The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 25, 1917, Image 6
Office A,
Smith Block
The Lawyer Used It For
More Than Legal Business.
By LUCY POOLE
It had always been reported
around town that C. R. Taylor was
a wealthy man. When he appeared
at the general meeting place, Hinkham's
grocery, all the men would
shift their wads and straighten their
hats out of deference as he seated
himself on the best cracker barrel
by the stove and planted his feet
on the warmwt spot.
But the swift, horrible accident
had silenced the jovial Croesus, and
his estate had been revealed to the
public's horrified gaze as absolutely
worthless.
Mrs. Taylor had been prostrated
completely. Janet had struggled as
she could, but alter all the funeral
expenses had been paid her little
store of banknotes had dwindled
away to a pathetic few.
"Now, Burt," she explained eagerly
to her masculine friend, lawyer
ttuu uvvuicu iv%cr, it is a tape ui
sheer necessity, you see. We will
only have $10 a month from the
farm, and that won't even pay
mother's doctor bills."
"Janet," began the young man,
his voice husky with the emotion he
tried to suppress?"Janet, I'm ii
good business now, and your father
had given me his consent, 60 why
won't you let me help you in this
time of trouble? You know I"?
"Yes, I know, Burt," answered
the girl gently, "but it is impossible.
Now, my plan is this: At college
I took all the four prizes for
the best essays and had good success
with the college weekly and
annual."
Burt could hardly hide a smile.
This young slip of womanhood talking
of earning money for her literary
work! Poor child, she did
not realize that college weeklies and
city daily papers differ strikingly in
their demands.
But one simply could not argue
with Janet. Her radiant beauty
was her strongest weapon, and Burt
left her in high spirits.
"Burt, I shall depend on you for
the addresses of all the best papers
and magazines in the city," she called
to him as he strode down the
walk. "And don't forget to read
every line I publish," came indistinctly
to his ears as he turned the
corner to the station.
Burton Harold was tied to his office
day and night for the next three
weeks, scarcely having time to
snatch a bit to eat or an hour's rest
Yet the dainty, dark beauty of Janet's
charming face floated tantalizingly
before the dusty law books or
the tiresome documents.
He had not heard a word from
her since he had mailed the addresses,
and he wondered whether
he could have been mistaken and
Janet's work was actually making
good. On the Saturday of a third
week he locked the door of Office
A, Smith block, and took the train
down to the village to gladden his
mother's heart by 6ight of himself
and his eyes by a sight of Janet
He found the girl pale and quiet,
* * * 'ill _ -i Tx x
witn very iixxie x<o say. ix was nox
until the end of the call that he
had the courage to ask about her literary
work. At his first word the
unnatural calm gave way, and she
cried like a child.
"It's no use, Burt," she sobbed.
"I've tried and tried, but everything
comes back with a polite *Of no use,'
and I know it is just because they
don't read my work."
Burt was sorely tempted. Had
he followed his own inclination he
would have gathered the girl into
his strong arms and bidden the
senseless editors go wherever they
pleased. But this was out of the
question. "Ill tell you, Janet," he
said soothingly ? "give me your
work and 111 take it back with me
tomorrow and see what I can do."
And ho the matter rested, and
Burton returned to his office with
a roll of classical raptures, such as
"The Lu6hv Marsh Where the Cows
Stood Knee Deep In Cowslips" and
other totally unsalable works of his
ambitious sweetheart.
He took up another story and
read through one long outburst over
"a full blown apple orchard, where
the busy bee doth ply his trade."
"Awful, awful!" he said to hunsell.
"But what can you expect from a
college girl? Why, I can't even doctor
these lists of adjectives up.
They are only fit for the wastebasket."
The next day brought a brief letter
to Janet:
Dear Janr.ey?Inclosed will find a check
for |10. I sold your "Awde Orchard In
Pull Bloom." Address your work now to
Office A, Smith block. It's an agency for
hort stories, and they will take anything
you will send them. Don't know
what magazines they use. but their work
|om all over the country. Congratulations
on your great luck. As ever,
BURT.
; The next time Burton visited his
another in the village it was several
months after the above letter.
