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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25
An Excuse.

Little Dick, the village 'bad boy"
was wading through a shallow
swamp catching frogs with a small
landing net. He had just caught i
fine specimen and transferred it to
his bucket, when a young lady who
was out for walk happened along.
Little boy" she said, don't you
know it's very cruel to catch those
poor little froggies
Dick Strengthened up and looked
at her. She wore gorgeous "crea-
ton" on her head, and something
in its trimmings attracted his atten-
ton.
Il want 'em to wear on my hat,
he said.-Youth's Companion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25
A Dollar Bill

With your name and address, will
bring YOU Watson's Jeffersonian
Magazine for the next twelve
months. In every issue throughout
1909 will be one of these inimitable,
chatty, personal, historical and BIZ
ographical sketches by Mr. Watson
the little things that bring history
right home to you and make you
live with the great personages and
take part in the mighty pageantries
of vanished days. The History OF
the life and Times of Andrew Jack
son will re-commence in the January
number. The Educational Depart
ment will also be resumed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25

c r Kluger, the Jewcler, 1000
Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, Ind,
writes: II was so weak from kidney
trouble that l could hardly walk a
hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's
Kidney Remedy cleared my com
plexion, cured my backache and the
irregularities disappeared, and can
now attend to business every day,and
I recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy
to all sufferers, as 1t cured me after
the doctors and other remedies had
failed" w l. Wallace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25
TRUTH AND FICTION.
How Certain Novclists Have Mixed
the Two In Their Portraits.

The method Of certain novellsts
seems to be to take d single facet
of the character OF some one they
know, group around it other traits
collected elsewhere and then sub
stantiete and personify the whole,
saws the Manchester Guardian.
They give it legs to stand on and
a mouth 10 talk with. They put Il
hat on its head and a cane in its
hand, and thcn-who shall say that
Harold Skimpolc is Leigh Hunt:
Others again transfer the charac-
ter bodily. That Was James Payn's
practice. In one Of those delight
full volumes in which he admits us
into his library workshop he tells
US that he found most of his char
acters among his acquaintance.
The person represented, he assures
us, never recognizes his own por-
trait. But then his friends do, so
sundry expedients to put people off
the scent have to be adopted. If
the original is tall he is pictured as
short; if dark. as fair. Indeed Payn
recommends the keeping of a list
of dramatis pcrsonae, with the real
names placed opposite the fictitious
ones, to keep the novelist in mind
as he works.
Sometimes, when the original IS
public person, writer of fiction
will transfer him to his page with
out much disguise and much to the
qualification of the reader. Who Is
not charmed to meet, in Meredith,
Leslie Stephen in the "Egotist,' .
Mrs. Norton in "Dinna," La Sale
in the "Tragic Comedians" and
Robert Louis Stevenson in "The
Amazing Marriage?" Alphonse
Daudet's practice in such cases was
less genial. at was constant and
growing tendency" says Saintsbury,
speaking in a recent book of Dau-
Diet, "to drag in royal persons and
especially royal persons in scandal
Gus aspects. Morny himself and
| other not too immaculate members
of the imperial encourage appeared
in lie Nabab.' The characters of
Les Rois en- Exil were as obviously
divers i'll starred and not always
well behaved refugees, from the
king and queen of Naples down
ward. Numa Roumestan was Gam
beta almost without concealment.
The sordid hero and heroine of
I'ImmorteP were fully identified
with an academic parsonage of a
former generation and his wife"
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25

So live that when age comes upon
you, you will be like the mighty
oak, sound at the heart, rather than
like the hollow linden, rotten at the
core.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25
fenced to 5 years On public
works or in penitentiary.

The case Of the State VS. Do.
zier Singletary ct al, murder
was postponed on account OF
the absence of Court Stenogra-
pher l. f Wood. wEo received a
telegram on Tuesday calling
him to Sumter because OF SICK,
ness in his family.
The grand jury found no bill
against + L Bay!ey charged
with violating the dispensary
law by selling "bounce" contain
ing too large percentage Of al
cohol.
Court adjourned, sine die,
Wednesday afternoon.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25

The novelist tells us Of the kim
ding eye. He says, His eve kin,
died rs he beheld her beauteous
form," and after marriage she had
to kindle the fires.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25
PROCEEDINGS OF court
OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
No SESSION MGNDaY SEVERAL CASES
DISPOSED 1E TUESDAY And
WEDNESDAY.

