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THE COUNTY RECORD. Published Every Thursday ? AT? 50NG8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? 0. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. The following police regulation, "in view of the earlier approach of darkness," has been widely posted in the North of Ireland: "Until further notice every vehicle must carry a light when darkness begins. Darkness always begins as soon as the lamps are lit." After one realizes the vast strides of the last twenty years in electrical development, one would be foolhardy to deny the possibility of wireless telegraphy. But the demonstrations al ready have not led to any abatement In the cost of telegraph wire or cables, nor is it likely to at any immediate future. 5 - - --?- - ? The Dnke of Abruzzi has coine nineteen miles nearer the North Pole than Nansen. He therefore heads the list of arctic explorers. lie lost two fingers, amputated on account of frost-bites. Lieutenant Peary has lost some of his toes. Have these men fully learned their trade, so long as they are exposed to nipping frosts aueb as the Esquimaux escape? Women are increasingly and regularly studying and going into the practice of all branches of horticulture. The course of study in some of the best schools in agriculture, as well as in Imi-f Innlttu-.t 5 J I>n\V ftnnjl t<? them. Horticulture appeals to many women. It leads into the most interesting fields of work, and this, with far less of nerve wear than in many other occupations. As a general rule, women of full age may be employed in all vocations that are open to men, and are not protected or restricted by special legislation. In some States this is expressly provided?California by the Constitution, and Illinois and Washington by statute, thus?"No person shall be precluded or debarred from any occupation, profession, or employment lexcepi military! on accuuui in. boa. In Illinois the law adds, "Nothing in this act shall bo construed as requiring any female to do work on streets or roads or serve on juries.*' The census returns of some of the boom towns of the South and West deserve attention, for they leach a lesson which might well be learned by people of small means who are seeking for opportunities to make ">00 per cent, a month by real estate investments in towns of magic growth. Many of the towns with collapsed booms may have a prosper- ' ous future when they shall be allowed j to develop naturally ami nonesuy. However that may be, persons who are socking real estate investments in growing towns can do much better in localities where values are not inflated by a speculative uiauia. The experience of the past twenty years proves that .it is wise to avoid boom towns in making permanent invest* inents. Here is a new problem for those who .<ay that true etiquette Is founded on kindliness and unselfishness. What sort of a title shall be given the woman physician who is married when her name is mentioned with her husband's? We all know of cases where a capable woman has been forced to the front by the inefficiency of her husband. If she by her skill as a physician is earning the income which supports the family and Das secured a reasonable degree of eminence in her profession, should her visiting cards be priuied Mr. aud Dr. or Dr. and Mr., or the humble Mr. and Mrs.? There are solid objections to each aud every one or those forms, so the easiest way to settle it is to have separate cards for husband and wife. But that is no help to those unfortunate enough to address envelopes of invitation to the' unconventionally balanced couple. Really it is a genuine puzzle for the * etiquette lawmaker to solve for a perplexed public which wishes to he mod eru in both mentality and manners. SlICCESSM'L ENTERPRISE.. Excellent Showing By a South Carolina Company. One of the most creditable exhibits ?t the recent State fair was thai, of the Dexter Broom and Mattress Company of Pelzer. Through an error in the rush of the reporters' work this exhibit was credited to a North Carolina town instead of to the enterprising Pel zer concern. The mattresses shown at tbo fair were taken directly from the stock of the Columbia dealer and were not specially prepared for exhibition purposes as is not infrequently the case with some exhibitors. The Dexter mattress, made by an improved process, is said by Ihose who have used them to be alwaye soft, springy and delightful. The material used in their manufacture comes frcra the great Pelzer cotton mills, just at their door, but the raw material out of which the broom product of the same company i9 made is not as accessible. Mr. Brown, the treasurer and manager of the Dexter company, has just returned