The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 10, 1904, Image 1

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'DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR}LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OE OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL )(XIX. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904. NO 24. BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Over Three Million Dollars Increase j in Mill Values ADDED REVENUE TO THE STATE. There Will Be Another Moot ?nc on 14th of, This Month to Audit Any Complaints Willoh May Bo Made. The State board of equalization bas j concluded its labors and has announc ed tbe assessments upon cotton mill property In this State. The total shows an increase of 83,200,000 over last year. Tbe increased income of tbe State on the 5 mill levy will be about $16,000. The total amount of taxable mill property aa represented In the assess ments of 1003 was 834.557.705 and for j the current year 837,702,000. The j increase ls due to the building of new mills and to thc fact that there were reductions at Cllf tun aud Pacolet last year. The board will meet on the 14th to audit any complaints. The report of the committee on cotton mills was adopted and thc fol lowing assessments made: Abbeville Couuty -Abbeville cotton mills, 8533,130. Aiken County-Clear Water, $300, 000; Langley Manufacturing Com pany, $700,000; Aiken, 8300,000; Granitevllle, $840,000, Warren, $505, 000. Anderson County-Anderson cotton mills, $750,000; Cox Manufacturing company, $105,000; Orr cotton mills, $400,000; Riverside, 8110,500; H. C. Townsend, $25,000 Coroucca, $15,000; Toxaway, $155,000; Conneross, $5,000; Gluck mill, 8107,800: Pendleton cot ton innis, $20,?u; rendici?n Manufac turing company, $50,000; Belton mills, 8030,000; Brogan mills, $107, 000; Chiquola, $100,735; Pelzer Manu facturing company, $1,500,000; Pied mont Manufacturing company, $1, 280,0p0; Williamston mill. , $200,000. Bamberg County-Bamberg cotton mills, $70,000. Cherokee County--Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company, $250,000; Gaffney Carpet company, $41,840; Gaffney Manufacturing company, 8720,800; Limestone, $127,000; Vul canized Fibre company, $7.500. Chester County-Eureka cotton mills, $150,000; Springstein mills, 8216,007; Wylie mills, $100,000; Mon ett a, $103,510. Clarendon County-Manning Hos iery mills, $5,500. Colleton Couuty-Colleton cotton mills, $71,300. Darlington County. - Darlington Manufacturing company, $450,000; Hartaville cotton mill. $201,210. Edgefleld County-Ed'-.jllold M-\nu i> airfield County-Fairfield cotton mills, $188,800. Gre vibe Cgunty-Batcsvllle Cot ton Mid company, $20,000: Brandon, 8258,115; Fork Shoals, $47,500; Foun tain Inn, $50,000: American Spin ning company, $6X0,000; Carolina mills, $25,000; F. W. Poi Manufac turing company, $025,000: Huguenot mills, 8100,000; Mills Mai ufacttiring company (05 per cent.) 8350,855: Monaghan, $530,700; McGhee Manu facturing company, 60,OOO; Reedy River, 100,085; Union HU aching and F. company, 180,000; Woodside cot ton mills, $80,000; Franklin mills, $50,000; Pelham mills, $175,893; Piedmont Manufacturing company (see Anderson county.) Greenwood County -Ninety-Six cot ton mill, $01,700; Glendale, $350,000; Greenwood cotton mills, $lHy,750. Kershaw County--Camden cotton mills, $145,000; DeKalb cotton mills, $155,000. Lancaster County - Lancaster cot ton mills, $720,207. Laurens County Lydia cotton mills, 840,000; Banna cotton mills, 8110,000; Laurens cotton mills, $525, 000; Watts cotton mills, $155,430; Clinton cotton mills, $172 500. Lexington Cc linty- L e x I n g t o n Manufacturing company, $50,000: Middleburg mills, SS1.200; Saxe Gotha, $70,000. Marion County Maple. $85,000; Dillon cotton mills, $08,300; Hamer, \r$73,800: Ashby cotton mills, $30,000; Dicion Hos,liu",v.naills (sold out and re moveos ,> ' \ Marlboro County-Octarora mills, $17,500; Marlboro^ cotton mills, $7<H), 400. \ Newberry County- Glen Lowry Manufacturing corJbpany, $500,000; Molahan, $235,000; r?s'ewbcrry cotton mills, $170,000. Oconee County Courtney Manufac turing company, $350,1)00' Seneca cot ton mills, $210,000; Walhalla cotton mills, $120,000; Cheswich, $140,000. Orangeburg Count)!; Orange mills, $50,000; Orange Mfg. (To., $200,000. Plckens County -Wasley cotton mills, $345,255; Norrlsl cotton mills, $205,081; Liberty cottoib mills, $113, 500; Glenwood, $207,00f); Issaquena, $34,240. Richland County- Capital City, $100,000; Columbia Mills company, $608,000; G ran by, $800,001); < Hympbia, $1,750,000; Palmetto, S5?.250; Rich land, $150,000. Sumter County Summer mills, $35,000. Spartanburg County mills, *210,ooo: Clifton] $900,000; Cowpens Mfg. Cd Mary Louise, $20,600; Drajyton, $120, 78i per 000; 000; mills (05 per cent.,) $287,050; Hine Ridge hosiery mills, $30,ooo; Valley Falls Mfg. (Jo., $00,250: Pelham mills (see Greenville,) $10,110; Pacolet Mfg. Co., $500,000; Beaumont, $ioo,ooo; Saxon mills, $201,000; Spartan mills, 81,300,000; Tucapau, $105,051); Whit ney, $385,000: Woodruff, 8105,000; Apalache, $315,000; Arcadia, 120,115. Union County -Buffalo cotton mills, 8300,000 Jonesville Mfg. Co., $150,700; Aetna cotton mills, $138,750; Lock hart cotton mills, $503,000; Excelsior knitting mills, $110,500; Monarch cot ton mills, $350,000; Union cotton mills, $1,089,100. York County- -Bowling Green knit ting mills, $15,000; Clover cotton mills, 8225,000; Fort Mill Mfg. Co., $121,400; M?lfort mill, $61,720; Arc ade cotton mills (90 per cent.,) 8120, Arkwright Mfg. Co., $00,000; ary louise, *zo,uuu; u runton, ?