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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Subscriptions Closed,

Washington.-Owing to the large
amount of subscriptions received, the
secretary of the treasury late We'd
nesday announced that the subscrip-
ton to the 8 per cent certificates of
Indebtedness of the act of June IS,
1898, invited by the circular of No
vember IS, 1907, is closed and that no
subscription received after the close
of business November 81 will be
considered:
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Mrs. Taft Again III.

Millbury, Mass.-Mrs. Louise M.
Taft, mother of the secretary of war,
is again seriously i'll here. Mrs. Taft
was stricken in October, her illness
being due to gall stones, and for a
time her condition was critical. Re
Gently she was believed to be we'll
on the way to recovery, but has now
suffered a relapse.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Miners Will Get the Cash.

Des Moines, Iowa-After numerous
separate meetings of the coal oper-
ators and miners in this district, an
arrangement was effected for the pay
ment of all mine payrolls in full and
the 5000 or more miners who went out
Saturday will return to work Wednes-
day. They will be paid, as they de-
manded, in full with actual cash.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

the midst of song, candies and nuts
and other goodies come down to them
through the chimney! Then they go
to bed and early in the morning find
their stockings and their queer lit
tie wooden shoes-which had been
left by the grate-crammed full of
presents, just as American children
find their presents on every Christ
mas morning
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
A Christmas Wish,

My Christmas wish for all is THAI
they may taste the sweetness OF
love, enter into the joys of friend
ship, and know the divine beneficence
of helping someone at present less
fortunate than themselves. In these
words are we to find the living spirit
of the human and the eternal Christ
mas.-Minot ]. Savage.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Very Much Alike.

"See here Pat" said his employer,
didn't you tell me that when you
was out west the Indians scalped you?
and now you have your hat of I see
you have an extraordinary quantity Of
hair! You certainly told me SO, didn't
you, Pat?"
"Oi did sor," answered Pat, "but Oh
bear in moind now that it was me
brudder, Moike. It's thot much we be
aloike, that OF think Dim Moike an
Moike be me-"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Wooden Mill Resumes.

Madison, Me.-The mills of the
Madison Wooden company, which were
shut down last Saturday, will be rum
ming full time Monday, according to
an official announcement made
Thursday. Two hundred hands aN
employed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Bull Fights Are Public Nuisances.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The supreme
court Wednesday decided that bull
fights are public nuisances, and as
such, injunctions lie to restrain per-
sons from conducting them in this
state. The case decided was that of
the Encouragement VS.. Dennis
Canty ct al in which the state at
tempted to enjoin the defendants
from conducting a bull fight in ST.
Louis during the Worlds fair. The
circuit court dismissed the injunc-
ton and the state appealed to the
supreme court.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Like Thoughts.

Like Thoughts.
The handsome young minister sigh
ed YEARLY.
And they say" he muttered, they
say no two minds think alike"
And opening the wardrobe door, he
placed within the twenty-seventh pair
of Christmas slippers that had ar
rived that day.
In Bethlehem, the children believe
that on Christmas eve a choir of an
gels always sings above the place of
our Savior's birth.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

st. Louis, = After protracted bal
Iotting and consideration of the merits
of several cities, the National commit
tee of the peoples party late Tuesday
night selected st. Louis as the place
for the national nominating conven-
ton and set April as the date for
the gathering.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

Inbred Americans abroad, about
whom we hear complaints, are no
more to be condemned than ill-bred
foreigners in this country Lord ALL
cash. touring in Italy, was no worse in
behavior than the lordlings who come
here prospecting for a rich matrimo-
NAL match.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Behind the Times

Well one thing is sure; you Amt
no lady. nohow,' was what a Con.
necticut lady" said as she stood with
arms akimbo looking at Mrs. Grace
Thompson-Seton, as she saw her out
in the Rockies riding horse astride
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Killed His Cell Mate.

