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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16

When the curtain was drawn
back and one hundred and ten
Winthrop girls" were seen at once
the beautiful sight was enjoyed as
m ucll as The music they made.
This chorus was superb.
The following programme was
rendered without a flaw 10 mar
its choice selections and IL genuine
worth:
:March Mililaire.' three pianos.
Misses Margaret Roach, Melona
Tiilman. Pawnee Jones, Edith
Stewart, Jeanie Sprunt, Marian
Williams.
The Flower Girl" vocal solo,
Miss May Katherine O'B,van.
LA Fileuse," piano solo, Miss NJ.
MelOna Iillman.
10 Divine Rcdeemer," vocal
solo, with piano, violins and organ
accompaniment, Miss Soui her.
"ValSe de Concert" piano solo,
Miss Margaret II. Roach.
Two part chourS. The MayReis '
and The Flowers" and hy.pn, 20
Holy Saviour arranged for ladies'
voices, and sung by one hundred
and ten Winthrop students.
DR.. Wade Z. Brown was musi
cal director, Miss. s. Wilson,
accompanies; Nj $ Tarver
violiniat, and the concert was
given by the Cecilia Chrous, Which
musical organization is composed
OF Winthrop girls.
In he dining room things were
just as pretty as they were III
other places-many my have
thought tins beautiful room decid
edly the most attractive Of these
numerous attractions. The large
dining room and annex will seat
six hundred, and did not see a
vacant seat. Some idea may be
given of it by saying that forty five
turkeys perished on this occasioN
twenty hams disappeared, ninety
two pies were on the table when
the Baptist host marched in; one
hundred pounds of cocoanut cake
did aesthetic and practical service:
six gallons of pickles, sixty gallons
Of coffee. sixteen gallons of oysters
these and much, very much, of
other good things added to theglory
and enjoyment of Baptist day at
Winlhrop. Had it been Metho-
dist day five hundred chickens of
the Plymouth Rock variety would
have been conspicuous on the
menu.
This keen discrimination "ves
an idea 10 how the hosts and host
esses of this reception paid atten-
tion even in the smallest detail
10 tbs fitness ofthinss. Winthrop
girls were mattresses Of !his never.
Ito-be-forgotten occasion, and the
man who does not know how such
delicacies taste when they are SO
daintilv served by pretty girls
can only 60 to Rock Hill and see
what fate will befall him. The
; tables were decorated with flowers
and nere most attractive. One,
for instance: the table in charge
Of Misses Melona Tiilman and Lila
Neal. was decorated with lovely
white lilies, and with its other at
fractions, especially including
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16
Notice.

All parties having claims against
the County FOR fiscal year commenc-
ing Jan. Isl 1897 AM ending Dec.
3lst 1897 will present the same to
this Office on or before he 3lst inst.
Is BBCHANDLER. Is
j. B MONTGOMERY, CS W G..
Clerk.
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CITATION.
STATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.

BY r. NJ. SMITH ESQUIRE,
Probate Judge.
WHEREAS ] s Cooper has made
suit tr m., to grant him letters Of ad-
ministrat;or rf she Estate Of and effectr
Of James Gc"ger these are thrrefors
to ite and aGnohish all and singu!ae
the kindred the creditors of the said
James Cooper deceased, that they Ike
and appear before me. In the Court Of
Probate, to be held at Kingstree s. C..
on Dec. 2Ith after publication hereof
ut IL O'Clock In the forenoon. to show
cause. If any they have, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this llth day
of Dec Ammo Domini, 1897.
Published on the 18th day Of Dec.
1897 in the County Record.
l.. NJ. SMITH, |
2t. p. j. VIC.
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the DANCER

to which the Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16
Notice.

All persons having claims against
the estate of the late j Headley
Brown are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same duly attested, and
all persons indebted TO said estate
are requested to make payments
to.
SAMUEL A BROWN,
At. Administrator.
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Notice.

All persons having claims against
the estate ola B Kinder, deceased,
are requested to present their
claims duly attested, and those in.
debted to said estate will make
payment to
KINDER.
At. Administrator.
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Badness can he averted, and
many tines heads that are already
bald can be made to grow fine,
healthy hair, of a natural hue, by
lIalTs Hair Renewer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16
MOTHERS FRIEND

allays Nervousness, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pain-is left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of "Mother's Friend" and
the time of recovery shortened.
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Notice for Final Discharge.

