The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 14, 1900, Image 1
VOLUME XI. CA.MDKN, S. FRIDAY. SIOITKM I'.ICR 11. ISMMt. NO. .'!<!.
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rt^rec Thousand Human Beings Perish in Hie
Mad Rush of the Waters,
APPALLING SIORY (If LOSS f lift AID Mil.
The City inundated am! Communication Cut Off
The Great West India hurricane Strikes the
Cialf Coast With Awful l7ury.
FOLK THOUSAND HOlStS (iONF.
Bridges art (lone, the Wires Down
and There Has So Par IJeeii No C?m
K^Vkatlon With the llooded Cit\ ??
H W ?)
? V\ Ii?n ?> Kilown Though, is Awful
and Worse Alav Come.
Houston, Tex. Special. Tin* \V*st
Indian .s:o:m wbirh reached the (Sulf
coast Saturday morning, wrought aw
ful havoc <n Texas. Keports an; cuu- j
flirting, |>ut it is known that uirTip-i
palling disaster has befallen rhe city of
Galveston, where i i? reported three
t houaand -i?r more )i vt\s ha\? been |
blotted o'.it and a tremendous property i
damage\ incurred. Mcagie rcpnris
from Sahlr.e Pass and Port Arthur alvo !
indicate a heavy loss of life, hut thes-e
reports cannot be confirmed at this j
hour. The llr?t ne ws to rea? h this city .
from the ^tf-uken city of Galveston was j
received Sunday night. .Taint s ('. Tim-I
inou.s, who resldis in Houston, and
who is the general,-, superintendent of j
the National Compress Company, nr- j
rived jn the city at K o'clock from Gal
vpston. Jie was one of the first to
reach here with tidings *>f tho great
disaster which lias befallen that city,
a'nd the magnitude of fhat disaster r ?- j
mains to I" told, because of his en- j
dea.vors to reach home. After remain
ing through the hurricane on Saturday,
he departed from Galveston on a
schooner ajjd came across the bay t;?
Morgan's Point, where be caught a
train for Houston. The hurricane. Mr.
Timmons vaid, was tin* worst ever
.f known The estimates made by e'.t -
rm /ens of Galveston was that 4,POO houses,
^ f most of them residences, have been de
stroyed and that at 1 :ist 3.030 people,
have been .drowned, killed t)v missing.
Some business lupuses were also de
stroyed. but rnn^t cf them >-t iod.
? though badly damaged.
The scenes during the storm, .Mr.
9limit *?ns said, could not be described.
Women nnri children nvere erow?led in
to the Treinont llote!. where he was
seeking shelter, and all night these un
fortunates were bemoaning tneir losses
of kindred and fortune. They vvcren
the galler.es and rooms of tho hotel. |
grouped about th<* stairways and in j
Whit was oeeuring in tho other parts |
of the city he could only conjecture.
The city. Air. Timrlums avers, is a
complete wreek. so far as he eould .see
from flVc wf.iei- fri)iu aud from the Tre
moiit hoi<4.*-Water was biowivover the j
island bv '.he hurricane, the-wind blow- I
ing at tb< rate p! Stt miles an hour .
straight I'lon/the Gulf and forcing the
sea water .b? fore it. in big waves. The j
gale was ji steady one, the heart of ot j
striking tine city about, .i o'clock Satuh- |
day evening. and continuing without i
intermission until midnight Sunday j
night, when it abated somewhat, ai- ;
though it continued to blow a., night.
First Authentic Account.
Memphis. Terns.. Special.?Authentic
, ^Information from the storm-swept city
* 5* i>f (Jalverlon rea-hed the Memphis af
fice of the Associated Pres.? shortly ?+)
ter 0 o'clock Tuesday night. The intei
llgence tame In the shape of a telegram
addrcrgfd to the AtsoMated Pros fi'om
L/ Mayor Jones and five of the mo t
nr- - prominent citizen- of Galvc?(ou. The
r. telegram hears date cf September II.
ami BtaiCa-tha; a conservative est I ma :< .
of ilie of in ? in Galvoiton is that .
Unot. over 3.000. Five thousand
// jhJiwTore- arr rrp-rtcd ?1r?3tnm?
/j|UfoJta?truction to property is grca'.
-??if??iiowlng Js the telegram in full:
- "Oalves'nn. Texas Sept II.
"To the ASSOMnted Pre-ss, MemphN:
'*A conservative estimate of the loss
of ",lfe Is that It will r< nch 3.00U; at
les t 5,000 families ate shelterless and
wholly destitute. The entire remainder
of the popukiH n 1>suffering in greater
???? Ip*a degree.. Not. a Mingle church,
school or charitable institution of
which fialvrataa many, is ?ef? .
inta t. Mot a huildin??-*?4A)>ed clumHt;- ?
and .half the whole number were eu
tirely.cbllter.itod. There is Immediate
iiecd Tor f ^od.c'olhimt and'iiou.-ehoUl
goods of all kinds. If nearby ritle^ will
open asylum* for \vomen and children
the situation will be greatly rellveel.4
Coast cities should send a* watei* as
irrtl as prov^tmr?. tnetiMlIlH: Iteros^ne
0 oil. ga.solene and candles.
