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A Desperate jj Remedy | * > < !! It Was Applied to Two Pa- \ <' tients and Wat Successful ' It ;; By P. A. MITCHEL H "John,* said my especial friend. Mrs. . Edith Allison, "I am very sorry to see -i you neglecting the most important matter in a man's or a woman's life. 80me day, when you are an old man, tino/i lifp. tired of vour club, forced In the evening to go out to seek the companionship of persons whom you care little about, and many of whom care less for youT when you return to your lonely bachelor quarters, with no one to welcome you. to pass a night alone, you will regret having wasted years of opportunity to provide yourself with a borne." ** "What a horrible picture!*' \ "The picture is not half as horrible as Ihe reality." "Marriage is an awful risk." "A risk, yes; the other Is a certainty." "But I can't compel myself to love any woman nor any woman to love me." "That ia where we in America err :>n the side of romance. Abroad the principal feature in wedlock is the dowry; here it is what we caJl love. A dowry is tangible; love is intangible. Far be It from me to decry a pure affection, but that emotional condition, which in men and women is one minute ecstatic and the next may turn to hate, or later to Indifference, is no basis on which to make a life contract binding two persons together." "Would you have me go into a room blindfolded where there are a number of unmarried women, take one of them by the hand and lead her to the altar?" -you mlgnt as wen uo uuu us ui? ? partner while blinded by love. You don't need to do either. One thing you can do that to reasonable in choosing a wife. If yon take any one Into your employ you require references, don't you?" -Certainly." "Very well. Why should you not aH the more require references in taking a wifer "And the wife, 1 presume, should require references of me?" -Certainly." "It seems to me," I replied after some hesitation, "that your idea would only serve to keep me and the woman I might marry still farther apart" -Not if it is properly carried out" What was Edith driving at? I conf fees I could not make out That sh# was a woman of great originality I knew. That she was my devoted friend I did not doubt She had cautioned me before this against waiting till I was an old man before marrying, and I suspected that she now had -1?- T If cha SUUK yiau XUl UlC. t nuuuvivu u wuv was not bent on making a match between me and some young woman who, like myself, was growing out of her youth and should be mated. "Come, Edith," I said; "out with it You're bent on marrying me off. What ' is your plan?" She paused a few moments before replying; then she put down some fancy work she was doing and. looking me straight in the eye, said: "Desperate cases require desperate remedies." "Granted." "It would do no good for me to introduce you to a woman who I believed would make you a good wife." "I should probably spurn her." "Nor would it avail to introduce such a woman to you, assuring her that she would be happy with you." "She would wonder if you thought her bereft of any taste whatever." "I have a woman in mind and hare had just such a conversation with her as I have had with you." "The dickens you haver "Yes, and she admits that any man introduced to her for the purpose of making a match would repel her." "I see; you are going to throw us together without our knowing of your design." "Nonsense. That threadbare theme of novelists might do for very young persons. You ana the woman l nave in mind are too old. The only way by which you can be united is for both to place the matter in the hands of a third party." "As in Turkey, where the parents arrange matches for their children and the groom never sees the bride's face till he lifts her veil after they are married." "You have stated the case exactly." "Very well, to cease generalizing and come down to a definite plan?" "The lady whom I have assured that you will make her a goo'' vnsband has consented to leave the wh- ie matter to me. My plan requires that you do the same. Do you consent?" "How can I consent to what I dont know?" "You are both being assured by me that neither will make a mistake?to turn the key of wedlock on yourselves without having seen each other." "Great heavens!" "Is It not done everyday in Turkey?" "Go on." 'Ton are to be married without any previous acquaintance, not having seen each other till you stand before the clergyman who marries you. At the conclusion of the ceremony you are to separate for a week, at the end of which time you may, If so disposed, eall on your bride. From this time. further, tf you are both so disposed, you are to do aa much or as little courtlnf aa you like." "It seems to me that this is putting the cart before the horse." "Not at all. It is simply applying a < stimulant to obviate the indifference of , middle life. If you cut a gash in your ( arm what do you do to draw the parts ' together?" < "Apply an adhesive plaster." ] "That is the intention of this plan ot , mine. It Is an adhesive plaster to draw you and the woman together. 