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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-05-14
DON'T MISS 1T

1t will pay you handsomely, to
buy your TOBACCO FLUES
from Edwin Harper & Son within
the next ten days, as you can do Sc
ut SC per lb cash. After that date
the usual price will obtain.
Remember for ten days only, and
the cash.
EDWIN HARPER & Son.
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LAKE CITY LOCALS
ABSTRACT OF A WEEKS HAP.
PENINGS IN OUR SISTER TOWN.
Diciples of lsaak Walton--Dr Mays
Meeting Called Looking
to Protection Against Fire.

to Protection Against Fire.
Last Thursday We met W E Sew
erance going towards his home. He
was carrying a cot and grin. IT:
u boy.
Misses Halle Rollins and Moore
went down to Charleston last week
WI Bass, Esq, was at Evergreen,
Florence county, Friday on bust,
ness in Magistrate Armfeld's court.
Mr. j Eaddy came up from Jay
Friday.
Mr. NJ A Thomas spent part OF
last week in Manning. He was
witness in case in the Common
Pleas. Mr. Thomas says that
Manning is improving.
RK Wallace, ESQ.,, came mp from
Kingstree Saturday and spent the
day in town.
Mr. Charles u Kelley left Mon
day night for Columbis, Spartan
burg ard Greenyille' He will look
after some lame truck dealers to
whom he has shipped in the past
and will look up some reliable ones
to ship to in the future.
Mrs J H Blackwell and her
daughter, Mrs c R Candy, are right
| i'll at the home of the latter in Max.
ton, N. e. The first named was
very i'll ut last reports. Mr. Black
well is with them.
DR. Eugene Mays lecture, which
was delivered Wednesday night, was
very fine. The subject was "Coms up
Smiling" The audience, while not
so large as it should have been, was
appreciative and thoroughly enjoyed
every moment of the talk. In some
respects it was the best lyceum lee.
tnre we have had this season.
A mass meeting of citizens is call
ed for Tuesday night to look into
the advisability Of making some
arrangements for fighting fire. This
is a step in the right direction. We
hope, however, that step will not
be all the progress that will be made
to this end.
Mr and Mrs S W G Shipp of
Florence were away from their home
several days last week. Mrs Shipp
spent the time with her sister, Mrs
J NJ Sturgeon, and Mr. Shlpp spent
most of the daylight hours at the
end of a fishing cane. He was a
member of the party hereinafter
mentioned.
A fishing party, of which We are
happy to say the writer was men,
Der, went down in the direction of
Possum Fork, Tuesday but halted a
mile or two on this side, ut Tye's
Lake. We were taken in charge by
Mr. j B Prosser, who certainly did
everything that man could do to
help us get fish and to enjoy our
selves, and he succeeded in both
respects. And We want TO say that
if any one feels like saying that Mr.
Prosser is not one of the most enter
tanning, tlreless, experienced, genlai
and whole.souled leaders that ever
had charge Of a fishing party-if
any one feels like saying this, he
had better 60 way off in one corner
of the county to say it and then say
! - IN 1ow fhot M ona can ha.r him
Well, We caught all the fish the
party could eat, and that is saying
good deal. One man ate four big
mawmouths the first meal. But he
was sick next day, and when We left
We had some fish to bring away.
The water was too high and the
weather too cool for good fishing.
W. L. B.
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FOR RENT.

