The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 01, 1908, Image 5
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WALL STHEET IN 17751
When the News cf the Bsttle of Lexington
Arrived.
Israel Ixs.-vl came sparring int >
"the Bowery road from Bostcn April
23, ITT5, breaking the quiet of a j
Sabbath morning by roaring star- ;
tling news at every passing group i
of citizens, and as the congregations
of Trinity and the Presby- j
terian church issued from their j
noonday services he burst upon (
them with tidings that the battle !
of Lexington had been fought and
^ won four days before. In an in"slant
he was surrounded by an anx "
ious throng, eagerly clamoring for
E details, and Wail street was soon in
I a state of wild commotion, loyalists
1 and patriots scattering to protect
| their families and property, each ;
w man suspecting and fearing tlie
" ^ .,11 I.|inrt.f Art'lollr /tic. I
VIUC1 Oil UU1IV.MI Vjauin r
maycd by the news. The patriots j
were tho first to recover from the
shock, however, and, headed bv .
Isaac Soars and some of the boldest'
Sons of Liberty, a band of citizens ;
, hastily assembled and. taking pos- !
session of the city hall, seized 500 j
stand of arms deposited there for i
the troops, demanded and received
the keys of the custom house, |
closed the building and virtually
deposed the royal government.
From that moment all business j
was suspended in the city, and be-1
tween April 24 and May 1, ITT".
^ confusion reigned supreme. Then
the ablest men in the community
assumed control and. calling a mass
meeting at the Merchants' Coffee
House, which had practically become
the seat of government, organized
a provisional committee of
a hundred to administer the public
business. By the orders of this
committee the city was virtually
placed under martial law, the shops
and factories were closed, the
streets were patrolled by improvised
bands of militia, all available
arms and ammunition were seized,
crude preparations wero made for
resisting an attack, and many timorous
loyalists closed their houses
and sought safety at their country j
seats. Meanwhile some of the
kings troops had been allowed to
enter the citv, the loyalist members
of the committee feeling that their
presence would insure order, but:
when they made an attempt to appropriate
the spare arms debited
in their barraeks Marinus Willett
forced an armed guard to surrender (
this booty, end the carts containing
tfriTweapons were triumphantly es-j
corted by a great throng of citizens j
up Broadway, past the head of
^ Wall street to Abraham Van:
Dyke's ball alley at John street,'
where they were placed under lock j
and key.?Frederick Trevor Hill in '
H Harper's .Magazine.
3 First at Last.
/ Stevens works for a German who
is in the commission business near
m Washington market. Stevens came
f near losing his job recently because
| of his habit of arriving late at the
office, and it was not until Schmitz,
hi6 employer, told him if he was
late again he would be discharged
that he mended his ways.
Now he is telling his friends
how the boss, who never has been
V, able to get the kinks out of the
English language, complimented
him for his punctuality.
"Harry," Baid Mr. Schmitz, "1
haf noticed dot you are early of
late."
Stevens nodded and smiled, and
hia employer continued:
"You were pehind pefore, but
now you are de fairst at last."?
New York Press.
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H*nrik lbs?n.
Henrik Ib6en, the Norwegian
dramatist, was intended at first for
a doctor, and at the age of sixteen
he had to don a druggist's apron.
His ambition carried him a little
beyond that, and he decided to be*
_come a doctor and read up for exami
nation at Christiania. In the
- a t i. -i- 3_ 1_ J:
course oi nis siuuv ne was reaamg
Sallust, and the character of Catiline
so took his fancy that he wrote
a little play introducing him. This
" was Ibsen's first dramatic work..
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, Thread and Needle Trees.
\ Did you ever hear of the thread
/ and needle tree? Bather a handy
1 tree to have in the garden, don't
\ you think, especially when there are
Doys in the house, with buttons coni
tinually coming oif their clothes?
) This strange tree grows in nearly
v all tropical countries. At the tip of
AS the leaf there is a sharp thorn,
; .which is the needle. If you grasp
Iit firmly and pull it out a lone
thread of fiber comes with it, ana
there you are?with a needle already
threaded for your sewing. The
fiber thread is very strong, and the
Mexicans use it for weaving a
/ coarse kind of cloth as well as for
' sewing. The leaves of the tree they
use for roofing their houses instead
of tiles, and a fine roof they make
.with them, strong and waterproof
?just the sort of roof that is needed
in a country where the rain pours
down in sheets.
