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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
GALAX IS LOYAL.
The Plant Will Grow Only In Certain
Sections Of the South.


Many persons whose interest is
attracted daily by the wreaths Of
dark green or bronze foliage labeled
"galax leaves" at the doors of the
florists shops probably do not know
that the plant from which these
leaves are picked is one of the most
loyal and truly American to be
found. In fact, the galax root re-
fuses to grow in any other soil than
that of the United States.
Not only is the galay American
but it is born and bred southern
1t will no more flourish outside
Dixie than in an alien soil. Few
plants are restricted in growth to
so narrow an area. In a small sec
ton of ragged country in the Ap-
palachian mountain range, where
the corners of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Georgia and Tennessee run up
together, the galax clusters grow in
profusion. They are indigenous to
this region, elevated many thou
sands of feet above sea level, and,
although many attempts have been
made to introduce the plants in
other parts of the United States
and in foreign lands as well, the ex-
periments have always proved fu-
tile. Neither will the galax thrive
in the hothouse. Only the rare air
and mountain loan of its native soil
seem adapted to its growth.
Accordingly since the discovery
of the value of galax leaves for dec
orative purposes hundreds of tons
of them have been sent to the
northern markets from their native
corner in the mountains, where dur
ing certain seasons whole families
devote themselves to gathering and
packing them for shipment. There
are many points in favor of the use
of the galax in decorative schemes.
A dark green during the summer
months and a rich bronze after be-
ing touched by the frost, the leaves
retain their hues for weeks after
they are gathered. Furthermore,
they are very hardy, permitting
rough and ready packing, which
renders their shipment inexpensive.
They retain their freshness and col
or for a long time without being
kept in water.
Possessing these qualities, it was
only natural that the galax should
have come at once into favor for the
Frightening of rooms and the dec
oration of tables. Carloads of the
leaves ere shipped into the north
! not only for sale in New York, Phil
adelphia and other centers, but also
to be transferred to steamships and
carried abroad.-New York Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

W.R. Ward,of Dyersburg, Tenn,
writes:"This is to certify that l have
used Foley's Orino Laxative for
chronic constipation, and it has
proven without doubt to be thor
ough practical remedy for this trou-
bic, and it is with pleasure l offer
my conscientious reference. W L
Wallace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
Week End Rates.

Beginning May 80 the Atlantic
Coast Line offers week end rates
to Charleston for Sl.95 round
trip. Tickets sold for all trains
turday and Sunday forenoon
trains, good to return on Tues
day following date of sale. These
tickets will be on sale each
week up to September 6. If.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
He Could Be Trusted.

A train from the north pulled
into the station at Charlottesville,
Va. An elderly man thrust his
head out of window of a day
coach and summoned a little color
ed boy. The following colloquy en-
sued:
Little boy, have you mother?"
"Yassuh."
care you faithful to your
studies?"
"Yassuh."
'Do you go to Sunday SCHOOL,"
"Yassuh."
'Do you say your prayers every
night?"
"Yassuh."
"Can trust you to do an errand
for me?"
"Yassuh."
"Well, here's 5 cents to get me g
couple of apples" Success Maya
zine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
A,prcoriate Sentiment.

Many Year: ago tie energetic
Professor Schwarz was conducting
a musical society. They were study
ing Me2Gcissohn's Elijah" and had
reached the chorus, ''Hear US, Baal
hear, mighty god"
The mems voices were booming
out sonoroasly when the conductor
cried out: no, no! De dreadful
vowel! Don't say Bale. Soften
a leetle. Give lie more musical
sound-Ball"
Wherer the chorus took up
in, "Hear us Bawl-
!" But they quickly
peculiar fitness of the
md broke down in laugh
great amazement of the
imam, who never saw the
t who returned reluctantly
I'D pronunciation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
Quarterly Conference.

