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Moore's X Roads.

Farmers are making fine pro-
gress preparing for another
crop of cotton. We think the
Trust will have to be furnished
with tobacco another year some
where else than Williamsburg.
A lot of western horses and
mules have been bought by
farmers in this vicinity.
Miss Matte Moore, who has
been teaching school near Bloom
ingvale, came home for a short
visit this week, to the delight
of her many friends. She was
accompanied by her friend, Miss
Lizzie Michel.
Miss Mollie Kennedy of Heb
ron was in this vicinity last
Saturday.
Mr. Luther Hill of Darlington
spent a few days last week with
friends in this section.
Several of our boys and girls
had the pleasure recently of at
tending a social at the hospit-
able home of Mr. and Mrs Hey
ward McElveen, in the Beulah
section.
Our much beloved pastor, Rev
Mr. Traywick, preached quite a
fine sermon last Sunday at Per
gamos.
Our Sunday-school has been
reorganized and we hope to see
the interest sustained in this
branch of the church.
We return thanks to Mr. Bass
for his "Capitol Letters, which
were read with interest by our
people.
Miss Claudia Stuckey enter
tanned quite a crowd with a
"Pit" party last Friday even
ing.
Mr. w D Fitch, one of Our best
citizens, is very ill but we hope
for him a speedy recovery:
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Venters and Vicinity.

Washington's birthday was
observed on Monday with ap-
propriate exercises by the John
sonville graded school, of which
Prof S H Brown is principal
and Miss Cora Huggins assist
ant. There are enrolled in this
school 100 pupils, who are max
ing fine progress for the time
the school has been running.
The exercises Monday consisted
of speeches and songs by the
school, and without any excep-
tion each pupil acquitted him
self with quite a degree of cred
it, rejecting honor upon the tea
chers who have labored to train
SO large body of children.
The people of this prosperous
and hospitable section of Will
iamsburg are now agitating the
question of erecting a modern
school building to take the place
of the store-room that now does
duty as a school-room.
The people are beginning to
do a good deal of farm work.
All the farmers are behind on
account of bad weather.
Our merchants, MessrS Poston
Hemingway and Rollins are all
having a fine trade and are sup
plying the farmers with a plenty
of fertilizers.
Johnsonville circuit is taking
on new life and the people are
striving to make a good showing
at the first quarterly conference
to be held March 4th.
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KINGSTREE, S. c., THURSDAY MARCH 3, 1904.
D0IEGS AT DOCK.
MI HaddOek, Supt. Of Georgetown Chain
gang, Meets with A Serious Accident.


gang. Meets with A Serious Accident.
Dock, March 1:-Farm work
is progressing nicely, guano
hauling is still in vogue.
MIR Fl P Tallevast aud daugh.
ter, Mrs B L Nesmith, have re.
turned home after a two weeks
visit among friends and rela-
tives in Darlington county.
Mr. w F McCants of Indian;
town spent Sunday in our CON-
munity.
Rev H G. Haddock of Benson
visited his brother, Mr. ] A Had;
dock, of this place Monday.
Mr. and Mrs j B Tallevast of
Indiantown were in our commu.
nifty Sunday afternoon.
We are glad to report Mrs ]
G Altman up again, after sew.
eral days illness.
Last Friday afternoon Mr. ] A
Haddock shot himself with a
shotgun accidentally. The whole
load took effect in the leg
above the knee. The wound is
very painful, but, we are glad
to report, it is not serious. The
last we heard from Mr. Haddock
he was resting easy and i'm
proving. Mr. Haddock is SUI
perintendent of the Georgetown
county chaingang.
WHIPPooRwILL.
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ITEMS FROM GREELYVILLE.
A Sudden Death Building Improve.
ment Goes or-Personal and Social.

