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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27
PlTH AND POINT.

Reuben-"Can ycu tell me something
to buy that is sure to go up" Stox-
anbonds - Yep. Thermometers."-
Baltimore American.
Dir. Bugglns-"What's the use OF
keeping that old umbrella around? It's
no good" Mrs. Buggins-"All right.
I'll lend it to somebody"
This engine won't work." said a
fireman to the chief Of the Fire De-
partment. "No wonder" was the re-
piy. cit was made to play."-Tit-Bits-
Financial reciprocity
Is built upon this plan:
A man first makes the money, then
The money makes the man.
Philadelphia Record.
Scribbles-"Why so melancholy, old
thirteenth rejected by one editor"
Scrlbbles-"Pshaw! That's nothing.
had one poem rejected by thirteen
editors"
please, boss" whined the mendi-
can't, "caD yer help poor feller out OF
work." mo, sir" returned the Pc
si.strlan. 81 only believe in helping
people into work"
MY husband always eats eXtrava-
slnt lunches down town." How do
YOU know" "The minute he gets
horne in the evening he begins trying
10 diet the amily."-Chicago Record.
The telephone damsel
Remarks, in low tone
That a ring on the fingers
Worth two on the phone.
London Answers.
Muggins-"Do you really hate him
as much as you pretend to-" Bug
Sins-"Hate him! Why, man, hate
him with the hatred that n barber
feels for man who lets his whiskers
grow"
eat last my lines are cast in pleas
ant places" remarked the poet. He
was an observing man, and he no.
ticed that the editor had supplied him.
self with a new waste basket, spick
and span. with pink ribbons inter-
twined through it.
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Telegraphic Briefs.

The present Michigan Legislature
will not amend tax laws so that cor
porations shall be taxed on their actuai
cash values, as recommended Dy Gov
ernor PinfTee.
A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change was sold for S50,00O,the highest
price on record.
While two highwaymen were search
ing his baggage, which contained 20
600 in coin, G. E. Keernsey shot and
killed them both, at Parrall, Mex.
Rev. Herman Jcsep Alerding has been
epnpointed Bishop Of Fort Wayne, Ind,
and Rev. Joseph O'Reilly. OF PEORIA
Titular Bishop Of Laredo, Tex.
From the effect of knockout drops,
alleged to have been given her by
'fMert" Woods, Miss Margaret Jennings
died, at Little Falls, N. Y.
Jessie Morrison, whose tritl on the
charge Of killing Mrs. Olin Castle re-
suited in the disagreement Of the jury,
was admitted to $4,000 bail, at Eldo'
rado, Kan.
John W. Jolly. who shot and killed
his sister-in-law, Emma Kleekamp, III
Newport, KY, August last, and then
killed his wife, was sentenced to be
hanged February /.
Thirteen-year-old Fanny Lynch, OF
Salem, Mass, hss been arrested on thu
charge of robbing the mails.
Three men attempted to throw dyna-
mite, at Trimble, O., and two Of them
had their eyas blown out.
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Registration Notice.

The Office of the Supervisor Of Reg
istration Will be opened on the first
Monday in every month for the pur-
pose of the registering OF any person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been q resident OF
tho State for two years, and OF the
county one year and of the polling
precint in which the elector offers to
vote four months before theday ofelec-
tom. and shall have paid, six months be-
fore any poll tax then due and payable,
and who can both read and write any
section OF tue Constitution OF 1895
submitted to him by tho supervisors,
of registration, or can show that he
owns, and has paid all taxes collectable
during the present year on property IN
this State assessed at three hundred
dollars or more. J. J. EAD.DY,
Clerk of Board.
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New EnterpriS IS.

A commission for a charter has been
issued to the Gaffney Telephone COM
pany, of Gaffney. The capital stock OF
the company is to be $4,000, and the
corporation asks for the right to estaD-
lish telephone lines and buy and SCI
telephones. The corporators are: w.
C. Carpenter, F. G. Stacey, ]. N. Lips
comb, o. E. Williams and others.
A Commission for charter has been
issued to the Cottingham Company, OF
Dillon, in Marion county. The corpor-
ators are A. ]. Cottingham and j. H
Hargrove. The company proposes do
ing a general mercantile and fertilizer
business at Dillon.
A charter has also been granted the
Mount Bethel church. Of BishopTille.
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The Story Of a Musical Prodigy.

