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. - ! . ; - - r- . ~r EVENTS OF THE WEEK AT SCRAMON, j ITEilS {jF NEHfj 3F LOCAL IMEKEST PCJSi VIAND SOCIAL NU1ES. I Sf'ranton, June 1. Dr H 0 By i d, who lecently graduated at the Atlanta Medical College, is spending a few days in town with relatives, j l>r. Byrd will return to Georgia, where he will locate a..d practice medicine and there is no doubt that _ w he will make a big success in his j j cbosen profession, as he is a bright and energetic young man. He is a son of the late Dr S D M Bvrd,; who was one of our county's most prominent physicians. Mr. Fred limes made a business trip to Atlanta l ist week and rt^ turmd Sunday m- ning. Mr O A (iiahan . ? <? of Coward's! coming men limit s paid Scrauton a I Ca.l !a>t week Miss I.oU Smith, who ha.-. l?een teaching near Spartanburg, returned home last Friday after the closing of her school. ? V II Wnftlon atirl .Ml ttllU .<113 A'X IX II w? | two daughters, Misses Kennedy and j Thro, are visiting Mr and Mis Fred Hines at this place. Mr Henry Cox of Lake Waccamuw, X. C\, has accepted a position with Mr Winslow Wright. We extend to him a hearty welcome. Misses Minnie Johnson and Lilly Lavender of New Zion are visiting lelatives in town this week. ^ Mr B E Roberts of Marion paid Scranton a pleasant visit Sunday. He was accompanied by Mr Phillips or tnac cicy. Miss Minnie Byrd, who has been visiting her sister, Mis Lula Kay at Red Springs, N. C., returned home one day last week. Miss Uessie Graham returned home this morning from Hartsville, where she received her diploma at at'the last commencement of the W N H School. Dr C H Pate returned from Aiken Saturday night, where he went to attend the meeting of the Grand / Lodge K of P., lepreeeuting bcran^\ too Lodge, No. 114. Misses Fannie Cannon, Lillv, Sadie and May Graham, of this place, attended the commencement exercises of the Welsh Neck High school May 31 to June 1. Mrs J L F Paratte visited friends at Coward's Saturday and Suuday. There is some talk of having a baseball team here some time soon. A very interesting game will be olaved in a few davs between the X" V - ?r lean and fat citizens of our town, when they will select the best players for the town of Scranton. Dr Leland Timmons of Darlington visited his parents in the Friendfield section Sunday. Misses Olive Sturgeon Eva Godwin and Maude Harrell came over from Lake City last Friday and spent the day with friends in town. Mrs J A Gaunt of Florence is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Pj A Parker, here this week. Mr aud Mrs R B Cannon entertained quite a number of young folks at their residence on Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Mollie Kennedy, who left Wednesday afternoon for her home at Turbeville, after spending several days' with her sister, Miss Worth Kennedy, at this place. Dr H M Graham and Miss Addie Cannon attended the union meeting at Bethel church Sunday. \r i> n/r ;u ii x*i. The Knocking of The Beast. There is a whole heap of truth in the following article on the ^ newspaper man anil the chronic kicker. Every newspaper man has characters of the kind to contend with and they are the bane of his Tiifc The article which is from the! Chapel Hill News, says: "Did you ever think of it? Suppose every buisuess'man in the town took as much interest in the up building of the town as the newspaper man. lie works for railroads, churches, schools, good streets, enforcement of the law and a hundred , other things for the general gool;^ I he urges,scolds, badgers and cavorts around generally until he g-fs what besets out for. Imagine iiis feeling, then, wii -n sun- Ian- string-halt kind of fellow reproaches him oecause he do?sn't imom things enough aud nine times out of ten that same fellow has never spent one cent to-wards the support of the paper and the paper he reads with with marked regularity is either bortowed from the next door neighbor or picked from a counter in the store at which he trades." Wil minqtnn Star. Big cuts or little cuts, small scratches or bruises or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. Be sure to get DeWitt's. Sold by W L Wallace. Let ''Dixie" Alone. Women of the Confederate Choir of America have fitted new j^ori's to ' Dixie," beginning: Oh Dixie land is the la. ?. The land of cherished g . . u story." In thinking of that the old words 'cinnamon seed and sandy bot-* 1 torn and Hie rest are 1101 goou enough the ladies are mistakeu. What set ''Dixie"' going, what made Lincoln call it the best song of the war, what