Independence, Kan.-L. Penn, col
ored, serving the last day of 90
day sentence in the county jail here,
killed Frank Emerson, colored, by
cutting his throat with a razor in
the Jail shortly after noon Monday
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
BOOSTING London Horse Show

London.-Kirg Edward, Queen
Alexandra and the Prince of Wales
have each promised to present gold
cup, valued at about $1,000, in connec-
ton with the International Horse
show in London in 1905
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

Since, according to the Rev. Dr.
Hummer, man is wholly tainted,
doesn't it seem to follow that there is
no money but tainted money?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

A Pennsylvania farmer spent only
three cents of money the past year.
But his economy did him no good, for
now he has up and died.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

No doubt the duchess of Marlbor-
ough can give her cousin Gladys
some facts about matrimonial life
among the titled that will prove prof
liable to the prospective bride.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

The bishop of London. seems also to
be the dean of golf and the archbishop
of lawn tennis.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

The wonderful part of England's
war balloon is not that it can be
steered, but that it will stay up in the
air.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

Government scientists announce
that hydrophobia is disease. What
had they thought it was-a pastime?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

Automobiles are being sold in Dor
neo- The wild man will be right in his
element as a chauffeur.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05
Mormon Missionaries ExpeIIed.

Liepsic, Saxony.-The police We'd
nesday expelled from Saxony four
Mormon missionaries as Obnoxious
foreigners"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-12-05

4 run on a bank is poor exercise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

estimate includes 100 cars to cover Sunday work. Total primary re- ccipts, 693 ,OOO bushels, about the same as the shipments.
 Provisions-A moderate demand for lard, principally from local shorts. advanced that article and pork and ribs sympathized, though trading in them was light. Part of the selling was in the way of liquidation by stock yards traders, while the cash demand shows some Improvements, this should not be regarded as @ 5ullish factor, un- less the hog movement decreases. Estimated hogs for Monday, 42,0o0 and for next week, 100000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

Cotter X Co.'S Daily Grain Letter.
 Chicago, March 25.-Wheat- While the weather in the South west continued windy, hot and dry. the bulls did not dare play it, with a holiday intervening before an other session. Similar conditions are forecasted for the next twenty four hours in the Southwest, with scattered showers in the upper Mississippi valley and the western lake region. The weather controls the market for the present and next weeks course is dependent on it. Aside from the possibility of crop damage, the situation is bearish. Stocks are large, primary receipts the past week were again heavy, although somewhat short Of the previous period. Cables brought no reflection of the grain here. Liverpool closed a shade lower on Australian shipments of 1,5OO.OO0 bushels, which doubled a year ago. Worlds shipments for this week are estimated at 1o,400.- 900 bushels. Local receipts were l 4 cars. with 34 expected Monday. Northwestern cars, 337 against 346 year ago Total primary re- ceipts. 509 1000 against 390,O00 last year.
 Corn-After the opening decline on the 1-2c to 5-Sc break at Liver pool. which precipitated rather general selling. the market rallied somewhat and displayed a better tone the balance of the session, Receipts were short of the esti- mate, at 349 cars, with AGA eN- pected on Monday. This estimate includes l20 cars to cover Sunday work. The cash market was from steady to 1-4c lower. Total pri mary receipts were 199. 200 bushels against 345,000 last year Clear ances exceeded a half million bushels.
 Oats-Oats were nervous and rather weak the greater part of the session. There was no particu- lar feature to the trat'ir@. Receipts are increasing somewhat as antici pated. Two hundred and fifty. three cars eWere received today. with 364 expected Monday. which
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
-Wanted-In every county

-Wanted=In every county in the United States good hustling men to handle the largest and best colony proposition in the South. The land is located in southwest Texas in the fertile valley of the Nueees river. Good inducement to hustling men. Address s. H. Jack son, roc First National Bank. Houston, TeXay. 6 t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24


 Secretary of State o. C. Ludwig has received the official return; from the election commissioners in Drew and Desha counties on the held March 1 for the purpose of electing a state senator to succeed Howard Robb, deceased. The elec- tion of X. o. pindall of Arkansas City to this position was certified out by MT. Ludwig Friday and Mr. Pindall was duly sworn in as sen ator. taking the place of Abe Driedell. who has been serving bE appointment The official vote in the district is as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
FOR RENT.

