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MANILA TAKEN i BY MERRITT : AN9 DEWEY AfW Ztivavi Cirihfinri tbo Phil. nilCl UGICiU ilgUllUfS luu iuir ippine Capital Sarrendered Unconditionally to tlie American Forces. m. AD6USTIN FLEES,! ? | Our Troops Swept Over the Spanish Entrenchments With the Greatest Ease. Commander of the Spanish Force* In the ^ Philippines Arrived at Lions Kong on | the German Cruiser Kaiserin Augusta j Consul Wildtnan He ports That the ] liombardment Took Place on Saturday, ] . the Day Atter the Peace Protocol Was i Signed, and That the Surrender Was I Unconditional. | ' Manila, via Hong Rons (By Cable). j j Manila was captured on Saturday. August * 13. by the combined land and naval forces of the United States under General Wesley , Merritt and Bear Admiral George Dewey, j At 9 o'clock in the morning Admiral J Ar.anAtl flrp An Mftltttf* frrfc 1 *T?t r? C UVVk V^VMvv. i.*v .... , ^ end the Spanish tranches, and continued ( two hours. There was no response on the j r- MANILA RAEPOR AND THE DEFEllSf f, ? r SooT, but a heavy Ore on the troops rush- i ini: along the line. After a formal surren- | der in the afternoon the Spanish flag was j. repjaeea oy a iorty-iooi Anioncuu nug, 1110 fleet firing the national salute. We capture,! 7000 prisoners, 12,000 rifles and unlimited ammunition. General Merritt | has assumed command, restoring temper- j arily the civil laws. Eight Americans were killed and fifty wounded. The Spanish loss was much greater. The ships were not struck. The blockade has been raised, and the shops are reopening. The people are pleased. The Americans at noon on August 7 addressed to Captain-General Augustin, the Spanish commander at Mnuila an ultimatum. demanding the surrender of the city and the Spanish forces within fortyeight hours. During the interval of grace the Germans embarked all German subjects and others under German protection. The dtman 1 for surrender was repeated on the afternoon of August 2. but the Spaniards requested a delay to enable th?m to obtain instructions from Madrid, by way of Hon'- K<uv? Thf re ina-t was refused. Admiral Dewey guve General Augustiu an hour in which to surrender, at the timo of the last demand, made on Saturday, August 13. General Augustin refused to comply. The bombar i:r.ent by the warships,which began at 0.30 a. m., was continued for two hours, and then the Americans stormed the trenches, sweeping all before them. The 1 intramuros (those within the walls) attempted no resistance. Defending the long line of at least ten ? miles of trenches were not over, and probably under, 5000 Spanish regular troops, * volunteers and natives. About half that number were in hospital. The attacking gjj >>;.' S>!i fe'M$ ;" '// i Vss?V "m ? [^'Q ADMIRAL GEORGE DEW2T. force numbered from 10.000 to 2Ci,0C0 natives and 10,000 Americans on shore and aboard the fleet. In every respect the advantage was on the side of the attack. The American tieid guns threw heavier metal an 1 had longer range than the Spanish, the marksmanship of the United States gunners was much superior Judge Hukion Accepts Appointment. *t?When Judg-* Hobson,of Greeanboro,Ala., . j*t>ened the letter from Washington announcing his appointment as Postmaster at that place tie wis the most astonished man In the State. His friends, without consulting him, had urged the President to appoint you:.g Ho-son's father to the place, and 3ir. MciLiuiey anpcare 1 to And pleasure in accepting the suggestion. Judge Hobson will ac *ep: the place. He wasthe Democratic Probate Judge of his county for j sixteen years, bat joined the Popuiists and j lost his office. He returned to the Deal- ; ocratic party in 1896 and has since been an j enthusiastic Democrat. I / to that of the Spaniards, and the men were t stronger and in better condition. I Looking over the bay, it was curious to I notice that the foreign fleets arranged themselves according to their sympathies? the English and the Japanese near the Americans, and the Germans and French on ? the opposite side of the bay, north of the " Pasig River. The British cruiser Imraortalite and her consorts kept fairiy near the i American line. The Olympia flred