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J BY HUG1I WILSON. i
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=I)IREFITL PKKuIcTlUiN- I
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PROF. SERVISS ON THE BIRTH OF A \
NEW WORLD. 1
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Prof. Corrlgwu S? y? the Bulging Globn on ^
the Sun Will b?Hurl>d Oat Into ?p*ce \
and Will Iijstroy this K?r;h. ^
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The following article from the New j
York Journal will be read with inter- i
est: c
Whatever nr. ay thought of the r
alleged discovery of Professor S J. a
^ p?? - y -ii aUN
uorrigan, 01 ine \.foau;eii vuiervaiui j, (.
of three hither! > unrecogoj/.id planets s
circling between thecarih and tbe sun \
and of another planet v? t unfinished s
and in process of evoluiim from the i
sun, the breaking off of which from %
the solar body threatens the destruc
lion of all living forn>son the earth by t
fire, at any rate his suegestion of the j:
birth of these new worlds out o' the i
central body of the solar svstem awak- s
ens a train of thought which places t
th" sun in a new ar ct starling light. i
Every astronomer knows that the s
sun is the parent of the earth and of p
all the other known planets; that they s
are bone of bis bone asd flesh f
of his lhsh, ard without him s
they never cculd haVe existed, a
The famous discovery, two years t
ago, of the slrar ge solar element, S
helium, in the rock s of the earth, was a
really a beautiful proof of the substan- e
tial identity of the two be dies, the sun n
and the earth. Helium on the earth r
is a mark of parentage, like a pecul- t:
J Jar strain in the bleed of an animal t
^ No astronomer doubts that our globe n
* and all its comrades, has their origin a
from the suo. b
The separation of a vast molten ii
mass from the sun would, no doubt, t'
produce effects ihf.t might easily c
make themselves felt across many mii o
lions of miles of space. The fact is ii
that we have, perhaps, been wrong in
looking upon the sun as a body which f
has already passed through all the t
more violent stages cf evolution and v
has entered upon a steady course of a
radiation and slow caoling, leading ii
- - * _ j i
ultimately ana piaciaiy to grauusi ex- c
tiaction ia cold and gloom. Ii is this s
view which has induced many mod- i
era thinkers to reject utterly the Scrip- b
ture prophecies of a fiery end to the fc
earth and to predict instead that when t
; our globe reaches the tsrmination of v
its career as a living world cold, and ?
not heat, will be the agent of its de li
struction; in other words, that the c
earth wi l eventually freeze to death. I
Speculating in this way, we have o
turned our backs to t' e sun and practi- c
cally left it out of accDunt, except, of c
course, so far as the consequences of c
its gradual extinction are concerned, f
But this process of extinction has been s
regarded as something that wculd take s
place gradually, slowly, regularly,
and without any catastrophic inter 7
ruptions. In fact, many have been o
peering into interstellar space to sea if p
some concealed danger, some hidden a
rock, some invisible wandering hulk p
|| of matter might not lie iD wait there g
gj to bring sudden disaster by collision t
iato the otherwise smooth course of a
gH the flying eartb. The keen light of o
jjj^L the great star Vega, millions and mil- o
lions of miles away, but toward which Jj
^ we are moving wilh the sun, has even
suggested that in the unthinkably re t:
mote future, when we have arrived in i.<
the neighborhood of that star, a catas i!
j trophe may overtake us through the t
terrible power and intensity of i'.s ra t
diation?and all the while close by us c
the sun has been shining and exhibit- t
ing evidences of itstremendousenergy t
lor good aDd for evil, some of which a
evidence, perhaps, we have regarded p
too lighf.Iy or have interpreted wrong- t
ly. t
Professor Corrigan is probably right, a
in recalling us to a realization of the t
fact that, just as we depend upon the v
sun for light, heat arid life itself, so v
we should look to the sun only when i
1 A.L _ 4L?i _
I we iry 10 mi me curiam umi uiucs u
the future fate of the globe we live on i
The idea which he suggests, that the x>
birth of a new world should have the s
efft ct of deal roying the iifa of an older t
one, has a peculiar significance, a
Granted that a pi met may be born f
from the sun in the way he points out,
tne const quences indicated might well t
result. Life on this earth is p'ssible t
only through a vet y delicate balance v
of conditions aDd forces, andtheevi g
dence is daily acc jiuuiminir thai tvm
comparatively slight disturbances in a
the sun are capable of affecting th?t e
balance in various wa\s. a
It is simply a question of the amount f
and intensity of thedistubaic propa v
gated from the sun whether it passes
in an electric str>rai or produces some
I more senuus tucui uu iuu aiuius^ucit
of the earth. The well known pheno t
. mena of sun 5pots are sufficient to in- t
dicate the trmendous nature of Ihnse f
energies whic*1 are continually active c
in tne sun. The astronomer at his }
telescope sees a h uge black spot on tlie l
solar disk, -with torn and ragged r
edge?, surrounded with heaped up' 1
masses of metallic vaoors, thousands 1
of miles in height. Lie heboid i other i
masses of such vapor spouting, as a
from the bowels of a tremendous vol- 1
cano, to au elevation of hundreds of t
thousands of miies, and instant'y upon c
the appearance of th? solar outbreak t
electric impulses shoot round the f
earth, playing with the telegraphic in a
struments and wav ng mysterious t
auroral s'rearners in the higher atmcs
phere. Yet what has seen in the sun,
and what has produced so surprising
an ell'ect on the earth, is a meie noth- f
ing compared with such au outburst *
as would attend the birth of a new 1
planet from the body of the sun. *
The new world which Professor I
Ccrrigan sees abDut to be detached 1
I from the sun may be something simi 1
Jar to what took place (if Professor *
Darwin's mathematics can be trusted) )
at the birth of tha moon. Then the j
earth was the parent body, from whose
side the s.Uelite was torn while both
were yet in a molten condition, and j
the active agent in the Gery birth was .
