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?he Counts fJefpri KINGSTREE, S. C C. W. WOLFE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS SUBS Rimox RATES: One copy. one year, ? ? ? *1 "0 One c??py. six mjuith-. ? ? .5 One copy, tl? e<* munrfis, - ? 25 Subscription payable ii nlvaine. OBITUARIES. Obituary notices will be published fwe up to 101 words. xcept poetry. All obituary poetry will be charged for at The rate of one cent a word. When obituaries are extended beyond 100 words count the w<>rds and enclose money < r stamps to make up the difierence. - . Remembek, we publish free only one hondred x?K>rd^!? obituaries, tributes of Respect. Resolutions, etc., tree. Also, only one obituary of the same person will be published free. This does not apply to news notices of deaths sent us as news. This notice will be strictly adhered to. THURSDAY. OCT. 31 1907. Decree for-ftale and Partition. , State op South Carolina, i County of Williamsburg. ( ( art if dmi fins. H W McCuteben, A E Green, Saliie L Bristow, J E McGutohen, Julia Me- j Cote ben, E Belle Turner, L Addie Cockfield, Laura A MeGee, A Veila McRinxie, Maria L Jennings, E T ' Moody, HE Moody, J W Moody, p U Moody, W T Moody, E M Webster and i L MBeDc, Plaintiffs. , AGAINST J B McCutchen, Leila McCutchen, Anna May McCuteben, William W MeCutchen and'Albert S McCutchen, \ Defendants. By virtue of an order issued out of the Court of Common Pleas in the above stated ease to me directed, dat- < ad the 10th day of October, 1907.1 will sell at public auction, to the highest . bidder for cash, before the court bouse door in Kingstree, S C, during the legal hours of sale, on Monday, November 4, 1907, the following described , MaeE of land, to wit: A'l ti.at certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the , County of Williamsburg and State of South Caiolina. containing four hunored eighteen and one-half (418^) acres, more or lees, and bounded on the ; north by lands of J S Mc-Jlam, Mary Graham and Estate of CharlesMcClam: on the oust by lands ef H Parker and Gadsden Floyd; on the south by lands Gadsden Floyd and Henry Dennis, and on the west by lands of S McKenzie, John Floyd and Estate of William Brown. also All that piece. j?rcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the County of Williamsburg and state of South Carolina, containing forty two (42) , acres, and bounded on the north by landB of E A Dennis; on the east by lands of Marie Jennings; on the south , by lands of Estate of M A J Cook and on the west by lands of J T Keeley. Purchaser to pay for papers. H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, for Williamsburg County. October 15?>1907. For Sale! We will offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at Kingstree, on the first Monday in December next, the following tracts of land, to-wit : One tract containing three hundred and thirty-nine acres within ? mile of Johnsonville church and graded school, bounded as follows: North a*?d east by G. S. ?. HugE'ua' land; south by Thos. Ginns' nd, and west hy Muddy creek swamp* the run being the line. 2d. One tract containing one hundred acres, one and ODe-half miles * and hnnn Hed AA Iruiu duuuavuiuic, BUM follows: On tbe east by land formerly owned by J. L. Venters; south by land formerly owned by W. H. Johnson; west by land of estate of J. W. Kimball and estate of H. C. Haselden, north by land formerly owned by W. J. Dennis. 3d. One tract containing six hundred and thirty-nine acres, more or less, known as the Kimball tract, bounded as follows: Sooth by land formerly owned by W. J. Haselden; east by lands formerly owued by W. J. Dennis; north by lands of J. H. Chapman and estate of J. W. Kim ball,and west by public road from Johnson's ferry to Georgetown, the road being the line between said land and 8. B. Pus ton's land. 4th. One tract containing two acres, situated at Johnsonville and bounded as follows: North by laud of John M. Eaddy; east by land of the estate of H. C. Haselden; south and west by 8. B. Poeton'B land, S. B. Haselden, Daisy H. Cooper. 10-17-9t If real coffee disturbs your Stomach, your Heart or Kidneys, then try this clever Coffee immitation?Dr. Snoop's Health Coffee. Dr. Shoop has closely matched eld Java and Mocha Coffee in flavor and taste, yet it has not a single grain of real Coffee in it. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee Immitation is made from pure toasted grains or cereals, with Malt, Nuts, etc. Made in one minute. No tedious long wait You will surely like it. Get a free sample at our store. People's Mercantile Co, I LINCOLN'S LIFE MASK. I I It Was Looked Upon Wrth Wonder and Admiration In F^nce. "It is to Frenchmen that is due the credit of first seeing the true beauty of the life mask, of appreciating it and describing it. When I took a plaster copy in 1877 to the oldest Paris bronze founder to get it cast in bronze I put it down on a table side by side with a mask of the Abbe Lamenais. The first words of the founder were: 'What a beau * * i tifuJ face: A> tiy, it s more ocauuiui rnd has more character than the abbe's, and we think that is the handsomest one in France! What an extraordinary construction, and what fine forms it has!' Then he asked who it was and added, 41 shall take pleasure in showing it to Soand-so,' naming several of the principal sculptors in Paris for whom he did work. "Fremiet was particularly interested. He said, among other things: Tt 6eems impossible that a new country like yours should produce poch a face. It is unique.' Then he asked: 'Do you know anything about the physique of this man? He must have been tall and slim, having little flesh and very alert in action.' As I was then making some sketches of a statuette, baaed upon verv little knowledge of Lincoin's physical appearance, FWmiefs suggestions were of great value, as I knew him to be learned ethnologist. He then recommended me te get tor a model a man of the neighborhood who was tall and slim, but very compactly built. His height whs six feet four inches, the aama, as I learned long afterward, as that of Lincoln. At the close of 1 our conversation Fremiet said: 'You have in hand a wonderfully intereating subject %| envy you/ "Some weeks after, when I went to get the bronzy copy, the founder 113 ?- iV.mo tAiilnfnni Rnd i vUIU 1UC Uiai lucdv w others had seen the Lincoln and expressed themselves in tike most ?p- 1 preciative terms of what they saw ' m it ' Here, in substance, is what they said: It is unusual in general construction, it has a new and interesting character, and its pianea are remarkably beautiful and subtle. If it belongs to any type, and w? know of none such, it must be a wonderful specimen of that type/"?Truman H. Bartlett in McClure's. I Dodging Shot. When Dewey was first lieutenant < of one of the gunboats which Farragut used as a dispatch boat the admiral used often t$ come aboard and steam up hear the levee to rec- * onnoiter. The southerners had a wnv of rushinrr a fieldpiece to the TTrf # w top of the high bank, firing point blank at the gunboat and lien backing down again. Upon ont; such oc<ytsion Farragut saw Dewey dodge a shot. "Why don't you stand firm, lieutenant?" said he.' "Don't you know you can't jump quick enough?" A day or 60 after the admiral dodged a shot. '"The lieutenant smiled, and h?fd his tongue, but the admiral had a guilty conscience. He cleared his throat once or twice, shifted his attitude and finally declared : "Why, sir, you cant help it, sir. It's human nature, and there's an end to it" f Playing Gooaabarry. Playing gooseberry or "to play gooseberry" is common enough in connection with sweethearting. A lass arranges a walk with a lad, but for some reason she does not care to go alone, so she takes a friend, another girl, and the friend "plays gooseberry." Sometimes the girl who is invited to share the walk refuses, saying, "Nay, I'm not going 1 ? TO*. 10 pi ST guwcocuj. i?? 0 pprak of the 1?4. in oognoction aA "gooseberry fool." By the way, green gooseberries stewed with a little water, mashed and sugar added, constitute "gooseberry fool."? London Notes and Queries. Ths PaM # Rom*. Odoacer, the Goth, was proclaimed king of Italy A. D. 476. This ended the Roman empire of the west. The Byzantine, or eastern empire, founded A. D. 395, with the division of the epnpire by Theodosins, fell A. D. 1453 with the capture of Constantinople by the Turks. In truth it cannot be said that any one, or even two, nations overthrew Rome. Rome was overthrown by the pressure of the whole barbarian worla, assisted by the inherent corruption of the Roman people. TK? Prvtti*?t Wild Flowsrs. "Did you ever see such pretty wild flowers anywhere," inquired tne pessimist, "as those growing; close to the trick when your train is running fifty miles an hour? When you go into the fields on foot the daisies and other things are scrubby and small, but if you want to see beautiful wild roses and gigantic black eyed Susans just get on a fast moving train and they'll flash by all day. Funny, isn't it?"