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4?i.v.n Mvrtrmwr-m ,n - tt-it. "our southern head IN NORTHERN PRISON CEMETF.rtiE NOT FORGOTTEN. Thirteen Monuments TVlll lie Krectei Kach ol Gray Grnnlte, and It is Kit mat?d That the Work Will Cc?t Foi Thousand Dollars. A movement ha? been started i Richmond, Va., to erect monument over the graves of tiie southern so diers vrho died in northern prison: Strange to say, the suggestion cam from a northern man, a veteran of th Federal army. Col William H. Knauss, of Coiurr bus, O., last May directed an appeal t the United Confederate Veterans, asi ing that the graves of the Confederal nrisoners at Camp Chase be remerr bered. This appeal had immediate e feet and resulted in calling: aitenlio to the fact that the resting places f 20.000 southern dead above Mnscn an Dixon's line are unmarked. The rf cords in the archives at Wa?hicgto were searched and it was fcucd thj there are 20,126 Confederate grav< distributed among thirteen norther Srisons as follows: 'ampButler, III C>4 Camp Chase, O. .....2,11 Camp Douglass. Ill ..4,02 Camp Morton, Ind 2,15 Elmira, N. Y 2.9t Fort Delaware, Del 2,51 Fort McHenry, Md ........ Johnson's Island. O 14 Fort Lafayette, N. Y. harbor.... Hart Island, N. Y. harbor...... 22 Point Lookout, Md..............3,4-1 Reek Island 1,96 Fort Warren, Mass... 1 Tt vjor derided to erect a monutner of granite?Confederate gray in cola ?at each of these cemeteries. Tc monuments will be of uniform desi^r; plain shafts, with appropriate inscrii tions. It is estimated that about $4,00 will cover the cost of this work and joint committee from the L?o Cam Confederate veterans, the Daughter of the Confederacy and the Sdus of th Confederacy, has undertaken the tas ol raising that sum. This committe has issued an appeal to the people c the south for contributions and thei hope is that the responses will be s 1 ?" ?? * A f iiDerai us tu permit mc tuujpcm-u v all the monuments before the next ar nual meeting of the United Confedei ate Veterans in [July, 1898. All con tributiona are to be sent to the treas urer, Colonel James T. Gray, pos commander of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1 United Confederate Veterans. The text of the address is as follows "Confederate Veterans, Sons of Vet erans, Daughters of the Confederacy There lie in prison cemeteries through out the north 30,000 of "Our Dead. With two exceptions (Camp Chase an Camp Douglass), no stone marks thei resting place. 'Tis true they slee ^eil, "for all the world is native lan to the brave," but soon even the local ities will be forgotten. 'Died in pri.< on,' these boys of ours, many fror the far south, in their 'blue jeans am brown cotton clothes,' shivering froE the cold blasts of the north even befor the icy hand of Death touched them Who has reminded us of our duty t the memory of these dead heroes? i generous Federal officer, bearing th scars and still suffering from th wounds won honorably in battle wit ihese men. * "All honor to Colonel William E Knauss. of Columbus, 0., who i: May, 1897, sent out an appeal io th United Confederate Veterans, askin; that the graves of the Confederate pri? oners buried at Camp Chase should b remembered. This was done, but ther are still 30,000 who rest in unmarke graves. Have we forgotten 'our dead No; but the cry of the needy wive and children of these dead have bee: ever at our door, and we could nc reach beyond. timi i.? i _ * . iL " meume n&3 now uuluc wucu luc* graves must be marked. To accon plish this object it will be necessary t raise about $4,000. We only ask for simple shaft at these places, erecte< before the next annual meeting of th t United Confederate Veterans in Julj 1898. Whatever sum this committe has in hand by next spring will be d vided equally between the prison ceir eteries. "This fund is to be known as th 'monument fund of Confederate pri. oners buried in northern graves,' an all contributions are to be sent to th treasurer, Colonel James T. Gra-; past commander R. E. Lee Camp N< 1. Confederate Veterans, Richinonc ? - -11 1 1 - j I> va., ana nouaing can do arawa iroi this fund, except over his signatur< "These dead heroes of ours froi every southern state appeal to the survivors throughout our land. R< member their sacrifices and suffering Al] should feel it their privilege t contribute to this cause. Those wb have relatives or friends still 'wounc ed and missing' may join in tbes monuments, and feel that their leva ones will now be recognized. "It is such a modest sum that : asked, it ought to be readily gotten : once from our camps and Coofedera* organizations alone; but to insure su< cess we cordially