The third quarterly confer
ence of the Kingstree Metho.
dist church will be held on Fri
day night. There will be
preaching by the Presiding Ed
er, Rev J G Carlisle, at $50 and
after the service the confer.
ence will be held.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
4 USfUL BUSYB0Dy.

u iciS- NohfoHS VINO is X tnt
I Door,
If ask the average
pcrs ,ybody is the reply
wou be "one who does
not, :, or her business" Such
a de-. =, .,l would be laughed at in
Philadelphia. A "busybody' in
Philadelphia is an inanimate object
which reveals animate objects. No
where in the country are busybodies
employed so extensively as in the
Quaker City. They are to be found
on almost every house, at least on
every house of any pretensions.
Unless YOU have lived in Phila-
elphia such an explanation would
It prove satisfactory, however. A
'sybody is esompcsed of three
ces of mir sset.at three differ
{ giles, Sc le light reflect
ed N eth of the two an
gle refec. the glass set at
the .hird O ing angle. The
ee glass arranged on a
, ,e of in } bent and fasten-
el to the. of the window in
tn, secon y of the building
thai >aY erson on the second floor
of the L lding can by looking into
the topmo.E piece of glass see what
is going on in the street below or
who or what nay be passing up and
down the sY t without opening the
window to look out. The mirrors
take the place of bay :ndows.
The primary object in setting up
a busybody is to see who is at the
front door or who may be approach
ing from eithS side Of the building
to the door. The topnoSt piece of
glass is tilted so that it will show
the front doorstep. One piece OF
glass is set at an angle to catch a
reflection of all that is going on at
the right side of the street and an
other to reflect the approach to the
left.
In Philadelphia, where ninety
nine out of every hundred houses
are built out to the sidewalk
and all houses are built in a
line, busvbodies become great time
savers for housekeepers. If unde-
sirable callers come to the front
door the busybody gives timely no.
tice of their approach, and the per
son sought need not be at home.
BY keeping an eye on the busybody
the woman at her sewing machine
can detect the caller the moment he
comes within range of the mirrors,
and plenty of time is given for
prinking.
The busvbody is useless on a
house which has its front covered
with porch or which sets back
from the street.-New York Trib-
une.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
BOBBY'S CHANCE.
He Returned From thc Party Bringing
His Sheaves With Him.

Little Robert, aged four, present
ed his mother with a large sized
shock the other day. 1t was case
of sowing a mild little breeze and
reaping full grown whirlwind.
Robert is Mrs. BIS first and has
always had a large front seat in her
affections. Even when Mrs. B. at
tended parties she remembered
Robert and would slip bit of can
dy into her handkerchief to carry
home to him.
Not that Robert did not have as
much candy of his own as was good
for him-and more, too-but he
took an awed delight in anything
which came from party. SO his
mother always produced some sou
ver:r Of her modest social dissipa-
tioas with which to satisfy Robert.
A few weeks ago Robert himself
went to party. his very first. \
naid Lro2ght him home and left
k;m, t"~c:Hcr with a large paper
bag. in tie eager arms Of his well
coming mother. The first rapture
of description had scarcely begun
when Mrs. b. became conscious OF
the bulky hay.
"Why, Robert, what's this "
"It's for YOU. l brought it to yos
from the party"
With some misgivirg Mrs.
orcned the bag. 1t containe
large orange, nuts, candy. gra
cakes-in fact, very respect
assortment of refreshmep
to the juvenile taS'
Robert had
the usuab -
soling i The ...n.
bers OF famths, az
taken generous delight ID.
truly noble collection -t his
mother. =
That lady faced the double prob
lem of e blaming the situation to
Roberts ostess and Of presenting
to Roh clear reason why what
was sa for the goose, SO to speak,
was tally different thing for the
gar The explanation, which
cred down, of course, to a
stion of size or quantity was far
being clear to Robert, who is
his mind and thinks he does
Lie = for society at all.-New
York Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
The Best Pills Ever Sold.

"After doctcriug Is years for chro-
mic indigestion, and spending over
two hundred dollars, nothing has
done me as much good as DR.. Kings s
New Life pills. l consider them the
best pills ever Sold:" writes B.F.
Asyeue, of Ingleside, N. c. Sold
under guarantee at D. &. Scott's.
drug store. 25c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
Pay Only For What You Take.

An old Scotsman, not feeling
well, called upon a doctor. The
doctor gave him some verbal in
structions as to how to regulate his
diet, advising him, among other
things, to drink no spirits for a
time. The Scotsman rose to leave
when the doctor said:
81 am in the way of charging for
my advice. l will trouble you for
half a crown"
"Oh, maybe" said the patient,
"but Pm nae gaun to taxi yer ad,
vice!"-LoDdon Telegraph.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
EGG Dishes.

