Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Every nook and corner in our Mammoth Establishment is crowded with Values Unexcelled in the History of our .More Than Twenty Years of Merchandising. SILES. The business in this line has Iner?ased to such an extent that we have been compelled ^*to buy more than aoubte our ^ usual stock, a great deal of which c?nnot loe duplicated as they were barrans picked up by our buyers when in market ; but will be sold while they last at a sacrifice. At 39 Cents we ofier 5 pi?ces of Taffeta, all desirable shades for waist ' gs. At 48 Cents 10 pieces Taffeta, all colors, and At 49 Cents 5 pieces Poulards in polka dot effects. At 90 Cehts 5 pieces Peau De Chamois. This silk is warranted to wash. We have it in light shades only. In 36-inch Taffetas and Peau De Soris we are offering some excellent values from 98 Cents to $1.37. We call your particular at? tention to our 98 cents Black Taffeta Full 36 indies, ' it is well worth $1.25, and has the lus? tre, the rustle and the body of goods that is being sold at that price. Send for samples and compare them. Black Dress Goods. In this department we are showing a full line of Voiles, Etamines, Crepes, Yeilings, Serges, Armures, Pumellas, Brilliantines and Mohairs. It will be to your interest to see us on this line. White Pique & Madras. Here we are showing all the latest novelties in mercerized effects, for waists and suits. Washable Fabrics. Our stock in this line is too elaborate to attempt a descrip? tion of, but as we have for many years enjoyed the repu? tation for the most complete line of wash goods carried in the city, it is sufficient to say that it surpasses, if anytMng, our former efforts. Table Damask. We had practically sold out in this department, so that our stock is all new, embracing ev? erything from a colored da At 20 Cents to the bleached At $1.40. Our line at 50 to 75 Cents will be found excellent values. Our Line ot Towels embraces everything from 5 to 50 cents. Our specialty is a 25 Cent Number and no better value can be had anywhere. $1,500 Worth of Em? broideries. This is what we bought, and if invoiced at actual cost would mean more than $3,000.00, but we bought them at less than 50 Cents on the Dollar. It requires nerve to buy goods in this way, but the em? broidery business seems to be a hobby with us, and no quan? tity appears too much if the price, quality and style is right, all of which seems to be the case this season, judging from the way they are going. Dress Trimmings and Laces. Bjere you will find a com? plete line bf all the latest nov? elties. f Royal Worcester Cor? sets. Our corset business has more than doubled since we took the agency for this line. We formerly bought by the dozen. Our purchases now are always in case lots Many ladies have told us that they never got a corset to fit com? fortably until they tried the Royal Worcester ; now they get about with ease. The prices range from 50 cents to $8 per pair. We do not carry the very high priced numbers in stock, but will take pleasure in ordering them sub? ject to approval HOSIERY. We had quite an ad on the subject of Shamrock Hosiery a few months ago, and it is most gratifying to know that every statement then made is being fully confirmed by ac? tual results. We believe them to be the best medium priced goods ever put upon the mar? ket We have a full line of Lace Fronts and Drop Stitch at 15, 25 and 50 Cents. Our 25 center is a beauty. CLOTHING. Our buyers picked up some of the greatest values in this line we ever owned, and that is saying a great deal, as those who have been buying clothing from us can testify to. 100 Suits at $4.90. This is one of our pick ups. It is a lot of fancy worsteds and cheviots, . . Strictly All Wool. Not a garment in the lot worth less than ?7.50, and some could easily be sold for $10, but they were bought at a sacrifice and will be sold likewise. Their tailoring and fit bear the stamp of-a $10.00 Garment. The man who wants a me? dium price Easter Suit cannot help buying one of them. In Two Piece Suits we have some very nobby things and excellet values at $5, $7.50 and $10. Our line of Black and Blue Serges in slims, stouts and regulars at $10 will command the attention of any one wanting a suit of that character and price. Boys' Clothing. The Norfolk is the swell suit for the well dressed boy, we have them from $2 50 to $5. For the little fellows from 3 to 6 years the Russian Blouse seems to be what is wanted. Our line comprises all the