the first shot at 9.40, and a fairly continuous but by no means ^ 1 GENERAL WES LET 3IEBRITT. h (He has hoisted the American flap in Ma- r nila and assumed control of affairs.) e furious cannonade was kept up until 11.20. ^ By that time the Malate fort was 6ilenced , and the American troops then stormed the ' intrenchmeuts. ' Resistance to the American attack was impossible. The First Colorado Regiment was the earliest to charge the Spaniards. s K part of Malate suffered severely from the bombardment. The vaunted intramuros 1 defenses were not tried. The First Colorado Volunteers stormed * the out* trenches, and drove the Spaniards Into the ?econd line of defenses, they 1 having evacuated their southern position it Malate. Then the Americpn troops * ?wept on. driving all the Spaniards into v the Inner fortifications, where the Spanish commander, seeing that further resistance was useless, hoisted the white flag and sur- * i o V c ( s CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS. 0 r rendered. The old town of Manila, despite i the heavy fire, remained completely un- ! t harmed. | c The foreign fleet? watched the bombard- r ment with acute interest. The American warships engaged were the Olympia. Petrel, Raleigh, MeCulloch, Boston, Monterey, Charleston and Baltimore. The Spaniards . I* (ff^% f I ' j CAPTAIN-GENERAL ACGCSTI*. j < ;:csert that the fire of the Americans for the most part fell short, the only effective fir? j -a >eiag from a small gunboat armed with c qui'di-firinggaus that was close inshore. * The Spanish trench extended around s Manila at a distance of from two to four t miles from the walled city, forming a elrcle J tea miles iti circumference; and it was im- f possible, the Spaniards say, to hold so Jong a lino against the American attack*. s Admiral Dewey and General Merritt is- * sited orders to spare all except armed defends of the city, and consequently the town is understood to have been but littlo damaged. Some street fighting between the insurgents and Spaniards occurred on ! t the outskirts, bat order prevailed In the intramuros section. Governor-General Augustin aatl his i ^ family, by prearrangeaicnt, were taken on I s board the German cruiser before the bom- 1 bar lment of Manila, which steamed at a, ? . . _ _. -- tt ~? rv.?~ i i ?pee?i o; ku ?. > iv auua , lint (or the German action General An Justin would have been a most important pris- ! oner of war. Ausustin 1'iess on German Warship. H isn Kono. China (Oy Cable).?The German lirst-class oruisw Kalserln Augusta arrived her-.' from .Manila v. ith Captain* General August's au 1 his family onboard. The cruiser sailed from Man lift on batur- f dav. t General Augustln refuses to grant inter- t views, and will say nothing more than that he is going to bpain at tho first oppor- j tuuitv. Serious lire in Wheatland, Cal. The. entire business poition of TVheatIstid, Cal., has been destroyed by fire. Only one small grocery store is left stand- r iug, and there are dOdi) pt rsons, inclu ding r transient hop-pickers, to be fed. Tho B * %r\ Kuui-tia r!o*nna nnil began plunder:a.; the town. A large force ^ of deputy sheriffs was sworn in fro:n citi- v zens to protect property. It is believed that the lire was incendiary. One C'linaman was burned to death and a number of persons were overcome by the heat. The total loss was $135,030, of which 540,003 r was on grain. The insurance was about t one-half the loss. c MED AWAY TO DEATH i Cloudburst Causes a Flood, Which Drowns Six Children. I WOMAN'S BRAVE STRUGGLE. treat Wave Sweep* Awav Porch Where the Little One*. Ignorant of Dancer, Were Standing?The Mother'* Heroic Kflorts to Save Her Children?Considerable Damage to Property. PiTTsurr.rt, IVnn. (Special).?A cloudmrst up Sawmill Run Friday caused a lood in that stream and endangered the ives of a dozen person*. Six children rere lost. They are: Irene Loftus. Reels .oftus. Anna Holzapfel. Genevieve Shaugh- | tessv. Margaret Shaughr.essy. Nellie Sauls. The water in the run began to rise Friday norning. and at 0 o'clock a great volume if water came down. The missing children, :ogether with some other persons, were standing on a porch of a brick tenement