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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Final Meeting Of the County Board
of Pensiohers,

The county Boad OF Pensioners
held its final meeting on monday
last. Messrs. Byrd kinder and
Jacobs being present. The old pen.
sion roll was carefully fevisedf
and as many as they thought
worthy was continued.
There was quite a number of
new applicants all of whrch was
dispersed of in accordance with
the judgement Of the board appov
ing snch OF The applicants as they
thought worthy.
Some Of the applicants was in.
correctly gotten MP. No action Of
course was taken upon these.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Jokinson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is q ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
The Fish Fry.

On last FRIDAY party of young
people from this place went a
bout TWO miles up Black river
to the seine yard, for "Iish fry.
Messers. Monte Jacobs. I. j.
Brown, II. G. t.skirgs, and W. 5.
Lynch, were on the committee.
Mesdames. L Jacobs, and r. II
Kcllahan, were the chaperons.
Boat riding and fishing seem
ed to be enjoyed extensively by
all who were present. We think
the committee did their duty.
for they furnished more fish
than the party could eat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Special Notice to Correspondent.

All our correspondents and
others who desire 20 transact bus
mess of any kind whatsoever with
this office are requested to addess
The Comfy Record and not any
individual connected with the
paper. Communications intend
ed for publication should reach
this office not later than Tuesday
noon. Sometimes we get letters
without the name of the writer.
1t is universal rule in jCornal.
ism not TO publish any article un-
less the authors name comes with
it. The name is not used where
the author does not desire it, but
il must be sent as a guarantee of
good faith. Etroper name should
he plainly written, as We cannot
be expected to know how all the
names of men and women, ugly
boys and sweet girls are spelled.
We may guess, but We cannot
make the boys uglier or 'he girls
sweeter by any system of guess
ing which we can invent.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

Miss Mand Logan, of Kings.ree,
spent last Sunday in the city, stop
ping at the Valley House. Her
faiher r. G. Logan, affectionatelv
called "Lum Logan" of the Kings
tree County Record, is a ''prince
of good fellows" among tine jour
nalistlc fraternity ii tie State.
Miss Maud eaptivated and charm,
ed the few whose good fortune it
was to- meet her.--Chester Repor.
ter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Ouinine and other fe.
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever
Jol1nson's Chill andFever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.
Get a Big Mail.


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literature free during 1897, send
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entered on their club list. You
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

Old papers for sale at the Coun-
tv Record Office.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

I will insure
Cotton Gins, Tobacco
Warehouses and Barns,
Dwellings, Farm Hons
es, Stables, Live Stock
Stables, etc., against
!in, lI.Ri,g,nt Wind aar,.
For further inferma-
ton consult
t?.?@ER, lgn.,
KINGsTREE, S. &.
May 27, 1897. en-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
SCRANTON NEWS COLUMN.
MATTERS PICKED Up AND
PUTlHT0 PRINT.
Regular Weekly Letter From a
County Record Cor
RESPONDENT.

iCSPOiNSiits
Crops are needing rain very badly.
We hear of some sickness in the
community.
1t is almost time to quote "Sweet
girl graduate"
Mr.. Claude Beal. of Manning, is
visiting his parents here.
The Bethlehem Union cOnveres
in the Baptist church at this place
to-mOrrow-Friday.
Several young ladies and gentle
men came over on their bicycles
from Lake City last Sunday after
noon and attended services in the
Baptist church here.
Henry S. Baggett. eldest son of
Rev. J. J. Baggett, Of this town,
died very suddenly Of congestive
chill at his home in Georgetown
on the 18th inst. He was about
thirty-one years old and leaves a
wife and two small children.
Rev. j. P. Coleman, who has been
attending school at Rlacksville,
S. c., has returned home.
Married, on the evening of the
22nd inst, at the house of the
brides parents, by the Rev. ]. j.
Baggett, Mr.. John w. Philips and
Miss Lethia, daughter of Rev. w.
p. Scott.
Mr.. Winslow Wrignt's new res
idence on Main street is receiving
the finishing touches of the paint
er's brush. 1t is now one of the
most attractive buildings in town.
DR.. Ryrd has lately built two more
tobacco barns, making six in all on
his tobacco farm. The DR.. will have
a large quantity of the "golden weed"
to "cure" this fall.
Mr.. w, ]. Willoughby made the
first shipment of beans from this
point this season last week.
Several Of the artesian wells in
town have about ceased to flow.
We think they need boring out
again.
Miss Hattie Sanders, who is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Whitehead,
will return to Florence next Satur-
day. We are very sorry she is going
to leave us.
The Scranton and Lake City
Telephone company has been for
mally organized and it wont be
long before our sister towns will be
connected by telephone lines. This
is good step.
a knitting factory is being talk
ell of and the probability is that it
will be built in the course of anOth-
er year. We have the capital and
enterprise and we can do it. All
we are lacking is the organization
and this want can be easily suppli-
ed. Let our citizens come together
and talk about the matter, swap
ideas and feel pulses. Then un-
derstanding each other better. or
ganize and start the ball in motion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Mr. Joel +. Brunson's family

