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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03
PEARL BEEMAN PUTS
WILLIE ON BACK

CALUMET. Mich, Dec. S.-Pearl T.
Beeman. OF Houghton. won last night 8
catch-aS-catch-can wrestling match
from John Willie, Of Chicago, In
straight falls. taking the first In ~
minutes and the second fall In one
minute. Both falls were won with a
half-Neison and scissors. Wille's knee
Vas injured.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03
AttelPa Excuse.

Now Abe Attell says he ate some
pork before his fight with Freddie
Welsh and II didn't agree with him
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03
SPORT VIEWS
and REVIEWS
...By...
PAUL II.
BRUSKE.

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03

champions and near-champioIs OF the
pedestrian world will line up. On re-
ceiving the assurances that the meh
are all in readiness. Wild Bill viii
enjoin them TO get set. This being
accomplished without loss OF life, Bill
will carefully shut his eyes. raise his
blunderbuss on high and apply the
supple muscles OF his pitching hand
TO the mechanism which. II is con
fidently predicted will then explod
with a loud report. Al that second
the 20 competitors will bestir them
selves. to grinding of ~ hours OF IL
and reducing the total Of their task
10 60 hours before they rest
Donovan announces that. In. the
event OF anybody trying TO steal on
the pistol at the start he will call the
bunch back and pehalize the rule
breakers one yard. strictly according
to the regulations that govern such
athletic sports.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03


tiers from virtually all the men en-
tered in the big event. telling OF the
hard training they are doing and the
success that Is meeting their efforts
TO get into condition.
"They are the most confident bunch
have ever known, says ne. There
Isn't one OF them who isn't apparently
certain Of winning"
The walkers will begin To arrive III
Detroit Friday. II is expected and the
first one will probably be Young. tina
Erie. O., ped who expects to do some
training here before the event.
Mr.. Phillion announces a meeting
Sunday at which he will give his scor'
ers and officials complete instruction
In the afternoon the peds themselves
will hold a session. deciding the mar
ner In which the money will be split
The go-as-you-please season opened
recently in New Kensington, Pa i.
where a 72-hour race was pulled OF.
In which q number OF the contestants
who will race. here, were participants.
Tony Loeslein, entered In the Detroit
race. was thew inner, covering a tota.
OF 306 miles. Barnes. the veteran
who will be another comp etitor here.
took second money.
Loeslein writes that he was winning
easily and explains his comparatively
modest mileage by the fact that nobody
was pushing him, both he and the
other frst-class men regarding the
event In the nature Of training stunt
for the Detroit race.
In the New Kensington event Sam
ruie Day and Bill Harris. two more
who will race here. were also compel.
itors.
The entire country Is now expert
encing a boom in long-dfstanee run
ping, the most prominent feature OF
which has been. up to date, the indoor
matches at the Marathon distance.
While none OF the competitors In the
local event have ever done any Mara
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03

A. anticipated, Miller 1. the new Penn
captain.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-03

| Look out for big Chief Bender, the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
Antenius AuretiuS-

ADfrnius Aurelius, king OF Arau-
cania, the first and the last of his
dynasty, had once his day of fame.
He was the man who would be king,
and for "a short time he was one.
Aurelius began life as an ambitious
Frenchman; ne ended it as Ger
man under the name Of Herr Won
Tonneins, dying in great poverty at
Marseilles, but for a brief period in
the ffties of the last century he
was king over the Arancanian In
dians in South America. When
Won Tonneins founded his mon
arehy he found it necessary to have
his court, 30 he travelled over to Eu-
rope and created his own orders and
titles. Then he reigned till his
court was broken up by the govern.
ment of Chile, and Aurelius as q
roi en- exile returned to Marseilles.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
A Poor Dog.

A man in Missouri recently sued
a railway company for damages fol-
the death of q hound killed on the
track. The company defended it
self upon the following points:
Said dog was chasing q rabbit up
defendants track in violation of the
game laws.
Said rabbit lived on defendants
right of way and was therefore the
property of the defendant.
Plaintiffs dog was a trespasser
and was hunting defendants prop
erty without permission.
Said deceased vas not much OF
a dog, anyhow, or it could easily
have kept out Of the way OF de-
fendant's trains.
And, having fully answered, de-
fendant prays to be discharged.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
NEGkO FOUND DEAD.
Body Discovered In Pond-Had Been
Dead a Month.

