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r M ' * "i % ? i (Eljc (Cmintj) lleftifi). VOL. XXXI. KOGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 191 (>. NO. 14 ENTHUSIASM, ENERG THESE Saturday Night, June 10, is 01 uii5 rciiuu ui uic vui Suit Will Be Awarded date?New and Old Every One Yon Po Plenty ot Sobsc by the hi These are the days that the live energetic candidates are doing thei best to get every subscriber possible A great many are meeting with sue cess just for the simple reason tha they are using their brains to thin and plan and are going at it wit t system and organization. I The Record has a large list o subscribers. Everyone of these wi renew their paper at some time i the near future. If you only as them to give you the votes whe | they pay their subscription, the [ will gladly do so. It costs ther nothing and will be a pleasure t haln wan Thprp nrP ftlso anV nUIT UVi p JVM* Atav* V ?- ? ? ? ? ber of new subscriptions to be had i you will only trj to get them. Som other candidate will get them if yo C do not. Make up your mind tha \ you will get a certain number eac day, new or old, and do not stop ur til you get them or the promise o them. The days of the contest are flyip past and although the candidate are bunched together now, there i no reason to believe that they wil stay that way. Some are sure t forge ahead of the others and yoi may as well be one of the ones t keen ahead. Set the (Term of enthusiasm afloa in your campaign of votes; carry i in your attitude and manner; i spreads like a contagion and influ ences every fibre of your industr; before you realize it; it begets an* produces effects you do not drean of; it means increase in production it means joy and pleasure and satis faction to your helpers; it mean life, real and virile; it means spon taneous bed rock results?progress accomplishment and success. Saturday night, June 10, will b the dose of this period of the con test. Candidates in District No must bring in their reports by ' o'clock Saturday evening in order t have their subscriptions counted oi die bed room suit Candidates liv inor in Diatrirt No 2 will he allowei to mail subscriptions Saturday even ing. All that is necessary is tha the letter bears a post mark o June 10. TheKingH Invite Yon 1 $ IWe are giving votes being conducted by The cash trade and on paymei are in need of Hardware, F worthy lady In the race. Wj Remember, you get 1 you spend at oufr store, ei | on payment of accounts. We Invite Yoi ? Hie King Hard | "The Popular Y, EFFORTTHREE MEAN SUCCESS ; the Date Set for the Ciosini itest?A Beautiful Bed Room to Some Energetic Candic_l !_i: r- i r.i OUUSCIipUUIlJ) UMIll, UCl ssibly Can?There are riptions to be Had Justrious One. CONTEST CANDIDATES. r Diat. No. 1?All Territory wtthii Corporate Limits ot Klngstree. 5- Mrs L S Dennis 85,34* tt "MA Ross 46,96< " CR Thomas _. 66,72< k Miss Lyllian Alsbrook ?59,181 h " Miriam Fluitt ?...63,77< " Irene Epps_ ?49.8CH " Jimmie Britton 33.65< ,f " Lily Marcus - 61,99* ? " Mattie Miller ? 68,44* 1? " Ann Pulton...._ _.64,96( n District No. 2?All Sural Routes k and Towns Outside ol Klngstrec Klngstree, R. F. D. Miss Beth McGill .._ 51.34C y Mrs E W Howard 56,68( n Greelyvllle. 0 Miss Alice Connor _....24,05( , Greelyvllle, R. F. D. Miss Mellie Ferrell 67,92( f Lanes. e Miss Mamie Baggett _68,72( u " Alice Rich 84,37( Sailers. Miss Carrie Moseley 32,01( h Mrs R D Braaham ? 38,67' L- Vox. - Miss Mettie Eaddy 64,72( Johnsonvlllc. Miss Bertie Eaddv.. 24,89< g Mrs R B W Dickson 67,19f 8 Hemingway. Mrs Dudley G Huggins 84,200 s Miss Cenie Haselden 84,00( " Venters. 0 Miss Christine Newell ?38.82C a *' Gertrude Davis 45,750 Trio. 0 Mrs J W Moore 84,770 Lake City. t Miss Laurie Stuckey , 84,895 t Cades. Miss Wista McElveen ?.22,250 * " EJvelyn Hanna 24,050 [. " Jessie Smith 60,100 _ New Zlon. y Miss Debelle Evans 70,600 3 Earles. o Miss Connie Thompson.. 76,950 Andrews. Mrs WE Ward .23,720 h " OA Milhous 24,270 " k w Marsnaii, k r u _.3y,i&u 8 Miss Verra West 41,680 r St. Stephens. ! Miss Fannie Funk 84,980 Snttons. Miss Stella Lamb ..22,250 e " Annie Ogburn 63,445 i" Fowler. I Miss Ruth Mills 78,690 7 Henry. Miss Annie Ervin 84,650 n Rome. Miss Louise Snow 68.04G Monzon. Miss Hessie Frierson ?77,39S Helnemann. t Mrs J P Gamble 46,69C f Bloomlngvale. Mrs S D Smith 80.86C ardwareCo. [o Their Store in the Ladies' Contest now County Record for your nt of your account. If you buy it of us and help some LOO votes for every dollar ither on cash purchases or i To Oar Store Iware Company Hardware Store" GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OFF JUTLAND. BRITISH ADMIRALTY ASSERTS I GERMANS LOST EIGHTEEN MEN ! O'WAR IN THE FIGHT. The greatest sea fight in modern times took place on the afternoon and evening of May 31, off Jutland, : i in the North Spa. between the Ger-ll mac High Seas Fleet and a portion < of the British navy. The