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* / w ?Y RfeORD. Published Every Thursday ?at? UNQBTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ? bt ? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Rich men do not require curfew. linr c-r\f\ f/\ i f tbi.moolrno ilmt tlw.ir * "tj O- c IV II 1111 UI.^MV ^ lmu children are not only carefully guarded during the day. hut safely locked up at night ? j r __.__r: ? Sorrow and joy follow closely upon the heels of each other. Witness the death of the aged Queen of England and the marriage of the young Queen of Holland. The Lancet pronounces the present j underground steam trains in London "exceedingly dirty." All attempts at ventilation have failed, and the proposed substitution of electric traction seems the only remedy. Poets an<} poets' sons appear to get no discount on their crimes in English courts. Oscar Wilde went to the treadmill like any other felon, and Sir EdWin Arnold's son Julian has just begun a ten-year sentence for embezzlement. The Chinese are forbidden by law to use cow's milk. It will not be surprising to find China supplementing its boasts about gun powder and the art of printing with a claim that it was the original discoverer of oleomargar me. ______________ The organization of a Parisian club for the purpose of marrying its members to American heiresses may be accepted as a French challenge to the young men of America to put forth their best efforts to keep the heiresses in the country. Prairie chickens in Kansas only a few years ago were looked upon as a pest. Now the farmers are encouraging their propagation by keeping burners off their farms. The chickens are much more plentiful now than for several seasons back. There are over 100 towns in England and Wales that own and operate public baths. They are patronized by all classes, and are said to give perfect satisfaction. The examples of these towns might be profitably followed by every town in the United States. A Rhode Island statistician, after a careful investigation among bankers in foreign financial centres computes tfie amount the United States owed abroad a year ago as ?3,330,000.000. Against this he sets, as owed to the United States, $500,000,000. leaving a let indebtedness on the part o this country of $2,S30.000.000. The annual charges against the United States he figures as $150,000,000, made up of an interest account of $00,000,000, travelers' credit ..$50,000,000, and loss by expatriation on the part of heiresses and wealthy gentlemen $10,000,000. The Belgian hare issue has been met by the Massachusetts Game and Fish Commissioners with the report that the National Secretary of Agriculture's fears do not apply to Massachusetts at least. Its flesh is good to eat. Its fur js good to wear. And its body Is good to shoot at. Well protected, the Belgian hare "can possibly be increased sufficiently in our woods to partially supply the demand for something to shoot at?a demand that must constantly increase with the growth of population and the recognition of necessity for healthful recreation." A Connecticut cat is charged with turning on the gas, with the resuit that n whole family nearly came to an untimely end. Tlds is a new crime tc lay at the door of the most unresponsive and haughty of domesticated animals. A dog is a shamefaced thing, rnmir tn slinw neuitence for his a. >? uj o , sins. Hence the ease with which he obtains forgiveness. Perhaps it is owing to his contempt for contrition that the cat has been accused of transgressions, from breaking choice china to raiding ice boxes, This self-contained acquaintance, but not friend of man. bas acted as the scapegoat l'or careless servants for innumerable generations. Perhaps it is because he ihad such a good time in ancient Egypt jthat he is so "chestj" now, i MARYLAND'S LAW i Providing for Disfranchisement of All 1 j Illiterate Voters PASSES THE LEGISLATURE EASILY.! ; I | Estimated Tha: Fuily Fifty Thousand Will Be Disfranchised by the Workings of the New Law. Annapolis, Md.. Special.?'The new election bill, having for its object the practical disfranchisement of most of tho *n rum illiterate voters of the i I State, passed the Senate shortly af'er | midday. It was immediately sent to i the House, where all the amendments 1 ! made by the Senate were concurred j in, and the bill passed. It is now ready for the Governor's signature. The final passage of the bill was marked by the utter absence of anything of a sensational character. In the Senate, but one protest was entered, which came in the form of a speech from