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m j TOL. XIV. | A NIGHT OF TERRORJ A Disastrous Hurricane Visits the Town of. Florence. ALL' BUSINESS * SUSPENDED. A Oreal Many* Houses .Unroofed, and .the People Kept' Uo All Night on the Watch, Floroncc.-S. C., was" vnikd-by a tor lible hurrieaue Monday night of last weak,- during , which- many1 buildings wero either unroofed or moved from v.heir"foundations, a largo amount of ( -Doing blown down and the trees badly risted and broken. Nearly every store r nd'Tesidcnee in the city suffi red more iu.r'less damaged fiom water. The wc*tlier Monday was ( xccc?1 iuy uiurky; the rain fell in torrcn,sand the ! wind blew at a terrific rate. Business ' was suspendrd almost entirely, for it waa practically impossible'to uet any ^wbere thraugls the blinding sheets of I aiu'that wcrc-being driven by a fortyI cile wind. I Towards-evcuing the wind grew fast I Hr and;thc"rain fell thicker FO'that bc' ^ftra suadown very nearly all the stores losed for the arming and tire men folks hurried home-to make-themselves comfortable for-ths sight. They- were disappointed, however, for very nearly eTcryoua'was up throughout the night sweeping the water.out-of their homes, for there few that it did not get the full *" effeot I of ; tho : heavy >[ rain- that fell throughout tlio night. Between 11 and 2 o'clock tho wind seemed to hare reached its height, whioh was very nearly 70 tnilesan hour while fchc rain seemed >to be coming dowa in sheets. Towards morning the storm had passed over and by 10 o'clock had spent its fury. A walk' over the city Tuesday showed that the First Methodist church had been damaged more than any other building, for tho roof was lying in the street and tho interior of the; building badly damaged. The oourt house was paitly unroofed aid also badly daniag'od-from rain. Oneof-'tho buildings-at the Coast Lino shops was unroofed. Tho electric light plant had a largo portion of its roof torn off. Tho kitohen of the Hew .J K. Wilson was twisted from its foundation. Besides this several small buildings in'the suburbs-were completely dctnol ished. The'Kleotrio Light-company suffered hoaTy[fr?ra destruction of, their wires, blowing down the poles, etc. Tho telephone companies buffered the same, as did also the Western Union; company. All 'of' lust night and part of/Tuesday Florence was cut off from tolcgraphio communication from all points north, cast and west of the city. Tho^oniy wire-that was in working ordar was , be tweont, Florence and ' Charleston. Tho trees are badly damaged and many of thorn were stripped of their foliage, and the streets today were filled with limbs of trees, fencing, signs and pieces of.roofiiug. ? News and Courier. THE! ST0RML1LI1 WHERE. > \ Ttamnira tA Wllbiinortnn W P onrl ita iMihore Resorts. A dispatch from Wilmington, N. C., authnritativo reports from Wrightsvillc aad Carolina beachcv say that the storm which reaohed the height of *itn fury at I o'clock Monday-morning has wrought great havoo to property at these points. No lose of life is reported. At Yt rights ille there are sixty odd cottages, and of this number fifteen arc a total loss is estimated at from $20,000 to $26,000. Tho trestle of the Wilmington Scaooast Railroad and its traok aggregating ia extent about threo miles icn wreck and the damago isvconscrvafcively estimated at from $40,000 to $60,000. At Wrightsville Sound, on the mainland, about one mile this side of the beach, ecnsiderable damage was also ;he and tkic is estimated at several ' thousand dollars. The two large summer hotels on the beach wcr<? not de, stroyed, but wore damaged to some extent. At Carolina Reaoh, near the mouth f the riter, there are about twenty five cottages, boat and club houses, and also a large hotel. About eighteen of these totally destroped and the rcinaining'badly damaged. The loss is plaoed at from $12,000 to $15,000. Both beaohes were fortunately deserted on acoeunt of tho season. A special from Southport says that there was considerable damage along the water freit there by tho storm, but no loaa of life reported. A small passenger steamer and a tug, the Alexander Jones, were beached. No other news or damage to shipping has reached here. The Clyde eteamor New York, Capt. Ingram, arrited from New York Tuesday afternoon. She encountered the . . m * ; i? i i . i , i , storm on rrying ran ngni ?mp, out / rode it out with only plight damage to her cargo;of generaHnerchand iso. The damage in Wilmington along the wharves by reasoa of tho high tide this morning will approximate about $2,000. The maximum velocity of the wind here was r estimated at from 75 to 90 tfeiles per hour. TKBflLOW IJIICHARLESTON. On# Child Killed by a Falling House. A Fifty-light Mile Wind. The _ Carribean storm passed by Charleston at 2 o'clock Tuosday morn^ - Tng? sending the , barometer down to 29.07 ?