The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 03, 1901, Image 3
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REPORT OF CROP!
Wheat Crop ot 1900 Estimated at
522,229,506 Bushels.
Largest crops yet on record.
Tlie Corn Crop Was the Heaviest;
Ever Qathered--Hay Production a
Failure.
* Washington, D. C.t Special.?'The
Statistician of the Department of
W Agriculture estimates the United
States wheat crop of 1900 at 522,229,506
bushels, the area actually harvested
being 42,495,395 acres and average
yield per acre 12.29 bushels. The production
of winter wheat is estimated
at 250,025,409 bushels and thai of
spring wheat at 172,204,036 bushels, the
area actually being 26,235 acres in the
former case and 16,259,458 acres in the
latter. The winter wheat acreage toI
tally abandoned in Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois is finally placed
at 3,522,787 acres and the spring wheat
acreage totally abandoned In North
Dakota and South Dakota at 1,793.567
aeres. The extraordinarily rapid rate
at which'the winter average of Nebraska
is ealninrr uoon the spring
i wheat average of that State ha3 necessitated
a special investigation of ihe
relative extent to which the two
varieties were grown during the past
yeai\ The result of the investigation
is that while no change is called for
in the total wheat figures of the State
590,575 acres have been added to the
winter wheat column at the expense
of the spring variety.
The new seeded area of winter wheat
is estimated at 30,282.504 acres. While
this acreage is slightly greater than
that sown in the fall of 1899 as estimated
at the time, it is 600.634 aoes
lets than the area that was actually
eown, the discrepancy being due to remarkably
rapiel development of winter
a..l. .? a>tinn>i nm I ? "\T11" ! t K
fcETTTM HJiUt ill iicviiwna nnu
|>l which, as above stated, the department
^ reports ha dfialed to keep pace. A
I comparison of the newly seeded
SjBacneage with that of the fall of 1899
IS il0ws ^at of hho eleven States and
UlR rTitories that sowed one million
?|Btcres or upward with winter wheat
|||?ne year ago, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
a^Bcansas, California and Oklahoma reg^Bort
an increase amounting to 971,703
SI Bor-v:. and Chio. Michigan. Indiana.
g^Blinois, Texas and Tennessee a des||Bease
of 1,780.191 acres. The average
growing crop on DeIjljH^er
1st was 97.1 per cent of the
IfiBrmil. There are many complaints
j||||Bthe Hessian fly, but low condition
^^^Bunes reported from Ohio, Michigan,
S^^Bntucky and Tennessee 86, 80, 87 and
1 iwM j. i 1.. #..11. 4 k.. * V*
I vesper lively, ttre iunj uusci u? u:ve-ptionally
high condition reported
n Kansas, Missouri, California,
ahoma ahd ether States, in all of
c.h it is above normal.
hjuCpaducticn of corn in 1900 is espied
at 2,105,102,516 bushels: oats,
125,969 bushels; barley, 58,925,833
Lels; rye. 23,995,927 bushels; bucket,
9,566,966 bushels; potatoes,
^26.897 bushels and hay, 50,110,906
I The area from which these
Ii were gathered was as follows in
n, 83.320.7S2: oats. 27.361,795;
y, 2.894.2S2; rye, 1,991,326; buckt,
637,930; potatoes, 2,611,054, and
|?9,1S2,SS0.
[ corn crop of 1900 was one of the
largest ever gathered, while the
lop has only once been exceeded.
I? other hand, the barley and rye
are the smallest with one exli
in each case since 1SS7; the
beat c;o-p is the smallest since
:;1 the hay crop the ?nvalkst
Ine exception since 1SS0.
Rebels Still Active.
ton. By Cable.?The British
I Orinoco, which arrived here
from Colon, Colombia, reports
hie rebel activity in i.
I provinces. Tiio Colombian
ind the Marlnkna river so>
disorgarrzed r.n.l business is
dstili in every section e::. >. t
he Colombian government,
to the same advices. hat;
:ng unsuece-sfal attcmp.s u
e rebel bauds.
e.-ed rig:i the Note.
3y Cable.?The Chinese plenits
have been unexpectedly
3 sign the preliminary jcint
have notified the foreign enpt
effect. The Chinese them-.
|e greatly astonished at relic
imperial instructions.
I Hung Chang nor Prince1
I expected ouceess in per '
r court under ten days. The
instructions are to agi-ee
|e note, but to endeavor to
ftt terms possible.
DISPENSARY ROBBED.
Heavy Loss Reported From Kingstree.
