The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 20, 1906, Image 5

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MANY DEAD And Fifty Thousand People Are Made Homeless by VESUVIUS ERUPTION Tfae Properly ? Loss Is '?.Estimated At Twenty Million Dollars.' Overnight Hundred Bodies Recovered from the ABIICH. Number of Victims Increasing. A frightful disaster occurred on Tuesday In the centre of Naples. Two hundred peoplo, lt ls estimated, woro buried lu the ruins o? the market ot Moule O lveto, when the rcof collap sed urder the weight of cinders from the volcano. Tho disaster wan appall ing. Tho court yard covers six hun dred feet square and was roofed. The space within was usually crowded willi buyers and their children. The acci dent happened at an hi ur when trade ls most brlfik. Rival dlspiaycrs ( f flow? ere screamed their wares and j)ked with their oustomtrs. Little children played ahout the stand?, adding gaye ty to tho scene, tho Uko of which is not to bi witnessed outside of Naples. Suddenly with, ?cai col y a tn ra ir o' .warning tb.&r? was a terrify!! g orasb andlih? thilliaut sight disappeared lu olouds of dust while shrieks of agony rent the air. WOItSB AND WORSE. Adispatoa from Naples says a gr?*.? eruption of Han., ls observed ou the east side of the malu crater Wednes day morning. Tbl ; ls w< rsc than aslus, as lt ls heavier. The t j ellon of ushti seems to have dimished. Fresh shook? of earthquakes are using felt, especia lly in the direction of O?tajano, Som ma and Nola. Fortunately the great amount of ashes on tho ?round seem:: to have counteracted the action of tho shocks. Anothe r part o' the cone of the volcar o ba? fallen In, causing a great discharge cf led hot stems, flames ano smoke. R< ports from Sicily state that ashes from Mount Vesuvius are noticeable there. RESUMING ACTIVITY. Tho volcano I? resuming activity, especially at Ccicola. 'J lu M ru m ( I lava which statied anew In Hie circe tiOD of Torre dell Annunziata leached the cemetery of that ttwn aud then tumid In tho direction i-f P m pt The troops are cen vt y ir g provisions, surgical accciteiles and material tote med tor thc relief of the lt ju?d in tho vicinity of Oltajano. The work of rescue lb being actively prostcuttd. A violent stum of sulpbuuus rain r e curred Tuesdaj at San Giuseppe, Ve MI vi una and Savlano. Five hundred persons have perished In tho district between Oltaiuno ai d San Qulseppe, MANY TK-RUIULR SCENES, Temblu np^rtti aru reaching Na pies from pointe throughout tho dis trlots surrounding C) t j ano, Rt ports Indicate that sn enormous area ls burled hi neat li ashes and An ders. AU tffoils on the part cf tuc press representatives ai d authorities to ascertain tho ix.tel number who have already fallen victims to the eruptions ot Vesuvius have so far fail ed. Tula ls pcounted f^r from the fact that the burled villages bre not of access and beofcuse the pc pie woo fled when their lu u cs legan to fall have scattered tun ughout the coun try districts. Th? lh oh g of ninety six he dies it determined as foliov a.t Sarj Giuseppe 49, at Teizlgno ?.o at Ottajuno 27. Tue wiati.tr suodcnlj changed Tuesday af ( moon, Too wind blew stroi g'y toward Naples ave! as i es from Mount Vesuvius b< gan fi Ihm; fast over the city, which cocsequnut ly soon resumed it. gray appear nico, The high wind also made breat hing di lllcult. MANY CHILDREN LOST. Forty-nine Lou.cs nave . iready beeb taken out of e no of tho ohuroucs at Ot ta ta j Ano. The fute ( f m, ny ohlldrcn at Ott i Jano is unknown, Wh? n the mil tar carts arrived at ih< scene ol di&t t i Monday night the Kbldlers arrai gi ti to have the children and ag< tl p upi get into the carts, but when tho ve biolo han gone a few hundred feet, ll was found that although liiere wert four horses harnessed to each wi g n, they could not pull their loads Lino.go tho deep ash; s. This caused a pat ic am ?pg the chil dren, who expected to t> burled In th ashes from tho volcano and they fieri in all directions in the dar kn ss and bil no ir g iain and ht ve not sit.ee boto heard of, Searching parties wen! after thc ohlldrcn Luf. in spite 0/ ennui., shouting and ca lng no mea waa found of them audit ls 'teated th* tho ohlldrcn have been smothered ic; the ashen. Twenty-six moro dead bodies Invi been fi uno in the church ci San (Jiu seppo, makn.g a total of su vent y niue. The recen ut p i n of Vesuvius waa one of tho not de st ruot i/o to life and pio.ir-i in tho his te ry ol that famous voJcar.0. Dispn e t from that unfortunate roi g lon on Thursday m ru,og stated that the wholo ol tho Vesuvius dis riot as f.ir as Naples, Ca era ano Oastellarnm-wc ls one vast Saharan desert, the blookadc of lee vi traillo continues : ut servtcj on the malu Hues of railway has been reestablish d al hougn greatly disarranged by the indei J b? able co, fusion in tho stations when foreigners, nut fuhy understanding the situation, inveigh against tho do* lays and discomforts to which tiley have been BU j Ct id. A dispatch from Naples says Thurs day was a disquieting tiay in that city. Tho peoplo, alarmed by what has happened, deserted their shop.;, and the manu fact -J ie.-; wi re nearly all closed. The crowds wiro Ina tem per for any ixctss. lt would eulj have rt quired a spark to start a eon? flagrathm. T.ie arrival cf Kl i, Victor Ejimanu ri and Q leen Molt na did much to restore calm, They wer. reotdved with great jjy, especially vi btu tho tioven Igns left a ho pita after a visit to the wounded there, Ono poor woman exclaimed: "1 wiuld consent to bo v cuadod for tho sake of being kissed by MK queen." There Is great tl i 111 cul ty lu ascer taining the act mil Condition of affairs in that part of t ie stricken ('(strict nearest the volc.ino. TiiO train and railway tr&CkS are. deep under sand and ashes, the road ? are obliterated and eveu the fishermen who ply bin lr calling on tho Hay nf N iples are afraid to venturo out on tho water anywhere In tho Vicinity of Vesuvius. All these conditions mako lt dillloult o give au Intelligent ostlmato of tho oas ot property. O io estimate ls that 920,000,000 u?mago has been lone and that 60,000 porsoas have I teen rendered homeless. Everywhere In Naples and Oastol lamnnre and in the lessor towns nearby out of tho dauger zone, arc beggared refugee; who only a >?