court OF general sessions met
Tuesday morning IT 10 o'clock,
Judge Ernest Gary presiding
Solicitor Stu!Iand Stenographcr
Wood. With the other court at
.taches, were in their respective
places. The commission OF 7 II
Stoll, Esq, as solicitor for the
third judicial circuit was read
and ordered to be entered upon
the minutes of the court,and the
Il !Sular order of business was
proceeded with.
Judge Gary's charge to the
,{grand jury was decidedly out OF
the ordinary. Instead OF the
perfunctory charge clothed in
dry legal phraseology, he ad-
; monished them in plain, homely
language as to the Importance
of their duties, ,interspersing his
remarks with humor and satire,
in every instance driving home
APPOINT of law and morals. at
is a positive relief" began His
Honor, "to look over the crimi-
nal docket of Williamsburg
county and not find it burdened
with homicidal cases, as | have
found it in so many other coun-
ties. This speaks well for the
citizenship of your county and
you are deserving of congratu.
Iation upon such a condition OF
affairs" The grand jury, he
marked then, is the right arm of
the court and when it fails in
its duty the whole fabric falls.
He then explained how they
were to sift the evidence and
find a true bill in each case
where the testimony warranted,
the testimony of one witness
being sufficient to send it into
the court to be tried.
He then took up the plea of
self defense and illustrated how
often it made mockery of law
in murder cases, thus abusing
the od-given privilege of man
to defend his life even at the
( sacrifice Of another S.
When the criminal docket was
without a single entry it could
be handled with white gloves
and he hoped they would so full
fill their duties as to bring
about that much desired condi-
tlon OF society.
Judge Gary's charge was
plain, practical and impressive
and those who heard it were
struck by its force and simplici'
ty.
Up to the time of gong to
press the following cases have
= been disposed Of;
State VS. Stephen 0 Byrd; as
sault and battery with intent to
kill and resisting an officer.
Plead guilty, sentenced to SIS
fine ora months on public works.
Fine paid. Represented by Lee
& Askins.
State VS. Lizzie Fagin and
Willie Fagin; larceny of live
stock. Not guilty. Defendants
represented by Lee & Askins.
State assisted by Geo Stalvey,
Esq, and Hirsch & Hirsch.
State VS. Henry George; as
sault and battery with intent
to kill and violating dispensary
law. Plead guilty; sentenced to
8 months for first case; 3 months
on chaingang or 500 fine as to
second case.
State VS. Willie Gardner; house
breaking and larceny. Plead
guilty and sentenced to months
.on public works.
State VS. Amos Williams; priv
lily stealing from person. Case
mol pressed. Defence represent
ad'hy Hircch g. TIirSch rSE23
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-02-25

Old papers for sale cheap by
the hundred at The RECORD
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
LITERATURE.


lSeltcI any elpht
!. How do you account for the fact
that the works of Shakespeare have
stood the test of three hundred yearsY
,. Give the author Of each of the fol-
lowing The Star Spangled Banner,
Representative Men, Thanatopsis, The
Prisoner Of Chillon, Lycidas.
3. Name some works of Scott and
some works of Dickens that you would
recommend for use in the elementary
grades.
4. Name five English prose writer's
and a work Of each.
s. Give brief synopsis of one OF the
following: Hamlet, Evangelne, Scarlet
Letter, Paradise Lost.
q, What is elegiac poetry? Quote at
least one stanza from well known
elegy, and name the author.
Z, Give severtl points In support Of
the statement that Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech is model of English.
s. Sketch the life of the author of The
Chambered Nautilus.
9.l0, Select Il poem from any school
reader with which you are familiar and
show how you teach it, covering the fol-
lowing points: memorizing, allusions,
word study, reproduction.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
UNITED STATES HISTORY INCLUD-
ING CIVIL GOYFRNMENI.

