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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28

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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
News by Wire.

Britain protested to Russia against
the Red sea seizures.
The freedom of the city Of London
was presented to Lord Curzon.
A great drouth is injuring German
crops.
Mrs, Florence Maybrick, the noted
life convict, was freed from Engiisl
custody on ticket Of leave and lett 1Sf
France.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
Homicide in Barber Shop.

New York, Special-A quarrel in the
barber shop of Vincenizo Saitto, in
Third avenue Saturday, ended in a GUS
toner, a well-dressed. unknown man,
being shot dead and Saitto, with bull
let wound in his shoulder, being held
for murder. The shooting caused a
panic in the shop, which was filled with
customers, and the police reserves were
called out to handle the crowd that
quickly gathered.
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a Heated Discussion,

London, By Cable.-The proposals OF
the budget bill have kept the House OF
Commons in continuous session all
night, and Thursday morning heated
debate still continues. The discussion
dcveloped itself into test OF strength
between ministerialists and their opon-
erts.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
Two Killed in Wreck.

Olean, N. Y, Special.-.Two men were
killed and third seriously injured IN
the wreck of a passenger train on the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad at Shipper, Pa,
Sunday. The dead are: Fireman kroes-
ster and Sullivan, both of Buffalo; Geo.
A. Henson, Of Buffalo. baggage en-
Move. was seriously hurt.
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$4,000. 900 Cotton Company.

Trenton, N. j., special.-Articlcs OF
incorporation of the Southern Cotton
CORPORATION, having capitalization OF
s5,ooO,OoO preferred and S15'ooo'ooo
common were filed here recently. the
rar value of the preferred is SlOO a
share. but the par value OF the common,
which will be taken largely In tne
South will be only $40 share.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
Miscellaneous CoiiIcs,

Messrs. Cochran, August Belmont
end McCarren had a conference with
Judge Parker at Esopus.
In 1900, 29,O73,233 persons were en-
gagged in gainful occupations in conti-
mental United States.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
FOREIGN Affairs.

Dom Paul Kruger, former President
Of the Transavaal Republic, diel in
Switzerland.
The Japanese were reported to have
occupied Yin Kow. port Of Niuchwans,
without resistance.
President Castro, Of Venezuela, has
sued the New York and Bermudez AS
phalt Co. to recover about 100000
600 damages.
A tremendous ovation was given Jo-
seph Chamberlain, who delivered a
speech in Albert Hall, London, under
the auspices of the Liberal-Unionist
Council.
The rumor of 10000 Japs being
killed was not confirmed.
William Waldorf Astor's newspaper,
the Pail Mall Gazette. nanounces the
engagement of Mr.. Astor's daughter
Pauline to Capt. H. H. Spender- Clay,
formerly OF the Life Guords.
1t was rumored in st. Petersburg
that the Japanese we're repulsed al
Port Arthur, with immense loss, esti-
mated 1T 10000.
Bulgarian insurgents dynamited a
train between Salonica and CONSTANT
nople, causing injury to 20 persons.
The arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and Germany was signed in
London.
The armies OF General Count Keller
and General Kuroki were reported fac
ing each other across the River Liank,
ready for a battle, % miles east OF
Lao Yang.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
Is Individual Wealth
Consistent With the
Welfare Of Society?
RvIyman j. Gage, Former Secretary of the Treasury

TT one of us who lives times when famine nor
disease stalk when he visits the city and walks up the
the palaces and the dresses OF the
fabrics patterns and all the uxues that
wealth can give unlike those the barbaran
believer in Divine Providence he is key to inquire
how the good things life should be divided in such partial
Tostoy said that has right to anything
that he has hand and modern
man preached that acquires SOOOOO hon
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Of
benefcialy affected the tone of business
n affairs that commonwealth Downright
the knave partial lack of rupe
boards
politicians evil practices
official themselves commit
selfish
peab the despair of the
piot in thousand communities
according friend
pertinent"
which friends of Americans
corruption which, while bad
enemies beevcan be brought
individuals in the republic 1t not fantastic to aver
of
direction contribution
and that his withstand
convinced for instance that his refusal to
bribery fund dishonest boss
national dsgraf he had the imagination to
srp the bearings would be easier for him to
weakly aquesng customary
life felicity
paganSn %
and making of righteous people,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
In the North.

