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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-01
DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETINGS.

Results of Elections in Several Clubs
Last Saturday.
HEBRON.
Following are the officers and
delegates elected from Hebron
Democratic club at its reorganiz-
alton on Friday, April 26.
President, r. B. Smith; vice
president. w. L. Burgess, sec. and
treas. Barlow Smith; member OF
executive committe, w W Ken
nedy; delegates to county con-
vention, 5 w Gowdy, r B Smith,
w L Burgess, r G McElveen, and
J G Christmas.
GoURDINs.
In accordance with the call of
the county chairman Gourdlns
Democratic club reorganized on
Saturday, April 26, and elected
the following officers and dele
gates: President, DR.. S w Gamble;
vice president, N w Baggett;
secretary and treasurer, B E
Clarkson; member executive COM
mite, DR.. S W Gamble. S u
Mcdonald and B E Clarksen were
elected delegates 10 the county
convention with the privilege Of
choosing their alternates.
On motion of the secretary
Gourdins club unanimously en-
dorsed the candidacy of Col. Will
liam Elliott tor the United States
Senate: 3. E. CIarkson,
April 25, 1902. Secretary.
POPLAR HILL.
Poplar Hill Democratic club
met and reorganized last Satur-
day. After being revised the roll
was found to contain 80 members
The following delegates were cleo
ted TO the county convention: b
3 Chandler, G H Gordon, DR. J +
Carraway and F VI Britton. AL
ternates: B j Chandler, NJ N
Thomas, L A Gordon and j NJ
Carter. BIB Chandler was elect
ed member OF executive commit
tee. J. O. Carraway, Pres.
G. H. Gordon, Sec'y.
CEDAR SwLMP.
The following officers and dele
gates were elected at the reorgan-
ization of Cedar Swamp Demo-
cratic club on Saturday, April rs:
w D Snowden, president; d l.
Graysen, vice president; W S
Grayson, secretary and treasurer.
Member of executive committee,
w D Snowden. Delegates to
county convention: w S Grayson
and j Y McGill.
SALTERs.
Pursuant to the call Of The
county chairman Salters Demo
cratic club met on Saturday,
April 26, and reorsanized. Fol
lowing are the officers and dele
gates elected;
T E Salters, president; j G Lii
frage vice president: j. ID Chandler,
sec'y and treas; J E Davis, men,
Der of executive committee. Del
ecates to county convention; j Il
Lifrase. j g Everett and I +
Salters.
GREELEYvILLE.
Grceleyville Democratic clubs
met on Saturday, April 26, and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16

Why should It fail to sttrect7 I can pick
you out fifty ministers and / will defy you
to find their equals as thinkers or as orators
in any profession, not excepting the legal.
or course We have no Beecher now, but
the lawyers no longer have a Choate.'
The Roman Catholic priesthood, least OF
all. has my difficulty in finding young men
to carry on its work, according to the Rev.
Father Doyle Of the Paullsts. For every
opportunity there are fifty candidates.
and as for those who would hun the Church
to seek a high salary instead the Church Is
we'll rid Ct them.
what Is wanted" said Father Doyle,
is a type Of man devoted to his work, who
Is not looking for personal gain but Is eager
for the triumph Of spiritual ideas and will
hurry on the Kingdom Of God on the e,rth.
And humanity shows no lack OF SUCH
The Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer, pastor
emeritus Of DR.. Savage's church, was
asked by the reporter his opinion Of the
ministry as a profession.
-The best in the world for the right man.
said DIR. Collyer. .and the worst for the
wrong one. And the right men are going
into It. Never mind about the dead line
-You may be sure II the mihister has
outlived his usefulness to his congregation
at the age Of IS or IS he had at IS, but his
congregation had only Just found him out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
SEARCH FOR COLORED HELP.
Experience OF . New England woman at
an Agency In New York.

