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- A MAN LOST :
The Mysterious Disappearance of
a Visiting Georgian.
LAST SEEN AT SPARTANBURG
He Is the^Caphier of a Bank at
AthenMpQKiBiJt His Ac^^TntsP
Arq All
Straight.
A dispatch from Greenville, S. C.,
says: Dr. C. II. White, of Athens,
Ga., reached here this morning by the
U:45 train from Atlanta in search of
Mr. John A. Benedict, cashier of the j
Exchange bank of Athens, whose inys
terious disappearance in this city a
week ago today was a startling rcvela- |
tion to our citizens and was made
known for the lirst time after the arrival
of Dr. White this morning. Mr.
Benedict came here from Greenwood,
registered at the Mansion House in the
afternoon about 1 o'clock, inquired
where lie might get a conveyance to
take him in the country. He was referred
to Charles A Kaslcy. at the
Mansion House stables, antl left the
hotel with the apparent purpose of going
to the stables which are only a hundred
yards distant. His luggage was
left in the hotel and from the moment
Itn uiotitmrl Allfttliln <>11 I rmm i?f M r
IV OVV j/|/v\? Mil I UVV V/I I'll* I
Benedict has been lost. lie did not 1
hire a conveyance from any stable in !
the city nor has a street hack ever been ;
found who could give any information ,
concerning him. Tho police and other
officers have made a diligent inquiry
and there is not the semblance of proof
to this hour in what direction Benedict
went when he left the hotel. Every
clue so far has failed and all inquiries
have resulted in disappointment.
Dr. White is accompanied by Capt.
B. F. Culp, the Athens chief of police,
and with the local police force the
search continues hour by hour without
result. A Negro employed at the Mansion
House stables says a tall man
came there and asked about a conveyance
Tuesday afternoon but went away
without making any engagement in the
absence of the proprietors. He said
another Negro heard the man talk and j
could tell where he wanted to go but j
when he was interrogated tho recollection
of the occurrence could not be
brought to his mind.
At 8 p. m. this evening Chief Kennedy
of tho Greenville police force directed
all the hack drivers in tho city
to assemble at the station house and
when they came he exhibited to them
the baggage left by Mr. Benedict at the
Mansion House which is a telescope
made of straw, an uncommon and striking
piece of baggage. One of the hack
drivers instantly recognized the tolcscopo
and said ho brought the gentleman
who owned it to the Mansion
House and afterwards took him to the
northbound vcstibulcd train at 5:30 p.
m. The gentleman said lie was going
to Spartanburg, and he evidently intended
to return," as he went to Rothschild's
store and bought a small satchel
then went to the hotel and mado sonic
ehanges in his apparel, taking the
satchel with him. Spartanburg has not
yet been heard from, but efforts are
being made to ascertain whether Mr.
Benedict ever reached there. It is Dr.
White's theory that sonic accident must
have befallen Mr. Benedict between
bore and Spartanburg or he would have
been heard from there. Shortly after
the fact of his leaving for Spartanburg
was discovered, Mr. .John Smith was at
tho station and said that he saw Mr.
Benedict in front of the hotel last Tuesday
where he heard an introduction
given to Mr. Benedict by an acquaintance
from Georgia, and also heard Mr.
Bencdiet say he might visit Lockhart
cotton mills in Union county. This
furnishes another clue to his movements
and tne Lockhart mills will be
asked by wire as to his coining there.
The mystery is not being cleared as
; ct but there is great relief to know
that the stranger who so suddenly disappc^kd
was not lost in Green ille.
Dr.^Witc and Capt. Gulp will leave
for Spartanburg by the early morning
train, but will use every method to follow
Benedicts movements if possible
tonight.
A dispatch from Athens, Ga , says:
' John A. Benedict, cashier of the ttx?
hange bank and owner of the Athens
Boll Cover company, has been missing
Uncc last Tuesday. lie went to Green
ville, S. C., on business connected with
tho roll cover concern and on Tuesday
morning left the hotel there to visit cotton
mills at Spartanburg. His accounts
at the bank have been found absolutely
i orrect by experts. No reason can bo
unsigned by family or friends, who fear
? !- ? ?.?* on n/>r>iilr>nt nr foul
lit* linn met nun mi ?.
play." __
i % Fierce Fire on Ship.
