Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LD TIME PUWTSHMBNTS. Cold Water for Siearing and: Ea 9lipping foi Hog Thieveo. To punish a child in such a wa; that it will see the directed conectioi etween the correction and the faul i4 one of the precepts of modern edu coatien. The judge of the eighteent-I bentury was not worried by sue] psychological theoriels, but )iis de oisions often had the grim humor o vitnep. What could *be better fo the scold than a coolirtg plunge, fo the wife beater than -a few lishes oi his own back I Alice Morse Earle in stances in a bok on'''Punishments o Bygone Days," some of these picture sque, but'often crael sentences of th colonial aourts. A number of tender-handed Eng ish gallants joined a pioneer expedi idon to Virginia. The weather wa old and the ivork hard. When thes soft muscled young men were set a chopping trees their hands were sore ly blistered by the axe helves. Wit] the cries of pain many oaths wer heard. The president of the corppan; Isoon put a stop to this swearing b; ordering a can of cold water to b poured down the sleeve of the guilt; one at every oath lie uttered. In colonial days hog stealing wa considered one of the most serious o crimes. At the first offence th thief's ears were slit, at the secon his ears were nailed to a pillory, ani at the third he suffered death ''witi out berefit of clergy." Deceitful bakers and 'careless fis: dealers had to "lose their ears, while lie who spoke detracting word had his tongue bored by a bodkin. A Frenchman, traveling in Ameri ca in 1700, described the duckin etool as a "pleasant mode" of pun shing a scolding woman. He says: ''Of members, ye tongue is wors I or . beste. An yil tongue oft dot breede unreste worthe a duckin stoole.'' In 1635 Thomas Hartley of Virgir ia wrote of his witnessing the execi tion of a ducking stool sentence: "Day before yesterday, at two o ye Clock, I -saw this punishment give to one Betsy Walker, who by ye viol ence of her tonge made her house an, - her neighborhood tincoinfortabl< They had a machine for ye purpos yt belongs to ye Parish. It has al aready been used three times thi summer. .Ye Woman was allowed t go under ye water for ye space o 1-2 minute. Betsy had a stout stoi ache and wopld not yield until sh had been under five times. Then sh cried piteously. Then they drew bac ye Machine, untied ye Ropes and le her walk home, a hopefully peniten woman." It seems strange to read that al most within the memory of person still living Mrs. Anne Royal was ser tenced in Washington, Distict of Cc lumbia, to be ducked for wvriting vil uperative books. She terrorized th town by editing a ''Paul Pry'' papel Even John Quiney Adams pronoun<~ ,d her a virago and she was arraigne as a comip5n~i scold Mrs. Royal wai sentenced to be ducked in the T tomiac, but was afterward released o paying a fin e.-You t.h's Companion. et"Eastern Proverbs. speak w~hat is p)leasinug; let hini n speak what is true but unpleasinj *nor what is pleasing but 'untrue. Thi law changes niot. 'N.o othier realps thle fruit of: a dlee wvhich a man commits- in this worl of meni; the f'ruit of' every deed whic a man commiit.s, lie shall reap), anid n1 deed wh'lasoever goes without it fruit. Th'lou thinikest thyself alone an reckest not of the ancient wise or sitting in thy heart ;in his presene( thou sinmiest who kno weth th le cv deed. In the true light seek thou the lit ~tle master of thle house witin, wil fthou holdest in check the wind blov t ug before the door and the leader o "senses. 'Why many wvords hrough words a man cometh nott ision. Behold the master within tli odyl Why wanderest thon furthie nthe darkness of errors taugi . the books. * After much seareh in many do< in'es thme wise have determined th ur ways of givinig that load to wve 'e in this world anrd the next. Tj so who fear shall a manm give com once; to the, sick, medicine; t owho desire knowledge lhe shma -knowledge; to the hungry, foo< not unto othorp that wvhic offend thee; this is thle siun *, and every other law alto: cdasion. ompollng ten soldliers to scru ck with their toothbrushes rh in the German army hie Rtenced by cortmar tial to oi mpisouument and degradmitlo: RIGHT TO IEAD,A TELEGRAW r Receiver'May Refuse to Pay for Mes sage After Seeing It. 