The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 10, 1901, Image 2
THE COUNTY REGORD.
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Published Erery Thursday
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^INOSTBEE. 'SOUTH CAROLINA.
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0. w. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
Railroads in the United States are
the best protected and the best signaled
in the world, according to expert
opinion.
Within a recent week a baui: embezzler
i'roni . Dnisburg, Germany,
was caught in Chicago, and a murderer
from Wyoming was run down
in KJmberley. South Africa. What
with land telegraphs, ocean cables
and extradition treaties, fhe modern
criminal is at a great disadvantage in
playing hide-and-seek with the modern
sleuth.
Pmncc rpnnrls mi increase of Tionula
tion of 412.304 in live years. Thas Is
btter than none at all. or aa actual
decrease. But it is disheartening!;/
small. It represents an increase at
the rate of only a tiny fraction more
than one per cent, in live years, while
Germany and other neighboring couu,
trios are increasing at the rate of from
one to one and a hulf per cent, a year.
The Secretary .of Agriculture stairs
that the arid area is increasing by reason
of the devastation of the forests
on the watersheds. As the volume of
water decreases in the rivers more and
more land is thrown out of cultivation.
Some special investigations are
in progress, suggested by the rec?-ut
hot spell, which the oihcials of the r orcstry
Bureau believe was greatly it:- '
teasilicd by deforestation. As one of
them put it: "If you will change the
face of nature, you must not csp:v:
to escape the consequences."
1 It lias been suggested by lovers of ,
birds that uight hawks. otherwise j
known as whippoorwills,' and swallows.
and. above all, purple martins,
hunger for mosquitoes as a steady
article of diet for breakfast, lunchoa.
"? o'clock tea. uiuuer, supper and frequent
smacks and appetizers in liie
course of every twenty-four hours in
the summer. If this is true, societies
for the increase of the numbers of
these graceful couriers of the air
should l>o organized without delay.
More birds and fewer mosquitoes that's
what we want.
A writer in the International Monthly
Magazine amuses himself by showing
some of the things which common
sense recognizes as absurd, but which
mathematics proves to be true. Among
the '"axioms" which modern mathematics
disproves is the old stand-by
that "the whole is greater than any
of its parts," whose falsity is evident
even to common sense with its eyes
open. For example, all numbers include
both odd and even numbers, bur
there are as many even numbers as
there arc of ail numbers, for every odd
number can be doubled.
The conditions of society are changing
very rapidly; and the two great
material factors of this change are
aggregation and locomotion,?the
movement from ihe country upon
large cities and the miracles of steam
and electricity. It is probable that
the ease, cheapness and celerity of
our traveling facilities will largely
increase during the next half-century,
so that the restless tides of men that
already circle the globe and make
main-traveled roads of the remote
parts of the earth will Increase in size
and speed of movement, remarks the
Christian Register.
Lionel Deele. who has lately returned
to England after a thorough
study of Central Africa, predicts that
within a few years the former dark
continent will become an important
factor in the economic affairs of the
world. There are great natural resources
and abundant cheap labor, and
the railroad and telegraph are rapidly
opening theiu to it:tit!-trial and commercial
exploitation. It is indeed evident
that there must bo business in
sight to justify such extensive railroad
building. Transportation confined
to elephants* tusks and lien
thins will never pay dividends.
"COLUMBIA, GEM
Shamrock II Fairly Outsailed in Every
Race.
THE CUP YET REMAINS IN AMERCA
Sir Thomas Lipton Satisfied That
the isetter tsoat won ? mien en- i
thusiasm.
The final race between the challenger,
Shamrock II ancl the defender
Columbia, was run Friday. The Columbia
had already won in two previous
races, and although the lead
had been a narrow one, great hopes
of her coming out victor in the filial
race were entertained on Friday. She
completed her defense of the honored
trophy in another stirring race with
the Shamrock II over a leeward and
windward race of 30 miles, crossing
the finish line two seconds behind
her antagonist, but winning by 41
seconds on the time allowance.
This allowance is computed under
yachting rules and is based on the
sailing length of each boat. The
chief element In it is the Shamrock's
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THE CO
relatively larger spread of canvas 1
than the Columbia.
I Plucky Sir Thomas I.ipton. owner'
; of the Shamrock II. standing on the
i bridge of the yacht Erin, led his,
guests in three hearty huzzahs for;
the successful defender.
"She is the better boat." he said, j
'and she deserves to be cheered."
Sir Thomas, although defeated, will |
! go home with the satisfaction of'
I knowing that his golden boat is the j
; fastest foreign yacht that ever cross-!