?Exchange. if BONAPARTE AT JAFFA. Hit Orders Regarding the Poisoning of Stricken Soldiers. Prefe96or Forgue of Montpellier in a lecture on the respect that rvraeti tinners should have for hu HOW VENEER IS MADE. An Interacting Industry Ftund In | Lumber Centers. How veneer is manufacture is a mystery to the majority of people, j The industry is not only one of the i chief occupations of Mattoon, Wis., i but an exceptionally interesting one i also. j After a tree has been cut in the | woods and' brought to the mill on flat cars it is rolled into a pond ( near the mill. Logs are hoisted from the pond to a drag saw, where < they are cut into various lengths. I They are then put into a steam box for at least twelve hours in order to soften the timber. This steam box is a large box directly behind the drag saw, into which the timber is" piled. A two inch pipe containing ( holes through which the steam can ( escape passes through this steam box. At the end of twelve hours i the timber is removed from the i steam box, and then coi. the proc- i ess called peeling. With spuds and .] axes the bark is removed easily, for the timber is soft now and red hot. 1 It is.then ready to enter the mill < and l)e cut into veneer. .. 'v , ( The peeled lo? is hoisted on a j crane to the veneer lathe, and that i it the last one sees of the log. When it once pe^es this lathe it oomes < oat on the other tide in long., thin > sheets of veneer. According - to i thickness desired, R is cut from one one-hundredth of an inch to ; one-half inch thick and sixty-fow inches long. As the veneer leaves the machine ! it slides along a table thirty feet in length. Ten feet from the end is the clipper, where it is clipped into t different widths, an inch being allowed for drying. It is now ready to enter the drying process. 1 The drier is eight feet wide and j 100 feet long. It is a chain driven < machine throughout, having feur WU 01 rwicre. xu vnuti w mw i this drier there are 90,000 .het of , one inch pipes passing through it < ibore and below each set of rollers. 1 The temperature must always be j from 200 to 250 degrees. Veneer < is put into the drier at one end, or, in other words, fed to the drier. While the veneer slowly moves through the machine it is also dried, i so that it is smooth and dry, but i very hot. The men in charge of ' the veneer at that end always wear ' canvas gloves to prevent their hinds < from becoming burned and blister- ] ed, while the perspiration runs free- < lv from their faces. It takes from ? fifteen minutes to two hours for : veneej.^o work through this drier 1 one way/ , ' r ; ' The second story of the local mill is known as the glue room. Here ; veneer is glued together for furniture factories, bordering panels for < dressers and glass backing. The machine known as the hy- i draulic veneer press is ten feet high. The veneer that has been glued for panels or glass backing is placed in this machine, and by pressure of water in a tank beneath it slowly forces the vepeer together until.it is firm and dry. Then it ia removed, 1 packed, and shipped, ? Milwaukee Sentinel. - * . * " Th? Deal Wm Off. A German university ^ professor received a large package containing six boxes of cigars, with a letter saying: "Permit us to send you these six boxes of cigars. We believe that they will give you every satisfaction and trust that you will recommend" them to your friends. Kindly send the amount, 6 marks, by poetoffice order." The professor replied: T have the honor to remit to you twelve dissertations, which will no doubt afford you the utmost satisfaction. Should you wish for more I am at your command. The cost is 3 marks By return of poet came the reply: "Be good enough to return the ci gars. We send herewith the coat 02 carriage and package. We an returning joax dissertations." On the WrMfl Men. Bret Herte eu to frequently complimented 00 being the author of "Little Breeches" thai he was almost sorry it was ever written, as was Secretary John Hay, who would Erefer his fame to rest on more amitious work. A gushing lady who prided herself upon her literary tastes said to him oooe: "Mr. Harte, T m riphcrhied to meet woo. I have read everything you ever wrote, but of aQ your dialeot verse there ia none that compares with your Tittle Breeches.'" "I quite agree with you, madam," said Mr. H&rte, "but you have put the little breeches on the wrong man."?Harris burg Telegraph. To Iooymofl*? Dkeometwrs. Mrs. Scraphard (after a tilt m which Mr. was not without honors) ?Mrs. Eaqywan, across the way, has got a bargain of a husband. Mr. Scraphard?So? Well, then, Mrs. Easvman is proving to the world that there is at least one woman who can drive e bargain.? XorristowB Times. man life told the story of Desgenettes, which, though well known, is worth telling again, as it is told by Desgenettes himself. . When the French were about to evacuate Jaffa the question arose what was to be done with the plague stricken soldiers in the hos: pital. Desgenettes says: "Shortly before the raising of the siege?that is to say, on the 2?th?General Bonaparte sent for me very early in the morning to come to his tent, where he was alone with his chief of the staff. After a short preamble as to our sanitary condition he said to me, 'If I were you I should end at once- the sufferings o? those stritken with plague and should end the dangers which they threaten us by giving them opium/ "I answered simply, *My duty is k~ 15#? ? TVion *k<? ?pnpral IU pirnci UAV? auvm n>~~~ ? developed his idea with the greatest coolness, saying that he was advising for others what in like circumstances he would ask for himself. "He pointed out to me that he was, before any (me else, charged with the conservation of the army, and consequently it was his duty to prevent our abandoned sick from falling alive under the scimiters of the Turk*. 