The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 06, 1899, Image 1
VOL. XIII.
ONLY" THREE SAVKD. |
:
A Lake Steamer Went to the Bottom
Like a Rock.
THE CARGO SHIFTED.
The Captain's Wife and Child
and a Woman Passenger Were
Among the Twelve Who
Perished.
The stfiamor Marirarnt Olwill. nwnod
by M. P. Smith, of Cleveland, went
down in the storm off Lorain, Lake
Erie, Wednesday night. Twelve people
were lost, including Capt. .John
Brown, his wife and son, and Miss
Baldwin, a passenger. The 01 will, of
554 tons, was bound from Kelly's Island
to Cleveland with limestone, her
cargo shifting in the heavy sea, send
ing her down by the steru.
Seaman Coyle was the only man
saved. lie was picked up by the
steamer Stato of Ohio Thursday. Those
lost were:
Capt. John Brown, wife and child,
of Clevoland.
First Engineer Alex. Molloo, of
Cleveland.
Second Engineer Rudolph Shinski,
St. Clair, Mich.
First Mate John Smith, Cleveland.
Wheelsman George Hcffron, Clevoland.
Watchman Frank Hipp, Kelly's Island.
Three deck hands, names unknown
to Duncan Coyle, the sole survivor
<. * The 01 will left Kelly's island at 0
o'clook Wednesday night bound for
Cleveland with a cargo of stone. There
was little or no wind blowing and
everything was favorable for a pleas- |
ant run. At 8 o'clock the wind began
to blow from tho northwest and the
littlo boat with a thousand tons capacity
began to go at a lively clip. At
10 o'clock the gale commenced and tho
wind blew at the rate of 50 miles an
hour. Suddenly tho gale turned to tho
northeast, Capt. Brown found that tho
boat was making little headway and
concluded the only thing to do was to
turnback and go with the storm.
According to tho story of Coylc it
was 2 o'clock when tho captain gavo
the order to turn about. The vessel
had turned half way round when the
rudder chain parted and in an instant
tho boat was at the mercy of tho storm.
She was caught between two waves and
as she was borne along tho top of one of
them she rolled over on the side. Tho
cabins were torn loose and floated on
tho water, while the rest of tho ship
wont to the bottom. Coylc caught hold
of part of tho after oabin and climbed
upon it. HefTron was clinging to part
of tho same cabin.
Capt. Willoughby of the steamer
Stato of Ohio sighted tho wreckage
about 5:15 in the morning direotly in
tho course from Clovcland to Toledo.
Tho big steamer put into service her
life-saving c.ew and, after sailing
around the wreckage for an hour and
a half Coylo was rescued. lleffron was
thrown a line, but he was too weak to
take hold of it and went down in the
presence of a largo crowd on board tho
steamer.
Several attempts were made to get
the yawl boat in the water, but tho soa
was still running high and the work
was extremely perilous. Heffron's
death was a pathetic one. As he
grabbed the rope, encouraged by the
crowd, he mado a superhuman effort to
put the rope around his body, but he
was too weak and fell exhausted into
the waves.
THREE OF THE CREW SAVED.
Smith, Mcliao and Sehinski woro
rescued by members of tho crew of the
steamer Sacramento and taken into
Lorain by the tug Cascade. The resouod
members of the crew was found
floating on tho surface of Lako Erie
clinging to bits of wreckago. Their
rescue was attended by exhibitions of
extreme heroism, for heavy sea was
itill running when they were picked up.
Filipinos Fortifying.
Advices from llakodato state that
Capt. Sakiohi, of the steamer llokoku,
Maru just returned from the Philippines
reports that in tho southern islands the
young Filipinos are constructing fortifications
against emergencies. Every
port is garrisoned by a thousand or so
of volunteers, whose weapons, however,
aro very crude, only about 20 per cent,
boing armed with rifles. They arc,
however, full of patriotism and state
that they will notyiold to tho Americans
though the whole of the islands
are dostroyed. Tho llokoku Maru was
warmly welcomed by tho Filipinos, who
oonsider the Japanese to be of a kinv
dred raoe and hoped for assistance from
~CTiem. Tho Filipinos were prepared to
pay for arms and ammunition and said
the Japanese vessels visiting tho islands
oould take return cargos of hemp.