from Indiana, where he was compelled to go for his. broom corn, although special inducements have for several years past been offered South Carolina farmers who would grow this crop. Mr. Brown says that $100 an acre is not an unusual sum to realize from broom corn and the cost of cultivation and preparation is not greater than for cotton. Unusual Case. A rather extraordinary case cornea from Walhalla. The authorities in Oconee think a principal witness in the case against Acker is wanted in Georgia mainly to get him across the line so that he can not bo a witness in the case. Governor McSweeney received the following letter relative to the case: Dear Sir: There is pending in the court here for trial the case of the State vs. Will Acker on indictment for mirder. The defendant Is in jail awaiting trial. The chief State witness against him is one Warren Kilpatrick, who is under bond to appear as a wit-, ncss in the ca?e. Recently Kilpatrick h;:s been arrested and put in jail for for some small misdemeanor of long standing in Georgia. I desire to suggest that you should not honor the re quisition tin tne muraer iriai is A rumor is afloat that the Georgia case is trumped up to get Kilpatrick out of the way as a witness. Yours truly, W. W. MOSS. Sheriff Oconee. J. L. BOGGS, Coroner County. Set i-rec to L):e. Wm. Lowry, of Chesterfield county, I was pardoned so thrt he might leave the chain gang and die in peace. Statements are made Gcternor McSweeney that Lotvery was In a dying condition. County Supervisor R. P. Adair wrote Governor McSweeney suggesting that he commute the fine of Hill Miller from $15C to $100. Miller was convicted of violating the dispensary law and sen Ufiiceu tu strive uuc j ecu on tuuu<gang or pay a fine of $150. Mr. Adair jwrote to say that the $100 would be iraore acceptable to Lauren? county than twelve months cf Miller's service? (especially now that the cold weather is coming on. Miller has friends who will pay the $100 fine. A Constable's Desperate Fight. Florence. Sprcial.?Thursday morning at Jeffrey's Creek purnp house, one ruile from Floren e, Constable Thos. E. Dennis h'd a fie-ce and very bioody fight with a big r.egro whom he attempted to arrest as the probable murderer of Mr. Carter, a chaingang guard, which occurred in Marlboro Co. some time ago. Blood flowed freely on both sides. The nrgro was shot in the thigh ard otherise bruised during the ; fight. Mr. Dennis was terribly cut in the head, the negro belabor.ne hiin with handcuffs. The negro escaped from Mr. Dennis, but as captured later by a posse after he had been shot with a Winchester rifle and peppored with buckshot from a double-barreled shotgun. The negro is in jail and has received medical attention. Although a pistol ball went through his thigh and a Winchester ball is lodged in his neck, he negro seems to be all right. "I'he Charter Secured. The South Carolina Telephone company got its charter from the s-cretary of State. The ba'f million capital was easily arranged for. The officers elected are Samuel 1>. Rl'llcr. president and treasurer: John H Schcfidd, of New York, secretary and Wai. D. Melton, attorney. The purpose rf this company to connect all portions of South Carolina, with independent telephone lines fc:.s already he. n detailed. Killed By Companion. Batesbtirg, Special.?An entertainment among the colored people MonJ-? V-?-1 nsnol C\ n u;;y uigiiL UUU mo v.. the road home and in front of R. B. Shealy's store, two lads nearly grown were fooling with a pistol, wh'ch was dlf\h reed and one of them. Will Clark, was shot in the neck. The ether. John Ruckcr, ran off for assistance, as lie had shot Will. Dr. L. A. Quattlcbaum did all that could be done for the suffering boy, but he died last night, and a coroner's jury this evening rendered a verdict cf "accidental homicide" against John, who had been in the lockup until the ca*e as passed upon, and is now in jail and will await the result of the trial. IH'ARinUR'S REPORT I He Views the Situation in the Philippines From Several Points. DIFFICULTIES OF PACIFICATION Not Concealed bv Commanding Qen eral. Dosen't Seem Hopeful 01 Early Termination of IheGuerrllla War. Washington. D. C., Special.?Maj. i Gen. MacAithur, commanding the army in. the Philippines, and military governor of the islands since May o, lfH)0, has submitted his repoit to the war department. A considerable portion cf the report relates to events which took place previous to the date when he assumed command, and he publishes some of the correspondence and proclamations of the Filipinos obtained before that time. He refers to the change cf Aguinaldo's plans <to abandoning his army organisation and starting a guerrilla warfare. The con dit!on3 of tbe country have aocrdea advantages fcr such a policy, he says, cs they have enabled the insurgents to appear and dUapptar at 'their convenience. At one time they are soldiers and immediately after arc within, the AUn*.': icon lines in tbe altitude cf peaceful natives. A widely scaJtered formation cf Filipinos quickly folowod the guenilla. warfare, which led to a corresponding dissemination of American troops, there being i>3 military stations on the archipelago November 1st, 1892. and 413 staclons Sept. 1st, 1900. This resulted in a large numoer of minor affairs, many of which did not assume the dignity of a ?