The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 10, 1900, Image 6
W. COUNTY RECORD.
Pnblished Every Thursday
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\ING8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
?by?
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
Russia seems to be wiuuiug her
way at l oth the East and West. Tnrm
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K0V U1K.1 L ort'il liuve UUIII Jiviuuu iu
hor demands.
It is estimated that at the present
rate of consumption there is pine
enough in northern Minnesota to last
35 to 40 years. The probability i3
that twice that length of time will see
the same forests now being cut still
furnishing timber, and, with a reasonable
conservation of the forests, the
establishment of a northern Minnesota
forest park and the adoptiou of forertrv.
systematically undertaken, as
is now propose,!, the northern Minnesota
woods should furnish timber and
* revenue to tho commonwealth for an
unlimited time.
Success publishes an account of the
rise of Presideut^rreeland and the
reasous therefor That is extremely
luminous both of success in life and of
failure. (For instance, Yreeland was
an "extra" switchman and wav discharged.
He begged for work. The
official of the company told him there
was nothing but a job at sweeping and
dusting out oars. Did Yreeland stand
upon dignity? Did ho iusistupou certaiu
wages? Did he ask questions
about the hours? On the contrary,
he "jumped at tho job," and, says he,
"I thereby learned the details of another
importaut railroad department.
fart a in butchers in San Francisco
have been detected iu using horseflesh
as a substitute for beef in sausages,
Hamburg steaks, etc., owing to the
cheapness of the ocjuine flesh. The
local board of health carefully investigated
samples and has brought the
offenders to justice. The flesh oi
horses selected with proper care aud
killed under proper conditions is by
110 means au unwholesome article ol
sliet, says the New York Medical Journal,
and there is no excuse for foist?
iug it under false pretences upon customers
in place of more expeusive
beef aud other meats. If intended to
bo used as a food it should be sold
openly, so that tho9o who partake of
it may know exactly what they are to
consume and get tho beuetit of the
difference iu price.
It seems probable that good is iu
creasing and is gradually winning,
dominance over its antithesis, reflects
the Atlanta Constitution. We seldom
or never hear of the noble actions
which are a part of the lives of many
of the people whom you pass oi your
way to business every day. There is
no earthly record kept of the numberless
soul-wrenching sacrifices made iu
order that truth and right may prevail,
and could we look into the souls of
our neiguoors we suouiu uouutiesa
Had there the history of good done
and siu resisted which would more
than offset tLe discouraging annuls of
crime and evil which daily obtrud.
themselves on our notice. It is wisest
never to indulge the spirit of pessimism.
We may rest assured that
| human natuie is uo worse than it was
a few centuries ago, and that the future
i3 just as reassuring.
A marked increase in the number ol
? loft-handed persons is noted by a
Washington physician. The only reliable
statistics on the subject known
to mo wusuingiou doctor are to tue
effect that in America up to 25 years
ago only 2 per ceut of the people were
left Landed. This statement has been
allowed to run along without question,
but the Washington observer
thiulis that it is now far from correct
His estimate is (5 per cent. In the
manual-training school in Washington
that per cent, of the boys is left-handed,
and a like proportion was found
among the girls in a sewing-school.
Left-handed members of baseball
teams* are so many that they attract
little attention. "It is curious," the
doctor com hides, "that left-handedness
rarely occurs among the colored
race, and a Chinese lanndryman tells
me that the Chinese are not allowed to
V? left-handed."
THfc MlrtDfcR TRIAL.
Host Important Testimony Yet Produced.
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Frankfort. K>\, Special.?The most
important testimony yet in connection
with the Ooebel assassination, was
brought out Friday night in the hearing
for bail in the Culton case. As- j
sistant Secretary of State J. B. Matthews.
and MoKenzie Todd, private
secretary to Governor Taylor, were
star witnesses. Matthews stated that
pardons were issued to Charles Finlev,
John L. Powers. Hariand Whittaker
and possibly W. H. Culton. Assistant
Secretary of State Matthews testified:
"I was in the. Governor's reception
room when the assassination occurred.
