The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 02, 1919, Image 7
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The Peoples Market !
H. A. Miller; Prop.
> Fresh Beef, Pork and Sausage.
LEAVE ORDERS FOR
I DRESSED CHICKEN
I We are paying 22 cents per pound for
Chickens in any quantity. Also payW
ing cash for Cow Hides.
THE PEOPLE'S MARKET
H. A. MILLER, Proprietor,
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I UNDERTAKING
I AND
I Undertakers' Supplies of All Kinds.
Coffins and Caskets
With or Without Hoarse Service.
On furnish and deliver anywhere in the county. Prices
range from $4,00 to $350.
Prompt service rendered day or night Embalming
done on short notice. Telephone numbers 91 and 17.
FLOWERS FURNISHED.
1 represent two floral houses and can furnish cut flowers
and funeral designs'on short notice. [2-7-6m
Metdk Caskets. Ctppcr aid Metal Yaks.
~P. S. COURTNEY.
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go to T. E. Raggett's
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^ WEDDING RINGS!
Wedding Pres
and Solid Gold for the fall bride.
Bring me your broken Watches. Clocks and Jewelry. Re- |
pairs made same day received. i
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i Business Advancement!
WHEN IN THE COURSE OF BUSINESS EVENTS
IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR A MAN TO BROADEN
HIS FIELD OF ENDEAVOR, HE NOT INFREQUENTLY
FDTOS THAT HE MUST BROADEN HIS BANKING FACILITIES
ALSO.
WHEN YOUR BUSINESS REACHES THAT
POINT, YOU MAY WELL CONSIDER THE COMPLETENESS
OF FINANCIAL SERVICE OFFERED BY THE
BANK OF KINGSTREE
WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR BUSINESS ACCOUNT
WITH US YOU HAVE THE SATISFACTION OF KNOW
ING THAT YOUR LARGEST BUSINESS KEVJUlKEMENTS
CAN BE MET AND YOUR VARIED BANKING
NEEDS SATISFIED TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL.
CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH TO BE ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
LIBERAL ENOUGH TO SATISFY ALL REASONABLE
PEOPLE.
FOUD PER CENT PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
BANK OF KINGSTREE
A ' OLDEST BANK IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY
D. C SCOTT, President, R. D. MILLS, Ass't., Cashier.
JNO. A. KELLEY, Vice-Pres. BOYLE SINGLETON, Bookkeeper.
F. W. FAIRY, Cashier, MRS. J. C. KELLY, Bookkeeper,
' Let us do your Job Printing
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\ 1 By AGNES G. BROGAN. "
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Barrf* sat before a confusing lifter
of paper*, and passed bN hand in troubled
fashion over his forehead.
Allan Rsrris was a play-writer, as
ell as manager of various departments
connects! wifh 'hat work. His
ambition was o pr-?s<'m s new ?nd
fnily great n tress in on? of his orfg
rnai piays. Tnar ,'j?> n<> Ise
of fnlSnm?"if. \f-it *r-m* f i m it'falrs
continually [i?-?
Here. sm.inc ',h<? ::tr.*r * -?irsffi{
letters. heggiri; v? -'c \f I'rntwi * ?py
kind?fhiK' i* . Kirt.f <i|? iv ni'd-bc
"Stars" l| " tr i'l '* r|'*-? *xs try r<? >*norc.
Th-* < :!*-1 ' ? In* tvfth
ln??xm?ru* i.- ! vrt t-ri >f their <?wr?
hisfrinne- tVf-y
Her-* ? is m * fp im .1 young wornon
win* fi;nI ?' first written in tfie enthtixhtsm
?!' sure success. asking for a
certain part fn one of his prominent
plays. "Though she was unfamiliar
with theatrical work.** she frankly
confesses!, -she knew that she could
portray his character of 'Normand'
faithfully." Her request for a personal
interview and trial had been tgnored.
The second letter which came from
the aspirant was decidedly humbler
she would be glad if ua few speaking
tinea."
The next appeal was for an Interview
only, and the last, which claimed
Allan Barrls* amused attention, was
for office work of any kind which he
could give her. She had suffered
"atrange misfortune," she wrote, and
her need was great"
The appeal touched him. not so
much by its pathos as by its cheerful
persistence. He wrote the girl, asking
her to call upon the following day,
and he had almost forgotteu his indulgence
when she was announced.
In his mind. Harris pictured his
frank applicant as a glowing creature
garbed in popularly approved fashion.
Instead. It was a small gray-clad flg
are which awaited diffidently his invltation
from the doorway. The tray
dress was softly clinging;, with a quaint
kerchief about her shoulders, and It
i was the girl's shy, glancing purple eyes
! which first impressed him.
She had spoken advisedly, she was
| "unusually good looking"?"unusual"
: was the word.