the centrifugal force of the earth's j
rotation, seconded by the tide raising j
power of the sun. j
In like manner, the earth had its
birth from the body of the sun when '
the latter was so expanded that it ocmiri?d
all the emptv space now ex
I tending between it ami our globe, and
* later on Venus, ami arterwurd Mcrcu- J
ry, were born from the slowly con- i
trading sun. All these planets, how- 1
ever, probably first apncartd in the <
shape of rings surrounding the sun, j
and were not separated with great *
violence from the parent body. Now, J
lowevpr, the sun has becotre compao-1
H. and f jplosivp enerpifs are stoprj
ip in it which could not exist when it I
tfas expandtd ow?>r so vtst a space as |
hat whic'i it filiod at the tiroe the'
arth wa<i I o n. A mass of mattQr i
emra'ir & from the sun at present
vonld (Jo so unrer circurr s'ances very |
1 ll'erent from the se formerly existing-.
The mysierious sun spots which
lave puzz'ed astronomers since Gali
eo saw them with his hrst telescope,
he tremendous upheavals from , the
olar surface, to which reference has
ilready been made; the up pushing:of
rapcr zed matter from the interior of
he sun, and the unexplained periodial
ccaracter of all these coirelatud
>henomena, iike the ebbing and How
ng of a tide, are regarded by Profess
?r Corrij>an as proofs that the tine is
lear and perhaps just at hand when
nother Dlanetary nirth is to take I
dace. The sdoIs the bkzlng fsculae
treaking the' solar surface at inter-1
rals, the violent outbursts followed by
ubsidences, all these are regarded as
ndications of the straining of the
;iant in its birth throes.
When the detachment of the matter
hat is to form the nev planet occurs,
(benomena such ss no man ever beield
must nresent themselves in the
un. Stars have been <nown suddenly
i) bltzj forih with hundreds and even
housands of times their former intenity.
Something of this kind would
robably occur if the predicted birth
hould tskq place in the sun Viewed
rom the depths of the universe the
un?visible from that distance only
s a star?would burst out with an ex
raordinary display of brilliancy,
ipectroscopicobservations would show
sudden intensification of its radiative
Dergv, and violent movements in the
eiehborhood of its surfacj would bo
evealed by the shifting of the SDecroscopic
lines. In the course of time
be fact would become evident that a
iew liery body nad maae us appearnee
close to the sun, and from this
iody the processes o: evolution, actDg
thro<ieh long atres, would produce
he full-fledged planet with its rocky
rust, and, if the conditions were favrable,
its covering of vegetation and
Is complement of living forms.
la the meantime the fierce output
rom the sun would have consumed
be face of the earth, and our planet
pould float in space, wrecked and
bandoned, with no stir of life upon
is cindery surface. The past history
f the earto, however, enables us to
ay what would be the main steps in
he evolution of the new world, whose
lirth had cost the life of its elder sis
er. The eye of science would be able
o see, dimly shining through the hot
apor playing over the new born
rorld, its future liviDg forms existing
ike germs within it. Science per
eives no occasion for a miracle in
hese things. Processes of the same
rder as those which are abie to
hanjre a blazing pas into a solid rock
an, with equal ease, evolve the musles
of a tiger and the brain of man
rom elements which, in their original
tate, are blinding bright atoms iu the
hining sun.
Water atmosphere. metals jock?all
?ould be intermingled ani indistin
uisbable in the fiery mass that had
>arted from the sun, but ss it cooled
nd chemical uuhr.s began to take
ilace among its atoms and grtvihtion
radually brought it iato shape these
hings wculd assume their forme,such
s the earth knows them now, until,
ut of the wildest chaos wculd come
rder, beauty and the evident reign of
But if Profess r Corrigan's predic
ion is well founded,and new planet
3 about to be add? d to tbe solar fam
ly, ana the earth is in danger from
be consequences of the disturbance
bat the birth of the new world will
reate, yet it would not follow tbat
he newest member of the system is
o be equal in magnitude and importnee
to the older ones The three new
>lanets which Professor Onrrigan
hiuks he has found nearer 1o the suk
han the ancient planet Mercury are
11 comparatively small bedies, aud
he circumstance of its formation
eould prescribe forthecno that i$uot
et separated from tbe sunasirni'ar
nsignilicancs in na^nitude. Moreover,
its orbit will fce so near the suu
bat a consuming heat must continue
o fall upon its surface as long as the
un remains in its present state, so
hat the chances wculd appear to be
.11 against the development of Jiving
orms upon it.
Professor Corrigan evidntly thinks
hat the birth of one of the small in
ra Mercurial planets just referred to
ras the cause of the catastrophe which
:eclogy indicates overtook the eart'-.
orne twenty odd millions of years
fiinn? that disaster however, the
arth has recovered its living forms
>nd advanced to a staee of evolu'.ion
ar beyond anything that existed pre
-iously. Garrett P. Serviss.
Mnnt Have CertUlcalos.
The Columbia Register says since
he information was given out that all
hcso who desired to leave that city
or Charleston and Savannah, wirch
lilies are now quarantining: against
f.llow ftver which is raging along
be oast of the Mississippi, would be
quired to obtain certificates from the
ocal board of health. Secretary T. T.
L'auey nas oeen ksih quno uusy woinjr
certificates. Many drummers and
i few Columbians who wanted to
cave the city have fcund their way to
he city hali building and made raluisitions
for certiGcot s. It is announced
that those traveling from
joints above Columbia can pass quariut:ne
without ceitilicates or detenion.