A convenient Cottage, pleasantly
located in KingStree.
Apply to
rHos. N. GILLAND,
Kingstree, s. c.
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some days with friends.
DIR WI McCutchen returned Fri
day from Baltimore, Nd, where he
has recently completed his studies
in the dental department Of the
University of Maryland.
The expenses of the last term of
court ran up to about 5000. of
which amount $I4222O was paid
out to jurors and witnesses.
Misses Pearl and Ruby Smith of
Hot Spring, Ark, who are visit
ing relatives at Cades, were in
kingstree Friday of last week.
Our deepest sympathy goes out
to Rev and Mrs Henry Cauthen,
whose little son, Henry, Jr, has
been seriously i'll of pneumonia for
more than a week.
The official government report
shows the number of bales OF cot:
ton ginned in Williamsburg county
during 1902 to be 2I,O27 as COM
pared with 1884 in 1901.
The Kingstree Social Club will
entertain it's friends with a dance
ut the Coleman House this eve
ming. Quite Il number Of visitors
are expected, We understand.
Miss Amelia Kennedy, who has
been teaching in the Graded school
for the past three years, WAS
recently elected to position
i'm the Abbeville Graded school.
Mr. Claud Martin, member of
the junior law class, stood the
examination last week before the
supreme court and was admitted TO
the bar.-COlumbia State, Monday.
Mr. ] Marvin Martin came in
yesterday from Johnston to spend
some time here with relatives. He
left here some months ago in feeble
health, but is now quite we'll and
hearty.
Mr. Daniel Mckenzie, Of the
Cades section, was in town Mon
day ard enjoyed the day talking
over old times with Mr. Tom Stewart
and other old comrades of Major
Lands command.
Among those who attended the
Re union in Columbia were the fol-
lowing from this county: Capt w
H Kennedy, DR. A"M'Snider, DR. W
l. McCutchen; Messrs J F Cooper,
II Phillips, ] J Gibson and W S
Camlin. Sr. There were doubtless
others.
~
At the eth annual meeting of
the State Pharmaceutial Associa-
ton held in Charleston yesterday.
DR. w s Lynch of Scranton was
elected vice president Of the as
sociation. This is q high compli-
ment to DR. Lynch and withal Is an
honor well bestowed.
The United ConfederateVeterans'
Reunion will be held in New
Orleans on May 1922 The fare
from Kingstree to New Orleans
Is sl6.15 for the round trip,
with $500 extra for Pullman. Par
ties desiring to take this trip may
leave here Sunday night on train
"23," which will put them in New
Orleans Tuesday morning follow
ing.
MIL Nesmith of Indiantnwn
presented US last week with an
interesting curio in the shape of an
Indian arrowhead. It is made of
white flint and is a fine specimen
of the handiwork of the aboriginal
American, whose highest art was
expended on bow and arrow,
Mrs Will N Harden, the wife of
the noted Southern author, and her
little son, who have been visiting
her aunt, Mrs S G McClary, of this
city, have returned to their home
in New York city. Mr. Harden is
a native Georgian who has won
both fame and fortune in the last
few years as an author. His CAB
ner Daniep was one of the most
popular books of the year and was
widely read in Greenwood Green
wood Index.
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!: LOCAL ITEMS
!: OF INTEREST
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ed Lake City Sunday.
Mr. A l. Cnllette of Lanes was
noted in town Monday.
1t is not what we mean to do, but
what we do that counts.
MrCM Richburg of Greeleyville
was on our streets Friday.
MrF Will Fairey returned from
Orangeburg Monday night.
Mrs ID Cunningham was in town
Saturday from Indiantown.
Miss Martha Gourdin is visiting
her sister, Mrs W G Gamble.
MrJJ Mccullough of the Salters
section was In town Tuesday.
NTH Brockinton of Morrisville
was q visitor in town Monday.
Mrs Virginia Br0ckington has
gone to Johnston to visit her
daughter, Mrs W S Martin.
Miss Eloise Cooper has returned
from u visit to friends in Florence.
Mass Frances Cordes Of Charles
ton is visiting her aunt, Mrs K J
Kirk.
Misses Mabel AID Belle Harper
are visiting college friends in Mar.
ion county.
LcR,y Lee, Esq, went to Colum-
bia Monday night on professional
business.
MrRH F,o,man of Greeleyville
paid Us his respects while In town
one day last week.
Postoffice Inspector F ] G Pulsi.
fer of Columbia WAS In town Mon
day ON official business.
Mr. W s Grayson, our valued cor
respondent al Benson, paid us
welcome call yesterday.
Mr. w J Marshall and sOr, j
Capers, of MOrrisville, favored US
with call this morning
MrJW McCutchen of Lake City
called Thursday of last week and
rene we'd his subscription.
Mr. s B McElveen of Spring Bank
was among the new subscribers
added tn oar list last week.
Mia Conyers of Greeleyville
visited us Saturday and enrolled a.
new subscriber to The RECORD.
Mr. Louis Jacobs, Jr., was in
town Tuesday, representing $
Hirschmann & Son Of Charleston.
MrfNW Thompson of Vox took
occasion to advance his subscrip-
tiop year while in town last FRI
day.
Rev z James of Spartanburg
passed through town Monday on
the way to Scranton to visit his old
home.
Oysters r not good in May, but
there Is nothing the matter with
Black river Dream except their
scarcity.
Mr. w Francis Kennedy of Lake
City was in town Tuesday and call
: ed in to see us for pleasant few
mements.
DIR Robert Wilson held services
in the Episcopal church Sunday.
There was no preaching in the
other churches.
Mai 8 NJ Askins, accompanied by
Mrs H G. Askins and Master
Marion Askins, were in town Sun
day from Lake City,.
CE st Armand, Esq, was called
to Newberry yesterday by a tele.
gram announcing the extreme i'll.
ness of his mother.
Mr. James Henry Strong, who has
been attending the Welsh Neck
High School, returned home last
& night on the sick list.
We are obligated to DR. Leland B
salters of SaIters Depot, member
of the graduating class of the Uni
versity of Maryland, Baltimore
Md. for an invitation to the com.
mencement exercises of that place
Tuesday evening. May l9, 1903.
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FOR SALE - Eight residence
lots, situated in desirable part Of
town. H. D. REDDICK.
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The Confederate Flag.

