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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-11-07
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-11-07

Belts of gray suede. in the dip front
effect with buckles of French gray. are
much liked.
The age-herald., 1901-02-17

ficulties. Nc plan yet devised is sat lsfactory. The desire of all is to con fine the ballot to the intelligent and worthy, but the ways and means are very difficult. Tn Mississippi the cleo torate is disappearing under the oper- ations of clause that requires as a condition of voting the payment of a $2 poll tax two years in advance of an election. The State cast last Novem- Der only 51,000 votes for Bryan and 5000 for Mckinley, and some have ex- pressed the opinion that the States vote will fall to 30,000 Its revenue will fall off also.
 Nor is this all. The grandfather clause" will soon be brought before the Supreme Court of the United States, and it's constitutionality thus becomes a matter of grave doubt. Thus far no satisfactory solution of the prob- lem has been found. And yet the con- vention of next May in this State must face that problem, and they will do so without guide or compass. They must find a new solution if they find one that iS satisfactory, for no one that has been tried is satisfactory.
 
 Then, too, the questions connected with better public schools will come up, and the convention will be ex- pected to build for a generation at least. If they do not, agitation and amendment will follow, and the State will rapidly outgrow their work, which should not be for a day, but broad enough to cover at least generation. The present constitution was framed in 1876, and it is thoroughly outgrown. It cripples and dwarfs enterprise, pub lie education and progress.
 These are some of the questions that will arise in the convention, and yet public sentiment is apathetic. This should not be- The best of care should be taken in the selection of delegates. Men of breadth of view, of learning and of experience should be chosen, and they should be men who will rep resent not few, but all. There are special interests in the State that are watching the approaching elections, but the people at large are not giving them the attention their importance demands.
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true that Schley's vessel the Brooklyn, was in the thickest of the fight, and was really tho ship which won the battle. Up to sixty days before the fight Schley out ranked Sampson In the navy. It would therefore appear to all fair-minded rnen as just and proper that the Senate and administration should commend both and promote each to the rank of rear admiral, Schley to out rank Sampson by one num- Der.
 Speaking of affairs at Washington, 1t le very manifest that the Democrats ex- pect te inaugurate a President four years from the 4th of March. It Is likewise manifest that there will be quite q batch oi candidates for the Democratic Presi- dential nomination. I have recently ob- served with a great deal of pleasure that ox-Senator German of Maryland Is f1gur- ing very conspicuously in Democratic councils in Washington. The Democratic Senators have called upon him several times recently to attend their caucuses and advise with them on party measures, thus recognizing the great mental auali- ties and sound judgment of the Maryland statesman.
 look upon Ex-Senator German as the ablest living man in the Democratic party today. During the last ten years he has been the recognized Democratic leader in the Senate He has ranked head and shoulders above any man in that body. It is true Maryland went Republican and he lost his seat in the Senate, but he Is sure to turn up again in public life, and I would not be surprised to see him turn up in the White House. He Is not only a man of great brain but of great wealth. He rose from a page boy on the floor of the Senate to Senator, and from an ordinary Senator to the man recog- nized as the ablest one on the Democratic side.
 The Washington correspondents always find a subject in Gen Joe Wheeler when they have nothing else of importance to write about. This time it is stated that General Joe will be candidate for Con gress again. I understand, however, that
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
AdJutant General Brandon.

Apart from the natural disappoint- ment that comes to the friends of the various other applicants for the AdJutant Generalship of Alabama, there will be general and cordial congratulations from all over the State to Governor Sanford for his reappointment of Adjutant Gen eral William w. Brandon" said a pub lie man yesterday
 Colonel Brandon Is undoubtedly ex- tremely popular with the National Guard, and it seems that most of the companies united in asking for his reappointment He is a young man of great energy and of strong qualities as a soldier, notwith- standing his remarkable abilities in the direction of statesmanship. Although a
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
Four Men Twenty-Five Feet High.

