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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Seizure Of contraband.

Greenville, Special.-Deputy Reve'
nue. Collector Gus Aiken. accompanied
by State Contables Cooley and Bell,
returned Monday afternoon from Sa'
luda, where they found and destroyed
an illicit steam distillery Of $50 gal.
Ions capacity. Fifteen hundred gal
Ions of beer were also seized. A ne
gro named Dandy was found on the
premises, rs was pair of mules and
a wagon. He was arrested AMI
brought here and placed in the coun-
~ Jail. and team confiscated: Two
other negroes were seen at the dis.
tillery, but managed to make their
escape.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06

character and discretion in their lead
ers. Our candidate has these qualities
and can be depended upon at all times
to observe that self-control in speech
and action which is so necessary to safe
reasoning and sound judgment.
With unabated trust in the efficiency
Of the cardinal principles Of our great
.Nrty, when applied to the practical ad-
ministration of government, to realize
the blessings of peace and prosperity
for all, and believing that the people
will correct the present abuses Of ad-
ninistration by change OF party in
power, await with confidence the re-
suit Of their judgment at the polls.
Very truly yours
H. G. DAVIS
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
New President inaugurated.

Newton, Special.-Rev. George A.
Snyder, A. NJ, the new president OF
Catawba College, was inaugurated
here Saturday, the ceremonies being
attended by large number Of people.
The exercises were held at II o'clock
in the college chapel, and a number
of addresses were made by prominent
members Of the Reformed Church.
under whose auspices the college IS
conducted. Responses were read
from a number Of prominent citizens
who regretted their inability to at
tend the Inauguration, among these
being a letter from President Roose'
Yelt,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
The Great Meckienbura Fair.

Carolinians are just now much inter-
ssted in the elaborate preparations go
ing on for the opening OF the Mecklen-
burg County Fair, which takes place
October 25th. 26. q and %. In ad'
dition to the usual features Of fair
many special attractions have been ar
ranged for the event Of 1904. The
displays of farm products, practical
domestics and educational progress
will surpass anything heretofore seen
at a county fair. The racing will be
of unusual merit, as number of fast
horses from all parts Of the country
have been entered. The midway-pure
and clean-will offer it's never-failing
attractions.
Miss Lillian Shaffer, champion
lady equestrienne of the world will be
present, also Miss Lottie Jewell
from the Paris hippodrome. The rid
ing feats of these two artists will be
worth trip to the fair. In addition
to these attractions there will be many
other unusually interesting features
The management has secured reduced
rates on all railroads leading into
Chalotte.
In regard to the tournament, which
will be held the first day, rules and
regulations were mailed to more than
sc riders and the indications are tina,
the contest will be the largest ever held
in the State. The following prizes
have been offered: First, s25; second
SIS; third, $40 and fourth, IS.
Mr.. David B. Smith of the Charlotte
bar, has been selected as orator to de
liver the charge to the Sir Knights be
fore they enter the contest.
Mr.. Jno. NJ Craig, chief marshal, Is
busily engaged appointing his assist
ants and hopes to have his list ready
by the end If the week.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
SOUId CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
The Picking of Cotton Progressing
Quite Satisfactorily.

The week ending s a. m, September
&c, had mean temperature OF = de-
crees which is two degrees below the
normal. The deficiency was greatest in
the interior and was nearly normal
along the coast. The first two days
were warm but the 22nd. 23rd and oath
we're considerably below normal. The
extremes were a minimum OF "A de-
grees on the oath at Greenville and
maximum of 95 at kingstree on the
21st and 22nd.
The precipitation occurred generally
en- the 21st and 22nd and was light ex-
cent on the coast from Charleston
southwark wher cit was moderately
heavy.
The week has been favorable for
teamwork and all kinds were pushed
as fast as possible.
Cotton is opening fast throughout the
State and picking is general but in
many parts Of the State pickers are
scarce. The crop will not be as good
as was expected earlier in the season.
Rrst is still doing some damage on
light soils. Not much Of the top crop
of cotton will mature on account OF
the cool, dry weather. Sea Island cot
Ton is in good condition and being
picked.
Corn is reported to be in good con-
d;tion generally. Fodder is about all
rulled and the harvesting OF the crop
has begun in Darlington county with
good yield. Harvesting Of corn will be
begun in other sections next week.
Late corn was slightly damaged by the
cool, dry weather.
Rice is being harvested and threshed
but the yield is not as good as ex-
rected.
The weather hos been favorable for
haying and large amounts OF hay and
pea vines have been housed in good
condition.
Potatoes are generally good. Gardens
and fall crops are doing fairly we'll but
are badly in need of rain in some sec
tions. No small grain has been soWn
yet-A. R. TEEPLE. Temporarily in
charge.
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Drainage For Good Roads.


