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THE HATIOKAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. Capital $50,000.00. AVilX buy county claims, receive uoposit uml uiiiKc Itlicral Ioann on approved paper 1*. (J. Boss. Cashier. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Advei- tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 1G, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. FRIDAY, MAY 12. 1899. fLOO A YEAR. GENERAL WHEELER STIRS THE VETERANS Old Warrior Addresses His Former Comrades. ^OUCHES ON EXPANSION He Declares That Southerners Have ^Vlways Ileen Foremost In Advocat ing tbo Acquisition by America of New Territory. Charleston, May li.—The moruing session of the veteran*’ reunion ojonod at 11 o’clock with the singing of the doxology, followed by a speech by Cimplain Smith, who was compared by General Gordon to Stonewall Jackson. Committees on credentials and on reso lutions were appointed, one member t^iug selected by each state. General Gordon then introduced Gen- e*d Joe Wheeler as the “hero of San tiago and the wizard of the Uoufed* eraoy.” •‘When Wheeler was in Cuba,” said General Gordon, “he forgot where ho was and when he saw the Spaniards ho cried out, ‘forward boys, the yaukees are running.’ I am going to strike the chord that will stir every confederate veteran by pronouncing the name of that incarnation of lire and courage, Joe ■Wheeler. ” • The audience went wild with ap pl9ose and there were shouts of Wheeler and Joe from all parts of the hall. Every sentence brought shouts of ap plause and the ringing speech of Wheeler stirred the veterans to a frenzy of en thusiasm and for whole minutes at a time he found it impossible to proceed. Joe Wheeler Speaks. General Wheeler’s speech was ai follows: “The history of our country, when compared with that of all the eras that have preceded us, shows that our civi lization has produced the highest class of men and the noblest type of soldiers. The very idea of liberty nerves the soul and fires the heart. Defeat but exas perates, adding desperation to vigor and energy to determined resolve. “It was the teaching of fathers and mothers who fled from the oppression of caste and class, braved the uu- fathomed ocean and lauded upon these sjiores, confronted by wild beasts and Ravage Indians, that the highest honor end greatest privilege was to fight for country, its safety and its honor. “If the people of the north ffxcol In some qualities, it is al>o true that those of the sputh excel in others. It has 0* been said that teimflty of purpose, thrift and perseverance prec!qmtn&ted in the northern character. Tins may probably be so, but it is also true that other characteristics are more notice* able among the people of the south.’’ General Wheeler declared that the military history of the southern people bus been a prominent feature in history from the first settlement of this country. He cited Washington and this other southern co.nnmuders of the revolution, Winfield Scott and Andrew Jackson and the other heroes of the war of Ibli;, the southern generals who won fame in the war with Mexico, and then passing to the war between the states he said: “The battle-scarred veterans, who during four years of bloody warfare dazzled the world with the splendor of their heroism, are fast passing away. The few who remain gather annually to renew the friendship which fermod among such scenes is the warmest and most enduring. No greater heroes were in ihe legions led by Alexander, Hanni bal, Charlemagne or Napoleon, for your achievements excelled all theirs. “In the greatest battles of the civil- war you contended with men of en durance, fortitude and courage, men with the same birthright of freedom, imbued with the same spirit of liberty, men who were as conscientiously con tending for what they deemed the right of the fedetal government as you for What you just as firmly held to be your rights. S.iugiiiiiaty Civil War. “While cur civil war was, I may truthfully assert, the most sanguinary recorded in history, it was also the most remarkable, as in it there was no ele ment of personal hosiiltty, and the sol diers as individuals could not in the na ture of things, have entertained feelings of hatred for each other. They fought not from revenge, not from malice, not from desire to shed blot d. not from am bition, but simply because they felt that there lay the path of duty. “It was a war fought to settle questions that for more than half a century had been matters of the most eat near, aud I might say, bitter contentions, increas ing in intensity until an appeal to the god of battles was rendered iuevitabe so that no arbitrament save that of the ■word was possible. When the south yielded, it was to