ^ isrwiittln.
1 Tho weather has boon consldoruto to Mr.
Hryau. Where the candidate ha I reason
' anticipate inddaiiddi: nKiocul U> trawling lllV
hits encountered luiie-hlun and 'vniiuth, Ah j
' usual lie bo^an work early, star ling I" Willi
(ipOCOll liulkltlil lit N:U' II. 111.
I At IrOiiWwul 11 1'iri!^ orowil was ii\ waiting,
ll was composed f. > i n gioat p.it of inliiets,
! and when Mr. llrynu ?-n? ???? d ir.un the . ar
they unvo liliu an oiittiiisia.il.' w? K'oine. lie
' spuko from a gaily deviated |?liitform erect
oda tow hUtpUeil yards from Ui>< tuna ami
I lor tho most part of bin smooch dwelt on an
I pill lull iOll Ul ?IU\V Ul.doi (V ,
the dollar woul l i Iso in value ?* ? i* I j ? i 1 1 y
would fall In proportion t-> that ii ?>?.
VKtoiMi minutes late i It.jan a tdrr H^od a
similar crowd ?? ll-^oinvr. ? ?..Hi i:'"u1,i' ?*
? id enthusiasm. In vbi * ? |" ? < b Mi. H > in
liilbmlod tlin lined of money I ion advanced
i by :ho supporters 1 ! I t ho Km l i" ? anilni i , j a\
tug that ho NVi\s not atrnbl oi a flood oi
monov ami tbat those who \\eie np; .u< nt y
I (K.irliil of HH.li ?' lidUious were general /
i those who it lit not liavo money enou-.n l i
! ^ifovtdO for the winter's supplies and pay
i tlndrdebti. , i i i 1
At Watorsuc.et. which was reached sm.riii
| niter 11 o'clock, Mr. Bryan spoke In a o n- [
1 vorsnltoniil tone troni the tear pUtroim to a ,
i few hundred imthu.-in -li ? ii.-ieuet
Tltmo was a shot nindo into Wisconsin hi .
! VMoroneo and the residents <d tbat town in j
! tlii) lladuo Stale in i noil In ????????.
I Tho udhorotits of iho wbiio metal were ;
doiuoiiHtrattvo tunl no were Uio Knlowois >.r .
tho yutluW. Alter Mr. ?ryan had ?'"V-1 "I ! i
Ills u punch ami hi* tuWiuiciii ht'd bniBln.il j
cheering uu?l applauding three i Ihvi i w< io j
?lvun for tli?? IbH'nOlioan in>nitio.'?.
Uv tbotu-io KH-aii.u a w:im i-n -l.- l tbo j
bright Hiuihlilno ul tho day bail . liai.?:o-l to (
ihu bleak coM wliul wtib'b w.?a ';u osjuaii
o?t In tbn Nortburn | nuiianiar. Imn, hos\
ovor, dnl not ill lor a buy.o orowd ir,.m bn
luK pnwont around tin' ataml I'.iilt witbbia j
hundroil yarilHOttlio dopot ;i id llm >,<>bl n|> ;
paroiitly did not dull U"- ?-iithu.~lasin <(>
I Iltoso a<*.HOmbb'il. Ib-n-Mf. It.-yan wan p:o
Huuluil with a nntb-iuit o.>b.rn ani
inoliiiledby a Clown of Mlvr. Itym n , ?m <*'?? " ,
who ? . pri'Rsod lilnv<?*ll iim Ijriuv. 1- ???> "i)lul
now, for MoKiiiloy in 1P00."
Tho op|?n?itl"ii wiia mil .i'jb>ro?: al ^
iiiK wiu-n iiio l>o?n? arilvf .
TIhto was a law orowd t>? u- 1? n to tho oaii
didatc, but it ivrttt not ? i-; hiisiaslii*. I i>
was a bl? Ui'piibHoan nil y -nd iho .\l .-Kinn >
flub of tho city, hon-b u a ma i ??aint,
innri'lu'd to th.< l)i?sv.?! ' - ?atl?v?IHir. Mi.
llryan tin I h.. .id-: < - ami '
utby Tanmli'V, had boon p-ai.oi{< f.?i a i?-w
nioiootds wnoa tho lami uppiand. .ui.
