The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 08, 1900, Image 1
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VOL. XV.
MANY WERE KILLED
Chemical Combustion Scitters
Twenty Buildings in New York.
MANY NARflOW ESCAPES.
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A Small Blaze Starts One cf
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mio aui?i v*ni?sirrpn?s
in the History of NKw
York City,
As tho result of a small firo in New
York on Tuesday of last weok sovcral
suooofbivo explosions of ohetnioals ooourred
in th - drug Btoro at Warren and
Clreonwioh streets ard blow down a
dozon buildings and badly damaged a
sooro of others. The less of life is not
known, but from all souroos of informa
uon it is gathcrod that thcro aro perhaps
the bodies of 30 persons in the
ruina, though because of tho hot doWris
and the slowness of tho moving of
it, nobody had been removed up to
midnight. The disaster was one of tho
most torriblo that has cv *r oocurrod in
this city, and rivals tho Windsor hotel
tiro in itH appalling results, though in
loss of property it will bo worse. Chief
Crokor of tho tiro department saiu to
night that tho loss is fully $1,500,000
Tho aotion of tho tremendous oatastropho
was moro vivid and awful than
tho oity has teen for a long timo
Buildings fell in on themsolvos or
toppled over on others, iron girders
were thrown yards away, smashing
through groat walls, whole struoturos
foil into tho streots in piles so that tho
lino of thoroughfaro ooulu not bo
marked out, hugo splinters of iron,
tcol and wood wero Hung into tho
stroots and into tho buildings elcan
through tho walls whero they buried
wemon and men. Pooplo 'walking
through tho streets wero knocked down
and dangerously injured by timbers,
glass and steel, horses wero thrown
down, wagons, windows, storo front t
and all sorts of property for blocks in
every dirfcotion wero wrecked and damaged.
Thcro wero H5 persons rcportod
missing and 100 men, women and ohildron
aro on tho list of injured.
Tho building of Tarrant & Co.,
makors of modioinal specialties, standing
at tho nortnwoat oorner of Green
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wiou ?nu warren Birccts ana tilled
with ohcuiioals, took firo in somo way
that may never bo known at. about a
quarter after 12 o'clock this afternoon.
It wbb 1(1 minutes afterwards that a
oitizon rushed into tho houso of tiro
ongino 29, on Chambers stroet, near
(ireonwioh, and shouted that Tarrant's
drug house was on. tiro. He had seen a
volumo of blaok smoke coming from
tho third window. An alarm was
turned in.
Soon aftorwards scooftd and third
alarms woro turnod in One firo oompany
had just arrived when a terrific
explosion ooourrod and throw the ontiro
engine's crow down the stairway. The
firomon, realiziug tho danger of their
position, rushed out of tho building to
tho strcot. Tho explosion has filled tho
streot in front with a shower of falling
glass and small debris, which sont the
crowd already gathered on tho opposite
sidewalks, fleeing for safety and
caused tho horsos hitohed to the mgioos
to roar and try to got. away. Eiginoer
Uooksborry was unfastening tho
horses, and Fireman Brown, of tho
company, was t.urning tho safety valvo
of the engine when tho explosion oo
curred and ooverod thoni with a ahower
of glass. Both wero injured, as was
another lireinan belonging to tho company.
1IUHLKD ACROSS TIIK 8TRKET.
Oapt. Dovannoy, of tho company, orderod
his crew haok into tho building.
They wero dragging tho lino to tho doorway
for tho secohd timo whon anothor
explosion, more terrific than tho first,
oamo and tho wholo orow was hurlod
across Greenwich stroot, Dovannoy being
so badly injurod that ho was sent
to a hospital. Jn tho mcantimo tho
other onginos that had responded to tho
alarm had oollootcd and tho firomon
wero bmy rosouing people from surrounding
buildings. Firomon had already
takon many girls down tho only
firo osoapo upon tho building, and more
persons had boon oarriod down tho osoapos
of tho Homo Mado restaurant
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next uoor, ana tno Duuaings adjoining
upon Warron stroot. Tho sooond oxplosion
oconrred about five minutes after
tho first. From tho accounts of witnesses
the building scemod to leap into
tho air, and in a moment masses of
brick walls, timbers and stono wero
falling into tho stroots. The force of
.the explosion tore away tho wall of the
commission storehouses fronting on
Washington street and caused them to
eollapse, falling all at onco in a mass of
timbers, boxos and barrels, from whioh
the 'flamos whioh burst out from tho
Tarrant building like tho belching of a
oannon, at onoo broko forth.
