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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL IT,' 1902. NO. 16 j .. ? ? ..? ? Steele-Cottingham. At Gallnvkn. Marion comity, Thursday afternoon, April 10, 1902, Mr. James lieiinf11 Steele ltd to the altarM iss liessie Collett-e Cottingham. The wedding was a quiet, home ?lTail\ there being present only a few reiatiu-s and friende. The time set for.the ceremony was U o'clock ?p. w. mid promptly on the stroke of the-hour ia response to the skilful tovch of Miss Kate Carter, Hbeorgan pealedforth Mendlessohn's Wedding March. The bridal couple was |>rcc?t<led by Mr. L. Cotiingham aud Mite Kate CotUogham? a brother and a coaaRi of the bride? vrho entered the parlor and took their places on the left of the officiating minister. Following them i'cani? the.bride and groom, who .. advanced to the centre of the room and stood just beneath two silver hearts suspended from the ceiling while Rev. J. A. Campbell, pastor of Little Rock Methodist church, spoke the solemn words that joined them iu the holy bonds of matrimony. The biide was attired iu a beautiful white organdie, trimmed with pearls aud chiffon. 4 1. M 1S5 t\t,X vai LCJ, itjc uuuc o uiuiu) were a hand seme and stylish costume of p'"nk swiss and silk. The parlors were tastefully decorated with ferns and evergreens. A number of pretty and useful wedding precoma was presented to the young couple by their admiring friends, Shortly afrer the ceremony, when hearty felicitations had been offered, the wedding guests were ushered into the dining room where a delightful ranast wus served. Mr. and Mrs. Steele boarded the f> o'clock evening train to Kingstree, where they will board with the famllyof Dr. A. M. Snider, on iiailroa d avenue, until their dwelling that is building in East Kingstree is completed. The bliae is the eldest daughter of Mr. J. C. Cottingham of Gallovau. and is a highly accomplished and attractive young lady. Mr. Steele is mauager of Messrs. Thomas & Brad ham's sales stables at this place, and ii well know* aud very popular in t*wn and county. A Coming Wedding. With a befitting sense of appreciation the editor acknowledges the loliowing earu 01 iu? unuuu, Mr. and Mis. L. Staekley request ?.l:e- pleasure of your company at the marriage of their Sister, Frances Chester Pendergrass to ' Mr. Uobcrt Troy Flagler, Wednesday Ereni.ig, April twentj. third, seven o'clock, ' at home, Xingstree, South Carolina, ^ ldCi Mr?. H. Z. Graham and son, EmB inett, went to Scrantou last week to visit relatives. \ GREAT 0 \ ; : Having Resumed Bush GiAGG, OLI A. :* offering their entire Sh Hats. Shoes, Hardware and / Think of It. A Goods Going at ,irhen we claim to sell at C A Jrioi* c^r store will convince W j a!*? handle a choice kinds of . ood Products. QAGG, OLI Wedding Bells at Eureka. Last evening one of the most beautiful and impressive marriage ceremonies that has been witnessed io Eureka for years was celebrated. Mr. D. B. Anderson and ] Miss Alberta Ferguson were hap- i j pily joined in matrimony, the cer- 1 i emony being performed by Rev. i T. E. Seago, of Aiken. The church 1 * was beautifully decorated in nat i ural flowers, ferns, and ivy. The 1 ; wedding procession,which marched 1 ! into the church to the strains of 1 the ever beautiful march of Men- ( delssohn's, was headed by Messrs. , S. J. Brooks, of Aiken, and U. G. . i Swearingen, of Trenton, acting as \ ushers. Following them were the i couples. Miss Benjnmine Landruin, i of Eureka, with Mr. James Quinby, i ofGraniteville; Miss Margaret Rose, of Charleston, with Mr. J. L.Young, j of Laurent, followed by the bride ] and groom. Miss Pearle Landrum, ; of Eureka, played the wedding I march during the entire ceremony. . ! The bride, and groom stood under two suspended gold hearts, pierced by Cupid's silver arrow. The bride is from Senatobia, ; Miss., and besides posessing many : charms of appearance and manner, ! is loved by all who know her. bhe j is a graduate of Clinton in the class i of 99 and has many friends in all j parts of the State. The groom is i from a prominent family of Sumter ! County. The bride was gowned in i white organdie elaborately trimmed in real lace, and satin ribbons, and carried a bouquet of I white lilies. The bridermaids were ! very tastily dressed