numbers, battalions, artillery, to the unlimited resources of tll% federal government. “Tho armies of the south laid down their arms, but not one iota of their be lief in the truth and justice of their cause did they surrender. With energy aud determination they met the new problems confronting them. “Above the carnage, above the wail of widows aud the cry of orphans, above tho desolated homes, above the fields overgrown with new forests, there arose a new civilization and a new union, one niche in whose temple holds a figure whose name shall be honored throughout the ages. Lee, w'hose match less skill, whoso soldierly spirit, whose wonderful endurance was only equaled by the grandeur of soul which, accept ing the fiat of war, lived out to its full close, the noblest life recorded in all history for the admiration of posterity. “As between the soldiers on either side, there was no real enmity. Mutual admiration for each other's prowess is tho sentiment of all brave men, and with admiration respect naturally in creases. “Tho lifetime of a go no rat ten has softened the memories of that conflict, aud side by side, both north and south, have stood together in battle against a foreign too. “We meet bore to cherish and inten sify the memory of the great struggle in which you were actors. Your devo tion to duty, your courage in battle aud ▼our unmurmuring endurance was your heritage from your ancestors.’’ ion of F.xpHiiHion. General Wheeler touched upou tho quoslion of expansion by declaring that V southern soldiers and southern states men had ever taken a prominent partin all movements looking to the enlarge ment of our territory. “History for all time,” he siid, “will record that it was under southern pres idents that we have wrested from the wild Indians the greater part of the 8ii2,b88 square miles which lay between our thin lines of settlenueut on tho ocean and the Mississippi river, and under southern piesidents that we have added to this domain an area nine time* as great as the present area of tho orig inal 13 states. “While the various negotiations were being bad and our dominions wore be ing enlarged, adding to the glory of tho country, chiefly through the influence of the southern element; most bitter op position was developed m other parts of the Union. “It is a matter of which the southern people may well take pride, that during all tho greater progress and advance ment of our country, including tho armed contest of last year, aud which I am glad to say now appears to bo hap pily ended, no section of our land has been more devoted to the cause of our country and to upholding its honor aud prestige than the people of the southern states. “Those upon whom rests the cares, duties and burdens of government have encountered no embarrassments or com plaints or criticism from southern states. None of their brave volunteer regiments have asked to be returned from fields of active duty and when tho request has come from governors of other common wealths, vo.uuteers from the southern states have promptly begged for tho honor of filling their places in the front of battle. “The position in which the American people find themselves today was not sought by them, hut it is the logical re sult of conditions thrust upon the coun try by a course of events beyond out control. If it bo said they were fore seen aud predicted, it must also be ad mitted that no power in our grasp could have stayed the tide, and now we stand before the gaze of civilization confronted by grave responsibilities. The supremo test of American institutions is involved, aud the American system of govern ment is on trial. Progress of America. “It is said by some that while Eng land, Holland, France and other nations may extend a protecting hand to peo ples and lands separated from the home country, benefiting both the protector and the protected, that we shall be ut terly unable to accomplish such a pur pose. To admit this proposition is to admit that our system of government is lacking iu the essential qualifications which every sovereign power should possess. Iu one year we have risen M the first place in the family of national to make the smallest retrograde stef would bo at the expense of the prestige we have won. To return to the start ing point of a year ago wonld be to lose what it would take a century to regain. In answer to those who say that the policy of our forefathers forbade the ex tension of territory, I would point to Jef ferson and the Louisiana purchase, Mon roe and Florida, Polk and Texas, aud the vast territory acquired from Mexico, and later to Andrew Johnson aud tho acquisition of Alaska. “If there be any who contend that we should not peruitt the island of Cuba to become a part of the United States, and