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SIljp (County 2(prori>. W. F. TOLLEY & E. C. EPPS Publishers. Entered at the postoftice at Kingatree, S.C.as second class mail matter. "TELEPHONE NO~83 TERMS ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year I) 26 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months . 60 One copy, one year in advance? 1 00 Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks. Cards of Thanks and all other reading notices.not News, will be charged for at the rate of one eent 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 All communications must be signed j by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper. : ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special , olumnjone cent a word each issack minimum price 25 cents, to be paid tor in advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch first insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. KatN on long term Nvrnnemvuia ray reasonable. For rate* apply .at this office. In remitting check* or money order* aak* payable to THE COUNTY RECORD^ ^Thursday Dec. SO. 1917. Gaffney is suffering from a gasolene and kerosene famine. Savannah banks have just paid out $325,00 in Christmas checks. The town council of Marion has prohibited Christmas fireworks this year. Charleston restaurauis have inmootlnoe on/1) mhooflocc au^Uiavcv mvauiv. JO atiu tt kivMbivww days. St" Matthews had a water famine last week, caused by the bursting of the mains. Furman university has been closed temporarily on account of an outbreak of measles. Thrift stamps are now being given j as tips to waiters in New York hotels and restaurants. The receipts of the Lee county fair just clostd were $5,394.65, against $3,035.25 last year. % A tract of land near Blackviile sold Friday for $211 per acre, a new record for Barnwell county dirt. Florence county's first poultry show will be held next week, Wedniudiiv n Caftn-Hav innliKivp The Citadel will celebrate its 75th anniversary tonight. Rev Dr John Kershaw will be one of the speakers. There have been 16 deaths from pneumonia among the troops in camp at Hattiesburg, Miss, so far this month. Clinton Turner; a colored boy of Smoaks, less than 3 years old, has picked 396 pounds of cotton this season. i Robert J Wimrate of Sumter was one of those rescued when the American ship Acteon was recently torpedoed by the Germans. Three barrels of sugar were received at Lexington Friday and sold in three hours, no one being allowed more than 50 cents worth. A service of thanksgiving for the i capture of Jerusalem was held in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston, Sunday. i The receipts of the colored fair at Bishopville were $915,a highly cred- 1 itable showing when the very unfa- 1 vorable weather is considered. A motor postal route is to be established between Columbia and Augusta. It will also supply Aiken, Lexington and several other offices. The Southern Textile exposition at Greenville last week was the greatest event of the kind ever held in the South and attracted thousands of visitors. A union service, in which all denominations participated,was held in Florence Methodist church Sunday | evening to welcome the new pastor. Rev S B Harper. Prof 0 M Mitchell of Rome will address the Sunday-school of Rose Hill Baptist church, in Georgetown county, at the Christmas tree festivities Monday night. The schools at Greenville have taken two weeks from the winter session and will extend the spring term the same length of time. This is done to save coal. The board of charities and corrections has rejected about 150 applicants for scholarships to Winthrop on the ground that they were able to pay for their tuition. Addresses on Red Cross work were delivered in a number of Charleston churches Sunday, Among the speakers were H L Erckmann, Esq, Dr H N Snyder and A V Snell. Prof S E Evans,formerly of Workman. has been appointed on the advisory committee of Marlboro county to boom the sale of war thrift stamps. Rev B F McLendon is on the pulpit committee. John H Dukes, one of Orangeburg's oldest citizens, died there Thursday, aged 84. He was a Confederate veteran, had served in the Legislature and was Sheriff of Orangeburg county for 1(1 years. A policeman of Orangeburg accidentally killed a young colored girl Monday while shooting at a fugitive charged with larceny. The bullet struck a tree and glanced, strikiug the victim and killing her instantly. The Clyde Steamship company has asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to cancel its second class and steerage rates and party fares between the South and New York. The result will be an in ? crease in passenger iares. A step to relieve the widespread coal shortage in South Carolina was taken up by the Fuel Administration Tuesday,when instructions were sent to Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee producers to make immediate shipments to Carolina towns. Union services were to be held in Gaffnev Methodist church Sunday by the Methodists. Baptists and Presbyterians to welcome the new pastor. Rev W A Fairy, but have been postponed on account of the serious illness of one of Mr Fairy's daughters. The Columbia convocation of the Episcopal chlirch convened last week in St Bartholomew's church, Hartsville, Rev 0 T Porcher rector. It was the first time that body had met there in seven years, and the members were greatly impressed with the rapid growth of the town during that time. The postoffice department has called for bids for an auto mail service between Charleston and Columbia. If established, the service will be from February 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919, six times a week, via Summerville, Harleyville, Bowman, Orangeburg.Jamison, St Matthews and New Brookland. A cold wave of great intensity swept over the United States la3t week. In New York sleet crippled the surface and elevated lines and the subways were overcrowded with nasspntrers. In Pennsylvania snow fell to the depth of four to seven feet. The Missouri river was frozen over at St Joseph.Mo. Killing frosts were reported as far South as Palm Beach,Fla, and a number of cities in Texas were deprived of natural gas by the freezing of the pipes. Call at once and get your Christmas Presents before the best have gone. Brockington's Drug Store. When you are in Kingstree don't fail to visit the big Furniture Store next to postoffice. 