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SOME LIGHT THROWN ON PENSION GRAB. DEMOCRATS ACCUSED OF BEING WORSE THAN REPUBLICANS IN ACQUIESCENCE. About 30,000 bills are introduced in every session of Congress, covering the numerous and complicated interests that affect nearly 100,000,000 American citizens. Of these 30,000 bills only one-third, or about 10,000, concern the nation's larger! affairs. The remaining two-thirds, or 20,000, affect a small minority? 1? 41?- oon nnn th#? American 1W3 tUAU OW|Wv v* - people. This minority, however, is the most persistent and successful private interest in the United States. They are chiefly the survivors of a Civil war that ended fifty years ago. j By the aid of their 20,000 bills, they! annually take about $174,000,000 j out of the Federal treasury. A single measure, passed two years ago, increased our pension expenditures $25,000,000, and the legislative calendar is instantly choked with bills that would add still more to the pension budget. The veterans of the Civil war are dying at the rate of 35,000 a year; one hundred pass away every day; of the mqre than 4? m;n;An mpn on the Union side, IWU lllllliuu _ fewer than 500,000 now survive. The amazing thing about our pension system is this rapidly decreasing Civil war army and the still more . , rapidly increasing pension expenditure. We are spending more for pensions now than we have ever spent before, v The historian Lecky, in his "Democracy and Liberty," argues against democracy on the ground that, under this system of government, it is the inevitable tendency for one section of society to insert its hands into the pockets of the others. He draws one illustration for his favorite thesis from the American pension system. Whatever we may think of his political philosophy, there can be no question that his illustraiion is an apt one. For nearly fiftyyears the Republican - - ? I?u 1 party has fostered tms pension n?u-1 it,reducing it to a regular system of exchanging the old soldier's vote for a free franking privilege on the Federal treasury. Until 1912, all the vicious pension laws have been Republican laws. Grovcr Cleveland's was the only administration that had set itself ? against this abuse. When the Democrats again secured possession of the House in 1912, therefore, the country expected something in the way of a reform. In fact, the Democratic party has so far out-distanced the Republican record in pension debauchery. It has passed outrageous laws that the Republicans had actually refused to put upon the statute book. Only Republican opposition has prevented even more shame-faced raids upon the Federal treasury. In Isaac R Sherwood the Democrats have produced a pension fanatic who has no counterpart in the long list of Republican war horses. Congressman Sherwood's pension ideas are so extreme that even the Grand Army of the Republic has denounced them, and publicly rapped Mr Sherwood down when he has tried to explain them to their gatherings. A single circumstance shows the spirit in which he approaches this problem. When someone asked Mr Sherwood v here he was to get the money to pav pensions provided for by his bill, he formulated this scheme: To reduce ' ? *? greatly appropriations iur m* prcoent standing army; to muster out the larger part of it; to stop building battleships and scrap those that we have, and to end all construction work on the Panama canal. If these "economies" did not furnish money enough t<> pay the "old fellows," then Mr Sherwood and his associates advocated bond issues for this patriotic purpose, j. Four years ago the World's Work ^ published a series of articles on this great National scandal. Since then much pension history has been made. Beginning with the March number, therefore, the World's Work will rtake up the subject again, showing the new abuses for which our new political era is resp^sible. In this L series, as in the earlier one, the dis- j j tinction between deserved and un- j deserved pensions is made clear. No one begrudges adequate relief to the patriots who were disabled in the course of real service to the Union. But the horde of deserters,1 "bounty jumpers," widows of "broomstick marriages," and other fraudulent pensioners of types tot) numerous to catalogue have no j claims upon the gratitude of the nation. They are the worst enemies of the deserving pensioner, for they trade upon his reputation, to prey upon the source of his earned relief. ? World's Work. The Steady Subscriber. "How dear to our hearts is the; steady subscriber, Who pays in advance at the birth of each year. Who lays down the money and does it quite gladly, , And casts 'round the office a halo cheer. "He never says: 'Stop it,I cannot afford it, I'm getting more magazines now than I read;' But always says, 'Send it; our people all like it? The fact is we think it a help and a need.' "How welcome his check when it reaches our sanctum. How it makes our pulse throb, how it makes our heart dance! We outwardly thank him, we inwardly bless him? The steady subscriber who pays | in advance." ?Anonymous. Name Your Farm. Occasionally we get a letter from a farmer on stationery on which is printed his own name and the name of his farm. Ih some eases we find on the margin, briefly stated, what is being made a specialty of on that farm. This looks like business, and demands attention at once, for it catches the eye. The editor of your county paper always stands in need of a bushel of potatoes, a sack of water-ground * i .i. meaJ, or some sucn iarm product, and would be