The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 10, 1917, Image 6
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Jenkins was anweminently respec*'
fcble bachelor of forty. m ,
\ OJJ lay b'e reced ed Ah invitation
iff goVith a fri^enu who lived in the
suburbs for dinner and tfyp night.
*pie j difference ^b^ree* a house
AithilNvoman iiW ftf *to say nothing
qj. several impish children, and his
own solitary apartments was apfhlling.
* -Li-his own -bedrooln h?T5ould
awaken in the morning amid
to^lllA Inj this abo(?>f
of a faijw til la/Jiwale for nearly
an hour listening to unceasing
sounds that seemed like music to
mm.' u ^ ,u .,%J *
9 There'-frere-a eorrstaht crpetifng''
and shotting' lof^door^Achildren
shoutipg, ,^il4riih.?C<in[led>*chiUUeu, ^itteck^uow
a fjw dftop7toaes &?Fl
a father warning Johnny that 11 he j
didn't stof) fooling and dress himself
he would get a spanking and
now a feminine call to Edie to
5omG?nifleti* d^Voiir hair." It
was the contrast of this life about
& hearts' anft' irr*epe6ts?with
his silent chamber
and. hate the other. .
Jpnlfina returned. to_ the city,
spent thie day" inlris ollice, went to
his room^hfS^itfg^rsigirjk *Aen"|
tered it?dressed /for Jtliffevening"
and start&f Shortly>
before reaching it he passed a neat
loidrihg t*o gMlyjstone frofit dwelling
in a window of which was a
pJatarfi *t*o ?et."-' E& etood leaning
on his cane looking at. the
house; then went on muttering:
'It's no use. I've no wife."
/The fest > nipW'm*** i^e
all, it would be better than his
rooms and ^ would go in and look
at-ftj I A| th4'toorajent>" 'teWtqine
voice 6&id to him:
<|Tfcer$ doesn't appear to be any
wo?d?on the notice where to dpply.
Jenkins turned and saw a joung
w<jKiajo| whose appearance was; as
refined as her voice. Her attention
was all directed to the and
Jqflkinsjfc^ lifted piat sfceTiad made
the Observation to herself rather
than to him'. X^vettketeBs he raised
hiftjiat and said:
"Perhaps it means that one may
inquire WTthin."
"It doesn't matter," sai<^ the
l^d^ptyyiytb ,h?asplfi3ha|f him.
-LMPJMum* jnew apum;b? iv uic
same tone with which the day before
he* Ua<L*aicU4o twmselk "It's
wj?e-'* <
<TTring ii you like?' said Jenting.
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"Oh, thank you. Neye?,gaip<jl on
my account."
jv intending to malf^ inquiries
for thyself, though i have ifo definite
idea of taking a house. I don't
need one." * *
,<Jor L? .
v m went up off to'the shoop and
rang the ball,?Bis- oummono was
answered by a. middle aged person
woo' ifrvW i&tbiiTKiifefce/tj evidently
i caretaker. The lady waited
for Jenkins to act as spokesman,
but ha -hesitated. Ife did not know
whether to say "this lady wishes to
look1 Jifcr the< house"* or' fT wish to
lQok at the house." He comproio?k
>' th?
bouse, he said.
*"Ohl Walk in t" ^
"There arp eight rooms," said the
ebretakbf,' leading the Way through
the apartments. "On this floor par
lor, dining rooim ttbaarjl lid kitchen."
Then, leading them upstairs
'Tour bedrooms uj) Jhere. This
ffSlit toom will make a. beautiful
room for you and your wife, sir,
and 4hiaJitil4 room adjoining it
just "bi^^nAugh for the children,
if you have them. There's another
small room back, that would make
a good nursery and a guests' room.
The bathroom is at the end of the
hall."
IlfJfcbl podr^dbiah .Md been cog-1
rnt of the terrible blunder she
making she would have been
deeply pained. And yet she would
hAve had no cause to be pained.
Though-.Jenkins put'on a wooden
expression, there was a very pleasant
feeling about his heart. Though
the lady bluslfcd a tody red, there
was a suspicion of t smile playing
on hecJipa.,
""How nfany* children have you,
afcfam ?" asked the woman, suddenly
breaking in upon her description
of the house.* '
^0,children," replied the lady,
ignoring the woman's inference that
the t vo we're married.
how^t uooin tiSfiem to me that peo.
pl^ are matried rill'the little tots'
come.-- Without- them folks are,
"'7V u 1 . ?w - - ' * ' I
k i
liable to ran to cats and doga, a!
