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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING LEAGUE.
Montreal Professor Trains Women NV
Correspondence For Summer
Walking Tours.
Trade FeatIs Stonatuo vou o
DOT Home YourseIf
March 19.-Henry Goudie, the

Montreal. March 19.-Henry Goudie, the
Who trained the Ladies' Hockey Club
:. ,rontreal has been organizing wo-
,,,s athletic club. which he calls he
,,,,,,tain Climbing League. His head
.,a-ters are in Canada, but he "trains"
Nv correspondence with leagues in 9TH
e. cities.
His course fits women for all outdoor
s,or-s. hockey, golf, tennis, yachting and
t,cveling. hut more especially for noun
tain climbing.
The twenty odd walking tours through
.ho Aims that were advertised extensive
!, and started out under favorable au-
s,i,es last year, only to come home with
ra,ra Of a riding record than a walking
ors-and the lamentable Rocky mountain
evneriences of last September, have in
5,eed the professor to start in early and
GOT his women ready for training now.
A tramping tour, be it konwn to those
ubo have not yet caught the fever. is
far sightseeing, shooting and photogra-
nbv the last fad taking many to the most
,icturesdue spots of the Rockies and
leading to the discovery of many valua-
HE things. Big game" has been pho
tographed and historic peaks climbed and
many new and novel sights enjoyed. But
many have also come to failure One
Of the Rocky Mountain tours that start
ed last summer, under one Dr. Prince, re-
turned in ten days, four days short of
their scheduled time. At the end of The
second days tramp four of the nine i'll
the party gave out, and in two days more
three took the train to complete the trip
bicycling on good roads, and the remain
ing ones Journeyed along in conventional
ways The professor alone tramped on.
The Mountain Climbing League trains
evenly 1t begins with fencing. A gym
nasium is fitted up with rings. bars and
poles, mittens, clubs and swords. Every
game is provided for, and at the first
lesson the young ladies' take the foils and
practice. They sheath the points and aim
at each others hearts Masks protect the
faces. The fencing is easy enough not 20
tire.
After they have become fairly expert
they try handban, which is a much more
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

good, convenient position, kicked her over
into the sea.
The only witness to the deed was a las
car sailor al the wheel, ana when he told
the rest of the crew we almost had a
mutiny on our hands, as they prOphesied
all sorts of bad luck would happen TO the
ship. Nothing came of il, however, and,
as we were in good ballast trim, we came
flying along in rafting shape, and about
ninety days after leaving the Ganges our
mudhook went down in Astoria harbor In
due season the custom house boat came
out, and when the officers clambered
aboard, Denny Curran, the boatman,
Stacked away on his lanyard and his boat
dropped around under the stern A mo-
ment later we heard a yell, and Denny
was coming up the ladder hand over hand
as though the devil was after him. and
in his boat, making a united chorus of
'meows,' was our Maltese cat and five
halt-grown kittens.
when Denny recovered his breath he
stated that, as his boat swung around
under the stern. the animals Immediately
sprang of the top of the rudder, and the
unusual sight nearly frightened him 20
death We then went back and made an
examination of the rudder, and found that
with her claws the abandoned cat had
scratched a cavity out of the top of the
rudder, and. while the lascar sailors had
Deen mourning her death, she was engage
in rearing a family. The rudder being
high out of the water, of course prevented
her getting wet very often, and number
of fish bones still reposing in the cavity
indicated the diet which had kept her
alive. She was taken ashore, and think,
Scott Johnson, the Astoria stevedore, has
some of her descendants yet, and 10 this
day they will eat nothing but sea fish
Yes, some strange things happen at
sea and man who has been there ought
to be prepared to believe almost anything
he hears regarding it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
ADDING MACHINE PLAYS FRANKS
Will DO Perfect Work For All But
One Man in the O1lice.

