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4 Tltc Countg lictcrd f PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT KINGSTRKE, S. C. C. W. WOLFE. Editor and Proprietor. .*' TERMS. BT'BSCRIPTION RATES: One conv, one year, - - - $1.00. Onecofy. si\ month?. - - - .SO. * One cony, thiee month?, - - .2">. Subscriptions payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATIOS: One Inch, first insertion. $1.00; pHeb gftbspquent insertion, 50 cent?. ObituafiesanU'l ributvs of Respect over 10) words charged for as tegular advertisements. Liberal reduction on advertising made for three, six and twelve mouths' contracts. !> Communication* must l>e Accompanied ??r the real name and addrese of the ' writer in order to receive attention. So communication of a personal nature will be publish*! except a? an adver , tweni*Dt. Addreas All letters ami make all drafts ? t p*j?fcleto h s . C. W. Wolfe, Klnsrstive, S.c. |j| ; THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1003. S|.v% Brief Records. ' vv"He that giveth to the poor lend?th to the Lord." ! ; , ===== W f Editor William Randolph Hearst - seems to be "loaded for Baer." A correspondent writes: "The - mumps is still raging in our midst". ? He has our sympathy. Jr.'IK Cv T. ^ . "Unmerciful disaster follows fast and follows faster," seems to be BE**'* $? the mournful refrain of the cotton ? mills. Br. ===== A whole week has passed without \ a new Democratic presidential pos[ # srfetlily bein^ conspicuously thrust ' upon the public. ^Thofigh so Sorely stricken herself and her people in dire distress, k * -^tiljrfearille, Ga., raised $500 for the V relief of the Spartanburg mill operatiree. ??^ r ? Dsvannu Kir<onllv midp(l L fee White Mills distillery at Louis ville, Ky., which they had been quietly watching for over three t ly' years, and confiscated about a millien dollars worth of contraband liquor. There is generally something doing on a "still" hunt in Kentucky. ?V, ' = The Spartanburg Horror. The wreck and rain wrought by the waste of waters in Spartanburg oounty last Saturday almost staggers belief. At Pacolet and Clifton fire mammoth cotton mills were awAnt awatr olmruatin t.Vip fwinklinc? . o of an eye, involving a fearful loss of * life and destruction of property. The list of the dead is placed at aixty*five and the destruction of property is conservatively estimated h . t? be between four and five millions of dollars. This is the most appal. . ling disaster that has ever fallen > Mfjpn our fair State and the loss of life and property approximates that Y of the Johnstown horror. ::x Not the least pitiful phase of the calamity is the fact that nearly fifteen thousand mill hands are thrown out of employment and are practi* cally destitute of food and clothing, their homes and belongings having V been swept away by the flood. The warm heart* of Carolinians have ever been responsive to the appeals of the distressed and it is gratifying to see the promptitude with which the people of the State have given practical form to their sympathy. It is a privilege to contribute to a cause like this aud LA twice blessed is he who gives promptly and oheerfully. . DRIVEN TO DESPERATION. living at an out of the way place, remote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of accident, resulting in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a sup ply of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's , - the best on earih. 25c, at W L Wal lace's Drug Store. * I SMf Of .181 FORK GIVES AN INTERESTING DISSERTATION ON PERPETUAL MOTION No Perpetual Motion Can Exist Save in Infinity?Points Out the Polly of "Something for Nothing" Schemes Editor ('ourtv Kecord:? In one of your late numbers il was said that a Sumter man had patented a perpetual motion machine in this and in European countries. It was .-tated loo that it was*t> be put to "practical work,'' hence it claims to be a perpetual motor as well as per petual motion. 