1 Married you cannot fly apart. You are ( bound by matrimony." "Edith." I exclaimed, "what a head you have on your shoulders! You 1 should have been a scientist" i "I am giving you nothing but common sense, nothing but what has been 1 practiced in all parts of the world from 1 time Immemorial." I WAI1 mean t/v f AM TV\A fhnf t?A11 A/v jvu jlucuu iv ICa iuc/ vuuw j vu i bare succeeded in inducing a woman to consent to your plan?" 1 "She would consent to no other, j There must be a plunge, then time to recover from its effects." I sat thinking over this remarkable proposition for some time without j speaking.' 7_a "Edith," 1 said at last, "this is certainly a desperate remedy y^u pro- 1 poee, but It is as desperate for the wo- ] man you have in mind as for me. Sou would not, I know, concoct such a scheme for me with any one except a lady and one in whom you repose great ] confidence. I only question whether ( in recommending me to her you are not influenced to wrong her on account J of your friendship for me. The lady 1 has doubtless had time to think the matter over. Give me the same. When ' I have decided I will advise you." I went to my room and did the hard- ; apt job of thinking I have ever done < in my life. 1 had already come to ; hate the loneliness of my abode, and my picture as a white headed old man ] came up before me?tottering out alone to dinner and tottering back to get rid ( of the hours remaining before bed- 1 time. These and other pictures of the i future 1 called up, contrasting them . with the sweets of home, wife, chil- 1 dren. On the other hand, 1 thought 1 of being tied up with a woman who j might turn out to be a virago. 1 remembered that my friend, Edith Al- 1 lison, hsd said that the loneliness of 1 old age is a certainty, matrimonial unhappiness a chance. As tbr waiting ( for a love affair, I had been doing that 1 for twenty years, and there was less 1 hope now than ever. True, under the < influence of a sudden passion 1 had wished to marry one of several differ- 1 ?ui wuuieu ai uiuctcui uiuco. tvuumtsly they had all refused ma Later I found that my judgment of them had been execrable. In Mrs. Allison's judgment I had every confidence?that j Is, her judgment of women. , One morning I was driven to ths house of the fiancee I had never seen and who had never seen me, to be mar- ' rled, arriving at a few minutes before ] noon. I was prepared stoically to , meet either a beauty or a Gorgon. At 12 o'clock the bridal party entered the ' *oom where I waited. My wife to be 1 was not beautiful, but I saw charao- ? ter in her face. I was relieved. Her mother led the way and, advancing to me, grasped my hand, pressed it warmly and showed also a warm sympathy in her face. The bride, i whose color seemed to have deserted j her, did not raise her eyes to look at me. From thinking of the frightful plunge I was taking?so I considered 1 it?I was turned to sympathy for her. j We stood together before the clergyman while members of the bride's family gathered on the sides. 1 made < the responses in a firm tone; the bride's j were barely audible. When we had been pronounced man on/1 fni? thA ( AiiU n lie LL1J UUC IU1UCU uuu AVI ?aw first time fixed her eyes on my face. | This first look at her husband was met by a sympathetic, assuring smile from me. At the same time I took her hand and pressed it Then I turned to carry out the terms of this singular plan by leaving the house. My wife did not relinquish my hand. Her mother, who was watching us, asked me to step into another room, where a breakfast had been prepared. It occurred to me that if my bride had been disappointed in me I would have been permitted to depart Doubtless the mother saw in her daughter what decided her to detain me. We passed into a breakfast room and seated ourselves about a round table. There was a stiffness among us for a time, but presently we were chatting as if we bad known one another for years. All talked except the bride, who sat with her eyes fixed on her plate. But roses had come into her cheeks, and there was always on her lips that which resembled an incipient smile. When we had refreshed ourselves we all rose from the table, and the members of the family vanished in different directions, leaving me and my wife alone in the hall, I with my hand on the knob of the front door. I have narrated this important episode in my life so far as I intend to narrate it here. That part of the plan \ which related to a pcet-nuptial court- e ship I do not intend to touch upon, ex- J cept to say that our courtship began ^ when my wife first looked up at me j after