>i_u, <5; Enoree, $020,000: Tyitcr mills (io ?r cent.,) $68,500; Fingjerville, 850, )0; thc 1). E. Converse Co., $500, )0: Victor Mfg. Co., $43/7,500; Inman 305; Highland Park Mfg. Co., $187, 500; Manchester cotton mills, $231, 325; Victoria $72,000; Tavora, $50, 000; Ycrk (05 per cent.,) $172,500; Chicora, $00,000; Fowell waste mills, $2,500. Oil. MILLS ASSESSED The assessment made on oil mills last year was adopted for this year with the following changes: Aiken Industrial company, $31,200 00 per cent. $18,170. Darlington, oil mill, $05,000, 00 per cent. $39,000. South Carolina Cotton OH company at Greenville, ?48,200. Southern Cotton Oil company at Greenville, $9,080. Dillon OH company (burned), $?, 400. Cowpens Cotton Oil company, $20, 000, 00 per cent; $12.000,rebuilt. Rich lilli, $18,000, 00 percent 10, 800, capital increased. NKW MILLS ASSESSED. Cotton Oil company, Denmark, $20, 00?; 00 per c^nc. 812,000. Broadway Oil company, Belton, $22,000; $13,200. Clarendon OH company, St. Paul, 810,000; $9,000. Independent Cotton OH company, Timmonsvllle, 11,000; 80,000. TimmonsvilleOll mill, $29,000; $17, 400. Cameron Oil company, 320,000; 812, 000. Rowesvllle, 320,000; 812,000. Wilkinville, $15,000; $9,000. Prosperity, $20,000; $12 000. Walterboro Oh company, $25,000; 815,000. Gold ville Oil company, 312,000; $7, 200. Seaboard OH company, 832,000; $19, 200. Townvllle Oil company, $10,000; $9,000. Lee County Manufacturing com pany, $25,000; 315,000. Westminster. $20,000; $12,000. Fort Motte, $20,000; $12,000. Donnald Cotton OH company, $15, 000; 89,000. .Jonesville, $20,000; 812,000. Williamsburg, $30,000; $18,000. Pauline Cotton Oil company, 820, 000; 812,000. Pickens, $20,000; 812,000. KEUTILIZER PLANTS. The assessments on fertilizer facto ries were not changed, the follwiug re port having been adopted: We recommend that all assessments stand same as last year. While we lind many of the assessments reduced we see no reason for same, as we have no information at our command to warrant same: Anderson Fertilizer company, An derson county, 800,000. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany, Beaufort county, 8105,000. Asbepoo Fertilizer company, Char leston county, $78,000. Etiwan Fertilizer company, Charles J^ms**-"*}? $45,1 O0T^ ,.,-u^r...^ "Vi rfc .fila ^?roi ?a Chemical com pany (Atlantic works), Charleston county, 8118,200. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Chicora works), Charleston county, $160,650. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Berkeley works), Charleston county, $50,808. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Imperial works), Charleston county, $! 10,910. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Standard works), Charleston county, $180,810. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Stono works), Charleston coun ty, $122,235. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Wando works), Charleston coun ty, $01,488. Read Prospbato company, Charles ton county, $41,649. Virginia-Carolina Chemical con pany, Cherokee county, $32,982. Georgia Chemical works, Colleton county, $111,421. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany, Dorchester county, $54,000. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany. Greenville county, $80,955. Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany, Richland county, $75,000. F. S. Royster Guano company, Rich land county, 845,180. Sparlanburg Fertilizer company, Spartanburg county, $7,ooo. Total, $1,553,474. Coorain Cotton Crop. A well known traveling man of At lanta, for a number of years in the cotton business In that alty and Ma con, who has just returnd to Atlanta from a two months trip to all parts of Georgia, declares that the outlook for anything like a full cotton crop in that state ls the gloomiest since the civil war. With the single exception of a small area of territory around Al bany, Fort Valley and Weekley, there is no Indication of an average crop. In some sections he says not more than a third of the cotton acreage has been planted, and what seed have been put in the ground has only partially ger minated, owing to the prolonged drought. He gave lt as his opinion that cotton would call again for 15 cents per pound before Christmas, ow ing to the calamities to thc crop in Georgia and the weevil pest in Texas, the two large producing states in the Union. * Fourni II?H Ot ad Hotly. The dead body of Herman S. Petti bone, 31 years old, a son of former Congressman A. ll. Pettibone of Ten nessee, was found in a hotel In Wash ington Thusday. Some drugs of a mix ture of aconite and morphine were found in a glass on the bureau of thc room Indicated that the man had com mitted suicide and the coroner gave a certllicate to that effect, Pettilxme had been dead some hours when found. Mis father, who ls now at Huntsville, Ala., was notified. Young Pettibone had been despondent. ?tciin thf Money. A loss Of from $30,000 to $00,000 tl)rough the embezzlement of Its funds by a trusted employe, Douglass ? M. Smith, ls admitted by the olllcers of the National Tradesmens bank of i New Haven, Conn. Thc exact loss is not yet known. Smith, who waa pay ing and receiving teller of the bank, i has acknowledged voluntarily that he , embezzled about 830,000 and the grea ? ter part of it, if not all, within the . past eight or nine months. JOINED THE SOUTH. Many Regular Army Officers Joined the Confederate Forces. MANY OF THEM BECAME FAMOUS. A Partial List, Willoh KmbraccB Only Thone Who HoRcTto MI ?ls Rank tn tho New Army that Followed Lee. The Washington