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Ma case of conscience.
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H By an Editor Could Not Bo Judgo In
a 1.utorary Contoot.
I Hie editor of a magazine was inM?d
to act as a judge in a prize
|HHy contest. ''Is it to be an
9|HBnymous contest?" the editor ask"Yes,
indeed." "And I supn^pose
all the stories will be typewritH9Ken?"
"Certainly. We have parP^^ticularly
stipulated that." "I'm
veryvsorry." was the reply, "but I
can't possibly."
"But?but you will be asked to !
read only the best of the stories j
submitted," reminded the publisher. !
"A staff of competent readers will j
aift the wheat from the chaff, |
and"?
"I'm very sorry, but I'll have to
refuses, and I can't tell you how it j
grieves me to say this, for I appre- 1
ciate the great compliment you are
paying me, and I would appreciate
equally the remuneration you offer.
But the fact is this?my conscience
would smite me if I undertook the
work. You see, I have had about
twenty years' experience in editorial ,
work, and during that time I suppose
^the manuscripts of every pop- j
ular and unpopular author of the i
day have come to my desk for at- j
. tention. I have been in such long j
' correspondence with many of these j
?*" t-Kat T l-nAw liiiTiilvrrJt
?UbXiViO lUOb *. ivnv ? viivn > V
ings well, and even a glance at my
morning's mail will tell me who my
correspondents are. And?do not
smile?I know their typewriters
equally well. I know the various
makes they own. and those who prefer
elite type to the ordinary size,
and those who use italics and inverted
quotation marks. I can even
recognize an author's peculiar method
of making a caret and his own
manner of punctuation. But all
this is nothing to my ability to spot
at once an author's style. Attempts
have often been made to deceive me,
but only on Tare occasions have they
succeeded. But you must not think
. this so astonishing after all. I have
I been tied down to my one line of
worker a long time now, and the
? ^QjiWber of really successful writers
is not so great after all. It would
be quite remarkable if I had not
learned something about their characteristics
after all these years. Almost
all of them would doubtless
submit stories in your contest, and
perhaps the majority of their manuacripts
would be passed up to me by
your readers. If, recognizing any
particular writer's work, I pretended
to give an opinion based on supIposed
complete ignorance of that
writer's identity, I should not be
doing the fair thing. For that reason
I must decline to act. ^ou understand
me, I hope." "Yes," said
the publisher, "I do. But whom
shall I ask in your place?" "Some
one who is not cursed with quite so
puch conscience," replied the editor.?Bookman.
Alliaator Food.
ST There is reason to believe that
the flesh of a young boiled alligator
1 is barely distinguishable from veal,
9 ?ays an English traveler. It is probably
cleaner and more tender than
much of the meat of the animals
that are usually consumed as food
on the continent or in the east end
of London. I have never desired to
taste the flesh of alligators, cooked
or uncooked. But in India I have
^ seen the Sontals and other casteless
natives, greedily devour the flesh of
an' aHigator without waiting to
cook it. The flesh was very pale in
color and probably was much superior
to the flesh of snakes and'
rats and such like vermin which
form the ordinary food of the predatory
Sontal when hunting in his
native woods.
A Little Ambiguous.
A group of interested citizens
was observed- standing in front of
, . a billboard in one of Chicago's suburbs
reading a large poster that had
just been put up. Some of them
were greatly amused, while others
were highly indignant.
A nearer inspection showed that
the purpose of the poster was to
ce __l i
avert 180 a "genuine coiorea minstrels'
entertainment" that was to
be given at one of the local amusement
halls. The particular portion
that had roused the emotions of the
crowd was printed in great, flaring
letters:
"It will be enough to make a mule
laugh! Bring your wives and children
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Lost Dignity.
Irish viceroys are stripped of
their sovereign attributes as soon as
they reach English waters, which
gives point to the following story
told of one viceroy and a lady with
whom he was acquainted. They
both found themselves on board the
Holyhead packet. During the voymo
froi^ Ireland the lady treated
lie viceroy with ceremonious re|peet.
So soon, however, as the
^ packet entered Holyhead harbor she
said to him. "Now, Bobby, you're no
'anger viceroy, so take my bag and
A lake yourself useful." ? London
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ALPINE CLIMBERS.
'Mountain Scratchars" Hold In Con.
tampt by the Natives.
There are lew things tnat rouse
! the Swiss inhabitants of Alpine vili
lages to contemptuous linger so
j much as the spectacle of ignorant
; tourists anxious to attack the unj
known heights of dangerous mountains.
