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Rates on long term advertisements vary reasonable. For rates apply at ftila office. In remitting checks or money orders tmvahle to ~ THE COUNTY RECORa In men whom men condemn as ill, / I find so much vf goodness still; In men whom MEN pronounce divine, , I find so much of sin and blot? I hesitate to draw the line Between the two?where God has not." THURSDAY. APRiL~297l915. Editor Appelt. The sudden passing of Editor Louis Appelt last week was to us a distinct shock and we can scarcely realize yet that the big, strong man, seemingly the embodiment of health and vitality, has been thus ruthlessly stricken down, almost without warning. We have known Mr Appelt for seventeen years and have always esteemed him as a personal friend. He had hundreds of friends all through South Carolina, who are shocked and grieved by his death. Among the newspaper men of the State he was very popular and his paper was a welcome visitor to every exchange desk. ? He had striven long and achieved much. He now sleeps. May he rest in peace. As was expected, the Kron Prinz Wilhelm in turn decided to intern, too. In many counties just as the proof reader loams to put three "u's" in it the Chautauqua is gone. The German newspapers ridicule President Wilson's administration as a "joke". Well, even at that, far better be it comedy than tragedy. John Bunny,the idol of millions of cinematograph patrons, died Simday at his home in Brooklyn, after an illness of three weeks. Bunny was a prime favorite, especially with the children, and his antics earned him, it is said, a salary bigger than that of the President of the United States. Don't you know those old veterans believe that if Lee and Jackson were in command of the Allied forces, with all that tremendous array of men and equipment to back them up, the European war would soon be brought to a close? We believe oureelf that with both these matchless leaders on one side they could have taken either European army and licked the other. With all her "'sassy" talk to "Uncle Sam" Germany doesn't hesitate to use our harbors for repairing or interning her merchantship destroying sea rovers without so much as'' by your leave''. When Germany wants a favor we are neutral all right, but when the Allies ask one, no matter how reasonable and legitimate, the United States, by granting it, is forthwith subjected to a severe preachment on what constitutes the rights of a neutral nation toward belligerents. APPRECIATION. Mr. Chandler Commends Work of Misses McLees and Edwards. Editor County Record:? Will you allow me space through your highly appreciated paper, not to seek notoriety, but to express my views, as I see them? If I am / correctly informed the good work! that is being carried on by Miss McLees arid Miss Edwards will soon be discontinued. If this be true shame be upon our*grand old county of Williamsburg. I have been watching with great delight the good work of these noble young ladies, as they travel throughout the county, carrying on their good work with a I horse and buggy, taking lunch with them in order that they could cover all the territory possible. Have we any men- that would do as these ladies have done? I say no. The men would stop with some one and get a warm dinner,not caring whether they ever got around. These young la-1 - dies several times stopped at my| home and urged me to do more than ever to help carry on the good work. Any man that can't see the good work these young ladies are doing and appreciate it enough to come out and endorse their work, I fail to see what manner of manhood they possess. I have had the pleasure of visiting Marion county and had the great pleasure of meeting Miss Brown and Miss Adkins, who are doing the same work. If those who are opposed to the continuation of carrying on the good work done by Miss McLees and Miss Edwards would go to Marion and meet Miss Brown and Miss Adkins and see the good work they have done and not change their mind, I fail to see their mind. These young ladies have had no encouragement from their Superintendent of Education, but the good work goes on all the same. I am glad to say that our County Superintendent of Education has rendered Miss McLees and Miss Edwards all the aid he could, which I think the good people of our county should endorse. I am glad to say that Miss McLees and Miss Edwards are not without friends, either of them can secure good positions, and it would be an ^ 1 Al honor to any county to nave mese noble ladies cast their lots with them. I wish to openly endorse Miss McLees' and Miss Edwards' good work and say that the good work done by these ladies will shine and it can't be hid under a bushel, but what it will shine, so that those that are opposed to continuing these young ladies can't help from seeing it, and be men open to