The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 10, 1901, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD.^
Published Every Thursday
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WNOSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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C. w. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal
declares that ' it requires no mathematician
to (discover that the shiftless,
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class which produces relatively the
greater number of criminals and
paupers, it not of the mentally deficient?is
increasing out of all proportion
to the thrifty, the well-to-do?
the class which produces relatively
few of the paupers and criminals."
The fourth census of the Dominion
of Canada is to be taken soon, begining
the first week in April next. It is
expected to be completed within a
month. Besides the enumeration of the
people, industrial anc other statistics
will be compiled as in the United
States. In the United Kingdom the
census is supposed to be taken in one
(lav hut r.j attempt is made to do |
more than secure a count of the
population.
Zadklel, in his illustrious astrological
almanac, proscribes several days
in each month as days on which it is
. advisable to "avoid superiors." But
here comes H^v. Edward Everett Hale
with some new rules of conduct, one
of which 13, "Talk every day with a
man whom you know to be your su- I
perior."' Probably it will be the better
part o! wisdom to subscribe to Dr.
Hale's precept. He is a notorious
'
optimist, a man of unusually confident
tomorrows, and his present advice is
but another application of his old
ruie, JjOOli up U.UU uui uunu.
A Massachusetts leather m?-/? predicts
an easing down of the price of
sole leather very soon, on account of
the invention of a New England
genius. Sole leather grows 011 beasts
in very limited quantities, and it is
hard to get enough of it. The invention
is to use leather scraps of all sorts for
the manufacture of good, serviceable
sole leather. The scraps arc worthloss
for all practical purposes, and
generally rot in the streets and alleys.
But a machine has been devised that
tears them into shreds and makes
inem into puip, wmcn is run out uuun
great pressure in continuous sheets
of good sole leather. A fall in the
price of sole leather is predicted as
the result of this discovery o' a way
to use the scraps.
If there were n.o such things in the j
world as time locks, the Presbyterian
church at Mount Joy, Penr-., would
be $8700 richer than it is. The story is
queer, and therefore nterestlng. The
Rev. David Conway, while pastor of
the church in question, was thrown
from his cairiago in May, 1899, and
received injuries which soon caused
his death. When he realized that his
end was near, Mr. Conway sent for
a lawyer aid made his will, giving,
among other bequests, $3000 to his
church. He was at once told that such
a bequest, if made within 30 days
before death, was invalid, so he
signed an order directing the Mount
Joy National bank to turn over to H.
W. Ilartman, a member of the congregation,
bonds to the value of $8700,
which he had on deposit, and these
Mr. Hartraan was to transfer to the
church. Mr. Hartraan immediately
endeavored to get the securities, but
the bank vaults were protected by a
time lock, and they could not be
opened until the next morning. Mr.
Conway died in the night, while the
vault doors were still immovable, and
consequently, though the bank gave
the bonds to Mr. Hartman as soon as
it could, he was forced to hold them
until a Legal decision as to their proper
disposition could be secured. The decision
has Just been rendered, and it
is that the securities must be added
to Mr. Conway's estate and divided
according to the valid provisions of
his will. The Presbyterian church naturally
regards the case as a hard :>ne,
and its elders have their doubts
whether time locks are to be numbered
among the valuable inventions
the age. *
AT WORK AGAIN.
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Congress R;-Assembles After The
Holiday Recess.
S2NATS.
Eighteenth Day.?The Senate held its
f nal senior, of the new year on Thursday.
Jan. 3. The ship subsidy bill was
side-tracked to make way for the army
re-organizaticn hill. Senator Bacon, of
CiforEia. male a j-tr.mg speech agai sr.
the army hill, it: direct opposition to a
permanent increase in the standing
army. The discussion was protracted
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m. t he Senate adjourned.
Nineteenth Day.?The Senate discussed
tte army bill for five hours.
The debate took a wide range at times.
A number of Senators took part in the
discussions and the Philippine question
was thoroughly aired, but little
new was developed. At 5:20 the Senate
wont into executive session, and
adjourned at 5:30.
