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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
Our Dear Enemies.

But I'll have 10 hire large nan ior
my musical tea.
What for: You say You We ohi!
roT score or so OF wcruen friends
whom you care to invite.
Yes. but | want the ScFeral score OF
,uemi,S who are not invited to KNOW
r.lat had plenty of room FOR them.
-\cw York Commercial Advertiser.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

We have the sampler that she worked !.
In silk 81 beautifully tinc: a
Though she was just little girl
The stitches aren't bit like NINE.
Do YOU suppose she loved 10 sew
My great great grandma. long ago:
/ lov, to look at her to-day.
In prim stiff curl>. and die>< ~ queer;
she smiles in such lovely Way
I'm sure she must have been dear.
Oh. how | should have liked TO know
Ny great great grandma; long ago,
Ellen Manly.
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Hioiafnr Of Precctlcnt.

"That new man won't do said the
London editor. Hes one Of those SEN
national American journalists.
How do you know:
"Hc wrote a joke and failed 20 use
any italics nr parenthcScS to explain
t."-WashinGton Star. :.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

contr.vancc is quickly fastened or ur>
fastened, and when not in use can Ee
hooked into the staple with which the
rope Is attached to the hitichlng post.
Nothing IS more serviceable or eco
nomical for a temporary fastening
where the farmer has no stanchion.-
Harry Knowles.
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A Record Trip.

+, f. Fernald, Of Chicago has just
made Il record from Japan TO Chicago.
covering the distance in thirteen days
and lWentv-uIe hours.
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new boarder'S hobby was TO play WIFE
a brace and hit He also had a pen
chant. He was given 10 boring holes
in the floor of his room above the gas
chandelier of the room below. where
they were quite unnoticcahlc. He
also had Il little failins-inquiSitift'
ness. He lay on the floor OF his room
by the hour with his eyes glued To The
holes he had bored. watching for any
thing thai might interest him in Nlch'
ols's room below.
If Nichols had seen him lying there
he would. with The readers Kind per-
mission. have given Il correct lmita'
lion Of pctrifcd man. for Inc ne"
boarder was none other than Simmons
the philosopher
At o'clock that afternoon NICHOLS
entered his rooms. Simmons SAW MIN.
Nichols carefully locked his door ana
hung towel over the keyhole. he
then unscrewed the cap of one OF the
posts of his brass he'd. Simmons had
his eye on him. Nichols also unScreWeu
a little brass plate that gave the post
the appearance of solidity. He then
drew 4 nice large wad of legal tender
from his inside pocket. Simmons maze
n desperate effort IL get bo,h eyes 10
bear on the same hole. NIcnolS sep
ara,cd the wad into rolls OF convenient
size and stuffed them down the mol
low post. Then lie screwed OH the
brass plate and the ornamental cap
After Nichols had left his room SIM
mons Swcrc 4 mighty oath that L Was
as good as 4 play. He was an @mpi-
tious man and wondered whcthe: IN
similar circumstances he could get
the part OF Nichols He determined
upon trial rehearsal. tnfortunatri!
his brdStcad was q wooden affair. He
therefore had 10 20 10 NichoiSS room
10 get the proper >tagin" for the piece.
Simmons WAS Il cnnSummatr actor. Tor
a; NichclS'S door he temporarily took
the part of The little di:npicd god that
laughs AT lOckSmithS. Then Ee un-
screwed the cap ant The plate. Then
be removed the rolls of hills with Il
benz wire. Then he felt q sudden IN
sovcrnable ycarning for Third avenue
Amid the strenuous strife OF ihlS
greedy. graspinG world. it is always
both edifying and refreshing 10 contem-
plate pure and l;"pid love OF home.
At 8 o'clock that night Nichols re-
ceivcd telegram from Simmons:
Cannot come tonight. Will to-mor-
row night do:''
This was facetiously sigucd by &.
jenkins.
Nichols nearly had q fit.
Il suppose I'll have TO get this money
back into the bank somehow. he
grumbled He unscrewed the brass
cap and the plate. Then he had the Mt
nearer than before. He felt gone.
The fits that Nichols nearly had Were
forerunners of an epidemic. The Board
OF Directors of the First National Bank
of Warrington were taken with the
infection next day. An aching void
in n bank vault is an upsetting spec
tacle. They looked for Nichols, but
all in vain. 4
Nlcholss gone 1eelHg had Deeulllne Deeulne
York Evening Sun.
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The Brute.

