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ROUGH RIDERS AMBUSHED Roosevelt Led a Stirrinec and Victorious Charge on the Spaniards. FIGHT LASTED OVER AN HOUR. ?Spant?h Troop* Wete Hidden In the Tall Grn?s on the llr>:?d to Santiago and the Knu;li Kiders Were in the Advance j A Deadly Fire Von red Into Our Troops Spaniard* Were rut to Flight Aotadores. Cuba, via Haya d<d Este (By Cable). Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders," Fir-t Regular Cavalry, Massa- J chusetts Volunteers, and a dotachmont of I Cubans fought a bloody fight with the ! Spaniards eight miles from Santiago. It was the first pitched battle of the American invading army. Ten of the rough riders were killed in the engagement with the Spanish force that ambushed them. Thcso troops had requested that they be sent to the front at lij 7 *>7} ( ,W.\ t'/ V tV LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, | WHO LED THE CHABOE OF THE BOUUH ' EIDERS. anee. an<1 they were ordered to march over the foothills from Baiqulri. The troops sent out In advance were , commanded by iienerai louDg. rno rougn riders were on his flank several miles further inland. They were guarding him : from a surprise. Of the cavalry there , were in the expedition several troops j of the First and Tenth Cavalry, and I eight batallions of the rougn riders, j all dismounted. There were not 1200 men in all. They found 2000 Spanish in a thicket and Anally drove them back to the defenses of tho town. Fourteen dead Spaniards were found, but this does not measure the Spanish loss. The last resistance of tho Spanish was at a blockhouso, which was stormed and carried. Four regiments of infantry, including the Seventyfirst New York and some of the Ninth Cav- 1 airy, were hurried forward as a reiuforee- I meat. After a forced march the troopers dis- i mCuftted. They were then eight miles distant from Santiago. They heard the Span- 1 iards felling trees a short distance from | them, and they were ordered to advance J upon the enemy. ,v>. , .^S-Nv ' 'h >*\^r/-' .- ^"<T ^ oy^> -V" /v_ > ' - ^,Nr v?*\s -*>4$? ^ o\V^h vrN~ ' TELEGRAPH WIRES KLE (As the troops moved forward from Raiquiri wires from the palm trees. Au array tel now sends a dispatch from General Shaf nurno, thence to Mole St. Nicola^ in Ha; the message is relayed to Genenn Miles The country about is covered with high grass and chapar&l, and In this a strong force of the Spaniards w;is hidden. As the I Americans moved forward they were met i by a withering fire. Colonel Leonard Wood and Lieutenant Colonel lioosevelt led the charge with great bravery. They scorned to hide themselves in the grass or underbrush as the enemy did, and ultimately drove the enemy back toward Santiago, inflicting j heavy losses upon them. The rough riders were supported by the J Second Massachusetts Volunteers and the First regular cavalry. ? The Killed. Captain Ailyn Cupron, First Artlllerv, U. S. A. Sergeant Hamilton Fish, Roosevelt's rough riders. Captain Luna. Private Tiliman, Private Dochertv, Private James Crews, Private Edward Culver, Private Erwin, Private Dawson, Private Harry HeiTner, of Troop G. In the First Cavalry the following were killed: Corporal Wheeler and privates Kolbe, York, Dixon, Leunark and Burlin. Thirty-seven men were wounded, ten of them fatally, according to first reports. A number of Cubans took part in the ' - - - - . . . .. .1 llgnting ana iorty 01 iuem Edward Marshall, a correspondent of the New York Journnl, was at the ffont ] with the rough riders, and he was ser- ! lonsly wounded. The enemy received reinforcements from Santiago, who brought with them ten Held pieces. Tiiey fortified the hill at Savilla, which commands the road to Santiago. t The rough riders have received high I praise from General Shafter for the gallant ! style in which they defeated the Spaniards, i The enemy was utterly routed. General Castillo, with 2000 Cubans, ro- I ports having defeated the Spaniards a' Guasima with heavy loss. The Cuban j losses were less thau Mfty. The insurgents captured two railroad J trains laden with food supplies and a hun- ' dred tons of coal. Hamilton