The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 23, 1896, Image 6
man w w ties.
MK MAKES AMENDS TO Til::
NEWS AND COUR1KK.
Regrets That That Journal Could
Not Help Further in the Movements.
} Co). Duncan, manager of the Allinnco
Exchange, in *uu interview with
the Charleston News and Courier's
Columbia correspondent last Tuesday,
concerning un editorial which appeared
in that journal in couuuetion to
wire ties, has this to say:
"I was very glad to see it, and felt
ore that all tho cotton growors would
appreciate it. I only reget that the
occasion had not arisen by which it
might huvo becu written a month or
more ugo. It would have helped us
cry much at thut time in our tight,
and it was this I meant when I said to
jott Home timo siuco that I wan sorry
The News and Courier did not boo its
way clear to help u& further iu this
fight. If au editorial on thut lino had
been writteu when tho compresses began
to complain about the use of the
wiro ties it would have helped us iu this
way. As soon an that announcement
was made a good niuuy of the small
wcakkiieod merchants gave up as soon
as the first cap snapped. I had fifteen
bales at Bamberg and fifty bales at
MackviUu thrown on my hands, aud
have hud to reship them to the upvcountry.
I shipped one lot of fifty
-hales to Senoca today from Dlackville.
j **I sent a sample yesterday of tho
:kin<ls; or rather sizes, of the wire that
I have been using to Mr. K. Steediuan;
of Charleston, wbo lias written me
isevernl times, aud seems anxious to
Hp its out ull be can. The only just
looiupiuii:!, 1 tuitn;, iuo compri'im men
cm] muko itgniust tho wires I am using
11s that they may be a little hard on the
ahoars that the compresses use. There
lis a slicurs made to cut this wire, and
tl Lave a pair now on the way from
the factory, and as noon as they come
I will tukc, or seud, them to Charleston.
"Wbon the actiou of tho Cottou
Tie Trust was mudo apparent, so
ilato as it was, to our furmers they
wero very justly iuceused, and as you
might naturally expect, went to some
extremes.
"Two farmers told mo thoy had au
old wire fence which they had torn
jdown Aud haled their eotton with it.
,tk>mo others bought the regular galvanized
wire, which was not annealed,
and, of course, very stiff and hard.
Quite a lot of No. 6 rolled iron wire
has been used; that is very hard to cut
with the ordinary compress shears.
Now nil these things are worrying and
provoking to the compress men, but
time a ill settlp all these differences,
and by next season we will have this
question settled by a regulation tie that
will be acceptable to both the farmers
and tho compress men. I received a
letter from Mr. Hill saying he wus coming
hero to see me on his return from
the North, and 1 have been luukiugdor
him daily.
! "There is oho other question connected
with the baling of the cotton
? ' t _ ?_ i i IT
crop innt i 11 ui going 10 ihko up, nun a
wnnt the nssrstuuco of our newspapers
ami of our cotion exchanges, and that
,is this tare question. Did you ever
thick about it or look into it? What
arn the facts? Wo huvcthree kinds or
grades of bagging on the market?a
pound and three-quarters, two
pounds and two and one-quarter
pounds *.o tbo yard. Now tlio farmer
.who nsvs six yards each of the above
weights puts on bis cotton respectively
'104 pounds, 12 pounds and loj pounds
of bagging per bale. llio farmer who
uses nine yards to ihelmlo, and many
do this, puts on of these differout kinds
of bagging 1 f>.1-1 pounds, 18 pounds
and 20J pounds; add to oacb of the
above luue pounds for the six tii s aud
you beve the amount of pounds in bagging
and ties that arc used, varying
Iroin J 'J- pounds, tbo lightest weight
used, up to 29| pounds, the heaviest.
: "There is no business sense or rea
son in tbo way our system of baling
cotton is earned on, aud our farmers
ought to take bold of it and correct it.
As now conducted a very largo per
ceot. of tbo buliug is dono by the public
ginziers, who furnish the bnggiug
and ties, ami there is a rivalry among
tbem as to who will furnish the bagging
mid ties for the It ast, money, so
muny of thnn buy the cheapest bag......
