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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
A Prayer for Larger Growth.

Christ, who dost bid me not to let my
hear be troubled, believe in God and in
thee. Let thy Joy be In me, and let 1t be
fulfilled. Fulfilled in the presence Of fall
ure II thou didst send the failure, and my
own folly did not invite 1t: fulfilled In sick
ness, IL the great Physician bestows the sick
ness in order to beat me fulfilled in loneliness,
II the solitude is crowded with thee; fulfilled
even in death, when death Is the shadow OF
thy light. Wherever turn my weeping eyes
thy loving face is tender reproach. 1mourn
over my sins in such wise that the mourn
ing Is an added sin. grieve at my poor
service Of God and Of man, and that grief
hinders my service. sorrow at my paltry
growth-a growth that sorrow dwarfs and
Joy enlarges. Blessed Lord, who dost die In
my deaths, take me into thy resurrection
life. will forget failure and gloom will
forget duty, even the duty Of Joy; and will
learn privilege. Speed me on thy errands
30 swiftly that shall have no time for
moooiness. Take me into thy Joy so COM
rietely that Ishall not even consider whether
am Joyful. And all through no grace OF
my own, but out OF thy love which has prom
ised and never failed. Amen.
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The Master Bids Us Work.

"Ron We away the stone," said Jesus to
His disciples, not because He could not have
Himself attended to that small task, but He
would enlist their service. Loose him and
let him 60" He said He could Himself
have unwound the bandages, but that Is not
His way OF doing things. He is saving the
world through us. There are multitudes
OF souls awakening to the glory OF
the better lite-moving, like Lazarus, with
slow, uncertain, tottering steps from
darkness TO light. His word to every one
Of His followers is: Lend hand; Loose
them and let them 60" Why stand We Idle
at the graves mouth? We cannot regener-
ate, we cannot quicken from the dead, but
we can suffer the Master to use US. The
great Emancipator speaks. Unbind the
cerenents! This is practical "Altruism::
This is the work OF all true believers. 30
NAV we help our Master In accomplishing
the restoration Of the race to the glory OF
God.-Rev. D. ]. Burrell, D. D., In ''For
Christ's Crown"
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A Protest Against Morbidness.

The Apostles injunction, "Let every one
OF US please his neighbor for his good to
ediflcation," brings out the sunny side OF the
ideal Christian life. 1t is a protest against
the morbidness and the Inournfulness which
are too commonly associated with Christian
discipleship. 1t helps W. to draw distinc-
ton between seriousness and dullness,
between earnestness O. purpose and fri
gidity Of soul. 1t reminds US that whatever
throes and pains may attend the germina-
ton and growth OF the ideal life, that life
should present to the world the rich
blossom and fragrance which minister
pleasure to mankind. There Is, therefore,
some flaw in the piety which Is repellent,
and in the zeal to do good which succeeds
only In hiding the beauty Of holiness. II
there were any doubt on this point, 1t would
only be necessary to briI G 1t to the test OF
the one Ideal Life lived among men. No
life can compare with His in the sense OF
solemnity and seriousness. Upon Him lay
the burden Of the heaviest task ever Inn
posed upon man. Through sorrows un-
speakable, yet with unfaltering step, He
pressed on to the goal Of sacrifce. Yet,
from first to last, He exc rcised upon men
the charm Of an attractive spirit, which
made them feel 1t was happy to be good, and
scattered around Him influences which
added to the joys and delights OF life. And
in this matter OF winsomeness, His disciples
have great need to learn OF Him. 1t is
their duty to cultivate His charm, to dis
cipline themselves into His power to make
the world brighter and men happier. A
crotchety Christian is monstrosity. The
man who iails to spread peace, joy, hope,
in this world OF real and countless sorrows,
is an enemy of the race and criminal be-
fore God For foremost among the marks
OF the ideal life is the faculty Of enjoying
and dispensing the gladness Of the Creator.
Charles A Berry, ID.
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ONLY the Seed Growing.

