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\ , ^ I BICYCLES ^ 1) "^. MUSIC Xew stock, just in. $18 /^ |/&j y4. ? I I /W% gSL J Sl^ ?T%'M Guitars Violins Banjos ? w- - Oility ILDHIlL11 XiKJCQllL Br f Spir?sc^tc,ore C V- % *r *>* .<V Spi^?fttctore jfeflL. XXVI. KIXGSTUKK, SOUTH ( AH01JXA, THH1SMY, AUGUST!, 1912. AO 21 _ ? ? fa fr you $ ^And we know you will do or money back. C. We i Stoves, Ranges, Crockery r Fruit Jar Coffins and Caskets F POOR CONRAD IN |l I NORTH CAROLINA,; ? WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF LIFE 1 IN THE OLD **T AR HEEL" 1 COMMONWEALTH. 11 I i Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co, N C. J ( Mr Richard Vause, Kingstree, S C. Dear Dick:?I feel very little like } Trritintr us t am suffering with a se- f vere cold, but I must let you hear j ?n me, for I believe you are more j rested in my welfare than any { else I left in South Carolina. I ? I have thought of you almost every j hour that I was not asleep. \ We left Florence Monday morning; s y.bout 10 o'clock and arrived at s - Winston-Salem, N C, about 5:30. I s ^B^vas quite unwell, so we stopped at f uie nearest hotel to the depot,a fleal 1 F mosquito den. The night was long i and hot, and the meals we got were 1 very ordinary; I did not relish them 1 at all. We left Tuesday morning i for this place. Our train was slow; 1 I I don't think it made over 20 miles t an hour at any time. I suppose it 1 was owing to having plenty of time i and no other train to connect with, 1 as this is really the jumping-off < place, only one train a day. I sup- { pose another cause of the slow speed 1 is that the road winds along the i Yadkin valley as the river bends 1 back and forth. We were in sight i rival. almAcf- the whole wav. i I ana corn Dreau nnt I have kept myself filled with 1 sweet cider ever since I arrived here, * the pure, genuine cider, you can see < it running from the press here every ^ da>f so I don't drink much water, e but oh, such delightful water! The t ; spring where we get our water ( comes from under a high mountain ? and is so cold it makes the teeth I ache. ' I Mrs Jeffords, her two daughters, t Mr Affords' sister and myself have * just ^turned from a tramp up to ( J U1 tll^r AlWi ?M?MVWW v..v I at least four hours. I was quite j ( pleased to see the different bends, j 1 r occasionally wide and shoally with , 1 sharp-edged rocks, with the water j f falling in broad sheets over them., e At many places they were like a 1 wicte plank placed across with one i i edge up and a depth of water about: i three inches pouring over. Some- f Kies I would see a nice straight J < earn a half-mile or more long king smooth and deep, I would ] n say to myself/'that would be a < ? run for my boat." No swamp on (i ler side of the river, but small s hes and a few trees now and s n. The valley, or rather river 1 torn,is all under cultivation,corn, j ?at, oats and rve. The small ] ii i_ ? Ja I, ([ grain nas an Cut anu oiiuvn^u | fpor stacked. < I saw some fine tobacco, a good 1 many saw and planing mills along 1 ^this route,also tanneries. The people c all seem to be busy, children as well 1 as adults. I did not notice any < ^felling, loafing young men or boys in i ^my of the towns as we traveled s along. We were nearly all the time 1 ^ sight of large apple orchards and 1 c$rn fields along the river bottom, i and much of it looks fine. It appears i as if there would be plenty of wheat 1 1 5 fnr cnmp timp | WILL the same thing over again ire the Hardware People, t )n until you get to your journey's s ?nd. ' ii I wish you could see our bathing lj Dlace. It is quite near our house but1 c it least 100 feet down the hill. If o :herc were no trees nor bushes v growing on its sides and you made a i tumble it would be impossible to ! J ;top short of the bottom. The bath- t ng pool is delightful, the cool water 1 v ailing over broad layers of rock; s slanting down to the bed of the' f ... "?^ KicrVipr nn one i b >11 fell 11 anu a iitkiv , .. side makes a good, hard and clean i v loor to dress or undress, shaded on n >oth sides. The sun shines for about i< in hour in the middle of the day. j t The water flows over broad layers of s lard, solid rock, each layer two to ' s 'our feet above the other. The r ong, overhanging branches of the 11 :rees make a convenient place to t. lang towels and clothing. I could t lot wish for a place that would! p lave suited us better. It is really j t camping out?plenty of firewood : s ind we often cook out of doors. We t lave rented a comfortable house n vith all the room we need. I: Drought my axe, hammer and nails J n ind had my handsaw sharpened be-! n :ore I left home. We brought our! I )wn cooking utensils, our quilts and j p Dlankets, and I have made three' t Dunks to sleep on,and with the addi-: e :ion of two small cots and one rock?r for Mrs Jeffords' mother, we can ounge in the day and sleep in comfort at night. The days are hot t vhen the wind is not blowing, but r ;he night calls for a good, heavy ii juilt or blanket. h We are about one-half mile from aublic road and one mile from postDffice. There are many