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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13

visit to Georgia and he seemed a
bit lonesome.
The Trio Farm Supply CO is haul
ing lumber to build a ware-room on
the side of its store. The building
will start some time this week.
Last Saturday afternoon the Grim
Reaper visited this heighborhood and
carried away old Aunt" Maria
Pacely, a colored woman. Aunt
Maria was one of the old-time ne
groes and had been faithful serv-
ant to the late D Z Martin for many
years. {. She was liked by everybody,
white and black. A good many white
people attended her funeral Sunday.
Old age and a stroke of paralysis
caused her death.
We are sorry to learn that the
little son of Mr. and Mrs w T Evans
of West Andrews is quite sick. Hope
by the time this is in print that he
will be better.
MIR and Mrs-Iewis and daugh-
ter of Lake City have returned home
after pleasant visit to the latter's
father and brother, Messrs w E
and A w Graham, respectively.
What has become of our corre-
spondent at Suttolls? Come again;
we like to hear from all points. Do
we not, Mr. Editor?
Best wishes for The Record.
THE PRoDIGAL.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13
Miss Fannie Fass of Dillon spent

Miss Fannie Fass of Dillon spent
two days Of last week in town at Mr.
H Nachman's.
MIR and Mrs w T. Moody whiled
away a third of last week in the
most convenient port" ;" Of course
everybody knows, or, at least ought
to know, where that is.
Miss Lizzie Jones visited in Oar
lington several days last week.
Tobacco is coming in right lively
now. Several thousand pounds have
been sold and the loads have already
become so frequent that their pass
ing has ceased to attract attention.
As is we'll known, the crop will be
below the average, throughout the
entire tobacco section of the State.
1t is probable that this territory will
come nearer marketing a good crop
than any other in the State, and yet
the best estimates place our crop at
about two-thirds of full crop. AS
an offset to the lessened quantity,
the outlook for good prices is excel
lent.
Small showers fell over different
sections of this territory last week.
and there are now but few neighbor-
hoods that have not had at least
some rain. Apparently the quanti-
ty received is not what is needed, but
too much rain just now would work
havoc. Corn is suffering worse than
anything else, and. unless it gets a
good deal of rain soon, it is bound to
fail. Most of it is green, except
where the tops burned out. and seeras
in a healthy state. However, we
have seen some fields that are fred
thirty inches up the stalk. 2
WLB..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13
town TOPICS AT TRIO,
ENV|R0NS & VICINITY.
RAIN. HELPS CROPS---RENIVAL
SERVICES--PICNIC ONTHE 4TH--
GOOD WORK OF CHAINGANG.

Trio, July 10:-We have been hav-
ing rains here for the past week al
most every day, but not much at a
'time-not quite enough to stop the
farmers. Crops seem to have taken
on new life, however, since the
drought has been broken.
Mr. w T Rowell was a visitor to
Lake City and Cades Sunday and
Monday.
Miss .Glennie Woodhorn of Harts-
vile 10 visiting the family of MIR A
w Graham near here.
Rev w T Bedenbaugh filled his
appointment here last Sunday after
noon and gave US & good talk. Mr.
Bedenbaugh is conducting revival
meeting at Concord church near
here and will start one at Suttons
next Sunday, July :16. He reports a
fine meeting at Concord.
Miss Minnie Bryan spent the week
end visiting.the family of Mr. M L
Boyd at Spring Gully.
Mr. John w Moore of Blakeleys
was noted here last Sunday. He was
wearing a regular Taft smile.
Mr. and Mrs E L Powell and Mr.
Nathan Boyd and brother visited
Charleston and the Isle of Palms last
Sunday.
Mrs John Avant and children of
West Andrews visited the family of
Mr. T G Mcdonald on the Fourth.
Mrs j B Files is spending some
time with friends and relatives in
Newberry.
After some little stay at john
son swamp the county chaingang has
finished the causeway and bridge
across that place. The chaingang
surely did a fine piece Of work and
the people along the new road should
appreciate it. The county road
builders are now working the Gap
way road, near MIR G w Camlin's.
All of the road from Trio to An
drews is finished, except a short dis
tsnce near here. Let's finish that
soon, friends.
There was q picnic last Tuesday,
July a, at the graded school house
near Earls and quite a good crowd
was in attendance. Everybody SEEM
ed to enjoy the occasion.
Mr. D z Rowell attended the pic
mic at Benson on the Fourth
Your scribe had the pleasure of
seeing and talking to your corre-
spondent at Andrews last week.
He appeared to BE- in his usual spirits
except that his better half" was on
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13
Parsons Poem a Gem.

