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**??<f<?-f*? Ui Mums Shoe" } ^ KIIS " ??? *? * i urr MUHt AtfUUI AN It i 8ELLUM DAYS. ' * * I i v "POOR CONRAD" RECALLS THE GOOD OLD TIMES ON THE PLANTATION. Editor County Record: ? I submit herewith another letter I wish you would publish in your, good paper, if time and space will; allow. My last was al>out the old men and this one is more about these men. I have in reserve the sayings and doings of a good many more yet. In the old days whiskey was kept in almost every home. When the wagons with cotton would go to Charleston, coffee, sugar, some! flour, iron for making plows, and, whiskey would l>e brought hack. : Some would bring back as much as a barrel of whiskey. In many | houses the decanter filled with good; whiskey would always l>e on the J side-board, and l>efore sitting down to a meal a dram would be taken by the family and visitors. If the whiskey was not set out and the; visiting person not invited to drink, I1 he would say to the next neighbor: | "I took dinner with Mr So-and-so,' and he did not set out the decanter i for me." The whiskev then was. not such poisonous stuff to hre one up with the devil. Mr Kijt Tisdale of Sumter, who1 was known far and wide in his day, ' / and who was at heart a better man 1 than many who never allowed themselves to get under the influence of whiskey, once during court at' Sumter picked up an old horse | shoe in the street and went up in i the court house and held it up and | asked the Judge, if he knew what that was. "That is a horse shoe," t said the Judge. "Well, you are aj wiser man than I am. I did notj know whether it was a horse's shoe j or a mare's shoe," replied Mr Tis- j TV,.. bo/I biiii htoked I' WitlC. X lie y uugb ...... I up for a fur few hours.. It was Mr 1 Tisdale's rule to go to mill on Saturday, always passing through the the town then called"Sumterville." Hi s wife said to him on one oc- j casion: "You can't go through town and return without taking a drink." "I bet I can," said he. So he went through town and returned without stopping until he got aWit a mile, when he shouted: "Hurrah! I must go hack and treat resolution." There was more real fun in the men of those days than among the old men of the present. I will also mention some sayings , of the black men, the old slaves, which will be interesting to those s ^:@:@:@:@:@.@:?:?:?:@ s MID W . - ? ? * ? t rr ? Dr ? _ S 40-inch Homespun, Sale W 7c Gingham, Sale Price ? ? Hundreds of othei ? ? ? 1 1^ V??\ V*..-. "( J less and attending to daily duties, ?' were often susjiected of U'ing old ;i hags at night. Some of the old a slaves actually U'lieved that the s horses were ridden in their stalls at t night by hags, esjieciallv if it hap- c pened to he a hot night and a horse c was found sweating. -; t It was interesting to hear some of e the negro men and b>ys tell about t l>eing caught hy the neighborhood , t patrol, as the slaves were not allow- v ed to go from one plantation to an- 1 other without a written pa<s from y the owner. The patrol squad w?.s 1 not mi duty often,only occasionally, i p at night, or on Sunday afternoon, j f When caught a few lashes with the j v whip was a ll, none were severely pun- u ished, as the owners would not allow ii that. Old Madison, who belonged li to Mr Nelson Cousar of Clarendon, h could tell how Messrs James Mc- h Knight and Elliott McFaddin oncefn caught him out at night. They in- e tended to whip Madison, hut want- <1 ed to have soni9 fun out of him also, n So they made preparations as though o they meant to tan him in lively a style. While one of the patrol par- e ty began to pull out a long buckskin t< string as if they were going to tie ? him up high, Madison lagged arid f promised not to l>e caught out ag.iin a at night. He told what an awfully t long and strong-looking string, he expected to be tied with, The ? bushes on the road-side where he 1< was caught were quite thick and v Madison had an eye in that direc- v tion. I asked him if the patrol t whipped him much. "No, suh; when I see dat bad buck-skin string f; I couldn't stan' dat." "What did d vou do?" I asked. "Oh, deam, I & gee urn groun, I gee um groun," o meaning that he ran away liome. li Old Joe Burgess was another