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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
Corner Cn Lumber.

New York, Special.-An association
OF banking houses in New York and
London is said to be interested in a
new combination designated to control
the entire lumber business OF North
Carolina. 1t is proposed to unite seven
different companies. who own about
four billion feet of lumber and control
about 600 miles of railroad Their saw
mill capacity is 100000 feet 4 day,
and they have large planning mills ana
box factories. Together they sell
about so per cent. N all the North
Carolina pine distributed, the total
output being about G00,000,O00 feet a
year Tangible assets Of these seven
large companies are estimated at $23,'
900, 900, ard it is proposed to capitalize
them a. s2S,0O0,000. upon which it is
expected that dividends can be earned
through the economies Of consolida-
ton.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

There IS an almost complete failure
of the olive crop in southern Italy and
in Sicily this season, owing to the
ravages of the oil fy, which appeared
in unusual numbers on account oi the
prolonged drouth Of last sUmmrr and
fall. The loss t, the provinces %.
Bari aud Lec"e alone is estimated at
60, coo, 600 lire, or SD, 001, 900 There
will be corresponding scarcity OF Oh.
of course. The country people ae
having their eyes opened to the con-
sequences OF thei: wholesale destru =
ton of insect-deyouring sonsbirds.
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The North.

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bookIr L. ".'SnI"s'' "'I, ,,,a. doI,
hote! accominoua'iohS 'ne Utne =. +%y ~,
at AnueF"on' iH't'' "',! :" ,.sf,,sod
'niun s'I'.CH ''' i''"''''''
70 Sha'e HILL o,.
Iowa. mas fa!Sea 'lt pay pay .. nv ~
ernor from S5.oOo 10 %''VVo' WIZ. "' ~
ditlonal sI'ooo lor Ho'l2e en-. =, Cr-
lowest salary pald anywhere 10 IA 49,
egon ana vermont '"C"
States pays Sl'9oo year
George Dewey Jr.. has gone 10 Sn,, i,,
cago to live. lie VIII De Ihe "es'G, ';' :. =
agent OF the dry SoooS no"sc ''i -
which ne has been cohhccteu en- I,,;e,-o
left college. Accoi"iAs " "-io 80 h;,,,
papers, society Is making lhuch Vi NM
anu ne = DeiAS eiF'e' '''"'N
ally.
DIR. d. X. PearsonS. OF Chicago. WAC
has ALREADY SiFeh away L"o -. rlHa -
lhiii!oES u uTn"; nds;totIo institntions !
eoiieSe9 anu '1i',I ,,in tt,s' ne thn romainirc
preparing 70 u'SpIse ,,a,s :, ~ ,La f.c1 samn way
H'ilii"'i 'Eu {. t'.,r .ha+ be rrcoive an
;rcorn Of $40 600 a wear himself and
-,.iso d,,rir.v the remainder of their
,;ras w. roorsons will be so Yeas
Ia =, fon. woaks
.:..oo a,o,o,,o iu tho
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

Recent developments in the South
African war are 10 the effect that the
Beers have been for some time acIuir-
ing large armament of modern can.
non. and that the British guns are not
nearly so effective. 1t was because
of this weakness tina. the British artll-
lery was Obliged to move mp within
the yauge OF the riie-pits. and so was
wiped ont at Tugela river-the men
being driven from their guns by rite
firing. This development is rs impor-
tant and fateful rs was the German
needle gun against the French chasSe-
pots.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
GENERAL RETREAT.
Beers Moving Out of British Terri
tory.
MASSING ON THEIR OWN GROUND.
Sir RedverS Butler Sends News That
Thy are About to Raise the Seige
of Ladysmith.

