The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 09, 1908, Image 7
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r * i i
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stores near the railroad
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a select
line of
v Jewelry, Clocks, Watches
filver Ware and Gold and
liver Novelties. : : :
Also
watch and
clock repair
work done on short
noticeatcompetin* prices.
Look for the Watch Sign.
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Kingstree, S. C.
8-29-tf
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THE COUNTY RECORD
Kingstree, S. C.
vJSLj^ Kingstree Lodge
jSjj|? Knights of Pythias
Regular Conventions Every
2sd{(od 4thJW edoti4tjr ntgt*U.
Visiting bretbre? .always welcome,
Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building.
H. A. Myer, C. C.
A. C. Hinds, K. R. S.
LOUIi
232 A 234 KING STRE
?THE I
The Largest W1
?SPLENDI
OIIP
9 For Ladies, >
S And They Were
I New Dress Go
Mr r
I All the newest weaves in
fashionable fabrics are here
vSJB Satin Striped Embroidered Vc
flkPille Voiles.
'^Dotted Etamines
- -"i a full line of Panamas.
and Fancy Plaid, Sti
Balk's ai\ed Wool Dress Goods.
. ?r samples, our price
; SPECL ___
W^uite Wash G
vertise ;e variety of the latest in
xeave. Suiting Linens. Fij
| dras, Persian Lawns, Em
I Linen, Plaid Lawns an<
I Mercerized Chiffon, Plain z
1 edBatiste, Linen Lawns, (b
S ings, etc, etc. All at popu'
i&ati6&ue_ M, fsiafc?? .a,
! D Miles
II Family Ti
m>? G?>od over the
W T -tate Tor the 1
2~ I I family. Liiuitc
? lonn.Miif
sr V Individua
| Sp I over the
y JL^ other lines in
g~ oOO miles. L
g? W of sale.
:?E I 2oooMile
j p- Good over the
g~- er lioes in the
i p- 1 T miles; for am
! y I ^ ployes limited
y ^ -f such persons i
y from date of s
? Hp 1000 MUe
E ? able Indivi
p Good over A1
P W lines in the
y I miles. Limit e
^ J[ ? All mileage ti
P 1st, 1908 , will
ST trains, n or in
5^ J non-agency s
2? I for the sale ol
. p * ^ ed at ticket ar
I ? ous tickets.
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S~ Ay J Agents.
| ATLANTIC
| W. J. CRAIG, ,
? Pass eager Traffic Manage
I WiLMlNf
sfoll b
iWE STD
BUY BDI
AND ai
4 - - - - ? j ?i
j SELL lai
I
h will pay you to ahw
any business of this kind.
OFFICE OVER BAN!
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It never misses a mark
regulating an accurate a
point of the pen, and th*
in the pocket, always rea<
the instantaneous call
stock from which to selei
I a)<o handle all text book
South Carolina at prices fb
G. OLUEEP
> COHI
ET,
K3USE THAT GIVES YOU "S.
holes&le and Red
D ARRAY OF THE NEWEST F
READY-TO-\
lisses and Children. Surpas
Never so Reasonably Priced?i
ods. Ladies'
the most The greatest stock
and choose-from
iiles. White Linen Waisi
plain to the mos1
Brilliau- White Linen Wais
iped and hand embroider
the
? Lace and
oods. I Ecru Lace Waists
finish and White Lace Waists
gured Ma- Black Lace Waists
broidered White China Silk T
d Linens, $7.50 each,
md Fi*mr- Black China Silk
:ford Suit- $10.00 each,
lar prices Taffeta Silk Waisti
mmm
v#
State ^s
ickets $11.25. 3 ?
Atlantic Coast Line in each ,
lead or dependent member of a ^ :
Ki to one year trom date oisaie. ^5
js Interchangeable 2 i
il Ticket $20.00. 2 <
Atlantic Coast Line and SO J
the Southeast aggregating 30,- 22 1
imited to one year from date 22
s Firm Ticket $40,00. 2 J
Atlantic<*'oast Line and 30oth- 23 1
! Southeast aggregating 30,000 22 \
anager or heaa of firm and em- ^
to five but good for only one of 2?
it a time. L mited to one year 22 1
sale. 2 <
Southern Interchange- 32
idual Ticket $25.00.