\i:(1 producing a wind velocity of ( 58 miles an hour a few hours previous. ; Tho wind attained a velocity of 50 miles at '.I o'clock last night and increased in forco until tho 58 milo was reached, at which it blow for somo timo. Several small frame houses were blown down, among which was a negro houso onCouiing street, where a 5 yearold child was killed and soveral other 1 peoplo were wounded by the falling timber. Slates, tin and tiles were loosened and torn olf roofs and hurled into tho streets, fcnecs and trees were blown down, shutters were wrenched olf, telephone, telegraph and electric wires wcro damaged and much othci property was damaged. The shipping interests in port were not hurt, special | preparations having been made in tho way of putting out additional anchors and hawsers. Anxiety is felt for the large fleet of vessels, which sailed from Charleston Saturday and Sunday. The verdict of the coroner's jury in inquest over Alonzo IJoyd, the Negro boy killed in tho falling of tho house on Coming street, was that '"the deceased came to his death by misfortune or accident, as a result of (lie falling of a bouse and the act of (tod,' etc. Daniago at Virginia Beach. A dispatch from Norfolk says the storm in that section was very sovcrc Monday night. About 1 o'clock that morning the wind increased in velocity to 58 miles an hour. Very little damage war d< no in Norfolk, but at Yir- j gir.ia Beach iishing nets, pounds, 1 bomu walks, fencing, etc., Was washed uwitv The loss there is estimated at $10,inn). The three-masted schooner Kale Darlington was wrecked on Ocean View Beach, having been driven high and dry at 1 a. m. by the wind. In passing through the Capes Monday night she was run into and badly crippled by an unknown steamer. I lor anchor would not hold. The Darlington wus returning from Atlantic City, where she had conveyed a cargo of lumber. The tides were unusually high. STATE THANKSGIVING. Gov, M. B. McSweeney Issues His Proclamation to the People. Gov. McSwoonoy Wednesday issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation : The peoplo of this State havo been abundantly blessed during the past year. Gratitude is one of the Christian virtues. We should give thanks at all times. Men too often forget the goodness of God. There should not only be gratitude in our hearts, but there arc times when we should givo visible evidence and audible expression to that gratitude. Wo have been ..vi., f;i ?i i i;ii/<ii r\ d 1/j j n\:%j 11 vim |iuoun;uuu auu scourge. We have been permitted to plant ami to garner. Tlio rains have conic and the earth has yielded her fruits and we have been allowed to enjoy the labor of our hands. Wo havo made progress in manufacturing the product of our lields and our forests. It lias long been customary to take one day out of the three hundred and sixty live when wo shall cease from the toils of our labor and render thanks to the Giver of all good for the many blessings wo rcccivo. To the end, therefore, that we may, with thankful hearts show appreciation of the tender care of our Heavenly Father, 1, M. 15. McSwccney, governor of South Carolina, in conformity to the proclamation of the president of the I nitcd States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, tlio 30th day of November, 181)0, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer to bo kept and observed bv all tlio people of this State. Let all public offices bo closed and all privato business and labor of every kind cease and let the people assemblo in their accustomed places of worship and rendor thanks with grateful hearts to their Creator and Preserver for the blessings of life and liberty and happiness which tlie.y daily receive. Pet the people on this day also remember the fatherless and not forget that the poor and the needy ycu have with you always, and that vre are told by Ilim who made the great sacrifice for us that it is more blessed to giv; than to receive, and by our own deeds of charity prove the sincerity of our gratitude. In testimony whereof, I havo hereii n 1 A ool m ir Ii r? t? A n r? <1 n 11 n - , 1 I ~ 4 iiuiu puv in/ uaiiu aim liiiuncu 11)13 gll'lH seal of the State of South Carolina to be affixed. Done at the Capitol, in tho city of Columbia, this 31st day of October, A. i). 