Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V -Lr SIBERIAN HARD- TACK. Many Use* of a Bread Much Favored In Cold Countries. Of all the hard tack breads of the w universe I have found by actual ex-! ^perience the small ringed broad <>f |^^?5iberia the most substantial. When ! ' the llussian engineering parties' were constructing the Siberian rail- I road this white ring bread (with tho ; coarse rve bread) wn? their main i j stall of life. It is made without -alt <>r yeast Land is first steam- *!m-u lightly baked to expel t' c im - ire. Some curious uses were n;a ! <>f tlicse breads bv the engineers. When i soaked in hot pure tallow for a few j 4-?11 conl* tlw>\* woro ' ^PHilUlUVlll? till iUCJ oaun HIV. *.x*. W used in soups <>r soaked in and oaten with tea during the severe win ter months. This tallow bread was considered the most heat producing article in the dietary. It should he utilized by our arctic explorers. ^ Another curious use to which it ' 'is put is as an extempore candle or coffeepot boiler. A nail is used to make about eight holes in the tallow ring bread. Wax vestas are 6laced in these and ignited. It will J urn slowly for about ai^iiour, emitting a strong heat, sufficient to warm and light a small tent and boil the tea or coffoe water. There is a rather strong odor of toasting ! bread, but that is tolerated in preference to smoke. While sojourning i " " OM T I | witn tJio engineers in oiocna i iium1 also seen tlunn using the larger sizes of ringed bread as makeshift quoits for Sunday afternoon sport in their tents, and the bread would stand the knocking about pretty well and would eventually appear in the soup at the evening meal. h Small Siberian storekeeper? a'so use the ringed bread as an abacus or primitive counting apparatus for calculating small sums in rubles and kopecks and simple figuring. Three strings are suspended above the counter. Ten breads are strung o; each. The top line represents the rubles, their money transactions rarely going above ten, and the two lower strings stands for the kopecks. Of course the strings of bread can be ncreased to mount into the j thousands and up if desired.?Scientific American. B Too Tight a Squeeze. John Fiske, the historian, was a ^&man of enormous Mature ami es^^^remelv sensitive al.out any refer^^Knce to his unusual mzc. On one asion when ho was visiting a fl^Hfricnd at his home in a beautiful ^^Kown in Connecticut the hostess |^Vand her daughter invited Mr. Fiske drive with them one morning. The road K a picturesque one. I which winds along the river at the I foot of the mountains. At one point B the hostess suggested that the party alight and walk a short distance through the field to get a particu larlv attractive view. Around this field was a high fence with no open ing but a narrow stile. The ladies passed through and turned to wait for their guest. For a moment he contemplated the opening. To Bf' Kpeeze through was impossible; to fl climb over was equally impractica We. Finally his deep bass voice broke the silence, "Ladies, I think B we would better continue our 9 drive." Pretty Tough For the General. By A French general's wife, whose B tongue lashing ability was far fl famed, demanded that an old servB ant, who had served with her husB band in the wars, be dismissed, fl "Jacques," said the general, "go to your room and pack your trunk Bfc^and leave?depart." The old Frenchman clasped his hands to his heart with dramatic B "Me?I can go!" he exclaimed in B a^Tery ecstasy of gratitude. Then J B-' Suddenly his manner changed as B with utmost compassion he added: B "But you?my poor general, you ^^^aust stay The Intellectual Age. ? nnman nf a portnin tntt'n rp - I Lit; nvuivxi VA u w? w??k* i.M . v |Jy organized a literary club, and awhile everything was lovely. Alice," asked the husband of one the members upon her return >.e from one of the meetings, at was the topic under discusby the club this afternoon ?" lice couldn't remember at first illy, however, she exclaimed: ft "Oh, yes, I recollect! We dis cussed that brazen looking woman ft that's just moved in across the D street and Longfellow."