The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 06, 1900, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD,
Pabliahed Erory Thursday
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WNQSTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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0. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Pranrletor.
The recent trials of Count Zeppelin's,
airship seem to have been successful.'
In future when one goes up in a balloon
in Europe one won't come down
in Australia or South Africa.
Without any intention of disturbing
the friendly relations between Italy
and the United States, it may l>e remarked
that if Italy would refrain;
from shipping her anarchists to this
country there would be no complaint
of their hatching auarchist plots after
their arrival.
A touch of grim humor is added t0|
the story of Alvord's robbery by the
report, credited on Wall street, that
Alvord was oue of a committee ot
three experts appointed by the directors
or the First National to devise a
system for them that would make
stealing impossible.
The cadets and officers at Annapolis
have never been allowed to lift their
raps when greeting ladies, but have
heeu restricted to the regulation "hand
?alnte''?touching the cap with the
hand. A new order has' now gone into
effect permitting them to raise their
'""i? tn ncpordanee with the customs
of civilization.
According to the annual report of
the United States Commissioner of
Education nearly 17.000,000 pupils are
regularly attending public or private
Bcbools. Add to this the great army
of men and women employed in teaching
them and it is seen that over onefourtb
of the entire population of the
country is either instructing or being
instructed. Education is manifestly
the leadiug industry of the American
. people?a fact of cheerful significance.
The gerfn idea has now begun to
scare the users of telephones. An apparatus
has l>een invented for sterilizing
the inouthp eces of telephones by
electricity. The receiver has a hollow
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fibrous material, with a pair of electrodes
buried in it which can receive a
current of electricity from any convenient
source of supply, presumably
the telephone battery itself. In the
process of cleaning the mouth piece
the current passes through the fibrous
material and sterilizes any bacilli that
may be there.
An impression pretty generally prevails
throughout the country that most
of the public lands have been taken
up, but the annual report of the commissioner
of the general land office
shows that 917,135,880 acres of rude
Sam's farm still remain open to settlement,
which is 179,477,702 acres
.more than have been taken up since
the beginning of the tioverniuent. Hesides
this, 154,747),782 acres have been
withdrawn from settlement and reserved
as a park, for the cultivation of
forestry and for other purposes. There
now remain unsurveyed 602,554,915
acre*. The biggest part of this is in
Alaska, where 3t><),000,000 acres are
open to settlement.
J. Sim Wallace, M. D., in a recent
volume on the cause and prevention if
decay in teeth, attributes the great
and increasing prevalence of dental
caries among civilised nations to tin
elimination of the coarser and wort
fibrous parts of foodstuffs by modern
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out that this may act in two ways.
Firstly, owing to the absence of mechanically
detergent constituents of
food, more of the fermentable, aridproducing
ami germ-sustaining parts
of the latter remain in contact with
the tectli for some time after meals
and. secondly, that the tongue, being
less actively employed during tlie art
of chewing and swallowing, fails to
attain iis full size and exerri.se its
normal important function in modelling
the dent til arches, so that irregularities
arising from crowding and
malposition of the teeth serve to increase
their predisposition to caries.
IN WORSE MIME
Remonstrance ot Allies a Tremendous
Farce.
CHINESE ARE REALLY iHE VICTORS
The Allies Represented By a Man
With too Much riouth, Who Did
Nothing but Talk.
Ijondon, By Cable.?The Spe.-tator,
in a striking article dealing with the
Chit ese crisis, expresse* the opinion
that the most jecent developments at
Pekin foreshadow a Chinese victory
over the allies. "The quarrel ha*
been brought to the test of force," it
says, "and force on the civilized side
has proved insufficient. This result s
mainly due to the attitude o.' Rus.-ia
and the United States. If China escapes
with the payment of a small indemnity
and many promises on paper,
as seems not unlikely, sine? Germany
and Great Britain may net be willing
to incur the expenditure and risk in volved
in persisting in their demands,
it will be equivalent to a victory for
China, for nothing has occurred which
will convince the Chine-e tha. their
mighty Empress has been defeated or
Uiat Tviirnn,? < *n avpnep anv further
massacre?."
