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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09
wH1TEHoUsR wHITRwAsH.

Take one half bushel of unslacked
lime. Slack it with boiling water,
cover during the process to keep in
the steam. Strain the liquid through
a fine sieve or strainer and add to iG a
peck of salt, previously dissolved in
warm water; three pounds of ground
rice boiled to a thin paste, one-half
pound Of powdered Spanish whiting
and one pound OF clean glue, which
has previously been dissolved by soak
ing it we'll.
Then hang it over a slow fire in a
small kettle within a large n filed
with water. Add five gallons of hot
water to the mixture, STIR it we'll and
let it stand a few days covered to keep
it free from dust IL should be put on
hot, and for this purpose, it can be
Kept in a keCUle. Il is said that about
a pint of this mixture will cover a
SOUR, yard on the outside OF a house
it properly applied. Fine or coarse
brushes may be used, according TO the
neatness of the JOB IT quire1.
For many purposes 1t answers es
we'll as oil and is cheaper. Il retains
it's brllliancy for many years. Build
logs or fences covered with it will
take a much longer time to burn than
if they were painted with oil paint.
Ooloring matter may be put with it,
and it may be made of any desired
shade. Spanish brown will make a
pink when stirred in, more or less
deeply, according to the quantity. A
faely pulver.z I'd common glue well
mixed with Spanish brown makes a
stone color. Yellow ochre makes q
yellow wash, but chrome goes further
and makes a color generally consid
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rs G H

;.,s mighty comfortin' when your
o. hair ia gettin' thin,
ID the wrinkles in your face have
c9me to stay,
n feel her little hand smoothin'
Ju'' out each silver strand,
while YOU meet her lovin' look and
hear her say:
or,bn, my dear. it seems as tho every
day you live you grow
uondsomer than in the olden DAYS"
ID vou smile back at your wife while
AH' YOU shink in all your life
you never heard a sweeter word of
praise.
Than. somehow, the teardrops rise to
YOU dim old fRdin' eys,
While you kiss the tender hand still
white and small,
Ind YOU try to tell her how you loved
her then-you love her now.
But, bless me, if the words will come
at all!
For ilat then it comes to you to think
of trials she's gone thro'.
And borne without q murmur for
your sake;
You can only bow your head at the
lovin' things she's said
And your poor old heart a only
ache and ache.
Rut she knows what ails you then, and
she kisses you again.
While you hear her gently whisper,
sweet and low:
Life has bro'r more hopes than fears
we have known more smiles than
tears;
You are the dearest dear of dears,
John Anderson, my JO."
So it's comtortin'. I say, when your
hair is gettin' gray,
And you're slippin' down lite's hill
almighty fast,
Just to feel her little hand strokin
back each silver strand.
While she whispers that she loves
you to the last.
Anon, in Farmers Voice.
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MORE JEFRRsONIAN DEMOCRATS AND MORE
JEFFERsONIAN GIRLS WANTED

JEEBEhSON1AN GIRLS WANTED
Dear Aunt Jennie:-In a speech at
a recent alumni banquet at the Uni
versity of Virginia, Colonel VIM.
Lamb, of Norfolk, said:
"Jtff5rson had his unpleasant rem
iniscences of his alma mater. Although
ne was a tall, thin, rawboned youth,
with red hair, angular features and
treckled face, ne fell desperately In love
with Rebecca Burwell, a young lady
of fine family, famous for beauty and
high intelligence, a type OF those
women in that portion of Old Domin-
ion whose influence was as b%oundless
as the sea that laves its shores. When
she smiled on him he was the the hap
piest boy within the sound of the col
lege bell. She gave him a watch pic
ture, which be regarded as more pre-
cIous than his birthrighG. lis loss
caused him agonizing grief. He writes
TO his old friend page, afterwards gov
ernor Of Virginia, from college: The
accursed rats ate up my pockeGbook
within d foot of my head and carried
away my silk carriers. OF this l would
not have accused the devil, for rats
will be rats; but something worse hap
pened: Ii rained all night. When l
went to bed l laid my watch in It's usu
al place. In the morning l found it IN
the same, but QIantum mu5atus alb
illol ALL aaoat la water, let In at a
leak in the roof. Now there were q
thousand of other spots where it
might have CHANGED to leak as well as
this one; but 1t is my opinion that the
devil came and bored a hole yer it on
purpose. Well, my poor watch lost
her epeech. l should not have cared
much for this, but the water got in
side the watch case and destroyed the
priceless picture, and 1 would have
cried bitterly had it not been beneath
/ the dignity of a man.
Poor fellow, after all his wild de
votion, he was Tilted for a handsome
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He Gave Her Up,

