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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-12-28

tainly a well-chosen spot, on the
edge of a precipitous crag, thickly
overgrown with bushes and trees.
twined about with vines; there was
only one way of access to the little
low-roofed hut, and that no one
travelled. She got all of her supplies
and necessaries by means of rope
pulley which some one at the foot of
the crag attached to it. The officers
were puzzled to know in what man.
ner she was to be gotten down from
her lofty perch; she would not walk,
and finally they fixed way that she
could be slid, in some way, down the
least precipitous incline. After her
anger had subsided, she told them a
pitiable tale of her only support, her
son, having been shot down some
years previously in a feud, that ter
rible state of affairs once so common
in some parts of the United States,
neighbor against neighbor, holding
enmity from generations back, be-
lieving the insult can only be salts
fled by blood and hatred, but the
advance of Christianity and civiliza-
ton which is making such rapid
strides, will soon do away with such
inhuman deeds unworthy of glorious,
free America.
Well, l must hasten toward the
end, but l cannot stop until | men,
ton the beautiful grass that is 80
luxuriant that l don't wonder at the
fine cows and the delightful butter
and milk that those fortunate people
have, and the fine horses and mules
we saw grazing in among the hills
and dales, and, oh. the fields of corn,
with the ears hanging in such num-
bers, and the acres and acres of
golden yellow pumpkins lying glis-
tenino in the sunshine between the
rows.
MIR Editor, perhaps you may be
able to wade through this, so good
bye for this time. A FRIEND.
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Benson, December 26:-Christ,
mas, the great event of feast and
merriment, has come and gone,
leaving faithful old Santa Claus
twelve months rest before he comes
again to repeat the same stunts,
causing JOY and gladness to come
into the hearts of little girls and
boys. The day was gloomy as one
would casually observe the weather
but not so with the young people
here; they were on the move all day
with bright and CHEEKY faces. Moth,
ing happened in the neighborhood tc
make the occasion less enjoyable, ,anc
upon the whole the day was vel
spent.
Misses Eleanor Epps and Hortense
Peak, members of Cedar Swamp
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school faculty, are visiting their re-
spective homes, enjoying the festiv
tiles of the yule-tide.
Cadet Jack Mccullough of Glenn
son College is at home with his par
ents, spending the holidays.
Messrs L H Mccullough and Frank
Snowden from Fayetteville, N c.
are at home for a few days.
w ES.
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morning we set out on tour OF IN
vestigation along the steep and pre-
cipitous mountain road, after stop
ping at the springs and drinking al
the water possible. The first house,
! or hut, rather. we came to was occu'
pied by a Norwegian, who had mar
ried a mountain woman and had
brought his craft with him from the
Old Country. He was very ingenious
in making settees, fancy tables and
other articles from the root and
branches of the rhododendron tree,
which grows luxuriantly on the
! mountain.
Everything around bore marks of
idleness and squalor. Weeds were
growing up around the house, and
! inside | will leave to the imagina-
ton. The wife was seated on the
rickety porch looking on while her
husband worked, and the dirty but
very healthy looking little children,
ten in number, played around. The
eldest, a boy Of ten years, had gone
to Tate Springs to carry his fathers
wares to sell, as there was always a
ready market among the Northern
visitors at that place.
The manner in which the articles
were conveyed to market was in a
mountain sleigh, drawn by horse,
and which slicl over the ground al
most as easily as over ice.
We continued our walk, passing
little hooks ard crags which brought
to mind Sir Walter SCOTS descrip-
ton of the highlands of Scotland.
At last we reached a neat-looking
house, the home of an old lady, the
widow of a Confederate soldier, and
whose only support was the small
pension she received and the gifts
presented her by the boarders at
the hotel, with whom she was a
general favorite. Her neat appear
ance and intelligent conversation
bore evidences of her having seen
better days. She lived alone except
when some poor family would come
in to be sheltered q short time, and
she would share her mite with them
but, like the widow who fed the
Prophet, there was always enough.
Her life was spent in teaching the
ignorant mountain children, in whose
homes some of them had never seen
a Bible. 1t was my privilege to hear
them one Sabbath repeating some
of the beautiful Psalms of David,
which would have done credit to
children raised in Christian homes.
' i
can truly be said of her. She hath
done what she could" Back in her
life was a great sorrow-her only
daughter, ,allured by the glare of the
city life, left her mothers lonely
mountain home, this giddy young
belle Of the Blue Ridge, visiting a
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relative in the city of Knoxville, anC
there meeting a young man, who
pretending to marry her, and de-
serting her, broke her heart. Now
she is sleeping beneath the sod near
where the Tennessee river flows.
Aunt Jane" treasures up her pic,
ture among some heirlooms handed
down from her foreparents, and
which some of her visitors have tried
to buy for the sake of their great
beauty and age, especially some
models in clay.
The poverty of some of the people
is caused by their own idleness and
sloth, and it seems strange and sad
when | remember that they are the
descendants of such good. sturdy
ancestors from Europe.
Almost every day strong .able-bod-
led young men would come to the
hotel with a small bag of apples or
grapes slung across their shoulders
to sell, and would sit around on the
piazza for hours and never seem in a
hurry to leave. Often we have met
old women and girls clad in a few
old rags, and several times we have
stopped and talked with them, and
it seemed sad that such intelligent
talking people could not have the
advantages of schools and churches.
l think, though, that since the time
of which l write a devoted, large
hearted Christian has been laboring
among them, and no doubt there
has been vast improvement. That
part of the mountains was well fitted
by nature for the secret places in
which whisky is made. Not very
long before the time of which |
write, an old woman-so very stout
| am almost afraid to say how many
pounds-had been distilling whisky
from the corn supplied to her by
some of her neighbors from their
little patches planted here and there
among the mountains. This old
woman had been making whisky a
very, very long time. until it had
become second nature with her, and
if there had ever been any stings of
conscience they had been drowned
long since. She told the Revenue
officers she could not see why the
Government should interfere with
her; that she had rlgnt 10 lhahe
her corn up into whatever manner it
suited her best. Of course, they
could not see it in that light and
proceeded to make way with the
distilling apparatus. 1t was by the
merest chance they found out the
place. They had been suspecting
something of the kind for some time,
and walking along about2 o'clock in
the morning, they thought they
smelt something out of the ordinary,
and, after good deal of searching
came across the place. 1t was Ger
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LIFE IN The LAND
OF THE SKY.
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WHERE
EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES
AND ONLY MAN IS VILE,

