The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 13, 1899, Image 1
VOL. XIII.
"FLOODS IN TEXAS.
The Suffering Area as Large as
South Carolina.
OVER A HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Property Loss Estimated Anywhere
Between Seven and
Nineteen Million Dollars.
Wilderness of Water.
I
A dispatch from Houston, Tex., says
a correspondent has just returned from
a voyage through the Hood districts of
that State. The half has not been told
* of tho havoe wrought. The disaster is
so appalling that description is not possible.
After this Hood will come sicknoss
undoubtedly, and what a week ago was
tho fairost part of Texas, is now almost
a Ood-forsaken wilderness. The waters
of the Brazos have for days covered its
valley a depth of from 0 to 30 feet;
where a week ago there were on every
hand fields of cotton and corn and thousands
of acres of watermelons and eantoloupcs,
today there is slimy mud all
over tho vegetation and the carcasses of
cows, mules, pigs, dogs and cats, maybap
human, for many are missing.
Our party left Bryan at sunrise Wednesday
morning, going to the Novelsote
bottoms und to a point about three
miles from Millioan. Here we encountered
everywhere an overflow from the
Navassoto river, which spread out fully
two miles on either side of the Houston
and Texas Central traek. Everything
is under water, from two to 17 feet.
It looked on all sides like a great lake,
and the water was so high that for a
vast area it completely submerged tho
telegraph and tclcphono poles along the
line. In truth, portions of the Navasoto
bottoms arc c\ on now a perfect sea,
extending four or live miles wide at certain
points.
1 saw hundreds of houses there totally
submerged and as many moro were
awopt from their foundation and destroyed.
The planters of tho bottoms
are still moving their help and whatever
is left of their stock, to nlannn
whero they can bo cared for. Tlioy arc
all nobly helping each other and taking
refuge wherever they cau, some of them
seeking safety on house tops. All the
planters stated that the outside world
lias no conception of the tloods or losses
incurred hy tho destruction of crop,
stock and buildings. Nearly every
planter has built boats and sont them
through the flooded districts to render
assistance to the people, and, if possible,
savo somo of their drowning stock.
Tho flood district has a length of
over 500 miles, a breadth of probably
50 milos, and in all this vast space
damage iucalulable has been done.
The loss of life will never be fully
known perhaps; the bottoms woro thickly
settled, mostly with negro tenant
farmers; among these has been the
greatest loss of life. To show tho damage
done tho following estimates have
been made by men who are in a position
to know:
Lives lost from 100 to '100.
Losri to farmers, including crops as
well as livo stock, from $5,000,000 to
$15,000,000.
Damage to railroads and countiy
bridges, $2,000,000 to $4,000,000.
These estimates are taken in tho
whole area. It is known that more
than 00 people have met their death;
that many bodies have been iccovered;
it is not believed that all of them will
ever be recovered.
RESCUING DROWNING PEOPLE.
Two Thousand Negroes on House
Tops Floating Away.
James Collison superintendent of
machinery for the Santa Fo railroad,
arrived in Galveston on the last through
train the road has been able to run.
The Hrazos river at Rosenberg is run
ping wild, Mr. tjoiuson says. At Sun
viysidc, 12 miles from Brookshire, the
Brazos river is ordinarily 200 yards
wide. About parallel with this and
two and a half miles away, is Klin
creek, which is seldom over 30 feet
wide, and in midsummer often dry.
The two streams are separated by low
bottom lands and arc now united, making
a river between five and six miles
wido and from 60 to 70 feet deep.
Along the currents 19 people were rescued
Thursday in a skiff sont from
Houston. The people were demolishing
their sheds and out houses and making
boxes that they used for boats.
Cattle were found resting their heads
in the boughs of trees, making apitiahlo
struggle for cxistonce. At one
point two houses wore scon coming
#\V.wn the stream. In one of them a
in and two women, and on the other
a woman and five children wero clinging
for life and calling for help. One
of these was a tine two-story affair and
the other was a smaller dwelling. They
, passed on with the foaming current and
> may have struck an obstruction and
} beon smashed to pieces or found their
way into tno gun. Twonty-tivc row
boats, fully manned and provisioned,
left Galveston Thursday for the section
overflowed, to assist in saving lifo and
property. m
Kvcry year the Brazos and Colorado
valleys suffer from inundations. Up
to the present flood the greatest destruction
from the annual inundations
was in 188f>. This year the high water
mark of 1885 has been surpassed in
Washington, Austin, Fort Bend, Waller
and Bra/.os county in southern
Texas. The Brazos is falling rapidly
^n tho central part of tho State, the
4FBOonc of last week's flood. The flood
reaohed the southern part of tfio State
Sunday night and Monday. The planters
had received ample warning, but
a In
many Negroes remained in tho Brazos
valley, believiug the water would not
rcaoh highor than in 1885. From 1,500
to 2,000 colored people wcro caught
in tho valley, in Austin, Waller and
Fort Bend counties and were forced to
take to tho trees and houso tops.