.,...1 ,.r
H'"t? r>' O "?? ? " wuwioi.-,
light weight, and they advertise that
they w ill nirnmh tho haling lor such
and such a price, and I see many of
them using about eighteen pounds of
hugging and ties when that sumo bulu
of cotton will be docked thirty pounds
in Liverpool markets for tare; if they
do not use the cheap covering they
lose that much actual cotton.
"We ull kuow that Liverpool fixes
price of our eotton. They dedact f?
per cent for tare. This makes thirty
pounds on a f>00-pound bale of cotton.
Again I repeat, yon must usa up the
thirty pounds in your cheap covering
or lose the actual cotton. If cotton is
worth 10 rents per pound, the Liverpool
quotation is sent out 11.40 and
the spinning world takes up at tlutt
price.
" "Now, what I Jwant to propose is,
that by concert of action wo agree ti
n?e only 2-pound bagging, ami lino si?
yarda to tbo balo; this will bo twelv<
pounds of bagging; uho six No. 10 wir<
liea. tbey will weigft three pounda; thii
makes fifteen pounda, and till that ii
necessary. This fifteen pounda wil
bo 3 per cent on r Did)- pound bale o
cotton, and let tbia bo tbo tare we ah a I
l>o charged with. Tbia would be bus
mess and would be fair to all, and w<
can get it settled in tbia way and don*
' before another cotton crop in reudy for
market."
At tho lino Gob Duncan was fretful
about tho t en a >im* of the country
merchants wor? negintiing to weskeu,
and ho was afraid the statements of
tho compress pcoplo wore responsible
| for this. The whole truth now seems
' t<> bo straightened out and there the
matter ends.
MiW COUNTY TAIdv.
i ituml)1i(i; Itlgrkn Apprehended In
the Wiry of the Scheme.
Tho Columbia Register of a receut
3ato, says: Ambitious towns that <I?liro
to becune oouutv seats are tiuding
more or less tliorus along their re
ipectivo putha.
1 Under the uew constitution it is pro*
i ridod that whenever ouo-third of the
qualiti-d electors within the area of
euch section of an old county propose
}<i iio niTP /> fiirto a vtnii' <*<11111* v
tiny ahull petition tho Governor,"
etc.
| Tho question has arisen: What is
meant by "each section?" Tlioso opposed
to the now county project are of
tho opinion tbut tho petition must
coutuiu the natuea of oue-third of the
' electors in the entire township. That
I is a "section," they claim; in other
1 words, by "each sectiou' ia weuut the
I township.
; For instance, if one-third of tho
1 electors of a particular township, were
, to be secured, snd not the r? qui-ite]
number from the territory proposed
| to bo sot asule for the now county,
j some little trouble might bo ex!
perieuced if the petitions were very
heavy from the townships from which
ill* now county is to be made.
It ia tho Attorney General's opinion
that the proper construction to be
placed ou the provisions of tho new
i law is that a petition should issue from
; one-third of tho electors in the territory
to be subtracted from a township;
in short, that tho plain interpretation
of the law requires a pctitiou from only
one-third of tho voters in the territory
involved, and not from oue-third of
' the voters in a township from which
ouly a few square miles may bo
taken.
Auoiner onsiacie lies in mc ihui iuui
h two-thuds voto is necessary before
the General Assembly can grant authority
for tho creation of a new conuty,
and complications might arise that
would result in carrying tho matter into
the court.
The tiual papers for tho petition of
the petition from Salem county has
been received. Governor Evans was
not in tho city, but the proclamation
hail been signed in blank, it seems,
awaiting the receipt of tho afliduvit
from tho Supervisor of l)Hriington
county. Tho election is ordered for
Novembnr 18, and it will then be decided
if another connty shall be oreated
out of portions of Sumter, Darlington
and Kershaw, with the county seat
at Dishopville..
It is thought best to hold tho elections
in timo to give tho General Assembly
a chance to act, should results
prove favorable to the new county
scheme.
SK 1?TKMRKR \VKATII Kit.
Ifow ft Was ns Tobl by I he Weather
liurcaii.
