The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 11, 1896, Image 1
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XIX.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11,
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rn SIORY OF THE STOLEN BONDS.
AN INTKKKSTI!$G CA8I] IN COURT.
The Bank of tile Htato Waa Hiding
Out and the Yankees Captured a
Lot of Bonda. , —
The members of the Supreme Court
and the Circuit Judges in conference
have recently heard the celebrated
case brought by Samuel Lord, receiver,
for the recovery of $00,000 in bonds
which were lost under peculiar circum
stances just at thq^close of the war,
and which the Legislature refused to
pay last winter. Gen. Edward Mc-
Crady is one of the counsel fer Mr.
Lord, and he has obtained an interest
ing account of the discovery and hand
ling of the stolen bonds fiom the Fed
eral officer who was in charge of the
squad which captured the assets of the
bank. The story is as fo^ows:
Camp Crook, S. D , April 21, 1890.
Edward McCrady, Charleston, S. C.
■—Bear -Sir : VtHrt' -oommunication of also that * 'ongrfi«n tjaA provided for its
date February 14, accompanied by me
morial to the Legislature of the State
of South Carolina, reached me, on the
range thirty miles from any post office,
just thirty-one years and ono day after
the capture of the bank on Lynch
Creek, S. C.
-The-capture haui&madQ.by.a Federal
day of February. 1805, 1 am uncertain
whether F can assist you in the least in
recovering the bonds or their value.
I will, however, give you as well as my
memory serves, tho'details of the cap
ture. On the morning of the date
named above I left Flanging Hock, S.C.,
in command of about forty men of the
U12d Illinois infantry, to which I be
longed, for the purpose of obtaining
forage. On the march from Hanging
Kock to Lvncb Creek my command was
increased by accessions from all parts
of the army; “straggling” foragers
laaving military organizations without
tMlior.ty hod increased my command
wrobabiy 1.10 men. Reaching the
Vicinity of Lynch Creek I saw fresh
wagon tracks leading from the main
road into the timber over a rather in
distinct route or trail. I ordered two
men (Jesse McGuode and Charles Hort-
»ell, to follow the trail a few hundred
J ards and report to me at a poiat
urtber on. ilortsell did so report
about one mile from the place where I
he left the marching column, *taling
that hie c*>m|>*nloo (McGuakr/ one {
himself had been tired upon Irom a I
camp they bod discovered in the woods;
that McGuode hod been killed and be
(liortsellf was wouaded la the arm. J |
detailed a noe-commissioned officer la j
command of a number of men to return |
•ad Investigate the matter,
that many of the “straggling ’ l«c*gcrs, I
over whom i hod little control, were '
disposed to follow the - rialI. I return- ,
ed myself with a iarg>- portion of the j
the property
Una had been
of the
ment that none of
Btatc Bank oi South Carol
reported to or covered into the treasury
of the United States. This informa
tion prompted mqto write the above
montiohed letter tb Edward Sebring.
The letter was answered, not. I
think, by Sebring. but some one else,
possibly by' the owner of some of' FBfe
property captured or by some other
officer of the bank. At alF'events, be
employed language that I then con-
^dered very offensive, probably at the
present time the same expressions
would merely excite a smile. But so
soon after such a long and fierce strug
gle we were all rather prone to look at
such matters through magnifyipg
glasses, therefore, I paid no further
attention to the matter except to make
a full report of the capture to the
adjutant general's office at Washing-
tqn, D. C., and was greatly surprised
and gratified to learn through the
New York Sun a few years since that
much of the property bad been re
covered by the treasury department,
return to the original owners or their
heirs.
I have never seen any of the bonds
in question, since the day of their cap
ture, and it is my belief that very
pany of them were appropriated by
men of the command during the march
to camp—a part of which was made
force under my command on the 28th in the night—afiff ¥ub&eqoeBtiy l«arn
ing that there was no probability of
their realizing upon them for years
if at all, or being entirely ignorant of
their character and ultimate value,
they abandoned or destroyed them.
Much of the property (outside of the
safbsj was undoubtedly destroyed, and
possibly a portion of their contents, (or
at least two them (safes) were aban
doned at camp on the morning of March
1, the contents having been removed.
* Very respectfully yours,
Gko W. Cone,
Late Captain 102d Illinois Infantry
Volunteers.
Camp Crook. South Dakota.
THE IMIKHIDKNT IHHOl HTKO
Ills Treated Advlaera Have Kept
Him In Ignnraace of the Hitwa-
lion.