On Sunday, March l, Magistrate
s G. Mcdonald of Gourdins held an
inquest over the remains of a negro,
whose body was found in pond
near Gourdins by colored boy.
The body was identified as Thomas
Henderson, a negro who had dis
appeared from the community
some weeks before. The exam
lining physician, DR. Rich, tes.i-
fed that from the appearance Of
the body, the man had probably
been dead month and on account
of the advanced stage of Gecompo
sition it was impossible to tell
whether or not death resulted
from violence.
The verdict Of the jury was hat
the deceased, Thomas Henderson,
came to his death through causes
unknown to the jury.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
Tales Of Celebrities

In the Duke of ArgWs .'Mes-
sages From the Past" the author
presents this picture of Tennyson
declaiming his verses: NEHe would
take us into the very center of a
large field at Freshwater, in the Isle
of Wight, to be sure that he could
not be overheard by any one lurk-
ing in the hedges, before he would
stand xnd declaim in a deep, run
ming bass voice any piece on which
he was at work at the time or one
that had been specially asked for,
remember his thus declaiming the
whole of his poem of Boadicea'
with hardly pause for breath"
In the same volume appears an
,anecdote of Prince Bismarck at the
Berlin conference: "At dinner the
prince drank only beer, saying that
he used to drink wine, and 600 much
of it, but that now he could not
stand anything stronger than beer.
In obedience to Princess Bismarck
he made a good dinner, but not
enough of 1T in her opinion, and
when she wanted him to take more
he turned to me and said the whole
object in Life of Pomeranian haus-
frau was to ruin her husbands ,stom-
.oh -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
PROFANITY. 49, s'
Growth Of Refinement Will End its
Now Declining Use.


Words and phrases which are am
ply sufficient for the understanding
are often altogether inadequate for
the expression Of the feelings. The
result of this mental dissatisfaction
with the communication of mere
knowledge is most conspicuously il
lustrated in the wide prevalence Of
profanity.
Into the discussion Of this prac-
tice its moral and religious aspect
does not enter at all. 1t Is purely
from the linguistic side that it is
here to be considered.
So looked at, its existence and
the extent of the indulgence in it
bear out the truth of the principle
Just announced. Whatever intel
lectual justification there may be
for profanity is based upon the fact
that men are aiming to state strong
ly what they feel strongly.
The habit is in consequence sub
ject to the general law governing
intensives. To very great extent
the practice of swearing is specially
characteristic of a rude and imper-
feet civilization. With the advance
of culture profanity declines.
It declines not 30 much because
men become peculiarly sensitive to
its viciousness, but they do to its
inefectiveness. The growth Of re-
fnement both in the individual and
in the community tends more to its
disuse than all the exhortations Of
moralists or the rebukes Of divines.
Much must always be allowed in
the case of particular persons for
the influence Of early training and
association. Exceptions are, there
fore, too numerous to lay down any
positive rule. Still it is safe to say
in general that a mans intellectual
development is largely determined
By the extent of his indulgence in
profanity.
No one, indeed, doubts its wide
prevalence at the present time. But
compared to the practice Of the past
it has been steadily, even if slowly,
diminishing for centuries. This
does rot prove that men are better
morally or Intellectually than they
were.
1t docs show, however, that there
exists nov a higher average of cul-
tivation which renders the habit dis
tasteful to increasingly large mum
bers.-larper's.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05

Fatal Row Between Negroes s-DraiR'
aae lnbroVement-0ther News.

HARpERs, March "a negro
named Jim Murry was fatally shot
on Mr. W S Camiin, Jr's place Sat-
urday night, February 80, about .
o'clock, by another negro John Me-
gett. Megett is still at large although
the town police, assistedby posse OF
citizens searched for the murderer
all Saturday night. The wounded
ssan was taken to Georgetown to an
iufirmary and everything possible
done for him, but he died Saturday
night. Both negroes involved were
employees Of the A G L Corp, and
the trouble grew out of Megett's at
tentlon to Murly's wife. This is
the second murder within twelve
months that has occurred in our lit
tie town, in each c4e sll the parties
beng negroes.
Our towns long needed drainage
system is nearing completion. We
have large canals running through
town nearly mile long. Already the
effects of this drainage are seen and
it is confidently hoped that we shall
be free from fever this summer. The
town council and the citizens deserve
much credit for this work.
All our trouble with the G & W
railroad has been settled satisfac.
torily. The railroad has agreed to
put in certain improvements as to
passenger and freight depot, also as
to draining their real estate in town .
This work is being done by Mr.
Springs, their track foreman, ana IL
would d. credit to anv town. Mr.
Springs will be remembered here long
and favorablv.
Farm work is very backward on
account of the continued wet wealth.
er.
Mr. Daniel q Martin is still very
sick, not being expected to live. His
many friends greatly regret his af'
Fiction.
Good luck to you Mr. Editor, and
also to your valuable paper. May you
both live long and prosper.
SUBSCRIBER.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05

Read the Farmers g. Merchant s
Banks ad. this issue.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
The Honor Appreciated.

