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THE VOLUME X. ? OAMDKN, 8. CM FRIDAY, ?ll'NF. !?. 18W?. ^11'- ? South Carolina's Chief Magistrate Palls in the Midst of flis Executive Labors. fninriii Lieutenant Governor WcSweeney, Who Succeeds to the Gubernatorial Chair, is a Self-Made Man, Whose Pluck and Ability Have Flevated Him to the Governorship <'invF.r.NOF. r.i h?a pttasod away it )iht HK'niimliUig t" the disonpo | if/Ait/,t which h?? hue rnnrle so vigorous ? re'.ibtnuce. i Flnrly Friflnj" morning the Governor j *-?'18 about the taruo as tho night he- j fore, but about 10 o'eiock be hud a HtraDgling spoil uud carno very neur lying. Tbe Goveruor *aid that there iya?i po hope; tbat ho was dying and galled for belp. The doctor gave him ?rery strong stimulants from which he pf.Jiod a little, but later in the after noon he begau to siuk. The doctor ? aid ho could not live Ion#, but the >nd was not E xpected bo soon in tbe uiubt. At. S 2*> he died seemingly very ?i?hV. ? The (Jovernors deathbed was sur rouuded by all the members of his im mediate family, all his brothers and iififrvrs being | resent. v? fho tirf-t news otXlovernor Ellerbe's rleaib leached Columbia Friday night ftitou<Ji a telegram from tbe chief exe rutivc'R brother to Privato Secretary lj?vaus. While it was of course not un? ?xpected, the announcement callcd toitb many expressions of sorrow., In ?fticml circles tbe news waa received with the inost profound sorrow, and at >nce preparation begun for the offioial family to attend the funeral at Sellers. The telegram from Mr. J. E. Ellerbe, (bo flfoveruor's brother, to Private Sec retary Evans, read as follows: "Governor Ellerbe died this after noon at 8.25/ B.iried tomorrow at 1 p. m. , family burying ground. Wire f. C. Wcody ot Marion number com ing." Mil. m'bw'bexey notified. Immediately upon the receipt of this telegram Mr. Evans went to the tele craph ofllce and eeut two mes6ngee to Lieut. Gov. McSweeney, the one ad dressed to Hampton acd the other to Augusta, Mr. Evens having heard that Mr. McSweeney,was in Augusta daring the d?ly. Mt- McSweeney,owing to the leHth of 0u> governor, now becomes $o\er/ior oT South Carolina, it being i?nly necessary to appear before a mag istrate or notary, it he so desires, and lake the oath of ortice. It is under stood, however, that Mr. McSweeney j wiU decline to be sworn in as governor 1 until after the funeral of the deceased rhref executive. It was feared that the lieutenant n governor would not be reached by wire \ and would thus be unable to get to Sellers in time for the funeral,but later in tbe night a telegram came from bim faying that he would leave for Colum bia on the fit st train aud would arrive there at 6 o'clock Saturday morning orHIaTSsjital and Peninsu lar in time to go onue^Sellera. Mr. McSweenoj in his telegraltot?i pressed, tbe deepest sympathy at the'sad an nouncement of tbe governor's death. Mr. Ft?h also notified by wire the two United States senators, the seven congressmen and a number of tbe dead gorernO*'* moat intimate personal acd poUtiirt friends. Ho then saw that all tbe State house offieiala were notified. Tbeee pro ceeded at once to arrange with the offi cial* of tbe Atlantic Coast Line for a . ipedal train to be mn to r leav ing in time to reach Sellers in time for tk? nharnniee ' - Late at nigbtMr. Evaas was notified thst his maasaga ik flanstiwfffeTisnrin bsd failed Id rem that offioial MR. M'eWEENEY'S MEBBAGE. The i?ossngo from Mr. McSwecney read as follows: Hampton, S. C., Juno 2, 1899. W. Boyd JCvaue, Columbia, S. C. I urn truly sorry to learn uf Gov ernor Ellorbe'e death. N\ i" go to Co lumbia at ouce. AI. B. McSwbeney. By reason of tho fact that Ijieuten ant Governor McSwooney becomes Governor, Senator K. B. Soar borough of Horry county, who in a prominent attorney of Conway, anil ono of the most highly esteomod mem bers of Iho State Senate, beiDg presi dent pro torn of that body, now be comes lieutenant governor to jjacceed Msc? McSweeney. ^ MARKS OF RESPECT. The State capitol