invite every oue wh is interested in the Confederate caus to contribute their mite towards th accomplishment of this noble object. The committee in charge of the wor is composed as follows: Messrs. Wi liam P. Smith, James T. Gray an Corbin W. Mercer, Lee camp; Mr N. V. Randolph, Mri. Dabney Ca: and Mrs. Kate J. Winn, Daughters < Confederacy; Mr. J. E. B. Stuart, J r Rev. James E. Cook and Mr. E. Le lie Spence, Jr., Sons of Veterans. OUR RAILROADS. Some Very Interesting Statistics Concur lng Them, For year's Poor's Manual has bee a standard authority on railroad st: tistics. The value of this publicatio increases every year, and its thi tetnth annual number just issued QTrnn loi*oot*on^ m nl oi af o r> a -r\ v ? vu iui |^vi auu rnuiw wmpivbvvuau ?i< of its predecessors. It contains 1,3* pages and gives a detailed statemei of the mileage, earnings and finano of all the railroads in the Unite States, Canada, and Mexico, besid< full facts concerning street railway directory of railway oflicials, mast* m?chanics and purchasing agents an adequate statements of the linanc and resources of the United States ar of the several states and municipalitie At the close of 1896 there were j the United States, according to Pooi Manual, 182,600 miles of railroad, a increase of 1,687 miles over 1805, Tl capital stock of our immense raiiws system was $5,290,730,567; the fund< debt, $5,416,074,969, unfunded deb $339,502,302; current debt, $535,852 - m . i..> ,r<n. , v. - . , fit>8, the total liabilities beinc -ill,MS, 84-j,fl?6 T:-? pcr-song^r rvjihago was 13,054 840.243 miles; the frcicht mile S age, 93,885,853,034 miles. Earnings J were, from passenpers, $26/1,313 258; from freight.. $770,124,013; from ? othtrsources, $S1>,894 754. Deducting ' operating expenses the n^t earnin?* 1 i are found to have been $332,333,750 1 511 9.QR J J, cJUJlJ lUi.'JI ItVwUUV/ The average receipts per passenger per mile were 2 032 cents; the average n distance traveled by each p?.ssenger ( is 21 4 n:iirs, and the average number of t j. passengers carried to each mile of road { s was 38.(56. The funded indebtedness { g of the railroads deceased, in cr.nse- j e quence of reorganizations, as much as i $179,085,969. or 3 17 per cer t Share ( capital f?r like rea?or, in part, in t 0 creased 3.7 per eer.t. The average cost [ of roads per mile, rs measure'! by a e stocks and bouds whs ?59,732. or i j. $456 less than in 1895. Net earnings j f. were 3 23 per cent belter in 1S96 than ; 'n in the previous j*eav, though the fa^n- { }f inps per ten per mi'.o were 2.15 per ( ^ cent, hss The tonnage moved arid ( j. numbtr of passengers carried were ap- ? u preciately gi eater than in 1895, the in- c 3f crease of the former beine 6 per cent; c tL - - ? 1 ? CO r ?s of the Jatt^r '6 40 per cent, uvcroo j 'n per cent of our railway mileage is cow i *" in steel rails. [ 14 The manual shows that the new ( Jt; railway construction in the south dur- \ j'cj ia? 1S0G was greater than that in any c ?3 other part of the country. The in c jg crosse in railway building iu the t 3 south since 1S70 has been phenomenal, c q It was never equalled in any region of f g equal extent in an equal period and is i 2 ail the more remarkable that this do- t 19 velopment should have taken place in c J. a section so recently devastated by 0 war. The total railroad mileage of the ( 2 south in 1870 was only 14,735. By tbe j ^ end of 1S96 it had risen to the enor- ^ r mous figures of 67,270. The prospects ? e of railway construction in the south j ( for the r.ext year or two are fine and j y the condition, both financial and phy- g iQ sical, of the railroads in this section. a has been much improved during the j p oast year. Poors Manual is a vaiua- j ,g ble publication, not only to railroad e men, but to all who want to keep up T - I raith f lift mntprijj] nrm>i'?S3 and develoo- j e men tof the country. \ 'f A BRAVE PREACHER t r * 0 Has a Remarkable Kxpsrlocco With a I HJgbwoymsn, ^ r- Rev. Sam Jones, tells the following s i- story in the Atlanta Journal: , t 3- When I was in Texas a few months ^ >t ago I heard a well authenticated case of this kind which happened in that c community. A lccal Methodist a i: preacher?a plain, unassuming man 1 t- ?was riding into town on horseback. I Passing one of his neighbor's homes t i- on the way the neighbor stepped out e " of his gate and asked the preacher if s d he would take a c'ieck to town and r bring back $5,000 in cash for him; s p that he had bought a piece of land a d and the man was there with the deed t 1- to deliver and ho wanted to pay him c ; the nwney. The preacher ^replied he n would certainly do him the kindness d to bring him the money. He roue ti on into town and when through with r e his business went to the bank, got f i. the money, put it in his pocket, pot 0 on his horse and started home. He S. hadn't ridden more than three or f jur e miks from town before a man stepped t e out from behind some bushes with a h drawn pistol, saying: "Give me that five thousand dollars." L Tne lccal preacher replied: n I won't do it, sir." e 9 "Well, if you don't I will kill you," * K regiied the highwayman. 