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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

that Mr.. Brltton was away, he
! (HaseIden) went for bin. MIR.
Brilton came 10 the wagon, and
then went around the yard and
entered at another gate, got his
lantern ami keys and came TO the
gate near the wagon. just aS
Mr.. Brilton reached the gate, sew
eral pistol shots rang out, in or
near the wagon where the prise
her was lying. The men gather,
ed around the wagon and DIR. W
V Brockinglon was summoned.
When he arrived the negro was
dead. Mr. Cannon told practically
III same story, except that while
Mr.. Haselden was gone of after
Mr.. Brilto several men walked
bv the wagon, passing right
through the crowd. He did not
.ecognize any of the men. Mr..
Dennis was in the lot and did moi
see the shooting. Mr.. Fl o Brit
ton was opening the jail-yard
gate and heard the shots. He
saw the flash of the last shot IN
The wagon, but saw no one. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was
that the deceased came TO his
death ut the hands of unknown
parties.
The affair is shroudel in the
deepest mystery. The night was
dark and the consIables copld see
no one around. They were not
very far from the wagon when the
firing was done, but they saw no
me run away after the killing.
Tile negro Greea who was i'm
plicaled IN the killing of Mr Eos-
ton is to be. carried to George.
oyn apd placed in Jail. a gen
lleman from the Johnsonvills~Sec-
lion told US yesterday that tisre
vas danger of Green's being lynch
ed, that the people OF that section
were mu.h worked up over Mr..
Posion's death. Mr.. " Z Price;
in whose store the Poslon-Turner
difficulty began, is in the George
town Jail.
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Gat Elgs Dul|lf.
P0Ckef knife

Just calIand see our lins. All I!
the celebrated makes at the lowest
possible prices. Sc /. !:
OF courss, everyone in1ust vesi
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When Green's father heard o.

When Green's father heard OF
his sons arrest he got his gun aud
went 20 Magistrate Ards office
and demanded the release Of him.
OF course, this the Magistrate re-
fused, whereupon old man Green
began to "raise Cain" ue vas
arrested for breaking the peace,
threatening IN officer, DC, tried
and sent To The cha:ngang for a
period OF Is days. He began ser
vice Monday morning. Several
years ago old man Green attempt
ed to take prisoner from an oi-
iicer, and Jared pretty badly as Il
result.
Turner was raised in North
Carolina. lie had been ivi#g
in Florida for some time and only
went to he tohnsunviiie section
about two or three weeks ago.
He was considered Il bad charac-
ter.
Mr.. Philip Pos,on was the old
est son OF Mr Simon Poslon. He
was about 40 wears of aye. He
married Miss Mamie OrrErw!n, Gf
Charleston, several years ago.
She and several small children
survive him. Mr. Pustou was one
of the best Known men N this
county, and he was indeed, one Of
he best citizens in it. He was
nobfehesSlsd, generous, loveable
and was consisIertn nember oil
the JohnsonviIle Methodist
church, in which he was s'ewa'l
No man in the county had a
greater number of friends than he
His unlimeiy end is much regret
ted.
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near Lamberis postotfice last
week Following closely the ter
rible Poslon-Turner-Green TRACE
dy at Johnsonville, negro boy,
Aaron James, shot Elliot Snow
den, another negro lad, from the
effects of which wound he die q
Sunday morning. Magislrat l. l.
Ard held the inquest and sent
James up to Jail. Our reporter
went to the Jail Monday, and in
company with deputy Britlon,
had a talk with the boy about the
killing. James looks 10 be not
more than II or Is years old, and
he said that the negro he killed
was about the same age. Here IS
the substance { f the interview:
Aaron James, Elliot Snowden
and several other negro boys were
at Hemmingway's store last Fri
day night making Christmas pur-
chases; a whole wagon-load of the
negroes, including the two named
above, started homeward. all yell
| ing and celebrating the occasion;
James had an old pisIo' in his
pocket which he pulled out and
fired inic the air, as he was re-
placing it in his pocket the pistol
fired again. The boys kept up
their fun. and when about mile
further Snowden said that James
had shot him when he was firing
some time before: matches were
s,rucs and it was found that
! Snowden had been shot in the
sioe by the accidental discharge
Of the pistol, the boys drove hur-
ridly to Snowden's home and sum,
moned DIR. II L Baker; Snowden
lived un'il Sunday morning, as
above stated.
We could find no one else to in
terview about the homicide, SO
cannot give anything but what
James himself tells.
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The killing of Nj. Philip Pos
ton last Thursday has blroGy
sequel. The negro Turner who
CAUSED the trouble and vino shot
Poston was cruelty murdered lust
outside of the Jail yard here last
Tuesday night. 1t is not known
who did The killing, nor Is there
any clue at all 10 the murderer.
After we had the account Of the
killing of Mr.. Poslon into type,
the shooting of turner oc 'ured.
From tie story of Nc. j. l.. Has
elden, who brought Turner here
We got the following:
Turner was lyingin a precar-
ious condition al the negre house
where he had been placed after
the killing of Mr. Poston. There
were threats oI lynching on every
side, and, as Il precaution, Mag
lstrate ARD ordered Turner's re.
moval to the Jail. Mr. Haselden'
q. II. Dennis and !. Cannon were
depuiized TO bring the prisoner 10
Kings,ree. A mattress was put
inio.a wagon and the wounded
and helpless npero placed thereon
and the trip to kingstree made,
the party arriving here at ten
O'Clock Tuesday night. Turner'S
wife. his broth,r and two other
relatives accompanied The con
stables aud the prisoner.
While lying in the wagon, and
the people who brought him here
were near, somebody slipped te
the wagon and shot Turner in the
left temple several times.
The coroner was notified anC
and held an inquest Wednesda,
morning. DR.. W. V. Brockingtor
made the post mortem examina
lion. He removed part of thu
skull anu found two pistol BALL
in his brain. Nc one knew wht
did the killing. just after The
firing, Turner's wife, who wa
sitting in buggy nearby, erie
that somebody had killed her hus
pand, and turned her horse ant
drove rapidly away.
The foil wing is taken from Mr.
Haselden's testimony before th'
corouer's jury: When tAe part.
III charge Of the negro got to th'
gate, of the Jail yard and foune
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10

