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:@:@?:?::?:?:?:?:?:?: | A M E @ Our friends have bet (?5 holiday season would rem; ? the folh @ NECK WEAK. @ IIA X OK E liC HIE FS, ? 353 ^ em vy ?T @ k ? ti ^ ? I?.? I?!? ? v y "famous tea drinkers. Johnson Cnrr Took Twcr.i- -five Cup: at t Sitting. Xapoleon. li'.e .Tohn-on. was i hardened Tea drinhor. a::.! so a con turv later wa- .Mr. ("Mar-tone, ".viu confessed that 1: eras:.* more te: between midnight and t in tie. morning than anv other member o " ' f ' .... 1 H,o? ft,, TJ1C I10USC ni cvmuiuu* ;;i u mm. strongest brew of it never mu-n'or ed with sleep. i The dish of tea was one of ill; jnost important factors in John son's life. Proficiency in the genth art of tea !-e in. \ >> : ~nr.>d ' 1 him : - < '< of * : perfect woman, and there can be n< doubt that his ieminine friends (ant their muiie was legion) did tfcoi; best to gratify his amiable weak ness. Richard Cumberland tells us says the London Gentlewoman, tha his inordinate demands for his fa vorate beverage were occasionally difficult to comply with. On Si' Joshua Reynolds reminding him h< had already consumed eleven cup he replied: "Sir, f did not conn your glasses of wine. Why shouh you number my cups of tea ?" Ant laughingly he added :n perfect goot humor, "Sir, I should have .releasee our hoste-s from any further tron ble, but you have reminded me tha I want one more enp to make uj the dozen, and I must request Mrs Cumberland to round up my score.1 When he saw the complacency with which the ladv of the housi obeyed his behests lie said cheerily "Madam, I must tell you for you comfort you have escaped mud better than a certain lady di< awhile ago, on whose patience I in truded greatly more than I have 01 yours. She asked me for no othe purpose than to make a zany of m and set me gabbling to a parcel o people I knew nothing of. Sc madam, I had my revenge on hei for I swallowed five and twent cups of her tea." Cumberland declared that hi wife would gladly have made te for Johnson as long as the Nrn river could have supplied her wit! water, for it was then, and the: only, he was seen at his happies moments. On his Scottish tour his inexora ble demands for tea sorely tried th patience of Lady Macleod of Dur vegan, who after giving him hi sixteenth cop suggested that fai tker supplies in a small basin migh be agreeable to him. "I wonder, madam," he answere roughly, "why all the ladies ask m cnr>!> nunstinns Tt is to save voui VI? ? - -- ? self trouble, madam. and not me." The lady was discreetly silcn and resumed her task. Higher Things. Grace?Women are not so frivo lous as you think, Tom. There ar still some who have thoughts o ihigher things than dress. Tom?Oh, yes, I know?hats!London Illustrated Bits. Tributes of respect,obituaries cards of thanks and all commr nications of a personal nature not news, are charged for at th rate of one cent a word. "HE Ladies' 1 r - ?- -MU, - Av. ?:@ ?:@ :?:?:?:?:?:?;?.<& ERRY ;n kind to us in their liberal patron; ind them that we have a special line stoies L^lEIBS >winij" would make pretty and servic FANCY BELT BUCKLES, 1'AllASOLS and a choice assort INQSTRP' THE BARBcH'S TRADE. ' 5 Wert Who :rc!!c.v?d !t "v' Afterward Ross to Fame. , ' re:h.ios the bos' kr. '.vn of all ' ' j barbers v ho have attained fame ' } j v.-ere Arkwrighl. the improver of 1 1 ' tliC spinning jenny., who is said to ; ! have turned to meclianh-s when the ' I wig-making trade feii oiT, and .lore- i j , o o ' 1 my Taylor, who was brought up in , his father's shaving shop at Cam- : . .? bridge. ! : Edward Sugden, afterward made '! - Baron Saint Leonards, was the son ' ' of a hair cutter in a shoo in Linen's inn, London. A story is told * to the effect that once when Sug- j | 1 den was addressing a crowd in the i r interest of his candidacy to parlia- i ment a man called out to know < what soap cost and how lather was ? made. <rL am particularly obliged ( * to that gentleman," Sir Edward is I +r> V>r>TY? "fnr rpmind 1 VV i*u?w ~ - ing me of my lowly origin. It is 1 r true that I am a barbers son and that I myself was once a barber. If , s the gentleman who so politely rc1 minded me of those facts had been * a barber he would have continued ' to