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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

At 25.0O.we have an assortment
of Ladies and Misses suits in
plain and fancy striped Broad
Cloths, Plain and Fancy Pana-
mas and Herringbone stripes in
all the staple and fancy shades.
The largest assortment and the
greatest values in the South at
the price. Suit $500.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22
Special.

Ladies Taffeta Silk Waists,
Black and Colors, value 400
Special, each 800.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

Ladies' and Misses Tailor Made
Suits in plain Broad Cloth and
Mannish Mixtures. Suits that
would retail easily at 5000, our
price, suit 1900.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

We carry large assortment of
Dress Goods in Plain weaves
and Fancy. Mixtures in all the
newest colors, 124,l5,25,29,39
up to 3.50!yd.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22
The ONE GREAT GATHERING
OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS
The State Fair This Ecar-OctoDer
D6 IN 70

Inc Stitc hT
&c to 30.
The fortieth annual State Fair Will
be held at Columbia this year OctoDer
$3.50, and it gives promise to De the
greatest State Fair ever held. NO mat
ter how bad the crops or how nara tne
times. everybody goes 10 the State ar
at Columbia. 1t has been the custom
now for nearly half century. anu II
will ever continue so with crowds IN
creaSing each year.
The State Fair * the one time OF the
year that work can be put down anu
everyone have a good time for few
days Old acquaintance ana reia'lVes
meet at the state Fair if they are not
fortunate enough to meet elsewhere
during the year Friends meet friends
and college men meet their college
mates and renew friendships with goou
stories Of the good times of the past.
This year the fair holds even more
than that for South CarolinlanS. IL
wm-be made up OF new exhibits that
y III the farmers new methodS
ements that mean money to
TN.
be the best ever seen
his being the first year
Association has entered
Il ';na Circuit The
Ct ma Of the
con acers The two
football g. Il, NV : Jusands Of
enthusiastic II. N both the
CarolinaS.
Columbia is better Q take care
of her guests than fore, WIN
more hotel accommC e; 'The rail-
roads will all put on ! rates. as
usual. President John Nebiey. OF
the Fair Association. h, Sked hard
IN get everything in ship and he
predicts the largest CT the MIS-
tory Of the fair.
Let US show yo' low to tlX'
your broken spt or only lV
O ents-Farmers ply 20.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

Ladies' White Linen Waists,
some plain tucked, others trim
med with colored embroidery
$50 to 1000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22
Finest Display of Ladies an
eS Suits in the State.

Ladies Strictly Tailored Suits
in Fancy Mixtures. Would sell
easily at 1900, our price, suit
1000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

46 inch Satin Viola, Black and
all the new colors, yd l.75.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

New Taffeta Silk Waist IN Black
and a full line of colors each
COO.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

As inch Imported Fallet Voiles
in Blue, Grey and Brown, yd l.25'
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

Ladies Lace Waists, trimmed
with Medaliens and Val edgjngs.
Price 2.50,3.O0,3.75 up to $500.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22
Fascinating Fall and Winter
Fabrics.

A inch satin striped Poplin,
Black and all colors, yd l.39.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
An Eccentric VIII.

In the year 1876 a gentleman living
in England named Samuel Baldwin
died after somewhat unhappy mar
ried life. BY his will Mr.. Baldwin
left his property to his young wife on
the condition that she should from time
to time dance upon his grave.
The motive for this strange request
was evident when the instructions for
his interment were read Mr.. Baldwin
desired that his remains should be tax
en- by boat to the Needles and then
cast in the sea. This singular wish
enabled him TO revenge himself on his
wife for past disagrecments, ana the
widow lost the property, as she could
not fulfill the conditions Of her hus
bands bequest.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
PECULIAR TREES.
They Yield Bread, Butter and Milk,
Soap and Candles.

They Yield Bread, Butter and Milk,
Soap and Candles.
The breadfruit tree of Ceylon is very
remarkable. Its fruit is baked and
eaten as we eat bread and is equally
GOOD and nutritious. In Barbuiu, South
America. is a tree which, by piercing
the trunk, produces milk, with which
The inhabitants feed their children.
In the interior Of Africa is a tree
which produces excellent butter. 1t
resembles the American oak, and its
fruit. from which the butter is pre-
Pared. is not unlike the olive. Park,
the great traveller, declared that the
butter surpassed any made in Eng
land from cows milk. At Sierra
Leone is the cream fruit tree, the
fruit of which is quite agreeable in
taste.
At Table Bay, near the Cape Of Good
Hope. is a small tree the berries OF
which make excellent candles. 1t is
also found in the Azores. The vege'
table tallow tree also grows in Suma
| ira in Algeria and in China. In the
island Of Chusan large quantities Of oil
and tallow are extracted from its fruit
which is gathered in November OF
December. when the tree has lost al
It's leaves. The bark Of tree in Chin
produces beautiful soap. Trees Of
the sapindus or soap berry order -als'
grow in the north of Africa. They ar
amazingly prolific, and their fruit con
tains about IS per cent Of capOnin.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
RE- STRONG AND UNAFRAID.
Fear is vonr deadllest foe.

