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VOL. XIV. THE SUMMERSCHOOL For Teachers Closes Its Succssful and Valuable Work. IT WAS A MARKED SUCCESS. The Final Day Devoted to Exam inations in the Several Departments. A Closing Concert. The Stato summer school at ltock Ilill for teachers closed Wednesday night. The last day was a very busy * ouc and a very interesting one; it was the day of examinations. Written ex animations were held in all the class except political ethics and primary methods. It was not considered advisable to hold examinations in those subjects. The examination ia Victorian poetry was held Tuesday. There were enrolled in all t ho classes !l7tl students; all save a half dozen or so were teachers. Of these not more than ten or fifteen dropped out, so that about !><>() stood the examinations Tuesday and Wednesday. The results of those examinations will bo published later. At dinner the last day Mr. .J. Frank Fooshe called the large body to order -.nd offered fur consideration the following resolutions: Whereas we, the teachers in attendance at the State summer school at Winthrop, feci that the great pleasure and profit received by us during the past month calls for a public expression, bo it resolved, that our thanks are hereby extended. First. To the general assembly of South Carolina for its liberal appropriation for the improvement of the teachers of the State. Second. To the State board of education for its judicious management of this appropriation. Third. To the lion. .Ino .1. McMa nan, htate superintendent ot education, for his enthusiastic and successful cirorts in arousing a deeper interest in the cause of education throughout the State, for his efficiency in all the duties devolving upon him, and for his devoted and faithful attentions to all our interests. Fourth. To the authorities of Winthrop college for their financial aid and to President 1). 11. .Johnson for his most hearty cooperation in organizing the school and for his faithful supervision of all interests entrusted to his care; and also to all his assistants for their valuablo services. Fifth. To the members of the faculty for their very efficient labors in our , behalf, for their uniformly kind and j courteous attention, and for their great interest in the success of our , work, and also to the lecturers who contributed so largely to our pleasure and profit. Sixth. To the citizens of llock Hill for tho continued interest they have manifested in our work, and for their many kind and thoughtful contributions to our enjoyment. fJSeventh. To the press of tho State for its aid in bringing the meeting prominently before the people, thereby adding largely to the possibilities of its success. Fighth. To the railroads of the State for reduced ra'cs to and from Kock Hill. The resolutions wore seconded by Mr. Drchcr of Columbia and passed by a > standing vote. [ On Wednesday evening there was a f\ grand concert gi\ea under the diree tion of Frof. Wade 11, lirown, the professor of vocal musio of the school. This was in every rospect a brilliant ? success, delighting the audience of botween 700 and H(M) people. It was an t unusually appreciative audience, being composed of the very exponents of ed edition and culture. The following was the program me rendored: Chorus?Gloiia, frmi "Twelfth Mass." (Mozart.) \'ocal quartette "O, For the Wings of a Dove." (Knight ) Miss Ida M. Wronan, Miss Sal lie S. Bailey, W. Z -McGliee, Hugh C. Ilaynsworth; Mr. lirown at the piano. Sopranosolo?Sancta Maria (Faure ) Mrs. Wade It. lirown. - Chorus?"O, Hush Thee, My li.ihie." (Sullivan.) I'iano solo--V also do Concert. (Wieniawski ) Miss Margaret Hope Jtoach. Vocal trio Forget Mo Not (Rotoli.) i M iss Cronan, Mrs. lirown, Miss Zulu A. lirock. Chorus ?Under lilossoniing Branches. Serenade. (Moycr-IIelmund.) Baritone solo -Lochiel's Song, from {- "Hob Roy." (Do Kovcn.) W. M. ^ ' Clyde. Fart song Good Night, Good Night. Beloved! (Finsuti.) Mr. lirown, Miss lirock, G. li. Toole, I1'red A. Cum mings. / Choral ballad The Miller's Wooing. (Failing.) The State summer school l/IIVSI IIOi Mrs. F. N. K. Hailey presided at (lie piano. At the conclusion of the programme President Johnson arose and made a few very cordial and appropriate remarks concerning the marked success of the school, congratulating the teach ers assembled on their excellent and faithful work, lie assured them of welcome to Winthrop, and hoped that it