The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 08, 1917, Image 6
A SOUND SLEEP. |
8tory of a Courier's Experiences In the
Crimean War.
Speeding along together in a motorcar,
two olliicis, a Frenchman
and a Russian, recently JV!l into
oomersation ceiuernim: the Crimean
war in the fifties, in wliich the
grandfathers of !><>tii iiad U-on en
gaged.
"My grandfather was in Sevastopol,"
said the Russian, "but only
V for a short time. He was sent north
to Moscow with dispatches for the
czar. Such a journey as he had!
There were no railroads, and lie
drove and rode all the way, night
and day, at full speed, for the dispatches
were urgent. He slept riding
and he slept driving. He became
so exhausted he could sleep
anywhere. Once he awoke and recovered
himself just as he was falling
out of the sledge and found the
J_- _.1 3 *1.
unver asieep, iuu, hiiu me iiwnj
going ahead at full speed, so that lie
would never have been missed and
would have soon frozen to death in
the road. At last, after a terrible
journey, he reached Moscow and
the palace and was taken at once
to the czar. He saluted, handed
him the dispatches and immediately
lurched back against the wall and
fell asleep standing!
"presently the czar turned to
him to ask him a question and saw
that he was asleep. It was a monstrous
offense, but Nicholas was not
angry. He spoke kindly to my
grandfather first; then loudly and
sharply. He touched him. He shook
him, my grandfather did not wake.
The czar reflected a moment, then
he leaned close and shouted at his
ear, 'Your honoi, the horses are
ready 1'
"Mv grandfather waked and
sprang upright in an instant. It
was the one call he would have
heard?that he had been hearing
for eight days. He was abashed '
^ - d /% ? 1. A ?Aa1 I ??A/^ ^1\0^
ana aiannt'u ?m-ii uc iwuku ma*
he had indeed slept in the imperial
presence, an unheard of affront to
majesty, but the czar only laughed
and bade him go home and rest. He
thanked him and started to go, but
he moved so stumblingly, for his
eyes were already beginning to
close, that he walked into a door
frame. An escort was sent to see
him to his lodgings and put him to
bed. Once there he slept the clock
round, waked long enough to breakfast,
and slept it round again. 'Never
again till I fall into the sleep
from which you do not wake at all/
he used to say, 'shall I know what
it is to sleep as soundly as you
can/ "?Exchange.
A UmIuI W?r?an.
"BUnnerhassett," said Mrs. Bliggine
as he was about to start downtown,
"een you let me hare a little
money to run the house with today
r
"You can have just 50 cents," he
growled, flinging the coin at her
and slamming the door behind him
as he went out.
"By the way, Bliggins," said a
friend who dropped into his place
of business an hour or two later,
"will you go mv security on a note
for $500?"
"Shortleigh," replied Bliggins, "it
is an inflexible rule in my family
\ that I must never do anything of
that kind without consulting my
wife."?Chicago Tribune.
Grenada Was Bought Chaap.
The island of Grenada, in the
British West Indies, was bought by
the French from the Caribs by a
solemn treaty in the middle of the
seventeenth century, and thp price
paid was two bottles of rum. Esau's
mess of pottage wa6 a good stroke
of business by comparison. The
Caribs soon regretted having sold
f their birthright and vainly tried to
k get the island back by force. It is
I . now one of England's most prosperL
ous colonies in the West Indies.
Tha Adoration of tha Wig.
Wigs were never so popular as in
the reign of Charles II. The author
of "The Beaux and the Dandies"
folic 116 tlipf "wbon Cihhpr nlavpd
? r._.?
Sir Fopling Flutter his wig was so
much admired that he had it carIried
to the footlights every evening
in a sedan chair, from which it wa6
handed to him that he might put it
on his head."
k . ^ A Mottor of Business.
| "I cannot understand, sir, why
V you permit your daughter to sue
me for breach of promise. You remember
that you were bitterly op-t'h
jp pobud to our engagement because
T woct?'+ rrn,~>/l onnntrh fnr Vipr'nnrl
M. " acu v .. ---
" would disgrace the family."
