The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 06, 1917, Image 8
THE INDIAN S VEROICT.
ft Wu tho Opinion of Man Who
Could Koop Hia Mouth Shut.
A stolid blank looking Indian sat
in a federal court room to be arraigned
for bootlegging. His case
was called. The marshal told him
to stand up. He only stared, apparently
not comprehending. The marshal
motioned him to rise. He stood.
"What i9 your name ?" the judge
asked.
No reply.
trrr _ .11 n?
nave yuu au auuxucv :
Only a helpless stare from the Indian.
"Can you understand English ?"
Silence on the part of the prisoner.
"Mr. Attorney, what is this man
charged with ?" asked the judge.
<i The district attorney stated the
ease.
"It seems to me," said the judge,
*that this is a very trivial case. The
poor thing doesn't seem to understand
a word of English. He probably
has no understanding that he i
has done wrong. Mr. Attorney, just
enter a nolle prosequi in this case."
The Indian was told that he could
go. He stood staring and motion
less. The marshal with a gesture
ordered him to sit down. He obeyed
and stayed throughout the long afternoon
session of court. In one
case, the charge was similar to his
own. A noted local lawyer was defending.
He entered a plea of guilty
for his client and then made an impassioned
appeal for mercy. His
pathos would have moved a marble
statue. He represented long and
earnestly the wonderful virtues and
manifold kindnesses of his client.
When he sat down the judge said:
"Five years in the penitentiary."
Court adjourned and as the crowd
passed out the Indian followed. He
walked down the steps behind the
lawyer for the man who had just
been sentenced. Suddenly he leaned
over and whispered in the attorney's
ear:
"White man talk too darn much."
?Case and Comment.
Tho Cleanliness of Animals.
Man seems to be the only animal
whose food soils him, making necessary
much washing and shieldlike
bibs and napkins. Moles living in
elimw irnrmc
me CBHil BUU cauug ouuij n viuiu
are jet as clean as seals or fishes,
whose lives are one perpetual wash.
The squirrels in these resiny woods
keep themselves clean in some mysterious
way; not a hair is sticky,
though they handle the gummy
cooes and glide about apparently
without care. The birds, too, are
clean, though they seem to make a
M>od deal of fuss washing and cleaning
their feathers.?From "My First
Summer In the Sierras/' by John
Ifuir.
Cattir1! Appaaranca.
Julius Caesar was a thin man, tall
and with a very wrinkled, seamy
countenance. His forehead was
troad and full of wrinkles. His
eyes were not large, but described
*8 exceedingly bright and quick. His
nose was of more than usual size
and his chin full and prominent.
He walked with a slight, scholarly
stoop in his shoulders. His ears
stood out well from his head, and
his hair was always cut close. Early ;
, in life he became bald.
Home Sights.
Home sights and sounds are best j
of all. The sublime beauty of the j
Yosemite touched me with wonder 1
and awe, but when I heard the rob- !
in's note it touched mv heart. 11
think I am something like a turtle j
in the way I like to poke about in j
narrow fields, but why should I
rush hither and yon to see things
when I can see constellations from 1
nay own doorstep? ? John Bur-(
roughs in St. Nicholas.
Grammatical Knowledge.
When General Leonard Wood was
a small boy he was called up in the j
grammar class. The teacher said: i
"Leonard, give me a sentence, j
and we'll see if we can change it to
the imperative mood."
"The horse draws the cart," said
Leonard.
"Very good. Now, change the
Mdtence to an imperative."
"Get up," said young Wood.?
Christian Register.
Mum'i tho Word.
Doctor?Something wrong with
the baby?
Mother?Yes, doctor. He got hold
t>f an old dictionary some wav and
chewed up two pages out of it.
"Did you give him an emetic T*
"Yes, doctor, but I can't get a
word out of him."?Yonkers Statesman.
Joy.
.Toy is the mainspring in the
whole round of everlasting nature;
joy moves the wheels of the great
timepiece of the world; she it is that
loosens flowers from their buds,
K-ins from their firmaments, rolling
sphere? in distant space seen not by
o c-'as- of the astronomer.?Schfli*
r.
TO MEASURE THE MOON. )
i
Mar# Is a Simpls Msthod, and It Is Accurst#
and Instructive.
