The Story of Puddin' Swamp
Richest Tobacco Lands in the
Low and Middle Country.
Darlington, February 24 -Business
carried me through portions of Sum?
ter, Clarendon and Williamsburg
counties week before last, and some
surprising things occurred. I travell?
ed through that portion of South Car?
olina where these three counties
touch and found it very hard to real?
ize that I was in South Carolina The
country was unlike the other portions
of the State that I have seen, but this
was not what struck me most forci
bly It seems that I was in the
heart of the new South Carolina to
bacco lands, and 1 have never seen
people more dead in earnest on this
or almost any other subject. , The
farm houses were raoie numerous as
a rule than I ever saw them **in the
country," and very many of these
houses showed that they had only
recently been built. I was accom?
panied by Mr. J. E Brockintou, of
Kingstree, on this trip and our
journey was from Kingstree up
through the sections previously re?
ferred to.
At Kingstree, on Black River and
Broad Swamp, these wonderful to?
bacco lands commenced and they ex?
tended beyond Donglas Township in
Clarendon County to the farther side
of Lynchburg and Shiloh in Sumter
county. Some of the readers of
The News and Courier and all South
Carolina tobacco men are familiar
with the celebrated ' Puddin Swamp1'
grades of South Carolina tobacco.
This femous "Puddin' Swamp" sec?
tion is undoubtedly rich in this pecu?
liar respect. The gi ade of tobacco
attracts attention wherever it is seen
and when this "far away" section is
visited a strong combination reveals
iteelf and one no longer marvels at
the general excellence of the to?
bacco.
In the first place the lands ia situ?
ation and soil could not well be im?
proved upon. The country goner
ally is low and marshy, but high
ridges are on every side of these low,
damp places. These ridges have the
gray, loamy, upper soil, the soft,
large grained, yellow sub soil with
clay about two io four feet deep.
Natural drainage is perfect, much of
the land is new, having only been
cleared during the last year or two,
and "new grounds" were even mere
rapidly coming in response to the
axe, the spade, the plough and the
fire of the farm owners. The farms
were all comparatively small and I
saw very few colored people. By
day and night the smoke and fires
from "clearing up the new ground"
were seen in almost every section
and new tobacco farms were the
role.
1 saw numerous house and barn
"raisings," where fifteen to twenty
neighbors met at one place and did
al! the heavy work of building a
house with the necessary outbuild?
ings. When one was completed a
new one received their time and
labor, and very few hired hands were
seen anywhere.
Barbecued pigs and hogs of The
News and Courier prize stock of
1895 were giving great, though un?
willing, zest to the occasion, and
savory odors mingled with the work
and the smoke.
A strange thing here was the fact
that in this country section so many
new houses and farms were seen, and
I was told that five years ago some of
the well beaten roads that we were
driving on were only a part of the
"pathless woods'' and the "forest
primeval " Five years ago Messrs
J. E. and R. R Tomlinson began
cultivating tobacco here, having re?
ceived information and instruction I
from their kinsmen, Mr D. M. Smoot, |
of Darlington This gentleman is a ,
pioneer of South Carolina tobacco mon
and he did good work in the cause
when he started these live, energetic
Clarendon County pioneers to work j
on the same lines. j
The Messrs Tomlinson were !
laughed at at first, but, but only for a
very short while. On their two
beautiful farms they cultivate tobac?
co almost entirely and their neigh?
bors, far and near, are following
their example.
Another st ange thing here is that
so few of these farmers plant cotton.
They have good homes, are frugal
and hard working ; they have fine
stock, hogs, cows 3nd chickens; they
raise corn, grain and small crops, but
no cotton and beyond any question
tobacco is the leading article of agri- j
culture and commerce. They do hot
plant large crops, but only so much
as they can well manase, and give
proper care and attention to This
as almost any one knows is what ?6
necessary in successful tobacco cul?
ture, and in large measure sccounts
for the high reputation of Puddin' j
Swamp" tobacco.
