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TIjc Caunto Gerard PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT KIXGSTREU., S. C. % J Louis J. Rristow, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. SUBSCRIPTION' RATES: One Year, in advance, - - $1.00; i Six Months, in advance, - - .-">0 Three Months, in advance, - ' ADVERTISMK VI'S inserted on liberal term?. Rates made known iifon ap-1 plication. no money to Agents, except upon exnross authority. ' ~ I Thursday. May 19, 1898. ? ; Wanted?A Telephone Exchange. We publish in another column a letter from Cant. W 11 Kennedy.' * j ol Indiantown, offering substan tial encouragement to the proposed telephonejline from Kingstree to Rhems pnd other points. We hope and believe that this iine will be built in the near future, and that other lines will follow. With this progressive step, a telephone exchange at Kingstree , would be next in order. This is a want that could be filled by dint of a small outlay of enterprise and capital.The advantages that would arise from such an enterprise are manifold, and too plainly seen to require comment. With a central horp hp<iides the advantages vmw tiv> ? - w of quick communication in town, lines would soon be built connect ing us with all important points in the county. Lake Citv, Scranton Cades, Lanes, Gourdins, Greeleyville. and other important points ought to have telephonic connection with the county seat, and we believe that once established,lines from these places would pay a dividend. Towns of less importance than Kingstree have telephone exchanges in successful operation, and there is no reason why one nnld not lv? made to nav here. We live m an age of quick thought and rapid communication; and if we are to keep abreast wit h the march of events, some slight effort on our part is necessary. A RECKLESS ATTACK. Since admiral Dewey demolish ed the Spanish fleet at Manila some of our naval commanders 8eem to be imbued with the idea that "any old fleet" can capture a Spanish position however strongly it may be fortified. The folly of this overweening confidence was well illiustrated in the recent affair at Cardenas Kay, when two American gun-boats of inconsiderable size and a li'.fe torpedo boat of 142 tons displacement entered a hostile harbor after a Spanish fieet, backed up by land batteries, with the torpedo boat in front! The difference between daring onnrorro Qiwl h O Tvl 111DCC lc vv in MIIU ivwr niuviM"vv;o *>' oftentimes very slight, and varies according to the successor failure of a venture. There seems to be no necessity whatever in the United States taking the.e hazardous chances, which, although when they succeed are popularly J regarded as brilliant victories, yet whose success to a great extent is conditioned upon chance. To put the best face upon the matter, this attack was ill advised, and it remains to be seen upon whom the responsibility is fixed. Cer-; taiuIv some one had blundered when a little torpedo boat had to j stand the combined fire of a fleet ! and land batteries. The nten on ' board these ships fought as men who fight for iheir lives, and do serve as much honor for their heroism as those v. ho fought. un-j i der Dewey's command Like tile Six Hundred at Halaklav i it was ' theirs but to do and die"; but the odds against them were too overwhelming. In this reckless attack the first blood on the American side was spilled?five men being killed! I and as manv wounded?to sav i ' I nothing of'lh" torpedo boat, which is almost a wreck. The article on the Supreme Court' decision in the Yandercook case, published in another column, was in- | tended for last week's issue, but w as j ciouded 011%along with other matter, on account of the Treasurer's report, j which had to come out last week. IN /? HOLE. .? ~ The Manning Times and the j