Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>EN, 8. 0., FRIDAY DECEMBER 20, 1 SMH - ? ? ? ? liblflfl tfaVg VftWtf the'straight , i. , rail* smj; -f v * 0 y iChUfh. exultiug ilraiu h<jct>ach<* roil o'er ih* *hlu? iug Steel a ;v . ' tf?\vc.VhiiiHl?rj across the plain, fljrough iw^ht, through ,d.?y, wo leap away * N .. '.With rattlo artd crash and tft'wuLpulm leap as homo-^ .iW**p'- ' T " ' fitta Christmas ,c*me? one?} , moro. . T ho ttiuAs flung back on th? 1 . J shining track. Liko a bau ncr floats ami With u leap and bound, like uu .ublehsUcd hound, v Tho engine fflplard hurls. Beside us fly the field ami sCy And the woods with echotd roar, ' u And our?hcarts beat fast as the ^ jnil.es sweep past, gl'or Christmas, votues onco ^5* more ? OoPoTMv De?n c.'. * u H ? WooDf^UFr^ fc ? ^W? R 1 * was ovt was an un pS^^^^^^||re?8fou clost>Lv ' ^ a 8COW* "Poir J Tv^kflry^M, face si) 6 gazed jily^fc>v (klU-hcit whitlow upon o l)im)V i i b tlio glitter of suu> p^lupow fl'iwM'tjkUeu snow. All open >'- ?** !? lay upon her lap. Her mother 7 - icd-at-iior anxiously from time to $k% loii her sh&rt .1ouri\eys to ami fro PK; UJtcheu to pantry, aud at last |'Wi sorry about your- dlsappoint i* - Jn| deqr, 1,1,1 1 suppose it could no I MW'\ all Helen's selfishness," burst r O'llcitffeh ifcotly- "Rlie promised last to spend Christmas with me, I ^n4'W because sho has had an in f Vitil.i that suits her better she tie F''?.cH4>, uo matter how 1 feci." ? |K.f Wll thought of the rows of minee ^iwjd liiupkitt pies on the pantry l&.T* *urkey wsitlcx ^.fetfe^tied. the numerous other dainties piWtiyAd for t lie Christmas holidays, a4t? oi be zest and energy with which l&c hi t wept and dusted, putting the house u perfect order from cellar to XU'lo, 4en to decorating the pictures, tod 0\ ry Uvaiiable spot with ever greens, honing to make the old farm* ^Ovse \ ttracT'nui u^?rfnrr " fastidious ^uest. .livery thing wjfts jdoue, even to <ff oiling of the raisins for thtfplum ?tiddtogl She was atoused from her ijy hor mother's voice, saying: Ueeiai'iC. if there isn't Maria 3hm$gi fcilowing through ^flie snow, ^ on her aim. 1 4 ?vy tho-way she ? wr son, who had ? \ Bui Is still there BA .j V*v wic# Church ? \ Bt's enough to H \ Mso drabbled." ? O ? ?the good-lia 9 \ m?' s18, anrt 3 m>l>aiy spin | luck this 'trembling a sigh of [miles they line hourc , doubtless toess, from nished. The as soap and [y. Not a i anywhere, shapes and and there,. r rather than I x ^ ^.t^lgpeml Mabel's Noticing the girl's ? cjfca ' *> ! head. . They're all her uiiilw.^ I^tfever had uo^ste for it." Mabel Sniurmurcd Something inaudi ble as site contemplated the works of art befortv* her.1'' Scroll work of extra ordinary 'design, botiqftets of wonder ful flowers of enormous sine and pain ful colov<?( and animals nnd birds 6f astonishing proportion*. ? "It must be very, very lonely for you," said Mabel with ready sym pathy. "Yes, 'tis," replied Miss Church. "I don't know how to (Aaud It sometimes. When I fomul Christmas was comin' It t>rotty nigh made roe sick to -think of it. When folks git old and uuintcr* "I lintl no Idea that Mnrln Clmroh wns so well luformed," said M rs. (Slf ford to her ttushaud, discussing hot 1 afterward. "She's Jlust like her father, old John f ? I "rOLIiJf hK A MKT) WITH Dr.MHUI OVKlt ] fng r,ia i>ot.t..:' Church?shrewd, honest and plalif^-j spoken," sald^lr. Glffortl. The dinner was pronounced a gront success by AJlss Cimrcl), whoj?e opin ion was of value from ilie fact thai she was a judge .of good cookery,- and was novel' known to pay undeserved compliments.' The crowning part <>i" the day's pleasure was the Christmas tree entertainment ih the ehurch In the evening. She beamed- oh minister when he made the customary remarks, and rejojeed audibly whc'ti little Polly Pratt, a yellow-halved tot, screamed with delight over the huge doll pre sentflfl-to her. She was nearly worn, out* with excitement , ami pleasure when the evening was over, and^ald to Mabel when putting 011 her wraps (:? i . csfln* people don't banker after bavin* Vm rouud much, and I'd' no as I bjame' 'em any. But when you git used to Lyct,owa yuu. iiiisra'eui when they're gone." . , I . "Yes, indeed," said Mabel, ffcrvently. swallowing the lump in her throat with [difficulty "I'm so _ sorry you hnve to live here nil aloue, MIM-C'liiirou." "There's them us hns ant me to live with them," she wild, "but I somehow Lcatft leave my home, where I've lived s^ttll iny life, and I'd'no ns r could git belong with *em If I did. There's yet brother come back." "Did yoo notice that rooster. Mini?" be asked with q snort when they, bad started homeward. "Wasn't be n cau tion?" but Mabel. r.*a? in a brown Vtu'dy and did not' respond satisfactory ?*' Wftinw iratt! after supyef, ? making BOb Uneasy at sneb unusual conduct, and giving, hef mother real concern. Tbcu'csn^s the unburdening, followed by consultation, |jt result that Bob was dls In the moraine w|?? the cut Clrnrph. wMcb whfle Rob was goTtiug the liorsc rcn\>^. to take her home; "I'm. real glad I didn't -disappoint^ you. I Mover bml a bcTter time tir mr life," a nd~Mabei a ns w ere (T"e a rii i- ?{Ty ; "I am so glad you dldu't, Miss Church. I never Lu<2 n ^ilcer Chi-Ut mas c ither, nod I'"k coming to gee you often |f you will 4et me." "Come <?lo ng. my dear," said Mi*s Ohuivb, heartily. 'Ttiw&^of tenor the better* 1 doa't seem to feel nigh so lonesome ns I did. I.wHl fot yon take off the pattern of them mats when you come. . I'd just as lief you would as not. ? girl as smart as you be lied ought to copy 'em iu no ritne. Is that you., Bob? Whatever Is the matter with the- boy. I. guess he's got the hlgb-strllies. ? Cood-nlght."? Chicago Record-! torntd. Ft. Mcli 1?y A titoiiiftMi*. flood old Salot Nii-k comes i\t*onc o t the uptown stores thin holiday 'seasjui lu ;i sadly unpooile vehicle. There will no claUt^i' of'tyglir noofo or Jlnsle vT slelyhliell* to mark his passage over ro. t'lupv In tlmt vicinity on tho night 1 i fovo Ohrktmns. No wicked chil dren, who J io awake to catch him, will h< ?!' that jolly old voice urjjlttft on ])a*her and I'ranoer, Donuer and Hilt* 5<?n.' and all tin* rem of the famous old four-timcx four-in-hand team. In other words,, roindeer as a mutlvo flower are oui of ilate, m?d ilie metropolitan San la tTajta i?>Vn<:s rlils ,v\Ar In an auto niohiloj. Nut' Js ilils all ?>v the now VoV* x?hnic^. The store's I'.e'Waturs have pictured Krlss as coming, strange to say. from a southerly djroetiou alid xiul Qli? of fhe frozen north, us bo used lo appear to the watchful parentnl eyes of generations gone by. Hta new fangled vehicle seems to follow a route that lie# over (he hills of Staten Island ami just touches n corner of South ; Brooklyn before It leada up toward j Liberty's Utile Island and the sky. f-cvapors of Manhattau. To the youth ful '"higher ' critics" of the Christum# saint, these disclosures Ought to fur nish new material for reflection^? Now York Svui. Ct?rl/wn?ii S?ppr?tltlon* . People w Jio are born on Christmas Eve have the faculty of siting ghosts. The old superstition is that If at mid night on Christmas Eve they call tho spirit of a departed friend .the appari tion o?, the deceased will appear, ? ? ? Quite a- widespread belief In rural regions is that cows talk on Christmas Eve, and one who lg, born on tlie day before Ohuistmas can understand the conversation of the cowS. I ? * * > To tho^c whose birthday* is 'Decern ber 24 special benfttts arc promised. - j 1C they hear a cook eroW before mid iiijrlit they" will he luelcy.ln JoVcand ; marry "car)y; Sf after midnight they will be rich", but unlucky '1as4gve. Among the foreign population In PiilT jtdelpliUt childrqp are kept iu the cel lar to faeiiTtare tno' iieariq# p? imr after-midnight cock crow. Jn somo of tlie foreign households the cocks aro kept in a dark closet until the clock strikes l'J; then they are letjyut to^glve rclcr. ? ? ? -BmtfGINO THC "CHRIST MAS tRGB iv kati?.?ikc ?rt* AH morning long th? Tictvy iky I lit* uttr.nl to threaten tn?v/. And ovtr blrik ?nd wintry f*M? VfTh* ?rqw? j>r* (Upping low f Ti* 1 1 It** urty b t On MK h ? win i? '? 4py. { M jr*? ??? few tiM louM mM Abno? two fWU? *w?y. Tl WBM , *cM tn<J ?fbM? W. 1 ^ > 1M M <b*U ?Ium wiih toy* .?**& A \avMf ChtUtgim *HL; < ' "r ' Chnitauu Qlfiag. - ?v J Don't give mother a useful gift ud? less you arctoo poor for aught orna mental. She may be ''getting oo," but. *he still loves pretty ' trinkets* uratify her. ? Don't dctide nqt to give At ail be cause you cannot* give handsomely, uood wilt is tbt; watebword, aud good sense will help yon to choose lovely L gifts for littfcMuoney. v. J Making presents literally With yotfr j rifrn hand#" doubles tho value literally 1 and sentimentally very often. Busy ;t:mss jucc_thM? to every Mjnd the stores #v?t*o?r with thlngsthat n - ? L-".r SCHLEY'S OBJECTION To Hie Findings of Hie Court Before' Which His ConduciWus Investigated COUNSEL TO flL6 A STATLMl NT De*tro>cr of Spanish Squadron Will Not Tamciy Submit to tlio Dificial Oeclarntkm Hint He Is u Coward. Wriil?g<ott, -Schley wua ti? consultation Noonday wllh hia counsel, Hon. h-ador Hay nor und Mr. M. A. 'Teague, also Qcu. Felix Agnus, jt Haiti more, unci Congressman Schlrm ?l Maryland. After the confaroncb Admiral SohJey- naked Mi. Teague to make the following statement: "Wf have been tn consultation an to ivhat further stvpa shall be taken. Southing definite luts baiih determined upon fac as civil or criminal Action jf any kind aguinat Maclay and hl< RIMinaora in t-oncernod. Mnclay's claim that tlio findingu of the court aro a vlh? j lUuatlon for himself and tits book is ab solutely spurious. There? aro ?v> le^* than half a doaeu instances tn th? book In which, even If he were to he rept tho Undines of tho court and In corporate them in the volume ajnd change It to suit tho findings, the boOk would still t?o criminal. libel.*7 Mr. Teague during tho afternoon presented .the following letter to Secro tary Long: ?? ""Washington, Dfce. 1G. "S'c: 1 have tho honor to most re spectfully request that you withhold jour approval from tho findings or tho court of Inquiry recently hold at the navy yard In this city of Washington yf which Admiral George Dovyey was president, until such timo as I may have an opportunity to Ale a statement of objections thereto, and l? therefore !?v^uest that you do "not. dissolve *U?H court until action shall have beelVlnk- 1 en on tfnch objections. "Very respectfully. ' W. 8. SCHIjTuV, ?-'Hear Admiral S. N. "laadur Rayner, Counsel for the A)> plieaijt Before Said Court of Inquiry. "To the Hon. Secretary of tho Navy." Mr. Teague risked the Secretary to Indicate hi3 probable action in the premises. The Secretary replied that the request would bo granted aud his* action In tho findings and. .the dissolu tion of the court withhold 'until tho ob jections were received and he has ha:t an opportunity to consider thom. He stated that be would communicate with A''nrtral Schley In writing and asked ho'.v long a time counsel deafri.d to present their objections.. Mr. Toague , replied that they would be ready fbr presentation by Thursday or Friday of this week. "We will ex-eopt to the findings of tlfo court," said Mc*. Teathie, "and make a de9S&n.'JU tii?L i he majority, .qplnjon be disapproved by the Secretary" as con troiy to the evidence an^r the pertinent facta In tho case, which the court bus not considered nor acted upon." While Mr. Teague would not say that rtteh action would be taken ke_pc/lnteJL out the fact that thov could appeal f Secret a r v'a iujfiqn Jo tho Pi-CBa^v' tho United BWteS. . 8uoT^^P^j.>eg ?*??? aqi uj acknomgnged, ln.a.focmal letter, the receipt of the request, from Admiral Schley for permission to file a blli- om objections. The Secretary's response1 was brief And It granted, the request? and allowodunttl Friday next Ih which1 to subitt/rtfie bill. .. Jldmirftl. Schley haf * l>een relieved from further ? duty in connection with tho Court of Inquiry. Admiral Dewey, president of the court, was asked for a statement a* to the extent to which ho endorsed the findings of the major ity. "I have not a>vord to say," ha mplted, "not a word." I^bor snd Capital Conference. NewsYork, Special. ? Drought togeth er by Uie good offices of th<TT9atlonal ] CTvTl 'FetTe'ra f ToB'," " 1 "ad In g - re pr esen to? tives of labor and capital met hero Monday io discuss plans to mlnlmlxo wage and Industrial disputes. Aiding IhfcM) with counsel -were paveral promr.. inont students of economics and leading figures In religious world' and the opbnlng session w*snotablo /pr a . number of striking ?expressions, and comments upon j^rtrproblem faced by the conferees. - Negro Class' DnV Orator. * Cambridge. Maps.. Special. ? The senior class at Harvard .has chosen R. C. Bruce, of Indlknapolls, as class day orator. Bruce Is on* .of the few col orM ?H'u la- the college ? ?* * ? ? ? : n f The Hancock Ss^ts For Manila.'* The transport Hancock sailed at noon Monday fft>m San Francisco for Manila. * ? SdliUwTikeiMieOith. Mow tbsosU of otftee aa^hsayor at) tort is t*e ? * Mr. NEW COUNTY F1.KTI0N. X.- " ? Papers Presented Were lit I'uuMially (loOd iMtttptf. Coluuihla. Bpcvlaf ?T'iip paper* ijfed In ihe matter o i tb i i?eUt(o*> (?:? tho govofnor Id order an eloetlon upon ? he question ot tho formation of the new courtly of Poo Dee out of the supper portion of .Marlon. , county have been carefully examined and huvo boon found to he regular in every j'depoct, mooting all constitutional and legls!?^ tlvij requirement. Tlio assistant at torney general went ovpr the do'cu iTu'jit k - with - i *:fr povprpor, and ? rhf=y wore found la better uhnpt perhaps than any filed in any now county mat tor. Tlio map dhows that the upper i >r tlon of the present country ot Marlon proposed t$ ho taken, with thc? \t-*| lantlc Coast J .Ino bisecting 'the new county; and with Dillon in th > centre' for the county sent. Governor MeSweeney fixed J an u try 10th fta the day for the election to i><? held. The advocator? of the now county wanted an earlier date, hut It. could not he given for several reasons. Tho numerously signed potltion filed sotH forth the following facts, all ;>f which art* sworn to In attached affi davits prepared (ii the proper forth: ' "We. tho unQorsixned qualified eleoi tors signing tho pet It I oil ami the du plicates thereof, and constituting uioro than one-third o/. the qualified electors residing within the area of (ho county of MaH^n ?et forth and describe IjqIow, and wnTeh wo desire shall bo Incorpor ated into a new county respectfully petftlon your oxeolloncy to order , an election In the territory proposed to ho cut off for. a new county, from the upper porllon of Marlon county, upon tho question of creating a new county, ami upon the name and county seat thero-] of. We propose "Pee Dec" as the nam? ^?Qf-the pioposcd now county. We fur ther show that by tho United titfttea census of 1000 there ore In tho a.\id county 9/ Marion 33,1 SI inhabitants; that tiierc is more than one one hundred hud twenty-fourth part, of fhe po pu la ? tion oT the State within the bounda ries of the proposed new county, to wit, 17,832 inhabitants, and ? there" la Itfft in the old county of Marldn 17,34?) Inhabitants, and there are 092. square mlks in tho entire county of Marlon of vUiieh there ai'o 103 square mlloa In tfie proposed new county and 51 t'J squate miles left In tho old county; that \U>e taxable property of tho en tiro coSut v^t f SWnrl on as shown by the last tax Trturns of tho said county is; tho sum of M.403,108. and pf that nmount thero la In the proposed new county ?u shown, by th? said return fhe aum of ?2,lsr.,32G. and there is left in tho oid county fljfe kuui of $2,217,782 of taxable property; that tho pro posed lines of said new county do not run nearer than sight vnlles bt any court house building now egiab Ilshed by law." . The governor's proclamation order ing the election reads as follows: ."Whereas petitions signed by the qualified Rectors of certain sections of Markm county hps been ttTed wjth me, and (from said petitions antf ac companying papers It appears "-that one-thIr<T\of tho qualified electors re siding .Within the area of #ach section of tbe-sald county propo^#4<to h?/cutj off for a new county haw^itLaai/d said otitlon, and, f Whereas, the boundaries of the pro pped pw ronnty, the proposed name, the\numbep^ Inhabitants, the area, the tBxaflSle property, as shown by last tax returns, and the proposed lines for the new county do not run neapr than eight milw^to any court -hofii#? building How established and set forth In said petition: "Now, thoreforc, I, M. B. Mt;8wee ney, governor of' the State of South., Carolina, In compliance with thejrt*' quiremcnts of an act of the /general assembly, entitled 'An act t<f provide TgF'llia fiu'iuatluu -of new ---^ewntleer etc., approved March 9, 1890, do hereby order an election In the territory Pto be out off for the new . county . on Thursday, Jaftoary-lC, he held fn accordance with ttee . r^ulrcrognt* of said act, at which election the elec tors shall vote 'Yes' or 'No' upon tho question Of creating a new comity, and upon the name and cotH?fy se? of the proposed county." 1 Roosevelt CoilkuHl Democrats. Washington, Special! -? Present Rooaevelt fa adopting the ptkn of aScux^ Sng Information from DomocratJ<r*<pn atota an<| Representative re?ar31ng applicant* for office In t^a&tuthl Moil day, by appointment, he eSfeeulted wlti? Senator* Foater *ad McKne^y And U*pr realntatire Broaaonard, or LanUlana, regafdCttp Uuiiiui appointment#. - ? -?-? ? ?: . A - ^ - MR. SMITH GOES Ot 11 1P1 III r if st Break in President RoosfcwItV ^ Official lanil). ?? . \? POStMASlH" GENERAL ' J W 'S\vy *'? ?( - Henry C Pttyue, ol \YI?coil?iil, Will ' - ?Succeed Him - fli. Smith to Resume JournalivHin. s' ?% .">>! Washington, i>. d. Kmory Hmltfir of 7*lvlli tendered to the President liM nation a* roatruadt^ take. effect oarly uo*J month, lk-nry C. Payne, of wVVi.seou chair mau ot thy Hepubticao onnnlttec. hna accepted of the ottUo, to which nominated immediately after Ui#: tiny reeewH, Mr. Smith, haa *$$$&?. romaln until January 15th, If ?afw$ cctsHvy, hut wiU return imrtlcdtstf thereafter to Philadelphia to rest t !?+? editorship of The PlllladQl Prefc?. Thin change tn the cabinet announced atwtodny'a nvSftloh ? ?abinrt. All of th<* member*. .?T.. cabinet espieseod tlnjlr profeui^-^^irv iiiot and .the Pros 1 iU* nt paid a v?t? '^" L' v':" presnlve tribute to the Boryic^r personality of the retiring member. < his official family. * \ a Mr. Smith first announced t<? the. Tretjideut Mo' latter part of last that lie had decided to r&tufnt.fak cdllorial duties. At that tlihc the. dent urged him to rtmiain. ? day afternoon last Mr. ?|wlth tehtieret to the President the following lelto^ r resignation. , "\Va?lrington, D. C-.,?.Dec. 14, 1501, <>> "My near Mr. President: ^o|loiritt^ my verbal communication o ftbmeUm* ago. I beg to tender my resignation of' tho office cf Poatmastor General, ;to take effort at your early convenience, i a th<> appointment and quallflcatiOtt'of T"J> my hiicrwor. Thfn eten Is taken Itt; fulfillment of a plan long bbaCe ed, for purely person*! reason*, tWi " " ecution of which hoa becen delayed Hi it could he carded out xvithdiltfi,^ hurrahing your declared policy atyd $5 until Department measures in wfitefc am deeply Interested could lie satfcr" toril.v advanced- a n^HUwurod., b[ ' "In laying down/the trust comm) to my hands I want to Uiank yon HiiH'eroly for t|ie confidence you * epos, ?d in mt>, and for the great pi " ? ->- ttMOC{a wie 1 have foun Y'hleli has dcopoiie per*cuia?ly. and Ay 1 rtpHit arid alma of y n* in iny eatei_ ?d nUratlon ? your adia With my host wishes that have the largest measure of I. remain, JFaJthfUlly -CHJjiffiaBX; "To the President." Mr? firuith de&yed the formal until the President had ekow successor. .. Mr. Payne la ,-noafri horn? in Wisconsin. ? Hlj Into the Senato fof ctfff first week of January^ ;? H* to he road y to take ctUtxY flee by -the middle Of ne tho latest; It Is state*} t changOBvlrt the'cablnot " contemplated. - jtfdr. Smith has been rod nlpce AnrU.1^99, A. Gary, of Maryland, outset of tho ap^msn tervlow he spoke " ' action: ".\? Indl tlon this step tup foriultf with a months agt>. :P 'pose t'6 the Pre< the aecdmpariylfl wished to coniftflt 1 the time when i - Presideut was e strongly urged me accepted my rer mv iliitv tO D>y< tho President. haVe. cordial -character, ened as *e haye " have li?eu in thatUt-S Of policy,; highest estlmafifrnif? triottc stondard of ? it has been a great p a rate with htu?. ? lsjf^ been delayed Bsyoiiir? p&ae foe two rtetooq** **? nionlxed^pwr. tf cong* ?dent's wtehieS aftd policy as.to hfs ^ " carry fttrr^r^ I -v which- I #m jfr#J|y point where thelr-lilii My successor. Mn IT"*' *2 rtr*v - ? ;v/rrr ?. - Uf "4 * i "/ : rt ,fc