Star says from In quiry recently made has been learned that 242 regular army olllcers resigned to enter thc Confederate service dur ing the civil war. The movement was gradual, beginning on December 31, 1800, and continuing to August 23, 1801. The tirst olllcer to resign was Captain and Brevet Major Henry C. Wayne, assistant quartermaster. He sent in his resignation on the last day of 1800. On the following day Brevot Second Lieutenant Wade II. Gibbes, 2d cavalry, resigned and also Second Lieut. Janies H. Holliuquist, 4th artillery. Up to January 28, 1801, seven other olllcers resigned. In Feb ruary twenty-four more resigned. When the bombardment of Fort Sumter "tired the Southern heart" resignations followed fast, causing uneasiness in the North, creating grave doubts concerning the loyalty of regular anny olllcers, of whom so much was now expected, and also gen erating intense and unjust prejudice against the West Point Military Academy. The humble rank of many at the outset who afterward held high command is interesting to note. The late Gen. .lames Longstreet, who shattered tho army of Rosecrans afc Chickamauga and would have done a great deal more had he not met a great Virginian-Gen. George H. Thomas-was a peaceful paymaster when the war began and never turned his back on the Government till June 1, 1801. Hobert Edward Lee resigned the colonelcy of the 1st cavalry on April 25, 1801. Ho had been superinten dent of West Point-the best mili tary school in the world. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was a first lieu tenant in the 2d cavalry and resigned May 21. Geu. "Joe" Wheeler was second lieutenant In a regiment of mounted rillemen, and resigued April 22. Both armies (hilled and fought by "Hardee's Tactics." The day before the battle of Shiloh began Hardee (a Confederate general) sat on his horse and watched a brigade of Grant's sol diers drilling by "Hardee's Tactics," and the next day cried out, to a cap tured regiment: "Boys, 1 saw you drilling hy "Har dee's Tactics' yesterday. To day you you are lighting by them." Willi rt rn J. Hardee. was _ lieutenant "cblbn^l?f~cne I'sTcavalry a?ST?e??gu?cf on January 31, 1861 i Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell at thc bead of his victious linea on thc tirst day at Shiloh, was colonel of the 2d cavalry and brevet brigadier gen eral. Ile resigned on May 3. He had commanded an expedition against the Mormons. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, who fought so desperately at luka and Corinth and who afterward at Holly Springs burnt up the supplies and ammunition Grant had tgathered for the Vicks burg campaign-who defeated Grant's advance through Central Misslssppi was major of the 2d cavalry and re signed on the 31st Of January. After his raid on Holly Springs ne was kill ed by an injured husband. Gen. John II. Winder, who won ill fame as chiet commander of Ander scoville prison, was major and brevet lieutenant colonel ol the 1th artillery. He resigned on the 27t,h ol' April. Capt. Lucius B< Northrop, of the 1st dlagoons, resigned on January 8. Gen. Kirby Smith, whose name was a household world west of the Missis sippi, was major of thc 2d cavalry and resigned on April ll. Every veteran of thc war knows what a Sibley tent is. lt was invent ed by Major Henry II. Sibley, of the 1st dragoons, who resigned on May 13. Gen. John B. Magruder was captain and brevet lieutenant colonel of thc 1st artillery and resigned on April 20. Gen. Richard S. E.vell, who made such trouble on Meade's right Hank at Getysburg and was heard of at other places, was a captain of tho lat dragoons and resigned May 7. "Stonewall" Jackson was a first, lleufccntcnant in thc 8th infantry and resigned April 1. Gen. .lohn C. Pemberton, who sur rendered Vicksburg and 37,ooo men to Gen. Grant and who till then had been a special favorite of Jefferson Davis, was captain and brevet major in the 4fch artillery and resigned on April 29, Ile was a Northern man and was led to join the Confederacy by his wife, a daughter of the South. Goo. Pierre G. T. Beauregard, of South Carolina, who superintended thc bombardment of Fort Sumter, who commanded at Shiloh after thc fall of Albert Sidney Johnston and who fortified Corinth against, llallcck, was captain and brevet major of the corps of engineers. He resigned February 20. Gen. Lewis A. A milstead, one of thc heroes of Pickett's charge at Get tysburg, was captain and brevet major of tile tilli Infantry and resigned May 20. Ile was a Virginian, as all of Pickett's men were. At Gettysburg bc lcd the forlorn hope across the stone wall and was killed about twelve paces inside of lt. When lie feli Lieut. Gushing (Union) was ten paces In front of him and was killed while tiring a charge of grape and canister into the Confederate ranks from tlie last available gun of the Gushing battery. Capt. George E. Pickett resigned from tlie 9th i til uti try on June 25 He lcd thc famous charge at Gettys burg and wasdesperateiy wounded. Capt. J. E. B. Stuart, of tho 1st cavalry, resigned May l t to become Gen. "Jeb" Stuart, Lee's great cavalry leader, who was mortally wounded in battle. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, "Lee's right bower," was a lirst lieutenant of the 1st artillery and resigned March 1. In a dying delirium Stonewall Jack son said: "Order A. P. Hill to pre : pare for action. Pass the infantry to the front." Then, as If the fray had been won, be added: "Let us cross the river and.rest in tbe shade of the trees." When Grant was crushing the lines at Petersburg Lee said to Hill: "General your men are giving way." Hill galloped into the melee and fell. Gen John Ii. Villcplgue, who led a wing of Price's army at Corinth, was a first lieutenant of the 2d dragoons and resigned on March 31. Gen. John JU. Hood, who fought with Sherman at Atlanta and with Thomas at Nashville, was a tlrst lieu tenant of the 2d cavalry and resigned on April 16. Capt. Lafayette McLaws. of the 7th infantry, resigned March 23. On the second day at Gettysburg, asagoneral of Longstreet's corps, he almost cap tured Hound Top-thc key of the bat tlctleld. He made assault In conjunc Mon with Hood. Meade afterward said that If Round Tup had been taken "nothing could have been held." Gen. John S. Marmaduke bore a leading part in the lighting west of the Mississippi. His raids into Mis souri made him famous. He was a se cond lieutenant of the 7th Infantry, resigning on April 17. lt is a good time since the war and If any mistake ls found In the preced ing let some Southern "vet" correct it. Of these disaffected otllcers three have since been In the service of the United States Government- Gen Fithzugh Lee, Gen Joseph Wheeler and the late Gen Longstieet, the lat ter having been related by marriage to Gen Grant and having a sou now commanding a company In the 13tb United States cavalry, lt ls probably well known that a soldier of the Mex can war who afterward served In thc Confederate army is nevertheless en titled to a pension for hts service in Mexico. JAPANESE CUT TO PIECES. Cossacks Hore Down on Them in n ItealBtlcBH Charge. The .Japanese lost 200 killed anda number of horses In the tight at Va genfuohu Wednesday. The Rusdans opened tire at 8 o'clock in the morn ing and after two hours and a half long ratine tiring the Japanese under Gen. Akkiama prepared to charge and crush the. force which had been har rassing them for twenty-one days, in thc meantime Gen. Samsonen' was approaching Vagenfuchu with a strong force of cavalry. It was a sight worth seeing when at the word of command, the Russian squadrons formed and rushed like a whirlwind across thc terrible cut up country, clearing away all obstacles, the bat teries at the same time trotting along thc frightful roads. Having passed the railroad station, the troops came under thc tire of the Japanese ma chine guns, but withdrew without suffering much loss. Tho fourth and sixth companies ol the E'ghth Siberian Cossacks furious ly charged the Japauese cavalry with lances, attacking both thinks. - In a few minutes they literally cut the whole squadron into pieces. This was the first time lances were used and they struck terror to the euemy. In some cases the lances pierced the riders through and wounded their horses. Some of the lances cojld not be withdrawn from the bodies into which they hud entered. The Japanese in fantry, numbering four battalions of 300 men to a company, and eight squadrons of cavalry attempted to ad vance, hut the Russian batteries open ed and soon the slope up which the enemy was advancing was covered with hlaek spots and the. enemy was forced to scatter and retire. The Jap at.de cavalry were wonderfully dash ing, charging with shouts upon the Russians, who met and scatered them. A Cossack who had lost his lance and sword wrenched a sword from a Japaneseotliccr and cut ctr theotllcer's head. The Cossa ,ks picked up boots which had been taken od by thc Jap anese in order to facilitate the fight and nourished them on their lances as j tropics. The Japanese used the Roer trick of displaying dummies but the Cossacks did not waste a shot on them. Gen. Samsonot! highly praised the practice of thc Russian gunners. Died ol*Starvation. Henry Miles, a colored man resid? lng at Illy the, Ga., died Tuesday night of last week at the home of friends at 812 Camphell street, after a lingering illness indicted at his own hands on July 4, inuit. Miles, on the date mentioned, through mistake, drank enough pottassium to leave his throat in a condition that through a com plication of diseases, gradually ally grew worse until it closed entire ly up Tuesday, and Dr. Goodrich, who was in attendance, was unable to fcive him any nourishment, lt was deeincrl necessary to hold an inquest Wednesday, and the body received a pauper's hurlai Wednesday afternoon. Family Poisoned. The Charleston Post says: "The family of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. DeGaf ferelly were still quite ill Friday from the effects Of the icecream which they partook of heartily on Monday night at a party, given at their home on King street. Thc material from which the cream was made was thc best, and tho on'.y explanation which can he advanced is that thc churn ls responsible for the poisoning of all who ate the cream. Mrs. DeGaffer elly and Mr. Oscar Hughes are Ina worse condition than the other mem bers of the family. While their con dition ls serious, hopes are entertain ed of their recovery." Lynched in Iowa. At Orangeville, Iowa, T. M. Myers, who killed George Brownlee and wounded Alice Bennett three weeks ago, has been taken from otllcers and lynched. The lynchers wero masked and outnumbered; the otllcers three to one. Thc method of death is not known. Myers yyaa being taken to tlic county iail. Killed Hy Faut Mail. Frank Ilolmcs.'elghtecn years old, and Daniel Deadrl^h, aged nine, were Instantly killed by a fast mall on the Southern railway riear the Memphis city limits Frldatt morning. Thc boys were driving 'lacrosa the track when the accident occurred, ?EMAN'S HALL. One of .thi Old Coloriai Hontea of Lrwer Carolina. SITUATED OR* OLD GOOSE CREEK. rn: Secrot Passages