Mr. Joel +. BrunSOn's family
returned to Sumter last Friday
afternoon, after having spent
some time in kinSstree. MIR.
BrunSon accompanied his wife,
bu, returned Saturday night.
Mr.. q. T. Parker has been ap
pointed a.ent for the county tor
the Mutual Insurance Company
of Greenville S. g. Mr.. Parker
is now ready to place insurance
upon gin houses Tobacco barns
dwellings farm buildings. stocks
etc, etc. See his advertisement
in another column.
The picnic at Johnsonville last
saturday was very largely at5en-
ded and much enjoyed. The crowd
was estimated at 500 or 900 people.
Several speeches were made and
there was every thing to eat ob
tainable. The annual picnics at
Johnsonville are always. looked
forward to with a great deal of an
ucipation by people from al! over
the county, and large gathering
is always expected.
Mr.. Herbert A. Graham will lib.
crate between three hundred AM
fo1r hundred carrier pigeons at
the depot next Sunday morning.
The pigeons are from Wa hing!on
and will return there. They will
be turned loose at five o'clock a.
m. Ther will be expected 10 ar
rive in Washington sometime dur
ing sunday afternoon Mr.. Graham
has acted as liberator for pigeons
for sevral years past and nearly
everyone Of tine birds ha.e e always
reached its destination.
Rev. w. P. Holland. of Rheims,
exchanged pulpets with Rev. W.
d. Moorer last Sunday and was to
have preached in the Baptist
church here Sunday morning and
night, but was taken suddenly
seriously i'll while delivering his
morning sermon, and was unable
to fulfil his evening engagement
Mr.. Holland recovered sufficiently
to return to his home Monday,
but was even then far from well.
His many friends throughout this
county hore for his speedy and
permanent recovery.
The county chain gang was or
eanized last Monday with SIX con
victs Four of these were sent
from the circuit court and two
from the Magistrate court 'one
from Magistrate Gaskins, Of Lake
City. and The other from Magis-
strate McCants, of Trio. The gang
has been sent to work on bridge
across Lake swamp, about one
mile above Lake City, Mr.. j. S.
Howle has been selected as guard
and has charge of the squad.
Supervisor Chandler has raquset-
us to state for the benefit of the
Magistrates that they may send
their convictS direct to the chain
gang md not to the court house,
as it will only be double trouble
to send them here. inst have
them carried to the guard who
will take them in hand and attend
to them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

Here is little incident illustra
tive of Southern thrift which our
farmers Institutes may discuss
with profit. The Marietta, Ga,
Journal says: GA farmer on the
Etowah river, near Rome, sold
last year to a famous scotsman in
Philadelphia 500 worth of tur-
nip seed. This was returned to
Georgia and sold at the same
price per ounce as the farmer re-
ceived per pound"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

We havs a lot of old babbit
metal on hand for sale at 10 cents
per pound.
The Cou nty Record.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
ACOIUMN OF NEWS PICKED
UP AROUND TOWN
And Put Into Short Paragraphs
For Quick Reading Bv
Busy People.

