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THE CiJJJITY RECORD, j Published Every Thursday ? AT ? 1INQSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BY ? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. T 1 ? , Machinery for the establishment of j ' 1 ? ? l?oo incf a complete steam lauuu^. been shipped to China. This seems hardly fair, in view of the fact that we no longer admit human laundry machines from the Celestial Kingdom. American wooden ware is in great demand in England and (lermnny, and is now finding its way to Russia. It , is also exported to the West Indies, South America, China, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa. The articles which find a most ready market abroad are clothes pins, pails, chopping bowls, folding chairs, refrigerators, ice cream lreezers, wash tubs aud churns. rri .1 T ..,.1 TCaNaH-s ? lie UlilCf Uttjr ? iicix AjUiu x?v>/w? V asked a wounded British soldier if there was anything he could do for him, the man said: "l'es; you can keep my name off the casualty list." Somehow this appeals to one more than many things they give Victoria Crosses for. It is a very exceptional man that dees not want other people to know when there is something the matter with him. "We live and learn, aud we are beginning to learn that there is sneh a thing as over exertion of the muscle, and that in taking exercise, as in ail other things, the rule of moderation is the rule of reason. We are learning from experience that bodily fatigueis not a cure for mental fatigue; that violent straining on gymnastic apparatus hurts more than it helps, and that the real benefits of exercise, which aie health, good digestion, good temper, good spirits, resistance to disease and resultaut longevity, are acquired by moderate exertion in the open air, rather than by unnatural exertion in the achievement of feats or the breaking of records. The debts of the civilized nations # now add up a total of over $32,000,000,000?most of it incurred iu wars. To realize what thirty-two billions means a few comparative statements are necessary. The highest total value of the entire cotton crop of the United States in any recent year was less than ?300,000,000. If, therefore, the whole American cunuu uup mcio sv;iu iui 100 years in succession, and the proceeds applied to the payment of the world's indebtedness?mainly incurred for wars and war preparations?there would still remain an unpaid balance of nearly two billions. Professor H. C. Adams of Cornell some time since calculated that the interest payments alone on these aggregated debts of the nations equal the value of the labor of 3,000,000 men working constantly at SI.50 per day per man. The experiment of Illinois in establishing a Juvenile Court is atttacting widespread interest. The law, which became effective last July, is more farreaching than the probation law in Massachusetts, and is thought to be much superior to the laws of any other state for the correction and reformation of juvenile ofieuders. It makes provision for a court separate and apart from all otlier work, autl trial in this court of ail cases of dependent, neglected and delinquent children, L e., all boys and girls under the age of 16 years; trial to be upon petition, which may be hied by any reputable citizen, upon knowledge or belief. It prohibits the imprisonment in police station or jail of auy childreu under 12 years of age before, during or after trial, and establishes the parole system, with probation officers; power being vested in the judge to determine what shall be done with a delinquent, not only as regards the specific oflfeuce charged, but with relation to the child's home environment, school and court record, and personal habits. In cases of dependent and negi~*l-v?.,_4. _-x ItCicu iiiiiuicu, iuu luuu cuiumii to some suitable public institution, to the custody of .some reputable citizen, to a training or industrial school, or to some accredited association, the purpose of which is to care for such children or to obtain homes for them. I WILL Br REMODfcLfcD. Aftnrn?v lenders an Opinion Concerning !t. It is now absolutely safe to say that in a very short time the work of remodeling the main building at tne penitentiary and fitting it with heating and ventilating apparatus, will be under way. The condition of this building has been such as to cause much comment. The board cf directors last winter called the retention of the legislature to the condition of things, asserting that it was tuch as to menace the lives of the unfortunate charges of the State who have to inhabit it. The board at its meeting this week, determined to use the profits of the Insti'.ution for the absolutely improvements if such could be legally done, and the attorney general was asked for his opinion. This opinion was rendered and it permits the use of the funds, which means that the board will proceed. Here is the opinion: Hon. W. T. O'Dell, Chairman Board of Directors South Carolina Penitentiary. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: In your favor of the 7th int.. you desire to know whether you | "are allowed to use the earnings 01 me | institution for the purpose of improving the main building of the peniten- | riary so as to better promote the I health and comfort cf the inmates." Among the duties prescribed for the superintendent of the penitentiary (see Section 551, sub. div. 4. Volume II. Revised Statutes), we find that ho is "to j make all necessary repairs of the prison and superintend the construe- j tion of the work." i find no other | statute relating to the repair or Improvements upon the building of the institution. The appropriation act. tor the present year see page 490, provides. "The balance in the hands cf the board of directors of the South Carolina penitentiary cn December 31. 