The
The St
I are
gusteg
la oo
core mono W hen I reached the camp
occupied by those la charge of the
bonk 1 found one of the officers of the
hook aorrenindre* ^y men who bod
goon before, being somewhat esciletl |
by the atippuord Si.ling of MtGuodo, i
they wotiol have undoubtedly killed
hire bad I Dot arrived in Line It I
may be well to state here that ther*-
were two white men with the beak j
Q»oi eight colored bob (we used to call
them niggers ;) ooe of the former was
a medium sized, dark core pie slotted '
reaa . the other somewhat taller, with
light c>rep < *ioo an.l sandy board. I
lUeoremetu Tier Thai m iinft na w |
oolved an Injury to his right big loo ; i
il looked like A fcfviothol wuuod it Qijr *
■■mnrjr is not at fault there were!
Washington correspondent of
IxniD Itepublic says :
told that Mr. Cleveland Is dls-
and angry. Light is breaking
him. He felt convinced, until
quite recently, that the Chicago con-
veatiou would neartlly endorse his ad
ministration nod declare for sound
money. Mr. Cleveland keepe himself
very secluded .He only hears front
the country through a few New York
I newspnpors, his mugwump friends and
the members of bis cabinet. It in one
of the weaknesses of Mr. Cievelood
that he prefers the voice of sycophants
to men of truth and candor. Those
wbt eajoy hie coo fide ace nod have
easy access to hire ore the men who
continually pour Into hie ear hie ire-
THE SPANISH BUTCHERIES.
of the Spaniards
Insurgents Excel
To-
the
The Cruelties
wards the
Inquisition.
The New York World publishes the
following special correspondence from
Mangua, province of Matanzas, which
describes the atrocities in Cuba tn
such a mariner as to excite the indigna
tion and remonstrance of the civilized
world: J . .
Mangua, May 10.—Reports have
reached here of a number of recent
unwarranted murders and outrages by
bands of Colonel Louis Molina de
Olivera’s Spanish guerrillas.
Belisario Nodarse, of this town, re
lates the particuLars of a fiendish at
tack upon a Cuban woman.
The guerrilas, Mr. Nodarse says,
while on their way to Calimete,
stopped at the house of Mateo Mar
tinez, who had been forced to enlist in
a body of insurgents under tbe com
mand of Juan Pablo Jabieo. The of
ficer in command inquired from Senora
Dr. J*ope Will Not
pendent—Thinks
To the Republicans of South Carolina:
As the announcement of my candida
cy for governor may be misunderstood,
~ desire to say that it is subject to the
action of tbe Republican convention,
f that body should see proper.to nom-
nate some one else for the position, I
shall be bound to its action. The posi
tion is not a bed of roses. v 1 have been
nformed by the chief peace officer of a
county in the up-country that I will
not be allowed to speak in hts county :
that I will be killed if I attempt it.
Red-handed murder is to be added to
the crimes committed by some of the
dominant element. Free speech is to
be stilled at all hazards.. No man has
a right to teach incendiary doctrines.
All men have the right to speak upon
the issues of the day. It is tbe truth
that hurts and the people of the State
will sooner or later hear it and act
Martinez- the whereabonts Qf her hus- upon it. If called upon by the conven-
i, I shall Tn my feeble way
oand.
“ Indeed I can't tell you,” she re
plied.
“I’ll make you,” said the Spaniard,
and he proceeded to tear off her clbth-
ing. Fie then questioned her anew,
and receiving no answer from tbe wo-
. was cryijg hysterically, he
unsheathed his sworcTamT leTl to cut-tabff fof
ting and slashing bis victim, until her
blood covered the loor ana she fell
fainting in a corner. Her shrinks and
entreaties only served to provoke the
brutal laughter of tbe officer. Mr,
Nodarse says he laid the facts la writ
ing before Golonel Molina. Tbe chief
replied by sending a squad to arrest
and shoot thecomplalnant. His broth
er, Bruno, a tobacconist, heard of the
order in time to inform Belisarlo
Nodarse. The brothers fled and joined
the rebel force of Garcia. -
Colonel Molina's forces a few days
afterward stopped at the home of a
farmer. Only a woman and baby were
In the house. He demanded that she
tcil him where tbe men were. She
protested that she did not know, (la
called for a platoon of soldiers.
As the platoon entered tb* cabin,
Molina pointed to her and said :
** Bull out that rebel hag and shoot
her."
The mother nod child were dragged
some '£> feet from the hht and a squad
moved away a few paces.
** Will vou apeak now 8” the colonel
t don't know,
her child
merclle
rile
three five-mule teems and one
wagon, to which was worked a gray
horse or mare. One large Iron safe ,
(being 1 suppose too heavy to hoodie
easily | remained la one of the wagons;
, tbe others. 1 think three in number,
were secreted In the woods near by.
1 You will better understand tbe diffi
culties of the position I then occupied
when 1 inform you that had it not been
for tbe support of the men from my
own regiment none of the property of
the bank could have been saved ; as it
was. we were very nearly compelled
to fight for it.
