The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 26, 1900, Image 3
THE CUBAN CENSUS.
Some Interesting Facts Brought Out
By It.
NATIVE AND FOREIGN POPULATION.
Mow the Races Stand in Point of Numbers.?American
Population ?Span
., ish and Colored.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Gen.
Sanger has made public the compendious
results cf the Cuban census
taken under his direction. The figures
are very instructive, and, tin the opinion
of the war department officials,
fully justify the decision cf the administration
to allow municipal suffrage
in Cuba at an early stage. The
officials are gratified to find that the
native Cubans constitute so large a
portion of the population; that the
whites so greatlv outnumber the
blacks and that so large a proportion
can read and write. In their opinion
there seems to be no reason for the
objection that the proposed basis of
suffrage would result in turning the
island over to the control of Spain.
The total population of Cuba is 1,572,797.
including 815,205 males and
757,592 females. There are 447,372
white males and 462,926 white females
of native birth. The foreign whites
number 115,760 males and 26,459 females.
There are 11.S9S males .negroes
and 122,740 female negroes. The mixed
races number 125,500 males and
145.305 females.
The population of Habana city is
235.9S1 and of the province of Habana
424.S04.
The population of the province of
Matanzas is 202.444; of Pinar del Rio
173,064; of Puerto Principe 88,234; of
Santa Clara 356,536; and of Santiago
QO-7 71 -
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1S7.S26 white adult males who were
born in Cuba as against 96.083 born in
Spain; 6,794 born in other countries
and 127.300 colored.
Males arc in excess in the total population,
except in Santiago, though the
female whites outnumber the male
whites, except in Pinar del hio.
Among the negroes and mixed races
the females are in excess; while
among the fo-cign whites the males
are largely in excess.
The negroes are in the minority in
Cuba, constituting cnlv 32 per cent, of
the population, being the most numerous
in Santiago, where they constitute
43 per cent. The native whites
constitute mere than one-half the
population, or 58 per cent. The promotion
of children under 5 years is
unusually small. but the proportion
?mder 21 is ccminal; about one-half of
the population. Only 15.7 per cent, of
adults were married. Nearly ninetenths
o? the inhabitants were born in
Cuba. Nine-tenths of the children kss
than 10 years of age do not attend
school; 43 per cent, above 10 years are
literate
Feilure of Agricultural Works.
Atlanta. Ga.. Special.?The Southern
Agricultural Works, a large farm implement
manufacturing company of
this city, has been placed in the hands
of a receiver. Geo. W. Parrott was
named by Judge Newnan, of the United
States District Court, as the receiver.
He is instructed to investigate the
financial condition of the company and
report to the court if the trustees
should be appointed. The complainants
in the bill are the Atlanta Terra
Cotta Company, which is a cf-ditor on
open account for the sum of $10; V. H.
Kreigshaber, for money loaned in the
sum cf $4,451.03. besides interest and
$81.8S open account for merchandise
furnished; S. Pierce to the sum of $2,290
for ?> wev .
. Of the total population of the island
1.US,709 persons are set down as
single. 240,301 as married; while 131.7S7
live together by mutual consent.
There are S5.112 widowed persons.
Of the total population according lo
citizenship. 20.47S are Spanish; 1.2J0.367
are Cuban; 170,811 are in suspense;
79,526 are of other citizenship, and C16
are unknown. The Spanish by birth
number 129,240. Of the child-.en of 10
years of age and over, 49,414 have attended
school. Of the total population
443.426 can read and write and 19.15S
have a superior education.
I IJl* ULU1V? UU mci av.?> auu
education is specially important as
forming the basis of suffrage about 10
be conferred. Because so many citizenships
are still in suspense, and for
/ other reasons, the returns are not quite
complete, and for other reasons, the returns
are not quite complete, but the
conclusion is drawn that there will be
at least 14,000 qualified native Cuban
voters under the proposed basis of suffrage,
and again3t luis there will be
63.7G7 Spaniards whose citizenship
was in suspense when the census was
taken, less the number who have since
declared to preserve their Spanish
citizenship, anil plus illiterate Spaniards.
not declare ! who are the owners
of property. It is not believed that
there wili be any great number of the
latter class, as the total number of
illiterate Spanish males over 21 is
only 17,425. The comparison shows a
much greater preponderance of Cuban
tVion tvo o ovnootn/l Thorn nro
WORK OF CONGRESS.
VVbr.t Oar Lawmakers are Doing from
Day to Day.
SENATE.
Ninety-eighth Day.?At the beginning
of the day's session of the Senate,
a bill was passed granting to soldiers*
cf the Mexican war pensions of $12 a!
month in certain cases.