Elbridgc T. Gerry's fixed conviction
that the use of children as public en-
tertainers is ruinous to their moral
and physical being has resulted in
much benefit for talented youngsters
and in a deluge of abuse for their pro-
tectors. Several years ago he called
in the aid of the law to prevent the
performances Of q child pianist. The
child was admitted by all qualified to
Judge to be marvelously talented, and
as the young prodigy seemed to be
well cared for, the outcry against the
society was loud and long. But Mr..
Gerry never finched, and the law up
held him. Shortly afterward the child
was taken to Europe. and the episode
Gaded from the public mind. Ten years
later the same pianist re0ppeared, now
in the yigor of youth. His musical
gifts had been developed under the
guidance Of the most accomplished
foreign instructors. The public won.
dered and admired, but few knew that
che musician owed the training In his
art to the generosity Of the man who
had restrained him from concert pla,
ing ten years before.-Ainslee's Masa
kline.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27

The Brtish shoe dealer is raising 4
cry Of alarm because his market Is be
ing pre-empted by American rivals.
Board of Trade announcements show
a heavy falling Off in exports. those to
South Africa alone being 25,000 dozen
pairs less than they were last year. In
addition to this exports are rapidly
rlsing-S2, 200, 900 last year. against ST.
100000 the year before-all high
priced French and American Ghoes,
chiefly the latter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27
BUELL. Z ROBERTS
10 q al
Dyspepsia Cure
Diuests what you eat.

Itartificially digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and recon-
structing the exhausted digestive or.
gans. 1t is the latest discovered digest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. 1t In
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, ,Gastralgia, Cramps, and
all otherresults of imperfect digestion.
Prepared by E. c. Dewitt g Co., cbieoao.
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cARPE DIER

ne swine are squeaing in the pen
wonder why?
can they read the minds of men,
And do the know
a fatal day is nigh
When they must go?
All, do they squeal
Because they feel
Sick and sore at heart and sad!
Or Is it something they have had
To eat .r is it greed of more
That makes them pierce the air.
Al, WELL Their griefs will soon be oef,
And, free from care,
They'll swing from hooks
Or lie in links.
Cnmindful of the passer's looks
And what he thinks.
She turn-y gobbles in the yard
As blithely as he can;.
He scrapes his wings upon the ground
And tries as hard
As possible to show to man,
What time he struts around.
That happiness is in his heart;
And that he doesn't fret
With what we call a vague unrest,
Forebodings creep into his breast
And so
He proudly plays his part,
Although
Next week he may hang in the mart
MAY grace rome butchers stall
San; gobbe and sans feathers and,
fact, sans all!
All. foolish swine! to squeal and fret
The closing hours away,
while appetite and bristles yet
Remain,
And while all day
The farmer who presides as fate
Leans on tho gate
Far down the lane!
Ar wiser turkey. gobble on,
Thy gizzard still is thin
And at the dawn
IT'S still for thee
To see
The red sun shine
thou hast a wing on either side
And still thy wattles waffle where
They give thee greatest nrIde'
So why
Become prey to care
Since, after all,
Not thou
Nor /
Shall know one day before or when or hoN
Or where
Or why
The axe may fall!
IS. Y. Kiser, in Chicago Iimerderald.
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FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.

FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.
10 piece Walnut Suits CTS to S100.
10. piece Solid Oak suits els, ga, s25, $50,
S35, s40. $50. S55.
Oak Hall Racks, French Plate Glass, "a,
es.50, $3.50.
Wardrobes % to $25.
Bed Lounges % to els.
Bedsteads o.. Is to s10. .
Iron Beds. Iron Cribs.
Parlor Suits s38 to ESQ.
Baby Carriages $3.50, 81, e76o.
Floor Oilclotb 30c..
Mating 10; II, II. Is, 1s. 20, 2s, 26, 27 and
Doc.
10-piece Chamber Sets e219 to S8.
window Shades II, 10, 81, 85, 400 to s1.2A
Stoves e6.50. e. 80, sl0 to S1h
Trunks ease to $3.50.
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND COST.
Statistics by Counties for Both
Races.