London, by Cable.-The Beers are
leaving all the positions held by them
on British territory and are concen-
trat!ng for the defense Of their own.
Sir Redvers Butler thinks they are
about to raise the siege of Ladysmith.
and this is the large news of the day
General Clements reports that the
force confronting him has been greatly
diminished. Ten thousand men are cS-
timated to have gone from the Coles
berg district alone. The Beers are also
retracing their steps from Zululand.
Thus they are relaxing their hold on
all sides not assembled 10 oppose Lord
Roberts. He is pressing on steadily
towards Bloemfontein. This is shown
by his inconsequential telegram from
Paardcberg, 50 CT so miles away.
Doubtless he is miles behind the co.,
umn that is pursuing the Beers and
the next important news may be the
occupation Of Blcemfontein. Nothing
has been heard, from the chase Of
CrcRje for two days. There is .
strong disposition to believe that ia
vorable information has been receiv-
ed by the War Office but is being with
held until the operations culmina,c
in something more conclusive. There
is an equally strong disposition to
think that General Cronje has got
away. Owing to the lack CT transport
the British are not likely to invade
Boer territory except where Lord Rob-
erts is operating. General Butler will
have to stop at the Drakensberg noun
tains Probably a part of his 10000
men will ultimately join the legions OF
Lord Roberts. If, as General Butler
AYERS, the Beers are retreating from
him, then the news on every side is
! favorable to the British. Nevertheless
troops continue to go up. The War Of
fee thinks that The call to veterans to
rejoin the colors, together with the
bounty, will bring 45,G99 men to the
home defense. The urgency with
which home defense is pressed eXcites
some wonder. With the casualties just
reported the British losses in killed,
wounded and captured now aggregate
, 11,102.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
A Thriving Section.

In no section Of the South is ther,
and advancement in every line of in
dustry than in that stretch of territory
extending from Moiroe, n. c., to Ports
mouth, Va, along the Seaboard Air
Line railway. Starting from Monroe,
one traverses first a region devoted t.
the cultivation of cotton, and directly
adjacent to the cotton fields sees i'm
mense and numerous cotton mills, that
, take almost, or altogether the entire
product Of the fields, and reduce 1t to
a finished state. Then the great lum-
ber section is passed. In the midst of
this lumber, or long leaf pine belt is
situated the unique town of Southern
Pines, where all the resources of wealth
and architectural ingenuity have been
exhausted to make a modern city in
the most favorable surroundings fO"
a health resort. The city of Raleigh
is next passed, the capital of North
Carolina. This city presents all the
progressive features Of the great State
that contributes to its greatness. 1t Is
an educational and manufacturing and
industrial center, rejecting the pro-
greSSiveness of the whole State. Hen
derson, Wake Forest and Weldon are
live towns on the main line Of the
Se:lbOard. From Henderson branches
road to Durham, noted for its to-
bacco industry the world over. Th2
twin cities, Portsmouth md Norfolk.
Va, are at The present terminus OF tn"
Seaboard Air Line. These cities do AL
amount of shipping that is entirely be-
yond comprehension of the average
person. The prosperity ard material
advancement of this belt Of territory
must be attributed largely to the lib
eral management of the Selboard Air
Line railway system, which is always
quick to see and take advantage or
anything calculated to upbuild the
sections through which its lines pas.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
T!LLMAN'S piICHF0RK.
Senator Morgan G:ts a Compliman-
taIy ID From 1t.

Washington, d. c.. SIec.al.-Wheu
the Senate con. .cned Saturday. cons.G-
GRAFTON of the Hawaiian government.
bill WIS resumed, the pending question
being on the amendment CT Mr.. Plat.
of Connecticut, providing that the
President should appoint the Chief
justices Of the Supreme Court ans
judges OF the Circuit CGnrts, and that
the governor OF that territory should
appoint the officers, me amendment
limiting the tenure Of Gfiice of apDoir-
tees TO Ccur years.
In Il vehement speech Mr. Tillm:,u
OF South Ca.OHna attacked the b!ll l.
reported % the Senate. and in pass; ~
made personal arraignment of Stn~
ator Morgan for alleged lack of cou"-
tcsy.
The oliarchy which exists IL
Hawaii" declared Mr.. Tillman. and
which this bill pc:petuatcs. is power
iui and unscrupulous. 1t is an auto
cEacy greater than ever existed OUT
side CT Russia.
Il SympathiZe with the Senator from
Connecticut in his efforts to secure q.
properly appointed judiciary for he
is'and5--a judiciary nCc controlled by
the ol!garchy which now has is grip
on the islands
Referring TO an inciGeE; which &C.
Cured the other day. in which Nj.
Morgan. Of Alabama. declined to yiel,
TO Alr. TillmaI 10 reply to Il slatcmel.
made By Mr. WClcott of Colorado con
corning the suppressed vote Of S3uta
Carolina. Mr.. Ti!lman said:
Il have felt indignation at the trcai-
ment | received from the Senator tMr.
Mo:san). Never in my experience il
the Senate have I been treated so dis
courteously by any member OF tne
Senate"
Mr.. Morgan enGsdyored to Interrupt
Mr. Tillman, but the latter waved him
aside, saying: II decline to yield 20
the Senator. He has PUT himself out
side the pale Of courtesy and consider
alton so far as | am concerned" He
then explained the circumstances O.
Mr.. Morgan's refusal to permit him 10
reply TO Mr.. Wclcott.
When | arose TO explain the Situa-
tea in South Carolina as it was pre-
Sented by the Senator from Colorado" -"
said Mr.. Tillman, the Serator from
Alabama said: No. cannot permit
you to speak now. I'll leave you 70
hgAt it out some other time,"
1T was the first time in my expert
cnce that l had been denied =
hearing in like circumstances. No Be
publican would have denied me The
privilege, because there is no man on
that side Of the chamber so lacking III
courtesy and decency."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
ForehE.

