Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAYING TOO MUCH FOR SPACE 0 Proposition Made by London Times Does Not Seem Alluring When Thoroughly Analyzed. One never knows in what eeoentricity the r.? .. c-derprise of tlie Times is goin^f to break out nowadays. Hoiv is its lates! bid for ad- 1 vertisemonts: '"The capital outlay; charged to insure the appearance of j an 'In Memoriani' announcement in the Times annually in perpetuity is ?15 for four lines, and pro rata." No doubt, while their srrief is fresh upon them, many bereaved persons j of merits will avail themselves of this offer. One of the labor papers, j however, has had the impertinence to work out a sum in arithmetic to find ou* what this means. The interest on ?15 at five per cent per annum is 15 shillings. The advertiser, therefore, in addition to making the Times a capitalist to the extent of ?15, is paying it 15 shillings for a four-line Tn Memoriam' notice. But the ordinary every-dav charge for a single Tn Mcmoriam' : notice in the Times is seven shillings j and^sixpence?just half that sum? for anything up to six lines.?London letter to Xew York Post. V~. <.^ 1 > v/vi, ?i uinn Tn niinrr StNAlUK ULINbi* IU SNUrr Wisconsin Statesman Has Old-Time Habit?His Attention to Routine Work is of Note. Senator Stephenson is one of the few statesmen who retains the oldtime snuff habit, and when he takes out his snuff box and begins his reminiscences, curving his head in a characteristic way, you know there is a good story coming. "While in congress he has always given special attention to routine work, which many senators disregard. Every day lie sends a bunch of bills and resolutions to the desk, and sees to it that proper appropriations are made for improvements in his 6tate. Senator Stephenson has the distinction of be-* i : 1.~ ?11 ing uie cue uu&uicse m<ui *?uu iu an his large operations, involving millions, never signed a note or had one indorsed for him?hut with his pack on his back early and late, started early in life to build up his own fortune, buying pine lands when everyone wanted to sell, and holding fast to his investments.?Detroit Free j Press. THE NEIGHBORS' CHICKENS. This is the time of year when your neighbor's chickens that are allowed to run at large become a nuisance and a pest. Just about the time you have your flower bed or truck garden all nicely laid out and planted, along comes a roving chanticleer and his harem and t.hey proceed to play the dickens with it and spoil the efforts and hard work ot several days. Why some people insist on letting out their chickens, thereby violating the law and incurring their neighbors' displeasure and sometimes enmity, has never been explained, but they do.?Newcastle Courier. AT THE ARMY BOXING MATCH. Civilian?Rather a fearful man, that? Soldier?Well, 'e ain't really very fearful. You see, the big fellow's 'is sergeant, an' this is the only chance 'e 'as of getting a bit of 'is own back.?London Punch. NO CHANCE. "Why on earth don't men settle .down after they marry?" complained Mrs. Grabb. - ? * Ci. ; ".Because ineir wives wou i quit stirring them up," retorted Mr. <Jrabb. THE REASON. Manager?You prima donna9 certainly charge high prices. Singer?Listen to that! "Why, j man, you get our services for a song! ! i KEEPING UP. "A man has to think fast to keep < .up with the times." "Yes. Especially if he is working in the weather bureau." j GIVING WAY, Miss Skittles?You must never see me again. Mr. Skids?All right. In future we will meet after dark.?Judge. YES. ' "Edith, is that young man gone ?" tcalled the landlady at ten bells, t "Yes, completely," came the anIswer.?Michigan Gargoyle. ' *... _ raaa* CLOSE TO NATURE'S HEART Glory of the Sierras Could Not Help but Bring Inspiration to the Poet. It would be well for manv of oar poets of American nature if they could l>e purged and strengthened in Kedwood canyon, writes Henry S. C'anbv in the Atlantic. For here one cannot be content to pipe; one cannot blink the immensity of the world or the scope and sweep of nature's plan. The work of wind and water and heat is clear; the great trees ' grow by law where moisture lets them; their seeds die in the slopes | which the swing of the earth or the sun has made sterile for their kind. > In the placid home country of the lowlands, or in the hacked and brush-grown forests of the East, the imagination is easily dulled or frozen bv realizing that the cliff is only worn calcium carbonate, and the tree a compound hydrocarbon. Here one comprehends without disillusion-; ment the immutable laws of matter. > Here the symbolic beauty of the great trees carries the thought into further speculation; drives it from the petty sentimentality of the mere nature enthusiast into serene; breadth. A French decadent would i write verse as noble as beautiful in the Sierras?if indeed he could write at all. A magazine poet of the undergrowth would rise above senti ment and egoism. A scientist would , reach beyond facts into beauty, as i? i proved by the work of such pioneers in these splendid mountains as John I Muir and the geologist Clarence j King. BUYING BIRTHDAY PRESENT t? Clerk (in jewelry store)?What can I do for you, sir? Prospective Customer?It's not a question of what you can do for me, I but what you can do me for. ADVICE FROM MARK TWAIN. There is a gem in a letter from Mark Twain, which probably has not been published before, to Will M. Clemens, who wanted some advice. It: is mounted in the Slicer copy of "Punch, Brothers, Punch With Care ? T a/Iimaa nnAfVtnT ,i,dn ! hlmv L ail a auuoc aiiuuiti mau wisely, out of such a capital as a life filled with mistakes? Advise him how to avoid the like? No?for opportur.-'ties to make the same mistakes do not happen to any two men. Your own experiences may possibly teach you, but another man's can't. I do not know anything for a person to do but just peg along, doing the things that offer, and regretting them the next day. It is my way and everybody's." DIFFICULTIES COMPARED. "You may be president some day." "Well," replied the precocious youth, "if you mean president of the United States, I'll try for it, but if you mean president of a railroad, I'll think it over." THE REASON. "Maudie's tones seem, when she sings, to be guttural." "That's why her teacher is trying' to curb them." AN UGLY HINT. "1 eat a great deal of fish because it is good brain, food." "Do you prefer weakfish or minnows ?" UNENTANGLED. Billbv?So Marconi is to be an Italian senator. Willby?Evidently in Italy a politician need not be a wire puller. DAMP ENVIRONMENT. Silas?My wife reigns supreme at home. Hez?Mine pours when she has a dime novel to read. ' ^ Come to the Q Try a glass of WELCI quickly soothes the parche ating vim into the spring here * 'straight" or in the Rickey. The quality fountain is everything. Our motto: Q Our fountain specials, made our service famous. \ Scott Drug Cold Drinks Have Your Eyes Exami i I have taken a thorough cc j glasses and am now prepared eyes, so that the finest print If your eyes bother you com* \ of charge. If you break youi \ them immediately. I also carry the finest line c JEWELRY, SILVERN ever shown in Kingstree. Fine Watches and Watches, Clocks and Jewelr T. E. BA Jeweler an Kingstree, THE WAR 1 51 I J. L. ST I HAS I Horses a I For Sale or I J. 1^. S 1 Livery, Feed j j| Lake City, For the Pur Groc GO W. J. RE Nexsen Built KINGSTREE, J Goods Way Up in Quality IT PAYS TO ADVERT! Let Us Print You s< uaiuy ruuiiidin i'S for that tired feeling?it d throat and puts an invigoday. WELCH'S is served ( famous Bryan Hiball and headquarters for the best of uality?Purity?Cleanliness. Sundaes and Sodas, have ; \_UIIipciiiy I of All Kinds * ined and Glasses Fitted, >urse in testing eyes and fitting to fit up glasses to the weakest may be read with perfect ease, i in and have them tested free r lenses, see me. I can replace 'MandCHINAWARE Clocks a Specialty. y Repaired Same Day Received ogett, d Optician, I - - S. C. I : is on us: jt i uckeyi DHTH & I JUV JL JLJL gj nd Mules | Exchange. | uckeyI and Sale Stable Of? South Carolina p est and Best eries TO :ddick's ding, Main St. - - s. c. i but Way Down in Price. j ise in the kecord! >me Office Stationery V IW. R. Scofl k\ Merchand M DEAL |j Rice, Grits, Flou | gar, Coffee, La 1 Hay, Grain, Stock & Our office is in the old M and we invite you to cal ? buying. W. C. HEMINGWAY, President Bank of I Capita Heming\ The earlier you sta good BANK, the sooi many resulting benefit Open a checking ac get that money of your temptation to spend ii IBank Check and cultiw the BANK OF HEMINl (u ONE?O ASK CENTF THE PURE F We carry a complete line < FANCY Gl Our stock of Canned Good and inspect our "White Ros< Vegetables and F 'Phone Us 1 I^BRITTON ? MHM iMBbj :I?] ^ I No. Six-Sixty-Six This is a prescriptioa prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER. Five or si* doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Caiomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c I t & Brother | ise Brokers ?t -ers in ;*> r, Meal, Meat, Su- I ,rd, Cheese, Etc. ^ ond Pnnlhru PaaiIc 4 ffl ClllU A U UlLi J A VVUU | ^ Wee Nee Bank Building 1 and get our prices before w 0.6. HU66INS, Cashier Hemingway ^ 1 $15,000 i vay, S. C. rt friendly relations at a ler you can enjoy the s. count with us today and s out of danger of loss or t. Use the convenient ate friendly relations at if JWAY. W ?EIGHT. 1 t ;al for 108 OOD STORE Of LSROCERIES ' s can't be equaled. Come in b" or "White Cap" brands. ruits of All Kinds. four Order. & HUTSON. J Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and /Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.