~ ?. t ? _ />/v*M k A 11 rr K 4ko /?QQndltid2 itguiar vuiiiL/j-L, tuuugu wii-v between the dates stated were 2C8 Americans killed; 750 wounded and 55 captured, the Filipino losses during the same period :eing 3,227 killed, 694 Aounded and 2.S64 captured. Gen. MacArthi r says the extensive distribution of troops has strained the soldiers of the amy to the full limit of enduiance. He says the apparent desultory work has demanded more of tit inline and as much of valor as wa^> required during the period of regular operations against concentrated field forces of insurrectionists. Gen. MacAathur speaks in the highest terms of the service rendered by the troops amid all labors and hfurd ships. "The Filipinos," says Gen. MacArthur. "are rot a warlike or ferocious people. Left oo themselves, a large number of them would gl'adly accept A tvi^ni/Kin oHinrorv^rr n/V?! rvh thPV flTfl ^TX illC 1 .V U U .-)U.^/J Viii*".,' , TTUtVM V?v^ ww gradually coming to understand means individual liberty and aibsolute security in their lives and property. They have been maddened, however, during the past five years by rhetorical sopnistry and sentiments applied to national pride, until power of discriminating in matters of public concern or private latere it hus ben almost entirely suspended. As a substitute for all ether considerations, the people sot-m to be actuated by the idea that in all doubtful matters of politics or we,t men are never nearer right than wh>on going with their own kith and kin, regardless of consequences." The effort to nstrtute municipal government undor American auspices carried the idea of exclusive fidelity to the United States, but this met with difficulties where Filipinos wore placed entirely in control, and secret municipal governments were organized in various towns unuer insurgent. aus- i pices to pro-eed simultaneously with the American government and often through the same personnel. Presidents a:t?l town officials acted openly in Cfehalf of Americans and sccrmiy in behalf of tire insurgents; "and, paratoxical as it may seem, with considerable apparent solicitude for the interest of both." Wherever there is a group of insurgent forces contiguous towns contrib, ute to their support and render gToat assistance in secreting thesoidica and helping them to escape. The report cays the succes of the guerrilla system depends upon complete unity of action amtng the native population. Tfcct there is such unity is frankly acknowledged, but how it is brought about Gen. Mac-Arthur says he is unable to MM-ertain. Intimidation account?. for the condition to some ex:>nt. but fear would not be suc-posrful a.s the only motive. Value of Standard Oil Stock. New York. Special.?Standard Oil certificates were quoted cr. 7.09 bid, none offered, a? agiinst 6.5>, Friday's h'ghrst and until Saturday the highest on record. The par value of the company's entire outstanding stock is $97,500.000 an'' $7X0 per share indicates a market vi-.'uc of $082,500,000. During this year the company has paid $15, 800,000 dividends. Against Cotton Oil 1*1:11'. Jackson, Miss., Special.?Attorney General McClurg has filed a declaration in the circuit court charging 13 cotton oil mills in the 5r"t; te v. ith violating the r.nv anti-trust low. Tho declaration asks for a forfeiture of charter rir.fi that the statutory penalty be imposed. It also sets fcith that the mills viclrtrd the law by entering into a combin^.ticn :o cor'.ol the price of exxton seed an J that this combination also pre. eats competition among insurance con pan ts for oi l mills and competition an.cng railroads forhauling the steJ. Dnrir.g the early part of the season the price cf the seed went as high as ?20 per ion. SHOULD BE THANKFUL Governor HcSweeney Issues The Usual Proclamation. The regulation Thanksgiving Day proclamation has been issued. Gov. McSweeney has issued the customary proclamation, in which this year there is much more of fact than usual. The people generally pay but little attention to these Thanksgiving Day proclamation and they are gotten out year by year to keep tne iaea oeiure the citizens