This hot weather Is Increasing
the ice business.
Miss Beatrice Graham visited
relatives hear 1ndiantown las
week.
\ new music box at &r. H. y.
Reddick's store is attracting much
attention juSt AT present.
Rev. w. ID. Moorer preached at
Bethel Baptist church last Sunday
morning and night.
Mrs. Mel. McP. Afford, of Mar,
ion county. is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Dr. Scott,
Mr.. Louis Jacobs WAS somewhat
i'll for few days last week, but
has fully recovered.
We dent charge anything for
advlce-ani very little for job
printing.
Miss Bessie Kelley returned
from J ten-days visit to relatives
in Darlington last Saturday night.
The intensely hot weather pre-
vaiiing for the past few days has
caused cotton 10 put on a new
growth.
County treasurer Rollins went
over 10 Columbia last week and
borrowed $4,000 for Williamsburg
comfy from the sinking funl.
Mr.. Julian Jacobs, killed an alige-
tor in Black river just below the
tressel that measured seven feet
long. He shot another, but don't
know whether or not he killed it.
Ice cream will lie served 1t the
residence Of Mr.. Louis Jacobs Fri
day afternoon, May 2Sth, from
SIX to eight O'Clock. The proceeds
of which to go to the cemetery
fence.
Mr.. j. B. Chandler, of Benson,
was IN town last Friday and wen,
10 Charleston Friday night. He
purchased blooded horse while
in the city, and had it shipped up,
arriving here Saturday night,
Don't borrow trouble. It's easy
enough to get that without get,
ting any of your neighbor's. Just
have your job printing done at
the County Record office, and
never trouble about it.
Our editor has gone to Newberry
where he will join the South
Carolina Press Association on It's
trip to the Nashville exposition,
and if there is lack of the usual
amount of local matter this week
attribute it to this fact.
While the Coleman House hack
was going to the depot last Mon
day afternoon the velicle broke
down. There were five men ir
carriage at the time but fortunate
Iy, no one was hurt.
Some pessimist says: &c ot
lieCtenants don't always make
good captains" Promotion is SC
slow. But good people can al
ways get good job printing al
reasonable prices at the County
Record office.
Trifies often disturbs a mar
more easily than great events
One man can read about a cyclone
calmly at breakfast may "fy of
the hinges" and clear out his Off
ee if he finds his stationery poor
Have your Office stationery PRINT
ed at the County Record office
and there will be no use 10 sc
mad about it.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

Have you seen the Columbian
Encyclopedia? 1t is "daisy."
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
WHEAT AT A DOLLAR
BIO ADVANCE AT ALL POINTS
Highsss FrIes BID 1t New York-fho.sht
That IL viii Go Aueh Higher.

New York, Aug. 20.-At $40 to-day
September wheat In the local market
reached the long -talked-of goal Of 81
per bushel Naturally enough the Incl
dent created tremendous sensation on
the dOOr OF the exchange and was
greeted with prolonged cheers from
half a thousand throats, being re-
echoed from the crowded galleries.
Several times during the early after
noon the bulls snapped the price with
In nc Of the desired mark. but return
wave Of selling orders each time swept
II back again. The final and successful
effort was made under the impulse OF
export rumors reaching enormous fig-
ures. September was hanging around
99M when the export news was first
whispered about. and at once danced
upwards In responce to excited local
buying. Higher and higher 1t whirled,
watched by everybody on the dOOr un-
til the big black finger on the record
dial pumped fairly on the even figure
and dollar" wheat in New York was
an accomplished fact.
Now that the bulls have attained their
boast. they are as far as ever from be-
ing satisfied and claim that the wave OF
bull sentiment which has spread like
fire all over the country will carry the
price here TO at least Sl.25 per bushel
and perhaps even higher. Tint dollar
wheat is already thing Of the past
was demonstrated on the curb when
further clamorous demands from high
strung local shorts raised the price TO
81 0Ol5. or a cent bushel advance
from the official close. About 10000
bushels of wheat changed hands at 81
this afternoon.
h.. rar Snt f1.
dealings were marked by great excite
ment. Everybody felt that dollar wheat
wns in the air. and while there were
occasional let-ups when traders un-
loaded jags of wheat on which there
was good profits. they We're invariably
followed by tightening Of values on
fresh waves of reckless buying. The
crowd. being keyed up to high pitch
of excitement. eagerly swallowed the
widest sort of bull news. such as
would be ordinarily rejected.
Wheat at Chicago went up to 96
cents.
The English market was up in the air.
keeping free pace with our advances.
Their closing prices We're top for the
day and 81, to ihd higher than last
night.
French markets. on the other hand.
held back and showed practically no
rcsponce To the extraordinary strength
In other markets. Private cables cred
tied the English advance to rainy
weather and excited covering by shorts.
First prices in this market were made
simultaneously at from 9Th 10 9S
cents for September and gi4, to 91A
cents for December. The latter display
ed the greatest strength during the
day on large buying orders from local
houses and others. Subsequently Sep
tember dropped To ~ cents under real
iZ'ng sales. hut at noon was chased up
to Hfts cents 10y frantic rush Of buy
ing orders
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
WOULD EXTEND THE STRIKE.
Ors..i.sa Labor Asked to Assist the Coal
AIneFn.


