The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 28, 1907, Image 4
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KINGSTREE. S. C.
C. W. WOLFE.
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THURSDAY. FEB. 28.1907
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We Want Good Men.
We regret very much to see good
men declining positions on the
county board of control nuder the
Carey-Cothran law. The cry has
been heretofore that dishonesty was
rife in every department of the
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former system. Now, we would
like to know how there is to
be any change for the better uales3
we can induce men to serve on this
board whose integrity is above
auspicion.
The men appointed on the State
commission set a good example to
those who are appointed in the
counties by accepting the appointment.
No one who knows these
men can believe otherwise than that
they did so at a personal sacrifice.
In many couuties the local boards
comprise men of excellent calibre.
Now, what is "Williamsburg going to
do? When good men refuse to serve
can the new law be expecieu to
suoceed? Certainly noi; it is a
predestinate failure.
This is a serious matter which vital
ij affects the interest of the whole
county and we sincerely hope that
there can be found the proper meu
who are willing to sacrifice personal
feeling for the public good.
The dispensaries are still clc d
?nd from present indications they
will remain for some time yet iu a
state of ''innocuous desuetude."
A county ^dispensary* means that
the credit of the county will be in
vol red at least $75,000. Suppose it
??? " K?nlr nf that, nanital tn 1 .
operated by the county, could too
unuchjcare be taken iu choosing the
dircetora? Now, where *is the difference?
Believing that most of our readers
are interested in the new liquor
law we publish this week the full
text of the Carey-Cothran act, with
- all amendments as signed by Gov ernor
Ansel. To get out these extra
pages in addition to our regular
*eight page, all home print edition
entailed considerable expense, but
we want the readers of The Record
to keep posted on the affairs of
State and this Dew law is of too
sweeping importance to be a negligible
quantity.
Hot Supper at Benson.
TU-.Q (ilinf ennnor rinrl mit'tion
1 11C HV/k OU^^/VI MMVt v v. v
party given last Thursday evening
at the residence of Mr J G
McCullough for the benefit of
Cedar Swamp school, was a pronounced
success, the nfct proceds
amounting to $66.75. This will
be applied to the school building
fund. A very handsome
building is in process of construction,
which, when completed,
will cost $700. About $600 of
this amount has already been
ra:'s?d.
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Promptness and Politeness In Answering
Dinner Invitations.
There was once a great man,
whose name 1 have forgotten, but
k is not important to this narrative,
who gave his son this b't of
social advice: "Answer a dinner invitation
within twenty-lour hours
after you receive it. If you accept,
let nothing short of your death prevent
vour roin?. and if you die r.r
range for a substitute in yov.r v.i'!.
Whatever you do, for heaven's sake
be prompt in the doing."
Along the same lines mas a note
received by a certain Washington
hostess from the va!ct of an attache
of one of the legation',
regrets that lie cannot come to Mrs.
D.'s dinner, but he died last night."
Now, a funeral in the family is
uoually accepted as a very good reason
for not doing anything, but little
short of one can excuse a lack
of punctuality in matters social.
Whatever you are, be prompt.
A few years back it was considered
rather a nice thing to come in
justv a little late. Girls going to
balls spoke with pride of being
among the last arrivals. Novelists
who would chronicle the doings of
the smart set got into the fashion
of opening their choicest chapters
with a vision of the hostess and
those of her guests who were underbred
or unfortunate enough to
have arrived on time sitting in dejected
state awaiting the honored
guest of the evening, who always
made it a point to appear just fif4-nsvn
minnto; a fiar Vimir R#?t in
lUcu uuauvvo U&w* vmv - ? -
the card of invitation, but "we have
changed all that"
Punctuality, the politeness of
kings, is once more to the fore. If
you want to be popular with those J
who entertain, answer your invitations
as soon as you receive them, j
Personally I think a telephone invitation
a twemtieth century species
of inquisition. How can you think
of fitting eicuses for not going or
properly enthusiastic reasons for
going when you are confronted with
a gaping bit of metal in the shape
of a transmitter? But the telephone
has had its use as well as its
abuae in that it has obliged the otherwise
tardy to come up to time.
