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THE COUNTY RECORD^ Pabliehed Every Thursday AX TINaBTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. BY C. W. WOLFE . FSdltor anil ."roprlotor. 'I r.c.re* is ranch discission as to the probabilities of this year's census. Estimates vary all the way from 72,000,000 to 80,000,000. So far as the real welfare ami greatness of the ?oaniry is concerned, it doesu't matter a whit which of these estimates is nearer the truth. Quality and not quaniitv is tho thing to be considered. Ti e hignbinder, most piciuresqno and dangerous figuro in San Francisco, ia about to be buried with his . murderous little hatcliet. The police have long vainly struggled to put him down; now the Six Companies, for whom tho highbinders have done odd jobs in the past, are uniting with the police, and the highbinder seems doomed. Murder has been an effective game among the Chinese, but a giiuie at which any member could play. An<l the Chinese .seem to liavo deeded to limit themselves in future to more legitimate forms of competition. In Iho later years of the last, and the lirgt fourteen years of the present, century, England could afford to tr.-at food as contraband of war, because, at that time, the Vnited Kingdom itself produced nearly enough food supplies for its own consumption, and if, perchance, there were a slight deficit, this could be easily made good, because England was absolute mistress of the sea. flow different is the situation now, remarks Collier's Weekly. Only a fraction of the food . T . required to nourish its inhabitants is ["/ocluced la the luilt'u Jviuguoui. For tho great majority of its nutriment, it must rely <?u liarssmnrino purveyors. ?'apital punishment is already forbidden by law in the States of Colorado. Rhode Island, "Maine, Michigan and Wiscousin, and in tho States generally aach executions have been few comparatively to the number o1 mnrders, certainly homicides, observes tlio New York Sun. In Eng laud attempts have beco ma le in the House of Commons to abolish the death penalty, but they have always b?*eu defeated so decisively that tlicy seen to have been abandoned. ~u Prussia, Bavaria, Denmark and Sweden executions have practically ceased, bat the penalty has not Leon aboli?hed, and in civilization generally it is now rarely applied proportionately to tbe number of conviction-, for murder. Many good shots were rejected on tbe ground of defective eyesight when our National Guardsmeu were volunteering for the Spanish war. The same difficulty bus arisen in Eugland. And on this subject the Globe, of London, remarks very sensibly: "The myopic sight is usually exceedingly etrong, und the short sighted man. so long as he has his glasses, is usually quite as good as bis neighbor. If the authorities would realize (1) tbM some of our best shots are myopic, and (2) that tlio Germans have long ago discovered that myopia is u<> bar to good shooting, they might perhaps see their way to relax a rale which is aitogether without sense." To reject a sharpshooter because of bad eyesight is ridiculous in itself. . ; * The Federal Government gives evidence of a growing sentiment against capital punishment, thinks the Atlanta Journal. There has not been an execution in the navy si.reo 1811*. ami it is a striking fact that, of the numerous soldiers sentenced to death for military offenses during tl^ war with Spain, not one was executed. Evrn iu 'the cases of the four soldiers recently found guilty in Manila of criminal assault? upon Filipino women, the President could not make up his mind to approve the death sentences of the courtmartial. Instead of being shot or bung, these offenders are to be confined for life in tho military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The tendency toward tho abolition of the death penalty is undoubtedly growing in thia country. I APPLIES TO REALTY ONLY. I Two Important Opinions On Recent Laws. 1 he attorney general's of flee lias furnished 'the opinion given below to Chairman I* J. Williams of the. boarl of directors of t-Jie State dispensary. It applias equally to insurance <>:i the i-oments of si'hool and other public public buildings. The State und r the new a.