The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 17, 1901, Image 2
THE GSUrJTY REGgD.
Published Every Thursday
?AT?
WNQSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
?BI?
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The Australasian Commonwealth
lias iuiroilui-etl a bill in Parliament
which prohibits admission into Australia
of ::nv person "1111:1511; to write
a fifty-word tes: from Kuglish dictation."
It is already provided that no
immigrant shall he admitted who is
likely to become a burden on the public
purse or who within three years
lias been convicted of a nonpolitical
offence. The educational qualification
is designed to effectively exclude Chinese
and other undesirable immigrants.
Our own Congressional Record must
look to its laurels and hurry up if it
is not to be surpassed by the parliamentary
record of the youngest State
iD the world. In the first five weeks
of the session of the Australian parliament
enough speeches were made to
fill 5S0 closely printed pages, and as
the Australians have not learned the
triek of "leave to print." this means
that every word in those 580 pages
were spoken during the -sessions. \Ye
ran fancy soiue enemy of the speaker
saying:
God of the southern winds, call up Thy
gales
And whistle in rude fury 'round his c;; -s.
The Klondike is already feel in? the
evil effects of forest denudation. Since
the discovery of gold there the sparsely
timbered hills of the district have
been stripped of all tree growth to
fill the extraordinary demands for
fuel in mining operations and other
purposes. The hills for many miles
around all of the productive creeks are
now bare, and the ground being thus
exposed the snow accumulated during
the winter quickly melts in the early
summer. This year there has been an
early and prolonged drought in consequence
and the prospective output
of gold has been reduced front $:5U.000.000,
the original estimates, to $-0.OOO.OOO.
because of the lack of water
to wash the auriferous earth.
There is in Lower California a
strange colony of which the outside
world rarely hears. It is made up of
outlaws, and some of the most notorious
escaped criminals have taken
refuge in it. They live in a strange,
rugged stretch of country, with the
tlulf of California on one side and a
range of foothills which spread down
toward the Mexican border on the other.
There arc no ports at this point
on the coast of California, and no
railroads reaching in front the oilier
direction, so the men are completely
isolated. They are practically prisoners.
because they dare not venture
out. but no effort has ever been made
to disturb them in their chosen refuge,
though they have l<rou congregating
there for years.
In a little handbook on journalism
recently issued is a paragraph which
every journalist should paste iu his
hat: "Don't belittle your calling. Hespect
the profession of journalism.
Place it on a high pedestal, and do all
vmi can to keen it there. Be a gentle
man at uil times anil at all places.
People like to give news to gentlemen.
Mothers like to welcome clean, reputable
young journalists to their homes.
Young newspaper men are in demand.
Journalism is the great profession of
the future, the great money-maker of
the coming century, Rich men are always
looking for bright, clean, rcJjp
spec table young men for their daughters.
Reporters are the coming editors
aud publishers and newspaper owners.
First let the young reporter acquire
ability and respectability, sobriety and
frugality, and he can choose a wife
who will bring him all the money he
wants to get into business, with if he
shows the required bu.siuess capacity."
The new Italian >u1>marine war vessel
D elfin o is said to have proved a success
in her recent triai>. She is provided
Kvith a clcptoscope, a new device, for
reflecting to the crew below a brood
view cf the -it-face of the water.
SEX, NATIVITY AND COLO?.
Figures Given Cut in Cenrus Report
O.j Population.
Washington. Special.?The final '
census report on the population of the
United States by sex. nativity and color.
was issued Friday, it shows that
the males number C9.050.242, or 51.2
per cent, of the total population in
1900. The increase of 13.233,031 in
total population since 1J-90 is made
up of C.744.179 males and C.G4S.S7C
females, an increase of 20.0 of males
and 21.1 of females. The foreign-born
element increased only 12.4 per cent.,
and the native born population 22.5
per cent since 189ft. As to color and
race, the population in 1900 conipi
ises 0G.99ft.S02 white persons and
9.312.555 colored persons, the latter
comprising S.S40.7;9 persons of negro
descent. The colored element as
a whole shows an increase of 17.8
per cent, since 1890.
The colored element constituted
12.2 per cent, of the total population
in 1900. as against 12.5 per cent, in
1890, the negro element alone representing
of the total population 11.6
per cent, in 1300, and 11.9 per cent, in
1S90. These figures show a loss,
therefore, of three-tenths of one per
cent. In the proportion of persons of
1 ? a i ? 1QAA qo /- /-?m n* rfvl
Utjfcru UVSlCUl 111 uu w?.r? ?
with 1890, and a corresponding increase
in that for the whites.