Senator Do.lson. Republican, who characterized the entire proceedings as a blot upon the fair name and \ honor of the State. The final vote was i 11 to 14. a strict party division. ~ln~"a ! quarter off an hour after passing the Senate the consideration was immediately begun. One by one the Senate's amendments were taken up and concurred in without division. Then it was put upon its final passage, with no attempt at relay upon the part of the minority, except a motion to allow them one hour to consider the amendments. This was promptly voted down, and the bill was passed by a vote of 53 to 28. the Democrats having six vtrtes more than the majority required by the constitution. Five Democrats. Messrs. Buckey and Lamin, of Frederick; Keys, of Cecil; Pattison. of Dorchester and Garter, of St. Mary's, voted with the Republicans. The most important change in existing methods accomplished by the enactment of the new law lies ill denrivinir illiterate voters of the assis tance of ballot clerks in preparing their ballots. Under the previous practice these cerks accompanied such voters into the booths and marked their ballots for them, or showed them \ how to do it. The Democrats claim | that this practice utterly desroved the | secrecy of the ballot and made it pos- | sible for corruptionists to learn throu- j gh signals front the ballot clerks whether bargains made with corrupt voters had been carried out. The arrangement of the names on the ballets has been altered so that the candidates for each office are grouped instead of being arranged in groups according to the party they represent. Party emblems are abolished and other changes which make the new 13W very nearly similar to that in existence in Massachusetts. The effect of the law. is. of course, largely a matter of conjecture, and one upon which the party leaders widely differ. The Democrats expect that i: will disfranchise about 32.0O0 negroes and perhaps 10,000 white voters who cannot read or ie all rhn ' WT J it*. v./i iiifac ii 10 negroes and abou: 50 p r cent. of the whiles vcte the Republican ticket. With these out of the way the State will be safely Democratic for many years to come, and the immediate re- j suit will te the election of a Democrat to succeed I'nited States Senator Wellington in 1902. The active interest taken by Ser.atoi German in the passage of the bill leaves no doubt of his candidacy for the senatorship in the event that the effect of the new ljiw is as the Democrats expect it to he. An Alabama Railroad Sold. Birmingham, Ala.. Special.?A special to The Age-Herald from Gadsden, Ala..* says: "The Gad-den and Attalla I'nion Railway was scli at public outcry to satisfy the claims of the bondholders, as the road had forfeited on the interest. The load went to T. S. Kyle in behalf of the bondholders for $30.('(ki. T- c cars are being operated by a receiver." Telegraphic Briefs. Tiptenville. Like county, Tenn., was partially destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Loss estimated at $75,000. partially insured. The court which inquired into th-"> conditions under which the training ship Dixie grounded in the Potomac river off Maryland Point, finds that the ' grounding was not one to any i;.un ui i the officer cr the c:e\v and is of the | opinion that no further proceedings ' should bo had in the mat er. Dr. Wm. F. Changing, ion of the philcs phe:\ Dr. Wm. B lery Channing. died at the Perry Hospital, in Eostoa, aged S! years. M. Francois Jules Bdmond Got, the celebrate:! actor. Is derd in Paris. H>? I was horn October 1, 1822. ' SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS. The Seventh Annual Reunion neets , In Columbia May 8. I. The Seventh Annual Reunion C1 the South Carolina Division, U. C. V. will be held at Columbia, S. C., commencing May 8th 1901 at 8 p. m. A large attendance of Comrades is <.x- j pected. and the good people of Colum- ^ bia will do all in their power to make i the occasion pleasant and profitable. | II. Railroad Races on the most economical oasis have been secured. Ill .Mi.