> . days ego were prosperous and happy, though living almost underneath the shadow of tho perpetual meuaee, tho volcano of Mount Vesuvius. For tho io peoplo, whoso homes and orop<* have been destroyed, thero is little o isolation In tho statement of scien tists that ultimately tho valleys and hillsides will broome as fertllo as ever they were. Until communication can bo restored and eoarob mado of the houses lu the f filleted districts it will be impossible to determine how many people have perished in the eruption. It? ii now estimated that at loast 2,000 people bhve lost their lives as a direot result of the eruption. Al ready 8J0 bodies have neon found and evory hour adda to tho number. The loss to property and devastation 1 great and tr&ots of fertile lauds, esti mated at fully $80.000, have boen Ce stroyed. The unearthing of victim whose bodies havo boen covered by asher and olnders, or who were found In the ruined buildings shows that mo'jt of them died in groat agony, as terror and pa u aro deplotod on their features now set in death. Tho at titudes of others, sorao of whom were found kneeling in prayer, show they woro killed by deadly fumes coming from tho volcano. At Naoles tho thoatros, cafes and peaces of amusement tim ughcut tho city have been closed and before all the s tored images In the streets can dles are kept burning, wini i smaller images are being carried about, lu many cases being set down lu tb1 open air and surrounded by candles. Troops are engaged in clearing the roofs of buildings of tho aoo?muta tion of saud and ashes, whloh endang er the structures. The large glass covered galleries throughout thc city, which are much frequented, have, been ordered closed, hst tho Weight ? upon tho roofs o&U?e t/hem to o dla p. o. In tho road at Terre del O TOO three persons were found dead from sufi .cation. Tho p op o who remain it Torre dell' Annunziata aro in danger of perishing from sterv fciou, :>11 the shops having boen closed H?tions for 200 persons have been sent there. Two American girl?, who had heedlessly ventured Into thr Vesuvius dis riot, where the abandon ment of thc train by which tboy were traveling caused thon; much di e m iori and no little peril, vsero b ougb to Naples by the steamer St. bon. So widespread ls the catastrophe that it is estimated lt will require an organ zed body of 100,ooo men and tho expenditure of many millions of dollars to rr/.i bouses made unsafe for habitation by t ho accumulation of ash os ard cinders on the roofs, orc.;t temporary buts of refuge for the thousands wi o have b. on obliged to ll o fjom their homos, cloj.r tho roofs Of building* thal) may yet bo saver! ?\Q^ extricate from the ruins of fab cn structures and bury tho dead. O jtc Jano, whore many lives were 1 st on Monday, is now practically burled. lt is now < illelally admitted that Ott ajano bas bean burled. Toe casualties thore and lu tho surround lng villages la not known, but 300, it is br loved, would be a low estimate. lOven Cupri, a small island oil the e a-?t of Campari.i, 10 miles south ot Naples, a favorite ?osort for tourists and artists, bas b en covered with .>-.'ies and has been abandoned by its foreign iv pul&tiou, which iuoluderi several Aa; er Joans. Too magnitude f i : e disaster is almost Indescribable M amt v..suvius has spread d solatlon tn ' terror over an Immense tract of cou ''ry The villr.gc of S2.n Qennaro has been pat Haily burled lu ?and ano i sbos and several houses have faih n. At that piece tone persons were kilt ed and moro than 20 lnlurcd. Some idea of tho d: til ml tl 63 en countered by authorities lu obtaining iccmate knowledge of the. situation vy he gained from the faot that Minister of Flounce Salaud ra and Hi.dor Scoretary of State Dar ava were blcokiided at Tere doll1 Annun ziata by ash bea pi and we ie comp? l? ; 1 td go to CiSUdlammaro In an aUt - tao':.ile, reaching that placo with ?ireat chill ni ty. They hoped to got .i b at at Ca tellammare to ta ko thom t *o o there to Naples, bus even th. Iii ! crmen refused to run tho risk of crossing the bay of Naoles as tbe> : lei ve to p: si Mount Vesuvius, whlo \ is situated about hall way iv wi ?i Cos tellammare and Naples, 'ho train whioh brought Premier Sonuinu to N. p'es from ltjma was coi slderably dila?ed hy a3-.ies. Too distress arning the tens of thousands ot fugitives ls appalling. I.'be government bas forwarded sup : les of food and money, several ot t o Italian cities have done tho Ban e, ind private cite/, ni ave contrlbuti g money tor the assistance of tho sui f rers, but moro help ls neel il King Victor E emanuel bas placed jiio roved pa ac : at O.ippodimouti, iltuated ab.VJ Naples at the cbs;- Ma! of the Injured refugees and early In io day announced his Intention of r turning to Naples fn m lt .ma In or ner to personally dircot tho relict work, Tao news caus d much sa ls lotion e.nd when their majesties ? ached Naples they receiv d a inosi enthusiastic greeting. Later the king ano queen visited tho tullereis ?