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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
VOL VIII.
NONE ESCAPED
DE \ ! HS fiRAS?
Steamer Wrecked and All Oil Board
Went Down With Her.
OVER SIXTY LIVES WERE LOST
While Vessel Was Sinking Fire
Broke Out —No Rescue
Was Possible.
A special from St. Johns, N. F.,
says: The wreck and burning in St.
Mary’sbayof the unknown two-masted
steamer, with its crew of probably
sixty and possibly some passengers,
all perishing, is one of the worst ma¬
rine disasters in this section for a con¬
siderable period. There is not the
slightest prospect that any soul aboard
escaped death, as the intense midwin¬
ter cold would kill any who escaped
drowning, and the. ill-fated vessel was
of nearly 3,000 tons burden. She
went ashore before daybreak Thnrs
day, striking a ledge at the foot of the
cliff, where escape was hopeless. The
crew launched the boats, but probably
during the panic some were crushed
against her sides, others being swamp¬
ed, and all the occupauts apparently
perishing. by
The ship was seen to bo nlire
residents six miles away. Attracted
to tlio scene, they found the after half
of the wreck blazing fiercely, aud the
forepart under water. Kerosene in the
cargo helped tho blaze.
At that time only three men were
left on board. Two were on the bridge
and one was in the rigging. Those on
the bridge were safe until about 2 p.
m., when they were washed over¬
board and drowned, tho bridge being
carried away.
The survivor soon after left the rig¬
ging, swam to the rocks and twice en¬
deavored to get a footing. Failing in
this, he made his way back to the
rigging, •where ho died of exposure
during the night. Many dead bodies
are visible tossing in the surf. Two
of them thrown up in a cove cannot he
reached owing to the heavy sea. One
is thought to be that of a woman.
Boats and other wreckage are strewu
among tho rocks for miles. Friday
was moro stormry than the day before;
and it was impossible to reach the
wreck, which had gone to pieces to
such an extent that it had sunk be¬
neath the waves.
Residents along the shore made ev¬
ery possible effort to rescue the sur¬
vivor iu the rigging, tut lacking prop¬
er outfits they were unable to succeed.
A messenger who has just arrived
from Peters river, reports that a trunk
filled with women’s clothing lias been
washed ashore there, as well as a gar¬
ment which is either a waterproof cape
such as used by a woman or maids over¬
coat. Nearby was found some under¬
wear, evidently a man’s, marked with
the initials “J. J. ” This seems to in¬
dicate that the ship had passengers.
REPORTS ARE WANTED
Of Accurate Estimate of the Cot¬
ton Crops Hereafter Grown
In Southern States.
At Friday’s session of the Cotton
States Association of Agriculture at
New Orleans, General Jastremski of¬
fered the following resolutions, which
were adopted:
“Whereas, The necessity is appar¬
ent for the creation of a system of offi¬
cial reports emanating from officials
upon whom responsibility may be
placed for the accurary of their reports
and estimates of cotton crops; there¬
fore be it
“Resolved, That the Cotton States
Associations of Commissioners of Ag¬
riculture does hereby petition the gov-
ernors and legislators of each and
every cotton state to enact laws re-
quiriug the county tax assessors to re-
port at stated times to the state com-
missioners of agriculture of their re-
spjetive states the number of acres
devoted to the cultivation of cotton
aud other products, the condition of
said products during the period of
cultivation, estimates of yield thereof,
the shipment thereof and such other
information relating thereto as may he
deemed useful.
“Resolved, Further, that the said
reports of ceuuty assessors should be
made on blanks of uniform character,
furnished by said state commissioners
of agriculture, and it shall he the
duty of these commissioners to com¬
pile the said reports of the county tax
assessors monthly and to publish the
same and transmit copies to the presi¬
dent of the associytion for compilation
and promulgation.” be held in
The next meeting will
Ita'eigb, N. C., but the date has not
yet been fixed. Montgomery and Lit¬
tle Bock rlso desired the convention,
but were defeated.
Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Clveri Prompt Attention.
committee at work
Gubernatorial Contest Wratigla
Begins In Frankfort.
OF LEGAL TALENT.
Amiiigninont Is Made For Two Sr*<iiooi a
I)ny Until flio Matter In
DUpoeed of.
The Kentucky legislative commit¬
tee, J awn to hear the contests be¬
tween Goebel and Taylor for the gov¬
ernorship and Beckham and Marshall
for the lieutenant governorship met at
the Capitol hotel in Frankfort Mon¬
day aud began the heariugof evidence.
Senator Coleman, chairman of the con¬
test board in the li< utenant governor’s
case, announced that the sittings of
that board would be the samo as those
of the committee trying the governor’s
case, but acting separately.
There was an impossing array of
legal talent present. The attorneys
occupying seats on the Tnylor-Mar-
shnll side are ex-Governor Bradley,
Judge W. H. Yost, T. L. Edelmanand
Colonel AY. C. P. Breckenridge. Those
on the Goebel side are Korns Me-
Qnown, Zaek Phelps, Aaron Ivohnaud
James Andrew Scott.
The morning session was taken up
with the tiling of papers by the Re¬
publican attorneys, renewing the mo¬
tion of Taylor and Marshall that the
committees vacate because of their
alleged illegal drawing by the senate
aud house clerks and responding to
the notices of contest served on them
by alleging that the charges made
about the use of the military were of
too vague a nature to be substantiated.
The attorneys for Goebel aud Beck-
barn objected to the tiling of such
papers aud thoy were taken under ad¬
visement.
Chairman Hickman, of the guberna¬
torial committee, announced that after
a conference of the two committees it
had been agreed that the sessions of
the board should not interfere with
the legislative duties of their mem¬
bers, and on this account the hoards
could only hold afternoon aud even¬
ing sessions. The afternoon sessions
would begin at 2 o’clock aud close at 5
o’clock, and the evening sessions
would begin at 7 o’clock aud close at
10 o’clock.
“Owing to the fact that we arc to¬
morrow to entertain a distinguished
citizen from Nebraska aud to elect a
United States senator,” said he, "the
only session will be from 9 to 12
o’clock in the morning.”
SOUTH HUN PROGRESS.
List of New Industries Kstilblished tho
Past Week.
The more important of the new in¬
dustries reported for the past week
include brick works in Alabama, Ten¬
nessee ami Virginia; a earriago factory
in North Carolina; coal mines in Ken¬
tucky; cotton mills in Alabama, Geor¬
gia, North and South Carolina and
Tennessee; a cotton Beed oil mill in
Louisiana; in drainage company in
Florida; electric light plaut in Geor¬
gia, Louisiana, South Corolina aud
Tennessee; an excelsior factory in Al -
llama; flouring mills in Georgia, North
Carolina and Texas; hardware compa¬
nies in Mississippi, North Carolina
and Texas; an ice and cold storage
plant in West Virginia; iron oro mines
in Alabama; a knitting mill in North
Carolina, lead and zinc mines in Ken¬
tucky; lumber mills in Kentucky,
Louisiana, North Corolina, Texas and
West Virginia; naval stores and phos¬
phate companies iu Florida; a planing
mill iu Kentucky; a rice mill in Texas;
a stave and heading factory iu Geor¬
gia; telephone systems in Georgia aud
North Carolina; tobacco factories iu
North Carolina and Virginia; wagon
works in North Carolina; zinc mines
in Arkansas.—Tradesman, (Chatta¬
nooga, Tann.)
ATLANTA PARK RILL.
nuuMe Committees Connl«!ertbo Men.ure
on the 81»t of January,
A Washington dispatch says: The
committees in both houses will hear
the Atlanta military park bill on the
31bt of January, that date conforming
with requests from citizens of Atlanta
as to their convenience. A large At-
lanta delegation is expected iu Wash-
ington on that date,
MEXICAN COTTON MILLS.
Twenty-Six Were Built There the Past
Year nnd More are Contemplated.
Twenty-six cotton mills have been
built in Old Mexico during the last
year and new mills are being mudh pushed
to completion. There is inter-
terest iu prospecting for tin since that
metal has risen in price, and some tin
properties in the state of Durango give
good promise, according to the reports
of experts now on the ground.
New Florida Railroad.
A new railroad is soon to be built
from White Springs, Fla., on the
8uwannee river, to Wellborn, which
will open up a fine farming section.
ASHBURN, («A., SATURDAY, JANUARY ‘2(1. 1900.
GUARD PLACED
AROUND JAIL
“Peg Leg” Williams Arouses Ire
of the Farmers.
AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR
Emigration Agent Now Advises
Colored Farm Hands to
Stay at Home.
A telephone message from Governor
Candler to Sheriff Fears nt Madison,
Ga., Monday afternoon directed the
sheriff to place a guard around the
jail where R. A. Williams, tho emi¬
grant agent, was confined, Tho citi-
zens are at a loss to kuow why this
was done, as there was not aud has
not been the slightest danger of mob
violence.
The following circular printed by
The Madisonian was distributed Tues¬
day:
“To AU Colored Farm Hands—To
those of you who aro expecting to go
to Mississippi my advice is to return
to your homes aud make arrangements
for this year, as the railroads have re¬
fused to furnish me trains with which
to transport you. Therefore, there
will ho no moro emigrant traius this
season. Rut if the farmers with whom
you are living are willing for the wo¬
men and children, who have husbands
and fathers already in Mississippi,will
agree for you to go to them, and will
notify me to that effect, I will fur¬
nish tickets to take you to them.
But unless the farmers with whom you
are living will agree for you to leave.I
cannot move you, as it is now too lute
iu the season.
“My advice to all of yon is to go to
work here and mako tho crop for this
year. This is best for you aud best
for the farmers of the county, nnd you
should settle down and go to work
and stop the agitation that now pre¬
vails. R. A. Williams. ”
“Pegleg” Williams lias evidently
been sufficiently amused.
HABEAS COllPlW PItOCEBDINaS.
Habeas corpus proceedings were be¬
gun before Judge Hurt looking toward
the release of AVilliams.
Kinco last November there has been
a continued exodus of negroes from
tho section nuder the tempting allure¬
ments of emigrant ngents, who paint¬
ed the Mississippi bottoms as the laud
of promise. Tho number of negroes
that have left, big aud little, old and
young, lias been variously estimated,
some placing it as high os 3,000, oth¬
ers at not moro than 1,000. However,
no excitement was created, since tho
section hud no more negroes than were
needed, and it was the. general opinion
that, their exodus would only slightly
decrease the acreage in cotton for tho
present year, and would ultimately
prove a great advantage to tho county.
Iu addition to this, large numbers
of negroes flocked in from Putnam
and other neighboring counties. Some
of these joined the emigrants, hut
many have remained. Nothing was
especially interfered with, and tho
people regarded the matter as not at
all serious.
Mince the first of the present month,
however, conditions have been alto¬
gether ekanged. The time had come
for farmers to make their yearly con-
tracts with hands, tenants, croppers,
etc., which they proceed to do. In al¬
most all instances after the contract
had been made, it became necessary
to furnish rations, since the land-
owners are compelled to run their ten¬
ants as well us croppers.
This was done all over the county,
the rations for the present month be¬
ing duly advanced. Very few negroes
really care for a moral obligation and
notwithstanding the contracts and ad¬
vancements, they have continued to
leave. In this respect the situation
has become serious. Farmers do not
know with whom to contract, and are
afraid to continue to advance even tho
necessities of life to those with whom
they have contracted.
Everything in the line of labor is
in an unsettled condition, and must
necessarily work hardship on negroes
who do not intend to go away, for the
reason that no one can tell who is go¬
ing next, anfl farmers naturally can¬
not afford to advance supplies on such
uncertainties.
There are no better, more law-abid¬
ing people anywhere than the people
of Morgan county, and they stood by
quietly in the fall of the year and
offered no objection to the efforts of
the emigrant agents. But now that
their contracts are berng interfered
with, their employed servants enticed
away, they simply won’t stand it, and
in the opinion expressed it would be
well for any emigrant agent to think
twice before attempting to ply his
trade now iu the section.
MANY BODIES AFLOAT
Vessel Sunk In St Mary's Bay
Difficult to Identify.
WORK OF RESCUE LONG DELAYED
rhotograph YYialicd A»lior* lteproienti »
Seaman Wearing « Chj» Upon Which
Are the Letter* "N, lit. S. Falke,"
Advices from St. Johns, N. 1., un-
der date of Sunday were to the effect
that the gale had not yet blown itself
out, and the sea was still too rough to
allow boats to get near the wreck iu
St. Mary s bay.
As yet thero is nothing to show the
uamo of the vessel. Ten bodies have
been located among the rock, and
others can he seen floating about.
Plans have been made for recovering
I mniT Tt'i e° ' Y, ' U a'r r
aud it may then be 1 possible to get nt
II wTwe boats wedged W1 ,n the clefts T'Z of the
-«".«{'wE.™.”, A \ . . l • i t i i tSus; i
i~»
u '
,, appears ,, la , ,, ic * t *P® i
was banded red, white and black wdh
noT be that of°Se Falke, as X hein'g
:,r: ;acr ,;s ■svs
thought that the photograph might bo
ouo of a seaman on the German war¬
ship Falke, or ouo taken while tho
owner was on tho other Falke.
The funnels most closely resembling
that of tho wreck are those of tho
American Petroleum company, which
aro handed black, red, white and
black, and the vessel certainly bad a
lot of petroleum on board, as the
ocean is covered with it, causing hun¬
dreds of birds to perish.
It is believed iu New York that tho
wrecked vessel is one of three oil
steamers chartered or owned by the
Standard Oil company.
LONDON WILDLY PATRIOTIC.
Departure of Volunteer* Made the Occa¬
sion of Great Demonstration.
Remarkable scones of patriotism
were witnessed in London Saturday
evening after a short service held for
the volunteers in St. Paul’s cathedral.
Though many stirring scenes have
marked the departure of the British
troops for the frout during recent
months, this outburst of patriotism,
on the occasion of the starting of tho
London volunteers, was quite unpre¬
cedented since tho jubilee.
The vast audience was slow to dis¬
perse. Ladies stood upou the chairs
beckoning and calling to brothers,
soils and friends in the ranks, the lat¬
ter signaling hack. A scene of great
uuinintiou ensued. The organist in¬
troduced a few liars of the national
anthem in concluding the voluntary.
The effect of this was magical. First
the volunteers ami then the congrega¬
tion took up the strains, and tho vast
cathedral was filled with enthusiastic
BO!|g
These demonstrations were renewed
by immeuse crowds outside. St.
Raul’s churchyard and Ludgato Hill
wero black with people, aud it was
impossible for the volunteers to march.
Individual members were pulled out
of the ranks by their friends aud ad-
icirers, who raised them on their
shoulders aud thus carried them down
Fleet street to the temple. Those who
escaped hositing proceeded slowly,
surrounded by clinging women.
Afterwards at the various theaters
where the muu were entertained and
yet later on returning to the barracks,
these scenes were renewed and the
streets were filled until midnight with
cheering people.
ROUND RALE DISCUSSED.
The Commissioners of Agriculture Were
Divided On the QueiUon.
A spirited debate on a resolution
favoring the round bale marked the
final session of the Cotton Htates’ As-
suciation of Commissioners of Agri¬
culture at New Orleans. The i ssoeia-
tion declined to commit itself to ap¬
proval of the round hale, but adopted
the resolution so far as it appeals for
improved methods iu handling cotton.
TO SIDE-TRACK SILVER.
Bryan Will Be Asked to Make Imperial.
I*m and Trust* the Main Issue*.
In connection with the approaching
visit of William Jennings Bryan to
Now York, the evening Post of that
city says:
“It was learned today that great ef¬
fort will be made to induce Mr. Bryan
to speak while here on the lines indi¬
cated in recent interviews by Eliot
Daufortb, chairman of the Democratic
slate executive committee—that is, to
make imperialism and trusts the main
issues of the campaign and avoid giving
undue prominence to the 16 to 1 issue.”
USE LYDITE BULLETS
Britain Is Foroed to Use Out-
lawed Ammunition.
RUNNING SHORT ON OTHER SUPPLIES
lustilng of tli® Order Ciuinc* a Semination.
Howl AY hr lUlNed When Hours
Used Them.
A Tjondon special says: Lee-Met-
f old cartridges ttVe running abort in
tllu magazines, and, according
to n semi-official report, the war office
purposes to fall back temporarily upon
100,000,000 “Mark IV” expanding
bullets, most of which are already iu
»b>rago in South Africa.
Th« w»r °«oe, however, has issued
* to the volunteers that
>e fifty round, of “Mark IV” given
home, "none being taken’To Mouth
Africa.
After ««• public f auuouncemant that
U() g(Ich , )Ill et would be UBed in thiH
war, its employment, Tho Daily
jcotiles.
The newspapers wore
during tlle early Gays of the war to
0“hle censorship, taking it for granted
supply all deficiencies, k?
weeks, however, oven the mail corro-
sponce that has arrived in London has
shown signs of habitual scissoring by
the censor. Pages are renumbered
without chronological or logical con-
uection, leaving the happenings do-
scribed quite unintelligible in many
cases. The editors acting possibly iu
concert are laying these facts before
tho public and insisting that they ho
permitted to know aud to print the
facts.
Tho Daily Mail formally accusos the
war office of “doctoring” in editing of-
fioial dispatches before their issuance,
and cites particulars. Tho The lluily Daily
Chronicle avers that there seems to be
an official conspiracy against letting
the truth bo known.
Although tho number of deaths from
dysontery and euteric at Ladysmith
have been published by tho war office
since Saturday’s fight, nothing has
been given out regarding the losses in
the engagement. Tho war office
sorts that it has nothing to give out.
Arm chair critics who, in the uhsenco
of reportorial or official descriptions
from the scat of war, pour fourth pages
of conjecture and opinion, conclude
that not much is to be expected of tho
British hosts in Mouth Africa until
Lord Roberts shall have hail plenty
of time to think ami fresh levies shall
liave arrived. Time is working now
for tho Boers. Each day makes moro
difficult the three beleaguered posi¬
tions.
Although the war office declines to
confirm tho report that Lord Methuen
has been ruculled to England, inquiries
made by a correspondent at Methuen’s
home iu Wiltshire have elicited the
information that wheu ho received
his wound his horse threw him heavi-
ly and spinal and other injuries super-
v0,, ®‘^
Ike theory is now advanced that the
0011iure * of the German mail steamers
,Ierzo K G«»oral, since released,
w<4 /« ,na<1 « purposely misleading
information supplied to British agents,
th « being to embroil Great
Britain and Germany in a quarrel,
BLISS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Announcement I* Made That York
Mnrohnnt I* McKinley’* Clioivit.
A Washington dispatch says: Jt is
announced in administration circles
that Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York,
ex-secretary of the interior, will be the
Republican nominee for vice president.
The statement is made more authentic
by the formal announcement of Secre¬
tary Hoot that he will not permit his
name to go before the convention, pre¬
ferring to remain in his prosont eabi-
u«t position.
Engineer* (let Raise.
The recent demand of the engin¬
eers employed by the Luke Hhore
road that the salary classification be
abolished and a uniform scale of $3.80
lie paid for a day’s work, has been
granted by the company.
TAYLOR REGISTERS KICK.
Kentucky Governor Object* to Personnel
of Contest Committee.
A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky.,
says: Governor Taylor, through his
attorney, filed with the contest com¬
mittee a motion to require the Demo¬
cratic members now serving on the
contest committee to vacate. The
motion was in the nature of a protest.
It is supported by an affidavit charg¬
ing that the names were fraudulently
drawn by the clerk, and the Demo¬
cratic members now serving are all
disqualified by reason of partiality for
the contestant, alleged evidence of
which is mentioned specifically as to
each.
NO. 24.
BRITONS’FEARS
NOT PELS EYED
By the Arrival In South Africa
of Lord Roberts.
THE WAR OFFICE IS SILENT
Movements of Duller a Hystcry
ul >d Suspense Is Great Regard-
ing Safety of Ladysmith.
A London special under date of
January l(itb says. Lord Roberts’
enigmatical announcement, “No
change iu tho situation,’ does nothing
to allay public anxiety or to explain
tUe “J"'«y surrounding General Bul-
ler’s movement on the Tugola river,
and although there is a disposition to of
re ganl tho dispatch as disposing
Saturday's ad verso rumors, tho week
irqs£ *«ni5rri£
would seal tho fate of Ladysmith. sit-
Presumably “no change in the
uatiou” refers to previous dispatches
-nt to the war ofllce which have not
of Potgleter’s Drift, and of the ad-
vance of General Warren, there has
been no news from the Tugola for
n week. A ray of hopo is in the fact
that the silence prevails from tho
Boer side. Thus it may perhaps bo
fairly inferred that General Buller has
not yet mot a serious check,
If the announcement of General
AVarreu’s movement bo correct, it is
evident that General Puller's forces
*re spread over a very wide front—
perhaps twenty-five miles—ami in tho
event of u sudden fall of thu river his
operations might be full of danger. It
i« is believed believed that that General General Buller Muller has lias no no
good survey map of the district. '1 his
will add to his difficulties. General
Charles AVarreu’s advance probably
means an attempt to sicze Hangwane
bill, the main post of tho Boers south
of the Tugola. Upon tho success or
failure of those operations depends
the whole future of the campaign,
Until the result is known, Lord Rob-
ci ts will he unable to decide how to
dispose the two divisions and there¬
iuforcements now arriving,
The news from other points is of no
great importance. Boer accounts tell
of another sortie from Kimberley,
Janmtry 9th, in tho direction of Kain-
fers dam, with a brief exchange of
firing, but no result. A heavy detona-
Hon was heard on January 8th within
Kimberley. Daily Mail from
A dispatch to The
Modder river, dated January 10th,
gives u rumor that Kimberley was bo-
ing bombarded.
Bastards Nek, mentioned in Lord
Roberts’ diipatoh as the locality of
reconnaissance, is northwest of 0<>los-
berg. raised
Doubts are beginning to ho
whether it will lie possible to get to-
getlioi anything like 10,090 yeomanry,
Only „ very small percentage of the
applicants satisfy the standard of nd-
nig and shooting. A large number of
officers from the Egyptian army have
just left Cairo for Mouth Africa to ro¬
place those killed and wounded,
NEWSPAPER MEN SHOT.
D«nv«jr Attorney Turn* HU Gun Upon
Owtinti of The Post.
At Denver,Col., Saturday, Frederick
C. Ronfils and II. H. Tamilian, propri¬
etors of The Evening Post, were both
shot in their office by W. W. Ander¬
son, a prominent local attorney. It
is not believed that either was mortal¬
ly injured. ob¬
It is understood that Anderson
jected to something that had appeared
in The Post und demanded retraction
and that Ronfils nnd Tatnmen both
attempted to put him out of the office.
Then ho commenced to shoot.
Frenchmen Take Possession.
The steamer Elf Branch brings news
from Shanghai that French warships
have taken possession of KwongCuhu-
Wall bay, where a boundary dispute
has been pending for several months.
HAULING HUNTER HOME.
Defaulting Auditor Sclntdulml to Arrive
in Atlanta January US7.
Thomas K. Hunter, the former audi¬
tor of the Atlanta and West Point rail¬
road, who was recently arrested in
Morocco, is aboard a steamer which is
plowing the Atlantic, and which is due
to arrive in New York on January 25th.
Unless there is unforeseen delay
Hunter will arrive in Atlanta on the
27th, and will ho tried on a charge of
embezzlement.
On beard tho steamer with Hunter
is tho agent of the United States gov¬
ernment, who was appointed by Presi¬
dent McKinley to bring the fugitive
back to this country.