1809. M. 11. McSwtcney. lly the governor: *' M. It. Coopor, Secretary of state. Lost at Sea. The two-masted schooner Stonewall, Capt. Millikon, from Wilmiogton to Shallotte, N. C., with a cargo of merchandise, was caught in tho recent storm after she had entered Shallotte rivor and was blown out to sea. Vessel's cargo, with crow, supposed to be lost. Two masted schooner Leo, Capt. Williamston, bound from Shallotte with cargo of naval storos and produce givon up as lost. Tho little tug Woodward of tho Capo Fear quarantine station and a small launch, ;also 'belonging to tho government, were broken looso their moorings and sunk in tho storm. North Carolina Tragedy. Particulars wero received Wednesday of a doublo murder near Lovelaoo, Wilkes county, N. C. .John Coleman shot and instantly killed his sisterin-law, Mrs. Dora Chambers, and tlion placed tho gun to his head and fired, killing himself. Mrs. Chambers had been living near Coloman, and tho two were said to be quite intimato. Coleman's wife died suddenly last February, and there was suspicion of foul play. Itis said Mrs. chambers had threatened to tell what she knew of tho matter and this caused Coleman to kill her and then himself. Both leave sovcral childrcD. f . ' n i! ii i i fPirfihri rriatfii i i CON WAV. S. C.. ALL HUT ONE LOST. : The Sole Survivor of a Wrecked Steamer Reaches Charleston. ON WRECK 22 HOURS. The Lumber-Laden Steamei G. L Colwell and All Aboard Except Captain Gaskill, Lost in Storm. Another talo of shipwrook and suffering comes from Charleston. Tho steanicr Navahoo. Capt. Staples, arrived there Wednesday morning from New York. Monday sho encountered the gale, stood out to sea and hovo to for 18 hours. Tuesday, about ">U miles east of Charleston lightship she rescued Capt. John Gaskill, sole survivor of tho crew of the steamer George L. Colwell, of Detroit, bound for New York from Fern and i on, Fla., with a cargo of luni her. Capt. Gaskill was clinging to a niece of wreckage of his lost vnssid fi? which lie had clung for 22 hours. ('apt. Staples and his officers displayed earo and skill in rescuing ('apt. 0 ask ill. At lirst a skiff was lowered with a picked crew: this was smashed against the iron hull of the steamer and the crew struggled manfully in the angry sea until hauled in by life lines. Capt. Staples steamed near the wreckage, a lino was thrown to ('apt. (las kill, who inado it fast around his waist and was hauled aboard. He had been badly bruised, lie was kindly cared for on board and is now in St. Francis Xavier infirmary here progressing favorably. The following particulars of the wreck we clip from the News and ('our icr: Twenty-four hours overdue and considerably shaken up by an encounter with the Carribbean Sea hurricane, the standi Clyde steamship Navahoe, Capt Staples, camo into port Wednesday. Hardly had the gang plank been secured when the eantain. ae.nonmnnind hv :i pale-looking stranger, came ashoro an<l a carriago was called to take the sick man to St Francis Infirmary. "That man," (Japt Staples said to inquiries, is the captain of the steamship Goo. L. (Jolwoll, wrecked oil this port Monday mornitH, and we picked him up fifty miles cast of here Tuesday afternoon. Me was cut and bruised by shifting lumber and stuff before tho vessel was wrecked and is otherwise badly shaken up, so he goes to tho repair shop for a bit. I think he will come out as good as new, hut he was pretty shaky when we hauled him aboard. "Wo had a dusty time of it our selves," oonlinued 'the captain, when urged to givo further particulars. "You sec, we came out of New York Saturday afternoon and caught bad weather right along When off this coast wo got into tho very teeth of the hurricano and lay-to for eighteen hours, going to Hca probably fifty miles. Monday was a hard day and the night was worse. Tuesday morning tho seas were running very high and tho wind was tcrrifio. At about 12.30 o'clock 1 went up on tho bridge, after being below a short time, and tho mate said: "We nrc passing a lot of wreckage.' 