was closed Satur day out of respct for the deceased gov ernor arid tho Hags on tho building were displayed at half inasfc for tho proper length of time. It is presumed tliat the various publio offices through out tho Stato were eloted out of re spect to tho deceased. THE ri'SKPAl. Tho funeral,sof tho decoased Gover nor, was held at his horuo Saturday afternoon, in th ; presence of hundreds of his neighbors, and tho State otlicialH. The services wero conducted in the simplest manner possible. Iho rt mania were laid to rest m the tiwnsly burying ground, and mm 1 the tears ol his devoted, and bernvtd loved ones, aud his neighbors, who, in life, de lighted to honor him, all UihI was mor tal of William II. EllefrLe, was con signed to mother ear!it until the last day. RKETVn OF HIS X.1KK. William H. Ellerbe, who was inau gurated gover oyr <7f South Carolina lor tho first term January 1H, 1897, lu-infe oleeted by an almost unanimous vol??, was at that time one of tho youngest men who ever held 1ho position. In-iug just 34 years of age. liia home was in Marion counly, and ho lived I here al ways except while attending college and serving as comptroller gensral. Governor EMerl^e was a practical farmer, and in hi^ tarly youth his hands were hardened by constant con tact with the plow and hoe handles. He always applied hitnt-elf stpadily to his business, and was very successful in his chosen pursuits, and whilst it wac not necessary alter he reached man hood's estate that ho should engage ?n the manual labor of tho farm he was fully qualified for work of any kind that should be fouud necessary. Governor Ellcrbo went from a com mon school in his own county to Wof ford college at Spartanburg, but before graduating there ho entered Vander bilt Univeffcty. On aocouut of ill health ho was proventcd from finish ing bis course at the latter institution, and, returning to his home, took up tho pursuit of farming ss his life work. In tho memorable campaign of 1890 tho same convention that nominated Capt. B. B. Tillman for Governor,aud in which the Beformors, of course, were largely in the majority, there wjuirtvo men nominated for oomptroltofgeneral; Messrs. Stokes and Ellerbe, the latter being a smooth-faced young man, very boyish in appearance aud entirely un known inpolitioe. H? was regarded by his friends as a moderate Reformer. His opponent was a much more ex treme partisan. The vote showed El lerbe's opponent to be in the lead, but at the solicitation of a Colombia news paper man leur of the Riohland dele gation changed their rotea before the "Y8sult was announced, and Mr.Ellerbe was nominated by a small majority. He did not make a speech in that eam **10^1892 Mr. Ellerbe was renomi nated and elected comptroller, this im portant office, for the four year* h* was at its bead, waa acknowledged on all aidea to bare been ably, honestly and impartially conducted. la 1894 they bad what waa called a Reformpriaarr?a ecbematplet Re fortoera ebooea tbalr oendidatee and cbattia? out OoMarrattf*^ Mr, El laf be entered# tbia aa a candidate) for Carrie Jon Arretted. K k m T?H. 8p#cUl.?Tk? Woe Id xaagr tfc* HW wh* M lllljl tf UMt gg?Jtart?a Ohvk, m ?*rated a* tap N. J., Tfcttr*d*7 tifhl ImKww. la ? m?m V*~ d ? w ? ? ? - ^E2ST vknn^ WlgOT^ 100 itni. t wi a party y IiIIImiI1 )WpraB?mvfM ?M TraiiRtM Uf. TIM wnt-bowd UalM FMUtoOmr* inrMiii, Wy ?ttffef, 119 ?'< 3W ?** Mw&y?t 4T? wliiob shut hint i t) from Ibe mpimrtof oil tho people, but id the couditioi ? thou existing ho was uolplee-'. 