-: %v ilI insure only its buildings find not the property they contain. : rlere is the opinion: Dear S.r: You desire to be advise! "who.her an art passed at the la~t se.s j i sitsn of the legishiltire, in reference to j I the S;ate insuring its ow n property, meluies the State and county dispensary ' , buildings and the storks carried th're- | | In." Section 1 cf the act referred to is : as follows: t | Section 1. That, after the expiration ! of the policies cf inaiwar.ee on rny and i all public buildings in and of this State and the several counties of this State, ' school houses excepted, now of force, I I no insurance ahull i>o taken on any of ; such buildings :'cr a longer time than , ; un't;l the first day of January, 1901. and j after that date a 111 in.su ranee on pub'ic buildings sliall be carried in the manner hereinafter provided, excepting I.: cases in Which policies of insurance j heretofore tikf-n out may expire after January 1st. 1901, to which case the provisions of this not shall not apply ' ! nnt: 1 the expiration of such policies. It i.s obvious, therefore, that the pro ; vsions of this act include public build; ings only, as no mention os made of i the contents thereof or of any person- , ality whatever. This distinction is ' marked through the vaTioois sections oi , the act. T am of the opinion, therefore, j thai; county and State dispensary buildiiifrs or.lv can be in>uro:l, as provided 1 for in this act. and that all personal property owned by the State, must be insured as heretofore provide J by Jaw. Vev truly yours. U. S. Gl'NirkR, JR. Assistant Attorney General. In reply to a recent request from Thomas E. Epting, chairman of the board of supervisors of registration for Kewberry county. the following opinion which Is alio of general interest, was prepared: Dear Sir: You desire to be advised fcnw many days the books of registration should lie kept ;:pen. The law applicable to this n:i'htcr is found in See7, acts of 18%, p. 37. and reads ai-s follows: "Aftf?r :hft general election in lkPfi. ttf bocks of registration shall be open i td on the first Moc lav of each lnoii'lh, flt the court house, for the registration of electors entitled to registration un tier said constitution. and kept open for . three successive days in each month until 30 ?' ys ' fore the general election of 1S3S, w hen they .-hail he closed ; urJtil the ger.-ral election shall havj | taken place: Provided. That such pers-ens as djill become of age during the said 30 daya shall ha entitled -to regis tration before the closing' of the bo >ks if I'honvisc qualified. After each sue- j reeding general ele. tion "he regis; ra- : lion books sTvall bo open for the registration of doctors entitled to registra tion under the constitution cu the fu:-t Monday in each month, at the court ' h:>r's\ un :! 30 days preceding any gen t ?. V,... Mmt. rflM 1.1 lift f.'.M eier.oii, ? ?j<.-n . until such general ela tion shall ( have taken place: Provided, That su-.h persons a--, may come of age between the closing of the bonks and the election shall he e a: It led to registration; before the closing of rhe books, if oth- ; erv.ise qteaJIfickl. The r, givtr.rt'.on. books shall be in like manner diked flu days < before any special election." <The question predated is to deter- | mine whether the words "after each j ' saoceec'ing election" refer to <uie elec- , tion in 1S96 or to the general election in : 1SSS. If it applies t*o 'tine f orator data rhe books Should be kept open for only ' one day. whereas if it applies to the i litter, the books must 1*> kept open ' : tinree daygs and un*H :he eection suo ' ceediT.g the general election .in 1S9S. ! i After an exam:nation of the s.eotk>n re- . i for rod to. 1 am of the opinion that the i phra.se "succeeding general ele^i'on"' j ; refers to the election held in 189?1. ! That is t'h? prim.uy dvKe. ami 1898 is ! simply an incidental date referring to ' !S9>! ar.d simply limits the time for the | bcttks to remain open that year. Had I it not 1hh?h deemcvl adnMsable to close i the looks in the year 1898 thirty days | : before'the election that dale could Slave : I been le.'t oat of this s-eotion altogether. J Having served the purpose to keep the books open :!0 days in that year, tihe i tin:<? IS'*x has no iupuut puxi'.w .? this sedtica. I: follows, therefore, that after the election in 1S9S i being tihe j succeeding general election) the books j should no opened on the first Monday of each month only. Very tnilv vours, TT. X. Gl'XTER. .III,. AssiiCint Attorney General ? Largest In Its History. ( The boairtl of .regents of the State j | hospital for the insane. hold 'their rcg- i ular monthly meeting Thursday and a j oocitfidamble amount of routine -busi- I j ress was Oraneaoted. The regent? j J u.Tnvl trj.it riie population of the in<stl- j tut ion is steadily Increasing, despite ' di.-\' harges, and that more room must i j be quickly provided. The preteix pcp? j i udatiim Ls I.ObS, the greatest in the his- | tory of the institution. Thirty-six j now patients have been admitted since January. In regard to the best mod# i of expending the amount allowed by j the legislature for repairs and improve- ! raeaas to the property. REQUEST FOR CLAIMS. !' ____ Letter of Federal Government to the Gtv.'rnor. those who si ill have outstanding claims again.