The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 11, 1898, Image 7
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Anglo-Russian Dispute Over the New
Admiral Cervera?s Reply to an Inv
boro, Ala., to Visit That
i^s_ MADRID, Spain. (?y Cable) The
cabiuet council has completely
approved the reply to (
the United Stales, which, it is said accepts
the American conditions. Her
Majesty also approves the general lines
of the reply of Spain to America's peaco
terms, which Senor Sagasta explained
to her. The government is fully con- j
inced that the note will be satisfac- '
tory to the Washington government ?
and that a suspension of kosUiuiee will
b? its immediate consequence.
From a well-informed source it is j
learued that while the auswer to the
United States'term6 does not discuss,
tho four bases which the United States
make an essential preliminary to peace, :
and which Spain accepts without reser- |
vatioa, it points out that in order to
avoid the definite negotiations being
an}* way complicated by inoidents of
the war, it is expedient to agree beforehand
to a suspension of hostilities.
E) Imparciai proposes a new solution
for the settlement of the Cuban
debt. It takes it for granted that the j
United States cannot be asked to as- j
sume tho burden of about ?32,000,000 j
"($100,000,00ui of debt existing 1
when the rebellion began in 1S95. and '
the ?90^000,000 ($450,000,000) spout:
since, and it suggests that Spain
should undertake to pay interest and
redemption on the Cuban debt until \
the new West Indian republic is in a
position to do 6o, which El lmuarcial j
affects to believe Cuba could soon do, I
n-Vmn ita r?t? natural rABr?lir<?AS were '
developed under an American protec- i
torate.
According to the most reliable
sources of information, the Spanish !
note is couched in dignitied language. j
It asserts that Spain bows to the force '
-'^-circumstances, having done nothing !
to provoke the war, into which she has I
been unwillingly led in the defense of
v her rights and territory. It expresses ;
a willingness to appoint delegates to j
meet the American commissioners to
discuss a regime for the Philippines.
Guyama Captured.
Ponce, Porto Rico, (By Cable;.?
General Brooke's advance guard en- I
tered Guyama, after a sharp skirmish j
in which several on both sides were '
wounded. The Spanish force at Guy- !
ama. numbering *?oo, were driven buck j
toward Cayey, with the loss of one :
killed and two wounded. Of the I
Americans, Privates Gordon, Walcott j
and Keffee, of the Fourth Ohio, were j
wounded, none fatally. General Haines j
occupies the town. Major Flagler, t
while reconnoitering near Coamo, ran ;
into tho enemy's pickets aiul was tired !
upon. Thirty shots were rirod, but no j
one was injured.
Baron Banff;. Ihreatetis Count Than. t
The Vienna correspondent of the j
London Observer says that Count 1
Thun, president of the Austriau dele- j
gation, and Karon Banffy, the Hungarian
Premier, had a conference recently
regardiusr Austro-Huntrarian affairs.
Baron Banffy delivered an ultimatum
to Count lliun, threatening to introduce
a protective tariff against Austriau
goods unless Count 'i'hun shall induce
I'arliament to enact the Ausgleich
bill.
Supplies for the Army in Porto Rico.
The steam yacht May reoently sailed
from Philadelphia carrying sixty tens
of supplies, sent by the National Belief
Commission to the American
army in Porto Rico. The May is the :
property of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 1
Van Rensselaer, who haTe placed the !
yacht at the disposal of the National 1
Relief Commission.
Street Car Strike Settled.
The strike of employees of the Syra- J
cnse, N. Y., Rapid Transit Compan}* i
has been settled. The company has |
revoked the rule requiring old em-1
ployes to make a deposit of S'Tj as j
surety, and has agreed to re- ;
ceive at any time a grievance 1
committee of its employes. The strik- j
ers waive recognition of the Amalga- j
mated Association of Street Railway <
Employes of America; the purchasing |
of seven tickets of the Lakside Rail j
road to sell to passengers; and all mi-?
nor details.
The Atlas liner Altai recently left,
New York for Cuba, carrying fifty tons
of clothing and uruvisions shipped by
the Red Cross Society for the Cubans, j
and other sufferers in ftaut'ago.