None of the local philolopists know I
the origin of "Puddin' Swamp' Pota
to puddin' was suggested, but the j
oldest inhabitant smiled at the mere I
mention of such a dish, and said that I
he "did not know " It was further !
suggested that on general principles j
it was "puddin' " to a man to own I
such land as this. It will very soon !
be definitely settled, because tho peo?
ple with one accord will say that this
section was called "Puddin' Swamp"
because of the tobacco made there ;
and which proved such a bonanza to
the owners of these lands.
Speaking of tobacco lands and of
tobacco culture, Mr J. E Brockintou,
of Kingstree, made an experiment
last season in curing tobacco which
will be of the greatest benefit to
every mau who cultivates tobacco
Last year he tried a new tobacco
furnace, to take the place of the
ordinary old-fashioned flues, hither?
to used in curing tobacco This
flue enables one to place the heat ex?
actly where it is most wanted, to
hold it at even temperature for ten to
twelve hours, to quickly and
thoroughly ventilate th* barns and
is a wonderful improvement on the
old way of curning tobacco. As
before published in The News and
Courier no finer tobacco was raised
in South Carolina last year that was
raised, cured and sold by Mr.
Brockintou The new flues did per?
fect work and if they did no more
than hold a steady heat for ten hours,
thus enabling a tobacco grower to
cure his crop and go to sleep, they
would be worth almost any reasonable
price.
Artesian wells and tobacco seemed
to be claiming the attention of these
entire sections. Both of these are
good things. We saw many Arte?
sian wells at various farms and saw
men at work upon others. This was
another strikng feature and the
probability is that nearly every one
of these numerous farms will soon
have its own flowing Artesian well
from 150 to 300 feet in depth. The ;
farm houses were thick as also were
the schools and churches. Among !
the prettiest of these country hornes
were those belonging to Messrs J E I
Tomlinson, A Boykin, W D Gamble, i
A T Budden, R ? Burgess, T P Ful j
more, J E Kennedy, W II Castine, J
II Hardy, B L DuBose, the Rev W
A Wright, E P Johnson, J C Gib
bons, S C McElveen, W J Gibbons, j
D N Gamble. W F Ross, R R Tom- !
linson, Z II Duncan, T G Turber- j
ville, A Smith, F N Thomas. Jehu j
Smith, A F Coker, W J Turber- j
ville, W L Green, A J Castine, J
P W Gibbons, E J Green, J W
Barrow, J J Logget.fW P Baker, J C
Bell, G W Ross and J W Coword.
Magnificent forests of timber were ?
more numerous than I have ever j
seen them and many of these homes ?
nestled on the edges or in the midst
of these "dark rock pines with their
tossing plumes."
Hospitality and courtesy greeted
us at each and every one of these
homes and the russet corn fields, the
whirring partridge and setter dog
lured us away when we could no
longer resist
Fording the inundated causeway
nearly two miles long at Black River
and Broad Swam is not pleasant in
sunlight and clear weather* Late at
night, with black water, a pouring,
cold, drenching rain, darkness and
water above, below and around you,
it is hardly as pleasant as watching a
minstrel performance. At the Cole?
man House, presided over by Mr
Geo S Barr, of Kingstree, we were
soon drying, smoking and-forget- !
ting the last part of our ride.-J. E. |
Norment, in News and Courier.
Colon, Feb. 14.-The Columbian
government will put up at public sale in
the month of July next the monopoly
for the sale of cigarettes The conces?
sion is to be for the period of five years
and the following is the price : First
yeer $360,000 f second year ?390,000; j
third year ?420,000; fourth year!
$450,000; fifth year ?500,000.
Bristol, Fla., Feb 24.-M. F. Gris
sett was killed at logging camp of Cov?
ington, Cox & Co. Grissett was a
desperado, and went to the camp to
clean it up. He opened fire, slightly
wounding Messrs. Covington and Cox.
Meanwhile, Henry Colvin and W. R
Flowers, employees, procured pistols
and began firing at Grissett. After
the exchange of shots, by one of which
Colvin was wounded, Grissett fell dead.
Examination showed that he had been
struck by ll bullets.