The more informal and personal
the invitation the prompter should
the answer be. If you are going to
be merely an atom in a vast assemblage,
then you may be pardoned
for lotting your reply to your bidding
dally, but if you are to be one
of a chosen few such hesitancy is
one of the blunders that are worse
than crimes. I
Decline if you will, accept if you
see fit, but, whatever you do, for
heaven's sake be prompt in the doing.?Philadelphia
North American.
Australia's Caves.
The Narracoote caves, in south
Australia, are situated in the southeastern
portion of the state, the
principal chamber, known as the
'T>ig cave/' with its magnificent
profusion of beautiful stalactites
and stalagmites, forming a dazzling
spectacle when illuminated by the
magnesium light. In a second chamber,
or cave, nature has been prodigal
of the mystical ornament with
which the whole place abounds.
There are pillars so finely formed
and covered with such dainty trellis
work, curious drippings of lime
creating such wonderful masses of
lovely scroll work, that the eye is
bewildered with the extent and rarity
of the adornment. It is like a
palace of ice, with a rich profusion
of frozen silvery cascades and fountains
all around. Western Australia
possesses also a couple of extensive
cave systems which fairly
rival those of New South Wales,
Queensland and south Australia.
Something of a Psychologist.
When Jenkins received an autograph
copy of his friend Clement's
latest book on the "Genetic Theory
of Knowledge," he immediately sat
down and acknowledged the gift,
saying that he "anticipated great
pleasure in its perusal."
"Why didn't you read it first?"
asked his wife. "Then you oould
have said something much nicer
than that."
"Ethel," said Jenkins as he give
Clement's.book a conspicuous place
on the library table, "I have a feeling
that this is one of the times
when my forethought would be better
than my hind thought."
Tar and Feathers.
Tar and feathers are not a.peculiarly
American punishment. Richard
the Lion Hearted first proclaimed
this punishment. It was when
he was setting out for the third crusade
that he gave warning that "a
robber who shall be convicted of
theft shall have his head cropped
after the fashion of a champion,
and boiling pitch shall be poured
thereon, and the feathers of a cushion
shall be shaken out on him, so
that he shall be known."?St. Louis
Republic.
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lice's l.axai've 00 \ .il:(l rJ ,
i the origiual laxative con-11 s\ru ,
acts as a caihariic on the bowels .
I is made fi0111 tiie tur path--red fr i
tlie pine tree* of our own counli ,
! there!ore is the best f.u '.ndren. it
lisgood for coughs, coins. cm ,,
' a hooping cuugii, etc. rry our oil'.-..
A SOURED CONDUCTOR.
Incident That Changed His Theory of
Street Car Etiquette.
i T 4- nt.%,1 A'Hrinn'c lipjf ililV An
1 I Wild V/ JJlltU C IUOV uu I vu Viiv
I job. lie had served his probation
term as conductor on the Sixth avenue
line and after a few days of
anxious waiting had been told to
report for duty the foil >wing morning.
Ten o'clock found him bound
downtown on the poop deck of a
yellow car with a bunch of change
in his pocket and a heart full of
pride and hope.
O'Brien had ideas of his own regarding
how a conductor should act
in the performance of his duties.
He had read from time to time stories
in the newspapers which reflected
severely upon the manners
of the man who pulls the bell. He
determined to be an exception to
what seemed to be the general rale.
He would be uniformly kind and
polite to old and young and never
lose his temper. Perhaps, he
mused, by following this course he
might some day get to be superintendent.
