The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 01, 1900, Image 3
THEY CELEBRATE.
The Dedication of a Fine Cathedral mj
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-4 Mgr. HartinelH Officiated in the Im'
posing Ceremonies of Consecrating
the Altars.
Savannah, Ga., Special.?The fled r
cation of the magnificently rebuilt
cathedral of St. John the Baptist, by
Mgr. Martinelli, the papal delegate to
the United States occurred Sunday In
order to abridge the long but beautiful
ceremony as much as possible, the
five altars were consecrated Saturday
morning at a private service, in the
presence of Mgr. Martinelli and the
visiting Church dignitaries. The high
altar, erected to the memory of Bishop
Becker was consecrated by Bishop Van
de Viver, of Richmond. Bishop Kelley
consecrated the altar of the Sacred
Heart, which is a gift of the priests
of the country to their high prieet
The altar of the Blessed Virgin, given
by 'the orphans of the diocese in honor
of the memory of the late Rev. Edward
Caffery, vicar general, was consecrated
by Bishop Kelley, also. The
altar of St. Joseph, given by Captain
and Mrs. Henry Blun, in memory of i
their daughter, Margaret, was consecrated
by Bishop Moeiler, of Columbia.
Ohio, while the altar of St. Anthony
waa consecrated by Bishop
Northrop, of Charleston.
Among the priests who took part iu
Saturday morning's ceremonies and
Sunday in the main event are: His
Excellency, Mcot Rev. Sebastlno Martinelli,
D D., 0. S. B., archbishop of
Dpheus and apostolio delegate; Rt.
Rev. John moore, D. D.. bishop of
St. Augustine, Fla.; Right Rev. Henry
C. Northrup, bishop of v^aarleston; Rt.
Rev. Alfred Curtia, auxiliary bishop to
Cardinal Gibbons; Rt. Rev. Leo Hald,
D. D., O. S. B., vicar aposfotic of
North Carolina; -.t. Rev. Van De
Vlver, D. D., bishop of Richmond, Va.;
Rt Rev. Theophiie Meeschaert, D. D.,
vioar apostolic of Indian Territory;
Rt Rev. Sebastian Byrne, D. D.,
bishop of Nashville, Tenn.; Rt. Rev.
Eidward T. Allen, D. D., bishop of
Mobile, Ala.; Rt. Rev Henry Moeller,
D. D., bishop of Columbus, O.; Rev.
Dh. Brann, of New York; Rev. Dr.
Booker, secretary to the apostolic
'Htielegate; Very Rev. J06. M. Flynn, of
Morristown, N J.; Very Rev. Wm.
Xenny, vicar general of St. Augustine;
Very Rev. L. F .Basin, vicar general
of the Savannah diocease; Rev. Gustave
Deprietre, ol Indian Territory,
Rev. Barnard Haas, 0. S. B., of oNrth
Carolina; Rev. Dr. Guan, of Atlanta;
Rev. Eugene Boyd, of Augusta; Rev
Father 0. Shanhan. of Augusta.; Rev.
Father McMahon, Rev. Father Sch
Ieake, of Columbus. 0.; Rev. Father
Luckie, of Brunswick, and (several Jesuits
of the novitiate, at Macon.
Seriously Injured.
Lynchburg, Special.?Friday afternoon
several negro men were forcing
an iron cylnder weighing 1,200 pounds
up a long flight of stairs in the printing
house of the James A. Wilkins
Company. When within three feet of
the top one of the ropes broke and
the heavy iron plunged down the
steps, dragging two of the men with
it and landing on them both on the
lower floor. Sam PParks had his
spinal column broken and George
AEnnis was painfully hurt. The negrofs,
while under the cylinder,
screamed in a most pitiful manner,
and it was several minutes before they
could be released.
McKinley Goes Home to Vote.
Washington. D. C., Special.?President
and Mrs. McKinley left the city
~ ' xc in'o ho
at 7:45 ociock :uuuub> uigui, ua i-itu
Pennsylvania Railroad, for Canton,
O., where they will remain until Mr.
McKinley easts his vote on November
6, when they will return to Washington.
They will reach Canton about ltf
o'clock in tne morning.
Telegrcpphic Briefs.
Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney has
been appointed British Governor of
Trinidad and Tobago island.
Wni?*df?v on retiring from the
post of British cornniander-in 'uief
will take an extended tour in Canada.
/ A gas explosion occurred in the Fa= is
Exposition grounds, injuring five persons,
one of thera seriously.
John Alexander Dowie, the Zionist,
of Chicago, was mobbed at a meeting
.at St. Martin'3 Twon Hall, London.
