The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 01, 1899, Image 1
THE 0HMDEN GHR0NI0LE.
VOLUMK X. ? CAMOKN, 8. C., FJilDAY, SKI'TEMUKU I, < NOjM.
* #11 VARIOUS lies.
Bill Thinks Dreyfus is Innocent and
is Bein;, Persecuted.
THEN TALKS ABOUT THE WAR.
The Negro I1/ b!cm is Discussed? Some
Districts NN here There is No Trouble.
Penctcutiary Statistics.
It Is Indeed singular how much sym
pathy and what an intense interest the
trial of Dreyfus has excited all ov;r
the civilized world. The life or the lib
erty of but ::w man? a Jew of no great
eonsequer.rc ? Is at stake and ypt the
world looks on with more coucern than
it> given (ho Philippine war, where
thousands have died in battle sinro the
trial of Dreyfus begin. The great heart
of the people believe the Jew is inno
cent and is being persecuted by the
mill tar j bet a use ho Is a Jew. Civil
inns everywhere are getting more and
more jealous cf the military power,
and well they may bo. for it is aggres
sive, cruel and intolerent when not
kept under restraint.
The long suffering of Dreyfus has in
tensified the pity of mankind and re
calls the plea that Shakespeare makes
for Shyloek, "I am a Jew; hath not a
Jew eyes and hands, senses, affections,
passions. If you prick us do we not
bleed? If you peiton us do we not die?"
'This persecution has been going on for
five ycais and the end is not yst in
sight. It reminds us of the historic
trial of Warren Hastings that Ivjgun In
April, 1790, and continued until April.
I7D.">. Nev< i was a man so unjustly
sailed. The sub.imest oratory and log
lc ct Lurkn and Fox and Sheildan
came down upon him with withering
and pitiless force. Burke spoke three
days and amazed the world with his
matchless eloquence, and the world
pronounced Hustings guilty before anv
j' evidence had been Introduced for
Burke's speech was an exordium, a
presentation of the bill of Indictment
Poor Hastings, frail, small and sickly,
knelt at the bar and there heard the
terrible denunciations of his accusers.
The &uglinh nation was against him,
and even Ms friend and patron, Wli
liam Pitt, deserted him. Hastings, as
governor general of India, had not
pleased Hie party In power and was to
be made a victim. That was politics
then, and It is politics now. It was
like the execution of Mrs. Surratt and
Captain Wurz in i860, for two more in
nocent persons could not have been
found, but tho thirsty public demanded
some victims and these were chosen. In
1 7 95 Hastings was triumphantly ac
quitted on every charge and public
opinion had already turned in his fa
vor. Lord Macauley snys ihat he ad
ministered the Indian government with
more than the capacity of Rkhelleu
and John Stuart Mill snvs he was the
t>est governor that India ever had.
Weil now. If Dreyfus enn have such a
happy ending Jo his long suffering and
trial the world will he satisfied. La
bor! is already a hero ? the brightest
star in the galaxy. He has made no'j
blunder in act or speech during fcts
long and arduous labors and when he
declares with folded arms and glisten
ing eyeB and Impassioned voice that
Dreyfus is innocent the world believe?
hira. If he is again condemned. France"
will be disgraced and degraded in the
eyes of the great powers of the world.
A government?that cannot save one in
nocent man cannot save itself when
revolution comes.
The next biggest thing beforo us is
the everlasting war that, like Banquo's
ghost, will not. down. It drags Its slow
length along from day to day and
week to week until Its blood and coM
has almost ceased to agitate us and
only it a politics is considered. The
question uppermost is will it roll Mc
Klnley in again or will It roll him out.
Imperialism Is a bleirer presidential is
sue than silver or the tariff.
Hut Just now the question that seems
to concern the South Is what shall be
done with the negro. In some portions
of the country there Is no dl?>?''-bnnre,
no friction, no outrages of any kind.
The two races are getting along as
peaceably as in the years gone by.
There are whole counties down in low
er Georgia and whole (ItBtrtcts In some
of the western States where the ne
groes as a mass are Industrious and
humble and give no trouble. In upper
South Carolina there is peace and har
mony save an occasional disturbance
that bad men like the Tolberts pro
voke. Most of the outrages that pro
voke the iynchings come from negro
tramps who have no settled home, so
family, nor occupation, but go' ?nd
come when they please. They are the
scurf of the towns and cities ? the over
flow ? for clt!?s breed crime and cor
ruption, both among white? and blacks.
