The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 17, 1900, Image 6
THE BOUNTY RECORD.
Published Evory Thursday
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\ING8TBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA, j
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?IlY?
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The adoption of a marriage liceuse
law in Wisconsin reduced the number 1
of marriages iu Milwaukee from 4200
in 1898 to 2S10 iu 1*00. The city
had formerly been the "Gretna Green"
for couples from states adjacent to 1
Wisconsin.
Since 1833 the population of Ireland
has diminished by one-half, while
the taxation per head has doubled.
Ia the same period of time the population
of Euglaud has largely increased,
while the taxation per head has diminished
by about one-half.
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The Manila papers sav that a fortune
awaits the ma;: who shall put up
ice plants in the larger cities and
towns of the Philip** iue Islands. The
only ice plant in the archipelago is 1
that at Mauila, which is owned by tho j
government; and after the govern- |
meut has taken all the ice it needs for >
hospital and other purposes, the re- |
maiuder is sold to the soldiers, shop- '
keepers and natives. The supply is
11 ?* ' --? ~ ^ ^ 1, .i ilamn n it i
anogiuer nm?ci|uuic iu .......... v.,
and the prices charged are said to be |
"outrageous."
Siuco the board of education in :
Boston has provided luncheons f >r its :
public school children at nominal
prices, it is said that marked improve?.
ment iu the health of pupils is noticeable.
The scheme Las been in operation
only about three years, and was
brought about after iuncli agitation '
aud predictions of failure. However,
the experiment has proved a success, !
aud has been made to pay its way, j
the substitution of wholesome soups !
nud baked apples for sweets and pastry
being most beneficial.
A notable feature o: Massachusetts
\ statistics of crime is the comparative\
ly recent marked decrease iu the nam- I
Jber of prisoners. Speculating on the !
causes for the decrea?e, the Boston
Herald assigns the war as a prominent
onei It turned attention to new and
excising subjects, and many young
men 'addicted to drink enlisted in the
army. The improvement of business
j' bas also been a factor in the reduction.
The more general employment
of men has taken them out of temptation
and reduced the amount of over- !
indulgence.
I
Edinburgh, a small towujn John- j
sou county, Indiana, not far from In- !
dianapolis, is held up asj: a marked ex- j
ample of what a muuicij^lity can do
with ownership, of public utilities, j
Iucaudesceut lights for business j
houses cost only 20 cents a month aud j
lesidences 15 cents, the light being j
better than that for whicb^Iudiaunnolis
is paying a minimum j^tice of SI,
the Press of that city repifts. Wa- |
ter is distributed for the remarkably
low price of SI a year,and Jtelephones !
cost from 50 cents to $1 aj&ontb. It
is remarkable that the limited patron- |
age of a sraa'l community can make
Much enterprises .profitable at the
rates mentioned.
.
Lompoc, iu Santa L'arbara county, 1
California, grows mustard for the!
whole nation, according to the San ;
f"M?i 1 n too rAo-inn i
1 L auuio W vu. Vi?iv*v. - ? ? ? V - WQ.x."2000
acres aro cultivate;! to the Feed, J
4be industry employing about 2..'0
farmers. No one employs himself exclusively
in cultivating the plant, hecause
of its refusal to yield two sue- !
ces^ive crojis upon the same land. A?-1
coidingly the mustard raiser can only j
ilevote a puit of liis farm to it each j
season. The land from which he harvests
his crops this year must next
year he planted to hefti;s. or hurley,
corn, pumpkins, or beets. Indeed,
results show that it pays to skip two
years in planting mustard, and only
turn the soil to it- use every third season.
What active , "ineip'.ethere is in j
'he soil that is withd awu by this exacting
plant to the land's impoverishment
has not yet been determined.
When it has been learned how to feed j
the soil, iu order to replace what the j
growing mn.-ta d withdraws, the in-j
diistry is expected to assume larger j
proportions.
NEW ENTERPRISES.
Evidences of South Carolina's Inc re asIngProsp;rity.
A commission for a charter has '
been issued to the Oconee Electric
Power Manufacturing Company, of
Seneca. The company proposes to develop
and utilize the water power of
("Vnneross Crpek and to onerate a cot
tori mill with the power, which is aisoi
so be offerer! for sale. The capital
fctock of th',\.ompany is to be $100,001)."
