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'" ''-V' ■ yoL. xxvii. , BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, JANtJ ARy 14, 1904. X x . t.'Tfcs SAME OLD STORY P«opl« Plunged" to Certain Teeth in the Tarkneu of light. 8EVENTEEK CRUSHED TO DEATH And Many Others S« rUmaly Injured. « • The Most Distressing Scene* Unacted After The Fatal trash Csine. "News comes from Topeka, Kansas, of a railr6a(T aL&l(l&nt on the Rock Island, California and Mexican Rail way in which seventeen persons were killed out right and thiify-seven others were more or less injured. The ac cident occurred near Topeka on Tues day morning of last week. The acci dent wa.s oaused. by, a collision of a passenger^ahd a freight train. It is thought that carelessness of trtdnmen caused the wreck. Instruct ed to meet a special freight - train at Willard, the engineer and conductor of the ill-fated passenger noting that a freight hjiin stodd^on the sidetrack atT Willard rushed through, thinking -that the cars they had seen were the ones which they had been instructed to pass. Upon seeing at Willard a freight train on the\siding, Engineer Benjamin threw open the throttle and uiuier the i in pettis of full steam t he passenger train leaped Into the .darkness and crashed alpngXat a rate been fully 05 miles an hour. “On the passenger train, in the sleeper, was a young physician who walked with a crutch as the result of sojne spinal trouble. He was thrown down and slightly injured, but was the first man to emerge from tile sleeper and immediately began aiding the injured. He had a portion of the Chair car and the berths in the sleeper cleared and to them the victims were carried. The physician was without instruments or medicine, and the only thing he could do was to bind up wounds with bandages which ha made by tearing up sleeper sheets and pil- pw cases, and giving, the patients whiskey to deaden the pain. ^The young doctor found a flrematf who was injured in the leg. An ar tery was broken, and he took it up with a penknife and tied It with a thread, probably preventing the fire man f^om bleeding to death. ~ He per- ’ormed innumerable acts of a like na ture before the arrival of the Topeka physicians.” • . The hero mentioned by Mr. Par sons was Dr. Frank M. Bell of New York! The Census Bureau Issued. Its In teresting Report Last Week. The census bureau last week issued a report showing that there had been ginned up to and including Saturday, Aec. I2 l 8^848,747 commercial bales compared with 9,311,835 bales up to and including Dec, 13 of last year. gj nner I , l r *rTVL ~ nave The ies had PKTAILS OK THE HORROR II. (». Parsons, a reporter of the Topeka St;Me Journal, wild was on the wrecked train, arrived in Topeka at So’ekx’k Wednesday morning after driving overland from the scene of the collision. Parsons escaped with slight injuries vthile two persons on the seat in front of lthn were killed, Parsons tells the following story of the wreck: “It wasin the f bird ear of the pas- "senger train, the first coach having been preceded by a smoker and bag gage car, that the greatest loss of life occurred. Tlie smoker, which wasoc- cupied by only two or three men, was overturned and pushed througli the car behind it, which was crowded with passengers, some standing in the aisle. The first warning of the pas sengers in this car- was when thfe sud den setting of tbe.~airbrakes shut off the lights, leaving all-in darkness. A moment later a mass of splintered wood and Iron was "Crowded down up on them. No one was thrown out of their seat by the blow. Most of thcfee in the forward end of the car were killed instantly. Thirty in the rear end of the coach, however, succeeded in escaping from that end of the car which was still unobstructed. No one in-the front half of the <sar escap ed. They'were crushed down between t he seats by the smoker. When rescue was dually possible only three living persons were taken out by the rescu ers. who were compelled to chop^hples In the side and through the flopr^and top of the coach to reach them. ONXY THREE ALIVE. * J “The three rescued from this pop I Mississippi tion were a man, a small girl and a 1,135,557 last were a man, a *4 mkldlejigwi-womart; who were moan ing aiid begging to be taken out. One 7 man,-hurt internally, was removed through the rear door within five i- minutes alter Hie collision, but died almost as soon as the rescuers could lay . liim clown.