The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 24, 1898, Image 2
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lIXGSTKEEj^kuTH CAROLINA,
LOUIS ^pilSTOW,
Kdltor an?\ Proprietor.
Le Matin of Paris states that there
lists in France exactly-71,200 Jews
in a population of nearly 38,000,000.
These Jews are divided as follows:
Paris 42,000; Bordeaux, 3000; along
the eastern frontier, 19,000, making a
4nt?l r\i P.1 nftA Thn remainincr 7200
are scattered all over the territory.
The active capital of France is estimated
at ,$16,000,000,000. Of this,
% according to Le Matin, the Jews possess
$4,000,000,000.
Poor old China is slowly but surely
breaking up, say3 a writer, and the
sations of Europe are scrambling for
tbe pieces. It is the oldest government
in the world, but its people are
so superstitious, and they have been
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ppreased lor so many years oy ruiuless
rulers that they hare no spirit
left to fight. Japan beat them in the
war of a few years ago and took a big
aliee of their territory. Then Russia
came and seized on a seaport. England
has had a foothold at Hong Kong
Jor many years, and only a few weeks
ago the Germans landed and seized
another seaport. France is thinking
about getting possession of Formosa,
and Japan will no donbt wish to increase
her share. In the meantime
V ' . ' the emperor of (!)hina, who thinks he
is the son of heaven, and the rnler of
the whole world, dares protest only
feebly. $o donbt all of our boys and
gVi ,v girls will live to see China as a nation
viped off the map. We can't help
5R feeling sorry that a once great nation
; should thus disappear, and vet every.
one knows that its people never will
make progress until they come nnder
the influence and control of the more
f* ?
? ' t civilized nations of the earth.
. The incidents in the trial of M.
Zola in Pahs onght to go far toward
L explaining why Frenchmen write such
remarkable books about America.
If these incidents prove anything,they
prove that Frenchmen are radically
different from Americans in every coueetvable
way. For that reason Frenchmen
find it difficnlt to understand ns,
! mat manners and onr customs, just as
mm find it difflult to comprehend them
\ : - and theirs. All over this coun5try,
it is safe to say, people are wondering
ho wt it is possible that such
things oould occur at .a trial of na- I
. tioual importance in ono of the leadV
tag capitals of the world. Certainly
nowhere in America,'not even in the
remotest frontier towns, conld such a
apeelacle be seen as a body of lawyers
going to a court to create a disturbance
nt| two hundred barristers, in
' wigs and gowns, did in Paris. And if
anything even faintly resembling that
*V' incident should occur in America, the
Parisian newspapers wvould be the
Mto say that nothing better conld j
be expected of a horde of ignorant
V' barbarians like us. Yet the thing
happened in one of the most venerable
gnd cultivated centres of modern
Europe.
j The public has loug been familiar
with laws which are called dead let
They have beea statutes which
were enacted long in the past, nnder
:: - ' conditions that have ceased to exist,
pad which gradually fell into "innocw?-L
moos desuetnde," nntil at last few
people knew of their existence.
Modern methods of legistation are developing
a new kind of dead letter.
A bill is introduced which goes
through all the stages to enactment as
though it were des%ned to be a real
, law, but it turns out afterwards that
the legislators never took it seriously,
and it was passed only to oblige somehody
or comply with some request.
2n his annual message to the Legisla^
. tare, Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts
suggests that "it may fairly be
considered whether legislation prescribing
after some future date a uni
"form width, of tire for the wheels of all t
vehicles carrying heavy loads would
* not tend to diminish the great cost of
maintaining highways alike to the
commonwealth and to cities and
v towns. '* The Hartford Times characterizes
this recommendation as perfectly
reasonable, bat says it will
make some people who know what
has happened in Connecticut smile.
What has happened is this: "A widetire
law was passed in 1895, has been
steadily ignored, and so far as we are
aware, there has never been a prosecation
under it, or an attempt to have
one brought." In other words, a new
law becomes a dead letter at once,
and liobody sees anything strange
about the development.
A girl may turn up her nose at the
mistletoe idea, but that's no reason why
she shouldn't be kissed right beneath It.
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!|good roads notes. i
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Keep the Mad Off.