After the transaction of the routine
business Mr. Hoar addressed the Senate
on the Philippines question. Intense
interest was manifested in the
address by Senators. Mr. Hoar's position
upon the subject was well understood.
and his speech was a masterly
presentation of the anti-expansion side
of the question.
Ninetv-nineth Day.?The day in the
Senate was spent in discussion, which
took a wide range and was engaged in
with spirit on both sides. The .-ession
was short and little executive business
was transacted.
One hundredth Day.?The Senate
had under its consideration during the
day's se.-sion the conference report on
the Hawaiian civil government measure.
Mr. Hill made an extended explanation
of the changes in the bill. The/
report was the subject of sharp critieism.
Final action upon it was post-,
pened. The Alaska civil code bill was:
considered for a brief time. Mr. Bate,
of Tennessee delivering a speech in opposition
to the pending Hansbrough
amendment, relating to the rights of
alien miners. Mr. Foraker, of Ohio,
pronounced a eulogy on the late Lorenzo
Danford. a representative from
Ohio, and the Senate adopted resolutions
expressive of its sorrow. Mr. Ba!
con, of Georgia, offered two resolutions
one inquiring of the Secretary of War
J whether any army officers had receiv;
ed or were receiving salaries for the
i performance of civil duties in addition
| to their regular pay, and the ether inj
quiring about the expenditures made
! for rent of officers' quarters, equippage
and all similars.
One Hundred and First Day.?After
a discussion lasting more than two
hours, the Senate agreed to the two
resolutions offered j'esterdav by Mr.
| Bacon, of Georgia, calling upon the
Secretary of War for information ?s
to the allowances made to army officers
stationed in Cuba and Porto
Rico, and the sums expended in pioj
viding quarters, equipages and other
conveniences for them. The debate
took a wide range, many Senators
participating. Consideration of the
, Quay case was resumed and Mr. Perkins,
of California, presented an argument
favorable to Mr. Quay's claim
to a seat in the Senate under the governor's
appointment Mr. Jones, of
Arkansas, offered the adoption of a
resolution directing the Attorney Gen
,eral to send a statement of tho action
[taken by !h>m in tho case of Jeerg
jCruz, a resident of Porto Itico, alleged
to have been brought into this country
under a contract to labor in the
(United States and what stops, if any,
ihave been taken or are in contemplation,
looking to proceedings against
(either the said Jocrg Cruz, or the party
bringing him into tho United
States.
HOUSE
Ninety-seventh Day.?The IIousc entered
upon the consideration of the i
naval appropriation -..1. with the pros i
[peet of a severe struggle ahead ovot j
. the question of armor plate, building i
ships in government yards and the :
iprovision in the bill for the coast and
geodetic survey. The bill carries $13,*
; 000.000 more than any previous naval
bill. No arrangement could be reached
to limit general debate.
Mr. Foss, the acting chairman of tilt
|-ommittee, made a genera! defense ol
rhe bill, which also was defended by
tlr. Cummings, the ranking minority
j member of the committee. The lattei
i declared that the committee had information
that we couid obtain Krupp
' armor at a price lower than any other
country in the world.
Ninety-eighth Day.?The seoonc
day's debate upon the naval appropriation
bill in the House, was confined
closely to the subject matter of the
bill, and was as a rule devoid of interesting
features. The questions of
armor piate and the building of warships
in government yards, as cn yesterday,
attracted most attention. The
speakers to-day were Messrs. Daytcn.
of West Virginia; Loudensiager, of
I\ew jersey; Auams, ui i-cuusyituuju.
j Vandiver, of Missouri; Elliott^ of
South Carolina; Rixey. of Virginia;
| Fitzgerald, of New York; and Wheeler,
I cf Kentucky. Generai debate was
closed to-day, and to-morrow the bill
will be read for amendment under the
I five-minute rule.
Ninety-nincth Day.?This was a dull
! day in the House. The amendments to
| the Porto ltiean bill and a few minor
; matters were up for discussion,
j After a short session the House ad:
journed.
One hundredth Dav.?As a result oi
' ? mntr-?r:ed strucele In the Iiouse. tha
' provi-ion of the naval apropriation
bill to enable the Sec:et try cf the Navy
to contract for armor for the battleships
Maine, Ohio ami Missouri, now
awaiting their armor equ'pnicnt, at
$5!" per ton, the price a^ked for Krupp
armor, is out cf the bill, as is the provision
to repeal the $d00 limitation
placed upon the price of armor by the
current law. The fight cam? at tac
end of the consideration of the bill.