<Stguedi "W. C. Jone*. 'Mayor; II. Laa
feer. president Island "
'] J, I). Skinner,
ton BK^hange; C. H. Mc!
<i \i vrsion t>i;SCKim-:i>.
Interest!.lg 'nets about (lie Wrecked
City.
(iolvcslon is Hit' third city of Tex.iS
in i?olm of poulation and the first cum
; meroiall.v. In iSJio it had a population^
i of 29.0S4. The PM>0 ccnsu.-. i t-turns 1'or
Hit' city havu not been published. but
the present estimated population is :it
least 10,(1(1(1. In the past ten years it
has made groat strides as tin exporting
point, especially for cotton ami grain
II is the largest cotton exporting poln*
in the country. New Orleans being it.^
only competitor. Among the 1-7 for
eign exporting point* in the Inited
Slates Galveston held the fifth place.
During the year 1 X'.tX itcxportul
pcruu'itt of the merchandise that left
the Country its exports increasing $10.
,">00.000 during the year. Lumber and
live stock are also large exports.
A leading cause of Galveston's rtoejir
progress is the harbor improvements
which have been made on a i.io;t ex
l nsi ve s ale. In IKi?r> the depth of the
, hannt'l ovor I he bar was only 21 f?>e?.
H> the expenditure on the part of the
government of more than $8,000,000 in
the construction of jetties and other
improvements, which were finished in
January. IS5>8. the depth has been in
cvreased to 28 fee; and is >*ti 11 increas
ing at the rate of six inches a year, ow
ing to the action of the wind and iliV
tides. Aft* r deep water had been secur
ed. a nt iv Pile of steamers from New
York was established and a rate war
re.-tilted, which proved disastrous to
:he steamship companies Imt benclicial
In GsMveston.
The city has a grain elevator capaci
ty of 2.7f>6.000 bushels and the ]>ort can
handle 70.000.000 bushels during a sea
son. It has fifteen direct lines of Kit
iop*.in steamers and two lines to Mfx
ico.
The city is situated on the northeast
extremity of Galveston Island. at> the
month of Galveston Hay, I he entrance
to which is through the clyinnel be
tween the city and the southwest point
of the peninsula of Holivar. The isl
and is about thirty miles 1 nig and from
one and a half to three and a half
miles wide, intersect d with many
small bayous, and bordered tlirouh its
whole length on the oeeae side by a
smooth ahrd beach, lonnin : i : p 1 ? ? st
did driv and unsurpassed bathing. O/i
tills beach is the magnilicent Set BPtyeh
Hotel. The streets, whidi are but a
few feet above the levol#f the bay. are
wide and straight, fl^'lhe residen ??
quarters are beautiful, abounding in
luxui iant gardens..shaded with magno
lias and oleanders. Among the princi
ji:?l hi<$*)iugs are or were the new Cus
tom I Yon e and Post Ofilce, the Cotton
iOxchangf-e. The Court House, the Hal 1
Free School, the Free Public library
and the Roman Catholic. I'niveraity of
St. Mary.
The bay is an irregular indentation,
branet^ng out into various arms, ll :
has a total area of 150 square miles. |
Its entrance is guarded by a long bar
through which ihe present deep water
channel wa* constructed. The stone .
Jittie-s flanking it are 11 \> miles long.;
The city proper being en the inner side
of the island is naturally protected
front the sweep of the ocean storms',
but the levil of the Island is so littl ? !
above that of the bay that inundation*
Pave more ijian once be-m threatened.
The bay is. of course, quite shallow in :
nios tparts. and the rail loads reach the J
.-ity on a two-mile trestle frt>m the ;
mainland. The Southern Pacific rail- ;
load is heavily interested In Galveston,
and In TSnp joined bands with the.'!
steamship interests centering there ;
making large improvement and in
cr3a?:ing their own and the city's* basi- j
lie.-is.
The inland of Galveston was occupied
by the pirate Galitte In 1817. and con- |
tiilued to be his headquarters until hh
settlement was broken up In 1S21. The
?ity was founded in IS'.t7. During the
war of the rebellion the Federal forcer,
occupied the town f?ri October 8. 1862
lint It was retaken ity the Confederates
on January I. 1
Burying the l>cnd.
Houston. ? Tex.. Special.---News
brought here by the tugboat Bruns
wick Monday night says that the hor
rors of Sunday were nothing <v>:n- J
pared with Monday. An attempt was ;
made to bury the dead, but the ground j
was full of water and It was Xnpcp
slble to dig trenches.**Aldermi -'^b- ?
Master and M. P. Morrlssoy ifitfjfid I
authority to have the bodies tat' *i to ;
sea for burial and a barge was bl/fght
up tbe Twelfth atreet wharf, the ;
pnrpose. The firemen rendered beroic
service in bringing the bodies to the ,
wharf, but it was almost impossible to
get men to handle them.
| & TekfrapMc BrMfn.
Oaborao'a 4r?u- caucbt
a cifalo.
car at Nnw Ybrk oh Tneaday. and she
painfull? bariwd.
gfii?l?llcal Lutheru Stock} at
. O., b? tabltd for two jre#u*
gra|**d$Soaa for forelj" ?nI**Joo? "13
~ |?yl> lrtipw<MI fork.
fko fail of mm tnm (Inter from a
" trtdv* ?**ScfcaK?*, Va-,
9my waajimn ltd Mp
WW
a.ooo Union Carpenters Quit Work.