/i tiie hospital and were heartily o u en d as tnoy passed through tho Horeots. Ont ton II port. Secretary Hester's analysis of the cotton movement for tho seven months of the .season from Sop!ember l to March 31, Inclusivo, shows thai, 0 mparod with the crop movement of 1 'sb year, Texas, Including Indian territory, has brought Into sight this s lason In round figures 162 uot bah s ! .. ; other Gulf Mates, whio:i Include Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Mis-,?url and Oklahoma, have marketed 069,000 less, and thu group of Atlantic states, which in clud-.i North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Vir gin a, are 181.uoo lois, making I not di ere s . lu tho total crop mai ket ed 1,102,000, Mr. Hester shown tho ;,moimi brought into sight by groups of Atlintlo states for the ROVi n months of tue season to bo 4,020,641 bales. Total drop In night, close ol Mareil, 1) 310.388 bales, Triplo Tragedy* At Hlrmlngham, Ala., as a ri suit of Jealomly, Dr. W. Ii. Hurton shot and killed bia divorced wife, fa'ally won i.di d Thaxton, a dentist, and out his own tbro.it, dying shortly alter v ards. Thaxton ls In a critical ci n dltlon. Tue tragcily occurred at rho home of M s. Hurton. A divorc o was granted but a month ago. Too par t.cs aro all pro?nluont. HOG AN JJ HOMINY. ?OMIS FIQUUQS ?OIiLEOTKD Bli | j COMMI88IONMW WATSON. Who Writes About tho Corn Contest aud Other Subj .ots of Tub Ho Tntereet. Commhslouer Watson bas gotten up a mr st interesting statement with regard lo tho growing tendency to ward} dlv.rritUoaUon lu thin State. Tho tlgurcs deal largely with Orango bing County, whero Commissioner Watsou has Just flu lab ed a oloso study of tho figures and reporta from 622 farmers lt? that wide-nwako county. What Commissioner Watson has to say on this subj cot U of spoolal In to rcpt and ls as follows: 1 Ccmdlt lona havo greatly improved in tho agricultural outlook for South Carolina r i' tho ?eason t.f 1905, aud muk'd advances may ho expected this year. Tho ? [foots ot tho work of tim Cotton Ass ciation. the necessity for retaining t\n ill oh of;the work dorio and labor oondltlons, togothor with tho realization a*, lasts on the part ol tho S mt hern f irmer tba*. Ito has boon wasting piles of his money lu purobas rg from the West supplies that he can raise castor au:l b?i tor at homo and at lass o >8t of pro duotloo, have all oomblned to bolter qoadl tiona. Tho farmer ls lin ling out that there, are splo"did mar leets for things that ho cm ralso with b>u little boat of labor, things ho has laughed at heretofore, and all over tho Stato ho is awakening to hi opportunity, planting his proper loaouot of cotton, but at the samt time branching out oh othi'r and more profitable Hues. Tho ciToot of tho preaching of the dcotrina of divers!tl cation hy men who havo thc Interest of t to Slate at. heart cn bo seen this sprh-g from ibo ovr windows ns one ride:, from tho slopos of 0;;>neo Cou ty all ibo way to th-! sea afc Beaufort . nil Charleston. Tho farmtr is pro sperous orou Ox this year to exp ri in-u.fc a little, and green*carpeted gralu and forage Heids are every where ind CAttlo cm to seen oa the billi Thc f.irmers alf.o aro fixing up their homes, and throughout the State row houses built on modern lines and neatly painted are to he scon, merci) ov noa ANO HOMINY. "Strikingly illustrative of thi agricultural reawakening was tho meeting o? l.he farmers of Orang burg County last Saturday, willoh I hid thc pleasure of attending. 1 ?vasa COM'ii Association meeting and tho assembled farmers, in about ?0 minutes, authortz d tho p-yment of au assessment of $1.000 for tin pros outlon o? ino Seato Asa-.'elation's work, being prt b .bly tho Urs'j In th ?talo to r poud to the 1006 call, Oi toit occasion these men mot tool ?un 'dive Ideation,' tho raising of home supnll .-, ai.d they called lt ' dog aud hominy meei lng ' Ther was an utfct t ab -vee of the usual air of *t)li, wol ; I at's all very well, bu y u aro ta I lng the ?ry.' Thoso man M n in dead earnest. They liston to fr.ots and :,;kd auestlons, and whoo tha?? uotlvu workor for th uplli lng of the agricultural industty of South Carolina, Mc J >hn K. Wau namaker, prenentcd > ard, cold facts as to conditions the like ot which. exi?t. tn a'nvrt oVery S jutli Carolina com munity tho facial cxpre; slous borf. evidence of a rcsoiv.? to better them. lb was somewhat of a revela* tioa whoD it was sho wn what the two principal to.vus in this leading ag ricultural county vero pu vol) asl ng In tho way cf supplloa thab could be ra s d nt I 0 no. I?, waa i bown thai h". town i f o ango' urg had bought and sold to fanners ai d others, dur i i; I) e mo th of Marc . li) ti, alone, tho folio ring supplies, moot of thom purchased far beyond t?\c bordorsof tho Sia\e: C. rn.91 820 Hay. 3 82 I Grits. 0 ooo Ki ojr. 5 0U0 Meat, not Inclu I og bcof.13 440 ; Total.$:hU'80 la o r i r I?, this com,ly ?radii g ce:-tie. is ev fi ? o.-. buyh g an nally, omit til g tho i ull tn ul tts, $2to,Glo worth bf supplies easily raised at home, riot whofSt. M ttl o ?>, i vas fort lu r : howii will uso this year tho following tm pi 1 a bought else Whore ahdiihippvd In to bo huid Lu farm jrs and others: 25 cj.rs uf b&con, lard hams, C?O.$60 OOO 14 0P.T8 of oom (Ul Wo te r ).. (5,000 lo cr-; hay (domestio and WcBtorn). 2,000 16 cars of grit: and meal. 6,500 IO ous of rice nod rico iloui*.. ?ooo 25 cirs of ll ?ur and br ti. lu 0 IO 4 era of oats ( -.il Weston ).. 2 ooo Total.$86,000 TIIK 100(5 COTTON ACHICAOS. "Tit .. IL',ur s were of au awaken* log oharac?er and ti.olr t- IT o o was marked, How iuany trade centres lu tho State, aro In any better ondit Ol ? "Hut all w s i.ot gin ?my. Oilier li g uren, obtained directly lr >:>i the plant ers, were presented that l trust are in* dtoatlvs of tho cu tl re Sr at?j ai they should bo, considering that Orange bing ia tho largo io cn ton producing o ninty in the Stato and tho largest, but o;.o, in t ie c .. n bolt. Crom 522 f rms, sumo a? largo a>5 000 acr.s, reporting to Mr. Wannamakor, the cotton ac ..ei-go of i OOO show.i a doorcase H3 oom pared 11 last year, Tho Ugurcs , re: 1004, 20,758; 1005, 20,610; IOU?; 20 105. "At tho samo tithe tho com acreage has .material); I rici ea seri, the Uguie, Oeing, 1005, 1? 