The trip from the car barns down
to Forty-second street was comparatively
without incident, savo that
the motorman's feelings were outraged
and his soul irrevocably lost
because O'Brien refused to ring the
starting bell until an alighting passenger
had both- feet safely on the
ground or an incoming one wss well
Down in the shopping district
O'Brien 6aw his first chance to put
his real theory into practice. A
woman on the crosswalk signaled
for the car to stop. Beside her was
a little girl of perhaps six years. In
the woman's arms wa3 an infant
still in swaddling clothes, with tiny
flaxen curls peeping out from under
a cap. The woman started to help
the little girl up the step. O'Brien
sprang forward, seized the child
and swung her easily to the platform.
"Xow the baby, ma'am," he said.
And before the woman could utter
a word of protest he had snatched
the infant from her arms, held it
closely with his left arm, reached
down his right, assisted the woman
up and pushed her and the girl
gently forward, following close behind
after giving the starting bell,
it u-oc nil rtnriA so suddenly the wo
man had no time to speak. Then
she tried to say something, but her
voice failed, and almost bursting
with suppressed laughter she dropped
into a seat.
Then for the first time O'Brien
noticed that the baby he carried
was of unusuaWy light weight. He
also noticed that every passenger
in his car wore grins of varying dimensions.
With a muttered exclamation
he almost threw into the
woman's lap one of those "life
sized" dolls which children like to
take "out shopping" and which their
mothers invariably have to carry
home.
O'Brien flew for the back platform
and partly relieved his feelings
by savagely kicking at a small
boy who was stealing a ride. They
say now O'Brien is the worst tempered
conductor on the line.?New
York Press.
WOOD'S SEEDS
Bliss Triumph
Seed Potatoes
are one of the most popular kinds
with truckers all through the
South. They are extra early, proAnn
nnaamniui And are
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largely sold in northern markets
as "Bermuda Potatoes" at high
prices.
We have a large stock oi this
potato, extra fine quality, both
Maine and
Second Crop Seed.
We are the largest dealers in
Seed Potatoes in the South, and
offer all of the best and most productive
kinds. Write for prices.
Wood's Descriptive Catalogue
gives full information about Seed
Potatoes and all Farm and Garden
Seeds. Mailed free on request.
T. W. WOOD & SONS,
Seedsmen, Richmond, Va.
NoticeNotice
is hereby given that the Book
of subscription will be open at the
i Bank of Greelyville, Greelyville, S. C.
! for. increase of capital stock 50 per
cent., on the 15 of March, 1907.
T. W. Boyle, Pres.
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All eOBfh lyraps c^stalalof opiate* con?tlMt?
the Dowels. Bee's LazAtiva Honey ajb4
Tax mores the bowe.i ^nd contAiza no oputaa.
Sold by WL Wallace.
ODD OLD BELIEFS.
8up?rstitions Which Deal With tha
Pasting of Lift.
The superstitions which have
clustered about the closing scenes
of human life are almost innumerable.
Some, perhaps the greater
portion, now seem to be meaningless,
but a few had in early days a
significance which they have since
lost. The stopping of the clock at
the moment a death occurs in the
house is still practiced in many
families in this country and Europe
and originated in the fact that
according to the laws of several European
states it was necessary to
have evidence of the exact moment
of births and deaths occurring in
the royal family. When a king
died an attendant was elways present
whose duty it was to stop the
clock in the royal apartment at the
moment when death occurred, and
the timepiece was this a mute record
of the event. From royal families
the descent of this practice to
aristocratic and finally to families
of low degree was easy, and many
persons adopted it as a mere super-i-'i:?
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bliuuxi uiiuuui kuuv?iu^ uujr cuiix^ wx
its former significance.
Turning the looking glass to the
wall is a superstition which is said
to have originated in the country
districts of Germany during the
days when mirrors were novelties.
Mirrors of glass with quicksilver
backs are said to have been made
at Venice in 1300 A. D. and were
first made in England in 1673, but
did not come intc common use
among the middle classes until the
beginning of the last century. At
first they were regarded with superstitious
awe, the idea being that the
reflection of the face in the mirror
was a sort of specter, or second
soul, of the individual.
