Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INVESTIGATION OF VILUAHSBUIG . I COUNTY DISPENSARY BOARD.' 8 ~ I '[Continued irom page J j j t vA. i cannot say that I did. ? ' * Q. Did you ever tell anybody ^ that you did? ti A. When I fir3t went into this * thing I naturally auspicioned every- 1 body and I had had a little intimation made to me from the outside of c >^bi8 being certain places and I heard f< of him in Florence and Charleston. s Q. Did you ever make an agree- J meat with MrGilland to go to Sa- # " vanuah? ti A. No sir, I did not. t Q. Did von advise him to go? 11 A. No sir, that was left optional * .jrith him. t Q. Did you or did you not award lj a contract to a New York house af- a A ter Mr Parker's visit there? ? A. I don't know whether'it whs after his visit or uot f > Q. Up to that time had yon ? bought any stuff from W P Ives Sc v A. No sir. ? Q. Did you buy any stuff from c Rosen eg k Brewing Co about that . time? a A. No sir. . ^ Q. After that1 trip you appear to J have made several awards to Rose, oegk Brewing Co. ?l A. ?aa*r. V Q. Also to Bluthenthal & Bic- ^ Wert who are now in Baltimore. * ' A. Yes sir. g, Q. Did you promise Mr Gilland o you would pay part of his expenses ?> UO P w oavauuaii; A. No sir, when we talked about j this I do not know that Savannah t was mentioned. t Q. Did vou tell him about if any * thing was coining you would be will- ? ing to share with him? # A. We talked about what we sua- u ' pec ted and that if there was we li would like to find it out. Uilland d epoke of going somewhere?I don't ^ know where?and I told him if he ^ found out anything I would pay part of his expenses. V Q. But as to any agreement, you <leoy that? A. Yes sir. Q. Do you know how those letters written by Mr Gilland came to % jou from Orangeburg, to you and ? Mr Snowden? * o A. I don't know; I got mine out ^ ot my mail. Q. Do you know whether Mr p Parker got copies of those letters? " A. I do not know. He says he 8 did not. A. Had Mr Gilland ever mentioned his having suspicions as to a Mr 'Parker's illegitimate trans- w -V.* actions to you? J A. Yes sir, we talked about it. ^ Q. Did you believe Mr Parker wae guilty of any illegitimate trans- n actions? A. 1 had no cause to suspect c him except that 1^ had heard of his 0 being in Charleston and around aud felt a little suspicious. That was right in the beginning?and since then I have not. Q. How long had yon been a ^ resident of Lake City before you re- r ceived these letters? t A. I had been there about a ^ Month. Went there inJXovember. n Q. What is your postofflce ad? a <lress on your official letter heads. p A. Kingstree. )' Q. Do you remember the Jwhis- I1 key man's name that you saw be- ^ fore you qualified as a member of j] " 1 JO ' ^ me ooarur A A. His name was Mr Blank. 1] c [Continued next week.] t V! Kodol For Dyspepsia has helped thousands of people who have had stomach trouble. This is what one man says of it: "EC DeWitt & Co., n ^ Chicago, 111.?Gentlemen?In 18971 * ? - V J1 bad a decease of the stomacn anu i ^Toowels. I could not digest anything I I ate and in the Spring of 1902 I v bought a bottle of Kodol and the ^ benefit I recieved from that bottle all tne gold in Georgia could not rj buy. I still use a little occasionally as I find it a fine blood purifier and S a good tonic. May you live long ahd \ prosper. Yours verv truly, C N ^ Cornell, Roding, Ga., August 27, 1006. Sold by W L Wallace. ^ Read the Farmers ^Merchants C Bank's ad. this Issae. \ i ..THE DAHLIA. Itory of the Plant's Strange Introduction Into England. Not long ago there appeared on he table of a lady who is an enhusiaatic gardener a dish which ntzled her palate. She could nol ecitle whether it were a singularly ornipj potato or a remarkably poatoey turnip, and whichever it was be did not like it. She summoned be cook, and inquiry presently re ealed, to ner dismay, mai u was i either, but some of her choicest actus dahlias, innocently mistaken or a vegetable. The error was less disastrous than he famous one of the Duteh houseeeoer who during the prevalence f toe historic tulip mania accidenally boiled for onions a handful of ulip bulbs worth a fortune. But it ras certainly vexatious as well as *?ny. According to historic tradition, he original introduction of the daha into England occurred through n error exactly opposite in chancer. It tras imported for a vegetale and turned out a flower. A little over a cehtury ago, so the tory rufes, Lady Holland, traveling