823; 1000,29,388. "This is gratifying, ixe < mg grat ifying, when lt ls constdoreJ that the I?C0 heavy PU cms of fertilizers bau gone in largo in sastir? Under LOO corn and similar crop!. Las>) yoar tij'sfi 522 Orang?burg farms planted 4 750 acres of o its, Thia year there has boon a mut lc.. I I: cr..; 31, but thc figures arc uot available yet. "Tlieso fae's aro (ploted beoaurto they are. slgnliloaut of ?ho rapidly do velopli g nov/ order of things, whlohis .ure t > bring atout a wonderful reviv al cf ngricultur.t, carrying with lt con* Lit u '1 pr .. pcrity, CORN CONTKSTH DOUDLK OIUKOT. .'Woco 1 urged the General As.-.cm b'y t) mnkoan appropriation to on ablo South O .rollna farmers to enter the natl nal c ?fri growing coolest this year it was n it alono tho greai boriedt io R cou re to tho Stato Id au advert?s* lng .v.iy -this being tho only Southern S,,Ato to seciro ollglbllity-that prompted the recommendation. Ooo of tho chief purposes wa i to stimulate M\Q r-.>l I. ir />' (>? ,,-it ui.i-l I nMi.il ii clou toward tho much needed, divorsliloa? lion of crop -the raining of supp los at homo. When tho commission met to dotormlno tit i method Of dist rib ? Moa of pr / s a portion of the money WuU snr. r..imo for thy bOhool children's )rl7.cs, tbomombers taking th? view mat th? contest would havd a ?plen lid cffeot in tho direction indicated \bove by famlliarlzinj? th* future 'ar- , mer or tue State with the methods of aorn culture. ' . Yv/?imCJ?SN COUNiilsS IN TUB ?ONTISBT. "It ls v-lt'i gr?tl??^iiioii ih?t Ihi/se interested in the future of South Oar- j olluu. note already that 23 representa" tlve farmers from 15 of the oountlefi of the State having tiled their entries in tho corn growing contest, and that as many more havo Indicated a purpose to enter. And ono has gone into tho national oat growing contest. Tho counties already represented in the oom growing oontest aro Bamberg, Barnwell, Charleston, Clarendon, Col inton, Florence, Hampton, Knshaw Lancaster, Marlboro, Marlon, Orango burg, Kiel limul, Uumtor and Wi Illume burg, . The entries from the school children have nob yet begun, but this was not expected so early. "It looks now as if nearly evory o uni y will bo tn tho contest, and as ii South Carolina's corn mop of 1O0O will bo muoh greater than for many year*. Thero ls no question that tho gr^.ln crops of 1900 will materially ex ceed thoso of last year. TKUCKINQ INDUSTRY GROWING. "I have recently vlsttud tho truck ing sections of the State and tho de partniont ls now making a oonsus of unis Industry. B)th obsorvatlou and tho reports sent In by tho individual plantors show that our truok orop this year ls far lu excess of that of last voar, and so far things look as if this ls to bo a very successful truok season, rho trucking and melon Industries aro dcvaloplng rapidly and substan Wally. Just at this timo also thnro ls moro interest taken in oattlo raising than at any period nineo the civil war. Tho ligures received ?how that tho people are becoming Interested In ibis Industry, and aotlvo step* aro being oaken to eradicate the worst stumb bllng block,.the o tttle tlok. "Thc largo purohasos of fertilizers this spring does not moan a largo coi tjn aoronge. It dees mean thc plant ing of larger dlverstllcd oropa, the In troduction of tho more lntensltied forms of agriculture aud tho raising of more to the aoro In consequence. Tho scarcity of labor bas beou a ma terial element, lu bringing about thc;;c Improved conditions, and in thlsscu.:e ls proving somewhat of a blessing lo dlsgulso." FEARFUL EXPERIENCE. Two Gonn im Uftllooitluta uro Caught lu A. Gaio. Tho progress of balloon oxperlm-nts In tho Gorman army has jus! received a severe setb?ek by tho fearful exper iences of two mombers of the Aero static corps, named Wolff and Brand, who have, returned to Berlin after hav ing been given up for dead, following a balloon ascension, during whloli they completely dlsappe?rod. The two men were blown all tho way from Bjrlic to the Baltic sea, where they were di Iv. n by a gale clear noroHS that body of valor, and lirially landed, bulf dead, In a little village la Sweden, travollng altogether more than liva hundred miles. Tho story of their fi lg rp; ls one of tho most thrilling to .ry of ballooning In Europe. Tho two balloonists, oaught yn the gale in tho upp?r air, w3re bio ?n at lorrillc speed tor three days, nuable to rruko a descent without bel-.!,' {lashed to death. As tho wind Seemed to s'; eken, the balloonists Opened their valve, preparing to descend. What was their horror upon seeing ks they dropped from the clouds that the opon s >a was beneath them. They tried to shun th valve, bub were only partly successful. Wnen within a few hundred f et of he water, the valvo was olos^d by W 1?, v ho climbed up tho endage surrounding tho gas bag to do lt. Bu tho balloon still dropped nearer the sea. Finally, desperate, tho balloon is . oil . b il into the balloon's rigg! i.-s' and cut tho basket from under them. Wibi] tho basket went all their pr vi ions and instruments; Clinging to . o cord ?go about tho balloon, tho two cen hung between hope and f:ar for a f^7/ moments as the bag seemed to hover uncertainly. Theu, slowly, lt oegan to ri .e once moro. Alter chuging for hours to the car ''age, thousauds of feet In tho air over tho s a, thc two soldiers mado out the l ind. As soon as it was safe, the -.alvo was opened again, and tho bal loon was allowed to doscond slowly. The two men lar ded In a snow bank within a few miles of a little Swedish vlllago. Tbov had to walk two miles, almost exhausted, through the snow, md collapsed Just as they reached the Ur t cabin. Tiiey w^re given food and fri sh clothing, and were able to bor row mont y to get them back to Boi lln. WV. I li i II;; it? : 8 trout H. A dispalcli freu Plainfield, N. Y., says evory train that has arrived dur lug tho last ?IO hours has brought to this ci y delegates to the meeting of the Church of God and Saints of C'.irlbt. When lt was anncuuo d JJ me Umo ago that bbl * denomination, which oonslsts of negroes, was to