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Supplement to THE COUNTY RECORD ? J VOL. XXIV. Kingstree, S. 0., December 1, 1910 No. 98 J hat' " SCKANTON SKETCHES 'JMl Thanksgiving Entertainments?Death of a Little One-Personal. Scranton. November 28:?Policeman McGee has been on the sick list , several days. Mr G G Haselden has bought a tract of land on the suburbs of the town and is having lumber placed thereon preparatory to building a residence. Mr W D Matthews of Cowards was in charge of the railroad and telegraph office here last week, re* $ lieving Mr Cusaac, the agent. * Mr R F McKnight has been confined to his room for several weeks and is reported to be gradually sinking. Miss Cora Lee Coleman, Miss Lexie Gause and Mr Fleming Gause , attended the hot supper at Cades last Wednesday night. Rev W T Patrick will preach his last sermon for the current conference year at the Methodist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The infant son of Mr G C Cusaac \ died last week of pneumonia. The remains were taken to Bethel church, near Olanta.for interment. t Prof Tom Lindsay, impersonator, gave an enjoyable entertainment at the school auditorium Thanksgiving evening. He fully sustained his i?anntatinn as an accomDlished enter tainer and pleased his audience immensely. Mr D P Wall came home from Lanes and spent Thanksgiving with his parents. v Dr C H Pate went to Bishopville last week to visit relatives. Miss Cora Lee Coleman of High Hill, Miss Bleecker Mills of ProsV " pect and Miss Auman of " w i i rnenaneia were umung uic yuuu?school teachers who attended the entertainment at the local school auditorium Thanksgiving evening. Thanksgiving services were conducted at the Methodist church by . ' Rev W T Patrick, the pastor. At the conclusion of the services a collection was taken for the orphanages. WEC. Bethel Breezes. Bethel, November 29:?Messrs K S and Bishop Burgess went to y Kingstree Friday of last week. Mr W H McElveen was in Kingstree Saturday on business. There was a fruit supper given at the home of Mr S H Adams on last Wednesday night. Everyone seemed to enjoy it very much. On Thursday afternoon of last week a party of young folks from > around here enjoyed a straw ride. Those who went were: Misses Carrie K , Cooper, Mary Burgess, Ruth McElI veen; Messrs Arthur Cooper, Robbie Burgess and Bishop Burgess. Mr David Epps of Kingstree spent the Thanksgiving holidays at his home near here. Everybody was glad to see him. Well, Mr Editor, if this escapes the waste basket, will call again. Brown Eyes. A FATAL MISTAKE. Farmer Near Lake Ctty Took Wroaa Physic?Died Soon After. Lake City, December 1:?Tuesday night, at his home a few miles from town, Middleton Matthews by mistake took horse colic medicine instead of the remedy he was taking for rheumatism. He died a few minutes after swallowing the dose. The horse medicine directions were 30 drops for a hoise and Mr Matthews took a table-spoon full. The deceased was well thought of in his neighborhood. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his untimely end. CAPACITY OF A COW. Development of Milk Producing Quell* tics Begins With ths tair. j To Rive uiilk a cow must eat and eat a great deal aud have the internal 1 machinery to take care of what she eata. writes E. L. Vincent in the Nai tioual Stockman. You take a cow al? ways ns slim us a racer and she will not give much milk, do the best you can with her. She Is made, so far as her work is concerned, and little can t>e done to Increase her powers in this direction. But how can we "make capacity" in our cows? 1r it safe to crowd a culf 1 nntil it is ready to burst, its bide alj ways stretched like a balloon? To this i ! . This Ilolstein bull calf is an excellent specimen of the breed he represents. The Holstelns are second to none in milk producing qual> itiea. I j I reply that overcrc rding will cer. tainly not avail. Hut this is about the , line we may work upon: Begin early and begin carefully. For a number of weeks I would rather a calf should not have quite what it wants to eat rather than to be stuffed beyond power to assimilate. Not that a calf should be starved. Give some milk, and as soon as it is old enough to chew and digest it begin feeding some nice hay. Add also a bit of buckwheat shorts or not too coarse wheat bran. Gradually add some to the milk ration niglit nod morning. Watch the result. Doa't get n calf off its feed. It must be watched all the way and not pushed too hard and jet must have enough. That is the way to make a cow. WHY PARKS AREA BENEFIT. n Improve Social and Moral Conditions ot a Community. PAY WELL AS AN INVESTMENT. How Kmim CHy Hu Profited by its Parking System?Mothoda Par Towns to Adopt In Socartng Park*?Why Attraativaaaaa Pays. The old Idea <rf parks was that thej are luxuries and are chiefly for those who hnd time nod taste to enjoy the beautiful. A city or