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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the Worlds Commerce.
Knowledge of What Is Best More I'm.
portant Than Wealth With.
out 1t.

It must be apparent to every one that
qualities Of the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best Of the products Of
modern commerce to attain permanently
to universal acceptance However loudly
heralded, they may not hope for worldwide
prominence unless they meet with the
general approval, not of Individuals only,
but OF the many who have the happy
faculty of selecting. enjoying and learn
ing the real worth OF the choicest prod
ucts Their commendation, consequently.
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements Of the well in
formed of all countries the method OF
manufacture must be Of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent of its kind. The above Is true
not Of food products only, but is espe-
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly quarter OF century OF
growth and general use the excellent
remedy. Syrup Of Figs, is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world, as the
best Of family laxatives. Its quality Is
due not only to the excellence OF the
combination Of the laxative and carmin-
ative principles OF plants known to act
most beneficially on the system and pre-
sented in the form Of pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also to the method
Of manufacture of the California Fig
Syrup Co.. which ensures that uniformi-
ty and purity essential in a remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is we'll informed and he will
answer at once that 1t Is an excellent
laxative. II at ali eminent In his pro-
fession and has made a special study Of
laxatives and their effects upon the sys-
tenn he will tell you that 1t Is the best
Of family laxatives, because 1t Is SIM
pie and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system effectually. when
a laxative Is needed, without any un-
pleasant after-effccts. Every well-in-
formed druggist Of reputable standing
knows that Syrup Of Figs Is an excel
lent laxative and Is glad to sell 1t, at
the regular price of fifty cents per bot
tie, because 1t gives general satisfac-
tion, but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects OF
Syrup Of Figs It IS necessary to buy the
genuine, which Is sold in original pack
ages only: the name Of the remedy
Syrup Of Figs and also the full name Of
the Company--California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front of every package.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
Odds and Ends.

The quarterly dividend which STAN
dard Oil shareholders are now receiV-
ing is 500 a share The amount dis
tributed is $20,000,000. If the same
rate continues through the year, there
will be paid SS0,000,000 on the $780,
000, 900, which by vast imitation stands
as the capital of the trust. 1t cannot
be said that these enormous profits
are earned. They are not earned, but
extorted from the people. The past
year has offered peculiar opportuni-
ties for this trust. The coal shortage
compelled the people to return to other
fuel, and oil was the most convenient
in every way. Taking advantage OF the
necessities Of the public. the Standard
Oil Trust raised the price of its pro-
duct from time to time, until at the
height of the fuel famine the price Of
oil was the highest for many years
past.
August Noel, the oldest negro in
Louisiana of whom any accurate re-
cord is preserved, is dead in Ascen-
sion Parish on the Eben Hall planta-
tion of Henry Mccall, collector Of Gus
toms at New Orleans. Noel was born
in Mccall, Plaquemine Parish, on the
plantation of Richard Mccall, grand
father of his last employer, in 1893
and lived there through the nineteenth
century. He was born a slave and as
such grew to manhood. When the Nc
Calls moved up the river to Ascen-
sion in the SOS Noel was taken with
them. After Lincoln's emancipation
proclamation he remained with the
family Of his former master, continu-
ing in their service as slave or en-
ployee 1G4 years.
Some "old masters" which were Of
fered tthe second nights sale OF oil
paintings from the Arthur Furber and
the Misses De Peyster collections In
New York Friday night failed to evoke
much enthusiasm among prospective
buyers. A Rembrandt was sold for $50,
and a Madonna and child, by Rubens,
fetched only $3.50, while one of the
minor paintings by Rosa Bonheur
sold for $500 after most spirited bid
ding. In all eighty-two paintings We're
sold for a total of $22,244. Adolphe
Schreyer's Arabian Camp" brought
the highest price Of any painting,
s4,550 being paid for it. Besides this,
there were two paintings which
brought over $1,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
CURRENT COr1nENT.

