The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 03, 1900, Image 7
tflfc call issued.
Prohibition Conference Will Meet |
in Columbia May 2jrd.
A few days ego it war, announced j
that the prohibitionists had determln
ed to hold a State conference. Las:
week the en 11 was issued. It reads as :
follows:
A State phohibition conference will j
be held ita the city of Columbia, S. C.. j
on Wednesday. c'3d day of May. 1900. j
fcr the purpose of considering the j
propriety of sugg:-:ing candidates for |
governor and lieutenant governor ic j
represent the prohibitionists of South
Carolina in the. Democratic primary, j
and alio to announce the principles |
and purposes of the prc'hibitionists in |
seeking to obtain control through the j
Democratic organization of the execu- j
tive and legislative departments of the
State government, for the enactment
and enforcement of measures which |
are in best accord with the highest interests
of the people, and which will
take the State out of the liquor business.
Far the purpose of obtaining a full j
and free expression of the prohibition- j
ists in regard to these matters, a call
is hereby issued for them to assemble
in their respective counties at the
court house on Saturday, 12th day of
May. 19(H). to elect three representatives.
with alternates, to attend the
State conference cn the 23d of May,
with or without instructions and to
choose a county chairman for the ensu- ,
ing year.
Joel E. Brtrason, Ch'm.
Waddy C. Thomson,
J. S. Moffatt,
James A. Hoyt,
Jeremiah Smith,
C. D. Stanley,
E. D. Smith,
Committer.
As chairmen of the prohibition State
executive committee, I approve of the
foregoing. A. C. Jones.
The following address was also issued:
To the Democrats of the State:
The reorganization of the Democratic
clubs will mark the beginning of the
active work of the candidates for office
and the politicians will at an early day
declare themselves on the issues of the
coming campaign.
Ther^ is very little doubt but what
the liquor question and the dispensarv
. will 'he the chief State issues. It will
| be the old fight of 1S9S over again, |
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with this dillerence tumess i na\e j
I been mistaken to the impressions that j
have been made upon me in visiting
the different sections of the State) ;
that the lines will be closely drawn,
and the candidates will have to take
their choice cf the home or the dispensary;
this is the fight, and the interests
of the two are as different as the
day is different to the night The
Christian home is the hope and stay of
the State; it is hallowed by every sacred
tie and is the brightest and happiest
spot on earth. The dispensary is
the greatest enemy of the home and
the most dangerous place in every com- j
munity. and is working daily and
hourly to rob the home of all of its
attractions. It matches from its influence
the mcst promising cf its sons
and takes to a drunkard's home (in
name only) the fairest and loveliest of
this tnr? with the
authority and sanction of the State,
because the politicians wfoo new control
the Democratic party say it must
pro on. Where do you stand in 1900' ,
For the home or for the dispensary?
Are you a defender of the home or are j
you its enemy? I believe you will <hav<*
the manhood to shake off the shackles 1
of the dispensary ring and the whiskey ;
trusts and stand up for the good name*
of your (home and State. The candidate
is to be pitied who is a member
of the church and pretends to claim
that he regards "the dispensary lau
the best solution of the whiskey question,"
because he thinks he can securo
office through the dispensary machine,
thus selling himself, his home and j
playing the hytxccrite in crder to do it.1
The Prohibitionists may or may not
have candidates for all the offices to
be voted for, but if the Christian men
and women will do their duty from
this day forward we will win a great
victory this year. Draw the line,
closely and let every candidate understand
that he mast take one side c!
the other, and that no prohibition
Democrat will vote for a man who ,
takes the side of the dispensary.
A. C. JONES.
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Brevities.
The watch purchased with the pennies
subscribed by 50.000 children of
the Northwest was presented to Admiral
Dewey. He made a feeling and
happy response.
Secretary Roct has sent his reply
concerning the Cuban army scandal in j
the Senate. He admitted that four army
officers are given double salaries!
besides alowances.
The enemies of Admiral Scley cor- 1
tinue active. It is said Seereary Long j
has taken notice of Captain Chad-!
liitw ? i\r r? .
The Ohio Republican convention, in
session at Columbus, adopted a plat-;
form declaring for expansion and!
against trusts.
