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f """ ? WAT THK KING IS HEAD. * MIMIIMIIIIIIIIttllltlll south Columbia Record. nf,^| The people of South Carolina have spoken. The legal traffic in liquor Sau 1 muBt go. What of the unlawful ternatlo license? trol Cot Prohibition means one of two t:onjunc things?free liquor or no liquor at Pices of all. In some states prohibition is a j1,10 Nat' disgrace. Near beer saloons are de- Col. 1 cidedly more odious and more C.t pre? odorous than our dispensaries. And Con a near drunk on near beer is said to , (>f the f be as near the real thing as an old "Upoi sot could stage. j of aroaf We hope, however, that South ^<a*es Carolina will have no liquor at all. "oot* pr That, really, would be not so much swamP an achievement of prohibition as a annua , , , - . 000 dea change of sentiment. Our people are becoming temperate. They are tired ' ' am of the dospotism of King John of aml> ? , ? in the 1 Barley Corn. i , ducing The most powerful arraignment 000 of the liquor habit that has ever been cu)turaj written came not from some iron .. 1 headed or brass throated reformer, rou|j but from the pen of a man of the farm8 world, Samuel G. Blythe. Two years "Ther ago this Washington newspaper man efty Jo8f wrote an article that stuck. ! wjjj 8ufl He showed the utter futility of would a drinking as a social pastime and de- aione a scribed the penalties that a young Kreater man pays for being "a good fellow." aIuj jn<j Blythe wrote facts, and that one arti- i "This cle steadied thousands of young man. j 1,925.00 They had thought It smart to! drink wine and to travel in gay com-; pany. but Sam G. Blythe certainly ^ held up the mirror to life and let + TH convivial men see themselves and be come ashamed. ! ' " i ( olumbi There is "nothing to it." in the slang of the day. A sociability that' |un,|,|a is built up upon a drinking acquain- ^mjs of tance alone is as weak as Villa cur- ? . a specia rency in a town about to surrender p^ur to Carranza. For the moment it may {jon carry things along, but when the toroBf ft| drop does come, the jar is so hard. serving That is one reason for the great ^TnItoci S majority given to prohibition. There ,uro js are many men who think that it is no ,, .M r. ,M harm for others to have whiskev. , . , . his who! but-they do not care for it them- . plovmen selves. They did not vote. , . * of educi The regular crusaders were there very val in full force and the burlesque cam- |,{g natj paign of the local option league was -p^p grist for their mill. It brought out (unate i the prohibitionists and they did vote. serjOS 0) The question is not who did it, or' yfgr co, bow it was done, but what we are trv (.}Hir going to do with it? There We will have a state-wide prohibi- will perl tion law. Will it mean the popular- the folic Jzing of lemon extract, Jamaica such m ginger and certain patent medicines preparat to be used as beverages? Will it First. mean near-beer dives where men will ond. "Tl be made criminal In their decep- the nrin tfons? third. "1 The Record Rave warning last win- Problem ter that this would bo a one sided Church i fight and a one sided election because Problem: but one proposition was submitted Minister and as between the dispensary and Ouostion prohibition, the people were down on trv Chui the dispensary. nity." But The Record wishes to go on " ' record as saying this?that If our ef- ' forts can be of any avail, there will ' ' ' ' be no pseudo prohibition in South OI" er ' 1 Carolina. We must have the real . ,S,'V thing?a drv prohibition, a law- 1 ' ' .... . tors. P< abiding people. and pra< Some prohibitionists who have jS , been so conspicuous heretofore will t,an learn that the fight is just starting country and it will be a fight. of wjsc f A governor with insufficient funds these fie to enforce the law must have the Steven! holn unit mnrnl hartinf r?f lh? nnnnln .1 t. - r ----- ?- -? ?! i ii ronk tic The Record wishes to declare it- of count self for the maintenance of the law bed-rock country. Confederate Naval Monument. scattered Washington, Sept. 19.?A Con- ^,ley ,nu federate naval monumen* to cost not fore than $150,000 is proposed in the annual report of the Viokslnirg National Military Park Commission just f( submitted to the secretnrv of war. usually . bo that ? say and GO TO THT1 RF.ftOTT'E uo in w If you w Don't Wait 'Till It's Too hiitiv?Kol* ' ''*V low the Example of a f<anrax- a % ter Citizen. ' (1U nro Rescue the aching back. >'ou hnvc If it keeps on aching, trouble may Ikolv t? come. Make yo Often it indicates kidney weakness. and folk If you neglect the kidneys' warn- conto uo 1 you to ti Rook out for urinary disorders. . ,th _A Thin Lancaster citizen will show . you how to go to the rescue. 