CteltW, ayt?al.^^opgg hoBtttltTw;
Mwmd the contractors and union la- j
bor were i?iiinml dstordajr, when st j
noon itMt 1,000 anion carpenters quit.
worfc. Jhty 4c?sndcd ibensrwl ?it?
holiday. This V??. cootrmr
ton ivtvm fixcfyt trvrn( im <
The stfMtsn Ml rsttj^jjto
Mr **?:
A Will. SUMS or WklCk
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An l-.ye-Witness Describes the Hor
rors oi the llood and Storm.
Houston, Texas. r*ji?vijH. -- Kit-hard
Kpilhiue, a well Known (Inhesion
newspaper man. and day correspon
d.-nt of the Associated I'rtws in that
ciiy, reached Illusion Monday, alter .1
lerrihlo experience He gives the fol
lowing account of the disnstor at (Sal
v OK It I it
"OiU' of the most awful tragedies <;f
modern linns lnts \ isitod (Inhesion.
'I he fity i. in rains and the dead will
number 1.0011. I am just from the city,
ha\ ill).' boon commissioned hy the may
or ami citizens' committee lo not In
loin M with tho outside world and ii\?
i peal fo: help. Houston was the near
' s pt?int at which woiLIiik telegraph
i instruments could ho found the
j wires, as well as m arly all thi* huild
i iugs between hero and the (lull' ??'
I Mexico being wrecked. Wjfen I left
ji.;ahiMt>n shortly hofotej^ioon Sutulav
I she people wt'i* orgauf/.ing for 'he j
prompt burial of th?* dead, distribution
[ of focd and all litcc-ssary work after
a period of disaster. The wreck of j
I Calvestnu was brought ah >ut by a
I tempest so terrible that no words tan
1 adequately describe its intensity, and
j by a flood which turned the city into
a raging sea. 'Ihe Weather Bureau
[ records show that tho wind attained a
j \ elocit.y of SI miles an hour, when th?
I measuring ins rument blew away, ao
! it is impossible to tell what was the
1 maximum.
The storm began at U o'clock Hatur
! day morning. Previous-to'that a great
j storm had been raging in the (Julf and
I the tide was very high. The wind at
first came from the north, and was In
direct opposition tt> the force from tho
(Julf. While the storm in the (lull
piled the water upon the beach tide of
the oily, the north wind piled the
water from the* bay into tho bay part
of the cltv. About no.,n It became evi
dent that the city was going to b?,
visited with disaster. Hundreds of*
residences along the beach front wet*#
hurriedly abandoned, the families Hoe
ing t ) dwellings in higher portions of
the city. Every home whs opened to
the refugees, black or white. The winds
wore rising constantly and it milled in
torrents. The wind was so fierce tliat
thet tho rain cut like a knife.
"By ?> o'clock tho waters of the (Julf
and bay met. and by dark the entire
city was submerged. The Hooding of
tho electric plant and the g;is plants
lo(^ the city in darkness. To g:> upon
the streets was to court death. Tho
wind was then at cyclonic velocity,
roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings,
telegraph poles and walls were falling,
and the noise of the wind and the
crashing of tho buildings were terrify
ing in tho extreme. The- wind ami wa
ters rose steadily from dark un'll 1: 1">
o'clock, Sunday morning. During all
this time the people e>f Calves-ion were
like rats in traps. The highest po tb>n
of the city was four to five feet umlor
water, while in the great majority of
casC:> the streets tv< re submerged tn ri
depth of ten feet. To leave a hause
was to drown. To remain was to
court death in the wreckage.
"Such a night of agony has seldom
boon equalled. Without apparent rea
son the waters suddenly began to sub
side at 1:15 a. in. Within 20 minutes
they had gone down two foot and be
fore daylight tho streets were practi
cally free of the flood waters. In the
meantime tho wind had veered let tho
southeast.
"Very few if any buildings escaped
injury. There is hardly a habitable
dry lions'' in tho city. When the peo
ple who had escaped death went out at
daylight to view the work of tho tem
pest and tho floods, they saw the m .st
horrible sights Imaginable. In the
three blocks from Avenue N to Avenue
I', in Tremont street, I saw eight
bodies. Four corpses wore in one
yard. The whole of the business front
for throe blocks In from tho Oulf wa-t
stripped of every vestige of habitation,
the dwe'.lngs, the great bathing es
tablishments. the Olvmpia and every
structure having been either carried
out to sea, or its ruins piled In a pyra
mid far into the town, according to the
i':icMrlp? fif tlif> '
'"The first hurried glance ov<r the
city showed that, the largest structures
supposed to he the most substantially
built Huffeied -th* mo?t;
"The bay front from end to end is
in ruins. Nothing but piling and the
wrcck of great \v?i ?M?ouMrx remain. I Hp
elevators lost all their sti?|er works and
their stofk.s wore damaged by water.
The life-saving station at Fort Point
was carried awa>v, the crew being swept
aoros-H the bay 14 miles to Texas City.
1 saw Captain llnynrs and he told me
that his Wet*; nnd one of his crew were,
drowned. %
"The shore at Texas City contai ns
pnough wreckage to re-build a city.
