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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-03-23

Germantown and other places, which
time AMI space will not permit to be
enumerated; all went to show that
the fiber of the man g public charac-
ter had been hardened to its perna-
nent quality.
After passing through so many
scenes of war it must have been a
relief when he met CORVALLIS at
Yorktown, and he could say with
Perry.
"We have met theSnemy and they
are ours"
The war was over, but he retained
his commission of communicating
chief, and it was the purpose of
many to make him their king, but
he abhorred the proposal.
When the Federal Convention
met at Philadelphia he was a dele
gate from Virginia. He approved
the constitution which was decided
upon; when it was ratified and the
time came to elect president; the
unanimous voice of the electors made
him first president of the United
States.
Washington was childless and no
direct descendant can claim his hon
ors or disgrace his name.
AS Christian he was unostenta-
tious in the discharge of those duties
which related to his fellow man and
to his God.
AS friend. he was constant and
true, having once bestowed his con-
fidence, nothing short of dishonor
could shake 1t.
AS a patriot he was uncompromis-
ing, never respondent amid reverses
nor unduly elated by success.
Having marked ont his course, by
all honorable means, he pressed for
ward to its completion, and when
the task was done he was ready to
retire to the shades of private life
and domestic felicity.
AS president, he was animated
by the loftiest IDEALS, seeking the
good of all and bequeathing to his
country character marked by ster'
ling integrity and unsullied man
hood,
He was the "Chevalier Bayard'
| of America, "witbout fear and
without reproach."
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS ORGANIZE.
Meeting Of Chalrmen Of Township
Boards Of Equalization.

The chairmen of newly ,ap-
pointed township boards Of
equalization met Monday in the
court house to receive their
commissions and effect organi-
zation. The first regular meet
ing will take place on Tuesday,
March %. Following is the list
of the chairmen of the township
boards:
Hope Township, S l Mont
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auded School Department.

tConductedbythe pupils of the ninth and tenth
grades)
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CONSTABLE WILLIAH B. ROWELL CON.
VICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Is Sentenced TO Five Years In Peni.
tentiafy-Hls Attorneys Appeal to
Supreme Court.


ommendation to mercy, is the ver-
dict of the jury in the case of E1-
Dispensary Constable William B
Rowell, who has been on trial here
for the past three days, charged
with the murder of Atlantic Coast
Line Special Agent Jonas G Blount,
in December. After being locked
in The room for twenty hours the
jury reached an agreement at 1l.30
o'clock this morning. Judge Klugb
was called upon twice for further
explanation of the law, and 1t was
his las5 charge, which enabled the
jury to agree. The Judges last
charge, as the attorneys and friends
of the defence take it, was directly
against their cause.
Notice has been given of an ap-
peal for new trial.
AS the friends of the man who Was
killed believe that the exclusion of
the testimony of several States wit
nesses who were called in repl3 to
attack Rowell's credibility and to
prove his condition, tended to take
the meat out of the case of the pros
ecution, they seem to be satisfied
with the verdict.
Last night at l O'Clock announce:
ment was made that the jury could
not agree, standing, 1t is understood,
at seven for conviction Of man.
slaughter and five for aoquittal. In
view of this either a mistrial or an
acquittal was pretty generally pre-
dioted, and when the verdict he.
came known some surprise was ex-
pressed.
William B Rowell was sentenced
tonight to five years at labor, the
motion of the defence for a new
trial having been overruled by Judge
Klugh. Immediately after the pas
sage of the sentence Rowell was
granted bail in the sum Of $4,000.
Messrs S G Msyfeld of Bamberg
and William Ilderton of Florence
signed the bond. The case will be
appealed to the supreme court. The
grounds presented in seeking a new
trial are as follows: First, verdict is
contrary to the evidence, and the
whole evidence does not show
defendent's guilt beyond a reason
able doubt; second, error in admit
ting testimony as to defendant con-
dition and Conduct previous 10 the
killing, and conversations and trans
actions between defendent and other
persons previous to the killing;third,
error in admitting testimony as to
defendants previous drinking or al
legged drunkenness; fourth, error IN
charging modification of request to
charge that swords do not justify
blows" to the effect that if words
produced the blows, that if in using
the words the party fails in his duty,
then he cannot claim that he was
without fault in bringing on diff
fcultY; fifth, that the jury having
returned to the court room twice
and announced they could not agree,
The Court sent them back a third
time without their request.-News
and Courier.
If. WI % hGon,,1lo,,rb xrh -
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GREELYVILLE GLEl(
Synopsis Of What Has HaI D N
In the Past Wea