Gov. Saycrs, at the suggestion of
Congressman llawley, appealed t? the
war department to send government
lil'o saving boats from Galveston. Permission
was granted, and a special
train left Thursday afternoon for the
Hooded district carrying several government
and a number of private boats. It
is believed that nearly all tho people
lodged in trees and ou houso tops have
been rescued, but tho boats sent from
Galvcsfion will patrol tho Hooded dis
o...J ?i-~ - .i-? i. 1 e?
Hivm nuu 111UIVU U lllurUUgll ttuuruil 1UI" j
stragglers. The war department has
authorized tlov. Sayers to distribute
10,000 rations among the flood sufferers.
Deputy Sheriff Swearings at Soaloy,
telephoned at noon: "There is no improvement
in this section of the Hood
district. If anything, the situation is
growing worse. No relief boats have
yet reached hero from Houston ortlalveston.
Scaley and neighboring towns
have about exhausted their rcsoureos.
Another Negro family was drowned
near Scaley Thursday. Several other
lives have been lost since Wednesday
night, especially among the refugees on
the mound near old St. l'hillipe. A
number of Negroes have fallen exhausted
from treo tops, after hanging
there three days and nights, and were
drowned. "A rumor is current here
of gi>at loss of life near Richmond,
Kurt Rend county. As we are eut off
from all that section, deliuitc information
is unobtainable, but the situation
naturally must be as bad as here. "
IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY.
Eight Huudred People Without Food
or Shelter.
A special dispatch from Dallas, Tex.,
says: At 1:45 p. m. today Deputy
Sheriff Swcariugcn of Austin county,
made the following statement over the
long distance telephone at Scaly: "Kolief
has not reached the flood victims in
this section. Thirteen dead bodies
llflVO KnrtH ronAirA?iA/l ~ ?? - *
..u.w 1VWIU1UU IIUUI II1U UMVIl Ul
Hrookshiro. 18 miles l'rotn here. Fortylive
persons above Scaly are reported
missing and given up for dcid. Seven
were drowned today in a boat seven
miles below Sealy.
"About 400 persons arc isolated on a
small picee of land i 11 the lirazos bottoms,
thicc miles from Urookshirc.
Several hundred more aro surrounded
at San Phillipc, three miles from Scaly.
Unless relief can soon reach these two
places the 800 lives will probably be
lost. Many will die as it is, from hunger,
exposure and exhaustion.
"The wator today is running through
the town of Itrookshiro, something
never known before. The 05 lives reported
lost were in a radius of 20 miles
north and south of Sealy. We arc completely
isolated at Sealy, but this town
is not in danger. Wo cannot estimate
the situation beyond the limits mentioned.
The whole faco of the country
hero is a sea. The channel of the
lirazos river here has shifted about
three miles and the water is 15 miles
wide. N
Uogs, houses, lumber and railroad
material, merchandise, live stock and
other floating objects make it worth tlfo
life of rescuers to go to the relief of tho
endangered people, most of whom arc
negroes. Tho railroads are destioyod
for miles. An immenso washout occurred
on tho Santa Fo south of A1
Zcaly this morning. This cuts off our
last strand of railroad communication.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and tho
Southern Pacific aro all completely
stopped. Tho weather is cloudy this
afternoon and more rain is feared."
Death of Goy. Richardson.
Shortly before midnight Wcdnosday
night a typical South Carolina gentleman
of the old school, a man of noble
blood and loftiest sentiment, a man who
had served his beloved Stato with raro
| dovotion, a man who had been honored
: time and again by his fellow ci izens, a
I 1 . e .. e :i? " - -
iiuuiuui ui iiiamuy or governors?John
l'etcr Richardson, ex-governor of tho
State of South Carolina, breathed his
last, death corning quietly and almost
without warning. Without uttering a
word, Governor Richardson passed
away peacefully and to all appearances
painlessly, lie died at his suite of
rooms at the Hotel .Jerome where for
several years ho and his devoted wife
have been spending most of their timo, i
so as to roccivo medical attention.?
