Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' , . ;Jv-\. THE COUNTY RECORD. _ ( Pafeii?he<i Every Thursday ?AT? XINQ8TBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? a W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Canadians an* discussing the advisability of increasing the salary of the Premier of the Dominion. Sir Wilfrid Laurier now receives $SOOO annually. Many people,think he should have two Vfctl 4 or three times that sum. Nothing gives a truer illustration or the advance of civilization than the enlargement of tlie postal systems of the world wlthln the last century. Tin; number of letters passing through the London Postoffice averaged 50.000 daily in 1801. rising to 300.000 in 1S40. to 2,000.000 in 1S70. and to 8.300.000 In 1900. A professional ^gambler who died In a public hospital in New York City /totr nnnfnespd In tils last honrs that his only occupation was the cheating of unwary passengers In poker games in the smoking rooms of several of the well-known transatlantic steamships, and that for many years his gains by swindling of that kind had been extremely large. Commenting upon the enthusiastic reception accorded to the first production of the dramatization of a popular novel in Baltimore the other night the Buffalo Commercial says: "Novelists of the period will do well to remember that they have two constituencies to please nowadays?the Gentle Reader, who thriftily borrows the book for the most part, and the Afllueut Playgoer, who Spends on one visit to the theatre the price of the novel." It appears from President Eliot's re port of last year's work at Harvard that boys enter college a trllle younger than they did a generation ago, and few of them proportionally are now prepared by private tutors. The number entering from public schools is steadily increasing. Dr. Eliot thinks that the excellence of the preparatory schools ought still further to reduce the average age of entrance. "There Is no good reason why nine-tenths of all the boys who mean to go to Harvard College should not be fully prepared for admission at eighteen years of age,1' he says. Alfred C. Ilaririsworth, the English newspaper publisher, has this to say to young men: "I think it is noticeable everywhere that young men are hustling more than ever before in history. They have to do so. It is one of the tendencies of the time. Tart of the J necessary strenuous life, as you cah I It over here. One of the criticisms I should make of the habits of young * . men, both In America and England, Is that they set too much by appearance. They reach out constantly after the unattainable and affect a style of living beyond their means, simply because a foolish fashion demands of them certain acknowledgements. En ergy auu uispiuy uie uuiij cairieu iu extremes. These are a hindrance to a young man's advancement, and what is yet more vital, they strike a blow at the nation." The sentencing of political offenders In Russia to service in the army is not a new thing. The new feature is the application of this form of punishment to intractable and incendiary students at the universities. For many years it has been a practice to withdraw political convicts from the Siberian mines on account of good conduct and allow them to serve out their time in the army. Care has been taken, however, to keep such men in regiments which have been assigned to severe duties at places remote from the more settled districts. Dostoevskv. the novelist. who was sent over the frozen road to "the icy roof of the world" just after he had achieved fame as a writer and was subsequently transferred to the military service, fouud the latter hardly less painful than the work in the mines. The students inauage to keep ! the police in a state of agitation, and the general strike in the schools last year was so annoying that it was resolved to get rid of the leaders b.v ] condemning them to the ranks of tin ar&j. | I . \ EXPRESS ROuBtRY. Columbia Has Anothcv Sharp Steal ? $5,000 This Time. Columbia, Special.?The third large express robbery with which Columbia has been connected in the. Last three years occurred last week, ami the facts hare just come to light. I.ast Thursday the Bank of Columbia sent via the Sou. hern Express Company a package containing ?1,000 .in papei money, eorslgned to the Bank of Commerce of New York city. Saturday Col. W. G. Childs. president, of the Bank of Columbia, received a telegram from the Bank of Commerce p.at.inp' that a