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% VOL. 14. ?r - HOW IT WAS DONE. The Story of the Battle of the Sea of Japan. - HOW ADMIRAL TOGO, The J^fuiicse Commander, Carefully Planned and Won a (ireat Victory Over the Kusian Fleet, The Tarpcdo Attack was the Climax of the Battle. A special cable dispatch to the New York Times from Tokio says it is now possible to write the story of the battle of the Sea of Japan anrl of the movements of the belligerent tleets preparing for It. Krom tlrst to last Admiral Toko never wavered in his conviction that the Baltic tleet must cnoose the Tsushima passage, his argument being that no commander would attainpt to lake a large squadron throaPh the northern straits In the season of fogs and at great distance from neutral ports and refuge for damaged ships. There was also danger from mines In Tsugaru strait and Soya strait, whereas no such ap prehensions need be felt with regard to Tsushima. Kojestvensky apparently reasoned exactly as Togo anticlpat'd, though many of his ollicers ad\\cited the northern prssage. Some strongly urged the advisability of seizing a , base in Formosa and compelling the Japanese to come thither to tight, i This question was earnestly discussed i on board the ilagshlp In Kamranh bay, where NehogatotTarrived on May 5, receiving a tremendous welcome from the sailors of the second squad ron, who drew most favorable omens of ultimate victory from the success attending the safe voyage of the two < squadrons, and the junction at a place thousands of miles from the < European base. Kojestvensky, afcer hearing the arguments of his oflicers, announced the Intention of entering the Pacific, thereby gaining the advantage of a double objective, then of returning to the China sea, via the north of Forme si, and steering direct for Tsushima. The decision was welcomed with , acclamation, the oillcers embracing and drinking to the success of the plan. l?ninef nnnclr ti Kn n n/??nr*/l M " nfujwot?uuoivj , iitvv iii^ auwvTDU Hint} days for the third squadron to rcou perate, steamed out of Kamranh bay, May 14, passed Hallintang unobserved on the night of May 17, and coaled oil Nlataus, where oe stopped a Norwegian steamer consigned to a Japanese tirm, and informed the captain that the squadron's destination was Thus hi ma, Tills was for the purpose of deceiving Togo, who would naturally infer that some other destination was intended. Hojestvonsky meant to strengthen this inference by delaying his progress* so that his notiarrlval within a reasonable time might suggest that the Russians had really headed for the northern passages, but this device did not deceive Togo, who remained steadfast at Tsushima. Meanwhile Hojestvonsky had wholly failed to obtain trustworthy informa tion of Togo's whereaboats. The se cret which was so carefully guarded remained unknown even to the .la panese public to the very end. On May 25 fix Russian transports and V ~ uuAiuai ) i/i uinuia uiiiuium 1 au^ itao, which greatly perplexed the public, but was interpreted by Togo as a sure indication of Rojestvensky's prismee in the China sea. UUS8IAN KL.EKT SIOIITKD. At 5.30 u. m. May 27 Japanese scouts lying north of (} lelpart island reported by wireless telegraphy that the Russians were drawing up toward Tsushima, but the fog conceded the exact character of the squadron, whether it was the main fighting force or only a few weak craft sacrificed in order to attract the attention of the Japanese to the south while Rojestven^ky himself passed by the norttoo* avenues. Tula quest ion remairMT uncertain until noon, when the IntShse anx ety In Tokio was re lieved by a telegram from Togo an nouncing that the whole Russian fl:et was in sight. Meanwnile Togo pursued his plan unwaveringly, keeping his principal squadrons carefully concealed in places still secret For the purp ise of promoting the belief among the Russians that Tsushima straits were weakly guarded and drawing them through the eastern channel he sent out a number of second class ships which, though slow, carried gur.s suf ticiently heavy to prevent the enemy from closing in. The fog helped to preserve these vessels, whioh nevertheless ^ogo was not unwilling to saoritlce on the altar of his main pur nose, r Rojestvensky, until In the vicinity of Tsushima, kept his auxiliary oruls ers in front, but lmmedla!cly before entering the channel rfcallod them, after which the lead was taken by & \ the battleships Imperator Alexander, t \ Navarin and Kniaz SouvarolT. The * ^ wind now freshening, the sea already rough began to ruu very high. The fog togan to lift. Togo signaled that the fate of the empire depended upon this tlfort, and the men must do their utmost. The Russians, still confident, held their course at a uniform speed of 12 knots, exchanging a desultory tire with the decoy squadron, which withdrew to the northeast. At 1 p. m. Togo entered the arena with his best lighting material, distributed in two squadrons of six