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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-11-14

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Drummer lin train)-"Is this seat en-
saged?" Coy Coantry Maid-"No, but
/ m."-Judgc.
Uncle Tom. what is charity"
"Charity, Tommy, is finding good ex-
cuses for the faults of people we don't
like. detroit Free Press.
Bv such discrepancies as this
Our life down here is cursed;
The man who sings the loudest Is
The man who sings the worst.
Washington Star.
81 admire :your wife's style Of writ
ing. Her diction is perfect" Yes.
her diction is all right. So is her
contradiction. That's wonderful
Bits.
"Say, pop" remarked little Willie.
els corn-raisinS an infant industry
mo, my boy" answered the head OF
the house. "WeN what do they need
cribs for:"-Philadelphia Record.
I found an honest man one time,
You are thiefl" l cried,
When l had caught him in the act.
Il am, sir" he replied. '
Detroit Free Press.
"Where arc you going:" asked the
housebreaker. Up to detective head
quarters" said the safecracker. L
have reason to believe the police are
on my trail."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Bizzer-"Are you afraid Of burglars,
that you sleep with your pocketbook
under your pillow Buzzer-"Er-
not exactly; you see, it's my wife
that Pm afraid of."-Ohio State
Journal.
Bill-"Don't you think there is more
in anticipation than in realization"
Jill-"Well. l believe there is more
satisfaction in lying about the fish
than in catching them. if that's what
y&u mean."-YonkerS Statesman.
tSurface-"I see that nearly all the
rich men Of to-day began their careers
by teaching school," Deepun-"Yes, 4
man who succeeds in getting along
with an average lot Of school directors
can make his way anywhere. New
York Weekly.
"See here. exclaimed the boys
mother, as Ghe elected him from the
pantry, "how many more times must
tell you to keep away from those
lars of preserves?' How many more
jars are there. ma inquired the
boy.-Philadelphia Record.
Il hope some day to see my daugh-
ter's name on doctors sign said
the matchmaking mother. All in
deed" said the young physician; lis
she studying medicine" No; but L
am anxious for her to marry doc
tor."-Chicago RecordHerald.
How did you happen to insure in
that particular company" Il con-
suited the wishes of my wife, "Of
course; that's very praiseworthy. But
does she know anything about life
insurance companies" Yes. She in
yestigated, and found that this one
always issues the prettiest calendars"
-Tit-BitS.
The times., 1901-06-21
Prairie Rhetoric.

There is one phenomenon in modern
American life which seems to have es-
caped the observation of the student of
human nature as it exists in this coun-
try. This is not surprising, for in a
land as big as this, IL is scarcely posi-
BILE to take in all the objects worthy Of
study in an ordinary human lifetime;
and by the time one Is far enough above
the surface to get a birds eye view
the view becomes so indistinct that only
such salient features as the Rocky
Mountains and the Great Lakes are Wis
ible. This is perhaps the reason why, in
the works of ambitious writer's anxious
to create the great American novel,
there appears TO be a certain crudeness.
One cannot use the methods of the lab
oratory and the land surveyor at one
and the same time. Hence most Amer
lean observers have found 1t wise to
confine themselves TO one section of the
country or one phase of its life.
In this piecemeal survey of American
civilization it has not yet been noted
that in certain sections of the country
rhetoric which, in the Old World, would
be deemed appropriate to mountains,
rivers, and avaIanches, is applied to hu-
man affairs. A fair example of it IS to
be found in a recent issue Of the Kan
sas City Journal" in a description Of
the grand march at a ball given by
secret society of that town. The writer
spared no pains to impress upon his
readers that that march was the grand
est feature of the grandest function
ever held in the Western Hemisphere
siy.ce prehistoric times; and as the
readers We're doubtless anxious TO be
impressed with the fact, there is no
doubt that everybody was happy. And
this is what he said:
'It was like a wonderful serpent, twining its
tremendous length around the hail. with red
capped head, and a body changeful as an opal
with its reds apl blues its yeows and its greens,
its silvers its scSTlets, its pinks and buffs
and greys. II was like river again when the
sunlight filters Il through the trees, and
reflects in its ripping bosom beauties that no
artist dare linn. II was like a streak Of sky
seen through a rain cloud, the goes
down, when the airy mists translated into
wonderful hues, and their uansucence turns into
feast for the eye 50 rare that Il Is neYef trans
ntted to aught more earthly. II was like an
Aurora Boreaiis in a wintry northern sky, when
great shafts are sent heayenwz.d, and the earth
The times., 1901-06-21
ARMT 7 ORDERS.