-t the Federal government on account uf the Spanish war regi- . mcnts gotten up by thus stale, claims , no: heretofore presented in any way to I the Federal authorities, will find the | letter received by the governor from | , Washington exceedingly interesting: j Sir: Referring to the claim of the j State of South Carolina for reimburse- i meats of expens.es incurred in raising ! troops for war with Spain. 1 have the honor to inform you that it has recently become the custom of this office ! ' j ] to submit detailed statements of the ' claims of the various States to the j committee on war claims of the House j' of Representatives for such action as | this committee may deem proper in ; ' vie \v of making direct appropriation for such expenses as can not be reini- : . bursed under the existing acts of Con- j gress, anil yet may be shown to he i { necessary and reasonable charges, i * However, as it is desired to make a i complete and full report to this com- j ^ niittee it is necessary for this office to . know whether or not. ihe Suite intends i to file any further claims for its ex- ; ! pen sea in raising troops for war with 1 Spain. If it intends to do so. it is re- ; 1 f ill 1V ninli.iclftrl thit cn/.ti ..IoIhi.- 1 I be filed as early as possible cmfwfwy j 1 be liled at as early a date as possible, : that the action contemplated may be , | laker.. i Kindly inform this office as soon as ; possible as to the action to be taken j ' l?v the State in this matter. ' Respectfully, i F. H. MORRIS, Auditor. j < , 1 Temperance Workers. At llio request of an official of the , Christian Temperance Workers of , South Carolina, the following informa- | tion is published about the work of that noble organization: 1 The name of the Christian Temper- 1 ance Workers has doubtless become . lamiliur to the friends of temperance i ] throughout the State, but it may not ' be amiss to call attention to some facts concerning them and their work. And we would say just here that it is strict- : 1 y what its name indicates a Christian ' ' temperance society. It is a woman's ; 1 organization, but we do not exclude 1 our brethren, but are glad to welcome \ \ them into our ranks as honorary nicru- ; ( hers and listen to any suggestions for i the better carrying on of our work. : We have no woman's suffrage clause 1 in our constitution, hut on the contra- \ 1 ry. do most emphatically exclude it i therefrom. During the past year the Christian j Temperance Workers have been busy ; v-.vrkers and have been rewarded by ; seeiug at least some little result of their labors. Our president, .Mrs. E. S. Herbert, is untiring in her zeal and ) : devotion, ever on the alert for an op- ^ portunity to drop a seed, watering it ! , with prayer and committing it to Him ! who is aide to make it bring forth fruit for His glory and the good of \ ' Train. \'iir lioinsr nh vsirnll v rr>hti.4i i she lias not been able to travel much ; during ;he severe winter weather, but ' , she expect* to b? our again soon and | will visit many points in the State (of which notice will be given liter) for the purpose of organizing societies. ! , We hope our friends will give her a j warm welcome and -hearty support. ) We are glad to note -that the South ! Carolina annual conference of the M. | E. Church, South, at it* late sessions i gave us recognition and hearty endorsement atf 1 we already feel stronger to do and dare in this great cause. Will not our sisters rally to the work and Join us in our efforts to save the boys and youth of our land from this terrible evil? i ' Palmetto Notes. Governor McSweeney has refused to ( grant a pardon to Tatton Evans, convicted in Abbeville county in 1S94 of murder and recommended to mercy. , getting a life sentence. The prisoner was 16 years old at the time and shot an antagonist, killing his cousin. Solicitor Ansel declined to endorse the petition, hence the governor's action, j A charter has been granted the j Piedmont Printing and Engraving company of Spartanburg, with $5,000 eupi- , tal. The officers are It. H. Sweeney, president and treasurer, and Joseph L. Stoppelbein. vice president and secretary. A charter has been granted to the Commercial and Savings bank of Florence, capitalized at $25,000. The officers are \V. H. Howe, president, and John Kuker, \ice president One Negro W oman Kills Another, A Spartanburg special says: "Monday night, about 10.30 o'clock. Constable Zimmerman, of Duncans, brought to the city and lodged in the county Jail Mlssie Burton, a young mulatto woman, who shot and killed another negro woman named Lucinda Smith