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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-07-20
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Curious Leasebolds. 1

Some Of the English tenures are
exceedingly curious. A farm near
Broadhouse. in Yorkshire, pays an
ausllS to the landlord a SNOWFALL iq
midsammer and a red rose at Christ:
mas. The manor OF Foston is held
by rental of two arrows and loaf
of bread. An estate in the north OF
England is held by the exhibition
before a court every seven years OF
a certain vase owned by the family,
another in Suffolk by an annual
rental of two white doves. The
British government holds land in
Chatham by paying the heirs of the
man from whom it was bought two
peppercorns. The mans descend
ants now live in Holland, and the
peppercorns are annually sent thith-
er in gold box.
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Splitting Paper.

Wet both sides of the paper with
weak solution of glue and stick a
piece of calico on each side, taking
care to keep the paper flat, so as to
leave a double margin all around.
When the glue, which should be OF
good quality, is quite dry, place it all
on a flat surface, and fix by tacks O.,
otherwise the under piece of calico.
Now turn back the upper piece and
pull gently until it comes away,
bringing with it one-half of the pa
per, which will split in two. The
paper and calico can be separated
by soaking in lukewarm water.
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A Model Republic.

"There are few men as happy as
you in your family relations"
eyes, my household is model
republic in miniature. You see, the
secretary of the treasury is my wife,
the secretary of war my mother-in-
law and the minister of foreign re-
latidhs my daughter"
"And of course you are the presi-
dent"
"No, man. One can see from that
question that you are poor, is-
norant bachelor. The presidential
chair is occupied by the cook"
"Well, then, what are you?"
"Why, I am the general public
and support the government through
the payment of taxes" - Modern
Mexico.
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Won His Check.

1t is told of a well known humor-
Gus writer that in the early days of
his career he sent some pieces to a
certain comic paper, only to have
them returned almost Immediately.
He sent them out a second time, and
again they came back. Then the
author sat down and wrote the fol-
lowing note to the editor, again
sending his contribution:
Dear Sir-During your absence your Of
fee boy has been returning masterpieces.
several of which inclose. Trusting that
you will remit at your earliest conven-
ience. am. ETC.. -.
It is said that the editor remitted.
-Harper's Weekly.
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Notice to Trustees.

The public schools will not open 'eg-
ulariy until September Ist: bur truS.
'ers may run schools during July and
August in localities where the rlnca-
tional interests Of the children c1m he
better sLi.uN'f: lm .:tl Cls'
pay warrants cannot be approve, and
ordered paid until October lst, inasmnch
a< the county hoard Of education is re-
qmireh TO set apar. IN amount 'qual tn
five ner cent. Of the school fund to be
divided from the Dispensary fund to as
sistEnd encourage the rrection'f school
houses upon certain conditions being
complied with.
By order County Boardioi Education.
VIM Cooper,
Co Sut of Ed.
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Retained With Thanks.

There are of course various ways
of returning manuscript, but it is
probable that the following instance
is unique. While Sir Alfred Harms
worth was actively engaged in ed
itorial work one of his contributors
Was amazed one day on opening an
envelope to find the following brief
note:
'Dear Sir-The superscription to
your MS. seems to best express our
reason for refusal. Yours, etc"
On examination the title page
was found to read as follows: "His
Great Sin, about 5000 words"
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Zone Dose Convinces. u
Heredity,

a Virginia representative in con-
gress says that two ladies in Rich
mond with whom he is well ac-
quainted were one day discussing the
relative longevity of the members Of
their respective families.
81 have no doubt" said one of the
ladies, 'that, everything considered,
we Blanks are the most notable fam
lily in Virginia when it comes to a
question of longevity. Do you know,
my father died at eighty-nine, while
my grandfather reached the advanc-
ed age of ninety-seven."
els that so?" queried the other
lady. "And which grandfather was
that" ?"
"Oh," replied the first speaker,
s'that was the grandfather by my
first husband" ."-Harper's Weekly.
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who will not spend one cent on
schooling their children, but do
spend all they make on whiskey
and this is the only. way their
children can get any of it.
The dispensary is the best
way to. manage the whiskey
business that has ever been
started. So what is the use of
starting it up: Something
worse would follow.
Your truly,
S. B. GORDON.
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DISPENSARY DISCUSSED.
s. R. Gordon Believes In the Present
- system.