louse near West Carson. This porch overling the run." When the great wave, [ wentv feet high, came down the porch was carried away and the people went with it. Mrs. John Lottus. mother of the two ! hildren llrst named, an 1 two men were the .dtilts in danger. The woman made an | terolc effort to save her chil.lren. but to I 10 purpose. Mrs. Loftus is dying from the ifTects of the shock and exposure. Near the mouth of the ruu the sand j I red go Pittsburg was moored. and when j he men in it saw the wreckage coining j lown the stream and the people struggling or life they stopped all work and went to he rescue. The men and the woman were arrie 1 out into the Ohio River, Uit were aved by the sand diggers. The woman excited the admiration ef all rno saw the catastrophe. She was almost verwhelme l a number of times, but each irae fought off the debris and came to the urface. The great body of water did utich damage. There was a heavy and continuous downtour of rain throughout Western Pennsylvania from midnight until H o'clock Friday corning, and considerablo damage was ~ ~ or?.l U ll AV 9 fl ?*? tX- i fl C* rtf mall streams, l>ut as far as known there rere no other casualties. CORNICE CRUSHED OUT LIVES. 'our Men Kille<l and Five Hurt ia a Building Accident. I Philadelphia (Special).?Four men were illed and live others badly injured Thursay afternoon by the collapse of a cornice n a new building In course of erection. The dead are: Albert Green, bricklayer, ged thirty, leaves a widow and three ehilren; Thomas Lyon, bricklayer, aged hlrty; Christian Schoelter. proprietor of i cigar store, aged fifty-nine, leaves widow nd two children; Harry Evans, bricklayer, ged twenty-five, of Camden, N. J. The injured are: Walter B. Gorman,W111arn Murphy, Frank J. McAtee, Joseph Goraan, and Thomas Mundy. Green and Lyons were at work on a seafold directly beneath the cornice, and the thers were on the sidewalk. The cornice, rliich weighed nearly ten tons, in falling arried the scaffold ami men to the street. Ireen and Lyons were instantly killed, and oine time passed before they and the thers could be taken from under the debis. Schoelter and Evans die 1 in the hosdtal. The building was nearly completed, and he accident is supposed to have been aused by the shortening of the purchase ods in the cornice supports. REVIEW AT CHICKAMAUGA. "orty Thousand Men in the Most Striking Pageant ot ltecent Yearn. The review at Camp Thomas, Cliickanauga Turk, held Wednesday, was one of he most striking pageants of recent yearst tnd one which will long be remembered by dl who had the opportunity of witnessing t. More than -to,000 men. marching in pereet order with bands playing and colors lying, made the occasion a truly inspiring >ne. A crowd of nearly 50,000 persons were inthusia?tic spe -tators. At S.dO a signal gun was fired and the ong column moved up to and past the ower on Snodgrass Hill, where General Jre kinridge, and his gwsts were seated n the reviewing stand. The cavalry came lrst. the artillery next, and the infantry ast. Although the column only passed the eviewing stand once at the review, it oc upicd nearly five hours. SIX MURDERERS IMPLICATED. ["ajlor Coii Tew* That Tln>y Killed XV. A. Tuompson in Alnbainn. Bisohav, Ala. (Special). When Chess dotes, Walter Mote?, Robert Taylor, Jasper lObertsou, John Littiejohu and Dodge dlaukenship, of Talladega Comity, who are iharged with the murder of W. A. Thompion, were put on trial before Commissioner Yilson. Taylor broke down and confessed. The six defendants, he said, are moonihiners. an Isuspeeted Thompson, a farmer, >f assisting t!i? Government to locate their tills. Accordingly they deliberately n* iolved to murder Thompson, and stationed hemselves behind trees, waited on public oads at night for Thompson to return rom Sylacauga. The confession was unexpected, and eattered lismavamong the culprits. Sec ral hangings may follow. Knockout I)roj>* Vol- Trooju. Over eighteen soldiers were brought ino the Provost Marshal's office at Jacfcsoa ille.rin. -uf.Ting intensely from knockout lro;s. Many w, ro brought in o:npleteiv inensible. seemingly li[el?ss. The surgeons j nade .1 ca- 'f'.i! examination of the :n<-u. ami dated that kric.