The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 22, 1902, Image 2
THAT BOOK MATTER
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Methodist General Conference Takes
Mooted Question Up.
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A HARD PROPOSITION TO TACKLE
What the Outcome of the flatter is
to Be Remains Problematical? The
Other Proceedings.
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Dallas, Tex., Special.?H. Warner j
Hill, of the North Georgia Conference,
precipitated a spirited five minutes debate
on the war claim issue in the I
Methodist General Conference by a !
resolution seeking to instruct the com- :
mittee on publishing interests to coia ;
continuous sessions until the matter be ,
settled, because of the importance of j
the matter and the universal interest
of the Church in it. On motion of Dr. j
Rankin, the resolution was tabled.
160 to 6S.
Soon after this vote was taken J. P. |
Sti other, of Los Angeles, presented a i
paper to be read to the open Confer- j
ence in defence of the attitude of the
minority of the book committee at
Baltimore in 1898 on the war claim.
One of the most acrimonious debates
since the Conference opened resulted, i
The paper was finally refe.red to the
publishing committee.
Dr. Wilson, of South Carolina, gave
notice to reply from the majority members
of the book committee of 1808.
>A resolution signed by A. Coke Smith !
of Virginia, expressing gratification at i
.the visit and addresses of the fraternal 1
delegates of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, North, and endorsing the sen,
timents contained In the addresses was
adopted.
A greeting from the Southern Baptist
Convention at Asheville, N. C. i
was read and accepted. Among tne reports
of committees was one from the
educational committee urging closer
and more careful study of the Bible in
theological seminaries. The report
enlisted unusual interest. The Louisville
Conference recommended the
quadriennial meeting be held in Louisville.
The request was referred to the
committee on entertainment of the
General Conference.
Rev. H. B. Parks, missionary secretary
and fraternal delegate of the Afican
Methodist Church, was presented
to the Conference and received by the
delegates rising. Only one session of
the Conference was held, Bishop Hendricks,
of Kansas City, presiding.
Bishop 0. P. Fitzgerald, in a communication
to the Conference, requested
to be released from active service because
of advanced age and feeble physical
condition. It was referred to tho
committee on episcopacy.
Passenger train wrecicea.
Lynchburg. Va.. Special?Train No.
37, Washington Southwestern vestibule,
in charge of Conductor J. M.
Gregg and Engineer J. D. McCormick.
was wrecked Wednesday morning at 20
m'rnites nast 5 o'cloek at Lawyer's.
about twelve miles south of this city.
A freight train, south-bound. Conductor
Joe Johns and Engineer C. Thornton.
by some mistake occupied the
main track and was struck by No. 37
which had the right-of-way. The passenger
engine, two postal cars, cluh
car and Pullman sleeper Eavaria were;
wrecked and burned to ashes. Engineer
MeCormick and Fireman Abe Gordon,!
when they saw that the collision was
unavoidable, jumped for their lives i
and escaped with cuts and bruises. TV.
T. Racker, chief clerk, and J. D. King,
colored porter, were slightly injured.
The freight caboose and five or six cars
Joaded with lumber and flour were
wrecked and burned. Not a passenger
was hurt.
Help For Volcano Sufferers.
Washington, Special.?An additional
appropriation of $300,000 was made by i
the Senator for the stricken people of
the Freeh West Indies. The appropriation
was made in accordance with the
recommendation of the President, who
had asked that the amount of relief le
ovu.uuu. ine juiuc retoiuiiun carry;!!;.;
the appropriation was adopted with- j
out debate. Before proceeding to the j
consideration of the Philippine government
bill the Senate passod the agri- j
cultural appropriation bill.
The Sheradan Horror.
Pittsburg, Special.?A careful and !
systematic search for the dead and injured
in the Sheraden horror reveals a
list of 23 dead and 202 injured. The
complete list of injured will never be
known as many were able to get aWay
without assistance. A conservative estimate.
made by those thoroughly fa
miliar with the situation places the
number more or less seriously hurt at
not less than 3000. The scenes in and
around Sheraden were pitiful in the extreme.