1899, together with ail ether amounts received or to he received from the hire of convicts or from any other source [ during the current fiscal year he, and ; ;:ie same are hereby appropriated for j the purposes required by law, which are not herein indicated. By Section 547 cf the Revised Statutes a general j supervision of the penitentiary, its in- ' mates, property, etc., is made a part cf! the duties of the board of directors, l am of the opinion that if the work con- | templated is, in your opinion neces-! sary. then you are allowed by law to j ' use the earnings of the institution for | said work, and that it is the duty of j I - u _ outhnrit'OQ tn liro- I j I lit? priiucunai j uunwi g j I mote the health and comfort cf the in- j j nates of the institution so far as the j t same docs not interfere with the just end humane punishment contemplated j by law. Respectfully. G. DUNCAN BELLINGER. Attorney General. Th? Collge at Clinton. Clinton. Special.?The commencement exercises cf the Presbyterian college at Clinton began Sunday. June 3d. with the baccalaureate sermon. I which was delivered this year by Rev. W. M. McPheeters, D. D.. of the Co' lumbia Theological seminary. Sunday i evening Rev. C. A. B. Jennings of j Union, an alumnus of the college, i nreac-hed the sermon before the Y. M. C. A. At S:30 p. m. Monday, the 4th, was held the declaimers' contest for a medal offered by the Literary Societics of the college. The contestants : were Messrs. J. H. Thornwell, Jr., Fort I Mill. S. C.; G. M. Wilcox. Elberton. Ga.; A. H. Zealy, Clinton, S. C.; A. L. Johnson, Grit. Ga.: J. M. Watts, Fancy Mill, X. C.; S. B. Alexander. Elberton. Ga. Mr. Zealy was the successful speaker. At 10 a. m. Tuesday, the 5th, the alumni oration was delivered by Rev. R. L. Rogers, of Walhalla, S. C. His speech, which was a fine one. treated of "Church and Christian Educa ticn." At S:30 the same evening t!;e debaters' contest took place, when representatives of the two Literary I societies discussed the question of the i war between England and the Boers. | At 10 a. m. Wednesday, the Cth. the i regular commencement exercises teak j place. The annual oration was de| livered bv Rev. W. G. Neville. York [ ville, S. (j. 1 Ills auurtss mc feature of the whole occasion, and was well received by the large audience. Increase to $1,000,000. Lancaster. Special.?At a meeting of the directors of the Lancaster Cotton mills held here, it was decided to increase the capital stock to $1,000,000. Orders for all the machinery have been placed and work will be comat nnrf The nresent mill has 12.000 spindles and the capital stock is $150,000. When completed, the mills will have 62,000 spindles. These For Solicitor. Saturday several more pledges of candidates were filed with State Chairman Wilie Jones. All were from candidates for solicitor as follows: To succeed Solicitor Ansel.?J. A. Mooney. To succeed Solicitor Jervey.?B. H. Matthews. To succeed himself.?Solicitor J. M. Johnson. To succeed Solicitor Henry?State Senator W. C. Hough. Col. Jones again calls attention to the fact that no one can be a candidate in the primary unless pledges have been filed and the assessment paid by midnight od the 14th inst. ATTACK IS EXPECTED American Gen. in Command of Foreign Forces. CHINESE SITUATION IS ALARMING. Lives of Foreigners in Great Danger? McCalla Put in Command of the Forces. Washington, D. C., Special.?The following cablegram was received at the Navy DepartmentFriday morning from Admiral Kempff, on board the Newark, off the Taku forts: " Tong Ku, June S, 1900. "There was a battle yesterday between Chinese and Boxers near Tien Tsin. A large number of Boxers expected to reach Tien-Tsin tomorrow. (Signed.) "Kempff." Minister Conger, at Pekin, also has been heard from. His message to the State Department said that there was no improvement in the situation and asked for instructions. Secretary Hay took the message to the cabinet meeting, where the answer will be framed. The State Department is steadfastly pursuing the line cf policy laid down at the beginning cf this-Boxer trouble, of avoiding any interference with Cliineso internal affairs, beyond such measures as may be absolutely necessary for the protection of American life and property there. Especially is It determined to avoid commitment to the policies of any of the European powers which might involve the United States in trouble. Therefore, notwithstanding the ominous news conveyed in Admiral Kempff's cablegram, it seems entirely probable that Minister Conger will be directed to stick to the same line of policy which he had pu sued up to this time. It is not to be understood by this that the United Siates government is desirous of evading any proper meas - * LLIUi- a 4 ~ ure ui respuui*Diiuy aim wie oia.iv department officials are careful to point out that vihile retaining our independence of accion, our government is really acting concurrently with the European governments respecting this Boxer agitation. Thus, at Taku, Admiral Kempff is acting in a similar manner to the commanding officers of the foreign navy there assembled, although his orders are subject to the approval of no one. At Tien-Tsin, forty miles up the river, which the admiral expects to be attacked, the foreign naval commands are acting together. It