TTie pitsofi report is interesting awl |
Instructive reading *nd shows the most
careful and humane treatment pf the I
searkts Th* fUn?r- |
?I Evans at its head, are all kind.
Christian gentlemen and no State In
the Union can show a better record of
Its prisoners, both male and fsasale.
But it 1* tmpteslMe 16 hee# ap with
t bailee and alander Uat are circulate,
by Northern poNUdane and tenth***
negro editor* and edacatova, It le all a
iMtiiilMiffrNittvltaa*
era dnip*.
} of the National Association < f t'ulored
Women, eays in her published address,
I "Th"? while people preach and point lo
th? immorality of young colored girls
ami yet the white people themselves
ait lo blame for this condition of a f
fairs, for In thin convict leas? system
Gie girls and women are not only
worked In the field with men. Init are
j-lmt up at night in the same cells with
them Can yon expect a poor, Ignorant
colored girl lo h pure and virtuous
when she is fhut in night aftt-r night
with a mar?'"
General Evans writes me that no
sue h condition exists in Georgia, not
has ever existed, and that for ton years
past th? female ecnvlcts haw not even
b.cn wcrked on f;;rma with the men,!
but have been leis d to separate con
tractors who work none but th? women
on a farm. Th? womon (about sixty in
number) work together, eat together.
slf*!? Ic-Jdhei and are absolutely scpa
ratd from mm and boys and ara on
entire'y different farms. These women
ate not confined in rolls at all, l?>it live
in a house far n>cr? comfortable than
they lived in before their conviction.
The men and women do not meet at all
at any time or anywhere.
How is that? What explanation can
th it woman make? What can Uooker
Washington say about it? He had hot
ter say s;;:m -thipg abcut it. for he has
had the support and encouragement of
the Southern people and he will he
held responsible for sur-h malignant
slandrr3.
This prison report shows that 40 per
cent, of the convicts can read and
write.
That 45 per cent, are married.
That 90 per cent, are between the
ages of seventr mi and twenty-seven.
That only forty \%ere in slavery be
fore the war and only eighteen are old
enough to rem? mher what slavery was.
Another singular table in the report
is called the table of "recidivists."
whieh" means, I suppose, the "return
ers." There aie serving a second
t'-rm; 4i"n third Jcrm; 6 a fourth term,
and a fifth term. They te-cin to like
the business. A good whipping or two
or three good whippings would have
stopped all those recidivists. If a man
likes one kind of punishment so well
as to go back to it, it would be well to
change it and let him try another.
lint let us keep on agitating and dis
cussing and let no man boast that he
knows it all. for he doesn't. Bill Arp
in Atlanta Constitution.
FOR BUYERS AND PIT; A SURF:- SEEKERS.
t!alf Fare f xcur .ion to Philad ,'lphia and He
tur.i bj the Sea x ard Air I. in?, Nlcknamco
"Jhe l.ine of the People."
Tboro will bo speed, cheapness, com
fort and elegance via the Seaboard Air
Line, nicknamed ? "Tiic Link of the
PEOPIiK."
?? Tbe journey will bo made on the
Solid Vestibnlod 8. A . L. Express and
the Atlanta Spooial.
Buy yonr tickets from any Seaboard
Air Line Agent either September let,
2nd or 8rdt ? theso tickcts good for re
turn until midnight of September 13th,
or if you choose, until September 30th,
upon deposit of tickets with the Joint.
Agent at PLiladelphta.
The Quaker City will bo nnucuallj
festivo with the O. A. R. paradoiu full
swing.
T)o not forget tbat one of tho chief
pleasures to a person who had taken
the Seaboard Air Line, nicknamed ?
"The Line or the rEort-E," is the
consciousness, that ho or she has made
no mistake.
Vessels for Patrol I) ty.
Washington, D. C.. Special: The Ma
rine hospital service has applied to t'nc
Navy Department for/a suitable vessel
to assl?t In tho patrol of ihe Florida
coast, to guard against the possible
InD^mction of yellow fever and oth^r
contagious diseases. Surgp-on General
Wyman has been notified by acting
Secretary Allen that the yachts Oneida
at Norfolk, and Kanawaha at New
York, are tbe only naval vessels avail
able for that purpose. "Tie s-uggestod
that the marine hospital authorities
Innppct thefp voxels *?> determine
wh'icli of them ii most suitable.
