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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-20
At The North

The new currency law for the Phil
ippines will go into effect on Septem-
Der /.
D. M. Parry denounced organized Ia
Dor as mobocracy in an address at
Chautauqua, New York.
Frederick MacMonnies, of New York,
has been appointed to design the stat
ue of Gen. G. B. Mcclellan to be erect
ed in Washington.
There were two additional deaths as
the result of the accident at the Ma
t;onal League Baseball Park, in Phil
adelphia. on Saturday.
Archbishop John ]. Farley was in
vested with the pallium by Mgr. Do
mede Falconi, Papal Delegate, before
q great throng in st. Peters Cathe-
dral, in New York.
The Democratic convention of Ham
ilton county, Ohio. at Cincinnati. chose
delegates to the State convention IA
voring the nomination Of Zimmerman
for Governor, but the Johnson dele
gates bolted and held another meeting.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, with the Mary
land delegation to the Grand Army Of
the Republic convention, was given a
reception in Denver.
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The Typographical Union.

Washington, Special.-An important
proposition coming from the commit
tee on laws, which was adopted by the
International Typographical Union,
vas that which permits subordinate
unions to incorporate in exceptional
cases.
The union took up the Los Angeles
Times case and voted for a referendum
on the question of an assessment for
funds to unionism The Times office.
A statement was read from General
Otis, Of The Times, saying that the Of
Ace was by choice a fraternal office,
that high wages were paid and no sur
render would be made. Delegate Hayh,
OF Los Angeles, told Of the unions
course and expressed hope Of ultimate
SUCCESS.
In the Spokane and Seattle cases. in
which President Lynch is charged by
Commissioner Driscoll with a violation
Of the arbitration agreement, the COM
mlttee on dTDltTdtiCu TepOItcu an vi
dorsement of President Lynch and the
executive council and accused tne pub
fishers Of precipitating the trouble by
a display of bad faith. The repor. says
the union constitution cannot be arE'-
trated, but asserts a belief in arbitra-
ton where the parties approach the
question in a fair and conciliatcry
manner.
The woman's auxiliary elected Mrs.
Frank l.. Kennedy, Of Omaha, prcsi-
dent and Mrs. C. C. Houston, Of Allan
ia, one Of the vice presidents.
The convention adopted a special or
ganizer to visit several towns in the
South to organize new unions and TO
visit established unions for The pur-
pose Of strengthening the same. The
convention adopted the proposition to
organize newspaper writers and au-
thorize expenditures Of the necessary
funds therefore. The death benefit was
increased to so.
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n.Ils Take Vacation.

Burlington. VT, Special.-The Bur-
lington, Winsooki and Colchester Mills
of the American Wollen Company Will
not resume operations soon, orders
having been received for a two weeks
suspension. In addition to the Wash
ington Mills at Lawrence. Mass, n
the Assabet Mills at Maynard, Mass,
the company has also decided to close
the Lebanon and Mascoma Mills and
Baleric Mills Of Enfield in the Mas
coma Valley, N. H., for a similar pc
riod. These mills employ a total OF
about 10, 1000 hands. The shutdown, the
company announces, is for the purpose
of giving the employees a vacation n
repairs and improvements at the sew
eral plants.
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THE SEABOARD SOLD
Reoorted That it Becomes Allied With
Other Roads
WILL ABANDON ALL RATE CUTTING
Indications Point to the Removal OF
All Competition From thu. Field OF
Southern Railroading.