The Cromwell lino steamship Knick.
ihocker, which left New Orleans May
ykh with a cargo of 2,000 bales of cotlarge
quantities of rice, molas^BBP^^and
hides, arrived at Now York
Wednesday with two compartments
J tirning fiercely. The first was disced
when the ship was fuc days
: * fVMMhthc efforts of her crew
1, 0 ns I)itf^e fectwas kept from
lf? paSo which ar(*> ai)d thcro was no
rm. ^Medici#!0 c?n l,e given of
11 e loss, as ti. AifljitiU^urning.
Five Peof \ Drowned.
Kive people, three women and two
in n, were drowned Wednesday at the
fo >t of Madison street, Toledo, O., in
full view of a number of persons on tho
dock, and so far it has been impossible
t?. locate the bodies or ascertain tho
names. The party was in a row boat
and got in tho way of a steamer. Tho
boat upturned and all went under. Tho
boat also sank.
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THREE CONVICTS DIED
From in the State Peni
tentiary.
There has been considerable excitement
for several days over the appearance
of several cases of meningitis at
the State penitentiary. In view of the
talk about the matter, a representative
of The State Tuesday called on Superintendent
Griffith and l>r. Griffith, who
is at present in chargo of the medical
department at the prison, owing to the
fact that Dr. Sturkie, the regular physician,
is quite sick at his home.
So far five eases have developed at
the institution, and three of them have
terminated fatally. The fir.-t victim
was young Solomon, the 14-year-old
white boy who was somo time ago sent
up for a 15-year term for the killing of'
his own father. This case was a notable
one. Though the boy admitted
killing his father, setting up as a defense
that be did so to prevent his
father from killing his sister, many believe
that he was guiltless of the eritue.
His mother was here and visited him on
Wednesday last. In the afternoon, after
she had gone, the lad was stricken
with ecrebro spinal meningitis, and
though he was given the best of attention,
be died Friday. <>n the day he
died his mother was wired of his extreme
illness. She came here and the
body was taken back to Hampton fur
interment.
Two Noj. ro convicts were seized with
nu-'o'ngitis the same day. One of them
dii d on Saturday last: the other is still
al ve. lie was better Tuesday morning;
but suffered a relapse in the even
ing. A female convict was taken sick
with the disease Sunday and died Mon
day. There have been, as stated, up to
date five eases. The two remaining
cases have been thoroughly isolated,
and the quarters which the affected
prisoners occupied have been disinfected.
Dr. Griffith, who is in charge,
says that though the disease is to a certain
extent contagious, he hopes
through the steps taken to prevent any
further spread, lie has conferred with
l)r. Taylor and with Dr. A. Karlo
Hcozer, chairman of the Columbia board
of health, and nothing will he left undone
to prevent the disease affecting
other prisoners.?State.
TO BE PAIDThe
State Pensioners Will Soon Oet
their Money.
Wednesday the State board of pensions
held a linal session and went over
all of the pension rolls sent in from the
various counties by tho township and
county boards. Every doubtful name
was carefully considered and the case
looked into with unusual pains, but the
board failed utterly to reduce the list.
On the contrary a belated township report
containing 24 additional names
came in and the grand total as shown
by the list when finally approved was
7,000, against a total of 0,(501 for last
year.
The board also apportioned the pension
fund for this year, and the individual
pensioners will be gratified to
know that they will get practically tho
same amount as last year. Class A
pensioners will get $72 apiece, identically
tho same as last year. Those of
class H will got $17.00 apiece, as against
$18.40 last year. Those in tho other
classes will each receive $13.20 as
against $13 80 last year.
The clerk of the State board of pensions
will immediately begin tho work
of drawing the warrants for the individual
pensioners and they will as soon
as completed bo sent to the clerks of
court in tho several counties for distribution.
Due notico of the furwarding
of these warrants will ho given in the
press, Whon they have been sent out
the pensioners can get them by applying
at their respective court houses.
The work will be pushed with all possible
dispatch, so that tho pensioners
will be able to get their money in the
shortest time.?$tate.
Case of Miscegenation.
It seems that Greenville has a genuine
case of miscegenation, which is
likely to create troublo for the parties
interested. George Hamilton, white.
formerly a member of the Fourth New
.Jersey regiment, came back to Crecnvilli
a few weeks ago and made his
headquarters at the home of Marion
Love, a colored man. Not long after
his arrival Hamilton was married to
Malhsa Love, a daughter of his host,
contrary to the laws of this Stato.