Besides the contents of the safes
there was much other property, cloth
for Confederate uniforms, mathemati
cal Instruments, Confederate mmey
and bonds.
I distinctly remember tbe bonds,
State bonds of South Carolina. I
think the box contained them was
broken open, some of them, possibly a
major portion was appropriated by the
men at the time of capture or during
the march to camp.
You must realize that I had*but lit
tle time (personally) to look after the
captured property, other than that in
the safes, to which I held the keys. I
was in a strange country, bad some not
very pleasant experience with General,
now Senator Butler, of your State a few
few days before, and my time was
principally occupied in trying to avoid
a second meeting.
All of the bank property not pillaged
from the wagons on the road to Gen.
Sherman's headquarters, was by his
order turned over to Gen. A. S. Wil
liams, then commanding the 20th A.
C. It occurred in this way : I reported
the capture to Gen. W. T. Sherman in
the presence of Gen. W. W. Slocum,
commanding army of Georgia. Gen.
Sherman ordered me to turn over the
property to Gen. Slocum. Slocum
said, he had no provost guard and
ordered me to turn the same over to
Gen. Williams, at the same time en
joining me testate to Gen. Williams
that f had reported the capture to
Gen. Sherman. Gen. Sherman then
asked me to reqaember as well as I
could wbat I bad understood the safes
contained. I then proceeded to Gen.
Williams’s headquarters, a few hun
dred yards from that of Sherman’s,
and executed the order of the latter,-,
by turning over to Williams all of tbe
{ property in -question including tbe
ron safes, which had uot been opened
since coming into my possession, also
the officers of the bank, referred to
before, that I had retained as prison
ers. One of the parties last named in
formed -me that originally there had
been found white men with the par'.y,
but two of them, having fired upon
and seriously wounded the two men re
ferred to above, had mounted their
horses and fled.
Some time prior to the- date of my
letter atteebed to your memorial and
marked “ Eshibit B” 1 wrote to the
Secretary of the Treesury at Washing-
toe aad received la aes
pupu.oritj throughout the coun
try. aad the eegeroom of the mesoe*
to endorse his policy. Tbe member of
hts cab loot from Alabama tried to cue-
vieee hint that Alabama was for sound
money Utog after the primaries had
rolled up aa Immense majority fur
silver, almost ap to the moment that
the Stele cuaveaLoe elected a Oliver
deieceltue to Chicago. It is leforme-
liae Tike this that has mis led the 1 *ree-
IdeaL Now, the truth cannot be
i from hire, that the rvreo-
crate of the West ned South favor tbe
free coinage of stiver by e large ma
jority. The truth was a shock to him
It woe unexpected, nod 1 am told
that when bo fiasdly became coaviaoed
hie language was very plain, ned the
members of hU cabfnct had several
uncomfortable hours with him. The
cabinet men are still trying to flelter
him with the belief that things will
look better at Chicago than iodica-
tione at this time from the West and
South would lead ohc to believe. It
was to find out the exact state of affairs
that Chairman Unrrtty, of the National
Committee, was summand here to con
fer with the President. Mr. Uarrity
told Mr. Cleveland that he was hope
ful, and hit response was: “Ob, damn
your hope; 1 want to know facts.''
Then Mr. Harrity set forth facte, and
they were not at all to the President’s
taste.
The silver leaders here, so I am in
formed, are preparing to do what the
Blaine men did at the Republican con
vention of 1884 -that is, set aside the
person designated for temporary chair
man of the.convention by the National
Committee, and elect a man suitable
to tbe majority of the delegates. This
can be done undoubtedly, and from
present appearances it will be done
at Chicago unless the National Com
mittee names a man for temporary
chairman who is satisfactory to tbe
silver leaders.
—The Manufacturers’ Record an
nounces that, to turd attention to the
mineral resources of the South and to
aid in the intelligent investigation of
what may or may not be of value, it
has arr.tnged with Mr. Charles Catlett,
chemist and geologist, of Staunton,
Va., to make superficial examination
of samples of ore, or suspected ore,
free of charge. They will be reported
in tbe R>cord with a word of explana
tion as to their value, if any. The
samples should be sent direct to Mr.
Catlett, with mail or express charges
prepaid, and tbe name and address of
the sen ler on the package, and care
should be taken to select an average
sample. A small quantity will suffice.
The arrangement is a liberal one on
the part of the Record, and may be of
service to some persons in South Caro
lina who have lands which they believe
to contain valuable deposits, but do
not lyiow how to have the question
decided without incurring considera
ble expense, as there is no official geol-
in the State. 1
demanded
•** For God's sake,
cried the woman
“Then tiro"’ ordered Molina. She
was killed.
The woman tried to shield
with her body, bet the
bullets did their work.
