The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 03, 1905, Image 2
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11 By Bernard
??? ? USSIA has richly dcs
<*> <> ? and her reverses 01
of the corruption, i
^ mpnt Wpvt-rrhplf>ss
( IX ? cause for congratul
X tions of the earth.
< > end of the white ma
when the yellow rac
we of white skins h
In variably, with Japanese intiue
organized on modern industrial lines,
ing population of industrious. capabl<
tion with the nations of Europe and tl
Japanese, China's millions of inhabit
problem of the open door by produ<
needs. Importation will stop because
equaling the best made in other couni
of manufacturing will be lower in Chi
will have a suiplus to dispose of, and
in Europe and on this continent.
If the law of supply and demand
islatlve enactments directed against
will undersell us in* our own market
is, England's, Germany's, France's, A
manufacturers will be forced to close
without means of obtaining a livelihc
the Chinese.
Oi> the other hand, if protective
they will ultimately result in war?a
vhite nations of the world. Such a
animated by the spirit that animate
Japan has conducted the present war
as ihe armies of all other nations ar
plete success for the yellow allies.
There is but one rift in the cloui
ern nations, Japan may adopt wester
corruption, favoritism, cheap politics
honor, truth and patriotism. Under
Lave a fair chance to win. Otherwise
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.. Tire.
By Km
? VERYBODY has the
E Everybody is ti
No energy, no i
It is a luxury t
anything about his
grip, or spotted fev<
W Women especil
who has energy eno
her baby without a
with enduranoe enough left to take cj
rott. ?
When we look around us, and se
lives of our friends are ordered, we <
\ of the past. It is a dreadfully tough
friends expect us to do it.
The wife and mother of a family
<Iye her hair when it turns gray, and
they threaten to develop into a mou<
and crimp, and wear tight shoes, anc
and plaitiugs, and flummydiddles, anc
ballroom every day, because Mrs. Jii
and she must have a large house full
and she must paint roses, and all the
sington stitch, and make sunflower
things by the score, to be set up in ev
And there must be a conservatory, a
several pots of ferns to keep in order
have velocipedes, and rocking horsei
grown girls must have organs, and pi
and new dresses for every ball, and 1
And there must be dinners, and i
ties, and company every evening, and
the mountains every summer, and a ti
sandwiched between, every J
every fting.
No wonder people are tired.
No wonder nerves are not what t
No wonder we die before we live
* o matinn wo aro niching mir
fashionable. We rush along at high
and parties to get through with this i
to make this month! And so many t
Things" are the curse of modern ei
new things to go somewhere when 01
knows not what to do with them ? V
whole fate of the universe depended
in an overskirt?
Life is all hurry. We hurry thrc
want to crowd all we can into our 1
dance and flirt away the hours for si
and coffee, "to brace np our nerves,"
hot rooms, and we use poisonous fat
and shoes which give ns untold agon;
our friends put up tombstones with s;
tions which signify that "God called
told, our tombstones should bear the
much dissipation, and too much fash
* *
rid. It seem* to me you can't let a child
hip, love?these are what children need,
ou can bring about the things in tbem
me that the lesson between pa<rent and
grows through the other. And I believe
gainst parents than the parents hav*
A WEARING LIFE.
"This servant girl problem will
make me old before my time.
! "Bothers you. too. does it?"
"indeed, it does. If I have an ugly
I maid my husband is away all tno
i time, and if 1 have a pretty one lie is
I ?.r home ail the time, and 1 daren t
i go away; so there it is. ?Royal
iiagazine. 1
TWO TRUE.
! Hubby?Which half is it that does|
n't know how the other haif lives.
Wiley?The better half.?Answer.
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... _ 1... . .. w . .. -j.._ w-nVV-- ****??' .y.
fog;
or Continued White 1
emacy. {
I P. Shippray. \
served the punishment she has received,
i land and sea are but the natural fruit
nsolenee and insincerity of her governJapan's
tiiumph is anything but a
' " * - U^-v niHnir n.1 -
ation ana eianon among iuc
It has brought appreciably nearer the
m's world iule, and ii points to the time
es will dominate the seas and lands that
lave so long looked on as ours,
nee predominant in Asia. China will be
Her vast natural resources, her teemi
workers will be developed in competile
Americas. Under the guidance of the
ants in ihiee generations will solve the
Mng such manufactures as the country
home manufactured goods, of a quality
:ries, will supply the home markets. Cost
na than in any other country. Soon she
the outlet for that surplus she will seek
is not hindered in its operation by legChinese
goods. Chinese manufacturers
s. Our manufacturing supremacy?lhat
imerica's?will be not only lost, but our
i their mills and their employes will be
jod, unless they can sink to the level of
> measures are adopted in self-defenc?
war of the Japanese-Chinese against the^
war, with the Japanese-Chinese forces
s the JaDanese of today, conducted as
, and with the opposing forces managed
e managed now, could end only in com3s.
TVith increasing knowledge of west n
vices of public administration. Graft,
may weaken her now splendid system of
such circumstances, the whites would
e, the whites are lost.
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d Out..
te Thorn.
i same complaint,
red out.
imbiticn, no life, no anything. ?
o meet with a person who does not ray
liver, or his nerves, or his catarrh, or
er, and the age his grandmother died at.
illy are tired out. You can't find one
ugh to make her husband a shirt, or tend
nursemaid, but there are a great many
ire of a couple of lapdogs and a poll pare
how things are managed, and how the
ire not surprised that vitality is a thing
job to live nowadays, and do it as our
must keep herself young, and she must
pull cut the hairs on her upper lip when
stache, and she must paint, and powder,
1 tight corsets, and flounces, and ruffles,
1 she must dress her children fit for the
idge Cushlng dresses hers in that way;
of fine furniture and artistic decorations,
daughters must paint roses, and do Kentidies,
and ottomans, and screens, and
erybody's way, and a nuisance generally,
nd an avian", and some gold fishes, and
and stumble over, and all the boys must
5, and pointer dogs to see to; and the
anos and saddle horses and automobiles.
lew jewelry for every party,
teas, and garden parties, and tennis parI
a trip to Saratoga or Long Branch and
rip to Florida every winter; and a trip to
.wo or three years, aud new outfits for
hey used to be.
out half our days.
selves to death trying to be happy and
pressure. We have just as many balls
veek; just as many trips and excursions
hing3 to be got ready for each occasion!
cistence! Why is it that we must have
ae has already so many clothes that she
i'hy should sensible women act as if the
on how many rows of shirring they had
nigh one thing to get to another. We
ifetime. We turn night into day, and
eep, and we drink wines and strong tea
lotA CWnnOfQ Jlntl WO l)V?> 1
aiiu w C cav JUIC oup>/v.?u, ?? " V
:e powder, and wear murderous corsets.
y; and we die at thirty-five or forty, and
ymbols of broken lilies, etc., and inscripl
us"?when, instead, if the truth were
legend. "Died of too much dancing, too
ioa.'?New York Weekly.
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hild Alone j
le St Croix Wright
core active accomplishments?dancing,
gynasium work, swimming* he said
. who associates closely with the noble
wrong.
le, is the great agent that helps children
ren are all heroes, and there is nothing
at tou believe or expect them to do. I
;hild's will for anything, nor take the
ire. There is nothing in the world like
sometimes attempt to break the will of
>ut of temper and punish without cause,
cool and their reason calm if the child
ild, and not the crime. Study your child,
insitive. It may <lo a mischievous thing
ran you punish it by any set of hard and
nderstand just why it is being punished,
hild might be called an art, but to bring
dren get licked and whipped and roundThey
get independence in this way. and
| Let the
By The 'Rev. Mer
IVE the children c
* ? horseback riding,
5 I think that a child
T T J horse cannot go far
+ Praise, not blan
1*5 to grow. For child
they will not do th
itttttttit -wouldn't break a <
bloom from its nati
real nature of a child. And parents
the child when they themselves are <
Instead they should keep their heads
needs punishment.
The punishment should fit the chi
It may be imaginative. It may be st
jnst for a chajige. In that case how <
fast rales. Always make the child u
T consider that to bring up one e
np many must bo a handicraft: Chil
ed into shape among other children,
that is really the experi?*ce of the wo
too. much alone.
Freedom, companionship, fellows!
By trastmg and believing in them v
that you desire to see. It seems to
child w one of reciprocity?toat each
that the children nave more fights a
against the children.
Two Fisher Cats Caught.
G. W. Streeter of Bolton caught in
traps in tfie Bolton Mountains recently
two fisht cats, animals rarely sect:
in this part of the country.
The animals have heads which resemble
that of a bear. They weighed
about ten pounds each. They possess
a fine blaci? fur, which is valuable
Mr. Streeter says the animals are ferocious
and will put up a good fight.?
St. Albans Mesenger.
It is better to live one verse of
Bible thaa to be able to preach about
them all.