Notice Is hereby given that I will
apply to the Judge of Probate for
Williamsburg county on Dec. 23rd
1897, for letters of final discharge
as Administrator of of the estate Of j
JGOker, deceased.
DANIEL J JOHNSON,
Administrator.
Nov, q, 1877.
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Notice..

I will be in my Office in the
court house in Kingstree s. e.,
on SATURDAY of each week
and during my absence, will
leaveStny Office key with Mr.. c. w.
McClam.
E. NJ. SMITH,
Judge of Probate,
Williamsburg Co., G. 8.
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NOTICE..
Office Of County Supervisor,
Williamsburg County,
kingstrpe -. e..

kingstree, i. G.
Notice is hereby given that in ac-
cOrdauce with an act of the Cen
eral Assembly approved March 2,
1897, all county Off .ers, including
magistrates, are required to make
annual reports to the county super
visor Of all monies collected during
the year.
B B. Chandler,
]. ]. B. Montgomery, c. VIC.
Clerk.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16

Women will never be paiG as
much Tor lecturin% as men, be
cause they do sv much for moth
ing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16

d 90 PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt OF price.
RnnkS Containing invaluable information OF
sSv cC. interest TO all women, will be sent 70
fhss any address upon application, by
rss pRAosrrlo o REGULATOR CO. .As,AsrA. a..
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Tax Notice.
OFFICE oFTHE TREAsURERt.
OF WILLIAMsBURG Co,
Kingstree, 8. G., Oct. 8, 1917

The tax levy for the fiscal year
1897 Is as follows: u
For State, 3 MILLS
County, AZ T
School s <
30 mills on value Of all stock In
suttons, Anderson and partof Penn
townships. q
A capitation tax OF one dollar on
all males between the ages Of p
and 60 years. except soldiers IN the
late war who are exempt after 20
years.
Twill be at following places on
the days mentioned below for the
collection of the said tax.
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Notice.

All persons having claims against
the estate of the late John Brown
Sr., are hereby notified to present
the same duly attested, and ELL
persons indebted to the said estSte
are hereby notified to make pay-
ment to. I !.
ROBERT F BRowN,
Execurt. #
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81 know one lady, the mother Of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained bottle OF
Mothers Friend Of me before her
fourth confinement. and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful.
JcHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.
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So-1 o. Ior HlIty tents.
Guara 7,ecd tobacco habit cure. n."..cS weak
men str. ~, blood nurc. SIC 81. All druggists
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NeWFruit Store.
-0--t-
Next Door 20 s!le Hisponsary

Next Door 10 i!se IAispcnsary
~t*x#t@
Where will always be found on.
hand full and complete line of all &
kinds of fruits, vegetables &c.
Apples from StO 15c perdoz.
Bananas ID to 20c
Best Cream Cheese 15c lb.. {.
CoacOnuts IS to 10c eacfIs.
Cabbage 5to l5c /"
Onions &c qt. 35c per peek:
Irish Potatoes &c ut 35c -
Fresh parched peanuts every day, I
Raisirs l5c per lb. or 9 lbs. for 25c
Turnips fresh every day sc bunch
All kinds Of sausage 10 to 15c q lb
~ALSON
A new and complete line Of fire.
works and Christmas tricks.
We also pay highest prices for
coon hides, bees wax &c. -
A N Singletary,
Next door to dispensary, Kingstrecn
s. G.
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All Kind. OF Country Prod.ce.
81 Market Street, Charleston, s. G.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
Decay of Animal Matter.

A great many proofs now more or
less familiar to most people show quite
clearly that the decay Of animal or
vegetable matter is not a simple chem
ical change, inevitable in the nature
of things, but a violent interference
with the natural course on the part Of
hostile organisms. The bacteria which
produce decomposition are very minute
plants, which grow, like mushrooms
or molds, upon organic matter, and
which reproduce their like with incred-
ible rapidity.
Tyndall showed long ago that the
spores of these plants exist in myriads
in the air, floating everywhere around
us; that they occupy all crannies and
empty places on the surface of the
earth, and that they swarm in their
millions in all ponds and puddles. An
easy way of proving that these spores
alone and the plant colonies which
spring from them are the cause of pu-
trefaction may be obtained by boiling
beef tea in a test tube, so as to Kill
the bacteria, and then, while the liquid
is still steaming, closing up the
mouth of the tube with a plug of cot
ton wool, which admits the air but
strains out the germs of the putrefac-
tive organisms. Under these condi-
tions the beef tea will keep good for
years, but if you remove the plug it
will begin at once to putrefy.-Long-
mans Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
A FireproOf Paint.