:lantic Coast Line and 75 other ^2 ;
Southeast aggregating 41,000 23 '
d to one year f?om date of sale. 23
ckets sold on ind aft-er April ^2
not be honorf j for passage on '
checking baggage (exceptfrom 2 i
tations and stations not open ^3
f tickets) but must be present- )
id there exchanged for continu- 3
saved in passage fare by purbasing
local ticket from our
! 3
COAST LINE 1
T. C. WHITE, I;
;r, Geeeral Passenger Agent, 3
Hon, n.o. J
ROTHERS
ICKS
SI D S BUV
no and
\l DS sell;
lys see us when you have
K OF WXI.LIAMLBURG ~fef
I
RY SPARE MOMENT
\N BE UTILIZED
WITH A
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? ana with the Spoon Feed I
nd even flow of ink to the 1
i Clip-Cap holding the pen I
dv for use, is permanently at I
of the owner. A complete
ct may be seen at my store.
s adopted for public schools in
ced by .State Board of Education
IDC Kirigstree,
South Carolina.
EN&CC
A.TISFACTION'' OK YOUR MONEY
a// Mail Order Hous
ABRICS FOR SPRING AND SUMMJ
VEAR QARMEI
r Anvthinf: in Stvle Ever Shown
^ o ?
Send in Your Measurements. We (
Waists. Ladies
; in the South to pick
ts from the severely Made of W<
: elaborately trimmed Striped s
..75c to $15.00 each. Plain, Fan
ts plain locked and checked
S2-50 to Sl5.00 cach. Madame 1
Pony Coa
Net Waists, ?mmmm
$2.98 to' $20.00 each. 9 Walldr
> $3.75 to $25.00 each. ?
> $6.00 to $15.00 each.
Yaists from $2.50 to Qur Ngw .
Waists from $2.50 to Panama,
All Cut in t
b $3.75 to $20.00 each
MEERSCHAUM. |
How It Is Mined and Prepared For
the Market.
Meerschaum is a hydrated silicate
of magnesia appearing as an
^aque earthy mineral, white, grayish
or yellowish, compact in texture
*nd breaking with a couchoida 1 or
f!nn earthv fracture. Most of it
lomes from Asia Minor, especially
from the plains of Eskischehr.
where it occurs in nodular masses of
rariable size and irregular shape,
distributed thro^!> the alluvial deposits
of the plain, which are systematically
worked for its extraction
by means of pits and galleries.
Meerschaum is found also, but less
abundantly, in Greece and in some
of the Grecian islands?at Hrubschitz,
in Moravia, where it occurs
in a serpentinous matrix, and in
Morocco, where it is used when soft
and fresh as a substitute for soap,
while a coarse variety is found at
Vallecas, near Madrid, and is employed
as a building 6tone. Meerschaum
also occurs in South Carolina.
Almost the whole of the
world's supply of meerschaum comes
from the district of Eskischehr, in
Asia Minor.
Mining is done in a primitive
fashion, and precautions for safety
are unknown, although accidents occur
from time to time. A group of
three .to fifteen workmen work together
to dig a shaft about one me
ter in diameter, and no props are
fixed until they reach, at a depth of
twenty, forty or even sixty meters,
the bed of red clay under or in
which the meerschaum is found
mixed with serpentine in the form
of irregular pieces from the size of
a hazelnut to that of an apple.
These pieces are often extracted
with great difficulty after making
long galleries in the red clay. In
many places the earth is mined in
such a way that the galleries of several
different excavations are confused.
The work is carried on day
and night, the workings being lighted
by means of oil lamps.
The meerschaum is not sold b\
weight, but by the : or box.
After the purchase tb r*chaum.
which is damp, hea\y nr.i .if a vrllowish
color, is sot to ?lr\ in the *un
in the summer time, and iu the winter
for about nine days in a drying
oven heated day. and night. The
product loses about two-thirds of its
weight in the drying and becomes
snow white. Afterward it is rubbed
?a1 m + V* wo r m
wiiir imiiuci, luuisicu^u mvii ??ui in
water, any roughness is removed
with a knife, the hollows are ileaned
with sand, and finally the pieces
rro polished with wax. In this condition
the meerschaum is sent t??
market.?Chicago News.