'lhe result of tho content n?uh tho noinina tion of John Gary Fvhiis, A freo-for* all primary would lu?o uudoubtly re sulted in the choice of Kllerbe. In the summer of 1800 Mr.; Kllerbo ouco again announced hiiustfi a caudi datuto for governor ond r< e> ve i aevou* ty-odd thousand votes as a> 17,000 as tho combined strength *?? Mrssrs Harrison and Whitman, although Sen ator Harrison was a man of con siderable political strength in tho State. Governor Kllerbo assumed tho gubor natorul duties with a large following of all olasfies, mote than auy Governor bus had Hi nee Governor Richardson's retirement, uud every one predicted for biw a eufc and prosperous uJuii^u-. tration. Time rolled on. Tho Charleston metroplitan polieo foroo and other complications, too nuuiurous to iuon tion, characterized his administration. | He had a hard time of it from lirnt to last. Then the campaign last summer came on. Tho governor stood for rw-eleo ! tuui The story of that campaign is ! still fresh in tho minds of all. Gover ? nor Kllerbo attended practioally all the ! campaign meetings, and really broke himself douu. then came the cloeo election, tho second primary, after several days of doubt, assuring him of u eccoud ti i m. Tho race between tho ! Governor and Mr. Feuterstono was ouo of the elosest and most exciting ever ' known in thy history of the State. Be fore tho legislature had adjourned ; thero were some sensational iueidonta 'to tho lulminif tuition, and it was at least a fortnight before tho session ' came to au end that tho Governor's j health began to fail him utterly, and i sinco that time he has boon at tho State capitol only once or twico. Steadily the disease that bo had fought against ; for somo years forged its ehaius about its viotim, and his friends soon gave j up hope of his recovery. Governor Ellerbe was married com paratively early in life, aud leaves a widow, whoso devotiou to him in lifo bonthed many a troubled hour, and au ! interesting family consisting of heveral ; children, all quite young. Govornor Kllerbo was inaugurated for his second term January 18 of tho present year. On that occasion he do . hvered this inaugural address: Fellow citizens: l'wo yrurs ago I \% iih called by nu almost unprecedented majority to the highest otlico within x<nir gilt . Tho it alons for my over whelming victory are not far to seek. We hnd just pushed through four years <>i the bitter- st partisan warfare that had ever shaken tho State. It had ar : laved brother against brotlidr and fri< ud a;.;ainst friend. It had ^ngou derid tho bitterest feeling between the ditUrcnt classes of our population. Tow u aud couLty wi ro at war, instead ! of working harmoniously for a com i mon good. The reform movement I brought many Mibstnutial gams to tho people; but, l;k?* every other social i revolution, it brought with it the con ' eomitont and inseparable ills of which J I have spoken. Tho good remaius; i the evil in time disappeais. The peo : pie, especially the people of South l-Curolina, are geneiom^ aud iu their ; Lonrts the passion ot puitisnn "bate | i-oon dies out, self consumed. " 'Twtts thus, after four years' strife, tho people now, in irutual, * well-be , seeching rank", maiehed nil ono way, no moro opposed against acquaintance, ! kindred and allies. Ignoring party ? iiues, they turned with characteristic igcBeiosity to me; not I eeauso of ape ! oial worth of fituess on my pad, fur I ! had dono nothiug to merit ruich marked ' etsteem, but because they who know mo | best believed that, as Governor, I would serve not faction, but the whole poople, and strive to bring in an era of peaoe and good fellowship. Thus was I enabled to launch tho Ship of Stito under favoring breczts. Knightly and generous souls came forward with pledget of co-operation. The press, with scarcely an exception, promised support and prophesied a happy voyage under favorable skies. With many misgivings I undertook tho tat-k to wbiob I wbb called, scarcely daring to trust my ability to meet, the expecta tions of the people. Would that it bad been possible! "The scant majority, however, re cently accorded me after a stubbornly fought fight, is in sharp contrast with tho overwhelming victory of two years ago, and I have no reason either to complain or whine. My duty I hava performed to the best of my ability. My mistakes I shall neither attempt to condone, nor to shift the burden of their responsibility on others. With dcop gratitude to the friends who liuvo neve* wavered iu their support, with malice towards none and good will to wards my fellow citizcns, with a pro found appreciation of the great honor opnferred, I enter upon my second term aa Governor of this historic com monwealth . To the citizens, let mo repeat, whose votes were ca*t for ine, I can never expraea my gratitndc. bnt, while deep!