colors. In vests and two piece suits we have a complete assortment from $1 to $5. Shoes. > This department is now as it always has been a leading fea? ture of our business. We ? try to confine our purchases to re? liable manufactures, thereby avoiding shoddy goods. In ladies' goods our specialty is The E. P. Reed Brand and feel justified in saying no better value is put in a shoe at the price. Their line of ox? fords this season is very nobby. For a medium class shoe The Godman has stood the test of many seasons, and the fact that our sales are annually increasing on them is in itself an evi? dence that they are all we represent them to be. In men's shoes we have never been able to ?nd any? thing to supplant The L. M. Reynolds Line Their $3 shoe may be equal? led, but it has no superior. We have them in calf, vici kid, patent leather, and all the new toes. Our Carpet Room is stocked with everything which the home needs in this line. Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Art Squares, Linoleums, Win? dow Shades and Poles. Wje have 50 pieces Fancy Japanese Mat? tings usually sold at 25 cents. Our price, 20 cents a yard. 25 pieces Reversible China Matting, good body and pretty patterns, at 20 cents. Also a line of cheaper and better goods, as desired. The greatest value in this department is probably our rugs. We are selling a very handsome reversible rug $1.00 .75 .37% 36x72 at 30x60 at 24x36 at We solicit your inquiries, and will be pleased to send samples of anything in stock. Please remember we refund your money on all purchases that are not satisfactory. DONNELL & COMPANY. MISSISSIPPI FL9?B. 8S?ENVILLE STILL UNOES WATER. Generai Situation in the Missis? sippi Valley Does Not Seem to be Improved. New Orleans. March 30.-The carry? ing away of addi tioai cribbing at the Hymeiia crevasse early this morning brought the forces that have been at work there to the verge of abandon? ment of the attempt to close the break. Later in the day. however, as a result of several conferences, it was agreed to continue the undertaking. In no event can the work be completed inside of a week, and unless ample money is guaranteed the next disaster to the cribbing is likely to mark the end of the struggle. This evening it was said the break was close to 700 feet in width with the ends still steadily melting away. Two ridges between which the levee . caved has prevented the water from spreading rapidly above and below, but the mighty torrent is filling the lakes and bayous to the rear and in the next fortnight the whole basin from La Fourche to the lower limits of cultivatable land in Plaquemine is likley to go under water, causing in? estimable damage and much suffering. The Tesas and Pacific ?oad is now hopelessly involved with the water running deep over the tracks and with little hope of an early resumption of traffic if the crevasse is permitted to run until ?ow water comes. The river remanied stationary today in front of this city, marking 20.3 at nightfall, as it had during the early morning. The rise from yesterday, however, was two-tenths of a foot. Whether or not it will reach the pre? dicted 21 feet depends to a large ex? tent on the result of the work at Hymeiia. THE GOVERNMENT SUMMARY. Washington, March 30.-The Missis? sippi river is falling as far south as Vicksburg. The stage of water at the . latter place tonight is 5X4 feet, a fall of 0.1 feet since Sunday night. The fail will continue for a few days longer when the overflow water in the levee below Greenville will commence zo re? enter the river at Vicksburg, causing a moderate rise at that place and a prolongation of the flood for probably an additional two weeks. It is again urged that preparations for an ex? tremely dangerous stage in the vicinity of Vicksburg should not be relaxed, and this caution applies with equal force to the remaining districts south? ward to the Gulf of Mexico. High water will continue in the New Or? leans district for three weeks or long? er, its duration depending upon the extent to which the levees hold. Should the crevasse near Lucy, La, be closed during the next few days and no other breaks occur there will be a further rise at New Orleans ; otherwise the changes will be slight. The Atachafalaya river at Melville will continue to rise, and a stage of 39 feet or probably higher, is indicated. 