I Janet was radiant, glowing and,
1 above all, tender. She confided to
him that she received from $5 to
: $10 for even' article and often $2a
j for a story and that she made as
; high as $40 a month. Burt only
i smiled and listened.
Everything was rose colored now
{ and burned to a deeper hue when
i Janet whispered at the gate, 44You
can ask me anything you please
now, Burt, dear." And he rode
back to the city, hie cheek tingling
under the rosy seal she hud eel
there as a safeguard against all danger.
It was near spring when Mrs.
Harold was suddenly taken ill. In
her condition she negded loving
care, so Janet went down to stay
with the gentle old lady, who, slit
thought, would not live to see the
little wedding planned for June.
Burton came home on Saturday,
and the feeble old lady watched the
couple with tear dimmed eyes and
manv softlv breathed pravers. To
ward night her breathing grew more
and more labored, and the end was
not far awaj.
"Janet, dear," she whispered painfully?
"Janet, promise me now,
dear, that you will never let anything
separate you and Burt." v
The girl kissed her wonderingply
and promised softly.
"Doctor," went on the trembling,
tired voice, "how much longer have
I here with my children ?"
"I cannot tell, my dear madam,''
answered the ancient doctor, with
tears in his eyes. "Perhaps a few
hours."
"Burton, my darling boy," went
on the loving tones, "lean over me,
my son. You and Janet must be
married now. I cannot go peacefully
until I know my bov has a
comforter. Here comes Dr. McCloud,
and he will marry you now
if"? And the voice trailed off into
silence.
Without waiting to consult Janet,
Burton stepped to her side, and in a
few moments the service was ower
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auu uie u\iug wuiuaii xittu pioceu
her trembling hands on their bowed
heads and passed peacefully to
the land where sorrow is never
known.
A month or so after his mother's
death Burton decided to move his
wife to the city, where he could be
at home every night. So Janet
went to the little home to pack up
the dead mother's boxes. It was a
sad task, and Janet's eyes overflowed
many a time, for she had loved
the dear old lady as a daughter.
In going through the ancient desk
she found a large package marked
in the delicate old fashioned hand,
Tor my son Burton, to be opened
after his marriage to Janet" Janet
fingered it curiously, but slipped it
infn her haor nnnnenpil Whpn in
their cozy library that night she
brought it to her husband, 6aying:
"Burt, dear, do open this. I am
so curious/'
A queer smile passed oxer her
husband's face as he broke the
string and out rolled all the well
remembered manuscripts of Janet's,
"The Apple Orchard In Full Bloom"
and others.
"Burton/' she cried in surprise.
"Why, Burton, how on earth did
your mother ever get these ?"
"My dear little wife," he answered,
holding her closely in his arm6,
"my office is Office A, Smith block,
and mother and I were the short
storv company that published all
your work."
Astronomical Facta.
The diameter of the sun is reckoned
at 882,000 miles. This diameter,
owing to its loss of heat and
the consequent condensation, is
steadily being shortened, though at
a very slow rate, of course. The
whole solar svstem?the sun and all
of its planets?is moving through
space at a pace estimated at about
150,000,000 miles annually. Those
who are supposed to know about the
matter assure us that, owing to certain
causes, too numerous and complicated
to be dealt with in this
place, the planet on which we live
receives only the 2,250 millionth
part of the heat that is thrown off
by the sun. Even as it is the earth
receives annually from the 6un an
amount of heat that exceeds by a
million times the heat producible
by the combustion of 280,000,000
tons of ooal.
An Island of Black Cats.
One of the queerest comers of
the earth is Chatham island, off the
coast of Ecuador. This island Res
600 miles west of Guayaquil, and
the equator runs directly through
it. It abounds in cats, every one of
which is black. These animals live
in the crevices of the lava foundation
near the coast and subsist by
catching fish and crabs instead of
rats and mice. Other animals found
on this island are horses, cattle,
dogs, goats and chickens, all of
which are perfectly wild.
MODERN MOTORCARS.
; ! A Minister 8ayc That Nahum Sav
Them In Hia Viaion.