Tin nsluv, who stood iimu dinl. iy In ln.nl v f
Mr Iiryan, Curitotl to th.< noinluoo, and, ud
ilri^KiiiK IdintoH moro , arlioulat ly <" hnn
Haul; '1 am infonnod ?- but ilint bapHTn av
tho boail of a so-oall'-d Jt- Kin'oy o!n.>. \\o
mo very mui-hubllyeil to Ho in and iln? | ?*o
pto who wont thi'in out li.i ihi.-? kindly ml' i
niptioi'. but iiisido <? I thioo w> ? I; * thai liand
will bo playiiH'i if ntlll In tbo wiiuo oinpl.'y -
uiont, an entirely dill's'ient tuno.
TIiujh' alio ill tho Htand applaudod this sta.i:
Moiit li artlly and I In- n Mr. JJryan was lakon
lowv lldHoar.
N- jia'.noo. to a ktoih tin asiu o. onset tn<)
lao!i ol warmth dftiplnyi d at Idi) ountiu. ^ Mr.
lliyna bad timet .en* t>> j;? l '"i piatiorui
?lud itiniik lln> !?? ipbi b?r ili. ir < i ntliu-iadlo
reoopiloii. II ' wiu? el aim uppbnnl. d
until tbo I rain b-ft fur MnniuolU-, wn.-ro it
arrived shortly boloro y o'oIo'-k.
Mar .,ut tin turned i ut an im io-nsi* t iii uii^
tail it was tho most ontluivia?tii! mo-tu.K ot^
, iho day. _ _ _rj
K?KINliKV'S VIMTOKS.
He VlHltHthe Cirrus ami 5s Presented
With nn Amerloiin b'ln^.
Minors, moohaiiles and otlior eitlz??ns of
tho LoIjIkIi Valley of ronnsylvaiiia. vUit.'d
MoKlnloy nt Canton, Ohio, Tiionlny. 1 hey
woro rneel veil al tho Taboruaelo, wlioro the
Major delivered aajioocli.
Wodneailay ^ bpoolal train of rioven roae!;J
oanrrlvod over tbo lVuiiaylvaulii llii'-i', brlnK
ln? an oiiliiufclastlo party from M Donald,
Pa., ivltli Kreetln?s and eoiifrrn1 illations for
Major M. Kinli'y. Tho?lobvation.. wotocoin
p? s d largoly of railroad nu n. t inners and
oilier citizens. Major M^Kitiiey's adtlress,
riwpolidlng to tho spokeaiiiau, was eon
Btantly liiterrupted i?y applau.y.'. A el reus
was in town and tbo pa radii yj, u extended
boyoud tbo usual oinirM; ? t?> | ass the
MoKlnloy home, where it \vas n-vi- wd by
MaJo? and Mrs. MeKiiile} and a nuiii
hor of f riomls. In honor <?f the visit to
MoKlnley'8 hoino tbo eireim people all worn
liio national eolora an?l tbo l?ml \sa? i-lnbor
aU-yy decoraleil.jjho press box was i s i vd
for Mrs. MoKIn? and n oonipaiiy id' friends.
Tho ?!inploye? of ihoelreiis pioseated Major
MeKliiloya InrKo iiimI handiioino 1 1 : iff tliioiii;h
a committee whieli ivilled iiL. the house. M ?j.
MeKlnloy accoptvd tbo lln^Utth tin* appro
I rbito inblrew. \
Tho Marly Settlor's AvsOolailon t'uyaho
Kii Uouidy was tho siv-oitd dcloKatloii 10
come to Canton to jrr.-ei Major M? K inlay,
bis wife mill mother. Til" party oeeupb'd a
speeial train of six ???niche.*. Mother Mehm
ley was at llm MaJ ?r's hoiiP' l<? re.'e: vn tin1
XieetliiKs of the party. I olrodn.'lory ad
ilrcHsea woro niado i?y 11. Addi.-?ou, tho
veteran journalist of ? llevebind, and Hov. Mr.