Williamsburg County Record are h tving quite a wordy war over the political reco.d of Mr. Joel K Branson, the Prohibition candidate lor Governor. The Times in speaking of Mr. Branson made this assertion. "The very head of the ticket, while a consistent advocate ol prohibition has also been a perjsistent seeker of office, till the hope ol gratifying his ambition j was so forlorn that he was forced j I. ... *1 Tl... I?. l() glVC 11 lip. 1U U1J9, i lie iw| cord replied. a'J he editor of the Times must have been misinformed as to who Mr. Brunson is, lor never but once has lie been a candidate for ! any office, and he was then elected ! in the primary, but was left out j by the convention which made up the ticket. The occasion referred to is the same one that The Junes men lions, when Mr. Brunson opposed Dr. Woods for the legislature from Salem section in Clarendon I county, and Mr. Brunson was I ' - * --1 I!Ia1i ! men me successiui cuiujieniuz and not Dr. Woods as The Times j asserts. But perhaps lil'teen or eighteen years airect the memory J of the pugnacious editor of The Times." To this, after about a column! reply, The Times makes this accusation: "Our recollection is that Mr.; Brunson also took considerable! , interest in pontics in those daysj a nd was quite active in our con-: ventions and al the county executive committee meetings. lie was regarded at that time as a candidate for "any old tiling'* and his not having asked for a vote, and was not voted lor. is, no sign that he did nat have his J rods out for tlie political lightning to strike. Very lew men! who are ambitious for olliee i make a direct personal request lor a vote, but thev have friends . . who plead most persuasively. This gentleman admits that he : ran in a preliminary primary in ! Salem, but declares he defeated' Dr. Woods and was declared the choice of Salem and that, on ac count of the action of the executive committee, he failed to itetj the nomination.*' If the editor of the Times can ' produce no more lacts than the ?!,? \I- U IliClC cl ui vlilv il I liiUl iUli JLMUIl son ,;took considerable imeres'. ! and was quite active in county conventions and executive com mi'tee meetings," lie is doini: Mr. j Krunson an injustice. Simply; because a man takes an interest in county politics, does not make him a chronic cilice seeker. It strikes us that the editor of the Times is in a hole and the Kecord has him half covered up already. Saluda Sentinel. j Eilncatc Your Itowrln Willi Caoraretf*. OarUy ?*:tT i<*. cure conati tuition forever. lUc.^oc. il O. C. 0. fail, UrufKisurefuud coney. I The r val Blessing. The soldiers ol'Spnin won! nul lo \vij)0 up America, invincible, 1 hoy thought, in the s! renic* h of a J blessing from his JIoliiKss tliei I'ope. A Souih ('aroiiua darkev's I rabbit foot is a much preferable j hoodo in our humble judgement. It is next !o impossible to kill :t I coon willi a rabbit loot on him. ami now a! the v< rv first pass Ionr hundred dons are sent with Ihe Pope's blessing to 4*l)avy Jones' Locker." Ilut the holy father is no slouch if he is on his last le^rs. lie has kept himself straight in the eyes of Spain by blessing < he sou's of the Spaniards who (Jie?l at Manila. This means that every hoof ol them will be pulled ri:i!it out of purgatory ami at once exalted to an eininenee in the New Jernsa lem lo which "the pig Yankees" can never hope to root, I'nor decrept old Spain, lit lor nothing else, is vet fruit fill soil for ignor ance and superstition. With twelve out of her seventeen mil lions of people unable to read or write, we cannot be stiprised that she con Id believe that the Pope's b!es>in? would render her soldiers invulnerable, and when the contrary is shown it is .still not unnatural that his Holiness can soothe their troubled minds bv blessing the souls rudely expelled from the bodies he could not save. ?