Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r A TYPEWRITING POINT. * Why In Some Work Periods and Commas Show Black and Deep. ' When i:i n:itypewritten vov. see the periods and commas punched miU deep/' said an experienced i\powriter, "you may know that ihe work was done by a beginner or by one who had not yet dote sufficient work to have acquired a perfect touch. ''The reason for the deep punching of the punctuation points is very simple. Naturally enough the beginner at typewriting plays upon all the keys with equal force, but as the,typos attached to the keys present unequal amounts of printing surface it follows that eoual force applied to all the keys results in more or less unequal printing on th^ paper. *" "For instance, a certain amount of force applied to the *B' key might produce of that type a fair impression on the paper, but tlie same force applied to a period might drive that, a mere point, clean through the paper. In fact, it is not unusual for beginner- on the typewriter to punch holes in the paper with their periods. "But as the learner progresses in her art she comes to realize that some types must be touched more lightly than others, and gradually her periods become less black and deep, and with further practice she comes instinctively, automatically, to grade her touch on all the letters and signs until at last she is able to {>roduce typewriting that is nothing ess than artistic in effect, true and uniform and beautiful. ''It is something fine to see the good work of the intelligent, sensitive and truly competent typewriter."?New York Sun. An Indian Trick. * In the snake bag trick of the Menoinini Indians the performer holds before him a red flannel bag about thirty inches in depth by twenty inches in width, with fluffy white feathers along the top of the opening. Then he rolls the bag up into a ball to show the audience that there is nothing in it. Then he takes the bag by the two upper corners and holds it up before him once more and begins to dancfe around the circle, his confederate preceding him dancing backward, chanting with the performer and making various gestures toward the bag. Presently two snake heads emerge from the top of the bag and gradually lengthen more and more ^ until their bodies protrude perhaps V as much as six inches. Then the heads slowlv retreat and finally disappear, and the performer again doubles up the bag to show the spectators that there is nothing in it.?New York Sun. Objected to Guineas. At one time Mr. Alexander was getting ?40 a week under Sir Henry Irving's management at the London Lyceum. One day Mr. Alexander wvLi?1f/\4 ??\ AAnnnnra on/1 oel'n/1 Inr OC piU^IVCU U|/ tvuxagg auu aoavu ava ua many guineas. The chief called him into his room. "My boy," he said k gravely, "what have you done to I merit this enormous salary? Are L you aware that I was leading man at this very theater at a salary of ?15 a week and that I played Hamlet for ?20 ? Yet you have the audacity to demand a rise of salary, an$, like a lawyer or a doctor, ask for guineas. I am determined," continued the great tragedian, "to have my own way in this matter, and I engage you for the next season at ?45 a week."?London Tit-Bits. The Buffalo Waiter. "There is a scheme that the New York waiters can't work that reaps a harvest for the waiters in my home city," said the Buffalo man to a number of friends at a recent dinner in a New York hotel. "When vou r>av vour bill in a Buffalo res ^ taurant if the waiter knows that you are only a transient visitor to the city you will receive enough Canadian currency in your change to satisfy the waiter as a tip. Coin from across the border has a free circulation in Buffalo, but travelers coming east would find trouble trying to pass it in any other city, and they don't like to carry it with them. The waiters know that."? JJew York Sun. > On* Point of Resemblance. Back in the sixties, when Commodore Yanderbilt was the "whole thing" in the rapidly growing New York Central system, which then r consisted of a continuous, one track line connecting Albany and the great lakes, the president of a small, cross country line of seventeen miles one day approached the commodore and requested him to exchange annual passes. "Why, my dear sir," remarked the commodore to the other railroad president, "my railroad system is more than 300 miles in t length, while yours is only seventeen miles long!" "That may all be so," replied the other, "but my railkroad is just as wide as yours."