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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-30
Houses without Chimneys.

It is curious, though true. that OF all
the houses, dwellings, stores. hotels
and other buildings that dot the ISL
and of Key West, Fla, from one shore
to the other, not one of them has g
chimney or anything that will answer
the purpose of a chimney. Handsome
residences and lowly novels are alike
in this respect, and from an eminence
gazing out over acres of roofs on all
sides one is struck with the want OF
something to complete the symmetry
of the picture. Wood and coal or fuel
of any kind are unknown quantities,
as the tropical atmosphere furnishes
all the heat required, and for cooking
purposes sticks of carbon are used,
which are sold by peddlers, who hawk
their wares about the streets.-Atlan-
to Constitution.
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Two billions would stretch if pasted end

two billions would. stretch if pasted end
to end.
All of the stamps used by the United
States are printed at Washington in
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, the same institution that turns
ont the paper money of the Govern
ment. Formerly they were made by
the bank note companies in New York,
but in 1898 Uncle Sam concluded that
rs he was going into the printing
business very extensively at his capital
he might as well save the profits on
the stamp making. The Bureau makes
the plates from which the stamps are
printed, does the press work and
manufactures the mucilage. Only the
paper and the ink are purchased in
open market. This preparation of the
mucilsge is an art in itself, and is con-
Quoted upon purely hygienic prin-
ciples, for the benefit of the several
billions of people who annually lick
postage stamps.
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Work on the Pythians' new Castle at
Charleston is progressing rapidly.

Work on the Pythians' new Castle at
Charleston is progressing rapidly.
Hail and wind did considerable dam
age to cotton in Orangeburg last week.
The College for Women will open
this year with a largely increased at
tendance.
Norton's majority over johnson in
the second primary in the 9th district
was $50. Total vote S.S6S.
During thunder storm Miss Susan
Broadway, daughter of Mr.. James
Broadway, of Packsville, Sumter
county, was struck and instantly killed.
She was sitting by an open window
reading when struck and the book she
had in her hand was burned. Two
children were in the room, but neither
of them was hurt. One was asleep and
was not aroused, while another was
thrown from chair in which it was
seated and the chair torn to pieces.
About the same time mule belonging
to Mr.. w. NJ. Broadway Of the same
neiehborhood, brother of Mr.. James
Broadway, was struck and killed.
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patched on again, SO as to present
whole sheet to the next checker.


One of the most interesting places
in the building is the room where the
stamps are examined and counted. This
is an immense apartment, filled with
long tables, at which several scores Of
young women are working. Piled
upon the tables in front of them are
stacks of ten dollar, fifty dollar or one
hundred dollar bills, government
bonds and sheets of stamps. A rus
Ting sound like the whisper of the
wind through thousand trees fills the
room, as the counters rapidly turn the
bills and sheets, keeping a mental tab
upon the number, while their eyes,
trained to the utmost vigilance, seek
out imperfections in the printing.
| saw one young woman at work
counting and examining the stamps
whose record vas from ten thousand
to twelve thousand sheets a day. Her
fingers seemed to fairly fly as she
lifted the sheets, and although it was
but fraction of a second during
which the stamps passed under her
gaze, her quick eve would detect the
least imperfection, passing over two
hundred stamps in that time. For this
skilliul and exacting work these young
women are paid from $50 to s. per
day.
When the perfect sheets are thus as
sorted and counted, they pass to the
storage vault, fiTeproof and alright
structure. The Bureau keeps stock
of about six hundred million stamps
on hand constantly. They are fur
nished to the Postoiiice Department at
the rate of about twelve millions a day,
upon requisition by the Third Assist
ant Postmaster General. \ steel
wagon, with padlocked doors and ac-
companied by a guard Of armed men,
conveys the stamps to the Postoffice
Department. This wagon is also used
to transpor. currency and bank notes
to the Treasury Department, and goes
trundling along the street with mill
ions of money inside of it.
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ABOUT THE CROPS.
Bauer's Weekly Bulletin Shows
Steady Decline.