Tho temperature during September,
1890, averaged one degree per day
above tho normal. Tho month was
excessively hot np to the 20th, after
which it was decidedly cooler. Tho
18th was tho hottest day with maxima
of 100 or over at '.) stations. Tho 2 1th
was tho coolest with light frost over a
large portiou of tho State.
Tho rainfall averaged 00 per cent, of
the normal. There was a slight excess
over portions of tho Western ami
Northern counties and a large deficit
( elsewhere, most marked in the central
and South central counties.
! On the 20th a severe storm crossed
! the State from South to North, tho
path of tho storm was from Hampton
due North to Lancaster county. It
exhibited destructive violence in
Beaufort, Hampton, Berkeley, C'lnr
I enuon, Sumter, Darlington ami
Chesterfield counties, with much inI
jury to buildings, open cotton, and
fruit trees. There were a number of
fatalities in lieuufort county. The
wind reached velocities estimated at
from 75 to 100 miles per hour. The
storm had a progressive movement,
traveling across the State in not quite
four hours, or ut the rate of about 53
miles per hour.
The weuthcr during the month was
extremely favorable for gathering
crops, especially cotton, but generally
tot) dry for seeding fall root and grain
crops.
State mean 75.0 (normal 71.1).
Highest local mean 70.1) at Shaw's
Forks; lowest 71.2 at Greenville ami
Wnlhslla. Maximum 105 at Little
Mountain ami Shaw's Forks: minimum
30 at Alleudalo ami Florence. State
range till. Greatest local range 04 at
Gill'.souvillo; least 35 nt Charleston.
Average number of with maxima of 00
or above, ranging from 1 at Georgetowu
to 20 at Shaw's.
A Separute System.
Geo. John A. Oill, who was In Wilmington,
N. C., last week Attending special masters'
court, in tho matter of the (Jape Fear and
Yadklu Valley rnilroad, telegraphs tho Houth"rn
Associated Fress reiten.tlng his statement
;hnt his purchase for the New York syndicate
of the controlling stock of tho Seaboard Air
Bine was made with the understanding and
greemei.t that it was not for the Southern
railway, and that tho line will be absolutely
( iperated as an Independent system, in con>
jeetion with the Fort ltoyal and Augusttond
,%urt ltoyal and Western railways.
) IJrynn Still Speaks.
J Thursday was Brynn'ssecond day <n Miolii1
can. lie spoko at tho lollowing places to
s great crowds of admirers: St. IgnACe, Fetoskov,
Charlevoix. Cadillac. B.dlairo, Traverse
f City, Walton, Menton and Grand li.ipld*. lie
I delivered from two to'.hr heant mosl
of tho piie ipal places, ami the othets wera
delivered fmni tho platf >rm oftlio train. Ail
3 In all it was a Bryan Day. Mrs. Bryan a s
3 coir, pniitos him.
SlEWUHSliii.!
A GLANCK AT TIIB COMING GEN*
EUAL ELECTION.
I ,
The Day of llaMote Near at Hand?
Personnel of tk Electoral State and
Congressional Tickets.
Now that tlio natioi ?' ami general
election for State otlices, is near at
baud, we give n sumnaiy of the situation
in tbo State and present tho several
electoral, congressional and State
tickets that aro in tho Held for tho voters
to choose from. There are three
State tick* ts in the field, one being the
regular Democratic ticket uud the others
being those put out by the two factious
of the Republican party. These
j tickets stand as nominated thns far,
with the exceptiou of one change that
has been mado iu tho Webster llopubI
lican ticket, a new man having been
! substituted for the original nominee
, for lieutenant goveruo.*.
I There are four electoral tickets be
I lore tho people?the regular Denei
eratic, the Meltou and the Webstoi
I Republican and the Pulnier-Bueknwr
ticket*. All tbese tickets are complete
sare two. The Palm*:: -Bnckner tieket
has to have a luau supplied in the
Third d.atrict. Then there ia a vacancy
on the Webster ticket caused by the
death of Mr. Moorman.
Is the several congressional districts
it is hard to tell as yet how many onndidatea
there will bo in each district.
It is safe to say that at least two Republic
<us undone regularly nominated
Democrat will stand iu each district.