Capt. Sakiohi says ho only sold tho in*
surgonts two revolvors and the eooks
<knivos.
Corn Stalk Trust.
And now it is said that a corn stalk
trust will bo organizod. The cornstalk
is us?d in the manufacture of celluloso.
Only a fow thousand tons of stalks are
now used, but it is said the trust will
build othor factories in tho great corn
belt, and it is the expectation that tho
stalks will sell f >r $5 or $6 a ton.
Too True.
Henry Timrod is another dead genius
who after being neglected and scoflod
at during his life is now having flowors
? strewn upon his gravo and all sorts of
' people to arise and oall him blessed.
' What a fraud fame is! Wo seldom
know who aremost worthy of our praise
until they are gone boyond its rcaoh.
i
HE GOT DAMAGES
For Being Blacklisted by a Chicago
Railroad.
Fred K. Kctcham, a freight conductor
formerly iu the service of tlio Chica
go and Northwestern Railway company,
has recovered damages to tho amount of
$21,666 from that company for blacklisting
him.
Mr. William J. Strong, the counsel
for Mr. Kctcham, hns published an ar
ticlo in which ho states that the railroads
centering at Chicago agreed with
each other to employ no one engaged in
the great strikoof 1894. in which 30,000
men took part. The companies
agreed to keep each other informed as
to tho men who took part in the strike,
and to require of every applicant for
work a "elearanco" from tho railroad
by which ho had been employed. It
was known that this "elcurincc" was
actually demanded, and that when not
given, though the man was of good
character and had certificates of qualification
by his former employer, ho got
no work.
In one capo where a clearance was
given it stated that the man "had permission
to secure employment elsewhere."
Mr. Strong says of this condition:
"This is slavery pure and simple, yet
it is without exaggeration the condition
of most, railroad employes in tho
count.y today. The blacklisting system
is also being adopted in ncaily all
other branches of corpoiatc employment,
such as the large packing houses,
street railroads, clothing manufactories,
and coal mines. It is one of the
growing evils of tho present era of
combinations and trusts, menacing the
liberty of a large class of our citizens.
"If a man who quits the employ of
another cannot get work in his chosen
occupation without first obtaining tho
consent of the man whose employ he
lias leit, ho becomes a slave. He will
not dare resist any oppression his employer
may impose on him.
"How long will it be, if blacklisting
is allowed to continue and spread, before
the laboring masses of the country,
having become the helpless tools of
these mighty masters, will do their bidding
in the exercise of the elective
franchise? We shall theu have a government
of corporations, by corporations
and for corporations.
"The wago earner who feels his little
children tugging at his coattails for
bread will fear, in voting, to assert his
manhood and resent oppression. Can
a republic mado up of such citizens
long endure? Are such mere tools lit
to be electors in a government by the
people? Theso are serious questions
which must bo wisely answered by
American voters at the ballot box, or
the answers will be blood and revolution."
BATTLE OF THE BALES.
\
In What Shape Shall Our Cotton bo
Baled?
The indications arc that the efforts
which arc being mado to get owners of
cotton gins, who have not already done
so, to alter their press boxes so as to
make a square bale that will measure 54
inches by 24, will be successful. With
a uniform square bale, known as tho
standard bale, it is probable that there
will bo a prolonged contest botween the
standard bale and tho round balo. One
great objection to the square bale now
is its lack of uniformity which makes
it moro costly to handle as freight on
cars and on ships. This objection
will disappear, however, just as soon as
the pross boxes of all cotton gins arc
made to conform to the 54 by 24 inch
standard.
Mr. C. Mcnelas disouascs the subjcot
of the standard square balo and the
round bale in an interesting articlo in
the June number of the Southern Cultivator.
As ho sees the situation, the
square bale is bound to hold tho field.
Ilo gives several reasons for this view.
One is that the squaro bale is more satisfactory
to tho trade, since it gives the
buyer a better opportunity to see what
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Avi <t> aim unwind itt null tllC
square balo stands better tbo rough
handling which a cotton bale gets.
It is well known, also, that a very
largo percentage of cotton is exposed to
tho weather for weeks and oftou
months after it is baled. It is claiinod
that cotton in square bales will stand
this exposure better than cotton in
round bales.