/ grateful to^my- friends, I shall endeavor never to forget my I dot* to the whole people and to treat I with fai'rneta aad eoaeirteiation rrm the bitterest political ?MDi(i "1 repeat what was eetd tea years ?go. I ??same thia offloe natrammeled T PPMP ' 1>I|M9 dmjn of tra?t? mnd "lock H i. ?.a* ij which bi?i limtojil ?hw ??y ehutgo inv duties faithfully Hiitl will, < > wiu tho approval and to merit tht iMtilUlrmv of all |>nI(iotio citizens thai he UJV highest muhitiou. I u my foi luor inaugural was ontliuod a policy which iu tho niHiu I nIiuU ondeavor if pursue. lu oottolutuou, my country m.'U, L bespeak fur myself dur ing the 1*? coining yCarn, if roj 1 i to be spared, 'tbo utmost stretch' i>f your generosity rinl char ity. "All pood citizcns me struggling, though ever different ioiuIh, for thf same goal, tho higlust \\ tdlare of oui beloved Stiito. J.tt us vni with each other not to eugenger wrath and bit teruess of speech, hut to allay passiou aud prejudice, and to cnkimlle in tin heart.? of tlie rising generation a dut-pei lovo for our grand ol.l State. With aoulldtiicu iu tin: integrity of our peo ple, with faith in (iod. who favors ami protects the righteous 1 nluill take up tbo burden* of tli!>; high trust with fresh hope ami fctr.ii>: courage." Till: N Hu i ? i '? 1". It No It. The Hon M.lkM -Sweeney,fo whom, o*i Jauuaiy i>>, wrh administered the oath of oHioe as I,nontenant (lover uor his tirxt term, und who now, owing to his reol>oti<<n in isitK tu that olHue, becomes t Jovot nor of South Carolina OIJR NFW GOVKHNOR. IlO>'. >' 1 V. lit 1'il'l OVlt tllO unexpired term,IS a good .example of whul pluck ami pyrsoer i auce wiil do for ur.y ono against the j in out adverse conditions. Young Mo ! Sweeney was left fatherless lit ("buries I ton at the ago <.? f I your J. IIih tenth i your raw hiui struggling for a at vol i - ' imod. 11c noli newspupeiF and clerked ? in a 1 tookstore, nn<i while engaged in ihu latter occupation attended a night school, whero lie developed it fondness for reading. MeSweoncy afterwards worked for Hurko A* Ii?ii'd, job printors, and from ther? lin w?-nt>o I&lward Perry's,whero he of - in | ? I? ted his apprenticeship ns a |ob prii.ter. While employed at tho litter | luce a scholarship at tbe Wash ington an<l Let: University ol L<exing ton, Vu , w:tH i-flered to tho Charleston Typographical Uuion, which wbb to bo awarded to tho most deserving young man employed in Charleston printing nfilces. Uy a majority of tho vote? of the Union, young McSweeney was chosen, and tho scholarship given to him. After ttnying at the univer sity for a part of n session he wnt forced to leave for the luck of means to pay for bin board and clothes. Tbi* ended his hopes for a college educa tion, and be once more applied bimsell to hie trade. Ho was a union printer, aud sorved the Columbia Typograph ical Union as recording secretary sort afterwards as president. While liting in Columbia be was also secretary ol the Phocuix Hook and Ladder Com pany. Mr. MeSweoncy has an enviuMe roeord aH n Democrat. In 187ii ho did excellent service, which in not yi t Jnr gotten by men who stood should or to shoulder with htm those trying d?y#>. It was about that time that the llivb. land Killo Club was organized, of which. Mr. McSweeney was a chatter member. Mr^UcSwoeney's Ori-t venture ns a journalist was when bo moved to i Ninety-Six and began the publication I of tho Nuioty Six Guardian. His cup | ital was just ???