The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 01, 1900, Image 2
THE COUNTY RECORD.
Pabliahed Every Thursday
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TINGSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. |
?BY ?
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The influences of good humor on lire
are manifold. A happy disposition
helps in business, increases the pleasure
of others, makes its owner contented.
assists him to forget mental
worry and so preserves his health.
Professor Starr, of Chicago, in trying
to prove that Americans are approximating
in facial appearance to
the aborigines, says that he has min
utely examined and measured the
features of more than 5000 children
of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage and
has found in most cases "lengthening
of the face and broadening of the
cheek bones in accordance with the
characteristic features of Indian
races." Ferhaps, it is suggested, much
eating of scrapple is responsible for
the curious development.
No State has so many newspapers
per capita as North Dakota, and few
rural postoffices make a better showing
than those of the Red River Val
ley, indicating that the people write
as well as read. As to crime and
pauperism, it is almost another case
of "the snakes in Ireland." The census
of 1S00 shows that there were
ninety-seven prisoners in her jails.none
of whom were Juveniles and thirtyOve
paupers, the smallest percentage
of any State of the Union. At the
present time not more than a quarter
of the jail population are actual residents
of the State.
An incident which occurred at one
of the receiving points for the Galveston
contributions shows the power of
the widow's mite. A workingman,
bearing some of the tools of his trade,
with hands begrimmed with toil,
stepped to the counter, nnu putting
down a quarter, sententiously said,
"for the Galveston sufferers." "What
Is the name?" he was asked. "Never
mind the name," was the answer, "but
send it to those who need it." That
came from the heart," said a gentleman
standing by, who was attending
to some other business. "Put me
down for twenty-five dollars." And
thus the workiugman's contribution
was multiplied a hundred fold.
Dr. Charles Fere,writing in a French
medical journal, treats the emotion
commonly called "love at first sight"
with a calm disapproval distinctly
shocking to people who have been
taught to see in it serai-sacred attributes.
He says that this phenomenon
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pvt'1113 IU UC a I up IV/111 VI UC^VUV-l ?VJ,
of hallucinations of memory, and in
especial of epilepsy and of neurasthenia.
The explosive form of affection
he thinks should be considered a
symptom of morbid emotion, of nervous
disorder, rather than a celestial
Inspiration to be followed at all hazards.
The authority may be high, but
It hardly carries conviction that all
the poets and novelists are wrong, especially
as it is not quite certain that
the French "coup de foudre" and
our "love at first sight" are one and
the same sentiment.
One place where the signboard nuisance
har not disfigured the natural
scenery is the water front of the Wisconsin
River for some miles up and
down the Dells. The smooth surfaces
of the stone walls, the crags, cliffs,
and standing rocks invite extensive
paintings and penciling, which would
be in plain view from decks of the
steamers passing up and down the
stream, but up to this time no amount
of money has been able to control the
privilege from a single individual owner.
It is said that some time ago the
agent of a concern which manufac
tured a certain decoction succeeded in
painting a huge sign 011 the rocky cliff
near the steamboat landing at Ivilbourn.
He was overtaken, brought
back to the-scene of his handiwork,
and given the alternative of scraping
off the letters or being ducked in the
river. He agreed to obliterate the sign,
somewhat to the disappointment of
the residents, who were just in the
mood for the ducking.
| FORCED Ti RETREAT
Americans Encounter a Heavy Body of
Fi ;pi. o;
AND SUSTAIN A HEAVY LOSS
Lieutenant F<blger and Four Privates
Killed -- Of icinl Report of
The Battle.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
War Department has received a dispatch
from General MacArthur giving
an account of a fight in which a
small detachment of the American
troops attacked a much superior force
of Filipinos. The dispatch follows:
"Manila,
"Adjutant General, Washington:
"On Ortober 24th First Lieutenant
Febiger, with 40 men of Company H,
Thirty-third Regiment, United States
Infantry Volunteers: Second Lieutenant
Grayson V. Hedit, with 60 men of
Troop L, Third Cavalry, attacked the
insurgents 14 miles east of Narvican,
Ilocos, province of Luzon. They developed
a strong position occupied by
about 400 riflemen and 1,000 bolomen,
under command of Juan Villamer, a
subordinate of Times. A desperate
fight ensued, which was most creditable
to the force engaged, though under
heavy pressure of overwhelming numbers.
