The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 22, 1900, Image 8
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THE Cam RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
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YINOSTKEE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY
C. w. WOLFE .
Editor ?md I'roprtetor.
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How to write 1000 in Roman letters !
is a question that has driven out the
"What century?" discussion in LouIt
used to he a fashionable fad in days
gone by to bead a letter with tlie 3'ear
date in llomau numerals. That fad
got a death blow in 1S8S, when it took
just 13 letters, "MDCCCLXXXVIII."
IiHst j'ear was nearh* as bail for it
took nine letters, <4M1)CC('X(TX."
Hut 1000 ran be written ".\ICM," if
anybody prefe. s it that way.
Statistical computations for 1 S9f?
show that the total sum embezzled in
that period was $2,218,373, $3,632,800
l>elow that ot the year preceding, and
the smallest total in twenty years, except
in IS82, w hen it was 82,000,000.
Hut the country was not nearly so
wealthv then as now' and ODOOrtlUli
ties for emlieizlement were far less
abundant. In the same connection it
is shown that the donations and bequests,
if there be a distinction, for
the year were ?79,278,1186, by far the
largest ever given in any single year.
A report by Prof. S. A. Kuapp 01
Louisiana on rice culture in the United
States says that there would be uo
difficulty in produciug in the country
ail the rice that is consumed here.
Last year 136,990,720 pounds of domestic
rice were marketed. In addition
to this, 201,177,293 pounds were
imported. The total represents a per
capita consumption of about tive
pounds,which by comparison with the
consumption iu Asiatic countries is
very small. Louisiana leads ;ii rice pro
duction,although several other Southern
states ure considerable contributors
of this grain. Professor Kuapp
thinks there are about 10,000,000 acres
of land in the Gulf states well suited
to rice culture. Irrigation is necessary,
and wherever in these states it
can be made readily available, ricegrowing
can be made profitable.
The Kansas City Journal says: "At
Effiugbaru, in Atchison county, the
liev. ix J*'. .Mauzv recently preameti a
sermon agaiti-t woman snlfrage from
which we extract tliiB extraordiua y
bit of erudition: 'Take the word
woman. Anglicize it, whom does it
mean? It means wo-inan, and transferred
to Greek it is woe he man.' At
the conclusion of the sermou nu enthusiastic
woman suffragist in the audience
declared that the Bible said
'all men and women are created frte
and equal.' Parson Mau/y cailed the
man down and said it was the Declaration
of Independence, and not the
Bible, that said this. The man returned
to the charge and o.'Vered to
bet a dollar that he could hud it in
the .Bible. The preacher refused to
bet, and the audience dispersed in
fall conviction that he had been
licked."
Those who Hatter themselves that
ilie nineteenth century began its
great development iu the last few
years, should remember that in 1825
the first appliiat.ou of st.am to the
transportation of passengers was had
iu England; that the first submarine
cable nniler the Atlantic wax laid iu
185 7. and that the greatest engineer
iug woik of modern centuries, tLe
building of the Sit >/. canal, wa^linished
in 1SG9. With these great initiatory
events on its roli, tiie nioeteeth century
can view with complacency and
]>aternal pride, the pr. gre sive processes
and iui} rovements for which
the twentieth century will claim such
praise. The close of ihe nineteenth
century has to its credit the utilization
of electricity as a source of light
and power, and the great combinations
of liuauc a! and iudust ia! cue ay.
Both ot tiiese great movements are,
however, iu their youth of trial, a id
the tweuti th century may see their
greater ultimate deve opment.ur their
growth and decay. Let us hope that
the progre-s on will be rteadilv forward,
and that out <>f their g:e..t
prom sc may co ne nu old good f r the
great body of humaui y.
CRO.NJE RETRtATS.
"
The Boer Commander flovcs Towards
B'cmfontcin.
