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The times., 1897-04-11

FOR sALE-one acre OF ground III Anacos-
tia 3 squares from car line; splendid
truck garden: improved by cottage; will
sell for 81 200; 500 cash, balance on easy
terms bargain. Address GARDEN. this
office. ape 3t,em
The times., 1897-04-11

wANTED-An experienced newspaper man
on advertising and subscriptions must
come well recommended; big offer 10
right man Apply GA 18th ST. ne. Item
The times., 1897-04-11

WANTED-2 men to work on ladies'
coats Call Sunday between and 4,
1924 u st. io
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wANTED-RooMs.

wANTED-Bo Board and room, or either, IN
exchange for tea and coffee. ADDRESS
176. this office. ~
The times., 1897-04-11

wANTFD-A reliable man to take charge
Of tiping-room in boarding-house; hanuy
nj All kind of work necessary about house.
ia Md. ave ne. IL
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wANTED-HOUSES.

WANTED House; rent to go 10 the pay
ments: will purchase If house SUITS a. IN.
l.; not very far NV: must be NV. ALLEN
TOWN, this office. apS-3tem
The times., 1897-04-11
FOR RENT-RoOMs.

FOR RENT-Parlor and bedroom in first
class residence portion of city; owner will
furnish to suit good tenant; refs. exchanged
OWNER, this office 1t
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
Leaves Better Than Lightning Rods.

The green leaf is the best conductor
of electricity-that most powerful and
destructive of all the forces of the
earth. To guard our homes and pub
lie buildings from its destructive action,
We erect our lightning rods, whose
sharp points quietly drain the clouds,
or, failing to do this, receive the dis
charge and bear it harmlessly to the
earth. But ages before Franklin
pointed the first lightning rod to the
storm, God has surrounded the dwell
ings of man with a protection far more
effectual than this; for since the crea-
tion of organic life every pointed leaf
and blade of grass has been silently
disarming the clouds of their destruc-
tive weapons. A twig covered with
leaves, sharpened by natures exquisite
workmanship, is said to be three times
as effectual as the metallic points of
the best constructed rod. And when
We reflect how many thousands of
these vegetable points every large tree
directs to the sky and consider what
must be the efficacy of single forest
with its innumerable leaves, or of a
single meadow with It's countless blades
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
Announces HIS CANDIDACY.
Governor EIIerbe Wants to Remain
in Office Another Term.
HE DEFENDS DISPENSARY LAW.
He is in Favor of Amending the Law,
and Drop the Profit Feature, Etc.
Horrible Murder in Horny.

Governor Ellerbe has declared his
candidacy for reelection as governor
of the State, and in. advance of his
annual message to the general assem-
bly,, he has seen fit to present his
views in regard to the liquor question.
He also strongly expresses himself in
regard to criticisms that had been made
of his official acts. Last week he gave
out an interview. In regard to state
ment in Charleston paper that he had
told Newbold not to surrender, the
! governor says:
II am getting heartily sick and tired
of such dirty filings and lnslnuations: 1t
seems that q gentleman has no protec-
ton, but has to submit to such slander-
Gus insinuations.
"There seems to be common under
standing on the part of certain people
to destroy the dispensary law, and they
take advantage of all unfortunate occur.
rences to use them against the law:
Since have been Governor have tried
fearlessly to perform my official duties,
and will not be sweryed by idle clamor
or senseless criticism.
The most difficult problem that con-
fronts us today is that OF the liquor
traffic. The dispensary, 1 think, is the
best solution of the question, but as the
courts have decided that the dispensary
IS not police regulation, am in favor
of amending the law so as to make it q
police regulation by eliminating the
profit feature, and if necessary not
sell it rs a beverage, but only for
medicinal and sacramental purposes.
"Those who advocate high license
have surely not read carefully the de-
cisions of the courts, for in the case OF
Scott VS.. Donald, the court advanced
the view that the State could prohibit,
they could inspect, but could do no
more. If the dispensary is not q police
regulation, and the State cannot control
the liquor under the dispensary law, it
certainly cannot do 30. under high
license. Besides, under high license
system it would, in few months, de-
generate into the open barrooms.
II propose to go before the people
on my record, and, if necessary, to ad-
vocate the policy just outlined. Some
of my enemies have said I might be
reelected because of the unwritten
law to give o governor two terms. /
want it understood that no one need
keep out of the race on this account,
and I would not have itas mere mat
ter of precedent if my efforts did not
warrant an endorsement
eff I cannot refute the humorous
charges that haYe been made against
me, and cannot show to the people that
have honestly and faithfully tried to
discharge the duties of the Office, l do
not care to be reelected.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