Five-room house, bath; two-room servants house, one block of street oars. on Fifteenth and Linden.
 w. f. BAUM.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24

Wanted-Lady manager in home territory; $50 per month and eX- penses. New outfit every 90 days. and $25 cash. Reliable firm ]. F. McBrady & Co.,. Chicago. 1 t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
TO YHF, PIi;Ll,'.

have ooensl np an uD@todate soda foua:l'n ,al "0nlcciloLar. store, and n '',1 lectiGa will ,:crve ligh. lua.:les. T5nntain nicely cit uater. Corl,r Sixth and Hicl, '. street. Your patronage solicited
 w. V. F. MUORF.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
Still a Few More Bargains at THE GOLD MINE

Is a t is a of one it. hayein in in Or o u hat T
  in to give YOU your mO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
FRUITS.

Oranges. per dozen. 25c and .... 5Oc Bananas, per dozen, 15c and =. 2Oc Lemons. per dozen ............25 25c Apples, per peck, 35c and ....... 5Oc Nuts, mixed, per pound. ......... 25c Cheese, per pound ..............2O 2Oc Macaroni, 3 pkgs ................2 25c Spaghetti, 3 Dkgs 95c
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
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THE MARKETS.

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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-04-25

is no competition against Lippman's
Great Remedy for the cu.'e of Rheu-
matism.
James Newton. Aberdeen, Ohio,
saws p P z did him more good than
three months treatment at Hot
Springs, Ark.
W Il Tlmmons of Waxahatchie.
Tex, says his rheumatism was so
bal that he was confined to his bed
for months. Physicians advised Hot
Springs, Ark, and Mineral Wells,
Texas, at which places he spent
seven weeks in vain, with knees so
badly swollen that his tortures were
beyond endurance. 2 ? P made the
cure and proved itself as IN thou
sands of other cases, the Gest blood
purifier in the world, and superior
to all Sarsaparillas and the so-called
Rheumatic Springs. Sold BY W L
Wallace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-04-25

Tall Stories.

A couple of witty fellows were
conversing together recently, and
their arguments finally occasioned
a bet between them. Each agreed
to tell a peculiar incident, and the
reciter of the strongest episode was
to receive the stakes, a sovereign.
No. l commenced and said he knew
a lady who was turned into wood"
"Impossible!" said No. 2. "Ex-
plain yourself"
"You sce," was the reply, Ethe
lady was placed on a vessel, and
then she was a-boardn'
"Very good" said No. 2, "but lis
ten to this: Once I knew a man who
had been deaf and dumb for twenty
years, bat last week he regained
speech in ore minIte."
"Nonsense" rcjoined No. /. "Bu'
proceed"
"Well," replied No. 2, 'fthe man
mean went into bicycle shop with
a friend, and, stopping down, he
picked up wheel and spoke.
London Telegraph.
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No lnfallihl. Sueess, Rules.

Power to see the future has GER
tain place in business, an exceeding
lv humble one, however. 1t is en-
ployed professionally by some la
dies and gentlemen at an average
price of about a dollar sitting.
They can see things afar off, but
not the landlord who is coming up
the stairs to throw them out or the
policeman who is coming around
the corner to run them in. Preset
ence and clairvoyance have no
place in the equipment of men who
are able to make a living in less
hazardous and prosecuted ca!lings,
says Will Payne in Everybody's.
There are plenty Of infallible rules
for success. Some men who have
succeeded are rather fond Of lay
ing them down for the guidance of
the young, but nobody, least of ali
their authors, ever infallibly sue
ceeded by them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-04-25
CuneiForm Writing.

On the old Babylonian and Per
sian monuments there were wedge
shaped characters, or arrow headed
or nail headed characters, as they
were sometimes called, which con.
stituted What was known as cunei-
form writing. After the reign of
Alexander the Great this writing
became obsolete. The Persian Gu
neiform writing contains sixty let
ters and the Assyrian 600 to 700
characters, partly alphabetic. The
most celebrated inscription in cunei-
form writing is that in the ancient
city of Behistun, Persia, cut on the
face of a rock 1,7OO feet high and
recording part Of the history OF
Darius.-Argonaut.
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The Last LyCeum Attraction.