- A woman died two hours’ later while trying to tell physician her name. A dozen men had worked on the place where she seemed to be*l»efere she w:is extricaP K “Bonnie Martin, a girl 11 years of age, was pinned down between the two cars, the heavy stove resting on one foot. Her cries attracted the rescuefs, and men. many of them bleed i tig from wounds about the face aiid arms, worked h er( fi c eUy to get her out. It took two hours of steady work to relieve her. When she was taken out she addressed a doctor who was bending over her as ‘pajia.’ “The physician did not have the heart to tell Tier tliat she was an or phan, her father and mother hayinj been killed. Mr. Martin was killet instantly and-Mrs. Martin d|gd ten minutes after being taken out of the •‘wreck. The child was suffering with a broken ankle, -where the heavy stove fell on lier, and Severe scalp ' contusions. Slie was put to sleep by , a hypodermic injection to relieve the plain “Some pf the bodies found in the .wreckage were so badly crushed as to tie unrecognizable. Through a hole chopped in one side of. the car the body of a gray-haired heavy-set- man and a woman with long yellow hair were visible. Fires were built along the track afr short intervals and b; r the light of these the rescuers, in their eagerness to remove the victims, chopped openings in-, the wrecket coaches until exhausted, then hand ed their axes to others. CAR CHOPPED AWAY “The entire sides of the car had been chopped away when the work was completed. Occasionally • the rescuers would desist upon an alarm being raised by watchers who declared that the chopping away of the coach ^ was letting the smoker down upon the victims. So terrific was the force of the collision that the smoker left the trucks Ih its backward the trucks still upon the track. Hot a wheel in the entire passenger train seemed to be off the track. ^ “The freight train fared differently. Tbs four can Immediately, behind the wen crushed Into kindling. * * mi* COTTOH GINHED. A UOOU Tht Hew Enterprises Started State Last Tear. IECREASE IS CAPITALIZATION Quite s Numb, r of Bu lks uml OH Mills Were In Incorporated Houth Carolina During the Past Year. The Columbia State says South Caro lina has seen during the year just pass ed ati unusual amount of industrial ac- tivity. From Like statistics now ii* the office of the secretary of state it O-reenwood—Index Publishing Com pany $G,000. nauipton’—Carolina Cement Grivel Company $.71,0(1.) , IIorry-TPeople's Tobacco Warehouse conopauy *1,000; Shingle Manufactur ing company *10,000; Horry Publishing company *3,000; total *14,000. Kershaw—Vulcan Supply Works $5,00th . Lancaster—Excelsior Granite com pany *25,i)00. Laurens-Laurens Milling Co. *10,000. Luo County Mfg. Company *25.000. Lexington—Lexington VVatet Power company $50,000. Marion—Marion Water, Light and Powct' company *1004)00; Star Publish ing cempmy 12,000; Kemper Tobticco' warehouse $2,000; the Rogers company *5 (K)0: total $109,000. Marlboi-o—Marlboro Tobacco Ware house company *4,«00. Orange mrg — Rpwesvtlle Tie and Timber company $3,000.. Riehland—Columbia Metallic Roil company M00.000: TannopHine compa ny *&,0tX>; Carolina Fire Brick compa ny *27,000: Carolina Clay companytoO.- 0(H); Acid Iron Mineral company *60,- 0*K); L. B Dozier company $25,000; Keenan Yarn Mill *00,000; total $337,* 000. Spartanburg -Enoree Bell Telet Gaffney Savings bank *30,000; ,Hank of Chesterfield *15,000: Bank of Sum- merton $25,000; Bank of Ilurtsville $50,00U; Citizens’ bank of Timmons- viile $30,000; Fountain Inn *15,000; Piedmont Trust Co. of Greenwood $50,000; Loan and Exchange bank of Greenwood- $50,000; Batik ot-llon-v $26,000; Peoples’ bank of Bishopville $25,000; IJtyne batrk of LcxUigum tgiNfiftij; Bank id Latta *25;ooo; se9fetary may be ascertained that the total sum invested last year in new enterprises amounted to over ten million dollars. From the complete list of these enter prises a list of the banking institu tions lias been compiled and is sub mitted: Donalds *25,000; Farmers' of Bel ton $50,000; Honea Path *25,ooo; Be^-. ton Savings and Trust Co. *-2r..ooo;|phohe company $025: Morgan Wood been operated this season, against 30 194 up to Dec. 13 of last year. Counting round bales as half bales, the number of bales ginned is £, 520,244 this season, against 8,905;- 503 last season. This report will be I’olUmed by two others showing the quantity of. cotton ginned from the growth of 1903 up to and Including Jan. 16. 