Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(NO EARTHLY USE FOR FENCE I? hose Inside ot Cemetery Couldn't Get Out and Those Outside Didn't Want to Get ki. ? To illustrate the difficulty which at tends any attempt to part the aver iago man from his money for (church purpose collection, Bishop lAIurray recently told this story at a ?gathering in the Green Spring Val ley. It seems that a certain church ihad a very well-kept cemetery sur rounded by a good fence, which (fence was one night blown down by \*L violent storm. A meeting of the 'church members was held to consider 'the rebuilding of the fence, and the : resolution to do so was passed by a [vote of 95 to 5 This point be ling decided, the minister announced ?that con tribu tiona to pay for the ?rebuilding would be next in order. The announcement was received in unenthusiastic silence, broken at last Iby a member who rose to object to j the rebuilding of the fence. "If you think it over," he argued, h*you Mill see we don't need the [lenee. For, gentlemen, those who are inside the cemetery can't get out, and I those outside certainly don't want ito get in, so what use is a fence aft |?r all? I move to recall the vote." And recalled lt was by a vote of tt03 to 0. Good Reason, j The defendant, who was held on' [the charge of keeping a dog without ia license, repeatedly tried to inter (rupt the evidence, but was hushed teach time by the court Finally the Ktlerk turned to him: "Do you wish, the court to u?der rstand that you refuse to renew your fdog license?" "Yes, but "We want no 'buts.' You must re [new your license or be fined. You ?Snow it expired on Jan. V "Yea, but BO did the dog."-Har (per's Weekly. Mean Joke. '"Father in?" "Nope"' "Mother in?" "Nope." "Sister?" "Nope." "Brother?" "Nope.'" "Well, it strikes me as mighty {strange that even you are In." "I guess they wanted to play a [joke on me is the reason they didn't rtell me you was comin'." Vulgarity. "It is vulgar to dress so as to at ftracc attention on the street" "Isn't it!" "I saw Miss Knobby going down the (street yesterday in a gown which caused every man Bhe passed turn and look at her." ? "Sure enough? I wonder who is [ber dressmaker?" "I asked ber, but sbe wouldn't tell km*." PRIZE FOR LOBSTER. She-Ferdy got the booby prize at four whist tournament. He-Ha, ha! Just like the lobster. What was the prize? She-A copy of your last book of ?>oems.. City Indians. "Are those real Indians?" asked an unsophisticated woman, who waB .viewing the Potlatch parade. The man with her looked closely at (the faces on a passing float "No," he answered, "but I suspect ?some of them are quotation-mark In dians." H is Voyage of Discovery. "What is that old sea captain doing! making his way so unsteadily to th.-' sideboard ?" n "I think he ls trying to steer ,e port" All Looking. "1 *Tt ls a wonder the atrocities sof 1 dal was kept BO long Beeret in Per aoifi "Quite remarkable, consider!^ ?w? -waa a rubber district" 1 "PENDiCITIS" NEXT ON LIST Small Boy, Just Entering Scholastic Career, Accumulates Several Ju venile Afflictions. The eldest boy of the family, hav ing reached the mature age of six, had started upon his schoolastic ca reer. Before h9 had pursued his studies a week, however, he caught a fine case of chicken pox and had to take a temporary vacation, during which he shared his affliction with his young er brothers. But all were well at the end of the third or fourth week, and he started to school again. In a few day6 he came home with the mumps. He shared this likewise with the other juveniles of the family, and had to take another protracted vacation, but all outlived the mumps, and in due time he went back to school as before. All went well for about two weeks. Then he caught the measles. Having plenty to spare, he passed a few of them to his little brothers. But at last the doctor ordered the warning sign taken down from the door, and the boy was permitted to go to school once more. "Mamma," said little Jamie as his elder brother took his books and his departure, "I wonder what Yarley'll bring home dis time! 'Pendicitis, I bet yuh!" Distinction. "Grandfather, did you ever hold any office?" "O, yea." "Well, what?" "Child, Til answer that question II you won't ask me any more." "I wont." "Well, long before you were born I served several terms os prothono tary." "Whafs a prothonotaxy?" "You said you wouldn't ask me any more questions." That's how one of these ancient and venerable patriarchs from Pennsyl vania delights to mystify his Illinois grandchildren.