The hot, generally dry weather
caused cotton to open very fast, some
prematurely, and two-thirds Of q cot
ton is now open with about half Of the
crop picked. This applies to the whole
State; in the eastern counties the FRO
portion open and picked is somewhat
every county indicate that there
has been steady decline Il
condition since the first OF this
month, and that during the past week
the decline was due to excessive heat
and drought, which caused the plant
to she'd young. I'm nature bolls. The
reports also indicate that there will be
practically no top crop That is to say,
that cotton has either stopped taking
on fruit since the middle of August, or
that where it did fruit the bolls and
squares dropped off
No blooms were seen during the
week except on moist bottom iands.
Over about one-third of the State the
estimated yield of lint per acre will
equal an average, and over two-thlrds
it will fall short, so that, making due
allowance for the increased acreage,
correspondents estimate that the yield
will be smaller than last year, and,
generally. the worst reports come from
the localities of usually heaviest pro-
duction. In places where the plant ls
still green, rust is very prevalent, but
many fields present the appearance OF
having hoan kil1a6 bv frost
Sea island cotton picking progressing
rapidly; the crop, much of which is not
yet matured, is looking remarkably
fine, Notwithstanding the existing
moderate drought where this crop Is
cultivated.
rxcept over the extreme northwest
ern counties where corn was planted
late, it was not adversely affected by
the lack of rain and hot weather. The
corn crop is now entirely safe and much
of 1t has been gathered. Correspon-
dents generally speak Of it as fair
crop, in places, large ole.
The weather continued favorable fol
harvesting rice, and DOW there remains
only late May and June paintings to be
cut. Late rice is not as promising as
the early rice, and in portions of Col.
Teton the crop is very poor. Threshing
rice is we'll under way.
Peas seem to be fruiting heavily not.
withstanding that the leaves nearly al
dropped off the vines during the past
two weeks. Pea-yine hay is nearly all
gathered.
1t was too dry for sweet potatoes and
over some of the western counties the
yield will be short. Early varieties are
yielding well.
Rain is needed for turnips and pas.
lures, and to replenish the streams fol
stock water. Also for late sugsr-cane.
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postage stamps.

The operation of the manufacture of
postage stamps through the several
branches is an exceedingly interesting
one to follow. A small army of men
and young women, skilled artisans, are
employed in the work, and the great
red, brick building on the banks of the
Potomac under the shadow Of the
Washington monument is busy bee
hive for eight hours in the day.
The first step in the manufacture of
postage and revenue stamps is the
making of the plates from which they
are to be printed. The plate for the
ordinary two-cent stamp of everyday
use is a sheet of steel twenty-one
inches by about thirteen inches. The
engraver uses sheet of soft steelupon
which he engraves the design of four
hundred stamps.
Thecustody of these plates, together
with others, is confded to one man.
Every afternoon the plates must be
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-30
BILLIONS OF STAMPS.
UNCLE SAM PRINTS AN ENORMOUS
NUMBER EACH YEAR.

All Kinds and Colors, From the Pink Two
Center to the Lordly One Hundred
Dollar Stamp-How They Are Turned
Uncle Sam makes and issues in the
course of year postage and other
stamps to the number Of more than
four billions. The exact number for
the last year of which record is OBJ
tainable, says the New York World,
was 4, 243, 2S9,261. 1t is hard for the
human mind to realize the magnitude
of sum as great as four billions. 4
better idea, probably, can be obtained
of the size of the stamp output for q
year by the statement that if they were
pasted together, end for end, the strip
thus obtained would encircle the earth
seven times around at the equator.
There were all sorts and conditions
of stamps in this aggregate Of four bill
lions. There were postage stamps,
from the humble little one-center and
the familiar pink two-center that every
one sees to sthe lordly one hundred
dollar stamp that lives all exclusive
life and never shows itself to the vul-
gar herd. The latter is called peri
odical stamp. 1t is sold to the pub
fishers of periodicals, who present it
to the postmaster with so many pounds
of mail matter, and the stamp is then
cancelled and kept in book. Over
ten thousand of these were pointed last
year.
There were about one hundred mil
lion of the long green beer stamps used
in the internal revenue service, that
you see the barkeeper remove from
the bunghole when he taps fresh keg.
There were about four hundred mil
lion of the little green stamps that seal
the end of a cigarette box. There were
more. than half a billion of tobacco
strip stamps, with countless millions
Of other kinds.
The everyday two-cent stamp, with
its cheerful pink color and mucilaginous
back, was printed to the number of a
little more than two billions. If the
magnitude of this number is difficult
TO grasp, it is easy enough to measure
. two-cent stamp and figure for ones
self how many thousand miles those
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-30
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Act Authorizing Assessing Property
aolders for Street Improvement.

