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topikIf thetown i IN LAKE cut'. THAT NEW SCHOOL BUILDING? DEATH'S DOINGS-NOTES OF PERSONAL INTEREST. Lake City, January 14: ?Pr and Mrs L H .Jennings were here last week from Bishopvilie, on a visit at Mr J M Sturgeon's. Messrs G L Sansbury and R A, Parker went to Timmonsville Thursday and spent the day. Like City special school district has beei enlarged so as to embrace the whole of Lake City township, which contains twenty tquare miles. This new district being very nearly in the form of a square with the town near the center, even the c.iildren farthest away are within comparatively easy reach of the school house. This enlargement extends the advantages of our school toN the entire dis-i trict and at the same time brings. in property that will increase the revenue with which to support the school. Mr B G Timmons and family have moved in town from the Cades neighborhood. Mr. Tim mons has bought a lot on Blanton street and. will build a dwelling house thereon. In the meantime a house at the corner of Thomas and McAlister streets is occupied. Last April by a tremendous majority a bond issue for the purpose of building a school bouse was voted. A lot was secured and there the record . ends. What is the matter? What are the trustees doing? These questions are being asked on every side and asked bv those who have the ' right to know. Nearly i a year has gone by and nothing done, so far as is known. Three men were appointed trustees and accepted the appointment. Are they wilfully and deliberately disregarding their duty? If they are not to blame for this unreasonable delay, they should 1 give the reason. If the trouble is with one or two of tiie board, that should be known, so that the innocent, if there are any, should escape condemnation. Something must be done. This thing will not be submitted to much lunger. We announced last week that "Bubber Green" had gone to Wofford Fitting school. He went but came right back, I stating that he could not get in. j Mr P A Parker, the dispenser at Scranton, has presented his ? resignation to Chairman Cock-* f eld, of the board of control. f Failing health is the reason for Mr Parker's action. His sue- \ cessor will be elected as early as practicable. Mr and Mrs J W Turner and children have become residents j of our town, coming from the! i Bethel section of Florence. They are living on Main street in the "Chandler" house. Mr Otis Harrell died last Saturday and was buried Sunday afternoon. He had been in failing health quite a while, which | so reduced his vitality that he' quickly succumbed to an attack ! of pneumonia. He was about twenty years oia. Mr Benjamin L Lawrence died , suddenly Friday afternoon at his home near Liberty church, on Lynch's river. He was born and reared in Darlington county, J but removed when he reached}! manhood to the neighborhood > in wh?ch the rest of his life was 1 spe/rt. His widow and several ; jf" children survive him. Mr ! | Lawrence was an intelligent, in* dustrious farmer, who attended t. strictly to his own business and | held duty as of first importance. ! In no sense was he a public , I* man. So modest and retiring ( fe^that*e#p?9i*iwly *h?tnk~from , V notice; yet it would be hard to ( tame a more loyal and lawibiding citizen, a more devoted Christian or earnest father. No one held tiie respect and confidence of all his neighbors mare tirmlytlnm he, and in his sphere it is death makes a sure void. Peace t) his ashes, and rest to his soul. U L 15. AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY. tt Pcscs a* a Modern Oracle In the British Museum. Can an Egyptian mumraj render f;rst class service as an oracle? Can the spirit of the dead return and answer yes or no to the questions 11 the faithful? Some people in London believe these things are possible, and they have the mummy right in the British museum to prove it. A writer in the London Mail tells all about it: "This itrange sibyl is the mummy of Katebet, a priestess in the temple Amen-Ra at Thebes. It lies on the top shelf of case P in the first Egyptian room. It is one of the most complete and interesting specimens. The painted cartoonage head, with its gilded face, is inclined to one side, giving a look of life. On the breast is a hawk leaded ornament containing a scarab, the sacred beetle. On the wooden models of the hands are rings made of carnelian and precious stones, and an attempt had been made to imitate bracelets by painting. The system of swathing is unusual. "In wall case No. 10 stands Katebet's painted wooden coffin. It again is singular. On the foot the feet and sandals of the deceased are painted in an unusual manner, and the face