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, 1905-07-13
PARTITION OF TIN CANS.
Good Use Army Surgeon In Philip
pines Made Of Refuse,


A new use has been found for old
tin cans. Capt. Robert, an army sur.
geon. attached to a command In Sa.
mar, in the Philippines, discovered it.
An ccoun says: The hospital at
Borongon was a native two-story
house, the best in the place, but with
Il partitions. 1t was desirable that
there should be an operating room
separated from the other rooms, but
1t was impossible to obtain lumber
for the necessary partitions. 1t oc.
CURED to Capt. Robert to utilize the
tin cans which had been emptied of
hare tack n other portions Of the
army ration. A lot of tin Fans were
trimmed nj cheated into square
sheets and these were then nailed on
framework. In his way enough ma.
terial was obtained to partition of a
practically metal-lined, dust-proof
room nine feet by twelve, which was
then fitted with a washstand, steriliz.
ing tables n shelves for dressing. all
of which. together with the door, were
made by men of the command from
odd bits of lumber picked up on the
hike"
, 1905-07-13
CALLED FOR MUCH SACRIFICE,
0amseI Of Fashion Suffered for Sake
of Portrait.

A young woman we'll known in
New York and London society is at
present going through what she re-
CARDS as a most painful ordeal. Some
time ago John s. Sargent consented to
paint her portrait, and by way OF
preparation he told her to buy a dress
of rich brown velvet. She did so. and
Mr.. Sargent expressed himself as
pleased with the costume.
Just wear the dress every day for
a month" he said, so as to get the
effect of off. Then | will
start the portrait"
This to the daughter of a multi-mil.
lionaire who is accustomed to wearing
the same costume at the most half a
dozen times? The great artist was
deaf to all protests. and. confronted
with the choice of wearing the dress
as directed or going without a Sargent
portrait. the young woman consented
to do as she was asked. She regards
herself as a heroine.-New York
Times.
, 1905-07-13

The day they cut the baby's hair
The house was all a-fidget;
Such fuss they made. you would have
said
He was a king-the midget!
Some wanted this, some wanted that:
Some thought that it was dreadful
To lay a hand upon one strand
OF all that precious headful.
While others said. to leave his curls
Would be the heigh of folly.
Unless they put him with the girls.
And called him Sue OF Molly.
The BARRIERS shears went snip-a-snip,
The golden fluff was flying;
Grandmother had a trembling lip.
And aunt was almost crying.
The men folks said. why. hello. Boss,
You're lokine Ave years older"
But mother laid the shaven head
Close. close against her shoulder.
All. well: the re-t must lose its birds,
The cradle yield its treasure:
Time will not stay a single day
For any plsader's pleasure.
And when that hours work was weighed
The scales were even. maybe;
For father gained a little man
When mother lost her baby!
Nancy Byrd Turner. in st. Nicholas.
, 1905-07-13
RUSks GAVE HIM INSPIRATION.
Aided Wagner Greatly in Composition
of "T ristan,"

Aided Wagner Greatly in Composition
Of Tristan"
At last Wagner was possessed by
"das fu~rchtbare Sehnen," which was
essential to the composition of Acts
ii. and III. OF Tristan" On Nov. ]
he ever had thoughts of suicide. He
wrote the music with the gold pen
presented to him by Mathilde. The
third act was written with as great
passion as h second. Wagner in his
uncomfortable hotel at Lucerne be-
came Tristan tossing on his couch al
kareol. Then we find him weeping
while he composes Kurwenal's words.
"Auf eig'ner Weld und Wonne.' etc.
On May 8, however. he had beer stick
ing for a week over the passage pre-
ceding "Sterbend lag ich stumm i'm
Kahn" but the provident Mathilde
sent him a package of ~zwieback. He
dipped the sweet. familiar rusks' in
milk and consumed them, and the
gates of inspiration were opened again.
God. what the proper rusk can do"
he exclaims. Thus Tristan was
composed.-Wagner's Letters to Ma
thi!de Wesendonck.
, 1905-07-13
Green" Has ArYan Root.

Owing to it's derivation the word
green" was originally applied to the
color of vegetation, but not to the
color OF the sea. No application OF
green" to the color Of the sea is
quoted before Chaucer. but as early as
the year 700 It was use for yegeta.
ton. The word is akin to grass and
grow" which verb originally belong
ed to the vegetable world alone; veg
etables grew" but animals "waxed."
Green" comes from an Aryan root.
.'ghahr,' meaning to be green or yell
low, and yellow" gold and ''yolk'
come from that same root
, 1905-07-13
FRANK X. MEASON.