- c..at ??f some kind tad been freely u>el. A number of their onira.les attn -ke.l l'at Chappelle, keeper >f a colored bar, alleging that it was <]ono n his saloon. Only the quick work of dajor Harrison. Provost Marshal, in orderng out u reserve court, save,l Ohappelle's I ife. lfo was terribly beaten and kicked. I Two Cuban Towns Surrender. Major Miley returned to Santiago, Cuba, rom Earacoa and Sagua <le Tauamo, on be north coast of Cuba, where he received he surrender of 1756 Spaniards, with 2.121 itand of arms. 41'>,0o0 rounds of atmnuniion, and tivo Krupp guns. Five Killed l>v a Sheriff. Sheriff Fisher with thirteen men raided a olored gambling house in Bayboro, Ga? | ,nd shots were exataanged between thA inantes and the sheriff's force. Two of the >osso were slightly wound" 1, while the her Iff was struok in the hand, inflicting a winful wound. Five of the inmates were ;llled outright, and six were seriously rounded. Favors Trade ltlijMs in Philippines. The American Asiatic Association passed esolutions declaring against any peace reaty which does not allow this country (qua! trade rights in tho Philippines. CENERAL WHEELER IN COMMAND. C' > Ordered to Relieve General Voting, Who '>1 Will Command Ills Cavalry Division. Washington-. D. C. (Special).?Major* : General Joseph Wheeler has been assigned to the command of Camp WikofT, Montauk Toint, L. I. At the same time Major-Gen- ce ! eral Young was relieved of the station and |n I ordered to command the cavalry division ; in place of General Wheeler. The change , is made chiefly for the reason that the war ^ j beiug over. General Wheeler wishes to re- ' turn to Congress at the opening of the ses_ - ? H I MAIOK-REN'ERAL SAMD-C.L E. jr. TOCNO. (Who has been ordered tb command General Wheeler's cavalr" division.) sion in December. The camp at Montaulc (E Point will have been abandoned by that I . I. ... V. n..'l ). ! a command provided, it is then nuisterod out of the service. The cavalry di\'isiOD, being composed mostly of regulars will be *a maintained permanently and wilt need a M' regular commanding officer. For tf. 's command General Young is eminently well an fitted, for he belongs to the cavalry branch of tho regular service. s. f' fri . co GOVERNOR SCOFIELD RENOMINATE?. el< No Reference to Territorial Expansion in ta Wisconsin Republican Platform. ce Co Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). The great- ^ est political battle in the history of Wisconsin politics was fougnt. when the State Republican convention at the big ExpoSition Building assentbled for the selection ?* I ?*a ^u" ticket su I Governor Scofleld tVas op ^35 irS renominated. req?iv- Ar i . If/ lng 620)f to R. M.; La- su JK' follette's 436)^ vites. ^ It was the largest >? gathering ever held in ^Y-'rar^^V' tilis st!lte- Thd ten Hi hundred and siKtySy/jf seven delegates ocVu2^/ V f f Pi?d hal( the flo^jr ! / 7^ space, and the galleiv Cc ies were filled with's ?r spectators. ^ govebsob scofif.ld. The Committee on Resolutions presented majority and minor- \ 1 Ity reports. They were identical, with the 0\ exception of the paragraphs indorsing the 0>c State administration. 80] . The platform adopted endorses the Ad- |n ministration of President McKinley and jn. commends the Administration's action in wn the war with Spain: welcomes the return of peace and expresses gratitudo and fa( thanks to the brave men of the army and p0 navy who have maintained the honor of our [,e| flag; reaffirms the declarations of the last ka Republican convention; congratulates the jj6l nation on the return of prosperity. jn sh' Tennessee Republicans Nominate. pg The Republican State Convention met at oo Nashville, Tenn.. and nominatod James A hii Fowler, of Anderson County, for Governor, sje and James A. Greer, of Loudon; Robert f Haggard, of Wayne, and Zachary Tayior, $ti of Shelby, for Railroad Commissioners. The ha resolutions,endorse the Administration of 'resident McKinley and his conduct of the j Spanish war. favor the construction of the pr, Nicaragua Canal under strictly American m( rontroi, and the annexation or control of 0I1 ill the possessions which have been con- toi piercd