DOMESTIC SEEING MACHINES
Best on the market for the money. If you
rant a high grade machine at a low price call on
L. C. iloatgomery,
at Kennedy-Montgomery Co'?.
22 3m KINGSTftEE. S. C.
)FPy
CHARLESTON, S. C.
BACK?
;e in the South.
ER WEARVTS.
l in the South.
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juaiauicc a u l . m
' and Misses' 1
railor-Made Suits I
x>l and Silk Panaja, Plain, |
ind Fancy Mixed Worsteds,
,cy, Striped and Phantom
and Striped Panama, in
Butterfly, Prince Chap, and
t Effects
...$10.00 to $75-00 per suit.
tg Skirts For
adies and Misses.
Line is Composed of Silk,
Plain and Fancy Mixtures.
he New 1908Models...
$2.50 to $25.00 each.
AFTER THE BALL
California'* First Clearing House Waa
Not a Financial One.
The meaning of the term "clear-;
ing house" may not perhaps be fa- j
miliar to all people outside of bank-:
ing and commercial circles. An in-'
cident which occurred during our1
civil war may give a clear though
homely idea of what a clearing
house is.
The occasion was in JSU4, wnen
the citizens of San Francisco gate
the famous "Russian ball" to the officers
of the Russian fleet of warships
in San Francisco's harbor,
which had been sent to the federal
government bv the emperor of Russia
to the assistance of the northern
states in that war.
That ball was the most brilliant
affair of its kitad that has ever taken
place in California. It was attended
by the governor and all the state
and municipal officers, the members
of the supreme and superior courts,
all the foreign consuls and the officers
of the armv and navy within
reach of San Francisco, besides
many of the old and wealthy Spanish
families from southern California,
all handsomely dressed and re?/liomnnd
oruament8.1
epicuucuo iu
The large hall was splendidly decorated
with Bussian and American
flags intwined. The flags of the foreign
consuls and lines of cages of
singing canary birds were bung
around the gallery. A military
band and a string band supplied the
music. On the stage of the hall
were stacks of arms and accouter-ments
of war, while the rich dresaea
of the ladies and the uniforms of
the officers of the navy aha army,
together with the grand official regalia
of the foreign consuls, made
it a scene of splendor aod a wonder
and delight to the Bussian sailors.
After tfte supper, which T^as jerved
in keeping with tKe rest of the
ball, the Bussian officers, the consuls
and many of the guest9 of honor
retired, but "the dance went on."
Soon afterward it was seen that the
waiters in the hat room had become
confused in their deliveries, and
gentlemen, finding their hat checks
useless, were obliged to go inside
and search for themselves, which
resulted in soon covering the floor J
with articles of clothing, from which
each man took*that which fitted
him best and went home,
mi-- rlov a nntipp an
me luiiuvtiug kjuj ? ? _jpeared
in the newspapers inviting
all persons who had lost their overcoats
or hats and had taken others
instead to return them to a place
designated in the notice and receive
their own. The result of this move
was a success, for every man who
had lost his own and had brought
the article he had taken recovered
that which belonged to him, the
writer being one of them. This,
then, was California's first clearing
house, though not a financial
one, in so far as the basic principle
of the bankers' clearing house is
concerned.?Los Angeles Times.
When Ajt Troubles Wemen.
'"Women," said a marriage license
clerk, "often lie about their age in
the certificate. Look here. This is
a letter from a woman now, asking
me if a little age lie will illegitimate
her marriage. She says she is thirty-six,
and her fiance thinks her
twenty-nine. She wants naturally
to maintain the illusion. J get such
letters every week. I reply, if
stamps are inclosed, that there is
no law against these lies. After all,
they do no harm, do they? Yes?
No?
"There's a law against them in
Australia. There only the other
day a divorce was granted a man on
the plea that his wife had lied about
her age to him. She was, it seems,
forty-six, but he had thought her
onlv thirty-five."?New York Press.
J J
Th? Earliest Monay.
The earliest money was Drobably
shells or strips of bark. Skins appear
very early as a medium of exchange.