EXPLOSION AFTKR EXPLOSION
Aoross Warren stroct to the opposite
buildings the fUmew leaped, sotting
r them all afiro at once, tho force of tho
explosion demolishing windows and all
wooden structures about the hon?nw
Id a moment YVarron stroot was ohokcd
tfp with a mass of debris and tho wholo
plaoo was aflame. The great explosion
was followod -by half a dozen more
scarcely less intense and by a countless
number of smaller ones, liy this timo
tho fire apparatus was arriving from
ev<jry diroetion. Deputy Chiof Ahem
oamo about two minutes after the see
ond explosion, and he at onoe ordorcd
a fifth alarm sent out, 'followed by a
goporal oall for ambulances. The explosion
and fife together had now assumed
the proportions of a groat oatastrophfl,
and it was at first thought that
hundreds of lives had boon lost.
Throngs of people wero rushing about
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in the nearby Btrcets, many of them
panic stricken, fleeing from tho tiro.
They mingled ia the crowd that was
rushing down from Broadway to sco
what had happoncd.
Half an hour aftor tho oxplosion tho
streots for blocks around tho tiro were
erowdea with Qro apparatus, with a
sooro of ambulations, while hundrods of
polioo were being rushed from all tho
lower prooinots of tho oity to form
liars, and many priests from nearby
parishes wero going horo and thoro in
the smoko obsourcd thoroughfaies,
scoking for injured who might need
their aid. From tho burning districts
a column of smoko was rising high in
the air, mingled with flames that oould
not bo controlled by the hundrcds^f
streams thrown upon them.
Tho second explosion carried destruction
iu evcrv direction. That it did not
oauso a wholo^alo loss of lifo was duo
to tho fact that aluiost 10 minutes
warning earao after tho first ory of firo
?a cry that was a real warning to
pooplo who knew tho oharaotcr of tho
ohemioals in tho burning building?and
fully fivo minutes ooourred botwecn tho
first and minor explosion, which warned
everyone within hearing, and tho
seoond ouo. .Just after tho outbreak of
firo from the windows of the building
a downtown train stopped at Warron
street station of tho Ninth Avonuo elo_.i.
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vi*?.L-u ii'UM. ii | aiseu ou in iimo 10 CBcapo
iho e xplosion, and tho few fooplo
who were left on tho platform of tho
station are thought to have all escaped
before tho groat explosion. Tho station
tuaater'tled across tho struoturo, oarryin
with him tho roooipts of tho day
and his unused tiokots whilo two women,
who had stopped on tho platform
to watoh iho tiro, frightened by tho
lirst expl si ?n, lljd down tho downtown
traoks, assisted by tho station
portor, who took thom to tho Harolay
strcot station in safoty. The explosion
nearly oaim d away the station and the
mass of masonry that fell w.ith it broko
through tho tl loring and almost demolished
tho structure jast below tho
building.
MIH.U'ULOUS ESCAPES.
Iairucnso masses r.f masonry, piocos
of great b -am <, window oasiwrs and an
indeccr;bablo mass of wreckage of ov
ory Uuboriptron tumbled tu idonly into
the street in frout of the building. Tho
foroe of the explosion bolow .had
thrown tho tire men back across tho
street, so that thoy were not caught,
but their of-capo from tho rain of debris
was almost miraculous.
Tho wr<.ekago was thrown aoross
through the windows of the building in
which the Irving National bank is on
tho northoast oornoi of tho stroot. Tho
otlioesof the Irviog bank and of Mcoklcm
Bros., bankers and brokors, woro
nearly wrcokod.
Prosident Franoher, of tho Irving
bank, was away on business at the
time of tho explosion, hut tho vice pros
ident, Charles 11. Mattlago, and John
W. Castrce, tho cashier, J as A Donoi
son, and tho assistant oashior, B. F.
Werner, tho paying-toller, Win. I>jnlap,
and tho adjuster, VanZ)idt, woro
prosont.
At tho ti-st explosion an uttompt was
mado to g&ihor allj.ho monoy and papors
that woro lying on tho counters,
and to throw them into tho safes, and
it was supposed that this had boon
done, whou tho sioond explosion
brought Hying glass and plastering
from tho sky lighted oollings down
about *tl\o heads of evory body and
oauaea tnem to esoape in a hurry. Uapt,
MoUluskey of the doteotivo buroau who
hurriod evory availablo man of his staff
to the firo was appoalod to for promotion
for tho funds of thob\nk, ho boing
told that they wcro in tho bank vault
tho d*or of which was euprosed to bo
unlocked.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
When tho captain and his men entered,
howevor, tioy found about $10,000
scattered in oonfusion ovor tho countors
and floor. This was hastily thrown
in tho vault and tho door lookod.
President Fronohor of tho bank arrived
within a fow.minutes of the start
of tho firo and was nearly hystorioal
whon ho found what had happoncd. By
half past 2, howovor, tho direotors of
tho bank had mot and posted a sign in
tho window stating that tho bank
would do businoas tomorrow.
Down in Mooklom Brothers' oftioos
in tho basomont thoro woro II U Mecklom
and his brothor William, with
Frank Ileekonborry, a boy, Thomas
iiaokot, a clerk, another man namod
Bruoo and some girls, among thorn Kllon
Van Deon and May Dunklomann.