A Farewell Audience With the Sultan.
VPr. .Tames 13. Ansell, who resigned
in Ma>* last, and has been succeeded as
United States minister to Turkey by
Mr. Oscar S. Straus, of New York, bad
a farewell audience with the Sultan at
Constantinople recently.
The Forte has replied to the American
demand for compensation for
losses sustained by American subjects
d:mng the Armenian mnssacres. The
reply is the same as that given tc other !
powers, repudiating all responsibility
fhr the losses.
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Lir! HuuLI ILL!.
es the Reply to the
States.
HIES 10 CilSf I! ICS.
Chwang Railroad Extension Critical'
itation of the Citizens of GreensCity.
Guyama Captured.
LONDON, ling.. (By Cable).
That extreme diplomatic tenlis*s->
sion exists between St. Peters- |
burg and London, is generally admit- i
ted, though the officials deprecate the i
alarmist reports which were recently
current. It is hoped that the lirmer j
stanu aaoptea i>v tae .uarquis 01 onus- |
bury, which seems to have already |
created some misgiving at ht. Peters- j
burg, will have the desired effect of i
arresting Russian aggressiveness. It
is fait both here and ou the continent
that the outcome of the dispute in regard
to the new Cliwaag Railroad extension,
is the crucial poiat of the success
or failure of Great .Britain's policy
of "open doors."
As evidence of the fact that Great
Britain appreciates the gravity of the :
situation the Associated Press learns |
that the admiralty is preparing for all j
emergencies, and that it will soon be J
able to mobilize the entire fleet at the
shortest notice. Every officer and
man on furlough or on hulf pay, has
been assigned to a ship and instructed
to be in readiness to join at the earliest
moment. Therefore, practically every
ship in the British navy, whether in
or out of commission at the present
moment has its full complement of officers
and men ready to take her out to
sea when the time arrives.
Admiral Cervera's Reply.
Admiral Cervera in reply to an invitation
from the citizens of Greensboro,
Ala., Lieut. Hobson's home, to visit
that city, said: It would be very gratifying
to me to accept your invitation to
visit Greensboro, where was born the
brave Lieut. Kickinond Pearson Hobson,
but it will be impossible for me to
do so, for as 6oon as the war is ended
it will be obligatory upon me to return
immediately to Spain, to account
for my conduct which must be
judged as provided for by the law.
Nevertheless, I shall not fail to carry
through all my life the remembrance of
such brave officers as Lieutenant Hobson
and also the flattering invitation
tendered mo by the city of his birth."
it's Not All Sunshine and Gold.
Returning Klondikers, who recently
reached Ban Fraucisco without any
gold, report the conditions existing at
Mt. Michael's as being extremely pre- '
carious. Thev sav that thousands of i
people are stranded and that relief mast j
be tout by the government. Commer- i
cial companies control the only avail-)
able landing places at St. .Michaels, |
and vessels aro unable to land their !
passengers or their cargoes. The Yukon
is getting too low for navigation
and the distress will be very great unless
the government takes energetic relief
action.
Spaniards Disgusted With Porto Rico.
The news that has reached Madrid
from I'orto Rico regarding the cordial
welcome given the American army by
Spanish volunteers and natives of the
Island has disgusted the political leaders
of Spain. The general opinion is
that it is not worth while to risk lives
and spend millions of dollars for the
sake of territories which are worse than
disloyal to the mother country.
Tlie Open Door in North China Now Shut.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says: "Russia is
now practically in possession of NewChang,
and 'the open door' in north
China is already shut."
Mr. Hooley's revelations of the rottennes
of London financiering have
thrown into a panic millions of Englishmen
who have invested their savings in
the stock of companies.
Texas Democrats Favor Acquisition.
Congressman John II. II. Stevens,
of the Thirteenth Texas District, was
nominated by acclamation for re-election
by the Democratic convention held
at Abilene. A p'aak in the platform
favors the acquisition of the Spanish
West indies.
A Russian Back-Down indicated.