"Young man, that was sentiment;
this i6 business."
A Tru? Gift.
Words, money, all things else, are
I comparatively easy to give away, but
I when a man makes a gift of his
I daily life and practice it is plain
I that the truth, whatever it may be,
t has taken possession of him.?Low- ,
9 ell. , 1
READING WHILE RIDING.
there Is One Safe Way to Relieve the
Strain on the Eyes.
KcaJin^r in a moving in;in or
ftroot car is always inadvi.sihlo, ami
the doctors are a unit against it.
However, there is a w.iy to minimize
the dangcrou- elTvvts <>f siu-h
reading, and this should lie l^j*>wed
by anv one who por.-ists ii^^is
habit.
Let us see exactly what happento
the eye when a person reads on
a moving train. The tiling we are
interested in is the joggling of the
train which causes relative motion
between the eye and the book being
read. If we could so arrange
tilings that the distance and direction
of the hook from the eye re
1 .1 - .1 t.l
muineu uh* same mere huiiiu, <u
course, l>e no problem at all to be
solved, for the fastest motion of the
train forward would then make no
difference.
What doe? the joggling do then?
It simply causes the eyes to jump
around quickly and constantly in
an endeavor to keep the glance on
the place in the book. This causes
an undue exertion by the six sets
of tiny muscles used to turn the eye
in different directions.
Whereas the eve ordinarily uses
these muscles slowly, it now has to
use them fast, consequently jerking
them sharply. This*tires them a
great deal.
The remedy is to so place the
arm holding the book that it will
suffer the least relative displacement
to the body and head when the
head mores. That is, when tin*
head moves the arm should move
also in the same direction and the
same amount.
This may be done bv holding the
i i i .1 v it. . iL.
arm wnien noios me hook wim ine
elbow pressed closeh into the aide
and keeping it from touching the
car peat. Even tetter ie to hold the
book with both hands and keep
both elbows pressed into their respectire
sides of the bodr. If one
keeps a stiff neck, so that the head
won't bob forward and backward
with the motion of the train, this
will help also.
The thing to remember, no matter
how accomplished, is to keep the
head and book the same distance
apart and the same direction from
one another.?New York American.
A Turkish gsrpsnt Supsrstitien.
The people of all serpent ridden
countries have inauv charms, spells
and incantations which they repeat
or perform.for the purpose of exorcising
such obnoxious visitors. In
Turkey everybody, from the sultan
to the jjamin, appeals to fhe serpent
king, Cnab Miran. When they come
in contact with a eerpent the first
exclamation is, "In the name of
Chah Miran, go awav and hide thyself."
Of courae C*hah Miran has
been dead for centuries, but the
Turk argues that the serpenta do
not know anything about this. If
they knew that they were no longer
under his influence they would destroy
the whole human race.?London
Mail.
Red Letter Days.
The origin of a "red letter day"
lias been traced back to the third
century. Gregory, bishop of Caesarea,
zealous for the conversion of
pagans, found them unwilling to
give up their customary recreations
at the festivals of their pods, so,
taking a leaf out of their book, he
instituted festivals in honor of
paints and martyrs. This example
soon led to the institution of holy
?\Atr inf a Vl /\11 Q Vfl
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In old almanacs all such holy days
were set forth in red ink, the rest
being in black; hence the term "red
letter day" for any notable occasion.
Wellington and Simplicity.
When Sir Edwin Landceer was
painting the duke's portrait, hoping
to save him the trouble of much
sitting, he wrote and asked if he
could let him have the trousers belonging
to the uniform. The duke
wrote back in all solemnity:
"Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
presents his compliments to
Sir Edwin Landseer and regrets that
he cannot send him the trousers, a*
he has but one pair."
Sound* Much B?tt*r.
"Gosh! Look at that little sawed
off dame with the pug nose!"
"Yes. That's Mi66 Van Roxe,
who is heiress to a million."
