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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-06

would have to depend enuley on OouHa spare 1ha'
Free or "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" For the meedramate sfrua-
romipr madly on through the night and saved in the very nick Of time by
days Like the times, railroads have changed-for the bctter-and TIT fate
of a trahMoad OF passengers is no longer ltt TO a single ma no may UT
III 70. snug.e uo to his switch and take a nap
Win the BLOCK system 10 in operation o TIT main lines. a mn
ssacep at the switch" would practically stop the running Of trains or miles
,,,s The saeeper, in other words. would virtually tie up the operation OF the
road mill son woke him w. TO: the object of the block system IS
to block trains. to keep them 4 certain distance apart A BLOCK is Inc us
sprs between towe&-the distance varying all the way fom less tina lO
feet to over three miles. Only enc train IS allowed n a bock at a I'm
The syStemi is 81 simple THAI ii can be described in a few words. ne
sirn,s AT enc tower are controlled by the man in the tower ahead. That
10 NJ y,wernan ~ give the signal "n clear unlt tina signal is unlocked
tr his colshorcr in the next tower. Thus a train leaving Gfand CenG"I
Sts,in, is controlled Al follows: On approaching tower II tn oWeTna
s,ks toger iyo or a unlock by ringing three bells. If block is clear be-
tween towers one and two. towcrnan at tower two nock tower I'M ny
,uship a plunger n a cabinet. Tower on then clears signals, and after the
smr bells And this method is carried out all the way to thu end of the
line. WV
sxn. "a, stock system Goes rot alter the old rule for trainnen. When
. sra7u steps at al unusual place. the trainman, a in former days, must
harry back oer the track for at least three-Qurters or a mile, IN place
q fsrre6o on the track. Then he must continue further BACK ne mile
ntseet wo tor0edces. If his train pulls away before anotnef Train omes
shnc. he pick. up the torpedo nearest the train, leaving me otners IN 1e
frsrk- 49,.
Torpedoes ire called audible signals. When the engineer strikes tn nrst
r.,neio he slows up. and il he does no strike a third he know mel lat
*. track has been cleared and again goes ahead full speed. II d strlkcs
fIa soruedaes. however. he slows up and proceeds with extreme caution
Ernusns there is danger within N mile ahead. At night. in addition to the
x.rnsaoes The trainman must light 9 fusee. a red light which burns exactly
fn paIurtas. Az engineer coming upon n of these fusees knows that a
-. {. ahead within ten minutes, and does not proceed Until the fuee mas
tnxuA oSs .------.
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Every day that a team remains idle
if is something for which no return
will ever be received. If We had good
roads the teams could be used on the
farm when the ground was in condi-
ton and the crops could be hauled to
market ar such times as farm work
could not be prosecuted.
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An Imagination StaG2eror.

five could have good roads it would
add more to the value Of farm property
than all other public improvements put
together cver have. 1t would reduce
the cost Of getting our crops to market
more than one-half, and in saving Of
feed that is now fed to idle horses, it
would amount to a sum that staggers
the Imagination.
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"If it were q question of farm waG-
ors with narrow tires furnished free
Of expense, or such wide tire wagons
as I ain using at my w cost. should
continue to use the latter."-A Farmer.
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Was not prepared to sacrifice his whole fortune that hs boy houid eve
S& fe ame modification.
Or language comes, in part from the Latin and Greek. Our literature
h in itself a sort of Latin and Greek. Fhe man or the woman who knows
Naan and Greek takes ap the paper and reads the editorial or tn maya
zsc and scans the page. Oh the book OF poetry or prose h DOL at the
JEusfratons and there Is d meaning in the word with tn Greek Of atm
.KSsr,tiop which ts him unconsciously; there is a suggestion OF a
classic fayer in the Illustrations which gives them a delight; % that you
find university people readers to the day OF their death, n business peope
renaers until they go into business.
Tn thA older countries OF the world the higher education a always
rean a privilege. Ia these United States of America a liberal education
ISIS duty.
There the institutions Of government rest upon thrones, rest upon
classes rest upon caste. There the higher education endangers the caste
,n, mderroiues the throne. Here liberty rests upon the intelligence OF the
,nonle and it is pre OF it is base according to the character OF that intel
Ismce.
Every college is Al insurance company against anarchy and socialism.
Every fully equipped and thoroughly educated boy and girl is a missionary
fAE the right in lie State, in society, in religion and in morals.
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A UemgrEahlc Statement.

1t hes been computed that the aver
age cost of getting crops from the farm
TO the railway station is greater thar
putting it from the railroad station to
the eeaboarG.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-06
Have Wide Tires.

The very best way to make and keep
good roads is to have wide tired
wagons.
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IL tmS IL nWT DC dNrU TV III -FncTT" VIC ""7
I'm which mn have rkea from the most humble beginnings to The most
fabulous desinies are more numerous and striking than anywhere else.
Al lincoln who develops from q woodcutter into a President; a SchWab
Who, at twenty years. earned q dollar a day, and. at thiryhVe' las a sal
arg of n quarter Of 8 million; 8 Carnegie who. a a youth, did 10 KNOW
where to find 4 shilling to buy primers, and. Is a man in nature life Goes
not know how to get rid reasonably and usefuIy of his three hundred
sIHion dollars. must suggest to every woodcuter, every buttons every
factory apprentice With the scandcst elementary schooling. the idea hal II
depends wholly On himself whether " OF he shall tread IN TIL foot
sAereo of a lincoln. a Schwab, OF a Carnegie, and reach the goal that these
Celebrities kavc attained.
The Horatisn "Aucg redioeitas" has nowhere else 30 few partsans
ms in America. Everybody shead"' is the National motto. 1 suppress,
k&rnfionaly, the second half OF the smart sentence. The universal ideal
~ fe American people seems to be success. The dream Of success feeds
fAe fancy of the child. hypnotzes the youth, gives the man temerly,
fapacMy, and perseverance, and only begins to become a matter OF ndlner'
eac under the SOLDERING influence of advanced age.
Success" however is but oneo Of those vague words which mean MOTH
N definite but which. like freedom" Oh progress" are mere recipients
6ied by everybody with contents di.Hncively his own-Success.
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- ~ -
a Collegiate Education
Essential to Success
EY Chauucey NJ. Depew.

T has been my fortune, as business associate in many en-
terprises, TO become intimately acquainted with hundreds
Of men, who, without any equipment whatever OF educa-
ton. have accumulated millions Of dollars. l never met
with one OF them whose regret was not profound ana
dcaB and Doisnapt that he had not an education.
I never met enc Of them who did not feel in the pres
esce OF cultured people a certain sense Of modification
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Ambition i'm the United States
By Max NordaE.

IMBITION is nowhere else so general and so boundiess as IN
America. This is natural. for in DO other country is indl-
vidualsm SO highly differentiated as in America, or man so
full O. Unborn energy. so rich in initiative, resource, optimism
and selfconfdence: so little tethered by padantry. so willing
to recognize the value Of a brilliant personality, however this
may find expression.
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~ II ~
the Switch"
Bv George H. Daniels.

SLEEP at the Switch could not have been written II the
great railroad systems Of the poets time had been what they
are ROW. II the authsr OF those thrilling verses had NOT
taken time by the forelock, amateur recitationists OF to-day
1-nnld have To denepl entirely ON "Moodman. Spare Ihat
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-06

The families that n finds residing in Italy, for instance, long since
abandoned such foolshness as sightseeing. That useless fatigue is left to
fe newcomers; the habdtues 1 have met n o more dream of visiting the
Vatican galleries or Of reading IN the library Of Lorenzo IN MagnLhcent
han they d Of settling down seriously to study Italian.
One hears, especially in the less expensive little cities som t"add
han culture; but you may lake my word for it. IN nine cases ut or ten'
thr req attraction of the place lies in the fact that q Victoria ean be had
for $50 a month and a good cook for onetenth that sum-The Century.
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Why Some Americans
Persist in Living Abroad
Bv Eliot Gregory.

.HAT charm, one aShs enes self in wonder, makes people Pc
h main fer long years wandering Gresideless from Cairo to
1 Cornhnl? 1t cannot he the climate. for our own is quite as
4 good. Historical associations. we are assured, compensate
j mauy Of those people for the absence OF kth and kin. IN
perience, hewever, has taught me that the majority OF them
are $ splendhdly Indifferent to history-and art, too. for the
4 matter of that, unless rs it is applied to the decoration OF the
= human form-as they are TO the Rosetta Stone
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GOOD g
g, RO S.
Interesting Information.