English coal is being shipped to Bo-
hemia via Germany.
An Autrian export agency will be
established at Hamburg.
Saxon coal strike affected the sale
of shares on the Bourse.
Berlin bankers united to keep rate
of discount low for political reasons
The Kobotake tunnel has just been
completed by the Japanese Central
railway.
Russian oils will be brought into ac-
tive competition with the American
product in the German market.
a Belgian syndicate has petitioned
the Chinese bureau of railways for
railroad from Tungchon to kalgan.
Imperial and Russian per cents.
declined all last week upon the rum1r
OF renewed loans.
The South German railway company
has decided TO introduce electricity on
branch lines.
Heavy defalcations have been discov-
cred in the accounts Of Japan's Gene--
al Army Staff.
British troops are pursuing General
Cronje's Boer army IN the Orange Free
State.
Fighting has occurred 1T Dordrecht,
and Molteno, Cape Colony.
General Andrade. the exiled PreSi-
dent of Venezuela, said in an interview
that he left his country in order that
the revolution might terminate, and
he is 1T a loss to knew WHY it contin-
The effect of General Woods order
transferring public works in the pro-
vince of Santiago to the civil authori-
ties is said TO be feared by business
men in the province and by American
employees.
Gen. VIM. X. Shafter says that he
believes garrisons will always be need
ed in the Philippines.
General Butler has begun Il new
movement aimed at the relief of Lady
smith, Natal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

The preponderance of girls i'll the
higher school classes movel Il speaker
at n recent convention Of pedagogues
to sound note of alarm. He made
a text of the fact that the women stay
at their books through all the grades
of the grammar schools and thence to
the last of the academic school classes,
while their brothers, partly from ne
cessity and party because of their un-
rest, leave the schoolrooms ut early
ages. The end would be, he declared,
that all the higher callings would be
filled by the educated women, while
their untutored brothers wonld become
the drudges OF their generation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

The Boer invents little, and till his
military needs became urgen: had little
use for the inventions OF others. But
he has learned how to buy up-to-date
instruments of war, and among his
defensive expedients includes barbed
wire, which he stretches along the
beds Of streams exposed to the enemy,
thus expanding the market for that
commodity to our advantage, as We
ler in Cuba did year or two ago. As
it is going ont OF use to some extent
for fences, being replaced by material
of like sort without the prongs, it may
come in time to he chiefly used for
transient purposes OF obstruction and
defence, such as the Beers are now
applying it to- As the instrument of
any purpose OF peace it was always
much too cruel TO be acceptable.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
Weathe red The Gale.

Fort Monroe, Spccia].-The trans
port Mcpherson. towed by the steamc:
Admiral Sampson, passed in the cape
at daybreak Saturday and anchored OF
Fort Monroe quarantine station. Sh"
brings troops from Cuba. The trans
port had a thrilling experience. Du-
ring the heavy storm of Monday, while
440 miles at sea, she broke her propell-
er shaft and drifted helpleSsly for
many hours almost to the coast of Bar-
muda. Assistance was asked of a lit
tie Italian steamer, but her captain
was afraid the big transport wouil
swamp him.
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Doctors i'm Charlie eStOn.

