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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-31
Up to the Council.
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Menace to the safety of the town.
We have eudeavored in the fore
going to point out few discrepan-
cies in the town license schedule.
Possibly there are others We have
overlooked. rs this article WAS very
hmriedly written. If such there be
the people have the right to look to
the council for relief. Gen tlemen
ef the town council. it's up to you.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-31

rhe pies that mother used to
make tasted good TO the palates
We used TO have.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-31
BILIOUS COLO PREVENTED

Take double dose of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Dlorrhea
Remedy as soon as the first indication
of the disease appears and threat
ened attack may be warded off. Hun
dreds of people use the remedy in
this way with perfect success. For
sale by DR. d Z Scott, kingstree;;
Lake City Crug Co., Lake City; DR.
W S Lynch, Scranton.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-31

We feel awfully sorry for the
h,v whose fa'her has forgotten
tiaiaoe was once litlla fellow.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-31

The King Warehouse Lake City,
will be open from now until the
far mers have disposed of their to-
bacco.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
PLEASURE OF CANOEING.
Capsizing in Shallow Water One of
the Delights of This IncOmpar-
able summer Sport.

Many boys acquaintance with ca
noes has begun with a "dugout," a
jolly old log needing the skill of BIZ
cycle rider to keep it right side up.
Alarmingly unsteady, it had the virtue
of never sinking, and always promptly
righting itself after upsetting the occu-
pant. On many of the northern waters
40 years ago these dugouts were part
OF the equipment of a farmer. Now
they are kept as mementoes of nautical
evolution. To-day the uninitiated is be-
wildered by the variety of canoe craft
Pleasure of canoeing is to choose a
small stream and watch it grow in vol
ume and importance. One should travel
in light marching order. Flannels,
blankets and rubber sheets are indis-
pensable. On this the first trip you may
try hammocks, but you will soon dis
cover that the ground is preferable.
Sleeping in a hammock is wont to devel-
OPP stitches and cramps, to say moth
ing OF the tendency to give ones neck
set at an ungraceful and uncomfort-
able angle. The commissariat should
Include some substantial food, as timed
meats and hard tack, which should be
constructed on the compartment COM
bination plan with provision in the
grub" sack. A trolling line will usual
ly supply fresh fish, and farm houses
milk, if one is not quite in the wilds.
Take field glass instead of a gun.
Every beginner should realize the fun
and acquire the confidence gained by
capsizing a canoe. Let him take it,
however, to fordable depths and there
rock himself into the water. This is
one way by which the craft and the
man may find themselves.-Cou
Life in America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
THE SAD STORY OF DRINK.
What n might Up" ut the London
Hospital Brought to the
Light.

That telephone bell again., just
when one was getting to bed at two a M,
after having been out to a bad case, and
was looking forward to good rest.
Halo! Yes!"
You're wanted, sir"
'All right, am coming" and so has
tily slipping on ones clothes again, it did
not take long TO get down.
There in the great empty hall, with its
massive pillars and rows of empty seats,
a man is waiting to escort us to one of
the homes of an East end slum where
someone has been taken suddenly ill,
and is too bad to be moved.
l wish some of you boys would come
with us as we step out into the broad and
brightly lighted Whitechapel Road.
Come along, we must turn down by
street though, and then another and
another The silence is only broken by
our hurried footsteps on the cObbles; the
moon and stars are looking sadly and
silently down from a cloudless sky; the
lamp posts shed a Pickering light in the
narrow streets, and occasionally one is
startled by couple of policemen, who
suddenly appear round corner or are
standing half-hidden in a doorway.
At length Booth street, Spitafields, is
reached, and we turn into a doorway. A
candle upstairs reveals the staircase,
rotten and filthy.
Mind your head as you ascend; and
halfway up you must step across the
legs OF two dodgers, who, with sack
thrown over them, are lying on the plat
form at the angle of the staircase, and
who are snoring heavily. At the top one
of the doors opens, and we enter.
1t is not hard to describe the furniture
the bed on which the sick person is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
OLDEST LIVING CAT.
Michigan Feline which Recently Gel
ebrated Its Etaa,Iteenth Birth
day at GaIien.