"Can you do stenography and type1
writing?" he asked.
The girl sadly shook her head.
"If you could give me other thlnga
I at first. I would learn that later," she
| spoke in a sort of soft eagerness.
"Heretofore, I had no opportunity
of learning. My life was?all ease."
She caught her breath tremulously and
! threw out her hands in a hopeless
, gesture. The wistful eyes were misty
I with tears.
I "Everything changed for me In one
[ moment. That was the strange, hard
part of It." * i)
J Quickly she brushed the tears frfta
her eyes and leaned toward Barrial
' "Can you believe me," she asked,
I "that I have now between me abd
i starvation Just twenty-five cents?"
At his astonished stare, she smlMd
i suddenly, very bravely, Barris thought
. "If you id?l give me some work to
dr. at once that part of tho trouble #UI
soon be disposed of." she told hlu>
The busy man, whose sympathy rihd
anxiety were usually bound op la hla
j osrtf Intricate work, found himself
j moved now as he' had never been
i moved to pity and admiration. The
j gtri'r sincerity cooM not be doubted;
| her plucky willingness to work herself
1 out of a discouraging situation won
I his Immediate championship.
"Tou might begin." he suggested, "by
answering that Irritating telephone;
use your Judgment as to whether response
upon my part Is Imperative, or
may be postponed. I'm maddeningly
i busy."
The girl, her hat swiftly removed.
; was already at th^telephone.
Barris noted.approvingly the soft ar;
rangement of her hair, In keeping some
?"HO ilio trim ?n? fmclr and Mt
lions eyes. For a time he was not
I disturbed by the telephone, continuing
I his dictation to an observant young
! woman typist. Subconsciously, at last,
i he sensed the stranger's troubled (tax*
In his direction. Mutely, she seemed
i to be signaling his help.
Ban-Is abruptly dismissed his stenographer
and turned to answer the girl's
silent appeal. Her eyes, as he looked
down upon her, were darkly tragic.
*1 must go," she said, breathlessly.
"I must leave you; and. oh. I did so
i want to stay?my first chance?and the
crying need for money?" Her voice
i broke In its despair.
Again Rarris was moved, deeply;
the secret, the mystery of her unwillingly
gripped him.
"Explain yourself," he said tersely.
"Are you. after all. an impostor, or an
Innocent mistakenly enduring some
trouble?"
He was surprised at.his owfi emotions.
"I ask, because I honestly wish to
help you." he added gently.
The little gray figure came close.
The girl held out imploring hands. Into
the purple eyes came a laughing gleam
of triumph.
"Thanks," ah* s*id. "Your own belief
la my acting is the surest proof of
its success. I told you that, I could do
it. For the past hour I have been
your 'Normand,' and you have forgotten
her in me."
And so it happened that Alien Barris
realised his dream, presenting a
new r.r.1 truly great actress In one of
bis original plays.
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BIRTH AND DEATHS
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White Infanta in 1919 exceed 1918
Crop By 284
During the first six months of 1919,
: the total number of births of white
| infants in South Carolina was 9.670.
!The number of births of white in-;
rants for the first six months of 1918 !
was 9,386, which shows that the
j number of white births for 1919 wa3:
j 284 more than for the ame period '
(of time in 1918. Negro births for the
same periods of time showed a falli
ing off to the extent of 1.023. Duri
ing the first six months of 1919, thO
! number of births of negro infants in ,
i South Carolina was 10,255. During 1
j the first Six months of 19T8 the num- i
ber of negro births was 11,278.
Comparative death rates for in-!
fants of the two races for the first
six months of 1913 and for 1919 show
a decrease while the negro race showed
an increase. In 1918 the death rate
for white infants under one year of
age was 94.7 per 1,000 births. In 1919,
the rate was 88.4 per 1,000 birtha
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Negro Lynched at Omaha
Omaha, Neb., Sept 28.? A lynching,
which developed many characteristics
of a race riot, held this city
terrorized for nine hours today,
Mayor Edward P. Smith was himself
saved from lynching by a policeman,
who it was reported cut a ropa
from about the mayor's neck while
his comrades clubbed off the mob. At
midnight it was said that the mayor
was unconscious in a hospitaL
The riot centered about the new
Douglas county court House, valued
at a million and a half dollars, which
was set on fire in the efforts to reach
William Brown, a negro, charged
with attacking a young white girl a
few days ago.
With tj^ie flames mounting steadily
from floor to floor. Sheriff Mike
Clark and his deputies fought a
grim battle of hours to save Brown
from those who clamored for his life,
but at 11 o'clock, with the cries of
the 100 or more prisoners on the top
floor?the jail floor?ringing in his
ears, he was compelled to surrender
the prisoner, who was hustled to an
electric light pole and hanged.
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their customers.
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the morning and the re?j5 of the day
will take care of itself.
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