Any boy or girl cnn measure the 1
size of the moon by carrying out a <
simple experiment and using the j
fact found in any geography book- - |
that the mean distance of the moon 1
from the earth is 238,840 miles.
We do not need to know a great
deal nor to be very observant to
realize that the farther away any
object is from us the smaller it
aeems. If we stand, say, 100 feet
fro ii a wall, it appears to be a certain
height, but if we go 200 feet
away the apparent height dwindles '
to half, and at 400 feet this is a '
quarter, and so on. The apparent \
size of an object therefore varies in i
a regular proportion, according to j
the distance, and it is this knowledge,
properly used, that enables us
to measure tfie size of the moon.
Let us cut out a cardboard disk
the size of a silver dollar and stick
this with a dab of gum or paste to
the window pane when the moon is <
at the full. We then stand in such ?
a position that the disk is between t
us and the moon, and we step back |
until the little round card exactly t
covers the outline of the moon, no j
more and no less. Now measure the
distance from where we are standing ^
to the window, and it will be found j
that this is 165 1-3 inches.
Our geography book tells ns that j
the moon is 238,840 miles from the
earth and at that distance it appears (
exactly the same size as the disk at j
165 1-3 inches from our eye. By reducing
the distance of the moon to
inches and dividing the result by
165 1-3 we find that the moon is 92,- j
500,000 times bigger than the disk.
To get the diameter of the moon
therefore we measure the diameter j
of the disk and multiply that by 92,500,000.
The result is 2,160y2 j
miles, which is within a mile of the
actual diameter of the moon, as {
measured elaborately ? namely, ]
2,159% miles. (
Having found the diameter, we ,
can get the circumference by multi- ,
plying the diameter by 3.1416. As j
the moon is an almost perfect j
sphere, we get the area of its sur- {
face by multiplying the circumfer- j
ence by the diameter, and to get the
enhie enntents we mnltinlv the area
of the surface by one-third of the
radius?that is, a sixth of the diameter.?St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Windsor Castle.
Windsor ca6tle is near the town of 1
Windsor, in Berkshire, England, \
twenty-three miles from London. '
Windsor is one of the ancient towns 1
of England, dating from the early ;
middle ages. The castle was erect- ]
ed by William the Conqueror.' It
was originally the site of a Roman
settlement and has figured in English
history in many important pic- j
turesque and tragic ways. Many of 1
the kings of England Are buried '
there, beneath the royal chapel, in- j
eluding King Edward VII., who was j
buried there in May. 1910. The castle,
surrounded by magnificent '
grounds, has been the chief residence
of English sovereigns for
many centuries.
i
Hi* Opportunity.
"Harry, I've been reading up on
parliamentary U6age. I've got to
preside at a meeting of our girls'
club. But there's one thing I don't
quite understand?what is the 'previous
question?'"
"It's the question I've been trying
to ask you for a whole year, Mabel,
but you never would listen to
me. You'll let me ask now, won't J
you?"
"I?I suppose so, Harry, if?you i
are sure it's parliamentary."?Chi- (
capo Tribune.
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Naming a Book.
It is not generally known how
Kipling chose the title "The Light i
That Failed'' for the book that help- i
ed to make him famous. He had almost
decided to call the novel "The
Failure." although he was somewhat i
dissatisfied with this rather prosaic '
title. One evening as he was sitting
in his study reading by lamplight t
the light went down suddenly, when *
Kipling exclaimed:
"Bv Jove, I've got it! 'The Light t
That Failed!"' i
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The White Headed Boy. t
The phrase "his mother's white 1
headed bov" is as old as the hills in t
Ireland. It appears in many of the i
Irish fairy stories of the last century.
Irish mothers who knew
good fairies always kept the secret
for the "white headed boy" of the
family. Gerald Griffin in one of
his best short stories years ago used
the phrase as one he had borrowed
from an old Celtic book.
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War. t
Fell slaughter, one of the most
anthentic products of the pit you y
would say. onee give it customs, becomes
war, with laws of war, and is
customary and moral enough, and j
red individuals carry the tools of it 1
girt round their haunches, not with- ,
out an air of pride?which do thou ]
nowise Wame.?C'arlyle. '
A Grippe Epidemic
Every winter Health Boards
warn against this weakening
disease which often strikes
those who are least prepared
to resist it You should strengthen
fouraelf against grippe by taking
ObmwiS
which is the cream of cod fiver oil,
refined, purified and to skilfully
prepared that it enriches the blood
rtreams, creates reserve strength
and fortifies the lungs and throat
Don't delay?It may mean much.
fuse SCOTT'S
Refuse Substitutes
Boott ft Bonx. Bloonfeld/N. i. T-tt
| CARLISLE SCHOOL NOTES |
Honor roll for month beginning
October 29 and ending NovemDer
23 follows:
Hrn^p 1 nrimarv? Williard Brock
nton, 93.