The white population shows an increase
since 1890 of 11,824,618 or 21.4
per cent, and the colored element as
a whole 1,401,901, or 17.8 per cent.
There has been an increase during
the past ten years in persons of negro
descent of 1,352,001, or 1S.1 per
cent., and in Japanese of 71,587, or
497.2 per cent. The Chinese, on the 1
other hand, show a loss since 1S90 of
7.728, or C.l per cent., while the In- i
dinus have decreased from 273.607 in. i
1890 to 266.760 in 1900, equivalent to
a loss of 2.5 per cent.
The figures for Virginia are 925,897 j
males, 928.287 females; foreign born i
199.461: total white 1.192.855: native i
white 1.173.7S7; total colored, 6G1,- i
239.
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The President's Southern Policy.
Washington. D. C.. Special.?Attorney
General Knox made a verbal re- i
port to the President and cabin-":, regarding
the result of his investigation (
I into tho Pacific cable question. His ,
conclusion was that under the lav/ of j
186<i any domestic company could land |
a cable on the shores of the Unite 1
States or of its possessions. The <
President and cabinet were convicted j
by the verbal report that no executive i
action is called for at this time. The
question of Southern appointments,
generally, again came up and the
President reitoratc-d his policy of ap- (
pointing "tepublicans, if suitable applicants
could be found, and if not of ^
appointing gold Democrats. His poll- <
cy in this respect meets the approval (
of the cabinet. The appointment of ?
Dr. Clayton to the collectorship or in- r
ternal revenue in South Carolina was
considered in this connection. (
Episcopal Convention. (
San Francisco. Special.?The feature (
of Tuesday's session of the Triennial (
Episcopal Convention was the consid- I
eration and defeat cf what is ltnown | 3
as the Huntington amendment to the -1
constitution, which was adopted by 1
the house of deputies yesterday, pro '
riding for the use c! modified form3 of *
worship by congregations willing to f
accept the spiritual oversight of a v
bishop. An error was discovered in c
recording the'vote of a delegation
which had been in favor of the amendment
whereas a poll showed that they
were opposed to the measure. This led c
to a demand for a reconsideration of t
yesterday s vote. The vote on re'*on- t
S'deration resulted as follows: Aye. o
clerical, 2^: lay, l s: no. clerical, ii: ]
lay, 12: divided, clerical, 12: lay S. a
The united vote of the lay delegates of t
each order being required the amend- 1
merit was o ideated. 1
V
$160,000 Fire in St Louis. <
St. Louis. Special.?Fire destroyed
the building and contents of the St.
Louis Cereal Sugar Company here early Friday
morning. The loss is estimated r
at $150,000. The St. Louis Candy Com- J
pany was also damaged by smoke and :1
water about $10,000. ^
Texas to Prosecute Oil Companies.
Dallas. Tex.. Special.?The State of
Texas is starting prosecutions against t
fraudulent oil companies .More than t
one hundred companies of that class ?
i-old millions of dollars of worthless "
stock in the early stages of the t
Beaumont boom. The suits will be f
tried at Austin, where the Travis
county grand jury is now investigat- 1
ing. 9
A Wreck on the Norfolk & Western.
Roanoke. Va.. Special.?In a wreck
on the Norfolk & Western road, near \
Dublin, Va.. Frank I>avender, p. lire- g
man on the Cripple Creek passenger t
engine, met a horrible death. While r
running from Pulaski to Dublin his C
engine crashed into another engine nt- t
tached to the rear of a freight train i
which was standing on the main lir.e. \
Both engines wrro badly wrecked and I
Fireman Lavender, whoso Lgs were s
caught by falling coal from the en- a
gine's tender, was scalded to death by j
steam. Hanging from the-c.ib window
he begged piteou. lv lor help, but I *
bystanders were, powe rless to aid him j
owing to the fast escaping steam. s
STEAMER FIKED ON.
Scut'i Americans Taking Liberies
With ti;c British Lion.
ONE BALL WENT THROUGH THE SHI?
England Will <>end a War Vessel to
Protect her Interests? Some Com
piwuuiia riuuiuit,
Colon, Colombia. By Cable.?(Previous
cabling of this matter prevented.!
A force cf Liberals, numbering
at least 250, attacked Morro Island,
commanding the entrance to the port
of Tumaco, September 24. The island
had all along been garrisoned with
fewer than a hundred troops, well
supplied with arms, ammunition and
commissary stores, including mere
than 150 head of cattle and other provisions
in proportion. The landing
was effected before daybreak by
means of canoes. Simultaneously the
island was stormed from the other
end by Liberals on the mainland.
