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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-24

"All that a man hoth," says inspired
wisdom, will he give for his life. Yet
to one studying the risks taken every
day in the ordinary course of business
it must appear that human life is
about the cheapest thing on the mar
ket- Not only is it dealt in on a whole
Sale scale by capitalists, who reckon
on SO many deaths for SO many thou
sands of dollars spent in their under
takings, but it seems to be regarded
as of no value by the men who take
the risks. The workman asks no
higher pay because he swings his
pick in the constant companionship
of death. He sells his labor at the
market rate, and throws in lottery
ticket on his life for good measure.
Novelists find romance in the life of
the sea, but to sailors it is simply
hard, grinding work for low pay. 1t
is also full of danger, but the sailor
does not worry about that. He is an
irrepressible gambler, but the thing
he grumbles about are poor food, poor
quarters, blood money" robbery by
clearinghouse keepers, and kicks and
cuffs from mates. When he gets the
order to lay out on the royalward,
with the wind screaming through the
rigging and the ship heeling until the
spars seem ready to~slip into the rae
ing waves that rise furiously to meet
it, he does not complain because he is
risking his life for twenty-five dollars
a month and a mess of moldy hard
tack and condemned beef. If he slips
and disappears from human sight it is
all in the days work. He does feel
however, that he ought to have some
thing like fair chance, and if he
comes to his death through a rotten
foot-rope his surviving comrades may
resent it. He has also been known to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-24

grumble on discov.
ering that he has
been sent to sea on
a ship designed to
sink for insurance.
The "bronco-bus-
ter" is an admirable
subject for the ar
fist, but it is the
spectator who gets
all the picturesque
ness of his oc-
cupation. The hui
man organism is
wonderfully held
together or the
first jolt of a buck
ing bronco would
shake it to pieces.
But even the raw
hide physique of a
western cowboy can
not Withstand that
flendish battering
for an hour at a
time without seri-
Gus consequences.
Sooner or later the
brOncO-buster's NAL
treated internal or
gans give way, and
he takes a prema-
ture departure from
a world in which
he might easily
have lived for forty
years longer If he
had adopted some
less arduous trade.
But he may not live
to reach even such
~ 4nIa nc that Ono
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-24

freman's dangers do not end with his
battles. He is risking his life in less
spectacular ways all the time His
mere exercises are hazardous Some
safety-net- If he gets killed he has
proved that the net is not satisfac-
tory Sometimes he has occasion to
try a new extension ladder. If you
have ever had to climb ladder eighty
CT more feet high. resting against the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-24

1867. was breveted Brigadier General,
U. S. A, for gallantry in action at Riv-
ers Bridges, S. c., and Major General
for services during the war. He was
mustered out of service in 1867.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-24

One OF the Risks a Fireman Takes.
the crowd 1t is the philanthropists
outside who try to mitigate the risks
of the dangerous occupations-you
never hear of such a movement on the
part of those whose lives are risked
in them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02
Registration Notice.

The Office Of the Supervisors Of Reg
istration will be opened on the first
Monday IN every month for the pur-
pose Of the registering Of any person
who IS qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident OF
the state for two years. and OF the
county one year. and of the polling pre-
cinct in which the elector offers to
vote four months before the day Of
election, and shall have paid, six
months before, any poll tax thea due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the constitu-
ton of 1855 submitted to him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns, and has paid
all taxes collectable on, during the
present year, property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars or
more. j. J. EADDY.
Clerk Of B ,ar d.
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Benson Briefs.
Written for last week.

