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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-02-13
Mr. C W Wolfe visited Lake
City Tuesday on business.

Mr. C W Wolfe visited Lake
City Tuesday on business.
Saturday, February %, is
Washington's birthday.
The all,absorbing question IS,
Have you had the grip?
Mrs H A Meyer is visiting
friends in Charleston.
Mrs H G Askins and children
are visiting in Georgetown.
Mr. Jas N Guess, of New York
City, is at home on an extended
visit.
Reid tax and license ordin.
-duce and ordinance relating to
dogs.
Mr. G l. Burgess of Mouzon
passed through town Monday
en- route to Charleston.
Mr. Julius G Lifrage, Jr., of
. Salters Depot was in town Sat-
lurday.
Miss Florrie Jacobs spent
Sunday with friends at Heine-
mann.
Misses Kate and Lucille Car
eiIe visited friend in Cades
Sunday.
VIZ Clayton, Esq, of the
Florence bar, had business in
Kingstree Tuesday.
The ground hog seems to
have made good so far in his
prognostication.
Dir BW Moore, of the Lake
City section, was at the county
capital Tuesday on business.
PH Stoll. Esq, went to Lake
City Oh professional business
one day last week.
MIR C H Gordon, of Gordon
postofice, spent the day IN
town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs W R Buie OF
Georgetown visited the family
of H G Askins, Esq, this week.
Mrs S Marcus left for New
York Tuesday to purchase her
spring line of millinery and
dress goods.
Mr--Cunningham OF Char
lesion was here several days
this week representing Dun S
Mercantile Agency.
Mr. Logan, whose many
friends always give him the
glad hand, is here for few
days on business.
Tomorrow is st Valentine
day, the day of all the year deal
to the hearts of ardent swalns
and responsive feminine hearts
Mr. Clifton B Guess of Salters
who has been on a visit to Nor
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Title, Mortgage, Bill Of Sale,
Lien on Crop, and Lien and Bill of
Sale combined blanks for sale at
this office. 2'l5t1
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folk, Va, Baltimore and other
points, returned home Saturday.
Mr. J P Nelson, who suffered
a relapse from his recent illness
and has been quite sick, is grad
ually improving, we are. glad to
learn.
Mr. We Thompson, recently
of the firm ofThompson&Lesene,
has gone to Georgetown to take
a position with MrsJ M. Ringel.
!. Miss sunie Burgess Of Mouzion
returned home Sunday, after
spending several. days in town
at the home of her brother, MIR
E C Burgess.
Mr johnson Nexson left Tues.
day morning for Draughan's
business college at Columbia,
where he will take a business
course.
Messrs Henry and Oscar
Thompson of Harper called
pleasantly at The REcoED or
fee while in Kingstree Tues
day.
Wouldn't it be a good idea (if
they mean to do it)tor the town
council to have the canal clean
ed out before warm weather
sets in?
Again we must remind cor.
respondents that we cannot
publish communications that
reach us after Tuesda. morn
ing. We received several let.
ters on Wednesday too late for
publication.
Hon R H Kellahan spent Sum
day and Monday at bis home in
town. He took in the Charles.
ton trip Saturday and express
ed himself as much pleased with
the hospitable reception given
the legislators by the people OF
Charleston.
Mr. J P Adams has removed
his stock of groceries, etc, to
the store formerly occupied by
Messrs Thompson & Lesesne,
where he will be glad to see his
friends. The latter firm have
returned to their former stand
in the rear of Mr. Meyers bakery.
Mr. SW Young, who lives
lust O ;er the line in Florence
county visited Kingstree Tues
day aud paid his respects to
THE RECORD. Mr. Young had
not been to Kingstree in four
years and expressed great sur
prise at the progress and de-
velopment of the town. Said
he could scarcely recognize the
old town.
Our Lake City letter came in
this (Thursday) morning, obvi-
ously too late for publication
this week. Our legislative let
ter again failed to reach u.s. We
regret very much that We have
not been able to get our usual
account of the proceedings OF
the legislature and also that
our Lake City correspondence
failed us until too late this
week, but it is really not our
fault. We cannot publish COM
munications that do not come
at all or those that arrive on
Thursday morning, our day OF
publication. .
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2-13-2