(jf teen wood lu lex. \Vc believe that the war with Spain was started in the interest of the 6tigar trust. They want the United States to annex Cuba, buy no cojgress, put a big tariff on sugar, and then, having monapoly in its pi od action, advance the pric* five or more cents per pound. 'J'iiat wa>*, unless it euds soon, is going to bankruj)t the South and enslave our people, for the North will reap the pr of its. Wall street will buy up the govern incut bonds at its own prices, those trusts "and combines will get all the army contracts, while our .Southern people must do the lighting, raise three or four cents cotton t> pay off the war debt, and face th? great danger. We cannot understand why a Southern stat.sium should vote for war so long as there was an y loophole left for escape, with honor to our countrv. We had Spain badly Scared and she would have agreed to any reasonable terms demanded by the United States, outside of grant ing independent*.? to Cuba, and we had no right or bnduess to meddle withh outside affairs. It begins to look as if we will not have Spun to fight, but that she be bat-kid by other strong European powers. Ahady provisions of all kinds are advancing in price.?Piedmont Ilead Light. Judje Simonton's Decision RevarS2d. The Stirpreme Court of I he United States has rendered its de cission n the much talked of Van dercook case. In effect, this decision is that no liquor may be shipped into the State to be sold in or i.it IK?1 ixi/t I* o n Af 'I'Lio moonc Illi^ illTiMIO Hiui all I he 0. 1*. shop* will hereafter be treared as blind lijrers. Liquor may still be shipped into theSl ate, h >wever, lor personal use. A Won'Ierfnl Dlicowry. The last quarter of a century records many wonderful discoveries in medicine, but none that have accomplished more for humanity than that sterling old household remedy, Browns'Iron Hitters. It seems to contain the very elements of good health, and neither man, woman or child can take it without deriving the greatest benefit. Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. THE GREATEST BOOK OP THE AGE' Should ba !a Every Home and Library. Ift- n n.V.f. iuSFSODiBs tiiuig msiuiy: Is written by High* Tfon. William Ftrnrt Clad-tone, j E.*-Premior of Oreuf hiKian and Ireland, Chester, I Kuk.; K*v. A. tf. Sn>co. OneenV (Y?l!c 0. Oxford. F'ng.: ; Rev Saii"yl Ives Cmlier. L>. I).. riiini^o Tiit'olotiicul Seminar .. ('). a. <? 1!?.. Kev. Frederic W. Farrar, 1 >-1>., I F.ILS., l>jan >. Cautei iurjr, Cfenterbuiy, i Rev. KI tin r II. (' I i.lV.Tui'in College, >oinervi 1U*, Rev. Frmih iV ounxtuios, J). !>., Armour lo-tititfo, Cmcuco, lit.-, H? v. (iaor.ce r. Poiiteco t, D.P., MrryUe bone RresRyjeriun ('hutch, i.omi??n. hn?.; Rev. R. S. M?cA?"thur. I' l?. <Nlvary lbipti.*t Church, Now York City. S. Y.. Kov. Mart>n Snmmerball, Main S!i - r Yf e Baptist Church. Lcvvistt ii. Me.;ICev. F rank M. Bristol, l).lt,Fir*t Methodist Fj i*ct>pal CI urch, Et i .- >n. Ill : f ' - \v. T. Moore, LL.D./'Tlw ( i riotiaa (Vimmouwcahh," Xaiiitinn, Kni;.; Rev. Kdward tv.?r?M Hale, l>.l>., Soulli ioncrcuaiiunal Church, ito?"on. Rev. tJo-^ph Acer Reef, I>.I>., Wesleyan Col lace. Richmond, Kne.; Rev. Caspar Rone Gregory, Leipzn Cuiv.-rsity, Leipzig, Germany; Rev. v\ m. Cleaver Wi-kiuM>n. D I> , I niveisity of Chicago, Ohi? rm-ii III Khv s..n?ii?l Hart. Trinity Oollfun, J Hartford. Conn.: KevMonro <iib?on, D.l>.. St..I<>hu'? Wood Prmliyteriiin Ohurc.ii. Ixindoti. Kntt Kev. George C. lx>rini*r. The Temple. H?>?ton. Mn*?. ltil'il cK >>|||II\. qj |, full-pace illtpdr.v tion*. nil; cdtfon, cloth, *1.50; lialf levunt, $6.1*1; lull levant qt Vi:S <? HiiriON. 