Egg Dishes.
odd combination of breakfast
balls and eggs is prepared in
Jay: Make the fish balls fiat
y fry them brown. Poach some
eggs in rings, and when done slip
one on each ball.
Egg balls are an attractive break
fast or luncheon dish. The eggs are
boiled hard and the whites removed.
Some minced ham is mixed with
white sauce and seasoned with lit
tie dry mustard and spread on
rounds of toast, and one ball is put
on each slice, and more white sauce,
mixed with the chopped whites, ia
poured around.-HarpeG's Bazar.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
No Liberties.

"Well," said Edith's mother when
the child arrived home from the tea
party, I'D you have a good timer
"Yes, thank you, mamma"
"And did you play nice games"
eyes, mamma"
"And did you have nice tea%
eyes, mamma"
q hope, Edith, that you behaved
yourself like little lady. You did
not take any liberties, did your"
'No, mamma. There wasn't any
on the table"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

We who are poor can get some
satisfaction from the knowledge that
onr heirs will not quarrel over what
we leave.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

Electric Bitters regulate the diges,
tive function S, purify the blood
and impart renewed vigor and vi
tality to the weak and debilitated of
both sexes. Sold under guarantee at
D.C.Scott's drug store. soc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

We hunt a lawyer when we want
J to get the best of neighbor; doc
! tor when We want to get the best of
ourselves.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

DeWitt's Little Ea:'y Ri:ers, t.,
famous little liver pil''. are sell BY
WI Wallace
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

A trained conscience heeds n, ac-
cusrr.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02
EXCURSION RATES
= via =
ATLANTIC COAST LINE

Round trip tickets on sale to
all points, July End, 3rd a II d
4th, final limit returning July
9th.
For further information COM
municate with nearest Ticket
Agent, or write
". ]. CRAIG,
Passenger Traffic Manager,
7. c. White,
General Passenger Agent,
WILMINGTON, N. G. -.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02

Pnyzicians endorDeP. P. p. a splsn.
did combination. and prescribe It with
erost satisfacton for the cures Of all
sand stages Of Primary. Secondary
and Tsrtiary Syphilis, syphilitio Rheu-
nnstism. 6crofulous Ulcers and sores.
Glsndular swslhngs. Rheumatism, Kid
ney Complainta old Chronic Ulcers that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05

ment from both sides to stop the talk,
and even then there were those who
believed 1t to be true-that young
Prince Fritz was desperately smitten.
Then there was the duke of Nor
folk, premier peer of England, and
the prince of Lichtenstein and Lord
Brooke and Lord Francis Hope and
the Hon. Claude Lowther were report
ed as about to marry the vivacious
American girl, to say nothing of as
many more, all lights of considerable
magnitude in the social armament.
But everybody vas wrong-at least
wrong in that Miss Deacon would mar
ry any of these most desirable men.
Would Have Taken High Rank.
AS the wife of the duke of Nor
folk she would have taken precedence
Of every peerless in England; as Lady
Brooke Or Lady Francis Hope she
would have ~irreproachable position at
court.
Gladys Deacon is the eldest daugh-
ter of the late Edward Parker Deacon,
of Boston and New York; her mother
was the lovely Florence Baldwin,
daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles H.
Baldwin, U. S. ~ Society even now
whispers of the tragedy that clouded
the lives of Gladys Deacon and her
younger sisters.
1t was just 16 years ago-to be pre-
else, February II, 1S92-when the wires
flashed the news from one end of the
civilized world to the other-Edward
Parker Deacon, an American, had shot
and killed M. Emile Abeille, a we'll.
known Partisan, whom he had sur
prised in his wife's boudoir, Abeille
tried to hide behind a sofa, but Dea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05
LOST TEMPER WAS cosby.
Poet Banker Threw Away and Bought
Back His Own Property.

