The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 21, 1901, Image 2
THE COUNTY RECORD,
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Editor and Proprietor.
A well-known European statistician
contributes an interesting article to
the London Mail on the question of
European birth rates during the last
quarter of a century. He conclusively
proves that England is steadily falling
behind her great trade rival, Germany,
In the all-important matter of repro- i
ductlon of the race, and is gradually
following In the dangerous track of
Prance.
The Kansas City Star observes:
The science of theoretical chemistry
fully justified its own existence in the
century Just completed. It has made
little progress toward an explanation
of the fundamental principles of the
origin of life and the constitution of
matter, but It has made the world a
much more comfortable place to live
In, and by so much has contributed to
the happiness of the race."
The trade of Canada for the year
ending June, 1900, aggregated over
53S1.000.000, or more than a million
dollars per day. It Is noteworthy that
the whole trade of the Dominion is
something Ipss r>er dav than rhp dnilv
expenditure of the United States for
Government purposes. In the matter
of taxation aud magnificent outlay the
United States stands well at the front
among the nations.
Recently compiled statistics show
that both shippers and travelers in the
United States enjoy a lower average
rate from railroads then do those of
any other part of the world. The average
rate per ton per mile received
by the railroads of this country during
1808 was only ,785c., and the average
rate per passenger mile was but 1.004c.
In Europe rates of both kinds are very
much higher. In this country some !
classes of freight are now carried at a i
rate that would not have covered the j
cost or transportation a row years ago. |
In Austria there is a system of in- j
sura nee against strikes. A company !
has been formed which indemnifies its |
stockholders or patrons for all losses i
sustained by them from strikes in
their establishments, whether volun- j
tary, sympathetic or forced. The pre- j
mium is equal to three or four per 1
cent, of the pay roll, and the indemnity ,
is fifty per cent, of the wages paid for j
the week next preceding the suspen
sion of work. Just as ordinary insurance
companies will not pay for fires
that were due to the carelessness or
design of the insured, it is provided,
however, that no indemnity can be demanded
if an investigation by the ,
agents of the insurance company j
show that the strike was justified, or :
was due to bad faith, bad treatment, j
or the violation of contracts or agreements
between the employer and hi* 1
men.
The immediate and direct results of !
rural free delivery are clearly apparent,
observes the Augusta (Me.) Jour- ]
nal. It stimulates social and business '
correspondence and so swells the !
postal receipts. The farm is thus !
brought into direct daily contact with !
the currents and movements of the '
business world. The value of farms, !
as has been shown in many cases, is j
enhanced. Good roads become indis- |
pensablc, and their improvement exercises
a wider and deeper influence.
It becomes a factor in the social and
economic tendencies of American life.
Rural free delivery brings the farm
.within the daily range of the intellectual
and commercial activities of
the world, and the isolation and monotony
which have been the bane of
agricultural life arc sensibly mitigated.
This extension of rural free
delivery is a great national work; it
must be carried on with care and wisdom.
Every person and family living
outside of city limits is vitally interested
in its progress. u
NO PRIZE FIGHT.
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Tbi Governor of Ohio Puts a Stop to
Public Exhibitions.
Cincinnati, Special.?The JeffriesRuhlin
contest fcheduled for Friday
night was declared off judicially
Thursday and officially Friday.
XTovnp vlAicrhmnnn's nermit exDired
at midnight, and its renewal is not expected
by anyone. Judge Hollister endorsed
the entry of the decree forbidding
the contest. It enjoins the
Saengerfest Athletic Club from accepting
hereafter from the mayor In
the future a permit for a sparring
match, a glove contest or a prize fight.
The entry applies to all such events
in Hamilton county and elsewhere in
Ohio.
Jeffries appears at the home of Governor
Nash, in Columbus, and ltuhlia
at Marietta, O. Word reached the
pugilists that the Governor not only
intended to stop boxing contests in
Ohio, but also to investigate these
sparring exhibitions. About $50,0Cu
had been taken in on the sale of tickets
and this will be refunded. The
SIO.COO of forfeit was Friday afternoon
turned over to Brady and Madden.
Favorable to Wilcox.
Washington, P. C.. Special.?Delegate
Wilcox, of Hawaii Friday scored
a distinct triumph in securing a unanimous
vote of the House committee
cn elections No. 1, confirming his
right to a scrt in the House of Representatives,
and holding that the
charges filed against him were not
sufficient to warrant his removal.