fnent Goes 0r--Pers0nal and Social.
GREELYv1LLE, March 1:-M1
Butler Browder, who lives near
town, died very suddenly last
Sunday morning. He was in
town Saturday and appeared tc
be as well as usual. The fol,
lowing morning while in the act
of making a fire in his house he
was stricken down and died al.
most instantaneously. Magis
trate E O Limmer held an inquest
over the body, and, 1 think.
upon DR. Epps' testimony the
jury found that the deceased
came to his death from heart
failure. He leaves a wife and
several small children, by whom
he will be sorely missed.
There was preaching yester-
day morning at Richmond Pres
byterian church by Mr. Porter
of Summerton. / understand
that he also preached at Corinth
in the afternoon.
Mr. E G Mallard, formerly of
Greelyville, spent Saturday and
Sunday in town.
Mrs r E Allen has been quite
sick for a week or longer, and l
am sorry to say that she is not
much better at this time.
Mr. D W Hatchell of Gourdins,
the efficient manager for the
Carolina Fibre Co. in that sec
ton, was in Greelyville yester-
day.
Mr. S E Mcdonald from Lanes
spent Thursday with his sister,
Mrs B E Clarkson.
Mr. W n Clarkson of Heine-
mann was noted on our streets
Saturday.
DR. AD Epps' Office and drug
store is progressing nicely.
From present indications he can
occupy the building in a few
weeks.
l note some lumber being
hauled on the site to build a
store for Mr. E o Taylor, and
there is still other projected
building.
Mrs Nc Quarters returned yes
terday to her home in Bishop
vile after an extended visit to
her daughter, Mrs H L Baxter.
& VlDI.
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lake C|TY'S PROGRESS.
A CANNING FACTORY NOW BEING
WORKED UP.
No Booze for Lake City and Scranton
Yet Awhile-Good Work Of
Town Council.

LAKE CITY, March 1:-Mr W
S Moore, who had been on a
visit to his old home, South
Boston, Va, returned last Sun
day.
Mr. Fuller Rickenbaker, father
of Mr. j F Rickenbaker, and
family have moved into our
town. They have secured the
residence on the corner of
Charles and Church streets. We
welcome them among us and
hope they will find life so pleas
ant here that they will never
care to go away.
Col IT Hall has turned over
the reins of domestic govern
ment to a young man who ar
rived a few days ago.
Mr. W A Ward has sold a lot
ON Dansing street to Mr. w }
Singletary, who will build a
nice dwelling house on it right
away.
Mr. r F Joyner has sold the
"Bristow place" to MIR H V
Epps, and has purchased from
Mr. JIG Moore a lot on which
he will build & residence.
The council is having some
good work done on the streets.
The improvements on Main
street east of the Coast Line are
especially marked. The side
walk on the south side has been
Strengthened and continued to
the corner of Church street and
the drain along this walk is be-
ing carried to the canal.
The friends of Hon J G Ian
ham in this county, and all who
know him are his friends, will
be glad to learn that he is get
ting on nicely at the Columbia
Hospital where he went for
treatment at the close of the AS
sembly. He is improving right
along and will be himself again
soon. Mr. Lanham is a noble
man, one of Gods gentlemen,
and Clarendon county will do
herself proud in sending him
back to the Capitol.
And still the dispensary fight
goes on. Last Saturday Messrs
Shipp and Bass, for the plaintiff
and Mr. w F Clayton, for the
defendants, appeared before
Chief Justice Pope at Newberry
on the rule to show cause why
the stay order granted on the
18th of February should not con
tinue until the final decision on
the case. The defendants fail
ed to show cause and Justice
Pope continued the stay until
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Geo. Wayerley Briggs.

This splendidly equipped Lee
turer is, first of all, a born orator.
The universal witness is, that
his eloquence is of the very
highest grade. But is not every
great orator who can succeed on
the lecture platform. For this,
other qualifications are neces-
sary. There must be a culture
that is up to date; a knowledge
of men as well as of books; an
insight into the comedy as well
as the tragedy of life; together
with a certain histrionic power
of making all this effective. But
when to the natural gift of elo-
quence these powers are added,
then, as in this instance, the
great orator becomes the great
Lyceum Lecturer-Strong, sym
pathetic, irresistible!
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There seems to be quite an
epidemic of grip and measles
throughout the county.
Mrs G NJ Chandler, proprietress
of the Coleman House, has been
sick for some days with a severe
type of grip.
Mrs A H Dobbin and Mrs H G
Gilland and son, Henry, came in
from Newark, n. j., last even
ing and are visiting Mr. and Mrs
Hugh McCutchen.
The RECORD job office is bet
ter prepared than ever to print
all kinds of commercial station
cry. We are opening a large
new lot of paper and envelopes.
Call and sea samples of paper
and printing.
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BLANCHARD STRAIN
Single Comb White Leghorus.