The chief objection which Mr. Menolas
offers to tho round balo, however, is
that the round balo prosscs are said to
be held by a trust?that they cannot bo
bought by cotton growors; or by others
so that there can bo competition in
making the round bale. T^c cotton
growers have to pay so much per bale to
have their cotton pressed into the round
balo. With all of tho presses for making
tho square bale out of use, tho
round balo trust would bo in a position
to ohargo what it pleases for making the
round bale?iq other words the cotton
growers would bo in tho grasp of a
mighty trust. Mr. Mcnelas thinks as
long as tho owners of the round bale
presses rofuso to sell their presses, it
will bo difficult for tho round bale to
mako much headway.?Columbia ltocord.
Heavy on "The Sun."
Justice Brown in tho United States
district court, Wednesday handed down
a decision awarding $65,000 damages,
with interest from Nov. 1. 1898. to
Wm. L. Moore, in the libel filed by
him against the Sun Printing and Publishing
company for the loss of the
yatoh Kanapaha, stranded in September
of last year while off the north
coast of Cuba. Tho yaeht was thon in
the employ of the New York Sun as a
dispatch boat.
Ill 11
CONWAY, S. C.
A HORRIBLE STORY,
Man Falls Under a Train, Body
Cut in Two.
HE LIVES ANDTALKS
For Nearly two Hours Alive Talk
With Those About Him.
Drinks Water
Freely.
William Parsons, a young white man
of licnoir, was run over bv No. 30, tho
south-bound mail on the Southern,
Sunday night at Bethel, a small station
several miles from China (Iroovo.
The accident occurred at 9.08, and
tho man lived an hour and 40 minutes.
Tho accident was one of tho most
horrible that has ever occurred on tho
road. The wheels of four cars passed
over the man's body at or below tho
waist lino, completely severing tho
limbs and lower part of tho trunk from
tho rest of tho body. That tho man
lived for only an hour with his body
completely cut in two is a fact which
the medical world will discuss with interest.
The man's legs wore picked up
and placed in the baggage car; then
his body was put in. The legs wcro
placed near the trunk. Seeing thorn,
tlie injured man inquired what his
legs were doing so far away from his
body.
When the train reached Bethel Sam Krwin
and Ben .James, colored men employed
in the baggage room, moved the
mangled trunk from tho ear to the
stretcher and then carried the legs out,
placing same on tho stretcher. Tho
Hight was one that made old railroaders
aocustomod to witnessing accidents of
various degrees of horriblencss, turn
away with a sickening shudder.
A physician was summoned as soon
as possible, hut nothing could be done
for the man. His sufferings were so intense
that lie asked, on his way
to be killed. His system would not
absorb morphine, so he had to endure
the agony until death came to his relief.
It was horrible to see a human
being l>ing there talking with his body
cut in two. Tho man told his name
and that of his cousin, Charles Morrow,
who was with him.
Parsons' parents wcro dead and ho
lived at Morrow's father, his unclo's.
Morrow persuaded him to go with him
to Columbia, S. C., where there is a rocruiting
oflico, and enlist in the army.
They wcro beatings their way when
Parsons met his death. No. 35 had
gone in the side track at Bethel for tho
vestibulo to pass. The men had been
put off the train once. Parsons in attempting
to board it the second time,
as the train mnve?l nff slit\rknrt on.l fr?1l
directly across the rail. The wheels of
four cars passed over him. Capt. Tucker
was conductor and Engineer Alf
Soloman was in tho cab. The train was
stopped as quickly as possible. The
man was found in the horrible condition
described above. Ho talked rationally
up to within a few minutes of
his death.
The stretcher on which he lay was
loft at tho entrance to tho baggage
room. "I have not long to live; let
mo stay in the air," said the dying man.
He asked to be fanned and wanted ice
water cvory minute or two. He was
conscious up to the last.
The body was taken to J. M. Harry
& Co's. Tuesday morning, and was interred
Tuesday afternoon.