lcditet County Record
We left Asheville, N G, at 10
o'clock q. m. and for more than one
nundred miles travelled along the
beautiful and romantic banks of the
Nrench Broad river until we reach
d Morristown, Tenn, which is quite
b old town. There We took Caps
us, which conveyed US to Caps
Hotel, on the extreme end of the
town; had very nice dinner, rest
bf an hour and then were carried
back in time for our train, for the
modest sum of twenty-five cents.
That was several years ago. We
!. then took the train for Beans Sta
ton, where we arrived at about 5
o'clock in the afternoon. There
were about sixty boarders, among
kwhom, much to my pleasure, were
Deveral from Williamsburg county.
Mineral Springs was our destination,
khich is about q fourth Of a mile
bm the station and situated among
: Blue Ridge mountains, two miles
I'M the celebrated Tate Springs.
highly educated scientist from
many bought and developed
e Swings. 1t seems strange that
Ehe Small space of about an acre
land there should be so many dif-
rent kinds of waters. There are
black, blue and white sulphur
ID fifteen or sixteen different kinds
mineral waters. said to be good
cure all kinds of diseases.
There were several persons taking
he hot sulphur baths, and it actually
beemed to give them a new lease on
life. One young man from Paducah,
XIV, sold out his little home with
which to raise money to bring his
wife, who had a very bad case OF
dropsy, to get the benefit of the wa
tiers. 1t took all he had to pay their
way to the springs, so he helped
Rabout the hotel, milking cows and
assisting in the kitchen, to pay their
boagd. His wife got So much better
that She could also help around the
hotel.
1t is said that the way Mineral
Springs was discovered was that
kduring the Civil war a regiment OF
Confederate soldiers camped around
that place and drank and bathed in
Ehe waters gushing out of the side
bf the mountain. Many of the SOL
diers were afflicted with scurvy, and
they were so much benefited that it
soon became known.
We were shown a battlefield on
1.-THE si1,, Of 4 mountain where a great
battls mad been fought, t,and it is said
that the farmers still plow up rem
1ants Of the battle, old swords, balls,
,tc. The walks in the mountains are
rand. and On ane mornings We
ou,d walk sush a long distance and
ever seem to tire. We were sarUd
Of to Issvs tha boston tsssk, I"
ley ssY there are . great many rat
!esnares the lsaay rocks mixing
ood hiding -plssss fes tAsa.
Frsa ~ heed - ths stsd<a b
vel. with ssmall struggling village
,twssa, bst On the opposite do
,osntsins rise higher and haShes
NTH tAsy form SONS Of tho wsy
aSv esa>A oaa hssstfd kslfzb
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Hymeneal.