Written Tor last week.
BENSON, June 25.-Rev d +
Oliver, pastor Of Cedar Grove
Baptist church, filled his appoint
ments last Sunday at II a m, and
at $50 p m. We are always
giud to have Brother Oliver with
us.
Rev William Roof preached at
Cedar Swamp Methodist church
last Sunday at 1 p m.
MIR w P McGill, from near
Cades, visited his brother, j 7
McGill. last Saturday and Sunday.
Prof N D Lesesne OF Greeley
vile was visitor at his old home
last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Louise, the eldest daush-
ter of Mr. j Y McGlli, has been
sick for some days. Her malady
is typhoid fever. Her condition
is hopeful and we trust that she
may soon be we'll again.
Next Saturday, June 27,quarter
ly conference of Cades circuit will
meet at Cedar Swamp Methodist
church. w. 5. u.
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UE t g.
CASH DRY GOODS STORE:

Ladies Skirts.
We have these vi to date having had them .
made b. order.
Flannel Waists.
All Wool, in Black, Blue, Gray Garnet
and Old RoSe.
Ladies Jackets.
Com and see US. We Gun give tlsem to you ut
from 81. soto s. In Oxford Gray, Blue and
Black.
Hosiery.
We have a ine line Of these for Men, Ladies
and Children.
Furniture Department.
SPOT CASH PRICES.
IO-piece Imitation Walnut Suits, $14.
1O-picce Solid Oak Suits, SO to $75.y
1O-piece Solid Walnut Suits, SIS, SIS to
S125,
A. full line of wardrobes, SO tn %. so.
Solid Oak Extension Tables. s..
Centre Tables from SOC to 81.
Baby Carriages, %. 81. So up to So.
Ge-Cnrts, 50. 80 to S13,
Ohildren's Chairs, Rockers and High Chairs,
select stock of Beds, So. so to $13.
Lounges, Couchcs and Single Lounges.
Willow Rockers, 81. "a.
Wood Seat, High Arm Rockers, 81. ~.
White Inn Beds, 81. so, ST. 5 5, $50,
81. s.. and s..
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ATTENTION
EVERYBODY!

Having removed from my
old stand across the Railroad
into the Grocery Store form
ally occupied by J. H. Bril-
les. shall be glad to serve
my Friends and Customers
with HIGH CLASS FAMILY
GROCERIES at the lowest
Prices. Thanking the public
for past favors, and hoping to
deserve a continuance OF the
same, | remain,
At your service.
j. H. V. GASKlNS,
Lake City, S. c.
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proposition that is set forth III u
signed statement.
The reply of Fair Play" is terse,
clear-cut and iridesrent, hut scarcely
in keeping with his literary. prodnc.
auctions and paradoxical pen-name.
Here it is: 81 KNOW OF NO DIS
%CREPANCIES OR MISAPPRO-
PRIATIONS, HAVE HEARD OF
NONE AND CHARGED NONE"
We leave to his friends and admi-
rers the task of recoucilmg this
statement with his articles that APP
peared IN the Mail.
Our visit to "More Anon was
hardly more productive of results.
At first he promised to specify, but
when the time came failed to do so;
and, after we had called three times
for something tangible as a basis
for our work of investigation, he
disposed of the whole matter by
saying that he preferred to make no
charges. Truly a tame ending for
champion of reform who sailed
forth armed and equipped "to
cleanse the Augean stables and de-
stroy the power and influence of
those who flourish in a ccss-pool of
internal corruption"
1t was our intention to probe to
the core any charges that were made
the town council and had
the investigation disclosed the
slightest evidence of corruption or
venal conduct on the part of ohr
trusted officials, We felt that we owed
it to the town and to the public
generally to denounce the guilty ones
in no uncertain way. On the other
hand, since every charge has fallen
fiat, both "Fair Play" and "More
having failed utterly to pre-
sent a single charge, it is equally in
upon us to say that in our
Judgment the town council stands
completely indicated, without a
stain on its escutcheon.
As to the conduct of the instiga-
tors Of this futile agitation we re-
frain from comment. No man of
intelligence would do what they
have done without a motive. To
fathom their motive would be to
plunge too deep into the realms OF
conjecture. Having given a frank
expression of our opinion We leave it
to a fair-minded and intelligent
to draw its own conclusions,
and so far as we are concerned the
whole unpleasant affair is closed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02

4 New York justice has ruled it a
misdemeanor to call an old maid an
old maid. We should like for His
Honor to suggest an a~ppellative more
appropriate,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02
THURSDAY. JULY. 2, 1908.
sFair Play" and More Anon