oaekaee marked to con tain $5,000 in cash had been received, but that it contained nothing but slips of brown paper. The investigation then began. The package was put up in Columbia by an official of the bank and Colonel Chil-ds is sure that it left all right. It was taken -to the .express office by one of its officials, not being encrusted to a porter. The robbery was not committed in Columbia. It is thought by those in charge of the case that It went through to New York all right and was not molested until it get into the New York office, where the brown paper was substituted for the bills. The Rank of Columbia loses nothing and the Southern Express Company is responsible financially. CapL 0. M. Sadler, Mr. Richardson, route agent, and others are working on the case for the express company. Christmas week Columbia was startled by the news of a similar defalcation, which occurred in the Charlotte office and came to light here by accident. Three years ago a package containing $10,000 disappeared from the keeping of the express company at this place, and the general public does not yet know if "the thief has been caught. Constabulary Work. The chief State constables report the work done in their respective divisions during the week ending March 23d as follows: John G. Watson and men accomplished nothing. W. W. Sellers art! men seized 25 1-2 gallons of whiskey from the following persons: Cyrus Clyburn, Society Hill; J. R. Hall, Lucknow; W. J. Parnell, John Dukes, Cannon Taylor, Lamar; E. W. Hall, Lucknow; J. R. Lugrin, Sumter. S. G. LaFar and men seized 32 1-2 gallons of whiskey and brandy from J. B. Domindck and Peter Trator, at Prosperity; Irwin Poole, Riverview; Ben F*uller, Greens: Lewis Martin, Jim Payne and John Martin, at Wards; convicted one defendant and sent one case up to court. J. F. Bateman and men seized 1C 1-2 gallons of whiskey and brandy, 17 2-3 dozen bottles of beer from W. H. tr>in+ T?rns _T R_ ctroeker. F. ocucia, aiuiai WW., r G.rLmsley, W. A. Brown. Henry McPherion. CSassie Baker. C. R. Grant, J. C. Troeger. R. C. Dixon, F. Koneman, J. C. Poat, E. B. Moose, Mollie Hill, J. C. Levy and W. C. Dumlap. all at Colum.bia; Henry Richards, L. C. Phillips, at Doves, and J. A. Brown, at Blythewood; convicted one defendant. C. L. Curd.ton and men seized 111-4 gallons of whiskey aivl brandy from Jim Couch Cateechee, unknown party, Picker.s county; Mose Williams, Henry Houghey, Archie Wardlaw, unknown party. Bock Williams, Millie Martin. George Klen<n and Susie Hill, at Greenwood, and convicted five defendants. S. T. Howie and men seized 80 1-2 gallons of whiskey, wine and brandy, 8 dozen bottles of beer and 15 gallons of beer In kegs from H. O. HaeseTvmv.or Charleston hotel. Calhoun hotel, Jas. Polo, T. W. Williams, E. J. Mconan, J. J. Lander. So'.filli Bros., C. H. Alburs, T. S. Eowisk, E. J. Mocman, Red dock and Burns, J. W. Mooney. Charleston hotel, Thos. Duggan. One Frenohie. The Savoy, J. Brown, C. Muller. E. H. Herman, Pat O'Conner. Jas. Polo and C. H. Klenke, all of Charleston. J. R. Fant and men 7-eized 10 gallons cf whiskey and brandy and 10 gallons of beer i'n keys from Arthur Anderson, Pacolet; S. M. Castleberry, Woodruff, and T. J. Jackson. Rock Hill; a.nd convicted one defendant. Hit With a Bottle. Edgefield, Special.?From tfhat can be learned. It seems thr.it on or about the 22d of March. 1901, Mr. William Horn, a resident of thLs place, was struck on the head with some kind of blunt instrument, said to be a. beer bottle, and that the wound so inflicted was a serious one, though ait the. time not much attention was paid to it. Pr. F. W. P. Butler, the attending physician, says of the matter: "The lick on tno neaa, on cn?: i right side of the occipital bone, and was made by some blunt instrument? a blunt bruise like llsion, with hair matted up in a clot. The brain and its functions are seriously impaired. He has lucid intervals; then s.ll of a sudden he suffers from delusions of all kinds and is ec-Mri'y irrational for ro.r.e time. He. suffers very much from pain in the head and from insomnia and great debility. The prognosis of the case is most unfavorable indeed. The 1c ality of the '?rain lision is beyond the reach of :he human mini." Mr. Cliff Cv.dom. i mere bant here, is said to have in[lictrd the blow, and re is now under ?jC0 bor.d. The chances for the re- I overy of Horn are flight, and he may [ lie at any time. . * . r i.jj?jbmttmrmtnumnrm \wm ni?wn nr \wnw~m OPPOSE DESTRUCTION the