"Gee! Introduce me, will you?
I always did admire that petite,
rotPAllQCO W
It sounds so much different in
French, adds the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Fitntss of Thing*.
The King?'What do yon mean by
waking me at this time in the morning?
The Valet?P.-.rdon, your majesty,
but the water main has bur*
and the ground .floor of the palaoe is
under water.
The King?Then bring me my admiral's
uniform. ? Boston Tramscript.
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froi Hertzog fi
This
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin an Ideal
Remedy for Constipation.
In every family there is more or
'ess oeeasion for a laxative remedy.
It is to meet this need that Dr (.'aidwell's
Syrup Pepsin is prepared,and
that this cum hi nation of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin filltilis its
. purpose is proven by its place in
thousands of American homes.
I Prof F.J C Hertzog, the well known
linguist, 2341 N^rth Orianna St,
Philadelphia, Pa, wrote to Dr Caldwell
that he has used Dr Caldwell's
j Syrup Pepsin in his household with
excellent results and that lie and his
family consider it indeed a friend in
! need, and always keep a bottle of it
ii in IkiiiiI
Constipation is the direct cause
of much serious illness and is a condition
that should never he neglected.
Harsh cathartics and violent
1 purgatives should never he employed
to relieve constipation, because
the very violence of their action
shocks the entire system. A mild
laxative, such as Dr Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsion is far preferable, being
mild and gentle in its action, without
griping or other pain or discomfort;
its freedom from all opiate
or narcotic drugs makes it an ideal
i?:r??~ r
j tfetter jtarmtt
WHAT THE CROPS
Feed the Planta Properly and the Soil
While Incrtasi
cotton ^ crop of on?
J. N. HARPER poWuh 'and 28
Agronomist. poands of phos Hr?rtr
A 40 hushftl CrOD
of corn will rmor? in tba grain, stalk
and fodder abeut 94 pounds of nitrogen,
64 pounds of potaak and 34 pounds
of pboapfcorte add. A 40 bushel orop
of oats will remove in tha grain and
straw aba at M pounds of nitrogen,
41 pounds wt potash and 14 pounds ol
phoepborie add. If, hovarar, stalks,
bolls, straw, eta., ara plowad un*r,
soma of tka plant fc?od drill ba ratufn
ad to tna safl.
Cattae Fertiliser Preblam
With tba prasant priaa af aotton and
other fars| products, ft will pay tha
farmer ta fira moea attaatlon this
Spring ta tka problems of sail building
and ta tka tatattlgaat oae of far
tlliEeas tkan arar balora. fteme oi
tba baet tamers of tka Baatk bars
adopted tka plan af returning to tlM
soli in fertiHoars, tha money received
from nil ar part of tkair aoltonseed
This is n good plan aad should be
more generally adopted.
Eneugh Pirn at Peed far Beat Yietda
It takes frem 904 pounds to 40C
pounds of fertiheer ta make a good
weed in oettoa, ar a good stalk in
corn, and unless amounts above these
are used, full returns cannot ba expected
because large amounts most be
applied to preduoe the frwM and the
grain.
The amoint of fertlliaer that can
be asad profitably will vary with the
different soil typea, seasons and with
the different erops frown. The most
Important faetar, however, governing
the amount of fertilizer that o&n be
used wHfa preit is the prioe of the
artiole produced. At the present price
of cotton, it will pny to use on moet
of the toll tyipee of the South larger
amounts ef fertiliser than heretofore.
To Meet BeH WeevM SttMrtten
When grewi nnder holl weevil conditions,
ootten should be liberally fertilized
and this fertiliser should contain
a large pereentage ef phosphoric
acid, whioh ingredient hastens its ma
turity. A fertiliser containing an ample
supply of ammonia should else he
used to start the plant off quickly In
Its growth. The farmer must ever
Printed Stationery Pays.