Will Nut Attack Tillman.
la an interview Senator Ir'oy denifs
iver saying he intended to attack
ienator Tillman. Irby says he is 1 ci,her
a bullly, an assassin or a murder;r,
and has no intention of mtking a
jersoEal assault on Tillman orauy
me else. But I have not anything to
ake back that I said either during or
ifter the campaign, and if the race
was to be run over again, I wculd do
just as I have done."
The Ne1;ro Not in Ir.
It is understood that an arrangement
las been reached in ihe matter of tne
jostmasteiship of xYugusta, Ga.,
whereby the appointment will go to
ilr. VV. II. Stailings, a while man.
It is stated that Lyons, the colored ap
slicant, will be given a position in
Washington.
Forty PaveipDKerM L>ro\vo.
Two steamers, the Tzareviteh and
iiaipmca, coniaeu xnursuay iu me
iver Volga, near the Astrakhan. The
ormer sank and while she was going
lown her passengers, panic stricken,
jumped into the river. Many of Lhem
iuccetded in reaching the shore, but
rorty were drowned.
*><? * ' AT 1 > f " - ' - ?' r ?" -. ? ? VXy
a death?low~
TO THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE EST,
LISHMENTS.
The Hallroiitlft Say that JLlquorslu Hot
Wht'ii Not Fucked la Oasen or Ct
Are Not lu Fr< p*r Shipping Coi
tlon.
Some of the railroads are gett
tired of handling the original pack
stulF and propose to refuse itshipm
in future. The two most extern
railroad systems in theState. the Soi
era and the Atlantic Coast Line, h
issued circulars to the above elTect.
The following is the circular of
Southern Railway:
Southern Railway Company,
General Freight Department
Transportation of interstate si
ments of spirituous and malt liqu
to points within the State of So
Carolina.
Notice to shippers and connect
lines:
Counsel having decided that spi
uous arid malt liqu' rs in bottles wl
| not packed in cases or casks are
in proper shipping condition, and t
the usual form of release will not
lieve tbe company from liability
case of damage by wreckage, notic
hereby piven that on and after ?
tember 16th, 1897, shipments of spi
uous or malt liquors in glass loose
packed in cases, kegs or casks, ^
not be accepted by this company
transportation.
Issued September 9th, 1897, by H
Smith, peneral freight agent, Wi
ing-ton, D. O.
Effective September 16'h, 1897. .
proved by J. M Culp traffic manaj
Washington, D. C.
It will be noted that in the circi
of the Soul hern, it is stated "t
shipments of spiritous or malt liqu
in glass loose, net packed in ct>
kegs or casks, will not be accepted.'
will be remembered that shortly a
tbe decision of Judge Simont
many shipments of "original pa
ages." the bottles being wrapped
tissue paper and packed in sawdus
the car, -were received by agents. '
extra p-ecaution of shipping in 8
dust was. of coarse, done for no ot
purpose than to prevent breakaj
But the circular states particula
that "originals" cannot now be
shipped. It apDears that tbe uller
tive of this is, that if each bottle is
curely fastened in a wooden box tl
"original packages" can be shipped
Again, it would appear, from
circular, that if a jug of whiskey is
curely packed in "small half bai
size," for instance, the road will s
the same.
The following is the circular of
Atlantic Coast Line, which speaks
itself:
Wilmington. N. C., Sept. 9, 1897
To Agents and Connections:
Referring to Circular No. D. 1
J subject: Handling shipments of liq
to Doints in South Carolina.
Inasmuch as our legal departm
advises that the release adopted
shipments of liquor iu bottles, pacl
| in separate cases, will not be of lej
effect to protect us apainst loss,
case of wreckage caused by our o
| negligence, and as property is not
jsbippiog conditoi without a lege
f ff-.ctive release, we give notice tfc
[from and after September 15tb,
j will not receive shipments of liq
I so packed.
Circular? Nos. 3884 and 3885, I
gust 7tb, 1894. continue in effect.
Issued by H. M. Enerson, gene
freight agent.
Approved: T. M. Emerson, tra
manager.
It was learned from reliable autt
ity that the Columbia, Newberry i
Laurens road and the Seaboard
j Line had issued circulars quite simi
to that of the Coast Line.
In connection with the recent i
I culars the Sumter Item has the folli
inc to sav:
I if the Atlahtic Coast Line enfor
I thp order that no more shipment!
I original packages are to be transpi
J rd over that system, the original pa
ape dealers in tnis tection of the st
will find themselves in a very ai
ward predicament. They will sr
dispose of their stocks and will th
being unable to procure a new supp
have to go out of business.
The Columbia State of Thurst
says tbe Seaboard Air Line and
Columbia, Newberry and Laur
railroads have joined forces with
Southern and the Atlantic Coast L
in their refusal to longer haul unca
bottles packed loose in boxcirs
original package stores. Tbe FJor
Central and Peninsular, the Soi
Carolina and Georgia and the Char
ton and Western Carolina roads se
still bent on getting all the busin
they can. In view of the c rcul
sent out bv the Southern and Cc
Line, the Florida Central and Pet
sular has issued instructions to
agents not to receive shipments
connecting linfs.