Whon tho fire broko out $90,000 in
monov lav unon fchn nmmlAra Hnrtlr
onbcrry was stationed at tho door while
this was gathorod together for putting
in tho vault.
Tho first explosion filled tho plaoo
with sulphurous smoko that noarly
asphyxiated ovorybody. Tho second
explosion blew in the windows and out
tho two Mcokloms soriouly. The boy
ileokenberry found tho two girls in a
heap, fainted away. He oarried thorn
out to a plaoo of safety. The others,
when thoy oame to their sonsos, gathered
tho monoy from tho floors, put it
in oigar boxes and oairiod it to Wadoll
and (Jo's.
A Good Custom.
At tho birth of a Japanoso baby a
treo is plantod, whioh must remain untouohod
until tho marriago day of the
ohild. When tho nuptial hour arrivos
the troe is out down, and a skillful
oabinojt makor transforms the wood into
furnituro, which is oonsidored by the
young people as the most beautiful of
all ornamonts of tho house.
Suicide in Atlanta.
An unknown man who gavo hisnamo
as Warren Traokman early Wednesday
morning committed suisido by throwing
himself under a rapidly moving train
of the Oeorgia road at the Boulevard
crossing in Atlanta. Tho ooronor's jury
were unable to disoover any oluo to his
identity.
IP Pi
CONWAY.
MILITARY DISPLAY
Prt bably the Bast Parade of State
Militia Ever Given.
GOVERNOR REVIEWS TROOPS
Some Stylish Mounts In the Line
of March. Thousands Witnessed
this Feature
of the Fair.
Tho great military parado and rovicw
took plaoo Thurday morning in Columbia.
Iluudrodn of pooplo lined tho
streets to witness it, and nono were
disappointed, for tho character of tho
parade was far abovo tho expectations
of Adjutant General Floyd, Assistant
Adjutant Gonoral Frost and thoso who
havo workod so earnestly to make tho
display what it should bo. Tho result
was a parado whioh was perhaps tho
best cvor given by tho Stato militia of
South Carolina.
Tho Farado was formed at tho oapitol
grounds and below and tho various
commands appeared in regulation army
uniforms and equipment. The lino did
not move until some time after tho appointed
hour, but whon it oamo tho
spootaole of soldiers marching company
form extonding from tho post-office
back as far as tho cyo oould roach was
prescmod. It was a pioturo worth sooing,
and reflected much orodit upon tho
militia of too Stato.
Oao of tho featuros of tho parado
wore tho handsome mounts of tho statf
and Hold officers. ?Thoy woro tho vory
best private saddlo horses in tho city.
The ownors rosponded handsomely to
asuggostion that thoy ofTor tho officers
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ino uso oi inoir steeds and there were
more than onough. Tho Farmers and
Mechanics company loaned for tho oooation
a full equipment of new army
saddles and bridles.
There wcro many bind of musio ia
tho parade, tho splondid II. 8 First
artillory band boing about tho oontcr of
tho lino, and disooursiug magnifiocnt
music.
Tho personal of tho band on this oooasion
wAs as follows:
0 Asian Koitzon?Director.
Coporal Frank Karasek--Piooolo.
Sergeant August Pll ;gor?10 sharp
clarinot.
Sergeant Wlllliaui Ojtermann?Solo
oUrinot.
Coporal lOdward Ostcrmann?Solo
olarinot.
Privato .John I'rbon?First olarinet.
Privato Sam lironnor ? Sooond olarinot.
Drum Majjr C. V. Patkstono?Sixophono.
Principal Musician Michael Sullivan
?Solo eornot.
Privato .John Frchnor First oornct.
Privato Uoorgo W. Cook First cornet.
Corporal Ottavis Violivi?Sooond oornot
Privato Harrison K. Ssnalf?Third
oornot.
Corporal David Cross?Huitono.
Sorgoant Imon Trusson?First trombouo.
Chief Trumpotor Albort Nintz -Solo
alto.
Privato (Joorgo Steavenson?Socond
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alio.
Frivato Fred Offormann?Third alto.
Corporal William llopmoyor?BU
II it basso
Corporal Mmil llootohe?K flat basao.
Sorgeant llonry K. Anderson?Snare
drum.
Frivato James Adams?Bass drum.
Frivate John Kipper?Cymbals.
The parado was about 25 minutes
passing a givon point and was watohed
with much public intorcst.
The roviow took plaoe at tho cornor
of Main and Lumber Streets.
Governor's staff was oomposod of
Brig. Gon. .1. W. Floyd, adjutant and
inspootor gonoral; Cols.Jno. F. Folk,
Bamborg; Geo I) Tillman Jr. Kdgetield;
Waddy C. Mauldlin, Hampton. K J.