Fearing that he would have to close
his restaurant because of the high price
CT beef, John ]. Mahoney committed
suicide in New York.
CAP and ben" Wade were electro
cuted at the Ohio Penitentiary annex,
IN Columbus, for the murder of Kate
Sullivan, at Toledo, April IA, 1900.
Two negroes-Frank Ousley and
John Johnston-were hanged together
at Pittsburg for the murder Of James
Donnelly, a grocer.
Difficulty is being encountered in
placing the blame for the wreck Of a
picnic train near Chicago, in which q
lives were lost.
Anti-railroad-merger Republicans Of
Minnesota are talking Of nominat Ig
an independent State ticket.
The State Board Of Health OF Illi-
rois has issued an interesting circular
On "The Cause and Prevention OF Con-
sumption"
A committee of Pennsylvania labor
:ng men, who called at Oyster Bay to
present a petition to the President
about the Colorado situation, were un-
able to get an interview with him.
The hundredth anniversary OF Alex
ander Hamilton's death was observed
in New York city.
A trainload of Italians and Aus
trians. recently arriving at Victor, COL,
were speedily deported.
The Mallory Line Steamship San
Jacinto was damaged to the extent OF
$4,000 at Roach's Shipyard, Chester,
Pa.
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II II u
Give a Child Freedom
In That Way He Learns to Think and Acquire
Self=cOntrol
BY Prof. John Dewey

greatest slavery not Of the body but Of the mind Ihe
slave orders He not free out his own
ideas In fact Plato years ago. defined slavery as The
expression other peoples IDEAS instead of ones own An
individual to be really free must do his own thinking
who do not simply accept the ideas Of the group 4to
which they pick them by chance contact he
world tacy acknowledges this difference. The individual
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-28
Wanted, Conscientiousness
By the Editor of The Century

natural wholesome saving conscentouSness applied to
all the relations emergencies of private Gnd public e
that sadly wanting in American osmmunes-a
conscienousnes which results in something like that system
which distinguishes the studenenls uf the Unive
sy of Virginia. which, Virgnans apt to maintain
has percepbly beneciay affected the tone of business
and other affairs in that commonwealth Downright un-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
CRYING FOR HELp.
Lots Of it in Mexico But Daily Grow.
ing Less.

The kidneys cry for help.
Not an organ Ia the whole body s.
dellcately constructed.
Not one so important to health.
The kidneys are the filters Of th'
blood.
When they fail the blood becomes
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where there
is poisoned blood.
Backache is one OF the first Indie
tions of kidney trouble.
1t is the kidneys cry for help. Heed
it.
Doan's Kidney Pills are what IL
wanted.
Are just what overworked kidneys
need
They strengthen and invigorate The
kidneys; help them to do the theil
work; never fail to uIe any case Of
kidney disease
Read the proof from a Mexico citi
zen.
Frank Wheeler, engineer living al
9OS East Liberty St., says; "We have
used Doan's Kidney Pills In our family
and found them an excellent remedy,
From the results obtained / would moi
have the slightest hesitation In advis
ing anyone suffering from any form Of
kidney complaint to 60 to Buckner s
Whitney's drug store and take a course
OF the treatment. l am only toe
pleased to add my name to the many
endorsers Of Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
4 TEXAS WONDER.

One small bottle Of the Texas Won.
der, Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal ennis
sions, weak and lame backs, rheuma.
tism and all Irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women; regulates bladder troubles in
children. II not sold by your druggist
it will be sent by mail on receipt of 81.
One small bottle is two months treat
uent and seldom fails to perfect q
cure. DIR. e. w. Hall, sole manufac-
turer, 2. O.. Box 500, St. Louis, Mo.
Send for testimonials. Sold by all
druggists. Once, 29s1 Olive street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
"Apropos,'

"Apropos," subject Of last nights
prayer meeting, and may l narrate
that the Pasadena (colored) Methodist
Church possesses a room apart where
the little folks can be brought. The
young ladies and misses take their
turns there in caring for the little
ones, so the mothers can have the ben
eft Of a religious service and after
ward take home their child or children
who have been safely cared for. Many
a mother would be glad Of the re-
enforcement OF public worship II the
little ones are safe from fire or acci-
dent. Right here is a place where the
mothers who have been prayed for can
be practically helped. MEMO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14

