Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAPITOL CAPTURED fiie Eriiish Are CJo$iii? l'p On The Boers. TiEN. ROBERTS' TRIIMPIIAL MARCH "t T Occompiishments of a Month?Kim btrrlv Reiie\ed ? Notable Sue Lomlcc. By Cable.?The first, half oi *he <,arrrpcign is o\er. 1 .ori Ro!>erts nrvivx d at Madder River on Febmary 9. He entered Blcetnfouteiu 011 March I t. Thus, in a little over a month, he has < ff-ect^xi the relief of Kimberley an a l^ndysinith. 'the capture of General Oranje's forces an<l the hoisting of the Brlti=h flag in the capital of the Pre-"* Stale. All this has been a croonplished -with comparatively trifling l?>s.-es. It is small wonder tliat he is 'be hero of the hour hi Bug land. All the newspapers eulogize hira ami congratuhjbe ih-c country. They talk of the Free istate as having passed out of e:t ?.id ke being BOW one tie .shadows or history. It i? nnt doubted there .maiy yet be heavy fighting, but rhe genius of I^ord Roberts is looked ro for victory aver all difficulties. His St'im reference to the "Tate" President Steyn is understood to show that the:e shall be no ambiguity as to the posi\ ticn asBumed toward the republics. The fact that Mr. Frazer, late chairman of the Free State Raad ami leader of the opposition to Mt. Steyn, came tvitil the deputation to surrender the keys is regarded as extremely significant of considerable differences of opinion among the Free States regardklng the war. It is said that President K rug or hates Mr. Frazer on account of his sympathy with the Out lander p. Ii ne oemonstTauos* 01 ine tnoenvronte-:n inhabitants arc alio regarded as a gced augury for the future of British supremacy. It is interesting. in connection with "he rapid advance of Lord Roberts to learn that the Russian military at- ! tac-iie with. the Boeiv, wiio was captured , by the British, sent the following telepmni to the Czar: "I 3m perfectly | amazed at the energy in action and the ecifcjranve of the British infantry, ^ne.'d say no more." There is still no fc-.v- as to whether Ixird Roberts has ptur? c? any rolling stock. If he has ft: thee he will be obliged to wait un the repairing of the bridges over Re Orange river enables him to bring roil'nc: stock up. The B:Itish continue r prosing their advance on the orange river. The Boers still hold Berhulie bridge-. on t he north side of the stream, but their trenches are dominated by the British artillery. Heavy firing- is in progress and there has been some skirmishing. Lop! Kiuhonier seems to be very successful in reducing the eaient of the Dutch rising. Otis' Government. Washington. D. C.. Special.?With- i ot:# a\.aiting the arrival of the new Philippine commission, C.en. Otis is | pressing forward with the installation of civil government in t-he various districts ctf die Philippines. Last August he established municipal govern* ments :r. tow-no within the limits of the rnUec States oecupaMcn. Now he has taker, steps to provide a more systeusatic. and crrhodox sysiecn of government. He has appointed a board headed by the bright*?: and most, acute lawyer in the Philippines. Cayentaao At llano, and "including some experienced1 orcny officers to carry out. his projezl. Wadesboro The Lucky Point. Princeton. N. J., Special.?Prof. Charles Young', of tho University astronomical department, announced Wednesday that preparations are now being made by him to observe the total eclipse of the sun. which will take place on May 28. The instruments necessary for the work are in oourse ^rf /. *-v? \.cr ' n ijvf? rcr> h'o ^ocssrvrr* v ^'4 V uvwx/u* >? a\?v-wi v/, -lf v< has fx**ir selected as the pi ice where the test observations can. be m Acreage Incrased. Columbia, S. C., Special.?The farmers in several counties have by resolution lwycotted the fertilizer trust, but the sale of fertilizers this year is near* ly one half more than la-t year. The inference is that the acreage of cotton has bc?n increased proportionately. Hard freezes have injured small grain, of which there was an increased acreage. Farmers, inspired by prevailing prices, are turning back to cotton. All available land will be planted. The income from tiie 25 cents per ton tax on fertilizers for the present year to date is but $7.34S short of the income for all of last year. The total number of tens sold last year was 264.496, while this year's sales are estimated at 391, *5, nearly a fca'f more V WEATHER AND CROP>. j ; Official bulletin on Condition of (train and Fruits. Sp i.r inquiry, undor djt- of M ir.-a | ?. il'tiii wis made by till.- office, as :o i the present condition an i pro.-pe rs of j fruit. and the condition or* wha. and i oatThe replies- reee'ved nrvrent ail se tions of the State, and give the conditions tip to March 1<?. I'.tOo. Tiicv have been summarized as follows: Fruits.?The col i weather during February kept fruit buds from developing prematurely. In the more southerly portions of the State, plum trees are in full bloom, and may have been I slightly injured, while other fruit trees ! 'have not. generally begun to bloom. and | are apparently uuinjured. In other porI tion? of the State, the buds are only now beginning to swell. The prospect? for fruit are very promising at this euoqiv <>tn 'uoitoas aSptn otH tir ottp peaches may be slightly injured, bit-* no: enough to materially affect the size of the crop. The present indications point to large yields of peaches, plums, j*\ars, and probably apples, as well as : the several varieties of wild be*--ies. "Wheat.?Where the lands wore projv erly prepared and wheat properly seeded. it suffered little or 110 injury during the winter, and although small, is lyomisiti-g. Some fields anve been slightly wtnt?#r-k-:]5?d. %Ut food st?ads are common. Oats.?Tho condition of oats varies | but little ever the mitre S<pie. aad ! the reports relating thereto have praeI tlcally the same tenor, although those i ikiiii nit" ?uuiu?a9lt-iu iiv,m sent slightly better condition than those from The northern and western counties. Such, fields as were sown ear. | ly in the fall on thoroughly prepared and well fertilized lands, are in fairly good condition, although the stands were somewhat thinned by the February freezes. Fields thtfi were poorl/ prepared, that received little or no manuring, and were sown late in the ! fall, are in very poor condition. This ! is especially tTue of oats on light san. I dy soils. On many such fields the stand j ! is practically ail winter-killed, and thu lands will be devoted to other crop. | I . .... January ana jceoruary sowings are ju?v coming up. it having been too cold and wet for rapid germination up to March lAt. Unless the subsequent weather eon| clitions are extremely favorable, and i the conditions materially improved i: Is I thought tiiere cannot be over half i crop of outs. in yield per acre, estim-r.ed on the entire areeage sown in | lur Auiuuiu. I Palmetto Notes. .Mr. "Ducks" Bolt. a prominent far- | nier of Andersen county, was .-hot j Wednesday afternoon by his son-iu- I law. George Keasier. The difficulty 1 i perms to have been the outcome of a dispute a> to the position of a fence | I corner, and Mr. Keasler determined i upon this sin git'.nary method of end- ; ins the affair. His threats aroused the ! fear of .Mrs. Boit. who dispatched cue j , of lier children carrying a pistol to her | hi:, hand to use in his defense. ' John Coleman, of I^aurens. convict- j . ".I tVio nilnin Mnp for fli'e VflTS. I | early Wednesday morning assaulted i Iks Kay. one of the guards, knocking j him in the head with a rock, and then lied with the guard's gun. Mr. Ray is j reported seriously hurt, no: fatally it i is thought. The sheriff and a number ' of citizens are on the ground in purI suit of Colernan. He is a had negro end some trouble may be encountered in taking liim. ; Governor McSwcenev has granted a pardon to James Boatwright, a negro convicted of larceny in Orangeburg county. Another negro was convicted along with him for stealing an overcoat; this fellow has since confessed tnat Boaiwrisni n.iu nuiiiuift IV VW with it, and the prosecutor asked the pardon. There has recently been some inquiry as to when the new separate coach act. lconwn as the Jim Crow car law. goes into effect. For the information ot' all concerned it may be stated that, the act provide; that it go into effect 60 days after "its approval. It was approved on February 19, and therefore is in effect on April 19. The ! roads are preparing to meet the j change. Th?> cAvprnnr "has refused to srrant a I pardon in the case of .John Carter, ton- ' victod in Orangeburg county for forg- i ery and sentenced to pay a fine of $1 and serve one year 0:1 the chain gang. ' Dr. F. S. Earlt was nominated last ' Wednesday in the Democratic primary for mayor of Columbia. Brevities. Ix?rd Roberts' army had an all-day ' fight at Dreifoutein, Orange Free State, with the Boer rear guard, which re- j treat at night. Thousands of organized Filipinos are resisting the Americans In the island j of Pauay < jio PRETORIA .NEXT. Objective Point of the Next Briti>!i i Advance. | GENERAL ROBERTS TO THE GUARDS. j Three Columns to Unite and Rej lice Ills Force, While He Rushes on to the Front. linden. By Cible.?I.enl iloi)?:is' ft:ri "ry? in linnfiMt>i>? ^'vil nro'.l. :r>* a. Bloemfon'teiu, and the manifes; equanimity wish which :.iie residents of the capi-ral of the Grange FVee Stata accept the British occupation. mcmeijtorily ellipse in interest the military situation. It. i-3 Ibelieve.'l here that -the cohkr tndier-in-chief <:{ the Brili/n fcnera In Heath Africa will a:.ta p:: ?h on to Pretctia, but Great Britain is qu'ite content to listen for a few days to she acclamations of the people of Blcernfcmeln ztA permit the troops to enjoy u few days of rest before expe-iing further success. L*>ri Roberta | made a quaint speech to the Guards at i Bloerofou'teln when !u his tir?r coni gratuktory words he. express?;! pride in th*5r ?bk-nd-ftt?tnca??j cf &S radtei -1i 28 iwis, ftnd sulfa awiol-fl aafcnrraat e a! his ultimate d?4gn. 'Theo-ugh a- umaLI anlsloke." sahi Lord RtJberw. "I <bAva nof jbeen aide to into Bloeorfontein at the heolcf the brig-ado, as I intended. I proarx? you. -however, that 1 will lead you i-n;o Pretoria." General Gatacre is holding Beriulie and the whole line of the railroad south of Blaeacton'tein i3 now in Che kauris of ' the British. end General Brabant's column )u\ing eroded the Otaii^o j rive/ after an enforced march at Alij Teal No nil cn Sunday, ami General I Clement's column being aerces at Vanzyl, the three columns will form uu army of 12.000 to 13.000 men. which .;<t expected Co replace the forces of Ixird Roberts at Bloemfontein ok he pushes northward. Jiult where the Boers will Blioinpi iu upiK*tr mat uiiuvii i- >m important ques-riun. hut. it cannot bu easily answered until General Joitberi is more definitely located. Further news lias readied the outside world Prom MafekiUg, dat^d Fiidtey, March C'th, showing that though the garrison was in bird straits, they were buoyed up by the knowledge that their plucky tight was appreciated at 'home. General Roberts reports that ho found seven British officers and 4b men wounded in the hospital at Woem; fonteln, and they wate wall carol for. i He atlcj?: "I rejoiced the wounded | Boers by telling them, they wili be | allowed to proceed to their 'homes. :t:j stead of l>e!ng nr.vde prisoners, a> iooa j ja they cm leave the hospital." I "" Appeals to President. i Frankfort. Kv.. .Special.?Governor Taylor spent the entire day at the executive mansion Friday in conference with Republican leaders, chief among j whom were John W. Yerkes, of D.in; ville. and I). \Y. In'ndsey, of this city. It is understood that a memorial to President .McKinley, asking him to intervene. and take a hand in the politj ical contests, was the subject of this conference. Governor Taylor refused j to talk about the appeal to the President. out it is said that the governor ha- expressed a desire for the assistance of a small body of troops and also for support in the way of recognition of him as governor. Telegraphic Briefs* Cronje's army invprisonc:l in Cape Town dug a tunnel 25 yards long with tin drinking eu.pts and were within a, ifew feet of 10be<rty. when a non-Boer prisoner in their <crral told on them. A Turkish poet by the name of Xiedjar, who is the Oen-dantnople Kipling, has elr.ped to Furls with Miss Xnde?*ha, favorite daughter <xf the Sulaan's favorite wife. Th? runaways were helped by Osnian Patdtx, the hero of J'levr.a. They're after them. Cluster A. Mefate, a Western Union i operator, arrested at Kingston, X. V., oct tiLxrge of operating a green goods I game, has gone to jail in default of $2,300 bail. Committed Suicide. Kansas City, Special.?J. Shorman Peffer, son of W. A. Peffer, former United States Senator from Kansas, was found dead in bed in a room in a house 011 Eas*t Eighth street Wednesday afternoon. On the bureau was found a box that had contained morphine and a note reading: "Father, ! don't like to do what I am doing, butI am tired." In the dead man's pockets were found several Typographical Union working cards. He was about 30 yeaia of age and was a linotype operator. He was not known to be despondent ?wmmwwii-UWI ii mmtu BWWtMBBWH j PHENOMINAL MILL