by the military and naval forces of bjt :hc country. ] gJ ORDERS TO CENERAL MERRITT. I en ? cit S'o Joint Occupation Willi Iii*ur;enli in | i Philippine* Allaireil. j Co Washington". D. C. (Special).?The War an Department made public the order sent to if jeii-m! Merritt regarding the occupation i)a >f the city of Manila by the American ^ oreThe order follows: ADirTAXT-GENF.KAl/s OITJOE, ) Washington, I). August 17. ?" ilajor-Gsneral Morritt, Manila, Puilip- H? nines: The President dire."is that tlt?re must bo , 10 joint occupation with the insurgents. Hie United States in the possession of Go Manila City, Manila Buy and harbor, must EI: >re9erve the peace and protect persons and noperty witiiiu t i * territory occupied >y their military and naval forces. Tlie nsurgents an<l all others m i-t recognize he military occupation an I authority of ;he United States an I the ssutlon of hostilities proclaimed by the president. U?o whatever means in your judgment are necissary to this en 1. All law-abiding people nust be treated alik?. By order Secretary "f War. II. C. oauiN, Adjutant-General. Tlie official- of the Department hope :here ntay be : > trouble with the insurgent forces in the ' tip-; in s, although tne disjatches which ihv>- ; n received.together ivith the <| *:n i?t- <? Aguinahio for joint jecupation, h ?e in-ii/at-d a temper on j :he part of ta- Ic^urrent leaders which is I nt C'ltl'cfaAfA / ; The text of r u* Pr -i-l-ar 's order cannot )o misnnd'T- ?o l.a id 11- * insurgents will / M kept out ' Manila, and tlit* city, bay ^ id11 harbor w I bo held as an American ^ possession. :e i>- dbility of an attac k >n the city by i insurgent forces has been '//. onsidered. the bay in possession of \ Itnirul Dev.* . anil ten thousand Ameri;an troops n ir the city, it is not believed \< :nat they \rili e very formidablo in case of \ in attack. SoMlci . Sentence For Murder. t>-:....... t .. ;*,1?a rr,nf irilh t)i?? flrmv I rn>lUCi. i 'uar, t? ..v II .Uk ?J :o Porto lit . shot his comrade. Private Stafford. \v enlaced in a drunken quarrel. The a. r ii*r was deliberate, as lie ^ breatened ? kill Stafford a lew minutes sefore the > jv 1 was committed. Laduko ),-as tried b <,<,urt:?nrtial and sentenced to , ii'e inipris .im-nt. lie will be transported o this cou trv and confined in the peni- "f1; rentiary ai Leavenworth, Kansas. Spalii'* Coinmisiionrrs For Cuba, The Spanish Cabinet at Madrid, has ap- jj pointed General Gonzales Parrado, second in co:nn md in Culm; Pear-Admiral Lais .jje 19 . ..ndflrn w!'a cnnr?af><lo<1 Admiml Xavarr . tae Spanish commander in Cuban waters. and Marquis De Montoro, Minister ' _ of Fin ice in tbe Insular Cabinet, .as the luj' CoaiiL: -don of Evacuation for Cuba. :eri kru Heavy ilood* in India. >Q f He "oods caused landslides near j Isaii !. India; the European residents ' :ho esca..^.. but many natives were killed. ao II OLONEL HAY TO SUCCEED DAY. resident McKinley Appoints Our Am has., sador to England Secretary of State. Washington, D. C.?Tbo President has ^pointed Colonel John Hay, the United < ates Ambassador in London, as the sue* ssor of Judgo William R. Day as Secrery of State. Mr. Day's resignation will ke effect when he has organized the Teace jmmission, some time next month, and dor to his departure with the other com- | Iss&ners for Paris, where their sessions til ho hold in accordance with the nro sions of the protocol signed at the White ouse. a I ' I COLONEL JOHN HAY. I 'nited States Ambassador to London whom President McKinley made his ! Secretary of State.) Colonel John Hay has cabled his aceep- j nr?A rtf Hia f!nhinpf nnslfrfnn tn Pr#?