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KINGSTREE. S. C.
C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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Liberal reduction on advertising
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months contracts.
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No communication of a personal
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advertisement.
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C. W. WOI FE,
Kinzstree, S. C.
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THURSDAY. AKHIL n. i?w/
The Thaw trial is nearing the
close. It will be a relief to the
newspaper reading public when it
ends.
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A whale eighty feet long was reported
off Charleston harbor last week.
Since the sea-serpent story has been
rather over-worked the tale of a
whale is rather a pleasing variation.
It is to be hoped that the town
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popple will turn out in full force at
W ^ 1
the meeting Jionaav nigm cmicu u_>
the trustees of the school. If property
owners would think for a moment
there would be not a single one missing
at this meeting. The idea is
to get together harmoniously and
discuss matters pertaining to the
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welfare of Kingstree. Much progress
ha3 already been nude since
the old town began to sit up and
take notice, bnt we are now just at
the stage wbeu we must go forward
or backward. Which will it be?
There'is no such thin# as standing
atill.in this age of progress.
To employ a mixed metaphor,
President Roosevelt's alleged discovery
of a gigantic scheme of
organized capital to encompass
his undoing bears the ear-marks
of a mare's nest. Our strenuous
executive delights in nothing
more than posing iu the limelight
aud he utilizes an infinite
variety of devices to k2ep in the
public eye. This last, however,
is rather more outre than any of
his former theatrical plays. AfV
ter accepting the aid of the
trasts to the extent of hundreds
of thousands of campaign money
it comes with poor grace to
charge them with couspiring for
his downfall. And why should
the trusts squander flive millions
of good mouev to defeat a n:au
who has repeatedly declared that
lu; would not offer agaiu for a
third term? For a |%ilitieta:i as
astute as Roosevelt is reputed to
be his latest hid for notoriety
appears to he veiy ill-advised, to
sav the least of it.
MEETING CALLED
ToEiscuss the Matter of Issuing
Bonds for School Purposes.
We are authorized by the
Trnstees of School District No.
16 to call a meeting of the citizens
of Kingstree Monday
evening at b o'clock in
the court house to discuss the
matter of issuing bonds for an
annex to the school building.
Under the law the trustees are
empowered to order an election
on the question of issuing bonds
for school purposes, out they
prefer to have this meeting and
discuss the matter before ordering
the election.
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Does It Pay?
Bradstreet is a recognized authority
and he states that nearly
80 per cent of the failures in
business are by concerns that
do not advertise and yet there
are business men who openly
assert that advertising ctoesn t
pay. The Press has always held
that advertising- does pay.
Now for example, a country
paper is read by thousands of
people throughout the count}',
by men and woman who are
the backbone of the country.
They read and read carefully
every line, and lots of times
they are attracted to stores by
the advertisments. Of course
Mr Merchant the}' are not going
to tell you every time they call
that they saw your "ad,'' but
did all the same.
Again "advertising is a mirror
which reflects the enterprise
and progress of a city." Your
paper has exchanges in every
part of the State and also sends
papers to other States, and the
outer world has an eye on your
city. The editor of your paper
observes the exchanges and he
can tell you what towns are doing
the business by the kiDd
and manner of the advertisements
of its business men.
Again, if you would employ a
man to visit, weekly, and tell
a thousand r>eor>le throucrh
out yoni country what you have
to sell, it would cost you infinitely
more than to tell it through
your home paper,?Darlington
Press.
The Fish Lav.
Every now and then we have a request
to publish the "fish law."
This law is especially interesting at
this season, and we give below extracts
from the geueral aud special
laws ou this subject:
Section 527 of The Criminal Code:
It shall be unlawful for any person to
kill, injure or destroy any fish in the
fresh waters of this state by the use of
dynamite, giant powder or other explosive
material; any person violating this
Section, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and be imprisoned for not
more than six months or be fined not
more than one hundred dollars, or both
fine and imprisonment, at the discretion
of the court.
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Special as to certain counties as to
fish with nets, gigs, traps or shooting
fish with any kind of gun.
