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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-17

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every cas-. that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail Also book
telling NOR about Swamp-Roo and how tc
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-17
Our Flag Contest.
Miss Lyndon Lee, OF Scraraon

Miss Lyndon Lee, OF SccaTaon
wins the 3rlZe.
Out Of the several papers sub
miited in response to our Flag
Contest offer the one awarded
the prize was sent in by Miss
Lyndon Lee of Scranton postotlice.
Second in merit was that OF Mas
ter Bryant ID. llinnant, aged four
teen, of SuttonS. Later on we
shall probably publish both OF
these creditable essays.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-17
Display Changed


21,,. instant. Judge Gage vii!
, nresit,a s,yd not sulre klurh as
prron so~Av prlMe2 last week.
YisSSesn,e Hsrrsll who closed
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,aol r.,s.,.1 ,bpnprb town Mon.
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July &c to AuguStI1: J. w. lhoul-
son, professor Of pedagogy, Win
throf7 Miss Emma j. Roach- Rock
Hill Schools
rha c;,;zo,s of E;ncstree hrve
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to continue passenger trains Nos.
80 and 81 between Florence and
Charleston. This train is usually
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-17

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and bladder revsay.
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-17
local II{hS GF INTEREST.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.

REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensedr orn and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake of
Our Weary Readers.
The automobile Is coming.
And slill t+ev come-- the cam
~didates.
There atenow we soda icCnts
in town.
There are only two DrisrnerS i'll
Jail.
The lawyers are getting ready
for court.
The compalgn has been formal
ly opened.
Mr.. Il. $. Barr spent last Sun
'dav IN Charleston.
Mr.. J. ID. Scott Of Lake City
was in town Sunday.
The wnaf{:er cry a1.d dusty
and r;sir i-,:auch needed.
It wifi. ,sn~& 5@a time to quote
~.sweet girl graduate"
Gle, ready tos the eclipse on the
E2Si h->mnkel glasses, etc.
Mr.. Is. L. C!arksou, of Gourdins,
was in town a day or two last
week.
II. G. As7ins, E,q. flake City,
Was in town d day or TWO the first
,ol the week.
Mr.. Isaac Epps lost valuable
horse last week. 1t died suddenly
while plowing.
Mr.. Hey McClary, Of George
town, was in kiugSIreea lew days
ahlS week.
Mr.. Bradham, OF the firm Of
Thomas & Bradham, ot Manning,
was in town few days ago
Mr,Jas. Hawkins, whe has been
spending some time in klngstree.
returned to Charleston this week.
Dispensary Inspector Stansell
was in KingStree last week to en-:
anime the affairs Of the diSpen-
saly.
rhe recent cold snap did con-
siderable damage 10 cotton and
checked the growth of crops gen.
orally.
The colored teachers Insti-
ENl6 COuNeutS dl NSPi SSNoSH u
June II to July Z. See notice IN
this issue.
Mrs. Sweet has returned from
Sumter where she spent several
DAYS with her sister, Mrs. VI. W.
Geddings.
Rev. W. Smith Martin, of Ming
stree, was III town Il short while
today, says the Florence Times Of
Monday.
tMr, Boswell, the popular rail
road agent at Sa!ters, attended
tne d"nce at the Coleman House
Monday night.
Miss Rosa HirSchman, who has
been visiting the family of Mr..
Louis Jacobs, returaed home
Tuesday morning.
Why patronize nonresident Are,
insurance agents, who never spend
a dollar to the good of the town,
,rho, ;,r nDnlvinu 3t tniS Office
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Its a poor memory that @eyer
allows q man TO forget what he
owes.
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DO YOU GET ZIP
With AE.A.M BACK ?
aaaney rrmfae nEns xsa Htsrsaas

.AlrHas. everybody WHIP rSsF thr nesrs
spapers Is syrs trn Ihrw not The NcEastfu.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
TREATMENT BY MUSIC.
novatioD In the Care Of
Their Patients.

