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C. vA id Repairing 2e and need Repairs to i, just take it to JSE & SONS I u wait. id Mules is a specialty f i i y, . . . _ - .1 r* 1 *i tne cnuc e Form. A good Sfi en and Children. \ Vaii oVl All 1H K/o 1 UU 3I1UU1U LTV fault. RCUS mmmmmsmmmz j . i A ^? y and L at our Op tid Thur inspection by our s for the Fall and V resent and look ovei Goodsl POOR CONRAD GALLS j BACK BY-GONE DAYS. (Continued from rage zj down his face, caused by the smoke burning his eyes. I asked him, "Frank,how do you like this place?" "Oh,massa,"said he."ebery time we move we go toad?n wusser place." But,alas, poor Frank is gone and we who knew him hope that the smoke of no other place bothers him now. I will now mention a few of the old white men,those who lived in the palmy days of this old State. There were a good many who lived in Charleston, the City by the Sea, where the writer was born. One of them will be the last to be forgotten, not for the love I had for him, but for the most unmerciful whipping I ever got with a rawhide whip. My body was covered with black and blue marks by that old heathen. I was" looking at a common thermometer which I let fall out of my hand. It was broken into fragments. Old Kalb was a powerful Dutchman and without a word he walloped me, a small boy; almost lifted me off the floor with that terrible weapon and no one to itay his hand or say, "What doest thou?" But all I knew at tbat time, a lone orphan, was to submit to every abuse. Ah, well I remember the three unmerciful whippings I got in my life were by three burly, powerful Dutchmen in Charleston, the City by the Sea. A stout Dutch woman almost murdered me once with a wooden broom handle,but all is hushed now, and if they are being beaten in turn now I cannot say. I will not mention any more of the cruel ones,but some that were good, of whom I may have written before. There was Mr John McFaddin, father of Mr John F McFaddin of Kingstree. He was a man,as well as "Uncle" Jim Epps, "Uncle" Bob Epps, the Smiths, thd' McElveens, the Burgesses, the Reardons, the Harringtons and the Mclntoshes. It may not be interesting to some readers of The County Record, but it is interpstincr to thp writer hpcansp it. is a token of love to write these names on paper as they have long been written on his heart, and, besides, I believe the children are pleased to hear the names mentioned in true and loving words. Capt Isaac Nelson of Kingstree and Mr Robert Fulton, long since passed away, were my friends. I must also mention Mri Philip Heller, the father of Mr M F Heller of Kingstree. Mr Heller was an old German and was very kind to me; called me "Conrad". I was down here once on my way to Georget . *iL _ #i. 1 J j* 1 town wun a raic 01 newea umoer, j 1's Foot ioe Shape, We iVe are Showing Fi : familiar with our adies' Cc lpnincf r?r? sday, Oc itrons and friends tl Winter Season that h; our splendid assort] Co., arriving about dark, Mr Coleman t was keeping a bar-room then. I was r wet and cold and went to the bar \ for something to warm me up. Mr 1 Heller was sitting at a small table in v the har-room. It was then cettintr J late. He was a great beer drinker 1 and would get pretty full about the f time for him to go home. His eyes r were quite h y. I said, "Mr Heller, come and take some beer." With his head a little inclined down, he replied,"No, I t'ank you, Conrad, no, I t'ank you, I am f-f-full, lam j f-f-full." "Well," I said, "one more c won't make much difference." p "Veil, I take one vid you. I get h? n when I get home anyhow!" ; A young man whom I knew quite well came along with a very old mule, apparently about 25 or 30 years of age, and said to me, "I have a mule here I want to trade." Mr Heller was quite a horse trader and would trade for any animal, no matter how old or poor in flesh, but he was a man with horse sense, too, and could not be fooled; besides, he would not try to cheat or misrepresent anything. He knew quite well from the looks of the above named mule that he was very old. He replied to the would-be mule trader, "If you gan brppve dot mople is bu^ 10 years old he is wort' den dousand dollars,he is de domdest koorossity I ever see." Mr Billy McElveen, the grandfather