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William Mone Dead! Never Rallied Prom The Paralytic Stroke of Sept. 30. Washington, Oct. 8 ?Gen. Wm. Mahone died at Chamberlain's hotel at 1 o'clock this afternoon fram the effects of a paralytic stroke sustained last Monday, September 30. He had been totally unconscious for more than 48 hoars previous to death, aod passed away seeaiiogly without pain. Mrs. Mahone, Butler and Wm. Mahone, -Jr.. his sons; Mrs. 0. M. McGill, his daughter ; L. L. Maury, of Southamp ton county, Virginia, a nephew ; and Capi. Rogers, secretary of the Virginia State Republican committee aod former secretary to Geo. Mahone, Aere at the bedside when the eod came. Arrangements for the funeral were made soon after Gen. Mahone died. The remains will be taken to Peters burg, Va., by the train leaving Wash ington at 4:30 o'clock to morrow morn ing. Services will be held at 5 o'clock to-morrow evening at St. Paul's Epis copal church, Petersburg, and the body will then be taken to the place of inter- ! ment. The honorary pallbearers will be officers of Olahooe's Brigade" and the body bearers will be soldiers who served in that organization. Gen. Mahone was paying one of his frequent visits to Washington when he was paralyzed last Monday. He was partly conscious and able to take nour ishment until Sunday morning last. From that time until his death he did not open his eyes and was unable to take any nourishment. The following officers of General ?^ahone's old brjeade and members of General A. P. Hill camp Confederate veterans, all of Petersburg, will be the honorary pallbearers: Major J. Arthur Johnstoa. Judge Dowry A. Hinton, General Stirb Boiling, Captain E A. Goodwion. Captain John R. Patterson, Captain Asa Rogers. Colonel E. M. Field aod R. Harrington. The acting pallbearers will be the following privates, who served under Genera: Mabone : George S. Burner, J. E. Spottswood. J. R. Turner. R L. Wat son, T. S. Beckwith, J. E. Whiteborn, Alexander Wilson and R R Gee. mm Oliver's Wife Arrested, Charged With Being Acc?s sory Before the Pact. Mrs. Ann M Oliver, the wife of the sr::*-:;y alassi 8 ted Conway B. Oliver, though taken from a sick bed, is now lying in Ricbland county jail awaiting trial '?o the charge of being an acc?s sory before the fact to the murder of her husband, not far from the cage in which Aughtry. who is charged with having committed the murder, is con fined. This was the sensation which was sprung iu the Richlacd Court of Sessions yesterday, and it is a matter that frbeda a new Sight on the whole as pect of the case. When the court met yesterday morning Solicitor Nelson quietly handed to the grand jury an in dictment against the woman, and in about fifteen minutes that body re turned to the court and presented a true bill. There was oo affidavit and arrest warrant for anything of that kind. What evidence was presented to the grand jury, of course, is not known. The arrest and indictment is co doubt, however. based upon the evidence against her adduced at Aughtry's first trial. It will be remembered that the testimony at that trial indicated strongly that Mrs. Oliver was a party to a plot to kill her husband, whether she was or not. Her testimony up ?n . the witness stand will be awaued with the keenest interest. Mrs. Oliver was sick in bed when Constable Baugbmau went for her, but she got un and went with him to the jail, wbt-re she is now confined. She is an attractive bionde. Mr. Sharp, who has been a^isting the solicitor in the prosecution of Aughtry, will defend her. The esse against Aughtry, which was to have been taken up yesterday morn- ; ing, was allowed to go 07er until this morning, owing :o the illness of Mr i Richard Bales one o? the principal witnesses for the State If he is well j enough to be out by Monday, the trial of the ease will be entered upon this morning. The trial promises to be much more interesting than tLe former one. Aughtry was allowed to sit in the court room yesterday for a while, and the sheriff permitted bis wife and three children to eie on the prisoner's bench with him. It made a pathetic picture ~The State The Darlington, Wis , Journal eays edit orially of a popular patent medicine : "We know from experience that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is all that is claimed for it, as on two occasions i? stopped excrutiatiog pains and possibly saved us from an uDtimeiy grave. We would not j re3t easy over night without it in the house." | Tb:3 remedy undoubtedly saves more pain j aud suffering than any other medicine in the j world. Every family should keep it.in the j house, for it is sure to be needed sooner or later. For