The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 11, 1901, Image 5
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ARP TALKS APRIL?
Grandchildren Had Lois of Fun Out
of the Old Man.
SAYS THAT HF Mil Y PRFTFVDFf).
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Little Ones, However, Thought They
Had Played a Joke on Bill Talku
About Easter.
This month did not begin right.
April means to open, but it did no:
Aopen. It. was an April fool. Nothing
fchou-s in my garden but the peas an.l
en ions. The flowers make no progress.
There is no sweet south wind
to breathe upon them?no sunshine.
On Monday the grandchildren imposed
upo."k me with their Hindoo
pranks. They gave me a cup of chocolate
with whipped cream on top. and
it was nothing J>ut soapsuds. 1 pretended
to be fooled, but I uusent: I
' paid them back in various ways. The
Hindoos started this childish custom
away back in the ages, and it still
please^ the children. And now Easur [ i
day is hand and that is another i
n?mo .tw Mm? flown from the Pa?- I
ans. Ostera was their goddess of
spring and it was corrupted into
Etstera. How these old heathen names
do stick to us. The names of the
days of the week and of the months
tame from them. So did the planets
and the constfJlations. Even the pro- i
phets and Job had to take them from j
the Egyptians. But the Scotch peo- j
pie don't call It Easter. They say Pascha
day. or passover day. They won t
pattern after anybody but John Knox,
and he said Pascha. But -there is a
reason for calling it Easter, for the.
coming of spring?the opening of the
earth and the flowers is emblematical
of the resurrection?the opening of the
Savior's tomb and His return to bless
and comfort His people This day '
corresponds closely w'ith the Jewish
passover, and so they observe it.
Now I want the young people to
know that Lent Ls another word that
tneans spriug. It is preceded by that
fcolish festival called tnardi gras?or 1
fat beef?and continues forty days in
remembrance of the Satior's long fast, ,
and it ends with Easter, ana uie communion
an<! other rejoicings. As the '
old-time almanacs would say, "about
this tim? look for Earter hats and
flowers and finery." Chrisrmas is another
festival day that is common to
all Christian nations. There are man\
other days dedicated to the saints, but
in course of time it was found 'that
there were ncc enough days in the
year to go round, and so the pope
stopped the painting of so many and ]
had one day set apart as All Saints ,
day. The next day after that is All i
Souls day, on which mass is said by ;
the Ponxan Catholics for the pouIs of ,
the dead who are in purgatory. It '
^ .ecorns that about 900 years ago a pli- i
w grim from the holy land found a her- j
mit in Sicily who told him of an open- j
Ing between the cliffs of the mountains <
near by that communicated with
hades where Pluto lived and that he
COUIll wc uiv nuifiiuiv^.o 0 f
and hear the groans of the lost souls
who were being tormented in hell and
ho had known some of them to esT
capo through the prayers of the priests
and this made the devils very mad
and ho could hear 'them cursing the j
priests with awful imprecations. The ,
pilgrom told all this to the abbots and
monks, and they had a. day set apart
to pray these lost souls out of hell or
hades? or purga:ory or whatever It Is.
Besides -these international days
there ore. national ciays in everj ivuutry.
Here voe have the Fourth of July
and Washington's birth Jay and Decoration
Day and some others. Germany
celebrates the birth of Oalvin and
I#uther and the kaiser. Scotland that (
of Sir William Wallace and Bruce and
John Knox. In old England they
celebrate the queen's birthday, Mag- 1
na Charter day and Wa'OTloo day and
May day. May day is the happiest of i
all and has been long remembered in \
verse and song and in-flai.icing around ,
the May pole. Tennyson wrote a sad,
sweet poem colled the "May Queen.'*
Mexico celebrates all the Roman
Catholic days and has one other that
the rabble call Judas Iscarict's day. It
1s the nert day after Easter. Oo the
beautiful trees in the piazza or park
they suspend pasteboard images o-i
Judas Iscariot?Images ...< large a.- life,
with litcle holes bored in them from
head to foot and in every hole Is fastened
a cannon crack. At a given signal
<he fu-e in every cracker Is lighted
and all of them explode nearly a: the
Bime time and such a terrific popping
was never heard outside of a hattlefield,
and poor old Judas is torn am
rent into a inousana piercs. iuu i.<
jusd a sign, of wha-t they would do to
him 1/ they had him there alive, but I
reckon it is more for frolic than anything,
for they shout and laugh and I
dance the hornpipe and make all the
racket they can. s
Ben Franklin, said that man was a
bundle of habits. He might have ad- r
dod "and supeEtdftions," for most all 1
people have some belief in superna- (
tural things. Two hundred years ago y
almost everybody believed in witches. ,
Shakespeare wrote about them in j
"Macbeth" and Burns in 'Tarn ?
