The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 18, 1901, Image 6
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UNQ8TREE. SOUTH cSB|^S|
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C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
If the youtn wno starts in business
nt seventeen or eighteen gets so fur
ahead that the college boy can never
catch up with him. the collegian, on
the other hand, receives an equipment
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which has no possible equivalent in
dollars and cents, and which is more
enduring than any form of material
gain, reflects the Kansas City Star.
Tlic battle between the advccalcs of
the two styles of handwriting in the
public schools?the vertical and the
deferential?is still raging it. mnt.y
American cities, towns and villacrts.
Champions of the perpendicular [
throw out .?Ir hints to the effect ?ha:
, fi? upright hand indicates u: ririi;;: -s
9 of character, and that a slant in penmanship
mr.y be the outward ::i: ] \i-ible
sign of :t slant in consei'.-see. I'.r.t
this really seems to be going a little
too far in the heat of controv. vst
' Everybody has wen," said :Lo Dado
solemnly, "anil everybody tuns' have
n prize." This, it may be remembv red,
was the way the caucus race ended in
"Alice in Wonderland." It appears to
Le the way that General Gaselce. commanding
the Iiritish forces in China,
has awarded his prizes. His dispatch
of January 17. 1001, recently published
In the London Times, "mentions"
no fewer than lit; officers for
good service rendered. Only three receive
special commendation. One cf
these gave "most valuable support and
assistance;" another performed his duties
"thoroughly and satisfactorily;"
the third "displayed much tact and
Judgment" All that is needed now is
for the commanding officer to reach
over and pat his own back; then everybody
will indeed have received a prize,
It is no longer necessary for every
housewife to be her own baker or to
spin and weave with her own hands
the clothing for her husband and
children, yet it is at least reasonable
to suppose that the extra time thus
placed at her disposal is employed in
a manner which is quite as conducive j
r, ].? bfimiTios* .'itnl com *nrf of h. i* !
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household as though sue spent a large (
portion or her existence over the
kitchen stove or at the loo:n aud spinning
wheel. The statement that ccl1
ego-bred girls do not make good wives
rests oa Insufilcieut evidence. The
womanly young woman of domestic
tastes and capabilities does not usnally
find that these are destroyed by a
'course of collegiate instruction. No i
ground exists for supposing that edu- ,
cation in either sex is a bar to marital t
happiness, opines the Philadelphia !
Evening Bulletin.
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At various times the public has been
warned of the dangers that lurk in the .
I
kiss and even in the handshake as
agencies by which microbes may be
distributed, but the remarks of a
speaker at a medical association meet- (
Ing in Chicago hint that even the per
sou who renounces these practices is ;
not ?afe. All the distributing agencies
by means of which men come in contact
with other men should be subject
to sterilization and even "the long
iiair and full beard ought to be dis
couraged by general disapprobation."
It Is not depreciating the wisdom of
the advice to point out that apparently
it is becoming a dangerous matter
simply to remaiu alive. Even the man
who defies germs by keeping himself
close '-horn and putting in his waking
Lours in the use of antiseptics can
never feel wholly safe. He may have
no hair wherein the malign microbe i
can hnd lodgment, but ho will still j
t
" Lave his throat, lungs and other organs
to which the bacilli are wont to '
repair. Simply by remaining alive he !
:Is exposing a field of operation to the j
?ver-ready microbe. Apparently the i
enly perfect safeguard would lie in
I .shearing off not only hair and beard, i
but everything above the neck, at :
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which point the health seeker might be
dead, but would certainly be immune
ticm miciobes.
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Pana
1 o this
v made. President
Ainff^^EnyiYce v.ns reports from
members who arc going aud ho believes
that the party will consist of at k-a3t
50 ladies and gentlemen. Thay are all
to assemble in Columbia on? week from
Monday next, don their palmetto
badges, and leave here for Norfolk the
next aftornoon.
Mr. Aull has endeavored to make
every necessary arrangement In advance
and has prepared the following
setting forth all the latest changes in
the itinerary, the items of expense, the
hotel rates secured, etc.:
ITINERARY. .
Leave Columbia. Blinding street sta- j
tiori 5:53 p. n.. July 23, via Southern |
railway.
Special Pullman sleeper Columbia to '
Norfolk. Ya.
Arrive Norfolk S:30 a. m.. July 24.
A special programme arrange:! for
the clay in Norfolk. Parties may be
formed to visit O'd Point. Fortress j
Monroe, Virginia Beach. O oan View. j
or the Navy Yard, as may s ;it the taste j
of the idividual. P. m ruber to be at
the Old Domimoa wharf by G o'c.ock
p. m.