Watson, Columbia; August Kohn, Columbia;
and K. J. Wannamakor. With
tho staff rodoCol. Asbury Coward, that
magnifioiont Confederate soldier and
southern gontloman, now superintendent
of tho Citadol. Maj. C. J. Owons
of tho Orangoburg Military lnstituto
also rodo. Thon oamo thoso othor
mombert of tho staff: Cols. II. A.
.Tripp, Blaoksburg;.D. A. Spivey, Conway;
Gilbert H. Grcono, Book Hill;
Tom C. Haraer, Bonnottsvillo; Adam
H. Moss and Thomas F. Brantloy, Orangeburg,
Tho first rfiilitary organization in lino
was the oadet batallion of the Citadol
aoademy, under command of Major
Cantey. The' Citadol boys were the
best drilled of all the oomiamds.
Second oamo tho King's Mountain
Military aoadomy under oommand of
Capt. Law.
Following the cadets was the 8coond
rogimont, South Carolina voluntoers,
oommandod by Col. Wilio Jones, who
was aooompaniod by his staff, consisting
of Lieut. Col. 1). O. Horbert, Maj
ors J. W. Culler, W. L. Loe and T. J.
Drew, and Capt. Chas. Newnham, acting
adjutant.
Tho first oompany in lino wan tho
Kershaw Guards, under Capt. 8. L.
Zomp.
Bamberg Guar Is, Capt. W. It.
Wright.
Tillman Voluptoors, Capt. J. II.
Claffy.
Richland Voluntcora, Lieut. F. G.
Tompkins.
limmonsvillo Guards, Capt. W. II.
Keith.
Sumter Light Infantry, Capt. II. F.
Wilson
Georgetown Rifles, Capt. S. M. Ward.
Governor's Guards Capt. John Blaok.
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S. C.. THURSDAY, N<>\
This oouiploted the formation of tho
Second rcgiiuont, which was followed
by tho First regiment, under Col. J.
C. Uoyd, with Mb stiff, consisting of
Capt. W. W. Ho wis and Cant. J. It
MoKoown, acting adjutant. Tlio eotnpatiioa
in line wore:
Liberty Hill Hides, Capt. J. (1. Richards.
Morgan Rifles, Capt. Win. MiGowan.
Clifton Guards, Capt. J. F. Langston.
Ilnrnlwnnil Itiflna tlant 1 Si \1.?
.f vv?4 W l? | ' V . U V/
Kcown.
Jaskor Light Infantry, Capt. W. It.
Moovo.
Groonwood County GuuJs, Capt
W. It. Gainos.
Kurt Mill Guards, Capt. \V. It. Itradford.
' Following thcso was tho First batalion,
South Carolina Toiunteers, oouitnandcd
by Mj.jor llenry-Schaotc, whoFC
stall was composed of Capt. das. Allen
Jr., adjutant; l<icut A.J. itufot and
It. A. llagood.
Sumtor Guards, Capt. T. T. Hyde.
Gorman Kusiliors, Capt. 11. It.
Sohrocdcr.
Faltnotto (iuards, Capt. Stalling.
Irish Voluutccrs, Capt. Koarncy.
Washington Light Infantry, Capt.
.Julius H2 Cogswell.
Tlio baUlion of naval reserves, under
Lieutenant Commander C L Dultos
brought up the rear with their naval
nun, the three companies being tho
Lafayctto Artillery, Lieut Commander
Ooorgo 8 Lagarc; Mt. Pleasant ltoecrvcs,
C. Patjeu, and tho Hoaufurt
ltosorvoa. Lioutcnaet Commander
(icorgc lOlliot.?Tho Sta'c.
8^jftSD BY A 8ION.
Paisengers on a Pullman Anxiously
Looked for it.
This South Carolina dispensary law
brings about sotno curious things,"
said a traveling man last night. "If
you happen to bo thirsty on a Pullman
oar you are liablo to have tho 'dry monkoys'
after tho train gots into this state.
Tho Pullman company is very strict
about selling drinks where state laws
prohibit it and the company is not
anxious to tako ohanoos with tho dis
pensary. It deems that tho constables
have a right to tako anything that has
a whiskey smoll, although 1 have not
heard of them soizing any Pullmans.
"Tho other day I was going to Ashovillo
and thoro was a good old thirsty
crowd on tho Pullman. Wo had been
ringiug the boll and calling for life proforvors,
but tho porter smiled and rofused
to'dohver tho goods. Ilosaid it
was against tho law.
" 'If you'll wait till .wo pass do South
Car'lina lino' said tho porter, 1 tink I
oan savo yor lifo.' Tho porfor wont on
to toll mo that tho stalo lino was mark
od and us soon as tho train got on tho
othor sido tho wino corks would fly.
"Now as a general thing tho trains on
tho Somthcrn mado good tiuio, hut to
that thirsty crowd of passongors this
ono soomcd to bo orawling. Seems to
mo like an ox oart could givo this
train oards and spades and tho two
casinos aod boat it to tho liquor lino,'
said ono of tho passengers. 'Uoo, hut
this is a long state.'