'I do not seek/ he went on, 'to overcome your repugnance, but I believe I shall find some who will better appreciate my intentions.' " Desgenettes goes en to say that opium was, as a matter of fact, given to some thirty patients. It happened, however, tnat a certain number rejected it by vomiting, were relieved, got well and told wh;it had happened. The story has been told in various ways, and the fart of the poisoning of the sick soldiers has been accepted by the enemies of Napoleon and domed by the defenders of his memory. Desgenettes' narrative bears the stamp of truth.?British Medical Journal. Tha Story of a Caxton. In the Wesleyan Church Record is a paper by Mr. William Andrews of the Hul] Royal institution on "Curiosities of Book Collecting," in which he tells the story of the unearthing of a Caxton at Thorneck hall, Lincolnshire. The butler was entrusted with the work of weeding out the superfluous books. A perfect copy of Dame Juliana Berner's "Boke of St. Albans" (1486) was thrown carelessly aside and a little later 6old to a peddler for ninepence. He thought he was a lucky * * . 1 S 1 . . man wnen ne disposed 01 n to a chemist in Gainsborough for 3 shillings. It was soon sold to a bookseller for ?2, who transferred it to another in the same trade for ?7. It was subsequently sold to Sir Thomas Grenville for ?80. At the time of this transaction Dibdin valued this book ?420, and in 1882 a perfect copy changed hands for ?630. An Elephant's Teeth. Whoever has looked inside an elephant's mouth has seen a strange signt. Elephants have n6' front teeth; and they never .eat flesh or any food that requires tearing apart. Eight teeth are all they ? ' A -1- J SW./.V. nave, iwo aoove emu uciuw uu ca^u side, huge yellow, molars as wide as a man's hand and about two inches thick. Over these hay or fodder is shifted by the queerest, ugliest tongue in the whole animal kingdom, a tongue that is literally hung at both ends, having no power or movement except in the middle, where it shifts back and forth from side to side, arching np against the roof of the big mouth like an immense wrinkled pink serpent Proof Positive. Mrs. Perry thoughtfully regarded the package the maid had just brought in and then remarked to her husband that she had meant to buy u mauve broche. "Vfhat did you get?*' be asked. "Pink louisine. Her husband could not quite conceal a significant smile, und Mrs. Perry went on hurriedly: "I know what you are thinking, Joe?that 1 don't know my own mind. But 1 can prove that I do. "Bid you ever know me to go to a grocery and bring away a can of peaches instead 01 a uar ui ov?p? Certainly not!" she concluded triumphantly.?Youth's Companion. Figurti Won't Lk Benjy came home from school one day with "1776" pinned across his shirt front. "What does that mean, Benjy?" his mother asked. "You don't know no more *n teacher," he grumbled. That's just what she wanted to know." "But what does it mean, son?" repeated his mother. "Those figures," answered the little man proudly, "stand for the Declaration of Appendicitis l' Lippincotfs. DeWitt'a Carbolized Watch Hazel Salve is good for boil?, burns, cuts, $ scalds and skin diabase*. It is esp*- 'J pecially good for piles. Sold .by W L t Wallace, M D. 1 Tit Killlit! I0ESE KINfiSTPf TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:Wej the undersized, having pure Columbia, Ohio, through their represei imported French Stallion, Val-de-Sair of $3,600.00, we can conscientiously s> a horse that we have ever had the plea; wish to improve their stock of horses v Thos McCut M H Jacobs M F Heller, John F McFadden. J C Everett, L P Kinder, VAL-de-JSAIKE will stand therse $25.00. For full particulars call on or manager of F G Thomas' stables. Aug. 30 '07. Organized 1903. Bank of L Lake ity Capital Stock Surplus SAVINGS DEI Interest allowed at the rate of 4 p quarterly: July, October, Ja OFFIG A H William*. Pres.. I. W. J. Singletary, VkVPree., Wi L. Baas, DIRECT A. H. Williams, W, J. Sin W. T. A skins, J. B. Do] Henry P. 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