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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

According to port placed on the
table of President ,dcKinley there are
now available for military duty in the
United States 1O,O7s,576 able-bodied
men, and OF these liz, ,0s2 are already
in the militia, forming the nucleus OF
. tremendous fighting force. This is
without considering the skeleton
United States army, which could on
short notice recruit up to 100, 900 men.
This organized force of course does
not approach the available number of
National defense, but there were at
the close of 1896 organized guards in
every State and territory. except
Alaska and Indian Territory, all Of
whom could be used for active service
in case of necessity. OF the total
force of l12, 900 there 100, 900 in tho
infantry branch, 5000 in the cavalry,
5000 in the artillery and about 1000
general officers. Camps were held last
year in many States, at which were
present from forty-six per cent. of the
State forces in Texas to ninety-si1 per
osnt. in Connecticut. The total ap-
preparation made by the United States
for militia was 100000, while the
various States spent about 81, 500, 600.
Tt is estimated that the time required
for concentrating for service wonld
vary from six hours in Nevada to three
days in Oklahoma, while the proper
tion that would probably turn out for
duty ranges from fifty per cent. in In.
diana and New Jersey to ninety five
per cent. in Pennsylvania.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Published Every Thursday
The mountain ranges of New, Jerse.

The mountain ranges Of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania abound in rattle
snakes, which are turned by the ma
tiyes to various commercial uses. and,
though the reptile does not pay very
well, his residuary substances have
some selling value. For instance, his
skin, if large one, is worth 81, and
if sold to the summer boarder brings
on an average about $3.50. 1t is made
into belts, pocket-books, slippers, and
other articles of like sort, and Is of q
delicate ornate texture, with curious
interlacings and imbrications showing
how finely the original serpent was
acketed. It's oil is very costly and
has various uses, and its venom, still
more costly, is administered in cases
Of scarlet fever. The market rate per
ounce of the rattlesnake venom is not
precisely given, but it is high up on
the schedule, and that is probably one
reason, facetiously suggests the New
York Tribune, why Hiram Skate, of
Pike County. Penn, wants to organize
q rattlesnake trust to regulate prices
and control 6utput. The scheme is in
harmony with current commercial ten
denotes, and, as was said of one of the
reptiles which had swallowed q frog
too large for its constitution, "there
may be something in it."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Labor World.
England has 6s7 .neo coal miners.
Colorado claims As, 900 unionists.

England has 6s7 .nC0 coal miners.
Colorado claims As, 900 unionists.
America has 10, 900 union BARRIERS.
Boston cigar makers gave $3.50 to tho
striking textile workers.
Most workers In Switzerland are en-
ployed about eleven hours day.
Detroit (Mich.) BARRIERS ask clergymen to
MD them in keeping their shops closed ON
Sundays.
The kentucky Legislature has made the
first Monday in September Labor Day. q
legal holiday.
Proprietors o, Baltimore (Md.) tailor
shops were arrested for using oil stoves in
overcrowded houses.
Washington Cd. CO. Chinese labor union
pays its walking delegate $3.50 week.
Governor Voorhees,, Of New Jersey. has
issued new law to protect union labels.
A ten.hour day for railroad employees
will be secured by n bill before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature.
Canadian Government Railway has dis
charged all coIored porters employed be-
tween Halifax and Montreal.
There are $1,000 railroad and telegraph
workers in Illinois who can vote, and the
Railway and Telegraph Employees Politi-
cal League has been organized.
The Goodell Company. Of Antrim. n. H.,
which makes cutlery, is said to have u
profit lt-sharing system that enlists the en-
thusiasm Of the best workmen and yet en-
ables the concern to compete with ener-
getic rivals In trade.
The report OF the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Firemen for the month Of January
shows the receipts to have been s45. 1860,
and disbursements by claims SlS, 500, leav
ing surplus OF e26, $3.50.
The Board Of Police Commissioners Of
Toronto, Canada, has decided that hereaf-
ter livery hack drivers shall only work
twelve hours a day, but they have the
privilege Of doing six hours extra work,
providing they are paid extra for It..
The several hundred granite cutters and
uuarrymen at the Hallowell Granite
Works, who have been idle since March /,
owing to a disagreement with the manu-
facturers over the price list, have returned
to work. Anew contract which covers two
years has been signed by the union and
the company
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Prominent People.

