Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OF ODD DESIGN Timepieces of Long Ago Were Masterpieces of Art. Mary Queen of Scots Had a Collection of Watches of Peculiar and Grewsome Shape. The fragile watch of dainty pattern and design v hich today is a favorite among woma is in striking contrast to some of ie watches whlch were fa mous <en:::rws ago. Many of hwse were of enornous size and (11 t:.e s: orna.1e (.egn, re muarks a w:zer in the eaairol in depenident. Mary Qutn of Scots wa : le's sessor of a kaihs he::d Iith h!, was of silver git ami :!t e'.n'e ly ornarienited. The : : a 'he skull bore ilt syniiols of d':t !. cythe and hour.dass plat d I : we.o a palace and a cot: :- to show ti:, a partiality of the grim detst 'oyt r. A ' the ba:k of the skull was Titi. .e stroying all things, and at the T411 of the bead, scenes of the Garden of 1den and the crucifixion. The watch w-as opened by reversing the skull, plac ing the upper part of it in the hollow of the hand and lifting the Jaw by the hinge, this part being enriched by engraved representations of the hoiy trinity, angels and shepherds with their flocks. The works of the watch formed the brains of the skull and were within a silver envelope which acted as a musically-toned bell, while the dial plate was in the place of the palate. The curious work of art was made at Blois and, at her death, was bequeathed by Mary Queen of Scots to her maid of honor Mary Seton, in 1587. It afterward came into the possession of Sir John Dick Lander. Another skull watch which once be longed to Mary Queen of Scots by its Inscription and date, 1560, shows that Francis H of France presented it to his young wife many years be fore watches were supposed to have been brought to England from Ger many. Queen Mary was evidently a collect or of watches of unique design. She is said to have possessed one in a case of crystal, shaped like a coffin, and another made at Rouen, in which a thread of catgut supplied the place of a chain. Some of the early watches were so small as to be set in the head of walking sticks, the clasp of bracelets, or in pendants, and there is a record of a striking watch which was mounted in a ring, in the year 1542. At the Strawberry Hill sale Queen Victoria purchased a little clock of brass-gilt, which had been presented to' Anne Boleyn by Henry VIII, upon their marriage in 1532. It is richly chased and engraved and is still at Windsor castle. The clock placed in one of the tow ers at the palace at Hampton court in 1551 Is said to be the oldest Eng lish-made clock extant. When in ac tion It shows the motions of several of the planets. The dial and several of the wheels attached to the back of the dial still remain. Carrier Pigeon's Swift Flight. A carrier pigeon, the record of which has been used for the piurpose of comparison with the performance of man on the 220-yard course, was the property of A. E. Harm:an. The race took place at Washington, where this sport is very frequently indulged in. The record of this particular flight is preserved in the records in the Mu seum of Natural History, and was tak en from the Washington Star of Sep tember 17, 1901. According to the best authorities available, the record made by Mr. Har-man's pigeon has never been equaled, although it was established almost two decades ago. On this occasion the race was be tween about 20 birds. The pigeon of Mr. Harmnan came in first, and his best time was 1,782 yards for the first min ute of flight, which means 7 463-89l1 seconds for 220 yards. So. of the four officiai records it will be noted that while a runner has made his 220 yards in 20 4-5 seconds, the carrier pigeon is almost three times as fast. The Army of the Disabled. The international labor bureau at Geneva has prepared statistics showing the number of men disabled during the great wvar. France leadis the list with 1,500,000 soldiers crippled or other wise permanently injuredl: Germany runs a close second with 1,400,00. Al lowing for the smaller population of France. this means that French ind; try must support a heav-ier burden of the incapacitated than German. Great Britain c-ontriblute's 1,174,'% to the army of disaled: Italy.v 574 -,NN: -h United States, '.N(.(O: Czecho-Slc a. land. 150,000;: Canada. %000: Rou mania. 4,N00 Belgium. 