O'Shantcr." The Puritans drowned
many innocent women from mere sus- -1
<picion of being witches. The con- I
ceiled, self-righteous rascals never accused
a man of being a wizard. It is
the wjomcn who have suffered in all ,
ag-es Whon I was a boy the young |
/
people were mere afraid of gho s
than tli?y are now.
Ghosits are very scarce in these days.
I havent seen one in a long time. In
my early youth I was the mill boy and
I remember that ore evening in the
e-arly twilight as I was astride mv
horse and grist and going slowly
home I nearcd the country graveyard
of Fairview church and saw. or
thought I saw. a ghost ahead of me 1
in the big road. It had arms and
legs, but had no he Hi. It was wlii'o
and going slowly from me. I checked
my horse and wondered. 1 started on
again and got a little closer. Still the
form was headless. Kroaod shoulders
ar.d arms akimbo. Nearer and nearer
1 drew to it. but it made no sign. My
bo.se pricked up his ears as if alarmed.
The roaod forked not far ahead,
and I had re-o!ved that if the ghost
took ore road I would take the other,
when suddenly an old man stopped to
cough and took the sack from his
shoulders and laid it upon mo grour.u.
I knew him instantly?old Uncle Tom
Wilson, the hunrhback?going; home
from the mill with his grist across his
shoulders and his head bent forward
so that I could not see i't in the dusky
twilight. ,Now, if both of us had
reached the forks of the road and had
separated I should always have believed
I saw a ghost.
That old mill load and church and
grave yard made lasting impressions
upon me. and so did the mdll and the
pond and the spring-board red big
wheel and the seething sounds of thp
water falling over the dam. We had
various adventures with the country
schoolboys on the way, for they dident
like the town boys?and they don't
yet. I remember that it wa-s on
April fool day -that I saw in the road
Just beyond the schoolhcuse a package
done up in brown paper, and as I
had met a man in a buggy a little
wnue oerore, I supposes ne naa dropped
it. I stepped my horse and got
down. Picking up the package I untied
the string and took off the wrapper
and found another wrapper and
another string and then another and
another and at last two b;g black
bugs, whose odor was fa.mil iar. Thst
kind of bugs that advance backward,
and you can't tell whether you meet j
'em or overtake 'em. Just then a j
score of boys jumped from the bushes
and yelled and screamed "April
Fool!" I was so mad I could hardly
mount my horse again, but I never
spoke a word. I took it out in thinking
and hating. West Point hazing
wasent any worse than that April fool
fras to me.?Bill Arp in Atlanta. Constitution.
The Swiss Were Engaged.
Geneva. Switzerland.?By Cable.^
A serious demonstration against the
Russian and Italir.n consulates and
the risideuce ot the Italian consul
occurred Saturday evening in connection
with the extradition of Jaffei. an
alleged accomplice of Caetano Gresi,
the assassin of King Humbert.
The mob tore down and shattered I
Ihe coat of arms at the Russian consulate
but were prevented by the
police from doing maieril damage
?lfOwhere.
Hard Sighting
Berlin?By Cable.?A dispatch to
the Cologne Gazette, from St. Petersburg
says that fighting is reported to
have occurred between the First. Second
and Third East Siberian Rifles
regiments and several thousand of
Chinese troops, between Kobantsv
and Sin Min Ting. The Russians lost
a captain and several men killed, and
a lieutenant colonel, several other of
?.nnv m<>n wounded. The
ilU'. .s uu>&
Chinese lost heavily and retreated
with the Russians pursueing them.
The date of the engagement is not
n.fn'.i r.ed in the dispatch received.
China Declines to Sign.
Pekin. By Cable.?The Chinese government
has formerly notified Russia
that China, owing to the attitude of
the powers, is not able to sign the
Maneburian convention. "It is China's
desire." says the formal notification.
"to keep on friendly terms with
all nations, ai present sia- is sumo i
through a period which is the most
perilous in the empire's history and it
is necesary that she should have the
friendship of all."
Sickness of Gen. Lee.
Denver. Colo., Special.?Gen. Fitfchugh
Ivee is ill at the home of H. C.
Merri&ni in tiiis city, having contracted
a cold while on a trip aiourd
the Georgetown loop in the mountains.
He had planned to go to Colorado
Springs on his way to California.
but he was suffering from a
severe sore throat and symptoms at
the grip. Upon the advice of hi;
physician his journey was postponed
Atdc salt is not to be found in cellars.
larrison Elected Mavor of Chicago.