1904. and a final report at the end of the ginning season, about March 15, which Will distribute the crop by counties, aegregate upland and sea Island cotton and give weights of bales. Of the fcbtal ot 8,848.741. commercial bales for the United States 8,144,493 were square bales, 645,006 round bales and 59,248 sea island crop bales. The report by states follows: Alabama 946,556 commercial bales, against 896,994 last season; 3,850 active ginneries, against 3,889 last season. Arkansas 544,680 bales, against 708,861 last season; 2,509 active gin neries, against 2,510 last season. X* Florida 50,t>84 bales, against 54,443 ast season; 269 active ginneries, against 284 last season. " Georgia 1,208,815 bales, again* 1,- 376,850 last season; 4,978 active gin neries. against 5,046 last season. Indian Territory 238,732 bales, against 372,042 last season; 485 active ^kliMiHes, against 428 last season. Kansas, no cr6p reported. Kentucky 428 bales, against 1,027 last season; 2 active ginneries, against 1 last sfeason. -Louisiana 686,600 bales, against 670,854 last season; 2,167 active gin- ** u ****»f?rY M * ^ 77: 7"1 panr Hht.rtun: mers and Mechanics’ bank of Marion f,.,,nman V k»i u *100,000; Hank of Walhalla *30,000: Bank of Springfield *20,000: Easley Loan ahd Trust Co. t'tu.uon; Colum bia Trust Co. *100,060; Rank nf Sa luda *25,000: Sumter Banking and Mercantile Co. $5O,0O0: Bank of'Car lisle *10,000: Bank of Lake City *25.- 000: Baqjt of Rock Hilt *75 1 00^;, Con verse Savings ba.ik *10,000; total *1, 036,000; Bank of Clarendon #25,000; Bank of Piedmont $15.000. and Iron ' works *40,000; Green- & Thomson company *20,000; Herald Publishing'—company 115,00^; I'ied- aiont Builders Supply company $20,- otx); Roebuck Gin company (saw mill) *2,500; total *1)8,125. Sumter—Sumter Ice, Light, and Power company *70,000; Sumter Lum- )>er company *12,0(X); John H. Sizer Lumber company. $20,000; total $102,- 00O. - — LUlon—BjifTalo Lick Springs com- Arhnan Manufacttrrlng company iki.tKK); total $15,00- - . York—Carolina Furniture company *10,000. ..... . i.iiin.n i~ INCREASES. Another remarkahle fact is the amount of the capital invested in the increased capitalization of Soyth Caro lina concerns. / j Tlie Bank of Dillion increased from $25,060 J.O *50,000; Bank of Marion -*25,4)00105503)00 A GOOD ROADS BILL. M ‘ AL KAU It Calls tor the Expenditure of Twen- • ty-Ponr Million Dollars. BUREAU OF PUBLIC HIGHWAY! ‘ . Thk textile est ablishmeul whlClUlrL- The cotton iniU^;YrilTtch^oUUtXh^^cr^g^.their^pRaiization as follows: Outline of the Proviaione ofthe Mem- . .. ... W- ' " , - __7 '!W: '. ■ ^j.ure Just rod need in the » (Senate bv Senator =- - x ^Latimer. A special dispatch from'IVashinir- ton to The State says twenty-foUr mil lion dollars 'or good roads, to be ex pended at the rate-of *S;000,000 a year durinp the rtext three year.! That is, tlie amount of appropHatloi carried in t ic gi od roads bill whlc t Senator LaJmer of South Carolina has just it troduoed. IBs—btH- sets forth an ela x>rate scheme for led en 1 aid of the g x>d roads movement, h r which purp 1 se he proposes to estat- lish in the department of agriculture a bureau to be known as the bureau of publicliighways. ^ The Object of 4his bureau, aOcord-, ing to the terms of the bill, shall be to cooperate with the various States in the Improvement and construction .of permanent public roads in accord ance with the scheme set forth in de tail in tlie bill. Tills bureau is to consist of three commis>loners 1«.> be fcnotm as commissioners of highways: two of them stialtbeappointed by the 'president, one-frotp reach of the two leading parties; these to tie men who have had pnictical knowledge of road engineering and • TOmrtrnettnn. Tff'r third member Is t < be an officer of the engineer corps ofthe army of ran-( not below captain. Each is to receive compensation ' at the rate of *5,00D per year for their services. These commissioners shatl be under the gen- eral supervision of thesy;ryBiryj)f ag- riculturer——' .v , ' - •— • •X nerles, against 2,143 last season. 