From the Chicago Chronicle
San Francisco, Cal, March lin the
office of the county auditor there is an
adding machine that is cutting up ghostly
pranks. The machine has done its work
without an error for years. but it will not
work for j. j. Hannifin. Jr, although to
every other man in the office it gives a
ready, truthful answer. When Hannifin
plays its toneless keys confusion reigns
Hannilin has tried the machine with a
simple calculation dealing with hundreds
and he has tried it with additions run
ming into the thousands, and the results
are never correct. Any other man in the
office or, in fact the whole county build
ing, can follow him, use the same figures
and get a correct answer
The mystery has been talked of around
town, and to-day to satisfy the curious
there was test conducted by a commit
tee of medical men. The addition of the
sums S44, $44, and $50 was used and ten
made the computation in order The ma
chine gave the correct total, $143, but
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

old clipper Plumdun which was so re-
markablo that | am frequently accused Of
handling the truth In a careless manner
when ! relate it. The Plumdun was en-
route from Calcutta for the Columbia, IN
ballast and ] was first mate under Capt.
Timbertoes. Among other live stock
aboard was a Maltese cat. The cat be-
havcd very well for the first week or two,
but when we got over on the equator she
made the night hideOus with her incessant
yowling. Old rmbertOcs had the govt and
did not sleep well anyway, and this inilic-
tion nearly made him crazy, so one mig !.
ho came out, and finding the cat Ia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

is furnished by two axle motors. having
an aggregated capacity Of 400 horsepower,
mounted direct without gearing on the
oxlcs. The truck. which hangs directly
from the journal boxes, - made Of heavy
eye beams that carries the motors and
cab. each upon independent spiral springs.
The cab Is made Of sheet iron. and vim
dows are so located that an unobstructed
view IL obtained IN all directions. A Sc
ries-parallel controller governs the supply
Of current, which comes through the over
head trolley from the station Of the FAR
Haven and Westville Railroad Company.
The locomotive was originally designed
for speed Of thirty miles an hour, but Is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

il, 'etgeuc game. II takes every muscle
suit We body. Finally they take TO The
,5o ' 81, tne hoops, the vaultlng horses md
'I ., horizontal bars.
In. Ihe concluding feat OF the course is the
louder exercise. This consists In jainn-
fo,,o "a lVe-foot horse by cleaning II "a foot.
t,,, e,llns only the hands II Is stand
vault and must be done by muscular
non This Is the graduation feat.
,, neh through with the course a girl
et~ Don. fence, spar and wrestlc ana
st betS a diploma guaranteeing that
n .ah climb HILL ford a stream, swim
s,riiEer, walk plank and swing from
N''iss' That she can lift herself M by
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

an afr pump. which automatically main
tains working pressure OF sixty
pounds in the receivers. This supply is
used for the air-brake. A pneumatic
sanding device is used when the track Is
slippery. The length Of the locomotive
over draw bars. Is 1914 feet: hight, 1lik
feet. width, feet, and wheel, 5iA feet.
The Chronic Bachelor.-"I wonder"
said the Sweet Young Thing, why a man
Is always scared when he proposes2"
That" said the Chronic Bachelor is
his guardian angel trying to hold him
back. indianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

that city a few days ago, when the Manu-
facturers' Street Railroad Company was
completed. The total length is one and
one-siXteenth miles and each patron is
provided with ample sidings to receive the
largest freight cars,
The locomotive weighs thirty tons and
has all it's weight on four driving wheels
forty-four inches in diameter The power
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

now wound for a maximum of twelve
miles, at which rate is can easily haul
from ten to fifteen loaded freight cars on
a level
only four cars in one train are allowed
by the city and the maximum speed per-
mtted while on the city streets Is seven
miles an hour.
Inside the cab an electric motor drives
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
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NINETY DAYS ON A RUDDER.
Cat Kicked Into the sea Refuses 40
Go to the Bottom.

Portland (Ore) Letter in Chicago Chron-
icle.
The remarkable story about the Ameri-
can ship Iroquois picking live frog off
a cloud in mid-ocean excited murmur
of comment along the water front to-day.
but Capt. Taylors reputation for veracity
is too well established for any one to doubt
what he says. The story brought to the
mind of AL Belts, the pilot, a strange event
which came under his observation. He
said:
Il remember an occurrence on board the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

every time the deputy auditor tried his to-
tai was but Sl3. The test proved nothing
and only intensified the mystery. Now
everybody in the building Is declaring
that the machine Is haunted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
An ELECTRIC FaEIGHT THAN.
New Iiavcn Has Road which just
Suits the Manufacturers.


The novelty OF an electric locomotive
hauling freight cars on the streets Of New
Haven was Witnessed for the first time Va
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

TTnin mi
Time : hour
Macon andAt ana
M
arriving Macon m
information
J. G. Genera Passenger Savannah Ga
d.. Superintendent
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
Otinine and other fe.
yer medicines take from 5
to I'D days to cure fever:
.Johns0n'S Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.

