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r ^ gv.. k. F" !>"> ? E-v~. the Count]! ilrtori1 KINGSTREE. S. C C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year, ? ? ? $1.00 j One copy, six months ? ? - .50 One copy, tliree months. ? ? .-5 Subscription payable 11 advance. OBITUARIES. Obituary notices will be published Tree up to 100 words, except poetry, j Ail obituary poetry w ill be charged for at the rate ot one cent a wora. ** ncu | obituaries are extended beyond 10U1 ( words count the words and enclose money or stamps to make up the difier- j ence * Remember, we publish free only one hundred words obituaries, tributes of j Respect. Resolutions, etc., tree. Also, j1 anly one obituary of the same person will be published tree. This does not apply to news notices of deaths sent us ' as news. This notice will be strictly adhere-1 to. THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1908. ' ? - - - NOTICE. Beginning with May 1, 190b,; the subscription price for The j Record is as follows: One year in j' advance $1.00. One year on time: $1 .25. Six months in advance 00 \ i cents. Three months in advance 40 i cents. I JW No paper will be continued af- ] ter May 1 that is one year or long- j er in arrears. ( C W Wolfe. 3-26-tf Why Mr Bryan Again? It is amusing to note with vrhat t gusto the newspapers that admire 1 Col William Jennings Bryan au- < nouuce in glowing headlines the ( fact that another State has de- s ^ clared for the silver-tongued Netyraskan. What does it meau? t Not the State, but the Demo- ' crats convention of the State has declared for Mr Bryan?a vast: 1 deal of difference, since it is to! ' ?e remembered that the last time! ] he ran for president Mr Bryan 1 ?vr failed to carrv his own State i < !cf Nebraska. !* It has been asked what man as a Democratic presidential candidate could command more elec- * toral votes than Mr Bryan. !1 Frankly, we do not know^but we believe that almost any eaudi- q ' s j S date nominated could ?arry as 11 as many votes as he. The Democratic i party has been, and is still, hope- j leeslv disorganized and the op- ( posing factions are so far apart that to reconcile them seems im- j possible. When a candidate not j pleasing to one faction is nomi- ? nated, partisons of the other, if ( they do not actively oppose him, 1 sulk in their tents, or give him the faint praise that damns. i Mr Bryan has twice been the ] standard-bearer of the Democrat- < ic party to defeat?the second ? time more disastrously than the first. It is not conceivable that under his leadership the party ( conld win in this year's cam- < paign. < I -y, i With so many warring factions J it is doubtful indeed if any can- ' J didate could win, and it is scarcely probable that even the most ( optimistic nominee would be san* j . guine of success. Then why con- j 1 nne the honor of being nominated to one man? At least select i a candidate who has a probabili- , of carrying his own State. Let the delegates go uninstructed and i pick the most available man when the convention meete, which, we believe, will hardly be Mr BryI an. It begins to look as if the m ost available Democratic candidate for president is Gov. John A Johnson of Minnesota. V \ I: ' , ,, * ' Ceitiin newspapers if the State favoring Bryan's nomination have gone so far as to stigmatize those who prefer another candidate as ' assistant Republicans." And yet some of these same newspapers ' 'cussed out' the Reform faction for curtailing the right to choose the nominee of the party in a ivmnlur nviniivw Rut th&ti rVtdt was a good many years ago and ! I circumstances change opinions, no doubt. We are sending oat a number of notices to those of our subscribers who are a year or more in arrears. On account of the ruling of the postoftice department we are compelled by the first of May to cut off all subscriptions that aie a year or longer behind. We do not like to do this without notice, hence these statements. Iu case we have made an enor in J any account as presented we shall i oe pieaseu iu uorreuL same u uui attention is called to it Under the High School act, a synopsis of which is published this week, Kingstrees school would be entitled to six hundred dollars a year to supplement the fund already provided. As we understand it, there would be no ' additional tax levy and the question simply is: Does the school want the additional six hundred dollars? \ petition for an election will soon be circulated and it would !