is evidently intended for a likeness. The Lady Katebet died in Thebes 2,700 years ago. The measures taken to preserve her body in its full beauty were evidently carried out with more than customary care and fidelity. Is it possible in this later world of miracles in mechanical law that a miracle of natural law is manifested here? that Katebet's spirit is in touch with her body ? "The peculiarities of the mummy make it easier to believe, but the way in which answers to questions are given affords a common sense mechanical explanation. The process gone through by the various devotees at this queer shrine is as follows: They approach the case with reverence and lay a hand upon it. Looking earnestly in the golden face of the priestess, they put a auestion that permits a plain affirmative or negative reply. If the priestess moves the answer is 'Yes/ If she makes no sign it is They assert that 6he does nod sometimes and that the advice she gives is good. "The explanation is severely modern. First, in the winter there is a dynamo of great power pounding away below to supply electric light and heat. Second, the movement of people in the room would be sufficient to cause a vibration which would move the case in which the mummy lies. The museum is exceptionally well built and therefore elastic, answering and trivinrr easily O P w w |> throughout through vibratory motions wherever generated, if the official opinion were given this is undoubtedly what it would be." Wou'd Not Bs Wall Paper. Two "dusky" belles were heard discussing .the various functions on their social calendars in a Gates avenue car. One was advocating a certain dance which promised to be a rousing success. "Xo," said the other; "vou won't catch me goin' ter any dances. Ah don't care fo' dancin' mahself, and I'm not goin' ter be the wall paperj" This was the same "high bo'n lady," by the way, who had to be severely reprimanded by her mistress several times before she would consent to stop using a patent face wash which announced on its label that it would give any one a lilywhite complexion. The lily white powdery patches on the dark background of Liza's swarthy countenance were too much for the composure of the family while she waited at table.?Brooklyn Eagle. The Williamson Plan. The Etiwan Phosphate Co has issued a neat little booklet setting forth in detail the ''Williamson Plan'' for raising corn as outlined by Mr E Mclver Williamson of Darlington. We are in receipt of one of these booklets and are pleased to announce to our readers that any of them who are interested in the sub ject of corn growing- may secure jne by a postal card request to rhe Etiwan Phosphate Co., Charleston, S C., stating that jrou saw their offer in The County Record. gf^Kjpfc^* ' U"i?on WWH KuCfic^Ja erery bottle. ca^flKEBH bmeuhh ftetwi iy BffSUffMa rT rirrll n~?ue .<k?* MffiBB 8pj&aRSj c.? cHyf AO|tiiBH| R I Lil 1 I fiflL ifl < r.HKiigflmir An crack cynpc conUinlnf opUte* ut? the bowel*. Bee' Laxitiv* Honer u( Tar mort* the bowel* aad conUm* no oputo*. Sold by WL Wallace. THE THINGS TOIAT! Man's Ana orr.y Suggests a Fruit Diet a? the Most Suitable. Those "who do not went to rank as extremists will do well to eschew the glandular organs, such as sweetbreads and liver, to pin their faith to mutton and one or two kinds of fish, to give up coffee and drink weak China tea. Those who wish to go further should reflect first that man is neither carnivorous nor herbivorous. Tor long sci- j entists have obscured the view by : useless arguments as to whether o: j not a man was meant to live like a i cow. There are other species than the , flesh and rra. s eating animals. All i students of comparative anatomy I know that the t<pth of human he- i ings are identical with those of the | frugivoroos apes, who live on fruits; and nuts. Not only so, but the proportion of bowel length to body length in man corresponds exactly with that in the same species in marked contrast to what obtaimi in ! all carnivorous animals where the; bowel is proportionally short. A study of auatomy therefore J suggests a fruit diet as the rrost suitable. Further confirmation is afforded bv the obvious predilection of nearly all children for such food. The best fruits for food are apples, bananas, grapes, nuts, dates, raisins and figs. Nuts are especially valuable owing to the large amount of fat they contain. The old fashioned idea that they are indigestible is due partly to the error in taking them at the end of an already more tl an ample meat meal and partly to insufficient mastication. Chestnuts are the easiest to digest and mske an excellent food. Many other fruits may be taken, always remembering that stone fruits sometimes \ disagree and that acid fruits should! be taken in moderation. Strawberries contain a considerable amount of purins and should be avoided by all with a gouty or rheumatic tendency. Among fruits we include those of the cereals, such as wheat and rice. White bread is free from purin, but brown bread contains a varying amount derived from the husk. The most wholesome foim of bread is unleavened.?Lancet. Fco and Foe. In a suit tried in a Virginia town a young lawyer of limited experience was addressing the jury on a point of law when, good naturediy, ne turned to the opposing counsel, a man of much more experience than himself, and asked: "That's right, I believe, Colonel I TT/vnlrin? 