Act Authorizing Assessing Property
Holders for Street Improvement
At Greenville Judge Watts decree in
the case of w. L. Mauldin vs.. the city
of Greenville has been filed sustaining
the contention of the plaintiff that the
city should be enioined from collecting
an assessment of two-thirds of the cost
of the paying of the sidewalks on Main
street.. Judge Watts holds that the
act under which the assessment was
made is unconstitutional, and that even
if it were not, that the assessments
were improperly made. The decree is
voluminous and discusses the recent
acts of the Legislature with reference
to street improvements and the new
constitutional limitations as to the
power of municipalities to contract
debts. The case will go up on appeal
to the Supreme Court.
Judge Watts also filed a decree in
the case of Gentry vs. Lanneau. He
decides that the transfer of his house
and lot worth about $4,000, to his
wife. made by Mr.. c. II. Lanneau
several years ago, was not for the pur-
rose of defrauding creditors. This re-
verses the master, who held that the
property should be available a. assets
for payment OF Lanneau's del =. The
latter was the owner and M ager OF
tho Lsnneau cotton mill, wi. oh was
afterward sold 10 T. w. Earle.
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over a cake of chalk and rubs the plate
briskly with his bare palms. This
cleans the exposed parts of the plate
thoroughly and leaves the ink in the
lines which are to convey the impress
sion to the paper. The printer soon
becomes a mass of ink from his hands
to his elbows, and sooner or later COM
municates it to his face, as well as
daubing it over his apron. A carmine
colored ink is used in printing the two
cent stamps, and the pressroom has a
decidedly sanguinary appearance. The
young lady assistants average about
S1.25 day, while the pressmen run
from 81 to Sc day in earning capacity.
Where the steam presses are used
four steel plates, each one printing
400 stamps. work upon an endless
chain passing in front of the pressman.
In this operation his duties are con-
fined to cleaning the plates with his
hands, as described above, the ma
chinery doing the mixing and press
ing. He can press about seven sheets
every sixty seconds, and has two young
women to assist him, one to feed the
press and the other to remove the
sheets.
The sheets of stamps are now ready
to be gummed, perforated and divided.
After the ink has been dried and the
sheets pressed fiat they are sent to
another room, where another gang
handle them. The cumming machine
is simple apparatus which distributes
an even flow of mucilage upon the re-
verse side of the stamp. It is done
automatically, so that there is nc
waste and no surplus ofmucilage upon
any part of the sheet. The mucilage
is composed of glucose and dexterine,
mixed in stipulated quantities and alb
solutely harmless.
When the sheets are coated will
mucilage they pass upon an, endles:
chain through a steam chest abou
sixty feet long, where they are sub
jected to q temperature of about 13;
degrees, coming out after several min
utes thoroughly dried. Then they g
to hydraulic press to be pressed fiat
having become warped in the steam
chest. The sheets are are laid betweeI
stiff cardboards and stack of then
put into the machine, where they ar
subjected to pressure of 5000 pounds
to the square inch. There are NJ
wrinkles left when they emerge from
this gentle squeezing.
Their next journey is to the perfora
ting machines, operated by skillfu
young women. This is apparently {
simple piece of work, but it requires
close attention to feed the machine, 81
that the perforating wheels rul
straight down the spaces between th'
stamps. Even with the utmost car'
slips occur, and row of stamps il
perforated down the middle. Ever,
spoiled sheet is preserved, however, K
be accounted for, and if SO much as .
corner of stamp is torn off it must b.
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A R,orIN GREENvILLE.
rhe City Gang At cked by p
Drunken Mob!