Fish, third, one of the killed, 1 r-nuiinltio* nt Itaiouiri. | General Van Home, commanding the j First Division, was hurt by a fall while ' making the landing at Baiquiri, Cuba. Two enlisted men of the Tenth (colored) Cavalry were crushed between a lighter and the pier. Captain O'Neill, of "Teddy's Terrors," heroically leaped into the sea and tried to save the men at the risk of his i own life. Buried at Sea. F. W. Biakeley, the naval apprentice who was killed by a Spanish shell on the Texas, was buried at sea as soon as the engagement was over. hoionsto.l to one of the host known f-iTiilfoc* of New York. His father. Xieholas Fish, is a Xow York hanker. One of liis uncles is Stuyvesant Fish, Fresi lent of the Illinois Central Railroa.l. Anothernnelo is Hamilton Fish, who was Sneaker of the Xow Tork Assemi,]v ii ]N03 and IS'1".. His '.'ramlfnther was ^ho tirst Hamilton Fish. wi>o was Secretary of State un.ler Grant. Youner Fish was about twenty-six vears ol.i. He was v?ry tail, stan.lins: six foot three inches in hia stocking feet. Captain Allyn K. Canron. of the ronrrh ri'lers. was a seeon.l lieutenant in the rejjTilar army ami one of tlie bravest youny men in the service. He was not a West Point graduate, but rose irom inu ruiiK.-. AN IRRESISTIBLE ADVANCE. TIio .V.m'rirano MarchwltoSantlaso M.sthc Spaniards Ketrcatril. Off JcKA<if\. Province of Santiago do Cuba (Ky Cablet.?Two days after the debarkation at Bainuiri. tbo udvanoe of the American Army reaehed the edge of t'>(? tableland in which the harbor of Santiago de Cuba lies. TT'-rc, seven miles fro;n Morro Castle as Ihe crow flies, the main hoiiy of troops united. At this time the Soaniar.is were iu full retreat toward Santiago de Cuba. General Lawton's brigade, which had rested four miles west of PahjuirJ. resumed its march at daylight. Before noon his brigade, consisting of the Twenty-second Infantry, the First Infantry, the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, with companies of the Eighth Cavalry, half of the Fourth Piviitrv and several companies of the Twenty-fifth Cavalry, occupied Juragua. five miles beyond, and tlie American 11a? was hoisted there. The Spaniards doggedly retired before the advance, which was covered bv the Cuban skirniishors. burning the blockhouses as they went. The Cubans drove the Spaniards back eight miles from the coast. A dozen Spanish blockhouses were burned by the troops as thcv advanced. Three hundred Spaniards were routed out of Altares and ttie Americans are in possession. Five thousand Cubans, under General Kabi and General Garcia, were loaded on transports at Aserraderos, wc>t of Santiago, and ianded at Altares to join in the general movement on Santiago from the east. Very picturesque was the landing of the Cubans under the protection of the fleet's guns, with the Spaniards failing back before them. The plan is to put the Cubans in control of Santiago when the city has been taken, ma liwivn tho American troops free for Porto Rico and other operations. Surgeou I.amotte. Color Sergeant Wright and Trumpeter Piatt, ot Roosevelt's rough riders, planted the American ling on the summit of Mount Losiltires, in full view of the American lleet. It was a magnificent spectacle as Americans and Cubans cheered the colors, while the vessels of the fleet joined in with joyous Masts from their whistles. Siege guns and heavy artillery are in good position. The Spanish troops destroyed everything in the surrounding country before retiring to Santiago. TO RAVACE SPAIN'S COAST. If Cainara Enters Suez Canal Soliley Will Bombard Barcelona. Washington, I). C. (Special.) The definite news that Camara's squadron was sailing east through tho Mediterranean Sea for the Philippines resulted iu the prompt planning of a naval campaign of offence. If Spain semis the Cadiz fleet through the Suez Canal to attack Dewey iu tho Philippines, before the last Snaniah vessel has passed through the canal an American squadron will he steaming at full speed across the Atlantic straight for the coast of Spr in. Confident that Dewef, who will hesoon reinforced, can serve that fleet as he did Montojo's, the