G. Leslie Nye, commonly called
Pretty or Purt, is the oldest cat in the
United States, having Just celebrated
his eighteenth birthday. AS a frolic-
some kitten he was conspicuous among
the wedding gifts of Mrs. f. A. Nye, of
Galien, Mich, and after a long life
his mistress insists that he is the
most even tempered cat in the world
because he is always cross But this
is really a libel, as he has been per-
fectly devoted to Mrs. Nye's only son
and is fondly attached to the whole
family.
But he hates felines and wars with
every cat that ventures on the place.
Mrs. Nye raises a thousand chickens
every summer, and for years he has
assumed the responsibility of protect
ing them from cats, dogs and rats.
Even the willy weasel is no match for
G.. Leslie Nye, who catches and kills
every one who visits the chicken
ranch His only affiliation is with the
family COW. which allows him to ride
bareback fashion when she is grazing
in the pasture.
He is an epi9ure-loves a good
brand of coffee and dotes on raspberry
pie. Also squash, corn, cabbage, and
tomatoes, but his chief delicacies are
fish, oysters, and game. He is per-
fectly Indifferent to yellow legged
chickens, but wants his milk served in
pink saucer, and insists on having it
warm and foamy from his friend the
bessie.
G. Leslie Nye is a beautiful orange
cat with white markings, and Mrs.
Nye has a life sized pastel made of her
famous pet. Notwithstanding his adj
vanced age, he is in perfect health,
and the fact that he has lost most of
his teeth does not cripple him as a
ratter, as he holds the rodent with
both paws and worries it to death by
twisting its head until its neck is
broken
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
WISE WASHINGTON DOG.
Mig Does Many Wonderful Things and
Is the Recognized Mascot of
IA Fire Company.

A number of fire companies of the dis
trict are possessed of mascots in the
shape of dogs OF other pets which have
a firm hold upon the affections of the
men and command their stanch support
in claims for superiority in intelligence
and physical prowess. Most of them are
dogs who have developed love of the
excitement incident to the response to
alarms and usually take a prominent
place on the run to the fire. Some of
them are often noted setting the pace
for the engine or other apparatus of
their company, running just ahead of
the horses and barking loudly with Ella
ton to see the people scattering to either
sideast they come on. Usually their lives
do not cover very long period in the
fire business, for, becoming overbold or
lacking a trifle in alertness, they are
caught under the feet of the onrushing
team or are not quick enough to avoid
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
THE WORD OF HOPE.

A poet in whose heart despair
Had sunk her fingers tore them loose,
And putting on hopeful air
Sent out song of courage where
He feared 'twould be of little use.
THE proud" he said. perhaps will
sneer
And make my song of hope jest,
But shall triumph if l cheer
One weak and weary soul or clear
But one doubt from some aching
breast.
THE ones who scott, self-satisfied
And free from woes that warp and kill,
Will toss my song of hope aside
And in their wisdom and their pride
Show pity for my lack of skill"
"'Tis strength" he sang. gives faith to
seek
The glad, fair ways that lie ahead;
They fail who sit downcast and meek,
For hope is strong and doubt is weak
Joy comes by patient courage led"
There came from those he thought to be
Self-satisfied one who confessed,
Who bowed in deep humility
And cried: New hope has come to me
Despair was hidden in my breast"
Why fear to preach good cheer? We
ne'er
May guess what heart lies deep in pain;
Each golden arrow shot in air
Is fated to descend somewhere
No hopeful word is said in vain.
S. E. Kiser. in Chicago Record-Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
THE DOCTOR STEPPED ACROSS THE
LEGS OF TWO LODGERS.