The correspondent of the London
Daily News, at Odessa, gives under roserve
a report that the Russian charge
d'affaires, at I'ekin, M. Ravioli', will
soon be removed, and he regards it as
indicating a Russian back-down.
Queen l.ouise Seriousl> iil.
The Berlin correspondent of the1
I.ondon Times telegraphs that private
advices from Copenhagen say that the
condition of Queen Lonise, of Denmark,
is most serious.
A local paper says that one of the
Western volunteers threatened to quit
unless the State, in addition to an overcoat,
Diankets and a gun, furnishes him
a reeonnoiter in which to carry his ammunition.
| SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN.
i Cotton Growing Too Rapidly. Good Corn
Crop.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 2,
Showers occurred in some portions ol
| the State every day of tho week, heavi
lest over Pickens county, where from :!
to t> inches fell; in places over the southeastern
counties and in the Tee Pee
section the rainfall was loss than an
inch, but generally over the entire State
the rainfall amounted to from one to
over three inches, the average of 52
measurements is 1.U5 inches, and tho
normal for tho same period is approximately
1.54 inches. The following
heavy weekly r..ius wo:e reported:
Columbia 2.*?ii, Winnsboro 2.M, Shiloh
3.00, Suiters 4.00, Camden 3.21, White
Hall 4.70, Loopers 4.(55, Longshore
2.85, Spencer ' .55, Beaufort 2.50,
Liberty 4.75, Trenton 2.84, Florence
4.05.
There was a deficiency in sunshine
over the greater portion of the State,
with estimates as low as 15 per cent, of
the possible, and an average estimate
of 53 per cent, of the possible. More
tDau the usual amount 01 cioumuess
prevailed during tlio entire mouth of
July, lu the vicinity of Batesburg
much corn was blown down by high
winds, but elsewhere no destructive
winds occurred.
; Showery weather prevailed during
the week, with even, nearly normal
temperature, conditions favorable for
rapid growthef vocation, resulting in
a genera! improvement in crop conditions,
except where owing to excessive
rains, corn and cotton have deteriorated
on bottom lands and on light sandy
soils. Slow progress was mado in laying
by crops, but this work has been
linished on most of the fsrrns, with,
however, many fields still grassy and
needing cultivation.
Karly corn continues to improve nud
will be a much better crop than previously
anticipated. It is practically
maue ana iouuor stripping nab ueguu
but has not yet become general as the
frequent rains were not favorable for
curing fodder. Upland corn looks very
promising, bur much bottom land corn
was injured by water. In Pickens
county corn is firing. Stubble corn is
doing well, except in some of the
southeastern counties whore the
ground is too wet for its best development.
A large majority of this week's reports,
representing sections in every
county of the State, indicate a too
rapid growth of cotton, which is apparently
making too much "weed" and
not fruiting proportionately; rust has
appeared in many places, and there is
more than the usual amount of shedding.
The plant is very sappy, and
the ground is too wet to give it much
needed cultivation, and many fields
have become grassy. Laying by is
being completed as fast as the condition
of the soil permits. Cotton is no
longer of a uniform healthy color, but
in places is turning yellow. The crop
as a whole looks very promising, but
needs dry weatberaud sunshine. Open
bolls are common in the Southern
counties. Sea Island cotton has attained
a large stalk growth, is well fruited,
but needs dryness and sunshine.
The tobacco crop is a large one and
of excelleut variety, although less humid
weather would be more favorable
for curing. Cutting and curing continue.
Kice is developing rapidly, and
early rice isheading. Keportscontinue
fuvorable except from Florence county,
where in places rice is not doing well.
Peas are making rapid growth, but excessive
moisture has caused shedding
of lower leaves. In many core fields,
peas planted between the rows aro being
smothered by grass. Peaches and
tigs aro plentiful over the State, but
apples continue to drop and arc generally
v.ormy. Pears continue scarce.
Plenty of grapes, but much rotting is.
reported. Scuppornong grapevines uve
generally not bearing well.
Considerable hay was damaged by
rain in Charleston couuty. Stand of
grass for hay is heavy and, with favorable
weather lor curing, a large hay
crop will be secured. Sugar cane and
sorghum caue look line. Sweet potatoes
are promising. Pastures are making
luxuriant growth. Lands are being
prepared and .sown to turnips and
other fall root crops, but many lands
intended tor turnips aro too wet to prepare.