Right persons who were swept aerof-s
the biy dumg the storm were picked
up there alive. Five corpses were a'so
picked up. Thorn were three fatalities
in Texas City. In addition to the liv
ing and the dend which* the storm cast
up at Texas City, caskets nnd coffins
from one of the cometerlcfi In Galves
ton were being fished out Bf the water
ton wc
th<r-e.
."The, cotton mills, the bagging fac
tory. the gns works, the electric llgilt
works and nearly all the industrial' es\
:abli?hn:cnta of the city are either
wrecked or crippled. The flood left
a slime about one Inch deep over the
whole city and unless fast progro?a la*
made in burying corses and carcasses
there is, of acstCence."
4,000 Houses Destroyed. t
Houston.?.Tames (P. Tfmxnlns, super
intendent of the national Compress
Company, has just arrived from Gal
veston, alter a perilous trip! He
ports that more ^hsn three thousand
persons have been drowned, killed or
hiWi mad that four thousand honses
hate bee* dartwysd. Be says the
M'SWEENOV ELECTED
Somli Carolina Chouses Ilim For Her
i Next Governor.
TILLMAN IOk LIEUT. (iOMIINOR.
- -? ? *0
A llca\y \ otc iit (lie Second Primary
- -1 wo Changes in t lie Cong rcssioiwil
Hesitation.
t 'olumhla. S Special. The second
))< morratlc primarv passed oft without
in? lilcni Tin sda>. There were ahout
Sn.UOU votes east. and 1.1,000 ha\e heen
accounted for. In the Orst primary,
(wo weeks oro, :1m> r?c?? wns nut
rowed down to tin- two highest r.uuli
dales Xur each office. For Kincruor. j
the im umliont. Miles I? McSvvpeney,
then led Colonel .lames A Ho.vt tiJ'
?r?,U0O votes. Two other candidates re
eel veil I'O.OOO voles. The hulk of the
vote seems to hnvo Rone to Mc
Sweenoy, for returns show him to be
?.:U>0 voles ahead of Hoy I, with his
lead increasing as runl precincts are
heard from.
James H. Tillman, nephew of Sen
? tor H. It Tillman, and a dispensary
?d\?>eate. leads John T. Sloan for
I
<il>\ I'KNOH M1l.ES It. M'sWKHNKV,
Lieutenant governor, by Iti.OOO. W. |)
??
hva n s. chairman of (he State railroad
commission an<7 vice president of the
national commission, js beaten by J
II. Wharton by 10,000.
This Suite's delegation in Congress
is i;tlengthened by the election of If
H. Scarborough, over James Norton
and .lor T. Johnson over StanyariR
Wilson. I>v large majorities.* Scar
borough is present lieutenant (Jover
nor and Johnson is :i recognized lead
er. Finley and Latimer retain theii
seats in Congress over all compel it oro.
Timmernian. Stale Treasurer, if
beaten by Jennings. Other wis/;. the
present administration is unchanged
after a preliminary canvass from coun
ty to county.
The race for governor has been es
pecially warm. The dispensary wag
the issue. Last December the dis
pensary directors fell out anions
themselves and scandals were aired.
Opposition to <he dispensary was
strong. When the campaign wa#
opened the prohibitionist# and otheJ
enemies of the dispensary selected
| Colonel James A. Hoyt to lead the
light against the dispensary. Then
were three dispensary candidates and
Governor McSweeney was in the first
primary selected to light it out with
iloyt.
The result on the main issue is that
the Legislature is for the di.spcnsarv
by two-thirds. McSweeney will, receive
10,000 majority'and Tillman goes back
to 1,1:e United States Senate, although
18.000 scratched his name on the
ticket and lie had no opponent.
The flalne Hlectlon.
T.ewlstown. Me.. Special.- Tuesday
night, witli 375 cities, towns and plan
tations heard from, out of a total of
512. the estimated Republican plurali
ty for the State ticket remains at 32.
000. The total vote of the above towns
gives Hill, Republican. G8.327; v Lord.
Democrat, 38,101. The samo places In
1*98 gave Powers, Republican, 76,398
and Frank, Democrat, 31.790. ri -.ese
figures show a Republican loss of II
per rent., and a Democratic, gain of
22 per.cent.
Two I-Icctlon Rowi.'S __
Charleston. S. <*., Special.?One man
dead and another mortally wounded is
Fairfield county's record for Tuesday's
primary election. The mtrrder oc
curred at Feasterville, in what Is gen
erally called the "Dark Corner" of th#?
county. Johasou Cameron shot and
killed II. A. Stevcnsui .In an election
row. The other shooting affray was at
Blythewood. in the sandhills, where
-tfM* Brasew'cll was shot In the leg,
some say by his own father, others say
by John Campbell. The log was ampu
tated and Brasewell's condition Is
critical.
t*6tea~y
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
CrownlnsTiieltl c*p#rt? toasX
to increase the naval force to 32.006
menJfii boys, an iacr?al? of 12,000.
F^dF te exprwe* Ifcat First Lton
ttmnt Rlftinnt Wrirrr Wwwity^oif' Co.
F, Twenty-i???l| Infaartiy. tmi Ji
grand-ooa of Judga Dwwi, of
oil?, luta bM klllad bjr VUlyteooJ
(M. Thwdon lootmR n-ll kh
" (k fm ?tt ?