Attorney ^General Gunter Has Given^
An Opinion.
There has been a good deal of talk j
in parts of the State about certain de- I
fects in the Brice law. .
Mr. W. F. Clayton, of Florence, is
one of these who asked the attorney
general for infortnation on the matter
of ordering elections. Mr. Clayton's
object evidently is not to befuddle the
matter, but to get definite instructions
upon which to act. for he is the chairman
of the board of commissioners of
election for Florence county. Senator
J. S. Brice and the supervisors of Newberry
and Union counties have asked
questions which are answered in the
reply of the attorney general.
Mr. Gunter holds that the elections
should be held under the general election
law and should be managed accordingly.
As there may be many
counties interested in this matter, the
opinion is published in its entirety so
that counties may follow the suggestions
and not have the question of
technicalities raised too late to remedy
the matter. Following is the letter of
Mr. Gunter to Mr. Clayton:
Columbia, S. C.. July 28. 1905.
Mr. W. F. Clayton, Chairman Board of
Commissioners of Election.
Florenuce, S. C.
Dear Sir: You request to be advised
whether under the act authorizing a
vote upon "dispensary" or "no dispensary"
what are your duties as chairman
of the board of commissioners of
election under the direction of the proI
vision that such election "shall be conL
ducted as other special elections," and
^stating further, "I am unable to find
any general law upon thes ubject of
special elections. The designation of
an election as special carries with it
the idea of a special act, and one
special act is not authority for an
other; hence l am constrainea to view
the law as defective, and to such an
extent does this defect go that if
makes it inoperative. But of that I
have no contest. I want to know if
any duty devolved upon the county
board of election commissioners in
case an election is held in Florence
county upon the dispensary question.
If our board is to appoint managers of
election I want to know it so that we
may do our duty. I further desire to
know if it devolves upon our board
to prepare for the election, who is to
pay for the election and what rate of
pay is necessary. I cannot conceive
how the State is liable as it is in a
general election for managers' pay.
,, neither can I see any authority for
the county to pay those managers, nor
can I see any authority under the section
for the supervisor to appoint managers.
I would, therefoie. UKe your
early opinion uDon the two propositions
submitted so that the county
board of election commissioners can
do their duty, if any duty they have
in this case of elections."?
I quote your letter of inquiry extensively,
as the questions and statements
will probably add light to the
matter, and take the liberty of replying
herein to communications from
the county supervisors of Union and
Newberry counties, aud to Hon. J. S. j
Brice, of Yorkville, asking construe- i
4 ? r\f tV?cx ctQtlltP
UOn UI certain iramira ui iuv ai?vu?.
as this reply covers the questions.
I am not unmindful of the fact that
there is a case now pending before the
Supreme Court involving, as I understand
it. questions propounded here, i
and were there only one county affect- |
ed and that county before the court I :
should not attempt to anticipate the
court: but as every other county in
the State has a right to invoke this
particular law at once I dd not deem
it impertinent to give the benefit of
my views to tne aaminisuuu>c ui- i
fleers of the law who are entitled to
the same, there being no binding obligation
to accept them.
By an act approved Feb. 25, 1904,
| (p. 485, acts 1905) "any county may
. secure the establishment of a dispenj
sary or dispensaries or the removal
of a dispensary or dispensaries within
its limits in the following manner:
Upon the petition of one-fourth of the
qualified voters of each county for an
election upon either the question of
the establishment or the removal of
dispensaries therein being filed with
the county supervisor of each county,
he shall order an election, submitting
the question of 'dispensary' or 'no dispensary'
to the qualified voters of such
county, which shall be conducted as
other special elections." etc.
By the mandate of the general assembly
it is evident that the only way
for a county to vote in or vote out
dispensaries is by an election conducted
as other special elections. The
question then resolves itself into the
' * ^ 1nrAviHo fnr
j proposition, uues uui >an
other special elections, and if so how
are they to be conducted? If "other
special elections" are provided for it
is cfear that such a provision must be
followed .
Section 203 of the civil code of 1902
provides "general elections for federal
State and county officers in this State
shall be held on the first Tuesday following
the first Monday in November.
1896, and in every second year thereafter,
and at such voting places as
has been or may be established by law:
and all general or special elections |
held pursuant to the constitution of I
the State shall be regulated and conducted
according to the rules, principles
and provisions hereinafter prescribed."
This is the only general provision
for the conduct of special elections
that I have been able to find, and it'
is found in chapter 10. entitled. "The !
Manner of Conducting Elections and j
Returning Votes."
That the elections provided for by i
the 1904 act are "special" seems to mc ;
to be clear, and the suggestion tha' I
conducted as "other special elections" !
refers to elections under a special act |
is. I think, without merit, for the ttr :- i
"special election" as used here is t i
contradistinguish such elections from
general elections, each being a genera'
class with a different application '
while those elections under a specie
act are for specified localities and s;'
limited purpose.
That such an election in quest: cl ,
! mi:s* he and is nn i pursuum w i.;.!
eons.itution" as requited seems to r. e
I evident, for the constitution in article
; 8. section 2. directs that in the exercise
of the police power the general
assembly shall have the right to prohibit
the sale of alcoholic liquors and
; may license pvsons to sell liquors un.
tier such rul^#as it deems proper, o
may authoid^ certain public offi? ors
in the nnrncw^f the Stale to handle !iquors.
In excusing such a, permissory
right th^aoneral assembly can
accept an-' adopt the expressed v.;!'.
of the people Ay an election or otherwise.
Hence, the general assembly liming
adopted the result of an election
for the exercise of its prorogati . 0.
such election clearly falls within the
I class "held pursuant to the consV.i :
1 tion," and is therefore gover::e! hy
tour general election laws. In fact, it it
difficult to conceive that such an dec-1
j ti Ayrr*i' j-1 i ':..
Bn se than pur^roant
iM Bitution unless there
were uncnhl^^^Bal provisions, which
Is not suggei^^H
9 The cases S. C. of Segars vs.
Parrott, p. 1, and State vs. Moore, p.
556, in reference to special elections on
the formation of new counties and
changing county lines are in point and
sustain this view.
In the case of Hunter vs. Senn, 61 S. j
C., p. 44, which involved the validity of j
an election upon the question of "dispensary"
or "no dispensary" in the
town of Prosperity, the supreme court
hehl that heennse the ballots did not
conform to t'ne statutory requirements \
as to the size, color, etc., that such an
election was not thereby invalidated;
but this conclusion was based manifestly
upon the fact that this was a municipal
election to be governed by
the ordinance of the town on that subject,
for the report of the referee says;
"My attention has not been called to
any statute regulating the size, shape
or color of ballots in municipal elections.
general or special and that the
question as to such was immaterial,
which was sustained by the court in
the following language: "There is no !
law which condemns the course pur- I
sued by the electors at this special mu- I
nicipal election.'" Had this been a !
county election then necessarily the law
governing elections in a, county must
prevail, which is none other than the
law governing an election to fill the
general election laws of the State. This
case fortifies the view expressed
above.
From an examination of the various
text books, encyclopaedias. State reports.
etc.. there is abundant authority
for the view that where authority
for am special election fails to provide
the Jiachinery. recourse should be had
to^me g?ieral election law accepting
eiMer this view or the interpretation
placed upon our election laws as hereinbefore
expressed the law, the result
is th? same.
I am. therefore, of the opinion that
the supervisor ordering an election
nnHer rho 1904 act (commonlv known
as the "Brice act") should direct the i
same to the commissioners of election, I
that the requirements as to the size of
the bellots, time of opening and closing
the polls, eligibility of voter, and all
other requirements governing a general
election should be complied with.
It follows from this conclusion that
the expenses of the election are to be
met just as the expenses of a general
election as governed by action 222 of
the code. If there are no funds available
it becomes a matter for legislative
consideration.
Respectfully,
U. X. GUNTER. Jr..
Attorney General. i
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The Government is going to build j
forty-two sclioolhouses in the Panama
xone.
Portsmouth. England, has passed an
ordinance for the suppression of coekc
rowing.
A Ifrench torpedo boat has been sent
out to engage in battle witti the porpoise
along the coast of Brittany.
-The Kaiser has added to the German
?my bands trumpeters provided with
instruments three feet in length, made
from South African antelope's horns.
I'roross.->r liPicKenoacu is saiu w
have proved that thirty persons in HX)
can see, in the dark, colored rays from
the human body and Hashes from a
rnaguet.
On five different charges of committing
breaches of the New Zealand
Shops and Olfiees act. a Christchurch
fishmonger and restaurant keeper was
recently fined ?o 10a., with ?7 12s.
costs.
Two carts, full of bread, drawn by
horses, were utilized to supply the
guests at a gigantic wedding feast at
Scrignae. in Brittany, at which HXX>
persons were present, and seventeen
whole oxen were consumed.