So dear to the heart of every pa
triotic Southerner heart was the
national emblem of the United
States of America, that even when
his rights were down-trodden and
ignored by the ruling powers of his
own country, he chose the red, white
and blue for his colors, differing
only in the arrangement of design.
Instead of the thirteen "stars and
stripes" there were seven white stars
in field of blue set in the upper
corner of a square made Of three
bars, red, white and red.
There was nothing like the Betsy
Ross romance about the making of
it. 1t is even claimed of late that q
Federal prisoner, one Lieut.. Shurt~
left, of New York, being an artist
and decorative painter, was asked for
a suitable design, which he fur
nished while in prison in Richmond,
Va. The most romantic inciden t
was that the flag was first hoisted
over the Confederate capitol at
Montgomery, Ala, BY Miss L c Ty-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-05-14
OUR FLAG CONTEST
The Prize Awarded to Miss
Mary Swami Of Kingsree.

| AvA0A - y" ~4AAA Va ASAAAkSA WI
In response to The RECORDS Of
fer of five dollars for the best essay
on "The Confederate Flag" nine
papers were submitted. Among
these contestants it was not an easy
matter to decide upon the winner.
After carefully examining all the
papers the one submitted by Miss
Mary Swami was adjudged the best
coming within the rules of the con-
test Us set forth in our announce
ment, and she has therefore been
awarded the prize. Miss Swami bt-
tends the Kingstree Graded school,
and is pupil of the fifth grade. In
rendering a decision the points con-
sidered were composition, spelling.
penmanship, grammatical construc.
ton and neatness.
From the standpoint of compost
ton aud general excellence the pa
per sent in by Miss Fannie Cannon
of Scranton was easily the most
creditable and would have won the
prize but its length, which barred it
from the contest.
1t was stated plainly in our offer
that the length Of the essays was
limited to 200 words, whereas Miss
Cannon's paper contained about 400.
In our judgment 70 have consid-
cred this paper along with those OF
the other contestants who were held
down to the 200 word limit, would
have been unfair to the latter.
The two essays referred to are as
follows:
The Confederate Flag.
The first Confederate flag con-
sisted of "stars and bars, and was
adopted by the Confederate Cong ress
at Montgomery, Alsbama, NJ arch 4,
1861.
The Confederate "Nstional flag"
was adopted by the Confederate
States May /, 1853.
In the battle of Manassas the Con-
federates had almost been defeated
when Gen Beauregard saw an army
coming. He could not tell whether
they were Confederates or Federsls,
but soon saw that they bore the Con-
federate flag. The coming of that
army put fresh courage into the
hearts of the Confederates. On this
battle field Gen Beauregard decided
that the ConfeIerates should have
flag that could be easily distinguished
from that of the foe; so he said let
the ground be red, the stars white
and the bars blue. The first three
of these flags were made by the
Misses Carey of Baltimore, Nd, and
Alexandria, Va. One of the Misses
Carey sent one to Gen Beauregard
and one to General Van Dorm.
The whole world can JOIN in a
song of praise to the brave men who
followed the Confederate flag
through the war.
MARY SWAMI,
Kingstree, S. c.
The Confederate Flag.
So dear to the heart of every pa
triotic Southerner heart was the
national emblem of the United
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Keep Trying wins before Keep
Signing gets started.
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TO CUREA COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money ifit fails to cure. E w Groves
signature is on each box, 2jc.
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written in Condensed Form
and Printed in Like Manner
for the Sake of Our BUSY
Readers. :.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
4 nplc of Divorce.