Claims McLean's Defiat.
Columbus, O., ?Special. ? The follow
ing statement has -been given o lit /at
Colonel Kilbourne's headquarters:
"There will be from 520 to 549 dele
gates In the Zanesvllle convention op
posed to the nomination of John 1?.
McLean. The opposition to John R.
McLean will organize the convention
and control it tiWvking the nomi
atlon. Colonel Kilbourne will have tho
largest number of votes on the initial
ballot."*
t The Industrial Convention
Huntsvllle, Ara., Special. ? Cojonel.
N. F. Thompson, secretary jpf the
ebamber of commerce. In charge .;f
the committee on arrangements for the
industrial convention, to be hp# here
early in October, has received a letter
from Senator John T. Morgan, in re
ply to an Invitation .to ailreaa .the
pstharlag. It to quite likely !h:i the
gltolwr ?rSll attend t&& coavdntlrii. -?1
tfeoofta tie he cannot make a
rm^rpM lie ?( ~tKK7tTme~. The"
sdhjlii I chosen for Morgan h
Cfe? "Nicaragua Canal.**
Hum* to *?* uadernaath Ilka
' Tkcas aubtarranaan passages
m ta aidstanca In the earliest days
tto OrtoOM ara? bnt warn elosed
Ml MVMlMlk can*
tmr wfcsn tJMy wart diaeovatad. No
Mr ??*? WW ???
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A Wilmington Banker Goes tho
Usual Course
BANK IN GOOD CONDITION.
The Other City Banks Com? to the Rescue.
Depositors to Be Paid in l ull Directors
Offer 160 fur Stock.
Wilmington. N. P., Special. ? The i
sudden disappearance of George Sloan,
cashier of the Wilmington Savings and
Trust Company, who left here Sunday j
evening on the northbound train of
tiho Atlantic Coast Lint*, created un
necessary alarm among some of the
depositors. uuJ quite a number went ,
tx> the bank during the day and with
drew their deposits. Many others,
however, who went to t lie bank let
their money remain, after ascertaining
that -t'here was no danger of losing It.
J. W. Norwood, president of the bank,
aivJ also president of the Atlantic Na
tional Haaik, a man of large means,
and tho directors also, gave their
written guarantees to all who desired
it to indemnify them against lo-ss.
The other banks here were also ready
to. extend amy akl that might be asked.
The deposits aggregate $660,000. The
number of depositors approximates
4,000. Hp to 9 o'clock less than 4 per
cent, of these had withdrawn their de
posits.
A director of the bank stated to the
representative of the Associated Press
that the cashier's books were audited
from time to time and paw? books
called in for verification. This work
has been thoroughly done during the
past five flays, and as a result of this
examination the directors will publish
a card stating that the bank will not
lose a dollar by Wio absence of the
eaBhicr. They will also publish an
other card stating that the Htork is
worth 60 per cent, premium after pay
ing depositors in full, and offering to
buy any stock offered at $K?0 per
fJhare. A notice was also posted on
the door of the bank announcing that
all depositors would be paid in full
without requiring the usual 30 days'
not ice. \
Mr. Sloan is a married man, about "0
years of age. His habits are exemplary
and he is no* addicted to drinking or
other vices. The securities and all of
the cash of the savngs bank, except
$807 are held by the drectors on de
post in another bank, and none of tho
directors believes he has been guilty
of intentional wrong. His family be
lieve that from overwork and bad
health his mind was unbalanced. It Ik
thought that t.'he uneasiness among de
positors is rapidly giving way to a
feeling of confidence, and that there
will be little or no trouble.
Forly-Seven Negroes In Jail.
Darien, Ga., Special. ? Several more
of the negro ringleaders of the riot
were arrested Monday, without' difficul
ty. " There are now 12 In jail here, and|
35 In jail at Savannah. These will all \
be arraigned In the Superior Court, in
special session, on Wednesday. Tho
town is perfectly qul#>t. and presents
no unusual appearance, except for the
blue uniformed soldiers on every
street. Colonel I^awton Is satisfied
that the danger is over, though tho
troops will remain until after the trial
of John Delegal for the murder of De
puty Sheriff Townsend, as a measure
of precaution.
Brief Mention.
Walter Wellman, the Arctic explorer,
has reached Htill, Eng., accompanied
by the American members" of his expe
dition. He says he reached a point 23
miles northwest of Freeden Islands,
where Dr. Lansen landed In 1895.