War Department ^ends General Chaffee Instrir'ions. ft'ILL AGREE TO DISMANTLEMENT. But Will Take No Part in Destruction or in Maintaining Armed Posts on Pekin Road. Washington, D. C., Special.?Gen. Chaffee has cabled the war department from Pekin that the military commanders representing the foreign powers there are now considering the question of disposing of the Chinese forts and of establishing fortified posts at proper intervals along the route from Pekin to the sea. Gen. Chaffee asked for instructions for his guidance in the conference. After the subject had been well considered at the White House, as well as at the state and war departments, the Instructions were cabled to Gen. Ohaffee. The text of these is withheld but it is stated that they are drawn ir he lines of the instructions sent to .Mr. Conger at the time he accepted the joint agreement under Which the negotiations between the ministers at Pekin were to be reservations which Mr. Conger was to make in that case are precisely the subjects which are now before the military commanders at Pekin, namely, the destruction of the Chinese fortifications and the provision of armed international posts along the route from Pekin to the sea, Gen. Chaffee will favor the disarmament of ! the forts, Instead of the destruction, but cannot participate in the establishment of armed posts. He will, however, remain in the conference ' exerting his best efforts to ameliorate ' the conditions along the lines indl! cated. j Meanwhile the war department is ! pushing its preparations for the complete evacuation of China hv American ' forces, save only the legation guard, and it is now stated that everything will be in readiness to 'embark Gen. j Chaffee's army at Taku for Manila on ! May 30. I Not a word Las been received from ! Mr. Rockhill at Pekin for the las: three days. Consequently there is no official confirmation of the Pekin report that the Chinese government has : finally refused Russia's proposition as I to Manchuria. Bursting of That 13-Inch Shell. Washington, D. C., Special.?The navy department has received an official report on the bursting of a I shell from one of the Kentucky's I guns. The report says the explosion | occurred at "the instant the shell left I the gun. so that the full force of the j concussion was not conveyed to the gun. It .was sufficient, however, to do ; some damage to the forward part of j "the weapon and for two inches around 1 thfc inner muzzel the rifling is entirely i flattened out. This, however, does not 0 inp'e the pun in any way and there will he no necc.-sity for repairing it. i It was one of the b:e 13-inch puns of ' the Kentucky and the shell which exploded weighed something over 1.1C0 pounds. The shell was one of those j furnished by private concerns. _____ Listing Steel Corporation Stock. New York, Special.?The stock lis: committee of the stock exchange has ; recommended and Vhe governing | committee voted to list -the new ; shares of the I'nitci States Steel corporation. At present 'the applicaticr for formal lining asks the privilege for only $10.GCO of s'ock. $3,000,000 o.' the common and $3,000,000 of the pre. ferred. Death of a Benefactor of His Race. Philadelphia. Special.?Win. It. Warner, a widely known manufacturing chemist, died in thi>3 city Friday. Mr. j Warner was the first nnn to manufacture sugar coated pills and to in! troduce licorice tablets. He was dis[ tant relative of George Washington, and his art collection included ove: 100 portraits of Washington. Strike in Cotton Mills. Chnxlotte, N. C., Special.?A spcci-l to The Observer rays that a gena'r.! strike of all the operatives in .:h>: textile mills of the south will be or/ dered unless the demands of Presidno Gompere for a ten hour day is acce.i I to by the Rivcrsid" mills, at DrnvII. J Va. The general strike will be o:; dered on May 1. Newsy Notes. France has ordered the construct!