Let 1t not be a group Of ash trees, but
group OF men, thought OF God en-.
trusted to the earth for Its embodiment ana
execution. What are these dreams and
visions, these upward reschings, these GER
tainities Of infinite belongings-vhat are
they, o thought OF God, but the unbroken
tension Of the chain which binds the think
or to His thought forever? And what are
all these earthlinesses, these tender cling
ings to the things our senses understand,
these calls Of present duties, this
fear Of dying, this love Of the present,
warm, domestic earth-what are they ali
but tie pressure of the warm ground upon
the seed entrusted to 1t? The man who
does not somehow hold the complete truth
about his life-both Of these truths com
bined in one-does not live worthuy. The
man who has and holds them both, look,
what life he lives! Look how substantial
ly his roots are fastened In the earth. Look
how aspiringly he Lifts his branches to the
sky.--Phillips Brooks.
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MOB LYNCHES Two GIRLS.
CoIored Servants Hanged to Tree
in Alabama.
THEY HAD POISONED A FAMILY.

One of Them Confessed-Had Killed One
Person and Nearly Killed a Score
The Lynching Was the Work of About
Twenty Men and Their Identity Has
Not Been Discovered by the Sheriff
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (speciaD .-MollieS Smith
and Amanda Franklin, two young colored
women, were found at daybreak Wednesday
morning swinging from tree on the road
between JEFF and Huntsville, in Madison
County. The twenty men who had lynched
them had disappeared. The girls paid the
penalty of death for poisoning the family
OF Joshua o. Kelly, prominent citizen OF
JEFF. Several attempts have been made to
poison the Kelly family. The first was made
two months ago. Mr.. Kelly and his family,
consisting Of eleven persons, arose from the
supper table one night suffering from terri
Bile pains, and the next day Mr.. Kelly died in
great agony. 1t was ascertained that ar
senic had got into the coffee, but it was
thought then that it was an accident.
Eleven persons set up with the body OF Mr..
Kelly the night after his death. Toward
midnight they partook Of some sausage, and
at once became i'll. Fortunately there wes
physician in attendance, and no fatality
resulted. Last Friday all the members OF
the family arose from t2c breakfast table
with terrible cramps in the stomach. Al
though none has yet died, several are still
in dangerous condition. This time 1t de-
veloped that the poison was in the bread.
Suspicion was then directed to Mollie
Smith, a young colored girl, who had
formerly worked in the family, and search
of her house was made. Mollie had anti
cipated the visit, and had started to Ten
nessee on foot. Amanda Franklin, Mollie's
successor in the Kelly home, was also sus-
pected. Twenty men gathered Wednesday.
Some Of them started out to capture
Mollie, whom they overlook some
ten miles away. The Franklin girl was
found at her home, in bed. She was
told to get up and dress, and go with
girl gave way when she was cross-ques-
toned, and finally made q clean breast Of
the whole affair. She confessed to the last
poisoning, but said Mollie Smith had put
the poison in the coffee and sausages. and
had persuaded her to poison the bread,
which she did while carrying the -four Of
which it was made from the pantry to the
kitchen.
The Smith girl denied everything, even
when faced with the Franklin girl and the
latter's confession. The posse, satisfied OF
the woods, a short distance from Mollie
Smiths house, and, deaf to tears, prayers
and screams, tied ropes about their necks
and hanged them to tree, waiting quietly
until 1t was evident they were dead. With
out q word they then stole away in the
darkness. There will probably never be
clew to their identity.
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OUR BUTTER FOR EUROPE.
First Step in an Effort to Extend the Mar
ket for the American Product.

ket for the American Product.
The first experimental expectation Of
butter from this country has Just been made
from New York City, when the Govern
ment, through an agent sent by the Agri-
cultural Department, shipped three quar-
ters of ton Of selected butter for sale in
Europe. The result Of this experiment Is
OF great importance to the agricultural in
terests, as 1t is the first step in an effort Of
the Government to extend materially the
market for American butter and gain some
Of the trade with Great Britain IN particu-
lar which Denmark practically controls
with considerable profit. An Incidental
are needed in transportation facilities.
Some butter is now being sent abroad by
private firms, but 1t is alleged to be Of in
ferior grades. Unsatisfactory storage in
crossing the ocean and carelessneSS in leav-
ing the shipments on uncovered piers at
Southampton before being loaded into
freight cars, thus making the butter soft,
have further deteriorated its value In the
English market.
The butter sent comes from the Iowa
Agricultural College and creamery at
Windsor, vt. Subsequent shipments which
will be made during the summer at inter-
walls will be Of butter from other places. To
build up a high standard only the best
grades will be shipped, and the butter will
be sold at the prevailing market prices.
The present shipment went on the steamer
st. Paul, and will be kept at a low tempera-
ture. The cargo is made up Of packages ot
different sizes to determine which Is most
satisfactory. A Department agent will
meet the ship at Southampton, England,
and take proper care Of the product and at
tend to Its sale. The appointment Of but
ter agents by the Department at New York
and Southampton to take care OF these In
terests Is possible.
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BILL" STRONG SHOT DEAD.
The Famous Kentucky Mountain Fighter
Assassinated.