In the tieveutli district there will probably
bo tbroe Republicans. It is possible
that before the election is held
one of the Republican nominees in tbw
First district may be withdrawn from
tho race by order of the national Re publican
congressional committee. Ol
j tho Democratic candidates six are solid
free silver men and ono is a "souud"
money Democrat,Col. Elliott, w 10 will
mako the race in the First district.
For the information of the voters of
the State of all creeds and factions,
however, tho "sts of the several noiui
noes in the lit .J for tho several officeto
bo filled ure given as follows :
TUB ELECTORAL TIIKJSX.
T? itntii 1 r* V 1 luntoofu 11 o / I i*itn nil vni>\
Ul (l? auv> y t * V? \J DillLl J?
At Large?M. It. Cooper, T. L. Gautt.
First distriat, Charles T. Pritchar?
of Bluiltou; sec ond, It. P. Watson, < f
Saluda; third, Cole L. Blease, of Nee
berry; fourth, J. J. McMuliau, of liic hlaud;
tiftb, W. D. Truutbam, ofKeiehrtw;
sixth, James Staokhouse, ut
Marion; seventh, T. W. Stanlabd, *.!
Summeiville.
Webster Bepublicans?At Large?
W. D. Oram, of Charleston. HLrs!
cistrict, F. Sobeper, of Beaufort,
second, Jaiues Powell, of Aiken; tUrd,
J. B. Tolbcrt, of Abbeville; fourth, 1.
W. Screven, of Richland; fifth. Jos? ph
Clark, of Lancaster; sixth, Dr. Join
Lnnuy, of Darlington; seventh, J. M.
Tindall, of Sumter.
Palmer-Bucknsr?At Large?F. W.
MaMaster of Columbia, George W.
Dargan of Darlington. Ffrst district,
Fraak O'Neill of Charleston; seoond,
George B. Lake of Edgefield; fourth,
Frank Evans of Spartnnnurg; fifth, A.
C. Springs of York; sixth, A. T. Qarl
leo of Marion; seventh, Jamea D.
Bianding of Snmter.
Melton Republicans?At Lnrga?1>.
O. Duncan, S. E. Smith. First district,
J. A. Nolaud; second, D. E.
Yutes; third, M. H. Byrce; fourth,
Prof. J. W. Morris; tilth, H. L.
Shrewsbury, sixth, Paul Whipple;
seventh, F. M. Priekett.
XUE STATE TICKETS.
Democratic?Governer, W. II. Ellorbo
of Marion; lieutenant governor,
M. B. AicSwoouey oT Hampton; accretary
of stuto, D. II. Tompkins of Abbeviller
treasnror, W. II. Timincrmau of
Edgefield; comptroller general, James
Norton of Marion; attorney goueral,
William A. BurLer of Chester; superintoiulent
of education, W. D. Muyfield
of Greenville; adjutant and inspector
genera], J. G. Watts ot
Laurens.
Melton Republicans ? Governor,
Sampson P6pe, of Newberry; lieutenant
governor, W. W. Russell; secro
tury of State, It. R. King; comptroller
general, V. P. Clayton; attorney general,
L. D. Melton; treusurer, D. J.
Knotts; attorney general, A. T. Jennings;
superintendent of education,
M. A. Dawson.
Webster Republicans?Got? rnor, R.
M. Wallace, of Sumter; lieutenant
govornor, C. J. Pride, of York; secretary
of State, B. O. Duncan, of Newberry
; treasurer, George Cunningham,
of Charleston; comptroller general,
?. F. Cochran, of Anderson; attorney
geoaral, L. D. Melton, of Richland;
adjutant general, ?. Brooks 81igh, of
Chester; superintendent of ednoatioa,
E. B. Burroughs, of Chesterfield.
CANDIOATBS POB CONGRESS.
First District?William Elliot^
Democrat (gold); W. Cecil Cohan,
white, Webster Republican; George
Washington Murray, colored, Melton
Republican,
Second District?W. Jasper Talbert,
Democrat; G. T. Chatfleld, white,
Webster Rebnblican; P. W. Anncae,
white. Melton Republican.