The following extract from the National
Climate ami Crop Bulletin shows
the condition of tiie corn and cotton
crops, for the week ending July 25,
181)51: "In the great corn States of the
central valleys, Nebraska, Kaneas,
Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio, which produce considerably more
than half of the entire product of the
United States, corn isgenerally in need
of rain, and in Iowa and portions of
Missouri the crop is threatened with
serious injury unless rain occurs soon.
In the Southern States continued favorable
reports concerning corn, which is
maturing rapidly, are received.
"Reports of rust and shedding,
though probably less numerous than
in the previous week, continue from
the central and eastern portions of the
cotton belt, where excessive rains in
some sections have caused too rapid
growth of stalk. The crop is 111 need
of cultivation in portions of South
Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana;
some fields on low lands of Mississippi
have been abandoned. In Texas the
crop i' jcorally promising, bnt boll
weevil are increasing, and it needs
rain in localities. Picking bus commenced
in southern Texas, and cotton
is beginning to open in southern Ala1,0.^0
"
A Montana Herd of HufTalo.
A. H. Hammond, of the Astoria railroad,
has presented the Oregotiian with
n photograph of a hand of buffalo
which are the property of a couple of
half-breed Indians on the Flathead reservation,
near Missoula, Mont. The
original herd eleven years ago consisted
of a couple of buffalo calves. It
now consists of 125 head and is about
all that are left of the vast numbers
which a few years ago swarmed over
the Western plains. These men have
gone into the buffalo raising business
as a source 01 pruui ;iuu arc* uiu.uuq
money.
The Crcmian reiehsta? is. saiil to be
the cheapest of all the parliaments of
Europe. Its total expenses for the
eurron. year have been only about
$170,000.
THR0U1 Tl MYSIIC GLOOM;
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, Four Souls Ushered Into Eternity to
Meet Iheir God,
, TWO SHOT, TWO POISONED. |
Two Youthful Runaways Arrested at Colum4ii
nui- d + n,.? Cmill.
U.y /til DllierilCbU DiUlll/U UUI?jmaiipax
Near Inman.
To negroes were killed in Columbia
i
i Sunday, July 31?one at the hands of
the police and the other through the
accidental dischargo of a pistol. The
negro killed by the police was a fugitive
convict and met death while
trying to escape a:rest. The other
negro, l'ress Grant, met death at the
hands of a compauioa named Gooding,
who, with several other darkeys, had
been shooting at a telegraph pole.
Gooding was letting the hammer of
| the pistol down, when his linger
' slipped and the pistol was accidentlv
cuscuargeti, aimorti msiuuuj' niu.uj,
Grunt.
All Bitterness Blotted Out.
Many letters are being received by '
Charlestonians from Northern families j
expressing gratitude for the kindness i
extended to sick soldiors who had i
stopped in the city. A Wisconsin |
Judge, writing a lady there, says: j
"Your letter of the 22d, to Mrs. H. L. |
Hart, is before me. I desire to thank
you for your attention to young Hart,
and for writing so kind a letter. You
cannot understand how much good it
did in cheering a sorrowing mother. I
tried to read it aloud to a company of
friends, but my voice faltered and I
could not finish. I thought of the bitter
civil war, of the firing on feumter,
and then said: 'All is blotted out;
these people are one in heart and purpose
now.' All our people appreciate
what the noble men and women of
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^ZiariestOQ nave uone ior our uoys. <
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Youthful Runaways.
Two boys, Edgar Sanders, 14 years
old, and Eugene Halcoinbe, aged 12
were arrested in Columbia by Policeman
Hammond, who had been given a
tip by the conductor of the train on
which the boys came to Columbia, telling
him to bo on the lookout for them,
a8 he thought they had run away from
home and intended going on to Florida.
Just before the Jacksonville train was
to leave he caught sight of them getting
on the cars. He took them in charge,
rang up the patrol wagon and sent
them to the station house.
