The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 20, 1907, Image 5
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LOCAL NEWS FROM SCRANTON.
Things Seen and Heard in Town
and Environs.
Scranton, June 18:-Scranton
seems to be gradually growing
larger and her citizens are
* ^ of course delighted to see their
town so rapidly building up.
Several families have recently
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moved Here to maKe uu? men
future home. But we regret to
see now and then families leaving
and going eise-where to
live.
Mr and Mrs L H Little, who
have been living in Scranton
for the past ten months, will
leave Thursday tor Marion,
where they will make their future
home. Mr and Mrs Little
have made many friends here
and we hate very much to see
them go.
Mr J C Lynch has erected a
new dwelling house on church
street, which helps the looks of
that part of town very much.
Mr P M Lee and family of
Conway have become residents
of our town. We extend cur
1ICCIL 11C91 ncivums.
Mr Hartwell Graham of Wilmington,
N C, visited the Misses
Graham Sunday.
Dr Willard McKnight left
i Thursday night for Charleston,
where he has gone to accept a
position in that city.
Miss Carrie Miller of Kingstree
was the guest of Mr J E
^ Sports last week.
V Mr J P Turner of Hannah
(Florence county) passed
through town Monday en route
fiwhere he lias trone
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as a juror to attend court.
Mrs W S Lynch and daughter,
Miss Mary Olive Ljnch, and W
S Lynch, Jr., accompanied by
Mrs Fred Hines and son, Matthew,
visited friends in Kingstree
last week.
MrO H Graham, who has
been attendingClemson college,
" returned home last w?.-ek to
spend his vacation.
Mr L 0 Hinson of Cowards
was among the visitors here last
week.
Messrs 0 B Carter and E M
Lowraan visited friends at
Timmonsville Sunday.
Mr Archie A Duncan, traveling
salesmen for the Geer Drug
Co., of Charleston, was in
town this week.
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Mr John Wiggins of RoSg"rafry
passed through town this
mornirtg, on his waj' to Friendfield
to visit his parents and
friends.
The star mail route from
here to Sardis will be discontinued
after next Saturday and will
be replaced by an R F I) route.
This will make three 11 F D
routes for Scran ton.
Wra llov fYwVfc-#* who liv#?S
near Bass' bridge,fell dead Monday.
Her death was supposed
to have been caused from heart
failure. She leaves a husband
and several children to su rvive
her.
Mr and Mrs J A Gantt of
Florence spent a few days in
town ia?t week with relatives
and friends.
Master Harvey Parker is- vis.
titing- friends at Florence this
week.
? Mr N B Sturgeon is at Eftin^ham
this week.
Mr Lorey Turner ot Hannah
was seen in town Monday.
. Miss Dora Matthews and Mr
J Matthews of Cowards
HSHvere quests of Mr and Mrs J M
HaBM^oward Sunday.
Mr Lee Byrd of Live Oak,
HB Fla., is visiting friends at Scranton.
H Mr H B Lee went to Florence
today on business.
TROUBLE AT BYMAN.
Obstreperous Negroes Cause Race
Riot to be Apprehended.
Reports from Hyman say there
was considerable uneasiness in that
community Saturday night and Sunday
because of a threat of a race
riot. It seems that the trouble arose
from a negro threatening and cursing
a white man, and the white man
drawing a pistol and trying to shoot
the negro. Other white men inter- ,
fered aud separated the two, and
caught the negro when he was trying
to escape from the store. A crowd
of negroes gathered quickly and
threatened to'*use np"the white man ,
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cotnpauied by other white nieu and 1
the negroes did not make the attempt.
On Sundav the negroes gathered J 1
at their church in that village and | i
the white people were fearful lest'1
thry might mean to give trouble
and were ready to meet them, but(
there was no trouble. i i
It is said that this is the third <
time that there has been a threat of J 1
trouble in that community and that1 ,
the people are getting restless over ,
the situatiou. They say that the1,
leaders in this soit of trouble must j '
be sent away from the community'
and they expect all the race who ]
want peace and good order to help ]
them ;n maintaining it and sending i
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off and Keeping on ine men wnu
make tile trouble.