The simmer season has come
and how to keep cool and comfort
able is being sought bv everyone.
AT Lesesne & Epps' will be found
large line OF ladies' undervests
beginning at he small sum of ten
cents and going to the nicer quail
ties. Gentlemen can also be sup
piled in this line Of goods. Ye
choppers Of cotton need hoes that
can be had from us at the lowest
prices. We have a large stock of
shoes which we wish to reduce
before time for fall goods TO com
mence coming in and you can get
some bargains in that line. Ladies
slippers from Scots up.
Our stock of tobacco must be
lessene,1 and we are almost COM
peting with factory prices to do it.
Ye chewers of the "quii" will do
good business to come to
LEsEsNE E. EPps.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
A PROSPEROUS SCHOOL.
Close of the Regular Term of
the Kingstree Academy.

The regular annual school term
of the Kingstree Academy has
been brought toa close. There
is no doubt of this being the most
prosperous term ever held, which
speaks well for the board which
selected Mr.. Z. q. Dennis and his
able assist ant, Miss Dickson. The
scholarship was almost double
that of the previous year, :he
exact number being 80 pupils as
against so fol the year before.
There were ten boarders this year
that is, ten pupils from the coln-
try who boarded in town and at
tended the school. Last year
there was but one teacher except
for three months. Next year
there will he three teachers. An.
other room will be added to the
school building during the sum-
mer, and there will be three d.
visions next year instead of two
as was this year, and one last year.
This certainly speaks we'll for
the school. We do not hesitate
to assert that there is no school
in the State that can make a bet
ter showing. The regular school
term is ten months. AS usual, the
annual school picnic will be given
at Kinder's grove, about one
mile from town, tomorrow { Fri
day.. To this, besides the schol-
ars, all the patrons, their friends
and the friends of the pupils are
cordially invited to attend. OF
course, the older folks will be
expected to carry baskets.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17

A correspondent of the Harts-
Vile Messenger gets off the fol-
lowing:
A gentleman told me the other
day that it was customary for him
10 chew 20 cents worth of tobacco
a week. | suggested to him to try
the tobacco cure, He said he had
tried it. and the first two weeks
he ate up $3.50 worth of the cure.
and the next two weeks he used
10 cents worth of candy, 5 cents
worth of chewing gum, 20 cents
worth of cough drops, and ) cents
worth of peanuts per day. During
these two weeks he said he also
consumed 9 large rubber eraSers,
ate ihe rubber tips from IA lead
pencils, chewed' up a dozen pen
holders, and browsed off his mus
tache as high up as he could reach
He says he is chewing tobacco
again. in the interest of economy
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
Prizes for Watermelons.

Who raises the largest water
melons? In order to decide this
question 10 the satisfaction of all
we have decided to offer a prem
ium 10 the person who raises the
largest melon this season. Our
proposition is this: To the per,
sou who brings us the largest
melon this summer we will give
one years subscription to the
County Record. Just think OF it!
Besides gaining the reputation Of
being the raiser of the largest
watermelons you get copy Of
the County Record every week
for a whole year.
In addition TO the foregoing,
we also offer a years subscription
free to the person who first brings
US in a ripe melon this season. If
you are already a subscriber 10
the County Record, your sub
scription will be "shoved up" one
year from the date of its its eX-
piration. Don't allow this op-
portunity to escape, but get a
whole years subscription for one
melon. Of course we are not
partial to melons, but our editor
and entire staff are very fond of
every kind of fruit. Don't let the
melon offer keep you from bring
ing in fruit.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
iNOlANTOWN.

Crops are small in this section.
Corn is small and a bad stand; in
the low bottom lands the stand
is very poor. "Bill bugs are
plentiful, from two to six: being
found on one stalk of corn My
theory is that they deposit their
eggs in the stalk just below. the
ground, and it remains there uns
til the following spring when the
bug is hatched out. Another
theory is, that if we. pull upither.
corn stalk in the winter and bhrn-e
taking care to destroy the roots of
the stalk, we will not havS' so''
many "bill bugs"-at least IL
propose to try it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh NesmitHS
lost their infant on the 7th inst.
Your Dock quill driver il ifta
error when he says "no tobacco
is found below Lake City" Col. s
Jas. McCuthen plants aboutA
twenty acres and DR.. j. s. Cnhs
ningham four. s.
Capt. w. H. Kennedy anda
Messrs. R. d. Gamble and b. F..
Haddock have pretty stands s of
cotton.
We are having plenty Of RAIN
at this writing. b.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
GoURDaNs.