Bishop Ireland has written a letter
P advocating united efforts on the part
of the English Catholics to extend the
influence tf the church.
The re-election of M. S Quay to the
United States Senate was demanded by
the Pennsylvania Republican convention.
which mot Thursday in Harrisburg.
An indecisive battle between the
"boxers" and the Chinese imperial
troops occurred at Yen Chin, China.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Serious Floods in the Lower Sectiot
of the State.
The week ending April 23rd was
much warmer than usual, due to generally
'higher minimum temperatures
and moderately high maximum temperatures,
which (,n the 22r.d and 23rd
re.-e to or above SO degrees at various
points.
The first day and the last two days
of the week were clear or partly cloudy
but the rest of the week was cloudy,
with light to 'heavy rains ever the entire
State. The rainfall for the week
averaged above 4 inches, and in the
sountheastern. and at places in the
central portions was in excess of H
inches, while along the immediate
coast it amounted to about 2 inches.
The week's rainfall was generally in
excess of the normal precipitation for
the entire month of April. The excessive
rainfall delayed planting operations,
and they can not be resumed on
clay lands and on bottom lands for
some time, estimated at a week or ten
days.
The damage caused by the heavy
rains was confined principally to the
upper and central portions of the State
Lands were badly washed and gullied;
bottom land crops were inundated or
covered with saavd or mud; roads and
bridges were destroyed; fertilizers
leached on sandy lands, or washed off
the lands: hut the rain benefitted
wheat, oast, pastures, truck and
gardens, and together with the more
seasonable temperatures that prevailed,
caused rapid germination of recently
planted seeds.
The preparation cf lands for planting
made slow progress, or came to a
standstill, thus making an already late
season over the western half of the
State still later. Sunshine and dry
weather are now needed.
Early planted and replanted corn is
coming up to average stands, but cut
worms are destructive at places. Late
corn is coming up quickly. Corn
planting Is nearly finished over the
eastern half of the State, but has not
made much progress over the we:jtern
half.
Cotton that was planted early in
April is coming up 10 gooa sum s. i ue
bulk of the crop remains to be planted.
Lands are not all prepared. Seed is
scarce in nplaces. Sea island cot%o
Cotton about all planted.
"Wheat is improving and is very
promising. In places it is heading.
Oats are beginning to ripen In the
Southeastern portions. Tobacco transplanting
'has generally begun, and
plants aro everywhere ready to set
out. Shipments cf peas, beans, radishes.
lettuce, and strawberries are being
made. White potatoes soon will
be ready to ship. The outlook for
peaches still continues promising;
pear trees are blighting: melons, sorghum,
sugar cane, pastures and gardens
resnondeJ auicklv to the weather
conditions now so favorable for them.
J. W. BAUR.
Section Director.
Palmetio Notes.
A commission for a charter has been
issued to the Blacksburg Spinning and
Knitting Mill, of Blacksburg. The
capital stock of the company is to he
$15,000. The corporators name are:
A. H. Pollock. J. G. Black, J. Meier, J.
W. Puff, A. Tripp and J. F. Whisonant.
"Winnsboro business men are con
teanplating the formation of a railroad
company to build a line of railroad
from Winnsboro to Camden,
where the Seaboard can be tapped.
Several of them were in Columbia last
week to see the secretary of state
about the method of securing a charter
for the line. The distance will be
about 35 miles if an air line can be
8ecurt)d.
At a recent stockholders' meeting of
the Florence Loan and Investment
company a dividend of S per cent was
declared on paid up stock. The officers
elected were Dr. B. Rutledge. president;
John Kuker, vice president; V*.
R. Barringer. second vice president;
J. P. McNeill, attorney; u. D. uristow,
secretary anil treasurer.
The Boers have forced Lord Methuen
to abandon Boshcf, in the Western
part cf the Free State.
The York Cotton mills last year
trebled the capacity and buildings of
tneir nrill, and have now concluded to
further increase their capacity 30 per
cent., raising the number of spindles
frcm 10,000 to 13,000. They have just
purchased GO acres c: additional land
to be used as a pasture for the operatives,
and have built a number cf u?w
cottages, some of them two-story tenement
houses. This year they have
erected a very neat ana commodious
chapel, wlfich is occupied every Sunday
by the different ministers of the
town, and have a prosperous Sunday
school under the management of Mr.