quickly-growing vines are planted,
which soon cover the wire with mass
of green that becomes more and more
dense and beautiful each succeeding
year if the proper sort of vines is
used. The proper Sort in the
writer's estimation, would include our
common woodbine. It is quick
grower and it's foliage is remarkably
handsome, both in the green state and
when touched by autumn frosts.
There are many other vines; however,
that would answer admirably for this
purpose, SO that all tastes can be
suited. Such a hedge needs only such
annual clippings as will suffice to keep
the vines growing evenly all over the
wire---as .thickly in one place as in an-
other. Cedar stakes should be used
and carefully set in making such a
hedge, since once made and covered
with a black growth of vines, it will
be inconvenient to make inferior re-
pairs, though stakes can, of course, be
driven down through the netting il
necessary. Webb Donnell. in American
Gardening. ~ ;ssz sES M ST.
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DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

s Now for cleanliness in the dairy.
North Dakota is forging ahead as q
dairy state. ,5 S .ss,l .I
Corn alonesis not a proper milk-pro-
ducing food. ri :=ss z@ Is
The state OF Washington has fine
dairy association. Gsss 5s s5s: y AZ
Get . separator if you mean to make
the dairy profitable. s IS. $$. !.
Wherever alfalfa will grow is the
place for the dairy and swine. f s..5s
New forage crops come and go, but
clover. blue grass and timothy stay
SIS Some people have not the talent for
making good butter and ought not to
try. " <52
Agood way to prevent wooden butter
bowls from cracking Bury the: new
bowl several inches deep in a salt bar
rel and allow to remain for two weeks.
Nestern Plowman.
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pers, and with the instinct of the news
gatherer saw in a sketch of the Brown
ing cortege a scoop to stir a veteran.
We lost no time in uniting our forces,
and succeeded in stealing march on
the European press. That season in
Venice was the most profit in my life.
But with spring a longing for my ma
tive land seized me. It was 20 years
since I had been in America. In April
Emily sailed; I followed in the next
steamer" Hal ~ I + #S@l5 fI|% Z, Esyz.&
Is she beautiful ~ I asked, recalling
Marcella. Sst ..# %zl@ 5I IL. ' %5
No. was the quick reply. 'But you
ought to see her brother" he added
with the enthusiasm Of his early pas
sion for the beautiful. "A Greek, a
veritable god. my boy z. Z "a ..s55 s'.z n
What Of that 2? ?s % sss. s4 &. sy
S in the family, 2 laughed Wen
dell. .Emily's is the charm that sets
at defiance the accepted canons of
beauty. To understand you must
know = 4. q Sss5s
s.or love her? And so you came to
America q n
81 was at Baltimore before Emily had
time to pave the way for my advances
to the general. OF all devoted south
erners in war Or peace commend me to
Odette. He was as brusque, as cutting
as q November gale off ewfound land.
e Sir Sir. do you know what you ask r
he demanded with fire in his eye and
grace in his pose, despite 8 battered
limb. Concealed, but within rearing,
was Emily
Do you know what you ask q here
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THE FAR MIN G WORLD.
THE WOO e APHls.