conviction and come out like men and say so, and not try to rob these noble young ladies of their good work. I will call attention to our last Field day. That needs no comment, speaks for itself. Young ladies, go on with your good work, those that oppose you can't rob you of your good work, the good people of Williamsburg who are interested in the welfare of the young ladies and young men should endorse the good work of these young ladies and ask them to continue their good work. B B Chandler. Henry, April 26. ALONG THE MAIL ROUTE. Items of Interest Gathered *twlx1 Rhems and Rome. Rhem3, April 27:?Mr and Mrs Van D Harper spent the week-end pleasantly in Georgetown. Mr Joe Bruorton and sister. Miss Lillian of Strawberry, are spending some time very pleasantly at the t ii?i- i i. if. nome 01 ineir uncie anu auui, xm and Mrs H W Bruorton. Mr A B Edwards spent Sunday with relatives in Kingstree. Mr J N Sauls of Cades passed through our bailiwick Thursday on his way to Dunbar, thence to Georgetown. Messrs W H Baxley, H B Bruorton and Misses Rosa and Lillian Bruorton enjoyed a pleasant spin to Georgetown Tuesday in Mr Baxley's new car. Farmers in this locality are busy putting out tobacco. It is very dry here, but may of them are not waiting on rain. Mr John Bethea McElveen of Cades was recently appointed substitute rural letter carrier at this place, arriving Thursday afternoon to assume his duties. He will also assist his brother, Mr B W McElveen in his farming interests. Mr E M Godwin, formerly of Greelyville, now of Hemingway, and Mr Melyin Godwin of Lake City stopped over awhile Sunday afternoon on their way to the Andrews district Sunday-school convention, as delegates from Greelyville and Lake City, respectively. Miss Claudia Holiday, of the Rural Hall section, spent the week-end pleasantly at the home of her grandparents, Mr and Mrs J M Godwin. Messrs G G Broadway and R C Sarvis visited lady friends at Nesmith Sunday afternoon. Little Maude McElveen, who has been seriously ill for several days, is very much improved. Auditor H C Tallevast, of Georgetown county, is a frequent and welcome visitor in our midst. Mr J D Truluck of Kingstree was here on business Monday. Dr E W Durant of Georgetown was noted passing through our "burg" Tuesday. B W M. Booze Sales for March. Columbia, April 26:?The dispensaries in 15 counties of the State sold $240,548.23 worth of whiskey in March, according to a statement issued by L L Bultman, State dispensary auditor. The operating expenses amounted to $16,433.75. The Richland dispensaries led in the matter of sales with a total of $51,453.54. The operating expenses foi the county amounted to $34,334.88, The expenses for the State Auditor^ office were $496.30. Following are the sales by counties: A M ai A AArt A A . T"l I AC\ YUKON RIVER LITTLE KNOWN t Average American Unfamiliar With the Characteristics of the Great Alaskan Waterway. j The Yukon means so much as a waterway to Alaska that a report by the United States geological survey on its discharge at Eagle and on some of the , great river's characteristics have especial interest. The Yukon is the fifth ! river in size in North America. It ' drains an area of 330,000 square miles and its length, including the Lewes and Teslin rivers, is 2,700 miles. The Mississippi-Missouri rivers are 6,000 miles long; the Mackenzie, 2,868; Col[ orado-Green, 2,000, and Ohio-Allegheny, 1,300. 1 The discharge of the Yukon varies ? from a maximum of 254,000 cubic feet a second to 10,100 cubic feet, average of 73,200. This discharge is relatively small compared with the average flfrw ' of the Mississippi, 695.000; Ohio. 300,i 000, and Colorado, 23.300. The Nile, ?"L - ~OMO nt 1 Don I Willi m uidinagc ai v/? vi square miles has an average flow of 116,000 cubic feet a second. The comparatively small flow in relation to its drainage area is attributed to the fact that the interior of Alaska has the small rainfall characteristic of that portion of the United States that lies between the Rocky mountains and the Sierra Nevada north of the latitude of Salt Lake i City. The Yukon means so much to Alaska and the territory means so much to the United States in gold production and in other latent mineral and other development that the lack of general knowledge regarding its characteristic must be surprising to the sojourner in this country who comes from its banks.?New York Commercial. ' IS WORLD'S RAREST PLANT I f Thia la the Silversword, Which Growa in Profusion on Hawaiian Volcano Slopes. The rarest plant in the world grows in Hawaii, a fact which is unknown to all but very few of the thousands of tourists annually visiting the paradise ! of the Pacific. It is the silversword. Its very name is odd and unusual, at once arousing the curiosity and the interest of the stranger who chances to > hear it. It is a cactuslike