Cattle branded left side, horses On
left shoulder. Range, Upper Platte
Valley. Address, Saratoga, wyo.
, 1905-07-13

GEORGE T.. BROWN.
Cattle branded anywhere ON animal
horses, left shoulder. Range Big Greek
Z. q. address. Dowuiugton. Wyo
, 1905-07-13
When cornishmen Had Tails.

Natives of Devonshire, England, in
past centuries used to say that Cor
nishmen all had tails. asserting that
1t was a sign of the divine disapproval
of their infamy in cutting off the tail
of Thomas a Beckett's horse. A six
te~enth-century writer says: so hath
England in all other lands a perpetual
infauy OF tayles by theye wrytten lie.
gendes of Ives, yet can they not well
tell where to bestowe them truly. An
Englishman o cannot travayle in
another land by way of marchandyse
or any other honest occupyinge. but it
is most contumeliously thrown in his
tethe that all Englishmen have
tayles."
, 1905-07-13
Neal Dow as an Example.

The following story is told of Neal
Dow, the famous temperance orator:
While in Portland II day Dow pass
ed the house of a prominent citizen.
A new brick walk was being laid be-
fore the dotr, and as Dow struck the
loose sand he slipped and went head
over heels into the gutter. AS he did
So the owner of the house rushed out,
and. picking him up. exclaimed; MY,
how | wish there wasn't a drop OF
LIQUOR in the world"
, 1905-07-13
No Need Of Buttons.

II isn't namin' 40 names. nah
friends" said good old Parson Wool.
limon a trihe ominously nor stigma.
tIzin' nobody in especial; but | de,
siahs to call you-all's attention to de
aphorism dat de heather don't wear
no clothes. Dey don't wear no
clothes. Dar'fo' and c~onsecutively,
dey amt got no mannah oh use TO
de buttons dat am sometimes insinu.
ated into de collection. DE choir will
please vociferate while de contribu.
ton box am The
Sunday Magazine.
, 1905-07-13
J. c. wRISINGER
JOHN MCFARLAND


Cattle branded left side. horses on
left hip or thigh. Range North Spring
Creek. p. o. Address Saratoga, wyo.
, 1905-07-13

JOHN C. BREWER.
Cattle barnded VT on left side and Ov on
left hip. Horses branded VT on left thigh.
Range SprinI creek. Postofiice address
Saratoga. Wyoming.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23

Change Of Venue Denied by Judge
Memminger.

Saluda, Special.--When court con-
vened Thursday morning the case OF
the State against E. S. Blease, charg-
ed with murder, was called. The So
licitor and Mr.. T. S. Sease, who is
assisting in the prosecution, formally
moved for a change Of venue, the mo-
ton being based upon the affidavits
of 299 citizens of the county that they
did not believe the State could obtain
a fair and impartial trial. Defend
ants counsel in reply read the atfi-
davits of 325 citizens who swear that
fair and impartial trial in this case
can be had in Saluda county. In ad-
dition to these affidavits were submit
ted by 20 citizens who stated that
they had signed affidavits for change
of venue under a misapprehension.
Besides these, defendants counsel
submitted aflidavits Of the county
supervisor of Salhda county, the sup
erintendent of education, several mag
istrates in the county. those OF an ex-
supervisor and an ex-Sheriff. The So
licitor, in presenting his side Of the
case stated that this was rare case
and should not be tried by the strong
friends Of either side for it matters
not how the case should terminate,
improper motives would be suspected.
The aifidavits show that State sena-
tor from this county is charged with
the killing of another man almost
equally as popular, and that under
such circumstances it would indeed be
difficult to procure a jury free from
bias and prejudice. The affidavits as
we'll as the records show that the
State could not get representation at
the local bar, but that on the other
hand, every member of the legal fra
ternity at this place represents the
defendant.
The purpose of all judicial investi-
cations is to get a trial even above
suspicion. In spite of the fact that
the sympathy is always with the de-
fense in cases of this kind the State
shows by the affidayits of 299 men
that there is no probability OF falr
trial in Saluda county. All that the
State asks is that it be transferred
to some county where there is on rea-
son to believe bias or prejudice ex-
lists.
When the affidavits on behalf OF the
defendant had been read the solicitor
asked for time to procure other am
davits for the State. This Judge MINI
minger promptly refused. :.
At the conclusion of Mr.: Sease s
argument Judge Memminger held that
the showing made by the State was IN
sufficient and declined the motion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
PALMETTO AFFAIRS
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover.
ing a Wide Range-What is Going
On in Our State.
Charters and Commissions.