Magistrate Mauldin issued warrants a
few days ago for Hamilton and his
dusky bride, hut the groom has absconded.
Wednesday night the bride
was arrested and sent to jail, and
Thursday morning llcv Thos. Minus,
the colored preacher who performed
the ceremony, was arrested and gave
bail for his appearance. Tho constable
and police are searching for Hamilton,
but it is probable that he has
left for New -Jersey. It is understood
that the Negroct in the Lovo neighborhood
were highly elated at the alliance,
but the rejoicing dH not last long.
Our Cottc-^uilla.
A Greenville dispatch says that in
the last year Piedmont cotton mill has
earned $200,000, Pcl/.or $285,000, Clifton
$270,000 and Pacolct $2110,000, a
total of nearly $1,000,000 profits for
four mills. The earnings of the big
mil In around Hnartanhur? are said to
have ranged from 20 to 35 per cent, on
the capital stock. Tho banks thcro are
congested with dividend money. Small
wonder that tho Piedmont section prospers
when it gots such returns from its
factories. All our mills arc making
money, but if those in that quarter arc
making more monoy than others it is
because their managers are older hands
at tho business and from practice more
expert.?State.
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CONWAY. S. C..
I GOV. ELLERBEDEADl]
South Carolina's Chief Magistrate
Passes Away
AFTFR LINGERING ILLNESS.
ti? r- ?i -r ? ,i. m * lj : _
n? runcicii i uik riuwc ai nis
Home in Marion County.
Interment ;n Family
Burial Ground.
Gov. W. II. Kllcrl o died at his hone j
at Sellers, Marion ( untv. at half-past
H o'clock Friday night. Karlv Friday
morning the govern, r was about the
same as the night b lore, but ul>out 10
o'clock he had a strangling spell and
canio very near djing. The governor
said there was no hope; that lie was dying,
and called for help. The doctor
gavo him very strong stimulants from
which he rallied a little, but later in
the afternoon lie hegan to sink. The
doctor said he could not livo long, but
the end was not expected so soon in
the night. At S:2<> he died seemingly
very easy. The governor's deathbed
was surrounded by all tho members of
I his immediate family, all his broth rs
and sisters being present. ft*
Til K NEWS AT THE OAl'lToi. ^
The first news of Governor im ! P
death reached the city Frichjr '71
through a telegram from the^* "'"\M
cutive's brother to Piivato% I?4y
F.vaus. While it was of eourS Vot unexpected,
the announcement called
forth many expressions of sorrow. In
official circles the news was received
with the most profound sorrow, and at
once preparations begun for the ifficial
family to attend the luncral at Sellers.
The telegram from Mr. J. K. Fllerbo,
the governor's brother, to Private Secretary
F.vans, read as follows:
"Governor Kllorhc died t/iis afternoon
at Huried tomorrow at I
p. in., family burying, ^d. Wire
T. C. Moody at J^lm, H?u.'mbor coining."
MR. M'SWEENEY NOTIFIED.
Immediately upon the receipt of this
telegram Mr. Mvans w< nt to the telegraph
office and sent two messages to
I incut. *>ov. mcoweoney, tlic one addressed
to Hampton and the other to
Augusta, Mr. Evans having heard that
Mr. MeSwconoy was in Augusta during
the day. Mr. McSwconey, owing to
the death of the gover nor, now booonios
governor of South Carolina, it being
only necessary to appear before a magistrate
or notary, if he so desires, and
take the oath of office. It is understood.
however, that Mr. McSwconey
will decline to ho sworn in as governor
until after the funeral of the deceased
chief executive.,
WILL A Hit I V K JN TIME.
It was feared that the lieutenant
governor would not lie reached by wire
and would thus be unable to get to Sellers
in time for the funeral, but later
the following telegram was rccoi od
from him:
Hampton, S. 0., Juno 2, 1809.
\\\ Boyd Evans, Columbia, S. C.
I am truly sorry to learn of Covernor
Hllerbe's death. Will go to Columbia
at once. M. B. McSweenoy.
By reason of the fact that Lieutenant
Governor McSwconey becomes governor,
Senator It. B. Scarborough of llorry
county, who is a prominent attorney of
Conway, and one of the most highly
esteemed members of the State senate,
being president pro tern of that body,
now becomes lieutenant governor to succeed
Mr. McSwconey.
