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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-10-30
Mark Twain Wants Fuel.

Washington, Specialize follow
Ing letter was received at the Treas
ury Department Tuesday:
New York City, Oct. 3.
ITO the Honorable, the Secretary OF
the Treasury, Washington, D. D.:
"Sir: Prices 70 rthe customary
kinds Of winter fuel having reached
an altitude which puts them out Of the
reach Of literary persons in straight
ened circumstances, l desire to place
with you the following order: Forty
five tons best old dry government
bonds. suitable for furnaRce, gold z
per cents, 1864 preferred IL tons
early greenbacks, range size, suitable
for cooking; eight barrels seasoned
25 and so cent postal currency. vint-
age of 1866, eligible for kindlings.
Please deliver with all convenient dis
patch at my house in Riverdale at
lowest rates for spot cash and send
bill to. Your obliged servant,
MARK TWAIN,
who will be very grateful and Will
vote right"
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Gave Up All For Christ.

There is a most impressive story related
| OF the conversion OF an old lady of seventy
wears, in a little town in Western China
through the instrumentality OF a Bible
woman. One market day, as she was SELL
ing her ware she heard a Bible woman
taking about a God who loved and cared
for people OF every race and land. Becom-
ing much interested in this message the
old lady began attending the Sunday serv-
ices conducted by the missionaries, walk
inc four miles each way in order to do 1t.
At last she was converted to Christ, a
step which meant much TO her, for IN sur
rendering herself to the Master she must
give I'D her idol worship, which she real
lied fully would bring upoa her persecu-
ton and hatred.
After destroying all Of her idolatrous
pictures on the walls and her many other
idols therc yet remained IN the centre
room OF her house a tablet to Heaven
and Earth which she dared not touch,
for it belonged partly to a nephew Whonl
she feared 10 offend.
Ore night she had = wonderful dream.
She thought she saw Jesus Christ coming
across the valley to her house. and she
cried out. Saviour of the people, am a
sinner; come and save me-" But though
He drew near her house it was only to
Ioo!; sadly in and pass sorrowfully by. On
awakening she could NOT forget her dream,
and every time she looked az the ldola-
trous tablet she felt that perhaps this was
keeping Jesus out OF her house. So she
determined. at whatever cost, to get rid
OF it, and accordingly wrote her nephew
to that effect, and was given permission
10 do with it what she felt inclined, But
this was not all. So earnest was she IN
the nev: faith that she insisted that her
house be whitewashed throughout that the
Lord might not smell any trace OF the IN
cense. =,
Thus was born into the kingdom what
proved to be one of the most devout Of
Christ's followers.
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Burned to Death In Chicago Fire.

Chicago. Speciality a fire which
broke out shortly r.fore midnight in
the plant Of the Glucose Sugar Re.
fnery, situated at Taylor street and
Chicago river, that factory was almost
entirely destroyed and it is said that
% men lost their lives. The number
OF dead has not been established as yet.
but it Is known that the men were 10
the building, and all were working on
the seventh floor. The flames spread
80 rapidy that a mar who was work
ing on the third floor had barely time
to escape with his life, and 1t is not
thought by the emroyes Of the con-
Germ or by the firemen that those IN
the upper story could have avoided
death. At midnight two bodies had
been taken from the ruins, but the fire
was burning so rapidly that 1t was i'm
possible to make further search.
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Special Roads For Automobiles.

One outgrowth Of the use of automo.
biles on the public roads Of England,
with the obvious disadvantages Of
their speeding, is the proposal to build
a special highway for motor cars. The
proposition is for a road with broad.
smooth wooden pavements to extend
the full length of the island by such a
route as motor tourists would prefer.
1t is also proposed to have side paths
for cyclists. This would be an expen-
sive undertaking. and only partially
successful in freeing the ordinary roads
from the dreaded machines. But 1t Is
clear that something will have to be
done for the protection of the public.
Automobiles travelling the common
roads also used by horse carriages, at
the terrible rate of from forty to sixty
miles an hour, are nearly as intOlerable
rs would be the locomotives from the
steam roads doing the same thing. The
common use of highways by vehicles
having such different rates of speed
will, in time, be condemned. The risks
are too great. Either 4 way will be
discovered for restricting the speed OF
the machines. or special roads for them
will need to be provided. The trolley
cars are q sufficiently perilous acquisl-
ton to the highways, but they keep on
their iron tracks. and drivers Of slow
err carriages can keep out Of their way.
But the automobile driver claims the
whole road.-Boston Herald.
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Denies Killing Relatives.