A Father's Fatal Mistake.
Two children of Mr. Thomas Elroed,
of Anderson, aged 7 and (J years respectively,
were poisoned by taking
strychnine through mistake, 'i'he children
had boen ill and the father intended
to give quinine, and before administering
the medicine tasted it.
Jt'indmg that it had a pungent taste he
gave it to the children and death requited
iu a few hours.
Are They Legal?
The Charleston ministers are not payI
ing any attention to the stump act, as
they are tiling marriage certilicates
without the stamps. It is not known
whether the ministers are wilfuliy disregarding
Uncle Sam's revenue measure
or that they have been advised legally
not to allix the stamps to the certilicates,
but at any rate the certilicates
ate not being stamped.
Granted All That Was Asked,
j Col. Wilie Jones telegraphed to Govj
ernor Ellerbe from Washington that
i the War Department had grauted all
that was asked, and that ho thought
there would be no trouble iu getting
the full complement for the second regiment.
Smallpox Near Inman.
Smallpox has made its appearance a
few miles south of Inman. There were
j three well developed cases before the
[ serious character of the disease was
j known, and about iorty lamuies are
known to have been exposed.
Mr. bescher Appointed.
Mr. B. Poschor, the well known
dealer in books and stationery, at
Charleston, has been p^pointed a member
of the executive 'committee of the
Cuban-American league, which has
now become a permanent organization.
Accidentally Killed.
Whil* Wayne Shelor, son of John W.
Shelor, of Tugaloo, was taking his gun
from the buggy it was accidentally discharged.
the lead entering the young
mau'b abdomen. Young Shelor lingered
severa: hours and then died.
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Cr.lorcd Man Kiilcd at Batesburg.
A Southern engine with cab attached
runniug backward, while passing at
rapid need through Batesburg, struck
and ki ed a colored man by the uume
of Wil. am Corley.
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The Mo\ement Bein* Pushed.
The movement to organize and establish
a bonded warehouse at Anderson
is eiug pushed. Jt has behind it
some >f the most liberal and progresive
uiou oi the city.
A New Cotton Oil Mill.
A <-o4.ton seed oil mill will be erected
at (j ;>.y Courts, nine miles above Laurem;.
u the near future, with a capital
stoc.; of ?12,000.
Ncaring Completion.
') he. big Standard warehouse for the
ato age of cotton, now in course of
co! structiou in Columbia, is nearing
i completion and will be ready for bust
I by tne time me new crop 01 cotton
| begins to move.
Laurens' New Street System.
The cit v council of Laurens have inj
: .iarurated a 6vstem of street improvement
that will yive that place better
' streets than almost any town of double
the population.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Experience is the school of wisdom, j
Procrastination is the sleep of folly, j
Education is the lighthouse of rea- ,
son.
Fidelity to principle is the highest i
expediency.
The blush of guilt is nature's confession
of wrong.
The steps of duty lead up to tho
throne of promotion.
The loafer who blames his luck,
ought to blame his pluck.
Beauty may only be skin deep, but
the pride of it reacnes into tue nearr.
Those who prefer the service of sin,
must be satisfied with the wages of
sin.
Our own temptations should make
ns sympathetic; our victories over j
them, merciful.
People who don't know what they j
want, are harder to please than those >
who do know and can't have it.
Some people are forever putting'
their feelings under other people's
feet and then crying because they are
hurt. Ram's Horn.
A Fasting fat.
Captain Fisker, of the British
steamer Lackenby, which arrived from
Rotterdam, had a cat on board which
proved her capacity to keep the most
rigorous spell of fasting. Captain
Fisker relates how when in Mariopol,
a Russian port in the Sea of Azov,
while the ship was being loaded with
grain in bulk.his favorite cat was missing.
The steward was given orders to
search for the pet, but returned without
success.
As the Lackenby was lying at anchor
and the grain being put on board j
from harees. the cat had no chance to I
go ashore unless stolen by the Russian
stevedores, which was doubtful.
On April 28 the Lackenby sailed
from Mariopol for Rotterdam, where
she arrived on May 20. All thoughts
of tlio pet were dispelled from the
minds of the captain and those on
board, who had made it their pet.