When a death occurred the looking
glass which the person was accustomed
to use was turned to the
wall, lest his ghost should be dis-.
turbed by others using the mirror
before his spirit had finally departed
from the neighborhood, there being
an idea that the spirit of the
departed lingered about the vicinity
for several hours or perhaps days
after it had separated from the
body.
Gold Boating.
The process of preparing gold until
it is reduced to a thickness of
1-280,000 of an inch is necessarily
elaborate. The gold is first cast
into ingots four inches in length
I and one inch in width, which
I wpiorh from ten to seventeen
ounces, according to thickness. It
is then passed between polished
rollers, worked by steam, until it
forms a ribbon twenty-eight yards
long and 1-800 inch thick. These
ribbons are then cut into 180
Sieces an inch square and placed
etween vellum, and then the real
business of the gold beater is begun
He beats for half an hour with a
twenty pound hammer, making the
inch square into three inches
square. Then these pieces are quartered,
becoming one and a half
inches square. He beats again for
one and a quarter hours until the
one and a half inch square becomes
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lour mcnes square, me iour pieces
are again quartered and beaten and
finally cut to proper size?viz,
squares of three ana three-eighth
inches, of a thickness (or rather
"thinness") of 1-280,000 ,pf an inch,
and in this shape the leaf is lifted
into books of tissue paper.
Good Bait.
Aunt Tillie, cook in a Georgia
household, took home a dish of macaroni
from the "white folks'" table
for her own family and after assuring
them that it was good induced
her children to eat it. The next
morning she discovered two of
them out in the yard turning over
stones and boards and scratching
vigorously in the earth.
"Hyah, you!" she called. "What
you all doin' out dah ?"
"We a-huntin'," came the glad response,
"foh mo' of dem macaroni
worms."
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An Important Quoation. - y
He was an impecunious, seedy, ?e8t'1 ^mplete
out at the elbows person, and the Establishment South,
doctor, when he prescribed for him. . ....
s. hacker j son
benevolent physician, "dissolve as
much boracic acid as you can put on ?
a ten cent piece in half a glass of ?
"Thank you, doctor,1" murmured ^ jJQB|J|Wga
the patient, turning away. A mo- Pl| A|^H
mcnt later, however, the office door ^
was opened, and the patient sidled ^ Hn^ByUw^^n
in. ^ WgP|HAtt l
"Say, doc," said he, with an in- .
gratiating smile, "where do I get |d k
the ten cent piece ?"
-MANUFACTUH :RS OFTh?
Faith of a Celestial.
A Chicago gambler, whose first Sash, DOOTS, BliW
name was George, used to visit a
Chinaman's establishment and Moulding and Building Mater5
TuT Zalyt Sash Weights and Co,
place and said excitedly: "Hip, loan CHARLESTON, B.C. - ;
me $10. Thanks. I'll come in and
pay you tomorrow noon if I'm prp <1 tvt a a ?
alive." And out he went with the ][ ?nJ (Q) M??*.
money. About 3 o'clock the next
afternoon a friend of the gambler Commencing with February
dropped in on the Chinaman and , 1907 the prjce Qf The.
County Record will bead-,
his eyes with the corner of his danced to One Dollar and;,
blouse and replied, "George, him Twenty"tive Cents 3 yeafi six
dead."?Earth. months seventy-five - cents; ^
three months 50 cents, If paid v
A cold taken at this time of the in advance for one full year
year is generally hard to get rid of m j, discount of 2? - I
but it will not be able to with- , , , , ?
stand Bee's Laxative Honey andj^ntsand send the paper tojp
Tar. That will cure all colds, I twelve months for $1.00. { "?
coughs, croup, whooping cough, etc., j After February 1. No frei
by driving them out through the j or complimentary Copies Ol
bowels. If jou have a cold, fry it 4-Up n^ner will he sent to 3nVJ1
audifnot cured get your money;tne PaPer 1,1 De Senl 10 anyC ?
back. No opiates.?Sold by \V L one- * 1
Wallace. I 1-1-07 C. W Wolfe. ' J