Chairman Taylor will submit the report
in about a week. Mr. Taylor explained
that Wilcox was hot subjected
to the usual strict construction, because
he as a delegate from a new
Territory and little more than an
agerjt. The letters alleged to be treasonable
were written prior to the or*
panic act making Hawaii a territory
ana mere was no uispjsuiou w sw m.i/
these prior issues. As to his election,
a perfect machinery of election was
established, a ballot box regularly provided,
practically every one participated
in the voting and the will of
the people was expressed.
Bail Refused Capt Carter.
Leavenworth. Kan.. Special.?Oberlin
M. Carter. ex-Captain of Engineers.
United States Army, was
brought from the Federal prison to the
United States District Court here to
hear arguments for his release, pending
the appeal of his habeas corpus
proceedings in the United States Supreme
Court. The prisoner appeared
to be in good health. Two physicians
offered affidavits to the efTect that the
prisoner is a sufferer from neurasthenia
and if confined for any length of
time will suffer mental collapse and
become Insane. An affidavit by Carter
asserted his innocence, and pleaded
for release so he may secure a civil
iriai in i\iiauiu. juugc nuun. actuo^a
to release Carter on bail and ordered
him remanded to the Federal prison
to await the action of the United
States Supreme Court, on fjie appeal
in his habeas corpus case.
New Finance Company.
New York, Special.?It is reported
/n Wall street tcday that a financing
company with $20,000,000 capital, was
organized some time ago by Kuhn,
Loeb & Company, and associates, to
acquiro securities of railroad properties.
as they may seem advisable, and
to issue in their place participating
certificates. It Is assumed 'hat securities
of the Chicago & Alton. Kansas
City oSuthern. Union Pacific, Denver &
Rio Grande and perhaps connecting or
competing lines of these will be includ*
ed in the purchases of the company.
Newspaper Men at Inaugural.
Washington. D. C., Special.?Judge
Boynton, chairman of the inaugural
press committee, announces that by
an arrangement with Sergeant-at-arms
Randel, of the Senate, all local press
men and resident correspondents and
all visiting press men will make direct
application to Mr. E. G. Dunne!),
chairman of the congressional press
committee, for press facilities at the
capltol building and for admission to
the inaugural platform. The Inaugural
press committee has to do with facilities
outside the capital and at the
ball room.
Windows Smashed by Mob.
Buda-Pcsth, By Cable.?Several
thousand persons out of ork marched
through the principal streets hc.e Friday,
carrying mottoes such as "Breid
or work is our right." and stnging the
Marseillaise. They also began smashing
the windows of restaurants and
stores. The police, in force, dispersed
the mob after scenes of violence, dur.
ing which many arrests were made.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Tbe increase in population in Berlin
Is most remarkable. During <the last
30 years the population has increased
from 825.339 to 1,884,345 wlithin the |
city limits, and, including its imme- j
(Hate suburbs, to more 'than 2,500,000
souls. During the la.sit ten years it
has grown 'faster than Chicago. This
increase is due to the development of
the manufacturing industries.
Addison Cam mack, 74 years oToge,
at one time one of the mwt prominent
speculators In Wall street, died at his
Lime in Now York Tuesday.
Another death from bubonic plague
has occurred in Cape Town, and two
fre*.h cases were officially reported.
GERMAN SUSPICION.
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Do Not Fear a Tariff War With the
United States.
EMPEROR'S CONDUCT AND MOTIVES
The Emperor and His Advisors Said
to be Heartily Tired of the War
With China
Berlin, By Cable.?Emperor Wil/iam's
friendly conduct towards Great
Britain recently and the motives
which induced it. still form favorite
subject for discussion here. It was
because of this that unusual interest
was taken in Germany at the opening
of the British Parliament. The speech
from the throne and the debate on the
address in reply to it were thoroughly
disappointing, because of the absence
of any reference to closer Anglo-German
relations. Thomas Gibson Bowies'
interpellation anent the alleged German
seizure of a portion of the Belgian
Congo was seized on by the press [
today, as proof that the British peo- ;
pie's hostile and meddlesome feel hiss ;
towards Germany remained unchang- I
ed.