would be his pleasutc to have them again. After President Johnson, Superintendent McMahan arose, and, mounting the rostrnm, said. *"* "I do not coiiic forward to present *1 you with diplomas. You deserve them, it is true. Hut you deserve more. A diploma does not always represent what it should. The true reward ' 1 of effort is achievement, and you have what jon Qdcserve. A public testiino nial is not the prize for which you put forth intellectual effort; the true prize is the added mental power the increased capacity that results from honest effort ? the real benefit whether or not it receives the world's recognition. "The past four weeks impress upon us the truth that life is measured not by the lapse of years but by the variety and extent of our activities As you look back upon this month aud compare it with the many months that have gone before and become indistinguishable from the others, you realize how llllioll vnil Imvn livixl ilnrimr ilinun OVi days, which shall stand out in your lives forever. You have more than you can toll at home for mouths tooomc. You have much that you will remember with pleasure for years. Your lives have been enriched. "When on the morning of the loth of Juno, but a little while ago, we gathered on our lirstday, you felt that you were about to enter upon a doubtful and adventurous voyage. 1 am sure that, with me. jou now feel like returning thanks that we have come to so pleasant a haven, so worthy a goal though not the final goal. "And now we have reached the end. Yet it is not the end. Kvery end is but a new beginning, ami the end of our summer school is the beginning of a greater professional spirit and ambition among our teachers, of a higher standard of the intellectual and moral attanments for which the teacher must strive, and of better teaching and better s -liools in our State. You go forth from here as apostles of light for South Carolina. This ending will he the beginning ot an educational awakening of the people throughout the State and of better oducational conditions. And it is the beginning of sweet memories, bringing back to us the scenes of a month of delight; memories that, as time passes, grow stronger and sweeter, brightening our lives and binding us together injthe strongest bonds through the years to come. We will closo by singing 'Cod ho With You Till We Meet Again.' " The audience then arose and all joined in the song, "(lodbo With You Till We Meet Again." After this the summer school was at an end. A few teachers left on the 11 o'clock train that night, hut the most of them remained till yesterday, when there was a grand dispersion. The ticket aud baggage agents had been up one .1 1 ? - uay una part oi another selling tickets and chocking baggage, so as to avoid the rush and confusion at the station. ADDRESS TO THE SONS. Division Commander Weston Makes Announcements About Reunion. The following has been issued to the South Carolina camps, Sons of Veterans, from the headquarters of Mr. F. II. Weston, commanding South Carolina division: Columbia, S. C., July 12, 1890. It is needless to urge upon the sons of South Carolina Confederates the great work before the organization of United Sons of Confederate Veterans. Nowhere else is the Confederate soldier more loved and honored than in the l'alinetto State. The sons of South Carolina's brave soldiers can never do enough to perpetuate the glorious history ol that memorablo struggle for which their State was so largely responsible and in which their fathers boro such a worthy part. The annual convention of the South Carolina division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, is to he held in Chester, July 2(1. At that time and place the veterans will hold their rcuivion, and the occasion will bo one of thorough enjoyment and valuable instruction. Every camp of Sons should ho fully represented, and to that end attention is called to special order No. 1, recently i sired. Camps are again urged to elect delegates and send their names at onco to the division commander at Columbia and to Arthur E. Canton, adjq fnt of Camp .J 110. It. Culp, at Chester.