The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 13, 1908, Image 5
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Greeltville, February 10:?
Greelyville is surely on the
boom. Requires two writers
each we.-k! However 44Chrsyanthemums"
is nut disheartened
by any insinuations cast by the
"Citizen" on former writings.
As to that oyster supper, every
' one knows that man thintfs earing
of more consequence that
oratory. To further prove this
one of the orators on this occasion
ate seven plates of oysjfcers.
"Chrysanthemums" offers
sincere apologies to "Citizen"
for ommitting to at least
mentioning him in connection
with the orators. He did exceedingly
well, despite hoarseness
and nervousness. Come
again, "Citizen"?the more the
merrier.
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Mr Leon Ferrell is slowly recovering
from air attack of
pneumonia.
We are delighted to know
that Mrs Robert Branson, Sr.,
and Miss Georgia did not like
Spartanburg well enough to
make it their home. Their many
friends welcome them backj
to Gneelyville.
Tire l?aa<- and J F Has
elden are kept very busy treat-1
ing grip a ad pneumonia patients.
The many admirers of &ew K
LGrier will be delighted to
^?ow that be is to remain at
Gceelyviiie th's year.
Mrs Fannie Moore and obiklren,
Robert and Elouise of
8oartet, came down for a few
days last week.
Chrysanthemums.
bltery.
Graeam?Little VirginU Aleen,
yoangest child of Mr and Mrs A. W
<srrgbam, was b?re August 54,1906,
and was called home home to be
with the aogete October 7, 1907, at
her home oear Trio, S C. Aleen
waea^weet, blight child. Every-.
^ body that knew her loved ber. Only
those that have followed a little casket
from their home know wnat a
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.grid 1C 1-0. nrrui^ut, ^/u >v
was theirs ocily for a short while,
but long enough to-draw the affect
ions of the whole family and center
them in her. Fondly her .parents
.planned for her future, btt -God
knows-best, and now she is waiting
and watching at the beautifel gate
for the loved ones left behind. May
God's grace be supplied in their sorrow.
Est ell McDonuld.
Brain Leaks.
The man with a hammer save little
wood.
Human Jife is always guoted Jow
on the industrial market.
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The man wno is noneei uum ?>Vj
icy is dishonest in principle.
It is always amusing to see a little
man swelling around in a place of'
brief authority.
We would dearly love to .know!
what* baby really thicks about all
the fuss made o rer it*
The real philosopher is one who
can think cheerful thoughts while
nursing a case of the grip.
Oranges are .as cheap as lemons.
Why not hand out more of the former
and fewer of the latter? j
When it snows the city man who
<W?n't know alfalfa from rutabagas |
says, "It will help the crops."
Some people make tne mistake of
praying only for what they want, in
stead of asking for what they need.
The rain that keeps some people
, from church is just enough to make
Mgp evening at whist a real pleasure,
r "Why does the telephone bell always
ring jnst as yon are fairly seated
at the table with a montbfnl of
good?
L Jj)ar ideal man of foresight is the
who seizes on the first stormy
fljBday of winter to sharpen the lawn-1
^Hower.
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[ Salve is best for cuts, burns, boils,
I bruises and scratches. It is especif
ally good for piles. Sold by W. L.
Wallace, M. D.
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Ring Number 40 if you are in
need of a nice load of lightwood.
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! CARRYING UMBRELLAS. '
Fr?* Peopt* Manas* Tham to tha Best
Advantage.
"Curious about how some people
carrv umbrellas," said Mr. Stormel-.
ton. "We think the ostrich is a
stupid bird because with its head
buried in the sand it thinks its
whole body is hidden from everybody.
But plenty of men are quite
: as stupid as that in their manner
of carrying an umbrella.
"They carry it in such a way a*
i to protect the front of their bodies
1 and appear to tiiink they have themI
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j the time the water if gaylv dripping
down their barks. The fait if that
not many men know how to carry
I an umbrella when it rains.