IREELYV1LLE, March 2O:-s
The spring weather we havee
been having for the last week or !
so has given nearly every one
a severe cold, almost amounting
to grip. Spring seems to be up
on US in earnest, vegetation of
|, all kinds is putting out and the
fruit trees are in full bloom. It
makes us feel as if winter is
gone for good. Every one seems
to be in the best ofspirits; the;
merchants are putti the
largest stocks they e s.;s, {
carried and the farmfe
hauling fertilizers W n.y.
make their four-cs
Still, with all in vie
the farmer is the nd cn
man of the two.
Work has begun tne
dence of Mr. W Hodgeo,
which I spoke in ! las. "a
He is building ate uppsl
of Warner avenu just
the Baptist churn.
The WOW isn a flourishing
condition bers : There we're six
applications for menus Deisn &c z.
a meeting of the camp last week
We hope it will continue e
We are also anxious TO organ I
ize a K of P lodge here and.
hopeyto do SO in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs RI Bradham are
spending some time this week il
Charleston, having gone there
Saturday night.
. -.
Miss Mamie Allen is visiting
relatives in and near Greely-
vile.
Miss Bessie Byrd, who has
been spending several weeks
with her aunt, Mrs AL Keels, re-
turned to her home at Society
Hill this morning.
Mrs B e Clarkson is visiting
relative at Foreston.
Some of our boys visited Fer
eston yesterday.
I am sorryt to say that Miss
Barbara Mallard is sick and
hope she will soon be we'll
again.
The Methodists -of-eGr town
are looking forward with a great
deal of pleasure to the dedica-
tion of their church, which is to
take place on the 2Sth of May.
The sermon on that occasion
will be preached by Bishop Dun
can. We will be glad to have
you with us at that time
if you can come. VID1.
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lake CITY
EVENTS OF INTEREST Seen and NO.
ted BY Our ALERT CORRESPON-
Dent,

| LAKE CITY, MARCH MlSS
Maria Croft returned home
Thursday, having closed her
school at Alcot, S. G.
Mrs Olivia Stack of Pinewood
is visiting relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs George Atkinson
of Timmonsville are here to see
their son. Mr. L G Atkinson. At
this writing the latter. who has
been very i'll. appears to be some
what Improved.
Charles L Cuttino, Esq, of
Sumter was here Saturday on
professional business.
Mr. j L Stuckey, of Stuckey &
Flowers, has returned from At.
lanta, where he went to buy
stock.
Miss Travis Stanley has gone
to her home in Marion. Miss
Annie Sutcliffe is in charge of
her classes.
Miss Olivia Stuckey is home
from a visit to st Stephens.
Mrs Lou Grimsley, former
ly of this place, now of Sumter.
was here the close of last week
on a visit.
Mr. R L Richey of Bridgeport,
Ohio, who had been spending
some weeks with his son and
daughter here, returned home
last week.
Most illustrious Maharajah j
A Green informs US that the
Calthumpian Lodge, No. 34Y91,
has secured a hall in the Bank
of Lake City building. The
regular meetings are held on the
35th of each lunar month, count
ing from the third quarter of the
second wet moon after August
18th. Rajah Woods thinks there
will be some candidates for the
capricornus degl ee at next meet
ing.
Magistrate Goodwin, who
donned the lower judicial ermine
last week, has his Office in room
No. 5. Bank of Lake City build
ing, upstairs.
Friday afternoon, about dusk,
Mrs w S Moore on returning
home from a walk heard some
one in the house. She started
into the room whence the noise
proceeded, but when she at
tempted to open the door the
man (for such was the source
of the noise) closed the door and
held the knob from the inside.
Mrs Moore went to the front of
the house to summon assistance,
during which the man escaped
from a window. Robbery was
evidently the object. A bureau
drawer had been opened and
searched but the robber was in
terrupted before he proceeded
further.
The man who has a negro
woman in his kitchen is feeding,
besides the woman, at least one
negro man and a half dozen to a
dozen negro children. This
country knows no greater curse
probably than negro cooks.
They are eXtravagant to utter
wastefulness, such wretched
cooks that they are filling graves
with dyspeptics and emptying
the pockets of their employers
by feeding one to three loafing
niger men and a houseful of
pieaniaies out of their benetac-
tors pantry. May the good
Lord help us, and may the
"good" nigger-loving yankees
take the niger cooks and nigger
loafer and niger babies to their
country, their homes and their
bosom.
Mr. P G Gourdin, who has been
secured as civil engineer by the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-03-23

Mr. W B Mccullough, who
lives in Manning, but still has
extensive business in Williams.
burg, was on our streets yester-
dau
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-03-23
news FROM SCRAN.
TON and VICINITY.
WHAT our FRIENDS OF The NORTHERN
end OF The COUNTY ARE DOING.