Government planned to send our best warships to 'bombard the Spanish coasts as soon as Camara's s tuadron is fairly inside the Suez Canal. The Gorman Ambassador at Washington has given assurance that Ins Government ^ N,* . ^ *' /V A. P UP WITH THE ARMY, men of the signal corps began stringing egrnpher, sitting iu au office in ft wagon, t**r thnt passes over the wires to Guanta,ti. thenee direct to Coney Island, where or .Secretary Alger at Washington.) will not interfere in any objectionable manner with our occupation of the Philippines. THE CORTES DISSOLVED. Infanta Ktilalio Gone to Vienna on a Confidential Message. Maduid, Spain (By Cable).?The Queen 1? .m>nt ciciv.il n. decree susnendins th? Cortes, nl the I'.-irliatnent adjourned without the customary cheers for the throue. When the Cortes closed martial law was proclaimed. rsfiL m cS THE IXTAXTA EfLALIE. The Infanta Eulalie, who was Spain's representlve to the United States at the time of the World's Fair, has gone to Vienna, Austria, on a conlldentinl mission for the Queen Regent. It is supposed that site is to make arrangements for the Queen's safety in ease of an uprising in Spaiu. Killed Two, Then Himself. Charles Smedley and his wife were shot down by William Cooper at Fulton, twelve miles from Oswego, N". Y., after which he killed himself with the revolver. The man was druDk and got into a ipiarrel with the fatal results. A Private's Heavy Sentence. John Dumas, a private In the Second Alabama Regiment, was tried by drumhead court-martial at Mobile and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for striking a superior officer. ?[?mil ciiii The Candidates Regale Their Constituents WITH WIT AND WISDOM. Southing Personalities Indulged in by Some of tho Speakers. A Very Good Attendance on the Meetings, WAl.TEIUIOltO MEETING. The hostility 6hown towards Governor Ellerbo and the spat between Commissioner 1 horn as and Mr. I>arnard Evans enlivened the meeting. The crowd numbered some 100 people, and manifested much interest in the oratory and the 8aliies of wit that camo from tne local solous. Solicitor Pel linger was greeted with eriee of "We'll support you." i>rief sj*eches were made by Comptroller I>?rbam end Mr Epton. Col. Garris war roundly cheered uv nis home people. Mr. .Staiisell appreciated this fact and a?k?d only f<;r the few votes that (inrris woalJ not cot. Major Evans riddled tho record of Commissioner Thomas. Col. Floyd promised that if Adjutant Genera! Watts would let his shoulder straps uo and outer tho war as a private lie would take rare of :he milit1*. Gen. Watts evidently had somo firm friends in the crowd and ho was well cheered. The Governor dcior.ded the dispensary Uw. Col. Sebum per was pleasant!? received. When Col. Georjre I). Tillman was announced it j was evident that tho crowd was eaaer to jrreet him once mora. Ho said that with proper management the dispensary ou>,*ht toclaar easily$800,000 por year Where, oh where, hat the profit ^one? ' 1 A a.^AVi A Vtrkvt o/lvnno. V liUUlllUkC m uutx luuhu jli v* if >?>? * vv? ting bis well known educational views, after which there wero speeches from Congressman Stokes and Elliott and Mr. Brantley. BEAEFORT MEETING. The campaign party, through the courtesy of Congressman Elliott and Major \V. H. Lockwood, indulged in a rare treat, anexcur?ion around the harbor, which gave new life and hope to them all. Tbo speaking took place before an audionco of To whito porsons and nearly 100 negroes. Mr. Archer sAid he stood for an economical administration of tho Stats fund*. "Uncle George" Tillman was applauded coming and going. Ho said that it had been a long time since Beaufort had had any encouragement, and iu an interesting manner no spoke of tho prospect for harbor improvement hers aud the building of a great naval station. Gov. El 1 lerbe answered coi. a*.sou s cuurge about bis neglecting the Reformers in liis war appointments by saying that ho knew no politics ia tho matter. Col. Schumpert conoludod a woll-rouuilecl discussion of issues by declaring that if elected governor bo would administer the laws without regard to tbo dictates of