blankets, but with a filthy old feather
bed; a table, two wooden chairs and a
chest of drawers. On the mantel-shelf
are few little ornaments. There are
no pictures nor carpet; in fact, nothing
else excepting dirt. In one corner is a
child of five asleep.
This is the only room of this home"
of an East-ender, where the soap and
hot water for us to wash in before leav-
ing has to be borrowed from Mrs. Some
body next door, that is, in the next room
1t is awfully sad work to see these
poorest of English homes, and on reach
ing the hospital again another message
is waiting. This time the case is sadder
still; tiny single room in Irvine Court,
Shadwell. Mother is i'll, but three Of the
children are in the same bed, while two
Others are sleeping on three chairs put
side by side. The walls have been
stripped of pictures because father is out
of work, tiny fire is burning which the
neighbors have kindly supplied. The
bedstead and six chairs are going to be
fetched away the next Monday, if the
next installment of hire-purchase
money is not paid.
Doctor, could you give us a milk sup
ply ticket, as | pawned the last pair of
the children's boots to-day for food?"
asks the mother
We wonder how the crowds of little
children brought up in these benighted
homes can live, badly fed and clothed,
whole family in one room, and sur
rounded by filth and squalor, because
the parents are literally too poor to keep
things clean.
What happiness can these poor little
things have in life, children of the gut
ter, with only the streets 70 play in?
One woman told me that her husband
gave her five shillings a week for herself
and the children, and she had to pay four
shillings out of it for rent for that one
room!
How is it? why is it?" you ask.
All in most cases it is the old story
the drink. We may talk lightly of the
evils of intemperance, and say what
fools men must be to take\too much, but
what about the poor little fellows who
livs on couple of crusts day and run
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13

about shoeless, in nothing but ragged
pair of knickerbockers and shirt? What
about these little innocent sufferers Of
their fathers folly, dying in hundreds
through want, starvation, and exposure?
Let us do what we can to remove the
one great cause of the terrible misery
and sadness of these boys and girls of
the East end by doing all in our power
to destroy the drink traffic in this our
land.
Can we do otherwise than this when
we read such words as these: Whose
ever shall cause one of these little ones
that believe on Me to stumble, it were
better for him if great milestone were
hanged about his neck, and he were
cast into the sea. R. L. Ridge, in Our
Boys Magazine"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
KEEP AWAY.

My boy, keep away from temptation,
1t may conquer you ere you think;
'Tis a perilous thing to daily
And toy with the demon, drink
Many stronger than you have tarried
They were safe and secure. they thought,
Yet they yielded, one fatal moment,
And widespread ruin was wrought.
So keep away from temptation,
'Tis your safest plan, my dear son;
Do not sully your life's fair record
Ere your manhood's well begun.
For there's nothing but sorrow follows
In the wake of a mans first drink.
Do not take the first step, it may plunge you
Down over perdition's brink.
Charlotte Archer Raney.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
PRESENT AND GROWING EVIL.
Some Important Facts About the
Drug and Liquor Habits EN-
phasized by Doctor.

In this strenuous, rapid-transit, hur-
ry-up age, where each and every indi-
vidual is fighting for supremacy, where
in the buZZing whirl of commerciaiism
the getting of dollars and cents is the
main issue and time, health, and all
thought of recreation are sacrificed to
the reckoning power of money, every eff
fort is strained, every fiber is taxed to its
utmost, the lucklees man or woman who
does not possess nerves Of steel soon
finds it necessary in order to keep in
the procession to use stimulant Usu-
coholic drink, which. for the time be-
ing, hastens the blood, steadies the
nerves and stimulates the brain to
quicker action, but it's continued use
gradually weakens the action of the
heart, destroys the nerve tissues, poi
sons the entire system and units the
victim for either business or social life
The desire for it finally becomes so
strong that it is an utter impossibility
to give up its use, and self-respect, hon
or, everything, is sacrificed to the I'M
natural craving.
In good many instances, think the
over-eating of meat is responsible for
the desire for stimulants, particularly
among the brain-workers who do not re-
quire the heavy food necessary to the
laboring man. Again, good many doc
tors recommend the use OF alcoholic
beverages and in this they are greatly
at fault. They are equally at fault in
too ready use of the hypodermic needle
This, in all probability, is the direct
cause for the rapidly increasing number
Of habitues of alcoholic liquors and mar
cotic drugs, particularly morphine and
cocaine
Never before in the history of the
world has the unnatural use of drugs
and beverages wrought such havoc as
at the present time. A person having
once experienced the relief from pain
afforded by morphine is tempted to try
1t again. After yielding once, the in
cllnation to adopt its use becomes great
er and before the victim realizes the
danger he is in he has become On I'M
willing victim TO it's influence. Nor
phine should never be used when harm
less medicine will suffice and the use
OF alcoholic stimulants and beverages
should never be advised--B. B. Ralph,
VI. D., in Medical Talk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13

