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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-10-24
ouesr ideas Of Beauty.

The. amiability Of Moorish wom-
en- strikes me greatly, writes an
Englishwoman in Morocco in the
National Review. I visited come
the other day, and they were full
of kindly interest. They liked my
fair hair, they liked my clothes.
One old crone suggested how lovely
I would be were I to paint my
cheeks brilliant red, stain my un-
der lids coal black, adding three
black vertical lines on my forehead
and one. in the middle Of my chin ;
also stain my teeth with walnut
juice, my hands with henna! I
therefore rubbed my cheeks with
my handkerchief till they turned
crimson. That amused them high
ly, and they laughed and said I
needed no paint, but did need hem
ma and blackingl Another woman
gased tiny waist and groaned, e1-
claiming she would be Ill had she q
waist as small as mine.
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Not lnfallibie.

Harriet Martineau, the English
author, was shrewd and practical
and had what men are pleased ia
caA masculine intellect" But she
was not always correct in her de
.ductions, fact illustrated by the
following anecdote, told in her
Memoirs" by Sir Charles Murray,
who was then the English consul
general IL. Egypt:
One afternoon we met at the
villa of my old friend, S. W. Lark
ing, on the banks Of the Mahamou.
dieh canal. In the course OF oul
stroll through the garden we came
to a small gate, the pattern Of
which was new to Miss Martineau,
who was walking in front.
She stopped and, looking at the
gate IL. an attitude of intense ad.
miration, exclaimed:
~How truly oriental! What won
derful taste these fasteners have
in design" s
She went on, and as Larking and
I followed through the cato he
whispered to me, II got it ont last
week from Birmingham"
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RHEUMATIC FOLKS!
ARE YOU sure YOUR KDEfYS ARE
WELL?

Many rheumatic attacks are due
to uric acid in the blood. But the
duty of che kidneys is to remove all
uric add from the blood Its pres
ence there shows the kidneys are in
active. Don't daily with "uric acid
solvents You might 60. on till
doomsday with them, but until you
cure the kidneys you will never get
we'll. Doan's Kidney PILLS not only
remove e-uric acid, but cure the kid.
neys aud then all danger from uric
acid is ended. saS
Rupert B Calyo, bookeinder, em-
ployed at the State Publishing Co.,
official printers for the State of
South Carolina, living at l0l0 Lun-
Der St., Columbia, s G, says: II
thought / had rheumatism and
treated for it on that belief. I used
all kinds of liniment. The pain
was in5my back and in nay hips
clear to the shoulders The lini.
ments did no good and I took blood
medicines but they did not help me d.
I took Q long trip in hopes that the
changeof climate might help me.
l was away for three mouths but
could see no change for the better.
l heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and
determined to try them, and got a
box at q drug store. They COM
pletely removed the pains ont of nay
back and I have not felt a touch of
the old trouble since used them.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doaa's-
and take no other.
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False.

He was a country cousin on q VISIT
to London, and as he sat in the
theater he observed that q long
silken tress was hanging down the
back of the lady in front Of him.
Excuse me, miss" he said, lean
ing over, "but your hair is coming
down"
She turned upon him face acid
enough to make several gallons OF
homemade lemonade.
'My hair" she asked icily.
But the country visitor was not
80 verdant as his native fields.
II beg your pardon" he said,
with all humility, II thought it was
your hair"
Fortunately the band struck up
Just then and duWned the fair
maiden's reply.-London Answers.
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The TOAD.
Its Eyes and Its Venom and the
chanaina Of Its Skin.