II is instructive to observe how stead
ily the feeling is growing that drailage
and not thickness of metaling fs the
main essential in road building. How.
ever much we may respect the memor'
les of lacadam. Telford and othee
great road builders who first led pubic
authorities toward sensible method
of construction for country highways
the fact remains that many Of tseir
recommendation are now known to De
misleading. Their advice was impef'
tant at the time when it was given. buf
it is not in keeping with the broader
knowledge of the present time, gained
BY careful examination Of roads built
in strict conformity with well.known
specifications. Years ago the theory
of thin roads, with a V-sbaped drain
along the centre, received favor. Thia
y-shaped drain is as effective Dotn lor
removing the water and supporting the
metaling rs side drains and O Teiford
base. It's cost is approximately sew
enty.seyen cents per lineal foot OF ROAD
less than construction with a Telford
base and two drains. and thirty-dve
cents less than the same base with q
single side drain.
This system of construction Is direct
" opposite to that advanced in most %
the accepted manuals on the subject.
The old idea has been to get the water
off the roadbed just as quickly as pos
sible. To accomplish this the suhgrade
has been crowded and rolled and the
lower courses of stops are coarse ana
often of considerable thickness. BY
the new system of construction the
water remains on the roadbed and Is
collected by the outlet drains at nffy-
foot points, the draining not being DIS
turbed along each side Of the road, ouf
concentrated at regular series OF
points.-Engineering Record.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Noah Sroomfield Killed.

Greenville, Special.--Noah Brown
field, a negro shoemaker, was shct
and instantly killed Saturday evening
at 6 O'Clock by Robert Holmes, ne
gro painter, in front of the formers
shoe shop on Laurens street. in the
heart of the city. The man was Kill
ed with a double-barrelled shot gun.
1t is alleged that Brownfield cursed =
female member of the Holmes family,
resulting in Holmes shooting the
shoemaker.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Georoia Boil Weevil Scare.

Covington, Ca, Special.-An insect
supposed to be boil weevil has been
found in this county on the plantation
of l.. F. Duke. Charles G. Smith sub.
jected the insect to a microscopic ex'
animation and compared 1t with an
enlarged picture Of the boil weevil Is.
sued by the Department Of Agricul.
ture, and he finds 1t to be practically
identical with the genuine Mexican
boil weevil. They had not been dis
covered until the recent hot, dry
weather, but they are becoming quite
numerous now.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
sokntra AIoes the Best.

The most valuable aloes come from
the island Of Sokotra, which lies just
off the east African coast from Cape
Guardaful. The drug itself is the Bit
ter resinous juice OF the leaves Of the
aloe plant that has been hardened In
the sun. These leaves are OF hbrous,
fieshy nature and, in addition to the
mice. the natives make this fiber into
rope, many insisting that it makes .
better rope than hemp.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Archbishop at Mt. Vernon.

Washington, Special.-The Archbish.
op of Canterbury went to Mount Yer,
non today as the guest of General Gro
zier, chief of ordinance, to visit the
home and tomb of Washington. The
party also included Sir Henry Morti.
mer Durand, the British ambassador;
Secretary of the Navy Morton, ]. Pier
pont Morgan and about twenty others.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
TcIegraphlc Briefs.

The American Bar Association took a
MILD stand on the trust question at lts
meeting IN St Louis.
Judge Parker spent the day in New
York. conferring with Democratic
leaders.
The Civil Service Reform League has
asked both national chairmen to see
that no public servant shall suffer be-
c,rse he refuses 70 make political fund
contributions.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Woman Convicted.