* This is very important and should he Attended to at once. Ivich camp is also entitled to one sponsor and as many maids of honor as may he desired. The names of these should also he sent to Comrade (Jaston at Chester. Preparation for their entertainment in fitting stylo is being made and a grand hall in their honor is proposed. It is very important that the Cheater comrades know how many aro to he provided for, and the camps are earnestly requested to aid our hosts in this way. hot us all \? "to our efforts with those of the Chester comrades so that the convention may he a success and the deeds of our fathers he appropriately honored in the eyes of the world. Hy order Francis II. Weston, Division Commander. ()flieial: das. A. Iloyt, dr., Division Adjutant. Right Then, Wrong Now. (Jen. Wheeler's eagerness to join in the conquest of the Filipinos docs not command much applause in South Carolina. The reason is given in the following extract from the Anderson Feoplo's Advocator "He is going there to light a people who are lighting for the very same principle that ho gave four of the hest years of his life to maintain, and he must feel when he gots there that he is occupying a very anomalous position. [t is impossible to reconcile the two. If what lie fought for in 1SIJ1 (!."> was right, then what he is lighting for now is wrong. These people only claim the light to govern their own country in their own way. just what we claimed the right t* do AH years ago. If (Jen. Wheeler keeps on it might have been fortunate for his history if he had stopped a Mauser bullet at El Caney." hp i CONWAY. S. C.. STICKS TO BRYAN. Ex-Senator Pugh, of Alabama, Disagrees with Senator Morgan, WANTS SILVER DROPPED. Must Renew the Fight of 1896. j Party Cannot be Harmonized by Dodging the Great Issue While in Washington fhursuay KxI Senator Hugh, of Alabama, was asked if he had read the interview of his old c dlcaguc, Senator .John T. Morgan, on the question of what sort of man the Democratic convention should nominate and what sort of platform it should adopt next year to increase the strength of the Democratic party in the election of a president. "1 have read the interview and was greatly surprised and mortified," said the ex senator. "Senator Morgan says no man can question his fidelity to the free coinage of silver, or deny the no eessity for its restoration in mr money system. '"flic question he asks and answers is: 'Mow is thi? most important result to be accomplished?' He answers that the first and indispensable thing to 1e done is to unite -bring together and solidify the divided and antagonistic elements of the Democratic party now existing in the lOast, South and West 011 the money question and, secondly, that such union can best be elfooted by nominating a man who has no 'extreme' views and has expressed no 'ex trcme' opinions on tho coinage quest ion. "1 do not question the sincerity or honesty of Senator Morgan's convictions, hut I feci constrained by my sense of duty to the Democratic party, and the country to enter my earnest protest against and condemnation of Morgan's interview. "W'liat arc we to understand l>y an 'oxtrcmu position on the money or coinage question?" Is that part of tho Chicago platform extreme? l>oes an indorsement of tho Chicago platform put a Democrat in an oxtrcmc position? What shall the next Democratic convention do after it shelves Dryan? To be consistent the convention should amend the platform of 181)(j so as to get the party out of its so-called present "extreme' position on the coinago question and place it in harmony with the conflicting elements, and especially so as to accommodate itself to the clastic and broad gaugo position of the new nominco on the coinage question. How is such a feat to be accomplished? "My conviction is," said ex-Senator I'ugh, "that if the conflicting dements of the Democratic party can be united and brought into harmonious action on the coinage question, which is a manifest impossibility, by shelving Uryan and making a new platform, broad enough tc take on and satisfy all gold standard advocates, and be endorsed by any nominee who may have to renounce his life-long opinions against free coinage and pledge himself to approve any bill on that subject the Democrats might pass through both houses of con gress, the party cannot be very much divided, and can certainly bo very easily united, as it would show itself without any fixed principles on any subject. "If the Democratic party would secure more strength by trusting a nominee who had been a lifelong enemy of free silver coinage on his pledge to waive the veto power and approve such a bill if passed by the party that elected him, it would be n spectacle unprecedented in history, but it would prove there would never be any free coinage of silver if such a president were elected. ''.What influence would a Democratic president with gold standard convictions that he had waived to insure his election exercise in his great oflicc? Would he be silent ponding a free coinago bill in congress? Mow would he distribute bis appointments? Mow many Democrats who had urged liryans nomination and favored the Chicago platform would receive appointment? "No, si;r it is a grave mistake of my old colleague. 