The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 10, 1900, Image 7
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AMERICANS KILLED.
Filipinos Attacked a Garrison Which
Refused to Surrender.
Manila. By Cable.?The American
garrison at Catubig, Island of Samar,
consisting of 30 men belonging to the
Forty-third Regiment, has been attacked
by rebels. Twenty of the
Americans were killed. The remain
der were rescued. The Americans
were quartered in the Catubig church,
which the enemy, numbering several
hundred men. surrounded and fiercely
attacked. The Americans fought for
two days and then the rebels managed
to ignite the roof of the church, and
it burned away and finally fell upon
those inside. The walls remained intact,
however, and were used as a
shelter by the besiegeu Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attacking
the building on all sides at once.
The Americans fired from windows I
and doors of the church and did great
execution among the Filipinos. It is
estimated that over 200 of the latter
were killed, many dead b)dies being
recovered from tne scene 01 tne ngnx!ng.
After five days' resistance by the
Americans a lieutenant and eight men
arrived from Laoan and engageu the
besiegers, who thereupon retired. The
fortunate arrival of these reenforcements
prevented the annihilation of
the American force entrenched in the
chuTch, who had repeatedly . declined
to surrender when ordered to do so by
the Filipinos. The ten survivors
were without food, had little ammunition
and were physically exhausted
when relieved. This fight encouraged
the Filipinos, who are now acting in
an actively aggressive manner and
threatening that section of the coast,
particularly the town of Catarmn.
whence the garrison probably will be
withdrawn to Luon.
The Boers Still Aggressive.
London. By Cable.?The following i
dispatch has been sent by Lord Rob- :
erts to the War Office:
"Bloemfontein, April 30.
"The Boers made very persistent at- '
tacts round Thaba N'Chu Saturday I
and Sunday. But the position which
the Eighth (Rundle's) Division (holds I
is very strong, and he had the assis- 1
tance of Gordon's and Dickson's bri- I
gadcs. the cavalry under French and ;
Smith-Dorrien's infantry brigade, and j
a bcdy of mounted infantry under Ian ,
Hamilton. Pole-Carow's division from J
Dewett's Dorp, yesterday.
Vengeance on Sellers.
> Burlington. N. C., Special.?Tuesday
morning at 2 o'clock a crowd of citizens
numbering about 150 visited the
jail at Graham, and showing pistols
in the face of the jailor, demanded the
keys of the jail. Leaving the majority
rvf tho /?rnwrl r?r> thr* nntcii'p fniir nf fivo
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of the leaders went directly up to the i
cell of the negro Sellars. imprisoned i
for attempted assault on a young
white girl, and mutilated him. There !
was no excitement.
Terrible Mine Explosion.
Salt Lake. Utah. Special.?A terrific i
explosion occurred Tuesday in the I
winter quarters of the Pleasant Val- j
ley Coal Mine at Sehofield. on the Rio j
Grande Western Railroad, near Col- j
ton. Utah, by which, according to re- j
ports, over 100 people were killed and :
many injured. It is reported that 00
bodies have already been recovered.
The cause of the explosion is attrib*
uted to the blowing up of a number
of kegs of blasting powder.
Two niners Smothered to Death.
Rcanoke, Va., Special.?A special to
The Times from Bluefield. W. Va..
says: ' The mine casting in Pine Run i
Mine, on Tom's creek, took fire and J. j
E. Montgomery, of Jackson. O., and
W. A. Thomson, of Roanoke. Va., were
smothered to death.' Several others
were overcome by the smoke, but were ;
rescued and resuscitated."
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Dewey at Chicago.
Chicago. Special.?The celebration, (
the first in America at which Admiral
Dewey could be present on the anniversary
of Manila bay, was worthy of
the famous victory. Fully 600,000
people were gathered along the line
of march of the day's parade, and for
rour nours was ousv oowing acnnowiedgements
of the oheers that met him
from all sides.
Congress to Adjourn in June.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
Republican caucus committee, on order
of business of the Senate, decided
to recommend that the army re-or%
ganization bill be taken up after the
Alaskan code bill is disposed of. Disposition
was manifested to have the
Alaskan bill passed as speedily as possible
in order to get it out of the way
of the appropriation bills. The committee
was unanimously of the opinion
that Congress should adjourn in
June as the supply bills could be acted
on, and there was no dissent from the
opinion that this result would be accomplished
during the first half of tht
aaoath.
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BOARD OF FDICATION.
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Holds a fleeting in Columbia and Ap- |
points a Number of Committees.
The State Board of Education met
Friday night in the office of the State
Superintendent in Columbia. All the
members were present. Governor McSweeuey.
Superintendent John J. McMahan,
Mr. \V. A. Brown, Mr. H. P.
\rcher. Mr. J. I. McCain. Mr. H. T.
Cook. Mr. A. R. Banks. Mr. T. M. Ray?or.
and Mr. G. L. Knight. This is the
board recently apointed by the governjr.
The governor presided and Superintendent
McMahan acted as secretary.
The superintendent made a report I
to the board of certain vacancies filled
in the county beards and certificates
granted under a Resolution of the board
at a previous meeting. These were all
sanctioned by the board. A number of
applications for certificates to teach
were read and passed upon. Some
were granted and some were rejected.
' I The application of President Miller,
of the State Colored College, to have
the course of study in the normal department
of the State Colored College
approved so that the L. I. degree of
that institution should be the basis of |
certification without examination, was
read and granted. A similar application
presented by President Johnston
1 and Professor Morris. Allen University,
was deferred until the board could
gather fuller information as to the
work done in that institution.
The question as to the awarding of
scholarships was brought up and occupied
considerable attention of the
board. The following resolution was
passed:
In the matter of the award of scholarships
in South Carolina. Clemson,
Citadel and Winthrop Colleges the faculties
of these institutions shall prepare
and submit the questions to the
county boards of education, which
boards shall conduct the examinations
and return the papers to the faculties
of these institutions and said faculties
shall determine the results and report
to this board, which shall award, the
scholarships.
In the case of the South Carolin
Military Academy the faculty shall
nrnnnro mil cilhmit the ni]p?tfnt1S for
adoption and drawing up a contract
with publishers. The time of th<meeting
was left with the governor
and the State Superintendent. The
Governor announced the following;
committees:
On Examination and Certificates?IL !
T. Cook. J. I. McCain H. P. Archer. A.j
R. Banks. Graves L. Knight.
On Rules and Regulations?G. L,
Knight. W. A. Brown. H. T. Cook.
Text Books and Course of Study? j
J. I. McCain. H. T. Cook. H. P. Archer !
A. R. Banks. T. M. Ravsor.
School Supplies. Charts. Maps, etc?
W. A. Brown, H. P. Archer, and H. T.
Cook.
Scholarships? H. P. Archer. H. T.
Cook. J.I. McCain.
Governor and Superintendent of Education
ex-officio, members of all committees.
Palmetto Notes
News has been received of a whal?
being found on May 4th, near the ter-l
minus of the Conway Seashore Railroad.
Horry county, a few miles below |
the North Carolina line. The whale is j
dead and appears to have been har-j
pooned. It is 52 feet long and 24
broad at its mouth and over fourteen,
feet across its tail. The last visitor of;
this kind ou this coast was to Charles-j
ton harbor, some twelve years ago. It:
was killed by some local fishermen
and tlie backbone preserved.
The new mill at Barnwell is to have
a capital stock of $100,000, which is to
be paid in in four different installments.
The corporators of the company
are: Frank H. Creech. C. F. Calhoun.
A. Howard Patterson. W. H.
Duncan. E. L. Patterson. Charles Carroll
Sims and P. M. Buckingham.
Charters Granted.
A charter wa; granted to Pine Grove
Baptist church of Chesterfield.
Notice has been filed with the secretary
of State of the increase of capital
stock or tne naenty mmaing ana ixmn
association of Anderson from $25,000
to $100,000.
The Greenville Lyceum association
of Greenville, with John H. Earle and
L. O. Pattersou as corporators, was also
chartered.
A charter was granted the Reedy
River Milling company of Greenville,
which will be a roller mill with $6,000
capital. J. J. Cowart is president.
To the Rlacksburg Spinning and
Knitting mill of Blacksburg. capitalized
at $15,000. a charter was granted.
The officers are J. F. Whisonant, president;
Wm. Anderson, vice president;
and J. W. Duff, secretary and treasurer..
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LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW.
Vrovislon for Speedy Trial of Rapists 1
is Defective.
The special term of court at which
it was expected to try George Thorn- 1
as, w-ho was charged with assaulting
a lady in Beaufort County, cannot be 1
called. It appears that there is a '
flaw in the Act passed at the last ses*
sion of the General Assembly, and
rather than have an appeal, which '
would very probably be sustained, it
was thought best to wait until the j
regular term of the Court, which will
ue neiu in a. iiiujiui s nine.
It will bp remembered that Governor
MeSweeney took up the matter directly
and immediately, and directed
Solicitor Towns-end to take the proper
steps as to the holding of the extra
term of the Court. Mr. Townsend '
wrote to Chief Justice Mclver and the '
view of Mr. Townsend is given in the
following letter: i
Barnwell Court House, April 27, 1900
To His Excellency, the Governor, :
Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: In reference
to my application to the Chief
Justice for an extra term of Court for
Beaufort county, to try the case of the j
State against George Thomas, charged
with rape. I beg to report that such :
doubt existed as to whether the cause
could be forced legally to trial at such
extm term that it was deemed best (
not to order the extra term, but to
wait until the regular terA of Court
for Beaufort county, which meets 1
next month, when the case could be
examination to the county boards. I
which shall conduct the examination j
ana determine me results ana repuri i
the same to this board, which shall'
award the scholarships.
The proceeds from the permanent:
school fund were voted to be used for i
the summer schools in the various!
counties.
The text book question came up and
much discussion arose as to the time
tf adoption. Cn motion it was finally
decided that the board meet on
day. the 3rd of September, for the final
adoption of text books. It was informally
agreed that the board meet some
time within the next few weeks for the
of ff*rtain enndltions cf '
undoubtedly brought to trial in a !
court whose jurisdiction is undoubted. .
W. H. Townsend, Solicitor 2d. circuit. (
Governor McSweeny wants the people
of Beaufort to appreciate that he
has acted in entire good fa{th wjth
these who promised in his name that 1
there would be a special term of Court
at which to try the prisoonor an.I
thereby saved a lynching. He did all
that he could do in the matter and expects
the people of Beaufort to continue
to protect the prisoner.
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An Atlanta Sensation.
Atlanta. Ga., Special?The "maimed
veterans batalion," a Confederate Vet- <
eran organization, is being formed in ,
this State for the purpose of atten- 1
ding the reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans at Louisville. Ouc ,
of the qualifications for membership
is that the applicant for enlistment must
have lost either an arm, a leg. a '
hand or an eye in the Confederate ser- j vice.
The battalion will be composed of
105 veterans, and all expenses will be j
defrayed by the fund which is now be- J
ing raised by public subscriptions.
The numbers of the battalion will
each carry one of the old Springfield
riflts used by the privates in the i
Southern army during active hostili- <
ties. They will also be uniformed ac- (
cording to the regulations governing
the dress of the Confederate soldier.
The battalion will be under the com- '
mand of Major W. P. Dearing, of this 1
city, who was assistant adjutant gen- 1
eral of Stonewall's brigade during the i
civil war, and who led the famous
charge on the. Federal troops at the ,
battle of Atlanta. With the assistance ,
of Brig. Gen. ,A. J. West, of ^Atlanta,
1 e rianrffl!) V*ri
com maimer 01 iue ta wwy ts**-* ? ? i
gade, to which the maimed' battalion j
will be attached. Major D(|ring is re- ' '
cruiting the members of this unique
organization. Many of the most prom- ! ,
inent men of the State will go as j ,
privates in the command. Among
them will probably be Governor Alien
D. Candler, who lost an eye; Comp- 1
troller General Wright, of Georgia; | 1
Judge William T. Newman, of the j :
United States District Court; Richard <
Hobbs, president of the Bank of Alba- ;
ny; Dr. J. S. Todd, of Atlanta, and j
many others. _ ,
Many of the members of the organization
will be disabled Veterans who i
are too poor to bear their own expen- i
ses, and these will be defrayed out of
the public fund now being raised.
principally through the efforts of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. The ,
presence of the battalion in the grand j
parade of the Veterans during the re- 1
union, promises to be one of the most ]
pathetically unique of all the features
of the big celebration. j
The battalion will go from Atlanta i
in a special train. ]
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fajineiiv iiuics.
Miss Ann Rice, of Union, has sub- |
scribed $100,000 to build a cotton mill i
at Whitmire, on the Seaboard. Mr. 1
Wm. Coleman, a resident of Char- ]
lotte, and Dr. R. R. Jeter, of Whit- 1
mire, have subscribed $50,000 each to <
the same enterprise. This insures
Whitmire's new mill. The amount of ,
the capital stock has not yet been \
fully decided.
The Southern Railroad, which is
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being built by the Coast Line from Eltod.
on the (short cut) Florence and (
Wilson division, to Boardman, N. C., 1
the northern terminus of tfce Wil- t
raington. Chadbourne and Conway 1
railroad, will soon, be completed to |
Boardman. Trains will then be riu>
from Elrod direct to Conway, giv- j
ing that great truck producing sec- j
tion of this State better railroad facil- (
ities. All the truck from that section ^
is now sent North via Florence. When c
the road is completed it will be sent t
via Elrod. thereby saving a hundred t
miles in shinmcr.ts.
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SPARTANBURG'S FESTIVAL.
Rare Musical Treat That Was Largely
Attended.
Spartanburg, Special.-The South Atlantic
States Musical Festival, with
headquarters at Spartanburg, executed
some brilliant movements here during
the musical festival. The occasion was
the sixth annual festical! under the auspices
of the Converse College Choral
Society, and the audience was so easily
and completely captured as to almost
suggest musical hypnotic suggestion.
The audience was large and the music
was of the highest OTder of excellence.
The soloists WPVS Mtssds Cjtpin onrl
Provon and Messrs. Williams and j
Miles. These are gifted and cultivated i
artists and they did fine work, the ten- j
or solo of Mr. Williams capturing the
audience with its rare power and expression.
The Converse College Choral Society ]
did the best choral singing ever heard
here and the entire occasion was a
most brilliant and musical success. After
the soloists came Greig's cantata,
"Olaf Trygvasson." and this was pre- 1
sented in splendid style under the
leadership of Dr. Peters. Molleuh- >
ruer's orchestra was enthusiastically j
welcomed (home again by many who
heard their superb music on former oc- 1
casions. Thursday night was made arMete
rti rrV?t nnian Pomnnnot*! wto/lsi K{? I 1
nolo n avu v/ainj;auui i juauc Uia | <
second appearance here. j 1
The city was crowded with visitors j
from all sections of South Carolina j |
and from many other States. The con- < j
certs continued afternoon and evening, ' ,
through Friday night and there was , 3
the fullest measure of genuine success :
bhat has ever attended even these sue- ' 1
cessful Spartanburg music festivals, j <
Killed by a Preacher.
Charleston, Special.?One of the most :
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sensational homicides in the history <
of Bamberg, this State, occurred there
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, when !
D IS r?.. tint I
LV^V. Li. paaiwi UL me ua^uai
church, shot and almost instantly kill- . i
ed W. T. Bellinger, stenographer of ]
this judicial district. Trouble between :
the two began over the painting of a 1
line fence between the premises of
John R. Bellinger, father of the do- ^
ceased, and the Baptist parsonage, et
which time it is said hot words were 1
passed, and apistol was drawn by Bel- !
linger. * I ^
Friday morning as young Bellinger i ^
was returning from the po-toffice to,
his father's residence. Rev. Mr. John- ^
son, armed with a double-barrelled j
shot gun. accosted him in front of the ]
Carlisle Fitting School, a few word3 i
were passed, a few shots exchanged t
and young Bellinger lay dying on the
ground with a smoking pistol in his f
right hand. After the shooting occur- s
ppH Rr>v Mr .1 ^hn^tnn walked nuietlv i i
into his house, unhurt, and remained
there until about 1 o'clock when he
went down to the jail and surrendered j
to Sheriff Hunter.
As to how the affair started and as |
who shot first, there is considerable di-.
versity of opinion, but it is generally I
claimed that Bellinger shot first and
that Rev. Mr. Johnson only shot once, j
Bellinger's pistol had four empty J
chambers, and he probably shot four
times, twice at least after had fell
mortally. wounded. Bellinger was
struck in the right side by twelve buck
and eight small shot, which penetrated
his lungs and liver, causing almost instant
death. The families connected
with the unfortunate affair are two of
the most promient and influential in
the town.
Killed by Lightning.
Ex Sheriff W. H. Hood, cf Chester;
county, while riding his horse from the :
field to the farm house to get out of j
the rain Tuesday evening, was struck
by lightning and horse and rider were ;
instantly killed. Hood was found ly-1
ing beside his dead horse, one foot in .
the stirrup and his face and head hor- ?
ribly mangled. i ^
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Palmetto Notes
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The freeholders and electors cf Edge-1 j
field school district have petitioned !,
Hip hnard of education to reauire the I
trustees to issue a two mill tax for the I v
purpose of having free tuition for all , v
the children of the Edgefield school c
iistrict. *
J"he Hon. Joseph Barnwell has with- i y
lrawn from the Congressional race in I
he First district.
The Winthrcp girls will not visit ( I
Charleston this spring. Wednesday ! *
naming in chapel the student body de-1 ?
dded it. The trip was given up. not ^
jecause many of the girls did not wish j
o go. but for other reasons morj j
weighty than mere desire. The finual i ^
examinations are very near and some, j i
specially the seniors, felt that the;/ u
culd not afford to lose the time, j y
\ rriin monv r\f ?fllrlpnf<S frnm the b
UIMUJ V*. ,
ower part of the State did not care for 11
he trip, when "in le=s than five weeks n
hey would be at home for the summer. ?
