The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 13, 1900, Image 2
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THE COUNTY RECORD.;
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5QNQBTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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0. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
, The deadly mock marriage nas again
* claimed two victims. This time In
Jacksonville, 111.
So much litter and dust are left behind
on London Bridge by the tramp
over it of 200,000 pedestrians and the
rattle over it of 20.000 vehicles daily,
that three or four carts are required to
tarry off the fine debris from leather
solos and iron tires. By the incessant
traffic, it is said, twenty-five cubic
yards of granite are each year reduced
to powder. This affords a striking
illustration of the wear and tear, the
attrition and grind, incident to human
.life In general.
Science corroborates common sense
in declaring that the short skirts are
more healthful than the long. Experience
has taught all women that they
are more comfortable and cleaner.
Most women realfze that they are
more becoming. Yet the Texas and
Connecticut authorities are foolish to
waste time trying to induce women to
wear them. No woman worthy of the
name will do that unless they are
fashionable, and then nothing could
prevent her from doing it.
The Spanish chart of the Cuban coast
has been found to be utterly unreliable,
and a complete geodetical survey
of the waters surrounding the island
will soon be undertaken by the United
States Navy Department. On the
chart now in use the Isle of Tines is
represented as being seven miles from
Its true location, and other errors
equally surprising make the navigation
of tlg> Cubau coast without a competent
pilot exceedingly precarious. It
.will take about three years to complete
the proiwsed resurvey.
Although the Western red man Is
4till in leading strings as an agriculturist,
his stock raising abilities render
him a factor of no little consequence
in the development of the nation's possibilities
of food supply. Some of the
best beef supplied to the Government
for army use has come from Indian
cattle breeders, who have discovered
that cows pay better than corn. The
tremendous problem of the country's
future meat supply may involve in its
solution the installation of the American
Indian as the chief cattle raising
agency on the Western prairies.
The question is being asked why the
taste of American fruit has become insipid.
A common observation is that
as the fruit stands grow large and fine,
and the fruit offered for sale more
beautiful to the eye, its edible quality
iwMmps noorer and Doorer. The rea
son of this, doubtless, is American enterprise.
The same genius which enables
us to get out Christmas papers by
Thanksgiving Day, to spread winter
fabrics on our couutc-s for sale in
August, accomplishes the freak of
nature which puts strawberries in our
mouths when peaches are in season,
feasts us on watermelons in Jauuary.
grapes in May and snow-apples in
July. In our fierce determination to
keep up with the times we have over
?|VUl lilt* Uitlirw, iiliu mt un\ mu
of the seasons, observes Harper's Bazar.
Germany is gradually lightening the
hours of labor for its people and especially
for the small tradesman, who
has been expecied to be in his shop at
all hours, one might say, of day and
night. Several years ago Berlin
tradespeople were compelled to shut
their shops on Sundays, caterers for
household wants being allowed to keep
open for live hours on that day. There
was a great outcry against this, but
in time the hausfrau adapted herself
to the new arrangement, and everything
we* smoottiy. Now. since October
1, the tradespeople have been
compelled by law to close their shops
at b o'clock in the .evening on every
day in the week. AVith this "early"
closing on week days and a half holiday
on Sundays the Berlin clerk thinks
himself particular'y happy and fortunate.
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Daily Proceedings of the Na ionaf
Lawmakers.
SENATE.
Pirst Dav?In the Senate Mcmiay the
fvork of the short session of the FiftysixthCongress
was successfully launched.
The original purpose of the Seaats
to announce the death ofSenators Gear,
of Iowa, and Davis, of Mlnne.-oia. immediately
after assembling and then
to adjourn and to receive the message
of the President tomorrow was put
aside in order to gain one day in a
session when that much time may be
of immense importance. Aside from
the reading of the message and the administration
of the oath to \Vm. P.
Dillingham, the new Senator from
Vermont, who succeeds the late Justin
S. Morrill, no important business
was transacted. The other new member
of the body, former Representative
Jonathan P. Dolliver. who succeeds
the late Senator Gear, of Iowa,
was present.
The Senator then, at 3:4.") o'clock,
upon motion of Mr. Allison as an additional
mark of respect for the memo.y
of Senator Gear and Senator Davis, au
journed.