When the lever is released the pres.
sure on the saddle renders the adjust
ment firm. As both handle bar and
seat post tubes are slotted to receive
the internal adjustments, they cannot
be inserted out of line with the frame
And these ore but few of the good
things that the manufacturers have in
store for the riding public next year.
There are to be gear cases galore. Up
to this time few makers in this coun-
try have made any attempt to fit gear
cases to their bicycles, chiefly because
there has not been a very large demand
for them.
The much-mooted question Of power
transmission will resolve itself in the
minds of many riders, whose analysis
OF the subject does not comprehend its
strictly mechanical phase, ipto study
of internal gearing solely mitigation
of the nuisance of mud clogged and
stifened chains, reform which gear
cases alone could accomplish without
sacrificing the many points of superb
ority which the chain possesses over q
combination of bevel gears. Unless
some unexpected discoveries are made
which will greatly improve the best OF
present chainless patterns, chain
driven machine will be preferred as
possessing fewer disadvantages, espec-
tally as the addition of a gear case
will be an effectual remedy for one of
the principal drawbacks which bevel
gears are intended to overcome.
There are several new designs of
handle bars on the market. One IN
particular has device which will alb
sorb the vibration before it enters the
bar. The bar is rigid in steering and
is also rigid in climbing a hill, as the
pull tends to strengthen the spring by
which it is fastened to the head
New York Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

for almost anybody to buy them. And
with increased numbers there is an in
creased demand for a cheaper price and
better quality.
Outside of the chainless variety, BIZ
cycles, in all probability, will be
cheaper next year than ever before,
while details in construction will re-
ceiye more attention than formerly.
for many have learned from bitter ex-
perience that low prices, good quality
and simplicity must be combined to
insure successes in bicycle co9struc-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
Crime an.iiht,a osphcre.

DR.. W. l.. Moore, chief of the
weather bureau at Washington, who
is both physician and meteorologist,
states that during the (. .onths of JAN
uary, February and March 1900 sui
cides were reported in the United
States. In July, August and Septem-
ber there were 1000. There were 1900
murders and fifty persons lynched or
hanged during the three cold months,
and $500 murders and 113 hanged or
lynched during the three hot months.
Investigations are being conducted in
regard to the connection between
crime and atmospheric conditions.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Cape Colony. The carob or locust
bean bears a long pod, which makes
excellent food for horses, and is at the
same time more portable than forage,
and it is for these qualities that it is
desired to introduce it. The carob is
a tree much resembling the apple tree
and fiourishes in the countries around
the Mediterranean. The pods have
been imported into England for horses.
The Arabs and Moors use the sweet
pulp for food very largely. The locust
tree of America is quite distinct from
this.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

ton Fixity of pattern has been put
forth as an explanation by some for
the present chaotic condition of the
cycle trade. And it is true that in the
present type of bicycles manufacturers
think they have attained that point
when departures will be in the nature
of retrogression rather than improve
ment.
A local maker has perfected an ar
rangement of hollow axle containing
an absorbent wick, doing away with
the necessity of frequent oiling of the
bearings; has devised an eccentric
chain adjustment which regulates the
chains tension without disturbing the
alignment of the rear wheel; has pro-
yided dust-proof buttonholes in the
hubs, which permit of spokes being
taken out and replaced Immediately,
and dispenses with the wrench for ad-
iusting the handle bar or saddle by
providing simple but at the same time
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
A BLOODY EECukD.