town thnt conld afford parks was regarded much In the same light as a rich mau who possessed in his own home beautiful paintings, statuary and other works of art These were obtained chiefly to gratify the pride of the owner or to gratify the taste of the family and friends capable of enjoying such things. Soon it was seen that parks not only furnished pleasure, but preutly increased the health and happiness of ? J ?I.A Anil tue people Hnn llliproveu uiv airviai ??vj moral conditions of tbe communities. MV8 >1. B. Baker lu Farm and Iianrb 1 could easily demonstrate tbls fact, but we bnve not time here, nor do I think it necessary, as it is almost self evident. Granted, then, that parks, parking*. clean afreets and everything else that goes to make up tbe City j Beautiful do add much to tbe pleasure, happiness, morals and health of tbe people, are these not reasons enough to Inspire every city, towu and village to go to work at once to secure these things? But I shall pass over nil these good reasons and conshijr for n moment the commercial side of the subject. From the standpoint of tbe dollar. parks do pay. and they pay l?lg. Kansas City is a uotable example of what has been done In tbe last few years. Ten or twelve yearn ago tbe people there realized that almost nothing bad l>een done to beautify tbelr town and attract tbe home builder and business man. They quickly adopt trriiiFTRR or riwc uoramahd health [From the American City. New Vork.J ed a plan for the city and worked out a system of parks and boulevards, costing $9,000,000. Already it has proved to be a profitable Investment, and they are getting back in Increased taxes, due to the enhancement of ynll lies, muii' i .1 iu ju-.... the outlay. In .peulng some 0/ the drat parks and liouteviirds they had to tight their way by ? mlemnatluu proceedings, etc.. bat it wan soon seen that in whatever part of towu these improvaments were going on property tncreaaed In value, so that it was not long before every part of the town was clamoring for such improvements, in some cases even offering to pay for them. Itoday the people of Kansas City are enthusiastic over their civic improvements, and they say ftat parks pay. What has been the case in Kansas City has also been true iu many other places. After studying this question for several years 1 am convinced that the average town or city is not indifferent to these things, but they almpty don't know how to make a start If outy a few enthusiastic, public splritad people will pet the matter on their hearts they will soon And a way. Of courae the beat result* cannot be attained in one or two yean. It tfckaa time! and the people should not become impatient. 1 would fay to aH towns desiring parka, ete.: First.?Employ a good architect to aMhe a plan. Second.?Devise waya sod meaae t? cocore funds. Third.?8ecurc land for parks as carty c possible, large tracts on the outskirts and several small tracts In the thlekty Settled neighborhoods. Fourth.?Oo to work systematically sad Intelligently to beautify the grounds. Fifth.?Don't expect everything to be done In one or two years. It takes time to do these things, and no doubt mistakes will be made. It would be remarkable If they were not. nut If the proper gtart be made and honest and Interested men are managing it rtiey can hardly fall to obtain good results In the end. In conclusion I would emphasize the fact that if a town expects to nttract people It must make Itself nttractlre. ( this day and time no Intelligent ban cares to live in a town lacking in Aeauty and health, and the towns that make the best increases In populate* in the next ten or twenty years wB be largely the ones that do moat tu -Ai 4.1 W? make tnemseives attractive uj *.-???.improveraents. <> A # PITHY PRESCRIPTIONS BY | THE BUSINESS DOCTOR. <| ? ? Silence Isn't always golden. ^ < The talker with something to < >, ! > say Is worth a dozen keep stills. 11 ? X. C. Fowler. Jr. r I Do not tell yonr business alms % or plaus. What you cac know 7 and the other man doesn't know ? Is your best asset 7 Do not do today that which A soi."!"body else will do for you z tomorrow. A Some merchant somewhere 4 some time may have taken ad- y 4 vantage of nil of his opportuhl- 4 y ties for increasing his business. 7 % but not you or I. Z A R?tinr ??plr ?n<1 trdlf mtinwlf a than late and keep others wait- % A A valuable man is one who at- $ $ ways knows what to do next. ? & No alarm clock is going to ring & t when time strikes the hour of 7; & opportunity. Fate never yet < x failed to turn down the man who t $ waited for something to turn up. 4, Causa of tho Ofash. "What was the trouble between Swinton and his wife? Was it his fault or hers that they were unable to get along together?" "It's rather hurd to decide. It appears that whenever one of them had an irresistible impulse the other had an unalterable objection."? Chicago Record-Herald.