The American Bar AsaodaUon met
Monday in Buffalo, N.Y.
Twelve steel arches, each weighing
33 tons, which were to have supported
the superstructure of the Coliseum
brilditig, in Chicago, In course of erec
tion on Wabash avenue, between Fif
teenth and Sixteenth street^. foil to tho
ground Monday afternoon. As a result
of the accident nine men were killed.
foi*r fatally injured and nine badly
hurt.
The officials of the Old l>ominion
Steamship Mne in New YQrk. say that
they have sccured enough men to fill
the striking loncjjttorctnen's place, and
that the stoarnyTiip Jefferson will sail
at once. ? Gfr'ujie day and night forces
that weftfout they say that they have
lost about 300 men. Many of the men
who went out have returned to work.
Fifty Cuban girls of good family
have arrived at Mt. St, Aloyslus, Con
sent, Creeeon, Pa., in charge of agent*
of the National Organization of Cf ban
Relief. The girls range in age from \w
to 13 years. Thoy will be educated at
the convent and returned to ttietrCu-,
ban h omes.
R- F. Woods and W. P. Crawford, of
So^Ul. Carolina , hare beett appointed
first lieutenants In the volunteer army.
. Fire rises of yellow- lever or a miW
type developed among the United,
TCndT
CmTfK
Severe "Electric Sterai at CMrMlr.
On Sunday mora log between J and ?
o'clock the elty of Charlotte was visited
by MwrWi thunder storm. One col
or*! woman waa Wiled and her house
burned by tM IlghtalM. A nnmlr r
hcm**? were etrwek. It waa almost a
reign of terror for awhile. The rain
waa atesoally heavy, and the atresia
!*"W *m Iwitu ???
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ttElklYCROPBU'JUIN,
fiyotable Weather Prevail* -Cotton Pkk
in X Advancing.
Columbia, S. 0.. Aug. 2ft.? During
the week ending Augntrt 2S. 18i?0, th?i
temperature averaged about 6 degrees
I than usual. On nearly every
day. up to Saturday, it rose to i?r ttbovo
100 degrees somewhere in the State,
with a maximum of 102 at Greenwood.
There wore scattered showers on the
22nd. L'4th. 2*>th and 26th, very partial.
On Sunday, the 27th. a general rain
foil over the entire western portion of
the State which eontlnurd at Intervals
throughout Monday, when It covered
the entire State. Hail and high wind*
accompanied the thunder storms in
places.
The rain will be of great benefit to
all lute crops, and will revive and as
sure a lurg<> crop of sweet potatoes,
and poas for forage, and will help tur
nips and add materially to te yield <>t
lute corn, but it camo too lute for cot
ton and the greater portion of the corn
crop.
The first, and an almost immediate,
effect of the rain on cotton was to
cause it to re-begin* blooming, but the
resulting fruitage will hardly have
bolls to develope and mature. It will
oau?o small bolls to dovolone.
and premature, ?opening, which
which was the prevailing condition, to
I't'itsv, but tliot?e good effi-cta of the ram
cannot, bring the crop up to- much il
r.n.v mvre than two-thirds of an aver
age yield over a large portion of the
State. A. few counties will product
about average crops. Much cotton
opened during the week, and picking
was quite active but was not pushed
on account of the extreme heat. Ilnst
increased and Is now quite general.
Boll worms are reported from Barnwell
county. Sea island eotton continues to
blight and sh?ti nnd Is less promising
than heretofore.
l-ate corn looks green but l>care
small ears on slender stalks. The re
cent rain will help the ears to fill out
Fodder about all pulled from early
corn.
Tobacco cutting and curing is nearly
finished except in some of the Western
counties where this crop is being culti
vated for the first time, and where it
h is not quit J r ached maturi y. ? ,
Rice is being harvested rapidly, and
the precaution is belnn taken to stack
it on high ground to avoid possible
flooding, Upland rlrp baa not improv
ed and continues unpromising.
Army worms are traveling westward
and have appeared In two Western
couhtics heretofore free from them.
Grass -for hay is a short crop, but It Is
not too late for it to improve. Peas,
peanuts, sorghum, sugar ca.ne and
sweet potatoes average a poor condi
tion, but have not advanced toward
maturity so far but that good weather
will causp great Improvement.
J. M. BAUER, Section Director.
Col. Ncal to Be Arrested.