Columbia State.
Tillman and McLaurin. j 1
I In a conversation at Anderson Wed- (
j ncsday Senator Tillman said it is now 1
tho di^ty of the people to send delegates
to conventions- county, State or na- 1
tional?who are pure and simplo reprc- 1
sentatives of those that sent them. 1
To oxplain, tho senator said to the reporter
that this was tho best thing for 1
tho people to do in order to keep out
"evangel of hope" delegates?as they,
in his opinion, did represent the people
on tho expansion issue. On the way '
i. it .
u> itio train a remark was made as to
the MoLaurtn vote for the anuexation
of the Philippines. The senior South 1
Carolina sonator thereupon made a comparison
of a certain some ono?not
named?to a woman who?at tho marriage
alter?suddenly decides not to
marry. 1
Hanged in Tennessee. i
Picas Wynn and Catlett Tipton, the
white-cappers, were hanged at Sevier- i
villo, Tonn., Wednesday, for the mur- <
dor of old man Whaley and his wife <
ovor a yoar ago. They both confessed 1
and stated they woro hired to do the <
deed by Bob Catlett. Mrs. Tipton, I
wife of tho murdorcr, and his five chil- j
dren were present at tho scaffold. i
> 1M
CONWAY. S. C.
ALLIANCE REVIVAL
Big Meeting and Barbecue on
Tuesday at Seneca.
SENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS.
An Alliance of Farmers Merchants
and Others Contemplated
Talbert, Latimer and
Wilburn Speak.
A dispatch from Soneca to The State
says fully two thousand people from
Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties
assembled there on July 4 to attend
an alliance barbecue.
The lion. J. S. Smith, chairman of
the meeting, called on the Kcv. J. M.
Me Pure to invoke divine blessing upon
the meeting. Mr. Smith announced
that the lion. W. Jasper Talbert, the
congressman of the Second district,
would take the place of the Hon. Thoa.
10. Watson who was absent.
The Hon. J. U. Make of Abbeville,
was introduced as the first speaker.
After congratulating tho people of
Oconee for the zeal that they had
shown in the alliance he enumerated
many of tho benefits that the alliance
had done. The mighty wall between
the north and south had been broken
down and brother from tho north
grasped the hand of the brother from
tho south. What is the condition of
our country today? While the manufacturing
interest is most flourishing
tho agricultural interest is languishing
and theory of hard times is heard on
every side.
Neither over production nor diversity
of crops aro the causes of this depression
for many thousands are in
need today. What hope is ligld out to
the cotton grower of tho south when
the trusts and Lombard and Wall
streets arc exercising their greed for
gain? There arc sugar, dairy, soap and
tobacco trusts. Lven there is a corset
trust. Not satisfied with squeezing tfie
men they are squeezing where it is a
disgrace to civilization. Tho alliance I
culls upon every roan to whatever trade
or prof ession lie belongs to help to stay
these mighty evils. In conclusion Mr.
Hlakc exhorted all to stand together
and prdSj :'v would surely bloss us.
The next speaker wan J . C. Wilborn,
president of the National Alliaffbo ana
the State Alliance; subject: "The Accoropliflhroonts
of the Affiance " lie
said wo were called today to r.gm the
battles for humanity as citizens just as
our volunteers were in the recent war
with Spain and in the Philippine volunteers
for the happiness and safety of
the home. The first principal is to la
bor for tho education of the farmers
along the economical lines. We scut
farmers to eongress whoso voices have*
been heard and heeded?in things es- .
sential, unity, and in all things charity.
The alliance joined and linked tho
farming interest of the south and west.
The farmer is too impatient. Ho cannot
wait. Farmers can now use parlimcntary
rules as well as the United
States senate. Let us stand by the alliance.
The newspapers and merchants
gleefully cry: "It s dead! It's dead!"
when they find that a man has not
paid his dues. 1 beg jou to attcud
your sub-alliances. The jute can and
may comeback and demand that you
give them 50 cents more per bale than
you paid last year. 1 do not want you
to get back in your sub-alliances for
politics, not to help Tom Perry or Jno.
