The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 19, 1907, Image 2

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' ' ' ' I Lotto a is Kind. With over 1,000,000 Oales of cotton to be marketed in Sonth Carolina this year, at the existing prices, the rocome from the ba'ei cotton will fall little short of $60,000,000. In addition to this, if all the seed is sold, au additional $8,500,000 will be paid for that product to the farmers of the Palmetto State. This means much more for South Carolina than most people think at first glance. It meaus, first of all, ~ novai. Irnnwn to d HVKl W4V4V a uw?? a hardworking, striving people. It means also the forging ahead of a State now leading in many other branches of industry. It means a great stride for world-wide recognition of the South'8 greatest productcotton. It may truly be said with Henry Grady: "Cotton?What a royal plant it is! The world waits in attendance on its growth; the shower that falls whispering on its leaves is heard around the earth; the s?n that shines on it is tempered by the prayers of all the people, the frost that chills it and the dew that descends from the stars are noted, and the trespass of a little worm upon its green leaf as more to England thau the advance of the Russian army on the Asian outposts." And as a writer has recently put it: iU "You get up in the morning from -a bed clothed in cotton; you step on -a cotton rug; yon let in the light by -raising a cotton window shade; you wash with soap made partly from cotton oil; you dry your face on a 'Cotton towel; you array yourselt chiefly in cotton clothing; the 'silk' in which your wife dresses is probably mercerized cotton; at the breakfast table you do not get away from King Cotton; cotton oil has probably taken the place of lard in the, -biscuit you eat and even these m ay be made of cotton seed flour; the *be?f and the muttou are probably i fattened on cotton seed meal and abulia; your 'imported olive oil' is more lively from a Texas cotton /ifarm than from an Italian villa; your butter is probably a product of Son them cotton seed meal, and is certainly improved if about 20 per -^ent. of eotton oil has been added in r> churning; the coal that burns , in the 6re may have beeu mined by 1 the light of a cotton oil lamp; sheep from which your woolen clothing vcamc urere probably fed on cotton <aeed meal; the tonic you take may contain an extraet of cotton routhark; the tobacco you smoke not un? Biteely grew under a cotton cover, is 3>ut up in a cotton bag and may be adulterated with cotton seed hulls; your morning daily may be printed <n cotton waste paper?and even in the war it tells about in some far country the contending forces were nrohablv clothed in cotton duck, C J alept under cotton tents. Cotton was an essential in the high explosives which were used, and when at l*st war had done its worst surgery itself calls cotton into requisition to aid the iujured and dying, until they are laid away in a cotton shroud ? The State. An innrpriative Header. Editor County Record:? I beg to band you herewith postal money order for $1.00, for which kindly extend my subscription to *your good paper for one year, sending same as heretofore to 206 Grove Ave., Nashville, Tenu. May I add that it is with pleasure ' that I look forward each week to the coming of my home paper, which enables me to keep in touch with the current events and progress of my aative county? I wish to congratulate you upon this most excellent publication, and extend my best wishes for your continued success. Yours very truly, 0. H. Clarksox, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1907. ? ? To check a cold quickly, get from veer druggist some little Candy Cold Tabkls called Preventics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Preventics. for they are not only safe, but decidedly certain and prompt: Preventics contain no quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Taken at the ""sneeze stage" Preventics will prevent Pneumonia, Bronchitis, La Grippe, etc. <Hence the name, Preventics. Goods for feverish chilaren. 