They are making an effort to keep
mud off the new macadam roads in
Pennsylvania by paving for fifty feet
or more each side road or lane that
' joins the stone roads. Mud soon rolls
off wagon wheels when they strike a
j hard surface, and the intention is to
have wagons get rid of it before the
main roads are reached.?L. A. W.
Bulletin.
Why Business Is Stagnated.
"The worst drawback of this section
of country," says the Clifton (III.)
Comet, "at the present time, is the
exceedingly bad roads we must contend
with at wet seasons of the vear.
As lias been the case the past few
days, farmers cannot market their
products, and on this account they do
.little baying ,'of the merchants, and
business is stagnated at the very season
when it should be the liveliest of
any season of the year."
To Vote For Free Road*.
The people of Jefferson County,
Kentucky, are asking for an election
to decide on the question of free
; turnpikes, which may be secured in
the following way:
i The roads can be either leased,
! given to the public, or purchasetl.
j The magistrates and the county judge
! are the officials to appoint appraisers
I to value the respective roads; these
j appraisers must be residents and
property owners on the road to be
valued by them. Bonds may be issued
for the purchase of the roads at
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These bonds will be spread over a
: term of thirty years.
All taxes, which cannot exceed
I twenty-five cents on each $100 worth
1 of taxable property, must be used to
keep the roads?turnpike, gravel and
all others?in good repair; to pay interest
on the bonds issued, and to
provide a sinking-fund for the redemption
of the bonds.
A Suggestion.
Tax bicycles to help pay for good
roads. This would be only fair. Bicycles
are largely used by the people
who are most vociferous in demanding
good roads. Now while such
roads will benefit the farmers and
rural residents, these people are already
taxed out of proportion to support
road and other publio institutions.
There is no reason why bicyclos
should not be taxed, nor any
good reason why income from such
tax should not be specially set aside
/>nnstnii<tinn Tn Afnaqunhll R
etts bicycles are assessed for taxation
the same as other property and pay
the same rate. If the average rate of
taxation is $15 per thousand, this
would be seventy-five cents per wheel
on an average assessment of $50 each.
In a State like New Tork, where there
are probably upward of 500,000
wheels, this would yield an income of
nearly $400,000. j3n general principles
we thoroughly indorse the good
roads movement and believe that good
j roads ore one of the best investments
for farmers. Tbe great point is to see
that the farmers do not pay an nndne
proportion of the cost of this improvement.?American
Agriculturist.
Broad-Tired Wagons.
Some of the leading citizens of this
country are agitating the feasibility of
introducing the broad-tired wagon for
the protection and benefit of the county
roads. The subject of good roads
is attracting more than ordinary attention
in all parts of the county.
There are several bills on the subject
to be brought before the Maryland
legislature at its present session.
Most ot these schemes, while undoubtedly
good, would probably involve
more or less expense, while if the
broad tire is universally adopted the
cost would be very ligbt, and it would
be a decided step along the way of
improvement. All the roads can be
rounded into fine shape by road
scrapers properly used, but can never
be kept so as long as heavy loads are
being continuously hauled over them
on narrow ties. The broad tires will
roll and pack and continually improve
them.
Mr. E. E. Goslin, in the lower part
of this county, is making a practical
test of the broad-tire wagon. He has
a new iron wheel a little over four- 1
inch tread whioh is working admira- 1
bly. Its advantage over the narrow
tire is apparent when the wagon can
pass over the road several times with- !
out the tracks being disturbed by other )
vehicles. It is estimated that there
are about 800 heavy wagons in this 1
county. Now, unless the majority of J
these contained broad tires it would be ^
almost impossible to realize the ad- ?