makes New York's theatre and restaurant audiences thrill with it, though they may never have been further South than Atlantic City, is its spirit. The words have ''go." By the memory of the lips that have sung them they should be protected from change. Only so can tiie song retain its history and its sentiment. Old words fit old songs. "America" is poor stuff, but no attempt to fit new words to the tune has sueceeded. Custom will not have it. "God Save the Kiug" is no better. There is not much poetry in Frustrate their knavish tiicks! Confound their politics! But that is the way it goes and will so. The attempt to suppress some of the fighting words of "The 3tarSpangleu Banner" deserves to fail. There are impolite expressions "LiN libullero" and "A Health to King Charles," but they can ill be spared. Could anv new words fit the "Marsellaise" so well as do those that de ITsle dashed off in one night's feverish excitement? What German would tamper with "Koerner's Hymn" or the "Watch 011 the Rhine?" If the old songs could speak foi themselves they would all say, "Let us alone!" New York World. That languid, lifeless feeling that comes with spring and early sum"><>? Vio nniflUp />hanor?(l fn a Ilici) VdU UW VJUIVPIJ VUMU^VM wv M feeling of buoyancy and energy by the judicious use of Dr Shoop's Restorative. The Restorative is a genuine tonic to tired, rundown nerves.and but a fewdoses are needed to satisfy the user that Dr Shoop's Restorative is actually reaching that tired spot. The indoor life of winter nearly always leads to sluggish bowels, aud to sluggish circulation in general. The customary lack of exercise and outdoor air ties up the liver, stagnates the kidneys, and ofttimes weakens the Heart's action. Use Dr Shoop's Restorative a few weeks and all will be changed. A few days test will tell you that vou re using the right remedy. You will easily and surely note the chang cfrom day to day. Sold by D C Scott. rnu- 15 XI1C xvusaiiiu 10 uuii nccu vi omental bondage until he has reached the age of 26;the Anerican not until he has buried his mother in-law. Ella Wheeler Wilcox thinks Plato didn't know much about love. Ella could certainly have given the old Greek a few pointers on that subject. Tired mothers, worn out by peevish, cross baby have Cascasweet a boon and a blessing, Cascasweet is for babies and children, and is especially good for the ills so common in hot weather. Look for ttie ingredients printed on the bottle. Contains no harmful drugs. Sold by W L Wallace. A useful thing about telegrams when you are away from home is they're so much shorter than the letters you would have to write else.New York Press. Some Things to Ponder Over. We are all worshipers at the; fea^t ot chance. How short the miles are on a honeymoon trip. Ic is greater to grant a favor j than to rceive one. t V.a,,.,. IVicrlrtri.An I wnrs I aiuic auu ii wwvy | vote the same ticket. ^ Fidelity bought w \)ney; ay^^-qnly a higher*'' 1. * .. ^test cow; 1 battle talks ill >udest v victory is won. V Fortu ! but il !! ' having ' Ths is far' of the t IfVj* toda tliou^ Appi wakefu, 1 trouble / Pj V ,pped oy liti Tablets. jongestion?unna assure. Dr Shoop's Pin |f\*v ets simply coax congest! .al c.vav from pain centers. JS> se Tablets?known j by druggists Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets?3imply equalize the blood circnlati>^md then pain always depart ) minutes. 20 Tablets 25 c<i..?,s. 'rite Dr Shoop, Racine, Wis,for,!. package. Sold by D C Scott. - \ _ " ? Notice. All persons are hereby forewarned against plowing in thepubli^ roads. All overseers are notified to pr? acute any one disregarding this notu S J Singlet 5-l4-4t. Co. bt Reflections of a Freckles make lots of girls very happy by not haviug them. The average man would rather run for office than make a decent living. A man can afford to be a fool when it's the way he spends the income of a large fortune. No matter how sorry a woman can be that she married a man, she can be a lot gladder that she kept some other girl from getting him. The fact that some men are self made is stamped on the wrapper. Some people are always looking for an excuse to make an excuse. A woman considers any man nicelooking who says she is good -look ing. A stout widow .has to be awfully rich in order to avoid being called fat. It isn't the amount of money a man earns hut the amount he pets. that counts. Clothes may not make the man but paying for his wife's clothes may break him. Rehgon that doesn't abide with a man twenty-four hours a day and seven days aweek isn't worth having. A girl always expects a man to think her hair curls of its own accord even when she knows that he knows that it doesn't. "Health Coffee" is really the closest Coffee Imitation ever yet produced This clever Coffee Substitute was recently produced dj dt &noop 01 Raciue, Wis. Not a grain of real Coffee in it either. Dr Shoop's Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert who might drink it for Coffee. No 20 or 30 minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute" says the doctor. Sold by People's Mercantile Co. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. CHARLESTON, S. C. I785 1908 iZ4th Year begins September 25. Entrance examinations will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 3. at 9 a. m. All candidates for admission can compete in September for vacant Boyce Scholarships which pay $100 a vear. One free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolina. Board and furnished room in dormitory $11. Tuition $40. For catalogue, aadress Harrison Randolph, 5-28-3t. President. FOR SALE. Brick in any quantity to suit purchas er. The Best Dry Press Machine-made ABEICK.sr Special shapes made to order. Correpondence solicited before placing your orders, W. R. FUNK, . UP IN A BALLOONT The Exhilaration That Comes With a Trip Through tho Air. Floating softly up into the blue ocean of air, wq/ching the carti; sink slowly away beneath us and fade and change quietly to an immense map spread before < ur won-1 Jering eyes such are the lirst im pressions of balloon voyagers. The noisy shouts of those who come to ; wish us "Ron voyage!" become fainter and fainter until absolute *i _*:ii quiet reign* about us. 11 is so sun i that the ticking of the cJock in the barograph is heard noisily counting; the second* as it traces the line of our upward flight across the sheet. Meanwhile the earth map down i la-low us stretches out larger and! I larger, but its details are fading' and becoming blurred. High hills have changed to flat surfaces. A river winds and bends its way j through the duller colors like a tan,gled ribbon of silver. A small lake i sparkles in the sunshine, giving life and fire to the sober shades about it. A railway train creeps slowly along, its trail of smoke streaming! back over it. But as we look it suddenly disappears from sight, apparently swallowed up before our, eyes. Then we realize that it has plunged into the tunnel through a hill which to us seems only a flat surface. Now it anpears again, coming out on the other side. So the wonderful scenes come and go, ever changing, but ever grand j and inspiring scenes that comcj back to us real and vivid, that we * - 1-1. i may live tnem over again in iaierj davs. The cloud effects are at times : the most beautiful of all. After hav-! ing sailed up through these into the dazzling 6unlight we see the 6nowy billows just below our car, the shadow of our balloon falling upon their white surface. This shadow is often surrounded ^by a halo of rainbow colors of iare beauty. At such times one has the feeling of having; left the earth completely and to " have reached some other planet. The white masses just below seem to be quite solid and look as though one might step out of the balloon and take a stroll over them if one only had snowshoes. The air is wonderfully cleai and pure and gives one a feeling of exhilaration much greater than that enjoyed in mountain climbing. Henry B. Hersey in Century. Whir* Soldiers Must 8wim. In the Dutch army a man must ko oklo tn cwim or well flR to fiffht. ?v O Moreover, if he is in the cavalry he must have a horse which will take a river as easily as a hunter takes a fence. Swimming maneuvers are part of the regular drill there. Collapsible canvas boats manned by a few oarsmen lead the horses so that they do not attempt to land on stone quays and other difficult points. The men swim across with their horses and on them. They do it in swimming costume and in all the accouterments of war. There are few nautical emergencies in which the Dutch army is not prepared. Some of the officers have even reached a degree of proficiency that not only their horses and kit cross the river with them, but their pet dogs sit upon their shoulders and are borne over almost without getting wet. Stray Stories. Something For Her Neck. A ludicrous story is told of a young Japanese engineering apprentice in connection with the Christines custom of kissing. He was. *- A-* 1L. iU I serving ms ume m uie uunu ui England and was astonished when a waitress at the dining rooms which he regularly