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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-08

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Wedding invitations and visiting
cards engraved artistically. All
kinds of legal blanks for sale. Give
us a trial order.
We have asserted positively
time and time again that We
would not publish communlca-
tions unless the name of the writ
er accompanied them. Initials or
a nan de plume are not sufficient.
For this reason We could not pub
lish this week the article signed
''J A b. No matter what you
write or how often, give your real
name.
Last Saturday afternoon Mrs.
| NJ j Porter. while walking in her
yard, stumbled over board and
fell, striking her arm with such
violence as TO fracture the bone.
A physician was called in at once
and the limb properly dressed, so
that now Mrs. Porter sin a fair
way 10 regain soon the use OF
her arm.
Mr.. w B Logan, one Of the
handsomest and most successful
statesmen on the road, is now in the
employ of Messrs. j L David &
Bro, of Charleston. This popu-
lar house is headquarters for all
kinds of gentlemen's furnishing
goois. Up to date in every sense,
the line Of goods they carry, for
quantity, quality and price, is un-
surpassed by any in the city Look
| out for their advertisement next
week in The RECORD.
Mr.. Peter G Gourdin left on
Thursday for Davidson College, n
G, where he will pursue a course
Ct instruction preparatory to en-
tering the law department OF
Washington and Lee University,
Va. While we regret to lose Mr..
Gourdin as a citizen of klngstree,
we feel gratified that he is laying
such sure foundation for the tu-
ture, and, in common with all his
friends, we wish him much sue
cess in his undertaking.
The belated returns of Oak
Ridge precinct cam, in Thursday,
too late to be counted. The tol,
lowing is the vote: For Congress,
Elliott, SO; the Senate, Williams,
36; the Legislature, Graham 35,
Wolfe 80, Gamble 20; Kennedy g.;
Supervisor, Chandler l, Bradshaw
l, Baldwin 3, McCants 81; Super.
intendent of Education, Lesesne
10; Montgomery, II; Treasurer,
Rollins, 35; Cooper I; Auditor,
Hanna, SO. Had these returns
come in time enough Mr.. Rollins
wo uld have had majority over
all his competitors.
We have sent The RECORD to
| many of our subscribers for a
whole year without receiving a
cent for our trouble. The season
is now at hand when money will
be more plentiful, and we want
those who owe us to come forward
and pay up. Don't wait for a bill.
You know whether or not you
owe for the paper. We have in
dulged many of you when we
needed the money, and we now
expect some return. 1t Is impos-
sible to run paper without mon
ey. Call at the Office and get a
receipt, or send the amount due
by z o order. check or registered
letter.
| l. Al.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-08
LOCAL ITEMS Of INTEREST.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.

REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
of Our Weary Readers.
Miss Mary Ferguson, ofCharles
ton, is the guest of Mrs.D g Scott.
Mr.. W I Wilkins was IN Char
lesion Monday on business.
Rev. A b Earle and family have
returned from Pawley's Island.
Mr.. w 5 Moore, member Of
the second regiment, is home on a
ten days. furlough.
Mr.. Eugene Hirsch Is spending
few days in town with his par
en:s.
Mr.. Clarence Jacobs left last
wee8 for Summerville, where he
has accepted position as sales
man.
In some sections cotton is said
10 be sproutlng in the bolls on &C
count of the loog continued rainy
weather.
Do not borrow The RECORD. By
doing so you cheat the editor out
of one dollar. It's cheap enough
at that price. Subscribe for it.
Mr.. Salters Montgomery is with
Messrs. Lesesne & Epps, where he
will be glad to have his friends
give him a call during the fall and
winter season.
Prof. G w Stoll came in Sunday
and remained over Monday, dur
ing which time his many warm
friends gave him a welcome from
under the equator.
Evangelist Williams, with his
tent and band of workers, will be-
gin a meeting here next WeInes-
day. Everybody is invited to at
tend.
Rev. w H Hodges passed through
town Friday on his way 10 Man
ming to resume his pastoral duties,
after spending several weeks at
Indiantown.
Mr.. A q Bradham came over
this week to take charge of the
sales stable of Messrs. Bradham &
Thomas, which is now open and
ready for business.
In our occount OF Mrs. Benton's
death last week it was stated that
she was Mr.. Sam McClary's daugh.
ter. We were misinformed as to
the relationship, Mrs. Benton hav
ing been Mr.. McClary's sister.
Decidedly the best hotel in
Charleston for the price Is the Cal
houn. The rooms are pleasant,
the attention excellent and the
rates as reasonable as can be given
for first class service. Notice their
card in another column.
AS stock feed the German mil
let is hard to beat. A flew days
ago Mr. NJ F Heller gathered
twenty two horse wagon loads Of
forage from acres of this mlllet.
Horses are very fond of it, too,
often preferring it to oats or corn.
Messrs. Thomas & Thomas have
opened up their sales stable for
the fall and winter and are now
readyto serve their customers.
They have on hand fine line OF
buggies, wagons, harness. ETC.,
which will be sold at prices to
j; suit the times. Give them a trial
One Of the Oldest and best equip
ped institutions of learning in the
State is the College of Charleston.
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FALL AND
WINTER
GOODS