"After a whilo tho porter oamo to tho
ruiddlo of tho oar and told us that wo
would soon bo 'ovor tho rivor.' Ho told
us that wo oouM look out tho window
and road tho sign. Woll, wo thought
we'd not tako any ohanoos about missing
tho sign, eo ovcry thirsty passonger
ntuok his fuoo out, whilo his lingers
woro kept insido to cover tho oleotrio
boll button. All at a flash tho sign
oanio to viow and not a pair of eyes
missed it. Say, you should havo heard
those bolls ring. Thoy buzzed and rang
and tingled and jingled and did ovorything
tliat a well regular whiskey boll
is expected to do, and thon tho portor
rushed in to tako orders. We fillod him
up with ordors and thon ho fillod us up
with drinks, but it was certainly a narrow
esoapo fom death. Talk about
train wrooks, ?woll, say, many a lino
lifo would havo gono out if wo had
failed to sec that sign. It savod tho
passengers from a fearful death."?
News and Courier.
Human Life Cheap
News and Courior.
"I was reading in your paper tho
other morning whoro tho noxt oriminal
oourt horo would havo to tako up about
a dozon murdor trials," said a visitor in
Charleston last night, "and I thought
that a very bloody rooord. At first I
was inolinod to think that this was tho
rooortf for tho yoar, but sinoo I was in
formed that it wan tho lint Hinoe tho
last court only. My, my, but that
look&.bad. Of oourso, I know that
tho pooplo who aro charged" with this
sorioufl orimo aro nogroos from tho wild
Bootion of the oounty. Four legal oxooutions
within tho pant yoar should
havo a splondid moral ofloot, it scorns
to mo, although pooplo horo toll mo.
that it has not had any approoiablo
effoot. It is oorlainly bad to think
that human lifo is hold for so ohoap a
prioe. I shall watoh tho rosult of this
oourt with a groat deal of intorost, for
I want to know how it all will ond with
tho oourts."
Burned in the Jail
At Hazlohurst, Ga., Thursday night
tho town jail was oonsumod by firo. In
tho jail at the time was a negro, who
was burnod to doath. Tho nogro was
oharged with robbory, and it is supposed
that he himsolf sot tho jail afire,
hoping to burn his way out. His
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Dunu*a wuru nearu uy OltlZODB Who
went to the aoonc but arrived to late to
bo of any asuistanoo. Tho nogroo's name
is trnkaown.
Great is New York.
Tho oodruh shows that tho population^
of Delawro, Idaho, Montana, Navada,*
li^ah, Vormont, Now Hampshire, North
Dikota, South Dakota, Washington
and Florida?olovon Htatos?could bo
brought to tho oity of New York in
placo of tho prosont population and
thoy would not fill tho plaoo of tho
present population of Uroator Now
York.
KM NICK 8, 1900.
THE STATE FAIR.
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Largest Number of Visitors Ever
Seen in Columbia.
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THURSDAY WAS THE DAY. \
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Tho Crowd 80 Thick on That I
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Day That Moving Was 1
Dilficult. Fair a 1
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Great Success. : (
Tho ?tato Fair this year was a grand ,
success. *Tho attondanoo was largo ;
ovory day, hat Thurnday was a rooord ]
breaker. On that day as Tho Htato |
says a sooro of oounting uiaohinoH and (
a score luoro oould not registor tho <
crowds that wero in Columbia on that <
day. The Stato says: j
Everything elso faded into irsignifi- j
oanoo beside tho pooplo. Kvorybody (
waa hero, and bo was everybody's ,
brother, sister, oousin and aunt. Thoy
oamo by tho carload and tho wagon ,
loal. There wero stylish oity ladios (
and ladies from tho country whoso at- ,
tiro was not so fashionablo. ' Thcro
wero rich men and poor men, oity mon |
and countiv mon, haudsomo men and ,
ugly mon, sober mon anil drunk mon,
fat men and lean mon. Stub an aggrc
gat ion!
lip and dovn Main street all day ,
frr m cany tu >rn until the woo hiiih' ,
hours tlurc ooursod a steadily surging j
01 j Atl, pushing and shoeing it) all good ,
humor, viouing tho parado and then |
moving on out to tho fairgrounds for |
the fcoball vaino and tho Other at- |
iraolious. Hit. back thoy oamo stall .
hours on foot, on oars, in hacks and |
hcrdicks, waiohing tho street perform j (
anoes, ! >?!. irg for i.oii e lung to eit and j |
often n >t gti it g it, or hunting for I
friends, an almost hopelcs task.