Second Day.?The programme of the
Senate leaders for a business session
was taken up in earnest and materia!
progress was made. The ship subsidy
bill was made the unfinished bus mess
of the Senate instead of the Spooner
Philippine measure au1 .he discussion
of it was opened by Mr. Five. cf
Maine, chairman of the comm ttce on
commerce, from which the measure
was reported. Mr. Allison presented
the credentials of Jonathan Prentiss
the credentials of Jonathan Prentiss
Dolliver, who was appointed to succeed
the late Senator John Henry
Gear, of Iowa. The oath of office was
administered to Mr. Dolliver by President
Pro Tem. Frye. A bill was
passed to encourage the holding of an
Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
in Charleston. S. C.. in 19CL It
appropriates S25h 000 and admits exhibits
free of duty.
The Senate, at 3:55, neia a oriei
executive session, after which it adjourned.
Third Day?Senator Frye closed
his speech upon the ship subsidy bill.
He devoted his attention principally
to a technical explanation o; the various
provisions of the measure, Vi^.-ining
with especial care that provision
which would admit to American reg'stry
foreign-built ships, upon which
much of the forthcoming debate will
rest. Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, presented
the credentials of Samuel D. McEnery.
elected a Senator f-om Louisiana for
a term of six years from March 4,
1503. Mr. McEnery then himself presented
the credentials of Murphy J.
Foster, elected a Senator from IxduIsiana
for six years beginning March
4, 1901. Both sets Ol creaemims ?cic
filed.
Fourth Day.?The Senate transacted
no business of importance
in open session. Throughout almost
the entire afternoon it was in executive
session. The Ship Subsidy Bill
therefore received no consideration.
Mr. Hoar presented a resolution or
the Massachusetts Legislature in favor
of the purchase by the United State?
government of Temple Farm and
Moore House at Yorktown, Va.
Mr. Martin (Va.) expressed gratification
that the project had met with
favor in Massachusetts, and said a bill
would be presented at an early day
intended to carry out the purpose u!
the resolution.
Mr. Clay (Ga.) presented the credentials
nf Hon. A. 0. Bacon, his colleague
re-elected to the Senate for a term of
six years beginning March 4th. 1901.
They were filed.
Mr. Carter (Mont.) gave nptice that
on Tuesday next he would call up the
pending resolution relating to the con
tested Montana seat in the Senat-",
claimed by W. A. Clark and Martin
Maginnis.
The Senate then, at 12:40 p. m., on
motion of Mr. Lodge (Mass.), went
into executive session and at 4:30 p.
m. adjourned.
Fifth Day.?The Senate committee
on military affairs continued its hearing
upon the anti-canteen provision <;f
?ill*.,?. Kill K OO H11 <r in oHriitinn tn
nit; umituij urn, iau>iue .M
a number of short speeches in advocacy
cf the provision, a protest against
it from Rev. Mr. Miller, who served 14
months as an army chaplain in the
Philippines.
Mrs. Thatcher, of New Jersey, appealed
for the abolition of the canteen
on iinancial grounds, saying that it
caused soldiers to squander not only
their health and their time, but cheir
money as well. Mrs. Keiis, or Mississippi.
spoke for the mothers of the soldiers.
saying that all of them favored
the suppression of the liquor traflic.
' HOUSE.
First Day?Girded by overflowing
galleries, bathed in light from the
stained glass windows overhead, the
nan of leyresecxarives presence a a
brilliant spectacle when Speaker David
Bremraer Henderson called the second
session of the Fifty-sixth Congress
to order at noon. The desks of
half of the members were freighted
with flowers. The wealth and beauty
of the capital, gowned in smart winter
frocks, were in the galleries. The
floral pieces were of infinite variety.
The great proportion were on the Republican
side. As the hands of the
clock opposite the Speaker's desk
poimed to noon, the Speaker ascended
the rostrum and called the House to
order.-Tlun the blind chaplain lifted
up his voice in prayer. He referred
feelingly to the deaths of the late Representatives
Daly, of New Jersey, and
Koeflecker. of Delaware, which occurred
tiring the recess. After the prayer
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the clerk called the roll.
Second Day.?The session of the
House was of brief duration.