vantage in the way of improvement, '
from the fact that the broad tires ]
would have to break a new track with 1
every load. If the broad tire were \
universally used, however, there would 1
be solid roadbeds, and the deep ruts '
now made on the county roads by the
narrow tire would disappear.-^-Greensboro
(Md.) special t-o Baltimore |
American. ,
The Value of Good Koadf. ]
There is all over the country a deep 1
and growing interest in tho subject of i
good roads. The people generally \
have learned that good roads pay and ;
that bad roads are terribly expensive. 1
There is not a State in the Union i
which has not done more good road '
M'ork in the past five years than i$ t
ever did before in an equal period of <
time. Some of them have done ten 1
times as much. ]
The roads of Georgia ore in better f
condition than they ever were before, i
Last year saw a wonderful improve- <
ment in cur roads. Many miles of ]
road?-??y were reconstructed and built 1
in asubstantial manner. Fulton <
County made a fine record in road 1
work aucTXiil do as well or better this j
year. * Tk J
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Professor Latta, of the Turdne University,
Lafayette, Ind., estimates
that the annual loss from bad roads in*
Jefferson County, Kentucky, in which
Louisville is situated, is fully SI n:i
acre. This means an annual loss of
$250,090. The loss for ono year due
to bad roads would pike every mile of
road in the county.
In attempting to convince the farmers
who are opposed to large expenditures
for roads, President Latta gives
the following as some of the good
effects of good roads:
(1) Economize time and force in
transportation between farm and market;
(2) Enable the farmer to take advantage
of market fluctuations in buying
and selling;
(3) Permit transportation of farm
products and purchased commodities
during times of comparative leisure;
(4) Reduce the wear and tear on
horses, harness and vehicles;
(5) Enhance the market value of
real estate.
President Latta says of the increased
value of land from road improvements
:
"As already stated, this increase is
estimated by the farmers consulted at
89 per acre. This would enhance the
value of each section of land $5760,
which is more than double the estimated
cost ($2292) of the two miles of
improved highway, which constitute
the quota for the section. Just here
the objection may be raised that the
improved roads would not increase the
productive capacity of the land, while
the enhanced commercial value vould
increase the taxes. Let us, for the
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sane 01 argument, grant mis pmuoiuie
but fallacious objection, and then find
what it amounts to. Let us suppose
the increase in appraisement for taxation
to be $4 per acre and the tax rate
11-4 per cent. This would mean an
annual increase in taxes of five cents
per acre, or $5 per hundred acres.
Would not our objector, after enjoying
the benefits of good roads, be very
willing to give therefor the extra $5,
if necessary? Would he keep the
money and go back to the thraldom of
mud roads? If so, he has the option
of selling his farm at an advance, according
to the average estimates of his
brother farmers, that will more than
doublj reimburse him for his .expenditure
on highway improvement; and he
can then remove to some native wild
whose quiet waters have not been
'troubled' by the spirit of progress."
The gospel of good roads is being
preached by newspapers in every Stato
and in almost every oounty. Let the
good work go on.?Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
Witch Baiting In > Nan Mexico Paeblo.
Some nine months ago the princess
qJ. the Zuni We-Wa died after a lingering
illneqs, and an old squaw of the
town was acoused of killing her by
some spell. She was tried by the
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the most prominent peopl 3 and sentenced
to death.
In order first to determino her gnilt
she was carried to one of the roofs of
the city and cast off. The theory of
the priests was that if she were a
witch she wonld nnfnrl her wings and
fly. away, and if she were innocent she
wonld exonerate herself by being
killed. The o^d woman was not killed
by the fall, and she was then taken to
a post and strung np by the thumbs.
When she could no longer endure the
agony she confessed to having killed
the Queen.
The witch of Zuni found a friend,
however, in a missionary in that region,
who cared for her and reported
the affair at Washington. When the
troops arrived they found two of the
priests in the hands of the Shoriff.
On being tried each of the four was
held in $5000 bail to appear at the ^
February term of the Grand Jury. In t
default of bail the holy men are con- a
fined in prison, and they will proba- 0
bly be convicted and sent to the peni- ?
f/>? far. nasM Vnw Ynrt VI
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Journal. >
An Albino Deer.
The zoological manuals will tell one p
that the deer of the Rocky Mountains ?
is red in summer and gray in the late f<
fall and winter. They will say nothing
of white deer, with pink nose and
pink eyes?albino deer. Yet such
deer have been seen from time to time o
in the western part of Colorado, and, a
at last, one of the taxidermists of the
city is going to mount one. p
The deer in question will be shipped u
in a few days to Hugo Todenwarth's, Jj
opposite the City Hall. It was killed t
last winter, on Pieance Creek, in the *
White River country, just before
Christmas, by F. S. Wells, the son of
the Wells, of Well's Ranch, known
throughout the country. It is a three- c
pear-old, with every hair white, ex- n
jept parts of the legs. The nose was
pink when the animal lived, but has
faded now to a pale brown. The parts
of the legs not white are a grayish
brown, passing gradually into white "
ibove the knees.?Denver Post. ?j
The Pope'* Diversion*. U
It may not generally be known that
the Pope has a collection of birds of
which he is very fond, especially of
bis gaudy colored parrots; and a col- j*
lantinn of animals?nelicans. ostriches
ind fawns. These also receive his
Sequent attention. He has a vineyard,
which is.so mach the object of 11
ais core that he may almost be called Q
its cultivator. Suoh,, with a supervision
of the direction in every respect,
are his diversions in the gar- tl
lens, where there are many things of e
aeauty, though it is not "gay and q
prim," after the fashion of English tl
gardens, but abounding in wild nat- t
iralness of a half-rustic park. In- a
feed, it is for the greater part a ^
park, and not a garden, but it has a
arge tracts laid out with care, for the w
continuance of which the Pope is
largely responsible, the care of his
gardens forming his chief diversion.?
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S&od* Island Republican*.
The Republican State Convention of
;hode Island met In Music Hall at Provience.
The old ticket was renominated
rith the exoeption of the candidate for
deutenant-Governor, the present Lieutennt-Governor
having declined to run again
n account of pressing business engagelents.
William Gregory, of North Ktngson,
was substituted for Aram J. Pothier, of
foonsocket, for the position.
Japan Bays a Warship Also.
A dispatch from %KIel, Germany, say Jaan
has purchased a torpedo-corvette
rhich was being built there bv ths Krupps
or Brazil.
Uncle Sam Boys a \"acht.
Upon the recommendation of the Board
n Auxiliary Cruisers, the Navy Departlent
has purchased of the estate of the
ate Ogden Goelet, of New York City, the
win-screw steel yacht Mayflower. The
mrohase price is reported to be a little
lore than 9500,000. The vessel is to be
sed by the Government as a scout boat,
'he Mayflower is the first vessel purchased
o be used as an auxiliary cruiser in time of
rar.
Must Xot Waste Natural Gas.
The Supreme Court of Indiana has deided
that the waste of natural gas Is a
ulsance and must be abated.
Germans Leare Crete.
The Oerman flag was hauled down at
lanea. Island oi Crete, and the German
larines, who have been doing duty ashore,
mbarked on board the German battleship
Udenburg. The International troops oomottlng
the garrison rendered military
onors to the departing German forces.
India's Fine Prospect.
There Is a good prospect for ono of the
lost bountiful harvests ever gathered la
udiu.
Huge Thread Company.
The American Thread Company has been
icorporated In New Jersey with a capital
f * 1:4,000,000.
The fleece will be a telltale against
he shepherd by and by, recording
very neglect by a weak spot In the
bre, and this will lessen the value 01
he fleece when it Is marketed. Don'1
bink for a moment that the buyei
nd as a rule he att mds to hi3 business
ron't find it out. This Is his business,
nd as a rule he attends to his business
rith a sharp eye.
Biggest of Recreation Grounds.
Epplng forest Is the largest public
ecreatton ground in the world. _ 1
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test Prep:
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take my opinion, use Ayer's Sa:
receive more benefit by using
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boils, eruptions, pimples, eczeu
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rs' experience as a druggist, I consider Ayer's 1
on on the market, and I give it the preference
A. C. WOODWAR
>n, as regards Sarsaparilla, Ayer's is the star
other than the very highest terms."
E. TERRILL & CO., Pbarmacisis, 9 State S
Sarsaparilla the best blood purifier on the ma
Dr. GRISE & CO.,
tars of experience xrilh Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I
t failed to cure if used acttording to directions.'
F. O. COLLINS,
Sarsaparilla contains more medicinal value
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Cycling Notes.
i Philadelphia has thirty-seven bicycle
i clubs.
I Betas' temperate In your cycling as in
1 other things.
j A lew years ago a person owning one bijycle
considered himself fortunate. To-,
day there are not a few who own two of
more wheels, and among the wealthier
I regular bioyele stables are maintained.
