The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 22, 1901, Image 6
CiTY CHILD3EL'.
When the level sun is linking
And all t ie world is still,
And gloar.v.r.g falls ami drowses
On every eastern hill.
When a -eagle breath of coolness
Tells the c-Iosing of the day?
Then all the eit> children
Flock forth to shout and play.
Poor, little ciiy c hildren I
jshnt in the stifling town.
Not for them the shadowed woodland,
Nor theirs the hay-field brown.
The cool, green sea-waves thunder
_On many a summer shore?
;Yet for them the data bring only
i The city's dust and roar.
r
But see them when the twilight i
Fills everv roaring street:
There's a call of little voices
And a rush of little feet.
And a gust of happy laughter
Through all the surly town;
For the children have their hour
When the twilight gathers down!
?A.B. dc Millc, in Life.
| MRS. BASSET'S BOARDER 11
?RS. BASSET was dismayed '
to the verge of tears.
"I never thought you'd
take it so hard, sir," she
said.
"How long have I boarded with you. '
Mrs. Basset:"
"Seven years corue September, sir."
"Quite right. During that time you !
have occasionally accommodated men
who wished to board here, but never
women. I understood that no woman
was to be received here. For the last i
year I have been the only boarder, and !
the solitude has been delightful. Now, j
this woman?"
"I'm that sorry!" The emotion in her
voice was genuine. "When she wrote
+/* In* Imp nnnin T enfri
uuu iisivru uiv i\j in ini w>uv & ,
yes right off. Once, sir. a lon^ way j
back, before John and me were mar- j
ried. I was in service with Miss Jean- j
ette's mother. They were rich folks j
then, and held their heads high. All j
that's changed now. It's me and John I
that have done well and got money
out. Her parents arc dead. She supports
herself. She teaches schoolnight
school. Site wouldn't be hero
in the evenings at all."
"She attends clubs. I suppose," he
ventured.
"She is President of one and Secretary
of another. She is bright."
He groaned. His opportunities to
study the progress of women had beeu
limited.
"When is she to?to honor us?with
her presence?"
"Not?cot before to-morrow afternoon,
sir!"
He muttered something about twen<>f
r?i-o/.r> wont off to
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his big. beautiful front room, wherein i
?
were gathered together his accuniula- I
tiou of literary ami artistic treasures, j
An hour later he opened his door in
response to a tentative knock. "I'd !
like to ask you a favor. Mr, Freer, j
sir.'' began Mrs. It asset. "I've just got j
i a telephone message that my sister, j
s * who lives 011 the west side, has eorne
j down with pneumonia. She's the only
slrter I've got. and I'm worried to
know how had she is. 1 thought?seeing
you were staying in. sir "
"Yes. That's all right."
"But it's Thursday, and Delia is go- j
Ing qut. The new housemaid was to
come at 3. I thought?if it wouldn't
be asking too much?if you'd let her
iu when she rings "
"Certainly. Any directions?"
"No. She won't need to do auymiag ;
till I got back. Thauk you. sir."
She took hor portly person away, and !
Alexander Freer wcut back to bis
? book. He left liis door wide that be
might hear the ring. lie did boar it
an bour after Delia's crackling skirts
on the stairs had indicated her festive
departure. He wcut down, opened the
door. The girl in the vestibule wore
a trim black gown, a tan jacket, and
an audacious little spring hat. She
has rippiiug reddish hair and the milkwhite
skin that goes with it. a searlet
mouth and eyes of forget-me-not
blue. Something^'singularly* youfhful
and fragile about the slight form'.*]
something lonely it: the lifted eyes, a^- f
pealed to him. .
"Mrs. Basset was obliged to go out." J
he explained. "The cook is also ab- j
sent. You are the new housemaid. I
believe. Come iu. Mrs. Basset desired
me to mciUion tin re would .be
no task for you until her return."
For ^ uiouicn.t slip regpru?tt n1 m t
blankly. Then Iter lips dro.o^TO.% "I j
am sorry." she said, advancing.* She j
tool: off*her hat .-ad .lackeyed hung
tliem uf*. "I counl do a.gjtfd deal if
I knew what was to bo dbatr.V .