1;211,744 bales, against _ season; 4,192 active gin neries, against 4,276 last season. . X Missouri 2® v 8il bales, against .39,- 185 last season; 74 active, yfinneries. against 59 last season. North Carolina 502,591 bales against 517,068 last season; 2,715 active gin neries, against 2,683 last season. Oklahoma 155,242 bales, against 163,190 last season; 232 active gin neries,, against 218 last season. • . South Carolina 747,828 bales, against 864,980 last season: 3,173 ac tive ginneries, against 3,187 last sea- charters ace also listed below Toxaway $225,000; Gluck *5 JOyffiKh Bendleten *65, OtU; Bambe'rg * 140,000: Ajlendale $25,000 McGee' *100,000; Watts $300,000; Banna $160,000: Ha mer, $100,000: Maple $10ty000: Marl boro $1,500,000; IsSaqueeifa $200,000: Arcadia $200.ff0d: total $3^55^000. _ OIL JfTELS and oinsT The oil milLin lustry is-^ierliaps one of the most prominent in South Caro lina. Tlie oil mills and ginneries which received charters are as follows: Donald's *15,000; Donald’s ginnery $4,000: Busliy Creek ginnery' *2,000: Townville $25,000; Pendleton *65.000; Allendale tin.-ffOOr-Wltkinsville tlO,- OOOi Clarendon *25,000; Walterboro $lo,000; Independent X^Otton Oil Cp. of Charleston *igLKL.),000; Lydia gin *3,000: Timmonsvllle *50.00(); €oro- naco Oil miil *15^)00; Liberty Hilt Gin Co. $3,000: CameroiKl Ml mill *20,- 000; Westminster *2(),(M)0; Fort Motte •15,000; Rdwesville *20,o0p: i’ickens. $18,0.00: Pauline (Spartanburg cuunt-y.) *13,000; Nora ginnery *3,000:,Eagle ginnecy, Sumter, *3,000, Williams burg $20,000; Dargan Ginning Cb. •3,000; total *1,127,000; Prosperity *2t\O60. . j • MISCELLANEOUS, BY COtlXTIKs! A list lias also been made of the en terprises of an industrial nature-' be gun in eacli county. Necessarily. t his list does not enumerate Hie 'large number-of mercantile: livestock, edu cational and .01 her busihfesR' begun during the year - The investment by counties in mis cellaneous enterprises is N as follows: Aifcen—Ihuikinsou Briek Co, 130,- 000_ . t TuMT ATid^rson AnimeSs'and Spring Bed company *l'0,0oo to *35,000. Orr Cotton mills *100,000 to *800,000. Monaghan mill *200,000 to *700,000. Gainesville cotton mill *600,000 to *8.50.000, Clearwater bleactory *100,000 to MQQ,60L ' , Brandon mills *1.50,000 to$450,000. , Liber y cotton mills *75,000 to *175,000. -Alpha inills'tJonesviUe) •150,000'tO *2.50,000. , —a 11. Norris mill Catcecheel*50,000 to *250.000. 3 Newhere,.:-Knitting mill *15,000 to 146.600:."' . ,. ., ..7' Wood ru (I *-2.50,000 to *.500,000. Lvdia inills (Clinton) *100,000 to •16(^66ff- "' ,l1 llartsville *2.50,000 to *500,000. Easlev *200,000 t-o*500,OOO. 'J Clifton (July 18th) -*.500,000 to*1,750,- 000. '• I’acolct (July 18th) *550,000 to *2,(KKt,0»hl. ^ Brqgon (Anderson)" *500,000 to *1,000,O'M), r ' - • Itoyal Bag and Yarn (Charleston)’ 422.5,(4^1 t<M475,OOP; ‘ ' ,Tins gives a total increase from .**,325.3)00 10 *10,825,000. ' MIsCELIjANSOUS INCREASES. Kershaw oil mill *25,000 to*35,oO0( ^ the total co>-L, Anders m Spool and Bobbin Manulac Luring company (Cliarleston) *4.00o to *203)00; ILkK Hill Water, Light and After the expiration of six month'; from the time of the passage of this act, any_ Stale, through the proper officers having jurisdiction of public roads, may apply for aid In the im provement or construction of jMblic roads, under general rule#-to be made by the commissioners. No State shall-be entitled to receive the bene fits of this act until it shall have es tablished to the satisfaction of the eomrokssionersot highways: First.'*" That the highway or sec tion thereof sought to be improved or constructed is of sufficient public use to .come within the purview of this act, taking into account the use, loca tion and value of such highway for the purpose of common traffic and- travel, and for the delivery ofthe mails. * . Second. That the requisite right of way shall have-been secured. Third. That the highway will be improved or constructed In accordance with tlMucegiilations of the bureau, and when so improved will be main tained and’kept tn repair without re course upon the United States. Foiirtb. That the State has pro vided for the payment of its portion Some Interesting Figures About the Scntfce in This Htste. According to a special dispatch to the Greenville News from Washing ton there are 284 rural free delivery routes doing business in the State of. South Carolina. On an average they deliver mall to 600 people each. It will be seen from this that about 175,000. people get the benefit of rural free delivery In the State. It ooets Just about 1600 a year t<> operate one nrthese routes, and uncle Uaffi ls,' therefore, paying Into the State of South Carolina alone ti e tidy little Kumtof 1175,000 a year for a service that is entirely for the !