Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOSS OF PROPERTY RUNS INTO MILLIONS. SUMMARY OP EFFECTS OF FLOODS IN TEXAS. Galveston, Tes, Joly 9-Relief work in tbe Brazos flooded district bas been systematized, three relief trains leaving Honstoo, Galveston and San Antonio daily Probably 20,000 negroes are now being fed and will need to be sus tained for some time by the relief committees All sorts of estimates are made as to the amount of the cotton loss An estimate of 50 per cent is considered conservative. This would be a money loss of $5, 000,000. The loss sustained by the destruction of other crops, houses, fencing, stock and bridges, would be $2,500,000, while the loss to the railroads is probably $1,000,000, making a total of $8,500,000. Owing to the exaggerated reports circulated as to the loss of life in the recent floods, the News has made a special effort to secure the facts from each county. Reports received from 13 counties show a loss of 37 lives fr cm drowning. Reports from Sealy slate that a wnite woman and a negro woman died there today from the heat and expoBnre. There are 500 negroes at Sealy at the point of starvation. Rations will be sent by the first train. At Hearne a mass meeting of the citizens was held today and commit tees appointed to request supplies from the governor for immediate use. Intense suffering is said to exist in this locality. FURTHER DETAILS. St Louis, July 7 -A special to the Globe Democrat from Angleton, Tex., says : All the streets of this town are under two or three feet of waler. Very few lives have been . lost in this vicinity, but the losses of live stock and crops will be heavy. Cattle along the Bastrop have been drowned by the thousands The 'destruction in Oyster Creek vailej_is^ absolutely complete, negroes' cabins have been- washed away by the cozens, and the poor blacks are pen niless and hungry. The Brazos now extends from Caney in Matagorda county on the west, to Choisie on the east, a distance of 35 miles, and bas carried complete destruction and desolation with it. Absolutely noth* lng is left which was touched by the flood. GOV. SAYERS' PROCLAMATION Austin, Tex , July 9 -Gov. Sayers today issued a flood sufferers' procla mation especially requesting that seither supplies of any kind nor money be sent to aoy io the over fia wed district without first advising bim. State Teachers' Association. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the State Teachers1 association will be held at Harris Lithia Springs, Joly 14-18, 1899. AU white teachers connty super intendenta, trustees and friends of education are cordially invited to attend the sessions, and to become members of the association. The membership fees are one dollar for en and fifty cents for women, pay able to the treasurer at the annual meeting. Representatives of the press will be beartiij welcomed, and furnished with every facility for reporting the proceedings. Hr. Harris, the propietor of the Springs, bas offered board to the members of the association for $1 per day,-and- -those-who care to remain at this health resort after the association adjourns can stay at the same rate Transportation from depot io Springs and return 25 cents This offer is made only to members and guests of association and the husbands and wives of the members ; so, ali attending this meeting should enroll promptly and obtain certifi cates of membership from the secre tary, else they will be expected to pay regular rates of board Those who expect to attend should notify Mr. R L Fox, Harris Springs, S. C , several days in advance, so that all arrangements for transporta lion, etc , can be made beforehand. Program of the meeting can be had by addressing the secretary, L W. Dick, Aiken, S C. Special rates for the round trip have been grated by the railroads. The rate from Sumter will be $4 10 lt would be well for those who contemplate buying these special tickets to see that the local agent bas his instructions and ticket in time, as mistakes have frequently occurred in the past, owing to failure of station agents to get requisite ordere con cerniog sale of these tickets. Tickets^ to the meeting of the State Teachers' association at Harris Springs will be on sale July 13th to 17, finallimit July 2lst. Ticketsone first class fare for round trip. The yacht Columbia out-sailed the Defender io a raee of about tweoty-eiz oilei Sx thouaaod sig ar askers in Tan pt, Fla., are on a Ftr ke. ; Bad State of Affairs I in Philippines. I Tine Country is One Great Lake - Soldiers Endure Great Hardships. Manila, July 10.-8 a. m.-It has beeu raiuing and storming almost constantly for two days and ihe countij along the American sooth and bay lines is literally flooded The soldiers are suffering great dis comfort. The Thirteenth infantry at Pasay is in the worst position, being practica bly is surrounded by water. The bridges that were used forgetting sup plies have been washed away, and sorae of the companies are now separ ated by streams six feet deep. In many casee the men are sleeping with three feet of water beneath their bunks, which are elevated on cracker boxes The company cooke, when preparing the meals, stand knee keep in water Some of the roads leading to the Pasay are eimply impassable, and the rice fields OD all sides are one great lake. A high wind blew over several tents of the Second reserve hospital. danila bay ie impossible of navi gation by either launches or canoes and no vessels are leaving the har bor. The United States transport Cen tennial is ready