From Rev H Stubenvoll. Allison, la,
in praise of DR. Kings Lew Life
Pills.
They're such a health necessity,
In every home these pills should be.
If other kinds you've tried in vain.
USE DIR KINGS
And be we'll again." Only 25c at M
L Aliens
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13
H0W'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollurs Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure.
CHENEY & co, Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known Cheney
for the last Is years and relieve him perfectly hon.
orable in all business ira nsactions and financially
able to carry out any obi yations made by his firm.
WALDRG. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholes ale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood ard mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sen: free. Price rs cents per
bottle, Sold by all Drugfists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13

Why spend your money
for inferior tobacco when
you canbuyMerry Widow
from the Peoples Mercan-
tile Co at the same price
you pay for the common
kind elsewhere? 5-l1-19t
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RECENT OCCURRENCES
AROUND LAKE CITY.
TOBACCO COMING IN---CROPS
SUFFER FROM LACK OF RAIN
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Lake City, July ll:-Mr anu Mfs
JIM Truluck returned home Saturday
after an absence of about month,
The former, who spent most of the
time in Hot Springs, Ark, Joined
Mrs Truluck in Newark, n j, and
and they came home together. Mrs
Truluck visited her brother in the
New Jersey city.
Messrs O S Baldwin and B Wal
lace Jones. Jr,:.went to Leaksville'
Spray, N C, last Tuesday and will
return the latter part of this week.
The object of the visit is largely
business, but they will make no ef-
fort to avoid whatever pleasures
may come their way.
Mr. Timmons Cockfield of Vernon,
Ga, is visiting relatives in and near
town. This young man is a son OF
Mr. Eddie Cockfeld, who is well
known throughout this section.
Miss Heloise Sturgeon visited her
sister, MrsS WIG Shipp, in Florence
recently.
Rev L N Chappelle, who is now
the pastor of the Baptist church at
Easley, is here on visit to members
of his erstwhile flock.
The Philathea class of the Baptist
Sunday-school gave an ice-cream
supper at H S Blizzard's on Friday
evening last passed.
Will some one kindly explain what
it means, when a young man takes
his girl out for a ride in carriage
drawn by a pairl of horses? An
eighteen-inch buggysand a last years
mule are generally. considered roomy
enough and swift enough for such a
drive.
DR. and Mrs w H Woods sailed
from London for home on the. 18th
instant. The trip will take abopt a
week, ali told.
Mr. M A Thomas, although only a
young man of about sixty, has given
up surveying. Thus passes out OF
active life the most activeland thor
oughly reliable engineer that this
section has known in more than a
generation:
Mr. and Mrs j S McClam and
daughter, Miss Maggie, are at Glenn
Springs. They will be away about
two weeks.
Miss Eunice Kennedy of Kings
tree is visiting her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs G R Bowen.
MrJ A Ridley, who is now in
Charleston, was in town Sunday. 1t
is said that his coming here so sys-
tematically is to be attributed to a
certain bird
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13

Right in your busiest season when
you have the least time to spare you
are most likely to take diarrhoea
and lose several days time, unless you
have Chamberlain's Colic, Cholers
and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand and
take a dose on the first appearance
of the disease. For sale by all deal.
erS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13

special shapes made TO order. Core
pondence solicited before placing your
orders W. R. FUNK.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13
FOR SALE.