First Lieut.. Albert r. Dillingham; Is
transferred from the fTwenty-sixth Infan-
try to the Eighteenth Infantry and will
join the latter regiment
The army board appointed to examine
Iieutenants of the line for transfer TO the
Corps of Engineers is to meet at the Army
Building, New York City, on August 15.
First Lieut.. Joseph L. Knowlton, Artil-
lery Corps. at his own request is relieved
from further duty at the Military Acad-
emy, West Point.
The Secretary of War has directed Capt.
Ira MacNutt, Ordnance Department. to
inspect material in process of manufac-
ture for the Ordnance Department, and
for that purpose to make, during the
month of July, 1901: Not to exceed two
visits TO Hilton Head, S. c.; not TO exceed
two visits to Fishers Island, n. Y; not to
exceed four visits 70 the works of the
Atha Steel Company. Harrison, n. J.: not
to exceed four visits TO the works of the
Taylor II on and Steel Company. High
bridge. n. j.: not to exceed six visits to
the works of the briggs -Seabury Gun and
Ammunition Company, Derby, Conn: not
to exceed four visits to the works of the
American Ordnance Company. Bridgeport,
Conn; not to exceed one visit to the
works of the American Ordnance Com
pany, Lynn, Mass.
Second Lieut.. Lee Hagood. Twelfth Cav
airy, has been transferred to the Artil-
Iery Corps. and assigned 10 the Fifty-fifth
Company, Coast Artillery, at Fort Han
First Lieut. Hugh A Roberts. Twelfth
Cavalry, is transferred to the Eighth
Cavalry.
Second Lieut.. William P. Ennis. Artil-
Iery Corps. is transferred from the Third
Field Battery to the Eleventh Battery.
Field Artillery.
capt. Frederick C. Jackson, assistant
surgeon, U. 5. V, is relieved of duty at
Columbus Barracks. and ordered to san
Francisco. for transportation TO Manila
for duty there.
The times., 1901-06-21

upon the members of Legislature
whose duty it is to elect United States
Senator When he presents himself as
candidate for that Office he does not
stand upon his merits as a private cit
izen, but he has all the prestige and in
fuence of the governorship behind him.
This may be eXerted in such a way as
TO amount virtually to a purchase of
the senatorship. without the expendi-
ture of dollar of his own money. He
may make an unholy combination with
the Lieutenant Governor and the Pres
ident pro tempore of the Senate, for a
vacancy in the Governors office means
their advancement Together they may
be able to bring great pressure to bear
upon the members Of the body over
which they preside, and their influence
is generally by. no means incOnsiderable
with the membership of the other
House.
The ways in which a Governor may
sometimes use his position to advance
his senatorial aspirations are, in fact,
too numerous to mention. The methods
ne may employ are, II - II uc, no NoASO
than those by which many others are
elected to the Senate-perhaps not 50
bad-but that is no reason why every
possible safeguard should not be en-
ployed to ensure the fair and honest
election of men who are to represent a
State in what ought to be the grandest
legislative body in the world.
Nor can it fairly be urged that it will
work any hardship upon the Governor
or injury to the public service. AS a
rule he may render as valuable service
to the State in the Governors chair as
in the Senate. In fact it might be in
the highest degree unwise to take
strong, honest man out of the guberna-
torial office and replace him with a
weak or dishonest one. AS for the Gov
ernor's personal interest in the matter,
it is enough to say that if he is a really
strong and popular man he can afford
to wait
This in brief, is one side of the ques
ton. There may be another, but if so
it seems that the Alabama Convention
was not impressed by it.
The times., 1901-06-21
SELLING OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Some Action to Prevent Their Pri-
y-fe Disposal Advocated.

