The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 01, 1901, Image 6
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THE COiM RECORD,
Published Erery Thursday
?AT?
UNaSTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The London Standard. in an
ttrticle showing that interest in
family history is by no means
confined to the haughty aristocrats of
Europe, points out that there are doz
noor.'iCTO
ens of families in me r-uj,..^ and
baronetage which cannot trace
their pedigrees as far back as the land'
in- of the riierim Fathers.
Tnerc is a garrison church in Berlin
whose minister and Emperor William
have had a recent disagreement .upon
*he question of long sennoas. The
Sdivine insisted upon preaching for
thirty minutes, and upon one occasion
occupied three-quarters of an hour.
The Emperor sent word to ihiui to
tpeak no longer than fifteen minutes.
The divine paid 110 attention to the
admonition, and Is now out of a job.
This lesson teaches ns that it is perhaps
lucky for Henry Ward Beecher
end for T. De W. Talmage that they
were born in America rather than ia
Germany. _
In New York seventr-sevon per cert.
*>f the people live in towns and cities,
and in Pennsylvania. Illinois and several
New England States more than
two-thirds of the inhabitants are gathered
together in thickly settled areas.
The factory system, of course, presumes
a town life for the operatives,
as they must dwell near the mills, but
there are thousands upon thousands
of families in all the large cities who
fill uo partiularly useful place aud
who could better their situation vastly
if they would change their abode. It
will be au unfortunate thing for this
nation if it should ever come to lack
a solid and respectable yeomanry,
opines the Philadelphia Times.
The nineteenth century witnessed
great advancement in the treatment
of disease. Scientists now agree that
the time hr.; come for an organized
warfare on the ills that flesh Js heir
to. Man has hitherto acted largely on
the defensive in his combat with the
enemies which are constantly threatening
his existence. Until within recent
years the feeling has been rife
that the position of the enemy was
imnrecuable. that the only thing to be
done was to try to ward off the blows.
Bui this feeling has changed, and it is
now freely prophesied that before the
dawn .of the nest century tuberculosis,
cholera, yellow fever and many other
dreaded diseases will have lost their
terrors. What the use of antiseptics
lias done for surgery scientists are
now hoping to do fcr th; treatment of
disease in general. The plan of warfare
will doubtless include the extermination
cf the mosquito. improved
sanitation, the draining of swaiups
and marshes, and the employment of
numerous preventives. TLc aiu will
be to keep man in health rather than
merely to cure him cf diseases when
they have once been acquired.
Tcrscns of small trer.ns, employing
no mere than cne cook and evening
less than six hcrecs, say the big cs- |
tates are apt to la bad neighbors. Tho I
thousand-acre man hires every laborer
in sight and uahes it hard for the
ten-acre man to get his garden made.
But probably that is only a first effete,
which yields in time to the operation
of the laws of demaml and supply.
More lasting is the inconvenience of
being brought in contact with a more
profuse and elaborate scale of living
1 hat one wants to emulate. However,
the philosophical mind ought to be
equal to severer trials than merely
being neighbor to the very rich. To
keep one's balance is a good exercise
in itself, and there are many compensations
besides. Laud values rise near
the estates of the opulent, and when
you move you sell to advantage. Moreover,
the very rich are quite as apt
its other folks to be personally agreeable
and socially profitable, and inequalities
of condition make life livelier
than it could be if we were all of
the same dimensions and lived on the
same level, rcflectc a writer in liar
Iter's Weekly
SIX SI13T BY A CSA2Y HA:).
Gets Holo of a I'.'stol With Fatal Rc?
suits.
Leavenworth. Kan.. Special.?Michael
Kelly, an insane man, at the office
of the Robert Garrett Lumber
Company, in the business district, shot
sii people, killing one. probably fatally
wounding another and more o:
less seriously wounding four others.
He was himself finally killed by officers
who tried to overpower him.
The victims: John R. Garrett, aged
40 itmior member of the firm of the
Robert Garrett Lumber Company,
died at hospital; Michael Kelly, aged
50, died alter being taken to the pol
lice station. Injured: Dr. Charles
McGee, aged 20. shot in back nd probably
fatally wounded; Police Sergeant
Wzn. Dodge, shot in neck, wound
serious; Michael McDonald, detective,
shot in leg. slight; Jos. Falthger, policeman.
shot in hand, wcund slight.