11U!" Whereupon Hopkins, with a smile of conscious superiority, replied: "Sir, I have an office in Richmond wherein 1 shall be delighted to enlighten you on any point of law fo:r a consideration." The youthful attorney, not in the least abashed, took from his pocket a half dollar piece, which he offered Colonel Hopkins, with the remark: ; "No time like the present. Take this, sir, tell us what you know and j give me the change." ? Harper's i Weekly. Wood's Earliest Valentine are unquestionably the earliest, most productive and the best strain of Red Speckled Valentine Snap Beans on the market?the true round-pod kind. See the letters from our customers?large growers?In our Descriptive Catalog for 1907, testifying to the superiority of our stocks. Large buyers of Snap Beans, Early Peas, or other Vegetable Seeds are requested to write for our Special Truckers' prices. Wood's New Seed Book for 1907 gives the fullest information about seeds for market-gardeners and truckers?best kinds to Sow, and the best way to grow em. Mailed free on request. T.W.WOOD 4 SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond,. Va. ( E?rly ProtMt Against Tea. The introduction of tea into European communities met with considerable protest. In Germany tea dealer.} were considered immoral, and many pamphlets were published condemning the use of tea in any form. Tea was first brought to England from Holland in 1666. i Soon the drinking of it became ' fashionable in London, and a pound f 4 L A 1 aaitao o/\l<l f r\ a* Ct A cUt llmaro Ui llic IC1VCB BU1U IVJl UV Thomas Garway wa9 the first dealer in tea in England. He recommended it as a cure for all disorders and sold great quantities of it at a large profit. Records show that tea has at times been sold in England for as?much as ?10 a pound. Various How Are You's? "How are you?" in German is "Wie befinden sie sich?" (How do 1 you find yourself ?) It is also "Wie I geht's." The Dutch say "Hoe vaart gij?" (How do you fare?) The Italians i ask, "Come state?" (How do you | stand ?) The French, "Comment j vous portez-vous ?" (How do you j carry yourself ?) The Greeks ask what you are doing, the Chinese want to know if you enjoy your rice, and the Russians inquire how you are living. The Arabs, a devout people, say, "God grant his favors to you." The Turks, no ess devout, say, "Be under God's care." Forehanded. The Eon.Ion Telegraph tells of a small girl who entered a grocer's shop in Whiteehapel and said: "Please, sir, I wants 'arf a pound of butter and a penn'orth of cheese, and muvver says she will send a shilling in when farver comes home." " All ricrhi ronTiod +ho mon '"But," continued the child, "muvver wants i;he change, cos she 'as got to pul a penny in the gas meter." . ^ Pinesalve cleanses wounds, is highly aufisepteo, unequaled for cracked hands. Good for cnta.?Sold by W L Wallace. Pil Tur Kill! In Real Estate. Here arc some of the bargains, we are offering: No29. 170 acres, 15 cleared. Near public road; 2 miles from P. O; 4 miles from Church. Some good timber. Near saw-mill. Price $1000. No 31. 213 acres. None cleared. High pi ne ridge. Clay subsoil. Near R R.Charch and School. Price ArtAA rnee *ouu. No 34. 2tt0 acres, 18 cleared. Some timber. 10 miles from Georgetown and R. R. 2 miles from, boat landing on Pie Dee. Boats twice a week. Mile from Church and School. Dwelling and outbuildings. Healthy. $1000. No 35. 3S'2 acres, 8 cleared. 7 miles from ^-nuds Ferry. ' $1000. No 52. 10C acres. No improvements. High, good lend. Situated in Johnsou township. $600. No 54. 554 acres, 175 cleared. Good dwellings, barns and 6tables. On public road. 10 miles from Lake City. Splendid property. $7200. No 55. 90 acres. Dwelling and and outbuildings. Six from Kingstree. $1000. No 56. 45 acres in town of Harpers. 35 acres cleared. Also following houses, to wit: One 11 room dwelling; ten 4 room dwellings; two 2 room tenant houses; one Store House. $65( 0. No 57. 148 acres, 75 cleared. 10 miles from Kingstree. $1800. No 58. 150 acres. 