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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-03
Lake City Newsy Notes.

Mr.. ID. NJ. Epps spent Sunday at
hs home near Cades.
Mr.. A. A. Brown, of the Prospect
community, was ih town Saturday.
Miss Carrie KirtOn spent Satur.
day and Sunday with her relatives
here.
Mr.. Hoxie G. Askins Is in Lake
City, where he will remain this
week.
Miss Mary Seig. assistant in the
high sdhOOl, has been sick for sew
eral days.
Mr.. w. f. Severance carries and
brings the mail to and from Scran.
ton every day.
Mr.. ]. L. C. Moore and family Wis
tied relatives in the county the lat
ter part of last week.
Mr.. DuRant Simmons spent Sat =
urday and Sunday with relatives In
the Bethlehem section.
Owing to the inclement weather,
there was no preaching at any of the
churches here last Sunday.
Judge ]. A. Green Is getting to be
an expert wheelman. He can ride
seven or eight miles now with ease.
lev; A. McA. Pittman, who has
been suffering from la grippe for
several days is now convalescent.
Miss Ella Morris, having finished
her school over Black river, return
ed to her home in Lake City last
Friday. Her many friends here well
come her back.
Mr.. w T Askins has just completed
his new residence ON Thomas street.
1t is one of the neatest and most at
tractive edifices iu Onr town. He
moved in last week.
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NoCarc. ~.

That is the way 4
sell Graves Tasfefess
for Chills aud Malaria.
plv Iron ;ind Qn'nine il
less farm. Children
Adults prefer il ,6 bi'tef;'
Ing Tonics. Price, 5G.
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NOTICE

Office Of County Superb
Williamsburg County,
q Kingstree, s. C.
The township commissio|
hereby notified to instruct th
seers Of roads to look strictl
the plowing into the roads,
have the roads staked out il
B. B: CHANDEEa
- S6pervli
JJB MoNJEoMERY,
- Clerk.
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A thrill of terror is experienced
when a brassy cough Of Group
sounds through the house at night
But the terror soon changes to re :
lief after One Minute Cough Cure
has been administered Safe and
harmless for chill dren.
WALLACE AND JOHNSON
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Badness Is nothing new; it dates
back to the early ages. How to re-
store the hair is modern, Halls Hair
Reuewer, the best propuct of science
will restore 1t,
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After years of untold suffer-
from piles, B. w. Pursel of Kni
vile, Pa, was cured by using a
gle box of DeWitt's Witch II IS
Salve. Skin diseases such as ec.~
ma, rash piinples and obstinate sores
are readily cured by this famous
remedy.
WALLACE AND toHNs0N
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There are three little things which
do more work thad any other three
little things created-they are the
ant, the bee and DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the last being the fa-
nous little pills for stomache and
liver troubles,
WALLACE AND JOHNSON
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The second number Of the Lee
County Ledger j. on our desk. II
il a sprightly "babv'' aud Las
a healthy appearance. IL will
doubtless live long and enligliien
The people Of the baby county TO Il
great extent.
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The Independent Republic

The Independent Republic,
published at Conway, issued a
mammoth edition last week, show
ing the advantages Of the town
of Conway. Mr.. $ Frank Parrot is
now editor OF the Republic, and
he gives the people of Horny
county the best paper they have
ever had.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-03

The government will decline to
furnish any more official targets
for The leading citizens of Lake
City, s. c. Washington Post.
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The administration might exper.
iment with the Harveyized negro
post master in South Carolina aud
Observation-Disclosures l'rst.
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Whooping cough is
tresslng maiady: but
can be cut shcrt by TIL
Minute Cough Cure. VI
the Best known remed
cures coughs, colds, ct
and lung troubles.
WALLACE RND
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Notice Of Final Discharge

Notice IL hereby given that
the 18th day Of Nal fch,
1898, l will apply to the prot |ate
Judge for Williamsbur county for
a final discharge as executor o6 the
estate of r. w. Brown.
a. A. BROWN
Feb.!2l, 1898 executor.
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No-To- B&c for FIfty Centa
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong. blood pure. Soc. 81. AL druggists
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NOTICE
Office of County supe5

Office Of County Supei
Williamsburg County
kingstree. sc.
The comfy board Of eQuali
meet i'm the Office M the c0ui
yisoron Tuesday next. Marcj
pass upOnall returnsOf PROP
In this county, as requirel
BIB. Cha
\ County Sup
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To Cure Constipatioa Forever.
Take C.,scarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or "a
II c. Z. G. foil TO cure. druggists refund money
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THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1898.
THE LAKE CITY HORROR.