In MMH ? ?
, r , . ... . ? CA-V ?i -
PROM MiWSBOY TO (iOMKNOR.
.Sketch of (hi* I ifo ?>l lion. Mill's II.
| AVcSw I'l'iic) .
Mill's H McSwrenry can truly lie re
forred to as a self mad*' man He was
left fatherless al the age of four wars,
Ills fat her dying i?i \ <?1)?>w fini'i' in
I Charleston.
Young M? Sw t i n. > struggle foi a
livelihood began htMoio he icach
cd li Ik ! I'll t li v ear lit- -old
new ipapers ai.<( ? Uii Uml in a
hook store While .'Inking lie at
tended a iti 14Itt school and became >rry
fond of leading and writing.
While in the hook si ore lie met Mi
Vugustiue Kurd, a memher of a com
!>:*II\ Ui.it jiail ju-U begun the pithliia
tton of a pap?i known as the lia/ettc.
This was in I SO;
Mi'Swivticy afterwards worked lm
I In i ke ,V Cord joit printers. I ': oni
(l)< i e he vvetil I ? I'M v\ ,o t I Vt i >'s !
where lie coillplct e?l his apprent ieesh i p '
as a Joh printer \i this time Wash !
Ington ami Lee 1'ulvciMty. of Taxing- j
ton Vn., had oiYereil a si holarship lot
!)u? i I jiii u.'uf / in * Iv i ju ?ft r ii j?h i j ? a J I nnu? I
which wa, to he awarded to the most
deceiving of the young men then em -
pi?? \I in Charleston printing olYu ?<s. i
Uy a majority of vote-; of memhits of
the I'nion young M< Sweeney was
eohsen and the scholarship given to
him. On a<v?mnt of the lack of means
h<> found that he could not pay for his
hoard and clothing, ami was obliged,
after spending part of the session, to
give tip hi.s desiie for a collegiate ? du
ration. I,ike nil good typos at that )
linn . lie was a union printer, and serv
ed Columbia Typographical I'nion as
corresponding secretary and aftei j
wards as president
lie was among the lii-t to sign the !
roll for recognition or the I'hoenix |
llook and l.ader Company, and served |
as secretary of company lor a I
ntimber <;f years.
Me MoSweeney's re;oirt as a Demo- |
cruL is well known, and ho did faithful
work for the party in is?ti.
M< Sweeney moved to Ninety Si*. in j
AhbVviile county, and commcntOd thei
publication of the Ninety-Six M.uardi
an. Tills wr.H lite lirst buslneia Mulun . I
He had a capital of $!?/?. and purchased
a second-hand press and out lit for $.">uu.
paying cash as lirst payment
Hut he ?**s| energy and was a good
workman and gave I lie people a new sy I
paper, lived econotninally, and in the
course of a year he paid %vi'ty dollar |
that he owed.
lie is rrgan d as one of the best husi
ness men In his section, and lias been
successful in every undertnk ing. Ills
progressive spirit is seen in different
parts of Hampton, and he has develop
ed and improved* '-very lot purchased
by 1'Jn In that town.
lie has shown his confidence in
Hampton county and her people by in
vesting every dollar he has made in his
?,'ouiity.
The .school hu^se in Hampton was
huilt. by money loaned to the town by
a few citizens. The resolution was of
fered by Mr. MeSweeney at a public
meiitiug and it whs lu'inimonwly
igreed to.
As inteudant of the town he after
Wards saw everv /'dollar of Indebted
ness paid, lie served for live terms, and
I Mien declined re-election.
Mr. McSweeney al.-o t<it*k a piotni
i lion I part in building the Methodist
mi l Baptist < bun In s. I|e not only
contributed liberally. hut solicited sub
hci ipl ioiiH in A'.'gusta and Charl ston
j He i.- a member of I ho Methodis^
j church and contributes liberally of hi#
means lo its support.
McSweeney h?s alwuys ?icen promi
nent in politics, and has been throe
titu< ? honored as a delegate to the Na
tional Democratic Convention.
At the first St. Louis -on vent ion in
1XSX he. vo'fd for Cleveland and Thur
tnan, atul at the conveuthjii in July,
IS'JtJ. ho voted for Bryan mid Sewall.
Ife served the Democracy of his
r-ountry forjen years as comity Chair
man. declining in 1X94. when he was
elected to the Legislature.
He has always taken great Interest
in the -military of his State, and was
on the 6tnff of General Stokes and
f.eneral Moore w,lth the rank of Major
md Lieutenant Colonel. During his
viee in the Legislature he was ?hair
man of I ho committee on military.
Mr. Mcf:weeney takes a keen interest
in nil educational matters, and was for
several years a trustee of the South
Carolina CoHoro sfv.d a member of the
Board of Visitors of the Citadel, and
by virtue of his office is chairman of
hoth hoards at present.
Me If. member of the order of Knigljl^
of Honor and the Knights of Byffflas,
and has been honored by both organi
zations.
Mr. McSvf ney was a melViber of the
State Democratic Kxocutive Committee
for a number of years. He was for
e:ght years president of the South Car
olina State Probs Awociation.