Smith, but for tho good of your own
boy and girl. 'Tis tho farmer and tho
farmer's sons that have always defended
and will always defend tho liberties
of our country. Wo do not want to
fight tho merchants and lawyers.
Mr. Wilborn road the Ocala demands
and made pertinont remarks uponthom
Many have been placed in tho Democratic
platform and roiiio of them in
tho Republican. The State allianco
will meet in July at Columbia, and tho
constitution has been so ordered that
every sub alliance can send a delegate.
?..u ~ll 1 -l?i t ?
Miwiy ouu-animii'u wiiuuiu ue represented.
It in time to awake and go to tlio
battle with renewed interest, Perhaps
we have drawn the walls too close.
Others, perhaps, should be admitted to
our order.
Tho chairman introduced Congressman
A. C. Latimer as "one of our own
boys," who spoke upon "What has tho
allianco accomplished in tho way of
legislation." Ho said: I ask you to look
at South Carolina since 181)0 tosco what
the alliance has done. Do tho common
men and women need aid? If not,
disband. You cannot point out a singlo
man who was elected to offico that injured
the allianco. Politicians did not
rido tho allianco to death. The credit
system is responsible for the alliance's
death. Kvory merchant, lawyer and
farmer is in tho same boat; tho great
corporations aro fleecing all of them.
He gave some things that h? had
helped do while in congress. "Wo
passed the income tax, one of tho Ocala
demands, and was putin the Democrat-,
ic platform of 18%; the election of
United States senator by popular voto
and tho anti-option bill. Should the
allianco be organized?" lie quoted
Mr. Morton, ex-sccrctary of agriculture,
who said that thcro was room for
but one great trunk line all other lines
should bo feeders. Colleges afo turning
out teachers who favor tho gold
itandard, and th<f metropolitan press
is flooding the country with monopolis
tio literature. The great toiling masses
could not bo benefitted, because they
did not have th<v ready oash. Ho. %d171
ami Ilia nnntiln kr\ astro arv/V
? *wv.v? I'vvpiv w own auu |/l(lrUU gr?OB* i
28 all ovor the wasto places, raise cattle
and sheep/ Sow Horiymda and other
grasses. It will bring tomporary rollef.
[f we will not stay organized, if wo will
1
. THURSDAY, JULY
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not bo a man, let us try to live, anyway,
at hoiuc. '
lion. W. Jasper Talbert was introduced
as a' visiting ulliancoman. The
Chioago platform contains the alliunee
demands in toto. Ho told sovcral good
jokes quite well. The war with Spain
has brought new fields and battles on
the Chicago platform with all fours.
()nnr?nrwl In ?L? ..f !,?
v ~ ~ ~ ~ vv ?>u J/VUVJ VI IUU I 1 11 1 ! > *
pines, but honor the bravery of American
soldiers, ho would stand by tho
faith of our forefathers. His address
was applauded' soveral times.
Senator B. 11. Tillman was introduced
as the grand mogul of tho occasion. Ho
was the last speaker. While those who
proceeded him had had good attention,
and all of them some applause, when
the senator bogan to speak the crowd
showed the keenest interest, and timo
and again ho was chcerod. The sonator
took for his subject ' '1 ho conditions
of tho country nud tho tondoncy thcroof."
Among his first sentences was
this: "1 swear that wearo no longer
free."
A Voice?"Who put us that way?"
lie answered: "Fools who vote to
put seoundrols in oilieo- ' He said that
tho masses wero mislead by newspapers
coatrolled by capitalists, and so
far as he could see tho country was going
to the devil as fast as it could. He
said that the great troublo at the north
was that tho people voto their party
ticket regardless of the character of
their man. A representative represented
bosses iustoad of the masses.
We voted for Cleveland holding our
noses and telling them that there was
something doad up tho crock. Further,
they found somethimg rotten iu the
White House.
It is elaimed that Hod, duty and destiny
demand that we clean up tho
Filipinos, who are fighting, as our forefathers
did, for liberty. Capitalists of
the north wero responsible for this in
I* ...
iamous, outrageous, damnable war.
The tyrant's plea has always been no
oessity. The royalists tried that pica
with Washington.
lie is out and out against the Philippine
war, and Mark Ilanna aud his
crowd would buy up all the franchises
ami reap the benefit of all the acquired
territory, lie characterized the north
as a mongrel set who had lost the seed
corn of liborty?a set who had long forgotton
that there was a Declaration of
Independence.
