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COTTON GROWERS. Hot in Convention on Monday in th? City of Bt. Louis. DELEGATES FROM THIS STATS. The Hooting ls an Important One, and It is Hoped That All the Delegates Named At tended. Governor Heyward, in response to a request from Harvle Jordan, president ol the Farmers' National Congress, which convened simultaneously with the Southern Cotton Growers Conven tion in Sb. Louis on Monday, named a complete list of delegates to these two gatherings from this State. In nam ing the delegates, the Governor, realizing the great importance of these gatherings this year, has, after con ference with the commissioner of ag riculture, commerce and immigration, endeavored to select as far as possible men from the different counties who bave large farming Interests and are much concerned in the cotton situa tion. South Carolina Agricultural Ex periment Station-Prof. J. S. New man, Clemson College. Abbeville-Luther Iladden, Due West; I. Kellock, Abbeville; M. B. Clluk8cales, Due West. Anderson-J. C. Stribbllng, Pendle* ton; B. F. (Jrayton, T. Q. Hammond, C. E. Seybt, Anderson; ll. W. Simp son, Pendleton. Aiken-A. S. Seigler, Crofts; H. 0. 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. R. Eve, Thomas Marbia, BlulTton. Berkeley-J. B. Morrison, Monck's Corner; Thomas Connor, Ferguson; Fred Connor, Conuor's Station. Charleston-lt. II. Uarleston, Char leston; W. G. Hinson, Charleston; J. B. E. Sloan, Charleston. Cherokee-S. S. Ross, Gaffney; .1. I. Sarratt, Gaffney. Chester-T. J. Cunningham, Ches ter; J. S. Withers, Chester. Chesterlleld--A. R. Covington, Cbe raw; W. D. Evans, Cberaw; E. L. Herndon, Plains. Clarendon-J. E. Tindal, Silver; D. J. Bradham. Manulug; H. E. Rich ardson, Pari?la; Abraham Levi, Man ning. Colleton-C. D. May, Walterboro; A. C. Sanders, Walterboro: W. B. Grubber, Walterboro. Darlington-E. M. Williamson, R. F. Howie, Darlington, Jul m ?. Rogers, Society Hill. Dorchester - W. T. Connors, Geor ges; 0. M. Gavin, Georges. Edgelield--Mark Toney, Johnston; W. A. Strom, Self; T. II. Rainsford, Edgetield. Fairfield--J. C. Mohley, Wiuns boro; W. H. Fienniken, Winnsboro; J. G. W?lling, Wolling's. Florence -Nathau (Jibbon, Winona; Dr. G. G. Palmer, Carterville. Georgetown 1). J). Rhem, Rem's; J. C. Lynch. Lyuch'sJ. H. Donaldson, Georgetown. Greenville-.). W. McCullough, Greenville; .1. A. McDavid, Pelzer. Greenwood-E. S. Addison, J. G. Girton; Ninety-Six; R. W. Hayes, Greenwood. Hampton- R. IO. Causey, Hampton; "W. J. Gooding Hampton. Horry-F. C. Buirouglis, D. A. Spf vey, Conway. Kershaw-.1. G. R'chards, J. A. Thompson, Liberty Dili; B. H. Boy kin, Camden. Lancaster-LeRoy Springs, Stew art Heath, Lancaster. Laurens-J. i). M. Shaw, Mount vllle; J. H. Wharton, Waterloo; J. O. O. Fleming, Laurens; J. D. W. Watts, Laurens. Lee-J. Harvey Wilson, Maysvillc; Eli Cooper, Mayesville; Robert M. Cooper, Wisaeky. Lexington -I). J. Grilllth, W. H. Donly, Lewiedale; John J. Muller, J. H. Wolre, Bakersville. Marlon- R. P. Hamer, Jr., Hamer; J. H. Manning, Little Kock: W. A. Brown, Marlon. Marlboro-C. S. McCall, A. S. Mat theson, C. F. Moore, Bennettsvllle. Newoerry-P. C. Smith, D. IL Wise, Prosperity. Oconee-W. J. Strihling, Walhalla: ll. J. Gignilliat, Seneca. Orangeburg- J. E. Wannamaker, O. H. Winges, W. T. C. Bates, St. Matthew's: J. A. I'eterkln, Fort Motte. Bickens- I). F. Bradley, Pickens; F. C. Smith, Easley. Richland-L. T. Wilds, W. D. Star ling, C. W. Suher, Columbia; Rich ard Singleton, Acton. Saluda-R. M. Watson, Ridge Spring; T. S. Williams, Monett?; Clinton Ward, Ward's. Spaitanburg J. B. Stopp, Switzer; E. L. Archer, Spartauburg; T. J. Moore, Moore's. Sumter R. J. Manning, Sumter: A. E. Aycock, Wedgelield; A. K. San ders, Boykin's. Onion-J. T. Douglass, Union: John A. Pant, Union; T. C. Duncan, Union. Williamsburg J. M. Nexson, Kingstree; Wm. Cooper, Cooper's; F. Rhem, Black Mingo. York J. I). Witherspoon, Indian town; Jas. Harber, Smith's; T. (>.; W. J. Roddey Rick Hill; W. J. Miller, Newport. The Kill,nc (,i Kalph Wells. Arcording to Mr. Johnstone Fowles, who returned from Clyde Thursday, feeling is intense there over the death of Mr. Ralph Wells, thc Columbia traveling mau who died there on Men day from blood poisoning following an Injury on his head I nun being struck hy a soda wator bottle at Clyde the week before. Claud Hill, a member of a leading family there, will be 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' Ice cream parlor. Horace Hill and Wells became involved in a dispute about a bottle of Perunaand Wells turned him over and spanked him. Smathers caught Wells in an endeavor to quell the disturbance Horace Hill then ran out and as lie did so Claud Hill stepped out and struck Wells with a bottle over Smathers' shoulder. Wells bled profusely at the time, but it was not thought then that he was serious ly Injured. Columbia State. A Fatal Holt. A Bpeical from Port Arthur, Tex., says: During ari electrical storm Wednesday morning lightning struck an oil tank of the Texas (Jil refinery, on which six men were at work, shell ing the roof. The oil ignited, and In the explosion which followed live of! the workmen were instantly killed and the other fatally Injured. THE TEXAO FEVEB or l u t or?o t to ttattle Owners Tnronjin ont tho State. The following article on the Treat ment of Cattle for Texas Fever, writ ten by A. S. Sheally, D. V. M., of Clemson College, for tbe Columbia State, will be of interest to our read ers who raise or keep cattle: As there ls such an Increasiug de mand for the services of the State veterinarian throughout the 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 eix weeks. I wa? 