Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE WEEK'S DOINGS AROUND LAKE CITY, FARMERS* GINNING CO. INCREASES CAPITAL?A MONSTER MELON -FINE RAINS-PERSONAL NOTES. > , - ? - T\ T T? Lake City, July lt<:?nev j n,[ Rushton, who is now in charpe of a pastorate at Smoaks, is here on a visit. He came Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs G A Brown came in last week from Florida,whither they went the early part of the year. We I hear that they will not return to! Mr Percy Hutson of Charlotte, N C, is visiting relatives in town. He !s a son of the late John W Hutson, who was well known throughout Williamsburg county twenty-five years ago. Mr J F Rickenbaker Monday gathered from his patch in town a watermelon that may be regarded as a good one. It weighed sixty-three and one-half (63 1-2) pounds. It was raised from seed brought by Mr R E Rickenbaker from Georgia. The grower sent it to his brotherin-law, Mr Sidney Sutcliffe, in Newark, N J. Misses Towsend. Sessoms and McCleningham of Florence are visiting Mrs H 0 S Jackson. Miss Rertha Morris is at Hender sonville, X C, with the family of ner brother, Rev S C Morris. LeRoy Lee, Esq. was here from Kingstree Tuesday. Mr and Mrs E H Willis, whose home is at Cottageville, are visiting Mr and Mrs M A Thomas, the parents of Mrs Willis. , On Tuesday last Charlton DuRant, i Esq, the well known attorney of Manning, was in town on professional business. When Mr Batten says it is going < to rain, you may count on it to a < certainty. He has a certain sign which he regards as a sure thing; at any rate the sign has never failed yet. Henry E Davis, Esq, came down from Florence Tuesday last and presided at a reference here. , Miss Emma Bass of Latta is visiting her cousins, Misses Sallie and Gretchen Bass, on Acline avenue. Notwithstanding the excessively dry weather of the spring and summer, some crops will be made that will be good and that a few years ago would have been considered excellent. For instance, Mr John T Eaddv, of Johnsonville, has some corn from which he expects to gather a hundred bushels to the acre, and he is looking for two bales to the acre from some of his cotton. Any cause to complain? Dr and Mrs A H Williams spent 1 thp 1?ttpr Dart of last wee"k on Sul- 1 livan's Island. j: Miss Laura May Rodgers visited j in Latta last week. The personal property of the es- j tate of the late Samuel T Godwin . was sold last Monday by the administrator. Two of the mules were bought by Mrs S J Godwin, and two by Mr R B Cannon, the "machinery was all bid off by Mr J A Green. The remaining property was bought by various persons. The proceeds of the sale amounted to about two v thousand and four hundred dollars. We had a rain last Monday "to , set Miss Mitchell." We speak of it as " rain meaning to include the sev^ oral showers which fell during the ^ afternoon. It was perhaps the biggest rain that has fallen here since last August. Everything was thoroughly soaked. Miss Sallie Bass spent last week with relatives in Latta. ft Messrs W L McDaniel and John T Eaddy of Johnsonville were here last Monday on business. Sheriff T S Burch came down from Florence Srturday afternoon on business. He levied on some houses and lots in town under execution on a judgment. The Farmers' Ginning and Manufacturing company increased its capital stock from two thousand'dollars to ten thousand dollars. This com-1 ? . panv is now putting in a new, complete and modern ginning outfit on its lot on Thomas street, and will ? have things in shape for work in a few days. A saw mill, planer, grist mill and a fertilizer mixer will be d added as rapidly as possible. Those s1 connected have gone at the matter tl in earnest. W L B. n Appreciation. ri I c< The editor and his family are sin-! ^ cerely grateful to our kind and! . thoughtful friends for "remem-1n brances'' recently bestowed upon us. | Within the past week we have had a: v couple of fine melons, tomatoes and i ^ SI vegetables of various kinds from j friends in town. Tuesday our old-time friend, D W P Cnnrtnov nf fVHnr Swsmn. brousrht WUl VWVJ V/ *. ?y _ IS1 us a large bag of red,luscious peaches, j" "White" is an industrious and sue-1 cessful young farmer who makes ^ fine crops and enjoys sharing the ^ fruits of his labor with his friends. w Speaking of peaches, some of the 0] biggest, finest specimens we ever m saw produced here or elsewhere ' were sent u? Tuesday by Mr W E Nesmith of Cades. A half-dozen of these delicious peaches filled a good- ^ sized box,one of the largest measuring lOf inches around and weighing 11 ounces. The half dozen weighed ?' 