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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27
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Mr. David Rush of Flloree
spent Sunday in town.
Capt J F Scott of Centr | was
noted in town Monday.
Capt Jno A Kelley visited
Georgetown last week.
Have you paid your town
taxes? The time expires May
!.
Mr. r F Brown of Leo was in
town Saturday and favored US
with a call.
Mr. j B Clarkson of oourdins
was in town this morning be-
tween trains.
Mr. J A Marshall was a well
come visitor of our Off e Fri
day of last week.
When money talks to the most
of US it the other end of & long
distance phone.
Mr. and Mrs S Marcus and
children visited relatives in
Manning Sunday.
F B Rogers of Lake City was
in the city a few hours last night.
Florence Times, April 26.
Mr. S E Mcdonald of Lane was
in town Tuesday and paid his
respects to The RECORD.
When a married man laughs
in his sleep his wife imagines he
is dreaming that he is a bach
elor.
J F Scott of-Kingstree passed
through the city last night re-
eurnlng from G Cheraw.-Florence
Times. April 26.
Mrs 81 Foxworth of Cades is
visiting her sister, Mrs G E
Wheeler, in the city.-Florence
Times, April "a.
Mr. B e Clarkson, THE Rec.
oRD's wideawake Greelyville
correspondent, while in town
Saturday called pleasantly to
see US.
The quarterly statement of
the Bank of Lake City, which is
published this week, shows that
institution to be in fourishing
condition.
Rev W P Cause of Scranton
paid US a pleasant call while
passing through town Monday
on the way home from one of
his charges.
Mrs,Winslow Wright, ,Scranton's
biggest merchant and one of
the leading business men of the
county, was in Klngstree Tues.
day on business.
Mr. and Mrs L Stackley went
to Florence Tuesday to attend
the funeral of their little niece,
Mildred Stackley, whose death
occurred the, previous day.
Rev A L johnson, of the Co.
lumbia Theological seminary,
preached an interesting sermon
to a good congregation Sunday
afternoon in the Presbyterian
church.
The editor returns his apprecia-
tive thanks to Mr. G L Sauls of
Cades for a nice lot Of the larg
est and finest strawberries we
have ever seen grown in Will
= liamsburg county.
Little Miss Claudia Durant
Jones, aged six years, returned
yesterday from a visit to her
mother in Georgia. She made
the trip from Savannah, Ga,
to Kingstree all by herself.
The sight of a real live auto
mobile "astonished the natives"
Monday. DR. W L McCutchen
and Mr. Huger of Sumter stop
ped over awhile in town on the
way to Georgetown, travelling
by auto.
The town council is putting
up a belfry on top of the. engine
house, wherein will hang the
town bell. The new bell-tower
bears striking resemblance to
the excrescence that has for
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27

Pants! pants. pants! We have
them at all prices and you get
your moneys worth in every
pair. W. L. WILKINS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27

We are closing out our stock
of Toilet Sets atreduced prices.
Call and see them at
WILKINS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27
Notice to Teachers.

Teachers who do not attend some one
on tie Summer Schools hello in the
st tie during the summer cannot have
their certificates renewed: so it be-
hoovrs Them 10 file their pledges of at
ten ,ance ar once. WIN. COOPER,
POST. Co Supt, of I'd.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27
Distorted Animals.

Distorted Animals.
The following animals are sadly
distorted. Can you make them look
natural? In other words, they are
jumbled. Can you straighten them
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27

mOOlle "aStOnlShed the natives
Monday. DR. w L McCutchen
and Mr. Huger of Sumter stop
ped over awhile in town on the
way to Georgetown, travelling
by auto.
The town council is putting
up a belfry on top of the..engine
house, wherein will hang the
town bell. The new bell-tower
bears striking resemblance to
the excrescence that has for
many years adorned the roof of
the old academy building.
The entertainment for the Pee
Dee Historical society will be
given il the Graded school
auditorium Tuesday evening,
May 2, commencing at $50 p m.
This is an effort to raise money
foAa good cause and deserves
to be we'll patronized.
Easter services We're held in
the Methodist church Sunday
morning. A large congregation
was out and the music rendered
oy the organ, violin ard cornet
was, exceptionally fine. Rev
Mr. Justus preached an impress
.sive sermon appropriate to the
occasion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
i
IOWA SENATOR LAYS CLAIM TO
PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL OF
THE LATEST REGULATION
MEASURE.

