Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. '-'r - I THE Cam RECORD. Published Every Thursday i AT I YINOSTKEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. BY C. w. WOLFE . Editor ?md I'roprtetor. c 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 , I . 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. _ ! 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.' I GOLD STANDARD FIXtS. i 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. ; t: i \ A 4 i/innrf>i r.\r t a i/tm 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