The maker of the modern gasO'
, | line car was not the first fellow t<
I bp* visions of the luxurious motor
i j car that glides around our city pave
11 roents today aud startles the coun
, j tryside with its midnight honk anc
j glare of headlights.
No^sir!
According to Dr. Chaales L. Page
i pastor of the Dudley Street church
i it was a man who lived in Bibh
> times, 700 years before Christ, anc
! Dr. Page is a faithful student oJ
; the Scriptures and ought to know.
Nahum was a prophet and dwell
in the land of Elkosh about 713 B
C. One night he went to sleep, anc
he had a wonderful vision. H(
i found himself in a modern city
; street, with the motorcars honkin?
all around him and holding up th<
traffic. Their headlights were
streaming, and they were crowding
and pushing and whizzing this wa^
a ii a mi _ .u
, ana unai. xae oiu mail, wau wus
- need to making his journeys on the
[ back of a leisurely donkey or boost
j ed up on a camel, just couldn't bei
i lieve his eyes. It certainly must b(
i a vision sent to warn the wicked
people of the land of Elkosh.
When Nahurn woke he nibbed his
, eyes and looked out over the sand\
desert and wondered what it all
meant, and then suddenly the truth
dawned upon him that it was the
voice of prophecy. So he got out his
, pen and ink and his parchmeni
> script, and he began {o put dowt
the wonderful things that he had
' seen, and this is what he wrote (you
i can find it yourself in his book in
the Bible):
"The chariots shall rage in th?
streets; they shall jostle one against
, another in the broad ways; thej
* " VI X 1 xl! -U _ 11
? snail seem nice torcnes; xuey tumu
mil like the lightnings/'
This, 6ay8 Dr. Page, is an unmistakable
prophecy of the present
age of motorcars and the confusion
, of our modern highways.?Boston
Post
W*ake?t Animal on Earth.
The elephant, the lion and the
horse may be taken as the three
creatures capable of moving the
, greatest weights. But in relation
, to their bulk the power of these animals
is infinitely less than that displayed
by many of the lower forms
of life. Insects me the true athletes
in animated nature. If an ant
could be developed on the seal* of
an elephant, with muscular power in
proportion to its new bulk, it would
be able to draw a heavily laden
freight train without an apparent
effort A Belgian scientist by
means of delicate apparatus has
found that a bee, weight for weight,
is thirty times as strong as a horse.
Even a crab hae been foond to be
able to lift 492 times ite own weight.
Man in proportion to his size is
probably the weakest animal on the
face of the earth.
8tal? Bread.
It is generally supposed that the
staleness of bread arises from its
becoming actually drier by the
gradual loss of water, but this is
not the case. Stale bread contains
almost exactly the same proportion
of water as new bread after it has
become completely cold. The change
is merely in the internal arrangement
of the molecules of the bread.
A proof of this is that if we put a
stale loaf into a closely covered tin,
expose it for half an hour or an
hour to a heat not exceeding that of
boiling water and then allow it to
cool, it will be restored in appearance
and properties practicaly to
the state of the new bread.?Exchange.
Muoh Ado.
There was an estate tied up, and
the western heirs petitioned a local
judge to permit a safe deposit box
in Washington to be opened by their
congressman.
The judge refused.
There were appeals, injunctions
and legal flipflops galore.
After much delay it was ruled
that the congressman might open
the box in the presence of a designated
attorney.
tin nnano^ tVio KrtT
Vj^VMVVI WM.
It was empty.?Pittsburgh Post.
An IdoKo Long Sloop.
In Pegu may be seen a sentry
keeping guard over a Burmese idol
The Burmese believe the idol is
asleep and that when he awakee the
end of the world will come. The
sentry is there to prevent any one
from entering the pagoda, which i6
his place of repose, and awakening
him. His slumbers have lasted 6,000
years.
Why Ho Preferred It
"Well, how do you like my new
gown ?"
"Not nearly so well as your old
one, my dear."
"What is there about the old
gown you like better than this ?"
"The old one is paid for, my
dear."?Detroit Free Press.
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RUB OUT PAIN
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I with <TOod oil liniment. That's
the surest way to stop them,
j The lies: rubbing liniment is
MUSTANI
LINiiENl
Good for the A ilments of
J Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc
Qood for your otcn A ches,
\ Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc
I 23c. 50c. $i. At all Dealers.
f
: In the Babel
; of Voices
how is the public to judge i /hose
is most worthy to be heard ?
Keep in mini s few fact* sad yonr decision w
be easy. We were doing basinets 88 years s|
' We bare continued in an nnbrokea line erer sin
' Tbe experience, tbe skill, tke tried and prov
etkods acquired in that long period are eajey
I by few concerns.
Pin your faith to tho house that
[ has got tha qualitias to andura.
1 The following Brands of Whiskey hare a co
finned popularity:
' OLD KENTUCKY SPRINGS] lg?l.jsg,$3J
1 DEERFOOT RTE I 4 fall qts. 3.)
: PINNACLE CORN [ 8 puts, 4.1
. Mm IY'S MAIT J IS U.aiati 4.1
OLDE PARCHMENT RYE, a W winker"'
4 furta, 4.;
Express charges prepaid. Remittance toaccompai
> order. State full P. O. address, and nearest cxprt
office. Send for full price-list of Wines and Lsqim
JAMES OLWELL & CO.
181 Wast Street
I Established 1828 NEW YOR
Hello!
, I have a telephone in m
home !
Have You?
i
It's the handiest thing aroun
our house. We can talk I
'most anybody in town?ar
time. It saves trips and tirr
and offers the surest prote<
tion against burglars, fire an
sickness.
No, it's not expensive. It
a /-Vi ao rvAcf Kpcf fKitnrr trrv
uiv Lrv^v.vui?^ jrv
can get?See!
i
Do it today"!
Kingstree Telephone Cop'
L.WETHERhORN ?S0I
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CHARLESTON. S.C
Sole Distributors of
"Black Rock Wall Board
Moisture resisting and specii
manufacture makes it the bes
i Write us for samples and price
Marie Monserratt of Charlestoi
aged 14 years, was killed Sundt
! morning t>y tne overturning 01 u
auto in which she was riding.
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1 "Thedford's Black-Draught B
B is,he best all*round medicine B '
* B lever used/' writes J. A. B
P B Stoelman, of Pattonville, Texas. B
j B "I (offered terribly with liver
troubles, and could get no relief.
B The doctors said 1 had conB
sumption. I could not work St
B alL Finally I tried
I THEDFORO'S
-I BLACKI
DRAUGHT
9 and to my surprise, 1 got better,
^ I and am to-day as well as any
;Q. I man." Thedford's Black"
Draught is a general, cathartic,
ed B
ti IS vegetable liver medicine, that
H has been regulating irregular!- HjZ
n H ties of the liver, stomach and H ]
M bowels, for over 70 years. Get H *
w a package today. Insist on the ra
50 fll genuine?Thedford's. E-70 Hi
rs pw
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^ Arrival of Passenger Trains at j
* J Kingstree.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
jr I has promulgated the! folio wing schedule,
which became effective Monday,
May 29, 1961:
North Bound.
r* No 80 - - - 7:25 am
? *No 46 - - 11:33 am
f No 78 - - - 6:13 p m
{ South Bound.
ji fNo 83 10:40 a m
J No 79 - - - 11:03 am ]
} *No 47 - - - - 6:47 p m
ENo 89 ... 9:22 p m
'Daily except Sunday. I
B. + Stops on signal for Charleston, SavanK
nah and Jacksonville passengers.
I
^ UAn,'o Thin J
, nun a Jiuiot ,
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. <
F. J. CHENEY ft CO.. Toleds, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
1} him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry .
out aor obligations made by his firm. '
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. r
Toledo, 0. ,
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, ..
acting directly upon the blood and mu- l
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. a
J Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
iHi
Eyes Examined and
Glasses Fitted
I am now equipped to do this work satisfactorily
and can save you ;'rom $1.50 to $3.00 on
each pair of glasses. Let me fit you out with
8X? New KryptoH Glasses,
reading and distance vision ground inleacb
y' glass.
1 If you break your lenses bring them to me.
I will duplicate them on short notice. Save
_ the pieces.