'the Red and Onachita will fall slow ly. The stage at New Orleans tonight was 220. feet, a fall of 0.1 feet since Sunday night. The heavy rains of Sunday and Sun? day night have caused sharp rises in the rivers of the South Atlantic States and moderate floods will occur general? ly during the next iewdays. Warnings were issued Monday morning. WATER NOT RECEDING. Greenville, Miss., March 30.-There ia little change in the flood situation tonight The cutting of the protec? tion levee at the northern border of the town has given no perceptible relief in letting out the water. On the contrary a rise is still in progress generally throughout the city. The big crevasse three miles south of the city continues to widen and it is impossible to say what the ultimate breadth will be. The negro family, a woman and five children, reported to have perished was rescued. There have been many sensational rumors of persons drown? ed, but to date not one of them has been confirmed. Persons who have inst returned from tbe crevasse south of the city report that a second nas occurred about 500 feet north of the first break. The new crevasse is about 400 feet wide. This new opening will add to the volume of wat9r that is flowing inland from the swollen Mississippi, but it is not considered that it will serve to complicate the situation further than possibly to make greater the overflow area. AT THE DANGER POINTS. Vicksburg, Miss., March 30.- Mud boils appeared in the levee at Mayers yille late this afternoon and tonight almost the entire male population is j working at the danger points. Tele I phone messages state that the danger is great and citizens are complaining of the levee board's action in with? drawing the guards from the levee in that city. Mayersville is the county seat of Issaquena county. THE CREVASSE BELOW GREEN? VILLE. Arkansas, City, March 30.- The crevasse below Greenville is about 2,000 feet wide and the water is rush? ing through at a rapid speed, overflow? ing Issaquena, Sharkey and a portion of Washington counties. Reports from all levees show that they are holding out well. The gov? ernment gauge now registers 52.6, showing a fall of two-tenths during the past 24 hours. The Yazoo delta or bottom, which has been flooded by water breaking through the levee from the Mississippi, is said to be the richest cotton land in the world and although a comparative? ly small portion of it is under cultiva? tion it3 production of the staple is ex? tensive. The Yazoo bottom has an area of about 4,000 square miles and contains the eleven counties of Tunica, Coahoma, Quitman, Bolivar, Sun? flower Tallahatchie, Leflore, Wash? ington, Sharkey, Issaquena and Yazoo. The water, after flooding the planta? tions and settlements and obstructing railway traffic, will, it is said, flow into the Yazoo river and into the Mis? sissippi, as the country is flat, nearly j level, but sloping gently to the south- ; ward. The richness of the soil is due chiefly to these overflows which have left large deposits of fertilizing value. THE STORM ON THE COAST. Havoc Played With Small Vessels in the Coast Trade. DAMAGE ALSO IN THE INTE? RIOR AS FAR INLAND AS ASHEVILLE, N. C. Norfolk, Va, March 30.-The north? east storm that swept down the A tlan tic coast yesterday and this morning played havoc among the small shipping and tied up coastwise trade almost completely. Hampton Koads is full of sailing craft awaiting a decrease in the heavy sea now running. At Cape Henry the winds reached a velocity of fifty-two miles an hour, and the big wireless telegraph masts at Ocean View and Fort Monroe were blown down. The naval collier Leon'das, while at? tempting to change her moorings in the harbor, collided with the schooner Minnie and Emma, of this port, an? chored near her, and carried away stern yawl and davits. Capt. Wyatt entered complaint at the navy yard. The collier subsequently cleared for Boston. The high tide prevailing in the har? bor flooded the streets in the lower sec? tion of the city and for a time traffic was suspended. GREAT STORM AT NEWPORT NEWS. . Newport News, Va., March 30. Heavy damage ashore and afloat was wrought by wind and wave during the storm which has raged in the past twenty-four hours. The storm cul? minated today in a violent gale. The tide reached a danger point within two feet of the level of the floors of the piers and threatened to bring great disaster to property along the water front. To venture out into the raging seas was equivalent to attempt suicide, and many seafaring men stayed on shore last night rather than risk their lives on the waves. The two-masted schooner Wm. B. Hal!, bound up the James River to Norfolk, with 