The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 08, 1908, Image 2
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Id Sacred Memory.
Vera Young Thomas, wife of Mr
F B Thomas, aad only child of Mr
and Mrs S W Young, was born in
this county January 4, 1891, and
after an illness of only a few days
of blood poison, her young life was
wafted into eternity on the morniug
of July 28, 1908.
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out? like a burning taper or a
lighted lamp iu a gust of wiud?a
alight flicker and the light was gone,
leaving her husband, little babe,
father and mother to mourn their
loss.
She had been married little more
than a year; iu fact, her whole life
measured only about seventeen and
a half years. But dnring this 3hort
term she was the light of mama and
papa's home?all their hopes were
centered in her; all their ambitious
pointed towards her aud all their love
went to her, like Dianna's kiss, ''unasked,
unsought." She was also the
queen of her husband's little home?
and in dying cast a gloom over both,
virtually breaking the hearts iu
the two homes.
Her faults the writer never
knew. These are two reosons why.
. First, maybe because they were so
few; second, because love is blind.
As to her virtues, I shall not extol
them on account of the ties of blood,
but the many loving hands and
hearts that lent tender aid in her
illness speak for themselves. She
h&3 written her own epitaph on the
hearts of the people with whom she
was associated, especially in the
affections of the poor and illiterate.
Many a tear moistened the sunbrowned
cheeks of the laborers as the
doctors would shake their heads
from time to time when questioned
as to her condition.
After the days of weary, auxious
watching the fever, like a consuming
fire, burned her precious (to us) lite
up. After she had been laid tenderly
in the casket, then placed in the
Bilent grave, and the ever sad ceremony
of "from dust thou art to dust
retumeth" was completed, let us
follow the mourners back to their
homes.
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In our mind'8 eye let us follow
the parents, especially the mother,
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seen equaled. As she goes back
home to take up the thread of her
life again, when she nears the yard
the shrubbery, the flowers, the vines
that climb their trellis and a hundSred
other things silently tell her
that they were planted by the hand
that is forever stilled.
On entering the bouse she sees
many, many things that remind
her of her darling child; possibly
I there still remain some of her toys
or dolls that carry the mother back
in fancy to the sweet days of childhood;
for it seems only yesterday
since little Vera sat on my knee,
played in the orchard?and made play
nouses ana rrog nouses iu me iaue.
But, alas! the revereie is abruptly
broken and she remembers the owner
of the toys and the joy of her life
has passed out of it forever! It
pierces her very soul; it eats her
heart like a canker; there is an
"aching void" by day and by night;
there is just a something we can't
explain that "bids us mourn.''
It is too true that the sadne38 of
the singer makes the sweetness of
the strain. As her mind covers the
lituation flitting here and there vainly
trying to light on some sweet hope,
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her child back, she realizes her utter
inability and just here she takes
hold of God and is filled with the
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hope that by a life of goodness one day
He will take her to her child.
This is the conclusion that bereaved
parents reach that prompts
such a remark as this:
"I feel more like living right
now than ever before, because my
child is there and I want to go to
be with her.
Who can say but that Vera is in
heaven as I write, with little St.Olair
Bernice and Edward (her little
cousins) playing around her (for she
was fond of children) looking down
from their celestial heights, reaching
out their hands beckoning for mama
and papa!
Or, who can tell if her pure
spirit may not descend to earth in
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the still and quiet night and watch
by the cradle of her own little one
and snnle benedictions on the homes
that her death has wrecked.
In behalf of the bereaved I wish
to thank every one, great or small who
ministered to her. It is a solace to
some extent when we remember the
many kindnesses and attentions
shown her.
Her Uncle.
The successful advertiser must understand
human nature, but his moRt
direct appeal usually Is to Woman Nature.
The ladies are the bargain huntI
erR. Very likely some of them right
now are reading this and will turn to
look for bargains advertised in this paper.
They get on the trail of a bargain
and follow it right into camp?if
they once find the trail.
Your store is the camp. This paper
is the trail. Why not connect the camp
with the trail?
To
Our Good Friend
The Farmer:
Before sending your money away
Mail Orders suppose you just pert
the ADVERTISING COLUMNS oi
this paper for bargains. Of course if
you don't see ADVERTISED here what
you want you are quite likely to yield
to the temptation to buy through a
catalogue.
Some of our local Merchants have
discovered that the best way to combat
Mall Order competition is to use
the chief ammunition of the Mail Order
people?ADVERTISING. No doubt
you compare uuies us l-vl w rr-u uvuc
Advertisers and Foreign Advertisers?
the outsiders?and prefer to trade at
home if you see what you want.
Are Yob Living
In the
Cobweb Kingdom?
There are cobwebs on tKo windows,
Thoro aro cobwebs on tho doer,
There ere oobwobs swinging, swaying
From tho raft or* to tho floor.
Now tho ploco ia Cobweb Kingdom,
Though it uood to bo a otoro.
If tho Cobwob Kingdom's rulor
Woro a man diooroat and wloo
Ho would havo no oobwoba swaying,
Swinging round and catching flioo;
Ho would crowd hit otoro with buyoro?
Ho would oimply AOVERTI8EI
Acrobatic Baby.
Three-year-old May had a penchant
for cutting everything in
eight when she could get a pair of
sasson. One day, being left alone
with her curly headed baby brother,
she promptly cut every curl
from the back of his head.
When the nurse discovered the
damage she said:
"Oh, May! How dare you cut
baby's curls off?"
"He cut them hisself."
