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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09

, Broadway Oil company, Bolton. S22,
900: $4,000.
Clarendon Oil company, st. Paul
$4,000: $500.
Independent Cotton Oil company
Timmonsville. $1,000: $500.
Timmonsville Oil mill, $4,000; $17,-
400.
Cameron Oil company, $4,000; s12,'
900.
RowesNlle, $4,000: $4,000
Wilkiasville. $4,000: $4,000.
Prosperity. $4,000; $4,000.
Walterboro Oil company, $4,000;
$4,000.
Goldville Oil company, $4,000; ST.
200.
seaboard Oil company, $4,000; $1s,,
zoo.
Townville Oil company, $4,000; 49,
600.
Lee County Manufacturing COM
pany, $4,000; S15,000.'
Westminster, $4,000; $4,000.
Fort Motto, $4,000; $4,000.
Donnalds Cotton Oil company, $15,-
900; $4,000.
JOucSVllle, SLV,UVV, SlI,VVU
Williamsburg, $4,000; $4,000.
Pauline Cotton Oil company, $40, 900;
$4,000.
FERTILIZER PLANTS.
The assessments on fertilizer fac
tories were not changed, the following
report having been adopted:
We recommend that all assessments
stand same as last year. While we
find many Of the assessments reduced
we see no reason for same, as we have
no information at our command to
warrant same:
Anderson Fertilizer company, Ander-
son county, $4,000.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany. Beaufort county, $105, 900.
Ashepoo Fertilizer company, Charles
ton county, $4,000.
Etiwan Fertilizer company, Charles
ton county, s45,120.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany (Atlantic works., Charleston
county, s11S,2G0
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany berkeley works., Charleston
COuHty, S0O,ooo.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany Imperial works., Charleston
county, s11O.910.
Virginia. Carolina Chemical COM
pany STANDARD works), Charleston
county. S1S0,S10.
virginia-Carolina Chemical COM
pany (Stono works., Charleston coun-
ty, S122,235.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical COM
pany (Wando works., Charleston coun-
ty, s61,4Ss.
Read Phosphate company, Charles
ton county, $32,649.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany, Cherokee county, $32,9S2.
Georgia Chemical works, Colleton
county, s11,421.
Virginia a-Carolina Chemical COM
pany, Dorchester county, $4,000.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical COM
pany, Greenville county, sS0,955.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical COM
pany, Richland county, $4,000.
F. S. Royster Guano company, Rich
land county, $45,1
Spartanburg Fertilizer company
Spartapburg county, $4,000.
Total, $1,553,47.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09
Seeming Effort to Wipe Out An En-
tire Firm
FIVE KILLED SINCE THURSDAY
A Planter and his Manager Attacked
in their Store and Killed by TWO
Negroes, One of Whom was Taken
From Jail and lynched and the
Other Shot Down While Attempting
A Second Murder.

Greenville, Miss, Special.-As the re-
suit of ight which occurred on the
Sims & Williams plantation at Trail
Lake. Miss, thirty miles east OF here,
Thursday night, John Sims and MS
MANAGE. named Cato, were killed by
negroes, and three Of the negroes have
been killed also. The country is in
state OF intense excitement, and 1t is
feared further trouble may ensue be-
tween the whites and blacks.
The slaughter started about III
O'Clock. when Sims and Cato were shot
down in their store by negro named
Sam Clark. Sims was engaged in check
ing up his cash, when Clark came IN.
Before he could make any kind OF move
Clark raised a Winchester and fired,
the shot taking effect, first in the bacK.
and then breaking the collar-bone. He
died instantly.
Clark Immediately turned on Cato,
the manager, who was in another part
of the store. and shot him in the right
side. the ball coming out on the left
side. Cato staggered out to the back
of the store, and as he reached the door
a negro. convict guard named van
Horn. who was in waiting, struck him
over the head with rife. Cato died
at Z O'Clock this morning, and the ply
sician gives it as his opinion that the
blow over the head caused his death.
News Of the tragedy was Immediate
w sent to Greenville, and Sheriff John
Crouch, with a posse, went to the
scene.
The negroes. Van Horn and Clark,
had made their escape before the posse
arrival. but the trial of Van Horn was
found and he was tracked about a
quarter Of a mile into the woods. Here
another negro convict guard named
Mayfeld interfered with the posse, and
he was shot down in his tracks.
Van Horn was captured and taken to
Leland, fourteen miles distant, where
he was placed in Jail. He remained IN
Jail all night under strong guard. and
at $3.50 o'clock Friday morning he was
taken out and lynched by mob.
While the sheriff and posse were
busy with Van Horn the other negro,
Sam Clark, returned to the Sims store
with the intention, it is supposed, OF
killing Buck Williams the other part
ner; the book-keeper, named Crow,
who was also at work and ctaers.
Crow, however, after the previous
shooting, had armed himself and a
negro who worked about the place
named Aaron Fuller. When Clark
made his appearance he was shot and
killed by both Crow and Fuller 1t
istbelieved at Trail Lake that the
shooting is the outcome of a meeting
held in the vicinity of Trail Lake by
a negro secret society, and that the
negroes involved were picked out to
&c the killing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09
PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN
A Favorable Week for Cultivation. bud
Too Dry for Growth.

