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THE COUNTY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
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^QNGBTBEE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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0. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The American locomotive may he in
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Oisravor aoroau, uut u is
plenty to do at homo.
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Those who are to come utter us are
to make as much progress as we have
made, or as those have made who
went before us. and the linos along
Wbich that progress will move cannot
now be predicted. For this reason,
while it is desirable to build in a thoroughly
safe manner, and to guard
against all risks, especially those of
fire, it is highly questionable whether
It is desirable to construct buildings in
such a solid manner that when a half
century from this time it becomes
necessary to either destroy them or
radically alter them, the change will
involve a great and unnecessary sacrifice
to the owner, remarks the Boston
Herald.
? "A
"writer in the Popular Science
Monthly discusses the sterility of geniuses.
The tendency of women of genius
is to marry late in life. Of S19
British men of genius, twenty-eight
per cent, never married, while the normal
ratio of bachelors to the entire
population is only ten per cent. The
marriages of this class of men were
unfruitful in about twenty per cent,
of the total number of cases. This is
much higher than the ratio of childless
marriages in the middle and upper
classes in Great Britain and the Uni
ted States, -which is placed at thirteen
per cent. But the infertility of geniuses
Is compensated l>y their greater
vitality, for they axe proverbially long
lived.
A -writer in Nature, discussing the
Use of the new chemical industry of
producing artificial perfumes, makes
a significant remark concerning the
sense of smell in human beings. lie
declares that it is, as yet. wholly uncultured.
"In walking through the
country," he says, "we can rarely
identify a particular odor caught until |
the sight of the plant from which it'
emanates makes ns wonder at our
hesitation." He suggests that the'
growth of the perfume industry, which
results in the continual production of ,
new odors, may lead to a cultivation
of the neglected sense of smell, which 1
may be capable of as artistic develop- j
ment as that which odor perception '
has attained.
Rubber has done a great deal for j
civilization, and civilisation lias dono
a great deal for rubber, but both are
Indebted to Charles Goodyear, hero
and martyr, to whom the manufactur- J
ers of the United States should erect :
.an ebonite monument a6 high as the j
6haft on Bunker HilL "! believe," j
said Daniel Webster, in the famous
patent suit in which he fought the
good fight for Goodyear, "that Charles
Coodyear is to go down to posterity
in the history of the arts in this country
in that great class of inventors at
the head of which stands liobert Pulton.
in which class stand the names of
Whitney and Morse, and in which
class will stand, not far removed, tbo
Lumble name of Charles Goodyear,"
In the old times Europe did not
mind the riches of America; it seemed
to the Old World that our millionaires
came lty their wealth in some crude
way which could not possibly injure
European industries or compete with
tbeu. American money enriched innkeepers
and the worn-out sons of ancient
and decrepit families, and that
was the end of the matter. Three
years ago it was no more suspected
by the mass of Europeans, especially
of continental Europeans, that we
would soon he competing with their
manufacturers than that we could
kuock Cervera's fleet to pieces in a
short run along the southern const cf
Cuba. There has come a wonderful
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change over tne dream of Europe. It
is clear to the most obtuse now that
the United States is the greatest industrial
power iu the world, and that
trade and industrial couditlons in Europe
must be changed in order to meet
the new giant, observes Harper'*
JVeckly.
RE JUVENATING THE ALLIANCE.
The Work of Re-Orgxnizatlon to Be
Pushed Vigorously. 1
When the State Alliance met last
(veek and decided to proceed at once
with the rejuvenation and reorganization
of the Order which has played
such an important part in South Carolina
affairs in the last decade, many
thought that the action would amount
to nothing for some time to come. But
It looks as if the special committee
in whose hands the plan of reorganization
was left means business. It
proposes to get to work immediateJy
in the organization of sub-alliances
throughout the State, and has secured
no less a personage for the State lecturer
and organizer than President J.
C. Wilborn of the National Alliance
and chairman of the State railroad
commission.
President Efired of the State Alliance
on behalf of the committee appointed
by the Alliance has sent out
an announcement as to the steps
taken thus far by the committee. This
announcement as it appears in The
Cotton Plant reads as follows:
At the recent meeting of the State
Alliance it was made the duty qf 1>.
