The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 06, 1906, Image 8
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I BK MKANT NOTHING PEUSON.VL.
| Tills Ho Mario Emphatic Whon the
/ Tublcs Turned.
"I don't b'lieve he could llek yon,"
Btild the young man with the portrait
button in his lapel and the
highly embroidered hosiery. "Not in
a hundred years he couldn't."
"What makes you think so?" asked
his chubby companion with the
baggage-check watch fob, doubtfully.
"I don't think ? . I know it.
You'd put it all over him an' I'd bet
money on It. You don't need to be
cared of him."
"Who said I was scared?"
"Nobody. I know you ain't, as far
as that goes. I was jest sayln' that
you eould do him up easy. Say! He'a
a puddin' for you. He puts up a
bluff at beln' a fighter, but that's all
It amounts to. Ho couldn't fight
nothln' but booze. He's a great booze
fighter, all right.**
"I don't know about that. I heard
Mn, 4> _
ni'viuv Him juiii|piii n (t"}' iiver on
West Madison Street "n* beatin' lilm
up bo's they bad to call nn ambulance
an* take him to the county
hospital."
"Somebody's been givin' you a
pipe. If lie did, the guy must have
been asleep. 1 seen a little guy not
near as big as you are run him out. o'
Pomeroy's billiard parlor with a
cue. He like to took the door frame
along with him. 1 bet if you went up
an' slapped him in the face, ha'd
atart to cry."
"I don't believe that."
"You don't? You think he'd put
up a scrap? Not on your life! It
wouldn't do him any good If he did.
He's ull fnt. There ain't, no msucle
to him. He's Just one T>lg stiff, that's
all he is."
"I'm fleshy myself."
"You? There's sumthin' to you.
You ain't skinny, but what there is
of you Is solid. Lenune feel of your
arm. Geo! Say, T'd hate to have you
hit me. No, sir! You're solid an'
you're quick. Yci could walk nil
around him like ; cooper around a
barrel an' swat 1 in any old place
you wanted to. Dcn't fool uway aaj
tlnio 011 him. Do liiui up quick.
That's your game."
"Who said it was my game?" demanded
the pudgy youth. "Wbe
aid I was goin' to start In?"
"Well, after what I10 called you I
didn't a'pose you was goin' to do
nnythin' else. I wouldn't let no maa
say the things about me he did about
you an' get away with It."
"I didn't hear him say 'em, an' If
I did I don't know ns I'd pay any
'tentlon to him. He's all right when
be nln't drinkln'."
"He's a Rkute an' a doadbeat, an'
he's 110 good, drunk or sober, that's
what he is, an' 1 know him. He
thinks Jest because he's bigger than
some that ho can do what he likes
will 'em, an' say what I10 likes. I
know him all right. He's a bier stiff
an' a big bluffer, an* I've got If in for
him good an' hard."
"If you've got It in for him why
don't you lick him yourself?" demanded
the plump youth. "Go up to
him an' slap him in the face. Ii?
won't hurt you. He'll cry?nit. 1
don't want any of it myself, hut 11
you want tho excelsior best nut ai
klm there ain't nothin' to atop you
doin' It."
"Oh, I ain't got nothin' pern'nal
galnet him myself," said the othoi
young man.
Too Many Itiskt*.
"Yes, 131(1 (liword's Russian sohem'
was an entire failure."
"What did he go there for?"
"To organize ap^^ccldent InsuT
ance company."^?Cleveland Plaii
Dealer.
Words f?'Ofn TirVr Williams.
Rome folks lives in Trihulatto
Town, w'en It's only a stop tor d
hallelula hills.
No use ter say dat heaven is 'w?
wp yander, w'en you kin have 1
right In vo' heart.
You'll find plenty of folks to to!
you what Providence Is gwlne ter d
?des lak dey wui de agents or d
angels!
Ef ever T gits ter heaven, ray onl
hope Is dnt dey won't nx too man
questions at de outside gato.? Ai
lan La Constitution.
The Wise Servant.
Mrs. Corera (standing In shadow c
floor way)?Is your mistress i
home?
