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KIXGSTiiEE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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LOUIS J. I5KI-TOW,
ami Proprietor.
PALMETTO STATE GLEA'ilNGS.
TIIUKK .\orKl> CUOOKS.
They Are the Men Who liobbeil the
Wiiliston Post office.
Chief Deputy United Ktatps Marshall
E. Brooks SIigh and Postotlico Inspectors
Move and Bulla,arrived ia Charleston
from Barnwell on the Mtk with
three of the slickest rascals that have
ever operated in this part of
the couutr}*. The prisoners, who
were lodged in the Charleston county
jail, were the ringleaders of the gang
wnicu opened tne.w limton posicmee
and cracked tLo safe with dynamite,
and, alter a hot run with the authorities,
managed to break jail iu Barnwell
in February last. Keceutly they
were captured in Knuxville, and carried
back to Barnwell, but on the 14th they
were turned over to the Federal courts
fov a tinal settlement of their ease. The
men are Joe Jones, alias C. Brooks;
Heerj- Johnson, alias A. St. Clair, alias
Dinnj- Murphy, alias lTeachy Smith,
prize tighter, aud Charley Jones, alius
C. Brooke, Jr., alias Edward Brooks.
They were given snug berths by .lailor
Graddick. and will sleep in jail until
the next term of the United States .District
Court.
Moral Keform League.
The "Citizens' Moral Keform League
of Charleston" was recently organized
by a number of Charleston colored
men, who are striving to elevate and
help their race. The objects and purposes
of the League are best set forth
in the following extract from the constitution
and by-laws:
Preamble We, the citizens of Charleston,
appalled at the startling lack of moral stamina
among many people of onr race in this
city, recognizing these untoward conditions
to be largely the outcome of a levity toward
moral precepts on the part of the >ou:ig, and
indifference on the part of elders: beiieviug
such Uncorrected evils to foreshadow ourde
cliuo nn?1 lall as a people. aud with a further
endeavor to keep mirselves above renroavb.
tb? sanctity of our family altar? inviolate,
aud to eserei?e a chivalrous protection lor
tbe woiueu of our race, do herewith organise
ours 'ises into the Citizens' Moral ifelorm
League of Charleston."
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Three South Carouliians.
Ia the San ADtonio, Texas, Daily
Light, cf May 14, is published na account
of the departure from Tort Sam
Houston of the oth cavalry. In this
8pleud.il regiment are three sons of
South Carolina, of whom the State may
well be proud. The tirst is Lieut, and
Adjt John M. Jenkins, so well and
pleasantly kuowu in Charleston. The
others are Lieuts. Jervoy aud Darker.
Both cf these officers coxne from
fighting stock, says Light, and will
doubtless make their native .State
proud of them again, as they did when
they graduated.
Pardoned a Boy.
Governor Ellerbe granted a full
pardon to Clarence Long, the ltj-yearold
boy, who in June. 6hot and ,
killed his brother-in-law, Ben Parsons,
in Spartanburg county. Ho was convicted
before Judge Gary, and beiug
recommended to the mercy of the court
by the jury was given a life sentence.
1 he petitious presented were
uausuaily strong, being signed by 4.000
Spartanburg meu, the judge, the
jury, the solicitor and a large number
of ladies.
Sumter Has a Kicker's Row.
Late one evoning last week there was
a shooting aflrav between two negro
men in Rickei 's Row, a tough negro
quarter in the suburbs of Sumter, that
created a ripple of excitement for a
time. Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and
Constable VVinn went iu pursuit of the
negro who did the shooting, and after
/an exciting chase across the country
effected his capture. The negro who
was shot was not killed but dangerous
ly wounded in the thigh. The row was
an ordinary negro tight about a wo'
man.
A Creditable Appointment.
Mr. A. H. Miller, of Greenville, now
received the appointment as assistant
observe;- at the weather bureau station
in Columbia, Mo. Mr. Miller lius accepted
the position and will take up
his duties there on thtf 1st of J une.
The appointment was secured principally
through .Senator Tillman, whose
eftorts in the matter ate highly ai>preciated
by Mr. Miller and his
friends.
Fatal Accident at Columbia.
Frank Cardwell, a youth 14 years
old, and Mrs. Frank Leiilv, were out
for a pleasure drive on the afternoon of
the 16th, when the horse became frightened
and dashed off at a furious rate
hurling the cart aguinst a tree.
Both Mra.'Leidy and young Cardwell
were violently thrown from the vehicle,
causing the death of Cardwell and
the serious lujurv of Mis. Leidy.
Gave Governor a Wheel.