of the various classes usually
kept in general stock of merchaa-
disc, we are in q position 70 offer
you better values than we have essr
done before. Our stock of
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-08
Tobacco

We had in stock our supply is
large, complet, and cheapest. We
still have a few boxes of our fam
ous
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-09-08

is large, complete and cheap;
our line of men and boys pants, jeans,
underwear etc. is larger, completer,
and cheaper. and since the war rev.
enue has not affected the price of
, 1898-07-12

Gem of the orient earth and open sea,
MANILA, that in thy lap and on thy breast
Hath gathered beauties all the loveliest,
On which the SUI smiles in his majesty,
and SO o II The q%uatrain, with an unim-
portant emendation, is from Bawring.
1t sounds fine and rings false. Manila
used to be regarded as the most fortu-
nately situated city in tho world. Just
why is a problem. Set beneath n torrid
sky, remote from tho routes of conf
MERGE, it has squattcd, unheeding and
practically unheeded, the capital of a
stretch of unfortunate isles. Visitors
have been infrequcnt. The earliest was
Magellan. The most recurrcnt has been
the typhoon. The most pertinacious has
been the earthquake.
Objects Of interest are few. Among
them is the mostizo. Superstitious as a
ballad, ~languorous as Il serenade, she
floats, Il human butterfly, along tho scar
let lanes. Another feature is the eli
mate. Fancy n pastille burning in Il
vapor bath. The atmosphere has the
SAVIOR of cachous and the bite Of red pep
pers. Costume, in consequence, is brief.
The mantilla of the mestizo is her hair.
Her raiment is silk, very bright, very
loose. The male half caste wears trou-
sers and n shirt. The tails of the latter
are not always tucked in. On high days
he flaunts them. The effect is neat, not
gaudy. So much for local fashion.-Ed-
gar Saltus in Golfers Weekly.
, 1898-07-12
Fearless Men.

There is a condition possible to some
few souls that if not really the highest
attribute of humanity would be chosen
ton possible. 1t is the unawed tran.
quillity, the absolute inability to fear,
that some men, not many, possess, or
rather, one should say. by which some
men are possessed. An instance of such
courage on a low plane is that of Po-
temkin kicking aside the bloody head
Of his predecessor as he stepped to the
block, an act almost indicate enough
to be humorous, yet withal significant
of an iron nerve.
Somewhere in the late seventies an
other Russian, but this time a savant,
gave a proof of what length a rapt in
tensity Of purpose will carry a man to.
In order to make good his theory that a
suicide may be deliberate and %unrepent-
ing he subjected himself to hideous tor
ture, ending in death, but under such
circumstances that he might have re-
linquished his design at any stage of
its progress. He lay on his back upon a
bedstead from which he had stripped
all the clothing, with n lamp placed IN
derneath him SO that the flame just
touched his spine, rising at intervals to
make notes, which were afterward pub
lished. They show a calm spirit of re-
search and are slightly triumphant in
tone, though touched into high relief
once or twice by an expression of an
guish.-F. Foster in North American
Rpyieyy
, 1898-07-12

That quick wit is not confined to
cities was proved IL day by n young
oma who was rambling alone one of
the Long Island roads. She was dressed
smartly, she thought, and when she met
a small, bare legged urcl,in carrying a
birds nest with eggs in it she did not
hesitate to stop him.
"You are Il wicked boy" she said.
How could you rob that nest? Nc
doubt the poor mother is nov gricv..g
for the loss of her eggs
"Oh, she Gon't care, replied the ur.
chin, edging away. ''she's up in your
hat. "-Exchange.
, 1898-07-12

"My first meeting with Remenyi,"
say II. j. Cleveland, was over a liv.
cry stable in Council Bluffs. A concert
hall was there and he wal to play. a
jackass i'll Il stall beneath persistently
prayed. Remenyi would not play. Twas
OIL my way to Japan, or thought l was.
and introduced myself to him after his
audience had been dismissed. He beg
ged of me to find some pulnpernickel
for him. l searched Pearl street resorts
until l found some and took it to his
room. He ate with satisfaction and then
played for me, played until, boy as l
was, l cried. That was at 2 o'clock in
the morning, and in a large hotel filled
with people. We had the halls filled
with people in their nightrobes before
that private concert ended. His love for
pumpernickel was no more strange than
that of %Janauschek for stale beer, and /
have got many Il pint of that for her
after n most thrilling depletion of Mary.
queen of Scots. "-Chicago Times-Her
aid.
, 1898-07-12

Louis Gallet, a French musician, pre-
sentcd himself ut the directors room at
the Grand Opera i'll Paris n evening
during the administration of Eugene
RIFT. The latter was n great stickler for
the dignity of the place and remarked
rs the visitor took of his topcoat that
he was not in evening dress.
eyes, my dear director" returned
Gallet, II am come just as l was. So
very much pressed. However, l have
not had to cross the thcater."
"Ah," Ritz sighed, but on the stage
Of the Opera one ought always to be in
evening dress"
Nevertheless" Gallet answered
lightly, II just now saw Jean de Reszke
very stylish, no doubt. but III Il frock
coat-a frock coat!"
"Yes, yes, no doubt. but-but-he is
u tenor!'-Exchange.
, 1898-07-12
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASS
CITATION MEETING.

This year u educational friends
meet in Washington, D. c., July 7th to
18th, and members of the association
and others from points west OF the Mis-
souri, river, should by all means take
the Union Pacific.
The service OF the UNION PACIFIC
via Omaha or Kansas City is the very
best. The equipment consists Of hand
some Day Coaches, Chair Cars, Pull
man Drawing Room Sleepers, Dining
Cars and Buffet Smoking and Library
Cars. Fewer changes than via any 9TH
er line. One fare, plus $500, for the
round trip will be the rate from all
points west OF the Missouri River for
this meeting.
Fol- illustrated matter, folders, etc.,
call on or write
c. CLARK, Agent.
, 1898-07-12
REDUCED RATES TO NASHVILLE

REDUCED RATES TO NASHVILLE.
For the International Christian En-
.deavor Coovention, TO be held ct Nash
vile July s TO II, 1895, the Union Pa
-ciic will sell tickets ct rate Of one fare
for the round trip, plus 500, from al
points In Kansas, Nsbraska. COLORADO,
Wyoming ana U4aA.
The Union pac1Ae ard coonDctions h
the bet line and oRsEv the fastest time
.iad bet acoonDodstion Of any line.
Fur AaAss q m1e an iimits on tok-
81 I'D etAsr iAe1enAkiea appty -
q CLARK, A0snk
, 1898-07-12
Sensible.

"Who is that l see you feeding near.
ly every night in the kitchen, Mollie:
That's my intended, the policeman,
ma'am."
"Well, if he's your intended, why
don't you marry him."
Pm waitin till his appetite soc2
down Il bit. ma'am. '-Yonkrrs States
man.
, 1898-07-12

Mr.. FrankstOwn-5FiIiin's birthday
next week. Let's give Il smoke,
in his honor.
Mr.. Larimcr-That's the very thing.
SpiIfins doesn't use cigars and can't
bear the smell of tobacco. -Pittsburr
Chronicle Telegraph.
, 1898-07-12
TRANsMIssIssIPPI AND INTEREA.
TIONAL EXPOSITION.

Omaha, June 1-Nov. 1, 1898.
Greatly reduced rates via the Union
Pacific to Omaha for the exposition.
The superb equipment and quick
time Il the Union Pacific makes It the
popular uns to Omaha and the exposi-
ton.
For advertising matter. tickets and
full Information, call on
G. CLARK, Agent
, 1898-07-12
OMAHA-CHICAGo SHORT LINE

OMAHA-CHICAGO SHORT LNHL
The magnificent Limited" train Of the
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul rail-
way leaves the Union Pacific depot at
Omaha daily at 6:45 p. NJ, arriving In
Chicago at S:15 the next morning. Fit
tire train lighted by electricity and
heated by steam. Ask for ticket via the
Milwaukee Route"
F. A. NASH,
General Western Agent,
1904 FArnam st.. Omaha.
, 1898-07-12

When yu neaS anything in the way
VI lob printing and stationery. call Ut
The Republican of1cA
, 1898-07-12

clergyman Cat the mirror)-Put a
monkey before n locking glass, they say,
and he will look behind it.
Miss Sharpe-But Il man knows bet
ter. He knows lie won't find anything
funnier there than the face he sees be-
fore him. Boston Transcript.
, 1898-07-12

Exact justice is commonly more mer-
ciful in the long run than pity, for it
tends to foster in meE those stronger
qualities which make them good citi-
Gems. Lowell.
, 1898-07-12

A bar Of lead COT lcd to about 800 de-
grees below zero. according to an ex-
pertinent Of 81. Pietct. gives out when
struck q pnrs musical tone
, 1898-07-12

Old papers In any quantity. only zoe
oer 100 at The Republican ONCE.
, 1898-07-12

n. Rsp.Slieaa oaiy ses - noeta
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A MEMORABLE DUEL.
Anniversary OF the Encounter Be.
tween Two Famous Commodores.

On the 22ud of March, 1920 says the
Washington Star, was fought one OF
the most memorable duels in the
annals OF the United States. Commo~
dorc Decatur and Commodore Barron
met on the fatal field near Bladens-
burg that day. Both participants
were wounded, Decatur mortally,
dying within few hours after the en-
counter. The causes which led to the
Ill feeling between these two naval
heroes have never been accurately de-
termined, but it is generally supposed
that Decatur's harsh criticism OF Bar
ron on account of the latter's not re-
turning from abroad to take part in
the war brought about the breach,
Certain 1T Is that Decatur's words were
repeated to Barron, and correspon-
dence between the two ensued which
probably resulted in the challenge
The impending duel was kept pro.
lound secret, only q few of the most
inmate friends OF the respective pal-
ticipants had even an inkling OF u.
Decatur was the first to arrive upon
the scene. He was accompanied bv
Commodores Rodgers and Porter aud
several other friends. Barron arrived
few minutes later. The com batants
bowed stitlly to each other and stood
oil the ground and make the final ar
rangemu
" hope, sir" said Barron, as they
took their places, that when we
meet in another world we shall be
better friends than we have been in
this"
Decatur is said to have haughtily
regarded his adversary or moment,
and then have replied:
Sir, L have never been your en-.
emy."
a moment later the word was given
an two shots rang out simultaneously
Barron fell almost Immediately.
Decatur Strengthened himself, but the
pistol fell from his grasp and in mo-
ment he was upon the green sward,
writing in agony. He was raised by
his friends and carried nearer the
ROAD, where Barron was lying
wish | had IA len in the service of
my country" Decatur muttered
Whereupon Barron looked uD.
" Everything has been conducted most
honorably," he said.
Ihen turning his eyes to Decatur
am mortally wounded Commo.
dore Decatur, forgive you from the
bottom of my heart"
AS Decatur was being lifted into u
carriage Brainbrdge, whom Decatur
mad once rescued from Moorish pris-
on, stopped down and kissed his check.
With his head upon Rodgers
shoulder, and in company with physi-
clan, Decatur was driven slowly back
10 the city and carried into his re-
sldence on Lafayette Square, where he
died few hours afterwards.
The news of the duel spread like wild
lire through the city. The following
uay John Randolph offered consoatory
resolutions in Congress, which, how
ever, were promptly objected to, and
Tie press vigorously denounced the
practice OF ducling.
Barron ultimately recovered from
MS injury, but it is said the memory OF
the fatal duel darkened his life ever
a,terward. He lived until the year
1901, and had charge OF several yes
sells. at his own request he was court
martla!ed upon the charges made
against him by Decatur and exonor-
ated.
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Real Meaning. Of tho First Congress.

Stripped Of all DISCUSSES and all tenn
porary questions, this was what tho con-
gress meant-that the people Of America
did not propose to have Great Britain
govern them, except as they pleased,
and that they intended to control their
own governments and govern them.
selves. Congress had taken the first step
along this new road. They could still
turn back. The English ministry had
still time to yield. But the decision was
to be made elsewhere, not in London or
i'll Philadelphia, not among ministers
or members of congress, but by certain
plain men, with arms in their hands,
far away to the north, whose action
would put it beyond the power Of con-
gress to retreat, even If they had dc.
sired to dD SO. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge in Stribner's.
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COST OF THE CUBAN WAR.
Three Years Struggle Haa Not Been
inexpensive or Bloodless.
The Independent.

The Independent.
The present uprising In Cuba began
at barra, province Of Matanzas Fsb-
ruary "A, 1895. 1t has been n progress,
therefore, over three years. Begin
ming In one of the western provinces
on very amat! scale, it has spread to
all parts OF the island, and seems to be
rs strong, confident and determined
To-Day as at any time since it began.
Insurgents forces aro found in every
one OF the provinces According to the
latest report OF their distribution, ap-
p"Cyed by the Cuban junta In this
country, there are 36 500 men in arms,
OF whom nearly half are in the cavalry
branch OF service. Beginning with the
westernmost province, Pinar del Rio,
which General Weyler pronounced
"paciticd," before he was recalled,
there are, west OF Weyler's trocha,
near Havana, some 1920 insurgents,
under the command OF Generals DiaZ
Lorente and Ducassc. or these $500
are infantry and the rest cavalry.
These constitute the 9th army CORPS
In Havana and Matanzas provinces is
the 9TH army corps, commanded by
General Rodriguez, with half dozen
chiefs OF divisions. This corps consists
Of 2.3OO infantry and 800 cavalry.
i iS .hSpduHaS ulFlSlOu lS III CDarR6 Oh
General Betancourt. In Santa Clara
ls the ith army corps, consisting OF
D, 700 men under General GARLIC, as
sisted by General Nunez, Arando, Mon
teagudo and Jose Miguel Gomez. This
makes q total Of l6 700 men in the west.
ern department. In the two provinces
OF the eastern department., Puerto
Principe ard Santiago de Cuba, there
are about IL, 600 men, most OF whom
are in the latter province under Con
eral CaliXtO Garcia. In the former Is
the seat Of the Cuban government, at
La Esperanza, in the Cubitas noun
tain5, and the headquarters Of General
Gomez, the cOmmander-in-c chief OF the
Cuban forces These forces are well
equipped, and In the eastern depart
ment nave "a plentiful supply OF food.
Thirty thousand Cubans, not in active
service, are, it Is said, tilling the
ground and furnishing food to the In.
surgents. The Spanish army is sup
posed to number 100000 or more under
the general command OF Captain Gen
eral Blanco. In CuOan waters is con-
siderable Spanish navy, consisting OF
seven cruisers, 10 gunbJats (smali) on
transport, five torpedo boats and "a
Launches. 1t is the purpose OF this Feet,
To prevent the insurgents from recLiv-
ing arms, ammunition and supplies
from the United States and other out
side sources. The cost OF the war TO
Spain has been, 81 far, $3.50, ,Ol 0 600, and
the yearly expenditure Is about 1856, y
| 600 0U0.
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HILL ARP WRITES ON WAR.

The People DO Not Appear to be Much
Conc"rncd-Negroe Are Inclined
10 5clicvc that they Have to DO he
Fighting this Time.
War is a big thiDg--an awful thing
but our people do not seem to be very
much concerned They have more
curiosity than apprehension. The
great excitement is at Washington,
and even there it Is based not upon
fear or blood or suffering, but upon the
struggle between the two great politi-
cal parties-which one shall get AREA
and what move is best one to get ahead
and stay they. Whatever Mckinley
does or proposes to do the Democrats
must fight 1t and vice versa The sue
cess OF the party is a bigger thing than
war. We have never seen congress so
bewildered. Some are for intervcn-
tion, some for IecogLition, some for
annexation and all for revenge. Wall
street sees nothing but the money that
Ia In 1t. Some preachers are for peace
at any price and some are bowling for
war! or course the army and navy
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made up the fire, which was almost
burnt out Then she heated the pie and
set the room in order and laid tho table
and drew large jug of beer from the
cask. Noxt she placed an armchair
ready for the miller and put the jug by
1t; then she filled pipe from the bowl
Of tobacco and set cushion in the
chair. And all this while she hummed
tune and from 'ime to time smiled
gayly. Lastly she Tranged chair by
the elbow Of the m.ler's chair Then
she went out and told him that his din.
ner was ready. and he stumbled to his
feet with sigh Of laziness and walked
before her into the house.
MAY conner" cried She
AYE, there Is enough for two," said
the miller Of Hofbau, without looking
round.
So she followed him in. He sank into
the armchair and sat there for q mo.
mont. surveying the room, which was
so neat. and the table 30 daintily laid
and the pio 60 steaming hot, and he
sighed. SAYING
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"A good story is told OF dog thst
one day discovered an er's
monkey seated upon bank within his.
masters . grounds and at once made q
rush for 1t. The monkey, which wad
attired In jacket and hat, awaited the
onset in tranquility and so undisturbets 4
that the dog halted within few feee
OF 1t to reconnoiter. The animals took
long stare at each other, but the dog
was evidently recovering from his sur1
prise and was about to make a spring
for the intruder, when the mohkeT
raised his paw and saluted by liftic&
his hat. The effect was magical. IN
dogs head and tail dropped and M
sneaked OF to the house, refusing n
leave 1t until his polite but mysteriouf
visitor had departed.