its people if they desire it to enjoy all the rights of American citizenship, I have only to point to the official decla rations of our great statesmen, com mencing with Thomas Jefferson aud running through almost the entire period of the first half of this century. During all that period our honored statesmen and presidents from Jeffer son to Buchanan laid down iu their messages and state documents the im perative necessity of making the Pearl of the Antilles a part of the United States.” In concluding his address General Wheeler paid an eloquent tribute to the women of the south aud the part they bore in the war and the dark years that followed, saying: "Although some of those blessed women are still with us, many more have long since gone to their reward, but they have rooked in cradles the principles, minds and characters which are to control tho fnture of their be loved land. The thought which 1 wish to impress upon the minds of the gen eration to whom we mast soon intrust a sacred charge, for the confederate sol dier’s race is nearly run, and the in junction which I would leave with your sous and daughters—for the daughters have the nobler part, and I know they wiil faithfully perform it—is this: “See to it that tho women of the con federacy have, in their posterity, a mon ument mor4 lasting than any that could be built of stone.” Silk Flag Presented. A magnificent silken flag was pre sented this morning to the United Con federate veterans by the Daughters of the Confederacy of chapter No. 4, at Charleston. The presentation speesh was delivered by General Wade Hamp ton, who was introduced by General Gordon, who said: “Comrades, there are many veterans here iu the hearing of my voice, but the vast majority are dead, bat 1 can truth fully say if such a thing were possible every confederate hero would rise in his grave to cheer the name of Hamp ton.” Hampton’s speech was very brief, and his voice could scarcely be heard. General Gordon received the flag and replied on behalf of the veterans. H« said it was a sacred emblem of the past which would be handed down to their children’s chilireu and would ever be preserved. “Comrades, to your keeping is en trusted,” said General Gordon, “this sacred flag, which has never been stained and which shall ever be borne by loving hands and worshiped by loyal hearts.” The following letter from Fitzhugh Lee was read before the convention this morning: “I am ever so much obliged for your kind aud complimentary letter. I do not know of anything that would give me greater pleasure than to be at the reunion in Charleston, but my duties here are so pressing and constant 1 lear I will not bo able to leave if only for a few days. “Then, too. I think the quarantine regulations would prevent me from get ting to Charleston or any other south ern port in May. You see after these quarantine laws are iu force we Cubans are suspected to have yellow fever, smallpox and ail other diseases aud we are set down us not being proper per sons for anybody to associate with until ihe gray frosts overspread the laud.” SHOOTS FIVE PEOPLE AND KILLS HIMSELF Horrible Tragedy Enacted at a Michigan Town. AN ENTIRE FAMILY SLAIN Joseph Harvey of Howard City Mur ders His Wife, Uncle, Grandmother, Tiiruc-Mouilis-Old Child and Father- In-Law and Then Suicides. Howard City, Mich., May 11.—Jo seph Harvey last night killed his wife, his uncle, Robert Pierson, aud his grandmother aud mortally wounded his 3-months-old child and his father-in- law, John Logeuslayer, and finally shot himself, inflicting a wound which is expected to prove fatal. Harvey’s uncle and grandmother live a mile north of the town. The mur derer went there last evening. He as serts that Pierson, his uncle, was quar reling with his grandmother and that he interfered; that whereupon Pierson stabbed and killed the old lady, aged 70, and that he (Harvey) retaliated by shooting his uncle. After shooting Pierson, Harvey stabbed him three times. Harvey then returned to his home, 2 miles southwest of town. Arriving there he shot his wife twice, killing her. He then fired at his 8 months-old baby, the boll going into its arm. Next Har vey entered his father-in-law’s room and shot him, inflicting, however, no fatal injury. He then returned the re volver on himself, shooting himself iu the neck. Harvey’s wife when attacked was sit ting up with the remains of her mother, who died yesterday. The Pierson home presents a horrible appearance. Pierson’s body was found in a chair and that of the old lady on the floor clad iu night dress. There are signs of a desperate struggle between Harvey and bis grandmother, but no indication of a tight between the two men. Harvey himself today informed the sheriff of th« murders at the Pierson