vessels eaoh, his own squadron consisting of four battleships and the cruiser Nlshid and Kasuga; Kamlmura's squadron, consisting of six armored cruisers. Togo was steaming at a speed of 14 knots, Kamimura at Id knots. At about 1.30 p. m. the fog thlning Rojestvensky sighted Togo's battle ships in single column, line ahead, rounding the north of Tsushima, bearing down on his port bow. Shortly ^^^^^^teward he sighted Kamimura i cI coveriug his stern on the same side, while the decoy Hiuadron, strongly reluforced, threatened his starboard. The Russians immediately formed In double column, line ahead. The east column was led by the battleship lmpcrator Alexander, the west line was composed of cruisers, while the auxiliaries were between the oolumns In the rear. The sea now was very rough, with a strong southwest wind blowing, so that the Japanese had not only the beuetlt of the sun at their backs, but were also assisted by the heavy smoke which poured down upon the ltusslans. The heavy seas, too, were eminently in favor of the Japanese gunners, who habitually practice In stormy weather with the refult that their aim was not disturbed by the unsteadiness of the gun platform. Further they were able to take advantage of the exposure of the euemy's Jvltal parts ocoa stoned by the rolling and tossing of the ships. The Russians opened lire at 12,000 metres, but It was wholly Ineffective. Tne Japanese reserving their lire until the range was 7.500 metres, when they tired six trial shots and so:red three hits. The battle now bccamo general. The Russians perpetually essayed to force their way northward, but the Japanese, steaming at a higher speed, constantly headed them baok, so that the Russian course described a loop, the ships tiling past the Japanese who poured In a deadly tire from three directions. Rojestvensky's gunners maintained a much higher rateof tire, Imfr. t hnl? " x * .^.v ui.on |/iujcubiius neariy always Hew high or buried themselves in the sea, euidently owiug to the gunner<?' want of experience In gunlaylng In rough weather. Before evening live Russian warships had been sunk, including three battle ships, which apparently lost their stability, owing to the piercing of their water tight compartments on ane side only, and the action of the fore and aft bulkheads. Meanwhile the Russian formation had been bro ken, but the ships were still contined to the southeast corner of the Sea of Japan. Thus far Togo's strategy had worked perfectly, but the most important part of his work remained, nameiy, the loosing of 1(1 squadrons of torpedo boats upon the Russians during the night, when their were partially disabled and confused. There wore great fears at < nc time that this would be impossible, as the sea was too rough for torpedo boats. However, towards evening Ihe wind and waves subsided, the night became q ilet, and the starlight exceedingly well suited for the work of the torpedo boats, which rushed in from three q larters, re serving their missiles until within 1100 metres at the most, and making a practice so deadly that it redeemed i all previous failures. The Japanese deny any use of sub marines, and the conditions under which the battle was fought were obviously unsuited for them. Meanwhile the Japauesc sighting squadrons had dropped ctf to the north, leaving the Held free for the torpedo craft By midnight only nine Russians remained with the formation under Neboga toll. These struggled northward with 1 t/r rnnrlA h/kotu rtli ir?.. I ? '1 . ? * uv? wttun lU lllUir II iUKS and constantly stabbing, so ttiat dawn found only tlvc remaining, the battle ships Orel and Nikolai, two coast defense ships and the cruiser lzumrud. \ Having lost his bearings owing to complicated manoeuveres, Admiral ' Ncoogatoflf decided to steer westward until he p eked up seme feature of K nea's coast that he could Identify. Presently the lzumrud, which was 1 scouting, reported that she made out the Ulnvny islands (Llancourt rock ), 1 whereupon the Russians, recovering heart, shaped their ooime for Vladivostok, but almost Immediately thev 1 observed two iqiadrons of Japanese approaching at lull speed, ahead and recognizing the llags of Togo and Dewa. The lzumrud steamed off at top speed, but Nebogatoff's ships encumbered with wounded, with ammuni tlon lacking, decided to haul down their colors. r still lloatlng fragments of t asslan ileet were pursued and del /toyed by the Japa- 1 nese, who had been organized In view of this contingency, Into groups of homogeneous ships. The battle shows no novel feature. The Russians fought with "devoted valor, but were outclassed at every point. Their shooting was Incomparably inferior to that of the Japanese, who scored an extraordinary number of hits with their 1'2-lnch guns. The Japanese projectiles also were much more euecr.ive man those or the Russians. Njthlng was more notable than the Japanese skill in using torpedoes, contrasting markedly with previous ill success, and evidently