'Keep a sharp lookout, then,' I replied, 'for we may find some poor fellow afloat on it.' With the words scarcely out of my mouth, 1 took up tho glasses and, sweeping tho water on all sides, discovered a man on a raft about half a mile to tho eastward. Tho whistle svas blown and even at that distance we could see, through tho glasses the frantic signs of joy mado by tho lone marinor. "I ordorcd out a boat as soon as we came near to the tiny raft, but it wa9 stove in before it could be lowered into the water. Then 1 decided to move tho Navahoo up to the raft and waro round to windward, taking great care not to collide with tho frail support which upheld tho shipwrecked man. A rope was finally gotten to the man on the raff and with difficulty he was pulled up on tho Navahoe's deck. He managed to tell us his namo and the fate of his ship, tho Geo. L. Colwoll, and J.hen gave out, for he had clung to a fow clanks for noarlv t wonf v-fnnr hnnrn nrwl had not had food or rest for nearly twieo that length of time. We did what we could to make him comfortable on the Navahoc and he will stop at the Infirmary here until he is himself again." THE SURVIVOR'S STOAT. Capt. Gaskill was lying in a little white bed at St. KranCis Infirmary when a Reporter called and asked for a story of the wreck. "Wo sailed from Kcrnandina, Kla., Saturday morning," he said, "with a cargo of 400,000 feet of pine lumber, and, with variable winds, was oft Char Icston, Hay fourteen miles, heading cast and north for Capo Komain, at about 2 o'clock Monday morning, when tho heavy blow struck us, but tho weather had boon bad Sunday aftornoon. The squall was northwsst, veering to northeast, and tho cross seas wcro foarful. The ship strained and behaved badly from midnight and at 2 o'olock tho cnginos were working miserably. A little later the tcrriblo rolling had thrown ashes and coal about so much that the pumps became choked. I had put out tho cornucopia drag and then the anchor, with forty fathoms of chain, hut neither holpcd us at all, and when, a little later, tho engines stoppod, wo wallowed in tho trough of the sea. Two gangs wero working with buckets and a dook pump, but the water gained en us rapidly. At about 4 o'olock the Colwell was so low in tho water that a heavy sea swung it almost over and dumped the deoked load of lumbor. With it wont tho after deck house and smoke stack. Thcto were nine men in the after houso and we t vy | , 1 IIUlvSDAV, INOVIJ never even so much aa hcard-a cry as they went to their gravo honeath tho aeothing waters. After relieving herself of the deck load tho (?olwell righted and plunged on for a time, ono miniito high on a wave, then down in tho valley, with tho boiling foam above us. It must havo been two hours later that a great crash came. Louder to us than ever was tho horrible roar of tho ocean, and the ('olwell split in two about amidships. There wero only fivo mon-thon aboard and we wore thrown-violently into tho sea. Half crazftd as I was already, 1 had still the instinct to strike out and try for somothing floating. I found a piece of timber and crawled upon it. Once 1 saw, on the crest of a wave, ono of my late comrades, (1 think it was Mate Ncilson,) but >nly for a moment, and ho was gone. Then such a bit tie as 1 bad for life! Not for all the gold in tho univorso would I go through such an experience again. Tho sea was running mountains high and many times wrested from mo tho drift. I caught it as often, until, spying apiece of t bo steamer deck about six feet fquaro, I swam to it. For nearly twenty four hours I was alone on the sea. and you can judge my joy when 1 saw tho steamship Navuhoo hearing down upon me. It, was then early I'uesday afternoon. The work of ('apt Staples in wearing around to windward and picking mc up, after disabling his hii.ui boat, showed both seamanship and humanity." Capt. Caskill could not recall the names of his entire crow, hot snid there, were fourteen, all told, on board. Noilson was first mate; Charles Oliver, second; William Murray, chief cngi noor; Charles Kookfellor, assistant engineer; William Mackenzie, steward. All on board were white men and were shipped in Now York, Capt. (laskill'n I home ( is in llohoko.n, N. .) , and he I was the only married man on the illfated vessel. TilK UKO. I.. COLWKLL. The steamship (Jeo. L. Colwoll was n wooden vessel,* built in.1880 at Kay City, Michigan, and for along time used as a freighter on tho groat lakes. It was bought by tho Yellow Pino Lumber Company of New York a short time ago and put-in the coastwise business. It