in organdies j over blue, and pink silk, each car! rying a bouquet of roses. Tea was ' given the bridal party by Mr. and j Mrs. Landrum. many valuable presents bore testimony to the love, 1 and esteem in which this happy I couple was held. They left the next ; morning for Greenville, where for the present they will make their home. 1J. L, A. Eureka, S. C. April 10,TJU2. Jail Breaking. Hcnrr Oreon. the negro who obtained a hearing before Magistrate Salters last Friday on a charge oi breaking into a sealed car and was bound over to the circuit court, exhibited the same talent for breaking out of that he had hithj eito shown for breaking into apartments for safe i keeping. After being committtcd to jail on Friday he exercised his versatile talent successfully and proved beyond peradventure that Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor Iron bars cage.'' His exit from confinement was accomplished before day break Saturday and in the cold, gray mists of the morning he flitted away. Considering the utensils at hand the escape showed a certain amouut of ingenuity as well a? a talent ' for brick masouary, which might be employed to Doner purjajscThe overhead ceiling of the jail is composed of pine lioards and Greeti (whose name belies his wily nature) had 110 idea of pining away in durance vile. With the leg of a heater he cut through the ceiling and made a hole through the brick ?ud mortar of the gable end near the roof large enough to admit the passage of his liody. When the jailor mode his rounds Saturday morning he found the bird had flown. 'i he authorities are (fuietly at work and erelong they hope to return the smooth scoundrel to the cell where he so justly belongs. Hymeneal. Married?On Weduesdny, April 9, 1902, by Kev. S. J. McConnell, at the home of the brides' parents, ] Mr. aud Mrs. K. s. Tisaaie, .>ir. I William C'oar to Miss Mattie Tisdale. I, less at Their Old Stand VER & CO., Dele of Dry Goods, Clotlnns, . Notions absolutely at cost. $10,000 Stock of New York Prices !?st we mean exactly what we say. you ot this fact. line of Family Groceries and all VER & CO., KIHGSTBEE, S. C.| BEYOND THE GRASP OF WAN, The Sage of Possum Fork Illustrates the Marvels of Infinity. Editor County Record I have been asked to count again in regard to the postage stamps required ro send ali the letters in the Kansas letter chain to the 100th term, that is if it was carried out, and also to giv?e names so the number can-be numera* . ted. > ames however are not essential to understand higher numbers, for the . mind cannot grasp th?m with names ;>r without names. English writers apply new names to every new power of a million. That is. to everv six figures, and the names ipplicd Mere indicative of the powers of :t million involved to produce the number, thus a million multiplied by itself is the 2nd power of a million, and was called billion, from the Latin prefix "bis" meaning twice; find a million raised to the third power was named with the prefix "tri" meaning 1. the 4ih power was named quadrillion. Tlie fifth power, that is a million multiplied by itself 5 times, has the Latin prefix quin. quintlllion, and so on. applying names that show the different powers in numerical succession .as fatas needed, sextillion, the 6th power, "sep"?7. "Oct," 8. "nov" 9. "dec" 10, <fcc., 1 may not have these Latin prefixes exactly spelled right because I am not a Latiu scholar, but you can understand them all the same. Now a word about the numeration? The English style is this (and it is the way I Mas tought in the old Daboll arithmetic in the forties) to wit: units, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, which is the present mode, so far but it went on. thus.?millions, tens of millions,? hundreds of millions thousands or minions,? teusui uiuuaandsof millions,?hundreds of thousands of millions?billions: which is l.UoO, 000,000, 000, an English billion. But the French plan calling a thousand millions a billion, has been adopted by us and most of the nations, and I reckon old England too by now^ so a new name to every new power ?f a thousand,?that is to every three fig* ures,?is perhaps universal to day. But the old names are still applied, however unmeaning they may be, lor one of our billiions is only the one thousandth part of an old English billion. All this however lias nothing to do with the value of the figures. They remain the same, r.o matter what vou eall tlicin, and 3,000.000,000,000,000,0( >0.000,000,000,000.000, OIK). 000.000.00 0 stamps would weigh 150.000,000,000,000, 000, ueo, 000, 000, OOO, 000,OllO, 000, tons and require more ships than all tlie oceans of the world could hold, a thousand times over, t.o carry so many tons. But this is too big f ar me, let us look at it another way. It can be shown that said number of stamps is far greater than the whole number of loaves anil oiaues 01 grass that ever grew from Adam and Eve's time till now. not because they can be counted up, but because the vegetation that grow every year is sufficient to cover the ground* only a *ew inches yearly. But that number of postage stamps would be more tlian enough to cover foot of land in the world, ten miles deep, over and over again, once every year, since old father Adam's time, wether it be (50QU years or 6 millions of years. So the more I try to comprehend it the worse it gets. It is too big for me. so I believe I M ill drop it. and wait until 1 go to tha spirit land where my mind will be expanded so I can understand all these m} steries and praise G<>d for his exceeding goodnes* it. giving us minds to understand. Then wden you come a ong I shall l>e able to talk more to the point. But I am going to get some good out of it here too. That is to learn to be content to manage small 1 things, mid not to tackle things too big for my means, not to plant more land than 1 cau work, and above all not to make Big Debts. Yes, Jlr. Editor, nut these lessons in print, put them in The Ukcokd and send them down here to every man in? Possum FokkMagistrate's Court. The case of .the State vs Henry Green, charged with breaking the seal of a car at Lanes on April 8, 1902, was heard here Friday before Magistrate J. E. Salters. After hearing the evidence Judge Salters sent ui) the ease to the circuit court. on Saturday, liefore Magistrate Stutts, David Bradley, colored, wa? found guilty of violation of contract and sentenced to pay u tine of $2<> or to serve on chuingnng *25 days. Bradley took the option of the days. On Saturday, the ea*e of the State vs. Paul Cunning ham" colored charged, with jwisoning a dog, the property of W. H. Baylor, was heard la-fore Magistrate J. V. Windham. Case dismissed oil account of insufficient evidence. T. M. (iilland, Ksq.. represented the state and LcRoy la-e, Esq., the defendant. On Monday, the State vs. J. A. MeKenzie, charged with* trespass after notice, was trii-d before a jury in Magistrate Stutts' court. The jury returned u verdict of acquittal. latKoy Lee, Ksq., represented the defense. A punctared lire ie a holey terror. S5.000WORT] At 25 Per Cen Wo have decided to retire from the i we may devote the entire time to the D Uusiness, a?d in order to close out our si our entire stock of Clothing and Gents'1 We Wofcld a!s? impress the fact upoi o?r !>tock of Staple Dry Goods Shoes Was never mot We will give personal atten'tk W. E. JENK Mar REDUCED -onEar TIHE Big Bargains COMPLETE I. Friil M| Ci Examine Steel: of Hardware. 11 OAK SUITS TKOM $10 TO $1 Eveiything Else i YOURS TO PLEASE, W. T MAKE NO MIS" ?GO TOS. THOMAS c 257 KING STREET CU, FOR WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER SPECTACLES ANO Jewelry and Watches Repaid April 8-tf GrRAWD OPENINt SPRING CLOTHim HATS AND FURNISHINGS. You will fliul here the very newest s up-to-date Suit;?, Furnishing Goods s Hats. We make a specialty of extra-size Si and Slim Suits. On receipt of your letter we will vou swatches of Suits if you are in teres in any. In our tailor department we In over 500 samples for you to select your 5 or extra Pants from. Suits made to your measure from $15 to i Pants from $3 to 12. All Mailorders promptly attended tc a special salesman. Ho Brown5 GRANITE CLOTHING HOUSE, Opposite Academy of Mu4ol 294 Kiag Street, CharlatUn, S? C, 9 ICLOTHIM ! t Discount. ! i Clothing business in order thafc ry Goods, Shoe and illinei^ , tock of clothing xjfcickly "we offeb Hats at 25 percent discount. 1 our Williamsburg friends *h& ; i, Millinery, i and Notions "O Complete* 1 >n to nil orders sent its. JNSON, ining. S, C. ' i. >t. 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