remain one till the end of his ] life/' 1 ^ Charles Abbott, Baron Tenter" den; was also a barber's son, and it ; t is related how. when he was made 1 ? a peer of England, he took his own ;; son to a little Westminster shop ; and bade him remember it was there * 1 that his grandfather had been ace | customed to shave others for a pen:! ny- i William Falconer, the poet, was a , jj : poor barber in Edinburgh until his ( j poem 'The Shipwreck" brought " ! him renown and incidentally a com- , 1 , mission in the royal navy. Craggs, associated with the south e sea bubble, was a barber turned i promoter. He became enormously wealthy. But when the south sea ' crasli came his fortune dwindled, / and in despair he committed suij cide. liiovanm iieizom 01 i'aaua was a '] J barber with a varied and interest* j ing history. Belzoni set lip a shop 1' 1 i in England, but soon found more " j profit in posing at Sadler's Wells as j the /Tatagonian Sanson." Being { of thrifty temperament, Belzoni ncl~ J cumulated quite a fortune as the c | discoverer of interesting relics in !' ! the tombs of Egypt and as a travelf , er.?Chicago Record-Herald. j t| . Fiue Display of Heroism. d ; A neighbor of ours, a portly genc tleman, has been guiltless of any strenuous acts these many years. ! Recently his house caught fire. Vol- | t umes of smoke rolled in from the ' kitchen. Catching up his walking stick ana clapping his hat firmly 011 his head, he started with firm steps for the front door. As he went through the hall he shouted lustily: H "Girls! Girls! Fire! Save the e piano!"?Woman's Home Compan- I f ionMrs S Joyce, Claremont, N H., writes: "About a year ago 1 bought two bottles of Foley'8 Kidney ?> Remedy. It cured me of a severe l- case of kidney trouble of several ?, years standing. It certainly is a! e grand, good medicine, and I heard- 1 ly recommend it." DC Scott. | 'istaas Is Hi Remember, we will me "ailor-flad =HOL s. >:?:?;?:?:?:@:?:?:?:?: X M A life the present year, the volurnt of goods suitable tor Xmas Gif s : reable jfifts: KID GLOVES, t ment of seasonable novelties. * ; COME AN a HDV BL-* UI\ I )."?!? !?.?.*?*?*?!? !?!? OUR CiX BBiNG R AT tiS ?\ e "Li ' che:o? ciuohin;: ' : 11? A'i'h :: till in of |'0i> i;i: Ue'v..-;u;>ers mkI p.V i:( :.] can rti!!y the foil list and seiecf. ; he one or nuuv I hat you fancy and Ac sIki'.I l>e pit" ! to s'lid in your >rd< r. These rates 'are of course all a?11 iu advance, which means that both The JtECOi !) and the paper ordered must be paid for, not 1, 2. d, 1, 5, G, 7, S, !?, 10. 11, but twelve . - ~ - 1 tl/MI' t J llCf" t%t MONTHS iilJfitil. ncivn ic wi.v <>ov jur best clubbing offers. The Record and News & Courier (Semi-wei-kh'A $1.s5. The Record and Home & Farm [twice a month,) H.35. The Record and New York World [3 times a week,) $1.75. The Record and Atlanta Constitution (3 tii;."? a week) $1.85. The Record and Atlanta Constitution (weekly $1.50. The Record and Bryan's Commoner, $1.75. The Record and Cosmopolitan Magazine $2 00. Thf Record and Youth's Companion (New Subscribers) $2.50. The Record Semi-weekly ataie, ?2.50. The Record and Lippiucott's Magazine 1 year each *2.75. The Record and National Magazine, 1 year each, $2.00. N. B. We do not club with any daily papers. The Jirst issue you receive of the paper or periodical is evidence that the money for same has been forwarded by us. We are not responsible after that. THE COUNTY RECORD, Kingstree. S. C. Departure of Passenger Trains at Kingstrec. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has promulgated the following schedule, which became effective Monday, May 17, 1000. ?NORTH BOUND? vr? CA 7-iO h in 1> U uu ?. ?b *Xo 40 11:37 a. m. No 73 0:00 p. m. ?south boundNo 79 10:4* a. m. *No 47 5:33 p. m. No 89 9:12 p. m. * daily except sunday. NoticeNotice is hereby given that :it a special meeting of board of directors of Farmers' Supply ?Jo, held on November 13, 19C'.?,at tlner oftiee it, was decided to increase the capital stock of said company from $25,000.00 to $->0,000.00, divided into 500 shares of the par value of $100.00 each, and that meeting of stockholders will be held on January 15, 1910, at 12 ni, at office of Farmers' Supply t o. II McCuTcnKN, c m Hinds, J F MoFadden, H E Montgomery. -9-4t Directors. National Biscuit Co's Fruit Cakes, from one to five pounds, at L D Rodgers'. 