Columbia, S. C\, Spectlai. ? At the In
stance of Colonel T. J. Cmmlngliaiu,
chairman of the board of directors of
(,he penitentiary, a warrant was issued
Saturday for the arrest of Colonel W.
A. Neal, ex-superintendent. The spo
rlflc charge is that Colonel Neel failed
to turn over the money of the peniten
tiary to his successor within thirty
days after the latter had been quali
fied. Tho liRhtcat sentence for a con
viction umler thin charge 1h throe
months' Imprisonment and $1,000 flu*.
The warrant will 'be served Monday.
Policeman Shoots Himself.
Policeman W. A. I-*f*ter, of Tlm
monsvilic, 6hot himself in the left
brenst Sunday afternoon, the ball rn
tering Just above the heart and rang
ing upward, passing out under the left
shoulder. Th** wound Is a dangerou*
one and may result fatally, but the
phjBlcians sa.y that he may recover.
Letters Grom the Towns.
Governor MeSweeney is receiving a
dozen or two letters every day from thr
! magistrates of the State pledging sup
port and co-operation In the enforce
ment of the dispensary law. Governor
MeSweeney Is filing away these letters,
as they may be of use In the future.
Most of the mayors and Intendants of
the State have been heard from, and
"the pledges of co-operation continue to
br. received every day.
Constable Murdered.
Saturday night, at Manning, whii??
lurching for William Dickson, Hit
noted Clarendon horse thief and burg
lar, magistrate* constable, Sam Tobias*
rncount?rcd Dickson and another ei;
capod penitentiary convict, and was fa
tally struck by them and left on lb*
railroad oauseway. Tobias' head vrat
crushed, and he will die. l)ick?on is a
nfrfed thief and ,burg!ar. and a mill?
^wjjich they had stolen in Sumter wa i
captured Friday. They also robbed
the depot at night and had some goods
when met byToblaa. After felling To
bias they took his gun and are still at
large.
Ki fed hy Ligkteiaf.
^?Intelligence was received late Friday
afternoon of the ?MTB"6TTWd BfgTT&f
and the striking of a* vera 1 other men
by Illtitmng on the Georgetown rail
road where a Jog train wag lyAdlag. A
terrific kail and thunder storm came
up, and quicker than thought the dead
ly element did Its work effectually.
Tkoga man who were atoned hare nc
focolleaUon of the bllsdlBf ffaab that
teDopvd hy * (anrfnl eraak that
Troubles at Darien, Ga i Are Prac
tically Over,
M I LIT A WERE CLOSE ON HIM,
And Dclagel Surrendered Himself In Order
to Secure Protection Ml Owlet At the
Stone of Disturbance.
Darleu. G a . . Special ? ' Tho round-up
of negroes In Mv I ii tosh county resulted
In tho surrender of Henry Pelogal. the
murderer ctf Deputy Sheilff Townsond.
and iho location for future arrest of
Delegal's brothw and the woman di
rectly Implicated In the lulling. Dele
gal's surrender was ni ?d^ lo Dleuten
ant Wood, In charge of p detachment
of thirty Savannah soldiVs stationed
fifteen miles in the country so back up
tho sheriff's posse, who wore scouring
the swamp, and Delegai stiltes that he
surrendered to the -troops for protec
tion, as he saw the sheriff's posse was
closing in on him and his capture was
only a few hours or minutes.
No Background for Siher.
Kansas City. Mo , SpecluJ . ? ??William
J. Bryan stopped hero between trains
while en route w> Denver. "1 shall
continue to discuss silver," said Mr.
Bry*?n, in response to a query, adding:
"There was a story from Pes Moines,
la.. recently. that I was putting silver
In tho back ground. 1 am not. 1 will
not. I was Incorrectly reported Silver
will bo placed alongside tho other
great isswos, and It will ho given iff*
du? shire of consideration. I sland by
the Chicago Democratic platform.
When a now baby l.-? born iu a house
hold the pareut-s do no! expel the other
children. Because tho Democratic
party is making a fix li t on Imperialism,
militarism and trusts, is no rcvison
why we should send ft >in our house
hold the other chili!. V\'e should
gather all those children into arm.*; and
fight for them."
v_
Aw ul Crime of An Otyf Man.