Kelly had lived in Leavenworth for
years and at different times had engaged
in minor business enterprises.
He was arrested and adjudged insane.
Garrett and four others testifying
against hi*u. After a year in the
Topeka asylum. Kelly was released.'
He had been acting queerly again and
had declared tnat he would kill the
live men who sent him to the asylum.
For two weeks he has been practicing
shooting with a revolver daily at the
Fort Leavenworth range.
Soon after 12 o'clcok Wednesday he
appeared at Garrett's office and without
warning shot Garrett as he sat
at his desk. Garrett fell to the floor
and Kelly deliberately fired four more
shots into the prostrate form. Leaving
his victim for dead, Kelly ran to the
rear of the company's lumber yard and
began reloading his revolver. Presently
he returned to the office to find Dr.
McGee. who had been attracted by the
shooting, bending over Garrett. Levelling
his revolver. Kelly took aim at
*v - " on/1 fired The bullet
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struck MoGee in the spine, and he
toppled over near where Garrett lay.
Then followed an exciting street
fight between the madman and officers
who came upon the scene. Kelly,
flourishing his revolver, dashed
through the lumber yard. He met
Ike Healer, a laborer, and shot him
in the hand. A few yards further on
he encountered Sergeant Dodge. The
two exchanged shots as they ran. One
bullet from Kelly's revolver struck
Dodge in the neck, but not before
that officer had shot him in the shouljder.
Kelly kept running and was
soon confronted by Detective McDonald
and Officer Flather. McDonald
dropped Kelly with a bullet in the
neck. Dodge raised his revolver, bui.
it failed to wArk and catching up with
the murderer, he crushed his skull
with the weapon. Kelly was carried
to the station in an unconscious condition.
He died soon after his arrival
there.
Garrett did not regain consciousness
and died an hour after being taken to
the hospital. Dr. McGee is still suffering
seriously and it is believed he
cannot recover. Dodge's wound is
not considered fatal, while the wounds
of the others are slight.
Seaboard Strike Settled,
Norfolk, Special.?The Seaboard Air
Line machinists' strike was settle!
J? ? haoio Pnrstmoutb
i uesuay uu iuc uuui ?
Richmond. Raleigh. Hamlet, Monroe,
and Abbeville mechanics get 27^ etn.s
per hour and all other points 30 cents.
The apprenticeship system is to be
regulated. James O'Conneli, president
of the International Machinists, came
to Portsmouth for a conference with
the above result.
Wrecked By An Explosion.
Stockholm, Sweden. By Cable.?An
exposition of petroleum on board the
American schooner, Louise Adelaide,
which left Philadelphia. April ?4. for
Stockholm, resulted in the death of
Captain Orr. ten members of the
schooner's crew and four Swedish customs
officials. Two of the crew were
saved. The explosioin set the schocner
afire and the blazing petroleum engulfed
the vessel and those on board.
The Constitution Wins.
New London. Conn.. Special.?In a
fine southwest breeze over the 39-mile
course from New Haven Breakwater
to Sarah's Lodge, at the mouth of New
London harbor, the Constitution again
showed what a superb racing craft
she is in light weather and smooth
water. She beat the Columbia eight
minutes and twenty-three seconds,
fairly and squarely. There were no
flukes, the wind holding true and i
steady with the exception of a shift of
a couple of points alter two-thirds of
the distance had been covered. The
breeze at no time was of sufficient
strength to raise a single wbitecap on J
the waves.
First Bale at flalveston.
Galveston. Special.?The first bale
of the new crop to be received at
Galveston arrived Wednesday from
Bee county, and was sold at auction
on the Galveston exchange at 15 cents
a pound. The bale weighed 595
pounds and classed good middling. It
was shipped to Liverpool by the
steamer Iran, to be resold.
FOSBURGSi'S RELEASE
Acquitted on the Charge of Murdering
His Sister
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PFftFIF PIFASF.i WITH VEBDIC1
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Close cf a Very Sensational Trial Ir
Which Voung Fosbergh 5toot i
Charged With the riurder of Hi< i
Sister.