Brick in any quantity to suit purcha
rr. The Best Dry Press Machine-made
SBRICE.E
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13

5 or 6 doses 1865" will cure any
case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c.
5-4-1yr
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-07-13

cha-herIain's Soiic., Cholera and
SaoA.iScIidlu > Diarrhoea Remedy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
FACTORY B. B. LEAGUE
 MEETS TOKIGHT FOR
 WORK CF ORGANIZATION

The annual meeting of the Factory Baseball League will be held this ev- ening at the home of Fred Willard. 194 Black Rock avenue, tn eleague's sec retary. Secretary Willard stated to- day that he understood that at least two applications for franchises in the league would be heard this evening. The applications had come through President Thomas M. McNamara and were unknown to him.
 The reelection of all the officers of the league will take place. fnclud- ing president. Thomas M. McNamara; vice president Walter J. Pitt; secre- tary, Fred Willard: treasurer B. J. Cooney; supervisor of unpires. Dan Shannon; and supervisor of scorers, Fred Larson. A committee to bring in a schedule for the season will be named.
 This will mark the third season of the league. it being the intention of the directors this year to have a ten club circuit. Those factories which already enjoy franchises are the Amer ican Tube & Stamping Go. Union Typewriter Co.,. Birdsey- y-Somers Co.,, Bulaard Machine Tool Co.,. Automatic Machine Co.,. and Ashcroft Manufac- turing Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
"GRATTAN'S PARLIAMENT"

The fact is recalled that in 1886 Charles Stewart Parnell declared his readiness to accept the first Glad stone home-rule bill as "a final set clement" and his belief that in mak- ing this declaration he spoke author itatively for Ireland. 'I consider" he told the House of Commons, ''that there are practical advantages con nected with the proposed statutory body-limited and subordinate to the imperial Parliament as it undoubted- ly will be-which will render it much more useful and advantageous to the Irish people than was Grattan's Par lament"
 Another fact worth recalling just now is that "Grattan's Parliament" :" abolished by the Act of Union, was an exclusively Protestant Parlia- ment-only Protestant freeholders had votes in Ireland in those days and was as famous for it's corruption as for it's eloquence. "In 17S4," we read. "out of 300 members S2 form ed the regular opposition, of whom 30 were the nominees of whig poten- tates and 52 were really elected. The majority contained "A who expected to be bought A placemen, twelve sit ting for regular government bor- oughs, twelve who were supposed to support the government on indepen- dent grounds. The remaining seats were proprietary.and were let to gov ernment for valuable consideration. The House of Lords, composed large ly of borough -mongers and controlled by political bishops, was even less in dependent"
 The Roman Catholics of Ireland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
APPLES AND APPLEJACK.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

NLOulSVlIle COur1er-J Ourndl.D
 The high price of apples in South. ern Indiana is playing smash with the output of applejack, which has been declining steadily in recent years The applejack distillers say that the cost of apples is more prohibitive than county option law. They used to buy the fruit in the orchard for eight cents a bushel. but the country al large Is eating more apples than fl ever ate before-eating all it can get and calling for more.
 The honest farmer will not do any more business with the distillers on the eight-cent basis. He is asking forty and fifty cents a bushel for his apples. and the distiller must do his own picking and supply his own bar rels. The farmers sells the fruit on the trees and only troubles himself sufficiently to see that every bushe gathered is paid for at the current market price. The farmer doesn't care whether the djstiller buys or not since the cold storage man has his agents securing the country districts for winesaps and the like and they are keen to pay forty and fifty cents a bushel for a good quality of apples on the limb. All good money looks alike to the hory-handed orchardists highest bidder Cold storage coin is just as good as applejack currency
 With an annually declining crop of applejack there will not be so much hilarity in the hay field of Southern Indiana as there used to be in the good old days when apples sold for eight cents a bushel. By way of con- pensation, however, there will be more money and less headache.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
Musicians and sneezino.