WASHINGTON, y. c., Dec. I'll.
Senator Doll!ycr is the latest legisla-
tor to put forth railroad rate bill
setting out the ideas Of the Presi-
dent"
With apparent confidence the au.
thors of several measures which have
preceded this one have announced
themselves as Presidential mouth
pieces. This does not, however, en-
tirely negative the claim Of the junior
Senator from Iowa. His bill has had
the advantage of Presidential scrutiny,
which most Of the others have not had,
aud in one Of its features it follows
closely not only the ideas Of President
Roosevelt but his words.
Coming Immediately after the White
House conference of last night, at
which Attorney General Moody and S.
Fl. Cowan of Texas, were present,
with Senator DoIIiver, the bill intro
duced to-day Is credited with more sig.
niGcance than has been attached to
most of its predecessors. At the same
time it is testified by all who have
conferred with the President that he
has carefully refrained from giving
his Endorsement to any specific meas
ure.
Mr.. Dolliyer a, !;nowledged to-day
that he and the Attorney General did
most of the talking at the conference.
The presence OF Mr.. COwan is ex'
planned by his having, on the Presi.
dents trip 10 Texas, impressed Mr..
Roosevelt with his expert knowledge
Of the rate question.
Points OF the Measure.
Senator Deliver has taken the bill
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
SIGN as the basis for his measure, bat
has made some important changes. BY
changing one word lie has removed the
objection raised in The South that the
commission bill might have opened
The way for federal notification OF
the "Jim Crow" car laws of the
Southern States. He has eliminated
entirely the provision bearing upon
the relation of rates with reference to
Determinations between localities. He
deals only with the just and reasonable
maximum rate, not with minimum
ratey
The bill contains no provision for
review of the merits of the commits
8ions orders by the courts, recogniI'
Ing only the right Of the carrier to pro-
lection against contiscatcy rate.
The Dolliyer bill follows the commits
sion bill in placing private anG re-
frigerator cars under the commission,
with powe:' tC regulate terminal and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

y IF
Icing II rett ms
HplbiIcity of ~ "a TIE iIlE
thls optional 9ith the commits ~.
the object being "a afeglard export
rates SO is 10 protect American en-
larters against their foreign rivals.
Tie rate making power IS given tp
the commission by this provision:
The commission is authorized and
empowered, and 1t shall be its duty,
whenever, after full hearing upon
complaint made as provided, it shall
be of the opiniol that any existing
rate or rates, charge or charges what
soever demanded, charged or collect
ed by any common carrier or carriers
FOR the transportation Of persons or
property, or that any regulations or
practices whatsoever or such carrier
or carriers affecting such rates, are
unjust or unreasonable, or uniustly
discriminatory or unduly preferen-
tlaI, prejudicial in violation of any of
title provisions Of this act, to determine
and describe what will. in It's judg.
Iaent, be the just and reasonable max.
lmum rate or rates, charge or charges,
10 be thereafter observed in such case.
To Take Effect at Once.
THIS order Of the commission is to
20 iuto effect within thirty days after
notice. Failure to obey it carries a
penalty of $4,000 for each offense.
Proceedings in the court shall not
yacate or suspend the order of the
commission, which is to remain in
force until the CASE is finally adjudi-
Gated.
81 have endeavored to draft a meas
ure that would be perfectly fair in its
operations to the railroads as well as
to the shippers" MIR. Dol!yier said.
do not think aIa at all extreme up.
OH this question What we want is to
have the commission clothed with the
power to oyerturn unjust and unreas-
enable rates.
Representatives If railroad inter
Csts who have examined it declare the
hill is more open to objections on con-
stitutional grounds shan some OF the
other bills presented.
The general oDini, n in Congress is
that the bin which will become Il law
has not yet been drafted. Now that
the Pennsylvania Railroad has come
into line in support of rate legislation
some men here say they will pin their
faith to no specific measure until
they are able to determine how much
| II nuence Mr.. Cassatt and his asso-
ciates are going to have in the White
House.
Try a West VIrgInian want ad,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
4 eEcULlARI SITUATION.