that she would be SURE % have it in.
serted on the following day.
1t was still exceedingly hot and hui
mid on the following morning, and at
the breakfast table Mrs. Jobson asked
Mr.. Jobson if he was still in the same
mind as to renting the house, furnished,
for the summer.
Il don't change my mind every 20
minutes, Mrs. Jobson," he replied, crush
ingly, as he wiped his brow before clap
ping on his hat. Mrs Jobson, ODE
dent to ORDERS" had the ad. inserted
that day.
A cool, rollicking breeze out of the
northwest sprang up that afternoon. and
Mr.. Jobson was whistling cheerily when
he arrived home.
What a corking breeze this 'ud make
for the yacht races!" he said, delighted
ly, to Mrs. Jobson, as he ate his din
ner with gusto-but Mrs Jobson did not
look happy.
Mr.. Jobson was watering the front
grass with hose, and humming to
himself, when they began to arrive
They were the folks who had read
the Jobson advertisement of furnished
mouse for the summer Mr. Jobson had
forgotten all about that affair. and he
looked at the stream of prospective fur
nlshed house tenants with amazement
plentifully mixed with wrath. He
dropped the garden hose and went into
the house and gloomed around the sit
tlng-room, while the procession of crit
lclslng women, and their helpless. but
half-ironical husbands, were taken all
over the house by Mrs. Jobson There
was lull in the procession along toward
eight o'clock.
Mrs. Jobson,' sternly commanded
Mr.. Jobson, you will please get on your
hat-we are going to close this house
up against this tide of impertinent rub
bernecks, and go for car ride"
Mr.. Jobson kept his lips tightly COM
pressed until they were on board the
car. Then he turned to Mrs. Jobson
with an expression of deep pain.
So, he said, sepulchrally, you have
at last rigged up a scheme to take the
roof from over my head, have your"
Dear me" began Mrs. Jobson, didn't
you tell me to"
You've finally cooked up a plan TO
have the things that it's taken me years
TO get together macerated to pulp and
ruined, and destroyed, hey?" said Mr..
Jobson, ignoring her words, and warm
ing up. But it don't go, madam-I'm
telling you that-it don't 60"
But hopelessly expostulated Mrs.
Jobson, didn't you tell me that you
were going to live in the country this
summer, and"
I've been living in Washington for
good many years, madam, and the cap
ital of the United States is good enough
for me" broke in Mr. Jobson. "And if
you think for holy minute that you're
going to chase me out of my own home.
during the best season of the year for
housekeeping, just because you're too
tired to keep house-if you think you're
going to turn my bed over to any old
IlH-raH that comes along to sleep in
my chinaware to eat off of and smash
to smithereens-my furniture to maui
around and mess up-my piano to pound
rag-time tunes on-my bathtub to
splash in-then, madam. the sooner |
have you taken before lunacy commits
sion the better it's going to be for all
hands, and | can tell you that that time
IS not far off, either" WASHINGTON
Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
3anatorium Treatment for Inebriates

bill has been introduced into the
Pennsylvania legislature which provides
for the commitment of persons addicted
to the use of alcoholic or other intoxi-
eating drinks to a hospital or asylum for
restriction, care, and treatment. Ac-
cording to its provisions any two rela-
tives of the alleged drunKard may apply
by petition to the quarter sessions court
or magistrate, setting forth the facts
upon oath, with an affidavit of at least
two physicians, based upon examina-
ton, accompanying the petition, stating
that in their opinion treatment in a hos
pital will be of benefit to him If after
hearing the court is satisfied that the
petition should be granted the person
shall be committed to a hospital for
treatment until the judge or magistrate
shall be satisfied that further restriction
is of no longer benefit, with the further
provision that no commitment shall be
for longer period than one year and all
commitments shall be renewable under
writ of habeas corpus.-Journal of
Inebriety
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
DOLLY TAKES TEA.