Baker, that we do not care to say
very much more. but ieel called
upon to have one more editorial
denounclng the crime.
In other columns today we re-
produce some of the comments of
the State press. 1t would take vol
ume of enormous proportions to
contain all that has been publish
ed concerning the heinous deed. A
more terrible tragedy has never
occurred in any community.
Doubtless some of those who
were in the mob that committed
the murder will see this issue Of
TIE COUNTY REeosD, and 10 those
this editorial is directed.
No doubt there were some mar
ried men in the mob-men with
families. How can they again face
their wives and daughters without
u deep feeling OF remorse and
shames How can a married man
pillow his head bv the side of that
Of a pure, confiding, innocent
wife without feeling that he is no
longer her protector but one from
whom she would recoll in horror
did she only know that he was a
red-handed murderer How can he
ever sit in the church of God,
joining in with Christians in His
worship, with the full knowledge
ofhis guilt? How can he ever look
an honest man in The face without
feeling deeply tinge OF deceiiful-
nesss How can he ever join in fam.
lily worship, kneeling before his
Maker, without crying out to God
for pardon for his guilt as an ass
ASSN and incendiarye Great God!
Horrible must be the feelings OF
such a man!
Perhaps there some young
men in the crowd of assassins-
boys, just entering into manhood.
How can you. young man, ever
look into the face of your dear
mother again without acknowl-
edging to her that yon are no lon
ger worthy to bear the relation
ship of son to he,a Think of your
dear, loving rnother-she who bore
you, she who nursed you when an
infant, she who when all others
would turn against you would
take your part-think OF her being
the mother of one Of the most
cowardly, most brutal, most helm
Gus murderers, assassins and in
cendiaries that the world has ever
known! How can you ever again
place yourself in the company of
young ladies' How they would re-
coil from you as they would from
a poisonous serpent did they only
know what you really are! Think
of the deed you have committed.
The enormity Of the crime. The
cruelty of the act. You have slain
innocent babe-a sucking. Tore
from its mothers arm an infant,
one that was as dear to its mother
as ever you were to yours. Think
of having killed the husband and
father, leaving the wife and little
ones without a protector or provi-
der-leaving them to battle for
themselves with wounds that will
main them all for life! Think OF
all OF this and see how you
would feel if you were a member
of that glief-stricken family,
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lAl> >NrED-TRUsTwORTHY

Wv and active gentlemen or la
lies to travel for responsible, estab-
iished house In Williamsburg COun-
ty- Monthly $500 and expenses.
Position steady. Reference. En-
close self-addressed stamped envel-
Ope. The Dominion Company
Dept. w. Chicago.-3Mon.
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We are anxius to do little good
in this world and can think Of no
pleasanter or better way to do il
than by recommending One Min
ute Cough Cure as a preventative of
pneumonia, consumption and other
serious lung troubles that follow
neglected colds.
WALLACE Ann JOHNSON
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80 cure COmsnsmps -
SfOa nnd 8ll
Lang TrOa q
bles. %r
Nothing could be fairer, more
phi!anthropic or carry more joy TO
the afflicted, than the offer 0f T. A.
Slocum, NJ. c., Of 1s3 Pearl street
New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an
absolute cure for consumption and
all pulmonary complaints, and to
make its great merits knOw9
will send, free, three bottles of
icine, to any reader of The Cd
Record who is suffering from 4
bronchial, throat and lung troI
or consumption.
Already this new scientifecd
of medicine has permanently e
thousands of appearantly hope
cases.
The Doctor considers it his re-
Gus duty-a duty which he owes
humanity-to donate his infalli
cure.
Offered freely, Is enough to come
it. and more 80 IS the perfect con
dence of the great chemist MAXI
the proposition.
He has proved the dreaded q
to bea cureable' diseas
any doubt.
There will be no mistake in sending
the mistake will be in overlooking
the generous invitation. He has on
file in his American and European
testimonials of expe-
rience from those cured in all parts
of the world.
Don't delay until it is too late.
Address T. A. Slocum. NJ. G., SO Pine
street, New York, and when writing
the Doctor, please giveexpress and
pOstoffice address, and mention
reading this article in the County
Record.
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The neQded 0lSulpIiQl.