61 ounces. Think of it! Six peaches ^ weighing nearly four pounds avoir- ^ dupois! Mr Nesmith failed to state ' CM the variety of these magnificent specimens,but says that they were grown ^ without special care or attention, which is one more striking instance ' of the limitless possibilities of our . - ?' ~ /.^..l an/1 alimato county S lliaiCIUCSS SUM mm viiiuui*. with a good [percentage of brains ? rr thrown in. We appreciate these gifts far ^ more than their monetary value, showing as they do that in this age of commercialism there are still those who rate our labor higher than ei the mere equivalent of the "price of j subscription". It is such disinterest-. U] ed attentions and kindnesses that g. cheer the fainting heart and make C( us go more blithely to our task these yj long,hot days. To one and all we re- jj turn sincere and heartfelt thanks. S( Pertinent Paragraphs. j All honor to State Superintendent of Education Swearingen for exposing the school-book scandal. Although bereft of his sight, he can see farther and has more sense than n the entire State Board of education s1 combined. tl * * * pi Statements from each member of Ori the State Bqprd of education will now be in order. Of course the other ^ fellows did it. * * * VA Governor' Bleaso should have re moved the State Board of education as when he was in a removing spirit. ^ The school-book scandal will cause a stench in the nostrils of the p<>or countrv people who have children to f( , . , lo send to school. ^ * * * b< Actording to the rect-nt schoolbook adoption the books to be used \j in the public schools of South Carolina will cost the people $200,000 a ^ year more than formerly?$1,000,000 P for five years. Talk' about graft! ^ And the poor farmer must toil on P with his mouth shut and submit t<> this robbery. * * * 6< Government experts are now can- ^ vassing South Carolina for the pur- r pose of eradicating the hookworm, h The idea that a small worm should c< burrow through the skin and enter ^ the intestines of a human being is 81 rather mystifying. If a man is lazy, & instead of treating him for hookworm it would be better to use a n buggy trace on him and make him c go to work. If laziness is a symp- J1 torn or hookworm we fear those ex- q perts will have more cases than they can handle..Johnston Nercs-Monitor. There is one medicine that every * family should be provided with and f especially during the summer 0 months; viz, Chamberlain's Colic, fi Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It c is almost certain to be needed. It costs but a quarter. Can you afford e to be without it? For sale by all dealers. e t Chamberlain's v Never fails. Buy it now. It ma;* save life. ^ C f) s ABOUT DOG-DAYS. >rlgln Dates Back to AncientsVarying Opinions As to Time. We have been asked when "dogays" begin. The period popularly tyled dog-days had its origin with le ancient Greeks and the Interational Encyclopedia states that the eriod began twenty days before the sing of Sirius (the dog-star) and intinued twenty days thereafter, he time of the rising of Sirius vaes in different latitudes. Webster's International Dictionary ?lls us that dog-days are "a period f from four to six weeks in the immer, variously placed between le early part of July and the early art of September." One astronomer, Roger Long, ates that in an ancient calendar the eginning of dog-days is the 14th of uly; that in a calendar prefixed to le Common Prayer Book printed in le time