Sec. 5?4. It s iall not be lawful for
any person in the counties of Horry,
Marion, Darlington, Clarendon, Chesterfield,
Georgetown, Marlboro, Williamsburg,
Florence and Richland to
fish with nets or gigs or set traps or
shoot fish wiih any kind of gun in any
of the fresh waters, rivers creeks, lakes
or other streams in said counties between
the first day of May and the
first day of September in any year
hereafter. * * * One-half of all fines
collected for violation of this section
shall be paid to the informer by the
magistrate collecting the same and
the other half shall be paid into the
county treasury.
A na.ann ?i/\l a it or thp nntviaiona
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of riie foregoing section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof by a court of competent
jurisdiction shall be fined in the
sum of twenty dollars, or imprisonment
in the county jail for a period of thirty
days.
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Acts of the General Asserr.b'y approved
February 16 ls?01:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of .south
Carnlina that no person shall sell, deliver
or dispos of dynamite or similar
powerful explosives, ex ept ordinary
gunpowder, unless such pe son knows
the purchaser or party to receive the
same and is satisfied that the explosive
is not to be used for killing fish and
then only upon a written application
from party desiring to purchase, siting
the purfK>se f r which he desires to
use the said explosives, and a person
selling, delivering or disposing of such
explosives shall keep a book in which
shall be rec >rded the name of the parchas
r or party to whom the explosive
is delivered, the quantity so sold or delivered
and the date of such sale or deliver!
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Sec 2 That such persons seiling or
keeping for sale the explosives mentioned
in section 1 of this act be required
to make >worn quarterly reports of
such sales, names and race of purchaser
or purchasers, amount sold and date
of sale to the Coun'y Auditor of each
county.
Sec. 3. Any person violating Section
1 of this act shail be guilty of a misde
i meanor, punishable by me not to exreed
one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days.
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Administrator's Sale.
, Under an order of Ih-obate <"ourt
j dated April 4, I'.'jT, I will offer for sale
; at the residence of Samuel S. Tisdale,
decea>ed, on the 20th day of April
! 1907, the following personal property,
! belonging to the estate of Samuel S.
! Tisdale, deceased, to wit: 2 horses, 2
buggies, 1 wagon, 3 head of cows, 5<J
j bushels corn, 300 lbs fodder. 1 stack
hay, 50 bushels cotton seed, 1 corn
sheller, 1 cross-cut saw, household fur!
niture. Terms of sale cash.
T. J. PHILLIPS,
Administrator Estate, Samuel S.
Tisdale. 4-4-it.
DRINKING WATER.
To Bo of Any Uoo It Must Be Puro or
Comparatively 80.
Water is the universal solvent,
: and it preserves this property inside
the human body as well as without.
It is therefore a useful, indeed
indispensable, substance. But
] it must be taken with discretion.
I If one drinks a hard water?one
j a'ready saturated with salts?it
| does little good, for all its energy
must be expended in removing from
the system the mineral matter
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wnicn it aireaav noias in soiuuon,
and the animal waste is left where
it wa3 before.
A drinking water to be of. any
use must be pure or comparatively
so. Distilled water is the best drink,
i but unless it is aerated?shaken up
I so as to absorb air?it is flat and
most unpalatable.
J Rain water in the country is dis|
tilled water and if properly collected
and stored is excellent for drink;
ing purposes. The first fall should
1 be allowed to run awav, for it contains
the dust and other impurities
in the air and also the bird droppings
and dirt from the roof or other
collecting surface.
The cistern in which it is stored
should be protected from the surface
drainings and should be tightly
covered to keep out dust. Water
60 kept is greatly preferable to well
water, which is almost never beyond
the possibility of contamination,
no matter how far it may be from
the barn or the outhouses and no
matter though it may be at a higher
level. There are often seams and
cracks in the earth which give free
way to water, and in this way the
surface washings may be carried to
the bottom of a deep well a long
way off and on a higher level.
