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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
The Weakest Link.
purposes

Like q chain, q road is 10 stronger
or better than its weakest link. In .
highway there are many links which
may be poor, weak or defective.
Whatever or wherever the cause Of
inferiori,y may be, the efficiency Of
the whole road is thereby reduced to
a level with that of its most inferior
part. If drainage is inadequate, and
water accumulates, Eheavy hauling
results; if there is single steep
grade, the size of load that can be
transported is materially reduced; ii
the connection between points is in
direct, due to square corners, much
time is wasted; if care and repair are
irregular and unintelliSent, money and
labor are spent in vain. The remedy
is, lay out the course of the road iu-
diciously, build it scientifically and
care for it constantly. Good Roads
Bulletin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Distanced by Europe.

Americans must feel some disap-
pointment, since their country has
long been famous for its quickness
and skill in adopting mechanical and
scientific discoveries for business pur-
poses, when they realize that Eu-
ropean cities are far surpassing any Of
ours in the use OF horseless vehicles.
Until we have better roads and better
street pavements we must submit to
the humiliation of being distanced by
Germany, France and England in one
of the most interesting and important
phases OF modern progress. 1t is one
OF the penalties we pay for make-shift
highways and for the folly which per-
mits the use upon them of destruc-
lively narrow tires. - Cleveland
Leader.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Oae Way OF Preserving Roads.

To protect anl preserve the high
ways by Withdrawing them from pub
lie use at times when they are likely
10 be injured by heavy travel is GER
tainly unique method of providing
for the public welfare, but this is what
the kentucky statutes say:
"Any corporation, company or in
diviiaaI who may, by unusual use of
road, materially damage the same,
shall repair all damages caused by the
use of such road or roads. The super
visor Or overscer of roads shall, at any
time when necessary, notify said cor
porations. companies or individuals Of
their duty as provided in this section;
and should the said parties so notified
fail, in reasonable length Of time, to
be filed in the notice, to make such
repairs, such parties shall be deemed
guilty of obstructiug the public roads
and shall be subject to fine Of not
exceeding 500, to be applied to road
OurDOscS -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
a .NcyT Jersey Estimate.

The annual rerort OF the State Eoad
Commissioner OF New Jersey makes
the following statement of the cost Of
haulage on various roads, and SHOWS
very coIcisely where the advantages
of good surface and light grades come
in. He says:
''It costs g cents per bushnl to
ship wheat fron Chicago to New York,
Il distance of 800 miles; it costs three
cents q buskel 10 haul wheat on alsvel'
road distance of five miles, and on a
sandy road it would cost nine cents
per mile 20 haul it. The saving on
bushel of wheat with good roads for
distance Of five miles would be equiv
alent to that of coo miles Of transpor-
tation by steamer or caDh boat, Of
375 miles by railroad. One mile OF
good roads would make q saving equal
to seventy-fve miles of railroad trans
portation. Thus every mile OF good
roads places the producer seventy-fve
miles by rail nearer to the markets. 1t
is estimated that the cost of hauling
500, 900, 900 tons OF farm prod;cc to
market is 81 per ton, or just abont
81. OGO. 900, 600; it is also estimated
that about sixty per cent. OF this last
amount, or $G00,000, 900 would be
saved each year if farmers were able
to Go this hauling over good roads. "
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
PALMETTO STATE GLEANInGS,
THREE NOTED CROOKS.
They Are the Men Who Robbed tht
lNitl.c4nn TDnsfnfTnn

They Are the Men Who Robbed the
Winiston PostOiYicc.
Chief Deputy United States Marshall
z. Brooks Sigh and Postofice Inspec-
tors Moye and Bulla, arrived in Charles
ton from Barnwell on the 14th with
three of the slickest rascals that have
ever operated in this part OF
the country. The prisoners, who
were lodged in the Charleston county
jail, were the ringleaders of the gang
which opened the.Wllliston postCtfice
and cracked tie safe with dynamite,
and, after hot run with the authorl-
ties, managed to break Jail IN Barn
well in February last. Recently they
were captured III Knoxville, and carried
back to Barnwell, bat on the 18th they
were turned oYer to the Federal courts
for final settlement of their case. The
men are Joe Jones, alias c. Brooks;
Henry Johnson, alias A. st. Clair, alias
Danny Murphy. alias Freuchy Smith,
prize fighter, and Charley Jones, alias
G. Brooks, Jr., alias Edward Brooks.
They were given snug berths by JaiIor
Graddick, and will sleep in jail until
the next term ofthe United States Dis
trict Court.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Three South CaronIiians.