anyone. Col. Watson rubbed it into (K'v. Ellerbo for ignoring Gen. Richbouig iu favor of Col. Alston. This is Congressman Elliott's bailiwick aud he announced the good r.ews that the doneieucy bill now before the Honato carrioB au appropriation of $30,0*)0 for coal sheds and $10,000 for the wliart at Port Royal. Ho was roundly cheered. Speeches were aiso made by Ca-didates Blythe, Watts, Bradham, berheni, Epton. McMahan, Brown, Mavtield, Thomas. Gam8, Evans, Stansell, Sligh and Bellinger. HAM?" ON' MEETING. j Two hundred persons patiently listI aned to four hour3 of campaign oratory i here. This is the homo of Col. Mct Sweeney, the tiuopposed candidate for re election as lieutenant governor, i Solicitor Zollinger made a rattling good | speech. Candiduto Epton declared that ; the charge that there was a deal in his < Appointment as comptroller general by I Gov. Ellerbe was absolutely false, j Comptroller Derhara showed that he ; had attained hi" position by working | from the ground up. Gen. J. Walter Gray ridiculed tho Thomas idea as to qualifications for membership on the railroad commission. Candidate Stansell spoke on the same line. Candidate lhirney Evans oftVred the same pica for the bnoiuoss man. Ex-Commissioner Sligh likewise urired his business qualifications. Candidate Garris claimed, by his efforts iu the legislature, to havo saved the people more in one veer than Thomas had done m eight years ou the couimisiioD. CommissionerThomas said that som? cf Lis opponents were cstfoct failures in their business and wanted a job in his line. Gen. Watts corrected a rumor to tfcs effect that he had said tho cavalrymen of Hampton who had not volunteered for war service would bo courliaartialod and shot. Mr. Floyd declared that Walts had not defended his demerits or p.hown his merits. Mr Jilythe asked election on his own meriti. Mr. MoMahan made an especially tine speech on educational lines. Gubernatorial Candidate Whitman pave his opponents notice that he had taken the wheels out of his head and put them ou u bicycle. Governor Ellerhe asked for re-election only on tho ground that he hail discharged las trust. Uncle George Tillman declared that Governor Ellerbe, in failing ft- follow up his own analysis ef the educational system, showed a woeful lack of judgment and backbone. Col. Watson scoted Governor EUerbe for his appointment cf Col. Aistou. Col. Schumpert asked election to the chief magistracy on the ground of straight Democracy. Speeches were also made by Candidates .Archer, Tompkins, P.t'O/lKnrn 11 wn rr n \1 trifit a brief reference tc hie candidacy by Col. M c.Sweeney. BARNWKI.L MEETING. One of the largest crowds of the campaign greeted the speakers. There were between 30'J and 4U0 persons, over a score being ladies. Mr. Featlierstone, the exponent of prohibition, resumed his round with the campaigners. Col. dames H. Iiioe made liis first appearance on the stump. Mr. JEptoii defended his claim to being "'the people's candidate." Controller Derham asked if it was a sense of decency thut prompted Epton when appointed by the governor to go to Abbeville and Marion for his assistants. All the candidates ?pr rail'- <ad commissioner were on hand and had their say. Commissioner Thomas claimed to be the Ishmaelite of the crowd. The other candidates avowed that fond business sense was what was needed for this office. !\lr. Evans declared that Commissioner Thomas' record showed he had favored the railroads as apainst the people. The V: candidates. Men. Watts, Col. Floyd y Maj. Blythe, spoke. ( ->1. Floyd said ii:o trctiblo with his young opponents was that they would not volunteer as private*. W?tt? replied that he had volunteered :r. *ny capacity. Maj. Blrthe asked for laotton on account of ( h.t elerer. year* of experience and his recard .'or ibe duties of the office. Co!. Brad: *m ea'.d that If ail officers 1 tried to block .?