1 have bad much political experience. I have watched parties and know their history. My political career has ended, but I am as much as over devoted to the Democratic party and itr principles as declared in the Chicago platform. "I bclicvo that William.). Mryan is the best organized and wisest and most reliablo Democratic statesman now living, and ho is now better established in tho confidence of the American people as such a statesman, and is now stronger than hoover was. and can be elected when nominated, as he will surely by tho next Democrotie national convention. "As to tho next Democratic plat form, with additional declarations against the manifold trusts growing out of tho existence of the gold standard and prohibitory tariff duties; also in favor of a vigorous prosocution of tho existing war in tho Philippine Islands until pea 10 and order is established and the governing power and jurisdiction of tho I cited States is fully recognized throughout the archipelago, also that peace and order and the governing power of the I'nitod States is to be cs tablished, not for territorial exoinsion i i? i if , in. . i or dominion 01 mo united antes, out for tho sole purpose of socuring to tho people of those islands bettor nod more stable goverain ;nt, with all tho right*, liborty and privileges tiny show themselves by trial to bieipablo of oxeroising and enjoying in a c iddition of indoi i i lit self government." own .THURSDAY, JULY : COUNTRY'S CROP CONDITIONS. The Weather Bureau's Weekly Summary. Texas Cotton. The weather bureau has issued the following summary of c?o|> conditions for lust week The weather conditions of the week ending 8 a. in., .July 10, 1890, were for tho most part favorable for farming operations and crop growth in tho districts east of the Kooky Mountains, being especially to in the States of tho upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and in tho Atlantio coast districts. The week has been marked by the absence of high temperatures east of tho Kooky Mountains. Kxcessivo rains of the past week have caused some damage to grain in shock in Kansas, and similar damage is reported from Texas as a rosult of the unprecedented rainfall of tho previous week. Drought continues in the central (Julf States, Tennessee, portions of the Ohio valley and southern Michigan, being very severe in central Tennessee; rains are also needed generally through out the Kooky Mountain districts, but on the Pacific coast the conditions have been seasonable. While rainfalls amounting to onehalf or three fourths of an inch are reported over a considerable portion of drainage basin of the Kra/.os river in Texas, the conditions of the whole have been favorable to the subsidence of waters in the inundated digtriets. This has been another favorable week for corn in the principal corn States, and the corn has generally made rapid growth. I Icavy rains and high winds have blown down corn over a considerable area in Iowa, slight damage from chinch bugs is reported from Missouri and drought has checked growth in portions of Ohio and Kentucky, and caused serious damage in central Tennessee. Cultivation has been delayed by rains in portions of Michigan and Wisconsin; but on the whole the crop is clean and is largely laid by in the States of the central valleys. Winter wheat harvest is finished, except in.theextreme northerly sections, where it is well advanced, although delay cd by rains in portions of Wisconsin and Michigan. In Kansas and Texas some damage has resulted from sprouting in shock. In California i.. i ?' ?? ?i ?up, laiiuui iy unittocu aim wncai is ripening in Oregon. N ) unfavorable reports respecting spring wheat liavo been received from the spring wheat region, except from the central and eastern portions of South Dakota. A good crop of oats is being harvested in Indiana and Illinois, and the outlook in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania is promising. Dodging is