The following table from the report
Of the State Superintendent Of Educa-
tion shows the total enrolment OF pu-
pills Of each race in the public sch5ols
Of the State, given by counties:
Total Total
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure Of
letter, salt rhsum and eczema, Cham.
berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. It relieves the itch.
ng and smarting almost instantly and
It's continued use effects a permanent
cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids. =
DR.. Cady's Condition Powders fd&
horses are the best tonic. blood puri6sE
and vermifuge Price. 2s cents. Sold bA,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27

Trains Nos. 7S and 50 run via Wilson and
Fayettevilie-Short Line-snd make close
connection for all points North.
mo. +. DIVINE. GenL Sup't b
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
The NEWS OF NORFOLK ON PAGES D. s. 10 & IS

were accustomed to rush out of the sta-
ton. over the station platform on the
north tracks, then across them to and
upon the platform, in readiness To hoard
the train as soon as it came to a stop:
and that this custom had been so long
continued that such an announcement
by the doorman on the morning in
question constituted an invitation to
every passenger there. including the
plaintih's testator. to pass out of the
station across the station PLATFORM.
then over the north tracks, and to the
platform of the south track, with the
assurance that the way was not only
free from obstruction. but would re-
main so for such reasonable time as
would enable them to pass to the train
IN satety; and therefore it was for the
jury to say whether, in accepting that
invitation and proceeding as plaintiffs
testntor did. without looking and listen
ing. ana In the manner described by
the witnesses. he was nevertheless ex-
ercising that reasonable care and eau
ton which the situation demanded.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
GOSPEL YACHT SCHEME.
REV. GEORGE BENIN FAILS TIC
CLEAR UP DOUBTS.

Rev. George Benn, promoter OF the
gospel yacht scheme. which has recent
iy received notice in the press OF this
section, has left Norfolk, and he is pre-
sumably in Newport News, where he
hrst began canvassing for his gospel
yacht. He met-with but little success
here, and thereby hangs a tale.
When Mr.. Benn came here he went to
see Mayor Johnston about the gospel
yacht scheme. That official, after lis
tcning to an explanation of Mr. Benns
plan. advised him to see Col William
Lamb. president OF the Scamens
Friend Association, and Rev. j. d. Mer-
rift. the chaplain of Scamans Bethel,
In this city. This was directly after
Benn came here about week ago. He
did not go to see either of the gentle
men mentioned, and in enc meantime
n letter, enclosing a clipping. was re-
ceived from Newark N. j.. throwing n
cloud of doubt over the genuineness OF
the gospel yacht scheme. The matter
was put into the hands OF the police
and 1t Is understood that Mr. Benn
was again urged to see Col. Lamb aud
Mr.. Merritt. He then left the city for
Newport News without doing so. and
has not returned so far as n reporter
could ascertain yesterday.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
WITH THE COURTS
Banks-Lowery Suit Compromised
Through the Attorneys.
Two Suits Instituted in tho Court Of Law
and Chancory Proceedings of the Cor
porntion Court Tho .. s. Court Police
Court Mclange.

