The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 21, 1901, Image 2
. - THE COUNTY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
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TINQ8TBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
As many men art scrauch like menkeys.
the efforts of Professo- Carrier
to reduce monkey language to a prnctical
form assumes the aspect of a
philanthropic effort.
The Argentine Republic is seeking
Japanese immigrants. She offers free
, lands to 20,000 of them if they will
come. No better class of irtunlerants
could be secured by any country.
A Philadelphia Judge has decided
that a husband is not bound to sup
port a wife who smokes cigarettes*
This supplements and complements the'
recent decision of a Wisconsin Judge
that the excessive smoking of cigarettes
by a husband entitles a wife to
divorce. The cigarette looms up large
as a destroyer of domestic harmony.
"Government by Public Opinion"
was the subject of a recent address by
President Hadlcy, of Yale. He maintained
that the controlling force in
government is public opinion. Put
he does not hold that public opinion
always gets clear manifestation in
political party actioD. This is the reason
why laws that get a place in the
Statute book often arc impotent to
effect the ends sought. Public opinion.
In fact, ,does not support them, and Is
better content that they should be dormant
than that tncy should be active.
Vha /?/?n*rrtlUn?r fnri'fls of mihlic St'Uli
ment In the interpretation and enforcement
of laws is a phenomenon
constantly in sight. Wise statesmanship
takes due account of it. The
moral, of course, is that the main
thing to be attended to by those who
would renovate existing conditions is
to educate the minds and consciences
of the people.
That women are not qualified to advance
in any line of work seems not
to be a sound argument for discharging
them, when we reflect that women
nowadays are educated in all lines,
their Intellectual ability is proved
equal to men's, their executive ability
Is demonstrated, and they signify a
willingness to assume the burden of
any sort of work, states Harper's
Bazar. Wherein, then, are they not
qualified? In this: They are not per
manent Marriage intervenes. According
to the most recent statistics,
but eight per cent, of women in industry
are wives. The average period
during which a woman engages in an
occupation is four years, nine pnd twotenths
months. At the time when a
Woman in the natural course of business
experience becomes eligible to
promotion, she retires?presumably retires
into matrimony, and the wealth
which employs her it put to the loss'of
training sor body else to take her
Dlsee.
Searching as they are in all directions
for light on England's fififure to
keep the lead in the industrial procession,
the London papers are making
every now and then discoveries that
are not less surprising to outsiders
than painful to themselves. One of the
most curious of these revelation^ \is
that of a Loudon Mail investigator,
who started out to ascertain wpy almost
all the typewriters on sale in the
English market are of foreign make?
of American make, to be explicit. The
explanation he secured was that ifie
British workman simply could not cpu',
struct a good typewriter. A uian 'familiar
with the business is quoted as
saying that some years ago an American
firm mnlrin?' <ine nf the standard
machines endeavored to introduce the
typewriter industry into England.
Premises were opened at Coventry, and
thousands of pounds were spent in eildeavoring
to produce a satisfac&Jrjr ]
machine, but in spite of the fact {bijft;
the best American tools and materials
werep^d it was found, after several
years*.work, that it was impossible to
produce a good machine. In additi'on !
to being unsatisfactory, the machines
that were made cost twenty per cent,
more than those from America, eveD
after paying freight and charges.
! A HORRIBLE CRIME.
A Girl in Brooklyn Assaulted By
Three Men.
GIRL IS THOUGHT TO BE DVISG.
Mary Paige, 16 Nears Old, Lured to a
Livery Stable by Three Young Men,
Drugged and Made Their Vlclim.
New York, Special. ? Unconscious,
and the physicians say, dying. Mary
Paige, the pretty lC-year-old daughter
of C. H. Paige, lies at her father's
home, Brooklyn, the victim of assault.