*i?1pnf MVW V1 rvN...VM - cKinley. President MeKinley's great friendship id admiration for Colonel Hay is well town, and in appointing him Secretary of ate he has gratified a desire that dates Dm the time he began to consider the I mposition of the Cabinet, just after his action to the Presidency. i Just when Mr. Day's resignation will ( Ice effect nobody appears to know.' It is rtain, however, that he will cease to be cretary of State before the American sace Commissioners sail for Europe. Colonel Hay Ksteemed in London. London (By Cable). The papers, witht exception, express regret at the return Ambassador Hay to the United States to i cceed Secretary Dav, nnd are of the , inion that it is a "pity to interrupt an nbassadorial career promising great relts for the future of the two nations." i CORBETT'S FATHER'S CRIME. e Shoots His Wife and Then Himself in San Francisco. San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Patrick I >rbett, the father of James J. Corbett, the ize fighter, shot and killed his wite and en turned the weapon upon himself. The shooting occurred at the residence the Corbett family shortly before five \ock Tuesday mornipg. Mr. King, a i-*r-law of Mr. Corbett, who was living the Wuse, heard two shots in his fatherlaw's V11?. Hurrying to the room he is horrifleoito find Mrs. Corbett lying in 9 bed cove^fe&\ with blood, while his ;her-in-law lay* xpn the floor with blood uring from his "'-,mouth. Mrs. Cortt was in her night juvJ.ro, while her husnd was fully dressed. EK^ath must have en instantaneous. There t<as a wound Mrs. Corbett's temple and Corbett had ot himself in the mouth. From ^'ie aparance of the bodies it is believed \that rbett arose early in the morning, dres^d | nself and shot his aged wiie while sh&? ,pt* V 5he had evidently died instantly, for she b 11 lay in a perfectly natural position. Ho d just returned from Bartlett Springs, 3 tere he hid been stopping for his health. l dr. Corbett lost all his money and 1 operty on his son's fight with Fitzsim- < >ns. The banks were about to foreclose , him, and it is believed he became i npornrily insane through brooding over . > losses. Both husband and wife were highly re- 1 acted in the community, and the tragedy mted intense excitement throughout the yinnnno XT T /CfVOlloll T fl Tl Og 1 X Al.tV, 41. 't . rbett was shocked when ho received 1 telegram from his brother Harry ( nouncing tho tragedy. Ho said that ] tho news were true his father must ve become insane. Ho could not ac-' , ant for it in any other way. Corbetfc II stop training for tho present. CENIRAL BLANCO RESICNS. 1 1 > Does Xot Want to Superintend the ^ Evacuation of Cuba. | Hadkid, Spain (By Cable). The Spanish 1 vernmeat received fro?Captuin-General moo a dispatch tending his resignation. 0 reason given by General Blanco for re it 'If i CAPTAI!C-Cr:.*r.RAl BLANCO. 6 a niDff ia that ho floes not wish to superin- f id the ovnountiou of Cuba. Blanco "lust Remain. iIaprib, Spam (Dy Ck'oIoi.?The Cabinet I s directed Captain-General Blanco and 8 :?r officials to retain their posts until the 1 a Pennsylvania's ltis Camp, [ajor-General Graham and his staff_ a h one company of the Signal Corps and ^ Ninth Ohio Infantry Battalion (Vol I), arrived at trie camp near mr>urg. Peun., and establish1 tlie hen I- '* irrers o t the Seeouil Army Cw:>s. onei .Tames 31. Moore, Assistant Quni 1 uaster-Geueral of the United Stales ay, is directing the preparations for the camp. It is said thai not fewer than j 100 troops will bo under canvas before end of the present month. Sixteen r( usaud men are already under orders to I3 ve to the camp near Harrisburg p ? \ j ? : Mi ll CIS 1118. [898 Will Be Memorable in Hartsville For Fine Crops, SOTTON MILLS DOING WELL V Laurens County Farmer Killed by Hi* Son?Pecan Culture Profitable in South Carolina?Important Happenings. White cap raids in the quiet old :ounty of Lexington is something entirely new, but this miduight gang put on their war paintrecentlv and started out to end the mundane career of David Coleman, a well-behaved negro farmer. It was about 11 o'clock at Dight when the raid was made. Coleman and his family were asleep when the manraders came to his house, and after making violent demonstratioms, broke in the door and took Coleman out, with the inteutioa, as they told the negro, of taking him to Saluda river aud drowning him. They, after a litte parley, secured their victim and started off with him to the river, which is not far off. One of the white caps pulled out his pistol, and Coleman thinking he was going to be killed od the spot, watched his chance, and when a piece of woods was reached he made a dash and in the darkness he managed to elude his captors. While he was hoeing from them