The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 25, 1900, Image 8
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The Society oi .>asai .nxuitecis at
Berlin takes no stock in submarine
boats, but Europe was always slow
about accepting American inventions.
General Otis' reports of the army
casualties iu the Philippines show !
that a prolific cause of death is that
class of disease which proceeds from j
neglect of dietary precaution's. In a ;
trying climate like that of Luzon it is .
especially necessary to be careful;
what one eats auu drinks, aud to have !
regard for all the laws of nature; but i
in a less degreo tho same necessity
exists iu the temperate zone. The
4-rfcfal rvf lionninnoQ in ilir* TTtli^Afl
nuul w"" ft
States would be visibly increased if
, everybody took care to cat only such
food as agrees with liim, and to keep
regular hours. Dyspepsia has long
been called the natioual malady, but |
it is less often pointed out that in its j
train come other and more grievous
bodily evils.
When one is confronted with tho i
Dead Letter Office statistics ho forcibly
realizes that at the close of this
nineteenth century, which is popular-1
ly supposed to be full to overflowing J
with enlightenment, there are thou j
sands upon tnousnnasoi persons wri;
ing letters who are amazingly ignorant
cr phenomenally absent-minded,
or preposterously careless. There
reached the Dead Letter Office las'
year 6,855,983 pieces. Included in
this vast number were 25,821 letters
which were absolutely without an ad
dress, and of these 12,-113 contained
money. In view of these figures
might it not be well to make the study
of penmanship in our public schools
include instructioh in the art of ad-,
dressing letters, so that they will not!
go astray?
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Another prison to incorporate the
reform idea with that of punishment1
is the one in northern Indiana, under
the management of Warden Shfdeler.
The warden seeks a personal acquaintance
with every convict in his charge,
believing that if he knows their life
history and former environments, he
will be better able to change their
coarse of life. He lias adopted the
rule of calling them into his office co
have talks with them, and he says he
ia already getting satisfactory results.
All illiterate convicts are required to !
attend night school three times a
week. Each convict has been provided
with a looking-glass, comb and
brush, and will be gradejl according
to his neatuess of person. Semi-!
weekly, instead of weekly, papers are
permitted to the men, and no censorshin
is exercised over their contents.
The St. Louis Star believes it has
found a remedy for the steady depletion
of our forests. The Star says:
Let it be enacted that no timber less
than a certain diameter shall be cut,
and that all ground sprouts and young
growth must be protected and en- i
couraged with severe penalties for all
violations of the acts. One great.
cause of the destruction of the forests
has been in the lease of lauds, in
large bodies, by both State and nation
to private corporations without proper
protective provisions. Let these
leases, that are still in force, be revised
aud no more entered into no
matter what the lessees may contend
fnr S'< far as imbiie Timber Jp.nds
are concerned, either State or national,
no lease should ever be en- !
tered into that did not only contaiu a
clause for the protection of ground
gprouts and undersized timber, but I
also for the replanting of a tree for i,
every one cut. iiy this means the re- j
plenishment of public forests will al*'1
ways be assured.
How It Happened.
The Conqueror I t'ought yer said ; i
yer could lick me wit' one hand in yer j1
pocket. The conquered Well. I for- J(
got to put me hand in me poeke* - j
New York Jcv.rnr.l
LAWMAKERS AT WORK.
The Proceedings of Congregs Given Daj
By Day.
The Senate.
Twenty-fifth Day. Senator Hoar'*
resolution asking for a detailed report
of the conduct of the war in the Phil- 1
ippines passed the Senate without di- i
vision.
The Senate is discussing Hale's resolution
regarding the seizure of American
flour. Senator Davis says negoti- 1
ations are proceeding satisfactorily. j
Senator Aldrich made a public agree- ,
ment to take a vote on the currency !
bill the 15th of February. He wished
to make the date the 8th, but Allen objected.
Twenty-Sixth Day.?The day's proceedings
were confined to speechmakfng.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland
led off with a long argument on
the Philippine question, maintaining
that the Philippines should have the
right to govern themselves, this government
affording them such protection
as they might need. Senator Mc- |
Ennery. of Lousiana gave notice that ;
he will have something to say about j
the proposed amendment to the con- i
stitution of North Carolina. Teller offered
anotiic- installment of his speech
on the flnnn' ' bill. Mr. Teller had
net eonelut" i his remarks when he j
suspended for the day. The Senate |
then adjourned.