1 "All right," said the preasher, "you r e can get the money afier I am o dead, but not while I am alive." d "What do you mean?" said thp c ?' highwayman, "don't you know that I ;s will kill you fo? that money if I must 1 n kill you to get it?" >t "Yes," said the preacher, "I think you will, but you will have to kill me c ;e to get it." l- The highwayman then said to the ( o preacher: "What do you mean by a this? Do you think more of that i d man's five thousand dollars than you e think of your life?" f 7, "No," replied the preacher, "but I :e do think more of my character than 1 i- I do of my life. I havd a wife and i- several boys and girls at home. Their f husband and father is known as an r e honest, upright man. If 1 give you s this money and then go to the man 1 d whose money it is and tall him that I r io was robbed on the highway, he would 1 r, never believe jt.9. My character t ). would bo gone and my children dis- \ i, graced. So I alUrm to you sir, that I i n think more of my character than ? 3. I do of my lift?. If you will ( p have the money, whack away with t ir your gun." 1 3 The highwayman looked at him and < r- said: i 0 "I haven't it in my hrart to shoot a f 0 man like you. Go on with 3 our life ' i* fiyvrl mrtnfti. tnA '1 i aiwuv.<j ?.wv ? A few months afterward this high" way man did kill a man, was convict I . ed and sentenced to be hanged. To a < ;s visiting preaclicr he confessed, among ? lt other things, these facis in reference, 1 e to the local preachcr. Tue visiting J pastor went to the local preacher and j 10 asked him if it was truo. "Yes," said ( 5e he, "it occured just as the highway- ( lf; man has related it to you." "Why," said the visiting pastor, * k "you never said anything about it." "No," said the local preacher. "I J " never have said anything about it. I J s- never told my wife about it." rr "Why?" 1 m "Because I didn't think it was any- ? ' > thing to ta.lk about. Soir.o people 5 s" might have thought that I was telling 1 a falsehood or trying to giva an illus < , tration of my bravery or something of 1 that kind;'jbut the^thing occurred just * . as related." 1 a"' "Oh, if we had a citizenship like I this, where every man and boy thought more of his character than he did of i !n his life, and would die before he'd ] a" bring: reproach upon himself or his < in family. Then we would have a world \ j* worth living in. But chatllcs are put i is above character now and men ruin ] y their characters, kill his conscience ] and damn their souls for dollars and < cents. And iu the end they realize i " thut Lhey made a bargain thai bank- s rupted thsm here and ruiaed them j es hereafter. Let every man be truo to i s> his own character and honest with all ; those with whom he has dealings. Fall (rum t ho Porch. id Col. Isaac W. Avery, at one time s. editor of the Atlanta Constitution, in former minister to Mexico and com- : s missioner of bou'.h American repub- ] in iics for the Cotton btates and .Interna- t le tional exposition of fell from the i ky porch of his residence in Kirk wood, a i ?d suburb of Atlanta Wednesday ni(jut, ! it, and died Thursday from the etFects of 1 the fall. j' A FRIfiHTFfTL WRECK. "T j ? SANTA FE FAST TRAINS CRASH HEAD- J !.0N3 TOGETHER. [aCoomotlreu i:xji1c?,fj?Making nolo In ^ Which Ch'h 8lrk-Do/.' ns Killed hih! ? Wounded-?W J. Itrjnn's Nofo'e VTorlt. F ? A spccia' from Emporia, Kas., says: a Due of the worst wrecks io the bis,ory of t-ie Santa Fe railroad occurred ^ I I<_r t. n _ DTTO 2MJCS C'li'il Ui itcro MV &uuui i /clock tonight. Twelve or fifteen i tercels weie killed and as many more j ?adJy I'urt. The fast, mail train coin? 