Ntl-i j. - = L.
y The announce cement yesterday of the
marriage Of Frank Wright and Mrs
Helen May Payton in Wheeling the
third day Of last August caused the
greatest sensation Of any story ever
published in Fairmont paper
scarcely was the West virginian on
the street until the marriage Of the
two people alleged to be accomplices
IN the murder of Jake Payton became
the sole topic OF conversation at the
hotels at the news stands, on the
street cars and even on the street
corners, what bearing will the fact
pf their marriage have upon the fate
Of Mrs Paytones is the question up,
permost IN eyerybody's mind. The
answer Is simple enough. It viii have
no eject Whatever as the State rested
its case before the announcement was
{ made and the defense could not af.
ford 70 slet the jury know about it,
AZ q matter OF fact, the facts in this
case are perhaps the most remarks
be Of any on record IN the State, The
defendants lawyers have known of
her marriage to Wright ever since
their retention as counsel, but it was
kept q profound secret as 1t would
give tae prosecution It's strongest
point, the motive for getting Payton
out Of the way. On the other hand,
the fact Of the marriage reached the
ears Of the prosecuting attorney sew.
eral days ago; but he for special rea,
sons lid not want the truth to be
known. According tothe West Virgin
ia statutes q husband cannot give
damaging testimony against his wife,
therefore Wright, were the marriage
{ known, could not be used as a witness
in the case, Yesterday at noon the
lawyers on both sides and the judge
held a consultation on the subject and
q was agreed not toilet the jury know
anything about the marriage. AS a
consequence, the twelve men who are
to pass Judgment on the charge
against Helen May Payton do not
know that she and Wright are mar
Red, neither DO they know that Frank
Wright has been placed in jail to be
given d hearing as an accessory to
The murder Of Jacob Payton, They
viii, no doubt, be surprised to learn,
latter they have reached verdict and
been dismissed, the facts here, set
forth aHdno one will ever know what
effect such knowledge might have
had on the verdict, The case is in
deed most peculiar one and it is no
wonder the people are much interest.
cd IN its outcome,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
HARVARD WIDENs GATES.
To Universal Entrance Examination
Standard, But Representatives
Will Supervise Answers.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 21.-lt
has been decided by the faculty Of
Harvard University to change the po!'
icy in regard to entrance eXamina-
TONS Candidates hereafter will be
permitted to enter by passing the tests
prepared by the College Entrance Elk
amining Beard, OF which almost all
the large colleges are members.
Harvard is the last Of these colleges
to accept the universal examination
aid she does so now with the modt,
fcation that the examination books of
all applicants are 10 be read by her
representatives.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
WEST VIRGINIA BABY
BORN IN WRECK

!
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis, Dec. 81.
While on her way to her old home
at Jaeger, W. Va, Mrs. L. R. Christian.
OF Tacoma, Wash, gave birth to a
child in train wreck. She was on
wisconsin Central train and was hur'
rying to her old home, where she
wished her child to be born. When
the Wisconsin Central train left st,
Paul she was standing the trip well,
and her husband and mother were
with her. West of this city a cattle
train was stalled on a curve. The
passenger train swung around the
curve, the flagman's signals not being
seen in time, the passenger train
crashed into the rear of the cattle
train. The shock telescOped the three
front cars Of the train, but no one
was seriously injured, Mrs. Christian
was thrown against the seat in front
of her, and it was instantly seen that
she needed attention.
There was pandemonium among the
passengers on the train, and beam
fell across Mrs. Christians body. Be.
fore she could be extrlcated the child
was born. She was brought to hos.
pital here in a special train.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

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ypltl ny W. y ~ - ~
81 simmons Wasi 30 plexIiH
blow he one he Invented and BY
which hswon the champi6 dship from
jim corBett II was line fight and
one that viii be sadly remembered in
ring history.
Fitzslmmons was knocking out
lighters when o'Brien was playing
With blocks and rattles.
GFeat,was the reception as F'itzsirn'
mons. moved down the aisle to the
ring. Scores left their seats and tried
to shake him by the hand but the old
man minded not the greetings. He
showed in good condition when he
stripped for action but those at the
ringside noted the heavy movement
Of his legs and feet Thirteen fast
and gruelling rounds they fought with
every advantage with o'Brien, then
came the end, with It the passing Of
Robert FItzsimfons, the hero of 800
ring battles.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
MARsHAL's NEW DEPUTIES.
The Names Of All But One Are An,
nounced.