was of -117 tons gross and .'171 tons net register, and was loaded when wrecked with 400,000 feet of lumber. It is understood that tho vessel was insured. Five voyages had boon made between Fornandina and Now York bofore the one which began last Satur day. CI FERTILIZERS GOING UP. How the Trust Will Get Its Money Back. In view of the fact that the pricis ol all manufactured fertilizers had materially advanced recently a Uoportcr for The News and Courier called on Messrs II. M. Tucker <X: Go., brokers in fertilizers and fertilizer materials, and obtained the following statement from Mr. II. M. Tucker regarding the situation: "The probabilities are that there will be a sharp advance in the general prices of fertilizers. The prices of fertilizer materials have materially advanced and will advance still more, in consequence of which the manufacturers of fertilizers will be compolled to advance the prico of the manufactured article to meet this advanco of raw matorial. The prices of fertilizers have for several years been on a very low basis, but the cost of the material has responded to the general advanco in tho cost of raw material in all of tho industries, and that will necessitate an additional cost of the manufactured article, as, for instance, phosphato rock is now from $1.50 to 1.75 per ton higher than itwas lastyearand the sulphurinjpyritos is also from $1.25 to $1.50 por &ton higher, and tho same applies to the cost of all ammoniatod ingredicnis, aswell as the advanco that has boon made in the prico of labor, and of the gonoral running supplies, machinery, otc, necessarily used in tho manufacture oi fertilizers. This altogether would mean that the cost of manufacture and of material would average over the cost of last year from $2.28 to $2.10, and this will necessitate a proportionate advance in the cost of the manufaotur cd article. "Tho trade may look therefore for a continued avcrago higher price for fertilizers this year than last of over $2 per ton. "It is fortuuate for the up-country that tho advanocd prices of cotton and other articles ol production should more than compensate for this increased cost in fertilizers." ' Witnesses Ihtimidated. The feudists charged with the murder at Manchester, ('lay county, Ky., havo comparatively easy sailing, as witnesses summoned to appear and testify against them will not testify against tho warring factions. Mrs. Sarah Collins, chief witness against .James and Millard Philpotand Alexander Fischer, charged with the murder of her hu.band, committed sticido by taking poison; fearing, it is claimed, to testify against them. Other feud cases havo boon postponed from day to day on account of absence of witnesses, who refuse to attend court and testify against tho feudists, believing, they say, that their cvidenco against the warrinc factions would imperil their lives. Haselden's gidr In last wee's issue wo published some extracts from letters written to Out/ charging that llaseldcn received numerous presents of liquor and beer from hauses coing. or dosiring to do, business with the State Hoard of Control and that ho shared these with his friends and neighbors. In reply to this ohargo llaseldcn publishes a letter signed by thirty-five of his neighbors in Marion county certifying to his high character and speaking of him in tho highest terms. ^ nm* * - . + * m i? I icvalil tl I>Ell 1899. A l'>l,OOI)Y BATTLE , Betweon the British and Beers at Ladysmith. i THE BRITISH IS WHIPPED. i 1 They Lost Artillery and Ammu- 1 i nition by Stampede of Mules i in Night March. Fought to the Last. The British war oflioo st London ( made publio the following dispatch from (Jon. Whito describing the operations of Monday: 11 Lndysmith, Oct. 31, 7,50 p. m I , took out from Ladysmith a bricade of , mounted troops, two brigade divisions , of tho Hoynl artillery, the Natal field | battery and two brigades of infantry, to JJeconneitrc in force tho enemy'-" main position to tho north, and, if the opportunity should offer, to capture tho hill behind Karquhar's farm which had, on the previous day boon hold in strength by the enemy. In connection with this advanee, a column consisting 1 of tho Tenth Mountain artillery, four 1 half companion of the Gloucester* ami six companies of tho Royal Irish Fusil1 tors, the whole under Lieut C'ol-Charl1 ton and Maj Adye, deputy assistant adjutant general, was dispatched at lip. tn.. on the 2!Uh, to maroh by night