Good layers and handsome
chicks, easy to raise. Eggs for
Matching 81 for 10, S. per 100:
Carefully packed and shipped
anywhere. &. II. BAKER,
3-2-O4 3m Rome, S. G.
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Legal Blanks.

Just received. Full line OF
legal blanks at the RECORD Or
FICE.
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Fooled THE LYACRtRS.
A SHERIFF WHO KNOWS HIS DUTY
AND DOES IT.
Two Attempts to Lynch the Negro vii.
liams Thwarted by Sheriff
Graham's Vigilance.

is difficult to ascertain the facts
attending the killing of Thurs
ton McGee by the negro, Karo
Williams, in Lake City on We'd
nesday of last week. 1t is gen
orally agreed that the trouble
grew out of d horse trade. The
negro attempted to take mule
from the lot and McGee forbade
him to do so. Some say that
McGee struck the negro and 9th
ers maintain that the shooting
was entirely unprovoked.
When the news reached here
Sheriff Graham at once set out
for Lake City, arriving there a
little after Z p. m. on the pas
senger train. The prisoner had
been removed from the guard
house and was secreted in a barn
in the rear of Maj S NJ Ask
ms house.
When the Sheriff arrived Maj
Askins conducted him to the
prisoner and a plan was
evolved to evads the party of
lynchers which the authorities
had reason to expect would en-
deavor to take to take the pris-
oner and try him before Judge
Lynch. The sheriff took the
negro down the road and board
ed the Coast Line at point be-
tween Lake City and Kingstree,
| where he had arranged to meet
the train, which had been
searched carefully at Lake City.
Sheriff Graham reached Kings
tree without further adventure
and lodged his prisoner in the
Jail.
Thursday the sheriff noted in
Kingstree the presence of of a
number of people from Lake
City and he became suspicious
when he saw a number of vehi-
cles behind one of the stores.
Thereupon he decided toremove
the prisoner, and not five min
utes had elapsed after he had
got out of the Jail before the
party of would be lynchers was
there demanding the keys.
Thursday night was spent in
Black river swamp at the "borse
graveyard.
Sheriff Graham is a very quiet
man, but he is just the kind of
man to stop at nothing to pro-
tect a prisoner in his keeping.
The prisoner was taken to Col
umbia Friday, via Charleston
over the Southern, and turned
over to the penitentiary author
tiles for safe keeping until he is
brought back here for trial prob
ably at the next term of court.
Sheriff Graham has received a
letter of congratulation from
from Governor Hayward upon
the course he pursued in guard
ing his prisoner:
II wanted to have the pleas
ure of meeting you personally,
not only because it would have
let me make your acquaintance,
but l wanted to thank you for
the manner in which you pro-
tected the States interest in
guarding your prisoner. You
have added to the dignity of the
State in the manner you have
upheld the law, and 1 congrat-
ulate you heartily, and assure
you of my qualification at the
outcome of the action you took
in defending the prisoner in
your hands.
Hoping that you will be sure
to call when next you are in our
City, believe me, with regards,
Yours very truly,
D. G.. HEYWARD,
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A man never realizes how lnsig-
ni6cant he is, until be attends his
own wedding.
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Whatsoever a man sseweth, that
will he easily zip.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20

riage, but Lucretia's mother refused per-
mission, fearing she would lose the rev.
enue from her daughters posing as a
model.
CASTOR brooded, and finally absinthe
killed him. From the day of his funeral
Lucreta was never seen TO smile. and
she was strangely silent
One night recently her mother awoke
In inexplicable terror, and saw her child
standing over her with an uplifted dag
ger.
Awake, mother, whose cupidity killed
my lover" she said; mother who trod
on my happiness. who sacrificed me to
her seltlshness. Awake and look death
in the face"
Hearing these words and seeing the
dagger about to descend, the mother
caught her daughters wrist, and, after
desperate struggle, disarmed the child
who had gone stark mad.
Deprived of the dagger. Lucretia
seized the aged woman by the throat
and only the arrival of neighbors saved
her from being choked to death.
Lucretia has been taken to an ASYLUM.
She still thinks she is a model. and poses
Tor the other patients. The mother is In
a hospital.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
Her Heart lis Musical.

