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COTTON GROWERS. Met in Convention on Monday in the City of Bt. Louis. DELEGATES FROM THIS STATE. Tho Meeting is an Important One, and It ia Hoped That All the Delegates Named At tended. Governor Heyward, in response to a request from Harvle Jordan, president of tho Farmers' National CoDgress, which convened simultaneously with the Southern Cotton Growers Conven tion In St. Louis on Monday, named a complete list of delegates to these two gatherings from this State. In min ing the delegates, the Governor, realizing the great Importance of these gatherings this year, has, alter con ference with the commissioner of ag riculture, commerce and immigration, endeavored to select as far as possible men from the different counties who have large farming interests and are much concerned in the cottou situa tion. South Carolina Agricultural Ex Derlmeot Station-Prof. J. S. New man, Clemson College. Abbeville-Luther Hadden, Due West; I. Kellock, Abbeville; M. B. Clinkscales, Due West. Anderson-J. C. Strlbbllng, Pendle* ton; B. F. Crayton, T. Q. Hammond. ?. E. Seybt, Anderson; Et. W. Simp son, Pendleton. Aiken-A. S. Seigler, Crofts; H. C. Hahn, Aiken. Bamberg-W. J. Brabham, S. G. Mayfield, E. H. Dowling, Bamberg. Barnwell-L. W. Youmans, Fair fax; J. S. Calhoun, Appleton; J. Allen Tobin, Barnwell. Beaufort-W. lt. Eve, Thomas Martin, Blulfton. Berkeley-J. B. Morrison, Monck's Corner; Thomas Connor, Ferguson; Fred Connor, Connor's Station. Charleston-R. H. Harleston, Char leston; W. G. Hiuson, Charleston; J. B. E. Sloan, Charleston. Cherokee- S. S. Ross, Gaffney; .1. 1. Sarratt, Gatfney. Chester-T. J. Cunningham, Ches ter; J. S. Withers, Chester. Chestertield- -A. R. Covington, Che raw; W. D. Evans, Cberaw; E. L. Herndon, Plains. Clarendon-J. E. Tindal, Silver; D. J. Bradham. Manning; II. 10. Rich ardson, Panola; Abraham Levi, Man ning. Colleton -C. D. May, Walterbnro; A. C. Sanders, Walterboro: W. B. Grubber, Walterboro. Darlington-H. M. Williamson, It. F. Howie, Darlington; J olin T. Rogers, Society Dill. Dorchester-W. T. Connors, Geor ges; C. M. Gavin, Georges. Edgelield-Mark Touey, Johnston; W. A. Strom, Self; T. H. Rainsford, Eigelield. Fairfield -J. G. Mohley, Winni burn; W. H. Ficnnikcn, Winusboro: J. G. W?lling, Wolllog's. Florcuce-Nathan Gibson, Winona; Dr. G. G. Palmer, Carterville. Georgetown -D. D. Rheta, Rem's; J. C. Lynch, Lyuch'sJ. H. Donaldson, Georgetown. Greenville-J. W. McCullough, Greenville; J. A. McDavid, Pelter. Greenwood- E. S. Addison, J. G. Glltou; Ninety-Six; R. W. Hayes, Greenwood. Hampton-R. E. Causey, Hampton; W. J. Gooding. Hampton. Uorry-F. C. Buirouglis, D. A. Spivey, Conway. Kershaw-J. G. R'chards, J. A. Thompson, Liberty Hill; B. II. Boy kin, Camden. Lancaster-LeRoy Springs, Stew art Heath, Lancaster. Laurens-J. D. M. Shaw, Mount vllle; J. H. Wharton, Waterloo; J. O. C. Fleming, Laurens; J. D. W. Watts, Laurens. Lee-J. Harvey Wilson, Maysvllle; Eli Cooper, Mayesville; Robert M. Cooper, Wisacky. Lexington- 1). J. Griffith, W. H. Dooly, Lewiedale; John J. Muller, J. H. Wolfe, Bakersville. Marlon-R. P. Hamer, Jr., Hamer; J.H. Manning, Little Rock; W. A. Brown, Marion. Marlboro - C. S. McCall, A. S. Mat theson, C. F. Moore, Benncttsville. Newberry-P. C. Smith, D. H. Wise, Prosperity. Oconee-W. J. Stribllng, Walhalla; il. .1. Glgnilliat, Seneca. Orangeburg-J. E. Wunnamaker, O. II. Winges, W. T. C. Hates, St. Matthew's; J. A. 1'eterkln, Port Motto. Plckens - D. F. Bradley, I'ickens; F. C. Smith, Easley. Richland-L. T. Wilds, W. D. Star ling, C. W. Suber, Columbia; Rich ard Singleton, Acton. Saluda-R. B. Watson, Ridge Spring; T. S. Williams, Monetta; Clinton Ward, Ward's. Spartanburg - J. B. Stepp, Switzer; E. L. Archer, Spartanburg; T. J. Moore, Moore's. Sumter - R. I. Manning, Sumter; A. E. Aycock, Wedgefield; A. K. San ders, Boy ki n's. Union- J. T. Douglass, Union; John A. Fant, Union; T. C. Duncan, Union. Williamsburg J. M. Nexson, Kinnstree; Wm. Cooper, Cooper's: F. Rhem, Black Mingo. York J. I >. Witherspoon, Indian town; Jas. Barber, Smith's: T. O. : W. J. Roddey Ruck Hill; W. J. Miller, Newport. The h min;; MI Kalph Well?. Arcording to Mr. Johnstone Powles, who returned from Clyde Thursday, feeling is intense there over the death of Mr. Ralph Wells, the Columbia traveling man who died thereon Mon day from blood poisoning following an Injury on his iicad from bein? struck hy a soda water bottle at Clyde the week before. Claud Hill, a member of a leading family there, will he ar rested for Mr. Well's murder. It was understood when Mr. Fowles left Clyde that Hill would surrender this week. Claud Hill and his brother, Horace, and Wells were drinking at the time in Herbert Smathers' icc cream parlor. Horace Hill and Weils became involved in a dispute about a bottle of Peruna and Wells turned him over and spanked him. Smathers caught Wells in an endeavor to quell the disturbance. Horace Hill then ran out and as he did so Claud Hill stepped out and struck Wells with a bottle over Smathers' shoulder. Wells bled profusely at thc time, but it was not thought then that he was serious ly Injured. Columbia State. A Kulai Holt. A apeical from Port Arthur, Tex., says: During an electrical storm Wednesday morning lightning struck an oil tank of the Texas Oil refinery, on which six men were at work, shell ing thc roof. Thc oil ignited, and in the