The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 02, 1907, Image 7
I PENSION NONET
! IS DISntlOUTED
MM muiiTirp rn DcrtlVC TUCIV I
{VAIIUUdlHJUnilCO 1U BLbI.il L lULia
' CHECKS THIS WEEK?UMBER ON
BOLLS IS 9,015.
The reports from the various
'r county pension boards have been
compiled by Miss Kate Maher,
clerk of the State pensionboard, and
the money will be seut out to the
>t clerks of court at once. This will
enable the veterans to get their money
in time for the annual reuuion here
on May 7, 8 and 9 and will assist
B many of them financially for the
B trip to Columbia.
B The total number of pensioners
on the roll is 9,015, which is a net
B increase of 73 over the year before.
W The total amonnt paid out was $243,
755.20, the general assembly increasing
the appropriation this year
from $225,0i>0 to $250,000, of
which $5,000 was to go to the arti?
fica! limb fund already provided for.
The expenses of the hoara, meeting
postage, salary of clerk, printing,
etc., was $3,624.66, and there was a
balauce from last year of $2,378.86.
By counties the amounts distributed
were:
Abbeville $ 4,298 54
? Aiken 8,58411
Anderson 14,603 79
Aamberg 1,751 62
Barnwell 3,923 89
Beaufort 890 80;
Berkeley 2,773 14
< Charleston ' 4,277 34
j-w Cherokee 6,190 92
> Chester 4,363 56
Chesterfield 6,948 19
Clarendon 3,715 56
Colletou ? . 8,673 56
. Darlington 5,844 32
Dorchester 2,310 72
Edgefield 3,616 07
4 Fairfield 3,468 02
A Florence 4,828 69
Georgetown 1,494 85
Greenville 13,439 39
Greenwood : 3,919 84
Ilamptou 5,136 04
Horry d 5,995 73
' Kershaw 3,408 86
Laucaster 6,923 07
^ Laurens 8.239 58
Lee ,... 3,706 77
Lexington 7,318 79
Mariou 6,708 19
Marlboro 3,920 96
Newberry 4,452 45
Oconee 7,962 05
Orangeburg, 5,596 65
Pickens 6,596 42
Richmond 8,012 29
Saluda 4,583 05
Spartanburg 20,670 28
Sumter 4,080 17
Union ? 6,708 32
Williamsburg 5,11148
^>rk 8,7o7 73
Total $243,755 20
The classes receiving pensions are
divided by the pensiou law as follows:
Class A?Those who, as a result
of wounds received in said war, are
physically helpless, or who, while in
such service, lost both arms, or1
both legs, or sight, or who are dn-1
abled by paralysis and are unable to
make a living, whose income, or his
wife's, does not exceeJ $150 per
annum.
Class B?Those who, while in
such service, lost one arm or one leg,
and whose income, or his wife's does
tier annum.
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Class C, No 1?Those soldiers or
sailors disabled by wounds received
during said war, whose income,or
his wife's, does not exceed $150 per
auuum.
Class C No 2?Those who have
reached the age of 60 years, and
whose income, or his wife's does not
exceed $75 per annum.
Class C No 3?Widows of those
who lost their lives while in such
Aervice of the State or of the ('onFederate
States, and whose income
^pes not exceed $100 per annum.
C No 4?Widows above the
age of 60 years, whose income does
not exceed $100 per annum.
Class A receives $06; class B $72;
class C No 1, $48; class C No 2 $21.07;
class C No 3, $48, class C No 4,
1 $21.07.
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Fill i.::o MILLIONS.
The SU? by Which a Rich Goid Mine j
Was Discovered.
One of the most productive mines j
[ in California was discovered through
>:i\ accidental fail of the discoverer.j
I lie was one of a hunting party that
had gone out from San Francisco
| during the Christmas holidays.1
While passing along the side of a
j steep hill on a narrow trail his horse
suddenly slipped and with his rider
' went down into the gulch.