Fostoria, O., Feb. 24.-The rumor I
that Hon. M. D. Harter took out a;
?100.000 life insurance policy on the .;
uay before he committed suicide is de
Died. An insurance agent called at
bis office on that day and Col. W. C. i
Browu took out a policy for ?10,000. :
Harter asked a few questions which
showed that bis mind was disturbed \
but he did not negotiate for insurance. !
His life insurance, however, already \
amounted to ?200,000, of which ?50, j
000 is in the equitable of New York, j
Johannesburg, Feb. 24.-Inquiry
into the causes of the recent explosion
of dynamite at Viedendorp, a suburb
of this city, has elicited the fact that a !
truok load of detonators brought from !
Port Elizabeth was placed on a side
track at the Braamfootein freight de-1
pot. A locomotive, in shifting cars, j
come into collission with the car con- j
taioing the detonators, the contents of j
the car exploded from the shock, and !
the explosion of the detonators caused
the explosion of the dynamite which j
was contained in cars standing on a j
track near by.
London, Feb. 24.-The Standard j
will to-morrow publish a dispatch from j
Constantinople, saying that no steps J
whatever have been taken by the porte !
to inaugurate the reforms that were i
promised for Armenia and Macedonia. I
Nobody conversant with the Yildiz I
palace methods expects that any re?
forms will be instituted during the
sultan's life time. The dispatch fur?
ther adds that rumors have been cur?
rent for several days that an attempt
will he made on the life of the vSultan ?
on the occasion of his annual visit to
Constantinople proper on Feb. 28, to
kiss the prophet's mantle.
Speech of ?. I. Manning.
IQ the House of Representa
tives on tue Australian
Bailot Law.
When the Election Law came up for
discussion io the House last week the
Towosend bill was the special order.
Mr. R. ?. Manning moved that the
bill introduced by himself be substi?
tuted. Io support of bis bill he spoke
for more than fifty minutes, making a
plain and unanswerable argument in
favor of the Australian system of vot?
ing. The following syoopsis of his
speech will give some idea of the scope
of his argument although it does not
do full justice to the speech :
"It is with unassumed diffidence that
I have undertaken the task of present?
ing this bili, realizing as I do the
seriousness of the problem confronting
us and the great importance of its wise
and right solution. Notbiog but the
earnest conviction that we must have an
improvement in our election system
and put it upon a higher plane of pub?
lic morals has made :ne undertake the
task.
In introducing this bil! I wish to
state with cana! frankness that I believe
A
that if it is adopted it will greatiy pro
mote purity and fairness in elections.
I have tried to embody all that is just,
fair and right, and I hope that the at?
tention, of thoughtful men will
drawn to the subject with an ioterest
that will direct public sentiment and
demand the adoption of such laws as
will insure fair elections. It is not my
purpose to enter into a discussion to ;
prove that elections held io this State
in the past have not been honest, be?
cause ? believe that every candid man,
of whatever party or faction, will admit
that frauds bave been practiced under
the election laws heretofore in. force.
Framed with the purpose of maintain?
ing white supremacy these laws have
accomplished that object, but it has
been at a fearful cost. High-toned and
honorable io the private affairs of life,
but under these practices our people
have been taught to believe that the
end justifies the means.
Such a sentiment inevitably leads to
a rapid downward movement of degra?
dation of publie morals. Against this,
Mr Speaker, I raise my voice and
solemly protest that such practice must
cease. Ill does it become .he State to
set an exomple of fraud and deception.
She should always aim to teach her
citizens to do the things that are right
and trne. Such an example must and
will have an elevating effect, but if she
sets an example of trickery and cor?
ruption what can we expect but a de
grading influence on her sons ? Such j
influence would soon lead to de- |
ception among her people in the j
private affairs of life. No sir, we can- j
not afford it. We, who have sons to |
bring up. cannot tell them to be up
right and hooest in private affairs, and
theo tell them to countenance fraud ;
when it comes to elections, I believe, ?
sir. that the Constitutional Convention j
dealt with the suffrage question in a I
commendable spirit and taking it all in j
ali with wisdom. Under the conditions
now confronting us we can have honest j
electioos and at the same time maintain i
the rule of the intelligent, and I trust i
that this General Assembly will rise to
the importance of the question, aod
provide for the purity of the ballot.