explosion which followed live of the workmen were instantly killed and the other fatally Injured. THE TEXAS FEVER Of Interest to Cattle Owner? Tb rou ?h - oat the State. Tbe following artlole on the Treat ment o? Cattle ior Texas Fever, writ ten by A. S. Sheally, D. V. M., of Clemson College, for the Columbia State, will be of interest to our read ers who raise or keep cattle: As there ls such an Increasing de mand for the services of the State veterinarian throughout tbe State, 1 take the opportunity to mention a few facts in connection with the many calls to which I have responded with in the last six, weeks. I was sum moned, either by wire or by letter saying: "Come at once; cattle are sick and dying." In every case, with one exception, I found the same dis ease, whioh hi the only one at present that menaces tbe cattle industry of the State, viz: Texas fever, distem per in cattle, or southern cattle fever. The deadly effect of this disease bave been discussed through the col umns of the newspapers of this State, at farmers' institutes and in personal conversation for the last four years by Dr. G. E. Nesom, my worthy friend aud coworker, who just a little over a month ago severed bis coonee tion with Clemson and took up work in a new field. His bulletins have been universally distributed, yet there continues to be considerable less throughout the State from the effects of this disease. So much so, Lill 1 am forced to believe that our people do not retain facts as they should after they have ouce been presented to them. At any rate, there are con tinual outbreaks of Texas fever, and while I do not hope to be able to com pletely eradicate lt by simply saying a few words to the cattle owners of the State, yet if they should bear in mind that the disease does not occur only when it ls produced in a mild form by Inoculation, unless the common cattle tick ls present. Also should they re member that a number of years ago, when cattle were permitted to run at larne, the common cattle tick was more or less prevalent on all cattle, and there never was a ease of the dis ease noted, as well as the fact that a number of farms throughout the State have becouii free from ticks, and so long as tbey remain so the disease do.s not occur on these tick free farms. With these facts in mind, they cau't help but come to the con clusion that cattle must have ticks and then all the time or else never have them at all. To take measures to produce gen eral Infection would be going back to the same conditions as existed before the "stock law" went into effect. And as the environment of cattle at present bas a tendency to free them from ticks, naturally it would only take another period of 15 or 20 years for us to gradually rise back to our present situation. 1 realize the seeming imposdbility of freeing a farm of ticks, yet it can be done by a systematic and thorough cleaning of the cattle once every teu days or two weeks during the MIMI uer months. And should there be any cattle owners, whose farms are infest ed, wishing to free their farms ol ticks, if they will address me 1 will gladly take the matter up witli them. As I have already stated, this dis ease never occurs unless the common cattle tick is present, and at this lime very little can be done to prevent the furthei spread of the disease except to thoroughly remove all the ticks from the cattle and place them in a pasture which is noninfested. lu this way possibly a number of the herd will be taken out of the infested ter ritory before they have become infect ed aud will be placed where lt will be impossible for them to contract the disease, unless ticks gain access b> them later. The medicinal treatment for anl mais while sulTeriog from the disease ls very unsatisfactory, the morality being at least 1)0 per cent. Vet, 1 al ways advise to treat them sympto matically and hope for good results. 1 have had a few cuses that recovered under the following treatment, which is the one 1 always recommend for cattle suffering from the disease: When tfie lirst symptoms of the dis ease are noted ticks that are on the animal should be thoroughly removed and a good purgative given, viz.: l?p som salts, in one or two pound doses, according to the size of the animal. Within eight or ten hours after the administration of the halts, c immence giving quinine sulphate in one-half ounce doses dissolved in one-half pint of whiskey t bree times a day. Con tinue for at least three days. If the salts have not acted in 24 hours, re peat its administration, giving only half as much as was given in the lirst dose. The sick animals should be sep eraLed from the herd and given the benellt of comfoiLable quarters. Vt ry young cattle have the power to withstand the disease without any dangerous results, and cattle owners can bring calves under four months old to their tick infested farms with practically no danger, provided these calves become infested at once with ticks. Though 1 always advise the immune to Texas feyer when tiley are to be introduced on a farm infested with ticks. This inoculation can be practiced suscessfully only willi cattle that are under two years old, though 1 have Inoculated, and with good re suits, cattle much older. The traille in cattle is very import ant to the cattle owners of tbe State. If he has a tick-free farm, uo animal that ls Infected can be permitted to enter those premises without very much endangering the lives of the cat tle which are already on that farm. And the life of an animal that hits never carried ticks is equally endan gered when lt is brought to a farm where ticks are present. 