or tho Old Man alon, Which ls Now CJolng to'Ruins. Haid tu Bo Haunted. In the busy rush of our own times, surrounded by all the conveniences and luxuries, it is like reading a romance of another age, when we paus?j?nd confider the lives of those who preceded un In the days when this | land was young. Their quiet, and to us uneventful lives, seem so full of peace) and yet like us, they had their caret; and anxieties., and perhaps often great jr trials. They went more slowly, hut Ul ey had a hard battle to wage in reclaiming the wilderness. I Milrtnvlte my readers to go back I with "'EBB about a century anda half and lake a peep at the home and home: .lifo of, one of the stately and busy dames of that period. ? On i the banks of Goose Creek there still s '.ands the ruins of an old man sion h lit about the year 1094, by Sir John ?emans, and sold by him to Thoma^ Smith, Landgrave of South Carolina. The house was of brick, remarkable for their small size, and j as ar jv^ldence that these peoples' lives | were/'ho';' altogether passed in peace, tho tause was fortified ag a'nat the atta? s of Indians. Thc walls of the base eht and of the first story were prov, ed, with loopholes, and an under ground' vaulted passage led .to the creek! where boats were concealed, so that in . case the house was tired the ? family could make their escape. IicLwccLi tue ceiling and floor of one of tlfe rooms was arranged a small seorel] chamber, access to which was bad through a trap door concealed In a clos :t on the second lloor. Thd house was entered from the front'Athe door leading into a large hall, flom which led doors into other rooms,'"We are told by one who wrote of th4) old house many years ago, that the f alls of this hall were painted in llandfjape and tiny gilded cherubs spreajl their wings above the arches ?of thj panels. A huge fireplace stood in oni corner, decorated with Dutch tilesjrepreseuting scriptural scenes. raising to the back of this hall, a stairway led to thc upper rooms; holes w?re?pterced at intervals in the wall, so thuf.i? an entrance was forced Into the baU the defenders could lire upon the ?.Yuny. Almtfeb -within a stone's throw of the jltf&Se is the family burying grountl,. where sleep several genera tion'? 'u1 those who luhabltated the j old ^*fef<"m;cert.ai n .old. records,, j. tu as customary in those days' (174." to remain upon thc plantation all the year round, and there are some letters written to friends in Charles ton inviting them to come Into the country in .July and August, to escape the heat of the city. Now let us take a look into the busy home life of the mistress of this old j mansion, Madame S-, was left a widow with a large family of children and step-children; she proved herself a most efficient manager, and was aid ed by a worthy man, Mr. F.lerton, who appears to have lilied the posi tion of schoolmaster, and general factotum of the establishment, lie kept a journal of everything that transpired, and it is from this old re cord that we. gain an insight Into the daily life ot* tho plantation. To quote some of these entries will give a bet ter idea of this life than I cadd de scribe, and so 1 will use his own words: ".January 20, 1740. -Madam went to Mr. Sam Waring's and remained until 21th. "January 25th she rented Hack River Plantation to I'cter llusklns, 27th went to church with Mr. A relier j Smith, :t0th, sold seven cords of wood and killed hogs. "February 20th- Settled with Mad am for the year. She paid balance In my favor. "March 17th-Miss Hetsey Smith and her niece Nancy Waring, came from Goose Creek from Nancy's uncle, who sent her to me to school, and to j live with her step-grandmother, Mad ame S "May 14th-John and Archer S. came to school. "May 28th-Received letter from Capt Grange to appear and muster on au alarm. "Thirty-seven negroes taken up and carried before Mr. Colleton; kept guard all night In sundry places; this after noon came from muster field, and went again at niglit after setting patrols. "July 12th-Madame went to Mr. Ralph Iza rd's to pay her tax; it amounted to Cl.'18. "July 23-Madame and Miss Hetsey went to hear Mr. Whitfield preach; and the dog, Jowler, died.'' These are only a few of tho entries in this queer old record, and go to show how busy were the lives lived by these people. Mr. Elerton was very careful in bis notes, recording the negro insurrection of 1740 as well as the fact that "the dog Jowler died," and that he had fin ished the "potter cellar." Madame was kept busy with her household affairs, she. went In person to pay her taxes, attended to t ?e schojling wf her children, and those of her relatives. She was a "dissenter," for she went often to hear the noted Mr. Whitfield preach. With lt all she found leisure for reading, for we are told that a negro boy was sent at in tervals to Dorchester for books from thc circulating library, Ile went about twelve miles, mounted a horse and carrying a bag made of cow-skin, with the hair Inside to prevent scratching the book. Madame S-lived to a good old age, and Hes In thc family burying ground nearby the now deserted and ruined mansion. She died In 1777, and a quaint story ls told, bow she still haunted the scenes of her busy life. A governess was employed In the family many years after; one Sunday morning sho stole away to her cham ber and indulged in the very naughty plc:.sure of reading a novel called 1 'The Turkish Spy. " Deeply interest ed In the thrilling tale, she heard foot steps approaching, the chamber door opened noiselessly, and an old lady of bengin countenance anpeard, dressed In a brown silk gown, with white muslin kerchief pinned across her breast, and wearing a close cap. The governess supposing her to be a visi tor, arose and offered her a seat; the ligure advanced, pointed to the open novel, and passed silently on into an other room whore, she disappeared. The description of the figure, and its dress corresponded to the appear ance of Madano S-no one else had Been her, and thus the spirit of the st?rn "dissenter" bad comeback to rebuke the desecration of the Sabbath in her old home. From that time we are told the governess was more particular in her (selection of Sunday reading and we (suppose con lined herself to tracts and other re ligious works.