*?, but be bought a sec | ond hand outfit for ?500, paying $i>r> m j cftsh. Ho wan energetic, economical | aiid gave tho people a newsy paper, | talus enabling him at the end of the ! year to pay the Inst coot of bis indebt ! ^dns^s. Ho hss taken great interest in the military affairs of tbe Stato. During thn last two sessions of tho legislature ' before his election as lieutenant gov ' ernor, he wan chairman of tbe commit tee on military and was a member of I tho Governor's staff with the rauk of : colonel. Mr. McSweeney's interest in educa ! tional matters exceeds even his icter . est in military affairs. He waa for 16?me years a truf+oe of the South j Carolina College. Mr. McSwoeoey was married on the 12th day of July, 1886, to MUa Mattie Miles Porober, and bring* to ttje exM ntive mansion with bim a most later effing family. The ircTf Governor, M. C. Ufi8w<r nej, took tho oath of ofllee at 11:1,0 | Hstnrday nigbt, the otriaf jasttoe ad : ministering it. He Mid that be *X | Governor of Month C'lroHas. ^ ' Sf*gp/ag a Ur?o % ff fcttL According to ft ftmifi ?xebl|ft n twwt?tfwrtmento 9Ml1td?IHOft a*? ctrine works of 09+U+, ***** with tfco proper sppiieaeeeiftiepweibU U atop ftTra * Iftrfft flj vlcti vHkia * fn^iw of ? HMti ^MMiiftwo a( 150 rmwUwft i HH M \U pki >>* \^>tK i vr.oN The lintr 1 |?-s \ l I ! at I'.ur I till a > |1 III'* > I ho South L'uruliuii S'aio i As sociation, will meet 'hit* \ nir ut Hunt*1 Ltthia Springs, on TnOMliiy, July 2"uh null remain iu session1 f. ui d?\M. A programme of uiiiibutl lidtu-? ! boon prepared. Many subject? ??( vi ?nl interest to the fittleMiitl will i ?< dis&tMed ft ml ablr* p iper* will In 1 .?>' by luauy of the loading j.innmM-1?? ? tho State. Tho social feafutc will b?t em; ! ? Sl/Cd, Itlili it Will lip It M ssii'll el '? comfort ami recuperation ??> the Im: working newspaper |e pV, tlnit e editor Oil;; hi to trtllO udvantage of. 1 ho following information is ink'a from the utlicial unnouiici? m?? !iI <?! v:< <i\ bnngstoii, Secretar \ " II W kh decided not t<> tnk !? II : luer tri|>, but to spend a \m t U oi at tho Springs in rest ui-l i. n. .1 nnd to arrango ?\hile ill t<< o r unit Culm Inter in yeut winn *. 11? ? v. *?:*iu i will bo suita.do foi n SiMiUictn dip It IS till* |>ll 1 J'OSO tl> UUlko till* i.u < 11o i; largely no experience meeting no 1 ii social gathering where numbers can o&obango nuil interchange their mchh and ox peri noes mill thus bo helpful to ouch other. Wo hope every edit>r tin I publisher in tho State will attend thi* mooting, tin I briiitf his wifo or some i'cmiilo member o' his family so tlie holies c?n enjoy tho occasion with iih. "Mr. J. T. Harris, tho genial and euei({0tio proprietor ot the I ithiu Sluing*, has granted u* ft rule ofSuW n day for board mid lodging at tin* hotel, and will leave nothing undone Uoil will toiol to our comfort ui.<i ph m uroduring our stay here " \t the last iin11nii 1 meeting of tlo? \.-"foeiation the following r< solutions w ? re adopted : "*'Kcolved. 1 hat membership in of V'.fj 'ciiitio!i bring restricted by t'?> ? natitntloti to tho editors, piildi'lo t not proprietors of newspapers in Sih\I'i v'xiolina, il i? clear thai t h ?? pi i v; ir'MiH . : na ndn'i-dnp iir? ub^?dnti'iy u y t ? i a title any o no to favors n fid ln*ru ft t s in't'uidt'd t>y others to member* <>! th?? \ -? \j ?aition, ' ' IJt^td veil, That ;t i4- the m'iimi of lb:-. \*Mx'i'ition that Hi*' ollicera their 0 . in making urningimeiitn for > xe 'i ? o ii-, hhould coutino tho iHisuftnoo of pMh? cH to tho member^ t?f tho Associa tion, their wivea unit ibinghtorH, or <-t!o i uii iubors of their iinnietiinto 1 a mil.oh. ' *;A11 tho itiilroudH in tho State have n.tilled transportation for tho iiieui bcra of the Asuoeintiou mid one de? pendent female member of onr rcfpoc tivo fainilii-8. ThoHe who desiro traiiB ptnTfition over tho <'olumt>ia, N?wb? rry niol JjauroiiH Railroad sliouhl write to I'reaideut Anil, and thopo who desire trausportalion over the other roads must address the Secretary. Eut'lon a fctuiup with your iippliealion. "Harris Springs i? loeat *d about w id Way between Waterloo, on the C. & W. C. It. It., tiii'l Cros'h ilill, on the S. A. Xi , being about twixYind one-hall miles from oither place. ? Tlda distance will havn to'bp made iu backs. Mr. Harris, baa abide lis the low rate of ccutn per person for