Servant?I don't know, raa'an
Can't tell whether she'B home or n<
till I git a good look at ye. If ye he
a wart on the side o' yer nos<
ma'am, she ain't?rPunch.
A Compromise.
Wife?I want a hundred dollai
for a new dress.
Husband?And I want fifty for
new suit of clothes. It's up to us 1
oompromlse and wear what we'i
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USE OF UPRIGHT DESKS. i
lore ud More People Who Stand
When They Rend and Write.
Upright reading (leeks are eonstanty
growing In popularity.4 Unlike or11
nary desks, they are nemally fitted
o their ueen. They are eomfortahle
>11 ly when tkey are mt the proper
lelght.
Contrary to whnt one might think,
reading while on one's feet ta not
tiring. It haa keen adopted chiefly
by persona who are eosapetled to sit
at a deek ranek et Xhair time and
like te stand ap tor a eh sage. Writing
la Just as oaaily neeempllahed at
these desks*
"We're sold a grand sany such
desks to lawyers,** said S dealer,
"and they use tkem ad heme. This
gives some rela lattsn after they
have sat all day Is their slices at
ordinary desks, loaning erer tn the
way men do.
"lawyers, more then any other
class of professional men, are also
compelled to read at night. They
are my beat customers for the uptight
desks, although I sell them as
well to architects.
"The men who use them are alwhvs
enthusiastic. They aay that to
stand up at tholr work la lens fatiguing
than to sit down, and Is In
any cose a great relief from the monotony
of the other attitude."
Are Minister*' Bona Bad?
The bishop marked the names of
ft I* ?u - - * ~ * * -
uiumo wnuui no amnio "wormy or
remembrance for iom? service performed
in religion er politics or literature
or science or art or commerce
or philnnthropy or warfare,
or some other aspects of the Tarlous
life of the nation." Of such names
ho found 1,370 who were the children
of clergymen or ministers, taking
no account of those who wero
grandchildren of clergymen or remote
descendants. Of the children of
lawyers, there were BIO, and of doctors
3 5fl. The sons of clergymen
who became themselves clergymen
wore 350. He further asserts that
"superiority which the clergy enjoy
In respect to their children, to the
other professions Hoc beyond dispute.
The superiority baa been not
of numberB only, bat of degree
From clerical homes have sprung
more distinguished sons than from
tho homes of any sosnlar profession."?Leslie's
Weekly.
Ancient Jeweler's Association.
Birmingham jewelers have been
famed pi nee the middle of the seventeenth
oeutury. When Charles II.
hi ought with him W Kngland ths
French fashion of waarlng metallic
ornaments Birmingham at one? took
the lead In supplying them, and tho
city then commenoed a career of
prosperity which lias never save for
brief periods suffered abatement.
Kvon Bouthey, who eould oarcely
And Hufllciently censorious language
to describe Birmingham, allowed
that It "excelled every other place la
the world for watch ehalna, neck.
laces, bracelete, buttons, buckle* and
i snuff boxes, though," he said, "they
> wero dearly purchased at the ex;
pease of health and morality."
Btretigth of Bead.
i Over thirty years ago M. Beauernoud,
a French savant, proved by
1 experiment that a quantity ef dry
sand, placed In a boa ef thin sheet
Iron, or even In a eenvas bag, and
subjected to a blight eempreeslon.
forms a mass capable of resisting a
pressure of alxty tone, without
broaklng or even straining the box
or bag. The aand, however, remains
perfectly divisible, so that tf a small
hole be made In the box or bag It
will flow slowly, and with so little
force that a small piece of paper
pasted over the opening will check
the flow, even with the sixty tons
weight upon it.
When Ranks Wore Established.
It Is to Italy that the first establishment
of baukFi Is credited. These
hunks were founded hy Lombard
Jews.
The name "bank" is derived from
# u M,Aa.j M i.L. ?s _i u.
i.urj nuiu uaucu, waica original i)
was a term applied to benches aot in
the markot-place for the exohange of
money. The ft rat public bank was
opened la Venice In I860. The Bank
of England was aetabllehed In 169 2.
8 or apings of n Tunnel.
- In cleaning out the Hoocao tunnel
a the scrapings from tha roof and
other dirt which had fallen from the
engines and had been swept into I
small piles beside the tracks
a amounted to 23,021 cubic feet. Tt
tcok 77 oars with double drop sides
to take this out, tholr capacity
y equalling 27 5 ordinary flat cars.
It Fifty men were employed eight
Sundays nights.
q Properties of Vegetables.
e Vegetables uot only oontnln utlmulants
but are capable of producing
un Intoxicating influence on those
y who depend on them exclusively vfor
y food, according to an investigator
Ho cites a caae In which gome young
people of his acquaintance Buffered
from partial lutoxlcatlon as the re^
suit of a purely vegetable meal.
lt Wluit Panama Stands For.
It is supposed by some that Panaa'
ma derived Its name from the native
word for butterfly. Explorers of the
,v Interior tell of iwarm of butterflies.
?* which at times rise on slopes of the
mountains In dense clouds, darkening
the sunshine.
ra Fat Oadets Barred.
It has been decreed by the au
tkeritiee at West Point that no fat
* cadet May so Into eavalry, because
F< ?f his task of agility and the nnne*
oeesary burden to the home.
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ORIGIN OF NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
John Adama Spoke of July Second
Instead of the Fourth.
On the 8d of July, 1776, John
Adams, than one of the representatives
of Massachusetts in the Continental
Congress, wrote to his wife
Abigail:
"Yesterday the greatest question
iran decided which wsb ever debated
In America, and a greater perhaps
never wan nor never will be decided
among men."
In a < second letter, written the
same day, he said:
"But the day la past. The Id of
July will he the most memorable
epoch* In the history of America. I
am apt to believe It will he celebrated
by succeeding generations as
the great anniversary festival. It
ought to be commemorated as the
day of deliverance by Bolemn acts of
devotion to God Almighty. It ought
to be solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires and Illuminations,
from one end of this continent
to the other, from this time forward,
for evermore."
When the resolution was taken up
the 2d day of July, 177 0, tho Independence
of the Thirteen United
Colonies from the throne of Great
Britain was definitely decided upon.
Tho 2d, and not the 4th, may bo
called tho true date of the separation.
Wo could with proprloty celebrate
tho "Fourth" two days earlior.
That tho participants In the work
considered the 2(1 as the true data is
Known uy the letters written by John
Adams, quoted at' the beginning of
the article. Tho popular fancy, bowever,
Koized upon the 4th, the date
of acceptance of Jefferson's moro
dramatlo declaration of tho reasons
for tho separation, as the proper day
to celebrate.
Tho debate upon tho document
was continued until the afternoon of
the 4th, and, says Jefrorson, might
have run on interminably at any
other season of the year. Rut the
weather was oppressively warm, and
the hall In which the deputies sat
was oloso to a stable, "whence the
hungry flies swarmed thick and
fierce, alighting on the legs of the
delegates and biting hard through
their thin silk stockings. Treason
was preferable to discomfort," and
at last tho delegates were brought to
such a state of mind as to agree to |
the Declaration without further
amendment.
It is a mistake to suppose that the
document was signed by the delegates
on that day. It Is improbable
that any signing was done save by
John Hancock, tho president of the
Congress, and Charles Thomson, the
secretary*?Harper's Magazine.
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"Round About.**
Another amusement feature
brought forth and verging on the
sensational, is shown in the illustration,
and there is no doubt that it
will give pleasure-seekers who ride
thereon an exhilaration far removed
from the ordinary. It Is called a
"rminit ahnnt " Tn nanfn- I- -
. vviuw ? AU cu? V?VJ 11 I K31 In d
tower, probably 160 feet high. Supported
at the top of the tower la a
frame, consisting of aomlclrcular
rlbe, whioh rerolv* with ft shaft in
the center of the tower. Suspended
from the rlba on cables are a number
of cnre. When the shaft and
circular frame are revolved at great
I speed the cars gradually leave the
| level of the ground and shoot out on
I each side. The position of cars would
bo similar to that of a car swung on
the end of a cord.
Largest Flower in the World.
The largest flower in the world
has been supposed to he that of
rafficsla ftrnoldl, which forms the
entire plant Rnd grows to a diameter
of three feet as a flat., circular parasit?
on trees In Java and Sumatra,
but a still larger?single specimens
weighing as much as twenty-two
pofnds?has been reported to exist
tn Mindanao, one of the Philippines.
a n^.. - -n? ' ?
n. ucmum fniuiunty now aociarea
that tho largest flower yet discovered
la produced upon ono of the
Aroideaa of Sumatra. The plant hat
a leaf that may attain a circumference
of fifty feet, and the leaf
stem Is a column twelve feet high
and three fttt In clrcumforenct.
The fully expanded flower takes the
shape of a mammoth funnel four feet
In diameter. It It light green or
white outside, and the Interior It
wine red and velvety. The pistil
erearay yellow five feet high, hat a
penetrating odor.
Qotmt Bonl de Castellans has loot
hit wlft and her money and his teat
In the French Chamber of Deputies,
but he still hat hit reputation. He
couldn't lose that If he tried*?
I Springfield, (Mate.) Union.
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THE PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
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In Maine It Averages but a Trifle i
More Than That of Mill Hands.
Nine-tenths of the Maine schoolmarms
are working for an average 1
salary of from $6 to $9 a week.
Half of them receive less than $200
a year.
In comparing the pay of Maine
teachers with the wages of cot ion
mill operatives in the State, says |
Leslie's Weekly, an lnveslgatlng
committee found that the ba.anco in
favor of the former was very slight.
The 6.530 women working in the
cotton mills of Maine get an average
weekly wage of 6.99, while the women
school teachers get au averago
weekly wage of $6.90. The men in
the cotton mills of Maine got an
average weekly wage of $8.01, while
the men toachers get $9.18.
It costs more to become properly
equipped for the teaching profession
than it does to become an efficient
mill worker, to say nothing of the
higher expense of dally living for the
former.
There is no reason to suppose that
teachers in Maine are worse off with
respect to pay than they are in most
other States of the Union.
Whore Illiteracy Is Itare.
The lowest rate of illiteracy in the
world is found in Sweden. Norway
fillH nprtnu n ir In 1*
V* VI inuiij ill VHO v; 111
named countries there is no perron
above the ago of ten years who can
not read and write unless he haR forgotten
those acoinpliahments or his
mental faculties are so feeble that he?
has not been able to acquire the in.
This fact Is so well understood that
the census enumerators do not inquire
whether a person can read or
write. It is not considered necessary
to do ko. Education is compulsory.
Every child is required to attend
school and there is no community
too small or too poor to provide educational
facilities for its children.
The same is truo, in a great measure,
throughout Germany. The only
peoplo who cannot read and write
aio the feeble-minded and the aged
who have outgrown their knowledge.
-?Washington Star.
Telephones and Horse Tlileves,
In Minneota and other Western
Btates the telephone has frequently
operated to intercept the horse thief
When the robbery of a horse is reported
the shorifT t? lophonos to the
farmers on every road, and so many
farmers have 'phones now that this
is practicable. After every farmer
has been given a description of the
stolen horse it is pretty difficult for
the thief to escape, for ho must pass
out of the city over some country
road, and many captures have been
made in this way.
Making Saiul Men.
A curious sight in the streets of
Toklo 1h to soo an old man seated on
a smooth piece of ground, having
round him little piles of sand of dlf- I
feront colors, rod, blue, yellow,
black, etc. Placing a pinch from
each pile In Ills right hand, he will
draw on the smooth ground the figure
of a man or woman, the dress
all properly colored by the sand
trickling through his fingers. It Is
done with great rapidity, and shows
remarkable dexterity.
To TCnforce Tax Paying.
The municipality of Orlaraunde leaned
a notice to the effect that admittance
to all cafes and public
houses le henceforth to be denied
to all who do not pay their
taxes within the legal limit of time.
It is not altogether an Innovation,
for a somewhat similar measure has
been In force for a number of years
In Switzerland, And hue answered Its
purpose excellently.
Great Salt Fields.
The groat field of crystallized salt
at Snnton, Cal., In the middle of the
Colorado desert, is 264 feet below
the levol of the sea and is more than
1,000 acres in extent. Its surface is
as white as snow, and when the snn
is shining its brilliance is too dazzling
for the eys. The field is constantly
supplied by the many salt
springs in the adjacent foothills.
Origin of Chauffeur.
The original chauffeurs were disguised
robbers who,, toward the end
of the eighteenth century, operated
in the French rural districts They
got the title from a practice they had
of ron.-tlng the soles of their victim's
feet at a fire to force the revelaticfn
of hidden treasure.
Educating a Novelist.
Thomas riardy, the novelist, was
a little boy when his mother gave
him a copy of Dryden's "Virgil."
?no took great pains with his education,
and had him taught Latin at
twelve, and at the age of fifteen he
received his first lesson In French
from a governess.
The Bedouin's Repast.
The Bedouin Arabs are light eaters.
Six or seven dates, soaked In
melted butter, sorve a man a whole
day, with a very small quantity of
coarse flour or & little ball of rice.
Refuse Runk Checks.
The Bank of Ireland declines to
honor checks written in Erse. The
Gaols are indignant. If, they say,
the bank accepts checks in Japanese
and Russian, why should it roject
those in Erse? tm.
In Using Gasoline.
The gasoline engine, like the
steam engine, in fact, like all engines,
is all the better for being run
light for a few minutes before It tt
called upon to exert ite full power*
says the Automobile Magazine.
Good for everything a salve Is used
for and especially recommended for
piles. That is what we say of DeWitt's
Witch llazel Salve. On the market r<
for years and a standby in thousands n
of families. Get DeWitt's. Sold by
Hon way Drug (Jo. j(
Otiloogo Man Killed. w
At Valley Park, Mb*., oil Sunday n
A. F. Middah, a prominent real es- 11
tate man of Chioago, was shot and lnitanity
killed bv Wes Young, a negro.
It is beilevpd Young intended to kill C(
W. G. Grubb8 who was accompanying ii
Middah at the time of the killing. jj
Young escaped snd la being followed t
by a mob determined to deal sum* 1
mtrily with him. "
The best treatment for indigestion r
and troubles of the stomach is to rest
the stomach. It can be rested by starvation
or by the use of a good digestion
which will digest the food eaten, thus
taking the v/ork oiT the stomach. At
the proper temperature, a single teaspoonful
of Kodol will wnolly digest v
3 000 grains of food. It relieves the "
present annoyance, puts the stomach
in shape to satisfactorily perform its
functions. Good for indigestion, sour
stomach, flatulence, palpitation of the
heart and dyspepsia. Kodol is made "
in strict conformity with the National
Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by
(Jonway Drug Co.
S< rved Him
At Huntsville, AU., Caleb Brown,
x ncgro, criminally assaulted a wbHe
wcrran cn the streets Saturday.
Broi"n was rseo to commit th? crime
by a polioQiuan, who s^ot him, but
he made his e^cipe Liter he v<aa
round de; s his hotnp,
"For years I starved, then I bought j'
a 60 cpnt bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia1,:
Cure, and what that bottle benefited!
me all the gold in Georgia could not
buy. I kept on taking it and in two1
months I went back to my worr as
machinist, in three months L was as
well and hearty as I ever was 1 still
use a little occasionally as 1 find it a
tine blood purifier and a good tonic. May
you live long'and prosper "?(J.
X. C-ornell, Itoding, Ga.. Aug. 27,190ti.
Kodol is sold here by Conway Drug Co.
(Sympathy or t/r*tindo.