| The week ending a. NJ, May 3Oth
had a mean temperature Of degree:
which is above normal, due to higher
day and night temperatures. The ex
tremes were a maximum Of Sc a
Elackville on the 2Sth. and minimum
| of 50 at Greenville on the oath. There
was an excess of bright sunshine, and
the winds were generally light to fresh
and westerly during the first part
southerly during the middle, and east
erly at the close of the week. The
relative humidity was exceedingly low
during the greater part.
Light rains occurred on the 9th ovel
the eastern parts, amounting to
slightly more than a trace at few
places only, and copious showers dur.
ing the night Of the 29th in Lexington,
Edgefeld, Saluda, Laurens, Union and
Spartanburg counties, the amounts
ranging from trace to over an inch
This rain occurred after the correspon.
dents reports had been mailed, and
will materially improve the conditions
set forth by them. The drought is un-
relieved over the rest Of the State. One
correspondent reports the records have
been kept. In many places wells hav
failed, and streams have dried; in most
places the effects OF the drought are
cofined to the various crops which are
suffering severely.
Farm work made uninterrupted prog
ress, with cultivation active and
thorough, and all field crops clean OF
grass and weeds.
Except In the driest sections where
corn has become withered and yellow,
there is an improvement in its condi-
ton, although it continues small fof
the season. Late paintings and re.
paintings have not come up to stands,
while worms continue destructive, and
stands are broken as a rule. although
good stand reports are more numerous
than heretofore. Old corn has received
its second cultivation.
The hot weather caused noticeable
improvement in the color and growth
of cotton, but the continued dry wealth
er has ben detrimental by preventing
Its coming up on clay and red lands
both first and replantings. The
plants are small for the season. Chop
ping has been finished in many places.
Cultivation has been thorough, and
fields are remarkably clean. Sea ISL.
and cotton Is in poor condition on ac-
count Of the severe drought that pre-
walls along the coast.
Oats are ripening IN all sections ant
harvest is we'll under way. The crop IL
good in few places, fair in many, anc
a failure in some. Wheat is an average
crop: some has been cut. Peach ship.
ments arel light, but increasing. Fruiti
are plentiful in most sections; berries
need rain to ripen them. Pastures, gar
dens and truck generally are badly
parched. Melons are backward. The
ground is too dry to set sweet potato
slips.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09
To Establish Cannery.

Beaufort, Special.-Maggeoni & Co.,
of Savannah, have leased the old cot
ton compress and old grain elevator
sites in Port Royal for the purpose OF
building and establishing an oyster
canning factory. They expect to can
oysters and other things. The work OF
building wSarves, factory houses. ETC.,
will begin Immediately. The plant will
give employment to about $50 hands
during the oyster season and will DO a
s1O0. 900 business each season.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09
Ame rican Champion Wins.

London, Special.-In the first round
of the amateur golf championship con-
test at Sandwich, Walter ]. Travis, the
American champion, beat H. H. Hill
ton, the former British champion by
five up and four to play, thus reaching
the semi-fnals. Travis and E. D. Black
we'll will meet in the final tomorrow.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09
G. A. r. Service.

Savannah, Ca, Special.-Federal
memorial day was quietly celebrated
by members of the Winfield Scott
Hancock Post G. A. R. There are on
ly forty-two graves Of Union soldiers
in the cemeteries of this city. These
were strewn with flowers and decor
ated with flags, but no fixed services
were held.
The Navy Department has been un-
able to find the so-called "lost island
Of the Pacific"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-09
PALMETTO POINTS
GIVEN in BRIEF
The State Campaign.