?Harper's JP Weekly. Dancing Birds. 'The giant cranes of India, some H of which attain to a height of six H feci, are in a way queer birds. They mate for life and as mates are sin H gularly devoted to each other. Among their practices that of dancB ing together is the most remarka ble. To and fro and up and down |H beneath a scraggy tree near a creek H| or water hole a pair of these curious birds may be seen at the hour of ^B dawn footing it gravely in a sort of B jrotesgue minuet. WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND. ] The Last of the Judicial Prosecutions and Executions. Sir Matthew Hale, ii is true, had hanged two poor won.en at Cam- \ bridge in ltiGl. but it years later | Lord t'iiiet Justice ll .lt set him-i self strongly against such charges and in every ease tricil before him ! directed the jury to 1. "g in a verdict of acquittal. !.. .. h'-rated, trial at Cuildford in '' not only j was the supposed v 1 nn i guilty, but her la' > : r. ?>::e ' John Hathaway, w,.- e,u:ie<l :< I a year's imprisonment . i. . t > stand i in the nillorv three time.. Y ;.! i .. i JIUiill'll" III I VI.HV, il \> \ 1* I... i. * , Hicks and hor (laughter, a chiel of I nine. wore hanged together at , Huntingdon oil July ' ?:>. 17 Id. for j raising a storm of wind in league ; yith the devil. The last judicial sentence for, witchcraft in Kngland was in IT Jr., one Jane Wenham being actually found guilty, according to the in- , dictinent, of "conversing familiarly with the devil in the form of a cat." The judge, however, procured a reprieve for poor old Jane, and she was ultimately released, to end her days in peace. Last, the witchcraft act was rc- ; i i * it - . 1 rr: l ~ :? \ peaiea lor me i imeu Ainguoiu m the fame year. Jt was quite time, for only nine years earlier, in IT'.1?, a woman was brought before Cap- i tain David Koss, deputy sheriff of { Sutherland, charged with "causing j her daughter to he shod by the dev- i il," and so making her lame both in hands and feet. The fact having been proved to the captain's satisfaction, the old woman was put into a tar barrel and burned at Dornoch. The weather being cold at the time, we are told that she "sat composedly warming herself by the fire prepared to consume her while the other instruments of death were getting ready/' The last attempt to execute a witch in England ended disastrously for the perpetrators. In 1751 at Tring two old people named Osborne, man and wife, being suspected of witchcraft, were seized by a crowd, stripped, cross bound and thrown into a pond. Both died of this brutal treatment. But the witchcraft act hod been repealed, and. a verdict of willful murder having W* ret a m d against one Colley, the chief instigator the assault. he was in due course tried and hanged.?Cornhill Magazine. Embarrassing For the Lecturer. Civilized people when they listen to a lecture on some abstruse scientific subject applaud even if they do not understand. But there is evidently more frankness among savages, according to a story told by Captain Guy Burrows. A white man one evening tried to. explain to some members of an African tribe, the Mobunghi, the wonders of the 6team engine and steamship. He drew diagrams on the sand, and the audience, listened and looked with apparently intense interest. At la6t he asked his hearers whether they* understood. "Yes," they replied; they thought they did. "There was a deep silence," Captain Burrows said, "for some time, and then a voice in the center of the crowd expressed the unspoken sentiments of the whole assembly in one emphatic word, uttered in a * ^ f !./> r-nn vir t Inn? lUIiC \'l ? ::v %s* v j/vV ...... ... 