P. M. Grimes, superintendent of the
mill.
! STATE PROHIBITION CONFERENCE.
Formal Call For It, May 73, To Da
Issued.
I A call will bo issued in a few days
for a State prohibition conference,
j which is to bo held in the city of Co!
lumlxa on "Wednesday, the 23d of May,
| for the purpose of considering the pro\
priety of suggesting candidates for
j governor and lieutenant governor to
represent the prohibitionists cf South
| Carolina in the Democratic primary,
| and also to announce the principles
j and purposes of the prohibitionists in
seehing to obtain control through the
Democratic organization of the executive
and legislative departments of the
State government, for the enactment j
! and enforcement of measures which
are in best accord-with the highest interests
of 1 lie people and which will
take the State out of the liquor business.
In order to obtain a full and free
expression of the prohibitionists in regard
to these matters, a call will be
issued for them to assemble in their
respective counties at the court house
on Saturday, May 12th, to elect three
representatives, with alternates, to attend
the State conference on the 23d
of May, with or without instructions
and to choose a county chairman for
the ensuing campaign.
The State Will Appeal.
It has been frequently stated since
the action of Judge Benet in quashing
the indictment in the second of the
criminal cases against Col. W. A. Neal.
that the State would appeal from his
1
! action in the matter, and have the su- I
preme court pass on the question. But
j nothing of a definite Character was
j obtainable on the subject until Monday,
when Attorney General Bellinger
had the following notioe served upon j
Col. Neal's counsel:
State of South Carolina, Richland :
County.?Court of General Sessions, j
?April Term, 1900.
The State, appellant, vs. W. A. Neal, i
respondent.?Neglecting and refusing
to turn over moneys to his sue- j
cessor.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPEAL.
To P. H. Nelson, Julius Boggs and
Cole L. Blease attorneys for defendant:
'mne notice that the State will ap!
Deal to the supreme court from an or- j
tier of his honor, Judge Benet, quashing
the indictment charging the said
defendant, W. A. Neal, with neglecting
and refusing to turn over moneys to
his successor, the superintendent of
the penitentiary, and will ask for a
reversal of said order upon grounds
hereafter to be served.
G. Duncan Bellinger,
Attorney General, for the State, Appellant.
Columbia, S. C., ^pril 23rd 1900.
; It is thus seen that only one of the
f three cases against Col. Xeal has been
, finally disposed of?that in which the
' jury rendered a verdict of "not guilty."
j The course of the appeal in the
t "failure to turn over" case vfcill be
watched with interest. It will be reI
mcmbered that the indictment was
I quashed because Col. Neal was not the
i proper party, by law, to receive money
for the institution.
The other case of breach of trust
with fraudulent intent still stands
1 and will
open, naving uttu cuimuu^u, ......
doubtless be heard from again next i
J uly.
Died nl the Age of 107 Years.
Airs. Susanna Harris, the eld lady at ;
the cotton mill, who celebrated her 1
107th birthday on the 11th of last 1
months with a family reunion, died J
last Wednesday, after a short Illness, j
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Sanden>? She was a Mi?3 Snipes before I
her marriage to Mr. Harris, and wa '
born and raised in the eastern section j
of this country, near Lynches river,,
leaviK! five children, four sons and j
; one daughter, surviving her, aged re- i
I spectively, 80, 73, 66, 62, and 58 years.!
! Including her ohildren, grandchildren, I
1 great-grandchildren and great-great-!
i grandchildren, she has 151 descend- ,
ois now Uviii<r.--T-'?nfAste'- Ledger.
Palmetto No:es.
The secretary cf state Monday
granted a charter to the Monarch coti
ton mills of Union, capitalized at
! $200,000. The officers are Jno. A.
i Fant, president, secretary and treasurer;
and E. Nicholson, vice president.
Gov. McSweene has appointed H.
C. Stack to be a magistrate at Pinewood.
Clarendon county, to succeed A.
C. Ragin, who has resigned.
Jonesville, Special.?Since the rains
! have let up ana the waters nave par-1
tially subsided, farmers find t.heii !
lands badly washed and their crops j
very much damaged. Much of the
fertilizer, for which high prices were
paid, is washed away and has gone towards
the mighty deep. The rivers
have been out from hill to hill. Somebridges
are gone and public roads are
in bad condition. Cnly a small pei
cent, of the crops have yet been planted.