Practically every house in ine
village had one or more injured inmate
and in many homes families were gathcrcd
about the charred and distorted
remains of loved ones who were victims
of the terrible calamity.
$5,500,000 in Gofd Lost.
Valparaiso. Chili. By Cable.?The
, German steamer Sakkarah, Captain
Pienig, has become a total loss at
Huamblin Island, off the coast of Chile.
The fate of the steamer's crew and
passengers is not known. The cargo of
the Sakkarah included .500,000 in
gold specie, which was being demiCcd
by the ChP.iian government. The
steamer left here April 34 for Hamburg.
ALL IN A TANGLE.
Lively Scenes at Hethodist Genera!
Conference.
Dallas. Tex., Special.?The parliamentary
tangle over the war claim,
which has enveloped the Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
since the opening clay, was only deep
ened by Friday's session. Bishop .Morrison.
of Kentucky, presided. In tho
course of 20 minutes there were 22
points of order made and there were
four appeals during the day from (he
decision of the chair. One question at
issue, the continuity cf the service of
the members of the board of fnance,
was lost in the maelstrom of talk on
tactics. A resolution introduced by
delegates from Virginia held that as
th: Senate of the United States had allowed
the claims as a "great charity,"
the fund to be used for the support of
superannuated preachers, widows, etc.,
end that no portion of the amount beyond
$5,000. the amount intended by
Congress, shall be paid any attorney ar,
a fee for procuring cr issuing in procuring
the passage of the claim. This
means that the Conference will be called
upon to laise $10S,000, less $3,009.
which amount was paid Maj. Stahlman.
This is considered a masterly movement
on the part of the faction seeking
a compromise, i i:e rt^uiuuu.i Maa inferred.
A statement of a delegate thai
the mountains cf Kentucky one red u
fertile a field for mission work as China
brought out sharp resentment by
Kentucky delegates.
The committee on church extension
reported that there had been an increase
in their fund fiom $55,247 to
in 1902. that the donations ex<
ceded by $15,304. those of any previous
period; there were*3.2C6 congregations
still unhoused and $92.S09 had
been asked for congregations, only onethird
of which was given. Three papers
on church insurance were submitted.
The church has suffered a loss of
$75,000 on property uninsured during
the past year. The resolution was
passed that a board of eleven bf appointed
by the General Conference,
members of which shall live in or near
Louisville, to serve four years and formulate
plans of insurance. The city of
Cairo was transferred from the Illinois
to the St. I>ouis Conference. The China
mission was enlarged 10 include all of
China and Corea. The Indian mission
is to be divided into two missions.
MOUNT PELEE STILL ACTIVE.
Fire and Gasses Yet Pouring Steadily
From its Summit
Fort-de-France. Island of Martinique
By Cable.?Great Flashes of very
bright light were emitted from Mont
Pelee between 10 and 11 o'clock Friday
night. They were visible from here.
! Thick, glowing red clouds. Interspersed
j with flashes of light, are issuing from
the volcano. Showers of cinders, lasting
for 20 minutes, accompanied the
iiuuvnj. 1UL1 prujjic m uic U.SIIRHO
of Lorrain, Marigct, Sainte Marie ami
La Trinite are panic-stricken.
REFUGEES CROWDING INTO FORTDE-FRANCE.
Washington. Special?Secretary Moody
has received the following cablegram
from Commander T. C. McLean,
of the Cincinnati:
"St. Lucia. May 15.?Six thousand
refugees have come into Fort-deFrance.
Three thousand have come
into Kingston. In the northern portions
of Martinique and St. Vincent
very many people perished; others are
suffering for food and water. Very
great difficulty in relieving and saving
so many people scattered over large
areas. The number of people to be fed
and cared for is said to be reduced by
mortality. Will endeavor to recover
the records of American and British
consulates at St. Pierre. If the remains
of the officials are found. I will
bury them with military honors."