T a Slocasu. N G.. the great cfhe
i.s and Sclent tiSt Will NctAA
Free 10 thea mfcted.
Bottles his Newly sDlsf
covered Remedies ~
10 cure C0nsasnPs
tfOa nnd 8ll
Laag TrOa
hlAa. <ss.s
The sun., 1898-01-23
SHORT NEWS STORIES,
A Mystery Of Literature-Doe Caught In
the Act-Asleep, but Still Doing
Duty-Why he Bought EN-.

Some time ago gentleman Of liter
ary tastes who subscribes for all the
best magazines read a poem in his IA
vorite periodical-read and reread it,
but failed to grasp it's meaning. He was
persuaded, however, that it had a mean.
ing Of its own or it would not have ap
peared in a periodical enjoying repu.
tation asa judge of good literature. He
submitted it to critic, who said:
You're too much for me this time.
] sat up with it three nights, but I'm
not in good health aud can't lose any
more sleep over it,.
He wrote friendly letter to the ed
ltor and asked him to oblige numerous
readers by explaining the poem. Sever
al weeks elapsed before he received the
following letter from the editor in chief
MY DEAR SIR-I was interested to read your
letter. Although the poem appeared in our
publication, must admit that ! do not quite
eaten the authors meaning. have looked up
MS address, however, which ! cheerfully fur.
nlsh you. Perhaps he can throw some light on
the subject cant. Yours truly, etc.
He took the editors advice and tao.
kled the author, who, being unable to
explain the thing himself. replied eva
sively, "The things of God are foolish
ness to the world.'
The literary gentleman is keeping the
poem by him as one of the curiosities
OF literature. Atlanta Constitution.
The sun., 1898-01-23
CURRENT MISCELLANY

An American woman in Spain tells
this story in The Independent: Bur.
guete Is near one of the mountain pass.
es leading into France, and from its sit
uatlon is liable to visits from various
orders OF tramps anxious to avoid the
custom houses along the regular route.
One of these gentry happening to pass
through the village the day a certain
theft had been reported was arrested on
suspicion and whipped severely to force
IA confession. AS nothing but a denial
could be wrung from him another va.
grant was arrested and subjected to the
same treatment, with the same result.
1t was eventually discovered that a
small boy, hidden behind the church
tower, had been the culprit. There was
no redress for the men. They expected
none and would have been incrcdulous
II told they were entitled to anv
Amazed at the indifference with which
this act OF tyranny was received, | OK.
pressed my own indignation. what
would YOU: was the reply, with ges.
lure intended to throw the responsible.
lty OF the act upon the world at large
They are worthless fellows. Doubtless
they have done other evil deeds if mt
this one. ,"
The sun., 1898-01-23
Great Men and Tobacco

Wise people do not condemn tobacco
when used in moderation. Professor
Huxley said, "Smoking is a comfort.
able and laudab!e practice, is produc.
tive OF good. and there is no more harm
IN a Pipe Of tobacco than in Gun Of
tea." The late Rev. G. II. Spuryeon at
the end Of ono of his sermons, said, IT
intend to smoke good cigar to the
glory OF God before l go to bed tonight,
for have found intense pain relieved,
a weary brain soothed and calm, re.
freshing sleep obtained by cigar. :"
Bishop Burnett remarked. II always
smoke while l write" and Bishon
Fletcher said, II smother my cares il,
tobacco Lord Clarendon avowed, "No
man i'll Europe loves a good smoke bet
ter than - Lord Brougham declared
II certainly derived the greatest bene.
tit from pipe of tobacco" Thackerov
on.m' nnc'i tol AZ "clo Of tho grant.
st Comforts # my liic--n kind com.
lahiol' II gentle stimulant, an amiable
n ccmentCr Of friendship. -
London Lancet.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Widow Hunting and Pensions.

Searching for soldiers widows has
become a profitable employment to a
number Of men. One of the hunters
made the discovery recently that there
was living in Denmark a woman mar.
ried before the sixties to young Dane
who came to this country, enlisted,
went through the war and some time
ago died. At the time of the marriage
the woman was 3G. The man was 90
Why the marriage occurred and why
the husband left his wife were not uues.
tions material to the case. The fact of
the marriage nearly 40 years ago was
clearly proved. The enterprising lawyer
who discovered the widows existence
has just collected 81. 800 pension money
from the government. There are prizes
awaiting prospectors outside of the
klondike. .-Exchange.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Asleep, but Still Doing Duty.