~i?oAna will Tinf tnilf n n V
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natural supply and drink only bottled
water, either natural or artifij
cial. But this is not always as safe
as it seems to be. The maker of
the artificial water may not filter it
before charging it with carbonic
acid gas, and then of course it is no
better than the water of the town
where it is made.
The natural waters may be pure
and they may not, just as any spring
may be pure or contaminated.
Those who live in cities where the
water is filtered may safely drink it
if they can be sure the water supplied
is always that which came
through the filter beds. Those in
charge of public water supplies have
been known to mix unfiltered water
with the filtered or to substitute it
entirely without warning to the
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users.? i uu in a vuui^auivui
Jrffarson 8topp?d It.
The custom of presidents of the
United States reading their messages
to congress prevailed up to the
first term of Thomas Jefferson, who
discontinued it. Various explana!
tions for Jefferson's departure from
the custom of Washington and John
Adams have been advanced, the
j most popular being that Jefferson
j felt that it savored of royalty, seej
ing that the king of England went
I in person to parliament and read his
1 address from the throne. Another
! explanation was that Jefferson's
voice was notably weak. Jefferson
: himself said in making the change,
j "I have had principal regard to the
| convenience of the legislature, to
i the economy of time, to their relief
j from the embarrassment of imme,
diate answers on subjects not yet
\ fully before them and to the ben<?;
fits thence resulting to the public
' affairs."
Jap Sign of Fidolity.
''The Japs are a fine race," said
j a globe trotter, "but there's one
; thing about them I don't like. The
married women all blacken their
! teeth with a paste lpade out of
I 6\vcct oil and soot. When a young
. married woman gives you a smile,
instead of being ravished with a
: glimpse as of snow on rose9?pearly
i teeth gleaming between red lips?
you look into a black hole. You
j frown. You turn away in disgust.
The idea is that the married worni
en's black teeth, making them un;
attractive, keeps them faithful to
i their husbands. Seems ro me it
must have the opposite effect on
1 the husbands."?Xew York Press.
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Typical Yankee.
That Dr. Itolmes was a typical
Yankee in undemonstrativeness
i was shown in the meeting with nis
son, who was wounded at Chanceli
lorsville. For many days he had
i sought the captain on the fields and
in the hospitals and at last learned
| that he was on a train that was carrying
the wounded to Washington.
He entered the car, saw the pale
face of his wounded boy, and they
clasped hands with a "Hello, cap!"
and "Hello, dad!"
No Tru?t.
Prokeleigh ? Now, look at this
I suit. What would you say it was
worth ?
Wiseman?(rive it up. But I'll
bet ! know what vou paid for it.
Erokeleigh?What?
Wiseman ? Cash. ? Philadelphia
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CURIOSITY HUNTING.
Some Instance* of Finds of Much Value
In Unexpected Places.
Some years ago in Yorkshire a
man went to a farm for a day's
! shooting with the farmer. In the
j morning as they were about to start
a nointer dog was unkenneled to
. Company them. The sporting
friend noticed that attached to tne
dog's collar was apparently a brass
ring, which the farmer explained
his servant had plowed up the day
before and tied to the collar. When
the ring was removed the friend
pronounced it to be gold, and he
offered to lake it into town and get
it valued. The farmer assented,
but he sail he would rather have
some silver spoons than money.
These the jeweler readily agreed to
give, and he afterward sold the ring
for ?"20. The next time the ring
changed hands it brought ?350, and
it is now in the British museum.
It may be said that this is quite
an exceptional case, says a writer in
Chambers' Journal on curiosity
j hunting, and a man might live a
; hundred years and never get such a
I chance. But how many people ever
make the attempt ?
It is certainly easier to frequent
curiosity shops in town, but you
must know something about everything
worth buying. I remember
once being in a well known jeweler's
shop, and while I was looking
! at some old rings and trinkets ray
' eye caught sight of a ring which had
in it a stone with a lion cut on it
and above the lion a single star. I
knew it as a Roman gem, and it
was the constellation Leo. When I
asked the price the dealer hesitated,
and, looking hard at me, he asked
me if it was a Roman gem. I replied
that was what I wanted to
know from him. He tried all ways
to get me to confess I knew about
such things, and when I presently
put down the ring and was going
out he told me he wanted 30 ahil
lings for it as it was, but if it was a
Roman gem he wanted more. I
took advantage of his offer and
bought the ring.
