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i * t COUNTY RECORD. M, | Pttbhshed Every Thnreday ^ ?AT? TUTO83CBEE. 80UTH CAROLINA. -BTG. W. WOLFE . Editor Mid Proprietor. Tr> o OAA.TOAr/1 lnffar AnrTpfJTc I XU ? fcVU MVIU X'W.-V gfe gave away $3,200,000. That is $20,000 a word. And ho has almost the whole of the dictionary loft The formation of an nnti-dnollittg , league in France with influential men for officers is a sign that representative Frenchmen are feeling the national disgrace. The number of women that are botog killed l>y love-crazed suitors is growing to a startling size. Scarcely ? *Knt eAirto mon <lrn.c lint" U VU1JT |1U33V3 luai swiuc Uiuu ....v., ~ . hoot or stab a girl who has refused to marry him. It is to bo presumed that the girl generally has a good idea of the kind of man who is suing for her hand, and that the refusal is based on grounds of common sense, but the result i9 that by refusing Iiiiu she places her life in danger. The law does not deal with this kind of criiu- j inal as it should. Of course, when a murder is committed the mau is sentenced, but It seems a pity that *ome measures of precaution cannot he taken to protect the girl's life in the lirst Instance. The popular impression that oil in commercial quantities is made in the United States from the seeds of the i sunflower is controverted in a pamphlet just Issued by the Department of Agriculture. In Russia the liner seeds are eaten raw as a delicacy. The oil Is preferred to that of the olive for ; Balads, while the stalks are highly prized for fuel. When the enormous extent to which the plaut is raised in i Russia was made known some years ! i ago a stimulus was given to its cultivation In this country, but the report just at hand shows that the seeds here are used mainly as food for poultry and cattle. The rapid growth of the Industry of crushing cotton seeds in America has doubtless overshadowed the Importance of the sunflower as ua oil producer. Sow little real stability there is in Mexico as a republic of the people is shown in the concern of Investors ' over the report as to the failing health of President Diaz. As the chief of an oligarchy, Diaz has ruled wisely and well, but his rule is as personal as if he came to the presidential chair hereditary right What will happen after his death i6 hard to conjecture. Jf the leaders are of one m?nd as to his successor the present even state of things will continue, but if there is disagreement, and clashing ambitions are developed, the work of many years may be overthrown and the usual happy-go-lucky Latin regime of gov- i orning by means of successive revolu j tioas may set in, to the disgust of ah ! Who have money in the country, thinks | the Philadelphia Press "Now which shall it beV" asked the *"1 ' 1 ' -1- .......... .....I tune gin us uer Uiuiua hear the mental arithmetic lesson: "Apples or oranges?41 She meant j which of those fruits should the exam pics deal with. "I'd rather It was I oranges, you know. When Anna-bail- j four-oranges-I-took - two-away - Marygave-her-tive-iiiore-how-maiiy-bas-she now I can do it so much easier than 1 can when Auna-had-four-apples-I tooiitwo-away-Mary-gave - her - five more- ' .liow-inany-hat-she-nowV" expln>ued the j little girl. Jibe couldn't tell why: it ! was simply a phase of juvenile arith jnetical taste, a iitue 007 xuways uc clared be could do liis mental arith metie ever so much better when it was boys that figured in the examples. Apples, oranges, figs?it mattered uot to him what the fruit was. so long as girls" bad nothing to do with it. A little gitl of a romantic twist, balked at her menial arithmetic! until her governne&s changed all the plain every-day Marys and Surahs and Emmas of the examples in llm book to fanciful Isabels and Lillians and Maud*. Then things went swimmingly. As sidelights upon the childish mind :.nd Ks work ergs, th< sc- facts bavc .4 certoia interest. j? uot value, j H'KINLEY'S SPEECH' I ralksto His Fellow Citizens Down in Dixie Land. - ? CORDIALLY RECEIVlD EVERYWHERE rhe (iuard of Honor at Memphis Con sisted of Confederate Soldiers In Faded Gray Uniforms. Memphis, Tenu., Special?The presidential train passed through the h: art of Dixie, and at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday af.ernoon reached Memphis, on the banks of the Mississippi. This was the first resting place of the tour. At Memphis, the party received a \vtcnderfully impressive welcome, a committee, headed by Sena;or Carmack ruet the train at Corinth and escorted the party to this city. A natonal salute of 31 guns signalled the approach to the city. At the station Governor McMillan and others met the