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, who
.since 1S98 has bren British Governor
and commander-in-chief of the Gold
Coast Colony, bis been appointed gov*
* * or dot of Barbadoea.
I
APPEAL TO V0TE8S.
The Slate Chairman Appeals to Voter*
In Bryan's Interest.
Along the line of the letter recently
received from National Democratic
Chairman Jones, the .South Carolina
Democratic chairman has issued the
following to the voters of the State:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina:
In view of the present apathy which
ieer^s to exist among the Democrats
ol this State as to voting at the general
election, I feel it to be my duty
r.s your chairman to address you in
this public manner and urge that you
all come out on November 6th and
cast your votes for the Democratic
ticket from president to coroner. Our
people have gotten into the way of
thinking that when they have cast
their votes In the primary there ia no
further use to vote. But this is a
very dangerous policy to pursue and
may result in great harm to our State.
Our State and county tickets are safe,
as the Republicans have put up no opposition
at all.
The Republicans nave an ejecwrai
ticket In the field composed mostly of
negroes, and they have a candidate In
every congressioni .1 district in this
State hoping to have their candidates
seated by a Republican house. Let
every Democratic voter come out and
rote for the Democratic nominees in
his district and elect them by such an
overwhelming majority mat nut
a Republican house would care unseat
them or even consider a contest.
The Democrats of this nation hare
given you one of the grandest, purest
and most brilliant men this country
has ever produced, and the Democrats
of this State have given you seVen of
your best men as candidates for congress,
and II cainot believe that you
will not come o it and vote for them.
We have heard of late various threats
on all sides that our representation in
congress would be reduced by a Republican
congress on account of our
small vote in the general election.
Now, fellow Democrats, do not allow
this serious charge to be made
against you. WILIE J ONES.
State Chairman Ex. Com.
Notes.
The Secretary of State has chartered
the Bank of Due West, capitalized at
120,000. The officers are B. F. Mau'din,
president, A. S. Kennedy, vicepresident,
and C. E. Todd cashier.
The Lutheran Synod held an interesting
session in Columbia last week.
The reports showed a healthy increase
in m^mhArshln and a year of general
prosperity In their denomination. .
Five children of Arthur Lablanc '
were suffocated in a tenement house
fire at Montreal, Que.
Minister Charles B. Hart sailed from
Colon, Colombia for New York, Oil
leave of absence.
A negro charged with stealing cotton
shot and killed J. F. Redding, a prominent
planter, in Madison county, Fla.
The Elder Dempster Steamship ComVkAd
rwA thfitfl
piny, or wouu cm, u? uiuciw. .?
19,000 ton vessels for the St. Lawrence
foreign trade.
The New York State College of
Forestry has been asked to furnish six
competent assistants to the Forestry
Bureau, at Manila, P. I.
On a wager Charley Kent, of Primrose
and Dockstader's Minstrels, made
a stumpjspeech to a large crowd In the
principal street of Wheeling, W. Va.,
The national convention of the Patriotic
Order of America opened at
Binghamton, N. Y., with the national
president, Mrs. Randolph Jones, of
Scranton, Pa., In the chair.
A complaint has been filed with the
??>-? i nt Cleveland. 0..
r eumai uumui .
that Congressman Benton, chairman of
the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors, has allowel the Republican
committee to send out campaign literature
on his frank.
The importation of Italian window
glass into Brussels has seriously attect*
ed the Belgian glass industry.
Chicago is not only the greatest
cattle, sheep acd hog market in the
world, but it now leads all creation
cs a norse marke*. During the uiue
full months of the present calendar
year 147,000 horses were received and
sold there, breaking all former records
by nearly 30,000. The large increase
is attributed to the demand dur-f
ing the last year for cavalry horses,
which have been purchased by the government
and by Germany and England.
"The present coil strike fn the anthracite
coal regions," says the Philadelphia
Prcs?, "has cost the United
States nearly thirteen and a half million
doliars. The greater part of
this burden falls on Pennsylvania. At
the time the strike was declared 143,000
men were employed in the colieries
of this State. Of this number a scant
9,000 are working. In the twenty-five
days just ended 134,000 miners have
been idle. The average rate of wages
per month for miners and breaker
boys is $37. In wages the strikers have
given up $4,938,00. During the same
time the coal companies and individual
mine operator have lost $4,000,90Q."_
CASE WITHDRAWN,
5uit Against South Carolina For a
Quarter of a Million.
The suit of the United States against
the State of South Carolina which wai
sprung last spring, causing muchi
comment in view of the fact that it
involved about a quarter of a million
dollars, will be withdrawn from the
I United States supreme court, and wfll
I t will ha raraJled
IlVl, UC J[/I CJOCi, Ab n?t? M- - ?