The recent notice authorizing the
issue of notes to the value of s275,.
600 recalls the fact. little known 70
the present generation, that Bank Of
England notes were at one time &C.
tually at a premium in the market.
In the year 1925 coin was very scarce
aud the bank applied for and OBJ
tanned permission 10 postpone pay.
ment Of a portion Of its issue of notes.
only the holders Of those which bore
date prior 10 a certain period being
able to demand cash for them. As q
result those notes we're worth and did
actually sell for more than their face
value.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14

Miss Josie Hamilton, sister Of Mrs
Judge Price, Of Middletown, and
Bayard T. Buchanan we're married in
Kansas City last week. They will
live In the Indian Territory where
Mr.. Buchanan viii practice law. The
bride is quite well known in Audrain
where, at Mexico, she was a teacher
In the public school. For the past
twelve yeare she had been teaching in
thel public schools or Kansas City,
Vandalia Leader.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
CITY PRIMARY FEBRUARY 8.
Democratic Central Committee Meets
and Selects Date-The Judges
and Clerks Named.

The Democratic City Central Com
mittee met at the City Hall E'ridal
night and selected Monday, EahEs,
the date for holding-he URINARY !,
nominate DemoSkatic candidates FOL
wy olnoS>1he committee adopted
que ysdal rules and regulations and
Tdeclded on keeping the polls oper
from $50 a. m. until 6 p. m. Five
Councilman and a full set OF city
officers will be nominated, the extra
Councilman being TO fill a vacancy
which will be occaSioned by the resig.
nation OF Councilman Sannebeck,
which will be presented at the
next regular meeting and which will
take effect at the time Of the general
election.
JUDGES AND CLERKS SELECTED.
The Central Committee selected the
following judges and clerks for the
primary:
First Ward-Judges, Henry Brauer
and ?. NJ. Morris. Clerk, Walter
Adams.
Second Ward-Judges, John Atchi-
son and VIM. Hanley. Clerk, John
Marshall.
Third Ward = Judges, James San
ford and G. A. Buckner. Clerk, Chas.
A. Bast.
Fourth Ward-Judges, Louis Step
pelham and @. A. Witherspoon. Clerk,
Byron Cluster.
Those members OF the Central Com
mittee present were Capt J. G. Buck
ner, I. +. Roden, e. T. Smith, DR..
e. s. Cave and Joseph Ofutt. Absent:
Price Guthrie: D. A. Murphy, James
QuiSenberrV.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
BLAME FATHER TIME.
Girl Entered the World Just Before
the Year 1908 Passed Into His
tory, While the Boy Came in
1904-Their Mother Was
a Twin and Born at
Midnight.

VERSAILLES, Ono, Jan. 6-Aboul
the hour Father Time cut out the old
from the new year there was born a
pair of twins, daughter and son, t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown, living east
of this place.
just before A. d, 1908, passed into
history the daughter was born and
after the new year 1904 was ushered
in the son was born. Both are well
and hearty, but although they are
twins they a never celebrate the
anniversaries Of their birth on the
same day, month or year. DR. W. II.
Rike, Of this place, has the distirc-
ton Of rendering services in this re-
markable case.
There is also something out Of the
ordinary connected with the birth OF
the mother. She is one OF a pair Of
twins and was born on the night Of
May 81, just before midnight, twenty
nine years ago, and her mate was born
early on the morning Of June l.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
In the Circuit Court Of Audrain
County, Missouri.

By virtue and authority of a deere,
and order Of sale made by the said
Court, in the above entitled cause, and
OF q certified copy thereof, dated Dec.
i4th, 1903, | win, on Friday, the END
day OF January, 1904, between the
hours OF nine O'Clock In the forenoon
and five O'Clock In the afternoon OF
that day, at the east front door OF the
Court House In the City OF Mexico In
Audrain County, Missouri, sell, at
public vendue, to the highest bidder,
The following described real estate, viz:
40 acres the southeast quarter OF the
northwest quarter and 40 acres the
northeast quarter OF the southwest
quarter and 40 acres the northwest
quarter Of the southeast quarter, all
In Section II, Township 81, Range 10,
west, In Audrain County, Missouri.
Terms of Sale as follows, viz: Cash
In hand: QUINCY JAMES,
4z-td Sheriff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14

The Marshall, Mo-, thsater was
closed bya committee OF citizens, who
thought IL was not safe 10 case Of fire.
IL will be remodeled.
Ward & xaasis MAnstEels vii ~.
pear at the Grand Tuesday, Jan. II.
This is one OF the largest shows OF its
class on the road and will u~nQuestion-
ably give satisfaction. Fred Mayfeld
is advance for this company and is
boosting 1t In his usual breezy manner.
The company includes Harry Ward,
Geo. Wade, Tom Powell, Warren &
McClain, Mamro & Shanklin 1.-THE
original flexible hottentots) Monroe,
the greatest Of jugglers, Chas. Iyen,
Wolf and Wilson and many others.
See the parade and get seats early.
Sam T. Jacks B~urlesquers were at
the Grand Wednesday night and show
ed TO a large masculine audience. The
performance was perfectly proper and
would have pleased ladies as well as
the men. Mr.. Waterman makes each
attraction sign a contract STIMULATING
tina. if the Objectionable part Of the
performance is not cut out they lose
their part Of the door money. The
Grand plays only clean, moral shows.
Wallace Bruce Amsbary, the third
number in Star Lyceum Course,
pleased a large audience last Saturday
evening.
The Schillers, a musical number Of
the Southern Lyceum Course is at the
Hardin College Auditorium tonight.
Last Friday night THE Irish Pawn
brokers' were at the local theater.
They pleased a large audience and
gave one Of the most u~proarious ~farcesl
N the local house this season.
After a thourough inspection it was
decided that In Ease OF fire the local
heater would be quite easy to escape
There being over five exits
the lower floor and the same
lumber from the balcony and gallery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
MilitarY Comnany GROWING

The roster for the Military compa
ny, which is to be mustered into ser
vice Saturday night is growing rap
dly. The young men have learned
that the terms of enlistment are moi
SO binding as they thought, that they
can withdraw from the service on
their own application for any good
cause.
There is material here for the best
company in the State and those inter.
ested are determined to make it 50 II
possible. 1t is the intention to have
a reading room and a gymnasium in
connection with the armory.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
SOCIETY SMALL TALK.


Ralph Galloway has returned to hi
school duties at Glasgow.
Mr.. Edward Arnold, Of Shamrock
was q visitor in Mexico on Monday
Miss Elizabeth Robertson has hac
for her guest, Miss O'Hara, Of st
Louis.
Mrs. Rowena Matthews has returned
from a months visit with friends ia
Fulton.
Miss Elizabeth Shannon has return.
ed from a visit with her parents at
Warrensburg.
Mrs W. j. Jones and Miss Gladys
are home from Slater, where they
spent Christmas.
MI. and Mrs. George Harvey have
returned from st. Louis, where they
spent Christmas.
Miss Halle Prentiss, whe-hs 5een
the guest Of Miss Maize Robertson.
retosned@Te NJ. S. O. Monday.
Mrs. A.. G. Bush and little son. Of
Excelsior Springs, are the guests Of
Mrs. Bush's sister, Mrs. s. p. En-
mons.
Ross Buckley, who has been spending
the holidays with his mother, Mrs.
Amelia Buckley, returned 10 Pitts
burg, Pa, on Thursday.
Miss Martha Blair, Of Bowling
Green, was 10 Mexico Monday en- route
home from Shamrock, where she spent
several days with relatives.
Miss Madge Robertson, who is at
tending the NJ. s. o., returned TO her
school duties Tuesday after spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ash, who have
recently married and now reside here,
rooms with Miss Graham on JEFF
ferson street. Mrs. Ash was Miss
Ella Jennings, OF Moberly.
Miss BERTHE Kirtley, OF Carrolton,
who has been the charming guest of
Mrs. G. NJ. Basket, left this week for
joplin. where after a visit Of some
time with relatives she will leave for
her home.
Miss Mae Clendenen, of Bonham,
who has been the guest Of Mrs.
G. w. Robertson and Mrs. +. C. Bron-
augh, left Wednesday for st. Louis,
where she will spend several days,
later for New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14

The Y. P. S. G. E, of the Christian
Church, has arranged to have Blind
Boone here March 9Th.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
A IN GEOGRAPHY.
Barton County. According TO Editor
Arthur All, Has the Best In.
Formed Class.