is said that in case of an emergency involving jeopardy to the lives of foreigners, the United States forces at Tien-Tsin might even be directed in their general movement by the senior naval officei achorc, even though that officer should happen to be a German, a Russian, a Frenchman, or an Englishman. This temporary subordination of authority might I be brought about, and in fact would exist solely through a military exigency. If Tien-Tsin is to be attacked by a vast horde of Boxers, it is entirely conceivable, according to military practice, that a successful defense of the foreign ! lives and property in the city can be maintained only through the assumption of the command of the foreign nacal forces by one competent officer; | too many captains may mean defeat. In view of this possibility the assumpI tion of the command of the American | forces ashore by Captain McCalla may be significant. It is an unusual course fOT a captain of aship himself to take command of a landing party, as has been done by Captain McCalla. His rank would correspond with that of a colonel of marines and it may be that he would himself be the senior officer at Tien-Tsin and thus be obliged to assume command of the European naval parties landed there. The naval officers here are confident that Tien-Tsin proper is not in particular danger. The i gunboat Helena will soon have the town under her guns and there are believed to be three foreign warships in position to co-operate. Havana Postal Scandals. Havana, By Cable.?The troubles of | Mr. Estes Rathbone, former director of poets, seem to be increasing. The j auditor's department has thrown out I $15,000 worth of vouchers, including $?,000 worth of bills, which have been paid twice, most of them at Muncie, Ind. The Fidelity Company has been notified that it will be held responsible ! on Mr. Rathbone's bond. St. Louis Outrage. St. Louis, Special.?A mob of furious women and boys beat and denuded Tena Kenter, a young woman who makes her living by peddling lunches among the employes of the California street car line. When the mob had stripped her to the waist, one woman daubed her with green paint, while two others held her, the jeering boys and women of the mob applauding the outrage and throwing mud. Two shop girls were attacked by the same mob and partly denuded. An organized "committee" cf women began to visit the public schools Friday afternoon, threatening bodily harm to teaobers riding on the ta booed cars. MILITIA MAY Be CALLED OCT. The Sheriff I'nabie to Cop? With the Situation in St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., Special.?Governor Stephens. Brigadies General H. C. Clark. Adjutant General M. F. Bell, of the Missouri National Guard, police officials and a committee of citizens who held a conference Saturday night with a view of calling out the militia to suppress disorder in connection with the street railroad strike, were closOnnrlo v o t rvrvl hoJld ctcu again uuuuuj uw pvi>v^ quarters. The feature of the meeting was the presentation to the Governor erf a formal written request by Sheriff Pohlman to call out the militia, as follows: "As sheriff of the city of St. Louis, I desire to inform you that there now exists in this city a condition of tumult. Acts of violence and disorder are of daily occurrence. I (have summoned to my assistance a large posse, and have exhausted every means at my command, but the civil authorities are unable to cope with the situation .All other means being exhausted. I respectly call upon you an<; request that the National Guard of Missouri be called out in numbers sufficient to restore order and prevent further acts of violence." The Governor left soon afterwards. Generals Bell and Clark said positively that they have not yet received any definite orders. If theimilitia is called out. it is likely that the entire Na witn iiig rresiueut auuui punuvm tcrs in general. Mr. Dick will go to Philadelphia next Monday, and Senator Hanna will arrive there on the 13tb inst. Native Police Old the Work. Manila, By Cable.?General Pio del Pilar, the most aggressive and most persistent of the Filipino leaders, who was captured as previously cabled to the Associated Press, was made a prisoner at GGuadaloupe, six miles east of Manila, by some of the Manila native police. Upon information received that Pio del Pilar was to be at a certain house. Captain Lara and twelve policemen proceeded in a launch to Guadaloupe where, aided by a detachment of the TVenty-first infantry, they surrounded the house, captured J the general and brought him to Manila I this morning, where he was positively J identified before the provest marshal. Killing at Ocala. Ocala. Fla.. Special.?Joe Pitts, a well known citizen of Kendrick, became intoxicated and went to the house of Mrs. Chappell. The latter's son. Will, seeing Pitts enter the house, ran to his mother's protection armed with a shot-gun. Pitts attempted to shoot young Chappell. but the latter emptied a load of buckshot into the former's body. Pitts died a few hours later. Graves at Camp Chase Decorat:d. Columbus, 0., Special.?Palmetto wreaths from South Carolina, Magnolias from Tennessee, daisies and roses from Kentucky, and flowers from North Carolina were Saturday afternoon strewn on the graves of the Confederate soldiers who sleep in the old burying ground at Camp Chase. Sectionalism was forgotten, members of the Grand Army taking cousypicuous part and floral contributions were as numerous from Federals as Confedertes. ticnal Guard of the State, comprising four regiments