The corporators named are: J. S.
Jennings, Oak way; D. ' Van Smith,
Charleston; J. P. Carey, Pickens; P.
M. Cary, W. S. Lunney, W. R. Doyle,
J. G. Harper. M. S. .Hunter. John
Hopkins, J. W. Harper and M. W. j
Coleman, of Seneca.
A commission for a charter has been
issued to the Mallory and Sellers Telephone
Company. The company proposes
to connect by telephone Latta, j
Blenheim. Sellers, Marion C. H., !
Loughlinia and other adjacent points, i
The capital stock of the company is to |
De $l,UW. me corporators uuiuc-u ;
are: Messrs. A. J. Matthison, W. R.
Atkinson and G. D. Matheson.
Wednesday T. K. Elliott, T. H.
Ketehin, J. E. McDonald, A. it. Elliott.
appointed corporators of the
Winnsboro and Camden Railway Com- i
pany to build the railroad from
Winnsboro by the most practical
route, received articles of incorporation.
The capital stock is placed at
$200,000. The road when completed
will be a Seaboard Air Line branch.
It will be thirty miles long.
For Charleston Harbor.
In the sundry civil bill, which
passed the House Tuesday, the follow- :
ing appropriations were provided for .
Charleston harbor: $45,000 for dredging
and $175,000 for completing the
new improvements which were au- !
thorized last year. It is the present
expectation of the river and harbor
committee to pass at this session an .
emergency bill, which, while not male- |
ing any additional appropriations;
? ill lorrfelotinn far -siiph
Will yi\J*l UO UJ I^glwiuuvu tv/i
cases as demand some immediate action.
Congressman Elliott has the as.
surance of that committee that they
will include in their bill a provision
authorizing the Secretary of War to
use the $175,000 for dredging under
the contract system, Instead of devoting
that sum to the building ">f a 1
dredge. Under any circumstances, !
however, there will be no lack of :
money for carrying on the dredging
of the Bar.
Killing at Chester.
Chester, Special.?Watchman Lindsay
killed Operative Weathers Monday
at the Springstein Mill just as the
whistle was signalling dinner. As the
operatives were leaving their places
Lindsay walked up to Weathers and J
shot him through the heart with a
3S-calible gun. Weathers caught hold
of Lindsay, threw him down, and was
about to administer a sound clubbing,
when he rose, staggered back and fell !
dead upon Ihe floor of the mill. Lindsay
gave himself up to the sheriff and
is now in iail. He is not talking, out
says he can show sufficient grounds I
for acquittal. His attorney, S. E. MeFadden,
will apply for bail at oncer
Coroner Shannon held an inquest over
the body and the verdict rendered was
that Weathers rame to his death from
a gunshot wound in th?j hands of Lindsay.
Material for History.
Chief Clerk Jesse T. Gantt. of the
Secretary of State's office, has found
another batch of documents connected
with the Revolutionary records of the
State. They eontain the original
awards and receipts of Revolutionary
soldiers. Mr. Gantt thinks that he can
make up practically a complete roster
of the troops from this State from the
records of the office. The papers are
unassorted, and no effort has been
made to classify the names. Mr. Gantt
has been working on the records for
several months and thinks it will take
fully two years to classify, index, and
catalogue the names. Mr. Gantt estimates
that there are from 13,000 to 30.000
names in the papers he has. but
does not yet know how many are duplf
c<>e names.
Educational Convention.
11 lij expecteu taai uui ass man jv,000
teachers will attend the anuual
convention of the National Educational
Association to be held in this
city in July. They will come from all
parts of the United States, aud will
represent the best intelligence of the
country.
Soldiers' Home for Charleston.
Charleston, S. C., Special.?A committee
of representative business and
professional men will leave here
Wednesday for Washington, where
they appear before the House committee
on military alfairs, on Thursday.
in support of the Senate bill providing
for the establishment at Charleston
of a branch of the National
Soldiers' Home. This project has
been approved by the United Confederate
Veterans, by the Grand Army of
the Republic in local and national encampments.
by the city council of
Charleston, the Legislature of South
Carolina, and all Federal and Statr
officers id this State.
THE RACE QUESTION DISCUSSED.
