The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 19, 1909, Image 4
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THURSDAY, AUG. 19. 1909.
DIDN'T MATTER MUCH.
Ho Had Blundered Anyhow Before He
Sent the Letter.
The lovesick young man ran up the
sleps and was met at the door by a
very pretty young lady.
"Constance," he said eagerly as he
held out his hand to her. 'did you got,
tuy letter this morning?"
"No," carelessly returned she. "1 (
presume Vivian took It."
"Vivian!" The swain blushed pro- !
fusely. "Why, that letter was addressed
to youT'
"Yes. but Vivian and I are twins |
aud look alike, you know. Indeed, our
most intimate friends often mistake
each for the other."'
"But your names are nothing alike." ;
stammered the bewildered young man.'
"I wrote 'Constance Withers' very!
plainly on the outside o(^that letter. .
1 don't see how any such mistake j
r>ntilrt made."
"Ob. It wasn't a mistake: Anyhow. '
it doesn't make much difference."
"What? Constance, that letter con- j
tAlned more than you think! In It I 1
made apology for my too ardent ac- [
tlons before you last night, and, furthermore.
I sent it to ask you if?if j
you would be my"?
"But it belonged to Vivian!"
"Are-you crazy? I beg pardon! 1
meant?goodness gracious! How has 1
Vivian anything to do with the letter?"
"Because when you made love last j
night you mistook Vivian for me!"
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Better Late Than Early.
There is a certain young New York j
broker whose recent sad experience in
endeavoring to pull the wool over his ;
wife's eyes has led him to declare
"Never apain."
Now, It Is the broker's custom to
take a 5:30 suburbau train, thus en- ;
ablinp hlru to reach his home in West- J
Chester In ample time for the early 1
dinner that both he and his wife like, j
The other day he fell. Meetiup an i
old college mate, he yielded to the latJjjp
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THR WIPE HAN1>E1> Hill THE TELEGRAPH .
SLIP.
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tor's entreaties for au eveuiug in j
town, 'i'ho next step was, of course,
to telegraph the wife, which he did in
these terms:
Unavoidably detained Missed the 5:30
Home later.
When hubby finally did show up. he j
observed au expression on the counte- j
nance of his spouse that argued th?> j
failure of Ills little tib.
"What's the trouble, df ir':" he ash- j
ed. with an affected nouehalauce.
Without a vvorii the wife handed
1dm the telegraph slip. Indicating with
her forefinger the w .rds:
"Received at 4I.ippineott's.
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The Care of the Eyes.
When one is using the eyes for
close work it is wise to change the
focus at intervals and gaze of! at a ;
distance. If the distant view is of ,
.green mountains and fields it will
:be most restful. If the air in the
room can be frequently changed j
that will rest the eyes also. Une
should never use the eyes for study
or work before breakfast or after
the strength has been reduced by i
disease or a nervous strain. A book
fchould be held about eighteen
*-aches from the eyes. The light for
lirork should be steady and fbr an j
entire room diffused rather than j
Spotty.?Harper's Bazar.
The ?
Scrap Book
The Condemned.
The family had luaid that bachelor
T":i'h* Joe was going to get m-vmsl.
and there had been much cMistic comment
over the coming event, mingled
with many expressions of sympathy
for his fate fit the hands of tlte designing:
woman who had captured him,
all of which were overheard l?y the
keen and open eared six-year-old boy
of the family.
"I'a." said the youngster one day.
"I hear Uncle Joe is coin*: to be married
next week."
"Yes." said the father. 'T"uele Joe
has ouly three days more."
The little hoy sighed. "The last
three days." he said, "they give them
everything to eat that they ask for.
don't they, pa?"
Striving.
If all the end of this continuous striving
TVrn-rt ctrr>r>lv to attain
How poor would wem the planning and
contriving.
The endless urging and the hurried driving
Of body, heart and brain 1
But ever In the wake of true achieving
There shines this glowing trailSome
other soul will be spurred on. conceiving
New strength and hope. In Its own power
believing.
Because thou didst not fall.
Not thine alone the glory nor the sorrow
If thou dost miss the goal.
Undreamed of lives in many a far tomorrow
From thee their weakness or their force
shall borrow.
On. on. ambitious soul!
?Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A Good Definition.
In one of the New York schools several
of the children In one class failed
on the definition of the word bachelor.
The teacher, to Impress the meaning
of the word on the minds of the pupils,
told the class to look up the word
that night and come prepared with a
good definition the next day.
When the question was taken up at
the next session the first little girl
who was asked to define the word answered
with a confident and smiling
air, "A bachelor Is a very nappy
man."
The tercher grew interested. "Are
you sure that is correct?" she asked
the Jitt.e one.
"Oh, yes." was the prompt reply.
"Father told me so."
Knew Who Used It.