Medical treatment by sound vibra-
tions is to be introduced within few
weeks in many of the hospitals of New
York city as a regular method for the
cure of patients. A staff Of prominent
physicians will direct the movement
and skilled musicians will be employed
to execute the work. Foremost among
the scientific men who are interested
in the undertaking are DR.. George W.
Jacoby, the alienist; DR.. Frederick Pc
terson. neurologist; DR.. Pierce Bailey
and DR.. c. A. Hurter. They are per-
fecting the organization of q society
to be known as the ST. Cecilia society Of
America. AS an auxiliary. several
prominent society women will organize
to obtain funds to further the move
ment.
DR.. Peterson said he was not in
position to announce the actual organ
ization of the Medico-Musical society
until the meeting of the committees.
In regard to its work. however, he said:
Sound vibrations in music certainly
act in a marked way upon certain
forms of disease. For example, cases
of insomnia, no matter how severe, are
invariably relieved.
81 regard music not as a curative,
but as a remedial agent. It's scientific
application will assist medicine-not
take its place"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
AAIrrLE NONSENSE.

Rip van Wrinkle (waking up)-"Heav-
ems! l forgot to mail this-my wife's
letter."-Jndge.
The Listener Ito himself)-Truly, it's
q pity that when nature gives = man .
poor voice she doth not give him Also
. poor opinion Of it!1Puck.
''Oh, Edgar! it's delightful. this be-
ing secretly engaged and nobody know
ing anything about it. All my friends
are envying me for it," - Fiiegende
Batter.
''What sort of fellow is Bobbers
in a social way?" ''Oh, he is ore Of
those idiots who would say 'sws cts to
the sweet when he was passing the
pickles to . lady of uncertain sge."-
Indianapolis Press.
Miss Oldmayde = ''Charle. Light
waite says that he is deeply in love
with me-" Miss Caustiqus = "Non-
sense! Charley Lightwaite Is too shall
low to be deeply in love with anybody" !"
-Somerville Journal.
Citizen-"See here. I'll give you q
dime. but believe you asked me for
money only yesterday. Why don't sa
learn some good busip.ss?" Able
Bodied Beggar-"I have learned one.
sir; I'm q retoucher."- Life.
Guzzler-"Have a drink" BjOnes
(who is going slow)-"No. thanks; I've
Just had a swallow" Guzzler-'But
one swallow doesn't make q summer
Bjones-"But it sometimes means an
early fall."-Philadelpbla Record.
There is one thing / would like to
KNOW" said the savage bachelor. rs
that possible?" asked the sweet young
thing with some acerbity-this occur
ring at the breakfast hour, When love-
~ woman is at her nnsweetest. "Yes.
l want to know why nearly all these
women who have distinguished them
selves by display of brains look so
much like men n?'-Irdianapolis Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
JEFFERSON DAVIS couRrsH1p