The wife OF Justice Brewer. OF the United
States Supreme Court, died . few nights ago
in Washington.
President Mckinley viii deliver the ora
ton ut the upvei'ing Of the statue ofFrancis
Scott Key at Frederick, Nd, on August
next.
General Dabuey H. Maury, Virginian,
who served through both the Mexican and
Civil Wars, is now eighty years old and In
feeble health.
Harvey ]. Bee, Known az Jubilee Bee,"
who died not long ago In California, was
the oldest living pioneer OF the Pacific coast,
and though he made several fortunes he
died a poor man.
In spite OF his sixty.eight years Count
Tolstoi Is a man OF great physical viGor.
During the past winter he was frequently
seen on skates.
King Humbert. ofItaly Is the most heavily
insured man In Europe. the amount carried
being over 81, 500 900. The late Czar Alex-
ander Iii. was insured for $5, 900 600.
Queen Victoria is q member Of the Angli-;
can Church, but also attends the Presby-
terian church at Crathie, when she Is ct
her Balmoral home. She has taken COM
muDion at that church every autumn since
1878. "
1t has been finally settled that Emperor
Williams pilgrimage to Jerusalem will take
place early next November. On his return
Journey His Majesty will visit Yildlz Kiosk,
where the Sultan is already making prep
arations for his reception.
Captain Weiss, OF the Puritan lne steam
ship Belgian King, has record Of having
saved 979 lives at sea. To be sure, moStS
of them were on disabled ships that Tt
Captain picked up and towed into port.
1t is said that Speaker Reeds partiality;
to school.teachers who visit the Capitol 81
due to the fact that he once taught class
in Portland school. Mr.. Reeds biography
In "The Congressional Directory" mskesl
no mention of his experience as teacher.
Colonel Allen D. Gambler, an aspirantt
forthe Democratic nomination for Gov.
ernor of Georgia, declines to meet his COM
petitors for the nomination on the st Jump,
saying that there are now no principles for
them to discuss In which the people are in.s
terested, and, besides, such debates Always
engender bitterness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Horses of the Near Future.

There seems to be what we think a
mistaken idea among horse raisers.
and especially among farmers in gen.
eral in regard to the future position
of the horse. When electricity was
introduced for street car transporta-
ton, it was said that now fine carriage
horses would be no longer in demand
at paying rates, and that the farmer
could not afford to raise them for the
future market; but what has really
taken place? The mules and low
grade horses used for the road have
been driven off; but the demand for
fine carriages horses has steadily in
creased, and although the prices were
at first somewhat modified by the Tow
prices of horses in general, reaction
has taken place because the supply is
no longer equal to the demand.
This is due to two causes. First,
the number of carriages in the cities
has not decreased as was expected e1-
cept with those to whom carriage
was a burdensome expense, which
could not we'll be afforded; even these
were 10th to give up their carriages
and in most cases will resume them
again when times are little more
prosperous; so that there ore now
quite as many carriages on the streets
in cities where electric cars run as be-
fore the introduction Of electricity.
The demand is therefore, as great for
this class of horses as ever before.
Let any one attempt to buy first
class coach horse or an ordinary safe
driving horse for family carriage,
and he will find how scarce the article
has become in the market. The all
around unsigbtly and unsafe horse
may easily be found, and is sometimes
sold as first class to the credulons and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Clover For Sandy Soil.

On all kinds of soil clover, when
fully grown, is benefit. It's roots
break up the heavy clay soils and
make them permeable to air and mois.
ture. But on sandy sells clover
growth as often as every two or three
years is necessity. 1t is only thus
that what vegetable matter it contains
can be kept from being washed or
burned awry and wasted. 1t is often
difficult to get a clover patch on sandy
soil. Glover needs mineral fertility,
both potash and phosphate of lime.
In both these sandy soil is generally
deficient. There is no better single
manure for sandy soil than wood
ashes. If from hard wood these will
also furnish some lime and phosphate.
-Bostsn Cultivator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Codling Moths in Cellars.

Wherever the codling moth is pre-
valent something may be done to de-
stroy it by keeping close watch of Gel
lar windows where apples are kept.
Apples in the cellar are usually kept
much too warm, and this causes the
worm to hatch out much earlier than
1t would if they were buried under the
snow. We have often found these
moths at cellar windows in March, and
sometimes as early as February. There
can be no doubt that the moth lives
until the apples are set, and then de-
posit their eggs in them, even when
they have been hatched unusually
early. All the moths that can be
trapped before they escape help by SO
much to free the fruit of this pest. In
fact, it is believed by most that very
few codling worms will survive the
winter unless the apples in which they
are encased are protected from freez-
ing. Caltivator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Plant SUGAR Naples.

Should We plant maple groves:
There can hardly be two opinions on
this subject. The beet-sugar indus
try is problem; but the maple sugar
industry never was problem. 1t
pays better than three-fourths of our
farm work. At eight cents q pound
maple sugar finds ready market, while
much of the better product sells at
ten cents and twelve cents. The syrup
is sold by producers directly to con-
sumers at 81 q gallon-very rarel y at
less than eighty cents. Throughout
New York. Pennsylvania and other
States this direct sale to consumers
takes up large part of the product,
excepting only two or three counties
of Northern New York. But it is not,
just now. as market product that the
subject should be mainly considered.
Every family is a sugar consumer and
. sugar buyer. Most farmers can
make the larger part of this sugar sup
ply as seasily as they can raise their
own potatoes. A family of six or
seven will consume from one to two
barrels of sugar a year. Granulated
sugar will cost such a family from S15
to $50 a year. A grove of fifty trees
will produce 200 to $50 pounds of
maple sugar. That is, where the
trees stand in the open. The product
is less where the sugar is made from
trees in the forest. This is equivalent
to at least half the family's require
ments for sugar. But the sales of
syrup will make an aggregate value
per tree even higher. A grove OF fifty
trees, standing in the open, will oc-
cupy not more than quarter OF an
acre. Besides the sugar product, the
grove is advantageous for shade, also
for an enormous product of humus
each fall, and for windbreaks and
shelter aud as an equalizer of temper.
ature and moisture. Maple trees should
grow in grove. They do not thrive
we'll as street trees, where they are
subject to much abuse of the saw and
exposure of the trunk to hot sunshine.
A grove might we'll be given place on
every farm of twenty acres. Why
shall there not be general planting
of maple groves during the spring OF
lS98?-E. P. P, in New York Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
LAWLEssNEss IN ALASKA.
Tho Rowdy Element Seize Bennett's Road
Tho Country in Terror.

Tho Country in Terror.
Information has reached the War De-
partment, Washington, that the rowdy ele.
ment Of Alaska has seized Benefits road,
leading to and over White Pass, and have
placed the country in O state OF terror:
Instructions we're telegrsphed to General
the Columbia at Vancouver, Wash, to
order the Infantry garrison at Skaguay to
take proper steps for the protection oil
persons and property In the. disturbed
region, regardless of the expense attend
ing such q movement OF troops.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
A Baronet's Expe nxes.

1t costs money to be created bar
onet in England. Sir John W. Ma
clure, for instance, says he spent $3.50
in replying to kilograms of congratula-
ton when the announcement Of his
elevation was made.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

New Orieanc nj iI..:;;...

New Orleanc NJ is..si.A.
HALIFAX. Nova Scotia (By Cable).-The
United Stat es ships New Orleans and San
francisco, from London, put in here Mon
day morning, short Of coal, after stormy.
passage Of fourteen days. The San Fran
cisco exchanged salutes with the Citadel.
They sailed az soon as they coaled.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
STATE ITEMS