The secretary Of state issued
large number of charters and COM
missions last week.
The Cheraw Naval Stores Co. re-
ceived a commission and will be cap
italized at $4,000, the corporators
being w. F. Stevenson. Z. {. Prescott,
NJ. W. Duvall, D. T. Matthews and T.
G. Matthews.
The Shannon-Stevens-Boykin COM
pany of Cheraw will be mercantile in
character and will be capitalized at
$4,000 The corporators are: c. j.
S. Shannon, Jr., John 7. Stevens and
W. A. Boykin.
The Standard Warehouse company
of Columbia secured its charter. The
officers are D. C. Hayward, president; ;
Z. c. Cathcart, treasurer; +. I.
Lipscomb, secretary. The board Of
di ectors consists Of D. C. Hayward.
Bdwin W. Robertson and August
kohn of Columbia, ]. A. Brock and r.
f. Ligon of Anderson, Ellison a.
Smyth, Lewis, W. Parker and W. f.
Beattie of Greentille and J. K. burst
of Greenwood. The capital stock of
the company is $500,O00.
The Chester Ice Co., capitalized at
$4,000, was chartered with T. L. Eb-
erhardt as president and treasurer and
c. l.. Ridgely as vice president and
secretary.
The Halle Shoe Co. will be looted
in Union and the capital will be 3d.
900. The corporators are: VIM. l.
Halle, John A. FAINT and Francis NJ.
FaT.
The Farmers Bank of William
ston will have a capital Of $l5, 900 and
the corporators are: W. A. Simpson,
Geo. D. Sullivan, E. H. Melbourne, j..
E. Wakefield, Jr., and j. c. Duck
worth.
The corporators Of the Georgetown
club whose purposes are rated as
athletic and social are: Lewis OBry-
an and w. S. Moore. The capital is
$500.
A charter was given the Aiken Cot
ton and Stock exchange, capitalized
at $1,000. The officers are: o. H..
Mobley, president; Nelson johnson,
vice president; W. j. Moseley, secre-
tary, and R. L. Courtney treasurer.
The Seaboard Product Co. of
Georgetown will manufacture turpen-
tine products. The capital is $4,000
and the corporatorsr are: A. G. Jor-
dan, j. B. Steele and E. W. Kamin-
ski.
The Oregon Lumber Company of
Greenville has increased its capital
from $1,000 to $4,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23

Watkinsville, Ga.-WatkinsyiIle IS
to have a 100000 cotton mill It an.
early date. A company has besaSor-.
ganized to place the new mill in oper-
alton. At the head of the company
as president, secretary and treasurer
is Hon. E. B. Thompson, Of 0conee
county, one Of the best farmers In
this State and also well known busi-7
ness man. Al. Baxter, Of High
Shoals, is to be the superintendent OF
the new mill. Mr.. Baxter is man
of wide experience in .the mill busi-]
ness. The directors are A. w. Ask
ford, A. C. Jackson, Dave r6sborne,
Henry Thomas and E. z. Crowley, In
addition to the establishment OF the
new cotton mill plant the company
will also establish water works and
electric light plant that will serve the
purpose of the cotton mill and at the
same time give the town Of Watkins
vile good supply of !. water for
domestic uses and fire protection and
light the streets of the town with
incandescent lights.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
~ Pledge s. G. Farmers.

Columbia. S. c., Special.-Seere-
tarv F. H. Weston, Of the South Car
oI;na division of the. Southern cotton
Association in an interview said:
To-day 1 am in receipt OF lnstruc-
tions from headquarters in Atlanta 10
institute a movement toward securing
pledges from the farmers for the cot
ton which they now have on hand for
15 cents.
"We know that there is most ae-
tive demand for dry goods and that
tbe mills have not the cotton neces-
sary. to run them to fill these con-
tracts. The association considered II
cents a fair but not unreasonable
price for cotton, but in view OF the
,erv aggressive campaign that has
been instituted against cotton IN the
last few days it would be absurd for
the Southern Cotton Association to
stand by and see the producers OF
cotton throughout the South despoll-
ed of millions of dollors.
"We must convince the Primers OF
the world that the price of cotton
is to be fixed by the producer and not
by the speculator.
"We have the money on hand and
propose to pay these canvassers for
their work. -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
couohed Up Two Frogs.