Cooley, chaplain of the Jviriy SeiUtis' Aik-o
elation.
in tiio nvouliig two liuodriid miners, iner
chaiitn and mechanic." of (jiimbnrland, Mil.,
it lid vlelty arrived. They went direct to the
McKinlry homo and when the Major appear
ed on the porch greeted him witli a hhout
nnd a hurrah. They were introduced by j
Thomas Snyder, chairman of tho Allegheny ,
county executive committee. Hatiirdny
twenty-threo delegations wero sohcduleu to 1
visit ennton.
INVKSTNJATI N'< ? i III; \V If ICf.
? \f
The .South Carolina Kuilroitd <"on?
lllIxslou Kij;l<l ly I.tiqllll'llIK Intotlie
SwuiiHCa t>l?;nr.tcr. *- -
Tho Hontli Carolina Itaiiroud Cvuunls?<loii
))H3 boKim a ilj-id Ifjvrcli^.ition into tlio ??iiii-o
of tho roeent fearful wri'- k <?!! t li?* .* *!? j ri<In
Central .V Peninsular i-yrttem. l-'ii-jay tiny
ut(oiid?<l tlio coroner's Itrtpic.-t at Hw.'iusen,
n<-nr the neono of tho wreek, ami had the A*
*lslant Attorney (Icneral to conduct tin' ? i
niuinalion of wimcy.vfl. The le.%ti:nrthy>h.'W
?'<1 that Conductor Taylor, ><f tin* 1r:il?i wl:l?'|j
over-rail tllii meeting point, innl r?vi i his ? ?r
der corroctly and did afl in Irs |mvr to
Mop (In) ' train. Tint engineer wlio
rvnd ??itwaiwai' to laj '*8w? h i
Ills story. If"? rait Ito i:e,ud no Mj,'
nals from tlio nnr; tint !?'? * * !??? ordAr
all tho wny through an "Aw leu," uikI ? I ?? I
not rem! Una it was written ".Sw.iiif ??," un
til after Mm craHti. Tlni jury re-ndi-iid ilic
vnntW that tho thr??o meii killed hut lust
their Uvea liy n collision of tho Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular roa<l. and lufl th? matter
thnre, All tliw witnesses worn snrve<l with
paper* at onco ami taken to Columbia oa n
Hfweiul train. . - .4 ?
Tim commission will OflWmw co n rigid In
V?*tiK*llott. U U diaurmlued. lo.Lty.lir.Jo
something thnt will prevjiiu. nu^h ensnnihies '
in IhniuljnfCj. tiroM umpteen cn on Mm pirt.
of ft rHllroncmploylitt resulting in tln> !
ol lifo Is considered murder iu that Statu uii'l
Cb? peuftlty U dent h.
. strew rrwr* nmrnn utgnwrr'-? ; ?
. No mow bnRetiDs wilt bo glvan ?ut|| /li
ver Democrntli! hf*f<m*rt?r? lo Chicago, Jjfc
Tho pro** tmrn*u b*A deefded to dlteontfnttv
WgWlgg the ekws 'of matter It Hm b**ii
'-tiSjf - TWf ; Ki*?iT
* - \-r-.-7rr;-- - j ' *-? r
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Alifw MOIONKKS AHO!,lSMt:i>,
Humtor's Council Decides Not to I<evy
Tuxes on HusIiic.sb.
ftumter'n oitv council met in extra
session hint week for t ho purpose of
tuKintj action on tlio license tux nya
tcm that lift * caused no much ?I1kcum
sion among nil elates of citizens ft r
l!u> past two month*, and has kept tho
taxpayera and salaried men in a iduto
of uncertainty nml unrest over flinco
the ordiuanco was passed by the coun
cil .
The matter was the Hrst before tln?
board, and after some discussion the
whole licenne system was abolished ex
cept that which relate* Id transient
and itinerant merchants, agents and
1 1 . i .!?<??, bKowh and circuses. there
will On up license on liny regular basi
ii?'sh or occupation and tin' license
has boon reinm ml from more than outi
business that paid license for many
yea ra prior to the inuugurat.'<.)ii of tho
general license system three years
SgO.