reported from rust in Missouri and drought in South Dakota. In tho central and eastern portions of the cotton belt cotton has made good progress, although injured to some extent by insects in portions of Mississippi and (icorgia. In the Caroiinas it is reported as small but healthy. In South Carolina the Sea Island crop was never better. Outside the flooded region in Texas cotton is doing well and fruiting nicely, except in scattered localities, where too rank growth and some complaints of insects are reported. It will be two weeks yot before the damage to cotton in the flooded district of Texas can be determined, or to the extent which cotton will bo replanted. In l.'i counties in <thc southern half of the Pra/.os drainago basin the loss rosulting from the flood is estimated at from one-third to ono-half tho crop. <),ving to drought, tho tobacoo acreage in Tennessee is much reduced, and the prospects for this crop in that State arn nnnr In unpllnna nf g-nl...!.. on.l I Ohio tho growth of tobacco has also been chocked by dronght, butgcncrally the crop in doing well in that section. In the Carol in as, middle Atlantic States and New Kngland the general outlook for tobacco is improved, tho crop being in line condition in Maryland. Wont Retire Under Fire, Secretary Alger Wednesday made to a representative of the Associated Tress his first personal statement concerning^ tho reports that he is about to resign from the cabinet. When askod as to the truth of tho rumors, tho secretary said: "Whatdo you mean, exactly?" "I mean to ask whether or not tho stories that you arc to retiro from the cabinet in the near future aro true. There is nothing in these reports but air," replied the secretary. "I shall not retire this year certainly, and cannot say as to the future. My private business and the state of my health will govern my future course. Thcso constant assaults and repeated baseless reports aro, of course, very annoying to me and extremely distressing to my family, but I have nover yet retired under fire and do not proposo to do so now. Nothing that I have overheard or know of has been so cruel as these attacks upon mo. If my critics can point to one thing in my official career I have done that I ought not to havo done, or 1 havo not done that I should havo done, 1 shall be very glad to surrender my official duties." To Honor Dewey. It is proposed to erect in Now Orleans a monuuutnt commemorative of tho valor and achicvments of Admiral Dewey, and a committee oonsisting of Associato Justice Monroe of the Louisiana supreme court, and ot .cr civil and military officials of the stato has been formed to carry out the design. Popular collections of 2f? cents are requested. In their request for subscriptions the citizens having the matter in char go say: "In thus honoring the son of Vermont in Louisiana, the scntimont of rioh and poor from all parts of tho country may bo ooncontrated in tho Southland. l?ta 20, ISO!). I RECRUITS SCARCE. ____ Very Few Have Been Accepted in This State So Far. ALL FOR THE REGULARS. Somo of the Qualifications for Becoming a Soldier. The Composition of a Regiment. Tho recruiting station in the Kendall building is not packed and crowded with young men eager to otter their scrvioos to their country, Perhapstho would-be volunteers are waiting for the late First regiment to volunteer as a whole. There have boon nine recruits accepted within the past ten days, all for the regular army. All but two of these were colored. l iuler tho new call for volunteers there are to be ten regiments. liecruiting olliees have been established all over the country, and when a volunteer passes the medical examination and is accepted, he is sent to the near est regular army post, headquarters for the regiment being organized. South Carolina is in the department of the Uulf, with headquarters at Atlanta, or Fort MoPhorson. (la. When a recruit is accepted here, he is sent to Fort Mel'herson to join his regiment, the Twenty-ninth. North Carolinians are sent to Camp Meade, Pennsylvania. Georgians, Alabamians, South Caroli nians, etc., will compose tho Twentyninth. While Uncle Sam wants men, and wants them bad, still healfcetsa lordly air and demands that the men to be sacrificed in the Philippines must not be vagabonds. When a youth applies for admission to the army, the first question put to him is "Are you a minor?" If the young man is not 'J1 years old his parents or guardian are required to make cortifie..to that they do not object to his enlistment. Tho certificate rends in part, "I do hereby fully give my consent to his enlistment as a soldier in tho volunteer army of the lf_!i . 