F. Efird. Lexington, S. C, president:
W. N. Elder .Guthriesville. S. C-. vice
president; and A. C. Lyles. Carlisle,
S. C., chairman of the board of directors
of the Exchange fund, to arrange
for putting a lecturer in the field and
reorganizing the defunct subordinate
I Alliances in the State.
In the discharge of that duty, we
will issue an address to the Alliancemen
of the State, which will be distributed
in a short time. We have secured
the services of Hon. J. C. Wili
-? and nrpaniipr. Sev
. uui ii as iciuuvj uuu w, 0^._
eral Alliancemen in each county will
be asked to assist us in arranging
meetings and getting up funds in
their respective counties.
| While Hon. W. X. Elder is secretary
and treasurer for the committee,
j yet each of us will be pleased to answer
any communication in regard to
j the work, ' D. F. Eflrd,
For Cmmittee.
In speaking cf the man who is to
I trav6i over the State and endeavor to
thoroughly reorganize the order. The
Cotton Plant says:
"The lecturer. Hon. J. C. Wilborn.
who is also president of the National
Farmers" Alliance, is too well known
to the farmers of the State to need any
commendation to their respect and
confidence, and he will faithfully perform
his share of the work if the Alliancemen
will rally to his assistance."
Congressional Entries.
I State Chairman Jones of the Democratic
executive committee Saturday
received the pledges and the assess"
" -- "v* tt ^*1
ments of the Hon.. n. r. nu*ni 1/1 w
leton and of Judge 0. W. Buchanan
of Sumter, who thus qualify themselves
as candidates in the primary
election for congressmen for the seventh
district. This makes four candidates
who have qualified to date.
Ii is certain that In addition to thrse
Dr. Sturkie of Orangeburg, and Col.
Graham of Lexington, will qualify
and enter the race. There may be
others before the entry lists close. It
was stated here yesterday that there
was seme talk of Mr. Harry Adams of
this county, who comes from that portion
of the county which is within the
seventh district, c-ntering the contest.
Another Departure.
Gov. MoSweeney again departed
from the regular set way of exercising
the power of executive clemency. A
boy. George Stone, was convicted in
March last in Cherokee county for
breaking into a dwelling house in the i
day time, and stealing therefrom an
air gun. He was sentenced to serve i
11 months on the county chaingang '
by Judge Townsend. At the suggestion
of Solicitor Henry the governor
ordered the boy prisoner transferred
from the chaingang to the State Reformatory
for Youthful Criminals on
the Lexington farm. The. boy is only
12 years old. Is absolutely useless on
the gang, and is said to be a pretty
bad youth. In sending him to the reformatory
he is taken from coutact
with the older and more hardened
convicts.
TELEGRAPHIC TERSITIES.
Within ten days the property selected
by the board which located the na
val station at Charleston, S. C.. will
have passed into the ownership of the
United States.
A telegram from New Orleans says
that a mob from Carrolton, Mis3., wa^
chasing Sallie Sutton, a sister of Belfield
McCray, but had been unable to
catch her.
Petition Refused.
Gov. McSweeney has refused tc
grant petitions for clemency presented
to him in behalf of B. F. Green and
W. H. Roberson, convicted in Spartanburg
county of the violation of the
dispensary law and sentenced to pay
a fine of $250 or serve six months on
the chaingang. Solicitor Sease very
emphatically declined to recommend
that the petitions be granted. On
the contrary, he says that Roberson
has been carrying on the illicit sale of
liquor since he was convicted, and
there is now on the docket another
true bill against him for the sant
offense. _ . ... 1
PRAISE FOR SCHLEY
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Admiral Cervera Pays High Tribute to
His Bravery. d
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SAYS HE CANNOT BE A COWAR?. \
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Ion of the Han Who Destroyed His
Fleet.
Vichy, France, By Cable.?
Adn al Cervera is here taking
sulphur baths and drinking the
waters of Vichy, trying to get rid of a
liver complaint contracted during the
Spanish-American war.
When questioned as to Admiral
Schley's actions during the battle o.'
Santiago, the Admiral said:
"Action speak. The good old pmce-b
is: 'Actions speak ^uder than words.'