Since she was found Tuesday mornfng
wandering in the streets it is said she
has been conscious only a few minutes
wihen she managed to gasp out that
she had been lured to a livery stable
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by three young men, Tforced to drink <
a drugged drink and then assaulted by
Jhe three. The police acted promptly
after the girl's father had ieportsd to
them. Tuesday afternoon they arrested
George Abbott, Jr., 17 years old,
of Brooklyn. He admitted knowing
Marv _caid he had taken her for a_
walk Sunday night and that two
young men had jqiced them, but declared
that he knew nothing about her
having been drugged, and denied that
there had been any assault. He gave
the names of the two other youths,
and on Mr. Paige's complaint warrants
were sworn out for them. Late
ia the afternoon the detectives took a
young man to the Adams'street police
station, where he made affidavit be- r
, fore Magistrate Brenner. The dete;;
1 tiv'es said the youth was a iht&t trri-'
I portanoe writness in the tfese. They
would not permit him to talk. '
Tuesday evening young Abbott was
taken before Mayor Paige and fully
identified by her as the one who had
givc.il her the supposed drugged liquor
and assaulted heT. The gill's condition
wa<s very much improved at night and
the attending physician soys there is
little doubt of her recovery.
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Treaty flatter Dropped.
Washington, D. C., Special.?No step
has been taken t>y either side since |
the delivery 'of the British note treattag
of the Senate amendments to, tho
Hay-Pauncefote treaty and it is understood
that none will be taken in
the immediate future. The treaty expired
March 5, and it is said that at
this moment'our government IS undecided
as to whether or npt it shall
attempt- to draw a new treaty with
Great Britain. It is said that before
anything of this kind is done the administration
will take steps to learn
the views of Senators anl the party's
lead-era in Congress. There will be no
tteaty submitted to the Senate except
upon a pretty clear understanding
, that it is strcng enough-to. jsecure the
n
vote of two-thirds or ute^.gsQayr_
said at the State Departoie^-that thj
British com m u n i cat i orr's ebmi t ted yesterday
will not.be gi'^jsT'ouf "for pubii?
cation for t,he praaent 1
Grounding of the Training Ship.
Washington,* 6. C., Special.?'WcW
has roictied Navy Department tha:
the training .ship Dixie which has tyecn
j aground for over a week past at Maryland
Point, irf'ihe lower Potomac, wre
successfully Abated Tuesday morning.
.The Secretary 'of the Navy has eivj eroded
court of'Inquiry-to meet at, the
Norfolk navy yard, next Saturday, ;o
eJlx the rfcspon&[biUty>far.Whe grounding*
of -the *Dix:e, by ufh-loh the vctsoI
was prevented. Jfrom reaching Wos;:lington'op
{h?tocjpasion:<j''>lhe inaugifratioirr.
The vassal Is to be docked a:
.Norfdfk,' to m^ke sure that she ha>
smrthiAed no serious Injury from the
grounding".
Rec'procity Treaties Kxtendsd.
Washington,.. H C..! Special.?Tt 13*
probable the time for; ratifying',
treaties with Gretft Britain, respecting
reciprocity with. t?ie?- BrUJsh We?t Indian
tolcnies will be' extended duiipj
the present week-for a pdridd'of (0"Pm
year ?or 18 months, ini order t^at th?
treaties may be cort^ider^I by Seaate
text 'December.
Telegraphic Briefs.
A Fltt-tn;rg ai.^P^icn. gays: j\ turn
contract .worth ' upwards of $2,000,000
to be fulfilled, in jpase of vrzg6 trouble,
.in.the aratiracfye. '-fieddfe i^hext *,mrinlti
.was closed here y es ler d&y; , *th1
Qufeeae Jlolel. *Thd cohplfb *to*'go. to
su,f)plj- Extern,Tdafi^svcff^e d^.ffra_
cite oollierle6 from .the' 'minefe' of .he
ftew combination of operator*' a.' .he
Kanawha and New ttiver*di?tri<~;<? 'fj
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A Qape Town count-mart ta.1 has eeater.cSd
to ;deo.th t>wo-rebels connected
v.ich the reoehlt-wrecfeihg of'a train a*- >
T^aiboeoh. Others cocicerped in .fr
crime were" Vctftfdeiriried' to vanjouf
I terms of imprisonment.
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BURNING OF A KENTUCKY TOWN
Half the Inhabitants Home'ess--Food
anJ SuppI cs Destroyed.
Cloverport, Ky., Special.?In tbe
bluing air Oi the early morning hours
the citizens of Cloverport looked on,
almost powerless to act Thursday,
while fire destroyed $of,0,000 worth of
property and left 1,000 persons?half
the population?homeless. Every business
house, was bumed. The distress
of hundieds of women and children
was relieved only when trains loidtd
with supplies arrived from Louisville
and Henderson.
At noon the fire was still burning
in spots, but the remaining structures
were scattered and no further spread
was anticipated.
