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W? Gtorattg lUrnrh. KINQSTREE. S. O. O. W. WOLFE. tQITOW AND mO*m?TO?. Rntered at the postoffice at Kingstree, S?Cas second class mail matter. TELEPHONE WO, 83. TERMS~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One $?py, one year .-$1 2* One copy, six months 75 Oneeopy, three months .......v... 60 One copy, one year in advance. . 1 00 Obituaries. Tributes of Respect. Resolutions of Thanks. Cards of Thanks and all other reading nonces,not wswa, will be charged for at the rate of one tent a word for each insertion. All changes of advertisements and all communications must be in this office before TUESDAY NOON in order'to appear in the ensuing issue. All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special columnjone cent a word each issue.mini> mom price 25 cents, to be paid for id advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch ftrst Insertion, 60 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements vary reasonable.. For rates apply at mis office. In remitting checks or money orders *ake payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY. AUG. 26. 1915. In men whom men condemn as ill, I find so much s,f 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?whereG?>dhas not.' We Need Good Roads. With automobiles in large numbers tearing through the country at thirty miles an hour, and the ordinary traffic increasing steadily, the matter of better country roaas is becoming a vital question with every rural community in the country. The size of our crops is not the only thing to he considered when speculating upon the future prosperity of the nation. The matter of getting those crops to market in the quickest possible timq and at least expense is one of the most important problems we have to deal with today. It is an indisputable fact that automobile traffic cuts great ruts in out country roads, tears them to pieces, and renders the hauling of heavy loads of farm produce doubly difficult. But there is a remedy,and it should be applied. We should build better roads? I hard roads?roads that will last. If it requires a bond issue to do it, then let us have the bonds. The increased facilities for marketing products, and the increase in acreage as a resu:t of improved road conditions, would more than * 11 4-UA krvn/lo Vliset U1C SUJail lUtCtCDb uu inc uvuuo, It is a cold, sane, hard headed proposition for the material welfare of the whole community, and should be taken up by the proper authorities without loss of time. Wherever you find high grade country roads, there you invariably find a prosperous class of people. We need them here, and we can accommodate all of the prosperity that follows in their wake. Are You a Porcupine? If you meet your neighbor and he tsks you if you are a porcupine, K yy say yes. The Loyal Order of Porcupines is a new movement just inaugurated in California by the Hon Lyman J Gage, former secretary of the treasury. There is no mystery, no initiation fee, and no ceremony, and yet ft has caught the public fancy and is growing by leaps and bounds, and is spreading all over the country, wherever people live who are loyal to our country and its flag. The porcupine is the only animal that never bites any one and yet is never bitten. Its myriad of quills are its protection, and all other animals gfre it a wide berth. Mr Gage would have the United States in the position of the porcupine. He would have us so surrounded and girded by quills of defense that no foreign nation would in,redo mir nonpt'fiil shores. tat t fcU 1(4 VHV4V VV?* He would not have a great standing army, nor would he have us bristle with the curse of aggressive militarism; but he would have every it ^ <L * loyal citizen possess the rudiments of military knowledge, that when the time comes we may be in a position to hurl the invader into the seas and give adequate protection to our homes and our wealth. Like the porcupine, we are a peace loving people, and ask only to be left alone to pursue our honorable course to the end. Are you a porcupine? Say "yes!" An efficacious method of preventing your wife from going through your pockets is to give her a nickel occasionally. There are no cuss words in the Kickapoo Indian language, which is proof positive that Kingstree is not an Indian village. Never mind the imperfections of your neighbor. If you correct your own you will be doing all the community expects of you. Really, brother, don't you think that dollar you perchance owe us on subscription would be nearer home if it were in our pocket instead of yours? Some men haye brains, some have energy,a few have both and there are some who have neither. When one reaches the latter stage he usually becomes an office seeker. Yes, the war is a year old, and the only thing it has accomplished is the appalling destruction of human.life, property and honor. Sherman was right in his definition of war. If old Madam Rumor can be relied upon citizens of quiet old Kingstree need not be surprised to learn of several of her popular young men becoming benedicts at no very distant day. We are not going to give any names, so don't ask us to. Dame Rumor's tongue is awag. In another column of this paper will be found an act passed at the last session of the General Assembly relating to the catching or stoppage of fish in inland streams by means of seines or nets. A careful perusal of this law as given therein will perhaps interest fishermen and may save some of them from being reported and having to appear in a magistrate's court to answer charges of violation. Blease lor Governor in 1916. The following is taken from the Newberry Herald & News, of which Mr E H Aull,one of Blease's staunch supporters, is editor: Gov Blease makes the positive statement that he will be a candidate for Governor in the campaign of 1916. He says the demands for him to do so come from all parts of the State and that they are so strong he cannot afford to deny this demand from his friends who have stood by him so many times. Personally he has no desire to make the race or to be Governor,because his ambition in that line has been satisfied by having served two terms. But if it is the opinion of his friends that it is his duty to lead the people in the fight which is to be made next year, he cannot give a deaf ear to such a call and he will respond. His statement is brought forth by an article which Mr W P Beard published in the Scimitar a few issues back, and the letter is to Mr Beard in reply to the charge in that article that there had been a deal between Blease and Cooper. Gov Blease leaves little doubt as to his position in regard to a supposed deal with Mr Cooper and as to his attitude in the campaign next year. If Mr Blease should enter the campaign next year #it will not be a dull campaign, but