I ed the Western ocean. During the j
1 series of races not an untoward in-!
j cident occurred and Sir Thomas will j
I return to England by far the most 1
jHipular of all the foreigners who have J
| challenged for the America's trophy.,
! The concluding race was the cios- j
est of the series, but because of the ;
I flukiness of the wind on the beat i
! home, as a contest of the relative i
j merits of the yachts it was not to be j
compared with the magnificent bat- j
j ties of Saturday and Thursday. The |
1 wind was strong and from the shore, j
embroidering the sea with foam and j
piling up no swell?ideal conditions J
for the challenger.
At the preparatory signal at 10:-l.">j
A. M. both boats were far up to the j
vlrdward and came down toward the '
Minister Exonerated. j
Carbondale. 111., Special.?The coroi
ner's jury sumraonedl to inquire into
the killing of Ben. C. Brown, on the
streets of this city Saturday at noon,
has rendered a verdict fully exonerating
Rev. Jes. MoCaniish. The prisoner
i sa man .">6 years of age and sere
ed with distinction in the Confederate
army. The funeral of Brown wa; hr'd
Monday.
Bogus Joseph Wheeler, Jr.
Boston, Special.?The actions of a
young man who for the past few days'
has been masquerading under the
name of Jos. Wheeler, Jr.. U. S. A.. I
are engaging the attention of the pa-!
lice. It appears the young man reg- j
istered at a leading hotel and from j
there sent notes to various business
men asking for loans cf money. The'
extent of this operation has not been '
learned. The hotel clerk missed him
and an invcstig.iti m showed that hn
I was not the son cf the famous 1'nite l
I States arniv general, as he claimed to
be. Then the police were put o.i bis
trail.
OF THE OCEAN"|
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lightship. Just before the warning
gun they again headed up into the
wind simultaneously and worked
back to their former positions. Both
were on the port tack and closehauled.
with the Columbia on the
weather quarter of the challenger.
The American boat was first to
come about after the warning gun
at 10:55. The Shamrock II immedidirectly
astern of the defender, at the
same time breaking out her tremendous
ballon jib and letting fall to
starboard her spinnaker poie. it. was
Captain Sycamore's game to cross
last if possible. This he was able to
do. but while he had the pride of position
in a leeward start, he found
himself 30 seconds behind the handicap
gun.
Captain Barr. in the mer-".me, had
delayed breaking out l 'r ught sails
and still held the Columbia's sheets
in flat. Thus, he, too handicapped
his boat in crossing, but not so much
as his rival, for it is estimated that
he was only 15 seconds behind the
handicapped gun. Spinnakers on
both boats were broken out on the
line and away they went on what
proved to be the last race cf the internationl
series of 1901.
Barr kept up his good work and i
took advantage of every change of air
that could possibly help him. The
Columbia was seen to be perceptibly
gaining, but every soul in the fleet
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LL'MBIA. 1
was wondering if she could pull up 1
enough to cross the line ahead. The 1
wind headed both boats a bit. I
At 3:30 the Shamrock II we^t |
about on the starboard and headed 1
for the middle of the line. The Columbia
tacked under her lee. Barr's
game being to backward the headsails
of the challenger. Oa they
came, the American boat gaining ,
slightly. The crowd began to cheer,
for it was then a certainty that the
gallant defender was well within her
time allowance.
The Shamrock II was first .to luff
across, but hardly was this perceptible
before Barr did the same thins
with the Columbia, and they went
over only two seconds apart. The
two seconds were to the credit of the
Shamrock II in actual time, though
she was a beaten boar according to
the rules of the game.
The usual pandemonium that attends
the final victory in a cup contest
folowed. Whistles, sirens, bells,
hands and cheers united in a graud
chorus of jubilation, and J. I'. Morgan's
steam yacht Corsair added to
the terrific din by firing a national
salute of 21 guns.
Brevities.
Late dispatches show that desperate
fighting at close quarters marke.1 the
recent unsuccessful Boer attack on '
Fort Itala. on the Zululand border. <
Rudyard Kipling has come to the J
front as a critic of the British War '
Office's relapse into old methods. *
King Edward, who is 111. is sii-l to 1
be suffering from lumbago. !
French submarine boats are criticised
a-, not being able when suomer- '
gal to find an enemy.
Valuable early maps of America
have been found at Wolfegg Castle, j
Wurtemberg.
President Castro, k is believed, is ]
determined to retrieve his fortune* on
the Colombian frontier in order to
avert a formidable revolution.
Cr. Joajyuin M. Martinez, the rev; ,
Chilean Minister to the I'nl-ted Slates,
a-rivc-d at Panama on his way to the 1
United States. i
Tiie Columbia wen the third and dr- <
riding yacht ra'-e of the international >
scries with tfhe Shamrock II.
