The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, December 04, 1901, Image 2
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. !
VOL 1. BATESBURG, 8. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1901 NO 47 1
FATAL EXPLOSION."
Twenty Man Ara O ihc! and
Twanty-Sav?n jured,
BUILDINQ DEMOLISHED.
Horrors Fi'? W*r#
Added to
tho ImprsrnaJ
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Twenty men arc dead, ten of them
unidentified and bo torribly burned aid
blackened that identification is J-neat
impossible and 27 other men arc lying
in tho various hospitals of the city suffering
from torriblo cuts and burnt!
and ftthnr ininrin* all r?i?nltn nf tVin I
explosion of ono of tho boilers in the
Ponborthy Injector company's largo
plant at the corner of Abbott street
and Brooklyn avonuo, Detroit, Miob.,
at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday of last week.
Following arc tbo dead:
K. Bryant, monitor hand.
A. E. Hoffman, lathe hand.
Joseph Coffey, lathe hand.
A E. Miller, latlio baud.
Eugono Bertram, iathe band.
Edward Burtech. lathe hand.
Charles Marvin, laiho hand.
Patriok Malloy, carpen.er.
J. Frye, aged 24, tester.
Ten unidentified bodies.
In addition to the 27 injured in hospitals,
a dozon or more of tiio emplovep
who enffcred comparatively slight i ju
ries, aside from the shoob, were iikon
to their homes.
Twenty fivo men and b*ys fcr.vc do'
ae yet been located eitUr at their
homes or at the hospitals. The ton
unidentified bodies aco unt for ten if
thoBc, and tho oflicuia of the company
say that they feel positive that the major
portion of the retraining 15 t.-c b*
tonight at tfceir hemes, i'onigh*. a
1 great forco of men io searching the
^ ruins by elootrio light and the work
will not bo stopped until every foot h*K
been examined.
THE rACTORT.
F ^ .-JThe PcDberthy Injeotor company's
[ plant occupied hail' a aqur.ro at tho
k corner of Atboit street and Brooklyn
L avecuo. It v?t d of two briok
A . buildings, soparatod by a 16 foot allc
. Jagffte rear building in wH- the^boihu
""**iraa locate, aad wn 'h r.i- complete y
B destioyed, v>as throe tories in heigMM*
^BHK r? i... a. .. mo r -. 1* I
</. iCQV iU \iX ffr ?.JU 1V?" it \ WW
., ^' 9 .boiler re . was ioeatod a I
? BOrt^ wtuir Jxj<tTTT- ry4 tr><? byildiug w.
ai I .jffSi
tho engine ted boiler rocm and ? re
B 'or testing the output of the plan' '
The finishing and bra^s manu:aru
K department was located on th> set
I . floor, and tho third floor was devoted
I the foundry. It is impossible to toll
I exactly how many men wert a vcrk in
1 the various departments of this rear
I . building when tho explosion occu
but the officers insist that the number
was not ov.r H5. There *v. re f uboilers
in the plant, two hor'zjnt-nl or es
which furnisbod steam fur tho entires
and two vertical boilers winch weio
used solely to test lrjeciorrr. It watho
horizontal boiler whioh was in u^o
this morning which let go acu caused
tho awful loss of hfo.
WITHOUT W A11N1 Nil
Uio awlui cra?fc came v ithcut tin
slightest warning, 'lhcsc in the fro^i
buildirg said it pcotocd 1 <ko the con
ousrion of an immense cannon TIk
roof and floors of tho resr bui'dir^
buigod upward and then crashed down
with the?r heavy loads ox machinery
I aid foundry apparatus. Walls, rot
ana all dropiped into a shapeles.; mass
of debris. Windows ia he uses for a
block aiouud were broken by tho oou
outsion, and fljiDg bricks fil .d the
ne'ghbciicg yards. A dense oltui ot
dus. arose, and as it sculco, ar.d wa'
succeeded by Cunaer clouds of lokc |
and steam, agonized oiics b. gan ic '
come from tho heap of tang'ed wood,
metal and bricks. Those who were
only partly buried frantically dug
themselves out, and then as energetically
turned to digging for their c 1x1rados
who woro bunod deeper.
JXAVES ttHOKK OCT
almost immeuiatcly and thchorr rcf
fire was added to the eeflcring of tho
* imprisoned ones.
A lire alarm v. ^ lu.ncd in and quick
ly responded to: ualls were e r.t cct
for all tho ambu-ancea in the oi'y aad
they were huriied to tbe scene. I'end
,iag their arrival, ncigblorire bouses
were turned into ttinprrary hospn
ard those physicians who wcro in t c
vioinity cased the ufl 'er0 as much a*
they were able. Tho br&t ambulances
on the eocne were tetany inac.qiafo to
carry those who 1 ail eireaiiy been ox
j uaotcd, and express -vagonaai-d pimiisr
j vehicles wcio pieced into sonico.
As Eoon as iho giaviry of the ?cc>
dent was realized calls for acldi'ional
firemen wero n-.di iu, so
flKBSi|?& came flying to the scene I rem all part?
of the otiy. V
tamed their efforts at the &r.. w i >
was burning Li,o iy in rr? of
& wreck, the greater number of them
PW9T seized &xs and
prying out Jic vict who com h !
ecen or wbo?o faint 'Tie' we* au iblc
Tbo department of pub.ic *v.rkn va< j
notified of the horror d >ns \ di*. e'y j
sent all its available nen ami horse* to
the eoeno.
in a comparatively rhnrt ime, a:! bo
laborer* who could tvoik to aivan;*giwore
feverishly throwing ana pulliug
the debris out into Brooklyn avenue,
whero it was loaded into wagous and
?jrried off.
The floors and roof had fallen at an
angle and formed a sort of huge corner,
under which t;io fire burned
fic/oely. Not until the firrmrn had
chopped through this, <fid tbeir s'rev o
begin to Lave an apprcotablo effoo' 1
the flames
Tho tuffoxirg of thoro w' o we
buried beneath were I.-.Lr mutely to
fled toby their ohtrrcd ana b's-ikonud
bodies.
"HOW Dll) ft: HAPPEN?
Engineer Kiley wad aico g tho fir-,
to be taken cut of tho wreok. His escape
was little short cf miraculously.
When the boiler let go ho was knocked j
- -
to ti c flior ard one of tho stnallor testing
boilers was blown ever htB prostrate
form in such a way that one end reutod
on some debris high abovo him, thereby
fo.uniDg a shield that kept tho fall- j
ing timbers, brioks and machinery from
crushing him.
Tho soaping stoaui, however, burned
him frightfully. After his arrival at
Graoo hospital, ltiley's first words !
wore: "How did it happen? The engioo
and boilers woro all right."
