Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? ? BEEF A For Sale Wedn I days of Next door to Nelson's V cash. The price is righ G. B. V Fall1 Our lin ^ consisting Notions, C Hats and HA nlete and I \ " our store. wisely to < r our goods k the values r before puri ' THE BIG ST05 Kingstre 4 When in Tc Store Heath All Fresh Meats and Vi THE PE0P1 | H. A. MILL I It* Phone No. 143 HilwnlWliHI I Ml I ND PORK I esdays and Satur- I each week. I Warehouse. I sell strictly for I t. 9-16-4t | PATRICK. | r?i? I UUUUd 0 e of Fall-Goods, of Dry Goods, Ming, Shoes, lillinery, is comon display at You will act come in and look over and see I we are offering i chasing. ? Farrus IE ON THE CORNER I je, - S. C. I iwn Make Our I quarters. .*. I 8 Mortal Best Market Price Paid jgetables on tiand in Season* E'S MARKET .ER, Proprietor. | OR i ingsto Eat _ _ __ I lARTER aw wrz*- ^ ??i '\Xi--SOt- WATfUf ^ \ Mn n sit Is I IQfOI H To Give Yoii BS We beli K/3 ever to do tl ' plete line of W We are oy from the P ^ respectfully KS nage, assuri: ISJpj please. Sue by are the acm ^ be had?sue i J & K Shoes ! 9? for childrer i by iery, Unden m We han reasonable p KH ing daily an gy them to you BE m ~ i DAVI! j<^y The Little Ndw ^3EBES3 lL A ft I * ft ft ft ft ^ We are re Coats, ne\ A Waists, i ^ styles at t M us; we'll d nice a vaf in any cit; ^ much lo\y A for the c<ii * 8 Silverma ?4 H 2 Doors from-1 A^^ Vk JV ' tUML 9ur An i The Best Se u r. I eve we are better lis now with the merchandise w( in our new storc 'eople's Mercantil solicit a share c ng you of our 1 :h lines as you fine e of quality---the h as Just Wright I > for women, Re( i, Wilson Brother vear and Furnishi die good merchai >fice. Our Fall SI I We -will be pie f Z\ 1 j in. i \ j I/*/!/'' j I .'.fX*.! 5 &-FEI . a r Store r i * 1 \ ft '; j I V c j t Postoffice. | ^ ' ' TO Tb LJL/ J. I ^ - \ ceiving daily ne^ v Skirts, new Ha If you want the he lowest prices, lo the rest. Vou iety qf gdods af v?exceot the orii er. We can di ning Fair for a 1 ibitioni K9 rvice Possible M KB P f3T prepared than ^ full and com? are carrying. JV 3, second door TT e Co., and we w )f vour natro Dest efforts to KHi i m our store P?Yj ! very best to Shoes for men, i Goose Shoes s' Shirts, Hos- mi! ngs. idise and at a does are arriv- ^ o 4-r\ ill] aocu tu -oiiuvv ' ' ' " WW E> %v,-i sINElX;! " stsea A ^I"I2sEES F.s i 8 * r : ?4 v Suits,new ^ its, and new very latest ^ come to see J3 will find as |j$ niir* sfnrp IHl V Ml A w W ^ / /i. ^ ces are very ^ ress you up j^j ittle money. j^y # * nent Store I ? r ' ' K i Kingstree, S. C. K IE FAIR GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. ^ Work of Unele Sam's Board That R?? vises and Corrects Thsm. An .obscure but interesting government institution is the United States geographic board at Washington. Not many people know of its work, which consists in determining for the government departments the correct names that are ( used in postal guides, in olhcial reports and on map3. A great many things interfere with uniformity in geographical nomenclature. The postoffice de partment sometimes calls a po6toffice by a name that does not correspond to the name of the town where that postofliee is. Then there is the corruption of a name that comes with time. London's "Rotten Row," which was originally "Route du Roi," is perhaps as remarkable an example as can bo found anywhere. Thus Coanjock bay, in North Carolina, becomes by local usage Coinjack; Minster, in Ohio, becomes Minister, and Rolland, in Michigan, becomes Rowland. Sometimes these corruptions are so generally accepted that they take the place of the original. Thus Valcken Eylandt (Falcon island), named by the Dutch in 1G14, is corrupted into Fawkner's island, then Falkner's island and finally Falkland's island. The accepted name at present is Falkner island, and this name has the sanction of j the geographic board. _ ? Where there has been an absolute change from one name to an .other the board consults local reeling, and if the verdict is nearly "unanimous it follows local usage. nJsually such changes are in the'direction of greater refinement. Thus 2llog- island in Maine has. become ,Appk?dore-islaHd,.and Ilog island in , Long Island sound is now l>nown as 'Center island. Sometimes the desire to change a name is inspired by 'other m'otives. The people of Vir giniaj wishing to- honor the memory tof the first' state geologist, attempted to change, the liajnc of Elliott knob to IiOgqrs knob. But, since "the first name was well established, the board gave it sanction, and Elliott Knob is now oilicial. [ Iii some cases confusion arisee be..cause explorers have '"discovered" ,the same spot and given it different 'names. Cape Disappointment, on ' the coast of Washington, got its name from Meares in 1788. Four years later Gray named it Gape Hancock, and for some time it was i known indifferently as Cape llan. cock or Cape Disappointment. The original name has now been re- f stored. The board exists only by virtue * . of executive order and has never ibeen recognized by congress. Its . members are officials from a few of r the departments and bureaus at Washington, who serve without compensation. ? Youth's Companion. Hit Unkind Fling. "I saw hiin holding her hand/' said her small brother, whereat all the other members of the family looked up. "Yes," she replied calmlj; "he has been studying palmistry." "Oh!" said the small brother. "He was reading the story of my life," she persisted defiantly. For a moment it looked as if she had subdued the small brother. Then he remarked, "You must be pretty old, sis." "What do you mean?" she demanded. % "It was a long story." "Don't be absurd, Tommy." "And a continued story." Distant Neptune. The period of man's whole history is not sullicient for an express train to traverse half the distance to Neptune.from tire earth. Thought wearies and fails in seeking to grasp such distances. It can scarcely comprehend 1,000,000 miles, and here are thousands of them. When we stand on that, the outermost of the planets, the very last sentinel of * the outposts of the King, the very sun grows dim and small in the distance. Money. t . What is regarded as one of the best definitions of money was given by Henry E. Beggs.of Shetlield, England, who was awarded a prize offered by a British weekly for the following philosophical wisdom: "An article which may he used a? a universal passport to everywhere except heaven and as a universal provider of everything except happiness.'" ' '' Needed It. "Say, mister," said the man in the upper berth to the occupant of the lower, "quit that music, will you? What do you think this is, a concert hall ? The rest of us want to sleep." "Why, the car is so stuffy/' said the warbler, "I was only humming a little air."?Exchange.