Our troops were comelled to return
to Harvican, which was accomplished
in a tactical, orderly manner.
"Acting Assistant Surgeon Bath ami
a civil teamster, captured early in the
fight, were re'eaeed by Villamer. According
to their accounts, the insurgents
are much stronger than reported
here, and their loss, at a moderate
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Killed, First Lieutenant George L. i
Febiger, Charles A. Lindenberg, Wm.
F. Wilson. Company H, Thirty-third
Regiment; Andrew T. Johnson, farrier;
Guy E. Mc-Ciintock. Troop L,
Third Regiment, United States Cavalry.
MacARTHUR."
lieutenant Fcbiger was one of the
youngest officers on the army, being
in his 24th year. He was a native of
New Orleans. General MacArthuh also
reported eight wounded and four
missing.
Boers Capture JacobsdoL
Cape Town, by Cable.?The Boers
have captured Jacobsdal, southwest of j
KImberlcy, arter a siuoDorn resistance
upon the part of the garrison, which
consisted of a detachment of Cape
Town Highlanders. The latter suffered
severely, having lost 34 men out of
52 men. Hans Botha has cut off a tralu
with a reccnnoitering party on the
Highland Brigade, between Heldleberg
and Greylingstadt, in the Transvaal
colony, tearlag up the rails in
front and behind the train. .n the
fight which followed two captains and
eight men were captured.
Run Over By a Wagon.
Monroe, Special.?Solas Deese, .
young white man, who lived on the
farm of Mr. Bob Glenn, four or five
miles south of here, was killed about
noon Friday by being run over by a
loaded wagou. He was preparing to
move and had a wagon loaded, just
ready to start. As he attempted to get
aa the wagon the roses moved off
quickly and threw him under It, the
wheels passing directly over his body.
He lived only a few minutes after the
accident He was married, his fatherin-law
being Coroner S. A. Belk.
[ Cannot Get Damages.
Chicago, Special.?Suits against the
city for damages to railroad property
luring the strike of 1894, in which
more than $2,000,000 lDvoivea, were
virtually decided in the city's favor by
a jury in Judge Hancy's court. A
Terdtot of not guilty in the case of
Armour and Co. against the city of
Chicago is interpreted by Corporation
Counsel Walker to mean that the
litigating companies will not be able
to reeovcr damages for the destruction
of railroad property during the greaf
strike.
Warby Wine Hanged.
Columbia, S. C., Special.?Werhf
Whie, a negro, was hung at Orangeburg
Friday for the murder of C. J.
Paulllng, near Fort Mills. Governor
MaaSwcenew commuted the -sentence
or Major Green, alEO colored who wa*
to bavo been hanjed for the same
murder. \Vine confessed a couple oi
days ago and exonerated Green.
Killed in Rich.-nond.
Richmond, Va., Special.?In a personal
difficulty at Cuckoo, Louisa
county, Captain W. B. Pendleton, a
one-legged Confederate soldier and exmember
of the Virginia House of Delegates,
shot and killed William Franciseo.
Both are of Louisa. The difficulty
grew out of differences regarding
adjoining lands of the parties and
there had been bad blood between
them for some, time. The men met in
the public road and Francisco cabled
Pendleton an ugly name and drew a
pistol. Pendlety. then drew his pistol
and both began to fire. Francisco
trcd lrc sSofc, Psafleton only one.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
Striking Development Noted In Every
Line.
Speo&L?T\> thn wportn
Am ... W1U
Of ODttOD, IBVB HMV) Hum,
flour and iron from the Southern States
hi whHi cotton growing was ones
dominant, other articles are being adcLad
yew by year. Among these 13 petroleum.
Within tbe post five years
[ the production of crude petroleum in
[ liie Ooreicana fields In Navarro county,
Tex., has been steadily developed,
bringing new population and new Industries
in its trail. The discovery of
the oil was made In the heart of tae
aity in drilling an artesian welH For
a couple of years slow progress was
made, but sine; 1898, when a refinery
wss built, it has had rapid expansion.