London, by Cable 'I ,)e War Offi3o
has received tiie following from Cc.>
cral Roberts:
"Jacob-dal. Pel). 17. a. re. j
Kelley-Kenney captured Friday seven
ty-eight wagons with store-, two wagons
with Mausers, eight boxes of sheila,
tea barrels of explosives and many
stores belonging to CronjVs laager. J
which our artillery was still shellingwhen
General Kitchener dispart heel
the messenger."
A dispatch to the Chronicle from
.lacobsdal under Friday's date ?-ays:
"After the sixth division evacuate-:
Jaccb-dal on Thursday iu order to
march north, the enemy re-occupied
the place. The fifteenth brigade, in
, eluding the Ixuidon Imperial Volunteers.
attacked and shelled the Boers
The mm advanced steadily and in
splendid order and drove the eneniv
over the ridges to the northward. ThVolunteers,
who had scouted u? the i
right and left, showed veteran-like ,
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pluck and steadiness. The Stafford
shirrs made a bayonet charge, but tieaj
enemy did not wait. The town was
, recaptured in three hours and mount
| ed infantry is pursuing the Boors."
Negro Soldiers Riotous.
El Paso. Tex., Special. Negro troops
i stationed at Fort Bliss Saturday made
an assault on the county jail with the :
intention of rescuing two comrades
who had bpen locked up there. Twenty
or thirty shots were exchanged and
a soldier and constable killed. The
' vhe:ilf called out a posse to prevent !
i he trouble from spreading, and sev- i
oral of the posse are looking for the
soldirrs who escaped. The city is in
a state of great excitement over the
affair. The soldiers are armed with i
Krag-Jorgenson rifles. Early Friday i
night officers Christy and Scott had lo ;
arrest a negro soldier for being drunk i
and disorderly. The soldier was placed J
in jail, and nothing more was thought !
of the arrest by the police until the j
attack, which occurred in the early |
hours Saturday morning.
R.fuse to Rejoice.
lx)nion, by Cable.?me news ironi |
Western campaign in the Orange Free ,
State continues to improve, yet Eng- |
land refuses to vrejoice. The truth ia j
the relief of Kimberley came in the j
nick of time to avert a scare which :
might have become a panic. Thursday !
night's debate in Parliament might J
well have disheartened tho country. :
.Men of bofh parties expressed views j
on the situation and outlook whic: ;
were fairly appalliug in their warnings i
of national peril.
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The Plague at Manila.
Manila, by Cable.?Out of a total of
51 cases of suspected bubonic plague i
reported, 42 proved genuine and 32 |
deaths resulted, half of them being ;
Chinaman. There were 12 cases du- :
ring the week, mostly within the wall- ,
ed city, and a hundred inspectors, under
the superintendence of a health |
officer. .Major Edie, are enforcing the
sanitary regulations. Thirty of the
inspectors are Chinamen whu were '
furnished by the Chinese merchants. |
The Health Department census ihows j
the regulation of Manila is about
AAA I . 1! nt AAA J
uuu including oi.uvu (...hucbt.
Killing at a Frolic.
Greenville, N. C.. Special.?A mur- ;
der was committed in Green county
about twenty miles from here Friday ,
night. A man named Harrell gave i
party, and many people from the j
neighborhood were in attendance.
Among the guests was a man named
John Faulkner. He became involved
in a dispute with another man whose I
name could not lie learned, and as a
result Faulkner was shot and killed.
The murderer escaped. All the partics
are white.
Joyful at News.
(Vine Town, by Cable.?When the
pews of the relief of Kknberley reached
here an immense crowd rushed to
the government house, whore they sang
patriotic English songs and cheered
enthusiastically. An attempt wamade
to get Governor Milner to make
a speech, but he declined.
Plollneux. in Sing Sing.