4S Preventics 25 cts. Trial boxes acts. Sold by D. C. Scott. I No Fun Fop Boy*. In some of the cantons of Swltzer1 land they have special laws made for I boya. Here Is a sample of them: "IT a boy throws a stone and hits a man he may be fined 3 francs. "1 t a hrttr thpn?-? a snawbllll Slid hits a woman he may be fined 2 francs. "If a boy calls a girl a 'rod head* he may be fined from 2 to 4 francs. "If a boy throws at frogs i:i a pond i '.iinout being ordered to do so by his father or teacher he shall be fined a franc. | "If a boy throws a stone and breaks t a window belonging to some one else 1 his father may whip him or be may be fined 2 francs. "If a boy makes a face at his teacher or draws pictures of him on bis slate or speaks ill of him be may be fined 5 francs and have to beg his pardon. "If a boy stones a dog or chases a ! cat It Is a fine of a franc. "If two boys fight without the consent of their teacher It Is a fine of 3 francs. "If a boy steals apples or other fruit It Is a fine of 2 francs, and he should be beaten by bis father." The American boy who reads the above will wonder what the Swiss boy has to live for. About all be can do and not be fined Is to have the measles or whooping cough.?Exchange. Man's Unwisdom. The simplest and plainest laws of health are outraged every hour of the day by the average man. Did Adam smoke? Dfal Eve wear corsets? Did Solomon chew tobacco? Did Ruth cbew gum? Did the children of Israel make for a beer garden after crossing 1 the Red sea? Did Rebecca eat gumdrops and Ice cream and call for soda water? Adam was the first and was made perfect from head to heel. How ' long would be remain so after eating : a mince pie before going to bed? Suppose he had slept In a bedroom five by ; seven, with the windows down, the door shut and two degs under the bed? 8uppose Eve bad laced herself up In a comet, put on tight shoes, sat up all hours of the night eating her fill of trash and sizzled her hair. When you come to look at the way a man misbehave* himself you can only wonder he ever lived to get there. Verily, the average man behaves as if he were little better than a fool.?Woodbury (Conn.) Reporter. A Pony 8ontin?l. During one of General Custer's Indian campaigns be had a boy bugler with him who was mounted on a circus pony be had picked up somewhere. The animal was not only full of tricks, but he proved himself a better sentinel than any of the soldiers. Three times In four months he saved the camp from a night attack when no other suspected that danger was near. Upon one occasion the pony, who was loose and walking about camp, discovered a sentinel asleep on his post That was wrong, and the animal knew It was. and be gave the soldier such a bite on the arm as caused him to yell out and arouse the whole camp. Pooy and boy both died In Custer's last battle. The pony had twelve arrows in his body when found.?Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. As It Losksd Is Him. One of the ladies in fancy dress was. though fair enough, a trifle fat, and we will not say that she dtd not look well out ?