Twentieth Day.?The Senate resumed
consideration of the Army ReI
organization bill at the close of the
morning session. Under the unanimous
-onser.t agreement, the committee
amendment were taxen up and disposed
of with the exception of the
canteen amendment which went over
until Monday.
Mr. Hawley called up the bill at
12:40. Mr. Proctor offered an amendment,
authorizing the President to
select the chief of any staff corps or
rl^rsti rt m a rvt nnt lw?lrvu.' thn rank Of
lieutenant colonel, for appointment
for a term not exceeding four years,
but that the appointment must be
confirmed by the Senale. The amendment
was adopted.
Mr. Nelson spoke against the Senate
committee amendment which provides
that only the giade of second lieutenant
shall be ope a *o volunteer officers.
He favored the House amendment
leaving botn the grades of first and
second lieutenant open to volunteer dfficers.
Messrs. Teller and Mon^y also
favored th* house amendment.
At 1:55. on motion of Mr. Spooner.
the Senate went into executive session.
At 2 o'clock the doors were re-opened
and consideration of the Army bill
was resumed.
With the Army bill, after some further
uninteresting debate still pending.
the Senate at 3:30 adjourned.
HOUSE.
Eighteenth Day.?The session of the
House was opened with a small number
of members in their seals. The
brief session held was devoted to the
question of re-apportionment, and ail
measures looking to the decrease of tha
South's representation in Congres?
were defeated. After a lot of discussion
the House adjourned.
Nineteenth IViv?Tho House had
I another spirited s truggle over the Olrrstead
resolution to investigate the
abridge nent of the suffrage in certain
Southern States, with a view to reapportionment
upon the actual basis
of suffrige. It was finally referred to
the census committee, where the oppesitior
desired it to go originally.
Some of the Republican leaders were
not in sympathy with the resolution
and gave their support to the reference
on condition that that would be the
final outcome.
Twentieth Day.?Speaker Henderson
was again deUrined at his home by
illness, and Mr. Daizell of Pennsylvania.
ty the designation of the Speaker.
presided over the deliberations of
th ehouse. Without intervening business,
debate upon the Reapportionment
bill was resumed.
Mr. Littleftf ld of ^aine was the first
speaker. His argument was in favor
of the Hurleigh bill. The bill provides
for a house of 386 members. Mr.
Littlefleld declared that the Hopkins
bi'rl could properly be entitled "An act
to cripple the State of Maine in her
representation in the house and in the
electoral college."
He re-ented what he termed Mr.
Hopkins' assault upon the State of
Maine. That statement drew from Mr.
Hopkins an indignant denial, which
led to a sharp exchange between the
two members:
The entire proceedings consisted of
a spirited colloquy between these two
members, at tbe lose of which the
house adjourned.
Center of Population.
Washington, D. C.. Special.?'The
.Census Bureau has issued the following:
The center of population Is in
the following position: Latitude
39.9.36, longitude 83.4S.54." In ten
years the center of population has
moved westward about fourteen miles
and southward about three miles. It
now rests in southern Indiana, at a
point about seven miles southeast o/
the city of Columbus.
Reaching Out.
Tacoma, Wash.. Special.?Information.
has been received here that the
Standard Oil Company has rocentlv
bough* the oil properties of i e Pacific
Oil Company, is now negotiating for
the fields of the Central Oil Company
in the Whittier district which arc
among the best in the State, and is after
other fields in the California oil
field district. The general opinion is
that it will be only a short time before
the syndicate has everything of value
in the oil line in California.
The largest library of siyall booh- in
the world Is the property of a French
man, who boasts he can pack 700 of I
his pocket editions in n single port- {
manteau. '
m HELP RUSSIA.
America May Back Her Demaids for
^'Concessions.
PER IN CORRESPONDENT'S REPORT.
A London Paper Informed That The
Russian Demands for Concessions
Will Have American Support.
* ? London.
By Cable.?The Pekin correspondent
of the Daily Mail, wiring
January 1, says:
"Russia, by conciliation, is trying to
secure special advantages and there is
a strong belief that she will receive
American support. It is hinted that
Ruria inspired unfounded charges of
barbarity against the German troops,
ihe motive being tc sow dissension between
Great Britain and Germany."