Abraham Lincoln was six feet four inches tall, Vice President Hannibal Hanlin was six feet two inches and a half, Gen. Simon Cameron was six feet one inch, and War Governor Andrew Curtin was six feet two, showing these four illustrious leaders of the Northern side in our great war to have had a com bined height of twenty-four feet nine inches and half." said William Snyder, Union veteran of Birmingham.
 Perhaps it wouldn't be extremely diff ficult to find four men of such height in any great city, but the fact that the President, Vice President and Secretary of War, and the War Governor of Penn- sylvania, all close together in power at one time, and all measuring such remark able heights, is probably unprecedented in any history Of great men in any great period of modern times.
 There Is an old campfire story that President Lincoln was one day in Wash- ington reviewing some troops, when he suddenly caught the eye of a gigantic private in ranks whom he impulsively
 
 command caught on instantly and or dered the private to drop out of the ranks, which he did, and then he ap- preached the President.
 Well, I wouldn't a-believd it-where did you come from?' was the President s familiar greeting to the private soldier
 1.-The man proved to be one Mahlson Shaaber of Co., B. 9Sd Pa and Lincoln fell into familiar talk with him, and on the spot invited him to dine at the White House right off So the private soldier went to dinner with Abraham Lincoln in the White House, and all on account of the fact that the soldier was one inch taller than the President, that being why the soldier was so unceremoniously sig nailed out of ranks by the commander-in- chief of the army and navy of the United States"
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
Trusts and the Tariff.

The trusts are not happy. They see trouble ahead. They would not see trouble ahead if the Republican party could be kept in power, but they begin to fear it cannot be. They own the Republican party, but they do not own the voting privilege in the United States. They dread the voters, who are still free people, who neither fear nor love the trusts. They do not love them for obvious reasons.
 The present fear of the trusts re- lates to the tariff bill. Without the tariff bill the trusts cannot earn divi- dends on water" because they would at once have to accept prices in the home market on a level with the prices they sell at in foreign markets. This would wreck their schemes, for they are organized on the basis of reason able profit on goods sold in foreign markets, and extortionate profits on goods sold at home. If the home mo- nopoly be taken away water" be- comes valueless, and their conspiracies fall to the ground.
 The Babcock bill is believed by the trusts to be the forerunner of gen. eral revision of the tariff next winter. The trusts, it will be observed, control the Hannas of the party, but they do not control the Babcocks who desire to be reelected in the following year. The Babcocks will say that good poli- tics demand a revision of the tariff with a view to the elimination of trusts, and it is the Babcock uprising that distresses the trusts. They fear this Wisconsin cloud will overspread their horizon. It may fill the trust heavens. It may seduce followers of MT. Mckinley. It may upset the good MT. Hanna. It may make things bill ious.
 It is very plain that war upon the robber tariff as the mother of the trusts is coming on, and the trusts are alarmed over the first appearances of the coming storm. They dread 1902 as well as 1904. They dread a House of Representatives that will make the issue so plain that he who runs may read.
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
Iefferson's Trunk Sewer.

The House long ago sent to the Sen ate the trunk sewer bill and in the Senate it still rests. Why, no one seems to know. It is bill that holds within itself health, even life, in a very populous county. This county now contains 140,420 people, and it will soon hold 100000 people. To keep this vast and busy hive safe not only from epidemics, but also safe from the dis eases and troubles that do not become epidemic and do not therefore attract much attention, is the object of the trunk sewers. To keep them in the highest working condition is the object of the bill. Where men, women and children are kept in health, property is in demand. It is advanced in price.
 The people of this county desire the passage of the trunk sewer bill. No opposition has been developed to it.
 It is wholly and strictly local county measure. No one outside of the coun- ty of Jefferson is asked to pay dol lar towards the sanitary sewers needed in this county. But perhaps Senator Morrow is waiting for a favor able moment in the pressure of bills to bring the bill forward. Undoubtedly this is the case, but further delay would be dangerous, for there are only about ten days of the session left.
The age-herald., 1901-02-17

when these relations had been deter mined in the observing and rehecting side of his mind, then it was that the poet stepped in to give them dramatic form and expression. Then IL was that the world was filled with light the wonderful human insight blossoming into song. Then it was that his knowl- edge of life became our inheritance, and we gained breadth of view and a freedom of expression that had been wanting.
 It is not reasonable to think that a man who saw and interpreted life with a view to better order in this world did not look to a deeper harmony in an other world, simply because he did not, in the worn that came to his hands in those days, analyze and picture the mystery of life He certainly did not think the events he dealt with with such skill and clearness of vision had no ultimate meaning. He surely was leading up to the great mystery. He served it by serving order in this world. He brought out and up man s possibilities by broadening an. clari- flying his work here. He builded for a deeper life, which was to be a stepping stone to that divine harmony which Faith, inspired by the yearning of even the untutored Indian, sees through the mists, beyond the vale of years, in the undiscovered country.
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
Election of Deleuates,

On the ninth day of March the Dem ocratic voters of the State will assem- ble at their respective voting places for the purpose of nominating candi dates for delegates to the constitu- tional convention. The apathy that has existed over the subject still ex. ists, and comparatively little interest is taken in it. This is lamentable, be- cause it leaves in the hands of the untrustworthy the selection of dele gates to a body that holds much of veal or woe to the. State-to body problems.
 The suffrage problem is full of diff
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlABAmh
Spain's Unrest and Disconient.