-J. I. W. In Charleston Post._ MIXED HIS LETTERS UP. Put Hla Pension and Insurance Ap plication? in Wroiifc Knvelopes. Besides being a statesman, Senator Dryden of New Jersey is also the . president ot a prominent life in surance company. The other day he received a letter like this: "Dear Sir: I am desirous of taking out a life insurance policy, and as I am from your Btate, I thought I would write you directly, thinking I might get better terms, especially as I am In the best of health and would be an excellent risk. I have never suffered a day's serious illness in my life. I would be glad if you would have one of your agents directed to give my matter personal attention. Very truly yours, John Smith." The next letter the senator picked up had been forwarded to him from the insurance company's main office, and was along this line: "Dear Slr: Can't you get mea pension? I served in the Spanish war, contracted a fever in Cuba, and have since suffered with weakness of the back and legs, shock to nervous system, diseases of the stomach and digestive organs, vertigo and other ailments until I am a physi cal wreck. If anything ls to be done ; for me lt must come soon. Very j respectfully, John Smith." Mr. Smith had made the embarrass- j ing mistake of addressing the appllca- ( Hon for pension to the insurance office , and thc letter about the policy to j Washington. Had he not done this his deception would probably never , have been discovered. As a result Smith will receive neither the pension ( nor the policy. A Full Menagerie of Names. A story is told of a Cherokee woman who has married six times, and has ; never gotten out of the animal line. When-she was a girl she was known : as M?.^J&lQlUev.^4Uthe Sh* married. ! an Indian named Coon, and when that gentleman was transferred to the happy hunting grounds she soon be came Mrs. Fox. The Fox did not last ' always, and when he entered the last obase the widow married a mild man named Mule, who never ha l any kick coming till he harnessed up to draw his load across the great divide. After a period of mourning the widow again entered the realms of matrimo nial bliss and became Mrs. Wolfe; and when his scalp went to the Great Father, along with his corporeal re mains, she became the wife of a man named Tiger, and when Mr. Tiger changed his stripes for a pretty white robe in the great beyond she selected another husband by thc name of Rabbit. Shot Himself Dead. C. L. Saylor otlice manager for the Armour Packing company at South Omaha, Nt b., committed suicide at ilanscomb park Thursday by shoot ing himself through the head. The act was committed an hour bet?re the time set for Mr. Saylor's departure for an Ohio sanitarium, where he was going for treatment of his nervous sys tem. He had been a sufferer from nervous prostration for nearly a year, said to have been the result of over work. During the afternoon Saylor had made all preparations for his east ern trip and started for a stroll in the park before starting to tho train. An hour later his son walked through the park and discovered his father lying near a path in a pool of blood. Saylor was prominent in business and profes sional clubs has been connected with the Armour plant since its construc tion several years ago. He was 48 years of age and leaves a widow and four children. MytitcriouH Murders. Soldiers at Fort Kilian Allen which is located near Burlington, Vt., are panic stricken by three mysterious muiders that have been committed on men in the ranks and the fourth sav age attack upon au infantryman who is now dying from stab wounds. All of the details of the murders have been kept secret by officers, who are In communication with General Cor bin. He is expected at the Fort to take personal charge of the inquiry. Homes arc barricaded and men of the district go heavily armed at night. The names of the murdered men are kept secret and nothing but tho bare facts are obtainable. The first mur der was three weeks ago Thursday. The fact that all thc victims were soldiers loads to the belief that the bloody deeds are the work of a deser ter who ls c'ra/.y._ Tho Ohio Way. A dispatch from Springfield, Ohio, says another lynching was attempted I there Thursday night. A crowd of I negroes surrounded the jail at mid night to lynch Walter Fisher, colored, under arrest for killing Edward Boone, colored. Sheriff Routzahn had just returned from Dayton where he took Fisher for safe keeping, and so advis ed the crowd, which yelled back that they would get Fisher when he was brought back for trial. Pound Dead in Room. John C. Cole, representing an in surance company of New York, was found dead In his room lu a hotel at Birmingham, Ala., Thursday night. Ile was a well known man having oc cupied a prominent government posi tion In Washington for a number of years. He lived In Portsmouth, O., land has relatives there. EVERYBODY GOT DIAMONDS. Expresa Train Shower? Vlllr.