? Moody's Magazine. I EFFECTIVE TJUW The Way a Clever diet Fe' An intcrc^ mat ic api>j> during of if" a w' '1 for u. had bet by spark ? Counsel for defense on ft the fire was the train and station only . must thereforfore the engine tion. Four minuu constituted a i?ei enough for :i f" r?- 1 under Viiv. On the other hand, the plain!!T i:i this If a yn;:: ; 1;:s:1lin r on with l,;s 1< -t '/ 'I. i- i:ol?U> hand *h-? time tr ve!< like press tra:'i. it' vn-i dump . ut of sparks on the pine roof of a dry lniildinir in summer fo ir minutes i- nmole to so't'e the fate of the structure despiie all e("ort> to save it. The.v were some incrcl'ious smile- at this. The attorney took out his watch and, handing it to the foreman of the jury, requested him to announce the termination of a period of four minutes. The jurymen leaned over and looked at the watch. Then they !jot tired and settled back in their seats. The foreman of the jury lowered his hand as the signal of the be<rinnin? of the four minutes and then rested it on his knee. The ln's t/-vrvf a ^OU* fltrtOC liltwrmM IMIlllvru Ilia iwv n ai," and sat down. The judge looked at the clock awhile and then gazed abstractedly out of the window. A deputy marshal looked in at the door to see what was the matter and patiently awaited the result of the curious scene. Nearly every man in the courtroom had a watch in his hand, carefully studying the face of it. The counsel for the plaintiff was sacrificing four minutes of his time. But he felt that they were well invested. At last the foreman of the jury announced the termination of the test: To every person in the room the four minutes had seemed at least twice as long. The judge himself afterward said that it seemed something like fifteen. The or deal had the effect upon*the jury that the attorney had calculated. It was an object lesson, a striking exemplification of what might happen in four minutes. Accordingly the jury found that the defendant's engine had sufficient time in which to fire the building and that the fire had ample time in which to get under way and create a blaze which the men on the train could see. A verdict for damages was brought in to the amount of some $15,000. ? New York Tribune. Foiled. "I have come, sir, to ask you for your daughter's hand," said the young man boldly. ''And suppose I refuse it?" questioned the old man. ''Then, sir," answered the applicant, "we will abide by your decision." At this the old gentleman started violently. "You will not elope?" he asked. "Xo, sir; we will not. We know too well what is due to us in an affair of this description. Custom puts certain obligations upon you in the way of providing a proper wedding, and if you think you can escape by giving an imitation of the obstinate father ac? you are mistaken." "Foiled!" sighed the old man as he thought of the cost of the wedding. "Take her, my boy, and be happy!" Golden Silence. A man who once met Ralph Waldo Kmerson at the house of a friend told of the characteristic way in which the Concord philosopher blunted the edge of a compliment. "Oli, Mr. Kmerson," said a young woman of the party, "it must be so delightful to know that people all over the country are grateful for the thincrs vou have said!" "Thank you," said Emerson slowly, "but it is for some of the things I have not said that I feel most grateful." An Interrupted Wedding Feast. While a wedding breakfast was in progress in the village of Xovery, in Savoy, the floor gave way, and the guests fell through into a cow house below. The bride dropped on the neck of a cow, which took fright and dashed out into the field with the.bride clinging to its horns. The bridegro^t went off in pursuit and found the bride hanging by her hair from a branch beneath which the tow had passed. She was rescued fci a badlv bruised condition. I * \ -jC .ice an a seriou ..?ce. window blind: at Fanners' Suppb cts, causing pneu i and consumption Dure vour cousl Vn your lungs wit] and Tar. Do no ? winter with weal olev's Honey and Ta .he most obstinate rough <. ami prevent serious re <V L Wallace. Adi inistrator's Notice All pt Nns having; claims against th estate of A Cook will present th same, duly . Rested.to the undersigned AlMndehtee to the said estate wil ruff'^me ,?o f V Cox, Administrator? 