party. A military parade, with a company of grizzled Confederate veterans In their c!d uniforms, acted as guard of honor, escorted the party in carriages through the principal streets and around the custom house, whence a view of the Mississippi, now r* J most overflowing on the Arkansas side., was ohtained to the court souare Tl,,e city was elaborately decorated with flags and bunting. Not a residence or business house seemed to have escaped from the desire to decorate in honor of the President's coming. Ranners were stretched across the streets, bearing such inscriptions as. "Mr. President, the City is Yours," " The Nation's President," etc. The cheering through which the procession passed was tremendous at points along the route. In -the court square, where the open air reception occurred, the platform was so hedged around with roses and other blossoms as to make it a flower show. Over 10.000 people were packed into the square when the President was introduced by Mayer Williams. In response to the cheers which greeted him the Presidant made the first really notablo speech of his trip. His theme was the resistless power of a great united people and was delivered in his best vein. When he referred in closing to tlie noble record of the Tennessee volunteers in the Spanish and Philippine wars, Governor McMillin led the cheering. The speech in full is as follows: "I reciprocate the sentiment of good will and fraternity expressed by your honorable mayor and shown in this corajai reception on me i>ai i. ui m< people of Tennessee. I do not misinterpret ilhis demonstration. I accept it in its true spirit It is representative of that unversal good feeling happily subsisting among the people of the United States and which is not bounded by political or genrgraphical lines. L; is co-extensive with the Union itself and exists because of our love for the Union. It is not perfunctory or superficial, but deep and heartfelt. It is the hearty, honest setiment of honest jieople loving their country and proud of its institutions and determined that both shall be maintained. It is powerfully influencing our national life and development and completing that unification 30 essential to national security and so indispensable to the realization of our national strength and influence. What a mighty, resistless power of good is a united nation of free men. Lt makes for peace and prestige. for progress and liberty. It eon serves the rights of the people and strftncthen8 the -pillars of the govern m-emt and Is a fulfillment, of that more perfect union for which our revolutionary fathers strove and for which the constitution was made. No citizen of the republic rejoices more than 1 'to at this happy state and none will do more within his sphere to contin ue to strengthen it. Our past has gone Into history. No brighter one adoru? the anr.ais of mankind. Our task is for the future. We leave the old century behind us. holding on to its achieve ments and cherishing its memories and turn with hope to -the new wtah it? opportunities and abl {gallons. "These we must meet, men of th< South, men of the North, with high purpose and resolution. Without Internal troubles to district ns. or jealousies to disturb our judgment, we wt?l solve the problems which confront ns "untrammelled by the past and widely and rourngeoualy pursue a policy of right and justice in aJl things making the future under God even more glorious than the past. ' r um s?l.id rr> meet the people of Memphis and of th?* t-"tat? of Tennessee. Their history is associated "with the gToatest struggle and sacrifices of our cooirtry and their valor has been conspicuous on every battlefield of the republic. The Commonwealth has los' none of the zeal and partiotlsm which gave to It in the earlier days the uame of the Volunteer Stare. It. shows It is still worthy of t'oait proud designation for even now its enlistments iaa the iiow army Atvording to population I exceed those of any other S.a.te 1c the Union (Applause.) Her recOTd In the Spanish war was a distinguished one. I shall never forgot t'hat during the anxious days of 18f>9, it was the Tenrt^.osee >-oliliers in the Philippines, who wi h unfaltering patriotism, led all others in re-enlistments for the new regiment* then forming. (Renewed ipplause.) They encouraged their comrades aitd cheered the heart of the whole country. Not can I fall to re member and roc.il! lr? their presence and make heartfelt jirknowledsrement o the gallant First Tennessee Volunteers. who, having once embarked on the iransporLs. with their faces turned homeward and toward those they !ov' ' 1 1.