Third District?A. C, Latimer, Democrat;
W. 11. Morrick, white, Webster
Republican; (no Melton Republican
yet named.)
Fourth District?Stanyarne Wilson,
Democrat; 1'. L. Saber, colored, Webster
Republican; (no Melton Republican
yet named.)
Fifth District?T, J. Strait, Democrat;
.1. F. Jones, white, Republican
fusion.
Sixth District?J. L. McLaurin,
Democrat; Joshua Wilson, colored,
i Webster Republican; T. If. McGeo,
' white, Melton Republican.
Seventh District?J. W. Stokes,
Democrat; T. 1). Johnson. white Web- |
Rter l!v;)iiblit'au; 1). J. lvnott-*, iitde- '
peudeut Uepiiblicnu; (Meltou Bopubli- i
cut to be named uu the l'Jtb io?U)
liATFST HE U S.
At Frankfort, Ivy., the conrt of appals
has lixed Oct. 21, as the date for
lienrin:; the nrguruent in the case of
vlutizo Walling, vcittebced to death
o- complicity in the murder of -Pearl J
oryau.
The Marino National Bank, of
ihlltb, Minn, has dosed its doors. ,
i'*| itul &50,000. ? j.
At Columbus, fin ? J. A. White, a
shoemaker. and Henry White, his bod,
foully murdered two policeman uu
thirteenth street-, uud fats My wounded 1
another on Sixteenth htieet. There ]
was no cause for the commnation of the ,
run? other than the fuet that both ,
ueu had been summoned to appear he- '
ore the recorder for some trivial of- i
feuse.
Throe firemen are dead and others
injured iu u $150,000 tire at Montreal, '
Cumuli*. <
The Merchants* Dank, of Atlanta, j '
Oa., has closed its doors, duo to a per- '
sistant tight made by outsiders for per- '
sonal reasons on the presideut. 1
The Reform Kyuod of the United
Statea met in Altooua, Pa., last week. .
The Beesion was mostly devoted to (
husinesa matters iu couuection with ; j
the Synod. The Geuerrd Synod will
meet at TitTou, C).. in 1891).
Tho North Carolina Democratic i
State Executive Committee has issued .
?u address to the voters of that State, ,
appealing ' for good government uud
protectiou against Negro rule and j
ruin. ,
The Kansas State election board baa
decided tho contest between the Mid- :
dle-of the-Readers (Watson's) uud the '
fusion crowd in favor of Watson. i
Ben. H. Osborue, who killed Thro- 1
dore Schrador, in Atlanta, Ga., tried
to commit suicide in bis cell by cbok- '
iug himself to death. A fellow-prisoner
gave the alarm and the guard interfered.
Dr. Alfred ITolt, of Hayucs, MisH.,
shot and iustantly killed Dr. 1'. S.
lthott, ef JoiieBville, l a. 1
Saturday, at St. Lou is, Mo., wheat
6old for 84 cents, the highest point
reaehed since May 29, 1895, when it
sold at the samo figure, and the "bulls''
and "bears" hud a lively time.
Saturday 24,000 people went to
Canton, O., to 6eo and hear MoKinley.
He delivered twenty speeches. It took
fifty trains to transport tliera.
BRYAN TALKS TO WOMKN.
Don't Have the Right of SuflVage Exccpt
iki School Elections.
Monday Bryan addressed a large crowd at
Minneapolis,Minn. Like their political friends
of their sister city. St. l'aul, they had arranged
for no less than four speeches by Mr.
Bryan and fortune was with them again in
this, for the Chicago nomineo felt 6trong oi
voice and body after a two days' rest aud
was able to speuk with his old timo vigor.
Minnesota women do not have the right of
suffrage except in school elections, but a
special meeting for the benellt of ns many of:
them as could crowd into tho Lyceum theatre
was uddres.sed hy Mr. Bryau. That was
the unique feature of the Minneapolis demonstration.
The priueipni address by the nominoe,
however, was delivered nt the expos!-,
tion building aud the others iu tho open air
nt Bridge square, ou the Mississippi river
front adjacent to tho exposition hall, and
again at Yale place. Tho hot fight being
waged for free coinage in this State serve!to
intensify tho interest in Mr. Bryan's coming
and the ardent silver men of Minneapolis did
their utmost to make themselves felt and
neard from tho timo he entered the city until
lie went to bed on thespecinl car la which he
trnveloJ to Duluth.