The farmers of this section gen.
orally have good crops and have
been blessed with delightful
showers of rain since last Satur-
day.
A very delightful picnic was
given at the residence of Mr.. w:
D. McClary last Tuesday. Bar
becue, chickens, hams and other
things were in abundance. The
young folks of Newmarket were
present and Lanes was also rep.
resented. Buggy rides and dane
ing was the order of the day. The
evening dance began at $50 and
was kept up until 2 o'clock q. M
The m Isle was furnished by Me-
Clary & McCrory.
Our neighborhood is all healthy
at present. There is no sickness
around here that l know Of si
Nc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
BLAKE KELEYS.-l

q y.
Please favor US with these fT6nSs
Blakeleys-Georgetown- railroad. Y
Crops in oar neighbofhood are
looking fine since the recent
rains.
l have Travelled over good
portion of the county, and Mf =.
r. Rowell has the finest field or
corn l have seen any where:
DR. w. D. Rich has the.iHest s
patch of watermelons IhatdA seem
any where and we will help hime
eat them by the Fourth, IS
Mr.. w. S. Moore, who Has BEEN
teaching school at Blaksaeys for;
the past four months, bronght its
to close last Friday, the 1lth.
Miss Lille Cunningham, the.
well known teacher OF Indian
town. is visiting her relitivee, DR..
and Mrs. w. N. Rich.
Mr.. T. A. Blakely,; the we'll
known merchant Of the George
town, has made great improves
ment to his dwelling and nicely
fenced in his yard. M
The Rev. N. T. Noland came
from his home at Lanes to sssist
Mrs. 7. A. Blakley in laying of
a geometrical flower front.
We have been enjoying several
fish fries at Sims Reach Bridge
right recently.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
Straw-rides galore.

This is June weather in dead
earnest.
The rain was very fine on the
crops.
Read our watermelon prize Of
fer in another column.
From all the reports, the fruit
this season will not be very
fine.
We want several more CORES
pondents like our Dock "pencil-
shower"
The sweet girl graduates are at
top of column and next 10 reading
matter this month.
The family Of Mr.. Joel E. Brun.
son returned from Sumter last
Tuesday night.
There was game OF base ball
between the two local teams Mon
day afternoon. The "regulars''
were victorious.
The county commissioners ad-
vertise that they will elect su-
perintepdent for the chain-gang
at their regular meeting IN July.
An ice-cream festival was given
at the school house Monday night
by TIE ladies of the Presbyterian
church.
1t is said that since the recent
heavy rains the crops have taken
new life, and are showing won
derful growth.
Don't send off for your office
stationery when you can get it
just as we'll right at home. Pat
ronize the County accord Job
Office.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
Fine Tobacco.

Editor County Rec ord:
Mr.. I. NJ. Cooper, of the firm
of Cooper Bros, of Fowlers, has
the best field of tobacco in the
county, probably. 1t is the finest
] have seen anywhere, and | have
seen lots oft. Mr.. Cooper IS an
all.round farmer as we'll as mer-
chant, and all of his crops are
looking well, his tobacco being
particularly fine.
WANDERER.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17

Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cares the
most stubborn case
of Fever i'm ONEDAY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
BRIEF MENTION OF PEOPLE YOU
KNOW AND DON'T KNOW.