/. Compare the motives which prompt.
ed the English and Spanish to attempt
to found settlements in America.
2. How were European territorial pos
sessions in America affected by the
treaty OF 1887
3. Name some English statesmen at
the time OF the Revolution, and give the
views each held in regard to the attitude
OF the Colonists.
1. Explain clearly two provisions Of
the Ordinance Of 1887.
5. Which were the most important
two campaigns of the Mexican Wari
Name an American general in each.
q. To what political party did each OF
the following belong; Webster Clay,
Calhoun, Douglas, Blaine? Mention an
important measure advocated by each.
!. Mention some OF the important
events which occurred in the Shenandoah
Valley at the time of the Civil War.
What was the strategic importance Of
this valleyI
8. Mention three ideas of national
policy advocated by President Roosevelt.
Discuss one of them
o. How are representatives apUVrtiun
ed among the statesr How often must
congress conveneI
TO- State two points CT difference
between grand jury and petit jury.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08

favor and which is so captivating
that it IFS qrGckly remembered and
its attractiveness is emphasized by
stage environment which is n de.
hight tb the eye and which by dts
massive proportions, Its highly ar
tistic colorinIg and its originality OF
design, makes an imdelible impress
sion upon the mind. The work Is
presented by a company Of come
dians and vocaliAts which lis gener-
ally regarded as the most competent
that has ever been brought together
ON the stage at one time. Prln-
cipal among these are Knox Wilson
William Welp. Maurice Darcy, Ade-
Haide Ilarland, Grace Drew and
Dorothy Webb. OF course, there are
others in this remarkable company
who have important work to do and
these well known names are guar.
antee of a cast of unusual excel
lence. Then there rs chorus of
60 made UP principally of sweet
faced graceful girls who sing and
dance and who wear nrequen.
changes of stunning costumes. The
ale opens for matinee and evening
performances Wednesday morning.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
GRAMMAR.

]. Define and illustrate each Of the
following: part Of speech; entecedentj !
verb. .phrasej attributive adjective.
2. illustrate and explain four gram.
matical uses Of words ending in ing
3. Give the synopsis OF the verb lay in
the indicative active, first person, sin.
gular.
4. Analyze the following sentence:
WHO toiled slave may come anew a
Prince
For gentle worthiness and merit
won;
Who ruled II king may wander forth
in rags
For things done and undone."
S. Parse the italicized words I'm 4.
g. Give the principal parts of the fol.
lowing: cleave (to adhrrc). cleave ito
split, drink, swim, lie Ito rcclinel, lie
(to speak falsely, flow, SOW Ito scat
ter, sweat, bear Ito carry.
7. Give rule for the correct use of
an adjective in the comparative degree
in the superlatiye degree. Write SEN
tence illustrating each rule.
s. Distinguish in meaning between the
sentences in each of the following pairs:
ta) The girl reading received much
praise; The girls reading received much
praise. tb) They employed coachman
and II gardener. (c) | only saw the
boy; ! saw only the boy. ld) If you
work you will be rewarded; II you work
you shall be rewarded.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
Flatulency or Wind
On Stomach
As II Is Commonly Named, Means
That Decaying Food 10 Making Gas.

This most sehious condition is
very prevalent an dresults most dis
tressingly and fatally Oftentimes.
The stomach in cases of fiatulency is
unable TO digest the food properly
ecay sets in, gases form, extend toI
the stomach, force thetir way down-
ward intoth bowels, and If not re-
lieved It extends upward pressing
against the lungs, liver and heart,
causing shortness of breath belching,
foul odors and many times sudden
death
Foods which are filled with gases,
whe ntaken into a deranged stomach
cause natulency rapidly vegetables
being especially given to this quail
fly. Against such a condition the
stomach can do but little, because
these foul and poisonous gases affect
Its glands, muscles and tissues to
such degree as to incapacitate it
almost at once.
These gases distend The stomach in
all directions preventing the con-
trncting muscles from doing their
regular duties. or II they do force
the gas from the stomach It goes
elsewhere in the system with even
more harassing results, and then the
decayin gmass still remains to gem
erae more gases.
The most effective methods for
allaying flatulency is to remove the
cause OF gas making. An emetic will
dothis but the stomach will have the
same trouble the moment the now
food enters it.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets get at
Gas fod at once, digest It, prevent
decay, quickly reduce food to nour-
ishment, make good rich gastric
fluid and pass The dieeste1 food to
fhe intestines, giving the stomach
its rest and the system itsnourish-
ment. Flatulency simply cannot ev-
et where these little tablets are used
They build up The stomach fluids 50
that II matters not how many veg
etables you eat or food containing
quantities Of gas, the stomach does
It's work well and quickly.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sod
everywhere and used the whole world
over by sick stcmachs and stomachs
that want to eat heartily and yet not
get sick
Every druggist. carries Suart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, price 50 cents
per box. The demand for these 1T
tie diGestcrs is constantly increas-
Ing. Forty thousand physicians in
America and CanaGn use them and
prescribe them. Send us your name
ana addres sand we wifi send you
trial package by mail free. Ad.
dress f. A. Stuart Co, 15O S4uarI
B'ds., nIarshall Mich.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