Morro Island is surrounded by shallow
sand banks and the only means
of approaching Tumaco is by the narrow
river which is within easy reach
of the island.
The British steamer Quito, bound
from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Panama and
touching at ports between, anchored
To 1 a n #1 nn Y> n i t Af Qon.
iMi .uuuu loiauu, uii iuu uigui, vi uvj/
teraber 26, and weighing anchor at
daybreak, started up the stream toward
Tumaco. The Liberals fired a
shot across her bows. Suspecting the
situation, she immediately turned,
but rifle shots and one cannon continued
to be fired at her. the former
striking her several times and latter
once, the ball making a hole right
through her above the watermark,
though the damage in other respects
was slight. The Quito then steamed
to the farthest point the tide would
permit and again anchored. The firing
was now resumed, but it quit
after a few minutes, the Liberals seeing
the imprudence of their action.
It is significant that shortly after the
Quito incident became known, the
British warship Icarius left Panama
ror a destination not made public,
but presumably Tumaco.
The steamship agents have been
officially notified not to accept freight
at that port. The situation on the
isthmus is unchanged and quiet.
Street Car Collision.
Atlanta. Special.?Two cars on the
Consolidated Street Railway were in
ollision at the corner of Fair and
iVashington street Sunday evening, inuring
eighteen people. Both care were
rowded and were under considerable
leadway. on a down grade, when the/
net.
The injured are: Motorman W. P.
laddy. serious: II. S. Johnson, presilent
of the Chamberlain-John-Duboise
Company; .Miss Lumpkin, Motormen
J. \V Shaw, Conductor P. D. Alexaaler.
Conductor J. R. Finch. Mrs. W. B.
,ove, Mrs. \V. A. Love, Helen Bagley.
tfrs. F. E. Bagley. Mrs. Eva Dempsey,
drs. Shoa. Thomas Lamar. Stuart
iVcod sou. Frederick Fester. Frank 1
Jtonakia. John Ke'chrrsky, Sister Mary
'eter, John Joseph's infirmary. All are
rom Atlanta excepting Miss Lumpkin. !
vhose home is in Columbus, Ga. The | <
ars were off schedule. j
$16,000,000 Improvements.
Pittsburg. Special.?It is announced
m good authority that H. C. Fink anu (
he MH'.oei interests, composing the
*n!on Steel Company, will build at (
rnee a $200,000 plant at Dcnora, on the .
Jonongahcla river, to make broom ,
iiid mattress wire anu u.ui-i apvi <?>ies.
The Matthews Woven Wire (
"ence Company, controlled by the (
"cic-n Company, will build a woven
r.ire fence to cost Si00.OCR) with To Urs ;
r 11 y capacity and the company will ,
ouble the capacity of the barbel wire |
lepartnient by installing 32 machines. ,
Utogether the present outlay will
each $500,000 and future improve- ]
nents which the Union Steel Compaiy
has in view will cost between $10.- t
00.000 aiul $18,000,000.
i
Great Aspen Tunnel Completed. !
Salt lake. Special.?The great As- i
>on tunnel, on the Leroy-Eear river '
at ofT of the Union Pacific Railroad, \
vas completed Tuesday night and :
rains will be running over the new !
oute next Sunday. The tunnel has i
>een two years in the course of con- i
truction and cost over $3,000,000 1
i
Killed in Luzon.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
Van Department, received a cablegram ?
e
Umflay announcing that Second Lieu- i
enant Aiiem i. urocKeii wuj> ku.cu i *.
lear Candeiaria, Luzon, September 24. J
'rockett was appointed a second lieu- j
emant of volunteers in June of 1909.
laving entered the regimena as a pri- ,
ate, and was sont to the Philippine *
elands. In 1901 he was appointed a v
eoond lieutenant in the regular army 1
nd assigned to the Twenty-first In- s
antry. Ha was on duty with t!ic
loran scouts from December, 1900 to r
P
lugust last, and met his death while r
crving hi? regiment. o
TO .MAKE IT GENERAL !|jj
C-'icAc Superintendent's Plan For Uniformity
in Reports. Qq
State Superintendent c<f Education
McMahnn. is cndeavoiing to have the
county superintendents inaugurate in
each county of the State the plan for ...
the training of the teachers that has
born fo successfully put in operation
in Richmond by Supt. Wallace. Th
Mr. .VcMahan ha3 issued tbe follow- .