'J last end the Mexico and California v express bound wf.st, collided head on. t The Maxico and California express J ^as palled by two locomotives, and \ .vhen they struck the engine drawing t he fast mail, the boilers of all three \ ingints exploded and tore a hole ia t he ground so deep that the smoking r :arof the westbound train ran on top t )f the three engines and two mail cars t ind balanced there, without turning ( >ver. The passengers in the smoking :ar escapcd through the windows, t The front end of this car was enveloped t n a volume of stilling smoke and steam a )oiling uo from the wreck bel >w and t he rear door was jammed tight in the r srtck of the c*r behind. The wreck v ;aught fire from the engines. The ] :ars in the hole and the smoker burned t o ashes in a short time. In climbing t jut of the smoking car several men ] ell through the rifts into the wreck c )<?low, and it is impossible to tell whe ] her they escaped or were burned to s leath. t The westbound train carried seven s re eight coaches, aud its passengers. ncluded many excursionists, wno naa i >een to hear Hon. W. J. Bryan sp2ak e it the county fair at Burlingaine. f !?Ir. Bryan hitnself was on the train, 1 >ut wa? riding: in the rear Pullman, 1 :ome 400 feet from the cars which t vere wrecked. He states that nothing mt a heavy jolt was experienced by c he passengers in his coach. r Mr. Bryan was one of the noblest e nen in the crowd of rescuers. Ha I lelped to carry out the dead and r vounded and gave tba greatest attan- r ion to their care. Cne poor fellow, 1: vho was badly maimed, called to Mr. r 3ryan and said: 1 "l went 10 near juu iuuy, x um uuw lying and want to shake your hand i ind say God biess you. If you possi- t >ly can, Mr. Bryan, get me a drink of ( vater." ^ Mr. Bryan went into the fast mail c :ar, one end of which was burning, t md came out with the water, which v je gave to the. suffering passenger, r le brought out cushions for others of he injured, and was everywhere p:es- 1 nt to administer to the wants cf the I ufFdring. It is feared that nearly all of tha t even mail clerks perished in the dia ti ister but so far only eight bodies have i >een taken from the wreck. Those t lead are: r Jim Brenmen, engineer, Topeka. * Nate Hollister, liremaa, Topeka. J. F. Souders, Kansas City, express r nessenger, bedy almost consumed by r ire. t William Frisbv, engineer. c R. A. Doran, Eaporia, postal clerk. f W. Gonzales, fireman, westbound e isiu. 1 Uokdown man, tramp, Topeka. W. Bragman. i Among the seriously injured are: c Claude Holliday, Lawrence, Kan., t xpress messenger, both legs broken, i /vuiaie. D. C. Erler, Kansas City, express c nessenger, legs broken; will die. John Dagan, Topaka, face smashed, t J. T. Butler, county attorney, Chasa b ;ounty, hip broken; may die. I William F. Jones, Kansas City, t egs and arms broken. J B. P. Metik, Atchison, badly bruised, t Phil Schuer, Kansas City, hip irusned. c C. A. Vanliot, brakeman, K-msas v Dity, badly bruised. I William Patrick, Kansas City, leg c ind arm broken. 8 C. D. Adams, City of Mexico, pain- t ully bruised. T Mike Sweeney, Gainesville, Texas, l jack hurt. c Ben Walters, the St. Joseph, Mo , ireman on the westbound train, is I nissing. a The engineer of the we3tbound train t iad received orders to meet the fast a nail at Emporia, and was making up t ost time. These two are the fastest rains cn the Santa Fe system, and the westbound train must have been run c ling at a speed of at least forty miles e in hour. Tne westbound express was roing around a slight curve, and met g he fuss mail, probably within two p lundred feet. Of the seven or eight e ?rs making up the Mexico and Cal fornia express, only the mail, b*g- ^ ?age and express and smoking cirs j wera destroyed. The coach following c he smoker'was badly splintered. j There were riot more than a dcz?n ^ iasiengers on the fast mail, all in one 8 :oacb, and while none of them were fl .?: 1 _ J ,,1, iCiXUlldijr lfjurcu, lUCii \A jf ^ ;9-a3 terrible. Every seat in the coach j .vas torn from the floor, and many c loorplaaks came up with the seats j Dae man, J-.hn Sweeney, was thrown mr three seats and through a wiulow, but escaped with only scratches . md bruises. } It is slated that the wreck was caused 1 3y a miscarriage of orders from the ' rainsmaster. At E nporia the east ^ jound fast mail train received orders ^ ,o pass the California express at Land, 1 .even miles east. Another order was > ;ent to Land for the California ex- } jress to take the sidiog there, but this 1 irder was not delivered, and the west f -wniincl fniin noetPii rtll IV' C\ tfianmPfl t ;xpecting to pass the fast mail at Emporia. ' t-lx Meu Drowned. Six ycung men were drowned from i yacht near Wind Mill Point in Lake St. Clair, Mich., late Wedneslay afternoon. A party of ten char.ered the yacht Blanch B. and went ap tha lake. When near the mouth of b'ox Creek, and nearly oil' Wind Mill L'oint, three of the party climbed out ,m the boom arid commenced to rock ihe craft, which, being heavily bass istcd, lurched over and capsizid, goto the bottom. Six men who wore in the enck pit were drowned. The youngsters who caused the disaster, ?r.d one o!her, were savc-d by a bout onid!o/l /\n< {mm chnrp S Fato of a Saiallpox Bnnp&ct. J A negro woman named Anna Hush, l suspected of having contracted small- r [>3X, csc iped from custody and attend- a ;d a church acd created a piuic imong th3 congregation alColumbu3, ^ Miss., ou Friday. She was run out of t ,h6 church and nothing more was 1 ieard of her unlil she was found dead I with htr skull crushed in a held. e i. - i?i;inf?i irf-n- ' i .iv.