"If ;t rains and blows then instinctively
they hold the umfc*eiht
toward the wind to keep the umbrella
from beinp blown in-itle out
as well as to protect themselves
from the ruin. This is proper. Bat
when the rain i? coming down
straight they carry their umbrellas
in all sorts of ways, in which they
reseal more or less of their persona!
characteristics.
"Here, for instance, is a man who
parries bis umbrella held in his
right hand with tire hand straight
in front of and in line with hie elbow
and upper arm, this being the
easiest way to carry it. Held in this
manner tire ombre ha really shelters
completely only bit head and the
ri|kt side bis bodv. The rain
dnpa from ft on his Yeft shoulder
ana down hit left side. He is either
ksy or tfcwagfetiet*. He is probably
both.
"Again we way meet a man carrying
an umbrella at the cost *of
-ewnsideTuble effort around in front
of tl* center lit* -of hit body, whitV
it correct as to that position, bat
ocrryhtg it threw too far forward,
with I'iie result that white he keeps
pcrffi'' 1*7 dry em hie face tide, jet1
more -or lets water dripe down hb
back ?a man finicky and particular
aboirt the front he presents, about
?flpeaTuncaa, fbut not to mindful of
toe substance.
""And then we meet the man who
oarrrief hb umbrella with fore arm
straight in line with hb elbow, for
"the greater ease of that position of
the arm, bat with the hand slightly
turned bo as to make the* umbrella
more completely cover him or with
that end m view, which end, how ever,
it does not accomplish, for
with the umbrella top tilted it does
net cover so large ail area as it
does when carried in a horizontal
piane. This i6 a man who is lazy,
V?*-! + fnnTin V?v ttiof firvcf nf tVi** )i.crid
U*4 V U UJ VliUV w* v..n ..y .. - .
".to get something for nothing tnwithout
much effort
"And then we may occasionally
t?eet a man who is carrying his umbrella
in the best possible position
'for the pirposes of the best possible
protection to be gained from it, lhi6
being square in fruirt of him, with
the umbrella handle all but touching:
the eenter of tlie front edge-of
the rim of his hat, carried so as to
protect hitn as far as may be bcth
back and front, while he carries the
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umbrella as low cown as can oe
without touching his hat on tep,
thi* giving himself s2so protection
as liar as possible down around toward
his feet. And here we find
a mam who-knows intelligently what
can be done with the means at bis
command and who is willing to prut
forth the effort required to bring
those means *to their utmost efficiency.'-"?New
York Sun.
His Son's West Side. >
"How are you, Mr. Smith? How
-is that aon of yours making it with
his new motor bicycle?"
"Oh, he had quite a tumble the
other day/' replied Mr. Smith. "He
was speeding at about forty miles
an hour along a rough macadam'
road when all of a sudden the darn1
machine stepped stone still, but my
son faept on going from the momentum
and slid along the road for
about fifty feet before he could stop
himself."
"You don't say! Did it hurt your
eon V
"No, it didn't hurt him to speak
of, but he tore the west aide of his
P?i8 " . . _
"Tore the whatr'
"Tore the west side of his panto.**
"Well, in the name of whizzing
wheels, what side of your son's
| panto is the west Bide?"
"Why, the side the son seto on."
(?Philadelphia Inquirer.
Work Fit For Sunday.
A stickler for the good old ways,
which we all admit to be the best,
dropped in from church tor 6ee a
young woman who was a writer.
To the great surprise and horror of
the dear old lady, the writer was at
work. The cheery click-click of
the typewriter sounded from her
den.
"Oh, my dear girl," exclaimed the
shocked caller, "you have not so far
forgotten your early training as to
be composing on Sunday?"
"Oh, my dear, only jokes?and
they are all jokes on religious subjects."
MARRIAGE LOTTERIES.
Wuatwar SoK?m*? In WHteh Muakmda
W?r? tK? Premiunr>?.
Some year* ago a tailor of Brussels
took into his employ a young
mau ou the stipulation that he
should l?e allowed to dispose of him
in marriage.
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t.he tailor widely advertised the fact j
t' ' ' l.ad in stock a husband to'
i.eS{OW Upon l! iuuiu?'U i
who shouid bring mm tlie most custom
during the year.