Charleston, S. G., Special.-The SCI
md annual convention of the Tri-State
Medical Association convened in this
city Tuesday. 4 large number Of del
egates are present from North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, and Virginia.
The physicians were welcomed to the
city by Mayor J. Adger Smythe, and 70
the State by DR.. Il. H. Rhett, of this
city. DR.. Upshur, of Virginia, re-
sponded on behalf of the association.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

In the opinion Of the warden of the
Pennsylvania penitentiary Mt River
side, manual training schools i'll prs
ons are useless except for discipline.
and to occupy the otherwise idle time
of the conyicts He had contemplated
the establishment Of SchoOI of that
character, but WAS dissuaded by the
result of his Investigations OF such
schools in some half-a dozen reual IN
stitutions. There is little incentive.
he said. for men to learn to do good
work in fashioning miniature repre-
sentations of articles, which are made
only to be destroyed. In prisons
where goods are manufactured for sale
and the workman is paid for extra la
Dor, the result is different. In insti-
tutions conducted on this plan the
convicts learn their trade and are able
after they are discharged TO earn IN
honest livelihood. Otherwise, when
they leave the prison they are compelled
to serve full apprenticeship before
they become proficient in any trade.
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Killed by IiiS i,ui Sc.

Grcenville, N. G., Special.-Mr. Bucl;
Cox, of Contentnea township. Greene
county, went In a cart to Grimesland
Friday afternoon for barrel of flour.
After starting back home his horse raj.
away and he was killed. People living
near the road saw the horse with tEa
broken cart running by. They went
back to investigate and found Mr.. Cox
dead in the road. His neck was bro
ken and his head terribly mangled.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

Investigation has convinced the
commissioner OF labor statistics IN
Connecticut that electric lighting is
furnished by private companies TO mu-
inequalities SO chcanly now that mu-
nicipal ownership would bring no say
ing worth considering.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01
Injunction Refused.

Judge Seaman, in the United States
District Court, at Chicago, has issued
an order denying the injunction
prayed for by The Chicago Tribune
against the Associated Press. This
grew out OF an alleged infringement
OF copyright.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-01

Oar soldiers in The Philippines are
said to be getting bad teeth. This
would seem to be iine tip for enter
prisinG dentists.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22

and in trade relations. The only In
ducement and. 1t would seem. the only ar
gument In its behalf is that to place
mint there would cause the removal of
the assay office, and the activities de-
pendent upon its location. from Seattle.
This is unworthy OF any community that
would not be willing 10 die II 1t could pull
down others with 1t. 1t Ill BELTS the
sacredness of that trust for which the
peoples representatives are responsible to
the state of Washington. Congress is little
likely to lend itself to what is on the very
face OF 1t the design Of avarice and mall
ice: mere appeal for permission to use
the nations authority to benefit Tacoma
by injuring Seattle. The appeal will be
made from local narrowness, hatred and
sectionalism to the justice and sense of
decency of the country. and It will be ef-
fectuai.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22
CONGRESS- AND THE CANTEEN.

1t was something of a surprise that the
authorization of the canteen under rigid
regulations should be stricken out of the
army reorganization measure In the house
and a stringent prohibition amendment
Observation-Disclosures Union.
In voting to abolish the army canteen
the house of representatives gave an ex-
hibition of social and political hypocrisy
that would be laughable did its results not
threaten to injure the cause of real tenn
perance-Chcago Inter Ocean.
1t Is to be hoped that there may be
enough manliness and sense of public duty
In the senate to throw out this outrageous
amendment and to suffer the morals OF
the army to be taken care of according to
the opinions of its officers. and not accord
ing to the opinions of any number of old
women, of any age and of either sex.
whose opinions upon the subject are
worthless.--New York Times.
1t does not seem probable that the views
of the mere sentimentalists and theorists
who procured the insertion of the repeal
clause In the army bill as IL passed the
house will prevail.--Minneapolis Tribune
There Is only one reason why the pro-
prietors of disreputable resorts In the vi
entity of United States army stations
should not pass vote of thanks to the
w. C. T. u, and that is that the w. c. T..
U. would refuse to acknowledge it.--Provi-
dence Journal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22