Columbia, Special.?Thursday morning
Gov. McS\v<xney was notified by
wire that the dispensary at Kingstrce,
in Williamsburg county, had been robbed
the night before and that the sum
of $1.S00 iu cash had beem .stolen. The
governor being away from the city, the
jv. tn Onto l.i.
Uuspaicii wao cuiiicu
quor Commissioner Crum. The dispensary
authorities have taken the matter
up and one of the inspectors will be
sent to Kingstree at once, to make a
thorough investigation and report the
fa^ts. The dispensary was ordered
closed forthwith. The dispenser is JP.
M. Player. None of the circumstances
are yet known at this end of the line.
This is the largest robbery that has
occurred at a county dispensary since
the system was first established and
Ievery effort will be made to recover
the oney and loea;e the guilty party.
Thursday night the S:ate received
the following additional details from
its correspondent at Kingstree: "The
dispenser here, >\ M. Player, claims
that he was robbed this morning just
before davlicht of over eighteen hue
vircd dollars in cash. State and county
money. The dispensary has been ordered
closed. It is remarked that the
dispenser's bond expired December 1.
A late dispatch to the State from
Kingstrce says that: "Public fentimear.
at once county board of control and
every one else connected with the dis?
pensary here."
State Insurance.
The State sinking fund commission
announces that all county supervisors
and others ir* charge of public build-,
ings covered by the State insurance
act should at once apply to the State
treasurer for the proper blanks upon
which to make out applications aud
for all information necessary. Marty
policies expire with the year. In a let?'?/!
* ? IV?a rvf tho flrrr.o
I'Sl ICVCI?Ui ai UIC UUU \/i I.iiw> ?^vv* ^
tary of tSate about the State insurance
act the writer, a Farmington, Conn.,
man, says: "If you have a copy of
your Slate building insurance law. I
s-.hoald be extremely obliged if you will
send me one. South Carolina is loading
the country on this line, and she is
doing well. 1 should very much 11 to
to know the valuation of your State
buildings and the reuslts of your new
policy, the rates of insurance you
charge vourselvr.? and the resulting
economics. I think that the entire
business o! fire insurance should be
done cither by the different States or
by the national government, and the
premiums p:iid should be a pant of the
taxes. When the State undortalces this
business there will Da an enu iu ur
able purpos&e.
Killed His Brot he
On Christmas day at Wateroe, a station
on the Southern railroad, about
six miles from Eastaver. there was another
killing affair participated in entirely
by negrces. The facts are thus
relatod: John Simms and two of the
sons of Carolina Jone?.. who live near
Watcrce, got Into a difficulty and it
appears that the two Jones boys were
double teaming John Simms wnen the
latter turned and commenced shooting
at them and accidentally shot and
killed his brother. Tom Simms, who
was standing near by; also severely injuring
one of the. Jones boys. Carolina
Jones, the father of the two Jones
boys, it is said, stated at the Inquest
that his boys were in the wrong; that
Simms ought to have killed both of
them, and expressed much regret that
Simms should kill his brother while
defending himself. Tho boy that was
killed outright worked for Mr. H. G.
Bates, and is said to have been a
straightforward fellow.
l\o txicnsion.
Though nearly every one In th?
State believes thc.t there is to be an
extension cf the time for the payment
of *;xes this year. It is not likely that
it v. ill he givon. Covernor McSwrcn-y
recently state! that he oortainly would
n i recommend an ex'ension this year.
He ha; the power to extend and this
announcement. cf course, me.;ns th::t
; the matter grea to the legislature after
tho time has expired. Many of the
j p?>h'.b hcl'eve that the time has (ome
j to have a fixed day for the payment v;
I "axes and let it be flnaily understood.
Telegraphic Brfevs.
General plans for the Lake Wash
ln:.;ton Ship Canal, in Washington.
State, have been completed and It will
be built within the appropriation of
$170,000 made by Congress.
Wayne Crowell, aged 24 years, and
Charles Conan, aged 21. of Bryan. 0..
were killed at a crossing near Bltkeslee.
0. The moihe- of Conan died of
shock on learning of his fate.
The State departcm: at Washington
says no application has been filed for
the extradition to Cuba of Charles J.
Thompson, arrested in Detroit for forgery
in Cuba.
W. L. Dean, alias W. H. Carr, who
it is alleged is wanted at Hinton, I.-..,
on <tho charge of boir.g am absconding
agent of the Great Northern Express
Company, is under arrest at Skerbrpok,
Que.