I'VE have some pretty long stretches
Of duty said locomotive engineer
the other day, land it isn't an uncom-
mon thing for a man to 90 for 4S hours
without sleep. You think it would be
hard for man to sleep under such cir
cumstances, eh: Well. never heard of
the engineer doing it, but my own fire
man went sound asleep during one Of
my runs recently. The poor fellow had
been kept on the jump for three days
without wink of Sleep aud when we
started on the run in question he was
simply dead tired. He managed to keep
awake, however, until we reached the
outskirts Of the city. 1t was his place
then to ring the bell continuously until
we got into the trainyard. He kept
that bell going with regularity, and |
wondered at his vitality. When ran
my engine into the roundhouse, he
never moved out Of his seat, but still
yanked the bell rope. Then saw that
he was asleep. l called the other fel-
lows, and we watched him for two or
three hours, sleeping away and yet pull
ing dutifully ut the bell. When we
finally woke him up, his arms were
sore, and he was mad as a halter. -
Philadelphia Record.
The sun., 1898-01-23

suspect the" counterfeit he discovered
nrst. There was something, he says,
but when he came to examine it be
found the work so perfect that he doubt
ed his own Judgment. Then other ex-
perts were called in, and all pronounced
the note good. After much controversy
the suspected bill was placed in scald-
ing water, and few minutes soaking
vindicatcd Creamer's decision
Slowly the note unfolded, and then it
parted completely, showing that it had
been printed on two separate slips Of
f1ne paper and then neatly cemented to-
gethcr. To get the silk fiber the coun-
terteitcr las spread particles of silk be-
tween the halves which showed out
clearly through the back of the note 1t
was great piece Of work, but once de-
tected Others Of the same make were
quickly located.
A Foreign Plot, Perhaps.
y well known detective, who would
not deny that his services had been
called into the case, said, in speaking
OF the notes: II really know of no one
III this country who could make those
counterfeit plates. The most dangerous
counterfeiters we have ever encountered
are foreigners and it would not surprise
me to find that there is a big plot back
OF it all, hatchrd on some foreign shore.
'One thing seems very certain-the
engraving work on this counterfeit was
never done by one man. l should say
that three did it. The portrait of James
Monroe is perfect. That was skilled
portrait engraver. The scroll work is
perfect. That was an expert in that line,
and the lettering is as perfect as the
other parts. This is still another branch
OF the work. 1t is not at all likely that
the men who made the plates put the
counterfeit into circulation. The cap.
ture Of the Showers, therefore, might
or might not lead to the detection Of the
real criminals. -
A Giant Wants a Pension.
Pat Bane, "the Green county giant"
will be remembered by many people
who have witnessed inaugurations of
presidents. Pat has been familiar fig.
ure in Washington on those occasions.
He is in reality giant, standing feet
4 inches III his stocking feet, naturally
a man to be singled out in the great
throngs of inauguration week. He was
q veteran of the civil war and, as far as
the records show, proved himself man
of valOr.
Recently Representative Ernest +.
Atcheson, whose constituent 1.-THE Green
county GIANT is, introduced a bill to |
give him pension. The case is rather
!. peculiar one, for the pension office de.
MED him any further reward for his
services. Pats ailment is
rheumatism, and the ground on which
he asks pension is that because of his
great size there were no uniforms in the
service large enough to properly clothe
him. From the consequent exposure he
says he contracted his present rheuma-
ism. CARL SCUorIELD.
The sun., 1898-01-23
A Lucky Incident.

soon after the laying of the Atlantic
cable says the Westminster Gazotte
lord kelvin-then known as Professo'.
ihomsnn-was racking his brains to
devise some means of perfectinp tho
ordinary telegraphic apparatus used m
overhead wires, which was not snitod
Tor the varying current passing alon"
the cables. The tagging of the electric
currents had the effect of MAKING thon
run together into one bottom cnrrent
WIN surface rlpples, which correspond
~ ,he separate signals of the message,
"no tle oiiilculty was to invent means
OF interpreting clearly and easily all the
aellcato fluctuations. unexpectedly one
aay Lord kclvin's eycglass dropped off
ana swung in front of the magnet. Tho
''esHASs reflected its movements and
The sun., 1898-01-23
Earnings Of Beggars.