Everybody who has attended schoo'
any length Of time will testify thai
oral examinations are more dinicull
than the same ia writing In the
former method the pupil oftlmes Is
b~e.nuddled from the sound Of his
own voice. In the latter, If the pupil
has any thoughts he can generally
collect them, whether they be In mind
or otherwise, Barton county, accord.
ing b. Arthur All, editor OF the La
mar Democrat, has the best informed
class In geography within the State.
The class numbers considerable, and
recently in an oral examination every
member answered correctly all ques-
lions asked. AS showing the thorough
knowiege 81 the class upon Missouri
geography, the questions and answer
received are here given:
Q. Which Is the great natural
stateg
A. Missouri.
Q. What state could build q Chin
csc wall around 1t and live within its
borders without importing necessi-
ties?
A. Missouri.
Q. What state produces three
fourths Of the zinc of the world?
A. Missouri.
Q. What state is first In mules?
A.. Missouri.
Q. What state is fifth in popula-
tionY
A. Missouri.
q. What state is third in number
Of farmse
A. Missouri.
@. What state is third in the num-
Der Of acres Of improved land?
A. Missouri.
Q. What state is second in the
production Of horses and hogs?
A. Missouri.
q. What state has $3.50 miles of
railroad so evenly divided as to place
the market at every mans door?
A. Missouri.
Q. What state yields annually a
fruit crop worth s2e, 900, 600?
A. Missouri.
Q. What state has the highest
premium on state bonds?
A. Missouri.
Q. What state has the largest
school fund.-
A. Missouri.
The class Is, II possible, better
posted upon Barton c%ounty's wonder.
variety Of resources and adyan-
tages. Besides contributing yaluable
information for the Missouri Volume
being prepared under the direction
the Missouri Worlds Fair Commits
sion, II has been for some months pre-
surprising exhibits In the var
ious Lines Of Barton county industry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14

Hotel clerks and others who handle
timetables in the bulk are responsible
for the statement that the New York
public has the timetable habit. Every
commuter who already knows TO the
fraction of a second the time Of the
arrival and departure of the trains
on his road carries a timetable. People
who do not even commute, but ride
up and down town in street cars, pore
over little timetables and figure out
the hour and minute they will start
II they get a chance to go TO the part
OF the country they would like to
visit As for those who really take
long trips, no fewer than a bagful Of
timetables will keep them straight
N. Y. Letter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-14
or ssrRREsr 10 sroOKxzs.
Unusual Activity in Mules Missouri
Fair Board Meets at sedalia-Mis-
souri, Live Stock Interests.

I've get a dozen CROWN mules.
I Each worth a hundred straight,
Ny land Is goin' higher at
Almost a boomin' rate;
I'd rather be 81 Hopkins uf
Missouri than to be
The King OF England; Old Nilsson
Is good enough for mex.
Attention is being called to the fac
that 20 per cent Of the addition TO th,
wealth OF the state Of Missouri Is pro
duced by her live Stock interests, says
u E Clemee 4 1sci===,s .afai ToTaii
This is the face Of facts that st
Louis is the greatest boot and shos
producing city IN the country, and
that Southwest Missouri produce:
more lead and zinc than all other sec
tiers OF the country combined"
John W. Bolcs, Of Auxvasse, recent.
ly received four ewes and a ram lamb
from the herd Of DIR. Howard David.
son, OF Millbrook, N. Y. These sheep
are the finest Shropshires that can be
had and cost Mr.. Boles fancy prices.
These sheep will add materially to Mr..
Boles already fine stock.
The Illinois State Fair will be held
at Springfield commencing Thursday,
Sept. %, and ending Oct. It'll. The re-
port Of the Finance Committee shows
that the last fair made the state a
profit Of s25, 900 and that 1t was the
most successful exhibition ever given
by the state Fair Association.
]. Sam Watson, a prominent Call
away farmer has started a crusade
against barb wire fences. He SAYS:
''They have played enough havoc
with horses in Galloway county to
fence every field on every farm in the
county with woven wire fence five feet
high and cedar posts to match.','
The Missouri State Fair Board at a
meeting In Sedalla, Tuesday, complet-
ed arrangements for rebuilding at once
the horse and cattle barns, which we're
burned last fall. The new buildings
will be brick and steel structures, with
roofs. Provision was also made
for the immediate construction Of an
other span of the steel grand stand, |
which will afford a seating capacity
for an additional 1000 spectators.
The unusual demands for mules has
caused many to think that the ex-
treme better feeling between Japan
md Russia has had some effect on the
sudden activity in the demands for
one Of the most necessary ad-
Iuncts Of an army campaign, and con.
'equently sent the price up, yet the
more conservative say the present
high price OF cotton is creating the
present demand. "High priced cot
ION, high priced mules'' is an old
ldage among mule men.