Twenty-seventh Day.?A speech, sen- i
sational in interest and international !
in its importance, was delivered in the 1
Senate by Mr. Hale. Republican, of
Maine. The occasion of the utterances
was the simple question whether a
re-olution introduced >y Mr. Allen, j
Populist as In the rer .gnltion by this
country of diplomat : representatives
of the Transvaal r public, should be
directed to the I'resident, or to the
Secretary of State. Mr. Hale made th*
qu< si ion the text of an impassioned
speech in which he leclared that ninetenths
of the American people sympathized
with the Boers in their gallant
struggle for liberty against one of the ;
greatest powers of the world. He spoke |
with unusual force, decisiveness and j
earnestness, even for him. and his pas- {
sionate eloquence claimed the closest
attention of every auditor. At the
opening, the Allen resolution, calling
jipon the Secretary of State for information
as to whether any representative
of the Transvaal had applied to the
United States government for recognition.
and if such application had been
made, if it, had been accepted; and If ;
not, why not. was laid before the Sen- I
ate.
Pending the further discussion of ;
these measures the Senate aljourned. j
Twenty-eighth Day. Little new in- |
formation was developed in the Clark
senatorial investigation by the Senate
committee on privileges and elections.
T. F. Normoile. of Butte, Mont., a
member of the last Legislature, testified
that he had been approached with
an offer of $12,500 to vote /or Mr. j
Clark, but had not accepted it, and had j
voted for Conrad throughout the con- !
test. i
Mr. Cason. who was on the stand j
Tuesday, was recalled for additional :
cross-examination. He said he had j
been urged by Mr. Clark to secure the j
vote of Representative Marcy, Mr. ;
Clark indicating to him that he would
pay $10,000 for it. but as he found that
Marc.v would vote for Clark anyhow,
he did not approach him with the
proposition.
As neither side was prepared to In- J
troduce other witnesses, the commit- |
tee, after a hearing of less than two 1
hours, adjourned until Monday.
The Hous?.
Twenty-fourth Day.?The urgent deficiency
appropriation bill was taken
up in the House. It was the general
expectation that it would open up a
stormy debate upon the question of expansion.
in view of the large army and
navy items it contains, but members
only became very much engrossed in
a discussion of an item of $150,000,000
for rural free delivery, In which all are
personally interested, and the subject
nf dvnnnoinn a-as harplv tnnphpH nrw->n
The last hour of the debate was enlivened
with an attack by Mr. Richardson
the minority leader upon the Secretary
of the Treasury for 'his oourse in connection
with the sale of the New York
custom house. Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois,
championed the Secretary.
Twenty-fifth Day.-The Roberts com
mittee concluded its work and came to
a unanimous finding of the facts, t
The majority report will be signed by |
seven members. It favors exclusion of I
Roberts from the House. The minori- 1
ty report, signed by two members, fa- |
vors the seating of Roberts, then expelling
him. Those who sign the lat- ,
ter are DeArmond, Democrat, and Littlefield.
Republican. Democrats Lanliotn
nnd \Tiere voted with the mainr
till! I* ?? ?\ V ' v-ivv " ?" ?""
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Twenty-sixth Day.?The House passed
the Senate bill to extend the powers
of the director of the census, after
striking out the committee amendment |
to authorize the director to contract
for extra printing with private contractors.
After some further debate
the committee rose, the bill was passed
and the House adjourned.
Twenty-seventh Day.?The pension
appropriation bill, carrying $115,245.
250.was passed by the House. It was :
made the vehicle of attack upon the
Commissioner of Pensions by Mr. Curtis,
of Kansas, who was seconded by
Mr. LenctZ and Mr. Norton, of Ohio; I
Mr. "Robinson, of Indiana, and other !
S'orthern Democrats. All inveighed !
against the lack of liberty in the ad- j
ministration of tihe pension laws. The
Commissioner was ably defended by a
core of members from both sides of {
the House. A rider was put upon the )
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bill, by unanimous consent. empower
ing the Commissioner, in his discre- |
tion. to withheld the fees cf attorneys I
of record in pension cases where he ;
was satisfied that the attorneys had
not prepared the eases under their personal
supervision. Mr. Barney, of Wisconsin.
in charge of the bill, said the
Commissioner of Pensions' estimates
under the bill during coming year
would largely decrease, but the appropriation
should not be reduced owing
to the pendency of 25.000 Spanish war
claims, which $5,000,000 or $6,000,000
would cover.