* the thirties. And there spake to her a reporter: "May I ask what character yoe repreeent?" "Helen of Troy," she answered. "What did yon think It was?" "Well," be murmured, ungailantly enough, as weights and measures confused his brain and he gassd on her ample proportions, "I thought you might be Helen of Arolrdnpolsr One For ths Debating Club. A group of half a dosen physicists, all eminent; a sheet of paper; a pencil, j With the latter one of the group draws a pulley, a cord over the pulley, a tree, a bough from which the pulley bangs. To one end of the cord is attached a stone; to the other cord clings a monkey. The stone balances tbs monkey, j If the monkey proceeds to climb np the cord, what will happen? Will the stone rise or fall? Heated discussion; breakup of the party; no result Can any reader help to settle this question? An Anscdots of Agassiz.g On one occasion a person entered Professor Agasalz's room with a picture 1 which he desired to sell, denominated a "Blrdseye View of Cambridge." The professor contemplated It for a 11 rf/wl Kla aroa lrvnlrorl at the UiUUICiil, liUCU uio v^vw, vender of the picture, and, said, with his characteristic accent, "Well, I thank my God zat I am not a bird."? i Boston Transcript An Explanation. She presented herself at a fashionable wedding. "Friend of the bride or the bridegroom?" asked the usher. "I'm the fiancee of the organ blower," she explained, blushing.?Llpplncott's. Couldn't Orator (excitedly) ? The American eagle, whether It Is roaming the deserts of India or climbing the forests of Canada, will not draw In Its horns or retire Into Its shell.?Independent And Hadn't Lost It Her Husband?You were a good looking woman when I married you. SheTea, I had the advantage of you even then.?Brooklyn Life. Every substantial grief has twenty shadows, and moat of them are shadows of your own making. ? Sydney Smith. I Qoldsm'th'c Generosity. A beggir once asked alius of Oliver ; Goldsmith a< lie walk?I with a fricad ! up Fleet stnv:. and lie irive her a slid 1 ling. His companion. knowing some | tiling if the woman. censured the writ j or for his e;cess of humanity. saying j , that the shilling uus misapplied, as I he would spend It for liquor. "If It j ; makes h >r happy in any way. tny end : 1 J Is ans vered." replied Goldsmith. Another proof that the doctor's gen- 1 eroslty was not always regulated by ! discretion was at a time when, after much delay, a day was fixed to pay the ?40 due bis tailor. Goldsmith procured tho money, but a friend calling upon him and relating a piteous tale p of his goods being sefced for rent, the thoughtless but ben^volant author gave , him all tbe money. Tne tanor canea and was told that If be had come a lit-' I tie sooner he could bare had the I money, but that he had Just pdrted I' with every shilling of It to a friend In dlatreea, adding,' "1 would have been Y an unfeeling mwntter not to have re- j1 Ueved trouble ^hen In my power." V ... i* Heart Preteotors. a Many persona are puzzled to know why policemen Vear th^lr Radges so ? low on their coats Instead of on the ~ flap made for that purpose. As a mat- I ter of fact the badge or star, as he | calls It, of many a policeman Is right ? next to his heart. Some of tbe bluecoats can thank their "stars" for being 1 alive. This little metal shield has de- & fleeted the bullet of bnrgiar or high- ? wayman, and at times, too, has stopped the knife thrust of would be assassins." ?i During tbe last twenty or thirty years there are many cases on record show- to lng that tbe little badge bas been a * life saver. Even bullets fired at close ?> range, as a rule, cannot penetrate the shield. That's why a bluecoat always WU feels safer In keeping the star at a vital spot. When off duty some policemen ? wear their stars on their vests, but al- -J ways directly over the heart. Tbey are Uk so accustomed to the little protector that tbey feel uneasy without it? Jj Philadelphia Record. 