Different Moles Of K hin Thi. very
81. Destructive Insect.
The Missouri experiment station has.
made extensive experiments with diff
ferent methods of killing the woolly-
5aphis or apple-root plant louise. Follow
ing IS q summary Of the discoveries
made: 3. D " Il. (. 4
The limb form Of this insect can be:
readily killed by one or two thorough
sprayings with strong kerosene emul-
sion. Apple seedlings, buds and gratis
should be planted in small trench.
filled with finely powdered tobacco or
tobacco dust and lightly covered with
earth. This will keep the Woolly -aphis
away. Apple nursery stock should have
e, liberal supply Of tobacco dust applied
to the roots every spring in order to kill
the woolly -aphis and preyentit from es-
tablishing itself there. It should be app.
piled by removing some of the earth
from around the roots, filling the ex-
cavation with tobacco dust, and lightly
covering it with earth. Newly cleared
timber land should be cultivated in corn
or other crop for two years before the
apple trees are set out, in order to kill
the woolly-aphis that may be on the
roots Of the wild crab and allied trees.
Apple nursery stock should have the
roots cleaned and dipped for minute in
strong kerosene emulsion, in order to
kill the woolly-aphis that may be there.
In planting apple trees tobacco dust
should be freely used among and over
all the roots, and close around the trunk,
in order to kill and prevent the woolly-
aphis from establishing itself there.
Every spring, as soon as settled warm
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THE x RAY.