At first sight the action of the Sou
em, the Coast Line and the Seabo
would appear to be a death blow
the original package dealers throu
cut the State, but a glance at a r
road map entire disproves it. 1
counties that can be reached by
roads inaependent of the agreem
are: Oconea. Pickens, Greenvil
Spartanburg, Liurans, Anderson, i
beville, Edgetield, Aiken, Barnw
Hampton. Beaufort, Colleton, Ber
ley, Charleston. Orangeburg. Lexi
ton, Richland, Georgetown, K?rshi
T.onroctpr York. Chester and Hor
Tne countifs most seriously all' c
are those of Union, Fairfield and N
berry, Sumter, Clarendon, Williai
burg, Florence, Marion, Marlboro i
i arliDgton. But some of these
near enough to the North Carol
line to enable buying liquor in ori
nal packages to be hauled in by w
ons. if the "o p. s " care to do so.
What will be the action of the St
officials to compel tLese recalcitr
roads to yield to their demands? is
interesting question. A few wei
ago threats were made of forfeiti
their charters aud getting injunctii
from theS.a'e supreme couri restrs
ing them from hauling lfquors
4o. p ' agents. An intimation y
made Wednesday by a department
sistant thai should the Florida Cent
and Peninsular, the South Carol
and Georgia and other roads still [
sist in their prisent policy recou
might he had to these m:asurcs.
State otlicials feel sure that the ro
would not have recourse to the
junction remedy for should they, 1
der an act of the legislature, their ch
ters would ba forfeited.
The government reports indie
that the cotton crop has been mat
ally damaged in the last month, wh
ought to help prices some.
" " FIVE MEN LYNCHED ?
AB- ' W
*D VENGEANCE WREAKED ON ROBBERS d(
IN INDIANA. I3'
tie, [I
lAkfl *3 lii M?n I>r?gjj?<l Oat of .fa'l and Stinrj;
adl- Up Ti'g?<th'r by Their Fellow Cltl?"n? on IS
tlin H?mi Tr?? to thn Town of Versallf 8 ^
jr,tr W<dresday was the most excitiDtf w
""" 'foil in I Vi a Kielrt?<w of VavC^iIIpr Tndi
^ at?i. Tbe bodies of five men who had
'!7e be^n lynched the night before were 11
found hnngire toother on the same di
tree near the jiil Wenesday morning. c<
thp ^1r>T Jfars southern Indiana has been
afU'Cled with lawless gangs. The F
t railways and express companies ?1
^ brrke uo the depredations of these tt
* ganesalcng their Jines and latterly t*
mro *bey bave preyed upon the cit:zens.
uth citizens bave taken the l|
Jaw into their own hands in this "
i locality before, but never to such m
= an extent as today. The Reno broth C(
x ers wre lynched together at Seymour,
l n Ind., 20 years ago, and the Meyer 9'
f can?. three in number were strung J1
, t up together at Shoals, Ind , 12 years
?0 ago. There have been numerous p<
re , v.. 1 _t ? F
j.vnuijiil^s ul umo tx>j t% uiur, uuu vif\, j
"job Jot" of five tcday brcsks the F
5pd mjorc^ That, an unusual stale of tl
V. feeJing existed is shown by the deter P
i minatiou of the mob, which Jed it to t*
the ferocity of first killing three men u
# in the jul and then dragging the liv- tl
irg auu dead together and hanging tl
p them 10 the same tree. It is notable, D
ish- r,r* ou^rafie usual 1]^ ai
reuses a mob'd veogeir.ce. no murder, i*
a _ was chfir^ed against tbe victims, but ^
?er tlie'r death was decreed because of L
1 ' long and exasnera^ingsuffering from E
ilar robbfry? sorno of which were acc^m 11
kat panied by torture of the "v ictims The lfl
excitement of the d(iy was not lessen C(
ed by thn suppressed hints that more 8'
, xj objects of the nerple's v*rath would 01
^er be made to suffer in the s.arre way.
Stout rop's, not over six feet in D*
' tj length, had served to send cchtohis ft
1 jn eternity, ar,d their feet wtrp but a few ct
^ j inches from the ground Versailles is 11
a town o' 800 nsrnlo. It is odo of the Cl
,w. oldest ia the Slate, and Although it is P
her Sve miles from a railroad station at d hi
has no tflepraphic communication li
' 1' with the ou side world, it is still the hi
1 so couDtysea'- -^cr ^our or years ^
and even longer, the farmers of the Cl
county hsvd b?en the victims of a c<
len 'awltsJRan^- Farmers would come ai
I into town with a bunch of cattle or ^
A., load cf farming products and next w
morning they would be found along a
1 the roadside suffering from a wound w
u- ?nd minus the proceeds of their sale.
" Old German farmers have fceen visit- it
ed, and both men and women have C{
f been subjected to tortures. A(?ed w
German women bave been forced to ^
. stand upon a red hot stove in an t lfort ec
to ccmpel them to disclose the hiding cc
place of some treasure in the house.
These depredations have continued
uor unceasingly. Arrests have been ^
made, but the guilty parties had cov sv
ent ere(j Up t^ejr lawlessness and it was ?
*CI! seldom that conviction followed. tV
ie^ A few weeks before the lynching j?
robberies had increased alarmingly, *
m Oa Saturday preceding the terrible ^
butchery word was received by the q
in sheriff that a sto^e about ten milrs
from Versailles wa3 to be entered
iat< The information was given by one of ,
we the gang'j confederates, who had been ( n
uor under suspicion. Sheriff Henry ^
Busbingarranged that his informant m,
^u" should accompany them, and securing
five deputies they went to the place. X:
!raJ Sheriff Bushing conceald himself in
the cellar, while his deputies were t c
stationed at a convenient distance out- *
s:dd. Shortly after midnight the gang ?
l0*' reachcd the store. Clifford Gordon .u
and the sheriff's informant were desig'
v -i_ j-i- ? 1 :i J: Cc
"" natea to DreaK miu iub uuuuiug. j.