of Mr George A McElveen,of this town,was also a great trader. "Uncle Billy" he whs called by nearly all who knew him. He was a man who would not allow anyone to impose on him. Once he had a falling out with some one whose name I have forgotten. "Uncle Billy" was very mad and went up to the man and said in a very loud and angry tone, "If you say I did so and so I will jump down your d?throat and gallop your d? chitlins out," and of course the man did not wish to experience that galloping exercise, so the matter was dropped. Mr Editor, I expected to mention other small subjects when I began" this letter, but I have said so much more about the old men that to say more would be too tiresome, so I will name only one more poor departed friend, a Mr Jacobs of Manning, who was a foreigner, and a dear friend,a Mr Charlie ) whose funeral he had attended. Mr Jacobs from accounts was a German Jew and a man with tender heart. After the burial of his friend, poor Charlie, he was telling in a lamentable tone to all who stood around the grave, borne otners loved poor Lnarlie uobia Dingle. He vas der Col Benbow. He vas der Bill Cobia. He vas der poor Charlie. He vas getting himself buried. Poor Charlie, he vas dead and he was dere, too." I have often isffisssasasasasa s Grow a e sole agents for th all Shoes. Differen Shoe Department <ssssass3ss^sssasasss^SA jg at Suit I 1 tooer 1 ie largest and most ive ever been showr ment. KINGSTR 1 ;hought of those kind-hearted old nen and what unspeakable joy it vould be if, after we bid this world :arewell, we meet them in the other vorld beyond the blissful shores of , lordan, singing the songs of the Dlest, and where "the wicked cease rom trouDimg ana tne weary are &i est." . No more at present from P C. Kingstree, September 19. The price of subscription for The tecord is $1 25 a year; we allow 25 ents discount when a whole year is aid in advance. If you are six norths or a year behind don't exect a receipt for a whole year for ne dollar. This applies to all. tf f Farm I and A Ml AAA M. ^4 If you want a farm, n< are the men to see first, i place to buy. We have | ranging in size from 5 acre the town limits to the coun We can show you som< in this State, lands that gi truck and, in fact, anything City Properi We have a number of here at bargain prices. W in a home or in a lot for a to buy. We make the ten no Uvv UU lllUUt insur] YES, WE HAVE Life 1 Fire 1 I r Tornado \ 11 Live Stock 11 ] Automobile J Plowden & OFFICE: Stackley Building, Next Dooi | besides they are inexpensive and l<x For Sa Williamsburg Hardware Co S It Sho le famous R. & H. it Shoes from tho: by this time. If} vingstre r -M display I j ? and 2 > 1 stylish effects in I J i in Kingsf^ee. j Jl EE, S.C. jl Welcome to tbe "General**. That popular gentleman, "General J Prosperity," gets this greeting from j Editor Russell, of The Cedartown. Pi Standard: j / "Welcome, General, come right in. A What'll you have-corn, rye or gin? rur we wain 11 uuucrsiwu 1 Nothing we have's a bit too good. ! Our fields are whitening for you. We're happy o'er our corn crop, too. In all the length and breadth of Polk ^ You'll find a well-contented folk? So here's the corkscrew and the mint, j Sugar and 'water' without stint." ?Atlanta Constitution. 3 ' 3 km in torn, Ittir itsHiu lift Mrt The wont cases, no matter of how long standing. are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve* Pain and Heals at the same time. 2Sc, BOc, |L0& ? K 't Is For Sale! | )w is the time to buy; we and Williamsburg is the a large number of farms s to 2,000 acres, and from ,ty limits. N J a of the best farm lands jj row corn, cotton, tobacco, ? you car? to plant. ty For Sale! very nice homes for sale e are sure we can suit you J home. Now is the time ll~ ns to suit the purchaser.- I \NCE? 1 | I IT! WE WRITE isurance 1 : Plowden Shingles orSlate WMWGHT i Metal Shingles \ - The'roofing that lasts as long as I he building and never needs I pairs. ^ I ey won't bum, crack, curl or rot I vood shingles, nor have they the I 'eight or brittleness of stone slate; | >k better than either. I Ub ? - Kingstree. S C. ??????? @??88?88??88?88Sg: old! r* 4 j r?i Ni Educator snoe g$ se they'll show p kou are not it's ? e, S. C. | nmmmmmm ^