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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15
WHO LOVED MAMMA

The sun had gone down, and twas
dark in the sitting room, The wind
whistled and blew through keyholes
and under doorsills.
Mamma sat in b big Boston rocker
in front Of q crate fire, surrounded by
her little family, Willie. the young
est, on htr lap, Janet on one arm Of
the chair, and Jack on the other, both
with their heads leaning on mammals
shoulders; while Sam, the oldest boy,
sat on stool at her feet, with his
back close up against her.
II love you, mamma" said Janet.
$50 do L." $50 do l." $50 do l."
chimed in the three other voices.
II love you more than anybody else
can love you," said Sam, because
I'm the oldest. l loved You the long
est"
~ love you the most, because I'm
the only girl, said Janet.
III love you so much wish big
bear would come after you, and I'd
shoot him, said Jack.
II love yon more than / can tell
YOU" said Willie, putting his arms
around his mothers neck, and kissing
her again and again.
Then all the children kissed her at
once. and poor mamma was almost
suifocated with their embraces.
"Do you love me. children ?" she
asked. "Do you really know what
love is ?"
why, love is love, something you
feel inside Of You that makes you want
to do something for somebody"
eyes; love is doing something--not
your own pleasure---but doing some
thing for some one else perhaps some
thing hard and unpleasant"
just thon the postman whistled at
the door, and the children ran to sec
what he had brought,
TITS letter for me, said mamma,
as she opened il, ''and I must write
m answer at once, 30 II will go in this
evenings mail. Who'll take a letter
to tho lamppost for me ?"
Sam locked out Of the window.
His rubber boots were away up stairs.
Oh, dear he had five hard examples
to do. Why couldn't that letter wait
until morning? He'd take IL on his
way to school.
Jack looked out OF the window, too.
Ugh ! how dark IL was He didn't
like being out in the dark alone, 1t
made him scary, Suppose there
should be bears somewhere about the
street corners |
Janet thought: "Why, certainly,
mamma doesn't mean me TO 60 as long
as Sam and Jack are In the house.
I've got my slippers on. Ihate going
out in the coldp
So, when mamma had finished writ
ing the reply to her letter, and looked
mp, she found Sam busy with his slate
andpencil, Jack with one Of his games,
and Janet knitting away very industfi.
ously on hood for her doll. Only
Willie stood before her, with his big
boots on and his overcoat turned up
about his ears.
'I'm all ready, mamma" he said.
''But, Willie aren't you afraid to go
alone ?" she asked. IT'S getting
lark, aud it's cold out Of doors.
II love yon, mamma he answered
I'm run fast, and don't believe any.
hing will hurt me-
"Yes, you may" said mamma.
Don't get lost, little man Ill
watch you from the window. / know
Who loves me truly tonight" she
dded, with q sorry smile. ."Love
Toes not think of itself; and love con-
|uers even fear, doesn't II, Willie.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15

Hubner's statistical and geographical
tables give the present population OF
the world at ,53j. 100000, an increase
over the figures of 1896 OF 23.0O0000.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15

Black backgrounds with loose flowers
scattered carelessly over them, make
one Of the pretty styles In lawns and
organdle5.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15
IN A MINUTE.

Ethel was out on the long plank
wharf when the dinner. bell rang,
She was feeding the cunning little
baby ducks with crumbs.
"I'll go in minute" she satd to
herself, rs she broke another cracker
into tiny pieces. But the baby ducks
were hungry, and 1t was such fun to
feed them that Ethel forgot all about
her dinner and the big brass dinner
bell. just as she had done ever 30
many times before.
She had only one cracker left when
Bruno came running down the wharf
to see her The old mother duck
spied him as he came bouncing over
the planks.
"Suack |" she called loudly; and
what do you Think Every one of
those baby ducklings scrambled into
the wafer with q splash.
"Quack !" said the mother duck
again, and all the little buckles swan
hurriedly after her and disappeared
among the rushes that grew by the
edge of the pond.
"Whyw exclaimed Ethel in aston.
ishment. "They didn't wait to gobble
another piece They minded their
mother the very first minu she called
them -
Very still she stood for q second,
thinking; aud then she gave her basket
to. Bruno, and ran quickly up the
wharf, across the street into the
house.
Late as usual p said Brother Hal,
as Ethel came into the dinner room
and took her seat ut the table. cts
twenty minutes, instead OF ono, that
You waited this noon" no continued,
as he glanced up at the clock.
''But it's the last time I'll be late !"
said Ethel decidedly, "cause--'cause
it is !"
And Ethel kept her word. She had
learned her lesson and learned IL well,
and nobody but the big, white duck
knew who taught ii to her.
And I'm very sure that she always
will keep her secret. Because why
She can't tell ii, that's oil
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15