/. What was Pcstalozzis fundamental
idea of educationY
2. Name three points that should
characterize the exercise of authority.
g. Mention five school virtues OF
pupils. Suggest plan for developing
one OF them.
4. state five important things that a
teacher should keep in mind regarding
his own conduct in the school.r room
3. What determines the permanency Of
an impression on the mind? What
bearing should this have on tcachingy
6. State objections to helping pupils
too much to throwing pupils too much
on their own resources.
(Ths following questions are based on
Blacl1rar's Elements of Sociology.
Select any iourl
/. Describe the ancient patriarchal
family.
,, Distinguish between state and gov.
ernment
3, Trace the rise of the king. Ac.
count for the existence Of the senate; the
popular assembly.
4, Name the principal defects of the
theory advanced by Rosseau in his
Social Contract
). What is the evolutionary theory OF
the modern state?
q. Name some functions that com.
munity must observe before il can con.
sistently he called II state,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
GEOGRAPHY.

l, Define solar year, longitude, zone,
map.
,. What are ocean currentsY What
causes them?
3, Upon what does the distribution of
plants depend?
4, Denne commerce. What are eN-
ports: imports?
). Name the largest five cities of the
United States IN the order of size.
u. What are the chief agricultural
products Of Norway and Sweden
I. Which is farther north Quebec or
Winnepeg; Portland, Maine, or Portland,
Oregon; Toronto or Halifax
s. What river drains the northwestern
part of the United States For what
industry is II notedl
o, Name three important products of
South American forests; three products
Of South American mines.
10. To what race do the majority Of
the inhabitants of the following states
and countries belong; Spain, China,
Scotland, Haiti.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
ARITHMETIC.

|. Define aliquot part, mean proper
tional maker OF a note, denominate
number
?. la) Give the table of liquid meas
ure; OF dry measure,
ib) How many cubic inches in a dry
quart; in a liquid quart?
3. \ man bought a lot 8 rods square
at the rate OF 100000 an acre. He
fenced II in at an average cost of 30
cents a yard lie then sold the lot
through an agent for $4,000, paying
3 l-29o commission. Find the mans
profit, ..- -..
4. la) What is meant by paying by
check?"
% Suppose that You sell TO Charles
Ray horse for $4,000 and agree to
give him So Oft for cash You receive
10 payment his check for the amount on
some bank OF which you know. Write
the check, supplying the necessary de
tails but using a fictitious name
(c) How could this check be trans
ferred to another person so that the
money could be drawn only on his order? ?
5. (a) A man wishes to build house
28 feet by 30 feet, He needs four sills
each inches by inches. to put under
the walls. How much will they cost at
$500 per NJ?
(b) How many feet of siding are nee.
essary for this house. supposmg IL 10 be
Is feet high, the siding being inches
wide and laid inches to the weather
no allowance being made for gables.
doors or windowsg
@, ta) A certain district contains tax.
able property valued at sl5O,O0O0O The
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
ORTHOGRAPHY.

l. Define letter. alphabet, syllable,
word
?. For what are diacritic marks used 2
Why are they necessary?
B. Indicate the pronunciation of the
following words: aim, mueilage, balloon,
machine, sleigh
4. What is an aspirateH Give three
examples,
s. Spell the following words to be pro,
nounced by the examiner; busiOess, dis
cern, arranged, commercial, sense, scien.
ces municipal, supreme. Legislators, mar.
riage, originally, controversies, pursuits,
yitiated, sufficient, requisite, analogous,
hire, guardian, pylorus, privilege, actu-
ally, trespass, fOrbode, achievement,
aging, surlOiu, imminent, zoology.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
PHYSIOLOGY.