Llar Goroon himself effected an entrance,
and just as he stepped inside the sher f1
C1P' iff grabbed him. Both pulled pistols at *
the same time and began firing. Bert F
Andrews wa3 with the robbers and he, JP
ce? too, j jined in tbe fuulade, while tbe '
5 ?/ deputies came to the assistance of the 5
ck." sb"i?f- t
ate The sheriff was shot through the w
hand and Gordon was shot several
)0n times. Three pistol balls entered his
eQ body and he was shot in the leg. Gor(j
' don and Andrews succeeded in escap- w
:ing and went to Osgood. where tfcey w
jay were arrested. The robbers had driv- pi
ea out to the place in a buggy belong- ca
ens ng to Lyie Levy, and from informa- lo
uon subsequ9ntly gathered, it was h(
jne learned that the robbery had been y<
^ planned at the home of William Jen
for kins. Tne two latter were arrested as be
ida- accessories. All were taken to the
jail at Versailles. Henry Schulter, isi
je8. aged 24 years, was put in the
^ j iil for robbing the barbershop at Oi ai
[f,ss good last week. L^vi was 57 years of sb
Ars t.ge, Gordon 2Z, Andrews 30, and Jen- be
)ast l:ins 27. It was 1 o'clock Wednesday w
(jjj. morning when horsemen seemed to lil
come from all quarters and dismountfor
ed on a hillside near Versailles. Little w
time was lest, for the details had been fo
prearranged. Quietly about 400 men
ar?j marched into ttie town. Thejiilwas or
t0 in chargB of William Kenan, Sheriff Tl
Rushing's brother in-law, the former sb
heing at home on account of his in- w
[?he J iry* ia Ironl ot m<) J111 proper is u
lie residence and in thai were Acting be
ent Jailer Kean and Robert Baraett, Wil- si:
[je liam Block and L8n Wenzel, deputies.
Shortly before 2 o'clock there was a
p]j knock at the aoor, and when Kenan
,j.e' and others opened it, they were pren?.
s.mttd with pistols by three masked J"
x * men and aSked to turn over the key. ^
Ty' This they did and then the mob filed
into the j ul. Three of the prisoners,
e?*Levi, Jenkins and Shelter, were on
jjg the lower floor, while Gordon and P8
m(] Andrews were in the upper tier. Levi,
are Jenkins and Shuiter showed fight and P3
jna tL:e former was shot through the
Igj breast, while tne skulls of the two
a?. latter were crushed with a stool. as
liopes were in readiness, and adjust- e"
?ia iug a noose arouud the neck of each.
tbeir feet and hands were pinioned
aa and then the march began. Thej ra
eks w ire not carried, but with several men w:
n?? at the end of each rope, the five pris- ^
3ns oners were dragged a distance of 2UU ^
tjQ feat to an elm tree, where their bodies jt
for wore suspended. It is said Levi, Jen- jn
kius and Shulter were dead before
4 1 Ann M.ioii If
llizy reauiicu iuc piav^o, 1/tam uoum j.0
rdj ed frctn strangulation in the cuss of 0f
ina Gordon and Andrews. Justice of the aiJ
)0r Psalo OharJes Los sell held au inquest
, ~se over the iive bodies Wednesday mornL'he
*n''- The five victims were allresi- so
a(js driQts of Osgood, three iniles from an
in- Versailes. Two men were left in ge
un. j nl, (Jlibrles Kelly, aged 1-1, fcr burg- la!
iar_ lary, arid Arthur McMilleu, for carry- wi
iag concealed weapon . Thtf latter Gi
was let out on bond. McMilltn says po
ate three of the prisoners were killed in dr
eri- the j lil and one of the others almost fo
ich killtd there. The mob camo very co
near taking Mcfllillen out. Of the wi
any hundreds seen Icday at this
liace, residents and vifitors. not one
as heard to express a word of con- i?8
jmnation of last night's work. The
?ople of Versailes declare that the
nchers were all non residents and '
lot not a maw Jiving in rr near iown h0
Bd any hand in the slaughter. There foi
a general undercurrent of approval ye
f the deed, and it is said lhat no ef- ry
>rt will be made to apprehend anyone 141
ho participated. ' dei
Thn Monetary Commission. '
Hugh II. Hanna, chairman of the ^
lonetarv executive committee, Thursiy
announced the completion of the ,
)mmission, acceptances having been ^
;ceived from Louis A Gannett, of San qc
rancisco, and Prof. J. L Laughlin, ^
f Chicago. Prof. Laughlin is one of p
le best kaown political economists of ,
te country and during the past few f;
ears his writings upon financial quesons
have attracted world wide at'.enon.
Mr. Garnett is regarded as the '
lost eminent authority on the Pacific .
>ast in matters of finance and cur p ;
:ncv. He organized the service of the an
Francisco mint and spent many
ears in it. The commission, 8S comleted
by these appointments, is com- j
wd as follows: Ex Senator George t
. Elmundi. of Vermont; Charles S. q
airchilds. N'jw York, ex secretary of
le treasury; S Stewart Patterson, |
hiladelphia, vho was president of tj0'
le monetary convention of last Jan- *
ary; J. W. Fries, Salem, N. C , at
le head of the great cotton industry t
lat b?ars his name; T. G. Bush, An- j*
Iston, Ala , president of the Mobile
ad Birmingham railroad and largely
iterested* in the iron industries of t .
labama; George E Leighton. St.
ouis, reiirtd manufacturer; W. B. ,
'ean, St. Paul, wholesale hardware
lerchant; R. S. Taylor, Fort Wayne, ^
LWjer;Louis A. Garnett,$an Francis- ..
); Prof. L. J. Laughlin, Chicago; ^
tuyvesant Fish, New York, piesident
f tie Illinois Central railroad.
/hile no attention was paid to the j:
olitical leanings of the men chosen wil
>r the commission, it happens that it *
)ntains six Republicans and five Da- y
locrats. There was. however, much
ire given to the question of geogra
bical representation and the distri ^ .
ition of the commission in different y
aes of business. The commission has ?jg|
?en called to meet at the Arlington .
otel, Washington, Sep'ember 22. A (J
ill has been issued fnr the executive
)mrrittee to meet at the same time
ad pl?cr>, and it is expec'ed to begin j"
le work for which the commission j
as appointed at odco. It will make gj
thorough investigation of the curincy
question in all it3 phases The ,
cecutive committee will begin before ^
experts and historical and statisti- *
il data gathered from all parts of the
orid, as well as a great many popu- ?
ir suggestions that have been receivi
? l _ i.1 l ..a i.vU
i jrom lnuiviuutws turuuguuui iuo
Juotry- oc
Fleeing frcm Yellow Fever. at
A dispatch from Atlanta says like Gu
ightened birds of passage, storm- vei
vept from the shores of the Gulf of P?i
Mexico, the refugees are flocking to 001
te hill country in search of safety ^
om the terrible scourge of yellow sus
ver. Every train that arrives from sh"
ew Orleans, Mobile, Biloxi and other dia
ulf cities, and from Jackson, Miss., Nil
id Montgomery, Ala , is loaded with ma
fugees. Some of them stop in At- ^
nta and many of them continue on Ed
leir journey toward the mountains of
ast Tennessee and North Carolina c&s
tie hotel corridors are filled with res
last people, and the soft accents of
ie dialects of the far south are as
immon amid the hum of conversa
an as the cracker lingo of the dele- No
ites to the county commissioners'
invention at the Kimball. Most of
iem appear contented and uncon 1
trned, but many of them exhibit the tor
oes of deep anxiety on their faces . x
id express their fears in no uncertain
nguage. A large per cent, of the ^
fugees are traveling men who were P"
. the infected districts at the time of Sltl
e outbreak and who, finding busi- me
?ss at a standstill, and themselves in P*(
inger of being bottled up in quaranne,
made haste to get out of harm's sa3
ay.
ma
Do Soar Best. bal
A minister tells how when a boy he cot
as a great whistler, and sometimes yai
u:_.l 1 _ 1 1 nv.
llisutiu j.li uuu)uax auu uuocciuij tav
aces. Oae day not long since, he clo
ime out of a hotel, whistling quite a g
w. A little boy playing in the yard of
iard him, and said, "Is that the best cei
)u can whistle?" me
4-No," said the minister, "can you ma
sat it?'' ag?
The boy said he could, and the min- it \
lersaid, ' Well, let's hear you." car
The little fellow be?an his whistle, son
id then insisted that the min ster jut
iouIcI try again. He did so, and the iro
>y acknowledged that it was good 4
nistling; and as he started away the tar
:tle fellow said: cot
"Well, if you can whistle better, wil
hat were you whistling that way cot
r?'' sav
Sure enough, why should not any by
le do his best, if he does anything/ stic
le world has plenty of poor, slip- bal
od, third class work done by people qui
ho could do better if they would, oul
it every boy and girl try to do the Te:
st possible, whether in whistling, wit
Dging, working or playing. po'.
lur
Ships Meet DNaater.
Dispatches received confirm the are
swsof a terrific hurricane on the p0l
manpso nnast. The Norwegian bark
lette, whicb sailed from Vancouver
r Yokohama, was caught by the hur- apj
3ane at Nishiska and was wrecked. ?
>meof the sailors were drowned. A cat
irt of the cargo may be saved. The am
irricane struck heavily at Yokoha- 0f
a. The British ship Glenerich, coc
iund for Oregon and the British ship
Dnsdale for Victoria, were driven t^e
hore. The vessals have been lloat- cor
to I
Oorpsi h Identified. We
The woman killed and partly ere- aPF
ated in the Newcastle railroad wreck
bo had a watch inscribed "Mamma ?*'
Mamie" has been identified is Miss ant
ary E Johnston, of Pomona, Cal. uer
is believed that the corpse clasped co*
her arms was that of her friend,
jllie Davis, of Pomona. The charred . C
mains of seven unidentified victims ins'
the accident arrived in Denver today con
id wiil be buried there. 1
How to Soften Wet Shoes-As
on as you can remove the wet shoes T
,d rub ihem well wiih a soft rag to pal
t scnu of tlio ilampnets out and to elec
ke olf all the mud. Then rub them lie
ill a cloth saturated with kerosene, for
:i as much of the oil mlo them as tist
issible and then fill them as full of wel
y oats as you can and set them aside the
r a few hours, when apply another froi
ating of kerosene. The stillness gag
il have disappeared. jea
A REPORT ON YELLOW FEVER.
acd by the Marine Hospital Bm?an at
Tl
j Washington.
