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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
The Highways of New Jersey.

Thirty years ago about the first
macadam roads in the State were built
in Essex County, \. J. The work
was gradually extended, and was
taken up by Union County, and these
two counties laid many miles of stone
roads before the system Of State aid
was inaugurated. At the present
time, nearly every county in the State
is building macadam roads. The State
bears one-third of the expense, but so
many applications are now made for a
share of the annual appropriation
that the 100000 appropriated will
need to be raised to three times that
amount if the contemplated roads are
to be built.
In 1891 the appropriation was $780,
900. In 1898 it was increased to S75,-
900, but only $40, 900 were spent. In
1894 four counties were building roads,
and the whole appropriation was used;
in 1895 six countie were at work; in
1896 there were yht counties; in
1897 eleven counties, and now nine
teen out OF the twenty-one counties IN
the State have made application for
their shares
There are now so many miles of
stone roads in the State that it can be
traversed in nearly all directions with
out leaving them. During the past
year the expense of building macadam
roads was considerably reduced. In
order to preserve good roads and i'm
prove bad ones, it is proposed to give
a rebate of a dollar-and-a-half IN taxes
for each wheel in habitual use on heavy
wagons whose tire is four inches or
more III breadth.
Under the law passed last year COM
missioners have determined the value
of some of the toll roads, and if the
policy is pursued the State will soon
possess nothing but free public high
wavs
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
How You Bicycle in Holland.

There are no restrictions of any sort
that I know of in Holland. You may
ride anywhere you want, on the tow
path. the dikes, or the brick streets.
You can see more of the country from
a cycle than in any other way, as the
roads are invariably higher than the
canals or the railways, and you can
ride from one end to the other of the
most interesting part in the day. In
riding on tow-paths, however, it is
well to look out for tow and other
ropes. if you do not want to be sud-
denly swept into canal. From Rot
terdam a most interesting tour can be
made to The Hague, Harlem, the dead
cities of the Zuyder Zee, back down the
great dixie to Amsterdam, thence to
Dordrec.., and up the Rhine, if you
like. The children of that country,
il might be remarked, are fiends in
carnate, and have European reputa-
ton for deviltry. AS almost every
body speaks more or less English,
there is little trouble in getting about.
Holland and Austro-H Hungary are the
most expensive countries next to Eng
land to travel in, unless you are ac-
ouainted with the ways and the Ian
guage. Joseph Pennell, in Harper's
Magazine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

come blind. My nerves were IN such state
that step on the floor unsettled me.
Eminent doctors, skillful nurses, the
best food and medicine all failed. Then
consented TO an operation. That, too,
failed, and they said another was necessary;
After the second was worse than ever and
the world was darker than before.
"It was then Z heard OF DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. l heard that
they had cured cases like mine and tried
them.
"They cured me! They brought sun
shine to my life and filled nv cup with hap
piness. The headache is gone; the twitch-
ing is gone; tho nervousness is gone; the
trembling has ceased, and I have gained
twenty-six pounds. Health and strength
is mine and am thankful to Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People for the blessing"
These pills are boon to womankind.
Acting directly on the blood and nerves,
they restore the requisite vitality to all
parts OF the body; creating functional resa-
iarity and perfect harmony throughout
the nervous system. The pallor OF the
checks Is changed to the delicate blush OF
health; the eyes brighten; the muscles
grow elastic, ambition is created and good
health returns.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
- City Ownership OF Pigeons.

Venice has asserted the right Of
ownership over the famous pigeons OF
St. Mark. Some enterprising street
bows. who had made business of kill
ing the birds, when brought up in
court, pleaded that the pigeons had no
legal owners, as they were fed by tie
public on the Piazza San Marco. The
city authorities maintained that the
piseons were the wards Of the old re-
public. and. therefore. of the present
municipality, view that was adopted
by the Court.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
The Kaiser Wants This Stopped.

Kaiser Wilhelm has applied through
his Ambassador to the English Censor
of Plays to have stopped song that
is being sung nightly in the London
music halls. The lyric which offeads
His Imperial Majesty is entitled the
MAILED Fist of Germany" 1t be-
gins in this fashion:
Fitzsimmons met the Kaiser,
And they warmly hugged and kissed.
Old Fitz he had his gloves on,
Bill had mailed fist.
The Kaiser he grew nasty;
They had blooming row;
The Kaiser hit Fitzsimmons-
Where Is the Kaiser now?
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
System i'm Road Maintenance.