Marriages between elderly widows
and men young enough to be their
sons continue to be the fashion in Eng
lish society, the latest match Of this
kind being that which has just been
arranged between the widowed March
ioness of Lothian and Bertram Talbot,
who was born in the very year of Lady
Lothian's first marriage. Lady Lothian
is a woman of over 60 years of age,
sister of the present Duke OF Buc'
cleuch, has several grandchildren, and
her son. the present Marquis OF 10th
ian, was at one time engaged to be
married to Bertram Talbot's sister, the
marriage, however, being broken of.
Bertram Talbot was formerly a clerk
in the House Of Commons, Is son OF
J. C. Talbot, the member Of Parlia-
ment for Oxford University, and will
find himself the stepfather Of several
of his wife's children, who are nearly
as old as himself. The marriage serves
to recall those Of the Caroline, Ouch
The well-known Italian journalist.
Carlo Paladini, has written a book
containing his "reminiscences OF Glad.
stone, Disraeli, Salisbury, Cecil
Rhodes, Chamberlain and others, with
many. new anecdotes. Cecil Rhodes
said to him one day that no Italian wo-
man wears artificial gems if she is
rich enough to buy genuine ones, but
that French women and others often
do so; and he added: 'If / should ever
want to marry should not take wo-
man who is willing to wear counter
feits when she can have the real
thing"
The leading Italian railways have
decided to adopt the combined ex-
cursion and season ticket system from
June l next. Belgium was the first
European country to introduce the
practice Of issuing. combined four
tickets, and the system-which en-
ables the traveller to arrange his own
itinerary and to effect a saving OF
more than 80 per cent upon the price
of ordinary single tickets-has become
so popular that it has since been ap-
piled to the railway systems OF Hol-
land, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Nor
way, Denmark, Turkey, the Danubian
provinces, and in France, under GER
tain conditions.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
spr;nu Notes From BilIville.

Literature has been lively the past
two weeks. All the poets are plowing.
While our leading novelist was
grubbing stumps last Wednesday,
some person who is undoubtedly a
friend to the reading public stole the
manuscript of his latest novel.
The lakes are just right for fishing
now and the fishingt brigade is ac-
tive. But all the fish-liars will have
their portion, later on, in another lake
There is no song of the plowman'
in this section. The plowman is too
busy swearing at the mule. So. 13.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
CHAPTER Nv.
THE BARON IS SATISFIED.

With another quick movement the
American withdraws his sword and
steps back pace to avoid any pun
ishment but the baron is in no con-
dition to deal SUCH He sinks back,
and only that the French captain
springs forward and catches the
baron in his arms he must fall in a
heap.
There is no sign of fainting. only
exhaustion. He stands there, sustained
in part by his second, looking at the
first man in all the world who has
proved his master, and the CLEAN of
those eyes can be termed nothing less
than diabolical.
Mynheer Joe leans on his sword and
coolly surveys his antagonist. Then
he calls for match and applies it to
the cigar which he has held between
his teeth all this while. 1t is evident
that he has no fear of the future.
The tableau remains unbroken for
perhaps full minute.
"Timew says Mr.. Grimes clearly.
| Mynheer Joe, still smoking calmly,
elevates his sword. The plucky baron
makes move to follow suit, when his
second. the French captain, throws
himself between.
Mon Dieu. You would not finish
this affair with murder. comrades? 1t
was agreed that disabling wound
would end it. See, my principal has
no longer any arm. What served him
so well is now almost as useless as a
dead member You will call it quits,
or shall offer myself his substitute"
he cries with commendable enthusi-
aSm and pluck, since he knows he is
no match for the Yankee.
"On one condition." returns Mr..
Grimes, who also produces and lights
a cigar, while the irrepressibie San
dy is scribbling away for dear life in
shorthand at the rate Of a-thousand
words minute. more or less.
"'Name it, monsieur"
"Thc baron provoked this duel by
IN insulting allusion to the American
flag. 1t has had trial by arms, and
the decision rests against him. Let
him frankly apologize, not to my
| friend only but to Americans every
where, and l am sure Mynheer Joe
will be satisfied as we'll as myself"
The proposition is reasonable.
"Parbleu! l see no reason why 1t
should not be done in common justice,
since it has been decreed that my
principal was in the wrong. 1t was
grand sight though; superb spectacle
that will haunt me always. What
say you, monsieur le baron-do you
withdraw your allusion to the flag
under which this gentleman serves"
The Russian smiles.
81 am compelled to, since 1 declared
that it covered only towards, for he
has proven very plainly that made
: mistake. Mynheer Joe knows my
allusion was made only to provoke
him to meeting, so that 1 need re-
tract my words no further than this"
You have had the meeting; are you
satisfied, baron?' asks Joe himself.
For the present, yes;" returns the
other, between his teeth, '.but this
does not end it, my American friend.
No man has ever yet run across my
path and lived. Your time will come"
mo man up to now has ever worst
ed you in a duel, Russia, but you met
your match here. Take care it is not
your life that is snuffed out like
candle. We Americans shoot to kill
when we engage with wolves or tig.
ers," says Mr.. Grimes.
ITO be Continued
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