a ; iiomblc here, lt was supposed that the meeting would consist of a hundred >r so delegates lo addition to tho lit tle bund of followers hero who have been locally known as "tho feet wash ers." Instead, however, they havo boon pouring Into tl o cit y by hundreds Many of the strangers f siled to lind acoomm (dations and tonight at least ?iv? h.nulled men anti women ave walking tho streets unsheltered, The municipal authorities probably will have to relievo the situ a lon. Dele gates are here from Richmond, Lynch burg and Frcderlokaburgj Va. With a Cr A bli At Pittsburg Fa., With a ora'di that could b) heard for i qu irt H tho five story building at 0^2 Liberty avenue, rooently vacated by J. G. Lauer, the toy th aler, o dlapsed. Tho building waa belog demolished and about 26 workmen, mostly foreigner/; and ne groes, were oaught by tho failli g walla Tao majority escaped wi Lb alight injuries, bub several, Just ho many lu nob known, were burled Undi r bhe debris. Gp to 2 o'otcok ono body had been rcovored. It is believed that at least t ur mon and a team of horseu aro utlli in tho ruins. Huh ppy l'Huons?. Tho tragic doath of Princess Louise of Sohaumburg-Ltppe, which occurred atibo casblo of iu-r father-in-law, Prlnoo William, In N uni Od, Bohemia, Wednesday, hos aroused tho deepest sympathy for her owning to her un happy mari hd life. Sho was tl o old est daughter of tho present king of Dcnmaik, and ber death occurred oi ly live hours ?i.ftor Prince William explr. od ab tho samo ca?tlo frc m an attack of heart disease. ( THE SOUTH'S MONOPOLY. Vi?drew <5?nioftlo BAVH Sho Ha? tho i World ?t lier Foot, Andrew Oar i9glo, on?? of the wnr'd's ireatest mauufacturors, says to the sou tb : "You have tho greatest monopoly on earth, In the growing of cotton, and you havo thc wo?ld at your foot." Th ero is an estimato worth con sidering says tho Atlanta Journal. It is a statement tho truth of whloh we to w?K>m lt ls inado only Dalt realize Wo have the only c'd tnate and soil on tho round earth capable of prod coln g in any market able quality and quantity tho greatest oommerotal oommodity lu willoi man klud deals. This we all know full well, but whan aro v/o doing with lt that proves our kuowlo^go of ll? Wo ralso cotton, pick lt, gin lt, bale it, and then let lt go for what the outside purchaser wants to givr UM for it*. All thc time, toll and troublo Incident to bringing tho staple bo a marketable shape is our ; tho outBlde world must bavc it from U9; we lob lb go at whatever figuro they offer. Snob a st tuition is nothing short of a rc ll elk o upon thc SOU th'?? business ability. Mon Uko Andrew Carnegie como boro amongst us and repeat timo and after tl nm that we havo tho "greatest monopoly on earth In tho growing of cotton," but each succeeding Brason finds thc ROU marketing the orup just as though lb tfrew on every noll and was oommon to every nailon under tho liun. As Mr. Carnegie Intimated, though, there ls a gleam of hope ahead for tho south. Ho names ono of tho condi tions h. ro that promises to evolve for the s uith a full measure of reward from tho natural monopoly which she er j >y;i. "Evan in my day you have brome a groat manufacturing center," he says, ''and this ludrfitry ls leaping alu ad with tr. mend, us bounds." The south ls begluuing to manufr.o ture her own product in tho rougher and loss costly form, and therein Hos the hope that some day she will bo able financially to manufacture it into tho finer material of which the cotton str.ulc ?3 capable, and thereby come Into her full reward. Ab pre sent tho mills of tho north, and ol England, Franoo, Germany, Japan, aud other nations reap tho prod h from tho manufacturing of tl.o finer Krudes of co-ton goods-profits which lu comparison to thoso tho i.i u'.h ro chives from tho raw material and the rougher manufactures aro s m ply en ormous. Tao first questl m to whloh tho cotton growing states mu t app'y bbcmselv?J, according to tho besi autboril I. R, ls th vt of mark-rung the crop. Tlie several states hiv) learn ed tho art of growing cotton. Tba? ts tho monopoly of whloh Mr. Cat neglo sp aks, because no other natl n and no other section of this nation knows ibis ar" or bas the nat ual i u vlroumontr.v?!) if they ?houtd acqulr tho knowledge. Now th<"S:?. statc'c must learn the bus'." sa of marketing the orop so that a profit may bi galr; ed o?mmensurato with the time, toll >?nd natural di 01 cul ty attendant upon the gro wing, together with tho com parativo rarity ot tho staple. Until thia lesson is well greuuded; until tho alms of ouch org-inlzrvtlonit as the Southern 0 ?bton Association aro realized, tho s: u h cannot hopo bo enter upon tho full mea'.ure of hoi reward in commotion with her "mon opoly." lu tho ll.sb plaec, ibo will nut be financially able to develop her manufacturing plants to their full oapaolty of tu nlng out tho li tor p o oct. of cotton g ;odi. Though six und red milli ns cf dollars aro poured in o the south annually for her oot on, s ill ii. i? i; it i hi ugh to enable tho cotton prod hoard to-buoomo cit :. n manufacturers f tho higher typ ; that is, of tho tyro whloh eb J >ys tb? grcator pr fibs from tho 111.1113',ry. M st of that euormou* Bum goes right b .0 < to tho Kouroo whence V ooo CH, and ?nainly for tbe purpose f brlnglug back ti tho south the li il . d p cduct manufactured fiorn lier own r vv m ie. lal. Should tho colt ?n states ev^r roach '.Le point where the J lion c op cou'd bc m.irko ed in a business-like man ner, thou wo in >.y hope to seo tho manufacturing enterprises advance in oven a greater degreo than Mr. Oar iifglo deionbes as "leaping ahead with tre iicndous bounds," As vb : situation now stands, tho 8 uth offers rnagnill03ut opportuni ties for ilia investment of capital in cotton manufacturing enterprises of the hlghor typo. Andrew Carnegie, one of tho worh'"s ure'.test manufac tures, publicly deolarod himself aloin: these