New York, Specialize lons-ex-
pected announcement that the Sea-
board Air Line had passed, at iast'
practically into new hands, was made
Wednesday by Ladenburg, Thalman q
Co., who issued a statement showing
that interests representing the Rock
Island and St. Louis & San Francisco
had secured representation in the Sea
board directorate and board OF voting
trustees. The official statement was
as follows:
"Ladenburg, Thalman & Company
announce that they have completed
negotiations whereby new and lmpor-
tant interests have become ldentlhed
with the Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company. B. F. Yoakum and H. Clay
Pierce and B. F. Guinness, OF Laden
burg, Thalman & Company, and OK-
leigh Thorne, president Of the North
American Trust Company. have oeen
elected voting trustees OF the ADO
Air Line Railway"
President John Shelton Williams
also announces that V. Y. Yoakum, n.
CLAW Pierce, Okleigh ThoTne and 5. b.
Vsn Worst have beer elected directors
os the Seaboard Air Line Railway. MI.
Yoakum is president Of the st. LOUIS
G. San Francisco Railroad, for which
company J. P. Morgan & Co.. are nscaa
agents. The official announcements VI
the deal also said:
"The change Of personnel OF voting
trustees of the stock OF the Seaooard
Air Line Company does not mean the
purchase OF that company by ROCK is-
land or Frisco interests, although tne
Frisco lines extend into Birmingham
and are a part Of the Southern sltua-
tion. II does, however, emphasize the
fact that all the great railway systems
are carving out the policy OF more
closely cementing the railway trans
p~ortation interests Of the country,
which will greatly retard n 1t IS
hoped entirely prevent demoraiizatioh
OF the rate situation, or the unneces.
sary construction and duplication OF
property. Attention is called to tne
fact that with the di~scontinuance OF
any further construction by the sea
hoard Air Line the value of the prop
critics are greatly enhanced, n an,
other gratifying fact at this tune ahc
which is further evidence OF the Iu-
ture disposition of the railways Oh tne
United States is that this zeal ices not
call for any financing " supplying q
new money"
One of the voting trustees when ask
ed IN state the real significance OF Tile
deal said that it meant a peter IN
Outstanding among interests that nave
at various times conficted."
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Smoke to Catholics.

Oyster Bay, Special.-President
Roosevelt delivered the principal ad-
dress at the quarterly meeting OF the
Society of the Holy Name, Of Brook
lyn and Long Island, held here Sun.
day. Decency of speech and conduct
constituted the theme Of his ad-
dress, which was enthusiastically ap-
plauded by an audience OF more
than 1000 persons, chiefly men.
Father Powers, rector of st. Domi.
hicks. introduced the President in a
felicitious speech in which he spoke
Of the esteem in which Mr.. Roose-
welt is held by the Catholics of this
country.
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Sentenced to Hang.
ruin.

Wilmington, Special.-Jaebel Regis
ter and his father, H. B. Register, were
convicted at Whiteville, Columbus
county, Of the murder Of Jesse Sales
and Jim Stally last March, and burning
the house down upon their bodies,
after robbing the premises OF some
thing over $1,000. The younger Reg
lister was sentenced to be hanged on
October 9, and his father was sentenced
to the penitentiary for life. Cross Ed
mondson, whose confession implicated
the Registers, and secured their con-
viction, was sentenced to six years.
The Registers counsel gave notice OF
appeal to the Supreme Court.
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LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
Down In Dixie.

Kentucky distillers, it was reported,
will ship 10000 barrels of whiskey to
Europe shortly.
l.. Siebert Cease, who was mysteri-
ously shot in Richmond, has been put
under a peace bond.
Captain Baylor and the Virginia
Oyster Commission are measuring the
barrens up James river.
Judge George Gray, chairman of the
coal arbitration board at Birmingham.
stated the scope of the inquiry and the
testimony was continued.
The charges of attempted bribery in
the Georgia Legislature were not sus-
tanned according to the committees
report.
Rock Island interests have been ad-
mitted to representation in the Sea-
board Air Line Railway, forming a
close alliance Of the two systems.
Mrs. Daisy Brown Armentrout, wife
Of Rev. DR.. N. Armentrout of Ken
lucky, committed suicide in Prince Ed
ward county, Virginia.
Miss Marie Gordon, formerly Of Muir
freesboro, Tenn, who shot herself
while at a hotel in Chicago, died beg
ging to see her mother. who was has
tening to her, but did not arrive in
time.
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Killing of Chinese

Seoul, BY CabIe.-An agreement has
practically been concluded between
Russia and .Corea, whereby Russia &C
CURES 200 acres of land at Uongampho,
on the Yalu river, on a 99-year lease.
The application Of M. Payloff, the
Russian minister, for permission to
erect telegraph and telephone lines to
Yongampho has been refused. The eS-
tension to the northward Of the Seoul
Wiju Railway is progressing.
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Miscellaneous Natters.