-s Elizabeth C. Teague. cf Aiken. S. C.. hts been appointed Sponsor. and Miss Annie Norwood of Green- | ville. Maid of Honor, for the Division for the current year. iV. All Camps, Regiments and Brigades of the Division are earnestly requested to appoint each, one Sponsor and as many Maids of Honor as they see fit. A most beautiful and appreciated feature of our Reunions has been the mingling of the Daughters with the old Veterans, and it is hoped that each organization will do itself the honor of being represented by a Sponsor. When Sponsots and Maids are received by the Convention, each will march in. carrying their Camp. Regimental or Brigade Banner. V. Each Camp will please bring its Camp Banner and come into the Convention Hall with :he same. VI. The Ladies Confederate .Memorial Associat'on of Columbia, have a?Ked the Division to participate in the Solemn Memorial Services of May 10t'n, and the invitation has bc-en accepted. The Division, with its Escort, will move out to the Cemetery, where he tribute will be paid to our dead. Details of the parade will be announced hereafter. Capt. W. D. Starling the Commander of the local Cam;). Hampton. No. SS9, U. C. V. is announced as Grand Maish3l of the Parad.\ By Order C. IRVINE WALKER. Comdr. S. C. Div.. U. C. V. JAMES G. HOLMES. Adjt. Geni. Chief of Staff. N. B.?Camps tnat have >.o paid their duos for two (2 or more years are not in "good standing" and are nrjt en tinea 10 ueicgdieo. The Summer School. The State superintendent o? educa- j tion, Mr. McMahan. has made public I the folcwing information in regard .0 | the State summer school for teachers: ] The summer school will be held this J year at Converse college. This does not J indicate any lack of appreciation of ihe ; admirable advantages Winthrop college has afforded. After much correspondence and many personal inte:views with schoolmen and teachers .w-a have decided, for"this year at least, to give to the people of another section of the State the advantage of having the school in their midst. Spartanburg presents -many attractions. It is net only a city of push and ' progress but an educational center j with a distinctively literary atmosphere. It lies at the fcot of the moun tains and its climate will be ecol and bracing, especially inviting to the1 teachers coming from the lower prut ! of the State. As it is on the direct! path, those who wish to spend a few | weeks in the mountains, after the clo :o i of the summer school will be able to lo : ? ?: i 1 i-f.l I so w.itn minimum lamuau nam. I The school will cpen on June 20.h.; The State Teachers' A % -iation will; hold its se>s:on at Converse college o:j the ISth'and 19th. Immediately preceding the opening of the school. Three hundred I a.'hers can be ac-; commodated in Converse college. The: charge will be $14 for the thir y day -, > including the session of the Teachers'; Assoc iation. President Wilson and ma- j tron. Mrs. Thompson, are enthusiastic! over the prospect of entertaining the State summer school, and pledge rli3 repuation of Converse college for bing "first-class" in everything, that :ne talble accommodations shall be all that could be reasonably desired. A limited number of men may obtain board :id lodging in the Woffcr.l dormitories at the cost of $S or $10. The atten lan.e on the State summer school has thus far average.! about 0. This year it should be 400. and (luring the two days of the Teachers' Association, immediately preceding the State school, the attendance should be at least five hundred. Two yeXrs ago the summer school was an experiment. Its success was doubted by many. T'tter failure was predicted even by some who were rejoiced to find their predictions unfulfilled and the school a remarkable sue. cess. Now with hundreds of teachers over the State having experienced the * * ' -1? ..na i t a Pfn Cf! I advantages ujiu mc (jirosuiw ... the school can be said to be firmly established. The difficulty will be to accommodate the crowd. This office will issue soon an announcement giving full details to instructors, course of study, rules of regulations . Negro Identified. Grecnwcod. Special.?Manuel Haygood. the suspected rapist, was identified by Miss Hall his victim. Mi-s Hall, who has since married J. V. Ward cf her neighborhood, c.nie up from Augusta w'th her husband ar.d * ' r% Clio nrnc p. ConsiaDit? ^-iiv.il uuw ?? ried to tn?> jaii ^nrt the negro brough* before her. She po itlvely fdentiflcI him as the r.c4io who attempted ;o criminally assault hr-r on 4th November. I POO. Mr. and Mrs. Ward return* 1 In the afternoon to their home near Augusta. Con. table Seigo decided L-? carry the n<*gio to som^ place in Georgia for safety. The lorfTl offiers would net divulge his de-tinaticn. but 't a pretty well known that he will be c-.r-l ried to Atlanta. A COOO MAN GONt. Judge William R. Wallice, of Union, Passes Away. Union, Special.?Judge William H. Wallace dirii a: his home here Thursday a: 2:30 o'clock cf ail attack of g:ip. He had been ill. but was up again and thought to be doing nicely when he suddenly passed away. He had been expecting death for some time, and said so. All of the immediate family were wired for. It will be a great grief and sorrow to many hearts to learn of his demise, too much praise and honor cannot be bestowed upon the man who served hi3 State so well. The town of Union is mourning as will all South Carolina, when it is known ;hat ths ncble Carolinian is no more. William Henry Wallace, formerly judge of the seventh judicial circuit of South Carolina, and one of the State s most distinguished and popular citizens. was born n Laurens county. S. C\. on March 24. 