I that very soon after the notice of tho
suit was received Attorney General
Bellinger went to Washington and remained
there about a week. When he
returned he would have nothing to say
about the matter for the reason that
he was not then in position to state
what course would be pursued. Recently,
however, he woe formally notified
of the action Indicated above,
and in reply to a letter received from
New York by the secretary of State
Mr. Btellinger prepared the following,
which is a full statement of the whole
thing:
dan*ionn>n the secretary
of state, Mr. M. It. Cooper, received
from you (he following letter:
We understand that some'time ago
cult was brought by the attorney general
of the United States against your
State to recover on $125,000 principal
and $123,750 over due Interest on
bonds issued in 1856 to complete the
state house. It is also stated that the
bonds matured In 1881, but principal
and Interest were never paid.
Will you kindly advise us as to the
present status of thta litigation? If
any decision has been rendered in the
case we should be glad to hive the
text of the same. Any Information
that you may favor us with in regard
to this matter will be greatly appreciated.
We desire it for publication."
Inasmuch as this case has been in
the hands of this office, Mr. Cooper
requets that II answer the same, wnich
I now beg to do as follows:
Your Information is correct as to
the amount of bonds held by the
United States government, the date of
issue of the same and the amount of
interest due upon the same, as well as
the date of maturity. It is true that
no part of the principal appears to
have been aaid, but the interest was
met up to and including the year 1869.
By the act of congress approved
March 3. 1899, 30 Statutes, p. 1356, it
was proviaeu in ;>ec. * mat ue oowir
tary of the treasury be, and is hereby
authorized and directed to institute
any act or proceeding which he may
think advisable against any State or
its representatives to secure the payment
of the principal and interest of
said bonds or stocks," referring to the
bonds issued by this 0tate and now
the subject of your inquiry. Illn pursuance
of this authority, demand was
made upon the department of jus:ice
at Washington by the secretary of the
treasury to take such action as might
be necessary to secure the liquidation
cf the Indebtedness. Thereupon suit
was brought. In the supreme court of
the United States, agai:ist this State
for the sum of $248,760, and the governor
and attorney general served with
process on the 25th day of June, 1900,
a copy of the bill reaching thjs office
on the 80th of June. Although it
BubseQuently transpired ?.uat the sundry
civil act of June 5th, 1900, which
you will note was passed 19 days before
suit began, provides that ec> much
of ".he act first referred to "as authorizes
or directs the secretary of the
treasury to institute any suit or pro31
L ^ ** " enna</1ni* Q H _
066Q1Q^ WDiCIl .JJ9 ilia,' wu^iuvt ?uvisable
against any State or its representatives
to secure the payment of
the principal and interest of any
bonds or stocks," etc., "is hereby repealed
and the secretary is hereby
directed to discontinue and to dismiss
any suits, actions, or proceedings
which have been taken under the authority
of the said section 4." Having
received no notification from the dent
nf Ha intention to
withdraw the suit or ask for a discontinuance
thereof, aa attornew
general, called upon the assistant attorney
general of the United States
for a conference and explanation and
was then informed by him that the
last provision had been unaccountably
overlooked, '>ut that the suit might
be consider ;d at an end. Subsequently,
to wit, on the 3rd of August,
1900. the acting attorney general notified
this office that on the opening
of the supreme court in October it
was h>B expectation to submit a motion
to dismiss the case.
Presbyterian Synod at Florence.
Florence, Special.?The Synod uf
South Carolina met in the Presbyterian
church and was opened with a sermon
and devotional exercises as usual. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. W..
G. Neville, -pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Yorkville. Mr. Neville's text
was 1 Chron. 22:14. The session was
one of great interest throughout. The
Synod next year will meet in Charleston.
.Spartanburg's Carnival.
Spartanburg, Special.?Fully 11.000
people were here to witness the third
day's exhibits of the carnival, me
weather, while not rainy, was to somo
extent cloudy and threatening, and a
feeling of dismay and dampor filled
the hearts of many people. This onlj
goes to 6how that the people here haev
strength and confidence in the street
carnival, and hundreds and thousands
of people flocked to see the floral parade.
It was a grand sight. To attempt
the enumeration of any special toat o'
floats would be folly. Suffice to say of
the sevemty odd exhibits in line, a number
were original and unique aud met
the approbation of every one in the
trades display parade.
CAN'T BE LEASED.
Those That Were Convicted of Hel?
nous Crimes.