Drunken M0b.y 5isi,se =
A special from Greenville to the
Register, says small riot occurred
here. which came near resulting se-
riously. Tom and George Rigdon, Of
Pickens, and 8. E. Lark and George
Tinsley, of Piedmont, white men, were
in the city, and got on spree. Wan
derins around they came upon the city
chain.cang convict force working on
the streets in the northern part OF tho
CITY One of the negro convicts was
working some distance from the force,
and the four men made an attack on
him with sticks and rocks. He called
for help, and Street Overseer Poole
ran to his assistance. Half dozen OF
the conyicts ran to the aid OF Poole,
and lively battle followed, the wea-
pons being rocks and clubs. =.
During the fight Poole drew his pis-
tol aud was on the point of shooting
George Tinsley, who seemed to be the
most aggressive of the raiders, but did
not have to shoot, as one of the convicts
landed rock on Tinsley's head, knock
Ing him senseless.
Two OF the attacking party we're
,aily wounded by the convicts and all
four were captured, the convicts, under
orders of Overseer Poole, acting as
police. The convicts escorted the four
prisoners to the station house, wnere
their wounds were dressed. IInsley
and Tom Rigdon are seriously hurt.
The remarkable part of the affair Is
that no convict attempted to escape,
and after landing the prisoners IN the
guardhouse all returned to work as II
nothing had happened.
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practical commercial service of the
civilized American; heretofore the Eski-
mo dog has been used in all expedi-
tions through the Klondike country.
That the reindeer possesses tremend-
GUS advantages over the Eskimo dog
is illustrated in the matter of their re-
spective food. That of the dog must
be carried, while the reindeer paws the
snow from the roots on which he SUBJ
sists.-New York World.
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KlONDIKE PALACE CARS.

First Effort to Put Reindeer to Use In
America.
The rush to the Klondike has been
the means of establishing q novel
transportation line at Circle City,
Alaska. Twenty sturdy bucks have
been selected from the United States
Government reindeer herd at Teller's
Station and are now on their way to
the mining districts. This is the first
effort to press the reindeer into the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-30

dark. Pedro is a pretty red pigeon,
is three years old, and is owned by
Secretary Tallens, of the club. Pedro
is a brother of Lulu, the winner of
the 5OO-mile race in Mississippi. Both
are imported birds. When Pedro al
rived at Mishawaka he flew straight to
his loft, seeming none the worse for
the journey.
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Doctor (to female patienD-You have
a slight touch of fever; your tongue
has thick coat Patient excited
iy)-Gh, doctor, do tell ME how 1t fits
Fact and Fiction.
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PRINCE OF PIGEONS.

He Few 1000 Miles in Seventy-hve Hours
and Holds the Worlds Record.
Pedro, the great homing pigeon
which broke the worlds record for
1000 miles in his swift journey in the
air from New Orleans to Mishawaka,
Ind, is the pride Of the Mishawaka
Homing Club. Pedro's superb race
was made in seventy-five hours total,
or less than fifty hours of actual fly,
ing. Carrier pigeons never work after
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-30

During the year 1896 dead dogs to
the number of 10,002 were taken out
of Chicago. --...--.
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No woman can be sick very long
without getting religious.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-09
Retroactive Tariff Rules.

The v y Times in speaking, about
the retroactive clause in the Dinclev
bill, says editorially; The scheme of
passing law compelling all imports
after April l, 10 pay the duties which
shall hereafter be imposed is a novel
one for the United States, and we are
not surprised that even the hardest
protectioni>tS hesitate to resort to it.
1t is contrary to the lirit of the Con
stitution, though ii probably would
not be declared Unconstitutional bv the
courts. If the chief purpose of the
tariff was 10 secure revenue. there
would be no less objection to irving
10 prevent importationS that would de-
feat that purpose. Real revenue taxes
would be OF an amount and nature that
permit some rational calcu alton of
their effect. \ merchant would run
no very grave risk in the changes in
such taxes.
But the chief purpose of the Dingley
law, IN very many Of its provisions, is
not TO secure revenue. 1t Is 10 give to
certain domestic interests the greatest
possible advantage against foreign COM
petition at the expense of the con-
sumner. When a bill of this sort is
pending, it is the instinct of self-pres-
ervation which prompts the importa-
ton Of goods on which very high
and perhaps prohibitory duty is 10 be
levied. This is worst when the goods
taxed are raw material for manufact-
ure. On these the high Dingley duties
are simply discouraging 10 manufact-
urers who use the raw material, what
ever they may be 10 Others. 1t would
be folly for those who are thus threat
ened not TO defend themselves as much
as they possibly can.
OF course the Republican leaders in
the House would pass retroactive bill
promptly if they thought that they
could get it through the Senate and if
they were not afraid Of its effect on
public opinion. They are by no means
sure of the Senate, and public opinion
already gives them great deal of I'M
easineSs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-09
Wellingtons Iron Hand.