The last lyceum attraction will be
presented in the school auditorium
on Friday evening, April &c. This
entertainment will be given by Mis-
William CALVIN Chiffon, dramatic
reader impersonator aud dialector.
Mrs Chiffon being Southerner-
from Mississippi-her speciality con-
sists of Southern stories from South.
ern writers and in these readings she
is SAID to be especially fine.
Her programme will include
pathos, sentiment aud humor 90
that Everyone who attepds will find
something to MS or her liking.
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THURSDAY. APRIL IS. 1907
Hnlarse the School Building.

TO superficial thinker it would
appear that Kingstree has done
enough for her school, but we should
peer a little beneath the surface.
Let us consider what the schoo. has
done and is doing for Kingstree.
Compare the enrolment of 19o4.05
with that of 19O6-O7 and We fud in
three years over sixty per cent iu-
crease. What does this mean for
Kingstree? Many people have
moved their families here solely for
the purpose of getting the benefit of
our school. These people help to
build mp the town aud most of them
have bought homes here and are
citizens of Kingstree. Every pro-
.duccr who comes into our community
as citizen and taxpayer is help
ing to bear the burden of municipal
taxation and helps every other tax
payer by carrying . share.
That is sound argument from .
material standpoint. From a social
and educational standpoint the value
of our school to the rising generation
is inestimable. But the school
needs more class-rooms and larger
teaching force and until this condi-
ton is relieved Its field of usefulness
Is circumscrlbed, as ne mole
pupils may be admitted. Shall we
shut of those that thirst for the
waters of the Pierian spring?
1t is a question that should be
answered sdvisedly by every voter
who exercises his privilege of suffrage
when the time comes for voting Oh
,the question of issuing bonds for
school improvement
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-04-25

Not content with raising their
salaries from $4,000 to $1,000
per apnum, certain United States
senators are making a raid on
the treasury under the gulse Of
an immigration commission. They
will have secretaries, stenogra-
pliers and other functionaries gi-
lore to AID and abet them in the
noble and uplifting work incident
to their "commission." whatever
that work may be. Each of the
nine members Of the "commis.
sion" will be accompanied by one
or two members of his family at
the expense of the government,
with practically Unlimited frnds
to draw from. South Carolina
will be ably represented bv Sena-
tor Asbury G Lstimer. the States
man from Selton.
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Riddles.

She was reading a paper before
the Mothers club.
"AnG here I will insert" she said,
"half dozen questions of the sort
my little boy asks me every night
before he falls asleep.
"'Why does Santa Claus give
children skates when there amt
any ice?
"'When I drink water, why don't
it run down into my legs?
"Gs it his very best medicine
that the druggist has in them big
green and blue bottles?
"'Why is it I breathe out smoke
when Pm cold and not when I'm
warm?
"'Who cooked dinner when all
the big folks was little boys% %"-
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Notice to Teachers.

Prof. w K Tate, Principal of Men,
niger Normal High School, Charleston,
will address the Teachers Association
at its mex t meeting in the auditorium
of the Kingstree Graded School, Satur-
day April 20, l2 o'clock.
Only few of you have shown any
interest in these meetings. 1t is ex-
oected of you to be leaders in such
work, and your presence is wanted, If
for no other purpose than to encourage
YOUR trustees and others who desire
better schools, and, l may add, better
teachers in Williamsburg county.
The public, and trustees especially.
are invited to attend this meeting.
JG MCCULLOUGH,
Co. Supt. of Education.
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Sheriffs Sale.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Williamsburg county. J
Court of Common Pleas.
John NJ Nexseny Plaintiff,

Mary Bradley, ct al. heirs at Law Of
Dick Bradley, deceased, defendants.
Under and BY virtue Of a decree OF
Foreclosure and Sale in the above stated
case granted by the Court of Common
Pleas, bearing date March 2sth, 1906.
The undersigned will on the 9Th day OF
NAY, 1907, during the legal hours OF
sale, sell at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash before the Court
House door in Kingstree. South Caro-
lima, the undivided one-half interest
of Dick Bradley, deceased, in and to
the following described property: AL
that certain piece parcel or tract OF
land. living being and situate in Williams
burg County, state Of South Carolina,
containing one hundred and thirty,
seven and one half acres, and bounded
as follows: Southeast hy lands OF ) =
Tisdale, South west by public Road
leading from Kingstree to Potato Ferry
being on the North side of Black river.
Purchasers to pay for deeds.
G. J. GRAHAM.
Sheriff Wmsburg Co.
4-lS-3t.
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SPONGE Treatment.