The Emperor's pro-British senti- j
ments and actions are still unceasing- ,
ly condemned. The Dresdner Nas- '
ehrichten (Conservative) says: "Since
Prince Bismarck's fall, the relations
between the nation and the Emperor
were never worse."
The semi-official press, since His .
Majesty's return, has been doing ev- |
ery thing to counteract this all per- i
rading anti-Emperor sentiment, but
i raxher unskilfully and unsuccessfully:
1 It is noteworthy that the strongest op- ;
j position to Emperor William in this
1 connection comes from the Conservatives
which party usually claims loyal- j
ty to the monarchy as a monopoly.
! The Munich Allegcmeine Zeitung (National
Liberal) inspired, announces
that Count Von Bulow, Imperial Chancellor,
assumes full responsibility for
Emperor William's pro-British act3
and that he will seize on an early opportunity
to show the nation that His
, Majesty had good and sufficient rea- |
! sons for his conducit.
There is no doubt that the German I
nation is heartily tired of the China
I war. This is shown not only by the
| atttituc.4 t)f +he press, but by the ut- j
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Diet It Is true the China expenses
for 1900 amounting to /53,000.000
marks, were finally voted, but the opj
posing Socialists and Freisi inige criti|
cisni were heard by the Conservatives '
and Centrists almost without reply, .
1 except in connection with the mission. ,
Mass meetings called by the Social- ;
ists throughout Germany this week |
passed strongly worded resolutions
against the proposed prohibitive agri- ,
cultural duties, branding them as a
most unjust and most onerous burden
for the working part o? the nation, and
dictated solely by the brutal class of
the empire and the lowest agrarian
selfishness." They not only protest
against increased duties but demand j
their entire abolition.
I The Berliner Neueate N'achrichten
| (Conservative), has printed an article
i making a strong argument that Ger- j
many has no need to fear a tariff war I
with the United States, even if large j
agricultural duties are imposed, be- |
cause American imports here are two j
and one-half times those of Germany ;
i to (the United States. It cites a disj
patch saying that the Treasury Department
at Washington is overwhelmed
with telegrams on the subject
of additional sugar duty, adding:
I "This shows that American busine??
: interests are opposed to a possible
! tariff war with Russia. How much
| more will it oppose a tariff war with
Germany, whose business is worth ten
times to the United Stages that of Rua?
sia?"
Cotton Ship Floated.
Charleston, S. C., Special.?Tho
Spanish steamship Otoyo. cotton la- j
den, from New Orleans to Genoa, !
which ran ashore near Beaufort last
Monday, has been floated and towed to
Charleston. Her cargo was lightered
and brought here by itow boats. A
survey will be held Monday. The
Otoyo had 9,000 bales of cotton or
board and was putting into Norfolk
f/\r* 1 chfl PTnnr.flpri.
Telegraphic Briefs.
At Crescent City, Fla., Saturday,
Dr. W. L. McLeod and his wife were
found dead in their residence. The
evidence disclosed that McLeod Lad
killed his wife and then himself. McLeod
had been drinking. He was a
prominent citizen.
Secretary Long, accompanied by
Mrs. Ix>ng and Admiral Endkott, chief
of the bureau of yards and docks, left
Washington in the private car Riva,
over the Southern Railway, for Pensacola.
where they will inspect the
navy yard at that point and participate
in the Mardi Gras celebrations.
The party will remain there about one
week and return to Washington by
i way of New Orleans. ,
SESSION ADJOURNS.
South Carolina Legislature Closed on
Saturday.
The South Carolina Legislature closed
its session sine die on Saturday at
10:30 a. m. The closing session of
both Senate and House was quite uneventful.
The members were all in the
best of humor. The officers of both
branches were given resolutions of
thanks for their faithful discharge of
duties. A complete list of the bills
enacted Into laws will be given in
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cured from the clerk.
The session just closed hes b:ea o".e
marked by conservatism and good feeling.
and the State starts out on the
new century with high hopes and
boundless good feeling.
SENATE.
Thirty-second Day.?The Senate
gave both the supply bill 2nd the appropriation
bill their second reading.
The appropriation bill was amended
in only one particular?by striking
out the provision for giving an extra
$100,000 to the common schools.
There are majority and minority reports
on the house bill to increase the
pension fund from $100,000 to $200,000,
the majority report being unfavorable.