In a dispatch to The Times from Pekin,
dated December 31, Dr. Morrison
gives the text of the Russo-Chinese
agreement for the Russian protection
of the Manchurian province of Fon
Ting, Russia, he says the civil government
on the following conditions:
First. The Tartar General Tseng undertakes
to protect and pacify the
province and to assist in the construction
of the railroad.
Second. He must kindly treat, feed
and lodge Russians, engnged In the
military occupation and in the protection
of the railroad.
Third. He must disarm and disband
the Chinese soldiery, delivering to the
Russians all munitions of war in such
arsenals as the Russians have not yet
occupied.
Fourth. All forts and defences In the
province not occupied by the Russians
and all powder magazines not required
by them must be dismantled in the
presence of Russian officials.
Fifth. Niu Chwang and other places
row in Russian occupaiion shall be
restored to the Chinese civil admin is- j
tration when Russia is satisfied that j
the pacification of the province is complete.
Sixth. The Chinese shall maintain
law and order by local police under a
Tartar general.
Seventh. A Russian political rest
cient, with general powers of control, I
shall be stationed at Mukden, to whom
the Tartar general Tseng must give all
information respecting any important
measure.
Eighth. In the event of local police
being insufficient for any emergency, j
General Tseng will notify the Russian '
resident and invite Russia to send reinforcements.
Ninth. The Russian text shall be
lug otu.uc.aiu.
The functions given the Russian resident,
says Dr. Morrison, are similar to
those of the Russiin resident in Bokhara,
or those of the British residents
'n the native Static of India. The
agreement will necessarily be followed
by similar agreements with references
to the other two provinces. Then Manchuria
will be de facto a Russian protectorate,
Russian )y a pre-existing ar- j
rangement having already the right to i
maintain an troops necessary iur uic
protection of the railroads.
Death of a Prominent South Carolinian.
Charleston, S. C., Special.?H. H. D2Leon,
of this city, died at the Charleston
Hotel, here Thursday morning, in
the 72nd year of his age. He was a
leading broker of the city and was
largely interested in cotton mills
throughout the State. Mr. DeLeon was
noted for his charities. He began life
poor and not onlysupported a wodowed
mother and seven sisters, but amassed
a private fortune. He was a member
of the famous J^eLoon family of the
South. Camden, S. C., was the pla. 9
of his birth.
Naval Drills at Pensacole.
Pensacola. Fla., Spec.al.?The flagship
Kearsarge. and battleship Massa
chusetts, of the North Atlantic squadron,
which have boen anchored at the
city front, have moved to the navy
yard, where they will fill their bunkers
with coal. Rear Admiral Farquhar
announces that he *u' select a suitable
location on tho beach and establish
a camp drill and exercise the men.
The new battleship Alabama and the
torpedo-boats Dupont, Erisccon, Por
ter, Kogers, i-oote ana uusning are
expected here to join the fleet, Satur*
day cr Sunday.
Brief flention.
The Delawaio legislatuue m^s organized
under a truce between the
Union and Regular Republican* at
il)OTer.
Senator Quay secured four Democratic
votes for his candidates in the
house and organised the Pennsylvania
legislature.
B. B. OdsJt mm touMgwaled *
Mbaor Oovwoor of Her Yerk.
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DISPENSER ARRESTED.' j
Sensational Developments Follow an
Alleged Robbery.
Florence, Special.?The Kingstree I
dispensary case reached a climax Saturday
afternoon when Frank M. Play
er, the dispenser, was placed behind
the bans of the Kingstree jail to answer
a* lhe next term of court to the
charge of malfeasance in office.
A few days ago Gov. MeSweeney received
a telegram from Kingstree announcing
that Dispenser Player had
been held up at the back door of the
dispensary by four masked men and
robbed of $1,800. Player stated that
he was unable to identify any of the
men and readily gave up and allowed
them to help themselves to the contents
of his safe. The story was pub- J
ished at the time in full. Player had '
aeen dispenser for about a year, and
this is the third robbery that he had i
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reporxeu since ce iiau uucu uiai.
tion. i
Governor MoSweeney detailed W. '
H. Holloway, well known in Columbia, 1
a special constable iX> accompany Mr.