The case isono in which science will
be interested, as it is one of the few, if
not the only case known to tho medical
profession in which a man has lived for
so long after tho severing of tho aorta,
tho main artery of the body. Tho fact
is accounted foi in this way. Each artery
has three coatings. Tho inner
eoating became contracted, forming an
impediment so the blood could not got
out. The man bled littlo, comparatively
speaking. He was about 22 years
of age. In his pocket was a letter of
recommendation, a photograph of himself
and a letter from his sweetheart.
Dr. Albert Shorrill, who is reading
medicine in McManaway & Winchester's
office, knew Parson well having
taught him when in charge of a school
at Lenoir. He says ho was an honest,
steady young fellow.?Charlotte Observer.
Political Soldiers.
General Otis has found time from
his military occupation in tho Philippines
to compose a Republican cam-,
paign document and cable it to this
country at the governmen ,'s expense.
In this contribution to tho bunph of
literaturo which tho Renublican noli
ticians aro accumulating for next year's
contest General Otis says: "The only
hope of insurgent leadors in United
States aid. They proclaim tho near
overthrow by tho present administration
to be followed by their independence
and recognition by the United
States. This is tho influence which
enablts them to hold out." This part
of tho latest Otis cablegram reads like
an extract from an editorial in an administration
organ, and wo have no
doubt that next year when tho presidential
contest is on (for thoro is no
prospect that tho Philippine war will be
over beforo thon) it will be profusely
circulated by tho Republican campaign
managers and shouted all over tho country
by liopublican campaign orators.?
Atlanta Journal.
Negro Robber Lynched.
Henry Stewart, the nearro who robbed
and seriously shot Gail Hamilton, a
negro, and robbed M. Choate, a section
foreman, Sunday morning, at Fulton,
Ky., was takon out at midnight Tuesday
and lynched by a supposed negro
and whito . mob. The excitement is
high among the negroes.
Sow#
. THURSDAY. JULY
OPTIMISM HUN HAD.
Some Facts Bearing on the Philippine
Campaign.
There continue to conic to hand evidences
that the administration is suppressing
all unfavorable information
about the status in the Philippines.
Hero is a sample from a Washington
l : A i
uispaien:
The report of Prig. Gen. T. M. Anderson,
which, army men declare, severely
criticises Maj. Gen. Otis's conduct
of the campaign in the Philippines,
will not be mado public by the war department.
It is in the possession of
Adjt. Gen. Corbiu, who declares that
it is of no public interest.
Gen. Andorson, who is now in command
of the Department of the Lakes,
headquarters at Chicago, commanded
the First division of the l'lightli army
corps under Gen. Otis before being recalled.
A dispatch to the Philadelphia
l imes from Hong Kong is likewise enlightoniug.
Tho dispatch says:
The censorship at Manila is so strict
that a meeting of correspondents was
called for today to protest against the
action of the United States military authorities.
Nothing is allowed to bo
sent out on matters which affect tho
administration at Washington, and uu
loss dispatches are rosy and optimistic
they are not allowed to go. L havo
just e u ncd fro n Manila, and a corres
pondont submitted his matter only to
have it hold up by the authorities.
Thero is great anxiety ou tho part of
the volunteer soldiers to return home,
although any mention of the fact is
suppressed by tho ccusor. The censor
also prevents tho report of the terrible
suffering from the iicat being sent.
Our men drop like sheep from the overpowering
influence of tho sun. Nothing
concerning the Innvommita r>f
army is allowed to go out, although the
local papers freely ihc this news. Cabling
is extremely discouraging under
these circumstances, but it is not at all
likely that any help will come from the
protest to be tiled. Tho orticors aro
unhopeful of an oarly settlement of tho
war, and in their eagerness to keep tho
public from obtaining an inkling of the
state of alFairs, they make frco use of
the oflieo of press censor.
A South Dakota volunteer, Sorgcant
Hugh 1). McCosham, has written a letter
to a friend in Marinette, Wis., his
old homo. MoCosham served in Cuba
and rccnlistod last fall for duty in the
Philippines. He is therefore no greenhorn
nor cry-baby. Under date of May
12 he writes in part:
Two days after San Fornando was
taken our regiment had but 15)0 men on
the line, the remainder being dead, sick
or wounded. Gen. MacArthur complained
of tho number of men sick,
other regiments being in the same
shape as ours, and Maj Potter, with
one surgeon, was sent into Manila to
rush men to the frout. Acting under
instructions, he sent 108 mon to the
front. Of these, thirty wore unablo to
reach the depot, a mile away, many of
them fainting on the way, somo twenty
eight or thirty ultimately arriving at
San Fernando in worse condition than
when sent to Manila, the others being
ordered back by surgeons along tho
lino of railroad, who saw at a glanoo
that thoy wero in a precarious condition.