1 Mi. ? " 1 unucu maics lor tno period Juno >", This permission having hern obtained, the hoy is Tree to enlist. The next Htcp is to get a recommendation of character. I nclc Sain claims that he doesn't want dissolute and worthless characters in his army. The character gauntlet having been run. the relentless physician gets in his work, and the physical examination is not as "easy" as one might imagine. Kxccpt iu special cases none hut unmarried men will he enlisted for this service. OROANl'/.ATION. Kaoh of theso regiments will consist of 1,359 men, of whom f>0 will ho commissioned oilicors. The following is the make-up of an infantry regiment: One colonel, one licutcnunt colonel, three majors, one surgeon with the rank of major, two assistant surgeons, one of whom shall have the rank of captain and one that of iirst lieutenant, fourteen captains, two of whom shall he available for detail as adjutant arid quartermaster, sixteen Iirst lieutenants, of whom one shall ho available for detail as commissary and three for detail as battalion adjutants, twelve second lieutenants, one sergeant major, one quarter master sergeant, ono commissary sergeant, who shall have the rank, pay and allowances of a regimental quartermaster sergeant of infantry, three hospital stewards, three battalion sergeant majors, who shall he senior to and havo the pay and allowances of a first sergeant, ono hand, and twclyo companies, organized into three battalions of four companies each. Kaoh infantry hand shall consist of one chief musician, one principal niu sician, one drum major, who shall have the rank, pay and allowances of a first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, one cook, and twelve privates. QUALIFICATIONS Foil RKCRUITS. The term of service will ho for the period ending Juno 20, 1!)01, and, as provided in seotion 12 of the act of March 2, 18911, these enlistments may bo made "without restrictions as to citizenship or educational ^|ii:i1 itieutions." Appl ioants for original enlistment must ho between the ages of 18 and 2f> years, of good character and habits, able-bodied, free from discaso, and must be ahlo to speak the Knglish language. No person under 18 years of age will be enlisted or ro-enlistcd, and minors "between the ages of 18 and 21 must not be enlisted or rccnlistcd without the written eonsent of father, only surviving parent, or legally appointed guar dian. Married men will not be enlisted or recrilisted without special authority from a regimental commander or from the adjutant genoral of tnc army in the absence of a regimental organization. Applicants will be required to satisfy tho recruiting oflicer regarding age and character. They must defray their own expenses to tho place of enlistment; their fitness for tho military scrvicocan determined only upon an examination at a recruiting station. For infantry tho height should bo not loss than live feet four inches, and weight not less than ono hundred and twenty pounds and not more than one hundred and ninety pounds. Itceruiting officers are however, au thorized in their discretion to accept desirable applicants who arc ten pounds or less overweight or underweight, or who vary not moro than a fraction of an inch from tho required height or chest measures, if thoy meet all other requirements, and their enlistment is lit. rcoomtuendcd by tho medical examiner. Irievery.suebea.se I bo variation from tbc normal standard should lie careful]} noted on the enlistments paper. The | State. THE TEXAS DISASTER An Earnest Appeal to the People for Help. Kcprcsontativo II. II. llawloy of i Texas, who is now in Washington, Wednosday mado public the following statement with roforenoo to the flood situation in that State: "The disaster which has overtaken the communities in Southern Texas is without parallel I in our country. At some points the precipitation was three and a half feet in liO hours, resulting in a flood of enormous proportions, covering an area of many square miles to a depth of from ."