«netit of the people. The average route Is about 23 miles long, so that t le rural car riers of South Carolina .ravel In the neighborhood of 6,500 ml es every day. Eacli route covers about eighteen square miles of territory so that the free delivery system of South Carolina covers ovd* 5,000 square miles or ter- rltory. ■ ^ The people of the State have asked for 713 routes In all. Of these 284 have been granted and 283 have been rejected. The other 146 are still pending. It will be observed from these figures that the peqple are get- tiflrJust about half as many routes as they are asking for. At the same ratio, when all the petitions have been acted upon, there will be 357 routes and as many carriers in the State. The figures of the department show many interesting things in connection with rural free aelivery in South Car olina, In the first place they show that free delivery seems to betbertral- versal desire in some districts while in -others it seems to enjoy little popu larity. -V The Third District, represented by Wyatt Aiken, is the banner district in the State in the number of rural routes. There are now in operation -within Its herders. There are also 21 petitions still pend ing and awaiting investigation by the department. The department has re fused to grant 52 routes asked for in the dLtrlct. It will be seen from this that the people qf that district have asked for 157 routes all told and have gotten 82, more in proportion than the State at large. u The Fourth District comes second n regard to t ic number of routes es tablished. Tills is the district rep resented by Mr. Johnson. There are 60 210,668 bales, against season; 778 active gtn- 000. son. Tennessee 272,135 last nejies, against 815 last season. Texas 2,310,725 bales, against 2,- 167,472 last season; 4,'Ml active gin neries, against 4,542 last season. Virginia 11,143 bales, against 12,- 537 last season; 116 active ginneries, against 10 last seqaon. - __ Fatally Shot. On S^turdxy week while Wesley Bolin, * young white man 18 years of age, and ft colored boy named E-dell Froneberger, aged 10 yean, were out hunting near Smyrna, in the western portotn of York county, the negro boy was accidentally shot In the back of the head by young Bolin, and died from the effects of the wound. A cor oner’s Inquest was held over the body of -Froneberger, Dr. W. G. White of- this place being present as an expert witness. The Jury rendered a verdict exonerating young Bolin from blame in the premises. Beaufort—Blu lit on Lime Co.. *1.- 000. Charleston—Pankn^n Neutral (_o- *1,000; Uiiariest+HbC^mttttg t>r. 000; Southern 11 yd rani ic •Ih'.Ufk,! o. *25,000; 1,‘iaten Press Roller Adjuster Co. *15,000, C ing Co. *20,000: Kentucky Bridge Mining Co. *25.1)00;.Cnnsnmac's ileer Bottling establishment *30,000.(Stan dard Truck and Dockage Co. $30,000; National Sand Lime Brick Co. *15,- 000; Simmons-Mayrant Construction Co. *25,000; Unique Drum and Pnck- Physlclana Wanted. United States civil service commission announces tbat<an exam ination will beheld In Spartanburg January 27-18 to fill Vacancies in the position of physician in the Philip pine service at salaries ranging from $1,200 to *1800 per annum. Age limit 20 to 40 years. Persons who wish to stand the examination shosld ap ply to the secretary of the ld6fc* board of examiners for application blanks, which should be properly filled out and forwarded to the Civil Service Oommlaaioo, Washington, D. C. A Fatal Accident. A fatal accident occurred op Tues- rash, leaving day of last week at Klngstree( As a the station attempted been snowing and it is supposed be mlSMd his footing and fait between tbs oars, the wheels pas sing orar his body sod inflicting in juries from which be died la a few Mo blame 1$ attached to Anderson vTl!“ G ranoli tllL Manufacturing Co. $5.0UQ; \V i lliam.v ton Carbonating .Co. *2,1)64'. Domestic Manufacturing Co.