The Famous Kentucky Mountain Fighter
Assassinated.
Captain William Strong, the greatest
mountain fighter In eastern Kentucky, died
with his boots on q few days ago, after hav-
Ing successfully lodged rifle bullets for
twenty-five years. He had left bis home,
which Is about ten miles east Of
Jackson, to 60 to the house Of
neighbor, and had been gone only q
few minutes when his family was startled
by shooting, which appeared to be not more
than half q mile away. Members OF the
family ran toward the place where the
sound Of shooting was and found Strong
dead on the roadside, seven bullets having
penetrated his body.
Strong was lying on his back with his
revolver in his right hand. The revolver
had barely been drawn from his pocket
when bullet broke the arm. Not shot
had been fred from the revolver.
Investigation showed that q blind had
been constructed in place Immediately
above the road commanding full view Of
the thoroughfare for q distance Of several
hundred yards. Scraps Of bread and meat
were found behind the blind, and other
signs which showed that several men had
been hiding there for Strong.
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THE NEWS EpIToMlzED.
Washington Items.

Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury Theo-
dore Roosevelt will investigate charges
that have been made against various de-
partments in the New York Navy Yard.
The President nominated Brgadier-
General James W. Forsyth to be Major
General.
Senator Allen introduced resolution re-
qdiring Broker Chapman, Of New York, to
appear before the bar and purge himself OF
contumacy as preliminary to Executive
clemency. Senator Hoar thought the reso-
luton would let the case 60 out OF the
Senate's jurisdiction. He favored punish
ing Chapman and also probing the issue to
the bottom.
General Wesley Merritt has issued an or
der refusing to appoint court-mart1al TO
try charges against Lieutenants OBrien
and Bamford, preferred by Captain Romeyn.
In dismissing the charges against O'Brien
he says that the charges grew out OF
feeling of personal spite, and that military
tribunals could not be made vehicles OF
private revenge.
The Senate confirmed the nomination OF
Cornelius Van Cott to be Postmaster OF
New York.
Members Of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee inspected reports on Cuban al
said to strengthen the cause OF the In
surgents.
President Mckinley decided to accept no
invitations to take part in Memorial Day
exercises outside Of Washington.
The House refused to concur in Senate
amendment to the Sundry Civil bill appro-.
priating $50, 900 to improve Pearl Harbor,
In the Hawaiian Islands.
Tourgee Consul at Bordeaux. Sidney B.
Everett, of Massachusetts,, was named to
be United States Consul Of the United
States at Batavia, Java. Henry p. Cheat
ham, of North Carolina, was named to be
Recorder Of Deeds, District OF Columbia.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs. Sherman
held q large reception In honor OF the,
seventy-fourth birthday Of the former. Six
hundred invitations were sent out, and the
guests included the President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley, Vice-President and Mrs. Hobart,
members of the Cabinet and the Diplomatic
Corps, with ladies and other friends. i
President Gordon, Of Leland Stanford
University, has been appointed commission
sr to investigate the condition ofthe Boring
Sea seal herd the present season.
The report that secret negotiations Of
great importance are being carried on be-!
tween Spain and the United States In regard
20 Cuba Is denied at the State Department.
W. L. scruggs, formerly United States
Minister to Venezuela and now senior coun-
,el OF that republic, arrived with the ap-
proved boundary treaty with Great Britain.
rhe ratifcations will be exchanged In
Washington.
United States Senators signed petition
,sking the President to pardon E. r. Chap
nan, convicted Of refusing to answer ques-
lions betors the Senate sugar scanda, aon-
nittee.
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Foreign.