DRECTY and sweet as the maiden
i looked Josiah had q natural
prejudice against both her and her
mother. They were worldly people
and the girl was by no means the wife
he would have chosen for his adopted
son and nephew, John Parr. Even q
Quaker maid would have been likely
to become demoralized by the perpet-
ual making of fine gowns and furbe.
lows for the ladies of the neiRhbor-
hood, and Ella Massie-Why- Sud,
denly his train Of thought Was broken
Dy Elias gay voice.
90, Mr.. FryT she said, 81 have
watched you all DAY, and l have
thought how tired you must be. You
sre a good bit older than 1 am and 1
know I get awfully tired at work and
Iexpect you do, too"
The Q laker drew dimself up to his
full height and his handsome, middle
aged face with it's fine eyes and gray
locks, looked grand to Ella as he re
piled:
"Work is good, and, thank God, I
have plenty Of it. 1t Keeps n from
sin
II am afraid 1 do love the world
very much. 1t is so bepueitul, and
every o0e is 80 kind &c me. but I should
like to be better. Won't you teach
me9 l will try so hard to learn"
Josiah's reply was not very coherent,
but whatever he said he certainly
thought a great deal OF Ella after this.
and he decided that, although she did
not belong to the Society Of Friends
she looked as sweet and good as any
young Q laker maid-she might yet be
converted, and she had asked him to
teach her to be good. "And so l will, y
he ~su1desly startled himself by ex
claiming as he pondered over the mat
ter IN the silence of his chamber that
night.
she is only a trail sapling now" he
said to himself, but she will learn and
will grow, and the mightiest oak was
nee an acorn"
From this time Josiah made a point
Of seeing Ella Massie frequently and
doing his best to convert her to his
Ideas and opinions. He found in her g
docile, loving nature, and her pretty
Wavs fairly charmed him.
Tae idea of having her about the
house vas certainly attr lctive, and yet
somehow he could not picture heI
there as Johns wife-the girl had fairly
tWlned herself about his heart, and By
the time the golden harvest had come
Josiah knew the fact only too we'll.
At first ne chilled himself and told
himself he was an old fool. 1t was alb
sur1 to think that q beautiful girl Of q
would care for an old widower of NOR
than double her age. Still, after all, 81
even forty and five, a man can love
and love passionstely, and Josiah lovec
Ella with all the strength of his soul
He would not, of course, wish to stea
her away from his nephew, but john
had been probably a mere passing
fancy, and he was sure-was he
though7-yes, he believed he was quit
sure-that Ella loved him.
One beautiful August evening, aftel
the days work was over, Josiah FIR
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09

Dear Aunt Jennie:-Have you ever
noticed that one gloomy face in a
house, will bring a cloud upon all the
inmates. We are here 10 epj y life,
and it is wrong to give up to sadness.
We all have troubles, and SORROW but
we should pay them as little attention
as possible. 1t does not do any good to
grieve and brood over any thiAg we
cannot help. Think of it as little as
possible and it will not be so heavy to
heer.-Helen B. Kimball.
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A GOTD NTFRO
This picture OF family life in Siberia will interest our readers as a glimpse
at the manner of LIVING in that bleak country.

cred prettier. Green must not be mixed
with lime, for it destroys the color
and the color has ar effect on the
whitewash which makes it crack and
peel j. w. Vaughan, Wilson's Store,
N. O., in Home and Farm.
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WORTHY AN ''AMEN. "