According to a correspondent of the
Manufacturers' Recora since January
I, 1899, the work has gone on uninterruptedly,
until the number of producing
wells in the field i9 5'9, with a
laily output of 3.5C0 barrsls. Oil of
Uie lubricating variety has been
jtrock at a depth of 400 fee , near Powjll,
eight milts from Corslcana, and a
pipe line will be built in order to get
the oil to market. MObth after month
Ihe tankage capacity of their refinery
aas been increased until there are now
?bout 40 tanks, holding from 16,000 to
16,000 barrels each, while others are
idded as production increases. The refinery
is not able to refine the entire
product, and large quantities of the
erude oil are shipped to Mexico, where
it is refined. The residum of the oil
refined at Corsicana is usea in iocai
mills and factories for fuel anl large
juantities of It are shipped to Sabine
Pass to be loaded on steamships for the
North, where its by-products are derived.
The outward movement of lumber is
strengthening. The reports of railroads
as to lumber traffic represents it
is quite up to the average for this season.
Reports from all milling sections
show no excessive stocks at any point,
while many mills are moving lumber
! is rapidly as it leaves the saw. In the
North Carolina pine section the out(
look is regaded as very satisfactory,
and while there is no very great activ
fty in the market, the demand is steady
Ttith a good inquiry which later on
will develop considerable actual business.
One of the most interesting developments
in Southern textiles during the
week is the beginning of the construction
at Clearwater, S. C., of a plant for
bleaching and printing cotton goods
This, owned by Georgia parties represents
an investment of $300,000, and
will have a capacity for bleaching
weekly 8,000,000 yards and for printing
3,000,000 yards, the Eufaula, Ala., Cotton
Mills will erect a ne > power house
for two 250 horse-power boilers, the
Standard Cotton Mills, of Cedartown,
Go., will increase its carding machines
by 20 per cent., and the Middle Georgia
Cotton Mills, at Eatonton, Ga., has
awarded a contract for a building to
accommodate 5,000 spindles and 125
looms.
Growth of the Cotton mil Industry.
Graphic evidence of the rapid growth
of the cotton mill industry in the
Stouth is furnished by a comparison of
nie cotton consumption, says the New
York Post. During the year ended Aucrnct
31 last the Northern mills pur
chased 2,068,000 bales, against 2,027,000
In 1891, while the aklngs of the Southern
mills were 1,597,000, against 604,000
in 1891. This would seem to indi- 1
cate that Northern consumption remainer
stationary as compared with
ten years ago, while Southern consumption
in the same period much
more than doubled. But, great rs has
been the increase in the South, the
growth in the near future will be even
more rapid. Last year 800,000 new
spindles were put in operation in the
South, and 1,418,000 spindles are in
course of erection. This means that
within a year the South will have in
operation 29 per cent, more spindles
than it now has, and 55 per cent, more
than it had a year ago. And this in
(urn means?assuming that the new
milLs will spin yarns of the present average
number?that in another year
the South will be consuming approximately
as much notion m the North.
Dry Gocds Market.
New York, Special.?The market hw
fceen universally quiet without, developments
in any direction of moment.
The buyers have been very conservative
in the.r purchases and there sliil
continues to be a considerable distance
between the contracting parti- s.
There is a general opinion that after
the election trading will be somewhat
livelier and buyers are evidently looking
for lower prices, notwithstanding
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The foot and mouth disease has broken
out in the Berlin abattoirs.
Won the Qold riedal.
Atl8<nta, Special.?George Petermnn,
of Charleston. S. C., won the gold
medal for target shooting in the amateur
shooting tournament here vui!i a
score of 309 out of a possible 350. \V.
A. Baker, of Griffin, Ga., was second
with 299. Tomorrow the live bird match
will begin. A sliver cup is the trophy.
Major Matt R. Peterson died in Ha?
rana of yellow fever and his wife com*
bitted suicide half An hour later.
I
INDUSTRIAL AGENTS
Of The Seaboard Air Line Meet lo
Jacksonville.
GREAT WORK BEING ACCOMPLISHED
It Has Brought $10,000,000 to tho
South This Year-The Effort* In
Behalf of Education.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?The Industrial
agents of the Seaboard Air
Line Railay to the number of 400 and
representing 107 towns in Virg.-uia,
North and South Carolina and Georgia.
along the line of the system, assembled
here in convention Wedue3flav
under the call of John T. Pat
rick chief industrial agent of the newly
onsolldated lines.