What about that up-to-date farm
stationery you were going to have
made? We recently heard of two
farmers who happened to apply at
about the same time for loans from
a trust company. Farmer A had
printed stationary and wrote his
letter on a typewriter; Farmer B,
just as well oft as A in this world's
goods, used a pencil and scratch paper,
and wrote on both sides of the
sheet. The result was, B's letter
made so bad an impression that he
experienced considerable delay and
trouble in getting his loan, while
A's was granted almost immediately.
In getting results from correspondence,
the neatly written letter
on r.rintpd stationery is verv far
! superior to a pencil scrawl on a piece
of scratch paper as a twelve-cylinder
automobile is to an ox-cart.? The
Progressive Farmer.
Send your Job Work to The Rec
ord office. Satisfaction guaranteed.
*aises
Perfect Laxative,
! remedy for children
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
in Drug stores everywhere for fifty
cents a Kittle. To avoid imitations
and ineffective substitutes lie sure to
get Dr Caldwell's Svrup Pepsin.
See that a facsimile of Dr Caldwell's
signature and his portrait appear < n
the yellow carton in whieh the be ittie
is packed.
A trial bottle, free of charge, can
lie obtained by writing to Dr W D
Ualrtweli,4?>.) \\ asmngion m, .moiiu
cello, Illinois.
ig in the South ;
> ARE ASKING FO.
Can Be Built Up Instend of Run
ng Crop Yields
bear In mind that the beet way he can
fight the boll weeTil is to force his
oottoo to a quick growth and to ai
arly maturity. Many farmers in the
boll weevil district, ars finding the
peanuts and soy beans ars splendid
substitutes for cotton. Unless thes>'
crops are well fertilized, however, with
the fertilizer carrying high percentage
r?t liKncnhnto aru\d vIaIzJji (SflDDQt
expected.
How to Toil What to Neteeeary
The farmer earn oftentimes determine
the element most needed In his
fertiliser by noting the manner of
growth of cotton on his different soil
types. When the growth to slow and
the plants have a yellow, nnhealthy
look, nitrogen (or ammonia) shots Id be
1 applied to rather large amounts. IX,
however, the plants look rlgorousi, but
> are net fruiting well, phosphoric acid
ekotfd be msed liberally.
Qeeer+lly speaking, for poer ealki, the
; most important element of a fertilizer
ie nitrogen, and the next tooet is portent
is phesphorona. Therefere, for
poor soils we weuld recommend mder
present war oonditlena. which make*
potash soaroe, a fertiliser for o>tton
. and oora analyrisg aheet I per eent
available npeephorle a aid and I per
t Cim txinvmift ?m%i m p * wv y ? ...
I Fas |MOtiU 12 p?r o?at phoapiaorle
aoM. 2 per Mat maoala u4 2 per
east potash. Far fartl'a soils wa a ould
j recomanead tar oattaa and cora. a. farI
tiliiar aaalysine 12 p??r east available
| pfeeephorta add. 2 par oeat amaoaia
and 2 par oaat pataah, and for peanuts,
a fertiliser analyzing 2-2 par cent phosphori#
acid, 1 1-2 par cant ammoaU
| and 2 par cant potash. For the windy
loam soils af the ooietal plain, potash
is tha moet eeaentlal and for ta|
haoco and truck crop# must ba applied
in liberal amosnta.
, Tha reason that nitrogen or ammonia
is so necessary an element for practically
all solla la because tha nitrates
are soluble in water, and ara, tfc.ere,
fora, oonstantly leaching out of the
land. The farmers should try ta store
up as much nitrogea in the ?oii u
' poeeible by frowiu? such crops as
I baans, pens, clover, vetches, etc., which
, plants add nitrogen to the soil from
, the atmosphere. Practioally all soils
of the South are well adapted to the
frowing of these legumee.
if, bowerer, crops are grown la rotation
with legumes. It will still be
necessary to nse commercial forms of
. nitrogen to obtain the beet reeults.