homo. He was then arrested for mur dering his wife. Ho has nothing to say about the tragedies at his own home. There are strong threats of lynching. U transpires that Harvey, on reach ing tint heme of his lame mother-in- law. said nothing about his terrible acts at Pierson's house. Ho offered to sit up by the corpse of his wife’s mother. Ac cordingly the other retired. It was 4 o'clock this morning when Harvey went to his wife’s room aud killed her aiid attempted to slay his baby and his fatber-iu-law. He also fired at Miss LaBard, a teacher who boarded iu the honse. bat without effect. Harvey’s wound is serioui, bnt he is certain to recover. He w«s employed in a furniture factory and is only 20 years old. The cause of the terrible act has not been determined. NEW FOUNOLAND COME IN7 AN AFRICAN TERROR. Bishop Says the People Desire Annex ation to This Country. Marshall, Mich., May 11.—Right Rev. Bishop Hawley of St. Johns, N. F., administered confirmation iu St. Mary’s church today to a large class. In an interview Bishop Hawley said: “The public sentiment of New Found- land is more in favor of annexation to America than of confederation with Canada. This feeling has been accen tuated by the fact that the country has been recently betrayed and drawn into a most shamefnl railway contract by a Canadian syndicate and Canadian poli ticians. It amounts to a virtual swind ling of the country out of a $18,000,000 railway and all our coal, minerals, for ests and agricultural lands. A desper ate fight lor freedom is now imminent. The local parliament opens today and it u believed the government will be de feated aud the contract broken ap “I do not believe there is any imme diate prospect of the settlement of the French shore question. The complica tion arises not from any intrinsic diffi culty in the case, but because politicians have always thought of it rather as a means of exploiting their own popular ity than of relieving the country of the grave burden of French aggressions.” ALLEGED BURNERS ON TRIAL. Men Said to Have Cremated Seminole Indiana Arraigned. Muscogee, I. T., May 11.—Tho Semi nole bnrning and kidnaping case, in which there are 30 defendants for kid naping and afterwards bnrning at the stake Lincoln McGeisey and Palmer Sampson, Seminole Indians, are now on trial here. Horace Speed, ex-district attorney for Oklahoma, opened the case for the gov ernment, he having been especially re tained by the government to assist Dis- triot Attorney Soper iu the proseention. Nelson M. Jones, ex-deputy United States marshal, one of the defendants, was first placed on trial. Warren Ro- doff of Fort Smith, Ark., is his attor ney. The defendant has asked for a severance of their cases. United States Marshal Benuet, Com missioner W. T. Fears and Thomas Mc Geisey, the father of Lincoln, were the first witnesses examined. Court was crowded with interested spectators aud friends of the defendants and witnesses. THE TSETSE FLY’S BITE IS SURE DEATH TO ANIMALS. Prrpnred For the Invaders. Beverly, W. Va., May II.—Hearing that a force of COO citizens cf Elkins, W. Va., was on the way here to remove tho county records pending the settle ment of the question of the location of the seat, oit zeus under the leadership of Major J. F. Hairing, a confedera e soldier, fortified the county baildiugs and prepared to resist the Elkins peo ple. The latter tnrned back on hearing of tbeso preparations. The county records are still under guard. Cotton Mills For Durham. Durham, N. C., May 11.—The Dnke family of Durham will build an $800,- 000 cotton mill here. A $100,000 mill will bo built at Durham in addition to the $250,000 mill here, the stock in which was taken last week. Science Hua Tried In Vain to Find a Honiedy For the Stina of the Veno mous Little IiiNect—Ita I’olaon Has No KIYect U|ion Mnn. A post that fatally afflicts animals, bnt not man, and has thus far been confined to central and southern Africa, is the subject of a report to the Royal society, in England, by a committee ap pointed to investigate the matter. The disease in question is the result of a bite by a fly scarcely larger than tho common house fly, and though its prog ress is somewhat slower than that of the poison from snake bite the effect is equally deadly to ox, horse or dog. A sting like that of a mosquito leads to symptoms resembling those of a cold, and the animal grows steadily worse until it dies, perhaps a week or ten days after the tiny wound was inflicted. The importance of a malady of this sort was so apparent that tho Royal so ciety appointed a committee to study its nature and to ascertain, if possible, whether any euro could be found. A good deal of interesting information is presented in tho report, but us yet, in spite