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Morning Post, wiring, says: "Despite
the cordial reception given Admiral
Seymour, the situation is unchanged.
The Hankow viceroy refuses to step
sending supplies to the eorrt, unle38
the Nankin viceroy will also refuse,
and the latter, although he undertakes
to send no more arms, fays he
must continue sendirg supplies so
long as the Emperor requires them.
"In fact, all our remonstrances
amount to a miserable farce. We ha\e
no courage to do more than to talk. In
the Chinese theatre here the allies are
represented by a soldier with an enormous
mouth, who does nothing but
talk until his career is ended by decapitation."
I reasury Gold.
Wasington, D. C., Special.?The
i largest stock of gold coin and bullion
ever held in the United States is now
accumulated in the Treasury and its
branches. The total has been rising
steadily during the whole of the present
year, and the amount is now
$474,108,336. or about $76,000,000 greater
than at the close of 1899. The increase
up to June 30 was about $23,000,
but since that time has beeu about
$1,000,000 for July, $6,000,OOOfor August.
$10,000,000 for September, $18,I
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I 000,000 ror ucwuer, tuiu fn,nv,v?v
j thus far in November. The gold is not
all the direct property of the United
States, but is held against outstanding
gold oeitiflcate. The amount*of those,
less the amount in the Treasury and
its breanches, was $239,755.S09 Wednesday.All
the remaining gold,
amounting to about $243,000,000, belongs
to the Treasury as a part of the
reserve fund of $lf0.000.000 or 'he
free fund of $93,000,000 in the general
cash.
Big Sales of Print Cloth.
Fall River, Mass, Special.?The
sales in the print cloth market during
tho nmountad to about 250,000
pidcee. all odd*. Xo r?solars were disposed
of during that time. For the
ftrst time in months the sales of the
week exceeded the regular production,
a promising sign of the prosperous
business conditions which are confidently
expected by manufacturers.
Manufacturers here say the manner in
which printers and converter*, are
talking has convinced them that there
la a good trade In the South and West,
and that the nextthree weeks will see
a large increase in the sales. Buyers
will, by that time, be compelled to renew
their stocks, which have c>f late
been depleted by the converters. The
Increase in the price of cotton has
given renewed strength to the print
cloth market and the production is
hold on a basis of 3% cents for all.
Notes.
George Sutter, a New York Central
freight conductor, was killed in a
wreck at Depe.v, N. Y., Saturday
night.
At Akron, Ohio. Edward Bppley was
found guilty of the unlawful possession
of dynamite. TMs is the fifth i
/.AnHw.tn'An n^A wi n? Mil a' Mrtfu in
IUIOKU1VII ?IVS*V1U? vut VI UIIC UVW ,u
August, when the City Building wea
blown up and burned.
Platform Gave Way.
San Francisco. Special.?During a
game of football here the roof of a
building adjacent t5 the grounds on
which more than fifty persons were
gathered watchin the progress of the
erne suddenly collapsed, carrying down
with it a mass o' stru^glin, shrieking
humanity to injury and death. It is
impossible yet to learn the full extent
of the disaster. Twelve bodies have
already been recovered. Forty people
are reported injured. After the col- j
lapse of the roof the building burst
into flame. It is reported tnat two!
I charred odies have been taken" from
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
The South.
One of the puns used in the attach
and defense of Charleston, S. C., harbor
during the civil war has been
loaned to that city.
Baltimore fox hunters won prizes
over Canadians at the New York
Horse Show.
The later reports froin the etormstr'eken
districts of Tennessee, Mississippi
and Arkansas increase the
number of deaths to Si.
Cardinal Gibbons will 1> ave Baltimore,
Md.. for New Orlet.ns, La., on
his annual visit to his brother, John
T. Gibbons.
At Huntington, W. Va.. George
Politz was found guilty of murder in
the second degree for killing Peter
Stanton, his partner.
The North.