The mountain has labored and
brought forth not even a mouse.
For some time past there has ap-
peared in the "Weekly Mail" a Sc
ries of articles, characterized by
vague insinuation and artful innu-
endo, charging by indirection, at
least, Misrepresentation of funds by
the town council of Kingstree, and
other high crimes and misdemeanors.
These articles very naturally at
tracted attention and gave rise to
considerable speculation as to what
their author was driving at. Moth
ing tangible was offered, however, as
It seemed to be the object of this
aspirant for literary fame to force
The council 10 prove itself innocent
in Ae5iance Of the we'll known prin-
ciple of moral as we'll as statutory
law TIT "the burden of proof rests
npon the accuser". Such express
sioas were used as, 81 propose to
throw the search light, and if need
be, the x-rays, and l promise you
it will be interesting reading;;" also
this: "P6y it up, gentlemen! pay it
uni When the school trustees Of
District No. 16 get all this money,
coupled with the proceeds of the
bonds of the town, less the $7Oe
commission for the town clerk, they
will have money to loan. This is no
idle talk; it means business. The
TOWN CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT."
When NO attention was paid to
the .Fair Play" articles another
scribe appeared on the scene under
the speculative of "More Anon.
His article was printed in both the
local newspapers, and coming as it did
in sequence with the lucubrations
of "Fsir Play, it was evidently IN
tended as supplementary thereto.
.sMore Anon's" article was nothing
more than a sweeping and violent
Remuneration of the council, caleu-
lated to provoke resentment and
arouse dissension and strife. But
tie writer claimed to have facts,
which would be published later; and
We are free to say that it was solely
apon this representation that it was
admitted to our columns.
Out OF this TRADE grew the per-
sonal encounter, which as a sensa-
ton has had its little hour. With
that affair it is not our purpose to
deal, as it is fully covered in another
supported by the sworn
testimony of eyewitness.
After the fight there were various
versions abroad; and, as it usually
happens in such case, there were
almost as many opinions as there
are people in the town. Many ru-
mors were ahoat and the situation
seemed to grow more complicated.
1t was then. that Mr. P H
Stoll, editor Of the Weekly Mail, and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02
0MMITTEE

d Munn-rlyn, J W Weldon,
S ID Snovdnn, b DIrant, j Is
Hemmingway, j L Cook, DIV
SimmonS, John L Marshall, } W
Mole, NJ. d.. q D Cook, Jr, W K
Snowd-n, j q Carraway, W L
Durant, T w Bellune, DL-
rant, Fl d Munnerlyn, Jr, l.
Rhem, Ii o Pipkin, q W Laven.
der, Fl Ii Drrant.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02
Winthrop College Scholarship and
Entrance Examination

The examinations for the award of
vacant scholarships In Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission Of new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 10th, ut
8 a.. m.
Applicants must not be less than
fifteen years OF age.
When scholarships are vacated after
July 10th, they will be awarded to
those making the highest average at
this examination.
The next session will open about
September 16, 1903.
For further information and a cata-
logue address Pres. D B johnson,
Rock Hill, s. G. 7.9
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02

It's foolish to cast your bread
upon the waters when they are
so many hungry men to whom
you might hand it.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02

A dose of mulher-in-law will
often get Il sick man out OF bed
when all else fails.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02
BASKET PICNIC.

The public is cordially invited
to attend a Basket Picnic to be
given at Browns Ferry on July
9Th, 1903. Steamer VIM Elliott
will leave Rheims Landing at S
O'Clock, a. M. sharp. Free fer
rage AT Browns and AT Munner-
lyn's.
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LEGAL NOTICES
Trespass Notice.