of some original and thorough ex periments, no remedy has been found for the disease. The most that science can recommend at present is a continu ance of the protective measures resorted to by the natives, which consist of plas tering animals over before they are tak en into an infected district with manure and other filthy snlistances. The tsetse fly sticks blood, as does the mosquito, and communicates its poison unintentionally no doubt just as mos quitoes are supposed to convey malarial poison into the veins of their victims. The mischief making agent in both in stances appears to be a living organism, a microbe, characteristic in the one case of malarial fever and in the other of the strange and fatal tsetse disease. Tho existence of the latter parasite was dis covered by Surgeon Major Bruce several years ago, after a careful study of the scourge. The fly is so abundant and perniciously active in some regions that they cannot be inhabited by horses and cattle. It is a curious fact, though, that man appears to be entirely unaffected by its btke. The great advances made within the last few years in bacteriology naturally suggested to the Royal society investi gators a lino of experiment from which, at the outset, it was reasonable to ex pect much. The first stop was to obtain specimens of the microbe, the next was to look into his habits aud relation ships, and tho third was to see what could be done in tho jvay of producing an antitoxin from his poison. The microbes wanted were taken from the blood of a dog that had been infected with the disease on its way home from Africa. Cultures wore then made in tho usual manner. Various animals were inoculated with tho para sites and attempts were made to pro duce a serum, such us is obtained for snake bite, diphthei and tetanus, that would protect anil ..Is that had not been attacked and cure those which hath But the system which works so admirably with a few of the best known bacterial maladies does not seem to be efficacious with that which results from the bite of the tsetse fly. Several variations of the standard methods were tried without success. Bile from tliseased animals was injected, for instance. So were preparations containing tho para sites of kindred maladies. Dieting was also resorted to, but yielded no pallia tive effects. Tho inquiry of tho committee was carried on in such a comprehensive manner as to include a comparison with the tsetso infection of somewhat similar phenomena noticed among rats in India and elsewhere. Koch is said to have at tributed a plague prevalent among In dian rats to tho tsetse parasite. The Royal society committee does not con sider the point established, but the identity of the African malady with one observed in Algeria is more prob able. One part of the investigation conduct ed by the committee related to tho kinds of animals that are subject to the pest under discussion. To obtain informa tion on this point, cats, dogs, rabbits, mice, rats, guinea pigs and even hedge hogs wore inoculated. They proved sus ceptible to the disease. At first it was suspected that the guinea pig was im mune, but while it responds more slow ly than some other animals to tho poison it succumbs eventually. No recovery oc curred after the parasites had once got into the creature’s blood. Not only does the horse die in consequence of a tsetse fly bite, but a hybrid of the zebra and ass does too. No hope of finding a sub stitute for the nobler animal that would be proof against tho disease was afford ed by this test. Here, however, are two or three comforting facts, although they have little practical bearing on the problem presented. It seems proved that the disease cannot be communicat ed by eating the flesh of an animal Which has died from it unless some lesion exists in the mouth or food pas sages. In other words, the poison must be injected into the blood. The virus rather quickly ceases to be infective. Blood drawn from a living diseased ani mal loses this in three or four days at most, but material taken from a dead animal seems to bo powerless after about 24 hours. The failure of the committee to find any cure for the tsetse disease will lie a source of great disappointment to all who are interested iu south central Africa aud its industries.