Prof. Reitter Of Vienna, recently
astonished the medical society of that
city by saying that one of his pa
tents had musical heart. She is a
woman. and ever since her fourth year
she has suffered from palpitatSons.
While still very young she noticed that
harmonious and thrilling sound came
from her chest whenever she breathed,
and year or two later this music
became so distinct that any one whe
was in the same room with her ceufd
hear It, AS she grew older it became
more shrill and closely resembled q
human voice. At present this curious
music consists of only two notes, which
are described as being very sweet ana
clear Prof Reitter and the other menu
hers OF the medical society are nov
s-ddying this singular phenomenon.
and the result Of their Investigations
Is awaited with interest by physicians
throughout Europe.-Stray Stories.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
ANTI-SITTING DEVICE.
"entr"i American Inventors Idea
for Making Biddy Forget Her
Dream of Maternity.

When hen gets a notion into her
diminutive brain that it is her mission
to lead bunch OF downy-covered chicks
over the garden ii is a very difficult
thlng TO convince her otherwise. There
may be many excellent reasons adj
Vanced by the farmer why il is not de-
sired that she should take upon herself
This unselfish duty; but no matter how
many or excellent are his reasons, they
carry no weight with the hen.
Being chased from one nest, she will
take her place on another, and in the
absence of eggs she will set on any,
thlng. from a load of cobblestones TO a
watermelon. Fooled at one effort, she
VIII make another, and cling to the OBJ
Ject oil her ambition with a persistence
worthy of greater cause, until the ag-
graVat2d farmer is almost ready TO
wiring her neck.
Inc means OF preventing a hen from
setting seems like very humble prob-
lem TO occupy the throbbing brain of
an inventor, but the matter has been
recently attacked by genius of Brit
ism honduras, who is so sure that he
mas FOUND the solution of this mighty
mater that he has gone to the trouble
OF taking out patent papers in this and
other countries.
Inc apparatus consists merely of a
loop OF wire adapted to fasten to her
leg and encircle the limb in such a man
ner that the fowls freedom of foot Is not
interfered with in her ordinary rambles
ABOUT the barnyard in search of food:
out the moment she tries to locate her
self on nest she finGs yawning chasm
between them.
she may hover around and over the
nest, but it refuses to receive her ro-
tund form. This is because the wire
loop which has been fastened to her
prevents her from bending her leg. as
is necessary to assume the setting pos
ture. 1t is said that after repeated Ell
forts to find a hospitable nest she gives
up her task and forgets her dream Of
observation-disclosures Press
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Advantage. of rpcubs,ors

Among the numerous advantages Of
the incubator over the hen may be mem
toned the following: The incubator Is
always ready for business while a hen
only sits when she feels like it. It Is
less work to care for an incubator than
for a sufficient number of hens to hatch
the same number of chickens. The
greater the egg capacity used, the more
time is saved over that required for the
care OF the hens. The chickens are so
much more uniform In size and age that
they are more easily cared for, more
cheaply fed and present a much more
attractive appearance when fitted for
the market. Again chickens Matched in
incubators are always free from lice and
generally remain so till they are large
enough not to be much injured by them.
a thing that can rarely be said of hem
Matched ohickens.-Prairie Farmer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

1t is not necessary that the poultry
plant to be attractive looking should be
either expensive or elaborate in its
features.
Neatness pays, because neatness In
construction and arrangement means
completeness; and completeness In
equipment always contributes toward
convenience, and hence toward economy
In labor.
Three essentials to success in poultry
keeping: A good location, strong
healthy fowls of an early maturing
variety, interest In the work that will
lead one to be ever on the alert for help
full knowledge.
A poultry plant, whether large or
small, whether consisting of a single
house, or OF many houses, should be
neat. and both the arrangements of the
houses and the arrangement of furnish
ings in the houses should be convenient
Judging the causes of fai%s by what
we see and know of many failures we
may affirm with positiveness that the
three most common causes of failure in
poultry keeping are: Lack OF expert
ence, lack of capital, lack of business
ability.-Farm Poultry.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
Dog Shelters Sick Squirrel.

