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A FIEND'S WORK. Miss FJsic Morgan, Who Alone of Twelve Escaped Death, TELL AWFUL STORY Of Her Own Experience on the Trading Schooner Olympia. Her Narrative of Horrors Discount the Bloody Deeds of thc Seventeenth Century Buccaneers. Miss TCIjib Morgan, sole survivor among tho twelve passengers and crow of the British Honduras trading sohooner Olympia, who saw every other soul on hoard butchered by one gigantic negro buccaneer, iras so far recovered from the shook produced by those scenes as to be ablo to give a de tailed statement of this outrage, which transcends in horror the cruel cst deeds of tho old West Indian pi rates. Miss Morgan still Hes physically suffering at Ell Rrovcrno, in British Honduras, whither sho was taken by rescuers, who found her, half dement ed, wandering oh thc beach to which she bad swum af tor the black bucca neer had left her for dead In tho wa tor half a mile from shore. Hor story -tho ilrst and only one shebas told which ls sent herewith, invests tho facts already published throughout the world with tragic picturesqueness possible only In the statement of an eye-witness-and, In this case, of a girl who, through all that awful night of July 1, know that she hersell was designed for a late worse than death. Thc facts leading up to tho begin uing of M bs Morgan's narrai Ive arc these: The little trailing sohooner . Olympia, plying between tho island ot Utilla and Tiuxille, twenty-five miles away on tho Honduras main land, had b en ly i g at Us islai d pier for several daysldadiug with merchan dise for coast p tints. It was quite generally known that the oaptaiu had on board a considerable sum of money ingold, with which ho wis to bu\ cattle on the mainland. This amount was only rho equivalent of about $700 in United Sta! is currency, but in the minds of negro laborers about the pier lt assumed fabulous proportions. OLIO of ti eso was a glgautio spec! men named Robert Mc Fie Iel, well known to all tho Island inhabitants. He was more iban usually well oem cated for one ol his race rind borea fair rcj ulai ion. At dusk on June ?10. after tue captain, accompanied by the mate, bael thoroughly inspected thc sohooner and crew to bo sure that no suspicious oharaoter was aboard, the little vess 1, with twelve souls aboard, threw e lf its lines and dropped quietly out of the harbor, forTruxllle. In bis confession, made as he was about to bo bunged, MoFleld tells how. before the sohooner vas out of the harbor, Le rowed cut? to ber in tho darkness, climbed v.b iard unnoticed and concealed himself In the hold, armed with a wlnohcstes rlllo and a revolver. While the burly negro Skulked below waiting for a propitious moment, to put his murderous plot In to exeoullon, thesa passengers and members of tho ci cw were on deck under the brilliant tropical sky, un ooosoicua of dar ger : Miss L?Nie Morgan, Utilla. Waller R . . . aged 23 yt ars, UtiHa. Indiana Hose, hs wife, aged 20 yeur.i, Utilla. Six-weeks old baby of Mrs. Ro9G>, Utilla. Adela Boldon, twelve years old, Utlba. Captain White Bush, aged forty, mastey of tin Olympia, Lynn, Mass, vJb NV.ck Hydes, aged thirty-eight yoajs, mate i f Olvmpla, Ray Island, olson Rod en, i ailor, U .Illa. ft)oton Nlckcrsi n, sailor, aged thlr w two years, Oom ectlcut. ? William (? dfrcy, sailor, aged twen j ty five years, ll y Isl?t d. ' Aim..'!-, negr ook. At 10 o'clock In tl o evening, when about four mil soul from the island, all went below except Hydes, tho mate, and Rodden, ?vuo was at tho wheel. Mr s Morgan's narrative fol? lows: MISS MOU?AN S ACCOUNT. Tho fi llowlt g . rtiolo wa-? prepared for thc New York Amoricun by Miss Elsie Morgun : That awful ; ighl t o . es hack la all my dreams I shall never feirget lt. That bael: b a t's- murdert;us fury, the groans < bis victims, tho leering smile on his lips as ho threw my sis ter's baby int.. tho t.ea, tho rato ho promised ree, '..Ul ba with mc always. It v.a> a most bcautlft 1 i Ight, with a soft bro? sc . blowing aud tho heavens ablaze with stars Wo were on dock till after lo o', ook, my si ter and I, her hus' and ai tl bl o otb t passen gers, and ll seemed ; pity togo below with suth lovellnc s ad ibj?t 1 am sure that no one sm pact cd tiie slight* est danger. I went to my cabin with Mrs. Hose, my sister, and t! o baby, and s?.on we were asleep. It did not s"? m that 1 had slept more than a minute when a sound of sc ni g t'li dei k awakened mc. Theil sov< '??1 shots were tired. We were so alarm d at th's that m j sister aud 1 ? n to the hatchway. Captain Bush WAS ascending tho lad der. Wo li di d him and ID tanned. "Go back to your cabin," said tho captain. And then ho bounded on deck. Wo remained at ibo foot of tho lad der wondering, ;? u-ldenly there was another succession of s obs In quick succession i mingled with sounds of failing bodies and the screams of men It was horrible. We could not re main where wo were in uncertainty. Wc mounted the ladder and peered tinton deck. T ie s ght was awful. Tho