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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14
Mr.. McKinIey's Flower.

Mr.. Mckinley was interested for
many years in girls school in
Ohio. When he was congressman
and governor of Ohio political meet
ings often took him near the school,
and he visited it when he could. On
one of his visits he was made an
honorary member of the class OF
'94. He was loyal member and
wore the class flower, red carna-
ton. The message of his nomlna-
ton for president reached the class
during reunion. The girls rang
the college bell and sent a telegram
of congratulation and box OF car
nations. Another box of the class
flowers was sent on the day of Mr..
McKinlcy's Inauguration. 1t may
be that this association accounts for
Mr.. McKinley's fondness for the
red carnation, which has come to be
the mckinley flower" Youths
Companion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14
Not the Rioht Kind.

Professed politicians who have re-
duced public office to an exact sci
ence find the Independent voter a
sad stumbling block, fact which
is amusingly disclosed by story
found in the recent life of the late
George Monro Grant, the eminent
Canadian educator and clergyman.
Toward the end of Sir John Mac
donald's life he and Principal Grant,
then the head of Queens college,
met at dinner at the house of the
premier's brother-in-law, Professor
Williamson.
"How l WISH" the premier said
to the principal, chat you would
be steady friend of pine!"
"My dear Sir JohW' the princl-
pal replied, q have always support
ed you when you were right"
The premier's eyes twinkled, and
he laid his hand upon the shoulder
of the principal.
"My dear man." said he, Il have
no use for that species Of friend
shipw
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14
WAYS OF A MOLE.
The Manner Of Eating and Burrowins
of This Peculiar Animal.


"While fishing l noticed very
small mole hill" says a writer.
"After a short time quantity OF
earth was shoveled out, and so /
quickly scraped away the loose earth
and found the hole. I traced the
tunnel until l noticed movements in
the soil and caught sight of some
black fur, which Immediately began
to disappear in a downward direc-
ton. | had some difficulty to dig
it out, and when I at last caug hit it
it gave me series of scratches with
its powerful fore paws, causing me
to release it, when it ran along the
ground, prodding the soil as it went
in its endeavors to find a soft
enough place 70 begin burrowing. l
soon caught it again and imprisoned
it in my bait can. 1t seemed to re-
sent being handled and uttered a
peculiar kissing noise. l carried it
home and placed large box half
full of earth at its disposal. The
mole had ravenous appetite.
When given a piece of raw meat it
would place its large fore paws on
the flesh and tear off huge pieces
with its teeth. In eating worms it
would place one fore paw on each
end of the worm, beginning to eat
from the middle.
'1ts senses seemed very acute, for
when a dog came near to its box
when it was on the top it would i'm
mcdiately burrow underneath at a
great rate, and when l placed it in
a tin and put my hand anywhere
near it it usually came and smelled
it directly, never attempting to bite.
Even when handled it only tried to
force away my hand with its. fore
paws. When the earth in its box
was loose, it burrowed at a tre-
mendous pace, forcing back the
loose earth with its hind legs. When
| packed the earth tightly down, it
would run about the box, poking its
long snout into the ground as 1t
went until it found a soft enough
place, when it would Immediately
start burrowing.
''1ts eyes were very small, and 1t
seemed only able to distinguish be-
tween light and dark. 1t disliked
sunshine and never cared to come
up of its own accord when the sun
was out. Its front paws were pos
sessed of tremendous strength,
while its hind legs were compara-
tivelv weak. 1t seemed to be quite
healthy as long as | had it, some
three weeks or so, and it took a
great deal of exercise, honeycomb-
ing the earth in its box with tun-
nels. l eventually let it co..
Chicago News.
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Notice.

Pursuant to commission issued to the
undersigned. on February 22nd, books
of subscription will be opened to the
capital stock of the Lane Hotel Compa-
ny, on Saturday, March ?, 1907, at the
office of Blakeley & Mccullough, Lane,
S G. at - O'clock; the capital stock of
said corporation to be 1000. divided in
to fifty shares of the par value of 800
per share; the nature of the corpora
ton being to do a hotel business.
JCGRAHAM
j A MCCULLOUGH,
H P Brown.
T AsBLAKELEY.
2-28-3t Corporators.
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RalsiDa Cotton the Intensive Plan.