Tbe baby woe not killed outright,
and one of tbe soldiers, moved by n
bnrbnrious pity, cruebed the little
one's skull with the butt of his
The bugler sounded. *‘ Fall In,
Moitao, after setting fire to the hut,
rewllr mounted hie horse and gave the
word, *' March.'*
la ooe of the oalekirts of |
de Lae Romas, and about throe mill
from the village, there Is a small house
occupied by Kredertco Kueatea. Fueates
bad two large cage fields He
plained because the Spanish soldier*
destroyed hie cans las teed of simply
inking fodder. The same command ee
route to%rutect the " E.paoa " plaatn-
| tloo n <iny or so latnr, stopped at his
, home, liavlag sicked ■ town m
en. drank benvily.
The commander non—ed Faenteo of"
harborlny no Insurgent chief nnmed
Main. Fueatee thought it useless to
defend himself. The officer then bade
the soldiers punish him and hie
pan Ions ns they deserved.
' A score of machetes flashed and in
n few moment tbe prisoners were
mass of blood and rags. A drunken
freaxy ee zed the murderers. Cutting
off the heads of their victims they
hung them to the key of tbe grocer'*
door, while the horror-stricken neigh
hors looked on without daring to In
terfere. Under cover of tbe night the
ghastly remains were removed and
buried.
A resident of the town of Cnscnjal
says one of Molina’s guerrilla band*
was marching to Reglita, the sugar
plantation of Senor Sard inn*, for the
purpose of Escorting n train of pack
mule*. A* the guerrilla* approached
the town of Caecajal they passed the
farm >f a Cuban named Garcia, whose
two brothers were with the insurgent
force under Dima, which was operat
ing in the district between Kecreoo
and Roque.
A portion of this force occasionally
camped near Garcia’s house, and be
was then visited by bis brothers.
When the guerrilla band arrived,
however, the insurgents were not in
tbe neighborhood. Garcia was alone
in hio house.
“ Where are the insurgents en
camped?” the lieutenant demanded of
Garcia.
“ I really don’t” know, the man re
plied.
“ Tie him to that chair,” the officer
commanded, and the soldiers lashed
Garcia securely.
“ Now will you tell me where your
brothers are ?” the lieutenant angrily
inquired.
“ I can’t say. I have not seen them,”
Garcia tremblingly replied.
v “ I know they slept here last night,
but since your eyes seem to be useless,
I’ll relieve you of them. Put them
out!” the officer cried, turning to his
soldiers.
The sergeant thrust the point of his
bayonet under each of unfortunate
man’s eyes and burst them out, despite
the agonizing screams of the victim.
As they left the house the lieutenant
jokifigly remarked thit the next time
Garcia would be able to say truthfully
that he “ had not seen the insurgents.”
A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
Ran aa an Inde-
Ul* LHls In Dan-
tion to do so
give the people my views without fear
of the result. It is only a question of
time when a large majority of the
bite people in this State will em
brace Republicanism. The teachings
of that party are for honest elections,
honest government, a sound currency
protect
tries and American labor.
For the information of a certain
county editor, whose name is mention
ed in connection with an important
office, I will say that he need give him
self no uneasiness; that many white
men, yea thousands, as good or bettor
than he is, will vote for me for govern
or, aad for the information of another
who classes me as a great officeeeeker,
I will say that In 1894 4 offered Gen.
Ellerbe and Mr. Tindol that If they
would join me In going out of tbe Re
form primary that it would not inure
to my benefit, but to that of General
Ellerbe, but they refused 1 would also
remind him that I could have been
secretary of State had 1 withdrawn
from tbe race for governor, and os late
os August of that year. I believe I
could have been State dispenser—yet
I refused all of the attempts le take me
out of the race for goveroor.
Did this look like I wo* aa office-
eker ? With this said. I •hall not
further notice newspaper criticisms of
my course. I wou'd say to the editors
B1RLK.
The White Metal Was In Good Stand
ing In the Days of Abraham and
the Patriarchs of Israel.
The Augusta Chronicle says there
ore many arguments brought forward
in the money question that are argu
ments only by courtesy, or perhaps by
way of illustration. We have seen
gold men argue that silver hod only a
secondary place and use in the Bible,
and had through all history been re-
f arded as an inferior metal , to gold.
hat does not teem to be incompatible
with tho claims of silver men to-day,
however, as they only rate silver at 16
to 1 of gold. But tho search for the
references to gold or silver in the Bible
may have the beneficial effect of mak-
ing some men resdtheHSible who were
before strangers to it. We quote be
low some of tl^e results of searching
the Scripture for silver quotations
which we.find in the Nashville Sun.
We do not cite them as conclusive evi
dence in favor of the free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver-at 16 to 1, but sim-
4xlv as uroof of the, fact that silver has
been in good standing as a money metal
to the time whereof the memory of
man runneth not to tbe contrary, and
as a matter of curious interest.
