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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Dies of Blood Poisoning.

Dr.. ". W. Skinner, wealthy physician
OF Forrest, H., died at Bourbonnats
Caves, where he was encamped with q
party OF friends. A few days ago the doc
tor wounded his hand with thorn. Hand
ling tainted meat caused blood poisoning,
resulting in his death.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Western New York Crops Suffer.

Dispatches from Western New York points
say that the almost incessant rains have
had a serious effect on crops. Wheat has
been pretty we'll cut, but still stands in the
fields. In some sections it Is reported as
sprouting and In others there are appear
ances of rust. Barley is suffering badly
and oats will be late.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Maryland Democrats Meet.

Senator German controlled the Demo
cratic State Convention held ut Baltimore.
The platform declared for bimetalism with
out fixing ratio and for tariff for rev.
enue. The following State ticket was
nominated, For Controller-Thomas A..
Smith, of Caroline County. For Clerk OF the
Court Of Appeals. Frank Ford. OF St.
Mary's County.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Free Grass in Texas.

For a month Of dry weather extending
over a part Of June and the first Of July, q
dozen parties Of haymakers worked in the
free fields Of the coast country about Alvin,
Brazoria County, Texas. and shipped thou
sands of tons OF hay. Hundreds OF thou
sands of acres covered with this grass ore
free to anybody, yet enough goes to waste
every year there, it is said, to feed all the
stock OF northern Texas. The proportion
saved each year, however, is becoming
larger now.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Herr Oil-uaf you heard dot dog OF
mine ate a tape-:neasure undt died!
Herr Kut-I suppose he died py inch
es. nicht var? Herr Oil-Aber nit; he
venc oudt in der alley und die py der
yard.-Columb:a Spectator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Consul Commits Suicide.

Otto Munchmeyer, United States Consul
in San Salvador, committed suicide.
Munchmeyer succeeded his father, Fred
erick Munchmeyer, as Consul Of the United
States at San Salvador. Mr.. Munchmeyer,
Sr., was appointed as Consul at San Sal
vador from West Virginia In February, 1895.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

DR.. Endc-There's nothing serious
tha mat;er with Patsy, Mrs. Mulcahey.
I think a little soap and water will 90
him as much good as anything. Mrs.
NIulcahey-Yis, docther, an will Vi
civeitt' him befoor or afther his males!
Judge.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Peace Preliminaries.

The peace preliminaries drafted by the
Powers were presented to the Peace Con-
gress at Constantinople. They provide for
arbitration Of any differences that may arise
between Greece and Turkey in arranging
final treaty
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Sunstroke in Alaska.

Those who have an idea that cold wealth
er prevails exclusively in Alaska will be
surprised to know that Archie Burns, q
miner, was affected by sunstroke while
crossing the pass from Dyea. He recov-
cred and proceeded after two days rest.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Benham Guilty of Murder.

Howard @. Benham, young banker Of
Batavia, n. Y, was found guilty Of murder
In the first degree. It was charged that he
poisoned his wife with pyussie acid. Mrs,
Benhan died the first week i1 January,
Bsnham's trial lasted nearly ttfea veaka-. !
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Trains Guarded Against Tramps.

All through trains travelling over the
Pittsburg (Penn.) Division Of the Balti-
and Ohio Railroad are guarded by men
with Winchesters, one guard being on the
platform Of each train. This Is done as
precaution against hold-ups by tramps.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Powderly Again Appointed.