to sail for San Fran cisco with discharged soldiers but the latter have to sit around the water front all day, drenched to the skin, waiting for a launch to take them to the steamer. The river Pasig and all the other streams are swollen and the city streets at low points are covered with water. F RTHER COMMUNICATIONS. Manila, July 6, via Hong Kong, July 10 -friendly Filipinos in Ma nila bave been the medium of com muoication8 between the American authorities and the military leaders of the insurrection in Cavite pro vince, which for 6ome time promised to result in bringing over a promi nent general and several hundred of his followers with their arms. If the negotiations had succeeded the out come wonld have been a great moral effect, for other defections doubtless would have followed. Were the general's name given it might lead in his case to a fate simi lar to that which has befallen other Filipinos suspected of friendliness towards the Americans He had foreseen the failure of the insurrec tion and advised Aguinaldo to make terms, but it is understood that he has eent word to the Americans that, having sworn to support the insur rection, he must remain loyal to the end. Similar negotiations are said on good authority to have been conduct ed with a member of the cabinet of the so called Filipino government, who himself took the initiative. Some form of money consideration figured io the discussions with his frieode. John D. Rockefeller bas lit in Washington and gobbled a large piece of it By foreclosing a mortgage on the Ereritt Land Company, which owns four millions7 worth of property, be gets oontrol of the hole of it. lc wae only reoeotly that he foreclosed a mortgage on the Monte Cristo mines, and, taken with tbe recent deal, he DOW owns Ereritt completely. It bas a population of aboat, four thousand. If Mr. Rockefeller ices and continues io good health, be will probably own the earth io time. The Man Who Drinks. The business world recognizes that no man who drinks is as good as he would be if he never drank. Time was when in certain lines of business it was considered necessary to drink Quite the contrary is the case now Even saloon men prefer barkeepers who do not drink the liquide they seil Ail the fairy talee about the great thing people do when under the influence of liquor have been explod ed. The orator who must be intoxicated in order to make a speech is no longer here, and he has never been here. The lawyer who cannot plead a case or cite an authority without spending the night before in a barroom hae gone to visit the pale glimpses of the moon and he bas always beer* gone. The writer who predates a great poem or a great essay while maudlin, removed from this planet before the command "Lei there be light', waa given The bookkeeper clerk, mechanic, eales man, artisan young or oid, ie not at his beet while be is under the influence of liquor and he is not us valuable to himself, hie employer, or society In the race of life the tem perate man hae the best of it ; the drinking man ie handicapped Great things have been done while the brain was excited by stimulante, but greater things would have been done bed there been no artificial simula tion. The sober ie always an improve ment on the drunken man.-Memphis Commercial Appeal ? in -- min The transfer of the Carolines and other inlands to Germaoy takes place io the autumn. A warship will be sent to the islands to take formal possession of them tod hoist the German gag. \ \ > Annex Liberia. BISHOP GRANT WANTS UNCLE SAM TO AN NEX LIBERIA. Washington, July 10 -The Alger Pingree muddle bas been thickened by Alger's positive denial that he had made a deal with Pingree and 6aying that Pingree had merely offered to support his candidacy for the senate because of his dislike for McMillan. Later Alger deuied that. This sort of thing is regarded by some as indicating the truth of the story told in Washington a few days ago, alleging that Mr. McKinley intended to support Alger and oppose Senator McMillan, but others-many others-regard it as nothing more than frantic efforts of Alger to retain bis hold upon the war portfolio. The best informed men in political circles regard a break in Mr. McKinley's cabinet as inevitable. It may not be Alger, however, who wi)! go out. It is well known that the relations between Secretaries Gage and Alger, never very cordial, have almost reached the fighting stage, and not believed that all of Mr McKinley's admitted knack of mollification can succeed in keeping two men so an tagonistic to each other in his official family. Secretary Gage would have resigned last winter if the powerful financial interests he represents bad not insisted on bis remaining in the cabinet. He bas never entirely for given Mr. McKinley for not recom mending the financial legislation he advised in bis annual report, instead of merely commending the report to the consideration of congress. Mr Gage considers himself the only financier and regards Mr McKinley and the other members o the cabinet as timid amateurs. Mr. McKinley wishes Secretary Gage to remain in the cabinet until after the presidential election, anyway, because he knows that if he retires before then, it wiil bring about a material reduction in the republican campaign fund. The highest rank held during the civil war by Hon D. B. Henderson was colonel. But ever since his election as speaker of the house became a certainty, he has been con stautly referred to as "general," and when he came to Washington several days ago, on a patronage