!. Locate the earpal bones the tarsal
bones.
2. Mention two common foods usually
classified as carbomaceous; two usually
classified as nitrogenous.
3. In what part Of the alimentary
canal is lean meat mainly digested! E!
Starch1 Fatsl
1. Define a tissue; an organj = sys-
tenn.
5. What is each Of the following:
cornea, clayiele, periosteum, aorta,
fibrn2
8. Discuss the composition Of the
blood and give its uses.
I. Name ths conditions necessary to
seeing.
8. Describe the structure Of the cere-
brum.
0. Name the organs that are directly
concerned in the excretion Of waste
matter from the body
10. How does alcohol affect the heart
in regard to the frequency of its beats;
its muscle celsi
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
HLITERATE LETTER CARRIERS.
Better You Treat Them the More
Mail You Receive.

Better You Treat Them the More
Mail You Receive.
Incredible as 1t sounds to English
ears, there is at least one European
country in which many of the letter
carriers are unable to read. This
is the country over which in the ord
mary course of events the latest royal
baby will be called upon to reign.
or the 20,000.OOO people inhabit-
ing Spain only about 80 per cent can
read and write; another 2h per
cent. of the population can read with
out being able to write, but the re,
naming 62 " per cent are quite illit-
crate. In the South of Spain it is
impossible to get servant who can
read and write, and many OF the
postmen, says the London Tit-Bits.
are unable to tell to whom the let
ters they carry are addressed
They bring a bundle OF letters 10
a house, and the owner looks through
them and takes those which are Tor
which he thinks arej addressed to
him. The Spanish postmen are not
paid by the State; the recipients OF,
the letters have to remunernte them
according to the amount OF their
correspondence, and each letter costa
the addressee at least a halfpenny.
1t is a joke among the easy going
Spaniards that he who treats the
postman best receives the most let
ters, whether they are Intended for
him or not
In a.population where 65 per cent
are illiterates and where out of the
remaining 80 per cent, probably one
in ten can only read or write very
little, 1t is obvious that the badly
paid and precarious posts In the low
er ranks of life are not likely tc be
tilleo by the comparative few poss-
essed Of these accomplishments, and
herein lies the reason for the other
wise inexeplicable fact that many OF
the individuals handling the nations
correspondence cannot read.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08

South, and it has drawn capacity
audiences everywhere, even upon lts
third and fourth engagements. The
Teason for this is found in the fact
that this production combines all
the elements which are calculated
to amuse, entertain and delight all
who witness 1t, from the beginning
OF the performance TO it's conclusion.
Its comedy lis OF the brilliant whole
some sort which keeps the audience
constantly convulsed with laughter;
its music is the popular, swinging
me!odious sort, which finds instant
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
What Is Billed For Early
Dates On Local Stage.

The score of "The RunawaysY at
the Grand for two performances
Saturday was decidedly the best
patt of the SHOW, and the musical
Director who plecsided at the piano
was a real aitdlat. Under his watch
ful eve thei music assumed sway
and dash the majority of the com.
pany seemed to lack.
George Ovey as "Bhtch" scored
the hit of the play, his fun being of
the spontaneous variety, Florence
Ackley in the capacity of Princess
Angelcalve sang in a rich powerful
mezzo-sopraro blending well with
the high class tenor of Jethro War
ner the Lieutenant Robert Gray, of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08

board OF education mas built school
house costing 81 .S0U,0O2 What will the
school. house cost a taxpayer whose prop
erty is valued at 50. 10000?
(b) Express tax rate OF one mill as
rate per cent
I. Write a rule for finding (a) the
area Of crcie when the radius IL
given; (b) the surface OF sphere when
the radius is given; (o) the volume of a
pyramid.
8. A father gave his son his promise
sorry note for $225.OO, due when the SON
became 2l years old. The rate OF in
terest was so, and When the note pc
came due, the principal and interest, to-
gethcr amounted to $303.75. How old
was the son when the note was giyenr
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-08
SOME PROBLEMS
FOR TEACHERS
Applicants For County CertIfl-
Gates Must Answer Them.
EXAMINATION HELD MARCH s

Prepared BY the state School Com
missioner to Test the Mental Quail
lficatons Of Those Who Seek Posi-.
tlons as Teachers In the Public
Schools.
Following is the list Of questions
as prepared under direction of the
state commissioner Of public schools,
and submitted at the county examina.
tion for teachers March 6, for ele-
mentary school certificates: