The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 06, 1902, Image 4
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C. W. Woutk,
Kingstree, S.O.
THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1002.
.THE SAGE OF POSSUM FORK
Discusses the "Endless Chain"Scheme
and Geometrical Progression.
I Editor County Record:
I - After so many exposures showing
the wiles of the so-called endi
* less chain business one would
I think people ought te begin te
f. Mook before they leap." ilut
i still they come. Nor are they confined
te the unwary or illiterate.
Many of our oest people seem so
with arhfo*ieg to ret
lillMVUawv! ? 0 something
tor nothing, or to get
something and induce others to
' pay the hill, that they will hold
Tea a strenuous argument that it
it is honest and right. Very few
perhaps stop to think of the great
v magnitude, the stupendous re;
yult#, iloarri ed far enough.
[ * 1 Me 4he "cherry tree" swindler
earns 4tp thai the promoters hare
messed 1300,000, and they want
to gi?e it back to be let off.
It is still tresb in the memory
el all how the young lady (1 for^
get her name) was flooded with
jseney tetters tor the sick soldiers
in the hospitals of Cuba. How
| she started a faur fold chain by
writing a few letters to some of
} her friends asking them to send
| her 10 cents each, and lor eaca
one to write te four of their friebda
and request each to send 10 cents
L.. te the same lady and also to write
to four others to do the same, and
oon, widening the chain fourfold.
> And hew she could not handle
the thousands and thousands ol
money letters and care for the
mouey that ponred in. and had to
% advertise in the newspapers that
k she bad enough and more than the
I hospitals could use and to stop,
afiM aending money!
Haw, of course, everybody comi\.
mends this youug lady ter her
zeal in supplying the wants of the
. ; sick soldiers by this endless chain.
?v But there are several private
i[ schemes alive new in the land.
& One four-fold chain is to solicit
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; each and pay for your goods. Then
bjj each of those lo secure four other
; agents to seud ou a dollar a piece
to pay tor the goods of this second
set ot agents and so on; the fourth
(set pays lor the goods of the third
set and so on. Now let us suppose
? thai it will take on an average one
[ ' mouth tor each set of agenls to
. j obtain their required four new
(J agents, and let us suppose the
i> start to he im.de with only ten
K] agents ai first, and if successful
the next set will be four linns
; that, or 40, the next 160, the next
if 640, the next 2560, then 10,240,
^ and so on. In twelve months ut
It the same rate it would be a uum
t?ar U?i crrput Ad nvprv Dt>r.
jjjj Hon in the United States and it.
M two months more it would a greatH
er number ' in the entire popu
lalion of he w oie world.
U But, ki. Ed or, ail know the
thing-would collapse Jong betoie
L it reached that point. But I am
i told it is honest and right! It so,
O I want to ask where the last set
f> ot agents are to find any one to
A pay for their goods. But the
w ' oaers are not ceofined to the last
V set for many, tery many, all aleng
w ?
the line fail to indooa the stemaary
foor new agents to pay for
their goods, so thav get nothing
unless they pay again?this time
far themselves.
It is said that in life insurance
nine out of every ten let their policies
lapse and lose all they have
paid, which is of course all elear
gain to the companies. Just so
these endless chains get all the
lapse money, and 1 suppose it
mounts In mnro ikitn 90 nnr rent. I
If you will indulge me a moment
longer I will tell you a little
about a two-told geometrical progression,
but I know you can't
believe the ultimate truth if carried
very far. Oae man says to
his neighbor, "1 wait you to work
for me twelve months and i will
sell you some land. I will allow
you one grain of sand for the first
day's work, two grains next day,
four next, eight next day, and so
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course we will not calculate the
grains, but will calculate the solid
contents ea the basis of one million
grains of sand to every cubic
inch and it will be easy to calculate.
But you must pay for the
land down to the centre ot the
earth, 4,000 miles deep/' But
the neighbor refused to work for
any such nonsense, as he callod it.
Let us look for a msmeo(, however,
and see where it will go te.
Say one grain, 2 grain!1, 4, 8, 16,
32, etc.,doubling it lor every day.
A year is too great to talk about,
and we will stop at 120 days,
calculate and try ?t and you will
find that it will take a pile of sand
as big as one thousand worlds as
large as ours to pay the debt.
So mueh for the series, even a two
fold series. A four-fold series, if
carried far enough, is a million
times more astonishing.
I said some of our best people
are into this agent soliciting business,
men and women. Now, 1
can refuse a man at once; but Mr.
Editor, you know if one of the
best, finest and' prettiest women
asks yon, with a sweet smile, to
contribute only a dollar to help
her o'lt and try your hand at an
agency you just can't say no. But
it it is right and honest let's hare
the preacher give it out in the
pulpit and all hands pitch in aud
be agents from Kingstree to
"Possum Fork."