The subcommittee appoint
range a schedule for the ST
paign met in the office Of Gf
Jones, State chairman, at thu
National bank last week. T
the meetings and the assess
candidates were decided "
At former meeting it
not to require attendance
meetings by candidates II
out opposition. The asi I
are: For candidates fol %;
for lieutenant governor lad
jutant general, s25; fd State
offices, $3.50; for c, -! $50; for
solicitor, $25. ~
The itinerary as ped out by the
committee is as fo1 rs: E
Sumter, Tuesday June 21st.
Manning, Wedp) )sday, June 22nd.
Monks CorneL Thursday, June 23rd.
Georgetown, Friday, June oath.
Kingstree, Saturday, June 25th. "
Conway, Tuesday, June 2Sth.
Marion, Wednesday, June 29th.
Florence Thursday, June 3Oth.
Darlington, Friday, July LIST.
Bennftsville, Saturday, July End.
Bistopville, Tuesday, July 5th.
Chesterfield, Wednesday. July 9Th.
Camden, Thursday, July 7th.
Lancaster, Friday, July 9Th.
Yorkville, Saturday, July 9Th.
Union, Tuesday, July 18th.
Spartanburg, Wednesday, July 18th.
Gaffney, Thursday, July 14th.
Greenville, Friday, July 18th.
Pickens, Saturday, July 18th.
Walhalla, Tuesday, July 18th.
Anderson, Wednesday, July 10th.
Abbeville, Thursday, July 21st.
Greenwood, Friday, July 22nd.
Laurens, Saturday, July 23rd.
Newberry, Monday, July 25th.
Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 26th.
Bamberg, Wednesday, July 9th.
St. George, Thursday, July 2Sth.
Charleston, Friday, July 18th.
WATERFORD Saturday, July 3Oth. 4
Beaufort, Tuesday, August End.
Hampton, Wednesday, August 3rd.
Barnwell, Friday, August 9th.
Aiken, Saturday, August 9Th. 80
Edgefeld, Monday, August 9Th.
Saluda, Tuesday, August 9Th.
Lexington, Wednesday, August 10Th. 3
Chester, Thursday, August 11th.
Winnsboro Friday, August 18th.
Columbia, Saturday, August 18TH.
Although the candidates for the !
State offices have until June 10th In 3
which to file their pledge with the
chairman Of the executive committee,
Gen. Willie Jones, several have already "
formally entered by sending their -
pledges accompanied by the money.
Among these are Col. John T. Sloan OF
Columbia for lieutenant governor, Capt.
R. H. Jennings of Columbia for State =
treasurer, Hon, George S. Legare OF
Charleston for congressman from the
first district and several candidates for
solicitor
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
Homcs of Western ciuha.

Western clubwomen believe. to borS
row the phrase of the Denver club.
that ito the club a home adds per.
manence and dignity, and to the com.
punity II adds something Of worth and
progress. and Is a center from which
emanate much OF the phiianthrophy
and best civic work of the city" In
many of the large western cities,
where the women's clubs are strong.
these clubs have ceased to rent apart.
ments at hotels and public halls. and
have built themselves homes of their
very own. An article in a recent Ana.
conda (Mont.) Standard, which the
Butte clubwomen edited. mentions tho
Athenaeum. of Milwaukee: the Won.
ems club of Los Angeles; the Propy.
laeum, of Indianapolis; the Shakes
reare club. of Pasadena; the Wom.
ans club Of Denver: the Ladies' Lit.
orary club. of Salt Lake; the women's
clubs Of Peoria, ILL.,; Decatur. H.. and
Detroit, as among tho clubs which
have erected club buildings. The
Denver club showed marked original.
ity in its method Of procedure. When
the time came for turning tho first
sod preparatory TO building. the men,
bers were on the ground, armed with
spades and shovels. The first sod was
turned by the president, and then all
lent a hand. and a wagon brought for
that purpose was heaped full. This
earth was taken away and bottled and
the bottles sold as souvenirs OF the
memorable occasion. The sum realized
from this source was s72. The club
has a membership of 936.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
In His Own Coin,

A well-known lawyer once had a
client who protested that certain
liveryman had imposed upon him.
He had asked the liveryman the
charge to go to Walton. The latter
replied two dollars" The other or.
dered the team and in payment of.
fered two-dollar bill. The livery.
man insisted on two more dollars for
coming back. and made him pay It,
The lawyers advised him as fol-
laws: go to the liveryman and ask
him, How much do you charge to go
to Newton?"
Five dollars" replied the stable
man.
Harness him up." The client
went to Newton and returned by train.
Then he went to the stableman and
said. Here's your S."
Where's my team?" asked the 9th.
er in surprise.
AT Newton" answered the client.
Il only hired the team to- go to New.
ton"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

