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A PLEASANT GATHERING In Honor of One of Johnsonville's Grand Old Men. Editor ('orsty Record: On Thursday, tin' 18th insr, about seventy-five if the brothers ami sisters, sous ami s<ni-ui-l iw/laughters ail 11 ig 11 *." ? i:i 11 vs, gramlchikltvn and great grand-children, nieces and nephews and a sprinkling of frien<K with presents and v-.oilic ba-kets, enlivened the old __^HaOmestead by celebrating the seventy seventh anniversary, but in fact the seventy eighth birth-day of our Christian Confederate veteran of Venters," S C, Mr <? S B Huggins. lie was wounded in the army of Northern Virginia by a minie ball in the knee . joint, which left hi 111 a cripple for > lif*\ Sttll he does most of his own plowing and runs his plow every year. He has never asked for apension and pays his graded school tixesand 'his church dues regularly. As the dinner hour drew nigh we cast lougiug glances at toe dinner table, which was set under spreadin g oaks in the yard, and was groaning under the weight of a bounty of good things to eat. We did not have long to wait, for the ladies, knowing the impatience of men-folks for this repast, soon summoned us to dinner, which was done full justice to. In the evening we were entertaiued with recitations ana music renuereti by ibe little girls. The organist, Keoneth Huggins, the little genius music, plavs beautifully, reading r the notes solely by their position on _ % the staff, observing accidentals, being I able to transform correctly,all with . ont the aid of a music teacher. -r All were enjoying a social chat. A when the lengthening shadows warn ed us ot the late hour; so wishing \ ^ ' Uncle Sam" many happy returns ; , of the day, all dispersed without an accident. But if there had been I t remembered that graudma had along ' , a little. L i Peppermint. i Bucklen's Arnica Salve wins. . Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1, - Il Cochran, ^'a-? writee:**I bad a bad * '^Tosore come oq the instep of my foot and could tinu nothing that would heal it until I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Less than half of a 25 cent box won the day for me by effecting a perfect cure." Sold J under guarantee at D.C. Scotts drug %' store. u ? .\otlce to Liquor Dealers. Office of County Dispensary Board for Williamsburg County. You are hereby requested to submit sealed bids in accordauce with the requirements of the Dispensary Law now in force in this State for supplying liquors to the Williams| i burg Count? Dispensary Board for p.^j^ibequarter beginning June 22,1908, aud ending September 22. 1908. 200 gals 70 per cent corn, .!> oaa .t c" u a r ?i"v qo 200 ' 70 44 " m, 150 " 85 44 44 All gallons in demijohns. 900 cas 70 per cent corn in \ pts,pts and quarts. 600 cas 85 per ceut corn in *pts,pts and quarts. 600 cas 70 per cent rye in } pts, pts aud quarts. ; 600 cas 85 per ceut rye in A pts, pts and quarts. 300 cas 70 per cent gin in 1 pts, pts and quarts. 300 cas 90 per cent gin in 1 pts, pts and quarts. 150 cas 75 per cent rum in 1 pts,pts and quarts. Bids will be considered either in cases or drums. 300 barrels plain steamed oeer. 150 " export beer. Bids are also solicited on case liquors, rye, corn, gin, rum, scotch, malt, brandies, wines, domestic and imported, ale, stout, in quarts, piuts and 4 pints. Said goods to be delivered at Kiugstree, Lake City and Scranton, freight prepaid. All bids shall state guaranteed proof. All packages shall be sealed with wax, and the proof of conteuts stamped on each article plainly. The board reserves the right to JB increase or decrease the above named SAtquantities as the demand of the UK trade ruav require. Also the right ^ reject all or any part of any bid. Goods to be paid for within 90 days from receipt thereof. Bids to be sent by express or registered mail, endorsed bids for liquors, directed to J W Cook, County Treasurer, Kiugstree, S C. We also ask that a discount for cash be named with each bid. 1) J Epps W E Snowden J E Brunson. Williamsburg County Dispensary Board. 6-25-It Cotton Blooms Galore. There have been cotton blooms galore presented us within the past week We beg to acknowledge the following: Messrs E W D-vis of Lambert, D K <ior don of (h)urdin, and .I K Tart ot Kings tree. ' XOTE?The foreg ?ing into uKtl for Ins' week, l?'it tile printer mislaid the "cops'' and the article ' w is omitt"d. N' nie of the cotton blooms came in later tnan June 11, and one on the 5th. Read the Farmers & Uerehants i Bank's ad. this issue. The Best Pills Ever Sold. "After doctoring 15 years for chronic iudig?stii u, and spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has done me as much good as Dr. King's New Life pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold:'' writes li.F. Asyeue, of Ingleside, N. C. bold under guarantee at D. C. Sett's, drug store. 