CRIES FOR IIELI*. I
Gradually tho rosoucrs worked thoir
wrty downward through tho pile. By
thin tuno thr.ro woro no orics or groans
to aid them, for the flames had destroyed
those unfortunates who wcro
not killed by tho explosion or the fall
But tho work of rescue continued with
unabating bro.'c. When a boavy beam
or piece of shafting was encountered r. 1
team of horses was brought iu and tbo ,
pioco of wreokago hauled to the street ^
Strotohor bearers stood beside tbo res
ouors and took away tho burned and
blackened bed:c9. A vacant iiousr ad
joining the factory was eon verted into
a tompora-y raorgne. lit ro tho bodies
were placed iu coffins and taken to tho
nearest morguo. In several oa>es tho
chsrrcd corpses wore i-o hot when ro
covered that ihcy oou'd eca?-ooiy be
handled by the undct later aud his as (
sistants- I
Tho float fcu'l iing rf *ho p'aat sua
taincd comparatively little damage, 1
consid<ring J o irjmeodcus explosion 1
with n 1?5 fi'cof it. Ail tbo window,
of -.'ourso, were broken and some of tho <
machinery wss slightly ?njurcd by the ]
automatic extinguishers whioh wore ret \
ad by tho explosion. I
Thoro were a drzon girls amoDB tho ]
lUjployoa on tho four floors of this
bu> ding and thoro wis something of a j
panic among tin m, but nobody wis in ,
jurcd. <
THE PROPERTY I.OSfi f
according to Secretary Goorge W. '
Jijilds, Ji about US'l.UOO. 1 hr firm (
oanitd $70,000 firo and some boiler in j
surarco, tut hofc muoh of tho Utter '
Secretary Child.* oou d not state. ;
Subscriptions for tho relief of-it^o '
st?tt revfi have beeu stirt.d <
Nothin? is known as yet about tho
cauro of the explosion. Tbo boiler:; j
had been recently inspoottd and the. |
engineer was kuown as one of the most '
car-.fu! ssd crpablo men in tho oiiy.
The tirm will resume business as 1
soon as possible in ten:!>orary quarters, 1
already taken. (
j
lis Will Land. j
The "Washington correspondent of j
the Now and Courier says Senator MoLatum
w%? amoog th< list of oailers at j
Ke Whit ll juso vV- orsday. He was ]
fccc^n -? id by Cbl. T. C. Crenshaw, for- j
tmaffoharmaa of tho. railroad commie* .
?iondf'^uo:gia. talked ?y apcoial j
ai'LQ .nimcnt, ar-d ha 1 a long Quafidm . j
tyt wk wtrtr k^reaid. ut Roosevelt into (
is v. rnoon tD.?r the Otfcet visit- ^
ore iiad'oooa disposed ci. CoioaL f
Crenshaw, it will be roealled. is a
Democratic Protectionist, and also an
Iptn tiet a :,e McLaurin lines.
Ktoley died Oolo
.eiCr it i:. arpirant for a fodo
al G^pointmciib uaa it is und ritood
that ho wis promised an tfSjo ot trust |
in Cuba. Y\tdLtsdaj's contcreuoc was
due, it is *i\icj, to en expressed denrc
on h3 p'oucicoi to meet Co.onol Cronchaw
mod talk ovt r ih.- political MtU3tro.
in Oorg1*. Aoabtr Sorator Ma- i
Lsrrrin T:r-r Colonel CreL; hew are die
po?:d to repeat what oc: "?rred du-irg
their la(tt with tue president, further
than t ) ay ttay 1 ad & ver.. satisfactory
interview
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Epworth Orphanage.
The M] worth Orpbanago has lost the
eupottnicL-dcnt w o l as been in oha.gc i
iinoa tbo cnnbiHiinu nt ? { tbo instu- I i
tic--., i-i the Kjv. George Hon?v|?
Wad el', ? -> entered ih Methodist I;
coafcri-ueo ir. 1835. Mr. A addcll iiae i
Oeen Kro&d . 1 jsign oa noooaut of ill
health. Tho iit'.ij ohiidroa at the ]
orj iiaia* lir < i.u ' oil it i; r * mi trird
ir;cnd, oao who na.i b,.o.i a lathe; to
hem arid or.o *-hoiu they v 11 loto devotedly
Tutsiay night tho annual ,
a?cotin.. of the Ep worth boaid was hold i
and that body elected Mr. Waddcll !
fieanoia! manager of the orp.iar.ago. j
fo s?ue;ood inr m supi: ioteodont tl?c
lit v. V jilt :M Brocks Wharton, now j
serving .i;o v'.urch ai Prosperity, in tho i
yokesLa-y uictriot, was ^looted. Tho i
oo?.rd reooived the tteuu*! rcporla of
tho inatituii,11, tvbioh wcro gratifying,
and atteuocd to oocsidcraulo busiae;-3. i
Killed Ttaeui Bolh. j
A tr gedy characteristically Parisian (
was c >xui acd in tho 1 cart of Palis j
Ihurtday. A', tho earner of tho lt^ula
vsrd d.e Cs; ucmcs, and tho lhace Djl |
Opera, hu;bio i sb ?t his faithlcs wife ,
aoo her I vcr in lutl view of buairods ,
o. |i'>i c. i'i 'j opera tqaaro was filled
vfitn | r, m.r ftdern at luonh ticio, when j
a cab orovo aoio .j till i<i itre, followed (
t>> a man lU' /it k,. \ p^liocoan regu- ,
jat.ng ;i:ffij, s oppf i tho oab in front
(f'h hh.!o do la l'aix, enabling the
pnrmor to overtake it, whan tlo man
draw a revolver,ti rust it through a
ai.JriW'f tho volrolo, ah J fir". iwioo,
kilheg the woman who wan inside.
fh< man :o the c b, the aooiaa'a lover,
oj n< <1 11 o ot/ or dcor rn > ir'cd to fl jo |
it lb huAar.d spiaog aftcr him and
blow out biv brain before the spoota.ors
ecu l interfere. f .ion the husL
ud app'vao .<d tho p'?;ic:co?n, handod
hiiu the V7> apoo and urecoil: red.
A Great Success.
'I no now IU ? ru'or. atir'O to.ncdu
host ii th" wood r o' ail naval men.
It wus given a trial l'"rid*y it Groon
Point, L. I It in psiu :d tr.o L'ultoa.
.Shipbuilder Nixon sayu if is "a great
stool .1 \ ir whi: u sre ust d ell cf too
mechanical doVelopmoDis of tho paflr
f> r years *rd ov< r <vr -c movements a
man i .:ac a*, prifrct at d ton ant obci'i
- Deo to iiis wdl as if tho fi.-h bal
brains." in his >pir.ioo a hartor dofotiutd
"by two r'jo'; boatfl comd not bo
bottled upas was Santiago.