> -??j !:k?? Tompkins 1 did there woo d ao t?e for anybody ( else to aaptre vo offifls Mr. Cooper was r*r?r:?ed that'!oiunktot had not tried ' to be Governor. Col. Tompkins declared thut Col. Bradham hail served I three terms as sheriff and two and a j half terms as auditor. .Mr. .Maytield showed that ever}' section of the State showed an advance in the matter of ; education under his administration. . Mr. McMalian declared tuat this was j the office that afforded the linest opportunity for au earnest work in the State. Col. Bice said that the common school is the supreme interest of the State. Mr. Brown aspired to raise the standard of citizenship of tho State by going into the highwa}-s and byways and ! and helping the country schools. Gov1 srnor Ellerbe declared that Ben Tillman | had built Clemson and Winthrop and | that Uncle George was trying to de* ' stroy them. Uncle Georrre had said that Clemson was a humbug, yet while he was a member of its board in 1 S'iti ho made a report saying that it was doing j a large and splendid work. Col. iillman replied that Julian Mitchell wroto I 41. I f'.anrrra Tillman WBS i:ic itpun. v i'i. vvu'pv loudly cheered. IJ e was the only gubernatorial candidate opposed to the dispensary and favoring the license system. Col. Schumpcrt in his speech stated that he did not offer his sorvices as a private in tho war with Spain because he waa over forty-five years old. Colonel Watson declarod that Ellerbo would find him a pretty lively corpse. Mr. Featherstone pleudeJ the cause of Prohibition. Senator Archer took the ground that churches aro the manufacture of sentiment, that the peoplo were still in tho tlesh and until the milleninm caino yon could not stop whiskey drinking. Mr. Walt Whitman said that for thirty years ho had been a student of political ecomony and yet it was circulated that he was an ignoramus. BAMBERG MEETING. Chairman H. C. Folk announced that fifteeu minutes would be allotted to the gubernatorial candidates and five minutes to the others. Mr. Folk rennosteid that the SDeakors stop abuse and personalities and confino themselves to the discussion of issues. Candidate Evans replied to Mr. Thomas's Charleston speech. Candidate Garris discussed the reason for a commission and aspired for Thomas's place. Commissioner Thomas contended that his competitors were green men and could not make rates. General Watts said the militia needed an active, energetic and progressive man and the military and his opponents had endorsed him as such. Col. Floyd said that the Citadel had educated his opponents in order that they should now be on the battle-field. Mr. Cooper said that Secretary Tompkins if he favored the dispensary should not cast unfair reflections on the board of control. Secratary Tompkins said Mr. Cooper was the man who was trying to run down tho dispensary. Col. Hradham said he was toting his nwn skillet and was nobodv s candi data. Col. Rice commented strongly on the mistaken policy of the age that was neglecting tno country schools. Cannidate McMahan's conception of this oflice was that the duties thereof lay among the people and not at the State house. Mr. -frown said that three-fourths of the boys and girls of South Carolina completed their education in the common schools. Supt. Mavfield said his opponents offered no remeny. Mr. Featherstone advocated the cause of prohibition because it was right. Col. Schumpert said he believed in dealing honestly with the people. Col. Watson deplored the fact that as so little money was given to the common schools in South Carolina a large majority of the rising gentlemen in each county could uot become registered voters. Col. George Tillman said that Bamberg was his mascot and he never came here but that he had good iuck. Solicitor Ballinger made a taking speech and the crowd "was his'n." Comptroller-General Derham concluded the speaking. ??? The Sydney I'nrk Zoo. The "zoo"' department at Sydney park, Columbia, is attracting more than ordinary attention nowadays. The sharp-eyed eagle in his big new cage appeurs at home and is closely watched by the small boy as he alights from his perch pole to the basin of water, into which he delights to plunge. The dov ,*s aud partridges in auothor cage have become somewhat used to their new home and pay very little attention > those who i>o3s by or people whopau-e to look in. Five pretty | fawne ? > also now in the big encloseure. T..e "zoo" is being gradually added t >, and is very popular. T'.io College of Charleston. Pro*: '.ant Randolph, of tiio Charleston Co: ege, in replying to a <i?ie^tion regard:? g the general condition of the , college;;.id its progress during the first year of t.u> administration, said that, with reference to the work and progress ] of the < ollege at large, he w?3 glad to be able to say that the attendance had increased about 2~> per cent, during the year. The work, on the whole, he said, had been excellent iu character, and the discipline everything it should be. For these reasons, he said, he was very , hopefc' of the future of the college, \ thotlg. he realized that whatever gain there vas must come slowly. , ? ?<?> ' Inquiry was made of local bond dealers at Charleston as to the sale of the new war bonds. Mr. E. M. Moreland said that he had already forwarded 1 * 1 - i: J - / A."AA ~ ^ xd i at)OU leu 0M3 lor C'J<JU ioie, uuu luuijis expected to have more. < Charleston will shortly be able to 1 boa1- of a bicycle race coarse, the su- ' per-r of which will not, be found in the \ Son l, not excepting the famous board ' trac.. in the Atlanta Coliseum. '"e crops around Denmark are the ( fin< r that have ever been seen in that ] sc i. Very heavy rains occur every di-i ..^.1 the farmers are happy. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. SIXTY -FIVE GRADUATE From Krskinc College and Due West Female College. The fifty-ninth commencement of Krskino College, Due West, S. C., together with that of the Due West Female College and Erskiue Theological Seminary, constituted the greatest and in some respects the most important svent in the history of the Associate j Reformed Presbyterian Church, under trhose auspices these institutions exist, j Erskino College gave diplomas to tniontir.fwA trnnnnr man And two VOtinff ' ladies, two of the diplomas being for I the poet-graduate degrees of M. 8. and M. A. The Seminary graduated tea young men. The Female College conferred degrees on some thirty-five young ladies, making a total of over Bixtv-five graduates from this trinity of institutions, all located withm a stone's j throw of each other. (iov. Kllerbe's I'roclumation. Gov. Ellerbe has issued the following proclamation calling for two more battalions from this Htate in accordance with Secretary Alger's call: State of South Carolina: Executive Office, Columbia, June 22, 1898. In obedience to the President's seoond call, May 25, 1898, for voluntesrs in the service of the United States, and | the Secretary of War having fixed the quota of South Carolina at two battalions of infantry, now, therefore, I, W. H. Ellerbe, Governor, do call j upon the State at large for eight companies of infantry, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, four sergeants, twelve corporals, two musicians, two artificers, one wagoner, eighty-four privates, maximum, and seventy-eight minimum. \V. H, Ellerbe, Governor. Owned a Vicious Dog. A colored man named Jones was before the Recorder, at Charleston, charged with keeping a dog that had bitten a white child. The animal was a ferocious beast and the child was severely bitten. Witnesses to the affair said that they had known the animal to be a dangerous one for some time, and had warned the owner to get rid of him. He had refused, however, and after being a terrror to the neighborhood for some time, the boy had been attacked, the dog shot and the owner called upon to pay a ten dollar line for keeping him in his possession. -<? The Mountuin City. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Greenville Feitiiizer Company was held and the following directors were elected: O. P. Jtlills, Frank Hammond, W. C. Cleveland and Henry Briggs, of Greenville, and -T. B. Keckeley, C. P. Poppenheim, LouiB Dunnemann, of Charleston. The following officers were elected: O. P. Mills, president and treasurer; Frank Hammond, vice president; Alex McBeth secretary; H. A. Keckeley, superintendent. The report of the officers showed a satisfactory business the past year. _ Murder Will Out. J. P. Xewham, of Lake City, who was arrested on a warran charging him with violating the internal revenue laws, was not given a preliminary hearing before Commissioner Smith. While the warrant against Newham was for selling liquor, it is said thai he was arrested for beiner implicated in the recent lynching of Postmaster Baker at Lake City. It was 6aid on good authority that Xewham had turned State's evidence, and on his testimony wholesale arrests would be made. The authorities still decline to talk about the charges. Another Cotton Mill. Chester is to have another big cotton mill in the very near future. The Eureka cotton mills is the name of the new enterprise, and its location is to be near t'no town of Chester. Leroy Springs, C. D. Skipper and Waddy C. Thompson, of this State, and Charles J. Webb,, of Philadelphia, are the corporators of the new enterprise, which the declaration says is to be capitalized at 3(!l),00U. Tho projectors are granted the privilege of increasing the capital stock to 3^0,000, to be divided into shares of S100 each, in either instance. Strurk a Baptist Cliurcli. During a heavy thunder and lightning storm at Hampton, the neatly constructed and commodious Baptist church building was severely damaged. It is supposed that the bolt first struck the spire from which it descended to the roof, spreading to each of the four corners and thence to the interior of the bnilding, making huge holes. The building presonts a partially wrecked appearance, and it is said that it will cost about 8500 to repair the damage. Asked to Speak iii New York. Governor Ellerbe has been complimented by being asked to deliver an utdress before the Tammany society in Now York on the Fourth of July, at which time that powerful organization will celebrate the 12'2d anniversary of American independence. This will be i great occasion and many speakers of national reputation will be among the --vraf nra -4t? Killing in Kdgefleld. On the 19th, near the Aiken line, in Edgefield county, Henry JelT and Arthur Minis got in an altercation using pistols, Henry shot Arthur in the back of the head and killed him. Judge Bell and Dr. Butler went to the scene of the trouble and held an inquest oyer the dead body. 4** \ Good Yield Mr. J. W. King, of the Ebenezea jectioD, who is one of f'lorenco s boat farmers, has just threshed out sirty)ue bushels of oata from a half acre. This is just a sample of the kind of farming he does. Mr. King has made i tine crop of oats and wheat, and beleves in raising his own hog and hominy. T. C McClain, Jr., about 10 years )ld. was instantly killed by lightning ivbile flitting in his father's house. ;hreo miles from Abbevi'io CONDITION OF CROPS. Regular Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. Columbia, S. C., June 24, '98. Showers occurred in some portions of the State each day of the week, generally light and scattered until the 10th, on which day showers were general, and in places very heavy. At Winnsboro 3.2') inches fell in two and a half hour, and at Trial on the same date 3.92 fell in little over an hour. The drought is now thorough- ' lv relieved except over limited areas in Aiken atul Abbeville counties, where the need of more rain is iudicated. Over limited areas, lands were badly washed by the heavy rains, and some bottom land crops damaged or destroyed by Hooding. The smallest rainfall measurement for the week was 0.06 inch reported from Trenton, while nineteen places reported amounts ranging from 1 to 2 inches, seventeen places reporting amounts between 2 ^Id H inches; and eighteen places amounts in excess of 3 inches. The following excessive measurements were received: Alcolu 3.00, Society Hili 8.33, Shiloh 0.00, Winnsboro 4.00, Riverview 4.00, Ramberg3.87, Oakland 4.87, Bowman 4.00, Ella 4S00, Darlington 3.11, Little Mountain 3. OS), Trial 4.38, Cheraw 3.00, Charleston 3.01, St. Matthews 3.70, Spartanburg 3.20, Allendale 8.14. The average of 50 measurements representing every county in the State, was 2.53 inches and the normal for the 6aino period is approximately 1.00 inch, lu most sections there still remains a seasonal deficiency of from J to 10 inches. There was