END OF The COUNTY Are DOING.
SCRANTON, March 25:-ThS
arrival of spring has caused a
revival of energy and enterprise
among the merchants and busi-
ness men and brisk prepara-
tions are on foot for the spring
opening.
Conditions have been especial
ly favorable during the past
week for ploughing and as re-
suit the farmers have accom-
plished a great deal in the way
of preparing lands for crops to
be planted this spring. A COM
paratively large acreage has al
ready been sown with spring
oats and should there be an
abundance of rain during the
next two months the crop will
be good, otherwise, as has been
the case during the past two
years, the crop. will fail. A COM
paratively small acreage of
oats was sSwn during the fall
months.
Mrs H 2 Graham and her ac-
complished daughter, Mis- S
Cricket, of Wilmington, N G,
are spending sometime in town
with relatives and friends.
DR. j D Lewellen of Friend
field was noted on our streets a
few days ago on his way to
Charleston on business.
Mr. D P Spell, formerly AC L
agent at this place but now OF
st Stephens; came up Sunday
morning and returned the fol.
lowing evening, accompanied
by his family,
Mr. T p Baggett of Gourdius
is relieving A G L Agent Cusaac
at this place, the latter having
been quite sick for the past two
weeks,
Mr. Arthur Benjamin and lit.
tie daughter, Miss Amelia of
Georgetown, spent last Sunday
In town visiting DR. Lynch and
family.
Mr. R B Cannon has just re-
turned from a business trip out
West.
Mr j N Kirby, a prominent
citizen and merchant of this
place, has been quite i'll for sew
eral days. He is improving
slowly however this week and
hopes soon to be out.
Mrs Mary McGee, wife of Mr.
Pleasant MCGEE of the High
Hill section, died at her home
last Monday, the 18th inst, af-
ter suffering a few days from la
grippe. Her remains were laid
to rest in the High Hill ceme-
terry. She leaves a husband and
one sister.
Mrs W D Moorer, nee Graham,
formerly of Kingstree, but now
Oklahoma Territory, accompan-
led by Master William and Miss
Elizabeth Moorer, are spending
a few days visiting relatives
and friends,
DR. "Dickey" Matthews, the
efficient and popular druggist
at Lynch's drug store, spent
Sunday at Coward with his
parents.
Mr.I O Lynch and niece, Miss
Annie Coker of Lynch, were in
town one day last week.
Hon Walker b Cause, one of
Florence county's mos popular
representatives, who W S taken
to the Riverside \ Afrmary
in Charleston two weeNS ago
tor treatment by his ply cian,
DR. Lynch, is rapidly imL king.
His many fliends are e6hxious
for his recover.
Miss Minna Gasque, principal
of Hannah graded school, was
shopping on our streets last
Saturday.
Mr. W MD MCGEE is confined
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-16

II told the fool about it and he
imagined the rest, as you did"
Banks fumed.
Lucky you didn't run the Palem.
bang on my Imagination Slow as she
goes, she'd have slammed herself into
matchwood.
Spiller choked with rage.
Look here, I'll sail all over your
blooming rocks, as I have done afore.
You just made this up to get noto-
riety, and have your ships name on
the chart, and be put in the Directory
know you, Banks, and don't think
much Of you, and never did. To get
yourself talked about you'd report
that you'd seen the Flying Dutchman.
Vigias, indeed! A Disagreement on
any chart! You'll have the chart of
the Indian Ocean as big disgrace
as the North Atlantic if you have
your way. Didn't you find nothing
new to report this time?"
Banks rose up in a towering rage.
You're no gentleman, Captain Spill
Ter, and I'll speak no more with you.
not till you own that the Simeon
Rocks are real. And may you never
have occasion to rue finding them out
as such. I'll let you know I've as
great respect for the chart as you
have, and If you ever run your old
tub on my rocks, you can call 'em
Spiller's Reef, for all care, SO there"
and he perspired off to his vessel.
In shipping circles opinion was Ct
vided between the master of the 81.
noon and the master of the Palem-
bang. And it being the fashion of
the sailorman, or, for that matter, Of
humankind in general, to decide mat
tiers that admit of doubt according to
personal prejudice and ancient opin-
ion, there were more on Spiller's side
than on Banks. For one thing, 1t Is
the perpetual ambition of all true
sons of the ocean to discover some
thing new and have his ships name
tagged on to It, and every one was
jealous of Banks. When the Amphion
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-16