Citizen Josh Ashley, M. L. Donaldsou
and othor prominent men were
present.
At the banquet aftor the speaking, W.
D. -Evans, K. K. Cain, M. L. Donaldson,
Souator B. 11. Tillman, Col. .). 11.
lloyt and others spoke.
The crowd was largo, strictly sober,
aud, of course, quiet and orderly.
THE GALLANT SPANISH
Who Defended Baler Come in Our Lines
Under Filipino Escort.
The Spanish commissioners who went
to Tarlao for a conference with Aguinaldo
regarding the surrondcr of the
Spanish prisoners in the hands of the
Filipinos roturned to Manila Thursday
night. Chairman Del Kio. of the commission,
said the release ot all the prisoners
had been practically arranged for,
but it would be necessary to consult
the Spanish government beforo tho
agreement could be ratified. He declined
to give tho terms of the arrangement,
or to say whether theso comtcmplated
a ransom. Ho asserted, howov
or, that Aguinaldo had already issued a
decree for the release of the civilian
oflieials and tho sic'; soldiers.
The commissioners, with tho remnant
of the Spanish garrison of Baler, on tho
cast coast of Luzon, and a number of
civilian prisoners, were escorted by
Filipino soldiers from Tarlac, to tho
American outposts at San Fernando,
and came to Manila by tho night train.
TllA Vl nrnnu nf fKn Innrf /lofAnaA aC Ua
- ..W ..Vtuv? Wi VUV iUll^ uuiuunu Ul JlttIcr,
where the Spaniards resisted an insurgent
sicgo for more than a year,
formed a picturesque band. Lieut.
Martin, the only surviving officer,
inarched thom through tho streets.
Theio are only twenty two and most of
them are mere boys, in faded blue cotton
uniforms and rod shirts. They aro
barefooted.
A crowd of Spanish men and women
embraced thom, weoping and shouting
their praisos. They toll a remarkablo
story. It apqars that tho captain several
times proposed to surrender but
the soldiers refused. Finally somo
months ago ho tried to raiso a white
flag. Thoreupon Lieut. Martin killed
him with his own sword. Thoir food
Anpply gave out entirely a week ago,
and they surrendered to tho Filipinos
with all tho honors of war. They wero
allowed to keep their arms, and they
say they marched from Lalcr, with a
Filipino escort, and carrying guns,
through several insurgent camps, everywhere
being ehcerdd and feted.
Officefa in the Army.
Senator MoLaurin, of South Carolina,
was at tho White House Wednesday
irl tho interest of some applicants
for commissions in the new military organization#.
lie was givon to undorstand
that tho proKid^nt, would apportion
tho .ojhoera among tho sovoral
States in the proportion of a captain
and a firstlioutonant for eaoh State irrespective
of politios. The higher officers,
as has already been intimated, aro
to bo taken largely from tho regular os
vaininniiiuiiv. . iv in uuuerstooa l"ai ft
strong effort !will bo ihade to reserve
the second. licntp,nant for tho ,non-comruisftioncd
officer's *who have made good
records in aetivo sorvico, both with tho
regulars and volunteers.
Disaster Near Odessa
A! dispatch from Odessa announces
that a dyuamito cartridge exploded near
thore Wednesday whilo tho excavation
of a coal mine was in progress and that
41) persons were killed and 20 wounded.
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ifvalri
13, 1899.
TEA0HER8 ASSOCIATION.
The Program of the Twenty-Eighth
Annual Meeting.
The State Teachers' Association of
South Carolina will meet this year at
Harris Springs on roxt Friday. The
following is the program:
FRIDAY, JULY 14.
9.00 p. m.?President's addross. Organization.
SATURDAY, JULY 15.
9.30 a. m.?"Placo of Classical Studies
in Sooondary Sohoola." Prof.
Charles \V. Bain, South Carolina College.
Discussion.?Prof. II. N. Snyder,
WotFord College.
10..'50 a. in.- -"The Aims and llcsults
of tho Schools of To day compared with
tho Aims and Results of the Schools
prior to I860." Dr. W. M. Crier,
Prcsideut Frskine College.
12.30 p. m.?"Tho Country School
Problom." lion. John .1, MoMahan,
State Superirtcmlont Fduoation.
9.30 p. in.?Address, lion. John P.
Thomas, Jr., Columbia.
SUNDAY, JULY 10.
11.00 a. m.?Sermon. Kev. C. S.