MARRIED-Sunday evening, De-
cember II, at 4 o'clock p. m, by S
T Russell, Jr, Notary Public, at the
residence of Mr. S P Hughes, Miss
Ruth Hughes and Mr. Ernest Rus
sell, Russelville, sc.
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MARRIED-On Wednesday after.
noon, December 20, 1911, at q
o'clock p m, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs ] L Mex
sen, Kingstree, S C, Miss Viola Mex
sen and Mr. Willie Hodges of Swans
Corner, N c, Rev w A Fairy Off
ciating.
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New Advertisements

Good New Year Resolution-Farm-
ers & Merchants Bank, Lake City.
Holiday Excursion Rates--Atlantic
Coast Line.
Live Stock, Vehicles, &c-Williams-
burg Live Stock Co.
Great Bargains Offered-Jenkinson
Bros Co.
Get Your Pianos from Us-Chas M
Stieff.
Selling Everything at Cost for a
Short Tines S Aronson, Lanes
and Gourdins.
Rubber Roofng-Bailey-Lebby Co,
Charleston.
Harvest Queen Guano-Interstate
Chemical Corp, Charleston.
DR. Miles Nervine-Miles Medical
Co, Elkhart, Ind.
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The self-made man is never finish
ed until some woman gets busy and
polishes off the rough edges.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Two Women in Pen

For the first time in a number of
years white women are prisoners in
the Arkansas state penitentiary.
One, Mrs. Stella Schneider of Little
Rock, was sent up for years for
the murder of her husband, the
other is Miss Mamie Mcdonald of
Washington county, who wa S
sentenced to one year for being ac-
cesssry to robbery.
The question of finding work for
the women to do is worrying the
superintendent very much. At pre-
sent he has them sewing buttons on
the other convicts clothes, but says
that job will last only a few days
and when that is finished he does
not know what will be done.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Miss SChOOnOyer tntertainS

The young people of our city en-
joyed a social at the pleasant home
of Mrs. Ella Schoonover Monday
evening. Playing cards and dane
ing were the event of the evening,
music being furnished by the Poca'
hontas String Band, after which
delicious refreshments were served
The following guests were pre-
sent:
Misses Rosena Bonner, Nellie,
Lizzie and Anna Spinrenweber
Notra Foster, Laura Bigger, Lila
Martin, Edna Hamm, Mr.. and Mrs
r. n. Schoonover. Messrs. DR..
Guy Black, Geo. Promberger, EN-
NETT Presley, Joe Foster, Ed Cook,
Cleveland Forester and Bert Angle
All reported an excellent time.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Obituary

Little Bessie Meridith, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Merldith,
passed from this world to a sweet
home of rest May 4, 1911, at the
age of two years and 5 months.
She was a sweet little girl and a
loving sister. Oh how we miss
her here below but the angles called
her and she had to go. She leaves
a father, mother, two brothers, and
two sisters and a host of friends to
mourn her loss. She was buried
in the Duty cemetery. We know
that God doeth all things well for
He said, "Suffer little children to
come unto me and forbid them not
for such Is the kingdom of heaven.
Bessie budded on earth to bloom IN
heaven. We can meet her no more
in this world but soon we will meet
her in that beautiful city of light
where no farewell tear is shed.
MRS. MAIZE Cook.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Obituary

On Thursday of last week, the
death angel visited the home of
Mr. h. &. Jones and took from him
his loving companion, Mrs. Mollie
Jones. She leaves a husband, faith
er, mother and SIX children. The
eldest child being only lG years of
age.
Sue was residing near Mama
when she took sick with measles and
died in few days. She was a
member Of the Christian church and
was loved by all who knew her.
She leaves a father mother, six
children and a host of friends to
mourn her loss. DELLA LONG,
Mama
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
School Electors Notice
Mama.