- Leave Norfolk 7:(P p. n.. July 21, via
Old Dominion Steamship line.
Arrive New York afternoon o" July
25. Dooms engage! at the Colonnaie
hotel. 72G Broadway, for the n:ght.
Leave New York. Drsbrosses street, '
via Hudson Day Lino steamer, S:30 a. |
m.. July 26.
Arrive Albany. X. Y.. 0:10 p. nr.. July '
26. Rooms engaged at Stanwix Hall !
hotel.
Leave Albany 11:13 a. m.. July 27. ;
va New York Central anl Hudson!
River railroad. {
Arrive Buffalo, X. Y.. 4:45 p. nr.. July t
27. Saturday.
On the return trip parties come at ,
their pleasure.
Transportation tor trie return trip
will be turned over to each member cn
arrival at Buffalo.
ESTIMATED COST OF TRIP.
Pullman. Columbia to Norfolk..$ 1.21 !
Meals in Norfolk 1.00 I
State room and meals, Norfolk
to New York 3.(0
Room and meals in New York.. 1.7.1 ;
Dinner on Day line steamer .... 1.00 1
Supper, lodging and breakfast at
Albany 2.00 j
Railroad fare. Albany to Buffalo
' and return to New York 5.(0
Rooms in Buffalo at Fame's hotel
for five d3.vs 5.00
Meals for the five days in Bufalo.
$1.50 per day 7.50
Incidental expenses, transfer
baggage, street car fares, etc.,
to arrive at hotel in Buffalo .. 2.00 ;
Total expenses going and lodging
and board Buffalo five days ...$23.50
Estimated cosi of actual expenses
of return trip, including
Pullman sleeper, Norfolk to
Columbia. S. C 7.50 ;
Tata. $.17.00 j
Art/1 fnr Incidentals 13.(0
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Total actual expanses $50.03 !
OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.
Arrangements will to made in Buf- .
falo for tickets to the grounds and it j
is hoped for a trip to Niagara and also
a sail on the lakes.
The party will travel together going
and all transporation w'ill be retained
by the president until arrival in Buffalo.
On the return trip parties may leave
Buffalo at 11:20 p. m., on any day an 1
arrive in New York at 10 a. m.. n?xt i
. and leave at 3 p. m., on the boat. !
h.riving in Buffalo the following day to !
catch the train coming to Columbia,
leaving Norfolk at 7:40 p. m.. and arriving
in Columbia at 11:35 a. m. the
next day.
Tickets will be secured only for members
of the associatlcn and one member
of their respective families.
Forner's hotel has been se'ected for
the stay in Buffalo because cf the rate
it has been able to secure and the accommodation
promised. It is "located
within one block and oae-half from all
the theatres in the city, within one
block of the Lafayette square, which
Is the hub of the city, so to speak. All
cars going to the exposition grounds
pass within 100 feet of the hotel, as do
all cars In Niagara Falis. The streets
on which It faces are twice the width
of the ordinary streets and all the
rooms are large outside rooms." The
proprietors promise to "room either
two. three or four In each room according
to the size of same, and for your
information would say the rooms to
which we assign two or more people
contain two or three full sized be:1s."
Militia Supplies.
Ad.it. Gen. Floyd has sent on to the
war department at Washington the
annual requisition for military supplies
under the appropritaicn made by
***- miiitnrv forces of the
l*UII?4tr?a iUt 1UW ..
several States. It takes some little time |
for the requisition to be filed, hence it
was sent in promptly. As soon as the
uniforms and equipments arrived they
will be promptly issued to the several
companies of State militia until each
command has uniforms and equipments
for 50 men. When this has been
accomplished the milk.a of the S;uie
will be better equipped in every respect
than at any other time in the
par: 25 years, so military men sjy. i
There will be no delay here in the is- I
suing of supplies as soon as received.
K
OHiO DEMOCRATS
I' - i l"ll 1- r*
rorcinais iviiDournc i or governor and
fiowells For Lieut. Governor.
.
BRYAN'S NAME NOT POPULAR.
The Two Last National Platform* Ignored
By the Convention?.icket
I Nominated.
Columbus, 0., Special.?The Democrats
of Ohio named the following
ticket: Governor. James Kilbourne;
Lieutenant Governor, Anthony Howella;
Judge of Supreme Court, Jo3?ph
Hidy; clerk of Supreme Court, Harry
13. Young; Attorney General, M. E.
McCarthy; Sta'e Treasurer, E. P.