All persons are hereby warned not
to trespaSs on any Of my lands. Any
person found ~trespassing ON SAINT will
be dealt with rs the law directs.
St w. r. GRAHAM.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-17

suppose | ought to lie the captain and
you the first mate. | don't Ike 10 have
anyone else do the work"
In the distance was n steam launch
that had grown nearer and nearer
Miss Merlin with her eyes upon it, now
suddenly hauled in the main sheet and
brought the boat up into the wind. The
effect was apparent, for the wind which
had been increasing, was now quite
strong.
And then something happened-so sud-
denly, to funston, that IT, was all over
before he had a chance to move. \ puff
came over the water. the boat went lower
and lower and in an instant she cap
sized, leaving them both foundering in
the ocean.
funston dove. and coming MP on the
other side, put one arm around the cap
tain, while with his other he reached out
and grasped the centerboard.
In another moment he had worked his
way toward the bow. The steam launch
seemed miles away.
Are you all right?' he said, as they
| recovered their breath.
She chung TO him desperately.
Don't let me go!" she cried.
Don't be afraid lie replied.
He kept his arm around her. with the
roar of water in his ears, and. concious
OF ms superb strength, he felt sense OF
cXultation.
Somehow, as he saw her looi, into his
eyes, he realized the truth
Il love YOU he said IF we get out
of this all right, will you-will you-:'
Yes, she replied, and chung to him
closer than ever.
And then the steam launch rescued
them
The next night they sat together on the
piazza Her head was on his shoulder
Her hand was in his. He looked off
into the dark, distant waters.
I'm glad that thing happened" he
said. why, if it hadn't happened |
might have gone away without knowing
l never should have had the courage to
ask you. because. somehow. while you
said nice things TO me, | thought you
were Gully playing with me. 1t was only
when | saw that look in your eyes that
felt, after all you might love me- Dear
| est little one, what lucky accident that
was
She looked UP suddenly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-17
ADVICE TO ART STUDENTS.
Choice of School in Paris Is Important
and Perplexing.

Choice of q school will probably prov.
embarrassing. for at the club or in the
restaurants to which you will be CON
voyed YOU will meet many of your fu-
ture associates. and find almost as many
conflicting opinions as TO the best school
In reality it matters little, for your
first choice may be very probably sup
planted by another as soon as you have
taken a settled place i'll your new en-,
vironment. From my view, which /
warn you may not be shared by Your
new associates, | should advise one of
the government schools, for reasons
which | will develop later. You will be
told that they are not up to date" none
of the ''StrOn~ men" are there, that the
instructors are cold foges," that Amer
leans are not popular and are subjected
to strange tortures within their walls:
and again. quite probah'- your own in
clination will lead you to some one 81
the ateliers established by private enter
prise. which have the business cunning
to attract the -oung student by enrolling
the men whose names have appeared the
latest on the ever-shifting list 90 Salon
success. among their instructors. Against
such termination it is wise to study the
antecedents of the newly successful men
and more often than not YOU will find
that thew owe their training to men o.
schools Mt which the irreverential iedg-
ling nrt student looks askance.
When one has changed his country, his
habits. and, after sedulously taking nd
vantage of all that can profit him in his
native land. has gone abroad to study the
part of wisdom is to seek further knowl-
edge in the differences rather than in the
resemblances which may exist between
his old environment and the new The
most obvious aid to the knowledge Of ii
new country is to speak its language;
and yet so easy has it become to live in
Paris and find sufficient cOmpanionShi"
among ones own compatriots, that it is
the rule rather than the exception for
our students to return home with only
such smattering of French as suffices 10
order n dinner-From THE Field Of
Art" in Sentiments Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-17
GREAT PIPE.
Will Hold a Whole River for Nearly Six
Thousand Feet.