first news < of the battle came from Berlin, by i wireless to Sayville, and claimed a I great German victory. The British loss in men and ships was at first 1 1 reported to be considerably greater than the German. i ) On Monday the British admiralty 1 ) issued a statement saying there was i 5 the strongest ground for the belief 1 ) that the British navy in the battle 1 ? with the Germans off Jutland last < > week had accounted for a total of 1 ) eighteen German men of war and < | that there was nothing to add to or < subtract from the original announce> I ment of the British losses. i } The statement gave the German j losses as two battleships, two dreadnaught battle cruisers, four light ) cruisers, nine torpedo boat destroyers and a submarine, j A dispatch from Copenhagen says rumors are current in Hamburg that | two additional German warships than those announced in the German ) communication?the battleship West- , falen and the battle cruiser Lutzow? , j were sunk in the battle. A wireless \ dispatch received in London Satur- , i day, from Berlin said the German , 1 o^miroltv ortmiM-pH fhp lfiRS nf t.hp . Westfalen. I The admiralty statement Monday t night declares that the German losses > in the fight were not only relatively j but absolutely greater than those of g ' the British. Maintaining its prac- \ i tice of caution, the admiralty still ? | refrains from giving the names of the lost German ships. The official list of the casualties ; among the officers shows that hardly a single officer of the line escaped | from the British cruisers sunk in the battle. An additional casualty ' list of petty officers shows that fori ty-three of them were saved from the Queen Mary, Invincible, For1 tune, Ardent and Shark. None was saved from the Indefatigable, De( fence, Black Prince, Tipperary, Turbulent, b^pmad or Nestor, i Admiral Lord Beresford, in an interview, while contending strongly for tne view tnat tnere was no iauure in the British strategy and that Vice Admiral Beatty won a brilliant success, though it was dearly bought, declared that the only mistake made was by the admiralty in allowing the Germans to get first in the field with the news of the battle, or as he puts it, with "impudent fabrications." Otherwise, said Lord Beresford, no fault can be found with the admiralty. Peterafleld. Mrs H H DuRant _5,200 The following merchants are issuing ballots in The Record's Ladies' Voting contest. Any merchant can obtain these ballots by seeing the contest manager: Silverman's Dept Store, Kinc Hardware f!n. Kingstree Furniture Co, Kingstree Dry Goods Co, Kingstree Hardware Co, People's Mercantile Co, Kingstree Drug Co, Baggett's Jewelry Store, Rodgers & Godwin, W V Brockington, M D, M H Jacobs, People's Market, R W Lewis, Mcintosh & Alsbrook, S Marcus, D C Scott, Jr, Maxwell Motor Car Agency, W E Jenkinson. Paris Green in pound packages. Kingstree Drug Co. ENGLAND'S WAR CHIEF AND STAFF DEAD, KITCHENER, MINISTER OF WAR. PERISHES WHEN CRUISER GOES DOWN OFF ORKNEY ISLANDS. London, June 6:?The news that Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, and his staff, who were proceeding to Russia aboard the cruiser Hampshire, were lost off the Orkney Islands last night, was the most stunning diow ureal Britain has received since the war began. This is the second shock the country has sustained within a week, rhe other was when the newspapers appeared Friday evening with the first intelligence of the naval battle in the North Sea in the form of a list of the ships lost, with practically no intimation that there was any lompensation in the way of enemy losses. The bulletin telling of the ieath of Kitchener gave the country >ven a greater shock. Kitchener was the one outstanding personality whom the people talked of and believed in as a great man, notwithstanding newspaper attacks, which at a former period of the war threatened to undermine bis popularity and the public confidence in him JELLICOE'S REPORT. A telegram from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, commander of the fleet, jiving the bare facts, was received at the admiralty about 11 o'clock in the morning. This official announcement was issued about 1:30 in the afternoon. Before noon, however, umors were spreading. Admiral Jellicoe's report to the idmiralty follows: "I have to report with deep regret that his Majesty's ship Hampihire, Capt Herbert J Saville, R N, vith Lord Kitchener and his staff on PLAY BALL We all need exercise in the open air. Why not play the good old American Game of Base Ball. It's the most healthful game of all. Get a supply of DIAMOND BRAND BASE BALL GOODS. Get up a Team. It will be great fun and exercise com bined. Call and see our supply. Let us help you select the right kind of Bats, Balls and Gloves. We guarantee them to give satisfaction ? they're the best made. 4 ir* vv l lungstree Hardware Company Kingstree, - - S> C OPENING OF THE