For RENr-Any one wishing to rent
a house and ten or fifteen acres OF
land in the Town of Kingstree will DO
well to apply st once to Mrs Thos N
Gilland, Kingstree, St. 2-13-tf
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A good permanent, position with
guaranteed salary for men and women,
work at home, NAV be had by writing
for information. stamp enclosed, to the
Pine Balm Manufacturing Co..
l-23-4t'' southern Pines, y. 6.
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LosT-Brown saddle horse branded
on left hip about eight years old with
two white feet, weighing about $40
pounds. Liberal reward if returned or
notified of whereabouts.
WILLIAMSBURG LIVE STOCK Co.,
Kingstree or Greelyville,
2-13-2t Sc.
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For SALE-l0o bushels Allen Long
Staple cotton seed, which cotton this
season sold for 20 and q cents pound,
Price :75c a, bushel. J R. Brockington,
Indiantown, s. &. 2-8:4t
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Transient Notices will be Published
In This Column at the Rate Of One
Cent Word for Each Issue.
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WANTED-Position as clerk in gen
eral store by single man of five years
experience. Best Of references. Ad-
dress ", W. NJ, P. o. Box No. 4,
Mouzon, S: G.. l-13-4t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
NEGLECTED ROADS.
Nobody Seems to Look After Those
Needing Attention

The neglect by the county commits
sioners of the county to see that our
roads are properly cared for is shame
full. This may not be altogether the
duty OF the commissioners, possibly
much of the fault lies with the town
ship road officers. but it is certainly
the duty of the commissioners to see
that the township officers take care OF
the roads that the county builds. The
macadamized road to the Country club
Is disgrace to this community. The
West Sixth street road is also shame
fully neglected. For the lack of even a
few hours attention and work the wa
ter for months is permitted to run
down the vehicle tracks in the roadway
proper. rather than in the bitches at
the sides. The neglect of many of the
country roads to the extent of even a
few ditch burrows, which would pre-
vent water from running across the
road instead Of in the bitches where 1t
belongs, causes great expense in the
destruction to the road and great an
noyance to those who use and pay their
taxes for what ought to be good roads.
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HIS BUSY DAY.
President Roosevelt Receives a Dozen
Visitors at Sycamore Hill.

Oyster Bay. Aug. IA dozen visitors
we're expected by President Roosevelt
today The first to arrive was o. K.
Davis. of the New York Times. who
had been summoned to answer some
questions the president desired to ask
him Then came Secretary of War
Wright Colonel Hugh l.. Scott. of the
military academy at West Point; Frank
l.. Hitchcock, national chairman of the
Republican national committee; H. T.
Higginson and John p. Elkins of Bos-
ton. and Garrett Forbes, a big game
hunter arrived These gentlemen were
President Roosevelt's guests at lunch.
With Secretary Wright and Colonel
Scott the president considered the West
Point hazers' case. Mr.. Hitchcock
discussed politics with the president
and the financial situation was taken
up. The New York state situation
about which Mr.. Hitchcock has been
carefully informing himself will also
be gone into thoroughly.
Frank NJ. Chapman. ornithologist,
arrived at Sycamore Hill late in the
day.
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TAFT IS BLAMELESS.
In No Way Responsible for the
Brownsville Episode.

Washington. Aug, THAT Judge
Taft was in no way responsible fol: the
order discharging the battalion Of the
Twenty-dfth infantry and that in do
ing so he obeyed the direct order of
the president, is the statement of Lieu
tenant General Henry c. Corbin, re-
tired, who has just returned from
Ohio.
"Of course the Brownsville affair is
going to be paraded in the campaign"
said General Corbin. ANY credit or
blame in that matter can not be laid
to. Mr.. Taft. As a matter of fact, Mr..
Taft was not in Washington at the
time. He left Washington on October
81, 1906, for an inspection of the west
ern military posts and was absent I'M
til November 1t.
"Upon his return the order sus-
pending the battalion of the Twenty
fifth infantry, was brought to his at
tention. That the president might re-
consider the matter. Mr.. Taft suspend
ed the order. He cabled to the presi-
dent. who was then in the West Indies,
and four days after Mr.. Taft's return
to the department he received from
the president cablegram directing
that the order be executed
"As loyal subordinate of the presi-
dent he did his duty as subordinate.
regardless of any views of his own.
with these facts known no man.
white or black. can place any respon-
sfbility in the premises on Mr.. Taft"
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MERRITT WINNER.
His Road on North Side Voted the
Best.