1.510 paeoo, 5*1 full-pnco illnstrntior . Stylo A Kilt mice.. full levant, one volume, , ?lal?): St >.K-two volume -. full lt>vun'. tufted. FJrflO; tn 16 1'A ltd s, 'juarto v-i/p, rev lew queMioti* toearh.Mitl i?ii|*-r cover*. Moved, trimmed slichtly, each part. For Hula ut nil books-tore* and by bookseller*. For further information, write HF.NKY O. SHKFAKlf. fubiisUcr,-Til uud -It Monroe ijlreet, Chicago, llliuuca. Many old soldiers now feel the' effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. (Jco. A Anderson, of Itos-:vil!e, York eoun- n ty, lYnn., wlio -aw the hardest kind of a time at the front, is now fre- r quently troubled with rheumatism, n "I had a severe attack lately," he i( -aid, 'and purchased a bottle of |> Chamherlin's I'ain Jhilm. Il did () I. I 41...4 I 1.1 111-.. ! 111(; SO IIIUl'll JfOOII llltll 1 W'Mll'i lll\to know how mill-!! you would! charge me for dozen IsdNe-." : r. ; Anderson w lilted it both for his; own use and to supply it to his! friends and neighbors, as every fun- i Sly should have a hot! le of it in their ,s; home, not only for rheumatism, hut j ' lame hack, sprains, swellings, euts, ^ bruises and burns, for wheal it ii ,l une<jual( d. i\>r sale by W'allaeeA: (1 Johnson. Two Atlanta darkies were discussing the war situation yesterday i "Well, sur," said one, "we is slio"' ; gone dis tinie! Dey ain't no 'seape fer1 us. We is teetotally gone!" ! tl "J low come?' e "W'y dey got guns now dat kin ] : shoot twenty mile?lmius dat'll keep r i a nigger runnimi' all day long en;1 | ketch him in de night time!" At1 ;intu Constitution. Whooping Cough. I had a little boy was nearly dead ( from an attack of whooping cough. , My neighbors recommended Cham- t herhtin's Cough Remedy. I did not think that that any medicine would help him, but after giving him a few doses of that lemedy I noticed at) improvement, and one bottle cur'"^1 ?>?\ f imak* if ? _ f /t/ktKrll 1 ci 4 i mu vii 111 vi v . it i." i i/i IV vwh^ii I ^ medicine I ever had in in the house. | J 1. Moore, South Buri?ett*to\vn | j i I Pa. For sale by Wallace ct John-1 son. The fact that a ton of seavvater yields 4 cents worth of gold has been j demonstrated to the satisfaction of an I 1 official of the ?an Francisco mint. I have been a sufferer from chron. ie diarrhoea ever since the war and I have used all kinds of medicines for | it. At last I found one remedy that! j has been a sueeess as a cure, and j that is Chamberlain's Colic, Chole'a |; and Diarrhoea Remedy 1' K;( Uiusiiam, (Jaars Mills, La. Fori' sale by Wall lace & Johnson. This would be a very happy world ; if people would always wear the ex- 1; piession they do when they are hav ing their pictures taken. Late to he?l and early to rise pro-: < pres a man for his home in the skies. Early to bed and a Little Karly ltis- j er, the pill that makes life longer;' and better and wiser. Wallace A M Johnson. om. '..1 A :t. i 1 IJflf Jilt* |MCIII> U1 ^ VIIIL'I 1L Ltll Oll.izens who do not have to keep their i ! patriotism vvurm by howling Yankee j Doodle all the liiwe. I The Cuban quotum and political issues sink into insignificance with . these who suffers front piles. Wha } he most desires, is relief. De Witt's | Witch Ilazel Salve cures piles. Wallace & Johnson. ' ! I Some pe pie's idea of toleration:; "Do as 1 want you to do, and think as I want you to think, and you "ill be liberal." S C I' .Jones, Milosburg, Pa. writes: I have used Do Witt's Lit, tie Early Iti-ers ever since they | were introduced here and must say , i have never used any pills in my ! family during forty years of house j keeping that gave such satisfactory! I results as a laxative or cathartic.' ; ' | Wallace & Johnson. | No receptacle for soiled clothing j even if handsomely decorated, should j be kept in :i sleeping apartment. i \ One Minute is not long, vet relief * | is obtained in half that time by the ; use of One Minute Cough Cure. It j prevents consumption and quickly > cures colds, croup, brndchitis, pnou tnonia, la grippe and all throat! and lung troubles. Wallace *k i Johnson. Austria is the only empire in the world which lias never iiai colonies, or even transmarine possessions. s MGeary.Pierson. Mich., writes: J 'DeWitt'.l Witch Hazel Salve is cur- j ing more piles here to-day than all other remedies combined, eczema ^ and all other skin diseases." Wal- r lace *fc Johnson- r ; i' The County ilecord $1 a year jn Bridge to Let. The County Supervisor and Cbairuui of I.nko Tonn.