These villagers have spent
[ their lives among the mountains
and realize their perils. When they
see some stupid newcomer starting
out alone on what may be nothing
less than a suicidal venture, says the
London Express, they say to each
other, "Another mountain scratcher!"
The sensible tourist never by any
means purchases an ice ax. One
day I noticed a man enter one of
the shops. He looked at the ice
axes and finally bought one. "No
one but a mountain scratcher would
buy an ice ax at a toy shop,*' said
my guide.
The next day I started out for an
easy excursion to the glacier, having
the same guide with me who had
pointed out the mountain scratcher
at the shop. He at once told me
that the "scratcher" had also start
VU lyJL ^lanci uiiati^uuwu.
When we began to get on the
glacier the guide fastened the rope
around my waist. Xot being a
climber, I had only my alpenstock. |
The guide's ice ax was ample for
the cutting of necessary steps.
In a short time^ve saw the mountain
scratcher. lie was chipping
away with his ax on a broad slope of
ice that reached away into illimitable
distance.
Without wasting words the guide
stopped me ard untied the rope.
"Stay where you are," he said.
"That fool is right in the track of
the avalanches. I must get him out
of that at once. He may be killed
any moment."
The guide soon came near his
man, but lie was over him, and a
deep crevasse separated them. I
saw the guide thrust his ax forward,
but the man's nerve failed, and he
did not grasp it. The guide saw
that he must act promptly and
thrust the point of the ax into the
man's coat and under his leather
belt and pulled him up by sheer
force.
The two came back to where I
was waiting. There was a low rumbling
noise, which grew louder and
louder. White dnrts 01 moving ice
came hurtling down over the slope
where but a few moments before
the man had been standing. We
had reached him just in time.
Proposed In Publio.
One of the most unique specimens
of the courting crisis on record
occurred at a ,JLondon dinner
party. He had long made love to
her, and while at the table he learned
from a friend sitting next to him
that his rival intended to "pop the
question" that very day. What was
to be done? He was some distance
from her, while the dreaded rival
was at her side. Tearing a leaf
from a notebook, he wrote on it
with a pencil: "Will you be my
wife? Write your answer, yes or no,
on this paper and return it to me."
This he sent to her by a waiter,
saying: "To the lady in blue at the
end of the table. Be very careful."
This servant was careful enough,
but the sender forgot to give him
the pencil for the lady to use. She
didn t have a pencil, but she coolly
put the note into her bosom and
{answered to the waiter, "Tell the
gentleman yes," with as little betrayal
of excitement as if she were
accepting an invitation to a game
of croquet.
Humor* of tho Law.
Law and equity are two things
which God has joined together and
man has put asunder. When a prisoner
in Justice Maule's court was
asked whether he had anything to
say why sentence should not be
i pronounced upon him, he replied,
"I wish God may strike me dead if
I stole the ducks." Maule waited
for about a minute and then said:
"Prisoner, as Providence has not interfered
I must. Three months'
hard labor."
A mayor on taking his .seat on the
bench for the first time informed
the bar that during his year of office
he would spare no effort to be
neither nartial nor impartial.?Ad
I dress of Sir Albert Rollit in London.
The Sleep of Horees.
When the horse sleeps, it i3 said
that one ear is directed forward,
why is not known. A writer in the
English Mechanic thinks this is to
guard against danger, being a survival
of its originally wild habits, i
Ho says: "Watch a horse asleep i
through the window of his stable '
and make a faint noise at the front, j
That ear will he all attention, and j
probably the other will fly around
! sharply to assist. Now let him go
! to sleep again and make the same
noise to the left. The forward ear
still will keep guard, with possibly ;
a lightning flick round, only to resume
its former position."
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GQ0ft USE HI 6EBBGET0WN.
Lake City Mn First Cntest of tbe
Season
Georgetown, June 4:?The
base ball season opened here
this afternoon with an interesting
game between the teams of
Lake City and Georgetown, resulting
in a score of six to four
in favor of the visitors.
Morris and Lake pitched for
Lake City and did good work.
Frost was in the box for the
locals. The home boys did some
good playing, but were erratic
on account of little team practice
thus tar. Lake City was in
much better form, having engaged
in a number of games already
this season. Another game will
be played to-morrow. There
was a good attendance to-day.?
Xetcs U- Courier.
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Items from Benson.