of Queen Elizabeth, they ere said to begin on July 6, and ad September 5. Later British allanacs placed the beginning on J uly 9 and the end August 28; in still ther almanacs, the beginning was ut on 28th of July and the end on le 7th of September. Some Engsh calendars now put the beginning i July 3, ending August 11, and a npular American almanac issued in $90 gave the beginning of dogays as July 31 and the end Septem?r 5. The Standard Dictionary fixes the ?ginning of dog-days about August continuing through 40 days. . So it seems that there are a multude of varying opinions about the iat:er, and almost any old period oni July 1 to September 1 would i i ncluded under one or another as og-days. Notice. The Williamsburg County Farm's' Union will meet at Kingstree on uesday, July 25, at 12 m. All local liens are requested to send deleates, as business of importance will ime before the union. E W Dabbs, ce -president of State Farmers' nion, will be there and will tell us >me things that will do us good. A A Brown, Pi-es. T Frierson, Sect'y. Mouzon, July 15. Farmers* Institutes. We have been requested to anounce that the Clemson College intruetors will hold Farmers' Instiltes in this county at the following la.es: Cedar Swamp, Williamsburg, AuList 23: J G McCullough, Kingstree. Rome, Williamsburg, August 25: M Mitchell, Rome. Andrews, Georgetown, August 26: '#H Andrews, Georgetown. Party headed by J X Harper and listed by L A Niven and D R Co?r. When you want us to change the Idress of your paper it will save ts of trouble to name the old > well as the new postoffice. Please ?ar this in mind. tf Just one plug of Merry Vidow will convince you hat it is the best 10 cent lug of tobacco in Kingsree. Buy from the Peole's Mercantile Co. 5-1 M3t The Crow In Love. All birds (luring the mating seaon become more or less sentimenil and murmur soft nothings in a one very unlike the gTind organ epetition and loudness of their abitual song. The crow is very omical as a lover, and to hear im trying to soften his croak to le proper St. Preux standard has omething of the effect of a Missisippi boatman quoting Tennyson. ret there are few thingB to my ear aore melodious than hit caw 01 a lear winter morning as it drops to on filtered through 500 fathoms of risp blue air.?From Lowell's "My iarden Acquaintance." Tho Bridge of 8ighs. She doesn'-t like bridge. She goes o the parties just to please her riends and to trust to luck for one if the prizes. She sat in a dull ,ame the other afternoon and was aught yawning. "Sleepy ?" asked one of the playre. "No, not exactly," was the drawld answer. "I'd rather do a washing han play bridge. One can sing rhen one's washing."?Indianapolis News. J . i I SALTERS SNAP-SHOTS. Mr. Dabbs Addresses Farmers' Union?Local and Personal. Salters Depot, July 18:?Mr E W Dabbs, of the Farmers' Union, addressed a small crowd of farmers in the Salters school-house yesterday. Owing to the time that was set, there were very few in attendance. The Hamer-Thompson Co has completed its rew building and will soon be ready for business. Crops in this section are the finest in years ana are exceptionally clerr 01 grass. Messrs John Cook and H T McClary and Misses Frankie Cook and Margaret Simpson spent several days last week at the Isle of Palms. Mrs Jas A Ferrell and daughters, Misses Emmie and Lula, are spending some time with relatives in Marlboro county. Miss Margaret Simpson of Laurens is visiting her friend, Miss Frankie Cook. Miss May Pitts of Sumter is the guest of Miss Lois McClary. Mr H T McCIarv* the popular salesman for Mr lames A Ferrell, is taking a much-needed rest this week. Mrs C W Boswell and children are spending some time in Spartanburg. Mr George Tutle, the popular railroad agent at Strawberry, spent Sunday in town. Mr Ed W Tutle spent one day last week in Georgetown seeing the Kingstree team "do up" the Georgetown boys to the tune of 2 to 1 in eleven innings. It was a fine game. Mr Thos E Sailers is "sporting" a handsome road-cart these days. There is a great deal of sickness around here, including fever,whooping cough and measles. 