Anniston, Ala., Special. -^W, W. Dut
ton, a white man about eighty years
old, was arrested here on a warrant
charging him with 'the attributed as
sault on a mleco, a girl sixteen years of
age. Tho crime is alleged to hove
been committed Friday night at the
Putton home, in the western portion of
the city and It is said the old man came
near accomplishing his purpose, but
the streams of the girl brought neigh
bors to the rescue. Dut ton's* aged wife
!>elng too fee1>l? to Interfere. Dutton
flod, font was found concenled in the
home of a friend trot far from his own
residence, lie vehemently denies his
guilt. It is charged that this U Dut
ton 's second offense recently.
Important B. & 0. R. R. Changes.
M. J. Allen, Traveling Freight Agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
has become Commercial Freight Agent
at J>uluth, .Minn., succeeding Thomas
Miles, transferred to Minneapolis. C.
H. Ilarkins goes from Minneapolis to
Chicago. If. 0. Smith, of tho general
officer in Baltimore, was appointed
Freight TarlTf Agent. in oharge of per
centages and divisions, publication of
all freight tariff", the Issuance of all
tariff and division sheets and billing
and routing Instructions.
Gen. Gordon Injured.
Richmond. Va., Special.? Saturday
morning at Rockbridge Alum Springs,
while fJeneral John B. Gordon was on
his way to his cottage, a large grey
hound ran In front of him, causing
him to fall over it. He sustained
bruises about the face, hut was not
seriously hurt.
All Quiet at WaynesMllf.
Raleigh, N. C., Special. ? Holiekor
Ferguson wlrr.s that mattors are quiet
nt Waynesvllle and that the lynchers
<1 i <1 not appear. The Jail Ih strictly
guarded by the military. Hurt Smith,
whose life was threatened by the mb)),
Is white and Is aged seventeen years,
lie Is chargf.'l with assaulting his
eight-year-old nletc.
PonltitioniHi Gain Ground.
Cape TInytlen, Tfnytl, Hy Cablo.?
ha?* Ju"t been received here con
firming the report of Saturday's flght
Ing in San Domingo between the gov
ernment forees -and those of ih? revo
lutionists. General Faeheco. at the
head of four hundred men of the revo
lutionary troop?, fought the govern
ment troops for three days, inflicting
heavy loss*?. It is reported that the
government forces lost 150 men Killed
and wounded and that the revolution
ist# oaptured twolleld pieces. In ad
dition, General Antonio Calderon. one
of the government eomimnders. was
killed and secretly burle-d. The revo
lutionists losi^uxly thirteen men killed
' besides several wdnnded.
ll* fHlikvit
Pittsburg. Pa., 'Special.? President
and Mrs. McKinley resthed here Satur
day evening and were driven ta the
residence of Hobert Pit cairn, superin
tendent at the Pennsylvania road,
whose guests they will be. The re
aMlnder of the party were takes to the
tch?ly Met. A I arte crow* Met
the train it tip depot tot ehesred the
! GEN. WHEEIER AT 1 H E FRONT.
He in to Assume the Command of t'uaiton'4
flrijrade.
Manila. Hy Cable. - n ? 1 Whoelot
has been ordered to report (<> (loneral
MacArthur. 1 1 will be given coiii
ni;in>l of ( ! ? no i <t 1 Kunston's brigade,
which Colonel I iscum has commanded
temporarily Clcnoral Whcolei will pro
rood lo San Fernando Wednesday. af '
lor having spent a wreK In enngcti
rally visiting the lints.
Conceal r said to a roproson
(atlvo of I ho \sao? laii\l l'rc>s I am
much pleased with situation 1 think
that when Major (5tiui.il (Mm gets
inoro troops licit". In- will make rapid
progress Tim country is moro favoi
able for military operations than I sup
posed Tho impression thai the coun
try is unhealthy Is wrong.
'lho railroad to Audits will he ve
stored within a week mid (icnernl Ma<
Arthni will advance Ills heathpnii lei s
to t hat place.
The Wilmington Savings Rank.
Wilmington, N. ('., Special Hu-ine a
went on very quietly at the hanking
house of tie* Wilmington Savings ami
Trust (Company Tuesday. '1 ho Individ
ual deposits exoocdetl tho withdrawals,
many of those w1u> called for their bal
ances Monday returned lho money and
confidence is now fully restored. Tho
following telegram to Mr. J. \V. Nor
wood, president of the savings bank,
waa received from Harry Wallers, vice
president of the bank, and president of
tho Atlantic Const Line system:
Newport, It. I , Aug. 20.
"Wire me al the Cloister, Newport,
If you wish mo to no ml money. will
supply whatever may be required.