General Theodore F. Brown has
been sentenced at *.Chicago, to six
months' imprisonment for violation of
the Pension law.
The charred remains of Sauder
Dixon, a farmer, aged 75 years, were
found Saturday, in the ruins of his
turned home, near Elroy, Wis.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, denied any intention
- in X-l/'vnl/i no fnun
iu oruei uui nuncio iu ? ?
ty, Ky., in addition to the 1,600 now on
strike there.
A call has been issued for a meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce in
New York, at which an effort will be
made to unite the forces engaged in
fighting vice in that city.
George Phillips, of Chicago, who
has cornered the corn market, expresses
confidence that he can carry
thiough the deal.
The indictments against Rev. Dr.
H. M. Wharton were quashed by the
county court at Freehold, N. J.
James C. Cawley, clad only in his
n'ghtgown. chased a burglar for a
square through Boston streets and
caught him.
At Eldorado, Kan., a jury has been
secured to try Jessie Morrison on tlio
charge of killing Mrs. G. Olin Castle,
bride of her former admirer.
Charles Nearang shot and killed his
wifa anri himself at Milwaukee. The
tragedy followed an attempt by Nef.rang
to kill his three children.
Mrs. William Hoey, No. 104 East
Eighty-fifth street. New York, hired
a servant and missel her and $1,000
wcrth of jewelry an hour loter.
The l ake View Woman's Club will
give a dinner to the female prisoners
in the county jail at Chicago. The
club women will serve as waitresses.
The Reubentown House. Watervllle,
N. Y., which cost $75,000, and has a
clock tower and chimes, sold for $3,1(0,
with two and one-half acres of land
and three barns.
Foreign.
it is feared in 9t. Petersburg that
the* Czar's condition is being concealed
and that bis illness will prove
fatal.
The foreign envoys at Pekin have
agreed upon the terms of a preliminary
treaty with Ciuna.
Turkey objeots 'to allowing Germany
the use of K^.r San Island, in the Red
Sea. for a coahng station.
The Contrist party, in Germany, de
mands the creation of an imperial supreme
court.
President Kruger arrived in Paris
""I ^vfAnnaed visits with President
Loubet.
A rumor of the Czar's death was
circulated from Paris, but it is declared
to be unfounded.
Gen. Sir Redvers Buller. speaking
in Iondon, defended the British army
*n South Africa against charges of
barbarity.
Failure of the fcreign envoys at
Pekln to acree upon terms of peace
with China is now considered probable.
Sdr Arthur Sullivan, famous as a
composer of comic operas, died In Iondon.
Emperor William has conferred
upos King Albeit of Saaony the rank
of Field Marshal on the general staff
of the German army.
The Thuringlin State of the German
Empire have forbidden the holding
of religious services in the Polish
and Bohemian languages.
The arrival In Iondon of Sir Henry
? TVin
Howard, BmiBll .'limaici ul a ?v
Hague, is officially explained as a
holiday, but it is not altogether (raconnected
with the approaching arrival
of Kruger at the capital of Hoi
land.
Miscellaneous.
The battleship Kentucky has arrived
ait Smyrna and it is expected
that the Sultan will now grant an
exequatur to Consul Norton.
It is believed that many of the victims
of the wreck of the steamer St.
Olaf, off Seven slands, in St. Lawrence
river, perished in the snow.
The steamer Kaiser WLihelm der
Giosse lost a propeller blade on the
way over an.<l grounded in lower NewYork
bay.
The Census Bureau has given out
these figures on State populations:
Maryland, 1,190,050; Virginia, 1,854,184;
Kansas, 1,470,495, and Nevada,
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OBSTRUCTION MOVED1
(
the Way For lhe Construction ot the
Isthmian Cana^ ,
RIGHT Of WAY TO TWO ROUTES. '
Secretary May and Senor Corea S.'gn
a Treaty?An Agreement Also En?
tered Into With Costa Rica..