> I to 20 foot, and a loss of froui $25,000,000 to $ 10,000,000. "No less than '20 populous towns have been inundated as well as thousands of well established and well ordered farms, which today arc in a complete state of desolation. Practically every work animal every milk cow, together with all stock cattle and evory vestige of vegetation have been swept away, leaving the country completely devastated. Within the influence of this aw ful disaster resided over 100,000 people, I almost half of whom are in a state id helplessness today, except as they may be provided for by those who arc gen crons and able to assist them. "The State of Texas is doing io utmost to relieve the suffering. It is, however, impossible for the State alone, within the time necessary, to succoi these people and conic to their relief. "When the great Johnstown flood oc enrred Ponnsyh auia could have easily taken care of their own if given time, but as time was, as it is now, the essential factor, they were obliged to appeal to a generous public in every part of the Union, and at every quarter the relief was immediate on a scale commensurate with the disaster. "To the public the Hood district of Texas appeals today to supply the necessities of life until the horrors of the flood shall have passed, and the people shall be in position to again address themselves to the task of' reestablishing their homes. "For this purpose it is urged through the press, the different commercial authorities of every city of the Union that this appeal be answered. "For the distribution of this relief a system is ocing organ i/.eu inrougitout the flooded district immediately iindei t ho direction of the govornor of Texas, to whom all contributions should he addressed at Austin, Tex., and undoi whose euro every dollar will he judiciously and olToctivoly expended." Some Figures that Dazzle. A biblical student in the city, says the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Itccord, declares that if the descriptions of Solomon's tcmplo are accurately given in tho Bible and bj secular authorities, the total values nl that cdifieo and its contents must have exceeded $50,000,000,000. In the first place, the value of the materials in the rough is estimated at $12,500,000,000 and the labor at $3,000,000,000. According to Villalpandis, 10,000 men were engaged in cutting cedar lumber, HO,000 were engaged in cutting stone and 00,000 in bearing burdens, for a poriod of seven years, who, in addition to their wages, roooived 50 cents a day for food. According to tho same authority, which is corroborated by .Josephus, the vessels of gold were valued ai 140,000 talents, which reduced tr, American monoy, is equal to $2,320. 181,015. Tho vessels of silver arc cal culated at $3,231,715,000, the vest men tt of the piiosts and the robes of the sing ers $10,050,000, and the value of tin trumpets of gold was $'.,000,000. Killed by a Wall. A dispatch to Tho State from I'iod nioiit, S. ('., says: "0. W. Sheltot was killed here this morning, .losepl Austin and W. II. Bryant were proba bly fatally injured. It. A. I'orter hat Ium log broken. Kobt. Freeman had his shoulder dislocated and arm broken Calaway Smith, N. 1\ Fleming ant .lack West wero painfully injured They were all at work on a warehouse being built for the Piedmont Manufae taring company when at about 1 o'clock tho centre brick wall, whicl was fully .'50 feet high, suddenly cavot in, burying Shclton, who was instantly killed, and inllictiug injuries on tin the others as above stated. All tba medical skill can do is being done I'o the injured. The verdict of the ooro nor's jury was that tJ. VV. Shclton cam< to bis death by the accidental fallini of the lire wall. ' No Danger. The ColumH? Kocord says: "Thcri will be a session of congress before the next national platforms are made b; tho great parties. The Kopublican will ba.\" a clear working majority ii that sd ,.ion. If the Republicans ar in eariljst in'their anti-trust protests tions, they need not wait until the tim of their convention to inaugurate ai antitrust crusade; they can start tli ball a-rolling in congress." Tlie trust need not fear. Thcro is no danger o tho Kopubliian par*y interfering witi them. Roxa " absolutely 1 Makes the food more dc PiH li NO. I. JTRIKI) TO KIlVuilM. I A Greenville Fanner Shot and Seriously Wounded. 