The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 01, 1912, Image 1
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I NORTH CAROLINA,;
? WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF LIFE 1
IN THE OLD **T AR HEEL" 1
COMMONWEALTH. 11
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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
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:?| Kings!
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: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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Tf vnn want- first-class (groceries
at actual cost, don't forget that L
D Kodgers is selling out.
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