a professional beggar who "works"
10 or so streets in London in few
hours and receives $3.50 daily, after
ward returning home and spending re.
poseful evening, is mentioned in Truth.
On Sundays he takes holiday and
when last heard from was about to mar.
ry respectable serving maid. Another
such worthy, when engaged us a garden.
er, stipulated that he should have Sat.
urdays or. The employer, visiting dis.
tant quarter of the town one SATURDAY..
encountered his man in rags chanting a
pious refrain. On Monday he remon.
strated' but the gardener said he would
rather go than give up his music as be-
earned more on Saturday than during
"i1 the rest OF the week. And 20 be did.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Why He Bought EN-

At an auction sale in Cleveland the
poems OF Thomas Bailey Aldricb, Edgar
Fawcett, Clinton Scollard, Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes and his aunt, Mary J..
Holmes, brought collectively the hand
some sum Of 70 cents. The poet S. f..
klser interviewed the purchaser, saying
that he was glad that there was ono
man i'll the crowd who appreciated lit.
erature' But the latter coolly informed
him that he had merely bought the
books because they were cheaper than
coal. Atlanta Constitution,
The sun., 1898-01-23
WASHINGTON LETTER,
'Hxhat Wonderful New Counterfeit-How
1t Was Discovered - A Giant
Who Wants a Pension.
Especial Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence.
Thus far the secret service official,
who are investigating the origin of the
counterfeit 500 silver certificates re-
Gently detected at the subtreasury in
philadelphia have been unable to un.
'earth the slightest clew that would
promise the detection of the crime. Nc
counterfei:iLg case has ever aroused the
excitement which this one has caused
among the government detectives, and
q big majority Of the force is engaged
hn trying to fathom it.
Naturally when new counterfeit is
discovered the first move is most mi
mute examination for defects or pc.
cullarlties in the workmanship, which
IN many cases are found, and the festive
'counterfeiter is easily captured becau.e
OF the unmistakable earmark that gives
MS identity away almost as completely
as would his signature broadly placed
across the note. The number of men in
this country who could do the work per-
1ectly enough to deceive any experienced
uouu4ci VI ulOley Is DOC large.
The Greatest of all Counterfeits.
Eliminate from these the proportion
about whose honesty there is no ques-
ton, and the few who are left are all
we'll known to the police and detectives.
These are the men known as dangerous
counterteiters, and, while the secret
service people will not specify who they
are at this time, they admit that they
90 not number a score in all.
Ct these only about five are enjoying
the sunshine outside prison walls, and
OF the five perhaps two can do really
neat engraving job. None of them,
however, is capable of making the
plates that printed the bogus 500 bills.
1t is by all odds the most perfect coun.
terfeit mechanically that has ever been
brought to the notice of the treasury de.
partment, and judging from the appear.
anco OF those already found they have
passed for good coin many a time. In.
deed there are men about the treasury,
and expert counterfeit detectives, too,
who cannot now pick one out from
pile of really good notes of like denom-
ination.
There is really no telling how many
Of the bogus bills may be in circulation.
here are in all about So, 600, 600 Of
500 silver certificates. OF these, how.
ever, nearly or about one-third were is
sued before some changes were made in
serial and other marks in 1891. Tho
balance are all like the counterfcits, or
rather the counterfeits are like all the
balance, though it is generally thought
that comparatively few Of them are in
circulation.
To Creamer Belongs the Credit.
To Asserting Teller George Creamer
belongs all the credit for detecting the :
fraud. Even he will not say positively
that he has not passed some Of the coun-
terfeits, though such Il thing is unlike.
ly. He cannot tell inst what made him
The sun., 1898-01-23
Training Swiss Soldiers.

SWISS schoolboys are trained in pym.
nastics' Ill the manual of arms and in
the elements of company drill The
s:ale ,: encourages target shooting socie.
''eS' OF which there are 2,977, with q
membership of 1873, 500, by a subvention
ol nearly el4O,0 900 year, the results
pelhg that almost every Swiss can ham
ule rifle The soldiers serve ten years,
oetween the ages of 20 and 32. being
called out for drill on % days in the
'rs' year and 10 days in every subse.
quent year. Each man keeps his uni.
form, rifle and knapsack at home and il
responsible for their being kept in good
ORDER q strict inspection being held in
each district yearly. Each soldier costs
Switzerland e7 year.