+ CHARLEsToN. Zee. 21.-U S,
Marshal Frank Fl. Tyree has an.
nounced the appointment of his depn'
ties as follows: Maj W. H. Lyons,
chief deputy, T. A. Mcdonald, office
deputy. Field deputies D. w. Gun.
bingham, with headquarters at Hin
ton. o. A. Petty, headquarters at
Charleston, W. e. Summers, head.
quarters at Huntington, G. W. Hick.
ell, headquarters at Sutton, j. S. Bur
nett headquarters at Bllefteld. The
Welch-McDowell district has not YET
been assigned.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING,
Citizens Dollar Savings Bank, Fair
mont, W. Va Dec. 9TH, 1905.

Notice is hereby g,ven that the reg
ular annual meeting of the stockhold'
ers Of the Citizens Dollar Savings
Bank will be held in their banking
house on Monday, the Sth day Of jan
nary, 1906, between the hours of u
NJ. and 3 P. NJ, for the purpose Of
elecling a Board of Directors for the
ensuing year and The transaction of
any other business that may legally
be done by the stockholders Of said
in general meeting,
]. r. LINN, Cashier,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

Mr. sulzer, a Democrat of New
York, has introduced in Congress a
bill for the establishment of q new
cabinet Office to be called the Depart,
ment q Highways. The new branch
Of the government would have charge
81 an steam and electric railways,
telegraph and telephone lines, water,
Ways, pipe lines and express com,
panies. doing an interstate business.
The bin viii not be passed at this SEES,
sion of Congress but 1t Is needed, and
Its proposal shows the direction Of
evolution, in administrative govern,
ment
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

Five hundred and four out of five
hdRdrsi and sixteen army officers rec,
ommend The restoration Of the can,
teen on the ground that the anti-ean,
teen law IS promotiBe Of drunken
ness, morality and disease.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
DISCRIMINATING LADIES.
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makes the scalp feel fresh and 1t nllays
that itching which dandrutf will cause.
Newbro's Herplclde effectively cures
dnndruff, as 1t destroys the germ that
causes it. The same germ causes hair to
fall out. and later badness; In killing It.
HerplcIde stops falling hair and prevents
badness 1t is also an ideal hair dress
Ing, for it lends an aristocratlc charm to
the hair that is quite distinctive Sold
by leading druggists. Send 1Oc. in stamps
for sample to The Herpiclde Co.. Do
tro't, Mich
E. A. Billingslea & Co., special
agents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

The Grafton Sentinel announces
the death Of Theodore Bush, president
Of the Grafton Banking and Trust
Company. He was a prominent lum,
Der dealer and was well known By
many Fairmont people.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21
Now, charIIeI

II the Freer boom weathegs the
Christmas tide enthusiasm; It win
have a substantial claim for serious
consideration Parkersburg Dispatch,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

A. T. Carter, Of Water street, will
convert your feather beds into folding
mattresses. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-21

The Mcrgautown New Dominion is
mailing preparation to publish an in.
Iustrial edition Of that enterprlslng
paper We wish success for the ven,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