 Nobody can dispute the sincerity of the players in big orchestra like the Philharmonic or the New York Sym phony. Most of the time they take their work seriously, but sometimes the men break loose and play tricks on one another as though they were youngsters in school. Of course the audience knows nothing of these things: they're usually perpetrated in rehearsals.
 The red pepper trick is the common est. The jokers scatter it where the bassoon and trombone players are Hke- ly to suck 1t up. The result is chokes and sneezes. Sometimes the epidemic reaches even into the strings, but of course the players on the wind instru- ments get it worst.
 As a matter of fact, the jokers are play1ng with fire. "A confirmed sneezer can't get a job in good or chestra, no matter how good a per- former he may be-" said consistent concert goer. Think of the effect Of a rousing sneeze on a pianissimoi Why. it would spoil a whole concert. one sneeze would. A, conductor has to guard against a sneeze as he does against inebriety."-New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
ALuekx Game of chs...

A story is told of the Moorish prince Abul Hejex. who was thrown into prison for sedition by his brother Mo- hammed, king of Granada. There he remained for several years until the king. fearing he might escape, placed himself at the head of fresh revolt and seized the crown, ordering one of his pashas to see to his immediate ex- ecution. Abul Hejex was playing at chess when the pasha came and bade him prepare for death. The prince asked for two hours respite. which was refused. After earnest entreaty he obtained permission to finish his game. He was in no hurry about the moves. we are told, and well for him he was not. for before an hour had elapsed messenger brought the news that Mohammed had been struck dead by apoplexy. and Abul was forthwith proclaimed king of Granada. It was indeed a small favor for the pasha to grant, but 1t altered the whole currents of the kings career.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
HARD WORK MADE BIG
 ED. WALSH A PITCHER
Meriden Boy, Star of the White Sox, Practiced for Hours at a Stretch.

Christy Mathewson not long ago ex- plained the secret of his almost per feet control when pitching. 1t is the result of constant practice while he was boy in shooting stones at a great pitcher of the Chicago White Sox, indorses Mattys position.
 Walsh recently said:
 Whatever success I have had in baseball is due to hard study and hard work. When l came into the American League what I didn't know about baseball would have made good pitchers out of half a dozen fellows if it could be scattered around. was ready to run out before I ever was called upon to pitch. The very sight of the older pitchers and their work was enough to scare me. knew my arm was as strong as theirs and that I had just as much speed as any of them, but it scared me to hear them talk on the bench about what they were doing, about their been made.
 After got used to the surround ings, I settled down to watch what the others were doing. had sense enough to keep my eyes and ears open and try to learn all could. In of smart pitchers, men who did things, and who used their heads all the time. Every time I saw one of them pull off something I make a sneak over toward the clubhouse and tried it myself, to see whether or not l could do it. I worked as hard iii those days as ever a man worked in a mine or a mill. I was determined I was going to be a pitcher. Com iskey and Jones both coached me, told me what to do and how to do it but they could not make me a pitcher. A fellow has to do that for himself.
 When I began to use the spitball I worked like a horse. I must have pitched two or three games a day trying to get control and make that ba4 go where I wanted it to go. I used to get to the grounds in the mornings before any of the others came and pitch for an hour or more, trying every way to improve. Then when they went away I would pay some boy to catch me for a while longer. No one ever watched base ball closer than I did. When some good pitcher for a visiting team was working. I never lost a chance to crawl as close behind the catcher as possible, to see what he was doing. to study how he pitched to certain batters, and how he used his curves. Many games I spent hiding under the stand behind the plate, to see what was being done, and after that I would spend hours trying to do 1t myself"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
''DOC" REiSLlNG
 CUTS BASEBALL
Former Nutmeg Leaguer For sakes National Pastime For Dental Profession and His Farm