Mr. Evans also notified by wire tho
two United States senators, the seven
congressmen and a number of the dead
governor's most intimate personal ami
political friends.
TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL.
Ho then saw that all the State house
officials were notified. Thcso proceeded
at once to arrange with the officials of
the Atlantic Coast Lino for a special
train to be run to sellers, leaving Columbia
Saturday in time to reach Sellnra
IV.? 4l.~ :? ""<?
,uia iui inu uubuijuicm. i nc run will be
107 miles and the train will leave
11 :80 o'cloek. The Kllorbc homestead
is two miles in one direction from the
station and the family burial ground
is three miles in another. The State
capitol was closed Saturday and the
flags on the building was displayed at
half-mast for the proper length of time.
No*Armor for Ships.
At Washington bids were to have
been opened by tho navy department
at noon Wednesday for armor for battleships,
monitors and armored cruisers
now authorized by the law, but no bids
w<\re received within the price fixed by
congress. The Carnegie Steel company
and the Uothlohom Iron company submitted
statements that they werp t?r u
able'to furnish armor o?_tb".?b oharact
required at the priear^, uxed by congres
lf.^TT?' 1' rancisco mac
V blanket offer to furnish all tho armc
o^u.rcdforiMbO per ton, which, hov
il' forEi ,8un 0V0|.th<? Ii,nit ,ixo(1 by cor,
.! hni,t woa for th
vv nT8h,,,H a?th?'i*ed last year am
1.1, ,1'>or ton f?r tho ships authori/ci
v. Wear.
<1 | Homicide at Eastova.
j < b(l Saturday week at lOastover, in the
low portion of Richland county, Paul
G0(diL0n' co'orC('? was killed by Sailor
Tay f, also colored. The slayer is
still large. The men quarroled, it
appears, about somg fish hooks, when
Tayh?r jerked out his pistol and shot
Goodion in the Htnnm-.i. 'pi._ ?
?.u.UUv?. Alio iaitcr
I lived-ontil ^plonday, wlicn ho died. An
inquc^vsr.s held hy the magistrate and
a yrdlct was found in accordance with
tyfuctj. Kfforts arc now being made
t icapturc Taylor, who was last seen in
t :1 vicinity ofdadsden.
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THURSDAY, .JUNE 8, 1
KILLED BY HIS CHILDREN.
A Cruel Father Shot aud Killed by t
His Young Children.
A remarkable murder easo has dovel- j
oped at Rapid City, S. 1)., iu which a I
1 Lycar old girl, Lena Routs aud her j
j IO-year-old brother are charged with
J the murder of their father, Frank ^
I Houts. The murdered man was a
I romincnt railroad contractor.
The little girl admits the crime and
the boy adds that he did whit he could
to kill his father. The father is said to
have been very cruel to his family and
this appears to have been the motive :
for theirimc. It was committed whilo
the mother was at a neighbor's, and af- 1
tor the killing the girl prepared lunch ?
in the usual way, and when the mother '
returned the three sat down and ate, <
while the bodv of the father lay a few <
r?dl,ft*" rJfln J"10 rCftr (h? house. '
the father was used for '
the , .i pose. While the little boy
steadied the weapon the girl lircd it i
from a rear window. Her aim was true, !
and u great hole was torn in her fathor's
back. heath must have been instantaneous.
The gun was put away and
nothing said of the crime until the
mother became alarmed at the long absence
of the father, and the shooting
was then admitted.
I The children arc qm'io bright, and
' / f/ \ to think the cruelty of their pa>,
Warranted ihe murder. The girl
'rccly to the wife of the jailor in
1 *'IC ?' ?r'mo* 1
" Iai see," she said, "papa was very '
mean to mama and us, and Nicholas <
and I were talking about having him '
hanged, and he came in the house and 1
kicked me. Nicholas ran to him, and 1
he got kicked too. Then papa went
out behind the house to tix a buggy
whip, and we thought he wus going to 1
whip us, so Nicholas got the rifle and 1
cocked it, as ho had seen papa do, and 1
I put it through the window close to
where papa stood. I pulled the trigger 1
and it kicked me dowj, hut when 1 1
looked out papa was rolling on the
ground, but did not speak.
A STOLEN CHILD FOUND.