Ex-Pres dent Cleveland, in an autograph
letter to the AAanta Journal,
states that h^ did not vote for McKinley
in the last election.
A conference of Democrats was held
in Dover, Del., and the question of Senatorships
referred to a c&uteus to t>?
held Monday.
MR. BRYAN SPEAKS.
tie May Again Become a Candidate
For Office.
cavc dd ivn01 tc nn mat mc
d.ilO [ nini>II LLJ 1J\J nu | (/I Li
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The Holding of Political Office, He
Says Should Bean Incident and not
the Supreme End of a Citizen.
Lincoln, Neb. Special.?The annual
bankquote of the Jeffersonian Club of
Lincoln at the Lincoln Hotel, brought
together nearly three hundred representative
men of the Democratic and
Populist parties of Nebraska, together
with a number of leaders from other
States. Wm. J. Bryan made his first
appearance at a public gathering since
the election and the greeting accorded
him was never mere hearty and spontaneous
in his home city.
Mr. Bryan, whose subject was "Principles
Li\e," said in part. At this banquet.
surrounded by neighnors who
have been my friends for ten years, I
may be pardoned for saying a word at
personal nature. Five times you have
voted for me for public office?twice
for Congress, once for the United
States Senate and twice for the presidency?and
no candidate ever re ieived
more loyal support than you have
given.
"Whether I shall ever be a candidate
for office again is a question
which must be determined by events.
No one can speak with certainty of
the future, for one's destiny is not
known until his life's work is complete.
I shall be content if it is my
lot to aid in the triumph of the
principles while others enjoy the
honors and bear the responsibility of
office.
"The holding of public office should
be an incident and not the extreme aim
of the citizen. It should not be an
end, but the means for the aocoro
piisr.meni 01 <x yuiyudo. xu*? ???dcncy
seemed desirable because it
would have enabled me to give cffeotive
aid to certain reforms which I
believe to be necessary to the public
welfare but defeat?oven a aetond
defeat?does not lessen my interest In
this reform and time may prove that
my work is to advocate ra:iier than to
execute.
"The Commoner will give me an opportunity
to participate in public discussions
and I am sure that an editorial
pursuit will furnish as much intellectual
enjoyment as I could have
found in the White House and in addition
thereto will give me more time
for home pleasures.
"The principles for which wo contended
in the last campaign stm live
and we who believe in them must continue
to fight lor them. An election
does not change principles: it only
determines what principles ahaJl be
for the time 'being applied.
"The believers in tariff reform did
iWardnn their faith when the high
tariff doctrine was endorsed at the
polls, neither did protectionists when
their cause suffered Joss, me advocates
cf the gold etand&rd continued
the fight for mono-metallism for 25
years in spite of the platform declarations
of all parties in favor of the
double standard. Shall we wno believe
in bimetallism loue courage because
our opponents have profited by an increased
volume of money, thus admitting
the economic principle for which
we have been contending?
"Defenders of trusts did not lose
heart when all parties denounced combinations
in restraint of trades. Shall
we give up the fight because monopoly
has triumphed by stealth? Must we
now advocate an imperial policy because
our opponents have won a victory
by denying that they are imperialists?
A colonial system involves a
surrender of theory of government and
the people will understand thi3 as soon
as the systecn is put into operation. If i
we were to consult our immediate con i
venienee and comfort we would never i
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oppose wrong or any kuiu iui aw ????fare
involves a temporary sacrifice,
but this is our government and must
be transmitted unimpaired to posterity.
We have no choice, tiiereiore, bit
Brief Hentlon.
J. F. Barrett, general superintendent
of the Southern railay, ho tendered his
resignation several weeks ago, will, after
January 1, be connected with Ure
Chicago Hi Alton Railroad. Mr. Barrett
declines to discuss his future course
and In what capacity he will str.e tjtf
Chicago & Alton is not known. He,1
however, states that ho will not serve
that road as gcncril superintendent
Governor Mayers maue appncauun ? |
Governor Rooecnmit, of Now Ycrrk, a
few days ago, for the ntxtradition of
John. D. Rockefeller and other mec!bovs
of the Standard Oil Ootnc&ny, on
the charge of wioiafion of tlw? TYjcas
antMruot law. Governor Roca&veU
has deeliii(?d to yndl tbe appHcaitioc.
to stand steadfast, come what may. ft
we are successful in advertising present
tendencies and in carrying the
government to its old foundations,
we shall rejoice in the victory and
probable reforms secured. I am confident
that we shall ultimately <rln, hut
If the trend toward plutocracy cannot
be checked, it still better tlat we
should be defeated in a righteous undertaking
than tpat we should join
hands with thoselwho are ignorlpjijkt
inalienable righ m of man." S
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Fcacb Growing In the South.