Married Threo Wives.
./an'"' K Kiol stdson, a white man,
who i.v s ia /ugusta and w aits at a
bri k>s.r ', has b. en srresti d in that
ty . *vi'.h biger::;-. Two of his
wives v; 'o Sou h Carolinians. 11 j deer.
:-:!l them an 1 ciairied sJ a third
.i o a Uecuia woman. He married
thuui all within tho past few years,
deserting them rucc ivelv. All tho
wives are now r.ftor him and ho is in
deep trouble.
WOMAN MURDERED.
* Dp'k Orod Committed In the
Cour.iy v.f Oconee.
1HOT THRQUOH THE HEART
Fly a M. b Who Wai Tearing
D wn Hsr H~u*e. f x
Men AT^etod end
N-w'n J sil.
Ab tho reeult of t'.io killing of Mrs.
daobel Powell alias Thcmas, Sunday
tight work, six young m?n are now in
Joonoo Jail. Thc> ere John Hudson,
'donoy IIuJeod, Tom Hudson,
}? rse Ilu's-m, Rowland Robertson
rd Jack Sontncll. Tho first throo
?ero arr'6'od the M irday morning folcwirg
25 miles from tho so.mo of tbo
:rtmo toward the Gsoigia lino. Tho
otl orB wctc arretted Wodr.os?'.*y after
ho irqacst near S?hm A crowd won*
:o Wostloj Powell's Sunday night weok
kbont 3 o'clock and began to tear the
iouso down.
After thev hsd lorn 003* of the roof
".ff ard his chixnov t'.o*n to the ground
Powell then came out and foaud four
men all of whom ho roocgn'xod as the
Hudson boys. He made the best fight
be cou'd and kcockod Money Hanson
lown with piece of rlark. At this
bnomro hi? wife a woman of 50 years,
\Tue out and was shot in tho heart and
leath followd instantly. Mr Powell
:a? s he beliov' 1 there were others ne?r
(ho hcuse but be cculd not recogr;?i
ihecc, Three of the Hudsons left and
passed through Walhailu about error *e
Sunday morn.eg. At the irquest Mr
Powell s ^oro that be had knocked
Money Hudson down and that hn had
'ivoc hinr. a black eye.
When this stateme"t was made Pew
;11 had not seen Hudtor. avd did not
:now tl at he was ir Jail. Hudson shows
ibe black ye. I) s. Hell ard MoKinlry
(ield the po't inortoin and found tho ball
to bo one fr-m a 33 calibre pistol. Toe
Hudsons h d two pistols when arrested,
)ro a 32 erlibro, and the other a 33
Mrs. Pow. 11 leaves five ohi'dron. The
Lilaoo of t! - killing i? 17 miles Drrth of
WVhalla < r Kcowcc r vt. Wcetloy
Pi well and Kaobel Powell alias Thomas
roder indiotmont in this oounty for
tying in a j'trry. The Hudsons aro
h"?? sous of John M. Hudson, a C.m
.derate soidier, ltobortson is from
S' ith Carolina. Seeled livrd on
Kouvo': river. This is said to ^ have
'^n ti p second woma q ever^ killed in
Jooa eA county and the affair is deeply .
sgaiost all ibe
mcusad bciicvo*^' } "lw a
itrocg ore.
WHI3JS WILL WIN.
Stioggle Between Cimbinationa of
Governori and Railroads.
P?ofcund interest is felt in the
hroalcred f':uc Ho betwcea the com
jination of governors of Minnesota,
S'orth Dakota, Montana. Idaho, and
.?> sliingion ard the great railroad ocmDtna'.ioc
composed of t;:o Groat Northern,
Norihen Paeifio, Union Paoili ,
Boathcrn Pnoifio, and tho Chicago,
Burlington nr.d (^linoy railroads.
The governors ot the foregoing states
. c interested in preventing a combina
.ton of oniy two of t'<e reads in quos
ion, namely, tho Croat Northern auu
.:.e Northern Pacific. These reads are j
cmaliel lines, ?nd travcrso the states
which it is expected.' ^i)i trke steps to
bavo the railroad ocmbimtion declared
unlawful.
This railroad combination is the big
gest trust in the world. I represents
japital amouutiog to $1,082 000 <100?
164,('('0,000 inoro than the United
States btctl corporation, known as tbc
d; lion dollar trust'
1* i:> by no means certain that tho
governors can agree uj?od tho comae
that ought to b? pursued in CghtiDg
tne railroad trust. It may be that ail
c* their states haven t laws prohibiting
lho corloiidation of p?rallel lines by
railroads. If they haven't, and they
expect to bav? ruoh laws enacted, t! e
Bnanoos aro that they will suffer defeat.
Tho railroads arc powerful *ud inflticn
Lial and have Irioau. in tbo l.gnla
Lures.
Tho struggle to defeat this great corn
binetion cf capital, the greatest the
world his ever known, will attract tho
attention of tho entire country, aod it
b ey booome a i'anor in the question as
to whether the government shall take
aont-o! cf intcrcs ate railroads, to tho
ixinnt of Buporvising their rates?Savannah
Nowa.
A Queer Marriage Custom.
Tho Scandinavian bridegroom giv s
his betrothed a prayer book acd msny
other gifts, wiuon usually include a
gooso. She, iu turn, gives him, espooially
in 8.vcdon, a shirt, atd thin ho
iufviUbly wears on his wodding d y.
Afterward ho lays it awsy, and uu-^r
no oilcumstanarm of R'*!n r\r
- ; ? w. fVTVi%/
vill ho v ?r it again while alive. Bo.
ho wears it in his gravj, and tiicro ar
Swed-.rwho earnestly oelb.vo not oclv
o the resurro ;ticn of 'ho body, but in
iho vorits : i re urrootion of tho lo
trothal 8l'T? of such husbands who
have nov r ok n ihcir marriage vov .
The Sw< h widower must dsstroy
upon tho tve of his second marriage
tho wciM ig sh r'. his first wife gave
hiiu - Won ao's Homo Companion.
A Lucky Missionary.
It ia owing to an odd twist >f fortuae
that 1'. II. Anderbon, of Kansas,
now a millionaire, instead of a poor
country tohoo! tcaohcr. Ho appiiod
for a orrtitioato to teach school and was
turned down. Then ho wont to Ala?\a
as a missionary. During L13 ministrations
t) oro ho discovert d a gold mine
worth #1,000,000 lie eoM out, came
back to tho states, marriod a nice girl,
gave a fortune to a school, and ie now
on a tonr to Knropo with his brido.