Why not apply it to Admiral Schley?
Understand that what 1 say is in the
light of this distinction.
"As a Spaniard, I look upon that war
as being as unjust as the war which
Britain is now waging against the B.er
republics. Personally. I shall never forget
the generous and courteous treatment
that was accorded to me by the
Americans, and particularly by Admiral
Schley. He impressed me as a gallant
officer and a high-minded gentleman
in the fullest sense of the phrase
"A prior, I should say that a man of
noble nrineiDles and generous impulses
cannot be a coward. To such men I i
would rather lock for Castillan bra- i
very. I
"The naval battle of Santiago was
short and decisive?so short that there
was no time for an exchange of com
pliments; so decisive that I can hardly ]
believe that cowardice was thinkatfe. ]
The fight was over in about three hours j
and three-quarters. ,
"Had I been captured in the days o! ,
ancient Rome, my back might have
been used as a stepping stone for the ,
conqueror mounting his horse. Admiral
Schley treated me on terms of absolute ]
equality.
"His flagship, the Brooklyn, was 1
west, on the blockading line, and was
therefore the most exposed. She was
engaged in a running fight with the
Viscaya and the Colon. When the (
Brooklyn and the Oregon got within 1
range of the Colon they opened fire. J
and the latter was compelled to ri n
ashore. The Cristobal Colon also strut k
her colors to the Brooklyn and the
Oregon.
"The Brooklyn, holding the westward 1
blockading position, was within range
of our ships and batteries all the t:m \ I
though our ships lacked certain things j
necessary for full effectiveness.
"Admiral Schley showed ability and ,
thoroughness.
"Your ships went straight to work,
probably without much commanding.
Admiral Schley accomplished fully the j I
work allotted to him. and therefore it I
does not seem to me that there is any i ;
room for adverse criticism?at least,
from the American side. | '
"If any one should grumble, it is I;
but I have said my say in the document '
published under the title of "Guera i
Hispano Americano'. . 1
"Physical and moral courage are two ,
different qualities. Thpre is no ne^d cl
using a microscope to discover both in
the actions of Admiral Schley."
I
1 ennessce Pearls. 1
The g-eat Tiffanv is authority for
the statement that the finest pink I
pearls in the world rone from the
mountain streams in Tennessee, and ,
It is interesting to observe how rapidly
fashion is appropriating the finest 1
of these gems fcr her own insistent 1
needs. Only those of perfect spheri- (
eal form and brilliant luster were accepted.
and the pices were eoires- |
pondlngJv high. Many really beautiful
pearls that were not round ncr !
pear-shaped werp actually flung into ;
thewater again because of their odd
shapes, that rendered them valueless
?Nashville News. !
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Kruger to Visit United States.
London, By Cable.?"I am informed
on good authority." says the Brussels j
correspondent of The Daily Mail, "that
Mr. Kruger's visit to the United States
has been absolutely decided upon. It i
will take place probably about the
middle of September ;.nd he will be a (
companicd by Mersrs. Fischer, Wessei?
and Wolmarans."
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Taliafero, of Carroll
county, Mississippi, were murdered,
supposedly by negroes.
President McKinley has been in- j
vited to attend the Grand Army En- ,
campment in Clevland, Ohio, next
month.
AustFia is reported to be concentrat- (
ing troops near the frontier of Al- (
bania.
Dr. Julius R. Bosse, former Prussian (
Minister of Public Instruction, is i
dead.
The Moorish mission which has
been visiting Paris is understood to
have concluded an agreement about '
the Algerian frontier. ;
The America, flagship of the Baldwin-Ziegler
Arctic Expedition, sailed
lrom Vardoe, Norway, for Cape Flora. 1
CONDI HUM (IF CHOPS.
,'otton Has Shown Good Growth Un?
der Favorable Conditions.
During the week ending S a. ra.. Monla.v,
July 29th, the temperature was
cry equable and averaged slightly
ibove the normal, with a maximum
or the week of 102 degrees at Allenlale,
and a minimum of 67 degrees al
Jreenville. There was sufficient sunhine
for the needs of growing vegetaion.