LAND SCRIP FUND.
Dr. Hates K.xpluius His Position in
tho Mutter.
Treasurer Bates has made a statement
in reference to that $2,800 which
President Tom Miller thought ought to
go to his college. Dr. Bates said that
fund was divided into two parte, one
guing to CleruKou uud the other to
Clutliu University. It was subject to
tho order of the trustees of the Kouth
Carolina university ana wnen mey
puulo tho proper requisition for it, Dr.
Bates was bound to give it to tbem.
Hence ho could not in anyway be beld
responsible for it.
He said tbnt lie bad not given tho
subject much study, but on the face
of things it would look as if Claflin
was entitled to some of the money at
least. Tbo amount was the 'interest
for six months, aniClailin University,
that part in wbicb tho State was interested
was certainly in existence up to
the lust of May. Hence it would appear
regular that tbey should receive
the interest for five months. That,
however, is only Dr. Bates's personal
view of the matter. Ho has nothing
whatever to do with the disposition of
the money after be had legally turned
it over to ths trustees. If the money ( (
has been wrongfully appropriated the
trustees will have to be held accountable.
Governor Evans is going to try and
mat ife kai^k.
M'KINI ICY1TKS WIN.
Tlie Colorado Silver Republicans
Without Standing In Court.
The Supremo Court of Colorado, has doelded
that tho Sllyor Republican party is
without standing iu tho court and that the
only vesttgo of tho orgnui/.ation rests with
the followers of McKinley, as tho Loiters by
repudiating the platform of tho 8t. Louis
convention forfeited nil claims to recognition
in thin State. The court goes into nn oxbaus I/o
review of the proceedings incidental to
ttic contest and then concludes that the McKinley
men cannot be deprive I of their right
of a State through the autocratic action of a ,
State official whose duties are merely clerical.
The ruling gives the McKinley men the 1
right to so gestjudges and clerks of election ]
and prnctic. !y places nil the maehinery of i
the election :'i their hands, owing to tho 1
fact tiiat the e. rk of Arapiioe county. where ! <
the greatest vol. is cast, isastrong ndlicrent I (
of the gold standard. The same situation I I
occurs in LI l'aso and i'uoblo counties.
TERRIBiE DEATH.
TllREEG(H>D9ir*i MKKf FIERY
KNDS. - j
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A Hentl Kn?l Collision on the Florida. 1
Central an<l I'cntnsulur Railroad.
Three >1 oil lturued While Uescue
Was In Sight. i ? i
j
One of the most t< rrilduj railroad
wrecks to bo recorded in South Carolina
occurred Wednesday morning en
the Florida Central and Peninsular
[iuilroad whereby three men were
1 >urned to death and two more injured
by reason of a head end collsision
which occurred on that railroad at
live minutes past three o'clock on that
morning.
No. 35 running South, it appears,
was, according to orders, to meet No.
10 coming North, at Swansea. The i
. row of No. 35 misunderstanding the
jrders went 1>ftst Swansea and as the
ictpiel proved to dentil uud destructurn
bul a few miles below that station.
No, 35, tho Southbonnd train, is a
ronucctiou of tho Southern Railroad.
It waits in Colli mb a for tho Southern
train and left yesterday morning one
hour uud forty-live miuutoa lute. It |
ran on orders and ouo of tho orders
van that it should pass No 36, theuphouud
train at Swansea. Rut the order
was misunderstood and tho collision
resulted with a loss of life.
As a result of tho misunderstanding
three men are dead, aud a horrible
death they met with.
From w hat could bo learned the men
met death hravely aud courageously.
Though they pleaded for their hfo, yet
seeing that rescue was impossible they
met their fate liko men.
Whin the trains come together the
engineers jumped and saved their
lives. The firemen did likewiso and
none of them received any injuries. |
When the two trains came into collision,
runuing at a high rato of speed,
naturally it was a case of a great colli-,
Biou. , |
Tho tender of tho Southbound train
telescoped into tho baggage and express
ear and completely demolished
it. In this car wore Mail Agent Ij. Ae
'pi i * ?