'VOICE SAID, "SHOOT HIM" . Followed by the Report of a Gun. Shot Was Fired Through a Window. He May Lose His Arm. Tho (Jrccnvillo News, of July Kt, sajs: <i. 15. Van I'atton, a fariucr ami , storekeeper living two miles southeast of this city on the Augusta road, was fired, upon by unknown Negroes at 1 oflock yesterday morning in his homo and wounded in the right hand and right, forearm and right hip. Twolve No. 7 shot entered the h:p, but it is tho opinion of Dr. J. It. Karlo, who attended Mr. Van I'atton, that theso ' wounds are not at all serious. About i lifty of the same number of shot entered the hand and forearm. Some passed out but many of them lodged among tlo- small bones of the hand and wiisl, and not boing aide co got them out otherwise Dr. Karlo considered it ' best not to out open the hand. He strongly suspects that the arm will have to be amputated between tho wrls. ' and the elbow. Some four months ago Mr. Van I'at (oil li:i*i u difficulty in Itih store with :i ' Negro named Silas Wilson, who got behind Mr. Van I'atton's counter and drew a revolver upon him. Wilson is known as a worthless loafer in that section, hut he says he works on the liirnic place near there. Several burglaries have been committed in that section lately. Wilson was arrested yes! tcrday, and at his relative's, where he was found, there was a shot gun, hut it evidently had not been recently fired. lie was released on a $200 bond, which was signed by a Negro by the nam* of i I'. T. Harris. The charge against him was assault with a deadly weapon, this being based on the affair happening four months ago, when he threatened the life of Mr. Van l'atton at the timo he drew a revolver upon him and told him on leaving that lie "would git hi in.' About 10 o'clock Tuesday night Mr. i Van l'atton says he heard some ono i "fooling about" in front of his store, " which fronts on the road. Ho went , out and saw Wilson move olf rapidly, s Wilson says he was just passing the r place. At 1 o'clock yesterday Mr. Van l'atton was aroused by the breaking of a pane of glass in his kitchen window, lie arose, went into the kitchen with his pistol and fired through the window. 1 Then he went baek into his bedroom, ! slipped on his shoes, obtained a light 1 and started out for the kitchen door, 1 with the light in the left hand and the [ revolver in his right. As he got to the centre of the room heard a voice just 1 outside the window through which he 1 had shot say, "Shoot him; damn it, shoot him." lie was in the act of raising his revolver to shoot through the window again, but was not quiolc enough. There was a terrible report, the glass was shivered and Mr. Van 1 I'atton's revolver dropped upou the 1 lloor. Mr. Van l'atton yelled for help, which came to him quickly from his neighbors. Hy this time the assailants had made good their cscapo. Tho Negroes had evidently mado up ' a plot to inurdor Mr. Van l'atton, who 1 was alone in tho house at tho timo; his wife and only child wore visiting in tho city. Tho assailants had made no at tempt to outer the store, and from this' ii is surmised that they did not intend 5 steal but murder. Tlioy broko into a* bedroom, but this was locked off from till! one Mr. Van l'atton wa* nnc.nnvini/ ? ? ? rs --o* Tlic kitchen window where they broke the pane could easily havo been raised, 1 so it is thought that the breaking of the 1 pane was for no other purpose than to" attract Mr. Van l'atton into thc room so' as to get a fair chnncc to shoot at him. ' The assailants could hardly hope to coiiu mit robbery after shooting Mr. Van Cat 1 ton, bcoauso there aro several houses in the immediate neighborhood and tlio reJ port could not fail to ho heard. Several barefoot tracks were found in I tho yard, but they were not distinct ? enough to give a clue of any value* 1 The escape of tho Negroes again ill / ustratos tin- great need the county has J of a pair of good blood hounds, t r Money Can't Buy Them. ? An oiler from a prominent firm of , ship brokers, doing a large foreign busis ncss, to purchase the Uciua Mercedes and any and all of the other war craft captured during tho late war, has aroused a suspicion that Spain is trying R this indirect manner to obtain posses! sion of tho vossels and thus remove tho f ofTense to Spanish prido caused by tho s floating of tho American Hag ovor her I ships. Tho navy department will not c sell any of these vessels and that an" swer will ho returned to tho writer of e the letter. Secretary bong has decided II that it will not pay to attempt to rono0 vate tho Mercedes and uso her as a * warship. She will bo loft as a show ' ship, like the old Constitution, to gratil ify tho patriotism of tho American dco I pic. j baking ia* powder [Hire dicious and wholesome fOfftCO.^HtW VOW*. 4