Although the provision was obnoxious
to the rule, all the minority members
of the committee had agreed to it, but
today, when the majority declined to
allow the discussion cf a proposition
for the establishment of an armoo
pUte factory, they retaliated by raising
a point of order against the two
provh-'Vvs above referred to and they
wore ruled out. The'exact effect of
the action cf the House is disputed.
One Hundred and Kirst Day.?Representative
Kitchin introduced a bill
constituting Durham, N*. C.. a port of
delivery and entry in the customs service
for the district of Pamlico. Senator
Prltchard to-day introduced a
similar bill in the Senate.
Representative Kiuttz introduced
the following important public- bills.
To repeal the stamp tax provisions of
the war revenue law of 1S.JS: to repctl
ino liiii< ti states uanKiuptcy law. the
latter to go into effect January lot.
I'JOl.
Two Battles in Progress.
London. by Cable.?Dispatches arrived
from the ?e:.i of war. though meagre
and unsatisfactory, clearly indicate renewed
activity at ell points where the
British and Boer forces are in striking
distance of each otht r. Intere-1 for the
moment centers at Dewetsdorp and |
Wepener, where flg'hting evidently is I
in progress. A dispatch received from |
Aliwal North, dated April 21st, says
that there was heavy firing on the previous
day between Dewetsdorp and
Wepener on Saturday, but that no particulars
have been received.
The Fiood Slowly Keceuing.
Mobile, Ala., Special.?The flood
water is receding along the.line of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Portions of !
the track are still from two to throe j
feet under water, however. Travel
will probably be resumed early this
week. The iron bridge at Bucktunna,
which was thought to be damaged,
has been found all right. On the Mobile.
Jackson and Kansas City road
"the situation is unchanged except that
at Merrill, the terminus, the water has j
Tisen a foot further and promises to
.Vise still more. All the inhabitants
have left the place.
Taking the Census.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Census
enumerators Degm wurK juuv i i
must finish in 30 days. Cities of 8,000 i
or more inhabitants, as shown by pre- ,
ceding census, must be completed in
two weeks. The four principal reports j
?on population, mortality, agriculture
and manufactures? must be printed by
July 1, 1902. After that, tabulation of
special inquiries will be taken up.
There is no time fixed in which these
latter reports must be completed.
Apoligzed for Insult.
Madrid, By Cable.?The United
States minister, Bellamy Storer. visited
Premier Silvela Tuesday and apologized
for the action cf the mayor of
Chicago, Carter H. Harrison, in sending
an invitation to the Duke of Arcoo, !
the Spanish minister at Washington, 1
to attend the Dewey day celebration
there. Mr. Storer said the United i
States government regretted the inci- ;
dent, which he explained, was the re- I
suit of an error committed by a municipal
clerk and promised it should not
be repeated.
\V0m2n Jumps Fr.m the Bridge.
New York, Special.?Miss Mario
Dines, of this city, jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge Friday afternoon.
Many men have made this leap into
the waters of the East river since the
bridge has been compieieu. iuusi ?i
them 'have perished, but Miss Dines is
the seeond woman who has ever attempted
to end her life in this way.
She is now in the Hudson Street Hospital.
No bones were broken, but
physicians say it is possible she 'has
sustained internal injury.
The Advance on Pretoria.
London, By Cable.?The report of
the fighting at Karee siding, six miles
north of Glen, may be the first news of
the British advance on Pretoria. But
eve* if this were only an unimportant
skirmish, there are many other indi- i
cations ttiat Lord Roberts is either
starting, or has already started, for the
northern goal. Adispatch from Cape
Town under Friday's date says the j
censorship restrictions have been ;
greatly increased owing to the movements
of the troops.
To Put I'p Sqare Eiale Presses.
Birmingham, Ala., Special?The
Alabama Compress Association has
been in session in Birmingham for two
days. A company with large capital
has been formed for the erection and
operation of the gin plants. The policy !
of the company will be to perpetuate
through all the cotton States the sys- i
tem of handling cotton in the bales 24 1
by 54 standard square bales. They 1
expect to do this by assisting and cooperating
in the erection and maintenance
of square bale ginneries.
flen. Boynton Accepts.
Washington, D. C.. Special.?General
H. V. Boynton has accepted an invitation
to attend the annual Fourth of
July celebration at the Guilford Battle
Field. Guilford Court House, N. C..
and to deliver the address of the occasion.
General Joseph Wheeler has
also been invited and is expected to attend.
The invitations were extended
through Colonel James E. Boyd. Assistant
Attorney General. Colonel Boyd
is one of the officials of the corporation
which keeps the famous battlefield
of the Revolution in condition.