40,(94b. F cept foir Germlany and parts of the old Austria-llumflary which are now' allied states. Iih' statistics of former enemy count ries are lack ing. Russia disabidl ity statisth-5 are also wanitinig. But even without these the armay of the disabled reaches thme impriessive anmd terrible total of more than 5..-M,0O,. From the Independent (N. Y.).. Victim of Sympathy. "Why are you so frequently discon tented?" "I dunno." replied Farmer Coirnto sel; "mehbe I wouldn't be if all the politicians I met didn't seem to think It was a p)art of their regular businesy to sympathize with me about some thing." TOO LADYLIKE FOR "GRAMAM Old Gentleman Couldn't Recall Sailon in His Time Doing Anything Like Skipping Rope. Grampa served in the navy quite a while ago-under Admiral Farragut 01 John Paul Jones or some of those per sons. In those days, you remember all sailors wore Horace GreeJe3 whiskers and had, either. a profant parrot, a wooden leg or a girl In every port. Grampa's granddaughter, - Cor delia May, keeps company with a ma chinist's mate, first class, on the de stroyer Dyer, now with the other do stroyers in the Hudson river. His name is Buck. Buck thought Cordelia May would like it if he invited Grampa to come along with her to visit the Dyer. Cor delia May didn't like it at all, as a matter of fact, but Grampa accepted with alacrity. "How'd you like it, Par' inquired Cordelia May's mother, when Grampa got back home. "Djhave a good time?' "I did not," said Grampa. "What did Cordelia May do?" Ma thought she. knew rigljt away where to hang the guUt. But she was wrong, "She didn't do nothin' except gawk at that lubberjf her'n," said Grampa, "but the navy's gone, t'hell, that's what." "No such a thing," demurred Ma "They leave here first o' May for New port. an' you heard Buck say that your self." - - t "Sissies! Old ladies! Milk an' wa ter boys!" Grampa exploded. "Why, Mary, guess what the first thin:: I saw on that frigate was?" Ma had never served on a destroyer, so, of course, couldn't guess. "Why, I see a great big lub of a lad and what was he doin' but skippin rope ! Skippin' rope,. mind ye! A sailor skippin' rope! I look-d about me expecting to find the rest of the crew playin' postoffice with one an other. Skippin' rope:" Grampa groaned at the thought. Buck meanwhilq had arrived and overheard. He gave. the loud, raucous laugh of a machinit'. mate, first class who is amused at something. "Don't say a word to him," he cau tioned Ma and Cordelia May later when Grampa had gone to bed tc dream of John Paul Jones playing tid dlywinks with Admiral Farragut on a rose-bedlecked battleship. "Don't say a word, but the guy he saw skipping rope is Soakem Slocum, the heavy weight champion of the flotilla. lle' getting in trim for the bouts up at Newport."-New York Sun. Says Americans .Avoid Sunlight. One feature struck me in the schools, and it also struck nie in the hotels and in private houses, and that is the avoidance of sunlight. A well-conduct ed window in America must have lace curtains drawn across it, and twc blinds,. o'ne brown and one green pulled accurately half-way down Even in the great country houses where no one coul look in, and nc one look out without seeing spacious lawns and flower 'beds, the curtains are closed and the blinds are drawr half-way down. Living in them Is likE living in the house of anowner who i! half dead. The electric light is all the timi turned on full. Even in the hotels 11 you leave your room for half an hour having raised your blinds, you wil; find them carefully drawn down agair on returning. The large number 01 folks-clerks in offices, workers in fac tories, attendants on elevators, bell boys and hotel clerks-who live thei: life in artificial light forms a largE percentage of the population, and this absence of out-door life may accoun1 to some extent for the pallid and sal low complexion of those who have tE endure it. It certainly cannot bi healthy.