Many Murders Follow Simon Coop
er's Inauguration on Jan'y 1.
A special to the State from Sumter,
says: The year 1897 has been a bloody
one in Sumter county. The number ct
homic;des that have been committed in
the county already average more than
one a month up to the present time.
The public will remsmber that on
New Years day the arch fend, Simon
Cooper, killed Grant Davis at Magnolia
and seriously wounded several others,
and in O few days after butchered the
Wilson family and the negro, Preston
Smith, making q total Of five for him
and was subsequently lynched himself;
Henry Cooper killed by j. j.
Jerry Mack killed at Eliiotts
by John Blaylock, acquitted;
Jim Boone killed by Henry Carter,
penitentiary for life; Harvey Taylor
killed at Brogdon's by Lyons Viii
liams, acquitted; Ben Hill killed at
BishopviIle by Ben Britton; Alex
Haynsworth killed at Scarboro by Hen
ry Burrows, w. j. Lee killed near
Bishopville, supposed to have been
killed by Charles Williams, now IN
Jail; Mingo Thompson killed in Sumter
This does not include the number OF
those who have met violent deaths, such
as by lightning, cut in gins or killed by
railroad trains, etc., but only list OF
homicides, the names of the parties
killed and by whom and the result OF
the trials where trials have been held.
As far as the information obtainable
goes, the number of homicides in Sum-
ter county equals or exceeds that OF any
other county in the State.
As the record stands, the number Is
appalling, and unless something is done
to put stop to this wholesale killing
and to bring the guilty ones to Just de-
served punishment those who hold hu.
man life so cheap Snmter county will
soon have no right to claim the title OF o
civilized and law governed community:
One of the boys N Pickens read
about Edison's electric separator for
iron ore, and by means of a pocket
magnet he has, discovered that about so
per cent of the sand about CLASSY
Mountain is the best quality Of iron.
Pickens may be as rich as R::fming-
ham. and just be in need OF fire tc make
the fact known.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

State Detective Newbold, who killed
W. H. Turner in Spartanburg on the
10th, gave himself up last week, and
will more than likely be taken to Spar
tanburg and placed in jail to await hia
trial ut the next term of the court fce
that county, which meets next March.
But in the meantime he will apply Tor
bail. AS to the story Of the killing
Newbold has nothing further TO say
than has already been Published, which
is that he claims that it was case of
accidental killing. He said that he had
no intention in the world TO kill man
he had never seen in his life and that IS
was an entire accident He ssid that g
he had wanted TO kill any one he could
have killed q dozen and have cotton Of
on the grounds Of self defense, % be
has taken, arms away from people who
have attacked him. Z. &
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

new feature in. bicycles for next
year. Chain wheels are too popular,
and too many of them are in practical
use to be cast aside in an instant for
the new high-priced affair. A year or
two ago most of the cycling public was
made up of people who could afford to
pay the, steep prices demanded by the
manufacturers for their products.
Since then times have changed, and
keen competition has become rife,
which has brought the cost of bicycles
down to level that makes it possible
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
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q MANY NEW THINGS IS
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888888888 100000

radically new contrivances for holding
the seat post and handle bar stem IN
place.
To regulate the height of the handle
bar it is only necessary to turn col
lar, which action will leave the handle
bar free to slide up or down. Revers-
ing the operation secures the handle
bar in place. The saddle adjustment
is manipulated by pressing a small
lever which projects from the side of
the frame. This action will incline
upward tapered eccentric disk inside
the seat post tube, freeing the post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

E. A. Webster, the new collector OF
Internal Revenue for this State, has
assumed charge of his Office. He has
rearranged the revenue districts, putting
Abbeyille, Anderson, Greenville,
Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry,
Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg
and Union in the third district. Mr..
Webster has removed the Democratic
Deputy Collectors and appointed the
following in charge of the three dis
tricts: First. H. Fordham, colored;
Second-Edmund Dease, coloredj
Third-Anson G. Merick, white.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Interest in the output of bicycles for
1898 does not begin and end with the
new bevel gear that is attracting so
much attention just at present. The
new chainless comes as an experiment
seeking popular favor, and the num-
Der that will be in use at the close of
next season will be very small when
compared to the number of chain
wheels, although with reduction in
price and more perfected details the
bevel gear is undoubtedly the coming
wheel.
The bevel gear will not be the only
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