1 hope our cattle owners will bear these facts in mind as the time is near when our State fair will be on hand and there will in all probability be a sale at that time, both infected and noninfected cattle, which, if bought indiscriminately, may cause consider able loss. This will not be the ease, j however, if when you are making your I purchases you will inform yourself as j to whether you have bought an ani- I mal that ls immune or not immune lo Texas fever, or whether you have bought an infected or noninfected an imal. If thc animal has carried ticks it Is immune to this disease and you will take no char.ces so far as Texas rever Is concerned by taking it to an Infested farm. You will also be safe In buying cattle which have never iarricd ticks and are therefore not immune to Texas fever and placing them on your farm, provided lt is free rrom ticks. Hut If your farm ls infest id, such cattle should be inoculated jeforo exposing thom. Also should the mlmal purchased bc infected and the arm which is to bo free from ticks, ,hey should be thoroughly cleansed of he parasites before driving them to he farm. A SPICY BOOK. Admiral Schley Writes of Hil Service in the Navy. HERO OF SANTIAGO TALES OUT Aua lCdtablluucH lils Illftut to tho Croilit. of Boin** in Com mand .in Tbat De oisive Battle. Rear Admiral Wln?eld Scott Schley ia guilty of less majest?. President Roosevelt, whose province ls the whole lield of knowhdge, decided that nobody was lu command of the Amer ican licet at the battle of Santiago on July S, lbl.ts, when the entire Spanish lket was destroyed. And yet here comes Admiral Schley with a bjok telling the story or his more than two score years of honorable and dis tinguished service in the navy, in which he contradicts the all-wise President and says that he, Schley, was in command at that battle. What ls more he proves lt. What will happen to the Admiral for tims daring to assert himself and guard his hard-won fame there ls no telling, lie may lie court-martialled or dismissed from service by executive order -hut hardly before the Presi dential electiou. This book, ol* which the advance sheets have bein received, will he published on the 23 i us t. by Appleton & Co. lt is entitled "Forty-live Years Under the Flag," and covers the career of the autlior. Naturally inter est will centre upon the chapters dealing with the Spanish-American war, and especially thu great sea light for winning which credit was claimed for Sampson, who wa? not among those present. "In these chapters, 'says the au thor, "tlie purpc.se has been to record the events from the writer's own viewpoint, to criticsc in a spirit of fairness, but without malice." He adds and this casts an Interesting light ou ex-Secretary of the Navy Long that "through the courtesy of Secretary Moody recour.se has been had to olUclal papers which were not available b lore his accession Lo Olli; e." That Admiral Schley expects things to happen because Of his bcok is evi dent froai the paragraph of his pre face in which lie remarks: "In times of danger and duty the writer endeavored to do thc werk set before him without fear of personal j consequences. With this thought In I m iud, he has felt moved, as a duty I 'o his wife, bis children and his name, to leave a record of his lonn professional life, which lias not been without some prestige at least for the Hag he has loved and under which he Itas served. " Admiral Schley has done his task of tnitli-tellit g as thoroughly as a tuan in Iiis pt sitlon could well ven ture to tlo. He goes minutely into all the movements of t! u squardron undi r his command, and supplies l i tlie historian of the future the facts upou which au impartial judgment of his conduct eau be f< rmcd. lt is not necessary here to follow him into tlie details of Iiis voyage from Key West to Cienfuegus and thence to Santiago. Nor is it need ful to KO wltbhira into the ditlloulties attending coaling at sea, or the rea sons for the Brooklyn's loop at the opening of the action of July 3. All these matters were made mud: -if by Secretary Lung and others of Samp son's partisans, but interest the public comparatively little now. Time gives perspective ?ind places things in their right relative propor tion. If Schley had been a cavalry man Instead of a sailor, and bad led a terrifie, victorious charge against the enemy, winning the war, criticism as to his alleged carelessness about the oat supply for his horses, or a failure to gobble up a straggler or two months previous to the glorious and decisive charge would hardly lind listeners arnon^ thc large minded. Vet that soi tuf carping linds its perfect parallel in the criticism of which Schley has been made the victim-not by petty busybodies merely, but hy Long, Secietary of the Navy, and Roosevelt, President of the United Statis. On the morning of Hie great day, .Sampson, in obedience to orders from Secretary Long, sailed away for Sibo ney to confer with General Sbafter, Hying the signal, "Disregard move ments of the commander-in-chief." And while Sampson was gone tlie Spanish ileet came out of Santiago and was s m a.s i ed. Smashed by whom? Not by Samp son, certainly. Tlie Colon was Hie last of the Spaniards to surrender, which she did at I.l? p. m., and the New York, with Admiral Sampson on board, dir) not arrive 00 the scene, t il1 :!.:.'