Gen. xiil. 16; And Abraham hark
ened unto Ephron; and Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver, which
of
inn tn inriv**- he had named in the audience of the ,
ton to American ^^^ )D8 <)f ireth.-four hundred shekels off*®*
and they
of sews papers, some
•ay to t
of who
silver, current amney with the mer
chant.
Gen. xxxvli. 28: Then there passed
by Mldianites merchantmen ; and they
drew and lifted up Joseph out of tbe
pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelitos
for twentv pieces of sllverffi
brought Joseph into Egvpt.
Gen. xlv. 22: To ail of them he gava
each man changes of raiment : but to
itenjamin he gave five hundred pieces
of silver, and five changes of raiment.
Jaahua vli. 21, 22, 24: When I saw
among the spoils a goodly Babylonish
garment, and two hundred shekels of
•liver, and a wedge of gold fifty shekels
weight, then I coveted them, aad took
them; and behold, they are hid in ths
earth in the middle of my teat, aad the
ailver under it So Jaahua seat bis moe-
seagers, nod they roe unto the tent;
and, behold, it was hid in his teat, aad
the silver under it, and Joshua, and all
Israel with him, took Achoa, tbe soa of
Zeroh. aad tbe garment* nod tha
wedge of gold, nod hie sons, and his
daughters, aad hie omea, and his
of empresa of.the beau moode.tand.by
a graceful courtesy and at toe same
time haughty dignity, she succeeded
for many years in playing the part of
a French countess of the Louis XIV
period. Her gifts were remarkable
and admitted by even the most envious
of her sex. The opinion was express
ed that any man would be a fool to
discard her for any woman within the
radius of four States. She created
Immense enthusiasm at' Narragansett
two seasons in succession.
The respondent Is looked upon as
one of the most prominent bankers in
Alabama and a man of extraordinary
success in his profession.
According to the petition his wealth
is 1400,000,’but he is known oommer-
cially to m worth close on to two mil
lions and increasing, owing to the
nature of bonds and stocks held, at a
rapid rate.
It is the sensation of the year
throughout the State and Is freely dis
cussed everywhere.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
be Christians, “Be just and fear not;
let all the epd* thou aimeet at be thy
country's, toy God's aad truths'.”
Re»pectfully,
Sam innx Pure.
m claim to aad his sheep, aad bis teat, and ail that
Gen. Ler. tx Havaxa.-Geo. Fits-
hugh Lee, who was recently appointed
consul general at Uavaaa, reached his
deetiaatloe on tbe Vd last by tbe
■teamrr Mu nolle Tbe steamer was
met by a gay ly decorated tug upon
which were Meters Williams aad
Springer, Dr. Burgnaa, Senor ZaMffi
re pretesting the captain genera: aad
the agent of the steamship iiaa. The
party boarded the Maecotte aad e«-
leaded a cordial welcome to General
General Bradley T. Job os toe and a
number of other Americans htth a
number of citizens met Geaerol Lae
ashore On the wharf he was received
meet respectfully. There were no do-
moastraiioo as he entered a handsome
carnage, with the coach men
man la Senor /.aide's livery,
driven to the Hotel Yglaterra. where
Mr. Williams had previously steered
a floe suite of rooms for bis seoceeeor
General Lee partook of coffee aad
then retired for a short reel, as ha wo*
vary tired la coo sequence of the rough
passage from Key West.
General Lae has already made quite
a favorable tmpromtoe by his quiet,
geetlemanlj behavior aad pluaeaat
ooeversaltoa. The oorreepoadeat of
the Associated Frees was among those
who went to moot General Lee and
was the only newspaper representative
who was enabled to ao to.
he had. aad they brought them unto
I the valley of Achor
Judges ix. 4: And they gave him
I three score aad tea pieces of silver out
, of the bouse of Deai-borllh, wherewith
A HI me lech hired vaiaoad tight
i which followed him.
Judgeexvi.fi: And the lords of
Fhillietiaoa cams up unto bar aad said
an to her : Katies him, aad see w beret n
bin great strength •Hath, aad by what
msaas we may atevall against him,
that wa may bled him to affitet him,
aad wa will give thee, every owe of aa.
ii n t...oj-'j pieocg tfllfver.
Judges xvlf. 2, 3, 4: And he said ve
to his his mother tho elovoe beedred
shekels of silver that ware takea from
, thee, about which thoe cuieedst. aad
> spakaat of la m'ee ears, behold the til-
' ver is with me; 1 took Ik Aad hie
, mother said. Blessed be thou of the
Lord, my soa. And whea ha had re
stored thd eleven hundred shekels of
: silver to tus mother, hie mother mid,
i I had wboily dedicated the silver unto
' th<- T-nrd from my faaad for my voo. to
moke a graven Image aad a asoltea
I image ; eow therefore I restore it nato
thee Yat he restored the money unto
his mother ; aad his mother took two
hundred shekels of eilver aad gave
them to the founder, who mode Ihere-
' of a graven Image aad a mollea I
aad they ware la tha house of
Deuteronomy viii. 13 Aad when thy
herds aad thy flocks multiply, aad thy
silver sad thy gold is multiplied, aad
all that thou bast le multiplied.