in the public highway, near the railroad station at Duncans. The wound was , inflicted with a pistol, and only one shot was fired. The testimony at the coroner's inquest was to the effect that Misaie Burton shot Lucinda Smith in the back, the ball ranging up from near the spinal chord. The wounded woman dieu almost instantly. It appears that the Burton woman's husband and the deceased woman were entirely too Intimate to suit this jealous wife. WANT MORE TROOPS Philippine Situation Assumes a New Aspect of Danger. OTIS CALLS FOR RE-ENFORCEMENTS. lhe insurgent Torccs Continue to Harrass Our Troops and Cannot He Jislodged. Manila, by Cable. Generals Young uul Hcod are asking for re-enforcenents and a battalion of the Fortyeighth Regiment has been sent to \parri. Other troops will follow. The -ebels recently persistently attacked \parri for several hours, but were finally driven away. Details of the af'air are lacking. The rebels are holdng reunions in the province of North [locos and the red Katipunan cross, iynibolic of resistance, is again appear ng among the natives. It is said Insurgent Generals Tonio and Flores liave been driven by Generals Young nto General Hood's territory south of Aparri. The fact that General Young is unable, owing to lack of troops, to maintain garrisons in all the towns occupied has had a bed effect on the latives. General Bales has returned here after leaving garrisons in the provinces jf North and South Camarines. The expedition line seven men killed and ten wounded. On entering New Caceres. province of South Camarine.-. General Hates learned that 2,000 insur ;pijLs had departed the same day. The Americans sent cut thsee pursuing columns, encountering the enemy iu :hree small engagements and killing a total of forty men. The Spanish prisoiu rs report that the enetuy has divided into small bands n mi* uiounuiiiis uu.ckt me icaoersnip :>f Central Legnspi. The town of [r.iga has been burned by the enemy. I loth province? were thoroughly scouted. The inhabitants of the district A I.ibmanan, inculding Abella, the provincial governor and other officials, are returning to their homes. Abella lias issued a proclamation calling upon the natives to submot to the Americans. The liberated priests from New Cacores report that the insurgents killed SS Chinamen and 40 f.pan lards at the town of Calabanga. It Is estimated that there are 100,000 bales of hemp in the Camarlnes provinces. Twelve hundred well armed insurgents. formerly of Cavite province, with a Ohinese general in command, surrounded the town of Albnv and Le gaspi. They have effected three night attacks and continually harrass the Forty-seventh Regiment, which lias lost eight men killed and twenty wounded in defending these towns. The War Department has received the following: ".Manila. March 8.?Onr? office \ 60 enlisted men, two civil officials, captured Spanish prisoners, were received today from Tayabas. OTIS." The Visible Supply. New Orleans. Special.- S< i?'ary Hester's statement of the forld'.- vi-ible supply of cotton shows a decrease for the week just closed of 66,:i7l against a decrease of 31,618 last year. Tho tntol vlulKU. le 1 S71 ftJIi against 3.941,059 last week and 5,3t>6.503 last year. Of this the total American cotton is 3,143.039. against 3.197.059 last week, and 4.331 503 last year; of all other kinds including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.. 731.000 against 744.000 last week and 1.135,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply there is now afloat and held In Oreat Britain and continental Europe. 1.993.000 bales against 3,335,000 last year: in India, 325,000 against 521,000 last year, and in the United States 1.363.000 against 1,246,000 last year. Phophate Plants Shut Down. Ocala, Fla., Special. The announcement was made here Friday that C. H. Hazard, who has been running five phosphate plants near Juliett. had shut down his work*. Just what was the cause of his action has not been made public, but that;? in a position to know say the fault lies with Mr. Hazard's European broker, who failed in his obligations to him. Debs For President Indianapolis. Special. "For President. Eugene Viator Debs, of Indiana; for Vice President, Job Harrison, of California," Thiis is the national .ticket of the Social Democratic party which win aororo the Hiiquit-mrrison faction of the Socialise Labor party by agreement. The Social Democrats were happy Friday. They say the candidacy of Dobs will attract hundred? of thousands of votes to their party. /Thev profess to see the beginning of a great national victory. The convention, in agreeing to unite with the Social Labor faction, remains the party name Social Democratic party. The