Alshire; meaner of board of public
works, James B. Holmes. The convention
today nere had more prominent
men as delegates than any convention
of Democrats Oi Ohio In many veais.
me nomtna.ton o. uo? lvi.courno
was app:opriute:y cuhel one of ' sp ;ntaneous
combusttca." Howell, Hidy,
Alshire ai: 1 Holnan were favorites
fro::: the start. Young was sprung as
a surprise and num.uated over Sarcots,
who had been such a favorite that
others had not previously entered ir.e
rate for clerk of th e Supremo Court.
None of the delegates, outside of C.eveland,
knew Young and lie WuS named
because Cuyahoga wanted hint. Cuyahoga
could ger anything it wanted,
except the head of the State ticket.
After the Jonhson amendments were
engrafted Into the McLean platform
that document as amended was
adopted.
The most striking turn of the ?onventicn
was oa Bryan. The most b.tter
things were said of his leadership
in the committee cn resolutions, where
it was insisted his name should not
be mentioned and that there should ba
no reference to either of the national
platforms on which he made his cam
paigns. After the plan had been agreed
upon, one of the 21 members of the
committee offered a minority report,
re-affirming the Kansas City plat orm
and expressing confidence in Bryan.
He received only six votes from the yf>0
delegates on his substitute for the preamble.
A few moments after the platform
was adopted, one of these six
delegates called attention to the fact
that pictures of other Democrats wire
displayed in the hali and none of Bryan.
as heretofore. He started to carry
a small banner with Bryan's picture on
it to the platform. The aisle> were ordered
cleared, but the picture d:a not
reach its destination. It was trampled
under foot and spoiled during the w.id
demonstration when Kilbourne was escorted
into tire hall. It is generally 1>:*lieved,
however, that the marching
ing club did not know they were walking
ever Bryan's picture.
The ir.emucrs of the committee on
resolutions said over one hour was
spent after last midnight in efforts to
strike the word "salable" out of the
plan:: cn railway taxation ana several
hours in denouncing the Chicago an !
Kansas City platforms and the leader
who stood on them. The platform
caused much comment itn'.gh: over
what it does not say as weil as ever
what it does say.
Big War Taxes.
Washington. D. C.. Special.?A state
ment at the Internal Revenue Bureau
shows that the total receipts from the
war revenue act from July 13, 1S93,
the date the act vent into effect, to
May 31. 1901, amounted to $310,003,3C3.
as follows: Schedule A (documentary
stamps); $108,722,074; schedule
B (proprietary stamps). $13,922,12S;
beer. $97,717,971; special taxes.
$1-1.095. C3G; tobacco, $47,274,780;
snuff. $2.C07.?1S; cigars. S9.1S0.027;
cigarettes. $3,818,991; legacies. $S,9G8.420:
excise tax. $2,652,982; mixed
flour. $21,330; additional taxes on
beer and tobacco, $982,385.
Sixteen Killed In a Collision.
Kansas City, Special?Sixteen persons
are dead, two others probably fatally
injured and more than a score of
others less seriously hurt as the result
of a head-end collision between a passenger
and fast live stock train on the
Chicago & Alton, near Norton, Mo..
Wednesday morning. Six were killed
outright, four died on a tra n cony. ying
them to Kansas City and Tour died
at a hospital in this city.
Visit Jackson's Tomb.
Lexington, Va., Special.?At the second
day's session of the Sunday School
Convention, Baltimore Conference, M.
Church, South, the principal speaker
was Rev. Dr. H. M. Hamill, the international
field secretary, who made addresses
at the morning and afternoon
sessions. He had for his subjects, "How
to Teach," and "Sunday School Milligement."
The convention visited tlie
ionb of General Robert K. Lee, t'..e
r ,e of General Thomas J. Jackson
("Stonewall"), the Washington and
Lee University and the Virsnia -U:.itat
y Institute.
| SJLiU IAKULIAA IKUfS.
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Duttome of All Crops During tha Past
Week.
The week ending Monday, July 8th,
averaged sl^Lily wanner than usual
over the western. northcvn and cen*
t;al portions and slightly cooler over
the southeastern.
.1^:1 1 ? . .
i no ucwi.c uicijiaium rangeu Deiwesu
?6 and 93 degrees. while a minimum
of UG was noted at Greenville on the
1st. There was more than the usual
amount of brlgL' sunshine.