up Bell's Spruit and Seize Nicholson's Nek, or some position near Nicholson's Nek. thus-turning- tho enemy's right Hank. Tho main advance was successfully carried out, the objoctivo of the attack being found evacuated and an ( artillery duel between our fiold batteries and the enemy's guns of positions and Maxims, is understood to have caused heavy loss to tho enemy. Tho reconnaissance forood tho enemy to , fully disclose his position, and, after a strong counter attack on our right, tho . infantry brigade and cavalry having , been repulsed, tho troops wore slowly withdrawn to camp, pickots being left i on observation. Lato in tho engagement tho naval contingent under ('apt i ......,.e ii M c i> 1..i | Jiuui|riuu Ui 11. I'l . U. I UWUIiUI) UIIIIIU , into notion untl flilonocd, with their ex* ( , tromoly accurate fire, the enemy's guns of position. . The circumstances! which attondod the movomonts of Lieut Col Carlton's column arc not yet fully known, but from reports rccoivcd tho column ap' pears to have carriod out tho night march unmolested until within two miles of Nicholson's Nek. At this point two boulders rolled from tho hill and a few rifle shots stampeded the in* i fan try ammunition mules. The stampede spread to the battery mules, which ' | broke looso from their leaders and got , i j away with praotioally the wholo of the gun cquipmont and the greater portion of the regimental small arm amtnuni- < tion. The reserve was similarly lost. The infantry battalions, however, fixed i bayonets and accompanied by tho per- , sonncl of the artillery, seized a hill on the loft of the road two miloR from the Nek, with but littlo opposition. There they remained unmolested t?ll dawn, the time being occupied in organizing the defense of the hill aad constructing i stono sangars and walls as cover from fire. At dawn a skirmishing attack on our position was commenood by the enemy, but made no way until 9.30 a m when strong recnforccments enabled thorn to rush to tho attack with grent energy. Their fire becamovory searching and two companies of the (ilouccstcrs, in an advance position, wero ordered to fall back. Tho enemy then pressed to short rango, tho losses on i our sido beeom'ng very numorous. At i 3 p m our ammunition was practioally i exhausted, the position was captured \ and the survivors of tho column foil s into the enemy's hands. The enemy treated our wounded with- humanity, (ion. .Joubcrt at once dispatching a loiter to me, offering safe conduot to doctors and ambulances to remove the wounded. A medical officer and partios . to render first aid to the wounded wero /I iotuif oliorl a fli* onon a a f a nil am C a?|'<?vvy HUM K\r til \J nVlUUU KJ ? (IlillUlI 11*1111 t Ladysniith last night, and tho ambulances at dawn this rooming. The want of BucccBS^of tho oolunin waa due to tho misfottuno of tho raulos stampeding > and tho oonscquont loan of tho guns and small arm ammunition roscrvc. Tho official list of casualties and prisoners will bo reported shortly. The latter arc undorstood to havo been sent by rail to Proteria. The security of ha dysinitli is no way affected." Two Schooners Wreckod. Advices from Morehcad City, N. C., say: Tho three-masted schooner 1 Charles 8. Davis, Sonnrs Point, N. J., from Savannah for Philadelphia, lunri- 1 bir laden, is ashore at Itogue inlet, 25 miles wost of .Morehcad City. Tho vessel and cargo arc a total wreck. Tho crew of eight men wcro all saved. Tho vessel was commandod by Capt. John W. Adams of Philadelphia. Ho is now at Morehcad with his crew. The threo-masted sohooner Thomas L James of Koyport N. J., is also ashore at Ho gue inlet. Sho is lumber laden, from Savannah for Philadelphia. Thetargo and vessel are in bad condition. The nf ?i?>nl w#> r/> all ?uw?/l V . w > v - v fl VI V a I ? OVIl \/? J't a l'icrco reports the worst storm ever seen on thit) coast. A Good Suggestion. Messrs. Hascldcn and Giuts will kind- I ly retire to tho romoto recesses of tho back yard whero tho jimson weeds and boggar lice and cookie burrs aro growing against the fence, and thcro conduct the rcmaindorof their controversy, remaining until it is completed. If it is nover comploted thoy will oblige u? by continuing to remain all tho same. At tho present time we rogrct to havo to announce that thoy fatiguo us.? Groonville News. CONFEDFRATE RECORDS. Colonel Thomas Wants Certain Information About Them. Col. .John 1*. Thomas is working diligently towards