The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 02, 1908, Image 5

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/ \ f ?? A GALA WEEK IN LIVELY LAKE CITY. (Continued from first page.*) what caused him to act so rashly is not known. He was not drinking. He says that he went to the cooler while the train was passing Salem ana iook a drink of water, and that he cannot recall anything' whatever after that. Some passengers say that he appeared tc be nodding when noticed just before the train came up to the depot. It is thought that he was either half asleep when he attempted to get off the train or had a slight attack of vertigo. W L B Week End Rates. Beginning May dO 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 Tuesday following date of sale. These tickets will be on sale each week up to September 6. tf. Chain Gang Lost One. A negro escaped from the chain gang last Saturday on Law Swamp, about three miles from town. His name is Ben Hanna and he was on for eight years for shooting another negro near Lake City once upon a time. . He made good his.escape with -V 11 _ 3 i _ _ i me suacKies on, ana ai lasi reports had not been captured. $100 Reward,$100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is atleast one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying thefoundatiou of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so ranch faith in its curative powers that thev offer One Hundred Dollajs for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, 0. Sold by all Druggists,75c. Take Hall's Family Pills foi constipation. Quarterly Conference. The third quarterly confer ence of the Kingstree Methodist church will be held on Friday night. There will be preaching by the Presiding Elder, Re\ J E Carlisle, at 8:30 and after the service the conference will be held. The Best Pills Ever Sold. "After doctoring 15 years for chronic indigestion, and spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has # done me as much good as Dr. Kind's New Life pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold:" writes B.F. Asyoue, of Iugleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at D. C. Scott's, drug store. 25c. m We who are poor can get some satisfaction from the knowledge that onr heirs will not quarrel over what we leave. W.R. Ward,of Dyersburg, Tenn., writes:"This is to certify that I have used Foley's Orino Laxatave for chronic constipatiou, and it has proven without a doubt to be a thorough practical remedy for this trouble, and it is with pleasure I offer 1 my conscientious reference." W L V tVflllarp. I - ?~? ^ We hunt a lawyer when we want to get the best of a neighbor; a docV tor when we want to get the best of oureelves. Electric Bitters regulate the diges, ' tive function s, purify the blood and impart reuewed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Sold under guarantee at D.C.Scott's drug store. 50c. Read the Farmers & Merchants Bank's ad. this issue. GALAX IS LOYAL 1 The Plant Will Grow Only In Certain j Sections of the South. Many persons whose interest is i attracted dailv bv the wreaths of ] i * . 1 dark green or bronze foliage labeled ] j "galax leaves" at the doors of the , ; florists' shops probably do not know j that the plant from which these ] leaves are picked is one of the most 1 loyal and truly American to be 1 found. In fact, the galax root re- ' i fuses to prow in any other soil than I that of the United States. Not only is the galax American. but it is born and bred southen It will no more flourish outside <> Dixie than in an alien soil. Few plants are restricted in growth to so narrow an area. In a small see- < tion of rugged country in the Ap- < ' palachian mountain range, where I | the corners of Virginia, North Caro- ^ j lina, Georgia and Tennessee run up j together, the galax clusters grow in j | profusion. They are indigenous to ^ i this region, elevated many thou- J ^ J sands of feet above sea level, and, | ( j although many attempts have been i I made to introduce the plants in ; j j other parts of the United States ^ and in foreign lands as well, the experiments have always proved fu- ^ trill fltfi oroloT f hriVP inc. H V1U1U1 Will in v ^UiUA in the hothouse. Only the rare air and mountain loam of its native soil seem adapted to its growth. Accordingly since the