AUUiuti" liuu rxjircSH nild uuggsgu
agent W. D. Lines. Theso men were
not killed, nor indeed does it appear
tlint they wore futuliy hurt by the col*
lissiou, but thoy wore shut in by the
diihriK so that they conld u<>t get out.
The uninjured soon saw the difficulty
in which their friends were put and
the crews of both trains soon began thai
work of rescue. The flames were
rapidly spreading and the uninjured
worked with might aud main. Thomus
and Lines, piniouod by baggage and
express, were not dead, but as the
flumes gradually grew towards thorn
thoy piteously cried for their rescuers
to hurry. I
Theso worked with might and main
and cut through the car so much as to
bo able to catch Thomas's hand. They
tried to pull him out but could not do
it. "For God's sake save me," the
poor man cried, but, do all they could,
the rescuers could not get him out.
The fire was burning too fierce, and
amid tho horrified cries of Thomus
and Lines, tho rescuers had to staud
back and seo them burned to di-uth.
There could bo no more horrible thing
than that?for a friend to see another
slowly roast to death. Tho fire wus
beyoud control then, but the crew
never wavered in its attempt to savo
other property. With all their work
the baggage and express car, the metl
car and tho second-class passeugcr car
were destroyed.
Flagman Ulnior was standing between
the second class car aud the
baggago car. Ho lias not been found
and is supposed to be burried in tho
burned dcbiis.
The Northbound train was not badly
i-ijured except tbo demolition of tho
eiigino. As soon as the collision occurred
Mr. L. C. Farmer, express
agent, jumped. Ho received an injury
of the leg, but nothing serious.
With him was a 111'aii named Price,
who was making his first run. lie
jumped with Mr. Farmer and received
a bad break in the back of the nock,
but nothing serious resulted.
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no iur as crd do learned tbo accident
whh owing to n misunderstanding
of the ordcrH of tlio crow of No. 35, or
the Southbound train. It nppenrs that
they received tho word "Swansea" for
'Sweden," and wont passed tho first
named station, ami thus tho collision
occurrod. From whut can be learned
the Southbound crew is at fault for tho
colliHion. Condrctor Taylor and Engineer
Petit, seem to bo responsible
for this misunderstanding of orders.
Conductor Purkin's son and Engineer
Poll seemed to be rnnniDg according
to orders.
Fireman Micklo tolls a thrilling
story of the death of Messenger Lines.
As soon as the aceident occurred Fireman
Miekle rushed to the rescue of
ihose who were abont to be killed. He
went to the rescue of Lines and
Thomas. He found Lines alivo and
he cut his way to bim, but conhl not
save his friend, the fire being too hot.
Lines begged and encouraged his
friend as k j dug on to savo liiin from a
fiery death, but a? the flames got too
hot, Iiines said: "Good-bye, old
man," and suffering agony, expired.
i ho pociiuinry loss is placed nt about
$00,000, iiicln?liripr oiitriiKH and earn.
Crazy Over McKlnlcy.
Frank Holmos, un old resident of Romlnytori,
lad., visited tbo homo of Churl**
Bartholomew, whoro a picture of McKinley
Imok in tlie window. Holmes miulo a remark
about it which nnjjerc I Bartholomew,
wlio seized a baseball hat and struck holmes
>ver tlio head, fraHuritic; his skull, Bartholomew
has been placed under heavy
L>oml? nud Hcliuod will die.
Mlitlio SlFM
A Li Li LICEN8K8 ABOLtlSHICT>.
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Bnmt?r'? Council Decides Not to Lery
Taxes on Buslues*.
Sumter's city council met in extra
session last week for tbe purpose of
taki*^ action on the license tax system
that lia< caused so much discusi
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Bion HmoDg an classes 01 t*u,,eus lur
the post two months, ami has kept the
taxpayers aud salaried men in a state
of uncertainty and unrest ever siuce
the ordluauce was passed by the council.