No one has ever supposed that rail
road corporations spend money for the
mere sake of spending it, or adopt ex-
pensive methods when cheaper ones
are better. 1t must be, then, that
there is some pretty substantial T9!>-
son for dividing their roadbeds into
sections, and keeping men constantly
employed on each in caring for them.
Precisely the same principle applies
to ordinary highways; the only way
that they can be efficiently maintained
is by establishing similar system, and
the more expensive they are to con-
struct, the greater the saving that will
thereby be made, and increased eff
cheney secured.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
The Pilgrims, Church Doomed. -

Consul Listoe. of Rotterdam, re-
ported to the State Department in
Washington that the church from
which the Pilgrim Fathers departed
in 1920 is in danger of being sold and
torn down. 1t is the Herformde
Kirke reformed church, at Delft
Haven. The pulpit, altar and some
of the Bibles used by the Pilgrims are
still in the church. The church rec
ord gives an account of the depart':''
ofthe Pilgrims. The congregatio.l -
poor, Consul Listoe says, and without
help may not be able to retain the
building. Here is an exceptionally
fine chance for some wealthy American
to distinguish himself by buying the
ancient edifice, transporting it to this
country and erecting it near the ia
nous Plymouth Rock and the Pill
grims' landing place.-New York
journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
MSnortsmen" in Bohemia.

Bohemian sportsmen in the year 1895
shot and killed fifty men, women, and
children, and wounded 2,014 persons,
chiefly gamekeepers. They also killed,
among other game, over $4,000 dogs
s.762 cats, . horses, Is cows, 131
calves, 276 goats, and 129 sheep. Fol
this they had to pay collectively over
$500, 900 for doctors, fines, and indemnl'
ties, and to spend 74,3sS days in jail
The Austrian government collects the
statistics.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
Good Roads Build Towns.

Three years ago a little farming
settlement in New Jersey was inter
sected by good roads. The location
was charming and invited the erection
of summer homes. With the advent
of good highways, the residents came,
and a prosperous village grew up
made possible solely by the construc-
ton of hard and durable highways.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

yet Sne was cureu.
"For five years I
suffered With ovarian
tr BILE, is Mrs.
Clark's own version
OF the story. Il was
not free one single
day from headache
and intense twitch-
ing pains in my neck
and shoulders. For
months at q time I
would be confined to
my bed. At times
black spots would
appear before my
avee and r woull be-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
Reautx L. Biosd Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

JOAQUIN Miller says that Alaska used
to be a tropical country. That's IT!
Why couldn't some man have told us
of the Klondike in the day when ferns
instead of ice packs fringed the edge OF
Yukon river? But Fate seems to have
ordered that the man who wants money
should always be little too late.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
GOOD ROADS NOTES,
Economical Road Improvement.

Economical Road Improvement.
A tribute to the superior cheapness
Of good roads, even when made Of
dirt, was paid by Captain Browne,
one of the delegates to the Virginia
Good Roads convention in 1894. In
the course Of some remarks Captain
Browne said:
THE question of good roads comes
home to me with great force, for l
have in Northampton County good
dirt roads to haul over, and in another
county bad dirt roads. l put four
carts, each one with a mule to it, on
the scales, and the loads which were
hauled over the Northampton roads
averaged 2466 pounds; in the other
county, 800 pounds is the universal
load in delivering produce. In North
ampton the tax for Dad purposes is ten
cents on the S10O, and i'll the other
county, where the roads are bad, it is
twenty cents on 800 worth of prop
erty. This difference is owing to the
adoption of improved methods, which
reduce cost and give much advan-
tagc."
Captain Brownies description of the
road equipment in Northampton may
be of interest to Kentucky farmers
who are struggling with dirt roads.
The cottnty, he said, owned one road
grader, plows, carts, hand implements,
six mules, one superintendent for the
whole county, who employed five Ia
borers and had tent in which all
could shelter. The superintendent
was directed to begin the worst roads
first and to work in all parts of the
county. He began April Is and by
September 30 had made seventeen
and one-half miles of good road,
though the force had been idle
twenty per cent. of the time owing to
the lack of teams. The highway
made cost only $55. 1t mile, but this
could be reduced half by the purchase
of four more mules. The monthly
expense was S175.75; the extra mules
would add $40 q month, but then
thirty-fve miles could be made in a
year. The whole outfit had cost ST.
011.24. The farmers had been very
much pleased with the results and
would not now adopt different plan.
In time Captain Browne hoped they
would get to macadamized roads.
1t seems hardly worth while to be-
gin a campaign for better dirt roads
when macadamized ones could be Sc
cured with little more effort. Still
every upward step counts. Communi-
ties which car not undertake exten-
sive improvements might combine this
plan of working dirt roads with the
one adopted by Augusta County, Vir-
ginia. This. county was not in debt,
and the people there, as in a great
many counties in Kentucky, were op-
posed to any issue of bonds. The
Board of Supervisors hit upon a con-
tractor who agreed to build the road
and take a certain sum every year. 1t
took nearly a year to build the road,
and he received his first payment the
next year from the proceeds of tax
levy. The third year he was paid an
other part and the fourth year all.
The county in the meantime had got
sixteen miles of badly needed mac
adam, and the farmers had then been
convinced of the benefits of macadam-
izing and were anxious to continue the
work. Many men who had at first re-
fused to contribute to the building of
the road then offered to come in and
contribute to an extension. louisville
Courier-J Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
A wonaan's Burden.
From The Ecening Ee,cs. Detroit. y