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She Was at a Farm House Up in New 1
i
York State.
Marion ('lark, the 21-months-old infant
kidnapped from her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur (Mark of New York
city on May 21, was discovered two
miles south of Sloatsburg, a village in
tho upper part of the state of New York
Thursday morning. She was found at
a farm house of Charles Youiuans and (
was in the custody of Mrs. Jennie Wilson,
who took the haby to that placo <
during the early part of last week. (
Mrs. Wilson was accompanied by hor
husband and stated to Mrs. Youmans <
that she wanted board for the little girl <
for the summer.
Wednesday morning Mrs. Wilson <
went to the pnstoflicc, taking Marion
with her as she had done on several occasions
before. The Clark baby attracted
the country pcoplo by her ap- ,
pearancc, her large blue eves and pink
complexion being particularly noticea
blc. The curiosity which the child
aroused made her captors grow uneasy,
a id they kept her closely confined to
the Youmans homo.
As soon as Deputy Sheriff William II.
Charlston learned of the abduction, he,
taking his clues from pictures of tho
child and the description given him by
people who saw her, went to the farm
house oYMjharlcs Youmans and found
Mrs. WiBon, whom he demanded the (
child from. Mrs. Wilson was indignant
and\^|Uumed she knew nothing (
whatev er^'Jj.he child.
The My shoriff produced a warrant,
ar ^tod tho woman and demandod ,
infori^Jfn as to the whereabouts of tho
child. At this Mrs. Wilson weakened (
and mad(\a confession. Marion Clark,
the child of in good health. She has
no hat, and tier shoes show much rough
handling.
Arthur (Mark, the father of tho abducted
baby, arrived horo at 6.30
o'clock Wednesday evening. Ho immediately
identified tho child found in
the custody of Mrs. Jennio Wilson by
ueputy sncrin i nariston as nis lost Ma
rion. '
Americans Captured.
Details regarding the capture by
Filipinos of tw/officers of the United
States hospital ship Relief have just
been obtained. The Relief lies in the
harbor in front oD Manila. Third Offi- (
cer Fred Ifoppy atyd Assistant Engineer
Charles Klandforql riggod a sail on one <
of the ship's bo^ts and went sailing
along tlie shore, oii the south, opposite (
the insurgent lincsi The boat became i
disabled near shore) and some native
SSnom witD?if,s board ,1>ut out
er and captured Vwo men, who were
a. unarmed, and alpos91?" of fbc
lo boat. Tho T/Jd S<?te? turret ship
>r Monadnock uuicklPcnt ? boat W'b r
r- landing party ,,bl ,und?r c?vcr, ,of
i- bcrguna, and shel 0 l'TV-y*
c , The native.,. bowoK."f .t ? P"T
1 oners into tlie wo?dlcf,orc 5bc Monad"
1 nook's boat ro,ohe|Pd' 1 ?"?na ?.n 1
board several otherl'1" 'aW ,hcaffa,r
through glasses, gL,"?r0 ""ablc 10
nrnvnnf "TLMessrs. Heppy
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, and Hlandford. ^ ff
"Severely PuJW rcc(liv0(l the
The war department W(]cn. Otis at
following dispatch froimLmith roports I
Manila, dated Juno 1: Mini shed infrom
Ncgros that ho hasxJapt. Tillcy; 1
surgcnts who murdereim now under |
that eastern coast of isl Ji>nta ask pro- i
American flag and inhaV^ands. The I
tcction against robWJntAins by Unit- i
bands pursued into ir^h troops sovereiy
cd States and nativIL^ |
punished.
P*J
1899.
OUR RAILROADS.
Some Interesting Statistics Concerning
Them.
THE LENGTH OF EACH ROAD
\nd What Each Mile is Valued
at by the State for Assessment
and Taxation.
