The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 09, 1899, Image 1
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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I
icvalil
tl I>Ell 1899.
A l'>l,OOI)Y BATTLE
,
Betweon the British and Beers
at Ladysmith.
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THE BRITISH IS WHIPPED.
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They Lost Artillery and Ammu- 1
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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
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| 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
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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.
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