Later the Department reecetved a cablegram
announcing the arrival of the.
Cincinnati at Fort-de-France. A telegram
also was received announcing
that the collier Sterling, which tool: a
quantity of stores from San Juan. Porto
Rico, arrived at Fort-de-France.
Fire in PSck-rj; House.
Chicago. Special.?During the progress
of a fire which destroyed the
lard refinery of Armour & Co.. in th?
Union Stock yards, 17 people were
injured, four of them in p. manner
which will probably cause death in a
short time. The loss of the company
is estimated by its officers at between
$750,000 and $000,000 with ail
the chances in favor of the latter
figure.
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Drowning Near Wilmington.
Wilmington, Special.?A few years
ago Harckless Green, of Brunswick
county, lost three children by drowning
within a few yards of Navassa
factory, four miles from Wilmington,
at the mouth of a creek, which enters
the river at that point. He was in a
boat with his children at the time of
the accident and miraculously escaped
himself. Friday at about the
same spot he and his son. Darry,
j aged about 19 years, were in a boat,
which capsized and the young man
was drowned. The father again barely
escaped.
A SHARP CAPTURE.:
Gaynor and Greene Bodily Kidnapped
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By Detectives
PICKED UP AND CARRIED AWAY, j
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An Exciting Chase Wherein The Captors
Distanced the Persuing Party
and Brought Men to flontreat.
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Quebec, Special.?Colonel John F. ;
Gaynor and Captain B. D. Greene, who
I forfeited their ball at Savannah, G?., j
early in March, and fled to Canada. .
| were placed under arrest by officers j
! connected with the United States j
Secret Service and Chief Carpenter, of
the Montreal detective force. Thurs-,
day. The arrests were made on warrants
issued in Montreal. Chief Wilkie's
men assisting the Canadian officers to
make the arrests. The men were hurried
on board a swift little tug which ,
had been kept in waiting at the wharf, j
Ten minutes after Greene and Gaynor '
were safely on board, the boat steamed j
out into the river and started towaid
Montreal. The officers moved so quickly 1
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tnat neuner 01 me ynowinj
an opportunity to consult counsel.
When notified of her husband's arrest. I
Mrs. Gay nor at once consulted Mr. ;
Tacherenu, her husband's attorney. A
tug was chartered and an attempt was
made to overtake the boat on which
Gaynor and Greene were being carried
away. After a short chase it was seen
by those on board the pursuing tug that j
j it would be impossible to overtake the i
detective boat, the Spray, one of the
swiftest tugs on the St. Lawrence, and
the pursuit was abandoned. On return- j
1 ing to the city it was decided to charter
a special train and attempt to head off'
; the Spray at some point between this
city and Monereal.
The arrest of Greene and Gaynor and j
the manner in which it was accomplish- j
ed caused considerable excitement in i
the city, where both men have become
well known. When the two Americans
first arrived in Quebec they were fol- !
lowed by two men. also from the United
States, who registered at the Caa
teau Frontenac. Their movements led j
the hotel employes to believe that they j
were detectives sent here to watch |
Greene and Gaynor. It now developes i
that one of these men is Detective
Burke, of Florida. Thursday morning !
Mr. McAlester, a prominent lawyer of J
Montreal, who. it is rumored, is en- !
gaged by the prosecution, arrived here {
by boat from Montreal. On the same |
boat with him were six detectives, including
Chief Carpenter, of Montreal. :
They were met at the wharf on their j
arrival by Detective Burke.
At 10:30 a well-dressed man engaged ,
o rnhmnn hv the hour and instructed ;
him to wait near the postoffice. Soon j
afterwards Burke, wi':h another cab, arrived.