D.e official bulletin of the marine
spital bureau will contain in its Tt
rthcoming issue a synopsis of the
How fever situation, wit1) a summa- <
of the cases and rip&tha iin tn the
th instant. The list of cases and
aths id lower lhan that reported in
ess dispatches from infected points, th
t they are all that are officially es th
alished. The summary by states is or
folJows: Mobile, 1 case, New Of
ids, 17: Barkley, Miss., 9 cases, 4
aths; Edwards, Miss., 12 cases; th
ean Sorings, Miss. 5 cases, 2 nc
aths; Pascagonla, Miss., 2 cases; <Ja
rkinston, 1 case. , ni
rhe synopsis covers the outbreak an
)m its inception, with all the bu- ra
iu orders, reports from surgeons hi
d boards of health, etc., concerning H<
i status of the fever at various at
ints. pe
'A brief synopsis of the occurrence
j el low fever in the South is given
follows: th
B gionine with the report of Pass- pi
A^tisiant Surgeon Wasdin of Sep rii
uber 3, stating that the situation at ur
ean Springs needed investigation, sh
d his detail to proceed to that place B<
d make an investigation in connec to
n with members of the Mobile board 0'
health, and his subsequent report gr
September 6, stating that an au dr
)sy maue by bimsell connrmed tbe re:
ifrncsis of yellow fever, the repre fo
itatives of the state boards concur to
ig, precautions were immediatelv of
ten by the bureau, directing passed al:
sistant Surgeon Wasdin to arrange
a cordon, employ necossary help ea
d turn matters over to Burgeon wi
irray on his arrival and to notify th
i railroad agents that until a cordon fr<
iuld be established, to sell tickets
ly to points north of Nashville or
Lots in mountainous districts, and to ve
?p a record of all persons leaving cri
tb points of their destination, noti- pii
ng the local authorities " he
ifter detailing the assignment of sur- era
)ns to various points, the synopsis er
jceeds: sU
'The total number of caees at Ocean St
rings September 8 was 2 in a sick
t of 40 persons, and one case result*
i r? rloofVi ttt o es wn t **r\rv-\ "Mam /in
, IJU utatu TT UJ igpux i^u J IV/UI iiwn ttt
leans, whose illness, it is stated, du
nmenced at Ocean Springs. Train yo
ipection at the Alabama line was w<
ablisbed on the 9:h. On the same ly
y yellow fever was reported at an
ranton, Miss., and several suspici on
s cases in one lccality in New Or- Ti
,ns were examined by experts of ov
i Louisiana state board of health tie
in inspection on the Louisiana hav- St
r been inaugurated several days al]
iviously by the Louisiana board, du
i the 10th six new cases of sickness ra
re reported by three physicians at
ean Springs. The suspicious case an
Scranton was examined by Dr. er]
literas and reported to be yellow fe- in
r. On the 10th Surgeon Carter rer le;
rted a case at Perkinston, Miss., aii
itracted at Ocean Springs " th
Che report then refers to the 12 ar
ipicious cases reported on 01. uiauae
eet, New Orleans. No positive ce
.gnosis of yellow fever was made,
e of the cases recovered; the re- ap
fining three are doing well. de
Che situation at Mobile, Biloxi and lat
wards is referred to, and the many as
Lcial dispatches showing the various
ie8 are reproduced. These have al- w(
idy been published. ra
I
SUCCESSFUL ROUND BALE. th
pr
Tare, No Tariff, Mo Bagging, No Ties,
80i
All Cotton.
sa
Che new prccsss of putting up cot- ha
l in round bales is destined to revo- '
ioniz9 the packing for shinment of p?
i great Southern staple. The new
>cess is being exhibited at the Expo- sti
on in Nashville, and all cotton ia
m who have examined the process be
ir.laim it a success. In sneasins of Pi
) matter the Nashville American
rs: dr
'The American Cotton com piny pij
de experiments covering several fie
es of round cotton with 68-incb
ton cloth, weighing 15 ounces per f0]
rd. The tare on these bales will not mi
:ted three pounds per bale. The
th proved strong enough and makes sh
ood substantial covering. The cost j
this covering will not excesd 30 th(
its per bale, and the strong argu- mi
nt in favor of using it Is that it is
de in the South and can be used pe
lin for other purposes and besides inj
vill do away with, if adopted (as it pit
i be to great profit,) the trouble- da
ae question of tariff duties on India Fd
e bagging and imported Liverpool rai
n and steel ties. j
'The bale is properly placarded, "No 6:
e, no tariff, no bagging, no ties, all is
ton" Visitors are carried away we
;h this wonderful revolution in the se<
ion industry, ine suuwiug ui great oei
ings grow day by day, as is proven raj
actual results. The company is Sqi
:king to their standard 425 pounds 0f
e, not because it is to their benefit; im
;te to the contrary, for they turned 0v
; a bale at one of their plants in ov
ras yesterday weighing 700 pounds, 0f
,h a density of a fraction over 40 UQ
inds to the cubic foot. But these
ge packages, they claim, are not J
y inconvenient to handle, but they '
i an injustice to labor. The 425 A.
ind bales are made to conform to err
strength of a man. and all railroad 4 I
oriBg men hail this change with inj
jroval. gal
Soma of the most prominent advo era
es of this new system, and foremost 01<
ong them Mr. Stephen A. Knight tie
Providence, R. I., have urged the am
npany nat to increase the weight of a
covering of cotton. The results of ms
s? tp&ts are nhenomenal. when it is I ele
i&idered that the old bcx bale has fre
De "tared" 25 pounds per bale. The pri
ight of the bile of cotton is also
>roved by the manufacturers, and
h the four foot length and weight I
,heir standard bale was suggested am
1 urged by one of the most promi- Te:
it railroad m?n in all the southern me
ion country." bee
? she
Jol. Mike Biown of Barnwell will Th
tall a cylindrical plant there and pos
amence operations the latter part fra
he present week. in
at i
N? w Pr tidfut dlt nmoD College. t^e
he liav. ilenry S. Hartzog, princi- dej
nf t.'u! Johnston hiijh school. was nui
:tcd president of Clemson College, exj.
is about 33 years of age and was
a few years engaged in the Bapministry.
Ha is a native of Barn- I
1 county, and went as a cadet to wh
South Carolina Military academy nui
n that county. He has been en- gus
ed in, teaching for the past few har
rs. tell
.