and to exchange with other States. The banks and public offices close Tor the day and a few churches have special services. Gov. McSweeney's proclamation reads as follows: PROCLAMATION. In the Providence of God we have been spared as a people and a State for another year. Peace and prosperity, health and happiness have been vouchsafed to us. We have not been visited by plague or pestilence. The labor of our hands has been attended with success and the State has grown iii material wealth. New manufacturing enterprises have sprung up and we are fast becoming a great manufacturing people. The husbandman has been permitted to plant and to reap, and enjoys the fruits of his labor. There is good feeling among all our people and progress In all good and worthy deeds is evidenced on every hand. Education and Christianity go hand in hand; our colleges and schools are filled and the cultivation of the head and the heart is keeping pace with the material development cf tho State. To the end, therefore, that we may with thankful hearts snow our appreciation of the many blessings which we enjoy and the tender care of our Heavenly Father. I. M. B. McSweeney, governor of the State of South Caro"? *'- v n-ifHi tVd Tirtvdama Ill UIlJll/i UJ.tJ " v ? ~ f" tion of the president of the United' States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 2Cth day of November, 1900, 23 a day of thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and observed by all the people of this State. I advise that all public offices be closed and all private business and labor of every kind cease, and that our people assemble in their respective places of worship and give thanks to Him who 13 the giver of every good and perfect gift, for the seed time and the harvest, and that they beseech Him in humility to continue His goodness and gracious forbearance. That they also remember the poor and the fatherless, for we are told that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and every gift to these will go to our credit in the great book of remembrance. In testimony whereof I Ihave hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State of South Carolina to be affixed. Done at the cap! tol, in the city of Columbia, this iota day of November, A. D., 1900. By the Governor: M. B. McSWEENEY. M. R. COOPER, Secretary of State. The New York World wanted Gov. McSweeney to say in one sentence what was the greatest cause for thanksgiving this year. He replied: "Peace, prosperity and general good feeling between the people of the country." He took this to be the sentiment among the people of the States, and, particularly, among South Carolinians. Superintendent iTMahan's Report. Superintendent MoMahan Is expecting to make In 111? annual report a fall Tcpcrt of the colleges in the State. H*1 h: 3 just prepared and sent out blanks to all the colleges for information to be embodied in the report. One cry ir.g need of the county superintendents of education, county beards and teachers has been a list of the eoncgc-3 in the State whoje diplomas er.t:t:e to teachers' certificates. Superintendent Mc.Mahan hopes to have this list complete. Last year blanks were sent to the various colleges, but some of them were never lelurr.ed; hence his lirt in the last annual report was incomplete. It may be that some colleges have been omitted in senclirg out the blanks recently, as the names of seme of the smaller collepes are not readily available. Invited to Little Rock. The Arkansas State board of trade has extended a cordial and pressing invitation to Governor McSweeney to attend the ceremonies of the laying of the corner-stone of the new million dollar Capitol at Little Rock. The nrp to occur on the 27th. Governor McSweenr-y will not be able to go to Little Rock. P; 1 r.ttto Notes. Governor McSweeney has refuse! to pardon William Faircy, of Clarendon county, charged with manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison. He has also refused to pardon Julia MoCollum, of Marloboro county, who was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary on the charge of man- 1 slaughter. Governor McSweeney has appointed Preston E. Spoon magistrate at Alice In Anderson county. The Secretary of State will publish in his annual report a complete list c' all county officials for South Carolina ?a very sensibe innovation. ECHOES OF THE ELECTION Republican Presidential Ticket Elected by an Unprecedented Plurality. McKINLEY, 292; BRYAN. I5S VOTES t The Republicans Will nave a Majority in the Fifty-seventh Congress ? Governors ant'. Other State Officials Fleeted in Thirty States ? Legislatures Which Elect a United States Senator* Washington, D. C. (Special).? The latest returns received from all over the country show that William Mc? Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican candidates for President and Vice-President, were elected by an unprecedented el:'-oral .ote. Pres luem 3iux\:ciej i.irnm uvi'uytigut States having 292 electoral votes, and William Jennings Bryan carried seventeen States, which will give him 155 votes in the Electoral College, The Republicans also succeeded in securing control of the Fifty-seventh Con- ' gross, their majority being twentytwo in the Senate and forty-threie in the House. The Republicans carried all the Eastern States, all the doubtful States in the Middle West, the Pacific Coast States, and Kansas. Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. which they did not get in 1S96The Democrats carried all the Southern States they won in 18bf}, and Kentucky, Idaho, Montana and Nevada, The Republican majority in bciir branches of Jongress will be so large that it will be possible to pass any bill or other measure that has been approved by the party. In the Senate .-ere v ?.i be fifty-si- Republicans and thirty-four Democrats and all others, a Republican majority of twenty-two. The Republicans will have two Senators from each of twenty-five States, including Nebraska, and one Senator from each of seven iates. 'ihe Democrats will have two Senators from each of twelve States and one from each of seven States. There will be several changes in the personnel of the Senate. Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, will be succeeded by a' Republican; Senator Wolcott, of Colo-" ratio, will be succeeded by a Fusion-J 1st; William A. Clark, of Montana J who was last winter refused a seat on| the ground that he was not legally} elected, will be re-elected by the State} Legislature; Senator Allen, of Nebraska, will be succeeded by a Republican, and in all probability M. S. Quay will represent Pennsylvania when the Senate convenes on March 4 next In the House the Republicans- will have UOO members, and the Democrats, SIM verltes and Populists a combined! strength of 157 members. Thisn^fllj give the Republicans a majority t^eri all of forty-three. In the Fifry-sixthl Congress the Republican majority !s| TVia DnnnLl.oono t liouofAPO ! n^uicru. xuc i.vrpuunv.?no, iun\;&v4v?; have made a gain of twenty-five. The following Statc3 elected solid! Republican delegations to the House:! California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kan-] sas. .Maryland, Mienigan, Minnesota,' New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South) Dakota. Vermont. Washington. West! Virginia and ?* is<^onsin. Those which elected solid Democratic delegations' are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,) Georgia, Louisiana Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. In twenty-six States Governors and o:her State officials were voted for.j' and in lour other States minor State officials were elected. The Republic cans elected State tickets as follows:;* Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Massachusetts,: Michigan, Minnesota, Nenrnska, Neva-i da. New York, North Dakota. Ohio,) ^ Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, V, est Virginia, Wiseon-* sin and Wyoming. The Democrats elected State tickets in Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana/ South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.' Republican Legislatures were elected in California, New Hampshire. New Jersey and Oregon The Democrats elected a Legislature in Georgia. The Republicans elected Legislatures which elect a United States Senator as lollows: Delaware. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Nebraska. New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Dakota, West Virginia aud Wyoming. The Democratic Legislatures which elect a Uni ted States Seuat-.r are: Colorado. Idaho, Montana, South Carolina, Tennessee aud Texas. LIOJ yAULS HIS TAKER. Aa Z.:o!'.'.ng Scene at the Hippodrome in raiU. Taris (By Cable).?A lien tamer who daily enters a cage containing three / lions in the Paris Hippodrome has been terribly mauled. While In tho cage his foot slipped, and the largest animal sprang upon him, tearing his arms and face with his teeth and claws. Without losing hi3 presence of mjnfl he kept the animal at bay by the Jnq of his whip until he was rescued. J' ! In the excitement the cage door ^as loft open for fully a minute, but 'he 'savage occupant did not take advr.atage ef the opportunity to eseapi a::ong the frightened spectators. ' Big Gain In 3Iag*achu?etts. The population of the State of Mas-, ?acliusetts, as officially announced byj the Census Bureau, is 2,80.">,34<S. asj against 2,238.943 in 1S90. This is anincrease cf 509,403, or 23.2 per cent. ' i