HE following interesting in
formation Is talen from the
recent article entitled Road
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-01
A self-Evident Proposition.

The most profitable crops general
ly are those that give the heaviest
yield. If farmer grows two bales
per acre-and much more than that
has been made-his cotton costs him
less than if he had grown the same
amount on five acres. This will APP
ply as well to corn, or other crops
as to cotton. Only a few farmers
know how to go about it to grow
two or more bales of cotton or 100
to 200 bushels of corn per acre; but
there is no good reason why they
should not learn how the thing is
done. Three, four and even five bales
of cotton and more than 200 bushels
of corn have been grown on a single
acre-not by farmers who believe
that all there is in farming is hard
work and favorable seasons, but by
men who have made deep study Of
plant culture and nutrition, and have
experimental until they have devel-
oped superior methods. 1t is hardly
practicable for all farmers to make
like these enormous yields;
but any progressive farmer who goes
to work on the problem thoughtful
ly and energetically, can at least
greatly increase his yields, and also
his profits. All those farmers who
have established notable records are
successful, prosperous and enthusiasts
tic Farm and Ranch
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Destiny of the Hog Skin.

The oily, greasy, thick pig skin il
arousing new interest. Heretofore
the slaughterhouse has not seriously
bothered itself about skinning the
hog while his green hide left on the
carcass and nuencumbered with ex-
pense, brought s cents per pound
and more as pork, or 10 cents per
pound when weighed in as cured
ham or smoked bacon.
The scientist will not let things
alone, however, and it may yet pay
to strip the hide from the hog for
commercial purposes. The leather
splitter has demonstrated his abili-
ty to shave hides almost into it's
sue leather. With this implement at
his possession, an American inven-
tor claims that he can split a pig
skin to the fineness of cologne bot
tie stopper cover and manufacture
that article at ridiculously low
price. He can make the finest OF
imported" kid glove stock, can dis
place oiled paper with a better and
cheaper article and do the same with
the fine texture of rubbered goods
now used for waist shields. A hog
hide can be treated so finely and
split into SO many separate skins as
to astound the uninitiated. With this
prospect before it, the hog skin has
a right to come off and to expect
much, in the near future.-Nashville
Provisioner.
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Personal MENTION.

James N. Lam, of Miadletown. n
T, preacher, doctor and author, ID
90 years of age and has been married
Is times. His first marriage occurred
at Milford, Pa, in 1880.
Anton Lang, who took the part Of
Christ in the Oberammergau play last
summer, was married at Christmas ia
the girl who sang the mystical song
Her father is Jakob Ruiz, the village
blacksmith and leader of the choruR
Gen. Shattuc, of Ohio, chairman oil
the committee on immigration and Ia
Dor of the house of representatives
has long been proud of his taste in fan
cy waistcoats, solitaire diamonds and
faring cravats, all of which adorn his
expansive front.
1t was particularly noticed at the re.
cent New England dinner in Philadel.
phia that the speech of Chinese Minis.
ter WI easily outshone all the others
30 far as good English was concerned
Among the orators of the evening were
Justice Brewer, Mr.. Hamlin, Mr.. Hill
and Mr.. Cochran.
w. Scott Miller, of Louisville, KY.
has been granted by the courts of that
state the right to control and collect
the money yielded through visitors to
the Mammoth cave. The matter has
been in litigation and the four daugh.
ters of the late DR.. George Grogham.
who own the cave, are widely sepa-
rated, one of them living in Switxer-
land and the other in California.
DIR. George Eitel, of Clanhassen, Car.
yer county, Minnesota, who has just
taken his medical degree at Berlin
university, has already had diplomas
from the universities of Minnesota,
Oregon, California, Pennsylvania,
Washington, Idaho and Montana
probably the record in the medical
profession. The Berlin press good.
naturally banters him, hoping that be-
fore long he will be able to celebrate
q silver jubilee ting his
twenty-fifth passing Of examinations,
EitAi is 43 years old. He began his
medical studies 16 years ago.
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should be treated in general for COM
mon ailments as the OK is treated;
an average size sheep is commonly
average sized cow is given.
With some animals the digestion IL
such that many foul grass seeds pass
through the alimentary canal with
out injury their vitality; but with
the sheep this is very different. The
seed that once goes through the
stomach and intestines of this ami
NAL has not only lost all power Of
termination, but has had its .nutri-
tive contents extracted to the mini
mum.
The manure excreted by the
sheep ranks highest of all common
farm domesticated animals. We be-
lieye this has been thoroughly dem
onstrated in the experience of every
farmer who has kept sheep. 1t is
also, perhaps, the easiest kept, and
in the best condition, being merely
allowed to accumulate in the sheep
shed with fresh bedding added when
ever needful until it is all removed
at once to the land.
We hope to see the sheep increase
in popular favor during the coming
year more markedly than it did dur
ing the past year just closing. The
sheep is worthy of it and the farmer
needs the fock-it is case of one
help the other.-Cor. Chicago Drov-
ers' Journal
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FOUND AMERICANS BUYING
LAND AT SASKATCHEWAN,
WESTERN CANADA.