The delegates were welcomed by
Mayor Bowden, and President of the
Ecard of Trade Garner, afte- which
addresses were made by Mr. J. B. Upham,
editor foThe Youth's Companion,
Boston; Mr. John T. Patrick, Hon. G.
Gragan, of Elberton, Ga., and others.
Reports were also heard from the
agents. In his report, for the year 1900
Mr. Patrick made a showing of $10,000,000
of the new cipital brought from
the North and East in settlers' homes
and manufaeturlng plants as against
$5,000,000 for the year 1890; $2,309,000
for 1898, and $350,000 for 1857 This
report covered the operations of the
muudiiiai uc^ai imcui uvu * w; ji-w
miles ot the old Seaboard Air Line and
some of the objects of the convention
now in session is to inaugurate on the
newly-acquired ilnes, the Georg'a
Alabama, and the Florida Central &
Peninsular, the policy which had been
eo successfully set in motion on the parent
system by its vice-president ar.d
general manager, Mr. E. St. John, with
many more features introduced in tLls
unusual departure for a railroad corporation,
yet the methods in the main
are similar to those brought from the
Rock Island by Mr. St. John, who "-as
lis general managar also. The otber
feature of the convention to be consid
CI CU lUlUUUl/n IS cuac VI Ciir; uwauni; lag
of the public schooLs along the
line which will be a special work for
the coming year. Mr. Upham, of The
Youth's Companion, has offered 200
flags at a cost of )5 each, to be distributed
as premiums to those schools
which make the best showing in rendering
mure picturesque the building
and grounds, the work to be done by
the children. The contest will close
March 21, and on July 4th will be
flag-raising day In those schools that
have won the premiums. There are
present nearly 100 public school teachers,
Including county superintendents
and superintendents of public Instruction
from six States. In charge of the
school work under Mr. Patrick is Mrs
E. .0 MoCabe, of Atlanta, president of
-1? V.af Alfv nnrl
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Mrs. E. B. Heard, of Mlddletown, Gm ,
who is in charge of circulating libraries
of the systems. There are about 25
libraries of about 40 books each, whicbj
are carried from to point for the benefit
of the poor boy3 and girls who have
no other access to books. Mr. Andrew
Carnegie has contributed to the fund
under Mrs. Heard $1,000 and recently
wrote to her to draw on him for $1,000
more when needed. Mr. Carnegie became
interested in the work through
the representations of Vice-President
and General Manager St. John and tcday
Mrs. Heard received a telegram
of good cheer and congratulation from
Mrs. E. St. John.
'Addresses were made Thursday by
Mrs. MoCabe and Mrs. Hehrd and oi>J?ct
lessons were given with models
both in the beautifying of schools and
grounds'and in the manneT of circulatl
ino tho libraries one of which was on
I hand for the inspection of the delel
gates.
The efforts cf this railroad cdrporatlon
toward building up the country
have been received -with enthusiasm
here and much Is expected under this
policy for the up-building of Florida
and Alabama. Thursday was the closing
day of the convention, each one of
whose delegates is carrying forward
this work without compensation of
any kind.
Miss Wllkins' New Novel.
Mary E. Wilkinson has Just finished
a new novel, which has been secured
by the Ladies' Home Journal. The social
life of a small town Is Lor theme.
She reveals its romances, its humors,
and Its tragedies with that charn.iJi
realism which characterizes the vul>
ings of this popular novelist.
Want Reduced Freight Rates.
Scranton, Pa., Special.?In expectation
of the strike being settled representatives
cf the coal-carrying compan
ies and the independent coal operators
| are to confer in Philadelphia to arrive
at some understanding as to freight
rate*. Independent operators for years
have been demanding 65 per cent, of
the tidewater for their produce instead
of 60 per cent as allowed them. Now
hen the action of the big companies
forces them to increase their expenses
of mining about 4 per cent they insist
on their long-ffta&dfog dtfin hefcag
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
The Sooth.