New York, Special.?Roland B. Molir.eux
was sentenced to die in Sing
Sing pri.-on, durning the week beginning
March 26th. for the murder of
Mrs. Katherine J. Adams, and was (
placed in the Sing Sing penitentiary t
vr-day afternoon. He made a statemeat
before sentence that he had not ]
been fairly convicted and that "yellow :
journalism had put a price upon hi.- !
head, inviting every blackmailer, perjurer
and rogue." He entered a specific
denial of the charges.'
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GOLD STANDARD FIXtS.
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The Senate Pusses tue Gold Financial
Bill
SENATE.
Forty-fifth Day.?The final week's
discussion of the pending fivnane: i
bill was begun in the Senate. Ths
speakers were two Republicans. Mr.
Elkins, of West Virginia, and Mr.
Wolcott. of Colorado, and one Populist,
.Mr. Butler, of North Carolina. Mr.
lElkiris advocated the passage of the
bending Senate measure in a brief but
rnrv?ofiil Mr Wnlenfr.
chairman of the international bimetallic
commission of 1 st?T. spoke for
many Republicans who adhere to bimetallism.
and his speech, earnest and
eloquent, was accorded unusual atten- !
tion Mr. Butler advocated the adop- '
tion of his amendment providing fo: !
an issue of paper currency by the government.
A house bill for the preservation of
the frigate Constitution v/as passed ,
the measure providing that the ship
should be restored as nearly as possible
to its original condition.
A bill was also passed extending the
powers and functions of the court of ,
private land claims until June 30. 1903.
financial bill was then called up,
anu Mr. Elkins addressed the Senate. |
Forty-sixth Day.?The day was spent
in a heated discussion of the financial
bill. After a short session an adjourn- [
ment was taken.
Forty-seventh Day.?Throughout its
session the Senate had the financial
bill under discussion. After 2 o'clock
the debate proceeded tinder the 10 hinute
rule and at times became spirited
and interesting.
Late in the afternoon a test vote, indicating
approximately the majority ;
on the passage of the bill was taken.
Mr. Chandler, Hep., N*. H.. offered an
amendment to authorize the President
to appoint commissioners to any inter- j
national bimetallic conference that
n ight, be called, and it was defeated
by a vote of -15 to 25. The Chandler
preposition or.: of the way the discussion
proceeded on the amendment
brought in by the finance committee,
providing that the provisions of tne '
bill are not intended to place any ob- j
staclea in the way of international bi- i
mettallism. The Democratic Senators !
arraigned the Republicans for spoiling
the amendment declaring luey were
insincere, and that the prpesition was '
intended to hoodwink the people and
to catch votes.
No vote on the amendment was
reached.
Forty-eighth Day. The Senate substitute
Cor the House currency bill was
pased by the Senate by the decisive
majority of 46 to 29. Prior to the finaj
passage of the bill amendments wero
considered under the ten minute rule.
Only two of these amendments wer<
adopted, viz.. one offered by the Fi?
nance Committee, keeping the door
open to international bimetallism a:i 1
one Mr. Nelson, of .Minnesota, providing
for national banks with 525.0! j
capital in towns of not more lha j
four thousand dollars tu shrd shri
four thousand inhabitants.
The bill as pissed, consists of te;.
sections. It provides that the dollr i
of 25.S grains of gold. 9 fine, shall 1
the standard unit of value and that al ,
forms of United States money shall 1 ,
mafntained at a parity with it: anc
that the treasury notes and.greenback;
shall be redeemable in gold.
The secretary of the treasury is
set apatr a fund of $">0.000.')*i9 ::i go"'"
for the redemption or tiie.se notes nr.:
to maintain this fund at a figure n< J
below $100,000,000. he is empowered > .
sell bonds of the I'nited States bear- :
ing interest at not exceeding htree po
cent.
It shall also be the duty of the secretary
of the treasury as fast as stan.l'
ard silver dollars are coined to retiri I
equal amounts of treasury notes and t:
issue silver certificates against the si!. !
ver so coined. 1'nder certain provit- |
lens. too. gold certificates shall be is j
sued against the gold held in th-J
treasury. So United States notes oj
treasury notes shall bo issued in <b !
nominations of less than 1t? dollars an 1
no silver certificates in denomination ,
or more than ten dollars.