WEATHER AND CROPS. ;
HE CONDITIONS OF THE 8TATE'S
FARMIN3 INTERESTS. "J!
in General Oatlook-Weekly Bulletin j
>f the Weather Harefta Iunrd Lut Week |
)* Dir#etor Rin?r.
The following weekly statement of j
e crop and weather conditions for A
is section has been served by'direct- J
Bauer;
TEMPERA.TCRE.
The temperature conditions during
e pa?t w&k were slightly above the
>rmal, due to comparatively high
iy temperatures and seasonably cf?ol
gnts. The former ranged in the 80s
id the latter in the 603, with daily
nge from 20~tn 26 degrees The
ghest reported? 95 on the 10th at
ndses, and the lowest, 52 on the 5th
Liberty. The mean for the same
riod is approximately 75.
RAINFALL.
Over nearly the whole of the SUte
A Tnftftlr mnn n vni m 1 nnn /n?ia Ql v
o *viw a xcuuicoo uuo uia
aces reported light showers on va3us
dates, with a maximum measement
of 0 15 at Allendale. The
owers were confined to portions of
jrkeley, Colleton. Hampton, Charlesn,
Beaufort and Marion counties.
rer the remainder of the 8tate the
ound is very dry with severe
nughty conditions in places. Cor?r>nndents
all note the need of rain
r ?he growing crops. - The normal
r the week is about 1 27. The week
corresponding dates in 1896 was
30 without rain ' ( ;'$a
The winds were generally light,
sterly. The sunshine was ia exes*
ith an estimated percentage of 85 of
e possible for the State, ranging
3m 64 to 100.
GENERAL REMARKS
Favsrable weather prevailed for harstinc
and catherinc the riDened
ops, such as haying, rice harvest.
eking cottonr, making syrup and
using corn and fodder, but pastures,
rdans, late corn, turnips and 'gen*
ally all crops not fdlly matured
ind in urgent need of rain, over the '
ate.
CROPS
The reports on cotton would indite
a further decline in condition
19 to tbe dry weather which caused
tung bolls to shed freely over the /
astern counties, where, until recent,
the plant had continued to fruit,
,d where it is yet in placM putting / .
l fruit sparingly, but not generally.
lere are reports of a small "top crop''
er the extreme northwestern coun*
is, but over the larger portion of the
ate;those bolls and squares tbat usu- ^
[y form the "top crop" all shed off
iring and following the August
ins. . -'#?1
Over .the eastern counties generally *
d over a large portion of the west*
a counties cotton is opening ranidly,
places prematurely, and in Berke
y, Marion, vjrangeuurg, jonuiucig
d continuous counties from half to I
ree fourths, or more, of the bolls
e open.
In one locality in Berkeley 70 per
at. is already gathered. .
Ia the eastern counties the plant is
parently dead, caused by rost. which
veloped over large areas duriag the
iter part of August many fields look
if saared by frost.
Under the prevailing favorable
>ather conditions, picking made
pid progress.
3ea Island cotton has not shared in
e deterioration, on the contrary, imoved
in condition during the week.
The dry weather injured late corn to
meextent.but parmitted fodder to be
ved in good condition. Some corn
s been gathered.
Sweet potatoes look and yield well
nerally, but rain is needed for late
antings. t
Rice harvesting has made great
'ides in Ck)lleton and elsewhere in
the rice districts and threshing has
gun generally. Upland rice in
- 1J i au~A v.? .a;n
CK6DS WUU1U UC UCUOUtKU ujr loui,
In places turnips seem to stand the
y weather, but generally the young
aDts were killed by the hot sun and
Ids will have to be resown.
It was an extremely favorable week
r curing pea vine and other hay and
ich was saved.
Peas generally fruiting well but
edding their leaves freely.
3orghum and sugar cane maintain
sir excellent condition and syrup,
iking continues.
Pastures and gardens are parched,
anuts yielding well. Tobacco best
freely marketed. Late apples
mtiful and of good quality in Salu.
Scuppernong grapes plentiful,
ill plowing continues in the truck
ising districts.
from the national bulletin of Sept.
"Tiie general condition of cotton
less favorable than in the previous
iek and over portions of the middle
stions of the cotton belt tnere nas
en marked deterioration. Absence.'of
n has ctused it to open rapidly, to
ne extent prematurely. In portions
south and southwest Texas showers
proved late cotton aud the top crop,
er the northern part of the State and
er the central and eastern portions
the belt the conditions have been
favorable.
low Animals Suffer from Bad W?t?r. '
rhe following note from Dr. W. E.
Wyman, of Clemson, the State vetlary
surgeon, will explain itself:
have just received a teiegram uuiI
me to Denmark, S. C., to investite
a supposed outbreak of hog choli.
The other two outbreaks (daluda
i Town and Hock Hill among cat*
) were due to shortness of pasture
d stagnant drinking water, causing
form of poisoning, characterized
jnly by a breaking down of vital
ments of the blood, a disease very
qjent in our State, especially in
jiongeddiy weather."
Dael to the Death.
)r. T. B. Carter, of Kaufman, Texas,
1 Charles P. Russell, of Abbott,
icas, two of the most prominent
n of that section, who had hitherto
:n friends and business associates,
it and killed each other at Abbott.
?y met Thursday afternoon to dis>e
of business relative to a land
nsaction. The settlement resulted
a quarrel and an agreement to meet
\boott for the final settlement. At
appuinted hour both arrived at the
jot and drew pistols, exchanging a
uiber of shots. Both men fell and
>ired within a few minutes
Labelled Children.
n Japan small children of the poor,
o have the gift 01 siraymg auu uu
rses to look after them, are safe
irded by the simple precaution of
iging: labels round their neck which
their names and addresses.

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