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 is the only one at present that menaces the cattle industry ot the State, viz: Texas fever, distem per in cattle, or southern cattle fever. The deadly effects of this disease have 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 and coworker, who just a little over a month ago severed bis conuco tion with Clemson and took up work in a new field. His bulletins have been universally distributed, yet there continues to be considerable loss throughout the Stat? from the effects of this disease. So much so, till 1 am forced to believe that our people do not retain facts as they should aftei they have once been presented tc 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 is produced in a mild form by inoculation, unless the common cattle tick is present. Also should they re member that a number of years ago, when cattle were permitted to run al large, the common cattle tick wai more or less prevalent on all cattle, and there never was a case of the dis ease noted, as well as the fact that a number of farms throughout the Statt have become free from ticks, and st long as they remain so the disease dors not occur on these tick fret farms. With these facts in mind, they can't help but come to the con clusion that cattle must have ticks and then all the time or else uevei have them at all. To take measures to produce gen eral infection would be going bick lc the same conditions as existed befori the "stock law" went into effect, And as the environment of cattle al present has a tendency to free thea from ticks, naturally lt. would onlj take another period of 15 or 20 yean for us to gradually rise back to oui present situation. 1 realize the seeming i m pcs dbi lit] of freeing a farm of ticks, yet lt car be done by a systematic and thorougt cleaning of the cattle once evtry tet days or two weeks during the summe months. And should there hu anj cattle owners, whose farms arc infest ed, wishing to free their Tar ms o ticks, If they will address me I wil gladly take the matter up with them As I have already stated, this dis ease never occurs unless the com nun cattle tick is present, and at this tim? very little can be done to prevent tin furthei spread of the disease excep to thoroughly remove all the tlcki from the cattle and place them in ; pasture which ls noulnfested. In th ii way possibly a number of the lien will be taken out of tlte infested ter ritory before they have become infect ed and will be placed where lt will bi impossible for them to contract th? disease, unless ticks gain access V them later. The medicinal treatment for ani mais while suffering from the diseasi ls very unsatisfactory, the morality being at least 90 per cent. Yet, 1 ai ways advise to treat them sympto matlcally and hope for good results 1 have had a few cases that recoverer under the following treatment, whicl is the one 1 always recommend foi cattle Bullering from the disease When the tirst symptoms of the dis ease are noted ticks that are on th? animal should be thoroughly removec and a good purgative given, viz.: ISp som salts, in one or two pound doses according to the size of the animal Within eight orten hours alter th< administration of the salts, cimmenci giving quinine sulphate in une-bal ounce doses dissolved In one-half pint of whiskey three times a day. Con tinue for at least three days. If Un salts have not acted in 24 hours, re peat its administration, giving onlj half as much as was given in the lirsi dose. The sick animals should be sep crated from the herd and given Lin benefit of comfortable quarters. Very young cattle have, the powei to withstand the disease without airj dangerous results, and cattle ownen can bring cal.es under four month! old to their tick infested farms will practically no danger, provided these calves become infested at once wi tl ticks. Though 1 always advise tin immune to Texas feyer when they art to be introduced on a faim infest?e: witli ticks. Tills Inoculation can bc practiced suscessfully only willi cattle that are under two years old, thougt I have Inoculated, and with good re suits, cattle much older. The tratlic in cattle is very import ant to the cattle owners of thc State, If he has a tick-free farm, no anima that is Infected can be permitted te enter those premises without very much endangering the lives of the cat tie which are already on that farm, And the life of an animal that has never carried ticks is equally endan gered when lt ls brought to a tarin where ticks are present. I hope our cattle owners will beai 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 noninfectcd cattle, which, if bought indiscriminately, may