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?he (fount!) ftfCMil" KINGSTREE, S. C 1 C. W. WOLFE. ( tt'TCR AND PRCPBiETCB. TERMS SUBS< RIPTION RATES: i One copy, one year $1 26 t One copy, six months 75 g One copy, three mont? 50 w One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, ] Resolutions of Thanks, <Jards of Thanks mod all other readme notices, not News, will be charged for at the rate P of one cent a word for each insertion, u o THURSDAY,SEPT.24-, 1908. 3 . . s t a J?= = 1 Bryan's Chances Improving, i Nine clays ago, Sunday, September 13, the New York Herald presented a review of the race for the presidency as it appeared at that time. It then sum. marized conditions as follows: v Total vote in electoral college ^ 483; neccessarv to elect a presi- Q /lonf 919- J?prmhlir?ftn reasonably ? sure 206; Democratic reasonably e sure 161; doubtful 116; Taft to ? Win must get (doubtful votes) 1 81. P a That was on September 13. ? The week which followed, last n week, witnessed a radical improve- d ment in the Democratic outlook, according to the information ^ gathered by the Herald, no less y than four States?Kansas, North Dakota, Ohio and Oregon?which n had heretofore been classed as It almost surely Republican, now ^ being placed in the doubtful * column. These four States cast si 41 votes in the electoral college, p The outlook as given by the d Herald on Sunday, Septenber 20, U was, therefore, as follows: Total Ci TOtee in electoral college 483; ? neoessary to elect a president 242; Republican reasonably sure 5, 165; Democratic reasonably sure d 161; doubtful 157; Republicans oj to win must get (doubtful votes) ^ 77; Democrats to win must get ^ (doubtful votes) 81 ? Of course an election forecast of this sort is worthy only the alue which one chooses to at- 3 tacb to it. The Herald is 0 -1 3J famous for its election pre- ' r ti dictions, but the political u situation at this stage of the 0 campaign may undergo a radical 1< Change within a day. Neverthe- ^ less, Democrats may justly find D encouragement in the outlook as it is presented by the Herald, ^ Moreover, the Herald's corre- a gpondent at political headquarters ? in Chicago says that in the d Republican camp conditions are 0 characterized by chill, nervous- * Bess, inactivity, incapacity to get together and a failure to realize 0 the necessity for work, while he h describes the Democrats as being s not only confident of success, c hut united and active. c The Herald's list of doubtful , 81 States cow includes the following: 8) New York, with 39 votes in the electoral college; Maryland, with ti 8; West Virginia, with 7; Indiana, & with 15; Minnesota, with 11; a South Dakota, with 4; Nebraska, ^ with 8; Colorado, with 5; Mon- g m/' ; * - . * # . i _ I ' jfc - m ? . Aca, with 3; Utah, with I Nevada, with 3; Kansas, wit 0; North Dakota, with i ihio. with 23 and Oregon, with i -Sew# and Courkr. More Money Needed. "We are in Easy street," was tl irst statement made to the repr< eutative cf the New York Heral rben he called at Democratic beat uartera, "except," it was adde< that we have not much money, fhat is a deficiency which the Den crats of the South may help to suj ?ly. Many have already done the uty in this respect. Thousands ( thers, however, have as yet given r ubstantial indication that they d< ire the election of a Democrat 1 L- T* nc rrebiucu(;^> it jo uvubio wi he managers of the campaign nee iow; Dot good wishes. Every Den crat who really wants Bryan elect d, and who has not alrsady opene is pocket-book to that end, will d [) without delay,?JVeww and Courie The Record's list is still opei Ve are soliciting no one, becaui he offering should be entirely vo ntary, prompted by the patrioti esire for Democratic success. A be same time we shall be glad t or ward any amount placed in ou ands, fron one cent up?but pleas ou't give over ten thousand dollar 'he Record's list closes Octolx DIALECT OF THE DIAMONDExciting Contest Reported in Up ti Date Baseball Slang, Baseball has brought into play eranacular peculiarly its owt Vobablv there is no other subje< lore productive of up-to-da slanginess''?than the nation port and the space writer w rinds out the base ball "dope1' ft he sporting page of a great new aper must be as gifted in his lit 8 the et rious-minded individual, tl onderous product of whose pe nakes or mars the fortune of acand late for president. As a