1S27. His parents were Gen. Daniel and Elizabeth (Davis) Wallace, the former being a native if Laurens, and the latter of Greenville county, s. C. The grandfather cf Judge Wallace was Jonathan Wallace, who was the first of the family to come to South Carolina. He was horn on the Rappahannock river, in Virginia, and before the Revolutionary war he removed to Laurens county, S. C., where he settled and was a planter for many years. He served with the Continental forces during the Revolutionary war. He reared quite a family of which Daniel Wallace. ja<ther of Judge Wallace, was one of the prominent men of the 'State during his day. He was born in IS01, and died in 1S59. He was given a common school education only but vainer nrvsspssed of more than ordi uv,4*o nary talent and ability he soon took rank with the leading men of his section. In 1S33 he removed to Union county. He served several terms with distinction in the State legislature and was for several years a major general of militia. He was elected to Congress in 1S4S from the old Pinckney disiirict. and in 1850 was re- elected. serving altogether four years. He was an ardent States rights man. and was one of the siaunehest sup;>orters of that doctrine from 1832 until his death. He was a planter by avocation, was a man 0'. strong character, great industry. fond of books, etc. Upon leaving Congress he retired to his plantation. but his prominence continued, and had he desired he would undoubtedly have been calledto accept political honors even greater than thoce he had already received. Bench Warrants For Dispenser. Kingstree. Special.?F. M. Player, the dispenser who claims that he was held up and ribbed C*iistmas week of $1.S60 belonging to the dispensary, but whoEe story was not believed by the State authorities- who arrested him and put him in jail, has given bond and been released. The grand jury found a true bill agaiust him on the indictment for "breach of trust with fraudulent intent." The State claims that he is short ?2.1'4. the largest shortage ever claimed against a dispenser. Player asserts that he is sick and unable to attend court. Judge Watts issued a bench warrant for him this af.ernoon and placed it in the hands of Sheriff Giaham for execution. At the request of Solicitor Wilson Dr. Vv". G. Gamble acccmpained the sherih to Player s home. Dr. Gamble tc.k Dr. Johnson with "nim and a: a late hour they had net returned to Kingsrree. It is doufctiiul if Player will be tried at this term of court. Public sentiment is againet him tut his conviction is doubtful. A Prosperous Business. Thp Piano and Organ busine.-s of M. A. Malone. at Columbia, has won great success and is now the leading music bouse of the State. He handles a first class stock of musical instruments of all kinds, and by courteous treatment and extensile advortisng has placed his business upon a prosperous plune and cnu-ed the mils C house of M. A. Malone to be commended by the music loving population Ci South Carolina. New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issue-d a commissioner to G. W. Howla-nd, J. t. vidian ond .i. \r. Posey .the D . .UViUmuu fi:st of Warrenville and the two latter from Graniteville as corporators of the Warrenville Msttress company of Warreaville, Aiken county. The purpose of the company is to manufacture mattresses, furniture, cotton cJoth, gin cotton, grind grain and do a general merchandising business. A charter was also granted the Grand Lodge of United Order of Colored Farmers' Aid. of Kingstree, a fraternal organization, of Kingstree, Williamsburg county. W. S. Robinson and ethers are the officers. A charter was also granted the Sons and Daughters of Dean Swamp, of Rcadville, an organization the purpose of which is to aid members in time n sickness etc. L. C. Young of I?o\v;.'er is president. The secretary of state has granted i 1?.? TJcnT.