cause consider able loss. This will not be the case, however, if when y ou arc making your purchases you will inform yourself as to whether you have bought an ani mal that ls immune or not immune to Texas fever, or whether you have bought an Infected or noninfectcd an imal. If tlie animal has carried ticks lt is immune to this disease and ye.u will take no chances so far as Texas fever ls concerned by taking it t<- an I infested farm. You will also be safe in buying cattle which have never I carried ticks and are therefore not I immune to Texas fever and placing them on your farm, provided it ls free from ticks. Hut ii your farm ls infest ed, such cattle should be Inoculated before exposing them. Also .should thc animal purchased ho Infected and tlie farm which ls to bo free from ticks, tiley should be thoroughly cleansed of the parasites before driving thom to the farm. A SPICY BOOK. Admiral Bohley Writes of Hil 8ervioe in the Navy. HERO OF SANTIAGO TALES OUT And Establishes His Right to the Credit of Being In Com mand .in That I) e - Oisive Battle. Rear Admiral Win?eld S:ott Schley ls guilty of lese rrajeste. President Rjotevelt, whose province ls the whole Held of knowh dge, decided that uouody was lu command of the Amer ican tieet at the battle of Santiago on July i), 18?8, when the outlre Spanish licet was destroyed. And yet I here comes Admiral ??chley with a bJok telling the story or his more than two score yearB 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 it. What will happen to the Admiral for thus daring to assert himself and ; guard his hard-won fame there ls no telling. He may be court-martialled or dismissed (rom service by executive order-but hardly before the Presi ' dentlal election. 1 This honk, of which the advance . sheets have been received, will be 1 published on the 2.'iinst. by Appleton & Co. lt is entitled "Forty-live Years Under tile Flag," and covers the 1 career of the author. Naturally inter est will centre upon the chapters ' dealing with the Spanish-American war, and especially tlie great sea tight . for winning which credit was claim.d 1 for Sampson, who was not among 1 those present. "In these chapters," says the au thor, "the purpose has been to record thu events from tlie writers own viewpoint, to criticse in a spirit of fairness, but without malice." He ' adds-and this casts au interesting 1 light on ex-Secretary of tire Navy Lung that "through the Courtesy or ' Secretary Mundy recourse hos been . had to ollloial papers which were not : available h fore his accession to 1 dike." ! That Admiral Schley expects things 1 to happen because of his bcok is evi dent froai tlie paragraph of his pre face in which he remarks: ' "In times of danger and duty the writer endeavored to do tlie werk set before him without fear of personal consequences. With this thought in 1 mind, lie lias felt moved, as a duty ! "o his wife, his children and his name, to leave a record of his long professional life, which lias not been 1 without some prestige at least for the Hag he lias loved and under which he J has served." r Admiral Schley has done his task of trutli-tellii g as thoroughly as a ' man in ins pisition could well von 1 ture to do. He goes minutely into 1 all tho movements of tl e squardron 1 under his command, aol supplies ti r the historian of the future tue facts ' upon which au impartial judgment of " Iiis conduct can be formed. ' lt is not necessary here to follow 1 him into the details of his voyage from Key West to Ci JU fuegos and ' thence to Santiago. Nor ls it need 1 ful to KO withhim into the dllllculties - attending coaling at s a, or the rea ; sons for tlie Brooklyn's loop at the \ opening of the action of July 3. All ? these matters were made much of by 1 Secretary Lung ard others of Samp . son's partisans, but interest tlie ' public comparatively little now. Time gives perspective and places . things In their right relative propor ' tiou. If Schley had been a ca valry 3 man instead of a sailor, aud had led a ' territic, victorious charge against the enemy, whining Hie war, criticism as to his alleged carelessness about the 3 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 among thc large-minded. Yet I that soitof carping finds its perfict II parallel in the criticism of which r Schley has been marie tue victim-not . by petty busybodies merely, but by Long, Secretary of tlie Navy, and J Roosevelt, President of the United 1 Statis. On the morning of the great day, ' Sampson, in obedience to orders from . Secretary Long, sailed away lor Sibo -' ney to confer with General Shatter, 1 Hying tue signal, "Disregard move 1 men ts of the commander-in-chief." ^ And while Sampson aaa gone tlie ' .Spanish tleet came (.ut of Santiago and 2 was smasl ed. Smashed hy whom / Not hy Samp son, certainly. L The Colen was the ?asl of the " Spaniards to surrender, which she 1 did at Llf> p. m.. and Hie New York, with Admiral Sampson on byard, did r not arrive on the scene till 2.2.i p. m., one hour and eight minutes after ' wards. 