sailor, Hodden, whom wu had seen at tho wheel, lay f;oe down on the deck quito still. Between the malnmad. ami tho wheel, looking big ger than eve- io t ho Hood of starlight, almost bare to his waist, with a rifle in bis hand, stood tho big negro, Robert MeFl< ld, 1 bad seen him many times and l<: ow biro instantly. siiii KAW'rino MOUTON nicene. In his belt V S9 a rovolver. Smoke was pouring fr :m tho muzzle of bia rifle. A few io; t in front ? f him lay the body of tho mato, rolling with tho mot ion of tho vessel, All ab once tho negro raised his rille anti began bring over my head toward the hov/ of tho ship. 1 saw Captain Bush run from behind tho foremast. MoFiold started for him, tiring as he ran. The captain was unarmed, but he had seized soveial belaying pins and was hurling them at the negro as he continued to fire. At the fourth or fifth shot the cap tain fell with a scream. The negro ran up and gave the body a kick; lt did not move. I was so horror-stricken I could not stir hanS ci' foot. Apparently the negro's rifle was empty. He laid lt down at his feet and drew his revolver, looking sharp ly forward. In a moment tho other two sailors and the cook appeared out of tho forecastle hatchway. The flrst of the Bailors, seeing tho negro with revolver raised, leaped for the bul warks as if to jump overboard. The negro tired and he fell. Tho sec md sailor dodged behind tho galley, but tho cook was shot dead at the hatch way. Thon the negro ran around the gal loy and shot the sailor hiding thorn. No ono oapable of reslstenoe was left above deok. I heard tho negro chuckle as he reloaded his rifle. One of tho prostrate sailors was moving slightly and another was groaning. MoFicld walked over to where thoy lay, cursed them horribly, spat In their faces and tired two or three shots Into tho head of each. When he walked oil he stopped where the captain lay, kioked the mo tionless body, spat in tho dead face, and tbeu did a horrible and uuneces bary thing. Tho negro, laughing as he did it, thrust the muzzle of bis re volver between the teeth of tho dead captain and tired, bursting open thc dead skull. PASSENGERS LINED UP AND SHOT. At this awful sight I nearly fell from the ladder. 1 was caught by Mr. Rose, my sister's husband. Beth of them bad como up behind me. Mr. Rose got |lds head above the hatch way. Ho said: "Ho's coming. Qickl nelp me cover the hatchway." My sister and I triod to help him drag the heavy batch over the open ing. Thero wero bolts to fasten lt down. Hut tho negro was too quick for us. Rushing up with rifle and re volver In his bands he kioked the natch far away. Then, as he covered us with rlllo, while his eyes gleamed savagely, bo shouted: "Get down there, and be quick about ltl" We tumbled down tho ladder, fol lowed by the most horrible ourses. Ile came after us, drove us Into au empty cabin and looked the door. Wo hoard him orderlug the Hodden girl and little Annie Connors to Btay where they wero, and a little later we beard bim in the captain's quarters hammering-evidently at the lock nf tho strong box containing the gold ht waa after. This kept up for at least an hour. We were frantic with fear. And my slstor, who bad left her baby In her cabin, didn't know whether lt wai dead or alive. At last the negro opened our d ior, pointed his revolver at us and ordered "Get out!" Mr Rose sprang at bia throat, bul was km eked ccnseleasby a single blow of the black man's list. When lu came to the negro compelled us all ti stand with our backs to the wall. J bad rushed to our cabin and had m^ sisters' baby In my arms. Adeh Hodden aud Annie Connors stood then with us. Suddenly, without a word, the ne uro raised his revolver and tired twice My sister aud Adela Hodden droppe< to the floor. They were dead. Screaming, I stooped over then with the baby in my arms. The ne gro seized me roughly by tho shoulde and hissed in my ear: BUK BEGGED TO UK SHOT. "Just keep quiet and you will be a! rl^ht-I want you." I Cfinnob repeat the fow other word V?i said. I begged him to shoot mi Hut he would not. He ordered us on deck-Mr. Rose Miss Couuors and I. Wcweut, I stl carrying tho child, which was only si months old. Then Mr. Rose, at the negro's corr maud, lowered the dory, in which th murderer had placad a bag of tho gol ho had stolon from the captain1 cliest. Keeping bis rifle pointed at u lie ordered us Into tho boat. At bl command Mr. Rose chopped a hole I the aide of the ship at tho water lim so that she began to lill and was sur to sink. While Mr. Rose still held the ax the negro shot him through tho bea and threw his body overboard. Thorn were loft now only Anni Connors, the baby and I. We croud ed In the bottom of the boat. Th negro rowed for a while toward th shore. Suddenly be threw down th oars, snatched the baby from m arms, tore at its throat Uko a savait animal, and then with a grinnin chuckle, threw tho little creature fa out into thc sea. The next minute h had pressed thc muzzle of his gu against Annie Connor's head an Oreel. She died at once. Then the negro rowed again fe quite awhile toward the mainland, could soe tho shore growing nearer, am a good swimmer, and made up m mind to jump overboard and try t escape. Tho tl rsl timo I tried to div over the thwart I fell Into tho tu gro's arms, I was so weak with fea: Ile thrust me back. After awhile tried again and found myself in tl water, out of his reach. "Comeback!" he shouted. "Shark* I Without Stopping to think, 1 start: back toward the boat. Suddenly tl neuro, who had ono of thc heavy oa In M.