25c. When a Kansan Stops His Paper. (From the Osborne Farmer.) About two months ago one of our farmer friends dropped in and stopped his Farmer. He said he could./t afford to take the paper and just had to do without it. ? He dropped it again last Saturday and planked down $1.50 for a year in advance?and then heaved a sigh of relirf. Everything had gone wrong since theFarmer ceased to visit him. His chickens refused to lay, his cows got on the alfalfa and died,and his hogs got the cholera. The rats gnawed holes in his granary and his wheat ran out and the birds ate it up. His windmill blew over and killed a horse and his best shepherd dog got a bone in his throat and choked 10 death. His children got the measles and his wife mashed her thumb in the wringer and couldn't do anv house work. Thieves broke into bis smoke house and stole his winter's supply of meats and fire destroyed several stacks of alfalfa. He bo;.ght groceries of a traveling faker and never got them, while his neighbor escaped because he read in the Farmer to watch out for crooks. His days were filled with misfortune and bis nights with bad dieams. He ?+ ^???/\ ?? * >-??-? * V* n .Hid f Kan rra pa oiwu it tnu uiuuun auu mtn up the unequal struggle. SPECIAL "NOTICES Transient Notices will be Published In This Column at the Rate of One Cent a Word lor Each Issue. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. For Sai.e?15 bushels of mixed peas at $2.25 per bushel. T It Patrick, 0 25 2t Fowler, S C Notice. I will be absent from the office several weeks. Candi dates wanting1 blank pledges to tile will apply to Dr A II Williams for same, or they may be obtained by applying to Mr Cargile at The record office. All assessments may be paid to Chairman Williams. 0 W Wolfe, c-:ld-tf Sec. Co. Ex. Com. Lippincott's Still Forging Ahead. Though not so well known as a novelist as her laleuted sister-in-law, Mrs John V an V orst has done some woik in this line which has elicited high praise What is piobably her greatest novel is published complete in the July Lippincotf'n, under the title "Second Quality." The leading character is a middle-aged American who has been so busy amassing millions that he has found no time to cultivate friends. When he finally decides to give up active business life, he goes abroad, where Uifl 1 Ai^r.l 1 1 o nrvAM ilia luucjiijcoo j'aiio u|?uu uiui* ? u his delight he soon makes the acquaintance of a number of people whom he believes to be members of the innermost social circles. The list includes a princess and several other titled personages, but somehow they do not "ring true" 10 the bluff, simple-hearted American, and in the end he is forced to acknowledge that after all they are "second quality." But all is not glitter and sham in his experiences, for there is a pretty love story woven through the plot. Mrs Van Vorst is familiar with Nice, Monte Carlo, / . -J.- . * **i y rv"?; .iy/iiiiaLSi. EMHWianovamMHKaiMaMMiMMAiMftu and the other places she describe, so ( 1 she is enabled to give the reader a: m ist interesting amU. convincing p'ctnre of them..-' Deakui, Will Levit?irt< > Clifford Howard, Car art, Karl von Kraft, vis contribute .short stories re are a number uf excellei. .al articles as well. Another 1 ire, and not th; least popular one, is "Walnuts and ! Wine." There are few who haven't heard of "Walnuts and Win-'," even among those who do not lead Li/i/Hiirufl's regularly, for it is pro bably the most widely quoted 'humorous section published in As irica. . % ' Brain b A lot of men win' . laborsaving tools and sa' nlitions | never give a the he wife | broiling "Aer a / ?e in a stuffy kit hen ( ner dav. Self hei ? is al best uplift. Satietv issatisfaction. i A crustv man < often soft on the I i : .1 _ * | uisiue. j A new broom o\s not always i sweep clean. f J Some very good men mistake theI olngy for Christianity. A man is always in earnest when he is advancing a hobhi^. Straws often shov "*"* <ich way the patrol wagon must c^ ;. The longer we look at that doughnut the larger the whole becomes. A lot of men look on home as being an eating station on life's road. Every child wonders why ^-he things it likes best are not guvd lor it. We have often woudered how some people manage to live without working. Many brave men become perturbed at the sight of a black cloud. When everybody says a man is"all right" it means that he is wrong somewhere. Two Candidates. The following is from the Georgetown Daily Item: The next speaker was Mayor R Goodwyn Rbett of Charleston who was received with an ovation aud with a storm of applause wheu he closed his 20 minute talk. Mayor Rhett is considered the business man of the aggregation, and well does he sustain the ^putation. He i 4L . a .r iL^ A i I I nas me ugures ux me nuuuuiai world at his finger tips and swayed them to the consternation of not a few who heard him today. He is a 1 splendid and powerful