ins circular letter which is being sent
:o every county superintendent of education
in the State, and which is published
in order that the teachers may 1
th* so ner get a full explanation of for
what Is expected of them: jou
Dear Sir:?In order to assist the Lei
teachers in putting into operation the Ho
course of study?especially in follow- See
ing the suggestion as to classification. Ho
programme and primary work, it on'
would be well if you could provide for rec
them some sort of systematic instruc- ^c'
sei
tion throughout the school year on ^
on
Saturdays, once or twice a month, to ror
begin at once. This system has been wit
inauguarated in several counties, the wh
superintendents and their boards being err
anxious to bring all the schools into a thi
weil organized system, well graded, and bee
well taught. These teachers to whom nol
the county seat is accessible are met Lie
there on one Saturday in each month, of
other groups of teachers are instructed me
at other points in me country iuum we
accessible. For instance: In Richland car
county, at the initial meeting in Co- Lei
lumbia last Saturday, thirty-five teach- the
ers were present; next Saturday Supt. cei
Wallace and his assistants will meet tha
the teachers in the lower part of the del
county at Eastover. and the following doi
Saturday they will meet the teachers C
in the upper part of the county at Coj
Camp Ground?three groups for this ed
county. Here the teachers are being On
instructed in arithmetic, English and wh
l^andon's "Teacing and Ciass Manage- car
ment." Special atteaticn is given to ten
the problem af grading the schools, tirr
arranging the daily programme, and ly
keeping the smaller children profitably of
occupied. Thi
Six meetings should be required of ing
each group of teachers between now off
and the close of the school year. The Jy ]
work should begin this month. The bor
law requires that the new books be out
used as each school now opens and the pos
graduation be made as prescribed in she
the course of study pamphlet by the un<
State beard. Evecy school must con- I.
fnrm nn<i at the end of the sessiou Sch
we are to report to the legislature the boa
number of Children in each grade in 0ffi
each county. boa
Regular teachers"maetingsflroaer the the
authority of the county hoard not only the
assist the teachers in the organization Jul
and management cf fheir schools as wit
well as in the better mastc;y of certain "ag
branches o? study, but bring them un- beii
der the direction of the county super- Slla
intendent where he can instruct them of I
iu the proper keeping of school regis- wh(
ters and rendering of the reports ru- eoa
quired, so that hereafter the statistics ^
of the county will be more accurate tosi
and the county superintendent can (.ha
make his annual report with oompara- Df (
live ease. The schools ot a county are a3 ,
thus brought into a system, and the 0bj,
teachers feel the helpful stimulus of 0f
contact with co-workers, all having ]ect
more definite ends in view. Another grc
benefit is that we follow up the in- the
struction of the last summer school not
and prepare for that of the next? solI
avoid the loss.of spasmodic effort and c
build up.the teachers by continuous Wb<
instruction, net only theoretical but
practical. hen
While I have not vet assurance of aft"
the funds to compensate the instructors ^g
that will be needed to assist you. I par
can promise to reimburse them for the 0(j (
necessary expenses of travel, etc.. I am tha
sure that all progressive educators arc jyj,
?o interested in this work that in your the
country as elsewhere they will gladly jnt(
contribute their services. hea
(1) Will your hoard approve the plan bow
ind adopt a rule that th? teachers ^e
.Kton.) ot thp nincps designated iv t
)> the county superintendent and .shall <5^
Jo the work as required? t,lrf
(-') if so. would you approve the fol- m(n
lowing named as your assistants? 0
l-'i) Can you obtain their sorivces quei
.ipon the terms stated in this letter? t;ie'
Von - . ill appreciate the need of hav- ..1
ing similar instruction given to your js y
negro teachers. In some of the conn- ..j
ties competent negro instructors have
deep secured. Can you not find such
1 negro instructor for the negro teach- o;.lt
?rs of your country? If he only in- W1,
structs them in keeping the statistics wa^
equired in the "registers and in mak- wag
ng a proper report to you. it would
elieve you of the innumerable annoy- for
inces from which, when you come to m,_
?? lilt ll
nake your report to this office, you inf,
low suffer. .??]
cure
New Enterprises. jmp(
The secretary of State last week kinc
rranted a charter to the Bowling Green was
<nitting mills of Bowling Green. York jn t
ounty. The capital stock of the com- \\
wnv is to be $15,000. The officers ace lunc
I\ J. Patrick, president, and Kobt. M. said
Julin. secretary and treasurer. posi
A charter was also granted to the vera
dullins Building company of Mulli.u. <an
apitalized at 55,000. The officers arc
V. H. Daniel. president: G. H. Yar- r>n8
>ors, vice president, and M. M. Boyd,
ecretary and treasurer. P?si'
A commission was issued to the Pal- en*
uctto'Drug company of Union which
iroposes to do a general wholesale and t:Vf^
etail drug business on a capital sto.k ronr
t $3,000. ? ^, we 1
- fiehl
roNI GET THE NEWS
vernment Sought To Establish That
Schley Bad Been Notified
c
(jLE'S DISPATCH NOT DELIVERED.
e Ship's Record Shows That They
Vere Too Far Out to Rcccgiizr
Signals From the Shore.