1t is estimated that New York
Cotton exchanges have been selling
more cotton to the square inch off of
their Wall street cotton plantations
than Southern cotton growers have
sold from an average square Iod OF
their cotton farms.
When you have determined to 60
into the long staple cotton growing
business, do it right or you will sure
get left. Enough men in each vicinity
should grow long cotton sufficient to
Justify putting in roller gin or a
needle gin, then you can make all
things work right through your or
carnations in ginning and selling,
too.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the firm
of J. F. Rickenbaker & Co., composed
of j. F. Rickenbaker and S. W. Gowdy,
heretofore doing business at Lake City,
in the county of Williamsburg and
State of South Carolina, was dissolved
by mutual consent on the twenty-third
day January, 1907, and the said S. w.
GoWdy, is no longer connected with
business.
]. F. Rickenbaker shall assume all
Indebtedness of the company, and all
parties owing the company shall pay
same to the said j. F. Rickenbaker.
j. F. RICKENBAKER.
3-7-3t. S. w, GOWDY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14

Good authorities state that South
Carolina used last year over five mil
lion dollars worth of fertilizers and
that at least two million dollars of
that amount was lost-washed out
by applying the more soluable nitrate
goods before their crops had roots
in the soil to take it up.
This washing out of this costly
ammonlated goods by heavy rains
before plant roots are in the soil to
take up this costly plant food IS
deserving of more serious thought
than some people give it. Try side
application and tell US about it.
Have you ever gone over field
where there were many torrance
banks, and made a thorough calcula-
ton about how much of the best
land was lost thereby growing moth
ing but weeds? If not, do it, then
you may be in the proper state of
mind to make a change by sowing
down your lands every other year;
pillow deeper and pillow down every
terrace bank on your farm just as
soon as you can get enough root or
other vegetable in the soil 1t together.
We have put the thing to the test
and the terrace banks are going down
as fast as we can get to them. Our
terrace banks and niggers are grow
ing beautifully less and less profit
able every year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14

Spring winds chap, tan and cause
freckles to appear. PINESALVE
CARBOLIZE0 applied at night
will relieve that burning sensation.
Natures own remedy. Acts like a
poultice pnd draws out inflammation
Sold by w l. Wallace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14

What a power for good of the
whole of the South these supply
merchants could WELD if they would
Only compel their improvident all
cotton farmers to grow their own
food crops. This would enforce
diversified farming and at tie same
reduce the acreage in cotton, which
would in turn improve the land, IN
crease the yield per acre and reduce
the risk and loss to the supply mer-
chant to minimum, by causing
better prices for their customers pro-
ducts.
Our better class of more business
like farmers could afford to stand
their cotton off the market and
watch this dog eat dog riot that
comes that comes off at the winding
mp of every crop If 1t was not for
the fact that cotton bears take
advantage of this "pull Dick, pull
Devil melee" between the mortgaged
crops and the lender, and swoop
down upon the whole cotton crop
with their own set prices which
give spinrers enough cotton to go
upon while cotton bears either force
the better class of farmers to either
sell at loss or store their cotton
and incur the expense of storage and
insurance.
Now these statements of facts in
regard to the cotton growing busi-
ness iu the South should make it
plain to every thinking business cot
ton grower and all supply merchants
and bankers organizations, Farmers
Union and Cotton Association men
in the whole South that we must
have a better understanding with
each other and come together before
we can must make the whole situa-
alton of both growing and marketing
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14