The Florists' Hall Association of (he
United States carries $300,000 insurance
on hothouses.
I
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TAYLOR IN EXILE.
Republican Governor of Kentucky is
a Fugitive.
CONSULTS GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT.
Asks 11.m Not to Honor Expedition
Papers From Kentucky? Ex-President
Harrison Refuses to AppciarfQ/
Him.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Republican
Governor W. S. Taylor, of Kentucky,
who has been at Washington
for some time past preparing papers
in his appeal to the Supreme Court,
has gone to New York. He will return
to Washington about the middle
of the week. The friends of Governor
Taylor say they have no information
as to the indictment alleged to havtbeen
found against him in Kentucky.
They say, however, that if he has
been indicted, he will return to Kentucky
as soon as the Supreme Court
hears the cases and will meet all
charges without hesitation. It is understood
that Governor Taylor's visit
to New York is for the purpose of consulting
lawyers regarding the ease.
New York, Special.?The World or
Sunday says: W. S. Taylor, Governor
of Kentucky, is in New York in consequence
of the finding of an indictment
against him by the grand jury of
Frankort charging him with being aa
accessory beore tae fact to the murder
cf Wm. Goebel.
He appealed to Governor Roosevelt
Saturday afternoon, asking that any 1
demand for extradition be denied.
"'he interview between the governor j
of Kentucky and the governor ot New
York lasted for an hour and a hr.lf. The j
utmost secrecy was observed in the
coming of Governor Taylor to the '
home of Douglass Robinson, brother- ,
in-law to Governor Roosevelt, in his I
stay here and in his departure. Dur- I
ing the visit of Governor Taylor sever- j
al delegations called on Governor :
Roosevelt and many visitors were re- j
ceived. To no one was the presence !
of Governor Taylor known, for he was ,
seated in a corner chair in the dining .
rr.ntn nnd frtlris nf hoavv red our- '
taiaa intervened between this and the '
drawing room. Governor Taylor ar- j
rived in New York from Washington :
where he has been preparing his ease
for the Supreme Court. The information
that he had been indicted caused a
sudden change in his plans. The in- j
dictment was not anticipated. At first
the fact was disputed, but Friday night
friends of the governor were informed
that the report of the indictment which
had become known in a mysterious
way. was absolutely correct. A consultation
was held. Some advised that'
Ihc governor should join ex-Secretary J
of State Finley, of Kentucky, also under
indictment, in Indiana. It was:
leared that if Governor Taylor remain
?d in Washington, the requisition of
Governor Eeckhara would be honored.
The most feasible plan, and the one offering
to the Kentucky executive the
greatest hope of immunity, was his
trip to New York, and an interview
with Governor Roosevelt.
Governor Taylor called on er Presilcnt
Harrison at the Fifth Avevuc Ho-,
tel. shortly after noon. He made a;
desperate plea to the ex-President to 1
reconsider his decision not to act as
his counsel. General Harrison heard \
Governor Taylor courteously, but firm- j
ly informed him that it would be im- i
possible for him to take up his case,!
either before the Supreme Court of the;
United States or before the Kentucky
courts, when the trial of the governor
on the indictment will come up.
Generrfl Harrison said: "It was not
that I do not believe in the course of
Governor Taylor that caused my refusal
to act as counsel or him. I had so
many engagements that I could not
cake his case. I was never formally J
ipproached. Friends of Governor Tay- ;
lor asked me if I cared to take up his i
;ase, as I say, and I declined because '
jf my numerous engagements.
"I can not discuss what Governor
Taylor said to me. I will say this. I j
have not agreed to connect myself wit'j
the case."
I
Wtinen in Men's Clo;hcs.
London, By Cable.?A letter from a i
nurse in a hospital at Cape Town cor- j
roborates an unpleasant feature of the j
war. The writer says the medical of- \
fleers, for sanitary reasons, forced a (
number of Boer prisoners to bathe in
the river b< hind the hospital. Two of !
them absolutely refused to strip and !
when forced to do so, it was foun<7
they were women in men's clothes.
The Eight Hour Bill.
Washington. D. C., Special.?'The
House committee on labor took up the
Gardner eight-hour bill, as recently
completed by a sub-committee, and
after making several amendments,
put the measure in form for a final
vo-o on its adoption at the next meet- j
ing. The amendment requires that!
"every contract made for or on behalf
of the United States, or any Territory
or the District of Columbia, v.hich
contract may involve the employment
of laborers, workrrfen or mechanics,
shall contain a stipulation that no laborer
in the employ of the contractor,
shall he permitted to work over eight
hours in one ^a'^rda** "
STILL BUILDING MILLS. ""
-'i
Mow South Carolina is Keeping Up
I o Record*
The total capitalization of the new.