Three bills were passed under the
call of committees, the most important
being one to provide for the detail
Fourth Day.?The House of Representatives
today at the end of a long
sitting passed the Army Reorganization
Bill by a vote of 166 to 133
Pennsylvania, and Underhill and Clayton,
of New York?voted with the Re
publicans for the bill, and Mr. McCa.l,
of Massachusetts, with the Democrat
against it. Otherwise it was a s:rict
party vote.
The passage of this bill wr.s the only
matter of importance disposed of by the
House before adjournment
Sixth Day.?Under a special order,
adopted at the last session, the house
devoted to-day after 1 o'clock to paying
tribute to the memory of the late
Representative Alfred Charmer, of
Pennsylvania. When the house met a
bill was passed to include cherries m
the list of fruits from which brandy
ran be distilled under section 3^.5 ot
Ibe revised statutes. At the conclusion
of the eulogies the house, as an
Mwitional mark of respect, adjourned.
Paris Exposition Expenses.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Commissioner
Peck's report of the expeditures
of the Paris Exposition commission
for the year ending November
15, 1900, was sent to the Senate.
The total amount expended was $939,465.
The principal items were: Experts'
salaries. $147,604; building,
$191,427; jury, $53,778: clerks' salaries,
$63,145; general employes' salaries,
$49,965; gusxds, $34,951; traveling expenses,
$52,530.
Cotton Acreage Not Increased.*
Atlanta. Ga., Special.?Commissioner
of Agriculture Stevens, who returned
from a trip over the State, said
the cotton acreage next year would
no<t be any larger than that planted
this year. "Diversified crops are beginning
to tell," said Mr. Stevens. "I
find the farmers are planting large
quantities of wheat, more than ever
before. This I regard as a good sign.
The cotton in Georgia has been nearly
all picked and now there are but a
few hundred bales left in the fields."
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To Prohibit Sale of t-lrearms.
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wasnington, u. u, dpwwi.? xuc human's
Christian Temperance Union
convention, in session here, adopted
resolutions against the army canteen
and prepared a petition to the President,
another to Congress and identical
petitions to all the great powers
against the rale of firearms and the
importation of liquor and opium into
the Philippine Islands or the island
possessions of the other powers ad'
dressed.
Double Killing in Alabama.
Selma, Ala., Special.?News has been
received in this city of a double killing
in Wheeler's Store, a small settlement
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in Lxrwnaes cuuui>. vicvig^ ??ucciw
shot and Instantly killed A. Waldrop
and Calvin Harris, both white men.
Waldrop had been farming on shares
for Wheeler and went to his store to
have a settlement. Some dispute arose
over money matters at the time and
Wheeler says Harris tried to reach a
Winchester rifle which was laying on
a counter when he shot him dead.
W. C. T. U. Adjourns.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The national
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union convention came to a close
Friday night. Most of the closing day
was devoted to superintendents, reports.
A resolution was adopted declaring
that the U: ion should work
for the adoption of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting polygamy. Columbus,
0.; Fort worth .Texas, and
Portland. Me., each ask the honor of
entertaining the convention of 1901.
A Ghastly Find.
Milledgeville, Ga., Special.?The woman's
building at the State convict
farm, near here, was destroyed by dre
laite Friday afternoon. The flames
were first discovered in the hospital
and are supposed to have been of incendiary
origin. All the inmates of
the building were gotten out in safetj
and with the help of volunteers from
this city, the flames were prevented
from spreading. In the excitement
some of the convicts made a dash fo;
liberty and several of them escaped.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York. Special.?The wecl_?
statement of averages of tLe aasoci.
ated banks for five days shows:
Loans $804,498,100; increase $11,778,000;
d*)X)6its $864,410,900,Increase $13,019,600;
circulation $30,670,000, do.
crease $18,200; legal tenders $60,073,40C,
decrease $310,200.
Specie $166,895,000, increase $2,15$. ,
cOO; total reserve $226,968,400, iaoruaf |
$1,842,300; reserve required $216,10$, ,
725, increase $3,254 900; surplus ro
Srve $10,865,675, d( crease $1,412,600. ^
The city of Hamburg Is about to i
negotiate a loan of $10,000,000 ou its (
own account, without waiting for imperial
assistance, for the purpose of
deepening the River Elbe and retain- j I
ing the Immense foreign trade which
the port possesses. I.