{)oor makeshift for children. Dear
ittle souls! How nice it is to see
them romp and play! I like the
girls best, of course, but little boys ,
are nice, too, especially when they're
fine, manly little fellows. But in 1
every family there should be both !
bo- s and girls."
ViThile the woman was running !
on, unconscious that the picture
she was drawing was the unfilled desire
of the two people she was talk- ]
ing to, that they were not married 1
and both had for years wished to 1
be^-m^rried, especially for the home
she had suggested by her remarks \
upon children, Jenkins was looking
at the ceiling, out of the window, 1
itlij piai'C CAtUJH nwic lit llll^ui
be expected to look. Suddenly he '
turnqd his eyes upon the lady be- ]
side him and saw blushes coming
and going like an aurora borealis, 1
with smiles on the lips like sunlight 1
on ripples of water. Then their
eyes met. 1
The usual happening from such
* meeting of eyes under such cir- ^
cumstanccs might be embarrasstpejot,
or it might be half embarrassment
and half amusement, or ,
it might be anger. The look beYfreen
these two was neither of '
thdse. There was more in that .
glance than has been written in
;U4EV a volume, and no volume
could express as much. The man's
eyes said, "Let us fulfill the pie- ,
ture." The woman's said, "1 will.''
"Do you think you will take the ,
tiouse ?" asked Jenkins as they stood ,
on the sidewalk about to part.
"Hather, do you think you'll take j
iT?" was the reply. ;
"I am certainly not so ungallant
as to stand in a lady's way."
t "Nor would I think of taking it
if you 'want it."
t Jenkins stood thinking for a mo
ment before replying, it was tnein
artificial relations that were occu- .
pying his thoughts. ;
i "Suppose," he said, taking out
his card, "you send me word as to
your decision."
"I will," she replied in a low
tone. (
"On second thought, I will not
put you to so much trouble. If you '
will let me know where I could get '
vour reply I would be pleased to
call for it." i
"I 'should be happy to have you J
do so." She gave him her address.
"Good morning!"
"Good morning!"
In a few days Jenkins called '
upon the caretaker, with whom the
renting of the house had been left,
with a couple of leases in his pocket
and executed one for the owner and
another for himself.
"When will you move in, sir?" ;
asked the woman.
"I don't know. I would like to
have you remain as you are and
take care of the house for me for
the present."
\f Ka^APO AQTA.
iuuuiug pnsscu uiiui? i>uv \.wv
taker got her order to do the cleaning.
Then everything was made
spick and span, and furniture began
to arrive. Jenkins went to the
house and saw that it was arranged
as properly and with as much taste
as could be expected of a bachelor,
then when all was finished left it
in charge of the woman and went
away.
The next she saw of him he drove
up to the door in a carriage, wearing
a frock coat, a silk hat and a
chrysanthemum in his buttonhole.
He handed out the lady who had inspected
the house in his company,
and when inside and her wraps
were thrown off she waa very beautifully
dressed.
Years have passed since these
two strangers met at the "house to
let" and later went to live in it at
man and wife. A family such as
the caretaker described are there
and all are happy. The house is but
a stone's throw from the club, but
Jenkins never goes there. He says
he has no use for it.
Th* Myttie Savtn.
A certain fond father sent his
son to a university last falL As a
farewell piece of advice he told the
young man that "his success was
almost assured, since both the word
'success' and your name contain seven
letters." The midyear examinations,
however, proved to be his |
doom, and he was compelled to return
home.
"Well," said his father, "didn't
you keep in mind what I told you
-loout the seven letters?"
"I did that, father," answered i
the boy, "but you must rememberj.(
that there are also seven letters in
'failure/ "?Exchange.
A Joke That Failed.
Once tfhen Henrik Ibsen was en- :
gaged in writing a play he by chance i <
dropped a scrap of paper on which
were the words, "the doctor says/' ;
Mrs. Ibsen determined to have a
joke and one day casually remarked:
"Who is that doctor in your new
play? I suppose he'll say some interesting
things?"
Ibsen at first was silent with astonishment.
Then he broke out
into a fit of rage, full of reproaches
for her spying.