The shot sounded to me as if it came 1
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irom uetwoen tne c wu uuuuuiga. i i
got a pistol and started out As I 1
opened tbe door I met Henry Yout- 1
sey, who was coming in. He had a,
revolver in his hand. We tried to get I
in the Secretary of State's office. *o 1
get some guns there, but the doors <
were locked and I had to crawl ovpr '
the transom to get inside. A rifle was i
lying by one of the windows with the I
butt toward the east. There was also
a rifle in each corner on the left side 1
of the room. Two were of 38 calibre. I
-I examined them to see if they had re. I
cently been fired. I am positive that
two of them were loaded, but am not I
sure as to the other one. It soiled
my hands, but I do not know that
this was caused by powder. Don't
know where this rifle is now. The extreme
west window was raised about j
four inches when I inspected the
room." 1
McKenzie Todd, private secretary to
Gov. Taylor, testified that he saw two
guns in the office of the Secretary of
State on Saturday prior to the assassination.
Yoiitsey picked up one of the
guns and took a position near the window,
saying he wanted to be prepared j
for any trouble in the executive building.
Witness said the shots seemed !
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to come from the west end of the
building. Davis and I went out for a '
gun and came back immediately. The j
door to the ofTice of the Secretary of
State was opened while we were!
6U"CEd
Steffe, who was standing on the
portico in front of the State Hous?,
saw Goebel fall. Looking up he i
thought he saw the barrel of a rifle
pointing out of the window of the ;
: office of the Secretary of State. The :
rifle, according to the witness, was
drawn in and the window closed. On
< cress examination he said that after
J the shot was fired he thought he saw
a little smoke rising above the win- j
do.-.
"Wade Watts, a bootblack, said he \
heard somebody run down the steps
into the basement after the assassi'
nation, and then saw Ycutsey running ! j
into the basement.
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Dewey at St. Louis.
St. Louis, special.?Ten thousand'
Sunday school children, waving A me-'. j
ican flags, cheered and sang sacred ,
ana patriotic songs in honor of Ad- ( ,
iniral George Dewey, at the public re- (
ception at the Exposition building. | |
The two days' celebration in honor )f !
Admiral_Dewey began Friday morning }
with a short informal reception on the
floor of the merchants' exchange, I j
trading being entirely suspended it ! ,
the pits during the visit. The big [ ,
d the galleries around it were: j
packed. Escorted by President White-1 ,
law, of the merchants' exchange, the
admiral ascended the rostrum and j
after a few brief remarks by President j
Whitelaw. Mayor Ziegenheim made a 1 .
characteristic speech, bidding the ad-1 1
miral warm welcome to SL Louis. The; 1
admiral, amid renewed cheering, re- , 1
plied, thanking the citizens of St. | ;
Louis for his reception. "I am not, '
ready to be called Uncle George Dewey '
of America, as the mayor suggests." j
.aid he with a smile. "At least not 1
yet. I'm net old enough."
Another Partv Surrounded.
.Manna, oy ^auie.?uispaicu rt- 1
reived hero from Iloilo reports that a!
i desperate fight took place at Leamba-) 1
nao. in the center of the island of Pa- j
nay. It appears that a reconnciterinfj,
party of the Twenty-sixth infantry was I
surrounded, and that four of the Amer- j
icans were killed and 16 others severely
vnunded were left on the field. Tht
remainder of the soldiers had a narro w
escape.
Lord Roberts' Report
London, By Cable.?Lord Roberts'
' report to the War Office, dated May 3, >
on the occupation of Brandfort, fol- 1
dov.s: We occupied Branc}forf with <
out much opposition and without, 1 ;
hope, many casualties. The first brig- 1
ade of mounted infantry covered" the i
left flank of tne Fourteenth Brigade i
of the Seventh Division, and the ngut I
flank was suported by the Fifteenth <
Brigade. Pole-Caxew's division ad- s
vanced directly on Brandfort. The i
Boer army, which was under com- '<
mand of DeLarey, retired in a north- ;
easterly direction. (
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THE FAMINE ININDIA.
Fearful Suffering From Hunger and
Diseases.
^3,5000,000 POEPLE IN DISTRESS.