Thirty-third Day.?The Senate did a
Tousing day's work. The Senators
were in a working mood -and. although
there were many speeches, action wa3
taken on a great many bills.
At the morning session the bill to
give Wlnthrop college the use of 25
convicts was debated and killed; the
unique House bill as to carrying pistols
was given its second reading after
a long debate; and a batch of secondreading
bills were advanced. Many
bills were continued until the next session
at the request of the authors who
saw no chance of getting them through
this year.
At the night session the general appropriation
bill was given its third
rea ng and ordered sent back to tha
House for concurrence In the senaie
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nmenarrenrs. wn;cn ar? mi.uipu.utui,
except the defeat of the appropriation
of $100,000 fcr the common school?.
Considerable work was also put in on
the supply bill.
Mr. McMaster'B bill to extend the
rights and remedies of employes of
railroad corporations, as provided by
the constitution, to employes of street
railway and textile mill corporations
and telegraph companies was the flrit
bill on the calendar and was taken up
and given its second reading.
Thirty-third Day.?The Senate put
in another hard day's work. There
was no night session as the members
wanted to go to the theater, and an
afternoon session was held Instead.
The finance committee's? bill as to
the lighting of the public buildings was
given it-* third reading and sent to the
House. The bill provides that tho State
shall establish its own electric light
plant at a cost of $30,000.
The noted bill against the carrying
of pistols was given its final reading.
The bill to allow the working of 10year
convicts on county chalngauga
wo a nnotrvnnoH until the next Se-S'OU.
and a hil! to provide a new method of
apportioning dispensary profits was
indefinitely postponed.
A big batch of bills received third
reading, some others passed second
reading, and a number of act3 were
ratified.
Senator Caughman's resal 'tion fixing
Friday as the day for adjourning sin'1
die came up and Mr. Mcscs moved to
change the date to Saturday night. 12
o'clock, the lGth. This was agreed to
by a vote of ">S to 44.
Speaker Stevensou declared that midnight
Saturday night it. should be?to
the minute. There would be no "ju?gling
with the clock," and running the
legislative day over into Sunday.
Thirty-fourth Day.?The S;nat; did
another big day's work, getting ready
for the adjournment. Morning, af'er*
noon and night sessions were held. Tim
Senate reduced the House appropriation
of $200,000 for pensions to
000; killed the House bill to appoint a
commission to investigate child labor
in cotton factories; passtd the "mental
anguish telegraph hill" to its second
reading: killed a lot of bills and
advanced a lot more: settled the general
appropriation bill by the aid of a
free conference committee: adopted a
resolution endorsing in fulsome words
B. R. Tillman's course in the United
States Srnate. and wound up by reversing
its action of a week ago on a
bill to repeal the law forbidding publie
officers from using railroad passes.
Thirty-fifth Day.?The Senate met
at 11 o'clock and in to Lours had gleared
the calendar. There were only third
reading House bills to be acted on an l
most of them went through without
discussion. Some had amendments and
and these were sent to the House for
concurrence, and these withcut amendments
were ordered enrolled for ratification.
Mr. McMaster's bill to extend the
rights and remedies of railroad corporations,
as provided under the constitution,
to employes of street railway
and textile mill eorporatiens, and telegraph
companies, was the specal order
and was given its final reading without
discussion.
These also passed third reading:
The bill to increase pensions to $130,GO0?taken
up and given third reading
without debate.
Mr. Cosgrove's bill lelating to county
chaingangs.
Mr. C. E. Robinson's bill to Incorporate
Clemson College for the purpose
of police regulation. There as some
discussion over the proposition to allow
the magistrate at Calhoun, in
Cconee, jurisdiction over a part of
Pickens county for the purpose of p>
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' former act which inadvertently repealed
the charter of the town of Calhoun.
HOUSE.
Thirty-second Day.?The House
! passed Mr. Lockwocd's bill to allow
narflM to rwlaim within air months
. property seized by the State and so'd
! for back taxes. Also Mr. Jno. P.
i Thomas's bill to grant the Twin City
I Power Company leave to build a dam
across the Savannah river; Mr. Riv1
en*' biil to authorize Dorchester coun1
ty to collect certain funds from Co'le
ton. and a committee b'li to te-iuircommissioners
of publia works to report
to city council monthly.