"How did he reach the back of
his head?"
"He stooded on the stool." ?
Philadelphia Ledger.
1 Doctors I
Declare Dust
i
Disseminates
Disease.
Dost on store shelve# and stock indicates
disease.
It Indicates a sluggish condition of the
business blood.
Dust accumulates where trade decays.
Dustin# the shelves with a duster is
like taking drugs-a dose now and
then tvlleves, but it doesn't cure. 1
Build the blood of your business
and make the microbes migrate.
PRESCRIPTION:
Newspaper Advertising is the name of
the beet spring iodic, summer luuii,
fall tonic and winter tonic for that
tired feeling of trade depression.
[ Take regularly.
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Loyal a. > Subtle
In its essence ti 'ollowing stcry,
found in the Rev. >r. Newman
Hall's autobiography, 1 calls an instance
of flattery in a maid of hon- j
or in France, who, being asked by ,
the queen what o'clock it was, an- \
swered, "What your majesty j
pleases."
1 The royal librarian, Woodward, J
"*'indsor castle was showing the,
;ss royal the lar~e collection
Jniatures. As Cromwell turned '
j up she cried out:
"Oh, Mr. Woodward, you cannot
like that man!"
He replied, "Your royal highness
must know that my admiration and :
loyalty to your royal highness'
mother are such that I cannot but:
reverence the memory of the man
to whose struggle for liberty we
owe the unspeakable blessedness of
possessing such a monarch on a;
constitutional throne."
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A Healthy Family.
"Oar whole family has enjoyed
good health since we began using Dr I
King's New Life Pills, three years
ago," says L A Bartlet, of Rural
Route 1, Guilford, Maine. They
cleanse and tone the system in a 1
gentle way that does you good 25c. <
at D C Scotts's drug store.
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Had a Close Call.
Mrs Ada L Crooni, the widely
known proprietor of the Crooni
Hotel, Vaughn, Miss., eay6: "For
several months I suffered with a
severe cough, and consumption
seemed to have its grip on me, when <
a friend recommended Dr King's
New Discovery. I began taking it,
and three bottle3 effected a complete
cure." The fame of this life saving
cough and cold remedy, and lung
and throat healer is world wide.
Sold at D C Soott's drugstore. 50c.
and $1.00, Trial bottle free.
Thd Human Finger Bowl.
"I'm fond of the table d'hotes,"
said the table d'hote fiend,"but they
are ruining the manners of the peo
pie. The other night I saw the prettiest
girl at a table across from me,
so pretty I could hardly keep my
eyes off her. She wa6 dressed in
white, with a big white hat covered
with a white veil, and bad lovely
blue eyes, and when she had finished
eating her pear 6he licked every finger
she had on both hands/'?New j
York Press. ?
Saved His Boy's Life
"My three year old bo was badly
constipated, had a hig fever and
was iu an awful cond; ma ^ ""tvr
him two doses of "Siey & ^iino
Laxative and the next morniug the
fever was gone ana he was entirely
well. Foley's Orino Laxative saved
bis life" A Wolkush, Casimer, Wis.
W L Wallace.
The Last Straw.
She was one of those women who
always present a woefully untidy
appearance during the early part of
the day. In vain had her husband
remonstrated with her on the un>ilnn?;p
and unkemDt hair.
It was not until aid came from an
unexpected quarter that victory was
his. They had removed to a new
house on the previous day, and
when she answered the summons of
the front door bell a humble looking
woman awaited her.
"Oh, I see it's too late!" sighed
the woman. "I called to see if the
missis wanted a charwoman, but I
see she's suited."?London Mail.
Bargains In Heathen Deities.
There is an old curiosity rhop i:
London which makes a specialty o;
heathen deities. All kind* of images,
sinaH and large, hand-ome.
hideous and grotesque, are on view
You can choose an antiopje Aztec
god from Mexico, carved in heav\
stone and hideous enough to s-.-a?<
a burglar; you can purchase a mar
ble deity from Mandalay, a wonJe:
atrocity from the Ju Ju land of
west Africa or a gilt joss from tinChinese
temple.
Repair your window blinds
for five cents at Farmers' Supply
Do's.
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vith the latest Pullman
fhoroughfare Cars*
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H tftk Maruragf (he Farm.
A farmer on Rural Boute 2,
Empire, Ga., W A Floyd by name,
says: "Buckle's Arnica Salve cured
the two worst sores I ever saw: one
on my leg. It is worth more than
its weight in gold. I would not be
without it if I had to mortgage the
farm to get it" Only 25c. at D C J
Scotts's drag store. j
Headquar
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If there is anything
or Housefurnishing Har
please let us have the
you prices. We can as
find here
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We have bought I
quantities at close" figur
the history of the Hard
tree. We are now head
ty for
Hardware, Paints, 0
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Stoves and Fav
Coffins anc
Services Rendere<
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"A dollar
is a dolh
There is no better way t
dealing with
J. L Stuckey, the ok
man.
1 have a splendid line ol
hub, fp;
that in view of the hard times
above cost.
A nice bunch of HORSES
at prices to suit.
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in Farmers', Builders'
dware that you want
privilege of quoting
sure you that you will A
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this season in larger ,
es than ever before in
ware trade in KingsIquarters
in this coun
ils, Glass, Varnishrools,
Wire, Cook
orite Ranges.
I Caskets. .'.
i Day or Night.
WARE COMPANY. .
saved ;
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o save your dollars than by
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am offering at 10 per cent
and MULES always on hand
key,
Lake City, S. C.
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