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MAY 2.1907 William Randolph Hearst declares that in politics hef^does not know whether he is a Demo- j crat or what This admission is by no means surprising to those who for some time have thought that Willie did not know where he was at. Chulalongkorn, King of Siam, who is on his way to visit King Edward VII. and who may possibly honor the '{States" with a visit, is an excellent subject for comic opera (if a king can be a subject). Thi3 modest and retiring potentate styles himself "The sun's half brother, full brother of the moon aud supreme arbiter of the tides. Baby, 2 P. I. A tangled mass of sunny curls^ A rosy mourn wiui gnsieaiug i pearls, Sweet wondering- eyes of J heaven's own hue, tLike violets wet with morning dew?That's baby! A rounded little velvet cheek, With dimples playing hide and seek; Two arms that 'round ray neck are laid * To measure love were surely made?That's baby! A tired head that droops full soon, A drowsy nod, a sleepy croon, The deep-fringed eyelids downward creep, And some one's in the land of sleep?That's baby! l'en vol. (Same Baby Ua. m.) What sound is this that shatters night, And puts sweet sleep to headlong flight? A screaming mouth tills most the space Allotted to the human face?j That's baby! The neighbors'windows downward dash, Profanity in every crash; While infant fingers tear my hair Until in spots my scalp is bare?That's baby! With visage puffed and sorely clawed, With eyes that smart from beinir "Dawed," How can I face the "boys' today And hear the grinning- idiots say, "How's baby?" ?Mary E KiUike in May Lippincotfs. ? . ? T N Witheroll of Essex Junction, Vt., has a newspaper that has been preserved in his family for over a hundred years. It is the Ulster County Gazette, published in Kingston, N Y., Jan. 4, 1800. A Stockbridge (Mass.) man a buys each day a quart of milk and a pound of crackers, which is his sole diet, but iu summer he includes apples and berries. He is a bachelor. WEEKLY LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF AFFAIRS AT THE ! THE CAPITAL, POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE. (From Oar Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. C, April 2y.~ It is taken as almost an assured I - - A - ? ? ? - A.- am U f n t ' I3.CI III political C1I C ics uac tna.L | Wm J Bryan will be the next Democratic nominee for the Presidency. Of course Washington between sessions is not the best place in the world to gain political impressions aside from the party in power. But that seems to be the way opinion is now pointing. Mr Bryan's last statement as to his attitude toward government control of railroads was a very popular one, largely because it put him closely in line with President Roosevelt, who is looked upon as the greatest exponent of corporation curbing. So if Mr Bryan is the nominee, the lines of distinction between the parties so far as their attitude toward corporations is concerned will be very slight indeed. There is another story^going the rounds, so remarkable that it can be given only under the caption of "important if true.'' It is that the attitude of the Administration toward Mr Bryan has changed mightily, and that he is looked upon by the administration as the next best thing to a Roosevelt Republican, for it must be understood that Republicans these days are chiefly divided into Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt factions. The rumor goes that Mr Bryan is being held in reserve as a last card, and that it ttie cdoice or the President for the nomination is beaten and a confessed corporation man is nominated, that the influence of the President will be thrown toward Mr Bryan, not obtrusively, but at the same time effectively, as he will be considered the lesser of two evils. Additional reason is assigned for this report from the fact that it is not believed that Mr Roosevelt will take the nomination again under any circumstances and he thinks that the chances for his winning if nominated in 1908 would be greater against a Democrat than against a Republican. This is a rather sensational story for anybody to swallow. But the hot weather is coming on when we will have all sorts of rumors, and we might just as well get in on the ground floor and take the livliest ones while they are hot. Warnings are being sent out from the Treasury department as to new counterfeits that are appearing aud one of the latest is in regard to a $10 a bill on the Troy National Bank, a counterfeit done apparently by a new photo-engraving process and made up on two thin sheets of paper with the silk threads that distinguish the real govern meat bill carefully sandwiched in between them. It is said to be a very clever piece of work, and to mark a decided step forward in the line of criminal art. The department is having a good deal of trouble now with counterfeit coins of genuine silver. Of course during the time when silver was at the lowest market price, there was a good profit in buying the metal in bulk and working it up into silver coins of all sorts. Some of these arc excellent pieces of work, and as there was nothing but pure silver in them they were rather hard to tell from the genuine. The principal work now, however seems to be recoining Mexican and South American silver currency with the American impression on them. This is a labor saving device in a way because the silver is already shaped and even milled, and