Steel is the material to be used by the
OntariJ Power company in the construc
ton of its proposed big Aume on the
Canadian side at Niagara Fails. This
tiume will be one of the largest steel
pipes III the world. 1t will have Il diam
eter of Is feet and will be $3.50 feet long
The steel plates from which IL will be
made has a thickness of half an inch
ami III putting them together over 200
tons of rivets win be used Its diameter
is 50 large that it would be impossible
TO put Ii together at any machine shop
and ship it to Niagara. and SO Il tempo
rary plant for building il will be erected
on the Canadian side ut Niagara.
This temporary plant will consist of Il
power house, a machine shop, boiler
shop. office and boarding house To car
ry the parts from the shops to the point
where they will enter into the large iume
or pipe, temporary railroad will he
built along the route of the tiume to ham
die the steel. 1t is such a mammoth
contract that to build the fiume will take
from ten to sixteenth months.
1t was minated some little time ago
that the Ontario Power company would
use California redwood in the construc-
ton of this fiume. 1t was also intimated
that other woods would have favor, and
the fact is n careful research was mad
and 4 thorough investigation made of
other notable fumes carrying water i'll
the country. These fumes are not so
numerous in the east as they are in the
west, but after all the research steel has
been adopted as the material to be used
Advocates of wood claimed that steel
fiume would rust and rot out quicker
than tlume made of wood but the fact
was evident that should the i1ume be
built of wood steel hoops would have to
be used to make it firm, and these stood
Just as much chance of going to pieces
as the all-steel iume.
The flume will extend from the fore
bay of the Ontario Power company along
the base of bluff at the rear of Victoria
park to a point just below Table rock
the famous view point, and there its wa
tiers will be diverted through penstocks
to turbines to be installed in n power
house at the waters edge. The flnme.
from an engineering point. viii he well
worth Watching during the construction
for no doubt it will have important fca-
lures hiladelphia Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-17
Sandalwood Oil.

Oil of Sandalwood, which is one Of the
most valuable substances known 10 the
pertumer, aftordmg an exceedingly deli
cate ANA delicious scent, has nj last been
made by syntheSiS. 1t was purely an ne
cldent. DIR David I. Day of the United
States geological survey was making
some small chemical experiments the 9th
er day ON nc mantel shelf of his office in
washington. He had some crude petro-
leum from Texas Well and was putting
1t through various processes. more for
amusement than anything else. when he
noticed that the liquid resulting from 4
certain reaction had a powerful odor
IL was too strong 10 he agreeable Ia the
noStrils. but he moistened hit of ponar
with the fluid. and, waving il in front of
his nose. perceived Immediately that The
smell was that of Sandalwood oil lie had
uDtalned' quite by chance, an artificial oil
Oh SahdalWood-lmpu il is true. but
easily susceptible OF publication by refin-
ing.
The discovery is believed 10 be Of rreot
value commercials. but Dr. Day has too
much scientific business on hand To bother
with exploiting Il synthetic perfume. and
makes the world welcome to his lueky
lind. Ihasmuch as the oil can he rGt
from petroleum in endless quantities M n
very cheap rate, il is likely 10 drive tho
ordinary sandalwood oil, which is Or
tanned by diStillation from the wood. out
OF the market The destructive white ant
81 India and China. which devourS nearly,
everything save metals. will not touc,,
Sandaiwood. and that is one reason why
SO much of ii Is made up iutc caSketS
boxes and similar articles thst come from
Asia. Most people are familiar with the
agreeable perfume of boxes made of this
Saturday EverIng Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-17
Fortunes in Songs.

w. S. Gilbert and Mrs. D'Oyly Carte
have explained the apparent drop in the
value of the copyright of the Savoy
operas. The subject recalls that the sale
rights of popular songs are also assets
of more value than one would imagine.
For instance, the copyright of Masch-
eroni's For All Eternity" sold for
E2240. Anchored" realized f112O, Tell
Her l Love Her So" f465: Good bye
Sweetheart, Goodbye" f4G2: MA Curly
Headed Babby," $500; ''The Arabs
Farewell TO His Steed." f64O. Even
piano forte studies possess a valuable
copyright. Oscar Beringer's series, writ
ten for the benefit of musical students,
fetching the large sum of f220O. What
songs like Nazareth" The Lost
Chord" Tommy Atkins and Soldiers
of the Queen" have realized in their time
is only known to the music publishers;
hut the profits must have been immense.
The copyright of "Ehren on the Rhine. -
purchased by the publishers for a trifle,
proved a small gold mine, 10000 copies
being sold in nine months. Nancy Lee"
is responsible for sale of over go. 600.
and like 'Charley's Aunt" is still run
ning.-Alen and Women.