Birmingham, Special.-In the Sec
end division Of the criminal court
THURSDAY Mrs. Jennie English, the
wife of a miner residing at Littleton,
vas convicted on the charge OF carry
inx concealed weapons and fine OF
$50 and costs was assessed against
her. This is probably the first In
stance in Alabama that a white wo.
man has been convicted on The charge
OF carrying concealed weapons.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Lynching Case Postponed.

Huntsville, Ala, Special.-Continu-
ance of the arson case of James Arm
strong, because of the absence OF I'M
portant witnesses for the State, dis
poses of the last lynching case for
the present Five alleged lyncherS
we're acquitted, and one is held over
because Of a hung jury Armstrong
will be given a hearing at the Novem-
her term of court. Application for
hail has been refused.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Sir William Hareourt Dead.

London, BY Cable-Sir William Yer.
non Harcourt, ''the finest political
gladiator of his age" died very sud.
denly Saturday at Nuneham Park,
near Oxford, the country seat which
he recently inherited from his neph.
ew. Only his wife, daughter of the
late John Lothrop Motley, the histori-
an and former American minister to
Great Britain, was with him.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06

Fresh operations against the por-
soises, which are spelling the sardi1e,
fishery on the coast of Brittany, are,
to be undertaken by French torpedo,
boat.
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when hard reads are dB-
cussed. He at once sees
visions of increased taxa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11


The seats Of three United State.
Senators, If the talk of their collea.
CUES is to be taken seriously, are in
peril. They are Reed Smoot Of Utah
Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas and
Charles Henry Dietrich Of Nebraska
A tremendous pressure has been
brought to GUST Smoot, and the older
senators are in no tolerant humor to-
ward the transaction with the Post
Office Department of Messrs. Burton
and Dietrich. Dietrich has asked for
an investigation and will get it, and
get it, it is said, in the most search
ing manner. Burton has gone West
to answer charges. His unfortunate
position with respect to the admins
tration, it is believed, will work so
against him as certainly to endanger
his seat.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
GOLD HUNTING rRApPERs.

1t is a mistake to suppose that placer
mining is a thing of the past in Cali
fornia. Bonanza strikes are, Of course,
rare now, but in Lake County, in the
central part of California, men still
hunt for gold with pick and shovel and
pack mule The red-shirted miners
still tread the lonely mountain trails
from digging to digging as they did in
tile days of Bret Harte.
Many Of these prospectors combine
the business Of hunting and trapping
with that of gold seeking. In the win
ter they locate in some lonely deserted
log cabin, many of which were built
in the old pioneer days. During the
rainy season they hunt the deer, bear,
panthers, wild cats, coyotes, foxes, rae
coons and quail with which the noun
tains abound. To them the game laws
are dead letters. The meat they eat
themselves, but the skins they dry and
cure and sell in the spring. With the
proceeds they buy prospecting tools
and provisions, and then, to use an
expression coined among those forest
vagabonds, ''they hit the TRAIL" All
summer they prospect, hunting among
the crags and in the old wornout water
courses for color
In that part of California there are
many old time pioneers who have
married Indian women and settled
down to farming. Farming to them
means principally hunting and trap
ping. with a few cows and horses to
keep up appearances.
Even to-day there is certain
amount of lawlessness in those dis
tricts, as in the times of the vigilance
committees. Not infrequently obnox-
ious strangers are treated to primeval
justice. This is country where the
tourist seldom goes, and many Of the
inhabitants have never seen railroad
train.
Sometimes a man decides to move
his whole family to other parts, and
then he loads his goods, his wife and
his children into covered wagons like
those that are called prairie schooners.
Then they move on day after day I'M
til suitable piece of land meets their
eyes, and there they squat. There are
some families who never live more
than q year in one place, as, for exam
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
WOODCOCK AND SNIPE.