-Sir Arthur E. Shipley in thE Outlook. Didn't Do the Expected. "It is hard tO forecast what a per son will do or say under atress," saik a former army officer. "We were taking a troop trair through a town In Kentucky durin; the war, when a sergeant came up t4 me and said that the town was thi home of one of the men, who had beer married just before he joined the army and that if wve were going to stop fo: any length of time, perhaps the mar in questionl might he permittedi to se' his wife. "I hustled around and got word t< the wife that her husband was on thi troop trait. She came a few minutes before the train was ready to leave The soldier rushed out to meet hel and instead of throwing his arm aroud~ her he reached Into his blous pocket andl handed her a handf'ul o cigars! Rather peculiar thing to d after leaving your wilfe andl enlistin andl being under sealed or'hers tha proably were taking you to Frsxnce Boot Soles Fertilizers. May detvices la vg b een sug.ges! e( for the utiliz.ationl of (I arm, hao sl.the chie'f be'in;; ('(neeQrnIet wit] fuel wroduction. But a1 perodil] th Fertilzer, proposes to use them fo stiaulting the growth of beans an' Te plan s'uggested is that o)f car ho7ing part of the leather into amp lack and extracting sulphate of amr mnonia from the residue. It sounds rather l-ike putting one'| foot ui (one's mouth: but even that is way of rpaking both ends meet.-LonL <i1n Chronicle. A Mistake. Child in bis (to stranger)-Daddy daddy': Mother -Hush, darling, that isn' daddy. That's a gentleman--Lndol Tit-Bits - FAIRFIELD COONTY NEWS AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDENTS. (Continued from page one.) G. Hamilton and ftnily delighted us with their presence in our commun ity Sunday. Misss Annie Robinson has been very ill for the past week. Her many friends hope she will be v'ell soon. She is not any better at this writing. i Our colored friends had a mass i meeting at Mt. Zion on Sunday. They favored a number of their . white friends with invitations. They had a good meeting. We hope they can ] soon finish their church and have a comfortable place in which to wor- 1 ship. , A large crowd was gathered on I the church ground Sunday. i There will be no service, either I preaching or Sunday school, at Beth- i el church on July 17, owing to the 1 fact that the congregation desires I to go to the county interdenomina- I tional association convertion at Fairfield Baptist church. 1 t MOSSY DALE. It seems to me that this would be a good time for our commissioner to have the road from Rockton via. t Castle's store to the covered bridge on Cedar creek worked, or at least the 2 holes filled, tnd I would suggest to t Mr.. T. E. Leitner, our road commis sioner, whose road sense, judgment and economy have never been 1- ii tioned, that he borrow an outfit from ! the supervisor, consisting of the necessary implements to do road work. I am sure that Mr. Boulware will be glad to assist in any way I he can to have this much needed work done. Of course I know that we have no chain gang and that the hands Ifev listEn howi 'STOP and 1 his car. Ask hi Most likely;: esting story at ments-before found. Money unkept. Troub morous to evi man who weni Finally U. S Tires ever sinc Perhaps it's th Tire buyers that phatic in their pre year. When these: Uni Unite Fairf :bat repair the road will have to be )aid, but I understand that there is i statute providing for the expendi ! of commutation ttxes in the listricts from which it is paid, and as there has never been any ex pended in this district within my recollection we ought to have a nice ittle sum to draw on. Labor will be plentiful and cheap n August, and I hope that Mr. Leit ier will take the matter up with the upervisor at once. The boll weevil is getting in some good work in these parts. W. W. Ligon reports that they are not only ating his cotton, but the other day :he wash was hanging on the line tbout 11 o'clock tnd at 4 o'clock when ;hey went to take it in everything hat had a cotton thread in 't I- ad )een eaten tnld the weevils were pil ng the buttons up on the ground. Now, knowing the man as I :1o, I iardly believe that statement, for hei vas a charter member of the first Annanias cluu that was organized n the county and was soon promoted ;o president on merit. I have been reliably informed that or old friend who recently moved -o Chester has been classed by the ood people of that town as a high .oned and respectable loafer. I am ,lad to learn that the old man is noving in high class up there, for ;hat is where he belonged when he ts a citizen of Rockton. RION. Mrs. Carr, of Branchville, is vis ting her sister, Mrs. J. D. Delleney. Mr. Thomas, a layman of Colum ia, conducted tht services at the Episcopal chapel Sunday morning at 1 o'clock. Mr. tnd Mrs. J. T. Young received THE U. S. NOBBY T Where the going is pe with snow, mud or am country where maximum the road is a factor, no