Charles II. Hoyt, New England's
great playwright, once visited a small
towu in Pennsylvania where there is
a hotel they say George Washington,
the Father of His Country, used to
stop at when he passed through. In it
they have a room he is said to have occupied
at times.
Hoyt came through there once with
one of hi., attractions. He arrived at
the hotel after all the members of the
company had been assigned rooms.
One of the company was given the
Washington room, and Hoyt received
a poor room on the top floor, the proprietor
net knowing who he was.
When he came downstairs later the
gentleman who had got the good room
said. "Mr. Hoyt, tbey liare given me
tbe room tbat tbey used to give George
Washington when he came here."
"Well," said Hoyt, "the one they
have given me must be the one they
gaTe Benedict Arnold when he came."
A Stickler For Rules.
Billy Grimes was a sailor, and he
knew a sailor's duty and how to obey
orders. Off a foreign port one night
Billy Grimes leaned over the side in
answer to a hail.
"Ahoy!" he said.
"Ahoy!" was the reply. "Lower
down your ship's ladder, shipmate."
"You can't come aboard here tonight,"
said Billy.
"Lower away, you lubber." said the
voice below impatiently. "I must come
aboard. I'm the river pilot."
"I don't care," said Billy, "if you're
Punchus Pilot, I'll stick to the ship's
rules."
Too Eager For Work.
Dr. John S. Buist, the southern sur
geon, said in ono of bis surgical lectures
at a state college:
"It Is always in rather bad taste for
a physician to boast of being busy.
Physicians, undertakers and gravedlggers
only cause discomfort when they
allude to good times and prosperity.
There was an old man applied to the
minister of the little village of Paint
Rock for the post of gravedlgger. His
references were good, and the minister
agreed to assign him to the churchyard.
He was to be paid so much a
grave. The gravedigger haggled over
the price, finally accepting it.
"'But will I got steady work? he
demanded.
"'Steady work!' said the minister.
'Land's sake, man, with steady work
you'd bury all Paint Rock in a week!'"
The Whole Law.
When one mcfcklngly asked Hlttel if
he would teach him the whole law
while be stood on one foot the rabbi
replied: "What you would not like
done to yourself do not to thy neighbor.
This Is the whole law. All the
rest Is a commentary on It. Go learn
this."
Not What Ho Wanted.
A Scotsman walked Into a Montreal
bookshop and, as the assistant thought,
asked for Robert Burns. On being told
this the proprietor of the shop himself
got down three or four editions
of the poet and took them to the waiting
Scotsman. The customer, however,
shook his head hopelessly and
said, "It's nae Robert Burns I askit
for, but rubber bands!"
The
Scrap Book
The Cause cf tho Delay.
English is lull of pitfalls fur the f '
eigner wlm wrestle- with ii. and ilio'
j language > -vriv i< lis a; |
times, as litis :?l? ie from India i
shows. The story is to the effort That j
when a battalion of tlie Middlesex regiment
was ordered To take part in a :
recent ceremonial parade at l?ellii the
commanding otn<a-r dcierniined lo relit i
it with new Pools. Ho aeeonlinirl.v |
telegraphed to a Calcnita firm: |
"Send l.oiMt pairs of hoots for MM-,
diesex hy next train." ^
Dnvs passed, and no boots arrived.
The colonel's anxiety increased hourly.'
Just when he had become almost frantic
the Halm manager in Calcutta sent
hltn this telegram: 1
"Order received, but not compre-,
bended. Male sex 1 know; ditto fe-;
male sex; middle sex. however. n<?r
known. Please send specimen."
Pride.
Could or.e ascend with an unheard of!
flight I
And skyward, skyward without limit,
soar.
As if the pinion of a god he wore.
Till earth were left a dwindling star.
whose light
Flew faint upon his track?at last nls
height I
All height would vanquish. There in
deeps of space
v> ere neiwier upi^i ?ui unci
Distinction's little zone below him quite.
Oh. happy dreams of such a soul have I.
And softly to my heart of him 1 sing.
Whose seraph pride all pride doth over-1
wing.
Soars unto meekness, reaches low bv
high
And, a? in grand equalities of the sky.
Stands level with the beggar and the
king!
?David A. Wasson.
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Had Tried All Kinds.
A noted heavy we Afit pugilist, who
for a time in the h^day of his fame
occupied the chair of sporting editor
of a certain journal, gloomily lemarked
to a friend one day:
"Say, Jim, I don't mind standln* up
in the ring an' glviu* an' takin' a few
hot punches in the ribs or wherever
they happen to land, but this here
plckin' up a pen an' slingiu' off a column
or so of literatoor every day or
two is what makes ine tired. I believe
I'll hafter resign."
"No use resigning. John, old boy."
advised the friend. "A job like yours
isn't picked up every day. To make it
easier lur juu i numu
petting au amanuensis."