A New York woman who has had her
troubles over the unending question OF
servants went into an agency over the door
OF which was the sign, Southern Help
Furnished A colored woman waited
upon her. The New York woman lie not
native and to the manor born. but halls
from New England.
Does yo' want a nanny fob 20 chtllun,
q waitin' maid, a Maralan' or Virginny
cook, or jes' a plain plantation woman TO
do scru bbin' an maxim fires an totin in
coal2" was the first general inquiry by the
sgency woman.
The applicant said she wanted @ domestic
TO do general housework.
-Yessum, / done low 20 wanted some-
body wat kin wuck, but dese heah SUTTON
help dat 20 fine In de Nawth has kline
O. divided derselyes up into pncks, Dey
lone got dat noshun in dar haids FUN dis
hsah white help. Ell 20 jes' want plain
washin' an no fnery den 20 want some
Carliny hailp.'
The applicant repeated that she wanted
q domestic for general Homework. =,
"Yassum, But. lady. In moughty feerd
dat yo' amt gwine ter find dat kind fum
do South. Ef 20 was a ibin In do South
yo' mought, but dis heah Suthon hailp do
change when dey come up heah. Dey
gifts ter be wat white folks call speshil-
ties, like
IOu Ilcdl AhS' 49,
has n certain line Of work?'
"Yassum. OATS II. 70 got II jes' right.
l got one lady that do beat anythin 20
evan knowed on maxim chicken pie. Den
! got a youngish lady who jes cum up
fun not fur fun Alexanda wat makes
kawn-pawn braid ak her old nanny.
An den | got a lady
let me save you time, sa'd the appl-
cant. Il want a woman who con do plain
cooking. wash plain clothes. and do general
housew ork. She must be neat, honest and
willing Have you such a one?'
sLawsy, mussy, lady, yo doan't spec ter
fine all dem quofocashuns in SUTTON hailp.
hoes yer2 Not up helh. no mum. Dat
lind Of q lady Amt wuckin' out 10 a Eobln'
in desc times. De Kind ob n lady yo' is
askin' alb ut L. don't marred to a culled
bahbah or one OBJ dem sleep-kyar dandies,
or a cullud man wat tend bah for a white
main.
.Dar aln't no cullud ladies' wuckin' out
'cept dem speShilties 20 mentioned jes
now. had one lady yistudy dat went
ter a place wheah she doan't do muffin 'cept
saw 'fello' In ore OBJ dem t~allvfun boxes,
An she got IL on de undastandin dat she
done hab her day oil includin' half de day on
Sunday, =,
I'm afeerd dat | amt got nobody at all
dat rue come up to yo' an~ticipashun I'M
less 20 wud be villin' ter talk some lady
wot amt got no ~rerunces an a cullud lady
widoUt reffunces amt no bettab dan cheap
white trash"
The New England woman decided not
70 experiment with Southern help.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16

handles 90 many Of their plcturesf And
who, h-e Kirby, can add money 20 Ameri-
can paintings in extracting 1t from tight
pockets by that whitening and steely gaze
from eyes where geniality Is wont to glister
which comes to its place when some sharp
buyer hopes 10 get u picture by low bid or
small advanoesf It's a safe guess that all
the town who love paintings know Kirby
at least by sight, and the painters come
TO him in the end and often before it. They
came to him to add TO the beauty OF the
recent Lotos Club dinner TO Z. A. Abbey.
Mr.. Kirby was al the dinner, TO be sure, but
thai was not all.
He had bought in Germany some paper
all who had seen IL had admired. He sought
long and vainly for IL in this country be,
fore sending abroad, but when he found
that no American maker could match the
color, he bought all the paper Of this par
ticular hue the German manufactures
had in stock. He wanted II for covers 10
his catalogues, that their covers might
make them distinctive, as some Of their
other qualities do now II they are con-
sidered in the general run Of American
catalogues Of public picture sales. The
paper was first put to this Use In the cata-
logue Of the MiIliken paintings which were
sold on Friday evening, and that was 70
have been the first occasion Of giving ~
TO the public. But as all bcautyis considered
the right Of the Lotos Club, the desire was
expressed that this paper be used for the
Abbey dinner menu and Mr.. Kirby sssented.
Ii Is a curious note, In connection with
the production Of his color in fabric IN
Germany, that American color makers excel
this manufactured throughout all the rest
OF the chronatic list. as Mr.. Kirby LEARNED
when he went carefully through the samples
hunting for more good things.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
LOVE LETTERS ASTRAY.
Found With Much Other Personal Property
In Books In Libraries.