SO long ago rs 1870 the wifo Of a
Japanese regent obtained from the gov
crnmcnt permission to rescue women
from the hands of cruel husbands. The
means she took were very simple. 4
new sect OF buddhism known as the
Zen was just then being formed. In
the temple Of the Zen sanctuary was
established for fleeing wives. When
they wished separation or divorce from
their husbands, they could claim pro-
lection under the wing Of the temple.
Once across the threshold. government
officials would not be allowed to inter-
fcrc, still less the furious husbands.
This temple Of divorce" was supreme
umpire on matters of matrimonial dis
agreement. The practice of the "privi.
legc of the temple" was maintained for
over GOO years.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
"A Boys Wild Ride for Life.

With family around expecting him to
die, and son riding for life, IS miles
to get DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Couges and Colds, w. III.
Brown of Lecsville, Ind, endured
deaths agonies from asthma; but thi.
wonderful medicine gave instant relic!
and soon cured him. He writes: ~
now sleep soundly every night" Like
marvellous cures Of CONSUMPTION, rneu
monia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and
Grip prove it's lnatchless merit
for all Throat and Lung Troubles.
Guaranteed bottles SOC and $l.OO
Trial bottles free at F, G. Dukes drug
store.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
SCIENCE SlFTlNGS.

The chemical forces are nearer akin
to the vital forces than to the physical
forces.
+ A body weighing one pound on earth
would weigh twcnty-seven and a half
pounds upon the sun.
The mechanical force of the sound
emitted from 100000 to 100000
comets would equal but one horse
power.
The highest speed which matter has
been known to reach is that attained
by the erHptlon of hydrogen and other
gases from the sun, which Is at times
several hundred miles a second.
Tho star Sirius, which Is shown to be
about double the size Of our sun, emits
from forty to sixty fold more light than
the sun owing to its matter being much
more diffuscd.
Two hundred and eighty stars north
Of 20 declension have velocity
through space Of twenty miles per Sec
ond. The speed Of our solar system Is
but 12.4 miles per second.
The most delicate scale Is made by
fixing one end of a fine thread of glass.
The atom to be weighed is placed Mt the
free end and the degree of the bending
of the thread under 1t noted. This has
to be done under a glass which magni-
fcs hundred times.
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Irritation md Pain.

A sharp definition should DC drawn
between irritation and pain. Irritation
Is not pain, but only Il frequent cause
Of it. Thus crumb lodged in the
larynx near the vocal cords produces
yiolent irritation and prolonged cough
Ing, which often result in actual pain.
So, too, n speck Of dust in the eye sets
up violent irritation and Inflammation.
followed by acute pain. or the sur
face Of the body the finger tips and the
end Of tho tongue are most sensitive
for instance, a burn on the fingers is
much more painful than onc on the
back would be, while one on tho tongue
would be more painful still. Deep
wounds are not painful, as rule, save
as regards the surface injury.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
THE EVOLUTION OF srLAs,

Fifteen years ago, when we first met
Silas, he was an exceedingly common
placc.sort OF fellow. He was then Just
of age and had worked Loyalty with
his father poor, hand to mouth
farmer, until he was twcnty-one. His
education had been limited to what the
country district school could give and
what he had been able to learn by ex-
perlcncc and from restricted line of
reading matter. He was husky and
strong physically, and no young man
roundabout was more willing to work
or could do Il better days work. Com
ing of age and finding himself his own
boss, he had only one ambition, and
that to make. of himself better farm
or than his father had been. This is
what he did: lie hired out by the
year to one of the best stockmen in the
country and worked for him four
years, learning all he could about
stock-thc breeding, feeding and judg-
ing-and the growing of crops used I'm
stock feeding. lie worked hard, got
good wages, spent as little as possible
on his personal wants, and at the end
Of four years had $1,000 and n knowl-
edge and experience worth good deal
more. lie then married nice girl,
thrifty, prudent and competent, and
rented large farm, we'll stocked, for
a term Of five years. At the end Of his
lease he was able to buy $4,000
firm Of his own, and now, six years
later, he is one Of the leading men of
his community, worth easily $4,000,
drives his good wife and three chill
dren to church In a handsome carriage
and lives in an ideal American farm
home. The evolution Of Silas is worth
studying.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
The Genuine VS.. Counterfeit.

The genuine is always better than a
counterfeit, but the truth of this state
ment is never more forcibly realized or
more thoroughly appreciated than when
you compare the genuine DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve with the many
counterfeits and worthless substitutes
that are on the market w. S. Ledbet-
ter, of Shreveport, La, says: CATER
using numerous other remedies with
out benefit, one box of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured me-" For blind
bleeding, itching and protruding
piles no remedy is equal to DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by F. c..
Duke.
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The Frog,r Feeding.