sale bv Dr. A. J. China. j Removed. R. M. Jenkins has removed from the Opera Bouse store to the stand next to Schwerin & Co., in the White store, where he has a full line of Groceries, all choice and fresh, and at ' ttom prices. iL Pencil and a Pencil Snarpencr for ten cents at s. Q. Ostsea & Go's. Sichland's Cain Gang. Its B?anager Presents an In teresting Report. The following report made by Capt. W H. Sligh. in charge of the Richland County chain gang, to the county commissioners, shows what the gang has accomplished in the way of improving the roads of the couuty : To the County Supervisor and Couu ty Commissioners of Richland County : Gentlemen : I have the honor to make this, my first quarter's report as manager of the chain gang for Richland County. I received from the sheriff of Richland County eleven prisoners on the 12th of -July last, one of which was returned or transferred to the South Carolina penitentiary on account of permanent physical disability Two days were consumed in getting clothes, shackles, provisions, tents and all other things necessary for a prison camp I commenced work on the 13th with seven able-bodied men, one small boy and one man with one arm, leaving one man in camp to cook. The convicts were fresh from jail and from long confinement tender and unable to do hard work in mid summer. The weather was intensely hot and dry. The ground was pack ed and hard from the travel in and out of the city for more than a cen tury. I found the roadbed irregular j in width, low in center and without i ditches After four weeks of dry j weather the rain set in, from which I lost much time and the roadbed that had been filled to the depth of from 12 to 18 inches with dry earth or clay became saturated with water, which made the road nearly impassa ble. All this has been repaired and competent judges report the road in good condition The roadbed has been reduced to a uniform width of 20 feet, with a ditch on each side 5 feet wide, and from 1 to 3 feet deep. The roadbed is of oval shape and has been filled generally ?rom ditch excavations, although a great deal of earth had to be hauled from side streets and walks of private citizens About 7.000 yards of ditches have been dug, 12 bridges across said ditches (the citi zens furnishing the lumber), have been built, and one bridge across Smith's branch, 35 feet long and 20 feet wide In connection with this piece of work, I desire to make hon orable mention of Mr. F. Hyatt, who, with much time and considera ble expense to himself, aided in mak ing a fill of 7 feet in height on the old roadbed on each side o? the bridge, thereby making Geiger'* hill into a pleasant drive, instead ->( a mud hole and a barrier to the travel ing public My guard has done road or day duty weil, but I find it hard to gi-t a man for night watchman who will enforce camp or convict discipline and keep faithful watch. The convicts have given m*1 but little trouble ; not a single case of in subordination or attempt to escape. I have been somewhat troubled with trusties, and would respectfully recommend that the trusty be abol ished^ Th? convicts are furnished without stint, bacon, peap, hominy or grits and vegetables of different kinds at the small expense of 10 cents per day. Each convict has been furnished with one coat, two pair pants, two shirts, one cap, one pair ^hoes, one mattress and one pair blankets. The general health of the prison ers has been good ; there were sev eral cases of chills and fever at my former camp ; the cause must have j been local, as I have no new cases at ! Marstcller's spring CAMP AND ROAD EQUIPPAGE. One mule, 1 cart, 12 shovels, 12 j picks, 3 axes, 1 scraper. I portable j blacksmith shop, 4 wheelbarrows, 1 grindstone, 2 steel and 1 rock ham mer, 1 saw. 1 hatchet, 1 auger, 1 brace and bits, 1 kitchen stove, pots, j buckets, etc , 1 wall tent, 1 wedge! tent, 1 fly for kitchen, 1 fly for mule,! 1 large fly for prisoners This fly is' down for repairs, or to have the ends j enclosed The convicts are kept in j one of Marsteller's houses until the ! tent is finished. Allow me to recommend that a stove be purchased at an early day, as the nights are getting cool, and fire heat at night, especially in damp weather, is in my judgment inde spensible to the health of the con victs. I have made no exhibit of the expenses incurred in the purehase of goods or camp equippages, as all the accounts have been probated and re ceived by your board In conclusion allow me to thank your board for the kind prevision you have mode for all the inmates of my camp I also desire to thank the citizens along the lino of their uni- j form courtesy and kindness toward j myself and guard ; even the prison ers have not been forgotten. Re spectfully submitted, W. Ii. Sligh, Manager. ? The Statt. If your children are subject to croup watch for the first ?vmr>?om of the disease?hoar-- - n*rS3. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ;? given as soov. as the child becomes hoarse it will prevent the attack. Even after the croupy cough has appeared ti-:- attack can always be prevented by giving this remedy. It is also invaluable for. colds and whooping cough. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. ? A Ci To The Women. Something About the Ap proaching State Fair. The following; address to the ladies of Columbia and this county, issued yesterday by the citizens' committee in charge of the arrangements for the coming State fair, makes a call that should be heeded, and givee some in teresting information : To the Ladies of Columbia and Richland County : The annual fair of the State Agri cultural and Mechanical socity will beheld in your city on the 11th of November, continuing throughout the week, and you are expected to aid in making it a success. Your energies and talents never tire in such pro gressive enterprises, and when legis latures and city councils fail to res pond favorably to petitions to foster and maintain the institutions of your State you have adopted tham and carried them on triumphantly. We rely on you now to contribute to the annual fair such articles of your handiwork as you only can create. The merchants and citizens gen erally are making up the sum of ?3, 000, with which to enable the agricul tural society to pay the premiums, and the committee are encouraged j to hope that nearly this sum will be obtained. So that the society will not be in any lack of funds to pay you the premiums you will contend for. Your attention is called to the art gallery and the household department, with the confident expectation that you will fill them to overflowing, and make the fair of '95 the greatest sue- ? cess of them all The railroads have made the very ! low rate of 1 cent per mile travelled | by those who will visit your city, so | that with the high prices paid for cotton here, there will be a large crowd from all parts of the State, and the exhibits of Richland county will indicate the interest you have in your annual fair. Send all the pretty and nice things you have. Solid in the South. Orders Large and Collections Excellent New Yoaii, Oct. 11.?Bradstreet's says: Cooler weather has stimulated a seasonable demand for staple dry goods, millinery and clothing, aud job bers in these lines in ail parts of the country feel the improvement, Rela tively most gain has been made at the south, where au improvement is re ported in almost all lines. interior merchants are placing more liberal or ders than for several years and 'arger distributing centers report sales to the cotton belt and collections therefrom ex ceptionally free. The most unfavorable features are found in disappointment at the moder ation with which wheat is exported from week to week, the reported weakness in pig iron and steel billets and in the competition suffered by domestic woolen manufacturers from abroad But an examination of these condi tions indicai es that if reports of the size of the wheat crop and of wheat stocks carried over be accepted, average weekly reports from this country, if kept up to the end of the crop year, will exhaust the amount of wheat avail able for shipment abroad. The total number of business fail ures throughout the United States num ber 263 this week against 245 last week, 238 iu the week a year ago. 406 two years ago, and 181 in 1892. More encouraging business features are found in the continued advanced j price of cotton, which in turn has put; up prices of several varieties of cotton goods and in the prospect for the main - | tenanco of these rates, which with freer j movement of cotton at the south are having a very favorable influence on buMncss in that part of the country. St. Louis merchants wire that southern merchants are outdoing themselves in placing orders Reports to Bradstreets of gross rail way earnings in September point to a continuous growth of railway transpor tation business as the autumn advances, j accompanied by enlarged gaius over corresponding periods in 1894. In creases are most numerous and percen tages of gain largest among the grangers and southern roads, pointing to an enlarged movement of merchan dise, grain and cotton in sections which have heretofore been backward in this ? respect. -il-? - ? The Sort of Estimates That; Pleasetbe Cotton Planters. New York, October 10.?Special: The bureau to-day reported a condi tion of 65.1, against 70.8 last month J and 73 3 in October, 1892. the season ! of the 6.700,000 crop What should a loss of 8.2 in condition mean com pared with 1 92 and frosts on 8th and ! 