FELL FIVE STORIES.'
Baltimore Fireman Has a Narrow Es*
cape from L eatti.
RESCUED WITH SLIGHT INJURIES.
The Baltimore Bargain House and
Other Property Destroyed--Heavy
Losses Sustained.
Baltimore, Special.?The extensive
stores and stock of the Baltimore Bargain
House at 212 to 220 West Baltimore
street, were totally destroyed by
fire Saturday morning and the stock
and building of Grctjan, Lobe and
Company which adjoins it, were considerably
damaged. The fire was discovered
shortly after three o'clock a.
? J AawaaI ir oil Vio "holanpp
III. J LIU UU111CU iiCl v.ci; ?? ?i? of
the night and far into the morning,
completely obstructing traffic In taa
busiest part of the city during the
early morning hours. Several firemen
made narrow escapes from death, but
none was seriously injured. The Baltimore
Bargain House, of which Mr.
David Epstein is the head, is one of
the largest concerns of the kind in the
South and had a large holiday stock on
hand. Mr. Epstein is as yet unable to
give an accurate estimate of the loss
on stock, but believes it will be $50,000.
Grotjan, Lobe and Company estimate
their loss at $5,000, while'the loss on
the building will probably swell the
total to be $300,000, all being covered
by insurance.
Fireman John Flynn had a miraculous
escape from being killed. He fell
five stories rrom tne rear 01 me v? eaiem
section of the series of buildings
included in the Baltimore Bargain
House. Flynn was on the roof of the
building. When overcome by smoke
he lost his balance. His companions
who saw him topple backward and fall
felt sure that every bone in his body
would be broken. In his fall the fireman
struck three different times on a
zig-zag arrangement of rain spouts.
Each section -that he struck gave way,
but each broke the momentum of this
fall.
As he struck the piece of rainspout
nearest the ground, his fireman's helmet
of aluminum fell off and he struck
upon the helmet, mashing it as flat as
a piece of pasteboard. When his companions
picked him up he was unconscious,
but revived shortly, when it
was discovered that the only injuries
he had received were a number of
bruises on his shoulders and a broken
ankle.
To Revise the Creed.
Washington, D. C., Special.?After
two hoars' deliberation the Presbyterian
Committee concluded its diecussion
of the revision of the Westminster
Confession of Faith and adjourned.
The committee find on examination
of the returns from the Presbyteries
the following facts:
1. That the returns plainly indicate
that the church desires some changes
in its credal statement.
2. The returns indicate plainly that
no change is desired which would in
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Ckixj nu; iiupan v?v w*.
system of doctrine contained in the
confession of faith.
These returns also indicate, that a
large plurality desire that changes
should be made by some new statement
of present doctrines.
4. The returns also indicate a desire
upon the part of many Presbyteries
for seme revision of the present confession.
5. It was therefore unanimously
agreed by the committee to recommend
to the General Assembly that some revision
or change be made in our confessional
statements.
The committee will convene in this
city on February 12th next to finally
prepare the statement to the General
Assembly in Mar.
Superintended the Looting.
Berlin, By Cable?The Pekin correspondent
of The Deutsche Zeitung
writes that several German marine officers
discovered Sir Claude MacDonald,
former British minister, at Pekin,
and Lady Mac Donald, personally superintending
coolies who were carrying
off treasures from the Chinese imperial
palace to the British legation
buildings.
Telegraphers Strike.
Chicago, Special.?Six hundred telegraph
operators on the lines of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
3truck in sympathy with the operators
on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railroad, a branch of the Atchison system.
who went out last Thursday. The
Foregoing statement is according to the
best information obtainable from the
company's officials to-night. The entire
number of operators on the system
is 1,200, of whom 900 are said to be
union men. Of the 900 members of the
union, 300, it is stated, refused to
strike, leaving the system with about
vnc-i-alf ifji men at wiwk- <
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INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION.
Meeting in New Orleans?Address by
Qen. Gordon.
New Orleans, La., Special.?The
Southern Industrial Convention opened
here Tuesday, with a fine attendance.