A retired army lieutenant has bc.rn
arrested at Nauplia, Greece, owing to
having predicted some weeks ago tiiat
M. Delyannis, the I*rentier. would be
assassinated on June 13. which was
the actual date of the crime.
Professor X. A. Cobb, of Spencer,
Mass.. who has been in the employ of
the Australian colonial movement in
New South Wales, has been engaged
by Secretary Wilson to push scientific
farming in the Hawaiian Islands.
In order that he may familiarize
himself with the work of railroad men.
the Itev. Dwiglit E. Potter, pastor of
the Union Street Presbyterian Church,
iu Oakland, Cal.. has gone to work as
an oiler in the railroad yards of his
citv.
NATIONAL GAME.
Dick Cooley (Am.) has made but oneerror
in forty-four games.
Dttndon. of Chicago (Am.), made but
six misplays in fifty games.
Seymour (Nat.) has hit safely- in
fifteen games in succession.
Chicago (Nat.) fans have finally forgotten
Fred Pfeffer. Johuny Evers
did it.
The Boston Nationals have scored
fewer runs than any other major
league team.
Fred. Mitchell (Nat.) has thus far
performed in five different positions
for Brooklyn.
Mertls (Nat.) hit safely fourteen
times in the last eight games of the
Western trip.
When not working in a game the
Boston (Nat.) pitchers practice control
on the turnstile.
Jimmy Williams (Am.) has made four
Displays in fifty games, and not one in
twenty games.
Moloney (Nat.) turned down by three
major league clubs, has been averaging
three steals jto a game lately. *
The New York American League
Club has bought Catcher Livingston
from the Wheeling Club for $800.
Crawford and Hickman have again
swapped positions. Crawford going
back to Detroit's (Am.) first base.
Hob Enislie (Nat.) seems to be the
most unfortunate of umpires in the
matter of being injured by foul tips.
There is not a man of the entire Cincinnati
(Nat.) sextet of pitchers who
has a record of consecutive wins this
season.
From standing on his toes at short
field. Elberfcld (Am.) lias hardened a
set of leg muscles that keep his heels
off the ground at all times.
President Hart, of Chicago. (Nat.)
figures that his club loses from $CUO to
$1ixh> every year on balls that are carried
away in the spectators' pockets.
SAD.
"I have.loved and lost," sighed tho
man in black suspenders.
"How sad!" said the sympathetic
friend. "You loved the beautiful
girl and lost her?"
"No. married her. and ever since I
have lest all loose change I left in
my vest."?Chicago News.
ji* i'-a m A' r
ThEoeIth
Youn^ Man Swallowed Alive By a
Hungry Shark
WAS CAUGHT NEAR BEAUFORT, N.C.
Sutton Davis, 16 Years Old, Carried
Away by a Large Shark, Which Attacked
the Boy While He Was Wad..ing
in the Water at Davis' Shore.
?
Beaufort. N. C., Special.?A most
horrible and shocking occurrence took
place at Davis' Shore, about ten miles
east of Beaufort, Saturday afternoon,
when Sutton Davis, a 16-year-old lad,
while wading and playing in the water,
was suddenly attacked and eaten by ;
a very large shark.
Young Davis was in water about
waist deep when suddenly the shark
approached him, threw him in the air,
caught him as he struck the water,
pulled him under and disappeared in
the deep water with the boy. Thorough
search has been made, but no
particle of his body has been found.
Those who were with the boy were
terribly frightened and could not help
him.
The occurrence has thrown a feeling
of horror over our town. The
citizens and the guests of the community,
particularly the children, have
enjoyed the fine dives and invigorating
swimming matches which they
daily participated in.
A large number of sharks have been
noticed in the waters here Tor two j
weeks, but no one felt much anxiety I
on account of the presence of the ter- i
rible monsters. A large quantity of
fat-backs have been caught this month
and a quantity of refuse matter has
been thrown back into the water from
the factories, and sharks have come
in to feast on it. It is the first time
a person has been molested by a shark
in these waters in nearly 50 years.
?
Five Killed by Lightning.
New York, Special.?During a thun- j
des storm of terrific intensity which
passed over New York Sunday afterioon
five persons were struck by
lightning and instantly killed and
nine were seriously injured at the
Parkway Baths, Coney Island. At the
same time five men were killed and
three were prostrated at Gravesend j
Beach.
Those killed:
George Dunwoodie, of Buffalo.
Jacob Frankel, Manhattan.