Pittsfield, Mass., Special.?The tria
of Robert Stewart Fosburgh for th*
alleged killing of his sister May, va5
brought to an abrupt close Friday
when the jury, under instructions
from the court, returned a verdict o!
not guilty. When the court convenec
the chamber was crowded and a large
number of members of the Berkshire
bar occupied seats which had been re
served for them. Many women whe
had attended the trial at every ses
sion. carrying their luncheons witfc
them, were there again with thei:
lunch baskets. The Fosburgh family
came into the court room in a body
and passed to their accustomed seats
It was just 9:15 o'clock when Judge
Stevens entered, and immediately
upon the opening of court his honoi
arose, faced the jury and directec
them that a verdict of acquittal be
given for the defendant. Judge Stevens
said: "Foreman and gentlemen: Dur
ing six days we have listened to a
painful recital of one of the saddest
tragedies ever presented to a jury. A
beautiful girl Just budding into womanhood
was shot down and her
brother has been accused of the
crime. The government has endeavored
to prove first, that the girl was
not shot by burglars; second, it has
endeavored to exclude all other mem--><
?Vi^v fimiiv frnm thp affair and
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third, to prove that the shot was fired
by her brother. Robert S. Fosburgh.
"The trial has proceeded somewhat
in the form of an inquest and
has been tried with great pains on the
part of the government and the defense.
There has been a desire tc
obtain proof and so a great deal of
evidence has been introduced and admitted
without objection which might
have been excluded under the strict
rule of the law. I think I ought also
to say to you that it is due to the
chief of police who has stood behind
this prosecution, that in view of the
court, he has tried to do his duty
with a single eye to ascertaining the
truth. Now. Mr. Foreman, and gentlemen.
a motion has been made that
this case be taken from the jury and
it becomes ray duty to say to you thai
in the opinion of the court, the government
has not furnished proof sufficient
to sustain a verdict of guilty
against the defendant."and, therefore,
under the direction of the court, in
the indictment of Robert S. Fosburgh.
for killing his sister you will
return a verdict of not guilty."
As the judge concluded his remarks
the people in the court room begaa
clapping their hands, but the judge
immediately ordered that the applause
be suppressed and this was done by
the court officers. The defendant
stood while the foreman of the jury
replied to the question: "What is your
verdict?" The reply was, "Not guilty."
The defendant was then formallv
discharged by order of the court.
Judge Stevens then dismissed the
jury, but before doing so. he thanked
them warinlv for their services and
congratulated them because they had
not shirked the responsibility that
fell upon them. Immediately after
this, the Foshburgh family was given
an opportunity to leave the court
/^Viomhor advance of the rest of the
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people and they did so. passing down
a private stairway. They proceeded
at once to the Wendell House, where
a reception was held and where hun
dreds of people took advantage of the
opportunity to shake hands with
young Robert. Foshburgh.
As soon as the jury was dismissed
the foreman called them together in
his private room and for the first
time there was a conference as to
what the jurors believed. Without
exception they # declared that they
would have returned a verdict of not
guilty within 15 minutes, even had
they not been instructed by the court
What China Will Pay.
Pekin, By Cable.?The ministers of
the powers after Friday's meeting dispatched
a note to the China peace commissioners
accepting the recent Chinese
offer, which was in anticipation of
the ministers' plan for the payment o:
450.000.000 taels in indemnity at 4 per
cent, interest. The total payments cf
principal and interest will be 1,UOJ,OOI
tnclc
Bursting of a Shell.
Washington. D. C., Special.?'The
Department has received a report
from Captain McCalla concerning the
bursting of a shell in one of the 13inch
guns in the after turret of the
Kearsarge. while that ship was engaged
in target practice with the North
Atlantic squadron, off Newport. Th:
shell broke up in the gun, which was
slightly scratched. The injuries sus
tained by the big gun are located at a
point about seven feet from the muzzle.
At this point the lands are deformed
for a distance of 6 inches.
Those lands are the portions of the
surface of the gun tube lying between
the grooves that make the rifiing of i
the gun 11
MIAURIN RULED OUr 1
Democratic Executive Committee C>
Resolution Asks Him to Resign.
The State executive committee, late
rhussday night, adopted a resolution
uling Senator McLaurin out of the
Democratic primary. The action was
totally unexpected. Senator Tillman
supported the resolution which was un
jxpectedly offered as a substitute for a
resolution over which there had been
much debate, presenting the oath to be
taken by candidates for Congress in
Ihe approaching election to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Congressman
Stokes, of the seventh district.