Keen competition resulted. At
the end of the year it was found
that the prize had been won by a
idow of sixty years. Quite gleefully
she took her husband home
and introduced him to her eight
sons. It is said that she was so
well pleased with her bargain that
she induced a large number of relatives
to give their patronage to the
tailor permanently.
Thi6 idea of Ihe tailor seemed
good to a number of other business
men of the continent; *?<!
time there was quite an eruption of
advertisements and posters announcing
husbands to be disposed
of.
Eve.ry < ^ t ar's day a large
Viennese of bootmakers was
wont to ohcr a husband to (be lady
who* foot was considered to be the
smallest and miwt sh:; ely of the
year, guaranteeir." at the same time
to set the couple up in business
should such help be needed.
For over twenty years was this
practice continued, until the 'htad
of the firm, an old widower, fell in
1 love with and himself married the
| Cinderella footed lady, who, being
of an ultra jealous disposition,
ternlv vetoed the custom's continuance.
f f .
Only recently a Berlin tradesman
issued a circular promising to beI
stow a husband, in the person of
! his son, upon tbe spinster who shall
within a year's space collect tbe
I most coupons, one of which is given
| with each purchase to the value of 5
marks. To the prize husband aa a
wedding gift he has promised to bestow
a share rn his business.
Some years ago a Leeds firm circulated
among its customers attractive
tokens, whereon was depicted a
stylishly dressed man surrounded
!by the legend, "A Husband For a
tJuineay' signifying that such as
expended that amount on the firm's
goods were allowed one chance in a
raffle for an eligible young man,
the junior partner in the honse.?
London Tit-Bits.
Way*?of th? Cuban.
"Without doubt the best index to
Cuban character is to be found in
his ^conversation. Standing in the
streets of his native village, sober,
discussing with his neighbor -crops,
the weather or other like commonplace,
he habitual!; uses an excited
manner, florid language and -exaggerated
gesticulation that elsewhere
in the world would cause perhaps
his reproof for disorder or pot him
under suspicion of being drunk or
a lunatic. A popular and -oft repeated
proverb, "A man has no
email otipmips V affords nlmftfd: fl?
good a pointer. This means that of
equal importance in his view is the
threat of a pin prick or<of the deadly
stroke of a dagger. Such ar emotional,
unselfcontained nature, -such
an exaggerated, strained view of
things, can -but constantly lead to
foolish extremes.?Army and Saw
Life.
iFruit Cur-*.
"Crapes .axe wonder'd things/'
said a wine gTower. Swrteerland
thev 'have in the autumn a
grupe cure. Thousands ?/ anaemicand
nervous persons are benefited
by this cure. Eating a huge bunch
of grapes every ten minutes all day
1 *AAR klA/im 4T*AX7
iUUg, 111CU lurtao OVVU VXW?*Uj
soon recover their health again.
"Fruit, all fruit, is medicinal. As
a drink cure and as a blood purifier,
what is there better than an apple ?
Did you ever hear of currant leaf
poultices for gout ? They are excellent,
I assure you. And black currant
jelly in water is a remedy for
sore throat.
"Pineapples are good for diphtheria,
strawberries for rheumatism,
mulberry juice for fevers, elderberry
for chills and lemon for colds,
for headache and for bile."?Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A 8aiUr No Longor.
Painting is almost a continuous
performance on some of the ocean
liners. "On a certain ship one
day," said a traveler, "I put my
hand on a freshly painted ventilator,
and while removing the white
smear I fell into conversation with
the seaman who was responsible for
the trouble. He was an elderly
chap, and he had visited many outlandish
places. As he plied the
brush we had an interesting chat
'How long have you been a sailor?'
said I finally. 'Sailor V the old man
grumbled, dipping his brush into the
can. 'Bless yer heart, sir, I'm no
sailor nowadays. I'm a bloomin'
artist, that's wot I am!'"
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~ '* MgE WOKO OfUGfNS.
M?gr Cwtaiw Embalmed In
Currant Tertne.
The "hypocrite" once was only
as actor, the player of a part on
the stage. So the orator, who was
a consummate actor, was aluo a hypocrite.