1 . Leo Bllia. Lancaster, Hays: "I >!% strained my back and I believe this caused kidney trouble. My back (k>t Kid ached all the time and when I lay down, I couldn't sleep from the ach- yuu w ing across my loins. If I lifted ten Pills a t pounds, something in my back seem- ielcas!ng ed to snap. 1 got Loan's Kidney tern. A< Pills at the Standard Drug Co., and ons cam one box entirely cured me 1 released, haven't had an ache since." I < yus, bla Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't ing genei simply ssk for a ktoaey remedy?get; need l)r Dean's Kidney Pills?the same that i a dose t Mr. Ellis had. Koster-Miihurn Co., ieuce y Prop#.. BnfAlo. N. Y. tRe. y s THELANCASTI SON PRESSES DRAINAGE CAUSE Advises Farmer to Item, Farm. Carolinian Addressee Inter- Governor Manning, onal Body in Session at Cherokee farmer fur ad Man Francisco. whether or not he should '"rancisco, Sept. 18.?The In- farm to town, receive nul Drainage and Flood Con- VIce from the governor, lgrcss met here last night in ?f inquiry anil the govei tion with and under the aus- thereto follow: the fifth annual meeting of Gafffney, S. C., Sept. lonal Drainage Congress. Hon. R. I. Manning, Goi 3. J. Watson of Columbia, S. Columbia, S. C. Ident of tbe National Drain- Dear Sir:?I take p gress, made the only address writing you today, the o Irst session. He said: as to whether or not it w 11 us rests the responsibility visable for a man of s? dng the people of the United family, consisting of fou o the immediate necessity for one girl, my wife and sel evention and drainage of our nice location, on rented 1 lands that $100,000,000 of s'gn position of farming a flood loss be saved; that 20,- town. the from malaria be prevent- 1 Jlsk you as a persona that 80,000.000 acres of mine to give this letter lands, 6.500,(too of which are 'on. The ages of my cliil West, be converted into pro- from seventeen to seven, farms. The sum of $1,500.- >?K to the city I would I yearly would accrue in agri- -'durational advantages, a products within the borders whole desire to give my Uniied States if these lands fu'r education. Please | b converted into producing few minutes of your tin me as to what is best for e is a yearly death and prop- j a?d myself. Please give r ? far in excess of any we ever I reply on this important s fer from a foreign foe. We 1 w'll probably be able ti idd by drainage reclamation ''rs by having your lettei productive farm Hnnmin in our local cnnntv nowar than the states of Illinois 1 am a P?or man anc* iana combined. accumulated much of tl area would *ive homes to Koode. 0 families." Hopln* you will give your Immediate consldera immmmainili main, as ever. Your friend, K COUNTRY CHURCH. (Signed) M. TURNER PF hI.*x ? i a a Record. X,^K GOVERNOR'S I ?f the graduates of the Co- Columbia. S. C.. Sept. 1 Seminary, the Rev. W. H. Mr M Turner Phillips. Clemson. is becoming quite U p D 2. Oaffney, list in the field of the coun- Dear Mr. Phillips: 'eh. its problems, their solu- your letter several days ag ithods of advancing the in- given the question v. iiiri 1 the rural communities and pOSft careful and thought the community life. The eration 1 appreciate youi Rates department of agricul tl)p P(lurational advam-em. tiding him in his work. <h l;lren. but there arc soi ills has had overtures to give kVhir., we mUst ser'ously c e time to this field in the em- fore takinR thP step you 1 t of the United States bureau thp outset \ must advise ition. He is already doing ,najn on (kp farm if possil Uftble service in this field in - vmr in xue Olg prODie ve state of South < arolina. at nie present time umbia Seminary is \ery for- farm ufp so protitalile an?i n securing him to deliver a tlve that ,t wiU hold the f leetuves. during the next COUntry and stop the rerlng this tield of th? conn- .u,f our crowded cjt|e!,. Ch and rural sociology. yQU afp a smal, farnu?r an will be five lectures, which accumulated much of tl Haps treat the subject