lHS Iue crop we'll anu seiiiuS III oau-
" will hurt every one in the South
excepting those in the specializing
business and those that are in league
with them. No matter how we'll we
are organized at the selling end of
our cotton business we can no mere
force an over production of cotton
down the consumers throat without
causing a revolt than you could
force a whole pot of chicken pie
down a mans throat that was not
already very hungry, without protest.
Of course large warehouse system
under the direct control of the pro-
ducers Of cotton could stay or tenn
porarlly stave off a calamity of one
or two bumper crops, but repetition
of over production in any crop
means suicide or inevitable destluc-
ton.
We do not advocate or contend
that every tradesman of the South
should sacrifice his independent
and distinct organization in order
that we may all come together III
one general concert of action in be.
half of better and more stable
price for cotton. This is not neces-
sary. We want to see the bankers
associations strong enough to control
the supply merchant in way to
force diversified farming in the cot
ton belt. We want TO see the sup.
ply merchants organized and con-
trolled by men Of their own body
that can show these merchants that
diversified farming means better prof
its to the farmer and that when far
mers have more money there is more
money for the merchants and every
one else. We want to see the Cotton
Association men say to the Farmers
Union-You are right; make your or
ganizations strong and as distinctly
farmers organization as the bank
ers' associations is made of bankers.
We want stronger and better organ
izations of all interests of the South.
If We are to prosper we must not
raise up one organization of legiti-
mate business for the purpose of
fighting another organization that
does not obstruct the way of our
coming together for profitable prices
for cotton.
Our Farmers Union must never
admit its Inability to meet with any
and all other organizations of trades
men in the South for fear that our
delegations might be tainted by the
contact, or not afraid to put up
against the best orators and business
men in any other calling OIL any con-
ventional proposition for a general
conference for the betterment of the
conditions of the whole people of
the South, who are dependent direct
ly or indirectly upon profitable prices
for the South's cotton. We as or
ganizations must cease to fight each
other and combine our strength as a
solid South for soliG good business
principle of the whole cotton grow
ing and cotton marketing industry.
We mus. act like statesmen, not like
fools who quarrel over pennies and
small poor chickens, while our dol
lars and great hig fat turkeys are
trotted out of the South to feed and
enrich other countries. Let us have
peace among ourselves aod enjoy the
fat of our own land.
n:aoo1,,<io~N Nofion
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14

You admit that oyer half the land
iu the country is running down. If
you don't know what went with it
90 look down the streams aud low
places where you will find the sand,
but the richness of the original
good soil has gone down the streams
where Wards ducks went.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14

THE RECORD wants correspond
ents at the following postcffices:
Cades, Greelyville, Trio, Gourdin,
Leo, Benson, Scranton and any
other office where we ale not now
represented. Write for terms. If.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-14
,ECZEr1A and PILE CURE.

ESLLI IA dIIu TILL SONE
rnrr Knowing what it was to suffer,
kRPk | will give FREE of CHARGE,
lllLL to any afflicted a positive cure
for Eczema. Salt Rheum, Ersypelas,
Piles and Skin Diseases. Instant re-
lief. Don't suffer longer. Write F
w WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue,
New York. Enclose stamp.
-616-1 yr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09
GOOD HUNTING.

Tahlc-lcg Jungle Is dark and still.
There's snakes in the Carpet Glade
And lions and tigers on Sofa Hin,
But I'm never II bit afraid.
My dog. | know. is II trusty brute.
And I've got gun thatll really shoot.
Once there was Indians under the bed
But hunted 'cm all away:
There's elephants hiding there now
instead
They're perfectly safe today.
Cause I'm near tho cavern OF Easy.
Chair.
And scent the track OF n Teddy
Bear!
II ] was like nurse or like baby Sis.
What never has fired gun.
gncss | wouldn't he brave MS thisl
They'd both OF 'cm cry and run.
But III stalk him down and I'll shoot
him through.
And I'll make him into n Teddy stew
--Burgcs Johnson, In the October
Evcrybody's
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09
A CONNECTICUT VIEW.

There must inevitably DO sort of
Intoxicating stimulation. to man
OF President Rooscvelt's makeup. In
tho reception which n representative
city of the South gave him few
days ago. Five years ago they Kissed
him on the streets of Memphis. On
Friday they greeted him with real
Southern hospitality, with genuine
cheers. and there was not one dis
senting note. 1t Is hard for Presi.
dent to keep his head level In such
n levulsion of feeling. especially with
Ills friends saying In his ears that he
could carry Tennessee If he ran again
The possibility OF being the man who
broke tho solid South is n great temp.
tation. But IL is not good reason
for breaking the promise made in
good faith to the American people
three years ago II would be n pooy
combination OF ignominy ana fame.
TO be ngain elected under such con.
ditlons-Ncw Haven Sunday Register.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09
ONE WEAK spot
Moot Newport Newa People Have a
Weak Part and Too Often IT'S
The Back.
Everyone has a weak spot.
Too often it'g n had hock