Secretary A. b. Poole. of the Com
mercial club, has announced the result
of the good roads contests which were
instituted about a year ago. The first
prize of $50 which was offered for the
best and longest stretch of road con-
Meeting with any of the macadamized
roads leading to TOPEKA was awarded
to A. C. Merritt. The second prize OF
$780, in this contest went to ]. M. Ed
gar. The third prize OF $40 was award
ed to w. L. Dalton. who was the only
contestant in the second event. l.. L.
Vrooman received the fourth prize.
This stretch of road is seven miles in
length and extends from the bridge
across Soldier creek on Central ave-
nue. due north.
The second contest was for the best
one-half mile of dragged road within
one mile of Topeka and there was but
one competitor, w. l.. Dalton, who re-
ceived the prize of SIS. This road ex-
tends from the Rochester school house
to the north line of the township and
Is eight miles in length.
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Birds robbed Mail Box.

A remarkable story of bird intelli-
gence is told by Henry Babb, of Bow
doinham, whose mail box is on the r.
F. d. route. One side of this box is
broken. and some time ago Mr.. Babb
found a bird had built her nest in the
box. going in through the hole made
by the broken place. The bird set up
housekeeping in this novel home. and
now there are five young birds and the
mother.
Several times the mail carriers have
tried to drive the bird away, and at
first they took out the nest and threw
it away, but every time the bird re-
turned, and after the young ones came
Last week Mr. Babb found the signal
set on the box and looked for mail,
but found none in the box.
This happened a number of times.
so often that he decided that some
one had tempered with the box. SO
he asked the neighbors to watch out.
One. day when a neighbor. George
Hackett. drove by he saw bird flying
from the box with something in its
mouth. He followed the bird to tree
some distance away. and there the
bird stopped, and after dropping the
article she carried flew away.
Mr.. Hackett went under the tree
and found four letters addressed to
Mr.. Babb. Each one had been
brought apparently by this unusual
messenger Just why the same tree
was selected every time seems strange,
One theory advanced to account for
the removal of the letters is that their
presence in the box interfered with the
domestic arrangements of the feath-
cred lodger, who took this way to get
rid of them.-Lewiston (Me.) Journal
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LOCAL MENTION.

Charles Sessions left yesterday with
MS family for two weeks vacation
trip to Diamond Lake. Mich
Regular dinners served daily at Vine
wood park safe. Hours IL to and from
$50 to p. m; Try one at 35 cents Mrs.
L. NJ. Burnett. caterer.
Clyde Miller of Usage City is in To-
peka today. He says that the papers
have been printing incorrect figures
about Stubbs' majority in Usage coun-
ty. Instead of having $50 majority in
that county, he had 1927. Bristow
carried the county by 800
If there is any particular kind of
smoking tobacco you find difficult to
get at your dealers. drop in at Eagles.
This store carries the largest line of
smoking tobacco in Topeka
No matter how well equipped your
home may be. it is incomplete without
an Independent telephone. Aside from
over 5000 connections in Topeka and
Shawnee county. long distance SER
vice of superior merit Is at your dis
posal.
All dealers sell the Big Tromp cent
cigar. Try 1t.
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where ARE AUTOISTS?
Topeka Colorado Tourists Probably
Marooned by Storm.

The Topeka autoists. who with five
automobiles left Topeka Thursday
morning for a trip overland to Color
ado, arrived at Manhattan Thursday
noon safely according to telephone
message sent here up on their arrival
there.
Since that time no word has been re-
ceived and it Is probable that they
caught the brunt of the rain storm out
of Junction City for Concordia which
they planned to reach following juno
ton City had a downpour of almost
four inches and all the intervening
country between Junction City and Sa-
lima was thoroughly drenched.
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Pawnbrokers and Moths.