Edmund Clarence Stedman. the poet
banker, had a high temper and was
exceedingly sensitive. One day, exas-
perated by the Grass stupidity of a
servant, he threw a book at his head.
The boy ducked and the book sailed
out of the window. After it hurried
the mental, but he was too late; a
passerby had picked it up and walked
off with it. Stedman began to wonder
what book he had thrown away, and
to his horror discovered that it al
a quaint and rare little volume for
which he had paid $50. His chagrin
was intense, as the work was almost
unique and the prospects of replacing
1t were remote.
Some time afterward, when brows-
ing in a secondhand book shop, our
splenetic poet banker perceived to his
great delight a copy of the very book
he had lost. He asked the price. ITS
very rare" replied the dealer, ''but as
you are an old customer I'll let you
have it for $40; nobody else could
have it for less than $50" Stedman
gladly paid the $40, got home with his
treasure as soon as possible, and sat
down to gloat over it. A card dropped
out of the leaves. 1t was his own.
Further examination showed that he
had bought back his property. 1t
cured him of casting books at serv-
ants heads.-New York Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05
Wonderful PhraseoIouy.

A party of American tourists who
were comfortably established in a no.
tel in Germany discovered a new con-
tribution to English as she is spoke"
only this time they found it in the
written word. The building had been
recently wired for electricity and UNI
der the bulbs in each room directions
were posted in French, German and
English. The French was irreproach-
able, the German nearly so. The Eng
lish read as follows: ITO open and
shut the tightening electrical on, is re-
quested to turn to the right hand, On
going to bed it must be closed. Other
wise the tightening must be paid"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05
LUCKY FRENCHMAN
HAS WON THE LOVE
OF GLADYS DEACON
After the Affair of a Smitten Prince
and a Duke Turned Down."
Comes the Triumph of Young
Baron de Charette, and An
other international RO=
nance Is Launched

cons unerring bullet sought him out,
The indignant husband was arrest
ed, fined and imprisoned for asbrief
period. Mrs. Deacon resumed her
maiden name and became Mrs. Bald
win. Eventually Mr.. Deacon lost his
mind and died in a sanitarium at Wav-
erly, Mass.
OF course there were squabbles
about the children, and finally little
Gladys was sent to a convent. There,
shielded from the outside, she grew
up in utter ignorance of the tragedy at
Cannes and the scandal that followed
upon its heels. She did not learn of it
until she had grown up and been
launched in society abroad.
Fitted for Society.
The nuns had done well with Gladys
Deacon's Unborn ~viTacity, %cleverness
and tact, She was turned out thor
oughly French; in time she became
perfectly Parisienne.
The Deacons had plenty of money.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05

suit. Thereupon the gallant elnper-
or-to-be offered to renounce his rights
of succession and to leave Germany
forever. If need be, in order to marry
Miss Deacon on terms of equality.
OF course the kaiser got wind of
what was going on. r
The young lover was promptly or
dered back to Berlin. There a stormy
interview took place. At first the
prince bravely stuck to his guns. But
when the emperor threatened to lock
up his eldest son in a fortress the
heir c%apitulated.
To-day the crown prince is happily
married to a wife of his fathers
choice and is a proud papa to boot.
A year went by and the chance of
society threw Miss Deacon and the
duke of Norfolk together. The duke,
a scholarly man well over so. heredi-
tary earl marshal of England, a wild
over and without a son who was men,
tally fit to inherit his vast fortune,
estates and the premier dukedom with
it's privileges at court, became inn
mensely interested in the brilliant
American girl.
His sister, Lady Mary Howard, in,
vited Miss Deacon to visit Arundel
Castle, Norfolk's ancestral home, and
rumors began cropping out every
where that it would end in Miss Dea-
cons wearing the strawberry. leaves
of a duchess. BY reason of Nbrfolk's
ancient lineage she would take pre-
cedence of every other peeress. But
Miss Deacon refused the duke and
that was the end of it.
Prince Charming Arrives.
Two years later Lord Brooke, son
and heir of the earl of Warwick, came
on the scene. He was young, good
looking, not rich, but had influence at
court through his mother. People
really believed that Miss Deacon had
lost her heart at last, but it was a
false alarm,
And then-Baron Antoine de Char
cite!
Amiable, good looking, very rich,
possessed of important position and
scion of one of the proudest families
in France, the young nobleman is one
of the most desirable parts in Eu'
rope.
There is good American blood in the
young baron. His mother was Miss
Antoinette Polk of Tennessee, a niece
of President James X. Polk. After the
civil war Mrs. Polk took her two
daughters, Antoinette and Rebecca,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05
BADGE STAMPED MAN AS JEW.
Distinguishing Mark That Mas Re
quired by European Countries.