Everyone has a weak spot
Too often It's bad back.
Twingcs follow every sudden twist.
Dull aching keeps up. day and
night.
Tells you the kidneys need help
For backache Is really kidney-ache.
kidney cure is what you need
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys
Cure backache and all urinary ills.
Newport News people recommend
the remedy.
W. +. Hopkins, formerly corner OF
Jefferson avenue and Twenty-fifth
street. Newport News. Va, says: u
have the best OF reasons for form.
ing high opinion OF Doan's Kidney
pills. They were recommended very
highly for backache In newspaper
which read and went to Aliens
drug store for n hnx and commenced
their use. They were very satisfac-
tory and very quickly, quietly and
thoroughly stopped the dull aching
In the small of my back which had
annoyed me for some time. con
slider this remedy one upon. which
the public can depend"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. FosterMil Co. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-ana
take no other.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
n contract for the construction OF six
drcdges. to cost 100000. Six dredgos
are not equal TO battleship. by any
means, but every little bit helps,
and the announcement that the con,
tract has been secured will be read
with pleasure by the people of the
Peninsula.
Work enough to keep the present
force working for about two years Is
now on hand at the yard, and prospects
for various new contracts are bright
Men are wanted at the yard and no
one who wants work can offer an OK.
cusc for being idle.
With these conditions existing, the
people of Newport News can manage
to worry along, no matter what the
rest of the country may have to say
about hard times.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

vicinity will share this feeling. The
people ana newspapers of Virginia,
outside of Underwater. can do much to
promote success and the time has
come for them to do It, 1t should be
point of patriotic pride with every
Virsinian who possibly can do so, ana
who has not done so. to visit the Ex-
position some time within the next
two months and to induce all others
to do likewise. Never mind who Is
directorgencral. All of us should
feel that the Exposition is our enter
prise. that the good results will come
to the whole State. that the credit
OF the State is involved In making it
success. Therefore. we should he
ready TO cooperate with Mr.. Martin
or anybody else and should talk and
think and write for the Exposition
and keep 1t boomlng-Richmond
Ncws-L padcr
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09
Mr.. MARTIN AND THE EXPO.
StTIOM

Perhaps Mr.. Aivah H. Martin is en-
tirely appropriate as tho successor
10 Mr. James NJ. Barr as director.
general OF the jamestown Exposition.
however that may be. we say now
as we said when Mr. Barr was an.
pointed and opposed. that tho great
point TO Keep in mind is to make tho
Exposition success. No organlzn.
lion can win victory or achio,se a
great result If it stops to quarr For
IT'S commanders. We do nos ire
Mr.. Martin any more thar Mr.
Barr. Our impression no Is
an unusually Objectionable Rcpubli
can local boss. But for our part. as
a ve'y humble soldier in the ranks OF
the Exposition forces. The News
Leader Is ready to fall in behind any,
ody and 20 on working and doing II,
best for the Exposition.
We earnestly hope that tn. news
papers and people Of Norfolk and 1t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09
NEVER.

have sailed the seas from north to
south:
And I've "shlvored my ta.ry lights
have rccfcd tho nowsp:it when tho
wind
was blowing n thousand frlghts.
| have scrapcd the tunnels all clean
and bright
"a job that I didn't like).
But blow mo If over I've seen n man
Laid low with n marllnspikc."
Two been in the NEST" when the nigh,
was pitch
And the devil was In the seas.
And thanked my stars to think that
Was safe from the falling trees
have seen the air turn LIQUID bmo
When n sailor was slow tn hike.
but blow me II ever I've seen n man
LAID low with marlinspikc"
| have boxed the capstan and scrub.
bed the screw,
And ! know how to tell the time
BY the starbonrd watch-Im stolicr,
too.
Aud stoke in way sublime.
can least my timbcrs" and give n
hitch
In storm or in calm alike,
But blow mo If ever I've seen n man
Laid low with marlinspikc."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
--------saN--~-- e.
"He seems to be prosperous. 1t
simply proves" said Kwotcr. ''that
money talks. "
That's true replied the shrcwd
merchant, "and ii talks best when
invested In n wcll-written advertise
ment. "-Phlladolphia Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