9th October throughout a large por tion of the cotton b;-!', which,in t:.c Memphis district, was seventeen days earlier than the average in twenty years? A < J?i" -;t?.n correspondent calls attention today t.> rh-' following: "Taking tin Chronicle's aoreag?; and the bureau c mdition and comparing with 1892 indicates a crop under 6. 000,000." There is oo other coutiractu:; to put the bureau report of today ex cept that it means a disastrously small crop, and we believe decidedly ander 6,500,000. Whether rhe short interest in the three contract markets can by the persistent hammering of prices oheapen the commodity itself and force spot holders to liquidate at spin ners* prices is a question that must be left largely to the producer Keep well in mind that Europe consumed more of American last year than our total crop will amount to this year, and 200.000 less than our total exports last year. The United States will require this season 300,000 more than their consumption last year, when it was 2.700.000 Therefore, is it any wouder spinners and short sellers should consider it a hardship that they should be at the mercy of the people who have grown this crop? But would not this de retributive justice? It re mains to be seen whether they can be succesful in depressing spots merely because they chose to try and demor alize the contract, market today. The South .hoids the whip hand. They must see that Europe prob^ily can only get. 3,750,000 out of the crop, against 9.700,000 last year, and they seem likely to be able to get only from us something over one-half of their total American consumption last season This crop has probaly been out short by frosts of the past forty-eight boors I 500,000 bales, which must be deducted from what the bureau indicated the yield to be on September 30 The Liverpool co*ton Association re port of September 26 shows the follow ing stocks there other than American: Brazilian 9 24C. Egyptian 20,093, West Indian 51,168, East Indian 31, 509. Dose not this show their depend ence almost entirely upon American cotton and confirm estimates ibat it constitutes 85 per cent of the entire world's cosumptijn of all kiuds? Ap parently the world's mills must have ir, but whether ac their price the producer must say. Atwood, Violet & Co Great Hurricane in Mexico. Washington. October 11.?A spe cial from Guaymaf. Mexico, .?ays ?hat advices from the Pacific ports of Mex ico and ports on the west side of the Gulf of California show that the hurri- j cane which s-wcp'. northward during September 30 to October 3 caused great damage to property and shipping, and that a number of lives were lost. Tele graph wires were prostrated, and in formation comes in by degrees, as peo ple arrive from below. The hut ricana crossed the Isthmus of Tehuanrepetr, swept up the coast into the Gulf of California, doiog great damage The hurricane was accompanied by a deluge of water, which completed the ruin the wind had wrought. At Topolubampa all the hoases of .he Americao colony were greatly damaged and the custom house wrecked. The A homy River overflowed its banks. < destroyed sugar plantations and sug ? mills thirty miles away from the haooel of the stream. The entire can. crop of the State of Sinaloa, as far an reported, is completely ruined, and the sugar lands and refioeries at Ahone. the property of Mark Sherwood, of Chicago, and his associates, were demolished. The sugar crop on the Yaqui River, in the State of Sonora, is also destroyed The dam age to the sugar interest of the State of Sinalo and Sonora is estimated at sev eral million dollars. Go to R. M. Jenkins, for Groceries of all kinds, at the lowest prices. Has removed to the A. White store, next to Schwerin & Co. Look Through Your Old Papers. Confederate Postage Stamps wanted. Will pay good prices for ;hem. Leave all stacaps on origiual envelopes and bring or send ;o meatunce. C. D. SCHWARTZ, 3ni. Suinter, S. C. Mr. J. W. Iziizdman Fort Lawn, 5. C. Best For the Blood Hood's Proved Its IV?erit?Eczema Cured. "I have used Hood's Sarsaparille and know it is the best medicine for the blood I have ever taken. Two years ago I had a sore on one of my limbs below the knee. I Spent Many Dollars for medical a??endaix-e and treatment but all in vain. At last a friend urged me to try Hcod's Sarsaparilla. I toJd him it would not do me ?nygood as I had the best of doctors in this vicinity attend me and they said it was a severe case of eczema. He prevailed upon me, however, to take one bottle end when it was all Mood's *~v 1 Potila laica-1 noted .1 .