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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16
MINOR LOCAL MATTERS.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.
Writteni in CONDENSED Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
OF our Weary Readers.

Writtenin Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
OF our Weary Readers.
Mrs. Louis Stackley attended
the Methodist conference in Flor
euce last week.
The "c:ackw of fireworks is
heard on every side. and the small
boy is supremely happy.
Miss Ossie Epps is one Of the
heal editors of The Criterion, OF
,he Columbia Female College.
For the lack of space we are
forced to leave out several commit
nicationS this week.
Qlite a number of Will
liamsburgers are attending The
Gala Week festivities in Charles
ton this week.
Rev. & + Stokes. son in-law
Of DIR. S z H Elwell, preached in
the Methodist church last Suuda!
morning and night.
Miss Maude Logan has returned
from the mountains of western
North Carolina. where she has
been spending several months.
SIR. a ID Covincton. OF Rosin,
Fla, has been in kingstree sever
al days, hiring negroes to 30 TO
florida and work. on the turpcn
tine farms. Several carloads
have gone.
The sander ,taadlng C an e o
the registration law is now thing
of the past. Hereafter the pro-
per,y qualification or the abi i'y
tn read and write will 81 a nece>-
sarv pre- requisite r"rregSira'loa.
The II inu.es OF the recent nTe..-.
ing of the Souiheas, Baptist As
sociatihu have been printed anI
are now ready for distribution.
the work comprises 81 PAGES Of
matter and The neaine.S nfiiS eX-.
eculion speaks well for the job
department of The Coan;y Record
The cl rk of the association
wishes The clerks Of The churches
10 call or send and get the books
for distribution among the hem
bers OF the respective churches.
The time fer the payment Of
Stateand county taxes expires with
the end of this month. so there
are only Is more days in which to
attend TO this matter. There is
no chance Of an eX;entiOn and
after January 1St the penalty OF
l5per cent. will be added in every
case. Treasurer Rollins is anxious
to collect all the taxes before the
end Of the year, but unless they
come in faster great many will
have to pay the penalty.
Messrs. Thomas & Bradham are
going to erect a large fame
building on the lot just back O!
LeSeSne & Epps' store to be used
as livery and sale stable. The
work will be commenced al once,
and the building will be ready for
occupancy BY Jan. Isl. The
building will be 35 105 feet, two
stories. w B Adams, who has
been here for some months past
as manager 70: Thomas & Brad
ham, will still have the manage
merit of the business. We are
glad to see this sign OF enterprise
on the part OF the firm. and wo&#,
like to see several other buildings
60 up.
Cotton is low, but prices Il,
Reddick's Racket Store are lower.
For the next sixty DAYS Reddick
will sell his large stock OF Shoes
and mems hats at COST and his
splendid stock of clothing at
greatly reduced prices. Come
aD1 coo that I an Sninu IL hal
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the cavern

Best Raisius Tor 10c at Red
dicks.
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60 all around and then come to
SlacGley's for your goods.
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Our stock of millinery is COM
piete--Stackley.
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Stac6irv'S. ).

Al kn,lS OF Christmas goods at
Ssac6ieyS.
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Money is tight, and goods are
very cheap at Stackley's.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16

Every little child writes to'
Santa C.aus. They all want.
Huts, raisins, fruit, candy, fire.
works, and an hundred other
things put into their stockings
All of these things We have, and
at reasonable prices. Most mel-
chants have s
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Lanes, S. c. Dec. 12.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

other spot on it's surface. There would
be no opportunity to take scientific or
other observations worth mentioning,
and, If they were taken, results obtain
ed in transit above the surface of the
earth would not necessarily estab-
fish similar results on the surface. The
unmanageability of balloon precludes
ascent and descent at pleasure; and the
whole scheme takes the air of desper-
ate venture to satisfy a vagrant Curl
osity, rather than an incident in any
thing deserving the name of scientific
research.
AS long as there is an UNEMPLOYED re-
gion on the face of the earth, probably
men will be found to risk their lives
for the mere excitement and pleasure of
going where nobody ever went before.
That seems to be about all the purpose
there is in the expedition of Andree;
concerning which, if his balloon actual
ly enters the polar region and does not
drift about on the edges until he finally
lands somewhere On the northern coast
of Asia, it will be surprising if any one
ever hears again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
THE ELEMENT OF INTENT