resulting from the special course of training recently pursued and from the teachings of experience. Shot liiniHnlf. W. IT. Verner, of Columbia, S. C., committed suicide at Morganton, N. O., at half past six o'clock Thursday evening. A bullet hole in the head caused Instant death. He was found In a lumber yard. From the meager details that can be obtained he is thought to have came to Morganton on Southern railway train No. 11 Thursday to enter the hospital there for treatment for a nervous disease. A letter was found in one of his pockets addressed to his father In Columbia. Young Verner was the winner of a Cecil Rhodes American scholarship at Oxford university, Ksgland. Hnglnnor 8oal<U<l. Southern railway passenger train No. 40, northbound, was wrecked one mile north of King's Mountain Thum day night. Engineer Charles Cauble, of Greenville, S. C., was badly scalded, but will recover. The negro fireman, Hob Wlthorspoon, of Greenville, oannot be found. No others are thought to be seriously Injured. The engine, mall and baggage oars left the ti&ok. Rlaoktiharg Depot Burned. A dispatch from Blacksburg says the enlre freight plant of the Southern railroad at that place was wiped out by fire Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock and it was with difficulty that the passenger station was saved. The origin of the fire is a complete mys.The.lo-y Is estimated at IJ.600. rite cos A PECULIAR CASE. A Massachusetts Man 7urna His ^ kin Into Souvenir Purses. Htied IIIh Cuitolo a Hi-ooiul Time TFiIh Year for tlie ThirtyMccoml Ttme. Having shed his skin from neck to foot two weeks ago, Sell# Goodman, of No. 2.'1 Washington street, Worces ter, Mass., Is undergoing a see >nd process of shedding his cuticle like a black snake. Worcester physicians who have studied the peculiar case say It Is the most remarkable they have heard of. Goodman savs t.hov are not more puzzled than physicians in Philadelphia, Pittsburg and in Kurope, where he has made a change. For thirty two years he has had a new set of skin each year and in some years two changes. This is one cf the years when he wlil have two new sets. before the process of the first shedding was complete, Goodman noticed another layer of skin, under the outer cuticle, which hex an to harden a few days after the old skin was removed, le has given strips of hide to his acquaintances. When they hear:! that be was to have another change of skin he was besieged with requests for suuvonir patches. "The second shedding which lam undergoing he said Wednesday, "is the first 1 have had that is not pain ful. All 1 ask Is relief from pain. 1 have given up hope of being cured. "The pain 1 suffer is what annoys me. Otherwise I do not mind It. After getting a new skin 1 feel like a sixleenyear-old boy. In the seven weeks since the first shedding began I have lost 25 pounds. I weighed 165 pounds and now tip the scale at 140. 1 am beginning to feel strong agair. The scconu change Is not weakening half so much as the first one. "1 have peeled the skin from my body, legs and arms. I am letting it harden on my hands and feet. It is the second process this year, and It Is the tirst that 1 have undergone that is not painful, before the skin begins to harden 1 suffer with a rash which is torturous. "1 expect in two days time to fin Kin tne second round. My Sunday I will be all right, for at least one year." Mr. Goodman showed two patches of skin, each three by four Inches, taken from the palms of his hands at the tirst shedding. The lines are plainly visible. The skin Is hard, and by tanning they will make a covering for a real hand made handbag, he says. "1 have been offered $25 for these," he continued, "but do not care to make capital out of It. I give them to acquaintances. I will have these two patches made Into a souvenir pnckt tbo.ik. 1 have quit trying to learn the cause or a cure for It. Every physician whom 1 have seen admits that it puzzles him." Goodman was born in Tilsit, Prus sla, Germany. June 20, 1804. He was reared aeross on the Russian border, where bis parents still live. II is grand- | father on his father's side and grand | mother's side are living, and each is nearly 100 years old. II* has four brothers, three of them in the United States, and one sister. None of them is affected the way he is. His father is a grain merchant and well to-do. "I was eight years old when I tirst shid my skin," he said. "I was taken to Koenlghberg, where l)r. Kahurok, a specialist of skin diseases, siid .