''Oa, could there in this world be found
Some little spot of happy ground
Without the village tattling,
How doubly blesr that spot would be-,
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery
OF gossips' endless prattIing!
On, that the mischief making crew
Were all reduced to one o. two,
And they painted red or blue,
That every one might know them!"
Now, Aunt Jennie, / don't know
who wrote this poetry, but it suits me
exactly right now. They expected me
to get married last week and the week
and the week before, baS l guess they
were surprised that they were disap
pointed. It happened this way: That
fellow I told you of who went to the
war, is l reckon in Jacksonville, Fla,
with the other boys, and 1 got a letter
with that postmark on it. Our Office
is kept-any way, I don't know now
how it happened; but I heard that
somebody said that somebody told
them that they heard that he was com,
ing back right away and that he meant
to make me Mrs. -- before he vert
back. I have not even heard from
him since he enlisted, but I have
another friend in Jackson and that let,
ter furnished a subj 7ct for the takers,
and their imagination did the rest.
did not mean to help them to believe
such nonsense, but I guess / di for
bought me two new dresses at tn same
time, as summer goods are so cheap
now, you know. I did not intend to
make but one Of them and save the
other n for next summer. Mother
gives me half the butter money and
know l could save some of it by buy
ing two dresses for what one will cost
me next spring, so I bought them
And whose business is it If | dido
wish people would attend to their own
business and let other peoples bust
ness alone. If they have nothing &c
do but NEEDLE l think it would be
we'll for the next Legislature to pass 6
law that they must be hired to the
highest bidder at the courE house door
on a certain day in each quarter, and
If they proceed as indu5triously at
6heir energy in circulating ne VIZ indi
Gates, l know the bidder would not re
greet his bargain.
If it we're possible, how nice it would
be to have them
painted red and blue
That every one might know hem!
But father says a tattler is 20 oily
that paint would not stick.
What can't be cured must be en-
dured, but I wish the legislature Oh
the G 3vernor or somebody would cure
them. Jennie Acton
Dear Aunt Jennie:-Tell ''Carelef
Tom" that love-pure love-is the pur
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09

Dear AUnt Jennie:-Here comes
another country girl who doesn't envy
city girls at all, for /, too, love my
country home and the sweet, fresh air
aud the beauties OF field and forest.
sympathize with those old bachel-
ors who never look on the bright side
Of things as jennie Acton does. I don't
think all the women are like the one
Heck Ty spoke of in a recent paper.
If they we're I, too, would think we
girls had best take the stand he has
taken and remain aT nome and help
our mammas.
But there are some girls who do not
help their mammas when they r al
home. Their poor old tired mothers
do all the work. Some day these very
same girls will be placing fresh roses
on a new.made grave. Girls, why moi
give your mother the roses now while
she can enjoy them9-Maud, Rowan
Co., N. @.
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y, essays, etc, would I'll

novels, poetry, essays, ETC., would I'll
a large volume,
aside from love, perhaps some of
the Chatters would like a simple but
sure recipe for cementing broken
crockery ware: Wash the broken dish,
being careful to have the broken edges
clean; then tie together with a string
and boil in sweet milk fifteen or twenty
minutes Lift out, but do not take the
string off until it has stood about
twenty four hours; then take it off
and wash the dish. This recipe is
good for broken glassware also. / think
it is a good plan to lay the brken dishes
away till several are collected, then
mend them all at once. I mended
some cups and saucers over two
months ago and they are good yet, al,
though in daily use the same rs the
other cups and saucers.
Success to Aunt Jennie and The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER .-LiIlie A Fill,
yaw, Dial, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09

"Ours ia the seed-time,
God alone behoLds the enc of what is
SOWn.
Beyond our vision dark and dim
The harvest time ia hId with Him."
Whittier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-09

Customer-Wha5's the price of sau'
sages9"
Hans-"Dwenty cendsa bound"
Customer-"You asked twenty-five
this morning."
Rans-''Ya, dot was ven HAD some.
Nov 1 amt got none l sells him for
dwenty cents. Dot makes me a rebu-
tation for selling cheap ind I don'd
lose holdings"
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Tom-That friend you introduced at
che club last night seems to be a mel.
ancholy sort of fellow. What's the
matter with him3
Jack Disappointed in love, I be
lieve.
Tom-Too bad; got the mitten,
suppOse7
Jack-Ob, no; he got the girl.-Chi
cago Daily News.
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Dear Aunt Jennie:-Tell ''Carelef g
Tom" that love-pure love-is the pur-
est, most fragrant essence OF life. II
he wishes to make this essence, he
must get equal parts of affection,
friendship, good will kindness, pa
thence and tenderness, mix thoroughly
and cook gently till done, but do not
bottle it up, for in that case it would
spoil; but keep it where it can be found
at any time, a d the more it is used
the better it becomes.
To tell all the different things that
love is that are found in books, papers,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-15
Jottings from Jay.