In 18% he was elected Lieutenant
Governor by a handwoinc majority and
re-elected In ?'out opposition,
and on the d e.a tiVrr m-nor Wm, H.
TCllcfbe-ln June, '< the oath
of office of Govftri^pfe, '? 'nee dis
charged the duties of\^, ? . -vith
the same business abilitjfcr""" " *" i
aged his rjwh private affar^, ' ' . ?
dent of tlm. Senate he pre#i|i
fairness and impartiality
entire satisfaction of the sena^^^_j_
In IfiSfi'he married MIfs MattleMk le
er and their union has been blessed
with eight children.
His ndpiini8t.rat.loP as Governor ha?
be?n free from blur^ra and the office
has been conducted 0:1 business prln
ciples. Even his political enemies have
to ceseetfcr this. //
1
Lumber Company Falls.
Norfolk. Va., Special ?The troubles
of th<j Tunis "Lumber Company W?f9~
brought to ft climax by tbe nnplicatlon
filed by Mr*. Georgtana* Wilton, tare
Thursday afternoon. In the United
States IMatrtat Court* asking IWi tt
cMter be appointed for the company.
elalai Is a judgment.
Train Corrpnac, for
SOI Til CAROLINA CROPS.
Heavy Wains Have Visited the Coasl
.Sei t l<?ii.
The week ending S A- ui . Siptcmber
UHll. was ?????? I?>i' I hail llit* pr*?i ediug
(Hie. although Ille leiupt i <il uit iMii
I i ii 114* < abnormally high. ami i! s the
tilt 11 consecutive vv e- k of.V e\ci soi v?'
?heat. The highest t ?? m |>? i at in c wa<
!'?"> and the low e-: ?i<*.
ISarly in lli<' Week : h ?*!'? ? were a fc?v
llKhl. local showers, ino<tl> <? ?ntin??i in
I ho eastern |n>!-i li >i! ?, litif j. i inrallv tin
week wa> rainier 'Tin' ground h:l*? j
anain her mit1 verv ?1 r \ and i i i? I in- j
pr.iv cnient in sonic i ops ami I ii?- con-I
<Ii 1 ion of (lu> soil tor plow iin: noted!
last week i- lust ? \ opt a tin- lew
points where frequent .-hovveis ??.
enrnd this week. The >i? ij?t? ? < "0| s
an- o lie irly iu:itlii'il ami gatlw ivd
iliat even (In* most i tui.in:: rainfall i
vv.iuld not inipi ov c (In ir > i id- , ini( I
some ot the minor . o;. a.n! fall g.ir- 1
dens i'Oil it! In- h 'll'-tit I r i!
Tin- com crop is a verj poor ill ' ai!
a whole, as only - arty planted , on !
raine In matnritv. win e late corn is)
Stale. Some . orn i>; hciug hntiM-il. |
There is no impi ov enn-ni in tin t ni
ton crop which is tioai halt to three
fourths open, ami is being rapidlv !
picked nmler favorable weather e??n-:
ditions. The Ursl picking \s i11 nearh j
e\haii-t fonie llehls (l<o\vtli has again,
stopped, ami tin- entire < rop is in j
sight, either as open <n ! n nr as hn*
mature holly, and on this ha>:ix it i
estimated thftt the yhld v- iil h;- v*. I'v I
short. There is some rust and inn-h i
premature opening. Sea idand cotton
show's sligh : iinprnvement. hut!
I? IiKhI and premutuie opening eon j
tinue.
In placed/ iniiih hay Is In.in}; saved I
but forage will he short as a rule. The ?
continufd absence of a snaking rain
has pur minor crops into pr? . ariou? !
conditions. The ground l.s too halt/
and dry for fall plowing.
S. C. Press Association.
President 1-2. II \ull <1 the South
Carolina Pre** Association ye.<irrditv j
issued the* follow ing about tin inniir.gi
annual meeting:
7 desire to call the attention of tin!
Slate Press Association I i the annua'
meeting which is to he In Id at llirrhl
lathia Springs on the istii inst. Ai j
interesting and Instructive prngraiutiii '
has h(4>n arranged, ami Mr. Harris tin j
proprietor of the spring?, is making ex }
t.ra preparations to give tl-,e editor? j
and members of their families a most I
delightful time. I trust that we wII
have a large meeting at this time, for I j
ant sure it -will be both pleasant ant
profitable.
I'tKHi It A M M l\
Tuesday, September IS. I p. tn. Or
ganlzatlon, Miscellaneous husinrsi:. up
polntment of commit.tecs, reports of ot*
llcers, etc. JO veiling Session "Sfcra p?
of History of Journalism in South Car
ollna." Continued from :i former
slon, Yates Snowden, The Nt ws
C-ourler, Charleston; "Advantages
Disadvantages of a Semi-Weekly," .1.
T Highain, Lantern. Chester: genera
discus-ion of the above subjects; mis
ccllanoous business. |
Wednesday. !> a. in "Advantages ol |
Typesetting Machines' in a Count r>!