"Oh. thunder! What's the use?" exclaimed
the great editor wearily. "I've
tried a common steel pen. a stylergraff,
a newfangled fountain pen, a
patent Ink pencil an' half a dozen
other writlu' contraptions, an' it ain't
nt all likely that an amanuensis '11
work any better'n the rest of 'era.
No; I reckon I'll hafter quit."
He Knew He Was Alive.
A certain young man's friends
thought he was dead, but he was only
In a state of coma. When in ample
time to avoid being buried he showed
signs of life he was asked how it
seemed to be dead. ,
\ "Dead." lie .exclaimed. "I wasn't
dead. 1 knew all that was going on.
And I knew I wasn't dead, too, because
myv foot were cold and I was
hungry."
"But how did that fact make you
think you were still alive?" asked one
vi i IJL' niruius.
' Well, this way: I knew that If I
were in heaven I wouldn't be hungry
nnd If I was in the other place my
feet would::*; he
Touching the Spot.
j The grim visaged guest sat gazI
ing at the dinner before him in the
restaurant. His eyes were sad, and
| his hands hung limply by his side.
Presently a glad light illumined
his eye.
"Waiter," he cried, "is there a
chemist's bv here?"
"Yes, sir," replied the knight of
the apron, "across the road."
"Do they sell mustard plasters ?"
"Yes, sir," said the waiter,
"strong ones too. They touch the
spot and make it tender." And he
smiled mildly at his little bit of wit.
"Well," said the diner, "that's
just the sort I want. Send over for
half a dozen and put 'em on this
beefsteak."?London Scraps.
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HATS, HEADS AND HAIR. |
The First Pronounced Innocent of
Separating the Other Two.
The rule? of health for the hair
>o far as we know them arc hrief.
inrush the hair thoroughly at least ;
nice a ilay, but let the scalp alone,
t.or the brushing be thorough and '
[ leforahly with two brusiies. which j
rou may use as if you were currying
a race horse to get hint into .
show condition.
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l\ccp I lie nair inuruugiuy ciean
in this way and the scalp will large- :
ly take care of itself. Wash the
hair as often as may be needed for '
?leanliness, which, as a rule, for men !
will be once a week and for women |
ibotit half as often.
Avoid using too strong soaps, ,
strong alkalies, such 'as ammonia j
md soda, and too hot water, as all
of these take out too much of the
aatural lubricant or oil of the hair i
and leave it dry and harsh. As a j
rule it is well to dry clean the scalp
is much as possible, and it is surprising
how clean the hair and
scalp can be kept just by thorough
and regular brushing a'^s***^"ying
alone.
The most important detail about
the washing of the hair is that it
should be rubbed or brushed until
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uioruugiijy uij. it txus is uunc ni
the short liair of men there is no
objection to wetting it daily or even
two or three times a day if desired.
The risk in leaving it not perfectly
dry is that the natural oil of the
hair when mixed with water rapidly
decomposes or ferments.
This condition both irritates the
Ecalp and furnishes a fine culture
medium for germs, which thereupon
promptly sweep in and give rise to
the commonest form of dandruff.
Particularly objectionable is the
habit of wetting or slicking the hair
in order to comb it and avoiding
the use of the brush altogether.
The intelligently used brush is the
best known hair tonic, but when
the vigor of the hair is beginning to
fail even this may be carried to an
extreme and become injurious.
While it is well to keep the scalp
dry and well ventilated and exposed
to both light and air, there does not
appear to be any valid ground for
the belief that going bareheaded,
particularly in the sun, in any way
promotes the vigor of the hair.
I)r. Woods Hutchinson says in
the Cosmopolitan that "so far as
we know anything about the intentions
of nature it was never meant
that the human head should be exposed
to the direct rays of the sun.
Experts are unanimous in declaring
that excessive exposure of already
thinning hair to the direct rays of
the sun will dually accelerate the
process.
"I have, seen a great many bald
heads exposed to the no hat cure,"
he said, "but I have not seen any
crop, except blisters, produced
thereon.
"The bulbs of the roots of the
hair go down completely through
the skin and into the fatty layer
which lies between it and the skull,
and the thing that to the expert eye
is really significant of the prospect
as to progress or cure in a particular
case is not the condition or color
or cleanliness of the scalp, but the
thickness or thinness of this fatty |
layer which underlies it.
"So long as this is present and
the scalp is freely movable over the
skull there is hope of restoring a
reasonable growth of hair, but when
this has been absorbed and the
shiny scalp sticks as closely to the
skull as the cover on a baseball the
outlook is practically hopeless."
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Sammy Told.
Mrs. Smith was "showing a visitor a
new hattree she had recently purchased
when little Samuel came in and
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neglected to remove nis nai.
to teach him a lesson she said, "Samuel.
what did I buy that hattree for?"
"For $1.9S," answered Samuel
promptly, "but you said I wasn't to
tell anybody." ^ ^
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