candidates and the amaigaimatian are to be approved by a majority or each party. vJJ TttROllGHUliT THE UiumkI. ' The tjoutfi. The anuual mooting of the Southern j grain association was held Saturday in j the St. Louis merchants' exchange. , The reports of <he olBcers showed the i association is in excellent condition, I and that much good lvad been accom| pitched during the last year. The Crinkley's. of North Carolina, interested in cotton spinning, have purchased buildings and grounds in \ Harriman, Tenn., where they will es- Jf tablish a cotton mill to cost $100,000. ~T j I The mill will have a capacity to start I with of 8,000 spindles. Hospital Steward Prank A. Jerni! gan, Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry, i now in the Philippines, has been apj pointed second lien tenant in that reg lojeiu. The Republican convention of Goer' gla will uicet 'on Wednesday, and it ia i expected to indorse the MeKinley Ad: ministration. ! Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert has consented to preside over the meeting of the Southent men to be ! held in Montgomery May 9, 10 and 11, i to consider the race problem. ! The journeymen plumbers of Newl port News, Va.t went out on a strike , Wednesday, the master plumbers hav' ing refuser! to grant a demand for a I nine-hour day and an increase from about $2.50 to $2 per day. About tif;y men are affected. ! I The North. ' I The Gothics sheep company at I>arumie sold a syndicate of Wyoming j sheep growers the famous Jack Edi wards band of sheep, 30.000 head, for $180,01)0. This is the band of sheep driven out of northwestern Colorado last fall by masked cattlemen. J. Pier pent Morgan, who Is said to have the finest collection of manor; scripts In the world owned by a private . individual, isnboutto build a home for j these treasures. The building is to be erected near his residence oa Madison avenue, New York, the ground aiono i cot?ring $300,000. I H. D. Hinckley, of Massachusetts, has been appointer third lieatenaut in she revenue cutter service, and Wil! liam H. Pritc'nett, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Secretary of War Root and party emi barked at Tampa, Fla., Thursday for Havana. i To escape an operation for an aj>scess on her jaw. Mrs. George Lauter * T T ! back hanged herself at tscapjeum, j. i Escaping gas killed Henry Ohiroggea * j at No. 323 East Twenty-first street, New York, and rendered his brother i unconscious. ! William H. Ferry, owner of the Lake , Forest polo grounds, at Chicago, 111., J was Struck by a train and killed at that j city on Sunday. The boatman who lost his life in the wk Niagara, at Buffalo. N. Y., on Saturday | night, is believed to have been Asbtoa Smith, of Fort Erie, Ont. Because he voted against tho Puerto ! Rican tariff bill, a movement has been started in Indiana to nominate ConI gressman Crampacker for Governor, iflSBI Foreran. The Iter. Charles M. Sheldon, tho author of "In His Steps," who wall try | to run an Ideal Christian paper at To. peka. Kan., next week, was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, Brown UniI versity, and the Andover Theological Seminary. His social studies were i chiefly pursued in 1-ondon. ; The Costa Rican and Nicarauguan ' Ministers deny any opposition of their . governments to the Hay-Paun-cefote J treaty. Leharon (levers, the new ManLster of the Netherlands to Washington, is a grandson of Senator Wright, of New, Jersey. " ?>i" o' commerce ouuuwm. .?? I of the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto . Rico will hereafter be made, in painphj let form, by the War Department. j The French Dine etearner La Cham! pagne is detained at Quarantine, New York, pending the disinfection of a ! eiek sterage passengers' quarters. At Hanover, Mrs. Braunschweig, In a fit of madness, killed her husband, . her two children and herself. The Ixmdon Daily Chronicle urges i that Ix>rd Pauncefote be ordered to remain in Washington, D. C., for another i year. Emperor William congratulated the Pope upon his 90th birthday, and wa3 j in turn assured of the prayers of the Church | Aliscelianeous. i An appeal by Admiral Dewey and his men from the .award of the court of ' claims in the matter of the bounty due ' " A i:"** ~? flaat ; for 1116 U6SirUCllUIl Ul UiC u^auiou ucov at Manila has been filed In the United States supreme court. Queen Victoria has given orders that \ no horses of the royal stables have iti/ ! lail docked. This has affected English styles and shipments of carriage horses made from this country to Eugland recently have been ordered: without docked tails. Secretary Wilson will attend the Southern Industrial Convention, to be held at Chattanooga, Teen.. May 8 to U. ' \ J