Orsa.issa Labor Asked to Ass,st the Coal
AinerA-
Columbus. Ohio, Aug. 2O-The Ma
tiOnal Executive Board OF the Mine
Workers adjourned to-day after having
issued the call for the meeting Of or
ganized labor to be held In ST. Louis.
August 3Oth. The board rejected the
proposition Of the Pittsburg operators
for a conference to arbitrnte the wag.
dispute in that district. claiming that
such action would By prejudicial TO the
interests Of the miners at large. The
board IL ready TO consider Overtures for
the arbitration OF the issues of the
great strike only when these Overtures
come from all the operators In the COM
petitive district. which Includes Ohio.
Indiana, Illinois. West Virginia and
Pennsylvania. The board has decided
not to deviate from the established
policy until the result Of the st. Louis
conference is known. The aggressive
work In field will he continued and
the efforts to spread the strike in the
West Virginia district will be re-
newed.
The success or failure of the strike
hangs upon the result of the confer
ence, the call for which has been in
dorsed by Samuel Gompers. president
OF the American Federation OF Labor.
and J. b. Sovereign. general master
workman of the Knights OF Labor.
They maintain that the fight now being
waged by the miners is one of COM
mon interest to common labor through
out the country. AT the St Louis con
ference all labor organizations will be
asked to join issues with the miner.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
The strike Situation.

Pittsburgh. Pa. Aug. 22.-Deyelop-
ments in the coaf mining situation in
the Pittsburgh district will be watched
with unusual interest this week. Both
sides were apparently at rest today.
but 1t was developed that at the con
ference tomorrow there will probably
be disruption. BY many It Is be-
lieved that NJ. d. Rntcbford, the ma
tional president Of the Miners organ.
ization, will not be present. 1t In
claimed he win stick to his original
assertion that he will not agree to ar.
bitrate unless all the states Involved
are represented. II Ii b wet f1t0evn
fact that the operators Of Other states
will not Join local opera tors in q move
ment for arbitration. II Ratchford is
obdurate. the conference will be use
less. This. In brief. In the sHu5fion.
and 1t is apparent that both side{ are
making preparations for movements
that will be to their benefit.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
NO TEMPORARY INJUNCTION.
Kansas Judge Does Not believe In Tina
Kind of GOvcrnnrnt.

Emporia. Kas.. Aug. o2-The plan Of
Attorney General Boyle to enjoin the
railroad companies operating in Kan
sas from collecting more for the haul
Ing of live stock than is allowed under
the recent order OF the Board of Rail
road Commissioners, which order for
bade the railroads charging by the
hundred pounds for carload lots, has
met with decided setback. The at
torney general had prepared an injunc-
ton proceeding against all The rail-
roads involved and proposed to file his
petitions in every county court In the
state. But when the attorney general
appeared here before Judge Randolph
the Judge refused to grant the prclimi-
nary injunction. Judge Randolph de-
clared that lie did net believe in gov
ernment by injunction and asserted
that in any event he would not giant
even temporary injunction until the
defendants could be present. He,
therefore, named Wednesday next rs
the date for a hearing on the appllca-
tion for temporary Injunction.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
FIGHTING THE SHEEP TAX.
A Number Of Arrest. Have been Made !,
Utah.

Springvillc, Utah. Aug. 21.-The
threatened war of the sheep men on
the ordinances passed by the various
counties Imposing lax of from two
to ten cents per head on sheep has com
menced. Th" sheepmen claim that the
successful imposing Of this tax means
practically the destruction of one of
Utah's greatest Industries and are
about TO fight it to the bitter end.
Last night Charles Ingham was ar
rested in Rich county, where the tax is
very high. for the non-payment OF the
tax, and WIS imprisoned. 1t is not yet
known whether the Wool Growers AS
ISOLATION will take up and defend his
case or not.
In Summit county Thomas W. Jones
and Walter Irvine We're arrested and
criminal suit began against them They
We're fined. but made an appeal from
the decision. A civil suit for damages
has not been instituted. Both sides
will bring the fight into the District
Court. where the test for constitution
nlity will he made in both civil and
criminal aspects. The counties leyyipg
the tax are adopting strong measures
to carry out their anti-sheep law. Sheep
owners generally are disregarding the
ordinance and seem determined to put
the matter to thorough test.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