The Protestant Epis oj-ial General '
convention continued its session in '
Han Francisco.
SOLDIERS BADLY BURNED.
ttcrrowteg Details of the Samar
Slaughter.
Manila. By Cable.?The latest advices
from the island of Samar give
harrowing details of the slaughter of
the members cf Company C. Ninth
United States Infantry, last Saturday
at Baiigigan. It seems that ihc prcaideate
of the town, claiming to be
friendly, led the assault in person.
On hearing of the slaughter Colonel
isaac ueitussey, or the i.ieveath Infantry,
started for the scene immediately
with a battalion. The tody of
Captain Connell had been tied at the
heels saturated with kerosene and
partly burned. Forty-five bodies had
been burned in a trench, leaving seven
unaccounted for. The charred rc-ma.ns
of many were recovered. In many instances
the bodies had been badly mutilated.
Three hundred Macabebes' will
also be dispatched to the scene of the
massacre on beard the Legaspie, whi^h
is delayed by a typhoon.
Clemency Asked for Czolgosz.
Albany, N. Y., Special.?Odell arrived
in this city from Newburgh, and
when he reached the executive chamber
ho was surprised to find on his
desk two letters requesting him to
commote to life imprisonment the sentence
of Czolgcsz, the murderer cf
President McKinley. One letter was
sent by a man in Illinois and tha other
bv a man in Maine.Thty were evidently
written by cranks, in the opinion of !
the Governor, and no attention will be
paid to them. "Yon may bo assured,
that nothing will be done by ro.\" sa!!
Governor Odell, "to prevent the crte.-ution
of Czolgosz on the lay fixed by
law." The Governor also received a petition
that the body of the murderer
after the electrocution oc buried at
sea. The Governor tinJorstan.is that
the body moat b? surrendered to the
condemned man's re'ativcs if 'hey
claim it after eleith and that they
have charge of its disposition.
Pre-Arranged.
Manila. By Cabl?.?The United Sta'es
hospital ship Rcl'.er will leave here
with one battalion of the Seventh Regiment
and at Legaspi will embark a
battalion of the Twenty-sixth Regiment
to re-enforce the troops in the
island of Sainar. The American publishes
a telegram giving an account of :
the tight in which a majority of the !
men of Company C. Ninth Regim n",
were killed near Balanglgi, September
2Sth. The fight was long premeditated
and the Filipinos were called to
commit the slaughter by the ringing of
church bells at daylinght. Tney got be
tween tne soiniers, wnu wen- cu urcuu- i
fast, and Inelr quarters. The insurgents
were mostly armed w.th b.l.i
but they had a few rifles with them.
Hanged to a Trestle.
Shelbyville, K v.. Special.?J ir;!:o
Fields, aged 16, and Clarence Gamett,
aged IS, both colored, were lynched
here early Friday morning for the a'leged
murder cf Willie Hart, a prin- ;
ter. who was stoned to death cn Saturday
night. September 22. The boys
were taken from the jail and swung
from the Cando trestle within 500
yards of the jail. The mob wen: to the
jail, and demanded the k:ys from the '
jailer, but he iefitsed to surrender
them. The doors of the jail were hat- ,
tercd down. The prisoners were re- (
moved almost befuc Lhpy had time to '
.ealize what was happening. The wcrk 1
was done quietly, and the mob d rappeared
without its members' identity f J
becoming known. Hart's i>n<iy waa i j
found in a path leading from the house
of the mother of Jimbo Fields.
Great Rush for Nome
Port Townscnd, Wash.. Special.?
The steamship Queen arrived from ,
Cape Nome, bringing 474 passengers
and a half million dollars in gold
dust. The passengers report that
S'onie is crowded with people waiting
for an opportunity to get ou\". T.:e I
. ustxm report zl Nome shows that 1
r.000 people arrived th:re this season
md that 4.000 have already departed. ,
Fatal Fdght in Georgia Town.
MeDonough. Ga.. Special.?In a desperate
fight that occurred here Thuislay
morning between J. T. Upohureh. <
lis sons, Victor and Charley Upchimh '
>n one side, and Willis Goodwin. Jr..
i.n-1 Mark Goodwin on the other. Char- 1
ley l"pc-.In:rch wi; instantly killed.
IVillis Goodwin probably fatally
(vor.rde.1 and T. J. Uprhnrch and hi?
son Victor painfully hurt. The c:i 1 y
jycv.itncsscs to the tragedy were tie
lartici pants and they refused to give
Ju? cause of the difficulty. The evueatr's
jury decided that Charles l'p hurih
had been killed by his brother.