wrong about this to-day. At the same
time | can see that it makes a distinct
difference in the makeup of the staff
of the newspapers and in every daily
issue.
The America of the first half of the
nineteenth century was in a way much
less dependent on Washington than it
is now. When Samuel Hoar was turned
out of Charleston by mob in the
autumn of S44, he came Immediately to
the city of Washington. There he saw
at once, of course, Mr.. Winthrop, Mr..
Grinnell and other gentlemen of the
Northern delegation. | saw the same
gentlemen that morning, and wrote a
letter to my father describing the event
at Charleston. This letter was pub
lished in The Boston Daily Adver-
tiser" two days later. 1t then came
back to Newly DIRK, and this required
another day, and then was printed in
the NewIork newspapers, being the
first announcement of this transaction
which was made in this city.
Compare this against Newspaper Row
in Washington at this time, where each
leading journal maintains its staff of
competent reporters, who telegraph to
it the information in the city minute
by minute. | do not think in 1874
any Newly ork journal had a regular
correspondent in Washington.
| may say in passing that in November
of that same year l witnessed from the
street the arrival of the first election
news dispatches which were ever car
ried over the Wire. An eager crowd
of a thousand people waited under the
windows of the telegraph office which
gave US the results of the election in
Baltimore the year that Mr.. Polk defeated
Mr.. Clay.
On the other hand, till that same
election, in the practical business of
designating the candidates for national
office the members of the Congress
played a visible part, much more dis
tinct than they do now. Thus the Fed
eral members or the Democratic mem
bers of Congress got together, not with
the exact forms of the caucus but with
a result which amounts to much the same
thing. In truth, the members of Congress
were the only men who did know some
body from each distant State. | have a
fancy that they knew each other a good
deal better than they do now. Wash
ington was a little place. They met
IN their separate messeS or clubs. They
had not so much to talk of in the affairs
of the world at large as they have now,
and such decisions as that which made
Madison President for his second term,
as that which made it certain that Monroe
should be the candidate in 1873, We're
made by coteries in Congress with a
certain openness that members of Con-
gress do not profess to-day.
To sum up in one word these random
recollections, the old era of journalism
ended and the new era began with the
telegraph. Admiral Remey once said
to me that every weapon of offense used
in the navy in 1865 had been thrown
aside as useless in 1900. l might say
that every tool used in a newspaper
office in 1870 is unknown there to-day.
For l was writing with a quill pen the
other day in the Palmer Station, and a
gentleman came to me and asked if he
might see me write, for he had never
seen quill pen before. Even the paper
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weeks, having in its rapid flight awak
ened a nation which has proved to be an
empire. 1t is interesting, by the way,
to observe that literally every word in
that despatch was untrue, SO far had the
exaggerations improved upon the truth
as it passed by word of mouth from
Boston to Brookheld.
In later days there was room for
private news to be sent by express mes
sengers, and l suppose such things hap
pened. But there was no Wall Street
then, nor any stock speculation. 1t would
happen, however, that some enterprlslng
journal would send an express from New
York to Boston, or the other way.
am sure that the first time | ever heard
the great name of Cornelius Vanderbilt
was when my father engaged from him
Vanderbilt steamer, a new craft built
by him, to carry our express on some
occasion from New-York to Norwich.
1t was said at the time in the office, with
bated breath, that she was steered by
tiler because the wheel had not been put
in. And my early fancy imagined her as
coming through He'll Gate and the Sound
before she was painted. This was I'M
doubtedly a boys fiction. A messen-
ger on horseback took her news from
Norwich to Worcester, and somewhere
between Worcester and Boston 1t was
brought by steam again.
| do not know if The Journal of Com
merce" people will thank me for telling
a story of meek adventure of ours which
did not succeed so well. A note came on
from them to our office to ask if we would
l,y, TO ho,o ha
news which came by Cunarder then due
in Boston. 1t was not worth the expense
of an express; but somebody had figured
out the route of a carrier l thought
should like the lark; / took the despatch
and went by rail as directed to Spring
field where l took a pony-pOwer boat
to Hartford Somehow l got to New
Haven and took the night boat from
there, which was to arrive at Newly ork
at four in the morning, and then was to
carry the news to THE Journal of Com
merce" office, arriving two hours before
the mail.
Alas for me and 1.-The Journal of Com
merce"! A heavy fog descended on
New-Haven Harbor. My personal in
terviews with the Captain, with promises
of untold sheliels if he would go out, did
not avail The fog did not leave; he
did not choose to go till the next
morning; and as l walked up the New
Haven pier at about eight o'clock l had
the modification of hearing the news
boys announce Here's your latest news
from England The Stonington Cap
tain had been Drawer than the New
Haven Captain, and in my first express
| arrived an hour behind the mail. And
such things might happen for gain or for
loss all the time.
NV association with the first great
Northern election triumph-that of Har
rison and Tyler in IS4o-was of the arrival
long after midnight in our upstairs office
of fine fellow who had driven with
changes of horses in pouring rain fifty
miles or more with the votes of Ashburn-
ham, Massachusetts, in his pocket. He
fshed out the despatch, and said for his
first words: Il have tried to keep it dry"
Think of this, young editors, when your
telegraph brings in to you the whole vote
of the State of New-York before you go