Furthor along in the letter, tho South
Dakota soldier say3:
You Americans shudder at the tyranny
of Spain and the cruolty visited
upon tho natives of Luzon and Cuba,
but I want to tell you that bright,
brave, young Americans, who volunteered
to defend their country in the
hour of peril, aro giving up their lives
bv service in sacrifice tc tlm tron!?u r.f
tho Htar bespangled gcnorala and a fog
headed, dollar hearted bureau of officials
at home. Thefierco tropical heat,
tho fovcr cursed atmosphere and the
bullots of the insurgents are working
such havoc among tho men that tho
surgeons and nurses arc absolutely unablo
to give tho sick and wounded tho
caro thoy should receive. You may
publish this letter, and my name may
bo signed. I would faoo a courtmatial
willingly, and provo more than I write,
for I know that it is only by arousing
tho sonso of the States that wo oan bo
relieved, and to stay much longer will
bo tho death of most of us.
The threo witnesses examined, an
aimy officer of high rank, a newspaper
correspondent, and one of the enlisted
men who has seen service, provo that
Gen. Otis has carried his optimism to
an extreme, if nothing else.?Tho
State.
Shields Commits Suicide.
Leroy II. Shields, 46 years old, prominont
in Virginia polities, and who
was oolleotor of customs at Norfolk under
the Cleveland administration, suioidod
in his room at tho llygoia hotol,
Old Point, Tuesday night by sending a
bullot into his brain. Molanoholia,
induoed by recent finanoial reverses, is
the cause assigned for tho doed. Ho
1_ _ J 1 I.I
nau Decn ai tno Hotel a week and was
oxpooting a reappointment in tlio naval
servioe. During the Spanish war Mr.
Shields hold the post of paymaster on
theoruisor -Buffalo, and since his discharge
had been seeking a similar assignment.
Ho is said to have lost heavily
in speculation reoontly, and is known to
have boon brooding over his troubles.
A wifo and three ohildron survivo him.
Mrs. Shields is in Washington and tho
ohildron in Norfolk.
A Fruit Trust.
It has been said that Armour & Co.,
and ono Or two other big conoorns are in
combination to oontrol all the fruit and
oarly vegotable trade of the country.
The houses oonoorncd, howovor, deny
tho truthfulness of the rumor. The
rumor was disturbing to "the colored
man and brother" as it inoludcd the
watermolon, and there was promise of
an oarly emigration, but the denial has
brought joy to many an anxious heart.
Mm
(>, 1899.
MEET IN BATTLE.
Armed Negro Miners Under Ed
Ellis Lose Four.
"KNIGHTS OF AFRICA."
Result of Attempting to Prevent
Lynching by Force of Arms,
as Recommended by
Northern Blacks.
Three negroes arc dead and ono is not
expected to lire us a result of a riot between
the whito and negro minors at
tho oro mines near Cardiff in .lefTcraon
county, Ala.
Tho dead aro: Ed. Ellis, dim Dill,
Adam Samuels, Tho wounded: Itu
dolph Williams, (Jeorgo Thomas, mortally
wounded.
Tho races camo to a clash in the lato
afternoon in Clasgow Hollow, where
tho negroes congregated, armed with
Winchester rifles. A whito man passing
along tho road was hold up and
abused and was roughly handled. This
nows soon spread, and an armed body
of white minors movod toward the hollow.
It is supposed that thoy went
around by a circuitous routo in tho
mountains and came upon tho negroes
unexpectedly. El. Ellis, the ring
leader, armed with a rifle and Colts revolver,
fell at the first volley. A rifllo
bullet did the work. There was another
volley and four ol the other negroes
foil. Jim Dill and Adam Samuels died
in a few minutes later, being removed
to a negro houso. Geo. Thomas was
shot through the abdomen with a Winchester
bullet. He is not expected to
recover. Rudolph Williams will live.