The matter was tho first before the
board, and after Home discussion tho
whole license system was abolished except
that which relates to transient
and itinerant merchants, stents and
trailers, shows aud circuses. There
will be no lieeuse on any regular business
or occupation aud the license /
has been reuioied from more than cue
business that pawl license for lttutiy
years prior to the inauguration of the
general license system three years
ago.
The total abolition of licenses will
decrease the revenue of the city to a
considerable extcut, therefore it will
be necessary to increaso tho taxes on
real aud personal property to pay the
e C| eases of tho eitv government. Tl e
tax levy will be fixi'd at the text meeting
of council and there wi 1 probably
be tnore kicking from some other
quarter.
Campaign Appointments.
The following appointments have
been made by the Wcusi. r itepublicHti
cumpaigu committee fot speakers in bi?
half of the State ticket;
Mouduy, Oct. 20, at Columbia, b
p. m.
Tuesday, Oot. 27, at Greenville, 8
p. m.
Wednesday, Oct 28, tit Spartanburg,
8 p. m.
Thursday, Oct. 29, at Orangeburg,
8 p.m.
rriduy, Oct. ?JU, at Charlcatiu, ?
p. m,
R. R. Toubert, Jr., Choi.
Accompanying tLo appointments
was tin address to "Tliu Republicans,"
"igiiod by R. R. To] hurt and
J. 11. Johusou.
The Colony to Keturn.
The Barnwell correspondent of tht
News and Courier, Buy a: "The Chicago
colony are most of ibeiu, if not ail,
about to return North. They have
been returning at iutervuta ev?r since
they came, and those who retnaiucd
were only waiting to harveMt their
crops. They were hard-working people,
but their bargains were made at
prices rather advuueed over current
cash prices, and having cv? rything to
buy, they Boon becauio discouraged. ?
That style of colonization of Northern *
immigrants has been a failure except
iu so far us their labor has vastly improved
the place where tney settled,
in building it up with new tenant
houses."
Four NegrooB, Henry Anderson, Elbert
Faut, Frank Faut and Johu Sheraid,
were arrested last week for wrecking
an excursion train on ti e Port
Royal and Western Carolina Railway
about six weeks ago at Anderson.
Cross ties were placed ou the track,
but fortunately the engine pushed
them along the truck lor some distance,
and was slowing up when the
ties got under the engine uud wrecked
it considerably.
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A Farmer's Institute will bof held at
Anuersou ou tuo doth, conducted by
the faculty of the Clemson College.
The meeting will be public, open ami
true. It ie a fact uot generally known,
that these institutes oau be bud in all
counties for the asking.
At Rock Hill the teachers ami scholars
of the Wiuthrop College recently
paid a glowing tribute to iuo memory
of Mine Addiu Tillman, a former student
of the ubovo college, and who was
killed by lightning in North Carolina
in the summer.
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Greenwood's telephone system ie
reaching out to every town and crossroads
store in that regiou. Electric
lights, waterworks system and other
needed public improvements are ir
sight and will bo established witlnr. s
year.
Wiutor visitors are beginning to arrive
at Aikou already, aud everything
points to a good soason for the hotels
and boarding houses.
The new court hjise and jail for the
baby county, Saluda, will be finished
by January 1st.
The Atlas Fire Insurance Company
of this State has recently thrown up
the sponge.
It is proposed to form new county
in this State to be called Dorchestef|
Orangeburg is building a cotton
mill on the installment plan.
The State Board* of Control (Dispon*
sary) meets November 3.
A lirtwyrr's Tragic Death.
At Suffolk, Va., Merritt HUggs, one ol
Eastern Vlrglola'a lending criminal lawyers,
was struck (lead while pleading n case in the
Circuit Court room at Suffolk, Va. Mr.
l.rlggs' face suddenly blnn-hed and hi*
hands worn nervously pressed over Ills henrt.
He muttered a word of excuse to Judge
I'rc.-itiss, staggered hack ward and sank In his
sent. There was n deep breath, several
short i asps, and all was over before tlu>
horrillcb spectators had reallz?sl|thesitiintion.
Death was almost Instantaneous. The deceased
was horn and educated at the University
of Virginia. He leaves a wife, but
uo children, lie was 40 years old.
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