Those of Our Citizens Who are Visiting
at Other Places.-Our Visitors.
Other Mention.
Mr.. G. w. Hill, of Lake City
was in town last Saturday night.
Mr.. Pritchard Moody, of Lake
City, was in Kingstree last week.
j. Z. Mcconnell, Esq, went TO
Manning on a business trip last
Thursday.
Magistrate !. G. Lifrage, of
Salters, paid us very pleasant
visit last Thursday.
Mr.. Walter. Steel returned TO
his home in Rockey Mount, n. g.,
last Monday afternoon.
Miss Mamie Lesesne, of Santee,
and Mrs. Richbourg, of Dillon, are
visiting Mrs. NJ. J. Porter.
T. NJ. Gilland, Esq, of Kingstree,
paid this city a flying visit Satur-
eveninS.-Florence Times.
Mr.. p. A. Allsbrook has moved
into the cottage just beyond Mr..
NJ. F. Heller's livery stables.
Mr.. j. 2 Nelson had his right
hand very painfully hurt during
the baseball game last Thursday.
Miss Louise Gilland returned
las: week from Spartanburg where
she had been attending Converse
College.
Miss Addie Montgomery, who
has been visiting in Georgetown
for several months, returned to
Kingstree Saturday.
We are indebted to Mr.. G. w.
Wolfe for an invitation 10 attend
the opening ball of the Harris
Li,lnia Springs on Tuesday, June
22nd.
Miss Florence Benjamin. who
has been teaching school in George
town county, is in Kingslree and
will spend the summer with the
Misses Jacobs.
Mr.. w. s. Moore, Of Bl akeleys
spent several days in Kingstree
this week. Mr.. Moore played on
the "scIub" nine in the base ball
game Monday af ernoon.
Edwin Seward, a colored man
who has been living in the Bloom
ingvdle nelghborhood, was brought
into town few days ago and com
mitted to Jail as lunatjc. He will
be carried to the State Hospital
for the Insane, in Columbia, in a
day or two.
Mr.. J. P. Shaw called in to see
last Saturday, aud told us that
the lower bridge had been entire
ly rebuilt and is now in condition
for passage. This will be good
news to the hundreds who have to
20 several miles out of their way
in order 10 cross the river.
Among the graduates of the
Columbia Female College last
week was Miss Ivah Epps, who
stood well-up in her class. Miss
Epps is one ofthe literary editors
of The college magazine, and
many of the very best articles in
that journal were from her pen.
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The County Record, 81 a year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
J0hns0n'S Chill and Fe.
yer Tonic is q ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
"A Hours.

The Columbian Encyclopedia
is undoubtedly the finest on the
market. Look out for Rev. Mr..
Willeford, the agent. who will be
around next month.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17

The Columbian Encyclopedia
is one of the very best on the
market. Very few, if any, equal
it. adv.
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NEWS FROM THE COUNTY.
SEVERAL LETTERS CONTAINING
VALUABLE NEWS.

Items of Interest From Different Sec
tions, All Boiled Down For
Quick Reading.
DOCK
Mr.. Gus Haddock has an attack
of fever.
Master Louis Rhem, is out again
after a protrac,ed illness.
Mr. S. B. Poston, of Prospect,
attended the picnic Saturday.
Mr.. Laurie Steele. of Timmons-
Vile, is Oh q visit to his parents.
A number of people from here
worshipped at Indiantown Sun
day.
Mr.. Harper, of Trio, spent Fri
day and Saturday with Mr.. j. q.
Josey.
Mr.. NJ. D. Nesmith, of Black
River came home Saturday with
a slight case of fever.
Mr.. Sam Wilson, of RHEIMS, has
recovered from,an attack of ty-
phoid fever.
Crops are growing right along.
1t is said that Messrs w. Z. Ne
smith and johnson have the finest
cotton crop in this section.
We are glad that there are no
murders, suicides or marriages 10
report. As Bill Arp says, every
thing is calm and serene.
Miss Davis, an accomplished
and charming young woman OF
Boston, Ga, has returned home
after an extended visit to relatives
and friends in the country.
We have enouoh rain for a while.
The ground is thoroughly wet.
The lakes are on the rise, which
prevents good fishing.
"Cnildren's Day" was celebrated
at Jackson's Chapel Saturday. A
large crowd was present. The peo'
pie were pleased by temperance
address delivered by Rev. Mr..
Haddock. His discourse was inter,
esting instructive. The recitation
"Tommys prayer by RuthC"ker
was decidedly the hit of the day,
She is only ten years old, and the
recitation comprised thirty-two
verses. Her gestures and deliv-
cry was perfect. Everybody ate
big dinner and the day passed
eff very pleasantly.
1t has been suggested to your
correspondent that every old sub
scribeI to your paper secure one
new subscriber, doubling your
circulation list. The gentleman
making the suggestion said that
the Record had improved so much
| he though that would be mark
of appreciation on the part of the
old subscribers, and that he be-
lleved in encouraging the efforts
OF the editor OF our county paper
think the suggestion a good one
Let every old subscriber to the
Record secure one good new sub
scriber. All can easily do this ano
know the editor will appreciate
| it. He is giving you a good news
paper cheap, and see that it soe;
into every home in the county
BLUE STEELE.
1--WE certainly appreciate The words o
the above paragraph, and would indeed
be glad if every present subscriber woul'
get usa new one Ed, County Record.