-.Ii hl ?J i2 i?AQ improve: . J).:- ;:'? . iv? I <^aJ , : '? ?:?? ' ???-: - ! .:::?! ;-?.? i- '? '". ;?.1 iL , t been for ); : ? : ; u ?Un I do -i< r ? ?iink I :?.::,;.'= L . ? - . I ' '?'?->%;*?\ bomeimcg utv; ann .?>: ?giiial :n t.i(?h':!s at L G. Osteen & Go 's Book Store, Tablets ith par-c-r ?loi! covers for ? cents. Would arinnounce that her complete stock of ILLINERY Is now readyfor exhibition and sale. Hats and Bonnets in Felt, Velvet, &c , adapted to fii/e and medium trade. Imported and original ideas in colorings and combinations, em bracing many of the recent effects in trimmings. Latest novelties in Rib bons and Velvets A full line Ostrich Feathnrs, Bird Fancies, Aigrettes, &c , &c. Orders solicited, and prompt attention given to same. Ou. 9 ML*' The Opening Sales on Thursday and Friday, August 29th and 30th, were satisfactory in every respect. The average pri?e ever obtained-fer T\ in South i ri /TB i.'S . ON AN OPENING SALE, Pounds sold on 29th, 25,952, Average per hundred $12.04. Pounds sold on 30th, 26,097, Average per hundred $10.14. Sales throughout Season. Eleven regular buyers stationed ehre. Warehouse charges low. Highest prices for ali grades. Heavy freight and warehouse charges saved by selling at home. Full information furnished promptly by J. A. BROGDON, Mgr. SOUTH CAROLINA Co-Educational Institute, (Formerly known as the Williston High School.) IILLISTON, BABHWELL COMTY, SOUTH CAROLINI M E6S?1 BeiiBS imiti Sentente 1895. For the pasi four years this School has been known as the Williston Hi?h School. Year by year its patronage baa steadily increased, during the past session students attending from almost pvery section of South Carolina and also from Georgia. The patronage being so large the Board of Trustees at their last Annual meeting decided to put up larger build ings, increase the number of teachers, raise the standard of the School and change the name to the South Carolina Co-Edcational Institute. The Institution has been granted a charter by the State and is the largest boarding school between Augusta, Ga., and Charleston. S C. "lihSt December our Dormitories were destroyed by fire We take pleasure in announc ing to the public that larger and commodious buildings of modern architecture are now be ing erected on a beautiful Campus of eighr acres These buildings will be completed and comfortably equipped :n time to accommodate 150 boarding students by the opening of the session. Our boarding arrangements for the next session will be far better than ever before and will not be excelled by any school in the State Separate buildings for boys and girls. Teachers live in same building with students. Our teachers are all specialists in their branches Faculty consists of five Professors and four Lady Teachers. Ail students are re quired tc attend the church and Sunday school of their choice. The Institute is divided into five closes, Freshman, Sophomore, Intermediate, Junior and Senior. Besides the u?m! English Course, instruction is tfiven ?0 the following branches: Ancient and Modem Languages, Music, Art, Elocution, Typewriting, Calisthenics and Mili tary Tactics. We guarantee that any young man can enter the Literary Department of our School and ateend the entire session of nine scholastic mouths for from $105.00 to Si25 00 according to class entered. This amount covers Board, ^Tuition, Washing, Lights, Fuel and in fact, every expense except books and clothing. Sil5 00 to $125.00 covers similar expenses for a young lady. Reduced rates given to two or more students from same family and also to the children of ministers Une scholarship of free tuition is given in each county. One scholarship worth $r00 is given in the Slate at large. Competitive examinations will beheld in each countv between the 1st and 20th of September. It you desire to try the examination apply to the President of the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute. By paying cash at beeinning of session for the whole cine months students can get a discount of 15 per cent, off of the abo^e price which will reduce the expenses to an amount less than $100. Music, Vocal or Instrumenta!, per session.535 ,,,? Art. 35 00 PALMETTO BUSINESS COLLEGE. f Conmcted with the South Carolina Co-Educational instituts is the Palmetto Business Co'iege. Tb ? course >?: study is the sanie as in any lirs' cUss Business College. Tuition, full Business Coarse, unlimited scholarship.$30 00 Tuition,!completo ('.?;: :;>? Stenography.. 39 00 Send forcircular-?- and \\T?te for lull particulars to R. B. CAIN". Sec.. WiSiiston Si' l\ X. K. BAILEY. * H. F. RICE, President. Supt. Military Department. Sept. 4.