Nothing is more important to the full
and complete appreciation of Christianity
than such a comparison was made by
the Chinese minister. pointing out its
superior ethical standards Philadelphia
Press.
Mr.. WI Is not cast into the slough of
national humiliation by the wonders of
Washington. He Is still the calm. i'm
perturbable, thoroughly self satisfied Chi
nese. and his new experience confirms
him in his old beliefs.-Chicago Times
Herald.
In the face of the fact that Christian
nation is all that stands between his own
country and destruction, IL would seem
that Mr.. WI Ting Fang has added an
other name to the list of foreign minis
tiers who have said the wrong thing at
the most inopportune time.-Denver Re-
publican.
Minister WI does not underrate the
Christian religion as profound and beau-
tiful doctrine, but he declares that ii Is
not fully harmonized with the weakness
of human flesh. On this particular point
his comparison between Christianity and
Confucianism is in favor of the latter
Kansas City Journal.
Let Christian and Confucian alike
preach and practice the golden rule; let
kindness and justice govern the dealings
of man with man. and II will come to
pass that the Chinese teacher and the
founder of Christianity were not far
apart. The trouble, as Mr.. WI admits Is
not in the doctrine but in the perform
ance.-Chicago Post.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22

WAsHINGTON's CENTENNIAL.

Artisticaily the capital must continue to
keep pace with the phenomenal growth of
the nation.-Denver Republican.
One of the first acts of congress in
Washington's second century should be To
order the erection OF a new White House
Baltimore American.
We have a city susceptible of boundiess
Improvement and Identification. Planned
hundred years ago, II is today the model
OF all other capitals-capitals which have
to tear down where we have but TO build
Washington Post.
The change in that city is typical OF the
magnificent transformation which has
taken place In the United States as a
whole in the hundred years of the can't
tal's existence which are being celebrated
today.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The opportunity exists az it does no.
where else to make Washington In all re-
spects, as IL already is in many respects. n
model city and pattern for emulation
both in aesthetic dignity and I'm the multi
form details Of municipal administration
Philadelphia Times.
Gen. Washingtou's judgment and Mai
L'Enfani's Ideas have been justified by the
years, and today We have "a national can't
tai among the most beautiful In the world
the center Of art and science and lntelIee-
tual society, as well as OF legislative and
executive authority, with the most mag
nihcent public building In the world as the
center OF the scheme Boston Post
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solid Development of Alaska.

New York Mail and Express.
Our commercial and Industrial expan-
sion Il northward and southwark, a. well
as transoceanic. The development OF
Alaska now promises To be as solid as
Il bas been swift. Scientific examination
makes reasonable the prediction that the
yield 81 gold from Alaskan soil Will reach
tSe.o0.eo year for many years 10 come.
The announcement that large deposits 81
coal have been found near the coast Is Of
the highest Importance to projects Of fur
ther development ~ mineral wealth. Al
'he same time It Is a matter Of common
knowledge that investments Of capital
from this country IN Mexico are ihcreas-
ing Ia number ard In volume
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22

Ar. bryan chooses to ign0re ex- Presi-
dent Clcyelanas recent letter upon the fl-
tnre of the Democratic party. cou,entins
himself with the observation that the
rank and file OF the party expressed them
selves in 1895 and IN 1909. and have no
doubt that they wiH continue to express
themselves on the issues as they arise
THIS suggests the inquiry as 10 what con
stitu,es the rank and Tile Of the party.
that 1t signifies the voters who do not
aspire TO leadership. According to this
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22

view of IT, the rank and file of the party
expressed themselves in favor Of Mr..
Cleveland in 1854 and again in 1899, for he
certainly poiIed his full party strength
in both of those years. BY the same def
milton, the rank and file of the Demo-
cratic party expressed themselves as op-
posed to Mr.. Bryan in 1895 and in 1900,
for in both years he failed to poll his
full party strength. The falling OF in
the Bryan vote was certainly not to be
attributed to any want of loyalty on the
part of the leaders. and consequently It
must have been the rank and file who
opposed his candidacy to the extent of
voting against him and for his political
opponent.
Apparently. Judging by the result at the
polls. Mr.. Cleveland comes nearer to be-
ing able to poll the full party vote. and
thus to being the ideal candidate of the
rank and file of the party. than does Mr..
Bryan. 1t would probably be difficult to
convince Mr.. Bryan or any of his i'm
mediate followers OF this fact, however.
despite the showing of the votes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-22

the recommendations of the engineer Of
ficers for river and harbor improvements
have a certain value; but the necessity of
securing votes to pass the river and har-
Dor bill through congress has considerably
more to do with getting provisions for
those improvements on the bill.