President H. H. Hargrove call
ed the convention to order and Bishop
David Sessums opened the proceedings
with prayer. Governor W. W. J
Heard delivered the address of wel- *
come in behalf of the State. The rollcall
of State was called and among the
others who responded were General
John B. Gordan, of Georgia. His address
was pronounced the most elo-?
quent ever heard here. He said in
regard ?.o politics, advertising to the
subject through indirect reference to
the motto of the convention, "No politics,
no sectionalism, but business;"
that he wanted to say that whatever
the people of the South had been in
favor in the past they were no longer
in favor of a narrow or contracted national
policy. At the conclusion of
General Gordon's. address President
Alderman, of Tulane University, then
read his paper, entitled "The Southern
Industrial Convention.
Three Constitutions Presented.
Havana, By Cable.?The Cuban constitutional
convention resumed its
session Tuesday. Three complete
constitutions were submitted by Gen.
era! Rivera, Senor De Queaada ana .the
colored general, Morua, respectively.
General Rivera's proposed constitution
provides for a President, a Sen
ate, a House of Representatives, a
governor for each of the six provinces,
a legislative body for each province
and one member of the House of Representatives
for every 30,000 inhabitants,
w. j election by popular vote.
His scheme called also for the election
of three electors in each municipal
district, whose dutyp it shall be to
elect a legislative body of eleven for
the province in which they reside.
This legislative body shall elect the
governor and four members of the
Senate. Finally, the six legislatures
will meet and choose the President,
who must be a native Cuban. Candidates
for senatorial honors must nave
incomes of at least >1,500 a yJks. General
Rivera's plan is to have the power
vested in the central government
and the convention virtually pledged
itself to one State goernmenit at yesterday's
secret session.
Senor De Quesada's proposal would
centralize the government in a President,
Senate and House of Representatives
elected by the people, suffrage
being restricted to educational qualifications
General Morua offered for approval
constitution of the United States,1
with the exception that any one wh^
fought in the war might be choejflb
President. His proposal leaves t*5
question of an army and navy to be
decided by Congress.
Senor Zayas ofTered a clause providing
that a judicial body higher than
the Supreme Court should be, elected
by popular vote and providing that
any officials removed from office
should have the right of appeal to this
body.
Senor Ferrara submitted a general
educational scheme.
A Fatal Wreck.
Sacramento, Cal., Special.?A work
train, carrying its crew of between 25
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ana ?ju tratn. i ^auuD, ?wv?v. ?? _
freight train a few miles east of Sulzun,
on the Southern Pacific and in
the wreck which followed nine men
were killed and twenty more injured,
many of them seriously.. From the
meagre reports received it appears that
the freight train had the right of way
and was running at full speed in order
to meet and pass another freight at
Suizun. The work train should hare
been o na siding and was making for
it at a goo a rate 6f speed when it collided
with the freight. A heavy fog
was prevailing and it was impossible
to discern objects for any distance and
the shock of the colliding trains was
terrific. All the casualties are reported
to be among the men of the
working crew, as the engineers and
firemen jumped and saved themselves
Over 200 feet of track was torn up and
the cars were smashed and piled upon
each other in every conceivable shapa
Soldiers Return.
Norfolk, Special?The United States
transport Rawlins arrived at Pinner's
Point Tuesday from Porto Rioo. There
are aboard ten officers and 287 enlisted
men of the Eleventh Infantry, en route
for Fort McPherson, and will leave in
the morning for Atlanta on a special
train over the Southern Railway.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Herr Debring has been appointed
Commissioner of Chinese Customs at
Tientsin, succeeding E. B. Drew. .
<T?V? nival tiler Hflrcillpfl Will JKr
1UC --e --- up
a sunken derelict at Five FaTHbm
Bank Light, off the Virginia coadt.
The promoters of the Innocents*
Club, whose fleecings of members of
the German aristocracy have been a
year-long scandal, were sentenced at
Berlin to short terms in prison.
While trying to s.op a fight, Robert
Leach, colored, wa^ shot and killed by
Oscar Cassell.
Colonel W. J. Sam ford, who is very
ill, was sworn in as Governor of Ala*
bama at Cpelika, Fla. ^
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