^.1 o n/l ClJ, voluntarily Cisoimrmncii marching to the relief of their comrades in distress, fought a hrave fight and witJi them turned defeat into victory. All honor to the First Tennessee Volunteers, and all the gratitude of which my heart is capable to the noble men and women of thi3 city for this magnificent welcome to myself and my associates." " Coal Mines Sold. Birmingham, Ala., Special.?The Walker county coal properties, belonging to the Virginia & Alabama Coal Company, were purchased by the Monongahela River Coal & Coke Company, of Pittsburg, for $450,000 in cash. The properties of the Southern Coal Company, of Walker county, will, it is understood, also pass into the hands of the Pittsburg people Ln a short time. C nnon,?i OUI1UIU LApusiiiiMi vpwuvui Buffalo. Special.?The sates of the Pan-American Exposition were thrown open Wednesday morning, anil notwithstanding it had rained all nignt and the weather conditions were threatening, large crowds were gathered at each of the gates and as the morning brightened the various loutes to the ground were well patronized by those who desired to be present at the opening. At 8:30 a. m. the turnstiles clicked and the first of ! the millions of people who will visit ; the beautiful city during the six months of its existence passed into I the grounds. Yellow Fever in Havana. Washington, D. C., Special.?Yellow . fever has made its appearance inHavana, and the order of the Secretary of i the Treasury suspending tire quaran tine re-gulatioiis until the 13th inst., has'been revolted. The news of the presence of the disease was forwarded ; to the Surgeon General of the Marino i Hospital Service by Dr. G-iennan, chief euarantine officer for Cuba. He says ' there are two casta of live fever in j vaua, but makes no report for th* of her parts of the i3land. Arrest Explained. Washington. D. C., Special.?The i Slate Department has received from i th<> government of Venezuela a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances under which Ignacia Biaz, ; United States consular agent at Bar; celona. came to he arrested and mulcti ed of a heavy fine. While no details are furnished, it is stated that the ac* | tion of the Venezuelan government in . the matter is all that could he desired [ and Diaz has recovered or will re: cover the money extorted from him. f and will not be further molested. ? A $40,000 Fire. Newport News, Va? Special.--Tho ' plant of the Hampton Sash, Door and I31in.fl Company was completely wiped out by fire Tuesday night. The proj perty was valued a: $:ir>,00!), and was (covered by insurance to the extent of ( ?2n,|-00. Two small <1 well I ngs in tiie | neighborhood caught fire from sparks and were burned. The Hampton Academy. a private school building, was partly destroyed. The total damage to the property Is estimated at ' McKinley's New Orleans Speech. London. I3y Cable.?Commenting editorially upon the "exceptional clr' cumstances of President McKinleya ; tour aud its party objects," The Times i refers to his "use of language at New Orleans, which, 111 a libera', sense, ' might bo adopted with acclamation by the Oobdcu Club." and add?: 'If by seveu weeks of cu'cmilliug toil he can obtain any acceptance for tbc.;e principles among the American peo' pie. be wii! be able 10 look back upon ! them as tile bos; spool weeks of lbs political ?ife " telegraph e briefs. Bulgarians observed the twenty1 fifth anniversary of their revolt against Turkey. I ? W 1 no govoriuuuui <>i ncn oumu j Wales Is seeking to establish the steel rail industry there. Raiu has checked the epidemic of ' typhus fever in the Cit? of Mexico. I Civil government has been established in Manila. ! A sensational slump in stocks caused much excitement in Wall street. j Last months lire losses, amounting to $15,000,000. have aroused insurance men to seek greater protection against present methods of ol^etric wiring. Only four members of the Cabinet and their families will accompany the president on his Pecific Coast trip. The census bureau has issued a bulletin on the coke industry of Lho ' onntry. II. M. Robinson, now in charge of the United States postal service in China, has been appointed chief clerk and disbursing officer of the service in Ibe Philippines. A New York bicyclist who ran into :wo women and was thrown from his wheei has created a s'.nation by getting uh and apologizing. v FOREIGNERS REMAIN 6,000 To Police the Domains of the Celestials. GARRISONS FOR CHINESE FORTS In a Letter to the ministers the Generals Name the Number of Foreign Troops to Be Distributed In China. Pekin. By Cable.?Field Marshal Von Waidersee, in the letter which he sent to the ministers, as the reply of the generals to the views of the ministers