After suffering for weeks with an
illness which baffled her physicians,
Mrs. Bridget Mangan of Minooka, Pa,
coughed up frog four inches long.
DIR. William Haggerty has placed it in
alcohol, and will send it to medical
school.
Mrs. Mangan has suffered with
severe pains in the stomach for sew
eral weeks. Six days ago she suffered
constant thirst and that time she
coughed up a small frog.
The same symptoms were apparent
last night when the four inch frog
came to light.
DR.. Haggerty says the woman must
have swallowed the larger frog in
drinking water when it was young,
and that it developed in her stomach
Nashville American.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
TO EXTEND G. b L.
Work on Extension of Chesterfield 4
Lancaster Railroad Prom Ruby to
Gum Springs Now in Progress. -.

Cheraw, Special.-Mr. A. &. Page,
general superintendent and one OF the
largest stockholders of the Chester
field Lancaster Railroad is authority
for the statement that the road IS to
extend Immediately from Ruby, the
present terminus, to Gum Springs,
distance: Of about eight miles, the
work of cutting out the right OF way
being now in progress. MaJ. Charles
H. Scott, a prominent and experlenc-
ed civil engineer of Elkins, West lVr-
ginia, has charge af the survey OF the
extension and will personally super
wise the construction OF the WORK.
For a number of years he was con-
nected with the engineering depart
ment of the Chesapeake & Ohio. rail,
road and recently has been employed
by the Hon. Henry Gassaway DAVIS m
the construction Of railway work IN
West Virginia. -,
The extension of the c. & L. Rail
road from Ruby will follow what s
known as the upper route, with sever
al slight alterations in the line Oh sur.
vev. From Ruby to Gum Springs 1t
will 90 a little south of the old nor
thern survey, leaving Mt. Croghan TO
the right a short distance, several
thousand dallars being saved by this
slioht alteration. From Gum Springs
the road will be built to Fox Place,
and m from there to the river; it is hard
to say which route it will take R,,a. put
Iikelv III the upper one, via Dudley,
touching the river near the Wildeot
stream opposite the little town u
Tradesville, in Lancaster county.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
To Colonize in the South.

Columbia, Special.-Commisionerof
Immigration Watson is at work on a
scheme to have the Salvation Army
people establish large colony in this
section. Representatives of the army
are now in this locality preparing, the
for colonization in the South from the
West and Southern Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Western New
York, and it is thought that colonies
will be established in several OF the
Southern States. These representa-
t;ves will also visit Mobile, Chatta-
noooa and other Southern Cities
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
Graham, N. G. The Leota cottor

Graham, N. @. The Leota Cotton,
Mill Co, takes over and will operate
the plant of the Voorhees, Manufact-
uring Co., at Graham, N. G. The MIL
has 124S spindles, 1876 looms, dyeing
equipment, steam powerplant, etc, for
manufacturing cloth. Its machinery
is housed in a main building three
stories high, 75x12l feet; there is aso
a lopper-house, dye-house and boiler1
house. The Leota corporation was
reported several weeks ago as moor
porated with capital stock of $l25.r
600 by Messrs. Jas. v. Pomeroy, VIM
E. White and j. II. White. Mr.. Pom
eroy has been elected secretary.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
q MOVING EXHIBIT
Exhibit to Be Transported to All
Parts OF the State Free Of Charge
By tho Railroads.

\ coach has been loaned to Glenn
son college by the Southern railway
company and will be transported free
of cost TO all parts of the State reach
ed by the tracts of that company.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
company has also agreed to run this
coach over their tracks free of cost
to the college. This will enable the
authorities of Clemson college to
reach the people in all portions of
South Carolina with valuable instru-
ctions on practical questions relating
to agriculture. mechanical, civil and
electri:a! engineering, textile and
chemical industry, geology and gen.
eral industrial education. Experts
not only from the college, but from
other portions Of the country, will be
sent with the car to furnish infor-
nation on the many industrial sub
jects demanding the attention Of the
people. There will be in this car the
needed apparatus, appliances, tools
and impliments to make the course
IF instructnion highly entertaining
and valuable. Specimens of plants,
insects, minerals, etc, will be found
in this car. A first class lantern,
with many lantern slides on many
subjects, will be placed in the car for
the free and liberal use of the people.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
The Baptist State Convention.