under , :ood8 Yrvara aRO i a? a j wing general heads, with waa faPjnR practically the lodifications as immediate .am ^at you are facing t ion may lead him to make: cjlo|0e at that time was tl The Kingdom of (lad: sec- ??ve that with the pr he Church as the Means of more money?more h King in of the Kingdom: more contentment, is to The Country ( hurch and Its amo?R the men of South s;" fourth. "The Country wh|> un tbp 8oJ| and Its Solution of These The city has many adv a;' and fifth, The ( ountrv 0fjer and aiao many dlsa as the Centre of the Whole You must consider, am< of the Relation of the Conn- things, the extra Items of < rch to the Whole ( ommu- vour farm home you have light bills, no coal bills ,-erv necessary that students monthly rentals. no extr ear from specialists in this fop c,othing and m, s whole subject treated, in >ther extravagances that \ at they mav be prepared up the Ufe of OUr people In serve the rural churches of on ,hp othef han(, you hav ,ey themselves become pas- WQod you havp yo||r ( erhaps the most Important vour hogs, cattle and live Ptioal ecclesiastical question aboyp a? yQU hftVp tha, { low confronting tlie ( hrU- oJ. freedom and independ pie is^ the^problem of fhe mnnot bp ff>und jn Jbp p. ' nun II miu me prep? ra IIOI1 .. , , , _ .. , , . South Carolina is maki inn effective ministers to fill , ... stant and wonderful stride Ids. _ .. of education and in inipro :y-nve vears ago there wer * , ? ? , . . ? .. _ .. . . , methods of farming. It hi nit South Carolina hundreds , . , .. . hope and mv ambition to f ry churches that were the ' , , .. . ... .. , . when as good educationa s of the civilization of this _ _ . ... , ages are offered to the cl Today their people ar" ...... rural and nvll communit I. their influence waning . . . . given to the children of st be revived. ... 'v til is I mean good, soutu horse-sense education wit frills. In your own cou II to Know When to Stop. tiona, ropreas haR bpc ?llow who talks too much is . . ,, ..... _ . , ., . able, if you are not now a little off balance. It may he has nothing particular to a Kn0(' country school. I so keeps talking, lie makes V'8P -vou rasf about, till orda what ho lacks in ideas, tlnd a piece of land wliic rant to he a good talker you be able to cultivate succep! /e thoughts. The more broad is located within a cnnve ed your knowledge the b? tt< r tnnro of one of these sclw qualified to tall;. 1 he more ym) bnvP found this prece , In your head the less you i- a(,vjop ^ ,Mm.haR(. samt> > parade with your ton"'.:*-. ursnlf a factor ,n vour spl.-ra ' "aBy termB' Pay,n* a s will want you to talk lb, v<,ar Thon maP out >ou authority and folks will jmy 'arm oil a business basis: ilk. Monopodia conversa'ton "T farm iu a haphazard rt? words and you be-on:e a lucky way. I would adv parn to bo a tulk^r but shui rmuuh * *1 dmonn uoos onstrators and ask their of Those Poisons Id Your Colds l>o \ot U?*w< W System! Because a cold fa stubl 11 1 find Dr. King's Now Life reason why vou should b< nost satisfactory laxative in f)f "wearing" It out. got : the poisons from your sys- ?>v taking Dr. King's New ?eu initiated waste and pois- Dangerous bronchial and o manifold ailments unlest <nents often follow a cold Dizziness, spots before tb' been neglected at the bog ckncss and a miserable feel- ,0?r b()^T faithfullv bnti rally are indications that 701 -0ui germs. 110 better ni King's Now Life Pills. Tnk< Dven than the use o fth onlght and you will expor its merit has been tooted 1 roatfvl relief by morning noting. Oat a bottle todav * $1.00. SR NEWS, SEPTKMBKK 21, 1915. iDVICE. farming methods, especially winter W11K nin on the cover crops so as to save expense in fertilizer. asked by a Write to the Clemson authorities vice as to a?d have theui send you all of their crswh move from bulletins. Study these buietins; or id good ad- study your soil and try to plant and The letter ' ultivate tlie crops tliat are best ,,ark nor's reply suited to the conditions. One of the 11?rouj aln troubles with our people is that ,)l t,1( 11, 1915. they have been slaves to what is 1 rernor, oopularly called the "one crop" idea. nna' ' We all know tliat forever and a day I>s leasure in cotton must be our major crop; but '"'ore bject being: our soil is capable of producing the llSf ould be ad- very best of every kind of food crop. iven in