>e strange indeed if any one should iecliue to sign it, or . when the deetion be held, should castadis renting vote. j, "Health Coffee" is really the clos- ? :st Coffee Imitation ever yet produced e rhis clever Coffee Substitute was s recently produced by Di Shoop of n Racine, Wis. Not a grain of real b Coffee in it either. Dr Shoop's v Health Coffee i6 made from pure 1 toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. 8 Really it would fool an expert?who [, might drink it for Coffee. No 20 j >r 30 minutes tedious boiling. n 'Made iu a minute'- 3ays the doctor, c >old by People's Mercantile Co. tl Howe's Great London Sbows. <> "A large elephant, as gentle as a kitten aud trained to act in the ing like our Babe, is >worth $10,-, C )00, or even more. I very much | ^ loubt if the management would take | j>10,000 for Duchess. From a com- j p nercial poiut of view, very few men ! ^ ire worth as much as such elephants.j y 4*It is a pity that the elephant! ;an not express himself by means of: *f' irticulate speech. He is certainly a ;be most intelligent of beasts. lie x las a braiu two and a half times the lize of that of a man, and, what is s itill more significant, it is richly 1 involuted. He iearns readily and T lever forgets. He is not a mere ci- ti oher of other men's thoughts and * icts, either, but when occasion de- t nands he can do his own thinking, [u India some years ago an elephant s :banced to fall in a pit. There was f lome lumber and odd pieces of wood 1 it its bottom. After some deliber- ? ition he went to work and made a B pile of lumber and wood; then, as- 1 jending to its top, was able to J ilamber out of the pit. One of the dephauts with the show, known as a Duchess, was one day trying to push a big cage into place in the menagerie tent, but the ground was 8 soft, and the harder she pushed the ^ ieeper the wheels went into the mud. Finally she stepped back and f seemed to deliberate for a moment* Y Then she stepped forward again, t took hold of the wheels with her j trunk and gave a mighty lift, and r at the same time a push with her ? head, apd the cage came out ef the mud." Howe's Great London Shows carry the largest as well as the smallest elephant in the world. Nor has the circus department been neglected, for more special feature acts will be offered than ever before, enlivened with new and amusing antics by over two score of funny clowns. The big show will exhibit at Kmgstree Tuesday, April 21. * i t V I ! npfl n i j The Sp By REX E. *: Copyright. 190 5, bj |Continued tron 1 legal resource, and now we're going to stamp out this gang of robl>ers in our >wn war. We will get together in an tiour. divide into three groups of twenty men. each with a leader, then go to :be houses of M<\\aiuara. Stillumu aud I'oorhees. take them prisoners, and"? He waved his hand in a large gesture. Glenisler made no answer tor a inonent. while the crowd watched him incut ly. "Vou have difceussed this fully?*' he isked. "We havp. It has been voted on. and ve're unanimous." "Mv friends, w hen I stepped into this oom just now 1 felt that I wasn't ranted. Why. I don't know, heeause have had more to do with organizing his movement Ihr.n any of you aud lecause I have suffered just as ranch is the rest. I want to know if I was mil; ted from this meeting iutentionilly." "This is an embarrassing position to >ut uie in." said the chairman gravely, 'but 1 shall answer as spokesman for bese men if they wish." "Yes; go ahead.'' said those around be room. "We don't question your loyalty. Mr. Slenister. but we didn't ask you to. bis meeting because we know your at-' Hude?perhaps I'd l?etter say senti Ut-m ? rf|ca; mug .1 vunuiat* n dece?er?family. It hag come to lis T 'rom various sources that you have ' *en affected to the prejudice of your f iwn and your partner's Interest. Now, * here Isn't going to he any sentiment ^ n the affairs of the vigilantes. We are a ;olng to do justice, and we thought tbe '* implest way was to Ignore you in this ^ natter and spare all discussion and * lard feeling in every ipiarter." 1 8 "It's a lie." shouted the young man ' ioarsely, "a damned lie! Von wouldn't 8 Pt me In for fear I'd kick, eh? Well. P ou were right. I wil] kick. Yon've a Inted about my feelings tor Miss p 'heater. Let me tell you that she is n ngaged to marry MeXamara nDd that a he's nothiug to me. Now. then, let g ae tell you further that you won't ^ reak Into her house and hang her un- 1 p le, even if he Is a reprobate. No, sir! g "his Isn't the time for violence of that ort. We'll win without it. If we p an't. let's tight li^e men and not huDt e j a pack like wolves. If you want to j, o something, put us back on our 1 f. lines and help us hold them, but, for lod's sake, don't descend to nssassina- e, Ion and tbe tactics of tbe Mafia!" n "We knew you would make that kind jt f a talk." said the speaker, while the p est murmured grudgingly, one 01 j, hem spoke up. ^ "We've talked this over in cold blood, ^ lleuister, and it's a question of their js ves or our liberty. The law don't p nter into it." a "That's right,'' echoed another at his lbow. "We eau't seize the claims. ^ ecause McNnmara's got soldiers to ?ck him up. They'd shoot us down. g) "ou ought to be the last one to object." j He saw that dispute was futile. L>e- t( ermination was stamped on their aces too plain for mistake, and his rgumeut had no more effect on them ^ ban had the pale rays of the lantern cside him, yet he continued: 1 "I don't deny that McNnmara de- * erves lynching, but Stillman doesn't. le's a weak old man"?some one aughed derisively?"and there's a romau in the bouse. He's all she has a the world to depend upon, and you .. rould have to kill ber to get at him. f you must follow this course, take he others, but leave him alone." They only shook their beads, while jj everal pushed by bim even as be poke. "We're going to distribute our !c< avors equal." said a man as be left. { rhey were actuated by what they ailed justice, and he could not sway hem. The life and welfare of the ? lorth were in their hands, as they 1 bought, and there was not one to hesl ate. Glenlster implored the chairman, >ut the man answered him: 1 "It'8 too late for further discussion, i y nd let me remind you of your prom- * se. You're bound by every obligation hat exists for an honorable man"? "Oh, don't think that I'll give the 0 nap away!" said the other: "but I !11 varn you again not to enter Stillman's louse." 1 r He followed out Into the night to j n Ind that Dextry had disappeared, evi- j y lently wishing to avoid argument. H toy bad seen signs of unreat beneath | j, be prospector's reatraint during the J 0 >ast few days, and Indications of a n lerce hunger to rent bis spleen on the i nen who had robbjd him of his most j u (acred rights. He was of an Intolerant, i 7 Indlctlve nature that would go to any j y ength for vengeance. Retribution was ; a " ** * * ?*# kl? ^ Ml I t VI UIB UCVU. I m On bin way home tbe young "ion . ooked at his watch to find that be had ? >ut an hour to determine his course. n instinct prompted him to join bis K "riends and to even tbe score with tbe ^ nen who bad injured him so bitterly. ^ 'or, measured by standards of tbe Yontier, tbey were pirates with their t Ires forfeit Yet he could not coun- h enance this step. If only tbe Tlgi- c antes would be content with making a in example?but be knew tbey would t Dot. Tbe blood hunger of a mob is g aaty to wbet and bard to bold, j licNcmara would resist as would _ / : ' oilers. BEACH. f R (i E. Brack. ? > a last week.} Yoorhees and tlte district attorney, then there wou'd be bloodshed. riot, baos. The soldiers would be called >nt aid marti:l law declared, the streets would become skirmish grounds. The vigilantes would rout tbem wlth>ut question. for every citizen of the lortb would rally to their aid. aud such ren could rot be stopped. The judge ! would go down with the rest of the j rur. arid what would happen to?her? He took down his Winchester, oiled md cleaned it. then buckled on a belt >f cartridges, still he wrestled vlth ilmself. He felt that he was fc dng ground l*>tweeu his loyalty to the igiantes and his own conscience. The rirl was one of the gang, he reasoned -#he bad schemed with tbem to betray dm through bis love, and she was ledged to the one man in the world vh uii be hated with fanatical fury. ,Yby should he think of her iu this >our? Six months hack he would have ooked with Jealous eyes upon the light o lead the vigilantes, but tl Is change hat hud mastered biin?what was it? Cot cowardice, nor caution. No. Yet. ?clcg iutangible. it was none the less narked, as his friends had shown him j n hour since. He slipped out into the night. The oob in'ght do as !t pleased elsewhere, nit 110 man should enter her house. He <> ir<i ji ligiit shining rroni rer parior .*!:i low. and. noting the shade np a ew inches, stole close. Peering hrough. he discovered Strove and lelen tnlkkig. lie slunk back into be shadows and remained hidden for considerable time after the lawyer pft. for the dancers were returning roni the hotel and passed close by. Vhen the last group had chattered way down the street, he turned to the rout of the house, and mounting the teps. knocked sharply. As Helen npeared at the door, he stepped Inside ltd closed it after him. The girl s hair lay upon her neck and j boulders In tumbled browu masses, hlie her breast heaved tumultously I t the sudden, grim sight of him. ' he stepped back against the wall, her j ondrous. deep gray eyes wide and j oubled. the blush of modesty strug- j ling with the pallor of dismay. The picture pained him like a knife tirust. This girl was his bitterest emy?no liojte of her was for him. le forget for a moment rhat she was jlse and plotting, then, recalling it, poke as roughly as lie might and slatd his errand. Then the old man bad ppeared ?-u the stairs above, sjieech- I y* 11 II 1 lij^Ul a i " ua i inr u? u\ u* u. | I was evident that his nerves. so sorer strained by the e\-ents of the past eok. were now siiapi>ed utterly. A uuian soul naked and panic stricken i no pleasant sight. so Gieuister droped his eyes and addressed the girl gain: "Don't take anything with you. Just re?s and come with me." The creature on the stairs above launuered and stuttered inquiringly: "What outrage is this, Mr. Glenis?r?" "The people of Nome are up in arms, ud I've come to save you. Don't stop ) argue." He sj>oke impatiently. "Is this some r-ruse to get nie iDto our power?" "T'ncle Arthur!" exclaimed the girl harply. Iler eyes met Glenister's ud begged him to take no offense. "I don't understaud this atrocity, hey must be mad!" wailed the Judge. You run over to the jail. Mr. Gieniter. and tell Yoorbees to hurry uards here to protect me. Helen, hone to the military post and give le alarm. Tell them the 9oldler9 mu8t ome at once." "Hold on!" said Gleuister. "There's o use of doing that?the wires are nt; and 1 won't notify Voorhees?be an take care of himself. I came to elp you. and If you want to escape ou'll stop talking and hurry up." "I don't know what to do," said Stlllaan. torn by terror and Indecision. You wouldn't hurt an old man, would ou? Walt! I'll be down in a mlnte." He scrambled up the stairs, tripping n his robe, seemingly forgetting his Jece till she called up to him sharply: *Stop, Uncle Arthur! You mustn't un away." She stood erect and deterained. "You wouldn't do that would ou? This is our house. You repreent the law and the dignity of the orernmeiif. You mustn't fear a mob f ruffians, we win suy nere ana i jeet tbein, of course." "Good LordT' said Glenlster. "That's isdness! These men aren't ruffians, 'hey are the best citizens of Nome, ou don't realize that this Is Alaska nd that they have sworn to wipe ont IcNamara's gang. Come along." "Thank you for your good lntenlons," she said, "but we have done otblng to run sway from. We will et ready to meet these cowards. You ad better go or they will find sou ere." She moved up the stairs and, taking he judge by the arm, led him with sr. Of a sodden she had assumed ontrol of the situation unfalteringly, nd both men felt the Impossibility of bwartlng her. Pausing at the top, he turned and looked down. "We are grateful_ for_your efforts [Continued next week. ] ''?ii 1 i isi ii"|4ii ifrii*illVi" . tS .. . ; \ t y . rv, / ' < t ? :@T?:?:?:@:@:?:@:?:@:@:@:< HAY LIGHT I DRY GOO: ? ( ? \ ? } | \ Walh-Ovt @ \ ^ and * @ i Brown's @ I ? 1 ? i ' * n* C 1L. 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