.'> p. m., i ne hour and eight minutes after wards. During the three hours and forty minutes of this immortal chase and battle tlie Brooklyn, Scbley's llag shlp, led thc van. lils vessels were hit forty-two times by thu Spanish guns, and thirty of these Iii ts were received by (lie Urot klyn. The only man killed and the only man wound ed were on board the Brooklyn. The Admiral does not by name mention President lt ose ve lt, who in his decision denying the appeal of Schley from the majority report of tho Hoard of Inquiry asserted that there was really no commander at tlie battle- that it was a "captains' light." Hut the Admiral deals with the point on page 21)8, when writing of the departure of the New York and Massachusetts on the morning of .July 3: "Where either ship had none, or for what purpose, had not been vochsafed to the eon.mander of the St conti Squadron (Schley,) whose Hag, thus left on the blockading lines, in accordance with the naval regulations, constituted the commander of the Second Squadron senior otllcer pres ent in command. The. regulations of tho navy settle that beyond any doubt by llxlug tho responsibility of such Ollicer when the servil e exigencies im pose such duties upon Iii m. * * * If tho battle had mit carried, or if through mismanagement Ceverea or any ol Iiis sides had escaped that day, then; would have b.en no dillioulty whatever about who was in command, or who would have had to bear the censure, lt is certain in that event that there would have been no elTort to prove that the New York was with in signal distance, no claim that it, was a captain's hattie, nor any other of the sophistries that were invented In the aftermath of controversy about this great victory. No instance ls re called where great success was won in hattie where every participant was not anxious to share in the glory, but no instance ls remembered where any subordinate ever dtsired to share w ith lils superior the odium of defeat. Santiago alono would be unique as one ol the world's great battles won with out anybody being lo command. If defeat had occurred, tho commander of tbe Second Squadron would bave had to take his medicine Just the same." "Tbe unshakable facts that the Brooklyn was in tbe tigbt from start to finish; that she was nearer tu tbe enemy from tbe begluulug to the end of tbe action at every stage of tbe battle; tbat she was struck by tbirty o? the forty-two projectiles which struck the American vessels engaged; that she indicted quite 50 per cent, of the damage sustained hy the ships of tho enemy, although she consti tuted but one-fifth of the attacking American force; that she and Oregon completed the hattie by capturing the Colon; that the only casualties on the American side.occurred cn board the Brooklyn-these facts are sutticlent to lix an unalterable judgment of the Issues." And the Anding of Admiral Dewey, president of the Board of Inquiry, who will he admitted to be a reason ably good authority in naval matters: ' Commodore Schley was the senior olllcerof the bquadron off Santlugo when the Spanish squadron attempt ed to ( scape ou the morning of July 18?IH. Ile was In absolute command, aud is entitled to the credit due such commanding cliper for the glorious victory which resulted In the total destruction of the Spanish ships." In his pages Schley forbears from direct condemnatory comment upon the behavior of Sampson. But the facts speak for themselves. The dis appointment of Sampson at being ab sent when tlie supreme hour came was as great as it was natural-but lie was not great enough to rise above it and do justice to a more fortunate comrade. Ile refused reco gnition of that comrade's gallant and brilliant services and allowed his friends, in and out ol' olllcial circle*, to enter upon a campaign of detraction which will forever stain the history of tho American Navy. The disappoint ment killed Sampson, but the detrac tion, the foul injustice to which he. hus been subjected, has not embitter ed Sohle v. He knows that history, as thc vast majority of his fellow countrymen have dune, will place the laurel wreath where lt belongs, and that Ids honest fame will shine all the brighter as time clears away the clouds with which envy has sought to obscure it. "Forty-five Yeais Under the Flag1' is a most readable book from the first page to the last-animated, cheerful, manly, tho book * f a healthy-minded, high-spirited and chivalrous sailor. "In penning these memoirs," he says, In concluding, and his work bear's bim out, "There has been no wish to detract from the services of others, no desire to utter unkind, un dignified or rude words of those who may have differed in their views, but to set forth thc facts and services of a life that has been clean in its devo tion to home and to country and stead fast in it? purpose* from yt nth to its meridian in giving the best years of duty conscientiously done for all that is near and dear to man-honor, home, country." And thc Volume, which is destined to make a compelling appeal to the mind and heart of all fair Americans, clo es thus: "Neither the lapse of time nor tho chango of circuin itances has wrought any change of faith in the exlpressi. n from tue heart