Columbia, Special.-Preparations
are being made for the meeting of the
State Baptist convention in this city
the first week of December. The To-
cal committee on hospitality, Of
which the Rev: Walter E. Wilkins IS
the chairman is making ready for 500
delegates, among whom will be many
of the strongest ministers and lay
men in South Carolina. The meeting
of the convention will begin on the
night of Friday, December 1st. and
will probably continue until the next
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
News in Brief.

The silver jubilee of the Federation
of Labor beguan at Wilkes-Barre, ia.
Rev. Stephen NJ. Merrill, Methodist
Episcopal Bishop, of Chicago, died at
Keyport, N. j., aged SO years
President Mccall, of the New York
Life Insurance Company, was order
ed to demand Judge Andrew
Hamilton s return to tell the investl-
eating committee about the disburse-
ment of the "yellow-dog fund."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
Valuable Records May Be Had.

Capt. W. \. Courtenay has written
to Gov. Hayward urging that this
State cooperate with others of the l3
original States to get from records in
European capitals 4 lot of valuable
information relating to these colonies
when they were not independent
States. Capt. Courtenay writes that
these manuscripts have been examl-
ned in the archives Of London public
record office and in confidential reposS
tories and have been pronounced in
dispcnsable by such men as Mr.. VIM.
NJ. Evarts. Joseph Choate and other
ambassadors.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
Whitney, N. G. 1t is reported tbs

Whitney, N. g. 1t is reported that
contracts have been closed win the
Whitney Reduction Company 70 fur
nish 5000 horsepower Of electrical
energy at the four Cannon mills-one
at Concord and three at Albemarie.
The aggregate amount of the contract
will be between $l25,O0O and $135,Ooo
per year.
Spray, N. G. Mule-spun yarns on
the wooleh system will be maufact-i
ured by the American Thread Com
pany, recently organized by B. Eiank
Mebane. --,<-ssf e
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
The A. r. P. Synod.

Due West. Special.-The 1O2nd
general synod of Associ ate Reformed
Presbyterian church OF 'on'h met
last week here in reg, s.
ion. More than 100 I
ministers were presept
call. The meeting
largely attended in
church. Due West> hoeing a
central point of the t--dfe~synod IS
the centre of interest OF the whole
"Seceder:' denomination. Their the
illogical seminary and both NAL"
female colleges are located her
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
Charters Asked For.

The secretary of state has been ask.
ed to issue a commission for COM
pany to be capitalized at $l5O,OOO
which will construct a system OF
waterworks for Georgetown, the spply
to be obtained from the Black river.
The 'Bishopville Mule company and
the Hartsville Mule company applied
for commissions. The corporators are
the same in both concerns, and the
capital stock of each will be $4,000.
John W. Conder, of Columbia, ". T.
Gregory and j. NJ. Hood are the par
ties interested.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
New Railroad in Horny County.

The Eddy Lake and Northern rail-
road company has applied for letters
of incorporation. The ineorporators
are W. NJ. Bugan and Norman Jones
of Baltimore, George Officer md }. w.
Little of Eddy Lake and R. B. Scar
borough of Conway. Capitalization
to be 100000 with privilege of IN
crcasing to 100000. The road will
be of standard guage, 33 miles IN
length. with Marion and EDDY Lake
as the terminal points.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
CHARGED With Peonage.

Gaffney, Special.-Deputy United
States Marshal A. L. Hallman re-
turned from Blacksburg where he ar
rested John Martin, Thomas Martin
and Ellen Martin, charged with peon-
age. The parties are all white. They
are residents of the northeastern
part of Cherokee county and are
charged with holding a boy, Fitzhugh
White in peonage. They wee car
ried before United States Commis-.
sioner E. A. Trescott, at Blacksburg,
wh;re they gave a 500 bond each
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23

The Charlotte Tubing Company Is
the latest industrial enterprise to be.
launched in Charlotte. Drs. C. A. and
NJ. A. Bland and J. S. Loughead are
the incorporators and an application
for charter was made recently. The
company will be capitalized at
$4,000.
The company will at once begin the.
erection of a plant near the city for
the manufacture Of cotton mill tubes
along modern and improved lines.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
White Mattresses.

Charleston, Special.-The St. John
hotel is making the experiment of
employing white girls as mattresses
instead of colored walters. Eight
girls arrived here and Immediately
went to work. This is the first time
tina. white help has been employed in
such capacity in Charleston and the
result of the innovation will be
awaited with interest. The st. John
hotel. as the Charleston hotel and
Argyle hotel are now preparing for
tourists season.