>e had never heard of a similar case. Of all the different treatments I have undergone, none of them cured. Dr. Mradford treated me tifteen years ago, in Philadelphia, and 1 was in bed twenty-six weeks. Last year Dr. John M dTatt, of Philadelphia, was my attending physician. He advised buttermilk and a light diet. Dr. Nightingale indorsed this advice, and adds salve. Usually it takes from six to ten weeks for one shedding. This year I will go through with two in seven weeks. "The skin on my feet is twice as thick as that on my hand. I am saving it for an acquaintance, who wants the patches for a wallet." Killed liy * Pall. John W. Arnold, a white well diir ger, fell from his scat In a large buck, t which was being hauled up from the bottom of a well, and was Instantly killed Tuesday. Arnold and several workmen were employed to deepen a well of the 1). E Converse company, near the Glendalc mills, Spartanburg county, and he was lowered to the bottom to Inspect the undertaking. As he was being towed back to the top, and about the time he had nearly completed the trip, he-suddenly lost his perch and fell headforemost to the bottom. Fits neck was broken by the fall. Arnold had complained of being unwell prior to beglnlng the work. The accident was in no monner due to the workmen wno assisted him. An Klo*oii-Ye?r-Olil Wife. New York's sensational martial case was brought into the courts again Tuesday when the trial of Jacob Flnellte was continued before Magistrate Finn. Finelite Is being prosecuted by Lena Finelite, a child of eleven years, who olalms that she was married to the man In January and that he has abandoned her, refusing longer to contribute to her support. Finelite Is about thirty live and wealthy. He has dented that he married the ohtld, but a certificate and witnesses have been produced whloh seem to bear out the truth of the child's claims. Heart Disease Kptderalo. The faot that a hundred and twenty-five persons died last week In New York cltv from onranlc heart when the death rate the correspandlng week In 1904, was only fifty-six, has given rise to the belief among physicians that the New Yorkers are living too rapid lives. The strain of business and the cares attendant on fierce ooropetion in the financial center of the olty and the worry attendant on the anxiety to gain wealth 1h given as the explanation by the physiolans of the condition wbioh exists in the world's metropolis today. j&Bl& J&AAJkJt |SI Ptt (WAT, 8. C? THDH A NOBLE HERO Who Was Murdered bv Order of (ien. F. P. Blair. OF SEKMAN'S AKMY. A I.ucid and Thrilling Account of One of the Many Uncalled for Crimes of the Great Incendiary While Maranding in this State During the War. To the editor of The Sunday News: 1 have read with Interest the articles of Mr. Ford and others In recent Issues of The Sunday News, in reference to the shooting of James Miller by Sherman's army, In March, 1805, In retail atlon for the killing of a Federal soldier by supposed bushwhackers. Mr. Miller lived near JelTerson, In ChesterHeld County, S. C., and 1 knew his brother, the late Major J no. S. Miller, and many of his neighbors and friends among theui some of those who participated with him in the casting of lots. Some years ago a newspaper was placed in my hands by a son-in law of James Miller. In which was an account of tl.e shoot!ok of Mr. Miller, purporting to have been written by an otilcer connected with the atfair and present at his death. 1 have forgotten the name of the oilicer, and of the newspaper, which 1 think was published, in Lancaster or Chester Held, S. C., and reproduced the article from a Western paper. This paper was in my portfolio, which was mislaid, lost or stolen atiout two years ago. KXUUSK KOlt MILLBK'S MUUDKU. It stated that the dead body of a Federal soldier, belonging to a Western cavalry regiment, 1 think from Michigan, was found where he had evidently been murdered by bushwhacsers, that the Federal commander had determined to resort to retaliation to prevent such killings, and Gen Francis L\ Blair, who commanded the 17th army corps, issued orders for the casting of lots for one man to be put to death for the killing of the cavalryman aforesaid. My informants did not know all who participated in the casting of lots, but among them were Mr. B. R. Clanton, now living In Chesterrtleld County, Mr. Robert Griffith anrl nt.lioro i"im ? .lames Miller. I have talked with and corresponded with others about the cruel tragedy, and from them and the account by the Federal Glllocr before mentioned my information was oh taincd. DRAWING LOTS TO DIK Or e or more of the participants said it came as a great surprise to a'l who were made to cast lots, and one of them declared that he never before 01 after found it such a task to stretch forth his right haad to draw a little piece of paper out of a hat. James Miller drew the fatal lot. He was a man between forty-live and fifty years of age and had been captured a day or two before some distance west of Che raw, while ou ids way home on furlough from Florence, S. (J., whore lie had been en traced in guarding prison ers. lie prote while he sym pathized witl. in her strug trip, arid had given 0. is means for we support of the Cause, he was over age for active service, and had not tired a gun in the war. Hut lie was told that the order was imperative. He begged to be allowed to communicate with his wife and children, but this privilege was denied him. He