1 am fully aware, Mr Speaker, that the !
average politician is afraid of suggest- j
iog any change which he thinks may I
be unpopular among the voters, whose j
suffrage he may want, but I believe |
that there is a strong and growing de- j
maud for this reform. The govern* j
mental and economic questions to be de-?i
cided by the ballot are far-reaching j
and all important, and upon their set- :
tlement will largely depend the advance- ;
ment and progress of the nation and ?
State along material, educational and
moral lines. On questions of moment'
South Carolina has generally been in
the front rank. On this question of re- j
form, on so much depends, I hope she j
will follow her traditions of former days
and lake the lead
The bill which I introduce embodies
the essential features of the Australian j
ballot system-certain sections are ;
taken from an old law and it is made \
to conform to every requirement of the 1
new Constitution. I will add that the
Australian ballot system is not a new
one and it has been tried in so many !
countries and in so many electioos that it !
can well be said to bave passed its exper- !
imental stage. It bas stood every test I
and in no instance on record where the
system has ever been tried ha9 it been i
abandoned.
I learn from Wigmore that as far j
back a9 1851 Francis R. Dubton, mern-1
beruf the Legislature of South Aus-!
tralia, proposed this system. At that
time elections with all their vices and
abuses were in vogue. Rioting, inti?
midation and bribery were common.
No definite reform was accomplished
till 1857 or 1858, when a bill embody?
ing this system was passed. After
that time the system spread rapidly ; |
converts to it were steadily made and j
we find committees appointed under i
different governments to examine into |
the merits of the system. These com-i
mittees, judging from all the evidence, ;
went into their work with open mind :
aud made exhaustive examinations. In '
every case we find the result, to be an
approval of iho system. About 18?8
or 1870 Great Britain took up the sub?
ject, and a commission was appointed to
examine into the different systems of
elections. After examining witnesses j
from many countries that commission
selected ibis as possessing greater merit
than soy others. Before this commis- j
sion, of which the Marquis of Haning-1
ton was chairman. Mr. Dubton teeti-i
fied : "No act of my political life has j
given me so much satisfaction as what I
did fifteen or twenty years 8go, with
reference to the ballot system. If this
is possible I am more strongly in favor :
of it now after fifteen years experience
than when I introduced it."
Mr. Richard T?rreos, a noted au- '
thority on such questions, had been
stroogly opposed to the system. After ;
he saw the operation of the law he be- j
came completely converted to it He
came to declare that it. was "the best
and most rapid and facile mode of carry?
ing elections. It worked with the
greatest smoothness, ease and econ?
omy." He testified that rioting, disor?
der and corruption disapeared, and that
a stranger would not know that an elec?
tion was going on.
After its adoption by Great Britain ?
its standing was assured. It then I
spread rapidly to British America, i
Ganada, Nova Scotia, the Northwest |
Territories. Manitoba and others-to
Norway and Sweden, France, Belgium, I
Hungary. Greece, Italy and other '
European countries. In the United
States it was gradually introduced
until it was Snally adopted by thirty-six :
or more States of the Union, and o thors
are coutemplaing its adoption . It bas ;
found favor in both the great political
parties in this country, and all men of
whatever political faith, who favor hon- :
est elections, with all the resultant bene- i
H's, must come to favor and work for
tke application of the essential features :
of the system to our election laws.
Mr. Manning then proceeded to fully j
explain the < psration of the system as 1
outlined in the bill. Ile continued his :
speech by saying in substance that he '
would not discuss thc Townsend bill \
which was practically a copy of thc
Eight Box Liw. "To say that the
Australian ballot system does not suit j
our condition, will not hold, for the as- j
sertioo cannot be substantiated. If we
desire to have fair and honest elections
io South Carolina this bill, essentially
the Australian system, adapted to our
needs, will provide for them ; but if
this is not desired and the House in?
tends that our elections are to be left in
the hands of a few men-commissioners
and Managers of elections-who are
practically to decide the questions at
issue, then vote down this bill. The
issue is before you, it is fair elections
and repudiation of fraud or the reverse.
I appeal to you to rise to the import?
ance of the question, assume the res?
ponsibility placed upon you and act as
independent, manly men.