-, hands, brought it down on ir riead. I f lt had not glanced on a bees coil of hair I would havo been killi instantly. That fact proved my salv< Hon. 1 sank, and when I came I under the boat's stern I seized bold i it and 1 was ablo to cling thero ui noticed while the negro pulled for tl shore. At length I let go to gi' him time to disappear in the woo before 1 could swim to the beaoh. LEFT IN TIUC SHA KOK DEAD. It was a longer swim than I antic pated. I was exhausted at tho en Hut tho negro was out of sight, and felt safe. Then came those six terrible days wandoring, some of the time lost thicket!.; sleeping on the ground, su Histing on tho milk of cocoanut gradually losing my mind because those awful scenes always with rn waking or sleeping. A party of coco nut gatherers found mo. twenty mil from wbero 1 bad landed, and to mo to RI I'roverno. Until I told n story lt was thought that the Olymf with all aboard had gone down lr tropical hurricane. They went out and found MoFIel Tho police took bim, but British a American men took him away fri the police. Whon they brought h to me, and know that he was t man they would have burned him tho stako. Whon I begged them r to do that, bcoauio his soreaiw I bringing tn mo moro vividly yet t < murder of my slstor and her chile would drive me mad they tcok bis confession, hanged him, r '?d riddled hts writhing body with rliu ? hot?. He died saying he had made his peaoe with God. If that is true that is indeed merciful to sinners. Ei???o Mono AN. COTTON IN SOUTH AFRICA. KiTort? of tho British to lUiso the Ht ?plo Oyor Ttioro. Great efforts are being made, lt would appear, from reports recently received in this country, by the Brit ish Cotton Growers association to pro moto tho growth of ootton In South Africa and other colonies in the Unit ed Kingdom. The greatest obstaole which threatens the plan of the asso ciation at this time is said to bo the syslom of slavery which exists there in Its worst form, lt is said, than ever oxlsted in the United States or any other cauntry. Tho British Nigeria company ls a hugo mouopolistlo labor o.moern, and tho British Cotton Growing associa tion has the solo right to cultivato ootton in any part of the 400,000 Minaro miles ov^r which tho Najeria company is overlord. Tho population of that area is about 25,000,000 On tho cotton plantations operated near Lagos, the cost of labor for sixteen hours per day and seven days in the week ls twelve cents. This includes rations, clothing, medicine, quarters and ruporlntendeuco. lt is nald that with this slave labor, that within ilve years tho cotton pro duced will bo ample to the require monts of Great Britain. While there was, not many years ago, a large American trade douo on the territory of the Nigeria oompany, that concern has of reout years entirely shut out Amorican goods in any shape from competition. American fabrics, spirits and other kind* ot goods aro debarred into my of tho territory now owned or operated hy the Nigeria company. Tho trade of the New longland mills was especially good in tho country now closed to them until a fow years back, as British froo trade so called floes not apply to any territory com mitted to the custody of a chartered company. On this aooount American manufacturers must necessarily lose quite a largo sum of money eaoh year on a count of the (act, as stated, that the elli JOS of the Nigeria cjmpauy ab solutely refuse to patronize thom or allow any of tho slaves in their em ploy to patronize American manufact ures in any way whatever. RIGID QUARANTINE. Charleston Will Plaon Inspectors Mt All Junotlonal l'oints. Tlie yollow fover soare has ab last struck Charleston, and the board of health of that ol ty has decided to put into effect a more rigid quarantine and authorized, the employment of in spectors for trains at all Junotlonal points and for the river steamboats a<3 well, passing a resolution requiring that passengers coming to Charleston shall produco proof that they have not been within the fevor district for a period of ten days They will be eta t'.oned at Branchville, Lanes, Preg nals, and Yemansee. The action of tho board ls largely predicated on the recommendation of Health Officer Brunner of Savannah, who advised a strioter quarantine for that olby, after a personal investigation of tho exist ing conditions in tho fever district. Savannah determined accordingly to put out inspectors and Charleston will act in accordance with the recommen dations of the Savannah health officer, whose opinion ls held in high regard in