Proceedings of tue Race Conference at
Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Special?The
Society for the Promotion of the
Study cf Race Conditions and Problems
in the South elected the follow
ing officers: President, Hon. Hillary
A. Herbert, of Alabama; vice presidents:
Alabama, James Weatherly;
Arkansas. Clifton It. Breckinridge;
District of Columbia, Hen. J. L. M.
Curry; Florida. W. A. Blount; Georgia,
Hon. Clark Howell; Kentucky,
Rev. Chas. E. Craik; .Louisiana, C. R.
Ficklin; Mississippi, R. B. Fulton:
Missouria, Rev. J. F. Cannon; North
Carolina, Henry E. Fries; South Carolina.
J. C. Hemphill; Tennessee,
Charles W. Dabney; Te*as, Governor
Jos. D. Sayers; Virginia. J. Hoge
Tyler; West Virginia, Wm. A. MacCorkle;
Secretary, Rev. E. G. Murphy,
Montgomery; treasurer, F. S. Bali,
Montgomery. The conierence thus
lax nas been a pronounced success.
The race problem conference begun
at 10:30 o'clock. Mayor Alfred M.
Waddell, of Wilmington, N. C., opened
the discussion with an address largely
dealing with the conditions in North
Carolina, His statements were given
enthusiastic applause. When he denounced
the legislation which enfranchised
the negroes as the meanest po
litical crime in the (history of nations.
the audience of a thousand people
cheered the sentiment, as they did
when he demanded a repeal of the fifteenth
amendment, in the galleries
there were perhaps a hundred negroes,
leaders in Alabama, including Booker1
T. Washington, of Tusktegee, and W.
H. Council, of Huntsville. He said in
paTt:
"In this age of new religions, new
philosophies, and new theories, social
and political?if they really are newthere
has been much to excite the astonishment
and indignation, the pity
and contempt, the fears and laughter
r.t the reflecting man whn has anv
large acquaintance with human history
and any love for his kind. One
only, however, of the phases of modern
civilization?if we may so term it
?has been sufficient to excite all these
emotions in success or combination.
This phase constitutes the drama
which for 33 years past has been playing
before the eyes of the world in
these Southern States under various .
names, ranging from the high-sound- j
ing phrases 'Afro-American Problem' !
down to the plainer, more correct and j
generally accepted one of the 'Negro !
Onpstinn '
^
"It is not my purpose to discuss the .
constitutional questions involved, j
That straw has been very thoroughly j
thrashed and the outcome by a general
consensus of opinion among lawyers.
as well as by decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
has been that the constitution of the
United States does not confer the
right of suffrage upon anyone; that an :
act of a State Legislature in regard to
suffrage which does not in terms violate
the provisions of the fifteenth
amendment is W\?hin the reserve powers
of the States and that a State has
the absolute control of the suffrage
within its own territory, provided only
that no discrimination shall be made
against a citizen because of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude.
"Granted the power, and admitting
the necessity for some restriction, the
question is: What is the fairest,
wisest and most just arrangement that
can be made in regard to the franchise
under existing circumstances? In the!
solution of this question is wrapped up
the future of the Southern States for !
weal or woe, and ' therefore the welfare
of the whole country. And when I
say the solution of this question, 1
mean the solution of it by legal and
constitutional methods. So far as the
actual exercise of the franchise by the
mass of negroes i3 concerned, it is already
settled, at least for some years
to come, but such a condition is abnormal
and must be a source of perpetual
trouble and discontent."
Large Oil Mill for Tallahassee.
Tallahassee, Fla., Special.?A deal
has been closed' by George W. Saxon,
president of the Capitol City Bank, for
C. W. Henson, president of the Citizens'
Bank and Trading Company, of
Chattanooga, for a site on which to
l?'iild a large cotton seed oil mill. Mr.
Henson is the head of a synmcate
which already owns several plants cf
this character in other States.
American Garrison Surrounded.
Manila, by Cable.?A force cf rebels
on May 2. attacked 20 men cf Company
I. of the Forty-fourth regiment,
stationed at Barotac, Iloilo province,
on the island of Panay. Three of the
Americans were killed and seven
wounded. The enemy, estimated to
number 400, surrounded Barotac and
attacked the place on all sides. After
two men had been kiilod and four
wounded the American commander
sent four men to try and got through
to communicate with'the remainder of
the company at Dumangas. Of ftto
four men cne was killed and three
wounded. The latter managed to return
to Barotac
BRYAN NOMINATED:
Allen Presents His Name to Wildly
Cheering Populists.