Fear is your deadliest FOE.
Also it is a Pigment of your fancy.
And useless.
Psychologists say fear impoverishes
the blood, interferes with the assimila-
tlon of food, attacks the nerve centers
and lowers the physical powers. 1t
makes a man physically unfit.
If so. what must be its effect on the
mind?
# lessons ones ability to think, low
ers his ambition, weakens his charac-
fer and affects his happiness In short
all the forces of personality go in front
of fear.
Fear whispers to the young, strong
to do and dare, and the strength De
comes as water. 1t assails the middle
aged. and the uplifted arm of energy
falls inert. 1t torments the old ana
robs il of its peace. And yet
Strong thief as it is, it Is an apnor
NAL wcaklmg, for 1t is the son Oh
Ignorance and superstition.
If one knows himself and knows
/ life as it is, there is nothing anywhere
to he afraid of. If one knows not nm
self nor life. fear is unavailing, use
/ less.
TO nut it plainly, there are two
things one should never fear-iirS',
what he can help and, second wna'
he cannot help.
But if is asked. how can one who mas
not natural courage overcome his bona
age to fear?
Easily. Every person is in the pos
session of certain conscious powers
These powers may be concentrated
sharpened. projected into force. Thes.
movers are ones capital stock, whlcl
may be increased or reduced. If ont
listens to the suggestions of fear III
will smother his faculty But also
He may say TO himself: Il VIII D
what want TO be. do what want L
do. am captain on the deck OF m.
own ship. My soul is greater thal
any fear. Shall take counsel OF H.
own crcationW If he says thes
things and acts on these Suggestion
he will overcome his fear an
strengthen his faculty.
Per contra, if he doubts his poWe
or ncgl1cts to use it his fear VIII mas
ter him.
= Just WHY this should be so we ma
not say. IT is difficult TO explain ho'
the human mind can shape achieV'
ment in advance. But it does so. 1t
a condition and not theory. We al
% built that way.
Power somehow creates 9oW'
Force makes force Force faculty III
IS dormant produces only weakness
cultivated it develops further tacult
= So. if you have a fear, trample 1t u
~ der your feet
Hold up your chin and be unaIral
;, Look the creature Of your own lah'
fairly in the face Defy it, Take II
task. 1t will flee away.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12

The Rev. Theodore Wood, a wen
known English authority on beetles
makes an interesting observation on
little beetle found frequently in the
Nowers Of the primrose, but nowhere
o,eo which is quite a mystery. 1t IS
small brown and fat, and Mr.. WOOD
remarks of it: Glow its life is lived
nobody knows. Where its eggs are
laid. what the grubs feed upon, where
tbe chrysalis be hidden, nobody knows.
Nobody knows even why the perfect
beetle gets into the primrose blossom
He Asked.
He had been counting a girl for q
long time. 1t happened on Sunday
night after church. They were sitting
on the sofa, and she looked with in
effable tenderness into his noble blue
eyes.
"Tom.v she murmured, with tremor
in her voice. didn't you tell me once
YOU would be willing to do any act OF
heroism for my sakeT
eyes, Mary, and l gladly reiteratF
that statement now" he replied in COL
fident tones.
"WeH. Tom. l want you to do some
thing really heroic for me-
Speak. darling. What is it,!
"Ask me to be your wife. We've
been fooling long enough"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
SHAME ON YOU!