The word, even in old
Greek, soon was applied to any dis- i
sembler because the life of such |
person was found to resemble the
' I art in striving to appear
different what it really was.
The English language took it up, j
and the moral judgment of the Eng-1
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the heaviest weight of odium^italj
can be attached to personal c'
ter. "Pretend"' was onr" an inn
cent word, and "cornier t" pimply
meant imitation, conu* no suggestion
that the irr . was to,
be fraudulently sip' "\for the ,
original. ,
The was originally a hus-j
bandr-'*.. and the "villain" was only
laborer or peasant attached- to
the villa or farm. "Heathen" meant
merely a dweller on the heath, and
a "pagan" was a dweller jji the
open countiw. "Idiot," a Greek
word, meant only a private person
as distinguished from one clothed
with office, and in this primary
sense it was often used in English
of two centuries ago, as when Jeremy
Taylor said, "Humility is a doty
in great ones as well as in idiots."
"Obsequious" was used formerly only
in relation to funerals. Shakei
1?
ipeire DM many examples ui ui?
word appbed in this sense. It does
not Mem formerly to have conveyed
any idea of cringing or imincerity.
For the curious in the matter of the
origin of words we present a few
of another class. A "milliner" was
originally a man and was so called
from Milan, whence he imported female
finery. Shakespeare says, "Me
was perfumed-like a milliner," and
Ben Jonson settles the question of
the sex of the original milliners in
the words, "To conceal sueh real J
ornaments as these and shadow their
glory as a milliner's wife does her
rough stomacher with a smoky lawn
or black cypres."
""Nicotine" is derived from the
name of John Nicot, who introduc-j
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QQ lOUSCttJ 1UIV i uuix iju juuv.
"Taralrn" was so named from the
Latin words "parvum" (little) and
""affins" (kin), because it had little
affinity with any known substance.
"Poltroon" is from the Latin "police
truncato" (deprived of the
thumb), it having been a common
practice among the Romans to avoid
service in the wars; hence our word
poltroon for coward. The "turkey"
is an American bird, not from Turkey
at all, though it was said to be
from Turkey when it was first seen
i* London.
A Servian Custom.
A traveler through Servia wi'l
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01. Ml notice UOHS nuns; up .i^^s
fhe rotta-c windows. IIi< first idea
is one ??f surprise that t1 e children
should rften charge this particular
spot to store t tpvs, but
present'y he Icr.rns lie dolls
are p-t p a? r. i\'n to r- nounce
to wayfarer* a r arr ugoible
daughter ?; eel is in the houre. The
idea i6 to remind acquaintances
from other villages who may have
forgotten her existence. This custom
is naturally confined to peasants,
but nearly every house has a
wroofVi nf onm para hunf ur> on the
euter wall. This wreath is brought
back from the harvest festival, and
there is a superstition that if it be
stolen a daughter of the house will
shortly be married. Where this is
particularly desired care is taken to
suspend the wreath well within
reach of possible marauders.
Learning the Boeineea.
"You say in this report of the
fire," remarked the editor to the
norvArt nr '{Kn lnri/1 '
JVUVIU Ui IVI^ VUUV iitv JUWU I
glare of forked flames shot athwart
the dark domed iky/ Now, are you
quite sure of that?"
"Perfectly, sir," answered the re- j
porter. "I saw it all."
"Did you chance to ascertain the
cause of the fire or the time of its
inception, the total value of the
property destroyed or the amount |
for which it was or was not insured
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"No, sir, I cannot say I did."
"Then," concluded the editor,
"just watch the lurid glare of forked
flames shoot athwart this ink besmeared
report."
And they did.
Th? Changeable Mediterranean.
The colors of the waters of the
Mediterranean vary considerably at
different seasons of the year and in
different localities. During storms
and boisterous weather the sea assumes
a deep green and sometimes
a brownish tint, but when calm and
undisturbed it is of a bright deep
blue. In the Bosporus and among
the islands of the archipelago the
color is of varying tints, in some
places being of a liquid blue grad- i
uating into a brighter green a^u in
others assuming a blue so deep as
almost to approach a purple.
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