SOME MAMMOTH LETTERS. ,
Mountains Wsar Thsm For tho Univorsitios
Thsy Rsprsssnt.
High up on the bare slope of the J
Wasatch mountains, immediately
behind Salt Lake City, is an enormous
white capital letter "U" that
is visible from every point in the
ijreat Salt hake valley. It is the
letter of the University of Utah.
It is a hundred feet long by fifty
feet wide, and is as everlasting as
the mountain it rests upon, for it is
made of solid concrete.
x- -* A iL _ A #
lears ago u was trie cusium iur
each of the two lower classes at
the university to try to put its
numerals on the hills behind the
college and to prevent its rival
from doing the same thing. The
resulting fights became so violent
that the student body took steps to
put an end to them. The class
numerals were replaced by a great
letter <rU," made by the entire student
body. It was of earth and was
whitewashed, but the rains soon
washed it away. The letter had to
be made every year.
In 1907 the boys decided to make
\ permanent letter of concrete.
They raised a sum of money to buy
materials, drew plans, dug the
trench, made the concrete and fashioned
the great letter.
Ever since, April 16 has been set
aside as "U" day. On this day all
the students and many townsfolk
besides climb the steep slope of the
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mountain ana assemDie at tne u.
The workers are organized beforehand,
and most of the hard tasks
fall to the freshmen. Quantities of
lime and water are carried up the
hill, the letter is swept clean and a
;oat of whitewash applied. By noon
the work is completed, and the letter
stands out sharply in its new
white spring suit. Then the students
descend to the campus, where
the "co-eds" serve luncheon on the
lawns. The afternoon is given up
to sports and dancing.
Farther west, on the hills over
looking Berkeley and San Francisco
bay, the traveler beholds another
great letter?the golden "C" of the
University of California. In size it
is 60 by 30 feet. It, too, is made of
concrete. It stands 800 feet above
tide level and is colored a golden
yellow ? for the university colors
are gold and blue.
This great letter has been strung
with wires, and on the occasion of
an athletic victory it blazes out
against the dark background of the
night, flashing its message to all the
country round.
Near Ogden, Utah, a great "Y"
adorns a steep slope in honor of j
the Brigham Young college, and'
Livingston, Mont., gazes out on a j
huge white letter "L." ? Youth's;
Companion. j
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Insultad His Lags.
Aprojpos of knee breeches a cor
respondent 01 me .uonaon iiiipreBB'
2notes an anecdote from Captain)
ironow's "Recollections" which!
?nts the whole case in a nutshell.'
'he Bailie de Ferrette was always
dressed in knee breeches, with a
cocked hat and a court sword, the
Blender proportions of which great-,
ly resembled those of his legs. "Do
tell me, my dear bailie," said Montrond
one day, "have you got three j
legs or three swords? Soon after
which, we should imagine, the bailie
went home. j
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Tragic Family History.
The following inscriptions are to
be seen on a tombstone at Debrec- j
sin, Hungary:
"Joseph Moritz, murdered at sixty-two
by his son. Isabelle Moritz,
wife of above, poisoned at fortyseven
by her daughter. Elizabeth
Moritz committed suieide at twenty
after poisoning her mother. Joseph
Moritz, Jr., murderer of his father,
died in prison at twenty-seven."?
London Standard.
Useful Firswssd.
Fireweed, otherwise known as the
"great willow herb," 6eems to have
been created as an antidote for one
of the ugliest sights a landscape
may offer?burnt over ground. The
fireweed is a genuine cosmopolite,
for it sends its consoling shaft
above the ashes of burnt forests not
only throughout America, hut in
Europe and Asia.
Tripolitan Proverbs.
"You cannot," says a Tripolitan
proverb, "escape your fate, even on
a horse." "Whoever," says another,
"has maize will soon find one who
will lend him flour." "If a dog is
to be beaten," 6ays a third, "there
ia no lack of sticks." A fourth
proverb points out that "whoever
is seeking pearls must go to the
depths of the ocean."
Leave It to Pat.
An Englishman when in a crowd
performed a trie!: of which he
Doastcd no one else in the crowd
but himself could do.
"Any fool could do that," said
Pat, who was looking on.
"Well, ". hy don't you try it?"
said iho Englishman.
"Begob." said Bat, "I'm no fool.'" '
CARNIVAL OF GHOSTS.