HOl'SE.
Forty-sixth Day.?The day's session I
of the House was share and devoid if !
public int/ -st. routine business only j
being under consideration.
Forty-seventh Day.?The debate upon
the legislative bill in the IIou^-j '
strayed far from the bill, touching the i
question of government, deposits in :ia- :
tional banks, reckless expenditures for j
pensions, and finally drifting into the ;
question cf election methods in j
souri. Some very caustic things wive I
said on both sides.
The reports in the contested election !
case of Aldrieh vs. Rabbins, from the 1
Fourth Alabama district wore .-ubmitted.
The majority reported in favor cf !
the sitting member.
Mr. Hemenway made a general explanation
of the bill.
Mr. Payne, of New York, the floor
leader of the majority, interrupted Mr.
Hemenway to announce that in view
of the failure to reach an agreement
concerning the debate on the legislative
bill he would call up the Porto
Rican bill on Monday.
Speaking generally about the clerical
force in the departments Mr. Hemenway
provoked something of a storm
by asserting that the departments
vere filled with incompetents who were
kept in 'by political influences. He
>aid whenever the head of a do par: tiei.t
proposed ta discharge ir.cornpcents
Congressmen and Senators bu'.liozed
him into retaining t'.iern. i:
\ted a case where 11 Senators ins!.-,
d upon the retrnsion of a man.
Mr. Moody, of Ma- schuqci.ts insict
1
ed that superanuated clerks mu-: be !
removed. "Pnless we can pet r'.rt of !
this dead wood." said he. "the public j
service will break down."
Forty-eighth Day. The House compbltxi
26 of the 12 'pages of the le.ans- :
1 nti\o. fxectitive and judiciary appro- ;
prlat'on bill, without amendment. During
the genera! debate which clos:d
ai 4 o'clock a variety of topics were I
torn-hod upon. Mr. Botitell <111.1. Mr. !
fliers (lnd.1. and Mr. Showalter (P.).
cli.-ru.x;] the Philippine qu stior.: !
.Mr. Grosvmor JO.), and .Mr. Gillette j ,
civil service reform: Mr. i
p. ..... y.)t pensions: and Mr. Pis- !
df.-.vood (Ala.), h's re.-olution to rer-ii
the rift th amendment to the j
Constitution.
TAYLOR FILEh PETITION.
! ,
He Wants to Restrain Beckham and
Casflcrnan.
Ijouisville, Kv., Special.?Suit was
filed in the Circuit Court Wednesday
by counsel for Governor Taylor, seeking
to restrain J. C. W. Beckham from
acting as Governor, and General Johu
B. Cattleman from attempting to discharge
the duties of Adjutant General.
Summons were served on the defendants
this adternosn. The suit will be
allotted to one cf the Circuit Court
judges by a drawing. This drawing
may not be "held for several days.
When it is held, an application for a
restraining order will be made. The
suit is brought uy Governor Taylor for
himself individual}', and as Governor
of Kentucky. The petition asserts
that Governor Tayor was elected to
that office on November 10, 1S99, and
afterward received a certificate of election
and qualified as Governor. The pe- i
tition continues: "Since the time of
his said qualification to the present
time, Che jjlaintiff has continuous!}
been and is now performing the fuuc
tions of the office, and is recognized as
Governor by the other State officers.