Mtlry Johnson, eolored, who shot a
on due tor on tfce Texas and Paciflo
Railway, was lynched at Plaqaemtae,.
La.
The annual report of tho Beard of
Visitors to the Naval Academy eontains
few suggestions not previously
made. f
The twenty-fifth anniversary exercises
of the founding of VonderbHt
University began at Nashville, Tenxu
A three-day missionary council of
the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Q rvA lot v n f U^Tv!o/>/%r\nl n will
uvviwi./ vi kuc ^^/iovv|/aa VUUJVU n ji*
be held at Louisville, Ky,
The Democratic primary in the fifth.
Alabama district resulted in the nomination
of C, W. Thompson lor Con*
great.
The North.
Senator Hanna, in Chicago, said ha
was largely responsible for the offer
of an increase of 10 per cent. Increase
in the wages of the Pennsylvania minere.
Alice Hammell died at Vahwert, O.,
after vitriol had been thrown In her
face by Mrs. John Van Liew, a jealous
wife.
The Southern Educational Society,
for the advancement of poor whites,
and negroes, has applied for a eharter
ini New York.
So much horse meat is being sold
in Chicago that the city's Health Commissioner
is considering the advisability
of licensing dealers in horse
flesh.
Tiffany and Co.'s copper plate engravers
and printers, at New York,
who save been on a strike, have returned
to work.
Charles Dudley Warner, author,
died in Hartford, Conn.
Because of sympathy for striking:
barbers a general labor strike is probable
at Sioux City.
Joseph E. "Tallis, a newspaper man
of Tennessee, was killed by falling
from a window of the Occidental Hotel,
Quincy, 111.
Nearly 100 delegates have arrived
for the National Convention of the
American Public Health Association,
at muianapuiis, inu.
Mistaking his friend for a deer,
Willis M. Latimer shot and Instantly
killed W. L. Pond, of Tarringford,
Conn,, at Nahmakanta Lake, Me.,
while the two were hunting.
Foreign.
The steamer City of Barcelona narrowly
escaped being krecked on a near
Island formed by floods at the mouth
of the Rhone.
Lieutenant Commander Beehler, naval
attache at the American Embassy
In Berlin,'Is seriously ill with pneuni<(C*
nia. v
Sir Alfred Mllner, who will be apnointf><i
pmprnnr nf th? mnnuerfHt
Boer Republics, has arrived at Pretoria.
Italy has organized a permanent
commission of experts to prepare trad?
treaties with foreign powers.
King Oecar of Sweden, who has beea.
111, is reported to be gaining fci
strength.
The French note and replies of the
powers probably will form a basis for
negotiating the Chinese troubles.
General Linares has been made
Spanish Minister of War.
An agreement between Germany and
England to preserve the integrity of
the Chineea Empire is interpreted in.
ec-me quarters to be a preparatory
step to seizing territory in China.
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-S?hwerin
and his betrothed, Queen WilholnliTva
wpipp pnthnsiaxticallv wel
corned at The Hague.
Marquis Ito has formed a new Cabinet
for Japan.
Count Zeppelin made a successful
teat of his airship in Wurtembur&
Germany.
Miscellaneous.
Rear-Admiral Hichborn's annual report
calls attention to the lack of Government
docking facilities foi -large
vessels.
The resignation of Prhwe yon Mohenlohe
will not be followed by
cgehans in tbe policies of Germany,,
according to Berlin opinolns.
The transport Logan has sailed from.
Manila with several hundred sick and
insane soldiers.
In his annual report Surgeon-General
Sternberg saj's the medical de
nrrmeni 01 iu? army *> lusumcienuy;
equipped with sujjgeoue.
About 80,000 applications already
hare been filed for pensions growing
out of the Spanish-American war.
Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, upon returning
to Chicago from hie Eastern
campaign trip, predicted Democratic ,
success in Maryland and Indiana.
President Mitchell, of the United.
Mine Workers, cays a number cf the
operators have failed to give notice
of aa offer to increase the miners' wages
in the Pennsylvania anthracite
field.
The Spanish Cabinet has resigned m
a protest against the appointment of
General Weyler to the post of CaptainGeneral
of Madrid.
Major-General Wood, Military Governor
of Cubs, arrived In Washington
and called at lbs White Bbuse.