The Conditions Itnpro'
out the State—Corn Growing SatU-
fhctorily and a Marked Improve
ment In Cotton.
This bulletin covers the weather and
crop conditions for the f eek ending
Saturday, May 30, aad in As prepara-
e used reports from ooe or
more correspondents in each county of
the State.
The mean temperature during tbe
past week was tha same os for the
two previous ones, but there woe lam
of aa exooas over the normal, os the
latter Increases at the rate of from
one to-two degrees per week during
May and June. Since March first the
seasonal excess average about-2J» de
grees per day. The average of 39
places reporting mean temperature
the past week is 79, aad the normal
for the same period Is approximately
74, having Increased from it sleoo the
previous weak.
Tha mean temperature ranged fi
82 at Poverty Hill, Allendale sad Oll-
lisoovllle to 74 at Urweavllie. The
tnaitmum tamperatare for tha weak
was IU0 on the fifith. reported from
Gkllisoavilla. Tha miaimam was fib
on the 30th at Graeovilla, aad tt oo
tha 30th at Soatue aad Liberty aad 00
oa tbe 29th at Society HULI
Showers occurred fa some portions of
the Slate oa every dev of weak, bat
as a rule they were light aad loeei, vx
ospt at a few points where the roiafei
was eseoaaive.
Oa account mi tha uaavaa diatribe
tloo of the rolafail a Dumber
are ropreseated os
rain, badly I
counties where ths brought
light showers gave some relief,
a heavy shower la portiews of
Baas fort was most baaoielal. Tha
follow tag heavy rains wevw reported
Columbia i.M; B see ion 1.70; Lnf
shore 1.70; Looper’t Ufi; MeGoil lit
Bates burg l.M J Cberaw f W la ad
dltioa to thane there ware II
aad owe ieeb. white
portedl Some rate, hat less thaa half
aa look. Tha average of U
being 040 aad tha normal lot
period is approximately 0.W
There was cues idem bis hi
ed, hat generally wltheat injury to
—There ore eighteen doily papers is
reload. v ~
—Russia hoe thirty-eight State tele*
phone systems.
—The same mine has "been worked in
Sweden for 800 yean.
—A flood occurred at Monad City,
Mo., causing a damage of 140,000.
—Tbe total number of fatalItlee thus
ar discovered ia Bk Louis nod vicinity
is 490.
—Railway trayeliag hi Norway Is
cheaper than In any other European
country.
—During the month of May the Bet
ocrease in the public debt nos been
16,188,730.
—President Cleveland has sent back
to Congress, without approval, three
private pension bills.
—Make yourself an honest man, and
then you may be sure that there is one
Book
—A wicked little boy says that
home without a mother would ha a
solid picnic all the week.
—Thirteen has always bean an un
lucky number. Adam’s 13th rib was
the cause of all his troubles.
—An explosion of ns in tbe
lidge coll lery at Bhamokia,
seriously Injured six miners.
—Geo. W. Jones, Iowa's first United
States Senator, is seriously ill at Du
buque. He is 92 years of age.
—It is feared that there may be aa
epidemic of disease omoeg the home
less sufferers in East 8k Louis.
—Senator Quay estimates McKinley's
strength at 479, and believes that be
will be nominated oa the first ballot.
wr of p loose
log rain, or
a image:
Mtcah.
A ftCANDAL IN MOBILE.
A Millionaire (Tiargrd With Cruel
. Treatment and Hie Wife Snee for a
Divorce.
that polk of kha Mnwyn
aaxaged by hall, wind aad .
* &eui* of cotton net eg on-
rainfall
—Senator Benjamin K. Tillman, of
South Caro 1 inn. u booked to speak to
the free silver Democrats of Chicago I a
The : chaucery court against her hue-
Mrs. Mary Lee
ogist
—Sugar is fed
to cows on a large
dairy farm near London, England, it is
urm
claimed, with good effect The sugar
is scattered over the feed in the man-
f er to induce the cattle to eat it all.
t is said also that it imprdVe* the fla
vor of the milk.
—In adjusting the fire insurance loss
caused by berningof its salesrooms and
stock of wheels on hand of one of the
largest nod most popular bicycle manu
facturing companies Is the United
Slates the fact dsvoloped that ths
oast of •100 machines way but 119at tbs
factory.