- $5,000; total *12,- Power company *150.000 to *650.600: Fort MOlte oil nill *15,000 'O $20,000; Brooks l migovcd Steam Valve com pany *12.ood to *60,000: Mullins Lum- Charleston Door, Sash and Lumber company *20,000 to 850.000: Cowpens Cotton Oil company *43AM) to 820,000; Bamberg Cotton Oil company *35,000 to *75,000; Johnston Cotton Oil com- pany *i5.iHX) to *35.000: Mercliants’ aLd h anners' Batik of Cneraw 830 -One half the expense is to »e borne by the federal government, t ic othe* half being bor,nja by the Stat , but l' Is pfi^lded'Tnat the States nay dls- liibute theii portion of the sxpensi among the c metiesdirectly 4) nctited It Is further provided that n > monej age Co. *90,000: total *286,000 Cherokee—Cherokee Publishing Co. $5,000; Gaffney Bridk Co. $5,000: to tal $10,000. .. Chester—Neely Compress Co. *100,- 000. Chesterfield — Chesterfield Naval Stores Co. $15,000; Clement-Ross Manufacturing Co. $21,001); Clieraw Foundry and Machine Co/fiijODO; to- Ul $42,000. Clarendon—NavaLStores Manufac- tufifig Co. $50,oO<); Manning Tele phone Co. $5,000: total $55,000. Colleton—Cummings Iron Works .and Supply Co. *10,000; CoDetota-To- ^1,500: total *11,500. DafSfetoii —HartsVille Ptiblisftteg Co. •5 ) «t)#; Williams & McKelUian Lumber Co. *300,000; llartsville Wood Manufacturing 'Co. $20,000; New Era Printing Co. *3,000; total *328,000. Dorchester—Summerville Ice and Cold Storage Co. *30,000; St. George Telephone Exchange *5,000; Independ ent Publishing Co. *500; total *£>,500. Fairfield—Wlnnsboro GraniteCom- ber and Brick company *15,000 to *30,- ^ ooo: Stonu mines *15,000 to *50.100; *hali be ad ?atH5od by tlie L nit-d States ' " in payment of R« proportiO'i of th expense except ;is tlie work <;f actual construction progresses, and in no case shall tie payment or payments rnade prforto the completion of the Work be in excess,/>f 80 per cent, of the work actually-performed. To carry’ < ut the provisions of the bill an appropriation of *24,,6o(),000 i> provided, *8 000,000 for.J905, and *8,- )0O,0OO-tor 1906. If any partofthh Is not expen kd in the - year named 1 shall be available "for the succeeding yfia'r. And is further provided tha Lu AUle si tail rtciavc. id auy larger pio; ortlon-of the sum appro- til 11.1L. i ai.tn iv wi 11y t it vt “,(kk); WI)llahigtmrg o'H mill *20,- 8.30,(MM); Cliergiw iHxir and S;ish 812,000' to;*20.000: Carolina To’*50,1 *MH) to company. Fire Brick coidpany *27,000 - o *50,(00. To A Doctor Soldie.*. A bron/.e statue of the late Dr lluntef McGuire, who was Gen. Jack- son's imuLcul Ui rwvtor T aod woe of Uie most ceiel rated surgeons in the south, sqranfraV priated ttrarr fts population bears to 1 the total population Of the States of the United States., Richmond) Va., Thursday. The veil was drawn by his little grandson. . There was a parade, and the Howitz ers tired a salute: A large crowd was in attendance. Judge George L.- Christian, grand commander of the Confederate veterans of the '"State, presented the statue to Virginia, and Gov. Montague received it. The ora tion was delivered by Maj. Holmes Conrad of Winchester, Va., * who served with Dr. McGufre on Gen. Jackson’s staff. pany $200,000 Flc v-. orenoe—Enterprise Tobacco pany $15,000; Phoenix •10,000; total *25.000. Georgetown—The Enterprise Steam Laundry *2 500; Black Mingo and Black River Steamboat OompanytS.OOQ; Mab Lumber Company *20,000; total 500. ’ Greenville—Harris Manufacturing Company *12,000; Greenville Medicine Company *5,000; Oregon Lumber Co. *5,090; total 122,000. Mint Cleveland Dead. Ruth. th» eldest daughter of Ex- Presldent CleveUndi died suddenly at their home at Princetown Thursday morning. Mrs. Cleveland, who has been in poor health, is prostrated by the bereavement of the death of her daughter arid heYTrlends are alarmed. Her daughter’s illness was not thought to be serious. She was about 17 years old. Mr. Cleveland issued this statement: “After a brief Ill ness of tonsilitis, diptheria developed Thursday and Ruth died early Fri day morning.” * \ Gave Leg Bail. Nine negro prisoners escaped from the Wake cotinty N. C., jail at an early hour Tuesday morning. Most of them wer; awaiting trial on charg es of larceny, but one was a federa prisoner, and another a prisoner awaiting trial for an alleged crimina assault on a white woman. He hac been sent here fur safe keeping. The escape was made by prying off a sec tion of a steel cell in the corridor and removing the bricks in the outer walls There Is no trace of the men. Terttlc Kxpltxiton. Fourteen men were killed am eral were injured bv an explosion Wednesday at the nitro-glycerine de partment at the National Explosive works, efght