Charleston. People visiting Char leston from thc interior of the State must provide themselves with health certificates, to show that tiley have not been In the infected district since tho fever began. Found in Airton. The Boston police department is expecting to hear at any moment of the arrest of Frank C. Miles, former treasurer of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company, who disappeared from there nine years ago, and was af terward accused of embezzling the in stitution of $lf>0,000. Miles, tho po lice have leann.d, has been located at Capo Town, South Aft lea. Tuc au thorities of the city have been In communication with those of that olty, and have instructed them to put him under arrest. Besides the alleged embezzlement of the com pa ny's funds, It was charged that Miles looted the treasury of the Union club of about en,000. It is said that Milos wrote a letter acknowledging that he had pledged securities of tho company for losses that he had sus tained in tho stock market. After Miles disappeared tho police kept watch on his residence on Beacon street, as well as at his country place at Londonderry, Vo., but nothing came, of it. Sumo of his friends got the Idea that he had killed himself, but tho company In New York that bonded him never believed so. Milts is now about 82 years old. Held (Ja pt Ivo. At Chicago Mrs. Mary Mulholland, thc wealthy Vicksburg, Miss,, widow, alleged to bo held a captivo in the Gerald building, 20ih and Slate streets, by her two daughters, Daisy E., and Hattie Mulholland, has been found by a deputy sheriff at the resi dence of her brother, h'red Sloat, 6422 Shields avenue. Mrs. Mary BV vell, also a daughter of Mrs. Mulhol land had begun habeas corpus pro ceedings. Dlscovory of the missing woman brought with lt a threatened arrest of Miss Daisy Mulholland on tho charge of contempt of court- She was taken Into custody and then ro loased on promising to produce her motlier before Judge Dupuy, where the hattie for tho aged woman's cus tody will ho fought. Patrick Henry, administrator of thc estate of Charles Mulholland, wno beoamo wealthy operating Mississippi rlyor steamboats many yearn ago, ls in Chicago ready to take part In tho controversy ovor the custody of tho widow. A I'M/jin With TU? l<'roinaii. Engineer Lucas, of thc Southern Railway, whoso headquarters aro in Greenville, had a hand to hand en counter with his negro broman at] Blacksburg, which ?osultcd In thc former's arm hoing crushed wi til a wronoh and tho latter being captured by blood hounds and lodged in Jail at Gaffney, where he will bo tried for assault and battery with intent to kill. _ A Nimmo. Secretary Wilson ls a harmless, dull old bureaucrat, who has held thc ag ricultural pori folio .ilnce 1807, simply because nobody elso wanted lt. It is ashamo, Uko robbing tho children's banks, to tako advantage of him and locate costly leaks in his department. i LOCK HORNS Over ?he Dispensary Problem in the Pulpit of a Church AT A UNION MEETING. Merits and Demerits of the Question Dis* cussed In the Historic Red HUI Baptist Church. One Sneaker Sj Predicts that Prohib?.Da Means Barrooms. A dispatch to The Stat? says non. W. Jasper Talbert and Former Solici tor J. W. Thurmond looked horns in a dispensary discussion Saturday at a Baptist Union Meeting at tho his torical Rod Hill Baptist Church near Parksvlllo in Edgefleld County. The assembly was largo and the apeakers stood in the pulpit. At tho olose of an address by Dr. Bell, Mr. Timrmond advanced and delivered a very earnest speech, advocating tho dispensary. He declared that if it was rightly conducted lt is tho best solution of the liquor evil and that there would bo open barrooms lu South Carolina within two yoars if tho pro; hlbltlonists should win their fight. In his speeoh Col. Talbert declared that tho welfare of the natlou de ponds more upon tho obaraotor of Its citizens than tho strength of its army and navy; that total abstinence Is tho only logical and safe praotioo for a religious man. Some men remain moderate drinkers without ruin, but their ex? m pie is deleterious to others who aro not strong enough to koop from excess. "There is no impropriety in speak ing of tho dispensary In the church. I believe in lighting the devil any where. I shall attaok the dlsponHary anywhere and everywhere. I am against it in any form. If a man thinks ho can reform an ancient egg, lot him reform tho dispensary. I never saw a rotten egg made fresh. "To say prohibition does not pro hibit ia silly. The law against steal ing, murder, arson and rape do not prohibit, but they restrain. So will prohibition restrain. I do not think there can be more blind tigers under prohibition than under tho dispen sary as now conduoted." "The prohibition movement is not a failure; tc it is due the credit for the present activity. I lovo every inch of my State and I am honest in my readiness to light whiskey. When ever tho church membership of this country quit driuklng liquor, deter mine to wash "mir hands of com plaiaanco wit., oso who deal In lt for selfish gain and go to work against whiskey, wo will have the prohibition whloh we need in South Carolina.1' Hon. J. W. Thurmond came to tho platform and made an address. He said that he recognized the gr.""