Mrs. Hattie B. Beanis. = Nebraska
woman, says 1t is the farners' wives
who really do the work on their hus-
bands acres, while the men reap the
credit and profit. She proposes to give
the gentler sex chance to 'go 1t
alone" She owns tract OF land in
Dawes and Sioux counties. Neb., which
she intends to give to a cooperative
community OF women on condition
that they work 1t themselves without
the assistance of male farm hands.
She will furnish them with money to
last until the first crop is harvested.
and will guarantee any Indebtedness
they may incur in the purchase of ma
ehinery and stock while getting a
start. She already has in mind twelve
women to whom she proposes to give
the land. All are farmers widows and
all are in destitute circumstances. Mrs.
Bemis thinks they deserve assistance,
and is sure they will know fully as
well how to go to work as would like
number of men. She hopes to make
farming popular with women and de-
elares there is no reason why they
should not find 1t well suited to them
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Mr.. sherman ,:.pl,-. to Japan.

Washington. Aug. 2O.-Secretary
Sherman has submitted to the Japan
ese government an answer to Japan's
last note relating to the annexation of
Hawaii to the United States. The an
swer was delivered to Mr.. Hoshi, the
Japanese minister, last Saturday. II
Is in reply to Japan's note of July 10th,
which mp TO that time. had not been ac-
knOwlctlged.
Mr.. Sherman's answer is marked by
Its friendly expression toward Japan.
which gives especial satisfaction in
view of the somewhat strained rela-
tions resulting from the previous cor.
respOndence.
Two features are brought out by the
answer. II reiterates the position here
tOfore taken by the secretary of state
ms to the right and propriety of an
neying Hawaii TO the United States.
With this. however, IL coupled an as-
surance that the interests OF Japan in
Hawaii will be fully safeguarded. II
also expresses satisfaction at the plan
Of arbitration between Japan and Ha.
wall. on the question of Japanese i'm
migration to Hawaii.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

The British consul general In Japan,
in . recently issued report, states that
lowing to the financial depression In
America, that country has made Its ap-
psarAnce as a serious competitor with
Europe in the supply of machinery.
rails. nails and pig iron. 1t has been
stated that American nails have been
sold largely in Japan about the end of
1896 at SO per cent. lower than prices
current in the United States, and these
goods altogether defied the competi-
ton Of German makers, who have hith-
srto held the trade. About 10000 tons
Of American rails were sold to Japan
at lower prices than British makers
were willing to accept" Another mat
ter Of some importance. and one which
may have considerable bearing on the
future Of the American iron and steel
trade, is discussed in Mr.. Sanderson's
report II is, that the United States,
not content with It's enormous railway
mileage is providing means for i'm
proving Its water carriage. The ex-
isting canals. such as the Erie, the
Champlain, the Oswego. the Black
River, the Cayuga and Seneca, are to
be widened and deepened. Besides
this, q commission Of inquiry as to
dsep-water canals has recently made a
report
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
HARD TIMES At pvEA.
Many Are Already suassisg Rrs0 Cesd
HungsF and Thieves.

Many Are ALREADY Bu6ssing RF0o Geld
Hunger and Thieves.
San Francisco, Aug. 21.-A special
TO the Bulletin from Dyea. Alaska, Aug
ust IA. tells Of the pltiful condition of
many Of the searchers for gold who
are now stopping at Dyea. unable to
proceed further on their journey, ow.
Ing to lack of funds for provisions
Many of those now In DyeA are ply
sically unable 10 make the trying trip
and there are many cripples who vii!
suffer great hardships before the win
ter is over. Many Of those who arrived
on the steamer Willamette are abs.
lutely without shelter. seemingly hay
ing come to this cold region depending
on the open-heartehness of others to
keep them living. Many OF the peoplc
Who are unable TO reach Dawson this
winter have two tons of provisions and
no possible means OF transportation.
One man has over 5000 pounds which
he Ia trying to pack over Whites pas
in lots of sevcniy-flve pounds each
making short relays. Thieves bavc
been operating extensively and many
tents. tools and much ammunition and
money have been stolen. Already q Wig
lance committee is spoken OF. and un
less the thefts cease trouble will fol
low.