40 cleared. Good community. $iouu. No 59. 1350 acres. 25 cleared. No timber. Can easily put under cultivation 500 acres. Big bargain. 5 miles from R. R. $5400. No 60. 100 acres; 45 cleared. Se\en room dwelling; good barns anti stables. One tenant house. On? mile from school; splendid faming lands. Price $2750.00. No 61. Eleven room dwelling in town of Kingstree Known as Epps Boarding Hoi se. Furniture will be sold with house if desired. Price including furniture $4000.00. Without furniture $3650.00. If any of th?se interest you see or write. STOLL BROS., REAL ESTATE BROKERS, ms-u. v Kingstree. S. j i (, . V k. ? V ? i / - * \ 1ITIWAN HUB |~ 1 FOR ALL CROPS AND FOR BIG CROPS. 1 B 3 B 3 2Z vw?v?ww . ~-Z Sz 28 gp^ Etiwan Fertilizers are carefully made ^ ? c iU. DAri u:?u ~"3 ZZ 11uiiJ luc DC5i nidici iao, die ui nign ^3 E Grade and Fine Quality, and Produce 3 g Splendid Results. 3 g wwvww 3 H ETIWAN COTTON COMPOUND If v g PLOW BRAND RAW BONE SUPER- 2 f| PHOSPHATE, DIAHOND SOLUBLE BONE, 3 g TOBACCO FERTILIZERS, 3' ? and other 3 H HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS. 3 IE 3 | wwvvww ^ || ETIWAN FERTILIZER CO., | ?= Charleston, S. C. 3 i . I IT Til 111 STUD. Exceptional Values in BUGGIES AND WAGONS All the standard Makes, BUGGIES: CORTLAND, TYSON & JONES, WHITE STAR, ROCK HILL, WRENN. The White Star 16 and 18 inch "Young Man's" Buggy the neatest and best on the market for the price, ^SJXJSTTESIST n J -w^o-oisrs. All sizes in stock|from one to four hors / Nice line of Wagon and Buggy Harness. Yours to please, F. C. THOMAS, (Successor to Thomas & Bradham.) UZlrLgrstxee, S. C. . ? Rsal Estate for Sale- M CL|jBB|1 Um 1426?acree Florence Countv, 350 eleared, balance splendidly timbered. plenty of buildings, Church & P.O. He offer cheap clubbing rate? convenient, good neighborhood. w^*n a Dumber of popular news- * 802?acrw Williamsburg County, 200 papers and periodicals. Read care- ' * acres cleared, balance in fine black and > yellow pine timber; in good state of fully the following list and select ?Ta^ta'*De^tStacS,yS.fito tbe one or m,,re that -T<ra faBCJ and Church & P.O. we si all be pleased to send in your 190?acres Williamsburg county, 60 order. These rates are of course all acres cleared, 2miles from Cades Depot, cash in advance, which means' that timber sold, plantation rights reserved, , . m this is good land and can be be bought both The Record and the paper right. ordered mast be paid for, not 1, 2. 3? irOU-acres Williamsburg county 35 4 5 6 7 g 9 10 H but XWELVjEr cleared, balance fine pine timber, 2 four . . ' , . , ,. , . room houses, 7 miles from Kingstree. months ahead. Below is the list of 200?acres Williamsburg, sixty acres our best clubbing offers. cleared, one 8 room house, seme build- The Record and News & Courier ings, this is a fine place, 7 miles from Kingetree. ^iurnw?ij,; 123?acres, Williamsburg county, 40 The Record and Home & Farm acres cleared, balance woodland, fairly , . , good buildings, 3 miles from Lake City. vcwice a nionin,; ipi.oo. This is good land, especially adapted to the record and New York World trucking, and can be bought-worth the . money. (3 times a week,) $1.7o. 60?acres Clarendon county, 20 acaes The Record and Atlanta Cousticleared, timber sold 10 acres excepted, . .. /9 ? i \ <*i onear Alderman's R. R. has R F D Mail- tutl0n (3 timeS a week) route, can be bought right. The Record and Atlanta Constil 3-4 acres, in Lake City, with one 5 tntion (weekly $1.50. I%?ianwellban,'Stabl?9'P?Ultryyard' The REC0?n anl1 Bryan'8 Com1?one acre lot in Residential part of moner, $1.75. L All of*the above property will be sold The Record and Cosmopoliton at bargain prices, write me for prices Magazine $1.75. and all particulars.^ ^ flowers, Th* Record and Youth's CornLake City, s. C. Real Estate, pauion (New Subscribers) $2.50. m m The Record Semi-Weekly State, Notice- $2^0- _ . The Record and Lippiucott s In order to give everybody ths Magazine 1 year each #2.75. . opportunity to pay ^up their sub- The Record and National scnption or discontinue it uu me ? , , advanced price basis, we have ex- Magazine, l.year each, $1.60. tended the time to February 1. N. B. We do not clnb with any Meantime we are trying to get time daily papers. The first issue you to send out a statement to every sub-j recejve 0f the paper or periodical is scriber in arrears, if it be only for a ., A , r . month. Remember, after February evldence that the raoney for 8ame . 1, the price of The Record will has been forwarded by us. We are be $1.25 for one year, 75 cents for not responsible after that, six months, or 50 cents for three months, unless paid twelve months THE COUNTY RECORD \ in advance. tf > 4 rrij - . \ I < . --r\