1 had been priming and swinging 'round to give the inventor a broad- ide, when suddenly the wind was taken out of my sails by the announcement that the patent office commissioners had given out an interview that no such patent had been taken out. so it w;is all a hoax. It was said that a weight was to be raised closer lo the axle of a rotating wheel and to descend farther off from the axle to create power,?something for nothing. But I once thought I could make a perpetual motor on the same wheel and weight plan. Imagine a wheel keyed to a shaft revolving in oiled boxes, no riin to the wheel, but many spokes, with a sledge-hammerweight on the end of each 6poke; then the weights on one side of the wheel would balance those on the other side of the wheel. Now, let an elbow-joint be made at the middle of each spoke, so that all the weight on one side of the wheel would lold inward and downward toward the axle, hut those on the other side would lie out at arm's length and so over balancing the wheel it would have to turn, all the weights on one side lold up and those on the other side dropping out at arm's length, keeping up the motion. I thought the only trouble would be io stop the thing at night when done working. Well, i lost my time and work, but it was a schooling. I came to realize 1 hat there is no something for nothing in mechanics. But the something lor nothing schemes advertised in all the trashy newspapers are causing hundreds ot thoughtless people to give something lor nothing, in hopes of getting somethiug foi nothing. Perpetual motion is described by Webster as "a machine which has within itself the means, when once set in motion, of continuing i*s motion perpetually, or until worn out, without any new ap; plication of external force." Sc if a clock could be made to winH itself it would be perpetual motion. Lynches river runs perpetually, but the heat of the sun evaporate* the water and the clouds and winds carry it back to its source, which is outside help. The heart beat* perpetually, but the food we eat serves as fuel to keeD un strength I " ? r " r n and heat, which is outside help; therefore, none of these is perpetual motion machines. But a "perpetual motor," such as I and the Sumter man were silly enough to tackle, would be far ahead of perpetual motion; foi the motor would not only keep itself in motion with no outside help, but have power to spare tc run other machinery and do othei work; and that would be something for nothing doubled over. 4 God is the only one who can make something from nothing; the only one who has made perpetual motion. The circulation of a planet around the sun, or the moon around the earth?one heavenly body around another?is the only perpetual motion I know of; and that seems to be a sort of negative perpetual motion; for I fail to conceive of the earth's having withiu itself the means to propel itself through space. It only has | not the means to stop it sell >ilt? r having tieen projected bv God's power with such fearful velocity. It never can stop itself, passim: through a medium of non-resistance it must run perpetual!'. Her own and the sun's mutual attraction only curve her path and just "let her roll." Every time she rolls over once another /! ?? io ir/itiu -itwi pvprv lime she completes the ureal circuit one more year is counted. The fact is, perpetual motion seems to belong peculiarly to God's universe. Without it no stellar onier among the heavens could exist, no individuality among the stars; all would be a crash, a jam and one universal jumble. Conceive unlimited space and nothing in it?nothing but God making a world from nothing? only one?and placing it gentlv on the lap of eternal space,?no up, no down, no north, no south? no attraction any where. It would be at ease just where lie put it. But conceive another world put in another part o! space; each having attraction?gravila lion?how soon tliey would begin to move toward each other, and with a crash come togefhei! What's to be done to prevent it? Ju.it what was* done: make "perpetual motion" out of it; project the small one with sufficient velocity to carry it around the heavy one and all is done. Just so the whole universe in turn is perhaps projected around a great common centre many times heavier than the whole, around which they revolve forever?The Thronb of God! "He rested on the 7th day." "He rested." No need for constant energy of divine mind to drive and to keep every thing going, he rested: Al! is "perpetual motion" among- the shining orbs; they can only obey the first impulse of divine mindenergy, singing forever as ihey I - t- T?! _ ? 1 ? 1 * ' snine: "ine nami mm iiihuc u? is divine." Perpetual motion I forevei! I'll see it, no end to the soul, no end to God's nniverse!! ; No end to perpetual motion! But, Mr Editor, I've got anav : up here so high, p'ease ler.d me 1 your wings so I can get hack to Possum Fork. I YOU KNOW WHAT YOU TAKING When you take Grove's Tasteless Cliill Tonic because the formula If simply lion and Quinine in n tas teles? | form. No cure, no pay. 50c! Notice to Contractors. [ The Trustees of bcnooi 1 District No. 16 of Williamsburg county are prepared to > receive bids^for the erection i of Graded School Building in I the town of Kingstree until Monday, June 15th, inst. , Plans and specifications may i be inspected at the office oi , the undersigned in Kingstree. , Louis Jacobs, , 21 Clerk of Board. i A count of the unoccupied houses in Londou show 40,000, ) 1 . That is one house in fifteen ot the whole city. England and the continent ol VnrnnA hnt'A mifflpred from frost and cold Ibis spring more than for 20 years. 1 During the last three years 22 > millionaires have died in England ' Their average age was 75 years. Posloffices were first established , in 1464. I Mm Disuse takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and -J .1L strcngin use Scott's Emulsion summer &s in winter. Send lor free ample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemhta, 409-415 Pearl Street, ^ New York, joc. and fi.oo; all dnigguts. Obituiry. Mrs Susannah Fl- were, widow ni the late Elder W B Flowers, departed this life May 2G. 1003 after an illness of seven weeks <liu u-!i< 1 w it- ii iii WilliMiiishnrp " " " W1' * c county February 21, 1833, am: was married to William t Flowers November 12. 18f>l She lived a happy life with hei husband till May 13, 1888. whet she was left a widow, f lei children tenderly cared lor liei until her death at the advancer age of seventy-three years, thre< months and five days. Sli? leaves seven children ? fiv? daughters and two sons?, forty seven grand children and a hos of other relatives and friends l< mourn her loss. J. Trio, S. C. Ca<"d of 1 hanks. Editor County Record:? Jfou will please allow me spnei in your valued paper to than! my many triends (especially Mr U B Ogburn and Mrs A W Gra ham) for ihe manifold kindnes shown us during my mother long illness. Thanking you in advance fo the favor of publishing this can of acknowledgement, I am, Very respect fully, Mks L. A. Mookk. Trio, S. C. Notice. Notice is hereby given that th wooden building, commonly known a thfe old jury room, located on the com house square, will be sola at auctio to the highest bidder for cash on tli 15th day of June, 1?03. J .I.GRAHAM, County Supervisor. CfE. St AM AND, Clerk. Notice. Notice is hereby given that th County Commissioners will met arliort* l.hp KTinir and Hnrcli r.wd croS Lake Swamp for the pnrj?oj}c of r( ceiving bids for the c??nslructlon of new Bridge over Lyneh's lak , at 1 in, lSth of June, 1903. J. J. GRAHAM. County Supervisor. Winthrop College Scholarship an Entrance Examinations. The examination* for the award < vacant scholarships in Wiuthrop Co lege and for the admission of ne student* will l>e held at the Count Court House on Friday, Juiy 10th, i 9 a. m. I Applicants must not be less t.ha fifteen years of age. 1 When scholarships are vacated afu 1 July 10?h, they will lie awarded t 1 * I*....** *> ? ? lrl >/? rlw> hl?v1iMaf ?i ont*Q irO ! tlJ"3C luaftlll^ VIK/ U'^IIVOV I?I viugv i tbi* examination. The next session will open aboi September 16, 1903. , For lurther information an<l a can loguc address Pres. D B Johnsoi Rock Hilt, S. C. 7-9 | Registration Notice. I The office of the Supervisors of Reg | istration will be opened on the tin 1 Monday in every month for the pu , pose of the registering of any perse r who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident < ' the State for two years, and of tl county one year, and of the polling pr ' cinct in which the elector ofTers t vote four months before the day < election, and shall have paid, si months before, any poll tax the* dt and payable, and who can both rea and write any section of the con*titt 1 tion of 1895 submitted to him by til Supervisors of Registration, or wli ' can show that he owns, and has pui ! all taxes collectable on, during tb present year, property in this Stai assessed at three hundred dollars* < more. J. J. EAl>DY, I Clerk of B >ar c I Til I arc eat and Moat CoafliM ? aWbllehmetit Moth, SEO. S. HA6KER & SON ?MAircrAorvMM or? Sash. Doors* Blinds Moulding aid Building Material, 8a*h Weight ? and Card CHARLESTON, & 0. Parokaaa oar mnko, wbloh wt gui ia Uo tupcrior to 007 sold Soatb, owl thereby mto mo any. Window and Fancy Qlaaa a SfMaHp "For< The Eeedy-to-Scrre Cereal when in doabt, ~ eat it ) All "Sunny Jims" How. *' In oar household ' Force' It m familiar and welcome aa 'Sunny Jim,' and that's saying a good deal, (or we are all *Sunny Jims' now. W "R. L. STOjra." p W-? lwr? atwwt mMffitUf *nd certainly mere . pz* sat****** isxsjsT&s i'buell & r 1 CA8H DRY QOC e Now is the time to buy your * Hankerchiefs raudi ii WE HAVE THEM IN GREAT e VARIETY. All LADIES' In Fancy Lace and Embroidery ef- and feet, food fheer I .awn from 5 to 2Ac. LADIES' H. 8. HANDKERCHIEFS, all Linen, Cn ??' from LADIES' LAWN H. 8. % HANDKERCHIEFS, Rlar - in 1?4, 1-2, and 1-inch hem*, at 5 cent*. LADIES' FINE CAMBRIC, 1-in H. 8., 10c or three for 25c. W< LADIES' ALL-LINEN, very line, 15c.. two and le for 25c. * AL*o a full line of COLOR ED-BORDERED ? HANDKERCHIEFS for Ladles and unuarcn ' from 3 tn 10c. 1 a We also hare a nice assortment of j? 2 Handkerchiefs for Gentlemen. $1jf at from 5 to '25c. Sol Wt have Just received earefully selected line of Go Gents' Neckties. w? . in a variety of shades, only 25c. Lo d Underwear. SI This i* the place to iret these for Men, Ladles M l and Children. SB. 1 i ?VMnil Order* Reeefve Careful Allen! 373 and 375 Kini Street n i ;r ?GO TO " S. THOMAS . lt 257 KING STREET, CH 5 IF YOU H Clock or \ Silver Spoons i Plate Spoons a It Spectacles and E ? Gold Rings am f Gold Necklaces j MAKE NO MISTAKE THI * (WATCH INSPECTOR * WATCHES AND JEWI ie Mill Orders Caref \ ANNOUNC i EDWIN HARPER & SON desire in addition to their TOBACCO L now prepared to do any and all PAIR and BLACKSMITH work, ft ialty. I They will also keep in stock '* CASKETS, and BURIAL OUTFI [ ially invited, when in need of any I a call. We guarantee both our v I I t I 4 1 1 j good as tne oest ana as cneap as m We can make your old Buggy i Give us a trial and be com I Yours ? Ed J Kingstree, S. C. 1 W. F. CLAYTON. I if Attorney - at Law. ?' FLORENCE, S. U | Practices in all tile United States g^, Courts, and in the Courts of Florence v and Williamsburg Counties. P ' - :mn ' i \ j* roung wife while yet 9 made with greatest pride. H id with fear upon the food, I bride one can't be rude. 8 Force ' first, dear, 'tis my 1 life of " Snn&T lis." B ce" *- t\? ^S * tiii . ^ r^jpgcim cwtfi-Wiifw, Ml S??tife2'3t< m 1 WW DOWtl iroWMCt H r IAlMII QMn?9fA*rAft. i wSM^^SSlsfrt^SS^ I^mM. th? ChM and tfakta yraWBa' TEETHING EAST; IOFFKTT. M. Dw ST. LOUIS. MOW <Mmmbm?, ^..iw. M> 1979, < gaTEETH OBERTS~ ' IDS STORE. Ladies' Skirts. > have these up to date having had them f to order. Flannel Waists. > Wool, in Block, Blue, Gray, Garnet Old Row. I ' J j. Ladies' Jackets. me and sec ns. We can give them to yon at $1.60 to $6 in Oxford Gray, Bine and k. Hosiery, > have a One line of these for Men, Lad lea Children. Furniture Department SPOT CASH PRICKS. piece Imitation Walnut Suit*, $14. -piece Solid Oak Knits, $10 to $76. -piece Solid Walnut Suit*. $75, $86 to full line of wardrobes. $10 to 28.SO. lid Oak Extension Tables. $5. ntre Taldes from SOc to $4. by Carriage*. $8. $2.66 up to $12. -Carts, $3.64) to $13, ildren's Chairs, Rockers and High Chain, t stock of Bed*. 93.94> to $13. unjces Couches and Single Lounges. How Rocker*, $1.75. lod Scat, High Arm Rockers, $1.6#. lite Iron Beds, $3.60, $4.26. $6, $6.80, H7. and $8. < ' "" , i linn. GHAHLESTON, S. G. JR.& BRO-, A K LESION, S. 0., 'ANT A Vatch ind Forks tnd Forks :ye Glasses d Brooches and Lockets. IS IS THE PLACE SOUTHERN* RAILWAY) BLRY REPAIRED. ully Attended To. EJVIENT! to inform the public, that FLUE business they are kinds of GENERAL REIORSE SHOEING a spec/ ; a full line of COFFINS, TS. The public are spec thing incur line, to give us /ork and prices to be as the cheapest. or Carriage look like new. dnced, to serve, win Harper & Son. FOB SALE. *k in any quantity to suit purchas The Best Dry Press Machine-made cial shapes made to order. Correulence solicited belore placing your ;rs, W. R. FUNK, . O Box 103. Kiogstree, S. C. v ' " t <_