glad to 9wap you some nice printed envelopes and paper to match for these things, or he would even accept the money. It will pay you to do some trading with this man, who is doing a lot in his way to help you, so next time you are in town talk it over with him. Before giving the order talk it over with the wife and family, and decide on an appropriate, catchy name for your farm and then?live up to it.?President Charles S Barrett^ in National Field. Hemingway Happenings. (Received too late for last week's issue). Hemingway,February 16:?Messrs J M Eaddy, J E Hemingway and Dr H L Baker spent Saturday in Kingstree. Mr C L Creel and Dr L G Day made a flying trip to Fork Sunday. Miss Ethel McCullough spent the ' - > -a 1 1 T? weeK-ena at -ner noine near r>ryan. Dr George Haselden and wife have returned to their home at Hemingway, after spending the winter in Florida. Mesdames J M Eaddy and Jno H Wooten visited Mrs Eaddy's mother, Mrs ? Creel, at Johnsonville Saturday afternoon. Mr L E Creel of Poston was in town Sunday. Miss Sue Anne Leland, the assistant principal of the graded school here, and Mr George Flowers motored over to Kingstree Sunday morning, and were happily united in the holy bonds of matrimony. They were accompanied by Miss Emily Hudson We wish them a happy and prosperous life. Misses ? Skinner and ? Noel and ! Mr Charlie Levy of Andrews spent! a short while in our town Saturday. J Mr W T Hemingway was calling i on friends in town Sunday evening. Do You Find Fault with Everybody? j An irritable, fault-finding dispo-: sition is often due to a disordered) stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly always good natured. A great many have been permanently benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets after years of suffering, j These tablets strengthen the stom-1 ach and enable it to perform its; functions naturally. Obtainable ev- j ervwhere. VISITORS AT 8ENS0N. Many Coming and Going?A Pleasant Social. (Received too late for last week's issue). Benson, February 17: -Our com- J rnunity is favored quite often with !. f t visitors who spend the week-end v among the hospitable people of this a favored section of the county. a Miss Lula Easterling, an accom- 1 plished young lady whose home is at J iTatum, Marlboro county, and-who 8 has been striving diligently for two o consecutive school terms at Rough Branch "training the young idea to ^ shoot," visited the home of Mr and Mrs T J Phillips, also Miss Pat | Hanna, the vivacious young daughter of Mr Billie Hanna, who resides ( near the thriving city of Cades. Miss Jessie Bethea, whose home is ( at McColl, and who for the past two years has given her time, attention t and talent to instructing the children of the appreciative patrons of n Bloomingvale school, visited at the home of Mrs J SMcCullough during the week-end. ,\ Also Miss Katie Bell,the charming young daughter of Mr J C Bell, ^ spent a few days here with her bro- P ther's, Mr Rob Bell's, family. a, The young men have a habit of V coming, and it would take too much valuable space to enumerate them. For example only, we may mention: Messrs Clyde Gamble, Alex and Frank Rodgers,David Nexsen, David Scott, Dr Pratt(when a certain ladv visitor comes), and a timid young widower who drives a beautiful black horse, Willie Dave Hanna, Johnnie Foxworth and, last, but quite often, Dock Johnson. ti A few hours were happily whiled v away Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs J S McCullough in honor of the visitors in the neigh- j borhood. WES. o A FAIR WARNING. , 7 One That Should Be Heeded by Kingstree Residents. Frequently the first sign of kidney T trouble is a slight ache or pain in . the loins. Neglect of this warning makes the way easy for more serious troubles?dropsy, gravel, Bright's disease. 'Tis well to pay attention to the first sign. Weak kidneys generally grow weaker and delay is often dangerous. Residents of this locality place reliance in Doan's Kidney Pills. This tested remedy a has oeen used in kidney trouble over 0 50 years?is recommended all over the civilized world. Read the following: . * W G Graham, 116 Fountain St, Darlington, S C, says: "My kidneys gave me a lot of trouble, causing dull pains in the small of my back. In i the morning my back was so sore and 4 lame that I could hardly keep going. I had dizzy spells and the kidney se- P cretions passed irregularly. Colds often settled on my kidneys, making n my condition worse. I tried different medicines, but with no success until I used Doan's Kidney c Pills. Three boxes cured me." E Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't C simply ask for a kidney remedy?get o Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that A Mr Graham had. Foster-Milburn d Co, Props, Buffalo, NY. o a Appreciation. C The following letter from a valued 5 friend is so much appreciated that we take the liberty of publishing it. At a time like this such letters come as oases in a desert of worry and trouble and physical suffering on the part of the editor. Wish we had a thousand friends like this one.?Editor The Record. The County Record, Kingstree, S C. Gentlemen:?Being a firm believer in the truthfulness of the Scriptural teaching appearing in your editorial column this week, "It is more bless- I ed to give than to receive" (but ^ which in my case should read, "to ^ pay than to owe") and noticing that p the yellow label bears a date that is y somewhat in arrears, I am enclosing ^ you my check for 53.00, asking that j( >ou mark my subscription forward jby this amount. v With very kindest regards to your Mr Wolfe. I am, c Yours very truly, j Lake City, February 19. 