-Chicago Tribune. NOT GOOD FOR BATTLE. Jim-Huh; yo* needn't th?k yo's d * only coon in town. I'se got my self a safety razor. Sam-My! yo' certainly l< easy. Economy. George Gould said, aprPos of an adverse ruling of the commerce court: "If this sort of thing peps on, the railroads will have t be as eco nomical as Conductor ?T "As Jay went througKhe train tak ing and punching ticks, a traveler said to him: "'What becomes ofJe little pieces you punch out, cond^01"?' " *Oh,' Jay replied,- saye them up and sell them for ofettI-'" Would MlfTargeta. "It's perfectly diracefaI!" she ex claimed. "What's the rn*1"7" inquired her huslmnd. "Here's a aes'pt,on ?r ? woman Who gets up lnubUc and declares herself an anarst" "Well," was 3 rejoinder, "maybe it's all for trbest- 1 believe I'd like to see wen crowd the male? out of the arhl8t business. When they throw rba wouldn't be so likely to ^anybody." ?f* Drfferent. ?1 have l<?f money out. lt I could only coller1'" growled Mr. Binks. "Here's or1T wbo bas owed me $200 for t3 years- 1 caQ,t Set any cash outlIm' and he wants me to take it o11 I]***." "Well, 7 d0Dfc y^17" demanded Mrs Bi "l couId get 801116 bene fit out i What buslr*ess is he In?" i.j.je'> undertaker," replied Mr Binks. Still Optimistic. "Y^em depressed this morning Dubn " , ;am to a certain extent. Still, the a brlght slde to a11 our mis ?;s. While it ls true that I ?f wife and nine children to sup .v ! my home is mortgaged, and _ax'i been able to make both ends in years, I at least never have .Ire troubles." Spoiling Her Fun. 3ut, my dear, I have no objection rour voting if you want to." That's just like you! You are so iplacent it isn't any pleasure for to be a suffragette." Its Nature. : saw a lot of crows over a piece aeat out In the field, ana from the ie they made. I judged they aring In crow language." rhat was it-a caw-cuss." of m lu ht ha fri rn: w< In let lui bk I is Pu tex ai sp< all Th fioi Ab ne< wh E wh flot Orl sal? fob of I Bire G hall ful and Bea tere 7 I O O WE ever stop J^?W sider. When everything seems to grow wrong. That the fault that we think ls another's Has been our own all the day long? WAYS OF USING CORN. Green corn is usually preferable in most of these dishes, although the canned will give good results. AB a vegetable, corn is so often served with butter and milk, and this monotony grows tiresome. A salad, a souffle, fritters and (any number of combinations are good. Corn Souffle.-Meit a tablespoonful of butter and add to-it a tablespoonful of sifted flour; stir until smooth, then add one by one three beaten egg yolks and a cup of hot milk. Cook until smooth, add a cup of corn, fresh or canned, season with salt and pep per, then fold in the well beaten whites. Put into a buttered mold or into individual molds and ba^e in a hot oven twr-nty minutes. Serve in the dish in which it is baked. Baked Tomatoes and Corn.-Select small-sized tomatoes of uniform size, scoop out the pulp from the 3tem end without peeling; turn upside down and drain. Mix a cup of corn with two eggs, a tablespoonful of butter and one of flour, creamed together; season well with salt and pepper, fill with the mixture and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes. Serv? with a garnish of parsley. Corn Salad.-This is best with fresh ly boiled corn cut from the cob. Use equal quantities of corn and freshly boiled rice; season and add sufficient mayonnaise. Serve in lettuce cups, very cold. If one can get fresh clams, corn and clams make a most delightful combination. Chop half a green pep per and a slice of onion together; cook in a quarter of a cupful of butter un til soft, add a quarter of a cupful of flour and stir until foamy. Heat a pint of clams in their own juice, drain and chop. Measure the clams and take equal parts of fresh grated corn. Add three-quarters of a cup of the clam juice, after straining, to the butter and flour; add two beaten eggs and three tablespoonfuls of cream, and stir into the clam juice, but do not boil. But ter some clam shells, put in the rrlx ture and cover with buttered crumbB. Serve on a napkin on a hot platier. Garnish with parsley. HEN LEARNED essayist writes of _ "the isolation of fine manners," >ut lt may well be questioned whether nanners which do isolate really are fina. The perfection of breeding creates an at nosphere which brings out the best that s in others and which helps all well neaning people to feel comfortable and t ease. We admire the grandeur and ;litter of a glacier, but it holds no home ike suggestion. A FEW CHANGES IN BREAD. The staff of life is bread, so a few ariations of that staple may not come miss. Whole Wheat Bread.-Take a pint f whole wheat flour, a teaspoonful of 3da and two of cream of tartar, a ?aBpoonful of salt and three-fourths f a pint of cold water. Sift the dry igredientn together, then add toe wa if! stir well, then place In a well reased tin, cover with buttered pa ?r and steam for one hour. Remove id bake in the oven, which gives lt crisp, nutty flavor. Southern Spoon bread.-Pour a cup bolling water on half a cup of corn eal, stirring briskly to keep it from m ping; cook five minutes over the ?at, add a tablespoonful of butter, ilt a teaspoonful of salt, then remove 3m the fire and add a half cup of ilk, a well beaten egg; pour into a 5ll buttered baking dish and bake a moderate oven twenty minutes, ting lt brown well before remov ?. Serve from the dish with a ta ?spoon. Fig Bread.-When the bread dough risen, take two cupfuls of It and t into a bowl, add a half cup of but " ,a pound of sugar, a cup of milk, lound each of raisins and figs, a tea )onful of salt, spices to taste; mix together and place in bread pans, e fruit is cut fine and mixed with ir, so that it is evenly distributed, out two cupfuls of flour will be ?ded. Make Into loaves and bake en well risen. iran Bread.-Take four cupfuls of eat bran, two cups of whole wheat LT, three-fourths of a cup of New eans molasses, a teaspoonful of -, a teaspoonful of soda, two cup I of sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls shortening, a few raisins, if so de id, and bake one hour, raham Bread.-A cupful of flour, ! a cupful of sugar, half a teaspoon of salt, two cupfuls of butter milk two leve1! teaspoonfuls of soda, t well and pour Into a well bui ld pan and bake one hour. pair blac Jus1 cost A g:oo( Broi A al wa Han A Ecai tier fore. F( sum? Studebaker Automobiles I desire to inform the public that I have accepted the agency for the celebrated Studebaker automo biles, than which there are no better cars on the market tor the money. They manufacture four or five sizes and styles of cars, but the mest popular are the two passenger runabout and the four and seven passenger touring cars. The manufacturers pride themselves upon putting quality into their cars, just as they do in their farm wagons. The word Studebaker stands for merit and quality. Drop me a card if you con template purchasing an automobile and I will call to see you. G. D. HUMS, Clark's Hill, S. ?. IS YOUR CREDIT GOOD? The Representatives of The Merchants' Credit Co Are Arranging for the Publication of a Credit Guide FOR THIS DISTRICT AS A BASIS OF CREDIT By this system each individual is placed on record showing how many places they secure credit and with what degree of promptness they pay their bills. The book will show, not the financial standing, but the credit standing, of everybody, man or wo man, who trades on time, and as it is not a financial rating the poor man who pays his bills promptly will secure a higher rating than the man of means who does not. NOW IS THE TIME TO PAY THE OLD ACCOUNT AND SECURE A Good Credit Rating, j Ve can supply you with roof it, a good quality, in red and ?k at 50 and 75 cents per gallon. ; as good quality as that which s more. Penn & Holstein. lot of odds anti ends in summer ls that can be found at Rives 3 at a price-Adv. full supply of mineral water tys on hand. Can furnish either ris or Glenn Springs water. Penn & Holstein. large assortment of Iron and ai el ed beds just received. Pret thau any we have ever had be Ramsey & Jones. >r a complete line of spring and ner goods call on Rives Bros. < No better buggy made than the Brock way. Have you ever used one? Let us show you our stock. Wilson & Cantelou. Thc late models that are out in the American lady corsets to fit all figures, Rives Bros has and sells them.-Adv. When you want a good buggy try a Tyson <fc Jones. They have stood the test of Edgefield roads for years. Wilson & Cantelou. A beautiful assortment of mat tin-art squares. They are cheap er . nd more appropriate for, the summer season than the heavy wool art squares. Buy one for your front hall and you will not regret it. Ramsey & Jones. Make the Old Suit1 Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing of all kinds. Make your old pants or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Edgefield Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS PROP. Don't forget the big shoe sale at Smith-Marsh Co.'s.