From The Ecening Eelcs. Detroit. Mich.
The women Of to-day are not as strong as
their cranGmothers. They are bearing
burden in silence that grows heavier day
by day; that is sapping their vitality and
clouding their happiness.
Mrs. Alexander B. Clark, OF All Michigan
Avenue, Detroit, is typical woman OF to-
day. A wife with such ambition as only u
loving wife can have. But the joys OF her
life were marred by the existence OF dis
ease.
Suffering as thousands OF her sisters have
suffered. she almost despaired OF lille and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

The Canadian Government has i'm
posed tax Of two dollars gallon on
all whisky going into the Yukon coun-
try. It is stated that if this tax does
not stop the traffic it will be raised.
Doubtless it will be raised.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Mistress of the House-My good man,
did you ever take bath? Tramp
No, mum; I never took anything big
germ a silver teapot.-Tt-Bits.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
Cure Corns With Physic.

Might as well try that as to attempt the cure
of letter, Eczema, Ringworm and other Gu
taneous affections with blood medicine. let
terine is the only absolutely safe and certain
remedy. With il cure IS sure. Its an oint-
ment. 50 cents at druggists, or by mail f'r Soc.
in stamps from j. Z. Shuptrine, Savannah, ia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Lyon & Co.'S "Pick Leaf" Smoking Tobacco
gives the consumers the very best Tobacco
they can get. , ounces for ~ cents. 1t is fast
winning its way to public favor. Try it.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

FL. Cheney & Co.. oledo, o., Props. of
Halls Catarrh Cure. offer 500 reward fOrany
case of csrarrh that cannot be cured by taking
HalI's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free Sold by Druggists, 1jc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
General Iassitude.

We are provided with five organs for keep.
kidneys, the liver, the lungs and the
bowels. The blood becomes impure for
one or both of two reasons:
First, something impure has been pus
into IL Second, the Eve excretory organs
have not been sufficiently rcttve.
Owing to its complicated formation, the
blood IA liable to many morbid changes.
If any Of the organs just mentioned are not
In perfect working order, so that imperitles
are retained, the blood becomes oisoraerso
and even diseased. When corrupted its
Impurities are absorbed by the tissues, caus-
ing eruptions, fevers, lassitude end langogr.
fnl Condition there is no medicine so ehec-
tive as Dr. M. a. simmons Liver Meda'
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums reducing infiama-
ton allays pain. cures wind collie, 2oc. r bottle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Don't TRY TO keep house without Blue
Ribbon Baking Powder. At all Grocers. b.
X. B. 2. Company, Richmond. Virginia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Don't let your neighbor know the full ex-
tent of YOUR ignorance.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Since the discovery and Introduction ofDR
MOFFE1 rs TEETHISA CHEErHlNG Pow
DERS) the death rate of small children has
largely decreased. TEETHINA Aids Digestion,
Regulates the Bowels and makes teething
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

ST. VITUS' DANCE, SPASMS and all ner-
vous diseases permanently cured By the use OF
DR.. X ines Great Nerve Restorer. Send Tor
FREE 81. 90 trial bottle and treatise to DR.. Il.
II. Kline, Ltd. g3l Arch Street, Phila., Pa.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

One thorn Of experience is worth whole
wilderness OF warning.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

The sharp business man is always pre-
pared for dun times.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

No-To-Ba for Fifty Cents.
Gue,anteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 54c. g.. All druggists.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

The practical farmer raises better crops
than the theoretical one.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Some politicians begin at the bottom and
work down.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

believe Piso'S Cure for consumption saved
nv boys life last summer.-MRs ALLIE
DOUGLASS, lie Roy, Mich, Oct. ~, 1884.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Educate Your Bowels With CascaroS
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
1ec, sc. II c. C. c. fail, druggists refund money
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline,s Great
Nerve Restorer. S2trial bottle and treatl Sc free
Dr. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 9Sl Arch St, Phla, Pa.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
ne..c. full OF life nerve and vigor, take No-To-
6ac. the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran.
tecd Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Matrimonial matches sometimes kindle the
flames Of jealousy.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Aporous plaster is often great drawback
10 an enterprising nan.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Don't think that ghosts make the most de-
sirabie window shades
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Nearly every man you meet is posing as his
own ideal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

The more promises man gives the fewer
he keeps
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Don't put of till tomorrow the thing some
body will do for you today.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

To Cure n Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets. All
Druggists refund money r it fails to cure. 21c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
To Cure Constipatiou Foreve1.