1 Scott's Wis* Dog. M | So veracious & man as Sir Walter 8cott had a wise dog, a bull terrier. ? Said the novelist once: "I taught him = to understand a great many words. In- P asmucb that I am positive that the B communication betwixt tbe canine spe- fl cles and ourselves might be greatly B enlarged. Camp once bit tbe baker. I who was bringing bread to the fam- I lly. I beat him and explained the I enormity of his offense, after which, to I the last moments of his life, be never i hoo-rf tho ififwt flITnsfnn to the storv In I B whatever tone of voice ft was men- H cloned without RettIng up am! retlr- B JnR to the darkest corner of the room. I with Rrent api>enrar7ce of distress. I Then If yon said *tbe baker was well I paid* or the baker was not bnrt. after all.' Cainp came forth from bfs hiding _ place, capered and barked and re- ~r Jolced T The Wealthy Angler's Tackle Outfit. The wealthy angler who want# the A| beet of. everything ha# a special six Q| foot oblong case or trtmk for hla fishing rods, which, being the best. ' cost about $30 each. He has a heavy ^ surf casting rod, a lighter hey coating ?. rod and a set of fly rods for fresh wa- ^ ter fishing. His reels, of which be gi most have varices type*, cost $75 each a and upward. For his fishing tackle there la a special trunk. In which are the best Irish linen linee, hooks and g; files of all descriptions, sinkers, swlv- ^ els, squids, spoons, spinner*, fioats, arOfldal bait, etc. Snch fishermen gener- kg ally carry duplicate tackle and at vera 1 * duplicates of pole tips and such things as may be most likely to break. The j total cost of a wealthy angfer's tackle 3 outfit ranges from $250 to $1.000.?New York Tribune. f Fir* and Water. S Water will extinguish a fire because the water forms a coating over the .fuel, which keeps It from the air. and ? The conversion of water Into steam A draws off the beat from the burning fuel. little water makes a fire fiercer, while a large quantity of water puts It out The explanation la that water Is composed of oxygen and hydrogen. When, therefore, the fire can ^ decompose the water Into Its simple ? elements it serves as fuel to the flame. A Hard Drinking Bout. Among the songs of Robert Burns Is one upon a whistle used by a Dane who visited England In the retinue of Anne of Denmark. This whistle was placed on the table at the beginning of 9. a drinking bout, which was won by _ whoever was last able to blow It The 11 Dane conquered all comers, says the jU story, until Sir Robert Lawrie of Max- IT welton, "after three days and three nights' hard contest, left the Scandinavian under the table." q Clever Girl. Mother?What's that I hear? Frans actually kissed you at the railway station? And what did you do, pray? Daugnter?? en, ?u us iu ujs? >?/body think he was a relative and so , prevent a scandal I kissed him too.? J Berlin Journal. Fatal Politeness. ~ First Tramp?After all, It pays to be ?| polite, pardner. Second Tramp?Not J always. The other day I was actln' deaf and dumb when a man gave me sixpence. I says, 'Thank you, sir," and he had me arrested.?London Ex- h press. Not a Spendthrift. Anxious Mother?I hope you are not C thinking of marrying young Clarkson. 1 He spends every cent he earns. Pretty Daughter?Oh, well, he doesn't earn very much.?Chicago News. ja Pessimism and a good dinner cannot ? both be in one man.?Exchange. A Good Hair-Food Ayer's Hair Vigor, new imprc ved formula, is a genuine hair-food. It feeds, nourishes, builds up, strengthens, invigorate!. The hair grows more rapidly, keeps soft and smooth, and all dandruff disappears. Aid nature a little. Give your hair a good hair-food. , A it> rtisr* ifrj "hesitate\bout using thtf ew Hair Vigor from any fear of its clung tg tb? color of your hair. The net jcrw nur vi|? prc?cm? picuuuui< itrneu, bat does not change thecolo I? the hair eren to the alightest degree tta J. C.A**rC*.. Lew*11, aU*.? teart length HeertHmigth. er Bwrt Weakaae. mean# $r?m iwQCtfc.orN?rreWaakaeaa?oothtaf more. Poe 'n|f(MaoMweakhaMtaiMM 1a. ta ta it ?an?UT OMtatt' li toafcaoit almn a Maaebr IhMa ante jiiii mho* ilMjwaaa<la!!AaByBaia>M>??oaai.inow ibliua, mm aoBaroUlof, aura co roifi| Bg^^^Hbo|a^ia^h^Hapmgal^ cocttaai mm MBi COQtroUlDt fttTTtf rbie ato^nySi why ae a adlrfae, Dr. oop'i