On tho sheets thcrowas a crowd, but |
at midday t ho fair grounds wore |
simply i>aokod and jainuied. One would <
go into tho main building and hoc a ,
moving mass of humanity olbowing |
ouch other and laughing liko it woro |
the greatest joko in all tho world. <>n
tho stands facing tho arena all day (
long was a changing crowd, so large
that ouo would think everybody was
congregated in that particular spot;
but. going over to tho football grounds, ,
one found there a still larger crowd, (
tho grand stand being packod and tho 1
side linos orowdod. "Surely," so tho j
wandcror thought. "I havo soon all
tho crowd or most of it"; but passing
through tho agricultural hall ho fouud ,
a orowd thcro, upstairs and downstairs, ,
while out on tho midway boyond was <
another orowd, gay and fostivo follows,
taking in tho sido shows, And tuch (
side shows!
At night again tho tiroworks bottor
than on either provious ovoning, drew
a orowd of somo II,OUO people, who
ohccfod and ohcorod tho lovoly displays
and wout wild over Bryan's pioturo.
At Hyatt park thoro was anothor donso
crowd, and tho stroot oars woro kept
busy hauling tho pcoplo to and fro. Tho
siroci oar system, t>y Hio way, has boon i
taxed dreadfully aU this wock, and especially
Thursday and the day before;
but the sorvioo was excellent all tho <
way through. For a few minutes Thurs
day morning there was a cessation
of traffic, caused by tho breaking down
of a wire, but it was soon repairod and
nothing clso ooourrcd to prevent rapid
transit. During the progress of tho
parado Manager Clark kindly had all
tho ears kopt off Main stroot in ordor
that tho companies might present a
oompany front formation.
Thcro has boon oonsidcrablo rivalry
among tho various counties having exhibitions
at the fair, and Thursday
when tho awards woro announood Columbia's
near noighbor oamo out winner.
Tho first prizo was awardod to
Loxington oounty, whoso oxoollont oxhibit
of various crops waH greatly admired.
Tho second prizo wont to Chos
tor, tho third to Kiohland and tho
fourth to Marlboro. '1 his mattor of
oounty exhibits is ono whioh tho fair
authorities have boon vory anxious to
havo extended. Tho oxhibits this
year aro muoh better than usual, but it
is hoped tho improvomont will bo still
moro marked noxt yoar and that moro
oounties will bo roprosontcd in this
oroditablo contest.
This is tho season w! on mothers aro
alarmod on aooount of oroup. It is
quiokly oured by Ono Minuto Cough
Curo, whioh ohildron liko to tako.
Dr. E. Norton.
ExcitodOver Street Namiiig.
The munioipal ooutioil had a stormy
sossion in Faris last wook in oonso
quonoo of a motion, mado by M. Colly,
to namo oertain stroots in Paris aftor
Hlanqui, FlOurons and othor horoos of
tho siogo during tho Franoo Prussian
war, M. Colly dcolarod that the honor
was duo thorn "in recognition of their
efforts to savo Paris from tho shameful
capitulation prepared by Gcnoral
Troohu." His proposal arousod a porfaot
pandemonium, whioh tho president
of the oounoil was unablo to quell. The
socialists roso en masRoand shook thoir
fists in tho faooB of tho Nationalits.
M. Kondi offered a reolution protesting
against a proposition tending .to
"awaken oivil discord and glorify oriraos
against the country." Finally quiet
was rostorod and M. Colly's motion
was carried.
Torturing skin eruptions, burns and
sores aro soothed at onoo and promptly
hoaled by applying DeWitt's Witoh
llazol Salvo, tho best known oure for
piles, liowaro of worthless oouotorfoits.
Dr. E. Norton.
? 4
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT
.
R.ev John Owen Killed by a Friend
_
While Hunting.
A'dispatch from Johnston to Tho
Stato siys: "Tho Kev. John Owen
lrovo out to Mr. Oamowoll M. Smith's
,o got soino rough forago for his stock,;
Ho brought his dog and gun to kill a
partridgo for a siok friond. Whon reaching
Mr. Smith'H and finding him gone
to Kdgcfiold, ho and Mr. WftltOf H.
Smith, tho youngest eon of Mr. Uamo
well Smith, went out hunting. In a
Tow minutes thoy got into a drovo of
partridges and began shooting. Mr.
Smith was loading his gun in a hurry
ind a partridgo flow over his hoad.
Smith wont to oook his gun, whon tho
iiainmor slipped out of his thumb bolero
it got looked, and tho entiro load
jntered tho right sido of tho Kov. Mr.
Jwon about tho vest pookot. Mr.
Dwon stood still for a tninuto, help
ing Waltor pull tho wads out, then ho
P it t \*r t .
ion, ucgging w alter not to Icavo him,
that ho would bo dead before ho oould
return.
Howcvor, Mr. Smith booamo alarmed
ind hoou assistance urrivod. Ilo was
3arriod to tho rcsidenco of Mr. Uauicwell
Smith. In a abort while l>rs,
Mobloy, Strother and Cox woro with
him and after consultation, l> s. Wright
\nd Moore ef August weft tolegraphod
for, who came on tho midnight train,
rho train stopped at Mr. Smith's plaoo
for them to get off. Thcro is no possiblo
yhanoo lor his rcoovory. Though ho in
i man of poweful will power, his timo
is short, lie oalled his wifo to his
sido during tho night, and talked to
her about his business affairs, tolling
her ho know his timo was elose and
ncvor to think hard of Waller for it was
i puro aooidont.