The attorney general has renaerea
an opinion on an important matter.;
The text of the opinion explains the
matter very fully:
Hon. D. J. Griffith, Superintendent
State Penitentiary, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: On the 22d inat. you
wrote to this ofTice as follows:
"When the paeeent board of directors
entered upon the discharge of
their duties, they found quite a number
of convicts, hired out by their
predecessors in ofTice, who had been
convicted of murder, rape, arson and
manslaughter. Upon reading section
5 5 ( 2729) of the revised statutes, I
find that it is forbidden to hire out
convicts convicted of any of these
offenses. The present board is in
doubt, however, whether it la now its
doty to recall such of these prisoners
who are still in confinement and keep
them within the jurisdiction of the
penitentiary authorities proper, or
whether the action of the previous
board is final in the matter, -nd binding
upon the present board. I therefore
write to ask that you will kindly
give me your official opinion upon
this matter, and advice me what action
the board should take, if any, ia
regard to the same."
I beg to reply as ronows:
Section 565, criminal statutes is as
follows in part: "The board of directors
of the penitentiary are hereby
authorized and empowered to lease, or
hire out any convicts in the penitentiary,
except convicts under sentence
for murder, rape arson and maneiaughter
" You will notice that
the use of the words "authorized and
empowered" evidently implies that
but for this provision the board would
not have the authority and power to
lease convicts and that such authorization
and empowering Is limited expressly
by the word "except preceding
,the naming of certain classes not permitted
to be hired out. So that to my
mind It follows that no attempt on
the part of any preceding board to
hire out these convicts would or could
be construed to be a valid contract,
but, on the contrary, would be con.
etrued uRrft vires and of none effect.
Such being the case these convicts are
beyond the limits of the penitentiary
in violation of the law and it becomes
the duty of the present board to have
them return to the walls of the penitentiary
or property exclusively under
the control of the authorities of the
penitentiary euch as the farms. It Is
clear that the action of the previous
board Is not final In tne matter, nor
binding upon you.
Section 573 of the "criminal statutes' |
directs "no convicts shall be hired
out, as provided in the foregoing sec.
tk>n, unless 6uch convicts shall be and
remain under the supervision of a
sworn officer and guards appointed bj
the superintendent of the penitentiary;
such officer and guards to be
responsible to the superintendent oi
the penitentiary and to hold their office
subject to removal by the superintendent;
The superintendent and
directors of the penitentiary shall prescribe
the rules and regulations to b<
observed by said officer and guaras iB
all cases;" and art xii, sec. 9 of the
constitution of 1895 reads as ronows:
"The peniten..ary and the convicti
therein sentenced shall forever be under
the supervision and control of of- .
flcer3 employed by the State, ana in
? ? ? -""-("to ?Vi)raH rvr fa-rmArl
<<111/ WUUYiUlO Ui c Ull VU V? tui tuvv
out, as may be provided by law, their
maintenance, support, medical attendance
and discipline shall be under the
direction of officers detailed for the*
duties by the authorities of the peni
tenttery." If the requirements of the
statute law and the constitution have
been respected by the present and preceding
boards then these convicts are
directly under the control of officers
and guards appointed by .he superintendent,
which officers and guards are
subject to your orders, and in my
opinion, it ie your duty to order these
to return to the peniterntiary the convicts
who are serving sentences for
any of the crimes mentioned in section
505 of the criminal statutes.
While one convicted and duly sentenced
by law is deprived of his liberty
to a certain extent, he still has certain
rights under the law. and among
these rights is the one to be punisnea
only as prescribed by the law in force
at the time of his conviction and sentence,
and the hiring out of a person
sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary
for the crimes of "murder,
rape, arson and manslaughter" is a
violation of the law and (it may be)
j in derogation of the rights of the convicts
so hired out.
Very truly yours,
G. DUNCAN BELLINGER,
j k Attorney General
Verdict Set Aside.
Anderson, Special.?The court of
Mrr.mrvn r>ims whifh recently adioum
ed tried several ca.-es o'f interest. The
case of Harris against the Anderson
county was an action for $2,000 damages
provided for by reoent legislation
in cases of lynching. It seems that
Elbert Harris, a negro, was arrested
on the charge of arson some time last
year and was taken* from the officers
and severely beaten, dying from the
effects of the beating. As in the
OrangebuTg case, the jury found for
the county, ajid hie honoT Judge Aldrich
6et aside the verdict an- granted
a new trial. In Justice to the jury.
| however, it must be said in some
points the case of the plaintiff was n?t
I made very strong in cue evidence.