old- g time slave who belonged to Mr Jo- a seph Burgess of Tom's creek, father h i?f Mr Sidney, and grand-father a af Mr Carol 1 Burgess of Kingstree. p "Owl," as he was commonly called, u was a faithful servant and his mas- h ter's family had much confidence f< in him. He was trusty,and among a all the young people who wanted to c send confidential notes or love let- j c ters, Joe was the one to he trusted j u to bring an answer "on the *ly,"|C at either end of the line. When ii the"who?who?who-o-o! "of a sup- 11 posed owl was heard, the lover or -weet-heart would know the "Owl* ii ?:?:?:@:@:?:?:?.?:@@: S U M M WE MUST y Goods Departmei Price 5c yd 40-inch Lawn, I 5 l-2c yd 10c India Linen 50c Marquisette, Sale Price 39c r items are not advertised a i c@:@.@:?:@:@:?:?:@:?:@ Jii >fc Jfi y i^I iy te&tt aliU/ "WbMETV IGSTREE ** ^ - >|k ? wini rcmcmlter tli??e times nlniut \ which tlif young ones of t<nlav know \ but little. VViicn I was still a l*>y ? I loved to hear the old negroes tell 1 ghost-stories of old hags riding their j J at night, and how the old hags had (i to shed ?their entire skins before hi they could have any power over a sleeping people, hiding their skins : until U'fore the break of day. Some i old, decrepit black women, who t < 111 ri 111 r tlw? ().|V wi ill li I Iinrvar 11:1 r 111 - a if the near-hy plantations woum <uend and sometimes many of the \ rhite people would be there. I leard "Uncle" Daniel preaeh in the ard at Mr Zae Herrington's i 1 854. I never heard a more feeling >ruyer than he made; he seeilied to eel all that he was saying; the fords from his lips flowed in a regilar stream and seemed to go deep rito the hearts of many who were istenin| to htm. I was then a wild oy, but "Uncle" Daniel?slave jus ie was and b ack as the real African icgro?brought the tears from try yes. In those days when a slave lied the buryi ng was usually done it tight; that would give those on the ther plantatii ns a chance to attend, nd generally there would lie a gre it rowd in attendance. I have atended mapy buryings in my life, ome of them very solemn, bet, riends, the old negro slave burying t night is the most impressive scene o witness. There were no glass lanterns then; ome would be torch-l*ea re rs with ?:..?!! "fn?" lialitvviuirl i - 'I* 'I* *?* ? Coi > ( DKY t??H? ?|k?Jii A y ? ? tfc i vas near with a letter. 4,(>wl" vatched the young fi?lk closely and nade it his business to l>e near on land much of his time. Poor old foe! He, too, i? gone. His liootng on the sides of Pudding Swamp md Tom's creek i< heard no more, las. I will also mention "Cucle" Panel. He lielongcd to Mr James Kpps he father of Mr Pete Kpps of Cade?; md grand-father of the Kpps brothrs of Lake City. "Cncle'' Daniel, s his young masters called him,was t preacher and the most intelligent lave that 1 knew. It wa< the cus0111 with the farmers to allow the olored preacher to preach in the iwncr's yard at home or some neighKir's yard. Seats would lie furnishd them and the slaves from many - * ' ' -.1.1 .A idly piev-fs vi ?, .'hich makes a letter light. Prayers roukl be made by two or more of he old ones and hymns sui g. 'Hark, from the Tomb" was the avorite, and sucli singing I cannot [escribe. It would send a tingling ensation all over you. Hundreds f voices?the tenor, the alto, the] ass and the weird soprano?it was rand and thrilling, almost subline, nd would come as near making ' he iair of the head stand on ent.as nything. Hut, like the hooting of our old Joe Owl, it is heard no lore. The slaves were all generc lly lealthy and strong, lungs sound; j ?d on good plain f?hk.1 , not one in thousand ever had consumption, hill and fever, pneumonia or severe old. Not like black people of to-day rho try to imitate the white folk ating, drinking, chewing and smokig tobacco, and his vices and aillents. Well, I have written more than I ntendedat the lieginning. I am not @:@:?:?:@:?:?:?:?:?:<i I E R C MAKE ROOM nt 5c grade 9 3*4c yd Lawn 8 3?4c yd s our space is too small. S. MA :?:?:@:@:?:?:@:?:?:@: ft* J#' me and )xford ' Fron GOODS lone with the old in n yet. I have something to write aliout* a good j many more. The editor of The County Record j is very kind in printing my letters.1 It is a pleasure for me to write let- j tors to the readers of Tile Record, \ hut only as far as the pleasure of my friends to read them.no farther, i and no douht some who are pleased i to read them may not Ik- suhseriU-rs to The Record. If so,please send one! dollar to the editor and let him send 'you the paper; he does not charge i me anything; I do not want any, commission, hut wish to do him a j good turn. < >ne dollar is not much now-a-days; send it at once and! j mention on my account. The editor! will know that I am helping him j and "Poor Cjnrad" will heencour-j aged and continue to write right on. ? -i. mure <tt pic.