Kvorything isboing dono that can ho
iono botfi mcdioai aid and loving
frionds Tho aooidont took plaoo about
o'oloek i'uesday aftornoon < )et. Itti
Mr () wen is thought to bo dying at this
hour, It p. m. All of bis family has
boon tolegraphod for. Tho Kov. Mr.
Uwon is pastor of the Johnston Mothoiist
circuit, and is a devoted man to
his family and work. Kvcrybody exl.initu
uvmn.tl.i. U??l. ? SI!-- "
u.iun lu UUtll i iftlll I I It'rt.
Anothor dispatch nays: Mr. Owon
liod at ? o'clock Thursday afternoon.N
All of his family was j resent. llcvs. 1
Hodges, llobinson, Hudson, Ihivis and1
Anderson wrro with him in his last
momonts. Ho suffered very littlo pain
sinoo lie was shot. At 11 o'olock
Thursday ho made a statomonl in writ
ing, stating that Mr. Waltti Smith was
not to ho blamed in tho loaBt?that it
was an aooident. It is one of tho saddest
aooidonta that orer happened in
this community. Mr. Owon was pcrfootly.conscious
until tho last minuto.
lie exprossod himself willing and ready
to go.
SHAKES IN JACKSONVILLE.
People Thought a Bite Cannon Had
Fired.
ICight distinot earthquake ahocW,
wore felt in Jacksonville last Wcdndft
day. The first shook was at 11:10 o'olo5?
in tho morning and shook somo of tffrf
largo buildingH in tho oity. Hundred^
of pooplo believed that houvy ordnand/i
was being firod in or ue\r tho oity. A"t
11:2') anothor shook, equally as sovcr<?j
waB foil and thoy oontmuod at 15 min^
ulca intervals until 12.20 o'olook. j
At 4:01 o'clock in tho aftornoon th<v
sovonth shook of tho day was folt, so*
vcror than any of tho prooooding, fol4
lowod four minutos later by a roport*
and shook, tho sovorostof tho day. The.
last disturbance mado tho window
panos rattle in soveral scotions of tho
oity. Tho looal woathcr bureau officials
roal aod tho naturo of the shgoks at tho
first and kopt tho timo. Mitootor Mitohell,
of this department, codld not say
ofiic'ally. as ho had no in?trnn*nnt. fn
dermino themattor, bat Btatod^it an his
opinion that iho vibration panned
from south to north. Tbprc was no
disturbanoo in tho wator notiocablo and
tho shookH woro not sovora -enough to
oauso any. damago.
A Small Town.
One of tho skyscrapers in Sew York
has a daily population of 3,100, and tho
mail sent out from it averagos 18,000
piooosaday. idvory forty fivdj minutes
a mail wagon from tho postoflioo oar
ries away from this building about
sovonty-fivo pounds of outgoing mail.
Another Now York oflfioo building
sends out 000 pieoos of raafl^overy
week day. O
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^ Wrlta for fiur ficn'ini ti 'i'
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y we can aave you money in the pu
ffr Htid the terms oV" nay nit n
f factory or thunt^h our rtj?uir.r mi
? tanity you cannot afford to j>?aa. Y<
* ! ? manufacturer a. Therefore, a"<r
^ mil ? if^i ywiiw
v '* construe.ton it unneceaaary. If y
\ .>? en offer moit liberal term*.
For sale by 8pivoy Mercantile Co.. C
tni?- in Mtipg
^ i eeti
(Teething P
Costs only 25 cent
j^jQQOr nail S&eeata te C. *1
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NO. 15
OUR POPULATION.
Thirteen Millions Gained in Ten
Ytara.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S SHARE.
The Increase In the Cnunlrv a?
Larga Vary Evenly Distributed
Encouraging
Figure*.
Tho official announcement of tho total
popnlatqiti-of the United States for
l'lOO is 76,^220, of whioh 74.027,907
arc oontaincd in tho 15 States representing
approximately tho population
to bo used for apportionment purposos.
There in a total of 131,158 Indiana not
taxed. Tho total population in 1890,
with whioh tho aggrogato population of
tho proaont oonsut should bo oomparod,
wan 153 169,7515. Taking tho 1890 population
as a basis, there has boon a gain
in population of 13,225,461 during tho
pant 10 yoars, representing an inoroaso
of nearly 21 per oont.
Following is tho oflioiai announcement
of the population of tho Hailed
Stairs in 1000 by Statos. Tho figures
in tho first colnmn represent tho oonsus
for 1000 and tho sooond for 1800 and
( hn tliiril isaln mn ' 1 -
...? ...1>U VUIUIIIII VIIU UUUIUVI U1 1UU11U9
not taxed.