!*-.evil in whiskey, but that men mlgjL iou estly differ as to the best meao$ ! rc duciug the ovil. Does tho,^ ?nt mode of selling liq um* ..' >/i"r3? -?rp evil than otbOi" vic, 1 .? ." S om o evils must bo-prohibited outright; others are best prohibited by controlling thom. This ls tho case with whls key. Prohibition in Edgefleld county formerly was a oomplote failure. Ouo of the worst things a State can do is to put a law upon tho statute boons which cannot be enforced; and the prohibition of liquor cannot be en forced. You teach people perjury by bringing them up before grand juries under circumstances which expcrl onco has shown will make them lie. If you will take your present law and enforce lt, lt will bo a good solu Mon of the question. If you vote pro bibitlon you will not have it but a year or two. The leaders of this anti dispensary movement In Columbia are working toward high license and pro idhi Mon is but a step on their way to that end. Today this county gets from the dispensary about $0,000 for education. Tho c ninty also gets $3,300 for roads and tho towns $3,300. The speaker advocated educating tho rising gen eration on money scoured from whis key taxation. Ho said to kill the dis pensary ls to take one third from the schools of tho county, and practically pull down the school houses. Mr. Thurmund went ou to show tho union meeting attendants how it would touch their pocketbooks, If they voted out whiskey. His views arc unique In deliverances before South Carolina religious assemblies. But in Mr. Thurmund's address there was the ring of conviction. Col. Talbert asked tho speaker if it was possible for tho legislature to vote open barrooms, and ho nnquallfledly alllrmed that it could do so. Col. Talbert-"Do you believe that lt will dolt?" Mr. Thurmund-"I believe they will do it within two years' time." Col. Talbert-"Thon, God have mercy upon their souls." A 1; loll Fariuor. Tho dispatoh from Pickons to The State says the largest lot of cotton ever sold by a plantor In Pickons coun ty was sold a few days ago by Mr. J, Samuel Wilson to Heath-Bruce-Mor row company of Bickens. Mr. Wilson sold 720 bales, a portion of two crops. The U>t brought 10i cents round, ag gregating nearly $10,000. In many respects Mr. Wilson ls a remarkable man. Ile was a valiant Confederate soldier in the Civil War arid at the close of that conflict came homo with absolutely nothing. Ho began as a day laborer and saved everytning lie made, Anally purchallng all tho lands owucd by his former omployers Mr. \VilROn today is tho largest plantor In upper South Carollnr and owns some of tho 11 nest cotton lands to bo found In Bickens and Anderson counties. To ItrhlK" tim Salud a. The Boards of County Commission ers of Greonvllle and Bickens coun ties iiavo let the contract for the building of a bridge across Saluda river just bolow tho new dam. The successful bidders wero King Bros. Tile bridge is to be entirely of steel, I with MO foot span with a fifty foot approach on the Pickons sido, and is to be finished and turned over to tra vel by the drat of December next. Will ?ot Well. The Columbia Stato says that E l. Heese, tho man who was sluvt at Gas Lon on ibo uourth of July, has recov oreel and gono to his home. It was thought impossible for him to llvo. HIS ONU TEMPTATION. Charle* <?. Ooopor Cannot Help Stout* loft Woman's Shoos. Tho Baltimore Sun says that Chas. J. Cooper, of that city, who ls abso lutely sano on other .subj oe ts, claims that ho cannot resift tho temptation to steal women's shoes; that he does not steal them for tho purpose of sell lng them; once he has stolen them, they might He forgotten In his house for months. The mania is limited to women's shoes. Men's shoes do not tempt him. Neither does monoy nor jewels. Cooper has Inen employed by the Adams Express Company about two months. Ail sorts of valuables havo passed through his bauds untouched -rloh olothing, Jewelry, and money. But whou a dainty pair of No. 4s come within his range of vision a force whloh ls stronger than himself sel zo s him Dotectlves Thomas and Mason ar rested him. Tho company has been missing shoes for tome time, and a decoy box of mark d footwear was placed in its rooms Tuesday night and a wat?h put upon them. In tho mid dle of the night Cooper was seen to approach tho box. Ile took it in his hands, shaking liko a loaf, according to tho deteotlvos, opened and graspo j the shoes, evidently unbor the lnflu euee, of strong excitement. When arrested ho confessed without hesitation, giving gratuitously the In formation that ho had six moro pairs at his home, and saying that ho would have had more if ho had not been caught-not beoause bo wanted to, but bcoauso he oould not avoid taking them. Capt. Pumphrey talked to him for more than an hour, Cooper being uer vous in tho extreme throughout the Interview. Nearly six feet tall, broad shoulders, and deep of chest, ono would say upon llrst glancing at him that ho, least of all mun, would be ono to be thought a vlotlm of a nervous dis ease. "Often," he told C*pt. Pumphroy, "I have stood in front of a shoo store window, hold there as by chaius and fighting with myself to avoid break lng the glass, gathering all of tho wo men,s footwear thero and running. 