The International Typographical
Union decided to hold its 1904 conven-
ton in st. Louis.
Edward l.. Dryer. former husband
of the Duchess de Castellnccia, filed a
petition in bankruptcy in New York.
A freight train ran away on a noun
tain near Asheville, N. c., and En-
gineer J. H. Averill. Jr., and Fireman
Hair were killed in the wreck.
The first bale OF new cotton sold in
Augusta, Ca, brought 20 cents a
pound.
The Irish Land Bill was finally
agreed to by the Lords and Commons
and now awaits only King Edwards
signature to become law.
Lord George Hamilton, Secretary Of
State for India. said in the House OF
Commons that Britain must be ready
at all times for possible Russian ag-
erosion in India.
Lord Salisbury. ex-Premier OF Great
Britain. is seriously i'll.
Cardinal Gibbons will assist at the
conservation in Rome Saturday Of Rev.
J. J. Harry as Archbishop OF Manila.
The latest eruption of Vesuvius is
causing intense alarm.
Car Nicholas appointed Admiral
Alexieff Viceroy of the Amur district
and Kwan-Tung province in Eastern
Asia.
The board of naval officers which
examined the battleship Massachusetts,
after the accident on Wednesday re-
ports that the damage to the ship IS
serious.
The Commissioner Of India Affairs
Is advised that a number Of Shawnee
and Kickapoo Indians are preparing TO
go to Mexico.
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Yellow Fever.

Laredo, Tex, Special.-Dr. H. j.
Hamilton, United States hospital sur
geon, has completed his investigation
Of The reported cases Of yellow fever
at Monterey, Mex, and has notified the
Warrington authorities that there is
not a case of yellow fever there or in
surrounding towns.
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Terrible Storm.

Merida, BY Cable.-The effects of the
tropical cyclone here and in Progresso
have been terrible. The wind com
menced in the early hours OF the night,
and panic quickly seized the communl-
ty. The wind tore up great trees by the
roots, blew roofs away, and destroyed
houses and plantations. Great damage
was done IN a very short time. Great
efforts were made to save small YES
sells. but about 20 of those in the port
CT Progresso were cast upon the shore.
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Sryan in 2 Wreck.

St. Louis, special.-Wm. J. Bryan
was severely shaken up, but escaped
injury in a small wreck on the South
err Railway. near Mount Vernon, ILL.,,
Sunday. While running at full speed
the train ran into an open switch and
vas delayed several hours. Beyond
/! uises no one was injured. Mr.. Bry-
an arrived here from Louisville, KY,
and continued his journey to Syca-
more, II.
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A TERRIBLE STORY
Of Murders, Burnings and General
outrages Comes From Turkey
BULGARIA ARRAIGNS The TURKS
In q Memorandum Presented to h
Powers the Bulgarian Government
Sets Forth the Condition of Affairs
In Hacedonla.

Sofia, BY Cable.-The Bulgarian gov
eminent has presented a memorandum
to the powers, setting out at great
length the condition Of affairs during
the past three months in Macedonia
since the Turkish government under
took to %inaugnrate the promised re-
forms. The most precise details, dates,
places and names Of persons are given
IN the memorandum, the whole con-
shutting a terrible category of murder,
torture, incendiarism, pillage and gen.
eral oppression committed by Otto
man soldiers and officials. These par
ticulars were obtained entirely from
official sources, such as the reports OF
the Bulgarian consuls and agents OF
the Bulgarian government, n In
many instances. the reports made by
Turkish authorities. The Bulgarian
government guarantees the absolute
truth Of every statement and chal-
lenges the Porte to disprove a single
charge made in the memorandum,
WHICH begins by stating that during
the past three months the Ottoman
government has taken a series OF
measures with the alleged intention
Of inaugurating the era Of promised re-
term and of assuring peace and tran
guilty to the Bulgarian population OF
European Turkey, bat which have
lad the contrary effect Of further exas-
~rerating this population end reviv1ng
the revolutionary movement. Instead
OF proceeding solely against persons
guilty of breaches OF the public order,
the military and civil authorities have
sought every possible pretext to per-
secute. terrorize and ruin the Bulgar-
ian inhabitants, alike in the large
cities and in the small villages.
Numerous assassinations, burnings
and other. outrages are charged.
Dealing with other acts OF oppres-
sion, there the memorandum states
that the Bulgarian merchants and
artisans living in Constantinop!e ana
Salonica were ordered to their native
villages and were not allowed any
time or opportunity to dispose OF
their business or property. Some OF
these Bulgarians who, with their fam
lilies, had been established Tor ~
years or more, were utterly ruined.
AS the order applied equally to pro-
fessors and schoolmasters, the Bull
garian schools were closed before the
end of the school year. The authorl-
ties vigorously enforced the same or
der against the Bulgarian priests,
making every effort to p~aralyze the
development Of religious and educa-
tional work, and deprive the Bull
garian exarch Of all his privileges and
force the people to come under the
authority Of the Greek patriarch.
Encouraged by the Ottoman au-
thorities, the Greek bishops and arch
imandrites forced their way into the
Bulgarian churches and burned the
p~rayer-books and menaced the peo-
pie. The archimandrate OF Salonlca
declared in a recent sermon h a the
Sultan did not want Bulgarian ex-
aches in his empire; if they remained
thew would be e~Xterminated.
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Attention Called.