Some years ago when Head Con
sui Boak of the western jurisdic-
ton, Woodmen of the World, was
travelling through the south the
train stopped for some time in a
small town, and Mr.. Boak alighted
to make purchase. The storekeep-
er could not make the correct
change for the bill which was pre-
sented, so Mr.. Boak started in
search of some one who could. Sit
ting beside the door, whiting 4
stick, was an old darky.
'Uncle," said Mr.. Boak, "can you
lehange ten dollar bill"
The old fellow looked up in sur
prise. Then he touched his cap and
replied, "'Deed an All can't, boss,
but All 'preciates de honor, jest de
same. Saturday Evening Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
WHY He Didn't Care.

mark my words" declared Mrs.
Ferme, laying down the law to he1
long suffering husband, 'by the end
of the century woman will have the
rights she is fighting for"
sT shan't care if she has," re-
piled Ferme.
'Do you mean it" cried his wife.
"Have 1 at last brought you round
to my way of thinking3 Won't you
really care?"
'Not a bit, my DEAR" returned
her husband resignedly. '1'n be
dead then."-London Express.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
She Might.

-sThere is one thing you don't
Wave to do anyhow" gro$led Mr..
wipedunks through the lather that
covered his face as he proceeded to
strop his razor. you're always
complaining about your hardships.
You ought to be mighty thankful
you haven't got beard to bother
you"
T don't know about that" re-
piled Mrs. Wipedunks. '1f I was
a bearded lady, I believe I could
make a better living for this fam
lily than you're making."-Chicago
Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
IL Gees Fast.

"My son." said an economical ia
ther, "an express train attains great
speed, lightning is proverbial for its
rapidity, comets are supposed to
hurl themselves through space at
the rate of millions of miles q day;
but, comparatively speaking, all
these things are snails, my boy-all
snails."
"Why, father" replied the young
man, lazily putting cigar, "what
can possibly 60 faster than light
ning?"
"a ten dollar bill after it is once
broken, my son"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
AFRICAN NEGROES.
These unseheoied Natives Take Special
Care of Their Teeth.


Care of Their Teeth.
The whiteness and beauty of the
teeth of the African negroes have,
through a mistaken idea, been gen.
orally ascribed to the food which
they eat and to favorable climatic
conditions. But according to a Ger
man medical journal, the Muen-
chener Medizinische Wochenschrift,
these unschooled natives take spe-
cial care of the teeth and are IA
miliar with many remedies for the
j&atment of dental diseases.
4 Fom the observations of officials
WGerman colonies it appears that
the natives. exercise more care in
preserving the teeth than do most
Europeans. They may owe the pos
session of sound teeth of ivory
vhiteness partly to the influence OF
environment and habits, but in ad-
dition they employ many herbs,
barks and juices as prophylactic and
curative agents.
Thus in Negombo it is customary
when a child has finished teething
to rinse the mouth with an infusion
Of the leaves of u native tree with
the object of tightening the teeth.
The action of the infusion is prob
ably due to the presence Of styptic
constituent in the leaves which
causes the gums to shrink. The ma
tives living near the source of the
Nile employ the roots of legumi-
nous plant, Dalbergia melano1ylon.
to relieve toothache, while the IA
tives to the west of the source OF
the same river use an infusion OF
the seeds of kasso, climbing vine,
for the same purpose.
1t Is interesting to notice that the
use of the toothbrush is not re
strnted 10 the 50 called civilized
: peoples. The African negroes fash.
ION toothbrushes out of the wood
Of a species of adansonia and othe,
trees. In this respect the natives
probably have an advantage ovcl
those who use an ordinary bristle
toothbrush, which is frequently
used for six months or even longer
indeed until it becomes too offensive
ito be tolerated longer. The sucks
of wood such as the natives employ
are, ON the other hand, easy tc
make and cost nothing, and they
are probably used for only a short
time. And they possess the .addi
tional advantage of offering less op
portunity for particles of food ane
other debris to be retained mechan
ically than is the case with q bris
tie brush.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05


Tickling or dry Coughs will
quickly loosen when using DR.
Shops Cough Cure. And it is so
thoroughly harmless that DR. Shoop
tells mothers to use nothing else,
even for very young babies. The
wholesome green leaves and tender
stems of lung healing mountainous
shrub give the curative properties to
DR. Shops Cough Cure. 1t calms
the cough and heals the sensitive
bronchial membranes. No opium,
no chloroform, nothing harsh used
to injure or suppress. Demand DR.
Shops. Take no other. D G Scott.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05

Get DeWitt's Carbolized W itch
Hazel Salve-it is healing. soothing
and cooling. Iris good for pile g.
Sold BY W L Wallace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05

DeWitt'sLittle EarlyRisers, small,
safe, sure little liver pills. Sold BY
w i Wallace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-05
New Train Schedale.