Twenty-eighth Day.?The House j
spent an hour Tuesday in disposing of '
bills favorably reported and among ,
those passed were the measures to !
build the League Island and Mare
Island Dry Docks of stone instead of
timber. The reports on the Roberts'
case were also received. An hour was
given IU piUii\>UilV lilfe CU1U5UO uu vuw j
late Representative Danford. of Ohio.
Mr. White (N. C.. colored) presented |
a petition signed by 2.413 persons for j
national legislation against lynching j
and mob violence, and asked that it be j
read at the clerk's desk. Mr. Richard- J
son (Tenn.) objected, saying that
there was no reason why this petition
should not take the usual course.
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Americans Fired On.
Manila. By Cable.?On Thursday a
pack train escorted by .">0 men of Co. j
C. Thirtieth infantry. Lieut. Balston I
commanding, was ambushed by insur- 1
gents near Lipa, province of Laguna,
and two .Americans were killed. Four
were wounded and nine are missing.
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i ne insurgents urea tnree voiieys anu
the escort was obliged to retreat after ;
killing 15 of the insurgents. Several !
animals of the pack train were killed j
and their packs were looted.
Closing Mines.
Saranton. Pa.. Special. The Dela- !
ware, Lackawanna and Western company
has closed its mines. Officials of
the company declare this is done be- ;
cause of an overproduction for the I
market demands; but among the miners
there is general conclusion that it 1
is dene for the purpose of anticipating
any labor trouble by reason of the ;
present unrest among the miners of !
district No. 1, United Mine Workers of j
America.
Atlanta's Celebration.
Atlanta. Ga., Social The Virginia
Society in Atlanta celebrated the
birthday of the Confederacy's chief by
attractive exercises at the Grand Opera
House. Seats were set apart for the :
various local partiotic associations and
the boxes wers occupied by Governor
Candler. State officers, justices of the i
Supreme Court, the local clergy and :
the beauty and chivalry of Atlanta. :
Hon. Hamilton Douglass, president of J
the Virginia Society, presided.
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Free Rural Mall Delivery.
Washington. D. C., Special. It has '
been decided by the postofflce depart- i
ment to permit the star route system I
in a measure to supplement the system 1,
of rural free delivery, and to permit 11
carriers on star routes to deposit mails 1
in proper receptacles placed along their ;
line of travel. This plan will be inau- j
gurated in South Carolina, beginning ,
July 1. and will be extended to other j 1
parts of the country as rapidly as pos- ! ]
eible. j
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ABOUT ENVELOPE ETIQUETTE.
Mesnace Muat Be Sealed to lie Deemed
Entirely Correct.
The latest fad with the ultra-fash- J
ionable Is the absence of the envelope. ]
We have gone back to the days of the 1
olden times? when the red wafers and \
the sealing wax and the folded'paper ]
were all that custom demanded or 1
knew. The modern or recalled fash- '
ion has substituted the daintiest tinted 5
wafers to match the paper, heliotrope, i 1
robin's egg blue, cerulean lilac, fawn or ! \
cream, for the mucilaged flap of the ' j
envelope. One must write on a big j f
sheet if it is a letter; on the smaller | ,
size if notes, invitations, etc.; fold and ,
seal, and then a wafer may be added }
for extra strength, cr the seal alone ( ]
will answer, if one desires. Sometimes |
the paper is folded like the cocked hats I
or the dainty squares, which not even j
the curious postman would trouble to t
dally with, and then, if one will, the t
seal and wafer may be dispensed with, t
Do you want to know how to fold these 3
dainty missives? Then just ask grand- j I
ma. I warrant she has nor forgotten. 1
for. if all's true that's said, she had '
plentv of them in her younger days. !
Ti.ct ??!. hpv She'll denv her billets
deux at first, no doubt, but she'll be I
pleased just the same to recall them
and teach you hew they rame to her. ;
The envelope is a barbarism evolved t
by a suspicious inventor, or maybe by d
one who was practical rather than | s
artistic. However, fashion moves in ; s
:ycles, and the cycle of the envelope is i c
passing. If you intend to adopt this j ^
new style of sending letters be sure ,.
that your paper is heavy weight '1
enough to stand the journey, and when j "
you receive one in turn do not cut and ; c
slash as you have been accustomed to j s
do with the envelope, but remove the J b
wafers, break the deal and the writing r
will greet your eye untorn.?New York a
Pres?- r,
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Speaks to a Large and Enthusiastic
Audience
ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY.
Declares That the Silver Question is Still
a Paramount Issue. Strongly Opposes
Expansion.