Tlio State Hoard of Equalization met
n Columbia Wcdnosday to equalize
ind assess the railroad property in the I
Uato. Tho board wont over all of the
returns in connection with the earnings
jondition and other elements consider
id as to the assessment of the roads ;
ind fixod tho valuations. The assessments
on seven roads were raised, the
largest increase being on tho Soivorn
itnd Knoxvillo Head, from $1,000 to
$5,000 per mile. The road, it is stated
was not completed when the last assess- I
inont was made. The following is a j
table showing the comparative assessments:
Railroad. Miles Main Track.
rtsfifey River road 1.00
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line. 120.00
Asheville and Spartanburg.. . 2100
Rorkeley railway 0.75
Hranchville and Howinan 11.00
Hlue Ridge 01.02
Charleston and Western CarolinaOlH. 10
C. and D. (Salisbury Hranch . 11.00
Uibson Division 0(5.27
[Carolina and Northwestern 07 00
Columbia and Urcenvillo 1(51.08
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
75.00
Carolina Midland 54.75
Central of South Carolina. 40.20
Carolina, Knoxvillo and Westorn 15 00
f w i i?i i.:_ i A ..
ClltlllUllU, VyUI 11 III UIH UUU ^\U"
gusta 178.73
Carolina and Cumberland Gap.. '21 10
Charleston and Savannah 00.50
Fast Shore Tonninal 5.28
Florida Central and Peninsular 1 Oil. So
Florence '21.50
Florenco (Latta Branch) 10.80
Georgia, Carolina and Northern. 100. 17
(ilenn Springs 10.00
Green Pond, W. and Branchville 1-1.00
Georgetown and Western 07.00
Hampton and Branchville 10.00
Hartsvillo 10.00
Lancastorand Chester 28.00
Manchester and Augusta 01.01
Prcgnall Branch 40.07
Darlington Brunch 07.04
South and North Carolina Division
10.48
Northeastern 101.70
Northeastern 2.00
Ohio llivor and Charleston 117.70
Palmetto railroad 11.20
South Carolina and Georgia 240.70
Charleston and Savannah (Sea
Island Branch 5.25
Scivcrn and Knoxvillc 18.00
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
(JH.00
South Carolina Pacific (S. A. I, ) 10.50
Walterboro and Western 20.40
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
124.11)
Conway Branch 25.00
Wilson and Summerton 40.25
Value Per Mile.
Baifroads 1808. 1800.
Ashley llivor $ 0,000 $13,000
Atlanta and Charlotte
Air Lino 10,000 10,000
Ashevillcand Spartanburg
7,000 7,000
Berkeley 3,000 3,000
Bluo Ilidgc 2,500 2,500
Branchvillo and Bow
man 1,500 1,500
Charleston <& Western
Carolina 7,500 7,500
C. & I). (Salisbury
Branch) 4,000 4,000
Gibson Division 0,000 0,000
Carolina and North
western 2,750 2,750
Columbia it Greenville 10,000 10,000
Columbia, Newberry &
Laurens 5,000 5,000
Carolina Midland 5,000 5,000
Central of South Carolina
8,000 8,000
Carolina, Knoxvillo A:
Western 1,000 1,000
Charlotte, Columbia A:
AM^Uata. . 15,000 15,000
Carolina and Cumber
land Gap 2,500 2,500
Charleston it Savannah 15,000 18,000
East Shore Terminal.. 10,000 10,000
Florida Central and
Peninsular 8,500 8,500
Flore nco 15,000 15,000
Florinco Latta Branch 4,000 4,000
Georgia, Carolina and
Northern 10,000 10,000
Green Pond, Waltcrboro
and Hranehvillc 4,000 4,000
Georgetown & Western 2,000 2,000
Glenn Springs 2,000 2,000
Hampton <t Hranehvillc 1,000 1,000
Harts villa 2,500 2,500
Lancaster and Chester. 1,750 1,750
Manchester & Augusta 10,000 10,000
Pi'egnall Branch ..., 5,000 5,000
Darlington Branch .. 0,000 0,000
South and North Carolina
Division 1,000 2.500
Northeastern 10,000 10,000
Northeastern 1,850 1,850
Ohio River it Charleston
5,000 5,000
Pal motto 5 00(1 !t (WW)
South Carolina & (Icorgia
15,000 15,000
ChurlcHton & Savannali
(Sea Inland Branch). 2.000 5,060
Scivorn and Knoxville. 1,000 5,000
Spartanburg, Union
Col 8,000 10,000
So. Ca. Paoifio (S A I<) 8,000 8,000
W'altcrboro & Western 1,000 1,000
Wilmington, Columbia
& Augusta 10,000 10,000
Conway Branch 4,00.0 5,000
Wilson and Suinmerton 2,000 2,000
In case any of tho railroads are not
satisfied with tho increases that have
till.
been mado by the board, thoro will l>o a '
hearing on Friday, the 2d of June.
