The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 21, 1901, Image 6
THE COUNTY BECOBD.
Published Erery Thursday
?AT?
XING8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
?BY?
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
The President of tile lioanl of ('on
trol of the Stare Prisous in Michigan
xleclares that (he parole system i:t
that State lias been satisfactory in
ziiuety-three cases out of 10;>. Iu other
States iu which the system has boon
adopted I he results have been almost
equally gratifying.
Siberia is developing into a llrstclnss
butter coautrj. In the viciu.'iy
of Dauac.l, in lSltu. there were, oaly
two creameries. Now there are over
WO. .Great difficulty is experienced in
securing milk vessels, but :i factory
lias been established at Kurgan for
the manufacture of these.utensils, and
it will not be long until the demand
will be supplied. In the meantiste
Moscow Is drawn upon for a supply.
I The Philippine Commission, has decided
in favor ol' Spanish as the official
court language for the m-xr five
year?, and the decision has given
much offense to the American lawyerswho
have settled in Manila. In giving
his opinion, Judge Taft made use of
the following language: . "To make
English the official language of the
courts would drive our of the practice
of their profession the Filipino lawyers.
We ought not to alienate a class
of men who do so much to initiate aud
formulate such public opinion as exists
in these islands."
It is one of tlie saddest commentaries
on our civilisation that wlierorer
it is carried among aboriginal
and primitive peonies it is- demoraliz'
ing and deadly. It is now reported
that the lndiau tribesvof the Ynliou
Valley are being swept away by diseases
which are the direct result of
contact with the gold burning pioneers
Who have overrun their country. The
aatives cannot withstand the Impact
of our vices. Half fed, unclean of
habit and ignorant of any means of
*olf-help or cure, they perish by tlrou-'
sands. It would seem to be the des
tiny of these simple races that, left
to themselves, have beep enabled to4
withstand the rigors of high northern
latitudes to perish utterly from the
face of the earth, exclaims the .Philadelphia
Record.
An amusing illustration of the attention
paid to petty details and redtapisrn
by the German Government is
being told by the continental papers.
At Thorn, In West Prussia, recently a
huge placard, embellished with many
seals and government stamps, was
pasted on the wall of the railway station.
It looked formidable?more so
than it really was?for it announced
the sale by public auction of three
lemons. The porters on the line had
t
found three lemons at liberty in a
freight car, and, with an honesty more
than admirable, they turned them over
to the authorities. .The stray lemons
were duly advertised for the time required
by law, and, as no owner appeared
to claim lh?iu, they were sold
at auction. The price brought was
lirteeji pfennigs, or about four cents.
a trifle under the market figure.
The "jack of all trades" may he a
master of none; usually he is. Hut
the farmer who would succeed ir.ust
be a jack of all trades and u master
of all. observes the New York Independent.
His business, if the oldest
of human callings, is also far and
away the mest difficult; and that is
precisely why comparatively few
farmers are really successful. The
farmer who succeeds in any such degree
as the business or the professional
man may succeed combines with
the "horse sense" that he claims for
himself a great deal of scientific
f
knowledge and business genius. lie
understands soils aud sunsets; roots
and animals; machinery and human
nature, and, above all, the market,
the town meeting, and the Board of
.Assessors. lie is, lu short, the brainiest
kind of an all-around man, and
there are not a great many of biin.
. ? ; ' t
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(Copyright, by Robert Bonner's boas,
CHAPTER XV.
CONTINUED.
Gordon met me at tlie wharf iu Hono
fuiu.
"God bless Warren!" he said, as h< >
i elarped :uv baud. "All Honolulu is j
ringing wall his praises. Dole is be- j
side himself with joy at his success. !
It means so much for Hawaii. Bat |
enough of that. Your uncle is wait- j
ing lor yon on the porch at The Corals, j
He would have come to meet you, bul |
feared the excitement would be toe j
great."
"Dear old uncle!" I replied. "]
wish Warren could do something foi
him. But it is mental worry that it
killing him. There is no cure for
that."
"But your return will do much tc
distract his mind."
"12.*4. f.vn ? ch/wt nnlv TTn r?l *
UUt LKJl a nnui v UU.V v
Tom will never be himself again until
Winnie is found."