Burke and two other men who I
came up, walked to<rard the Chateau
Frontenac. which Is near by. In the ;
meantime, Mr. Greet.e, who had en- :
; tcred the postoffiee, as was hi3 daily j
custom, came out bf the main door
iSvo strangers who had been in waiting j
in a store near by, crossed the street |
and one of them placing his hand on
Greene's shoulder, pulled a document
from his pocket and asked him to enter
the first cab. Greene was heard to
say. "Wait a minute, until I see a
fnend." but this was denied him, and J
the three detecthes and Green entered
the cab and were driven to the wharf. 1
While the arrest of Greene was being
accomplished, Burke and the other detsctives
went to the Chateau Fronten- !
ac. Colonel Gaynor was standing at the j
clork's desk when they entered. Tho
three detectives walked up to Gaynor,
j one taking hold of bte right arm and j
the other his left, while Burke prodnced ,
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a legal paper, C/Uiuutn uajuui asa^u |
; permission to get his overcoat, but he ;
was not permitted to do so and tho :
four hurried out to the cab and
started for the wharf at a raplif pace.
These proceedings occupied about 20
minutes. The hotel people notified Col- j
onel Gaynor's counsel of what had oc- :
curred. The Attorney General's depart- j
, ment and Judge Chauveau were notified ,
and they in turn asked the police to investigate
the matter. Half an hour af- i
ter the departure of the Spray, an- 1
other tug was engaged by Mrs. Gay- i
nor. She went on board with Detective
"Walsh. The pursuit of the Sprav
was given up at Cape Rouge. 8 miles j
from the city. The Spray was then
almost out of sight down the river.
Upon the return of Mrs. Gavnor to
the city, the lawyers in the case had
a short consultation with her. and
immediately two petitions for ha- \
bees corpus, ordering the return of .
Gaynor and Greene to this city, were !
prepared, and two orders were signed !
to that effect by Judge Andrews, iu ;
the Superior Court.
ill I no meantime iuur uieiiiueis in i
the provincial police left by the 1:15 j
Canadian Pacific Railroad train for I
Three Rivers, with orders to secure
a tug there and try to intercept the
Spray. The latter town is 90 miles
from Quebec and just half way between
here and Montreal. The petitions
were sworn to by Mrs. Gayncr,
who alleges that her husband
and Greene were taken away against
their consent and without giving
them time to see counsel or take
legal measures to prevent their arrest.
While the petitions were being
prepared a special train was ordered
over the Canadian Pacific railroad
and at 3:30 the chase began.
On the train are Messrs. Cannon and
Chauveati. attorneys in the ease, who
are bearers of the petition: High
Constable Gale and eight detecthes.
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BANKER COFFIELD DEAD.
Was a Prominent and Useful Citizen
of Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Special.?Mr. George
Cofield, Sr., president of tko National
Bank of Spartanburg, died at his residence
in this city Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Mr. Cofield has oeeu
in failing health for a long time past,
but was apparently able to be aoout!
and in good spirits up to Monday |
evening.Tuesday he was at the lank t'no i
regular hours, transacting his duties.
At night he was taken suddenly sick
with pneumonia and never rallied from
the time the disease grasped hira until
the end came. Mr. Colloid was 63 years
of age. ard was born at Goshen Hill
near Whltmire, in Union county, rle
was a graduate cf Wofford college of ;
the chs3 of '67. the first claas of that i
institution. After graduation he t?tfght |
school for a whjle. When the Civil war
broke out he enlisted in the Hoicombo
Legion, in which command he served
until the surrender at Appomattox. H"
came to this city after the war and i
married Miss Mary C. Moore, daughter
of the late David Moore of Spartanburg.
and engaged in merchandising. In
1870 he entered the banking business as
cashier of the Savings bank. After the 1
organization of the national bank near- j
lv voire oorn ho iv?c mo.'lp of I
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that institution, and subsequently beramo
its president. At the time of his
death he was also president of the Fidelity
Loan and Trust company, one of
the strongest though not the largest
banking institution in Spartanburg.
Mr. Cofieid is survived by his wife
and six children, as follows: Mr. James
Cofieid. Mrs. Paul Potty of 1 his city,
Mrs. Mason Bratton of Guthriesville,
York county; Mr. George Cofieid. Jr.,
Miss Ruth Cofieid and Mr. Robert Cofield
of this city.