The recent appointment Of T. V. Pow
derly as Commissioner Of immigration was
signed by the President. Mr.. Powderly's
nomination for that Office failed Of conllr-
nation In the Senate because OF the opposi-
tion to him on tho part Of labor organiza-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
/IoHN p. LOWELL DEAD

Founder Of . Famous Company succunbs
to Paralysis.
The venerable John P. Lowell, founder OF
the arms company bearing his name, Q
company known ell over the world, has
Just died at his summer home, Cottage City,
Mass. He suffered q paralytio shock from
which It was hoped for time he would fe3
cover, but vigorous constitution was moe
a match for the encroachments Of advanc.
ing years.
John Prince Lowell was born in East
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
The Presidents Vacation

The Presidents Vacation.
President Mckinley left Washington &C.
companied by his wife and the members Of
his personal Office staff, for Bluff Point, on
Lake Chsmplain. He expects to be absent
six weeks.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Colonial ONCE Warns Gold Seekers.
The British Colonial Oflce has warned
intending gold seekers that 1t will be use
less to start for the Klondike before spring,
as the journey is possible only in the sum-
mer time.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
1ames r. Keene,s Domino Dead.

Domino, the famous race horse, died at
the farm Of James R. Keene, near Lexing.
ton, KY, Of meningitis. He was taken III,
and six veterinarians could not save him.
Domino was foaled In 1891, and won about
s1Q0, 900 in stakes and purses.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Expect Tariff Retaliation.

Administration officials expect European
nations to combine in q commercial war
against the United States because OF provl-
sions In the new Tariff law.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
MIXED MARRIAGE DIVIDES A CHURCH.
The Pastor Married Colored Man to .
White Woman.

White Woman.
The race question has caused strife and
secession in the Trinity Evangelical Church
at Milwaukee, Wis. Some months ago the
Rev. George Hertz, the pastor, married
David P. Eedd, a colored horse doctor, to
a white woman. Meetings were held at
which the minister was denounced for his
action, and these meetings eliminated In
the secession of half Of the congregation
from the church. The secessionists met
and organized new church. The corner
stone Of its doctrine Is anci-miscegenation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Our New Minister Not Wanted.

The Diet Of the Greater Republic Of
Central America hos declared W. L. Merry.
who was recently appointed United States
Minister to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and
Salvador, persona non grata."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Unified States Troops For Alaska.

United States Troops For Alaska.
Tho President and Secretary Alger de-
cided. to send company OF troops to
AIasIa to support the civil authorities in
the administration OF the law at the new
gold fields.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Sawyer seems to think a good deal
of himself" II should say so; he has
had Moorish curves cut in his office
doorway so he can get his bead in and
out."-Chicaso. ReeNr@--~' -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

sN1rs. Saver must feei that she was
very extravagant in buying that new
gown" What makes you think so:'
"She,s be m to argue that it will be
the cheape$. In the end."-Chieaso
Journal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Parke-So strong is habit, they say a
mans spirit goes right On doing the
same thing after death that he did in
life. Lane-That can't be true in your
case. Parke-Why not? Lane-Look
at the habit you have gotten into OF
shoyeling the snow from your walk
The JesteE
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

President Harrison's first acts was to
sppoint his learned friend minister to
italy. Since his return in 1898 he had
lived IN retirement.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Police Magistrate Timnons, OF Danville,
H., sentencal Maggie Sellers to the rock
Pile Tor thirty days. The woman took the
sent enco uonchalantly.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
ashe first white House Bathtub

Hn0 Ffr6t Wn1C6 mouse oatntuO.
In an article on 'The Domestic Side
of the White House." in the Ladies'
Home Journal, ex-President Harrison
gives this interesting view Of the home
portion Of the Executive Mansion:
properly speaking" he says, there
are five bedrooms in the Executive
Mansion, though by the use Of two
dressing rooms and Of the end Of a
short hall that formerly opened to a
large north window, but has now been
closed up to make small bedroom, the
number may be increased to eight.
There are no suitable servants quar-
ters. Those provided are in the base
ment and only those opening on the
south are habitable. The north rooms
open upon a damp brick area and are
unhealthy. One of the basement rooms,
having q southern exposure, Is fitted
up as billiard room, but very plainly.
'sIt Is said that provision for library
for the White House was first made
during Mr.. Fillmore's term. Neat cases
are arranged about the room, and most
OF them are filed with books-old edi-
tions Of historical and classical works.
There Is no catalogue, and the library
Z has not been kept up.
President Adams introduced bill
lards into the White House, purchas-
! ing the first table, balls and cues at
cost of $61, paying for them out Of his
own pocket. President Van Buren
was charged by a political adversary
! and seathing critic as being the first OF
sour Presidents to discover that the
Measures of the warm or tepid bath
are the proper accompaniments OF a
palace life. For it appears that our for
mer Presidents were content with the
application, when necessary, of the
simple shower bath. Mr.. Van Buren's
critic then refers with high approval to
the salutary side Of Mr.. Adams heroic
habit of bathing in the Potomac be
tween daybreak and sunrise
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Highes. Price on Mexican Gold.