"Nobodv wants me. My father has
cone away long ago, and mother left
me in the street the other day. Mother
she wants to go back to Europe"
Thus said Willie Peterson, cripple.
Taking a hitch in the leather strap
which bound some clumsy braces to
his Door misshapen limbs. the boy
twelve years Old. told his story to the
secretary Of the Humant society at
New York
Man. woman, boy, girl, If you have
troubles Of your own, read the story.
Crippled by ignorance, nearly
starved. deserted by his parents,
turned adrift in the streets, the lad was
as lively and clipper as morning
robin.
Willie Peterson fell out Of bed when
ne was a baby. injuring his legs. I'm
properly attended, he was made a lie
cr;pple and this is how he faced his
fate.
~ can walk all right" he said, tax
ING hold of the braces with which he
has learned to hold himself up. IL
hurts some. but it doesn't keep Inc
from walking. I can get upstairs
| RIFT I HAVE To WALK on MY
HANDS AND KNEES THEN"
Poor battered midget.
And YOU. You can 90 upstairs Il
three bounds. yet you whine to your
self about your petty handicaps ant
snifie over your troubles.
Does not the brave and CHEEKY spirl
Of this manned, half starved, deserted
but dauntless cripple shame you INT
silence? In the face of his fortitud
either keep still or pay the penalty Q
losing your self respect.
j. Who are you, whole and healthlu
that you should vex the Proyidenc
" Of Willie Peterson with coward
cries?
You NAV be amazed and shocked
tbe revelation Of selfshness and ca
lorsness in the heart Of his perYe
mother. How could she bring herse
70 abandon a brave little son like VIII
Peterson. a son crippled and half o
( pbaned? His pitiful lamenesS ougl
to have made him all the dearer
the mother heart.
And
You may wonder and speculate al
be unable to explain by what mysI
rious way the strong and lovely TO-"
I Of fortitude ever could have grown
l. the poor soil Of degeneracy.
> But-thcre's the boy.
l. And you are stung into shame
Z yourself by the soul Of this daun'ie
/ youngster of the city streets.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
A ROMANCE IN TIN.
one Mans Fortune From the Price o
a Pair Of Shoes.

One Mans Fortune From the Price OF
Pair Of Shoes.
Some years ago Il man who had
started in business in Tasmania found
s{hat he could not meet his engage
ments and was compelled to call
meeting Of his creditors.
Among his assets were a number OF
Mount Birschoff tin mine SAares,
which were regarded as worthless. 1t
was the first tin mine discovered in
jTasmania. and the output was not as
heavy as the prospectus declared 1t
would be.
The shares dropped in value and
|)wben the debtor offered them to his
creditors the latter refused to touch
them.
Among the creditors was a poor
lshoemaker who had supplied the man
Ihvith a pair of shoes. lie offered TO
IAalle the shares in payment Of his
/ debt. No one raised any objection
and he took the shares, saying, "Ihey
may turn out we'll some day
Five years later. under proper man
aecment. the mine developed into q
viluable property. It was yeritaDl'
mountain of tin. and the shares sprane
ub to an astonishing point.
Eventually the metal was "cornered
BIZ n French syndicate, and, the shares
reaching 4 fabulous price, the once
INDECENT shoemaker sold out and real
lied a fortune.
The money was wisely invested, ant
ow he is in the enjoyment of an IN
cbme of several thousands a year de
rived from the payment for pair o
| shoes valued at S3.-LOndOn. Telegrap1
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
UyS SACRIFICE.

At the town of Paris. H., Lawrence
Friend. a railroad brakeman, died 10
save his fellow men.
1t was this way:
A heavily loaded passenger tram
was approaching at high speed. Inc
freight train on which the brake
man was employed stood on the track.
The engineer Of the passenger train
did not know that. In a fash Law
renee Friend saw his duty. 1t might
mean death to him. Nevertheless he
threw the switch The train went on to
the siding and was saved.
But the brave brakeman was caught
in the wheels and ground to death.
Somebody had Numbered.
It may have been the train dispatch
err who made the mistake or an en-
eincer or conductor However that
NAV be. when the man was wanted at
his post to die he was there.
lie gave to the supreme moment all
he had-his life.
Of course there was an "investiga-
ton" which means that the railroad
officials charged some employee with
neglect or breach Of duty and that the
employees showed the lack Of safety
appliances. and so on, after the man
ner Of such hearings.
Lawrence Friend was dead. He had
not stopped to argue. His not to ques
ton why. his not to make reply, his
but to do and die. And on the instant
he made the supreme sacrifice.
He died for his fellows.
Men do that every day.
Sometimes we say that men are M
longer moved by noble motives. We
say the age is commercialized. We
say men will do nothing except the!
be paid in dollars or in position.
1t is not true.
Especially is it untrue Of the grea
host Of railroad men who hourly pu
their lives in jeopardy and whose in
itial instinct it is to save the lives o
those who are given over to their care
And in the rank and file Of our indus
trial army men are found as brave a
any soldier on any battlefeld-every
day heroes Of our common life.
These men often show a suprem
courage and q disinterested motive
and their deeds are matters of cours'
a part Of their days work.
Lawrence Friend had no thought
r being called heroic. 1t was his dut
: TO save the train. He did it as /
, would do any other duty Of the da
+ and took the consequences.
In the olden days acts of heroisl
p were so rare that monuments an
shrines were built to mark ther
Places Of self sacrifice were holy.
Il al. places are holy where man dll
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12

