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V ' V . (Smutty Xprur&.j TELEPHONE NO. 83 I SUBSCRIPTION RATE: _ One copy, one year $1 25! One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 One copy, one year in advance 1 00 M W. F. TOLLEY A R.K.WALLACE V Publishers. Thursday, May 3,1917. Reform In Germany. -----Tne current issue of The Youth's | Companion contains the following editorial which seems to give expression to what is pretty generally believed by the American press to be the political situation in Germany: v "What the German government really thinks of the Russian revolu^ tion and of the entry of the United States into the war may be gathered from the behavior of the Imperial Chancellor. So long as German arms were successful and Germans might still hope for a final victory, any Socialist who suggested that 4 political reform within the empire was advisable was curtly told that no discussion of such subjects would be permitted until after peace had been declared. < "When the news from Petrograd 1 reached Berlin, Dr Bethmann Holl- 1 weg hurried into the PfussiaD Legis- I l&ture and promised cnac me government would put many of the desired reforms into effect just as soon j the fighting was over. When that i promise failed to quiet the demand i for immediate changes in Prussia, the Chancellor announced?the time was a day or two after the United ; States had entered the war?that the Emperor himself had promised far-reaching reforms in Prussia, including a direct and secret ballot in place of the peculiar class representation that now prevails there. "Our knowledge of the exact situation in Germany is so imperfect that we cannot tell whether for the present those promises will satisfy the Socialists and Radicals. It is clear that the war has immeasurably in* amsuu! fko atrannrth nf thp Democrats, and that it has shaken the faith of the people at large in the wisdom of its princes and the validity of their military and political philosophy. A few years ago ^the Kaiser declared proudly that 1 there was only one will in Germay,? 1 his own,? and that 'the will of the King is the supreme law.' Nothing 1 * except a very deep, powerful move? ? A. - ? waavvI/\ f rvrrro >-/4 Qm_ IUCUL aillUUg 1119 pcuj/ic bvnaiu uvui ocracy could have induced him to make the concessions he has already made; for those concessions are each a step along the road that every Prussian statesman from Bismarck ' down has asserted would lead to the [ fall of the dynasty and the failure of Prussian ambitions. Count Revent- ; low, the spokesmen of the true Prus- i aian party, which is in turn the i strength of the imperial organiza- ( tion, openly speaks of the danger of , introducing the 'spirit of liberty, which our enemies rightly regard as equivalent to the destruction of | Germany as a power.' ] "Of course he means the de3truo- i Uob of Germany as an imperialistic, i militaristic, autocratic power. Noth- , ? i. PA(.?nent? fl?Am FA. ing can prevent ucnuouj .?v.u maining a great power, unless it be | the failure of its people to bring , their government into some sort of 1 agreement with the political and , moral currents of the age. Even j the* Kaiser, who entered the war ( with far different hopes, begins to i see that. But what becomes of him and his house and of the nation he f still leads depends, after all, less on him than on the people themselves. ' They will shape the future of Ger- i many; they will determine whether j it shall go down shackled to the'i tib . - WM ?f 4 .C ^jfl t Rev. Dr. J. Ernest Th&cker, and M ing a series of Evai corpse of autocracy, or live, a great and useful nation, to which its ancient freedom and sanity have ^ been restored." i Si At this time of crisis, when our j government is mobilizing her army to protect the nation's boundaries.it 5 is necessary that another army be J formed to look after internal econom- , ic interests. The men of this second ? army should muster in and organize I for the purpose of looking into and 1 fostering the agricultural, commer- J cial and financial conditions of the State.and putting them on such a ba- : sis that the safety,honor and welfare 1 of her people may be established. \ ===== 1 Major General Leonard Wood, U J S A, who has recently been trans- , ferred from Governors Island. New 1 York, to Charleston as head of the i newly established Southeastern division of the army, will receive a J ?1 ??-1 4LA AM Atf(t kit fkn ruyni wcicuujc tu mc uiu vicjr wj his sea. A gorgeous parade is planned ] for Tuesday afternoon and at night 1 a dinner will be given in honor of the distinguished soldier by the . Chamber of ComWrce. A >repre- j sentative of the Kingstree Board of 1 Trade has been invited to attend ! and assist in welcoming General j Wood to South Carolina. Would fanu Bint If the newspaper would some day \ print the contents of its waste basket there would certainly be a riot. There would certainly be trouble in J many homes, arrests in many direc- ; tions, shotguns in another, trouble ] all around. But the patron never < sees the waste basket, he only glances < at the beautifully printed page, and ( complains if one letter is upside down, growls if one name happens ; to be wrong, kicks because his com- \ munication signed "Taxpayer" has < been condensed into respectable Eng- s lish,frowns because the