th? rprpmonv. and. thonirh I am ^ now an old man, it is still in progress, t Children have blessed our union, and our family circle is what family circles 1 should be, so I consider it about all that makes life worth living. I was induced recently to dine at a club one evening with a friend. An ' old bachelor whom I knew came in, I took a seat alone at a neighboring ta- l ble and desolately fed himself. What he did when his dinner was ended I don't know, but a month later he com- \ mitted suicide. e Two Great Baptist Meetings. The Baptists of South Carolina are to have a great summer gathering Sunday-school workers, B Y P U workers, leaders of Woman's Missionary unions,organized class workers, pastors and others, beginning July 9 and continuing until July 16. The assembly will be held at Furman university, Greenville. A gathering Df fully five hundred workers exclusive of the local attendance is confidently expected. The programme is rich and varied. The faculty is composed of leaders and experts of note, ?oming from all sections of the State and South. Rev Thos J Watts. Columbia, is the general secretary of the assembly. A Deauiuui miriy-siA page booklet has been issued in which is given the entire programme. These may be had on application to Mr Watts at Columbia. Among the speakers and teachers we note the following: Revs W 0 Carver, D D, Louisville, Ky; Chas S Gardner, D D, Louisville, Ky; John E White, D D, Atlanta,Ga; S J Taylor, D D, Savannah, Ga; Mrs Maude Reynolds McClure, Louisville, Ky; Miss Kathleen Mallory, Baltimore, Md; Prof L P Leavell, Oxford, Miss; Rev Price E Burroughs,D D,Nashville,Tenn; Miss Almeyda Coleman,Danville, Va; Revs B W Spillman.D D, Ridgecrest, N C; E M Poteat, D D, and D M Ramsay, D D, Greenville,S C; Prof C E Crossland, Fork Union, Va; Prof E L Middleton, Raleigh, N C, and a number of others equally important. Board will be provided at Furman university at $1 per day and reduced rates will be given by all railroads. For further information our readers should address Rev Thos J Watts, General Secretary, Columbia, S C. In connection with the Baptist Summer assembly the State Federation of Baptist Organized Classes will hold its first meeting July 9, 10 and 11. Every Baptist Organized Class in South Carolina, of whatever name or form of organization, is invited to participate and to send delegates. The number of delegates is without limit. It is hoped that each class will send at least one representative, whose expenses shall be paid by the class. Let the classes please take note of this great meeting of urbanized class workers. For further information address Rev Thos J Watts, Columbia, S C. Betbel Blinks. Bethel, June 28:?Tobacco curing seems to be everything with the farmers here just now. We are glad to report that all of the sick folk in this community are mproving. Mrs C L Burgess spent the week?nd with her niece, Mrs W W Denlis, at Kingstree. Mr T W Webber went to Kingdree Saturday to take the examination for rural mail carrier. Misses Ruth and Jessie McElveen jpent the week-end with Miss Jenette McFaddin. They were accompanied sy their brother, Mr Daniel McElveen. A few of our young folk went to Dlanta Sunday afternoon. Our boys attended a picnic at Srewington Saturday, and crossed )ats with some ball team; it was tupposed to be Manning, but don't 1 I 4. :hink it was. Anyway our Doys iu?u ;he game. Boys, do better next ;ime. Mr and Mrs G H Burgess of Lake }ity visited in this vicinity Sunday. Mrs R M Burgess of Savannah, 5a, is visiting at the home of her )arents, Mr and Mrs E F Epps. Mr and Mrs J V Burgess and son, Walter, visited Mrs Burgess' sister, I tfrs Dave Cole, at Seloc, Sunday. I Daisy. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. "About two years ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea which last d for over a week," writes W C fones, Buford, N D. "I became so veak that I could not 3tand upright. druggist recommended Chamberain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved me ind within two days I was as well as 1 * 1 iver." UDtainaDie every wnere. The tremendous wealth of the Jnited States is beyond compute. I 3ut then we are not the U S. Flip is that dollar on sub. The only good thing about the var is the fact that it is on the oth;r side of the Atlantic. jumm vvE Arrival of Passenger Tr&Ins at; Klngstree. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has promulgated the following schedule, which became effective Monday, June 1, 1914: North Bound. No 80 - - - 7:23 a m *No 46 - - 11:35 am No 78 - - - 6:02 p m South Bound. No 79 - - - 11:09 a m *No 47 - - - 6*38 p m No 89 ... 