lines, and well known men In tho c 01.merdai world have said so be fore him. To Seo "U..OU- lt niiiH." The visit jf Andrew C-.rnrglo to Allan;a, four of whose Institutions havo boon tho benefit lirios of his gen (vroslbv to tho extent <f miro than $200,001?, vrs8t emorablo in moro ways than ono Friday. Haunting from Ibo Tuskegee anutver ary, he mad.) a stop of about* e x Loon, with tho avowed 1 u pb e of mi ol lng Joel Chan dh r Hai 1 ls, Un< le U '.nus." Mr. Oar negio was accompanied by c party of c nsldo rabis til zo lnOIudlhg Itv. abd M s Lyn an A bott, lt .hort O. Ogden la-ia? N. S llgmj iOi ?aorgo A Plimp ton, Dr. II. Ii. F. '/./.jil, pr,.s: ( nt of ll imp ton Institute, and Mrs, K Izzeil, Wallace Butters.), Mr. and M:s. J. 0. Phelps Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Vi Hard of N.i.v York and several ochers. W :.!?..? ll IO ItLllUW. An Old Penn 11 i vania fanner while on a visit bo Philadelphia K'.cly was si 'z'd with a violent toothache, nav? The Philadelphia Ledger, abd, oalllbg on a dentist, was Informed that i . to; th rt ti ,t be taken t ut, but that he liad botter haye g vt for the op?rai ian, Ho agreed to this, and thon starked lo oount his money. Too dentist re marked: "() i, you n' vd nob pay me un Ml I have tlnlbiied." *'I reckon not," rein. 1 tho farmer, "bub If you'ro agoing lo make me utiooQool cns I'd j lb Uko (O BO ) how I aland." A Onntre snot Too Columbia livening Record Quotes "aleading businessman" us denouncing tho attempt of tho police cnr.mi sion to enforce thc .Sir d tv IftW. II)sa\;: "Thi8 tOWtl ?8 tOO big for that sort Of t'dng, ii ni lt can't af ford to bo hold down in ibis way." Tim Newbefrj Ob rver uavs in reply Columbia la a pretty big town; hw, it Isn't aa big as S ?dom yet; and Sodom Has been held down pretty 1 fictively for iLo past several years. Saloons Anuiuhod, Tho town of Abingdon, Va., Friday abolished sal ons by popular elcoti* n and endorsed tho dispensary system, and will bo |n tir.:ob boioro May 1st. ?SNUBBED BY BOABD. OOM MITT RM AND HT ATM BOAliD OF COMM13S10NMHS Have Soma Tnt?.ofttiag Con apelad enoo About tho Whiskey Bills and Faniples. Tho state board of dispensary directors has "sat on" Senator Ohrts tensen and Representative Lyon, ot tho dispensary investigatlug com? mit*po In the matter of thc latter's , dem md for a list of tho purohases ma?e at the la t meeting with prlcos and amounts ordered out, and has re* fus?d to koop tbe samples "Intact." Director Blaok l?plied throuuh j Clerk Mobley to tho lotter from Mr. Christens n along this Hue, to the J efl; Oo that while tho board was at all times ready and williup to assist the committee lu protecting the interests pl the state ar d that tho books and ! records of tho board aro open at all times to the members of the commit tee, "they do not fool oalled upon to furnish you with a copy of tho eiders 1 for purchases," and "they wish to say tiiat t' o board ls tho custodian of tue samples. " M rm Christensen was not sat!-fled with this and wrote to ask that at lo.'st; om other member of thc b.iard pass upon bis demands. This ls the reply ho pot, dated yesterday: "Dear Slr: I am directed to .'av that tho board oonoura with Maj >r Black in ray letter to you of March 31st." These purchases have been referred to a number of times in the recant splrltod controversy between Senator Tillman and Mr. Lyon, Senator Tlll mau Intimating that tho Inv?stlgat lng committee is tr y in? to assume tho pure! a,:lng power and ncods In vestlgating itself and Mr. Lyon in stnuAtlng that the purchases have uoi, been made to tho lowest bidders. ll?re ls the corrc?p mdenee in full: Beaufort, S. C., March 28 Mr. M. H. Mobley i Clerk State Hoard of Control, Columbia, S O. Dear Slr: Kindly furnish mo at your earliest c invenlenco with the copies of tho list of purchases last made with tho pencilled memoranda a;* to amounts aw irded, ordered ou^, etc., so that they will bo exact dupli oates of thc sheets you showed Mr Ly "ti and myself, Who are tho Belroy people ? lu the proof of liquor furnished gen erally g i von on the invotoea of the Arma from whom the state bas bought during tho p.ist few yea-s ? Doc3 tho Anchor Distilling com pany liquor bear the label* of that couoern V and has tho state bought 'rrm thatoonceru the Manatee brand, or the ll inrletta brand or both ? I presume you have informed thu board that the o mmltteo wants all samp'.cs submitted at last meeting kept intact. Very respectfully, N C?riMens-n. Columbia, s. c., March 31. Hon. N. Christens n, Beaufort, S. C. Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 28cb inst, bog bo say Me.jor Blank b - lng the only mcmbei" of the board io the city afc the time, I laid your let ter before him, and ho diroots meto say that tbe board will assist the oommltteo In evory way possible to protrob the interest of tho state, and that tho bocks, records, etc, of thc dispensary arc at all times open for Inspection by tb-J committee or any member of lt, but they do not feel called upon to furnish you with a copy of the orders of our purchases. Jn regard to the samp'ei, I am di reoted to pay that tho hoard ls the custodian cf the samples. In reply to the question "who are the. H boy ps pie? ' will hay stylo of ll m ls H ilroji Distilling Co., of Louis ville, Ky. Itapl lng to question "Is proof of Hq or furnish) ci ?" will say lt is not generally given oa luvoio, but ap ' p ura on b irrel. In answer to umstl m, "Docs the Anohor Distilling omi any's llqu >r bear the labels of tiie oonoern," will r ay tho A^ e .or Distilling company's goods b ar t ie labels of i ho firm, Il m rlotta being one ot their brands. (Jan o >t lind where they sell such a brand as Manatee. Very respectfully, M. II. Mobley, Olerk. Beaufort, S. c., April 3. Mr. H. M. Mobley, Clerk S?atc Board Control, Columbia, S. 0. D'arSir: Your:} of March 31st to band. Please have same passed on by at least one other member of