35,000 brick, sank at her anchorage and will probably be a total loss. The captain and crew of two men put off from the boat in an open skiff, as she was going down, and attempted to reach shore. The men,2 who were all negroes, fought frantically against thc elements. They were finally compelled to give up the fight and sank exhausted into the bot? tom of the boat. The men were ex? posed to the storm until 0 o'clock this morning, when they were rescued by the Chesapeake and Ohio tug Alice. They were almost frozen when picked up. * The dead body of Wm. Collier, of the oyster pungy W. H. Smith, which capsized in Chesapeake Bay on January 30, was cast up by the sea at Ocean View today. The body of a negro, probably from a shipwreck in last night's storm, was found in a fisherman's net at the mouth of Hampton Creek this after? noon. The corpse has not been iden? tified. ASHORE AT OLD POINT COMFORT Newport News, March 30.-The four masted schooner Charles L. Daven? port, bound from this port for Bangor, Me, with coal, went ashore head on at Old Point Comfort in the gale to? day. She is high and dry on the rocks and is breaking to pieces. The captain says he mistook the Old Point light for. Thimlbe light. The schoon? er will be a total loss, but part of her cargo may be saved. The crew landed safely. VANDERBILT'S OBSERVATORY, DEMOLISHED. Charoltte, N. C., March 30.-A special to the Observer from Ashe? ville, N. C., says that there have been heavy winds, rain and storm in that section. On Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate the weather Observatory was completely demolished. It was a handsome stone structure, seventy feet high, and was owned by Mr. Vanderbilt. The apparatus belonged to the Government. THE STORM AT NEWBERN. Newbern, N. C., March 30.-Last night's storm here caused no loss uf life and no considerable damage to shipping or other property. The high tides in the Neuse and Trent rivers during the night overflowed the water front and drove the water almost a block into the streets, flooding the basements of some stores and ware housse. A few people were also com? pelled to escape from their dwellings by boat. THE BENJAMIN RUSSELL ASHORE. Cape Henry, Va, March 30.-The three-masted schooner Benjamin Russell, Capt. Cranmor, with lumber from Bogue Inlet, N. C., for New Haven, Conn, went ashore today one mile south of Creed's Hill life-saving station, North Carolina. Her crew of five men were taken off in breeches buoys. Her deckload will be taken off tomorrow. Aside from a bad leak the vessel is apparently in good condition. SCHOONER EUTTRICK LOST. Wilmington, N. C., March 30.-The schooner John H. Buttrick, Capt. Sprague, from Wilmington to New York, with a cargo of lumber, went ! ashore during Sunday night's gale and is a total loss. The mate was washed overboard during the night and drowned. The captain and crew of seven, including the captain's wife, were taken off by the Alexander Jones and brought to Wilmington. Convinced Charleston Tigers That Ke Was Not Bluffing. Chief Constable U. B. Hammett has returned from Charleston, and he thinks the outlook for the enforcement of the dispensary law in that city much better. The blind tiger dealers seem to have had an idea that the talk about enforcing the law was all a bluff. Mr Hammett has disabused their minds of such an idea, and he says several of them voluntarily promised to go out of business rather than get in trouble. Blind tiger dealers in other cities, who have also thought the whole thing a bluff, will learn better later on. Columbia Record. INDIGNANT PASSENGERS. Charleston Train Held More Than Two Hours for an Official's Son. Several lawyers and other wonld-be passengers were much disgusted over an incident that occurred in connection with the train that should have left here over the Southern railway at 7.20 Saturday morning for Charleston. The train in question did not leave until 9.40oclock, more than two hours late, and thereby hangs a tale which excited no little disgust among the gentlemen in question and prompts the suggestion that the delay was entirely uncalled for. The prospective passengers purchased their tickets and were about to board the . train when they were informed that it would not leave until the Southern's "Palm Limited" arrived.