Changing Of Its Skin.
Moving slowly through the long
grass is small, rough skinned crea-
ture, almost the color of the earth
that shows at the roots OF the
trees" writes nature observer. "1t
is toad just emerged, somewhat
tardily, from his winter hiding
place "a hole about as big as him.
self and only now awake to e<-
ternal influences. Lethargic and
sleepy though he is, he is quite SUI
ficiently alert to know that / am
looking at him and wondering to
see how his skin has lost all its color
from the long absence of the light.
1t is hardly possible to trace any
shade of olive green and dusky yel-
low or ashen gray and brown upon
the warty surface of his back. And
the darker. markings which some
times form irregular bands over the
back and legs are merged into the
general dullness and dustiness OF
the soil which has covered him for
so long. As a rule, ,toads and frogs
and other alternating animals are
seen in the open as soon as the first
warm days of spring restore their
lowered temperature:
"Some people wonder what
Shakespeare meant by the precious
jewel in its head The brilliant
eyes with their yellow rings, like a
gold setting to the onyx, are as
gems laid upon its head. Wonder.
full eyes they are in their range OF
vision and able to see meal worms
placed to the rear far quicker than
when some distance ahead. The
venom of the toad, which is ar
acrid, milky fluid concealed in the
glands at the back of the head, has
been many times described by nat
uralists as harmless unless il
touches some abrasion Of the skin
when it causes local irritation. Bu'
though not particularly virulen'
when swallowed by another animal
yet injected into wound it is yer,
active and causes liberation and al
the symptoms of irritant poisoning
A dog which has once seizSd a toat
and tasted this bitter fluid ant
burnt his tongue will never attacl
one again. Snakes will starve rath
er than swallow toad.
@Drring the warm weather tn
skin is sloughed, and the ponderou
toad shakes off the thin film tha
covers him and emerges in ne1
skin, fresh and bright. So also d
the frogs change their skins in tn
course of the summer, assisting Il
the process themselves. The oil
cuticie divides down the center o
the back and the two halves grad
ually fold and recede farther an
farther from the center. BY con
tinued twitching the folds ar
brought down the sides, and the
the hinder legs, first one and the
the other, are brought forward IN
der the arm, which presses dow
upon it and thus draws off the -ol
skin inside out"
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No Benefit.

A well known actor, lying on his
deathbed, according to the physi-
clans, was approached by a brother
Thespian, who said: "Blank, old
man, you are long for this world
yet. We are going to get up q bene-
ft"- The dying man Of tragedy
lifted himself up by his left elbow
and, shaking his long index finger
Of the right hand in the visitors
face, hissed: BENEFIT! Benefit!
Benefit Oh, Shakespeare! Now
indeed do I know that death Is at
hand. Ny time Is come. A bene-
ftl Goodby, old boy. See that I
am decently buried. But no bene-
ftp-New York Press.
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Tho Blind Mans Laugh.

A blind man was sitting with .
number Of persons When they
laughed he would laugh also. Some
one asked him, "What have you
seen that you ahould laugh 30
heartilyr" The blind man said, II
am only echoing your laugh" eve
are laughing at you" some ono said.
"Then I am laughing at myself" :"
the man rephed.-Ffom the Chi
nese.
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given tallover-
seer> to warn out the hands on their
sections; and where there are none,
employ enough to complete the work
on the roads at once.
J SNGLETAxY, 9
County supervisor.
10-11-tf
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, Don't get out patience with the
baby when it is peevish and restless,
and don't wear yourself out worrying
night and day about it-just give 1t
a little Cascasweet. Cascasweet is q
corrective for the stomachs of babies
and children. Contains no harmful
drugs. Sold by W. L. Wallace, NJ D.
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REPLIES TO mr.. J. D. 6lLLAkb.
Mr.. Philip StOll Presents His Side OF
the Controversy.