But the plaintiff says that the defendant,
J. C. W. Beckham, is now and ,
for some time has been claiming and
pretending to be the Governor of Ken- !
tucky, and to have the right to per- !
form the functions of said office,
claiming that on the aforesaid November
7, 1S99, one Wm. Goebel was
elected Governor of the said State, and
that he, the said Beckham, was then
elected Lieutenant Governor, and that
by reason of the subsequent death of
said Gcebel, he, the said Beckham,
has become invested with the powers of
Governor of said State. And he is now I ;
and for some time has been pretending
to exercise The powers and performing
the functions of the office of Governor ,
aforesaid. He has been pretending to
send mcseages as such Governor to the 1
General Assembly of Kentucky, and
has pretended to appoint the defendant,
John B. Castleman, as Adjutant j
General of Kentucky, and to in vast him j
with power and control over the military
of said State, and the said def^n j
damt Castleman is now claiming and
pretending to be such Adjutant General
of the State.
Anti-Trust Conference. i
Chicago, Special.?The committee on
-miniI!rions c.t the Xation.il Anti-Trust 1
Conference, after a stormy meeting, fi- !
nally agreed upon a report which will
he submitted to the conference for ' |
adoption. The discussion was caused f
by a difference of opinion among the 1
members as to the details of how the
government should obtain control of . ,
the railroad, telegraph and telephone ]
lines. A faction led by Tom L. John- 1
son, Louis Post and other single tax '
advocates, insisted that the value of j
franchise in assuming control should (
be ignored. They thought the gov- . .
ernment should take the property ( <
without paying compass. :inn to the
owners.
John P. Altgeld, George F. WII- !(
liaras, Governor I-ee and os-Attcruey
General Monett. of Ohio, were for government
ownership of these utilities,
but thought the cause would be injured
by advocating practical confiscation *
at this time. Finally Mr. Altgeld sug- ^
gested a compromise, which brought F
the warring factions together and pre- **
vented a tight later on the floor of the 1
convention. The provision denying 3
the value of the franchise right was 1 ^
-i-.;. ^ niMan^mnnt cnhcti '
SUUCltt'U UUl, UUU an ann-nuu.^u? nuww?. ,
tutod. declaring that the owners
should receive just compensation for j
all property taken, irrespective of wa- n
tered stock or other fictitious .socuri- i s
ties. ' h
Injunction Refused. j r.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Special. Holding | c
the the Federal courts had no juris- i
diction of the situation in Kentucky
Judge Tuft Wednesday afternoon re- :
fused to grant the application for in- u
junction against the Kentucky State j t
board of elections and the Democratic 1 jcontestants
'or State cCiccs. other ;
ihan governor and lieutenant governor
The case can go ultimately to the Fnl- !
ted States supreme court.
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RliUDEXLC I IMEil.
41 Last The Biers are Said to be iflH
Retreat.
THE FORTUNES OF WAR TI:R\EH|
General French* With a Force of
tiilerv, Calvary and flaunted In-^^H
fantry. Enters Kimbcrlcy and Diu^^HH
at the Club.
lyyadcm. By Cable. The War
annouikoee Chi General FYench
ed Kimberley Thuretday evening. FolH^fl
rnesH-.
the War Office: ADf
"Ja^absdal, Feb. 1G, 2 a. m. Frencb^MM
with a force of artillory, cavalry
mounted hiftatry, reached Kircberlej^^^H
this evening, Thureday."
General Cronje, with a start of a <!
ur iwo, id seriouciy m lull retreat rrcrt^^^B
Lord Roberts, moving northward. liou^^H
French. with the cavalry, simply stay^^HB
ed over night in Kimberley, and thcr^^H
pitted on to get in touch with the re-^HI
tiring enemy. A long Boer wjgon^^H
train is moving toward Bloemifon.:ein. ^HB
followed presumably by a large for *
cf British infantry. In their hasty <ie- Jfl
par-:ure the Boers lest quantities of ^H
supplies and .ammunition. Military H|
opinion here is that L-ord Roberts will ^H
not push far after the Boers imm"dlately,
beoii>?0 a* transport problems,
end the need c! rest for the troop:. He ^H
h:is to feed 70,000 persons in hfs army. ^H
and the whole Kiaiberley population. HI
T-To rrvilhk tV?c? tn t'lrriv H #?wm ^^^H
?**- UIUUI IVWUHU i. a V, lO'lilVAU 1 . V>.1?