1 Miss Ida Whitfield of Hodges is visiting her brother, Mr J W Whitfield. Work Will Soon Start after you take Dr King's New Life Pills, and you'll enjoy their fine results. Constipation and indigestion vanish and fine appetite returns. They regulate stomach, liver and bowels and impart new strength and energy to tlje whole system. Try them. Only 25c at M L Allen's. yJHIBWa Na?h'? LIt Is the 'Ml beat remedy tor RbeumaIB tlsm, Sciatica, Lame Back, hvA J] Still Joints and Muscles, MflRkrvJ IB Sore Throat, Colds, Strain*, (mRw Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, JEHJ Colic, Cramps, Neuralgia, IB Toothache, and all Nerve, } IFilift! II Bone and Muscle Aches k 1/allP ||and Pains. Thegenulne I WmSft H has Noah's Ark on every I vllulikl ^1 package and looks like this ggsjlHM ^B cut, but has RED band on ? front of package and "Noah"?liniment" always ? ^B in RE D Ink. Beware pf Imitations. Large bottle, ^B 25 cents, and sold bv all mm mm mam H dealers In medicine. i. ?^B Guaranteed or money remBri ^B funded by Noah Remedy. W Co.. Inc., Richmond, Va.' Sold and Guaranteed by Kingstree Drug Co. I LOUIS 232 and 234 KingS THE ARCA' The Largest Whotesa SPECIAL-* ton if you shop here, greater varieties to cho Market Centers. CLOSING < We are overstocke< kind: Tailor-Made Su Ladies' Waists, Walkir Lace Curtains, Shoes, / THESE GOOl To Accomplish < QUARTER Pay us a visit, writ attend to it as carefully J with Spring ana summer mer its, Silk and Lingerie Dresses, C ig Skirts, Dry Goods and Notions Vlillinery, Gents' Furnishings, Et PS MUST BE SOLD this We Have Placed the Entire Stock TO A HALF LESS THAH I e for samples, or send us an opei as if you were here in person. MKam Take it from the oldest man in the acco is the chew for men. No spice?i nothing to hurt yobr stomach?just goc bacco, properly aged and perfectly si won't give you heartburn. It's our treat to put you on to the r Cut out this ad. and mail to us with yoi attractive FREE offer to chewers only. LIIPFERT SCALES CO., V Name s 1 , Address (i ? EDITOR COUNTY REtORI Too much praise cannoi Continental Fire Insurance represented by the Kingsl Real Estate Co., for their pr of the claims I had against struction of my dental offi< brary by fire, on June 16. had expired when they tur check for full amount of slightest demurrage. Hurrah for the Cont . Kingstree Insurance & Real Respectfully ; A. Kingstree, S. C., 7-4-'ll. I Loss and IPplHE man who spends e income, no matter ho ptri^pl er than he who saves matter how small. That Is sense. <] This advice is just as sound: .1 dollars, as often as you can S| the strong box of the : WEE NEE BANK, K ^ Officers. . ? HUGH McCUTCHEN, ^ President. "5 W. V. STRONG. ^ ^ Vice-President. > 1 L. C. DOVE, ^ Cashier. Iommammmmaaaaaaaaaaawaa "Ml treet and 203 Meeting Street, Ch DE DEPARTMENT le and Retail Mail Order Hoy reare members of the Charlestoi tion, and will pay your Railroa* In addition we guarantee you ose from than you will find ou OUT SUMMER i " " * - ? ^ If i bunch, " Red Meat" tob10 excessive sweetening? >d old North Carolina toivcetened. That's why it eal thing in good chewing, lr name and address for * "J /inston-Salem. N. C . ' j * vjj t be accorded the Co., of New York, tree Insurance & ompt adjustment them for the de:e fixtures and liJust fourteen days ned over to me a loss without the inental and the Estate Co! yours, M. SNIDER. I wywwvywvyyywwo /|jj ClA\t\ 1 very cent of his + * iw large, is poor- * \ j' i a part Qf his, no ^ sound common < I I'# Put few or many -+ ? p pare them, into ^ '/ i n ingstree, S. C. * Directors W. V. Strong ^ Hugh McCutchen ^ * T.K.Smith ** ' " J. K. Smith ^ W. R. Scott ^ H. E. Montgomery ^ W. B. Cooper MMMAAAAAM^AAAAAO t ' "j > ' i CO. arleston, S. C. STORE ' ise in the South n Refund Associai fare to Charlesbetter values and tside of the Great r ' ' STOCKS. chandise of every ' Children's Dresses, s, Floor Coverings, tc. QUICKLY on Sale 1HIGIWAL PHICE j n order. We will V