the skipper swore promiscuously al
everything, and went below to lay his
soul in soak.
What one man sees another'll look
for, and what fool looks for a fool
will see," he cried, without knowing
what neat addition he had made to
the subject of suggestion. And by
the time that Wilson relieved him at
four o'clock Green was curiously un.
certain as to whether he had seen
straight or not.
"Now, did your" asked Wilson.
1.-TWO hours ago I'd have sworn to
it." said the second mate, scratching
/ his head.
well, I've notion you did," cried
Wilson. Between you and me and
the mizzen-mast, / think Banks Is a
right smart man."
II believe can swear l saw it,"
said young Green, much encouraged.
eyes, there were at least three rocks,
one of them a pinnacle like an obe-
Jisk."
And with Wilson secretly on his
side, he was quite sure of it before
they reached Bombay, though Spiller
was forever jeering at him, and max
ing the ship as uncomfortable as he
could.
"Mebbe you can see ghosts, too"
he was constantly suggesting.
"I'll quit at Bombay, if he'll give
me my discharge" said Green.
And sure enough Spiller did, when
he met Green on the Apollo Bunda
in confidential yarn with Banks,
who, for seaman Of the old class,
was very gentlemanly man with
neat white whiskers.
you've been encouraging him
about that vigia," roared Spiller, and
when he wrote out Green's discharge,
he offered to give him special char
acter for seeing ghosts.
But not rats!" said Green hastily,
as he put his discharge into his pock-
ct; for the last time Spiller over
drank himself he had very bad time
with rodents.
1t was the best of luck for Green
that he got out of the Palembang, for
Banks mate fell i'll, and the second
had no mates ticket. So Green, being
in great favor, through having seen
the poor discredited Simeon vigia,
got the job, for he had passed for
mate just before signing as second
In the Palembang.
Banks took him round with him,
and again tackled the captain of the
Amphion about that vigia, showing
his new witness; but Captain Mel
vile shook his head.
"The old man is crazy about those
rocks" was all he said, as he refused
to discuss the matter.
But Banks and Spiller went at it
hammer and tongs when they met
ashore.
"He saw nothing" said Spiller.
"Onlv what I saw"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-16
The OId-TImer.

I'm weary of paint and powder,
I'm weary of eyebrows and curls
And the busy soubrette. who sings louder
Than all Of the rest of the girls.
My fancy turns to the past to dwell
On the lassie who used to recite
The story they tell
OF the curfew bell
Forbidden to ring tonight.
I'm tired of the leading lady,
With the frown and the alto voice,
In the past that's described as shady
No more can my heart rejoice.
To that curfew lassie-the village pride
My memory once more inclines,
Who sweetly tried,
And who almost cried,
Because she forgot her lines.
No queen Of the drama is half so fair
As the star of that night, in sooth;
There is none with such gold in her wav-
ing hair
And none with such artless youth.
And how I resent each ruthless year
That curtains the scenes Of old!
I'd pay right dear
For place to hear
The tale Of the curr wv told.
Washington Star.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-16