The Lackenby had been in Rotterdam
the second day when the grain men
who were discharging the vessel found
an emaciated cat in the downpour of
grain which was being led to the grain
receivers. The men put it in a basket
and sent it on deck, where it was recognized
as the pet of the ship, which
had been missing twenty-nine days.
The cat was taken in charge and
carefully nursed, and is now one of the
liveliest objects on board the Lccken*
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uy.?Aiammore ouu.
Fislilnjt In the Sand.
"To plough the sands" is not always
the unprofitable occupation tho
proverbial use of the phrase implies.
Fine crops of potatoes have been seen
growing in the pure sand of the sea
shore, while the fisherman finds it
profitable to plough it up in search of
worms for bait. But the most interesting
and profitable ploughing of the
sand is, perhaps, the sandbank fishing
of the south coast of Englaud.
These great ridges of sand left uncovered
at low tide are full of animal
life which it pays the fishermen to
obtain. There is first of aJl the worm
for bait, theu there is the razor-shell,
said to bo superior to the cockle or
mussel as food, and then there is tho
cockle itself. But the most remarkable
part is tho fishery of the sandbank.
Fishing on a bank of sand left |
bare by the tide would appear to be as i
likely to be profitable as Simon's his- >
forical attempts in his mother's pail, i
yet a rich haul may thus be obtained.
.4s the tide goes down eels and sandsprats
bury themselves in the sand.
At low water the fishermen come
down and dig over the sands with
live-pronged forks, and soon till their
baskets witli these sand-sprats, said to
be as delicate as whitebait. ? New
York Journal.
Curious Answers.
Here are some curious answers
culled from an Australian school
examination paper:
"John Wesley joined the Navy in
1799, and by degrees rose to be I)uke
of Wellington."
"Charles the First imprisoned nine
Members. Among them was George
Eliot."
"Montford was the chief man in getting
the constitution of Clarendon
passed, 1158; fought battle of Lewes,
1261, and was killed. 1265."
"We have no summer in this country
when the North Fole is turned toward
the Ecmator."
"While the ancients thought the
world was round, we now know that
the sun never stands still."
"Carbonny Cassid" and "Lack-tail
dueks" were given as variants of "carbonic
acid" and "lacteal ducts."
New York Tribune.
An Undercrotinil Imitation Foreat.
31. Martel, the well-known French
cave-hunter, has explored a cave or
natural pit, in the limestone of the
Lozere, France, with remarkable results.
After descending a vertical
shaft for about 200 feet, he found an
immense hall, sloping downward, and
at tho lower end a forest of stalagmites,
resembling pine and palm trees.
Many of them are very beautiful and
one, over ninety feet in height, reaches
nearly to the vault of the cavern. Nothing
like thi3 forest of stone has been
observed in any other known eave or
pit.
l-'lrnt Pensioner of 1803.
Mrs. Elsie R. Montfort, the widowed
motlier of William Franklin Montfort, j
who lost his life in the Maine explo- j
sion, is the first pensioner of the pres- j
ent war. The pension was paid on
June 1st by Colonel Jonathan Mc-rriam,
United States Peusion Agent
at Chicago, who mailed Mrs. Montfort
a check for Sl-4.40, that being the
sum due her for her pension since
February 15th, when the Maine was
sunk. .Mrs. Montfort's home is Council
BlufVs, la
M
palmetto gleanings
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PATRIOTISM NOT LACKING.
Great Efforts Being Made to Complete Second
Regiment.
If the Second Regiment is not completed
it will not be the fault of Col.
Jones or any of the other officers, for
they are making every effort to persuade
men to enlist and that is all they
cau do. Even with tho modifications
in the recruiting rules, which were
granted by the war department as a
special favor to South Carolina, it will
not, with these concessions, be an
easy task to recruit enough men to
make up the regiment. The great
trouble is, and has been all along, that
it is not a lack of patriotism on the
part of our men which causes the regiment
to lag, but rather that it requires
more sacrilice than many of them have
the ability to make.
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killed by an Elevator.