It is always advisable to turn
over the loose stones you sometimes
see exposed in the window of a small
jeweler's shop, generally lying in a
saucer. I got in that way a head
which was appearing out of a bath.
The stone was a yellow carnelian,
but just where the neck was there
was an accidental streak of brilliant
red in the stone representing blood
very faithfully. It proved to be a
Roman gem and is now, I believe,
in the Ashmolean museum. Antique
gems are not commonly met with
Ar>/\n a /I am J ikin n? r? tf /\/ rvi/\lrl m :
tntru auruau, aua una wajr ui pivn.iug 1
them up in England i9 worth trying
when you are hunting up curiosities.
Bureaus.
It is interesting to learn from
one authority that the name bureau
wa3 derived from the days when tables
were the only writing desks.
These tables were covered with a
thick woolen cloth called <fbure,"
and from this beginning the name
has dung to the modern glorified
piece of furniture. It was not until
the reign of Louis XIV. that either
writing tables or dressing tables
reached their height in beauty of
design and comfort. Strictly speaking,
a bureau is a desk, or what we
call a secretary, from which the
term bureau, or department, is derived
in a broader sense. The article
of bedroom furniture commonly
called a bureau nowadays is really
an improved dressing table combined
with a chest of drawers.
Algol, the Mystery of the Skies.
Algol, "the variable star of the
,
constellation of Perseus/' is regard
ed among astronomers as the greatest
mystery of the heavens. Its
light usually remains constant and
uniform for a period of from fortyeight
to sixty hours. It then commences
to gradually fade from view
and in less than four hours diminishes
to an insignificant point of
light. After remaining in a state
of semiobscuration for a period of
! time, varying from fifteen to thirty
minutes, it again regains its former
brilliancy. Astronomers believe that
some large dead and dark world revolves
between us and Algol, but
this is the disputed point, a mystery
which will in all probability
never be satisfactorily explained.
A Candid Confession.
Father of the Bridegroom?Before
cementing this close relationship
I think it but right to tell you
that I once had a little unpleasantj
ness which involved the loss of my
j liberty for a considerable period.
I TWh mv daughters are. I am sorrv
to say, rather flighty, my dear wife
l is suffering from kleptomania, and
1 my son was mixed up in a little
| forger}' affair. Won't that make
any difference?
Father of the Bride ? Xot the
; slightest. From the fact that I am
i quite in favor of our alliance you
may judge how matters stand in my
family.?Berlin Journal.
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TO THOSE WHOSE PIANOS ARE UNSATISFACTORY.
An inferior piano at the best, is instruments would possibly give
but a make-shaft, an imitation. you a clearer idea of what a good
It is a source of annoyance, a Instrument i3 and what it i*
I constant reminder that yon have worth
either bought without judgment You can inspect at your leisure
or that you been mislead i n mak- the Mason & Hamlin, Conover, d
ing your selection. ^blo, Kingsbury and Wellington
r . , . ? ? . , . and the Inner-Player- a complete
It is a detriment, not a help, in range of reliable grades. Among
t musical education, and should be all of these vou are sure to find
a daily suggestion of the necessity one that will give you complete
t for replacing it by one in whose sa*ls acrion.
musical qualities you can find l ^om ^*250 to $1^500.
I pleasure and a means for satis- *~a" l'u*' u" payment
factory development.
There is no premium to be paid a? O"
on our pianos. You do not pay ^ ^
any more for one of these instru- ^
ments than it i- actually worth?
not as much as it may be worthy
perhaps, if you place a just es- hamuM
timate on what it will return to j jgT
you in enjoyment and education. W V
We invite you, at least to fLJjs ^?
satisfy yourself of the opport- vtfHT
nnitv wp nffpr Tn pvamillp nnr ?
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