The attention of school boards
and electors is directed to the fact
that County Supervision is to be
voted upon at the coming school
election. 1t is not necessary that
it be SO stated in the notices, al.
though to have so advertised might
have brought out more voters; but
all are urged to vote on the ques-
tion anyway, and if each one will
take q, 9rsonal interest a large vote
can b. apred. The present legis
'alua4 AMENDED the law as Z
proN&eltHe superintendent with sui
ficlent salary to carry on the worl
properly, and able men can be baG
for the place. There is no doubr
the adoption of this measure vii
b e the greatest stimulus to oul
schools we have yet had. Tn,
teachers at their last meeting adopt
ed this measure unanimously. The
directors will please see that For
and against" County Supervision
is placed upon each ticket and have
every elector vote on the question
Let every one make a pull for it'
adoption, since it means so much
for our schools.
EUGENE THOMPSON,
County Examiner
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19

i"Vure uld not pass a law for revis-
ing .Oe revenue such as suggested
IN his proclamation before the ex.
plratlon of the 2O.day limit, but re.
fused TO say. In the same manner
ne would make no statement ex.
p'sih'ng why nothing was said in
the Proclamation about passing a
law Tor the completion of the new
state capitol, in which he is much
interested.
'sAll | have to say on this mat
ter" the governor stated, evil be
said my message to the General
Assembly.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
WiISOn--HedQe

William Wilson OF Datto, and
Mrs. Mary A. Hedge, of Reyno,
were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony Thursday evening, at
the home of the brides brother, j.
w. Presley, Rev, f. l.. Lincoln
officiating. The happy couple vii
make their home at Datto. Thei
many friends wish them happ,
and prosperous lltei
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
CIRCUIT CLERK MOCK
GETS MARRIED
Or. Geo. Brown of Dalton Also
Takes Unto Himself
A Wife

Two weddings occurred in Ran
dolph county last Sunday in which
very prominent young people of our
county were contracting parties.
The first at the home of the BRIDES
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Price,
Mr.. Dee Mock, our worthy circuit
clerk and recorder, was married to
Miss Nettie Price, Ed Peter Shaver
saying the magic words which made
them man and wife.
The second was that of DR.. Geo.
Brown of Dalton and Miss Elsie
Payne, daught . of Alfred Payne
of Mock. The marriage was per-
formed at Maynard by Rev. d. A.
Presley of the Baptist church.
The above named young people
are among the very best our county
affords and have always moved in
the best society. Many friends wish
them much pleasure and prosperity
through life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mock are at home
to their friends at the Kline home
in Pocahontas, while DR.. and Mrs,
Brown will reside at Dalton, where
the young doctor is fast building up
lucretive practice.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Church Services

Services at the Methodist church
next Sunday.
care You in Trouble?" is the
subject for the a. m. service. The
text is found in John l4:l.
"Whom Do You Lover" is the
subject for the p. m. service. The
text is found in John 1915.
God saws in His word for, "All
the men, women, and children and
the stranger that is within thy
midst to gather themselves togeth-
er that they may hear and learn
and fear the Lord, ,"--Deut. 3l:l2.
w. J. Leroy.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
KNIGHTS WILL MEET
At BLACK ROCK
Thirteenth Quarterly Convention
Will be Held Monday
May 29th.

The thirteenth quarterly meeting
of District No. ls, Knights Of
Pythias will be held at Black Rock,
Monday, May 99th, 1911.
The program for this meeting is
as follows:
Q: 80 P. M.
Meeting called to order-by Pres.
l.. F. Blankensbip.
Invocation-by Rev. R.J. Burle-
son.
Roll Call of Lodges.
Welcome to the members-by G..
II Burns.
Response-by Tom Burress,
Jonesboro.
Reading Minutes Of previous
meeting.
Past, Present and Future o f
Pythianism-by D. T. Rogers,
Jonesboro; w. r. Oliver, Walnut
Ridge; E. Howard Peters, Nam.
moth Spring.
Why we, as Pythians should ex
emplify Pytbianism in our daily
life-bY J. N. Pickens, Corning
S. L. Haynes, Portia; A. M. Pom
der, Walnut Ridge; DR.. H. L.
Throgmorton, Pocahontas.
What Pythianism demands o I
its members-by A. c. Law, Poca
hontss; w. H. V. Walquist, Nam
moth Spring; R. E. L. Brown,
Corning; Chancellor Commander OF
Paragould Lodge; Chancellor Com
mander of Piggott Lodge; n {
Chancellor Commander of Moran
Lodge.
Instances of "Acts of Kindness
and Deeds of Charity" and result
short talks by all present.
Unfinished Business.
Good of the Order.
Selection of next meeting place
Adjourn.
BANQUET AT $3.50 p. NJ.
Clay Sloan, Toastmaster.
InVocation-C. l.. Freeman.
Pythianism as social feature
Rev. DR.. Morris, Jonesboro.
Address-by Hon. J. S. Gibson
Hoxie.
At the mercy of the Toastmaster
Benediction-R. l.. Burleson.
NIGHT SESSION. s p. NJ.
District Lodges will meet will
Black Rock Lodge No. l56 in regu
lar session.
Initiation and comforting ranks
Adjournment.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
LOCAL AND personal .