A young woman named Emma Kel-
logg is a candidate for a game war
denship in Colorado. She has quite
record as huntress and has had
unique experience, having once rid.
den a wild elk which freed her and
on whose back she dropped when an
opportunity was offered. After putting
the excited animal through his PAGES
she ended his existence by cutting his
throat with her pocket knife. II she
receives the appointment she will be
the only woman game warden In this
country.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OFT oLEDo,
LUCAS COUNTY. SS'

FRANK J. CHENEY, make oaththa he is the
senior partner Of the firm OF F. J. CHENEY l.
Co., doing business in the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
Arm Will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF oArARRH that
cannot be cured by the use OF HALL's
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
t-, presence, this 9Th day Of December,
SEAL. A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
'' Notary, Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F.J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, ,75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best. ~ {
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

BAXTER SPRINGS, KANsAs-I received
the free sample of Doan's Kidney Pills.
For five years have had much pain in my
back, which physicians said arose from the
Kidneys. Four boxes of Doan's Pills have
entirely cured the trouble. think I owe
my life to these pills, and I want others to
know it SADIE DAVIS, Baxter Springs,
Kansal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
Peculiar to the North.

Louisville Post: In reading about
the Buffalo tragedy and the Ohio
fiend, the public is asked to keep In
mind that Buffalo and Ohio are north
of Mason and Dixon's lines. There are
some crimes which are rarely COM
mitted in the south.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
Where His Prayers Were Needed.

The Parson-I intend to pray that
you may forgive Casey for having
thrown that brick at you.
The Patient-Mebbe yer riv-rence
'ud be saving tonne If ye'd just wait
till o git well an then pray for
Casey.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer. s2trial bottleand treatise free
DIR. B.H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
DOAN'S DEAL GENTLY.
Its the gentle of Doans Kidney Pills Kidney
Bladder and Urinary that make them famous with
Men, Women, and Children.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colored, ,xcessive pain in pass.
ing, dribbling, frequen y, bed wetting.
Doan's Kidney Ills disstsv: and remove
calculi and gravel. elicve heart 7ipita.
ton, sleeplessness, headache, ner1 ness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

A reformer is generally man who tries
to convert others to his way of thinking.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

Mrs. Winslow's SoothingSyrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces infamma
tion allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. abottle
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

The man who agrees with nobody thinks
everybody else is wrong.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spckeno OF
as cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIzN, 322 Third
Avenue, n, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. ., l9Oo.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

You can't measure genius by the length
of his hair
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26
gnr rsvl nn3O Sweet Gum and Mullen
lINt LUk Coughs Colds LaGrippe

About 10000 different kinds of beetles
have been discovered thus far by the
scientists.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

The chronic borrower seldom pays .
man back in his own coin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color Silk,
Wool and Cotton at one boiling.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