The bea'sh of'he community is
excellent, now that cold weather
has set in.
Mr j Davis Carter spent several
days in Georgetown last week on
business.
AL the crops have been harvest
ed and the farmer is enjoying the
most pleasant part of the year.
The usual parties and dances
associated with Christmas are not
much talked about this year. Or
perhaps the young folks won't
have any.
DIR r | Moore, who has gained
many friends here, has decided to
leave this section. and will prac-
lice his profession in the upper
part of the State. We shall all
be sorry to Gee him leave.
Christmas is close at hand and
every body looks forward 10 the
day with pIessurable an'icipa-
tiOns. There won't be much Gel
.brating on four cent cotton; but,
then. perhaps it doesn't pay to
celebrate too much anyway.
With best wishes 10 you. Nj
Editor, and amerry Christmas to
the COUNTY RECORD, will say
good bye for this time.
DIXIE.
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'EiCf:ce.

By Writ. Of Power Ct Attorney ycs'
ted in us nv n T. Pittman. agent Gl
Hackley and Hume, We forbid al per.
sons from entering on. Or IN any way
tresspassing IN the lands "f said Hack
lev and Hun p, lying in Santee swamp
en- the North side Of Saniee river. from
Northeastern Railroad on West to a
line on East running due South from
junction of Junes branch, to where 1t
strikes Santee river. for the purpose OF
hunting, fishing or any other purpose
whatsoever. either on foot, or horse
tack, or in boats.
Nv Gr;.ham. Pt Shirer, j Graham
BA McKnigt, G NJ Mcknight W J
Mcknight, S G Nc Donald, A W Chan
dler, WD McClsry, S E Mcdonald, F
I. Shirer.
Iherecy forbid all persons from tres
passing on ny lands in South swamp,
bounded On the East and West by lands
Of Hacklor and Hume, on the sane
conditici.s IS above.
1.W. GRAHAM.
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Our Word Cortasf.

We have decided to extend the
time Of our word contest from De-
oember sS, as fret announced, until
March l, 1899. For this postpone
men. we have several good reasons,
chief Of which is that We have not
vet received sufficient number Ut
Guesses 10 warrant us in giving away
$3.50 worth Of presents. AS We
give these presents sway absolutely
free. NC think We are justitiable IN
changing the time of distribution.
There will be no further postpone
ment and We guarantee that the
presents will be distributed Oh the
frs, dav of March, 1899, if We do
not receive another guess.
As All extra inducement 10 make
this contest more spirited. We make
the following additional offer to hold
GOOD until March l: To euery-
body who, from this date on' sends
us one dollar to psy an old subscrip-
ton or to renew. or to become new
subscriber, and who will take part
in our guessing contest. we will give
the COUNTY RECORD for one year,
the Garden and Farm, large, six
teen page monthly devoted to agri-
culture. for one year, aud a standard
book by popular author.
The regular price of the COUNTY
RECORD is s1.00 u year; the regular
price of the Garden and Farm is $l.00
a year; the publishers price of the
book We give is TWENTY-FIVE cents;
thus you get total value Of t1C0
dollars and twenty-five
cents for one dollar.
All guesses already sent in will be
kept Overland counted when thecontest
closes, the only difference in our offer
being that the limit of time is e1-
tended until March l. One person
can send any number of guesSes at
one dollar each. Now send in your
guesses.
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The County Record.

The help and interest of every in
dividual in community are necessa-
ry to make good newspaper. Are
you doing your part toward the up
building of your section: are you a
subscriber to the CoUNTy RECORD:
If not. Why not? An eight page,
forty-eight column newspaper is
worth your consideration.
OUR CLUB OFFERS.
The RE3oRD and the T~ice-a-
week News and Courier, one year,
sl.75;tae RECORD and the Twice
a-week State, one year, $l.75; the
RECORD and the Thrice-a-week
IN W World, one year. 81 81;
the RECORD and the Home aud
Farm. one year, 81 25; the RECORD
and the Ladies' Home Journal,
one year, $l.75; the RECosD and
the National Magazine, one year,
s1.75; the RECORD and the Allan,
Ia Constitution, one yeai, $1.75;
the RECORD and the World Alma
mac, one year, $1.15; ami 10 any
one who will send us a dollar and
make a guess in our word contest.
we will give the RECORD one year.
the Garden and Farm one year
and standard twenty-five cent
book.
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Look to Your Interest.
gllesses.

Buggies, wagons and harness goin:
at prices that will sstonish the con-
sumner. We sell first class a"tic'r
az low as it can be bought anywhere
in Williamsburg county and wa.ran.
our goods. Our Auburn Wagons
never fail to give good service. One
and two horse styles. An excellent
line of buggies on exhibition at our
stables. Also y fine lot of horses.
Come and examine our stock and We
will treat you right.
THOMAS & BRADHAM.
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Harpers happening.