| As the Charleston train is not sup? posed to wait for the limited, tb?re was much surprise expressed when this information was imparted. Further inquiries adduced the addi? tional information that the train was being held for the accommodation of the son of President Spencer of the Southern railway, who wanted to go to Summerville. Naturally, this information did not serve to appease the indignation of the lawyers in the party, who were on their way to Charleston to appear be? fore United States Circuit Judge Sim onton in several causes of more or less importance. When the limited train did finally put in an appearance the lawyers found it would be too late to go to Charles? ton and attend to their legal business and they went to the ticket office and demanded the return of their money. There were very much put out and said that they could not understand why President Spencer's son could not have had more consideration. It would have been comparatively simple for him to have ordered a special engine to take his private car to Summer? ville, thereby causing no inconveni? ence to the passengers, who were not in a position to accommodate them? selves in like manner. As it was, the latter were seriously inconvenienced and very pardonably incensed.-The State, March 30. County Blown Off the Map. Topeka, Kan., March 24.-Hodge man County, in Western Kansas, has been blown off the map. County lines and public highways have been oblite? rated, and the only spot where the people can recognize their own premises is the little town of Jetmore, the county seat. This information comes in a letter from A. J. Coombs, the county sur? veyor, to Governor Bailey. Coombs says the high winds during the past two weeks have practically wipd out the county lines and public roads with the storm of sand which has been scat? tered over the prairies. llodgeman is a cattle county. There are no fonces. No attempt is made at farm i ne, and tho only vegetation is tho buffalo grass, upon which tue cat? tle feed. Surveyor Coombs wants the State to appropriate money to pay for re-establishing the county"lines. A NEGRO'S VIEW OF IT, He Says That the Solution of the Race Problem Lies in the Negro Ownership of Land. Chicago, March 30.-"The solution of the negro problem lies with the ne? gro himself. It can be brought about by his acquiring land, saving money and educating his sons. There is nothing in the cry about social equali? ty. The negro does not want it and does not expect it." This statement was made last night at Bethel Church by J. J. Smallwocdr president of the Temperance, Indus? trial and Collegiate Institute, a negro institution at Claremeont, Va. "At the close of the civil war," Prof. Smallwood said, "the negro had noth? ing. Since then he has accumulated $300,000,000 worth of property. He has built up 96 institutions of learn? ing and the race has furnished 2i,0CO school teachers. He has terned bis attention to buying land and this will eventually result in the solution of the race problem. "1 have no objection to a law re? quiring negroes to ride in a separate coach on the railways. What I do want is a division of the coach, so that we would not have to mingle with the element in our race that is shun ned by the educated whites in theirs/'' May Move Its Mills South. Manchester, N. H., March 2S.-It is understood that the American Cot? ton Duck Company, whicn owns the Stark Mills, desires to withdraw from this city. .Agent Whitten says that it is the undoubted intention of the manage? ment of the company to remove the local mills to Alabama but it is hopeful of persuading the management to con? tinue operations in this city. The reasons advanced, aside frcm the concentration of the company's property, for abandoning the plant in this city, are high taxes, the feeling of unrest in the labor circles through ouv New England, especially at Low? ell: the fear that the troubles there may reach Manchester and the con? stant agitation in favor of an eight-hour law. The company recently removed its Greenwood mills at New Hartford.. Conn., to Alabama, where it' owns, tne thousand acres of land and has a. plant of 15,000-horse power. The mill employ 1,700 hands with a" weekly pay roll of 640.000.-New \ork Sun. The B. and L. Compromise. < Comptroller General Jones, in refer? ring to the Spartanbnrg Building and Loan Association's compromise on the taxation business said that he had not seen the official returns made under the agreement, but with what little consideration he had given the pro? posed plan he was of the opinion that it was not legal or in conformity with the Attorney General's ruling. " How? ever, this is not given as a final con? clusion. "ColurabiaCorrespondent News and Courier. ""