—New York Tribune. BIBLE SOCIETY MEETS AND HEARS REPORTS Receipts and Disbursements For the Year. NEW VERSION IN SPANISH Thomas H. l aw of Spartanburg Field Ag'-nt For the As ochition In Geor gia, Alabama, Florida, North and Sou'll Carolina. New York, May 11. — Tho annual meeting of the American Bible society was hold today at the Bible house. Tho eighty-third annual report of the board of mangers shows: Total receipts for the living, $100,207; legacies, $170,071; total receipts, $370,- 004. Disbursements, $860,520; cash balance, March 31, 1809, $8,385. The payments by the society auxilia ries for the purchase account amounted to $09,002.30. In addition to this they remitted on donation account in cash, $29,926.49and authorized bestdesa traus- fer from their credit balance to dona tion account of $3,624 02. The invested funds were increased by legacies aud gilts during the year $3,700, aud the to tal amount on March 31, 1899, was $410,652.58. The income from these permanent funds for the past year was $18,052.85. Three new Century presses, tho most perfect of their kind, have been put in place. They are very rapid and accu rate. A rounding and backing machine and a casemakiug machine have also been purchased. These machines are capable of turning out 5,000 volumes a day. Tho total issues for the year amount to 1,380,892 copies, more than half of which, 719,028, were distributed iu other lands. Somewhat more than one half of the books issued during tho year were printed and bound at the Bible house. Among the new issues are a duodecimo Portuguese Bible, the gospels and acts from the modern version in Spanish, printed in large type and attractive form, aud the New Testament and Psalms iu tho language of the Marshall islands. Th® Bible Society Record is sued for tho year 297,007, a monthly average of 17,272. Instead of 30 or more representatives of the society in the different states, four men have so far been chosen as field agents. Rev. Thomas H. Low, D. D., of Spartanburg. & 0 , is the field agent for North Carolina, South Caro lina, Florida, Georgia aud Alabama; Rev. O. D. French of Morristown, Tenu., has Kentucky, Tennessee, Miss issippi and Louisiana as hie field. The society also has two special agents, Rev. A. E. Colton and Rev. F. D. Greene, formerly of Van, eastern Turkey, representing its interests, the one iu eastern Massachusetts and the other in Greater New York. Rev. A. I. McKim was assigned to duty iu Porto Rico. Rev. F. G. Pozotti, for some years past in charge of the agency iu Central America, has been invited to take tho oversight of Bible distribution iu Cuba for a part of the current year. Rev. James C. Goodrich has been ap pointed agent for the Philippines and is now making his arrangements to go to that new and interesting field. There are 12 agents serving the so ciety in other lauds whose whole time is devoted to its interests. Besides these agents, 243 pi is ms are reported as having been employed for a longer or shorter time in distributing the Scriptures iu foreign lands. SUPREME COURT TO RULE. A New Cliurrh to l*«- Ut-dicattol. We arc roqui steel to state that the new Baptist church ut Slate Line will be dedicated on tho 4lh Sunday in this month. Rev. J. M. Bridges, of this city, will preach the dedication sermon. Case of the Georgia Railway Hoard Against Express People. Atlanta, May 11.—Tho case of the railroad commission of Georgia against the Southern Express company, rising out of the refusal of the corporation to pay the internal revenue stamp tax of 1 oeut on every bill of lading, is to be set tled finally by the supremo court of the United States. Not only the Georgia case is to be set tled by tho court of last resort, but iu all probability a large number of sinu ar cases which have gone up to district aud circuit courts over the United States since the beginning of the late war. Attorney General Terrell has re turned to the city from New Orleans, where he was called the first of last week to argue the case of the commis sion against the Southern Express cotn- E any in the circuit court of appeals. to was accompanied by Judge Spencer Atkinson of the railroad commission, and it was expected that the hearing of the case would take up a number of days. When tho case was reached on the docket Tuesday morning the court an nounced that it would be continued un til next December, pending a final de cision in a similar suit by the supreme court of the United States. MORE BARN BURNING. Believed to he the Work of an Incendiary-. Big Loan. Just as wo go to press we learn that at 3 o’clock this morning Mr. W. O. Lipscomb’s barn, about one mile north of the city, was burned. The lire was discovered in time to save the horses, but all the corn, fodder and farm implements were lost; also a surrey. No clue, but it was no doubt set on lire. Information reached The Ledger yesterday that the large barn of Capt. John D. Jefferies, of Asbury, containing live horses and mules, a large quantity of fodder and hay and many farm implements, was burned Tuesday night about 10 o’clock. The Ledger has been unable to get particulars, only that there was no chance for the lire to have occurred except by the hands of an incendiary, and that tho