a the aouth of Europe, trtu regaled pon a ioup of delicious flavor, rhich her hostess informed .her waa tiled "Palestine soup," beet ate its hief ingredient was the Jerusalem ftfcb?ke. Lady Holhmd, always on the lert for interesting novelties, orered a root of the artichoke to be sat to her gardener/at Holland louse. This was done, as eyeryody supposed, but v" the strong boots, thrusting up .xjftUy in the Qgeiahie garden, and, tended under be watching eyea of gardener, cook nd great lady, arrived at maturity nd bloomed, they bore a new and plendid flower, inedible, but gloriua. x The plant was transferred to the arterre and became the pride of be garden, although at first Lady lolland's feelings were mixed, for he did not like to lose her 'Talesine soup/' But when a London eedsman came to look at it and ofered 30 guineas for the root her ist trace of disappointment vanishd, and her husband's graceful tribte, which was soon passing from p to lip through the fashionable rawing rooms of London, added be final touch to her satisfaction, /ord Holland, who had a pretty ? t? iste in Terse, wrote gallantly: The dahlls you brought to our Ulo Tour prtiiM ferovor shall spoak In (trdtni as swoot as your smile And colors as bright as your chock. ?Youth's Companion. A Fro* A font. Althongh the old gentleman with red face and choleric temper had pened the car window fire times ith much Tigor, he had found it losed every time he waked from is doze. He felt perfectly sure that the erson to blame was the man beind him, who gave vent to a stifled roan each time the window wa3 pened. At last the choleric gentlelan turned in his seat. "Sir," he said indignantly, "you re evidently one of those persons 'ho cannot bear fresh air, but may ask you who controls this window, he person beside it or the one beind it ?" ''If you could stay awake a few linutes," responded his neighbor, you'd soon discover that nobody an control that window, sir?not ven the brakeman or the conductr."?Exchange. Origin of the Dogwatch. The dogwatch on shipboard is ither of the short spells from 4 to o'clock in the evening or from 6 o 8 to break the monotony of the egular four hour watches, so that he same men will not stand watch uring the same hoars every day. f, however, you should ask the most autical person of your acquaint* nee or, indeed, all the nautical peole you know why this is so called, ou would probably find them unfile to tell you. The true answer s this: Dogwatch is a corruption f dndcre wntrh The doirwflteh was o~ o atroduced to prevent the same men rom always keeping watch the same ours of the day; hence on these ocasions the sailors are said to dodge he routine or to be doing dodge natch.?Philadelohia Record. Read the Farmers & Merchants aak's ad. this Issue. Local Views. The latest in post cards local iews, at the People's MercanileCo's. Following is theseies: Bank of Williamsburg, Street cene, Academy street, Hotel an Keuren, Steel Bridge, Court louse, Kingstree Graded School luilding. All in beautiful color work, lall and see them at People's lercantile Co's. 3-19-tf DWARF TREES. Tho Proceco by 'Which They Arc Produced In Japan. On the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, there is a little colony of native artists who make a specialty of growing dwarf trees?oaks, maples, beeches, apple trees and many others, perfect in every detail and proportion, biit do bigger than shrubs, grown in jardinieres and used as ornaments for dining tables. Of the process a writer says: "Exactly how these tiny trees are produced lenno n on! v to a score or so of in diriduals. But the quality essentia! to the nucceiwfnl dwarf tree gro.rer is patience. iuHuite patience, backed by a fund of calm resignation unknown !<? the western mind. Fifty years is named aa the shortest period in which a really good and salabie dwarf tree may be grown, while a lifetime is not long enough to produce the highest examples of the art. Dwarf trees are produced from seed or, in eases Where this is not practicable, from carefu'~- selected cuttings. When the yc uxg plant begins, to grow it is ten ed with cess efess care, and from toe commencement of its carter its natural tendencies are subjugated to the will of its master. Bach twig, each loaf, as it makes its appearance becomes the object of the closest scrutiny. Shall it be oerraittcd to grow and, if so. in what direction? May it not be advisable to cut it away altogether and encourage growth elsewhere? 