BaatorattTa haa In the peat 4ana ao nraah r weak and aOlac Haarta. Dr. Shooa tm soofbl ? (uh of an palBtbL palpluttn#. eoffocaaI heart diatraap., pTIliooe'a Beetmattie* ?M polar pnaerlrtiortHa alooa dlrntad ta-tbXa ak and wutfn* aerre oaten, la bolide; Kranjafeene; la aiera real, fenolne heart help, f yoo would hare rtronp Haarta. atroof dt Man. atrencthoo thaae j*rrae? re tanlliTi an aa needed, with Dr. Shoop's % M J lestorauve D. C. SCOTT. iJllJH (SSMlMMMVlMi tnd? mark*! C0tnrri&m> *e., m AU. COUNTRICS. Bntbum Arret -with WatUngton trees tme,m money andoften the patent. ? Mwiai fcjfcp?I Hwfc Mrt# I Write or tan* to u> at D MS WW Mill, mm VMM Ma htat OOm.1 owmsTow, p. c. | The Largest and Most f ^mplete EstaWbhment South. EO. S. I1GKER 8 SON, ?MASrVAGTVB Ut* OFash, Ooors, Blinds Moulding and Building Material, ash Wrights and Cords CHARLESTON, S C. Mf I MS /. L. Bam A. C Hindi BASS & HINDS, Afttorneys-at-law KNGSTREE, S. C. 20-tf. I. D1S UIH. m Lake City, S. C. rown and Bridge Work a Specialty ALL WORK Guaranteed aV Represented. W. L. BASS ^ ttroney at Law LAKE CITY, S. C. Dr EJ McCabe Dentist. UNGSTiEE, - S. C J. D. MOUZVVT^ 3ARBER SHOF ?in the? fan Keirei Hotel i equipped with up-to-date ap liances. rolite Service, t ompeten Workmen. 5-8-08. I ^ Wood's Seeds. j I Seed Wheat, J Oats, Rye and Barley. We are not only the latest deal-O era in Seed Grain in the South, but we sell the best, cleanest and heaviest qualities. Our stocks are secured from the best and largestyieldine crops, and our warehouses are fully equipped with the best and most improved machinery for cleaning. If you want superior I crops ?a iA* tr nam wuuus accua. Prices quoted on request l| 'Jfa Descriptive Fall Catalogue, IJ f'fTgiring1 full information about all// r seeds, mailed free. J / ; T. W. WOOD t SONS, ( Seeds men, - Richmond, Va. * ^"""" " I AN IDEAL RESORT FC Everything New j CIGARS, CANDY, Ai Ice Cream ser ?-ti55SS PROPR ngstree Bol 5-16-07 "A dollar is a doih There is no better way dealing with J. L Stuckey, the oi roan. 1 have a splendid tineo , Bgli, Wll I I that in view of the hard times I above co^t. | A nice bunch of HORSES 1 at prices to suit. ; J. L Stir YOU ARE -TS CALL AM SEI Buggies, Cam and. W : We offer you the best lot of ? and Winter Robes ever: County. All at Yours tc : THF WIIIUMSRIIRr 1 IIU II luuilllliwwVI>? KINGSTRI BANK OF F ' Kingstree. So CAPITAL. 8 30,000" ===^= DIREC > Jas F Cooper D C Scott ~ Collections made prompt!; LOANS, large or small, m [STEVENS kmfmm look foi tumble |J hah ?Lf a [Qammnma aI #iillftb4u uKW i"?* wMi ' nmm it bootc 8Hpl6ti^S The upsrisacsd Hantsf"! wd * v Kvfcniat'sldssJ |HjM^>4g^Mls a railabia, tntrring STEYEW Vino out why v E l T W bjahsotiftg ear popular Kflf RIFLES?SHOTGUNS jy.jL PISTOLS flH Ask your local Htrdwan E. lU or Sporting Goods M?rW MMH chant for tho STEVENS. KLAfl If you cannot obtain, wo ship direct, tiprwi prowHrSj paid, upon receipt of Cata^T\j log Price. Send < cents In stamp# for 140 Page Illustrated Catalog, including drculand latest additions to ear line. Contains points on shooting, ammunition, the proper care of a firearm, ettu, etc. Oar attractive Tea Color Lithographed Hanger mailed anywhere for six cents la stamps. J. 8TETEN8 ARMS A TOOL CO. P. O.Bex40S7 | Chlcopos Pails, Mass., U.S. A Cm Pilii! )R YOUNG AND OLD. t and Up-to-date. ND SODA WATER. ved fresh daily. ietor ^-sailing Works. *. v * saved ? i ar made" to save your dollars than by d reliable live-stock it will VinPN ' [0 Will 11I1111U00, . am offering at 10 per cent \ and MULES always on hand ckeyJ Lake City, S. C INVITED E QUI STOCK OF? fages, Surrey s agoris. Harness and Saddles, bummer shown in Williamsburg reasonable prices. ) please, MM STOCK CO., EE, S. C. CJNGSTREE I uth Carolina. H|H SURPLUS. 8T 800 iTORS I R H Kellahan I ' J A Kelley 3 r I /> ade on approved security. 8 . ^ MX