Ollice," A. IS. Gonzales, The State, (' i 1
Itimbia. S. C. "The Value of lliustra j
Hons in Newspapers," .1. C. (Jailing
ton. Herald. Spartanburg. S. C. "Tin
Relations of the Newspiper to Public
Men. J. C. Ilemphill, the News aiuf
Courier, Charleston. General discus
slon of the above subjects# Mise'llane
oils business. Afternoon Session -
"Newspaper Fakes and l-'ates,'' Jas. T
Macon. Chronicle, lOdgetleld. ' "Tin
Golden Rule in Journalish." If M
Aver, Times. Florence. "Does it Paj
to Hun a Newspaper t'poii the Oredll
Musis?" Jos. Stoppelbein. Headlight
Spartanburg. General dlsiiii.sIon oi
tbe^?4jbove aubJr.Ms. .Miseellaneou?
htivinrssT ISvcning S.bsluii "The lin
pprtance of an Ideal in .lo irnali nil.
Uov. W. P. .Jacobs. 1). H., Our Monthly
Cllnt'm, S. C. At tin* conclusion of Mr
Jacob's paper :i bnr.<|ii-t will he ten
dered the association by Mr. Harris.
Thursday, 9 a. in.?"For What Am '
Running a Newspaper?" J. J. Hull
Herald, Hock Hill. "The ISdltor aa a
Judge of the Good Things of Ufe." It
It. Hemphill, Medium. Abbevjlle. Open
ing the query box and general discus
sion of queries and above, subje. ts
Afternoon Session Reports of commit
te;>s. election of olliceiv, mi.scellaneoui
blisim ss.
C|1 ,-ev
?s \ am
esVn lie
New York Race Riots.
Xow York, Special.?Former Polio*
Commlayloncr Frank Miwui, on behalf
?the recftnliy-organizod Citizens' Pio
U dive l>ea/<uo, preferred charge*
' Kjlntt Chief of Police Dovery, Inspec
tor Thomp?on a:i I Acting Captain
Cooney, of the Woit Thirty-seventh
jitrcet station. He accuses them of bru
tality. neglcct of duty and ineompc
j tency In ihelr method treatl.it; the re
cent race riots in the west side.
Ticket* Sent Out.
The state Democratic executive com
mittee hvfi had a full supply of tlckrts j
printCjrt for usn In the second prlr.mry
eloctidn to l;o held next Ti:o.i;lay and
raokagea of theifr are being exprcaard
to the' f^tafc^Jialnnt i) of the several
vr.oiintSuite. The boxo* will
doubling W'^aady In each county by
thtfend of the week and the manager.?
of election will find them r*ody for
them when thoy call to get them on
Monday next Secretary Guntcr has
been sending out Instructions to all'
county chairmen in regard to promptly
reporting the result cf tho aecond uru'
mary election
Penitentiary Affairs.
Tho Jxntnf of directors of the State'.
P*ntt?ntisry met W?d?wdayMn
lar monthly cession. A large amount
of roatlns baaistsi was "transacted.
The boird was pkased to find thai
ffeatractae Milady fcs4 al
IP^KOPW* __
of tba nala building at the pe&ItM
Mary. The WM has argad the egfe.
tractor to "
MdWa
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CHINESE WAR NOTES.
Il'ong Kong 1s <-rowdcii ?ith refuge*
from 'he intei lor.
\ in.diil will Of struck cominemo
rating the seijje of I*??kin.
Coasting steamers are obtaining fab
ulous |>i'i'-rs for carrying refugees.
I'rinee Iwakura of Japan said th<H
war in China would not. last long.j
The Japanese (ioverumcnt lias or-}
dcrcd I In.' withdrawal of marines from)
'A nioy.
KighC niontlis' supplies for f>00(?
fulled Slav's troops luivo hccu sent'
to i 'lima. *
i;n?P'Tt>r William Is quoted as say
lug: "I nder no conditions will we
give M|? IVUin."
The First, I nited States f'nvnlr.f,
ordered 11? China. lias Ikvn diverted'
111 Kohe, foV Manila.
Tlio Russians have made further ml
\ am-rs in .Manclmria and have refused
lii make terms with the Chinese.
Two thousand Itoxors are said t,*?i
have heen slain h\ the Taolilt* of'
Tsanuchou at a l'eust to which lie hadi
invited tllclil.
ll i s! a/ i Ij.u I . i jl'J * / Jui .1 huVJliTAR -l/nu.
press 11;?x sought the protection of I>u.,
Coventor of Shansl and ex(!overnor
of Shantung.
The Covernor of the province oL
Shell Se is Haiti to have massacred!
lift> foreigners who liitil accepted hkr
oil er of protect ion. t
An epideiuie of suicide has broken!
out among the Chinese in I Vkiit^
Families ??(' eight and ten ikersona are
destroying themselves, generally * by(
hanging.
Mr. Fowler, Consul at Che-Foo, sent,
a dispatch to the State Department, at;
.Washington, continuing tlio massacre'
J?f Presbyterian luiutfiouaries ^t l'uo-i
Tine I'u.
A Citizen or Largo Acquaintance.
"What Kind of a man Is 'I'lhliius?"
"oli. he's the Kind that would do
yon a favor so lie could feel fixed to
usK a favor.'' Indianapolis Journal.
DOUBLEVUAILY SERVICE,.