'These and a dozen similar questions ocoupy the mind of the Japanese artist, and upon their correct solution depends the ultimate value of the tree, lor to be perfect tbe dwarf most possess a shape and balance equal to the best life sized models. Tbe artist has at bis disposal several centuries of transmitted experience. To this be adds the quality that Carlyle mistook for Siua?an infinite capacity for takpains. He cuts and prunes his ject, often mercilessly, but al ways with infinite care and forethought. At times, with cord or wire, he draws a wayward twig into its ordained position. Then after two or three years, when the trend of the branch is fully established, the bonds are cut away again. "From time to time, too, the tree la carefully repotted, and on such occasions its roots are subjected to a careful examination. In their turn they receive as much attention as do the branches. Unnecessary masses of fiber are cut away, leading rootlets are freed and encouraged, and the whole is then carefully rearranged is a fresh soil. Everything is done, in fact, to concentrate the life of the tree within the narrowest possible limits. And at last, after years of unremitting labor, the tree begins to respond to the touch of its master. It lose# its tendency to shoot forth lusty and far reaching twigs. Its leaves become tiny and proportioned to its dwarfed tranches. It surrenders in the fight for liberty."?Chicago News. Very Much Mistaken. "I beg your pardon," said the youth who had knocked at the door, 1 thought this was Mr. Miller's house." "I am Mr. Miller." "Then I am glad to find that when I thought that I was mistaken I was mistaken in thinking that J was mistaken."' "What?" "I say when I thought I was mistaken I was mistaken in thinking 1 was mistaken, and, being mistaken in thinking I was mistaken when I wasn't mistaken, I was glad to find I was mistaken when I thought I was mistaken, because I wasn't mistaken, or, rather, I was mistaken when I thought I was mistaken, and - r 11.11 l I :.i.? so i commi t nave ueeu xuiouukcu. Well, at any rate, I'm glad. Looka as if we were going to have rain, doesn't it ?" Euy Bookkeeping. A Chicago woman had served acceptably as treasurer of the club for a little over a year, and that was an exceptional record. "Don't you have difficulty in balancing your books ?" they asked. "Oh, dear, no!" she replied. "Why, it's the easiest thing in the world. I just add up what I have received and subtract from that what I have paid out, to show what is due the cluo, and then I make my husband give me a check for the amount. There's really nothing hard about keeping books when you know how." A Different Kind. A gloomy looking wagon had drawn up in front of the home of the pastor's most devout and liberal parishioner. "Dear me, dear me I" cried the food man who had just turned the corner. "That looks very much like an undertaker's vehicle. I must hurry forward and see what the trouble is." And he arrived just as the funereal looking driver took in the beer. ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. : \ FEIGNING DEATH. | A Trick Resorted to by Animals to Shun Their Enemies. The feigning of death bv certain ! animals for the purpose of deeeiv- j H|g their enemies and thus secur-; ! ing immunity is one of the greatest J j of the many evidences of their in-1 j ' xti* a a: rpi, ! letngent rauuuiiiauuu. iuu siiuu* , < lation is not confined to any particular family, order or species of ani-! mal, but exists in many, from the | ' rery lowest , to the highest. It is ^ found even in the vegetable king-1 ' ! dom, the well known sensitive plant ! being an interesting example. The ! action of this plant is purely reflex, , ! as can be proved bv observation and | experiment, and is not therefore -a j process of intelligence. ( An experimenter, writing in Wis- < sen fur Alle, says that he has seen < the feigning of death in some of ' the lowest animals known to sci- 1 ence. Some time ago while exam- ' ining the inhabitants of a drop of ! pond water under a high power lens he noticed several rhizopods > i?ii_ ? 