the stato b ard. Kindly mail me copy of my lotter to which yours above referred to ls In reply. Very respectfully, N. Christensen, Jr. Member Dispensary Invest. Com. A HOUSE RUN AGROUND. Tho Curious Uonttitlon of TMIIKB on li inn IHIMU). A dispatch from Hasebon, L. I., says tho running aground on a mud b?uk of a b!g house, with a tower four stories which, is an occurrence probably never before recorded. Yet, lt Isa fact, that tho largo dwelling house owned by Commodore Adolph Mollcuhauer, of thc Hcnalfqult Cor lothian YaohtClub, ls standing In the mu ! at the mouth of AWixa oreok and cannot be moved until lt Is Heated by some unusually high tide. The building, which weighs about two hundred tons, ?3 being moved from thc site tv j lining the Moller. - hauer country seat In Awlxa avenue, to a site in Maple avenue, a half mlle to tho v.cst. It was Impossible to move lt overland, owing to tho long, ol rou Rous rou to that w< nhl havo to bo t iken, and lt waa th culed to at tempt conveying it by water. The structure was placed oh skids Ud about one hundred feet to live big RC >ws, oh which lt wan safely load ed. Tho scows wore then ll lated clown tho river but when opposite tho conn try scat of Charles 0. Coddlngton they t tn aground In the mud. Now noth ing remains to be done than to await rcsoue by somo unusually high tide Wi e 11 lt is hoped, the task of mov ing Vt ill bo completed. Swen? Ky A Tt>.'n*<l0i A Sp?cial lo Tho Statesman from Bertram, T. x., sxysi Tho town of Briggs, about 18 miles north of this plaoo, In this c ninty, was swept by a tornado about .r> o'clock Thursday afternoon and almost completely de stroy: d. Two persons aro reported killed and :?> h inj^d,_ TUM "Irresistible inipui.se of con* sei.me?" seems to bj hardly strong enough with tho great majority of Republican Congressmen lo make them give thc people a square deal by v ising tho tariff. Tltousmd of mon's llvos lmvo booii wrookod 1l< 3U accountof thoso disensos. Vory few doctors ' * know how to euro thom. They should novor l>o entrusted to Uio avorago doctor but only in export should bo allowed to tro it thom I ti Urolhal Stricture, if nooloo ted or improperly | p treated, will completely derango tho onliro gonlto urinary systom, causing severo ki<Jney und bladder di sonsos. Sntonuo pulu aud buffer* ing. Varicocolo will brlug ubout a completo Other Dieeae Dr. Hathaway's specialty includes all olironlo ix-id private diseases of mon and W >iU3n, such us, Kldnoy and Bladder Disoasosi Nervous De bility (loHt, virility) Specific Blood IMson (Syphilis) Catarrh, t*kln Diseases, Diseases of the ll .ia. [,i ver and Stomach, K tonm itism, diseases peculiar to wemen, otc. and ot ors. livery parson alllieted with either of these disease's is iuvitod to commit him willi mt We Have F Ono 25 horse power Ta) bott, second lu ly boon overhauled This Engine is a great bargain for anyone who is in 1 Wo uro head quarto's for anything ii prompt at ention will bo given to all ii t-aro. Write UK whert you aro in tho to got our prices before your orders el Columbia Supply Co.. ? - 1 THEGUINABD Manufacturer.! Uriok. Fire Proof 2 Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pre ? or millions. Low Rales to New Account United Confcdci jVpi il ^5tli The Southern Railway will sell tick at ex tro moly low rales from protninout below) as follows: Barnwell.$14.05. Camden. 15.35. Charleston. 15 75. Columbia. 14 .70. Equally low rates : Tickets will boon sale April 22nd, April 30th. By depositing tickets w ami upon payment of tlie sum of May "^Ist will be granted For tho accom ulai ion of tho do^git ern Railway will operate through cars 253rd at 7.(Kl a. m. and arrive at New ( For full information apply to any S W. R. McGee, R. W, 1 Trav. Passenger Agent, Div. Passengei Augusta, Qa. Charleston, Fooling The Votorn. ' ] The trusts and tar I ll protected cor porations are in high glee at the turn political events have taken, by thc con- ' central ion of publie opinion upon rail-1 road rate legislation. Mr. Payne, tho | Republican leader in Congress and , chairman of tho committee on Ways j and Means, which controls al) revenue , legislation, has deelare/1 in a signed < statement that there will be no tari IV 1 bill reported at this session ol' Con gress. This Republican standpat policy was agreed io last Fall by President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon, and the personnel of the Committee ol' Ways and Means was selected by ( Speaker Cannon, so that a majority were ardent protectionists. Thus those j Republican voters, who favored the' revision of the tariff that fosters t rusts and allows t hem to charge pinn- ! dering profits, were again fooled after voting for many Republican can didates for Congress who promis ed to vote to revise those tariff selie dules that protected the trusts, ore vented competition, and allowed thc trusts to sell cheaper abroad than here. When those Republican Congress men who were pledged to tariff reform, elected Mr. Cannon as Speaker of tho House and adopted rules that gave him autocratic power over legislation, they knew they were selling out their constituents to the protected monopol ies, and giving the party machine the power to defeat or pass such legisla tion as it pleased. Thc same condi tions will obtain at the election this Fall, and the question is, can the vot ers be fooled again lo vote for Re publican candidates for Congress who will standpat anO let the trusts con t mue to plunder the consumers? Prom isesof Republican candidates are of no avail unless the pledge is given to keep out of ciiucus and vote for a Speaker who will agree to give tariff revision the right of way. That Mr. Cannon will novoi accede to, for he is an ardon!, protectionist. Thc member ship of tho next Congress will be more event ly divided bet ween the parties and the result In any district may de termine which pa-fy shall control. The trusts and