Recently Governor Ellerbe mastered
the art of riding a bicycle und onlv a
short tune ago placed an order for a
good mac nine. He won't need it now, !
for lately he was presented with a !
handsome Spalding by b:s friend, Mr. j
F. H. Hyatt. It was furnished through ;
M(.-Master's agency,
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Charleston's Auditor Dead.
Wm. FasuU, auditor of Charleston, !
died at thuc place on the lt^th. This i
iaake? another vacancy iu Charleston i
which Gov. Ellerbe will huye to tili by j
appointment.
The fund of the new Y. M. C. A.
buihlm^ at Columbia received an im- |
petus iu the sum of 38,500, donated by 1
seventy-four youu<j men.
* She?I've seen twenty-two summers.
He (the brute)?Since when??San .
Francisco Examiner.
pattern, and coupled to it one or more
ears, c f very and strong construction.
This vehicle could be rnn j
regardless of the grade, and, to some ,
extent, of the state of the roads, i
lint; and ridges of any ordinary char
artv will not obstruct the progress of '
this car, neither will the weather have i
any effect upon it.
The horseman's worry is his horse
and harness, and all anxiety on this I
score is d me away with by the horseless
carriage. The running gear of
tho vehicle will be placed under a
metal guard, resembling an old-fashion
dripping pan inverted. This affords
protection to tho gear, aud con
lines tiie uinu to tne lower portion 01
the equipment. conducing generally
to the comfort and the cleanliness of
the passengers and car alike. While
a high rate of spend would be desiraablc,
it is not expected that this will
be one of the main points, although
excellent time can be made where the
roads are good. This nlan will unquestionably
necessitate the widening
of the ordinary track; but this is a
matter very easily mauaged. If only
wide-tirod vehicles were used, the cost
of work oil roads would be reduced to
a very lo w figure. Imagine a horseless
carriage with a six or eight-inch
steei tire, which would act like a roller.
and smooth down most of the irregularities
011 the roadwav.
The suggestion that there would he
humping and bouncing is scarcely
worth consideration. Jolting comes
from sudden contact with a single
point. A wide tire wheel would cover
so much surface at one time that most
of tlio jolting could he avoided, and,
except upon very hard, frozen ground,
would wear down the surface as it
went, leaving nothing to bounce and
bump on.
It is an interesting fact that much
of the good-roads enthusiasm has been
stirred up by the manufacturers aud
riders of bicycles. The wheelman
must have a good road, and there being
so niauy of him, the beginning of
the movement was not iu the least
difficult.
Too much cannot bo said against
the inertness of certain localities and
the atrocious management of certain
bits of road. There arc regions where
nrip niiiv rine fni* rmnn vnnils
that are almost as smooth as a lloor;
then suddenly the rider encounters?
which is a veritable Slouch of Despond?a
long stretch of deep holes,
ridges and cut-up surface, which is a
disgrace to the community that tolerates
it.
It is the sheerest nonsense to say
that such pieces of road cannot be
made passable. Such assertions show
rnoro and more clearly the need of
Government supervision of roads, and
tho importance of intelligent and
painstaking work from the foundation
to the surface.?New York Lodger.
The Ravages of Narrow Tires.
For the tivst few days after the
steam rollers are taken off the new
highways "they are dreams," pays the
Springfield News, "the best thing on
earth, smooth as a table, ami yet
yielding and elastic. Then the narrow
tire begins to put in its work,
cutting them like a knife, firm disintegrating
the surface, and later on
knocking the foundations to pieces.
Once the surface is disturbed, the
rain does the rest, e\en if the constantly
passiug narrow-tired vehicles
did not htip it out.
"As long as narrow tiresore allowed
for heavy loads, no such thing as a
satisfactory macadam roadbed is possible.
The case is much worse with
dirt roads. Tho knife tiro cuts [
through quicker, and tho water tears '
them to nothing quicker. There is j
no reason why dirt roads should not I
prove satisfactory in country districts |
if wide tires for loaded teams were
required, with wheels which do not
track. The sooner a State law is
enacted to carry out this idea, the i
sooner will taxpayers have relief, jv-hI j
good roads be in sight.
'"But d > not let our legislators forget :
for a moment that wide tires without'
a provision that the back wheels shall
run in n different track from the for-1
ward wheels is only half the battle, if j
as much as half. Six-iuch tires, with
the rear wheels running right behind ;
the forward ones, would only smooth I
one foot of the road on a trip. Make '
the wheels run in different tracks, and |
we will have two feet rolled each trip. ;
Allowing for teams passuig each !
other, each keeping to its side of the
centre line, and we find four feet
rolled, and, making due allowance for
oonic nnt tnVinrr fhpir ( renift rifVif
unless required, it is reasonable to
expect that nearly the whole roadbed
would, in turn, receive its share
of rolling instead, as now, of being
cut deeply and disastrously with every
rip."