Constantinople, BY Cable.-The Brit
ish ambassador has called the atten-
ton Of the Porte to the serious situa-
ton in Macedonia. He pointed out that
grave consequences may attend fresh
murders of consuls or foreign subjects.
The ambassador had an audience with
the Sultan on Friday.
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Eight Killed.

Chattanooga, Specialize death list
resulting from the head-end collision
between two freight trains on the Gin
cjnnati Southern Railroad Saturday
night near Cumberland Falls, mas
row to eight, FIVE men having died
since Sunday night. Among the dead
is Engineer T. S. Duke, Of Salisbury.
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HayfIower Ashore.

Norfolk, Special.-Reports from
Elizabeth City, n. c., are to the effect
that the steamer Mayfower is ashore
in North Carolina waters and Will
probably prove q total loss. The May
flower struck on a bar at Wade's Point.
in Albemarle Sound, about Is miles
south OF Elizabeth City. The Mayfiower
IS a small river craft and was lumber
laden.
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At The National Capital.

Elaborate meneuvers for troops Of
the regular army and National Guard
organizations have been arranged by
the War Department.
Lieutenant-G General Young will be in
charge of the War Department from
August % until Assistant Secretary
Oliver assume the duties Of his posi-
ton on September /.
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Convict Bill Passed.