5 During the t hree hours and forty ' minutes of this immortal chase and ! I battle Hie Brooklyn, Sch ley's Mag 1 ?ship, led the van. His vessels were : j hit forty-two times by the Spanish ! j guns, and thirty of these hits were ' received by the Brui klyn. Tlie only ? man killed and the only man wound ' ed were on board the Brooklyn. 1 The Admiral does not hy name mention President B osevelt, who in his decision den) lug the appeal of Schley from the majority report of Hie Hoard of Inquiry asserted that I there was really no commander at ) the hattie that it was a "captains1 1 fight." But Hie Admiral deals with ? Hie point on page 2118, when writing of the departure of tho New York > and Massachusetts on thc morning of duly ?: i "Where cither ship had gone, or for vviiat purpose, had not been . vochsafed to the commander of tlie ? Second Squadron (Schley,) whose Hag, thus left on the blockading lines, in , accordance with Hie naval regulation-., constituted the commander of the , Second Squadron senior olllcer pres ent in command. Thc regulations of tho navy settle that beyond any doubt hy tlxing the responsibility of such i otlicer when the service exigencies im pose such duties upon him. * * * If the battle had miscarried, or if through mismanagement Ceveren or any ot his ships had escaped that day, there would have b en no dilliculty 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 elfort to prove that the New York was with in signal distance, no claim that lt wasa captain's hattie, nor any other of the sophistries that were invented in tlie aftermath of controversy about this great victory. No instance is re called where great success was won in battle where every participant was not anxious to share in the glory, hut no instance ls remembered where any subordinate ever desired to Share w ith lils superior the odium of defeat. Santiago alone would be unique as one of the world's great battles won with out anybody being in command. If defeat had occurred, the commander of the Second Squadron would bave had to take his medicine just the same." "The unshakable fasts that tbe Brooklyn was In tbe flgbt from start to il ni sb; that she was nearer "to tbe enemy from tbe beginning to the end of the action at every stage of the battle; that she was struck by thirty of the forty-two projectiles which struck the American vessels engaged; that she inflicted quite 50 per cent, of the damage sustained by the ships of the enemy, although she consti tuted hut one-fifth of the attacking American force; that she and Oregon completed the battle by capturing the Colon; i hut the ouly casualties on the American side occurred on board the Brooklyn-these facts arosulllolent to tlx an unalterable judgment of the issues." Aud the finding of Admiral Dewey, president of the Board of Inquiry, who will he admitted to be a reason ably good authority tn naval matters: Commodore Sudley was the senior ofllcer of the squadron oil Santiago when the Spanish squadron attempt ed to (scape on the morning of July 3, 18!t?. Ile was lu absolute command, aud is entitled to the credit due such commanding ollluer for the glorlou-. victory which resulted in the total dcstructiou of the Spanish ships." In his pages Sehley forbears from direct condemnatory comment upon the behavior of Sampson. Bu tue facts speak for them-elves. The dis appointment of Sampson at being ab sent when the supreme hour came was as great as it was natural-but he was not great enough to rise above it and do justice to a more fortunate comrade. Ile refused recognition 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 the American Navy. The disappoint ment, killed Sampson, but the detrac tion, the foul injustice to willoh he bas been subject ed, has not embitter ed Sohlcv. He kro.vs that history, as thc vast majority of his fellow countrymen bave dune, will place the laurel wreath where it belongs, and that his honest fame will shine all thc brighter as time clears away thc clouds with which envy ha:, sought to obscure it. "Forty-ti ve Yeai s Under the Flag'' is a most readable book from the first page to the last -animated, cheerful, manly, the book i f a healthy-minded, high-spirited and chivalrous sailor. "In penning these memoirs," he .-ays, in concluding, and his work bear's him out, "There has been nc wish to detract from the services ol others, no desire to utter unkind, un dignified or rude words of those who may bave di tiered in their views, but toset forth thc facts and services ol a life that has been clean in its devo tion to home and to country and stead last in it? purpose* from youth to i ts meridian in giving the best years ol 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 e> thus: "Neither the lapse of time! nor the change of cir cu m ttanees has Wrought any change of faith in the exjpressi; n from tue heart penned in those first moments after the gto.lt.. b title ol July 3, 1898: " *I am glad that 1 had ai oppor tunity to contribute in the li ast to a victory that seems big enouuti for all of us.' "_) Roll Weevil Hating Ant. The secretary nf agriculture hat just approved Hie plan for furthei studies of tile "kelep," the bull weevil eating ant. < >. F. Cook, who discov ercd the ant in Guatemala, and three assistants are now in Texas making preparations to establish