1 flow To Give Quinine To Children. ntBRILTXI?isihetrnde-tn?rt* name given to an <j '.'..proved Quinine. It is a Tameless Syrup, pleas- ? ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. ] Children take it and never know it is Quinine. 1 Also especially adapted to adults who cannot 1 take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try m it the next time you need Quinine for any purpose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The !lame FEBRILINK is blown in bottle. 15 cents. _____ T i T The County Record, $1.00 a year. & Our Clubbing Rates. We offer cheap clubbing rates irith a number of popular news>apers and periodicals. Read careully the following list and select he one or more that you fancy and t7e shall be pleased to send in your irder. These rates are of course ill cash in advance, which means hat both The Record and the paper >rdered must be paid for, not 1, 2, 3, ,, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, but twelve lonths ahead. Below is the list of lur best clubbing offers. The County Record and the SemiVeekly State, one year $1.85. The County Record and the South* rn Kuraiist I twice a montn* tor 11.35 a year. The Record and Home & Farm twice a month) $1.35. The Record and New York World 3 times a week) $1.75. The Record and Atlanta Constiution (3 times a week* $1.85. The Record and Bryan's Commoner, $1.65. Ihe Record and Youth's Comianion (New Subscribers) $2.75. The Record and Lippincott's fagazine $2.50. N. B. We do not club with any aily papers. The first issue you eceive of the paper or periodical j evidence that the money for ame has been forwarded by us. are not responsible after that. The County Record. iciiwcfe i i w 'ill 'iilil jtwlf-fl im The public is cordially invited m attend any of the services of the -1 1 - J? T7! i. arious cnurcnes 01 ivmgisiree. Baptist Church. Rev W E Hurt, Pastor. Services every Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock and evening at 7:30 'clock. Sunday-school at 10.00 a. m. Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at :30 p. rr.. Episcopal Church, Rev H D Bull, Minister. Sendees for second Sunday in .ert, February 28: Sunday-school, 0 a. m.: morning prayer and serlon, 11:00 a. m. Tuesday: Bible Class, 8 p. m. Wednesday: Lenten service,8 p.m. Friday: Litany, 4 p, m. Methodist Church. Rev D A Phillips, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning t 11:30 o'clock and evening at 7:30 'clock. Sunday-school at 10:30 a. m. Mid-week prayer meeting every Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. Presbyterian Churcb. Rev P S McChesney, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday-school :00 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30 i. m. ow Nr. Davis Got Rid of a Bad Cough. "Some time ago I had a very bad ough," writes Lewis T Davis, llackwater,Del. "My brother, Mc!abe Davis, gave me a small bottle f Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, ifter taking this I bought half a ozen bottles of it but only used ne of them, as the cough left me nd I have not been troubled since." Obtainable everywhere. "no?w? I J V."1 ^ ocking the Door after the Horse ias been stolen shows want of recaution, or of proper care of our property. Many lives would ave been saved that have been >st in automobile accidents if hey had had their cars in proper /orking order by looking aftor it 1 time, and taking it to a rirst lass auto repair shop like the iingstree Garage. /. T. THOMPSON, Mgr. The Simplon Tunnel, connecting witzerland and Italy, is the longest ailway tunnel in the world, being 2 miles 458 yards in length. Only One "BROMO QUININE" o get the genuine, call for full same, LAXA* IVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops ougb and headache, and works off cold. 25c, <1 An ?10 i ,| <JAM?S01WELL. /f AT ALL DIS ^^9 if.. t ~ -oimmx *m0*T ipimri hit I X U 1IU 11 U i 1: Touring Cars, Roadsters, For business o Ford. Call on. v Thos. Mc Kingstree, P. S.?I have ju worth of Ford I ? ?? ? venience of Ford 1 I burg County am a with Mr. L. T. r Hamer-Thompso die same. < (VMnHBMRnBHHni I You Can Use Our Useful 5 Our useful Jewelry for I only stylish but is s.rongl looks alike is not alike. Y< we represent to be ' *soli< through". When we tell ' water" and flawless you < ity and perfection. Jewelry at reasonable pri< business. S. THOM. QUALITY JE' 257 King St., ISeedPc 1 We have on har h -r* l _1 T ioi nea miss ana i Potatoes. This is | plant Irish Potato once and get your Britton & "The Pure F I Nice Fresh Beef, Pork and THE PEOPLE | H. A. MILLER, f i l I IMP) fl m gni & CO.NEW YORK J PENSARIES ^ <r '(lMUMiwl JlilUUlLLOl A , - $530.00 I " Hi* r pleasure buy a Irr .1 /rite or 'phone, BJ Cutchen, If South Carolina fl uaiucd; .? _ id a large stock I rish Cobbler Seed -, M the best season to \ es, so come in at supply. ' < : Hutson. 'ood Store" ' , ? 4 najwywrnmw i i n i n??msam :t j cat Pi! for Good Cattle arid | Hogs I Mutton Always On Hand. | 'S MARKET PROPRIETOR | mmmmommmmmmmmmmmm ist received $250 F ! 'arts for the con- Barf"users in Williams- \ d have arranged K l nompson, 01 me n Garage,to han-K 1 1 1 _ ^ _ _ j _ " } Jewelry for a Long Time. I men and women is not .J. y made. All Jewelry that ou will find that anything i gold" will never "wear j you a diamond is "first :ap depend upon its qual- I Ve sell our trustworthy ] ces; that's why we do the -A.S cSs CO., WEEERS, CHARLESTON. S. C. 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