As soon as the lands get in orde:
to work farmers will be quite bus\
getting in their crops. Mcst of the
corn crop ds usually planted in this
country in May, the cotton -being
nlcuted in Anril
tMIGRANT AGENT CONVICTED.
The First Trial Under the License
Law.
Bennettsville, Special.?Perhaps the
first trial in our State of one indicted
for carrying on the business of an immigrant
agent without having first obtained
a license therefor was had in
our court Thursday.
Mr. J. W. Napier c' Georgia was the
defendant and the jury after being out
only a short while returned a verdict
of guilty. The sentence of the court
was that he pay a fine of $500 or be
imprisoned for six months. The
question of the constitutionality of
the act was raised by the attorneys for
the defense and long and aldo arguments
were made on both sides. Judge
Klugh in his charge to the jury and
in deciding this point dwelt at length
on each section of the constitution
said to be violated by the statute, and
held that the act did not violate either
the State or Federal constitution, but
was a proper exercise of the police
power of the State and that the sum
of $500 charged for such license was
not excessive. His charge was able
and clearly expressed and altogether
a strong vindication of the justness
and constitutionality of this act of the
legislature. It is likely the case will
be appealed to the supreme court.
Tries to Kill a Boy.
Yorkvllle. Special.?At noon Thursday
while ail others were out of the
office, H. H. Gallaher, a printer, temporarily
crazy, tried to cut the throat
of Miller Drakeford, the 7-year old son
of the editor of The Yeoman. The
child was playing in tne composing
room. His mother heard a scream
and ran to the door in time to see an
uplifted knife over her boy. She snatch
ed him from the man and ran into an
adjoining room, fastening the door.
The little boy has a gash on his neck
an inch long, barely missing the jugular
vein. Gallaher Is in jail, and said
if he had known they were going to
imprison him he would have cut off the
child's head.
Fire at Weston's.
Weston, Special.?Mr. J. P. Garick of
!' *v,a micfortnnp to lOOSO
inis plilt'C I1CVU IUV ?MMV
his barns and stables Thursday night
by fire. There were three barns, two
being very large two-story buildings
and one a Jarge one-story building. Ail
were filled with corn, baled hay. peas,
peanuts, etc. Loss not under $2,000.
The fire originated on the outside underneath
one corner of one of tho
barns, and is supposed to be the work
of an incendiary. Had the wind shifted
every building on his place, including
the dwelling house, would have
been swept by the flames.
A*+omnt<?ri Ac^aillt.
mvviiiptvt. .
Greenville, Special.?Jim Walker, a
negro. 40 years old, was brought here
Wednesday from Piedmont, charged
with an attempt to ravish. He attempted
to outrage Ethel, the 3-yearold
daughter of Tom McColl, a wagoner.
The negro was brought here in a
buggy by a constable before the people
of Piedmont knew it, and put in
jail. There is some talk of lynching,
but no trouble is anticipated. The
sheriff is confident that no outbreak
will be made. Piedmont is 10 miles
away, and excitement is cooling.
Palmetto Notes.
The State board of dispensary direcrc
will meet next Tuesday in regulai
monthly meeting. There is no business
of general importance to come up
except the routine work which usually
arises. The purchases for the quarter
have been made and the only purchases
that are to be made will be of
necessary supplies needed in the meantime.
A charter has been issued to the
Hartsville Hotel Compaiy. The capital
stock of the company is $5,500.
The officers of the company are: J.
J. Lawton, president; Mary Bell, vice
president; M. S. McKinnon. secretirv;
H. A. Edwards, treasurer.
Contractor^ at Pottsville are unable
to secure laborers at $1.50 per day. and
many building operations are being de?
layed on that account.
A Heroic Rescue.
Greenville, Special.?Saturday afternoon
a party of children were on the
Southern railway trestle over a
meadow which was flooded by the
much swollen Reedy river, wiien some
of them cried that the train was coming.