"Why are You crying. dear
"On. mother. last night ! showed
Henry The hammock that We first
courted in
What did he do"
HE went over and kicked it."-Chi-
icago News. - a.
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No Lapp ever leaves Lapland: No
I.app ever aspires 10 make any depart
urc from The Lapp method Of living,
which is to-day just what it was 15OU
wears aGO.
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The Lucky Man in the Case

"Do you remember Miss May, the
Girl who had such Il bad disposition!
Well. she IS married.
Indeed. Who is the lucky mani
"Fred."
why. he is the one sic diScH'ied
Just so. That is why l say lie IS
y."-Chicaso News. i,
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We Must Raise Better Cotton.

This paper has always advocated
less land planted to cotton and less
cotton raised: and it may seem TO some
inconsistent with that idea When we
say We urge all 10 raise better cotton.
But it is not. The cotton crops are
big enough: even this year when it is
supposed il will not pass ten and 4
half million bales. With that amount
of American cotton and the price say.
eight cents average per pound. the
supply will be large enough to make
cotton goods cheap. Atleast too cheap
to work any hardship upon even the
poorest classes. So. even il cotton
planters are controlled by so philan-
thropic motive. they need not plant
more than ten ahnl a half million
bale crop.
But no one is actuated hy amy such
motive. The whole idea Of the cotton
planter. like the wheat grower. the
corn grower and the stock grower, Is
very properly to do the best he can
for himself. If lie can be convinced
that it will pay him best to raise half a
crop. that is what lie will try for. Ii
lie thinks it will be best to plant no
cotton at all. OF course he is going ont
OF the business of raising cotton. Bat
neither OF these things is best. The
best thing for every cotton planter and
every farmer who raises cotton to do Is
to raise the largest crop that lie can
raise at the least possible cost. That
is the essential consideration. 1t
wouldn't pay 10 raise thousand bales
on any one plantation and sell 1T at
even ten cents pound. il it cost ten
cents q pound to raise it.
This is thing that every cotton
raiser knows and will admit IL he
thinks of it: even the negro renters
admit II. But not one man in thou
sand seems to think about 1t when he
is planting for his crcp.
The solution to thi; problem Is the
same that applies to every other crcp;
it is simply to plant less land, prepare
ii better. fertilize or manure 1t more
with barn yard manure or cow pea
rotation. and cultivate it better. This
is exactly what is needed and there
is nothing else that can solve the
problem. When big crop is planted
whether il is cotton or corn, 1t is bound
TO be sighted. If small enough crol
is planted to justify using a good ap
plication Of the right kind Of fertilizer
in large enough quantities to do some
good, or manure, or pea vines plowed
under, and to prepare the land prope!!
and cultivate at least three times as
much as the average cotton gets now
half the land will make more cotton
than planters are now getting and al
far lel,s cost; and there VIII be chance
A.. - .s.-x,e, xio,f s,lNyo. - Y
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A Temporary Fastening.

Take a piece Of rope, which is more
comfortable than chain and does
not wear the hair of as much. Attach
q common snap hook to one end and
tie q ring to the rope. at such dis
tance from the end, except when
fastened to the snap hook, that it VIII
not slip over the animals head bnt
fastens about the neck loosely. This
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
CircuInsta noes Alter Lace,


"Gut she ltscsl TO he Considered quito
a beauty
THAT WIS before her fa' her failed"
-De:rot Free Press.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

Baked mouse. il is alleged. is sun
considered Il good reuedy for whoap-
IN. cough In some parts OF Yorkshire.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
Short OIL Comfort. .

Short OIL Comfort.
cit must be Il great comfort 10 You
TO OWE Srs:h splendid furniture.
Comfort, Say. there isn't but one
comfortable chair i'll the whole loi.
and my wife invariably wants 10 sit
in hat.T-Clcvcland Plain Dealer.
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ais he good dog for 'Tlrglars:'
Il guess so: dc feller | bought him
off wuz burglar. New York Jour-
nal / - 4
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Roa rdin--House Repartee,

Klicker--"Arc dogs lOng-livcd. l
wonder:'
Bocker-"I understand they live 10
q GOOD old! sausage. New York Sun.
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THE CASHIERS SCHEME,
THE BURGLARS COUNTER
How Nichols, of the National Bank OF Mannington'
Evolved a Great Plan and the Aid
of jenkins the Gent.
ICHOL.S was not a SUI