^ciic. POOK COXKAD. j Mr W W Barr has returned from his summer trip to Greenville and other points and is back at his post with Bank of Kingstreo. For sunnier diarrhoea in children always give Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, and a speedy cure is certain. For sale by all dealers. Sprains require careful treatment. Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain.s Liniment freely. It will remove the soreness and quickly restore the parts to a healthy condition. For sale by all dealers. Tetter, Salt Rheum and Eczema Arc cured by Chamberlain's Salve. One application relieves the itching and burning sensation. French Frugality. Even in the country where economy is practiced to perfection the practice has its drawbacks, as a writer in Gil Bias points out. A oil prt at a small restaurant in II win pay yuu iu visit uui o ROUS @:@:?-?:?@:?:?:@:?:?:<? f the environs of Paris complained to the proprietor that he had not received the half chicken he had ordered. "How much longer shall I have to wait V* he asked. "Only until somebody orders the other half," the proprietor replied soothingly. "M'sifur would scarcely expect us to go out and kill half a chicken ?" A Thrifty Scot. A Scottish farmer when going to market, it was observed, always took a lien in his trap. The reason was never known until one day he took a friend with him on a drive. Every place the farmer stopped he put the nosebag on the horse, and then the hen was so trained that ? what dropped from the horse's bag ? the hen would pick up, so there was J nothinsr wasted. > ID/YD CI ATT ! JT UA OAiiA* j Fri?-k in *nv quantity to suit purcha> J *r. The Best Dry Press Machine-made { X siBxcae. * special shapes made to order. ? orre* p nondeii'**1 -f>]i?*ired b<*tore n'jodnif vr?u? p order-. w R y\'\K ){ 3>:?:@:?:@:@.@:? ?:@:@:<? LEAR FOR OUR FAL Lac< 5c Laces, Sale Price 10c Laces, Sale Price 8c Embroideries, Sale Prl 7 n..i. c ejc ?? "j* (j< ^n|< Get Y Slipper ti Us. COMP A An invitat owners of cylin Columbia e / We could argue thi Indestructible Cylinde: from now?but what $ you could not prove it i into our store and see We could print a wh< day about the special; bia processes of manu 5c tmoroiaenes, saie rn? toe. tore. where 'at all if the Rec evidence. COLU 1NDESTRUCTIB RECC won't break, no matter ho they won't wear out, no ir played. Moreover, their 1 more brilliant than that record made. Don't men come inside our store and Carolina Pu LB i for's House and Lot in Kingstree. 0 High, v dry, healthy, New sev and stables on premises. TERMS RE/ Address ] 5-29-tf. Kingstn >AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?i >:?:@@:@?:?:@:?:@:?:<? INQ fc L GOODS is and Embroideri 3c 15c Embroiderie! 6c 25c Embroiderie ce 5c 50c Embroiderie " - - - _i. AO^ ? 4* *j* *j* "I* , our J s { ' ?*? lNY jl '|\i ?|k-??y>' i^ii i^? H V OVE IT! . ."JS ion to all / der machines? md others. 5 quality cf Columbia r Records until a year good would it do if or yourself by coming ? AM/1 llA/tWll/f it) 1 iny cuiu iit-iti w?y m i dIc newspaper every I and original Colum- j facturc?and get ?ox?rds did not bear the MBIA LE CYLINDER )RDS * w roughly they are used, latter how often they are tone is far purer, clearer, of any other cylinder sly take our word for it? listen.Cost 35 cents I rniture Co. , J Hp r?f? ? ????? ??? ? ?? ??? >ALEI j ne block from High School. ? en-room dwelling, with barn 4 : LSONABLE. < V Box 402, I . ??? S. C. 4 LAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAM* ?:?:@:?:?:?:?:?:?:e:?? ALE | ? o y es. @ 5, Sale Price 11c ^ s, Sale Price 13c jgj * s. Sale Price 39- j ? ? ,1 @ ? @ ?>:?.@:@:@:@:@:@:@:?@ . i " -'-d