-hip will meet '2 ie County Supervisor of Florence ounty at Smith's Landing bridge n Junt? stli, at I<> o'clock a. 111., to tout contract to rebuild said ridge. Specifications cau be soon n that day. li 15 Chandler, <'oiintv Sunervi.sor. J1 Notice of final Discharge. ; > Notice is hereby given that on !(: latvrday the Ht'u day of June 1>*!K. ja will apply to the Probate judge for a vati-;.Up! ?> t*<?nrtiv for :t tinn.1 o ' " " jschariro :i; of ?he estate y, f Vv J i lasi I?It-iJ. i< II K Ihel.Iy 111 Executor, j l> lay, 14th, VM. L Wanted. n An honest, intelligent, energretie, |1 "her man; otic who menus luisi l< less, to s !l ami collect for tin* i>i:?u Sewing Muehinjj eom jinny in ,, he lower part of ;.Vi!.inm-?l?urjr j || otinty. Tne hiisine-s insures good esulN to th" rich! sort of men.I liters nre ci ting we! , why not i( *ou. I i Applicants must he ah!e to fur- j (] ti li Iters \ hnrne am' :i jjr'/no bow!. i ^ [lie hoic! |.i:iy lie either personnl or n n secu-ity company. For fur-j her i:if--nn;.tion write to the un-i> I rsi^ne<l, v. ho wi!! !>e jr'iel to talk I cith you per.-onally about the-iuat- .. er. V. M.S(jri!tK.S Georgetown, ri. C. ! \<? Cure, .\<> euy. 1 Thnt is the wnv all (lruiTL'ists ir iell Grove's Tasteless Chill, Tonic (' or Chills ;iml Miliaria. It is sim)lv Iron ami Qtrnine in a taste * ess form. Children love it. t Viliilts jireler it to hitter, nauseat i ag Tonics. Price, 50c. i B.W.Mixon, | " *1 I ' Black smith and f;; 1 Eorseshoer, ?|< , r. I . , "*v J i # j C I %*? - - j;| S l\ E<K:a?\KC5\^ )') ; t NEATLY A\D -f'| i <|! K KSA \ fi i* SaxisTaccion \> ft y. Guaranteed. P. V ?1< i'. ifinncitrnn . . . ? f r:> a siSipiiiu, . o. u. i!i lUpr. 14iii "US-lv. )!r Valuable to Wom?n. Especially valuable to women is Browns' i Iron Hitters. Backache vanishes, headache i ' disappears, strength takes the piac.' of i weakness, and ti e "low of health readily conies to the pallid ehcrl: when this won- ' derful remedy is talc n. For sieklychildren | or overworked men it has no equal. Xohoine should be without this famous remedy, j 1 Browns'Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. ' ( One Minute ? ou^li Cure is the best1 preparation I have over sold or u->! d, ami I can't say too much in its j raise."?L M Mention, Merchant, i )dell, C!a.?Wallace & Johnson. | T?1 , v uuium u> *""" 1 """ "x" " | 1 No one nerd suiter with neuralgia. This \ disease is quickly and permanently cured i < by Browns' Iron Bitter*. Every disease of j j the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic | _ o" otherwise, succumbs to Browns' Iron ! j' Bitters. Known and us^l for nearly a 1 quarter of a century, it stands to-day foremost ainonir ocr most valued remedies, i Browns'Iron Lutcrs is sold by uil dealers. ( \^v ! ? H i "TAifliFis i: Es HIL 1m IS JUST A3 COO!) FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. FRSCEOOctS. 1 < CAI.ATIA. IMS., Nov.lC, 1SS3. ' artsMcdlrinoCo., St. 1.011 id. Mo. > iieotlomcn:?Wo wM taut tot. OS) o? " 1 rove's tast cunx tonic sad navo outfit Uu*t ONMtlmdi this year. Inallwrex* | encact <>f 14 jroora, in tlx; drag basicea. invo ' everiiuW nn nrllcla tUutguve mich universalsutifl- 1 scUuu us vuu: Tunic. Vuurs truly, . ailMT/. CAUU i, cy I 1 1 !!i MMMiV ' \ Slio-mr:. t3 (', ilic::ceat rhn ; t and SriculNt Will Send VI C'rc.' ?