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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19
To the Tobacco Growers Of South Car
0liDa:

Since the heavy rains the tobacco
is in a very green and growing state
and being a warehouseman and
being fully in touch with the tobac-
co situation, and knowing the strong
demand for ripe and colory tobacco,
| feel that it is my duty to caution
every farmer to let his tobacco get
ripe before gathering, as one barn
of ripe tobacco will bring more than
several barns partially green.
The above is of much Importance
to the farmers and will save them
thousands of dollars. Ripe tobacco
is what the buyers want and you
will see it sell high.
6-12-2t. Your friend,
Lake City, sc. j D KING.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19
Items of General Interest.

Eleven lives are believed to have
been lost Saturday in New York City
in a disastrous cavern eighty feet
underground on the new subway
construction when thirteen men of q
crew of thirty-two drillers and labor
ers were entombed.
xxx
Capt William E Gonzales, editor
in-chief of the Columbia State since
the death of his brother, N G Con.
zales,in 1903. has been appointed by
President Wilson as United States
Minister to Cuba.
Arthur V Lee, the young baggage
master who. February 81, 1908,
shot and mortally wounded W L
Mcneil, passenger conductor on train
No 81, of the Southern railway, near
Swansea, in Lexington county. was
acquitted of a charge of murder
Friday at Lexington after a trial
lasting two days.
Something doing;something brew
inp Get ahlaza with enthusiasml
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19
White WOMAN AS
SAULTED BY NEGRO
Sr1pS HIP COMdENT.-.ONE NE.
GRO KILLED BUT TIE
WRONG MAN.

A disr Itch from Blutfton says tna'
that town and the surrounding re-
zion are in q state of excitement,
following an attempted assault by a
negro upon the wife of a prominent
citizen Tuesday evening. The woman
was preparing supper at the time'
her husband not having returned
from work. About half-past seven
o'clock negro suddenly appeared
and attacked the woman, who
wrenched herself free and ran from
the house.
She hastened to the home OF a
neighbor and gave the alarm and a
posse was quickly in pursuit of the
black, who is described by his intend
ed victim as being about 80 years
Nold, over six feet in height and OF a
dark, ,ginger-cake color. A negro an
swering that description was arrest
ed Wednesday morning at Ridgeland
by the chief of police and is being
held there.
A negro named Jackson, answering
the description of the assailant, was
killed at Bluffton Wednesday when
he resisted arrest, and the negroes
are threatening reprisals. 1t is be-
lieved there that Jackson is the ne
gro who attacked the woman. Gov
ernor Blease has been asked to call
out the Beaufort militia for the pro.
lection of the citizens of Bluffton.
Parties from Ridgeland are has
tening to Bluffton in automobiles to
aid in controlling the situation, which
is beginning to look ugly. Acting on
Governor Blease's orders. the Beau
fort Naval Reserves are under arms
in readiness to proceed to Bluffton
at q moments notice. Sheriff White
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19
Mrs D M Epps and children leave

Mrs D M Epps and children leave
for the Island this week, where they
will spend the summer in their new
cottage.
Miss Maggie McClam returned
last Sunday from Lynchburg, where
she had been visiting relatives.
Miss Nell Carter of Darlington is
the attractive guest Of her aunt,
Mrs Della D Carter. PHA
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19
Best Laxative for The Aged.

Old men and women feel the need
of a laxative more than young folks,
but it must he safe and harmless and
one which will not cause pain. DR.
Kings New Life Pills are especially
good for the aged, for they act
promptly and easily. Price 25c.
Recommended by Kingstree Drug
Co and M L Allen. adv
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19

There is power in concert of act
ion. When men rise up in unity to
accomplish an object is it always at
tanned.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-06-19

Something doing;something brew
ing. Get ablaze with enthusiasm!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
EASTON