(Signed) "II WAI/miH."
The combination numbers b:ln<?
known only lo the absent cashb r. ma
chinists opened one of tho safes and j
access was thus gained to the cash box
and *ho books.
The caj-h balance of $su7 referred to
in thtso dispatches .was found intact. It i
was also discovered that Cashier Sloan
had taken only the balance of salary
duo him. and ?I00 for whkh he left his |
note with ample collateral at Inched
thereto.
Hurrying Troops to Manila.
Snn Francisco, Cal., Special.? All
haste Is being made to dispatch the
troops now waiting here to Manila. II
is expected that the entire detachment
now at the Presidio will sail within
about two weeks. The Puebla left Tues
day with f.r.O recruits; the W?rr<Sn
gooiAn lbs 1f.l and tho Columbia on
the f>th. with hs ninny recruits and cas
uals as they can carry.
If these assignments do not yike up
all tho recruits now at the Presidio,
the remainder will be shipped on the
Sherman, which will be ready in about
ten days.
McKlnlcy Welcomed in Ohio.
lvast Liverpool, O., Special. ? Six
years ago William McKlnlcy, then
Governor, opened bis campaign for a
second term from Col. John Taylor's
porch, and tho fact was recalled when
Congressman II. W. Taylor, who now
represents the old McKinley district in
Congress, spoke from the same porch
Tuesday evening, welcoming the Presi
dent hack to tlm obi eighteenth dis
trict. Seven thousand people thronged
tho grounds and streets about the Tay
lor homestead. The President respond
ed feelingly. ^
Restlessness at Johannesburg.
Capo Town. My Cable.? Owing to the
continued tension and warlike condi
tions, trade In many places In at a
standstill and great restlessness pre
vails, both a Johannesburg an<l here. It
Is reported that 200 horses which were
disembarked .it Pelagoo Hay, presum
ably for the Trantfvnal, have bi;e:i held,
pending Instructions on the subject.
Shackleford Succeeds Bland.
Jefferson City, \lo., Aug. 2D. ? In
complete returns received tonight
from tl)i, eighth Missouri district, in
which/an election was held to-day to
fill thf unexpired term In ('nngreo^of
Richard P. Bland, deceased, shows
that horsey W. Shack Inford, Demo
oral. has been elected fiver VV. J. Vor
Bholl, Kepubllcnn. by 2.2< )0 plurality.
Complete returns cannot be had to
night.
McLcan and free Silver.
Zouesvillc, <)., Special. ? In the con
vention here the McLean men carried
a lar?c majority of the 21 congres
sional districts and will control not
only the convention, hut also all the
party machinery In Ohio until the next
presidential election, since the mem
bers of all the committees have been
selected and through them all the
officers of the convention as well as
tho*e wbo will ge In charge of the
campaign. The McLean people are
disposed to be liberal toward th??lr op
ponents. It wad faun? Out. McLcan
bad, a! meeting A* ??cured con^j
trol of the committees.
A V?elfc KH ed Uk Eae+MIc, V?.
Samuel Cook, a youth seventeen
year* of age, of Deneflte, was Instantly
killed at Mayodan. n elation on the
branch of the Norfolk and
Weeteri) IfcaTft u*<T, 40 raitea from Dii
?11 Je Friday vmorirto*. We attempted
to Ju?p. off Um train wfcltn It was in
motion aa? fell*p4er tke vlitd, He I
wit tke eon e* W, D, Gftk, Mdb& *
?DEATH OF PROF. DuPRE.
C It* in son College and I )i c Slate Sustain a
lira ? > I oss.
It is pat I to report the news of the
ilouth of .1. I' C |)ii Pro, professor of
lioit biilturc at Cloinaon College.
Mr was wr>i i knmvn through
out the State ns a hlgh-fontd and cul
tured gentleman, ami his loss will bo
felt l?y a largo elrclo of relatives ami
friends. Ho .\vaa a consistent lumber
tif th<< Methodist church, and hfchl
m-entbeivhip in tho several branches of
Masonry, In which he had been hon
ored by holding gome of the principal
olVb < s in (ho different bodies.
Ho assisted In the organization of
Columbia Oonmiandery, No. 2, Knights
templar. and held membership with
thoni fill bis douth. A dologatlon of hi#
brother Masons escorted his
remains to their last resting place. It
is r, ild of him that In all of the rela
liti iiMiship ??t lu?* he proved himsolf ft
true num. a loving husband, kind fath
er, wise counsellor and a true and un
swerving friend.