Mrs. j. III. Rabb, a wealthy widow
and an old resident of Vincennes-
Ind, is preparing to commemorate in
a unique manner the courtship Of JEFF
ferson Davis, then . lieutenant in the
United States army. but afterward
president of the confederate states.
and Miss Mary Knox Taylor, second
daughter of Col. Zachary Taylor,
afterward president of the United
States. According to local tradition
Taylor was in command Of the fort
near yincennes at the opening of the
Black Hawk war in 1882, and Davis
was q lieutenant under his command.
Near the fort, and ON what is now .
farm belonging to James Wyatt. was
. large stone. which lay partly above
and partly buried in the ground. The
young lieutenant and Miss Taylor
formed . deep attachment for each
other, often walked out on the prai-
rie surrounding the fort. and fire.
quently seated themselves on this
stone.
On one of these occasions, while
seated ON the stone. Davis proposed to-
Miss Taylor and was accepted 1t il
said that Col. Taylor said to friend
at the fort. when the engagement be-
came known, that he had no objee-
tions to his daughters suitor. except
that he WAS . soldier and that he
himself knew the privations of sol
dier's family and would save his
daughter from such e fate When
Davis asked the hand of his daughter.
however, this objection was waived
and consent was given
Among their acquaintances at Vim
cennes, both Davis and Miss Taylor
spoke of the pleasant hours they had
passed seated on the old stone. and in
one of these references to their even
ing walks Davis told Of proposing to
Miss Taylor while seated on it. 1t
was shortly after this that Taylor
and his prospective son-in-law found
themselves Of opposing opinions in re-
spect to the appearance Of an officer
ct . court-martial without his uni
form, the young lieutenant voting
with m oAicer named Smith, between
whom and Taylor there was bitter en-
nifty. Following this episode Col
Taylor withdrew his consent to the
marriage, but Davis and Miss Taylor
continued their association. which
was now confined to walks upon the
prairie, where the old stone became
their favorite trysting place. and
which resulted in q determination to
marry without the consent of her IA
tAer. Davis soon after resigned from
the army, and he and Miss Taylor
were married at the home Of an aunt
of the bride in Kentucky.
II II this series of events that Ms.
Rabb proposes to commemorate. and
the stone has been brought from
the Wyatt farm and il now lying
near the front door Of her home. She
Is engaged in securing the exact dates
Of Lieut.. Davis stay at the fort, and
Of his first meeting with Miss Taylor.
and, if possible, of the day on which
he proposed to her. As soon as the
data can be secured, the stone will be
smoothed and polished and the events
will be recorded upon it in the order
in which they occurred. The local
historical society Of vincennes is in
terested in the work also, and when
the record is complete and placed On
the stone it will be turned over to ths.
city with appropriate ceremonies
N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
Mail shirt Of . Dervish warrior.

The shirt is made Of rings, every
ring from a piece of steel wire ~
inches long and about one-sixteenth
Of an inch thick. The ends Of the
piece of wire are hattened out, holes
are punched through them, one end IS
turned on to the other. and they are
fastened together by small rivet.
Every ring connects four others. The
wire differs somewhat in thickness,
not by design seemingly SO as to
make one part Of the shirt stronger
than another, but from material OF
uniform thickness running short. In
parts where the rings are free to
jingle together they are worn very
thin. Round the neck is q band Of
three thicknesses Of red leather, stih
like the stock worn formerly in our
army. It is -. inches high. and on
the outside il decorated with orna-
mental lines like toolings made BY .
bookbinder.-Notes and Queries.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
THE pEAcEMAkeR.
TWo esldiers. lying as they fell
Upon the REDEEMED clat-

AWe soldiers. lying as they fell
Upon the redeemed clat-
IN oaYt1me foes: at night, in Deace-
Breathing their lives away.
O!Ave neart had stirred each manly breast
Fate only made them foes.
na ylns. dying. side by side.
A sDftened feeling rose
Our time Is short" one faint voice said
To-day we've done our best
On o10erent sides. What matters now?
To-morrow we're at rest.
Lie Hes behind: might not care
For only my own sake,
0ut Tar away are other hearts
ThAt this days work will break,
Asnoag old Hampshire's pleasant fields
There pray for me tonight
a WoanAn and . little girl
With hair like golden light
And 1t that thought broke forth at last
the cry Of anguish wild
That would no longer be repressed-
On. God! my wife and child!'
~And," said the other dying man,
Across the sandy plain
There watch and wait for me loved ones
I'll never see again.
A little girl with dark. bright eyes
Each day waits at the door;
The fathers step, the fathers kiss,
VIII never meet her more.
To-day We sought each others lives;
Death levels all that now,
For soon before God's $ mercy-seat
Together We shall bow.
Forgive each other while we NAV:
Lies but weary game,
And. right or wrong. the morning sun
VIII find us dead, the same"
The dying lips the pardon breathe.
The dying hands entwine;
The last ray dies, and over all
The stars from heaven shine
The little girl with golden hair.
And one with dark eyes bright,
On Hampshire's fields and sandy plain
Were fatheriess that night.
~Lue Vernon. in Leslie's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
SHE KNEW HOW TO WRITE