oth yet devised is quite so efi wholly approved by mot ion, as the U. & Nobby Its very simplicity-th diagonal knobs, gripping is the result of all the ye Rubber experience with of road the world over. eryaone edto ex muchihey alk to the next man everythir with U. S. Tires on bargains' m why. tinued Ii know wi ou'll hear an inter- They's out his tire experi- good repi the answer was it is. V wasted. Promises back it ui le on the road-hu ery one except the Thr :through it. You upon thei .Tires. And U. S. sized up, e. Whene tires frori C e are new); e experience of U. S. Sold to makes them more em- Square-d< ference than ever this reputable as befits t men have tried most largest ru d States ~ [iwood Mercantile ield Motor Co. many congratulations on the arrival of a little daughter Sunday, July 10. Mr. J. W. Humphries has returned home in Winnsboro, after spending a while with Mrs. J. W. Humphries. Mr. Wesley Rutland has returned to Columbia, after spending the week at home. Messrs. Joe Humphries and John Delleney spent Tuesday in Colutnbia, visiting relatives and friends. Mr. C. F. Davis, of Columbia, vis ited the community Sunday. Miss Lucy Delleney spent Sunday with Miss Katie McKeown, of Green brier. Miss Jessie Lee Humphries spent Thursday night with Miss Helen Lyles, of Greenbrier. Miss Elizabeth Syngletery, of Branchville, is visiting Miss Rebecca Delleney. Messrs. Raymond and Edgar Timms, and Misses Annie Lee and Mtrgaret Young spent Sunday with Miss Emma Mae Yom:V.' i Mssrs. Joe Humphries and Maxey Young. visited Hickory Ridge Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Rutland, Jr.. visited the community recently. Rev Hynes, of Coluibla, condacted the services at Union chapel Satur day tnd Sunday night. We were glad to have with us Sunday Rev. J. B. Traywick, of Ches-t ter. Misses Helen Lyles, Lula Mae Fel lows and Katie McKeown, of Green brier, spent Monday with Miss Lucy Delleney. JENKINSVILLE. Mrs. John Swearengen and little son, John, Jr. were the guests --ur ing last week of Misses Nan and Lois Chappell. Messrs. J. B. Yarborough, W. T. READ :ily heavy 2d, in hilly traction on tr tire tread active, or so oring opin rread. ree rows Of the road ars of U. S. every type cerience, Lisave ig by the way of "staggering , "hurrah discounts", "discon nes at less" and so forth they iat not to get. vant a fresh, live tire. With a itation. That's everything it says, rith the people behind it who e e. are 92 U. S. Factory' Branches. Local U. S. Dealer is drawing n continually to keep his stocks complete-to give you service. 'ver he gets one or a hundred a a U. S. Factory Branch, they v made this season's tires. you at a net price. Full values. ealin~g. A reputable maker. A dealer. The whole transaction he leadership of the oldest and bber organization in the world. U. taes 'l I Rubber Ci Co. Smallwoo Winnsbor< Glenn and Vivian Glenn motored to Newberry Wednesday. On the re turn trip they stopped over in Pros perity to witness the ball game be tween that town and Jenkinsville.. The Jenkinsville boys are more lucky, at home than abroad, so the game. went to Prosperity. Mrs. C. B. Douglass left last Fri day for an extended visit to friends. in Johnson City, Tenn. 'he Monticello ball team came dwn: and played the Jenkinsville team last. Friday afternoon. The result was a. victory for Jenkinsville. Mrs. J. S. Swygert, Jr., has re turned home, after a visit to New berry and Greenwood. , Mr. Thomas McMeekin, of Colum bia, spent the week-end at his home' here. Miss Elizabeth Glenn has returned home, after a visit to her aunt, Mrs. John Ragsdale, in Greenville. She was accompanied home by her cous in, Miss Elizabeth Ragsdale. WALLACEVILLE. We had a very fine rain yesterday afternoon and things are looking bet ter this morning. ? Mrs J. E. Swearingen was in our community several days, while Mr. Swearingen was attending a meeting of superintedents in Des Moines, Ia. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Glenn spent last Sunday and Monday in Lykes land with their daughter, Mrs. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs Mullineaux, who have been living at Wallaceville for sev eral months, have left for Virginia,. their future home. Mr. and Mrs. W. 13. Yarborough! and son were in Winnsboro on Fri (Continued on sixth page) Inte Stts e are ~oodTire . hU. S. OYA onaCOR . RED U& REATBE U.,S. RYCOR dS. C.