'Lettors carelessly placed between the
pages OF the latest novels no longer excite
the comment OF veteran librarians" said
the tried assistant aIn fact almost every
thing in the wav Of loose personal property
somehow or other strays into the libraries
of the land TO anict and torment those in
charge.
ASK me what I haven't found In the books
people bring back, Their the question will
be much simpler. | haYo found everything.
Love letters are ommon Scarcely n day
go", by but what We find two OF three.
"peusivp maidcns read the historical
novels with their love miss'ves in their
hands. for comparison, ! suppose. Anyway,
when the books are returned We find the
letters between tho pages.
These we never att2 upt to return To the
owner for the reason that librarians haven't
the heart 10 read them. Love letters,
except In a breach OF promise suit, are
valucicss, anyway SO We toss them into
the wa t. basket.
II the lottrrs arr stamped and roady
for mailing We always hand them TO the
representatives. O l'uClc sam Most libra
rics nave nov est tDlishe an incidental
fund and really 90 80 far ms 10 mail the
letters when they hive no Stamps affixed
Cheeks are frequently discovered nos
Ting bet vcen the newly cut pages r the
latest moves. The names on these make
il casv 70 find the ownc q, IL is simply a
question Of a few postage stamps and con-
siderable patience.
NO long ag Richard Carvel' was re
turned on schedule time. One OF the
librarians hastily looked II through before
shelving IL to see If the volume was In good
condition.
Ii was, there was no doubt about II.
But carefully pinned to page lol was a
one-hundred-dollar bill The library au-
thorities spent S. in advertising, but strange
a. u. no ~ a. gyp A kNaG IRVpT nlgrO ypTed.
Photographs. curls OF hair. RIB ms,
souven NJ and wedding Invitations are
very conmo These 20 TO swell tie
motley collection Of the librarian,
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
GOOD EXAMPLES OF IRISH WIT
They Are Told by Kerry Man In the
London spectator.


They Are Told by . Kerry Man In the
London spectator
The late Lord Morris was full of le-
gal stories, but the following did not
belong to his budget: A case of as
sault came before Kerry court In
the course of it the counsel for the
defense, when examining witness for
the prosecution, asked: "And you
say the man who assaulted you is
blind. or is as good as blind?" "Yes,
sir" Then how came he to get into
the scrimmage?" We'll. counsellor, it
wor this way. Wherever he heard the
blows goin' he slipped in, feelin' for
vacancy, and when he found it, hO
let fly like a good wan"
But you said just now that there
was storm of thunder and lightning
going on at the time" There was SO.
yer honor" Then l suppose it got
darker and darker?' "Thrue for you.
counsellor!" And you say this man
was nearly blind; surely the darkness
would have made him quite so?" Not
at all, sir. Contrariwise, every time
a flash of lightnin' come hesshthruck
out and hit me in the eye 1T was
raining, too. suppose?" "It was SO,
sir!' Perhaps. then, as you are so
exact, you'll tell the gentlemen of the
jury the size of the drops of rain" 81
will thin; to the best of me rec'llec-
ton they varied in size from shilling
to eighteenpencev'
This hazy view Of the size of drops
of rain is somewhat suggestive of a
drop too much of another sort, and
reminds me of another whose absurd
ity Is due to the provision of a drop
too little, or, rather. drop of the
wrong sort. A priest who is a total
abstainer was expecting his cousin. q
Dublin solicitor. on visit. and know
ing that he did not hold the same
views as himself on the drink ques-
ton. went to the village grocer and
ordered bottle of port This was
duly delivered and decanted by his
reverence.
At dinner time he Hospitality poured
out a glass and said: There, Cousin
Tom, that's the best vintage Bally-
poreen affords" The solicitor slipped 1t
critically. and then said: well, Cou-
sin Cornelius. to my mind 1t tastes n
wee bit too much of the musheruins
(mushrooms). 1t proved to be ket-
chup.
AS / am on the drink question. let
me wind up my string of Irish stories
by saying that while there are several
well-known humorous recipes for mix
ing good glass of punch. no apology
is needed for adding the following to
the number: Mix the materials in
equal portions-half whiskey and the
other half whiskey and water
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
valuable Emerald MIn...

a report on the condition and trade
OF the republic of Colombia. with the
exception OF the district of Panama.
for the year 1901. just issued by the
English foreign Office states that the
emerald mines of Muzo and Coscuez,
the property Of the Colombian govern
ment. have produced the finest emer-
aids in the world. They are at present
rented to British company. Up to
the year 1875 all the emerald mines In
the country were the property Of the
nation. After that date the govern.
ment granted the right OF exploration
and working on private enterprise, re-
serving only the right to the Muzo and
roscuez mines. Since then several
companies have been formed and con-
siderable capital expended, with very
Door results.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
Poker Won.


After dinner one very disagreeable
night last week n certain Madison ave
nue. physician. looking from his Office
window and seeing the rain beat
against the glass. decided that he
would have quiet, uninterrupted
evening at home. says the New York
Post. He was soon in his house coat.
novel in his hand. and tobacco
smoke was curling around him. About
10 o'clock some one rang the door
bell.
THE doctor is wanted right away
at -" began the caller
He can't go. SIR" answered the ser
want. quickly. "He left word that he
was not well and that unless It was n
case of life or death he would not ven.
ture out"
well, yon tell him he must come
over: we need him to sit In poker
game
"Oh. you're Mr.. B.. are you?
Step in. please, and I will see."
A minute later the servant reap
peared with: THE doctor says he'll
be right over"
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
Somewhat D,.qu,.,lnv.

How did old Bissinger treat you
when you asked him for Maud"
He got the start of me by fiercely
inquiring what meant by my atten-
tion5 to Minnie. | told him | hadn't
paid any attentions to Minnie. Then
he r',ared right out and asked me why
| hadn't. | said 1t was because 1 pre-.
ferTcd Maud. Then he looked at me
Dityingly and said was the sixth idiot
to apply for admission to the family.
mustered up courage to ask him who
the other five were. and he replied
that they were his five sons.in.law.
Not one of them knew enough to take
Minnie he said, any yet she is the
only one of the bunch worth marry.
Ing. said 1t was q matter Of taste.
supposed, but couldn't help prefer
ring Maud. All right it's your fun.
eral,' he said. Maud is yours. Let's
have something. '-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
Hind H.,. a sixth s.n.e.

Emile Juval. the blind French sa-
want, has had a paper read before the
Academy of Medicine wherein he CON
tends that blind people have an aston.
ish,ng sixth sense, by which they can
divine obstacles at a distance and
avoid them.
This sense should not be confounded
with the sense of touch. He, explains
this phenomenon as being analogous
to that of perceiving heat when one
approaches the fire. The heat is felt.
not because OF touch, but by virtue of
vibratory action.
T'r. Juval thinks that a similar vi
bration. probably electrical. may ex-
plain why blind man divines distant
obstacles and avoids them. He adds
tha: the absense of one sense does not
necessarily imply a greater develop.
mept of the others. 1t is habit only
which developes high sense of touch
in the blind.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
breaches IN SLEEP
SOUTH CAROLINA CoLoRED MAN A
PSYCHOLOGICAL MARVEL.
Inlterate Mulatto Delivers Logical and
Forcefui Discourses While Apparently
Sound dAsleep-Impossib.e to Awaken
Him.

Major Perry is an illiterate mulatto.
forty-tive years old, living in Salinda
county, S. G. When young man he
says he felt call to preach, but dis
regarded it. He seldom goes to church
and is not religiously inclined. About
ten years ago, his wife says, Perry
began to preach in his sleep. Sermons
became more frequent, until he now
breaches five or six times week. He
goes to bed about s o'clock, and with
in an hour begins to preach. He first
announces his text, chapter and verse
in the Bible correctly, after which he
reads the text, always just as it is in
the book. He then Zines out and
sings hymn and prays. after which
the sermon begins. Perrys sermons
are declared by white men who have
heard him to be better than the av-
erage negro preacher. He is gramma-
tical and logical and he talks from for
ty-tive minutes to one hour in deliver
ing discourse
Sometimes in the delivery of the ser
mon the muscles of the body, espec-
tally of the arms and neck contract
producing cateleptic condition. This
stops the sermon. The attack lasts
minute or two, and is usually driven
away by his wife, who rubs the mus
cles. When the tendency to catalepsy
is gone he. resumes his discourse, be
ginning exactly where he left off, even
though he was in the middle of sen
tence.
At certain time each summer Perry
holds protracted services. sometimes
getting pretty loud" characteristic
of his race. At these special times he
delivers two sermons and invites
mourners to come up to the altar. He
takes short recess between these ser
mons.
Perry cannot be convinced that he
breaches in his sleep. The best class
of white citizens visit his house in
the evening and physicians have vain
ly endeavored to awaken him while in
his abnormal state. They have pierced
his muscles with needles. and even
burned cotton between his toes, but
without success. The burns cause
great pain when he regains conscious
ness and he is easily awakened after
ending his sermon.
During the time Perry is preaching
1t Is an impossibility to stop him. He
has on several occasions gone to
church. fallen into sleep or trance
and interrupted the service by begin
ming to preach. forcing the preacher IN
the pulpit to desist.
People who know most about the
negro declare him psychological mar
vel and deserving of scientific inves-
tigation. The negroes are divided in
t:le'r views. Some think Perry Is be-
Ing punished for not obeying the call"
to preach when young; others that mis-
power comes from the evil one. and
that he has been "conjured." Others
think he is fakir and js really
awake all the time he breaches and
only feigns to be asleep.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
HOW TWO ARTISTS SPEND MONEY
Bernhardt ard Caivc Find Ways to
Squandsr Their Incomes

Bernhardt AVID CaIvc Find Ways to
sauandsr Their Inoome.
Sarah Bcrnhardt has her own ideas
OF extravaganza. and a translucent one
upon economy. She nouts the spend
thrift fancy OF Emma Calve, who is
one OF Sarah's ardent admirers and
friends. because Calve rushes to the
mountains and green wales OF the south
of France as soon as the duty and
pleasure of bowling to plaudits releases
her to pastoral existence.
you spend all your fortune" says
Sarah. who is never out OF debt. run
ming big farms and ranches, waste
your time shooting birds, herdiRg cat
tie and driving sheep. Bah! You
should be rich, but have nothing but
cows and veal and pigs and tax-eating
lands"
So lectures Sarah, and she fills her
hothouse palace in Paris with f5OO
larly sold up every spring. no matter
how much money she makes.
Calve says she was intended for
shepherdess. All summer she is lost in
the Businesses of an inaccessible noun
tain over which roam hundreds of
Calves bleating lambs and ewes,
which she herself follows in watch
day and night. She rides like man.
shoots and really enjoys life to its
heartiest extent and comes back to
new triumphs with fresh vitality and
glad eyes.
Sarah keeps herself under lock and
key but in the house on high rocks
inaccessible. to be sure. and barren OF
green or living things. After all, she
would rather be in Paris, and does
not stay away long.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23

until illness came upon me three years
ago. first noticed it by being irreg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation gradually my
general health failed could not en-
joy my meals; l became languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
in the groins.
II advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any inn
provement. One day he said Try
Lydia Pinxham's Remedies
did, thank God; the next month was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months l was cured. This
is nearly a year ago and / have not
had pain or ache since. e."-BoNNIE
DELANo, 324s Indiana Ave, Chicago,
lu.--st boo fsrfsit " above tsstimOnia 10 not
genuine.
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention OF the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles Refuse substitutes.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
Laid Up for Sixteen Weeks.
St. Jacobs Oil and Voseler's Cur
ative Compound Cured Him.

81 have been great sufferer from Rheu.
matism for many years. l was laid up with
Rheumatic Fever for nine weeks in 1904, and
again for sixteen N6) weeks in 1896. l tried
many medicines l saw advertised and Others
l was recommended; finally l was induced
to take Vogeler's Curative Compound, which
did me more good than all other medicines.
In fact, feel quite different man since
have been taking the Compound. All my
neighbors and friends are quite surprised to
zee me about and looking so well. l can
only say that Vogeler's Curative Compound
taken internally and by using St. Jacobs Oil
outwardly acted like magic in my case.
had been taking medicines for years without
obtaining benefit, but Vogeler's has practi
cally cured me. l have recommended Vog-
eler's Curative Compound to lot of my
acquaintances, and they tell me that it has
worked wonders.
" Wishing you every success in the sale of
your Nogeler's Curative Compound and St.
Jacobs Oil, remain, gentlemen,
"Your obedient servant,
"GEoRGE CLARKE, Gardener,
"23 Beechcroft Road, Surrey"
Send to St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd, Baltimore, for
free sample of Vogeler's Compound.
The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
Mrs ANNA MARTIN.

to-day the market is SO filled with use
less and injurious medicines that it is
pleasure to know of so reliable u rem
edy as you place before the public -
Miss Ruth Emerson.
Itisno longer question as TO whether
Peruna can be relied on to cure all such
cases. During the many years in which
Peruna has been put to test in all forms
and stages Of acute and chronic catarrh
no one year has put this remedy to
greater test than the past year.
Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh
remedy of the age. DIR. Hartman, the
componndcr Of Peruna, has written q
book on the phases of catarrh peculiar to
women, entitled, Health and Beauty" Z"
II will be sent free to any address by
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
1fyou do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving .
full statement of your case, and he will
be plcasedto give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, q.