By the hurting of a natural gas
pipe in the kitchen of a private house
shortly after midnight the building
was set afire. A high wind was blowing
and the burning* embVrs were carried
to the immense, -tobacco warehouses
owned by the American Tobacco
company. These buildings were
soon wraped in flames -and efforts
to save them wore abandoned in order
to fight the fires which were
springing up on all sides. The tobac
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co company s pram, cuhmui.^ v?i i?v
stemmeries and l.pOO.OOU pounds of tobacco
was sdoh- destroyed and the fire
continued to spread. The local fire department
was totally . inndurunte to
c6pe with the fire and Louisville and
Henderson were asked to send assistance.
As Louisville is 75 miles distant.
however, no help arrived until
4:30 o'clock and by that time the fire
had about exhausted its material. Every
business house was gone, together
with afl provisions and clothing. Over
halfafif the residences, tco, had been
destroyed and 1,000 people were wantkylEg
aimlessly through tlie streets.
? taring at the ruins.
Sale of a Railroad.
A Rome, Ga.. special says: President
Wilburn has called, a special
meeting o.' the stockholders of the
Chattanooga. Rome and Southern railroad
for May 15, to consider the sale
and conveyance of that property to
the Central of Georgia. It is understood
here that the headquarters o.'
President Wlbtirn s road will be removed
to Savannah. The price paid
for the Phaitunooea. Rome and South
ern is anr.cur.ccd as $4,500,000. It is
129 miles lcnp and extends from Chattancoga,
Tenn.. to Carrolkon,. Ga.
Mining Through Ice.
Victoria, ..B. C?? j>pe^j?l.?News ha?
reachod here from (Jape Nome that
during December'a rich bar s.taked
which is beneath Behring sea and par-*
allels the coast for about 100 miles up
from Snake River. Those who located
the claims had to cut through five
feet of ice to reach the send and gravel
which was very rich. In summer the
claims will bo totally submurged.
Stampedes have occurred from Nome
to American creek in Kourock and
Norton sound where rich strikes have
been made.
Incumbents Will Be Reappointed.
Washington, D. C? Special.?Attorney
General Griggs talked with the
President, about a number of places
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under ine ar.panmeni 01 juKucr, iu<
ternrs of the incumbents being about
to expire. This includes a large nfim-a
ber of United States district attorneys
and marshals. Except where charges
have been made ?ag::ir>st. incumbents
and where the sensorial statute has
- -.1 tho-e willbe no new appointanen's.
Tfie-in: urnbe nts wfll be reappointed
as .their terms expire.- :
*" ' Freight Rates on Coal to Ri e
New York, fryocial.?A ;oin.t notics
advancing the i: eight rates on birutrinous
co-aJ fre u the mine--, t'p t.idc(water
has tef*n r?4u:d by the Pennsylvania
railroad, the Baltimore" and
Ohio, the Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Norfolk arid Western. The ad.ance
will'be 10 ccats per ion and k will
take euect on April 1.
Carnegie's Laies Move.
New York, Special.?Andrew Carnegie,
w..o since retiring as active
figure lrom the steel world, has been
able to devote his time exclusively to
hi= ftfhcr nassion. the founding of
libraries, has made his departure foi
Europe this spring memorable by the
?aagest'Offer of the kind ever advanced.
If New York" jsvill pip lie a
the sitjfes and the maintenance, he lias
promised to give $5,20t),000 to establish
60 branch liberies in this city.
The offer in a letter to Dr.
Johjt S. Bllin$s,-^director of-the New
York'Public UbraY^r last Tu-jeday.
Carnegie's Q.'ft to Charl6tte.
Charlotte, Nr'.\ C., Special.?Andrew
Carnegie, rle Rtttsborg philanthropist
<has offered the ?ity of Charlotte $20,000
-with whtich .to ajiot a librlry
building. The" offer is based on the
conditions that the oitjy will donate a
free site and estbliah an annual fond
of $2,500 for the maintenance of! the
ifhrary. The offer will doubtteas be
accepted. ^
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EX PRESIDENT DEAD
Hon. Benjamin Harrison Passes to
His Reward.
HIS LIFE AM) PIELIC SERVICES.
Elected to the Highest Office in the
Gif: of the Peop e, He Served Well
His Day and Generation.