In,your last issue, one ) d
Gilland, who is hired as clerk oy
the county dispensary board,
sees fit to make some caustlc
remarks concerning the report
of the special committee OF the
grand jury. am not a member
of the grand jury and, therefore,
am in no way responsible for its
kpresentments, but as some OF the
&gas, from the said J D Gllland
was intended to suffocate me,
shalkmake reply.
k&as requested by the grand
Jury to advise IN their work and
was present al the examination
of the office of the dispensary
board | not claim to be an ex-
pert accountant, but as far as
nv common sense and general
ability are concerned, it will be
necessary for this clerk OF the
dispensary to produce more ev /
dence than his little two by.four
opinion to convince the public
that and the special committee
referred to are a. set of fools.
But what did the grand jury
say about this Office to cause
this clerk to smell birthstone!
Was there anything in it to burn
the clerk? 1t seems that there
aresome sore spots about that
Official, or else why is he so
worked up? Did he do all OF
this spelling on his own volition
or did his bosses order him to
paw up the earth and make a
demonstration? ] ask, why all
this much ado about nothing?
The grand jury said nothing to
take exception to. 1t seems
to me that this little clerk doth
protest too much. Are the board
who has charge of the connty's
whisky business and this nice
little clerk SO exalted that a
grand jury can not make a re-
port on their work? They are
indeed nightly pufed up if they
so arrogate to themselves. But
il seems that this self impor-
. tant clerk or his boss, has such
Ia notion. He would tell the
kand jury what to say and what
fdo, ank ifs they tail to obey
fders then he grabs his mishty
pen and presents them to she
people through the medium OF
! the press. With a few strokes
of his pen he knocks the COM
mittee and this humble scribe
into a. state of desuetude and by
so doing proclaims to the grand
iuries OF Williamsburg county
that they will allow no one to
nose around in their Office.
The special committee in its
examination of the office made
noattempt to examine in de-
tail the books of the clerk. On
the contrary they undertook
what they considered a com
mon sensescourse and tried to
ascertain fromsthe clerk and
the chairman of the board the
general condition of the dis,
pensaries in the county. The
clerk was asked to tell how
much money they had spent for
whiskey, what the whiskey
bought sold for, and how much
whiskey was on hand as stock.
With these figures We undertook
to get at the gross profits.
This we considered common
sense bookkeeping. The figures
asked for were readily given by
tie clerk but showed no profits
atall. He then said that he
had made a mistake and gave US
a second bunch of figures. This
time we figured a small profit.
Again he said the figures were
Irong and gave US a third 'tsum
j. 8, Tl>so Lro,,phS hsrror
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10 get dl tuS SiOSS PiOnl 10
This we considered common
sense bookkeeping. The figures
asked for were readily given by
tie clerk but showed no profits
atall. He then said that he
had made a mistake and gave US
a second bunch of figures. This
time we figured a small profit.
Again he said the figures were
rong and gave US a third 'tsum
% do" This brought bigger
profits than the second, but was
not up to the mark which the
board claimed. The clerk then
said that the system of book
keeping was intricate and that
he had to study it week before
he understood it. That our
plan of figuring the gross prof.
its did not suit their system of
bookkeeping. All this time
Chairman Bass was insisting
that the books were right and
that the profits were over $1O,-
10000. The committee having
failed to get any information on
its plan of examination and be-
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URGES JUDICIAL DIVISION
Mir. Waskey Writes That lie Is Push
 ing Bill for Fourth District.

Delegate Waskey writes to the Gate way that he expects the bill for the division of the Third judicial district of Alaska and the creation of the coast end of it into a fourth district to pass at the present session of congress. In his letter he says:
 Tn today's mail l received several hundred copies of the resolutions adopted by che bar association of Sew ard and endorsed by the Seward chamber of commerce setting forth the judicial and administrative needs of Southern Alaska and asking for the creation of Fourth judicial division in Alaska. It is with pleasure that I will shortly introduce bill creating such division, and l have every req son to believe that it will pass both houses this session.
 'I am familiar with the country of the Kenai peninsula and the Mata- nuska valley, having proSpected and mined on many of the creeks reaching from the head of the Kenai river to the creeks flowing into the Turnagain and Knik Arms, during '9S and '99. Seward has my pest wishes for a pros porous and successful future.
 "T am doing what l can to secure the building of a wagon road to connect Hope and Sunrise with the Alaska Central I would be pleased to re- ceive from you any expression of the needs of your part of Alaska and will be glad to do what l can to remedy them"
 Chichagof island gold still looks good to Sitka.
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EN Senator Cafiery Dead

New Orleans, Dee. 5i- EN-Sena,or Doue.,uu Gallery of Louisiana Is dead. lie won a high reputation in the Com icdera,c army .or courage, and Was an influential figure iu the United States senate. He lost his seat in l'ol be- cause he wa, gold democrat in lN.o and b1.red che nomination of Bryan.
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Wants Better Coast Defense

Washington, D. C.. Jan. 2-Secre- ary Taft addressed a letter to con gre,s today urging legislation at the short session providing more men for coast defense. He says the United States is not prepared for war and that a foreign enemy could wreck its coast cities.
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Hard to Keep Clerks