lcnely-lookng spots here?mountains and hillsides covered with thick growth of scrubby timber. If I ever should lave to run away to escape from iustice, here are the best hiding daces I have ever seen, beat the palmetto thickets of Florida. You an see all around from the tops of ;he mountains the approach of man, >east or bird. We are in an out)f-the-way place and have seen only j :\vo white men and two white worn?n since we came here except those i. ve saw at a small store we visit sometimes, but not a single negro' lave we seen. We are near the Brush mountains, about six miles from the Blue Ridge. We can look | my hour in the day and see the ong Blue Ridge range. Well, I must stop to rest a little ind fill up again on cider. Mrs Jeffords and the children are going1 lown for another bath. Oh, how I vish all of my friends,especially the [ editor of The Record and the parent, toiling typesetters, had this >pportunity,and such a rest at night is we have here near our bathing jlace at the seat of an old water nill. The ravine or hollow where he water flows down is not more ;han 50 feet wide. The dam is built >f rock about 15 feet high. The wa/ Glassware, Tin and Agate S 1 :?| Kings! 1 :he top of a neighboring mountain- t It was some climbing. Dick, you t >ay paddling a canoe up Black river a nakes you hot under the collar, j v irou would be some hotter climbing 11 :hese rocky hills, nothing but hill c ifter hill. In going a quarter of a I nile you make a climb of about 200 I feet, then it's down the same and so r I TRY . if you will give us a chanc he people^vith the goods. : W^re, We Are Leaders, N Un wrli LI CC l miui Wholesale and er passes through a sluice or rough on a trestle farther down md pours down on an overshot 1 cheel about 20 feet in diameter, ."he mill is not in use and has been ut of commission for a year or so. ^ t is situated in quite a lonely spot. ^ was somewhat surprised during r ny first visit there, while standing 11 olitary. watching the leaking and ncessant dripping of numerous * ittle streams gushing out of the (y iverhead water trough,still pouring v ver the old wheel as it used to do a irhen at work,but much less now on s ceount of the different leaks, i * ifter a few minutes the buckets on i c he wheel get filled and the old a ;heel will turn around until that !1 ! l upply is emptied and then it stops j or another few minutes. I did not 0 now what to think when the old 8 rheel started. I thought for a mo- ^ lent, "Is the old mill haunted, and s f 5 some great unseen spirit turning j L he wheel?" Nevertheless the water * upply comes from several large t prings and the old whe^ makes its v egular turns day through and night 0 hrough. The millstones have been p aken away and nothing remains but R he old, dilapidated building. I sup- e iose the foundation that supports! he wheel is kept wet, which pre- s erves all that part, and there is no i1 " i ?-u i j i b .111 111V w Debt is A TERRIBLE MASTE! unsafe speculation. Instead of li: talk of some smooth stranger, v result of doubling your money in advice; PLAY SAFE?bank your ness chance comes RIGHT HERE ATTEND TO YOUR OWN BUSI* smooth sailing. Let OUR Bank b< We pay 4% Interest on FARMERS & MEI I * 'ABSOLUTELY SAFE" eiling now lon^rne oiu wnetri nm> nake its regular turns. e I went down to another mill this a norning to get some fresh corn * n?al for nice hoe cakes for dinner, also bought fine chickens at 15c " >er pound. We had luscious peaches F oday and plenty of stewed apples ^ very meal. I remain as truly as ever yours, o Poor Conrad. t """* ? c One Blease man who has just urned for Jones says he feels so t nuch better now that he is not go- t ng to take a tonic which he had f iad prepared for himself.?Daily t ?iedmont. Lift kjmootlu after you A your ' ANYTF e to sell you once. You c A full line of Shelf Hard ot Trailers /tare Con Retail Dealers DEATH OF AN OLD NEGRO. .awyer McFadden Succumbs to Typhoid Fever. Benson,July 30:?Lawyer McFadlen di^d of,typhoid fever last Thurslay. He was one of the old slavery legroes who was quite an orignal character. He delighted in rearing happenings of bygone days old in a typical negro dialect. Law er AlcFadden will be missed. He i-as not vejy industrious but was .lways present at a picnic or a hot upper. He was ready to wait on he "bucker" at any time, and espeially in time of sickness, and has cted as a nurse for the white men 11 the neighborhood. Just recently e waited on Mr Edwin Grayson and thers we can remember as far back s Capt Jno E Scott. Maj J B Chancer and Mr Alex McCrea, whom he tood by till death claimed them. Editor Wolfe also, when he lived in his neighborhood, was nursed by his old negro during the time he L-flc and needed assistance. This lass of negro is rapidly disappearing, and we fear the younger ;eneration have not profited by the xample they set. Dr Feeley, the State veterinary urgeon, has visited near this secion,condemning some horses owned y the Singletary negroes and afFectd with glanders. They were killed, nd we hope this will put an end to he disease. A protracted meeting at Cedar iwamp church is in progress. The >astor, Rev J L Mullinix, is assisted iy Rev R VV Humphries of Sumter. Mr N D Lesesne, assistant cashier if the Bank of Kingstree, visited his section,the home of his boyhood lays, last Sunday. Rev W E Hurt preached to an atentive congregation last Sunday afernoon, taking for his text, "A food name is rather to be chosen ;han great riches." Tobacco curing is about over here failing ave saved money R. Debt comes usually from stening to the get-rich-quick ^ho promises the impossible a short while, take banker's money until some good busi! AT HOME where you can IESS. THEN life will soon be i YOUR Bank, savings accounts. ^CHANTS BANK j . LAKE CITY, S.'C. 1 UNG C ire sur^ to come back. We ware, Sash, Doors, Lime, Base Ba lpany f~ 5 i i for this season. The planters, up to j ' the present, seem to have been well j pleased with the prices received on Ithe Kingstree market. Masters Davis and Emory McGill are numbered among the prize corn planters who will harvest an abundance of the grain this fall. * WES. f Newsy Notes from Nesmlth. Nesmith, July 29:?The farmers of this section are busy curing tobacco. Some of them have found time to take some to market. Those ' who have sold any are very much i pleased with the prices received, which were very good. Watch Kingstree tobacco market grow. i j i The crops in this section are not so good compared with last year.! i The corn growth is not sufficient to < yield a very large ear. Cotton and | tobacco were injured somewhat by the recent spell of wet weather. I Mr Harry Galloway of Hartsville | spent several davs last week with j relatives here. Mr E F Tallevast of Jacksonville, i | 7 j Fla, is now spending some time with j * - - ** TT m il i. 1 we can furnish at the lowest possible'jjri I handle the best of everything in music, I with you. Railroad Fare Paid to & Qut-of-Town Customers. , Seigling Mu 243 King St, CI his lather, Mr n r lanevasi, ana other relatives at this place. Mrs J E Johnson is visiting her j daughter, Mrs H T Ham of Georgetown. Mr A F McElveen lost a very fine ; mule some time ago. t The county chaingang is now located near here. It is grading down : some hills and claying sand beds, j which is a great improvement to the roads. This is the first time the chaingang has been in this section in quite a while. The roads are fine where the work has been completed. I Mr and Mrs S C Waldron passed through town one day last week on their way to the home of Mr Wali dron's parents, Mr and Mrs G W Waldron, returning to their home at Hemingway on Monday. Mr L H Johnson wa3 in Georgetown a few days last week. Mrs Alice Dicker is spending the summer months at the home of her parents,Mr and Mrs J E Johnson, of this vicinity. / 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any j case of Chills & Fever; and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not i ? i t?_;? or return, rncc w-^u?xm I ^zr-z-TiEziisrc NCE j i guarantee satisfaction I Cement, Plaster, etc., I II Goods | .ead?Others Follow. 1 I _________________ No Sucb Fund?A Is Wrona. cally all his time to the worK. As an illustration of the handicap . our count}* has had: Florence county with one-half the number of schoolswe have, has been paying the superintendent SI,500 and $300 extra for a clerk. Georgetown county, with one-half the number of schools, has been paying $900. J G McCullough, July 29, 1912. County Supt of Ed.. Unveiling. ices, or on easy terms, if desired. We and it will be a pleasure to correspond Pi^no Tuning iR the Country at Reasonable Rates. isic House, harleston, S. C Editor County Record: I note the inquiry referred to the County Superintendent of education as published in the last issue of your paper. A is wrone. There is no i appropnation for traveling expenses in visiting the schools. I am informed there was an allowance of $100 for this purpose a number of years ago, but during the tenure of the incumbent and at least a part of that of his predecessor there has been no such appropriation. This, of course, does not relieve the superintendent of education of his obligation to visit the schools. The duties of the office have multiplied within recent years, however, and it has been impracticable to do systematic visiting along with the other \ work on the salary paid. The incumbent has done some school supervision, but much of his traveling has been spent in visiting communities with a view to building up better schools, getting better buildings, etc. The salary has recently been raised from $650 to $1,000 and the County Superintendent will henceforth be able to devote practi Lake Camp No 426, WOW, will i unveil the monument to the late Ju; lian F Tanner on Sunday evening, August 11, at 3:30 o'clock The unveiling will be held in Lake Chap! pell cemetery. The Camp extends j to all neighboring Camps a cordial 'invitation to be present and take part in the exercises. The public is also invited to be present and all members of Lake Camp are especial- * ly urged to attend. J A Carter, I Clerk. y Tf vnn want- first-class (groceries at actual cost, don't forget that L D Kodgers is selling out. 3- I1T n^TJSIC ' t