4 Michigan Farmer Visits SaslkatOon
and In Well Pleased.
Mr.. s. K. Lent was delegate sent
from the farmers of Allegan County,
Michigan, to Western Canada, to re-
port on the prospects for successful
settlement. His report is as follows:
1 went from Winnipeg to Edmonton,
thence east one hundred miles by wag-
on. I found the country in that vicin-
ity rich, black loam, varying from IL
inches to 3 feet deep; the crops are
simply something enormous; wheat
and oats by actual measurement often
standing s feet in height. have been
a farmer for 40 years, and consider my
self . fair judge Of the yield of grain.
and I saw wheat that would yield so
bushels per acre, and, oats that would
yield 100 bushels per acre; not one
alone but a good many. As for root
crops and garden truck, in no country
have / ever seen their equal for all
kinds except corn and tomatoes; the
nights being too cool for these to
ripenwell. As q stock country !. has
no equal. East of Edmonton, on the
head waters of the vermillion River.
saw hay meadows containing from 10
( to 100 acres, the grass standing 4 feet
high. and would often cut 3 to tons to
the acre. From Edmonton / passed
through some fine locations, namely.
Wetaskiwin, Lacombe and other
points.
From Macleod I went to Regina.
thence to Prince Albert. 247 miles
north of the main line. For the first
50 miles is fine farming country, but
the next hundred miles is more Of a
stock country. Then at Saskatoon,
Rosthern and Duck Lake found some
very fine forming country. so good
that I found party of Americans
from Minnesota buying land for them
selves-one party buying IL sections,
and the other 20 sections Of land for
themselves. which they proposed to
improve at once.
I have travelled over 20 different
States and Territories in our Union
and never in my life time have ever
seen such magnificent crops and es-
pecially as fine a stock country.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

When . mans wife tells him 10
wait q second" he can form some
idea of what eternity il ike.-Chica-
60 Daily News.
Merritt-"A man is as old as he
feels" Cora-''How about a woman?"
Merritt-"She is generally as old as
other people feel she is."-Smart Set.
She-"You men claim to be the salt
of the earth!" He (mildlyl--"But,
my dear, we have never denied your
claim to being the pepper!"-San
Francisco Bulletin.
Miss Caustique-'Some men are so
stupid" Mr.. Pepper-"Yes, it's
lucky, isn't it? 1t makes some wom-
en- seem SO bright by comparison."-
Sommerville Journal.
HE is not a great poet" But you
confess you don't know what he
means" True, but l can't dismiss
the suspicion that he knows what he
means!"-Town Topics.
Mrs. Smithers-"I can't get Willie
to carry in the coal or do euything
any more. wonder where he is?''
Mr.. Smithers-"He's over to Jimson's,
helping their boy carry in their coal"
Indianapolis Sun.
Il see you've got copy of that
new novel. l suppose you know it's
a book of doubtful morality" mo, I
didn't, but I'm glad to hear it." You
are?" Eyes, the last one / bought
was of undoubted immorality."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Morris-"Hear you have gone into
the apothecary business. Do you
know anything about drugs and
medicines?" Potter-"Not thing:
why should I? But I've bought q
Latin dictionary. Guess I'll be all
right. boston Transcript.
She-"For goodness sake! What
do you think of that voice?" He
Fine, fne!" She-ssNonsense! It's
absolutely unintelligible. 1 can't
make out single word of the song"
He-"That's the beauty of her voice.
You haven't read the words of that
song, have your = Philadelphia
Press. ~
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SEEN IN THE STORES.