When, last month. a Chicago jury re-
turned verdict of not guilty in the
trial of the banker, Spalding, who had
wrecked the Globe bank, indicted for
embezzlement of the funds and securi-
ties of the University of Illinois, of
which his bank was the depository, the
jury gave as it's reason that the judge
had instructed them that they must
find that the defendant intended to
embezzle the funds at the time he con-
Verted them to his own use, and that
the state had not proved or given any
evidence of such intent. 1t was then
thought that this jury had merely mis-
construed the charge of the court, mis-
understood what was sufficient evil
dence of intent on the part of g. crimi-
nal, and, as there were several other
indictments for similar offenses hang
ing over the prisoner, it was felt that
this absurd conclusion of one Jury
would not be repeated by another. 1t
was expected that the judge would be
more explicit in subsequent charges. and
that the states attorney would Jog the
memory of the judge if it played him
false.
Now, however, we are told that an
other jury, trying Spalding on another
indictment for the same crime, acuuits
him for precisely the same reason that
moved the first jury to an acquittaI.
We are told that the learned Judge
charged the jury that unless they
were sure that Spalding intended
to embezzle they must acquit him."
and the jurymen said, subsequently,
that they had not the slightest doubt
that he had actually embezzled the
funds, but that they had a doubt as to
whether he intended to embezzle, and
gave him the benefit of it. If the charge
of the judge is correctly reported, if it
is incumbent on the state in every
criminal trial to prove by direct testi-
mony, or by circumstantial evidence di-
rected to the mental movements of the
prisoners mind at the moment of COM
uniting the crime that it was his de-
Hberate design to commit a felony.
then there is a complete end to the vim
dication of outraged justice in the vast
| majority of crimes. The door Is open-
| ed wide to the liberation of convicted
and sentenced criminals, while here
| after no offender need fear the ordeal
| of trial by jury. All he need do is to
| employ some lawyer with brains
enough to sit out the trial, and, when
! the state rests. rise and move the court
| for the discharge of his client simply
because th& state has offered no evil
dence that he intended to commit the
crime when he entered upon it's COM
mission.
OF course Spalding did not intend to
embezzle the funds of which he was
custodian. No man ever does. Zschau
| intended to replace the money he took
| from the banks funds. No one Of the
| violators of our state banking laws in
| tended to violate them when he used
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

deposits unlawfully. 1t is with each
and all of them a mere unauthorized
and temporary loan, to be replaced
promptly as soon as the emergency Is
past These men all reconcile their acts
to their consciences and regard them as
consistent with strict integrity. The
money lies idle, helping no one; they
need it badly; they can replace 1t in
few days; no one will be injured. The
intent to embezzle, to take and keep, to
defraud, actively motiving the man at
the moment when he converts the
money to his own use, Is not present In
one case out Of a hundred. If 1t must
be established as one of the substantive
facts of the crime, and that by direct
evidence, as the prisoners open avowal
for, under this charge, it is not to be
inferred from acts-then there is no
such thing as criminal embezZlement,
simply because the essential factor of
intent can never be sufficiently proved.
If this Chicago verdict is to stand, the
millennium Of roguery is at hand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
FOUR NEW PRIZES.