Chicago, Special.?Carter H. Harriton
has been re-elected mayor of Chlago
for the second terra and will next
veek commence his third term as the '
Hef executive of the city. His total
>lurality over Judge Elbrldge Hancey, j
ne ixepuDiican auuuuw, win uc m iu<j >
Republican nominee is ?8,257 votes,
'"he total vote of the city, is Harrison
.50.852; Hanc-ey 12$,695; Harrison'.? .
liurality 28.257.
The population of London has In- ;
creased from tioS.TSS in 1S01 to 4,000,)00
in lyOL -
TAKES THE OATH.
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Aguinaldo Swears Allegiance to
United States.
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Chief of the Filipino Insurgents
Subscribes to General McArthur's
Oath-May Help Hake Peace.
Washing-ton, D. C., Special.?The ,
War Department today received information.
from General Mac Arthur that
Agninaldo lias takm die oath of uiiegiauce
to the United States under the
terms of amnesty offered by General
MacArthur by direction of che President.
The news came to the Department
in vOie following cablegram:
"Since arrival at Manila, Aguinaldo
has been at Malacanan, investigating
conditions in the archipelago. He has
relied almost entirely upon the inicructive
adv.iee of Chief Justice Arellano.
As a result, today he subscribed
and swore to the declaration on page
11 of my annual report
MacARKTHlR."
The oath referred to is as follows:
"I, , hereby renounce all allegiance
to any and all so called revolutionary
governments in the Philippine
Islands and recognize and accept the
supreme authority of the United
Slates of America 'therein. I do solemnly
swear that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to that government;
that I will at all times conduct
myself as a faithful and law-abiding
citizen of >die said islands and will
cot. either directly or indirectly, hold
correspondence with or give intelligence
to an enemy of the United
t-l.ates, nor will I abet, harbor or protect
such enemy; that I impose upon
myself these volutary obligations
without any mental reservations, or
purpose of ewusioa, so help me God."
General Mac Arthur's dispatch contained
much more than was given to
the public. The portion withheld related
to the future disposition of Aguinaldo
and mode suggestions as to
what the late chief of the insurrection
might accomplish. No official statement
could he obtained as to what
finally would be done with the prisoner,
but it was emphatically stated that
he would be held for the present, but
would be granted all possible Immunity
consistent with existing conditions.
General MacArthur has hopes that a
great deal may be accomplished
through Aguinaldo. During the time he
has been a prisoner he has been made
quite a favorable impression upon
General MacArthur. 1; has been suggested
that under the terms of the
notice of amnesty the prisoner should
be set at liberty at once but there is a
provision in the amnesy proclamation
which says that those who have i
violated 'the laws of war are excepted
from its terns. Whether or not General
MacArthur has satisfied himself
that Aguinaldo has net violated the
laws of war cannot be stated, as the
prisoner would he permuted to take
the oath pemung an mves.igauuu ui
Jtis past conduct. Aguinaldo, having
boon 'the head of the insurrection, undoubtedly
can be held until further
Investigation Is made or until circumstances
which surround the situation
in the Philippines make it advisable
ID release him outright or therwise
dispose cf him. These conditions and
;iho general situation and Aguinaldo's i
relation to them were the subject of
General MaeAnthur's dispatch and are
being considered by the authorities
who will have the final disposition of
the matter.
The news of Aguinaldo's acticn was
received with evident satisfaction by
the Wax Department and the opinion
was expressed itnat good results won la
follow among those who have been
still holding out against the United
States. 'A'guinaldo's taking the oath of
fllleeiaince." said one member of the j
cabinet today, "emphasizes the importance
of his capture. It makes more
clear that the insurrection has about
reached Its end and foreshadows the
early ecmplote general acceptance of
United States sovereignty and author,
ity. Only a comparatively small numlr.'i*
of Filipir.03 are still in arms and
i he effect of AgainaMo's action on
ihem is abvious. Prom now on we will
press forward organizing t^e best governm-ont
we can suited to the needs of
the Philippines. Aguinaldo's submission
will have a considerable hearing
in his favor in the determination of
the matter of what to do with hira.
That will not be decided for some time
and General MacArthur and the Philippine
commission meantime will deliberate
carefully over the question
before reaching any conclusion. Should
the capture and submission of the
Filipino chieftaim mark the beginning
of the end In the rnuippines, as is expected.
the effect upon the Ajnerlcan
naval representation in A state waters
will be a very considerable redaction
of our naval force in the East. There
are at present about 57 of our naval
vessels on the Asiatic station. A pood
many of them now will be sent home
to form nuclei for new squadrons. It
is possible that -the European station
with headquarters In the Mediterranean
will be revived, and also that the
re-creation of the old South Pacific J
station will follow,"
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SOUTH CAROLINA StNATORS.