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Fhc Native States Dotted With Heaps
cf Dead and Dying?A Pitiful Description
Sent by a Eombay Correspondent
of the Scene at Ahmedabad.
I^ndon, By Cable.?The report that
cholera is strengthening its deadly
licld on famine-stricken India, brings
the pitiful condition of that country
more than ever to the public view.
About 93,500,000 persons, for this is
[he population of the district affected,
ire sweltering their squalid existences
iway amid pestilence and misery that
show no signs of abating. Hundreds
Df thousands of pounds in good British
gold, good German marks and
American coin, have been thrown into
the country, but, judging from the
latest advices, all this charity is merely
a drop in the ocean. The famine
and its attendant complications appear
to exceed in virulence an> previous
visitations. The Viceroy, Lord
Curzon, tit Kedleston, and the government
are making ceaseless exertions
to meet the terrible emergency, but
the stupendous difficulty confronting
them prevent the present supplying
of relief to more than ?>,uuu,uuu. in
the meantime the native states are
dotted with heaps of dead and dying
and the roads are crowded with ghastly
bands seeking to escape from the
stricken territories, but who, for lack
of food and water, mostly succumb in
the attempt One of the most hopeless
features of the whole.affair is contained
in the statement of a special
correspondent at Simla, who writes:1
'Ten times the total relief could bq
laid out in a single district without
fully relieving its distress. All'wej.
can hope for is a succession of good
years to put the people on their leg*
again."
The British districts are reported to
be so far escaping the large starvation
and mortality that mark the nativq
States. But that their condition is noc
enviable is evident from the following
rips^rintinn spnt bv a Bombay corres
pondent of the scene at Ahmedabad, a
city in the presidency of Bombay:
In an open space upwards of 20C
were 3eated, old and young, being
famine personified. The smell arising
from their filthy rags was sickening,
and had attracted myriadfe of flics.
Some, especially the old men, were
bony frame-works. A girl suckling
two children was ghastly to look at.
but the little ones, with hollow temples.
sunken eyes and cheeks, and the
napes of their necks falling in under !
their skulls, which seemed to over- j
balance their emaciated bodies, and |
with wisp-like arms and legs, were ;
more dreadful still. Many were suf- |
fering from disease and numbers had ,
the fever. Those who could work
were sent on where tanks were being j
dug. They were given- meat and
passed on to the poor-house. This
picture is from a less seriously affected
part of the country. The sufferings
in the remoter districts, where
the fa-line is severe, where all the cattle
have long since died, where the
water is precious and where cholera
lias now added its dread scourge, can
well be imagined.
Florida Sugar Company.
Tampa, Fla., Special.?Northern capA
- ~ ?? *Krt??/\nnrKltr ovominSnir
cllltTl uiuiuuftui; CAaiiiiuiuo
he lands in the vicinity of Tampa, organized
a company for the purpose of
planting sugar cane on a large scale.
ind refining the raw material. The
organization, which is known as the *
South Florida Sugar Planting and Reining
Company, has now received ar;icles
of incorporation, under the New
lersey laws.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York, Special.?The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Surplus reserve decreased
11.095,800; loans increased $3.2 1,409;
specie increased $2,010,900; legal tenders
increased $1,166,500; deposits increased
$17,092,800; circulation increased
$89,800. The hanks now hold
J15.978.475 in excess of the requirements
cf the 25 per cent. rule.
Otis Sails For Home.
Manila, By Cable.?The fnited
States transport Meade sailed for th$
L'nited States at 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon with Major General Otis
and two aides-de-camp on board. The
warships in port fired a major general's
salute as the steamer raised her
anchor. The General's launch left
the palace at 4 o'clock, carrying General
Otis and General MacArthur's
stalls to the Meade. The Fourteenth
and Twentieth infantry, drawn up
ashore in front of the city wall presented
arms, and the hands played
'Auld Lang Syne" while a shore battery
saluted.
TilRUUGHUlIT THE COUNTRY.
The South.
A Huntsville, Ala., dispatch says
that Secretary N. F. Thompson will go
to Chattanooga to make final arrangements
for the meeting there of the
Southern Industrial convention. Mr.
Thompson believes that not less than
a thousand delegates, representing the
commercial organizations, will be present.