'Liar!'" Eiiiiwrrr. f-^r ii.o kvti'.rcr!? Westminster G vie. Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low,marshy bottoms of the the Potomac, breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause S chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fails to destroy them and cure malaria trcubles. "They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used," writes R M James of Louellen, S C. They cure Stomach, Liver Kidney and Blood Troubles and will preven Typhoid. Try them,50c. Guaranteed by D C Scott. Notice to Farmers1 will he at the following places on and after September 1 next, representing Mayhank & Co, cotton buyers: Greelyville, Salter3 Depot, Lanes, Gourdins and all points on the Georgetown & Western Railroad. Will pay highest market price for your cotton. J F Scott. Kingstree, S C, July 1, 1909. 7 1 3m If you want engraved visiting cards or wedding invitations we are prepared to fill your order guaranteeing satisfaction and price. See our samples 1 before ordering. 70 Vcars with CoughsI We have had nearly seventy years of experience with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. That makes us have great confidence in it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, weak throats, and weak lungs. Ask your own doctor what experience he has had with it. He knows. He can advise you wisely. Keep in close touch with your family physician. No alcohol in this cough medicine. fCA^er Co.,Lowell, lie well: be strong. You cannot it your bowels are constipated, ihe best laxative is Ayer's Fills, all vegetable. Ask your doctor if he agrees with us. Do as he says. | KINOSTREE GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL, j ? K lnrrcfrpp P { j1 i&iiiggu WJ wr? v/? t | High School P Hoys and Girls prepared for College or for flusiness Idfe. y s PURF'UiATER, EIGHT INSTRUCTORS. J \ h . HFUL LOCATION. FINE MUSIC DEPARTMENT, i ? HIGH SCHOOL AWEX recently completed with beautiful < < and spacious Auditorium. | t AMPLE ROOM FOR BOARDING PUPILS. $ f TrOMC T?T? A QFW A "RT .T? { I, X JJAliillW XV ?U>WVA1 Minin, | | Fall Term Begins I j Monday, September 13. j p For information applv to ) E. C. EPPS, ? Clerk Board Trustees. f J. G. COLBERT, ] f Superintendent. ? > Kingstree. S. C. j STOLL BROTHERS j WE STOCKS we fl iBUY "BONDS buy i AND AND ! AND I | i SELL LANDS SELL ; It will pay you to always see us when you have any business of this kind. OFFICE OVER BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG I COME AND SEE YOUR DOLLARS GROW LARGER 2 JA ? *g( ? WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHING IN: ? ,? Hardware Sash Doors Blinds ? ? Lime Cement Plaster Paints ? ?Oils Glass Calcimo] Putty, etc. ? ? ? x Our Crockery, Glass, Agate and Tinware depart| ments are complete. | @ TOILET SETS. & x Cups and Saucers, Plates, Dishes, Bowls and ? 8 Pitchers 8 ? ? jgj Snmething nice in lamps, ask to see them. gj ? Call and let us show you something nice in a ? @ Range, Cook or Oil Stove. ? @ The hunting season will soon be here. Come and ? L w ^ ? !?! inspect our line of Guns and Ammunition. H ? ? gj Dont dispute with a woman when she tells you jgj jgj that tne Kingstree Hardware Company is the best place jgj wto buy anything in our line, because she knows what w J?jshe is talking about. Don't expect your wife to meet w jXyou pleasantly if you go to another store and pay W !?!more for the same article. y ? @ jgj Ring 35 for What You Want. g^ (gj Coffins and Caskets always on hand. Services rendered jgj jgjday and night. gj jgj Kemember the place jg) V ' ? ? - -T ^ @ QpCingstree Jhiarawa.ru@ ' ????? ! ?