-o With Precious Gema. A special to the New York Times (rom Raleigh, N. C., says: News has been received here that Lucarna, a little town'near this city, has been In a state of ferment for the past week. On Monday a passenger train was wrecked near the station and several cars were destroyed by fire, among them the express car. After the fire was put out men, women and children began to pick about in the ashes. One man found a small object which proved to be a small diamond worth $000. Immedi ately lt became known that there were diamonds In the ashes orowdB flocked to the scene of the wreck. The night before the news was gen erally known the man who made the discovery revisited the scene, carrying a number of empty Backs. He filled them with the ashes of the car. On sifting them he uncovered diamonds to the value of $18,000, the railroad people are of the opinion that the, value of the stones Btlll unaccounted for ls more than double that of those already found. The railroad later placed a guard around the wreck. The railroad has not been requested to pay for the diamonds, nor has the express com pany. It ls believed they were stolen goods being expressed to some point South, and that the shippers are afraid to make known their identity. Several lawsuits have grown out of the finds. The owner of the soil says that the diamonds belong to him un less the railroad demands them for the real owner. A negro found one gem valued at a thousand dollars. The owner of the land on which the wreck occurred Bued him for the pos session of the diamond, but the negro won. I Tho Weovll Eater. Dr. Cook says the ant he has dis covered in South America ls a natural enemy of the cotton boll weevil, de stroying the pest before it reaches the cotton bolls. Dr. Cook believes that If the ant can be acclimated in the United States lt will put an end to the weevil. Secretary Wilson cahled him to bring him some of the ants home with him. They will be placed in the Texas cotton Heids, and it ls hoped that they will thrive in this country. If they live through the winter they will be brought further north and introduced to a colder cli mate. Secretary Wilson has had a special bulletin printed. * It says: ' If the cotton ant can survive a long dry soason and perhaps cold weather ; in the table-lands of Guatemala it ; might easily learn to hi ber nato in \ Texas, as has the boll weevil. The ant ls much better abler to protect : itself against frost, since lt excavates x nest three1 or mo-e, feet into the j i'rouud.;r"To take ' *,rker. <?3tr to ' Texas-vi ill be 'evidently a. Vtery * ^?, matter, but to secure queens and es tablish permanent colonies may re- ; quire considerable time and experi- ' ment. The insect does not do the , least injury to the cotton or to any other plant, so far as has been ascer- ' tained, and it can be handled with Impunity." The Augusta Chronicle says "the antl-boll-weevll ant may yet prove the salvation of the Texas cotton Heids, and the energetic, as well as the sluggish, he called upon to consider her ways, since lt pays." We hope it will. Philippine Murtyrs. Maj. Gen. Ainsworth, the military secretary, Thursday received from Gen. Wade, commanding the division of the Philippines, a cable report of the recent attack upon American troops In Mindanao. The following ls an extract from the dispatch: "Maj. Gen. Wood returned May 30th from an expedition to Lake Llgu asan. The remains of oftlcers and men killed in action May 8th were brought to Cottabato and interred. Ali's out fit, a small aggregation of outlaws, are now In hiding and will be pursued, captured and destroyed. No disturb ances whatever In Cottabato valley. Following is a complete Hst of casual ties among enlisted men May 8th: "Killed: George W?chter, Ewing 1 Quillen, Benjamin B. Nolde, Elbert W. Osborn, Martin Elnert, Amos J. | Gilliam, Owen Hughes, William Luit jens, John O'Connors, Leonard C. Smith, Wm. A. Wallam, Charlie Cole, Frank G. Meredith, last Dame having transferred from Company E, 17th In fantry. "Wounded: Thomas II. Beckett, George R. Humphreys, Henry D, Shaddeau, JohnL. Barnhouse, Francis M. Davis, John F. Delonge. All wounded doing well. I "These men belonged to Company B\ 17th infantry. A Bloody Fight. At Knoxville, Tenn., says a bloody tight occurred at midnight In a res taurant on Central street. AB a re sult one man ls dead and two others are mortally wounded. Constables G. C. Gamble and T. W. McCarty were eating when Lum and Wash Mil ler, negroes, came into the place and ordered something to eat. McCarty told the negroes to walt until they had finished. A war of words fol lowed. Then Wash Miller struck at Constable Gamble with a knife and the trouble started. Lum Miller was shot through the head by Gamble and killed, but not until he had shot Gam ble through the abdomen and twice In the right leg. Wash Miller was shot through the right arm and in the chest by a negro named Cook, who was trying to hit Constable McCarty. Cook escaped. The two wounded men are at thc hospital and can live but a few hours at most. Gamble has been an alllcer for several years. Goes to Cretlitora. The State says Mrs. R. H. Plant, the widow of the Macon banker who lately committed suicide, has refused to accept any portion of the $7?0,000 In life Insurance payable to her hus band's estate; every cent will go to his creditors. This completes a heroic story of self-saorltlce. Plant, lt ls practically certain, killed himself for the benefit of his insured creditors, and now his wife refuses even that part of tho estate