12-9-lt >ar?Eb et prices from any catalogue. e Suits, and a nic ID AY YOURS FOF HA I - *" ' ??.?:@:?:?:?:?:?:?:@:? I TO ALL OUR PA] : of oar business beintr greater than ts for Ladies and Gentlemen. 1FOK V) U R T X- H A N n T n:s. G L.?) V LS , SILK l MRULLLAS and a var D SEE us : GOODS @.? .*?l@.*?l?.*@l@ .*?' V- / ' tXv' ! I?|lPtf J V A'tl*'-?- . . $* > v. (Wi MEBsamii Young's Ice Cream Pa!ace r "" ^ SPECIAL NOTICES : Transient Notices will he Published ^ in This Column at the Kate of One Cent a Word lor Kach Issue. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. Wanted?To buy long and short leaf timber in lots of <>ne million feet or more Address Box 300. 12-0?it Sumter, S C. Wanted?Ash logs 22 inches and up diameter. Will pay big price for sami\ at shipping point. For par ticulars address P 0 Box 27. . I tn a il. < v. < r PU'IIH I, v/ FOR VLK?One large dark bay inare^ i fin? qualities, g<od for all port nil witli foal. Apple to Box 242, 12-16*>^w Kingstree.SC. LOST?One liver colored Pointer dog. White strips under breast. Lib! eral reward for return to 4 F W Fairey, j 12-18-tf Kingstree, S C. j Wanted ? An overseer for cotton and c-rn farm. N >ne bit good man i i need apply. Apply to f khi.m &. sons, 12-l*i-2t Rhems, S 0 Wanted?A man to run a throe-horse farm on shares or wages, or will rent same. Also for rent, oie two-horse farm.two tobacco barns and one tenant house on place. .iNo S Gkaiiam. j 12-U-.'!t Morrisville, S C j For Sale?A successful General j Business for sale. Good and satisfae| lory reason for selling. Go:*i will i and lease of .-tore, or will sell stock of g< ocL. No old goods. Liberal dis' count from Cost of goods. P 0 Box 8$, j 12-2-tf Kingstree. IS C. For Sale?2f>6 acres and three smaller i tracts, in Johnson rown-hip, Williams. burg county, belonging to the estate of J W Kimball, deceased. Write me for I further information. R H Kimball, > I UUiJ^/UU 10-21-10t Atlanta, Ga Money to LendLong term loans at 8 per cent, per annum on approved collateral, preferably farm lands. Apply to Gilland & Gjlland, 12-16-tf Kingstree, S C. Old papers for^sale at The Record office ep Tour Ho; 2 Build up your own town. A Men's an< t supply of G 0 O [ * BUSINESS, *cus '* - ' 'iUd+ttM. , sin -i jJt 7~m M d.?:?.?:?:?:?:?.?:?:?.?:?.?:?.?:?.?:?.'?:? ritOKS IS OUR SINCERE WISH. ^ i ever before. We thank them one and all and at this ? ^Bj G-EUTLEME1T @ fl we liave @ , LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, FANCY SUSFEXDEflS, /?} <vty < f other useful and appropriate articles lor presents. ^ ^^B TsaEre*?? -agac"smaBssaBBBassaaBaR mb ^^jjH con PAN Y 1:1 @ uSfcJ r =:nov!uc n-j KJiirue IM I iiuipiio minyjjDk). j U Nice driving horses j Al! sizes of nice, sleek y Good work horses j mules in pairs or .. ; f! Combination horses \ single | Busies, Surreys and Runabouts .j ij Diwkuui ?.Jackson <1 Smith - \\ renn and I'arker Busies. . j | WAGONS WAGONS k; Just received two carloads of the reliable and well 1 known WEBER?COLUMBUS & ItUSSELL Wagons. Harness, Saddles, Robes,'Whips and Horse Blankets. Call and see us before buying. | Yours to please,. I j' I Williamsburg Live StockCo,1 | ' DEPOSIT !jJ A BANK that has never lost a dollar since its estab- . ;Jfl lishinent. A BANK that has increased its Business over $150,000.00 ' during the past year. A A BANK that pays 4 per cent on its Saving Deposits, compounded every three months. |H A BANK that welcomes and appreciates your business v^H whether large or small. V THE BANK OF KINGSTREE ' j RESOURCES $360,000.00 D. C. Scott, N. D. Lesesne, F. W. Fa ikey, . : President. Asst. Cashier. Cashier. fill Hm-IM Qiuij iii ^ Prepare for cool weather. We can fit you out J # From Heeid. to Foot. w wj| \f/ Our stock is now cpmplete with full and up-to-date line of w ^ .1 It Men's, Women's and Children's Jjjjjflj | WEARING APPAREL * 0/ FOR FALL AND WINTER. ? | 10J __ T See our stock and compare prices with others. We sell so as to ^ .. J yy sell to you again. ^ 3 1 J. S. ERON; JM | K1NGSTREE, S. C. ^ J =^=SHHi=y= ? 9B J I ff aey ainome. j new, up-to-date line of d Children's 5uitafl ) s. 1 I JBB ' . _ _V, .' fit