Kcoopt f? r his fai.uro to got a teacher's
certificate ho would ns dcubt now be
drilling tho "three K's" into thiok
heads in Kansas.
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TWO HEROINES.
They Face Burglars and Put Them
to Flight.
Rt. Louis women arc not afraid of
burglars. In tho past twelve months
no less than a score cf oases havo come
up whoro young aud timid girls havo
struggled desporc-toly with burglars to
retain their property in thrilling encounters
with desperadoes.
The burglar frequently ohoofios tho
timo of d*y when tho women of tho
houso aro most likely to be out shop
ping or calling. Miss May Kollry, /l
protty 17-joar old pirl, was brutally
beaton in a fight with a negro burglar
at her home on Thursday afternoon,
bul b> boroio rosistanco she saved her
diamonds and other jewels, valuod at
11 700.
Miss Kclley bad been downstairs
roading until afternoon when she went
upstairs to dross for a matinoo. Whet?ho
etoppod in the door of her room a
negro dealt her a blow on tho faoo. 8ho
fn11 Kilt u* u nn hoy fnnt in v mom ant
and seeing that tho negro bold her box
of J vs-els she seized a window shade
at.a struck him a blow aoroas the t*.co,
which staggered him acid mado his nose
bleed.
TIIRKW Hi:n ARMS AROUND I1IM
Ho droppod tho box and the jtwelry
was scattered over tho floor, l'iokiug
up a oostly ring ho attompted to ran
downstairs. Iiut tho girl threw her
arms around him and .struggled with all
her might to make him drop tho ring
Tearing himsolt from her grasp he
strnok the girl a b'ow in the oyo which
again seut her to the floor. Then ho
kicked and boat hor untii bo HUpposcd
sho was unable to rise.
A? ho cropt down tho stairway the
bruised, bleeding and kalf-oonsoious
girl staggered tu her foot and struck
him. He turned ?nd, with ?u oath and
s threat to kill hor, struck her between
tho eyes. TLis time tho girl was
knocked unoonsoiouc, but tho members
of the family carno hurrying into the
hall just iu tiuio to s ie tho negro dash
through the door and up tbo s root.
LIFT WITHOUT MS'OTY.
In tho last stragglo with tho girl the
man dropped tho ring, and did not havo
time to rcoovcr it. .Miss Keliey .s ill
in bed, with hrr faoo and body badly
swollen and bruisrd, aid the neighbors
say they will lynoh the negro if tLey
oan find him.
Mrs. M. Hoffman and Mri. George
R. Hoffman sisters, entored a groorr
storo Thursday night while threo des
potato men woro holding up the propriotora
and rifling tho store. Kavolvors
wore threat in tho " s o? the two women
r.ud they wore . >!d to back up
agains; rho vrali. . ..oy did ?.o, smiling
at tbeir una'ual posim n aid oco of
ihOTTToih the. ourgiar i to pi ess t e
SV' cl 80?oToialv to her cheek, that it
a*. . k.V>
w-PT C -Oh Ad OUCCUBBUS.
This aogor^l the ielio? *ud he tcld
her to keep quiet or ho would b!ow
hor b. ?:ns cut. While the r^r-.ieiy j roceedod
tho two wcmoc were as oool as
tbo proverbial cucumber, and \< hon too
three eu finished their work and left
tho stcro they ooollv attondod te the
shoipiog which hid Drought thorn out,
>1.*. 'Theresa Ruohor, CO years old.
taw tao burgiais in tho act of robbing
* hou?o ou 8'.. Louis avenue Thursday
atltrnoon aud fr:ghteccr. them away,
piquing them for bcVv.:*1 blocaa, "cryit
g stop thief," and ioroing tho two
men to do their utmost to got away.
A Sensible View.
Of what benefit to Rjoker Washington
auu his work is this empty and
arduous round of banquets and parlor
functions? W herd a aocuit ore fit Tiiu
or the c:au*o ro has at heart that he
fr-:iru3 in Hartford or Boston drawitg
rooms, sita at luxurious tables?even
chat of the President huusoll'?and gives
his time to what wo call "society? '
loose people really roe id him nothing
more then a ca]>rioo. lie has bccoaao
a fashion, a ra<io, with mm who have
no ieoio oomprehounion of bis roal
value to tho country ihan they have ot
tLo politioal conditions in Saturn. They
wco merely putting l iai on exhibition,
glorifying themselves by a patronage of
onu who is worth more to humanity and
civilization than any dozen of thorn.
And the end of it can be only the oanoellavion
of Booker WashiQght>n as a
potent factor in the social questions,
lie and his race will bo tbo victims oi
this stupid and misohiovous felly, lie
will bo shorn of his usefulness aud in
tiuecoo. 11c will strut his little hour
ou the tinsel btagc and bo cast away
when the idle fancy shall have run
its course.?Washington Post.
A Failure.
Prohibition in Maine is a dead letter,
but ip a convenient form of hypocrisy.
Occasionally there aro movements to
repeal tho rolf confessed sham. State
Senator V'iekery, announcing himself
as a caudidato for tko itcpubMoan nomination
for governor, declares that "a
license law for Maine is better than the
iniquitous sys'eui which is now in
voguo." Himself a total abstainer, aud
without any sympathy wan the saloons,
bo is yet oonvinood that if the state
should ltoouse the saloons tho morals
./ .1 u i ? <
<ji luv njup;o '.tpu a do ixprovca.
Will Be Built.
Tho Seaboard Air Line potitionod
tbo oity couuo 1 cf Charleston for at.
iistcubion of the franohi'.o which wan
grauud two jcarj ?go, Tho extensioi1
/run gr.?ntnd, conditions! on the work ot
construction of the Chattanooga, Ai.
gufta nod Charleston railway beginning
within thrco month*. The proapocli
for tho building of the railroad a*
bright. It is said that tho deoision to
oontruot tho railroad resto with G floral
Msnag< r Ilarr, of tho Seaboard
Air Iiino, w'io is now considering the
advisability of the- a nattuottou.
iTired Upon from Ambush.
A speoial from Win .,o, N. 0,, lays:
Daring t raid in tho northern par*, of
Stckei ooanty, lloveuu. Officers Joseph
Fetrce and Jamc:: Froutiy wero 2r?d
upon froT> aoabuah by moonshines.
Fotroe was aV.ot in the right hip and
Freddy in tL-o right leg. 'the idJumm
of the former are the most aer us. The
offioera returned the tiro but wore una
ble to locate tho men who mado the asmult
upon iht.ru. Four stills and several
thousand gallons of boer wcro destroyed
by tho ithocrs.
A WOMAN'S WAY.