There is 110 fruit more universally
rel.shed than the peach. There is
hardly an acre of tillable soil in the
United States where some of the numerous
varieties of this delicious fruit
cannot be successfully grown.
During the present year by far the
largest crop of this fruit ever proimfn
imc hr>on marketed with
UUtCU UV1 V MU?
more or less of profit to the growers.
Over large areas insect depredations
and fungoid diseases have proved especially
disastrous, yet, taking the
country as a whole, while there is
nothing to encourage extravagant
hopes of profit, it may be safely said
that there is nothing to suggest discouragement.
So far as many portions of the South
are concerned, the outlook for pencil4
growing is unusually hopeful. Hitherto
we have had everything to encourage
the industry, except one, and that
is a nearby sale for the fruit. Just
now. in a quiet way, and in a great
many places, an industrial revolution
Is in progress which promises to
change all this. The markets are coming
this way. Every cotton factory,
every mill, every furnace or foundry
or machine shop of any kind means
more mouths to feed and more home
.demand for fruit, and when that
"good time coming" is here, it will be
here to stay, and the day of giving
twn-tliirds nf overv bushel of peaches
grown to the railroads and trusting
"luck" and coiKfUission meu for the
other third, will only be remembered
as an unhappy incident of early and
bye-gone days.
Whenever, therefore, the rapid
growth of cities, especially manufacturing
cities, promises a home market,
the peach grower may consider his
prospects especially good, and those
who are first to take advantage of
such favorable conditions may expect
the largest rewards.
Those who are contemplating the
planting of now peach orchards cannot
be too careful iu the selection of
soil, preparation of the ground, and
the ehoice of varieties to be grown. S<3
far as the first is concerned, a sandy
loam with a clay subsoil and good
drainage give best results. The preparation
of the soil can hardly be toe
thorough. If the ground selected has
been previously cultivated, it should
be well plowed, harrowed, and, If not
already rich, moderately fertilized 'c
the late summer or autumn before the
trees are set. If a cro? of cow peat
has just been grown ou the land st
much the better. A great deal depend*
on the way the trees are planted. ThU
work should never be trusted to ordinary
farm laborers. Healthy and
vigorous trees a year old should Ix
selected, shortened in to not more thai
two feet of stem to encourage lo\i
branching. A good soaking of watci
should be given at the time of planting
aud a mulch of straw, pine needles o?
some other moisture holding materia]
should at once be applied.
Those who plant a peach orchard
with the expectation that it will cart
for itself after it is set out, had bet
ter abandon the business before thej
begin. No fruit tree responds more
promptly to care aud proper culture
or is more certain to resent inatteD
tiou and neglect Clean culture, abundant
fertilization, careful and systematic
pruning and a vigilant and determined
fight with insect pests nnq
fungoid diseases are the essential conditions
of a favorable result.
The selection of proper varieties fci
any given locality is also a matter requiring
the utmost care. Almost even
peach growing region has special climatic
and other conditions, whlcl
make it unwise to depend upon tlit
advice of men at a distance. The experience
of local growers Is always
worthy of attention, and generally tc
be preferred to those which, howevei
good a showing they may make elsewhere,
have yet to prove their fitness
for the particular region for which tin
selection is to bo made.
Probably the greatest mistakes thai
are likely to be made by peach grow
ers are in the matter of fertilization.
The peach*tree is blessed with a vigor
ous appetite and it will consume and
make profitable use of about all the
plant food that the most liberal grower
will supply. Of course, no general
prescription will answer for all soils
but in most cases a half pound or m
of r. fertilizer containing lour or five
per cent, of nitrogen, eight or nine ol
phosphoric acid and ten of potash rua.v
advantageously be worked into thi
soil, a yard or so in all directions
around me tree wis ere h is urst panic
oil. Each spring a fertilizer of simlla;
character should he given !n Increasing
proportions, until, when the tree U
iu full bearing at five or six years o!
age, as much as a ton or even a ton
and a half per acre of such a fertiliser
may be profitably employed.
When there is a fair market for the
fruit, peach growing, thus conducted,
will always prove u paying business,
Otherwise managed, or rather mismanaged,
it will be likely to be anything
but remunerative.?Norman Kobluson,
Southern I'lnes, N. C.