~ i.t.-e.-, r, A S' R NGE SCE'Nc. l CoEiienjuocl 3Tnrrieror I'roncUes to IIla Ftllow Prisoner*. II. y. Perry, the condemned mur leter of Bely Lanier, who was harifred >n last Wednesday, cordacted religisus services in the Atlanta jail the Sunday before he was hung, and >reached a sermon to the 300 convicts issemblcd that Jed to scenes dramatic ilanost bevond description. When Dr. Stevenson, the chaplain, risked the prison this mor&idg Perry equesled permission to lead the mornng servic-s and the sheriff consentnir the chaplain also gave his consent. Pho condemned man was uncbained nd taken into the chapel, where all he convicts were assembled. After )r. Stevenson had introduced him to lis strauge audtence he took position lack of the little pulpit as calmly and fiih as much self assurance as though he matter was an every day occur' ence with him. He read two chap ers from the Bible and chose as his pxt: ".Believe on tne juora jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Perry began by raying that he was o be hanged within three days, and hat he felt it to be his duty to take idvantage of the little time spared um to do some good among his fellowDen. He earnestly and eloquently irged those about him to reform and ive honest lives hereafter. He told hem how thankful they ought to be hat so much time was spared them, ile spoke of leaving his wife and five ihildren with no one to care for them, lere some of the convicts began to ob and wail. Negroes wrung their lands and fell do wn on their knees, houting and praying. Perry said that while his children nustgrow up to learn that their fathir had died on the gallows he had no ear but that they would some day earn to revere his memory and to love lim for sacrificing his own lifo to save heir mother's honor. "The thought of leaving these dear >nes behind," he said, "is all I have to 1 _ L. T I.J e^rei, QUI i am uuusuieu iu u xteat for I know when I arn ^one hey can come to me. Then when we neet all will be j iy. There will be 110 nore parting. We can all pinlhe leavenly band, where there wui be no nore sorrow, but everything will be ove and joy. "0/ course it will always be hurkd n on my dear childrens' faces how heir father met his death. Thank }od. their gocd mother can tell them vhy I was put to death by the hands >f the law, and this pure woman is Le only living one that knows the vhola truth which wicked men have e'used to believe. "This dear mother will not only de iver the sad message, but she can re >eat these glorious words, 'While your ather died on the gallows, thank God is died trusting the Lord.' And this iear mother can read the grand promses of Jesus to them and teach them he way they can go to that land of est ana ue witn ineir iamer rorever, vhere death and sorrw are not known, *4I feel thankful I have no envy in 137 heart against any one, but my love unneth out to everybody. With hese beautiful promises and many itbersthat make my heart rejoice, I eel it is only a fhort step to the presnce of God, where I can meet those oved ones who have gone before. "This, of course, will be s. sad paring here with my dear wife, loving ibildren, iffectionatebrothers and sisers, but oh, what a joyful meeting I rill have. A father and mother, also 1 brother and one sweet little child >f mine, are awaitin? my coming on he other shore, and when I am gone I tope not one soul will wish for me lack on this vile and sinful world, >ut that every one will now prepare o meet me in the sweet bj- and by. ?ay God bless and keep His deai.' ones rom bia." His audience finally became sodem >nstrative that ho could proceed onJy vitfa. difficulty, and he called on the >rison choir to sing. Taylor Delk, the utlaw, whose son Tom was hanged i few weeks ago, and who himself is o be hanged next month, arose in his >laceand led the singing, waving his ong arms wildly in front of his exited chorus. In conclusion Perry aaked every man jrosent who honestly meant to reform md would try to meet him in heaven o come forward and shaxe his hand, md every man among them accepted hu invitation. A Good Fitino. A piuuo is usually purchase*! but ?nce in a lifetime and hence thegreatis! care should be used ia its selection. 