Washington, D. C., Dee. In order 70 stop the alarming increase ot resI-- nations in the post office depaytwyn, Assistant Po,tmaster-Geueral Hitch cock recommends the passage of oi.. advancing the salaries of all clerks in che departmeut
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No cable news of the demise of so noted a man as Mir. Cassatt was sent Go the Gateway, but it is probably lair presumption that he was supposed to be dead when the folks in Phtlade,- phia buried him.
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MaIls Fall and Kim One

san Francisco, Jan. 2-The walls of the California canuery fell this morning, iarred down by a passing train, and one empIoye was killed, one seriously injured and an- -Ln Ln.r .-rM-N hunt.
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To Limit Hours of Work

Seattle. Dee. 5l The womeu's clubs of Seattle vii. present 30 hl.I 70 ,.e coming legislature asking the eHac.- mcnr of 30 law limiting tuc length Q. a day fnr .emIc labor ,ou.ght hours.
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A. J. Cassatt Buried

Philadelphia, Jan. IA. J. IaSSati' president of che Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was buried yesterday.
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Eind CeciI Brlttain Agaln

San Francisco, Jan. 3-The police have information that a tribe of bad gipsies camped near Berkeley know something ofthe whereabouts of Cecil Britain, the 5-year old boy who disap- peared mySteriOuSly from Walla Wal la six month ago and was believed to have been kidnapped. Several of the gipsies were arrested but Geny any knowledge Of the boy, It is claimed that these gipsies were around Walla Walla about the time the boy disap- peared.
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Crent Northern CounseI Dead
Gen Hiram ScoiieIl Dics

Seattle. Dyc.3l-Geu. Hiram Scohcld, s veteran of the civil war; died last midnight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Patterson, tn this cliy. UD WI. MDrn uu yL,---
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Make this year happy and prosper ous by dealing with Owl Drug Co. <

Try Gold Nugget Coffee at the Paci- ic Coast Trading Co.
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Steamer Jeauic Sails

Seattle. Dee. 5J steamer Jcau.o sailed lar Seward by the inside pas sage Saturday evening. The IeoINE.- vanfa i, scheduled Co sail Wednesday morning.
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EniOlns Capt. Barnette

Seattle, Jan. l-E. T Barnette of Fairbanks was restrained by am order ssued by Judge Griffin of the superior court of King county yesterday from lisposiug of any of his property while lle action is pending which was bought against him by J. II. Causten or am alleged grubsake interest in 3arnet,e's Panama property.
 Chester Thompson lll
 Tacoma, Jan. Chester Thompson iu. Ir is thought that he has 'rysipeIas
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To Prohibit Child Labor

Washington, D. C., Jan. 4-Senator Piles introduced bill today to pro- hibit the employment of children as laborers except under certain conditions in the District of Columbia. Piles also introduced a bill providing
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rr c,hlo to rne Dany aatsway.
rlnrdered and Robbed in fIome

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec 3l Thomas Flanagan, enc of the weaIJhicst pjo- neers of this city, was murdered yes tcrday in his home, his head being crushed with a hatchet Robbery wa, undoubtedly the motive, The police found 5000 in the house but believe that much more than that was taken.
 Great Northern Counsel Dead
 St. Paul. Dec. 3I Judge c. B. Young. chief counsel of James J. lH.l and the Hin railroads died suddenly yesterday of heart disease.
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To sail Early for Berlng Sea

Seattle, Jan. 3-The fishing schooner Harold Bleekum will sail for Boring sea February l5 This will be the earliest start ever made by a fishing vessel for that region.
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Steamer Pennsylvania Sails

Seattle, Jan. 5-Steamer Pennsy!- vania sailed late yesterday afternoon for Seward by way of Nanaimo, where she will take on a coal cargo. She has fifty passengers, of whom forty are for the Panama.
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Patch up Moroccan Row

Madrid, Jan. l-The compact drawn ID at the Algeciras conference ar ranging the Moroccan differences be- tween France and Germany, was sign sd today.
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Melody Choir Bound