discovery of the value of galax leaves for decorative purposes hundreds of tons of them have been sent to the northern markets from their native corner in the mountains, where dur. ing certain seasons whole families i devote themselves to gathering and packing them for shipment. There are many points in favor of the use of the galax in decorative schemes. A dark green during the summer 1 months and a rich bronze after being touched by the frost, the leaves retain their hues for weeks after they are gathered. Furthermore, > tjiey are very hardy, permitting rough and ready packing, which renders their shipment inexpensive. They retain their freshness and color for a long time without being kept in water. Possessing these qualities, it was only natural that the galax should of in favftr f/IT th(? , lia ? V Wllit U W VliW 1U W AUT V? AW* V..W brightening of rooms and the dec- ' oration of tables. Carloads of the j leaves are shipped into the north ? not only for sale in New York, Phil- , ; adelphia and other centers, but also ! to be transferred to steamships and , carried abroad.?New York Sun. The Age of Birds. , 1 Birds of very small size and slen- ' dor build not only live to a very old age, but in their old age are freer ( from accidents and sign of senility than is always the case among animals. It used to be said that crows: and carrion crows lived over 100^ years. If this statement seems rath- } er exaggerated, there is no question j that well known naturalists speak ( of crows of fifty, sixty and even sev- , enty years old. Eagles, horned owls , on/1 liorniu oftnin cimilnr .icos, nrtd Mr. Qurney, the English naturalist, cites a condor of fifty-two years old, a horned owl of sixty-eight and a 1, 'royal eagle that died in its fifty- j j sixth year. But the record of Ion- j gevity undoubtedly belongs to the parrot. M. Abrahams declares an , Amazon parrot reached the ripe old ] age of 102 years, and a Frenchman, , M. Lepaillat, tells us of a parrot, Jacko by name, that had lost its momopv at sixtw its sirrlit at ninety 1 and had died at ninety-three.?Par- j ( is Matin. | ' ! I He Could Be Trusted. | ] A train from the north pulled j into the station at Charlottesville, j Va. An elderly man thrust his j head out of a "window of a day < , coach and summoned a little color- j ed boy. The following colloquy en- 1 sued: 5 '"Little boy, have you a mother?" t "Yassuh." f "Are you faithful to your ] studies ?" "Yassuh." . /?/V 4 /\ C! 11 r\ / I A IT AAViznaI UK) VUU IU ouiiuaj Dtuwi i "Yassuh." j "Do you say your prayers every ( night?" " * , assuh." "Can I trust you to do an errand for me?" "Yassuh." i "Well, here's 5 cents to get me a 1 couple of apples."?Success Maga- < sine. i ] Pay Only For What You Take. An old Scotsman, not feeling ' well, called upon a doctor. The j doctor gave him some verbal in- ( structions as to how to regulate his , diet, advising him, among other ( things, to drink no spirits for a ( time. The Scotsman rose to leave when the doctor said: ( "I am in the way of charging for j my advice. I will trouble you for , half a crown." "Oh, maybe," said the patientt j "but I'm nae gaun to tak' yer ad> , vice!"?London Telegraph. - 4 US-aWL BUSYBODY. I It WHo Is at tht \ Door. If ask the average p^rs -yhotly is the reply wou . he "one who does not > or her business." Such i de?. .. .,1 would be laughed at in Philadelphia. A "busybody" in Pliilo^olrvViia ia an inrmimatn nViinpt' ! m.uuvTu.? J... Bchich reveals animate objects. Xonhere in the country are busybodies mployed 60 extensively as in the Quaker Citv. They are to be found Dn almost every house, at least on ?very house of any pretensions. ^Unless you have fived in l'hilaelphia such an explanation would >t prove satisfactory, however. A 'sybody is #^ompc-ed of three <ces of miri ^se^at three difTeri ^gles, so, le light reflectso m eitb "of the two allele tefle^' the glass set at the .liird o ing angle. The ee glass / arranged on a (. ?e of irf o bent and fastenso to the of the window in th. secor y of the building thaCNui/ erson on the second floor af the u Iding can by looking into the topmo.v piece of glass see what is going on >^n the street below or a-lin nr wlint ihv be nassins? ud anil lown the si/ t without opening the window to look out. The mirrors take the place of hay v.-'ndows. The primary ohj.vt in setting up i busybody is to see whu is at the front door or who may be approaching from eithq- side of the building to the door. The topmost piece of ?lass is tilted so that it will show the front doorstep. One piece of ^lass is set at an angle to catch a reflection of all that is going on at the right side of the street and anDther to reflect the approach to the left. In Philadelphia, where ninetynine out of every hundred houses are built out to the sidewalk ind all houses are built in a line, busvbodies become great time -avers for housekeepers. If undesirable callers come to the front Joor the busybody gives timely notice of their approach, and the per"l x V . .1 1 5on sougnt neea nox oe ax nome. By keeping an ere on the busybody the woman at her sewing machine :an detect the caller the moment he ;omcs within range of the mirrors, xnd plenty of time is given for r>rinking. The busybody is useless on a fionse which has its front covered tvith a porch or which sets back from the street.?New York Tribune. Out of His Line. Mrs. Chugwater?Josiah, lay down Igur paper a minute. jtr. Chugwater?Well? "If a bolt o. lightning .should start to travel round the globe from -Josiah!" "Well?" "Lay vour paper down just a minatc and listen. If a bolt of lightning should start to travel round the globe from east to west and another should start and travel from west to east?tiie way tne eartn resolves, you know?would there be mv difference in the?Josiah!" "Well?" "I say would there be any difference in-speed ? Which bolt of lightning would get around the earth First?" (Picking up his paper again) "Samanthu, do you take me for a lightning calculator?" ? Chicago TriLme. The Chewers. "Tobacco isn't the only thing ihewed," said the cigar store man. 'I wish it was. In the far east they chew the betel. They wrap the nut in a bit of leaf, and for seasoning they add a little lime. It's a ;art tasting chew, not bad, and it nas, like tobacco, a soothing effect. Coffee experts and dealers chew coffee beans, and tea dealers chew tea. Very exhilarating, both chews, but ruinous to the nerves and digestion. Jockeys and trainers chew oats, hay, straw?anything l^orsy. Horse feed makes a cheapr a*d harmless chew. In the spice trade the hands often ^et the habit of chewing ginger or nnnamon or a ciove, out epices an; bad for the teeth. Seamstresses ihew bits of thread, and athletes :hew gum." Vegetable Ivory. The plant yielding the vegetable ivory is known to botanists as Phyielephas macrocarpa. It is a native )f South America, found chiefly ilong the Magdalena river, in Coombia. It is a stemless, palmlike plant, the top of which is crowned &*itn from twelve to twenty very long leaves. The fruit consists of a ; jonglomerated head in six or seven sections, the whole being inclosed in ^ i woody covering, forming altogethjr a globe as large as a man's head 1 \ single plant sometimes bears six J >r eight of these heads, each weighng from twenty to twenty-five rounds. When young they contain i milklike fluid, which with age Hardens until it becomes valuable as i substitute for real ivory. BOBBY'S CHANGE. He Returned From the Psrty Bringing His Sheaves With Him. Little Robert, aged four, present ed his mother with a large sized shock the other day. It was a case of sowing a mild little breeze and reaping a full crown whirlwind. Robert is Mrs. B.'s first and has always had a large front seat in her affections. Even when Mrs. B. attended parties she remembered Robert and would slip a bit of candy into her handkerchief to carry home to him. Not that Robert did not have as much candy of his own as was good ? 1x1 lor turn?and more, too?out ne took .-;n awed delight in anything which came from a party. So his mother always produced some soavc'v r of her molest social dissipation? with whicji to satisfy Uobert. A few weeks ago Ro!