Gathered From Here and There and
Briefly Told.
Winnsboro is to have telephone ex-
change.
Columbia's third spring floral festi-
val takes place on the 21st inst.
A postofice has been established in
Darlington county called Cuba.
The Adiutant- General has issued
quite number of commissions to mil
itary companies of late.
The erection Of the government tele-
phone and telegraph line on Long
Island and Sulliysn's Island has been
begun.
Fire over in Brookland, across the
Congaree river from Columbia. last
s,s' sssa 6oa destroyed property amounting to
At Fort Mill Memorial Day will be
observed on the 7th of May. Col. JAS
Armstrong, of Charleston, will deliver
the address.
At Rock Hill G. W. Barnhill. keeper
of the o. r. & G. water tank, was ar
rested last week for passing several
counterfeit silver dollars on the mer-
chants.
The Luna cotton mill at Fort Mill
came very near being burned one nigh.
recently by some miscreant smearing
Kerosene on the floor of the card room,
but the night watchman discovered it
before much damage was done.
The cadets who were expelled from
the Citadel have written to Lieut.. Jen-
kins. who Lieut.. Mcdonald said
warned MIN about the cadets who
were shipped, saying they would have
trouble with them.
Rock Hill will soon be herself again.
Tho plans for new Buildings are under
discussion aud as soon as possible
work will be begun. The town at large
will be no loser by the fire. Rock Hill
: correspondence News and Courier.
While other nations are sending war
ships to China, this country sends one
of her young men to be professorof min
ing engineering and geology at the Uni-
versity Of ,Tientsin. Our interposition
in Chinese affairs is not dramatic, like
:tfhe Interference of Germany and the
rest, but who will say that the hammer
OF the geologist is not better, If not
mightier, than the mailed fist.
In their stateroom: Brown-"Con-
found you, you're using my tooth
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

Chaplain ehidwick Promoted.
Father Chadwick, Chaplain OF the Maine,
who has been promoted to the rank Of
lieutenant. has received orders assigning
him to the Cincinnati.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

Queen victoria's Garden Patch.
Great Britain controls twenty.one
out of every one hundred square miles
Of the earth's surface.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Bxlaclavs Trumpet Sold.

Balaclava Trumpet Sold. sH
The trumpet upon which Trumpet Major
Joy, of the Seventeenth Lancers, sounded
the order for the charge Of the Light Brig
ade at Balaclava. with joys four medals,
was sold at auction in London recently for
$3.50.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21
Mormons In North. Carolina.
So MANY stories have been heard Of the

So many stories have been heard OF the
growth OF Mormonism in North Carolina
that thorough Investigation has been in
stituted. The result so far demonstrates
that there are more Mormon missionaries
at work in the State than there are Presby-
terian ministers, and that at the present
rate Of increase the Mormon communicates
and churches will soon outnumber those OF
the Presbyterian Church.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

In their statcroom: Brown-"Con-
found you, you're using my tooth
brushw Sonderhausen-T beg your
! pardon. I tinked it vos ze ships'-
Piek-Ae-Up. -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

unsuspectins, who is only undeceived
when, in the midst of runaway, his
own life and the lives of his family
are in the utmost peril. Therefore,
the horses put upon the market for
safe coach or family horses must be
better trained and horse jockeying
must cease in the market for such
horses. Such horses are in great de.
mand now. and would command high
prices if only they could be depended
upon as meeting the needs Of the buy
er. Good, we'll trained trusty horses
for drivers, will always be in demand
at remunerative prices. But there
will soon be a demand for a saddle
horse for ladies.
Bicycles have largely taken the
place of mere sprlnting iaunts through
the country, which in early days used
to be done so neatly on horseback; !;
but it will be many years before the
bicycle can be elevated to the honored
individuality of the noble horse.
Bicycles may give taste for country
air, and country scenery, but these
can only be enjoyed to their full ex-
tent by ride through the country
and over the farmers fields on horse
back.
Many ladies' who have commenced
on the bicycle will not be satisfied un-
til they enjoy the luxury of cutting
the fresh country air on the backs OF
the noble steeds trained for the pur-
pose. Here is another department for
the horse breeder and trainer which
must prove profitable in the near
future.
Ii farmers will only raise and train
the right kind of horses, the horse
market will be always good.-Farm
News.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-21

The wife OF Justice Brewer. OF the United
! States Supreme Court, died few nights ago
! in Washington.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-07
CAMP ONWARD.
Notice to the Fourth--Thc Paymnster
on Hand.
Correspondence Of the Dispatch)