Tcke Cascarets Candy Cathartic l0c CT
II c. C. c. fail to cure. druggists refund rloa;
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

The human race Is but contest for dollars
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05

Whisky floats mere trouble than it browns
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-05
@HU U9aAN

Celina, Tenn, writes: Have
used DIR. M. A. simmons
Liver Medicine i0years for
Sick Stomach, Loss OF
Flesh, Low Spirits. II
also cures Liver Disease
Biliousness, Constipated
Bowels. It does not gripe,
and takes less to operate on
me than either .'B ack
Draught" or "Zeilin's, ,Sand
4 1t has g more thorough and
I gentle effect, and leaves my
tier condition than either
-, ~ suaiIip,a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-07-27

The dypanite gun used BY the Rough
Riders at Santiago consists primarily Of
TWO tubes Of great tensile strength, /,
placed one above the other The upper
is the projectiie tube 1t is two aud &
half iacbes 10 diameter aod fourteen
feet long. The COZ bustion tube be!c~
is four aod half inches il diameter
anc seven feet loog At its rear it
couneots by an opening with the tuoe
above From the rear small firing
tube projects inside ttc combustion
tube. Ooe movement opscs the breecb
mechanism A projecsi'e coo'aiolog
four pounds Of gelatioe is placed 10 The
upper tube and pine ounce cartridge
o! smokeless powder is placed IN the
small firing tube Ooe movement and
Two breeches are closed The lanyard is
pulled, toe ymokeless powder explodes,
causing compression Of the air 10 the
combustion tube The compressed air
is communicated to the base OF the
prcjectiIe in the upper tube The pro-
jecilie shoots out of the mouth and ez-
podes wheo it strikes The ordnance
Is really sot dynamite gno. bot
selatiuc gun Gelstine is used because
J, is safe 20 hauGie a5d tae most de-
si.uctive tao1u ezpiosise The qua
coat SS. see; oSe charge casis $50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-07-27
Porto Rico Will Never be Sur
rendered.

Washington. July 81 The au,bori.
sative declaration was made to day that
the island of Porto Rico Is to be held
as a permanent possession of this ooun-
try as the price Of the var The sub
joined practically official statement was
made to the Associated Press to-day :
Porto Rico will be kept by the United
States. That is settled ADD has been
the plan from the first Ooce taken it
will never be released II will pass
into the bands of the Uuised States and
there has oever beet any other thong bs.
I,s possession will 60 toward making up
the heavy expense of war to the United
States Our Gag ouce run up 'beFe
will aoat over the island permanently "
The aame authority says the future
Of the Philippines is matter Of oevel-
opmeus and that so fat there is no Ger.
tain policy 6oall9 adopted regarding
these islands
1t vas mated. however, tbough b
no, definitely asserted. that the La
drone islands might follow the fate o'
Porto Rico aod become our permanent
possession being valuable as cosling
asd supply station For oar ships wbe0
eD route TO easteru Asia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-07-27
ROOSEVELT THE AMER.
ICAN SOLDIER.

No 6oer picture of young American
manhood in war has ever been pre-
sented than that of Theodore Roosevelt
at the bead Ct his Rough Riders aud
toe Tenth (oolered) cavalry s'orm1ng
the tlock bouss a, San Juan.
The Spaoisrds were en'renohed al
the crest Of bill up which, nuder 'he
pitiless storm of Mauser bulle's. the as.
sailarts were forced to advance Men
fell fast. ou. 'be ranks closed up me
chsp'caIly and pressed on, firing rap
IDLY Roosevelt rode ons hundred feel
ahead of ,he line, ~ esling like a
Sioux" says the Journal correspondent
who watched the charge HIS horse
stopped. staggered and fell dead. ou
vito the agility Of a praoticed cowboy
Roosevelt twisted out Of the saddle aoo
landed on hia fec. Waving his sword
he cheefed on his troops. rushed oVei
the ores, of the hill and inio The
tre5cbss of sbe enemy
We iaink that Er. Roosevels's mill
iary career affords 6ne ilus'r ration o
the possibilities inherent in America"
character. Boro to be walks o: peace
equipped with every facility for living
purpos@les4 and idle exis'euce
Roosevelt, af;er cseditable essays it
no:iiica! iitc, man!fes;s she very higbes'
qrz!'ies Shicb gn to ma@" up me sue
nas.f.,l s.,liier Yn;h journal.