the colonie; for the winter. Two assistants will be sent to Guatemala to observe tut habits of the ant during the coming winter and to tend more colonies il the latter are required, lt is during the winter season in this country that tlie cotton cr. p in Guatemala hs grown. The secretary states that ol the 89 colonies already Imported only one bas been lost and that through at accident. The statement that tlu ants have died oil" or have bei n kll?ei. it is announce i, are erroneous. Tin ants are vigorous and are still active in destroying boll weevils and all ol Hie colonies have increased in num bers since they were liberated. A I-'atal Fall. A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says I? M. Pierson, a wealthy sawmill man of Walterboro, S. C., fell from ; Street car at the union station Satur day night. He was getting ult thi car when he fell. Ile lost Iiis balanci and when lie fell the back of his beac: struck the pavement. Some hours aller he fell Mr. Pierson died at Ll ic hospital. Mr. Pierson was to have been married Wednesday lu Savannah, to Miss Leah Anderson Westerndorf ol Charleston. The young lady is a daughter of Mrs. James lid win Wes lendorf of Charleston. Mr. Pierson was .\it!i his fiancee at thc time ol the accident. At li rsl it was not supposed that he had been fatally in jured. The news of bis death proved a sad blow to ber. lUrtl cm Army Ollie.TH. That no army oillcer be permitted to marry until be has first.secured thc permission of the Secretary of War and satisfied that olllcial that his in come ls sufficient to support himself and family, and that be is entirely free from debt, ls the recommendal lon made by Major Gen. Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general, commanding the Atlantic division and department of tlie K ist, which was issued at the war department. Double S.meide. Thc bodies of Mary and Lizzie Kohrer, who lived alone on a small farm near Buoy rus, Ohio, was found Wednesday by section men on the Ohio Central Railroad. Thc women wrapped themselves in a bed spread and laid down on the track Wednes day night and were killed by a passen ger train. They bad frequently de clared that they were tired of the struggle for life and wanted to die. <;?>inl Nowa? Chairman Tom Taggart, of thc Democratic nat ional committee, says everybody ls lovely fur the Democrats in the West and he secs no reason why Parker Should not carry Indiana. He also tells his fellow citizens lu the Ilooslr state that New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and West Virgin ia are in lino shape for the party. A FATAL ACCIDENT. Ten Little School Girls Are Suffocated in a Vault. OTHERS NARROWLY ESCAPED. AU ur the Victima Were Froin the Primary Graden. The Acci dent Occurred at the Recess Hour. A dispatch from Cincinnati, Ohio, says scbool closed Friday at Pleasant. Ridge, seven miles north of Cincin nati, with the tlrst quar er bf the ses sion when nine, possibly ten girls were suffocated in a vault during the forenooa recess, and a score of others narrowly escaped the same horrible death. During the rcBt of the day this suburb was wild with mingled excitement, sorrow and Indignation and Friday night those openly charg ing the calamity to uncial negli gence are making serious threats, among them being many women. The large building is used for a high school as well as for all lower de partments. All the victims were from primary grades. On opposite sides of the spacious ground in the rear of the school building are two outhouses. When recess was given about 30 of the studier girls were in the ou house assigned to them when suddenly the floor gave way, precipi tating them into the vault. This vault is 12 feet deep and walled up with stone like a well. There was in it 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. Tne girls fell eight feet from the flooring and the struggles of those who were on top kept at .least nine underneath until they were dead Tile frame sheds of these vaults were about 20 feet square without windows and only one narrow doorway, so that, only one girl escaped from the door. She ran into the school budding and told the teachers what had happened. The principal abd other teachers rush ed to the rescue. The screams of the girls were dimly heard while within the vault and they were most of them unible to speak when re cued. The teachers were soon reinforced by the entire population of the town, the police and tire departments rendering most effective servie:. DRAIN i-i i ? TUE VAULT. The tiremen drained the vault so as to be sure that the rescue was oom plcte. Among the first to come to the relief of Principal Zimmerman were Rev. I. D. Lambert of the Presbyter ian church and Frank S. Johnson of Tile Herald and Presbyter of Cincin 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. Ry means of this im promptu rope several were rescued. Marshall Wood had great ditllcultv in keeping the crowd back and from in terlerring with the rescuers. The im portunities of friends, especially of the weeping mothers, were almost beyond the control of the ollicers. Drs. U 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 hom; s. Frank