There is nothing illegal that l know Of
in connection with the fact that A s
Csoehart has advertised for sale copies
of the report of the Paris Exposition"
said L. C. FerreII, Superintendent Of
Public Documents, yesterday.
Mr.. capehart has simply taken advan-
tage of his position and knowledge and
ordered in advance certain number OF
copies of the report. which he had right
to do. And, OF course, he can dispose Of
them as he sees fit
But there is some good that may result
from this matter. Congress, at the COM
ing session, may act on the recommends
tion of the Office of the Superintendent
of Public Documents and amend the law
so that when any person desires to secure
a certain public document 1t may be pur-
chased directly through the office Of the
Superintendent of Public Documents. As
il is we will have a small number, say
four or FIVE or whatever number of copies
of reports of the Paris Exposition left
over for sale after the Distribution by
Congress For the past three years IN
my annual reports l have urged that the
law regulating the publication Of docu-
ments be amended so that the public
could purchase Government publications
direct from this Office without having to
der in advance of its publication 80
copies of any public document, but the
general public doesn't know this, and the
men on the inside are thus enabled TO
speculate in valuable Government puoli-
cations"
The times., 1901-06-21
j. D. ROCKEFELLER SCORED.
Mr. Brynn's Severe Criticism of the
Standard Oil Man.

LINCOLN, Neb., June 20.In this week s
"Commoner" Mr.. Bryan caustically criti-
cises John D. Rockefeller's recent state
ment that he regarded payment of wages
to workmen the best form of giving. He
says:
LAS Mr.. Rockefeller gets more out of
the Standard Oil than the thousands Of
men who do the work. and as he could
get nothing out of the business but for
the work done by the wage earners, 1t
is evident that the day laborers are doing
some giving themselves. Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter has the reputation of being a very
liberal man, but it Is quite evident that
he is giving away some one else's money.
IF the employees are not receiving
wages enough ne is giving away their
money, or money which should be paid
to them, and they should be credited
with his donations. If the employees are
receiving wages enough, il must be ap-
parent that the CONSUMERS Of oil are pay
ing too much and therefore they should
be credited with Mr.. Rockefeller's dona-
tions Not only will he find it impossible
to obtain credit for wages paid employees
but he will find that much that he has
given to religion, 10 education, and to
charity has been set down in the Incl
dental expense column and not under the
head of benevolence.
IF Mr.. Rockefeller had given not a
small per cent but all of his income to
church and charity he could not haze
compensated for the harm he has done,
nor could he have justified the crimi1 1al
methods which he has employed"
The times., 1901-06-21
Governors and the senatorship.

The Constitutional Convention in Ala
bama has adopted a provision making
the Governor Of the State ineligible for
the United States Senate. The reasons
are not stated, but it IS not hard to find
some that may have been potential in
their effect upon the minds of the dele
gates.
Il may very fairly be urged that when
the people have elected a man to the
gubernatoriaI Office the election has
some reference to his supposed fitness
for the performance of its duties, and
that the people are entitled to his ser
vices for the full period of his term.
If II is necessary for him TO resign for
strictly personal reasons which in no
way concern the public, his right to do
so may be conceded: but if he resign
merely 10 accept some other office for
which, perhaps. he is not the choice of
the people, 1t is their privilege to OBJ
feet And this has frequently been
done.
Besides, the Governor occupies po-
sition which often enables him TO exert
a powerful. even an undue, influence
The times., 1901-06-21
GOLD AND SILVER RETURNS.
The United States Occupied First
Place in 1900.

NEW YORK, June 20-Returns as to
the gold and silver production of the
United States and of the world In 1850
are contained in Volume TX of The Min
eral Industry which Is reviewed in the
current number of The Engineering and
Mining Journal"
The worlds production of gold last year
was 12SS1.454 fine ounces. or $2S5. .928.e54. as
against 1901, III ounces. or 1911 505. .9l7 in
1893 showing a decrease of 2.eS9, ,ss7 ounces.
or s55, ,5sl, ,293. This unfavorable result was
due TO the small contribution made by the
Transvaal mines. a few only of which
were operated during the early months OF
the year.
Deducting the Transvaal output from
the grand totals for 1899 and 1900. the sta
tistics show an increase in the other gold
producing countries of s10.171.0o The
largest gains were made by the United
States, Canada. India. Rhodesia, and Bra
I'll, while in Australia and China there
were important decreases.
The United States, which in 1893 ranked
third among the great gold-producers, in
1900 showed a substantial increase, which.
with the elimination of the Transvaal,
put It in the first place IN 1900 Its pro-
duction amounted to s7S. S.159. GA.
The silver production of the world in
creased from III. .sS5 $50 troy ounces (com-
merciaI value s1O5, 800, 110 in 1888 to 1S2.-
632 653 ounces commercial value Sil2.zeS,-
7I2) in 1900. a gain of 4.796,071 ounces The
United States, with So, sol, 797 ounces, of a
commercial value of Ss,S76,s00. continued
to hold the first place as producer, with
Mexico. with IS, ,s0i. i20 ounces 1874. .269. .4si).
second, and Australia, 14.063.24 ounces
($7, ,636, ,23S), and Bolivia, 1O,4S2.65 ounces
(s6. .40s. 7l2), following in the order named.
Regarding the future of silver mining,
THE Engineering and Mining Journal
says:
There is every reason to believe that
the worlds mines will keep turning out
the white metal and that no large de-
crease need be expected unless very
considerable falling in price should oc-
cur and there is no reason to expect such
a change under present conditions.
The times., 1901-06-21
MAIL SERVICE TO BE SLOWER
The Eject of Disseminating the Use
of Pneumatic Tubes