corporat ions will pay money to tho Republican campaign fund with thc understanding that their interests are to be protected, but none but tho voters themselves will furnish funds or efforts for thc elec tion of the Democratic candidates. That alone should DO their recommen dation to independent voters, if they measure, up, as they should to tho Jef fersonian requirements of ability and honesty._ An Atlnmh fiH 1] lon. A traveller In Slam is said to bavo diMOiiverod an Aditmlens IC len-a town of ?,000 inhabitants without a singlo man. The last man who ventured Into this exclusive circle, was stuck to death, eaob of tho inhabitants using a hatpin 100 times tn him. The SpartnnhurK Journal says: "Weare sorry thc report of this dlscovory is so meagro. Wo would like to know how many clubs they have, if Rrldge or. ginated there, if bargain counters at tract, and something about the spring openings and Elater decorations Wo havo a pretty fair idea of what Spai tanburg would l o if all tho women wcro transported far beyond tho deep bluo s m. It would ho no Edon. Icoctle, Hu mil At Y ,ur rlclure Ti Own Home. You Have Either o! These Dis , Wiite Dr. itaihaway o? ?? i Qa., About His Methods of meut. No Harsh Method Used. Experiment. Other Diseases 1. Books free. isa of manly po wo r, and thoroforo, thob rontment obtainable I? not too good. If you hnvo olthor of thoao diaeasoa. sit down nd write to Dr. Hathaway. If? will spud you imo vorv intorostln?* lltornturo on thoiroauso, rout mont ?nd euro, and will ?tvo you bis ex ort opinion of your cnao, without one cont of hurgo. Dr Hathaway is n roliabie physiolnn. 30ugnlzod us tho most oxpo't ?oooinlist lu the odin arid you con consult hiu with por.p<H>t onfldouoo. es Oared. bargo. Tuoso nflllotod with staghorn And oej> elated CASOS aro especially iavit?u va /rito. Ito has hint Bpooial SUCCOBS in oaring nob caaos whoro others foiled to ovo i bonoflt. Ivory person writing him will bo seat a val?a lo booklet on tholr diao?ao ulao froo. Have o hosiumoy in writing. Evory bing strlotly ou?dontlal. Address Dr. Hathaway* vx>., 8 Inman Mdg., AtlanUu Ga. or Sale uid ongino in stock which has rocont in UrsUolass condition and will ho ho market for such a si zo engine, i tho way of machinery supplies, and iq ni rios and orders entrusted to our market for anything, and bo sure so whoro. - - Columbia. S. C. '?a v m (ime??i ^?i&a wwi: 2 *?*3 SL e o ? o BRICK WOE?S, Torra UJtta drilling dine >> pared to till orders for thou ands Z oiieisitieitsti"titi iaeiM Orleans and Return -ate Veterans Reunion. 37tli 1<>0<5 ots to New Orleans, La., and roturjr^^-^^?? points (a few of wdiieJi^^'^Kitiod Chester...7.7..$1-1.70. Kock Hill. 15.15. Orangeburg. 14 75. Yorkville. 14.55. from othor points. 23rd, 31th, limited good to return it h Special Agent in Now Orleans, fifty cents, an oxtonsion of limit to OH from South Carolina, the South from Columbia, S. C., leaving April Irlo ans next morning at 7.15 a. m. lou thorn Railway Ticket Agent or hint. Brooks Morgan, r Agent, Asst. den Passenger Agent, , S. 0. Atlanta, Ga. Eighty Year Old Woman Cured* Had Suffered Tortures from Rheumatism for Twenty Years, No mailor how long you havo boon slok, no mutter how discouraged you aro fro^m having I ried HO many remedies in vain, there ls at last liopo of a complete euro for you. Tho now loiontiflo remedy RUBUMAOIDB, hus ouredhun lreds of ?MISOS of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Qout, l ntarrh, Indigestion, Constipation, Liver and Kidiwy Troubler, I.a Grippe and Contagious Mood Poison, after ul) othor romodies havo failed, RllRUMACtOB cured Jamos Kenealy and I. V Kline of Bnltimoro, of torrihlo cases of Rheumatism, after all tho specialist at tho fam ous Johns Hopkins Hospital hud failed. Ithou inaoidoou od \V. lt. llughra of Atkins, Vu., af ter noted Now York doctora hud failed. Hero is tho case of u woman oigt.y years old who was cured by Rhoumnoido uftor BIIO had suffered for 20 venn. "High Point, N. C., July 19. "After Buffering for about 20 roars with Tn flamatory Rheumatism 1 was induced to try ft battle ot Rheum icldo. After taking ono bot tle I have felt llvo years younger, I um now eighty yearn of Age und wish to testify thatl believe Ithonnmeido li tho boBt reined? for Rho'imutism. And I heartily oommond lt to all wlio are suffering with any of tho forma of thia dread disoaso. 4,Very truly, "Allis. MAIIY 10. WKt.p-.mN." Your Druggist Bolla and rocommonds lltlKU MAOIDR. ARI: YOU GOING TO PAINT?* If So Write Us, For Color Caril and Prico List of Ready Mixed PAIFTS. m VARNISHES, AL AB ASTIN ES, otc. Thc Murray Drug Company, Wholesale Druggists! Columbia, 8. 0. >V I'iiino or Or KA il l?or Yoxr* To tho head of overy family who io ambi tion? for the future and education of bia ohlb dren, wo have a Special Proposition to mako. No art; .ile iii the home shows tho evidence of culture that does a Piano or Organ. Noao 0O mp) Uh mont gives aa much ploamiro or is of IS groat value in uftor life iva tho knowledge >f music and tho Ability to piny well. Onr Sm ill Payment' Piar s muk?s owner ihy) of a high grata Piano or Organ onay. Just a few dollars down and a small iwiymont MI mont)' - Jia instru? vaoh month or quarterly or aoml annually %nd ruinent is yours, mite us today foi Catalogues and on? Speo ftl Proposition of Maay Pay monta. Addrop- Malone's Muslo Go., Columbia. S. 0_ DEMAND YOUR MONEY Olin t lits ad Keep lb, Uso $1.00 worth "Kulalne" Tablets for Indigestion, pr Dyspepsia, If not satisfied rotnm boxes to us, and we will sent your mopey bank. A "Money back'? guaran Ico and we mean lt. Mounfah Iron Min. Co.. SpurlanSnrg S. C. 50c or il in either ltpuid or tablot form. )'^nj^dmgj^istj^ JD/f , V . rum <h pj AAA BANK DEPOSIT 0)3eV/\jrvF R-R'f?'oPnid.N?twTi<?a ^ y _ __ oOO 1'llIiH COtJRSR$ RSBBBBBKMflHHflHM Hoai dat Cost. Wrtta ?hitc* IE0R0IA-ALABAIIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, ?400*6?