Railroad traffic in the Brazc-s Valley,
Texas, is again being delayed by
floods.
A special from Apelika. Ala., says:
"The State convention of the Daughters
of the Confederacy voted to buy
the old Jefferson Davis home at Montgomery.
This was the white house of
the Confederacy. Mrs. John Kiipatrick
of Montgomery was elected president.
Fiftv-five members of the Ceorcia
Cotton Compress Association, held a
meeting to discuss ways and means for
bringing about the general adoption of
the standard cotton bale, 24 by 54
inches, by farmers and ginners, for the
next ginning season.
The transportation committee of the
board of trade and a number of business
men of Tampa, Fla., are planning
for a direct line of steamers from that
city to New York. The expansion of
the naval stores business requires belter
freight facilities io the North, and
now that a deep water channel has
been made to the gulf, a new steamer
line will soon be in operation.
The Charlotte Supply Co.. which
does the largest textile business of
any nouse in me oouin, nas passeu
into the hands of Northern capitalists,
R. M. Eddy, S. C. Clark, J. Goff and R.
B. Goff, of Warren, R. I., and C. H.
Child, of Providence, a Rhode Island
company organized twelve years ago,
handling all kinds of supplies for factory.
mills, etc., the largest business
in its line in the country. It is stated
the business is worth considerably
over $100,000.
The North.
Fifty Catholic priests sailed on the
Trave from New York Saturday to
make a pilgrimage to Rome.
Edward Blair, former County Treasurer's
clerk, has been arrested at Chicago,
111., charged with falsifying tax
records.
Thp rhnre'ps against Publishing
Agent Dr. Jennings, of the Methodist
Book Concern, at Chicago, 111., have
been dismissal.
"Miss Murphy." the hippopotamus
at Central Park, New York, has become
the mother of the fourth "hippo"
born in the park.
Burglars cracked the Bank of Cou!terville.
111., owned by J. S. A. Nisbett.
and stole $50,000.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro,
from Oriental ports, has arrived at
San Francisco, Cal.
The Sixth Massachusetts District
Republican Convention indorsed John
D. Long for Vice President.
The Ecumenical Conference on ForMioclnno
continued its sessions
in New York city.
Manifold blessings came to Farmer
Milton Mellott, of Pennsylvania, a
couple of nights ago. His wife presented
him with lusty twin3. In the
morning when he went to the barn he
found that one of his best cows, during
the night, had given birth to twin
calves, and in the sheep pen he discovered
that a ewe had twin lambs.
A peculiarity of the occurrence is
that one of each sex made up the
three pairs.
Farmer E. R. Rolfe, of Pine Hill, N.
Y., was killed by a vicious stallion,
which bit him and stamped on him
with his forefeet.
Mildred Preston, an astrologist, has
been arrested on a charge of fraudulently
securing $S00 from Miss Ethel
Quimby, a young society woman of
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Forego.
The Marquis of Lome, the new
Duke of Argyll, will benefit but little
he acquiring the late Duke-s incumbered
estates.
Mrs. Jno. Jacob Astor has arrived
at the Langham hoted, Paris, taking
the suite formerly occupied by exPresident
Harrison.
Germany has found last year the
most prosperous in her history, and
her surplus over the estimates will be
about $15,000,000.
The Prince of Wales admits that he
is one of London's "slum landlords,'
but says he can't break his long-term
leases of tenements.
Cardinal Richard, of Paris, will appeal
to the Pope against the edict of
the exposition management forbidding
the Cardinal to enter thegrounds
to bless the Catholic mission pavillions.
An American debutante who will be
presented at court at Queen Victoria's
May drawing room is Miss Winans,
the only daughter of millionaire Walter
Winans.
Miscellaneous.
A corporation has been formed by A.
Garcia, Jose Voga and P. F. Garcia,
with a capital stock of $100,000, to establish
a cigar factory in St. Augustine
Via., and one in New York for the
manufacture of fine Havana cigars.
' ALLEN INAUGURATED
The New Governor of San Juan Takes
the Oath.
THE PEOPLE WERE ENTHUSIASTIC,
The Infantry and Naval Bands Paraded
the Streets Playing National
Airs. Ndlft
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San Juan, by Cable.?The inauguration
of Ohas. Herbert Allen, former assistant
secreary of be United States
navy, as the first civil governor of th?
Island of Porto Rico took place Tuesday.
The ceremony was most impressive.
Governor Allen made the inaugural
address.
There could have been no more beautiful
day to usher in Porto Rico's new
governor. The streets were thronged
with people. The day's exercises open.
aH Qiinria^ wifH coronoHoa hv tho hanHs
of the Eleventh Infantry, the Fifth
Cavalry and the Porto Eican Regiment
The city bands also played the island
and United States national airs before
the executive mansion and on the principal
plazas as well as while marching
through the streets. The enthusiasm
of the people was greater than expected,
in spit^ of the publication in The
Diario, the organ of the Federal party,
a letter from Julio Henna, of New
York, suggesting that the people remain
indoors and refrain from taking
part' in the auguration, "thereby silently
protesting and showing the American
government that Porto Rico is
dissatisfied." The speech of General
Davis, the retiring Governor General,
in part, is as follows:
"The duty has been involved upon
me by order of the President, to this
day transfer to the Governor of Porto
Rico the charge assigned to me. This
j charge involved the grave responslhil
' uy 01 administering iub guvcmuicui ul
' a million beings, which has been in my
keeping for nearly a year. Without
the cordial support of the inhabitants,
it would have been impossible for me
or others to perform this task without
constituting and maintaining the rule
of a despot, the very thought of which
is abhorfent to every American. Military
control of the civil affairs was
began with the landing of the army in
July, 1893, and which included the
whole island in October, is today
brought to a conclusion. The Porto
Ricans have eagerly longed for this
: day, the dawn of a new political and
i industrial life, while the military gov,
ernor has anxiously awaited the mo!
ment when he could place in the hands'
| of the duty-constituted civil authorities
' these responsibilities which have beenV
' devolved upon him. '
"The transfer of thr. sovereignty of
Porto Rico was ratified in April 1899,
and it is proper to r ote as a coincidence
that a year later exactly, the
final step was taken in the organization
of a civil government. The principal
executive officers will be the 47
provided by Congress. At least 40 of
these will be citizens of Porto Rico.
The appointment of the other seven
piULClllUU, anu H'u/*uO
event would usher in the dawn of a
brighter future
Governor Alien took the oath of office
at 10:30 a. m., under a flag canopy
at the executive mansion. Among
those present were Rear Admiral Farnuhar.
com m an deMn-chief of the
North Atlantic station- Capt. Brown.
*"sbon B'ank. Judge Chuiros. of the
Simreme Court, and the meir.bens of
that court. Governor ^"nernl Davis. ,
the annnirtees of yesterdiv.oll the f<.4lelm
consuls, the families of Governors
D?vis and Allen and armv and navr
offlrers and 30 prominent citiaens. No
soldiers were In eieht The chief justice
administered the oath pledging
the new Governor "to sunnort and
defend the constitution of the United
I States."
rests with the President, ine wnoie
of the judiciary may also, in the discretion
of the President and Governor,
be Porto Ricans. The laws familiar
to you will continue in force except as
' they may be modified by military oiv
I ders. Such modifications from my orders
will never be promulgated until
they have received careful consideration
and have been endorsed by distinguished
natives learned in the laws
and Institutions of the country and
familiar with its social and industrial
conditions.
"The laws provide a basis for industry,
trade and commerce, which warrants
the beMef that the dark clouds
of misery and want which have shadowed
the past and present will soon
roll away. By these laws every pound
of sugar will find a purchaser at 50
i per cent, greater price, tobacco will be
doubled in value and coffee will be
protected. You are offered absolutely
free trade the moment your ability is
shown to support the government.
Your laws, religious and private
rights are all preserved and laws can
only change by the w of the local
legislature. No island in any sea has
a fairer future of peace, happiness and
prosperity. The privations and miser/
| of the past will soon be replaced by
happiness and plenty." '
Then followed a prayer by the priest
invoking the Almighty's guidance and
I ?nrdrino- tVinf thj