Y ICHOL.S was not a Sun
n day.school superintendent.
" Neither WAS he prominent
church member. Perhaps II
was for this reason that the directors
of the First National Bank OF Man'
rington, \. j.. had more implicit con
ldence in him than ii is customary 10
place in cashiers of such institutions.
Nichols's glance was keen. His
speech was blunt His voice dwelt in
she cellar. Directors like such men and
Nichols knew it.
All work and no play iS.a reprehen-
sible combination. After banking
haurs Nichols was Il SocioloSiSt. lie
modest man and did not bra@
ut his accomplishments. His Spe-
/ line of thought was the Tenderloin
night-a fascinating study. Nichols
armed to call the wardmen. the
,uncers and the violent-scented ones
>. { that interesting section by their pet
lames-an expensive education. IN
return they called him by name. but
not by the name Of Nichols. He was
"A very modest man i'll all matters con-
Eected with his intellectual pursuits.
Vow. if bank cashier gets $1,000 4
.-5ear and frequently loses as much in
week working out the philosophy of
faro (simply in the interests Of sociol-
ogy) the situation becomes complex.
Not that Nichols really lost these
amounts He merely dropped them.
Later he confidently expected TO pick
them up again. This acquired addi-
tional capital and many years of study.
AS a matter Of statistical fact. the
faculty of picking up amounts so lost
is only given TO graduates cum iaude.
After year or two OF study. and
when still in the sophomore class. so
to speak, Nichols began TO have
qualms, his glance lost some of its
keenness. His speech missed part of
fts bluntness. His voice at times went
up TO the second story.
What the deuce" he reflected night
and day. "A man may throw bluf6
as big as .. mountain, but he cam
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
G'be~.Eunny
..1ide Of
Life.
Sowing the Wind,

A 5asii and rambunctious raccoon
Tried TO whistle popular tune.
But. he blew out his teeth. both above and
beneath
: And.is taking his food with 4 spoon.
u Lie.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

Many were killed in mine horror
in Russia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

Sauu- u-nust< 10 Mu ~AA -
the fact that Wit btton
there will not b OIEbn in
the crop as was the case last year and
again this year from drouth. Thou
sands Of farmers demonstrated all
through the corn belt last year that
continuous shallow cultivation o. corn.
through the dry season, made good
crops of corn in spite Of the worst
drouth ever known, while those along
side of those who did this made moth
ing but nubbins by the regular method
of cultivation. In cotton it Will pay
even better than corn, because cotton
is 4 crop that will go on making rs
long as the season lasts. Both corn
and cotton should be cultivated fat,
and in dry season the soil should be
kept constantly stirred with a shallow
working cultivator. If there is a very
large crop planted this cannot be done.
II a moderate one, then all the cultiva-
ton needed in 4 severe drouth can be
given, and the crop is far more GER
tain one and very much better, whether
the season be good or bad.
There is need Of more intensive
methods in all the farming done in this
country: it is needed more on cotton
plantations than anywhere else. be.
cause ut present the common practice
is the worst in the country. 1t should
lie the ambition of every farmer every
where to get the largest possible crop
of every acre he cultivates; whoever
does this will certainly prosper. 10
cultivate intensively requires close
study. and the man who gives that sue
ceeds. But any one who can command
the labor can scratch vast acreage.
plant and cultivate badly and make a
poor crop What we need is more peo-
pie who are trying 10 get three bales
TO the acre-Tri-State Farmer.
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No Profit in Haste.

Make 10 haste 10 he rich if you would
prosper.-New York News. ,.s......s
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

which holds the door in vertical po-
sition and with it serves as a protect
ing banister. They are usually near
Il wall. and by hinging on the farther
side from the wall this may be accom-
plished. The gate is hinged to the wall.
as shown. and when not in use folds
back against it. At its outer end are
two vertical strips just far enough
apart to admit the edge Of the trap
door when raised, and hook and
staple hold the two together.-J. II. s.
in the American Agriculturist.
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Switzerland is issuing 100000 rev
tvsuty-franc pieces. This makes the
;nount of Swiss go!d i'll c:rcEiar!on
nearly So. .otJ.o0O.
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Protecting q Trapdoor.