Some people don't care what happens so
long as it doesn't happen to them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

MT. PLEASANT, OHIo.-I received the
sample of Doan's Kidney Pills, and never
had any medicine do me so much good in
so little time. l had Congestion of the
Kidneys and Bladder so severe it caused
pressure on the lungs like Asthma, but
through the use of Doan's Pills am free
and easy now. GEO. W. SMITH, Veter-
mary Surgeon, P. o. Box Al, Mt. Pleasant,
Ohio.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

Aged people find Doan's Kidney Pills q
great comfort for declining years.
They cure incontinence and urinary
weakness peculiar to children.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-23

entire four years war with the one eX-
ception of General T. ]. Jackson. II he
ever did it has failed to come under my
eye.
| wrote more than quarter of cen
fury ago that the greatly appfeciative and
just tribute paid by one of "the three
greatest soldiers of the ngllsh-speaklng
race, General Lee, as the most en-
inent British authority on war about 1870,
wrote IN Blackwoods old famous Edin-
burgh Magazine mapping Marlborough,
Wellington, Lee,-to our most modest,
most mc1itorious, most admirable North
Carolina soldier, General Pcnder should
be engraven deep on a suitable monu-
ment erected to his memory in the Capt.
tol Square at Raleigh.
After his body has been in his grave in
the Episcopal church-yard at Tarboro for
forty years, l think there is no monu-
mcnt yet erected to his memory by his
grateful, admiring and patriotic county
men and countrymcn. / recall an incl
dent. 1 was in Tarboro in 1870, and visited
the grave of Ponder 1t had encircling it
some small cannon-balls. What has it
now? l remember writing communica-
ton to newspaper with which i CORE
sponded. and l tried to arouse the in
habitants to a higher sense of pride and
appreciation, that they would erect a
fitting memorial shaft to one of the great
soldiers of North Carolina-thc greatest
soldier. If distinction is to determine the
rank-and the foremost man yet born in
the fine old county of Edgecombe | re-
call that later / wrote endeaVOrlng to
awaken such an interest in General Pen
der and other able soldiers that the State
would erect a monument at Raleigh, con-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-23

tanning statues like the one / saw long
time ago in the Capitol grounds in Rich
mond Va, but to our best warriors in
stead OF foremost civilians, as / saw IN
Richmond. Such a monument with life
size statues of Fender, Pettgrew, Daniel,
Ramscur, and two or three others, would
be an honor indeed to the people of North
Carolina. The noble old State sent out
not less than 10000 soldiers in the great
war and of these over Al, 600 died In the
service. But North Carolina however
self-sacrificing and prompt in war, when
all is over and peace comes with It's bless
ings, does not forget its brave, faithful,
self-sacrificing sons, but it builds no
monuments. '"Tis true, It's pity, pity
tbs, It's true" So long as it remains
true that ''men high minded men
really constitute a State, then the
noblest and greatest of them should not
be forgotten or neglected. The youth OF
our State should study well the men of
the past in Church, in State, in peace and
in war. who have been noble i'll life, high
in performance, true to liberty and the
constitution, faithful always and every
where The young should see to it that
the wise and great men who have helped
to rear a great State. and have served it
with vast self-sacrifice and fidelity, are
neither neglected nor scorned. A truly
great, patriotic people should ne quite sure
to be builders of monuments. Build
monuments to the foremost statesmen and
orators. and do not forget in such me
MORALS the men of most parts and great
est service in the times when they have
''unznit'' this churlish knot of allah
horred war," as Shakespeare calls it..
Monument of the right kind speak well
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IN ranl, only second to Lee and Jack
son.
What a noble tribute from the great
cormander the exalted soldier and man
Of faith. the gentlest, truest knight In
fifty centuries General Lee held General
Fender in the highest estimation, as Will
he seen from the followlngtrlbute to his
memory. and which occurs IN his report
Of the pennsylvania Campaign, dated
July 31st. 1868
General Pender has since died. This
lamented officer has borne a distinguished
part in every engagement OF TINS army,
and was wounded on several occasions
while leading his command with consplcu-
ous eallantrv and ability. The confidence
and admiration inspired by his courage
and canacitv as an officer were only
eoualIad Inv the esteem and respect en-
tertained by all with whom ne was asso-
ciated, for the noble QUANTITIES OF nus mod
est and unassuming character
What could be better, mere gracious,
more felicitous? What more could nave
been said .'Appes OF Gold IN Pictures 81
Silver A loving appreciation OF one OF
the noblest of Gods men given to the
nineteenth century. If ever the Socratlc
SAYING was realized by Confederate sol
dior or native Southron it was realized
in the life and character OF William d.
Ponder .crhe way to gain a good Repu-
tation i 70 endeavor to be what you de
sira 70 annaar II was indeed true OF this
,nodost most meritorious soldier that II
was -.tbo force Of his own merit that
,, as Shakespeare wrote OF
another. 1t is my impression ,'i'' Gen
eral Lee never wrote SO strongly 50 eu-
loeisticallv Of any other soldier during the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-23