Hail Storm in Greenville.
Greenville. Special.?A secere hail- j
storm visited the eastern section of this i
county Wednesday afternoon, and did j
much damage to the young corn and
cotton, while injuring wheat and oats
to a still greater extent. The hail fell
in large quantities* on the farm of F.
M. Pike, six miles east of the city, and
from there to Walkersville the heaviest
damage was done, covering a territory
three or four miles in length, j
The hall stones were as large as par- \
tridge eggs In some instances, and :
broke the window panes in somo of the
houses. Next morning the hail was on
the ground in places where It had
drifted. Corn and cotton will not be
permanently injured, as the blades and
leaves are quite small as yet, but the
wheat and oats will not recuperate so
much, as the hail beat the stalks very
severely, causing the heads to droop, j
Thunderstorms have been frequent
during the past week, but the rams
have been quite partial, and in some
portions of the county the farmers are
Deeding rain, as much of their cotton
;S still under the surface.
Clemson Commencement.
Clemson College, Special.?Four
more weeks and Clemson will close for
the year 1901-02. Senior examinations j
begin on the 23rd inst. and extend to
the 30th. Other examinations begin
later and end June 5. The seniors are
thus given six days off.
Commencement exercises begin cn
Friday morning. June 6, and extend ,
through Saturday and Sunday follow- j
inc.
The following ia the official programme:
Friday. June 6?11 a. m., address to
graduating class by Seriator H. D.
Money of Mississippi, 8 p. m.. alumni
address by F. G. Tompkina, class, '96.
l"'*A T..-? T 11 a rr? f?r*TTl
saturuay, JUUU i.?u . m.,
mencement exercises and delivery of |
diplomas; 8:30 p. m., Glee club enter-!
tainment.
Sunday, June 8.?11 a. m.. baccalau- i
reate sermon, by Rev. J. Walter Daniel,
D. D., of Charleston; 8:30 p. m., ;
farewell exercises of Y. M. C. A.
On Monday evening, June 9, the an- j
nual commencement hop given by the
junior class complimentary to the grad- \
uating class will take place, and a large
attendance is assured. The Juniors are
making elaborate preparations for this
moat enjoyable social event.
The graduating class this year Is an
unusually large one. and many visitors |
are expected. Everything points to a .
very successful and largely attended ;
commencement.
A FIghiIng Teacher.
Florence. Special.?A personal altercation
occurred last week in front of i
the court house between Superintend
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ent or tne uraueu ocauuis i-. ,
son and J. J. Jennings, an Atlantic I
Coast Line engineer. The parties ?a\e
bond for their appearance at the mayor's
court, it seems tliat the trouble I
grew out of a suspension from the
srhcols of a child of Mr. Jennings sonic j'
time ago. He met Trof. Johnson. Prof, i
Johnson extended his haua. vrnicn was j
taken by Mr. Jennings. Mr. Jennings ,
said that he had been looking for Prof.
Johnson and cursed him. Prof. Johnson
asked him if he was armed, and
the testimony of the witness to the
affair is that he said he was. Prof. !
Johnson then asked him if he would
give him time to put himself on an
equal footing with him when the matter
might be settled, but Jennings refused,
cursing him again, whereupon
Prof. Johnson struck him in the fare,
following the blow with another bofore
they could be separated by the .
sheriff who was standing by them, j
Both were placed under arrest and de- (
posited a sum for appearance before :
the mayor. Mr. Jennings v.-.s consid- .
eratly bruised about the face. Prof, j ,
Johnson bore no marks of the encorn- J ]
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Session
WEALTHY COLLEGES CIIRISJLESS,
Said the Retiring Aloderator in His
Sermon on the Opening Day of the
Assembly.