1 have never yielded to the temptation under such conditions. I have kept as far from this horror of my lifo as 1 oan. Yet lt linds mo out. 1 thought when I got this position I would be freo from lt. When the llrst pair of shoes oamc in my way I fell. Try as I might, 1 could not help taking them. I was trying to get a position as a railroad broman, thinking that there at least, I would bo safe." "What would you do if you were employed In a shoo factory V" tho cap tain asked him. Cooper moved his long hands in a spasmodic gesture. "1 couldn't do it," ho answered sharply! It would drive me mad." Cooper says lie lias suffered in this manner for several years. Ho ls married and has two children. II?3 story convine ed Capt. Pumphroy and Detectives Thomas and Mason, all of whom say thoy feel sorry for him. EATEN BY A SHARK In tho I Vonni on of A Iiargo Crowd nt Beaufort, N. o. A special dispatch from Beaufort, N C , to Tho Nows and Courier says most borriblo and sin,eking accident ?v-erred at Davis < Shore, about ten milos east of Beaufort Friday after noon, when Sutton Davis, a 10 year old lad, while wa ling and playing in tho water, was suddenly attacked and eaten by a very large shark. Sutton was in tho water about waist deep, when suddenly a shark appeared, throw him in the a'.r and caught him as ho struok tho water, pulled him under and disappeared In deep water with the hoy. Thorough search has bien made, but no part of his body has been found. Those that were with him were terribly frightened, but could not help the poor boy. The accident has thrown a feeling of horror over the town pooplo and tho guests cf the community. Tue people, and particularly the children, hive enjoyed the line dives and invig orating swimming matelas which thoy dally partie:pito In. A large, number of sharks have been noticed in the waters for. two weeks, but no one fol t much anxiety concerning the terrible monsters. A large quantity of fat hacks have been caught this mouth, and a quan tity of refuse matter has been thrown back into the water from tho facto ries and sharks have como in to feast. It ls the llrst time a person has been molosted by a shark In these waters In nearly lifty years. i ! 11 /'/-ril llor Too Hard. A too strenuous hug, lt ls declared, was tho oaiiHC of breaking one of Miss Bessie Hayes's ribs. The young wo man is at Ocean House at Swamp scott, Mas. Tho young man who was tho cfui-jo of her mishap ls Alfred Tirrell, the superintendent of the bathhouses at Swampfioott. Ho ad mits that he squeezed tho young wo man, hut says ho did not mean it. One ovoning while strolling on tho beach Tirrell caught tho young wo man about thc waist and gave hor a hug that was actually bearish hi its characteristics. Other couples wore near and tho action of the young man caused considerable laughter upon their part, hut much indignation on thc part ol Miss Hayes. Tirrell apol ogized. Miss Hayes was troubled hy a pain in her side after thc hug and a physician found that a rib had been snapped._ Holt? Were Rot to?, From an oillolal source, tho relia bility of which can not bo questioned becauso of its connection with thc court Itself, it has just heoomo known what In substance will bo tho report of the court of inquiry now investi gating the Bennington disaster. It may be stated authoritatively that thc court win tout that boiler B of the I Bennington exploded not because of | unusually high pressure, but because the metal of tho orownnsbeot In placo had become dead, had lost all life and nearly all tensile strength hy reason of oonstant usc and tho failure to ronow tho weakened place. Tho courl will not censure tho oflicors of tho Ben nington, but will pass up tho matter and tho rosponslhilly to higher au thority. l'oli si II v Peet, A dispatch from Grcenvlllo to The State says P. S. Seay. a native of Vir. glnia, was killed Tnursday hy falllni/ from thc top of tho Southern railway's now steel bridge over Saluda river. The. unfortunate man lost lils balance, falling upon a bed of rook (10 feet be low. Tho body washorrlhlo mailed, The remains were carried to Green ville, whore they wr.ro pr. pared for j burial and thence shlppc? to Virginia. Seay was employed by tho American i Brldgo oompany. WEATHER AND 0K0P3. Favorable VVORVOB? lu Kamt Work Ht gorton ?v?;r ibo ?tate. The following i? the weather-orop report for tbo paBt week as conapllctl by Section Dlreotor Bauer. The mean temperature for tho week ending July 31st, wns slightly below normal, al though tho departures averaged only abou*i ono degree por day. The ex tremes weroa maximum of 80 degrees at