PVrloV Lvrpmoe, husta id of one
ofthe'VuiT jjgist" Imprisoned In London,
has p-o.nlsnd to subiorlb 1 ten
rounds a c ay to the women's suffrage
fund for day htn wife rfiruios <
In Jail. Wnether Mr. Lawranca is J
actuated b* sympatny or gratitude
d 'poneut salth not
Give children a remedy with a pleasant
taste. Don't fotce unpleasant medicine
dow i their throats. Kennedy's
Laxative containing Honey anil Tar
is most pleasant to take. Children *
like it, and as a relief for colds, coughs,
etc., there is nothing bet?er. No opiates.
Conforms to National Pure Food
land Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug
Co.
Bank Itohbor a Suicide.
J^ffe Harris, who had Required "on \
s'derb!e notor'ety as & d&riog bark
robb'T, but hitherto has suoceeied in
avoiding capture, essayed Friday to
rob a bark at Bendena, Mo. By clever
and plucky work on the part r f the
president and oasbler the fellow was
trapped, and chagrined at having fcr
th? first, time in bis career failed to
aoocmpllRh his purpose, wa'ohed his
opportunity and shot himself dead
Need a good cathartic? A pill is
best. Say a pill like DeWitt's Little
Early Risers. About the most reliable
on the market. Sold by Conway Drug
Co.
THE "HU
TrGIARA
I l SHOE FO
This brand on ^a shoe means i
fhejstofoc i/aor money call for
J.
ttobt. H. Scarborough, H. I
President. Vice-P
BANK OF
Conwa;
Capital Stock
DIREC
Robt.. B. Scarborough,
Hal L. Buck,
George J. Holliday,
We will pay you 5 per cent, intei
isk savings banks to those wishing
Try our plan for saving your nickles
these little banks and the interest we
| help yon.
bank'"6f"
OON W A
CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00
TOTAL ASSET
OFFJLC
B. G. COLLINS, President.
C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pres.
Our Bauk, being a local institut
building o! Horry County and for thi
suing this policy we take pleasure in
accommodation when consistent with
With gratitude for the liberal ]
'cordially solicit your future business
Respeot'u
D.A.SPIVEV
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Won His
James T. McDermott,' who will
3present Pecklngtown, 111., In the
ext Congress, be.-an life as a messen*r
boy, oloked up t?l?graohy and
>ft the olty to begin the o&vipatgn
rhloh won for ht-n a seat in the
itlonal Hiusa of R ^eseiitattvds.
[e is 34 years old sod a Demoorat.
Here is our condensed opinion of the
Original Laxative Cough Syrup:
Nearly all other cough syrups are
onst'pating especially those containag
opiates. Kennedy's Laxative, (confining)
Honey and Tar moves the
owels Contains no opiates. Conforms
o the National Pure Food and Drug
iaw. old by Conway Drug Co.
rhe Horry Herald
COW AT, S. C.
Thursday, Deosmber 0, 1900.
Professional Cards.
McCord & McUord,
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SURGEON DKNTISTS, }
Conway, S. C.
ver Bank of Horry.
H- Burroughs
Physician and Surgeon,
OonWQy, S- C?
H H. WG0DWA,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
CONWAY, S. C.
8. Wofford Wait,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Conway, S. C.
Offico in Spivey Building.
R. B. SCARBROUGH. I
CONWAY, S. C., I
I'JTOliMy AT LAW. I
Conway Market 1
Fresh Meats and Sau- j
age always on band. I
Orders are taken and |
promptly delivered
every day.
Geo. L. Marsh,
Propretor.
B" SHOE.
I
iR MEN ^ 5 something!
If / . i
"Tha U 11
Loliol
j. Buck, Will A. Freeman
resident. Caahier.
HORRY,
it U n
J ^9
$25,000
TORS:
W. R Lewie,
W. A. Johnson,
Will A. Freeman
rest on yearly deposits. Will furnt
to open small accounts with us.
and dimes, and you will find that
will pay you on your savings will
DONW AT
<Y, S. O
SUURPLUS FUND, $20,000. t|
S, $180,000.00. '
ERS: l%
D. A. SrrVEY, Dashikk.
11. W. COLLINS, ASST. Cashibe
ion, hat always striven for the up9
betterment of her citizens, in perextending
to our customers every
sound banking.
patronage received in ihe past, we
llv yo^rs
t