WASHINGTON IRVING. i
He Was an Utter Failure as an After |
Dinner Gp.aker.
Washington ining was m?t a
ready after dinner speaker. The j
author of "American Bookmen"'
says that he 'hunned pubiic ap- ,
pcaranees. Vet when Dickers umc '
to New York in 1S42 Irving could |
not escape presiding at the great :
dinner in his honor. They had al- '
ready become friends through cor- j
rcspondence. for Irving's delight in
Little Nell had to be expressed in .
a letter to the author, and Dickon?, '
in his enthusiastic response, had
said:
"'Diedrleh Knickerbocker' 1
I have worn to den'h in my pocket,
and yet I should show you his mutilated
carcass with a joy beyond
expression."
The niiht of the public dinner
came, and lrving's dread of the introductory
speech kept hinwnnr- ,
muring throughout the r<|jit, "I
shall certainly break down.''
At the proper time he rose to his
feet, began bravely, but c-ould utter ,
only a lew sentences, and ended by
taking refuge in the announcement j,
of the toast:
''Charles Dickens, the guest of
the nation."
The applause was generous, and
Irving took his seat.
' There." be said. "1 told you I
should break down, and I have done
it!"
Jailer, whiie on ms way to .Manrid,
he found himself called upon
at the dinner of the literary fund
in London to respond to the toast,
"Washington Irving and American
literature/* All he could say in ac- '
knowledgmcnt of an enthusiastic
reception was:
"I beg to return you my very sincere
thanks."
One Englishman at the table was
heard to make the laconic comment,
"Brief!"
"Yes," said another beside him,
"but you o^n tell the gentleman in
the very tone of his voice."
Painfully Polite.
The people of I>re den are very
polite, so very polite that they not
infrequently bring down ridicule
upon themselvo It u-ed to be told
in that citv that a siram/er was one
day crowing the /Tent >rid ;e that
' parj thrt 1-li' e and a.skv-1 1 native
to d're I bun to n certain church
which he wished to find.
"iioallv, my dear s'r," said hhe
Dresdcn^r. bowing low. "I grieve
greatly to say it, but 1 cannot tell
you."
The granger ]>a>sed on, a little
surprised at, this voluble answer to
a simple question. He had proceeded
but a short distance when he
heard hurried footsteps behind him
and, turning round, saw the same
man running to catcii up with him.
In a moment his pursuer was by
his side, his breath nearly gone, but
enough left to say hurriedly: "My
dear sir, you asked me how you
could find the church, and it pained
me to have to say that I did not
know. Just now I met my brother,
but I grieve to say that he did not
know either."
Rapidly Americanized.
An Englishman temporarily living
in Boston took his small son to ;
the top of Bunker Hill and prepared
to give him the British ver- ,
sion of the historic fight at that
point. His story, however, remained
untold, the following question
and answer alone being exchanged
between the loyal subject of the
British crown and his youthful offspring,
who had been a resident of
this country less than six months:
"Now, my son, do you know
what event took place a hundred
vears &eo where we are now stand
ing?" asked the fond parent.
'You bet I do!" was the prompt ,
reply. "This is where we licked the
stuffin' out of the English!"?Bos- ,
ton Post.
8?crst of "Norvbus Balance."
The secret of mental health and
nervous balance is to be found in
obedience to a few rules. Here they
are: 1. Cultivate sound, health creating
emotions?love, joy, peace,
faith and hope. 2. Allow yourself
sufficient time m which to do your
work. 3. Hold in reserve a surplus
tore of nervous energy by keeping
within the limits of your organization,
sayB Rev. Samuel McComb in
Harper's Bazar. 4. Do one thing at
a time. 5. Prepare yourself in good
season for sleep. 6. Trust in the infinite
goodness of God, who loves
every creature he has made.
French and English Tastes.
How far does the great "healthy
British public" like to see exhibitions
of the horrible ? Certainly not <
like the French, for, although Paris
has abolished the publicity of the
morgue, a French company like the
Grand Guignol can go on year after
year, and French newspapers will
publish pictures of the corpses and
all that sort of thing as English
newspapers would not dare to do.
To call it "morbid" is begging the
question. It is simply different from
ourselves:?London Tatler.
INSISTED OH JUSTICE.