round up, which, by the way, was one of the most successful made by any individ ual under the present administration, he found that all of the officials from Mr McKinley down recognized his promotion ; also that some of the members of the house were ready to give him a divine title if he would oniy agree to give them the commit tee assignments they hankered after Col Henderson surprised those who thought him made of sterner stuff, by exhibiting his soreness because ex Czar Reed bad not congratulated him on the success of bis speakership campaign Gen Joe Wheeler, who will sail from San Francisco for Manila on the 20th instant, says be will not resign his seat in congress, because he ex pects to be back by December Here's a brand new phase of the expansion question. Bishop Grant, A M E Church (negro), is in Washington advocating the annexa tion of Liberia by the United States He told Mr McKinley that since we bad expanded into Asia we might ae well also take a slice of Africa, but somehow the Liberia idea doesn't seenVto enthuse the expansionists. Tbe think it al! right to annex the saddle colored man, but draw the line on the bla fc man. That Hon. John R McLean was being poshed forward by his friends as a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of Ohio has been apparent for several weeks, but it was not positively known whether it was being done with or without Mr. McLean's consent until he author ized the publication of the following statement as to his position : "I have not sought the nomination and do not regard myseif as entitled to demand it ; but I have friends who have urged my name in this connection, and I am by no means indifferent On the contrary, I would regard the nomination as a very high honor, and if it ia tendered me, of course, I will accept, and regard myeelf as obligat ed !o make the strongest fight I can for the party I do not think any Ohio democrat could afford to refuse such a distinction " Mr McLean thinks existing conditions io Ohio give the democrats the best chance they have had for some time to elect a governor, and no man has better facilities than he has, through the numerous correspondents of his paper, the Cincinnati Inquirer, to know the exact conditions in every part of the State. A democratic victory in Ohio this year would make a corking good starter for the presi dential campaign. Representative Epes, of Virginia, heartily endorses the suggestion, made in a Washington paper, that Scator Martin be made chairman of the democratic national committee if Senator Jones' health should prevent his retaining the position. Said Mr. Epes : "Without disparagement to any man I want to say that Senator Martin has pre eminent qualifications for the place. He is one of the wisest managers io the whole field of American politics today, and if be caa be prevailed opon to act as national chairman, the party will have the benefit of an experienced and sagacious counselor who can be de pended upon to make no mistakes iu the momentous campaign before us." Gov. Roosevelt is now posing as a mii'tary expert He says that Mr. McKinley sent for him to consult him in that capacity concerning the officers and organization of the new regiments which are to be immedi ately recruited for the Philippines. It is more likely that Roosevelt's errand in Washington was a political one of some sort. Goes With Her Father. Washington, D. C., July 8 -Miss Annie Wheeler was today appoiuted a nurse by the war department and will leave Washington tomorrow with her father, Gen Joe Wheeler, for the Philippines. Miss Wheeler accompanied her father to Cuba during the war and now goes with him to Manila and will enter the hospital when she reaches there. Mr. Plant's Successor. New York, Joly 10 -At a meeting of the board of directors of the SoutLern Express Compaoy heid today M. J. O'Brien waa elected president to buoceed the late Henry B. Piaot. Mr. O'Brien was formerly vice president aud general manager of the compaoy. The railroad mileage io the south has increased two and a half times since July 1st, 1880 Then we had about 21,000 miles, now we have about 52,000. Rev. John Jasper, colored, of "de sun do move'7 fame, a resident of Richmond, Va , celebrated his 84th birthday on the 4th He still per sists that "de sun do move." Passe Partont Frames. Passe partont frames have lately re turned to favor,-says The Art Inter change. They consist of a glass, a mat and a cardboard back, held together by means of a strip of tape or paper pasted over the edges. The mat is sometimes omitted and the square or vignette ef fect of the opening obtained by paint ing directly on the glass the color de sired. The rings for hanging have each a pair of tiny metal tongues attached, which are thrust through the cardboard back and flattened out like the ordinary paper binders. No very large pictures can be framed in this way, as the whole weight comes upon the binding strip, but it is an admirable method for pho tographs and engravings. nott toiree throws. This is how coffee leaves and berries look at about the lime fer the harvest; The coffee tree is an evergreen plant, growing 10 or 12 feet high. Its leaves are a dark, shiny green on the upper side and paler underneath. They are five or six inches long and from two to three inches wide. Flowers come in fragrant white clusters and give place to berries which when ready for gath ering are a deep red. It takes from four to seven years to bring a plant to bear Science has tackled fog. In a paper read before the Royal institute Pro fesser Lodge said that he did not despair of being able to overcome it with elec tricity. According to some experiments recently made, he can turn fog into rain by electrical discharges and precipi tate it. Presentiment. Justice of the Peace (to bride's mothal as the bridegroom hesitates with his "Yes")-Step a little farther back, madam.