 Mesars. Charles Seeley and Samuel seeley of Tashua have new Ford tour ing cars.
 There was no meeting of the Dorcas society Thursday afternoon st the Baptist hall. owing to the storm.
 Mrs. John H. Wheeler or SllVer Hill Farm was recent guest or MT. and Mrs. Moses T. Thorpe, who have been confined to their nome pS illness for sometime
 Miss Minnie O. Sherwood has return ed to her home at 'Maple Row Dairy Farm having been guest or 1rlenos in Stratfield. .
 The regular meeting of Easton grange was held on Tuesday evening. AS it was the first meeting after in stallation of officers, the new officers took the chairs for the first time. The worthy lecturer, Mrs. John H. can dee presented the following program: Reading. Mrs. Adele Ruman; remarks covering the State grange, by Clarence A. Jennings; piano solo, Miss Hazel E. Sherwood; reading, Wakeman B. Hill: recitation, Miss Edith Logan; violin solo, William E. Andrews, ac- companied by Miss Hazel E. Sher- wood: interesting talk by Emory P. Sanford, on the 'Way and Means of Securing the New Grange Hall in Redding.''
 The Lenten services of the Episco- pal church of Tashua were held on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Howard Peck.
 Mrs Ambrose Marsh of Sport Hill is spending a few days as guest of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
MIR. KoCHERsPEReER's REPLY


 The Farmer printed yesterday, the statement of Vice President Kochersperger replying to the bill of particu lars filed the House by Representative Wilson of this city.
 effect the New Haven official admit that the price of the copanys stock has dropped in the market but he denies that this due to the purchase at high prices of properties making returns.
 He apparently admits that the street railway prop critics in Rhode Island acquired at four times their value His defense is that the leases under which these properties held for very long tine and that SOMETIME they will pay dvidend-upon the purchase pEice.
 This may appease stockhoIder of the New Haven Company who expects to live long enough to the day. but it will hardly be satisfactory to the public, which has to pay the interest and dividends
 The public is willing to pay profits upon the invest ments that actually made in trolley lines. It not willing pay profits upon fictitious values created by the sale and resale of trolley lines.
 If gentlemen demand profit upon investment in trolley line purchased at four times it's value they demand pffB upon investment in a trolley pur- chasedfat ght, sixteen, thirty-two value
 And if there reason in requiring trol- ley passengers to pay profits upon inflated trolley invest
 ents what justice there behind attempt cost of the trolley imitation upon those who ship by rail road, or who travel upon railroads?
 As for MT Kocherspergers defense to the claim that candid He that the large proportion of ton of the income of the business done in Connecticut which means exactly nothing at a Property is taxed, under the American system where it is located It is the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
The D. ". Read Go.

the rich; 1t explains, too, the recent remarkable growth of socialism, and the agitation for the recall of judges.
 Tn this connection 1t is important to note that although the twenty-nine cash register heads were found gull ty and were sentenced to Jail, they arc not in jail. and are not likely to be for two years, or perhaps even longer. The case will be fought through the Supreme court, and as a general rule two years is consumed. It is said that the men under sentence expect to escape jail. and will pour out their millions in an effort to find some loop hole of technicality by which to es- cape the ignominy of being branded conyicts.
 If the Judgment of the court is ac- tuaIly carried out, it is obvious that it will do more toward causing Illegal trust magnates to respect the law, and at the same time more to strengthen the waning confidence of the masses in the federal courts, than anything that has happened in years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
FIRST NAVAL BATTLE.

The first naval battle recorded in the worlds history was that between the Corinthians and the Corcyrans, fought Feb. 2S, 664, 2.567 years ago to-day. Corcyra, an island off the coast of Epirus, now called Corfu, and belonging to Greece, had been settled by Corinthians, and for cen turies owed allegiance to the mother city. In 664 B. c. the Corcyrans de- clared their independence, and the Corinthians immediately prepared a fleet to reclaim their colony. Corcyra did not wait for the invaders to land on her shores. but herself gathered a fleet and sent it out to meet the Cor inthians. Then ensued the first bat tie on the seas, a furious contest be- tween the crews of what were little better than big and rude rowboats, from which the Corcyrans emerged the victors. The battle was waged off Cape Actiurn. a promontory in the north of Acarnania. From that time on sea battles were frequent, and all of the petty States of Greece built na- vies. The enmities engendered by that first sea struggle resulted over two centuries later in the Peloponne- sian war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28

nestle reindeer in Alaska now num- Der about 18,000, and the breed has noticeably improved, so that the ami n1als are now larger and stronger than their Siberian ancestors. The Canadian government is now consid- ering project for supplying rein deer to the Eskfrnos in the northern section of the Dominion. The carl bou and wa1rus on which the Eskim os have long depended for their food supply are rapidly becoming extinct, and Investigators declare that the northern races will soon vanish from off the face of the earth unless speedy relief is afforded. The reindeer, which supplies flesh food, milk and butter, and is at the same time an anairnaI of transport, is the salvation of the Es- kfmos
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
RADFORD B.SMITH
1O72 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, s9 Fairfield Avf
  STORE THAT PAYS