When dolly sits down to the table,
And ev'rything's ready, you see
With cookies and water for Mabel,
And water and cookies for me,
We nibble and chatter with dolly,
And offer her tea from a spoon,
And often our meal is so jolly,
1t lasts through the whole afternoon.
Till Mabel jumps up in a hurry
And says that she really must go,
And l say: "Oh, truly, I'm sorry,
And dolly enjoyed it, l know"
Then gayly we clear off the table
When dolly has finished her tea,
With cookies and water for Mabel,
And water and cookies for me.
ALBERT Bigelow Paine, in St Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Bishop McCloskey, of the Catholic
diocese of Louisville, Ky, has placed a
ban on liquor or dancing at church pic
MICS.
If few people did not help them
selves quite so freely, many others
would not need to be helped
In Louisiana and Mississippi, Texas
and Arkansas temperance agitation has
advanced greatly in the past three years.
AT the request of Rev Father Murphy
Al boys in Flint, Mich. promised to alb
stain from the use of any intoxicating
liquor until they are 81 years old.
Little Henry Reineck, a five-year-old
child, died in Mascoutah, ILL.,, from the
effects of drinking a pint of whisky,
which the parents had left standing on
the table
Supt. George E. Aver, of the Kansas
division of the Santa F'e, has discharged
six men for frequenting saloons. 1t was
not charged that any Of the men were
ever intoxicated.
The state convention of the Catholic
Order of FOresters, at its recent session
in Oshkosh, Wis, decided in favor of ex-
Guiding hereafter all persons engaged in
the manufacture or sale of liquor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13

some falling timber or piece of appar-
atus and their career comes to an abrupt
close. Several weeks ago the mascot of
Truck D was killed, being run over by
the truck while answering call.
The old Franklin Fire company or
No. l chemical has a dog mascot who
bids fair to equal the bravest, and yet
who has sufficient level-headed caution
to insure an extended life of usefulness.
His name is Mig" in consequence of
his being black all over except for
white spot on his breast. He is bull
terrier of heavy build, with well-kept
coat and intelligent face, and may
nearly always be found somewhere near
Assistant Chief Wagner or Foreman
Harper The latter goes over to George
town every day for lunch, and is almost
invariably accompanied by Mig. If it
happens that Mig is not at hand when
the foreman starts for home when he
does find that his friend has gone he
gives one evidence of the superiority of
his intelligence over that of the ordinary
dog. Running out on the avenue he
waits for car to stop; if it should hap
pen to be yellow it is of no service to
Mig, and he does not pay any attention
to it. But when the car is green Mig
gets aboard and remains on the car I'M
til it reaches the point nearest to his
destination and there hops off The men
in the company believe he can distin-
guish between the alarms to which his
company must respond and those not
in it's district. At any rate, if anywhere
near when the apparatus is to CO. he is
always ready for the run. He is not
foolish enough to run in front of the
horses but usually keeps to the side of
the engine. No matter how many other
pieces of apparatus there may be at
fire he can>always pick out his own, and
when the fire is out usually rides home
on the drivers seat. At times he seems
to want to help his friends in the work
of extinguishing the flames, and rushes
with them into burning houses without
a sign of fear. 1t is related that at fire
in an uptown residence recently it was
feared that someone was asleep in the
upstairs rooms and two men were sent
to investigate. The smoke was very
dense and they were crawling along the
floor of hallway holding their faces
close to the floor to get the purest air,
when one of them felt something brush
against him from behind, and then a
dogs sneeZe was heard, and it turned out
to be Mig, who was evidently concerned
lest they venture into too great danger.
He will do anything his comrades ask
of him if it is within the possibility of
accomplishment by dog, and indeed
might even attempt the impossible.
The photo shows him climbing a lamp
post after a rag which one of the men
fastened up there and ordered him to
fetch down.-Washingto Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
The Adage Held Good.

Judge Cox of the United States cir
cult court, while delivering a lecture
at Columbia university, told of young
lawyer who came before the supreme
court to argue case in which he was
also defendant. Addressing the court,
he referred to the old French adage de-
claring that he who argues his own case
has a fool for client. After the case
had been heard he left for his home in
st. Louis, asking friend to notify him
by wire when the decision was handed
down. This was the pithy dispatch he
received: "Old French adage affirmed. -"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
Why Willie Was Excused

The following note was recently re-
ceived by Higginsville (Kan.) school
teacher: Respected Miss: please ex-
cuse Willie for absents. He fell down
stairs just before school time and we
feered his internal insides was hurt at
first, but they amt. The Doctor says
that no part of his Anatomy was hurt
but the brewing of the eppyredmis of
OF ne outside hide and also his hipp
hurt some. But he narrowly escaped
fatal death. So kindly excuse"