- T. E. BAGGETT
|| Jiwier sM Opllciai - - (kiilrn, S. C.
|360 PICTURES
I 360 ARTICLES
I EACH MONTH
%ON ALL NEWS STANDS
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? MECHANICS !
^ MAGAZINE
F wmttoi to you can understand ft
l All the Crtfat Erects In Mechanic*,
ig Engineerin* and Invention throughout
. the Warld. are described in an inter eats'
in* manner. an they occur. 3,000,000
k vj readers each month, a$
Shoo Nffttf 20 ?**** tan* tell* aa?r
f\ Vv . ??4b*tt?T w*jr*to<k>thini*fn
V" th* shop, and how to mak* repair* at home.
? tortw MnHiilli fflsratl&iSl
0 P oporto and play. Largely oonatrnrtiro; teJU
? aovteballdboetaiBOtorc7clea.w1rwlMa.Me.
s muuir m.no mn duum
' J AM rwr daalar to Maw yam a eopy; if aot nari'iawit
fa to aowo atead. aaod ll.ao far a raar'a asbacnptloa.
lit W or ftfeaao eooea far awiaot-laaoo to Ut pMhotare.
1 Caldacao of MocbanWol Booka froa oo Kami.
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE
L <p North SMoWg? Aronuo, Chicago *
g Popular Mochaniet effort no prtmiami: j
W?M not join in "clubbing of fort." and 11
j "nolojr* no to/tcitorg to i*cur? subicrlotioi*" | H
iy j Crops in South Carolina last year! 1
ie : were valued at $192,000,000, an in- i I
t crease of $41,000,000 over 1915.
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I Professional Cards. I
I
MISS EULA HERRING,
kingstree, s. c. |6
Trained Nurse, m
Prepared to answer emergency ^
alls night or day. 'Phone 115.
Dr. D. Zed Rowell
Dental Surgeon
Kelly Building; Fir?t Room in Front ^
Andrews, - South Carolina
DR. R. CLAUDE McCABE, V|
Dental Surgeon,
Office in Hirsch building, over Kingsree
Drug Go's. 8-28-tf
"DRrROBERT J. McCABE,
DENTIST.
ONGSTREE, , ' S. C
)ffice in Nexsen Building, 3 doors from
Postoffice. Phone 78.
M.D. NESMITH,
DENTIST,
Lake City, S. G.
W. L. TAYLOR
DENTIST,
Ot&cm in Numb Building
SIHGSTREE, - S.C.
1866 1916
4. M. SNIDER.
SURGEON DENTIST.
Office at Residence, Railroad Avenue.
I. DeS. Gillancl
Attorney-at-Law
Second Floor Masonic Temple
Florence, S. C.
!? oil Cfafo onrl
VICI!CI ai yi acucivuci lu an uvuw imi wa >
Federal Courts. ^
BenJ. M-'NNES, M. R. C. V. S. A
3. Kater MctNNES, M. D.. V. M. D
VETERINARIANS. * '
One of us will be at Kingstree the
irst Monday in each month, at Heler's
Stables. 9-28-tf
A* KINGSTREL
Lodge, No. 46
A. F.M.,
neeta Thursday before full moon each
nonth. Visiting brethren are cordially
yited. S P Harper, W M.
J D Britton. Sec. 2-27-ly * -
Kingstrcc
CAMP NO- 27.
imoui mniM /
The Third Monday
| QBDHl II Night in^eneh
l\ff/Q. i) Vlaltlng chopper* oor
VKw^Sta iinlly lDTifcsd to com*
vf??S-^2Cy up and elt c n a *tump
or bang at out on the
limbs.
P H SlOLL,
' M Brown, Clerk. Coii.Com.
Insurance!
When you want Insurance
of any kind, call on us. We
write
life Fire
live Stock Plate Glass
Accident and Health
Bonding a Specialty
We are the largest and
most experienced agency in
Williamsburg county, and
are in a position to give you
the best service.
Kingstree Ins., Real Estate
& Loan Co., Agts.,
PHONE 85. KIN6STREE. S. C.
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Will be found at my place
east of Kingstree* for service.
Terms $10.00.
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