—It is a peculiarity of Russian rail
ways that their stations are generally
two miles or more distant from the
towns and villages which they serve.
This Is said to be on apepuntofthe
danger of fire, the bouses in small
places generally being thatched with
straw. . r I
—The tricentenary of the introduc
tion of the potato, is to be celebrated in
Bntfiin this year, for it was in tfiN, ex
actly three centuries ago,* that Sir
Waller Kolalgh planted the first Irish
goto to oa his sstels at Yougbol, oa
July 4 at Edison Park. Chicago
County Democracy Marching Club
gives Its annual picnic that day. The
Record says: “Vice Preeident R. E.
Burku and his friends have no doubt
that Senator Tillman will accept the
invitation to speak. They admit that
for some time it has been known in
the inner circle of silver men that Mr.
Tillman has been anxious to appear
before a Chicago crowd. ‘Tillman
will draw 5,000 people to the picnic,’
said Mr. Burke. ‘Ho is a great talker,
and he would tell the boys things about
silver that they never dreamed of be
fore. He will be at tbe picnic all right
and be will make a speech. Why, the
gold members of the marching club
will be with him because he will make
the money just flow into the treasury
of the organization. There ztt1"BOt
be any kicking.’ ”
—The officials of the pension bureau
at Washington were so shocked a short
time ago because Samuel Fetters, a
f rominent resident of Frazer, Pa., re
used to receive the pension money
sent to him. that they doubted the san
ity of the man and sent an agent to in
vestigate the case, with the result that
his name has been dropped from the
rolls. His case was the second which
has been met with in the history of the
department. Fetters, while in the
army, contracted a disease which for
seven 1 years was thought to be chron
ic, and under that impression he re
ceived a liberal pension. Recently,
however, he recovered and ordered
the pension stopped, but the money
still came. Then he sent the cash back,
refusing to receive it, and the agent
was sent to investigate his strange con
duct.
—Tbe Queen of England receives
from the civil list 60,000 pounds a year,
or 1300,000 as salary, and there are ex
tensive provisions made for bouse
room, provisions and servants. Besides
this, the Queen has a very large pri
vate income.
—Professor Alexander Graham Bell,
the famous inventor, says that the fly
ing machine made by Professor Sam
uel F. Langley, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, has solved the problem of aeri
al rsv.gallon. He Is sure that it will
fly. The machine ia built of steel
ia propel lad bj steam
M
suit
for
of Mobile,
divorce in
bead, James H. Masson; who is presi
dent of tbe Pint National bank. The
petition is for a decree nisi, with ali
mony, which is expected to reach
• 10,0U0 per anum. Messrs. Gregory,
Land A Smith represent the petitioner
and are known as shrewd divorce law
yers, wboily unbending and incapable
of compromise.
Tbe petitioner alleges gross adultery
and names two women until recently
engaged as coffee saloon waitresses as
oo-reipondents, along with a number
whose names are unknown, but who
are indicated by their positions.
Apart from the misconduct, the
plaintiff claims and alleges cruelty and
indignities, tho latter consisting of a
system of espionage by servants spe
cially paid to watch her by her hus
band.
The document states that the cruelty
has been going on for years and only
suffered through ithe pretence of Ihe
child, to whom^he mother is much
ttftched.
The affair has been punn^^alk for
days, but it was hoped wouldo^sifit-
tled.
If the case goes to trial sensational
developments are expected. H thun
derbolt has fallen amongst society and
the freely expressed opinion is that
the court proceedings will cause it to
explode, and that' fragments will land
in unexpected places. The filing of
the bill has caused the gravest scandal
known in Mobile since the war.
Both parties are leaders in society j
and commercial circles, respectfully.'
Mrs. Masson, nee Miss Mary Lee
Oliver, connected with military^and
legal celebrities, married June 28,1872,
and at the time was a belle of the city.
Ooe son of the marriage, Henry, Is
now undergoing a course at Princeton
college, and a member of the '94 foot
ball team, tlie father entertained the
team when visiting the South and
exhibited enthusiasm by painting his
elegant Government street residence
in college colors.
The petitioner is an acknowledged
society leader, ooe of the best known
women in the South ; brilliantly •edu
cated, of charming personality aad one
of tbe most winsome women la the
city. She was looked up to as a kind
ia
severely
rets, soa
lireij destroyed At
side the path of the bee fleet
1.70 laches of rale fail in one
The prevailing winds ware
for the week, aad the euaehlaa
but little la exaaes of the aes
lag from 2fi per oeat of the poastbie at
Beaufort gto 02 at Grweavllle, aad
averaging about 0ft.