Bachelors" said the widow, "are
the most sensitive people on earth. At
any rate, the bachelors | know are.
| dined with one not long ago. Dur
ing the first part of the meal he SEEM
cd uneasy.
"Tf any of my friends see me- he
said. "they will think l am dining
with some other mans wife
"'WhyY l asked.
"He pointed to my wedding ring I
"'Shall l take it OFF, asked.
"'Would you mindY said he.
"'Not at ALL l said and slipped Of
the ring.
"Since then when going anywhere
with that bachelor or any other bache-
lor l save him from embarrassment
by taking off my wedding ring before
we start. l find they appreciate my
consideration for their feelings. Now
If that isn't sensitiveness raised to the
ninth power I'd like TO know what i
is."-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
A SURPRISED SWORDSMAN.
Judge Goffes Play With a Dragging
Fencina Master.

A fencing master appeared in Boston
one winter in the seventeenth century
and had erected n stage on which he
strutted up and down at certain hours,
defying any and all to engage in SWORD
play with him.
After this had gone on for several
davs and the mans boasts had be-
come insufferable Judge William Goife
md Edward Whalley, the famous Eng
fish political refugees, disguised them
selves in rustic costume ana appeared
before the alleged master. Cole held
in one hand a cheese wrapped III Il
rankin. which he used for shield,
and carried n mop which he had soak
oil in muddy water as he passed pud-
| die.
Thus equipped, the judge mounted
tho stage. The fencer rallied at HIM
for his impudencc, asked him wha'
business he had there and ordered him
TO begone. The judge stood his ground
Then the gladiator made pass at nm
with his sword to drive him off. IhC
iuden received the sword in his cheese
and held 1t there till lie had drawn
the mon over the professors face an'
emcared him with mud. Another
plunge by the enraged maitre darme'
resulted similarly. this time the Judg'
poking the mop into his eyes. Ihi'
oDeration was repeated a third time.
Then the maddened fencing maste
dropped his ordinary sword and gran
he'd IN huge hroadsword. Thereupol
the Judge said: -.
"Stop, sir Hitherto, you see' nav
only PLAYED with you and not attempt
! Oh 10 do YOU harm, but If you come a
me now with the broadsword kno'
that will certainly take your lie!
= The master was impressed by IN
Grmness with which the judge SPOKE
for he dropped the point of his weapo
md exclaimed: "Who can you beF 10
mnst be either COTE, Whalley OF III
, devil for there was no other man
il England that could beat me"-Bosto
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
GRANTING PATENTS.
Invention as Distinguished From
Mere Mechanical Skill.

invention as Distinguished From
Mere Mechanical Skill.
4 patent cannot properly be granted
protecting the product Of mere me-
chanical skill as distinguished from IN
vention. Difficulty is frequently eX-
ncrienced in distinguishing between
the two. and the supreme test Tor de-
termining whether Il particular device
is the result Of mechanical skill is not
whether an ordinary mechanic could
make the device If it were suggested
TO him. but whether he would make
it without suggestions save those
which are prompted by his skill and
knowledge Of his art.
For example. if Il man constructs Out
of iron Il machine which had previous
" been made out Of wood he does not
thereby become an inventor in lega
sense. because everybody knows thai
any constructor can build a machine
ont of iron instead Of wood. Blu
suppose that eunpowdcr had just re
Gently been discovered and that The
man who invented it had applied To-
and obtained patent upon it.
He might have claimed. Il combine
saltpeter. sulphur and charcoal in
certain way and produce a startlini
result" and it would be no answer, !
an action for infringement wer
brought. for the infringer to say tina
every chemist could make the powde
after he had been shown how, for
If every chemist did not have tn
knowledge as well as the skill, tn
originating of the powder constitute
vention.-EXchange
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
WONDERFUL MIRAGES.
False Peak of Tenerife and Illusions
In the Dardanelles.