The Postoffice Department has coTnpIet-
ed all arrangements. said the Second As
sistant Postmaster General, Mr.. ShaIien-
berger, yesterday, 10 abandon the pneu-
matte tube service now in use In New
York. Brooklyn. Philadelphia. and Bos-
ton on June 80, the end Of the current
fiscal year and to resume the old system
OF mail transmission between all points
in the four cities. This action of the
Department is made necessary By the
failure OF Congress at It's last session TO
make an appropriation 10 continue the
pneumatic tube service.
Bids for wagon service between the city
postoffice. the Grand Central station. the
Brooklyn postoIiice. and the Produce Ex-
change in New York; the North Union
Station and the general postoffice In Bos-
ton, and the Reading Terminal. the Penn
sylvania Depot. me BoGrse and the gem
eral postoffice in Philadelphia were ad-
vertised for and accepted by the Depart
ment some time ago, and recently instruc-
tions were sent to the postmasters in
these three cities. in which the pneumatic
tube service is in use. not to despatch
mail packages by the tubes after the
night of June 30.
The Department regrets the necessi-
ty Of resuming the old wagon service"
said Mr.. Shallenberger yesterday. las It
is considered a step backward in the
scheme of rapid mail transmission. We
do not expect hitch to occur by reason
of the change other than the inevitable
and unavoidable delays growing out OF
the inferiority of the wagon service. The
Department had planned TO extend the
service to seven other cities. where it
was believed the volume of mail and the
circumstances connected with it's hand
ling warranted the Introduction of the
pneumatic system. Only two OF these
cities, however, Chicago and st. Louis.
were included in the Department recon-
mendations to Congress for additional
tube service. Now. however, as Congress
has refused to grant a penny toward the
tube service, the Department must not
Only give up all ideas of extending the
service, but abandon the system now Civ
ing satisfactory service.
Last years appropriation for the ser
vice in the three cities was S225.000, and
while the wagon service will be, OF course.
vastly cheaper. IL Will be in the nature
of a false economy, as it Will not be pos
sible to make the contemplated retro
grade movement and at the same time
preserve the present high standard IN the
exchange and delivery of malls which
now obtains by the use of the New York
and Brooklyn plant. the Philadelphia
plant, and the Boston plant
The times., 1901-06-21
A London Opinion of New York.

A young Englishman has recently
been giving to the papers his opinion Of
New York, and though the gentleman
with the opinion is of no particular con-
sequence. the opinion itself is rather
amusing He says that he does not
think that New York approaches Lon
don in any respect, and that he found it
| hard to amuse himself there. There
were comparatively few theatres and
music halls, and in several of the latter
he could not get a drink. In short, he
seemed to think New York slow.
Considering the idea which that me-
tropolis entertains of itself and expects
travellers to entertain, this frankly ex-
pressed view is decidedly funny. No
traveller of any Importance can land in
New York without being interviewed
about his impressions of the city even
before he sets foot there. Reporters set
out in pilot boats and on tugs for the
express purpose of getting doses of su-
CARED opinion of New York for their re-
spective papers Usually the traveller is
prepared for this. and says either that
he has not been here long enough TO
know Just what he thinks, 0, that he
considers New York -s-wonderful place.
so rapid that it almost takes his breath
away, and that there IS nothing like it
at all in the old country. And all this
fattery certain journals of Gotham will
swallow at gulp and open their Gar
gantuan mouths 70, more. 1t has re-
mained for this independent young
British gentleman to declare with child
like candor that he considers New York
inferior to London, and that it is not as
amusing as he supposed it would be.
He does not intimate, either, that he ex-
pected to see buffalo and alligators
promenading the streets and Sioux
braves lying in wait at every corner 1t
is not the absence of wild and wooily
Western features that has surprised
him. What he expected to see was a
town with some life in it, with places
where one could go and have fun in a
civilized way; and he has failed to see
anything of the kind.
A shock of this kind may have the
effect of lowering the temperature on
the Bowery, which devoutly believes
New York to be the only town; but that
is not an Objectionable thing at this
time OF year 1t may save ice bills.
This is rather a new experience for
New York After two generations of
derision of the British public for not be-
ing progressive and rapid, the town has
lived to see itself called slow by mere
Englishman. Truly there are things
new under the sun, after all.
The times., 1901-06-21
BRIDGE PLANS SUBMITTED.
Ornamental Decoration Urged for
. the Potomac Structure.