Vashington. D. C., Special.?Just bee
the Schley court of inquiry adrned
Thursday Judge Advocate At
mly introduced Lieutenant J. H.
lden, formerly watch officer on the
)rpion, as a witness. Lieutenant
lden signed the entry in the Scorpis
log, giving the particulars of the
eipt of a message for Commodore
lley from the Eagle, which that v?shad
brought from Captain Mr.Ciila
May 19. 1898, when the flying squadl,
then bound for Cienfuegos. fell in
.h Captain McCalla's sub-squadron.
1/iV a. V
*vaa ucku juoi ltrit luttt puru -lie goviment
had sought to show that by
s message Commodore Schley had
m notified that the Spanish fleet was
t in the harbor of Cienfuegos, and
mtenant Commander Southerland.
the Eagle, had testified that he had
gaphoned to the Scorpion that there
re only a torpedo boat and several
inopierios in that harbor. Captain
mly told the court that the log of
i Scorpion did not show that the rept
of the message in this form and
it there was no evidence to show the
ivery of the message to Commo e
Schley.
>ther witnesses were Lieutenant
umander W. H. acnuetze, who servon
the Iowa, and Lieutenant A. W.
int. who was on the Massachusetts,
o testified concerning the g?n?ral
npaign of the flying squadron. Lieuant
E. F. Leipner couciuded his teslony
begun yesterday. Captain Lcmasked
him concerning the blockade
Santiago by Commodore S hley.
e witness said the vessels were ly:
in column from six to eight miles
shore. At night they steamed slowback
and forth in front of the liar
800 yards apart. They were so far
. the witness said, that it was imsibie
to distinguish point* on the
ire or to determine where the shore
? met the water line.
.ieutenant oramander Wm. !f.
uetze, who was a member of th??
ird of navigation which prepared the
cial chart of the positions of the
ird of navigation which prepared
official chart of the positions of
vessels enaaeed in the batt!? of
y 3. said he had not been satisfied
h the report. "I protested." he said.
;ainst the signing of the report as
ng inaccurate, but I was finally perded
to do so by the senior member
the board. Commander Yv'jinwright.
j thought that was tile best we
Id do even if we stayed there until y
msday and I signed it under prot.
My first obje tion was that the
rt was inaccurate: that ihe position
the Iowa was plotted on this chart
giving h^r too much rpeed. Another
ection I had was the initial position
the Brooklyn whri the Spaniards
the harbor. I contended that the
oklyn's position was tco clos> to
mouth of the harbor: that sho was
in her regular position. She was
th of it."
aptain Lemly: "I want you to state
?n you saw the Texas?"
When I first saw the Texac she was
ding to the eastward of north. Soon
rwaril 1 noticed her again and she
i heariel to the westward and apently
lying dead in the water. I ra'l-. ,
I'aptain Evans' attention to the fact
t. she was in our way; that she was
ig dead in the water and cautioned
captain that we would probably run
her if we kept on the way we wei?ding.
She was then on our port
r. We were trying to gf" close into
harbor and steamed at first director
the mouth of the harbor. As the
niards turned to the westward we
ted in the same direction and in this
re we were hindered by the Texas."
11 cross-examination Mr. Rayner
itioned the witness in reference to
official chart.
ft'hy did not yon state. 'This chart
rcng and I will not sign it?' "
did."
Then why did you sign?"
Becausce I was persuaded by the
;r witnesses of the board that that
the best we could do and thpy
ted to come to an agreement. That
a compromise."
rhen really this chart was signed
the purpose otx oming to an agre?t
and not for the purpose of showany
accurate results, was it?"
rhe board was ordered to show aeite
results, but it was an absolute
OSSlDlllty 10 niaKC a ruau ui luai
1 showing accurate faults. There
never a chart drawn of any battle
he world that is correct."
'hen the court re-convened after
heon Lieut. Commander Sehuetz?
he had seen no evidence of a distion
on the part of any of Ceri's
ships to ram any of the Axe-ivessels.
Y the court: "Was your position duthe
battle of July J? sucii as to enyou
to observe clearly the relative
tions and movements of the diff?rships?"
Co. sir. I never observed tlie relapositions
of ail the ships on a<it
of the smoke and the attention
vere paying to our own ship ::i tl.e
L".