An Alaskan Festival and Its Speaking
Tubs Trickery.
Nobody knows who first invented
the speaking tube, but it may have
been the Indians of southern Alaska.
At all events the contrivance
is well known to them, and it is of
a wholly original pattern.
It is nothing in the world but the
stem (sometimes as much as 300
feet long) of the monstrous sea?
- J ikrt ^/n'nni Irnln "
weuu L'auru uiu BAaAJw
flourishes in vast beds all along the
north Pacific coast. When dried it
furnishes a hollow pipe?a speaking
tube ready made, as one might
say.
Dr. Franz Boas of the American
Museum of Natural History says
that a speaking tube of this kind
plays an important part in an annual
religious festival of the natives
of southern Alaska, called the
"carnival of ghosts." The festival is
derived from a tradition that tells
of a journey made by an adventurous
individual to a region beneath
the earth inhabited by phantoms.
Beneath the floor of the sacred
lodge house are laid kelp tubes in
such a way as to terminate in the
fireplace. When the ceremonial is
in progress the performer disappears
into a hole in the ground behind
the fire, and presently voices
are heard coming out of the flames.
The phantoms are supposed to be
doing the talking, but in reality the
s\f nnrcnnc VllrlflO
VUlt'CS ell C lin/nc Ui Jfvicvug ??
in adjoining rooms, who speak
through the tubes.
The enormously long stems of the
giant kelp, rooted at the bottom of
the sea, are supported at the surface
by huge hollow bulbs that serve
as floats, each of them bearing a
great frond of leaves. These bulbs
are used by the Alaskan Indians as
bottles to contain oil.
The stems arc also employed as
worms for primitive stills (the only
other essential part of the apparatus
being a tin can), in which potatoes
are distilled to obtain a kind of
whisky called "hoochinoo." This
beverage drunk raw engenders immediate
madness.
Origin of "Not Worth Hit 8alt."
J 1 IV .
A subscriber wants to Know me
origin of the expression, "He is not
worth his salt." He says he ran
upon the expression in a book printed
many years ago, and he desires
to know if it is an ancient expression.
It is, and, like many of our
expressions, it comes from military
sources. At one time in the history
of the. world soldiers were paid in
salt for fighting. Salt was a very
nrecious commodity, and to induce
men to fight an allowance of salt
was given them. The pay was
known as salerium?from the Latin
sal, meaning salt. That is the origin
of our word "salary." It means
"pertaining to salt." ?o if a soldier
was not worth his salary he is not
worth his "salt." Ana to tnis gooa
day we use the expression at times
to describe a worthless fellow.?Columbus
Dispatch.
Medieval Doors.
During the medieval period doors
were small and narrow, so that only
one person could pass through at a
time owing to the universal need
for protection against attack. For
this same reason external doorways
were sometimes set in a recess, commanded
by openings through which
arrows could be shot. The doors
themselves were constructed in one
piece and not divided from the center
and were fastened by strong oak
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pars, wmcn couia ue urnwu oi-iuea
from one side to the other.
Piocadilly.
This famous street in London was
first mentioned in a seventeenth
century edition of Gerard's Herbal.
It is believed by many that the
name was originated by a tailor
named Higgins, who made a fortune
from the sale of certain turnover
collars which he called pickadelles
or piccadillies. At length retiring
from business, Higgins built
himself a home in the vicinity
which he called Piccadilla Hall, so
in all probability it was this that introduced
the name.
Roof Ornamants In China.
The roof ridge of a Chinese house
is usually decorated with an elaborate
plaster ornament in the form
of a design embodying the character
"fu," signifying happiness. To
prevent the ornament being damaged
by crows the owner of the
house sticks large numbers of ordinary
sewing needles point outward
into the soft plaster. ? London
Standard.
Auburn Haired Women.
History avers that women with
auburn hair have wielded a strong
influence in all ages. The women
familiar to history who belonged to
this sisterhood were Isabella of Castile,
Helen of Troy, Catherine I. of
Russia, Joan of Are. Elizabeth of
England. Marv Stuart, Anne of Russia.
ex-Empress Eugenie, Lucrezia
Rorgia and Beatrice Cenci.
| UHdpsl^j
B There can be no doubt tt
9 as to the merit of Cardui, |
the woman's tonic, in I P
I the treatment of many I I
i m* troubles peculiar to
R1 women. The thousands ?13
mZ of women who have been
| helped by Cardui in the ||
B past 40 years, is conclu- 9 B
B sive proof that it is a B B
B good medicine for women B I
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raflie Woman's Tonic ra
pi Mrs. N. E. Varner, of |1
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remarkably strong for a
woman 64 years of age.