AUbama 1,613,017 1,*228,00 7
Arkannan 1,811,604 1,1'20,17'.)
Californi i 1,486,068 1,208,180 1,649
Colorado 689,700 112,198 697
Connecticut ' 908,866 710,268
Dulawaro 184,786 018 198
Florida 628,612 301,422
Georgia 2,210,329 1,837,368 .
Idaho 101,771 74,386 2 297
Illinois 1 821,660 3,820,861
Indiana 2,610.408 2,192,401
Iowa 2,261,829 1,911,890
Kansas 1,409,490 1,427,090
Kentucky 2,147,174 1,868,036
Louisiana 1,381,027 1,118,687
Maine 091 800 001,080
Maryland 1,189,940 1,012.318)
Massachusetts . 2,406,840 2,238,943
Michigan 2 419.782 2.093,889
''Minnesota 1,761,396 1,301.820 1,708
'Mississippi.... 1,661,372 1,289,000
.Missouri 3,107,119 2,079,184
Montana 248,289 I82'169 10,740
Nebraska 1,008,901 1,068,910
Nevada 42,834 46,701 1,006
N. Hampshire. 411,6$H 376,680
New Jofnoy.... 1.883.00^ 1.444.933
New York 7,^8,00^6,997.863 4,711
North Carolina ?891,992 1,017.947
No.-th Dakota.. 319,010 182,719 1,092
' Ohio' ^167,446 3,672.810
! Oregon -418,682 313,767
Pennsylvania, 0,301,306 6,268 014
lthodo Inland., 428,860 316,600
South Carolina 1,340,812 1,161,149
South Dakota. 401,669 328,808 10,932
Tenncsae$* 2 022,723 1.707,618
Texan....y^.M, 3.0^8,828 2,286,628
Utah 270,606 207,906 1,472
Vermont'.. X... 343,041 382,422
Virginia l,?frt,184 1,056 980
WaBhingten ... {JT7,072 349,890 2,631
' Weat Virgtflia. 988,900 762,794
' Wiscoualt?,.... 2,008,903 1.680.880 1 067
Wyoming*#.'..; 92,631 00,706
'
i'olftl 46 States.74 027,907 02,110,811 14,017
! 1K11RIT0IUK8, KTO.
Alaska (cntrarated). 41,000 82,062
,.Aruma pTV 122,212 69,020 2-4,044
Hint of Co&iudna. .. 278,71H 280,892
Hawaii 15-4 OOl 89,990
Indian TorMlMry ... 391,900 180,182 60,088
'^Jow ilexiokj./. 193,777 163,693 2,937
'Oklahoma .flpl 889,246 01,834 6,927
I'ersogH iu^aprTice
of O. S. sKjjoned
*ji ?brlfid (E o t i[
,? maftd)...y? "... m4 400
1 Indiana, etc, nV Indiait
reservation,
*' except 1 n J.La n
' Territory y-CT... 116,282
-Total f)r 7 iVrrilorie?
Vi;*4-.1,609,818 962,946 89,581
Alaslc^'.figures aro dorivod from
i partial data >QnJy and all ratum* far
Alaska and for portain military organiMtjonn
staticmej abroad, principally in
wip Philippines, haH not yot boon re(fclved.
? ,
Cllullotins wjpl*bo issuod for tho varminor
oivif divisions in tho differefit
States and J'orritorios an fast ai
possiblo. Tha on tiro number, it is expootod,
will b<f rtbvly fo^ the publio use
boforo the firs^f^'Januiry.
Tho boat nS^od of oloans ing the
liver is the use of tho famous little pills
known as DoWitt's Little Karly Risers.
Kasy to take. Never gripe.
I)r. B. Norton.
ewdepaktiIe]
nHHHBHHMBHHk 0
cal Chango in Marketing Methods ],
Appliod to Sewing Machines.
Inui plan under which you can obtain (\
s and batter value in the purchaae of I'
moua ''White" Sewing Machine then
offered. < J
logue and detailed particulars. How . \
rchase of a high-grade aewing machine j |
t we can offer, either direct from 6
ithoriaed agents. Tins is an oppor- #
>u know tH# "Whlta," you know ^
i-tniled description of tie^nacliine and ?
ou have an old machino to exchange \
Write to-? 1-7. Address In full. v
ANY, (D?p't A.) Ctevdait. HI#. 5
loovray, 8. C.
FETT*S Hilars Irritation. lift Dlptttat
II I #1 M Regulates the Bowels,
U n| /1 Strengthens the Child,
II I |Y K# Makes Teething Easy.
owders) JJLtEETMINA Relieves the Bmm>
, _ 7 . , Troubles of Children ot
s at Druggists, any age.
I. MOFFBTT, M. OJ, ST. LOUIS. NKH