The lawyers In the suit OF Mrs. Lydia
NJ. Banks against her divorced hus.
band, Walter C. Lowry, have effected
a compromise of the case, and 1t was
finally removed from the docket of the
Court Of Law and Chancery yesterday.
The suit was for $3.50. and the jury last
week rendered judgment for $50. Judge
Martin granted the defendant q new
trial, and yesterday the settlement was
effected by the defendant agreeing to
pay the plaintiff 500.
SUITS ENTERED.
Through Cole C Shultice, attorneys,
r. H. Lilliston entered suit in chancery
In tbs court yesterday to enforce "a me-
chanics lien. The defendants are the
New Gladstone Hotel Company, H l..
Page trustee. and G. S. Darling. The
amount involved is about 81 900.
Edward p. Crockett instituted a suit
against B. j. Isham &c Son and the FL
deity Deposit Company, of Maryland,
claiming $1,000 damages for a broken
contract. Coel & Shultice are counsel
for the plaintiff. "
CORPORATION COURT.
In the Corporation Court yesterday
T.. r. Joyner qualified as a notary pub
lie with r. R Hicks as surety.
rfafa(s-G- HelbToekr collector
granted permission to carry a concealed
weapon.
c. ]. Flynn. a native of the Emerald
Isle, was granted naturalization pa
pers.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Deeds were recorded yesterday max
ing the following property transfers.:
William II. Dawley to Zebulon B..
hol f,fn iy tak
west corner OF Chapel and White
streets; 1925.
j. e. Britton to a. ]. Vermazen. two
lots with Improvements fronting % feet
each on the west side of Mallory ave-
nue.; 5000 and other considerations.
S. A. Britton to a. ]. VermaZen, lot
with improvements fronting % feet on
and other considerations.
UNITED STATES COURT.
In the United States Court yesterday
the libel cases of b. X. Stearns against
the barges Free Canals and Swansboro
were settled and dismissed.
number of exceptions have been
filed to the report of the master.
d. Lawrence Groner. in the bankrupt
cy proceedings of the Reese Manufac-
turing Company, in which there were
about $4,000 assets to be distributed.
Judge Waddill will probably hear ar
gument on these exceptions this week.
POLICE COURT MELANGE.
Thomas II. Horsey. the negro who
was arrested Friday afternoon by Off
Ger Ruddick for drunkenness and
rotous conduct on n Norfolk and
Southern train, was fined sll by Police
Justice Tomlin yesterday.
William Bland. colored, was ordered
to leave the city lie was arrested a
few days ago as suspicious character.
Edward Smith. colored. suspected Of
attempted robbery. was discharged
PERITONITIS ATTACKS JOHNSON.
James Johnson. the negro shot by
Officer Mavo on Wood street a few
nights ago. is suffering from blood
poison from his wound. DR.. Baker who
examined him in the Jail hospital yes
terday, pronounced his condition
serious.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

what is still more pleasing and convinc-
Ing Nine. Ribault who discovered this
great secret sends free TO every woman
who writes a sufficient quantity of the
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attain beauty when you know tho simple
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was always u source of vcNatton and as
l grew In years those horrid pimpies
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1t Is not Il face powder cream, cos
motto or bleach. contains no oil. grease,
paste, chemicals or poisonS of any kind
end is absolutely pure.
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you wrote. Do not fail ito write to-day.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
BIG BAPTIST ORGANIZATION.

Big BAPTIST ORGANIZATIONS.
The greater Baptist foreign organiza-
ton is the Missionary Union of Boston
In one important respect 1T beats every
other missionary body In the world.
namely. the number of so-called "hea-
then" that 1t has Induced to turn
Christian. The Union came into exist
ence in curious manner. The two
young men who had gone out under the
American Board changed their views
on baptism while on the long sea voy-
age. To support them, being in the
field and. now Baptist, an organization
was formed in 1914, and it has since
grown. as stated. to be one OF the seven
great missionary forces of the world.
These vast missionary interests. vast
in operation and expenditure, and far
reaching in their influence upon affairs
both In the United States and In for
eign lands, are 10 hold an Ecumenical
Conference on the general subject OF
foreign missions. The date is the ten
days following April 2lst, and the place
New York. All of these great mission
airy Interests will he represented. OF
course.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
BEEcHDR V. LONG ISLAND r. co
Court of Appeals of New York,
January O. 1900


Court of Appeals of New York,
January. 0, 1900.
A FAILURE TO LOOK TO SEE
WHICH TRACK A TRAIN WAS ON
WAS NOT NEGLIGENCE AT LAW
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THIS CASE. BUT WAS FOR THE
JURY.
Defendant railroad company had for
many years run n certain train from
Jamaica on the southerly of two tracks,
and passengers, in taking said train
had been accustomed to pass over the
northerly tract, lying between 1t and
-tAe-st atiep,-to-r each-the- train Plain
tiff's testator with others on the train
being announced, left the station to
beard the train. Though it was dark,
deceased could have seen had he look
ed. that the train was coming on the
north track. not the south track, as
was usual. but he did not look, and
was run over and killed while passing
over the north track to take the train,
which he thought was on the south
track.
The lower court held that the failure
OF deceased to look for the train was
contributory- negligence on his part, as
matter of law, and dismissed the
N1 ~, P'tiH'' anu paintiii Appealed.
The court says:
The plaintiffs testator having neither
looked nor listened as the train APP
preached which caused his death. the
query is whether the court must say
that his negligence contributed to the
result. or the jury may say that it did
not. The jury were at liberty to find
from the evidence before it that the
defendant had started the train on the
south track substantially every morn
ing for many years. and that during
all that period of time, upon the an
nounccment by the doorman of 1.-THE
Rapid Transit for Brooklyn" the people
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
Sale of SUBURBAN Real Estate.

Messrs. F. E. Nottingham & Co. auc-
tioneers. sold at the Real Estate and
Stock Exchange for Messrs. r. II.
Baker and George Mcintosh. trustees.
twenty-five lots adjoining Brambleton.
and situated on the north side Of Cor
prev avenue. to various parties. The
sales of these lots averaged from $50
to s125 each.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
THE NlETHoDISTa.

The second largest OF the worlds
great missionary organizations Is the
American Methodist. which spend:
about sl.00o,000 u year. dts fields nrt
China and India, although 1t has worl
In many other lands hIethodists O.
Canada outstrip NIL other religious bo
dies OF the Dominion in missionary con
tributions and activity. so that If there
De added together the contributions OF
Methodist North America the tota
reaches s1,450,000 n year.
Presbyterians North stand third of the
seven organizations, and spend $S75, 0O(
a year Its largest field Is India. II
number of missions be the test. but IN
number of communicates China sur
passes all. It has important work in
Korea. Japan and Persia, and in the
far east 1t has, In educational and poll
teal ways, exerted marked influence
often at critical times. 1t leads other
boards in the number of it's medical mis-
sionaries both men and women.
Two of the remaining four societies
are British and American. The London
Missionary had in Its early days, as did
the American Board, it's counterpart or
TINS side OF the Atlantic, supporters In
many religious bodies, and had and still
mas constitution strictly undenomina-
tonal In Its working. But it has In
practice come to represent the British
Congregationalsts. While China and
India are its great fields, Its peculiar
i1eld Is Madagascar, where the work OF
It's missionaries was far-reaching and
Wonderful. The South Seas, and also
South Africa, have seen many OF It's
workers. 1t spends s675,000 a year. o,
about the same sum as the Society for
the Propagation of the GOSPEL. and the
American Board.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

sionaries came to go to Hawaii-ar,vi-
what came OF their trip, these are tales
in themselves.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
MISSION WORK OF
SEVEN BODIES.
The Great Societies Of America
and Great Britain.
ENORMOUS FUNDS RAISED
Something About the Comparative Inau-
once and Usefulness of tho Zig organi-
cations Conference in Now York in
April.

There are $50 organizations, big and
little doing some form of work in for
eign mission fields, but there are seven
great societies. four American and
three British. that do vastly more than
all the rest put together. By great is
meant the amount of funds which they
annually eXpend and the number and
size of the missionary enterprises which
they maintain. These seven are, in or
der:
The Church Missionary Society, Lon
don; the Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church in America. the
American Presbyterian Board, the
London Missionary Society, the British
society Tor the Propagation of the Cos
pei, the American Board. Boston; and
the American Baptist Missionary
Union, Boston. But while four of these
seven are American, the three British
societies have larger annual resources
than have the four American ones. Not
only SO. but two of the British societies
arc organizations in the Church of
England. while all the four American
represent different religious bodies.
The largest single missionary organ
ization in the world, the Church Mis-
sionary Society of London. was a fruit
OF the evangelical movement In the
Church of England. A part of its work
Is the maintenance of vast training
school for Missionary workers. One OF
It's largest fields is West Africa, where
us missionaries gave the first impulse
10 the exploration of that vast CONT
nent. 1t is now following up these ex-
plorations with Gospel stations, SO thai
whole pages of its reports read like a
chapter out of Henry NJ Stanley's
book. Its other great field is India
Here it stands for British rule and
prestige. But 1t has gone to other
nerds notably China, and its $4,000. 900
a year. spent in the cause of the Cos
pels circle the globe with their influ-