>ert himself went to a party, his very first. A maid f ro.'aiit him home and left him, t- rfier with a large paper h;::. in ti t' eager arms of his weleomhig mother. The first rapture of description had scarcely begun when Mrs. It. became conscious of the hiiiky 1 "Why, Robert, what's this?" '"It's for you. I brought it to you'" from the party." With some misgiving Mrs.' opened the bag. It eontaine large orange, nuts, candy, gra cakes?in fact, a very resjjjjgJ assortment of refreshment^ to the juvenile ta^? Uobert haiLpr the usu^J** AJ soling i die Mai* bers ol - . fam^K, at taken a generous delight k a truly noble collection . * his | moiner. That lady faced the double problem of e olaining the situation to Robert's ostess and of presenting to Roh a clear reason why what was pa j for the goose, so to speak, was ' tally different thing for the gar . The explanation, which /red down, of course, to a stion of size or quantity was far being clear to Robert, who is his mind and thinks he does Lv ' for society at all.?New j YorlfSun. What David Said. A country clergy man . kept a { young servant lad. One Sunday morning before service he gave him his orders about the dinner and I said: "Go to neighbor David and ask him for me to let you have some tripe on credit, and then prepare me a nice plateful." | The lad did as he was told, and the clergyman went to conduct the icrvice. As he stood in the pulpit l:e ended out in the middle of his! sermon: "And on this subject, brethren, u!. .t docs David say?" , At that moment his little valet stepped into the church, and, in the belief that his master was addressing him. he replied: "P!e:-<-e, sir, he says, 'No money, 1 no trlpc.' " ?Answers. His Stage Statistics. Here are some amusing statistics given by a well known German actor at the close of a pamphlet con- 1 taining an account of his life: I have played 455 different parts i in 371 plays in 98 towns on 3,683 I occasions. I have been married ! 1,721 times, have died 1,120 times, | been stabbed to death 61 times, i chnt r?1 times drmvned 32 times. poisoned 1G times, clubbed to death 8G times, beheaded 31 times, as-, sassinated 100 times, hanged 37 times, committed suicide 314 times j and died a natural death 55 times. ?London M. A. P. Sensible Suggestion. He fell on his knees before her. j "I will do anything to prove my love for you," he said. "I will go to the ends of the earth if necessary. No task that you may set me can be too difficult, too hazardous. Only tell me what I can do to cbnvince you"? "You might marry me," she suggested simply. Taking everything into consider ation, it finally occurred to him that possibly the idea was a good one. After all, it is not so hard to prove one's love as it sometimes seems. EXCURSION RATES 3 via fe ATLANTIC COAST LINE j Pound trip tickets on sale to j all points, July 2nd, 3rd and! tth, final limit returning July I 3th. For further information com- I nunicate with nearest Ticket [ \gent, or write? W. J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager, T. C. WHITE, General Passenger Agefit, WILMINGTON, N. 0. He Aimed High. j To the uninitiated observer pome ! of the gymnastics performed in a game of football are beyond explanation. The story is told of a halfback who complained to his family . about the injustice of allowing foot- j ball players to wear head protectors, j "I should think it was most necessary," said his mother, who had witnessed one game with many tremors. "Look at the front teeth your poor Cousin Frederick lost!" "That may be," said her son stubn 4- r?A l.il/l nn fn ? uurni v, IIu i 111111\ ut HIU, i(iiV4 ivj two weeks with a lame foot just from kicking a fellow's nose gear!"j ?Youth's Companion. Appropriate Ssntiment. Many years ago ti.e energetic Professor Schwa 1*2 was conducting: a musical society. They were study- j ing Mendelssohn's "Elijah" and had ; reached*the chorus, "Ilear us, Baal;' hear, mighty god." The men's voices were booming; out sonorously when the conductor j cried out: "Xo, no! De dreadful vowe!! Don't say B-a-l-e. Soften a leetle. Give ^le more musical; sound?Bali"Wherer the chorus took up J an, "Ilear us Bawl? .!" But they quickly j peculiar fitness of the .nd broke down in laughgreat amazement of the .man, who never saw the' ,t who returned reluctantly jd pronunciation. Egg Dishes. odd combination of breakfast i balls and eggs is prepared in ./ay: Make the fish balls flat; fry them brown. Poach some eggs in rings, and when done slip one on each ball. Egg balls are an attractive break- j fast or luncheon dish. The eggs are boiled hard and the whites removed. Some minced ham is miied with white sauce and seasoned with a little dry mustard and spread on rounds of toast, and one ball is put on each slice, and more white sauce, mixed with the chopped whites, is poured around.?Harper's Bazar. No Liberties. "Well," 6aid Edith's mother when the child arrived home from the tea " ' i 3 i' V/ 1 party, "u.d you nave a gooa umer "Ye.