Syracuse, N. Y, Special.-Maud
Kiehl. the ~1S-year-old widow, who is
In Jail at Corteland, under suspicion
of causing the death Of her brother
in.law, Adam Kiehl, by %strichnine
talked of the case today for the first
time. She denied the charge, declared
she was in love with her husband and
cared nothing for Adam, and that she
liked bis brother, Henry, much better.
The attorney then made her stop talk
ing. Mr.. Kiehl's mother arrived \.
Corteland with the formers 1S-months-
old baby, which the mother will be
permitted to keep with her in jail.
Coroner Santee reported that he found
Adam Kiehl's death due to strychnine
administered in tea by Mrs. Maud
Kfehl.
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A Safe Refuge.

The day may be one of calamity. Dark
clouds may be over us and a terrible storm
about to break upon US. Where shall we
find safety? The providence of God may
fill us with alarm, and we may teeI our
selves left destitute and helpless. Where
may we hide ourselves from the impending
evil? Or, while all is peace about US, while
others are rejoicing because of great good,
we are depressed in spirit, and in the
thought of ourselves see only sin and
Judgment. How snail we escape! The
shirt of God has given us the answer:
GOOD is our refuge; a help in trouble most
readily to be found" He is at hand and
His ear is open to every cry OF distress.
He is the Almighty. and within His loving
care we are safe. He is the faithful, I'M
changing One, and, therefore, will not Tor;
to the outstretched arms OF Him whose
love info.ds you, and whose arm will guard
from every harm.-United Presbyterian.
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What They Cost.

How much bad roads cost and how
much good roads increase valuations
and enrich the people is shown in these
few statements that are given out by
authoritative persons. New Jersey,
perhaps, is the best example OF good
road work. In ten years It has expend-
ed 50, 800, 900 on its roads. The in
creased valuation Of its property in
that period of time is $27,5OO,0O0. with
out increasing the tax rate. The aver
age cost of transportation from the
farms to the nearest marker or railroad
over bad roads is not less than twenty
five cents per mile, on good roads about
one-third Of this, or eight cents per
mile. 1t is estimated that One-half Of
the farm products of Pennsylvania,
amounting to 3,250,000 tons annually,
are hauled five miles. Assuming that
a two-horse team makes two trips a
day. the cost of hauling on clay roads
would be. at s1.25 a load, So 03, $50.
whereas. if the same tonnage was car
ried over macadam the cost would be
S1,977,5 800 less, or So, 26,250. This diff
ference is enough to build a good mac
adam road across the entire Keystone
State.
Suffolk County. Long Island, is con.
sidering the bonding Of the county for
100000 to build thirty-seven miles Of
road. This will cost q taxpayer SI5,
on $1,000 assessed valuation in ten
years, and, according to precedents,
the value Of property would increase
anywhere from ten to thirty per cent
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A MOB'S EXECUTION
Two Harged After Having Been Put
on Trial
TAKEN FROM COURT AND STRUNG up
After Trial, Conviction and Sentence
Mob Takes Two Negroes From the
Court and Hangs Them.