This may be a bobby with me but I
have the satisfaction of knowing that
tba juoh a measure has been adopted
.ose states and countries where
P -jlic opinion has made itself felt for
this reform. I would, Mr. Speaker, !
that I bad the gift of oratory and that !
I could impart to this ^.0U9e the carn- !
estne9s of conviction which I feel my?
self on this subject, but in the absence
of these qualities, I have tried to state
clearly and dispassionately my views,
and whatever the result I hope that 1
may have sown some seeds that will
now or hereafter bring forth fruit "
- i-i -i-mi
We Will See.
Mr. Editor:-Now that a Republican Pres?
sent is thought to be in sight, is it not a
propitious time for Judge Everything, Col.
Defunct, Msj Kicker, and little Captain
Wiggertail and all other professed Demo?
crats, who have no political principles nor
stability ; but who think themselres preemi?
nently qualified to wear honors, suck public
pap, and have a good time; or, who think
by birthright they are inherently entitled to
obtain or retain fat offices, to follow the lead
of modern Peters, who, like Peter of old, re?
pudiated his allegiance at a convenient, and
doubtless, he thought, a profitable season,
and (professedly at least) flop into the Re?
publican camp?
Would it not be well for the old line Re?
publicans to "watch Tom," alias, the new
issue Republicans, alias the political Peters,
lest they be pushed out and kept ont, of a
warm place in the Republican Feather Bed ?
These questions suggest themselves to a
DEMOCRAT ON PRINCIPLE.
CAPT HOLMAN COMES AGAIN !
SUMTER, S. C., Feb. 24, 1896.
Will you*alIow me space in your columns
to reply briefly to "Democrat of Principle,"
in your issue of the 21st instant. I fear he
is envious. He need not trouble himself
about the "new issue Republican." (joe of
them, at least, knows that he has been
taught such good lessons by Ibe Democrats
in cflice-seeking that his chances to get an
office of profit from his new political friend? j
are fair and would be pleased to be honored
with one. However, he does not hanker
after office and shall not be disappointed,
should he not get one, but shall continue to j
work as b? has always done. If office seek- I
ing was an offense against the municipal laws i
of our city I could fill the cells of the city j
prison with candidates by 10 o'clock today. |
Now, "Mr. Democrat of Principle," please I
for one moment, leave office out ol' your
mind and let us go to principle. I for good j
and sufficient reasons, already published, left |
rhe Democratic party, which has no fixed prin- J
ciples, and I dare you to name some. We
Stand on the following principles : The i
American protective policy, the temporary
overthrow of which, by the Democratic j
party, brought distress and ruin to almost
every industry in the United States. So say ]
Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina and
two hundred thousand majority in Pensylva
nia. What 9ay you ?
We also stand for honesty in elections. j
Do you, Democrat of Principle, believe in
either of th? above? What say you about I
your registration laws ? What Bay about
the rejection of the Australian ballot by your j
Legislature, now In session ? What say you ;
about the Constitutional Convention charg- !
ing four dolkrs per diem for what they j
solemly agreed to do for two dollars per |
diem ?
What say you about your rum mill in the j
cities, v.hilt? there are thousands of places all
orer the country io the ?S(.ite, where whiskey
cnn be bought at anv time and tn any quan?
tity ?
Whately you as to the metropolitan police
being put over our dear old "city by the sea"
lo keep a favorite in ofTi'.-e ? When you an- i
swer these questions, if you desire, I will ask
some more and answer them, and perhaps
tell you why so many stores io our city sod
State are shat up, and so many men and
laborers oat of employment.
If not asking too much, please publish the
above and oblige a new issue republican o
Sumter. E. H. HOLMAN.
In going, to get a drink stop and tfcink
what bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing
Machines are to be had at the Sumter Music
House, in the Masonic Temple building.
4 C
Official" War Stories.
Not Supported by Facts From
Eye-Witnesses.