In speaking of the retirement of 'Doc" Reisling. a former Connecticut leaguer from organized baseball, Will liam Peet a former New Haven scribe. has the following to say:
 That Doc Reisling. the Nationals pitcher. has really made up his mind to quit baseball for good was made apparent by a long letter from the dentist to the writer, which was re- ceived last night.
 that he does not really care to give his reasons for dropping out of base ball, but a blind man can see that Reisling is assured of a comfortable living down in little Caldwell. Ohio. Things are breaking good for Doc, and he fails to observe where he can benefit himself by drawing wages from the Washington baseball club during the summer months.
 Everybody knows that a frst-class dentist is assured of a comfortable living Reisling is the leading dent- its in Caldwell, and his practice nec- essarily suffers when he is not on the jcb; therefore it pays him to be in his office the year around.
 "1n addition to this he owns one of the largest farms in the thriving little town of Caldwell. rais ng among other things, tobacco, for which there Is al ways a market and a handsome profit, It IS also QuiIe uSCcSSdiy that a ldii owner be on the job most of the year.
 "Reisling has also been elected president of the Board of Trade in his home town. and naturally civic pride has something to do with his desire to be with his fellow-townsnen from January to December.
 "To clap the climax, he has pur- chased an automobile.
 Now. a twirler of Reisling's ability, the non-brilliant but steady-going kind, does not as a rule make enough money out of baseball to afford a benzine buggy, especially as Reislins has a charming wife and two little girls to look after.
 'sThe inference to all this would seem to be that Reisling is perfectly happy in being able to make a conn fortable living in Caldwell. Ohio, and to let baseball go to blazes."
 Doc" Reisling has been pitching in professional ranks since 1897. Who are the local fans who will forget the Bristol club, now the Hartfords of 1902? Reisling was the manager of that club. wh ch beat Bridgeport out in the last few days for the rag. Reis- ling starred as pitcher for the Bris- tols, but played in every position on the team. Reisiing was an outlaw in the Tri-State league, and joined the Washington club two seasons ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
Elephant Humor.

The courage of a lion at bay, great as it is. is no greater than that of the buffalo. and he must yield his scepter to the elephant declares Fl. L. Tangyo in his book. ''In the Torrid Sudan" as to courage. size. strength and intelli- gence. It is a temptation to declare that the elephant possesses sense of humor. A herd of elephants once fell in with a train of donkeys. Their attention concentrated on the load the donkeys carried. With all the mischief of monkeys. the loads were torn asunder and their contents distributed over half the province. At Bor. on the Mountain Nile, the elephants were at one time full of practical jokes. Passing at night time through the vil- lage. they would knock the sleepers up by demolishing their huts above their heads, then contentediy march away.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
JOHN WARD TALKS ON MODERN BASEBALL
Famous Player of Years Ago Tells of Days When
 Home Team Went to Bat First.

When time is called for play in the big league now" remarked John M. Ward. once a glowing luminary of the game, 'the visiting team gets ready to take the bat, and the home players trot to their positions in the field. That's understood. That's the regular order of the proceedings, and you never see team leader even thinking about any other procedure.
 And yet some twenty years ago the other way. Home teams, in the long ago, went to bat first, and the visitors took the field with almost as much regularity as the reverse is done at present. Why SO? And why the change?
 stition seemed to govern as to the necessity of getting first crack at the new ball. It was figured that a brisk attack upon the new white sphere would net two or three runs, and that by the time the home team got through with this first assault the op- position would not only be demoral- iZed, but the ball would be blacken- ed up so that it would be harder to see and land upon. All this, of course, was merely a survival of the ideas that prevailed in our kidhood days. when We played upon the vacant lots. and when one ball was usually the sum total of the stock at hand. On the lots, if the ball went over the fence, play had to be suspended un- til 1t could be recovered; if the leath- CT did not come back, the game us- uany had to be called them and there.
 That superstition of our boyhood which, on the lots, was wholly log 1cai ana natural-was carried over in- to the professional game. For many years the advantage of first crack at the new ball was figured as outweigh ing the advantage of the last in- n1ngs. It was years and years be- fore the players woke up to the ab- surdity of the idea, In a big lea que, with an unlimited supply of new balls on hand, the vanishing of a foul over the. stand simply meant the prompt introduction of another new white ball into the game. With new balls continually coming in, one club might get crack at just as many as the other team. and hence there w no possible advantage in the first assault, unless a club was fortunate enough to get bunch of runs right at the jump and without fouling any over the back fence.
 All Tn minute, as you might say, the managers woke up and came to the conclusion that first bat wasn't to be compared with the value of last innings. Hence, for the past twenty years. the home club has gone to the held at the start and sent the visit ors to bat, and l do not think there have been three eases since 1890 where the home club has taken first batting"