UT from the stygian
shadows of tn q
flooded fores I
through which 1
had been pushing
and carrying my
wheel ever since
the early night de-
scended, something
.,,lIaoI- lon,oaJ
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15
LITTLE PEOPLE or OTHER DAYS.

Since the beginning OF time much
interest has been manifested in little
people. by little people is not
meant the small boys and girls, but
those men and women upon whose
growth nature has placed an mbargo
and turned them into dwarfs.
When speaking of dwarfs American
children naturally think Of Tom
Thumb. but there were many noted
dwarfs long before Toms time, how.
ever. Perhaps.the most illustrious OF
these was Poupee, q great favorite of
Peter the Great. This remark able
little woman was about three feet tall,
and was bright, lively aud vivacious.
The great emperor was not above the
plebeian game Of matchmakin ing, and
he arranged marriage between Pou.
pee and another OF his woll-known
dwarf subjects. The wedding his
torians tell us, was a brilliant affair.
A fine feast was prepared, and oil the
dwarfs in the empire were gathered
together and invited to be present.
Poupee lived to be l02 years old,
which is great age for dwarf, most
Of whom die young.
Another much noted dwarf was
Amias CLOVIS, M Englishman. CLOVIS
was three and one-half feet high and
lived to be- 1913 years old. Jeffrey
Hudson, who belonged to Queen Hen
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-15
A. NIGHT IN A BRIDGE.
BY PAUL PASTNOIe.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
TWO MINUTES TO FIGHT FAIR
Some Startling Details ofthe Trag-
edy at Greer's,
McLAURIN AS A PEACE MAKER.
Tobacco in 0rangeburg COunty-In the
Hands of a Receiver The Assessments
of Banks of the State.

The killing OF George Hughes by his
wife, Matte Hughes, AZ Greer's, prom
ises to be one OF the most sensational
of Greenville's homicides. The coro-
ner's inquest developed facts heretofore
unpublished. The cook and others
testified that Mrs. Hughes told her
husband she would give him two min
utes to fight her fair, but his reply was
that he would not hurt her for any
thing. He attempted to leave the
house, but with drawn pistol she or
dered him into the parlor and finally
shot him as he started to grasp the pls-
tol. Their only child, Leo, a boy OF 8,
was the only witness 10 the shooting.
He made a statement which agrees
with all other testimony. He said:
"Pa asked mamma, if she had any.
thing to say. Mamma then commenced
cursing papa, saying, G-d-n you, II
you 90 out, I'll kill you. Papa went
back. Mamma followed with pistol
pointed at papa and said she would kill
him and would give him two minutes
W llS III Dut uC lCluoCNi. oPh toOs eP
and mamma shot him.
Several witnesses testified that few
nights before, Mrs. Hughes was heard
to tell her husband that if he accused
her again she would kill bim, and
cursed him terribly. The woman. now
in Jail, is bold, handsome creature.
Several years ago she was involved in
local scandal and shooting scrape.
She and her husband occupied sepa-
rate rooms, the boy staying with his
father. Mr.. Hughes was successful in
business, being assisted by his wife.
A few weeks ago she deposited in a
Greenville bank large sum of money
in her own name, instead of her hus-
bands, as usual. Just before his
death, Hughes made q will leaving
everything to the son. He stated that
the shooting was not accidental, and
when his wife kissed him exclaimed il
was the first time in years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
THE WISCONSIN LAUNCHED.
The BattIeship Sided Down the
Ways Amidst Much Noise
A 27 FOOT FLAG PRESENTED.
RutIer HON. From HayaHa-A Rich Old Lady
Murdered -pasha and the Christians
Refused TO Free Ills Prisoners.