Captain and all his neighbors believe that it was set on fire. No county lias two more worthy and inoffensive citizens than Capt. John D. Jefferies and Mr. Taylor Petty, yet their property has within a few days been destroyed by the bands of diabolical miscreants. These midnight firebugs bad just as well call a halt right now and prepare themselves for the punishment that surely awaits them, for Cherokee county will not permit such crimes to go unpunished. They will be punished by the law. It has ample remedies and penalties for these damnable crimes, and Cherokee officers and citizens will unite their efforts in meeting them out to these barn burning scound-els. For Thoi«‘ Not Kei-t-ivcd. For the benefit of the many young men in Cherokee who volunteered for tho Spanish war and who were rejected by the Go 'eminent we re produce the follow ng from the News and Courier: Under the recent ruling of the treasury department all who volun teered for the Spanish-Atnerican war are to be paid from the day they vol unteered for service up to the time they were accepted or rejected. As will be remembered, there was some delay in having the men examined and accepted, and more men were re jected than were actually sworn into the service. Under the rule as an- muic d, all men who were rejected are to be paid from the day they vol unteered for service up to the day they were rejected. This will amount to a considerable item for the entire state. Papers are now be ing gotten up on which to make the claim, and all those who have any such claims •would do well to com municate with their captains or offi cers having this matter in charge. Several of the captains have already sent in the hills for the men who were rejected, and for the ti/no of those who were accepted from the date they offered for service up to the time they were accepted. On to CliiirlcMtun. Early Tuesday morning the city was astir, and soon the old hoary headed veterans and their friends began to arrive from their country homes. Age and youths were a.ike active buying tickets to the “city by the sea.” Old memories began to crowd themselves on the old heroes, the mirthful ones were told with zest, the sad ones in lower tone, often with flitterii g lips, while tear dimmed eyes told how deep were their emotions. But as train time approached activity increased and anxiety to he off to the grand old city which is surrounded, by the scenes of the tragic and heroic deeds of their youth, became ap parent. When starting lime came many were the hearty hand shakes, and “a pleasant trip and a safe return” were on the lifls of all the stay at homes. So mate it he. Rtiiiiiiighnm Mills to St-11. Birmingham, Ala., Mar 11.—Receiv ers of the Birmingham Rolling Mill company have been authorized to sell the plant to the Republic Iron and Steel company for not less than $275,000. Before the sale the receivers are re quired to deposit $450,000 to make claims agaiust the purchased property, thus making the upset price $725,000, this not including the sale of debts due to the compauy. The decree is intended to facilitate the absorption of the mill by the Republic company. Southern Hujs Locomotives. Chattanooga, M ijr 11.—In an inter view hero today Manager Frank S. Gan non of the Southern railway stated that his system had just placed an order for 28 standard locomotives to be built iu Pittsburg and Richmoud. He stated further that during the next few days a contract would be let for 1,000 cars and 15 passenger coaches. Cotton 8plnners AsM'inhle. Charlotte, N. C., May 11.— The third annual convention of tho South ern Cotton Spiuners’ association met here this morning. Matters relating to the munuiactard and sale of yarns have the most prominent place iu the ques tions to be setth 1. Colored Odd Fellows Meet. The grand united order of odd fel lows, of Gaffney, Lodge No. 4fi2b, held its annual thanksgiving services last Sunday night in Dunton Chapel, in this city, to an overflowing au dience. The lodge is in a prosperous con dition. Some of the leading colored men of the county are members of the order. The sermon by the Rev. R. C. Campbell was logical and full of common sense. All who heard it were greatly benefitted. Prof. P. M. Alexander was master of ceremony and carried t very thing out in order. The music was rendered by the united choirs of the city. The col lection was very good. X BLOOD CURE SENT FREE. A Curt- for Blood and Skin Dlftcaiit-. 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NEGOTIATING FOR MADRID Murdered Foreigner II id Approached the Insurgents Under a Flag of Truce and His Assassination May Cause u Demonstration by France. Manila, May 11.