A Novr Jersey Estimate.
The annual report of the State r.oai'
Commissioner of Xo .v Jersey make:
the following statement of the cost o
haulage on various road"-, ami show;
very 4 concisely where tiie advantage:
of good surface and light grades
in. lie saj-s:
"It costs *,M cents pc-r bushel t(
sliip wheat from Chicago to New York
a distance of h(>0 miles; it costs thro*
. cents a bushel to haul wheat on a lrve
road a distance of live miles, and 0:1 :
sandy road it would cost nine cent
per mile to haul it. The saving on :
bushel of wheat with good roads for t
distance of live miles would be equiv;
alent to that of CO.') miles of transpor
| tatioii by steamer or eau/.l boat, v
11>75 miles by railroad. Olio mile o
rr >o<l roads would make a saving equa
to seveniy-iive miles of railroad trans
portation. Tims every mile of goo;
roads places the produc. r serenty-tivt
! miles by rail nearer to the markets. I
I is estimated that the cost of hauiim
i oOO.UOO.OOO tons of farm produce t<
market is $2 per ton, or just abon
$1,000,000,000; it is also estimate
that about sixty per cent, of this las
amount, or $100,000,000 would In
saved each year if farmers were ai>!<
to do this hauling over good roads."
Oae U'.iv of t'rticn irt; Roaih,
To protect an 1 preserve the high
ways by withdrawing them from pnb
lie use at times when they are like!;
to be injured by heavy travel is cer
tainly a unique method of providing
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* GOOD EOADS NOTES. |
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Value of Ko;n!> Kverywhcre.
For many years past the farmers
and suburban residents o! this great
republic have been bard ut work helping
the railroads extend their lines
everywhere. "Just get a railroad
through my property, and my fortune
is made," has been the expression oi
more than one extensive landowner.
And he Las gotten the railroads, with
Treat ijeuetit to himself and his vicinity.
I>v their moans he has been enabled
to get out to the centres of civilization,
and to bring his produce to
good markets.
T, >ng ago he should have devised
some way l.y which the public highway
could be improved and made oven
more useful to him than the steel
tracks of the great trunk lines.
There is at present under consideration
a plan for the introduction of
horseless carriages, with wide-tired
wheels, for the main thoroughfares,
through thickly settled localities, the
carriage itself i;> be of the ordinary
lOI' l UC pUUIll" Wc'lIIUT, >uu 13 \> ua
the Kentucky statutes say:
'Any corporation, company or in
dividual who may, by unusual use o
1 a road, materially damage the same
shall repair all damages caused by th<
use of such road or roads. The super
visor or overseer of roads shall, at an;
j time when necessary, notify said cor
I porations, companies or individuals o
i their duty as provided in this section
i and should the said parties so notilici
i fail, in a reasonable length of time, t:
| be tiled in the notice, to make sue!
repairs, such parties shall be deemei
i guilty of obstructing the public road:
| and shall be subject to a fine of no
; exceeding $100, to be applied to roat
! imriioscs."
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The Weakest I.inlc.
Like a chain, a roa 1 is no stronge
; or better than its weakest link. In i
highway there arc many links whicl
; may bo poor, weak or defective
Whatever or wherever the cause o
J inferiori'y may be, the efficiency o
I the whole road is thereby reduced t(
a level with that of its most inferio
parr. If drainage is inadequate, au<
water accumulates, heavy haul in:
i results; if there is a single stee]
; grade, the size of load that can l*
i transported is materially reduced; i
! the connection between points is in
i direct, due to square corners, mucl
time is wasted; if care and repair ar<
irregular and unintelligent, money am
labor are spent in vain. The remed;
, is, lay out the course of the road ju
, diciously, build it scientifically au<
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! care lor it constantly. uoou .uoau
Bulletin.
Distanced by Europe.
Americans must feel some disap
pointment, since their country ha
i long beou famous for its quickues
j and skill in adopting mechanical au<
! scientific discoveries for business ]>ur
! poses, when they realize that Eu
| ropean cities aro far surpassing any o
I ours in the use of horseless vehicles
j L ntil wo nave better roaus anu bene
| street pavements we must submit t<
the humiliation of being distanced b;
: Germany, France and England in on*
j of the most interesting and importan
phases of modern progress. It is om
! of the penalties we pay for inake-shif
I highways and for the folly which per
j mits the use upon them of destruc
tively narrow tires. Clevelam
Leader.
Good Itoads and the .ATails.
Tf country roads were generally im
proved by the modern plan of roai
building there would not bo much de
lay in providing free delivery througl
I the more populous parts of tho conn
| try. One reason why England de
j livers mail from bouse to house in th<
1 country, as well as in the city, is be
! cause the country roads are in so fiui
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greatly expedited. If there were Eng
lish roads all through the Middle auc
Eastern States it vonld not be a grea
undertaking for this Government t<
establish free delivery in those see
tions.?Syracu?e (N. Y.) Tost.
Tire?.
If our political providences insur*
that only wide tires for heavy loadf
shall be used on the new roads the}
will be a permanent blessing. But il
the old style of tires i3 permitted tc
tear them to pieces it will not be man}
years before we have nothing but the
tax bills to remember them by.?Pitts
burg Dispatch.
f!oo<l lloads Are Good Investments.
When the farmers can he brought tc
see tJint gooci roaus constructed wm
State aid mean money ia tlieir pock'
ets, as has been demonstrated in New
Jersey, good roads will become uf
common as bad roads are now. Philadelphia
Press.
A "Had Iloads -Hap."
A "bad roads map" of Illinois is being
prepared by the State Division, L.
A. W., to be sent to the Legislature
and all the newspapers in the State.
Such a map would bean "eye-opener"
in almost any State in the Union.
L. A. W. Bulletin.
Kope Skipping and Meningitis,
A \'cw York school trirl diod vr>.
cently from meningitis, brought on
from over-indulgence of rope skipping.
This fact may be of interest to
mothers of sundry small maidens too
much addicted to a practice which is
healthful enough when moderately indulged
in.
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t p is not to be confounded with any ot the cheap "elixirs" and "cough 4
t jL syrups." Such remedies (so called) simply soothe the sufferer. They ^
H are mere palliatix xl.cS. They never touch the root of the disease or cure a . >
[J chronic cough. Dr. Avers Cherry Pectoral is a real remedy; it is the pre- ^ 1
i scrintion of a practical physician, and not the preparation of an irrespon- ^
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i and all colds, coughs, and lung diseases. Ifs a standard and a staple T+
4 remedy, and should be kept on hand in every household.
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) . "About a year ago, I had an attack of bronchitis, accompanied !>y a dry, hacking cough. ^
r . This soon developed into quick consumption. I had heard of the curative properties of .
j Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and commenced using that medicine at once. Before I had taken
^ one third of a bottle I felt better, and in a short time I was entirely cured."
* < W. A. COKER, Allis, Ark.
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e ^ "I caught a bad cold which resulted in asthma so severe that I was threatened with ^
? . suffocation whenever I attempted to lie down in bed. A friend, recommending Ayer's 4
. * Cherry Pectoral, I began to take it and soon obtained relief, and, finally, was completely .
j cured. Since then I have used this medicine in my family with great success for colds,
coughs, and croup." S. 11 UTTER, Editor "Rolink," Steven's Point, Wis.
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I y. "I contracted a severe cold which settled on my lungs and did not yield to the various 4
y 4 remedies I tried. I had noticed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral extensively advertised where I had ^
. traveled and decided to give it a trial. I purchased two bottles and before I had finished ^
| the first one, I was almost cured and I am now in perfect health. My work subjects me ^
s k to very severe weather, but I find that a timely dose of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral acts as a
preventive against colds and coughs." CHAS. HULL, \Vhortley Road, London, Ont. ^
L " Some time since I had a severe cold and could not sleep on account of coughing... A <
T A friend at Van lluren, Ark., recommended Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I procured a bottle, ^
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3 GENERAL ROSECRANS. I
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. Was One of This Country's Most Pic- m
turcsque Soldiers.
i General William Stark Itosocrans, to
who died recently at his home, neat1
Los Angeles, Cal., was one of the most' ti(
* picturesque soldiers ever produced by
. the United States. He will be known sa
1 in history as a soldier only, although ^
- as a citizen he deserved highly ol' his
x countrymen. As a man and a citizen i si:
- it may be said that few Americans L<
- lived a more useful life or were less
3 seltish in taking their part of the public
- burden. Born and. reared in the East.
3 Jiie General became fascinated wtui
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3 the climate of California and decided
- that lie would spend the last years of te
1 his iife in the golden State. Its poo- eli
t pie oft mi besought him to help tliem
) administer their affairs. But he al- J;'
- ways deelinwl these honors, which he 1
regarded as the rewards of past sor- ^
vices. lie might have been Governor 'jy
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of the State and have occupied other of
lofty offices that were freely offered "p
him. No American in California bad m:
more honors than '"old Itosy" in his ha
1 last days. till
Ti
? The Government geologist at Washi
ington quietly remarks that "up *o this
i time more money has gone into the .