Hampstead. Tex, Special.-After be-
ing tried with legal form and proceed
ure for criminal assault and murder,
and given the death penalty in each
case, Jim Wesley and Reddick Barton,
negroes, were late Tuesday afternoon
taken from the authorities and lynch
ed in the public square by an infuria-
ted mob.
The district judge asked the Govey-
nor for troops to accompany the n@
groes here from the Jail at Houstoa,
where they were safe. At the request
| of a large number of citizens Of Hemp
stead, who signed a written promise to
aid the authorities in preventing any
mob law. it is said Judge Thompson
countermanded his request and the
troops did not accompany the negroes.
Barton was first tried. He pleaded
guilty of criminal assault and then to
the murder OF Mrs. Susan Lewis, aged
So, Sunday, October II. The juries in
each case, on which were several ne
groes, promptly returned verdicts as
sessing the death peLalty. During the
afternoon Wesley was put on trial. He
pleaded guilty to both charges, ana
while the second trial was going on a
mob broke into the court house and at
tempted to take him, learning the
sheriff had asked for troops. The mob
was dispersed and the trial proceeded,
the State putting through its testimony
hurriedly in confederation Of the pleas
of guilty. Both juries assessed the
death penalty.
The officers of the court sat about
the room awaiting the coming OF the
troops, when there was a movement on
the part Of several men In the room,
the sheriff was overpowered and Yves
ley was taken possession Of by the mob
and hurried away. Another portion OF
the mob attacked the jail and Barton
was surrendered to them without a
struggle. The two prisoners were hus-
tied to the public seLare and there
executed by hanging.
Neither of them had been sentenced,
and District Judge Thompson had posi-
lively refused to permit them to waive
the thirty days Of grace allowed them
by law. It was the general desire that
they die quickly. They are hanging
tonight to the arm Of a telephone pole,
where only last month a negro murder
er had been strung up by a mob.
The town is quiet. Sheriff Lipscomo
was badly hurt about the back by the
rough treatment of the mob. During
the first rush a shot was acctdeptly
fired and Sheriff Sparks, Of Lee county.
was wounded in the stomach, though
not seriously hurt. The Governor was
informed Of the l~ynching, but has yet
had nothing to say.
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"
~ We take the following inter-
= A ride over the streets east
of town which have been oiled will
convince any one of the splendid re-
suits produced from using oil rs a road
maker. An Enterprise representative
last evening enjoyed a drive over East
Eighth street, Iowa avenue, Indianapo-
lis avenue and Blaine street, all of
which have been lately treated to q
liberal application Of oil. East Eighth
street had a hard compact surface
when the oil was first put on. The dust
at the sides was first sc lped towards
the centre and then one application OF
oil spread over it. A thin layer or
coarse sand or fine gravel was then
scattered over the oiled surface. and
the road was Immediately available
for driving. This excellent combina-
ton has produced a spongy, smooth
road, easy on a horses feet, without a
particle of dust, and Of first-class wear
ing qualities.
All of the streets above mentioned
have been treated in the same way eX-
cept one strip which was so sandy as
to need no surface coating of sand. To
make the road permanent another ap-
plication Of oil will be necessary before
the winter rains commence in order
that the water may be shed toward the
sides and not permeate to the ground
underneath. Cotton avenue, one Of the
most travelled streets in the city or
county, has been treated to a liberal
supply of oil, and is now one Of the
best roads in this part Of the country.
One Of the results of oiling the roads
will be to make n side Of the street
oiled as suitable for dwelling houses
as the other. There is absolutely no
dust to arise from an oiled street and
houses and trees are greatly benefited
thereby. Some orchardists are contem-
plating having the roads around their
orchards oiled to keep the dust from
the trees, one orange grower having
already given instructions to have the
work done as soon as some streets In
Highgrove, where the oiler is now
working, are completed.
Every n who cares for good roads
unites in saying, "Let the good work
60 on" and may the next year see
many more roads in Riverside County
oiled than it has been possible to take
care Of during the present season.
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Death of Prominent TenneSseean.

Dresden, Tenn, Special.-Emerson
Etherridge died after a lingering ill
ness. Mr.. Etherridge had a long and
honorable career. He was elected to
Congress as a Wing in 1853 and again
two years later. He served as clerk
of the House from 1861 to 1863. He
then returned to Tennessee, where he
further distinguished himself in State
affairs. He was the last Wing member
Of the House.
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Every DAYS Blessing.

AL that Cod gives to US day by day is,
is it were. a new creation. We never re.
ceived it before. 1t never was our need
init now. We may have received some
thing like it before. bat that was not tins,
moi .ould that have iilicd the place OF tins.
social miracle from the hands of the ever
owing and the Almighty God, As John
Bunyan saws, Things that We receive at
Gods hand come TO us as things from the
mating house-though old in themselves,
vcf new to us" What should we do if our
Father failed to give us current coin OF his
m;rtirgdayby day?-Sunday-School Times.
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Rncket-Like Mine Buckets.