Stansell, an inspector to Kingstree, to :
look into the matter and, If possible,
to arrest the guilty party or parties. 3
They have been at work continuously 1
ever sin.?e and have been reinforced !
the past two days by Constables J. f\ <
Batoman, George S. McCravy and I
member of the State board. A. F. M. (
Dukes. An examination of the books <
and stock on hand show a shortage of f
at least $2,500. Such is the condition 1
of the books that it is next to impossible
to get at the exact amount. <
The statement of these gentlemen is <
that Player was incompetent to fill the (
position and had no conception of the
duties required of Lira. Evidently he j
was badly imposed on by his friends ,
and loaned out the State's money as ,
well as credited out liquor, which i3 "
contrary to the dispensary law. ]
Player's bond expired December loth <
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ana me dohu khcw mis m?, jct i
was not required to renew it, and it is j
stated that Player, while under the in- j
fluence of liquor, boasted on the streets I
Christmas day that he had >2,000 in
his pocket, and when remonstrated
with by his friend3 that he should not
take such a risk but should deposit it
with the county treasurer, he coolly i
replied that if it was stolen it could
not hurt him, as his bond had expired.
At a previous robbery, which occurred
just after the primary. Player
reported that he had been robbed of
stock amounting to $127. This the
board allowed him and credited the)
amount, but when an investigation
was made it was found that he was
$327 short ins-teaa or $izi. mis
Player paid up. i
These facts, together with ot .er evi- j
dencee of criminal carelessness, con- (
vinced those in charge of the case to
swear out a warrant against Player,
which was" done by W. H. Holloway
and placed in the hands of Constable
Bateman for execution.
Bateman went to Player's home and (
quietly arrested him. Player broke :
down and wept like a child. He pro- j
tested that he had done nothing .
wrong and added that he had loaned 5
out some small sums of money to his |
friends, which his books would show, ,
but vigorously stuck to his etory con- j
cerning the robbery. ,
Solicitor John S. Wilso was in town 5
and although .
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Player employed counsel, a prellml- <
nary was waived and he was sent to ;
jail in default of $2,000 bail. j
Player's home was searched a few ,
days ago but nothing was found in the (
shape of money. He has turned over i
to Treasurer Rollins $135. which he t
claims was under nis pillow .at the
time of the robbery.
Tho dispensary is now in the uands
of Mayor Kennedy, being turned over .
to him by Mr. Dukes, of the State ,
board, but will not be reopened until a '
new dispenser is appointed. As soon 1
as it can be done a new county board ,
will also be appointed. The State is
in possession of much criminating evi- L
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aen.ce, which win uui ltc
until the case is called in court.
Player comes of a good family in
Clarendon county, who have always
stood well in their community.
Increase In Lunaqy.
The fearful number of new patientthat
go to the State Hospital for the t
Insane may be appreciated when it is
known that the annual report of Dr. 1
Babcockwill show that there have been i
four hundred and forty-eight admis- ^
sions to the State Hospital for the In
sane during the past year. THie is Dy *
decided odds the largest number of ad- t
missions* for any one year. ]
Sheriff of Abbeville.
Governor McSweeney finds that under
the statute law he has the authority
to appoint the successor to Sheriff I
Kennedy, of Abbeville. This is some- t
what unexpected, but the statute law i
requires that the governor shall ap- s
point a sheriff where a vacancy oc- <
curs from any cause. Governor Mc- J
Sweeney has written the Abbeville *
delegation that if it be the desire to I
have a primary it will be acceptable j
to him, but if the delegation wish to j
recommend some one for appointmen. (
he will appoint whoever the delegation
recommends, presuming, of course, 1
that a suitable person be suggested. It <
is likely that a primary will be held. i
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EX-GOVCiBROGDEN
Dies at His Home ?n Wayne County,
North Carolina.