YamsBseo on the 26th and a mini mum of 61 degrees at Greenville on the 20tb. There were Bevoral days with high winds in tho northwestern and southoentral counties, whloh were damaging to certain crops, partioulvr ly cotton. Hall fell in a number of localities, but it did no material dam age. The prcclpltion was excessive local ly in. tho central and oastern portions, and was fairly copious over tho east ern half of tho state, but with numer ous localities that bad little or no rain; and in places tho soil is exceedingly dry to the injury of all veyotation; as a rulo tho moisture conditions were generally favorable. There is an un usual diversity, however in the amount of prec'pltation for different localities, which in turn lias caused a corresponding diversity In the condl tion of all crops, ranging from very good to very poor. Over the grcator portion of the state farm work mado favorable pro gress and nearly all oro ps havo been laid by, although late oom and cotton continue to receive cultivation. Ca terpillars havo appeared in some of the coast counties, and a red spider in fests cotton in blacos while lice on cotton have not entirely dlsappoarod. There are more numerous reports, than heretofore, of serious shedding of cotton squares, young bolls, and leayes, caused by both excessive rains and drought, and In places by Uc3. Rust seems to be spreading and In the north central counties aff?ts whole fields. Cotton is deteriorating most on sandy lands, and is doing well on olay lands,where lt bas a large weed, but In places is not well fruited. A few localities report a marked improve ment in cotton. Early corn ls nearly ripe, and is not affected by the prevailing weather, while young corn mado a marked ID provement lu all sections and has be come promising. Tobacco curing ls well under way, with the early crop poor, willie late tobacco ls much bot ter. Rice is doing well. Sugar sane, sweet potatoes and gardens are doing well generally. Weather unfavorable for baying and foddor pulling In tne ooast counties, and considerable hay was damaged after cutting, by the heavy rains. Peas for forage aro do ing well. Some turnips havo been sown. GINNER8 ASSOCIATION REPORT. Twenty-Plvo Million A ores 1s Kati tnatc<l Tor Cotton Crop. Tlie following is the report of the National Cloners' Association on the crop condition and the reduction of acroage as gathered from replies to moro than 7,000 letters of inquiry sent out by the aesnotation, and re oelved at tho ( dice of Seoretary N. T. Blackwell from July 25 to August 1 at Dallas, Texas. Alabama-Condition, 70; reduotlon, 15, Arkansas-Condition, 60; reduotlon, 25. Florida-Condition, 85; reduotlon. 10. Georgia-Condition, 80; reduction, 14. Indian Territory-Condition, 85 reduction, 20. Louisiana-Condition, 60; reduc tion. 22. Mississippi-Condition, 65; reduc tion, 20. Missouri- Condition, DO; reduction, 15 North Carolina Condition, 80; re duction, 15. Oklahoma-Condition, 00; reduc tion, 5. South Carolina-Condition, 75; re ductlon, 15. Texas-Condition, 65; reduction, 18. Tennessee-Condition, 60; reduc tion, 30. Virginia -Condition, 80; reduction, 15. Average condition, 73; average re duction, 17.6. Estimated abandonment, 6 percent. Acreage, 26,021 000, Secretary Blackwell said: "Only about 25.000,000 acres are in cultivation that will ieach tho pick ing stage of maturity. This associa tion ls organized purely for gathering statistics to protect the g inner and planter, and Is working In harmony with the Southern Cotton Associa tion. "It does not conflict with thc cen s?a bureau, but eueeurages prompt and accurate reports to that depart ment. " Pointed Pru-AKi'aphH. Advice should be well shaken before being taken. Beware of tho red flag. It's anarchy or an auction. If a man runs into debt he must either crawl out or stay in. A man's Ideal woman ls always married to somo other fellow. When a tish takes In the early worm lt is apt to get in a moss. This would bo a dry old world if there were nothing but wisdom on tap. After all there is a lot of aatisfac tion in not monkeying with a buzz? saw. Timo may bo money, but doing time in jail Isn't a remunerative occupation. Somo mon drink too much because they are afraid they may too little. When it comes to having good opinions of themselves most people overdo thc thing. Rather than woar one or both of his eyes in mourlng thc wiso ma i pro ceeds to forglvo an enemy. lt is said that a few gallons of oil will calm a storm at sea-and a small drop will start ono In Wall street. Killed tito MarNhal. Mike Aspltiwall, olly marshal, was assassinated Thursday hy A. J, Chest nut. Chestnut was pursued by 25 armed citizens who left their places of business to prevent bis oxoapo. Ile fired twlco on his pursuers and was shot through the left sld? with a rifle ball. Ho was brought baok and lodg ed in jail. He ?aid: "Blind tiger | llqu 'i han brought me to this." Chest nut had a street light Thusday after noon with Luke Whlto, who bad best ed him, City Marshall Asptnwall In terfered and tho shouting