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Y., and receive Dr. 'ierce's 1008 paze "Common Sense iledical Adviser," profusely iilustrat- i d." 1 .-n^ . ..-rrv.WT7 a ] s-r,--itjej vcu Jg. m.Enm* MASSACRE Of MINE8S." TERRIBLE CRISIS IN THE COAL S'RIKE SITUATION. Bloodthirsty Df putlcs Shoot Into a mob of Miner?, Apparently Without Justification Killing F2ftntn or Twenty and Wound. Ing Forty or More. The strike situation reached a terrible crisis on the outskirts of Laiiraer? Pa., Friday afternooD, when a bana of deputy sheriffs fired into an infuri ated mob of miners. The men fell like so many sheep, and the excite me.nt since has bten so intense that no accurate figures of the dead and wounded can ba obtained. Rsports run from fifteen to twenty odd killed and forty or mrre wounded. Many of these will die. One man who reached the scene Friday night counted thirteen corpses. Four otner dead lie in the mountains between Latimer and Harleich. Those who were not injured carried their dead and wounded friends into the woods, and estimate is balllid.The strikers left Hasalton at 3 30 o'clock Friday afternoon, announcing their intention to go to Latimer. As soon as this became known, a band of deputies was loaded on a trolley car and sent whirling across ibe mountain to the scene of the bloody conflict which followed. After reaching Latimer, they left the car and formed into three companies, under Thomas Hall, E. A. Hessel and Samuel B. Price. They drew up in line at the edge of the village, with a fence and a line of houses in their rear. Sherilf Martin was in command and stood in the front of the line until the strikers approached. They were seen coming across the ridge, and Martin went out to meet them. The men drew up sullenly and listened in silence until he had once more read the riot act. This finished, a low muttering arose among the foreigners, and there was a slight move meut forward. Perceiving this, the sheriff stepped toward them, and, in a determined tone, forbade advacca. Some one struck the sheriff, and the next moment there was a command to the deputies to fire. The guns of the deputies iiis'.aatly sent forth a terrible volley. The strikers were taken entirely by surprise, and as the men toppled and fell over each other, those who remained unhurt stampeded. The men went down before the storm of bullets like ten-pins, and the groans of the dying and wounded filled the air. The excitement that followed was simply indescribable. The deputies seemed to be terror struck at the deadly execution of their guns, and seeing the living strikers fleaing and the others dropping to the earth, they wont to the aid of the unfortunates whom they had brought down. The people of Ltfimer rushed pell mell to the scene, but the shrieks of the wounded drowned the cries of the svmmthizinc and half crazid inhabi tants. The reporter who soon afterwards reached the place found the road leading to Latimer filled with proups of frightened Hungarians, fcbmo surrounded dying companions, and otheis, fearful of pursuit, clung to the new comer and begged his pro taction. At Farley's there were two men lying on the porch. Both had been shot in the head. One had three bul lets in him. His groans and appeals for a doctor or death were heart-rending. All along the road the wounded men who were able to leave the fiald of battle scattered and sought the shade of the trees for protection, but there was no need of that then. Approaching the place where the shooting occurred, people were met wringing their hands and bemoaning '* ' mi u ? x_ 11_ trie catastropne. xney cuuiu juui uu& intelligently, and it was with the greatest difficulty that information could be learned. Along the bank of the trolley road men lay in every position, some dead, others dying. TJiree bodies, face downward, lay along the incline, and three others were but a short distance away. On the other side of the road, a.s many more bodies lay. The school house was transformed into a temporary hospital, and soma of the wounded were taken there. The colliery ambulance was summoned to the place as soon as possible, and immediately upon its ar rival, two men, both shot through the legs, were loaded into the wagon. All along the hillside wounded men were found. Many others who had been carried to a distance could not be found. As soon as the news of the shooting reached Haselton there was consternation. Within ten minutes the streets were blocked with excited people. The Lehigh Traction company imms diately placed a number of cars on the Latimer line and doctors and clergymen responded promptly. Aoaid the excitement the deputies turned their attention to th9 wounded and carried many of them to places where they could be more comfortably treated. Mar!in Ii;jski,an intelligent Hunga rian from Mt. Pleasant, who was shot in the arm, was seen by a reporter on the car coming over, and gave this version of the affair: "We were going along the road to Liticner, and the deputies were lined across the road, barring our progress. We tried to go through them, and did not attempt to hit or molest them until they fired upon us. We ran, but they kept on shootirg on ui while we ran. It is all their I'auit." THE OUTLOOK FOR COTTON. A Pred!?'loD thftt It Will Bring Hatter Prices. Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans cotton exchange, places the val ue of the colton crop of the season now on at #321,925,000, against ij&'Ji,015.000 last year, making it worth nearly $33,000,000 mere than the former crop. The latest cotton news also place* the total number of spindles in the south at 3,851.991, an increase of 158,753 The total number of mills in the south is 432, being: an increase of a-.veu cow mills for the year. These ihcIs, says a wiiter in tha Atlanta Journal are worthy of consideration iu that they mako tbo situation from the farmers' standpoint decidedly rosier. Iis useless, in fact a very unwise thing fjr men who are not thoroughly informed to make prediction at this slage as tc the sizj of tho crop and price of the staple. Men in positions supposed to be best /or gleaaing information, are of toner wrong than right and their predictions not only return to plague them, but are too often the cause of loss to farmers and to1 n i.vrrtifii?. ynnrr.an tturg.-.rrt-jrcrr-<-.y..ir -? men who use tbeiip "tips" for speculafi*-* purposes There is believed to be a large crop of cotton, and this has been harped on so long and so persist ently by the professional "bears" that the price of the staple has slowly gravitated lower. But as a matter of strict fact the surface indications were never stronger for a rise in cotton, despite the predictions of the wiseacres of an unusually large yield, t ffrnm a statistical ctanHnnint fHo situ. ation is one of promise. There has seldom been a smallei supply, visible or invisible, and the prospects of increased consump'ion are firstclass. The low price of wheat in the past has prevented the westerners from making larger purchases of cottoa good?, but this year a double or triple demand is expected. The prospects for an enlarged use in the east were never better, and the cotton trade has rarely known of Europe's holding less coi ton than at the present time. Take, if you please, the gloomy forebodings of the ''bears"?and until December a prediction is not worth the prpsr on which it is luminously set forth?and still there is no cause for alarm. Even if there is a prospect of a 10 per cent, increase in the crop, there is even a better prospect for a 10 per cent, increase in the demand. With these lights the farmer bad best sit steady ia the b?at. Its an old saying 01 more or less true that whatever the lu south thinks abont cotton is sure not to m happpn. Nevertheless the unwisdom of talking low prices is manifest How ^ often have we of the south witnessed p the terrified farmer rushing his cotton to market on a strong "dear" tip, only to find that when it has passed into the hands of others that the price gbes soaring to top notch figures? While on the other band predictions of high h prices have caused them to hold their j, cotton at a los3. And this question, like all others, has two strong sides. May and December. Gen. Longstreet was married to q Miss Ellen Dortch in Atlanta on Wednesday. The groom is seventy-five years of age &nd the bride is only twenty-two. A Valuable Grip. r\ l l. it j_ m vjusioms inapecwrs a'-JLiaraao, lexas, a have found an unclaimed grip on a train captaining $200,000 worth of dia- (_ monds, jewelry and other valuables. A Maine man who recently sued his neighbor for occupying three inches of his land was not a little diEComfit- [ ed when a survey proved that he himself was the trespasser to the extent of two feet and eleven inches. His overthrow was complete when his neighbor shook hands with him and told him that the fence needn't be moved. A sick person trying- to keep up on mere stimulating tonics is like any one pretending to swim wliile supported by a belt. The instant the support is withdrawn down you go. Nearly all diseases result from a deepseated impairment of the nutritive powettt which cannot be reached by any temporary exhilaration. The only good that any medicine can do is to increase your own natural powers of recovery and make you able to swim for yourself. The debilitating weakness, nervousness