growth, the i long, silky, gray leaves of which give it its peculiar name. The reason for its rarity is that it is found only on the most inaccessible slopes of the vol, canoes of this group of islands. From the earliest times it has been appreciated and greatly admired by i the native Hawaiians, who called it "ahinahina" (gray-headed), becauso they had never, before the coming of the white man, seen silver, and there' fore could not apply to the plant the cognomen which so well describes it. All who have found it prize it more Uaininiiv than /in Alnlno cHmhers JOOIUUDIJ tuau uv w treasure the edelweiss; it is far more . beautiful a thing and more difficult to obtain than the famous flower of Switzerland. Catamount Robs Farmer. Adam Sterner, an Augustaville, Northumberland county (Pa.) farmer, ' had an experience with a huge catai mcftmt that almost turned his hair gray. He was driving to the Sunbury markets with a load of produce, and ' was passing through dense woods when he felt a heavy body land on his wagon, followed by spitting and "meowing" that were hideous. ' Looking back, he saw two big balls of fire, the eyes of the largest cata. mount he had ever seen. It was pawing at the canvas cover he had over his load. With a revolver, the fright ened farmer fired twice. At the dis. charge of the weapon the cat Jumped and escaped In the darkness. When ? he arrived at the market two fat , dressed chickens were missing. War Booms Home Brewing. The new beer tax in England has - had the effect of reviving the obsolete . art of home brewing in the countrjr districts. If home brewing becomes widespread, one of the main sources to which Lloyd George has been looking to raise funds for the war will j be cut off. The brewing industry r will suffer. Ale can be brewel at home at 1*6 cents a pint, or 4% cents l cheaper than it can be bought at a public bar. Small householders paying less than $50 a year in taxes ars allowed to brew for home use free from any excise tax. Empty casks , are bought up to store the home brews, and brewing coppers are lent among neighbors. | French Physician in Demand. Doctor Doyen, the French surgeon, is generally considered to be the 11 wealthiest medical man In the world 1 He Is also one of the busiest, and It Is proverbial in Paris that no healthy ' man can ever get a talk with him. Patients come from every part of the . world to his private hospital in the , Rue Duret, and in recent years he has had all his more important surgical operations clnematographed, with the object of leaving exact records of his work for the aid of other surgeons. Ever get the blues? Try this paper? a sure cure. TO Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S > TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know I what yon are taking, as the formula is . printed on every label, showing it is ' Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents ; KINGSTREE DIST. CONFERENCE Convened at Andrews Wednesday, Rev. H. B.Browne Presiding. Georgetown, April 26:?The Kingstree District conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South,will be held at Andrews, beginning Wednesday morning. The conference will be preceded by a Sunday-school institute tomorrow. The president of the body will be Kev n ts crowne, presiding elder of the district of Kingstree. The sessions will continue through Friday. Reports covering all church work throughout the district will be made and all phases of religious work will be discussed. The conference will be composed of about seventy-five clergymen and laymen. The work of the district, under the leadership of Mr Browne, has advanced greatly. In spite of the financial distress, church moneys have come in freely.and it is expected that all missionary assessments will be reported paid at this conference. AiKen, $>iu,yuo iu; rmmoerg, 473.01; Barnwell, $8,738.86; Beaufort, $8,928 15; Calhoun, $4,346.95; Charleston, $38,914.61; Dorchester, $6,832.90; Florence, $28,993.94; Georgetown, $11,327.92; Jasper, $1,662.20; Lexington, $12,504.22; Orangeburg, $20,747.55; Richland, $51,453.54; Union, $12,806.33; Williamsburg, $4,766.55. Mr L D Rodgers' big fire sale is still going on and there are manj desirable bargains yet to be had Prices are now down to rock bottorr on every article. It HONOK ROLL Of Bens an School for Month Ending April 23,1915. Benson, April 26:? Eighth Grade?Dave McGill anc Thad McCullough. Seventh Grade?Ocena Haddock, George Rembert, Mabel Tyler anc Ruby Tisdale. Sixth Grade?Edith McCullough and Florence Rembert. Fifth Grade?Fowler McCutchen V/Mii-fU Crorla?Qfovo I'l/UIUl UIOUV MIA. VV MAVV/WSiVMps**! Ernest Haddock and Alberta McCrea, Second Grade?Eva Courtney, Addie Burrows and Sadie Tjler. First Grade?John Watson McCullough.Adger Ward, Larand Rogers and Omeca Ward. 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