Fireproof paints have been alto
gether satisfactory. Those that have
proved effective have, of course, had
no oil in their composition. Water
is alone used as the blending agent.
One of the standard paints Of this
class is described as consisting of 40
pounds of powdered asbestos, ten
pounds of illuminate of soda, ten
pounds of lime and 80 pounds of sill
cate of soda, with the addition of any
nonresinous coloring matter desired,
the whole thoroughly mixed with
water, that is, enough of the latter for
producing a perfect blend and render
ing an easy application; two or more
coats of this is the rule in applying it
to any wood surface, inside or outside
a building. Another formula involves
the use of 40 pounds Of finely ground
glass, q like amount of ground por-
celain and similarity of china. clay or
the same quantity of powdered ashes
tos and 20pounds Of quicklime. These
materials are ground very fine and
then mixed in 60 pounds of liquid sill
cate Of soda, with water, as in the pre-
ceding formula; two or more coats, if
necessary, are given. Each of these
paints is applied with a brush in the
ordinary way, the drying being accom-
plished in a few hours, and, if color
ing matter is desired, the above pro-
portions are varied accordingly. Fur
Their, if used one after the other, the
following solutions are effectively fire
restraining, namely. a solution of sill
cate of soda in water and then q mix.
ture of quicklime, asbestos and some
white lead.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
Princeton College Yell.

According to %Soribner's, different
stories are told as to the origin OF
Princeton's yell. A member Of the
class of go declares that the late
DR.. Woolsey Johnson of New York, OF
that class, first sounded the *'hooray,
hooray, hooray, tiger, siss-boom-ah
Princeton" in one Of Professor
Schenck's Rotations. But Chancellor
Alexander T. McGill, of the class Of
81, says he remembers quite distinctly
when the Seventh regimentof this city
went to the war, and how nearly the
whole college went down through the
Potter woods to the old depo by the can
al at midnight to greet it as it passed
through. The cheers Of the boys were
responded to by the Seventh with the
"skyrocket," which so impressed the
youthful mind that it was INDUCED in
at first as borrowed property, and
later, as time advanced, was adopted
as the college cheer.-New York Tri-
bune.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS,

Experiments have shown that the
ash constituents of coal, which are not
readily p~ermeable, may be roughly
estimated by means of Roentgen rays
on comparison with slabs having q
known percentage Of ash.
A magnetic we'll of great power has
been struck OF Bowersville, five miles
south of jamestown, Ohio. The well
was drilled 140 feet deep, and at this
depth the drill became SO magnetized
that particles of iron chung to it.
NJ. Pinto Of Rio de Janeiro has dis
covered a new process for preserving
meats by electricity. The process
consists in immersing the meat in a
thirty per cent. solution o~fsalt, through
which electricity ispassel. In ten to
twenty hours the curing is completed.
Some idea of the fine point to which
platinum wire can be drawn will be
realized from the fact that threads
have been drawn two of which can be
twisted together and inserted within
the hollow of q human hair. These
threads are so intinitesimal that it
needs a magnifying glass to see them.
According to the experiments of NJ.
Seguy and M. Quenisset the X-rays
cause dangerous palpitations of the
heart. The experiments were made
on medical students and upon them
selves, and NJ. Seguy and NJ. Quenis-
set describe the palpitations as violent
and uncomfortable unless the rays were
intercepted by a metallic plate.
Prudon, of the Belfast (Ireland) hos
pital for skin diseases, is an earnest
advocate OF oil and massage in the
treatment of skin diseases. He uses
olive oil, sometimes with the addition
Of cacao butter. He claims to have
obtained excellent results in three
cases of pityriasis rubra and in cases
of eczema %squalnosa. In the latter
disease he adds some stimulant, such
as the Oil of cade, etc. He has also
obtained good results in various forms
Of erythema.
An immense electrical influence ma
chine has been constructed by James
Wimshurst, whose name is so we'll
known in connection with apparatus
Of this kind. 1t is duplex in form, q
shaft on each side carrying twelve
plates thirty-six inches in diameter,
each plate with thirty-two sectors.
The machine is certain to excite itself
before the hand-crank mas made a COM
plete revolution. It gives torrents Of
electricity, the length of the spark
between the two outer terminals being
thirty-two inches. The machine is
nine feet long outside the cas- by two
feet nine inches in width.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11