General Gillespie, Chief of Engineers,
has submitted to the Secretary Of War
the report of the special board composed
of Colonel Allen and Captains Burr,
Beach, and Hoffman, appointed to con-
slider and pass upon the plans prepared
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for a railroad bridge across the Potomac.
The board approves the plans as drafted
in general, but makes several suggestions
which may be incorporated in the erec-
ton of the new structure. Chief among
these is the suggestion of some ornamen-
tai decoration which would make the
bridge more imposing. While the board
does not say that this should be required,
its report calls attention to the simplicity
and pIainness of the structure and points
out where it could be beautined and that
such an addition could well be afforded
by so wealthy a corporation as the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The plan of a straight bridge at right
angles with the stream is approved, this
method affording the least obstruction to
navigation and the free flow Of water.
The Secretary Of War will Eafer the re-
port to Colonel Bingham, II charge of
public buildings and grounds, for a Spe-
cial report upon the Washington ap-
prOaches to the bridge, with view to
their conformity with the proposed plans
for the development of the city's park
system.
The railroad bridge is to take the place
of the present Long Bridge The board
of a highway bridge which it is proposed
to build short distance above the rail-
road bridge, and a report upon this is
expected within a short time.
The times., 1901-06-21
TO BRING RECORDS INTO COURT.
Writ Asked Against the Secretary
of the Treasury.

A petition was filed in the Supreme
Court of the District yesterday by George
Hamilton, George c. CholwelI & Co,
Mourilyan, Heinman & Co. Russell & Co.
Averiu & Co., and William ]. Butterfield.
asking that writ of certiorari be is
sued against the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the Board of Tea Experts, ap-
pointed by Mr.. Gage, to compel him to
file with the cour+ . copy of the pro-
ceediugs of that board
1t is also asked that the decisions and
actions of the board in selecting, prepar-
ing, and submitting TO the Secretary stan
dard samples of teas for the year 1901
be filed.
The petition charges that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, in establishing a
standard of methods OF packing teas,
which exclude certain teas on the ground
of size merely, although they are equal
in purity. quality, and fitness for con-
sumption to the established standard.
1t is explained that many millions Of
pounds of India, Ceylon, and COngous,
broken teas, known in trade as dust.
the term not implying impurity or inferi-
ority, however, in the article itself, are
annually imported and sold on the Lon
don, Canadian, and Russian markets, and
are of unquestiOnable purity and fitness
for consumption, such dust differing
from the unhroken leaf in size alone.
The matter will come I'D for hearing
on July S.
The times., 1901-06-21
A SURPRISE AT BUFFALO.
Havnna's Police Band Tenders Its
Services ut the Exposition.

BUFFALO. June 20.--The directors of
the Pan-American Exposition were treat
ed to a pleasant surpris1-yesterday after
noon. For five months they have been
corresponding with the authorities at Ha-
vana. with a view to securing the police
band of that place for the fair but they
could get no satisfactory replies and gave
up in despair.
Yesterday Senior Guiiiermo Tomas, lead
ar of the band, walked into the office of
Mr. buchanan the Director General
and rendered the service of the band
which contains ffty-eight pieces. Mr.
buchanan was bewildered by such unex-
pected action Senior Tomas explained
the band was sent by the civic authorities
to the exposition as an especial compli-
ment to the Pan-American authorities.