—The insurgents have assassinated M. Dumarais, a Frenchman, who had crossed their lines under a flag of truce. He was nego tiating with tho Filipinos for the re lease of tho Spanish prisoners. This aetion may cause a demonstration by Trance. In uu interview printed Lu Spanish Senor Mubini, who ia at the head of Aguiualdo’s cabinet, says the insur gents are very hopeful. They will con tinue tho lighting, relying upon Euro pean intervention. The insurgents of the province of Cavite arc preparing to make a des perate resistance to the Americans. The insurgents have succeeded in landing ten machine guns at Capiz, on the island of Panay. Mr. Higgins, manager of the Mauila- Dagnpan railway, and two of the assist ants, who had remained inside the in surgent lines to urotect tho property ol the railway oounjany, arrived at San Fernando resternay. They had been informed by tho insurgents that they would bo no longer responsible for thets safety If they remained within their lines. Mr. Higgins corroborated the stories that have been told of the demoraliza tion of tho Filipinos and says that the rebels are looting all the native prop erty. Mr. Higgins adds that now is the time for tho Americans to strike hard. GENERAL OTIS IS HOPEFUL. End of the Iiwurreotion Now thought to Uu Near at Hand. Washington, May 11.—General Otis has cabled the war department concern ing the situation iu the Philippines. He ■ays that it Is very euoouragiag. The tone of the dispatch leads the officials here to believe that the e»d of the FM- pino insurrectioa is wear at hand. Thu war department is preparing to tend four regnufata of rognjktra tg M(»> rilft by way of New York city and lie Suez panai, utilizing for the purpose the transports Thomas, Meade and Lo- ghu, which are to ha permanently trans ferred from tho Atlantic to the Pacific fleet. The vessels will be prepared for their new duty as speedily os possible. The Thomas will be ready to depart with one complete regiment and an addi tional battalion before the end of the present mouth. The Logan will quickly t<jflow with 1,709 men. The Moade, which has a capacity of 1,300 men, left New York for Sau Juan on May 1, on her last trip before being made ready for the Philippi nos. These ships will be docked in order that they may attain their highest speed on the outward voyage and their accom modations for troops will be thoroughly renovated to guard agaiust possible in fection after their West Indian voyages. ADMIRAL DEWEY’S RETURN. Navy Dcpurtiucnt Expects Him About the First of July. Washington, May 11. — Secretary Long said today that the navy de]>art- uicut would net seek to influence Ad miral Dewey in tho selection of the ronto by which ho will return to the United States. By an old custom of the department an admiral is allowed to rcturu to the United States at the end of his tour of service on a foreign station ia his own flagship, and in the E resent case Admiral Dewey may ohoose is own course, coming either by way of Suez or directly across the Paciflo. Tho dcp&rtmeut now expects that he will reach this country early in July, though it is stated that he will not leave Mamla until he has completed his func tions as one of the Philippine commis sion, at least to the extent of terminat ing hostilities. Van Wyck to George Dewey. New York, May 11.—The following cablegram was sent by Mayor Van Wyck to Admiral George Dewey today: “Tho people of the city of New York desire an opportunity to officially wel come you on your return home. Thev earnestly request that you first reach America at the city of New York, the metropolis of the western hemisphere, where the fnllest opportunity o&u be given the people of this country to do appropriate honor to the hero of the Spanish-American war.” Drained Wife and Suicided. ArnuHif, N. Y., May 11.—The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tioknall were found in their rooms here today. The man was dead without a mark upon him. The woman was unconscious, with tho side of her head battered in and tfce brain protruding. 6he was taken to the hospital but cannot live. It is supnosed her husband tried to kill her witn a han mer and then committed suicide by poison. A Noted Carolinian Dead. Nhw Orleans, May 11. — General William Foreher Miles, head of the Miles Planting company and one of the wealthiest planters in the state, died today at his home at Burnside. He was s native of South Carolina and a distin guished Democrat of the old school. Prior to the war he had served as a member in congress from South Caro lina. Four Men Die In a Wrick. New Castle, Pa., May 11.—A eon- struction train on the Pittsburg and Western railroad went through a tres tle near hero this morning, killing font men and injuring a number of others. The tram went over a 70 foot trestls yito Spangler’a Run. Fire of the in jured may die.