speaker and we believe he will make votes by his . straightforward and sledgehammer | blows. Speaking of his impressions 'of Georgetown, he said that from i what he saw our citv bade fair to be the metropolis of South Carolina, ! so great were her natural advan | tages. Mr E D Smith of Florence was the third speaker in the race for i Senator. Mr Smith, while he is a i forcible talker, is somewhat humor, j oiis and caused considerable amusement, he is something of an egotist, ' as it was himself in all instances : where anything had been accom' plished for the cotton men of this | State. Brain Leaks When love leads the road is easy. It isn't what a man ha3 that makes him rich?it is what he gets ; out of it Ever notice how really great men can easily make you feel at ease while in their preseuce? Nothing makes a man mad quicker j thau being told that he is too old to I to do any particular thing well. If we could harness our"wishers" with our "doers" we would have a ! team that could pull us through. A woman feels slighted if the ; neighbors do not say she looks awfully bad after she is up from a short spell of sickness. Week End Rates. Beginning May HO the Atlantic Coast Line offers week end rates to Charleston for $1.95 round trip. Tickets sold for all trains ! Saturday and Sunday forenoon | trains, good to return on Tues| day following date of sale. These ; tickets will be on sale each j week up to September 6. tf. * / ? .. . ./ t. I . SPECULATION. How It Acts as a Brake on the Flue- j tuation of Prices. Speculation makes the change in j prices gradual. There is not a sad- i den drop. It is impossible to s" cure absolute stability of price-. ; and specirlation accomplishes the | next best thing by patting a brake i on fluctuations, it i.- the*theory of <1 o-e who denounce all forms of speculation that there is no relation between speculative prices and the law of supply and demand. But the I main function of tiic exchanges is j to make an absolute free market., with free competition l>etween buy- j ?wl ciJ l(iiv Tine <>mntuvU mi- ! I'JO UIIU CtilUlC. L lilC v^ui|yv?M nute regulation of prices. There is no speculation in potatoes, and .the housewife will teil you that the expectation of a bad crop will put the price up so quickly that she will have suspicions of the honesty of her dealer. When a speculator on the cotton exchange sells July cotton at 10i/o cents a pound he is registering his l>elief based on a close study of conditions at the present time that before July 1 next cotton will not be worth lO1,^ cents a pound. He and hundreds of others try to discount nature and anticipate events, and, as we have seen, the user of actual cotton utilizes this situation to his own advantage and security. During the seventeenth century one Edward Lloyd kept a coffeehouse in Tower street, London, where several of the big merctymJ** used to meet. Many of them wo. have ships at sea wjtV rich cargot facing the many- ncertainties of a on/] f\- m f lin oncf 1? ?yjy o^ca iu auu v iu i.uv vuo v, ?... . volving great loss if they did not ' arrive safely. These merchants de- j veloped a plan M each assuming a part of the other's risk. Each would write hjs name under the names of the ships of the other merchants, * it is here we find the origin o .ie modern system of underwrite which is nothing more th- a division of risk. | Lloyd.'-, has become a familiar name s in eve. y corner of the earth, but in ! 1768 it was denounced as a gam-, bling house that ought to be sup-I pressed.?John Paul Ryan in Met-1 ropolitan Magazine. A Changs of Name. "Father," said Tommy Bardell of the William Henry Harrison grammar school, "you want to come next Saturday afternoon and see us plav i a game with the Oliver Wendell TT _ 1?? .il.^11 WAVA rrAinor xioxiaes CUUIUUU it'ciiu. ?? c ic to do 'em up." "Do you belong to a football i team?" asked his father. "It is news toxme." "Do I ?" exclaimed Tommy nroud-' ly. "We!!, I reckon! I'm tlie ijaar terbat k of the Tornadoes." 44T!:e Tornadoes ? Who are they ?" "That's the name of our school team." "Ii'mph! And yon are going to play r. game next Saturday, are you ? i Well, I'll go and see it." The game took place according to 1 announcement, and the Tornadoes j were beaten by a scrrc of 2<i to 0. "Tommy," said his father, over-1 y 7 y taking him while he was on his way I home, "what did you tell me was the name of your team ?" "The Tornadoes/' answered the j boy, "but we're going to change it> to something else. We ain't even a i fog!"?Youth's Companion. Considerate. "A Yorkshires V' sa d a Lon-1 doner now visiting in thin country,1 "came to London to see our famous; British museum. Unfortunately the Yorkshireman chose a close day for his visit, and the policeman at the gate when he presented himself there waved him away. " 'But I must come in,' said the: Yorkshireman. I've a holiday on | purpose.' (, " 'Xo matter,' said the guardian. 