S. Johnson said: "I was standing across thc street talking tc Dr. Lambert when a little girl came crying for help. We found Principal /immerman saving lives. The smaller girls were being foiced to the bottom by tile movements and terrific stug glesof each other in the vault. Up thc ladder climbed the little ones, drench ed, gasping for breath and fainting as soon as taken out into the fresh air. As fast as they came witina reach of the door those who stood at the door way reached down and lifted then from the ladder and passed them out to waiting friends, lt was not possi ble to go down Into the vault at firs! for the reason that one would impede the little ones who were climbing out, "Finally the last girl t hat could get to the lader got out and then the met: went in and rescued those who xe nia i ned.*' Wm. J. Card of McCullough Sc Som in Cincinnati had three (laughters in thc place, of whom Charmian and Fausta lost their lives. Ritha, the twin sister of Fausta, narrowly escaped death. When the crowd of girls rushed into the place R?tha was knocked out of the door Into thc yard just before the collapse of t!:e ll tor occurred. 1! ?ports about the Moor having given way last year are denied by the school tn) dees. A corrected list of the dead follows: L iretta finke, aged 12; daughter of Henry Finke of the Scbrolh Pack ing company, Cincinnati. Kinma Steinkamp, aged 13; daugh ter of John Steinkamp. A.nelia Hesse, aged u; daughter of Herman 1). Hesse, dairyman. Martha Uubr, aged 8, luther dead; mothe r. Ulla Ruhr. Udna Thee, aged Ht; daughter of John.Thee, blacksmith. Hazel Clover, aged 8, parents dead; lived with grandmother, Mrs. Wolf. faust a Card, ageel ll, and Char mian Card, aged !l; both daughters of Wm. Card of the linn of McCullough Si Sons, Cincinnati. Lillian Wi thain, agrd 13; daughter of W. A. Witham, a farmer. A Warning. The Nesvberry Observer says the family of Mr. Possie Livingston of near Pomaria 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. Thc family hurried to the lire, and found a bureau, which contained nearly all their clothing, in a light blaze. With hard work tue lire was put out. This is said to to be the work cf rats and matches, and should be a caut ion to all to keep matches where rats can't get to them. The family lost thc greater part of their clothing. Died 1'rum Her 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 her home N days ago. During the time, at brief intervals, she betrayed by signs a recognition of those about her, but never did she speak nor was consciousness manifested for any length of time. The deceased was the oldest daughter eif Capt. R. L. Row den and wife of Mr. George Hodges, a well known and popular business man of the city. She was a woman of 35 years ol' age, possessed of the host traits of womanhood and Ohrlstain character. * NOBODY CLAIMED THEM. The State Treasurer Has Written Checks Off or Hts Booka. The Gol um bin Stale Bays tbe State treasurer bas linished writing oil ot tbe books all old checks for which warrants have been issued and which have never been presented at the banks. The banks of the State bave <j bad this money on deposit for years and at the last session of the legisla ture lt was decided to write all of these old claims off and turn the money back luto thc general fund. " Thc work lias keen going ou fur the past two moulin and the books have now been balanced UD to date with a total of 9152 89 written off. Following are tho Items: Carolina National bank, check No. 754, payable to W. McB. Sloan, and dated March 21,1884. for 83 95 (inter est on consols .vi-loo dollars aud in terest on'deficit 83 31). Carolina N itlonal bank, check No. 432?, payable to M rs. C. A. Adis, and 1 dated Oct. 21, 1888, for $3.00 (pen- . sion). National Loan and Exchange bank, check No. 153 payable tr W. B. Low rance, and dated Dec 25), 1887, for $2.93 (consol Interest). National Loan and Exchange bink, check N. 370, payable to M. A. Mit chell, and dated Oct. 10, 1888, for $3.00 (pend?n warrant). South Carolina Loan and Tru- tCo., * Charleston, check No. 09, payable to B. O. Johnson, and dated Sept. ll, 1888, for $15,00 (pension warrants, three). First National Bank of Charleston, check No. 003, payable to D..O'Neill & Sou, and dated July 14, 1882, for 81.59 (consol interest). First National Bank of Charleston, , Check; No. 1931, payable to J. E. B. Sloan, Exor. Hall, dated July Ki, 1880, for $32 2ti (consol interest). First National hank of Charleston, check No. 2,000, payable to A. IL Behn, trustee, and dated Nov. 23, 1880, for 813. 