Indianapolis, Special.?Genial Benjaania
Harrison died at 4:45 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon without regaining
consciousness. his death was
quite and puirilc&s, thete being a. gradual
sinking until the end ea'tnfe which
was marked by a sing'e gasp ior breath,
as life departed from the body of
the great, guatesjinan. The leiarjvts,
with a few exceptions, and several of
his old and tried, friends, were at the
ior.i.er President's be.l-side when- he
'passed away.
General Hanri.on had been unconscious
for hours help re his death, the
exact time when he passed into a comatose
state being dai^-ult to deter...
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BKNJAMIJf HARIUSOX,
mine. Ho ?poke to no one during the
d'iy, falling to recognize even his wife.
| The greater part of Tuesday also lie
was la a semi-compaitoso condition,
although he was at times ad>le to recognize
those at hU bedside?" At that
.lime he recognized and spok? to Mrs.
Newcomer, his aunt, ahd also to Mr.
.kitlier, ihe words being very indistinct.
'"Doctor" and "my iung>" were
the only words understood. Almost
+v.? <- ?v\rHc Vib wfrp afldres
?<1 to his wife, of whom ho inquired,
shortly before he became unconscious
If the doctors were present.
From one who was present at the
deathbed it is learned that the al!e?ntions
of cruelty and injustice dealt oift
by England to the Boers in- their
struggle for liberty had been- a subject
f?r thought in the mind of General
Harrison. In his semi-conscious condition..
when the sentinels of discretion
and propriety had gone firm
their posts and the mind of the man
was wcixiering, he bcg2n to speak of
the Beers and their hopeless 'struggle
for national life. His voice was. weak
axri trembling, his tnougnt;s were u\n.
c<mneotv<l; but the listeners bending
over him could hear words a.' pity for
the dying f.-.nmer republics.
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* . f^Sketch.of Oen. Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison was born, at
North Bend. O.. August 20. 1332. and
was-therefore nearly 68 years of age.
He graduated at Miami Univp sliy,
Oirlo. f^mosied to Indjanapo'.is and
settled in ^he practice cf his profession.
In 185<Vhe w^; electcl reporter
of Jft'e Supreme Court of Indiana.- He
on ei-ed the Ili^n army in 1862, as a
subaltern 'to the rank of
colonel and tfhfcvet^.arigndier general,
serving nnriL 1^63". "While in th; field
j he was re-elected" as reporter of the
j Supreme Court, and after leaving the
army served iour ^ears in ihh nation..
la- 1876 hs.*was an unsuccessful
candidate forGbvernorof Indiana, an*.
Jn 18^9 wasAppointed a member of the
Mississippi river commission. He was
elected a Senator of the United States
from.Hidfasa for the term of six yean
frMn 5!tirch 4. 1881. In 1888 he was
electel'/Presiden-tefcf the United States
oVer'Grovfcr Clevefcpd, and was'again
a candidate for the presidency in 1892,
wljen he was defeated by Cleveland.
'A.thciyh a man of great ability.
General liarri-on was so often accuseu
of being merely the grandson of Wil*
1 liaim Henry Harrison, that during ths
candidacy for the presidency cartoonists
pictured him as wearing his grandfather's
hat, that t?rm finaUy becoming
a by-word with his political opponents.
Since retiring from pubjic
life General Harrison had devoted himself
to the practice of 7aw, at which he
' was very successful.' He was arbitrator
in a Venezuelan territorial contro?
rersy recently and S said to have
earned a fee of $100,OOk He waa son? k
months ago' appointed by President
McKinley-a member of tho Lnternation'
'ai arbitration commission on the part
of the United Statea, In accordance
with the action of thefi&ace conference
at The Hague. The death of Geneial
Harrison leaves only one living ex
-President of the United States, Qrover
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LONG HOPE REALIZED.
The Iron Horse Visils Chesterfield for
the First rime.
Chesterfield, S. C.. Special.?Saturday
brought the iron horse within the corp_ri;e
limits of our town. There are
only about; two miles of track to bj
laid, then the road will be completed
t > Chesterfield court house. It has
tvn>n n hard thine to do to build this
read, but then it has ben accomplished
and that is all there f> it? Before
this article is read, Chesterfield wi'l
be a railroad town, something she h is
never before been since the beginn ng.
of time. |
This road places a gre:t opportunity
within the grasp of every busine-s "
man. If he is awake to bis own gco',.
he -will feel it and know It. *
The coming of the road alon-^ will
mean nothing. But the opportunities
it brings mean much. >
Our merchants mu:t keep'largor an l
better stocks o" goxis. A p omin ut
gentleman said todiy: "The disposition
cf the people s to come to transact
their 'business at Chesterfield end ?. .
if they can find the proper Inducements
the town will grow and pro;per."