then asked to confer with such of his neighbors and friends as were captives with himself. To those lie gave directions for his wife, asking that she be told lie was not coming home, and advising her about his farm and about the chil dren, Just as If lie were going ciT on a journey to be abseut for a time. MILLKlt'S LAST REQUESTS. He then made some requests of those who were al>out to shoot him. He asked, in the first place, that he bo not bound either hand or foot, saying lie was not going to run, that lie was prepared, and not afraid to die. He then I uNKt.'u Lnai ne be not blindfolded, saying he wished to look Into the eyes of those who were to shoot him. And lastly, he begged that he be not shot In the fr.ee, declaring that God had given him his face, and that In all his life ho had never done anything of which he was ashamed. His last wishes were respected. He was marched off a short distance, the tiring squad drawn up, the guns discharged as one and James Miller lay dead, as much a hero as If he had died at the cannon's mouth at Gettysburg, In the charge up Snodgrass Hill at (Jhlckamauga, or at the bloody angle at Spottsylvania. "I)ont shoot me In the face, for God gave me that, and In all my life 1 have done nothing to t>3 ashamed of." What a sentiment, what a model! MII.I.KU S IIUMHLK OKA VK. At Five Forks' Methodist Church, In Chestertleld County, on the road from Lancaster to Chestertleld Court House, and half way between the two, Is the little mound that marks the last resting place of James Miller. I have passed tbore & few times, but never without dismounting and going softly with uncovered head to the spot and recalling the manner and cause of his death. Chesterfield County has pro duocd some of the great men of South Carolina, but she never gave birth to a purer patriot or more unostentatiously | brave man than James Miller. 1IOW A NKOKO SKKVJCI) IIIH MASTKK. But the Federal cavalryman, for whose killing Mr. Miller was shot, was not killed by a Confederate or bush! whacker at all. Mr. Gilliam Soweil, of Kersbaw County, owned a negro man named Epbralm, and entrusted him to hldo his horses and mules from the. en emy while Sherman's army was passi Ing and he was found in Lynohes Creek Swamp by a soldier, who seized i them and made the negro go with him. After they had gone some distance the tt I SDAY, JUNE 22.1? sun came out, the tirst time in (iuite a wliile, the trooper said he was very tired and sleepy and suggested that lie would lie down and take a nap, if the ncgio would keep watch for him, and arouse him if anyone approaohed. He was scon asleep, and Eraphaim, not relishing that manner of appropriating his master's property, proceeded to repossess it by killing the trooper with a litf htwnod knot. He carried his master's horns and mules, as well as the soldier's hordb, hack into the swamp, and they were all rescued. Mr. Sowell, Ephraim's owner, was the father of Mr. James M Sowell, the well kuown supervisor of Kershaw County. path of til k amkkic'an attila. Sherman's maroli from Savannah to Raleigh, and especially through South Carolina, was a belt of absolute desolation, forty miles wide, where blackened ruins and lone chimneys st< od as silent wituci-sis to show where p.ace and plenty and happy homes had been. The inherent grit and self reliance of the Southern character have reclaimed the desolate fields and largely made them blossom as the rose. The chlmneys and blackened ruins may be for gotten by those who are to ooinc after us, but the heroic death of James Miller and of others who perished In the spring of 18(55, will be remembered. Wm. I). Tkantiiam. Camden, S. C., June, 1, 1905. DISAPPEARS-FROM HOME. A York County Farmer Deserts His Wtlo and Children. Erwin Carries, a farmer living on the Jim Moss plantation near Tir/.ah, left his home early last Tuesday morning and nothing has been heard from him since. Carries has been married three times, his last wife being a widow living In Concord, N. C , when she married Carries. Her maiden uame was Harris. She come of a good family and has relatives In the county. Mrs. Carries awoke just before day Tuesday morning and missing her husband, called him several times and claims he answered her from the piazza the last time she called, and thinking he would return in a few minutes, she gave the matter no further concern at the time. Hut If Carncs was on the porch when his wife called for him, lie made good use of the few minutes while she was waiting for him to come in, for tic i was no where in sight when a search , was made for him a few minutes later. He left a letter for his seventeen year old son and one to his wife in which he stated tiiat he was forced to leave | on account of his sou and his wife's daughter giving him so much trouble, said neither one of them would work and he could not control them. He , carried nothing with him except a ( gun and a few clothes packed in a \aliso. His wife Is much wrought up over the