19 (consol Interest). First National Bank of Charleston, 1 check No. 3032, payable to Mrs. Sarah E. Carr, and dated June 25, 1890, for $1.50 (consol interest). i People's National Bank of Charles ton, check No. 21(49, payable to Miss Ann U Robertson, aud dated Dec. 23 1890, Tor $19.50 (interest on c nsols). People's National Bink of Charles ton, check No. 3028, payable to Bude of Charleston. N. H. A., and dated Dec. 28, 1893, for $4.70 (interest on consols). Bank of Charleston, N. B. A., check No. 1014, payable to Mrs. M. I. Orr, and dated June 2s, I?8?, for $2.77 (consol interest). Bank of Charleston, N. B. A., check NJ. 20003, payable to ll. E Young, ' and dated July 6, 1889, for $39 15 ! (consol interest). Bank of Charleston, N. B. A., check No. 3431, payable to 1 Stremmell, Exor., and dated AUK. H? 1891, for $o' 39 (consol Interest). The above, amounting to $152 89, has been carried to the general fund and ls subject to jour warrant. Palmetto Bank and Trust Co., check Nc?. 1123, payable to Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., and dated Aug. 19, 1897, for $3 25 (dispensary war rant). ' This item lias been carried back to credit of dispensary fund. BENEFECI AR Y SCHOLARSHIPS Pur tlie St rinal Classes ol tho South Carolina College. The trustees of the South Carolina 1 c l'eye have awarded the n irmal scholarships. Each of these gives free tuition at the c dlege and gives the holder of the scholarship 840 in cash with which to pay his board and 1 oilier expenses. Toere were no ap plicants from Chester, Abbeville. Chesterfield, Clarendon, E Igefield, Georgetown and Berkeley counties. Following is the list of appointments as announced Tuesday : Aiken-L H. Sh'Uh ?us?. Oakwood: James D. Redd, Oakwood. Anderson-C. L. Watkins, Ander- ' son. ' Bamberg-W. F. Biers, Ehrhardt; George McKenzie, Klirhadt. Barnwell- M. lt. Wills, Williston; 1 Leonard Mellichampe. Beaufort -lt. T. W. Roberts, Coo sawhatchie; George Crocker, Beaufort. Charleston-Aaren J. ll .ffman, Charleston. Cherokee-J. R. Jefferles, Gaffney; E, S. McKown," Mercer. Colleton 0. J. I). Caldwell, Bells; Ellis D?Trevllle, Walterb >ro. Darlington - C. \V. Stuckey, Clyde: S A. llatchell, Darlington; I), lt. Blackmon, Darlidgton; Howard Black mon, Darlington; Lui renee E. Lunn, Darlington. Dorchester G. K. Way, Bisses Station. Fairtield J. W. Coleman, Wood wards; H. O. Scott, Monticello. Florence David C. Hill, Timmons vilie; J. D. Rollins, Florence. Greenville-V. E. Rector, High land; W. S. Miller, Greenville. Greenwood-J. Mojre Mars, Rileys. Hampton Geddes G. Dowling, Hampton; J. F. Dowling, Hampton. Dorry -Willie Singleton, Haskell; 1 Tola B. Lewis, Gallivants Ferry. Kershaw -J. A. Marshall, Bethune: 1 Shelby Trucsdale, Westville. < Lancaster Willie M. Duncan, Lan- < caster: < >. B. Adams, Lancaster. ; Laurens C. W. Jones, Mt. Gallag her; J. C. Burdett, Lan ford Station; 1 Smith J. Martin, Lauford Station; J 1 IL Sullivan, Laurens; L E. Reeder, 1 Cross Hill; JT. V. Farrow, Fountain : Inn; J. A. Willis, Ripley. ' Lee II. II. Evans, Braun; J. J. I Shaw, Jr., Bishpovflle. Lexington B. J. Wlngard, Loxing- I ton: C. E. Wess'nger, Lexington; C. L. Sliealy, Summit; C. A. Shumpert, Rishton. Marion-S. J. Wall, Bukulla; Step hen H. Moody, Dillon. Marlboro J. L. Bunch, McColl; H. C. Rasterling, Btnnettsville. Newbbcrj II. L. Houlware, New- . berry. Oconee-J. S. Harris, Townville; W. It. Craig, Stewart. Orangeburg-K. B. Schoenberg, ! North; Wm. Smoak, Branchville; J. C. Hungerpiller, Eiloree. Pickeiis W. T. Earle, Central: O. 1 S. Freeman, Bosley. Richlind C. E. Owns, Horrell; ( Lee B. Bawl, Blythewood. Saluda C. J. Sawyer, Big Creek; ' Luther E Wheeler, Saluda: Ira B. Cromley, Colemans. Spartanburg-C. T. Kaincy, Camp- | obello: J. B. Cash, Cherokee. ( Sumter-Louis C. bryan, Sumter; ) Frank lt. Sanders, Hagood. t Coinnimltted Sn'citle. Michael Schall and Miss Nettie Crotwalt committed suicido by asphy xiation in her room In York, Pa., on Monday night. Both left notes lu which they complained of "the cruel world." PRESBYTERIAN C0LLE6E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CLIIMTTOIM, S. O. BOARD, RQOM-RENT and TUITION for Collegiate Year foi M 17.50. Next Session begiiiB Sept. 22, 1904. {jj ? m For^Catalogue or information address $!3RB? >*3 ?!3 ]_?V_ '.IC. SIRI^^OXCI?.. c WONDERFUL RECORD^ ~~( Starteen students of Osborne's Businsss College h**? eeesroi yodtiomi within last few days. Several ladies as stenograpatna ?Ul typewriter? in both Georgia and South Caroline* eng 19 nen M bookkeepers, shorthand writer* an4 is ?Ws?? s?te* TU? -Ik?jt punmtomftA MACHINERY ?UPPIylBJS. Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting", Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors. Lubricators, etc. .0,000 ft. of good 1 in. second hand black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00., Columbia, 8. O. The machinery Supply house of the state. ^ WE ARE L0?"ING i r ^- if ?F0a^fOUH ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFG CO. bout'ieasterr Lime & Cement Lo. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinus. High Grade Roofing Whiskey i Morphine I Uigaret i All.Urugana fooacco Habit, Uahit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Institute, of C 1329 Lady St. (or P. ?. Box 75f Columbia, S. 0. Confidential correapond .ri io solicited. L/ime co ui ont, Plaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Fortland Cement Co., Charleston, ti. G. A CALL TO DEMOCRATS. riioy Arc UrKeii t?