There were scattered showers early
n the week, and quite general ones on
he 26th, the latter occurring where
nost needed, but the rainfall was beow
the normal, and in portions of Anlerson,
Pickens. Abbeville, Edgefi?ld.
Jreenwood, Saluda, Laurens, Lexingon.
Richland, Fairfield, Orangeburg.
Berkeley and Williamsburg counties
:he showers were light and partial, bul
>ver limited localities only are crops
suffering seriously for want of mois:ure.
Hail occurred at a number cl
points but did no material damago
High winds blew down corn, and .niured
tobacco at a few points.
Cotton improved steadily throughout
he State, and in most places 13 fruiting
well, especially on stiff, claye-y 01
red lands, while on white or sandy
lands the improvement is less pronounced.
Most cotton remains small
and late, but is green and growing
Some fields are still grassy. Lice art
reported from a few localities, but hav?
done no great damage. Caterpillars in
'est cotton in Orangeburg county. Open
Soils are reported from Hampton county.
Sea-island is in good condition with
the exception of blight in spots. Laying
by cotton is nearing completion.
Early corn is ripening rapidly and is
without any material change from its
previously reported poor condition
Late corn looks more promising, with
marked improvement during the week.
Stubble corn needs rain in places. The
:orn crop Is uneven, or spotted. Fodder
stripping has begun. Much corn ha*
been planted recently in Lexington
county.
Tobacco cutting and curing made
rapid progress, and is nearing completion
in some sections. The crop is extremely
poor in places, but late tobae.c
Is still growing. High.winds did some
injury. Rice is being laid by; has improved.
and is heading. Sweet potatoes
are doing well generally. Peaches are
still rotting extensively. Forage crops
promise good yields. Coffee and tea
plants are growing vigorously. In the
truck districts, plowing and the preparation
of lands for fall crops are under
way. Strawberry plants are te ns
set out under favorable moisture cond.tions.
D. A. Tompkins to Be in Charge.
Charleston. Special.?At a meeting oi
the board of directors of tiie exposition
company, Mr. D. A. Tompkins, the
well-known cotton mill builder and expert
of Charlotte, was elected superintendent
and manager of the textile exhibit,
at the South Carolina InterState
and West Indian Txposition, at
Charleston. Mr. Tompkins came to this
city a week or two ago at the invitation
Df the exposition management and
made a thorough examination of the
conditions here. He was impressed
with the great importance of the undertaking
to the commercial and industrial
interests of the South, and
after considering the subject, concluded
to accept th'e service which the board
had asked hi mto perform.
By his agreement, Mr. Tompkins will
take charge of and cause to V placed
the exhibits for the palace, ana in order
to accomplish this work he will be
compelled to use a good part of his engineering
and commercial force and
some outside hetp and there Is nc
doubt that he will push the work with
his accustomed energy, which means
that the textile exhibit at Charleston
will be the largest, the best arranged
?.wi ?v,o mnct mmnrphpnsivfl that has
auu u*v iuvui, wu.r.
Lver been made in this country.
Three Killed In Boiler Explosion.
Georgetown, S. C., Special.?A boiler
In the saw mill of the Winyah Lumber
Company, of this place, exploded
Monday night, almost totally wrecking
the plant. Three colored hands
were killed and seven more injured.
A schooner, lying at the wharf, was
rlamagod by the explosion and fragments
of the machinery were thrown
almost into the town.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Hon. John L. McLaurlng says he will
refuse to resign his seat in the United
States Senate.
T'nHer instructions from Judge Ste*
i*ens Robert Stewart Fosburg was acjuitted
of the charge of killing his sister
at Pittsfield, Mass.
Lloyd Tevis Breckinridge, grandson
>f the late Vice-President John C.
Breckinridge, committed suicide in San
Francisco.
Only about 600 of the 1,500 delegates
expected attended the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew Convention in Detroit,
Mich.
Miners in Missouri have had their
vages raised.
THE SCHLEY
War Dcpaitm?nt Refuses to Modify
the O'iginal Charges.
THE CORRESPONDENCE PASSED.