1 do all my housework." lm
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Remember The Dead
Monuments and Tombstones of
every style and desciptrion at
lowest prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.
See S C Anderson,
Kingstree, S C. 3-8
Tf vmi naoH niaaopc: enmp
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to me. Single and double
lenses fitted correctly at lowest
prices. Broken lenses duplicated.
T. E, BAGGETT, Jeweler
Undressed Lumber1
always have on hand a lot of undressed
lumber (board and framing) at
my mill near Kingstree. for sale at the
lowest price for good material. See or
write me for further information, etc.
F. H. HODGE.
WHAT IS
LAX-FOS
LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA
A Digestive Laxative
CATHARTIC AND UVER TONIC
Lax-Fos is sot a Secret or Patent Medicine
bat is composed of the following
>ld-fashioned roots and herbs:
cascara bark
blue flaq root
rhubarb root
' black root
may apple root
nruuA c a wee
gtiiiin kt.nvb?
AND PEPSIN
InLax-Fos the Cascara Is improved by
the addition of these digestive ingredients
making it better than ordinary Cascara,
and thns the combination acts not
only as a stimulating laxative and cathartic
bnt also as a digestive and liver tonic.
Syrup laxatives are weak, bnt Lax-Fos
| combines strength with palatable,4 aro!
matic 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.
For Your Child's Couch.
Here's a pleasant cough syrup
that every child likes to takes, Dr
Bell'a Pine-Tar-Honey. If your
child has a deep hacking cough that
worries you give him Dr Bell's PineTar-Honey,
the soothing pine balsam
relieves the cough, loosens the
phlegm and heals the irritated tisj
sues. Get a bottle today at your
I druggist and start treatment at
;once. 25c.
Visit Odom & Dennis' Cash Store.
1 at People's Mercantile Co's old stand
on Academy street.
I Professional Cards, J
MISS EULA HERRING,
KINGSTKEE, S. C. .
Trained Nurse,
Prepared to answer emergency i
calls night or day. 'Phone 115. J
Dr. D. Zed Rowell *
Dental Surgeon j
Kelly Building; First Room in Front
Andrew, - South Carolina
DR. R. CLAUDE McCABE,
Dental Surgeon,
Office in Hirsch building, over Kingstree
Drug Co's. 8-28-tl
lOOBERT J. MCCABE,
DENTIST,
KINGSTREE, , S. C
Office in Nexsen Building, 3 doors from
Postoffice. Phone 78.
MeD. NESMITH,
DENTIST,
Lake City, S. C
W. L TAYLOR
DEMIST,
OfBc* la Nmmb Building
KINGSTREE, - S.C.
5-21-tf.
1866 101S
A. M. SNIDER,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Office at Residence, Railroad Avenue.
J. DeS. Gllland
Attorney-at-Law
Second Floor Masonic Temple
Florence, S. G
General practicioner in all State and
Federal Courts. I
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
tint Monday in each month, at Heller's
Stables. 9-28-tf
Lodge, No. 46
A. F.M.
meets Thursday before full moon each
month. Visiting brethren are cordially
invited. S P Harper, W M.
J D Britton. Sec. 2-27-ly
tKingstree
CAMP NO* 27.
i imqlii mum)
!' The Third Monday .
j Night In each 1
! Vultlng choppert coi
1 tally Invited to com?
op and alt on a stump
or tiang a bout on the
P H Stoll,
j M Brown. Clerk. Coo. Com
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Lire Stock Hate Glass
Accident and Health
Bonding a Specialty
We are the largest and
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Williamsburg county, and
are in a position to give you
the best service.
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Concord. If. H., An. 17. HIT
I wu lick fix month! Uit jeer nod the Doctor M
told me to (o toFIoridn. I tot eome Granger
Deer Rejoin tor la Kloridn nnd it did me foodi
broo?ht four buien home with me nod bow I ~
am feeUnf n (rent den] better.
(Sifned) R. J. Rowlnnd
Sold by all drusrgrinta?25c a box
Granger Medicine Co., Chnttenootn, Teas.
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