Sa.ne Cisc Ha.i to S-f.'rr to Satisfy the
Judge's Cciscicnoc.
As a 1 >tir_!:r was, tning to It; .!k
into a ! oa.M- of a citizen of an
oriental city ?!,e framework o:: tlic
?rcor.d story window to wiiieh he
citing gave way. and he fell and
broke his leg. Limping before the
justice the,next day, he indignantly
;lemandcd that the owner of the
liou=e ho punished.
"You shall have justice/' said the
judge.
The owner, being summoned,
claimed that the accident was due
to the poor woodwork and that the
carpenter, not lie. was to blame.
"That sounds reasonable/' said
tli? iii/lrrn "I /if tlio /inrnr-ntrir Kp
railed.""'
The carpenter admitted that the
window was defective. "But how
row Id T do hotter," said lie, "when
the mason work was out of plumb?"
"To be sure," replied the judge,
snd he^scnt for the mason.
The riason could not deny that
(he co was crooked, lie explained
.M while he was placing
it in posit. hi- attention was distracted
fron. \is work hv a pretty
r;ir ar.ie v.ho passed on
the - tf the ftreet.
"^icn yea are blameless," said
theindue, and the girl was sent
foi. '
"I admit." said she, "that T am
pretty, but that's net my fault, and
if the 1 hrn t r; attracted ihc mason's
ntt"ni; i tie dyer, not I, is
responsible."
"That's rood 'epic." said the
judge. "I.e. r < .her he called."
The dyer tame and pleaded
guilty.
"Take f1 * wr.-tch," said the
judge to ti :' icf. "and hang him
from his own d "rpo-t."
The people apnlanded this wise
sentence and hurried off to carry it
out. Soon they returned and reported
that the dyer was too tall to
be hung from his doorpost.
"Find a sh.'rt dyer and hang him
instead." said the judge, with a
yawn. "Tmt justice he done at any
cost."
His E- 3ht Idea.
Pat was digging a ditch. On flic
first day of the job he dug and dug,
but made small progress. lie went
back next morning only to find that
what he had done the day before
was entirely wined out by a cave-in.
Then a briiliant idea occurred to
Pat. Half burying his pick and
shovel in the earth, leaving only
the ends sticking out, lie carefully
threw his coat and dinner pail over
the edge of the cavc-in and then
hid. In a short time people came
along, took in the situation at a
glance, jumped at the conclusion
that the laborer 1 id been caught in
the fall of the bank and went to
work hastily, trying to uncover his
body. Half an hour later three
sweating and puzzled men stood by
the nearly completed ditch and wondered
where the buried man was.
Then Pat came out from his retire
raent and said: "inanK ye, genuemen.
I knowed you'd bite on that."
Ready With the Answer.
Miss Baxter, feeling the effects
of a torrid afternoon in June, was
attempting to arouse the interest
of her languid class by giving, as
she supposed, an interesting talk on
the obelisk. After speaking for
half an hour she found that her efforts
were wasted. Feeling utterly
provoked, 6he cried: "Every word
that I have 6aid you have let in at
one ear and out of the other. You"
?pointing to a girl whom she noticed
had been particularly inattentive
throughout the entire lesson?
"tell me, what is an obelisk ?'
? 1 11.. X 1 >_
me pupil, grasping me teacner b
last words, rose and promptly answered
:
"An obelisk is something that
goes in one ear and out the other."
?Success Magazine.
Hit Deep Concern.
The kind old lady noticed a small
lad entering a cobbler's with a small
package.
"What have you there, sonny?"
she asked kindly.
"Ma's slipper," replied the lad.
(fYou see, there is a tack out of
?^ ^ nr\/l T VT*nv>t Vl O TTO if
plttUC HI 11, OUU J. VTOiiV IV/ iiU * V/ *ar
fixed before ma notices it."
"Ah, what a considerate little
boy! I suppose you are afraid the
tack might hurt your mother's
foot?"
"Well, it isn't exactly that. You
see, the tack is sticking out on the
sole, and this is the slipDer ma
spanks me with."?Chicago News.
Prepared For the Worat.
Aunt Matilda, who was favored
tvith a visit from her favorite
nephew, told the youngster to soak
his feet in a tub of salt water if he
tvanted to toughen them. She knew
be loved to go barefoot. He soaked
bis hands too.
