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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30
A True Artist.

Phil May, who makes humorous
sketches. was 81 years old on April
% Simple as his sketches look, pro-
duced with the minimum number OF
lines the result is obtained only BY
hard work and the persistent elimina
ton Of each superfwous stroke result
is obtained. Alr. May has seen many
sides OF life.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30

Some Of the Sorihern States are not
content with hallway measures when
they pass laws which have TO do with
he use OF intoxicating drinks An Ar
kansas statesman proposes an act TO
limit the purchase and consumption CT
stimulants to persons who take out Ii
ccnScs, for each OF which S. is 10 be
paid.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30
passenger Train Wrecked.

Columbia, S. c., Special.-It was re-
ported that the south-bound passenger
trsln on the Seaboard Air Line haG
been wrecked about 50 miles below Co
lambia. Officials here disclaim knoWl-
edge Of the wreck. 1t is believed n
lives were lost.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30
BILTMORE FLOODED.
Lots of Vanderbilt Real Estate Under
Water.
ASHEVlLLE IN TOTAL DARKNESS.
A Small Flood Sweeps the Mountain
City Doing Much Damage-An Un-
u:ual Rainfall.

Asheville. \. c.. Special.-For two
days and nights a hard rain has been
almost necessarily falling in this sec
.inn and much damag" has been done
10 crops. mill, railroad and other prop
arty. Hundreds OF ASheville people
have visited BiltmJrc 10 see the dam
age done by the aNods in Nanderblt's
IDEAL village
When the millionaire and his adviS-
ers planned the town nearby creek
which has never before been anything
out small stream, was never for a
moment taken into account. Tuesday
this stream made a record for itS2lt
that was both surprising and alarm
ing. One row Of cottages built oy Mi.
Vanderbilt was flooded and the people
forced to move their belongings tn the
lDper floors and some OF the beautiful
Iy paved streets were covered with
rubbish. Small treStles at Biltmo"c
On both the main line OF the Southern
and on the Asheville & SpartanbuI :
Railroad were washed away and 70
trains will be operated on either line
Tor some time. i car on the sidetra2k
loaded with stone was washed 80 fge!.
The cIecui" plant here is badly DANA
gCd and the city is in DARKNESS.
Asheyiile, Special.-The heaviest
md most disastrous rain fell Tuesday
Asheyillc and the surrounding
country that has visited this section
years. Much bottom land is ruined
md the hilisides are yawning gulches.
Bridges ale gone and many roads are
mpassabie. The water is up to the
loors OF many dwellings, along the
:rench Broad and Swannanoa rivers
md is rising in some places foot an
l0ur 1t has already reached the high
st record point. People are moving
lut OF their homes and seeking the
lISH pidCtS AOI o"iSby' -'S+4J OS'S
Louses and kinc5 Oi GcDr.s a.e
coming with a mad rush down the
French Broad. The Swannanoa has
broken it's banks and its tributaries are
illing the valleys and augmenting the
raging torrent. The water is a loot
deep IN the big ice factory and in the
lour mills.
AT BillmAe the Southern Railway
tracHs are washed out Of place and
visited into all sorts OF shapes and the
streets of Biltmore ire sHntninS rlr.'"s.
Many thousands or dollars of damage
have already been done.
Washouts are reported on the Muir
ply branch of the Southern, the Spar
anburg branch and the main line. No
trains have yet come in and they are
now four hours overdue. Tue water
has risen to the fires in the electric
light plant and the city is in dark
ness, except for few lights from a
small plant not affected. The street
cars are also at stanGStIll from the
same cause. Four inches II wd;cl iell
IL
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30
Heavy Rainfall in East lie mess.:.

Atlanta, Ga, SCecial.-A special to
The Constitution says: AN nnprece
dented rain has fallen in upper cas-,
Tennessee, sweeping away bridges and
washing out tracks OF railroads.
Trains from North Carolina are block
I'd. Trains from Chattanooga are also
delayed by washouts ct Athens. TIL"
last reports at +. N. from points
north and east OF knoxville state tha:
the streams are swnIen - -.
thing ever known. All telephone and
telegraph communication in that di-
rection are now broken and the wires
are down."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30

Republican because I do not agree
with Him. Every one Of these ques-
.ians is entirely new since my race and
never entered into the campaign here
He never thought any one would be 80
blind as to oppose Americas liberal
foreign policy. The Cuban war which
led TO present conditions was Dsmo-
cratic making"
Mr.. McLaurin spoke Of how he had
been bounded because CT his votes and
that at times he might have said what
he did not want 70 say. He tried to
Keen on good terms with all men. hnE
il he aid no; have the good WI o.
TiHman he could not help il, and did
not care. Then McLaurin took rD tie
matter of resignation which IS re:aJci
elsewhere and prodded TillMan about
his fork and the use OF it. Tillman
kent his mouth shut as he premise
10 do It would be the first time he mai
over done so.and then he spoke OF INV
he mixed up in the last guOerGatiIr.A
rcre and hCw he had got into a MS;
with the preachers. Senator McLaurn II
then elaborated the idea CT expansion,
pretty much as at Greenville, and took
I'D the Chinese and eastern question.
He gave a graphic picture OF the CHA
ese situation; how Mckinley got into
the situation and how it now stood,
and that the trade in China was just
IN its infancy and he could not see why
if China's business was worthless, Till
man he'd said This government should
sYiu blood if necessary to develop and
encourage trade inChina and maintain
the integrity of China. Mckinley,
whom he sneers at, settled it without
the loss of any blood. He spoke Of the
expansion sermons Of DIR. J. Walter
Daniel and DR.. Kilgo. Then Mr.. Nc
I!aurin took up the subsidy proposition
and argued it at length. He dealt
with it from local standpoint He ar
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29

have been gathered, with these and the
wild turkeys and deer there We're ample
materials at hand for such royal home
feast as Thanksgiving day always brings.
Here is the way Gov. Bradford showed to
the pilgrims in 1921 what they had to be
thankful for:
They BECAME now to gather in We small
harvest they had and to iitte up their houses
and dwellings against winter, being all well
recovered in health and strength, and had
all things in good plenty; for as some were
thus employed in affairs abroad, others were
exercised in fishing about codd and bass
and other fish, of which yey took good store,
of which every family had their portion.
All We same, there was no waste. And now
began to come in store of foule, as winter
approached, Of which this place did abound,
when they came first (but afterward de-
creased by degrees), and beside water foule
there was great store of wild turkeys, of
| which they took many, besides venison,
etc. Beside, they had about a peck of meal
weeke to person, or, now, since harvest,
Indian corn to We proportion"
The quaint narrative may help to recall
to those who sit down at the bountiful
Thanksgiving dinner the simple, heroic
times in which the American festival Of
Thanksgiving originated.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29
MISS BASCOM'S WEDDING.
A Thanksgiving Episode Which Ended
Happily for All Concerned.

kkf Avs sakes! Polly, you don't
tell me that you're going to mar
ry Eph LAWSON and Mrs.
Thomson took her hands from the dough
and looked at the prim figure at the Win
dow, for Polly Bascom was trim and a
mite over 49,
"on Thanksgiving day, Sarah. I'd like
to know if l haven't as good right to-"
.To be sure you have; but there's the
parson, who lost his wife last year and
who wants another helpmeet."
ssAnd there's the Widow Jones and Miss
Sickle" said Polly. Il can't help the par
son out this time
@Really, / didn't know it had gone so
far. Why, what have you done towards
the weddin'? This is the twenty-third
tsAnd I'm as ready as ever WILDE"
"As ready as you've been for 20 years,
and Mrs. Thomson went back to her work
Suddenly she looked up.
s'Who's goin' to give the bride away" she
asked, abruptly.
'sWe,re not goin' to have any such hifa
lutin' proceedings" pursed the bride-to-be
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29
m THANKSGIVING as a religious festi-
i val was defined by Washington as

10 E1HANESGIVING as religious festi-
@ val was defined by Washington as
49, "a day set apart for public acknowl-
edgment of benefits and mercies received
from God" The custom for its origin may
be said to be English, the first great national
thanksgiving in England having been pro-
claimed in November of the year that saw
the defeat of the Spanish armada.
Ordinarily, however, this festival Of the
home is rightly considered as having
originated in New England in 1921, or $50
years ago, when, after having gathered a
bountiful crop of Indian corn, the pilgrim
fathers joyfully rendered thanks to Him
who had been with them in all their out
goings and incomings, for which let His
holy name have the praise" to quote from
a chronicle of the time.
This fact also explains why Thanksgiving,
though coming at the end of November, is
regarded, and always has been so, as kind
of American harvest home 1t is the harvest
of the golden corn which was the main
reliance of the hardy pioneers of America
and its ingathering marked the close of the
years agricultural labors.
And the season has other advantages and
inducements for such festival. When the
yellow maize is garnered, the ruddy apples
are in the bin and the nuts from the woods
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29

"I'd like to ask the privilege of bein' mar.
ried in your house, Sarah"
f'To be sure. To be sure, was the prompt
rejoinder Anything to see you started
we'll in life, if it is little late" And thus
the matter was settled.
Miss Polly Bascom began at once to pre-.
pare for the greatest event in her life. Mr..
Lawson was man of her own age, timid
bachelor who thus far had escaped the
pitfalls of love, and who, like Polly, had
come to the conclusion that ere long it
would be too late to wed.
His courtship had extended over a series
of months and some said that at the last
moment he would back out and leave
Polly still in the matrimonial market.
Thanksgiving morning found Polly ready
for her nuptials. The whole neighborhood
was on the qui vive. And why shouldn't 1t
be? Polly Bascom and .Eph Lawson. Did
you ever!
II say, Polly, what if Parson Trimble
had asked you flst?. queried Mrs. Thorn
son, as she looked at Polly in her we'd,
ding gown.
'sBut he didn't He had more than one
good chance, Sarah, and You know that
| don't want to miss this one. and Polly
laughed as she surveyed herself in the mir
TOR.
The hour of seven came on apace and
the little parlor in the Thomson home had
been arrayed for the occasion. The few
guests who had been invited had come, and
Parson Trimble, accompanied by an tin
Grant minister of his own persuasion, was
likewise on hand. But the bridegroom was
strangely absent.
~ knowed he'd back out. These old
bachelors haint got the spunk OF an
.He'l come. said Polly. '.Eph said he
would and that settles it,
..It,u he sorry Thanksgiving for YOU
Polly. if he DOESN'T
The hour passed and no Ephraim. The
Quests looked at one another and always
ended by stealing glance at Miss Bascom
& She was illustrated" as Mrs. Thomson
said Ii she let this opportunity slip She
might never have another. Polly always
said she would be married on Thanksgiv
mo when She did marry and it would be
long year before another came round
Seyen--eight o'clock struck
.polly" said Mrs. Foster, ARE you goin
to disappoint us? We've come to see 70,
married and there's no Eph here. III,
couldn't screw his courage TO the stickin
no;nt am,
Polly blushed and looked across thu
room where the parson sat.
81 didn't think Eph would act that way,
she said ITS treatim me rather shabbily
hui inst wait. IN show him thing or two
for NO man can trihe with the affections o
Polly Bascom.',
In another moment the bride-to-be hat
tStha ,,a,,so,,
az s,,. +l,,+ r a;sovn Enb J,a,vso,
Mans " sIs ~ ~ -, l.ad
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29

Thanksgiving Discrepancies.
Health waits on moderate poverty.
Fate's wisdom oft we question.
The man whose dinners best is he
Who has the worst digestion
Washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29

Disinterested Family JOY.
For this all are grateful, venture to say
That gifts are not looked for on Thanks
giving day.
Chicago Record.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29
A Thanksgiving Benefnctor.
"a burglar carried off one of orr IL,

keys.
aYou don't say 500"
eyes, and he left note saying that he
left us the other so we would have something
to be thankful for"-Detroit Free Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-29

The calendared day of Times frosted Mo-
vember-
Some golden Thanksgiving that passed
long ago. 7. G. HARBAUGH.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
To Refund citv Bonds.

The city of Grand Forks has out
standing $4,000 of sewer bonds
which fall due in 1909, but which may
be paid at the option of the city.
These bonds bear per cent interest
At a recent meeting of the council a
committee was appointed to investi-
gate the feasibility of refunding these
bonds, which it Is believed can now
be placed at S per cent, effecting an
annual saving of over 5000 in interest
Alexander Mckenzie Sentenced.
In the contempt proceedings
against Receiver Alexander Mckenzie
of Nome City in the United States
circuit court Of appeals at San Fran
cisco Mckenzie was sentenced to
serve one years Imprisonment on two
counts, and Judge Noyes, who ap-
pointed Mckenzie to his Office, was
severely censured by the court for
alleged completely in the scandal.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
Mothers
Friend

will do for every woman what It did for the
Minnesota mother who writes the above let
ter. Not to use It during pregnancy is =
mistake to Be paid for in pain and suffering.
Mothers Friend equips the patient with
strong body and clear intellect which in
turn are impaired to the child. It relaxes
the muscles and allows them to expand. Il
relieves morning sickness and nervousness,
It puts all the organs concerned in perfect
condition for the final hour, so that the actual
labor is short and practically painless. Dan,
ger of rising or hard breasts is altogethes
avoided, and recovery is merely matter Of
a few days.
Druggists sell Mothers Friend for 81 bottle.
The Bradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga
Send for our free illustrated book.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
CAN DICTATE TERMS.

pewet's Invasion of Cape Colony
Blow to EngIand's Hopes.
Chicago, Feb.' 13.-"England not
only will have to come to the terms
of peace insisted on by the Beers, but
will be forced to pay to the Transvaal
fighters from a4O,000,00O to ESQ.,.
100000 indemnity said Jan Krige,
the Boer commandant under General
Botha, who is in Chicago. "The ca
bles say that Dewet has crossed the
Orange river with a force of 1000
men. II this is true 1t is a death
blow to England's hopes of subduing
the Beers, because Dewet certainly
will have q force of $4,000 in the col
ony and can dictate terms. Tho
Beers have no reason in the world to
surrender now"
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

CATTLE-Sales ranged ut $5.OO@6oO
for good to prime steers, S34OD5. on for
poor to medium, $2.75@4.5O for stockers
and feeders, t2.55@45O for COWS and
heifers, s4.00,9480 for Texas steers.
HOGS-Sales ranged at $5.2O@545 for
mixed and butchers, $5.3O@5.5O for good
to choice heavy, $5.15@5.25 for rough
heavy; 45.20@5. 10 for light, $5.35@5.45 for
bulk of sales.
SHEEP-Sales ranged at s. 90@4. 40 for
sheep, $4.50@5.25 for lambs.
Chicago Grain and Provisions,
CHICAGO, Feb. 49,
WHEAT-February 73c, March 1870.
May 75N@75xo.
CORN - February $50, March ss1<c.
May 39Ac.
OATS-February 24s6c, May 25s6o.
Probationary $18. .9aX. May s14. 12x.
FLAX-Cash No. 1 81. .62, May $1.61.
POTLTRY-Dressed turkeys 8H@9xc,
chickens S@8Xc.
BUTTER--Creameries 14@2lc, dairies
11H@18c.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Broken at the Wheel.


In the diary Of that remarkable man,
General Patrick Gordon, who left Scot
land in 1861 poor, unfriended wall
derer and when he died In 1699 had his
eyes closed by the affectionate hands
Of his sorrowing master, the czar Peter
the Great, the following entry is to be
found, under date Of Hamburg, March
%, 1896:
'.This day, q man and woman, a
burger Of the towne being the womans
master. for numbering, were carted
from the prisone to the house where
the murder was committed; and there
before this house, with hottie pinsers,
the flesh was torren out Of their armes,
and from thence were carted to the
place of justice without the towne, and
there broken and layed on wheels"
An instance so years later than those
quoted at the last reference is record
ed In the Correspondence Of Mr.. Jo-
seph JekylP' Murray, 1S94). In April,
1775. from the balcony Of his lodgings
at Orleans, Jekyll saw criminal bro
ken on the wheel. In letter to his
father D. 13) he enters minutely into
the sickening details, adding that ''the
crime of the unfortunate creature was
burglary. as we learnt from his SEN
tence, which. is posted up at every cor
ner Of the streets."-Notes and Queries.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
NO PEACE COMMISSION.

British Are Sending Troops to South
Africa Instead.
London, Feb. 11.-Lord Raglan, un-
der secretary of state for war, in.
formed the correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press that General Sir Evelyn
Wood is not going to South Africa
and that no peace commission is con-
templated. i,
"The report as to peoce commits
sion is false from beginning to end"
he said. ''The policy Of the govern
ment is the very opposite of what
would prompt such a step. Troops.
not peace commissioners, are going
to South Africa"
It is also understood that Sir Evelyn
Wood is less likely than any other
high officer to be chosen for impor-
tant special duties. as he is now so
deaf that his retirement is only a
question of a short time.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
IN THE WINTER.
(Benson's Plaster Is Pains Master. }

For coughs and colds Benson's Porous
Plasters are an incomparably better rem
edy than any other-external or internal.
Their medicinal properties enter the skin
and 90 straight to tho seat Of the disease.
They relieve and cure q s'seated" cold
without disturbing the system or upsetting
the stomach. Cough mixtures often nau-
seate. Benson's Plasters are medicinal in
the highest degree, and quickest to act.
Placed on the chest or back or on both
at once in serious cases, the good effect is
feltimmediately. The congestion yields, the
cough abates and the breathing improves.
Lung or bronchial affections or kidney
disease, ore cured with the least possible
suffering and loss of time.
Benson's Plasters are immeasurably su-
perior to Belladonna, Strengthening, Cap
sicum or any other combination in plaster
form. They are also preferable to oint-
ments, liniments and salves.
Benson's Plasters have received .1ffyy.fue
highest GU0rds over all competitors; and
more than 5000 physicians and druggists
have declared them to be one of the few
trustworthy household remedies. For sale
by all druggists, or we will prepay postage
on any number ordered in the United
States on receipt Of Csc. each.
Be sure you get the genuine. Accept no
imitation or substitute.
Sesbury d johnson. Mig. Chemists, NY.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
NO PARDON GRANTED.

Story Of Mrs. Maybrick's Release
Without Foundation.
London, Feb. 12.-The officials Of
the home office say there is no founda-
tion whatever for the report that Mrs.
Florence Maybrick has been pardoned.
An official of the United States en-
bassy said to representative of the
Associated Press: 1T did not need
the home office denial to prove the alb
solute baselessness of the Maybrick
story. We would be the first to be no
titled of any such action or proposed
action by the British government.
Not single fact has arisen to give
the slightest justification of the story
or to make the release of Mrs. May
brick more probable than heretofore"
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
DESTROY SUPPLIES.

British Troops Will Attempt to starve
Out the Boer Troops.
Cape Town, Feb. 11.-Gen. Kitch-
ener's policy Of concentrating his
troops and denuding the country of
supplies is being steadily maintained
in the Transvaal and the Orange Riv-
er colonies. The British authorities
say that If necessary this policy will
be extended to Cape Colony, and that
in the disturbed districts all the sup
plies will be commandeered or de.
stroyed. According to the British of.
ficers such policy is absolutely nee.
essary, as otherwise the Beers. who
are constantly evading the troops,
would return and appropriate what
ever the troops left.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
COLONEL SHAW,

N. Y. Dec. 27, 1s41. He served a
term of enlistment in the Thirty-fifth
New York volunteers and as special
agent of the war departmental provost
marshal headquarters during the Civil
war. Later he was member of the
state assembly for one term, was ap-
pointed consul to Toronto in 1868 and
promoted to Manchester, Eng, in
1873, from which latter place he was
removed by President Cleveland in
1885 for being IAN offensive par
tisan." Afterwards he filled the Office
of department commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic for the
state of New York, commander.in.
chief Of the national body and a rep.
resentative in congress, succeeding
the late c. A. Chickering.
The Dickinson press., 1901-02-16
SATURDAY., Feb, 8,

John s. Hart, prominent Racine
(Wis.) manufacturer and philanthro-
pist. is dead at Los Angeles, Cal.
Special legislation is being pressed
for extra pay for troops that served
in the Spanish war without discredit.
The Austrian census shows the pres.
ent population of Vienna to be 1885,
647, or an increase of 293,710 over the
census taken 10 years ago.
1t is rumored that Crown Prince
Frederick William of Prussia will
marry Princess Ena of Battenberg,
daughter of Princess Beatrice.
The Republican members of the
Tennessee general assembly have
adopted resolutions endorsing Senator
Beveridge for presidential candidate
in 1904.
The recumbent statue of the late
Queen Victoria chiseled 80 years ago
is being prepared for it's place upon
top of the sarcophagus, by the side
Of the prince consort's statue.