Maud Hammond, the six-yearold
daughter of Mr. Frank Hammond,
president of the People's bank, was
frightened and she lost her balance
and fell off the trestle into six feet of
water. Charlie Gower, who was the
eldest of the party, promptly jumped
in the water and succeeded in getting
hold of the little girl as she was about
to go under for the third time.
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CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
The Committee|ls Receiving Great Encouragement.
The South Carolina -Interstate and
West Indian exposition at Charleston
is cn a boom. It will be a success
and unless all things fail the company
will be organized, charter granted and
a bill before congress for an appropriation
dn less than thirty days. The
subscription list is growing, it is
gaining steadily and thousands of dollars
have been raised by popular subscription
and the amount subscribed
so far hovers around the $80,000 mark,"
which ds considered almost phenomenal
considering the short time the
canvassing committees have been at
work. Then, too, it must be reraemhoroH
tVint thp railroads or the big CJT
porations have not as yet been approached
for subscriptions. They will
be called on, however, and everyone
will subscribe to the project.
Federal Court for Florence,
Florence, Special. Concerning the
Florence court bill, Congressman Jas.
Norton telegraphed the following
Saturday afternoon: "The committee
reported the Florence court bill favorably
thlB morning. The report was
unanimous. I found cn examination
that there was no real opposition to
the bill, and rested the matter without
formal hearing from the committee
for the neoDle of Florence, as pro
posed. The results have been, more
than satisfactory. Judge Alexander
of New York will present the report
to the house. It. will go through ail
right."
Fire In Greenville.
Greenville, Special?The Windsor
hotel was discovered to be on. fire
about 11 o'clock Sunday night, and
for a time it looked as if not only the
large hotel building, but several adjoining
buildings would be destroyed.
The fire was quickly put out, but not
before great damage was done to the
\t w nnnriiptt's store and a
billiard room and barber shop. It is
not possible to closely estimate the
damage, but It probably reaches $10,060.
The fire started in the kitchen, iq
the neighborhood of the store.
Palmetto No:es.
The Georgetown Furniture company;
j capitalized at $3,000 was also charj
tered. The officers are S. T Flanra,
j president; and Abe Moses, vice prcsiJ
dent, secretary and treasurer.
rr"1? n ?Infontrv Tirill
1 lie UR'tll rlur llgui lumuu^ .....
probably attend the Mecklenburg celebration
at Charlotte. May 23d. The
First regiment of State militia is expected
to make the trie.
The national conTenticn for revising
the United' States Pharmacopoeia 1
will be held in Washington on May 2.
Dr. Burnham cf Charleston and Dr.
Thomas of Columbia are the delegate.",
from this State and both will attend.
The town council of Newberry re- V
cently passed a resolution to exempt
from all municipal taxation for a
period of five years, all new manufacturing
plants established there.
Gov. McSweeney Tuesday granted a
pardon to Leonard Dixon who was
convicted cf manslaughter in Chesterfield
county in 1894 and was sentenced
to 15 years in the State penitentiary.
The man is weak-minded and his
health has now failed. Solicitor Johnson
heartily recommended a pardon
in this case, asserting that this weakminded
roan had been made the tool
of others.
The governor refused to pardon H.
A. Marcus, convicted of manslaughter
In March, 1898, in Chester county and
sentenced to five years in the ipenitentiary
Col. John D. Frost has been engaged
for some time on a piece of voluntary
work of value to the State. For many
years there has been hanging in th?
office of the adjutant general a manuscript
roll of the members of the historic
Palmetto regiment in the war
with Mexico. Recently the document
has fadel rapidly. Col. Frost has
spent ma ly days retracing all tho
names with India ink. The work is
now uear.ng completion.
He also refused to pardon Sam
Davis, convicted of larceny in Lancaster
an I sentenced to nine months
on the cojnty chaingang.
A movement is on foot to build a
1 of Ti-o on<1 If 1^ nit{to nrnh
| UULLUU ILll i Ut l ? u., it 10 p.vw
I able that the plans for such will materialize
within the next few weeksj
The matter is receiving much attention.
and if sufficient cutside capital
can be procured the mill will be a
certainty. There is a splendid opening
for st ch an enterprise a* Iva, and
it is cons dered one of the best towns
on the Savannah Valley railroad. The
mill, if built, will be capitalized at
1100,000, or probably as much as $200,000.
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