EDITOR CoTNTY RECORD:
Having seen my name as one
of a committee that was ap-
pointed to work up a petition
for the purpose of voting out
the dispensary, I wish to say
that l don't favor this move
ment.
We had prohibition in this
county before we had this dis
pensary, and it did not do any
good. Whiskey was sold in
Kingstree almost in the shadow
of the court house. In this part
of the county. people that gould
not get it shipped to them, con-
structed tin lard cans with
worms attached and made whis-
key, or something that could be
substituted for it that would
make them worse drunk than
whiskey.
There is no way to prevent
the people from making whiskey
here in a smuggled way. So
what good would it do to vote
out the dispensary; what does
it all mean? 1t is just this, the
old barroom faction is just try
ing to get the dispensary killed,
knowing that some people will
have liquor and soon they can
be selling it in the old way.
To show howl rotten this thing
is, the so-called prohibitionistS
ran their candidates in the pri-
mary election and were badly
defeated. Their most substan-
tial support came from men that
love whiskey, or sore-headed
politicians that wanted some
thing new to help them into Of
flee, or someone that could not
even get a start off unless they
got it in some unusual way.
The same people that is push
ing this voting out Of the dis
pensary over the state now, is
the same old 5arroom faction in
disguise. This is the way they
manage it, they see that their
force is too small to make a
straight out fight under their
own colors, but they See there
are a few that are so short
sighted as to believe that there
IS such a thing as prohibition
and that they can stop men from
drinking Yhiskey. There are
others whS want something
started, so they can be tie first
to lump on theIband-wagon AID
ride into offica they all consol-
idate and call themselves ''Pro-
hibitionists."
The free schools are getting
"A substantial support from the
dispensary, and there are men
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Notice to Colore d
Tea chars

AS there is to be no Summer school
for colored teachers in Williamsburg
county am authorized to invite them
to attend the. Florence { Ounty sum
mer school. which cOnvenes on July
18th and lasts four weeks. The Flor
ence school will be conducted by W +
Holmes, teacher of l8 years expert
ence, who began his work at Kings
tree. William Cooper,
Co Supt Education.
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LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST
EContinued from page |. ]


, IT " H Bailey, 4 prominent
farmer of the Indiantown sec
ton, brought 4 tomato over to
kin%stree Saturday winch
weighed one and 4 half pounds
The horse of DR. Clarence
Jacobs ran away on the streets
Tuesday morning smashing up
the Just repaired buggy. He
was at the time being driven by
Mr. Allene Matthews.
Who is O. are going TO give
usthe new - room brick hotel
of which the town Stands sadly
in need, with in experienced
and up to-date man to run 1t:
Don't all speak at once.
What has become of our cor
respondents: They must be
taking what is now getting to
be common-a summer rest or
vacation? Send US the news,
friend, from your section.
Mr. H VanKeuren of Smith
Mills moved his family to town
last week to the house on North
Academy street, formerly occu-
pied by r J Kirk, Esq. May
their stay in Kingstree be pleas,
ant.
Mrs Lula Shannon of Man
ming, originally of Greenville,
has been secured by Mr. j "
Coward as housekeeper and
companion to his children. She
is a trained nurse. May she like
Kingstree.
Mr. W II Wilkins has new
! low-wheeled and bodied freight
or drayage two-horse wagon;
P S Courtney & Go have a
small two-wheeled hand deliv,
cry cart. We are putting on
city airs by degrees.
Leroy Lee, Esq, lost his fine
Jersey milch COW Saturday
night. He does not know the
cause of death, unless it was
from eating nitrate of soda
several bags of same being in
the barn, the COW being put in
without his knowledge.
An excursion is advertised
from Darlington to Charleston
for next Saturday July 22nd, to
to pass Kingstree $40 m,-
round trip $1.50,-to leave
Charleston 10 O'Clock p m,-
also an ORC from Hartsville
&C., Thursday, August 18th.
There are now four residences
in process of erection in New
Town or the Forth Addition
viz.-those of Messrs W M
Vause, J E Blizzard, W H Carr
and Mrs L J Barr, making with
that of Mr. J W Coward, now
inha bited, a total of five, Buy
your lots, gentlemen, and build
on them.
The new depot is rapidly near
ing completion. A platform
scale on a bIick foundation will
be convenient adjunct to the
Freight Department. Some neat
work is being done on the office
and waiting-rooms, A 40 foot
cotton platform will be on the
south, and there will be a long
freight track and a very long
pass track.
Gadson Gamble, an old ne
gro, was brought to town Sat
urday from the Taft section tc
be pronounced insane for the
third time by the doctors and
turned over to the authorities,
for the asylum. He had crowd
around him all day while here.
While said to be a terror to his
family and neighbors we Vlder,
stand that he was refused and
was carried back home. Since
writing the above he was brought
| back Tuesday for examination.
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NOTICE.