Pierce Culler and Ralph Izard Were
the First.
Since the formation of this government,
South Carolina has had 34
representatives in the United States
Senate. Some of these names are illustrious
in national history as well as
beloved and revered at homa
There were seven of this number
who dted in office: John Ewing Colhoun,
John Galllard, John C. Calhoun,
Franklin H. Elmore, Andrew P. Butler,
Josiah J. Evans and Joseph H.
Earle.
John Gaillard served longer than
p.r.y other senator from this State,
nearly 22 ycrs continuously. Franklin
H. Elmore, who succeeded John C.
Calhoun, served but 40 days before his
own death.
Those senators who also served the
State as governor are Charles Pine-knew,
John Taylor, S. D. Miller, George
McEuffie, J. H. E amir, on d, V.'ado
Hampton anil B. It. Tillman.
There v.ere quite a number of senators
who resigned. In the early days
of the republic it seemed to bo the
proper thing for a senator 'to resign
before his term expired. Those who
from co.e cause or another resigned
are Pierce Butler (twice). John Hunter.
Charles Pincknev, Thomas Sumter,
John Taylor. Robert Y. Havne,
Srenhen D. Miller. John C. Calhoun,
D. E. Huger, William C. Preston,
George McDuffie, R. B. Rhett, James
Chestnut, Jr., and James H. Hamrcoad.
The largest number of senators In
any one year was in 1850. Calhoun
died March 31; Elmore died May 20;
Barnwell was appointed June 4, and
was succeeded by Rheitt December
18th. Judege A. P. Butler was the
junior senator who was the contemporary
of these senators in that year.
There -were from the. beginning two
senators. Pierce Butler was allotted
the four years term and Ralph Izard
the six year term. At the expiration
of the four year term, it too became a
six year term. This was in order to
keep the two offices from being coterminal.
Pierce Butler served seven years
and resigned. Later he served two
years and resigned again. William
Smith served seven years. Later he
served five years. John C. Calhoun
served 10 years and resigned. His successor,
after two years' service, resigned
avid Calhoun was returned to
his old sea.:, serving five years?until
his dpath. These are the only cases of
senators being returned after once retiring
from i;he senate.
Senator Tillman -today occupies the
sea: once held by Pierce Butler; and
McLaurin succeeds to the
chair of Ralph Izard. Following is the
list of sena'.ors who succeeded Pierce
Butler:
Pierce Butler, service commenced
March 4. 17S9; re-elected 1793; resigned
1796.
John Hunter, Dec. 8th, 1796, resigned
1798.
Charles Pinckney, March 4, 179S;
elected for full term in 179?: resigned
1810.
Thomas Sumter, Dec. 3, 1801; in
1S05 elected for full term; resigned
1810.
John Taylor. Dec. 19, 1S10: elected
in 1811 for full term; resigned in
1816.
William Smi:h, Dec. 4, 1816; elected
in 1S17 for full term.
Robert Young Hayne, March 4,
1823; re-elected 1829; and resigned in J
1832.
John C. Calhoun, Dec. 12. 1832; I
elected for full term in 1833; reelected
1843.
Daniel Elliott Huger, Dec. 15, 1842;
re-igned in 1S45-John
C. Calhoun, Dec. 26, 1S43, to
fill out Huger's term; elected full
term in 1847; died March 31, 1830.
Franklin H. Elmore, April 11, 1850,
appointed temporarily by governor to
fill out Caihoun's term, and died May
20 th.
Robert W. Barnwell, June 4, 1850,
appointed temporarily by governor to
fill out Elmore's term..
Robert Barnwell Rhe-tt, Dec. IS,
1850; elected by legislature to permanently
fill out Calhoun's term. Resigned
in 1852.
Win. F. DeSaussure. May 10. 1852.
Josiah J. Evar.s, March 4, 1833; died
May 6, 185S.
Arthur P. Hayne, "May 11, 1858; appointed
by governor temporarily.
James Chestnut, Jr., Dec. 3, 1858;
elected full term in 1859. Retired from
sena-te Nov. 10, I860.
For the next four years there was a
hiatus? during the War Between -the
States. Senator Chestnut's term would
have expired in 1865.
Benjamin F. Perry and John L.
Manning were elected in 1S65, but
never qualified.
Them followed the period of reconstruction.