Robert F. Wasch, Bronx Borough.
Charles Bennerle, Brooklyn.
Henry Ransweiler, Brooklyn.
Frank Bennerle, Brooklyn.
The injured:
David Wilts, James J. Dunne, Tina
Christiansen, Harry Krohn, Clara
Tjieil, Mary L. Curley, Isaac Raff and
"?1fe, Amelia Schone, William Ransxieiler.
John Apple, Daniel McCauley,
all of Brooklyn.
Express Office Robbed.
Palatka, Fla., (Special.)?The safe
of the Southern Express Company
here was opened by burglars between
3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning and
currency to the amount of about $2,000
was taken. Mr. Graves, the agent, who
sleeps in the office, was bound hand I
and foot by the robbers and his keys
secured. The safe was opened by combination.
The cash drawer was rifled,
one of the keys taken from Graves
unlocking it. Checks, money orders and
everything but the cash were cast
aside.
Aged Man Hanged.
Butte, Mont., Special.?Miles Fuller
was hanged for the murder of Henry J.
Gallahan, October 24, 1904. Fuller is
over 70 years of age. and he presented
a pathetic figure as he walked from the
jail to the gallows. He has attempted
to commit suicide several times, and
three death watches were placed over
him.
By Wire and Cable.
English doctors had an unexpected
entertainment when they visi?_>d Dr.
Prugen in the course of a trip to
i^ans. \v nen nc iictu buuwu lucm mo
museum he ushered them into his operating
room, where he performed
eight important operations, including
one for appendicitis, in two hours and
a half.
An ice factory for Southern Pines is
projected.
The treaty signed by 12 European
countries intended to suppress the
white slave traffic has gone into effect.
For attempting to bring a strike to
a peaceful ending, George Prescott.
walking delegate for the National
Teamsters' Union, was shot, probably
fatally.
The four men who were thought to
have been drowned late Saturday by
the sinking of the yacht Narkeeta in
the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del.,
have arrived at Bower's Beach, a few
miles from Lewes.
Thirteen Savannah druggists have I
been arretted and bound over to
court for selling cocaine.
Buddy Ryan won from George Peterson
in the twentieth round of their
fight.
Seven persons were killed and 34 Injured
so far this year by automobiles
in Chicago. Figures show an appaling
'?- r'o ror>r>rrt nf nllc
increase over mat o . x.
killed and seventy-three injured.
Fred. E. Carlton, suspected of murder
and other crimes and held in New
York, has been found to have married
a widow in Troy, Ala., whom he robbed
and deserted.
Thomas F. Ryan has made an agreement,
it is said, to sell the Equitable
Life Assurance Society stock bought
by him within two years for $2,500,00b
and 1 per cent, interest.
Mr. Milliard Pegeus, son of Major R.
M. Pegeus, of Cheraw, S. C.. killed a
rattlesnake on their plantation during
the past week. The snake bad 19 rattles
and a button. Mr. Pogcus was
passing through a field and his dog
bayed" the .make, and as Mr. Pegemj
came up the s;ake was coiled rea^P
for a strike. This is the largest rattio
snake reported from this section foi
about twenty years.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by ths
Department Observer.
The South Carolina section of the Department
of Agriculture issues the fol
i lowing official bulletin of weather and
| crop conditions for the past week:
The Wfeek ending Monday. July 24th,
! had a mean temperature about 2 de|
grees per day above normal. The ex|
tremes were a maximum of 100 de;
frees at Blackville and Florence on the
] 20th and a minimum of 61 degrees at
j Charleston on the 19th and at Greenj
ville on the 20th. It was somewhat
cooler at the close of the week. The
3unshine was normal, or slightly above,
and was highly beneflciaL There were
a few local high winds, but no serious
damage was done.
There was practically no rain over
the eastern half of the State; in the
central counties there were numerous
local showers, some of which were
heavy; there were also scattered light
showers over the western counties.
What rain fell was highly beneficial, as
! it occurred in localities that needed It.
Over the greater portion of the central
*nd sotithpm pnnntips thp prnnnrt hfls
become very dry and rain is needed.
Where {he rainfall was heavy last week
crops did exceptionally well, but where
it was light last week and none fell
this week, crops suffered and generally
deteriorated cotton by wilting under
the high, temperature, and rusting,
burning yellow and shedding: corn by
firing and wilting. Cultivation made
fair progress and over a large portion
of the State crops have been laid by
although this work will not be completed
for several weeks.