Seattle, Jan. l. Melody Choir, the wealthy and eccentric pioneer, who had been missing several days, turned up safe last night.
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Gale Drives Ship Ashore

an additional appraiser in the customs service of the Puget sound district.
 Gale Drives Ship Ashore
 Astoria, Ore, Jan. 4-In a gale blow ing ninety miles an hour yesterday the ship Lakewood dragged her anchor and went ashore on the sands at the mouth of the Columbia river.
 Filled Grips in Gymnasium
 Seattle, Jan. 4-When the members Of the Chicago high school football team were a6out to go aboard the train 10 return home last night the manager of the Washington state uni versity team appeared at the depot and informed the Chicago manager that a large quantity of clothing and small equipment was missing from the uni yersity gymnasium. The Chicago manager ordered his men to open their grips and when this was done about SIOO worth of articles were found in them
 The Chicago high school team has been making a playing tour of the Pacific coast and while here the men were the guests of the Seattle high school and the state university.
 Do Not Want Naval Show
 Boston. Jan, 5-The directors of the Jamestown exposition today decided to offer protest to the government against making the exposition a naval and military spectacle. It k said that the government plans inthat particular exceed the expectations of the eXposi rion promoters and that this feature is likely to overshadow all others. The directors believe this will be harmlul.
 1t has been the purpose of the man. agement to make the exposition an in- dustrial exhibit particularly of the resources of the South, and the pos sibiHty that the military and naval dis play may become the leading feature of interest k distasteful to the direct ors.
 Steamer Pennsylvania Sails
 Seattle, Jan. 5-Steamer Pennsyl- vania sailed late yesterday afternoon for Seward by way of Nanaimo, where she will take on a coal cargo. She has fifty passengers, of whom forty are for the Panama.
 More Steamers for Alaska
 Seattle, Jan. 3 The Ketchikan Steamship Company let contract to MoranS today to build a l5O-foot steam CT for the Southeastern Alaska run. The Northwestern Steamship Com pany has let a contract for the con- tract for the construction of the steam ship Seward for the Nome run.
 Turns Down an Ankeny Man
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 5-Postmas- ter-General Cortelyou reports to the president that Martin Cameron, re- commended by Senator Ankeny 10 be receiver of the land office at North Yakima, Washington, has a bad re- cord. He says the records show that when Cameron was postmaster at FL lensburg he padded his official accounts. The president therefore refuses to ap- point Cameron.
 Commissionership for Stewart
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 5-The president today offered to Philip Stewart of Colorado Springs the posi- ton of commissioner of the general land office, to succeed w. A. Richards of Wyoming, who will retire March f.
 Carnegie Makes a Donation
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 5-Andrew Carnegie today offered the govern ment S75O,OOO to erect a building for the bureau of American republics.
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Accounts for Tight Money

Washington, D. C., Jan. l-Secre- tary Shaw of the treasury department says that the present money Strugency is due to the extraordinary prosperity of thc country which has made an un- expected drain upon the circulating medium.
 The secretary expresses the belief that there is no serious danger of % financial panic but he advises people Go be conservative in everything but thaukfuluess.
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-IsInns. MaN IIave Reslgned

Ottawa, Canada. Jan. 2-It k re- ported here that Gov. McJnneS of Nu- kou territory has resigned. The rec D..r Is urrnnHrmed.
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Shakes Hands with $500 Persons

Washington, D. C., Jan. 2-The White House New Years reception was attended by S5O) persons. PreSi- dent Roosevelt shook hand, with every one. All the cabinet officers were present ar the reception, which was attended bg alI the senators and con gre,,men in the city and the entire diplomatic corps and many other nota- b.a,. official and otherwise.
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Judge Hatch Dead

Port Angeles, Jan. ? Judge George (. Hatch of this city, judge of the sup, erior court of Clallam county, died yesterday as the result of injuries re- ceived by tripping on a rope in his barn and falling heavily He was one of the pioneer lawyers of the state.
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Winchester Loses Case

Denver. Jan. l-The action of Josiah Winchester to recover S2OO,OOO alleged damages for loss in Cripple Creek min ing properties, was dismissed yester- day for lack of proof
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Will Enforce Pure Food Law

Washington, D. C., Jan. 3-Secre- tary Wilson of the department of az riculture says the new pure food law which has just gone into effect will be enforced sJrickly. He intends to ar rest first the heaviest violators of the 19uy
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Heavy Snow in Washington
Foot of Snow in One Night

Spokane, Jan. A foot of snow fell here last night and the fall was heavy all through this region. The ther- mometer is 30 above zero this morning but going down. The coal shortage still prevails and many families are unable 10 obtain coal Wood is also scarce and reachIng Drohibimve prices.