11.. " OlUUiy IBCUlUg Ull Hie luiuuiu VUU9 of an algo. These rhizopods suddenly drew in their hairlike filaria and sank to the bottom, to all ap- . pearancea dead. The cauae waa found to be the presence of a water , loose, an animal which feeds on ^ these animalculae. it likowise sank . to the bottom and Wter looking at ! the rhiropoda awam away, evidently regarding them aa dead and unfit for food. I f This waa not an accidental occurrence, for the observer haa seen the seme wonderful performance wice since. Through the agency of s what sense, he asks, did these little L creatures discover the approach of their enemy? Is it poeafble that they and otfeer microscopic animals 1 have eyes and ears so exceedingly small that lenses of the very highest power cannot make them visible, or are they possessors of senses utterly unknown to and incapable of being appreciated by man? Science can * neither affirm nor deny either of * these suppositions. ? Most animals are slain for food by other animals. Most of the car- * nivora and inaectivora prefer fresh- j ly killed food to carrion. They will * not touch tainted meat when they * can procure fresh; hence when they j come upon their prey apparently ^ dead they will leave it alone and go | J in search of other quarry unless < they are very hungry. Tainted J substances are dangerous to get into * the stomach. Certain ptomaines render it sometimes very poison- e ous. Long years of experience hare ( taught this fact to animals, and ' therefore most of them let dead or ' seemingly dead creatures alone. Toaat to Laughtar. * Here's to laughter, the sunshine " of the soul, the happiness of the 1 heart, the leaven of youth, the privilege of purity, the echo of inno- 1 cence, the treasure of the humble, the wealth of the poor, the bfead of ^ the cup of pleasure. It dispels deiection. banishes blues and mangles * melancholy, for it's the foe of woe, the destroyer of depression, the en- l emy of grief. It is what kings envy | the peasants, plutocrats envy the poor, the guilty envy the innocent. J It's the sheen on the silver of smiles, the ripple on the water's delight, the glint of the gold of gladness. Without it humor would be dumb, wit would wither, dimples would disappear and smiles would ^ shrivel, for its glow of a clean con- ] science, the voice of a pure soul, the j birth cry of mirth, the swan song of^ ^ sadness.?Life. Qfethes and Seasons. ' Like the blessed wild goldfinch, f who sometimes stays with us all winter, I feel a stirring ere February is out to shed the gray outwalk J disguise my soul has all along been ^ wearing and to come forth in bright k aureate splendor of full summer t Elumage. I wish to wear a green irtle when the grass burns emerald ? and even the sunset dues assume \ chrysoprase. In the wBer were it ^ ft\T ctftrfftnc t.hft ffood folk I $ o D | would go everywhere in the hibernal < attire of the wise little ermine. In 5 autumn ? no; there the analogy 1 itops?I would not array me in car- { mine or imperial orange, though na- { ture is thus minded to do. In the f autumn, 6ven in the late summer, a < psychic revulsion, from this rule of ; sympathetic or protective coloring i is experienced.?Atlantic. ; 8poilod th# Metaphor. ^ A very self confident young bar- < rister was once introduced to Sir ; Henry Hawkins and throughout his ' conversation boasted of what he \ hoped to do in the future. \ "Ah," said his lordship at last, < "so you hope to be famous some ' day, eh?" < "Yes," replied the barrister, "some j day I hope to have the world at my i feet." $ "Why, what have you been doing all this time," inquired Sir Henry? \ "walking on your hands ?" j \ That hacking cc Because your sj your powers of resi Take Scotf s ? It builds up and strengtl a It contains Cod Liver Oil J prepared that it is easy to A ALL MUGCISTSt XxAAAAiLAAAAAA/ J09W999WW Wilting to Exchange. The man who hud purchased some jurraut buns at a bakery vaa dia- , tressed on starting to eat one to . Snd that it contained a Hy. Return- . ?g to the bakery. he made ati in- / iigusnt complaint, demanding an)ther bun in place of the inhabited >ne. "I am sorry, sir." scid the saleswoman. "1 can't gire you another i >un, but if you will bring me back ;ha fly I will give you a currant for t."?Kansas City independent. ' lotlce to Far Mrs' Loyil Otitis of lillfaaskin Cmty A County Union will be organ ^ zed at Kingstree on Wednes- 1 lay, April 8, at 12 o'clock. A ull delegation from each local ' mion is desired. Anyone desir- 1 ng a local union, organized in 1 lis community can arrange the ] natter by calling on the writer < it the hotel between the hours >f 9 and 11 o'clock on that day. [ Respectfully, T C WILLOUGHBY, ] Member State Ex. Committee. t-26-2t Kei4 the Faraersi Merchnts ink's H. thie isaie. c Wmm. \ Everybody in Sontb Carolina is eligible. Did people stooped with suffering, Vliddle age, courageously lighting, if oath protesting impatiently; { Children, unable to explain; ] Vll in misery from their kidneys. 