If a not should break out in that
community the people in all sur- <
rounding communities are ready to 1
flock to the assistance and put down ,
the trouble. Many of them are i
anxious to get even with some of 1
the agitators. Quick and easy c??m- *
municatiou could be had with Florence.
?Florence Times ? June 18.
A Feathered Waavar.
The crafts are nearly all repre- '
sented in bird life, but perhaps the j
most striking achievement is that j
of the tailor bird of Asia. When
preparing to make a nest these birds
choose a plant with leaves about the j
size of a man's hand. These they
proceed to make into a bag. They
! pluck the boll of the cotton plant j
and actually spin it into thread
with their bills and feet and there
with literally sew together the edges j
of the choeen leaves. ^
A Modest Village Blacksmith.
The little village could not boast .
of having many entertainments, and ]
a concert was an event which was j
looked forward to with delight by
the inhabitants. It was at one of
these "musical feasts" that a stranger
sang with great feeling "The j
Village Blacksmith." \
In response to a vociferous encore <
the singer was about to start "Rock- <
ed In the Cradle of the Deep," when j
the chairman tugged his coat tail. j
"Better sing the owd 'un over i
again, mister," he whispered. "I
'appen to be thw chap you've been $
singing about?the village blackon/1
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fair to me if you was to sing it all ]
over again and pop in another verse ]
savin' as ow I let out bicycles."? I
London Mail.
A Conscientious Parson.
A wedding took place a short j
time back in a large town in the I
north of England, the service being '
conducted by a rather eccentric vie- 1
ar. Two days after the ceremony I
he called at the house of the bride- <
groom's mother, but she happened '1
to be out, so he said he would call 1
again, which he did later in the day, 1
carrying two large bags under his
arm. <
This time he found her in. So
he began by asking them to clear j i
the table a little. Then he opened I
the green bags, from which he took |
the registers. These he opened and
in a most solemn tone said: i
"Mrs. Williams, you have forgot- 1
ten to dot the *i' in Elizabeth."
The family breathed once more. 1
?London Answers.
Chaining the Child.
She may have been either a wickj
ed little girl or simply one of those
children who refuse absolutely to
"stay put," but whatever her ail- j
ment her mother certainly made
enough of a parade of it. The pair
were strolling along the other afternoon,
and around the left wrist of
the child was a stout dog collar of
leather, to which was fastened a 1
heavy chain of steel links, the end
of which was held firmly in the
mother's right hand. The chaining
might have been done in all kind- ,
ness, but the effect on the passing
throng was to arouse a keen sense
of pity for the child.?New York
Press.
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FATHER'S LESSON.
The Trick of Teaching a? Ha Triad ft
on the Boy.
"Don't lop down on the couch
that way, Bobby," the tired little
mother implored. "Stand up and
pull down your sweater and try to i
remember. Henry," she added,
lifting a Hushed, almost tearful face j
to her husband as he entered the
room, "this boy simply can't learn !
anything by heart, do you know it? j
It's a physical impossibility. Here
his teacher has assigned two pages
of the 'Lady of the Lake' to be committed
to memory before tomorrow
morning, and I've worked with him
all the evening, dnd he can't say the
tirst two lines now! Why, at hia
age I used to recite long selections
at the church entertainments. All
our children did. He must take
after vour side of the family."
"My sido! Well, that's a good
idea! 1 think I spoke a few pieces
at school nivself. Let me have the :
book. Probably you haven't the
trick of teaching?that's the main
thing. Here, son, come in the oth?r
room and let your father have a
try with you."
A half hour followed, during
which the paternal voice grew Ioudir
and louder, while the listening |
wife grew first tranquil, then merry. I
At last the folding doors opened. !
"Come, son," said Bobby's father in
i voice that cracked the whip.
"Show your mother what you've
learned in half an hour.
"All he needed was to have it im- I
pressed on his mind that the last j
words in everv two lines rhvme," 1
lie added as he placed the open book
In his wife's hands and pointed to '
:he couplet about the famous stag:
"But ere his fleet career he took
rhe dewdrops from hla flanks he shook.'
"Go on, son," he commanded
igain. "They rhyme in twos, reTiember."
"Yes, sir." Bobby swallowed hard.
"But?but ere he took his fleet careerHe?he
shook the dewdrops from his ear!"
was the triumphant finish. And
:hen Bobbv wondered why his mother
laughed until she cried.?Exchange.