Gardner, Grccnvillo.
0.00 p. m.?Sermon. Rev. Joliu
Korsbaw, Charleston.
MONDAY, JUI.Y 17.
0.30 a. ih.?"la ->ortanco of tho Proservrtion
of Forests.'' Dr. A. P. Anderson,
Clcmson College.
10.30 a. in.?"H.rroncous Notions
Concerning School Discipline. ' Supt.
K. D. Hughes, Greenville.
Discussion.?Supt. K. S. Drelier,
Columbia.
12.00 in.?"What is Pcgagogy now
Doing to Help tho Teacher?" Mr. W.
K. Tate, Momtningor High School,
Charleston.
Discussion.?Mr. C. K. Johnson,
High School, Columbia.
9.00 p. in.?Address. "The RlFccts
of School Life on the Kycsight of
School Children." Dr. Hal ward F.
Parker, Charleston.
TUKSDAY, JULY 17.
9.30 a. m.?"Tho Best Age for Admission
into the Public Schools of tho
Stato." Supt. J. D. Mann, Florence.
Discussion.?Miss Mary F. WicklifTe,
Wikthrop Collcgo.
10.30 a. m.?"Tho Best Age for Admission
to College (Male)." Rev. It. P.
1 ft . 1 I It \ '? *
t en, rrcsnyierian uouegc lor women.
"The Heat Ago for Admission to
Collogo (Fomalo)." (To be supplied.)
12.00 m.?"What shall tho County
Institute Ho?" County Supt. W. II.
^arton, Green /illc.
** Disoussion.?Former County Supt.
T. W. Kcitt, Nowbcrry.
0.00 p. m.?Address. President
Geo. H. Croaier, Ncwborry Collogo.
I) KPARTM ENT M EKTI N< IS.
Tho afternoons are reserved for tho
mootings of tho dilforcnt departments
of the Association.
It EM AUK 8.
All white Teachers, County Superintendents,
Trustees, and friends of edution
are cordially invited to attend tho
sessions, and to becomo members of the
Association. Tho membership fees
uro one dollar for men and fifty cents
for women, payab'c to the Treasurer at
tho annual meeting.
Representatives of the press will be
heartily welcomed, and furnished with
every facility for reporting the proceedings.
Mr. Harris, the proprietor of tho
Springs, has offered board to tho members
of tho Association for $1.00 per
day, and those who care to remain at
this health resort aftor the Association
adjourns can stay at tho samo rato.
Transportation from dopot to Spriags
and return 25 cts. This offer is mado
only to mcmbors and guests of the Association
and tho husband and wives of
the members; so, all attending this
mooting should onroll promptly
and obtain certificates of membership
from tho Secretary, clso they will
bo oxpooted to pay regular rates of
board.
Thoso who cxpeot to attend should
notify Mr. It. L. Fox, Harris Springs,
S. C., several days in advance, so that
all arrangements for transportation,
etc., can bs made before hand.
RAILROAD RATES.
The following special rates for the
round trip havo been granted by the
railroads:
10 10
Waterloo. Cross Hill.
Abbovillc $105 $ 95
Anderson 1 95
Augusta, Ga 2 90 2 85
Hlacksburg 2 75
Carlisle 1 10
Charleston 0 85 0 95
Choraw 6 15 5 80
Chostcr 1 95
Clinton 80 45
Columbia 3 05 2 70
Darlington 5 80 5 45
Don in ark 4 25 4 85
Fairfax 4 95 4 90
Greenvillo 1 75
Greonwood 55 45
Laurens 45 80
Newberry 1 55 1 20
Orangeburg 4 70 4 35
Prosperity 1 80 1 45
Spartanburg 1 80
Sumter 4 45 4 10
It would bo well for those who contemplate
buying those special tickets to
see that the local agent has his instructions
and tickets in ti no, as mistakes
have frequently oceurred in thn na?t
owing to fuiluro of station agents to get
requisite order* concerning salo of theso
tickets.
Blown Overja Fence.
A cyolone struck New York Htato
near Glens Kalis Wednesday'afternoon.
Large trees wcro up-rooted and othor
damage was done. Jamos Nosbitt, a
farmer living cast of Lako George was
driving, was blown, with his horso
and buggy from the road over a fonce
and into a field, lie was injured so
, severely that he died.
THE CROPS AND WEATHER.