Jealous Qlrl Tried to K.III Hrr
U-vnr and H*rs?lf
ON A CHARLESTON STREET.
Th? y Went to Char'aaton from
Buffalo, N> w Yc k, rr ci
the Man Deserted the
Yrur.g W m n.
Mihfl Sarah Hinoa, a pretty young
wop an, who c*mo here from Buffalo
several weeks ago with hor sweetheart,
Chn'iuoey Sullman, attempted tidoublo
oriiae '?U Thursday by shooting Still
man and bereclf. Tho sensational affair
ooourid at tho comer of Calhoun
and Coming strcot about 6.45 p. m
Neither Mrs. llinos nor Stillinan was
seriously woucdod. The young woman
is in the oity hospital, suffering, a pis
tol-ball wound in hor bead, which she
'nflioted herself after shooting Still
man in tho nook. Stillinan had his
wounds dressed at tho hospital iuiruo
dit'ely after the shooting, and was dincharged
at oiioa. Tho pistol used was
a very light weapon, of only 22 ovibro,
which feet doubtless accounts for the
Blight wounds it tliotod.
Tho "hooting was the sequel to a
love alCiir botwoon Mi*3 Hincs a'-d 1
Mr. S'lliman. They cimo hero from 1
Buffalo together, and the young lady
claims that they wore engaged to bo 1
rnnricd. After airivtug in Charleston
the vcung lady engaged board it 111 ?
\.;r%gg square, where Bho conducted 1
herself with propriety, and won tho 1
t( sot of ov. ry ono tu the housoholi '
i !qud rented a ro in over John
Manuel's ftu;t store, 85 Coining etroet, 1
c< mer Calhoun street.
'The lov rs had been in Charleston
but a t'jw days when fcJtilliusn began 1
paying auontioa to another girl, ."lias 1
iliooe could not beir tho thought o' 1
being jilted and planned to kill her 1
sweetheart and then ond her own life,
lb-iouring a pistol, &bo waited ai the <
oarccr of Calhoun and Cowing street* 1
Ttureoay afternoon for Btillmao, who
soon approaohed, aooomparied by a
young woman hia new flam , and Mies. 1
i 1 incs opened tiro on he? lover. She
6rad three times, but enly one shot
took effect, the ball enlcricp the youcg
e> >d .si icak. Stiiiman ran into Man 1
eel's stcro. Mias liiaes then j laood the 1
wnapotf to her forciead and tired, and
tb?uero:k o' tho piatot aho fell to
eke sidewalk Tho builet icfliotcd only 1
a'leah wound. Sho was taken to tho >
pita) in tho ambulanoe, togothir 1
v/kth 8liUafefi.
Mijs ilmis stated to her frionds that
Jt it.' -nrtjd Sttlitnao and that
1J10 wnoied to uu. hiiiliiiau was ar ,
r.oicd by tho pchoo, but, there being (
>i ocargo against him, he wa roieaa- ,
e'V . , 1
It is provable that the polios dopirt (
n'ont will make out a oaaa tgaic-t M. ie ,
llmea uter eho is dismiseed fi\in the ,
hospital for firiog pistol shuts in the ,
city limits. Stiiiman will not prosecute i
tho youcg woman f,?r attempting to ,
take his life. Stiiiman is an eieutrio.an
and has been wcrktrg it the t xp laition .
groucds ?CLar.!cst> u Cost.
AM UNUrfUAL CASE
Two Young Men of Laurens Under a
Dark Cloud
Wc learn from The State thai there
was great exoitomont in Laurens on
Wednesday. During the nigLi prcvi
cus Mr. Clarence E. Babb had she. and
Borously wounded a youug man rained
Sullivan who was caught in a lady's
houec between 12 snd 1 o'clock.
Mr Babb was awaVoned by Borrf.ma
and jumped cut of bad and, without
making any alt; mpt to drcs himself,
grabbed his pis.01 aid rau out into the
yard. The pcresins camo from tfco
hoino of some mod esiimafclo ladies
nearby, ana Mr. Babb saw two men
hurl thcmfolv s out of a wiodow.
Barefooted and in airy altiro ho er.vo
ohtso. For fcur bundrcdyarda ho pur
nuod cno of tho flceiDg negroos. as he
Huppoaod tbey were. Ho tired three
shots, none taking clleot. Finally tho
man pursuod stooped as if to pick up
a rock and a bullet from Mr. Bibb's
pistol caugh'. him in that part cf the
body nearest Mr. Babb. Toowoundid
man fell and rolled ur der a houec. Mr
Babb stoorid aid as it was a mcoalir
night, saw tbo party roll over anrt over
to tnc far side of iho houso. By the
time tho wcuuded man emerged from
under tho hi use, Mr Bibb had. iu.irocp'ed
him. Tho dazed f? llow d.d Dot
know which way to turn until Mr. B?bb
halted him Groat wtr, tho captor' ;
surprise to fiud tl at ho had bcon pursuing
a white man.
Tho latter oeuld give do acoount of
himself, snd would not discloso the
identity of his partnci, who escaped
si.hough othor neighbors worn on the
aoeno with shotguns by the tirno Mr
U*bb brought down his man. Tie
* .no thing seems to be chroudcd iu
mystery. If tho wounded mm widosking
ho did tr > <\ pprin-.irig for a
u.: n iu thai oondttion. Uar?1?ry can
ho the only | lausiblc (.xcute suggested
It is Paid tha' foolia,/ against ji <?g
.ullivin was bittor at first, but i 'twas
to danger of violouoc bung ooae
him. His father 19 a dispensary atta
ho aod is we'd oonnootei. T.'ic boy'u
wounds may not bo of a cargcrour
obaraoter.
Had not this boy bcea brought down
in his flight, sort-3 poor darkey might
havo been hat g ng to a liuib?as an
exauiplo. Mr. H?bb was quito a horo.
(Jotting up on a "<"!d night and running
hart f>t tod, across cotton pa:ohoa and
over rooks, rcquiros cndn.anco. lie
fell nnoo and nearly denuded himso'f
His torn apparel was blot d stained and
ho might easily havo boon (akca for a
wonnded man ra'hor than iho ono
whom ho shot.
Dead in a Tree Top.
W. .f. Vann, a whit0 man ;?<? yoars
old and tmrried, was found dead in a
trco top cv ,'Ossuui hunters Thursday
night. Ho bought morphino and
sir.rohr.iao tho day boforo, paying ho
had fmiily troubles and w.is going away
, so that co ono would ever hear from
I him.
I
. \
TdE WAYS OF 8IN.
A Defaulting City Treat'; rer Commits
Suicide.