'Of the maAy -popular supposil a tions which are erroneous," said a t telegrapher to a Wishington Star 14. porter, ''one is that addressee or the receiver of a telegram, upon which the tolls are to be collected must pay - the chgrges if he opens the envelope E and reads the message. r -'This, however, is not correct, but r it is astonishing how universal is this a belief. . There gre many ways of ac . counting for it and perhaps one may e be attributed to the fact that a letter . sent through the mails, upon which postage is due and collectible is sur 'endered to the addressee only upom the payment of the necessary defi - cient postage. s ''Much more importance attache B to a telegram than to a letter on the t part of the recipient, and it is seldom , that a person will refuse to receive and to pay for a. telegram sent 'col Sleet,' though an individual might re y fuse to pay the additional postage y due upon a letter, holding that if the 3 sender did not esteem it of sufficient y importance to fully prepay it, the ad. dressee did not care to receive it, But there is always more or less im f portanceI regarding a telegram,- and e many persons have received a collect telegram and then afterward kicked themselves because they were requil, . ed to pay the charge. "But a telegram may be opened, t and .refused precisely as the addres. see of a letter may refuse to receive a letter. In the latter instance the addressee does not open the envelope, - but endorses thereon the words 're fused by addressee,' and signs hir iname, and this is the course to pur sue with a telegram which the addres t see does not desire to accept, Only the [ envelope may be first olened. ''The telegraph company protectE itself in always insisting at the' time of the receipt of a 'collect message that the sender shall deposit with the receiver a sulicient smn11 to pay fol f full tolls, and if this is not demanded t and received by the clerk accepting - the message he is held personally re a sponsible by the company in the eveni . of the message being refused at thc e other end of the line. - 'Many persons send collect tele s' grams often at great length and con c siderable cost, as a means of annoy f ance or as a joke on the recipient but the joke may be turned on th( e other fellow by simply refusing t< e pay the charges. There is one excep k tion, however, to the rule, and th( t public might bear it in mind to ad t vantage. Often telegrams are seni which require a direct and immediat( - answer. In these instances the collee s cltirges are expected to be paiJ whether the recipient likes the is sage or not, and it is seldom that w( have triobule in such eases as regamid e the tolls.. .'Another p)oint of general public interest about telegrams is tihe sign d ing of the messeng'er 's deliv'ery slhee a at the time of the delivery of th<i message and the noting thereon b: ni thle recipient of the hour when th<i message was delivered. '' Some persons consider this as in. conise<pjienitial and leave it for th< 1 messenger to do, supposing thait the: t are doinmr tihe company a favor in thu ,noting thle time of lelivery, not ear s ing about this it em so long as the: r'ceive the telegram. Later in man: 1 important instanices, they find thal ml the hour of the receip)t of the mes. h sage becoines of primary importanct o because of sehsequent events, bui s they find that there is a discrepancs ini the t ime noted on the messengel boy 's delivery sheet and t heir recol election of the actual time. e ''In writing a telegram, and espie 1l emIly' t he( recipient 's name and ad dress and thle sender's name, greatei ..aere should be used than in t.he\ suip e erse.ription on a p)iece of mail mvattei .as wve do not follow up the addi'es%< f as in the ease wvithi a letter whiich,ra: 9 not b)e immediately delivered. Yet o most *people, in sending a telegram e seem to b)ecome imbued with electric r haste, write as rapidly as possibh tand scrawl their signature. While it is true the receiving clerks are care. fiul in receiving messages at the tim< eof their handing in, yet errors art bouniId to lihe made when the messagt is badly or hiur.riedly written.' o Grease Makes Ironi roat, iI It is a remai'kable fact that if 1. small rod of? iron, or a stright.. piect h of ire, .for instance, is greased, il fcan be made to float on water. Th< -s gr'ease apparently p)revents the break. ing of the surface of the water, ani the,.iron lies eradled in a light depres b sion, or trough,. a Recently, one of the governmnen scientists at Washington, experimen t eing with rodA and r ings of iron, tin dopper, brass, platinum, aluminum Germnan silver, etc., folind thait al ,etals Ovei th'e