fhe x ray. the < ray, what cannot this
thing do? a3?3 %s:$ z5+t III E5
The thing can look an elephant or Rocky
mountain through;
Can .perforate an anvil with penetrating
sEzaf% glance, - s@ M Pa IS. n
e And smile through half dozen walls to
comfort or entrance. s * F. a1533 mn. !
do not wish to utter a. thought in mock
ing mirth, ss 5s &3 a
But soon this piercing paradox may per-
$.@ forate the earth lssl 81. IN n =
Then we may stand in New York and from
there plainly see ~ 49, a
The Acknowledged celestials in Picking pick
"a ing tea: - ~ sSs-..: q. 60 XII 2ss22.se
May see at Yokohama the doings of the
-N@ ~ Japs, & s. II T. = ss.s < Z 45l@.: - 52 ri
And through their thickest houses behold
< them taking maps; y. sE-.5 &
Nor can they keep g. secret, for quicker
&> than wink - 1s'4.s H., = ,tF
Wen gaze into their craniums and pic
> ture what they think. ,~2:, Z: r. :
4 In mountains of Australia discern the hid
den mines, =
See In the caves and crannies the ores and
mineral signs: -, ~ ". .-&s =
Look in the deepest bottom of the far In
dian sea-, ~~l@s =: 80, *
+ And then the sly .sea-serpent,- o where, o
]. fve where Is he? .:- s-Ga ~ -.,.t
. When all his coral grottoes are seen by
I'd. Sharp-eyed men ~. E.~'t
And not the smallest snakelet can be hidden
from us then. IN r.
Not far off in the future each curtain
swift unrolls, ~
With cheap and handy x rays Wen see each
others souls: l. ~
Nor can young maids, coquetish play
t' pOssum and conceal % -
The names of those they cherish but yet
would not reveal: ~
Their Utmost hearts and gizzards we then
can plainly scan,
And in each throbbing bosom behold the
imaged man.
Bank vaults cannot hide from us the empti-
ness within,
Or prove secret casket to hide embezzling
sin;
No friend can say he has not the wished
for ten or five,
For x rays will reveal them and keep our
hopes alive;
And as for spOoks, l1obgoblins, elves imps
and other ghosts,
An x ray would reveal them in shadowy
heaps and hosts.
The secrets are all banished, no thought or
thing is hid
The cute x ray inventor has raised the
long-locked lid
OF every confidential and closely-guarded
sin,
Has diagramed it for us and let the search
light in.
Good-by to all eoncealments, the times are
out of joint,
Upset by this electric Interrogation point.
I. EDGAR JONES.
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mer boy leaped out of the ambuscade.
"A shot followed and the faithful beast
rolled: into the ditch, while was pitched
into the thicket, where / lay all night
under q drilling rain ~ 5Ts1 sys
i My heart stood still. Could. this
gray, bent, smold ering old war horse be
the dashing young officer whose curses
haunted me with terror long after I
had been mustered from the service ::
There was no mistaking. Not without
misgiving I Joined him in the study
the next morning, where he handed me
a packet OF letters that certainly ought
to have filled me with satisfaction. IL
not pride. as ss j.1 !; 81
g. - was i'll at ease, but for the life OF
me I couldn't find the courage to make
a clean breast Of it until Emily was
sacramento mine. ss5 &, VI @. .z 4
rs 80 !. General, said, as he followed us to
the carriage that took us to the steam
.er, Il was in the front with the Massa.
chusetts volunteers f5sSIs z1 z:s.S 3.
5 go The deuce you were!'' <. Ss<s %z 9f
Y s55 81 s. And fear / am the culprit
that ditched you.
Il '.The irascible old soldier sighed
while his hand grasped mine Affection
ately. The estlessness Of the unfor-
giving war horse. had vanished. 1 70 him
had come at last the resignation 81 the
conquered. US u \, s55s u.s. ,5s.<
B S. In the p alamium 81 my son n1i IS
victory he said he victory that
knows not the blue Of the gray 80
DOM you think . ought to make
something out of that % said Wendell.
as he turned cheerily into Broaeway .
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finds Indispensable for q day ISL outing,

finds Indispensable for days outing.
was many years since i had seen or
heard Of them beyond an occasional
glimpse Of his signature in maya
zine, on a book cover or on a copy
righted photograph Of a salon picture.
But to-day q parade had brought me to
my studio wind Just opposite, my
eye caught a ribbon Of the Legion of
Honor coqnetting with a G.: A. r. but
ton in the lapel of a coat whose wear
er seemed familiar. Before had much
time for conjecture Wendell was in
my studio. ii q sy y5.. 5s5ss l
And Mrs. Wendell?'' Isaid, whenwe
had crushed our hands in the warmth
of a grasp that punctuated the hundred
expressions with which we ongratulat-
ed ourselves on meeting again in the
flesh while yet companionable with For
tune and the MUSES.. 'sAs beautiful as
ever pr ]. ~ +
Wendell suddenly Gained. b I: %.E-
Graham he said, at length, "Mar-
celia has passed away" p. e
.".And the babies?'' ID >,.. 3=s r
''They are with her.. All, all the old
life is beyond the stars Isl $.
My heart went out to him, but while
my slow wit made effort to condole, to
my CONSERVATION it was so like
the man, ever ready to cut sorrow in
two with a laugh-he fell to spinning
his second romance, which tell to you
as he told it to me. p ~'i5,e ~
a." +--. III. - -" =
''This is how it came about" he said.
cit was lonely, insufferably lonely
r-after-Marcella went home. 1t
seemed as if should go mad. I closed
the studio in Rue St. Honore, and
tramped- The restlessness OF
the Wandering Jew was upon me. No
spot, however seductive to pen or brush,
could hold me over day. A pursuing
spirit ever whispered: ''Move on!" I'M
til the queen of the Adriatic caught
me. 49, -. ..s- . " 49, -
"Browning's funeral barge was float.
ing out to sea bearing the empty tenn
pie of the poet to it's long home in
Westminster abbey.
"'Oh, for a picture! My fortune
| would be made!' cried a voice from a
gondola that drifted at my side.
'There was timbre in the appeal that
struck me like a familiar passage in an
old story. !. turned sharply.
d., why, Miss Odette.' -
"'Why, Mr.. WENDELL
ga Whit from the mountains, q
breeze from the ocean at midsummer
! was Emi1y O1ettai, Sha l,rol-n IN <,,,,
life one summer at Etretat; quite wo1
Marcella's heart-then disappeared
She was one of the many sprightly, re-
sourceful southern girls that the wal
liberated to fit from world to world in
pursuit of livelihood with the grace, the
fnesse with which their mothers were
wont to bask at home in loves an6
fortunes Of the gods providing. She
was corresponding for American pa
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THIS. THAT AND THE OTHER.