A Poor Start in Life.
"You are rich and talented" said Z
gentleman to his friend.
He nodded assent
"Yet you do nothing worthy OF you
opportunities"
He sighed.
'IIave you no ambition for a grea;
public careerT
I A look of despair crept into his eyes
II had-once," he said brokenly, "bu,
that dream was shattered by a fearful
revelation my father made to me Wheel
i left college. It Is hopeless-hopelss.'
/ His companion sneere1
"Some petty scandal tn the family his
tory, 1 supposeY he muttered impa
diently.
"WoHe-worse than that" ~
"1nsantty In the familyY
There was @ note Of real alarm in hi.
friends voice as he asked this cues
ton.
Mono. Wealth, breeding, brains
count for nothing against adverse fate
/ a never have O great public career,
I Wasn't born In a log cabin. My par
entS always lived in a brick ho,aa.s
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11

four days, when they are run ont on
elevated rails to a platform, divided
into four and headquarters, and these
ore packed in refrigerator cars stand
ing ready to receive them, and shipped
to the principal cities of the country.
The last slaughtering department
visited was that where the sheep are
disposed of, the process being much
the same as in the case of cattle, as is
also the manner of shipment. About
5000 sheep are slaughtered daily.
AS the firm Of Armour & Co. uses
every part of the animals slaughtered,
it naturally follows that much of the
meat must be converted into canned
goods, sausages of various kinds and
the like; in fact, this is one of the
largest branches Of the big industry.
All the cans used are manufactured on
the premises, and oil the can labels
printed here.-Boston Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
Ham and Egg Carnival.

If for no other reason, Northerners
should visit the Tennessee Centennial
exposition just to take part in the
riotous ham-and-egg carnival that is
going on down there. According to
the statistics contained in an article
sent out by the bureau Of publicity,
the demure and melancholy "ham-and.
eggs" of our forefathers is undergoing
q renaissance that threatens to smother
the South in its warm, golden bosom.
In a complimentary notice of some
hundred or more restaurants doing
business on the ground the "ham-and.
egg'' heads the list Of star performers
in every case, and at many of them il
plays a continuous performance night
and day.
The champions of this plain, blunt
old dish will gather to its jubilee il
the New South with rejoicing ans
songs of praise. New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
Texas Kind to Her Children.

Grand old Texas is very kind to he,
children. This years products will
give to each inhabitant one bale o.
cotton, six bushels of wheat, and forty
bushels of corn, one fat hog, two
bushels of peaches, twenty bushels Of
oats, one-quarter of beef, thirty dozen
eggs, ten chickens, one turkey, two
pounds of honey, ten pounds of wool,
half a mutton, half o bushel Of Irish
potatoes, twenty watermelons and
many things unnecessary to mention.
Dallas (Texas) News.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
INCALLs'S SPOTTED DOG.
His Owner Turned the Laugh on General
Grant.