A young housekeeper in one Of
the suburbs had just succeeded in
getting a new cook, who came high
ly recommended. One day Nora
made sponge cake which was so
hard it could not be eaten. The
housekeerer said:
"Nora. do" YOU call this sponge
cake? Why, it's as hard as can be-"
eyes, num-" replied the cook
calmly. "That's the way q sponge
IL before it's wet. Soak it in your
tea, num-"
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A Collectors eeeaest.

"My wish is that my drawings,
my prints, my curiosities, my books
in a word, these things Of art
which have been the joy of my life
shall not be consigned to the cold
tomb of a museum and subjected to
the stupid glance of the careless
passerby. But l require that they
shall all be dispersed under the
hammer Of the auctioneer, 80 that
the pleasure which the acquiring Of
each one of them has given me shall
be given again in each case to some
inheritor of my own tastes. From
the Will of Edmond de Goncourt.
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DOG POINTED A LION.
All Game Looked Alike to This Piue'<y
Little Fox Terrier.


The following incident is perfect
ly true and absolutely unique:
As a member of a colonial mount
ed corps, the British South Africo
police of Mashonaland, Rhodesia,
South Africa, it fell to my lot in
April, 1908, to enumerate for otti-
cial statistics the white residents OF
Rusapi district, which is 1So miles
southeast of Salisbury, the capital,
and sixty-four miles west of Umta-
Ii, near the Portuguese border. 1t
was upon my return journey to the
main camp that the following dog
incident occurred:
On the 18th day of April about
4 .. m. reached an outlying farm
house close to the railway and IN
the vicinity of very suggestive look
ing hills. As I knew the owner, l
decided to outspan there for the
night. My horse having been sent
to water with a native boy, the
farmer and 1 entered the house. In
few minutes Mashona herd boy
dashed in unceremoniously, crying:
"Baas! Baas! A lion is down near
the cattlew After questioning the
boy, who was much excited, we set
of, accompanied by fox terrier,
and upon arriving where the cattle
were grazing we at once found his
majesty's spoor (track), which we
followed until lost on the hard
ground.
After searching the most likely
places we gave up hope of finding
him and, turning about, headed for
home. After crossing vlei (open
grass land) we entered thick bush
and proceeded short distance.
Then I missed the dog and, looking
back, deserted him pointing in the
orthodox style, the hair on his back
fercely bristling and body as rigid
as a statue. Retracing my footsteps
and looking over the bushes where
he was, imagine my complete sur
prise to behold magnificent lion,
full length, with face toward me,
barely fifteen PAGES of. At sight of
me he growled softly, and then l
shouted, "There he Isl" But by
the time my friend had run up and
I had recovered from my surprise
the lion was bounding of, much to
the chagrin of my friend. The bush
was thick, and we had to fire at ran
dom. and he got clear away.
Needless to say few choice cpl
thets were slung at me by the other
fellow, but it all happened very
quickly, and l was totally unprepar-
ed for such a close view. Moving
around behind the bushes, We found
the skin and entrails of a sheep,
which had been devoured, bearing
out the statement that the lion will
not eat the intestines of his prey.
All this time the dog was jumping
around and at last started of on
the trail, and we had a hard job to
get him back. The evening was
getting dark, and We had no wish
to meet the lion among the bush in
the dark. After reaching home the
farmer placed some strychnine on
piece of meat and placed it on the
ve!dt. but our visitor did not return
that night.
1t is not often dog has the op-
portunity to point such royal game.
Talking about dogs, remember
seeing an Irish terrier rout out
hedgehog, and there ensued ter
rife onslaught, ending in the death
of the spiney one and leaving Box
er, the terrier, full of quills, which
| plucked, much to his discomfort.
Eoroct ond Straom