Aftor being offered au evening newspaper
whioli said his books were under
examination by export accountant?,
Stuart H Young, city treasurer cf
Louisville, Ky., Wednesday evening
wout to the roar of a wtrcPcuso at Sixth
and Nel- on BtrootB and commuted sui
oiao ly snooting Uixsolf bohi.-d tho
right ear with pistol.
A great sensation was created lato
Wed ucsday afternoon when tho last
edition o! nno cvouiag paper appeared
wi.h a story, id oubatanoe, that aco:uutauts
wore at work on tho books of tl'.o
rotiring oi'y treasurer, S.uart K.
Yoonr, and that it was reported tlat ,
cisccenauoios had boon found in Lis ,
accounts. Lmniid.v.oly the friends of 1
Mr. Young began to look for hiui, not
behoving tho reports. Short!) *f 6 ;
p. m. Mr. Young was Been at t-'ie ,
ladies' c-ntraooo of the Louisvillo hotel
on Main street, where he lived with bis
hrirl.. #?? 11 -
..V ?> amn Hamuli. iWU UUWDD'/^B <
who know Mr. Youog, rau up RDdeaid; (
"Mr, Yeuog, dou't you want a paper?
Its gjt y;.ur pictnro in it."
Gr.e glance at ho d yub'c-co'umn |
headlines toid Mr. Y lung why the pa- (
per had priDtcd a double oomum pie- <
turc of him. luaiuad of oateriug too
hotel ho walitod down Sixth street to .
wards the river, the newsboys follow j
og hiua on the ether side of tho street, j
ust after passiDg NJsol fctr.ol Mr. ]
Young turned cif between sou?? box- i
oars Tho boys feared to follow him i
any further and returning to the Louis- ,
viiie hotel dcHario.d Mr. Young's ao- j
tiom to ' Kid" Johnson, a Lackuuan, f
whose stand is in irout of tho hotel, t
Johnson was noipaintcd with Young, '
i .d going in the dirtotion given by the 1
nowaooys LnJly found Mr. Young
lying fa jo downward iu the cinders, hie i
right arm untlor hiai. Seeing a bullet t
hole behind Mr. Young's right esr, 1
Johnsou turned th^ body over. TLoa ]
ho saw the pistol iu Mr. Young's right t
hand, L fo was oxiinot. 'lhi body was 1
removed to an undertaking establish )
mm. under orders of the coroner for 1
*o irqaet. ,
b.uart 11. Y'outg was 35 ye are old (
?ad one cf tho tuost prominent mcu
m LiU'svi.le Ho was a graduato o? t
L'rinceton university, a ton of Col. i
Bennett H. Young, a prominent lawyer |
tod former Couieoera.o toldicr of j
Louisville, and brother of Lawrence ,
Young cf Chicago, president of tho j
Washington Pars Jockey club, lie t
marri.dlast Jtt y Mtsa Bessio A" j mind, i
one of tho loos*' beautiful women in <
Kontucky. and daughter of L H. Wy- ^
mond. Four yours sg> Mr. Y rung was t
sleeted atty trcasur r a^d under the
law was ineligible lor roe cation, his
juooossor having been elected ou
Nov. 5.
e was suouf. . ,
Beyond ttyi otaioaKt made last Wed | (
uciiday ingnt to mayor Lra.'c.'T by one i
af iheexicil accoaotanis that dis- <
cropv.ci am^unti^g to $23 001) t;ad t
ie n found in tue books < ?: mo former i
a'.ty trciacrer, S.uarc K (Jug, who '
soman.ted tu.e ao last evening, not: <
in* detinue is known to uo * the ao )
oounts 6tani b-'.Wcen the oity &Ld its
iormor treasurer. When asked u: an l
su.noritativo t tonight one of >
iho account tats nail that beyond the
amount mo.tioncd vteoccfinay eight i
ho had absolutely no idea as to what i
the allege shortage is. lie - d:d thaw <
tho scoou' ts Wvutn require t a*o weeks *
Lf> ir-i rtv .?r ill* >.i !"? "1 !?.. * - '
- ? VVV>.J \J iiir i! Z ISKCr tS '
office. Duuug his four yea. s'term as <
city tress ur-.r, Mr Y <ur>g haualcd $11,
blH), JUO. It b:oim- known today that
sow- rat of Young's friends have hoard
reports abou iLu condition of tl.c formal
oity treasurers sojourns before
U' W; r nper public* wuauikdo of them,
h&d arranged 9 tenia i?e plan to acouro
any aid for hitu tha' might bo needed.
Choir plan was frustrated moroly b? I
the fact lb a4. yustcrti?y aftornoou tboy
were unablo to hod Young. Wednesday
ui >raiog Y^uug asked for bi? ro
volver at tne Louisvillo He*rl, wberc ho
litved.
Held Up and Kobbed.
>lr. J. W. Parry of iho Bell Telephone
Company, was he d up at the
petal of a pistol by two iaon and rc^ocd
last Tuesday night about 1- o'ebok
0^ tuo ot-rner of <4 icon aud Logan
streets wLilo on Lis way homo from ino
office. The men suddenly set up a
him, ooviriog him with a pistol aud
gagging him 10 suppress a ory lor aasistnuoe.
li:s pockets woso searched and
fl.lt) was taken from him. Tbo highwaymen
wore jouog white men but tho
manner in which .hey went about their
work shewed them to bo thoroughly
abreast of the tiures in their protession.
Tno o.ty ii rapidly h)liu;? up wr.h a
vicious element whose character is
a amped on their faoes, aa-i it wentd bo
a good mrvuontbo pari of tho police
department to enforce the vagrant aot.
hlvcry man who has no visible sign of
support should Lj err to the chain
gang. The raiiroa h report that tramps
frcai all parts of the country aro moving
ir this d rrction and tho movement
should bo chocked ?Charleston Post.
in a Silver Car.
.Juan Gsrc;a and olanuel Altorverics,
Moi cn hoSo.8, who were boating
<hoir w?? Sin Au'ooio Tex , wire
?r-05ted by Federal authorities oi that
uutriot on the charge of breaking into
a loaded freight car. Tho car whioh
tho 'wo tramps entered foroibly to got
a trco ride od the Southern Psoiiic railroad
was loaded with silver bullion to
the amount of $125,000, which was bo
itig shipped to tin, (jiaK^onhtiai rofin
cry at l'orth Arnboy, N. J , from tho
smeltor at Monicrry. Iho tramps
woro unaware of the valuable oarg> on
wr ich they rodo until thoy hau almost
completed their jouroey, whea
they were t?k n in?o custody by officers.
None of tho bul'ion w: stolon.
Schley Cheered.
Hear Admiral Schley, who with bis
wife, arrived at. Philadelphia, as the
g ifst of (Job A. K. MoOiure, was th3
centre of an cr.thui astio domonstra?.on
at tho Mr ad ntrect station of the
Pennsylvania rei road whon tho Washington
ciprcs rolled lulo tic big train
shod. Moro than a thousand persona
were cc gifga ti in t.
t' o train the cu.wd to "
11 e people i ir- unt^K?j||8^:;s
was with UiUjh difficulty
a for
Ibo statioo. fW&SBKKg
A NEW EDITOR
Dr Richardson Elected Editor of 1
Advocate Over Dr. Willson.
Rev. W. K Richardson, D. D., L
been elected editor of Tho Soothe
Christian Advocate. This, no doat
will bo a surprise to the Methodists
Soath Carolina. Rev. Jno. O. W*
son, D. D.t baa for seven years boi
the editor of thie periodical and h
personality has become a part of Tj
Advocate.
Tho Colombia State Bays when Bis
op Galloway announced Friday mor
ink to tho Uonicretoe tliat tho oleotii
should be held Dr. Willson's frien
wero confident hat he would bo r
olcotcd- Oc the first ballot Dr. Wil
" on received 95 votes, Dr. Riohardsc
74, It^v. E O Watson 39 and Rlv. ]
E btaekbouho of Pendleton 23; tot
235, rccea'-ary to a choice 118. Oa tl
( coord ballot'here were 243, neoosea
to a ohoioo 122. Dr. Willson and D
Richardson detracted from the strong!
af tho other candidates ana Dr. Riohari
?on led by 15 votes. The return waaKiohardson
117, Wiilson 102, Watsc
15, Siackhoueo 8. Oa tho third ac
d-al ballot Watson and Staokhoueo r<
B< ivrd tvo votoa each and L. F. Real
enr; Richstdson 133. Willson 102.
While tho tellers wore oountirg tl
ro'cs, Bishop Galloway invited Bishc
Danoan to rrcaido. The latter was ii
formed by Rev. 8 II. Z mmerman th
qo thought that somo laymou had vot<
mno wero not eutitled. Those layrat
wero members of boards of trustee
5to , but not properly members of ooi
fercnoo. Tho bishop elated that if ai
ujh bad voted, they could withdra
h-2?r ballots, but cone werb withdraw!
l'ne ro ult would cot have been a
footed.
Dr. Willson was visibly affected. E
tfkikod to the edge of tho pulpit, bcsic
ho Bishop's desk, and said with trem'
iDg voioe that at tho call of oonfereni
Ho had uti viUingly takon up this worl
tnd unwilling does ho put it aside. E
lad not sought it in tho beginning, bi
Bid begun <.o lovo tho work. Howevi
bo would i: manly spirit receive tl
iiotum of conforcnoo. "All that I ai
>f you, bishop, is to send me to tl
poorest obarge "ith tho most miser!
lalary in conferenco, that I may s^o
;o my brethrcu that the shafts whic
isvo boon dircotod at me have been ui
lust." llo epoke with feeling of tl
nortifica'.ion which be had suffered c
icoouat of things which he did not pa
doularisB. Ho ended his statomout t
oucving his pledges of fidelity to h
son >rcncc and to God. At which thei
vas a respoo6ivo "Amen" from ail ovi
ho church
Elumor iu Cem?us Figures.
- There ts considerable amusement i
tl? Genius cables, and jok<
ira giingHbo roun "or the f*ct thi
Jhioago baa m^r*' h <.han New Vorl
>Uv liia- laoar Yora ii. siur :->?
)f goats. Pennsylvania beats all crtu
> att-s ic tuo number rf mules, whie
fact if mentioned in relation to its fai
iontl poiitios. Tbo figures show thi
; io variety of animals in this countr
s prac.ioally oomplete, and that No
York has its share?in fact, it is hat
:o tay what can not be found in tl
jroat American metropolis. It hi
Wall street, and it has farms, whic
ir. conducted at a nrofit. It has nuei
?oo in tho world and more represent
uves from every siotion of the ooui
try ihan any other city. It is a b
town, so jammed with interest that ot
soald live a bfotimo within its bonne
ri. s without finding out ono-half of i
.aots. ? Leslie's Weekly.
t^uite a Covey.
Two old hunters were swappit
joarns and had gotten to quad.
"Why," said one, "I remember
year when quail were so thick that y<
oonld get eight or ten at a shot with
rifle."
The other oca sighed.
"What a tic matte* ?" said tho fire
"1 was thinking of my quail hunt
1 had a floe black horse that 1 ro<
overywhcio, anu one day out huntii
quail 1 saw a bigaevdy on alow brant
of a tree. 1 threw tho bridle rain ow
tho limb and took a shot.
"Several birds foil and tho rost fb
away.
"Well, sir, thore were so many qu<
on that limb that when they flow off
sprang back into plaoe and hung c
horso."?Sunny South.
To Beat Gorman.
Maryland h<>publicans have a pi
to send l-idor liaynor the chief cou
nol for Koai Admiral Sjhley before t
couit of inquirv, to the United Stal
ccna'e. Ex Senator Gorman won t
Maryland legislature in tho late el<
tiOn by a majority of nino votes,
joint ballot. Hayner is a Gocnoor:
liko Gorman, but the Republicans s
if rney can get ton Djmoorats to vo
for Kiynor they wul ail vote for h
and el? ot bin over Gorman. It is at
thing to brat Gorman with tho Kept
licans, ai d some of tho leaders arc hi
with tho piau to get enough indopi
dent and anti Gorman support for Hi
nor to defeat G irman in that wa
Ttiey hopo to be able to work it out.
T 1 T.. i.. 11. - CI
ju'liyuu lulu me oea.
Frank K Keilbaoh who is suppoe
tc# have jumped overboard from t
t< au? ihip h?'tahooohoo on routo fr<
Savarnah to New York, was prnminc
politically and sjoiaily. 11 j was
Bon of woll to do parents and had hi
solf aooumulat-.'d considerable proper
Ho was 37 years old. For eevonte
i"ars ho had bcon connected wuh (
r th jo of ordinary in that oity, and t
ordinary pro tcm for sovoral mont
Ui account of a recent chango in I
office ho Inst his position of ohief ole
w.iioh seemed to prey on his mind; i
that ho needed the salary, as ho t
icd pont of the pay, but because
in: iy:nod his long sciviors were un
predated.
A Great Invention.
Mr. Santos Duuioot, wno has v
famo as an acroaant, having ob!*it
the Ihutsoli pries for doubling i
K.iffol Power in his ba loon, is no# ta
iag abou' crossing ;'~o Atlantio in t
ka:.oo. He says the orossing
ran in a balk.on is only a qu
r ultiplying the oapaoity i
of his present airship. It
lo that it will bo a good w)
he will undertake suoh a po
regc.