At 1c-Many articles formerly 5c and 10c added during inventory. Here are a few. Many others are on our ables: Ladies Collars, Games, Purses, Curtain Rods, Door Num- bers, Meat Broilers, Lamp Chim- neys, Knife Stones Leader Hooks, Jar Openers, Can Openers, Potato Washers, etc. At 10c-Rummage Sale of odds and ends formerly 25c or soc and some even a $1: Corsets, Tam o'Shanter Caps, ChiIdren's Underwear, Boys White Shirts, Mems White Vests, Four-fn- Hand Ties, Infants Worst ed Knit Bootees, Window Shades, Thermometers, Bags, Game of Dia- bo1o (was as high as $3) and many other things. At Sc-Brass Extension Rods with very large silver balls. At 5c-Good Huck Towels. At 5c-Bag of 150 Common Marbles At 5c-Good Hemstitched Handker- chiefs for men and women. At 25c-Pound package of Absorbent Cotton, extra white and nice. At 5Oc-Men's Overa1ls, extra heavy and strong. At S6c-Ladies' Hand Bags. You would think they were soc. At 2Ec-Men's and Boys Warm Knit Gloves.
 At 8c-Men's women's and Chi1dren's 10c Hosiery. At Sc-Enameled Playing Cards, pin ocll9e or straight pack,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
WOODROW WILSON'S VOW.

A dispatch from Princeton says that the next president expects to remain close to the White House for several months after his inauguration. fIe has announced his desire to devote all his time to his work, and for this reason he has accepted no formal in vitations for period of six months after March A." Confirmation of this is to be found. in a letter from Gov ernor Wilson declining to attend the dinner of the St. Patrick's society in New York March IT. The letter concludes:
 have made a solemn VOW that will decline all invitations, even those of capital importance, between now and the time when I shall find my self settled in harness at Washington. I am sure that the committee will un- derstand, and I believe they will ap prove this decision on my part.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
SOOTHING POTION FATAL.
Infant Dies As Result of Overdose of
 Poppy Seed And Milk.

New Haven, Feb. 2s.-As the result of the death of six days old Filomena Ducato, daughter of MT. and Mrs. AL bert Ducato of 12 Warren place, yes terday, from the effects of an over dose of an infusion of poppy seed and milk, Coroner Mix has called atten- ton to the fact that the dope is being used to some extent about the city for quieting fretfu1 children, and parents are warned against its use.
 At an investigation into the death of the little girl it was found that other families have been using the dope for quieting older children with out i'll effects and that the dose of the infusion in question was given to the baby by it's brother Joseph, in whose care the baby had been left. The little boy thought that the bottle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
RAILROAD ADVANTAGE
 IN THE COURT ROOM

RAILROAD Connecticut newspa- ADVANTAGE pers are finding a
 IN ThE topic for more or COURT ROOM less exuItant com
 ment in the action of the states attorney, Stiles Judson, in bringing criminal charges against several officials of the New York, Haven & Hartford railroad in connec- ton with the Westport wreck of Oc- tober 3, last. One of them editorial ly treats it as occasion for surprise that the effort is made to fix responsibility upon maintenance engineer and men higher up because of general or special neglect. Going further, this journal pays 8 high tribute to the at .torney for his rare fearIessness and points out the past restriction of the states activity to a pursuit of tres CT offenders of a minor sort, who have always found the law in full working order against them.
 If the Connecticut experience is cor rectIy stated, there is good reason to to praise the alert attorney. But why the surprise? Why now or at any time a question that the law depart ment of the state should be as active against negligent high officials as against the man who WandeFs care lessly to the railroad tracks? Attor- neys for the people are more than nominal public servants. Their of flee is a vital part of the judicial sys- of the people and giving power to the laws. The sweep of their authority is as broad as the grand jury's and it is through them that the grand in- quest is put into operation No rare example of one of them becoming ac- tive in a large matter like holding railroad officials to account for bad conditions SfHnII1d he fn force upon the minds of the others a particular responsibility for their client, the general public. There is an uncomfortable inference to be drawn from the 1audation Of Attorney Judson, deserved as the praise is, that torneys' duty tEan ought to exist. The real surprise of Che situation is that one attorney elicies applause for do- ing what may be the plain duty of all.
 The Connecticut comment goes to- still another step in p1cturing the dis advantage of the private citizen in a civil dispute with the railroad com pany. Here the conditions cited are not peculiar to any one state. The array of legal talent on the side of the railroad. is imposing always. The handicap of the private lit1gant is of ten considerable. Connecticut exper- ience is, on the one hand, said to be that in a damage suit the railroad company is a winner almost at the start. But railroad officials would, with good reason perhaps, challenge that statement of advantage. and de- clare that the favor of juries was Sd strongly with the private claimant that the corporation was the unfor tunate.
 Whatever the situation. public opin- ion needs to be constantly alert TO bring about fair balance.-The c. s. Monitor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
NO LONGER THE GOAT
aId Realized It Was Time to Quit, and Surrenders Office
OF THE MACHINE
 HAD GROWN DESPERATE
Slim Republican Control of the House JeopardiHed the Hold on Matters
 Before Legislature.
CHartford Tfmes.)

N61dE4OTo l1n10Ss1
 State Chairman Roraback and the machine influences at his command went back on Macdonald and he quit was the statement to a Times reporter to-day, of one of the shrewd- est political observers in the state.
 They dumped Mcdonald because he was endanger1ng the supremacy of the Republican machine in the only segment of the government left to the Republicans-the house-and the ma chine has plans of greater importance to 1t than the saving of the highway commissioner. Mcdonald realized this when he received the votes of but three Republican senators, Tuesday. on the confirmation of MT. Bennett.
 T will no longer be the goat is the statement which I have heard Macdonald make. And that is the exact situation. Macdonald decided not to continue to be the machines goat and he has thrown up his hands, just as you int1mated in Wednesdays Times that he would do.
 You remember that Stiles Judson charged that Chairman Roraback abandoned the Republican state tick ct to sink or swim, while he threw all his power and influence to the election of Republican House. And now do you suppose the Republican chairman was going to jeopardize his ability to do things with this Republican house, to block Democratic measures and to force swaps and deals, purely for the sake of backing up a losing fight for a hold-over highway commissioner It did not take the astute Macdonald long to realize that the raft upon which he was floating had been cut adrift by Roraback, and he has has tened to climb back to terra frma pe- fore his raft went over the prec1pice, to complete destruction.
 You can put it down in inde1ib1e ink that no matter how nice and sweet MT. Macdonald may talk for publi- cation now, he is sore to the bone, and it is the soreness of a betrayed and abandoned man, the same kind of soreness with the salt rubbed into the wounds in addition. that Stiles Jud- son is nursing, and the latest incident is going to add to the troubles of the gang now in control of the Repub1i- can party in this statet.
 Mark the prediction"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
"GUII|T IS PERSONAL.
Far Reaching Effect of Jail Sentences
 For Trust Kagnates.
(BY Clyde H. Tavenneg, Congressman
 elect.)

G10CGo)
 washington, Feb. 2s-For a change the same kind of justice that is met ed out to poor men, was meted out to the rich, when Federal Judge Hollis ter of Ohio recently sentenced twen- ty-nine officials of the Cash Register trust to sentences in jail, sustaining the view long taken by Democrats that guilt is personal and making the first official response to the will of the people that was expressed in the election of woodrow Wilson.
 Now that sufficient time has clap sed for members of Congress to con- slider the effect of the judgment of the Ohio court, the concensus of opin- ion among lawmakers at the national capitol is that the jail sentences will do more to cause millionaire trust magnates to respect the sherman an- thrust law, than anything that has occurhed since trusts and monopolies have come ino existence.
 It has been demonstrated that Jail sentences is the only thing trust mag mates have any respect for They are willing to build up giant mOnopo- lies in the necessaries of life if their only punishment, in the remote event of their prosecution and coniction Is to be "disso1ution,'' to the details of which the Supreme court will allow their attorneys to attend, to the end that their stocks will double in val ue. Trust magnates care nothing about fines. Fines are considered simply on a business basis. The trust heads have no objection to oc- casionally paying1a a $5,0o0 or $10,0O0 fine having made millions in cor nered markets and in nonopoiies of the necessaries of life.
 But trust magnates are afraid of a cell, and if they can be convinced that if they violate the antitrust law they will go to jail, like the poor go to jail when they violate a law, no one doubts but that the Sherman law would be obeyed and the problem of illegal trusts. solved.
 The Sherman law provides for jail sentences for trust magnates, just as other laws provide for jail sentences for other kinds of robbery, but for twenty years and more the Federal courts have not. been impressed by the fact. This is why so many per sons have come to be suspicious of the courts, and to sincerely believe that the poor do not receive the same kind of justice that is meted out to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28

purpose that 1t shall be taxed at it's value
 Ii the New Haven property taxed in the cities and towns where it is located, it would be paying and half on the dollar of value instead of cent present.
 In the meantime, the situation is this:
 In 1906 the New Haven had a steam road which It cla1med had physical value of $83,OOOOOO.
 In 1912 it has steam road of which it claims that the physical value is $181, 100000
 It pays in 1912 $2OOOOO in taxes upon the steam road than it paid in 1906.
 The taxes paid upon trolley properties by the com panes operating those properties have nothing the case, although Mir Kochersperger necg them it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
BIRTHDAY OF. GREENFIELD,
 WHO GAVE REINDEER
 TO LABRADOR ESKIMOS

Everybody has read Of the mis- sionary Iabors of pr. Wihred Thom- ason Grenfe1 among the Eskimos of Labrador and the deep sea fishermen of the Bleak Newfoundland coast, but little has been written about one of the greatest of his benefactfons. When the people he has served so valorous- ly and so faithfully celebrate today the forty-eight anniversary of the birth of their benefactor, their thanks in no small degree will be for the reindeer he caused to be introduced among them.
 Dr. Grenfen was born near Chester, England, Feb. 28. 1885 and after Ieav- ing Oxford and the London Hospital enlistN as medical missionary. He fitted out the first hospital ship for the North Sea fisheries. His work in Lab rador commenced twenty-one years ago, and, by his hospitals, schools, CO., operatie stores and small industrial enterprises, soon accomplished won ders in that barren land.
 As a physician, Dr. Grenfeu soon found that most of the diseases to which the Labrador Eskinos were subject, including the dread scurvy from which they were never free, were due to the lack of sufficient fresh meat and vegetables. To pro- vide a better supply of fresh meat he started pigeon lofts and hare farms, and experimented with cattle, but eventually decided that the do- mesticated reindeer offered the only solution of the difficulty. Then he began preaching reindeer, in season and out, but he hard-hearted New foundland government turned deaf ear. Eventually he succeeded in in teresting wealthy individuals, and a fun6 was raised with which some 300 Norwegian reindeer were purchased. In the five years that have passed since the animals were unIoaded at CromeIiere, the herd has more than doubled in numbers, and there are now about 800 domestic reindeer Tn the various settlements of Labrador and Newfoundland, while hundreds of the animals have been butchered for food. The reindeer have been very prolific and have thrived well in their new home. Their milk is declared by many to be superior to that Of cows and is used in the making of butter and cheese. As a draft ami mai the reindeer is invaluable in those cold cIimes.
 Another medical missionary, Dr. Jackson, was responsible for the in troduction of the reindeer among the Eskimos of Alaska, and the animals tering the hard lot of the dwellers in Uncle Sam's far north. In this case, too, the government refused to ap- propriate funds, and private capital was enlisted. A herd was obtained in Siberia, shipped across Europe the Atlantic and the American continent to Seattle, and thence transported to Alaska. This was in 1901, and the project was so successful that the United States governme appropriat- ed $25,0oO a year for the purchase of reindeer for the Eskimos. The do