The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 15, 1900, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
? AT?
50NG8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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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.
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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
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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"?
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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.
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