From the 1st of June to the begin
ming of July" remarked a prominent
pawnbroker, I'VE are flooded with win
ter wraps and overcoats. Yes. l sup
pose you would think we ought to get
them earlier in the season: but men
who have good-looking overcoats will
hold them as long as possible. because
they are saved the expense of spring
clothes. A great many people pawn
their overcoats in order to insure safe
keeping from moths during the sum-
mer.
"Never occurred to you? Probably
not Women give US a great deal of
trouble with their dolmans and furs.
Only yesterday a woman drove to my
place on the avenue in her own car
riage and tried to put up a set of sa-
bles on a loan of $40. l was wise to
her game. If she took the furs to any
of the big shops, they would value the
goods at $500 and charge her $40 for
keeping them. Her interest on a loan
of $40 for four months would be about
81, so she would save SIS.
my father was worked that way
for years and never saw the trick. In
this instance, 1 offered a loan of $3.50
on the sables. the interest on which
would make the care and responsibility
of the garments worth my while. But
the woman saw the point. and said she
did not need more than $40. She took
| IleI lDhli6S away.
"A fgew days ago another woman
came to me with handsome wrap
made of some eastern fabric and very
costly She wanted to hook it for 81
1 shook my head and offered her $50
but she declined. She said she was
afraid when cold weather came SHE
might not have the money. But tina,
was not the reason; she was trying to
have me keep the garment for her
where the moths would not get at it,
Have you a cold storage room for
keeping furs?' was asked.
NO indeed. 1 have large bags mads
of pitch-soaked paper into which
drop the garments. Then 1 seal vi
tn eend. This Is necessary for undyed
skins, like sables. But it Is a secret
known only to the trade that moths
will not eat English dyed seal gar.
ments. We take them, as do all deal
| ers or warehousemen, and make &
deal of parade of mothpoofing them
| but it isn't necessary. There's some
thing nj the dye that renders then
| immune"
| The writer. doesn't know whethe
| this statement is true or false 1t Il
| repeated exactly as received, but Il
worth Observation-Disclosures Eagle
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ONE MORE DENIAL.
Bonaparte Thinks This One Ought to
Be Sufficient.

Baltimore. Aug. 7.-Attorney General
Bonaparte disposed of the recent re-
port that he contemplated leaving the
cabinet after the November election
and would be succeeded by Wade Ellis,
of Ohio, in the following telegram to
The News today from Lenox, Mass:
Have not the slightest intention of
resigning before end of present admin
istration. Have denied this story so
often that l think that further denials
On my part are unnecessary.
CHARLES ]. RONAPARTE"
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FORMAL COMPLAINT.
Will Be Filed by Texas Against In.
crease of Freight Rates.

Washington, Aug. AFTER a further
conference between Chairman Knapp
and Commissioner Clements of inter-
state commerce commission and repre-
sentatives of the state of Texas, con-
corning the proposed freight rate in
creases to take effect on the goth inst,
1t was decided to file tomorrow a for
NAL complaint by the state railway
commission of Texas against the sew
eral railways concerned In the increase
of rates. Chairman Knapp assured the
representatives of Texas this complaint
would receive as prompt attention as
possible under the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07

New York. Aug. 7.-Charles Barry,
convicted here today of note swindling,
was sentenced to an indeterminate
sentence of one to five years. A manu-
featuring firm in Freeport, N. j., gave
Barry notes for $150,O00 to be dis
counted. The firm alleged that Barry
kept the notes. but failed TO paw as
agreed.
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Rain at Council Grove.

Council Grove. Kan. Aug. An
inch of rain fell here last night, Owing
TO the lack of rain the late fruit was
suffering much and another week of
drouth would have completely de-
stroyed all the late peaches. Most of
the corn is laid by and another rain
viii insure an exceptionally large crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
Bryan Writes to the Boys.

Warsaw. Ind, Aug. I'm a letter
addressed to a thousand residents of
Winona Lake and Boy City, and re-
ceived by them today from Lincoln,
Neb., w. j. Bryan sends greeting to
the members of the juvenile munich
palities. He takes occasion to. COM
pliment the youngsters for the man
ner in which they are handling
politics, which he says, speaking gem
orally Is in need of publication,
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Released on Bail.

New YORK, Aug. Miss Julia Flem-
ing, who Is charged with conspiracv in
connection with an alleged attempt to
manufacture evidence to be used in
the divorce suit against Frank ]. Gould.
was today released on 81 600 hail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
Price vi News Print Advanced.