BUILDING. I i The State's Record Now Over $71,000 j Per Day l:or This Year. The record of South Carolina in the aiauci of t:i0 on.jci *i n of now capita! i:> cot cor. milis since .Ian. 1 can no longer no c!o-sed merely as wonderful; it is phenomena!, and indeed it is to 00 1 ctoubtPd if there lias ever l>rrn such a [ spurt in any industry during the same length of time in the world. Surely the cotton mills are coming to the contra fields. They are being moved from their old nests, but the people at home are building them and putting their money into their. The rate at which cotton mills are being established in South Carolina just now mean* that the State is in the midst of industrial revolution the like of which has not been known in the history of the State. The cold figures, officially recorded, in the office of the secretary of State, tell the tale more forcibly than It can be presented in an vother way. They show that South Carolina at her present break-neck pace will not bo long in standing at the forefionr. cf the manufacturing districts of the country. Taking into consideration Thursday's new mills, and the fact there hav been tan Sundays since January 1st, the daily average of capital put into cotton mills since the opening of the ifsae hi vary warty 154.000 t On Wednesday the pfcpers filed in the offluo of che secretary of State showed $.'100,000 put in new mills) Thursday : the jump was a greater one, being i $450,000, making very nearly a million ! dollars of new cotton mill capital In two days. This drives up the total capitalization of new mills since January 1, in- j eluding the Easiey mill, chartered a ; few days ago, to the astonishing total j of $4,523,000, over four and one-half i million dollars. Thursdays omoiai re- 1 cord -was as follows: A commission was issued to the Iceman mills of AlcColl. Marlboro county, the capital of whicu is to be $200,000. The corporators are P. P. Tatum, T. B. Gibson. A. W. Morrison, OhaTles Ice- i man, and A. K. Odom. Then a charter was granted to the j Alpha cotton mills of Jonesville, Union ! county, capitalised at $100,000. The \ efflcers axe W. L. Llttlejohn, presl- I uent, and J. J. Gittlejohu. secretary and treasurer. The Anderson yarn and knitting m!ll? tilpH w.irh :r.he secretary of State 1 notice of the increase of it> capital from $30,000 to $200,000, and the cliacg- j ing of the name of the concern to the j Riverside Manufacturing company. I This means $130,000 of new capital. If the company continues in the knitting 1 business it will perhaps have the Jarg- | est knitting mill in the South. The State Fair. Secretary Hclloway. of the Slate | Fair society, is very aoperui or a very ) successful fair ohis yex.\ commencing on Oetcf'-er 29Lh amd ending Noveniuer ' 2d. 'letters from various officials 5a different sec tions of the Stile indicate ! the pulling off of carts and rolling trp i of sieevcs. Th?y ?iy thev expect to ; work Ci> they have never worked he- j fore. In tih" matter of art. Charles-ton i artists will make a superb display. The j Art league of Columbia Ls diligent in assisting in making the art show surpass anything ever shown in the ait gallery of the society. The Wintlucp ! school and others will be extensive ex- i < Mbitors. line society will ray railroad i freight on all exhibits "released," which w ill :l>c a groat ir.duce:n?n': l'or *n unusually 'large exhibit o." stock, field crops, 'machinery, etc. Ir i? expected that a large number of conn-ties will be romppvittrs Car -sire large premiums offered for county displays. "Upon the whole, the outlook is very enaounaging." writes Col. Hollcway. ' 0?lil Democrats. 3t IxhiLs, Special.?Ex-Governor Wim. J. ?Sone De.aiocT.rtic national commlt'tieenr^a from Missouri, says tihat bo beMf.es there L. trath in tha statement tfoJt -there Ls a movement among Ea-tern Democrats to elect Tom J. Johnson, of Ohio, chairman of the national committee, and eliminate eiiver from the platform. The Constabuary, Gov. M .-Sweeney is now ha vine: Clerk Harris to rearrange the districts for the liquor cons tables. The force at present, oonsists of 34 men of experience In the business. The assignments -* * u ~ ^ h-o -o o ? jtoc t r*i-fnhs ior*i ntfrn' ui lilt; mmi u^V? v ~~ .. being made, and It is likelytha t they will be announced in. a few days. Most of the members of the fcree "have filed j their bonds ns required by the new act j of the general assembly. In the next ; few days all of 'tie bonds are expected to be on file, and then the work of reorganization will be completed. I . :" ' : ' ? v>'? * v }.v '' . "i ^ v?