. :a severe jolt. ^
I was seated in the corner of the car,
When I got a most excruciating jar? t
Not the ordinary kind
To which gripmen are inclined,
r?..i . ciin?l'o/l m<? more than
DUl a JXJIV Viiau suwvavvk ? ? w
that by far.
From riown the aisle a fascinating girl
Set my senses in an amatory whirl,
When she turned a pretty smile
Toward my corner, and the while
Showed the tips of teeth that glistened
as the pearl.
I responded with a twinkle of my eye
('Tis a little trick I studied, by the bye)^'
And although I passed my street,
Still I kept ray corner seat,
For the hope within my heart was run*
ning high.
Then it was I got the dolorific jar;
Just behind me, on the platform of tbd
car,
Stood the man at whom, 'twas plain,
f he was smiling through the pane,
ADd?I'd ridden half a mile or more too
iar.
?W. B. H., in Liffc
PITH AND POINT.
"Isn't that man over there an ad*
mirer of yours?" "On the contrary*
he's my husband."?Meggendorfer
Blaetter.
Hoax?"Do you always leave cards
when you call?" Joax?"Not always.
Sometimes I leave an umbrella."?
Philadelphia Record. ^
Lawyers are men who work with a will,
At least, so the doctors say;
But the lawyer's work don't begin until
The doctor has opened the wav.
Cnicago Inter-Ocean.
The new minister had a decidedly
slow delivery. "Mamma," exclaimed
Beth after the service. "I wish they'd
sent us a higher-geared speaker."?
Judge.
"But, mamma, if I buy clothes first
I may not have money left to buy a
trunk." "Ethel, 5*ou haven't any business
sense at all; you can borrow a
trnnk."
"The doctor says you ought to tako
life easier?to enjoy yourself inore."!
"All right; I'll go take a trip on this
money which I had saved up to pay
on this bilL"?Chicago Record.
I love the man who's always late
Although he makes me have to wait;
Yes, though he cost me time and pelf.
He gives me grounds to praise myself.
?Chicago Record. ,
"I suppose," said Miss Snapp's fiance,
"you'l^be sorry when I marry your
sister and take her away to live with
me." "No. replied her little brother.
"J never did like vou much, anyhow.'*
?Philadelphia Press.
"I know that a great many people
do not like my business." said the
chimney-sweep; "but it soots me." After
due acknowledgment of the courteous
smiles of his audience, he went
up the flue.?Baltimore Aiherican.
He?"I notice that Fred and Harry
have made up and are as good friends
as ever." She?"Yes, they had to
make up. Everybody else had gone
away, and neither had anybody to
play goir witn."?Boston xrauscrjpi.
Trayder?'"Yes, sir; honesty Is the
best pol?" Beyer?"Say! I never
knew anybody who quoted that old
proverb as much as you do." Trayder
?"Well, I know that honesty pays,
that's all." Beyer?"You've tried both,
I suppose."?Philadelphia Press.
The lamb and the lion were about to
lie down together. "Don't you think,'*
said the lion, with uncommon politeness,
"you had better occupy the in
side Dertn?" wnui iuc mm U 1UUJ
have thought will never appear. It
was the end.?Philadelphia Press.
Wife (reading)?"Another mysterious
suicide?unknown man throws himself
from a cliff." Husband (thoughtlessly)?"Bet
his wife was at the bottom
of it." Wife?"Charles!" Husband
(hurriedly)?"Of the cliff, my;
lovej not the suicide."?Collier's Week*
iy. jV
The Value of Saving.
In New York State the past year,
how widespread has been prosperity;
is betokened bv a report on savings
banks, which shows that one out of
every three persons in the State has
a bank account; The total amount
deposited was $2G4,S27,203.
In France, the Government offers Inducements
to school children to open
savings bank accounts. The Government
of the United Etates plays no
such paternal role in encouraging thrift
nmoug its people. It is left to wise
mothers in this country to encourage
children to the virtue and sound business
principle of saving. The spirit1
* ?!>nll
ual paradox, "io aim iuai nam ouaa
be Riven, and from liim that hath not
shall be taken away." is a stern, unrelenting
condition of business success.
Not alone is it true nowadays that "a
penny saved is a penny earned," but,
more ayd more it is necessary to save
the penny in order to earn one. The
youth boginniug life under present
economic conditions must have capital
and a capacity for acquiring it. Saving
through childhood is a moans to
both these indispensable ends, and
the solemn truth of this should De religiously
placed before the minds of
the young.?Harper's Bazar.
Dlvlno Ulffht of Daughters,
The divine right of kings isn't In It
with the right of the married daughter
who comes home for the first time
to show off her baby to her parents.-#
Atghlson Globe.
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