gotting up thoConfodorito rooordH of this Stato, without tho financial support of tho Stato and that is all tho more reason why ho should bo given tho data ho so earnestly a^ks for. It is a burning shame that the record of this Stato in the late war is not yet complete, and Col. Thomas shows why it is so ditlioult to complete the records, lie makos this stato mont. Columbia, November 1, 1 HDD. In response to tho circular letter of tho undersigned calling for corrections and amendments to "River's Account >f tho Raising of Troops in South Car olina for State and- Confederate Scr vice, IStJl tl.V to he handed in or reported by November I, the follow ing survivors havoresponded being onehalf of the number called upon Orr's regiment rilies, Sergt Major Hemphill. Fifth regiment, Col Asbury Coward. Twenty-fourth regiment, Col Ellison Capers. Twentieth regiment, A. S. Salley, J r. Watie's artillery, Sergt Rridgos. Twenty-sixth regiment, Col .). 11. 11 udson. Eighteenth regiment, Col W. II Wallace. Fifth cavalry, Col Zimmerman Davis. Eneas battalion, Major >).' >J. Eneas. Second artillery, ('apt T. K. Eogaro. German Artillery, Capt Thco Mel altera. St Helena Mounted Kiflcmcn and Palmetto Battalion Artillery, Lieut T. [j. White. Second ca\Alry, Adjt. .1. W. Moore. I'lighth regiment, Major T. 10. Lucas. First regiment regulars, Col Win Sutler. Fourth cavalry, Col Win Stokes. Seventh regiment, CaptJ. II. Brooks. Second foreign battalion, Lieut Col F. II. Brooks. Hampton Legion, Lieut S. II. Welch, iteting ad jutant. Palmetto Sharpshoutorn-and fith regiment, Col Joseph Walker. Sixth and !Uh regiments,-Ma ior .). L. Uoker. First, cavalry and 7th cavalry, Lieut W. G. IIinson. Twenty-first rogiment, . Fourteenthregiment,'< Col J. N. Brown. Charleston battallion and 27th regiment, Col Julius A. Blake. Historic matter, Col I'M MeCrady and Capt W. A. Courtonuy. The time (or additional responses is hereby extended to December 1 next. The foundation of tho history of the part taken by-.South Carolina in the war between the States, 18(11 (?.r>. rests ill.on the ooinnletn anil neeiirutn nc count of tlio raisitic of troops in the s'tato for State and Confcdorato Hcrvice. Tho duty of surviving ollioers and men to make the rceord as full as possible is a self-evident proposition. Iloneo it is urged upon former commanding officers, living, to whom Kiv ors' pamphlet was sent, and who have not thus far rosponcd, to make answer by December 1 next. .John l\ Thomas, State Historian of Confcdorato Kocords. Sold for Freight. Tho advertisement in Tho Grcenvillo News for tho sale of a number of unclaimed froight packages containing school charts, school books and school furnituro consigned to \V. W. Tutwilcr, recalls the adventures of that smooth citi/.on in working oil on unsuspecting and innocent school trustees quantities of public school paraphernalia at what were said to bo exorbitant prices, and the charge that Superintendent of lOd uoa'ion W. I). Mayficld was not suflioiontly watchful to spoil his game. Nothing could bo learned hero yesterday about theso packages nor whoro Mr. Tutwilcr had gone. All that was known at the freight oflioo was that tho packages wore shipped here from Grconwood and Ninety Six, where they remained unclaimed for six months. Mr. Tutwilcr apparently did not think his goods worth tho freight charges and is probably in somo other Stato seeking now worlds to conquer.?Greenville News. Sound Advice. The pricos of fertilizers are rising. So arc all other prices. A big cotton crop will surely bo sold at a low prioo ami cheap cotton with everything else dear will mean ruin for tho South in 1900. Let farmers learn. The drought has been a blessing to them. It cut down the cotton crop and brought bettor prices. Heed the losson. Sow abundantly of wheat and oats. Wheat is a cash crop now. Mako some meat at homo, mako plenty of corn, begin tho vnnr'a wnrL ullli tho firm niirnnun 11\ mako cotton tho surplus crop. Another great cotton acrcago will ho suicidal and will cheek the prosperity we are only beginning to feci. ? Crccnvillc News. Infant Burned to a Crisp. Tho homo of ltcv. W. A. MacDonald about scvon miles from Colquitt, was destroyed by liio early Wednesday morning. One of tho infant children left in the houso was burned to a crisp. ROYA T AnmnrmlP Makes the food more del *rrtmm \ t*" NO. I<>. KILL THEIR UNCLE. Result of Inquest Over the* Body of a Murdered.Man. A MYSTERIOUS FAMILY FEUD. Two, Brothers and a Cousin, All Named Johnsen, Were Engaged in the Killing. Another murder in reported from the upper part of Greenville County.L The killing took place bctwoen 3 and 4 o'clock, on Tuesday, Out. 31, within a few hundred yards of Marydell, where there is a country storo and postoiiee, and the victim was .Jesse W. Johnson, an elderly man, who was shot'in the breast by his nephew, George Johasaa, with whom ho had been on disagroeable terms for quite a while.