4 national park at the Cowpens bat
tie ground in Cherokee county is agi-
tating the people of Gaffney now.
and they will make a strong effort 10
have the next congress authorize
the purchase of the property and to
have it improved in a manner credit
able to the government and our fore
fathers who fought and fell there. Sen.
ator McLaurin favors the park and will
work for it.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
China's Great Wall.

The great wall of China was recently
measured by Mr.. Unthank, an Ameri-
can engineer. His measurements gave
the height as eighteen feet. Every
few hundred yards there is tower
twenty-five feet high. For 1900 miles
the wall goes over plains and noun
tains, every foot OF the foundation
being solid granite and the rest Of the
structure solid masonry.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
THEY KICKED md LEFT.
PhiIadeIphians Whc Engaged to
Work in Phosphate Mines. 3,
NEWBOLD HAS SURRENDERED.
Beware Of Uncle Sam-Stabbed His
Father to Death-Students Vac
cinated--O Other Palmetto Chips.

The Columbia State of the 23d says:
About week ago a party of fifty Phil
adelphians went to Johns Island, on
the Carolina coast, to work in the phos-
phate mines. They now say they have
had more than enough of the expert
ence and want to get home. Yesterday
Harry Edwards and three Of his COM
panions reached Columbia, and Ed
wards visited the reporters to tell of
his troubles and to go for the peopls
who got him to 60 to the mines. Ee-
wards claims IL st he was offered $50
per day and more if his work proved sat-.
isfactory, but he did not make half that
and that he was fed on few crackers
and bacon and got no dinner at all He
said that he and his COMPANIONS want
ed to leave the mine, but could not get
away, es every avenue OF escape was
guarded, and he seemed hot over the
idea that some of the guards were me-
groes. He said that he tramped to Sae
vannah and from there to Denmark,
where he began his railway trip to Coz
lumbl8-
Edwards says there are many others
at the Bulow mines, where he claims
to have worked, who would like to get
away. Edwards and the entire Phils-
delphia contingent are Americans. and
he says the trouble is the people want
ed were Italians who would consent 70
work under the conditions to which he
objects.
The story is not new one; and manys
of the mining companies find that after
they advance money for the miners TO
come South on, that they skip and 70
to working for some other company
and thereby evade working for the
money advanced for the passage to the
I,ires. It is on this account. il is ssid,
the men have to be watched.
Edwards applied at police headquak-
ters for assistance in the hope OF getting
back to Philadelphia. He is carrying
q couple of bolls Of cotton as Souvenirs
OF his experience
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

After Jan. 1 next, which is now very
close at hand, the registration laws OF
South Carolina will be on velvet: That
was the way lawyer expressed it to q
representative of the State. The rea-
son for this statement is that on and
after that day the simple educational
and property qualifications for the
franchise will be all to remain of the
suffrage scheme devised in the late con-
stitutiopal convention. The under
standing clause" will on that date be-
come thing of the past, and in the
future no legal pitfall will stand in the
way of the stability Of the suffrage ar
ticle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Cheraw's fair was decided success in
every particular. Large crowds attend
ed from the adjoining counties and from
q distance, and the exhibits were COM
plete. The horse and bicycle races were
up the standard, and everybody went to
their homes with nothing but praises
for the hospitable people of old Chersw.
Senator Tillman made speech.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
Tho Locust Bean Tree.