SAN Francisco Special. The bat
t,eship Wisconsin was successfully
launched at 9:22 Saturday morning.
When the big vessel sided down the
ways, the ships in the harbor fired
saiutes aud there was terrible din
from the steam whistles. The contro-
versy over the kind OF wine to be used
in the christening was settled by the
use OF two bottles of champagne, one
of French make, provided by the WIS
consin christening committee, and an
other Of California champagne, pro-
yided by the Union Iron Works. Prior
to the launching gigantic flag of the
Union, measuring 81 feet long and 4
feet wide, was presented in honor OF
the Wisconsin. The flag was the re-
suit of the combined effort of BOO
children of the Irving N. Scott PnblIc
School. Following the presentation
of the flag, poem to the Wisconsin
was read by Miss Clara La Price, its
author. The battleship Wisconsin,
designed by the bureau of construc-
tion and repair OF the Navy Depart
ment, is sister ship OF the Alabama,
building at the Cramps yard in Phil.
adelphia, and also OF the Illinois,
building at Newport News.
The dimensions Of the Wisconsin are
as follows: Length of load, water line,
36S feet; beam extreme, 70 feet q
inches; draft on normal displacement
of II, 525 tons, 90 feet inches; maxi
mum displacement, all ammunition
and stores on board. 12, 325 tons; max
imum indicated horse power (estimst-
ed) 10000; probable speed, 16k knots.
Normal coal supply, $40 tons; coal sup:
ply, loose storage, 1900 tons; full
bunker capacity, 1,4O0 to 1,5O0 tons.
Complement of officers, 40; seamen,
marines. etc., 449. The main battery
viii consist of four 13-inch breech-
loading rifles in Hichborn balanced
turrets, oval in shape, and placed In
the centre line of the vessel, and four
teen 6.inch rapid fire guns.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Butler Eome Er0W Havana.

WASHINGTON Special. General NJ.
C. Butler, of South Carolina, member
of the evacuation commission, arrived
here Saturday direct from Havana, in
response to a telegraphic summons
from President Mckinley, and in the
afternoon he had two hours consul
tation with the President at the White
House. He made an extended report
of the negotiations of the evacuation
and OF the terms upon which the Span
iards had agreed to complete it by jan
uary !. General Butler gave it as his
opinion that ali the SpaniardS have met
the American commissioners with great
fairness and that there has been little
friction. Some of the claims they made
for compensation for Spanish property
have been ridiculous, and they will, OF
course, be abandoned in the end.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
A Rich Old Lady Murdered.

Aged Grandma Wynn, the richest
resident of Brooklyn, ILL.,, and owner
of half the town, which lies across the
river from st. Louis, Mo-, was murder
ed by robbers who cut her throat and
left her dead in the front yard after
ransacking the house. Mrs. Wynn,
who frequently had considerable money
in the house, lived entirely alone. She
managed her own estate, personally
collecting her rents, banked her money
and invested her savings without con-
sulting any one. Mrs. Wynn was
estimated to be worth from $50, 900 to
500, 900. The murderer or murderers
left no clue. 1t is not known how
much money was obtained, but the
amount must have been considerable.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
In the Hands of a Receiver.

The Charleston cotton mill, at Char
lesion, the first mill in the South to
substitute negro for white labor, has
been placed in the hands Of a receiver
in the United States circuit court.
The bill for the receivership was
brought by w. I. Walters & Co. and
Newcomer & Co., of Baltimore. The
complainants have notes against the
mill for $50, 900, which they say cannot
be collected. 1t is alleged in the bill that
the company owes $4,000. C. O.
Wittie, president of the mill, was made
receiver. The Charleston mill has
been working negro labor at much
lower expense than was had with the
white help and the trouble now is not
due to the negro operatives. The mill
has had bad streak Of luck since its
organization.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Tobacco in Orangeburg.

An effort is being made to get the
people of Orangeburg county interest
ed in the cultivation of tobacco The
plan is to get enough well. o-do far.
mers to obligate themselves to plant q
certain acreage in tobacco during the
coming year as an experiment to JUS.
tify the employment of a practical
tobacco expert to come to Orangeburg
to render assistance both in the culti-
vation, the curing and the marketing
of the crop Some of the farmers who
are leading the movement are willing
to put up tobacco warehouse, so that
the crop that may be made in the coun-
ty can be disposed of right there.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

The Boston Herald says: Some
thing like our college settlements has
got into the British mind, for Liver
pool has started the idea of giving
concerts in the courtyards OF the
worst quarters of that city. If the
dregs of creation cannot be lifted out
of the cutters, the means of brighten
ing and cheering them must be taken
to them. 1t is to the credit OF hu-
manity that musicians have volun-
teered, and the people for whom the
concerts are given have cleaned up
and decorated the courts. Now, who
will deny the efficacy Of divine music?
So far it is only an experiment, but
Liyerpool's example will be initiated
England over, if the excellent effects
of these concerts continue as they
have begun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
TWO GRATEFUL WOMEN
Restored to Health by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Can Do MY Own Work"
Mrs. PATRICK DATEuY,
West Winsted, Conn, writes:

Mrs PATRICK DATEuY,
West Winsted, Conn, writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-1t is with
pleasure that I write to you of the
benefit I have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very i'll, suffered with female weak
ness and displacement of the womb.
"Icouldnotsleepat night, had to wa
the floor, l suffered SO with pain in h-y-
side and small of my back. Was trou-
bled with bloating, and at times would
faint away; had terrible pain in my
heart, bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; but now, thanks
to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable
Compound, l feel well and sleep we'll,
can do my work without feeling tired;
do net bloat or have any trouble
whHteve..
81 sincerely thank you for the good
advice you gave me and for what your
medicine has done for ne"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Refused to Free His Prisoners.

A special from Manila says Agui-
naldo, the insurgent leader, has ad-
dressed second communication to Ma
jor General Otis, theAmerican military
commander, on the subject of the Span
ish prisoners in the hands of the insur-
gents. He has declined to release the
clericals and civilians, urging that both
carried arms voluntarily against the
insurgents. Aguinaldo then refers
General Otis to the local papers pub
lished since the insurrection for "irre-
futable proof" of his assertion that the
clericals were the ''most active and
vengeful agents in sacrificing the lives
and honor of innocent natives.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Reward for GreenyiIle Fiend.

In compliance with the request oi
citizens of Greenville, the governor has
offered a reward of $3.50 for the arres,
and conviction of the murderer oi
Weaver Smith. the young white boy
who received such horrible treatment
and finally death at the hands of an un.
known person. A like reward hac heen
offered by the CIT zens of GreenvilIe,
and every effort is being made to appre,
hend the fend. The details OF this
crime are too we'll known to need rep.
etition.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

After twenty-five years of existence,
the Michigan State Board of Health is
to demonstrate the efficiency of its
work by pointing to the health records
of the State. The figures are un'
biassed, too, as the statistics are col
lected by another and an independent
body. In the twenty-five years the
mortality from scarlet fever in the
State has been reduced seventy-fv
per cent. Equal success has beer
had with diphtheria. Whoopine
cough and measles have been reduced
about one-half, and typhoid and
tuberculosis have been materially re
stricted. Malarial fevers have beer
almost banished, this last being large
ly due to improvements in drainage
In this, as in other matters of santa
ton, the work of ehe State Board has
been largely advisory and educational
Local Boards of Health are instructed
how to proceed against an out
break of infectious disease, and the
people at large are instructed how t.
prevent the spread of contagion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

The change of a sovereign over a
nation of 0,00O, 900 people is mo-
mentous event-on paper. In China
it seems TO be as trivial an incident as
the morning change of guards before
the Empress Dowager's palace. The
latest story is that the new Emperor
is a son of the late Emperor Tung
Chi, who died, presumably from
poison, in 1874. The father was q
puppet of the Dowager Empress, and
the son will no doubt be the same,
considering that both Tung Chi and
Kwang Su retained the throne so
long only as they were subservient to
the satanic old woman. She has been
mayoress of the palace ever since
1861, when the Emperor Hien Fung
died, whose concubine she was. 1t
looks as if her power would end only
with her life. She is, perhaps, the
most extraordinary example in his
tory of O female Warwick, woman
who not only makes monarchs, but
rules through them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
The Assessment of Banks.

Comptroller General Derham is get
ting up data from all of the county
auditors of the State relative to the
assessment of banks. He has not YET
received replies from many of the
county auditors. but thinks there il
food in the replies in hand for Legis
lative action. He will at least bring
the matter to the attention of the Gen
eral Assembly for such action, if any be
deemed advisable, as the lawmakers
may think proper.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Palmetto Cotton Mills.

The Palmetto Cotton mill of Colum-
bia, secured a charter with the capital
stock of $3.50, 600. Allen Jones, presl.
dent and treasurer; W. P. Roof, secre-
tary. and Ira R. Hayes. constitute the
board of directors. The ground has
been broken for this mill and the work
will BIZ pushed to completion. The
location is near the crossing Of the
South Carolina and Georgia and the
Atlanta Coast Line railroads on the
Harper place.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Prince George Amounted.

ATHENS by Cablel. The ministers
of the four powers interested in the
proceeding, Great Britain, France. Rus
sia and Italy, went at noon Saturday IN
royal carriages to the palace and for
mally announced to King George. in
the presence of the royal family Of
Greece, the appointment of his son,
Prince George, to be high commissioner
of the powers in Crete. The Prince
later received the congratulations OF
the ministers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

The Swiss telegraph business is a
branch of the Post, Telegraph and
Railway Department, and any post
Office will receive or deliver prepaid
kilograms. At the end of 1896 the
telegraph lines represented length
of 1865 miles, and there were
252 telephone stations, with 615C
miles OF wire and $4,000 sub
scribers. Snowfall is very trouble
some, and thirty-fve per cent.
of the wires are now underground
In 1896 the official balance sheet
showed, for telegraphs, 1852, $50 re-
ceived and S519,520 expended; fol
telephones, the statement was $685.
700 received and 1869, $50 expended.
On January l, 1896, the telephone
rates were reduced, with an increase
of 1855 subscribers; but the annual
income was decreased S56,S70 The
unfavorable weather of 1896 also af'
fected the summer business in tele,
grams, in the extent of 3.S3 per cent.
in internal, 0.04 per cent. in inter
national and five per cent. in through
messages.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
McLauriI as Peace.Maker.

Senator McLaurin had long con.
ference with Postmaster General Smith
in Washington with reference to the
Greenwood affair. The result of the
conference is that, as there appears to
be no danger OF any further trouble
there, the Government of the United
States will not interfere, but leave the
matter to be dealt with by the State
authorities.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
The Fall of a Cattle King.

A failure involving cattle interests
throughout the Southwest was pre-
cipitated in Abilene, Kan, when an
attachment suit for $40, 900 was filed
against Grant G. Gillett, of Woodbine,
by the Gillespie Commission Company.
of Kansis City. Gillett controls cattle
on the Southwestern ranges and his
liabilities are believe to be over 81, 600, :
600.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
A Fatal Mistake.

DR.. Lambert j. White. of Abbeville,
by mistake took large dose of corros-
i've subIimate instead of bromo- seltzer
for headache, and died at his fathers
home in that city. He was young
man of great promise and irreproacha-
bic character.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
The Union Jack Over Ting Hal.

According to dispatch from Shang-
hal to- London news agency the
British admiral has hoisted the Union
Jack over Ting Hal, capital Of the is-
land of Chunan, and over several other
islands in the Chunap archipelago.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

It has been legally decided in Illi-
nois that children may enter school at
any time after reaching the proper age,
regardless of local regulations requir-
ing attendance to begin at the opening
of q school term.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

Following the example set in San
tiago and Porto Rico the American
authorities in Manila arc opening the
schools apd inviting the teachers 20
resume their duties. Progress and
learning do not stop where Americans
control
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
Iongallant Sold for $4,000.

At the Eastern sale of thoroughbreds
in Lexington, KY, the 14-year-old stall
lion, Imported Topgallant, owned by
John B. Ewing, of Nashville, was sold
to W. j. Alexander, Of Chicago, for
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01
"Cannot Praise It Enough"

Miss GEETIE DUNKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
81 suffered for some time with pain
full and irregular menstruation, falling
of the womb and pain in the back. I
tired physicians, but found no relief.
"Iwas at last persuaded to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
it has done for me. I feel like new
person, and would not part with your
medicine. I have recommended it to
several of my friends"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-01

The difficulty with Spain IS that it
Is so hard to bring IN anachroni5m up
to date.