WATERFOWL. n. 2, Aug. An
nouncement was made here today by
the International Paper company, that
the price of newspaper has been ad-
vanced 10 cents per ton to $2.35. The
strike situation is unchanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
DEATHS ANDF FUNERALS. I

The funeral of Dorothy Dunford,
the infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. C. Dunford, who died at the home
of her parents, 222 Orchard place
Thursday of brain trouble was helo
this morning at 10 o'clock from the
IA milk residence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07

day was an exceptionally hot one but
had no effect on the Indians who play
ed a fast and errorless game. Bat
teries-Davidson and Brimmell and
Wakefield and Gladson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
Thaw Appears in Court.

Fishkill, N. Y, Aug 7.-Harry X.
Thaw was brought down from .Pough-
keepsie today to appear as defendant
in a suit brought against him by DIR.
John p. Wilson for services as an ex-
pert witness In Thaw's behalf. The
hearing was adjourned until late this
afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
Kensington 4 Iehanon n

Lebanon, Kan, Aug. 7.-Kensington
defeated the locals in a we'll played
contest here.
Score by innings: RHE
Kensington ..........OO OO0OO0I s /
Lebanon ......0 o o o 0 10000 2 3
Batterfes-Dun and Landes; Shrad-
er and Lane
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morse Indicted Again.

ment against Charles w. Morse and A.
H Curtis was rendered by the federal
grand jury here today. They are
charged with making false entries in
the books of the National Bank Of
North America. Their old bonds stand
in this case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07
Indians ~. Council Grove 4.

Council Grove, Kan, Aug. THE
Council Grove team lost to the tour
ing Cheyenne Indian team of Okla
homa here by score of IL to 4. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07

Everybody reads the State Journal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
The Cock of the Moors
Continued from page s

noun most suited to the occasion. You are a
shrewd man, Captain Ryder. You hit upon
epithet keenly.'
so twas your said I, taking in the
case. .
She nodded. 81 admired your play Ryder,
she says with nonChalanCe. and would have
been content to see it to the end; but cannot
abide a chopper. And now" says she, looking
on her stick, !" have bent my thorn:
Lord love your Ladyship," said !, nightly
pleased with her, . will cut We dozen thorns
for that seIviCe!
You are good she says, and surveys the
PROSTATE bodies without wincing. The inn
keeper with his bumped crown lay still as log
where her stick had flung him: but Scales was
groaning as he came to. Here IS bloody
business" she says. And suppose tbs I'M
christian to leave 'em weller"
Maybe" said i.
But am going to do So" she says, looking
at me alertly, and if you will kindly hale my
coachman from his dungeon, wherever it is,
RYDER" she says, 4 shall be infinitely your
debtor"
dowager, and so said /, Your Ladyship will
remember the compact"
"Oh, l forget nothing" she answered.
And Why said !, did your Ladyship in
tervene in my behalf"
She regarded me quizzically, as ! thought
Friend Ryder, she SAID, am a woman OF
sense, and do not kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs. In other words, | came to the
conclusion ] could make better terms with you
than with this gentleman" she indicated the
grooming Scales with her toe
If l had partner with head like yours 1"
said enthusiastically, Il wouldn't change
with the king!"
There was partly question OF looks too"
says she slyly, and somehow the smile pleased
me; so much so that | went off in search of
her man without thinking more of her jewels
or of my booty. When l had found him
locked in the celar) and had set him to work
on his horses, returned to her Ladyship, who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
THAT VOICE

\ most enchanting voice heard
From somewhere in the dark ahead.
Not even the canary bird
Could make sweeter sound. 1t said:
Don't. Earl! Oh, don't! Oh, if you knew
How mean | think that is of you,
You'd never do it! Don't, please don't!
Behave YOURSELF Well, if you won't"
Right here methought heard sigh,
And then another sound, and l.
Well, just envied Earl.
1t was a purring, pleading voice,
Melodious and soft and low:
1t made my staid old heart rejoice
And boyishly begin to glow.
a mental picture, vivid, bright,
Arose before me in the night
OF what radiant beauty she
Who owned that charming voice must be
And, oh, l envied Earl!
l neared the place where she and Earl
Were holding down the garden gate.
The street lamp shone upon the girl
Revealing what cold cruel Fate
Can do to make some merry maids
AS hOmely the ace of spades.
| hurried onward with a sigh,
And you may rest assured that !
No longer envied Earl.
ferdinand George hristgau