| will be out of the county for about
one month, a part of which time will
be spent in attendance upon the State
summer school at Clemson college.
The public will be governed accord
ingly. WILLIAM COOPER,
Co Supt Education.
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wANTED-BY CHICAGO MANUFACTURING
House. person of trustworthlness and somewhat
familiar with local territory assistant in branch
Office Salary s1s paid weekly. Permanent
position. No investment required. Business es-
tablished. Previous experience no. essential to
ngaing Address Manager Branches, 323
Dear born St., Chicago 3-6-l
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NOTICE.

will be absent from my office for
several weeks and will therefore ask
that all communications intended for
publication will be addressed to The
;,orNTY RECORD and not to me per-
sOnally. T. W WOLFE.
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Notice.
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
ACADEMY.

ACADEM1 \.
OFFICE OF THE CHARM AN
BOARD OF VISITORS
CHARLESTON. S. G.. July Il. 1895
One vacancy in ii tate Beneficiary
Scholarship 10 be flied by competitive
examination exists in Williamsburg
County.
Application Blanks may be obtained
a. once from Col C:S GADSDEN,
Chairman, Charleston, =. G., or from
the County Superb tendent Ot Educa-
ton. These applications, fully filled
out in every particular, must be in
(the hands of the hartman on July b
in order to receive consideration.
Signed}. 9 S gladden.,
7-i3-3t Chairman Board of Visitors.
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Why Corn POPS.

When the grains of maize or In.
dian corn are gently roasted they
burst with a pop and turn inside
out. They are then known as pop
corn. This popping is due to the
evaporation of the oil contained in
the kernel. Ordinary wheat does
not pop so readily because the outer
portion of the kernel is more porous
and thus permits the escape of the
oil as it evaporates. In the case OF
popcorn a great pressure is devel-
oped in the kernel by the confined
oil, which is present in greater guam
tity, so that the kernel is suddenly
exploded and reversed.
Why TIE Earth Is Round.
1t seems as if text books for chill
dren were now made so simple as to
leave hardly any chance for misun-
derstanding, but tn little folks still
continue to comIH to memory the
words without much thought Of
their meaning. Uow do We know
that the earth is Nund" asked a
teacher of one of her boys. The pu-
pill rose promptly and, with per
fectly stolid expression, answered
glibly, Eve learn that the earth is
round from the following facts" and
immediately sat down again, evi-
IDENTIFY feeling that he had given a
full and most satisfactory reply.
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Cypress Shingles.

All sizes for sale at our mill. For
pri es per thousand, address or call
ON EPPs AND KENNEDY,
Workman, S G
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XAss!s!!. COLUMN.

Transient Notices will be Published
i'm This Column at the Rate of One
Cent a Word for Each Issue.
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HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
A Busy Medicine for Busy People

Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor.
A specifc for Consultation. Indigestion. Live
and Kidney Troubles. PimpleS. Er7ema. lmrnr
Blood, Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowel. I'' IN l.
and Backache. It's Rocky n ri' Tea III .
let form, 35 cents n box '''':'' '..'i''''
HoLIIsrER DRua COMPANY, :: ''>'''. =
GOLDEN NUGGETS f0a "F"
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FOR SALE.

Brick in any quantity To suit purchas
r. The Best Dry Press MacniEe-made
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@BRICE.S

Special shapes made TO order. Core
pondence solicited before placing you r
rders. ". r. FUNK.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM
MAINTAINS HER INTERESTS

PEKING-T The question of Chinese
exclusion from the United States con-
tinues chiefly to occupy the attention
of the Chinese. The extent and depth
of the feeling astonishes foreigners,
and is regarded as an evidence of the
growth of a national sentiment of
public spirit which five years ago
would have been inconceiveable.
Among many instances cited as evil
dence of this, it is said that a Chinese
comprador has refused a lucrative ap-
pointment with an American COM
pany. Advertisements of American
goods continue to be refused by the
native newspapers, and letters and
kilograms from all parts of China, as
well as from abroad, are being re-
jceived uring the central government
to take a firm stand.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
The DARK SIDE OF
ARMY SOCIAL LIFE

KANSAS CITY-The Star of this
city says Mr.. Geo. w. Kinkman, eX-
captain of infantry, United States
Army, now a prisoner in the federal
penitentiary at Fort L~eavenworth, is
to appear in the role of author.
He has written a book that pretends
to portray the dark side of social life
in the army. The book was written
while Kirkman was. under arrest in
Fort Niobara charged with enough
breaches of good conduct to dismiss a
hundred officers. He was born in a
frontier post, an army officer his
father. AS a West Point cadet in
1884 he began his mao record and he
remained in the academy only after
a verdict of dismissal had been set
aside. After his graduation and COM
missioning as In officer he stood four
more trials by courts-martial and in
each instance the verdict vas dis
missal. In the fifth only did his in
fuence fail to save him and last week
he entered Fort Leavenworth prison
under a three-year sentence. The
woman in this particular case-the
wife of a brother ofhcer-killed her.
self. And under the title Thirty
Year of Army Life" Kirkman is to tell
all of the scandals that have come to
him as officers son, cadet and officer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
UNCLE SANS TREASURY
SHY ABOUT S25, 900, 900

WASHINGTON - The following
statement of the operations of the
treasury for the fiscal year ending
June 80. has been made public:
"The government fiscal year is end
ed. The treasury deficit for the year
will be approximately $24,5 900.
This amount is subject to a slight, but
1ot material change. The last report
Of the secretary of the treasury esti-
mates a deficit for this fiscal year of
SIS, 600, 900. The actual deficit ex-
ceeds this by $4,000, 900.
THE receipts for the fiscal year
have been about $543, 900, 900, $4,000
BOO more than the receipts estimated
by the secretary of the treasury in
mis- last report. The expenditures have
been $567, SOC, 900, or about $780, 900
more than was estimated. The month
of June just closing shows a hand
some surplus of nearly S13,0 600. 900 and
reduced the deficit from 100000 900
to s24, 500, 900"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
The POSTOFFICE OFFICIALS
Get AFTER PUBLISHERS

WASHINGTON-Third Assistant
Postmaster General Madden has is
sued an order intended to put a stop
to the practice of some publishers CT
periodicals of using their publications
as the vehicle or cover Tor the trans
mission at second class rates of sam
pies of paper to the detriment of the
postal revenues from matters of the
fourth class. This is accomplished by
printing ADVERT 2ments upon sheets
of the paper to which the advertise
ments relates and attaching them as
advertising pages to the periodicals.
After declaring the practice to be an
abuse of the second class mailing
privilege, the publish RS will be given
until September 1 next. and after
that time any one found disregarding
the order will be charged fourth class
rates for his periodical.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
WANT LAND AND INDEMNITY.
Two JAPANESE Parties Indicate De.
mands on Russia.