Grade 1, advanced? Irving Eaddy,
)3; Clyde Flagler, 91; Nellie Smiey,
91.
Grade 2?Annie May Flagler, 91.
Grade 3?Ethel Brockinton, 93.
Grade 4?Lonnie Flagler, 93; Leon
Kelly, 93; Lucile Flagler, 91.
Grade 5?Hazel Flagler, 97; Pearl
Joye, 96; David Kelly, 94; David
Mouzon, 90; Mazie Brockinton, 90.
Grade 8 and 9?Unie Allene Brockinton,
97.
Carlisle 3chool has completed its
second month's work. The children
lave made marked improvement
luring the past month and we are
very much pleased to see some new
aames on the honor roll. We hope
L" imnv/vtmmanfo novf I
LU IIJtlAC ^icatci Illl^/IUVCUJCUM UVAW
month than this, as the children
?eem to take a great deal of interest
n their work this year.
Teacher.
A committee of Western sheep
growers has gone to New Orleans to
look into the possibility of moving
millions of sheep from the West to
toe South. The homestead act is
crowding sheep out of the Western
States, and grazing lands must be
found for them elsewhere.
Notice of Application
for Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on the
T\ 1 miF? T :ii
Sfin day 01 uecemoer, lan, a win c41jly
to P M Brockinton, Judge of Pro>ate
for Williamsbug county, for Let:ers
Dismissory as General Guardian of
Jie person and estate of Katie MiDwee
loper. S McB Graham,
ll-22-5tp General Guardian,
Tax Notice.
The tax books will be open for collee:ion
of taxes for the year 1917 on the
15th day of October, prox. Tax levy
is follows:
For State nulls
Ordinary County 4 44
Roads 3 "
Constitutional School 3 "
For High School No 16 2 "
44 Bonds 44 16 2
? ? ji 4 ??
44 12 6 44
44 15 8
4* ?4 42 4 44
44 58 5
? * i ''25 3 44
5p'c"l Sch No 2, 32, 40 and 47, 2 ,4
31 3
8, 38, 51, 37, 45. 61. 25,
11, 46. 48, 50. 58, 34, 58, 4, 59, 5, 41, 60,
>,17,29,43, 53, 14, 7,18and57. .4 mills
Special School No 49 6 44
44 No 13, 27, 28, 54. 42,
12, 16, 22, 36, 39, 52, 19 and 56, 8. - mills
Special School No 24 10 44
15, 23 and
il2 y 12 44
For Clarendon Township?Bond Tax
"or Clarendon Court House, 1J^ mills.
A tax of 50c on dogs.
All parties between the ages of 21
ind 60 years, inclusive, are liable, uness
exempted by law, to a poll tax of
>1.00, also to a commutation tax of $2.00.
Crvn/iio 1 lortr an oil aah/q ^aoto <taqfo
"F1*-'"' ,v ' f ?" ? ? ""6". fe?
ind sheep in parts of Penn, Anderson
md all of Suttons townships for fence,
>0 mills.
Upon all unpaid taxes after Decem>er
31 a penalty of 1% will be added
for January, 1% for February and 5%
o 15th day of March next, after which
.he books will be closed and executions
ssued upon all unpaid taxes.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail may expedite matters
)y dropping the Treasurer a card askng
for the amount of their taxes, so as
x> avoid sending the wrong amount,
ilso stating the towninip or townships
[if property is owned in more than one)
ind if possible give school district
vhere property is located. After payng
taxes examine your receipts and see
f all your property is covered; if not,
tee about it at once.
By following the above suggestions
implications and additional cost may
>e avoided. R B Smith,
9-20 County Treasurer.
What is LAX-FOS
LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA
\ Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic
md Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark,
Bine Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black
Root, May Apple Root, SennaLeaves and
Pepsin. Combines strength with palaable
aromatic taste. Doe^ net ?rKr;. /
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