tho round trip from either Mtatiojj, tho same price bciug charged for trunks. Write Jc. T. Harris, Harris Spriups, what day you will arrive, and on what trmii, to that ample conveyances will be on hand. Mv order (ii the Kxecutivo Committee. "C. 0. Lanoston, Secretary. " o Anderhoti, S. O. Negroes in Mills. It is revolted l>y tho Charleston Ncwh r ml Courier that tho Vesta Cot Ion Mill, Charleston, which resumed op? rations a fow weeks ngo with negro labor, m doing well. It says that hc far there hub hcou no difficulty in so curing th?? host oIiihm of negro help, thiv& " ':,l! forco will nooii 1>o tit work, thut operatives nro learning rapidly to /ponipuiato the machinery, imd the inHftiigcrM nro very much encouraged nt the results already attained It mum believed from the beginning by men who put money iu tho concern that tlii: mill coilhl ho l.iudo to pay with the ii<>-ro luhor. - " ?? Converse Commercial School. Very inteiewtin^ excrciaCH woro had at the closing of the yeir's work of the Converse Comtnei cial school. This school ih doing n great deal fur the yonng men and women of this part o! tho Htoto. At the reunion there j young men and women who have been nud are filling responsible positions all over the country. Tho management finds it diflloult to supply the demand made upon it for trained men and women, ? Benedict Mystery Deepens. The Benedict aennation ?rown oven more mytterioua us the days go )>y without any .tidings of tho mm-tiiif) bank caahicr. Every imaginable chit hM been worked upon, and each daj brings M'mo fresh intimations tluij Benedict was here aro there. Th'or: and conclusions aro knoeked out id moel ac fast as thej aro formed, m. alleged facte aro proven worthier with remarkable qntcknces after "ttrey ait told. Report* are reaching Richmond ct wt?watorma in the 1'iedmont section and in the Valley of^V?rg in?a. A Military Curd far e Kentucky Minuet Trial. LaxueroK, Ky?, J. ?OrmHnO' dred plefced viflaaen of the Kim Ken tieky Bejrtmeat and a flatlioir gnu battery (eft here by a speeiat tram, for Clay oemty, ia the mountain*, to itrvt m a gnarl dariae tbe tml of Th?ma? Howard fer anrder. .Howard ?. c<??. witk taxtlr to * bitter fend MCtri - 3n* it waa iiiwiH #? nr?siary fcl troop* prwwt to prfTts* flft L'liiUIUiW III) UliUf v'LJLl i v1 U I i"H ilU I lit* hisur^i Mts i!I'iMg Ktttpp liuns ImIo ri?y. Cl.nSK 10 MAOARI HUR'S CAMP, * . .. tli i'. tit! \ li'n.i (if W.u ib h.' Captured hi ! M C'?lu?tH I ik 'itip .\l <it \|\*'i \ i'<y t'libV. t'ho rebels', on , .1 i: l.i.v l! ,;li'.. Iuh :c mi r.tUU*'. OU the ll .(Mill I, V."l v,. t MllOubube (kill), lltlll .li.vu.: li n:i;ilntuntn out, burned t11 o t 'vxi ru -li Hi ; i ? ?. (?? t i s 11 an iu>;. tlio ti nt ?'"> .n '? ornando. Sovonii ; A ;<i>M iciuit have bemi ?li:;ti'.!y \\ oil llilivl it'i-O'itly. Ilio rliemy I > .??>?? i.ctoial ' h i upp ::iiuv. v.itK'ii they brni?,r forward j iwtd iim! foi liriiiji shoda lilt" liu' ? I ?,?<???, t 11 <* II I ?* 11 'M>l lilt! Willi (lion "IIIH. j < ?!U> I't tilO |ll -U!^iMl? sjjuil i foil Wl'lllll ?'?.M ) Ikl liu (>l * I Ml I'I III W ill' \ It lllll S lll'U'l tpiftilnr.i. .Saturday ovoihul:. I lie Aiiru ieiiu troopn do not lepiy In the ll l^ 111 I V outbreak r?. I li? American foicu.. hmo occupied tho poniusula aud (ieiiortil Hull* ool tuikii la onoampod ul Moroni;. Miijoi irumaii, march mi; aoros:i lrum iliuau ^oniin, found it lmoraotioablo to form a cordon, anil Ilio uiMit'pMil*, with tlio ?XCO|'tiiil! ul tk li II11 < 11 <'< I ill' two, OHOlil't.'l llui 11^!i tho iimiiutu'.ua ulte.r liotiDial 1'iodol I 'il hi*, ill n^:i;i:ij; their battory willi l?iiHtiIiit iji^lit. A few,however, may by tiappod. Ilio Washington troops havoreturned to i'awij;, but Ilio pro{;raii)ino of lln> ?