Hlghest FrIce ON NIeAfcuH OulU'
Gold sold at q premium Of 125 per cent.
at the City OF Mexico, the highest mark
ever reached in that country. Business IS
paralyzed
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Arrests in Washington.
! OF the %, ,562 arrests in Washington last
wear. II. .975 were Of colored Offenders
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
THE NEW Land Of GOLD.
Reports From Alaska Are Like News
Of California in Days of0ld.
HUNDREDS OF PAYING CLAIMS.

Seventy Million Dollars Said to Bein Sight
and the Klondlke Region Only Par.
TALLY Prospected-The Amount Taken
From the Mines in Six Months Put q,
$4,000, ,000-Story Of the Rich Discovery
San FRANCISCO, Cal. (SpeciaD.-Seventy
million dollars in the new Alaskan gold
fields. and the region only partially pros
peoted.
That Is, s.,the summing up Of the stories
brought from the Klondike camps by men
who emphasize their assertions with bags
Of gold dust and nuggets.
The history Of the Klondike discovery
and the defiance ofArctic danger and hard
ship by tie men who fought their way to
the gold fields will have picturesque
place in mining literature; and whatever
the future may have OF disappointment or
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

from the statements Of Correspondent
Stanley:
"Ths largest nugget yet found was
picked up by Bert Hudson on CLAIM, No. 8
on the Bonanza, and was worth $257. Next
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
viii He Be Found Wantinqs

President Mckinley is being
weighed in the balances of public
opinion. Will he be found want.
ing?-Norfolk Recorder, colored.
1t all depends upon how you
view him. AS a friend of "Bill''
Mckinley and Mckinley on high
tariff "bill," he is a great success.
In the light of helping to secure a
better currency or Of recognizin g
Southern Republicans, white OF
colored, we have taken his meas.
ure, and he has no use, in our CD.
lnion, for Southerners, white or
colored, Republicans or Democrats
He Is most pronounced against the
South. Lincoln, Grant, Garfield.
Hayes and even Harrison accorded
the South more and better recog.
milton. But Mckinley is "riding
for a sure fall"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
TR0T HIM OUT.

The latest thing out in politics
Is the announcement that Joseph
Bryan, editor of the Richmond
Times, will be q candidate before
the people for Governor of this
grand old Commonwealth. 1t is
also announced that if Mr.. Joseph
Bryan is the candidate of the gold
Democrats the Republicans will
not hold a convention, but will
throw their strength to great high.
cockalorum of the Virginia boilers
BY all means let Mr.. Joe Bryan
be the candidate. The people are
dead willing for him to make the
run; not because they think he
has any chance Of winning, but
simply to show that gentleman
that he is not half so popular q.
he thinks he is.
ANA besides the people are itch
ing to get swipe at Mr.. Joseph
for calling them "cattle," srepudi
ators," and all that sort of thing
during the last campaign. With
MIR. Joe Bryan as the candidate OF
the Observation-Disclosures
perity-nit combination and j. Hoge
Tyler as the standard bearer OF
the Democratic party, the contest
will be a walkover.-Roanoke
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
THE COLUMBUS REPUBLICAN,
CONVENTION.