Happening to be the last in the
iir.e and some distance behind the
others, he was not missed for some
moments, but when his absence wr?a
noticed the party turned hack to
look for him, fearing some unto- i
ward accident. He wa9 nowhere to
be seen, but the place where his
horse had slipped and fallen over
the bank, together with the traces
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oi rne laii, was piamiy vision;. ruilowing
the tracks made by the fall- \
ing horse and man, and when near
the bottom, the men suddenly came
upon an interesting spectacle. Just
behind a clump of bushes which the
man and his steed had crashed
through on their way down stood
the horse, apparently uninjured,
while near by, on a slab of rock
projecting from the snow, the man
was capering like an Indian at n
ghost dance.
The first impression of the rescu-1
ing party was that the man had gone i
suddenly crazy, but as die caught
sight of them he suddenly ceased
his gyrations and shouted for them
to approach. They came, when he
showed them several Iump3 of almost
pu^e gold he had hastily
ktttkod from the edge with a stone
fcr a hammer and announced his
discovery of a gold mine. The sliding
horse had brought up against j
the ledge, and the restive animal,
kicking vigorously in the efforts to I
rise, had struck off the moss from :
it. a ? i * __! j n . ? _i xt_ _ i ;
xne stone ana aisciosea tne iaci max
it was a gold bearing ledgx^ of unusual
richness. The find was appropriately
named "The Christmas
Gift," and a valuable gift it proved
to be.
Animals Triod In Court
Down to a comparatively late period
in continental Europe the lower
animals were considered amenable
to the laws. Domestic animate
were tried in the common criminal
courts. Wild animals fell under ecclesiastical
jurisdiction. French antiquaries
have discovered the records
of ninety-two processes against
animals, conducted with the strict
est formalities of justice, from nxu
to 1740, when the last trial and execution,
that of a cow, took place.
Thus there was a lawsuit that lasted
from 1445 to 1487 between the inhabitants
of St. Julian and a kind
of beetle, and at Lavigny in 1457 a
sow and her six young ones were |
tried on a charge of having murder- J
ed and partly eaten a child. The j
sow was found guilty and condemned
to death, but the little pigs were
acquitted on account of their youth,
the bad example of their mother
and the absence of direct proof
against them.
Tha Rival Hairdraaaera.
One of two hairdressers by way
of advertising himself cuts his hair
in the most faultless manDtr, according
to the latest fashion plate.
The other, on the contrary, cuts his
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m the most clumsy way lmagmaoie.
The first customer who entered his
i shop did not fail to take him to task
about it. "How in the world, being
Jourself a barber, do you have your
air so badly cut ?"
"Why, sir, the reason is simple
enough. I cannot possibly cut my
b&ir myself, but am obliged to have
recourse to my colleague over the
wav, and he is such a duffer!"
"And I suppose you cut his in
turn?"
"Of course. And you can judge j
for yourself whether he oughtn't to 1
be satisfied."?Rome Journal.
Posting Him.
Shopwalker (severely) ? I heard j
you tell the lady she would find the
ribbons at the third counter to the
left.
New Shopwalker ? That's where
they are.
Shopwalker ? Yes. But you.
should" have told her to go to the
right past the necktie bargain counter,
turn to the left past the stocking
bargain counter, tben three
counters to the right past the counter
where the millinery bargains
are, and so on. You'll never make
a shopwalker.?London Standard.
Got Har Talking.
The geography period at school
has no terrors for Georgie. He has
a teacher who loves to explain
things to the children, sometimes
at such length that she has no time
to question them as to their own 1
knowledge of the subject of study. '
"I was afraid she'd stick me the '
other day," said Georgie, "so I
; switched her off quick. I asked her
j the difference between a volcano
j and an earthquake, and she talked
ro the limit."?Exchange.
QUICK IN RETORT.
Storioo of Somo Masters of the Gentle
Art of Repartee.
Senator Inealls was always quick
in retort, although he was himself
a subject of some sharp shafts. Once
he was attacked by Senator Eli
SAnlshiirr of Delaware, the second
smallest state in the-.Union.. He
disposed of the whole matter by saying,
"I thank the senator from that
gfeat stale which has three counties
at low tide and two counties at high
tide for his advice."
John Randolph of Roanoke was
the most sarcastic man ever heard
in the halls of congress, unless David
A. De Armond of Missouri be an
exception. Both Randolph's and
De ArmonJ's speeches drip vitriol,
but they are not epigrammatic and
are hard to quote. Randolph, who
flourished in the early days of the
republic, when things were all unsettled,
was furiously attacked by a
Republican from Rhode Island who
had been a blacksmith. Randolph
was a descendant of Pocahontas and
of the best blood of aristocratic Virginia.