Jackson. Miss., Special.?The fortysecond
session of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian chur h in
the United States was opened promptly
at 11 o'clock Thursday morning
in the auditorium of the First Presbyterian
church. Full delegations
from the various churches were
present.
Dr. S. II. Chester, secretary of the
foreign missions board, real the
Scripture lesson, which was followed
by prayer led by Dr. R. P. Morris.
Rev. Leander M. Woods, the retiring
moderator of the Assembly, preached
the opening sermon, which was unique
and masterful, the idea being
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UlttWU 1IULLI I'll at Li- u *_ i, A. AW
being. "The Smithies Under Philistine
Control, or Christian Schools the
Crying Need of Our Time.*' Oi all the
Issues that are facing the Christian
ntellSgence of today none is of such
transcendent importance. Dr. Woods
thinks that the church shou! 1 own
and control its own-smithies; that is,
own agencies for forging the weapons
which she must use to live. Pagan
schools are wrecking the church.
Dr. Woods defines a Christian
school as a school laugh tby Christians,
one whose curriculum is in
harmony with revealed truth. Of the
eighteen million youths at school
sixteen millions are in State schools.
Dr. Woods' estimate cl their religious
condition was not flattering.
"These State institutions are with
only the rarest exceptions absolutely
devoid of every feature of evangelical
religion. In their class rooms the
niKii, io novur tnncht nr eren read.
in them the voice of prayer i3 never
heard. They are almost as Christless
po far as respects their curricula as
the schools of the Jewish rabbis or
the great Mohammedan University
of Cairo and even more godless, for
in the latter the Supreme Being is at
least recognized and His ciaim t' to
worship and service pressed home
upon the hearts of the students. The
public schools of our country, indeed,
do possess the advantage of having
in them a great many teachers who
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passed with all the restraining ^nd
helpful influences of a Christian public
sentiment, but the public schools
themselves do next to nothing to enhance
the spiritual welfare of their
resepeecive communities. They aro
simply kept from utter demolarization
by the Christian atmosphere,
which exists in spite of them. Only
a few years ago Prof. Andrews, then
at the head of the public schools of
Chicago, forbade the reading therein
of Rudyard Kipling's Recessional
hymn, because in it mention is made
of "The Lord God of Hosts." Of the
remaining two million students in the
United States few are in distinctively
Christian schools. Of the $147,000,000
invested in institutional endowments,
ainfirtftfinno nr more than 73 Der
cent., are owned by the 13 wealthiest
universities of our country, and of
these thirteen universities not a
single one is under the control of any
church whatever. All of them are by
their own rating what is called 'nonsectarian'
schools; and bear in mind
these millions do not Include the
buildings, libraries, museums, etc.,
but only the income as producing
capital. Among these thirteen princely
schools are included Lelan l Stanford.
GIrard, Harvard. Columbia.
Carnegie, Chicago, Cornell and others.
whose relations to evangelical
religion are well understood. These
thirteen schools have on their rol'.3
from two to five thousand students
each, among whom arc multitudes of
th6 men who are to rule America for
the next generation." Dr. Woods laid
the magnificent proposition before
the Assembly of the founding of a
great Southern University. "I feel
like crying out, gam ne, way tannot
we set in motion at tills Assembly
plans which shall look towards
the founding of at lease one
finely endowed university, amply
equipped, which shall abide for all
time as a monument to the Southern
Presbyterian church?"
riountain's Summit Gone.
Kingston. B. W. I., By Cable?No one
has yet been able to approach within
eight miles of the crater of Soufriere
volcano, out juugmg irum wnui uu
be seen from a considerable distance,
the old lake at tho summit of the
mountain has disappeared. The numerous
fissures in the mountain continue
t~throw out vapor, and the subterranean
murmuiings and tremblings indicate
continuous unrest. During the
afternoon on Monday a dens? volume
of steam and smoke rose from the volcano
and the whole island was covered
by a peculiar mist. The inhalation of
noxious vapors here ia increasing the
spread pf sickness. Starvation threatens
the poorer classes of the alilicted
district.
A