Mrs. Manley Presley spent this
week with relatives at Ingram.
Mrs j. j. Sbivley of Pitman is
visiting her son, J. r Shivley.
Ed Harris of this place is spend
ing this week with relatives at Jones.
boro.
Hoxie, May u. Mrs. Nora San
ders, while returning from church
here today, was thrown from her
buggy and her skull fractured. She
is unconscious and is not expected
to live. The horse Mrs. Sanders
was driving became frightened at
the passing of lot of loose horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Wing, who
have been visiting friends and rela-
tives at this place and Biggers re-
turned to their home at Newport
Tuesday.
Jas. K. Allbritton of Murray,
KY, is here visiting his sister, Mrs.
J. n. Bolen, whom he had not seen
for IS years. Mr.. Allbritton is an
old confederate soldier and attended
the reunion at Little Rock.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Death al BrOCkett.

The wife of JEFF Barker died at
her home near Brockett last Mon.
day after long illness. She leaves
three girls and two boys.
Mrs. Barker was an excellent
christian lady and it is said that she
died rejoicing in the hope of eternal
life IN the paradise of God.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
DELINQUENT Tax List

The sale of lands delinquent for
taxes for last year, appears in this
issue of the Star Herald. There
are doubtless a number of errors
Nherem as the same has not been
compared with the records. This
matter will be attended to and the
list will be published in correct
form next week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Mrs. r. n. Smith.

The friends of Mrs. r. II. Smith
will be panied to hear of her death
which occurred at the family home
near Richwoods last Sunday morn
ing. Mrs. Smith had been very
low for several days and her death
was not unexpected. She left a
husband and several children.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19

Mrs. l. A. Ebberts and Misses
Mary Schoonover and Rosena Bon.
ner spent Monday and Tuesday with
friends at Biggers.
Clarence Graham of Biggers was
mingling among friends here Satur-
day.
Mrs. K. Dalton and Mrs. A. u.
Schnabaum were visiting in Mem
phis the latter part of last week.
j. II. Crisp and Miss Lottie Doyle
were married in Pocahontas Tues
day morning, the ceremony being
performed by ED. ]. w. Spikes,
manager of the Farmers Union
r store.
Joe Peters took his wife to Mem
pms tuesday to have her eyes tNxCs
ed.
: A. u. Schnabaum made busi-
ness trip to Corning first of the
week.
Clifford Price and r. c. Lange
of Biggers visited friends in Poca-
hontas Sunday.
Miss Ruby Taylor of Maynard
was shopping in Pocahontas
Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown is visiting
her son, Ben A., this week.
Uncle Berry Wright of Biggers
was in town Wednesdy on business.
Mrs. j. w. Leroy is spending
this week in Blythesville, guest of
friends and relatives.
Edward Edlin of this city went
to Jonesboro Wednesday on busi-
ness.
Mrs. Ethel Spinnenweber spent
Thursday with her friend, Mrs.
Frank Adair, at Mama.
Grace Phipps and sister, Miss
Ola, are guests of Mrs. Annie Mar
tin and family this week.
The Editor is in Little Rock this
week and we ask our readers to
please look over all mistakes.
Mrs. Boaz Davies, (nee Miss
Tula Cox of Biggers was pleasant
caller Wednesday.
All in need Of sash and doors will
save money by calling on Spinner
weber d Peters. We buy in car
loads therefore We can sell them
! right.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Makes You Systematic

Bank Account makes systematic and encourages you
part of your income.
We will be pleased explain many advantages the checking
you Make the start 1t independence YOU
Would all the abes business have Bank Account
if there help advantage it? You may envy propey
ty Why follow their example which be good start on the
road prosperity Our ample capital which largest any
county future safeguard the past
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19

Fine portraits speciality at the
Lemmons studio. Spring time is
here. Have the babies photographed
before it gets so hot, as they are in
much better humOr.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
Mrs. Dot Bennett Dead

Mrs. Ava Bennett, wife of Dot
Bennett, died Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Bennett had been sick only a
few days with fever, caused from a
continuation of measles, and became
worse Monday and died Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett had been
married but about three months and
lived in Pocahontas until two weeks
ago, when they moved to Ingram.
Mrs. Bennett was formerly Miss
Ava Shaver.
Mary Bauer and Pearl Dalton
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
GOV. DREW fund

Previously acknowledged. .$l93.OO
S. w. Fordyce, Hot Springs. $500
Total $l5e 90