He replied to the presumptuous
blacksmith: "What credentials
does the gentleman bring?
From whence does he spring? And
why has he left his leather apron
behind?" The reply was hissed
back, "I sent it to Pocahontas to
make moccasins for his grandchildren."
An illustration of the nimble and
caustic wit of Alexander H. Stephens
of Georgia in senatorial de
bate occurred on the senate floor
during a heated argument with Robert
Toombs, also of Georgia. Stephens,
although possessed of one of
the most powerful brains of his
time, was lame and had a wizened
little bodv. Toombs was one of the
largest men in the senate sad was
of a blustering, sputtering type. He
had argued with Stephens until he
was hoarse and became so exasperated
that he threatened to fight.
However, consideration of the size
of his opponent deterred him, and,
turning, he said, "I won't fight you,
but I could swallow you whole."
Stephens quickly retorted, "If you
did you would have more brains in
your stomach than you ever had in
your head." ? Frederic J. Haskin
in Louisville Courier-Journal.
TK# Widow's Dog.
A case was recently tried in a justice's
court in which a common old
fashioned hound was the subject of
contention. This hound was alleged
to be the best dog after coons in the
neighborhood. Two men claimed
the dog, and each employed an attorney
to assist in the case. At the
trial it developed that the dog belonged
to a widow residing in the
neighborhood, and the just'ce gave
the custody of the dog to the widow
and assessed a fine against each of
the litigants in the sum of $10.
They paid the fine, and the justice
gave it to the widow. She then said
that either of the litigants could
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vided that neither of them paid his
lawyer. It i3 reported that the attorneys
are still looking for their
fee.?Columbus Dispatch.
Punishment.
At one time in a certain penitentiary
there was a renaissance in the
moral discipline of the prison, and
all were compelled to attend chapel
regularly. One of the prisoners
came to the warden one day and
begged to be allowed to remain
away from the chapel exercises, as
he wanted Sundays to write letters
to his friends. The warden looked
at the beseeching convict in amazement.
"What," he exclaimed, "allow
you to stay away from religious
exercises all the time! No, sir.
Why, man, don't you know that's
part of the penalty ?" And the convict
continued to worship regularly,
while the warden led in prayer.
Superstition In Calcutta.
The grossest superstition exists
in Calcutta. Not long ago an Indian
gentleman residing in Jaun
P#azar street had a live goat flung
down from his two storied house in
accordance with the directions of a
so called magician, who was called
in to cast out a devil with which a
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gon was supposed to De possesses.
The poor brute was first fed with a
few bamboo leaves over which the
wizard mumbled some mantras, and
it was then pushed over the terrace.
The animal was killed, and its flesh
was distributed to the poor.
Paka Antiques.
People are buying English antiques
from taste or as investments,
and as they do not part with them |
the supply is becoming shorter and
shorter. A result is that the country
is full of imitations. The "antiques"
to be found in country shops
are frequently bogus. We are flooded
with copies of antique furniture
and engravings. There are shop
auctions in London of whole stocks
of bogus engravings, silver boxes.
Battcrsea enamels, miniatures and
the like.?London Spectator. i
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VENEERED WOOD.
Th* Way It la Built Up In Layars With
Impervious Camant.
The veneered furniture of fifty!
years ago cannot compare with thfc j
made today. The former practitnf
was to make a single piece of inferior
wood as the base of the article
and to cover it skillfully with paper
thin veneer, glued into place. As a
consequence the natural warpings
of the base wood, its contraction
and expansion under changing atmospheric
conditions and, in moist
weather, the failure of th? 4'lue
caused the veneer to crack, undulate
or peel off. The veneering of
today is generally thicker and is
placed upon a built up base of three
ply or five ply sections, with the
grain running in different directions
in the various layers, so that the
base is actually stronger than any
wood that could be secured.