for any people, for they are indeed ''the
grapplng-irons that bind one generation
to another" Let them be builded that
they may attest to unborn generations
the greatness and glory of forefathers hon
ored and revered 'who builded better
than they knew"
THEODORE BRYANT KINGSBURY.
Wilmington, n. c., Aug. %, 1903.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-13
DOUBTED BY DIR. HERRAN.
Discusses the Report of President Mar
roquin's Resignation.

Ao4u1A . 1ScSl51dClOu.
II doubt very much If President Marro-
quin has resigned as president of the CO.
lombian government" said Dr. Herran, the
Colombian charge d'affaires, today II al
Of any cabinet changes, and especially
when such changes affected the office of
foreign affairs. Neither the State Depart
ment nor the legation has received con-
firmation of the reported resignation; there
fore, 1t does not seem reasonable"
Newspapers and private advices received
at the Colombian legation indicate an op-
position to the treaty stronger than was
expected would be manifested.
"It would be premature said DIR. Her
ran, ito predict at this time and from this
distance what the outcome may be, since 1t
is not yet known here who have been elect
ed members of congress nor how they may
be aligned on the question"
Mr.. Cromwell counsel for the Panama
Canal Company, called upon Secretary Hay
to discuss canal matters today. He had
advices from the company agents on the
isthmus contradicting the story printed
yesterday to the effect that President Mar
roquin had resigned. Mr. Cromwelrs ad-
vices as communicated to Secretary Hay,
were to the effect that Marroquin's govern
ment is actually stronger now than before,
owing in part to the resignation Of General
Fernandez as minister of war. Fernandez
is said to have been an element of diScord
in the cabinet, and the fact that his strong
personality could be displaced without
causing any commotion is regarded as an
evidence of Marroquin's power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-13
STRIKE AT SANTIAGO, CHILE.
Men Set Fire to Quay and Fight
Police.

SANTIAGO, Chile, MAY 13.-The strike of
dock laborers at Valparaiso is becoming
more serious. The strikers after setting
fire to the quay, as we'll as to the Offices
of the South American Steamship Com
pany, had number Of encounters with the
police, during which ten persons were KILL
ed and two hundred were injured. A de-
tachment of three thousand troops has
been dispatched to Valparaiso to quell the
disorder.
The government has refused all offers to
compromise the difficulties and is deter
mined to adopt the sternest measures to
restore order.
BUENOS AYRES. May 13.-Advices re-
ceived here from Valparaiso say martial
law has been proclaimed there. as result
of the rioting at that place. Forty men
are said to have been killed and many have
been injured. When the offices of the Mer-
curio were attacked by the rioting dock
Iaborers the staff of that paper defended
themselves with firearms The rioters have
set fire to a number of warehouses, in ad-
dition to burning the premises of the South
American Steamship Company.
Troops are patrolling the streets of VAL
para1So.