*ue*eeE*w^TM**B?i*eeeeeee*mcHe^?w*ei ALL PET AGAIN. I Warring Factions in Kentucky'Reach a Compromise. TGYLOR WILL LULL BE GOVERNOR A Truce Patched Up Pending the Decision of the Court of AppealsCivil Wsr Averted. Frankfort, Ky? Special.?The ljegis Laiuro of Kentucky adjourned sine tue Tuesday, A conference 'between Adjutant Generals Collier and Gastleman resulted 'in a perfect understanding being reacted. Governor Taylor will continue to act as governor. Governor Beckthar/t will make no more toward 6onuring possession o? the State buildings until after tie Court of Appeals has decided the disputed governorship. Among the more conservative element in each party the opinion prevails that the worst is over, and that when the Court of Appeals renders (its decision, the danger -of civil war In the Commonwealth. which has been terribly imminent, will have passed away entirely. To the Democratic, leaders, with a full uaderstaj?lLn# Of" the situation, only one dotal appears on the political horizon, and that Hi Governor Taylor's futpr% ?oa?e. Governor Taylor himself will not outline toia plan of action, bey end the statement which he made to the Associated Press that be "wouild continue to act a3 Governor." Republicans in Governor Taylor's confidence, however, saythat he will remain in Frankfort in the discharge of his duties until the court of last report passes upon the questioa at issue. Then, if the decision ho be against him, he vrill step out at once, and turn over the State buildings to Governor Beckham. The Republicans will make every effort to carry the dispute into Che Federal courts in case t'he decision of the Ken. tucky Court of Appeals is against them, 'bait failing in a his. they will consider the question settled, still believing a great wrong has l>een done them. The Demon-attic leaders assert that they will cheerfully abide by the decision, of the Court, of Appeals. But, should the decision bo in their favor, they will in s!<l upon the occupancy of the Slate buildings. ".peaceably, If poaible, buf forcibly if necessary," as dt was expressed. The conference between Adjutant Generals CasttemsHi and Collier lasted a greater part of the afternoon and a tacit agreement was made to allow matters to remain in statu quo at present. By this, the Rpnbli-cans understand that no further arrests will be attempted and no prosecutions marie of the -State officers or of the State militia serving under Covernor'Taylor. T ? ev* rho ft1l<arP WDH ill v#; itkwb vuvtb -vMvaw .. . the ueual disorder attendant on thr closing day of fhe .-ess:on, especially in the House, considerable important legislation was accomplished before - he Legislature adooirrned, including tJlio .parage of the Trlplett resolution appropriating $100,000 to enable Governor Beckham to "re-organize the militia, extend the organization and recover the imim'itiona of -ivar of the State." The debate on the bill m the House naturally took a strong partisan tinge, but it finally wu; through amid wild cheering, 'by a vote of 511 to 13; most of the Kepuibilicans refusing to vote. It was explained'by the Democratic leaders ou the floor that the fund will not be used until after -the decision of the Court of Appeals. The uill is regardefl as a "war fund" by til# jjeaiocraas. Telegraphic Briefs Archbishop John J. Keane, formerly rector of the Catholic University at Washington, is spoken of as a successor to Archbishop Hennessy, of Dubuque, Iowa. . The Democratic executive committee Df the naticual committee is assembling at Kansas City to prepare for the com- \ Ing convention. J. C. W. Beckliam, as Democratic claimant to the governorship of Kentucky, .has begun the formation of a State militia which will be subject ta his orders. i Fears About Fruit Crop. Amerieus, Cki., Special.?Much ap? prehension: '.s felt here for the safely of the fruit crop and truck. Orchards are 'in full bloom and Friday morning the temperature foil to the (freezing point and thin ice formed in exposed localities. Griffin. Ga., Special?Fruit mea "hete say little damage lias 'been done to Ejbert'a peachsa and other 'hardy varieties, 'but they eeriousiy fear the cold weather. The thermometer Thursday oigCut was 30. A temperature of 25 wTU destroy the peaches. .. h ;sa r /