all that is necessary to do is to stamp it. % 1 A curious fact has developed1 however in the study of these , counterfeits and that is that it is almost impossible to obliterate the original impression. It mayj be struck out with the fresh dies so that it is j^one to all j nnnenrances. But it the coin is Tl - " "pickled"' i:i a mild acid solution for liours, the original impression will come out again, very faintly it is true, but so that it may be read with the glass. It is a continual race between the treasury and the counterfeiters as to which shall circumvent the other. But so far the secret service has managed to keep ahead of the game, and as a new trick is invented by the criminals, the government experts hnd a new one in the pro tective line.that will cap it. The new immigration commission appointed toward the close of the last congress, has been in session in Washington this week considering the best steam lines and most attractive health resorts from which with their families to prosecute) their inquiries in Europe. This! commission, which will start on its arduous health resort tour between the first and* the; twentieth of May, is about the greatest joke that congress has ever perpetrated on the treasury from which they will draw all their travelling- expenses. After all the investigating- and reporting- over immigration that has been done, it would seem the government was in possession of all the facts that could be desired to act intelligently, But there are few things that can be so readily made to conform to the requirements of a pleasure trip as an immigration investigation. All the time can be spent in travel,- the more diverse the sections visited the better, and all the reports can be written after one comes home MrJfh tVia aid of a rhean steno grapher, a Baedeker's a Guide i and some back files of the immigration reports.' A literary fellow at twenty dollars a week will do it. One of the interesting exhibits of the government at Jamestown will be a sort of publicity and promotion bureau for attracting settlers to the newly opened areas in the West when the government is now establish ing big irrigated farms. Millions of dollars ha\ e been and are being spent on each one of these irrigation projects, and, truth to say, they offer some of the best and most attractive farming land to be had in the world at a price next to nothing- at all. The government can get plenty of alien settlers for these tracts, but what is wanted is a large leaven of genuine American citizens, So one of the features of the government exhibit at the Jamestown exposition will be a lecture hall where talks will be given booming the new irrigated country, and where pictures of what has been done and is being done will be on exhibition and where all sorts of information will be disbursed to prospective settlers. It is thought that audience will be secured of peo pke from all over the country -ind esneciallv from the South ? X y and that it will be one of the best chances that be had for putting the attractions of the new country before thousands of the right sort of people from all sections. It is the first time the government has ever gone into the publicity and promotion business in this way and the result is awaited with interest. Adam could not have been a poet, because poets are born, not made. It is gratifying to know that we won't need cooks in heaven. When women rule the world, life will be one long unending house cleaning. How easily can we bear the sorrows of others. A jest is often the thing that will step on the toes of truth. ( Nerwnsiess Bv properly toning an4 feeding the nerves with pure blood, which is i aoue bv using P P P Lippmau's j Great Remedy, the most marvelous cures of uervousness are made, restoring health immediately to the patieut and making him strong and vigorous iu a little while P P P is superior to all Sarsapa-i jrillas. P P P has its formula on every | ! carton. Any physician will teil you that) 1' P P is the best combination of j green roots and barks that was ever i I put together for the cure of weak j i ness, general ueiniity ana nervous-1 ness If. is a good tonic and the best blood purifier in rhe world. For' j Sale by W L \V*1 iice. Dissolution NoticeThe co-partnership heretofore existing between J. McC'lam and J. MTruluck, trading under the firm name of McClam & Truluck. lias been, this the 23rd day of April, 1907, dissolved by mutual consent. All persons holding claims against the said firm will j present the same for payment, and all i persons indebted to the said firm will make payment to J. M. Truluck. J. S. McClam, 4-25-4t J. M. Truluck. Sheriffs SaleThe State of South Carolina, ? Williamsburg County. J Court of Common Pleas. John M Nexsen, Plaintiff, vs Mary Bradley, et al.. heirs at Law of Dick Bradley, deceased, defendants. Under and by virtue of a decree of Foreclosure and Sale in the above stated case granted by the Court of Common Pleas, bearing date March 29th, 1906, The undersigned will on the 6th day of May, 1907, during the legal hours of sale, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash before the Court House door in Kingstree, South Carolina, the undivided one-half interest of Dick Bradley, deceased, in and to the following described property: "all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, lying being and situate in Williams burg County, J?tate of South Carolina, ? 1?i i +u:_+,. containing; one nunureu ?uu imuy -even ana one half acres, and bounded uj follows: South-east by lands of S E Tisdale, South-west by public Road leading from Kingstree to Potato Ferry being on the North side of Black river. Purchasers to pay for deeds. G. J. Graham. Sheriff Wmsburg Co. 4?I8-3t. Sheriffs Sale. The State of South Carolina j? Williamsburg County. j" Court of Common Pleas .John M Nexsen, Plaintiff, v< Thomas Harper. Defendant. Under and by virtue of a decree of Foreclosure and Sale, in the above 1 stated action granted by the court of ' Common Pleas, bearing date March 1 29th, IK <6, the undersigned will on the 6th any of May, IM", during the , legal hours of sale, sell at public auction to tr.e highest bidder for cash, be- , fore tL-court house door ia Kingstree, | CiMiilt Purnlina <1<V4[?rib> UVUUI V?lW?iu*?, V%.v k .. - ?o ed property: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being ana situate in the said County of Williamsburg, State of Siontli I aroiina, containing one hundred acres This fceing the tract of Dnd conveyed to th? said Thomas Harper by R H Kelbhan, .1 anuary, A i 1888, and having ^ucn honnda ies, reference to said title will more fully explain. Purchasers to pay for deed. G. J. Graham, Sheriff Wmsburg County. 4?18-3t. Summons for Belief. The State of South Carolina, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. Daniel Z. Martin, Plaintiff, vs. Amelia Lesesne, Johnnie Miller and the Heirs at Law of Richard McKnight, deceased. To the Defendant4, the Heirs at Law of Richard McKnight, deceased: You are 5hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Comm n Pleas for Williamsburg County on the third day of April A. D. 1907, and to serve a c opy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their otticin K ngstree, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Gilland & Gilland, 4-4-6t Plaintiff's Attorneys. Citation Notice* The State of South Carolina, County of Williamsburg. By P. M. Brockinton, Esquire, Probate Judge. \\ nereas, Marie M Harrison made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Maud D Blakely. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Maud D Blakely, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingstree, S. on the 4th day of May next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 13th d;?y of; April Anno Domini, 1907. Published on the 18tn day of April, J 1907, in the County Kecord. P M Brcckinton, 4?18-2t. Probate J udge. ' . @.?.\?:@.?:?:?:@@:?:?:?.?:@:@?:@.\?:@?:?: I Go the new | | Daylight Store. | @ FOR YOUR SPRING GOODS. WE HAVE A ? ? NICE LINE OF ? | Embroidories Laces, All Oyers White Goods, Rib-1 | hons, Silks, Millinery and Dress Goods. @ ? WE CARRY THE BEST LINE OF LADIES @ ? AND GENTS' SHOES IN TOWN. PRICES ? ? AS CHEAP AS ELSEWHERE. NO TROUBLE ? ? TO SHOW GOODS. COHE AROUND. ? ? | Stackley's Cash Store. | ; jgj KINGSTREE, S. C. ? ??:?:?:?:?.?:?:?:?:?:??:?::?:?:?:?.?:?? :?:?'?:?:?:@:?:?:?:?.?:? :?:@?:?:?:?:.?:?:@ i COMPLETE STOCK \ t muni! ciuok r ? UU11UU1111UJJU UUUJJU.? ? ? . | Refrigeratorsf Water Coolers, J ? ice Cream Freezers, Screen- ? | Doors and Windows. J 8 rio-wex :Fots, ^.11 Sizes. $ ? ! ___? ? Balance of our Stock of FURNITURE, RUGS, MAT- ? $ | TINGS, LACE CURTAINS, and WINDOW SHADES, J ? we will dose out AT COST' as we discontinue ? 1 V ^ ? Furniture Business. ?- ? g Cotton Planters, Guano5 ? Distributors and. improv- <gj &ed Farm Implements at ?. ^ prices to suit the times. J | Complete Stock COFFINS &? ? CASKETS, ? ^ ?? < t . t < r?- ? tt n ? g Will serve yoa aay or oigai ana rarrnsn onr nanascme new nearse. ^ I KINGSTREE HARDWARE COMPANY. I :?:?:?:?:?:@:@@? :fM Cable Companj?||| ^j|/ The Difference In Piano&**^jj' Ilefore you buy a piano try this experiment. It will disclose an interesting condition in the piano business. Visit a reliable house that carries a pianos of established prestige. Have the salesman present the merits or this instrument. The go to stOies where only very ordinary grades are carried. The claims for these pianos will in most cases be practically the same as those expressed for the fine piano. Go still further. Compare the statements in the advertisements of different firms. You will find the inferior piano described with all the glowing superlatives that belong to the most artistic instrument. Such claims are simply a challenge to your common sense. Test the tone, quality and the action of the different instruments; examine their workmanship, and you will require no further evidence of the differences existing in pianos. The fact is this?there are poor pianos, good pianos, high grade frianos and artistic pianos. The responsible house will carry a complete ine of reliable grades and show you plainly where they differ. Then it is simply for you to choose the one you best can afford to buy. Our policy is to serve all classes of patrons who want the best i piano value for the money they have to spend. We have low-priced, J medium priced, and high-priced pionos. A We can demonstrate that every instrument we offer is the best tha^ can be given for tWe money, and we make no claims that are not justifi^H|H| We discuss and explain clearly the differences in the variou- grades give all possible assistance to the buyer. Satisfy yourself of the advantages to be found ot our wArero^^^^^H| Call anklet us demonstrate to your satisfaction the values we offer.^^^^HH We Sell Edison Phonographs. MSBa THE CABLE COMPANY. EVERYTHING KNOWN IN MUSIC.