The average editor experiences q
thrill of keen delight when he meets
one of those modest, unassuming per-
sons who simply write a little" them
selves. The delight is intensified il
these Eliots and Thackerays in en-
bryo impart this information in low
voiced confidence, with the further in
formation that they wouldn't have
it known for all the world" In most
cases the editor feels quite safe in
promising them that the general pub
lie will never know anything about it.
He wishes that he might be as ignorant
of this knowledge as the general pub
lie.
My friend Blank is such an editor.
ward sort of men. much given tOtell-
ing the truth. and abhorring anything
that savors of beating around the
BUSH" He is terror to those persons
who write a little" and who beg
him to tell them ''the exact truth"
about their productions.
/ sat behind screen in his Office
the other day. when there came a timid
little knock on the door. and Blank
rcared out: ''Come in!" in q voice
that cracked the p.astering. A timid.
girlish little thing Of "A or IS years
fiuttered in.
rs this MIR. Blank" she asked.
''Yes'm."
"Yes? I'm so glad to know you. Mr..
Blank. have long been q subscriber
to your paper, and really don't know
how could get along without il. And
think your pieces are just splendid.
How envy you your writer's! AndI-
l know it's dreadful bold in me to try.
even: but. then write little myself,
sometimes"
do, eh?"
'.Oh, yes: just very. very little bit.
1t is all so crude and poor that hardly
dare show it to anybody. Really, it is
too foolish in me to try, even; but
somehow just can't help it. 1t just
seems to me that must write. I'd give
worlds if I could write as you do.
Would you be willing to tell me exact
~ what you think of some of my poor
little scribblings-my brain children,
as 1 love to call them?"
"Got 'em with you?''
"Yes; just one or two foolish little
fancies that / dashed OF in an idle
hour. know just how crude and poor
they are"
LET me see them"
you'll tell me exactly what you
think?"
Exactly"
Thanks; it is best that know the
truth"
Blank reads the "foolish little fan
cies," peep out, and see triumphant
smile on the authors face. Bank
hands back the verses.
"Are not they too dreadfully, aw-
fully bad?"
They're pretty bad"
'Sir!"
''It is the exact truth"
"Sir!" -
There is no poetry in them"
"Sir. you shall answer for thisl"
"You begged me to. tell the truth"
Il did not beg you to vent your petty
jealousy and spleen over verses Of
which you are manifestly jealous. 7
pity you! l supposed. sir, that you
were incapable of such envy and NAL
ice, and that you were always ready
to do honor to real talent. But see
1 am mistaken. Remember, sir, that
the verses are not offered for SALE In
deed, they are not for sale to such q
paper as this. bid you adieu. sir!"
1.-THE woods are full of 'em," says
Blank. sententiously, as the door
bangs behind the woman who wrote
q little."-Punch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
DESERTED VILLAGES.
Deen Left 70 the Ravoges
Of Time.