While nitrogen is the main element of
a fertiliser, on poor land phosphoric
i acid is the most essential and in prao
tically all ef the tests thai have been
sonde in the South, better reeults bare
i been obtrJned with soluble phosphoric
i acid than with finely ground phosphate
rocks or ioats.
I WHAT IS
LAX-FOS
LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA
A Digestive Laxative
CATHARTIC AND UVER TONIC
Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medicine
but is composed of the following
Id-fashioned roots and herbs:
CASOARA BARK
blue flag root
rhubarb root
black root
MAY apple root
senna leaves
and pepsin
In Lax-Fos the Cascara is improved by
the addition of these digestive ingredients
making it better than ordinary Cascara,
and thus the combination acts not
only as a stimulating laxat ve and cathartic
but also as a digestive and liver tonic.
Cttmn lawofiwoe qro tpaqL* Hllfr T.AY.fnq
I ?W ?
| combines strength with palatable, aromatic
taste and does not gripe or disturb
the stomach. One bottle will prove
Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation,
Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c.
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fg "Thedford's Black-Draught g
& is the best all-round medicine g|
S^- lever used," writes J. A. w
?t Steelman, of Pattonviile, Texas. |j
g9 "? suffered terribly with liver a
5jj? troubles, and could get no relief.
tv. J--. ?:J ,?a
jai me uuiiuid daiu i uau cuii- pfc
g| sumption. I could not work at eP
9 all. Finally 1 tried
I DlHfl
3 and to my surprise, 1 got better, g|
19 and am to-day as well as any B
EM man." Thedford's Black- I?
Wt Draught is a general, cathartic, |&
j3i vegetable liver medicine, that BR
&J has been regulating irregulari- S
ties of the liver, stomach and B
i B bowels, for over 70 years. Get B
U a package today. Insist on the B
PI genuine?Thedford's. E-70 K
Arrival ol Passenger Trains at
Kingstree.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
a/^ ^lr* /-? ^a11 Atfttmrr cnUo/^ _
uaa yi uuiui^auru mc ivuun ovutuule,
which became effective Monday
May 29, 191<>:
North Bound.
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tate of Ohio, Citv of Toledo. I
Lucas County. t "
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
k. Co.. doing: business In the City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1S86.
(Seal) A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally
and acts directly upon the Wood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO . Toledo. O.
O.M nil rin.-fll.t. Ten
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Take Hall e Family Fills for constipation.
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'CHARLESTON. S.C.
Sole Distributors of
"Black Rock Wall Board"
| Moisture resisting and special
manufacture makes it the best
i Write us for samples and prices.
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
guilds up the."Whole System. 50 cents.
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| Professional Cards, |
MISS EULA HERRING,
P KINGSTREF, S. C.
.Niirse. i
Prepared to avs^'J^^S^gency 1
calls night or dav. ' ^
Office in Nexsen Building, 3 doors from
Postoffice. Phone 78.
M. D. NESMITH,
DENTIST,
Lake City, S. C
W. L. TAYLOR
DENTIST,
Offlc* in N?xmb Building
KINGSTREfc, - S.C.
5-21-tf.
I860 1916
A. M. SNIDER,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Office at Rcsideoce, Railroad Avenue.
J7 DeS. Gilland
Attorney-at-Law
Second Floor Masonic Temple
Florence, S. C.
General practicioner in all State and
Federal Courts.
Benj. M-'NNES, M. R. C. V. S.
B. Kater MclNNES, M. D.. V. M. D
VETERINARIANS.
One of us will be at Kingstree the
first Monday in each month, at Heller's
Stables. 9-28-tf
ytv KINGSTREE -
Lodge, No. 46
M$r\ a. F.M.
meets Thursday before full moon each
month. Visiting brethren are cordially
inyited. S P Harper, W M.
J D Britton. Sec. 2-27-1?
if ** II jjTijYl IHDUl HIITIKM
The Third Monday
Visiting choppers roi 0
lially invited to com?
op and sit on a stump
or hang about on the
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Accident and Health
Bonding a Specialty
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Williamsburg county, and
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