Huddled together under blanket Of
snow were found early one morning
near the mounted police station in Gem
trail park, New York, a crippled squirrel
and Shep, collie. Through the long
hours of the night the little cripple had
been protected from the cold by the
shaggy coat of Shep. who nestled so
close to his charge that the latter was
kept warm. When the two animals
were found the dog was blinking at the
falling snowfiakes. but the eyes OF the
squirrel were closed IN sleep. The
squirrel YVES carried into the police sta
ton. and the dog followed, growing an
proval. The smaller animal was suf-
fering from an injured leg, which had
prevented it from reaching shelter. A
bandage was placed about the squirrels
leg, and 1t was made as comfortable a
possible.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
Lively Times In Georgia.

The people of Macon. Ca, do mazy
things to show the world that it -
a live town. A farmer there erects6.
In a cemetery, a conspicuous and e8-
pensive monument to himself IT'D
residents bombarded the marble shsA
with revolvers. The farmer then -
fered $500 reward for the convictieA
of anyone who had hand in the Dr.
fgurement of his monument The peo-
pie burned him in effigy. and he offeeek
$1,000 to anyone who could find out
who they were. 4
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20

TO have her arrested. hut wished hes
taken out OF the house
The policeman tried to induce Tia
girl to leave, but she refused.
Il want me discharge in the regIai
way" she said
The policeman sent word to the stz
ton and patrol wagon rolled up IN
front of the Mordecai residence. while
neighbors wondered. Another effort
was made TO get the servant to leave,
but she protested, delivering this def:
I'm queen here. This kitchens me
cassel, and yez kin all clear out Fake
yer gilded buttons and skedaddfe."
The woman had to be carried out
by the police, and she screamed and
kicked. but was got to the station.
Mr.. Mordecai did not wish TO make
complaint, but finally did so. and
the woman was locked up on a charge
Of intoxication.
1t was then half-past eight, and MI.
Mordecai said he would not go to the
theater, as Mrs. Mordecai had been
made too nervous to leave the house
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-20
CHAPTER XIV.
"FIREr"

There was, as l have twice already
mentioned, strong wind blowing out
side, and this doubtless played no lit
Gle part in bringing about what fol-
bowed
i remember that as the lamp fell, a
Kicking tongue of fire ran--like a
monkey running up a rope-alorig tho
drapery, and that before | had time to
get out from under the table. almost
before the gaping face of Stocker had
disappeared from the hole overhead,
the entire roof was one sheet of flame.
I learnt afterwards from Number Two
ehat he had the house retiled before
he and lubbock had set about con-
structing the secret chamber. The in
teiigent British workman to whom the
task was entrusted had made a heavy
additional charge in the bill for what
ne called "weather-proofing" the roof.
by method of his own inyenting.
upon which he greatly plumed himself.
IN the matter OF keeping rain out, this
Hystem OF weather-proofng gave Hall
every satisfaction, but viewed from
another standpoint, ii caused him con-
siderable uneasiness, for he had re-
Gently discovered that the material
used for wadding the interstices be-
tween the tiles, was a kind of skein
oakufn, which. being saturated with
TAR, was highly infiammab,a. Like
every wise man, Number Two had a
horror of fire, and he at once decided
To substitute an asbestos preparation
Tor the oaltum The asbestos had been
procured, and the work of substitution
commenced, when the unexpected ad-
vent OF the Dnspirators, and their in
staRment at Heath cottage, put a stop
10 work which the fates had de-
creed should never be finished, for
within three minutes from the falling
OF the lamp. the upper part OF Heath
cottage Was royal roaring furnace.
Warm work, that" gasped Number
Two. breathlsssly, when he, lubbock.
the silent councillor. Number Six.
and myself-coughing and choking and
not all unsinged-found ourselves out
sfoe. Warm for the hobbies, too.
pocU devils. The man on the roof was
In the thick of the fire, and must be a
cinder by now. l think the other chap
burt himself when he fell; anyhow.
be hasn't got out, and never will now.
wed better be off, and by separate
ways. The neighbors will be here in
no time. But we must settle some
place OF meeting first Where shall
~ De, and when? Tomorrow morning
al IL. by the bookstall at st. Pancras
station. I'll secure carriage to our
selves by The Southend train, and we
can talk things over going down. No
enc will notice us there, and if they
do' they'll only think we are going
10 bean-feast party. So we are. for
were going to give some of them
Deans before we've done with them
aren't We? Now I'm off, and you'd
better do the same"
AS the other four struck across the
Held | made for the high road. I had
snatched up my hat when leaving the