As will be noted the only increases
arc thoso of tho Ashley River lload of
#4,000 per mile; Carolina and ('umber- I
land Cap Road, #2,f>0() per mile; Manchester
and Augusta, Sumter and North
Carolina division, an increase of $1,.">00
on 111 milrw StnSvarn jinil k now iiin
Road from $1,000 to $.">,000; Spartanburg,
t ni mi and Columbia Road, from
$8,000 to $10,000; VValtcrboro and
Wostorn Road, from $1,000 to $2,500;
Conway branch, Atlantic Coast Lino,
from $1,000 to $5,000.
WILL MEET IN CHESTER
Stato Reunion of the Confederate Vet- !
erans There in July.
This year the annual reunion of the
South Carolina division Cnitcd Confederate
\ ctciaus is to bo held in tho
city of Chester, and although practically
all the camps in the Stato attended
the general union in Charleston
it is expected that all will be at the
i State reunion. Chester promises every
veteran that attends a royal reception
and Chester knows how to entertain
her guests.
In regard to the reunion the follow- j
ing general order has just been issued
from tho headquarters of the South
Carolina divison in Charleston:
Charleston, S. C., .June 1, lH'.llh
1. The annual convention for lHJl'.i of
the South Carolina divisipn, II. C. V.,
at the hospitable invitation of the poo
pie of Chester, will meet at Chester, S.
C , Wednesday, .Iuly 20th, at lOo'eh e'<
a. m.
2. Arrangements are now being made
by the quartermaster general and the
veterans of Chester to secure the low
est rates of railroad fare for veterans
and other visitors. It is presumed that
we will secure as heretofore for all con
volitions a rate, not exceeding 1 cent
per mile traveled, from all points within
the State.
R. Each camp, regiment and brigade
will appoint one sponsor, who will select
her maid of honor, to represent
them at the reunion. The sponsors and
their maids of honor, the sponsors hearing
a banner of t heir respective brigade,
regiment or camp will be presented to
the eonven vent ion at an appropriate
time to be named hereafter.
4. Camps will bring their camp banners,
and will carry them into the eon
vcntion hull.
At some convenient hour, to be
announce i at t ho convent ion, a meeting
will he held of the commanders of
camps, colonels of regiments and generals
of brigades to make reports upon
the standing of their commands. They
will come prepared to make full re
ports as to numbers of members and
the work they are accomplishing, and
other matters bearing upon the activity
and life of the camps.
0. The committee on tho Confederate
woman's monument will please meet
the chairman at the convention hall at
1 o'clock p. in. .July 2tith.
7. The chaplain of all camps of this
division and of tho regiments and brigades
will please meet tho chaplain
general at the convention hail at 5
o'clock p. in. .July -tith.
8. Clicstcr extends to us a loving well
come, and oilers us her most bountiful
hospitality. Comrades, show your appreciation
by coming in large numbers.
I.ct us gather, perhaps for the last time
for many of us, and do honor to tho
holy memories which bind us so closely
together.
Hy order of
C. Irvine Walker,
Commander.
.James G. Holmes,
Adjutant General, Chief of Stall".
Advertising Pays.
.John Wanamakcr, the man who believes
in nowspapor advertising, went
a _ vT \r _ _i_ a . i i t *
10 .>cw i or* iwo years ago ana nougnt
the stock of Hilton, Hughes A Co.,
who had been but chary advertisers and
had been losing money for years. He
began forthwith to try tho advertising
euro for dry rot, and his half-page an
nouncements have been daily features
of all the prominent Now York papers.
The result is that he has cleared in the
last year $(>00,000 on his New \ ork
store. For his Philadelphia store ho
has just closed a contract with one
newspaper of that city for a pago ad
vcrtisemont daily, for which he will
pay $100,000 a year. Advertising like
this requires nervo?likewise brains.
There is in every city at least one man
who can become the YVanamaker of his
community if ho have the nerve and
tho brains -to follow the Wanamakcr
exam pie.?State.
Ex-Confederates Snubbed.
Tho exConfcderates living at Columbus,
Ohio, received a snub in that city
on memorial day last week. A magnificent
floral tribute was tendered by
the Southerners for the graves of tho
Union dead at Green Pawn Cemetery
which was refused. Great indignation
followed among various members of the
G. A. II. Post. Tho southerners are
assured by action of the committee that
I this action represents only the individ
j rial opinion of those who made the re:
fusal and that the <?. A. It. has no
| sympathy with this action.