specimen of the real thin i baseball descriptive- slang ti ollowing is clipped from one of 01 ii'estern exchanges: In a nifty baseball battle, chai cterized by all the frills of a regt irly constituted league, the S out Dakota druggists yesterday afteruoo restled with the traveling men i le park ou the southeast side, th ilesmeo being thrown down kei lunk. while the refeiee declared tt ruggists victors by a count of 1 > 10. It was a biflippycanuriot jntest, sisterine, and don't yon foi et to mention it As might have been expectet )mewere in rags, some in directoir aseball jeans, and some iD uni orned citizens' undeyhirts. Th pposing sides marched forth i attle array and fought like tw ull pups over an ancient parcel ( aateurized beefsteak. And tt moo nnrilAnolv no<i r r h uuipo n no iivmvi y uvm* v? ofiition of the beefsteak. For the honor of the druggisl lolly Polly Kreibs, a sidewheeh f the Rube Waddell type, cai lants from the hurling hill. Th ravelere had some trouble couplin p with bis compounds but ever nee and a while a gripman swa >wed the pill whole, raced aroun be bases wildly as the effect of' icely stung base hit got to workin adically in his system. Shields worked his right for tb ravelers in the capacity of bo rtist, flipping up his offerings 1 iud Watkins. Every so often ruggist gave him a long distanc rder with a skiddoo proviso an rent scooting for scores. Big Roy Hailing camped on th rst sack and Ruhe located his tep? n second, while Langan planted *y out at third. With Mueller a bort the infield was a dinger, th onclusion being based on the elimi ation of all the bogs, bumps, t etera. Out in the sun field som tellar work was noticed, Richard 3n being a beaut. Hank Sasse attempted a first baf ry out for the druggists but wa irly realeased. Hank said he ha bigger offer from Hughey Jennings Wettergreen on third for th ruggists, in his gown of yellow an reen, looked like a stick of ner - What is 1< 3; ' cradle lasts ti Cultivate the ? bit in your d 1- opening a sav ?' in their name. !- to save their ir >f child's pennies 10 e- dollars. to it A dollar or !. an account and u cent, interest i? , r. quarterly. u Farmers and ?! Bai ir of Lake 8* made candy, but was there with the ! * goods, and was ably assisted by the second sacker. Behind the tummy pad, M Sasse showed how Charlie | Schmidt ought \ act in order to make the Tigers w -->Jthe pennant < this vear. There were others also, lit'l sister, but the managers *broke up j a the line up so blamed often that a ' seven-mule team couldn't follow then 't process'on. I i '"he travelers state that it never. have been advisable for them ( won thatgame-^their houses i i .u't stand for no such work, j i ie The Tired Feeling is cured by Lippman's Great Retnen dy. It also cures Neuralgia and Vio- ; j. lent Headache. It feeds the nerves, makes the blood rich and the palieut strong. If yon would be well and ! < '8 happy use P. P. P., Lippman's j, ie Great Remedy, I. ?? i r. Loyal and Subtle. I u In its essence the following sto- 1 , ry, found in the Rev. Dr. Newman < Hall's autobiography, recalls an in- 3 a stance of flattery in a maid of hon- 3 it or in France, who, being asked by e the queen what o'clock it was, an- 1 r. swered, "What your majesty < pleases." I ie The royal librarian, Woodward, i 2 at Windsor castle was showing the i is prinsgss royal the large collection < .. of miniafufiSs. As Cromwell turned 1 up she cried out ? < , "Oh, Mr. Woodward, you cannot < like that man!" 6 He replied, "Your royal highness 1 i- most know tnat mj aaimrauon ana i e loyalty to your royal highness' i Q mother are such that I cannot but 1 reverence the memory of the man I 0 to whose struggle for liberty we 1 owe the unspeakable blessedness of ' ie possessing such a monarch on a I ie constitutional throne." < i Wbsn ths WsotHsr Was Vsry CeW. | ts An American and a Scotchman j ;r were discussing the cold erperi,f enced in winter in the north of Scotland. "Why, it's nothing at all oom- i S pared to the cold we have in the ] y States," said the American. "I can i 1- recollect one winter when a sheen, \ /r Am a UiIIaaIt intrt a JULUj^JLUg liViU Ulliwa auvw a 4 . became suddenly frozen on the way ] a and stuck in the air like a mass of i K ice." i 'But, man," exclaimed the i ie Scotchman, "the law of gravity : x wouldn't allow that* 1 "I know that." replied the trie pitcher, "but the law of gravity < a was frozen too!" ? Ladies' Heme se Journal. 