Cor respondeat*' report* for tire weak
-aage from glowlax to gloomy, hat
former exceed the latter ia about
proportion of three to awe. In
word*, over three-fourths of the State
has been too dry, aad complaints
dryness come from nearly ovary
ty, making it difficult to spaeify
localities where rale is needed, but
generally it is dryeet in the south
tern counties; Aiken and Edgefield
Lauren* and Union; aad portion*
Fairfield, Sumter and Chester. Tbe
most glowing crop account* come from
Ander»on, Florence, Darlington, east
ern Chesterfield and Marlboro. Tbe
other counties are • potted.
Corn continues to grow satisfactorily,
and laying by is becoming general.
Shows effects of bud worms In Barn
well, wilts badly during the day in
Sumter, but its general condition is
from fair to excellent Pens being ex
tensively planted with corn.
The weather has been altogether
favorable for cotton, watch has gen
erally made marked improvement.
Lice have appeared in Barnwell and
Orangeburg; cotton 4s dying on red
Ion and Y
f
f
1
—The Secretary for foreign Affaire
and the first Lord of the Treasure la
Eogload receive each a salary of t&O,-
ser who let* everyth lag go
*it him win^ganaral^ os
c
\
1
olf
lands in Laurens, Union
fork. In
places it shows a tendency to grow too
•.— -ft
much to weed. It is putting on souares
everywhere. Chopping to stands will
soon be finished. Replanted cotton
t erminating and ^rowing finely. Sea-
sland continues to bod condition for
the want of rain.
Wheat harvest general; heads small
but heavy. Fall oats being cut and
housed. Yield poor but quality fair.
Spring oats generally a failure.
Tobacco growing well generally with
exceptions. Contemplated area re
stricted, owing to scarcity of plants.
Abandoned tobacco lands being planted
to corn and cotton.
Rice doing well generally, except
upland, which la places has a poor
stand.
Cane and melons are reported
doing well. Gardens very poor, for
the most part complete failures.
Irish potatoes very poom Sweet
potatoes doing well. Still being trans
planted and in Edgefield are being
watered. Draws plentiful. Cut worms
damaging cabbages in Florence
Peaches continue to drop, and the
peach crop will be a light one of in
ferior quality. Peaches ripening and
being shipped to Northern markets.
Apples dropping nod rotting oo
Pear blight reported from Pickens.
The prospect forjruit is generally poor
Black berries aad huckleberrlea gen
erally plentiful.
The season, and crops ia geaerol,
about two weeks earlier thaa usual.
J. W. Bauik, Director
la
y whits
be aa banetlfal
-A good me*
at time* ha angry with t
tlruaa grieved at it. hat ha i
woe ever diooawtsaftod with tha
if he 414 hia 4aly la It
—It ia oalhortlotivaly stew
the Ruoaioa Government hoi4a I
114 la
oouata for a port of tha is
of goi4 by tha United Blaine.
— 'The tendency to do wrong ie-
creaeaq toward nighv" soya a well-
known clergymen. I think this la very
likely to ha troe, for whaa Adorn ots
tha forbidden fruit it woe near Eva.
—You might ae wail uodarioke to
varnish a rainbow or try to etampede
hunger with a dime with a hois la It,
as expect to prevail oa a moa to own
up to hie wife thot be haa bafalat
wrong.
-By a new lew la Paris each
of a bicycle le required to hava hie
name and address soldered oa his
wheel, fifty bicycles ware impound
ed in one day reoeatiy for vloiatioa of
this rule.
—It U sold that the longest artlficia
water course in the world le the Ben
gal canal, ia India, which is 900 mliee
long. Tho next longest is the Erie oa-
nal, which is 363 mllds long. Each
cost nearly 110,000,000.
—Two negroes were hanged to a tree
in brood daylight on the male busi
ness thoroughfare of Columbas, Go.,
and their bodies riddled with bullets
by an infuriated mob. Both had been
guilty of tbe usual crime.
—A posse is hunting Sam Bratcher,
of East Ronklin, Mies., with a view to
lynching him for having outraged the
16-year-old daughter of a neighbor,
who was spending the night In his
bouse as the guest of Mrs. Bratcher.
The first house built in south-east
ern Indiana, and now the oldest house
in the Stole, Is still standing atQreens-
burg. It is the 1<$ cabin that was
built by Thomas Hendricks, uncle of
the late Vice President Hendricks, in
1811.
—Mr. G. Walton Whitman has fully
made up his mind to take the stump
in the coming campaign os a candidate
for Governor. His platform will be.
death to the whiskey traffic (ee a bev
erage), death tocompetitioa in matters
of higher education, ia which tha
State is a party ; the best system of
public schools possible; industrial ed
ucation as leading features of Clsmsou
and Wiothrop college*, with literary
oounte* fitting their studanU for cater
ing colleges of higher leoraiag; ao
discrimination la feglslatioa ia
ol or against nay
towns, cities and country to
tha same^plaae oa to iegl
enforcement oi tew ; csmity
to ha
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