Later on sheep, oxen and
other 6ort of cattle were U9ed as the
measure of value. With the advent
of agriculture the products of the
farm were sometimes made to be
value units. So late as the early
colonial times in Virginia tobacco
was used as currency. Eventually
the metals iron, silver and gold became
the almost universally recognized
money of civilized and semicivilized
peoples, iron taking the
lead in point of time.?New York
American.
Thumb Balls.
The thimble was originally called
a thumb bell by the English, because
worn on the thumb, then a
thumble and finally its present
name. It was a Dutch invention
and was first glass and pearl. In
China beautiful carved pearl thimbles
are Been, brought to England
in 1695. Thimbles were formerly
made only of iron and brase, but in
comparatively late years they have
been made of gold, silver, steel,
horn, ivory, and even glass and
pearl thimbles are seen, bound with
Eld and with the end of gold.?
lectio.
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| Union Graded School. ?
Rome, March 31:?On March 6
the Francis Marion Literary Society
held a public meeting:
which proved quite a success.
There were essays, recitations
and selections of music; but the
most interesting feature of the
programme was the debate:
"Resolved, That the growing of
flowers should be given more
consideration in the home."'
This subject was handled in.a
manner which reflected credit
upon the debaters, the society
and the school. It was said to
be the strongest debate ever
presented in the school and in
rendering their decision the
judges pronounced it the most
difficult question they ever had
to decide.
However, the decision was in
favor of the affirmative. Sever
ax visiLui s vvcic pi cacui, amuu^
whom were: Mr and Mrs J J
Snow, Mrs W J Bryant, Misses
Bessie Snow and Sadie Waldron
and Mr Henry Thomas.
Friday, March 13, was the day
for the election of new officersFollowing
is the result:
President, Allard Hemingway;,
vice president, Walter Robbins;
secretary, Daisie Munnerlyn;.
treasurer, Pressley Thomas; literary
editor, Ruth Carmwayr
1st censor, Charley Thomas; 2nd
Censor, Willie Snow.
The general examinations
have just been finished and we
are glad to say that as a rule
the work of this session has
been pronounced by the teachers
to be exceptionally good
and highly satisfactory,
On March 13 the Senior class
of Union Graded school met and
elected the following officers:
president, Furney Hemingway;
secretary and treasurer, Iva
Eaddy; class poet, Furney Hemingway;
class prophet, Ruth
Carraway; class valedictorian.
Iva Eaddy.
The faculty and students oi
the school are delighted to know
that there is a very bright prospect
of attaining the name of
' I'nion High School" before the
fall term opens. If the hope. V realized
there will necessarily be
an addition made to both, the faculty
and the school building.
Instead of four teachers, Wft;
shall have six or more*
One of the most enjoyable
events in our neighborhood
during the past few weeks was
the oyster supper given by the
school in their building on the
evening of March 20. Owing to
the inclemency of the weather,
many who undoubtedly would!
have attended were prevented.
However, the number of quests
w^s indeed very ncouraging.
Tlie entertainment consisted of
the following interesting programme:
music duet, Misses Marie
Rivers and Louise Wilson?
vocal quartette, Messrs 0 M
Mitchell, Ulmer Eaddy, MissesBessie
and Emmie Snow; musical
duet. Misses Daisieand Emmie
Brockinton; recitation,"How
Ruby Played the Piano," Prof G
M Mitchell; An Incident of Dr
Daniel's Life, Prof Mitchell?
musical duet, Misses Daisie
Munnerlyn and Emmie SnowAfter
the oysters, cake and
cream were served and the light
spirits, merry prattle and laughter,
smiling faces and beaming
countenances of old and young
told plainer than words that al)
werej having an exceptionallygood
time.
One of the most interesting
features of the evening was the
"Gipsy tent" where the two
young Orientals who had been
imported especially for the occasion
were kept quite busy pre
dieting the futures and rehearsing
the pasts of the guests.
Among the visitors who came
from a distance were the following:
Miss Lina and Mr Arthur
Erich, Mr James Scurry.
Messrs Marvin and Henry Thomas
and Mr and Mrs W T Turbeville
of Georgetown; Miss Ida
Waldron and Messrs Tom Skinner
and Birch Harald of Campfield,
S C.
Edita Liter a el
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