His Owner Turned the Laugh on General
Grant.
General Horace Porter in his"Cam-
paigning with Grant," in the Century,
relates the following anecdote:
General ingalls, had just returned
from q trip to Washington, and brought
with him an English spotted coach
dog, which followed him everywhere
through camp, and attracted no end
Of attention. A dog of any kind was
rather an unusual sight in an army in
the field, and an animal Of thepeculiar
marks and aristocratic bearing of In
galls's companion excited widespread
remark. Every time the dog came to
headquarters, General Grant was Ger
tain to comment upon the animal1and
perpetrate some good-natured joke at
the expense of his classmate. The
dog followed the usual canine custom.
and expressed his feelings by an agi-
tation of his caudal appendage. 70
describG fHsss14::ssations automatically, it
maX.rr5 said that he indicated anger
b.plmparting to his tail a series of
longitudinal vibrftions, and pleasure
by giving it a gentle EMOTION in All
muth"-fa2E.liarly known as a wag.
One evening"; as the general "a
sitting in front of his quarters, ingalls,
came up to have a chat with him, and
was followed blythe dog, which sat
down in the usual place at its masters
feet. The animal squatted upon its
hind quarters, licked its chops, pricked
up its ears, and looked at n officer
and then at the other, as if to say: II
am General Ingalls's dog; whose pup
are you?" In the course of his re-
marks General Grant took . look at
the animal, and said: "Well, ingalls,,
what are your real intentions in re-
gard to that dog? Do you expect to
take it into Richmond with you?" In:
gals, who was noted for his dry hu.
NOR, replied with mock seriousness
and IN air of extreme patience: 81
hope to; it is said to come from along
lived BREED This r%etort, coupled
with the comical attitude Of the dog at
the time, turned the laugh upon the
general, who joined heartily in the
merriment, and seemed to enjoy the
joke as much as any of the party.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A Missouri cat is nineteen years old.
The Eifel Tower, Paris, weighs 1000
tons.
Greenland has no infectious dis
eases.
Muskets were first used in 1414 by
the French army.
Leather money circulated in Russia
as recently as the time of Peter the
Great.
The Bank of England contains sill.
yer ingots which have lain in it's vaults
since 1896.
It is estimated that on an average
each cent in circulation changes hands
eleven times a week.
Three drops of a black cats blood
is a sovereign cure for Group in the
folklore of some people.
In Japanese saws the teeth point
toward the handle, and both saws and
planes cut toward the workman.
The original charter of the city of
Philadelphia is in the possession of the
Historical Society Of Pennsylvania.
There's is no kissing in Japan except
between husband and wife-not ever
between a mother and child : no shak-
ing of hands in s%alutation.
The original mint first United States
government building erected) was in
Philadelphia, on Seventh street, below
Arch, and the building is still stand
ing.
Seven lions are among the pets of
the Sultan of Morocco. At night he
let's them range the courtyards of the
palace to act as guards to the royal
harem.
The gizzard of a hen recently killed
at Covington, Ga, contained twenty
one brass tacks, t%hirty-one birdshot,
two pins, a tiny brass ring, a bit of
steel and some crushed brass caps.
The two hundred and fiftieth ami
versary Of the landing in New York of
Petrus ~Stuyvesant was celebrated in
Gotham on the 9th Of May by the
formal opening Of the Van Cortlandt
mansion as a public museum of histor-
ical relics.
The Florida senate has passed a bill
to surrender to the Uuited States the
quarantine stations and the use of the
buildings and disinfecting apparatus
of the quarantine stations of the state,
The measure aims to do away with the
state board of health.
In some parts of England the con
traction and expansion Of the cats eye
is supposed to correspond with the
ebb and flow of the tide. Thisis curl
Gus when it is remembered that the
cat was On emblem of the moon in
Egypt, and the influence of that lu-
minary on the tides was we'll known to
that curious people.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
"A Sign.

Prussia fifty years ago had O Stats
lottery, and. in every town, large OF
small, was a collector, appointed to sell
the tickets. One day q servant girl
came to the collector In Hagan, and
asked IL she could buy No. %.
He did not have it In his possession.
but as the girl seemed very much Ia
earnest and refused to be put or with
any other number, he tried to obtain II
from some Of the other collectors In
town and finally succeeded
The drawing took place ana Hagan
rose to a state Of fevertsh excitement
when 1t waa known that this girl had
become a winner Of q large sun OF
money. She found herself, tor q time,
the chief object Of interest In the town
She was Of course, asked how she
came to fix upon No. "a. Thereupon she
gave this simple and lucid explanation:
Il dreamed one night No. Z, and a sec.
ond night I dreamed No. Z, and a third
night again. So / thought, Three times
seven makes twenty-three.' and ]
bought that NUMBER
The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-11
The Great Blottins Paper Industry.

At the time of the civil war in thl
country plotting paper had come into
comparatively common use. It is only
within fifteen or twenty years, how.
v that it has come into the wide
and very nearly general use of the
present time. Now the sales Of it in.
crease more rapidly than the popula-
ton. There are American paper mills
devoted wholly to the manufacture Of
blotting paper, and their products
amount to thousands of tons annual.
ly, and American blottingpaper is now
an article Of export. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.