miles from Penzance, England. The whole district was en- — veloped in a cloud of black smoke and 127 ’'j violation of any laws, and to® dUpen--}nearly every windowat 3t. Ivw,-three sary constables Jeem to be working under men who have not permitted themselves to be bought. There baa certainly been a remarkable change. Badly Burned. The Augusta Chronicle- says Mrs, Charley Lane, of Powelton, Ga., was frightfully and, perhaps, fatally burn ed, at an early hour this morning. Itseeins that she bad arose and gone down stairs and while waiting fur breakfast had kneeled before an open fire in prayer, as was her custom While tbuq engaged her clothing raTIght fire and she was enveloped in tlames before realizing her peril. She made an effort to wrap some bed-cloth log around her body, but the fire burned so fast that the was unable to txtP guish It. She la quite young, be ing not over eighteen years of age, and has been married but a few months. Com- ," Knforciiw the Law. , The Columbia State says “the un lawful dealers in liquor in Columbia probably realize by this time that Ice Cbm pany their-remarkable activity In the last -municipal campaign has not had the desired effect—through no fault of their friends, pierhaps. The decent people of Colombia are opposed to the TOR TWEHTY-MX L0HG HOUR*. They Fight fbr Life Logged Boat All Eve and Part Next Day. Lashed to the mast of a water* logged vessel, with icy waves break* ing over them and a deck load of heavy timber threatening each moment to shift and sweep them into the aea, Captain C. S. Edward* and the crew of tlie coasting vessel Ira Biiaa held manfully to life- for twenty-six hours, when they were rescued by the French bark Quevilly. . . For a weary month's trip to Dieppe, France, their hardships continued. They returned to New York, ae pas sengers upon the American Line steamship St. Louis last week. . Sailing from Norfolk for New Yolk November 22, the Ira Bliss two day* later met strong southwest winds and Jieavy^seas.. Tlie jibsail was carried, away and tlie waves swept over the decks. Tlie gale increased, now from tlie northwest. The venel was set tling, with eigtit feet of water in the hold, gaining slowly, despite efforts at the- pumps. The vessel was soon un manageable. Captain Edwards and Mafe George E, Tost lashed .themseiygii tftttlg deck-- house, in the lee of the mainmast. Waves continually broke over them. The three negroes comprising the crew, praying and moaning, clung to tlie wheel liouse, where one boat was lashed. ' *, A big wgve wrenched away the boat and one of the negroes with it.’ Tha captain and mate at the risk of their lives drew the negro back with ft Una he had caught. Then all came to tha “That night I shall never forget," } * routes in operation In the' district, here are 33 petitions still pending, and there have been 64 rejections. here have been more applications rejected in tills district than from any other in the State. In all, the people of the Greenville district have asked for 157 routes, exactly the num ber asked for by the people of the bird District, but they have not got ten as much in proportion by a good deal as the people q| the third. ! The., constituents of Mr Legare ii8Ve asked fdl Tributes. They have recelted 10, 35 of their petitionsliave iieen turned down, and 13 are await ing action. The most of these reject- d were petitioned for under the pre decessor of Mr.Legare.' -. Repereseiitative Croft has secured 18 routes for his consltueots, has 21 petitions pending, and has had ; ^4 petitions rejected. He has fowarded to the department 63 pet lions. The Fifth District, represented by Mr. Flnly, has 44 routes in operation. There are-S-l patitlims stillfendlng and 31 have been rejected, making in all '106 routes that have been asked l or by the people of that district. Ih air. Scarborough’s district there are 30 routes in operations, 5 peti tions are awaiting action! 