matter and has tried hard to j tind some trace of Carnes, but all in vain. Carces, It is said, left hlstirsr , wife twice but returned on both occasions and lived with her until her death. He was married to his last wife less than a year ago.?Reck Hill Herald. ( A is in a 11 Crop. A dispatch from Dallas. Texas i says John T. Garner, business agent and manager of the cotton depart ment of the Farmers' Union, has is sued a cotton report, showing reduction of cotton as per sworn statements from union and non union farmers through the southern cotton belts ' He says that about January 1, 150,000 J cotton coupons were sent out to mom- 1 hers of the union, on which coupons ' the farmers were each to state what 1 their cotton acreage was hist year, ' and to write a pledge that it would not exceed a given number of blank acres this year, lie adds: '"1 have had everv coupon tabulated and the full report shows a reduction In cotton 1 acreage of 30 1-3 per cent. The late cold, wet weather has caused a still ' greater rtd iction in acreage; then the web, or as some call It, the "careless 1 worm," Is stripping the foliage olT of thousands cf scores all over Texas, most of which will have to be planted over even at this late date. At the present outlook this years crop will not exceed 8,000,000 bales." Hftvcd Uunrd'H Lille. Frank Davis, a negro convict on the Fairfield ohalngang, has been reward ed for saving a guard's life, by being released. Davis was sent up in 1002 foi housebreaking and larceny and his sentence was live years. The other day one of the negro convicts on the same gang with Davis planned to escape. While the guard's back was turned the negro rushed at him with a pickax and only the quickness of Davis prevented a tragedy. The other negro fought desperately, but Davis finally overpowered him and the sup ervisor of Fairlleld at once took steps to have Davis set free. Governor Heyward signed a commutation of sentence to the present time and the order for freedom was sent on at once. Georgia At The Head. Members of the class of D?05 of the United States Military academy received their diplomas from the hands or Col. Albert L. Mills, superintendent of the academy Tuesday morning. The head of the graduating class this year is Dawltt C. Jones, of Georgia. The four next highest in the order of their class standing are Ernest Graves, of North Carolina; Franois P. Wleby, of Masschuietts; Clarence B. Hlley, of Indiana, and Alvln B. Barber, of I Oregon. Prominent among the other I members of the class is Calvin M. Titus, who as a volunteer soldier was the llrst to the wall at Pckln, China, during the Boxer troubles. Midshipman Drowned. A dispatch from Annapolis says a wireless message was received at the naval academy Tuesday night from Commander C. J. Badger, commanding the U. S. S. Newark, conveying news of the death by drowning of Midshipman L. I. Vertrees of the second olass. The Newark is one of the vessels now engaged in the army and navy joint exercises and was at anchor off Ilaokett Point when jcung Vertrees was in swimming with some companions. Young Vertrees was 19 years of age and a sou of W. J. Vertrees, of Buchnell, Illinois. IfraM a 05. CRAY HEROES Gather Again to Talk of the Days That Arc Not. THE BOYS IN BLUE Send Greetings to Their Old Enemies. The Convention City Crowded to Overflowing With Visitors and Old Veterans, All the Old Officers Re-elected. For the second time In live years the United Confederate Veterans and auxiliary org.'.u zttlons gathered In Louisville for their annual reunion, their reception Wednesday under a blazing sun and with miles of brll ltant hunting Hying in the breeze bo- 1 ing In strong ontrast to the weather conditions of live years ago, when the record breaking rains prevailed during I the enure period of the reunion and even caused a postponement of the parade on the last day. The decora tlons this year are on a lavish scale and it is remarked that the American llag predomina es. The reunion was oftlqJally openod shortly after the not.a wair, wi.en (Jen. Bennett 11. Young, commander of the Kentucky divit iou, c: lied the perspiring mass of humanity in the horneshow building to order and Introduced the chaplain general, J. ' William Jones of Richmond, Va. Dr. Jones In his invocation prayer that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon the president of these Uuitul States, and "that he may en aided to be the president of tills whole country and every section." A fewmoments later Gov. J. G. W. Beck ] ham, in speaking Kentucky's welcome to the old men in gray. A rousing reception was given the commander-ln-chief, Gen. Stephen D. L c, when lie arose to respond for the veterans to the addresses of welcome. The general was in splendid voice despite the long wait in the heated building and his speech was interrupted many times by cheering. Cheers were given the few remainln great tigures of the Confederacy as they made their appearance. They venerable