At the time of his death ho had
charge of the experimental station of
Clemson. lit this. ns In all else, hia
truthfulness and inlegiity added to an
indefat ixahle earnestness in his work,
will leave the position a hard ono to
nil. Ho and hia sister, Mrs. li. E. Ken
nedy, of Anderson, are the only surviv
ing members of lh? family.
The funeral services were held Sat
urday evening at Abbeville, and the re
mains Interred at. tho family burying
ground at I/ong Cave church. ,
The New Officers.
Of the offieers recently rcfommendod
to the War Department by the (Jovcr
nor, two have signified their nccept
am e ? t'apt. Claude 10. Sawyer and
Capt. Fred Moldoy. The Governor has
boon noticed that Capt. Mobley would
accept. Capt. Silas .1. McCuughriu and
l)r. Lewie 10. (iilfl'ith deeliliod commis
sions. Lieut. Herman' I.. Spain* has ac
cepted the (Jovornor's recommendation
and Lieut. It. !?'. Woods, of Darlingtou,
was recomntr nded as a substitute for
Di'^ii ifflth. (Jen. William Stokes, of
Colleton, was in Columbia Saturday
and conferred with the (Jovernor rela
tive to the chnuces of promotion of
Lieut. Ma reus II. Stokes, of tho Tenth
Infantry, who Is now collector of cus
toms at Cardenas, Cuba. Lieut. Stokei
wa* lieutenant, colonel of the First
South Carolina, and is recognized as a
splendid soldier. Ills friends want U>
see him get a major's commission In
the now volunteer army. The' recruit
ing station ?t Columbia has been clos
ed, and the regulars In charge will re
port to their respective commands. \
A Rope and Limb Needed.
An unusual and outrageous ease of
rape is reported front thc.uppor portion
of Sumter county, near the Kershaw -
line. John Qtilncy Corbltt, a white
man, about 50 years old, Is charged
with criminally assaulting a negro girl
not more than 12 years old. Tho crime
was committed in Jfino and a warrant
was issued by Magistrate Jennings, OB
an affidavit of the child's mother, els'
or seven weeks ago. Since the war
rant was issued Magistrate Jennings
has mado efTorts to arrest Corbltt, but'
lie has taken to the woods and goo*
heavily armed, and the efforts to cap
ture him have lK.cn unsuccessful. The
warrant was placed In Sheriff Plcrson's
hands by Magistrate Jennings. It is to
be hoped that the sheriff and his depu
ties will be more, successful than, the
magistrate and his constables have
heen. The girl whom Corbltt assaulted
did not die, but for several weeks she
was In a serious condition. ~ '
He Must Hang.
Governor Mr-Sweeney has looked ?
over the papers In Hie case of Charley! _
Mason, convicted of murder, and
derided not to slay sentence. The no*
gro will bo hanged at Laurens, Sept. 8,
uulesrf further and more convincing'
evidence Jn hlH behalf bo produced by
his attorneys. ' *
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Struck by l.i?hlnln?. _
On Friday evening lightning Btruck
an operative's house atj, the Richland
mill at Columbia. The operative .and
his family were in the house at tho
lime, but v/rrr very slightly shocked.
The bolt came down the chimney and.
ran down the ftove-pipc, tearing 'the
stove to plcces. r~~*
Militia Inspections.
The adjutant general's office baa. AXXx.
nounced thai the following companies'
would lie inspected next week: Tho
Carolina Light Infantry, the Mishaw
Ilifle Guards, the South Carolina "Vol
unteers, the Garrison Light Infantry,
Troop B, Panola, Aug. 31.
Troop C, Silver, Amg. 31.
Mannlntfjftuards. sJht. 1. ? i .
Sumter n%ht Infantry, Sept.. 2
Tlmmonsvllle Guards, Sept, 2.
The Charleston companies art tbt
colored militia. Gen. Floyd anaoqacM
that the uniform for the members at
the Governor's staff will be the plate
blus fatigus, with proper devlee* cm
collar to dfiiJgnate.ranlL-ttc. IIc Juul?
made arrangements to get the sntoV
voir cheap. ^
Clirktfw fltli Asslfc?r C? teortia.
The MZt convent ion of tfce latjiiifZ:' jK
tlooal association of
h*M In Charleston. . At the
wtk> cloasd la Sjiattii
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