penned in tlios? first moments after the giv.lu tUttle of July ;i, 1898: " '1 am glad that 1 had ai oppor tunity to contribute in the li ast to a victory that seems big enough for all of us.' "_) * Boll Weev il Hating Ant. The secretary nf agriculture has just approved the plan for further studies of tho "kelep, " the boll weevil eating ant < ?. F. Cook, who discov ered the ant in Guatemala, aud three assistants are now in Texas making preparations to establish the colonies for the winter. Two assistant s will be sent to Guatemala to observo the habits of the ant during the coming winier and to s ead more colo.des if the latter ure required, lt is during the winter season in this country that the cotton cr p in Guatemala is grown. The secretary states that of t ho Bi) colonies already imported only one has been lost and that through an accident. The statement that the ants have died off or have been killel, it is announce I, arc erroneous. Tho ants are vigorous and are stiil active in destroying boll weevils and all of the. colonies have increased In num bers since they were liberated. A Kural Pall. A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says lt M. Pierson, a wealthy sawmill man of Walterboro, S. C., fell from a streit car at the union station Satur day night, ile was getting oil the car when he fell. Ile lost bis balance and when he fell the back of his head struck the pavement. Some hours after he fell Mr. Pierson died at the hospital. Mr. Pierson was to have been married Wednesday lo Savannah, to Miss Leah Anderson Westendorf of Charleston. The young haly is a daughter of Mrs. James Md win Wes tendorf of Charleston. Mr. Pierson was with Ids liancee at the time of the accident. At tirst it was not supposed that he had been fatally in jured. The news of his death proved a sad Mow to her. HHI'II UM Army OilloorH. That no army officer be permitted to marry until lie has first seen red the permission of the Secretary of War and satisfied that olllcial that his in come is sullicient to support himself and family, and that he is entirely free from debt, is the recommendation made hy Major Gen. Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general, commanding tho Atlantic division and department of the U ist, which was issued at the war department. Doulile Suicido. The bodies of Mary and Lizzie Kohrer, who lived alone on a small farm near Huey rus, Ohio, was found Wednesday by section men on the Ohio Central Railroad. The women wrapped themselves in a bed spread and laid down on thc track Wednes day night and were killed by a passen ger train. They had frequently de clared that they were tired of the struggle for life and wanted to die. Unod Nowa. Chairman Tom Taggart, of the Democratic nat ional committee, says overybi dy is lovely for the Democrats in the West and he sees no reason why Parker should not carry Indiana. Ile also tells his follow citizens in the Hoosir state that New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and West Virgin ia are in lino shape for the party; A FATAL A?CIDENT. Ten Little Sohool Girls Are Suffocated in a Vault. OTHERS NARROWLY ESCAPED. AU of tho Viotti Wore From the Primary Ore .. The Acci dent Occurred nt the Kccetta Hour. A dispatch from Cincinnati, Ohio, says scbool closed Friday at Plea-ant Ridge, seven miles north of Cincin nati, with the first quar er bf the ses sion when niue, possibly ten girls were suffocated in a vault during the forenooa recess, and a score of others uarrowiy escaped the same horrible death. During the rest of the day this suburb was wild with mingled excitement, sorrow and indignation and Friday night those openly charg ing the calamity to official negli gence are making serious threats, among them being many women. The largo building ls used for a high school as well as for all lower de partments. All the victims were from primary grades. Oh opposite sides of the spacious ground in the rear of the school building are two outhouses. When recess was given about JO of the sm lller girls were in the ou hausa assigned to them when suddenly the Ho ir gave way, precipi tating them into the vault. This vault ls 12 feet deep and walled up with stone like a well. There was in lt four feet of water that would have been over the heads of the children falling in it singly, but those falling foremost tilled up the vault partially, so that others were not entirely sub merged. Tue girls fell eight feet from the dooring and the struggles of those who were on top kept at .least nine underneath until they were dead The frame sheds of these vaults were about 20 feet square without windows and only one narrow doorway, so that only one wiri escaped from the door. She ran into the school budding and mid the teachers what had happened. The principal abd other teachers rush ed to the resrje. Thc screams of the girls were dimly heard while within the vault and they were most of them unable to speak when re cued. The teachers were soon reinforced by the entire population of the town, the police and lire departments rendering most effective servie:. OKA IN Kl) THE VAULT. Tile firemen drained the vault so as to be sure that the rescue was com plete. Among the first to come to the relief of Principal Zimmerman were L?3V. I. D. Lambert of the Presbyter ian chu rel i and Frank S. Johnson of Tba Herald and Presbyter of Clncin natl. James Smith, aged 