The Navy Department Holds That Ac
cording to His Own Oificlai State*
ment He Disobeyed Orders.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
Navy Department has refused to accede
to Admiral Schley's suggestion
that the language in the fifth spscift- /
cation of the precept to the court of inquiry
be modified. The admiral, in the
letter, challenges that specification of
the precept which states as a fact that
he had disobeyed ciders and suggested
that it be modified. Th? Department,
in its reply, declines to make
the suggested modification on the
ground that according to the official
records Admiral Schley himself acknowledged
that he had disobeyed orders.
The disobedience of orders was
an established fact whether unwillingly
or willingly.
The following are the letters that
have passed between Admiral Schley
and the Navy Depaitmont. respecting
ilia precept:
"Great Neck. N Y., July 27,1:?1.
"Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge,
receipt of the Department's communication
cf July 26, instant, enclosing
copy of an order convening, pursitent
to the request contained in (my)
communication of the 22nd a court of
inquiry.
"Inasmuch as the court is directed
to 'investigate and after such investigation,
report a full and detailed
statement of all the pertinent farts
which it may deem to he established,
together with its opinion and recommendation
in the premises.' I would respectfully
suggest to the Department
that paragraph 5 of the Department's
precept, which is a3 follows, viz: T>?
, The circumstances attending and the
reasons for the disobedience of Coilmodore
Schley of the orders of the De:
partment contained in dispatch dated
i May 25, 1898. and the propriety of his
conduct in the premises,' be modified
, so as to emit the Deipartment's expresI
sion of opinion and thus leave the
. court free to express its own opinion
, in that matter.
, I "Very respectfully.
"W. S. SCHLEY,
i "Rear Admiral.
, "Hon. John D. Long," Secretary of
i the Navy."
i "Washington. D. C., Aug. 1, 1901.
> "Sir: The Department has received
your letter of the 27tii ultimo, in which
you acknowledge the receipt of a
i copy of the order convening, at your
request, a court of inquiry to investigate
your conduct during the war
with Spain, an J suggest that paragraph
5 of said order, directing the
court to inquire into the circumstances
attending and the reasons for the dis.
obedience by Commodore Schley of
I me craers 01 me Department, eic.,
be so modified as to omit the Department's
expression of opinion, and thus
leave the court free to express its own
I opinion in that matter.'
, | "In reply you are advised that the
! precept calls for an inquiry by the
j court and the ascertainment of perti:
nent facts. For the purpose ot set
ting on foot this inquiry, the precept
treats certain matters as established,
such, for instance, as the arrival ot
the 'flying squadron' off Cienfuegos,
and off Santiago; the retrograde movement
westward; the turn of the
Brooklyn on July 3. 1898, and the fact
that you disobeyed orders as reported
by you in your telegram dated Kingston.
May 28. 1898. in which you say:
'Much to be regretted, cannot obey orders
of the Department.'
"Inasmuch, however, as it is the
Department's purpose that the court
shall be absolutely free to report, if
such shall be found to be the case,
i that you did not wilfully disobey the
orders, or that you were justified in
disobeying them, and that this may
be clearly understood, your letter of
1 the 27th ultimo, with copy of this reply
will be duly forwarded to the
i court.
"Very respectfully.
"F. W. HACKETT.
"Acting Secretary of the Navy.
Negroes to Take Place of Strikers.
Pittsburg. Special.?One of the prominent
officials of the Demler Tin Plate
Mills left for Virginia for the purpose
of arranging for the importation of 400
negroes to take the place of the strikmoifr,
ra cofrpt o? his mission
CIS. I1C U1UUV vvv,
and was confident that he would be
able to get all the men he required to
run the plant.
A Fast Trip. V.
New York, Special.?The Deustehland.
of the Hamburg-American Line,
which arrived in port Thursday morning,
raised the Western average for
hourly speed to 23.07 knots. This
run was made over a distance of 3,141
miles. The best previous average was
23.02 knots and was made by the same
vessel. She left Cherbourg mole at
6:39 o'clock on the evening of July 26
(Greenwich time), and passed Sandy
Hook llgnisnip IfllS luurmug, nugu.-x.
1, at 6:11 (11 hours, 11 minutes a. m?
Greenwich time), making the total
distance in 5 days, 16 hours and 12
minutes. Her daily runs were: 406,
556. 601, 570 and 432. The run of 631
mile3 in one day establishes a new record.
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