Mr.. Frog has an enormous mouth for
his size, and if We were to put finger
inside 1t we would find that he has a
row Of teeth in the upper jaw and that
his soft white tongue, unlike our own,
Is attached in front and is free behind.
When he wishes to catch any insect he
throws out the free end of the tongue,
then draws it In so rapidly that 1t is
difficult to see whether he has been
successful or not. AS the tongue is
coated with gummy fluid, the insect
sticks to 1T and is carried back into the
mouth, which closes upon it like the
door Of tomb. Frogs, however, are
not limited to one mode of feeding
They often leap open mouthed upon
larger prey, which includes besides In.
sects small fish, mice, small ducklings,
polliwogs and tiny frogs. .-W Woman's
Home Companion.
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Very Like Rcason.

The crows and other birds that carry
shellfish high In the air and then let
them drop upon the rocks to break tho
shell show something very like reason
or knowledge of the relation of cause
and effect. Froudc tells Of some spe-
cics of bird that he saw in South Az
rica flying amid the swarm of migrat-
Ing locusts and clipping Off the wings
OF the insects so that they would drop
to the earth, where the biytis could de-
YOUR them Mt their leisure. Our SOUR.
rels will cut off the chestnut burs be-
fore they have opened, allowing them
to fall to the ground, where, as they
seem to know, the burs soon dry open.
Feed Gagged coon soilcd food-a piece
of bread or meat rolled OH the ground
and before he eats it he will put ii in
his dish Of water and wash it Off
John Burroughs In Century.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
Copper Came I'ro-. Cyrru.,

The word copper is generally admit
ted to be deprived from Cyprus, rs II
was from that island that the ancient
Romans first procured their supplies
In those remote days Cyprus and
Rhodes were the great copper districts.
and even in our own day now discov
cries Of copper ore, especially the beau
tiful blue and green ores, from which
the metal is so much more easily OBJ
taincd than from tic copper pyritcs
and other sulphurctcd ores of Corn.
wall, are made nearly every year in
the Islands OF the Mediterraneap.--
Chambers Journal.
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SIR Boyle T-prl,c.

In every account of t!i& iri J, parlia
mcnt Sir Ecylc Roche comes ia wit
the pcrsstency of E;ng Charles hya,
In Mr.. Dicks memorial. His bird
rs we'll known rs the ,h"n;; anil EiI
fair to share its Immortality.
"Surc, Mr.. Speaker" said. Sir E2y,
on the occasion that has mad l,im f.;
nous, how could man be In tw,
pinces at once-unlcss hr were Il bird:
But Sir Boyle is not IL mere crcatiyi
Of legend. He WAS real living nan
fine, bluff. soltii"riikc old Scntlcr,au
holding some post ut the vice resal
court, sitting for government DO o"g'
aud always voting faithfully for TIC
"caStle." The debate on" night was o.,
sinecurcs, which Curran Lad indignant
ly denounced, and. twittcd by one OF
the opposite side cn some personal In
consistency in the matter. he rcp.ic;!
hotly:
"Sir, I am the guardian OF my own
honor"
To which Sir Boyle neatly rcjoucd:
'Then the gentleman himself has ;:ot
q very pretty sinecurc." ALL the Yer
Round.
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Life and Accident Insurance.

The Aetna Life Insurance writes
policies not only for Life Indemnity,
but also policies that protect you in
case of accident or sickness. The
only Old Line Company in the United
States to do this. Rates are very
reasonable. This company is we'll
known and comment is unnecessary.
[ am representing the above Com
pany and will be pleased to call on
any one wishing insurance. Write
me at Carlisle, S. G.
46-tf w. F. BATES, Agent.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
Scholarly Men and the PULPIT,

II scholarly men more aud more re-
ject the church as the means by which
they will influence opinion and con-
duct and replace it by educational, ed
!torial and administrative agencies, the
next century may be altogether guided
In It's intellectual decisions and In
those Of its actions which depend on
intellectual judgments by forces out
side the church. Our grandfathers
looked to the minister for advice not
only upon religious beliefs and moral
practice, but also upon most matters
outside their own direct acquaintance.
The minister prescribed for the educa-
ton Of sons, solved social problems
md acted as the source and judge Of
truth In matters Of general knowledge.
Our sons seem likely to regard the
ministry as body OF men fitted to
deal with mems religious welfare, but
less fitted to be generous mentors In
others. The direction Of the people in
other than purely religious activities
may pass wholly out Of the hands of
the church.-Professor e. l.. Thorn
dixie in Century.