Cotton continued to make rapid
growth genei%lly and has too a large
weed and too little fruit over the
greater portion, while a number of reports
indicate that growth has stopped.
and that tie plants are blooming
to the too, Thera are fewer reports of
damage from insects, and more of rust
and shedding and of plants turning yellow.
Cotton is beginning to open in
lower Barnwell county.
There is a general improvement in
both old and late corn, although the
former is too nearly ripe to
be greatly benefited by the recent rains.
Fodder pulling has begun. Some old
corn "fired" to the ears. Bottom lands
that were flooded are recovering slowly.
The heat and insects have injured
growing tobacco. Selecting and curing
are active. Peas for forage are premising.
Rice is beginning to head in the
Colleton d'strirt; June rice being cultivated
in the Georgetown district. Pastures
excellent. Peaches a.-e fairly plentiful
but many are rotting on the trees.
LeConte pears are ripening. Sweet potatoes
and cane are doing well.
Proposed New Lines.
Bennettsville, S. C., Special.?The
talk which your correspondent heard
uurmg ins recent trip across me state
and a few days stays at White Stone
Springs was not confined to newspapers
and politics. The industrial progress
and prosperity of South Carolina,
especially In the Pee Dee section, were
topics of general discussion. The question
of railroad building and boat
transportation along the Pee Dee is
receiving not a little attention.
One of the important projected railroads
is from Dillon to Gibson, connecting
there with a branch of the
Seaboard to Hamlet. The promoters
of this enterprise say that the road
will be built It is stated that Dillon
has subscribed $10,000, Little Rock $10,000,
Clio $5,000 and MeColl $10,000 for
this road. It will pass through the
best section of Marlboro and Marion
counties, and its promoters expect it
to pay good dividends, besides enhancing
the value of the already valuable
property along the line.
The Bennettsville and Cheraw road
is also preparing to make an extension.
A meeting of the stockholders has been
called to increase the capital stock
from $100,000 to $200,000. The direction
of the extension has not been determined
upon. It will probably go south
warci t>y tsienneim or uratie. Mr.
Matheson and the other financiers who
are back of this road have Southport
as their objective point, and hope to
reach that splendid port in the not
distant future.
Quarantines Against New Orleans.
Havana, By Cable.?On account of
the existence of yellow fever at New
Orleans, quarantine has been declared
against that port. The Southern
Pacific line steamer Excelsior, which
is due hare Monday, has sixty young
women students from Texas College
on board. The officials say that they
will be required to remain on the vessel
or to undergo the usual five days'
detention at the quarantine station.
Colonel Lamont Dead.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special.?Col.
Daniel Lamont, Secretary of War under
President Cleveland, died at 9:15 Sunday
evening at his county residence, at
Milbrook. Duchess county, N. Y., after
a brief illness. Heart failure was the
cause of death. Col. and Mrs. Lamont
were out driving this afternoon and
Col. Lamont appeared to be enjoying
the best of health. After dinner he complained
of feeling ill and Dr. Stewart,
of New York, who is a guest at the
house, immediately went to his aid. The
physician diagnosed the case as an attack
of heart failure and in spite of the
heroic treatment. Mr. Lamont passed
nu/nv n-ithin lialf an hour.
Caught With the Goods on Him.
Greenville, Special.?Constable Altom
returned to the city Monday afternoon
from the upper section of the
county where he appeared before Magistrate
Southern as a witness against
Harve Cox. indicted for violation of
the dispensary law. During the trial
a witness named Jesse Brooks, colored,
was placed on the stand. Constable
'Altom noticed a very full hip pocket on
'the witness, who was discovered to
have a pint of blockade liquor on his
person.
Total Dead Now 58.
San Diego. Cal.. Special.?All men
connected with the^ United States gunboat
Bennington at the time of the fatal
boiler explosion in San Diego harbor
have been accounted for. Exploration
of the vessel's hold continues as
it is rapidly emptied of water. The
summary of the situation now is:
Dead. 58; wounded. 46; uninjured. 92;
deserted, 1. Total number of crew before
accident. 197. C. A .Mumper was
found alive and uninjured, blotting out
any missing list.
Many Newsy Items
STATE FARMER'S INSTITlA^^^B
v
To be Held at Clemson College, HI
gust 8th to 11th, 1905.
PROGRAM. M
r TUESDAY, AUGUST Sth. I
S r> m I
Address of Welcome and Primary
Exercises.
Address by Senator B. R. TiiimaiTon
"Raising Hogs."
* WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9th. v
i 10 a. m. r~
Address by Prof. W. J. Splllman. ^
United States Department of Agriculture.
Subject: "Diversification cfSEarming
in the South." V
1 2 p. m.
Experience Meeting. X
8 p. m.
Address by J. A. Everett. Indianap*^^
olis, Ind. X
Subject: "How to Solve the Farm- lj
ers' Problems."
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th.
10 a. m.
Address by Dr. S. J. Summers.
Subject: "Fanning in South Carolina
as an Opening for Young Men
Who Will Use Brains and Are Not
Afraid of Work."
2 p. m.
Experience Meeting.
8 p. m.
Address by John Hamilton. Farmers'
Institute Specialist. United States
Department of Agriculture.
Subject: "The new Agriculture."
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11th.
10 a. m.
Address by If. V. Richards, Industrial
Agent Southern Railway.
Subject: "Farmers' Interest in Immigration."
Miss Catherine Mulligan, of Win- ^
throp College, will give a course in
Domestic Science during the Institute.
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NOTE.
Ample provision will be made by the
authorities of the college to assist the
visitors in examining the college, station
and all the interests belonging
to Clemson Agricultural College.
Lodging will be furnished free to the
capacity of the institution.
, Apply for tickets at the entrance to
the barracks, where your name will
be registered and a bed furnished, if
possible.
Meal tickets can be secured for 2S 1
cents each.
More Lights For Greenwood.
Greenwood, Special. ? Superintendent
A. J. Sproles has received a shipment
of new material for the electric/
light plant. The plant is owned by
the city and- is one of the best in the
State. It w-as found that the old one
was inadequate to meet the demands
of the subscribers and a new outfit
was purchased recently, consisting of ^
the latest and most approved electric *
dynamos and generators. About 40
new and improved street lamps will
be placed in various parts of the city
in addition to those alreadv stationed.
*
Petitions For Pardons.
Governor Hey ward last week re- *
ceived a petition for pardon for Susan- (
nah Malachi. of Marlboro county, who
was convicted a few weeks ago on the
charge of arson and was sentenced
to serve a term or five years in prison.
Another petition for pardon was in
behalf of W. Zeke Brown, of Williams
burg county, wno was convicted last
month on the charge of violating the
dispensary law and was sentenced to
pay a fine of $100. ?
Implicated George Gilliam.
Newberry, Special.?The coroner'e
jury, holding an inquest over the body
of Charles Gillam, colored, who was /
shot from ambush cn last Thursday
night, brought in a verdict that the deceased
came to his death from a gunshot
wound at the hands of Horace
Sheppard, alias George Gillam. This
negro was captured by Sheriff Buford
Saturday in the Silver Street section.
He killed another negro five years
ago in the eastern part of Laurens
county and had never been captured
until the sheriff arrested $iim. It
was not known at the time that,
Horace Sheppard was guilty of the
first murder.
Lexington D^pot Plundered.
Lexington. Special.?About 2 o'clock
Thursday morning robbers broke into
the depot here and plundered the express
packages, opening drawers and
desks and broke into the freight toom.
Boozer Strothers, colored, a hack driver,
happened to be passing, and seeing
the light under a door and being near '
train time, went to the door and swung
it open. Two pistol shots were fired
into him at close range and close together.
He was badly wounded and
is in a serious condition.
Farmers' Institute at Elgin.
Lancaster. Special.?The farmers'
institute at Elgin took place Tuesday,
according to the programme previously
arranged, and was a decided success
in every way. Prof. W. S. Morrison,
Col. M. 13. Hardin and Prof.
J. N. Harper, of Clemson College and
Congressman E. D. Finley. were the
speakers from abroad and Mr. George
W. Jones, secretary of the Lancaster
County Cotton Growers* Association,
was the speaker from Lancaster . ,
county.
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In the Dairy.
"Clnonlincce" chrv'ld ho f'lO dairy
nan's motto. and needs to be exercised
throughout the entire process
of butter-making, from milking to ^ .
marketing. V
What to feed the dairy cow can ^
only be ascertained by careful study 1
and a knowledge of individual sur- ^
roundings. The object is to secure ^
the largest flow of milk of good quail- *
ty at the least cost. Many stick to
the old rule?half corn and half oats
by weight, then half bran by bulk.
This gives a good and simple ration
that is relished by the eov.s and can
be fed in connection with hay or sib
age. or to supplement pasture. It often
pars to feed some grain even
when cows have excellent pasture.?*1
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