1 Daly a little backache first. 1 Domes when you catch a cold. t 3r when yon strain the back. c Vlany complications follow. c [Jrinary disorders, diabetes, Bright's y lisease. [ Doan's Kidney Pills cure backache, j Dure every form of kidney ills. i J W Powell, proprietor of a gen- J >ral store a> d coal, wood and ice < lealer of Waverlv, living at 2010 i ^landing St., Columbia, S C, says: i 'My son has beeu afflicted with kid- ' ley and urinary trouble from childlood. beins? unable to control the rcretious especially when asleep. miu* using Doan'3 Kidney Pills he jas entirely recovered.'* For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ;ents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffao, New York, sole agents for tha L'nited States. Remember the name?Doan's? ind^take no other. \lways That I can save Remember you money on SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS. " Wholesale Prices Direct from i Factory. Eyerything Guaran;eed to come up to Specifica:ions. 9.J. EPPS, Kingslree, S. G. ^presenting Cberav Door * Sasb Co. Title, Mortgage, Bill of Sale, l?ien on Crop, and Lien and Bill of Sale combined blanks for sale at his nffiop. 2-13tf I THE BEST PAINT , ^ Applied by skilled mechanics 3 ' is worth a fair price. Cheap } il * mixtures slopped on by cheap j * J * painters are dear at any price. J * We expect to receive a reason- 3 ' able equivalent for crar labor. J ' But we give an honest dollar's r I ' worth for every dollar we get, r ' ana. we enaeavor u> jwiuaucut- ^ * ly satisfy our customers. ) I ALFRED WELLS, | Painter and Paper Hanger, ) \ KINGSTREE, S. C. \ ^ Leave orders with) | Kiogstree Hardware [Co. I 4* i -V 'vr ugh continues I rstem is exhausted and A stance weakened. 2 Emulsion. 4 UCUI JVUI oumv K I and Hypophotphites to A take and easy to digest A M*. AND $1.00 A / I Tha rtialariaw'a Siaa. Macanlay was deatituta of bodily iccompliahmonU. He could neither iwim uor ride nor drije nor f?ij$a aor-ahoot. ' But ha viewed hia d?Irienciea with indifference toteM junior. l"' When in attendance at Windier i? a cabinet miniater the historian ras informed that a hone was et lie diepoeal. "if W majesty wiahee to aee ae fide/' eaid he, *%he mwt order Ml in elephant" " ' Hereafter We positively re Fuse to publish any communication received at this office later than Tuesday, noon, except lo? :al and personal items, which fvilljnot be.available later than Wednesday, noon, for the current week. By trying to be ac :ommodating we are thrown late ;very week and we are tired of it. This notice applies to EVERY BODY. 4-25-tf. FOR SALE. I Srlck In any quantity to suit purchsa ir. The Beat Dry Press Machine-made Special shapes made to order. Corr* jondence solicited before-placing ysur >rders, W. B. PtJKK, Registration Votiee. Theofflce of the Supervisor of Beg stration will be opened on the' Ant tfonday in every month for the par>ose of the registering of any person oho is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of he State for two years, and of the :ounty one rear, and of the polling product in which the elector offers to rote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, six nonths before, any poll tax then due ind payable, and who can both read ind write any section of the constituInn nf ?nhmitfx) tn him hv th* Supervisors of Registration, or who :an show that he owns, and has paid ill taxes collectable on during the jresent year, property in this State issessed at three hundred dollars or nore. J. T. McGILL, Clerk of Board, $9 iMWHMaMMI I ILJJfLJil 1 f IimjM 1 iJ ftwadvtM, how to obSte vumm, state coppifb*.*^ IN ALL COUNTNIM. , Button direct -with W a* tog to* t*vu Hme,m money and often the potent. M Pttoirt ind Infrispmsfrt Parties Exclusively, I Writ* or ooim to <u at StS tttt StTHt, off. VatM SUM htei 0AM.B WSaHINttTOH. I niuai k I B k K9 lif'ftniiiAiBi M.?.H fmmmm I S7 1 insurance. Fire Insurance, Tornado Insurance, Plate Glass Insurance Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Accident Insurance, Burglary Insurance. We represent only Companies of unquestioned^ reliability^and a policy is as good as -tj t i I a genu oonu. wSi , I Bond You,. rr. As Cashier, Treasurer or any position of trust in any of the largest companies in America. The Williamsburg Insurance & Bonding flgencu, OFFICE OV?RL STACKLRY's STORE, Kingstree, - S.C.