- nt rvr-1 a charter to xr:? rcuj/ico ( angcbwrg, which proposes to do a genera! hanking business on a capital <tocfc of $30,000. The officers are F. A. Adden. president; Geo. H. Cornelson. vice presdent. and H. C. Wannamaker, cashier and treasurer. : . ^^ SERIOUS FIRE AT SUMTER. Forty Thousand Dollar Conf a^ratioo Sweeps the City. Sumter, Special.?The biggest firo trim nas occurred in uiis city iur se<eral years broke out at half p?3'. eight o'clock Monday evening. It started Sa a mule shed attached to G. F. Epperson's large sale and livery stable 03 Canal street. The origin of .he fire is unknown. The gie.it quantitf o: fodder and hay stored jn the buildings made them veritable tinder boxes and appeared almost as an explosion, before the alarm was sounded the flames were bursting through the shingle roof and in a remarkable short time all the buildings on the premises were burning. Several negro rouses on Sumter street caught fire. At the same time, the flames eros.-ed Canal street and the two county jails, the old and the new, were ablaze. Both these are of brick and did not bum so rapidly. The wa'ls of the old jail crumbled rapidly and the upper part fell with a great crash. From the walls eastward the fire spread to one of the Epperson's store houses, in which was a large quantity of wagons, agricultural im pleraents, and machinery, thence to stablee and warehouses of the Craig Furniture Company. Two houses on the West side of Sumter street were also consumed. Many buildings within a quarter of a mile caught from sparks and flying cinders, but the fi e wa^ prevented from spreading beyond the lhnits described by persistent and pkiskv work of the fire department aided by many citizens. The prisoners confined in jail weie J taken safely to the city guard house ! and packed in there like sardines in a box All the live stock in the stables were gotten cut except about six head ! of horses and mules. This is the third t'me that Mr. Epperson has been burned out, and the loss now falls mo9t heavily upon him. Altogether the value of the property destroyed may be safely estimated st tan nno u?ith irsiirnnrft nf nrnhablv 414? 300. Nineteen buildings were destroyed, with loes?s as follows: Geo. F. Epperson, livery stabies, sheds and machinery building, also five tenement houses, a total of 11 buildings; loss estimated at 518,000. insuranc3 53,500. J. D. Craig, furniture company, two warehouses, stables and carriage shed, with stock in building; ices 58,000, insurance $4,000. New county jail; loss $3000, insurance $5,000. Old jail, Io s $3,500; insurance $1,000. Horace Harby, two tenement hcu^es; loss $300; covered by insurance. The city had a small loss in several sections of fine fabric fire hose at- v tachel to the plug near the burning buildings which were destroyed, the j heait becoming so intense that the firemen upd to flee for safety. Telegraphic Briefs. The Virginia Republican State com . T? 1- .. ~ ?. lj.4 nHt.ee in*** iuwuj) ui^u, auu u?v<u^u that candidates for rhe constitutional convention be placed in the field in ! every district in which there seems a j po?-;ibi!iiy of Republican success, tbe I details of Republican success, the dena ! details of the choice of sueh c:ndi! dates to be left to the local party i leaders. Bremen bourse reports that the cotton imports at Bremen last year aggregated 1,567,043 bales, against 1,332.173 fcr the previous year. Balmora ar.d The Abbott have be n matched to race for a purse of $50,000 1 to take place at Reid-ville, Mass., I next September. Fire in Madisonville, Ky.. Tuesday night destroyed two tobacco factories owned by Holloman and Son, and a number of residence?. Loss, $150,C00fully covered- by insurance. The President has appointed F ederick E. Coyne, now collector at Chi cago, postmaster of that city in place of Cdas. U. Gordon. Giving :o a heavy ;ea running ever the bar, the flagship Kearsarge and the battleships' Alabama and Massachusetts did not leave Pensarola Tuesday, as had been p anne 1. A di.-pitch fr:m Rome s.;ys eigh. soldiers and customs officers 'have bc-ei^ killed by an avalanche Lake Gamo Pork Goes Up. * ?DAT>1/ fAr Holivpr? Ua:C3g3, cpcwai-ivin IV. in May soared to $16 50 a barrel Tues- ^ day, $2.50 higher than, the price at tber V beginning of the month and at the highest price since the Lipton squeeze., Shorts became alarmed today at rumors that two influential operators had secured control cf the market, and they, covered regardless ol cost. Short lines of May pork are said to aggregate 130,OCO barrels. At present there arc only 30,000 barrels of contract pork in stock and a large part of it is owned by a packer said to be in the dea! to squeeze shorts. The option has two months to ran, however.