^ Wofford College Fitting School, SPARTANBURG, S C, High grade school. Small classes. Personal oversight of students. Limited number. Six teachers. Large library. Kxcellent gymnasiin. Charges J reasonable. For catalogue address 8-19 6t A. MASON DuPRE, Head Master. A Lady Missionary Keinoust rates with Thomas E Watson for championing what she considers ar. unrighteous cause. Is There a White Slave Trade? Incidentally,but powerfully,-the subject is broached in the course of Mr "Watson's reply to tnis lady. $ $ fThe Dark Corner, Zach McGhee's delightful novel, grows more entertaining with every installment. I ERNEST f AWCROFT'S "A Glimpse of Newer France" will take you on one of the most eujoyable and instructive vacation trips you could imagine, Go to Paris and ''La Ilelle France" while you swing in your own cool hammock under the trees. 0 You will thoroughly appreciate all the features, new and old, of Watson's Jeffersouian Magazine for September. The standard of excellence is high and constantly rising. Watson's Jeftersonian Magazine, THOMSON, GA. Purchases Made by Williamsburg County Dispensary Board JULY 26. 1909. COST SELL (l\il iit Pt \i Pt Pelroy Distilling Co, Louisville, Ky , 10 cases Be I roy BB 4 years old $lo 50 #1 25 iu " " '.'* ? U50 55 10 " 12 50 ,35 Geo A Dirkel & Co, Nashville, 'J'enii 18 drums Diekel's4X Corn 90flj 32 'JO I 00 16 34 00 .55 16 " " " * :<6 00 .30 Mallard Distilling C<>, New York 15 drums Colfax Malt 75% 28 00 .73 .40 .25 Paul Jones & Co, Louisville, Kv 0 cases Four Roses Rye 15 oo 1 75 9 - 16 00 .90 9 17 00 .5? Gallagher & Burton, Philadelphia. Pa 9 cases Private Stock Rve h 75 1 00 y y 75 .55 " '' '' ' " in T I'/ |I7 #UU 34 " Choice " 7 50 .90 33 44 * 8 25 50 33 " - ' 9 00 .25 ? G & B No 23 y 50 1 :o 8 44 J1 25 .60 8 44 11 00 .36 5 44 Black Label 4 4 14 75 1 75 5 ' 15 25 .90 0 15 75 .50 3 ' OM Necur 44 12 00 ' 1 85 3 " 44 " 44 12 00 .70 3 " " *; 44 13 00 .40 Chattanooga Brewing Co, Chattanooga. Tenn 250 bbls Magnolia Beer (small) 8 25 .10 The Sherbrook Distillery Co, Cincinnati, Ohio 75 gal XX G>rn 90 p e 1 79 2 75 75 44 " Rve " 1 79 3 75 3 case* Snow Flake Gin 10)% 6 75 . .90 3 ' 44 44 '4 - 7 25 .50 4 ...... 7 75 ,25 Pfeiffer Bros, Louisville, Ky 8 cases P B Gin 90% 8 00 . 90 8 44 44 8 50 . 50 8 44 9 00 .25 40 *4 Lou Dale Rye 8 00 1 10 ao 44 ,4 44 ' 8 50 .60 30 '4 9 00 .35 20 - Old J B T - 90 p c 9 00 1 10 20 41 " 44 4- 44 9 50 .60 20 44 10 00 .35 20 "SilasMoore" 44 8 50 1 10 20 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 00 . 60 on ? " ?? ? 9 50 .35 Greenbaum Bros, Louisville, Ky " lOOgal CleoraCm n 70% 143 2 25 People'9 Distilling Co, Cincinnati, Ohio 60 drums Carol Corn 70 p c 21 (X) 60 67 " '? " 22 00 35 67 " " '? 23 00 ' 20 58 " Salome Rye " 21 00 go 58 22 00 * 35 59 ? 23 00 qA 33 " Woodpecker Gin 70% 21 25 60 38 ? " ' " 22 25 * 35 M " " " 14 23 25 oo 0 " "Uolesum Ky Hour Bli 8 50 1 10 '7 " 9 00 .60 7 " " ? " " 9 50 33 " Carol Corn 85% 23 75 75 33 - " " 24 75 ' 40 34 * ? 25 75 * oe 33 ' " Salome Rve " 23 75 75 3:4 24 75 * 40 34 * " " 4i 25 75 or, 6 " Brewster Peach Brandy 21 50 60 7 22 50 ' .35 : " " 23 50 ?0 6 " " Apple * 21 50 60 7 " 22 50 .35 7 " " " " 23 50 20 Garrett & Co. Norfolk, Vu 30 cases Blackberry Wine 5s 4 00 50 " ' ' A fin rj, zu " ocuppcriiimiu * uv ..tv 20 " Sherry " " 4 00 .50 All whiskey, wine and beer lu be shipped in sueh quantities audatsueh times as the board may from time to time prescribe. Above awards made upon bids submitted in accordance with advertisement of board and opened on July 26, 1909. ! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of williamsburg. Personally appeared D J Epps and J E Brunson. members ??f the Williamsburg Giunty .Dispensary Board, who being each and severally sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing statement is true and correct. d J Epps, J E Brunson, Secretary. I Sworn to and subscribed before ine this 17th day of August, 1909. J B Steele, i 8-19-lt Notary Public for South Carolina.