more than the usual amount of cloudiness during the week, although no entirely cloudy days occurred. The average percentage of bright sunshine was 48 per cent, of the possible. Hail accompanied the thunderstorms in many counties with local damage to cbtton and fruit. Severe wind storms occurred in Greenville, Spartanburg and Berkeley counties, damaging corn and fruit trees. Injury by bail and high winds wjjs confined to limited areas. Needed moisture having been supplied in abundance, and the soil having been well cultivated and fields free from weeds, etaple crops all made rapid improvement during the week, and with the exception of permanent injury, of no considerable extent, to corn and tobacco by the late drought, crops are all in fino growing condition. Early planted corn is tasseling low, with spindling stalks, and is not promising, but later planting is now looking fine and growing fast. Upland corn is ^ being "laid by," and is nearly all ready ' to "lay by." Bottom lands, as well as wheat aud oats stubble lands, which viorotnfnr? lvfipn too drv to dIow. are now being prepared and planted to corn. Various localities report serious injury to the corn prospects from the drought, and a few from the effects of bud worms, although, generally, corn has made a marked improvement Some bottom lands have been flooded by excessive rains and the corn drowned. In many sections it has been too wet to work com during the last of the week. The condition of cotton is now very good over the entire State, and particularly tine ou sandy lanus. Over the western counties, and notably in Saluda county, cottonseed that has lain dormant in the ground since it was planted in May, is now coming up to fine stands. Fields are well cultivated, although cultivation was interrupted during the week by the heavy rains. Early cotton is fruiting or putting on squares heavily, and blooms ore noted everywhere throughout the State. Cotton is growing very rapidly now. Lie* are fast disappearing, except in Clarendon county,* while in portions of Hampton some fields are affected, and tPo nln.nt ilvint? from an appearent blight; otherwise cotton is in a healthy condition. Sea island cotton has im* proved very much during the week, but is very small for the season. The general condition of tobacco was greatly improved by the supply of needed moisture, and ibis crop is now growing vigorously. Early planted tobacco was materially injured by the drought, and cannot recover fully, notably so in Williamsburg and Marion counties; in the latter county cutting and curing Las begun. Tobacco worms are less numerous and troublesome than fo* a number of past seasons. Rice shared in the generl improvement but not to the same extent, as the rivers are still salty or brackish, whioh causes planters great annoyance, and where breaks occur in the dams, injury to the growing rice as well as delaying planting. Oats were practically all harvested and housed before the rains set in, as was wheat. Threshing continues with' average yields or better, except in Ocooee county where wheat is not up to an average. ^ Sweet potato dravS are being planted over the entire State in large quantities, under very favorable weather and soil conditions. Irish potatoes wera too nearly matured, or the vines prematurely dried up, to be benefited by the rains. Peaches are ripening, but it is generally reported that the fruit is small, with exceptions especially in Edgefild, Lexington and Greenwood counties, where fruit of fine quality is being shipped in large quantities. Apples vary with the locality, although less dropping is noticed since the rains. " Am Wild berries are more abundant and of better quality, due to more moisture; nlanted cardens look very promising. Pastures are greatly revived and will soon afford excellent grazing. Gar* dens were too nearly ruined to be benefitted by the rains, except that newly planted gardons look very promising. Water for farm animals is now more available, although the larger streams remain at low stasres. and wells yield but little moro than last week. 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