and a battery, will be pressed into service. Progress of the Enumerators. Washington, D. C.. Special.?It has been reported to the Director cf the Census that complete returns have been made from 175 enumeration districts, principally in New York and other large cities. The entire enumeration of the large cities will be finished by the middle of this month, and as soon as they can be checked and tabulated the results will be made public. An enumerator in the Indian Ter I ritory has informed Lnreccor .uernam I that certain Indians there refuse to re| ply to questions contained in the census schedule. The Director advised him to let the matter drop, as an effort to compel the Indians to reply would probably lead to serious difficulties. Hanna Will Be Re-Elected. Washington, D. C.. Special.?It is stated on high authority that Senator Hanna will succeed himself as chairman of the Republican national committee and will conduct the coming campaign. The only thing which can change this programme, it is stated, is some change for the worse in the Senator's health. Senator Hanna and Secretary- Dick had a long conference vt/il i t ir?o 1 mat 4 BATTLE NEAR PEKIN. A Clash of Soldiers With The Eoxc-rs. MANY KILLED ON BOTH SIDES. Landing of a Large Russian Force at Taku Said to Have Been Stopped? Trouble Expected Between Russia and Japan. Shanghai, By Cable.?The soldiers dispatched to attack the Boxeis have fought an engagement quite close to Pekin. Many were killed on both sides. In consequence of the representations of Japan, the landing of a large Russian force at Taku is alleged to have been stopped. It is belie?*"! here that should Russia persist in sending a preponderating military force to the front, a collision with Ja* pan will Inevitably result. Alarming reports are current here of the hurried completion of the moblllization of the Japanese fleet. The Russian minister at Pekin, M. De Giers, has made another attempt to induce the Chinese Foreign Office to formally request Russian assistance to restqre order. Violent dissensions are reported to exist between the Chinese commander-in-chief of the forces, June Iu, and Prince Ching Tuan, who in accordance with the wishes of the Dowager Empress, is strongly supporting the cause of the Boxers. The mobs who murdered the English missionaries, Robinson and Norman, mutilated and disemboweled the bodies. The station at Yan Tin, three miles from Pekin, has been burned. The British minister, Sir Claude MacDonald, is reported quite ill. Washington, D. C., Special.?Minister Conger, at Pekin, cabled that the situation was worse at Pekin and this statement, taken in connection with Admiral Kempff's alarming cablegram announcing that an engagement -ad begun, decided the State Department to strengthen the naval forces nearest the scene of trouble. Accordingly a cablegram was sent to Admiral Remey, at Manila, directing him to dispatch at once to Admiral Kempff's J V?/-v m Kno f llnlf.n o n r if iuiiiuiauci LUC 5uu-uwai iiwicuu, v?* n that craft is not at Manila and ready for immediate service, then some craft of correspondingly light draft and power. The purpose is to place at Admiral Kempff's disposal an efficient warship, capable of ascending the Pel Ho river as far .up as Tien-Tsin. Admiral Kempff's flagship, the Newark, drawing 23 feet of water, cannot ascend the river safely beyond the Taku forts, near the entrance, but the little Helena, drawing only 11 feet, caa safely ascend to Tien-Tsin, 41) miles above. She was especially designed for service in these Chinese rivers, and so is likely to prove much more effective than any other of the foreign Li.. ?~ V* Tobn Otero formally rece&vea me ouuuihk on behalf of the State. Territory Sec. Wallace received the bulldiog on behalf of the custodian committee. ExGov. Bradford delivered the oration of the day. In the evening the capitol was brilliantly illuminated and a reception was given in U. warsilips WHICH can paoa uuc i.ariu forts and reach Tien-Tsin. She carries a battery particularly adapted *o dealing with such half-organized mobs as the Boxers. Besides her eight tourinch rapid-fire guns, she carries four six-pounder rapid-flrers, four onepound rapid-flrers, two Colts and one three-inch rapid-fire field gun She is commanded by Commander Swinburne and her complement is ten officers and 166 men. Secretary Hay cabled Minister Conger, at Pekin, an authorization to call for re-enforcements from Admiral Kempff and to make such disposition of his naval force as he deems proper to protect the American legation and consulates and American interests generally. The administration is still determined that the United States government shall continue on its independent course respecting the Chinese situation, though willing to go as far as possible to aid in the restoration of peace and order in China. Therefore, Admiral Kempff has not been instructed to join the other naval commanders in the Pei IIo river in concerted action. Brevities. As a result of the capture of Hernandez. French bankers have, offered to lend $10,000,000 to the Castro government of Venezuela. It is most unfortunate for the negro that he is too often divided in matters of church, state and those things upon which if he were united he could exert a wonderful influence. Capitol Dedicated. Sante Fe, N. Mex., Special.?The new capitol hero was dedicated ?/Ionday with proper ceremonies, to which military and civil societies from all parts of the southwest contributed. There was a grand parade, after which the ^ formal dedication took place. Gov.