On account of the high price of for.
age for horses in South Africa, and
also of the small supply, an enquiry
is being made as to whether the locust
bean tree cannot be acclimatiZed in
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Senator Tillman while in Columbia
last week, in an interview with State
representative, said: II hear of all
kinds of political mutterings in the
State in regard to theapproaching State
campaign, but have not heard what is
gcing on. He says the disrensary is
all right: if Judge Simonton's decisions
as to the o. P. question are sustained
he says he does not fear anything from
them. He feels confident that he will
get his dispensary bill through Con-
Sress at the approaching session. He
remarked, however. that he did not
feel any uneasiness that Judge Simon
toms position would be Sustained. F"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Elmer NJ. Fucker, Jr., of this State,
assistant attorney in the interior de-
partment, has resigned to practice law
in Washington.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

John Ryan. ST., one of the richest
and most widely known men of the
South, died at Atlanta, after protract-
ed illness caused by paralysis.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

of grass, we see how abundant the pro-
lection from the storm is, and with what
care Providence has guarded US from
the destructive force.-London Echo.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

The Rev. DR.. George c. Baldwin,
of Troy, n. Y, has been marrying
couples for over fifty years, and his
list is said to have reached a total Of
5000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Near Denmark. Harry Moody, col
ored, was shot and killed by George
Wilson, also colored. The quarrel was
about woman.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

The Citadel cadets have decided to
have their annual winter hop on De-
cember a.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

In the United States Court, as Col-
umbia, no bill was found in the case Of
r. w. Hollis, who was charged with
opening letter addressed TO 3 Mormon:
in Fairfield coupty. The facts clearly
indicated that the letter was opened BY
mistake. and the jury 50 looked on u
and act ID accordingly The Mormons
believed Mr.. Hollis had Intentionally
opened the letter In order to see what
were their plans, it being supposed that
he was violently opposed to tho church
He bears most excellent reputation
and no one, except the Moruons, ever
supposed that he knowingly opened the
letter. ~ { &
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Mr.. W. 8. Monteith has bought the
old Congaree Mill, at Columbia, for the
negro cotton mill, but he is not able at
this time to say exactly when operations
will begin. The machinery has been
purchased and is on the way to Column
bia lJ,,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02
PROTECTION FOR CRIMINALS.
A Boy Murdered in Horny County,
His Body Buried in the Woods.
THE DISTRICTS REARRANGED.
Tillman Says He Hears All Kinds Of
Political Mutterings In Regard to
the Approaching State Campaign.

A special to the State from Conway
of the cath says some time ago Chas.
Stevens, who lives near Red Bluff on
the Whiteville road, went with his
sons, Guy and George, to the beach
fishing. On Monday George started
home in an OK cart with his dog run
ming along behind him. About 1920
he passed Wampee and there was ne
gro, John Butler, walking behind the
cart with gun on his shoulder. About
1 p. m. the negro came back by Wsm-
pee riding in the cart with the dog
tied on behind. Stevens had disap-
peared. Butler stopped at the store Of
VIM. O. Thompson at Wampee and
offered to trade OK and cart to him.
Butler claimed to have bought the team
from Stevens, but found it slower than
he thought Butler did not make q
trade, so he drove off in the direction
of Star Bluff. Last Saturday Daniel
Stevens, brother of George, went to
the fisheries and not seeing his brother,
asked about him. His father'said that
he had left for home on Monday. This
was the first time the boy had been
missed. The father thought he was at
home and the mother thought he
was with his father. A search was i'm
mediately begun and kept up through
Saturday and Sunday. On next day
the neighbors joined in the search and
the dead body OF the boy was found
near Wampee, between the road and
the river buried under some leaves and
trash with O load of shot in the back of
his head. Stevens had about S25 in
his pocket when he left the beach. The
negro has not yet been captured, but it
is supposed that he went to North Caro-
lima. If he is caught he will probably
be lynched. Butler was bad char
scter. He was to have appeared before
the magistrate for stealing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

W. c. Bagnal, of Manning, commit
ted suicide at the Calhoun hotel. in
Charleston, by taking laudanum.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Near Denmark. Harry Moody, COL
ored, was shot and killed by George
Wilson, also colored. The quarrel was
about woman.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-02

Governor Ellerbe expected to go to
Rock Hill last week, but he could not
do so, and he will now wait until the
middle of this month before going to
the Indian reservation to make his in
auiries as to the condition of the In
dams and what had best be done by
the State for them.