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.
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APPLIES TO REALTY ONLY.
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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
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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. !'
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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 ! '
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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 <
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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?
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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.
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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.
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The North.
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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
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! 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,
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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.
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