a convention Of representative
Republicans Of Ohio, met in Co.
lumbus last week, and adopted the
following resolutions.
ave, the republicans of the
state of Ohio, loyal to the cause OF
Bimetalism, in state conference at
Columbus on the 9th of May,
1897, declare:
eve stand for honor the princi
pies as taught and practiced by
Lincoln, Grant and Blaine, and
denOunce the surrender thereof at
st. Louis, whereby it was attempt.
ell to prostitute the party of hu.
man rights by making it a party
OF property rights, subservient to,
dependent upon and controlled by
money changers of the world.
eve believe there can be no
revival of industrial prosperity
while the people are impoverished
by constantly declining values.
which condition was brought
about by the vicious and secret
decentralization of silver.
ave: therefore, demand the i'm
mediate reconciliation of silver
at the present legal ratio OF 1G to 1,
without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any nation; and while this
paramount issue is before the peo.
pie we pledge ourselves by political
action to work for the consume.
nation thereof"
There seems to be something the
matter with Hanna. If Marcus
knows what is what he will keen
"the anarchist" VIM. j. Bryan,
out of Ohio. this fall, and go to
making fences. Pasture is getting
mighty short, and the sheen are
restless and hungry.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
WHAT TO DO.

There is comfort in the knowledge Sc
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer' Is
Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every other part of the urinary passage.
1t corrects inability to hold uriee and
scaiding pain in passing it, or bad eff
fects follow use of liquor, wine or beer
and overcomes that unpleasant necessi.
ty of being compelled to get up many
times durinS the night to urinate. The
mild and the extraordinary effect oil
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t stands
the highest for its wonderful cures OF
the most distressing cases. If you need
medicine you should have the best
Sold by druggists price fifty cents and
one dollar. For sample bottle and pam.
phlet, both sent free by mail, mention
Clinch Valley News and send your full
post-office rddress to DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghampton, N. Y. The proprietor of
this paper guarantee the genuineness OF
this offer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04

Wilmerding is but one little puff of
smoke from the great smouldering
fire that is burning just below the
surface in this country. When
the eruption comes, as in all prob
ability it will come in 1900, the
party of the trusts, the party of
the privileged, the party of all who
"take things from those who make
things" will be scattered, and we
shall have a trial at government
by the people, for the whole PEG.
pie, by way of q change.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
The Constitution Amendme nts.

We believe the people of Virginia
will, in the near future, revise the
present constitution.
Here are some amendments which
we believe ought to be made, After
Eore thorough canvass we may
find it necessary to alter some of
these.
First, the Office of county treasurer
might be so adjusted that the sheriff
OF the county could take charge of it.
Second. The county courts should
convene not oftener than every two
months.
Third. The judges should be paid
better salaries, and elected by the
people for more than one county.
Fourth. The commemorative at.
torneys should be elected by the PEG
pie. paid salary and be elected for
more than one county.
Fifth. The right of registration
for voting should be restricted to
those hereafter becoming 81 years of
age, who are able to read and write.
This provision not to apply to those
already registered voters.
Sixth The penalty for buying or
selling vote, shall be fine of $500,
and confinement in the penitentiary
for not less than one, nor more than
three years, or, the penalty to be in
fiicted upon the purchaser of the
vote, and one half the fine to the in.
former. All fines SO accrueing to go
into the public school treasury.
Seventh. The school taxes of
white people to be used exclusively
for education of white children, and
of colored people for colored chill
dren.
Eighth All voting to be viva voce
instead of by ballot.
Ninth. County taxes for county
purposes forty cents, and state taxes
fifty cents, on the one hundred dol.
lars.
Tenth. Each county to pay its
own criminal expenses.
Eleventh. All land owners on pub.
lie roads to keep up roads in front of
their farm, with privilege of de
handing from tenants and others
using the road, but not living on it,
a pro rata assistance.
Twelfth. A compulsory school
law.
These, in rough shape, are some
changes, and additions which seem
to be demanded. What do you
think of themf
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04