Spanish daggers are a very definitely
established fad among the ornamre nts
of the fin de steele belle. Sss3.
"A minister in England m;lde $5A0, 600 e
by inventing an odd toy that danced e by
8windingGit with i string 81
/, Mrs. Sarah II lower A dams was he
5atlthoress of the grand hymn N 'es','s
My God TO 4 ,hlee: his lad was born OFT
lin Cambridge, Eng re Irnary. 1905.
To i'm part NJ efreshing odorato s. an ]
i.lyulit Dom, good: 60 logne
into sou plate set fire TO # with
rs lighted mat IL.
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an that ever trod God ear
sOdette, sir, every inch other.
e S 8 s1s on say you are . paint ter What
is it to me if you daub the pyramids,
out-Raphael Raphael and give Michel
angelo thrust in the side. 2
q q Z. And write books Books be
hanged! There are too many books in
the world. 5sg5 q.
@=s Z. z. Jour social position is unimp ach-
able whats social position to an
Odette? The question, sir, is, are youa
man clean to the core? That's what
an Odette demands of q sutton to whose q s
keeping he gives; the life Of a daughter =
Of his house. Money, position, career to
the dogs! Areyou a man, clean through
and through 2 s.ss
ellis eyes flashed, his voice Numbered,
he swayed with passion, while L stood
transfxed like puppet in the play. #
I'm moment Emily was at his side.
It was the passing of an April shower.
81 have no doubt, my dear said the
general with the cooling tenderness of a
wood pigeon, that all he says, all you
say, is, true. But: you will have to wait
until I write to my friends in Paris. r
must have more than lovers rhetoric
before part with all I possess -
Meanwhile, pending the Paris mail M
the general introduced me at his club.
I was feted, wined and dined. The
Odettes were rich in friends. Reveling
in the old-time hospitality, the halcyon
days of courtship passed all too quick
ly; but at length grew impatient, and
upbraided the dilatoriness of the for
eign mail. What report would the gem
erals Partisan friends make? Ta@~
81 was progressing rapidly in the old
mans favor, when unluckily surprised
him one evening in pain: =s&..5.ss +
"'It's that accursed mimic BALI he
groaned. Some blasted northerner's
shot. To think that should have been
in the thickest of 80 battles and come
off without scratch until ran into
that flying squad of Massachusetts, vol
unteers.' n 49, K %..+s~ IL =, =
II gave twitch quite as perceptible
as that which the embedded minie-ball
had evoked from the general. He mis-
took fear for interest; in moment he
was OH accommodating expedition. A
table was drawn up, and soon the scene
of his wound was hastily mapped out
for me. Decanters represented the con.
federates, wine glasses the union forces
| while a tankard was the general mount
| ed on his faithful Winnie. Shouldering
his crutch, like The hero of the Bingen
he conjured before my startled memory
! the one scene of my boyish war expert
ence, the terror of which had never been
efaced.
"'We had fought all night and
marched all day. 1t was dark when
came to a deep intrenchment that cut
us off from the enemy's line. My ex
hausted Winnie-God bless her!-was
about to leap, when brute of a drum
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QUlCkLY-MADE HEDGE.

"oodbfne Grown Over a Frame Gives
5. 5&-1S Satisfactory Results. -
Making hedge with ordinary hedge
plants requires good many years of
waiting before the full realization of
ones anticipations. Many are de-
tered from starting hedges because of
this long period of waiting. The ac~
companying Illustration shows ''short
CUT to a remarkably handsome hedge.
A ''form" is made of wire netting, the
sides and top also being covered.
Along the base on either side of this