> Resistor and Vote in thc Contins Election. Tbe importance of the Democrats roting in the coming general election m tlie 8oh of November was empha iized hy the State D mocratic com mittee at its meeting last wt eic. The Republicans In their national party platform have a plank which is re garded as a threat aga ust southern representation in c 'tigress, it being implied that an . ffjrt will be made to reduce the number of congres m :n from southern Stat ss bec tuse of fie tact that the vote is so light in the general elect ion. The Democrats hive not pilled their full strength In a November election in this State in several yea's, because nomination In the party pri mary has leen con- dered tantamount to election. But us the ll publicans have announced that they will have an elect ral ticket In the field lo No vember and as they will have candi dates for congress in siveral districts - perhaps in all-it is desired that 3very Democrat go to th: pills in November so that there eau be no pe ssible grounds for making a cont'st }f the result-which will inevitably u6 witli thc Democrats and such a majority, if Lb Democrats vot?, that the other party can hive nei excuse for aiming a blow at th? repr?senta it m in congress from mis State. in acc. rdauee with the demand of the tln-rs apd with the wish of the candidates for congress, and act ng under tue rcso'ution of tue St ?te Democratic executive committee, Lien. Wilie Jones, chairman ol tuc committee, Saturday issued the fol lowing call to the chairmen of the executive committee in the several Bounties in the State: Headquarters of the State Democratic Kxcutlve Committee. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 24, 1!?04. Dear Sir: The Democratic voters of our State have shown so much In difference in the past few years aoout voting in tlie legal election that I feel that it ls very important that every effort he made to get them to register and vote. The first Monday lu Octo ber is the last day upon which they can register and they should be urged to come out and register and be pre pared to vote in the legal election to be held on the s th day of November. 1 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 the first Monday in October. The indications now are that the Republicans of this State will put out an electoral ticket and also candidates against all of our congressional nomi nees. Of course we all know that the cause of this great indifference on the part of the voters ls produced by thc prevailing feeling that the primary elections settle tlie fate of our candi dates, and that our parly in this State is invincible'. We are in vincible if our people will register and vote tint not otherwise. In the tirst pri mary this year there were over 10(1, H)0 votes cast and over 90,000 in the second primary. 1 trust, therefore, that you will clo all In your power to {et the Democrats of your county to register, and ulsj to get your county papers to urge it. Yours very truly, WILIE JUNKS, State Cbairman. Another Columbia Murder. A homicide occured three miles from Columbia Saturday morning. IVrcy Crows, a carpenter, engaged in juildlng a cottage on the Epworth Orphanage property, was shot in the jack of tlie head and killed by a painter named Harley McDonald, rhere had been some dispute over a natter of $5. There were l? or 20 nen working on the premises and they lid not try to steip Mci)maid who same to tlie city, notified his wife and nade bis escape, ('rews is little more Lliau a b-y. A Rad Fellow. George Tilley, a young married man ivlng fifteen miles from Raleigh, N. J., fatally wounded his mother-in aw, Mrs. Lowry, on Sunday and liien ihut his wife in the breast, and fled. Killed Ula Brother. Edward Spcegle, aged 13, on Sunday light shot and killed his brother Hugh, aged 15, Burke county, North Jaroliua. The boys quarreled over Lho question of which should go to church. Vital Weakness, Blood Poison and All Discharges. WRITE HIM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE MEANS TO CURE YOURSELF j AT HOME PRIVATELY. Any gentleman reader of this paper havin? a privat?' disease, snell as Nervous Debility, Var tcocele, St riet un?. Sp?cifie Blood Poison or any l.'retlial Discharges should writo Dr. J. Recognized as .the oldest established and Most Reliable Special. 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I S. Broad St. Atilinta, Qa. Writo for thu ono j you want, lt is free, also a dotailed letter covering your case. It is a good way to And out if you can he cured and at no cost to you; so write without delay, and as thu doctor has been prominent in the South for twenty-five Neats, you can reis on what he says. * ? PIANOS AND ORGANS, g . -Anti Lots ol' Them S WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. S J Our prices are aliotit ten per J ? cent tinder Northern prices. . S h) cry Piano or Orjran we sell ? 9 is fully warranted by tho makers, V 9 mid backed up by us. Write us at V 2 once tor catalogue, prices and JJ 0 terms. g S MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, 5 o COLUMBIA, S. C. g WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 mid 20 Market Street, Charleston, S. C. Consignments of (Country Produce axe Re* Bpccttuliy Solicited. Poultry, Eggs, &c. Fish packed in barrels and boxes for coimtry trade a specialty. W illismston Female College Will open in its new buildings at Greenwood, S. C. Tuesday, Sept, 27, 1904. 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