William J. Calhoun, the special eomnYs-
ioner appointed by President Mckinley to
investigate the death Of Ricardo Ruiz and
,ther matters connected with the Cuban In
mrrectfon, arrived at Havana.
A series Of earthquake shocks have been
,elt In the mountain districts OF the State
II Jalfsco, Mexico. At San Gabriel some
lamage was done. The shocks were. felt
distinctly.
New gold mines have been discovered In
;he Province of Carabaya, Department OF
puno, Peru. It i believed they will yield
argely.
The Ambassadors Of the Powers at Con-
,tantinople asked the Porte to suspend hos
ilities in Greece pending the conclusion OF
4 permanent peace. Turkey at first de-
,lined the request.
A dispatch from Naples announces that
.wo large streams Of lava have been fow-
ing down Mount Vesuvius and have united
With the deposits from the eruptions OF
1895. The activity in the principal crater
Is normal.
A battle has been fought In Bechuana-
land, South Africa, in which six whites
have been killed and thirteen wounded.
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Gods Ways Are Best.

Sometimes rain comes in storms, with
black clouds and fierce lightnings and thun-
ders. People tremble and are afraid as they
look on. But the storm passes, pouring out
rich blessing Of rain, which make all the
fields rejoice. God sometimes sends His
word to us in dark, portentous forms-sick-
ness. loss, disappointment, sorrow, trial. At
first we are terrified; but In the end, when
the storms have cleared away, we find that
the dark clouds We 30 dreaded were but
Gods messengers to bring to US rich bless
ings Of grace.
"God bends from out the deep, and says,
Il gave thee of Ny seed to sow
Bringest thou Me my bundredfold|
Can look up with face aglow,
And answer, Father here Is gold?"
j. R. Miller, D. D.
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TRANsvAAL's REPLY DEFIANT.
Insists Upon Its Rights and Suggests Ar
bitration With England.

A dispatch from Cape Town, South Az
rica, says that the reply Of the Transvasl
Government to the strong note. said to
amount to an ultimatum, from the secre-
tary OF State for the Colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, insisting upon observance OF
the London Convention, Is defiant IN tone.
Il insists, the dispatch adds. upon the right
Of the Transvaal to demand arbitration Of
the questions in dispute, and also upon its
right to pass the Alien Immigration law,
and asserts that, If the right is disputed,
arbitration Is the best means Of arriving at
q settlement Of the question.
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To Be Contested.

A dispatch from Washington says
that Col. Jas. E. Boyd, Of Greensboro,
N, c., is to got the place Of Assistant
Attorney General in the Department Of
Justice, instead of Solicitor of Int ernal
Revenue. Also that e4-Reprsentatiye
Cheatham's nomination as Recorder Of
Deeds for the District of Columbia has
bsen sent to the Senate, but that there
there will be contest over his confirms
alton by local Republicans.
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Methodist Board of Education.

Methodist Board OF Educat1on.
Tha Board of Education of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, met In
Nashville, Tenn. W. B. Hill, Of Ma
con, Ga, and T. B. Anderson, of Cali,
fornia, were the only absentees. The.
report Of the secretary was read and
the last meeting of the board to fcrmu-
Late q system for improving the oondi-s
ton of Methodist schools reported The
recommendations refer chiefly to. rails
ing the standards Of preparatory schools
and colleges. With slight amendments,
the report was adopted. Bishop Dun
can made o successful appeal for
help for Paine Institute, at Augusta,
Go. G. G. Goodrich, Of Augusta, Ga,
Was elected q member Of the boardl vice
W. B. Hill, resigned.
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How Large Profits Are Made.

If first-class' bicycles can be manu-
factured in large quantities for twenty
FIVE dollars each, how much less does
it cost to build type-writing machines?
Is there any reason why such machines
should sell for 500 each? Is there any
reason why purchasers should pay
even fifty dollars for such? What
makes it possible for the manufacturers
to secure five or six times the original
cost? Persistent and judicious adver-
tisinp.
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The Secret of Love for Christ.