opdlil utiTeSt anu UlACOHleHt,
 The province of Madrid has been placed under martial law and General Weyler of Cuban fame is in charge of t. Weyler has the reputation at home of doing what he is set to do, and no doubt his presence will go long ways in keeping down the mob spirit in the Spanish capital.
 The immediate occasion of the pres ent uprising was the marriage of Don Carlos to the Princess Mercedes of the Asturias, who is sister of the King, and the presence of the father of Don Carlos in Madrid. This led to an outbreak on the part of those who dislike Carlism, for the father of the young man is a pretender to the king dom of Naples, and he has organized several Carlist uprisings. The truth, however, is there is an uneasy feeling all around in Madrid. The result of the war with America has weakened the monarchists. It has increased taxes. It has encouraged the Republi- cans Not long ago there were anti-tax troubles. The anti-Carlist feeling but adds fuel to the flames.
 Still Spain is not ready for Re- public, and her best people know it. Public education is in very backward condition. The country is priest-rid den also, and progress is very slow General weyler will doubtless be able to suppress disorder, and the mon- archy will be saved for the present. When men can see that stable Re public is possible, It is more than probable that one will be established, but support for one is now out of the question in the discordant elements that make up Spanish society.
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
The Shipping Subsidy Bill.

Senator Mark Hanna has a special article on the shipping subsidy bill in another column. This article was pre- pared by Senator Hanna for The Age Herald, he having been requested to give reasons why, in his opinion, rep resentatives of the Southern mining and manufacturing district should sup. port this measure,
 As a general proposition, shipping subsidy bill would be tremendously advantageous to the Birmingham dis trict of the South. We want, however. a bill based upon tonnage, rather than speed. It will be observed that Sena- tor Hanna does not go into the details of the bill, but deals with the proposi- tion in general terms Should the bill be amended so as to make matters more even as between 12-knot freight carrying vessels and the ocean grey hounds, the subsidy bill would proba- bly get some support from the indus trial South where it now gets none.
The age-herald., 1901-02-17

It would seem that President Mckinley, not object to having Congress on hls hands" The President announced yester- day that he would call an extra session of Congress as soon as the Cuban con- stitution reaches Washington. Then 1t will become a matter of whether or not the Senate of the United States will con- firm the Cuban constitution. It looks very much as if the policy of the present ad- ministration IS to make Cuba territorial part and parcel of the United States rather than a separate and distinct coun- try of it's own absolute government. And perhaps this Is best. The administration proposes to put it under like form of government to that of the Hawaiian Islands with the view of eventually ad- hitting 1t as a state. It is proposed, how ever, to make it Republican state with two Senators and perhaps dozen Rep resentatives. In other words, the Repub- 1icans are preparing to use new territory for perpetuating the power of the Repub- lican party.
 Besides the Cuban constitution question the shipping SuDslOy Dlll ana pernapS the proposed measure to base Congressional representation from each state upon the votes cast rather than upon a population basis, will be considered and an effort made to pass 1t. The Republicans are de- termined. if possible, to cut down the rep resentation of the southern Democratic states. They first tried this when the force bill was before Congress in 1S91 and it Is undoubtedly the policy of the Re publican leaders, with the power they now have in controlling all three branches of the government, to perpetu- ate their party in power
 Tho old Schley,Sampson controversy is again before the United States Senate. The administration and the Navy De- partment want to give Sampson all the credit and promotion for the Santiago fight. The Navy Department argues that Sampson planned the fight though he was not in 1t, and therefore should get the credit. It is true Schley carried out the general plans of Sampson. but 1t is also
The age-herald., 1901-02-17

and within five minutes the seven bills of the city had been introduced and re- ferred to the proper committees and thir- ty minutes thereafter Harry Jones and Henry Gray had secured half hundred votes pledged for the city bills and near ly that many against the anti-eity bill.
 Next day the city bills were reported to the House favorably and held as hav- ing been read second time.
 'The third day the bills were called up. read third time and passed, and were then hurried to the Senate.
 Thus these bills of vital importance to Birmingham were passed in the briefest time possible under the constitution; and in getting them through there was required some of the smartest hustling and most skilled work ever known in the Alabama Legislature, for it was neces- sary to see and win the active friendship of dozens of members of the House, in cluding those who were called upon to yield their own time of the session to Birmingham.
 Tt will be borne in mind that Alder man Jones and Alderman Gray. the lat ter of whom is also County Treasurer Gray, and the other 'rounders' went to the Capitol as the representatives of this municipality and that the bills they car ried for enactment were public bills long
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
Shakespeare's Limitations.