Simon Boliva Buckner, who Is approaching ids 80 years, was heartily greeted and delivered a speech which would have done credit to a man half iiis years. Lieut. W. L, Oabel, commander of I he Trans Mississippi division, was helpe I to tiie. platform by many willlug hands and his appearance was the signal for a prolonged outbrust of hatidclapplng. The reception accorded Gen. Joe Wheeler was second to none of the day. The famous cavalry otlleer was sheered from the time his grey-topped head was discerned in the great throng until he ascand-d the rontrum and motioned for silence. He thanked the veterans for the heartlucss of Lhetr reception and assured them that their greeting went deep into his heart. KIT irts to arrive at the exact number of veterans and visitors in Louisville Wednesday night were necessarily futile. Railroad,mon who have had experiohce in the ha idling of crowds j it other reunions assert tiiat the num- | Brous special trains arranged for the. Louisville meeting were more crowded J Lhan at any other reunion in the past live years. A conservative estimate , would, however, seem to set the figure | nt near the 25,000 mark. , The convention Thursday re-elected . the old oillcers as follows: Commandcr-irt chief, Lieut, CreD. | Stephen D. Leo, Mississippi. I Commander trans Mississippi de , partment, Qen. L. W. Cabell, Texas. | Commander Army of Tennessee department, Lieut. Gen. Clement A. , Evans, Georgia. Commander Army of Northern Virginia department, C. Irvln Walker, South Carolina. New Orleans had little dilllculty in , securing the convention for 1000. \ Eraternal greetings were read from the State encampment of G. A. R. of Indiana in session at Madison. The following was, introduced and adopted: "Whereas, the bill before congress for the care of the graves of Confederate soldiers buried near hospitals jj and prisons in the north has so far ( failed of p\ssage by that body; j| "lie It resolved, That this assocla-' tion of United Confederate Veterans < in convention assembled, urges the passage of this bill, as a matter of right and duty, not only on the part of the senators and representatives in congress from southern States but also on the part of those from all other States of the United States, in that the government is charged with the sepulohre of those who died prisoners in its hands, according M t.h? iu??no of civilization, of which the United States forms a large competent part. ' Friday's feature of the reunion wa-. the parade of the old soldiers whic < began about noon. The line of march covered three miles. JIuge floats, gaily decorated, were prepared for the veterans who were unable to walk. The precautions, looking to the safety of the soldiers and their care in case of Illness, had been taken by the mod* ical department of the reunion com mittee, many ambulancas and physicians and nurses being scattered along the line of maroh. After the transaction of much routine business on Friday the convention adjourned sine die at half-past six o'clock. Killed lly A Halt lor. The Charleston Post says a negro man by the name of Llybert Courtrlet was received into the city hospital Thursday, suffering from a rattlesnake bib*, lie died Thursday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. The rattlesnake, said to have been four feet long, bit the man at Midland park, some miles from the city and the negro was bleeding profusely when he reached the olty. - "~p BANK OF CON W A CAPITAL STOCK, f 20,000.00 TOTAL ASSETS OFFICJ D. CL COLLINS, President. C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pues. Oar Bank, being a local institute building of Horry County and for the cuing this policy we take ploosuro in accommodation when consistent with f With gratitude for the liberal p cordially solicit your future business. Respectful] D A. SPIVE wvwvwvvwrvv>a^ws/wvn/vvvvw Robt. B. Scarborough, H. L, x iDoiunn. * BANK OF Convvaj Capital Stock DIREC'J Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, Qoorgo J. Hollidaj, We will pay you 5 por coat, later* ish aatinge bank? to tnoeo wishing Try our plan for saving your aicklea a these little banks and the interest wo 1 help you. ORKATLY PLEASED. A Northern Man's Fyes Was Opened at Chapel Hill. UoiiKfOHBiuan Boutoll, I'ukoH Oppor111 ii11V to Hay Nioo JLhlngH About tho South and Hnr People. Congressman H. S. Boutell, of Illinois, who recently delivered the corauoenccinent address at Chapel 11111, N. J., before the State University there, law many things during his visit which gave him a better insight into conditions in the South than he had previously enjoyed. The institution, J it which President Polk, Senator lien jOn and many other prominent Southjrn statesmen graduated, was founded J In 1770, and maintains a high standird of merit in all its departments. Yet it has not lost the ilavor of the old limes, said he, speaking of Its atmosphere as a center of plain living " ind high thinking. Tills, coming from 1 i Harvard