. Klondike region than has come out." dli
There is no flattering prospect cither A
' that this ratio will be reversed. re
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The National Game,
Heeler's timely batting is being sadly ;
issed by Baltimore.
tfhe Louisvillo Wagner and the Washing
n Wagner are brothers.
ThoChicagos have exceeded the expeeta- j
cms of their supporters.
From all accounts the Washingtons are |
idly lacking in team work.
Wallace is pushing Burkett hard for the I
itMnr* ),AnAK rt* f-h.* Cltirplnnil tPTrl
ItblUft UVUV4"
Yeager, of the Brooklyn*, has a delivery J
milar to that of the famous Nichols, of j
jston.
Swaim, the Washington pitcher, has been
aching school during the lost six mouths
>wn in Florida.
The champion Bostons are receiving the
ost pronounced defeats of the reason.
St. Louis gave second baseman Bierbauer
n days' notice of ins release, and he was
aimed by Columbus.
The Chicago team has lost the name of
)lts in Chicago, and the men are now
lown as the Orphans.
War and weather have already had a
imaging effect upon baseball, particularin
the National League.
Neither Tenney, of Boston, nor Doyle, of
ashington, th? crack first basemen, aro
aying any better ball than Tucker, or the
rooklyns.
Iloy, of Louisville, is playing his usual
nsational game iu the matter of ileldiug
r balls, but errors on grouud balls are as
tmerous as ever.
Pitchers Yeager, of Brooklyn: Hughes,[of
iltimore, and Willis, of Boston, are the
ost promising pitching novices in many a
ason in the League.
McGarr, the old Cleveland third baseman,
is bought the New Haven team of the
innecticut Stale League. McGarr will
ptain the team and play iirst base.
President Brush, of the Cincinnati Club,
is posted a notice iu his players' clubmse
that anv member of the team who is
it out of a game for kicking will be fined
0 fjy LUO 11iuuagviiiv .it,
It was a happy thought of Manager
irnie, of Brooklyn, to put Laehaneo at
ort Held. There is little doubt now of
1 ultimate success in this very diltieuit
sition, for ho handles himself well and
i't afraid to take chances, i?.o matter how
ey como his way.
T often "wonder Just what she thinks
me," said the young married man.
t Is easy to find out," said the elderly
trried man. "Just sit down on her
X, and she will tell you what she
nks of you in less than a minute.
t-Ilits.
K ?.Vw York man savs he can matte
amonds by electricity. Very likely. |
great many in this city are made by
al est are deals.
Spanish Spies at Wt rk.
A plot to blow up the water works which
supply tliecump at Tampa, Fla., is said to
have been discovered and a guard had been
mounted. At attempt to poison the reservoir
at Camp Hastings, in Pennsylvania, is
reported.
tlie condition 01 me grain cruw
out ltussia show tli.it tlie stute of winter
wheat is generally satisfactory ami tlint
only a few of the ceutral districts have suffered.
Cable liroke, Three Killed.
Leander Small, Joseph Morris ami William
Hardy were killed and six others iujared
at Thaeker, W. Va., by a cable
breaking and a ear dashing down an incline.
It has been demonstrated that African
elephants can be domesticated.
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A mob of white men killed a negro
postraa-ster and helpless members of
his family down in South Carolina. If
Gen. Weyler invades this country he
should feel himself at home in that
neighborhood.
lie The sight of an old schoolmate
is er well, it might be called both
meat and drink. She Yes, that's what
you men usually do under the circumstances.
He Eh? She Meet and
drink. Indianapolis Journal,
Uonnty For Dewey'* Men.
Under section 4G33 of the Revised
fitatutes. which provides for the payment
of *100 for each man on an enemy's ship
that is destroyed inaction, about *200,000
will be divided among the men in Dewey's
fleet.
Girl Appointed Train Dispatcher.
Miss Edith Jarnagin, a young Georgia
girl twenty years of nge. has been appointed
to the responsible place of chief train
dispatcher of the Chattanooga Southern
Railway, at Chattanooga, Tenu.
War Made Illm a Suicide.
Alonzo Hedges hanged himself at Mountaiuville,
X. Y., while insane from reading
war new.-. He believed that he had been
Kvtiirt r.nrd to shell Havana
and lie killed himself because lie could not
carry out Ills mission.
A Trust In Envelopes.
A big envelope trust has been formed
with a capital of *17,000.000.
(train Crops in IZussla.
Reports received at St. Petersburg as to