Thos. J. Robertson am.
Frederick A. Sawyer were elected on
June 25, 1868. Robertson had the seat
which came down from Pierce Butler
arid in 1S71 succeeded himself, serving
until 1877.
.M. C. Butler, March 4, 1877; reelected
1883 and im 1889.
B. R. Tillman, March 4, 1895, reelected
In 1901.
Ralph Izard, March 4, 1789, eli
years.
Jacob Read, March 4, 1795.
John Evring Colhoun, March 4,
1801; died Nov. 3, 1802.
Pierce Butler, (-who had resigned in
1796), Nov. 1802; resigned 1804.
John Gaillard, Dec. 6, 1804; elected
for full term in 1S07; In 1813; in 1819
and in 1852. Died Feb. 26, 1826.
William Harper, March i, 1826, ap
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pointed by governor to succeed Galllard.
William Smith, elected by leglslature
to succeed Gaillard, November 18,
1826.
Stephen D. Miller, March 4, 1831.
Resigned in 1833.
William C. Preston, Nov. 26, 1833;
- # #..11 4a?.?m In 1M7
eicciea lur iuai iciui ??.? .. ??0
ia 1S42 (at 'the same time with Qalhoun.
Geo. McDuffie, Dec. 1842; elected in
1843 for full term; resigned in 1846.
Andrew Pickens Butler, Dec. 21,
1846; elected 1849 for full term; and
again in 1835. Died May 25, 1857.
James Hammond, Dec. 7, 1857; retired
from senate Nov. 10, 1860 (a*
same time with Chestnut.)
After the interim occasioned by the
war, Frederick A. Sawyer was elected
June 25, 1868 for five years.
John J. Paittcrson. March 4, 1873.
Wade Hampton, March 4, 1879; reelected
in 1885.
John L. M. Irby, March,4, 1891.
Jos. H. Earle, March 4, 1S97; died
June 1S9/.
John L. McLaurin, appointed to
succeed Jos. H. Earle in 1897 and
elected in 1898 to fill out term expiring
March 3rd. 1903.
PROMINENT PEOPLE
The Mexican official Gazette denied
that President Diaz is going to Europe.
President McKinley says be never
misses a chance to sec a mountain
O 11111 I9T.
Sir John Stalncr, the famous organist.
composer and writer ou musical
topics, is dead.
John W. Griggs, former AttorneyGeneral,
has resumed his law practice
in Paterson, N. J. I
Senator Stewart was a professor of
mathematics before he rushed to the
gold fields with the forly-niuers. t
The German Emperor has presented
Mataafa, the former King of Samoa,
with a chieftain's baton in ebony. j
Snrasate. the great Spanish violinist,
now fifty-seven years old, began
studying the violin when he was
twelve. j ' 3x1
Premier Salisbury's physicians announce
that lie is rapidly improving,
and will soon travel south for his '- {
health. I
M. T'.nri Roehefort has as a souvenir
the tail of the black horse ridden by
General Boulnnger in the memorable
review of 1SSO.
Excommunication has added to Tolstoi's
popularity in Russia and brought
him an urgent iuvitution to make his
home in England. |
William Dean Ilowells keeps the . jj
original manuscripts of his books. His
publishers get the typewritten copies,
which all publishers prefer. is
Former Senator Charles A. Towne,
after looking over New York City as
a field for the practice of law, returned
to Duluth. lie prefers the
West |
It Is not generally known that Sir
William Van Home, the head of the
Canadian Pacific Railway system, is a
native of Illinois, where lie was born
fifty-eight years ago, and in which
State lie began life as a telegraph opi
?i?i.? ?r iIn, Illinois . .JEi
eraior ju im- r?ci?vr*.
Central Itailroud. i
The Emperor's Portrait.
When Mr. Charles Denby was minister
to China a publisher wrote to him
asking him to procure a photograph of
the emperor of China. His reply,
printed in a New York exchange,
shows that the pictures published aa
Jikenesses of the emperor cannot be
trusted. Mr. Denby wrote as follows:
It would afford me great pleasure to
send you a photograph of the emperor
if one could be procured. After making
inquiries I find that his photograph or J
portrait of any kind, has never b?en ^
taken. The Son of Heaven is not via- S|i
ible to any eye except when foreign m
ministers are received in audience. On *
such occasions all cameras or sketch
books are absolutely forbidden. When
the emperor goes out in his sedan chair
all the cross streets are barricaded with
mats, and every door and window by
which he passes is closed. Should
any one be caught spying, death fol
lows immediately.
1.i Kttin.
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all being of our own manufacture.
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