there will be something doing at every meeting. There seems now to be no doubt that he will enter,because his friends from all parts of the State are demanding that he make the campaign. Wheh a small boy gets big enough to have full car fare paid for him, Urt io lviirflift; r\rAiir) Tint hlG nflf. ! lie IO Ull^iJlJ vuu, x/uw imm |'M? . ents take it as an insult. Some men who have climbed to the top run# of the ladder of sue-; cess, don't look down at their less fortunate fellows for fear they'll; ! lose their own hold. For a Sprained Ankle. If you will fret a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and observe the directions given therewith faithfully, you will recover in much less , i me than is usually required. Obtainable everywhere. ' COTTON PLACED IN CONTRABAND CLASS. ??. RAW MATERIAL, L1NTERS.YARN AND WASTE ORDERED UNDER CONTRABAND. London, August 22:?Official announcement was made last night by the foreign office that Great Britain had declared cotton as absolute contraband. Information has been received that the French government would likewise do so today. It was certain many weeks ago that this step would be taken before Parliament met again. The Daily Mail has been referring to the cotton policy of the government as "the cotton crime" and attributing the death of almost every soldier to the fact that cotton had not been declared contraband. What definite steps will be taken to relieve any abnormal depression in market conditions was not explained tonight, as full details are not settled and negotiations in this line are proceeding. It is stated, as already has been done by Lord Robert Cecil, Under Secretary of State, that letigimate neutral trade would have the utmost consideration ]K)ssihle. Close Time for Fisblng. With reference to the prohibition of obstructions in inland waters such as nets and seines for the pur- | pose of catching or stopping the j! free passage of fish, section 129 of i the 1915 Acts of the General Assem-! I j bly of the State of South Carolina, j provides that: ] -a- * * "There shall be a close j time in all the creeks, streams and 11 inland waters of the State from the ; > setting of the sun each Thursday! j until the rising of the sun each Monday. during which time all seines, nets or any plans or devices for the - - ii _ ? .?u:.u I ! stoppage or coiiecung ui nsu, which m obstruct any portion of any creek, ;| stream or inland waters other than j a dam for manufacturing purposes, \ shall be removed from said creek, \ | J streams or inland waters; and any 1J person or persons using such seine, | net, plan or device in violation of j t the provisions of this act shall be! ] deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, j and, upon convictiorr thereof before:! any court of competent jurisdiction, j shall be fined in the sum of two \ hundred dollars, one-half of. which \ shall go to the informer and the 1 other half to the court in which the I case shall be tried, or be imprisoned for a period of not less than three nor more than six months,or both, in the discretion of the court trying the case. Nothing herein contained shall apply to fishing with dip nets used by hand. And wherever any seine, net or any plan or device for the stoppage or collecting of fish, as above stated, shall be used, the Chief Game Warden or any Warden shall have the authority, in the name of the State of South Carolina, to seize and hold said seine, net or plan I or device for the stoppage or collecting of fish, and to use the same as evidence for the purpose of convicting any person violating the provisions of this section; and upon conviction of the person so using said seine, net or plan or device for the stoppage or collecting of fish, the same shall be forfeited to the State and sold, the proceeds of said sale to be transmitted to the credit of 1 the Game Protection Fund." Section 765 provides that it shall be unlawful at any time during the, year to stretch any, staked nets, j seines, wire iences ur naps muici than half way across the river or | streams, or to use any seines in any; of the lakes of this State, except; where such basins or lakes lie wholly within limits of private property of this State. Any person violating: this section shall be punished by im-1 prisonment for not more than six 1 months, or be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. The man who prides himself on giving others "a piece of his mind," never seems to secure any peace of mind by the process. i | To Our Advertisers $ | Copy for changes of adver- ? j J tisements must lie in tkis office < > by G p. m. Tuesdays. If you ! t wish to discontinue your ad notification must be given by i 6 p. m. Tuesdays, as from 4 Z tn fi najrps nf The Record cro ?; ^ to press Wednesday morning, f ^ Our patrons will greatly f 2 oblige, and facilitate our work ; T by observing these rules. 4' <s> i Arts Old Sorts, other Itnedles won't Core The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, | are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heais at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00. I Clear Men From now on i you any sui? in out ?Z ?4- ~ live per ccnu as w? line. % We have nothi suits and when we have cut it. Simp! ness into cash=?=th IMost of these s able for all yearroi fourth on the origii | same satisfaction t We also have i Men, Women and C to-date line of Men we guarantee you I Davis Kingstree Har Kingstree, Nelson': 'The i begs to announce to are stanc We are selli more m< our We are all "home of the people among stand in the way to Tuesday's sales w< of over Ten Cents p< Considering the fi ferior, Nelson's Wai for each and every p will pay you to inves to us. Epps, M< Proprietors Kingstree, # ance. = of z= 's Si ^ il i.! , until runner none r store at a reduct i are going to di; ing but new, clea : say we have cm ly turning this er at's all. suits are medium und wear and you rial price and be :hat you always gc i full line of Shoe* Children and a con 's Furnishings. C best values. & Fei dware Company's C South t Ware Old Reliab its friends and p ling by our reputal ng moretol )ney than a Competitors boys," working fo whom we live and please. / jre large and we m; 3r pound. ict that the crop tl "ehouse is getting >ile of tobacco sold j-h'rra-f-o emrl hrincr i Jl/lgjUt v UHVl niu, ^ clntosh ?Nelson's War* Soi % Sale , 1 < ? | nits ' :e we will sell ion of twentyscontinue this / t n, high-grade t the price, we I id of our busii weights, suitcan save onesure of that ;t at this store. ? 5 and Hose for nplete and up- ~ j ome to see us, I ) ? inell * m )ld Store * Carolina house le" -> latrons that we don. bacco for my of N ^ J r the interests letting nothing | ade an average ? lis season is in the high dollar Y on its floor. It /our next load & Co. ihouse ith Carolina = ' i \