Where trapdoors are used in connec'
ton with a stairway. they may he
made safer by the addition Of gate
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15

4 Simmons completes the cast. Sim
mons was a broad minded man, and
closing hours. failed to limit him. His
business Was the amelioratiOn of
thirst. and thirst Is not q railroad train
to be run on 4 time table. Especially
is this true of a Third avenue thirst
Moreover his knowledge of the phe-
nomena Of thirst was not based cn-
tirely upon hearsay evidence. SIN
mons frequently had thirst himself
Third avenue envied Simmons. The
Joint owner of corner saloon and Il
thirst. Could earth offer more they
wondered.
Simmons's thirst arose from refec-
ton. Continued reflection necessitatc>
occasional beer. and beer begets plIiloS-
ophy. He liked To contemplate human
experience. as reflected i'll the amber
brew. and when the spirit of phllo>o-
ply descended upon him. even rs na-
ture abhOrs & vacuum. 50 lid Simmons
abhor an empty beer mug
Sometimes after prolonged philosoph-
ical reflection Simmons would speak
entertainingly regarding electricians.
In moments of supreme elevation he
asked nothing better than 10 meet all
living electricians. ore by one. man TO
man, brass knucklee allowed and Il
bung starter for saff.
In periods of profound depression he
bitterly inveighel against the manner
in which they had taken the bread "nt
of the mouths of honest men.
Every certain safe worth Cracking
has an alarm Wire" he would remark.
Every certain wire rings Il bell some,
where. An honest man cant tell when
he has started the thing ringing. Hell
! have his safe open and be taking out
1.-THE stuff. First thing he knows he is
hooking up at gun in the hands of j
|certain person. who laughs like al
lass and says: You gave The alarm
yourself
From the above quoted remarks i
bust not be hastily gathered that Sim
ons's discourse was mOnotonouS II
adjectiyes. On the eGontrary be wa:
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&c VI SAvSsvNVs 49, .SSS
ms he began TO see the
smiling.
ing hours he began to
"a making derisiSe noises.
nt like It, 1t will be un-
he was Sociologist pure
Zoology being forced upon
naturally irritated him.
Nichols had his hands full.
lief was Shat the directors
|.he speciality Of Rip Van
sut even this could not last
rhe directors began to come
fling Sniff, sniff. sniff. rs
We smell:" they asked each
iously. They decided upon a
examination of the books to
ny Odoriferous rodent lurked
" be set down as a maxim that
"a board Of directors suddenly ac-
les set of olfactory nerves. they
generally find highly scented
ndition OF affairs in the state of
enmark.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-05-30
OF Interest to Unions.

One of the most important legal
decisions ever announced in the union
was given out in Ohio last week on
the question of the right of labor
union to order a strike. The appel
late division of the Supreme Court of
that state handed down a decision
which is in effect that labor union
has not the right to order its men to
quit work where they are in receipt
of wages demanded by the organiza-
ton, and where there is no attempt
to employ non-union workers, but
where the only question over which
there is any difference is a refusal oil
the employer to recognize the union
or its representative.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-05-30
R,.h and l,are Exhibits.

Tho met attractive richest and
largest display ot spevImcn ores
ever seen ia Reno has ts'cn rcceived
Al the Reno Chamber - Commerce.
The uew collection Is tbe drst ship
ment ol the latest valuable ores from
the recent strikes and the deepest
workings al the Mizpah ledge Of the
Tonopab. Montana -Tonopah and Bel
mont Tonopah mines. The second lot
will comprise larger pieces and with
those Just received be used to build a
pyramid Of Tonopab ores contem-
plated by Secretary ingalls, OF the
Chamber Of Commerce. The speci-
mems from the Mizpah ledge are from
the 500-foot level and many speci-
mems are horn silver that will assay
over s., 900 per ton, and the ledge is
as strong as in the 100 or 2O0-foot
levels, if any change the values are
better. The Belmont specimens hold
the same characteristics as when the
rich ore of this mine was first struck;
the ores from the Belmont Tonopah
are from the 700-foot level and show
ruby and horn and occasionally ma
tive silver, assaying $50 gold and
900 ounces in silver. There are sew
eral hundred pounds of specimens
from the Montana Tonopah mine,
which, with the Others Just men
toned, have drawn crowds of mining
men as visitors. These large pieces
are very fine ribbon quartz and show
horn, ruby and native silver. There
are rich specimens from the Valley
View ledge of the Tonopah mine,
from the 500-fOot level, which assays
500 ounces in silver and sl75 gold
per ton. There is an exhibit from the
Hannapah mines which are eighteen
miles east of TonOpah, which assay
900 ounces in silver and $50 gold.
This ore is unusually attractive in
appearance. One large specimen also
is from the New Sierra Vista mining
camp, thirty-five miles east OF Lun
ing. This ore will run 5000 per tor
in gold. Reno Journal
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-05-30
NOTICE.

ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THIS Is
/ TO certify that I, :. Fox, Of Tonopah, ooun.
" Of Nye, State Of Nevada. claim, BY right Of
Grub Stake furni6hed J r. Campbell, an IN
divided 90 one fourth interest In the following
mining claims situated In Gold Mountain MIN.
ing District" county OF Esmeraida, state OF
Nevada and recorded In the once OF District
Recorder Of said district, and County Recorder
OF said county and state, and described as ioi-
lows, 10 wit.
@CommediAn" mining c m, relocated
March q 1904 by John Campbell and NJ j.
Summers l0cators.
The MastirH mining claim, relocated
March q. 1893 by John Campbell and NJ J.
Summers.
"Cavi,' mining claim, located February g.
1903 by J. 7. Campbell.
Faithful" mining claim. relocated Febru-
AIRY H. 1893 by J. I. Campbell
Habit" mining claim, relocated February
g. 1913 by J. T. Campbell.
Red Crown" mining claim. located March
%, 1909 by John Campbell and NJ Summers
Central" mining claim. located February
u. 1903, oy John Campbell.
Sworn to and signed before me this the 18th day
of MAY A. D. 1903 ], Il, LINDSAY.
Justice of the Pence,
Tonopsh Township, Nye County, Nevada
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-05-30

Carving credentials iron ihe
Miners Union II Tonopah, Thomas
J. Casey arrived from the wesi yes.
,erday on his way to Denver, where
he viii participate in the approach
ing session Of the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners, which conyenes on
Nav 25th. Mr. Casey says OF the
condition of the miner at Tonopah at
this time, that it IS most prosper
Gus one. and while the camp Is com
paratiyely an infant, its mines dis
close an enrolment of 1876 persons
employed, the miner receiving "a for
an eight-hour shift, as prescribed by
the Nevada statute, which not only
enables him to provide comfortably
for Betsy and the babies, but to lay
aside a dollar or two for rainy
weather. A series of strikes in the
camp within the past few weeks has
done much to stimulate develop
ments and TO extend the search
along the zone, said Mr.. Casey, and
the year will close with the mineral
bearing horizon vastly expanded.
Among the more important of these
have been the disclosures in the Ohio
Tonopah and Belmont, the latter an
extension of the Mizpah ledge and
indicating quite conclusively that it
is headed for the Halifax group be-
ing developed by Messrs. Keith &
Kearns of this city. 1t is also quite
generally recognized in camp now
that Hannapah, which is indebted to
Salt Lake talent for its prominence,
is an extension of the same zone on
the east, and the prospector is, ac-
cordingly, very much interested in
developments over there. Already
it has been demonstrated in the
Hannapab that the formation is the
same, the ledge matter and the ores
are identical and many believe that
the territory at Hannapah is as
capable of big mines as it is at the
older camp. Mr.. Casey, who repre-
sents the intelligence of Nevada min
ing, viii continued on bis journey
MAY 2O.-Salt Lake Tribune.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-05-30
MischieyOus and Wrong.

The most mischievous doctrine
heard in these times OF unrest is that
continually promulgated by certain
class Of agitators, whose fundamen-
tai premise is that capital and labor
are necessarily enemies. The doc
trine is mischievous and the premise
is absolutely wrong and will not stand
the test of reason nor common sense.
Capital is the product of labor, Of
brain and muscle, and by its legiti-
mate uses the human standard is
raised. Differences between the en-
ployer, who has accumulated capital,
and the employe, whose resources
are labor and skill, arise over the d.
vision of the combined product of the
two. They have operated together
to produce a result, the former as
Stunning the responsibility in the mat
ter. The spirit which subserves the
interests of both is that of arbitra-
ton and mutual confidence; and the
irresponsible individual who comes in
to stir up hatred and enmity is an
enemy to both. Mining Reporter.