-, thank you, mamma." "And did you play nice games?" "Yes, mamma." "And did you have a nice tea ?" "Yes, mamma." "1 hope, Edith, that you behaved yourself like a little lady. You did not take any liberties, did you ?" i "No, mamma. There wasn't any on the table." DonnBsmHBHB - A strong Direct I Makes a go | FARMERS & LAKE CI' s g J S McClam ^ SB Boston ?r?? niiLJiuwJR^iyasr; JJCMK jt-i.-xsaE (Prickly A tit, Poke iriinrrr poernvs cubes or PfcyiicJene asdorM P. P.F.ui apleadld combination. mod prescribe It with jm (net niltfkotioa far the rant of til % forma and tUget of Primary, Beoondtry tad ItctUry Byphilii, Syphilitic F.heu- 1 BUlltm. Bcrofulout Ulcer* tod Sorw, 0 Glsadulsp Swellliigs, Bheuxnstlsiin, Kid* ey Compltlnta, old Chronlo Plow that ^ niTinnnn UHmnnnifceTemiated an treatment, Catarrh, Skin Dtww, Xcseme, Chronlo Pemale f Complaint!, Mercurial Poison, Tetter, % IwlflMd, etc., etc. ? P. P. P. Is s powerful tonle and an ^ excellent appttixer, buildlnf up the * *7stem rapidly. If you are weak and ? feeble, and feel badly try P. P. P., and RHEUIV I JELLYFISH. , | One of the Peculiar Forme of the Ar.lmal Life of the Sea. \ Upon the sand at the water's edge there lies a particle of jellylike substance, inconspicuous and almost invisible. But in early spring one moves in such a world of wonders, the merest atoms of tissue - a a * % are "seen to be informed witn simn varied and vivid life, that I lift the particle carefully upon a shell and drop it into a jar of water to 6ee a strange unfoldment, a beautiful transformation. The central mass * expands into a double chambered bell of pure and transparent vesture, and these gossamer globes begin to contract with regular rhythmic motion, lifting the creature up- . ward and softly urging it forward by their quickly repeated pulsa- , J tions, while from below four gradually lengthening tentacles trail backward with graceful undulations. This beautiful medusa, the Sarsia mirabilis, is the earliest of our jellyfishes to appear in spring. By its pleasing and graceful form, by its eager and tireless movements, it seems to visit our shores at this season almost like an Ariel of the deep,, voiceless, it Is true, but throbbing with its message that the ocean's submerged shores and its dark abysmal chasms are all alike awakening to the spirit that transforms the upper world. One is at a loss to comprehend these creatures, so different in form from any that we are wont to associate with animal life, for, although without a head, they are yet capable of sensing the light ^ ' and auditory vibrations. Without hands, arms or antennae, they are yet responsive to tactile impressions and, although of such fragile and gossamer texture, are yet the vehicle of vivid and intensive life. The movements of the body and the contained impulses that prompt them seem one and indivisible. The desires of its being seem themselves to urge it forward. Like a thought it seems momentarily embodied or an emotion precipitated into the visible as it impulsively mounts upward in eager quest or in apparent disappointment relaxes its efforts and subsides with all its drifting appendages a-stream, only after x& moment to palpitate again with refreshed intention and slowly pulse on its softly insistent way.?H. J. Shannon in Harper's Magazine. v ; DeWitt's Little Eai'j Risers, famous little liver pil,J. flr^ ccl a by _ 1 W L Wallace A trained conscience heeds n> aCCU^r. ' . Jl I I Mini-I I^B 11II || Mil! II I 1 IK 11 ! ; -.J arnte ? od Bank. Si / MEIX HANTS ? TY. S. C. v :tors: H <j I r M Kelly " I fo;:n? i Y> W Stewart ' f g :'';j _Jj 1 ii*Boot and Potassium.) ALL TOBMfl AKD STAGES OT yon *111 regain fleeh tad strength. Wa?te of energy end all d leeaeee wnMag p^P from overtaxing the ?yitem an cured by BS the nee of P. F. P. Ladieewboee ayetemaarepotaonedaad 3whoeeblood ia in an Impure condition due to menatraal irregular! tiea are peculiarly benefited by the wonderful tonic and -I cnnncm a g UUIIUI ULn blood deeming properties of P. P. Pi. Prickly Ajh, Poke Root tad PotMeloa. Bold by all Druggists. Z P. V. LIPPMAN Proprietor Savannah, - Car7. I ATI SIW