DISASTROUS WRECK 1
he
Twj Engines in a Ha ad Erd
Collisi >n- ' S
*8 I
rn
)t, APPALLINQ LOSS OF LITE.
of
li
an Oni Whole Train Burnad. Tha
119 jj
-o Engines Oomplately Wreckedh
Misunderstanding of Or*
in ders- 100 Killed,
ds
e- O30 of tho most disastrous wreoki io
[\. tho hiBtory of the Wabash railroad, or
)Q any other Miabigan road, ooourrcd at
[i. Seneca, Mioh., a small way station
aj about 70 miles southwest of Detroit,
ie between 7 aid 7:30 o'olook Wednesday
ry night.
,f- Trail. No. 13, au immigrant train.
lh with two engines, westbound, oollided,
u- under a full head of steam, with train
? -- -
?u. i, ouiuudqq, sDout one mile from
>Q Scaoca. The result was that five or
id six coaches oa the emigrant train were
9" crushed and its load of human freight
^ werj sent into eternity in a moment,
while ono oosch on train No. 4, which
16 consisted of a parlor oar, was also tole
P scoped and four dead bodies have been
a" taken fiom the ruins.
at it is not. known how many people
id thero were on the emigrant train, but
ID the number of dead and injured will be
9? anywhero irom t?U to 150.
Q' Tho pcoplo on that train were oaught
?y like rats in a trap and crushed. Then
w the wrack oaught fire and those who
a- were not irBtauily killed wore slowly
*' rousted to death and none of tho few
spectators wao hastily gathered from
tho farm houses nearby were able to
e afford aid. Tho whole emigrant train
b- was soon oonsamod by tho flames and
3e every person on that train, it is reportol
now, was killed.
Farmers residing along tho traok
Jt rushed in on the biasing mass to rescue
or thoso whom they thought might be
10 alive. Tho bodies hauled out of the
'fc wreck wero taken to nearby farm
10 houses, which are filled with dead, and
'7 a large number of injured were taken to
w a hospital at Peru, lnd. '
'b Along tho track, long linos burned
a" bodies lie oovered with blanketB, pro10
seating a grcweomo sight. It may be
,n poreiblo that the exaot number of killed
r* or wno they aro will never bbs?aown*
?y At present it is impossible to gefcsany^^^^^^^^^^^^
thing resembling a list of the injuta^fl^HflBj^H|^^|
or
It is saiu here that the aooidentV H
the result of a misunderstanding of
dors, it is reported in Seneca that H
No. 4 should have waited at Seneoa sta-in
tion and No. 13 shou.d have taken the
is Biding? Trt-s.'waa not done. . Tuen thb " w
it crash came, i ho next result is that >.
c, one wno.e traiu, No. 13, is burned; the I
? ?|-'ft *-w- * -?-? *?<! and tu~
>r baggage oar is orushed into kinuung
ih wooh. I
The Boer War.
President Roosevelt's aosonoo from wwl
w Washington on a brief holiday saved I
him the cuibarcassment Sanday of flj
[0 hearing a pro-Boer sermon at the I
Batch Reformed ohurah which he 1
U naouuaitv atiandfl. Th# Ota
" tho IV.v. Hcrmana von Broekhuizor,
k. formerly pastor of tho principal church
* at Proici*, and chaplain of the voiks;
raad. He took up arma for the Boor MB
JU oauae ami whoa oapturcd by the Brit^
iih was exited. Coming to thia oount8
try, Mr. Brockhuizcr has been raising
moDey tor tho relief of the Boer women M
and ohildren out not with any great V
su : tad?y night this Boer 1
preacher deeoribod the situation in J
lS South Africa in all its horrors, "lap
peal to you, the people of the Ucitsd ?
* States," he said, "to raiae your voioo
>u in proto't, and when you do, it will
* mean the tioorty of South Africa. Tne
oaub- of this war, which has practioally
devastated an entire nation is
'* tho glamor of gold ia the Johannesburg
gold dolus. Chamberlain and those as3C
aoomed w.ta him soo nothing bat this
gold, but we of South Africa oan say
with Bismarck: 'South Africa wili bo ^
er England a g-'ve.' England has boon
pouring moa luto Africa for two years,
JW and we are still unoonquored. Rhodes
.. said in the Capo Colony parliament:
'.ll 'The two black spots in South Africa
must bo made rod,' and they aro being
uy mado red, only it is with the blood of
the Englishmen, and thoy oannot much
longer stand the drain."?Tho State.
an Death of a Minister,
in- The Pickc - People's .Journal, of last
he week, says: "At tho Methodist partes
aonago on the morning of the 22d inot.,
he Rev. C. E Wit-gins fell to sloop. Sitoj
>o- 1854 he has preached Christ to dying
on men and vomcn, and the oloudleas skv
*t, of an eternal day must have mat hi3
ay visicn a? he entered through the gates
to to bo with his Lord. For many months
im past ho had luliered the life of an in>y
valid, and in the faoo of all that ekill>b
iul physicians and home's loved ones
it>y oould do, ho gradually weakened and
>Q- died. Entering the Soutn Carolina
iy- Conference in 1811, ho remaiaed in its
>y- bounds for a time, lie then joined the
Ilolstcin CoLferenoe and for some yoars
was stationed in North Carolina and
\ trginia. Afterwards he again beoame
^ . a member of the 3outh Carolina Confer'9~
enoe, and as a supeianuate of the Conferonce
be died in his soventy third
year. IIis remains were carried to
>D Hampton ounty for intorment. He
B was tho fathor of Rev. W. K. Wiggins
ra" who is p s or in ohargo of Kisley and
Bcthcgfia clronit." Mr. Wiggins was
well known in this oonnty, and the
'&c news of his death will be received with
hi! rogrut- ,
The Sodth's Vote.
not ^ Di"P ft m Washington says
via iu?v rtutvL-a in ns wilt DO made by
bo Rcpresontativee Olmstaad of Ponnsylkp
vania acd Crntnpsokor of Indiana, during
tho coming Congress toseanre a reduotioo
iu tho congressional representation
of Southern States. President
ron MoKinhy stopped a similar attempt at
tod the last congress by annouuoing he
the w.uld no Big > tho bill. Tho plan is
Ik- a hooby with Henry C. Payne, ohairhat
man of tha Kxooutivo Committee of
; of the llepu1 :icao National Committee,
ics- The aiv oat:s of tho rtduoticn ezpeot
trid a hard fight, but are hopeful .of ultij .
is mate suoo* hh The attempt Kill start
tile a most bi ter fictional fight and will
ril- renew the bitterness and strife which
prevailed Jast after the Civil War,