33 have been rejected;4n i]tl, 6|> routes asked for. Mr. Lever haa 40 routes in opera tion in his district, 21 petitions pend- ng investigation, and there have been 44 rejections, making 150 petl-. Irons submitted from that district. said Captain Edwards. “Benumbed with cold and with the pangs of hunger apd thirst." said Captain Edwards, “we heard tha deck load starting and expeeted each minute would be our last. “Groping about in the water, we found some sweet potatoes adrift. Nothing ever tasted so good. “With our lew dry matches we lighted a dry cotton sheet, and through the night kept strips of the sheet lighted to attract attention. Two steamships were sighted, but they did not stop. Morning found us lashed to Die maingaff, the cabin house rocking under us, and the ne groes cry ing and praying- “Halleujah! Iialleujah!" suddenly shouted “Sunny" Williams, about 2 o’clock tliat afternoon. He was pointing frantically to the French bark which rescued us. “‘The bark had a cargo of petroleum and was heavily battered by the sea. Because of tlie petroleum we could not get a light, idy legs and aide were frozen and the rest of my men wers in bad sliape. Rescue had only les sened th» degree of our misery. “Later the storm abated ud fires were lighted In the ship’s stoves. Arriving in France we were sent to Cherbourg .and shipped home en the St. Louis." —* - - ^V; — •.*» v ... Stopped the Train* Merchants Coal company In Somerset c* unty, Pa., gathered at Garrett, Saturday night and held up a special train carrying about six-.y negroes to the Bosell mines of the company, on the Berlin branch of tie Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Tlie switches were naised do * n and under but one consideration were the men willing permit the engine and cars to be switched upon the Berlin branch. Th's consideration was that the cars be emptied. By this time the negroes were in a terrible state of excitement and many of them jumped through the windows and made off. The min ers made no attempt to itajure the ne groes, bat were determined that their Importation into the field should not be accomplished died at ^''Peculiarly Sad. Mr*. Herbert T. Hames Uletin Union County last week a few days sickness. This was indeed an un usually sad death. Dr. and Mrs. Hames were married 00 the 30tb of September last, just t monti^a and three days Mrs Hames was before her marriage Miss Fannie McCravy, daughter of Bar. and Mis. J. W. McCravy of Cross Keys, and lived the greater portion of her life with her uncle and aunt, Col. and Mra. H. D. Floyd of Spartanburg. Held Him Up. A special dispatch to The State says Wednesday night about eight o’clock two masked men walked Into J. S. Dickson’s store sear Society Hill and at the point of a gun made him unlock his safe and hand over tire con tents, something over 1200. * Blood- Fatality ot Uatitain*. As near as may be determined, 7IJ persons were killed by lightning la the United States ih.TOOO, and be tween 700 and 800 are probably each year, says an exchange. East of the 100th Meridian thandentonas occur ail over the country, bat was* of It, except in the Rocky Mountains, the frequency of storms dimlntabM until on the Pacific coast there ait practically none. The greatest num ber of storms ccour in Florida, In tbs middle Mississippi Valley and tba midu age number of ttorms in eaobln 1*00 was forty-five, jhirty-five and thirty* respectively. 1 be greatest numbsr of deaths in any a ogle state was 186—in. Pennsylvania. Ohio came neat with 135, Indiana, Illinois and Hew York 124 each As b> city and country, tba dense the population tba small er the rate to the LOOO^KK) of pools- tion, due, of course, to the fact tha* the territory of the country Ife'fitr greater than that of the city. Bssldai this, the metal roots, telegraph wires, etc., of the cities serve as conductors. Lightning rods, as usually pat ap, are of no use. A tin roof with fatter spouts leading into the ground la much more effective. Barns with green bay seem to Invite lightning. Maple aud cotton-wood trees am stinck uiucb more frequently, jthih oaks, these much more than bssebss. Trees are mrely a poor place for shelter, and feather beds aif disliked by the stroke. They Don't Agree The Spartanburg Herald, imya: ‘There seems to be a alight mi ence of opinion or diaorepanQj of m formation between ney Ledger and tbe likewise ed Gaffney News aboutt~ situation In Galtogy. aforesaid, answering ft from Gaffney In the Haws rier, says that there i| in Gaffney to a mount and that the statement to i is sensation il and Whereupon the Has wards ofi | the occasion, < all kinds of 1 miles from the scene of the explosion, were shattered by JU terrific force. Many windows were also smashed at a crowd is preparing to hunt the here. Dickson la a re man and runs a large, from town. 11 farm three alka -5*- hm- \ ■ ■ *