Uill there is a possibility of a visit to t|
.he "City by the Sea" at some future w
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FLOATING STONES,
The Bits of Slate That Professor Xordenskiold
Saw Floating in the Ocean.;
Professor Erland Nordenskiold, the
son of the famous Arctic explorer, saw
a carious sight Ijist year while rowing
in the long and narrow channel of
Ultima Esperauza, on the southwest
coast of Patagonia. He observed fragments
of slate floating on the surface
in larger or smaller*clusters. There
were a great many of them, and atone
cast of the net he gathered in about
700 pieces. The stones had evidently
drifted out from the beach, which was
covered with similar fragments that
had fallen from the slate cliffs behind.
j.Lie Buriace ui iub siuuca was urjr ami
tliey sank at once if they became wet
through the movement of the swell.
The fragments contained no air
cavities that were perceptible to the
naked eye, bat a discovery was made t
that may explain the fact that stone
fragments of a specific gravity of 2.71
were floating on a fluid of a specific
gravity of 1.
It was foand that small gaseous
bubbles were attached to the under
surface of the floatiug stones, and
these bubbles were also found on
stones at the fringe of the beach where
they were being continuously washed
into the sea and went floating away.
The greasy surface of the slate fragments
also helped to keep them afloat
by preventing water from adhering to
them.
This unusual phenomenon is of
geological linerest auu majr acrvo tin
an illustration of the hard problems
that often present themselves to geologists.
Professor Nordeuskiold believes
that considerable solid matter
is thus transported for greater or less
distances. Thus new strata that are
aow forming at the bottom of the sea
may have a considerable admixture of
these fragments representing a fardistant
geological age. Perhaps some
geologist, centuries from now, may
puzzle his head over the question how
this foreign material was introduced
nto the later rock-beds.?New York
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WISE WORDS.
It is not the gift, but the giving,
tvliich is most precious and helpful,
ft is not the succor, but the sympathy
md intelligence and gentle humanity
with which it is offered, that cheer the
rery soul of the poor and weary and
the dying.
If there's a rielit thine to be done.
ind we seem to pass through a wrong
:hing on our way to it, depend npon
it there's another way to it, and a bet;er
one, and it is our own fault that
yo do not find it.
Kindly words, sympathizing atten:ions,
watchfulness against wounding
nen's sensitiveness?these cost very
ittle but thoy are priceless in their
ralue. Are they not almost the staple
)f our daily happiness?
Power sometimes forgets itself so
ar as to imagine that it exists for itlelf,
and not for the service of humanty.
Some actions, like fresco work, only
eveal tlioir colur after they have been
loue awhile.
Yon cannot dretoin yonrself into a
(haractor; you must hammer and forge
rourseli one.
The moral progression of a people
:an scarcely begin till they are indelendent.
A good word for a bad one is worth
nneh and co3ts little.
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Would Take No Chance*.
An elderly gentleman of some so:ial
prominence sat astride of a noble
lorse, which a boy was carefully leadng
from a well-known riding-school
icross the trolley lines to the park. A
riend on the sidewalk hailed the rider
?whose seat and handling of the
eins showed him to be no miser in
he matter of caution?with a merry,
'Hey there! Taking no chances, I
ee." "So," replied the old man
iheerily. "I'm doing this for exerise,
but I'm not seeking sudden death, d
I*?lrirl laorl liim mit nf
ight of the cars." "That may do gong
out," persisted the friend, as the
teed begau to nmblo off with perfect
locility, "but how on earth do you
;et back? The cars are still here
hen, I suppose." The old gentleman
lutched his curb-rein and looked
oxy. "Don't tell anyone," said
ie, "but I just ride as far as I
- ant to and then telephone them
rhere to come for the horse. I never
omo back." And the stable-boy
- histled.?New York Commercial Adertissr.
Sheila Four Mile* In the Air.
The power of the modern gun in a
hing that cannot bo grasped. The
00-ton projectile strikes witli a force
qaal to 400,000 eleven stone men
limping from a height of one foot.
Vhen the eighty-one-ton gun fires a
hot twelve miles it is fired at such an
ngle that the shell goes up to a
ieight 0482 feet higher than Mount
llanc. Big guns have been longer in
se than most people think. In the
ear 1478 they had guns called "bomards,"
which threw projectiles weighag
a quarter of a ton. They were
rider at the muzzle than at the bore,
nd were used for battering buildings,
'he English used big guns at the bat!e
of Crecy, and amazed the French,
rhftbad never seen such weapons beDre.?Answers.
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