and digestive disorder which indicates this state of mal-nutrition can only be overcome by a scientific remedy like I)r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery which acts directly upon the digestive and blood-making organs, and effects the nutritive transformation of food into rich, healthy blood, which carries genuine permanent vitality to every corner of the system. It is vastly more nutritious than maltextracts. It does not paralyze the nerves, ? but feeds them with health. It is better | ?Vion r*nA litrpr nil f>rnii1str?n<5 It 1<5 flsaimi lated by the weakest stomachs. It does S not make flabby useless fat, but muscular strength and healthy nerve-force. It is the only perfect invigorant for corpulent people. Mrs. Ella Ho well, of Derby, Terry Co., Ind., writes: " In the year of 18^4 I was taken with stomach trouble?nervous dyspepsia. There was a coldness in my stomach, and a weight which seemed like a rock. Every thine that I ate gave me great pain; I had a bearing down sensation; was swelled across my stomach; had a ridge around mv right side, and in a short time I was bloated, i was treated by three of our best physicians but not 110 relief. Then Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery was recommended to me and I ?Ot it, and commenced the use of it. I began to see a change for the better. I was so weak I could not walk arross the room without assistance. I took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and one bottie of the ' Pleasant Pellets.' I hejran to improve very fast after the use of a few bottles. The physicians who attended me slid I had 'dropsy'anil that my disease was leading into pulmonary consumption. I had quite a coujrh. and the home physicians prave me aptodie. I thank God that mycure is permanent." Are you aware That you can save from $10.00 to 20.00 on an Organ if you buy it from me ? And do you know That you can save from $30.1 "0 to $G0.00 if you buy your piano from me ? * A Choice Line. After years of experience and extended comparison I have adopted the best line of Pianos and Organs the market affords. No Jobber to pay. j I represent the Builders?this is why I f can save you the profits of agents who rep (<] ???t .l,? r^CUi iuc OVUMV.1 Test Trial. I To demonstrate my position, that 1 can 5 save you money and supply 3'": -with the /<j best l'iano or Organ the market all'ords. I ^ will place either Piano or Organ on ten to ^ fifteen days test trial at my expense and if ^ the instrument is not as represented will ^ move it at my expense. J Prices: \ Organs from Jo").CO, $15.00, $55.00 and ( upwards. l'ianos from $105.00, $225.00, $295.00 and upward. [{ The Orga.i at $35 00 is of a (irjt-class i make but in twn inexpensive case. The l'iano at $H)5.00tis sold usually by [1 I acenta for $225.00. No better Pianos made for this price. Guarantee: I All the Pianos ami Organs soM by mo arc ? fully guaranteed, not only by the . u?-lcr9, '? but by me? ti responsible dealer. f, Make your own selection from catalogues I will semi yon oil application. ^ Address, M. A. MALONE, , COLUMBIA, S. C., -r?T A \rno a xrri AT?a A "\T? * i JLAn vp Ax.xi k^? xn,. r > auip^mi m umemmmuM mil ii l in l^S, REMOVAL NOTICE. THE [EELEY INSTITUTE OF SOUTH "AEOLINA WILL OHEH July 7th, 1897, AT GEEENYILLE, S. C. The Liquor and Morphine Habit Thorighly Cured without discomfort. TJhe Coimbia Institute is olosed. Write for inforlation, etc., to GREENVILLE, 8. C., the ealthful Mountain City. Perfect Sewerage, ure Water. THE THOMAS ;; i the moot complete iy->toaa of elevating andllnKj cleaning and pacKln/ cotton* mprovea staple, savee labor, makes yon loney. Write for catalogues, no other quals It. I handle the moat Improved JOTTON GINS, PRESSES, ELEVATORS, ENGINES AND BOILERS to be found on the market. ly Sergeant Log Beam Saw Mill la, In simplicity and efficiency, a wonder. JORSJ MILLS, PLANERS, GANG BDGBRS and all wood working machinery, JDDRLL AND TALBOTT ENGINES are the best. Write to me before buying. V. 0. Badhara, General Agent, COLUMBIA, S. O. Advice to Mothers, We talre picture In c*U;n? year att*a len to & moody n) Joiif? needed In carryd? children lately thron^b the critical taga of toothing. It Is an Incalculable ' >I*2lrg So mother and child. If yon are II.I__W_j4 at *.1?1.4 _:tl< a .1?V aw mgu? viiu ^ eothlr ? child, u?e Pitts' Carminative, U rill piT;' loctsnt relief, and restuiato the wwsls. and make teething safe and eaiy. t will cure Dysentory and Diarrhoea, SMtto Carminative is an instant -elle' for olic of Infai-U. It will promote dJpiwtfcn ivr tone and wiercy to the stomach and (cwfth. 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