The troublo started Tuesday when it
was thought that John Shepherd, who,
on last Wednesday aftornoon assaulted
Mrs. Monroo Jones near Corona, was
in that community. The negroes armed
themselves to prevent his capturo.
Roth sides were aroused and only tho
timely arrival of a sheriff's posse prevented
an outbreak. This morning the
negro miners held a mass meeting and
rcfusod to go to work. They all bolong
to a secret organization known as tho
' Knights of Africa," or tho "Mysterious
Ten." They keep rifles and ammunition
on hand at all times. It was in
tho afternoon that they gathered in
Glasgow Hollow, although with what
intontion is not known.
Influential citizens nay that two ringleaders
arc now out of the way, and
they hope to manage the negroes. Ed.
Ellis, the head of tho band, and holding
tho chief otlico in the secret organization,
made a speech to the negroes just
boforo his death tolling them not to bcliovo
what tho white officers had told
them, and swearing that ho, for one,
would get ovon with Sheriff O'Brien,
who, the day before at tho point of a
shot gun, ordered him to disporso his
gang.
Shortly aftor tho riot Shoriff O'Rrien
left Birmingham with a hundred armed
men. Ho now has tho situation in hand
for tho time being, although late reports
say tho situation is extremely
critical and that the ncgroos aro talking
of avenging the death of their leaders.
WILL FIGHT THE TRUST.
The Farmers of Texas Organize Against
the Round Bale.
Tho Farmers' Anti-Trust Union was
organized in Navarro county, Texas, in
May. The aim and object of this union
is the mutual protection of the farmers
and eotton raisers against the blighting
influence and power of tho round bale
cotton trust in particular and other
trusts, monopolies, syndicates and combines
of whatever name, character or
formation, tho workings of which are
detrimental to tho interest of tho producers
of tho products of the soil,
which constitutes all wealth, and tends
to destroy honest competition and trado
in commerce. Section 4 of the agreement
declares that "all persons whoaro
opposed to trusts and monopolies in
any and all forms, and who bolievo in
honest competition in trado, and who
believe in tho inalienablo rights of man
to lifo, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness
as guaranteed the citizonsof this
great Republic by the Constitution, and
who aro willing to subscribe to tho
obligation hereinafter set forth, aro
eligible to membership in this union."
The following is the obligation:
"We, whoso names aro hereunto
subscribed do most solemnly obligato
oursclvos not to encourage, support
or Datronize the round hal? ftntinn
system in any way, shape or form, and
wo furthor agree to patronizo our homo
gins and ginnors with the flat halo, provided
that our ginncrs will reduce their
presses to conform to the uniform or
standard balo of 21 by 51 inches, and
wo further agreo that we will not insist
or requiro our gin men to use or put in
any more cotton than is necessary to
make an avcrago weight balo of 500
pounds."
Tho obligation was signed by nearly
every man present. It. J. Wright was
elected president; It. F. Johnson, vice
president; Sam C. French, secretary
and treasurer. A committee consisting
of J. S. Pondor and It. J. Davis, was
appointed to organizo tho Negro farmers
of tho preoinct.
This organization is not a temporary
affair, but will continue in existence as
long as there is a trust to flght or, until
tho State offioors shall havooaforccd
tho constitutional laws of tho State.
Five Fatally Scalded.
Five men wero soalded to death by
the collapso of a steam flue Wednesday
night on the steamor St. Paul near St.
Louis.
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STEAMSHIP BURNED AT SEA.
Was Plying Between Brunswick. (
Charleston and Boston.
The (ieorgo W. Cly<lo steamship,
Capt. Robinson, of New York Clyde
Line, arrived in WilmingtoD, N. C.,
.1 nno'27, at 11 o'clock with Capt. A.
D. Ingrain and crow of the steamship .
Pawnco on hoard, the Clyde having
picked them up from the small boats
very soon after they abandoned the
Pawnee, loavingher wrapped in flames.