editor did not 1 take hi9 advice about publicly telling : their neighbors about their short- j comings,and is generally disgruntled. He knows his share of the waste I basket but if he could look at the 1 contributions to that receptacle he J would be thankful for the existence j of a man with intelligence and cour- t age enough not to print all he knows, s and to temper that which he does 1 print. s Death of a Venerable Citizen. ) Mr L E Burkett, a highly respect- t ?d citizen of the Bryan community, iied at his home Thursday, April 26, I at the advanced age of 80 years. after being confined to his bed about \ three weeks. i f ; J^H [r James W. J elks, Prominent Pr igelistic Services at the Presbyte Ur U11f< H?TP . The Rev Dr J E Thacker of Norfolk, Va. and his choir leader and soloist, Mr James vV Jelks, have arrived in Kingstree, the latter reading here Tuesday, and Mr Thacker i day later. Tuesday veilings Mr JelKs held a ?ong service at the Presbyterian ehurch and at once proved himself .o be a singer of exceptional ability is well as a man of charming personality. The service was well at- j tended by local singers.whose work, under the direction of Mr Jelks, was much enjoyed by a good congregation I Dr Thacker, who is one of the foremost ministers of the South and evangelist for the General Assembly Df the Southern Presbyterian church, is one of the most prowerful exponents of gospel truths that it has ever been our pleasure to hear. He has i brilliant mentality, is comparative* ly young and possessed with a magnetic personality that is almost sure to captivate and charm those who ?_ a.??. ?:iL ?k;> come in coniaci wivii mm iu ?.><>o new Seld. He held his first service at 8 o'clock last evening and those present are highly pleased over the prospect of a delightful series of meetings during the next two weeks. Dr Thacker's methods in conducting a revival service are different from those of anv other evangelist we have heard, yet his sermons are simple, powerful truths and everv nne in the county who can should hear this distinguished divine while he is in Kingstree. During the meeting two services will be held daily, at 10:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. except Sunday when the morning service will be at 11 o'clock. Both Dr Thacker and Mr Jelks have already felt the charm of old Kingstree and are pleased to be here. We predict that they will regret to leave after they have gotten better acquainted with our town Ttad its citizenship. ^ n ? * ?Catvlea ivermany 10 crew >? ?<? Atlanta, Ga, April 30:?-An uncenjored letter from Switzerland to a German-born resident in this city declares that Germany has become jo hard pressed for men that the government is planning to call into jervice all the inmates of German insane asylums except the most violent. The plan is to take the milder rind of "fanatics and put them to ?vork on the roads and farms, and oossibly even to driN then) in the lome guard,if possible. It is argued that much useful labor is wasted by the idleness of insane men who are lubject only occasionally to fits of violence or temper. The letter is interesting chiefly as showing the desperate expedients to vhich Germany is forced as the 'iron ring" of the allies gradually ightens around her. Onves Out Malaria, Builds Up System ' rhe Old Standard general strengthening tonic, 3ROV8'8 TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives oat Malaria, en riches the blood,aad builds up the tysem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c. * / J eacher and Singer, Now Conducti i nan ctiurcn nere. Concerning Seed Distribution. Editor County Record:? Through the columns of your valuable paper 1 would like to ask Mr C | W Baker, farm demonstrator for Williamsburg county, a few questions as to how the free seed which : the government sent out were dieI ? tributed. How were the ones who received seed selected? Was it the ! intention of the government to give 1 them to the poorest farmers or to ! the well to do ones? 1 know of two* men near Greelyville with plantations worth six or seven thousand dollars who received the allotted amount of each kind of seed, while right in the same neighborhood there was a poor widow , on rented land, with several daughi ters to support, who did not get a seed. Again there is ( a man in ' Greelyville drawing a salary of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month I from the government, who received i aooJ onH hia farm wrill not exceed ; three acres of land. Now this seems to be the * case pretty generally, around through the county. And, as the people are talking a whole lot about the discrimination that seems to have been shown in the distribution of the seed, I for one would like to place the blame where it belongs and not blame Mr Baker or anyone else unjustly. So in> jus! tice to himself I think it would be a I good idea for Mr Baker to explain I .L J_u. -r ik. J trie pian ui uiairiuuuuu ui me sccu in full throueh the columns of The Record. R M Thompson. | Greely ville, Rt 2, April 30. Visit Odom & Dennis' Cash Store, I at People's Mercantile Co's old stand on Academy street. The Mississippi centennial expojsition has been postponed until 1919 ! on account of the war. I _ JUST RECEIVED . Jewelry for Graduation Presents. 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