looked for the rocks without success
they threw out dark hints about q
dead whale or a tree stump having
been seen, and some said Rum" just
as others said Rats" contemptuous.
ly.
Others, with a very fine contempt
for the navy. were of opinion that
Captain Melville Of H. M. s. Amphion
considered he owned half the Indian
Ocean and all the Arabian Sea, and
would be as much put out at finding
an unmarked rock or shoal in either
as if he slipped upon an old chew on
his own quarterback. These were on
Banks side, of course. And some
who disliked Spiller said they be.
lieved in this new set Of rocks to
annoy him, ending very naturally in
holding the opinion they argued for.
When old Banks got on the high
horse and swore he would not speak
again to the disbeliever in the vigia,
he meant it. and added details to his
statement.
mot If found him in boat in the
middle of the Indian Ocean" he
swore excitedly.
The quarrel was as bitter as polem-
ic theology. Spiller was a rank athe-
list, scorner, scoffer, a pagan, a
heather. If Banks had written a new
creed, he would have begun it: 81 be-
lieve in the Simeon Rocks to the
west of the Maldivhs." He chung to
their existence pathetically, and when
an impecunious skipper of a storm
disgruntled tramp wanted to borrow
couple of hundred rupees from him.
and remarked incidentally that he had
seen broken water in the supposed
position of the discredited reef, Banks
forked out with enthusiasm and took
down lying statement joyfully.
But when the Simeon was ready
for sea again, that same tramp skip
per, who was wild disgrace to the
respectable mystery of the sea, exc
cuted few maneuvers which let the
Palembang get ahead of her. For the
tramp Julius Caesar was her name)
had engines of an obstinate and &C.
centric character. Sometimes they
worked, and sometimes they didn't,
and on this particular occasion they
refused to be reversed at any price.
AS the Julius Caesar wouldn't go
astern, her captain showed her at the
crowded shipping ahead and put her
through, whooping on the bridge like
a maniac. He grazed three other
steamers, took pumpkin off sailing
vessel, slipped between two others,
and in one last complicated evolution
smashed the jibboom of the Simoom
brought down her fore-topgall'n'- mast
and escaped to sea in cyclone OF
curses of which the calm center was
the Paiembang.
"I'll report you," said Spiller to
Banks, when he left Bombay.
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ITO be Continued. J
Lesson In Addition.

Speaking of milkmen, this story
comes from one Of the primary schools
in Auburn. ..
1t was the lesson hour in combina.
ton Of objects.
Now" said the teacher by way of
explanation, you can't add apples and
pears together and get just apples or
pears and you can't add marbles and
nuts and get just marbles"
At this moment long, lean arm
shot up from one Of the back seats.
The arm belonged to -, who was
the son of a milkman.
"Well?" asked the teacher.
The little fellow stood up by his
desk and composed his countenance
as best he could. II know of two
things that you can add together and
get jes' the same figgers," said he
stoutly. Eyer can add water ter milk
an git jes' k!"-Lewiston Journal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-16

go to hell" cried Banks, who rare
ly swore save in a gale of wind.
AFTER you," said Spiller, with what
Is popularity known as truly Oriental
politeness; and as parting taunt he
sang out, What about them rocks?"
You're an ungrammatical, unedu-
Gated man." screamed Banks, dancing
furiously.
But Green and Wilson waved their
caps to each other. For all their way
of passing compliments when one
gave the other western ocean relief
at midnight, they were good friends.
ITO be Conuinued.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-20
ACCOMPLISHING
EXCELLENT
WORK
Gang of Men at Work Spraying
Houses to Destroy the
Mosquitoes.

Some excellent work is being &C
complished by the force of men at
work spraying various houses in the
infected district, and if the men keep
up the present rate at which they are
working it will be only q question Of
q short time before the city will be
covered by them.
The men who are in the employ Of
the city, are using the patent fire OK
tinguishers Of the fire department.
These are filed with a fluid guaran-
teeC to destroy mosquitoes and other
insects. With these il requires only
a short time to spray a residence and
do it effectively.
Yesterday the force worked from
TarragOna and Alcantz streets, spray
ing all houses in the area bOrdered
by these streets and Indentencia and
Romano streets. In addition they Wis
tied the home of Dr.. BOulter and also
visited the placed where William f.
Fisher died.
The force is doing good work, and
Mayor Bliss. who is paying much at
tention to the cleaning up that is now
going on, is we'll pleased.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-20
The "TaIe Of a Tub

One Of the most ancient of all sea
yarns" is one that ships have escaped
from the fearsome monsters Of the
deep by throwing them a tub to divert
their attention, in much the same way
that a landsman might sacrifice a gar
ment in order to escape a bull. IN
Minister'S "Cosmography," published
in 1914, there is a picture Of a vessel
escaping from a whale by this strata
gem, while the earlier editions OF
Swifts Tale Of a Tub" have a similar
one. These stories were usually told
in such an incoherent way that people
became skeptical Of their truth, and
when a pleader named Tubb put
cause before Sir Thomas More in out
rageously rambling language that chan
cellor 'jocularly remarked, Here is n
tale Of a tub" Thereafter the express
sion became part Of the slang Of the
period until much later it was raised
to a higher rank by becoming the title
Of Swift's famous work.