At some Of the deepest borings in
the world, for example-those in the
copper country bordering on Lake
Observation-Disclosures Of ore are now
hoisted to the surface from the depth
of q mile at the rate Of sixty miles an
hour.
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nm example 4 chldren by trusting them.
7 M eye known q school where rues regulated the prlWises III re-
s.y,espnx where those same rules we're lot constantly being broken. on me
asbar hund 1t IL the exception to find a school in whhht tn hdre III VI
en- heir VA where confidence and harmony do lot reign.
IL Is % rosghout our lives. A man who as any en:respect resen's
spxsl5or- Instinetively We desire to b trusted to q o VIVA IS rgh| au ~
r. Is MITE himself. quite true TO his best impulses, when nder SUSPICION
9here is a large amount of dstrust in crculaton among the maJorns VI
yu ad uomen. There axe 81 many who re constantly suspecuhs INC
uoafves Of Others. with apparently Il o reason whatsoever.
II IL AR NOR dsgracGul to distrust your friends nan o DE deceived u!
,Nua Om misfrust only justfes the mstrust OF others.
" 70 too careful in regard to u thoughts or otnerS
SSr .aftfude ad bearing toward those around us is soon observed by the
vopuger minds, whose training lies i'll our hands I'M Is copied We sahd
o. sramples to them for good or evil
sbouad strive to show children by our example that life is more beau
sysas and moro worth living when We act honestly, justly, mercfuly and
lpg5ngly toward all ...
should tasch them that right feeling develops right thinking; the right
hssxamr ruJusy ont the right word and deed.
- 7&c eSnddence We have in the virtue o others is III shght evidence o. oWr
EEAX .,ou . towh uu
49, Ts.ec rate yorth.-New York American.
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Simplicity and Regularity
Cardinal Laws of Health
BY Mime. Ade1ina Patti

- . be healthy is the natural state, and disease is, in mime cases
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~ al nj of ten, our punishment for son indiscreton or excess.
M~~W Every time We are i'll it is part Of our remaining youth
W which We squander. Every recovery, whether from head
NJ III ache OF pneumonia, is accomplished by a strenuous fort OF
HI iii vitality, and is therefore a waste Of u capital of Hfe.
Therefore do nt let yourself be ILL.,
- The best plan to avoid illness is to live regularly, simply,
~ with frugaity that stupid persons alone will deem painful
.or ecxnhie
- Sleep eight hUr1S in every twentyfour.
4SS ryeuHate the looms o work and sleep in. Very few people, even among
shosew bo think hey are we'll up in modern ideas have any conception OF
what ventilation means Even when my voice was the only thing l had IN
sbe wurtd L SLEPT with IN " windows wide open, summer and winter, and
ever canght cold IN that way.
Examine seriously into your list of social obligations. Have the good
ssuse % recognize that there is neither pleasure nOr profit in most of what
o resayd n essential in that line. and simplify your social ife-shnpEhy
1T an yoa can
Complicated living breeds worry. and worry is the main enemy of health
sa bapphsss-the IL fendsh micobe that does more to destroy the
health and happiness IF mankind than any other.
Make yor houe Il pleasant piece, cheerful, III veil within your means.
q Drink nothing but water - mnk-especiaNy drink lots of water. You
never n drink TOO much Of IT,
On the other hand, remember that alcohol is poison which does untold
ssuas within You; that wine. beer, coffee and tea are posons, too. Shun
1iem q o would dlnted virol
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Divine and Spiritual.