There is quite a long list of birds
monty regarded as the snipe is the
Wilson'S snipe (Gallinago delicata).
There is only one American bird
called woodcock; this Philohela min
orr is entirely distinct from the various
snipe, yet is Of similar appearance.
From this resemblance, or snipe-like
appearance, the woodcock is incorrect
ly named Tor perhaps we ought to say
nicknameO blind snipe, wall-eyed
snipe, mud snipe, big-headed snipe,
wood snipe, whistling snipe, etc. The
various true snipe, the one woodcock
mot really snipe, but resembling
them), and various sandpipers that
also have long bills and bore in the
mud, all belong to one family (Scolo-
pacidae).
All these birds have somewhat SIM
liar appearance and habits. They fire.
quent lowlands or plowed lands, such
as corn fields, where the soil is soft,
so that they can use their long bills in
probing for worms or insects, etc. The
Wilson snipe is smaller, trimmer of
figure, and better flier than the wood
cock.
DR.. A. X Fisher says of the wood
cock: 'This much sought game bird
is in danger Of determination from the
barbarous custom of hunting it in
spring and summer just before and
during the breeding season."
Of this snipe family, Frank Chapman
says: 1T frequents wet, grassy mea-
dows rather than beaches, and, al
though it flies in flocks, the birds scat
ter while feeding, and take wing one
or more at time. Thus they remind
one of Wilson's snipe.'-St. Nicholas
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
Rates are Unsettled.

New York One of the most i'm,
portant conferences of steamship
men here in years has just been held
Agents and representatives Of practi-
caily all, of the lines operating be-
tween Atlantic ports and the United
Kingdom, were present. The object
of the gathering was to see if the cur
rent decentralization in the Trans-At-
lantic freight business could not be
ended by concerted action. The
minimum rate agreement under which
the lines have been working for two
years or more expires by limitation
in a few days, and the meeting was
for the purpose Of seeking some com.
mon ground Of renewing it. 1t devel-
oped that there was little hope of
reaching an agreement, and the con-
ference broke up without definite
date. The London lines, it is under
stood, patched up somewhat Of new
agreement a few days ago, but no
official agreement has been entered
into.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
A CATS REMEMBRANCE.

Sister Watkins. who lives on Balm
bridge street, west of Twelfth, in Phil
adelphia, has recently lost q very eS-
Unable and beautiful cat, which for
many years was the pride of the
neighborhood. This cat wore a collar
nth silver bells, and when she accom-
panied her mistress on the street and
waited by Sister Watkins side while
she talked to a friend, limited her chat
by mewing and shaking the bells vio-
lently. Full of years and highly re-
spected, Pussy died, and, being de-
Gently buried in an adjoining yard, she
had large following to her last rest
ing place. On her return from Pussy's
funeral, Sister Watkins was greatly
shocked to see a large rat occupying
her best rocking chair. She rushed
out for assistance, and when friends
returned in answer, one exclaimed:
"Why, it's two rats!' and another said:
Its a whole familyr A brave wo-
man rocked the rocking chair by polk
ing it in the back with a clothes prop,
upon which the entire rat family
jumped on to the hearth rug, settling
themselves before the fire. At last
one of the visitors picked up Pussy's
collar and began to shake it, upon
which the mother rat gave speak to
her family and scampered out Of doors,
followed by the tribe. Subsequently
it was only necessary to shake the
bells around the house to Danish all
Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
A BRIGHT DOG.

Hard by where some men were at
work digging q cellar in a city street,
there was "a dog, a bull terrier, lying
comfortably, half asleep, in the shade
under a tree. The dog belonged to
one of the men employed on the job,
and it was taking life easy while its
master worked. But when the Whis-
ties blew for II o'clock the bull terrier
jumped to it's feet and made its way
promptly straight to its master and
halted before him and looked up at
him with an expression and manner
that said as plainly as could have been
expressed in spoken words:
Don't you hear the whistle? It's
time to eat dinner"
The dog knows the significance of
the whistles perfectly, and it does this
every noon.
Maybe the bull terrier is thinking in
this twice for itself to once for it's
master, but it's bright dog, all the
same.-New York Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
May Solve the Mystery.

Louisville, Ky-According to spe-
cial dispatch to the Evening Post, re-
ceived here from Bedford, Ind, Sher-
if Smith, Of that city, has received a
letter from a man in New Albany,
saying that a body has been found
in the Ohio river, and that in the coat
pocket was letter admitting that
the writer was the murderer Of Miss
Sarah Schaefer. A number of letters
from Miss Schaefcr were found on the
body. On the corpse was found also
according TO the letter to the Sher-
iff, a gold watch inscribed: present
ed to William Henry Mead by the
nerase>s Of the Iroquois Boating
Club, JANUARY /, 1901.o
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
A-WONDERFUL SEA COW

"A SlSHC IlaC is getting more and more
rare now is that Of a manatee or sea
cow-the wonderful mammal that lives
! exclusively in the water like a fish,
and that has furnished the foundation
of many mermaid story by thrust
ing it's head and shoulders out of the
ocean near shore just in time to let
startled crew see it.
Il shall never forget the scare l got
at the first sight Of q manatee," said
John Mansfield, the angler. ut was
last year in the Indian River in Flor
ida. My boat was anchored near a
bank of grasses, and I was lolling in
the stern looking idly downward into
the water and thinking of anything
eXceptsa sea monster, when suddenly
a vast form made me pull my head
back instinctively.
1.-The thing was so dark that it looked
almost black. 1t was shaped like a
huge, thick carrot, only instead of the
thin tail of carrot it had broad, fat
tail exactly like that of a lobster.
1T came along smoothly and silent
ly, gliding close along the bottom, and
at first | couldn't see any head at all.
what it was.
Suddenly it bent that big lobster
tail backward, doubled it beneath it
self, and instantly its progress stopped
as if it had put Oh brakes.
"The next moment the thing was ap-
f1U To1inCr ctr.oi oh
Then l saw two bony things like arms
shoot out from the. upper part of it's
| body, and the thing began to bob back
md forth like a very clumsy person
trying to make funny little bows
"Then I realized that what I was
looking at was manatee. or sea cow,
and that it was in the act of feeding
A big bunch Of river grass grew just
where it had stopped and it was tax
ing it down in great mouthfuls.
Il now saw that it had head, sure
enough, although it was a most alb
surdly small head, looking like little
cork in big fat bottle. But the most
remarkable thing about the head was
the month.
! The lower jaw was all right. 1t was
| like that Of a seal. But the upper jaw
was split vertically so that it opened
| like the upper lip of a rabbit. 1t was
true hare lip, only it was about forty
times as big as the worst hare lip that
ever was on dry land.
with that queer upper lip the man
stee seized big wisps of river grass
and handled them as an elephant
would handle hay with his trunk. Then
the lower jaw would shoot out and
yank it into the cavernous mouth. 1t
was a great sight-the funny mouth,
the tiny head, the huge body twice as
big around as that of man and about
as long, the rough hide, the tiny flip
pers and the lobster tail-a veritable
cross between cow and seal and a
fish and water ug"-Indianapolis
News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
Picked Out Married Man.

Senator Platt relates a story which
proves that, except in the case of {,
newly-wedded pair, who frequentl1
are able to disguise the fact that the,
are married, it is very easy to picl
out husband and wife, particular,
when the man is trying to tell an
anecdote.
While coming from Washington the
senator sat near party Of four, TIVE
OF each sex. One of the men was
telling stories. Suddenly the senator
turned to his companion and said:
"Pll wager that chap is married"
How can you tell?" asked his
friend.
why, the woman opposite to him
is surely his wife. Every time he
told a story she continually interrupt.
ed him with, There, you've forgotten
gomething!'"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
A BIT OF sELF-DEFENsE.

Now, here is little bit of strategy
that is at once the most harmless and
amusing as well as one of the most eff
fective things in the way Of self-de-
tense. Let the opponent with whom
you are practising reach out for you
with his hands, or else ask him to at
tempt to strike you. Thrust both arms
between his, take firm grip upon the
lapels of his coat, and pull his coat OFF
and downward over his shoulders un-
til the sleeves are brought down. so
that the shoulders of the coat are held
securely just above the elbows. So
simple is this trick that any boy can
aold at utter disadvantage fellow
contestant who possesses twice his
ssrangth.-H. Irving Hancock. in St
.s-solas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-11
The Office Towel.

"A country editor called on me one
day." said Clyde Fitch, ito ask my
opinion about play he had written,
After talking few moments he asked
permission to wash his hands, as I'D
had tumbled from a trolley car and
gathered up more of the mud thar
he cared to carry home.
'Jimminy crips! he exclaimed as
he approached the wash basin, do you
use clean towel every day? You
ought to see the one'I have in mn
Composing room! Why, at the end
Of the week it looks as though it had
been used to wipe the face Of the
earth!'"