14, one of the pupils climbed to the roof of the schcol house, untied the Hag and ran to the vault. Hy means of tills Im promptu rop2 several were rescued. Marshall Wood had great difficulty in keeping the crowd back and from in terfern ng with the rescuers. The im portunities of friends, especially of the weeping mothers, were almost beyond the control of the otllcers. Drs. ? G. Senour and P. T. Shank, with their assistants, used the school building as a hospital and a morgue until after the dead and the rescu.d were taken to their liomis. Frank S. Johnson said: "I was standing across the street talking to Dr. Lambert when a little girl came crying for help. We found Principal Zimmerman saving lives. The smaller girls were being foieed to the bottooo by tile movements and terrific stug glesof each other in the vault. Up the ladder climbed the little oces, drench ed, gasping for breath and fainting as soon as taken out into the fresh air. As fastas they ci>me within reach of ihe door those who stood at thc door way reacbed down and lifted them from the ladder and passed them out to wailing friends, lt was not possi ble to go down into the vault at tirst for the reason that one would impede the little ones who were climbing out. "Finally the last girl that could get to t'.ie ladt r got out and then the men went in and rescued these who re mained.11 Wm. J. Card of McCullough & Sons I in Cincinnati had three daughter's in the place, of whom Charmian and Fausta lost their lives. R?tha, the twin sister of Fausta, narrowly escaped death. When the crowd ol girls rushed into the place R?tha was knocked out of the door into the yard just before the collapse, of t!:e ll tor occurred. Reports about the door having given way last year are denied by the school tm dees. A corrected list of the dead follows: Loretta Finke, aged 12; daughter of Henry Finke of the Schrotli Pack ing company, Cincinnati. Kinma Stelnkamp, aged 13; daugh ter ol John Steinkamp. Amelia Hesse, aged it; daughter of Herman i>. Hesse, dairyman. Martha Uubr, agid s, father dead; mother, lilia Uubr. Edna Thee, aged IO; daughter of .lohn.Thee, blacksmith. Ila/.'1 Glover, aged 8, parents dead; lived with grandmother, Mrs. Wolf. Fausta Card, aged ll. and Char mian Card, aged 5); both daughters of Wm. Card of the linn of McCullough Si Sm s, Cincinnal i. Lillian Wi tba ni, agrd Ff; daughter of W A. Witham, a farmer. A Warning. The Newberry observer says the family of Mr. Possie Livingston of near Pomar i a came near being burned up on Thursday night, the Loth in stant. About o'clock Mrs. Livingston awoke and discovered a light in an ad joining room. Tlie family hurried to thc lire, and found a bureau, which contained nearly all their clothing, in a light blaze. With hard work the lire was put out. This ls said to to be the work cf rats and matches, and should be a caution to all to keep matches where rats can't get to them. The family lost the greater part of their clot bing. Died from Mer Injuries. A special from Spartanburg to The State says Mrs. G. W. Hodges died Friday morning, lingering In an al most totally unconscious condition since her fall down a flight of steps in lier hume M days ago. During the time, at brief intervals, she betrayed by signs a recognition of those about her, hut never did she speak nor was consciousness manifested for any length of time. The deco.ised was the oldest daughter of Capt. lt. L. How den and wife of Mr. George Hodges, a well known and popular business man of the city. She was a woman of 35 years of agc, possessed of the host traits of womanhood abd Ohristaln oharucter. * NOBODY CLAIMED THEM. Tho State Treasurer Bas Written c: lice kn Off of Hts Books. Tbe Columbia Stale says the State treasurer has finished writing ot! of the books all old checks for which warrants have been issued and which bave never been presented at the banks. The banks of the State have had thlB mouby on deposit for years and at the last session of the legisla ture it wa. iecided to write all of these old c.. ?ms off and turn the money back into the general fuud. The work bas been going on for the past two months and the books have now been balanced UD to date with a total of $152 89 written off. Following are the Items: Carolina National bauk, check No, 754, payable to W. McB. Sloan, and dated March 21, 1884. for 83 95 (inter est on consols 54-100 dollars and In terest on detlc.it 83 31). Carolina Nitlonal bank, check No. 4320, payable to Mrs. C. A. Adis, and dated Oct. 21, 1888, for 83.00 (pen sion). National Loan and Exchange bank, check No. 153 payable t> W. H. Low rance, and dated Dec 20, 1887, for 82.1)3 (consol interest). National Loan and Exchange b mk. check N. 370, payable to M. A. Mit chell, and dated Oct. Hi, 188H. for 83.00 (pen don warrant). South Carolina Loan and Trust Co. , Charleston, check No. Oil, payable to H. O. Johrson, and dated Sept. ll, 1888, for 815,00 (pension warrants, three). First National Hank of Charleston, check No. 003, payable to L). O'Neill & Sou, and dated July 14, 1882, for 81.50 (consol interest). First National Hank of Charleston, check No. 1031, payable to J. E. B. Sloan, Exor. II ill, dated July 10, 1880, fur 932 2ti (consol interest). First National Hank of Charleston, check No. 2,000, payable to A. H. Helin, trustee, and dated Nov. 2:i, 1880, for $13.40 (consol Interest). First National Hank ol Charleston, check No. :i032, payable to Mrs. Sarah E. Carr, and dated June 25, I89U, for $1.50 (consol inter?s'.). People's National Hank of Charles ton, check No. 2340, payable to Miss Ann lt Rob *rtson, and dated Dec. 23 1890, Tor 819.50 (Interest on c nsols). People's National H ink of Charles ton, cluck No. 