regarding military questions, says a garrison of 6,000 men should be left at Tien-Tsin and the adjoining districts. Great Britain. Frauce. Germany and Japan to contribute 1,400 each and Italy to contribute 400 men. To garrison Shanghai-Kwan, France, Russia, I Great Britain and Germany are to contribute COO men each and Italy one company until the forts are razed. So long as any forces occupy Chinese territory the foreign military com| manders must exercise the full autbor! lty of a civil administration according | i to the principels established at the ' Hague In 1899. The Chinese may rej main in office as in the case of Pao! Ting-Fu, and, partly. Tien-Tsin. Beside the 6,000 men in Tien-Tsin district. the warships, which must always .!.? n.i t,l,? ,,-iJl nrpaoriP COmmU ' De in lilt; X CI 1IU, y. nication with the international fleet at I Taku. To allow this administration to I 1 depend in any respect on the manda- ! rlns would he an utter impossibility, i I Frictions would arise immediately, : which would lead to difficult conflicts, j 1 which will be better avoided. When the troops at Tien-Tsin are reduced fo 2,! too by lie granting of possibly a ' quarter of the concessions, then the question of an absolute Chinese ad; ministration may be considered. The I creation of a chief command is desiri able for purely military reasons, as in oases of disorder or troubles of any ' kind, military measures will oe required. These measures must take ' place where these troubles occur and , the authority of the cornmandcr-in! chief must also extend to the legation I guards at Pekin. ; Concerning the question of evacua' tion. ('V'niions were divided. The British, Japanese and German commanders , were of the opinion that the evacuation could not commence until China i had accepted the prescribed conditions and paid the total indemnities. The question of evacuation is most diffij cult, on account of the approaching hot i season, which is very injurious to the * " ~ vnhich also 1 | health or inf u uut" a??v. ? will increase the costs of the war lw i demnity immensely, result in >the loss of hundreds of soldiers and probably j mean the reinitation of th etroops for I the winter .The generals are coo: vjnced Lhat 2,000 men at Pekin, 1,500 i at Shanghai-Kwan awl 4,000 men on 1 the railroad and altogether 12,000 , men, with the fleets at Taku and : Shanghai, will be a fully sufficient j force to compel China to accept the i ; demand for and manner of j>ayment of j : the indemnity . flonumcnt to Henry Timrod. j Charleston. S. C., Special.?The i , monument to Henry Timrod was un- j 1 veiled in Washington Square Wednes- : i day afternoon before a large as- I somblage. It consists of a bronze : bust in heroic size and panels 'jy j Valentine, of Virginia, on a graphic i I pedestal and base, and is a notable I i ?f ff,(, senator's art. The | , VI lUUlpu v/? V.. ... fund was raised by tile sale of an edition of 1,000 copies of Timrod's i J poems, prepared and sold by the Tim- j rod Memorial Association, of which j i the Hon. W. A. Courtenay. un old i friend of tlu> poet, was the organizer ' and h-ading spirit The main features ' i of the core Monies were a scholarly i address by Prof. Thos. de la Torre on ! J "Sontii Carolina's Debt to Henry Tim- j j rod," and a spirited original poem rej cited by Henry Austin, of New York, j Vanderbilt in Control. j New York, Special--The Herald of | i Wednesday says: "Raponts having I hi-cm circulated to the effect that the j Maine Steam-ship Company, with a line of boats plying between New York j ann Portland. ha?s been purchased by j J. P. .Morgan and his associate?., and , " ' - ral had been ar- j I LI1UL It i liou^ _ j ranged for. insuring a community of ) interests in conectiom with the operations of the Ley]and Line and the Atlantic Transport Company, Mr. Horatio Hall representing the Maine Steamship Company, said: I will neither affirm nor deny any statements which may be made regarding the Main Steamship Company.' " The Center of Population. Washington. D. C-., Special. ?The j CVn.-us Bureau has issued a bulletin I announcing that the centre of population of the Fnlted States, excluding Alaska and recent territorial accessions on June 1 last, was six miles southeast of Columbus. BarthoLmew j cowty. in southern Indiana. j t ME PRESIDENT At EL PASO. A nexican Bull right That tie Did Not Witness. El Paso. Tex , Special?The prtsldenial party reached El Paso, the gate- . way of Mexico, at 9 o'clock Sunday morning and remained here until noon Monday. President Ilaaz, of Mexico, had hoped to meet the President hero and shake hands across the border, but as the Mexican Congress is in pp.ccinn )ar? 1 * i-*t lonvo t-lio r?onir*4l kvvw.v** x- w V* * .