A pretty sailor hat in brown straw
had the crown wreathed in a close
garland of violets in shades of brown.
On one side was q small bunch Of eH.
quisite yellow roses. very rich in tone.
Another brown sailor had sash
and large bow tied directly in front, Of
brown ribbon having a large embroid.
cred spot of blue ard white. On either
side behind the bow were pale blue
wings.
A brilliant sailor hat worn with a
natural pongee gown was tan rice
straw with a red scarf and bow. On
the under side of the crown. in the
back. were cherries. ripe and glowing
loosely arranged to dangle over the
back hair of the wearer.
A wide green sailor hat was cool to
look upon. with its band of white vel
vet running to the back, where 1t was
tied in a generous bow. On one side
we're three little white owl heads with
yellow eyes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
Taffeta stiu In Favor.

Black taffeta costumes it was said
in the early spring. and it was thought
by the best authorities, would not be
fashionable during the summer, as
they We're to be bought ready made at
so many of the large department shops.
Yet there has been succession of tho
most charming designs furnished for
black taifeta gowns, and these have
been made up in large numbers for
women who know how to dress well.
The skirts are trimmed with tucks
or folds of the taffeta, with bands of
embroidery or lace ruchlngs. The
waists are tucked or pleated. and have
white lace yokes and bands overlaid
with embroidery or lace Shirrings
and cordlngs, such as We're the delight
OF olden times. are most fashionable.
says Harper's Bazaar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
The Little Woodchuck.

II there is any one of our native
animals that looks slow. clumsy.
lazy" and generally unfit to survive
in the struggle for existence. 1t is the
voodchuck, says the Country Life in
America. After he has built, or rath-
er, excavated, his home-which, to tell
the truth, he does in rapid and bust
nesslike way-he does nothing but eat
and sleep. Yet, any one who sizes
him up as an incompetent is likely
to get fooled. for he is a source OF
continual surprises.
When your garden Is not far from
the woods you may be awakened in
the middle of tho night by series
of most alarming yells and howls,
occasioned by some hungry wood
chuck that has come for nocturnal
visit to the cabbage patch and met
with a warm reception from our two
dogs. The woodchuck usually gets
away apparently unharmed while the
dogs are left to nurse their scratched
noses and forepaws. The woodchuck,
In fact, has plenty of courage, and
will always fight in preference to run
ming away
Throughout the summer this little
"woodpig" spends most OF his time
In the vicinity of his burrow, coming
out early in the morning to take his
breakfast, returning to his nest for a
morning nap. appearing again at
neon and late in the afternoon for
his dinner and supper, only to return
again for another snooze. Occasional
ly he makes visit to some neighbor-
ing orchard or garden. By October
/, when he is fat, he retires into his
subterranean home for a long sleep,
until, we are led to believe, the
proverbial grounding" day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
New Sanding Device.

Another new accessory, for the troll.
ley car is pneumatic sanding device,
which has been devised by an AM
erican company for electric cars fit.
ted with air brakes. 1t is simple in
construction and consists of two traps
placed beneath the sand box. Each
trap is connected with one-inch iron
pipe by means of a rubber hose. The
air is supplied from the main reser.
voir. The sand is lifted from the
traps and blown down between the
tread of the wheel and the rail. The
operating valve in the cab is fitted
with a warning port, and is so con.
structed that when the sander is in
operation a continuous whistle is
maintained. Although this is entire.
ly optional with the motorman, as he
can stop the whistle and continue the
sanding operation by merely pressing
on the valve placed in the end of the
operating valve handle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
The Destiny of Woman,

The real results of this modern wom-
says DR.. Lyman Abbott in the Worlds
Work, in better wages to self-support.
ing women; In enlarged opportunities
for productive industry; In consequent
Industrial independence for unmarried
women; in resultant release from
the odious compulsion which drove
women into marriage as the only
means of livelihood open to them; in
an end to that kind OF marital subor.
dlnation which grew out Of the fact
that an uneducated woman is inferior
10 an educated man; in an intellectual
compan!onship in the married life
based on a common understanding OF
all lie movements and a common in.
terest in them all; in the ability Of the
mother to keep the intellectual respect
of her boy after he has gone out OF
the home to college or to business, and
TO be his trusted counsellor and his
inspirer; in woman's broader horizon,
larger life and more richly endowed
character; in the ampler service she
can render to society. to her country
and to the world; and in her better
equipment for the finest and highest
service of all, that which is inherent in
motherhood. 1T is a woman's des-
tiny" Balzac makes one of his char
acters say. ito create. not things. but
men. Our creations are our children;
our children are our pictures, our
books and statues" This is the great.
est career of all-greater than that of
the lawyer, the doctor, the poet, or
the artist. Law governs life. medi-
cine prolongs life. poetry portrays life,
art presents a simulacrum of life; the
mother creates life. The education of
the future will recognize motherhood
as the suDremest Of all destinies. and
the curriculum of all schools and col
leges worthy of the name will be fash
ioned to conform to this standard and
to prepare for this service.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
a Tooth Wash,