deiseit,wil.float on bi water when their 'surfaces are chem- i1 ically clean. A perfectly clean piece of copper, or platinum wire, for ex ample, forms a trough for itself on the surface of the water, just as it it ft was greased. Thei same is true of a smqll rol of glass. si The oficial in question believes the .o' Ioating is due tq a film or air con densed on the surface of the glass or metal, because if the rod is heated to redness, and as soon as it cools is placed on the water it will sink; y< * This wonderf e ful remedy is- g * ailments such a Weak Lur * Constipati Coughs ai Bronchitis Anaemia, Loss of At Nervousni .0 Stomach' * Call for booki ing away, whic + wonderful cure 0 + funded if not b NFPThis is only * who are exclus Newberry. We prepare 3 + tions properly' We.warrant t * we sell and will i + to ary one diss jWm. E. PNl e Reliaible 1D DiRECT FROM OU WILLOV Send us $2.8 case with no ii quarts,of WI.4 Try it and if yc best you ever ta Isn't thait a fair Remember v fromi us you say -ers andic alvoid al 'A0 suotre o tting - four fu i arts ' - WHS o a buy a better co any price.aat refunde(lgoes '. run no risk wh< of our company - IVITCREEKD1IST and will (do exa MACON,OA THE SWIl Owners of Resiste it if. it is exposed tQ the Air for i tort time it will float. Her Opportunity. Wife-I had bettei take that hai or 45 shillings. , . Husband-But I've oily got fort3 uillings with me now. I'll' have t( ve them the odd 5 shillings. Wife-Oh, then, I'll tako this on( ir tlree guineas. Five shillings it o insignificant a sum'to owe. Think well doesn't count unlest mu act well. 011 ully success ruarariteed in+ igs, .. on, rid Colds, )petite, :kSS, Troubles. et we are giv h tells of its + s. Money re enefitted. I done by us, 4 ive agents for 4 I eour prescri p a oith PURE DRUGS. 1 he medicines . -efund money 4 atisfiedl.4 am &t SOnl, ruggists, R DISTILLERY I DALE IISKEY ,LPRESS .-PRPAID 5 and we will ship you in a plain arks to show contents, four-.fuli )W DALE RYE, express prepaid, n1 don't find it all rightt an1d the sted, send It back to us at our ex $2.85 will be promptly refunded, offer? re arc distillers, so when you buy e the entormuous profits of the deal I chance of adalteration. You are >ur whuiskey just as it comes from ithiout being tamupered with in any four ALNSNCLARSC N 2.80, express l)reai o can't e of perfect satisfaction or money ith every shipmecnt we make. Yon m you decal with us as thme owners have resources of a million dollars ctly as we say. F~T CREEK DISTILL1NG Co., MACON, GA.' red DIstIllery' No. 29., SwIft Creek, Ga. THE EXCHA Of Newbei CAPITAL - You are cordially invite bank. Every facility of r your service. Promptness, Courtesy tion'to the wants of our 4 the established policy of We pay 4 per cent int partment, compounded account is earnestly solic J. D. DAVENPO E. R. HIPP, Vic( M. L. SPEAR Mi Prescription Which we use are without ex We believe In PURITY. We constantly preach PUF We always practice PURIl cines. PURITY counts, and count Ask your doctor. MAYES' DRU Quickest and TO Savannah, Wayc Ville, and all Fl -via CHARLESTON AND W RAILV Lv. Laurens daily, (Easte Lv. Augusta Ar. Savannah, (Central Ar. Waycross Ar. Jacksonville Close connections made at Ja< Through Pullman Sleeping C: Sand Jacksonville. Round Trip winter tourist excu sorts now on sale. C. H, GASQUE, Agt. Laurens;-S. C. ERNEST WI Gen. Pass, Agt., New Cro Fres The best gardeners ar< ties. We have fresh lot Select Early Jersey Wal Early Flat Dutch and D All- Yearn, Florid Radishes, Beets, Toil WE HAVE NO OLD We thank our friend~ patronage and good will We will strive earnesti: good providence of God, dence of the public. Wmn. E.Pelt Reliable Ph: MOE BANK try, S. C. $501000 d to make this your nodern banking in at and Careful Atten :ustomers, has been this bank. erest in Savings de twice a year. Your ited. RT, Presti . Prest. N, Cashier. Materials i :eption the purest grade. "ITY. 'Y when preparing medi s for much, in medicines. + S G STORE. Best Route ross, Jackson orida Points ESTERN GAROLINA V1AY. irn Time) 1.50 P. M. 10.20 P. M. rime) 2.45 A. M. 6.15 A. M. 9.10OA. M. :ksonville for all .points South. ar service between Augusta .rslon tickets to all Florida re GEO, T, BRYAN, Gen. Agt. Greenville, S. C. LLIAMS, Augusta, Ga. p h Seeds a planting early varie Garden Seeds. kefield Cabbage. romhead. i Header., iatoes. SEEDS TO SELL i for their unvarying during the year 1906. rto merit, under the the continued confi iam&Son, armacists.