The rules proposed in that resolution
were plainly intended to cover
the senatorial election next year. The
resolution follows:
"Whereas, The Hon. John L. MeLaurin,
Jr., elected to represent the
State of South Carolina in the national
Congress, has by his affiliation and
votes in that body, ignored the nationil
Democratic platform and thereby
aiisrepresented his State and his Demxratic
constituency who elected him,
therefore be it
"Resolved, That it is the sense and
conviction of the State Democratic
?xecutlve committee that Seaator McLaurin,
from the standpoint of honesty
ind self-respect, should lender his unjualifled
resignation immediately."
The resolution was adopted by a vote
>f 25 to 5.
When the committee was called to
>rder Col. Jones stated the object of
:he meeting to be an arrangement of
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i primary to nominate some one iu ua
Jie unexpired term of the late Dr.
Stokes.
The following members of the comnittee
were present, the counties of
Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Coleton,
Darlington, Dorchester, Edgeleld,
Georgetown, Greenville, Hamp.on,
Kershaw, Oconee. Saluda, Sparanburg,
Union and Williamsburg hav?
ng no representative:
Abbeville?A. WjJones.
Aiken? W. W. Williams.
Anderson?J. Perry Glenn. .
Bamberg?E. T. LaFitte.
Barnwell?G. Duncan Bellinger.
. "eaufort?Thomas Martin.
Chester?T. J. Cunningham.
Clarendon?Louis Appelt.
Darlington?A. L. A. Perritt.
Fairfield?T. H. Kitchens.
Florence?D. H. Traxler.
Greenwood?D. H. McGill.
Horry?J. H. McDermott.
Kershaw?J. C. Richards.
Lancaster?T. Y. Williams.
Laurens? N. B. Dial.
Lexington?D. J. Grirntn.
Marion?S. G. Miles.
Marlboro? W. D. Evans.
Newberry?Coles L. Blease.
Orangeburg?W. 0. Tatum.
Pickens?R. F. Smith.
Richland?Wilie Jones.
Sumter?R. D. Lee.
York?J. C. Wilborn.
B. R. Tillman. Trenton, national ex?
tcutive committeeman.
Willie Jones, chairman, Columbia.
U. X. Gunter, secretary. Columbia.
Mr. R .D. Lee of Sumter then offered
the following resolutions:
Resolved. That the date of the Demjcratic
primary election in the seventh
rongressional district be fixed for the
last Tuesday in August, being the
?7th of the month.
Resolved, That the Democratic campaign
in said district be opened on
the first day of August, and continue to
Ihe 24th day of August.
Resolved, That the dates and places
Df the campaign meetings be as follows:
(To be inserted by committee.)
He also offered the following:
Resolved, That the Democratic county
chairmen in the counties and parts
Df counties of the seventh congressional
district are hereby instructed and
requested to make all necessary arrangements
for the primary election
and for the meetings.
Resolved. That the candidates be
assessed $50 each, as in the regular
primaries payable on the day that
campaign opens.
A Pardon Granted.
Upon the recommendation of Judge
Townsend Gov. MeSweeney has
granted a pardon to Charles Pearson,
convicted in Spartanburg county of
'Hnnrtn^nIan.' anH
WUliltlUIl Ul tilt? Uio^cuoai j iu" UM\j I
center.ced to pay a fine of $100 or
serve three months on the county I
chain gang. A strong petition was (
also presented in behalf of the prison
or.
New Enterprises.
The secretary of state Friday issued
a commission to the Outlook Publishing
company, of Georgetown, which
is to print a newspaper and do a general
printing business. The capital
stock is to be $5,000. The corporators
are E. W. Kaminski, D. S. Black, J.
W. I)oar, C. S. Congdon, H. L. Oliver
and F. B. Gardner.
The Rock Hill Buggy company, of
Rock Hill, gave notice of an increase
of its capital stock from $75,000 to
$250,000.
The victor Cotton Oil company, of
Gafiney. gave notice of an increase of
its capita' s'ock from $25,000 to $C0,U00
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Fvprvthinjr Pro^p ring.