Habana, Feb. 22, via Tampa, Fla.,
Feb. 24 -The government accounts ot
the attack upon Jaruco, a railroad fowu
midway between Habana and Matan?
zas, on the 18th, are vague and lacking
in many important details. Those
gleaned from residents of the town are
quite different. The attack was made
by Aguirre with 400 men. The volun?
teers of Jaruco, numbering 200 men,
surrendered by preconcerted arrange?
ments taking with them 1,000 rounds
of ammunition. They freed 28 pris?
oners, burned the jail, the town hall
and many other buildings.
The trainload of troops sent from
Habana was attacked upon arrival and
driven from the cars, one of which was
armored. Seven soldiers were found
dead in that car. Some of the soldiers
ran and joined the rebe's, being fired
at by their comrades as they deserted.
Others held together and escaped only
after many were shot. The town,
which was ai important one of over
2.000 inhabitants, is now in ruins.
Thc railroad station is one of the few
buildings that escaped.
After the burning of Jaruco, aseries
of engagements with the parties of
Gomez and Maceo followed, lasting two
days. The insurgents as usual moved
about from place to place, tiring the
columns of Generals Aldecoa and
Linares and Colonel Hernandez, and
occasionally giving them a short fight,
but moving on when troops began ar?
tillery fire.
In addition to the forces which have
recently joioed Gomez, other bands of
orientals are moving west through
Santa Clara and Matanzas provinces.
Government troops are beiog concen?
trated io the territory in which Gomez
and Maceo now operate and a decisive
engagement at an early day seems prob?
able.
Of ail the sugar estates io Matanzas,
Habana and Santa Clara provinces, the
only one now grinding in Constancia,
near Cienfuegos. It is owned by an
American syndicate, at tbe bead of
which is the firm of Perkins & Walsh,
New York, wbich recently failed. In
spite of many attempts to destroy the
cane and machinery, the crop is being
gathered and turned into sugar as rap?
idly as possible. Grinding was begun
Jan. 20, Tand has been kept up con?
tinuously since that date. At this
writing, 10,000 bags have been pro
! doced, and it is hoped 110,000 bags
i will be ground before the ueasoa ends, j
! As this is the only estate on the entire j
; island outside of Santiago province
? which is grinding, something about
' the method followed may be interest
I i?g
I A chain of forts or block houses have
; been built around the estate. There are
; 46 of these forts. Io each fort are 10
to 12 men, and mounted guerrillas
ride from one fort to another, and are
always in readiness to move to any
point which is threatened. There are
860 men employed as guards and a de?
tachment of 100 Spanish troops is sta?
tioned on the place.
The numerous small bands of insur?
gents in the neighborhood make fre?
quent attacks, and exchanging shots
j with the enemy is a part of the daily
i routine. These encounters seldom re
I suit more seriously than in the wound
I iog of one or two of the guards, and
I occasionally the death of an insurgent,
j The latter have burned 20 cabins on
I the estate, but have not succeeded iu j
j burning the cane or mills. A force of j
j about 1,200 men are now at work oo I
j the estate. The extra cost af guards .
1 is about $20,000 a month. The man- :
? ager of the estate, the Marquis Apez- j
I teguia, calculates that the increase io |
the price of sugar this year will make j
tbe grinding profitable.
The owners of estates in Matanzas j
province who have been ordered to be- !
gin grinding by General Weyler will '
fiod it necessary to employ guards as is I
done at Constancia, and even then they j
will risk losing cane mills and all, if j
they violate Gomez's order prohibiting j
grinding. The estates at- the east end j
of the island which are grinding are j
those near Guantanamo, Manzanillo !
i
and Gibara. It is said that they are i
paying ravenue to the insurgents for ?
the privilege of grinding. They also ?
must pay their tax to Spain, but will j
even then come out at a-profit. Io Ha- j
bana province the only estate that has
attempted to grind is Toledo, which fin?
ished with 16,000 bags about a week
ago.
Tbe hundreds of other estates with
millions of dollars worth of cane ripe j
in the fields have not attempted to
grind for fear of losing their machinery j
and buildings, as well as this year's j
crop. Permitting the cane to rot on j
the s?alfc of having it burned will not j
prevent a full crop being produced next \
year, provided quiet times come and ;
help can be obtained to clean the fieid?
o? weeds. J F. Ci,AUK.