Mr'J 2 Bruorton went 10 Plant,
ersvi!le last week on business.
Mr. T w Camlin has gone to
Florida, where he will reside in
future.
Mr. j J Arsnt and Miss B Coker
made pleasant visit to Somplt
last Saturday.
Mr. d w Avant attended the
Methodist Conference at Green.
wood last week.
Mr J l. Huison, after spending
several weeks in Georgia and
Florida, has returnedhome.
Business here is very good at
present and he prospects for the
future seem reasonably bright.
Mr Leroy Lee, a handsame
young barrister from Aingstree,
was here to see his brother, DR. G
Lee. last week.
Christmas is almost here. Many
OF the people have ,urkeyks fat
tcning in the coop, and we all look
forward with pleasant anticipa
tion to the gladsome occasion.
jim DANDY.
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a Progressive Youth.


In one of the primary echoolrooms
the teacher noticed that one of the
little boys was leaning forward aIsd
talking to a small girl woo
sat just in front of - Sf.a kept
her eye on him for a moment or two.
Ray" she finally said. what
are you saying to Mamiei"
Ray looked up with start.
"I-I was just askin her some
thin" be answered.
"Well, what was itf"
"Nothin much"
"Tell me what it was"
II was just askin Manic what her
mammals name was.
Her mammals namet" repeated
the astonisbed teacher. And why
do you want to know her mammas
namef"
well, you see, said Master Ray.
II might want to go callin some
time, and / thought Id like to get
the names right ".-Clereland Plain
Dealer.
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Masonic Meeting.
jim DANDY.

A meeting of Kingstree Lodge
No. IS A. NJ. F. will be held in The
Masonic hall an Friday night,
December %, for election and in
ttalIation of officers. 4 full atten.
dance is urged. BY order ofW. M.,
{. ". McCLAM,
Secretary.
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CITY LOCALS.
Nssk's happenings in Our
Sister To~f.

VsSS nappSHi'S9 w wv
Sister To~f.
4 Dir. Clarsnce Rollins spent sev
eral DAYS 10 kingst rec last week.
&c Askins. of kinss'ree is
here on 3 short visit.
Rev. w II Kirton has been re-
surned to Lake City circutil.
Miss Eonnie Sineleiary will
teach q school in tho Concord
section.
!. Mr.. J D Laneston. Of >ardis. is
ere on a visit to he family Of Mr..
j ii Thomas. of this place.
- MIR J d Singletary and Col Il F
Stokes made q business trip to
Florence ON Monday.
n Miss Oleda Sutcliffe, Of Charles
io,r- who has been teachlng school
Z at Hebron. has been visiting her
sister. Mrs j c FILLMORE, of this
place.
Rev A Mica Piltman has been
called bv the Lake City Baptist
church for another year. Brother
Pittmau and family are held in the
very highest esteem by everyone,
SCRIBE.
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The advertisement that pays
best is The plain, honest, forceful
talk, written just as if the writer
was,talking 10 the reader face to
face.
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<
ROblR'ly;'
Cash Dry
Goods Store.
AEH GOODS THIS WEEK.

600 yards Of White Plaids and
stripes at sc.
y dozen National Ties, in latest
STYLES, Tecks, FOur-in-hand and Bows.
White PlQue at 10 and l5ic.
Pillow cases a; sc and 7c.
Dewey Pillow Cases at l0c; II. 5.
Pillow Eases at 12!c.
Colcred Shirts we'll mad', Of good
CheyiCt. at 35t.
And OF" ."ods.
When u stock We always hId
some sOoC We are willing to reduce
to move IL IN.
One lot ofWashG oods. reduced from
l2fr to &C.
one lot Of Hats, reduced from SOC to
25c; one lot tofHats reduced from 25c to
20c.
One lot OF Colored Shirts. reduced
from 81 to 75c.
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Notice.

The County Treasurer will be
at Prospect church on Saturday
next, December II, for the purpose
OF collecting taxes.
Il. d. ROLLINS.
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Ds..>,ss q - SassA go -
No one need ssfer With nscraig
disease Is quickly snd psrnaneD
by Browns Iron Bitter Evss'
he blood, nerves and seons
o. otherwise. .suces.6
Hittefs. KNOWN su4 80
quarter Of sesssry. h,s.i
Ssn S.~ru.' .' Ion sittes Is n