Our Lord speaks OF things divine and
spiritual just as if He were speaking OF
things human and material. When danger
has passed over JOY arises, nay, even
6een.ITGe Rev. y. J.. O'Neill, R. c.,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
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~ II e
Problems Of To-Day

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- ROBLEMS of the most important character are yer before
u.s. which demand integrity of purpose and wisdom o action
III III in their solution. The successes Of arms have given way
81 HI TO the demands of u commerce; the upbunding of our
III Nation exacs tribute from or citizenship The duty OF the
III State calls for the encouragement of labor and the restraint
III III OF greed.
The capital Of the individual is inadequate to cope
- with these great problems. and a community of interests
h4s nsu evolved before which all obstacles are removed. and there seems
IN nr N fhnitation to our power or to the influence We may exert upon
the dex6nies OF the world. Wealth and its accumulation might prove dan
Ito the SIMPLICITY of our Government we're it lot that over and above
NH fha. Is n religion that teaches the brotherhood of man. For. after ALL
the <rxatest product of or country is mailman selfreiant, courageous and
DETERMINED whose tath is in himself and in his God.
Ths Foundation of wealth Is labor. no matter what form 1t may take
Ix ex5tenee without labor would be both impossible and useless. All prop
Srfy therefore, being labor 1t should be conceded equal rights with, but never
I'm excess Of that which is given to its creator.
Thesea re Of the problems that the changed conditions incident
to M present commercial development have projected into TIL affairs OF
State Respect for law cannot all be OH one side. Greed should never pre-
van O be permitted to conquer the honest intentions of Our employees
Powers that ar prejudicial to the health. the morals u the wel+beng Of
any "a our citizens are sure to lower the standard of u citizenship. If we
should have other aims than this We would have fought in vain or repub-
Hca yfmJrles of Government and the sacrifices IF or frefathers would
Nase been frnnness We must depend upon a broad craftsmanship upon the
parf OF M lawmakers and upon the patriotism Of q free people or the sou
tom Of the problems that confront us.
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&-wmuE& 1t va a thousand miles from the nearest ahroad-an IN,
known, desdate, forbddng land, a part of the Great
Sar,~fca, DESERT which travellers said would never support human hte.
qsaay u Salt River Valley contains a population of owe 2oWn 1t hs
<aru e1S~ n Phoenix the capital of Arizona, having electric lights, IN
es,csyfe car line. good hotels, churches. and other buildings, residences sur
r,vr6ed ~ fus lawns aud 4 wilderness Of flowers. More than I&atu
acres q land round about are laid ut in FARMS, highly cultivated, with
orchards OF oranges, almonds. olives. and figs. and grain and hay fields.
Tt.psap5s OF Sanle feed in the rich meadows, and there are eeS. chlckens'
ducks zd osarahes unnumbered. Richer soil than this ace desert valley
da. MOI exist anywhere in the world except in other desert valleys.
Here n may fehold the startling spectacle of orange groves IN bearing
xmthS ,O0e n lei on ne side o. 4 fence, and bare cactus desert n the
bzsb having the same soil, the anne opportunities. nut only M haV-
Ipr wafer Here, when a mar builds his fence of cottonwood posts uch
!. 1e soil m such the water that the posts take root and grow into uPes.
sn xat the wire of many old fences is seen running through the centre OF
Harp tues Here a farmer rarely needs to use fertilizer. or the nVef
~smas IN bearing rich silt and spreads it yer his fields; and he may some
dimes ri two O three Or more cops Il year from his alfalfa fields, and
fbeu aasturet them during the wmer-wner which IS IN reality a continual
sprusc-The Century.
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a Miracle Of Irrigation.
BY Ray Stannard Baker.

ever men worked miracles. they have worked them here
IN the Western valleys. If ever something was created
from nothing. these men have done it. Thirty-fre years
ago the Salt River Valley. into which we had driven, was
MI q marched desert, uninhabied save by a few lean In
dams and two or three hardy traders, whom the sand ana
The cactus crowded down close to the water of the river.
If was a thousand miles from the nearest railroad-an IN
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Cultivate Trust In
Your Fellow Men
BY Margaret Stowe.

-u-.~wo children we're discussing the strong and weak points u
R&&%M Their respective schools. One said that at her school 1t ~as
2~T AGAINST the Jules tt do thus and SC. The other chhd replied
l. hal at fin school she attended there were o rules, the scholars
wre put ON their honor.
Ia So few narepts and teachers realize the necessity OF setting
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Making Roads of OIL and sapd.

ROM a California newspaper
we take the following inter-
esting facts:
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