An Associated Press representative
called upon Capt. Ingram soon after his
arrival and was told that tho Pawnee
was abandoned olf Currituck on tho
coast of North Carolina a little past ,
midnight on Sunday night. ,
The iiro was discovered about midnight
and had gained such headway
that every effort to check the flames
was futile. They leaped in groat ,
volumo from tho forward hold of the (
vessel and denso stnoke completely enveloped
the decks. When tho alarm
was made Capt. Ingram was asleep,
and no sooner had he rushed out and
taken in tho situation than he saw that
if ho havel his crow lie must get them
off at once. However, the pumps were
sot to work and the two streams of
wator upou tho flames for several minutes
before ho gavo the ordyr for tho
boats to he lowered and the ship abandoned.
While tho crow were manning
the small boats Capt. Ingram rushed
into his cabin for some valuables which
he lnped to save. When ho reached
the ship's side tho boat had drifted out
of reach, and about that time tho smoke
shifted so as to envelop that side of the
vessel, and the captain ordered tho crow
to row the boat to the windward side.
This they did, hut in the meantime the
wind shifted again, the heat and smoke
forcing them to pull away without their
oaptain. There were three vain cflorts
in" this kind made, the boat being rowed
to first ono nido of tho vessel and then
the other, in attempts to reach tho captain.
Finally Capt.Ingram leaped into
tho water and swam *200 feet or inoro
| toward the boat. One of tho crew held
an our out to him ami pulled him in
oomplotoly exhausted and almost unconscious.
In the meantime tho (icorgo
W. Clyde had sighted tho Pawnco in
flames and boro down upon her in timo
to pick up the captain and crew within
a fow minutes after they abandoned tho
burning ship. ('apt. Ingram says tho
Pawnco had a full cargo on board, principally
lumbor, of which there was, betweon
500,000 and 000,000 feet. There
was also a quantity of cotton on board.
Tho Pawnee, in command of Capt.
Ingram,* left Brunswick, (la., on Friday
and Charleston on Saturday for
Boston, ladon with lumber and general
cargo. The Pawnoc was a freight
steamer plying bctwoon Boston, Charleston
and Brunswick, and had a crew
of about 34 men and had no passongors.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED.
Will be Enlisted Right Along and
20.000 Rushed to Manila.
As a result of a conference between
tho President and Secretary Alger, it
has been decided to begin the enlistment
of volunteers for two years' sorvico
in tho Philippines. Orders to recruiting
officers to this effect have been
sent out. It is proposed to arm and
equip at once thrco brigades, or about
10,000 men, and then to continue the
work until the whole 35,000 authorized
by the law arc secured. There will be
no call upon tho Slates. The regiments
will be organized as United Slates volunteers.
will Kn aiumiiiln.l
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the President and assigned to rogiinents
without regard to State lines.
The maximum of tho regular army of
Of),000 men has been secured, and now
enlistments will be for the provisional
army to make up the total strengt h of
100,000 men. Gon. Otis has 29,300
men on the ground or under orders, and
volunteers will be rushed to him until
ho has an efficient force of 50,000 men. |
In the enlistments for the United
States volunteers, veterans of the late '
war, including those who did not get
beyond the home camps, but were seasoned,
will be given the preference, and
tho same will bo true of the officers. A
brigadier gcnoral for overy three regiments
and a major general for each division
of three brigades will be appoint
cd. They will bo part regulars and part
volunteors, and Gen. Joo Wheeler will
be among tho number.
An Honest Woman.
Mrs. Kmmons Maine, of Chicago,
daughter-in-law of the lato .James G.
Maine and daughter of the lato Cyrus j
McCormick, tho great reaper manias
achieved distinction. She stopped up
liko a littlo woman and returned to tho
tax assessors for Cook county $1,500,-1
000 personal property, the largest re- j
turn over made in that county. In do- [
ing so she incidentally remarked that
she thought it was the duty of tho rich
as well as tho poor to make honest roturns
of thoir taxable property.
He Waa Lucky.
Tho northern newspapers are miking
a big fuss ovor tho fact that a youug
woman ran away and married a man :
who was to bo an usher at hor wedding
to anothor man. Tho man who was,
left is cortainly lucky. Tho othor
fellow's ease has not yot been sottled. 1
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ROYA
'T Absolutely 1>
Makes the food more del
NO. 51.