Baltimore. Md.. Special. Hon. W.
J. Bryan delivered an address here
Saturday night upon the political
questions o? the day to an audience
which filled the music hall, the biggest
auditorium in the city to its fullest
capacity, and which greeted him
and his remarks with the greatest enthusiasm.
The meeting was held un
der the auspices of the Maryland Democratic
Association, one of the free
silver wings of the Democratic party
of the State, and was not encouraged
in ar.v manner by the regular Democratic
organization. In fact, the latter
held strictly aloof from any participation
in the affair. They made no
enori to discourage it in any manner,
but net one of the Democratic leaders
appeared on the platform, and an offer
of stage tickets was politely declined
by the principal members of the
Democratic State Central Committee. J
With the party who came from
Washington with Mr. Bryan were Sen-1
ator Tillman, of South Carolina, Con- j
gressman Sulzer, of New York; Richardson,
of Tennessee; Jones, of Virginia.
and DeArmond. of Missouri. It
was nearly eight o'clock when the
party reached the music hall when the
crowd greeted him uproariously.
Mr. Bryan said in part:
"I want to assure you in the beginning
that my happiness does not depend
upon any honor which the people
of this nation can confer, neither
do I believe that this nation's happiness
or welfare depends upon any one
person. As in politics, as in the array.
the generals get glory and the privates
do the work. And therefore I feel that
I owe it to those who for nearly four
years have been bearing the burden
in the heat of the day; I owe it to them
to say that what I have done is but an
atom compared with what they have j
done.
"In 18% the voters proved that they
could control the policy of the party ,
and during the last three years t'hev
have proven that they could hold what
they gained in 1896 in spite of newspapers.
in spite of railroads, iu spite
of banks, and in spite of every in- ;
fluence supposed to obtain, the plain |
people of the Democratic party have
and now stand for the Chicago plat- {
form, in all that it says. I want to be- >
gin with an accepted proposition, that !
nrnnnsiflon which I consider most fun- i
damental in government.
"I find it in the Declaration of Inde- i
pendente if you will pardon me for
quoting anything from that old and ,
outworn document as our Republican I
friends seem to think it.
Look Up Old Cotton Cleim.
At Washington Southern Senators
express themselves as hopeful over the j
prospects of securing legislation during j
the present session of Congress, look
ing to the refunding of money paid into j
the treasury of the United States soon i
after the civil war, as the result of the I
sale of the cotton captured by the Fed- .
eral troops. There was originally >
about $30,000,000 of this money, but a !
portion of it was paid to the owners of i
the cotton soon after the war. The re- i
mainder was left in the treasury and j
L '?-"l AWAW 0in/>o Conn _ '
lias IfUliUUCU uiur c*cj oiuvc. u?ua- I
tor Money, who is giving special at:ention
looking to the reopening of the !
subject, says that the sum left amount- ;
?d to about $11,000,000. A bill introluced
by Senator Davis gives one year
idditional time for proof of such claims
aefore the court of claims. It has been
favorably reported by the Senate committee
on claims and Senator Money
hinks the outlook very good for fa.orable
action. Mo?t of the claims are
ield in the Southern States.
Joy in Ladysmith.
Ladypmith, By Cable. The enemy j
lave placed in position new guns
browing eight-inch shells and nave
>een bombarding more vigorously for j
he last few days, though little dam- j
igp has been done. Three of th<?
3ritish force have been wounded. The
reops are jubiiant over General Bui- ,
er's successful advance. His guns
an be heard distinctly, and the burstng
of shells can be plainly seen.
To Oust a Democrat.
Washington, D. C., Special. The ,
louse committee on elections. No. 1,
ivided on party lines and by a rot** of !
ix to two decided to recommend the |
eating of Win. F. Aldrich, Republian.
.who contests the seat now held
y Gastcn A. Robbins, Democrat, for |
he Fourth congressional district of 1
dabama. It is the first decision in a
ontested election case at the present I
essicn cf Congress. The contest was j
used on alleged intimidation and
xcial prejudices growing out of the !
ppeals for white supremacy. A mi- j
ority report will be made in behalf
f Mr R'hh'ntt I
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I STATE'S FINANCES. :
' The Complroiler General Makes His Annuai
Report
The long expected, but necessarily
| delayed annual report of the comptroli
ler general, upon which financial legislation
has been based, has been Issued.