Washington, D. C.. Special.?Secretary
Hay for the government of the
United States, and Senor Corea,kthb ,
Nicaraguau minister for his own government
have signed' a treaty whereby
the latter government concedes to
the government of the United States
the necessary rights and privileges
within her bestowal for the construction
of the Nicaraguan Canal. Thi9
action is taken in anticipation of congressional
action on the pendng Nicaraguan
bill and the Hay-Paunefote
treaty. Pending the submission of the
document to the Senate, which body
must ratify the agreement, hs terms
will no: be made public. It is understood,
however, that generally, Nicaragua
grants to the United States
government the exclusive right to conutruct
and operate the canal between
the Atlantic and Pacific across Nicaragua,
including the free use of the
San Juan river, and of Lake Managua,
ae part of the water course. Nicaragua
is also to rid herself of any outstanding
treaties that would tend in
any way to bridge the privileges to
be acquired by the United States. It is
understood also that Nicaragua concedes
to the United States authority
to operate the canal. Nicaragua is to
receive in compensation a certain
amount of the securities of the canal
construction company, and although
it is not now possible to learn the
figure set down in the treaty, it is believed
to be approximately $5,000,000.
The State Department has aiready
entered into an agreement on similar
lines with the republic of Co-ta Rica.
This was because Co-ta Rica has established
a claim to the right bank of
the San Juan river, which must of necessity
form about a third of the
length of the canal, should the Nicaragua
n route be selected and be constructed
on the lines which will be
I suggested by the Walker Commission.
An understanding also has been arrived
at with the United States of Columbia.
covering the same rights and
privileges for the Panama route as arb
conveyed by Nicaragua and Costa Kica
i nthe case of the Nicaragua route So
the State Department has now cleared
the way for such action as Congress
may care to take in the case of either
of the canal routes which have beeD
found feasible.
Army Re-Organization.
Washington. D. C\, Special.?The
House military affairs committee expect
to liave the bill for the reorganization
of the army perfected at an
early day. and it probably will be presented
to the House in a few days.
Most of the staff features of Secretary
Root's bill, it is understood, will be
rejected by the committee. The provision
in ihe Secretary's bill, which
authorizes the President to appoint
the heads of bureaus, it is said, will
also be eliminated. The Democratic
leaders have been consulting about
fha nnaitmn to he assumed bv them
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toward the proposed permanent reorganization
of the army and a caucus
has been called for Monday afternoon.
The concensus of opinion seems to favor
an extension of the present provisional
army as a substitute for a
permanent increase. At the meeting
on Monday. Representative Hay, of
Virginia, one of the prominent Democratic
members of the military committee
and the chairman of the Democratic
caucus, will offer a bill extendftig
the provisions of the present law
for three years, as a substitute for the
reorganisation bill.
Call Back by a Warship
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
State Department has sent instructions
to United States Consul Gummere,
at Tangiera, Morocco, to proceed
to the capital of that country as
fast as possible on a United States
man-of-war, to present afresh the
claim of the United states for indemnity
on account of the murder of
Marcus Ezzagui, a naturalized American
citizen who was killed in June,
1890. The warship, which probably
will be the Kentucky, recalled from
Smyrna for that purpose, will carry 1
ihe consul from Tangiers to Mazagan,
which is the nearest port to Fez, the
capital of Morocco.
Oovernor Johnston Retires.
Montgomery, Ala., SpeciaJ.?At noon
Saturday Governor Jos. F. Johnston
retired from the executive office. Owing
to illness^ the new Governor, W.
J. Samford, was unable to come to
Montgomery for his inauguration. He
took the oath of office two days ago
In Opelika. and Governor Johnston
turned over the office to T. D. Samford,
a son of the Governor, and hi*
private secretary ,
Uj STATE OF ArFAIRS REPORTED.
""" Rv Infuriated Necro
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nob.