tho You should not forsake cotton, but r boys and you should use it as your velvet j"11* f. living in crop?your extra moi \v crop, liaise | f*erm: and, tt? re- -st your home supplies. You should i siMce nd move to consult your land and consult with 1,U8" the county demonstrator and find out t',an ' 1 friend of just what food crops prow host 011 considers- vour land. .... Idren range Every year, in South Carolina. |?f? By mov- millions of dollars are sent out of our $ A lave better tate in exchange for little cans and T _ nd it is mv packages from other states. These ^ children a cans contain foods, practically all of h|> give me a which can be raised at home. I jjj . le advising would suggest that each year you T J my family put up as - uch canned vegetables, '-tj 1 ne an early canned fruits and other foods in !? ubject, and cans, as possible; a hip amount can iT 5 help otli- he saved in this manner. Take, for published instance, if you should move to taper. , town: whenever your good wife have never wanted a can of tomatoes, ten cents |a his world's would have to be deposited at the J corner grocery store. You should * this letter, grow sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes ition, I re- and all kinds of vegetables: there ^ should be a small cane patch to make your molasses; you should plant burr ' V clover and cowpeas; you should IILEIPS. plant some vetch with your oats, and -J5 in this manner you would help tojl IE PLY. ,feed both your family and your live + 15. lhir>. stock and at the same time improve ?! your land. S. C. The farm offers greater opportu-,T I received nity to a man than any profession or o and have trade that I know of :n the state, and it h you pro- i would urge you. Mr. Phillips, to re- ' J ful consid main on the farm where you can be 3 desire for contented and happy. Find that S -tit of you' country school and keep your chil-.T me matters dren there just as long as possible. |t !?<-*_ r* t - * * * .... 11 is a tact mat our rural districts propose. In during the past ten years have been | i you to re- depleted of a large majority of a i T hie. sturdy people which has caused a'* ms of our serious setback to the people of the is to make entire state. Our people must come I so nttrar to learn that the basis of all prosi people in perity for all the people is a successmovement ful farming class. Until we get most You say out of the soil in this state and make id have not ntore comfortable nomcs for oviri i liis world's wives and daughters, we cannot hope I oung man, to have the better things o* 'his life same prob- and to keep our hoys and girls on 'he today. My farm. ic farm. I i want to see more of our white oper effort tenants own homes: this is the most appiness? important problem before us. I i be found trust that as our attention and inl Carolina ?erest are centered in the solution of this question, that we will b? able antages to noon to have a practicable working id vantages, plan by which the desired resul* can Jng other be accomplished. expense. In l would like for you to write t.-ie no electric from time to time as to just v.hat , no high progress you are making: write me ^ a expendi- about any problem that may come up. any of the i am intensely interested in these y 10 to make -? * hhimmwim mm ;uu may command M) V the cities: Kcrvices at any time to give you the te your tire- best possible information that I am ood crops. :ihle to. SI stock, and. j am, with beat wishes, itmospherc Very truly yours, ^ enee that (Signed) ty. RICHARD I. MANNING, np a con- Governor. f| in matters vementa in WILSON PITTS COTTON PHOI1LKM is been my I P TO BANK Fits OF SOUTH ? see the day Columbia, Sept. If).?President 1 advant- Wilson "feels that the whole mainitld of the tenance of the cotton situation deies as are pends directly and immediately upon our cities. Southern bankers and they have only i, practical themselves to blame, if it does not ; hout any come out satisfactorily." accordinp nt.v educa- to a statement in a letter from Secren remark tary Tumulty to John I,. McLaurin, livinp near state warehouse commissioner, which 9 ? \- ould ad tho letter made public here tonipht. J Ik fall, ami Mr. MrLaurin, a former I'nited ? h you will States senator from South Carolina, sfullv, tlm* made Seeretary Tumulty's letter pub- S? i nient '|ii lie including one of his own address >ols. Who,, cd to President Wilson in regard t.? p of land n>v the handling of this season's eotton * if possible. crop. Secretary Tumulty's letter was * \\ little e*? in reply to the one to the President. ir plans ?o In his letter. Mr. Mei.anrin charged * It don't work that "certain Southern bankers, ? , happy-go- working through those of New York. ' iae you to' were striving to foree the sale of farm dent- cotton at It) cents a oound." j? advice in - ? ? ? . .. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh h'orlf'iV no That Contain Mercury Tnsten .H nil, drttroy ?h<- *?> of e, "II sure relief <i c? mi ! ; i> ?. j.. ? kfj,. ,. , j,, l u?>n Discovery. , r >Vr "*u V " b . * at*-ion -:i ?uM it r J ' u *1 fkfi i ptf^Tip UnK Hi!- ii .11 fr??Di r**|iiif.tb??* t hy Iriuit m V. i)miii^ Which llflK tlici' ?' n I i ; , I !" ' t ?. VOUtl *\..i J . Willi VI Iiuh ^(L liv< f|.,m lf. in !lrl1> U|.v, inning. As mniifintucd by t . .? ? & tv . 'i o., ties those,' Jjlr "rt .. I -1. . I it. . , 1 <Ue>rl.y ,e>l? tb >.l -h! jiii-i ? cut* k>,r<! ran tH'| i, .% *yM.m. T *. Jt- I < t j'nrrli is remedv I ' "r" t? nur*- jm get tlto l. ! > t.ik u ' I ' to, k> V. f, by eld and:,. r.- :iw^t.,'? i -. 5?# and 1 ' ;c i>y J'r >.. V.V.. | r V--f.lt ?. ' . .?> ii. . f . ..!? ; f. ? ?\ ?r. 3 N TICK GOES Ol'T the meat the South could profitably THE DOLLAR <"0>IEN IN supply if the tick were baniahed aud I the south needs the dollars that v ill auta, Sept. 18. Asking farm- rcj| jn w^eu the tick goes out. ether they desire to feed cattle department stands ready to ks, the United States depart- co-operate with any county that of agriculture Is about to em- j Wj?be8 to engage ill this work. on a spectacular campaign ^gen^s Qf the Southern Railway's ghout the tick-infested region agricultural department will also aid e South to arouse farmers to farPier8 in warriu? on the tick wborhe steps that will stop the an- ;ver po88ible aud will co-operatt ribute of $50,000,000 now be-: wjth ajj aRpnri?s engaging in the j aid to the tick. Attractively | work d and illustrated literature will id in this work. the result of the auti-tick cam- To Drive Out Malaria one-third tick-infested area of _ . . ^ , rnnvp>g Take the Old Standard GROVE'S >uth, a region as large as the TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know in empire, has been cleared what you are taking, as the formula is 1906 but it is now desired to printed on every label, showing it is 4. . . , n Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, the work much more rapidly ?he Quinine drives out Inalari?. the u the past as the country needs jrou builds up the system. 50 cents -4^4^;+1 !-+-! +-! :+c iSK FOR, * i rET AND DRINK + PEPSI-COLA j It is bottled right in your own town, is owned by Home people, and they are the ones who will help t and aid you if the occasion requires it, and we are $ all, more or less dependent on one another, so don't X forget to always keep well stocked on Pepsi-Cola, t and if some of your friends will have some of the * other Colas keep a little for them, but don't fail to $ impress on them that Pepsi is the best one in the lot. J Pepsi-Cola is not only delicious, but it is healthful ? and palatable. It will pick up the chap who is all fagged out, who has that all-gone feeling and in five % minutes' time will make him feel like a new man. Ask at your founiain always for Pepsi-Cola, and <| at your grocers for Pepsi-Cola in bottles, it is bottled X at our plant, is absolutely clean and we know you j will enjoy it these hot days. i Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. ij LANCASTER, S. C. \\ m. FARMER: We iut now ready and art* better prepared to in your Cotton this season than ever. Our Eight tand Hinnery has been thoroughly overhauled. 5 Ve have installed a new 133 Horse Power Corliss I higine, which means <|iii?*k work, and good re- | uits. When you ln;ing your cotton to a gin, you, f course, want it ginned quick, and you also want , get the best possible turn-out. Our ginnery is | tie place to get this. PERFECT Satisfaction Guaranteed \\V appreciate your patronage. and will do our p est to please you in every way. y We u'in yoiu" cotton lor $1.00 per bale, and we $ ill ^iu it and furnish you with Baling and Ties $ ?r $1.50 per hale, ('an you beat that.? All we sk is a 1 rial. i Larcastcr Ccltco 03 Co. ^