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WAS A MAN OF HONEST MOTIVES, >
Was Governor of North Carolina and
Also Served iwo ierms In Con*
g.ess.
Goldsboro, N. C., Special.?After a
lingering illness, due in part to the
weight of years, ex-Go\ernor Cure's HJ
Brogden passed away at his homo near
this city at the hour of 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon.
Governor Brogden was a most remarkable
man in many respects. At
one time in life, by rigid economy, he
amassed quite a fortune, the bulk o?
which he lost on personal security for.
his party confreres. He was bora in
1816 and was, therefore, in his 56th
year. He served his native county.
Wayne, in the legislature of 1838 and
l?40. Following this for some 15 yeans
he was Comptroller of the treasury. In
1872 he was elected Lieutenant Governor
on the Republican ticket, with
jovernor Tod R. Caldwell and succeeded
to the Governor's chair on the
ieath of the latter. Subsequently he
served two terms in Congress, as the
Representative from this district.
His was an irreproachable life, honest
in all his dealings. He leaves an
estate worth between $3,000 and $10,)00.
He never married. On New
i'eor's day he lay in bed, weak and almost
bereft of sight, but chatted pleasantly
and well with friends about the
year and century Juat closed. His
mind seemed imbued with the political
history of the country when he
svas a prominent faJctor, immediately
following the days of reconstruction,
and, two days before his death, he
seemed to be absorbed, in his semiconscious
condition, with the innova
Lions that nave caaeu pi<i^c m i
years and counselled a return to the
>ld constitutional ways of conducting
governmental affairs as being safer
:han by the rapid expansion of national
authority among the world
powers.
He died possessed of an extensive
ibrary, consieting of political, literary,
social and religious worKs, aii 01 wunui
aave been well preserved. His mind,
i short time before ?s death, was perfectly
clear, and while he expressed a
iesire to live, yet he appeared ready
ior the summons to come up higher.
Vouhp Woman Horribly flurdered.
Marietta, O., Special. ? A brutal
mime was committed Friday evening
it Hackney, Morgan county, by which
diss Nellie Morris, aged 19, handsome
ind accompli hed, lost her life. As
Vfiss Morris'was returning home from
,he postofllce she was accosted by "\Val;er
A. Weinstork, a young man aged
18 yoars, who lived near her home. Ho
nade indoeent proposals to her and
she immediately started to run. Ho
hrew ber to the ground. She scream>d
and fought. Weinstock drew a ra:or
and severd her neck muscles and
aid bare the jugular vein. Miss Mor is
grabbed the razor and her hands
;re cut into pieces in her mad efforts.
fVhen people arrived she was almost
laked. She died shortly afterward.
Capture of Insurgents.
r> f! Snecial.?The
VVAauai^ivti, ?. ?
'ollowing dispatch was received at the
^avy Department Friday afternoon
\dmiral Remey:
"Manila. Jan. 14.
'Bureau of Navigation, Washington:
"An attack on the morning of the 3d
)y the Fourth Ir.fintry, marines of the
lavy, at Cavite Viejo. resulted in the
capture of one lieutenant colonel, two
nejors, five captains, one lieutenant.
IS private insurrectos and four La1
rones. "REMEY."
fir. Bryan Lecturing.
Tyler, Texas, Special ?Wm. J. Bryan
lectured here to a large audience.
\n informal reception was,hold during
ihe afternoon. He left at nignt for
Paris, where he will lecture Saturday
' ?- ? nnofMnlv Tv-norted
211 gQIL. LI Wi?j uiuw/w, .
;hat Mr. Bryan had passed through
PenaacoLa, Fla.
Killed by Dynamite.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special.?A fright ul
explosion of dynamite occurred in
:he powder machine house of the Rc>auno
Chermical Company, at Thompson's
Point, N. J., 12 miles below, this
:lty. The building was annihilated
ind throe orkmen ere blown to atoms.
Jeveral other workmen received minor
njuries. The dead man had been
junchlng the dynamite Into eight inch
jeper shells for use in blasting. Pieces
>f the men's flesh were picked up over
i hundred feet away frooi the wrockid
building. The loss will probably
sot be ever $6,000.