A Colorado report is to the effect that
there have been 73 murders committed
In Denver and vicinity since tbo
repeal of the state capital punishment
law. Of the murderers, but nine
have received sentences of life Imprisonment
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1,500 MASSACRED.
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A Big Engagement Takes Place in
Central China.
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THE REFORM FORCES DEMORALIZED , , 9
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27 Leaders of the Reform Rabbit
Beheaded by Order of the Governor
?Wholesale Butchery. *
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Minneapolis, Special.?A special tB
The Times, from Vancouver, B. C.#
says: News of a terrible massacre of
the reform forces in China and the beheading
of 27 of its leaders has beea
roceivcd hero in a cablegram to W. A.
Cumrow, secretary of the Chinese Reform
Association in America.
An engagement took place in the ,
province of Cichili, a populous -Section ^
of the Yang-Tse Valley, in Central
China. It resulted in the killing of 1,500
men and the complete demoralization
of the reform forces. The battle,
into which the reformers were brought
^1
by treachery, occurred on December
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lSi anu tiie wotk oi we iuuvuucih uw
as a consequence been dropped in all
that part of the country. The Chinese }
here are loud in their expressions of
disapproval of the conduct of the campaign
by the leaders. But few detail#
given in the cablegram.
Race War in Idlana.
Jefferschville, Ind* Special.?A race
war is in progre? at Comenfcvllle, a
small station on the Pan Handle road,
flvo miles north of this city, and serious
trouble is expected. The negroe#
are armed and the whites are keeping ^
within doors to avoid them. The outbreak
began Monday afternoon, when
Leo Ranger and John Redmond, negro?,
-became intoxicated and started
in to initiate whites. When their insults
were resented other negroes Join
eJ Ranger and Redmond and captured
Samuel Kendall's saloon. Nearly 20
shots were fired, but no one was hurt
An appeal by telephone was made to
Sheriff Rave for help and he drove to
Cementvllle and to some extent quieted
the negroes while he was present
Alitor his departure another outbreak
took place and meeaa^^ alter message
came to the local police .o send men to
the town. Ranger was shot by Ken- *
dali, but how badly is not known, 83
he was carried away and secreted by
hi3 companions. Kendall's life was
threatened. About midnight he managed
to escape from his store and
came direct to this city, awakening
Prosecutor Montgomery, nnd begging
him to issue warrants and have deputy
sheriffs sworn in to serve them. It waa
almost daylight when the community
became quiet, the negroes having everything
their own way. The whites '
are intimidated to such an extent that I^B
they are using every possible precau- H
tian to prevent a collision. H
Killed in Street Duel. ?
Offerman, Ga., Special.?A telephone )
message from Sallie, a town near here. ^ J
says Dr. C. W. Dedge was shot and
killed by Leon Roberts, and that F. M.
Roberts, father of Leon, was probably
fatally shot by Dedge. Dr. Dedge waa
a prominent dentist and a large naval
stores operator. F. M. Roberts is a '
wealthy railroad tie contractor. Dedge
and the elder Roberts had a quarrel.
Young Roberts interferred. There was
promiscuous pistol firing, which resulted
as abova - '*
Trolley Cars Collide.
Lebanon, Pa., 8|peclal.?Two trolley
cars on the ^Lebanon Valley Street
railway, crowded with Christmas
shoppers, collided between this city
and Annville. A number of persona
were injured, some seriously. An ' '
eighteen months old baby was trampled
upon by the panic stricken passengers
and is not expected to recover.
The front part O" each car was reduced
to splinters and the motormen saved
themselves by jumping.
Caleb Powers flay Go Free.
Frankfort, Ky., Special.?The court
of appeal adjourned Saturday until
the January term without rendering a
decision in the case of ex-3ecretary oif /
State Caleb Powers, charged witn complicity
in the Goebcl assassination and
sentenced to life imprisonment. This
t>,p neVr court.
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which will stand -Tour Republicans to
Xrec Democrats.
Mlseissippi's New Capitol.
The new capltol building of the State
of Mississippi, contracts for which have
been let to Wells and Wells, of Chicago,
a firm of builders, for $831,000, will
be one of tho most stately structures
in the South. The style will bo pure
Renaissance. There will be four en
trances but tbo principle lruui. wn?
face south. The length cf the building
will bo 402 feet and the centrar dome
will rise 175 feet above -the grade line.
The two legislative chambers will la
placed on the second ?oor and wil be
handsomely decorated. The seats will
be arranged in amphitheatrical order
with their backs to the window. The
walls of the structure will be partially
granite and partly tnarkla vk-/
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