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NO. 2.
THE WHOLE TRUTH.
Lynching Notthe Result of Hatred
Between the Races.
WILL ALWAYS PUNISH CRIME.
It is Not Race Prejudice, But a
Determination to Punish the
Perpetrators of Crime,
White and Black
Alike.
An ex slave, formerly a body servant
to Alexandor 11. Stephens, lias written
a letter relative to the race situation in
the south, in whieh he denies that there
is any bitterness between the two racos
anu declares that lynching docs not
come as the result of any hatred for the
blacks, but lynching is the natural punishment
for certain crimes in the south,
be the perpetrator black or white.
The Negro who has written this interesting
letter is .) .1. Floyd, a shoo
maker by trade and is regarded as
thoroughly honest and conservative.
His lettor in full is as follows:
'"Since the lynching of Sam lloso at
Newiian, Ha., I have romained quiet
and wat< bed all of tho publications on
the subject aeeossiblo to me. I would
not now open my mouth on the subject,
but fi i the, fact, that so many public
men of the north have taken the occasion
to write column after column on a
subject of which they know almost
nothing. I am a Negro and one of only
ordinary observation, but intelligence
enough to see how very fur our friends
in llo; north miss the mark. They
scorn bent and determined to makctho
lynching of the Negroes in the south a
raeo question, when, in fact, it is not
and cannot he such. It is not liatred
of my raeo that brings about their lynching
it is hatred of the crimes committed
and tho perpetrator, black or
white.
"If our would be friends of the north
would take the trouble to come down
and investigate tho condition of the
whites and blacks in the south, they
would shave down their opinions and
public expressions to lit the facts.
"No two races were ever so harmonious
upon the same soil as tho AngloSaxon
and the African of tho southern
states.
"When the institution of slavery was
abolished by tho decree of war the white
man accepted the situation and has
since spent his cncrgios and intelligence
trying to lit the Nogro for tho duties of
full eiti/.onship. The northorn people
don't seem to know, or in anywise to understand
tho great burden upon the
whites of the south?that of civilizing
and educating an entire nation of different
blood. The better class of Negroes
in the south have come to understand
the situation and have joined
themselves with the whites for tho purpose
of transforming tho millions of
blacks that are a constant and ever
present menace to good society among
both white and black.
"There aro a great many Negroes
who arc trying, with the aid and encouragement
of their white friends to
educate their daughters and protect
their virtue against tho outrages of the
brute who would disregard virtue and
trample under foot the dearest intorcst
of society. There arc millions in our
race and perhaps thousands of the
white raeo who can never bo reached
by moral teachings; physical f?ar is the
only deterrent, and this is had only by
open, public, speedy and terrib'o judgment
for crimes more horriblo than the
punishment any has yet received.
"In my judgment our northern
friends, and all newspapers, as well as
the leaders of our own race, would do
raoro good by crying out against these
awful crimes than by abuse of a noblo
and generous people for inflicting a just
and merited punishment.
.so, 11 is not a race question; it is
only an issue between right and wrong;
between good and evil; between vice
and virtue, and as for ine and mine, 1
shall side with tho virtuous and thoso
who protect virtue and beoontent with
the punishment inflicted upon the vicious
and thoso who lust after virtue and
blood.
"Quit tho crime and you will avoid
tho punishment."? Atlanta Journal.
Too Much Whiskey.
A dispatch from Washington, I). C.,
says Doc 1'harpc, a moniber of Company
A, Fifth immuncs, Wednesday night
shot and killed Aaron Bishop, a member
of Company G, of tho same regiment,
while shooting at ex-Sergt. Acton
of the district, police. Tharpo was
drunk, lie and hiscoinrado wore mustered
out at Camp Meado Wednesday
and were en route homo. Tharpc came
from Mississippi and Bishop from Gads
den, <
Disaster in Japan.
The steamer Kinship Marau brings
news from tho Orient of a large firo at
Yamagata, Japan. Six hundredhousos
and cloven shrines and temples wero
destroyed. \ number of lives were
lost. Thirty nouses were burned in tho
Abohisa theatre tire at Kobe, April 30.
One man perished.
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