>ther troops is itu L'Ollail1. Ilio i'Ii: out i-v | < <l it ion allow* lliu il ill.? uii\ k'. iiwli 1.1 one.nvi'ovotV i. v in in in v w liu'li mil it do| end iiinm wa^on tiauin in i',i'? ? is;? I'll*ofontoil I?111>;tsth ;n Uioir own i i i ? ? il si tin us and uIho jjivta pi oiif that tlio lol'oln ilo not ir.b?n I tr? Uj,'ht l>si11 i 4" i on oral il:i'ii let". Mania Teresa I'liitf* iIhv morn in? ami mavo'if 1 13 lalltvi to to Mot onft, uj> ami down rocky lulia itn'i through woodHjind swampa. Houios of his moil fall out, owin-,; to Ilio ox* tromii boat, anil wore itfl to follow as boat tlioy could. Tho head of tho army arrived at Morousj at noon, hftvtutf OX' changcd oid\ a fow Bitot* with insur uotit skirmishers ou tho way. (Iroitps of etra^^'loia followoil all day, but tuo forcij wan 2()<j am allot' thin whon it wtfti lov^ Tho luon woro ul ;iioat 8U bourn without ralioiiK and it was couHiiloi able of aw flchiovomout for kiiom to cover tho f*touml I hoy did. Ku roll to to .Mo i oui?, t lio AiuorioauH uiet llocka of Fili pitioH, under 11 i?4n of truce, mauy ( J Hi cm yoiin;r rnou with tho boaiiuj; of Holdlois. .Many discarded uniforms woro found ii: tho bouics, apparontly those of uoldiora who had oac?pod by changing thoir foatumos from "in suroolo" to "ainiKo," and walking boldly past tho army, which had cx poctod to corral thoin. J'ow woro found xbout Moron sr. duo moinbor of the Washington Uc^iuiuat waa killod aud {wo wcro wounded in tho eucoiiutor with the outpost-, (icuoral Lawton, on board a i/unbont hoinoliing tlio coaul for Major J iumau, ?toppc<l at Buiau gonad, opposite Moron;:. the mitivoa iiamodiatoly rail up a fbijc of truco aud n doloKMtioii in canooa put off and greolod tho Americana with tho usual protoatntioim of friondship. Dreyfus ?' as Waiting for the Boat. Fout dk Fhanpf, Island of Martin ique, I5y Cable. ? Wbou tho dispatch boat Geolund, beiriog tlio Huperiuten ^ent of tho |?rim'>ti nud the commander of Marino Artiliorj', who wcro de?iy uatol l>y tho French government to notify Dreyfus of tho revision of bin trial, arrived Tuesday from Cayenne, >it the ls!o ii>i Diablo, Droyfua wuh waiting 0:1 tiiu rhoro. Although cil -doavoring to maintain Ins selC'noaue.s sion, ha rf;4!?ivr<l tiio official iutelli gonco with a rouutcnanco raflinnt with J??y Sailing ni" flic (liyttipm. Hiisii h'ovi, Mv ( 'ablo. I iio InitO'l State.* -ci'ulnar OJymnia, with Adm>ial ! >?jtvoy on board, loft heie at 4 o'ei. oi '1 uosday afternoon. There waa no demonstration. 1 he weather wni wrotched. ft was blowing and raining tui/d at the 11ino of tho departure. Whilo tho Jiritirth cruiser Pow erful. tho hand of the Olympia played the British national anthem and guvo a buglo nulute. 't here wan no tiring. Ucwcy to Accompany the President to Cli'cago. Chicago, III., Special. ?Admiral Dewey will accompany President Mo Kinloy to Chicago whon tho chief ex ecutive comes to lay tho corner-atone of th?? new Federal building, on Octo h-.r :? A private Jisrpatoh from Waab i/igtoa raya that Mr. McKfnley mad* "t:.*o aiiucnnccinent Tuesday, to Henry Fs>..o, of Wi*connin. Mr. Pnyna to Arrive in Now York on October 1 to ee^bUbtu to join the President itr Washington, end go on with tl%> letter tortSr A Proposed Precept to tbe Qeeee Regeet Waskxxotox, Jose & ?The Navy De pertinent bat received ? uucceHkia from the Porta month boardof tnd^ that the captured Speaiah croiaer Beine ^ ^ I.' ?? , t ? III a|_. Meiww, t>9 OOlBplfltlJ lfUUIlt MM Xlf Norfolk eavy yard, aappf fed with the very beet gumf jmjL jmmi, |U to ill I I Drill KAN SEMINARY. Us Ctjniidoiic enunl Fxerc ?ei Were Helrf c due i day. lint cxereUeB closing tho tlrst year ox* li.o Lutheran Theological Seminary *?! i'o its location ut Muunt Ploasani U>>k place Wednesday in tho preuonco ui members of the exeoutivo oomiuitteo v of tho Imard of directors of tho looal ?iii\111 try committer nod member# of ii.i< fa? ally. Tho llov. If. S. Win M'ld, l>. 1)., of Springfield, G?\., tho I resident of tho honrdof directors, ad <lu'h.