'This is a close day, and the museum is shut.' " 'What ? Ain't this public property ?' " 'Yes.' admitted the policeman, 'but/ he cried excitedly, 'one of the mummies died on Tuesday, and do you begrudge us one day to bury him in " 'Ob, exc use me,' said the Yorkshireman in a hushed voice. In that case I won't intrude.'" New Use For Himself. There was an old fellow who earned a living by doing odd jobs about suburban gardens. A woman had employed him to roll her lawn and told the servant to give him his dinner. The dinner consisted of toast, and the big plateful disap peared so rapidly that the servant asked, half in wonder and half in sarcasm: "Shall I do some more?" "Aye, aye," was the cool reply; "go on till I tell you to stop." After dinner the servant suggested that he pull weeds up, but he refused. "Xo, no," said he; "I dassent stoop after such a meal. I've filled myself for rollingl" ? London Scraps. / V i "A. 4?? r-. ? ?? %>??*' FOPULAB FhlSAStS. Bome Familiar Lines That Are Ccnsian.ly Micquctcd i Critics who a- ert that we get more slovenly si mi cureless every (lav i:i speech. manners and customs have proof of pari of their assertion at any rale in the manner in which the writings of famous authors are continually being misquoted and distorted. !n Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner" are these words: "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." Ninety-nine people in a hundred say "and not a drop to drink" for the last line. Again, how often we hear people sing. "Kale, Britannia, Britannia rules (instord of rule) the wares," and quote Mai-hoth as saying, ; "Screw your courage to the sticking j point," instead < f "sticking place." j Those two familiar lines of Samuel ! Butler's, "lie that complies against | his will is of liis own opinion still," j are usually misquoted as, "Convince I a man against his will, he's of the ; same opinion still." Shakespeare never wrote "It's an ;' ill wind that blows nobody good," | although this is the versipn generally given of the correct'. ords from "Henry VI.," which run, "111 blows the wind that profits nobody." Nathaniel Lee is similarly treated in regard to bis phrase, "When Greeks join/^*G reeks then was the tug of wan *;bich more often than not is m^ as. "When Greek meets Grr ^hen comes the tug of war." y" iey is the root of all evil" is vesty of the line from the first ^ e of St. Paul to Timothy, ie love of money is the root of an evil." Another Scriptural pascq era irhifh ia nftpr. incorrectly "*-&** ? quoted is the sentence from Prov-, erbs, "Pride goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a ! fall." The popular version is. | "Pride goes beiore a fall." That line phrase from Wolfe's, poem, "The Burial of Sir John j Moore," which runs, "But we left: him alone with his glory," is very : badly treated by people who say, "Alone in his glorv," while the cor j rect words, as written by Longfel IUWj U1 LliC Oll V11CU USCU) "All things come to him who waits,'" are, "All things come around to 1 him who will but wait/'?London ; Tit-Bi'.s. "For 8Hort." The names bestowed upon some of the small southern negroes re-1 mind one of those of the o'd Roundhead days?Hope Above Williams, Have Faith to Be Saved John 1 Mitchell, and 60 on. 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"What is your name?" the visitor idly asked. "Gen, sah," was the reply, accompanied by a grin of startling proportions. "'Gen?' I suppose that is an abbreviation of general?" the visitor, who had some idea of the fondness of negroes for titles, inquired. "Xo, sah; don't know as 'tis," was the reply, "abbreviation" evidently being too much for him. <rMah sho' 'nough name am Genesis XXX 33 So Shall My Righteousness Answer For Me In Time to Come Washington Carter, an' dey des calls me Gen for short!"?Bohemian. Vogue ef Old Novels. It is not uncommon to hear elderly people lament that no one now reads the books which' were popular in their young days, and they will probably add that no living writer can for a moment compare with the generation of authors that has passed away, by which they generally mean Dickens, Thackeray, Georgo Eliot, Bulwer, Trollope, Bronte, Hawthorne, etc. We have, however, every now and then a report from librarians of large libraries which goes far to disprove tho correctness of the complaints of these "old souls/' since they 6how that many of the authors named are still in great demand by the public and hold their own very well alongside of the books which are in favor for the moment, and it was not a little surprising to find that in a table based on those reports "David Copperfield" headed the list with a percentage of 92 and that "Ivanhoe" #-ii a -i i_ in. oo m i IOiiOwea cjoseijr wuu oo.?v^naine:*ton News and Courier. Illustrious Bachelors. 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