to which she ls by law entitled. Tho wlddom of both the husband's ana the wife's nota maj be questioned but Its stern fortitude, never, FIVE MEN. DEAD. Two White Men Assassinated by No groei arid Three Negroes Lynched. NEGROES START THE TROUBLE, They Murder Two Mon In Cold Blood. Three Slaughtered In Return. On? Negro Helps White Man. As a result of a tight which occurred on tho Sims & Williams plantation ab Trail Lake, Miss., Thursday night John Sims and Iiis manager, Damed Cato, were killed by negroes and three of the negroes have been killed also. The country is in n state of intense excitement and it is feared further trouble may ensue between the whites and blacks. The slaughter started about 10 o'clock Thursday night, when Sims and Cato were shot down in their store by a negro named Sam Clark. Sims was engaged in checking up his cash when Clark came in. before he could make any kind of move Clark raised a Winchester and fired, the shot taking effect first in the back and then breaking the collarbone. He died instantly. Clark immediately turned on Cato, the manager, who was in another part of the store and shot him in the right side, the ball coming out on the left side. Cato staggered out to the back of the store and as he reached the door a negro convict guard named Van Horn, who was in waiting, struck him over the head with a rifle. Cato died at 7 o'clock Friday morning and the physician gives it as lils opinion that the blow over the head caused his death. News of the tragedy was immedi ately sent to Greenville and Sheriff John Crouch, with a posse, went to the scene. The negroes, Van Horn and Clark, had made their escape before the posse arrived, but the trail of, Van Horn was found and he was tracked abouc a quarter of a mile into the woods. Hore another negro convict guard named Mayfield interfered with the posse and he was shot down in his tracks. Van Horn was captured and taken to Leland, 14 miles distant, where he was placed in the jail. He remained in jail all night under a strong guard, and at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning he was taken out and lynched by a mob. While the sheriff and posse were busy with Van Horn the other negro, Sam Clark, returned to the Sims store with the intention, it.Is said, of kill ing Buck Williams, the other partner; the bookkeeper, named Crow, who was also at work, and, others. Crow, howeve^: after J -evious shooting * \!d..him iii a * wo wH? ' wbinorfabout tl?? place named Aaron Fuller. When Clark made his appear ance he was shot and killed by both Crow and Fuller. It is believed at Trail Lake that the shooting is the outcome of a meeting held in the vicinity of Trail Lake by a negro sec ret society and that the negroes in volved were picked out to do the kill ing. _ Accidentally Killed. At Spartanburg while swinging from a ladder on the end of a box car which was being showly carried along by a yard engine to couple up with some other cars about (JO yards away, Berry Fowler, colored, a switchman, met his death in the yards of the C. & W. C. railroad Wednesday morn ing at 7.30 o'clock. He was midway the ladder and was exchanging greet ings with two negro women walking near the track when his hat blew off, causing him tn turn his head around and at the same time lean further away from the car. Just then the box car passed along where a mall car stood on a parallel track and the head of thc switchboard came in ab rupt contact with the irorf appendage on the outside of the mail car v/hiob is used in handling bags and pouches. The man fell to the ground and in a few minutes was dead. Concussion of the brain was caused. The verdict of the coroner's jury was th^t the death was accidedtal and was not the result of the act of any person or persons. The State. Ants Destroy Weevils. ? dispatch from San Antonia, Texas, bays Jose Cassiano, former county collector, who has several hun dred acres of cotton in that county, la tte bearer of good tidings concerning tho work of red ants. Mr. Cassiano'a I fields, less than a month ago, were alive with boll weevils. Today he said there is not a live weevil In his fields. The rows are strewn with dead weevils, which the busy little red ants are carrying away by thousands. Mr. Cassiano says a close inspection failed to show a single live weevil on a cotton plant anywhere in his fields. The ants are on the plants and the rows between In countless thousands. They seem to have completed tho slaughter of the weevils and are now engaged In carrying the corpses away, probably to be stored for food. Nino Killod. Nine persons are reported to have been killed and many injured In a col lision of passenger trains on the Mis souri Pacific railroad near Martin City, 15 miles south of Kansas City. Tho trains, which met head-on, were tho westbound Colorado limited, No. 1, and the eastbound lloisington, Kas., accommodation No. 3?. A message re ceived by Missouri Pacific officials there ordered them to send a relief train as soon as possible and to get a'l the surgeons obtainable from which it is inferred that numerous passengers, wore hurt. Newspaper men were not permitted on the relief train, which left about ll o'clock Saturday night and details of the accident cannot be learned until the return of the trata with the dead and injured. Oar Overturned. Twelve persons wore hurt near Cam den, N. J., carly Thursday morning-a i trolley car overturned and rolled down 1 an embankment on the line running i from Camden to Trenton. Three were ? badly Injured and were taken to hoe , pital in Philadelphia and they may die.