frequented kissed him under the mistletoe. On its being explained to him that a present was expected in return, he suggested a pair of gloves.. The damsel, however, had heard that he was immensely wealthy and gently hinted that something for her neck would be more acceptable. When the present arrived next day she conjured up visions of a pearl necklace as she tremblingly undid the parcel. Then was disclosed to her disappointed gaze a Jap's idea of "something for her neck." It took the shape of a i ni . i _.i bar of soap: L.onuon aianuaru. j John Smith. Transferred to other languages, the plain name "John Smith" seems to climb the ladder of respectability. In Latin it is Johannes Smithus; the Italians smooth it off into Giovanni Smithi; the Spaniards render it Juan Smihus; the Dutchman adopts it as Hans Schmid; the French flatten it into Jean Smeets; the Russian turns it into Jonloff Smittowski; at Canton John Smith becomes Jahon Shimmit; the Icelanders say he is Jon Smithson; among the Tuscaroras he becomes Tom Qa Smittia; in Poland he is known as Ivan Schmittiweiski; among the Welsh mountains they call him Jihon Schmidd; at Mexico his name is written Jontli F'Smitri; in Greece he turns to Ion Sinikton, and in Turkey be is almost lost in Yoo Seef. >-^ Convalescents need a 1 '5> ment in easily digested fc ? Scoffs Emu Is to ?Qi ment highly concentrate It makes bone, blood . ^ putting any tax on the c Q ALL DRUGGISTS; 60 Wtothrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission ot new students will be held at the i county court house on Friday, July 3, at 9 a m. Applicants must not be l*>ss than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant afier July 3 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award.! Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before ' > the exanncatiou for examination ' blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will j open September 16, 1908. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad- i| dress President D B Johnson, Rock | Hill, SC. 5-7-8tj ? Read the Farmers & Merchants Bank's ad. this Issae. Hereafter we positively refuse to publish any communication received at this office later than Tuesday, noon, except lo- j cat and personal items, which willjnot be available later than Wednesday, noon, for the cur- 1 rent week. By trying to be accommodating we are thrown late every week and we are tired of it. This notice applies to EVERY BODY. 4-25-tf. Don't Wait! TILL YOUR PROPERTY IS DESTROYED, BUT INSURE NOW, Against Loss By Fire or Cyclone. If you want the best, get your Insurance in a strong "Old Line" company. 1 represent several of the largest Fire and Cyclone Insurance Companies. L. H. FAIREY At Bank of Kingstree. 7-24 tf. Always That I can save Remember you money on SASH, DOORS AND DLINDS AND OTHER BUILDING MAT RIALS. Wholesale Prices Direct from Factory. Eyerything Guaran. ? . _ ieea 10 come up iu opcv-mua.tions. D. J. PPS, Kingsfree, S. C. Representing Cberaw Door ft Sash Co. lirsniiNfi ? Applied by skilled mechanics 3 ? id worth a fair price. (Jheap J i mixtures slopped on by cheap J painters are dear at any price. ) We expect to receive a reason- J able equivalent for our labor. J But we give an honest dollar's r worth for every dollar we get, r and we endeavor to permanent- ) ly satisfy our customers. ^ ALFRED WELLS, Painter and Paper Hanger, )! KINGSTREE, S. C. { | Leave orders with i! j Kingstree Hardware!Co. r- ' lit': . i '/ arge amount of nourishn is powerful nourish- q and muscle without ?u|\ ligestion. 1m f C. AND $UOO. >1) A I BUILDING | DONE I - te i! Your | Own I Price. I C. tHARRIS, 1 General Contractor and Builder - - Sreelyville, South Carolina 116tf m #HUCLAR HDriKM 'I'j Visiting choppers cordially lnviteo to com* up and sit on a stamp or hang about en tin PET fT TD flTHT T ) 2712m. Con. Com. Bucklen's Arnica Salve The Best Salve In The Werll Registration Notice. Theofflce or the Supervisor of Reg* istration will be opened on the flnt Monday in every month for the purpose of the registering of any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of 1895 submitted to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has paid all taxes collectable on during the present year, pioperty in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. Y. McGILL, Clerk of Board. ^ 1 I (7 '9 Unsurcince. Fire Insurance, Tornado Insurance, Plate Glass Insurance Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Accident Insurance, Burglary Insurance. 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