THE President has at last seen
fit to put an Afro American
Republican in Office. He has been
more than two months doing that,
and if he continues at that rate for
the balance Of his time, there is a
possibility that he may get in
about ten or fifteen more. So far
President Mckinley is a great dis
appointment to his Afro. American
friends.-Norfolk Recorder, edited
by n colorcd man.
Yes, Nc. has given two native
Southern men places in the service,
other than what is regarded as
local. One white, Youngblood, OF
Alabama, and Cheatham, colored,
of North Carolina, and we think it
will be cold day in July when 10
or l6 of both races get an office.
The Southern Republicans are
but little i'll demand, except just
before national Republican cleo
tons, and but little in evidence,
as far as recognition goes, after
that.-EX.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04

THE first issue of the VindicatoI
is OH our table. 1t is a creditable
effort, both in matter and appear,
ance, Mr.. w. |. Boone Il Co..
publishers. 1t is Clear from
the first issue, so far as
it outlines the policy of the paper
that it is Republican in politics
and will therefore divide the field
with Brother Pendleton. Will
the Republican, a gold standard
paper, and the Vindicator, also
gold standard, we presume, and
the Evangelist, whose editor is q
silver republican, we believe, il
looks as though the News has adj
ditional responsibilities on it,
shoulders. 1t will keep us busy t.
keep these brethren straight
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
ELECTRIC BITTERs.

Electric Bitters is medicine suit
ed for any season, but perhaps more
generally needed, when the languid
exhausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of tonic and Alternative is
felt A prompt use of this medicine
has often averted long and perhaps
fatal bilious fevers. No medicine
will act more surely in counteracting
and freeing the system from the ma.
larial poison. Headache, Indiges-
tion, Constipation, Deafness yield
to Electric Bitters. SOC. and Sl.OO
per bottle at A. F. Hargraves Drug
Store.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
STANDS AT THE HEAD.

Aug. j. Bogel, the leading drug.
gist of Shreveport, La, says: "Dr.
Kings New Discovery is the only
thing that cures my cough, and it is
the best seller I have" j. f. Camp.
bell, Q merchant of Stafford, Ariz
writes: DIR. Kings New Discovery
is all that is claimed for it, it never
fails, and is n sure cure for con
sumption, coughs and colds. I can.
not say enough for it's merits, DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consump
ton, coughs and colds is not an ex.
pertinent. 1t has been tried for a
quarter of century, and o.day
stands at the head. 1t never disap-
points. Free trial bottles at A, i.
Hargraves Drug Store.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04
The WHmerding Incident.

The actions of the discharged
workmen at Wilmerding, an ac
count of which we give this week.
is suggestive. They, and all their
companions in grief and disap.
pointinent are to be pitied, but at
the same time we do not think
their actions on this occasion were
commendable, or likely to gain for
them the sympathy of the public
The New York Journal pertinently
remarks:
The portrait tearing incident of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04

MCKINLEY is elected, Bryan is
not; the election is over, the cam
paign is not; confidence has been
restored, prosperity has not; the
capitalists are banqueting, the
common people are not; the idle
class is satisfied, the toiling mas
SEES are not; the population is in
creasing, the volume of money is
not; the number of empty mouths
is increasing, the ability to fill
them is not.-Ex.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04

OUR learned and exact friend,
thee Tazewell VindicatOr states
with assurance, that there are 80
negro votes in Maiden Spring
district. The truth is there are
SO registered colored votes in the
Maiden Spring district, and yet he
says 1--WE will not misreprcsent,
and make idle assertions which
cannot be substantiated by facts"
We Suggest that he had better
"rcad up as to our county affairs,
and not be too hasty in his asser-
tions."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-04

THE mission of an advertisement is not
TO sell goods for the advertiser. The rea-
son many business men are disappointed
about their ads, and others do not adver-
tisc at all, is that they think an adj. ought
TO sell goods, or get positions, or secure
work for them. The true mission of
an ad. is to attract the attention of those
who want to buy, to those who want to
sell. The tradesman in the store, or shop
must close the trade. An ad. is not n
salesman. All the best nd. in the best
paper i'll the world promises to do is to
bring buyer and seller together. There
its mission ends. Hence paper with
only 500 subscribers, circulating among
your os.iDLE customers may do you more
good than one with $4,000 circulating
among people who cannot reach you.