Correspondence Of the Dispatch)
CAMP ONWARD SAVANNAH, GA,
December 5.-Notice was given to the
companies of the Fourth Virginia Regi-
ment' this morning that they would bet
ter pack up and send home all of their
possessions which they cannot carry on
their backs No boxes conteining arti-
cles which the men cannot carry will be
transported as formerly.
1t will be very essential to tighten the
burdens to be carried as much as posi-
Bile. for both the march TO .he trans
port here and the march from the trans
port to our camp in Cuba, which Will be
about eight miles, will be made in heavy
marching order.
As at present arranged, we will march
from the wharf through the centre or
Habana directly TO the place selected for
our sojourn i'm Cuba. which is little
softer snap" than it would have been
six months ago. Most Of those high in
authority in military circles are of the
opinion that we will make the return trip
within three months, or four at the
farthest
The Seventh Cavalry is expected here
tomorrow from Huntsville Ala.
The paymaster is now "a hail fellow
well met" with the whole corps. Three
hundred thousand dollars, contained in
two large iron safes. came in to-day. The
first regiment TO leave, which will be the
First North Carolina, got their portion
Of it to-day, and the Third Nebraska VIII
make their grab tomorrow. The Fourth
Virginia will probably have this fortune
smile on them Wednesday.
Tomorrow, according TO orders puo-
lished to-day, we return to our old GUS
tom of having company drills in the
morning. instead of battalion drills.
A circular calling attention TO the fol-
lowing recent decision Of the Secretary
of War was received yesterday at regi-
mental headquarters;
The words SERVED during the Spanish
American war. 1885," may be written
after the wards expeditions" under the
heading Military Record on the back
of the discharge papers of enlisted men
who served during the war with Spain
and i'm addition thereto the country in
which the soldier served may also be
stated. For example, Served during the
SpaDish-American war 1898, in Cuba, ."
Sin Porto Rico" or Gin the Philippines,
as the case may be.
SO members of the Fourth Virginia VIII
have the proud distinction Of adding the
words lin Cuba" as the fates seem to
have il now
Private Ike Lubuski, of Company q,
who has been in Richmond for two or
three months on sick furlough, has re-
ceived his discharge.
Private f. II. Arnold Of Company D.,
has received his discharge, ON account
of physical disability.
Private Preston has been appointed
lance corporal of Company *, and Prl-
vate f.. w. Terrell has been appointed
clerk Of the same company.
Company has received more recruits
than any Of the other cvompanies IN the
regiment. and is now one OF the strongest.
Corporal Lilley, of Company X, left last
night on sick furlough for his home, n
Petersburg.
Private f. w. Dawson, of Company C..
reported for duty to-day, having been
away on a ten-day furlough.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-07

Ter, of Portsmouth, Will entertain the visl-
tors, and. also. Great Bridge Chapter.
BY the courtesy of Commodore Farqunar,
a tug has been placed at their disposal
and the visiting members Of the order
VIII be shown the old fort which defend
ed Norfolk during the revolution.
Deputy Sheriffs went up the Dismal
Swamp canal to-day and attached every
thing used by the McManus Company In
dredging and enlarging the canal. Henry
Wake, OF Norfolk, having sued out at
tachment papers TO recover $500 for sup'
plies furnished the construction company.
For lack of prosecution Justice Tomlin
this morning dismissed the case OF Bruce
Mcqueen Bule, who was recently arrest
ed in Norfolk upon the charge OF bigamy.
II was alleged that he had a wife living
in North Carolina when he married Min
ME Clifton in this city.
Mr.. Sidney J. Anderson, OF the Noffolk
city water office, died yesterday after
noon. at the home of his father on Bank
street He had been sick but little more
than a week. He was 30 years OF ago,
unmarried, and the son OF DR.. Il. Il. An.
derson. of this city. The remains will b
taken TO Richmond tomorrow morning.
There will be no funeral services here.
Rev. Mr.. Peters, OF Richmond, who had
been i'll at the residence OF his mother
here, is greatly improved.