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GOOD ROADS.
Supervisors Invited to Attend a
Koaa institute.
CIRCULAR TO THE OFFICERS.
The President of Our Association
Advises All of Them to
Keep Up With the
Times.
Tho following circular letter was issued
Wednesday:
To tho Iload Supervisors of tho Counties
of South Carolina:
The undersigned deems it his duty
ns president of tho South Carolina
Good Heads association to call tho attention
of the South Carolina road
supervisors to tho annexed invitation
from Mr. J. A. Holmes, State geologist
of North Carolina, as given June
'21st last in Tho State.
It is respectfully suggested that as
many supervisors attend as possiblo.
The Head Builders' iustitutc is a most
useful and a most timely conception.
Too work proposed looks to the material
upbuilding of South Carolina. Let
us hope that our Stato will keep up with
North Carolina in her onward march in
the lino of good roads, with all that
they imply for tho prosperity of our
people, especially our farming population.
Tho following is the statement from
the State geologist of North Carolina:
"Two of tho greatest factors in the
good roads problem in this country are
mnvwit* til mu nr rilA n*Ort..u/?a nn/1
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roadhuildors who know how to upend
this money judiciously, Road builders
will not multiply unless there is money
with which to pay them, but the existence
in every county or township of
supervisors who know how to expend
every dollar of road money to the best
advantage, for permanent results, will
vcrygroatly incronso tho willingness of
the people to vote taxes for toad building.
"With a view to aiding in bringing
about this result, by awakening an interest
in this subject, a road buildors'
institute is to be hold in Charlotte, the
centro of that excellent system of macadam
roads in Mcaklonburg county,
for ten days or two woeks, beginning
July 11th, next. It will bo conducted
by J. A. Holmes, Stato geologist for
North Carolina. Gen. lloy Stone, director
of tho government oflico of road
engineering, will bo with tho instituto
for several days and will givo it tho
booofit of his wido experience. Mr. D.
I'. Hutcheson, manager of the Charlotte
township road work, and Mr. C. A.
Spratt, engineer for the city and county
road work, will tako part in the discussions
of good roads problems and explain
their system of road building.
'"I ho county, township and city road
authorities will cooperate with tho instituto
in every way possiblo in making
tho instruction given of a practical nature.
Persons attending will be given
instruction in how to locate, build and
repair both earth roads and macadam
roads: tho handling of road machinery
and the management of convicts. Road
supervisors from every part of tho two
Carolinas and all other persons who desire
to learn something about the methods
of modern road building, and who
may wish to seo the methods followed
in building tho splendid macadam roads
of Mecklenburg county, are cordially
invited to attend this institute."
The nnlv uriwimin. ?" ? ?
vAi'v/uiiwii uuv/iiO.iai/ aio vuo
oost of travoling and board whilo in
Charlotte. Persons desiring further
information should write to either Mr.
I). P. Ilutoheson of Char lotto or Prof.
J. A. Holmes, Capol Hill, N. C.
Jno. P. Thomas,
Pres. S. C. Hood ltoads Association.
Sentence Commuted.
The govornor today commuted the
sentence of K. C. Wyatfc, of Spartan
burg, who was sentenced to the penitontiary
for seven years for killing a
man. He has served five years, and tho
sentenee is commuted to tivo years and
seven months^ so as to allow Wyatt to
be free at tho end of tho month. A numerously
signed petition, including ther
jurors, induced the governor to act. Ore
conviction tho jury recommended the
prisoner to mercy.
Many Want Offices.
Governor MeSwooncy has roccivod alargo
numbor of letters from young mon
in various portions of the State asking
him to use his influence with tho president
and war department to got them
commissions in tho volunteer servico
about to be organized for tho Philippine
service. Ho has yet to reooivo an offor
from any ono desiring to volunteer for
this service in the ranks.?State.
Got Off Light.
Ono of tho queerest freaks of journalism
wo have seen is tho plea of the
Galveston News that the villain who
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uuuucieu uuio Clarion Ularlc, of Now
York, has rocoived too sovoro a pooalty.
Ho should get down on his knoes and
thank the judgo who sentenced ho. IIo
fot fifteen years in tho penitentiary.
Unging would not have been too bad.
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