TOKIO-The committee of the con-
stitutionalist party, of which Marquir
Saionji is president, met and passed
the following resolution:
"The constitutionalist party, since
the outbreak of the war, frequently
has published it's convictions, for the
sake of realizing the aim and purpose
of the war, by proving the national
unity of feeling.
Now that the question of conclud.
ing peace has been brought up,
though it is not necessary to state the
terms of peace in detail, we yet deem
it necessary and oportune to declare
that for the sake of realizing the aim
and purpose of the war, as stated at
the declaration of hostilities and also
for the sake of securing a future guar
antee in the interest of our empire,
as well as for planting peace in the
extreme east On a permanent basis,
the cession of territory and the pay
ment of the OUTLAWS caused by the war
be demanded and the Korean and
Manchurian questions definitely and
clearly settled"
The leaders of the constitutiona1ist
party, after taking this action, inter-
viewed Premier Katsura and pre-
scented the resolution.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
COULD NOT TURN DOWN
A $4,000 SALARY

OYSTER BAY, N. Y.-The resigna-
ton of Chief Engineer Wallace of
the Isthian Canal commission has
been accepted. The resignation was
rendered at a conference in New York
between Mr.. Wallace and Secretary
Taft.
Mr.. Wallace received while in Pana-
ma an offer of a position with a great
corporation, the name of which is
withheld, at a salary of 100000 per
annum. His salary with the Panama
Canal commission and as chief en-
gineer of the canal was $685. 900 a year
When he told Secretary Taft that he
desired to accept the offer which had
been rendered to him the secretary
expressed to Mr.. Wallace his feeling
in the matter, but he accepted the
resignation after a conference with
the president at Boston to take effect
Immediately.
Mr.. Wallace suggested to Secretary
Taft that he would remain with the
commission two months longer, but
after considering the matter President
Roosevelt directed Secretary Taft to
accept the resignation at once.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
SELECT ENJOYS.
Russian and Japan Name Peace PIeni,
potentaries.

WASHINGTON-Russia has given
reinsurance in the peace negotiations
by placing the president in possession
of the tentative selection of her pleni-
po~tentiaries as follows: M. Nelidoff,
the Russian ambassador at Paris, and
Baron Rosen, the newly appointed
Russian ambassador at Washington.
Russia thus having taken the inita-
tive, it is believed that M. Takahira,
the Japanese minister, during his call
at the white house, formally told the
president that Japan's selections, also
tentative, were Baron Komura, the
Japanese minister for foreign affairs,
and Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese
minister at Washington.
Official announcement of the names
of the plenipotentiaries is withheld for
several reasons Mr.. Nelidoff's health
may not permit him to make the trip
and pressure of official work may
necessitate the presence in Toxic Of
Baron Komura. Mr.. Takahira and
Baron Rosen are regarded as the GER
Utilities anu Cue DeIlSI ID LudL u1lcoS
something unforeseen should occur
both Russia and Japan will consent
to the ofScial announcement of the
personnel of the Washington confer.
enc within a few days. In any event,
both missions will consist Of many ad-
visors, including army and possibly
naval officers, and officials from the
foreign Offices in Toxic and st. Peters
burg. 1t is expected that altogether
each mission may number ten or
twelve. Should three plenipotentiaries
be determined upon both Russia and
Japan have names under consideration
which will enable them to announce
their third representatives without
DELAY.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-07
ARRANGING A NATIONAL
RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE

CHICAGO-Prominent representa-
tives of the agricultural, commercial
and live stock industries throughout
the country met here and completed
arrangements for a national recipro-
city conference to be held in Chicago
some time during the month of Aug
ust. The conference is for the purpose
of devising plans to combat the
threatened European commercial war,
so evident in the prevailing and pros
pective discriminating taxes against
the products of the United States, ac-
cording to Alvin H. Sanders, chairman
Of the executive committee of the in
ternational live stock exposition, who
was named as chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the COM
ing convention.