Atlanta, Ga, Special.-The House OF
REPRESENTATIVES Of the State Leglsla-
ture passed the convict bill, as amend
cd by the Senate, providing for the
employnent of all fve-year felony con-
yicts on the public roads. Each county
nav work its pro-rata number OF con-
yicts.
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course, being used-whne in the second compartment IA placed an open
Dish containing a sterile nutrient such a is used as a culture medium Tor bae-
terra. Flies YER placed in the first compartment, and, as oon as q nuMpef OF
them had been sen to walk upon, or at Of the infected MATERIAL ne were
allowed to pass through a small door into the second compartment, Where
they had-a chance tic come in contact with the culture medium in the dish.
The result was that bacteria deposited upon the surface OF the sterile nurient
multiplied there, and formed characteristic colonies.
In these experiments molasses mixed with q growth Of yellow bacteria
was spread on a plate in the first compartment and a dozen dies were put INTO
the apparatus. Half IN hour later the door between the TWO compartments
was opened. and IS soon is several of the flies had been seen to come in o
tc with the sterile nutrient. the dish that contained it was covered Il put
away to develop A few days later there had grown II the nutrient over a
hundred colonies of yellow bacteria. The experiment a repeated with red
and yoletc cultures and colonies of corresponding color We're obtained.
To prov that the germs from which these colonies grew cam from the
infected material in the first compartment and not from accidental sources,
further experiments were made with other groups of flies, but with no infected
material in the first compartment In this case, however, none OF thu dishes
used in the second compartment developed yellow, red or violet colonies. To
owe further that the flies we're the only means of transmitting the bacteria,
experinent were made with infected material in the first compartment. but
with no flies in the apparatus. The dishes containing the nutrient in these
experiments also developed no colonies.
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0'~-I S6uU6Hdu WIN HAS tut WUHg SN"S UNH H"0o""S V"TEV
- publicly in the interest of many kinds of social REFORM takes up
what he considers to be the comnonSenSe end of thu argument n says
ssome plain things because they need to be said" He protests that the logical
deduction from the Presidents expressions on the subject, in his famous
uefatory letter, and in letters to begeuers of large families, is that 1.-The nearer
Americans approach the physical status of rabbits the more patriotic they
become" His W view is that W need better citizens, lot more of them"
md he seesn o reason" for a man bringing into the worlds larger number OF
children than he is abte to care for which practice. he contends, means death
Tor some and a state Of social degeneracy for the rest With frankness and'
1T must be said. some courage, h denies that tn sexual relation is a junction
designed solely for the propagation Of the human race averrng lat MS
theory is a mere assumption and that it is contrary to human experience. He
denies, too that marriage is solely an institution for the promotion of self
sacrifice and the unlimited propagation of children and misery. In short. he
believes that the present generation is entitled to a goodly share of eibeng
and happiness, and that its claim to them should not be made completely
subservent to the claims of the next generation. The change in the economic
condition of women which has come about is a large factor in he dmnuuon
of the numerical size of families. THE wives ire n longer pack-mules, but
IN getting some of the comforts Of life says the writer. why shouldn't
they" he asks. Why, indeed: will be the answer Of many women Il
some men -
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punched each others faces into bloody pulp, also for money.
& But there yer then gentemanly sports into which tn COLI
cepton of gain did not enter, and into which entered the
students If u coreges-universtes were then a drean-and other amateurs.
In baseball we had the Ahantics and the EXcelsios of Brooklyn. great cham
pions; the Unions of Harlem. the Knickerbockers of Albany, the Haymakers Of
Iansingburg and q club in New York City the title of which escapes us. the
championship being as rare a visitor to the metropolis IS it is in these later
days of professionalism.
Manners have changed. 1t is largely to the inroad OF professionalism that
We owe the change, and it has not been for the better. Let Il not be under
stood is saying aught against the occupation of the professional Baseball is
a good trade for those who have Il better, and it is n o more prone to intem-
peranc and idleness than, say, stevedoring Or than striking, although steve
dorine NAV, in the end. be more useful to the world than baseball playing. The
is a lofty, too as any other acrobating, while the dirt plowed up by the
slider of bases is more easily got rid of than is the black of the minsuels
business. 1t is also a much better occupation than the punching of ballots
N election day used to be. 1t is respectable, but not noble, while it is easily
seen by the clear of mind that baseball playing is nc among the great arts by
which the world advances. 1t is a pity. then, that the professional player Of
that the spirit Of professionalism has invaded the colleges, whose athletics
hould he not only secondary. but a II expression of the joy of life, certainly
moi of ifs sordid side. In England the amateurs still rules. and hiss spirit is still
manifest. A defeat in a game is OF a Il event tin his life, any more than the
be recolected throughout the life of any one. Defeat in spirit is only i'm
to those who make their living by sport for defeat impairs the market
of those who suffer it
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Flies as Bacteria Carriers.
Some Experiments at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity---From the Scientific American.

\ the theory that flies may be active agents in the spread
of bacteria, there is, of course, nothing new, but a forceful
demonstration made under the auspices of Johns Hopkins
University, which has been recently brought to our notice
by a member of the medical staff of that institution, is wen
worthy of record. The experiments were conducted with a
box that was divided into TWO compartments, in the first OF
which was exposed some food material infected with an
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A Sensible View
of RACE Suicide
BY the Edi OF. Of Harper's Weekly.

BIOLOGISTS continue to discuss "race suicide This question, so
vigorously brought into the forefront of public concern in the early
part Of the year by the Presidents pronouEcement, has had quite
a long inning and its topical interest is still far from being eN'
lausted. In the North American Review, one "Paterfamiias,' 4
gentleman who has "for many years been laboring privately and
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Amateurs VS.. Professionals.
By the Editor OF Harper's Wee lily.

IN the days of thirty years ago, perhaps even later, very few, II
any. of the country played baseball, or ran, or vaulted. or
leaped. for money. Probably there were men who roWed for
the pecuniary gains of victory, or for gate-money, coming into
A money their muscles, their breath, and their knowledge OF
\ the ways of tides and Of men. Other and more brutal men
punched each others faces into bloody pulp, also for money.
But there were then gentlemanly sports into which the con-
ception of gain did not enter, and into which entered the