( George-came to Marydell hadly used up in a battered condition, which led to an investiratien, and the facts were revealed that ha> had shot his uncle, who died in a few win utes. An inquest over the body*frenu I ted in a verdict that, he came to hit death by a pistol shot from the haada of George Johnson, and'that, Marakall and Avory .Johnson wore aoeeaaeries thereto, all of-thern being naphowa af l\f I 11.1 iIkkk.ii.iI .,wl k ? I I are Hons of Oliver .Johnson and Avery is tlio son of John .Johnson. Two other brothers of tho doeeased M. M. ami l>. N. Johnsons testified at tho inquest. Tho origin of the'tronble was not brought out in tho testimony and still remains in doubt. A oitiroa of tho neighborhood mot"the \young men 011 the way to their unole's hnaae and George said they wero goiag to Battle the dillifiilty with him,^whioW the neighbors know existed. Another story is that George Haid-ho^was going'to settle with his unolo for work doaa, but there was no evidence on-thoso poiuta. iM. M. Johnson,-ono of'tho docoasod's brothers, saw part of tho difficulty, and swore that .Marshall] and his brother were lighting at tho Johnson'saw mill or near t hcrc,%Georgo inado a-grab at the deceased by tho arm, and ha caught <ie?>rge, who dew a'pistoLand fired;the fatal shot. Avery Johnson elaimod tho pistol afterwards, when all threo of the aephews went away from tho'placojwhore tho shooting had occurred, .whidth was U'll)iiri Til) vii rill iif llin ilnnnaanit'o linnii A very took no part in fight and Jesse Johnson had a rook in his hand, bat did not use it, nor did ho hit George during the alternation with Marshall. George had the pistol in his haad going toward the deceased whonJM. M. .Johason first saw him. I). N. Johnson, another brothor of the dcooascd, saw tho fight from a distance, and knowing tho previous troubla ho ran to them. Ho caught hold of Marshall -and thoy fell to tho ground and lie did not know that Jeafle was killed until al'tcr^his separation from Marshall. Mrs. Alctha Johnson, wifo"of*the deceased, testified that Ueorgo, Avery and Marshal) came near to.the [ hoiie and called Jor their uncle, who wont out to thorn. Ho was mot by Marshall and tho others wont to the road. Marshall struck her husband and tho others eamo hack, George with somothing in his hand, and struck his uncle in the fuco, when sho hoard Marshall say, "Shoot him quick." Tho ovidenco was confinod nearly altogether to rolativcs, and tho examination failed to roveal the cause of the troublo. Arbor Day. The following circular has boon issued by Mr. MoMahan in roferonoe to arbor day: To tho County Superintendents of Education. The legislature, by an act approved February 1<>, 1898, has dircotea "That tho freo public schools of this state shall observe tho third Friday in November of each yoar as Arbor Day, and on that day tho sohool officers and tcachors shall conduct suoh exereises and cngago in tho planting of suoh shrubs, plants aod trees as will impress on tho minds of the pupils the proper value and'appreciation to be plaoed on flowers, ornainontal shrubbery and shade trees." Until the obsorvanoe ef this day in our sohools'has become an established custom, it may bo overlooked unless specially brought to the attention of the toachoro. You will, thercforo, urge upon all the teaehera of your oounty.to'colcbrato the day ia thoir schools. John J. MoMahan, State Supt. of Kducation. Three Men Killed. A distressing aecidont ooourred Thursday morning on tho Georgetowa and Western railroad. The log traia of the Atlantic Coast Lumber ooiapaay loaded with timber, was backing dowa to Georgetown, when it'fltruok a eew, which derailed six ears, throwing tkeaa over the side of the' traok, killed three colored men and badly injuring thrae others, besides injuring a fine koree used in loading logs. The dead aid woundod were carried to Georgetowa and taken raro of by the Gumber oompany peoplo. Lbann6 Powder vrc licious and wholesome j