David S. Reed, the negro elevator
boy at the Hirsch-Israel Company's
building, at Charleston, was instantly
killed while trying to stop the elevator,
which was moving slowly down from
the third story. Reed had been cleaning
tho elevator, and when through
turned on tho electric current and the > .
elevator started down. The door was
open. The negro's first thought Was to
stop it and attempted to jump in to stop
the machine by reversing the crank. * - J.,*
He was not quick enough, however, for ,
just as he stuck his head inside the top '
of the elevator ga c him a terrible blow
on the back of tho neck, lauding with
sufficient force to break it. Reed's body
when found a few minutes later was
stretched on the floor, while his head
reached over in tho shaft and held the
elevator.
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killed With a Rock.
. In dispute over a game of ball, at
Greenville. Will Saxton instantly killed
William Manning. Manning was jarring
with several negroes when iSaxton
came up and was cursed by Manning,
ttaxton threw a rock at Manning, hitting
him in the left temple, and death . , ;:
was instantaneous. Saxton ran, but
surrendered several hoars later. He ia
a young negro rnd has been considered
a harmless mischief lover.
Charitable Ladies of Charleston.
The good work of the women of
Charleston in caring for the sick soldiers
in the hospitals goes bravely on,
and a noble emulation has risen between
the various charitable and patriotic
societies in providing for their
needs and comfort. The Colonial
Dames have been very active in their t
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Opening of the Darlington Tobacco Market
At the opening of the Darlington tobacco
market about lifteen thousand
pounds of tobacco were sold, all of
which was low grades, from early curings,
exclusively. Only medium cutters
and smokers were marketed and
these lowest grades sold on a straight
market at 6, b, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15
cents per pound.
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Anderson's Taxable Property.
The county auditor of Anderson
county has completed his returns of
the property of that county for taxation.
The real estate foots up $3,905,C4T
and the personalty $2,803,641; railroads
$553,850, making a total of $7,262,165,
or more than $200,000 above
what the returns have ever been before.
The Agricultural Kali.
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.Mr. \>. XI. Jjvibs, ivuu u?o iu wugg
the Agricultural Hall building, at Colui'ibia,
now being vacated by the dispensary,
said that among others who j
were writing about the building was an
inquiry from certain parties who are
thinking of operating a "converting"
mill or bleaeiieryin that city.
A Fireman's Tournament.
There is some talk of a fireman's
tournament being held at Charleston
shortly under the auspices of the
( harlestou lie-ro Heel Association.
The plaus for the tournament have not
yet assumod definite shape, but it ia
reasonably certain that the tournament
will be held.
Convict Hangs Himself.
A convict in the Laurens county jail
committed suicide by hanging himself
to the highest bur in the iron grating
of his cell. *' <1
A Shooting Affair at Greenville.
There was a street duel at Greenville
recently between James B. Williams
end Charlie Potts. The latter was shot
through tho right lung; the former waa
not hit.
Getting in Good Shape.
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.Lvery aay increases i,ue munnica
the Charleston and Seashore Kailroad
Company to give its patrons a quick
and pleasant trip to Mount Pleasant,
Sullivan's Island or the Isle of Palms* . > ,
Guns for Fort Moultrie.
The rapid fire guns long expected
for mounting ou Fort Moultrie, have
arrived in New York from Antwerp
and will probably be sent to Sullivan's
Islund within a few weeks. The emplacements
were made for these guns
some mouths ago and it is likely that
they will be mounted as soou as received.
State Teachers' Institute.
The State Teachers' institute will
meet iu Columbia on August 20, aud it
promises to be largely attended.
Prospects Not Bright.
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ia Columbia is not very bright at preseut.
Marion's Tobacco Break.
The Marion tobacco market -was
opened under very favorable auspices.
Nearly 60,000 pounds of tobacco were
knocked down to buyers, and approximately
.<4,000 in cash was transferred
to the pockets of producers.
Fruit of all kinds is very plentiful at
Lamar's, in fact the market is overstocked
and it is selling at remarkably
low prices.
A very heavy storm recently swept
over the section around Lykesland
doing considerable damage to orchards
and corn fields.
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