The unparalleled success of the
in the first week of its existence de-
veloped to altogether unexpected pro-
portions, has decided us to add to the
splendid list of four summer excursions
New York. Boston, Newport and re-
turn, four second prizes, which, al
though awarded to the second quar-
tette of the eight who shall be highest
on the list when the voting closes, on
the 21st of August, are In themselves
as desirable and as valuable as any
prizes ever offered here for the most
successful candidate. The G l o b will
give two first-class high-grade bicycles
to the two gentlemen who shall stand
next to the two successful candidates
for the summer tours, and two first
class high-grade women's bicycles to
the two ladies occupying the same rela-
tive rank. This seems to us to be only
the right and fair thing to do, in view
of the long list of candidates who are
in the field already, and the energy and
enthusiasm with which they are all
pushing their claims, supported by a
host of determined friends. We want
everybody to come out of this contest
satisfied and happy; and, although our
original offer included double the num-
Der of first prizes ever given heretofore,
we are glad now to double that so that
the eight who come out of the contest
with flying cOlOrs may all be rewarded
Owing to the certainty that an enor-
nous total vote will be cast, the sue
cessful candidates will not be picked
out until the very last day of the bal
loting. A fine bicycle of one Of the
best makes and of this years model
ought to be a fair consolation even for
those who have missed the delights of a
month Of luxurious travel at the
G 10 e. S expense. But the field is
open to everybody; and in the long list
of candidates there are many who, in
the coming weeks, will push themselves
we'll up to the front for an exciting
finish. Four free vacation trips and
four splendid new bicycles now consti-
tute the prize list. At the pace with
which this contest has been started,
the total results will furnish a magniA-
cent showing, and at least eight people
are going to be made happy through
the medium Of the l o b e. All that
we desire is that every candidate shall
go in to win
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

lows the first If we are not a nation,
when, If ever, will we attain to that es-
sential state? What stress of circum-
stances will obliterate the lines of in
terest and development and fuse the
sentiment of diverse states and sections
into uniform and enduring Ameri-
canism? AT first thought it would seem
that some great crisis, when the COM
mon welfare hangs in the scale. must
be the means Of bringing all conditions
and classes to one point Of view. And
yet the history of the American repub-
lie does not bear out this view. If the
struggle Of the Revolution failed to
bring out the spirit of nationality; If
the perils of civil war left us, when
they had been met, still divided peo-
pie, what striving, what calamity can
do the work for which the blood of
these two conflicts was shed In vain?
Viewed in the light Of the past, the new
America, zone and inseparable," will
be the product Of no sudden and all
pervading peril
But faith in our system of govern
ment does not permit of doubt that in
some way and at some time the prob
lem will be worked out. If not by
shock, then logic turns to the other ex-
IRENE. The slow work of time may be
depended upon to do what even war
has failed to accomplish With the
growth Of years, with ever increasing
methods of intercommunication, with
an equalizing of conditions, the spirit
of harmony and loyalty cannot but en-
JOY constant growth. 1t is problem
that may be depended upon to find it's
own solution. Forces to that end have
been and are now at work Almost I'M
noted the change will be perfected I'M
noted, it may be, until some crisis will
show people so perfectly united that
passion and prejudice will lose their
power.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
BUILDING A CHARTER.