I Mr. Kibler's bill to provide for the*
| creation of the office cf Insurance*
; commissioner was killed as was Mr.^ /
Banks' to provide for the election of
county dispensers.
Mr. Richardson introduced a resolution
turning over the clerks of the
ways and means and the Judiciary
committee to the engrossing department
for the remainder of the sess on.
Adopted.
THE STATE'S RELICS.
Mr. J. Caidwell Robertson ofcre!
the following which W3S adopted:
Be it resolved by t.h?> house of
reseutatlvcs, the senate concurring.
That the secretary of state be and he
Is hereby authorized to permit the exhibition
at the South Carolina Interstate
and West Indian exposition cf
any and all historic relics and other
things in his office or within his
charge or custody upon application to
j him by the proper authorities of the
I exposition company and upon such
security for safe keeping and return
of said relics and things as he may
deem expedient.
The house argreed to all the senate
! orr>on.imor?*a trt Mr Johnson's hill re
! lating 10 the charter of cities of moro
I thaa 5.000 inhabitants. This dees not
I affect charters existing.
Thirty-third Cay?The House too\
j up second reading Senate bills and
passed a number of them. Nearly all
I of thera were local measures. Senator
: Graydon's bill to domesticate railroad
rorooratior.s in this State passed.
There were eleven third reading
; bills, among them the legislative ap!
prcpriation hill, and all of them passed
i and were sent to the Senate.
Thirty-third Day?The calendar
contained no bills which had originated
in the house, but showed 21
second reading senate bills. These
were ail taken up and disposed of.
There were 20 third reading bills, all
of which were passed.
The house voted down Mr. McMaster's
resolution to censure Hon. Jno.
L. McLaur'n for supporting the Re!
publican administration in its foreign
1 policy.
| Thirty-fourth Day.?The nouse of
l fcnrficnnfoHvac In f It A If p? n f {'a
I morning session acted upon two im|
portant matters. One of these was
j the proposition of Senator Mower to
i establish a plant in Columbia for the
i purpose of lighting State buildings in
i that city. This bill was passed by the
} home. t"
The other matter was Mr. Rucker's
' motion to again bring before the house
; Mr. McMaster's resolution condemning
j Senator McLaurin. Thi3 was kille/l
by a vote cf 55 t^ 49.
There were 14 senate bills inder the
head of "third reading." These were
j all sent to the engrossing department
j to be prepared for ratification.
There was a fight on Senator HenI
derscn's third reading bill to regulate
j the as.-eisment of stock in textile enl
terprises.
Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr.. took the
i position that this was double taxation
I and would keep investments out of the
j State.
Mr. C. P. Sanders and Mr. Brice supported
Mr. Thomas.
Mr. Croft and Mr. Williams favorea
the bill.
Mr. Croft cited as an instance that
the Clearwater Bleachery, which is being
established in Aiken, could have
secured $2C0.000 in subscriptions from
Poston had the stock been taxable in
this State. But they did not wart to
pay axes on real esate in this State
and cn personal property (stock) in
the State in which they reside.
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the house was lost by a vote of 74
to 31 and the bill then passed third
reading.
Thirty-fifth Day.?The House spent
a listless session. Four third reading
bills were ordered to third reading,
these were the bills to incorporate
the Seigler Mills Company and the
Hickory Grove orphanage. However,
they have slim chAaces of becoming
statutes. v
When the House reached Senator
Moer's bill relating to a lighting plant
to be built by the State, Mr. Moses,
moveu 10 amend oy anowing me commission
apointod for that purpose to
u-e its discretion as to erecting a
plant or contracting for poer. The
amendment was adopted.
The House passed the Senate resolution
commending the action of SenR.
R. Tillman in the recent party
i?SHC3.
me nouse killed the resolution of the
coramitte on State house and grounds
providing that the halls of the State
h >use be built by political bodies only.
Mr. Moses explained that the use of
'the hall had already been tendered the
Confederate veterans and the resolution
would nullify that action. The
retolution was killed by a vote of 43
ta 14. The object of the resolution was
evidently to keep out the State ball.
The House accepted the report of tho
committee of free conference on the
supply bill, the difference between the
senator from Charleston and the representatives
from that county having
been adjusted. The bill was hustled to
the engrossing department.
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