In forcing the withdrawal of the
name of Percy c. Henninghausen, of
Baltimore, from the list of appointees
recently sent to the Senate by the
President, Wellington has braved the
lion in his den and dared him forth to
battle. He has dipped his quill in bit
ter gall and sent out a warrant to his
clan that "only through him and him
alone, can they hope for political pref
erment." These are not his own
words, but they are what he intends to
convey Mr.. Henninghausen was
backed for the position of Commits
sioner of Immigration by many influ-
entail Baltimoreans, who are Justly in
dignant at the bold and defiant
stand made by the Republican boss.
There is something extremely signifi-
cant in this action by Wellington.
which is relative TO the fall campaign,
and his designs are rs clearly seen as
though they were in print before us.
Wellington means to control things
now so that all will be cut and dried
in the fall. Chairman Stone, of the
city delegation, who presented the
name of Henninghauseu to the Presi-
dent, is said To be more powerful in
Baltimore than suits the boss, and so
he sits down on his favorite for the
position But the real note of def
ance and his true position is seen from
this dispatch dated Washington,
April 9th;
senator Wellington is firm rs ever
to-day in his stand ON the Henningt
hansen nomination. Whether he will
eventually consent to his appointment
he has not yet decided. He says en-
phatically that if there is to be any is
sue between him and anybody else in
the delegation or in Maryland it might
as well or better be made and decided
now as later on. He intends to control
the patronage, and he intends that
everybody interested shall know it and
recognize it, whether they like it or
not"
This is the man who has taken
charge Of the politics of Maryland and
who rules it with a rod of iron.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-09
Baptist Convention.

Preparations are steadily going on
for the big Baptist Convention to be
held in FTedeTck In June next. In
company with the Frederick Business
Men ASS citation ii4e various commit
tees met in this city las, FRIDAY ard
visited the Fair Grounds. where they
looked over the field and arrived al 3
definite conclusion a 10 the position
ana arrangement Of the tabernacle,
etc. Late a thorough organization Of
the committees was effected. The sup
plies 10 be furnished the convention
viii be awarded 10 the lowest tidder.
Application 10 the proper committees
viii secure all interested full informa-
ton, as contracts will be awarded an
I'll after the the FIRST Of May.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-09
Democrats Elect Carter Harrison
Mayor of Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 6.-The mayoralty
election here to day resulted in deeis-
i've victory for the regular" Demo-
cratic ticket, whose candidate, Carter
H. Harrison, received more votes than
all the other candidates combined.
Returns received up to a late hour Al
night give Harrison. regular Dem !,
las. COO; JoLn NJ. Marian, independent
Republican, 1000; Judge Nathaniel
Sears, Irregular Republican. $1,000,
and Washington Hessing, Independ-
ent Democrat, 1900. The Democrats
made almost a clean sweep OF al. the
Offices IN the west Town and north
town and We're also successful IN the
south town.
OF the 81 aldermen the returns point
10 the election Of Is Democrats, Re
publioana and Independents.
The vote Of Chicago in the Preslden
tial election last year was: Mckinley,
Republican, 200,747; Bryan, DenroEat,
144, 7So; Palmer, gold-standard Demo-
crst. 2,S06; Levering. Prohibitions,
$40; Bentley, national, l4l; Mate neif
sOcialist-labor, 7l2; Mckinley's plnfAl-
ity. 56,0ll.
The above is an Associated Pre- re-
port, and as il appeared in the RAlti-
more Hondld concludes by saying tbAt
the Democrats had a silver plan ~ il
their platform. In the Baltimore 6als',
the same article appeared, bu they
say that the plank praised Bry 80 -
cause he opposed civil service reGofm
ana favored a "wide open" towIi The
venom of the last campaign stili etops
out in the Sun, even in their tele-
graphic news from non-pariisan ssso-
citation. This is very strange.