Governor McSweeney has received
i letter from St. George's in which
romplanrt is made that a mob of negroes
attacked R. W. Minus, Jr., deputy
sheriff for Dorchester county, and
R. E. Minus, marshal for the town of
St. George's. The officers of the law
had in custody Rufus NeaJ, who is
wanted on the charge of murder. Th?
mob of negroes, with weapons drawn,
managed to get the negro crlminaL, ,
away and as the officers were on*
lightly armed and could offer no effective
resistance the prisoner made
good his escape. The inhabitants,
think if such high handed outrage Is
not dealt with that it will have a very
bad effect and Gov. McSweeney has
been called upon to offer a reward,
which it is thought will assist in
bringing about the arrest of those who
took part in the release of Neal and
in the display of violence. Neal is a
wife murderer for whoso capture and
conviction a reward of $100 had been
offered. The officeis who were assaulted
had been after him. They
heard that ho was at Sha y Grove
oamp meeting, and went there to
make the arrest. The governor's informant
of the affair states that "as
soon as Neal saw the officers he took
to flight, calling loudly for help A
lasge number of drunken and infuri
ated negroes, armed witn nrearms,
sticks and bludgeons, went to Neal'a
assistance, attacked the officers and
wounded both seriously, and actually
took Neal from the deputy sheriff, who
had him under arrest. Neal at the
present time would undoubtedly have
been behind the bars had It not been
for me high-handed interference of
the mob." Li is added that Neal baa
been living in his cabin and that he
has the sympathy of the negroes. Marshal
Minus has since been waylaid on
the road and knocked senseleee by negroes.
More Letters.
Gov. McSweeney has received a letter
from Miguel A. Otero, governor of
the territory of New Mexico, dater
from Santa Fe, endorsing the Charleston
exposition and saying that he U
? ill* * AAmmlcoinnoi*2 iff
Willing LU itppuilll. tuiuiuiuiiuui.^ ~
take the matter in charge. The governor
of Utah writes from Salt Lake
City a strong letter, the concluding
portion of which is as follows: "I
shall do myself the honor to advise
the legislature concerning the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
exposition, and direct their attention
to its importance as set forth in your
communication, and thereby endeavor
to impress theme with the necessity
of having Utah represented on that occasion
by a proper exhibit of her ro
sources." V
Crime iji Union.
Jonesville, Special.?At Mr. B. \V.
Whitlock's. three miles from Jones'ville,
last w:ek, a negro oy 14 years *
old attempted rape upon Mr. WliitIock's
little 5-year-old daughter. Thelittle
girl was at the spring with a
younger rother and the oy came along
and sent the little brother to the house
and then attempted to outrage the
girl, but she got away from him before
he accomplished his purpos? and
reported to her mother. The negro
wa3 arrested and is "how in thelock-up
here. The law will be allowed it?
course.
With Knife and Pistol. .
Gaffney, Special.? Geo. I* Wilson,
manager of the county chain gang, was
committed to jail here for shooting 31.
A. Hughes, one of his foremen. The
trouble ocurrecd at the camp near
Bla< kaburg. After Wilson shot Hughes
lite latter closed with him anw a
desperate battle ensued. Wilson kept
shooting and Hughes used his knife.
Hughes was shot twice, once in the
side and once in the arm, and was
thought to be fatally hurt, but now
his recovery is hoped for. Wilson wascut
all over the head and face and one
cut in the left side. His wounds aresevere
but not dangerous.
First to Qualify
Solicitor Bogg*. succeeding Mr. Ansel,
and Solicitor Davis, succeeding
Mr. Townsend, has qualified and then,
commissions were issued to them by
lilt? jeurcuir) ui oia.c. iuwc ai c caict
first State officers chosen in the recent
election to qualify and take charge of
tbeh- offices.
The State Orange.
Secretary W. A. James, Jr., of the
State Grange gives notice that the
State Grange of South Carolina will
hold its 28th annual session in the
town of Bishopville on the second
Wednesday in December. It is expected
and hoped that there will be a large
attendance at this meeting.
A Charter.
The secretary of State has granted
a charter to the Williamston Warehouse
company of Williamston, capitalized
at $22,500. The officers areJames
P. Gassett. president; G. W.
Sullivan, vice president and H. G
Wilson secretary and treasurer.
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