Between New York^' Jampa, Atlanta, New
Orleans and Points Soiflh and West. #
?Tn KtfFKCT .MINK 3rd, tPOO. _
SOUTH WAKD. ^ ,
Daily Dally
No. 31 No. 37
Lv. N?iw York.Penn. 11.It. 1 00 pin 12 15 am
i.v. Philadelphia, ?' *? 3 29 pm 7 20 am
Lv. Haiti more. ,4 V 6 GO pra 0 34 #m
Lv. Washington, " 14 7 00 pm 1055 am
I.V. lllchmo??l, H. A. L. 10 40 pm 2 85 pm
Lv. Petersburg, " ?" 11 35 pm 3 30 pm
Lv. Hldgewny " 2 25 ana 6 17 P?
Lv. Henderson, " 2 63 am 6 40 pm
Lv. lUlelgb, " 4 (Hi am 7 50 pm
I,v. Southern rines, " 5 57 am 0 42 pm
No. 403
Lv. Hamlet, " 6 CO am 10 32 pm
No. 81
Lv. Columbia, X " 10 85 am 12 55 am
Ar. Savannah, " 2 57 pm 5 00 am
Ar. Jacksonville, " 7 40 pm 0 10 am
Ar. Tampa. " 6 30am ft 80 pm
No 40;j'- 7".
Ar. Charlotte. " 9 31 am
IiV. Ohwtur, " ilJiam...
l.v. (Iroenwood, 44 11 42am
Lv. Athbns, 44 1 48 pm /..?
Ar. Atlanta, ?> 14 4 00 pm ..........
Ar. Augusta, C.?V W. 0. 5 10pm ????
l.v N. w Vorli.N. Y.l'.A N.f ? 00 um 9 00 pm
l.v. Philadelphia, " 10 20 am 11 20 pm
l.v.N.'W Yortc.O. D.H.rt.Cuf 3 00 pm
l,v. r.iiltlmoro,li. S.l'.Oo t 8 ?}0 L?,a
Lv. WaHl. ton. N.AW.H.lt "... 6 80 pm
No. 40.1 No7 41
Lv. Portsmouth, B. A. L. 9 20 pui 0 80 am
l.v. Weldon, 44 12 05 am 12 01pm
No. 81 w
l.v. ftldgtiwny Jet. 41 2 25 am 1 20 pm
Lv. Hfndermm, 41 2 68 am 2 llM>m
l.v. Ilnlelgh, 44 4 00rm 3 6isv?m
Lv. Southern Pines, 44 5 ^jgm 6 12 pm
Lv. IlamUtt, 44 TOpF1"4 _Z30
No. 31 No."**,
Lv. Columbia, J 14 10 36um 12 55 am
Ar. Muvaunah, 44 2 67 pm 6 00 am
Ar. Jacksonville, 44 7 40 pm 910 am
Ar. Tampa, 44 0 80 am 6 80 pm
No. 403 "No. 41
Lv. Wilmington, 44 3 05 pm.
Ar. Cbiirlotte' " w*~44 _ 9 3l"am 10 30 pm
j7vTt;ho?t?r, ** 44 9 52 am 10 55 pm
Lv, Greenwood, '4 11 42 am 1 07 am
Lv., At lions, " I 48 pm 8 48 a?n..
Ar. Atlanta, 44 4 00 pm 6 05 am
Ar. Augusta, C. A W. C. 6 10 pm -
ArTMacou. C. of"Gn 7 20 pm 11 10 am
Ar. Montgom'ry.A.AW.P. 0 20 pm 11 00am
Ar. Mobile, I,AN 8 05 am 4 13 pm
Ar Jjew Orfnnn?,L. AN. 7 40 am 8 30 pm
AtTn aJh vliIN.A~ht0 40 anr 6 55 pm
Ar. MftipbU, " 4 00 pm 8 10 am
NOltTll W ABJ>,
Lv. M?nphi?.N.0.4 Ht.L. 12 45 pm 8 40pm
Lv. Nashville, ! 9 80 am 910 am
Lv. N*'W Orleans, L. AN., 7 45 pm 7 45 pm
Lv. Mobile, L. A N 12 20 am 12 20 nm
l.v. Montir^rn'ry. A.A NV.P 6 20 ana 11 20 M>
J,V. .Macon, C. of Ga 8 0' SiB 4 30pm
Lv. Amraata, c. 4 W. C. 3 4H am ~
No. 402 NoTw
Lv. Atlauti, ? S.A.L. 100 pm -?0?pm
A r Athens, 4' 2 50 pm 1138 pm
Ar Greeuwood, 44 4 44 pm 2 05 im
Ar. Chester, " 6 28 pm 4 80 am
Lv. Chartolte, 6 80 pm 5 00 am
l.v. Wilmington! ?? ..7 1205 pm
No. 44 n?7W
Lt. Hamlet, " ?6ftpm t2??pi
Lv. Southern Pin<?, 44 lif&O pm 10 05?m
l.v. Raleigh, , V?Ml?
Ar. Hendervob, ** 1ft W am I IS p?
l^THMgtmay Jet. ?'
'Lv.PtUriburir, iliam 449 pm
Lt. Itichmond, ?? 415 am f iff pm
rAr. Weeblegton,P.B.J
-mtiffcrtu .? ?? VHHUSl
Ar. MrtlartrfpM*" *
Ar.NawYOMk, "?
i4i_
Ar. PMtaawad^ / ** t<?Mm
Ar. Wmffroa
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Ar.
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