Great improvement has also been
made in joining the pieces together,
impervious cements having taken
the place of inferior glues. It can
be seen that this built up process i3
in no sense a cheap one, but in addition
to giving more satisfactory
results in the finisher! furniture it
has its chief value in making the
supply of choiie mator'a/for the exterior
finish go much farther. Moreover,
by certain methods of cutting
the veneer many beautiful effects
can be obtained, and it i3 possible
not only to match similar pieces of
wood, but bv cutting from the same
stock to make all of a set of furniture
similar in its efferf. Sometimes
one log, by judicious cutting,
can be made to furnish a like pattern
for the furniture and interior
finish of any given room. Thus the
manufacturer has not only perfected
a device to make his supply gofarther,
but to make it more useful
and beautiful. And use and
beauty, by all the tenets of furniture
making, are the two ends to be
chiefly sought.?Woodcraft.
Preventing a Shock.
ICT ?? -w A /1!nna* T ViO/1
X uwe juu iui a uiuuca * ti?u vmw
other night/' she said to Henriette,
the little girl waitress at the Italian
table d'hote. "I am paying for it
now. You won't forget, will you,
to tell your mother ?"
"No," scid Henriette. "I will try
and remember to break the news to
mother."?New York Press.
Much Broken by Misfortune*.
Mrs. Cartwright, in search of a
painter to touch up her kitchen
walls, was directed to Napoleon Lamere.
"Do you think," asked Mrs.
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leoii doubtfully, "that you could
paint the side walla of my kitchen
?"
"But yes, madam," returned Napoleon,
"eef dose appartment eet
ees not of a too large highness. Eef
you 'ave torn w't you cad low down
iob, me, I can do heem de mos'
bes' of hannybody else.
"But, madam! Helas! No more
can I do dose up high ceiling, dole
steep roof, dose so elevate church
steep', dose skyscrape. Me, 1 'ave
hon ma two foot too great of de
shake. Behol'! Already, madam,
me, I 'ave de large misfortune to
broke sees of ma laig."
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Three ways are used
for curing and preparin
bacco for the market; i
cured, air cured and
The old and cheap way
cured; the later discovei
proved way is called flue
In flue curing the toba
from the fields and rack<
especially built to retail
there subjected to a cont
temperature, produced b;
heat of flame heated fl
brings out in- the to
stimulating taste and
expert roasting acvciup
coffee. These similar pr<
to both tobacco and coffe<
ing and stimulating qualit
ularizes their use.
The quality of tobac<
much on the curing proc
kind of soil that produce
pert tests prove that thi<
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to thank our triends for their generous patronage,
ur stock, is larger and more varied, and we teel sure we can
save you money. Don't forgot we have a nice assortment of
reliable "FAVORITE." Ranges and *0 K" stoves.
When in need of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Turned Work, etc., we
would appreciate the privilege of giving yon prices; from our increased
sales of this material our prices Must be Right. Remember
where you buy "Anchor** Lime you get the best. If it is good
paint you want, buy "Beoj. Moore & Co. 's'? pure house colors.
Yours for Business,
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LAKE CITY, S. C
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KINQSTREE, S. C.
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-?ew York. Enclose stamp. pomlenre solicited before placing jhqi
N16-1 yr. orders. W. R. FUKK.
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ScYmaws "tobacco J
and Cottec M
by farmers tobacco, grown in the famous Pied*
g their to- mont region, requires and takes less
namely sun sweetening than tobacco grown in
flue cured. any other section of the United States
is called air . and has a wholesome, stimulating,
ry and im- juicy, full tobacco taste that satisfies
cured. tobacco hunger. That's why chewers
cco is taken prefer Schnapps, because Schnapps
:d in barns cheers more than any other chewing
i heat and tobacco, and that's why chewers of
inuous high Schnapps pass the good thing along
y the direct ?one chewer makes other chewers,
fit4+
lues, which until uie iaci 15 C3UIUUOIIVU Mim
bacco that there are more chewers and more
aroma that pounds of tobacco chewed to the
s in green population in states where Schnapps
Dcessesgive tobacco is sold than there are in
e the cheer- those states where Schnapps has not
ty that pop- yet been offered to the trade.
A 10c. plug of Schnapps is more
:o depends economical than 3 much larger 10c.
ess and the plug of cheap tobacco. Sola at 50c
s it, as ex- per pound in 5c. cuts. Strictly 10
5 flue cured and 15 cent plugs.
3bacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C.