'Mix, payable to Bink of Charleston. N. H. A., and dated Dec. 28, 1893, for 84.70 (interest on consols). Hank of Charleston, N. H. A., check No. 1014, payable to Mrs. M. 1. Orr, and dated June 28, 1880, for $2.77 (ctnsol interest). Hank of Ct arlcstou, X. 1}. A., check NJ. 2i)<ii)3, payable to H. E Young, and daled July 0, 1889, for 839 15 (consol interest). Hank of Charleston, N. H. A., check No. 3431, payable to 1 Stremraell, Exor., aud dated Aug. ll, 1891, for $0 39 ("onsol interest). The above, amounting to $152 89, has been carried to the general fund and ls subject to your warrant. Palmetto Hank and Trust Co., check No. 1123, payable to Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., and dated Aug. 19, 1807, for $3 25 (dispensary war rant). This item has been carried back to credit of disp?Lsary fund. BENEFECIaRY SCHOLARSHIPS For Ihu Ni.rinal CIIIHH?SUI the Sont ti Carolina College. Tile trustees of the South Carolina c l'ege have awarded the II irmal scholarships. Each of thise gives free tuition at the c >llege and gives the holder of the scholarship 310 in cash with which to pay his hoard and other expenses. Tnere were no ap plicants from Chester, Abbeville, Cnrstertield, Clarendon, Eigctield, Georgetown and Berkeley counties. Following Is the list of appointments as announced Tuesda\ : Aiken-L II. Sh llh.ius?, Oakwood: Janies 1). Redd, Oakwood. Anderson-C. L. Watkins, Ander son. Hamburg-W. F. lliers, Ehrhardt; George McKenzie, Ehrhadt. Barnwell-M. ll. Wills, Willlston; Leonard Mellichampe. Beaufort ll. T. W. Huberts, Coo sawhatchie: George Crocker, I'.eau fort . Charleston Aaron J. II tTman, Charleston. Cherokee-J. ll. JL?ferles, Gaffney; E, S. McKowni Mercer. Colleton C. J. I). Caldwell, Hells; Ellis DeTrevllle, Walterbiro. Darlington C. W. Smokey, Clyde: S. A. Hatched, Darlington; D. ll. Blackmon, Darlidgton: Linward Black mon, Darlington: Laurence H. Lunn, Darlington. Dorchester il. K. Way, Kisses Station. Fairfield J. W. Coleman, Wood wards; H. II. Scott. Monticello. Floreces David C. Hill, Timmons vihe; .1. VJ. Hollins, Flt,renee. Greenvi'le-V. E. Hector, High land; W. S. Miller, Greenville. Greenwood - J. Mo.ire Mars, li'.leys. Hampton Geddes G. Dowling, Hampton; J. F. Dowling, Hampton. Dorry-Willie Singleton, Haskel!; Tola H. Lewis, Galilvaut's Ferry. Kershaw .1. A. Marshall, Bethune; Shelby Truesdalc, Westville. Lancaster- Willie M. Duncan, Lan caster:!). H. Adams, Lancaster. Laurens C. W. Jones, Mt. Gallag her; J. C. Burdett, Lauiord Station; Smith J. Martin, Lanford Station; .1 H. Sullivan, Laurens: L E. Heeder, Cross Hill; T. ''. Farrow, Fountain Inn: J. A. Willis, llapley. Lae H. H. Evans, Braun; J. J. Shaw, Jr., Bishpoville. Lexington B. .1. Wingard, Losing ton; C. E. Wess'nger, Lexington; C. h. Shealy, Summit; C. A. Shumpert, Bishton. Marion -S. J. Wall, Eulonla; Step hen II. Moody, Dillon. Marlboro J. L. Bunch, McColl; II. C. Kasterling, lUnnettsville. Newbbery II. L. Boulware, New berry. Coonee-J. S. Harris, Townville; W. ll. Craig, Stewart. Orangeburg-K. R. Schoenberg, North; Wm. Smoak, Branchville; J. C. Hungerpiller, Hdoree. Pickens -W. T. Earle, Central: O. S. Freeman, Easley. Richland - C. E. Owens, Horrell; Lee H. Bawl, Blythewood. Saluda-0. J. Sawyer, Big Creek; Luther E Wheeler, Saluda; Ira B. Crom ley, Colemans. Spartanhurg-C. T. Rainey, Camp obello; J. H. Cash, Cherokee. Sumter - K mis C. Bryan, Sumter; Fiank B. Sandors, llagood. i Oomuimltted Su'oldo. Michael Schall and Miss Nettle Gotfwalt committed suicide by asphy xiation in hor room In York, Pa., on Monday night. Both left notes in which they complained of "the cruel world." PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OLIIMTTOIM, S. CS. BOARD, RQOM-RENT and TUITION fur Collegiate Year foi $117.50. JNext Session begins Sept. 22, 1904. _ gi For^Catalofjue or information address "?SSES? .353 '??3 WONDERFUL RECORD. I Vbwrteen student! of Osborne's Business College have seemed positions within last few days. Several ladies as st?nographe? sad typewriters in both Georgia and South Carolina, as? yong ?en as Bookkeepers, shorthand writer* and In ?Ufese* Mta. ?bis esUegs J IVIJVOXIlIVISRY ?UPPIvIBJS. Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Gangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jcctors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of good 1 m. second baud black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., Colxifiil>ia., ?. O. The macbinery Supply house of the state. WE ARi-LOOKING ^ f-r?ri vr M i ?l-l rynr+mr- W i FOR tOIJR ORDERS, C0LUMBI? LUMBER' & MFC- CO. bout'ieastern Lime & Cement to. CHARLESTON, 5. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing <<-UTT^VROTIV' Write for prices. Whiskey i Morphine I Uigaret i Ail.Drugand fooauoo Habit, Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Instituir?, of S. C 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 15) Columbia, S. ?. Confidential correspond. en 36 solicited. JL^iine Cement, . Plaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Fortland Cement Co., Charieston, ti. C. A CALL TO EEM'JCEATS. riley Are i:r?e? co llc^tatcr au J Vote in ttic Coming Election. Tbe Importanca of the Democrats voting in the coming general election on tim .Vjh of Novcmb r was empha sized hy the State I) mocratic com mittee at its meeting last week. The Republicans In their national party platform have a plank which is re garded as a threat against loutbero. representation In cmg ress, it being implied that an . Il jrc ?ill be made to reduce the number of congres m n from southern .Stat :s bec ruse of the fact that the vote ls so light in the general elect ion. The Democrats hive not polled their full s'rength In a November election in this State in several yea's, because nomination in the parly pri mary bas leen con.- dered tantamount to election. But as the R publicans have announced that they will have au elect ral ticket in tho Held Io No vember and as they will have candi dates for congress in several districts -perhaps In all-it is desired that every Democrat go tu th; pills in November so that there eau be no pissible grounds for making a cont' st of thc result-which will inevitably be with the Democrats and such a majority, if Lil Democrats vot?, that the other party can luve no excuse j for anning a blow at tin repr?senta-' ti in In e ingress from this State. | la ace, rdauce with tue demand of the times and with the wish of the j candidates tor congress, and aitng! under tae reso'ution of tue Stole Democratic ex *cut i vr> committee, Gen. Wilie Jones, chainuau ol tue committee, Saturday issued thc fol lowing call to the chairman ol' the executive committee in the several counties In the State: Headquarters of the State Democratic Kxcutlve Cjmmittee. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 24, 15)04. Dear Sir: The Democratic voters of our State have shown SJ much in difference in the past few years aoout votin? in the legal election that 1 feel that it is very important that every elfort he made to get them to register and vote. The tlrst Monday in Octo ber is tho hist day upon which they can register and they should be urged to come out and register and be pre pared to vote in thc lega! electiou to he held un the Stn day of November. I therefore address this communica tion to you and ask that you use every means in your power to get the Democrats of your c ninty to register on tile tirst Monday in October. The indications now a*e that the Republicans of this S cate, will put out an electoral ticket and also candidates against all of our congressional nomi nees. ( )f course we -ill know that the cause of this great indifference, on the part of the. voters is produced by the prevailing feeling that the primary elections settle the fate of our candi dates, and that our part) in this State is invincible. Wc are invincible if our people will register and vote but not otherwise, in the tirst pri mary this year there were over 100, 000 votes cast and over ito,OOO in the second primary. I trust, therefore, that you will do all In your power to get tlie Democrats of your county to register, and als ) to get your county I papers to urge it. Yours very truly, Wi i,iK .IONICS, State Chairman. Ano thor Columbia Murder. A homicide occured three miles from Cullimbin Saturday morning. iVrcy Crews, a carpenter, encanec? In 1 building a cottage on the Epworth Orphanage property, was shot ID the back of the head and killed by a painter named Harley McDonald. There had been some dispute over a matter of $5. There were. 15 or 20 men working on the premises and they did not try to stop McDonald who | came to thc city, notlliud his wile and made his escape. Crews is little more than a boy. A Bad Pel low. George Tilley, a young married man . living tifteen miles from Haleigh. N. C., fatally wounded lils mother-In-1 law, Mrs. Lowry, on Sunday and then shot his wife In the breast, and lied. I Killed lils Brother. El ward Spcegle, aged 13, on Sunday night shot and killed his brother Hugh, aged 15, Burke county, North Carolina. Tue boys quarreled over ! the question of which should go to church. Vital Weakness, Bi?ud Poison and All Discharges. WRITE HIM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE MEANS TO CURE YOURSELF _ AT HOME PRIVATELY. 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Sell 5 PIANOS AND ORGANS, . -And Lots of Them S WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. J Our prices are about ten per ? cent, under Northern prices. 9 . li ory Piano or Organ we sell 9 is fully warranted hy tho makers, 9 and bucked up by us. Write us ut a orno for catalogue, prices mid 0 terms. S MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, S COLUMBIA, S. C. CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN RSH AND OYSTERS, 8 and 'JO Markot Street, Charleston, S. C. Consignments of (Country Produce are Re spectfully Solicited, Poultry, Eggs, &c. Fish packed in barrels and boxea for country trade a specialty. W illiamslon Female College Will open in its new buildings ut Greenwood, S. C. Tuesday, Sept. Ti, 1904. Our well known advantages with .valuable additions. Send for catalogue to Rev. Jno. 0. Wilson, Wilhamston, S .0 Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water fish and oysters. If von are dealing In Fresh Pish or intend to deal in them write for pri?es and send your ordrs to TERRY I'M SI I (JO., Charleston, S. 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