Cotton buye s shot ld-be on titer
alert this fall and net let a single-bale
P2S6 here if possible. If farmers canget
the market price for their cotton
here and find ready sale for the'ir other
products why the future of the town
is go'den." But Ches e:field at last is
a railroad town. After y.ars crf-wa'.t*- s
ing and longing we are brought into
contact with ihe great business world,
and this is a big thing for a place thai
has been in Isolation since its formation.
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Our propie a^e preparing for a great
big JubiWe tin the day the commission
- ? ?nn(l Tl'O 'r tcn 'R tr? be .
I r ggei up in holiday attire. We p.-oj
post; to make it a memorable occasion.
riarble in Union.
Union, 9pecial.?Mr. Felix G. Gregory
of-.New York, who recently fell
i heir to a tract fit land in this county,
has discovered a marble quarry on it.
Mr. Gregory was down here about a
"month ago, when it was discovered.
J He re:urned a few days ago, accompjnicd
by Mr. Carpenter, an export
geologist, who has examined the quar;
ry. The examination is not as good
as was hoped for, but Mr. Gregory
: says he will put his money into it.
: a/id further said that he would try
and get the 9ta:te examiner to come up
and examine it also. The quarry ia
nine miles from Enoree, and if-there
is enough marble in it a railroad will v
be buil-t out to Enoree. It is said the
road can be rebuilt for about J75.0C0.
There is no question as to the raa.b'.e
itself, but only as to the quantity to
be found there. Those who have examined
the marble say It can stand
6,000 pounds more to the square inch,
than., any. so far discovered in Georgia.
Then again it is a whiter marble, i
not containing so much iron, which v
makei it tester as a building material.
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Mr. Gregory says ne snuweu it IV ?
large contractor In New York, and was
told that he would take 500,000 cubic
feet or it if he could supply him within
the next year. Just what the result
of the examination will develop
is not known.
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*' New Enterprises.
The secretary of state has issued .1
commission tto the Ware's Shoal,1
Land company of Laurens, which is to
be capitalized at "$40,000, and will sell
!a*d. The corporators are J. O. C.
'Fleming", O. B. Simmons, W. L. Gray,
W. R.".?J?bey. N, B. Dial, J. H. Sullii
van and/W. H. Dial, of. Laurens; J. T. *
Simmons* of Greenwood, and J T.
j John-on of Sphrtanbirg.
A charter was granted the P-epics' ;
Supply company 0? Estill, which is to 1 '
do a general merchandise business on
a capital of $13,00J. Ti e offices are
J. N. Peeples. pres.dent; G. T. Peoples,
vice president, and ,V. E. Peeples, sec*
retary and treasurer.
A commission was issued to the
BishepviUe Telephone campany. o|
Riahnnville. which propeses to operate
telephone lines in the counties of Sumter.
Darlington and Kershaw. The
capital stock is to be $5,000. Too cov;m,rators
^re W. S. Smith, of Smithville;
Nat. Barrett, of Mannville, and J. E,
McLure, of Bnnopviiie.
A Shocking; Story.
Nashville, Tern., Special.?Bailie
Crticcaiield, a colored woman li.ving
! neap- Iloaie, Smith county, was killed
i during, the night by a mob" who took
I her from her cabin, carried her to a
bridge "wh*re she was bound, shot to
death and Ui?ftwn into the creek. The
woman was suspected of having found ,
and fajled tt*, return a lc3t purse containing
$120.
A Drunkard's Sad Fate.
Allendale, Special.?Friday morning
the body of Mr,t Perry Allen wa? found ^
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in a1 field" near town, in a oauiy </u ji u
condition. His* h~me I? a short dis- .
tance i>p the Souchera road, and on big
way thete-f ran* town Thursday evening,
he being intoxicated, and went
to sleep , on , the t track. 3om?* one
snatched him from this dangerous position
only to allow him to wa^ckr into
an adjoining ' fie id where :ome
stumps were on fcrc. It is supposed ?"
that In hLs effocts to warm 311-^:1
hds clothing caught and he was l/urned
to death.
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