Then, after thinking about it for
i few moments, he said to himself:
"It's pretty near time for me to get
i licking. Tomorrow I'm going to
sit in it."?Ladies' Home Journal.
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THE ROAD TO WEALTH.
It Is the First Thousand Cellars That
Counts.
4 T'.o iliinir that counts," said a
man of independently large means,
accumulated by hard work, saving
n:id wise investments, 4<is the first
.thousand dollars. When you've got
I that amtuint together you arc beginning
to get somewhere, and with
! that start you will want to keep on.
1 The red ink interest entries that
:vou see put down in your savings
kink book twice a year will strike
jvou very pleasantly indeed. As in!
tcrest on your thousand dollars
i you'll get $.35 or $10 in a year.
Your money has begun earning
money for you.
"You've got an, income now, and
you'll want to add to it. You will
leave that interest in the bank, to
be added to your principal, and
now vour interest will begin to
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draw interest, and, to be sure, you
will keep right on adi%ig to your
principal, too, and every six months
you'll see tho=e red figures growing
bigger and bigger, pretty figures to
contemplate, and you'll keep right
along saving. But the thing that
; really counts is the fir-t thousand
! dollars. Get that and you're all
I 1 t 1 Ml .1 t__ A
i nnilT. anil you ll always uo gum
i you saved it.
"For there really is nothing like
j financial independence or like having
at least some money laid by.
; Then if you want money you've got
j it. You don't have to go to friends
! to borrow and take the risk of being
refused, the risk of being com'
pelted to go without what you need.
|If youVe got mono* in the bank
I you caw go there yT get it. There
might come ah?" when you would
need money r your family or for
I yourself very much. It's a grand
! thing to have it where vou can get
lit.
"There's nothing mean about
being saving and accumulating
! money. On the contrary, it is every
' man's duty to make himself flnan:
cinllv independent. I don't mc
at all that a man wants to set
i to accumulate great wealth. T
is no great fun in that. But Wi
i he does want to do is to get togethi
or enough to live on modestly."?
J New York Sun.
P a ro U n r\ rl 0 rl
Little Katlicrine had been board!
irg on a farm, and manv of the ru.
ral expressions wore wholly unfamil'
iar to her. One day she chanced to
J hear her country hostess praising
! the good qualities of a thrifty neighbor.
"Tie really ain't got much compared
to some folks," said the farmer's
wife, "but he makes out wonderful
well. lie's so forehanded."
That evening the man thus laud!
cd happened to drop in. and Katherine
immediately sidled up to him,
| with curious eyes. Slowly she re1
volved about the chair in which he
I c.it nnd bo nnrBisfentlv did she craze
I at him that the farmer's wife finally
noticed it.
"Well, Katherine," she said, "you
6eem to find a good deal to look at
in Mr. B., don't you ?" %
"Why," replied the child, her little
forehead wrinkling in perplexity,
"I did want to see nis two uvver
hands, but I can't. Is he sittin' on
'em?"?New York Times.
He Got the Ad.
"You're not on that horrid paper,
are you," cried the girl who
speaks her mind, "though I did once
| meet a reporter from it who was
; rather mice ) He came to see about
j getting an advertisement? What 1
! Not a reporter? Why, I thought
! ho wan Woll. fl-nvwav. I had lost a
doe, and he said he had heard of it
and wanted to know if I didn't want
to advertise in his paper for it. I
told him I didn't believe I liked his
old paper, and he said he didn't
think much of it himself, but he
thought it was pretty apt to reach
the class of people who stole dogs.
And so since he was so polite about
it I thought *1 might as well advertise
in it. But T didn't get the dog."
?New York Globe.
How Printing Bogan.
Laurentius of Haarlem invented
the art of printing about A. D. 1430
mirl it with Rpnarate wood
en types. Gutenberg afterward
invented cut metal types, but the
art was carried to perfection by
Peter Schoeffer, who invented the
mode of casting the types in matrices.
Frederick Corsellis began to
print at Oxford in 1468 with wooden
types, but it was William Caxton
who introduced into England the
art of printing with fusile types, in
1474.
Needed More.
"Here is some complexion powder,
auntie," 6aid little Tommy Toddles.
"I bought this little box for
mamma and the great big box for
you."
"But why did you think I needed
i such a large box?" asked the viaitI
ing aunt in surprise,
j "Oh, because I heard papa lay
j you were two faced."?Kansas City
; Independent.
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