* of 20 additional submarine boats. J. G. A. Leishman, our Minister fri Turkey, was received by the Smtan with great ceremony. Prosecution of 60,000 defaulters under the Vaccination act has begun ct Leicester. England. There have been 315 cases of bubonic plague at Cape Town and 107 deaths, including 22 Europeans. The condition of M. Vv^i.lcck-r~" scan. French Premier, L ala-mr Another abscess h:s formed in h throat. A1 out 5.0n0 striking dock Lborc presented themselves for worl; Marseilles and 4,000 were employed. THE SUMMER SCHOOL Supt. ncHahan Writes I iterestinfcly of It. The following information about the annual State summer school to be held this year at Converse college, Spartanburg, has been issued by the State superintendent of education. It is still two months and a half before the opening of the third ses sion of the State summer scnooi xor teachers, but the lines of work to be offered have already been definitely determined and most of the proposed instructors have been engaged1. Already the teachers of the State are making their plans for attending the school, and many boards of trustees are taking action looking to aiding their teachers to attend. Superintendent McMahan regards the prospects of the school as most satisfactory and furnishes the following information, which will be given greater detail in the announcement of the courses of instruction soon to be issued and distributed to the teachers: Free hand drawing will again be taught by Prof. Jas. William Pattison of the Chicago institute, four lady assistants. j A course in South Carolina history | and one in general history will be ! given by Prof. R. Means Davis of the South Carolina college. That in Sou.h Carolina history will be particularly "live," stressing me persoua.1 element in our politics of the past. A course of conversational personal reminiscences on South Carolina history will be given by Dr. James H. Carlisle. Dr. J. I. McCain or Erskine college will teach English grammar, with spei cial reference to Buehler's grammar I recently adopted by the State board | for use in the public schools. Courses in English literature will be given by Prof. St. James Cummings of the Citadel. The effort to introduce into the public schools the teaching of sight singing will be continued by continuing to offer the teachers the opportunity to be instructed themselves in this art. The instructor this year will be Dr. H. H. Peters of Converse college. As heretofore, the musical i director will organize a chorus, whose j entertainments will prove the means i of amusement as well as culture, i The grand organ in the new audito! rium will contribute to make these choruses magnificent. Prof. W. C. A. Haramel of the Maryland State normal school will continue the course so admirably begun last year in school physics and in manual training. The latter work (to which a large number of teachers were necessarily refused admission last year) he will be able to plan i o lortrar cfalp na hf> will brine , with him an assistant trained in his ; methods. Prof. J. V. Lewis of Clerason col, lege will teach physical geography, using Tarr's book, which has been I prescribed for public schools by the | board. Frye's geography will be I taught by Superintendent Frank Evans of the Spartanburg city schools; and Superintendent E. L. Hughes of the Greenville city schools will give - a course in school geography, globe ; making, etc., along the lines which I so practical and popular last year. This course will be fuller than last ! year and will include certain facts of history related to the geography study. Prof. Marshall D. Earle of Furman university will teach mathematics, j Prof. A. G. Rembert of Wofford will have charge of Latin and Greek. Kindergarten principles and primary methods will be taught by Miss Minnie Macfeat of Winthrope college, and Miss Sarah Withers of the Chester graded schools. Miss Sarah ; Chandler of the Spartanburg city i schools will illustrate primary methl ods with a class of small children, i Nature study will be in charge of ' Miss Sarah C. Thurston of the Columj bia schools. Courses in pedagogics and school supervision will be given by Prof. Wardlaw of South Carolina collese and Superintendent W. H. Hand of Chester 'graded schools. Mr. James L. Hughes? inspector of schools of Torinto. Canada, will probably give a week's course in lectures. New Concerns Started. The town of Dillin having recently held an election on the subject has filed an application with the secretary of etate for the surrender of its old charter and the issue of a new one under the general law relating to the issuance of charters to .towns. During the day the new charter was issued by the secretary of state and forwarded to the town council of Dillon. The secretary of state has issued a commission to Che Argyle Hotel comrvonn, Hharlocfrm whio.h nronoses to ui x ope-ralte an hotel in the city of Charleston. The capital slock is to be $60,000. The corporators are W. B. Wilson and Ge*. H. "Moffett of Charleston and E. R. Wilson of Salem. A charter