Parly in the Meek and again near
its close, there were scattered showers.
heaviest in the central and southeastern
counties, with a maximum
j rainiall of 1.99 Inches at St. George,
while over the northern and western
I counties the week was generaib
| rainless. These conditions of high
i temperature, abundant sunshine, and
' absence of rain wore conditions thac
! male this the most favorable week o:
I the season for cultivation, nevcrthe:
less, many fields remain grassy an I
i it v lit H'iUite at least another \v?. *
! of dry weather to clean them. Rain Is
I needed generally for the crops. a:i 1
j to soften the soil which on ciavev
land that dried out hard, and breaks
cloddy under cultivation. Rain is also
: needed to prevent further injury to
crops that were dura aged in ridding
; tkf m of grass arid weeds.
| Co ton made a slight and general
improvement, except sea island that
, improved decidedly. The plants are |
unusually smail for the season and !
arc growing slowly, especially on j
sandy soils wheie their condition is |
j exceptionally poor, blooms are noted '
i over the whole atate. but cotton is ;
not blooming as profusely as It should
i do at this season. !t is roportei
; that the crop as a whole car.not possibly
attain a normal condition. ho?j
ever favorable the weather during the
reniaiuder of the season may be.
The corn crop can now safely bo
' characterized as the poorest in many j
| years, and over considerable areas \
j will approximate a failure. Corn, with :
I some exceptions, has slender stalks, |
; i.3 tasselling low an l not earing well. <
i Planting bottom and stubble lands 1
! continues.
Tobacco shared in the general im- j
I provenient duriag the week, but is |
i still very poor. Cutting and curing j
I is well underway in all districts. Rice !
j made marker! Improvement, but has 1
! not fully recovered from the ill efi
fects of the excessive June rainfall.
Peas are being extensively planted in
: uith corn and on stubble fields. Some
! have come up to good stands. Apples.
! peaches and pears continue to drop
I extensively, while peaches and grapes j
rot as they ripen. The iahor situation i
has not improved, and continues to be j
a serious factor in this year's farm I
economics.
Curiosities Qf the Census.
The census report now enables us tc j
see just how much eibow-room we
have, says the New York World. If the ;
! inhabitants of Wyoming wanted tc |
spread themselves out each of them
! could have a little were than a square j
mile all to himself. Ir. Nevada ever* !
four people could have ten square j
I miles .Arizona, New Mexico. Montana :
| and Idaho can offord almost a square !
! mile each to their men, -om-.n an! 1
! children, while up in frozen Alaska !
j there are ten goo:! square miles for i
i every soul of population. Rhode Island
is the fullest State in the Union?with
407 people to the square mile. But even
that leaves a good deal of extra room.
Massachusetts, 319 people to the s<iua;e
mile, follows Rhode Island. Then come
New Jersey, 230; Connecticut, 187; New ;
York, 152.6; Pennsylvania. 140.1; Mary- |
i land. 120.5; Ohio. 1C2. It Is not yet time I
for Uncle Sam to cry: "Move up in j
front!"' but the country can s.and an
immense amount of industrious pushing
to the West.
Wounded at a Frolic.
Neeses. Special.?At a prolic at '
Aaron Chavi?' house on the night of j
the 4th, near N'eeses, there was a sa ft- I
ing affray in which ceven were wound- I
ed Pope Chavis and Kuowlton W.lliams
wore shot through the lungs;
loth their cases are serious. Aa:on
Chavis shot in the knee; Mrs. To.u
Chavis, shot through both legs; Tobe
Hoover, head split open-. Dan Cnavis
i was badly bruised, and AnseM W.liianii
was shot through the hand. Liquor
fiowed freely and no one knows how
the trouble commenced.
Brief rientlon.
Crazed by heat, # F. A. Brackett
killed his wife and himself at Des
Moines. Ia.
Corwin H. Spencer will probably be
made director general of the World's
Fair at St. !>ouis. Mo.
Several persons were Injured in a '
rnlliclnn 1 nrunon n Inrnmntivp n
trolley car at Buffalo, N. Y.
Senator Mark Hanna is on his way
from Cleveland, O., to New York,
wtiere It is said he will visit J. P.
Morgan.
Former Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Mortimer Nye was stricken with
paralysis while speaking at Union
Mills. Ind.
Guy 3Ionnett, an employe of tlie
Adams Express Company, killed him
self at Bucyrus, O., rather than face
a shortage of $500.
By the overturning of a boat. James
Reagan and William Waller were
drowned in the Harlem River at New
York.