The following schedule of tn
new train from Lane to Florence
which went into effect Monday
December II, has been furnish
ed US by Mr. J P Taylor, tn
courteous and efficient agent o
the Atlantic Coast Line railroa,
at Kingstree:
North Bound Arrives
No. 80 7:37 A. M,
mo. 46 11:42 A. M.
No. so $3.50 P. M.
South Bound Arrives
No. SO 9:l8P. NJ
*No. Al SAG P. NJ.
No. 81 1852 Am.
y Daddy Except Sunday.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-03

plete unconsciousness, induced by sedatives. Death came gently and peacefully.
 None of those who sat in conference with Dr. Marsh until nearly midnight Monday would speak of the occur rences in detail It was in the library of his home that he had gathered them together-his wife, his sons and daughters, his son-in-law and his law yer. There was the will to be drawn up, and that done, with the distribu- tion of his personal property arranged for, he turned his attention to the future of his children.
 Dr. Marsh was 57 years old and had lived in Flatbush nearly all his life He had travelled extensively in South America and was regarded as genius of invention by his friends. He is sur vived by widow, two daughters, one of whom is married, and three sons. tho oldest of whom Is a mechanical en- gtneer in the employ of the Panama canal commission and is at present on the isthmus.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-03

hand on something by which to sup port her my fingers got caught in the gold chain about her neck. 1 grasped 1t and held her up by it till moment before the simultaneous arrival of the lifeboat and the bathing master, when 1t broke. held on to it while we were both being pulled into the boat.
 Virginia was too exhausted and ex- cited to notice her loss then, and l said nothing about it. As soon as we were safe ashore she thanked me for my eff fort, but there was no warmth in her gratitude. She then left the beach, and saw no more of her till the even ing. should have given her the broken chain and the key still attached, but did not. thought would wait awhile. She did not mention them, and finally asked her if she had them on. She said regretfully that she had lost them in the ocean. sympathized with her in her loss. remarking that she seemed to prize them The only reply I received was blush.
 I kept the articles. thinking every day that would return them, but somehow l couldn't make up my mind to do so. The truth is I coveted Vir- ginia, though l scarcely realized it. When a fellow covets a girl he is apt to hold on to anything of hers he can get his hands on I have known lover to carry a shoestring next his heart couldn't give up. the chain that had clasped Yirginia's neck nor the key which I fancied might lock some mans love letters.
 That winter was made much of by the McGregor family. they considering that they owed me Virginia's life. One evening. being at their house at so- cial gathering, the premises being thrown open, I concluded to reconnoi- ter with view to getting a sight of the mysterious inclosure that contained Il was curious to know what. Passing a bedroom the door of which was open, I saw a curious box of brass and mo- saic on dresser. I listened, and not hearing any one on the floor stepped in and, taking my key from my vest pocket put 1t to the keyhole of the box. It slipped in as though it had been made for the lock. hesitated. blushed at the dishonorable act was tempted to perform. remembered that all's fair in love and war and turned the key. A tiny click and I raised the lid. There was faded rose falling to pieces. h. deed, it was but scattered stem and petals. There was bit of folded pa per. l opened it.
 To say I was astonished expresses nothing. First I recognized my own handwriting. Next saw that 1t was message had passed to Virginia long before when lot of us boys and girls
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-03
Mischief Done by GuIIs.

That many of the gulls have become far too numerous during the last 15 or 20 years, thanks to coddling and overmuch protection, has become a patent fact to those who observe and understand the habits of these birds. Here and there measures are being taken to lessen the plague, and by some few county councils the protec- tion once accorded has been with drawn.
 Gulls are responsible for an enor- nous destruction of fish, as well as raids on the eggs and young of various birds. In many parts of Scotland the lesser black backed gulls have become the veriest vermin, in this respect rivaling the hooded crow and common rock, the latter another recent de- velopment of unwise overpressrvation. Country Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-03

were amusing ourselves together with bits of nonsense. The only other thing Tn the box was photograph face down turned it, and. behold. it was my own honest face when was half dozen years younger. had just time to put the articles back in the box. lock it and get out when l heard Virginia's voice at the foot of the stairway met her halfway down
 l didn't propose to Virginia right oH. Oh. no l played with her as a cat would tease mouse. Why should the girls have all the fun? 1 made love to her confidently. knowing her secret. occasionally pressing her to tell me what the key locked. But not till aft CT our marriage did confess that I knew as well as she.
 NORMAN P WHITE.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-03
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