Changed, Yet the Same.
A southern man, who has for
iome years past been established in
Sew York, recently visited his forxier
home in Virginia. While there
ae was busy renewing old acquaintinces.
Among these was the son
>f an old preacher whom the former
Virginian remembered as having
invariably discoursed on the
tame topic.
"Heard father since you've been
pack?" asked the son.
"I am sorrv to say that I have
aot," said the other. "Tell me,"
be added, with a smile, "is he
preaching that same old sermon?"
"Oh, yes," replied the son, not
it all taken aback by the question,
'but for the last year or two he's
been hollering in different parts of
t."?Lippincott's.
Lamb and the Scotchman.
Charles l.ainb said he never could
mpress a Scotchman with any new
Iruth; that they all required it to be
spelled and explained awav in old
equivalent and familiar words and
phrases. He said he had spoken to
i Scotchman who sat next to him
it dinner of a healthy book.
"Healthy, sir! Healthy, did you
lay ?'
"Yes, healthy." ^
"I dinna comprenend. I have !
beard of a healthy man and of a !
bealthv morning, but never of a
icalthy book."
Made It a Good Omen.
Napoleon HI. did a graceful thing
to avert an ill omen. Captain Jean
I'oeurpreux in a ball given at the j
Tuileries tripped and fell. But Napoleon
held out his hand to help
aim up. saying as he did so: "M. le
I'ommandant, this is the second I
time I have seen you fall. The first j
time was by my side on the field of
Magenta."
Then turning to the lady he add?d:
"Henceforth Captain Coeurpreux ,
is commandant of my guides."
Self Command.
"Self command is the main elegance;"
"self control is the rule,";
says Emerson. He is enforcing that
rule of manners which bids us avoid
the exaggeration that causes loss of
power and heat that makes our in- j
feriors our superiors. He quotes
from the austere, reserved, eloquent
St. Just, "Keep cool and you com-1
mand everybody," and from the
wily old Talleyrand, "Above all,1
gentlemen, no heat."
Shallac For Woodwork.
For natural finished woodwork
that has become badly scratched or
marred, like the lower part of the
door, surbases and window sills,
there is nothing better than a coat
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Ui iwv VI sucuat ui^ niuu
prepare at home by adding the dry ,
yellow flakes to 95 degrees alcohol, j
ft will dissolve in a few hours if'
it is shaken frequently, to allow the
alcohol freedom in attacking the
flakes.
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Hereafter we positively refuse
to pufc-lish hny communica-'
tion received at this office later
than Tueselay, noon, except local
and personal items, which
will not be available later than!
Wednesday, noon, for the current
week. By trying to be ac- j
commodating we are thrown late!
every week and we are tired of
it. This notice applies to
EVERY BODY.
4-25-tf.
Free Samp^s of " Preventics" and
a booklet on Colds will be gladly mailed
you, on request by Dr Shoop. Racine,
Wis., simply to prove merit.
Preventic- are little Candy Cold Cure
tablets. No Quinine, no Laxative,
nothing harmful whatever. Preventics
prevent colds?as the name implies
?when taken early, or at the "Sneere
Stage." For a seated cold or LaOrippe, [
break it up safely and quickly with i
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Wiathrop College
Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.
The examination for the award of vacant
scholarships in Winthrop ('ollege i
and for the admission of r.ew students
will be held at the County Court House 1
on FRIDAY, JULY AT ? A M.
Applicants must be not less than fifteen
years of age. When Scolarships !
are vacated after July 5, they will be;
awarded to th<?-e making the highest ;
average at this examination provided !
they meet the conditions governing;
the award. Applicants for Scholar-;
ships should write to President John-j
son before the examination for Scholar- j
ship examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $10? and free,
tuition. The next session will open ;
Sept' mbcr 15*. 1907. For further infor- J
mation and catalogue, address Pres. (
D. B Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
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Lake City, S. G.
Crown and Bridge Work a Spsclalty.
All Work guaranteed.
va/. L. BASS
Attorney at Law
LAKE CITY, S. Q.
Dr H J McCabe
Denlist.
KINGST1EE. - S. C.
JOHN D. MOUZON'S BARBER SHOP
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Polite Service, i ompetent
Workmen.
5-8-08.
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