followed. Iloat lilown Up. Tho Swedish naval boat while en gaged in maneuvers near Holshigoua' Fair land, struck a submarino mino avid was blown to pieces. Seven men woro killed and eight wero wounded. AJLJGrU&* Bookkeeping, Shovthand, Typt guaranteed course 20 weeks. Sing hand JJ mos. 12 colls for graduates mandi Write. Machiner^^ . M WE SELL E Headquarters for EVERYTHING All kinds of Injectors, Lubricators Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mills an Largo stock of Well Pumps and Oy _ , M COLUMBIA ?9 O olumb?a, ?. O. Tho mi 5 THE GUINARD ? OOIvUJVdXE 2 Manufacturers Brick. Fire Prool ? Fluo linings and Drain Tile. Pi 5 or millions. WhisL'o I Morphine I Olgarefc Habit, I Uabit Habit Ou ed by Keeley 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 7bf Oo! Hl\ (:IM WILD LOVE ROMANCE. lllch ?ntl Hcoontrle ltii88l?n Wumnn Who Has Just Died. Tho Kaluga newspapers report the death and amazing burial of Mlle. Agafva Slmbireki, one of tho richest and most eccentric women in Russia. When only twenty vears of age Mlle. Slmblrskl, by the death of her father, beoamo possessed of a fortune of near ly three millions rcuples. Suitors | Innumerable sought hor hand, but oho enormously wealthy girl sot her affections ou an ugly, red haired gardener, Andrei Vanukhlu by name. Furious at her choice, Milo. Slmblr ski's brother ordered Vanukhlu to leave the neighborhood. Tho garden or refused. Within a week ho wa*> found lying dead In a paddock reserv ed for tho use of a half tame wild boar. Although an evident caso of murder the family hushed things up, alleging that Vanukhin had been killed by the pig, whloh he well knew to bo dan gerous. Contrary to expectation Milo. Slmblrskl appeared to accept this explanation. But the Joy of her family was turned to despair when tho young lady proolaimed her bellof that the spirit of her dead lover bad entered into the body of his slayer. From that day forth Milo. Slmblrskl ? consecrated ber lifo to the evil-smell lng hog. To her order a firm of St. Petersburg contractors built a palatial sty of granito and snow white mar ble. The demented lady retained the service of an expert cook, who thrice dally prepared a sumptuous repast for the benefit of the grunting porker. Mlle. Slmblrskl was accustomed to feed the hog with ber own fair bands, and only recently ordertd a gorgeous silver trough from a well known Mos cow manufacturer. A fow weeks ago the unfortunate girl became extreme ly religious, and Insisted that Andrei -for so she called the pig-should fast when she fasted. One night she visited the marble sty. From that visit she never returned; Early next morning the steward discovered his mistress's body terribly mutilated in a corner of the pig's "bedroom". Again there wero ru mois of foul play, but again the fam ily alleged that thc pig was the murderer. Color was added to this story by the circumstances that tho 'fasting" and half famished boar bad mangled ono of the arms of ids mis tress. In tho presenco of a vast con course, Mlle, Slmblrskl's eldest broth er shot Andrei through the heart. Afterwards the body of the boar was burled in a grave beside that of ids benefactress. Tho Innoonnt Hufforor. Threo reputations damned forever, an innocent woman and several child ren blighted for lifo, and no punish ment meted out, except to Gaorge Wright, will be tho pathetic ending of thc Sandford trial at Romo, Ga., where V. T. Sandford ls being tried for killing George Wright for bein, Intimate with Mrs. Sandford, Sand ford tells some very bald things abc .t hisQwife. If cvory thing that Sand ford alleges as the oauso of tho shoot ing ls true, bis Ufo has been asblamo fui as those ho accuses, lt seems that justice is a misllt that tho guilty par ties should go scott free, as they prob ably will, and that thc sufferings and burdens of the disgraceful episode should doscend on parties who have lived nalmoloBB lives, Mrs. Wright and the Sandford children. Two Doutha ?t Me?. Two doaths and ono burial at sea among passengers of tho North Ger man Lloyd steamship Bromen were re ported when tho liner arrived at New York Wednesday. Mrs. Dollie Ed monson Vcddor, aged 01 years, a llrst cabin passenger and widow of Captain O. O. Vedder, United Staten army, died July 27. Hor body was brought to port. A child died in tho steerage and was burled at sea. Killen Himself. At Columbus, Ga., Blanohard F. MoGoheo, president and manager c* tho Columbus paper company and a member of a prominent Columbus family, oommltted suicide Thursday morning by shooting himself through tho templo with a revolver. Ho was at home alone when the fatal shot was flrod. His wlfo and threo ohildren Kurvivo bim. No oause has been as uiirnoH for his rash act. Wanted. AGOOD COUNTRY PRINTER who can set advertisements, and take charge of thc type setting depart* ment of a well-stocked country oillce. Should be able to make up forms. To auch a printer a steady Jow with good wages is open. Apply, with refer onces, to Tna TIMBS ANI. 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