1 d - 1 What Ha Wantad. t Perhaps some of our readers are 1 critical enough in the u?e of Ian- 1 e guage to decide whether the cus- 1 a tomer or the salesman was right in n the following dialogue: < e Customer?Show me a small, low i . priced shears. Salesman (facetiously) ? Perhaps i it you mean a pair of shears ? ] ie Customer (severely)?I mean pre[. cisely what I said. Salesman (defiantly, opening a specimen article)?Are there not * two blades here, and don't two make 18 a pair? d Customer (triumphantly) ? <Tou j have two legs. Does that make yon e a pair of men ? The shears were done up in pro" found silence. w ? .. i earned in | 11 the grave. jj ? j * <? saving ha- (gi children by f ings account ^ Teach them @ p e n n i e s?a ? are a man s j| (E more starts 2 earns 4 per ? IJ compounded \W 4 = i? I Merchants j* ik ^ : City. STOP SWEARING. It Is Nothing but a Habit and it Very Easily Cured. "Don't swear or voull catch no ----- J fish," was a.remark made the other : day by a venerable inhabitant to a much younger man who was emphasizing his talk, by the use 6i some rather strong expletives. No one was engaged in fishing at the time, nor was a piscatorial excursion being thought of. The suggestion was made in the back room : of a cigar store, where three or four men were talking over current events, and the utterance made by the aged citizen was intended, as he afterward said, to show his abhorrence of the nonsensical use of "cuss words." Then he felt called upon to deliver a little homily to bis companions, all of whom, like i himself, are well known residents of Washington. ''Men incur habits," he said, , "that are really useless, and, in my ; opinion, swearing is one of the worst of them. One can see why, ; in moments of passion or great excitement, a person may indulge in : swearing, but that some men, and I know several of them, should break out with a series of oaths in ordinary everyday conversation strikes me as beyond reasoiv "I presume we hare all met men who regard themselves and are so considered as gentlemen who rarely express a sentence without i swearing. More than that, they \ seem rather proud of their proficiency in this direction. I tell you that swearing -is a habit that a little Jetennination will easily overcome/' The 6ermon, coming from the lips of a man whose bair and long : heard were as white aj snow, had i good effect. The cigar merchant waa so impressed that he declared he would bang up a sign in his hack room which should read, 'Gentlemen Are Requested Not to Swear on These Premises." Whether they allowed themselves the privilege of "cussing" elsewhere, he said, was no affair of his.?Wa6hIno+nn Pnat l"6*v" - ~? AroM to th? OceMMn. A successful schoolteacher married a wealthy widower. The man had lived alone with his servants since the death of his first wife. On the morning after the bride's arrival in her new home the cook appeared for orders. Now, the little Foman was far more familiar with the classics than with roasts and itews, and she was not a little dismayed when Mary innocently put the question: "An' how will ye have the beef looked, mum?" fl For the merest instant she hesi- > tated. Not for a fortune'would she I have th e old servant suspect her ab- r solute ignorance of cookery. Bat / tier years in the schoolroom had not y tieen in vain. Calmly and sweetly S ihe answered: \ 'Tou may cook it your way to- C lay, Mary, and then another time r pou can try my way." ? And the cook went downstair! ) rith a high opinion of her new V mistress. V An Aecid*fft. f "What have you to say?" aaked / the magistrate o# a woman who was / xbarged with breaking an umbrella V )ver the complainant'i bead. "It V svas an accident, your wo(r8hipiw "Did you not mean to hit her, r then ?" "Oh, yes, 1 meant to hit / ler, but I didn't mean to break my J umbrella V V I i> :?:?:@:?:@:@:?:?:?:?:?: 111! HI ' DRY 601 ? '"WW*\ -wvw > ? 1 > ; ? c I \ waiK-u\ i | j | Brown*s Si | f i L. STACf ^ THE OLD RELI ii:@:@ :?:?:?:@:?:@:?:?:@.< Organized, Developed an Principle of Conservai Along Progressive BANK OF WILL! [ft#iai/tcvBPr _ _ C i ?ivirvi?o i ncc. - - 01 RESOURCES Solicits a share of yo business, feeling con our ample resources rior facilities will re ciation with us o< agreeable and proftz C. Stoll, Pres. E. C E. L. Montgomery. Asst. 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