Wherein lies the personal, power OF the
Lord Jesus to bind human hearts to Him In
devoted lore and heroic service? He was
indeed perfect as God is perfect, and In
being this He left all His disciples, even such
an one as st. Paul hopel essly behind. But
the divine loftiness OF His character does
not remove Him beyond reach OF our SYM
pathy. We do not loose interest In Him be-
cause he is 80 much better than we are.
On the contrary, 1t is by His excellence that
He draws US. He is to our hearts the init
able inimitable, holding us at once by asplra-
tinn and by admiration. B. Bruce.
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IN TIE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS,

Be Always Prepared-A Protest-A Prayer
Seed Growing Work for All at the
Masters Bidding Gods Ways are the
Best-The Secret of Love for Christ.
Said Mark to Martin, "Wherefore spend
Such constant care thy vines to tend?
It may be months, it may be years,
Before the vineyards Lord appears"
Said Martin, Though it may be long
Before hear His harvest-song,
II of that hour can no man say,
It may be that He comes today"
Julia Wood.
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Elected a New Speaker.

Speaker Charles Blhndford, Of the Ken
lucky House Of Representatives. is in Wash
ington in pursuit Of Federal office. He
has been there 50 long, and has given no
sign Of returning, that his fellow legislators
moved that a new Speaker be elected. The
motion was adopted, and N. 7. Flippin, OF
Monroe County, was chosen to succeed MI.
Blandford.
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Wins Their Suit.

The Bell Telephone Company have
won the case brought against it by the
United States government to annul the
Berliner patent. This continues the
control of the telephone by the Bell
Company for seventeen years from 1891
when the last patent was granted.
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Japanese Cruiser at Honolulu.

! On May the japanese cruiser Naniwa
arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, from Yoko-
hama with japanese Commissioner Abb
wanna. who is to investigate the cases Of the
rejected immigrants. Commissioner Abb
wanna states that his mission is friendly. II
be finds the Hawaii Government has erred
a claim for damaSes will be made. He de-
MES that Japan seeks war, and says nego-
tiations will be conducted automatically.
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Cotton Firms Dissolve.

The Inman cotton firms of Altar -
and Augusta, Ga, Houston, Texas;
New York and Bremen, Germany, are
to expire by limitation on Sept. 1st, by
Mr.. S. NJ. 1nman retiring and younger
members stepping in.
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The Exposition Now Open.

According TO previous announcements
the Women's Exposition of ths Caro-
linas was opened at Charlotte, N. c..
on the night Of the l1th, and was q
brilliant success in every way. The
attendance numbered over 500 and the
building was beautifully decorated for
the occasion. Mrs. Robert Gotten. OF
Falkland, N. c., delivered the opening
address
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Faith is n grasping Of almighty power {;
The hand of man laid On the arm Of God
The grand and blessed hour
In which tn: things i'm possible TO me
Become the esible, o Lord through Thee.
"A. E, Hamilton.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
wintry weather in Great Britain.

Heavy snowstorms prevailed on May IL
over the English counties Of Berkshire,
Lincolnshire and Eesefordshire. In Scot.
land there have been heavy snow and hail
storms, and the weather has been as cold
as during the month of November. There
was sharp frost in London and n the II
land counties.
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A Monument to Southern Women.

A Monument to Southern women.
At Richmond, Va, on the 10th, Me-
mortal Day was the most imposing in
recent years. Senator John W. Daniel
was the orator. He paid . beautiful
tribute to the Confederate soldier and
made an earnest plea for . monumsnt
10 the women of the. South. The crowd
was estimated at 10000.
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United States have Sc, ,OO0, 900 Caves
Mexico Is the richest mineral country
Ohio has Just witnessed its first electro,
cution.
There are more than 900 golf clubs in tho
United States and Canada.
sixtv-iye million dollars is the yearly
yalue OF the potato crop Of the United King.
dom.
A large increase in tobacco acreage owe,
that Of last yea- is predicted IN Pennsyl
vania.
Earl Gray Wilson, the newiy-elec1eo
Mayor OF MOTION, Ohio, is said to befonly
.ie-.y -one years old.
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Getting Really for War.

A commission of Iritish cavalry officers
and veterinary surgeons is in the Argentine
Republic buying horses for the British av-
alry service.
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Practically Accomplished. A

The latest news from Athens, Greece,
saws that the surrender of Greess has
been practically accomplished and that
The powers arc now acting upon the
formal acceptance Of the troops leaving
Crete