To do! Hadn't ho *ooc:lGraving off
and on since breakfast at the dusty
books on his topmost shelves. Had he
not been cherishing a secret plan of
flight? But he could not pack his
precious possessions himself.
"I wonder," he cried, in a somewhat !
voicnn:c fashion, "if you would be J
gccl enough to help mc pack my books I
ar.d etchings? 1 can bring my packing
boxes out of the basement. I am golpg
to change my quarters. We would
have a few hours before Mrs. Basset
gets home." he went on. hastily. "I
shall be glad to pay well for the assistance."
j
'i'Lt- milk-white rkin grew pink under
Iiis glance. For a moment slic did not
reply.
"I will help you." slip consented.
Somewhere in the kitchen regions
she found and donned a big blue check
apron. She presented herself at the
lirst room of his suite. her sleeves
rolled up, a soft old cloth in one hand,
a feather duster in the other. The
woman-hater watched her as site
worked with an anxiety that linnlfe*
merged in complacence. llow well
she knew how to handle a book!
"I feel like a criminal," he told her.
laughing. "I know now how men feel
who go off leaving their board bill unpaid.
I tried to tell Mrs. Basset this
morning that I would leave, but I
lacked the courage. The dear soul.'
It will be many a day before I find a
place that suits me as this does."
"Why are you leaving, then:" she
asked.
"You may not think mine the best
of reasons. I am leaving because Mrs.
Basset is to receive another boarder?
a woman."
"Yes?" Clearly olie expected him to
say more.
"I understand she is one of those appalling
creatures they call new women,"
lie went on. unconsciously glad of
a confidante. "She supports herself,
you know, teaches school, and even
writes?books on abstruse subjects."
"Dear! Dear!" ejaculated the pretty
housemaid.
Sympathy is sweet. If any one had
told Alexander Freer that morning lie
1-1 1 1 ~1.. .1 J?a rrifl firtm I
WOU1U na? f ut'tru ^iiiu ui ii.t "?"
a housemaid ho would have boon incredulous.
But here he was. hugging
it to his flattered soul, and fishing lor
more. lie told her how he had never
known a real home since his mother
died, when he was a hoy of ten. After
that there were schools and colleges.
Then travel, hotels and boardinghouses.
"Hero." he concluded, "I've
been comfortably anchored for seven
years, with leisure for my own interests
and pursuits, and quite secure
from interruption. But now I must
give it up. I can never face that gaunt
creature in spectacles, who will talk
pendantically to me across the table
thi^ee times a day!"
"Does she wear spectacles?"
Freer lifted his head out of the packing
case. "I'm sure she does. Tljey
all do?the clever ones. She might
expect me. to take her lectures. She
might induce me to take up municipal |
reform. She"?the sweat of fear
breaking out on his forehead?"might
give me worsted slippers?or a birthday
edition of poems?she might!"
"That's so," assented a solemn little
voice from the ladder. In the silence
that followed they heard the hall clock
strike.
"Four!" Freer exclaimed. "So late!
Mrs. Basset may be back auy minuteHark!
Isn't that her now?" He
stumbled to his feet, looking like a
detected schoolboy. "There!. One box
is ready, anyhow. You must let me
thank you. Miss?Miss?" ...
"Jean," she prompted.
"Miss Jean?and .take this." There
was a seuad of .the door, which had
been opened with a latchkey, swinging
shut again. A heavy step cathe up the
stairs. "You are welcome, but I cau't
take any money. Here is Mrs. Basset!"
And there, indeed, was tnat wormy
woman, leaning against the open door
and. staring,hi wild astonishment at
the scene presented. The packing cases
?tlie'beaped up hooks?the confounded
owner of^the latter?the girl on the
ladder."
"Jeauettel" she cried, "My dear!
What doee this mean?"
"I did not intend comiug until tomorrow."
Miss Jeanette Wallace had
descended ,froni her elevated seat and
was greeting her'frie'irtf warmly. "I
changed my mind at the last minute?
and came. Now Vjn going to change
it again?and go away."
"Mr. Freer." pleaded the embarrassed
landlady, "what is all this
about?"
"My blunder, madarariho cried, re,
niorsefully.-. "Took thj? j%uiig lady for
ri^e housemaid and- :^?fd#ii?r,,to help
me pack mv^tfcoks. I beg^xuj p'ardodfc
'I'nf'hurc!" ' *
Worn v.ri coinc to
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leave? Oh, Mr. Freer! And all on account
of " ' r >
"Of me:" cried Jcaunctte gnyly. "But
I shan't be your"bo4ftTlerf Mrs. Basset.
Mr. Freer wiA's^W.**
Whereat Mr' WKer immediately developed
n'fwA eltraordinary coutradictori^es*?
?K, Ht
"Not* un!es? jxju do!" he deelr.reJ.
stubbornly'.
Mrs. Basyi looked helplessly from
one to the otuer.
"Well, it's .all l ight now." said Freer
contentedly, "and I'm going to unpack
these books and put th"in back where
they belong." ,?.
It was pourijgftffia one afternoon
a couple o^.inonfgl*later when Jeanette
Wallace chme forth from a meeting
of the Woman's Club. An umbrella
was raised as she stepped out. and a
familiar figure walked beside her
through the rain.
"This is rash!" she cried. "It is
almost as bad as taking me to lectures!
But I haven't given you worsted slippers
yet?nor a birthday edition of
poems!" - - .
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y
Ale~nndrr Freer held the umbrella
lower?leaned closer.
"No. hat there is a gift I'd dearly
love to have, little Jean?and only you
can give it to me!"
"Oh!" said Jer.a softly.?Chicago
Tribune.
VALUABLE WALNUT TREES.
One Cut in North Carolina Said to Ilava
Oroucht SCO,COO.
There Is more wealth in our forests
than in gold mines. If the timber is
nrnnerlr en red fnr One walnut tree.
cut in Haywood County last week,
brought $1000. The people who live
in such a country are rich if they ouly
know it. This recalls an interview
with Mr. S. L. Rogers, corporation
commissioner, which recently appeared
in the High Point (N. C.) Enterprise.
We quote:
' Railroad Commissioner Rogers, who
was here Saturday, was talking about
the value of North Carolina timber.
He said that he had only one story to
relate, and that was a big one. A man
in Western North Carolina was selling
standing timber?walnut trees. The
man who was buying came to one
very handsome tree. He told the
owner he would pay as much as 850
for that tree. This excited the owner.
He did not sell, but sent for experts.
The owner got $1300 for the tree
(curled walnut) as it stood. The man
who cut it down realized $3000 for it
on the cars. It was shipped to Now
York and veneered one-sixth to onehalf
an inch. The sales were watched
and estimated as the best that could
be done, and when all was disposed
of it turned out that the tree brought
near $00,000. The point is tliis: We
h;vo no idea as to the value of our
timber, much of which is being sent
North for a mere song. Wo can become
rich in North Carolina if we
TvorK our raw material as umna
it for us."?Raleigh News and Observer.
WISE WORDS.
Breed is stronger than pasture.?
Geor.ce Eliot.
If things do cot turn out as you wish,
let us wish thein to turn out as they
do.?S. Basil.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid;
which is a form of force that leaves
the limbs at rest.?George Eliot.
The sowing of evil seed Is an irreparable
evil; none can tell where the
wind will carry it. and unexpected
crops are found far and wide.?George
Moore.
The chief crosses and self-denials we
have to put up with do not come from
the contradictions of the bad, but
from the unintentional fretting and
wearing cf the gocd.?A. H. Mackonochie.
Right is right, in all simplicity, and
either the teachings of the great
prophets are raise, or mey are iu uv
reckoned with daily in all the common
affairs of human life upon the earth.
?W. J. Jupp.
Girls should be veritable sunbeams,
not only to the members of their own
family circle, but also to everybody
with whom they come in contact.
Every room they enter should be the
brighter for their presence.?Ruskln.
Our private sorrows will look smaller
when we accustom ourselves to care
for the larger life of the world, for the
good of the community, for the public
welfare, for the spread of truth and
righteousness among mankind.?
Charles G. Ames.
We cannot but discover how in our
very griefs there were hidden angels
reaching up to hide, within the dark
experience, some treasure of patience
or trust we could never have possessed,
had the angels only descended
on us, and our life been one long joy.
?Robert Collycr.
To be honest, to be kind, to earn a
little and to spend less; to.make upon
the whole a family happier by his
presence; to renounce where that
shall be necessary, and not to be embittered;
to keep a few friends, but
these without capitulation; above all.,
on the same grim.conditions to keep
friends with himself?here is a task
for all that a man has of fortitude
and delicacy. ? Robert Lopis Steveason.
. .
A Leaning Tower in England.
The famous leaning of Pisa
fias a rival in the fflemple Tower of
Bristol, in England^;4t is a square
tower of early Gothjc architecture.
All its parts still presej^o^their normal
relative positions without cracks or
fissures. The tower/vrtitch is about
11feet high. is five ffW'or.t of perpendicular
at the sc.mail*. There are
no records to show whether the inclination
was part of the architect's design.
or whether it is the result of an
earthquake or of slow changes in the
inclination of t,l?e soil. For many
years there has'beep^no change in the
slope of the tower."
O *
Ice a? an Insulator.
It has been demonstrated by ^tual
test on Mount Blanc that a telegraphic
wire laid directly on a glacier
will work satisfactorily without insulation.
In the test referred to a naked
galvanized wire was laid 0:1 the ice
and messages were sent over it between
points more than a mile distant
from each other. -r
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j BUELL & ROBERTS'
CASH
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DRT GOODS SHE
?Ye continue offering Inducements to elosa
out our Summer Goods. We cmq mention
onty a few of the many goods reducedi
Ladies' 8c Uuderveuta for 60.
10c Ties and Bows for 8c.
U6o 'ilea and Bows f- r 16c.
Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 3., embroidered,
3 In a oox, lor 19c;25o goods.
16c Men's Black initial Slik Handkerchiefs
for 1 Do.
Men'* large White Flmued, Drawn-Stitcb,
JapoDet Handkerchief for 15e; worth 25o.
Si* Lark'" White Fine H. 8. Handkerchief*
for 60c. In fancy b< x; cheap at 75c.
Three large White Fine H. 8. Harfdkercnlef*.
In fancy box, for 40e* worth We.
Black-bordered Linen Handkerchief* for
tfo; cheap at 15c.
Good Mourning Handkerchief* for4a.
Haudkercblefa for lo.
Handkerchief* for 2 1-ta.
? ndkerchief* for 8o.
88-ineh Madras for 7 l-2ci worth 10c.
86-in h Madras for 6 l-3c| worth 8c.
LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR
LESS THAN COST.
8hlrt Waist* for muoh lee* than It cost to
make them.
BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS.
40c Pique Skirt* for 25c.
68c Crash 8kirts for 81e.
Ail Bummer Goods are being sold at r?
duced price*.
NEW GOODS.
One case Lonccloth 5c; no starch.
Fine Black Henrietta at 50c.
TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE,
BALL FRINGE.
Black Duck at 8 and lOo.
FURNITURE DKPARTJ1ENT.
10-piece Walnut Suit* #78 to #100.
10 piece Solid Oak Suit* #18, #22, #25, #80^
85. #40. #50. #55.
Oak llall Racks, French Plate Glaaa, #7,
AO rft AO * A
?O.JV, V.W.
Wardrobes 18 to $25.
Bod Lounges $9 to $15,
Bedateada $2.25 to $10>
Iron Beds. Iron Oriba.
Parlor Salts $58 to $50.
Baby Carriages $8.60, $7, $7.50.
Floor OUclotb 80<x
Halting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 28, 27 and
$$e.
18-pleoa Chamber Seta $2.19 to $8.
Window 8hadM 11, 16,80, 35, 40o to $1.2&
Stores $8.60, $7.60, $10 to $11
l Trunks $168 to $8.60.
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A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrate)
of world-happenings every week in brief
is the Editor-in-chief, and Hamiltoi
.1 a r; o s a . R i i s !
The author of " How the Other Half Live* " will
give in T4s Outlook an intensely human and vivid
account of his experiences as a child'.in Denmark,
an immigrant in America, a workman, a traveller,
. ft reporter, and finally a student of tenement bouse
xrohlems. and an efficient atd to Theodore Roosesrlt
Nil reorganizing the New York police. Mr. Rii*
writes with simplicity, humor and vigor. a
LYMAN ABBOTT)
will contibute a series of important paperson funds
menial political principles as applied to twentieth
century problems. It wfO be called "Tat Rights
o? Man, and will define lad?tilal. educational aod
religious, as wcO as poUricsl, rights sod dories.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Condensed Schedule.
Dated May 2Gib, 1901.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No.35 No. 23 No.53 No.51
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A 51 DM AM
Lv. Florence 3 00 7 55 9 40
Lv. Kiiigstree 3 54 10 56
Ar. Lane* 4 11 9 11 P. M 1116
Lv. Lanes 4 11 911 713 1116
Ar. Charleston 5 40 10 55 8 60 1 00
A.M P.M. P.M. P.M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No.78 No.32 No.52 No.50
AM P M AM PM
Lv Charleston 6 45 4 46 7 00 4 IS
Ar Lanes 8 17 6 10 8 35 6 00
Lv Lanes 8 17 6 10 .... 6 00
*Kingstree 8 33 ....
Ar Florence 930 7 20 7 30 'vAM
PM AM PM '
Daily. | Daily except Sunday.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia via
Central R. IL of 8. C.
Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and
Fayetteville?Short Line?and make close
connection for all points North,
Trains on C. A D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9 50 a. ra., arrive Darlington
10 15 a. m., Hurtsville 915 a. m.f
Cheraw 11 30 a. m., Wadesboro 12 35 p. m.
Leave F oreuce daily except Sunday 8 00 p.
m.. arri e Darlington 8 25 p. m., Bennettsvllie
9 22 p. m., Oibson 10 20 p. m. Leave
Florence Sunday only 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlington
10 15 a. m.
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 15
a. m., Bennettsville 7 15 a. m., arrive Darlington
8 15 a. m., leave Darllogton 8 50 a.
m., arrive Florence 9 15 a. m. Leave Wadesboro
dally except Sundav 4 10 p. m . Cheraw
5 15 p. ra., Hartsvllle 7 25 a m;.t Darlington
6 29 p. m.. arrive Florence 7 00 p. m. Leave
Darlington 8 50 a. m., arrive Florence 9 15
a. m.
H. M. EMMERSON. Gen Pa*. Agent.
J. R. KENLY. Gen'i Manager.
T. M. EMMERSON. Trafflo Manager.
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For the speedy and permanent cnre o*
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.ts continued use effects a permanent
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scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
Dr. fcdj'9 Condition Powders tor
horses are the best tonic, blood purifier
andvermifuge Price. 9-~cents. Soldhj'
Registration Notice.
The offioe of the Superviior of Registration
Will be opebed on the firei
Monday in every month for tho purpose
of the registering of any person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have beeu a resident of
tho .State for two years, and of the
county one year and of the polling
preriut in which the elector offers to
7ot? four mouths before thedsy oleleot
on.and shall have paid,six months be*
ore any poll tax then due and payable, f
ind who can both read and write any
-ectiou of the Constitution of 1895
-nhmirted to him by the supervisors,
i?f registration, or can show that he
i * *1
>wu8, ami baa paid an i?xes conecuiot*
loriuj? the present year on property in
h'? State assessed at three huudred
1 llur? or more. J. J. EADDY,
Clerk of Board.
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