A special from Birmingham. Ala., to.
the Atlanta Constitution says:
There is no cause for an.* special
complaint in this district, th ma*
factuiing interests of the district !:ei g
at full tilt and all wheels turning. Y..j
rolling milts are giving steady work :c
a large force of ni<.n a:: I
, \ .V..jv/ the steei plant at ihi
rolling mills will be manufacturing a
supply of steel. There are more bias*
furnaces in operation now than we.-j
running two week3 ago, and the pig
iron production of the state is greate?
by more than a hundred tons of iron ,
a day than a month ago. *
There are indications that the de
mand for pig iron will be better in th?
near future, while some improvement
is noted in the coal mart. There are
but three mines in the state where
there are differences between cap.t-j
and labor and less than 800 men ar?
affected in all of them. There are
more than ten thousand miners at
work, while the railroads are-doing a
heavier traffic in this district, both
passenger and freight, than this tin?<
last year. The various industries,
such as foundries and machiae snops
woodworking establishments and
o.hers are doing well and are giving
steady employment to a large compie
rnent ot men, all told. Some heavy
payrolls axe being experienced in this
district and much money is going oD
deposit in the banks of Birmingham
auu those in the suburbs.
A iNfw Cotton mil
West Point, Ga., is justly proud of
a new cotton mill which has been erected
at a cost of $110,000. It has a Cor
liss engine of 300-horsepower and twc
Doileis of 200 horsepower each. It
has 5,152 spinning spinaies *uu 3,0v?.
trustees. One quality of thread onj>
is made. Its present capacity is 83C
pounds per day. '1 he employes occupy
well-constructed houses built by
company. The iuiil is located ju?l
wnnouc the corporate limits southwset
of the city, between the Southern anJ
the Illinois Central railroads, wiir
which is connected by switch on
a piece of grounu concaving ou acr-i.
The mill owns its own electric lighting
system. This mill ships a carload
about once a week, principally to Philadelphia.
The yarn is of a very fin*
quality and is used for fine curtail
ginghams and kindred fabrics. Commission
merchants prenouncs this milr
the second of the kind, a3 well a3 I>:
quality of thread, In the United Statea
The Oil Fever.
A dispatch from Falmouth. Ky.,
says: "The oil fever has struck this
conntv and evervnne is talkine nil.
Several years ago home capitalists
sunk a well about fifteen hundred feet ,
ami Siiuca a strong flow of gas, but >
for lack of capital the well was never
cased nor bored deeper. Seme years
afterward an Eastern company Dorco
close to the home well, but plugged
up at midnight aUd never let the peopW
know what they struck, but the n?xi
day one could smell the ga3 foi
miles."
A dispatch from Somerset, Ky., sayi
"another well has come in"?a 20J bar
rel well. It is 840 feet deep. Anothe?
one on Coney creek is expected next
week, \villiamstown, Ky., reports &
number of active young business m
are anticipating the boring of well?
within the city limits and that oil has
been found in divers parts of the couutry.
Fine oil prospects are also repor
ttd in Hancock county.
A $52,000 Cotton Hill at Graham.
A mill for the manufacture of coarse
yarns will be built at Graham, N."^
This announcement has just beer,
made, and Messrs. J. H. White and
brother are the projectors and owners
of the intended plant. Arrangements
are about completed for the
erection of the necessary building,
which will cost $12,000, and the ms.
chinery plant complete will cost $40.,000.
The spindles will number 2.500,
and later, after the enterprise is i?
operation, looms will be installed.
To Double flili.
It is announced that the Harmony
Grove (Ga.) Mills will double its plant
of 4100 ring spindles and 156 looms,
which has been capitalized at $100,
800. Contracts for erecting the necessary
additional buildings and for the
installation of the required machinery
will be arrauged in the near future.
It is stated that the funds for
this enlargement will be entirely supplied
from the company's surplus
lund.
Textile Notes.
The Sidney Cotton Mills of Graham.
N. C.. operating 108 looms, has ordered
nnri is installing more machinery.
A Norfolk (Va.) real estate Arm is
negotiating for the establishment of
a large knittir% mill at Norfolk-on-theRoails.
The Easley (S. C.) Cotton Mills will
increase capital stock from $200,000
to $250,000, presumably for improvements.
A movement for establishing a knitting
mill is on foot at Leesburg, Ga.,
and it is probable that C. H. Beazley
will be interested.
A movement is on foot at Aberdeen,
Miss., for the organization of a cotton
mill company and Harnp E. Reynolds
is interested.
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