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines sold
on easy terms, und exchanged for old ones at
the Sumter Music House, in Masonic l\-rup!p. j
Chesterfield Burned Out.
Cheraw, February 24- -Chester?
field was visited by a most disas?
trous fire yesterday. It broke out
about 11 o'clock in the office of Dr. D'
T. Teal and spread until nineteen
buildings were consumed, some of
the*r* containing stocks of goods.
The following are the principal build?
ings destroyed: Dr. Teal's office, S.
J Sellers's store and ?300 or $4-00
wortb of goods, D. II Kneis's drug
store and $1,500 worth of goods, W.
D Craig & Co's st?re and two-thirds
of their stock of goods, a large dwell,
ing house belonging to Mr. Allen
Chapman, A W Davis's photograph
gallery, YV. F. Pate's store, the "Old
Country House," and a house belong?
ing to A YV. Davis in the rear of the
Court House. The latter building,
although not destroyed, was domag
ed slightly. The total loss is placed
at ?13,000 or ?14.000 and no insur
ance. The town has certainly been
hit hard, aud it will take hard work
and grit to make good the los3. Ches?
terfield has the sympathy of her
neighbor. Cheraw, in this severe trial.
A Model Spanish Republic.
Washington, Feb 24 -According to
nows received {Vorn San Juan del Norte,
Nicaragua, an uprising is agaiu im?
minent, io that country. Newspapers
have been suppressed, but reports
brought to S*n Juan by passengers
from the interior are to the effect that
the city of Leon has declared itself ia
favor of Baca against President Z2laya,
and demands Zelaya's resignation.
Zslaya considers himself strong enough
to put down the movement, trusting
for support to the Conservatives and
the friendly Government of Honduras.
Ile has discharged all citizens cf Leon
from his service, and demands jf the
city the surrender cf arms ar.i full
submisssioD. He is endeavoring to ob?
tain the assistance of Ex-president
Zavala, of Granada. Great excite?
ment prevailed throughout Nicaragua,
especially as most of the national arms
and ammunition are in Leon. The
latest advices are that Zelaya bas de?
clared himself "Dictator" and that all
his mioistry have left bim. At last
reports the people Leon were up in
arms and a fight was imminent.
How a Boy Made $6,000
New York Tribune.
A shrewd boy in a down-town office
has made ?6,000 on an expenditure of
two cents. The lad took advantage of
the weakness in Secretary Carlisle's
bond issue notice, and now he is weal?
thy, according to the small boy's stan?
dard. When be read the bond notice
he saw his opportunity and put in a bid
for $150,000 of the bonds at a price
which assured an award to him. He
sold his right to receive the bonds for
?6,000 The only expense he incur?
red was two cents for a postage stamp
tosend his bid to Washington.
February 24.
Seven persons were burned to death
in a fire on North Charles St., Balti?
more, Md., yesterday.
The Democratic party in Missouri ts
said to be bopciessly divided.
Hunter, the Republican Senatorial
Candidate in Kentucky may withdraw.
McKinley will get a solid delegation
from Georgia in thrt St. Louis conven?
tion.
Ex-Congressman W. D. Hearter, cf
Ohio, committed suicide at Fostonia,
O., on Saturday by shooting himself
in the head.
The faction of the democratic party
io Texas that favors the gold standard
will probably bolt from the party.
Sammie Richardson, a little Charles?
ton negro bad his tongue bitten off
yesterday by a pet coon be waskissiug.
Heart Disease Cured
By Dr. Miles' Heart Cure.
Fainting, Weak or Hungry Spells, Irregu?
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Breath, Swelling of Feet and Ankles, are
symptoms of a diseased or Weale Heart.
MRS. N. C. MILLER.
Of Fort Wayne, Ind., writes on Nov. 29,1894:
"I was afflicted for forty years with heart
trouble and suffered untold agony. I had
weak, hungry spells, and my heart would
palpitate sc hard, the pain would be so acute
and torturing, that I became so weak and
nervous I could not sleep. I was treated by
several physicians without relief and gave
up ever being weil again. About t wo years
ago 1 commenced using Dr. Miles' Remedies.
One bottle of the Heart Cure stepped all
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