What the Department of Apiculture
?. Says About Them.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the South Carolina seetion of tho
olimato and crop servieo of tho I'nited
States weather bureau issued last week
by Director Itauer:
Columbia, S. .July I, 181VJ.
Tho woek ending .July Jd averaged
slightly cooler than usual, especially
over the western portion of the State,
during tho latter half of tho week, with
minima temperatures goucrully bolow
sixty degrees.
Thee were numerous showers from
June 27th to tho !ll)th, heavy and well
distributed over the eastern half of the
State, and light over the north central
and northwestern portions, where the
rainfall was poorly distributed, and
whero more rain is needed, except over
very limited areas.
Over the areas of deficient rainfall,
crops are not making satisfactory
growth, but over the oastern portion of
tho State generally, they aro up to,
or above, their average condition on
July 1st, and are generally very promising.
Worms continue to destroy corn; but
worms to injure tobacco; and caterpillars
to devastate rice; while lice on
cotton have appeared at various points.
Cotton continues to make seasonable
growth and is blooming and fruiting
freely, with no reports of shedding.
The plants aro generally undersized,
but vigorous and healthy. The nights
have boon too cool latterly for the best
development of son island cotton.
Corn, is in a few sections, very promising,
but on the whole it is below its
seasonable average condition. Wire
worms are destroying old corn at many
points. Corn is being laid by.
Tobacco varies greatly in condition,
with many reports of injury by bud
worms. In places tho uocd of rain is
urgent. Cutting and curing is as yet
making slow progress, although some
inferior grades havo boon sold in upon
market.
Lato reports on wheat confirm earlier
estimates of small yields. Thosamiis
true of spring sown oats.
Tho bulk of the rieo crop is very
promising, but caterpillars continue to
devastate late plantings, and fresh water
for Hooding is not available in
places.
Melons are ripening but do not promiso
a largo crop. Many Hwoet potato
slips have been sot out during the weok.
Sugar oano, sorghum and gardens show
Homo improvement. I'eas are being extensively
planted, and coming up to
good stands. Haying is in progress on
the coast meadows.
Marriage in tho Philippines
Tho Negritos have a curious marriage
custom, says Soil* CtiUuro. When
a young man makes known his preference,
the young woman Hoch from him,
whilo he gives chase and oatehes her in
his arms. She struggles and frees herself.
whereupon tho chase is renewed,
and so on until ho has caught her tho
third time, when sho yields, and ho
proudly loads her hack to her father's*
dwelling. Tho father and mother of
tho bride-elect then meet with the contracting
pirties. tho latter kneeling
side by side. The father then takes
somo water in a eoeanut shell and
throws it over them. Continuing tho
ceremony, ho takes each by tho neck
and bumps their heads together sovoral
times, and they are then adjudged to
be duly married. A wedding tour of
five days' sojourn alone in tho mountains
follows, after which they tako up
their ahodo as staid citizens among
their friends.
Killed by a Woman.
A tcrriblo tragedy was enacted on
Monday last 011 tho shore of Grand
Lake, immediately in tho rear of tho
village of Charenton, La., in which
Thomas W. Webb was shot and instantly
killed by Mrs. W. F. Smith. It appears
that Smith and Webb were engaged
as partners in gathering and pre
paring moss tor market, anil in the
division of tlio moss Webb used very
insulting language to Mrs. Smith, who
was present, whereupon she seized a
dobulo-barreied shotgun loaded with
buckshot near at hand and discharged
the contents of one barrel into the
breast of Webb, killing him instantly.
Deputy Sheriff Dccot buried the remains
of Webb and arrested Smith and
his wifo and they aro now in jail at
Charenton, l<a.
Ate Poisoned Candy.
Mrs. Mlsio Schcib, 610 I'lllis Street,
San l'raneisco, ato of somo candy received
by mail on Friday and since has
been seriously ill with symtomsof arsenical
poisoning. On tho day mention
cd a box of candy and a letter wcro received
at Mrs. Schoib's house. They
had not boon sent to hor, but wero addressed
to her friends, who frequently
visited her. The box was opened and
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some 01 mo canny was ottered to a 11a' t"
dozen young women who were emp1' /
ed as dressmakers by Mrs. Soh> ^o.
They declined to take the candy, but
Mm. Schcib ate a small quantity. Soon
afterwards she became alarmingly ill,
with evory symptom of having been
poisoned by arsonio. Antidotes wero
administered and sho is recovering.