-( .1 t In* students and delivered to Jfi \Y. \Y. J Kitohiu hia certificate * I jri admit ion. Hi* wan followed l>y llev. K. Holland, P. IV, of < hariotte, N. C.,?ho spoko eloquently iti * work of tho professors and 1 i ci.ts and of tho prospects of tho as he dtneerucd thOJU. Mt. _ li'itt'hio is thus tho litht gvadaato froru il:o institution since it whs located Ui' re. Mr. Ititchio is from Salisbury-, N ? , und has already roooived an in* vii ition to supply Trinity Lutheran < li .roh ?t l'lllore, in thisStnto. llii? Depot Burned in Lancaster. I lie Lancaster aud Chester railroad I irui'ger uud freight depots and cot t o ii p ha form a at Lancaster wore com pletely destroyed hy tiro at 8 o'olook Thnisday morning. Alu>Ut 200 haloa of cotton belorging to Heath, Springs A Co., was burned. Also warehouse nml contents, consisting of meat,meal,<> f!???r, eto , belonging to Knight aud Miu-koridl. A freight box-onr and flat ear ou the sidetrack of I ho South Car ulinu mid Georgia railroad were burn ed It likely that all tho losses are covered bv lUHurnnco, exooptiug the . bnildiug burned, which, though in Mind, were not completely covered. The origin of tho firo is unknown as Vet y , . * Salem County Msy be Revived. Mr. Cai iir-H. who was selected State Seniifor from Leo county,and who was in vi'i' ii I lo wed t o tiike hia seat as Sena tor beeiiiiKe'of thedecisiou of tho Su preme Court ayrf iist the uow eohuty;4 mi vh that in ti in a tho people of thai section will have a county. They !;n >\v what they waul, and probably tins Milliliter or next fall, tho matter will be taken up. It ia only a yoar more before tho four years limit will ? nj ire on the original Salem county project, aud if it in thought beet not to wait that long its said new, and de?? ai^ible tei ritory cm be arranged for the pioposcd county, and Mr. Carnes ^ thinks that there will bo no question about the result of the uoxt election. Insurance Decision. An interesting question relative to taxis on lifo insurance rat ney has just heeu decided by the Attorney General's oHiiii-. It refers to the liability for ? taxes on dividends of life insurance companies. One of tho companies iloiu^ busiuees iu the State tyas not I eeii repotting for taxes tho money which Iihh been net aside forj e pay in en t of dividends to the p <A jy-hold cr^f il. this State. Mr. Ountor, ibe Ami.t int Attorney General, has just rendered .in opinion in whioh ho de- 3 eides thut tho parent iutiuruuou com [.allies ero liable for the current year's taxes on dividend* iutuuded for the policy-holders^ , Veterans to Meet in Chester. Tiiis year the aunual reunion of tti? .1 South Carolina division United Con fuderute Veterans is to be held in the ,? ?? city of (Jheater, and althongb prac tically all tho canipe in the St?te at- - tended the geueral union in Charles ton, it is expected thut all will be At the Stuto reunion- Chester promises every voter ah that attends a royal re ception and Chester knows how to en tain her gnosts. "!T Storm in Laurens. The extended drought was broken in the liurlhcufctern section of Laurena county Wednesday afternoon by a it r rilio Htorui of wind, bail and rain. Ciops nro reported conaidorably dam aged and Home outbuilding** nnd treea wore blown down. In 0110 euotion kail killed frying-sized chickens and injured ihc'urowing crop. The raiu was light. A child's Horrible Death. A Ppeciul from Greenwood, aaya an 18 in on tbH old child of Mr. John H. CiJgg met with a horrible death Wed nesday ulternoon. The little ope waa playing uround the kitchen and get bold of tho kerosene can aud drank a quantity of tho llufd. Congentiou fol lowed and the little one died in a few hours. Tbo child's mother died T?jy huddently about ten dayaago. , ? f ? ? A BoN^pf Poems. '1 be Lutheran publication board, through ita superintendent, Mr. Elbert II. Anil, of Newberry, baa Just iaene? a neat volume of "Eohoce and Other roeniH," bj Dr. E. A. Wingard, of BU I'aul'fc Lutheran ohurcb, of Columbia. Tho volumo ia vary neatly gotten tip. It cootaina oa? hundred/and iixty-fl?? pages and Mr. Wingard'a wozfc ia abol the claaa of amateur poetry With which South Carolina baa been ioflicted far some tima. Some of Mr. Wi poems alruek the reapenaire an<! one the moat ' ou lit# Lilte d Ijaehiag* book ia cold,at ^..inty-flre ceota eepf, ..--u? iog ahietoty of tka llb? took tm tiST&m