9-6-tf Kingstree Furniture Co. If you want to get the best Christmas Presents for the least money go to Brockington's Drug Store. The Legal Advisory tsoara win De in session in the court house every day in the week except Sunday for the purpose of gi ving advice and such assistance as may be needed by registrants in properly filling out their questionnaires, this without any cost to the applicant. As this is a complicated document and must be filled out correctly, therefore, it is advisable that every one subject to the draft law take advantage of the services of the Advisory Board without delay. Christmas Toast to Kaiser Here's to the Kaiser, The limberger cheese. May the swell in his head n. j UO UUWIJ IU IMS MICCS, May he break his d? neck On the Hindenberjr line, And go to h? croakinpr "The Watch on the Rhine." COFFINS AN A large and varied assc Automobile Hearse Horse-Drav Experienced Sei Day 01 Kingstree H Phones 35> A We Lead; Ol i Young Mothers ! Reserve strength for motherhood is of two-fold importance I and thoughtful women before i and after maternity take i ccott'c JemulsionJ It siinnli^ nnrp rod livpr oil I r i?? i ? ? ? ? ; lor rich blood and contains lime and soda with medicinal j glycerine, all important ingredi-1 ents for strengthening the nervous system and furnishing | abundant nourishment fit is free from alcohol Insist on the genuine.1 The Norwegian cod liver oil in Scott"? Fmnhion is now refined in our own American laboratories which makes it pare and palatable. Scott & Bowne. Bloomfield, N.J. 17-30 , , Baptist Union Meeting. T'h e Georgetown-Williamsburg Union will meet with the Mt Tabor Baptist church December 28, at 11 o'clock a. m. The programme is1 as follows: 11:15?Devotional Service and Welcome Address Rev J T Russ 11:30?Enrollment of Delegates 12:00?Introductory Sermon Kev w k carnes 12:45?First Discussion: What is the Relation of the Church to the Union? T D Powers Adjournment 6:00 p. m.?Devotional 6:15?Second Discussion: Under What Obligation is the Pastor to the Union? Rev W C Blunt 7:15?Third Discussion: What Are the Best Methods of Securing and Maintaining a Pastor? ?..J E Williams Adjournment SATURDAY MORNING. 10:15?Devotional 10:30?Verbal Reports of Churches 12:00?Discussion of Reports. Adjournment saturday evening. 7:00?Temperance Sermon W C Blunt 8:00?Fourth Discussion: Is it According to Scripture for the Preacher to be Paid a Stated Salary? A A Forbes Adjournment sunday morning. 10:00?Sunday-school Work 11:30?Missionary Sermon Rev J C Callum or W C Wallace Get your Bagging and Ties from People's Mercantile Co. 10-4-tf Five firemen were iajured and a loss estimated at $200,000 was sustained in a fire in the business center of Baltimore late Tuesday night. Fresh Fish! So far as possible I will have on hand for the trade fresh and salt water fish Wednesdays and Fridays of each week. S F EppS. Ten persons were killed and seventy injured during an air raid which took place on London Tuesday night. The material damage was small. Seed Oats! Seed Oats! PoA Rnaf.Prnnf SppH Ontfl At low est price for cash. Bring your wagon and carry back a load of Seed Oats. 9-27-tf Odom & Dennis. Jenkinson's is the place to buy your Holiday Goods. Free Tobacco Seed. Proprietors of Nelson's warehouse have a supply of free tobacco seed for distribution to their customers. These seed may be obtained by calling at the store of the People's Mercantile Co's. Piles Cured in 'j to 14 Days Vour druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease aud Ke^t. ID CASKETS. I irtment to select from. I and Rubber-Tired I m Hearse. | rvices Rendered i r Night. ardware Co. 59 or 122 thers Follow. 1 * VniBBHHBHHl - . -? 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See the les are so placed that ev r attention to the Por ly cleaned as a china pis while we have a big va] lymets. Prices range ILK yAV tiipi 'oltu Grafo; an// Cr%1iitnh\ - and we will nf* it* hpcirlp Ut AW 1L/ ie Christmas T y thing associated with the Columbia Grafonola is pi s to you is a pleasant i< : you are in the store. 2 store is the place to dec y. You can choose the tyi lie finish that will suit yoi the payments will be mac S) Kings! nJy 111 and 11 W'A! W VVVK-V-. ?^? [other Hoosier's Conncil t>ng Life. Kitchen Specialists m Mrs.Christine Frederick, ???? ?? noted Household Effi . ciency authority; head Brought Miss Alice Bradley, Prin*ii , cipal of Miss Farmer's osier will show you s<rhoo, of cookery, They put pleasure Massachusetts. Mrs. Alice R. Dre9ser, sh kitchen drudge Consultant of HousaSt of the discover* ^old Administration, Massachusetts. ugh thousands of Mr3* J,an* HLU'Prin iJ/i i-xL cipal of the Summer scientific kitchens- School of Cookery, Of life. You will New Hampshire; Edicomes you can sit tor and AuthorMiss Fay Kellogg, a ... .. prominent New York rs on Will soon dis- Architect Mrs. Frank Ambler Pat( Hoosier vital sec- tison. Domestic Effi ery one Of them is ciency Engineer, New Jersey. w ,?l;a Mrs. Nellie K. Jones, a celiron top, which Household Consultant, of Wisconsin. A riety, and pay for Mrs. H. M. Dunlap, Do- M ! from $17.75 to [ mestic Science Expert, I I Illinois. W | 1 nbia aola SbJRecants 0 s1 m I ip-V-1-1#!! n buying - N easant Every idea that !#j dea. You enjoy yourself ly ide what type Grafonola H >e of instrument you like M 11 best You can arrange p le. 1 reeFurn.Co, N 13 Academy Street. i i J; k.J? g'v x yyisTak A M, M