A soapy tooth wash is superior to
the ordinary sorts: it Is very cleans
ing. an essential quality and the dis.
tasteful soapiness may be overcome
by an admixture of orris root. which
also imparts a delicate fragrance TO
the breath. 1t is more economical to
buy the ingredients in bulk and mix
them at home than to buy a prepared
article. Buy a cake of pure white
CASTLE soap and shave off two ounces
Of 1t. which reduce to a fine powder.
In place Of mortar for powdering the
soap use a heavy wooden vegetable
masher and an earthenware bowl. Mix
with the powdered soap two ounces of
Florentine orris root and one-half
pound Of precipitated chalk. Pass the
mixture through a fine sieve several
times to thoroughly blend the ingre
dents. then put away in dry place,
preferably in a glass closely corked
The quantity named will be sufficient
TOR years use.-New Haven Register
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

Hopping brim Of lace or fine embroid.
cry. to the old fashioned poke bonnet. ..
\ well dressed woman must have at
least one poke in her hat box to wear
with gowns having n downward droop
from the shoulders, after the style seen
in old daguerrotypes. This new poke,
however. is modified and altogether
charming.
Very smart mllliners did their best
TO Introduce the real 1890 poke of Flor
entine straw with orchard truck orna-
mentation, but 1t was no go, and in
stead woman has accepted bonnet
of hand made satiny straw braid
trimmed simply with band of very
broad soft ribbon around the high
crown and huge broad bow across
the front.
A few wearers take kindly to strings
of black velvet tied In a chic way
under the left ear. but most of the
pokes are stringless.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

illustrated is bloused slightly over the
belt, but can be drawn down snugly
whenever preferred.
The waist consists of the fitted lin
Ing, fronts and back and is fitted by
means of shoulder and under-arm
seams. The effect of the box pleats is
obtained by wide tucks which are
turned one outward and one inward in
each group and the closing is made in
vlsibly at the centre front. The sleeves
are wide and full below the elbows, but
tucked TO lit snugly above, and are
finished with straight cuffs. The novel
stock Is feature and is adapted not
to this waist alone but also TO the sep
arate ones which are always in de-
mand.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is FIVE and one-half
yards twenty-one inches wide. four
yards twenty-seven inches wide. or
three and one-eighth yards forty four
inches wide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
Making Fire Indian Fashion.

How do the Indians make a fire
without matches?" asked boy who
loved to play Indian" Most of us
have heard the answer to this:"The
Indians used flint and steel, as our
own fathers and mothers did one
hundred years ago, and before they
had flint and steel they used rubbing
sticks We have all read about
bringing fire out of two sticks by rub
bing them together, but | find that
most persons look upon this as sort
of fairy tale, or If they Believe II to
be true, they think it 80 difficult as
to be worth no second thought All
wood crafters, | find. are surprised
and greatly interested to learn that
not only Is 1t possible II is easy to
make friction fire If you know how.
| have taught many boys and men to
do 1t. aud some have grown so ox.
pert that they make it nearly as quick
ly as with lJfashioned sulphur
match. When | first learned from
Mr.. Walter Hough, who learned from
the Indians, 1t took me from five to
ten minutes to get blazing fire-not
half an hour, as some books have Il.
But later | got II down to minute,
then to 81 seconds; from the time of
taking up the rubbing sticks to having
a fine blaze, the time in getting the
first spark being about six seconds
Ernest Thompson Seton, in Country
Life in America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
In Defense Of FemininIty.

The London World comes to the do.
Tense of English women in this fash
ion:
Though 1t may stll be a thorn in
the side of English women that their
American sisters continue to take the
lead in vivacity ard to pluck from
their hands the blooms of the peerage.
yet England and France can boast Of
their brilliant women writer's. their
political queens. their great artists;
but so far America can certainly not
prove to us that she can do more than
create chatterins dolls and business
women"