:otton mills proected in South Carolina
since January 1, 1900, including
Increases of capital stock, which merely
means enlargement of existing mills
amounts to the handsome total of $5,675,000?almost
six millions of dollars.
And this does not include the
several mills now building which are
doing so without incorporation papers.
If they are included the figures to
date would be, in round numbers, six
millions. The figures given are tafeen
directly from the records on file in the
office cf the secretary of State. They
show a total of 25 new mills, and five
mills enlarging. Thus It is seen Chat
the average of a little over $60,000 a
day, exclusive of Sundays, in new capital,
has been going into ne>7 cottoo
mills since the opening of the year.
The statement is given by counties
rm r? oc Tvill hn coon Cli-aan villo onn nf if
U"U) UO ?? tti WV< JV/V. U, Ul&VUI tug IAJUUIJ
leads the procession:
AIKEN COUNTY.
The Croft Manufacturing Co.,
Crofc Station, commissioned
March 10th $250, 000
The Clear Water Bleachery
and Mfg. Co., Clear Water,
Com. March 15tJi 300, 000
The Weinona Mill, Aiken
County, Com. March 27th. 100,00#
ANDERSON COUNTY.
Anderson Yarn and Kniy.ing
Mills, Anderson, chartered
Feb. 6tli 200,00#
Williamston Mills, Williamstcn,
com. Feb. 7th 100, 000
3corgia-Carolina Mfg. Co.,
Anderson, com. Feb. 10th 100,000
Cox Mfg. Co., Anderson,
chartered Feb. 10th .. .. 50, 00#
Wilmot Mills, Houea Path,
com. Fob. 26th 200, 000
CHESTER COUNTY.
The Wylie Mills, chartered
Feb. 6th, com. Jan. 23th . 100,000
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. .
The Cheraw Cotton Milla,
Cheraw, com. Jan. 31st .. 100, 000
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
The Limestone Mfg. Co.,
Gaffney, com. Jan. 8th .. 200, 000
The Blacksburg Cotton Mill
Co., Blacksburg, com. Jan.
26th 100, 000
GREENVILLE COUNTY.
Monoghan Mills, chartered
April 17th, Greenville Co.,
com. Jan. 4th 500,000
Simpsonville Cottcn Mills,
Simpsonville, chartered
Jan. 31st 250, 000
Fork Shoais Cotton Mill,
chartered Feb 6th 50, 000
The Franklin Mills, Grcers,
com. March 2Sth 45, 000
The Carolina Mills, Greenville,
com. April 11th ... 50, 000
GREENWOOD COUNTY.
The Bradley Mfg. Co., Bradley,
com March 24th .. .. 100, 000
The Verdery Cotton Mills,
Verdery, com. April 2d .. 100, 000
KERSHAW COUNTY.
De Kalb Cottcn Mills, Camden,
com. Jan. 1st 200, 000
SPARTANBURG COUNTY.
Saxon Mills, Spartanburg,
com. Jan. 11th 200, 000
Woodruff Cotton Mills, Wood
ruff. com. March 8th .. .. 230,000
Mary-Louise Mills, Island
Creek, com. April 9th ... 50, 000
UNION COUNTY.
Alpha Cotton Mills, Jonesville
chartered March
6th 100,000
Buffalo Cotton Mills, Union
Chartered April 18th .. . 600, 000
????
Total (25 mills) $5,005,000
INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK.
Anderson Cotton Mills .. .. $100,000
Courtney Mfg. Co 100, 000
Riverside Mfg. Co 150, 000
F. W. Poe Co 250,000
Beaumont .Mfg. Co <u, uuu
Total $670, 000
The Telegraphers' Strike.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?No appreciable
change has occurred in the Southern
Railway telegraphers' strike. The
reports received at the strikers' headquarters
lend encouragement to the
telegraphers. President Powell says
the situation is satisfactory. The railroad
officials appear indifferent regard,
ing the situation.
Extra Term Wanted.
At the suggestion of the governor,
who is now in Beaufort, Solicitor
Townsend has wired the Chief Justice
of the State Supreme Court to request
the governor to appoint a judge to
hold an extra term cf court in Beaufort
for the purpose cf trying the Hardeeville
rapist. Solicitor Townsend requests
the term be ordered for Tuesday,
May 1. At the suggestion of the
Supreme Court the governor has appointed
Judge Ernest Gary to sit in
piate of Chief Justice Mclver at tho
hearing cf the appeal in the case of
Dora Madden, appellant, vs, R. C.
Watts. et ah. respondents.
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