Hamilton Wright Mabie says in his recent addition to Shakespearean lit erature that into the region of pure spiritual impulse and ultimate spirit ual relationship Shakespeare did not penetrate, that being his limitation. MT. Mabie (goes on to say; "If tc his other gifts had been added the spirit ual insight of Dante, he would have been ,iot only the foremost, but the ultimate interpreter of the life of the ssce."
 Shakespeare sees without dissent at many points
 The undiscover'd country. from whose
 bourn
 No traveller returns
 being ever reverent, and plainly look ing for harmony and reign of justice Ehat this world does not and perhaps cannot afford; but beyond pervading sense of divine reconciliation the poet did not go He did not attempt to fathom the unfathomable; he did not attempt to define the undefinable. Neither Dante nor Milton made plain the spiritual world, and Shakespeare did we'll to confine himself to the haps and mishaps of a world he knew. It was limitation, but it was a limita- tion of his own choosing. No one can say what degree of spiritual insight his mind might have been capable of under different circumstances, and we need not trouble ourselves with such a speculative question. He chose as his field this world, it's mirths and woes, and it was quite enough.
 This world needed an. interpreter, and the very practicality-the vivid reality-of the immortal lines, from which serenity and sweetness are nev- CT lacking, renders them all the more valuable to generation after genera tloH ue pOSJ ldhCS SlIhCl hiotOl " di events or the events of life that are daily occurring, and interprets them in his own wonderful way. He brings before us the clashings of life-the points at which individuai will antago- nizes the family, as in Romeo and Jul het, or the church, as in King John pr the state, as in Julius Caesar, and at all times and in all places he stands for society, for harmony, for institu. tional order True, society is some times modified by individual antago- nism, but it is thus bettered, and the world moves on more harmoniously than before. And tue poet puts before us these strifes with so much balance of mind, so much sweetness in the ar gument, that he wins all to the side of harmony, and makes life real and significant.
 Shakespeare is a poet first of all; this we should not forget; but he is also a philosopher. His eyes were open, and what he saw he considered in an orderly manner, keeping in mind always it's relation to society; and
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT AFFAIRS
 IN WASHINGTON AND ELSEWHERE

this is not correct-that the General hopes some of these days to go to the Senate from Alabama. In the meantime, the Gen. eral would probably like to be appointed on some government army commission or some other government commission. As he is now on the retired list of the United States army, he draws a salary equal to that of Congressman, and will continue to so during the rest of his life
 It may be that he will be sent on some military commission to China.
 By the way, speaking of China the ac- tion of the representatives of the alleged civilized powers strikes the casual read- CTS as being decidedly brutal and inhu- man. We talk of the heathen and inhu- man Chinese, yet it would seem that we close our eyes to the brutalities demand ed by our present representatives at Pe- kin These civilized representatives are demanding the beheading of a great num- Der of Chinese officials who are supposed 10 have been parties to the uprising last spring and summer. They are demand ing the wholesale slaughter of China men and calling for systems of punish ment equal to the most horrible practices by the Chinese themselves. No wonder the Chinese court balks at these brutal demands-demands requiring one or more Chinese officials to commit hari kari in tho presence of English, German and American army officers. In other words. to accept one of two punishments-being taken out and beheaded, or being permit ted to sit within a circle of soldiers and kill one's self by jabbing a knife into the stomach. This Is exactly what is demanded of Prince Chwang because he is suspected of having been a party to the anti-foreign riots
 The Alabama Legislature Is in Pensaco- la annexing West Florida and samplng the good things to be found aboard the battleship Alabama Pensacola Is a great port and the State of Alabama will do well to bring this thriving town within its border
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The age-herald., 1901-02-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for this day, Sunday, February IT, 1901
 Court marry and visit thy friends"
 Thou art threatened with sickness, this being thy birthday; in thy business thou wilt have a favorable year and 1t will increase, but expect annoyances through letters and young people"
 "A child born on this day will be for tunate in it's undertakings. If female, unhappy in marriage"
The age-herald., 1901-02-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A religious woman takes to a funeral like healthy woman does to fight.
 The first year after she is married . woman ought to be made to carry a bit in her mouth.
 Most girls sooner or later have to kiss, but there are a few that YOU only have to let kiss you.
 When he is getting married and the minister asks if there is any one who Knows any reason why the thing should not go on the average man can hardls help lodging.