Temporary insanity, induced by
heut. led F. A. Conkey to kill John
Bryant and his son at Albany, Mo.,
and to then attempt suicide.
A GENERAL STRIKE.
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Pittsburg Steel Workers Co Cut 1.7
Large Numbers.
PRES. SHAFFER'S GRDER IS OBEYED
.
The Unionizing of the Painter .Mill is
Said to Be One of the Objects of the
Strike.
Pittsburg, Special.?From present indications
it looks p-cbab'.e that Presi- \
dent Shatter's strike order, issued Sit- ^
urday night the the Amalgamated Association
members in the employ of the
American Steel Hoop Compiny, tne
American Sheet S.e:l Company and the f
American Tin Piate Company, will be
obeyed, and the great struggle between
the Amalgamated Association ani the
steel companies will b? cn in earnest.
In the union milts o: the t'ar ? ? companies
a strike has been dec.ar u. and it
is predicted that no: a wli?e! will turn.
An effort will be made a so to close
down some cf the non-union mills oi
the companies and to cripple the rest.
The Amalgamated people a.o very sanguine
of success.
"The strike was not o' our seeking."
said Presid.n: Shatter. *lt w.a
forced upon us. We were not contending
for wages, but for pr.n :p!e. for
self-preservation. The tin and sheet
people will not be able to turn a single
wheel. We have our torees thoroughly
organized and there will be som:
surprises in store. I have not heirl
frorfi a single lodge in answer to my
strike order, but an answer is not necessary.
The order will be promptly
obeyed by all our men. But there w.l
be no trouble. Labor organizations
have changed. The Amalgamated Association
is net the association it was
20 years ago. not even five years ago.
The men arc more readily controlled;
in fact, we have our men under control."
Developments indicate that Pittsburg
is going to be a pretty lively
strike centre. The most interested attaches
to the Painter's Mill, on th?
southside, and to that of Lindsay &
McCutoheon. in Allegheny. Both miili
are controlled by the American Shcei
Hoop Company, and have hithertc
been aggressively non-union and much
depends upon the men in these plants.
The employes of both mills held open
meetings Sunday and both deeided.tc
strike Monday. The Painter Miii employes
about 400 men and the Lindsay
& MeCutcheon Mill about 1100.
I. W. Jenks, manager of the American
Steel Hoop Company, said that he
had heard of the attempt to be mad:
to tie r,p the two mills, but he had
heard such strike talk for severa
months past. Mr. Jenks said both
mills would resume as usual.
The fight at the Painter Mill is to be
made the fight of the strike. Both sides V
will make stubborn resistance. If the
Amalgamated people can close this mil)
they believe they will have wen the
greater part of the strike. The mill is
not only an important one. but ih =
Steel Hoop Company has for years
succeeded in thwarting the efforts
made to unionize it. ?
It may he said, however, on the
strength cf reliable information that
the strike within its present limits is
Intended merely as a show of strength.
At the conference, last week, the representatives
of the steel c orporation
were.repeatedly warned that the association
was much stronger than they
knew. They were even told of the organization
of mills of which they had
no knowledge. But the steel men would
not believe that the association was
as strong as it* was claimed to he.
Thus it is believed to bo the first put
pose of the association to show its
strength by confining the srike to the
three companies. When that show oi
strength has been made what it may
prove to be. the assoclatic* expects
the companies to ask for another conference.
If the compan e3 show no inclination
to make a settlement the
strike will be extended to three mo*ccompanies.
If the trust will not yield
then, the strike will be extended to
such independent companies as sell
their finished produces cr taw materials
to companies aga:n3' which a
strike has been declared. Should the
strike attain such proportions it waul i
be likely to go still further. The Amalgamated
Association and the Federation
of Labor two years ago formed a
secret alliance, it is claimed, \vhen it
was agreed that the association when
on strike could call out the steel men
of the Federation. The latter has it- ,
organizations in many mills whes
workmen are not eligible to tnexb.-rship
in the association. v
rT!-~ lOrrmo-ht-Stricken Town.
I lit III LTI _
Enid. 0. T., Special.?Four blocks
of business houses on tho public
square were destroyed in les3 than
three hours by a fire thac started after
midnight Monday morning. The
water supply was inadequate and it
was necessary to blow up buildings
with dynamite to check the flames.
Owing to the continued ought everything
burned !' -:c mat h -cod. A
light wind blowing iron the southeast
saved the eastern part of the
town. The total loss is estimated at
more than $100,000; insurance light.
The pcstoCIce and the land ofF.ce
were saved cu!y af.cr a hard light.