> lliieicd, 3 J Bedlctt ofhbi lleirly &>?* 1 ("nerpil i!en:cijicis '^J tlon ;ni?l sill i I .1<hec 'f'rou M Nothing could he fairer, more \ hilaothropic or carry more joy to 1 ie alllicted, than tlie offer of T. A j locum, M. C'., of hvo Pearl strce'^^N lew York City. 'onfident that he has discovered an at] bsolute cure for consumption and JSI II pulmonary complaints and to i:il,e if.- great merits known, he III send, free, three hoftles of med- ! . ine, to any reader of The County i v.?rd who i - suffering from chest, ? m ronchial, threat and lung troubles r consumption. A1 ready this "new scientific cours* f medicine has permanently cured iiousands of appcurantly hopeless The Doctor considers it his relitr- *' us duly?t duty which he owes -to tuinanity?to donate his infallible M ure. )Here<l freely, is enough toeomend t. and more so is the jierfeet confilenec of the great chemist making lie* proposition. He has proved the dreaded conumption t ? he a cureahle disease leyond any doubt. 'here will he 110 mi: take in sending i tkv im.NiiKi' 111 uu ;u w> t*i he generous invitation. IIo has on ilo in his American ;tn?l European aboratories testimonials of expeionce from those cured in all parts >f ihe world. Don't delay until it is too late. Vddress T. A. Slocum. M. C.,9H Pine ;j treet, New York, and when writing he t meror, please give express and ? jostoftice address, and mention , >. ending this article in the County ieeord. f Notice . All persons indebted to the estate >f James Nelson decased are hen>v notified to make payment to me md all persons having claims lgainst s.iid estate wi'l present the same duly attested to me within lie time preeribed by law or be jarred. Henry Staggers, Administrates. Al.iy 2, 1S is f .-Ol Tas Land Sale fly virlnre of an execution to me lirect L have lev id unnnandwil tell hefor the Cou. t House door in Kingstree <>n the tlr-d Monday oday ?f Juno 1SD8 to the highcs'bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: all that certain piece parcel or tract of land lying ;>eing and situate in Lec township, ivi.'llamsbnrg County, Containing :wo hundred and twenty acres (2Jo v? teres) more or les<, and honnded by # ' lie lands of Sherwood Lee, K A B .'alder, S m Smith, walker Matthews, t. al. Purchaser to pay for paper J I) Daniel, S. \v. C. Registration NoticeTheofdiee of the supervisor of m pjiistration will beopened on the irst Monday in everv month and J he two days immediately follownjr. for the purpose registering of my persons who are quaiined asfolows: \\ ho shall have boon a resident >f the State for two years, of the onntyotio year and id'the polling >r. elect in in whieli the elector of rs to vote four months hefors ady urtiou, and shall have paid, six mmtlis before any election any poll ax then due ami payable, and who an both read and write any section ?f the ( ou.-titution of !>!> "? submittal toliiiu by the supervisors of regstration, or ran .-how that he owns, iml has paid all taxes collectable luring t he previous year on propery in this Mate assessed at three umdreU dollars or more. J. J. EA 1)1)Y, Clerk of Board. The human machine starts but >nce and stops but once. You can :ecp it going longest and regular >y using DeWitt's Little Karlv itisrs, the famous little rills for contipation anil all stomach aiul liver roohles.? Wallace v\: Johnsons. No-Tii-i.ai- f'?r fifty t dm. Gii:ir;inifcit -n hanii ? urj. in.n.es v.-eaU icu airouu, b.ootl yure. &oc*. <1. Ail-A insists. S K I'arker, Silicon, Wis., writes: -"1 have tried DeWitt's Witclu Iazlel Salve for itching piles and it Iways stops tncni in two minutes, consider DeWitt's Witch Ilazel, iaive the greatest pile cure on the uarkcl."?Wallace & Johnson. To Cm e ! orev?r. i :.iic:nets Cr.iuiv eaii.^ruc. 10cor'?>c. i C. u. V-. li?U tu CUXC, UlUtt0.^WC? IUUUU WVUV4,