BASEBALL SEASOft KINGSTREE WILL PLAY THRE GAMES WITH LAMAR ON THE HOME GROUND NEXT WEEK. The Pee Dee Baseball league wi open its season Monday, June 1: when Kingstree's "Red Sox" wi V\1 Aif A AA?I? Aft A ^ / I* SWAMTtStn ltTl A yiiay a oci ics ui uucc koujco WII the Lamar team at Kingstree; Bei nettaville will play at Bishopvil and the Florence team will play i Dillon, according to the schedu mapped out by the executive con mittee of the association. Local fans are looking forward t the opening games with great inte: est and enthusiasm,and they are n( the least bit reserved in their pri dictions as to what their favorit team is going to do for the rest c the clubs. Kingstree's "Red Sox are already slated to win the per nant in the first half of the thirt: game series; Florence is booked 1 win the second half, then Kingstre is to win over Florence in the chan pionship contest at the end of th season. This is the way local far have cast their predictions for tt home team. Whether such predi< tions have merit or not. we shall nc venture an assertion. However, th Kingstree team is composed of goc ball players,as good, perhaps, as wi be found in the amateur field, an we gather from unbiased critics tl opinion that this team's prospecl for a successful season are exceei ingly good. Then, again, accordin to the statements or Manager tsi and President W R Scott, who bas their judgment upon the individu, work of the team on the field hei board, was sunk last night at aboi 8 o'clock to the west of the Orkney either by mine or torpedo. "Four boats were seen by obser ers on shore to leave the ship. T1 wind was north-northwest and hea\ seas were running. Patrol vesse and destroyers at once proceeded 1 the spot and a party was sent alon the coast to search, but only son: bodies and a capsized boat have bee found up the present. As the whol shore has been searched from sei ward I greatly fear that there . little hope of there being any sui vivors. "No report has yet been receive from the searching party on short "H M S Hampshire was on he wav to Russia." %bCj?v*V^ VVw HOW CAN A CAREFUL Mi INTO DEW? DEBT IS AS Df A DISEASE. A FLY ON A PIECE OF FLY I SELF WHEN HE IS ONLY ON MONSTER THAT IS HARD TO IT IS SO EASY TO "CHARGE TLE MONEY IN THE BANK IN BANI WE PAY * PER CENT INTE Farmers & Merch "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Aitluriud by Federal Reserri Board la to FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM I. FOR KINGSTREE. :e beginning july i, mail will be delivered by carriers Tn Drcmrvrv nr thwn ill Yesterday afternoon Postmaster 2, Stackley received the following tel11 egram: ^ Washington, D C, June 7, 1916. 3" Mr Louis Stackley, le Kingstree, S C. at Have just secured order giving 'e city mail delivery to Kingstree v July 1. J W Ragsdale. o r* and in the three game series with the Georgetown team during the ^ present week.it is probably safe to say * that the home team's chances of success as pennant winners in the ,, j Pee Dee league are excellent. Some time ago the promoters of P* the local team decided to have the 0 ladies of Kingstree submit names !e for the club, offering a season ticket to the one who sent in the name seie lected by the officers of the club. IS i "Red Sox" was the name chosen and was proposed by Miss Ruth "" Winn,stenographer in the law offices ie of Stoll, Stoll & O'Bryan. The red i?j stockings are a part of the club uniII form. [(j The team is composed of live ball | players, nearly all of whom have tg played semi-professional ball either in the minor leagues or on college "j teams. They are all new men in ^ I Kingstree except Simms of Cowpens Je > and Schachte of Charleston. These | two young men played splendid ball .g . with the Kingstree team last year. Simms is a live man on third, while ~~ "Shack" is a successful twirler. it s, Soil Survey ol Williamsburg. The Kingstree Board of Trade is * v- advised by Hon J W Ragsdale in a le recent letter to President P H Stoll ry that a soil survey of Williamsburg jg county will probably be made this winter by the Federal government, :o department of agriculture. Mr ff Ragsdale has been pressing this matle ter vigorously and has received such ,n encouragement from Secretary of le Agriculture Houston that he is of the opinion the survey will be made. A similar survey has already been is made in several nearby counties. r. We have the most complete stock j of furniture in this section and-our prices are right. Ask for votes. Kingstree Furniture Co. ?r v Send us the new. Ywaiw (wrwili MUA Li> fab, IY\ajy\^A/VV AN ALLOW HIMSELF TO DRIFT INGEROUS AS A DISEASE. IT IS PAPER SOMETIMES FREES HIMTHE EDGE. BUT "DEBT" IS A GET FREE FROM. IT." DON'T DO IT; PUT A LITI STEAD. K WITH US. REST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ants National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. C? I is Adnmislratar, Eucitor, Trnstee and R??is1rar.