Mauve and pink furniture IL one of
the latest artistic fancies-mauve
wood, pink, satin, brocade and cur
tains shot with both colors and figured
with flowers.
Pretty nut bowls of wood, decorated
with burnt woodwork and resting on
three short supports, are not only de-
sirable but seem particularly adapted
to the use intended.
One of the prettiest plants for home
decoration shown by the florists il
begonia with delicate pale pink blooms
that intermingle with the dark-green
leaves in a way that delights theeye.
The newest side comb is the horse
shoe comb and comes in light and dark
tortoise shell. Then there are combs
with rope-coiled tops and jeweled
evening combs that cost q small for
tune.
Superstitions concerning the opal
have evidently died natural death, If
one may judge from the many that
are shown. The demand for this lovely
stone is steady, and though the Hun
garian opals are the finest, many OF
lesser value are used as settings for
brooches, rings, hatpins and stickpins
and are much sought.
It is particularly noticeable in the
china shops that the old-fashioned
white china with gilt is becoming pop
ular. These sets are almost duplicates
of the old-fashioned "tea sets" of our
grandmothers' early days, and come in
the old-fashioned shapes, made of fine
clear ware. OF course this ware is
costly, and therefore the woman who
has retained as family heirloom her
grandmother's set is Fortunate.
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SHEEP ON The FARM.
There Arc Numerous Reasons WIN,
Every Farmer should Keep
Flock of sheep.

(. There are many farms where the
flock is not maintained that would
keep sheep, we believe, did the own
T hut realize fully the great value of
the flock to the farm and the farm
5n Strange as it may seem, there
are large per cent. of farms where
the sheep has never been known.
Ono of the most important things
concerning the flock, and what
should strike the busy farmer forci-
bly,, is the comparatively small
amount of care that the average
flock requires. There is no other
creature on the farm, save, possibly,
poultry, that requires as little atten-
fion.
Under reasonably good conditions
"a our average northern climate the
sheep win need be supplied with feed
from four to five months of the year.
After that they are able to rustic for
their own--providing they have de-
Gently good pasture to rustic in.
The housing necessary for a flock
Of sheep may be the crudest supplied
to any class of farm animals-there
As br* one feature that must al
WAYS he observed and that is, suffi-
GENTLY tight to avoid moisture and
draft. Either one is very bad for
= flock, and particularly the former.
We do not believe there is any sort
81 stock on the farm that is more
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HERE AND THERE.

Good, well-bred steers, and there
should be no other kind, should be
well fed all winter. Money thus ex-
pended will return a dividend equal
to the Dutchman's one per cent.
The man who thinks it out and
exercises his judgment in his busi-
ness transactions usually has more
money in the bank than the fellow
who does things when it's most con-
venient.
One reason why improved farm
implements are considered expensive
luxnries for farmers of limited
means is, their short lives, superin-
duced by careless handling and dis
regard of their health.
Continue the preparation of the
soil for spring planting. The recent
freezes will be found to greatly aid
the harrow in pulverizing the sur
face soil. Remember, the soil can
not be too finely pulverized.
"A farm without an orchard, vine
yard, berry patch and garden, am
pie for the purposes for which they
are intended, is like wilderness sur
rounded by desert. In other words,
it is not good place to live at.
The farmer who has neglected to
build an ice house and store it with
a supply of ice is depriving himself
and family of a great luxury and
also an article which has many prof
liable and economical uses on the
farm.
The twentith century farmer
gives a pretty good rule for estimate
ing the value of farm land wherever
corn is a staple crop. 1t is this: The
land is worth as many dollars per
acre as it will produce bushels Of
corn per acre, one year with ain
other.
If a farmer should work his wife
half to death, refuse her wholesome
food, and at night kick her out to
sleep in the rain, would he expect
her to last long? But he will treat
fine labor-saving implement much
worse, and then grumble because Il
does not last forever.
AT least a part of the grain IA
ton fed to fowls should be soaked
from twelve hours in summer to
twenty-four in winter. The soaking
softens the grain and makes II more
easily digested. The chickens know
this, and when fed whole corn go
straightway to the water and put y