KtltiNI BAMIMi LAW UtNUUINUU,
Middle 'of thj Roaders Nomlnat:
Barker for President and Donnelly
for Vice-President
Sioux Falls, S. D., Special.?Bryan
v.us nominated by the Populist National
convention hore by acclamation.
The committee on permanent organization
recommended Thomas M. Patterson,
of Colorado, for permanent
chairman; T. H. Curran, of Kansas;
Leo Vincent, of Colorado, and E. M.
Deisher, as permanent secretaries.
Mr. Patterson briefly sketched the
history of the Populist party.
The speaker gave a short history of
the financial legislation of Congress
during the last administration of President
Cleveland, and that of Presiaeni
McKinley.
"During this controversy," he said,
"the seed of the People's party, which
had been sown with 1S92. began to bear
fruit. That party believed then, and
believes today, in the right of the people
to control the issue of their own
currency without dictation of Wall
street."
Mr. Patterson said the People's party
did not surrender its rights when it
nominated Mr. Bryan in 1S96. "Wo
never could have nominated any other
man," he said.
He predicted a sweeping triumph for
Mr. Bryan in November, and that his
election would mean that the rights of
the people are advanced to a higher
level than ever before.
A conference of chairmen of State
delegations followed to discuss th<
vice presidential situation.
Chairman Patterson made a bittei
argument against "repeating the fatal
mistake of four years ago."
Senator Marion Butler strongly advocated
a nomination as essential to
the welfare of the party. A compromise
proposition was submitted by Geo.
F. Washburn, of Massachusetts, who
advocated the naming of several men
to be presented to the Democratic National
Convention, any of whom would
be acceptable to the Populists. There
was considerable talk about a compromise
which it was hoped would be acceptable
to the friends of Mr. Towne,
end to those who are opposed to making
a nomination. This compromise
is nominate .>ir. iuwae uuu appoint
a committee to submit his name
to the Democratic National Convention
Mr. Towne to withdraw in case the
Democrats do not accept. No conclusion
was reached.
W. J. Bryan was put in nomination
by Senator Allen, seconded by General
Weaver and others.
"Mr. Chairman." interrupted Senator
Allen, amid perfect silence, "I move
that the rules of this convention he
Suspended, and that William Jennings
Bryan be nominated by acelamatior
for President of the United States."
As one man, the convention arose.
Hats, canes, umbrellas, flags, were
waved, amid enthusiasm, while the
band played "Old Hundred."
A Bryan picture was hoisted to the
desk while the convention applauded
frantically. Chairman Patterson announced
the nomination unanimous.
At 5.45 p. m. the convention adjourned.
The fliddle of the-Roaders.
Cincinnati, 0., Special. ? Wharton
Barker, of Pennsylvania, was nominated
for President by the Middle-of-the
Road Populists on the second ballot,
1. A. Park, of Kentucky, elected chairnan
of the National Committee.
Following is the platform adopted:
"The People's party of the 1'nited
States, assembled in National Convention,
this 10th day cf May, 1900, affirming
our unshakeu belief in the cardinal
tenets of the People's party as set
forth in tto Omaha platform, and
pledging ourselves aq.e,w to continued
iuvocac.v oi tnose grand principals of
human liberty until right shall triumph
over might and lore over greed,
do adopt and proclaim this declaration
of faith:
"(1).?We demand the iniative and
referendum and the imperative mandate
for such changes of existing fundamental
and statute law as will enable
the people in their sovereign capacity
to propose and compel the enactment
cf Such laws as thev deslro- to
reject sucn its tney aeem injurious to
Iheir interests and to recall unfaithful
public servants.
' (2).?We demand the public ownership
and operation of those means of
tommunication, transportation and
production which the people may elect,
such as railroads, telegraph, and toiephone
lines, e:al mines, etc.
"(3).?The land, including all natural
sources of wealth is a heritage of
the people and should not be monopolized
for speculative purposes, and a
lein ownership of land should be prohibited.
All lands now held by railroads
and other corporations in excess
of their actual needs, and all lands
now owned by aliens should be reclaimed
by the gorernmcnt and held
for actual needs, and all lands now
owged by aliens should he reclaimed
I }
oy ine government ana ueiu tor actual
Bettlers only.