The participants were well known in
.he county.
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JUDGE BOYD'S NAME
Used By a Fake Promoter of a Company
in the Fiiifippines.
IT IS MENTIONED BY COL.IIEISTAND
Who is on Trial Before the Senate
Committee Charged With Manila
Frauds.
Washington. Special.?When JudgeJames
E. Boyd was Assistant Attorney
General he become interested
in a company to form a deal in Maniia ?
hemp. Adjutant General Corbin. Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn and Colonel
Hei8ting, l\ S. A., were in with
Judge Boyd. The capital of the company
was to be $1,000,000. Now Heistand
is on trial before the Senatecommittee
charged with fraud.
His part of the testimony contains.
Mr. Boyd'3 name as mentioned oy
Major E. L. Hawks, the promoter of
the company. Senator Harris asked
the witness if he had expected that
the gentlemen named in connection
with the company were expected to
use any influence other than that of
stockholders in its behalf.
"They were not to pay anything for
their stock."
"Did they know this?"
"I desire to say that I never had
any conversation with any of the
gentlemen named except with Mr.
Boyd," wa3 the reply. "I took Colonel
Hels'and's word for it."
"Did any of the gentlemen ever
sien anv subscriptions to stock?" in
quired Senator Hawley.
"The only paper any of them ever
signed was the "To whom it may
concern letter."
"Was there anything in your conversation
with Mr. Boyd regarding,
the matter of influence?"
"I do not recollect."
"Did you ask Mr. Boyd to sign the
'To whom it may concern' letter?"
"I gave him the letter and he
signed it."
The witness reiterated that he hatl
never had any conversation with .VIr.
Boyd about the amount of stock iie
was to have. It had never been
fully decided what the amount of
stock in the proposed company
would be. It was first intended to
be $1,000,00'). of which the promoters
were to get 15 per cent, or $150,000.
of which the witness and Col. Heistand
were to get $-50,000 each, the
rest to be divided up. as formeriy
stated. between the other alleged
*>rwl Hllfl lov All?!
pi UiUULCJ UiKl A(.Wiuv7u ^
Michener. No prospectus of the company
was ever published.
Judge Boyd's Statement.
Greensboro. N. C.. Special.?Ju l?e
Boyd relumed from a visit to Washington.
While there h? atiendel the
investigation now being conducted !>y
a committee of the Senate in regard
to the alleged frauds of the Manila
hemp combination. While he was Acsistant
Attorney General Judge BcvJ V
was instrumental in Iiaving E. L.
Hawkcs appointed to a commission ir>
the volunteer army. After the Cuban
campaign he was requested by Hawkcs
to assist in the formation or tho Manila
Hemp Company, but Judge Boyd
emphatically refused to have anything
to do with the concern. Afterwards,
however, his name was usod without
his knowledge or concent. Some of
the other gentlemen whoso noaocs were
used in the same manner are Adjutant
General Oorbin, Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn, Governor Charles H. Alien
and Lewis B. Jack?on.
Emma Goldman to Lecture.
Chicago. Special.?The speech whiii
Leon Czolgosz claims insp'red him tr
assassinate the President will he repeated
by Emma Goldman here Thurs
day night. Czolgosz heard this lecture
in Cleveland and Miss Goldman sab;
today she wished to give the public a
chance to see if there was anything incendiary
in it So deep has the feeling
against the anarchists been that not
until yesterday were tee reds able u
secure a hall at any price. Tco chief
of police said he would hare dat'et v??
;n the hall to preserve order and keep
the speaker's utterances within proper
bounds.
Floods fn Florida.
St. Augustine. Fla., SpcclaJ.?The
city of Dayton and Sea Breeze, on the
East Coast, have been shut off front
the world for four days by high wafer
which inundateed a Largo part of the
twin towns. Communication with ther
was only re-establishoi Tuesday.
Many people were unable to leave
their homes. Floods ah through ;h?
ipetinn are heavier than for years
Several washouts are reported near
Palatka. Prairie lands in some sections
of Florida are now under water.
the floods being heavier than for years
N'o reports of especial damage to v gelation
have been received.
Cubans Accept.
Havana. Special.?The eanstUnt'onil
convention bos addroesc ' a iottei
:o Governor General Vvd. ii'rn'n'
lira that the changes vh:< h !i"> a <
:e.i should be made i:i tho :!.:n law
have been made ar l t' a: the r eition
deeming its work completed r.n i if
ready to dissolve. It is probable -that
Uencral Wood in his reply w 11 3 gre?t
1 dissolution.