'I'ho total abolition of licenses will
decrease the revenue of the city to a
considerable extent, therefore it will
be necessary to incrciiKo the taxes on '?}
leal and iierHomd properly to pay the
o :j ciihi'n of the city government. T o
I u v levy will t?o tlxed at the next meet
ing of council and there will probably
be more kicking frorc, some other
(| ua i tcr.
C'anipul}(ii Appoint incuts.
The following appointments I a e
been made by the \\ cl>sU<r UepublicjiM
campaign oommittco for upeakcrs in IS ?
half of tho Htate ticket:
iMoiutay, Oct. VJl?, at Columbia,
p. m,
Tuoadny, Oct. 27, at Greenville, 8
p. m.
Wodncaday, Oct 28, at ISpartftiibui y,
H p. m.
Thm?day, Oot. 21), at Orangobur; ,
8 pr'm.
y Friday, Oct. UO, at Charlost in, 8
p. m,
R. H. Toi.nKHT, Jn., Ohm.
Accompanying tho appointments
wan an address to "Tho liepnb
licaiiH, " signed by It. 11. Tolbert and
?I. it. Johutjon.
/ *
The Colony to Ketmii.
The Ibirnwell correspondent of the
NewHiiml Courier, says: "Tho Ohioago
colony are mont of the/n, if not all,
about to return North. They ha\o
been returning at iiitervalu over since
they came, and those who. remained
were only waiting to harvest their
crops. They were hfod-workitig peo
ple, but their bargains woro made nt
prices rather advancod over eurrent
cash prices, and lmving everything to
buy, the.y soon becanio discouraged.
That style of ooloni/Jitiou of Northern
i in migrants lias boon a failure except
in so far as their labor lias vastly im
proved the plaoo where thqy settled,
in building it up witli[ How tenant
houses. "
? ?
Four Negroes, Henry Andewon, iCI
bert Fant, Frauk Faut and John Sher
aid, were arrostod last week for wreck
ing an excursion trnin on tL-o Port
ltoyal and Western Carolina^ailway
about six weeks ago at Anderson".
Cross ties woro placed on tho track,
but fortunately tho engino pushed
them along ^ho track for somo dis
tance, and was slowing up when the
ties got uudcr tho engitio and wrockid
it considerably.
?
A Farmer's Instituto will bo held at
Anderson on tho 00th, conducted bv.
the faculty of tho Clemson College.
Tho meeting will ho public, opon and
fr<3Q. it is a fact not generally known,1 "
that thohe institutes can bo had in all
counties for tho asking.
At ICock If ill tho toaohera nnd schol
ars of tho Winthrop Collogo recently
paid a glowing tribute to tho memory
of Mi?s Addio Tillman, a former stu
dent of tho abovo college, and who was
killed by li'ghtning in North Carolina
in tho summer.
G rcon wood's tolophono system is
reaching out to av^rv town nnr] oro5"5*
roa l* ptoro in thnt'region. Elcctrto
lights, waterworks system and other
ncodod punllo Improvements aro ip
sight and will bo established within n
year.
_ .
Winter visitors aro beginning to ar?
rive at Aiken already, and ovory thing
pointy to A good season for tho hotels
and l^jnirdaig houses.
Tho 'now ^oiirt h > jso and jail for the
baby County, Haluda, will be finished
by January l\>t.
The Alius Firo Iu<mr?nce Comprint
of this Htiito ha* rooontly thrown np
tllO HpODgO.
( ? ?
It in profpoRod to form * qew connty
in this HUiti to bo oallod DorchotlrrJ
Orangotiurg is building a cotton
miil on the installmont plan.
?. ? ?
The State Board of Control (Dispell* n>
Mrj) meet? Nojjpmber 3.
A. L?wy*r'? Trujftc f>r*tb.
. At Suffolk, ?#.? K?rHtt Brtggn, on* ot
c??t?ra Yirgl dU'i Imdlag ?rt nirt b?J iMwjrnt,
vu struck dead Wfclle ptoadiof m eaae la tba '
Circuit Coart room *4 Suffolk, V*. Iff. ?
Rriflrjfo' f*ee raddenf? bke<*ed ?og Mb