* ?.wb W*w Vi*yn*?.. He sent a personal message to che President and also dispatched General Juan Hernandtz, the commander of the second m'litary zone of the State of Chihuahua, personally to presnt his . gjou wishes ho the Chief Magistrate of k the United States. Governor Miguel Ahumada, of Chihuahua, the most northerly State of Mexico, also traveled to El Paso to pay his respects, and these distinguished Mexican officials, accompanied by General Hesnandoez's staff in full uniform, were received by the President in his car at the station. After exchanging felicitations, the President requested General Heruan ilez to convey to President Diaz his peisonal good wishes for the health and happiness of President Diaz ar.d for a continuation of the cordial and friendly relations at present exieting between the two countries. President Diaze's message was as follows: "City of Mexico, Alex., May 5, 1301. "To the Pr esident of the United States of America, El Pasc: "When you arrived this day at the frontier of Mexico. I wished I might shake hands v.-ich you, but I senu ascordial a salute as ccrre&ponds with the cordial relations which exist be1 itween the two republic of North America. I also send General Hernandez to express to you the same feeling. (Signed) "PROKlRiO DIAZ." To this the President sent the fol lowing response: "El Paso, Tex., May "'To His Excellency, General Proflrio Uiaz, Picsident of t.he Republic of Mexico, City of Mexico: "It gives me great pleasure u> reci| procate the courteous greeting of Your ; Excellency, and to express my mo t cordial good wishes for your health . and happiness, and for the continued prosperity of the Mexican republic to ; which we are bound h} so cnany ties I of interest and friendship, j (Signed) "VM. McKIXLEY." It being St:nda>, the President had ' requested the local commiittee here uo{ to arange any programme for the day. His wishes were respected, and the military parade and official exercises i President and Mrs. McsKinley and members of the cabinet attended th* Station Street Methodist church in morning and in the afternoon some or the party went for a drive. After dark the Mexican Band, which had been hnntirhr from the City of Mexico by General Herdanadez, serenaded the President and Mrs. Mcjsialey nt the j twin. No horns or drums were "* ' ond the ?o?r, langorous Spanish airs I stnluninud on gtritars and mandolins j in the tool of the evening, were thonoI ughly mjoyed. j he g: feature of thti; celebrations I in Me' ( >, was a Spanish bull fight. I A fam ::s matador hail come to Jatires ] from the City of Mexico* for the occasion. None of he members of the President'-, in.mediate party attended, hut bull f2 iting is the national spojty of Mexico, is of Spain, and General Hernandez and he Governor of Chihuahua o" j"pled a Ikjx overlooking the ring. < u' figlu proved to be mor? than ustin1!. foody .and brutal. Th? net1 c;..sua: . : were four Indls desi patehe 1. o:u horse killed ,two picadores un'"orsi d : n<l one toreador severiy, but rot ,'itally, wounded, as he was helped over the fence surrounding ib? arena by .a maddened bull. Wholes-le Arrests. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?During the last few days there have been wholesale arrests and seizures id connection with the alleged revolutionary movenu nt. It is reported that persons of high position and reputation are involved. Several hundred persons have been arrested during the last 4H hours, including a number of prominent men. Cuban Commission. Havana. By Cable.?The special committee of the Cuban constitutional coventiou who went to Waslv in ;ton to obtain a bettor knowledge - rr_:*?.i o ? ? . ? 1 Ol mo llllOUUUUS 111 lue ouiir? grverninout. regarding Cuba. arrived bore early Sunday morning. They were met by a delegation of Cubans a id by Colonel Scott, representing the military government. Senor l lorento said that the committee hud held several conferences on the Ha- 1 :a| vana during the trip, and that an uaderstanding had been reached. He eitlained, however, that it would bo necessary to hold another meeting tonarrow, when the report of the corfrJissiou would be drawn up and ^ call issued for a conference with tho c .her delegates Tuesday. Gipsies Poison Wells. London. By Cable.?The Daily Mail publishes the following telegram from Vienna. "A gang of gypsies, in revenge for their previous capture by gendarmes, poisoned the wells in the village >f Kapolya. Hungary, with the result thai 15 persons have died of poisoning. Several of the Gypsies have been arrested and strychnin* t 1 ;...< ? Was IVU/Ill li! i"Vii iwoovaaiuu. *