9:18 p m Daily except Sunday. WORDS FROM HOME. Statements That May Be Investigated. Testimony of Klngstree Citizens. When a Kingstree citizen comes to the front, telling his friends and neighbors of his experience, you can rely on his sincerity. The statements of people residing in far away places I do not command your confidence. Home endorsement is the kind that backs Doan's Kidney Pills. Such testimony is convincing. Investigation proves it true. Below is a statement of a Kingstree resident. No stronger proof of merit can be had. S A Nettles, ex-hotel prop, Mill St, Kingstree, says: "Several years ago I hurt my back, lifting a heavy piece of iron pipe. After that my kidneys acted irregularly, and my back pained me severelv. I was so sore and lame I could hardly stoop. The kidney secretions passed too freely at times and again scanty. The least cold I got, settled on my kidneys and made me worse. When a friend recommended Doan's Kidney Pills I used them as directed and they relieved all symptoms of kidney trouble." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr Nettles had. Foster-Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo, N Y. Is Your Car All Right for that long^ride^ you are plan ning for the rourtnr Better De sure than sorry. Have us over- 1 haul your auto and fix any little thing that needs attention. Remember that little defects or i breaks have an uncomfortable ' habit of suddenly becoming big ! ones when far from home. Kingstree Garage. j L. T. THOMPSON. Mgr. _ I ' < CYPRESS i ^ SASH ! \ DOORS ! BLINDS % %% * ' ^ ! O ! ' ? ^ ! : *8? I I MOULDINGS ^ I | AND ' ! ; ;! MILL WORK ' ; ' ;i ' Chamberlain's Cough Hemed* Cares Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. one small sum in the Be up rapidly? Grow into lar assured if attended to r< plant deposits- not Very Preaching every Sunday at 11 a. 1 m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday-school ^ 4:30 p. m. t Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8:00 * p. m. I | Legal Advertisements. ^ j| Notice of Sale for Fore-' closure- h STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas. \ m The Bank of Kingstree. a corporation j duly chartered and existing by and1 J under the laws of the State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, against Weary McGill, Samuel McGill, Tda McClary. William Seward, John Seward. Anna Seward, Mary Seward, Edward Brown, Alfred McGill, Alfred bcott, ^ Joe Haywood Scott, the unknown heirs of Louis McGill, Jr, deceased,F Rhem and D D Rhem, co-partners trading under the firm name of F Rhem & ; a Sons.J W Lockliear and W T Rowell, 1 heretofore co-partners trading under the firm name of Lockliear & Rowell, and P O Arrowsmith, Defendants. P Notice is hereby given that under and j h by virtue of the decretal order in the I a above entitled action made and render- a ed by his Honor, Judge H F Rice, in the s Court of Common Pleas for the said P county on the 30th day of November, d 1914,the undersigned, Clerk of Court of n Common Pleas of and for Williamsburg * County, will sell at public auction to the n highest bidder for cash, before the Court House door in Kingstree, South Caroli- * na, between the legal hours of sale, on n the 5th day of July,A D 1915, the same * being salesday, the following described tract of land, to-wit: 0 "All that certain piece, parcel or tract n of land lying, being and situate in the P county and State aforesaid, containing ? three hundred (300) acres, more or less, d and bounded as follows: On the North by lands formerly of Turner but now of ? J K Smith; East by lands formerly of R ? H Kellahan but now of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation; on the South ay the run of Black river and on the Southwest and West by lands formerly w )f J im Scott and now of F Rhem & sj Sons." t Purchaser to pay for papers. " H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County. 6-17-3t Notice of Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 31st lay of July, 1915, at 12 o'clock noon, ! will apply to P M Brockinton, Judge >f Probate of Williamsburg county, for letters Dismissory as General Guardian >f the person and estate of T B Tan- ^ ? ? ^4 A T* a \r\rnn ' ^' ler. iix n. x 7-l-5t Guardian. ' Notice to Trespassers, 5 All persons are hereby warned against ranting, cutting and hauling wood or in ^ my way trespassing upon the lands of ^ ;he undersigned, situated in Anderson n, ;ownship, on north side of Georgetown ^ k Western railroad. Violators of this lotice will be prosecuted at law. t 6-24-4t 0 L Thompson. g - al Chamberlain's Cough Remedy i Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Coiigh. one dollar accepted at our B< It will cjrow! EE NEE BAN KINCSTREE, S. C. Mil li ilflfpl The public is cordially invited to attend any of the services of the i various churches of Kingstree. ? Baptist Cbarcli. ' Rev W E Hurt, Pastor. j Services every Sunday morning at < 11:00 o'clock and evening at 8:00 < o'clock. \ Sunday-school at 10.00 a. m. Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 8:00 p. m. Episcopal Church, . Rev H D Bull, Minister. Services for 5th Sunday after Trinity, July 4: Sunday-school, 10 * a. m.; holy communion and sermon, ] 11 a.m. Thursday: Bible Class, 8:30 p. m. Friday: Litany, 6:00 p. m. Methodist Church. Rev D A Phillips, Pastor. ] Preaching every Sunday morning at 11:80 o'clock and evening at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 10:30 a. m. Mid-week prayer meeting every * Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, j Presbyterian Chnreh. Rev P S McChesney, Pastor. } f ink ||f Xv-'Tw'^v&^-i ^2 ge fortune Mgfegg jgulorly C^ jj Citation NoticeTHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. By P M Brockinton, Esq, Probate Judge. Whereas, James P Adams made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of Mrs Mary L Adams, ? / These are, therefore, to cite and ad- y* monish, all and singular, the kindred and _ creditors of the said Mrs Mary L Adams, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingstree, S C, on the 12th day jf July next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the jaid administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 28th day of lune. Anno Domini, 1915. Published on the 1st day of July,1915, n The County Record. P M Brockinton, 8-18-2t Probate Judge. Notice of Sale for Foreclosure. \ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, * TOTTNTY OP WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas. 2 B Rhodus and E D Rhodus, co-partners trading under the firm name of E B Rhodus & Son, Plaintiffs, vs Ellen White, Defendant Notice is hereby given that under and >v virtue of the decretal order in the ibove entitled action made and rendered , ? v* >y his Honor, Judge T J Mauldin, at , Chambers, on the 14th day of June, 1915, r | ;he undersigned, Sheriff of and for Wil- | j iamsburg County, will sell at public tuction to the highest bidder for cash, >efore the Court House door in Kingsree, South Carolina, between the legal lours of sale, on the 5th day of July, A Aj 3 1915, the same being salesday, the ollowing described tract of land, to-wit: "All of my }3 undivided interest in ill the real estate belonging to my husmnd.Harry White,deceased,same being vife's portion, and bounded as follows, o-wit: On the North by land of public oad leading from Murry's Kerry to Cingstree; on the East by lands of Bobbie Bradham; on the South by lands ?f Dr Boyd and Gourdin and on the Vest by lands of McFaddin." Purchaser to pay for papers. 6-17-3t George J Graham. Sheriff of Williamsburg County. Summons to Defendant STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, V/UUi^ll 1 V/r VYILLlAinODUIlU. In Court of Magistrate J B Gamble. J G Eaddy, Plaint'ff, against ? J I Alexander Seed Company, a corporation organized and created by the State of Georgia, Defendant. ByJB Gamble, Esq, Magistrate in nd for the said county of the said State, to the Alexander Seed Company, Defendant: Complaint having been made unto me y J G Eaddy, that you are indebted to im in the sum of ninety-nine dollars nd thirty-nine cents; forty-nine dollars nd thirty-nine cents for unsound peas old and delivered by you to the said daintiff at a sound price, and fifty ollars damages caused thereby as lore fully appears by the complaint in his action, and that you refuse paylent thereof; These are therefore, to require you, he said defendant, to appear before le in my office in Kingstree, S C, on i g he twenty-first day after the day of he date of the service hereof, exclusive ' f the day of such service, at 12 o'clock H i, to answer the complaint of the said lain tiff or judgment will be awarded fl 3r the saia plaintiff against you by m efault. 1 Given under my hand and seal at m lingstree, S C, the twentieth day of > lay, A D 1915. J B Gamble, L S, I Magistrate. To the defendant above named, you nil please take notice that the original jmmons in this action together with le complaint was filed in my office, in le court house, in Kingstree, S C, on I unp thp 5th 1Q15 J B Gamble, L S, I 6-17-4tp Magistrate. I WINTHROP COLLEGE. ^ I cholarship aa<l Entrance Ex- I ami nations. 1 The examination for the award of va- I ant scholarships in Winthrop College nd for the admission of new students I ill be held at the County Court House 1 i Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicants fl lust not be less than sixteen years of I ?e. When Scholarships are vacant A I fter July 2 they will be awarded to I lose making the highest average at lis examination, provided they meet le conditions governing the award, pplicants for scholarships should write ) President Johnson before the examiation for Scholarship examination tanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free lition. The next session will begin eptember 15,1915, For further informLion and catalogue address, President D. B, Johnson, tT l-pd Rock Hill, S.iC. \