In the San Antonio, Texas, Daily
Light, of May IA, is published an ac-
count of the departure from Fort Sam
Houston of the 9TH cavalry. In this
splendid regiment are three sons CT
South Carolina, of whom the State may
well be proud The first is Lieut. and
Adit. john N. Jenkins, so we'll and
pleasantly known in Charleston. The
others are Lieuts. Jervey and Parker.
Both of these officers come from
fighting stock, says Light, and will
doubtless make their native State
proud OF them again, as they did when
they graduated.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Moral Reform League.

The ''Citizens' Moral Reform League
of Charleston" was recently organized
by q number of Charleston colored
men, who are striving to elevate and
help their race. The objects and pur-
poses of the League are best set forth
in the following extract from the con-
stitution and bylaws:
'"Preamble--We, the citizens of Charleston:
appalled, at the startling lack Of moral stami-
ma among many people Of onr race in this
city, recognizing these untnward conditions
to be largely the outcome of a levity toward
moral precepts on the part otthe Young, and
Indifference on the part of elders; believing
such pncocrecied evils to Goreshadow our de-
cline and laIl rs 4 people. and with further
erdeavor 10 keep ourselves above reDroach,
the sanctity OF our family altars inviolate,
and 10 exercise Il chivalrOus protection Tor
the women OF our race, do herewith organ
ize ourselves into the Citizens Moral Reform
League o! Charleston
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Good Roads and the Mails.

IF country roads were generally i'm
proved by the modern plan of road
building there would not be much de-
lay in providing free delivery through
the more populous parts of the coun-
try. One reason why England de-
livcrs mail from house to house in the
country, as well as in the city, is be-
cause the country roads are in so fine
condition that the work of delivery is
greatly expedited. If there were Eng
lish roads all through the Middle and
Eastern States it would not be great
undertaking for this Government to
establish free delivery in those seq
ions.-Syracuse N. W Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
GENERAL ROSECRANS.
Was One of This Country's Most Pic
turesQue Soldiers.

General William Stark RosecranS,
who died recently at his home, near
Los Angeles, Cal, was one Of the most
picturesque soldiers ever produced by
the United States. He will be known
in history as n soldier only, although
as Il citizen lie deserved highly of his
cOuntrymen. AS man and citizen
1t may be said that few Americans
lived more useful life or We're less
selfish in taking their part Of the public
burden. Born and reared in the East
the General became fascinated with
The climate of California and decided
that he would spend the last years Of
his life in the golden State. Its peo-
PIE often bcsought him to help them
administer their affairs. But he al
ways declined these honorS. which he
regarded as the rewards Of past SER
vices He might have been Governor
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
A Creditable appointment.

Mr.. A. H. Miller, OF Greenville, now
q student of Furman University, has
received the appointment as assistant
observer at the weather bureau station
in Columbia, Mo. Mr. Miller has ac-
cepted the position and will take up
his duties there on ting !st of June.
The appointment was secured princl-
pslly through Senator Tillman, whose
efforts in the matter are highly ap-
preciated by Mr.. Miller and his
friends.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
sumter Has a I,icker,s Row.

Late one evening last week there was
q shooting affray between two negro
men in Kicker s Row, tough negro
quarter in the suburbs of Sumter, that
created ripple of excitement for q
time. Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and
Constable Winn went i'll pursuit Of the
negro who did the shooting, and after
an exciting chase across the country
effected his capture The negro who
was shot was not killed but dangerous.
ly wounded IN the thigh. The row was
an ordinary negro fight about q wo'
man.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Fatal Accident at Columbia.

Frank Cardwell, youth IA years
old, and Mrs. Frank Leidy, were ont
for pleasure drive on the afternoon OF
the 18th, when the horse became fright
ened and dashed off at furious rate
hurting the cart against q tree.
Both Mrs. .Leidy and young CardwelL
were violently thrown from the vehi-
Gle, causing the death of Cardwelland
the serious injury of MIS- Leidy.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Pnrdon( d 4 BOY.

Governor Ellerbe granted a full
pardon TO Clarence Long, the 16-year-
old boy, who IN June, 1895, shot and
killed his bfother-in-law, Ben Parsons,
IN Spartanburg county. Ho was con-
victed before Judge Gary, and being
recommended to the mercy OF the court
by the jury was given life sen
tence. The petitions presented were
unusually strong, being signed by A.
900 Spartanburg men, the Judge, the
jury, the solicitor and large number
of ladies.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Tires.

If our political providences insure
that only wide tires for heavy loads
shall be used on the new roads they
will be permanent blessing. But if
the old style of tires is permitted to
tear them to pieces it will not be many
years before We have nothing but the
tax bills to remember them by.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Good Roads Are Good Investments.

When the farmers can be brought to
see that good roads constructed with
State aid mean money in their pock-
cts, as has been demonstrated in New
jersey, good roads will become as
common as bad roads are now. w.-Phila-
delnhia Press
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

The Government geologist at Wash
ington quietly remarks that "up 10 this
time more money has gone into the
Klondike region than has come out"
There is no flattering prospect either
that this ratio will te reversed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Rope Skipping and Meningitis.

A New York school girl died re.
Gently from meningitis, brought on
from over-indulgence of rope skipping.
This fact may be of interest to
mothers of sundry small maidens too
much addicted to practice which is
healthful enough when moderately in
dulged in.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
A Bad Roads Map"

A chad roads map" of Illinois is be-
ing prepared by the State Division, L.
A. W., to be sent to the Legislature
and all the newspapers in the State.
Such a map would be an "eye-opener"
in almost any State in the Union
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

He-The sight Of an old schoolmate
is-er-well, it might be called both
meat and drink She-Yes, that's what
you men usually do under the circum-
stances. He-Eh? She-Meet and
drink.-IndianapoNs Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
War Made Him a Suicide.

Alonzo Hedges hanged himself at Noun
tainville, n. Y, while insane from reading
war news. He believed that he had been
commissioned by the Lord to shell Havana
and he killed himself because he could not
carry out his mission.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Gave GoycrnoraNNheci.

Recently Governor Ellerbe mastered
the art of riding q bicycle and only
short time ago placed an order for
good machine He won't need it now,
for lately ;he was presented with o
handsome SpaidinS by his friend, Mr..
T. H. Hyatt 1t was furnished through
McNaster's agency,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Spanish Spies at We rk.

A plot to blow up the water works which
supply the camp at Tampa, Fla, is SAID 10
have been discovered and guard had been
mounted. At attempt to poison the reser-
yoir at Camp Hastings, in Pennsylvania Is
reported.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

A mob Of white men killed negro
postmaster and helpless members Of
his family down in South Carolina. If
Gen. Weyler invades this country he
should feel himself at home in that
neighborhood.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

81 often wonder just what she thinks
of me-" said the young married man,.
ut is easy to find out" said the elderly
married man. "Just sit down on her
hat, and she will tell you what she
thinks of you in less than a minute
Tit Bits.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Girl Amounted Train Dispatcher.

Miss Edith Jarnagin, young Georgia
girl twenty years of age. has been appoint
ed to the responsible place OF chief train
dispatcher Of the Chattanooga Southern
Railway, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Cable Broke, Three Killed.

Leander Small, Joseph Morris and Will
lam Hardy were killed and six others in
j1red at Thacker, W. Va, by cable
breaking and car dashing down IN in
cline
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Grain Crops in Russia.

Reports received at st. Petersburg as to
the condition OF the grain crops through
out Russia show that the state OF winter
wheat is generally satisfactory and That
only II few OF the central districts have sur
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Ronnty For Dewey's Men.

Under section 1875 OF the Revised
Statutes. which provides for the payment
~ s1O0 for each man on an enemy's ship
that Is DESTROYED in action, about S2OO,Voo
will be divided among the men in DeWeyS
fleet
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
Char.cston's Auditor Dead.

Wm. Easvn, auditor of Charleston,
died a: that place on the 18th. This
makes another vacancy III Charleston
which Gov EIlerbe will haye to I'LL by
appointment
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

A New Yorl: man says he can make
diamonds by electricity. Very likely.
A great macy in this city are made by
real estate deals.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

The fund of the new Y. NJ. c. 4.
building at Columbia received an I'M
petus IL the sum OF 81, 500, donated by
seYenty-four young men.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

Of the State and have occupied other
lofty offices that We're freely offered
him. No American in California had
more honors than "old Rosy in his
last daYS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

Sne-T've seen twenty-five summers.
He (the brute)-Since when?-San
Francisco Examiner.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
A Trust in Envelopes.

4 big envelope trust has been formed
with capital OF $17 ,00O,OOO.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26

1t has been dem orstrated that African
elephants can be dumesticated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09

The sixteenth annual session Of this
famous Chautauqua win be held August
4 to 2e, 1893. II Is the most superb and
sensible summer resort IN America, 1850
feet above sea level on the line Of the
picturesque Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The climate and scenery and social sur
roundIngs are all that could be desired.
S300,609. have been spent in improve
rnents. Mountain Lake Park Is fuTnlsh-
ed with electric lights, and water works
are now being put in. Five splendid ho-
tells and two hundred and fifty cottages,
many OF which receive boarders, open
their doors at reasonable rates to tour
lists. The charming lake furnishes eS-
cellent boating and fishing. The Chau-
tauqua summer schools are in session
Tor four weeks They include thirty de-
partments OF important study under the
care of enthusiastic and capable teach.
ers out Of the leading American COLI
leges. The Chautauqua programme
with three entertainments daily fur
nlshes the best things IN lectures, en-
tertainments and music which genius
can devise or money procure. The beau
tlful detailed Illustrated programme can
be secured by addressing the agent Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Noun
tain Lake Park. Maryland.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09
R,,R,,,,on wn C,opvioe. Tb.m.


The difference between the Puerto
Ricans and the Cubans in their attl-
tuds toward the United States has been
60 marked as to call for many COM
meuts on the subject. While the Puerto
Ricans are anxious to be annexed to the
United States and are organizing with
that end in view. reports multiply that
some Cuban insurgent leaders are In
dignant because conquered points have
not already been handed over to them
to govern, despite the assurances Of the
United States authorities that faith
will be kept, and that the declared In
tenilons of this government will be car
Red out when the war is over.
This feeling in Cuba seems to be con-
fined to the Cuban commanders In the
field. principally, and not to President
Masso and the Cuban junta. and other
Intelligent leaders OF the cubans. Gar
cla and Gomez have fought bravely for
Cuban liberty and are heroes who will
always be honored for the splendid
stand they have been making for their
cause for years. History furnishes few
Instances OF such intense devotion to a
cause, such fortItude and courage in the
face OF organized armies. and such sac
rlhces for the accomplishment of a pa
triotic purpose to which they have, given
the years OF their manhood. All this Ia
true, and yet now. when With the aid OF
a great and powerful Nation, they are
about to witness the realization OF their
hopes-the driving from Cuban soil and
from this side OF the Atlantic all that
was left of Spanish rule. one Of them, at
least, seems to be unable to understand
the situation sufficiently to acquiesee In
the programme OF the Deliverer.
The fact that Garcia has withdrawn
his troops aud is continuing the war In
dependently is a matter OF common
knowledge, and the report is now pub
llshed. (Which the public Will DO slow
to believe. however, that Gomez viii
not be bound by an aruIsiIee between
this country and Spain pending peace
treaty.
It is hoped that this statement IN some
newspaper publications will turn out
to be like others that have been denied
It may be possible that shcy arc In
tended for purpose-to further an
anH-cu0an feeling. However that may
be. It is clearly apparent that these
leaders have not a clear understanding
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09
POINTED PARAeRAPHS

The eyes may not teach love. yet they
have pupils.
A henpecked man Is the silent partner
Of his wife's woes
A literary man makes great dead Of
litter about the house
At q church wedding the groom ~
ways rings the belle at the altar.
Al cyclists are born equal, but some
Of them detertornte into scorcherV.
Wasa is the man who says nothing
when he Is defeated and says II grace-
fully.
No man ever realizes how fast he can
go until he starts on downward career.
A spinster says she favOrg an Anglo
Am .r9caD alhance-Or any other Old
kind.
The 9Th letter in the alphabet reSeEn-
b,es death inasmuch as It l. the end Of
life.
A young man who was fired with love
says he thinks It was the girls father
who acted as fireman.
THERE'S always room at the top, but
the occupants OF adjoining space ably
defend II against al comera
There are higher things In hfe for a
woman than beautiful complexion. a
pretty bonnet is little higher.
The sad expression worn by men Of
mature years is probably caused b.
their having forgotten the things they
thought they knew when younS.-Cha-
cage Daily NeWs,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09
An Aa.mp,sd Deceit

The following Is the opening OF an edi-
torIal dn Mondays Register, possibly
published with the evident intent to de-
ceiye iss readers, and dlscFeditIng It's
own news in order 10 accomplish that
purpose, Is an evidence OF the partisan
ends 70 which our nelEhbor will go
sometimes, and which has doubtless not
gone unnoticed by its constituency:
The Republican press OF the organic In.
teiiIgencer stripe are chewing over nS 4
Hveef moTsel tht following Htterance
which they credit 70 Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas.
q Democrat:
Acd1isltion OF territory was spoken OF ~
being imperialism II has been said that
IefeFgon was the greatest apostle Of civil
liberty and democratic principles; yet II
the acquisition Of territory was imperial.
Ism. JsfferFon was the greatest imperial
iSt this government has ever produced
Although this Is boldly credited 20 Judge
Re1Ean BY the organs advocating. the
Hanna .Elkins Wall street scheme Of ter
fitOFfnl ACKNOWLEDGMENT we seriously
doubt n Mr. Reagan uttered II.
Papers OF the "organic Intelllgencer
stripe" are not the only ones quoting
that utteranee by Mr. Reagan. The
ReEistor uself published II under dla-
p,ay headlines In It's Associated Press
report (Frday morning Iasp OF the din
ner given the Hawaiian commissioners
q Chicago on Thursday evening. sir
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-09
Blaneo's Proclamation.


Even in peace negotiations Spanish
government representatives are forced
to resort to falsehood and deceit to pre-
pare the minds of the people and the
troops for the humiliation that comes
with surrender. A proclamation Issued
by Blanco at Havana, informing the
Spanish people Of Cuba Of coming peace,
states that Spain was forced to sue for
peace by the powers. He declares that
Spain, having suffered SO much, couldn't
AFFORD to fight all the powers Of Europe
and the United sta4es at the same time.
and 50 Havana must be given over to
the Americans and the cuhans. The
latter must be forgiven. he says, and
not be treated as enemies.
II the situation Of Blanco and the
spaniards at Havana and other parts
of Cuba were not so sad. Blanco's
proclamation might be regarded as
amusing. To what desperate condi-
ton matters must have come that a
faisehood at the expense of the powers
of Europe must be officially promuIga-
ted to explain "the mother eountry's"
humIllating position. 1t Is the natural
sequence OF the Systematic deceit which
has been prac;iced upon the Spanish
people by their government.