To the Jews of today it is fairly
well known that their ancestors in
Europe were forced to put up with a
great deal Of humiliation. One of the
most insulting methods was to require
the wearing Of a badge which would
stamp the wearer as an "infidel jew"
The wearing Of a badge was made a
general order throughout C~hristendom
in the year 1915, but 1t must have been
required in isolated places before that
date.
The most usual form Of badge was
that OF a ring Of distinctive color at
tached to the upper garment, Any one
Of French-JeWish ancestry will know
that his ~forebears wore a ring Of this
sort, varying in size and in color-now
red, now yellow and white, according
to the whims of municipalities and
monarchs. It was generally worn upon
the breast, and at n time 1t was
ordered to be worn likewise upon the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05

Then came the affair which nearly
brought about international complica-
tons. Only Miss Deacon's natural
good sense saved the day. The Ger.
man emperor, who wished his eldest
son, heir to the throne, to see some
thing in English life, graciously con-
scented that Prince Fritz should pay a
visit to Blenheim palace, the regal
home of the duke of Marlborough and
his American bride, once Consuelo
Vanderbilt. The duchess, who wanted
to make his stay as pleasant as pos
sible, invited Miss Deacon to meet
him. The prince, always susceptible
to feminine charms, had already seen
and admired her on the continent.
Amid the congenial surroundings of
the English country life their former
acquaintance ripened rapidly. The
prince so far forgot himself as to
fall desperately in love, though well
he knew that he must marry royalty
to inherit the kaiser's throne.
Could Not Share Throne.
He Immediately proposed. Miss
Deacon knew very we'll that the best
the prince could offer her was a NOR
ganatic marriage, and she rejected his
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05

Admiral Baldwin was the richest Of
ticer in the navy, and when he died
a splendid inheritance went to Mrs.
Deacon, or Mrs. Baldwin, as she pre-
ferred to be called. Married when II
years old, she was barely "a when the
scandal came; she was even more
beautiful as Mrs. Deacon than she had
been as Florence Baldwin, the bride
of Edward Parker Deacon, the re-
served, awkward mar of 40.
Europe took up the daughter Gladys
as it had taken up the mother a
decade before. Aristocratic society
welcomed her in every capital in Eu-
rope. In the Bois she was saluted as
if she were a princess-but then
Gladys Deacon was to the manner
born. She was at home in Mayfair
as she was In Inter den Linden. In
winter she became the bright, partic-
ular star along the Riviera and in
Italy thoroughly cosmopolitan grew the
beautiful American girl, who spoke
with a strong French accent and
frankly admitted that she hardly
knew anything about the United
States, though she was American to
the core.
Europe found everything to admire
in the beautiful girl fresh from the
convent.
Gladys Deacon is the ideal Anglo
Saxon type in face and coloring. Her
mass of hair is the palest flaxen, and
1t waves naturally. Her eyes are large,
rather long than round, and a deep VIC
let blue. Her eyebrows are almost
black, very narrow and exquisitely
arched. Her e~yelashes are black as
well and long and sweeping,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05
HIS LECTURE ON JOB.
Brother Dickey Thinks He Was Over.
rated as Patient Man.

Il dunno what dey call Job a patient
man fer" said Brother Dickey, "kaze
of all de GROWERS | ever hearn tell on
he sho' wuz de growlinest. But he
sho' did have enough ter make him
growl-dat he did. De devil say:
Looky yere, Job, you in my power,
now, an I gwine ter 'lict you wild a
few biles.' An Job say: All right;
| kin stan it eff you kim But de biles
commence ter break out sc thick an
fas' dat Job say: Looky yere, man,
desc amt no biles-dis de smallpox,
sho' ez you BON An he eetch and
eetch so dat he had ter scratch his
self wild a goats head. Den de devil
git in a high win and blow down Jobs
house; an dat wuz too much. So OIL
Job lif' up his voice an he say:
Looky yere, l bargain fer biles, but l
didn't want no harricane th'owed in
fer good measure Atlanta Consti-
tuition.