Much mystery surrounds the caso.
ROYA
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EVEN IN NEW YORK.
The Loaders of Tammanv Greatlv
?
Surprised.
EX-GQV. HOGG, OF TEXAS,
Paralyzes Van Wyck's Plan3 for
a Boom by Springing Bryan
and Free Silver to Cheering
Crowds.
On Tuesday of last week Tammany
hall celebrated Independence Day
as customary at the Fourteenth street
wigwam. The gathering was remarkable
for its unexpected features. There
was a dearth of promincntmcnt,
men, ex President Cleveland, exSenator
David B. Hill, \V. J. Bryan
and ox Senator Murphy failing to mako
acknowledgment of the invitation to
attend.
Kx-Oov. Hogg of Texas created a
sensation by the manner in which he
introduced the name of VV. J. Bryan
and the Chicago platform to the meeting.
The mention of Mr. Bryan's name
and reference to the Chicago platform
being received with tremendous applauso,
which was long continued.
The boom that was launched for Augustus
Van Wyok had a very indifferent
reception.
It had boon arranged that cx Congressman
.lames B. lliehardson, of
Tennessee, should speak, but ho was
unable to attend and Cov. Hogg was
asked to speak in bis place.
When Cov. Hogg arose ho recoivcd
a hearty welcome and bo indulged in a
few remarks that seemed to please the
Tammany men immensely. Afinr *
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fow minutes, which he used in outlining
tlie well established principles of
Domocraoy, Gov. Hogg began a spocoh
phillic which set tho house in an uproar.
The applauso began when ho asse"ted
that noxt year the Dntnocratic
party would declare for tho free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of sixteen to one.
Men who had appeared to ho half
asleep, jumped up with a start and
joined in the applause.
When the speaker promised a plank
iit the platform of noxt year in which
imperialism would bo denounced the
applauso broko forth anew.
It was very evident that theso utterances
were not only astounding to tho
Tammany leaders, hut displeasing and
the displeasure booamo moro apparent
when tho speaker in his spocoh exclaimed:
"In this great contest we
want the aid of united Tammany?the
greatest political organization on earth.
Wo want you to closo up ranks, to settle
your local dillercnces, if they exist,
and to go arm in arm with the stalwart
bread-winners of the south and west to
victory next year, under tho leadership
of tho chivalrous, the dauntless, the
matchless great American, Wm. J.
Bryan."
As the hist words fell from tho lips
of the[spoakor, tho audienoo was carried
away in an outburst of enthusi
astic applause.
Cheer after cheer arose, and what
had started out as a Tammany lovefeast,
booamo a howling silver demonstration.
The other speeches of the day were
in tho keeping with Tammany principles,
.Joseph J. Willct, of Alabama,
and State Senator Thomas F. Graay,
Tammany's star orator, made two of
tho best speeches, the latter making am
attack upon tho civil service systemwhich
aroused his hcarors to great onthusiasin.
The following cable dispatch f*oiir
Richard (Jroker who is in London wasread:
"Congratulations on tho glori
Fourth, tho day we celobrate. J4y?
heart is with you always. Let us* rejoice
over tho coming triumph of democracy
and the people's rights.
(Signed) Richard Crokcrc'"
Mr. Joseph J. Willett, president of
the Alabama Rar association, delivered
ono of tho principal speeches.
Mr. Willott's reference to Judge Augustus
Van Wyck and his remarks
about trusts were tho occasion of outbursts
of cheering by his- aud&sncd.
Mention of tho name of W. J. Bryan
also brought out a burst of applause.
Just before the close of hau spoeoh
Mr. Willett diverged and> ?aid: "1
seo that man Alger is rujining for senator
from Michigan on. an anti-trust plank.
Isn't that rich?' Alger, tho
friend of Mark llanntu, of Armour, of
Lagan, runn-ng on a?. auti-trast platform!"
Willett then tolil' of a story of a
southern Negro vaho was fooled into
selling'his master s farm for $ and
added*. "Won't thopoople of Michigan
bo lifted out of everything thoy own if
thev let A Igor play the gatno on them."
No was followed by ex-Congressman
Vshcr (1. Caruth, of Kentucky, who
spoke at length.
xvuieu oy a rratn.
A shifting engine of Pittsburg .) unction
railroad, ran down a pleasure party
of Negro people in Shenly park about
midnight Thursday. Ono inan was
killod and two women probably fatally
injured.
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