BENSON, June '6:?Our farmers
have defeated Gen. Green and placed
his forces in a position to hold
them down, unless reinforced by a
repetition of last year's continued
rains. Crops are fully two weeks
behind, but are looking well and
growing fast and generally in good
condition. Our farmers are in fine
spirits over the prospects of a fine
price fof* cotton the coming fall,
and it is hoped that none of them
will make the mistake they did last
year of selling their cotton before
it is made
Well, Mr Editor, the good people
of this (and man)- other) communities
did not have a chance to sign
the petition asking for the election
on the dispensary question. If we
had. there would have been several
hundred more names on the petition.
Nevertheless the names we have are
sufficient for about- 3,500 qualified
electors, and it is well known that
there are not that many qualified
electors in our county, so we will
patiently await the decision of our
supervisor. The good people of
Williamsburg will see that their
lights are respected and that they
get what they ask for in this matter.
Several of our young people went
down last week to attend the commencement
of the Union Graded
school.
We are sorry to announce the illness
of the baby girl of Mr and Mrs
J G McCullougb, which though not
serious, yet caused our worthy
superintendent to be disappointed in
not being able to attend commeuce
ment at Johnsouville and Union
schools. Dr D C Scott of Kitigstreee
is treating the little sufferer
and we hope for its speedy restore
tiou to health.
We hud a heavy fall of rain and
quite a good deal of wind on Saturday
afternoon, but no damage to
crops resulted.
We are preparing for Ohildien's
day at Cedar Swamp church on the
5th Sunday, June 30. The public
is cordially invited.
Benson.
Let me mail you free, to prove merit,
samples of my Dr Shoop's restorative,
and my Book on either Dyspepsia, The
Heart, or The Kidneys. Address me,
Dr Shopp, Racine. Wis. Troubles of
the Sbanach, Heart or Kidneys, ire
merely symtoms of a deeper ailment.
Don't make the common error of treating
symtoms only. Symtom treatmen
is treating the result of your ailment,
and not the cause. Weak stomach
nerves?the inside nerves? means
stomach weakness, always. And the
Heart, and kidneys as well, have their
controlling or inside nerves. Weaken
these nerves, and you inevitably have
have weak vital organs. Here is where
Dr. Shoop's Restorative has made its
fame. No other remedy even claims
to treat the "inside nerves." Also tor
bloating, biliousness, bad breath on
complexion, use Dr. Shoop's Restorative.
Write for my free book now. Dr.
Shoop's Restorative sold by D i, ScottWinthrop
College
Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.
The examination for the award of vacant
scholarships in Winthrop College
and for the admission of new students
will be held at the County Court House
on FRIDAY, JULY 5, AT ? A M.
Applicants must be not less than fifteen
years of age. When Scolarships
[ are vacated after July 5, they will t>e
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination provided
they meet the conditions governing
the award. Applicants for Scholarships
should write to President Johnson
before the examination for Scholarship
examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and free
tuition. The next session will open
September If, 190T. For further information
and catalogue, address Pres.
D. B Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
j 5-9-July 4.
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k Visiter fnm.Hnjjstree.
LeRoy Lee, Esq., of Kingstree,
was in Charleston yesterday on
business. He has not been at the
bar many years, but he has
been there long- enough to build
up one of the best law practicesof
any attorney in the 3d judicial
circuit, and his reputation for
giving sound advice to clients
and lor handling- himseil and i
his cases well in the court room!
is growing- rapidly.. All the |
Judges like him and respect!
him, and he has hosts of friends
in Williamsburg county. Mr
Lee was urged to offer for solicitor
to succeed the Hon John S
Wilson, but declined to do so,
although his friends were confident
that he would be given
the appointment. He says that
so marked and continued is the
growth of Kingstree that even
the people of that pretty and
thriving community are themselves
astonished at its extraordinary
developmeat.?News &
Courier, May 31.
Piles (jet quick and certain relief from
Dr ."-hoop's Magic Ointment. Pleas,
note it is made alone for Piles, and it
action is positive and certain. Itchings
painful, protruding or blind piles disappear
like magic by its use. l^arge
nickel-capped glass jars 50 cents.
?<old by D (J Scott.
Are you keeping up with "The
Kise of Jimmie Johnson'?
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Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty.
All Work OiMCTOtotd
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Attorney at Law
LAKE CITY, 8. C.
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Dentist.
KINGST.m - S. C.
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Keiret Hotel
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