"(4).?A scientific and absolute paper
money, based upon the entire
wealth and poulation of the nation not
redeemable in any specific commodityj
but made a full legal tender for air
debts and receivable for all taxes and!
public duties and issued by the govern-}
ment only without the intervention or
banks, and in sufficient quantity to
meet the demands of commerce, i3 thel
best currency that can be devised; but!
until such a financial system is secured;
which we shall press for adoption wrtj
favor the free and unlimited coinaao^
or silver ana goia at tne legal ratio of
16 to 1.
i "(5).?We demand the levy and collection
of a graduated tax on incomes
and inheritances and an constitutional
amendment to secure the same if necessary.
"(6).?We demand the election of
President, Vice President. Federal
judges and United States Senators by
a direct vote of the people. >
"(7).?We are opposed to trusts and
declare the contention between the old
parties on the monopoly question is a
sham battle, and that no solution of
this mighty problem is possible without
the adoption of the principles of
pvbilc ownership of public utilities." ,
LITTLE THINGS
V>ometlmM Decide a Man'* Fat* la
limine**.
The truth of the saying that little
tilings may often times piay an important
part to men's affairs when the
men least expect it was Illustrated one
day recently. "See that young man;
over there," remarked an insurance'
friend of his, pointing to one of his
clerks working away industriously at a
desk in another room. "Well, he got
his place in my office through the striking
of a match, although he doesn't
know it. I was standing at the entrance
of this building about a month'
ago, waiting for a friend to come down
the elevator, when that young man'
approached me with a letter of recommendation
and an application for employment.
I had made it known a few
days before that I needed another clerk
and he had heard of it. However, I'
had almost made up mv ~>md to take
I on a young man who hac beer, to see
me the day before, and was about to
tell the last applicant so, when he pulled
a match from one of his pockets to
light a cigar he had been smoking, but
which had gone out. 'Sorry, sir,' he
said, balancing himself on one foot,
while ho lifted the other so as to admit'
of his striking the match on the heel
of his shoe. 'SoTry, for I would like
very much to work for you, and I think
I would have made you a good clerk.'
The match-scratching incident made
me think so, too. Right at the young
man's elbow was a great Italian marble
column,upon which were the marks
showing where many matches had
struck by vandals too utterly indiff.Vent
to the rights of others to refrain
from indelibly stamping their vandalism
upon property to restore which
would have cost hundreds of dollars.
It would have been the most natural
thing in the world for many a man to
have scratched that match on the marble
column, and the fact that this
I young man chose to use the heel of his
J shoe instead showed that he was
thoughtful and conscientious, two very
excellent traits. I was so impressed
that I told him to come and see me,
and the result of the visit was his securing
the position. And his month
in my office has shown that I made ao
mistake in sizing him up."?Philadelphia
Incuirer..
To Correct Bashfu>nesj,
"The bashful young girl must stop
thinking about herself," writes Margaret
E. Sangster in the Ladies' Home
Journal. "I heard the other day of a
man. a college student, who went to
visit his sister, a college student also.
He was the one man. as it happened,
in the dining-room with five hundred
girls, and he had occasion to cross the
room with their bright eyes beaming
| on him with curiosity and interest. Said
I mv informant: 'The boy was completely
at his case. You would have
j thought his sister the only girl pres|
enr.' Evidently the young man's
i mother had brought him up in a sensl.
ble way and he was free from that
; bane of comfort, self-consciousness. It
; is hard for a very diffident person to l>e
| free from awkwardness, and very
; acute distress and much humiliation
! may be the results of an extreme shyness.
Try not to think how you look,
j what impression you are making, what
sort of gown you have on. Do not let
i your mind dwell on yourself, but think
, of what you are to do. and of making
j others pleased and happy. Onefc you
are iree rrom seir-consciousness, oasafulness
will trouble you no more."
Briton's Argument to Savages.
On his African journey to Uganda
Sir II. II. Johnston addressed the Baso rr.,
a tribe living on the east siiijjpt" the
Victoria Nyanza. lie told thenl that
the Britons were once as uncivilized
the Kairrondos, a tribe which the Basoga
despise, wearing no clothes and
j painting their bodies, but that Christianity
had made Britain great
"We want yen," he said, "to learn
Christianity and follow our steps, and
you, too. will lie great."
The speech, It is said, made a profound
ImDresslon on the