The report presents a cash balance
showing the amount actually available ,
for exoenses of the State government L
j tor 1900 to be $129,574.96. The visible# S
I collectable revenues are: Uncollected T' I
taxes for 1899, $625,000; insurance li-> j
i cense fees' $12,000; additional license*, 8
I $13,000; fees secretary of state's office, ^fl
' $5,000, making a total of $784,574.96.
j The estimated expenses of the State
I government for 1900 are put down at 9
$906,518.90, leaving $121,943.94 which 8
' must be paid from the taxes of 1900. fl
j In regard to two matters of general H
; interest the report says: 9
On the death of Mr. F. A. Free, fl
county treasurer, and the appointment fl
j of his successor, Mr. E. D. Free, it was 9
j discovered that the cash in bank to the 8
credit of Mr. F. A. Free was $8.151,SI fl
j less than the amount should have been 9
i in hand according to the settlements 9
| made at that time. 9
This shortage was a surprise to an
. concerned. At the time of settlement
, of taxes for 1897, in October. 1898, Mr.
A. F. Free produced the certificate of
I the cashier of the Bank of Barnwell,
; that he had sufficient funds deposited
in bank, with a small amount of cash
j in hand to cover the balance shown to
be due by him.
If Mr. Free was short at that time i
there was nothing in the records to indicate
it. Had this department the
services of an expert auditing clerk,
who could make a thorough examination
in each instance, and at any time ^
during the year, mistakes and shortages,
such as above mentioned would,
in my judgment, be avoided.
I am impressed that it would be the
part of economy for your body to pro- S
vide for an auditing clerk, charged
with this special work, and who. in addition,
could keep the Insurance and
phosphate records in this office. My
observation is that shortages ana lr- hhh
regularities occur for the most part
by reason of the fact that untried and^^^H
inexperienced men are sometimes se-^H^H
lected to take charge of the auditor's
and treasurer's offices and undertake
this important work. With an inspector
or auditing clerk to witness the transfer
and settlement between outgoing
and Incoming officials as to their duties,
and the manner of keeping the accounts
and records of their office. I a in
sure wouM prevent many errors and^
apparent shortages.
DISPENSARY SCHOOL FUND. ;
An examination of tnis report shows
Jie disbursement of the dispensary
profits. |
On the ISth day of April, 1899. war- J
rants amounting to $67,204.35 were is- J
sued to the county treasurers of 27 ^
counties. This was on account of de- j
ficlency, as provided in the State con- j
stitution of 1895, and joint resolution j
passed, at session 1898.
In attempting to comply with the act
No. 85, passed at session 1893. I experienced
difficulty in securing information
on which to make the deficiency
apportionment. This act provides that
each school district in the State, where
the sum realized from the 3-mill school
and poll taxes is not sufficient to make
$75 for each school in the district, the
comptroller general shall make up
such deficiency from the dispensary
profits. Under this head, warrants
amounting in the aggregate to $19,338.03
were sent to the treasurers of 30
counties. For the support of summer
schools $5,000 was paid to the State
superintendent of education.
The remainder. $43,457.63, was sent
to all the counties in the State pro
rata, according to students enrolled in
the public schools.
The $130,000 expended as above, if
paid to each county in proportion to
pupils enrolled in the free schools,
would give 47 1-7 cents for each pupil.
If this show of force is continued, J
you should limit the number of schools 1
in a given section to the school popu- I
lation. say-jne school for each 4"> or 30 j
children. j
General Wood Plcsed. JHB
Havana. Special. Gen. Wood returned
from an inspection of the institu-^^^H
tions of Pinar del Rio. The reside
were highly pleased wi;h his vi^JHj^BB
General Wood has congratulated
:
ince. He found the plantations in
celknt condition and all who dcsirc^Q^HBg
u-nrn of tvnrlr
News Notes. HH
The Supreme Court of the District ot
Columbia "1123 issued an order that the
Navy Department submit a survey.
appraismer.t ar-l inventory of
Spanie'h vessel Infanta Maria Tere^^^^BH
This is a part cf the proceedii^H^B^H
brought for the award cf prize m0
to Admiral Sampson, his officers
men. for captures by the United
fleet during the Spanish war.
Richard Carter, colored. 19 years B
was hanged at Cumberland
House. Va.f for attempted criminal
sault on a 6-year-old white child. tp^HS
made a speech from the gallows, warning
negroes in strong language to do- ^Kj
sisl from outraging white women. This 9H
is the second execution ix> Virginia for H
awtemDt'>', iw"1* |BB
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