Charles W. Miller, the winner of the six-;
lays' race at Madison Square Card en. New
fork City, demonstrated his sprinting ability
when he ran away from the field at
Bellalre, Ohio, finishing the last twelfth in
1.08 1-5. Miller had never tried sprint racing
before and was simply regarded as a
"plugger." '
Pedaling has a great deal to do wl?h
steering, the varying pressure of the pedals
having a corresponding Influence on the
direction of the front wheel.
Many beginners clutch the handles like j
grim death, blistering the hands quite I
unnecessarily and encouraging themselves '
In undue nervousness. Ihere is no need !
to do more than lust place the hands on. j
the bandies, and a little pressure to the ;
right or left, as required, will sulllce to !
turn the machine.
The tandem rider says to riders of single I
wheels: "If you have never ridden tandem
you do not know what pleasure there is in
cycling." It may be true. The cheapness
of this year's tandems, as compared with
those of last year, will doubtless boom the
double seated steed, and their sales are expected
to be greatly Increased before the >
season is very far advanced. ]
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To Inspect Foreign Ship*.
Commander W.H.Bronson, of the United
States Navy, who is to lnspeot, and select
for purchase In Europe, If necessary, the
salable foreign warships, sailed from New
York on the St. Paul. In an Interview he
said: "The way to avoid war is to prepare
for it. If we had twenty battle-ships war
wonid be impossible, and if we had ten it
would bo Improbable."
Foreign Nations Sounded.
The Administration has sounded the
European Powers as to their attitude in
ease of hostilities with Spain, and satisfactory
replies have been reoeived from all
except Germany and Austria.
Oxen Wear Shoes In Japan.
In far Japan the oxen wear shoes.
The Japanese teamster Is very considerate
to the animals which do most
of his work. He would not think of letting
an ox go out -without having
placed a sort of sandal on his forefeet,
which protects the animal's hoofs from
injury. TbSse sandals consist of a sole
braided of rice straw, which is fastened
to ?he hoof.
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Blirinainlf anffelpleee Cripple.
Prince Otto von Bismarck, the man of*.
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blood and Iron, whose mighty arm forged*
the German principalities Into a great
united empire, la now a helpless cripple. '
The ead newt comes from Friedrlehsrhne
that until death brines relief the greatest
living statesman is doomed to a life of
dreary inactivity, his sols'diversion consisting
of being rolled around his garden
in favorable weather In an invalid's chair.'
Construing the Bottling Lew.
Efforts are being made to have the bottling -i ?
> law so construed that distillers may use. i
Government stamps on bottles ranging In'1,
size from two ounces to one gallon.
Maple Sap Flows JEarly. y ?
Sugar makers of Vermont have been ,
caught unprepared by an unusually early
and copious flow of maple sap. It is expected
that an unprecedented quantity of
maple sugar is to he made. The few
malert who were In position to catch the
very first of the flo# hare new syrup and
sugar on the market already.
Women To In Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio, has made an innovation
in the line of politics. The women gathered
for tea at about twenty-nine houses, a
and afterward went in groups to the pules. J
This was done because they felt timid I
shout going alone.
Gray Wolves Damaging Stock. I
Grey wolvee are doing serlous damage to M
stock In the neighborhood of tile Laramie
| River, in Colorado. They come down from g|
the timber In packs and raid the cattle
ranches, Wiling large numbers of calves
and yearflngs. The stockmen are obliged
to corral their young stock nightly and
watch their corral.
Sir Henry Bessemer Dead.
Sir Henry Bessemer, the celebrated inventor
of Bessemer steel, died, Tuesday
evening, in London, England.
There are in New Yerlc City 399 patrolmen,
thirty-three roundsmen and eight
sergeants who /ure over six leet tall.
Many Languages in America.
There are, according to an eminent .XV~"
archaeologist, ad less than from 120 to ^
130 abeohltely distinct languages in $
North and -South America. As the
growth of langauge is very slow he
thinks the fact of the existence of so f
great a variety of speech on the western
continent proves that the native
red men have inhabited it for many
thousands of years.
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