Gordon *aid nothing. He had got
ten. of late, so that when Winuie'i
name was mentioned his niannei
changed. Hut with, the exception oJ
the day before I left The Corals foi
Molokai, he did not mention the fael
that he loved my sister.
It was a rapid run that we gave tin
Horseh np the Xuuauu Valley to Th<
Corals. Minutes were precious.
When wo turned iu at the gate,
Uncle Tom stood facing it. He saw
us coming, and stood trembling with
excitement, waiting for me. I
jumped to tbe ground and rushed up
to him.
He folded mo iu his arms and
nobbed like a baby.
"Tom, my dear boy, what a dav
this is," lie cried. "God be praised!
J What a glorious crown awaits Warren
when lie goes to meet bis last reward.
Ob, Tom, Tom! How I Lave missed
von! How I have waited and prayed
for this day! But Warreu won let not
. let me tell you a word of it. He said
there must he 110 false hopes aronsed
?no effort made in your behalf until
he was sure. Ob, he was sure! Wo
are sure at last. Thank God!"
My uncle was exhausted, and I led j
him to his chair, and sat down beside
him, patting his white head and speak -'
ing encouragingly to him.
"Well, old fellow, you don't need me
any wore to-day." said Gordon, "and
I must be off. I am quite busy. I :
wilCride up this evening, tbongh."
"Do, Gordou," I replied; "ami
there is one thing I wish you would do
for me. Find out if tue government
will sell the ground where my cottage
atood at Molokai; or if not, if they
?*JH ? rtmrm.qit.mn from me to
wvvvr- - x?a- ?
make it a public spot."
"Dolo is in a position to give you
all Molokai if you want it, he is sc
elated over the thing. But what dc
you want ol that ground?"
"I shall erect there a monument tc
Warren. I shall not wait till he dies.
It shall be done at once, and it shall
be a worthy tribute. I will hav?
space left npon it for the addition ol
the date of his death. But upon thai
spot, the scene of hopeless waiting
for death, aud my wonderful rescut
by Warren, there shall be a tribute?i
life-size statue of the man, with hit
noble record carved in undying letteri
of stone. It shall stand"facing Fathel
Damien's monument. The one sacrificed
his life in tenderly caring foi
the sufferers at Molokai; he died toe
soon; the other has lived to see th?
grandeur of the accomplishment of hit
life-work.' What do you say to the
plan?"
"A good plan?a splendid one! I'll
see the secretary of the interior and
fix it up. There will be no trouble
about it."
"There's a monument to Warren in
every honest heart in Hawaii," suid
my uncle. "He deserves not only
our thanks, but our worship."
"And iu the fulfillment of this
great hope, may there not bo an
augury for hope that Winnie may yet
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I UP IUUUU, ttliu nun *> o UJ.UJ uu a uunwu
and happy family?"
"Ah, Tom, Tom!" cried my uncle,
breaking down completely. "If il
could be so, if it could be so, I would
die content!"
CHAPTER XVI.
From the day I returned to The
Corals almost the entire management
of the plantation fell to me. My unclo
was too much weakencd*by the severe
trials he had gone through to carry on
the labor of overseeing the work.
whil9 I was constantly gaining ir
strength.
On the plantation ray uncle employed,
beside Chinese and Portuguese,
a great many natives: Tc
these ho had always been a kind
friend, standing ever ready to help
them in time of sickness or trouble.
Most of them were old, and while
still wedded to the forma of royalty
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EMEN i
OF HAWAII. f$
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IV. HOPKINS. m
and their old customs, seerneu a?
least to bear none but good-v.ill toward
my uncle and myself.
1 followed in the footsteps of my
un^le.
Whenever a native was ill ho always
seat for me. I would go to his cottage
aud have medical attendance
with proper care, procured at once
aud talk \*ith the sufferer as a friend.
So it was not a surprise to ine who:
ray boy, Malliauki, came to me ou<
day aud said:
"Waster, old Lowai wants to soyou."
"Old Lowai? Is he ill?""Very
ill, sir. Ho is a very ole
tian?is Lowai."
Lowai was a native that had beet
?>n the plantation for many years. Ht
had grown old in my uncle's service
"I will go to him at once. When
ts he?at his cottage?"
"Yes; his daughter is with him."
- - - i-1- 1 t.
I had been lounging on me puicn
;it'\ TTnele Tom and had on slippers.
' Put on your shoes, Tom, my boy,'
mid my uncle. "The ground is wet
i'.ee that the old fellow has everythinj
he wants. If ho is dangerously ill, 3
will get over and see him -myself 7*
"Probably only the trouble of age,*
[ said. "Lowai in very old, and can-'
uot last much longer."
"That is so. He was a great chiel
in his day."
"So old as that?" I asked.
"Lowai must be nearly a hundred.*
I followed my uncle's advice and
put on a pair of Bhoes capable of keeping
my feet dry; for we had had a show,
er, find, a she said, the ground was still
wet. Lighting a cigar and taking t
bottle of wine and some, dainties from
the larder, I started off to see the old
ox-chief..
A, woman, old herself, met me at the
door. It was Lowai's daughter.
"Lowai is ill? 1 said, half question'
ingly, as I entered. "Ah!
He is worse than ill. He u
in a very bad way?is ray father."
"What is the trouble?"
"I know not. He tells me nothing.
He lies upon his couch and calls foi
ron. And ho cries to the Goddess
Pele to have mercy."
"Pele? 1 thought all that nonsense
.vas done away with long ago."
"Not so. He believes in Pele.
put he wants you. Will you see hiui
how?"
. "Yes. Take me to him at once."
She led me into a small room,
tvliero an old shrunken figure lay
apou a bed.
so oiu was jjowai, inai nis sain wai
like leather stretched over his frame o;
oones. *
He saw me enter, and smiled.
I stepped to the side of the bed and
look his hand.
'What is the matter, Lowai, you
we never ill."
"No," he said, with an effort. "J
km never ill. I am not ill now. I am
iust going to die. That's all."
"Oh, no, I think you will get ujj
igain. I have brought you some wine(
Mid Malliauki has gone for Doctoi
billing."
"I do not need him. I need onlj
fon. Lawai's time has come. Hi
mows it. He is not sorrv."
I poured out some wine into a glasf
?nd gave it to him.
"Thank you," he said simply. "11 ;
jives me strength. And I need it. i
[ must hurry. I have not long to j
live and, before I go, I must tell you
much."
] was surprised at this. The olil
man was excited, and spoke as if un-!
ier a strain.
"You have something to tell me; '
somothing yon want clone if yon do |
not get well?"
"No. Something for you alone." j
He motioned to his daughter, and i
she bent her head down to him. H< j
whispered something into her ear and j
she went out. While she was gone, I
Lowai moaned and rubbed the palnu j
of his hands together. When she rc- I
turned, carrying a large bundle dona'
up in leather, he became calm.
"(3ive mo more wine," he said.
I gave lr.m a glassful. He drained
it, and fell back on his pillow.
He made a sign to his daughter.
"Leave us," lie said.
I sat down by his bedside.
"We are alone, Lowai," I said.
"You have something of importance
:o tell?"
"Yes. You must listen well. Imust
lave my woids. And upon your foU
owing my advice depends your hap
piness." .
"Is it about my uncle?"
"No?your sister."
"Winnie!" I cried. "Do you know
if her? She is dead?"
"No,, she is not dead! She is alive
?and well?but in horrible'danger."
I sat stunned and chille ! by the ter- J
rible words?words full of hope and j
life, Vet laden with fear. Winnie alive,
>nd yet ir> danger! Had she been
i
\
lecretiy-maaeu oniy to be 111 danger
now, or bail sbe been tortured and i 11ased
since sho had been stolen away?
My band shook violently as I laid ,
it upon that of old Lowai.
"Go on!" I said. "Tell me all." j
"Give mo more wine! I am grow* |
ing weak." |
Fearful lest he would not live to tell 1
live tho secret ho held, I gavo him |
olentv of wine. Mv heart throbbed
painfully. A cold sweat poured from
ne. . i
The old chief fell back again upon
lis pillow with half-closed eyes. He
feebly pointed toward the leather pack.
He spoke again.
Old Lowai's voice was very weak.
He was going fast. Bi'etthlessly, ,
heart palpitating, I leaued over him
to catch his whispered words. ,
"Guard that pack," he said, "ancj
npon the use you make of its contents
depends your luster's life."
"Go on, for Heaven's sake, go on!"
I said, as he paused. i
"Don't hurry ui?* My strength. i| i
tpent. If I become exhausted mj
jecret cannot be told. Guard thai
rack with your very life. In it areal
fli? vostwaTsts avtd belongings of a
priest of tho goddess Pele. Breathe !
to no living soul what I am about to
tell you?save those to whom I send
you. Do*you promise?"
ics, jc3| x piuuuor. vju uu,
"Listen carefully. There exists in
all the islands of Hawaii a secret order
devoted to the worship of the god- ,
dess Pele, who dwells in the crater of
Hhleakala. Haleakala is a dead vol- '
vano, and the goddess, havihg killed '
it, and being pleased at its obedience,
took up her abode within it. The
goddess has killed other volcanoes?
taken away tholr power?and she will
continuo to do so until Hawaii has no
more eruptions. But th'e goddess
Pele is a fierce goddess, and we make <
sacrifices to her, to make her kind and j
gracious. Whenever an eruption of a :
volcano is threatened, a sacrifice is I
made to Pele. This calls her atteu- I
lion to it, and sho slays the evil spir- ^
its who control the fires under us and 1
send the lava out of the mountains. I
That is why every volcano speaks and !
remains silent each time for a longer
period. Do you understand?"
"Yea, yes." I said. "But about Win
hie, my slsTer?\rliere"is ene?"
"Wait! Ee patient! I am coming
to that. Give me a little more wine."
I fairly forced the wine down his
throat.
"Hurry! Tell me all!" I said.
"On each of tho islands there is a
representative of Pele, who is*at the
aead of the secret order. This priestess
is always beautiful, and as merciless
as Pelo herself. The rule of the
priestess is abs'olute." j
"How can these things be and the <
jfovernment remain ignorant of them?"
[ asked. "I think yoa are lying to
me, Lowai."
The old man's eyes opened wearily; ?
' ?a V>?d Imon Winer with thorn hftlf
rtoaed, and ho gave me a peculiar,
piercing look. i
"Master, if you think lam lying, do (
not listen."
"No, no. Go on." <
"When I am gone, and my story is
told, you judge if I am lying; then act 1
is you will. Youxmay follow my directions
and savo your sister, or you
may doubt me and let her die."
"No; I believe you. For heaven's
sake proceed." j
"There are also priests of this or3er,
but they are under the authority
jf the priestesses. There is bnt one
priestess on each island; there are 1
many priests. Each priest and
priestess, when it comes his time to
3ie, has the power to appoint a suc;essor.
It is for this I have called d
yon. I shall make you my successor,
anrf you shall go to the rescue of your
sister. I am violating my vow to the ..
goddess Pele in giving you the power
to take away ou8 of her chosen -vieVvn
f T om r? r\ tmw wlipn
IlLLiriy l/UV JL aiu f IWIWWIU^, -v.. ?? w
I tell you the secrets of the prder, for
[ am dying, and I make yod iny sucsessor."
"I fully comprehend," I said, as
Lowai paused for breath.
The old chief nodded and went on:
"Too name of this order is 'Kam- t
milonkanilimawai.' It means 'Power
everlasting and omnipotent;' As I
have said, there is a branch of the order
on each of tli9 islands, under a
priestess who represents Pole, our snKolwr*
T4> iu wlfh 4\\c% itriAiifnaa
piuiiio JL* *o ?1VU V4.W ,
jn the island of Lauai you have to do.
She i* tierce, warlike aud the most
beautiful beiug who ever lived. She is
not dark like my people. She is like
pure marble. She is immortal. You
kvill fall down and worship her v.\:cu
you ouee sec her marvelous beauty.
But you must not anger Kaumai or
rho will slay y< u. She has many followers
in Lauai, who dwell iu the valleys,
which are never visited by your
people. Tbey obey every word, every
order she gives. Be cautious and obey |
likewise." j
Lowai paused, and his heavy breathbig
showed how exhausted he was. I
waited a moment. He stirred his 1
hand a little aud pointed toward the '
bottle of wiue.
I gave him somo more, aud under
ts stimulation he resumed: [
"I have becu a priest of the Kam- j
niloukanilimawai nearly a hundred (
years, and I have never seen iu any j
island a priestess of Tele so beautiful
ts Kaumai."
"Never mind. Kaumai. Tell ma ^
t
i
ibout my sister "Winnie," I witf.
"IShe is tlicre. The great volcano>f
Kapatoli has not spoken these manj
[rears,, but the devils of tko fire nrt
jetting powerful, and the ruuibiiag
aoise3 iu tho crater tell that an evup:ion
must soon come. Your sister is
l./O.I m T onol t<-? i>T?it fliifc ?rnr?t.ir?n_
When it comes, she will bo sacrificed
? Pele."
"Sacrificed! Tlcavens! How?" I
>xclaimed, nearly besido myself with
ixcitement. -
"finniersed in the lake of flowing
!ava."
"Heavens, have mercy! Winnie
liive all this time and waiting for n
fate like that! Why did you. not tell
tne before, Lowai?"
"I did not know I was going to die,"
said be, as if tbat exensed all. ^
"How can I find this Kanmai? How f
:an I go into her presence?"
He pointed toward the leather pack. k N '
"When I am gone," he whispered.
"open that:?not before. The curse of
Pelo will be on you if you do not obey
ne. You will find in there everything '
jeeded by a priest of the order, See,
[ give you this."
no took from bis finger a mas.ive
tad peculiarly formed ring, and L?y a
jestare commanded me- to hold oat
ny finger. I did so, and / lie slovt ljf
put the ring upon it.
".Repent after me," he said.
(To be continued.) .
Quinine is made from Peruvian
ban;?the outer part of a medicinal
plant, called cinchona. It was so
named from the wife of Count Cin;hon,
of Peru, in the seventh century,
trho by its use was cured of intermix
tout fever.
Flocking to tb? Cities.
People die faster in cities than in the
:ountry, yet in every part of the world
people are flocking to the cities more
ind more every year. In New York.
:here are, on the general average, fourteen
persons in each dwelling house. ,
while the proportion of population to
Lhe square mile for the United State# -/
!s only about twenty-^wo.
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lOo Ties and Bows for So,
36o Ties and Bows fur 16c.
Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embrolderedv
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15c Ueu's Black Initial Silk Handkerchiefs ,
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Men's large White Figured, Drawn-Stttch, ^
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SIX Large White Fine H. 8.-Handkerchief*
for 60c. in fancy box; cheap ef 75a
Three large White Fine H. 8. Handkerjnlefg,
in fancy box, for 40o- worth 60e.
Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for
i2c; cheap at 10a
Good Mourning Handkerchiefs tor ia .
Handkerchlefa for lo.
Handkerchiefs for 3 1-Ja n
F ndkerchiefs for 8o.
8&-iuoh Madras for 7 l-2o; worth lOo.
36-in h Madraa for 6 l-2c| worth 8a
LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOB.
LESS THAN COST.
Shirt Waists for snaoh leu than It eoet tonake
them.
BIG-REDUCTION ON SKIRTS.
40c Pique Skirts for 25a ?
68c Crajth Skirts for 81e.
Ail Summer Goo<is are- being sold at ie?
laoed prices.
NEW GOODS.
One case Lonecloth 6c; no stareh. .
riDO DitCK ncunmim 01 uw.
TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE*
BALL FRINGE.
Black Duck at 8 and 10c.
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10 piece Walnut Suits 975 to 9100.
10 pim-H Solid 0:ik Suit# 918, 912,925, tSC^ ,
(35. 940. 950. 9i5.
Oak Hall Hacks, French Plato Qlaaa, |lr
>3.50, 99.50.
Wardrobe# 98 to 925.
Bed Lounges 90 to 915.
Bedstead# 92.25 to 910.
Iron Bed9. Iron Cribs.
Parlor SnlN 4M to 950.
B:tl.y Carrinjtes $6.60, 97, 97.00.
Floor Oilcloth 80o.
"MaUiug 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 25, 27 and
0\
l(-pleo? Chamber Sets (2.19 to (8.
Wiudow Shades 11, 15.80, 35, 4Uo to (1.2X
Stoves 80.50, 87.50, (10 to (16.
Trunks 52.50 to (6.50.
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