graduate, is pralae worth iothing, as Ms ids opinion that it would be a good plan if some Northern young men would go there to study. )neof the striking revelations disclos ^ id to him was that a leading member >f the graduating class, whom lie judg-A id from ills courtly bearing and 0ne presence to belong to the old aristocracy pf the South, proved to have come from a one room cabin in the North Carolina mountains, who had arrived it Chapel Hill without a dollar and ' jarucd his way through college. These 1 excursions into the South by Northern ( itatesraen should he. nuri? nftonor i? would be well to send them there when ^oung for a more thorough comprehen don of the country and people, but there are few, however advanced In ige, who would not prolit by a better t K.qu&intancc. \ Mr. Boutell's visit, agreeable as It was to him in Its revelations touching the standard of educational instltuLiousln the South, the cour testes shown him and his recommendation in regard to sending Northern youth to Chapel Hill cannot but bear good fruit in pro muting a more national spirit. Ills velws are directly In the line of tbose which have been lccently expressed by the Courier Journal upon the subjaot ind In keeping with the Spirit of late addresses by Presidents Madly, of s Yale, and Eliot, of Harvard. Especially enlightening to the North Is the Incident related by him of the young f rraduateofhumblcantecendentswhom d he mistook for one of aristocratic birth, a It will serve well to correct an imprcs- a ilon too prevalent in the North that I wealth and high birth are essential t for success in the South, and that the 1 poor man is practically barred from h hope of rising Ju life. There never was J. a more groundless Idea, as the history c of men who have attained eminence c In that section abundantly proves. j Andrew Jackson was the son of poor c Scotch-Irish emigrants and he was born in the Waxhaw settlement, near > the dividing line between North and \ South Carolina, his father dying in c his infancy, lie was a red-haired, freckle-faced, barefooted boy who carv- r ed his way to fame over \11 ills more t aristocratic associates. Henry Clay was known as the MUlboy of the Slashes, ^ locality* near Hanover Courthouse ( V^>, where-he was born. Yet no two ( men were of more distinctly Southern j and American type. The list could be i extended indefinitely to prove that in the South personal merit and capacity I are quite as distinctively the qualities 1 which win success as in the North. rnu ~ 1*- ' ** xue resuib oI flir, IS >Ul6li'8 Visit 1 cannot but prove beneficial In tending to descctionalize education and promote a better understanding among v the educated class In the North of con- ] dltinns as tiiey exist In the South, not only in regard to education, but in all other material facts There is no part of the Union in which education is 1 commanding more attention, r.ot only 1 as to the white, but also the black 1 race, as to which, with limited excep : tions, there is equal interest with equal < support from the public treasury. ? What is especially needed now is Just 1 such enlightening of the Northern I mind as has resulted from the visit of I Mr. Boutell to Chapel Hill. That one 1 of such otherwise wide information l and long prominence in public life should not sooner have become informed upon the subject, is the key to much of the lingering sectional feeling ( which exists between the North and ; the South.?Louisville Courier Journ- 1 al. ] billions Bill the sleepy head, Dearly loved to lay a-ncd; 1 Couldn't wake him if you shook him; 1 When his si umbers overtook him. ( Suddenly lie started waking Kv'ry morn when day was breaking. ' What's this magic necromancer? EARLY ltlSEUS, that's the answer. ' Dx. E. Ntrton. r*? * / / NO. lO. CONWAY' wY, s. o. SUURPLUS FUND, f-MhOOOl I, |180,000,00. EKS: D. A. SPIVEY, Cashier. R. W. OOLLIN8, Asst. Cabbie*. on, has always striven for the upbetternient of her eititons. In perextending to our customers cvory lound banking. atronago received in the past, we ly yours V , O ASH I E R , Buck, Will A. Freeman, esident. Cashier. HORRY, r. S, . $ 25,000 :0RS: W. R Lewis, W. A. JoKnson, "WiLl A. 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The young people were attracted>y the barking of a dog in tho yard urrounding their home and went out ,o Investigate, followed by a younger ihild. They were tired upon by some>ne from behind the smokehouse. The roung lady fell dead, the young man irawled hack to the house, where he lied, and the younger child waflKp^j vounded. Carter tired up m some onMftA jrowllng In his yard early WedneS^dS lay. Ilosa>s the Intruder was a m> fro.. He believes the assasssins are legrpes, but says others ma? hnva * v >oen instigators of the crime. (jimmy vh, (JumilUr, Hard muscles and strong body do not lepcnd on the quantity of food you 5iit, hut on its perfect digestion and proper assimilation. 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