llodder River down to Kimborlcy and JNH
reviotual the latter. General French. BB
lost a few men only in action, but ' hc-j^BS
fcirced aia-rohes and heat have probably HH
made many ill. Numbers of remount*
must 'he provided. Lord Roberta iras BH
wrought a genuine preliminary success
ami the impression is that he <has done ^H[
enough. for the present. He will rec-.I ^^B
to prepare for another strike. ^^B
All over England there have been
evidences of invblic joy. In every BM
theatre and public meeting, arou-nd
railroad stations and in the streets.
there have been expressions of glad- ^BE
ness and jubilation over the news. The BHj
newspapers are editorially rejoicing. HH
Those who real the news closely see B|
only one disturbing factor in the Cape BH
HIL'uir^uu, unu uij.1 umu piccouir ui
the Boers toward Lord Roberts' line of
supply through DeAaur, which was
never mare important -Shan now . The
Boers under Ooirunandarts Delarey ffl|
and G-rob penetrate to the railroad.
They have pnahtxl General Clements H|
back to Arundel, and have outflanked
htm. All are within 60 miles, or two^^H[
day fcard match, of the central raiiflBS
road. Bonbtles3 Dord Roberts has Jett'^H
considerable forces along the line and S9
can send back more if necessary.
The following dispatch from General
Roberts fills the gap? in the earlier
dispatches. aH
"Mcdder River, Feb. 13 The Sixth |H
Division left Waterfall drift, early yes- H
terday morning, and marched here, go- Hj
ir.g on the tame evening to Rondeval
d.M't to ho! 1 the crossing of the Mo.Me: H
river, and leave General French free to V
act. Shortly alter arriving here
mounted infantry* visiced Jacobs od a I
snHfnnn.rl ir i'hH I'.f ?*nmen and children
with soma wounded men, doing well.
On the way back, the mounted- infan
try were attacked and nine men were H
MNtnded. Colonel Henry and Major fl
(tatohel and ten men were missing.
Both officers were subsequently found 9
at JacmbBdal, slightly wounded. The fl
BavaJry division is moving in a north- fl
?rly (Hrcotion and has apparent!;, al
ready reduced the pressure on KLm- 9
iierley. ?.s Sekewk-h signals the enemy* H
ties ahansPoned Alexanders^ on to! n and H
.hat he has occupied K. French has H
advanced a*s far as Ahonsiam with a H
slight loss and is pushing on the oo-'s,
lis rear being held by mounted iaian:ry.
Clements, having been pressed br
U .V*o,a t f\ Anmi'ol fll,
DVT1J, iHOO IC^liVU iv
x>ver NaauwpoorL" 8H
The War Office points oat that, the
vord ''here" in the aix?ve (Jtepatch fiH
noana so.r.e poin-t or. the .Modder rivr
ither than the Madder river station. eH
Lumb. r Interests Pooled. flfl
Norfolk. Ya Special. It is said th.it
he entire pine lumber interest.. flfl
"irginia and North Carolina have been
looicd. Dr. J. 0. White, of Camd< 41
J., is reported to have been promoer
and to have consummated the deal
.t the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N. V.,
Thursday. Hj
Truce in Kentucky. |H
Frankfort, Ky., Special.?The agree- H
lent to postpone the Taylor-Beckham
uit operates as a truce in the legal M
iattle over the State offices and it is HH
ot probable that there will be any deisive
changes in the situation till then ' \
nless the return of the Democra:ie?<^HM
=g!slature here next week, adds some ^H|
nexpoeted featurp. A party of the at- vj
ofneys on both vides liebl a nieetint
riday evening end made severai plan-.r
eom-.thiaiir/r the v-ri(." H
iscs in order to avoid a clash between
he (Jiff rent State cour.ts in which fl
i<y are pending. |H