was granted the Western Carolina Fire Insurance company of Greenville yesterday, with a capital s'ork of $25,000. The officers are ienry Briggs. president; W. C. Cleveland, vice president, and S. A. Townes. secretary and treasurer. A commission was is-ued to the Colored Investment, Savings and F'.riiuing and Loan association of Laurens, which proposes to make I loans on mortgaged real estate* / THROUGH A BRIDGE. Frightful Drop of a Car Loaded Witb Passengers, FORTY PERSONS WERE INJURED. Remarkable Accident In City cf Syra? cuse-Unsound Trestle Continued in -Use. Syracuse. N. Y.,?Special.?While a car on the old East side surburban line of the Syracuse Rapid TranA company was crossing the JamM street bridge over the Osv/ego canal in the heart of the city about 5:30 Saturday afternoon, the bridge suddenly gave way, dropping the car and its CO passengers to the canal bed 30 feet below.. Several persons were crossing the bridge at the time and went down with the car, while a horse ami loaded lumber wagon piled on top of the heap. About 40 persons were injured. It is not believed that any deaths will result, although there are reports of several of the worst injur ca ucmg uangeruumy uuiu Had the canal been filled with water, the result of the accident would have been terrible. The ear struck the tow path end first and then slid oT into the raud at the canal bottom, where it stuck. The water would have been deep enough to cover all but a few windows and the front door, and many of the passengers would undobtedly have perished. When the crash came persons on the street called the fire department. Ladders were quickly lowered and the Injured carried up and sent to their homes or to hospitals in carriages and ambulances. For more than a year there have been criticisms of the condition ol the bridge. The bridge was about SO feet long and (10 feet wide. It was broken sharp off at both embanfc rncnts, the entire structure going into the canal. To Open Communication. Pekin.?By Cable.?The .meeting o| the generals of the allied troops and Count von Waldersee last week was of great interest and importance, Though it was known before hand what had practically been decided upon, still the meeting showed coa clusively the attitude of the different powers. The only dissentients from the plan adopted were Gen. ChafTee, the American commanded and Gen. Wogack, commander of the Russian forces, who both thought that the number of troops was too great. -The other generals were unanimous in the opinion that nine points on the railroad should be occupied between Pekin and Shan Hai Hi, with 6,000 mfen exclusive of the 2,000 in Pekin. This will be a permanent measure, while the reduction -of the present forces will be made according to the wishes of the respective governments. The railway between Pao Ting Fu and Pekin will not be guarded, it not being a line of communication with the sea. Gen. Chaffee suggested that it was only necessary to occupy two point between Yang Tsun and Tien Tsin and three between Tien Tsin and Shan Hai Kwan, with a total of 2,000 men. exclusive of those at Pekin. It was not necessary, he said, to nave SOIUltTS ai luug nu, as uaxu vessels were always there and also because the reliefs were always passing backward and forward. Gen. Wogaek thought 1,000 men would be sufficient for occupying Tien Tsin and Shan Hai Kwan. The views of the majority will be presented to the ministers for immediate action as the generals feel that the acceptance by the Chinese of these terms including the total destruction of the forts at Shan Hai Kwan, Pel Tang, Taku, Tong Ku, Pel Tsan and Hang Tsun, will mean complete submission when arrangements ought to be made for the withdrawal of a majority of tht forces from China. Activity in Japan's Army and Navy. Yokohama.?By Cable.?The Japacese government is maintaining great secrecy regarding its policy, but It is said on good authority that me cabinet meeting held Friday resolved to communicate with Russia in firm terms respecting Manchuria. There ;s extraordinary activity in naval and military circles. Murdered Filipino Boy. fl||& Washington. D. C.,?Special.-^BI? rate Edward M. Brodie and Jao^H||||g JcScy, Troop C. Third cavalr^^^^^g ocently convicted by court^MilH0||! it Manila of murder and .;p.i.-:onment and hard appeared front jfl B .' uaich has been iv department, that red L>y shooting a IU VCC.IS Ul the highway. iiuaa:iiiig the ck approved i< h >.i:l he w H .lion, ulaoila, i'ai.ipoH H