11-19-41 f Ef 'osu \ TH" Willie Mary >* Williar Sauls, Pun an on Watts, . aiding Ju above entitled cause ana ut day of November, 1908, I w sale at public auction in f court house in Kingstr > Monday, the 7th day of ' i the following describe wit: All that certain piece, of land, situate, lying i - u;;Ti;o in me cuumjr m ?..m State and containing fif or less, and bounded on land of estate of Sam Spa land of Pompty William, land of Victoria Burgess a land of Paul McKnight Tt Purchaser to pay for papers. G J Gra. Sheriff Williamsburg Cou ll-19-3t Foreclosure SaleSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg, Court of Common Pleas. W Bran ford Frost, Plaintiff. vs W M Murrell. otherwise known a Billy Murrell, defendant, liy virtue of an order to me directei out of the court of common pleas in th< above stated case,dated the28rd day o May, A D 1908, I will sell at publi auction to the hif iest bidder for casl before the court hou*e door in Kings tree, S C, during the legal hours o sale on December 7, 1908, the follow ing described tract of land, to wit: All that pircel or tract of land situ ate in the county of VVilliamsburg ii the said State, containing sixteen an* two-thirds (16~3) acres and bor nded oi XT~-*k H'aoh WilliAms* on th Uir i>uiui *jj * ??, ? ? South by Pinckney Murrell; on th East bv l'inckney Murrell; on the Wes by Lucy Jane Keels, the same bein] the premises described in a conveyanc< of tne same executed by the said Pinck ney Murrell and Lucy Jane Keels t the said W M Turrell, called in sail conveyance Billy Murrell. Purchaser to pay for papers. H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas fo Williamsburg County. ll-19-3t Two Hundred 1 The intellectual ar have one rule in "The Review because it i 5 THE.; ^ irtTiJc SSSD * M? jor A (a,M dAftirLG i? i copi 1 im The'Reviei Has attained a larger suhscri jM deals wholly with serious su periodical to keep one up w NEITHER MUCK-RAJ With Dr. Albert Shaw's moot! !; sartoon history of the month, w just the questions you are into out of all the other magazines c ter sketches of the notable pcop feotly up with the times at a m YOU MUST SEE OUR BO Before ordering for next year offers, including all the leadi will show you how to save i This interesting and money-st The Review of Reviews Con - ' .. ..a, ^ \ need a trunk c all at the Peopl Co where you < valuable article e Prices, y Take Notice. y We are now displaying" a 1 s line of Umbrellas, Gold and f ver Handles: a beautiful line I a , i f i j. _ ! _ r> cut uiass ana rounum re 5 Give us a call. Watts & Watts, The Jewelers Opposite the Depot. . 11 12-tf 5 Foreclosure Sale11 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLE < BOUNTY OF WiLLXAMSBURG, r 1 Court of 1 ommon Pleas. , ; Hank of Scranton, Plaintiff, vs D W Simmons. Defendant J Hy virtue of an order to me dire< out of the court of common pleas in above stated case, November IC. I I will sell at public :iuction to the hi j est bidder for cash before the cc e house door in Kingstree, S C. dur e the legal hours of sale op^J^nday, [ (-ember 7. the foif-' *^escri i tract of land, to vir,:*^ ~^11 that cerj^ "* ti and, sit >? -ng in ntvoX' Jid State *g eighty 1 .ad bounded by lands of. by lands of ^rgetown pu on the South '-^run of Mu id on the W an. f papers. e J Graham. .msburg Count; ^Notice. y warned aga itting timber ^' ntering u Elands Of ilidge to ft)". Pru *'t!U)e pr ,ot*resf XV ' xAll p .A estate 01 sw,,. ,ent same, duly ati. idersig and all indebttv estate ' make payment to A W Cha.ndlkr, Administrator, ll-19-4t Gourdin, S ( i Final Dischargee Notice is hereby given that * undersigned will apply to the Co ? of Probate for Williamsburg Co . ty on December 14, 1908, at f o'clock in the forenoon, for Letl - Dismissory as Executor of Estati Jane Dozier. deceased. aw* no TT k nnDD n .)Aan.iiiO nftiirriii, i Qualified Erecutor 1 lM2-4t e Trespass Notice. b k All parties are hereby wari " not to trespass upon the lai J of\ W. W. H. Cockfield, s land being* in the county Florence. W. W. H. 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