Exposition Visitors,
Quite a namber of sight-seers
trom town and county visited the
Charleston exposition during the
past week. While it is almost a
matter of impossibility to obtain
the names of all who go to the exposition
from this point, we try to
keep up with them as nearly as
possible. It is no exaggeration
to say that we have not. seen a
single person yet who has taken
this trip wiihoul being astonished
and delighted at the beauty ani
magnificence of the buildings and
exhibits.
Among the recent exposition
visitors are noted the following:
Mrs Geo S. Barr and children,
W K Scott, P B Thorn. D J Epps,
Mrs L E Scaultz, Mis es Mag
Scott, Ida Me.Elveeu, Leila and
Wonnie Coward, Kingstree; Mr
and Mrs, J. K. McFadden, Bethlehem;
S W Mills and Mrs J C
.VlcCutchen, Epps.
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Mr. Cobert Mouzsn Salter?, a
prominent citizen ot Sailers Depot,
died Wednesday night all;
o'clock a. nr. at his home alter a
lingering illness. Mr. Salters had,
tor a long time been in failing
heal' h and for about two years his
illoess caused him to give up
moat of the active affairs of lite.
He was confined to his bed for
nearly three months.
Mr. Salters was a highly respected
and uselul man and all
over the county his triends are
saddened by his death. He was
well liked by all who knew him
and ais loss is deeply felt. He was
48ysarsold and is survived by
the srife of his secoad marriace
and seven or eight children, besides
a auraber of other relatives.
His remains were interred Friday
in the cemetery of Uuion Fresby
terian church, of which he was
tor many years a communicant,
the services being conducted by
Rev, J. E. Dualop.
Died?At bis home near Jay, S.
0. on Thursday, February 27,
1902 Mr. Enni* McDaniel at a
ripe old age. He had been very ill
for many weeks and wa9 scarcely
able to take nourishment et any
kind. The remains were laid to rest
at the Hanna burying ground on
the Friday following his death in
the prasence of a large following
of relatives and friends, who thus
attested the high esteem in which
he was held. The funeral services
were conducted bv Revs. Owen
andOwen.
Mr. McDaniel leaves tea children,
nine sons and one daughter
to mourn the loss ef a father, Bis
wife had preceded him to the
spirit land only a few months ago.
A Friend.
Gentlemen of the-Jury.
grand jurors.
J J Graham, GJ Graham, Jr,
f 0 C McDougal, J T Frierson, D W
Alt man, P M Brockinton, S H
Montgomery, J T Gaskins, J H
McKnight/R H Tutle, D W
Thompson, L L Rodgers, J 0 Carraway,
Feneic Poston, R S Bur-J
I rows, A O Stone, J H Sauls, M L
Lockliear.
PETIT JURORS.
J L Thomas, W fl McGee, R B
Smith, J E Ceker, W J Epps, J
Warren Graham, J D tiaselden,
J TDuBose, L McGee, A W Flagler.
E V McMillan, J A Cockfield,
D E McCutchen, T H Morn*, W.
C. Tulle, J A Scot*, P Graham,
S. Floyd, J S Johnson, L H Parrott,
S W Mills, Melton Collins,
ii T Huggins, J R Venters, A M
Gordon, J D Floyd, J P Mouzon,
W E Garner, R W Tanner, R E.
Blakelev, J LU Moore. J B Files,
J U Uox, iM t Jiaauv, c? n ?
Courtney, Sr, Lenuie llowle.
The lolloping friends came
| mward last week and renewed
i heir subscription to Tint Record;
Nrs R Mc Rimmon, Bethel springs
i'enn; R W Fulton, R B McClarv,
Capt J T Scml, Kingstree; R B
Fitch, H Gray, J (J Young B W
Stewart. Lake City; D E McUutchen.Chuich;
H E Eaddy Johnsonville;
S K McCullhugh, Greens;
Isaac Epps, McCleilanville.
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Big Bargain
COMPLETJ
Fret Fiiii I
Examine Stock of Hardware.
OAK SUITS TROM $10 T(
Eveiy thing Else
YOURS TO PLEASE,
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"TDr. W. L. 8?Uon and wile, of
3cren Springs, N. C., after atop- I
ping orer a few (tars with their
kiaanaariCr. J. K. Sullivan, went
down to Oharfeston Tuesday to
nsit the exposition.
On accont of high water Capt.
Wheeler has moved thechaingang
from the nerth to the south side f
ot Black river at the lower bridge. I
Hag Cholera Preventive.
Tho fAllftwini* nroVAntirA nf
hog cholera was banded to the editor
last week. The friend to a
whose kindness we owe it says
that he has tested it tor a lumber
of years and has found it to be in- *
fallible. This is the formula: P
| pint kerosene oil.
\ pint spirits turpentine. j
2 oz. gum camphor. . 0
1 oz. asafoedila. ^
Put in bottje, shake well, and
give each hog a half teaspoontul a n
week of the mixture. T
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Regular meeting of Council held
February 4,1902. n
Present, Intendant Kelley and War- J
dens Heller and Nelson; absent, Wardens
Wllktns and Brocklnton. a
HHLa mlnntAa r\f thn laot PAmi loP _
jLiixr iiiiuu1^ vi um& inou iwKiiiwi q
meeting were rea l and confirmed.
The Clerk and Treasurer made his n
report for the mo Jthof January, show- 0
ing a balance in hand of $631.21 on the
1st day of February, 1902. *
No further business. council ad- c
journed. M. E. LEVIN,
1 Clerk.- c
Administrator's Notice-'
All persons having claims against the t
estate of J. J. M. Graham, Sr., will
present the same, duly attested, and *
all persons indebted thereto will make r
payment to J. J. M.GRAHAM,
Qualified Executor. 8
Cades, 9. C. 6-13-20-27 t
For Sale. J
New Piedmont Wagon and Harness.
Also, Buggy Harness, Saddle, Bridle,
etc. All in good condition. Apply to I
Tor Cocimr "Record, Kingstree, S. C.
Feb, 27-6 c
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Attention, bicycle Hideis! i
I CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF <
Bicycle Sundries,
Bepairinar material
and Tires
SOLO CHEAP FOR CASH.
Bring me your difficult repair work.
Am prepared to execute tirst-cLass j
work on short notice.
Respectfully,
Ji J. AOSTON ?
Kingstree, S, C.
HAVING A RUN ON CHAMBKRj
LAIN'S COUGH REMEDY.
Between the hours of eleven o'clock
a. m. and closing time at night on Jan.
23th, 1901,. A. F. Chirk, druggist, Grade ?
Spring*, Va, sold twelve bottles of k
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He
says, "I never handled a medicine that (
sold better or gave better satisfaction
to my customers." This Remedj has
beenlin general use in Virginia for many f
years, and the people there arc well ac- r
quainted with it's excellent Qualities. :
Many of them have testified to the *
I emarkable cures which it haseffected. [j
When you need a good, reliable medicine
for n cough or cold, ot attack of |
the grip, use Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and you are certain to be more 1
than pleased with the quick cure which I
it affords. For sale by Dt; D. C, i
Scott, Druggist.
I PRICES :
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Mils Cltt J
Also, Furaitore Below Cost.
) $18?WORTH $15 TO $25. ?
i in Proportion. ?
r. WILKINS.
BARR & CO.
BROKERS
?AND?
'nilUICCMN UCDPlilUTP
fUMmiooiun niLnunnnioi *
We desire to say to our frieads
nd patrons that we are still carrr3g
on bnsiness at the old stand,
'here we are letter than er?r beforw
repared to serve them.
This will be perhaps the hardest
ear that our farmers have had to
outend with since the war, aad feeing
this ourselves we are going to
nake it a study to try to plave pro
isions of all kinds in Kingstree for
s little money as they po&tiblv can
e laid down here tor and sold on a
trictly cash basis. Any business
nan knows that Corn, Qnts. Bacon, '
folasses, Flour and such like goods
re tbe same as money. And whac
or people need in Kingatree is a
nan wbo is able to eope with rise
utside business world and bring
bem to their doors as cheap as they
^ a a. . . _ I *. ri
an gee cnem in any marxec. i nis
an only be doue with the money,
nd at the outset we want to t*ll oar
nstomers that it takes money to rnn
his kind of business. It never has
>eeu attempted here before. It is
>urely ex peri mental, and whether it
ball succeed er fail depends upon
he support the people shall give it,
n this day and age in order to keep
ip with the markets of the world ?
i man has to study themand make it a
jusiness and get prices way down in'
trder m know when and where to
my. With these- introductory
emarks we want now briefly to tell
rou some of the goods we handle,via;
X>RN, SUGAR,
OATS, COFFEE,
HAY, CIGARS,
GRITS, TOBACCO^.
MEAL, SALT,
STARCH, CANDY.
"LOUR, CHEESE,
LARD, CRACKERS,
BACON, MOLASSES*
.BUTTER, 8TAKLYE,
SOAP, OIL,
CANNED GOODS.
For prices com* to see iw. W*
ell the goods jiut as low as the? caa
>e sold.
TORN
WVare prepared to seli corn for
utare delivery. Prices cast be fixed
iow to run till May at one uniform
>rice. Price to-day, 90c.- per bualiel.
3AC0N
This is a special line with as, and f
you ?ire its your boainess, be it
arge or small, we will watch your
nterests.
rL0UR
Wc bay oaly in car lots ar.d ia
>rices we lead, and never follow.
1ICE and PEARL BRITS
We deal largely fc? Bice and Pearl
jrrits. Can sare you money. Try us,
SUGAR and COFFEE
It Coffee-and! Sugar we- venture to
ay we can sell as cheupas they can be
old in< the-Stato
1ATSand HAY
Oats and Hay always o& hand. \
GROCERIES
We deal in all ki?ds of Groceries
md are always prepared to give yoa
he lowest market price. A1 wave
louie to us for Groceries, and rest
issuredyou will be at headquarters irt
lingstree for everything we handle*
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