~ DCCuS OIHlCuIe ~ IC0AAC A00b
there are in Great Britain whole
villages existing to-day wherein is not
to be found . single inhabitant. II
is interesting, moreover, to trace the
cause of such desolation, both in Eng
land and abroad, where empty towns
are almost ubiquitous.
The public attention was recently
drawn to the case of the village OF
Congleton, on the Macclesfield high
road, which consists of over 60 houses
and cottages, not one of which 10
occupied.
But this instance Is by no means
unique. In county Donegal, Ireland.
there is small town in . similarly
deserted condition. Over 100 houses
go to form it, and the public build
ings include a Roman Catholic chapel,
q police station and little post Office.
Yet not one of the houses is occupied!
Why? Because of he banshee! The
unfortunate little town acquired the
reputation of being haunted, and the
superstitious inhabitants have one by
one deserted the place.
Nor is this cause Of desertion
unique Not in Ireland alone, but In
England and Scotland. too. there are
villages of smaller or greater size rep.
uted to be haunted. Some Of these
are entirely and some only partly nm
inhabited. but, one and all. they pre-
sent the appearance of having been
branded with a mark recommending
man to avoid them.
In the Auvergne mountains Of
France there are two adjacent viii
lages without inhabitants. In this
case ghosts are not responsible for
the state of affairs. though. More
tangible and material beings have
worked the desolafion. The villages
are the hunting grounds of fierce
wolves!
Wolves are by no means uncommon
in France. Indeed, the sum of 5000
is paid annually to keep down the
scourge. The villages in question
were particularly infested. ~ in the
entire neighborhood, with the cruel.
child-eating monsters. and the raw
ages Of the beasts become SO frequent
and the death rate from this cause so
high that it was decided that the vii
lagos were not inhabitable, and the
inhabitants moved lower down into
the valley, where the wolves were
found to be less venturesomc.
1t would appear that drains are
equally as powerful a factor in the des-
olatingof . village as wolves.for sever
al cases have been noticed wherein .
bad system of drainage was RESPONSE
BILE for the total emptying Of . village.
One of these cases is reported from
Wales, where what had been . pros
porous little settlement was vacated
after the outbreak of an epidemic fe-
yer attributed to foul drains which
the people were too poor to have Get
Alright.
In the north Of Scotland another
village was deserted for the same
reason, the inhabitants IN this case
taking temporary shelter under a
Eeries of unused railway aches which
they had bricked up so as to form
more or less comfortable summer
heoses. Meantime more permanent
buildings were erected by their future
occupiers.-PearsOn's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
New Exe.se u the Fsx.

Once there was . willy old fox that
was too fond of grapes, and one day,
the New Years Of al the foxes, he
swore Of from eating this fruit lest
his embonpoint increase beyond reason
and he be called fatty, term Of de-
rision. But his appetite for the lucious
punches grew too strong and he hied
him to grape arbor. A heavy bunch
Of grapes was hanging high up On the
vine. He jumped and jumped. but
could not reach chem. After he had
exhausted himself to mo- purpose, and
he was sure he couldn't reach the
grapes he said: "No. I will not est
them. l made . resolution mot to do
20. What . virtuous fox am IT, And
he went OF to tell his friends about his
self-denial. Moral-virtue is alwa ~ Q
comforter when vice becomes imcos-
aible.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
Great star PAstegrapA.

At the Allegheny observatory n
Gently Prof. worth made pho.
tograph on d116rved plate, including
the whole constellation Of Orion and
adjacent regions Of the sky, covering
in all more than 1000 square degrees.
1t il estimated that the plate con-
tains the images of more than $1,000
stars whose positions can be meas
ured.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19

The dwellings, Of the Swiss workmen
are certainly . degree better than
those Of the same class in other coun-
tries, and all the conditions Of life have
been strongly influenced for the better
by the constant stream OF foreign
travel, due to the natural attractions
which have made Switzerland q ter
minal for travellers from all countries,
furnishing examples which have re-
acted upon the standard Of comfort of
the whole population.-N.Y Y Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
very D,Rerept.

Ascum-I suppose you're one Of
those who consider marriage = lot
tery?
Henpeck-No, indeed. II you draw
. blank in lottery you can tear up
your ticket and forget all about it,
PAidelphis Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
Signs ~ Decay.

A man convicted Of cattle stealing in
Wyoming the other day was sentenced
by due process of law to term Of three,
years in the penitentiary. The great
west, says the Clieaeo Tribune. Is NOT
what Is used T. b..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19
rhe Astenehile n sestA A.ersea.

The Aotonob1le In So0tA A0e Riea.
In the enterprising cities Of Buenos
Ayres automobile carriages are no un-
common sight. in the form both Of pri-
vate vehicles and Of delivery wagons.
Cycle roads now radiate from Buenos
Ayres to distances Of 60 and 70 miles
in the surrounding country, and undeY
the care Of the Argentine Touring club
these roads are reserved for the use
OF bicycles and automobiles.-Youth'e
Companion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-19

Mrs.. Struckile- ye meet the
queen while you were abroad. Mrsss::
NcShoddie? =
Ars. NcShoddie-No. didn't, ard I (,
was real sorry, too. wanted TO get
her receipt for Enelish plum psddinI
-H. \. Weekly.