The peak Of Tenerife Is known anohS !
deem sea sailors as the false peak
owing TO some popularity of the at /
mosphere 1t is always seen by mirage
I'm exactly the opposite direction from
which 1t lies, and only the tact that All
santains know that the mirage appears
long before the true peak is visible
through the most powerful glass pre-
vents many q ship from sailing many
miles ont of her course. 1t IS hard Tor
. greenhorn TO believe that the maJes-
tic nurple mountain towering astern OF
on the port beam apparently only
short distance off is In reality mics
away in exactly the opposite direction
and the seemingly solid earth at when
no IS gazing is only a reflection "a the
clear mirror of the air. Many Welru
tales are told Of shipwreckcd mS'l VINO
have steered for the false peak IN the
exnectation Of finding land and have
nerIshed of hunger and thirst While
nursulng the phantom mountain.
Sometimes the passengers ana ere"
Of vessel on the lookout for the false
peak see n much rarer and more Deau-
Siful mirage. that of n ship in the SKY
II usually appears about 10 O'Clock III
the morning. about ten degrees above
tho horizon and under full sail, every
delicate spar and tapering mast clearly
visible against the blue ether ana even
the play of light and shadow III the
bellving canvas plainly discernlDle 10
the naked eye. 1t generally remains III
SIGHT half an hour or more before
gracefully fading away. The Oldest
mariner can never remember having
soon the mirage Of a steamer III tla'
latitude. but always that of iull rig
ced ship. and this peculiar fact mas
oiven birth to many romantic legehu'
about the ship in the sky, all connect
,, ing II in some way with the false peak
The vicinity of the Dardanelles l.
, the real home of mirages, ana II IS SCI
, dom that any vessel sails along tn
Syrian coast without seeing one o
more. Oddly enough, the mirages 0
the Dardanelles are always the renee
lions Of objects that can De seen wiz
the naked eye and are invariably dis
n torted in grotesque and fantastic ear
catures of the things reflected. 1t
4 certainly startling to see a steame
= bearing down with her masts Whei
= her water line and should be ana IN
+. water line where the tops Of the mas'
II and funnel ought to show, While nc
q. decks are in the right place, thus ad'
a ing to her uncanny appearance bt
n this is a frequent sight near the Ia
- ,gonelles. There IS one peculiar featul
~ NJ the miragcs which hover near Il
% false rcak-the real objects OF Whic
% they are reflections are 50 far ava
n that very often they are never sighte
until long after the reflection has va
rt ished. and sometimes not Mt ALI
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12
The Word "Ogre."

Old fashioned etymologists used to
say that the word "ogre" commemorate
cd the sufferings of Europe during the
ninth and tenth centuries at the hands
Of the ravaging "Oigours," or Huns.
This derivation, however. is now aban-
doned. ogre" which reached the
French language by way Of Italian ana
Spanish. is really Orcus, the Latin hell
afterward the god of the underworld
In Romanesque folklore this god be-
came a shaggy, black, man devouring
monster, with a particular taste toI
lost babes in the wood.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-12

HABITS. blow in your money, keep iate
hours. dissipate and then fancy that
because You show up on time in the
morning you will be none the worse
for it,
In the long run you will lose out.
You may be perfectly honest. You
may scorn to fitch a cent of money
from your employer. But you are SO
made that you cannot lose moral hper
and succeed. You are built that way
An about you are the wrecks OF men
who shake their fists at society and
say they have not had a fair SHOW
Most of them have failed simply be-
cause they have lacked MORAL
BACKBONE.
Remember. it is not simply nice TO
behave yourself. 1t is absolutely nee
essary.
Most failures in business are
MORAL FAILURES.
Another thing, young man:
Note how many more girls than boys
ora in the high school graduating
classes.
What does that signify?
II means that women are to be the
cultured classes in the future. Inc
bows stop in the grades and 80 out &c
make money. The girls stay in school
and educate themselves. They DO ho'
stop there. Some go to colleges. Some
iojn clubs and continue their studies.
Now
DO you suppose the cultured woman
of the future can be dominated by
husband less cultured? In some cases
maybe, but
Unless present day tendencies Of edu
cation are changed trouble lies ahead
for the men.
Oh. l know that we'll educated glr
of yours will think little of this matte
when You are first married, and yo'
may think nothing of it, but the TIM
may come when you will be notorious
" untitled for each other. That wa
may lie domestic trouble and divorce
Get a hump on yourself, young mar
Or the girl will distance you.