seven pistol shots were fired at him, bat none took eftect, and alter out-running the white caps, he escaped unhurt. Fine Crops in Hartsville. The people of Hartsville will longremember the year 1808 as one of the most favorable in many years for farming operations. Corn is excellent, cotton promising, tobacco fine, and other crops doing admirably. Wheat has been an astonishing success. A few'vears ago the farmers didn't think it paid to sow wheat but the yield tbis year has been so phenomenal that there will be a large planting this fall. Experienced tobacco growers prophesy thht the growth of the tobacco industrv in that section will soon be^so great that the people of North Carolina and Virginia will have to give np to^HHfi^H bacco and go back to small grain, grasHHOBflj and stock raising. H Laurens Boy kills His Father. James Tamer, a well to do farmer Laurens, was abusing his wife, and th^ggj^mf fourteen-year-old son interfered to tect bis mother, when the father drev^BBH^H his pistol. By some means yonn^^HDH| Turner got possession of the weapoJ^Hj^BH and bred at his father. The ball en-BnH^H tered the right eye and came oat on the^^M^^Hj top of the head. Turner fell to the^H^^B floor and expired in a few minutes. HHffi The sympathy of the community is al- KggUSHj most entirely with the young man, as his father was known as an overbearing, high-tempered man, and not at all oon- | Hj genial in his family relations. 9B|Nm Pecan Culture Profitable. Dr. 0. D. Faust, in a paper read before the Institute, at Clemson College, HB| said in part: "The pecan, which grows naturally over a large portion of the mH United States aud is the most impor- VM taut of our native nuts, has assumed h/nsiderable importance as an industry in South. It is remarkable as the ffl most jVptitable of all our nut-earning M ;rees. Novnau can leave a surer laga- JK jv to his family than a good pecan fl| ;rovo. An oltTjtfentleman at Denmark ISP - i v i_ _ ..n- Am aas two trees tromV^i^co j** "" :o $."?U worth of nufBi Think what jrove of such trees woViyf,p*yi South Carolina Cotton Mills. All the cotton mills in Sonth Coroli- v is are doing well, earning good divilends for their stocaholders and keep* ng right at the head of the cotton iianufactnriug industry ot the South, the proud distinction which this state >ccupies in leadiug all other Southern States in tho cotton mill business has jeen won by hard and intelligent work :ogether with the many natural advantages offered by South Carolina in :his special Held of industrial development. Palmetto Notes. Prices have been so low this year hat few melons have been shipped rom Williston. A mad dog waR killed at Columbia ecentlv. An old colored woman, said to be >ver a hundred years old, died in Ionesville recently. * Footpads recently held up a darkey n Columbia, but were frightened away jefore securing any booty. Preparations are being made at Holnmb'.a lor the State .teachers Association, which meets there on the Uth. The citizens of Bennettsville are jujilaat over the prospects for a cotton actory at that place. There is a movement on foot in Char- x eston to build a permanent amiitoritin, to be erected in time for tho Conederate reunion in lbU'J. Work ou the canal locks, at Colum >ia, the woou portion 01 wnich was otallv destroyed by nre a few weeks ,go, is progressing a3 fast as such work :aa be carried on. G or mail it Wright's new tobacco temmery, at Florence, is preparing ibout 2u,IX)'J pounds of tobacco a day or export, Gdrmon ic Wright export uost of their tobueco to Japan, where hey have large orderr placed. 'ihe temmery is a "big thing,"and will be , great factor in building up that narket. Two business men of Greenville had , lively set-to recently over a bill. Corn crops are good in the section round Prosperity, and cotton, now leginuing to open, promises an abunant yield. Potatoes are growing nicey, and winter turnips are being sown. l hie neavirift ernn will b? cnthorprl Wants the Spanish Prisoners Released The Kome correspondent of the Lon? on Daily Chronicle saya the Pope has equested Archbishop Ireland to ask 'resident McKinlv to sanction the roznDt release of the Spanish orisonrs. /