The beautyd charm M tho soco
~ Ill inc cyepnd the selection of
rycslasscs iHatcly suited to the
nose should bnade before anv OH.
or feature of ional adornmont cnn
DO considered.
The 80 EA" Evor,assos 90 enc
en'nonimoht Oh lie and beauty. T,--.
arc made In 20 variety or meas
uroments to cdrm with the coll
tour OF the nose rcsulting In n per-
feet fit in each \div dual case
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER ., 1907.
VERDICT IN THE ROWLAND CASE

What New York critic said about
George Bernard Shaw's play, Mrs.
WARMERS Profession" aptly dos
cribcs tho aftermath of the Rowland
murder trlal-it was the limit OF
indcccncy.'
DIR. and Mrs. Rowland were on trial
In Raleigh, n. c., charged with the
murder of the woman's former hus-
band, Engineer Strange. While, np-
parcntly, there was not enough evil
dcnce to warrant the jury In return
Ing verdict OF guilty" the testimony
introduced by the commonwealth was
sufficient TO blacScn Mrs. Rowlnnd's
reputation as n woman forever, and
To make many people believe almost
beyond doubt that tho accused were
guilty of the terrible crime with which
they were charged.
Evidence to tho effect that tho two
prisoners were intimate long before
Strange's death was met by denials
from the witnesses for the defonsc,
but there could be no denial OF the
dHmning evidence given by the regis.
ter of Norfolk hotel
Only few weeks after Strangos
death, tho dead mans wife and DIR.
Rowland camc to Norfolk and spent
night Mt II hotel rs Or. and Mrs.
Rowland" They were not married
until the next day.
Mrs. Rowland contended that she
did not know the doctor until ho was
called in to attend her husband when
lie was stricken with heart-falurc.
On the other hand. in addition to
statements to the effect that the
couple had been unduly intimate.
there was testimony to show that DR..
Rowland was at the Strange home on
the day of the funeral, drunk. and In.
sisting upon holding the woman's
hand. Then there were witnesses who
told of the purchase of aconitine by
DR.. Rowland. and still others who
swore that Strange showed symptoms
of aconitinc poison. The defense in
troduced witnesses to prove that
Strange was sufferer from heart
diseacc, and that DR.. Rowland fire.
''.S.e''9> y .i'' lss5d aeoniiine upon his pa
tents.
with all of these facts known, one
would think that the Rowlands,
whether they were guilty or not.
would have accepted verdict or mot
guilty in thankful, humble silence.
And such verdict should have sent
the crowd of spectators homo in n
solemn frame of mind; 1t should have
made them seriously ponder on the
question of whether two innocent peo.
pie had escaped unjust punishment,
or a horrible crime against the State
ana mankind had gone unpublished.
Nothing of the kind happened,
however Instead. the verdict was
greeted with cheers by the spccta.
tors, and the freed prisoners proceed.
ed to hold public reception and jol.
lifcation Mt their home. Friends sent
in a wagon load of flowers in honor
of the joyful occasion.
This was enough to make the jurors
believe they had made a grave mistake
in their verdict. 1t was enough to
arouse the indignation of every good
citizen in the Old North State. and
enough to make it impossible for DIR.
Rowland to carry out his brazen in.
tention of continuing to practice his
profession In Raleigh.
----
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

In trial before a New York judge
II has developed that "an occasional
drink cost William NJ. Clark. author
of Law of Private Corporations" "
Sl3.S75. II this price could be mado
general. the temperance lecturers
would lose their jobs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

A floatman who was implicated In
the theft OF $4,000 from the n. Y. N.
II. & II II. Railway has gone to jail.
II he had stolen several hundred times
as much, there would have been diff
fclcnt story.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

Modern inventions tlrc constantly
robblng the honest toller of his task.
Now tho New Jersey hangman. who
has snuifcd out seventy-iivc lives In
his time, must give way before the
electric chair.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

With the second Thaw trial ap.
proachIng; Hartjic asking for re-
opening of his divorce case, and the
Woods-Platt suit already on. pros
poets for the winters reading are
bright.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-09

Even our centralized government adj
vocatcs will have to acknowledge that
1t was carrying II rather too far to
speak of King Edward and President
Roosevelt as "tho rulers of the two
gdcat English speaking nations in
dispatches concerning the bible and
lectcrn presentation at williamsburg.