-Toledo Bee. Belgian workmen are fend of cock crowing competitions. The other day one well trained bird crowed no less than 463 times in the course of an hour. Wanted Something: Quicker. Some few years ago I issued a policy on the life of a man who was far from being a model husband I called for the premium every week and rarely got it without a grumble from the wife. The last time I called she said: "I ain't going to pay you any more. There's Mrs. Smith only had her old man in M. 's sc ciety three months, and he's dead and sue's got the money. I'm going to put my old man in that, sq you needn't call again."-Liverpool Mercury. The Time It Worked. Little Johnny always wanted to sleep in the morning, and finally Papa Mc Swatters wondered how he would ever get the boy up betimes. At last he struck upon the following "Johnny, the furnace fire is all fixed, and the ashes have been carried out, and the leaves raked Breakfast is al most over and only three pancakes left" Johnny forgot his ablutions in his hnrry. -Syracuse Herald Wisc Lad. .'What will happen to you if you are a good little boy?" asked the kindly old woman "I'll get a stick of candy for being good. ' "And what will happen to you if you are bad?' "I'll get two sticks of candy for promising to try to be good "-Chicago Post_^_ Squaring? l p. Freddie's Papa-What do yon intend to do with the hole in that doughnut when you get all the cake en ten from around it? Freddie (after serious thought)-I guess I * ll give it to little sister, to pay fer the bite she gimme out of her ap ple.-Chicago News Parallels its Rival. Seme days ago The State contained some information about the Carolina Northern railroad which had filed consolidation papers in the office of the secretary of State. The follow ing from the Norfolk Landmark gives intereutiog facts about the road : The Seaboard Air Line, by means of an alliance with the Carolina Northern railroad, DOW building, will shortly practically parallel the best paying branch or division of its big rival, the Atlantic Coast Line. The Carolina Northern railway is now being surveyed from Lumberton, N. C., Fayetteville, and is expect ed that the road will afterward be ex tended Southward from Marion, 3. C. to Georgetown, whiie on the north it will connect with the Cape Fear and Northern road, now under con struction through Wake and Hornett counties, N C , thence to Raleigh, where connection will be made with Seaboard. lt is understood that the great firm of Duke, tobacconist of Durham, was greatly interested in getting the j road to go to Raleigh instead of Goldsboro By this move the Caro- j lina Northern effects a Seaboard Air ! Line instead of an Atlantic Coast Line connection, Its route is-almost on a parallel lino with that of the Coast Line's money making Wilson and Fayettville short line, and the iatter system's patronage will almost infallibly be divided by the new line. The completion of the Carolina Northern, in view of the Seaboard Air Line's friendly attitude toward it, means much for this port The line will tap the ricbeel; turpentine district ia this section, the product of which bas heretofore been drained to Wilmington. A large part of this traffic, as well as the timber and other trade in the section traversed, will be diverted to Norfolk. The lum ber companies are already actively competing for the purchase of timber^ lands along the new system In view of this situation, the following special from Raleigh will be of interest : "Ivotbing mere can be learned here as to ibis consolidation of inter ests, but a private letter from a prominent man in Lumberl;on gives the j following additional facts : " 'I understand that inducements have been made to the Carolina Northern to go to Raleigh instead of Goidsboro. I understand the induce ments were made by the Dukes of Durham. It is said they are interest ed in a road from Apex to Fayette ville. My opinion is that the eeaboard Air Line is back of this Carolina Northern road, although it appears to be a Philadelphia com pany. It is believed that the Atlantic Coast lime is doing every thing it can to prevent the road being built from Lumberlon.' "It is learned also that a lively business fight is going on between certain lumber companies as to who who shail buy up the timber lands along the route. "This extension of the Cape Fair and Northern road, which is really a branch of the Seaboard, means much to Raleigh. It will open up to this market one of the finest timber and agricultural sections of this State and South Carolina ,; Hammocks* Hammocks, Hammocks WE HAVE A LOT^OF SAMPLE HAM MOCKS That we arel offering at rprices that cannot be duplicated from regular stock. These Hammocks are first quality and big values. When this lot is sold'no more can be had at same price. The Hammocks season is at hand and every house needs one or more to render it comfortable. If you need, one let us supp[y your wants. Bits Supplies. Spalding and Reach Official League Balls. $1.35 Bats in variety at all prices. Spalding and Reach Balls. $1.00 Down. Catchers9 Mitts. Basemen Mitts, Fielder's Gloves. From the best professional $7.50 Mitt down to Boy's 25c"Mitt. E G. Oste Liberty Street.