1t will be interesting to our people.
who nave taken the first step in the
work of charter reform, to note that it
is already going forward in Minneap-
oils. That city, differing from st. Paul
in having a common council instead Of
a set of woodenheads, passed an ordi-
nance for charter commission before
anything was done here. The commits
sion has been appointed, and it's mem
bership justifies the expectation that
the judges of the district court will
perform admirably the duties imposed
upon them.
Minneapolis has charter commission
composed of intelligent, public-spirited
and representative men. They have just
organized and begun work Their first
step was to appoint a committee of
three to outline the work and draw up
a general scheme. This having been
done, it is probable that other commit
tees will be appointed, each one of them
having special charge of a particular
portion of the charter Then COM
munications from the public in writ
ing are invited. 1t would be pretty
nearly impossible ever to finish the
work of drawing UP charter if ev-
erybody who had opinions on the sub
ject were invited or permitted to air his
views at length before the commission.
will
swer it much better, to have sugges-
tons put into writing. The process it
self tends to clearness and condensa-
ton, and the commission can then COL
late all these communications and have
before it the collective opinion of thar
portion of the community which feels
a personal interest in charter making.
and a desire to contribute to it. 1t is
not a bold prediction to say that the
people of Minneapolis will have pre-
scented to them, when the commission
is through with it's labors, an instru-
ment of government in line with mod
ern thought and experience, and that
it will prove to be the beginning Of a
salutary municipal reform.
The same results are as certain here
as any effect is to follow it's cause. AS
soon as the judges of Ramsey county
have appointed, in conformity with the
law, a commission for st. Paul, that
will go to work, probably, along SIM
liar lines, we shall find ourselves in the
way of being lifted out of the ruts and
difficulties involved in the defective
system of Interchangeable charter rules
with which we are now struggling.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
NOT A RIPPLE.

The city council has cried wolf so
often and so loudly at the street rail-
way company that it is fast reaching
the stage when nobody pays the slight
est attention to it. We would like to
ask 1t what is really the sense of keep
ing up this farce after everybody
else Is onto the game. Another sort of
omnibus ordinance was introduced, and
the board Of aldermen tumbled over
itself in its haste to pass it, It's pro-
visions are such that, while, in many
respects, they would be most satisfac-
tory to the people, we may be very sure
that the city railway company has not
the slightest intention of accepting
them. Nobody seems to know whether
1t would or not, and whether the ordi-
nance, If passed, would be more than
another bit Of waste paper.
There is not the least reason. how
ever why anybody should know, for
1t is not the intention Of the council to
pass and enforce any ordinance what
ever that provides for better street
railway accommodation. 1t has adyer-
tlsed this so often that it seems a work
or supererogation for the aldermen to
bother themselves, and for the assem-
bly, to advertise the performance by
meeting the same evening and consign-
ing the draft to the slumber of a COM
mttee's pigeonhole. There it will re-
pose until the gigantic intellect Of the
council, thinking it necessary to do
something more and not having inven-
tlon enough to devise anything new.
snail call 1T up and pass it with sun
dry and divers alterations and amend
ments. Then the board Of aldermen
will non-concur, and each BODY will
stand by its act, and the street rail-
way company, as usual, will sit smil-
lngly in the center Of the stage and
do nothing
Ihere might have been a possible DO
l1tical object in keeping up this show a
year ago, but now it fools nobody and
does not create even a ripple upon the
surface of public opinion. Cannot the
cholce collection of cigar store signs
that constitute our common council at
least hire somebody to suggest a new
form Of diversion? Really. this one is
getting stale
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

foreign, over our imports for the year
was $2SI6l3,lS6. This is a balance Of
trade in our favor s23OOO,OOO greater
than that Of any other year in our his
tory.
Now we submit, to our friends on the
other side that they must either fish or
cut bait. If it is a good thing to have
the balance Of trade in our favor, to
increase our exports and diminish our
imports, then Democratic free trade"
Is good thing Not under the war
tarlH, not under any of the tariffs that
succeeded 1t, not under the Mckinley
law, to which the enemy looks back as
the golden age Of American industry, did
we ever realize the condition that pro-
tectionists point to as ideal in such
measure as we did during the year 1897.
II the necessary and certain conse-
quences Of a lowering of tariff duties
is to invite a flood Of importations to
deluge us with the products of other
countries and to turn the balance Of
that the reduction made by the present
tariff upon the rates of the Mckinley
act has furnished the country with such
an excess of exports over imports as it
never saw before?
FINALLY, If the balance Of trade Is the
great test Of prosperity and success,
now does it happen that, with bal
ance of trade in our favor constantly
growing and reaching, in the year 1897,
the stupendous figure of almost $780,
OOO,0OO, all Of which, according to the
protectionist, has to be paid to us in
cash. our own country, during that
time, has been struggling in the depths
or business depression and passing
through period that will always be
remembered as one of almost unparal-
leled distress? The doctrinaire is the
IMAM VINO insists upon an abstract
theory that has taken possession of
him in defiance of facts. We have a
right now to ask the questionable is
the doctrinaire, the free trader or the
protectlonist? Is not the protection
lists theory utterly confuted, brought to
naught and made ridiculous by the sta
tistics of 1897, against which there can
be brought nc question or cavil? We
challenge from any advocate of the
protection theory an answer to the
questions here set forth, and upon him
rests the burden of proof to show that
he is not the most unreasoning and I'M
reasonable doctrinaire in all history.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
ARE WE A NATION:

1t is an interesting question that
Woodrow Wilson raises in discussing
''The Making of the Nation" in the At
lantic His query is put directly: "Are
we even now, in fact a nation?" To
the American, proud of his country. its
wonderful development and it's some
times over assertive patriotism, the
blunt question is something of a shock:
and yet, back Of the assumption, is
much that is both serious and probable
States comprise, within the limits over
which the federal government holds
sway, Observation-Disclosures empires in
Observation-Disclosures in their inter-
ests. policies and aspirations. It takes
only the agitation of some great ques-
ton, political or economic, to bring ont
this fact with startling clearness. The
free silver outburst of the last cam
tain states and the farmers of the
South and extreme West arrayed them
selves against the commercial deyelop-
ment of the East and the middle West
is a notable case in point The dividing
line could scarcely have been sharper
had the contest been waged between
opposing nations; and this, in spite of
the fact that the silver question is at
best, but an episode in partisan poll
tics. 1t is to such examples that Mr..
Wilson appeals to make his point that
we are united states rather than a
united nation.
second question Of necessity fol-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
THE LAST REDOuRT-

1t is nc longer man but woman who
holos dominion over the earth. One by
one the privileges of the one time stern
er sex have gone glimmering into a
regretted past, and now the last cita-
Gel OF mans independence has been at
tackled and he waits only for its fall
to admit that his subjugation is COM
plete. He permits his neckties TO be
selected without a murmur. and con-
sents to feminine dictation in the mat
ter of his clothes, but all of this is
as nothing to the humiliation that i'm
ponds. Woman demands the right
now, to say in what style her husband
Shall wear his beard Such a case is
already lin court. A luckless spouse
shaved off his flowing whiskers without
the formality Of calling a family cabi-
net meeting to discuss the matter. and
now is being sued for divorce. The
decree may not be entered in this par-
tlcular case, but when a woman will
she WILL" and the end is only a mat
ter of time.
The future of the unhappy husband
is enough to touch the bachelor heart
With the eccentricities of womankind
applied to the problem of facial adorn-
ment, peace for the victims will be a.
thing unknown. He who glories in
his trim Van Dyke will wear sack cloth
and ashes over the enforced tortures
OF unsightly mutton chops, and all be-
cause the wife of his bosom happens to
admire the Mark Hanna style of archi-
lecture. He of the thin and funeral
style of countenance will grovel be-
fore his fellow men with no beard To
conceal his oddities, and with a stray
Cling curl to add to his anguish of
spirit; and all because some wife has
fallen victim to the Napoleon revival.
Insipid men decked out in imperials.
strong, masterful men with curling
waXed moustaches; trim business men
with Populistic appendages-all are
possibilities Of the future Between
them and their fate stands only a wom
ans Whim.
1t is time to revolt Peace should no
longer be purchased with honor. Form
new political party for the free COIN
age of whiskers at the ratio Of 16 to
1 without the aid or consent of any
woman on earth. Demand that the lar
Der shops shall be opened to the whis-
kered and the whiskerless alike. Do
anything; but do something before
wcman's usurpation of mans one re-
naming prerogative is an accomplished
fact